water.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Youmans were much respected and loved, their goodness
and charity were unbounded, and much sorrow was felt when the news of
their dreadful end was cabled to this country.

King Oscar not only expressed his sorrow for the accident, but ordered
that a marble monument should be placed on the spot where they had met
their death.

During the twenty-seven years that Oscar has been on the throne, his
country has been peaceful and prosperous.

* * * * *

From Cuba, the news comes that another gunboat has been captured.

The story of the capture is that the boat, the _Cometa_, had been sent to
a certain post on the coast to prevent the landing of any filibustering
parties.

The Cubans found that the vessel anchored at night, at a spot from which
she could easily be attacked from the shore.

[Illustration: Attack on Spanish Gunboat.]

One night they opened fire on the vessel, struck her in several places,
and damaged her. During the confusion on the ship, several boat-loads of
Cubans put off from the shore and boarded the _Cometa_.