Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1896 — Page 5

IN WRECK AND RUIN' Hundreds of Thousands. ■'3 NEARLY TWENTY PEOPLE KILLED. Vorty or Fifty I’ersoim In anil Around ■ Pittsburg Serloiwly Injured—Board I nghouae and Occupants Washed Down a ) Stream —Railroad Tied Up—High Water at Uniontown. Pittsburg, July 29.—The extent of Monday night’s storm was not known until late yesterday, when the wreck and ruins were apparent on all sides. Houses were unroofed, buildings crushed and church steeples blown down, trees ■were blown down or unrooted and a general desolation spread throughout the surrounding couhtry. Eighteen or 20 lives were lost and double that number of people injured. It is thought the damage to property will exceed much over SIOO,OOO. The list of dead and injured so far as can be learned is as follows: Jacob Affelti-.i;, age 35, instantly killed by a falling tree. John Figi s, age 22, skull crushed by a falling tree. The injured: Abner Mayes, freight receiver, struck by lightning; may recover. August Sendiz, Robinson road, Allegany, with family of six, shocked by lightning, all in a critical condition. A. M. Bennett and two children, struck by lightning; condition critical. George Miller. Allegany, fatally injured. Thomas O'Connell, Jacob Metz, Charles Kosack, Frank (ftt, Harry Hadden, all Seriously injured by falling trees at Sugar Grove. Henderson Ritchie, age 65, struck by lightning at McKee’s Rocks; will not recover. " Sydney Gebhart, .southside, struck bylightning; will recover. William Parfiitt, struck by lightning; injuries slight. James Brady, struck by a flying bough. Police Officer W. P. Smith, struck in the the back by a flying signboard and badly hurt. Motorman Shaw of the Bloomfield line, by lightning. Six girls in Armstrong’s cork factory, cut by flying glass. “Uncle Bob.” a well known negro, shocked by lightning. E. McGovern, a baker, and an unknown boy, slightly hurt by falling awning. Miles, 6-year-old daughter of George Miles, struck in the head with a brick. Mrs. Thompson, struck by falling chimney. Unknown stable boy, blown against a cart at Twenty-second street and Penn avenue and broke two ribs. Property Greatly Damaged. The damage to property' was general and various. The wind unroofed dozens of houses, while others were damaged by the water washing their foundations away. Still others were struck by lightning. The traction lines, as usual, were compelled to suspend operations. Great heaps of dirt ami debris from the previous floods piled near the tracks were washed down again. In the Penn avenue mill district, 25 large smoke and draft stacks were blown down, buildings were unroofed, trees uprooted and scarcely a house in the district passed through the storm intact. The east end got its first hard touches of the year Trees and telegraph poles went down under the wind. Brushton and Wilkinburg suffered to a considerable extent, but not so badly as the districts not far from the rivers. The telegraph and telephone systems of the two cities was badly damaged. All the police and fire alarm yvires were wrecked to a greater or less extent, but by dint of hard work they have been put in fair shape again. All the railroads suffered heavily from landslides, but the through lines are all open, and trains are running with verylittle delay. The Chartiers railroad is blocked at Canyjaigburg by the washing away of a bridge, and the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston road is impassible beyond Monongahela City. The southwest branch of the Pennsylvania road is also- tied up by washouts and slides. DEATHS AT CECIL. Boarding House and Oei-iipants Go Down lu Miller’s Hun, Pittsburg, July 29.—Eight persons were drowned in the flood Monday night, seven of these met death at Cecj.l, a mining and oil hamlet in Washington county, the eighth victim going down at Carnegie. The dead are: Mrs. Samuel M< Kin n-EV, 50 years old. Margaret McKinney, 30 years old, daughter. James McKinney. 3 years old, son. Clyde Beatty, 21 years old, oil well pumper of Sistersville, .Va G. U. Higgins, 45 years old. oil well pumper of Bradford, Pa. Vincent. Wilkinson, .25 years old, oil well employe of Vowinkle, Forest county, Pa. Jennie Holaies, 18 years old, daughter oftpUecil coal miner. John Wright (colored) 37 years old, employe of a livery man at Carnegie, Saimlel McKinney kept a boarding bouse at Cecil for the accommodation of oil men and minors. The house was ■situated oil the banks of Miller’s run, a tributary of Chartier’s creek. Ordiiinrily the run, which flows through a valley banked by the high and steep hills, would scarcely float a chip, but the cloudburst filled it in its closely con- ■ fined quarters to such an extent that everything along its banks was endangered. / There wdre 13 people in the .McKinney house when the water commenced ,to rise, but no serious daiiger was prehemled. The. men busied themseves carrying the household goods to the second floor and the female portion of the household continued their dressing for. the dance which Avas being held iji a neighboring hall.? SuddenTjy the house, a two story ' frame, was . washed from, its foundation into the seething waters and rapidly carried down stream. It was then too late for any one in the house to escape. Below 'the site of the house about 200 yards -stands an old fashioned count ry bridge. Which spans the stream. The house crushed against this structure, Jho roof

1 was torn off and the rest of the build--1 ing was crushed like an egg shell inbeI ing forced under tho bridge. Higgins | and W. B Whitner were caught between the first and second floors. Higgins died there but Whitner made a most miraculous escape. Those on the second floor were badly spueezed. Just below the bridge the wreckage of the house struck on a sand bar with those of the party who were still alive clinging to the pieces with scarcely a hipe of being rescued. Thomas Hays, Vincent Wilkinson and others formed a-rescuing party. Whitnew was rescued while fast in the wreckage by Wilkinson, who also dragged the dead body of Higgins from its lodging. Samuel McKinney was also saved by Wilkinson. After assisting in other rescues Wilkinson heard a cry for help from tho.opposite side of the stream and, notwithstanding the extreme hazard attached to the attempt, the brave fellow made the effort to swim across with a rope. When about half way across a log struck him on the head and broke his neck. His body was found several hundred yards below lodged in a tree. Clyde Beatty was another hcTo of the disaster and lost his- life. He made strenuous efforts to save Margaret McKinney and Jennie Holmes, and had them lodged in a tree whftn a wave came along and swept all three to death. Beatty had several opportunities to save himself, but refused to leave his weaker companions. Those of tho unfortunate party who were rescued were taken from the branches of trees and portions of the wrecked house. Those who lost their lives were either crushed in the wreckage or nocked insensible by rapidly floating logs, making them an easy prey for the raging torrent. The bodies have all been recover'd. Wright, the colored liverman, while attempting to drive across a bridge at Murray Hill was caught by the high water of Chartidjs creek near Carnegie and drowned. surrounding country. Dispatches Front Neighboring Country Tell of Great Destruction. Pittsburg, July 29.—Dispatches from all points report heavy damage from the storm and many narrow escapes, but fortunately no more fatalities. At Ellwood, Lawrence county, the pumping station was struck by lightning and Charles Mitchell, the engineer, paralyzed. His condition is critical. At Turtle Creek a new house was struck by lightning and demolished. Four children who sought shelter in the house from the storm escaped injury. In Fayette county seven bridges were washed away bet ween Connellsville and Uniontown. At West Newton the buildings of the West Newton Ground Cement and Lime company were crushed like egg shells by falling debris from the overhanging cliffs. The loss will amount to several thousand dollars. At Penn station, a 2-story house belonging to John Driestadt was completely demolished. The family was not hurt. The greatest damage, however, was in Washington county, which was the scene of yesterday morning’s cloudburst. Hundreds of bridges have been washed away aJid traffic has been suspended on the Washington and Waynesburg railroad. In the oil fields an enormous amount of oil was lost through breaking of mainS and scores of rigs were demolished. At Claysville houses were unr.cdfed, trees uprooted and many building are total wrecks. The United Presbyterian church and the Claysville high school building suffered the severest loss here, being struck by lightning and wrecked. Reports brought in from the surrounding country state that the storm has wrought great destruction for miles around. In some places houses were removed from their foundations, but no further loss of life is yet reported. Many houses and barns were struck by lightning. _____ Baltimore and Ohio Road Tied Up. Dunbar, Pa., July-29.—Judging from present appearance the Baltimore and Ohio road will be tied up on this branch for at least two days. Washouts have occurred at short intervals and one of best bridges of the company is gone. Water Reaches Its Highest Mark. Uniontown, Pa., July.29.—The loss in Fayette county by the flood will reach *000,000.' Yesterday the water stood is inches higher than at any previous record ami an immense damage was domvWESTERN GRAIN RATES. Prices Lowered During a Meeting of Manager*.to Stiilen Prices. Chicago. July 29.—The general managers of the western lines met yesterA day for the purpose of taking some action calculated to stiffen the grain rates, but they, had poor .success. While the meeting was in session it was annonnn <1 that the Missouri Pacific hail reduced the rates between the,. Missouri ami. Mississippi rivers to 4 cents ami that the Great Western had taken another slice out. of the rates between Kansas City and Chicago by reducing the rate to 7 cents, a. cut of 2 cents. This reduction goes into effect at once. TICKS FROM THE WIRES.' The Peruvian congress was opened yes■Lerday ami President Pierola sent in iii.- . first :m a mil message, -The funeral of Mrs. Alattlfti Sand-oc-curred in London yesterday. She was 11 neice of Governor Alorton of New York. Near Richmond, Tenn., a farmer name;! Daley, -hot and .killed Iris wife, then shot .'himself and filially cut his throat? NY cause assigned. The steamer Birdie Bailey of the A aanq and Tallaliatchie Traasjioi ration company was smik in the Yazoo river and is a total loss. Partly insured. The J. Al. Linscott Cycle company, with stores in Boston, Lynn, Cliel.-ea ami Lawrence. .Mass., iias assigned. No statement of as-et-and liabilities. The L; -ton banks have deposited 000 in gold,-in addition Io 1 lie mure Qian Fi.OOvi.iioo suliscrfTied last wy<‘k for the relief of (lie'miiiontil-LreasUrxr * " The-'.Olivers’ Tenth street iron, mil! which has b< en nonunion since JS!>2 yeterday signed tbe.Amalgamatedl’tiddlers’ aud Finishers'scale, and 450 men will Ik put to work tomorrow. A mimbeiyiif deputies are still Lin pursuit of th* outlaws who robbed the stage coach near Lucre, O. T. It has been learned that two ..valuable -registered. -lettericvveiT secured by>thO baijdits. -■. • -a., ’ . /■' -

GOLD CONVENTION Indianapolis Making an Effort to Secure the Meeting. WELCOMED A PRODIGAL SON. Rev. Carter’i’ Boy Returns While His to Father Is Preaching—Escaped From Lynchers—lsland Park Assembly Begins—Papier Maclie Makers Assign—lndiana News Notes. Indianapolis, July 29.—The question of securing the proposed sound money Democratic convention for Indianapolis was presented to the Commercial club directors yesterday afternoon. It was suggested that the city, regardless of politics, should show an interest in the convention, and that the club should further this interest by placing the clubrooms at the disposal of the national comnfittee, and by appointing a special committee on the subject. is expected that there will be 300 delegates in fhe;convention. The talk is that the convention may nominate Postmaster Gonergl Wilson for president. WELCOMED A PRODIGAL SON. % Rev. Carter’s Boy Returns While His Father Is Preaching* Logansport,* Ind., July s)9. —At a basket picnic and campmeeting.at Popular Grove near here,- Rev. W. H. Carter’s sermon on the “Prodigal Son” was given a realistic aspect by the appearance of the prodigal on the platform. He was welcomed with open arms by the joyful father, who proceeded to kill and barbecue the fatted calf. Over 2,000 people witnessed the spectacle, and those who could get near enough partook of the roasted veal. Tho sermon and its realistic accompaniment have caused a profound seusatiou in the city. Colorado Potato Bugs a Pest. Corydon, Ind., July 29. —The Colorado bugs are more numerous now in this county tffian they have been formally years. They are crawling 011 the ground everywhere, and. people have great difficulty to keep them out of their houses. Since potato vines are gone these pests are eating tomatoes, vines and all. Papier Mache Makers Assign. Laporte ImL, July 29.—The J. W. Bryant company of this city, manufacturers of papier mache bicycle rims, have made an assignment. Charles F. Sonneborn is assignee. The assets are about $4,000; the liabilities greatly iu excess. The company had been in operation only a short time. Float Tender Severely Injured. Jeffersonville, Ind., July 29.— While pulling up coalboats by capstan yesterday a bar flew out- of the hands of Janies Warner and struck Float Tender Tom McKinney in the back, knocking him senseless and injuring him in such a maimer that he may die. Names on a Terrapin’s Shell. Corydon, jnd./July 29. —A large terrapin has been found in the Seig settlement, north of here, with several names and dates carved upon its shell. The name of Ed Seig, date 1860, is visiblelm the under side of the shell. Ed Seig has been dead over 30 years. ?■ Island Park Assembly Opens. Ligonier,lnd., July 29. —The Island Park assembly at Rome City opened today, lasting until Aug. 11. Rev. Lyman F. Prentiss and Rev. J. Maftzger will conduct the services. Some of the best speakers in the country will be there. - Young Married Woman Suicides. New Albany; Ind., July 29.—Mrs. Ada Lampton, wife of W. A. Bishop, clerk of the packetbpat E. J. Ragon, died yesterday from the effects of morphine, taken with suicidal intent. She was 23 years old. Escaped From Lynchers. English,■ ImL. July 29. —Willie Croft, who shot and killed August Streigler at SchnellviUe, has been' lodged in the Jasper county jail. The mob whipli was--senrehing for him missed him at? Colstine. Drowned Near Eel River Station. ■ Brazil, Ind., July 29.—Henry Foreman, 25 years old, wps drowned near Eel river station about noon yesterday His lw»dy was recovered later. Deleaves' a wife and family. « HOOSIER STATE NOTES. Alex. Hell and Sim Bryan have been landed in jail at Columbus charged with horsestealing. . The Ohio Oil company made a successfill hit on the Terhune tarfii in Chester town ship, Wells county, striking a lIKI-barrel i . s ‘ Frank Caruthers 'of Shelbyville uildertook to cross his legs .in order to tie his shoe ami hjs thigh bone snapped in two be low tire hip jo.in.t. Bryant Barker, who lives a few jniles from y.eed’ijTsbtirg. tuwk awbyse of arsenic, thinking.it was qiiiniuje. He’died a few I mi mites, afterward. WiLl-iam HaekTngster of Haubstadt. . while at Evansville,, was struck by a passing.tr.ain and killed. He was 50 years old lin'd a substantial farmer. e>Amerson, Crown Point,...Selma, Lafav-. ette, Frnnkfi'i't,. Veedersburg, Tipton, Mil-, 'ton and niaHy other towns throughout the state report damage from the heavy rain and windstorms of the past two days. .Mrs. David Wiseman, near Montpelier, started ou a visit to relatives itj.'Ohio,, ae i compauied-by three children, and *near i Portland she’smtdenly foil over the li-isa ; boariTcn her carriage and died of hv.nn i disc tsc. It jssaid that the recent ‘overflow of the ' Muscatatuck river, which for 20 miles ami ■ more forms t lie bmnidarv of Seort, .Rm-nitHS-s-ami ■l-u.'kspn counties, ilamiig. L thmism.ds of u tes of ci.ii'ii in t lie roast iu_ ’ ear period. - Marshal G-ioding.iami deputy of Frank : ton secured a pointer which led tJil’m lo ; watch the farmhouse of Tleuox Gooding, I smith'oLthe place,) iriill jasper Rigsby atuL Lb-i-rj Gibson were arrested while plundering the premises. Rigsby is said to be ft paroled Cent ict-. . ....

Railroad Cards. Ladle*Aid Society Excursion, Presque Isle, August O. second Annual Excursion. Special train of first-class coaches and lunch car will Decatur ti:0O a. in.. Pleasant Mills ml2a in, Willshire ti.ls a. tn.. Thursday. August Hth. Arrive Toledo'.mw a. in Special electric street ears direct to steamer Pastime tor a six mUe ride on the steamer to Presque Isle nig Lake Erie. Special train returning will leave Toledo 6:00 p. tn. reaching home about three hours later, or tickets will be honored ientrning from Toledo on train No. 3. 12:k) Midnight, arriving Indiana stations early morning, August 7th The extended limits will allow side trips to Monroe Pier, steamer' Sterling, from dock between Madison and ■letlerson streets, 2:Wlp. m.. return 7:30 p. tn., tare :>scents and the evening at < asino fare 1" cents, including street cars and free cars Rates including railroad, -treet cars, boat and privileges of Presque Isle. Adults ?1.2i. I’filldren under 14’ears. 75 cents. The rates are within reach, the journey pleasant, aud a idcnic on the shores ot Lake Erie, will surely enjoyed. Go and take vour family. Tim,committee cord ally invites you. For further information call on agent Clover Leal or Ladles Aid Society. Democratic Dav.—Tuesday. Aug. 4th ■at Rome City TheG.R AI. will run a spec.al train, passing Decatur at S:2S a. m.. arriving at KomeCityat Iml.'ia.m. Fare tor the round trip, •fl Mi. which Includes admission to the as-embl}'. J Bryson. Special rates—To Bethany Park Assemhy an.i return, .s'. IG, July ’3rd,to Aug I’.ith. ■soiling ( |ay>. Jmy-;;.st t<> Aug p.i. Return limit Aug. 22nd. Via the G. R. & 1. J. . Bryson. Special rates -lo Rome City from Julv 27th u> August .121 h. $17(1 tor the round i trip. This includes admission to the: as--■inbly. Get a program ut the agent. Ask for them by telephone ami they will be sent to your house. C. L. Lockwood. < i. P. A. The G 11. A L. will run a special excursion train to Dome City Aueust 3rd. tor $1 50. round tr p which includes admission to Assembly ground This is Epworth League day.aud Bishop Ninde, president oi the World's Epworth League, will speak Epworth League Day at Rome City Assembly is Aug.. 3 The G. R. & I will run a special train north on that date, passing Decatur at B:2S a. m. Fare of 81 50 includes admission to Assembly. Arrive at Rome City 10:15 a. tn. Returning leave Rome City at 6 o'clock p. m. Toledo Excursion.—On Aug. 6. the Ladies Aid Societies of rhe Christian, Baptist. Presbyterian and Methodist churches will run their annual excur sion to Toledo over the Clover Leaf road. The special feature of the excursion will be a boat ride to Presque Isle, the noted picnic resort, a distance of eight miles. The fare for the round trip idcluding the boat ride issl 25 Niagara Falls Excursion Aug. 18th — Wait for the Clover Leaf Niagara Falls excu.sions Tuesday, Aug. 18th. Excursion tickets will be sold from various HL. Ind. and Ohio stations. Greater privileges than heretofore. Full particulars will be given later. C. C. Jen Kins, Gen’l. Pass. Agent. ~ Lakeside excursions from Clovei Leaf stations.—Special reduced rate excursion tickets are on sale at all stations. Choice of routes via rail or lake from Toledo. Connection in Union Station Toledo wiih Lake side trains. The new side-wheel passenger steamer Metropolis leaves dock foot of Madison St. 8:30 a. m. except Sunday, and also Saturdays at 2:00 p, m. See nearest agent or address. C. C. Jenkins. G 1’ A.. Toledo, Ohio. Sundav excursions to Toledo? Jnd.. and Ohio stations, Frankfort east,—. Commencing Sundav next. July 19th and continuing each Sundav until Aug 30th inclusive, the Clover Leaf Route will issue special low rate excursion tickets to Toledo and return, from Frankfort and stations east, for No. 6 (from stations regular stops of said train) at rates ranging 2-scts. to 82.00 Tickets good returning train No. 5 (5:10 p. in. if scheduled to stop, or No 3 (.12:30 midnight) tollowing. Visit Toledo often during July and Aug. Numerous attractions—Excursion steamers to Detriot. Put-in-Bay. Monroe Pier 75cts. round trip. Presque Isle 20pts. Casino loots. A- Ac C. C. Jenkins. Gen’l. Pass Agent. . Toledo. O. - Xiiiifani Fulls Exi iirsinii. I WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, '96' -VIA THELIKE ERIE it Wi:si Ei:u:.ll. “Natural Cas Route.” On Wednesday, .\iigust 12. Lii'l. tin Lake Erie A Western R. It. will run tli- ir nmnum , annual excursion to Cle’elami. Bullaio and I tyiavarit Falls at the following very low rale-. | viz: • . . J s:i” oihl si; •*.■> \le \:i li<lrj:v ■ <> 25 . B'ovt U ;n lie . <> 25 Iluiu ie 0 25 < <>nnei -ville G '■! > Kii-llville '> 2/> Nev’ < it-iile <> 2 > < aiiil'iriilge Uity •> -■'< Lilina ?2; Fi-onionE >2.> •V tJi > orre.-pomlmg rednetum- Irom- .meiinediaie points. Itatr- from all stations to I'ut-in-Bay ami reuirn, $ t.OO. In addition to -the above. tlie_pureh:i?ers of ; tiekels wUI be pro 'lesre ot sp'/eial excursion side trips io Lew jSmn-on be Lake, tneludinga srea-nboat ride btr Lake Ontario : for 25 cents. To Toronto mid' vo.turn‘ by 'lake 1 from Lewistpli, SI.OO, ‘ / f Tlekei s of mlmi-suhi to places ol speeinTen - ! toiest at or near Niagara F t outside 1 ltd reservation. 'tneludiiig lull ; m'i’ili<’ Inter na-tiomii Bridge to Hie <’ ns ' a.i - lie. el:iv ! :i--tors.to the water’s edge at sVbif.ipool Rapids l ou.lju (’.uiadian side. wi>! !)>■ I '.' '" cd on train -r; : leduetion from prices e:mr:.:od. after vei’ehu'.g tile ‘ ill-s. □ w » DO NOT NUSS Ties opi'.ptiinity of -pendm;’ Sunday at Ihe 1 ■ il'storiertl simii in ilie I iurod Slabs, y I,xcirrsu-o will arrive :it Ni c:?, I'ai- -:t a ... I '.j . hi’. .hilv ■' >». IL tii’niiiL. ;’a>- , -.■iv-ir-can leave the I'Hiisan’ day »nlvll-Uio r I I-.. ,•(•:::•< ■ ■ ‘ u • :r»iv:• | nt Builalo. wh’ie'li iea'ves tlii'i'i every dm it <;3'. p. in.' I’assengers can :iavr stonover privileges on return trip at t > veland. Sarv-I dusky. I’ut-in-Bay. etc. . : l or panipliloCgivmg fuli detailed informa I ion. call on anv agditt Lake Erie N Western , R. K.. or :nld,ress C. F. Daly. G. P. A. Indianapolis, Ind. - J 20w3

THE SOUTH AFRICANS — THE THREE NATIVE RACES THAT INHABIT THE COUNTRY. The Bushmen, the HottentiAa and the Bantua or Kaflim—These Last Are Much Above the Level of the Others Physical' ly and In All Respects. When the Dutch fixed their first post at, Capo Town in 1652, with no thought either of colonization or of conquest, but for the sake of having gardens which could supply fresh vqry't.ibles to the scurvy stricken crews ships sailing to the east, they found three native races inhabiting the country. One of these, the Bushmen, though few in numbers, were widely scattered over the whole of South Africa. They were nomads of almost the lowest kind, with a marvelous faculty for tracking and trapping wild animals, but neither owning cattle nor tilling the soil, with scarcely even a tribal organization, no I religion and a language consisting of a I succession of clicks. Unable to accus- ■ tom themselves to civilized life, driven I out of some districts by the settlers and I in others no longer able to find support ; owing to the extinction of game, they are now almost extinct, though a few ! are still left in the deserts of the Kala- I hari and northern Bechuanalan’d, Be- I fore many years thw only tr,i<-< of their i existence will be" in the remarkable | drawings of animals With, which they delighted to cover the smooth surfaces of rocks. These drawings, which are found all the way from Zambezi to the Cape and from Maniacland to the Atlantic, are executed in red aud yellow pigments and are often full of spirit aud character. The second race was that which the Dutch called Hottentot. They were qf a reddish or yellowish black hue, taller thau the Bushmeu, but with squat aud seldom muscular figures—a thoughtless, cheerful, easy going people, who roved hither aud thither with their fl.X'ks aud herds as they could find pasture. They were decidedly superior to the Bushmeu, whom they hated, but quite unable to withstand Europeans, aud their numbers rapiiily declined, partly from the loss of their best grazing grounds, but largely also through epidemic diseases, aud especially sinallpox, which ships, touching ou their way from India, brought iuto the country. They are now. as a distinct race, almost extinct in the Colony, though a good deal of their blood has passed into the mixed black population of Cape Town and its neighborhood—a population the other elements of which are Malays and west coast negroes, the descendants of slaves imported-in the last century. Farther north, on the south side of the Orange river, and beyond it in Namagualand, small tribes cognate to the Hottentots still wander over the dreary plains. Very different from these weak Bushmen and Hottentots was and is the third native race, those who are called Bantu (a word-meaning “people”) by themselves and Kaffirs by Europeans. The word Kaffir is Arabic, and means an infidel (literally ‘ ’one who denies’ ’). It is applied by Mussulmans not merely to these South Africans, but to other heathen, as, for instance, by. the Afghans to the idolaters of Kaiiristan it.- ,h£ HindooKush mountains. The Portuguese probably took the name from the Arabs, whom they found already settled on the east coast. These Bantu tribes—if we may class those as Bantus who speak languages of what is called the Bantu type—fill all east Africa from the rei gions of the upper Nile southward. - Those who dwell south of the Zambezi are generally strong and well made men, sometimes as black as a gulf of Guinea negro, sometimes verging on a brown tint; and though .they have the woolly nair and thick lips generally characteristic of the negro, individuals are often found among them whose cast of features suggests an admixture of Semitic' blood. They are more prolific than the Hottentots, as well as physically stronger .and better made, and they were further advanced iu tile arts of life. S'omri of the tribes dug out and worked iron and. copper; all of them usj d iii’ii. Their chief wealth lay in their cattle : horses they did not possess, . but xVhere tho land was' tit for tillage! ■ they cultivat 'd it. They h-tid’no religion, j ■ except in a sort of magic, and that wor-; j ship of the ghosts of ancestors which i .seems to be the most widely «di’fused of : all human superstitions. lusti-ad of a ; priesthood, were wizard- or modi- ‘ cine men, often powerful as the de-1 nouucersof those whom the chief wished ) to put to death. Intellectually tiicy were ■ very much upon the level*.'f the native ’ I races of West Africa.—James Bryce, M. P., in Century. _ — | — “Auld Robin Gray.” A ballad that won instant fame against'' the expectation and even the wish of its author was Robin Gray,” written by Lady Anne'Lindsay about the end of the last century merely for her own satisfaction to replace the coarse verses of an old inelody'that pleased her.'’ She sang and. the new ballad soon canit’ imp I'avoF. 1 Great was the curjosity aroused As to the author of this pat-hetic song in whose simple verses all tlrr el niLnts of_ tragedy are contained. but Lady; Anne, modest and ret iring.'by ‘ nature, preserved silence for iit’.ny j years, smiling no doubt at the contro--1 versy that raged so hotly. In the course of it her ballad was attributed by some I . disput-ants tq David Rizzfo, deelared.by i others to be a genuine sixteen th ceiitury jSi'oduclion and filially lit tiff; ...et of a qo guinea. prize to be bestowed on , anybody acuto enough to brwg t » light ’ the veritablo-*autfi'or.—Cofuhiil -M..ga- ■ zine. ■' ' ■■’ A * Haniiy For Ball. The Bostdu Journal ma.. ~v, .‘..a'.s to . knew wlty-the . horseless rmria.ws on. ■ exhibition in that city are a■: . x with whip sockets. ; Guess The J-eiiwial [ man never lived iu a prohibition state. —Cleveland Plain Dealer.

SAYING GRACE. ' . u Little Fay haJ accepted an invitation ; , To dine with her little friend Muy, And when dinner was done, And they went out to run. Fay asked in an innocent way: “What wa.s it your papa was sayinsr thia nooa When you folded your hands, just so, And sat up so straight, And:.bowed to your plate? I couldn’t quite hear him. you know.” Said May, “He was just saying -Thank you’ to God For giving us food every day.” “Oh!’' said Fay. with surprise And with wide open eyes. “My papa for ours has to pay!” —M. L. Wyatt in American Kitchen Magazines THE PLANET MARS. Both Chemically and Physically It Is Very Like the Earth. Year after year when politics cease from troubling there recurs the question as to the existence of intelligent, sentient lifts on the planet Mars. The last outcrop of speculation grew from the discovery by M. Javelle of a luminous projection on the southern edge of the 1 planet. The light was peculiar in sev- [ eral respects, and among other interpre- ! tations it was suggested that, the inhabitants of Mars were flashing messages . to the conj’-rtiired inhabilants of the sister planet Earth. No. attempt at re- . ply was made. Indepd supposing our as- ' tronomer royal, with our best telescope, | transported to Mars, a red riot of fire running athwart the whole of London would scarce he visible to him. The question remains unanswered, probably tuiaiiswerable. Th'-re is no doubt that Mars is very like the earth. Its days and nights, its .summers and winters differ only in their relative lengths from ours. It has land ami ix-eans, continents and islands, mountain ranges and hilaml seas. Its polar regions are covered with suow, and it has an atmosphere and clouds, warm sunshine and gentle rains. The spectroscope, that subtle analyst of the most distant stars, gives us reason to believe that the chemical elements familiar to us here exist on Mars. The planet, chemically and physically, is so like the earth that, as protoplasm, the only living material we know, came into existence on the earth, there is no great difficulty in supposing that it came into existence on Mars. If reason be able to guide us, we know that protoplasm, ut first amorphous mid unintegrated, has been guided on this earth by natural forces into that marvelous series of forms and integrations we call the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Why, under the similar guiding forces on Mars, should not protoplasm be the root of as fair a branching tree of living beings and bear as fair a fruit of intelligent, sentient creatures? — London Saturday Review. Longer Life In the Country. The loss of pure air, sunshine and other “free” goods and its effect on the physique" of city dwellers is not adequately compensated by hygienic reforms of town life itself, while the increased number and. complexity of sensations impose a greater strain upon the nervous sys.tem. The nervous degeneration which thus accrues may perhaps be cheeked in time by further hygienic improvement.of the town and by a gradual, readjustment between the nervous system and its changed environment. But meantime grave physical injuries arise directly from those very economic changes which have raised the economic condition of the great mass of the workers and have probably reduced the quantity of purely economic poverty. When we reflect that the physical injuries of town life, attested by rates of mortality and impaired muscular activity, fall most heavily upon . the poor, we shall see grave reason to doubt vvhether the modern conditions of industrial aud social life are generally favorable to the physical vitality of the low paid worker or the “residuum,” that is to say, whether he gets any net viral advantage out of the higher rate of real wages which he obtains when he is working. The conclusion applied by Mr. ChAu Booth to. the whole body of workera that “hi one way or another effective working life is ten years longer in the •> couutiw than in the town” lia» a’’important significance when we r< member that eai'.h decennial census .-hows a growiugj.iroiv'rtioa df workc ■> subject to the (oiiditions of town y.'e. —Con- . temnoraryi Review. . . I The Monkey’s Hatred of toe Tiger. Fortunately shade was gained before i long, ayd a troop of .monk: ys indicated ' the way our game had taken. These of- ■ ten aid a tiger hunter,' an'd 'tile royal '.robber no doubt enfertaiLS sentiments toward them on such occas ions which are worthy-of-iiitiiself. They do not fall ini' to ecstasies; as.at the sig’it of a leopard, i because intelligence teaches them that J in this ease trees are- safe ’situations. I . Still they detest tigers, and as-soon as a monkey sees one he .begins to “swear. ” I This expression is sanctioned by common use in.-India, and it. perfectly expresses th.v apparent tenor of their vociferations. ■ Each little: creature capers With exeiteuiout and vents- all the. exej.,crations of -which it. is capable; "The. I baud accompany his steps with revil- . I i’ngs, and wlwii lie looks up it seems as' if., they would go out of their senses. — Outing. ..... ! . Joy 'is the mainspring) in the whole ro»nd of eterlasting'nature"; joy. moves the wheels of the great timepiece of the world; SliQi it is that kx-sens flowers from their buds, suns from-thvir firmaments. rolling spheres, in distakbJpace seen not by the glass of the astronomer. —Schiller. • .... k , Raw Beef. proves of great benefit to persons of fraD "eetis’;' iL ionv "It is chop- ~ ■ poti fine) sea-c; ‘d with.salt amV heated •by placing in a <Lsh of hot water. Jt-as'- • 6>miiatcs ra'<ui;v .and at . rds the best ;............ . Young dew s and pi? ns are fed with a sort of pap secreted by the parent 1 bird. It is nece,—aiyf to the existence of the squabs. ..They dii without it. j