Ligonier Banner., Volume 33, Number 25, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 September 1898 — Page 2

PROTOCOL ACCEPTED. The Spanish Parliament Agrees to . the Terms'of the Bill,. = 1 i : - ¢ Queen R‘égent Signs the Measure—- * Cabinet Discusses Philippine ] Situation — Agitation | . Giomba. L o R : Washington, Sept. 15.—1 n .official quarters much satisfaction is expressed over the reports from Madrid that the lower house of parliament had passed the government bill aeccepting the terms of the protocol. '~ The queen regent signed the protocol bill Wednesday evening. . The upper house already has passed 'this measure, so that the last fear of legislative opposition to the transfer of Cuba, the Ladrones and Puerto Rico is now over. e : : The Cortes Prorogued.’ : Madrid, Sept. 15—The premier, Senor Sagasta, has obtained the queen regent’s signature to a decree proroguing the cortes, and with it ended a stormy session of the senate. = - Fixing ‘the Terms. : Washington, Sept. 14—Two important meetings of the cabinet were held Tuesday, at which the situation in the Philippines was carefully . considered and an outline arrived at of the in_structions which the peace. commissioners will carry with them to Paris. It was first de¢ided that there should be no mistake as to the attitude of the two countries.” The United States will treat with Spain as a conqueror with the conquered. This much is established. and the commissioners will be clearly instructed to this effect. Cuba and Puerto Rico will'not™ be subjects of negotiation, except incidentally. They were disposed of by the armistice, and the future government of Cuba will be established by the United States without reference to Spain’s demands or wishes. - - The Philippine question will be only partially open to negotiation. That is to say, Manila bay, with the capital of theisland, Cavite and the Corregidor. islands- must remain as the absolute property of the United States.

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Havana, Sept. 16.—The predominant feéature of the situation is the feverish and widespread agitation of the Cubans in favor of the absolute independence of the island at all costs. Manifestoes.,ére being circulated. in- - viting the cooperation of Spanish residents and merchants to this-end, and pointing out that either annexation or an American protectorate would mean - death to all trade with Spain in a couple of years. C One reason why many Spaniards who at first favored annexation have now - changed their opinion is that they fear -the competition of American rivals‘as storekeepers, hotel managers and restaurateurs. They are afraid that the Americans, instead of coming to buy out their establishments and stocks at fabulous priees, based upon the old Spanish duties, will open shops next door, import goods at the dutiesunder the. mew regime, ruin their. business _and reduce them to poverty. Exactly the same spirit prevails among the planters, especially the smaller ones, who had hoped to sell at good prices the old French and Belgian machinery for which they paid dear and imported under excessive duties. They realize that the American syndicates will bring - American machinery, much cheaper and paying practically no du- ~ ties, establish a large central market, close theirs and push them to the wall. ° SECRETARY DAY RESIGNS. Lays Down the Portfolio of State . - and Takes Formal Leave of . : His Aisoclate-. : - Washington, Sept.” 17.—The cabinet - was in session an hour Friday, Secretary. :\lger being the only absentee. Secretary Day tendered to the president his resignation as secretary of . state and took leave of his cabinet ~ associates. A telegram from Gen. Otis - at Manila was read showing that the ~ 'situation there was entirely satisfactory. The instructions to the peace com#ission were ‘gone over for.the last time and officially approved. Washington, Sept. 17.—Assistant Secretary Moore, of the state department, has also tendered his resignation to the president. . - . . An CUltimatum, : Candia, Island of Crete, Sept. 14.— - Rear Admiral Gerald Noel, commander ~ of the British naval forces in Cretan waters, on Tuesday issued an ultima- - tum to Edhem Pasha, the Turkish mili- . tary governor of Crete, demanding that. within 48 hours he shoild deliver up the ringleaders of the recent outbreak and massacre, sprrender the fort and ramparts defending the town and - disarm the Mussulman troops. : Street Cars for Japan. " 'Bt. Louis, Sept. 16.—An order has been received ﬁ the St. Louis Car company for 250 street cars for the - Japanese government. The order, ~ which will be filled, calls for the completion and shipment of the cars within the next 90 days. The amount tobe paid for the cars is $300,000. . Three Bathers Drowned. _ o M;\C« ‘Sept..ls—Henry Les- ~ ottage at Virginia Beach, and two of i bk moasts * P, S. E. Dixon, of Chicago. R R e g i T N **wﬂi%f: med Wednesday while

CURRENCY CONVENTION.

Champions of the White and Yellow Metals Discuss Their Various P Merits at Omaha,

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 14. — One of the most distinguished gatheringsoffinanc¢ial students that ever assembled opened a three days” session at the Nebraska building, exposition grounds, Tuesday morning. Scarcely a wellknown name on either side of the great currency problem which has been so long before the American peoplé but is represented on the programme for a set of papers or a part in the running debate. Hon. J. Sterling Morton presided - :

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 15.—There*was a largely increased attendance of delegates at the second day’s session of the national currency. convention. Bilver had the floor, both forenoon and afternoon, and an array of congressmen, economists and others sought combat with theif geold-standard opponents, and essayed to answer the arguments advanced by the latter in Tuesday’s discourses. i

~ Ex-Congressman’ Charles H. Towne, of Duluth, Minn., presided over the session and delivered the first volley in an address on “The Coinage and Use of Silver as Standard Money Coordinately with Gold.”” Those who took a prominent part in-assisting Chairman Towne in ex}%loiting the silver side of the curreney question included C. S. Hartman, of Montana; E.P. Bartine, of Washington, D. C.; Anson Walcott, of Indiana; Senator Jones, of Arkansas; Henry G. Miller, of Chicago, and C. N. Fowler, of New Jersey. Answers to the arguments of these speakers were embodied in brief speeches "delivered by Edwin Burritt Smith, of ‘Chicago; Platt Rogers, of Denver; J. Adam Bede, of Duluth, and H. L. Franing, of Ohio. b . The principal speakers at the afternoon session of the currency conference were George Fred Williams, of Boston, ‘an ex-congressman and ‘formerly a member of the congressional coinage committee, and then a believer in the gold standard, and Congressman C. N. Fowler., of Elizabeth. N. J. . :

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 16.—The third and last day of the national currency

convention began with a paper in support of an unlimited issue of irredeemable currency by the government by Gen. A. 3. Warner, president of the American Bimetallic union. -

A reply was made to him by Congressman C. N. Fowler, of New Jersey, who supported bank currency. i President Wills, of the Kansas agricultural college, led off in the afternoon, arguing for public control of money. : :

John P. Irish, of San Francisco, defended the gold standard in a few words. Chairman Towne came back at the gold men’sicontention that values cannot be legislated into a substance by saying.legislation can affect value. The only value money has is its exchange value. = -

PERSISTENTLY DENIED.

There Is No Truth in Report'That Ad- . miral Dewey Has Been Ask- . . ing for Help. . ’

New York, Sept. 15. — A special to the Times from Washington says: Despite the repeated . denidls of both the navy and the army departments many papers continue publish-. ing dispatches from this city stating that Admiral Dewey is asking for help and that the administration will send to his assistance immediately two battleships. 'These reports are beginning io annoy the department officials as wvell as the president.” There is no truth in them, according to Assistant Secretaries Allen and Meikeljohn. Admiral Dewey has not asked for aid at allat any time. He has, on therother hand, repeatedly assured the navy department that thereis no trouble to; be feared in tlhie Philippines, and that he and-Gen. Otis are quite able to take care of any question that may arise. Assistant Secretary Allen' said Wednesday afternoon that there is absolutely no truth in the report that the department is contemplating sending battleships, or any ships at all, to the Philippines to aid the admiral. : g All_Have Gone. : " ; 1 Washington, Sept. 15.—Word reaeied the navy department Wednesday that all the.Spanish war vessels in Puerto Rico have left that country. The war vessels included the Isabel 11., a cruiser, the Creolla, the torpedo boat Terror, a small gunboat, name not given, and one other. - Their departure is simply in accordance with the plan of evacuation of the island by the Spanish forces, as provided for in the proctocol of peace. : " . Food Supply Ample. Port Townsend, Wash., Sept. 15.—The steamer Discovery arriving here from Skagway, Alaska, brings advices from Dawson up to August 27. It is stated the Canadian police have completed a thorough investigation of the food supply for the coming winter. They report that the amount on hand is thore than sufficient to carry the camp through the winter. = . Wmnl. e Chicago, Sept. 17. — Bishop Samuel Fallows is preparing a monster petition to President McKinley against the army canteen. He expects to secure 5,000,000 signatures. Thé bishop ‘has invoked the aid of the Young People’s Christian Temperance union in

DEATH IN THE WIND.

Awful Havoe Caused by Hurricanes in Danish West Indies—Many - Lives Reported Lost.

St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, Sept. 15.—According to the latest reports from St. Lucia the storm which broke upon the island Sunday night developed almost unprecedented violence, being accompanied by a tidal wave and tremendous rains. Numerous landslides were, caused, and many houses, bridges and cocoa estates have been destroyed. At least 12 lives have been lost. - Guadaloupe, the French island in the Leeward group, has experienced very heavy weather. Nineteen deaths are reported, and there have been destructive'landslides. -

A boat from the Island of St. Vincent, a hundred miles west of Barbadoes, drrived Wednesday at the island of Grenada, and reports that St. Vincent has experienced the most violent and destructive c¢yclone ever known there. Kingston, the capital of St. Vincent, is totally destroyed. It is estimated that 300 lives have been lost in that island, and that 20,000 people are homeless. The bodies of the dead are being buried in trenches. Thousands are starving or being fed at the public expense.. The amount of property destroyed in St. Vincent cannot yet be estimated. Every small house is down, and many large ones have been destroyed.. The demolished buildings inzlude churches, stores and almost all the estate buildings. Three large ships are ashore on the Windward coast,;and many smaller vessels are stranded. f

- London, Sept. 15.—Advices were received here late Wednesday night saying that a terrible hurricane has swept over Barbadoes, in the Windward group of the Lesser Antilles. ' Two hundred persons have been killed and thousands rendered homeless. | ! St. Vincent, British West Indies, Sept. 16.—The official reports reduce the number of deaths here during the hurricane. It was at first estimated that 300 lives were lost, but it is now believed the, number is considerably smaller. The exact figures are not obtainable. e e

People are flocking into Kingston, St. Vincent, from all -the country

round for shelter and food. Everywhere it appears that all the small buildings and many large ones were destroyed, ‘and there is no doubt that the fatalities were ‘numerous.

Trinidad, British ‘West Indies, Sept. 16.—A steamer which has arrived here from Barbadoes reports that fearful havoc was caused there by the hurricane on Saturday night. The destruction of property was immense. It is believed over 150 persons were killed throughout the island and numbers were rendered homeless and destitute. The shipping suffered seriously. The ship Loando, a bark and two barkentines broke from their anchorage and were driven ta°sea. They had not returned when the steamer left Barbadoes. Many local vessels were wrecked or blown out to sea. Bridgetown, the capital of the island of Barbadoes, is a scene of desolation aud ruin. Demolished or-roofless houses are to be seen on every side and hardly a tree - is standing. i _

A TRIPLE TRAGEDY. -

A Former Servant Kills a Louisville v o -Man, His Child and L ’ Herself. xili

Louisville, Ky., Sept. 16.—Joseph F. Villier, his two-yefr-old child and a woman named Nellie McGuffin were found dead in a room in the Entérprise hotel Thursday morning. From notes letf by the woman it was learned she had given Villiers and the child morphine in wine, but, fearing'that ‘this would not be effective, had shot him through the right temple and then turned the revolver upon herself, death being instantaneous in each case. The child was already dead from the effects of the drug. Villier was a motorman for the Louisville City Railway company and was 26 years old. He wasa ‘widower. The woman had once been employed by Villier as a servant. : Bynum Resigns. _ Chicage, Sept., 15—W. D. Bynum, ~chairman of the national democratic party, tendered his resignation to the executive committee Wednesday, and George Fqster PPeabody, of New York, ‘was elected as his successor. The resignation was a great surprise to the ‘leaders of the gold democratic party. To Drive Out the French. London, Sept. 17.—The Cairo correspondent of the Telegraphsays that as soon as the sirdar arrives at I'ashoda he intends to present an ultimatum ‘demanding that Maj. Marchand quit at once. If the French open fire it will be returned instantly, and the %lace will be occupied by force. 2 ‘ Earthquake in Nebraska. : Bloomfield, Neb., Sept. 17.—A ver) distinet earthquake shock, lasting several seconds, was felt at this place Friday morning about four o’clock. It “was accompanied by a deep rumbling ‘noise and mxiny were awakened from their sleep by the rattling. of dishes and furniture. ' | ! Revenue Collections. = ~ Washington, Sept. 17.—The monthly statement of the collections of inter‘nal revenue shows that during the ’mﬂath of July the total receipts ‘amounted to $27,804,573, a met increase, ;;;bﬁim‘e?ﬁwith‘ July, 1897, of $8,331,- .-; & , :

THE TRADE SITUATION.

As Reviewed by R. G. Dun & Co.~Grain

and Iron—Failures for the Week.

New York, Sept. 17.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review pf trade says: ‘“Businessis passing well through the difficulties that attend the winding up of a war, which are generally greater than® those involved while war is in progress. The rysh of orders kept back while war lasted, by those who thought it shrewd not to take any chances, has lifted prices a little and caused a larger demand for the time than can continue, but though it has passed, there isan cvidence that the consuming demand is very large. How large can only be judged after some weeks pof waiting. But once more it looks as if those who wait longest are likely to pay most. The business of the country is expanding so that payments through clearing houses in the second week in September were 22.5 per cent. larger than in 1892, and for two weeks 12.0 per cent. larger. From these and railway returns, and such trade reports as are {nstructive, it must be concluded that much more business is being done than in the best of past years, though not always with much profit. A ] b g ‘““Wheat has come forward ‘much more freely and the price has advanced two cents. It is supposed that the advance is largely due to milling demand coming upon ‘a narrow supply. The foreign demand will be smaller and the American crops larger ‘than last yedr. The slight yielding in corn was due rather to the government report, which is not entirely discredited as to that report, than té6 any change in movement, which has been small compared with last year. : !

~ “With the starting of 19 furnaces idle a month ago, partly not included as yet, the weekly output September 1 was 213,043 tons against 206,777 August 1, and the decrease in stock is 116,929 tons in two months, indicating a consumption but little below a million tons per month. Structural work is the heaviest ever known in Pittsburgh, though smaller at New. York. Bar mills are crowded with tpe,general railway demand for automatic couplers and orders for new cars, 800 for one road, and a large order for street cars to Japan, and plate mills are everywhere crowded. The demand for pipe is the largest for 4 long time, and also for boiler tubes, and the sheet mills are crowded west of Philadelphia, while the foundry consumption is heavy and the rail mills not yet ready to accept orders which they cannot deliever for months, being engaged far ahead. “Failures for the week were 174 in the United States, against 204 last year and 23 in Canada, against 40 last year.” .

TROOPS TO GO SOUTH.

Will. Be Assembled in Southern Sta« tions for Winter Camps—About, oy 70,000 Are Now There.

Washington, Sept. 17.—The military movements are being directed rapidly towards the assembling of a large army in southern stations for winter camps and preparatory to the military occupaticn of Cuba and Puerto Rico. About 70,000 troops are now located in the south and orders will be issued sending the First, Second, Sixth, Ninth ,and Tenth cavalry from Montauk to 'southern stations. The Third cavalry already has gone south and the First and Second jinfantry have been ordered to Anniston, a®% the Eighth and Sixteenth to Huntsville. This leaves the Seventh, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-{ifth infantry, the Second volunteer engineers and companies G and H, Fourth artillery, at Montauk. Within a day or two these last remaining troops will be-ordered south and Camp Wikoff will be no more. :

The purpose is to establish winter camps batween the 31st and 35th parallels. The major part of the army thus assembled is destined/for service in Cuba, with a much smaller force for Puerto Rico and a reserve in the winter camps. It is not the intention, however, to send the army of occupation to Cuba until after the unhealthy season has passed, and meanwhile the troops will be put in the best possible condition. :

ANTI-ITALIAN UPRISING.

Assassination of Their Empress by an Italian Rouses the Anstiians . to a Bitter Race Warfare.

. London, Sept. 14.—Special dispatches from Vieuna say the entire Austrian empire is infuriated against the Italians, as a result of the assassination of Empress Elizabeth, and that violent anti-Italiap demonstrations have taken place at Trieste. where the Italians and natives have been fighting in the streets with sticks and stones, sometimes using revolvers. Sixdeaths are reported to have occurred there, and the troops were called out to suppress the disturbances. ; . At Gratz an Italian peddler has been lynched, and at Viehna fully 1,500 Italians employed on the municipal works have been summzirily dismissed, in order to avert a popular revolt. .The Italian embassy at Vienna is guarded by a strong body of infantry. Fatal Wrec¢k in Colorado. Denver, Col., Sept. 16.—A special to the News from ‘Gunnison, Col., says: A serious wreck occurred Thursday afternoon on the Rio Grande railway near Black canon, six miles west of Saparino, Col., in which three and perhaps more lives were lost. An extra train consisting of empty coaches going to mecet the National Editorial association, which is coming from the west, ran into a rock slide and it is reported the whole train was thrown down an embankment into the Gunnison river. This train crew, consisting of Conductor D. M. Riley, Engineer John - Pittinger and Fireman Fred Proctor, aré said to have been killed and there may be others. Philippine National Assembly, Manila, Sept. 17.—The Philippine national assembly was inaugurated at Malolos Thursday with great enthusiasm. In an interview Aguinaldo declined to discuss the American army and- protested his undying gratitude to the Americans. He said théy had come to the Philippines to fight the Spaniards only, and, now that they had finished the task, it was to be expected that they would return to America. He was unwilling to believe that the Americans would demand a reward for an act of humanity, ‘ TA New Record. . ‘Omaha, Neb,, Sept. 17.—A ' special train of an engine and four cars on the Chicago & Northwestern railway established a new record between Chicago and Omaha Friday, making the run of 493 miles in nine hours and 29 minutes. It left Chicago at eight o’clock Friday morning, and pulled into the Omaha union depotats:29p.m,

Mexican Congress Opened,

Mexico City, Sept. 17.-— President Diaz opened eongress Friday evening. His message touched on the relations with the United States, yellow fever in the gulf ports, finances and the general growth of the country. He said that peace and friendship character!lzed all the relatjons of Mexico with foreign nations. e

DEATH OF A HERO.

Aged Veteran Dies Suddenly at Columbus, O.—Fought at El Caney —~Three Other Soldiers Die.

Columbus, 0., Sept. 17.—Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Haskell died suddenly at his home at the Columbus post about 4:30 Friday afternoon. He was stricken withapoplexy, the excitement through which -he had passed during the day being the immediate cause of the attack. Gen. Haskell commanded the Severiteenth infantry at the battle of El Caney and was twice wounded in the left shoulder and knee. He came home about a month ago and was rapidly recovering. Tbe wound in his shoulder, however, had paralyzed his left arm, which he carried in a sling. Friday morning the SBeventeenth regiment returned home, and Gen. Haskell went to the depot in a carriage to welcome his gallant men. He rode at the head of the regiment through the city to the post, and the cheers of the immense crowds of people that lined the streets were directed almost as much to him individually as to the regiment. At the reviewing stand the crowd surrounded the carriage and flowers were fairly showered into the vehicle from every side. He was born at Cincinnati November 19, 1838.

Chicago, Sept. 17.—Gen. George W. Smith, ex-treasurer of Illinois, a prominent attorney and a brave soldier who commanded the Eighty-eighth Illinois regiment during the war of the rebellion, died suddenly Friday at his home, 514 North State street. For some time Gen. Smith had not been in good health, but no apprehension was felt by the family. He wasseized with an attack of heart trouble early Friday morning and died at four o’clock, having been ill only two hours. Philadelphia, Sept. 16. — Maj. William E. Baldwin, of the Sixth Illinois volunteers, died Thursday in . the Orthopaedic hospital in this city, of typhoid fever. Maj. Baldwin was brought to this city about ten days ago on the hospital ship Relief from Puerto Rico.

Keene, N. H., Sept. 16.—Gen. James Jensen Dana died.in this city Thursday after a short illness. He went through the civil war, rising to the rank‘of brigadier general in the quartermaster’s department. -

THE DEAD EMPRESS.

Arrival of the Funeral Train in ViP enna—Blessing of the ‘! . Remains.

Vienna, Sept. 16.—The funerai train arrived at ten o’clock Thursday even-

ing, Prince Von Liechtenstein, the chief court marshal, the officers of the general staff and a miltary guard of honor were waiting at the railway station, which was heavily draped with crepe. The clergy having blessed the remains, the procession started for the hofburg.. The whole route was linedwithtroops,and immense crowds, bareheaded, stood silently watching. The soldiers presented. arms as: the procession passed. The streets were imposingly decorated. On reaching the hofburg the remains were transferred to the chapel. Emperor Francis Joseph, with the principal mourners, -had driven from Schonbrunn to ‘the chapel to attend the ceremony of blessing the body. .

. The emperor’s coming had been kept a secret from the people. He was accompanied by his daughters and- his sons-in-law.. After the benediction all departed except the emperor and 'the relatives, who remained along with the beloved dead until shortly before midnight, when they returned to Schonbrunn. All the festivities in connection' with the jubilee of Emperor Francis Joseph have been completely abandoned. The emperor will spend six months in almost absolute retirement, only attending to state business and not going even’for the usual autumn deer shooting. sy New York, Sept. 17.—A solemn requiem mass for the repose of the soul of the dead Empness Elizabeth of Austria was celebrated in St. Patrick’s cathedral’ Friday. Archbishop Corrigan was seated on the throne in the sanctuary and Father M. J. Lavelle by his side. There were present the consul generals of Austria (who acted as usher), Switzerland. France, Japan, Turkey, Greece, Russia and Guatemauaia, all in full uniform, and about 200 persons, including many Austrians. -

SCHOONER RUN DOWN.

Steamshixy Collides with Sailing Ves= : se"l Off Martha’s: Vineyard— Nine :Sailors Drowned.

Boston,. Sept. 17. — The steamship Gloucester, of the Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation company, which arrived here in the morning from Baltimore, reports that at 1:30 o’clock' Friday morning she collided with the Gloucester schooner Alice Jordan off Martha’s Vineyard and that nine of the Jordan’s crew were drowned. Seven of the crew were saved and brought here on'the Gloucester. No More Troops to Be Mustered Out. Washington, Sept. 14.—Tremendous pressure is still being brough#to bear on the war department to have more troops mustered out of the service. Efforts in this direction, however, are of no avail. It is announced’ with increased emphasis that there will be no more troops mustered out. The situation does not admit of any further reduction in the army, and efforts are being made to put those volunteers who are retained in the service as near as possible to the footing of the regulars in tke matter of drill and discipline. An effort is being made to eradicate the amateurish idea of independence among: the iroops, and to bring them down to the strictest discipline. The purpose at the outset | To Be Mustered Out. . Washington, Sept. 16.—The war department will soon take up the question of mustering out a considerable number of general officers of the volunf teer army, including major generals and brigadiers, now that the volunteer forces have been reduced so largely. All regimeéntal officers have gone out of | service with their respective regiments, but the entire force of general officers t{still remains. . i : j . Rallroads Are Earning More. - Peoria, 111, Sept. 15—The Toledo, Peoria & Western railway-annual meeting was held Wednesday. Twu of the old directors were reelected. The net earnings for the year ending June 30, 1898, were $227,388.86, against $184,~ 475.43 for the preceding year.

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HE COULD NOT WAIT.

There was a little boy who possessed the name of Fred. A ) He had two soft blue eyes and a frousletossed head; s : i And he had a little donkey whose cognomen was Joe, b : Who Had & way. of standing still when he dfdn’t|want to go. ' ' A very funny denkey,» with the peaceful name of Joe, /. .

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Whom nothing could induce to move when he chose rot’'to go. i Now Fred essayed to ride him on a pleas- - ant summer day, 1 . 80 he buckled on the saddie and they jigjogged away; . But soon Joe tired of travel-and stopped, but little Fred : Was somewhat in a hurry,.so he traveled - on ahead. | ! _ Being somewhat in a hurry, this blue-eyed urchin Fred . T Cancluded that he wouldn’t wait and went : right on ahead. ) —Arthur J. Burdick, in Chicago Record.

HUSKS BECOME DOLLS.

Funny Little Figures Made by an Old . Colored Woman for Her ) Little Charges.

Making a small bundle of some sbaked corn husks, says a writer in Youth's Companion,.the vid colored woman tied a'knot at one end. “What’s that for, mammy?” I asked. “His haid, child; an’ dis yere's his hair.”” And she put some of the sillk by the knot and tied it about the neck N i : < / A . o ar I /i : ,f' 4] o .// /’l "“ ;“ll‘;;‘..‘.,}{(“‘ @ ‘. o . - ‘ﬂ'ﬂ!’“‘ — v 7, A VD ‘ ,2 \\, f\E o T Tf{%’%% > . A. | |’i %‘\\d . ] : \‘ _' CORN HUSK DOLLS. with.a strip of the tougher husk. Next she chose a fine, smooth, broad piece, of a beautiful light green, and folded it across. She put a cord in the fold, and drew it up like a running string: This she tied about the knot, being careful that the “hair’should come up through the middle, and when she had tied another string about the neck-it made a fine covering for the head, almost as good as a rag baby’s. - The arms came next, and these were made by dividing the husks below the head into three parts; one on each side for the arms, and one in the middle for the body. 5 The arms were wrapped with strips of coarse, strong husks, tied at the wrist, and mammy’s strong knife cut them off just beyond. Some of the softér husks were used for the shoulders, and were put on fichu-fashion, first over one shoulder and then the other, until they were built out to the required breadth, when they were tied about the waist with more of the tough husk. Of course, the ends 'of the “fichu” came well below the waistline. and added much to the thickness of the lower part. This was now divided evenly in two, and each division was Wwound like the arms and cut off evenly. : . “Is he a boy doll, mammy ?” I asked. - §He’s a sodger, child, and now go glt me some rose thorns and I'll give him his eyes and miouf.” . ' The rase thorns were stuck into the smooth, green face, and my doll was complete, £ ;

| Train Stopped by Lizards. B I' Trains stopped by grasshoppers on the track have been reported many. times, but California has had a novelty.in that line in the shape of lizards. i A train on the Southern Pacific while ' making an up grade began to slacken E speed and the wheels slipped. The engineer investigated and discovered a swarm of “little green'lizards on the track. The engineer pulled the sand box_ wide open and ran along until the saud gave out. Then the train '.(-rew went to carrying sand from the | hillside and ran along ahead of the en- | gine to drive off the reptiles. Finally, after struggling for nearly a mile, the train got through the pests. The conductor and crew say they never saw such a swarm of lizards on the desert, and think they were migrating from the lowlands up to the foothills. : : Easily Satisfied. “It was a brave and manly act, young man,” said the millionaire, with deep Aeeling. “At the risk of your-own life you rushed into the burning building ‘and saved my only daughter from a horrible fate. 'How can I ever repay such heroism?” o : } “Oh, I don’t know,” replied the brave rescuer. Do you think a couple of ‘dollars would be too much ?"—Chicago Daily News. * Ly |- Sound Advice. : Mr. Wanterpop—Ought a man to kiss a girl before he proposes or after? . Miss Meanitall—lf there is any chance of his being rejected, he’d better kiss her before.—N.Y. Truth. = } ~ Smart Girl. : ' Edith—What would you do if you were scared so that your hair turned twhite?f R e | Myrtle—l think I'd de.—To#n Top-_ Ft%%’%‘?we SO el e L e eSlEsl e e o

- DOG AND CAT CHUMS, SR I Pussy Catches Squirrels and Ra:b,b“l. : Points Game Birds and Adopts b a Kitten, -

. Farmer John Cook’s brindlé cat Cuba points quail and catches young gray squirrels in the. mountain back of his house. Cuba’s chum isa three-year-old shepherd dog named Charley. They do not hunt together, but on refurning from her excursions after small game to the fields and woods close by, Cuba purrs around the dog, rubs her sleek fur against his neck, and puts her nose to his, as if to tell of her success.

‘“‘She getssa squirrel or a chipmunk nearly every day,” says Billy Cook, “and she knows where to find young rabbits. She’s tried hard to find the nest of a couple of quails thathave just raised a brood in the field next to our house. . Once I found her pointing one of the old ones. The bird was sitting on a stump, with its back to her. Ilf I hadn’t come along she’d have crept up and nabbed it, sure.” - R | -Cuba’s special pet is a rhaltese kitten, two weeks old, belonging to another cat. Cuba’s own litter, béing ugly, and there being no demand for more cats on the Cook place, were all drowned. 1f they’d lived they’d now be about the age of the maltese kitten, which bas been named Puernto Rico. Cuba grabs Puerto Rico wherever she finds him and runs off to fondle and; nurse him. Puerto Rico’s own mother looks on with no apparent.objection when the brindle cat carries away her offspring ‘by ‘the back of the neck. Sometimes all three —the maltese, the brindle and the maltese kitten—lie down ‘together in the sun and snooze. The kitten’s mother seems to approve of the foster mother; she licks the brindle cat’s fur and shows the most evident good feeling toward. her. At times when the kitteri’s own mother grabs her kitten by the scruff of the nmeck and carries her off, the brindle cat.roams disconsolafely about, uttering plaintive cries. ' "At these times she is likely to ga off on a little hunting expedition all by herself. One day last week she brought in a'long-tailed field mouse and laid it down under an apple tree in the yard, retiring to a distance of a foot or two, as if to encourage the poor creature to ‘escape. Thegrass was wet and the field mouse couldn’t jump far. After'a half dozen leaps Cuba caught it and brought it back. The moiuise didn’t seem to be .injured, but it eouldn’t jump more than two or three inchesata time. Itlooked ihallf dead of fright. Chickens were feeding in the yard, and one of them picked up the mouse and ran. The cat, ostentatiously looking away, was dumfounded on turning its head toward its ‘vietim to find that it had disappeared. With .a ludicrous leap that carried her four or five feet puss sprang forward snarling, fur bristling, and eyes popped: She hadn’t seen that the chicken had "her prey. but her appearance was so l fierce that the feathered thief dropped the mouse and ran squawking away. ' Puss then ate the mouse at two mouth- | fuls.—Bushkill (Pa,) Letter in N. Y. ‘ Sun. ‘ ‘ )

- LOOKS LIKE A SNAKE. - The New._ Holland Darter Has the ~ Head of a Reptile Grafted on the Body of a Bird. When Buffon first examined a specjmen of the ‘“New Holland darter” he remarked that it had the head of a snake grafted on the body of a bird. It always swimsdeepin the water, like an overloaded boat, but when frightened it has the singular habit of sinking its body completely out of sight and swimming rapidly, with only the sinuous head'and neck above the~surface. Under these conditions anyone might mistake it for a water snake rearing'i}self up to look ahead. The snake-bird takes a high place among avine athletes in the water; no bird excels it in swiftness of swimming and

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