Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 August 1897 — Page 3

RAID BY INSURGENTS.

SABANILLO, MATANZAS PROVINCE, Hfil/D FOK TWO DAY-S HI REKELS.

Tale of Horror Brought By a Coririer Con«erning the Horning of Another Cuban Hospital and Slaughter of Inmates.

Special to the Globe Democrat. Havana, Aug. 2$.—Sabanillo, Matanzas privince, was raided by the CubaBS last week ind held for nearly two days.. The place Is not a very important one^ but is on a military read, and has a garrison of some 200 men and two block houses, each of them having a rapid firing gun. The insurgents stole in at night and fixeij dynamite with a time fuse, the explosion destroying the whole side of one of the forts, and making a large hole in the other. Both of them were attacked by the insurgents, and amid the confusion were easily captured. Most of the troops were at the barracks, only a small portion of them being in the forts. One of the guns was uninjured, and the insurgents turned it on the barracks a quarter of a mile away, pouring in a destructive Are. The Spanish troops fled precipitately with a loss of some fifteen or twenty, while over thirty were killed in the two forts. The Cubans captured sixty-seven men and four officers. The government commissary and several stores were looted, especially the grocery and clothing stores. The insurgents took possession of the barracks, and lived high for two days. Hearing that re-en-forcements were coming, they abandoned the place, taking their prisoners with them. Their fate has not been ascertained.

Fighting is still going on in the vicinity of the Grillo Hills. The authorities do their utmost to suppress the details, but they fail to hide the wounded officers and solfliers.

Correspondents at Madruga and Guines •write that burials of officers take place in those places almost every day. The insurgents seem able to prevent or avoid any direct assault 'by the Spaniards and are themselves not confident enough to fight except from under cover. The district in which the fighting is going on is a maze of broken, rugged hills and valleys. A position there could be made impregnable, supplied, as the Cubans are with rapid firing guns and plenty of ammunition. Yet General Rodriguez and Colonel Aranga have been obliged to retreat from their first stand, and from hill to hill are falling back toward their stronghold in the Zapata swamps. The reason of this is that on the mountain tops their water and food supplies have run short.

At Sagua la Grande a short engagement took place between Spanish guerrillas under Major Canbiliian and the Cubans under Clavereas, it is supposed. The guerillas were defeated, losing twenty-five men. The guerrillas had attacked a small pacifico camp, and after killing five men there and taking more prisoners, together with seme twenty women and children, they fled. The latter were rescued by the insurgents.

A courier came in Saturday with a tale of horror. While going through the hills of E-lmontera, in Matanzas province, he came across the remains of an insurgent hospital on the estate of El Plaza. There had been a large stone and wooden building there that had been used. The building had been fired and was filled with half consumed corpses of the captured insurgents. On the ground in front of the building were found the bodies of fifteen others, who had been killed in the most barbarous manner. Young trees had been bent over and some of the Cubans tied by the feet to the tops, an3 as the trees swung back they hung dangling to them. Some were shot while in this position, while otherfe, it is thought from the position of the bodies, died from starvation. The bodies of several tied to the trees contained bullet holes which showed the manner of their deaths. It is not known when this was done, as no details reached the Junta here, but it is supposed the outrage was committed some time within the last fortnight.

At Santiago, Havana Province, the Imkij gents are active and have kept the Spanish garrison on the anxious seait for the past ten days. Raids innumerabe have been made close to the intrenchme®ts and "block forts and a number of Spanish outpost sentinels have been killed. The fighting is all of the guerrilla style, the insurgents dashing through the suburbs At night, shooting right and left, sometimes stopping to loot a store or fire a building and then off again. Numerous attempts have been made to pursue them and force them to fight, but the wiley Cuban leaders have led the Spaniards a long chase and then doubled en them, perhaps attacking a rear guard.

Another riot started at Guines in the pacifico camp Friday in which twenty-five persons were shot, the military firing until they quieted down. 'It was the same old story of trying to obtain food in the stock jraTds there.

A Havana paper "El Marina" states that Gen. Segura, in Santiago de Cuba, has been attacked by Calixto Garcia, near Tanamo. The insurgent forces were so strong that Gen. Segura intrenched his column, and leaving his men in charge of his chief of staff went for re-inforcements to Baracoa. There are no further details. Gen Segura Is known to be a fighting general and the engagement will probably prove to be an Important one.

Das Marias, a.small town in PueTto Principe, was recently raided and destroyed by rebels.

A veritable slaughter of Spaniards in a running fight with the rebels near Palos, In Matanzas, near the Havana, border, is reported. A Spanish column, under command of Almansa, was on its way to the Grillo hills. The rebels fired -a volley while the column was marching through a narrow road btween two hills. Fifty-three Spanish soldiers were instantly killed. They were swept down the hillside with the machete. The Spaniards retired with great loss, to the plantation of Manuel Fita, where they inade a stand. The Cubans continued the attack, and several on both sides were killed. The sugar plantation was destroyed and the buildings burned.

A Cuban detachment invaded Regla Friday night, entering the suburbs between two of the Spanish outposts. They fired four or five buildings, looted a grocery store, snd then retired, with a loss of six men.

It is imported that Banderas, who had been "killed" several times, according to the Spanish reports, has been active in the Santa Clara Province, and has gathered a large force around him. He has a large number of blacks under him now, and it is said they are committing numerous crimes, as they are worked up to the highest state of fury over the summary execution of ten of their number, who were recently captured by the- Spaniards. These men were cut to pieces by machetes, theU bodies carried to Santa Clara on mules and nailed to the fences fronting the plaza, together with a proclamation offering for the bead of every one of his men. They retaliated last week when they captured seven Spaniards, whose heads they cut off and sent in baskets to the Spanish oommandant at Santa Clara, saying that for every one of their men killed they wouhf lend him the heads of two Spanish soldiers. Banderas has slight control over them, extept in a military way.

Going to Ji»ln Captain Gowrty. Special to the Indianapolis News. Rushville. Ind., Aug. 24.—Johji S. Abercromble,,son of T, AbercromJ)ie of vfcis city, has accepted a xlerkship under Consul Gsn«*i "Gowdy at Paris, France, and he will

sail from New York September 2d. He is a graduate of DePauw and Yale, and has a finished classical education. Another Rushville boy, Jesse Vance, will sail for Paris on the 7th of S^ftember with Captain Gowdy's team of high stepping bays, Rush and Buck, £ijrcha8ei last week at West Elk-

RETURNED FROM KLONDYKE.

Four Prospectors Who Brought Back Ninty Pounds of Gold.

Seattle, Wash., August 24.—The first party of Klondykers to brave the dangers of a trip overland to civilization arrived in Seattle Saturday on the steamer Starr, with ninety pounds of gold taken from five claims. The lucky miners are Edward Thorpe, of Seattle, who was supposed to be dead George Stewart, of Tacoma, and Joseph Winterholen, of Juneau. ^They carried their gold in two large black sachels, and, owing to their citified appearance, did not attract much attention when they hastened from the steamer to the car that took them to the home of Thorpe's father. They were not anxious to attract attention, and changed their dress at Juneay.

They are not talkative, but what they do say is conservative and worthy of consideration. They say they came out because food was scarce. The money brought was what they believed would pay their expenses and give them a big supply of food. They report rich strikes on Dominion creek and Stewart river. People are rushing to Dominion creek. They estimate the North American Transportaiion and Trading Company's steamer Portland will bring down $100,000 to $500,000, instead of $1,500,000. They say that their clean-ups were made after the miners who came down on the Portland left the diggings. They say thait there was a lack of rain up to July 12, and this interfered with working some claims^ They think that the (Portland on her last trip down will probably bring a large amount of gold.

They do not say much about the perilous journey they had after leaving the head of Pelley rivet, 175 miles from Dawson City. Their pack-horse fell over a precipice, with nearly all of their provisions. They nearly starved before reaching salt water August 13. It took them forty days to reach salt water from Dawson.

Edward Thorpe, his brother William, George Stewart and George Bound, a cousin of the Thorpes, own a half interest in the claim adjoining Clarence Berry's on Eldorado creek. They own four others on Bonanza creek, adjoining those of George Cormack, the discoverer. They do not pretend to give values of their claims. Winterholen owns a quarter interest in one and one-six-teenth interest in. another claim on Bonanza. He said: "I have not done much work on my claim. The Value of the dirt is from $1,000 to $1,200 to the length of the sluice box."

Stewart's story is as folows: "After we arrived at Dawson City last October, we found that Cormack, the discoverer of Bonanza, had staked his caim across the stream, including the benches on either side. The pay dirt on these benches is very rich, but Cormach had no idea of the character of the ground. I was satisfied Cormack was not entited to a claim on the channel as well as on the benches, and determined to locate the benches adjoining Cormack. I put up my stakes, but was forbidden to take possession of the property. There was a big kick, but I waited until the arrival of the gold commissioner, when my filings were accepted. My claim on Bonzana are 100 feet square. We have only prospected them, but pans Tun from $1,000 to $1,600, and the pay streaks runs through all the claims. The most work done on one claim was on No. 3, which is next to Clarence Berry's on the Eldorado. From this we took out $8,000. There is no question about the richness of the diggings in the Klondyke district."

South Bend, Ind., August 24.—Last evening a number of business and professional men met and organized the South Bend Alaskan Gold Mining Company, with $20,000 capital stock, with a considerable amount already taken, the object being to raise money to send a company of men to the Klondyke region early next spring. The directors are O. I. Ellis, Dr. Axtell, Reuben Fink, M. S. Caldwell and Emanuel Fink, all well known men.

HOLLOW AY'S COMMISSION SIGNED.

He Will Start for St. Petersburg September 15th.

The official notice'that President McKinley had signed the commission of William R. Holloway as consul general to St. Petersburg, Russia, came last night. Mr Holloway, who will succeed John Karel of Illinois, at St. Petersburg, will leave for his post of duty on September 15th. The salary of the office is $3,000 a year, with $1,500 or $2,000 additional in fees, says the Indiauapolis News of last evening.

William R. Holloway was born in the city of Richmond, Wayne county, Ind., Deoember 6, 1839. His father, D. P. Holloway, was then the editor and proprietor of the Richmond Palladium, one of the oldest weekly papers in Indiana. The father hal served as a member of congress and afterward as commissioner of patents in President Lincoln's administration. Mr. Holloway served his apprenticeship in his father's office and finished his trade in the office of the Cincinnati Times. Returning to Indana in 1S58, and afterward studied law with Morton & Kibby. Mr. Morton was his broth-er-in-law. He was admitted to the bar in Wayne county in 1860. When Governor Lane was elected United States senator, a few days after his inauguration Lieutenant Governor Morthon succeeded him and Mr. Holloway was appointed his private secretary. Mr. Holloway bought the Indianapolis Journal in 1864, and was soon afterward nominated 'by the Republican caucus of the legislature for state printer. He sold his interest in the Journal in 1SG7 tore-enter Governor Morton's office as confidential secretary, but in another year repurchased an interest in the Journal, which he retained until 1872. He was appointed postmaster by President Grant in 1869, re-appointed in 1872, and again in 1876, retiring finally from the Journal in that year. When his term as postmaster expired in 1880, he started the Indianapolis Times, which he conducted .until 1886, when the Times was consolidated with the Journal.

Mr. Holloway published articles in the Century Magazine denying changes made by a writer in the Century during the year 1891 against the management of Camp Morton, a military prison at Indianapolis, where Confederate prisoners were confined during the late war.

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Mr. Holloway edited the American Tribune, a paper published in Indianapolis in the interest of ex-soldiers, for ajout two years. He is now engaged in miscellaneous newspaper work.

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Among Wobmoa*

Kitty—I wouldn't tell my age if I were 30, as Miss Pahstover says she is. Jane (scnffinglj')—She doesn't tell her age.—Potrolt IfreoPross.

TEACHERS' INSTITUTE

THE ANNUAL MEETING TO BE BBiU IN STATE NORMAL HALL. ff.

Will Be la Session For Four Dayi •tractors Bare Been Named— The Prorramm^

The anridal session of the Vigo county teachers will be held in this ciiy next month. The date is September 6th to 10th. The institute will be held in Normal hall. Professor Grosjean has prepared the following excellent programme:

MONDAY—FORENOON SESSION.8:45 to 9:00—Opening exercises. 9:00 to 9:40—The 'Methods of Child Study. B. W. Bohannon. 9:50 to 10:30—School Management: (a) Tne School, Its Purposes, eic. Mrs. A. Kate Gilbert. ... 10:40 to 11:20—The Literature of Child Study. E. W. Bohannon. 11:30 to 12:00—Law in the School. Wm. H. Wiley. 1:30 to 1:40—General exercises. 1:40 to 2:20—Literature: (a) Origin and Growth. Mrs. A. Kate Gilbert. 2:20 to 3:10—Results of Investigations in Child Study. E. W. Bohannon. 3:20 to 4:00-iArithmetic: (a) Principles. Mrs. A. Kate Gilbert,

TUESDAY—FORENOON SESSION. 8:45 to 9:00—Opening exercises." 9:00 to 9:40—Peculiarities of Children. Hi. W. Bohannon. 9:50 to 10:30—School Management: (a) The Teacher Qualifications. Airs. A. Kate Gilbert. 10:40 to 11:20—Peculiarities of Children. E. W. Bohannon. 11:20 to 12:00—The Higher View and Better Things. Wm. H. W iley.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

1:30 to 1:40—General exercises. 1:40 to 2rS(M-E/iteratUre: (b) Language and Reading. Mrs. A, Kate Gilbert. 2:30 to 3:10—The Only Child in the Family. E. W. Bohannon. 3:20 to 4:00—Arithmetic: (b) Primary Workq. Mrs. A. Kate Gilbert. WEDNESDAY—FORENOON SESSION. 8:45 to 9:00—Opening exercises. 9:10 to 9:40—Children's Interests and Reasoning. E. W. Bohannon. 9:50 to 10:30—School Management: (c) The Teacher—Qualifications. Mrs. A. Kate Gilbert. 10:40 to 11:20—The Emotions and Instincts —Suggestion and Imitation. E. W. Bohannon. 11:30 to 12:00—The Arithmetic of School Teaching. Wm. H. Wiley.

AFTERNOON -SESSION.

1:30 to 1:40—General exercises. 1:40 to 2:20—Literature: (c) Its Place in the School. Mrs. A. Kate Gilbert. 2:30 to 3:10—Growth of the Body and Nervous System. E. W. Bohannon. 3:20 to 4:00—Arithmetic: (c) The Dehimal System. Mrs. A. Kate Gil-bert.

THURSDAY—FORENOON SESSION. 8:45 to 9:00—Opening exercises. 9:00 to 0:40—Adolescence. E. W. Bohannon. 9:50 to 10:30—School Management: (d The Pupils—Principles of Teaching. Mrs. A. Kate Gilbert. 10:40 to 11:20—School Hygiene—General Buildings and Furniture. E. W. Bohannon. 11:30 to 12:00—A Phase of Language Evolution. Wm. H. Wiley.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

1:3(1 to 1:40—General exercises. 1:40 to 2:20—Literature: (d) Analysis of Selection. 'Mrs. A. Kate Gilbert. 2:30 to 3:10—School Hygiene—Diseases. E. W. Bohannon. 3:20 to 4:00—Arithmetic: (d) Business Application. Mrs. A. Kato Gilbert.

FRIDAY—FORENOON SESSION. 8:45 to 9:00—Opening exercises. 9:00 to 9:40—School Hygiene: Eye, Ear, Throat, Etc. E. W. Bohannon. 9:50 to 10:30—School Management (e) The Recitatron. Mr?. A. Kate Gilbert. 10:40 to 11:20—School Hygiene—Instruction. E. W. Bohannon. 11:30 to 12:00—The Living Teacher. Wm. H. Wiley.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

1:30 to 1:45—Genera] exercipes. 1:45 to 3:00—Lecture: The Mind Life. W. H. Sanders.

The following instructors have been secured: E. W. Bohannon, Student Clark University, Worcester, Mass. Mrs. A. Kate Gilbert, Instructor Southern Indiana Normal college, Mitchell, Ind. Wm. H. Wiley, superintendent- schools, Terre Maute, Ind.

On Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock there will be a musical and literary entertainment in Normal hall in charge of Professor Wills of the Willis School of Oratory, and Porfessor Herman E. Owen. Admission free.

THE GAS PRICE AGITATION.

Controversy Where Dietrich Syndicate Controls. Special to the Indianapolis News.

Logansport, Ind., Aug. 24.—The agitation of the gas question in Indianapolis and other Indiana towns is awakening the people of Peru, Logansport, Kokomo and the other towns controlled by the Dietrich syndicate to an interest in the question of a reduction of rates. From the previous action of the syndicate it is regarded as certain that a vigorous opposition will 'be made to any attempt to cut rates in towns whose natural gas supply comes from the Dietrich syndicate. Here, as well as at Peru, ordinances were passed by the city councils a few years ago, providing for a reduction of 33 1-3 pe# cent at the expiration of a specified time. That time for Peru will expire next month, ^nd the citizens are greatly agitated over the efforts that are being made to defeat the purpose of the ordinance.

There will be no chinge in Logansport rates until January 1, 1899, but the citizens are watching the progress of the contenAm at Peru with almost as touch interest as though the fight were here.

Wabash has a competing line, and consequently, here citizens feel assured of reasonable rates. Wabash rates are 33 1-3 per cent lower than in Logansport, and in Peru rates are 15 per ccnt higher than in Logansport, and consumers of Peru feel that there is a glaring injustice in the schedules.

The present Peru councilmen were elected solely on the issue to make lower rates, but as the time for the reduction draws pear, there are indications that the promised reduction may not 'be made. The members of the city council have been much criticised for their apparent indifference, and a meeting of consumers was held last week. Over 1,000 persons were present and the sense of the meeting was that a new gas company should be formed if rates are not cut. The syndicate intimates that it will shut off the supply if there is any change in the existing schedule. The company has a big chart in its Peru office showing the number, location and producing qualities of the wells in the gas territory, and 'rom this arguments are made that the conditfons demand a rate to enable the company to make a fair profit.

The citizens believe differently, however. On their side of the question it is argued that the plant was put in by resident stockholders ten years ago at a cost of $140,000. and that it was a bonanza and paid from.30 to 50 per cent on the investment. Two years ago the Dietrich syndicate purchased it for $366,000. and it is estimated that the company will have made the purchase money back at the expiration of three years ?rom the date of purchase. The consumers demand a schedule as follows: Cook stove, a year, $10 laundry stove, a year, $1.50 water heater, a year, $2.50 heating stove, a year, $6.56 grate, a year, $3.98 furnace, a year, $18.75.

If the Peru consumers lose their fight, Logansport consumers expect to have the same kind of an issue to meet in 1899.

A LETTER FROM JEFFERSON.

Written to a Great TTnc!e of TTnlted States Marshal Kercheval. Vincennes, Ind., August 24.—An Interesting letter, written by Thomas Jefferson to Sam pel Kercheval, the great-uncle of United States. Marshal Kercheval, of Indianapolis, bearing the date of 1831, has

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brought to light here. It follows: "Dear Sir—I am not one among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued ireedom. And to preserve their independ-

nce, must not let our rulers load us with per$etual debt. We must make our •eelction between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we run into e-uch debts as that, we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and In our comforts: in our labors and in our amusements for our cal.ing and our creed, as the people of England '*ur people, like them, must come to 'labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, give the earnings of fifteen of these to ithe general government for thir debts and daily expenses, and the sixteenth one be,lng insufficient to afford U3 bread, we must •lite as the English do, on oatmeal and potatoes. "This is the tendency of human governments. A departure from princlp.e in one instance becomes a precedent for a 'second, a second for a third and so on, till the bulk of society is reduced to be ,mera automatous of misery to have no 'sensibilitlss left but for sinning and suffering. Then begins, Indeed, the bellum omnium in omnia, which some philosopher?, observing to be so general in this world, have mistaken for the natural instead of the abusive state of men. "And the fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation folows thatl and in its train, wretchedness, misery and opprssion. Th. Jefferson."

WONDERFUL YIELD OF CORN.

Indiana Variety Produces 200 Bushels to the Acre. Scottsburg, Ind., August 24.—Remarkable as.it may seem, there are two small fields of corn in this (Svo«) county which will yield over 200 bushels to the acre. One is owned by Marion Harrod, of A'.pha, nihe miles north of here, and consists of one acre, oft of which Mr. Herrod claims ho will raise 250 bushels. The other is a lield of seven acres, owned by E. P. 11cCaslin, of this,city, who introduced it here, and it will yield fully as much per acre as tne lield owned by Mr. liarrqd.

A description of this w.onderful species ot corn and a short sketch of its peculiar ong.n can not tail to interest every fanner in the land, as it bids fair to supplant the cultivation of all other varieties. Lasi year Vdr. McCaslin made scientific experiments in" tha culture of corn on tils farm, seven miles-north of here. He raised twenty-two varieties, many of which are wholly unknown to the farmers of Indiana, and seme of which are without a name. His experiments proved highly successful ana are of great value, not only to the larmer byt also to science. Of all his experiments, however, the most notable and important by far was the species above referred to.

It is a remarkable specimen, and is surely the acme in the cultivation of corn. It has no. name,, other than supplied by its producer, who has named it Cornucopia, meaning, as every one knows, horn of plepty. It may sound startling to say that 200 bushels o£ it can be raised to the ahre, but it is true, and the poorest ground will pro'duoe at lea9t 100 bushels. This wonderful corn was originated by a gentleman from Kentucky about four years ago, and Mr. McCaslin thinks he had last year every grain that remained of the (first crop which was the only one raised, it being the, outgrowth of a long succession of experiments in crossing various species. The entire growth, which was small, for some 'reason, was shipped to a syndicate in the

Northeast, and, with the exception of one ear, was probably sold north of the fortieth parallel. Being corn of slow growth, it would not reproduce in that climate and it -is likely that it has all been lost, except that raised in this county from the one ear that was left, behind. Its originator, removing to a different country, presented the' ear to Mr. McCaslin, exacting from hijn a promise that he would developed it, unmixed' with other corn. Of that ear Mr. McCaslin reached home with exactly 348 grains, which were as precious to him as gold. Out of these, owing to the drouth last spring, but 242 sprouted. The corn, however, thrived well under the cultivator's careful attention and from the couple of hundred grains planted he reaped a harvest of a little over seven bushels. Of thisj he sold a small portion in packages to farmers who were eager to get but a few grains, and the rest he planted in his own ground. Mr. Harrod obtained some of the grain and, like everybody who has seen the corn, is enthusiastic over it.

Every stalk of this remarkable corn produces at least five well-filled ears, averaglng at least three whihh are ten inches in length, while on some stalks are to

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found as many as ten perfect cars. This however, is unusual, and is caused by extreme wet weather. The corn is a stout grower, and the stalks are more than two inches in diameter. It is a white Dent (the most valuable raised) of first-class quality, being very solid on the cpb, and runs from ten to fourteen rows to .the cob. Five'ears taken from one stalk, selected at random, last year, and thoroughly dried, weighed two pounds and eight ounces, which would be over 200 bushels to the acre, the corn being planted eighteen inches apart. The corn does not stool, and should not be planted more than two grains to the hill, and tho most of his Is so planted this year. He claims it will yield at least three times as much per acre as any other variety known, however rich or poor the ground, and without any more injury to the soil. The appearanhe of his field fully bears out his estimates. For commercial purposes, tho quality of the corn will command the highest market prices. Mr. McCaslin hopes from his crop this year to extend its cultivation to various parts of the state, and eventually South and West. He.regards it as of inestimable value. The farmers are enthusiastic over it and believe Jthat it will in time revolutionize the 1nflus^rv handed down by our Indian predecessors.

it. A DOG OF ALASKA. He Wm Slonchy and Depraved Looking, but He Surprised the Spectators. "Up in Alaska," said Colonel Ainsworth, "the Indians have a native dog, large, savage and shaggy, which goes by the name of 'coyote.' These dogs are much larger than the prairie wolves of that name and look much more like the big wolves of the plains. Tliey are, however, and very plainly, nothing but dogs, and you can see hundreds of them around any of the Indian villages. In the dullness of Alaskan life every method of amusement is resorted to. Dogfights are common, and I might 6ay very popular. Everybody but the chaplain always goes to a dog fight, and the mere intimation that a dog fight is pending is enough to hurry everybody through his business, so that he may be foot loose to attend. On one of the steamboats which used to ply up and down the Alaskan coast the officers had a bulldog that weighed about 35 pounds, and whoso mission it was to drive way dull care. Whenever the boat stopped, they would let Jack—that was the dog's name—out on the wharf, and Jack would tackle the first dog he came to, and then there would be a fight. Jack was a great warrior and won all his battles. And so fond was he of these martial affairs that whenever the steamer began nearingifcs pier Jack always crowded very anxiously to the front at the gangway and was the first one down the plank and onto the wharf. Jack was always looking for a fight, and if he couldn't find one he felt pained and discontented. "One day I was lying asleep in my stateroom. The boat was at Sitka. One of tho officers came down and awakened me. 'There's a dog out on the wharf that looks like a wolf,'he said. 'Onoof the deqkhands has tied him up, and as soon as the work is over we're going to turn Jack loose and let him lick him.' "This was very inspiring, as information, and I at once arose to be present at the ccretnony. Jack was aboard the boat and hadn't yet hca?d of the foe. I took a look at the victim which tho men had roped up and found him a sad, taciturn dog-^-in fact, one of those Indian dogs which we called coyotes. "There were no preliminaries when Jack's time came. When he was turned loose, he started in at tho coyote with the greatest ardor. The battle didn't last over 80 seconds, but was the most savage thing of ithe kind I ever beheld. At tho end of 30 seconds that despised slouch of a coyote had Simply cut the bulldog to pieces, and he was toe dead to skin. The boat almost went into mourning about it. Some of the bereaved officers who had been warm friends of Jack wanted to mete out death to the coyote. But a fairer sentiment prevailed. He had won his battle on the square, and there was a nine-tenths vote Id favor of his being liberated. He was thrown loose and lurked off with sort of hangdog expression, with his tail between his legs, as if there wasn't an ounce of Teal fight in him. But we looked at our dead bulldog and knew better."—Washington Star.

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BARGAINS IN JAPAN.

RARE FABRICS CHEAP tfffOW HOW AND WHERE TO BUY.

Secondhand Sashes That Are Wolren WiU» Gold—MLuionaries and Tea Merchant# Know the Ropes—Deference of the Jap* anew Merchant* S:

The embroideries of Japan are fcfie most attractive things in the shops, although the silks are alluring. The delicato shade of oolor and thn exquisite designs that ore most popular in the local trade are seldom shipped to foreign markets, because the artists and woavers are conservative and stubborn and will not make them of a width suitable for modern dross goods. The silks used in making the beautiful kimonas and obis worn by the women there—like those you 6ee In ail Japanese pictures—are very narrow, often less than 12 inches wide, and the most artistic and skillful weavers will not change their looms or their habits. Therefore the best silk fabrics of Japan are not shipped abroad. But by using a little moral 8uasion and paying a little more you cf»n have any one of these designs reprodud&d of a Width and longth to suit you.

Tho obis—the sashes which the Japanese women wear—are the most beautiful fabrics woven in Japan and are the pride of tho women. A Japanese belle regards her obi as a European woman does hor diamonds, and although her wardrobe costs very little compared with that of her sister across tho sea two-thirds of its value will bo invested in hor obi. These precious brocades absorb the most artistic patterns that the designers of Japan produce. They are as thick as leather and as soft as crape. It is amazing how tho woavers can produce a combination of gold thread and silk that glistens like metal, but is as pliable as gauze. Obis always come 4H yards long and 9 inches wide, and you can buy them at any price between $3 and €800. It is said that some of those in the wardrobes of the women of the upper cult in the old feudal times carried as much as $500 worth of pure gold in thoir threads.

The rarest and most beautiful obis are now obtained of dealers in secondhand goods and in the curio shops, where they have drifted from the kuras (fireproof wardrobes) of the aristocracy and the geisha (dancing girls) who have becoiiie impoverished. The best place to buy them is in the cities of the interior. The same is true of all old brocades and embroideries. You pay three times as inncB for similar articles in Yokohqjna as in Kioto or in Nagoya, and ten times as much in London or New York. The obi is useless, however, except as an ornament. Its colors are too gay for modern taate, and it is too short and narrow.

The price of embroideries in Japan has increased very rapidly with the number of tourists that are going that way, and those portions of the country which li» within the beaten track of travel aro pretty well stripped of fine examples. The art dealers have the best that aro left and charge fancy prices for them. But if you can mako tho acquaintance of a missionary who is in the habit of visiting the towns of the interior, or a tea or silk buyer, he will take you to places where gems of art embroidery may be found at prices that are almost incrodiblo. Curtains such as were used years ago in the palaces of the diamyos or in the Shinto and Buddhist tomples, masses of silk and gold as thick as an axminster carpet and large enough for a portiere or a bedspread, which represent years of labor and the most artistic skill, can be bought for 50 or 60 yen, or half that value in our money.

The Japanese shops ure uninviting looking places. They have no show windows, no counters. Their exteriors are blank walls, and the entrances are hidden by heavy curtains of black or dark blue cloth, bearing large red or white letter^ in Japanese, which take the place of signboards. Two or three feet from the sidewalk is a raised platform about 15 or 18 inches high, and around it a curious assortment of wooden clogs and sandals, for a native customer aways leaves her shoes outside when she enters a shop. And when 6he is buying or looking at goods she sits on the edge of this platform or squats ungracefully on tho matting within.

Foreign buyers are allowed to enter with their shoes on, and three or four chairs aro usually kept for their accommodation. The goods are not spread out on shelves or in .showcase's, but are kept in boxes and chests usually wrapped in yellow cloth. You take your seat in chair, a small boy brings you a c.up of tea, and you tell the merchant what you want, while he bows himself almost double several times to express his appreciation of your patronage. He shouts his orders to a dozen youngsters in what seems outlandish jargon, but they understand it and come rushing in from some backroom or "go down"—which is the word for warehouse there—with baskets and boxes full of rolls of the most dainty fabrics. There is usually some one about tho place who speaks a little English, and ho is sent for. The merchant sits down on the floor, unrolls the go®*Is and chatters away, while his chief clerk pretends to explain to you what He is saying. If he cannot show exactly what you want, he will ask the honor of sending it to your house, and the interpreter wi«l usually bring it the next day. There is no limit to the politeness and deference ehown by the Japanese tradesman, and ho expresses the highest degree of rcspect for you when ho sucks his teeth with a hissing sound. —Philadelphia Press.

DON'T DODGE A BICYCLE.

It Only Confuses the Rider and May Cause an Accident. "Before bicycling will ever become a success a meeting must be called for the purpose of allowing the wheelmen and the pedestrian to arrive at some understanding. I am in favor of a convention or something of that sort," said a prominent wheelman to a reporter. "As it is now, a rider comes down the •treet and sees ahead of him at a crossing a man or woman who is supposed to be endowed with reasonable intelligence. This person is in the act of crossing the street. He looks up, 6ees the rider coming and stands still right in the middle of the street. Of course he is r^ntally calculating his chances for getting across safely. One can see the workings of his mind in the muscular contortions of his face. "In the meantime the rider is getting closer and closer and is in a study equally as profound as to what the person is going to do. The pedestrian takes a step forward, takes another glance up the street, stops, starts back, makes an effort to reach the pavoment, stops again, starts forward, stops— "Of couree by this time the cyclist is almost at a standstill and is also zigzagging from one side to the other, waiting and muttering. What he says depends upon whether he is a man or a woman. The pedestrian seems to give up all possibility of escape, faces the rider, both arms extended, jumps from one foot to the other, and the two collide. The cyclist ia thrown to the ground, his wheel twisted, and lie gets the blame. "And how easily all this can bo avoided! Let the pedestrian, instead of performing all these trying evolutions, merely walk along as though there was nothing behind him, keep his course, and the cyolist will know what to do. He will turn his wheel to one side and siide past with perfect case and safety. On th«»crossings let a man walk along as though V" were not a bicycle in the state, and the wheelman will judge his course accordingly. He has control of his wheel and is as aaxious not to oollide as the other fellow. That's all we

want. -Wo morel? (sk tba$ $eoglajE*lk

along about their bestneee-aed we tfctJl not molest them. "In the ease of a iew whkh Is no* readily managed the riderc driver may t* on the alurt and skillful, and there i^ay h# a collision, but with a bicycle *oo rider has control and if the p*de«trian will only go along and not get rat-tied tLaro will be no collisions. Tliis is what I want the people to know, and tht c*ly way, it seems, for them to learn this is to belt' A convention or something."—Indianapolis Sontinol.

,t THE BOGUS CHECK DODCE.

How the Slxrewd CrooU V"

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Hotel

Clerks to QU Own Benefit. "Ever get-left on the bogus check racket?" repeated the hotel c.ark. v.«ily once. "It was just after I came hero. A stranger alighted from the bus a .d exiled me by name even beforo ho entered tho door, lie was asking me how I liked BoSo'o a^d telling me that Jimmy, tho bartender, and Dave, tho head waiter in tho i:otel where I used to work in Pittsburg, had sent their regards to me oven beforo h« reg^eTtd. I was kicking myself bccauso I remember him, but, of co'.u'so, I fhun' olve myself away. The name ho put on the register didn't enlighten kjo i»L7 either. "The next morning wl»n I tame OP watch my new friend was »ea/'y -to depart. Ho greeted me with'Hello, rVi m*al Just tell your cashier this cbaek is fJl right, will you? I want to settle my bSl. I've got to run down to Rochester, but I'll be back with you tomorrow.' Tho check was for $50 and was signed by ono of tho bczt firms in Pittsburg. I told th* cashier to take it. He didn't happen to lave enough money at the time, and my gtntloman began to blustftr. 'If you don't wart- to cash it,' ho said, 'I'll take it down to tho Mansion House, where I uaedto sto*. They'll take it fnst enough.' That ought to have aroused ®y suspicions. Men whose credit is good are not ready to resent fancied slights on their financial siafc11i:y But I argued to mysflf that the man li.

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come to our house on my account and that we should lose a customer if he was not accommodated, so I was move anxious than ever to oblige him. I held him till the cashier got the money and gave him his change, $47. "A fow days after«Lid the check was returned to us a forgery. I have heard that the fellow played the same game all over the country. He evidently made a specialty of posting himself on the history and personal appearance of hotel clerks, and the desire of our class to be known as everybody's friend did the rest."—Buffalo Express.

A Remembrance of Sir Walter Scott. He had come for quiet and refuge from visitors to my father's house, where ho was as free as in'his own, but he raid frankly ho felt unequal to any society but that of his friend's youngest child, who woald amuse him with her merry bavardage. So I was left alone with him that afternoon, and the scene is present with mo as if it were yesterday. Sir Walter, addressing ,»'io with the gentle "dearie" he was wont ta apply to little children, told me that be did not wish to speak himself at all, but he would be glad to listen Pi some fairy stories if I had any to tell hii^

Nothing was easier to me, as fairies and hobgoblins were the oonstant companions of my thoughts at that period of my existence and I plunged at onco into a wild invention of what I imagined to be the manners and customs of such frolicsome beings, to all of which he listened patiently for a long time, and often laughed out heartily in spite of his overhanging gloom. I was very sorry when a grave person in authority came to take me back to my schoolroom and leave the greatest of all story tellers to forget the child's fantastic romance in his own dark thoughts.— Blackwood's Magazine.

Saffc, Dtcppy, Clftshy.

It is customary for wayfarers in Cumberland to address passing remarks to ono anothor on tho subjeet of the woather, and the dialect is rich in terms denoting the various conditions of the atmosphere. The usual salutation, "It's a fine day," evokes tho reply,

nAye,

it will, but A doubt we'll

have a sup of rain afore ceet, because A looked at the glass and A seed she'd slipped a bit." When the weather is wet, it is 6aid to be saft," when showery, it is "droppy," when windy," it is "blowy," when wet and windy, it is "clashy" or "slashy." If drizzly, it is dceci-ibed as "daggy," if rough weather, it is "coarse," if muddy, "clarty," if dry, "drofty," if misty, "rowky," if slippery, "slape."

At certain times of the year a very violent wind rushes down from the top of Cross Fell. It is locally known as the "helm wind"—(that is, the whelm wind or whirlwind), and during the time it prevails the weather is f-aid to be"beimy." When it shows signs of improvement, an opinion is expressed that it is "going to take up" or "going to come out fair." A fall of snow is termed a "storm," and when it settles fast upon the ground, a "feeding storm. "—Gentleman's Magazine.

A Window In His Head.

Although "every dog has his day," few of tho species attain to the distinction and celebrity of one which formerly belonged to the late Mr. Arthur Durham. The fame of this animal was spread far and wide about five and twenty or thirty years ago, asd "Durham's dog" was as well kwwn in scientific circles as tho president of the Royal society. For the hotter pursuit of his investigations into the state of the brain in sleeping and waling Mr. Durham had removed a large jjart of the animal's skull and had glazed tho orifice with a stout watch glass. The operation had been performed with the assistance of anajsthetics, and the dog was quite unaware that anything of the kind had occurred to him, or that he had a transparent crown to his cranium. But through this watch glass the state of the circulation in bis brain in sleeping or waking could be observed with the greatest aoouracy and ease, and much useful information was thus supplied by him. I odfieve that he lived happily for many yearn afterward and that he suffered no inconvenience from having a glass top.—London World.

To Clean Black Lace.

A very excellent method of washing black lace is to put in a simll basin of r.lcohol and to press and squeeze At therein until clean. When it is taken out, it should be pressed botween tho hands, the edges carefully pulled in placo and then laid up»n sheets of paper under a heavy wsight until it is quite dr? It should never be ironed. Some peoplo use coffee or beur for tho purpose, but tee economical woman finds that alc*sly»l is far the best. —Vogre.

Of Some Use.

Oregon Packer—Wliat is the horse gaod for? D-:*ler—Well, fbe honeEt with ye, he'» a little too bony fur mountain trout a id sot quite tough euough fur corncd '.-ecf, but he'd can up lik? a daisy f-ir spring ehickeu.*— Cleveland Plain Denlsr.

A mixture compose,! of two-thirds wntoi and one-thlTd alcohol is excellent for cleaning tho keys ©f a piano.

It is as easy to call bwck a stone thrown from the hand as to call back the word that is spoken.

The annual snowfall averages 3ve feet In the interior of Maine, Varmont New York.

Lehigh is a carrnftion of th» IWswrart word tocbate, "Sferfi."