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TJLB* fT* APPEAL STEADILY GAINS IN MOSQUITA. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND CURIOUS CUSTOMS. A IllTiellcltlH Femoral Mltlt No CltteC MouriK-rK mid nrlouM Religious ItKcs\ Uutfh l'rl\tiwr UHCMI l'row I \round the Constw eeirur MoiKirch. E'ue-fleldr- \*'c lrajrua Spec Teapondence the u^h tne late King Rob* rt, Monarch of tqaltia, h's own eitlmattion dc ared the religion of this c.at to be that of the tab isatel cauich cf Eng'ard it must bo confe bed to this day leligion cf any sort 1- fit the '.owest ebb The established ehurch dot not appear to have made an clal ef foit toward bringing the natives into its ar stcratlc foldprcbab becau-e too bu^v with things tempoial, in the line of securing the rubber and niahcga.nyof this fertile ^ti ip^, t have titrp Tor spiritual ccnerns Frorn^ ti-ne to timt xn the pavt dissenting ministers have attempted to disCQ'ninate talk' No giogno g^d' and stalked away fo. owed by the entire na'lve audience, with rctponbUe prun's "No grog-no good." Illntllll Pnncrnl. Sn re that day theincreased Americatnaele ment has madefCsome littlestiong.y rac to J,^ 1It alms to publish all the news possible fi-It does so impartially, wac Cg no words. 8Its correspondents axe able O onergetic. THIRTEENTH YEAR. theh doctrines in Mocquitia but as they neyer f-.und favor the Biltlsh ifflctr and agents who ruled the Tat thtv weie soon "frozen out" in spit" of the climate It related that not many tar ago a good MethnJIst brother from the Lnited State nucteeded In establish ing a sort of chuic.i in ueflelds, at any rate hnrd a room and 'cuied the attendance or two rodent \mercan familiesnot o much foi the =ak? of their erthedox sou's as to puck the natives a- brands from the burning But ot a native came near enough to be p'uckel until fW the minister In di ced a few of the 'eadirg Sambos to attend divine worship by ghlng to each a stiff g'ass of giot befoutinci and promising another after the benet ict'on So bucees^ful was this airangement that they came with cheer ing legularity Sunday after Sunday and the minister's hopes high length one fcabbath afternoon a considerable number of natives llo ked Inat tne Instigation, as after waul devooped. of some jocular Englishman who alined the-n tha spiritual consolation (out cf a bott'e) wou be administered before and aftei But happened, unfortunately to a .he wenhj mi^icnaij's demijohn was e\natrtc and no mlrac'e was wrought like ui i chat of the vvidew's cru-e of ol ln"srant]y an a l? 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"\1I improvement I I tb M1?I\K 1 "mmunlty, bu a bos attachen ar to ncir old-time hea henKh r.'eshalf Afri- csT half Indianin which Jamaua rum figures conspicuously countrviran of ours, who \iite, uefle ds a rw vears ago tells of a iiin.tal Allien took p'ace at a small settle ment not far up the He He was the guest of Englishman who at that time was the power beh'nl the thione the real ruler of Mcqultia. with a black K,Ing for a flgure- h".'d to the ship of state The* rowed up the r.ver, which was -caveied- with pitpansfihed with men and women bound for th funera' all dressed in their brightest, laughing, shout ing and exerting themselves to the utmost in thejaee to airive flrt at the scene of *voe The village wns a litt.e group of hu*s Bet clore to shore shaded by palm and bread Jiult trees erowd of Sambos were col lected on the bank, and the monotonous heat lng u' tne turr-Him cr rude native drum, fi'leJ the ail relieved by an occasional deep bid--' on an enoircous hol.ow pipe, which mounded like the distant bel lov of an At rcgu ar intervals this a'kfeLd mueic ceased for a moment and the br'ef pause VVPS fl led by distant wailings, lov end) indecubabl mournfulprobably like those which "muidered sleep" for us th*o ighout our first night In Bluefleldsto be quicklv drowned the monotonous drum and pij Pushing their waj to the center of the fioup on shore they saw a small pitpan cut In half, in one part of which lay a coipse, wrapped in cotton cloth It was that of a xnldd e-aged man, and was terribly disfigured bv the loathsome disease here kDovvn as bulpib a species of'eprosy which is Aery prevalent alorg this coa*t and with the aid of rum is rapidly thinning out the native population. No Clilef Mourner*. Around the pitpan Etoouia number of women wl'h palm brarches in their hands, which they waved in tiuitless efforts to keep off the flies thai, swarmed ever the dead man. Their friz zledi hair stood out from their heads like the snakes on the brow of the fabled Gorgon., and thj waved their bodies to and fro, keeping a 1 lad of treadmill step to the measure of the dio'eful tum-tum With the exception of these women* and the men who beat the drum and1 blew tho pipe, nobody appeared to take the slightest inteiest in the corpse, the lest gayly chattering with one another, oi playing their usuai gambling game, which is something like our quoits, while a few were actual asleep under the trees. Sud denly four men, entliely naked except for a loin cloth and daubed all over with variously colored clays, rushed for one of the huts, hastilv tied a bit of rope to the piece of pitpan containing the cadaver, and dashed away toward the woods dragging it after them like a sledge, bumping and bounding over roots and other obstructions and occasionally almost snatched fiom its moor'ugs bv some Insistent vine But on they rushed, pell well, as if the demons of darkness were in hot pursuit, c'osely fol.owed by the Gorgon jheaded women and the men with the drum and foghorn each keeping time as best he could, waile the spectators hurried after, one of tbem carrvinc the emntv half of the Dit pan on his head likeahe'met Into tn thick est of *he jungle the} penetiated till a compaiative ear piaee was reached, cov ered with low dark undeibrush Here a shal low tieuch was waiting into which the half boa* containing the coipse was placed and the other half inverted over it Then the women thiew in their pi branches, and the painted negroes rapidly filled in the ear*b Whilt thlb was going on other men were collecting sticks and palm branches, with whkn a little hut was quickly built over the rtw-made grave In the hut va placed an earthen vesbel full of water, the dead man'& turMe sprai was stuck deep into the ground near his head and a fantastic fel'ow with lis oil muket discharged three or four rounds rvei the snot to care away any evil spints that might be prowling near. Cui'ious HH&o>i Rite. Then the crowd surged back to the village AS hasf'y a6 they came, where thg painted pa lbeaieis seized some heavy machetes and without an instant loss of time, cut down ail the palm trees that surrounded the hut their elead ctm'rade had occupied. This wits done as silently and quickly as possible, and wnen finished the men ran down to the rives and plunged out of sight in the water, a fcind of lustration, or purifying process, deemed of the utmost importance after ueh service had been rendered. Why the palm trees are cut down is one of the mys tents of "re igion." The natives do not know why it must be done, except tliat it was practiced by their ancestors in Africa, who also planted a cocoanut tree upon the birth of every child, but the rest of the ceremony is easily explained. The Sambos believe that death results from the influence of a demon called Wulasha, who, ogrelike feeds upon corpses. To secure their dead friends from this horrible fate it is necessary to lull the demon to sleep and then steal away the body and bury it, after which It will be safe. That accounts for the drowsy drum and the drcning pipe and the slow, soothing dance of tile jyom_flr=fMr ^IWujMba'L is.verv fond of 'tka& bn tk JfriUtfJ* 4&# :& tiuslc ancr suscepzioie TO .rmjiaie onancs, hence the- Gorgon tresses. Meanwhile, in the. darkened recesses of some hut, the pallben ers bedaub themselves with paint and clay, so thai the demon may not afterward recognize and torment then-A&nd when the latter is sup posed to have IflHulled into a sound slum ber thev seize^MBbnortune momftnttfb,ir .he dead^. suu^^Stttly, if the water which th. vesbel on the grave di& .p- is sure to do, the ware being friends oclieve the dead man which is proof conclusive that he es the maw of "Wulasha Then gaeat oleing ensues, In the form of a general seekiovv," or feast of the deadan or^e liich cortinues for days and is appropriately Mracteru as a big drunk MungoPdik rd t'.atpcrton have desci Ibed similar scenes, Central Africa, which certaui.y seem more \frlcan than American in their origin. Dutoll Prltnteer. Among othei things which this coast owts tl-o old-time pirates and buccaneers is th* its oajltri OTUI that ot tip adjacent (Continued In 7th Column.*) MILWAUKEE. THE CREAM CITY O THE LAKES AND ITS NEWS. Items of all Sorts Gathered Together Oar Ublqaltoaa Reporter and Serreu 4n Dainty Style for the Delectation Oax Beadera. Mr W. H. LVODB is on the sick list. Mr. Thos. McNeil has returned iroax Chicago. Mr. A. li. Uurgett eays prosperity ha reached him. Mr. James L. Gaines has gone to Chicago on business. Mrs. R. H. AnderBoais able to be oat: again after being ill a few days. Mr. Littleton Jones of Chicago spend a few days in the ciiy the guest of Mrs. Littleton Jones407 WellBSt. Some of our young men are trying to turn the Literary Society into a beer garden, butJJPi.ee. S*A. Eibinfontays nit. Mrs. Chas. Barker has gone to Pull man til, where eoe has accepted a posi tion as head pastry took at Hotel Flor ence. Mr A T. Uroady jumped out of a win dow instead of taking cLencea and going out the door. He in now troubled with a lame ankle for beug so hesty. The Coon Town and chute the chutes lad ea can be seen any Sunday afternoon riding their wheels on Wells St., which is a rtgular. boulevard for wheels on a nice day. Toe Rev Gent'eman who took hii text in Hebrew 12th chap, and 14th veise a few Sundays since, and wound up by trying to condemn tne Afro-Americana who belong to white congiegations, and stated to his hearers that Ar Americans were not wanted in the chuicbes where white people worship had uettfr re member the admonition of Davy Crockett which is: "Be sure jou're ri^ht, then go ahead." To this gentleman we will pat one question dot-s youi congregation want you? If so, why dees it notBuppoit it's pastor properlj? He also claimed that there we/e 1500 AiTO-Americans in this city, and jet were not able to sup port one minister. What if there are this number here, do you suppose they all belong to one denomination? Taere are others here besides Methodists. We have ladies and gentlmen here who have been members of white chuiches eince Wifconsin was a territory, and they were welcome in the churches here at that lime when we were onljjcbatlle and to day we are citizens. We will say in con clusion to the Reverend gentleman, we have no greviances in our churches. We keeH our ministers from 15 to 20 years. So dom let there people who belong to other congregations wony you. There are hardly 1500 Afio-Americans in the state. The Coterie Club's entertainment on the 25th ult. Mas a grand affair. All of the young people were out in full force. The following program was rendered. Piano solo !Mrs W. H. Hargrow Select reading Capt.TAdolpn Thirli Stick per formance Mr. Hany Bland Music, piano .7. Miles Jr Club swinging Prof. M. Carter Music Pi of M. Berry Reoita tion theimanie Mr Jas Johnson Violiu and Piano duett Mesdamea Bell and HaTgcow Piano seletion Prof M. Berry. After the exercises the following gentle men were chosea as judges to select the Queen of May. Capt. J, B. Buford, Sir Knight Jas Stewart and J. J. Miles. After casting 2G ballots, owirg to the factthat allthe ladies present were belles tho judges selected Miss Inez Peck asthe Queen of May. She WAS escorted to ihe stage and there crowned with a beauti ful (invisable) wreath? Mr Adoiph Thrill and Miss M. Berry led the Grand March after which danciog was begun and continued until 3:20 a. m. Prof. Lawrence's orchestra iurniehed the music. Mr Willie Hiwkins acted as moniior. He delivered averyappro prmte address of welcome. Too much cedit can not be given the Wandering W 1'ies for the manner in which they inducted their entertainment The following pre the names of three wno attended t^ip Coterie Club iDteT tunmenr from the Stale: MIBH Davie and Oliver Dtvn* Racine Mr and Mrs Hall Foundalsc Miss M. Dodge Kennasha and Col. Walter Cartwr'ght. he medical man in the army. There are two Regimeate of Cavalary in the United States Army the 9th 10th and one of Infantry composed of Afro-Ameri cans the 25tb. Each regimentbas several Hospital Corps, just how many I am not prepared to state and Beyeral Surgeons to each regiment who rank as Captains with a Captains pay. With Hospital Stewards |to every regiment who ranks as Sergeants 1st and 2nd. The Hospital Steward must be a man who is up in medicine. He it is who mixes all medi cines for the troopers, pough boys and officers and must stand an examination in pharmacy which is rigid as be is next to the Doctor in knowledge of Materia Medica. And he must also be a man who knows bow to nurse sick soldiers in the field and hocpital. He has under neath him a 'corps of hospital attendants regular enlisted men like himself who make up the beds in the wards bathe aick soldiers ana help dress their wounds etc under the direction of himself and the doctor. He is allowed to keep a small drug store belonging to himself and sell medicines to civilians noap toilet articles etc. Br be must viBit the wholesale dealers outof his own pocket and not make the mistake t.nd get in Unc Je a m'f mfdiore chest and sell it. The doctor's are allowed to practice on civilians also. Now do you knew that in the three Afro-Americans regiments we have not one solitary doctor or hospital steward and those positions are all filled ay white men who are getting rich mak ing money hand over fist while our doctor's some of ttie-m go to these larg cities hang out their shinple and starve and wear their pasts thread bare and their coats out waiting for a patien' While they can gt in the army and live like the rest of those fellows and make money. What's the matter with the Faculty of Meharry it seems to be aeleep. find a Whv don't thev wake up and job for some of their graduatet-? SLAVIN WHIPPE The Big Australian Knocked Out by the Afro- %morican San Francisco, May 31 Frank Mavin lasted just two minutea in bis fight with Jim Butler of Philadelphia before the California Athletic e'ub tc-night. When time wa3 called S.aviu rushed at Butler and punched him with his right over the heart. Butler squared himself for the next ru9h and met SUvin with his lelt in tbe face. Skvin forced Butler lvbout the ring, swinging his right and left, windmill faBhion. Butler cmight tna Australian on tbej-iw with a riglit swing and tbe latter fell forward. j'Rpin his opponent abou Ihe waist, aod both fell to toe floor and rolled ov-r, witn Butler on top. Rafereo Bil'y MaddeD puiled the men apart and Siavin arose in a dczad condition Butler went after hun aod swung his left on the iw, the b'g Au'trialinn fRi'mg fu'l length on his buck, strvpirg bis head on the flvir with a resouudiiiu ibuinp. lie puil-i him self up bv the ropes niter the r&1er<i had counted Bevan, but was clearly un able to continue the CAr rol iuuiped into the ring and threw up the sponge for his principal. Fatal Collision. Atlanta, Ga., May 31.Charles Tata was killed while riding his bicycle Sun day evening by colliding with Miss Anna Hunter* a yonng white girl, also on her wheel. The girl was also seriously hart Defective Page THE APPEAL. SAINTPAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.. SATURDAY. JUNE 5,1897. CHIClGO. THE "WORLD'S FAJR CITY" VIEW* E THE APPEAL MAN. S S. Compilation of a Xwmber of Happenc tags* Social and Otherwise, {Among the AfroaAmerleau f the Second City of Thfa Olorfoea Unla*. Mr. A. J. Worthington, of 921 W. Lake street, left last jeeek for Winden, Ont., on business. Mr. J. D. Thompson of 157 Emerson Ave., who has been visiting in the East will return to Chicago next week. Mr. Oecar Bean of Omaha Neb IB in the city. He is stopping temporarily at the home of Rev i Ford 3712 Dear born street. *1 The and O. has pi on a large num ber of Afro-Americana as parlor car men and train porters on itB Pittsburg and Cincinnati Division. Mr Louis Winston of Natchez Miss., spent several days in theity this week seeing the Bights. He'j/was the gueBt of Mr Chas Smyth, 010 Armour Ave. Mrs Anderson, president of the Ladies Internationa) Association has recoverad from a severe illness which threatened at one time to become serious. She is rapidly regaining her strength. Mr. William Harvy and Misi Emma Papenon were joined in holy bond of Wife nUin up census paper)John, dear, do you remember what as* I said I was last census?London Sketch. matrimony Wednesday evening Mav 26th at the residence of Rev. E Ford, who performed the ceremony, The m-th of the groom and a ieotlerran friend were alt that wvw present to witness the marripg Mr. and Mre. Harvey will reside at 3728 Dearborn St. Bermuda ClinrehcR and Customs. There is no need of Sunday laws io Bermuda. Th people are not supersti tions, but thev are nleasantly rligiou It is delightful to livs in a placa where church eoing on Rnndav is as much a matter of course an goine to bu^ineps on wepk davH, and where *he reoo^e evi dently enjoy their worsnip. On Sundays the roaus and lanes are full of men, women and children on their way to and from church, aod the churches are filled morning and evening with wor shippers The Chu'ch of England naturallv contains the majority of the in habitants, and its services date back to Rev Richard Buck, who was chaplain to tbe fla*t of Sir George Somerp. and in stalled bv shipwreck here in 1619 He become chaplain to the first Aasemblvuf Virginia ten years later. Bermuda is now a separate diocese under the cm- tTOl of the Lord Bishop of Newfound land, who makes biennial visits. Tbe Cbnrcb of England has twelve churches and between ten and eleven thousand members here. The Weeleyan Metho dists have nine churches and fifteen hun ored members, and there are about ss many moro African .Methodists, belong ing to a single cbnrcb. Tnere is a Soman Catholic church at Hamilton and abont five hundred and sixty-five adhe rents to Romanism on the island, cx- elusive of the Leinster regiment, now quartered here, which has its own chap lain, service and parade at "Prospect" every Sunday morning. Strange to say. there is a Reformed Episcopal church in Bermuda of more than a hundred mem bers, and a vigorous Salvation Army of Afro-West Indians which paiades every Sundav afternoon Augustus in New York Observer. Morns Brown "College Atlanta, Ga., June 2 Thecommence m^nt exercises of Morris Brown College took place today. The program was as follows: Chorus"The Lord's Prayer," Rowley Essay"Intellectual Progress of the Negro Race"Albertha H. Holsey. Chorus Mnbelate," Masent hal. Oration'The Christian Minister," Robert L. Pope, Athens. Chorus "Bouum Est."Danks. Essay"What Woman Can Do."Marv J. Gholikely, (Graduate,) Augusta. Duett fill We Meet Again."Lethia L. Lyons and Bessie L. Roberts, Atlanta. Presenta tion of DiplomasBishop H. M. Turner, D.D., D. MONUMENT To the Memory of Col J. Shaw la Un veiled on Boston Commons Boston, Mass., May 31.A simple.but impressive, ceremony was enacted here today when the monument to the me mory of Col. Robert Gould Shaw was unveiled on Boston commons, directly in front of the state house. Shaw was the cuonel oi be Fifty-fourth Massachu setts Infonsry, a regiment composed wholly of Afro-Americans who fought dinrig'he civil war. He was killed while leading the assault on Fort VVagner.S. C. July 18, 1863. BockerT. Washington delivered the oration at the unveihcg. GRAPES AND THE APPENDIX. A Mistake That Has T,ong Been Popu lar. Things have been said about the baneful and delicious juice of the grape ever since the olden time when Noah found out about it and came thereby to grief but even before that men ate grapes, and only within the last decade have they been talked to about that, says the Washington Times. It is only since surgeons began to make money hunting for grape seeds in the vermi form appendix that people have been afraid to eat grapes, to eat them straight. It now appears that in all the thousands of cases famous, in which this new-fashioned surgical operation has been performed there is not one case in which a siape seed or any oth er little bullet-shaped thing has been found in the vermiform appendix. The whole interior of the appendix is only big enough to admit a medium-sized darning needle. Nobody knows what it is there for, but it must have been useful at some time. It is a case of the survival of the unfit, like the wisdom teeth, which are of so little use to most people, and the tonsils, which cause so much trouble now and then. The ton sils and the appendix are both unused parts of the body, and peculiarly liable to disease because they are not strensrthotied hv use. If inflammation '*$. & ^.WHisSsfi i^M-^t^^-iiJ-J, attacks them they are unable to resist. Thus many diseases which have been ascribed to peritonitis, or colic, or a mysterious providence of some kind, have been due to the diseased condition of this little useless organ of the hu man system, and if the trouble had been discovered in time the appendix could have been removed and all would have been well. The remedy, therefore, is not in avoiding grape seeds, which do not cause the trouble, but in keeping as well and strong as possible and in case of sudden illness calling a relia ble doctor, who will know what the matter .is. Somebody once said that most people use a doctor to enable them to sin against the laws of nature with impunity. But that is a bad use for him. LOUISVILLE. FACTS AND FANCIES OF THE BEAUTIFUL "FALLS CITY." A Reliable Record of the Happening* Among the Afro-American Residents of the Metropolis of KentuokyLomlavllw Local Laconics. M. Dulaney, Aged 57 years, died of consumption at the City Hcupital yester day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. He was admitted to tbe hospital on May 17, and bad gradually got worse until the end cime yesterday., Sam Caldwell, aged 13 years, died at City Hospital yesterday afternoon from the effects of concussion of the brain. He was an tn inmate of the School of Relorm, and sustained a bad fall at the above place last week. Clarence Hightman fell from a street car at Floyd and Chestnut streets in try ing to get off while it was in motion, and dislocated his shoulder. The.ambulance was called and he was takeu to the City Hospital. The physicians there found the injury to be of such a serious nature that they experienced some difficulty in gettir the shoulder back into place. Fred Davis, a little eleven-year old boy, engaged in a rough and tumb'e fight with another boy at Sixth and Oak streets. Fred was getting the best of the fi*ht, as long as fists were used, eo his antagonist peked up a brick and hurled it at his head. The brck lauded on Fred's head and fractured bis skull. The ambulance was summoned and he was conveyed to the City Hospital,where he is in a nerious condition. Charley Chjlds l^t his, money shoot ing craps with a crowd of other men at Thirty-fourth a avenue, and after gettiog broke he became sore. He tried to borrow some money, it is charged,but they would not loan him any, and then drawing his revolver he, it is said to have fired into the crowd. Fortunately he did not hit any one, and Patrolman Napier only charged him with malicious shooting at with intent to kill. Childs denies that he did the shooting. Isaac Lowery, charged with shooting at Ed Doreev with intent to kill, was held to answer in the Police Court in a bond of 1500. Lowery attempted to shoot Dorsey as he Jay sleepirg, but an other man knocked up his arm and tbe shot entered the ceiling. He and Do sey bad some difficulty at Preston and Green streets several days ago, but were separated. Lowery got a pistol and on his return found Dorsey sleeping in a chair. He leveled the pistol, but his attempt was fuetrated as described. Kirby Smith, a well-known man, and janitor of cartain houses in charge of the Louisville Trust company, who was ar rested Thursday on a charge of house breaking, was honorably acquitted in the Police Court yesterday. Kirby drop ped his ktoife through the grating into the cellar of one of the houses in his charge, and lifted the grating in order to get it. As he came out he w*s arrested. His employers testified to his good char acter and he was promptly released. The commencement exercises at Eck stein^ Norton University took place at Cane Spring7 Ky.. this week. The following is the urogram: Tuesday June 1st, 11 a. m., sermon. At 2 p. m., Re union of students. 8 p. m. address be fore tbe "Simmons" and Advanced Literature Societies by Prof. C. F. Sneed A. M. Wednesday June 2nd, 11 a. m. General Conference,! 2 p. m. Training School, 8 p. m. Graduates from Indus tries Thursday June 3rd, 11 a. m., Farewell Meeting, 2 p. m. Conservatory of Music, 8 p. m., English Graduates, Friday, June 4tb 8 p. in., Temple Tbea tre, Louieviile, KY., Public Address by Hon. Asher G. Carutb, Ex-M. C. Quietly Wedded Years Ago. A marriage that has been kept se cret for the last sixteen years has just been made public in Mount Holly. Nearly a score of years ago Frank Rice went west, and his first return to this city was about ten days ago He went to the residence of Miss Lizzie Frake, a dressmaker living on Pearl street, and they started for Bridgeport, Pa., ostensibly to get married. Upon returning, however, they agreed to divulge their well kept secret, and the announcement of their marriage years ago was made to friends. Mr. Rice now resides at Cripple Creek, Col. Philadelphia Press. Drew Plenty of Blanks. Mrs. A.Did your husband have any luck in that lottery scheme he went in for? Mrs. B.I'm afraid not, Judg ing by what he said when the results were announced. "What was that?" "Blankety-blank, blank-blank-blank." New Tork Worjd. rTI IE APPEAL KEEPS IN FRONT i W* BEOAXTSB: A 4-It is the organ of ALL Afro-Amerioani. 6-Itis not controlled by any ring or oliqne. It asks no support but the people's* MINNESOTA ftC-.LteJ'Ke'DIlethat HISTORICAL SOCIETY +HMl MQMl IMavflfc $2.40 PER YEAR.. &* IN M0SQU1TA. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS .CURIOUSolCUSTOMS AND 'A Blueflelds Funeral With Chief Monners and Curious ReliwtouH RitesA Dutch Privateer L*ed Prowl Around the CoastsA Mci penary Monarch. Continued on 2nd Pajre. bay ana r,vtrdtiived Tom th* noted Dutcn rt\ater Bltevelut, \.*o had his rendezvous ^era a ecurle of ectUi Ics ago The Spanish aitcov.rc.s jlnding no precious metal here abouts, departed for ncher fle'.ds, leaving the ".Jc&cr* In peace among their lagoons and ma boganj fcrests. A hundred and f^ty jears la^cr, near the middle of the seventeenth cen tuiy, the buccan.eia appeared upo 1 the scene these "tad sea dogs" fiom all nations, but notl frrm England, whoweieou Intimate tetms with the successive Governois of Ja maica and shared with them the spoils of thw Spanish main When the war v, ith Spain was bic,ught to a ose, so that it was no longer possible to connive at freebiotlng, these en terprising eons of Britain determined to ob tain possession of Mosquitia, and, incidental ly, everything els th^y could seize in behalf of the crown The methrds by which these English agents"man of them e\-bucca- neors, but acting undei cidersprebsed their pretended rights to this reg.on are too well remembered to need recapitulation Under tne British protectorate one negio aV another was crowned "King and up- wise inebriatesgood c'd Ja-naica rum Sir Hans S.oan 1 elates ho,v one of the* dusky monarch's was taken to Jama "a. to edu cated, but regularly escaped his lessons by shinning up a tree, in bes^ topmost branches he perched all day among nib bro-ther mon keys fair sample of these half-savage mon archy (but never for a moment rulers) select ed by the Englishmen as suitable tooisetthet because of the degree of their influence oi ig norancewas that miserable creature Robert Charles Frederick I who was in\ested simul taneously with the title of King and hi first piir of trousers. A Mercenary Momtreli. Soon after donning the "purple" (jr.rather, blue jeans) he proceeded to make over ..he whole coast of Nicaragua, Belize and Hondu ras to a company of New York capitalistsre ceiving in pay for this prince'y grant si\ bai rtls of rum and a bundle- of cotton pant2 1 ons! Fortunate such a wealth of "spirits proved too nvuc for the delicate constitution of his majesty, and he quick'y gave up the gio*t to be succeed by his son George Wil iam Clarence, who was dul proclaimed "King" bj the British, while the distressed people of Nicaragua and Honduras were mak ing franctic but fruitless appeals.to the wcrltl arge for redr-ss The grants made the drunken Robert Char.es Frederick I to the nkee- speculate! weie taken to Europe and made the basis of several attempt* at co'o n'zation, all of which terminated with the ueath of the de'uded emigrants, from fe.er md other diseases of the "tierra caliente Finally the grants fcand their way New York, and mo the hands of Mr Ken ney, who purchased thm conditionally in bet on foot short-livedi enterprise known 'X- expedition.' In the autumn of 1835 this gentleman, accompanied by a number of eager adventurers, availed them selves of the grants and privileges thus pur chased and proceeded to Graytown, wnere they ommence the execution of their ans. But they met with unforeseen difflcu ties jud discouragements principally owing to the feud then existing between th^ Niearaguans ind the "Accessory Transit Compane," and, although their leader was made Governor the "Kenney colony" on by one desertedmost Df them to join the forces of General Walker, the fllibu&ter, who by that time was making great pretentions in Central America And at last Governor Kenny himself depart ed in haste, "between two days," with his name indorsed on another man's passport Ruled by a Sambo Chief. After a nominal protectorate of 195 years. Great Britain, by the Clayton-Bulwer trat of 1830, lesigned all claims to the Mosquito soast, and ten years later, under the treaty of Managua, graciously ceded it to Nicaragua to which country it had always rightfully be longed. The "King" of that day (his lllus tricu name has escaped my memory), con sented to the arrangement, on condition of retaining his administrative functions and receiving a subvention, equivalent to $5,000 per ear, tor a period of ten years But he died in a tr-w months, and Nicaragua has never recognized his successor. Neverthe less, the "reserva Mosquita' continues to b ruled by a Sambo chief, elected by his fe. lows, and assisted by a sable court, or counclf which assembles at Blueflelds. Land cannot now be bought within the res ervatlon, but can be leased, at the rate of cents per acre, for a term not exceeding fiftj years. The soil is said to be of remarkabh fert'Iity, and there is a considerable expor trad*chiefly in India rubber, mahogany ginger, Barsaparilla, and tortoise-shell. The treaty of 1880 provided seven schools in the territory, which instruct the Indians in their, own language and in Englishyet a more ig norant, lazy, superstitious, and altogether hopeiesis lot could hardly be found. FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD. He Was Willing. There was a little boy whose mother had made a little Lord Fauntleroy of him, train ing his hair in long curls, and dressing him in black velvet knickerbockers and jacket, ornamented with white lace. One day a large girl thought to frighten the picturesque little chap by rushing toward him brandishing a large pair of scissors and exclaiming: "I'll cut off your curls'" The little Lord Fauntleroy was not fright ened. He merely replied in a shrill little voice: "Wish would'"Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. Successful Alibi. "We can pro\e an alibi for my client, your honor," said the lawyer. "He does not deny that he is a person of bad reputation, but, in respect to this particular robbery, he wa two miles away from the scene at the time "And just where was he at that hour'" asked the Judge "He was about to force an entrance into the late dwelling of Colonel Burkus, on street, when he discovered that the house had recently been vacated, about which time he was ordered to move on by Officer Browne." Harper's Bazar. he Real. "Is it possible?" he sighed, as be saw th damsel pass. "Can she be a false Ir.end? False' In a realistic play? It is not possible. It is impossible, and realism makes a specialty of the impossible. What shall ldo'" Pressing his hand to his brow, he decidea that a neat song and dance would be about the thing.Detroit Tribune. Hot Fit for a Jnror. LawyerMay it please the court, I object to that man as a juror. JudgeYour reason? "I have three witnesses who can swear that it isn't a week since they saw him at a news stand looking over the papers."New York Weekly. he Look. Thereupon the fairy princess gave the fairy prince a freezing look. "Farewell!" be exclaimed.. Taking the look, he went into the ice busi ness, and lived happily to tbe end of his life, Detroit Tribune. 5fW vj *'j*Nt.iA'-iSfiKf8 \j