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W. C. Whitney's Proposition for a
Great Game Preserve.
He OUVtm to Contribute Mooce mill
Elk Dr. W. .rvturtl WpI.1i nn-1
Other to Join Sn the UnilertnVltiK
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VlCOilTESS IN A IHJNA'WAY.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Ex-Secretary
William C Whitney proposes to restock
the Adirondacks with moose and Ameri
can elk, anil lovers or wild animals and
hunters of big game all orer Amerisa
applaud him. They declare It will prove
one of the most important and interest
ing experiments of Us kind ever made.
It 'Rill take money end plenty of it; but
that is not considered, Mr. Whitney
promises to give liberally from his game
preserves near Lenox, und, if necessary,
to make purchases In Maine and Canada.
Moreover, Dr. W. Seward Webb has
offered to contribute nine moose and a
lew eih, ana otner ricn .Mew 1 timers j,a(j
owning big estates in the Adirondacks
have requested the privilege of giving
Ine specimens from their private herds-
For hundreds of jears these noble ani
mals roamed and browsed in New York's
famous mountains unmolested. Occasion
ally they would wander across some trail
or into the open country amen; the low
hills and be slain by Indian hunters, but
in the wilds of the Adirondacks the
were secure. There they grew fat and
multiplied.
Then came civilization. The big, dull,
slow moose and elk were easy marks for
the fronticrman's fil;u'ock musket. In
due time their most remote confines were
invaded, and they were slaughtered by
wholesale. For years there were no laws
to protect them, and when these were
enacted they were not enforced.
Accordingly the big animals were soon
exterminated and the deer became the
lord of the Adirondacks. He is so keen
of scent and fleet of foot that he has
held his own against the hunters.
The last elk been in the Adirondacks
was killed in 1SC0 and lae last of the
moose fell early in the thirties.
Mr. Whitney has submitted to the Slate
Game Commissioners Austin Wadswortb.
of Geneseo, Fcrcy Larisdownc of Bufialo,
D. H. Mackey of Delaware County, Frani
Woods of Queens County, and James Van
Duzer of 'Elinira his proposition, and
upon receiving from them a favorable
reply, will ship his first installment from
October Mountain, his Lenox estate.
"I have long thought the moose and elk
ought once more to Inhabit the Adiron
dacks," said the ex-Secretary to a re
porter at his Fifth Avenue home yester
day, "and I am willing to do what I can
to restore the old order of things.
"You see they both live on brouse, and
our mountains afford the very finest sort
of this particular feed. Moreover, the cli
mate is almost Identical with that of
Maine and of much of tbc wooded and
mountainous portions of Canada.
"The chief trouble seems to be the in
adequacy of the game laws. Under the
present condition one of those big, slug
gish animals would last only a few days
in the wilds of the Adirondacks. He
"would be picked off by some guide or un
scrupulous hunter and none would be the
wiser. I have offered to turn over to the
State Game Commissioners a number of
animals to be distributed as they may
see. fit. Dr. Webb has also offered to
donate a number of moose, and other men
ownfag game parks, I understand, will do
their part in giving the moose and elk
a new start In the Adirondacks.
"We simply request that stringent laws
for their protection be enacted, and that
these laws be enforced. I am very fond
of big game, and hope something will be
done toward helping it to Increase."
"Will you remove elk and moose to your
own preserves in the Adirondacks regard
less of what actlcn the Game Commission
may take on your offerj" Mr. Whitney
was asked.
"Unquestionably." he replied. "That is
policed and protected by my own men and
1 Know I shall have a fair chance of suc
cess in raising them. My proposal to the
commission .applies to the Adirondacks at
large and not private estates."
"How large is youryroperty there?"
"Let me see," turning to his private
secretary, "Mr. Reagan, how much land
have I in the Adirondacks? Seventy thou
sand acres at least, haven't I?"
"More than that," replied the secretary.
"Fully .eighty thousand acres."
"Is this the tract that you have just
purchased?" Eaid the reporter.
"Oh, no, I have owned it for a long
time. The stories that I have bought
anything In the Adirondacks recently are
misleading."
The Commissioners have not formulated
their reply to Mr. Whitney, but they are
pleased with his offer. Tney are now con
sulting with members of the Legislature
about new prottction laws, and will accept
the moose and elk at an early date.
President G. O. Shields, of the League of
American Sportsmen, Is opposed to the
scheme, because he says It will only mean
the slaughter 2nd theft of a lot of beauti
ful and valuable animals. He does not be
lieve the policing of the Adirondacks will
ever be such as to give even small protec
tion to such big, slow game.
air. nltney s preserve at October
Mountain Is flourishing. He has twenty
buffaloes, including six calves born this
season, eighty-four moose and elk, and
nine Rocky Mountain deer. AH are thor
oughly acclimated and Increasing rapidly
except the deer. They seem to be just
holding their own, and to have no fond
ness for their Eastern environment.
Soon afttV Mr. Whitney's ball to his
niece. Miss Helen Barney, on January i,
he will sail for Egypt and spend the winter
on the Nile. He has leased a special boat
for a trip up the famous river.
Mr. Whitney will take a long vacation,
and the 1S01 racing seaton will be well un
der way before he returns. Ho has large
stables in England and America now, and
is President of the Saratoga Association.
In addition ho is a member of the Jockey
Club.
Thrtivvii Out of it Oirrliifje nml Iluilljr
Illjm'L'il.
WAYNE, Ta., Dec. 30. VIcomtess Louis
de Biangrs de Bourcle was seriously in
jured In a runaway accident at this place
early jesterday morning. With her hus
l'?nd, ;"e liil driven from lhir home a
e miles distant oer to Wayne on a
shopping trip. When they reached the
business Eectlon of the Ullage the
vicomt got out to altcuil to some busi
ness and left his wife in charge of the
team.
He soon returned, and, after re-entering
the vehicle, which was an open pony
cart, he reached for the reins. He suc
ceeded, however, in grasping only one rein
and the pony, a spirited animal, imme
diately look fright nnd started off. The
vlcomlc pulled the one- rein, turning the
horac around, and the animal dashed
across Lancaster Avenue and in front of
the Presbyterian Church struck the stone
curbing, throwing both the occupants out
and upsetting the vehicle.
The vicomtc, fortunately was uninjur
ed, but his wife was unconscious when he
reached her side. She was carried across
the avenue to the offlco of Dr. Charles
D. Smedlej and remained Unconscious for
over an hour. Later she was delirious,
but was quieted.
It was at first thought that her skull
been fractured, for in the fall she
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struck her head, but after a thorough ex
amination the doctor found that the only
injury was a severe scalp wound. She,
however. Is suffering from many bruises
and the -doctors fear she may have sus
tained internal injuries. Late in the
aftaruoon she was taken to her home.
The vlcomtess is the joungest daughter
of Dr. Walter T. Atlee. of Philadelphia.
She was married to the vicomte No
vember 22, in the Church of St. John the
Evangelist, Philadelphia, and after the j
ceremony went to Dr. Atlee's country
AT THE THEATRES.
'the Columbia Mnrlc Illirroncrhs,
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Marie Burroughs will Le seen tonight at
the Columbia Theatre in the first presen-
I ution In Washington of 'The, Battle of the
strong." During the pas: month the play
has been given with much" success in the
West. Miss Burroughs, who' has a host
The rirxi I'nrllnmeiit ( He ftjit-iieil of admirers in this city, Is' reported to
! the I) like of Vork The Kxtenl have made the hit of her career as the
of the Comitry- The linllv Iilmil
niivernmeiilK MejiH Toiinril I'eil
eintion I"lrt TuUeu in lb.-.::.
The institution of the Commonwealth of
Australia will take place on January 1,
1901, and the first Parliament v. ill be
opened on that day by the Duke of York,
who made the trip to the far-away coun
try expressly for that purpose, to show
how deeply the Queen of England Is In
terested In the occasion.
The country, which measures about
2,000 miles east and west and 1,970 miles
from north to south, having an area of
2,945,000 square miles, is the most im
portant of the many Islands comprising
the geographical division known as Aus
tralasia, and Is nearly equal in area to
the United States, exclusive of Alaska
and the newly acquired possessions. Its
white population, exclusive of Tasmania's
10,000, numbers only about 3,633,000, of
which .New South Wales has 1,400,000, Vic
toria 1,200,000, Queensland COO.000, South
Australia 363,000, and West Australia
170,000.
exceedln
only a fraction over one white person to
the square mile. As to the climate, A. R.
Oilman writes: "I once struck what is
Mlzmb jar
MARIE BURROUGHS.
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.Mianas of India a Trouble
some Maud.
Live flenernlly in hc Codnlrj At.
tneU VllliiKe In the .MkIiI I:.piik
In the Use of the Snurd-In ItellK
lon They Are .Vliilinim-tnun Their
Apnenrnnee mill ClmineO-rlMIc.
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Wash. B. Williams.
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place at Wayne, where they have been called there a 'brickfielder,' which means
iujl iue mercury was sizzling arouna lis
residing since.
The vicomte and his wife met six years
ago In Europe, during one of Miss Atlee's
visits to her mother's family in France.
He was enamored with the pretty Ameri
can girl and at the Paris Exposition,
where they met once more, their engage
ment was announced. Their wedding, al
though quiet, was one of widespread interest.
TEBKIFIED BY WILDCATS.
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Malm- IU"lilciit Afraid
After Durk.
BANGOR, Me., Dec. 30. Residents of
the eastern and northern parts of Maine
will ask the Legislature next month for
from
heroine of Gilbert Parker's novel, from
which the play was dramatized. The star
This shows that the country is ! ,"" "" ' ",T"f , , V c x , .,.
, .. , , ..... . , i ng in a spec.al train from St. Louis. After
Sly thinly populated, there being the engagement here the 'nlnv will rnn-
tlnue its tour eastward to New York,
where It will be put on for a run.
The advance sale of teats is stated to
be unusually large, and Miss Burroughs
is assured of a hearty reception this
evening.
degrees In the shade, while a north wind
was driving fine red dust Into one's very
bones. Sparrows were dropping dead, and
beasts of burden actually refused to
budge. This exceptional heat was fol
lowed by a sudden change of wind from
the opposite direction, with torrents of
rain, which in about ten minutes changed
the temperature to 60 degrees above
zero."
Each of the six colonies constituting the
Commonwealth is in many respects a dis
tinct and separate State. Each has Its
Parliament and responsible Cabinet, with
a Governnor appointed by the British
Crown, who is also, by virtue of his office.
commander-in-chief of the military and
Although these States arc
a law to protect their lives from the 1 naval forces.
"Indian devil," or wildcat. There are i Dritish dependencies, they mako their own
thousands of wildcats in these Darts of !a.ws'..but h.!sc. muat Telve the anc,011
Another Kielinrd in (he FleM.
Mr. Henry Miller, who, with the excep
tion of Richard Mansfield, has a stronger
personality and a more determined am
bition than any of the .stars now before
the playgoing public, will bring another
Richard Into the dramatic world In the
personage of "Richard Savage" this even
ing in Rochester, N. Y. It Is the latest
work of the prolific playwright, Madeleine
Lucette Rylcy, and the first of her serious
efforts. The event" is of more than usual
tlin Sr.f .! ... - , ..,.,?-. luc :" U' "" ItlliCMULIIUIB
towns the inhabitants are afraid to go
out after sunset for fear the savage
creatures will drop from trees to their
backs.
The State pays 2 bounty for every "In
dian devil" killed. Since 1S3S there have
been killed near Calais by the Passama
quoddy tribe of Indians 1,141 wildcats.
Other large claims have come from Fort
Kent, Jackman, and Dcnnistown.
Where so many of these animals coma
from Is not known. Until three years
ago only a few were to be seen in Maine,
but now a hunter is likely to encounter
them at any time. The biggest "Indian
devil" ever seen here was brought to Ban
gor a few days ago. The animal weighed
eighty-six pounds, and was killed by a
fourteen-year-old boy in Holden after a
hard fight.
The boy had a trap near Holbrook'.-t
Pond, and one morning found the rig cat
caught by a hind leg. The animal made
several unsuccessful attempts to get at
the boy. The boy got a stick of cord
wood and attacked the animal. It was a
rougb-and-lumblc fight, but the boy final
ly beat the animal to death. He sold the
pelt for a rug for $25.
State Senator Henry C. Sharp, who has
extensive lumbering operations on the
north branch of the Penobscot River, has
been unable to get much work out of hii
men on account of their loss of sleep
through the screeching and howling of the
wildcats at night. A few days ago the
senator visited his camps to Investigate.
With Bill Knox, his foreman, he went to
Maduskeag Mountain. The snow was cov
ered for several rods with tracks of wild
cats. While engaged in measuring the
leaps which some of the animals had
made, the men were startled by hearing
ternnc fccreecnes ana jells among the
rocks.
Mr. Sharp weighs 275 pounds, but he
climbed a big dry spruce tree with agil
ity. The foreman did likewise. After the
howling had ceased the men descecled
and returned to camp. Next day the crew
set traps for the animals. Small tap
lings were driven into the ground until
the height of a man and on them were
placed old overalls and shirts stuffed with
straw, ine tops or tne stakes were
sharpened to a point and on them were
before theyTxecome operative. Australia is
not a great manufacturing country, but
takes high rank as a producer of gold, sil
ver, copper, and other metals; wool, sugar,
grain, and meat. The coal product is about
6,000,000 ton? yearly. The railroads and
telegraph lines aro nearly all operated by
tho State. Of the former 12.800 miles are
open for traffic, but there Is a different
gauge in every colony, that of Victoria
being 5 feet 3 inches; New South Wales, 4
feet S Inches; Queensland, 3 feet C inches,
etc. Tho Commonwealth Is not behind
other and better known countries In the
matter of a public debt. ThlB has reached
the magnificent figure of $930,000,000, or
about $310 per capita, as against about $15
in tho United States.
Education is compulsory, and for higher
education there arc universities at Mel
bourne, Sydney, and Adelaide. There Is no
State Church, but the Episcopalians aro
the dominant body, with Roman Catholics
Fecrad, Presbyterians third, and. Metho
dists fourth.
The first steps toward federation were
taken In 1832, when a proposal was made
to form a general assembly for the pur
pose of framing laws relating to inter
colonial affairs. Nothing -was done, how
ever, until permission was obtained from
the British Government to establish a fed
eral council, the first meeting of which
was held at Hobart, Tasmania, in Jan
uary, 18S5. Four years later a conference
of delegates from the seven colonics, in
cluding New Zealand, met at Melbourne.
At this meeting steps were taken toward
the appointment of delegates to a na
tional Australian convention, empowered
to consider and report upon a satisfactory
basis for a federal constitution. This con
vention met at Sydney in March, 1891.
Resolutions having in view a federal con
stitution were passed, and a bill creating
a commonwealth of Australia was adopt
ed, but these measures failed to satisfy
all who were interested, and later lead
ers of the several governments held con
ferences, and as ;( result of their actions
another convention met at Melbourne in
February, 1SUS, and adopted another bill
for submission to the people. This consti
tution bill was submitted by means of the
referendum in June, 1S93, and was adopt
ed by all the colonies with the exception
of New South vvales by large majorities
HBWMWft -RCHKJSeIC,
placed old hats. When a wildcat sees ! The differences were adjusted in January,
one of these dummies the animal mis
takes it for a man and makes a leap for
his back, only to be impaled by the sharp
painted stick.
PLANNED A JAIL DELIVERY.
WIFE MISTAKEN EOS A THIEF.
A I'eillklvnnln Wotnnn Tatnlly Shot
by Her lliihlmuil.
WASHINGTON, Fa., Dec. 30. William
H. Hopkins, the postmaster at Scenery
Hill, a small town in Washington Coun
ty, Rhot and fatally Injured his wife yes
terday morning.
Ilopklne and his family live In tho
same building in which the postofiScc is
located, and a large amount of money was
In the bouse Friday night. Shortly after
midnight Mrs. Hopkins was awakened by
n slight noise at tbn bedroom window,
end without awakening her husband ar se
to investigate. In attempting to raise
the window- she awakened her husband,
who called to her, and receiving no re
ply, thought that a burglar was attempt
ing to enter the house, and seizin? a
revolver, which was lying on a chair, fired
point blank at the supposed Intruder.
The woman, with a Bcrcam, pitched
Into the middle of the room and Hop
kirn realized that he had shot his wife.
He found that the bullet had entered the
woman's neck and blood was pouring
from the gaping wound. Physicians were
summoned, and every effort was made to
resuscitate the unconscious woman with
out avail, and she Is rapidly sinking.
The community Is greatly wrought up
over Iho affair and Hopkins Is almost
crazed with grief.
Prisoners at "White Plniiin, X. Y., feet
Fire to Straw Tlekx.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Dec. 30. Tho
one hundred prisoners locked up In the
Westchester County jail at White Plains,
who were the companions and friends of
Edgar Channing Burnz, the nineteen- ear-
old murderer, when they heard on Satur
day night that he had been convicted,
made a desperate effort to escape, but the
attempt proved ineffectual. The jailbirds
formed Jnto two separate companies and
kept guard while two leaders went down
on the lower tier and piled a dozen straw
ticks from their cells in a heap on the
floor.
Then two burglars. It Is charged, set
firo to the heap. Instantly the Jail was in
an uproar. The cry of "fire" rang out, but
Jailer Johnson, who was In his office,
thought the prisoners were only fooling,
so he paid no attention to It. Several
minutes later the ten-year-old son of Dep
uty Sheriff Frank Jarvis rushed Into the
office and said the jail was burning up.
The turnkey unlocked tho heavy steel
door leading to the corridors surrounding
the lages and learned that the two bur
glars had driven all the prisoners out of
their cells and forced them to aid in
adding fuel to the fire.
"Say, jailer, come in and put the fire
out," shouted one of the prisoners. "We
are suffocating."
Jailer Johnson saw that the entire jail
was filled with blinding smoke and flames
and he knew If I.e. attempted to enter the
prisoners' cage alone the men Intended to
seize him and take away his keys. The
burning material lay on the cement floor
and tho turnkey knew the fire could do
no damage to the jail. When he closed
the door again the Inmates Immediately
set in work with their hare hands to aid
in extinguishing the fire. A great many
were burned.
The locks on the cell doors in the White
rialns jail, the Jailer says, are worthless,
because as fast as the men arc locked in
with tho automatic lever they pick the
locks and walk out, and it Is almost an
absolute Impossibility to prevent an es
cape at any time.
importance, as it Is the first play In which
Mr. Miller appears under the direction of
his new managers, Messrs. Wagenhals &
Kemper. The production Is said to be an
elaborate one, involving five of tho heav
iest and most elaborate scenes carried by
a traveling company -in many years. The
cast will Include Florence Rockwell, Lou
ise Thorndyke Bouclcault, Arthur Elliott,
Joseph Wheclock, Owen Fawcctt, rnd
Miss Jennie Eustace. The play will be
presented here at the Columbia next Mon
day night.
INDIAN FACE PAINTING,
Not n Ctmteen Crime,
(From the Detroit Floe Press.)
On CXristmas d?y fln artilleryman at Fort
Washington, uho vthj crazed with drink, baonct
cd thrte of liii comrades. It may interest our
cood friends of the W. C. T. V. to know that
he wa not a victim of the death dealing ranleen
In wliirli beer i noll. The artilleryman had pur
UtfFed hU liquid damnation in neveral "fpeal
ea.ies" la the neighborhood of the fort. If he
had patronized the canteen he would not have
Iieromt drunk, and lie would not haxe attempted
to murder three ot his fillowfcoldicrs.
CASTOR I A For Infants sctf C&ndren. Bears tho
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VilB .villi! il)U IldiU AiWajfii DUUglU of
1S59, all disputed points were settled, and
an amended bill was passed by the several
parliaments. Addresses to the Queen were
framed, a federal delegation visited Edg-J
land to confer with tho home Government,
the bill was passed by both houses of
Parliament, and finally received the as
sent of the Crown.
Under the new act the executive power
is vested In a Governor-General appoint
ed by the Queen, assisted by a federal
executne council. The Federal Parlia
ment will consist of two houses, the Sen
ate and the House of Representatives,
both to be elected by the people on the
basis of "one man one vote." The term
of Senators Is to be six years, and that
of Representatives three years. Every
State or Colony originally Included in
the Commonwealth is entitled to an equal
representation of six Scnatois, and tho
total number of Representatives Is to
be as nearly as possible twice that of
the Senators, each State t-) be represent
ed in proportion to population, the mini
mum being fixed at five members.
Immediately on the establishment of the
Commonwealth tho Federal Government
will assume the administration of customs
and excise, and as soon as practicable af
terward the control of the post and tele
graph servicer, defences, lighthouses and
quarantine. Should the Federal law con
flict with any existinir State law, tho for
mer fhall prevail. Within two years of
the establishment of the Commonwealth a
uniform customs and excise tariff in rela
tion to the outsido world shall be fixed by
the Federal Government, and Intercolonial
trade made absolutely free. The central
government may also, with the consent of
the Stales, assume control of railways and
State debts. Interest on the latter to bo
paid out of surplus revenue derived from
customs and excise. The Commonwealth
act provides for a High Court of Justice,
which may hear appeals froji the Federal
courts and State supreme courts, and con
tains a clause forbidding jppeal to the
British Privy Council In al.'alrs affecting
the Australian Constitution, nnd giving to
tho Federal Parliament power to limit the
right of appeal In other respects also.
Futuro generations win determine whit
federation really means, and much will
depend on the calbrc of the Representa
tive chosen to the Federal Parliament.
It is believed by men who have given tho
subject close study that good results will
be attained only if a majority of the rep
resentatives are willing to look uron af
faire which come befoie them from a na
tional, and not from a provincial, point
of view. There are many anti-Federalists
In the CCmmonvvcalth, and of these many
predict endless difficulties for the new
government, but tho majority of tho in
habitants are patriotic, and feel assured
that by the united strength of the colo
nies a commonwealth of great Importance
may be built up in the southern world.
llellevcil From ReMiioi:aIlillIty,
(From the Woman's Journal.)
"I hear jou arc iroini: to Australia with your
husband. Kitty," eaid the mistress. "Aren't you
nervous about the lone vojazet"
"Well, ma'am," said Kitty, calmly, "that's
his lookout. 1 belong to him now. anil if any
thing iiappcns to me it will be his loss, not
mine."
"Why the Ileil Anierlenn Ilecoriitex
IIIh I'll) Hlnffnoitiy.
(From Pearson's 3Izaz!ne.)
Every paint mark on an Indian's face Is
a sign with a definite meaning which other
Indians may read. When an Indian puts
on this full war paint he "decks himself
not only with his individual honors and
distinctions won by his o'wn bravery, but
alfo with the special honors of his family
or tribe. He may possss's -one mark of dis
tinction only, or many; in fact, he may bo
so well off in this respect that, like some
English noblemen, he Is able to don a new
distinction for every occasion. Some
times ho will wear all his honors at one
time.
Among the Indian tribes U one designat
ed by the symbol of the dog fish, painted
In red on the face. The various parts of
tho fish are scattered heterogeneously on
tho surface of the face; the peculiarly long
tnout is painted on the forehead, the gills
are represented by two curved lines below
the eyes, while the tail is shown as cut in
two and hanging from cither nostril.
When only one or two parts of an animal
are painted on a man's face It Is an Indica
tion of Inferiority; when tho whole ani
mal aj.pears, even though In many oddly
assorted parts, the sign is one of great
value, and indicates a high rank.
COCAINE IN HIS SPINAL COLUMN
An l'ii-to-l)n(- Operation on n Dun.
dee, Mieh., Jinn.
(From the Detroit Free Tress.)
A surgical operation of more than ordi
nary Interest to the medical fraternity as
well as laymen took place at Grace Hos
pital yesterday morning, with' Dr. Stephen
H. Knight as the operator, and Drs. Gue
and Price, assistants. The patient was
August Custer, a Dundee, Mich., barber,
twenty-one years of age. For a year he
had suffered with a cancer at the hip joint
of his right leg. It was found imperative
to amputate the leg at the hip.
Tho late method, introducing the injec
tion of cocaine into the spinal column,
was used in the operation,. To guard
against any possible chance of the patient
experiencing pain, a slight amount of
chloroform was also given.
From all appearances Custftr, while con
scious, did not suffer at all during the
operation. He did not heed the pricking
of a needle or the cutting of the knife.
Ho lay there with his eyes open, much
more unconcerned than the witnesses to
the operation, who were somewhat an
xious relative to the success of the up-to-date
use of the powerful drug. Last night
Custer was resting easily.
f How pale you arc ! It's a
pity to miss the full zest of
health, for even a day ; there is
so much good in it 1
Scott's emulsion of cod-liver
oil should be as familiar as
cotton and wool and linen and
silk; it is so comfortable ! No
disagreeable taste.
We'll send you a little to tr If Jou 111.
SCOTT i. LOWNi:, w l'carl street, NcwYvrt.
When I traveled through ICathlawar In
March, Just before the Viceroy's first visit,
the country vas ringing with tales of
dreadful dacoltei, in which the Mianas
appeared to be tho chief actors. So dar
ing had they become that a gang of them
attempted to loot the station at Wanka
ncer. There they came on a police Sepoy
with an obsolete Snider, and they retreat
ed. But the contents oflhe rifle found
their way into one pair of naked legs; and
as buckshot in the calves greatly militate
against successful sprinting the owner of
those calves was constrained reluctantly
to submit to an official Interview, with
the result that he and seven of his com
panions are now making themselves use
ful in jail.
Half the crime In Kathiawar is commit
ted by Mianas, and it is all MorJI's fault
that we have them. Morjl was the son of
Kayagi, and about a hundred and fifty
years ago he had a great dispute with the
chief of Morvi. He wanted some vil
lages and he wished to be independent.
So a bright Idea occurred to him one day
and, acting on it, he invited the Mlanaa
to come over from Slnd toTieip him. Now,
any one who has seen Slnd will agree
that it is not a country that begs you to
stay; and the Mianas were therefore noth
ing loath to leave it. Of course, when
they first came to help Morjl they said
nothing about remaining permanently; but
after they had helped him they declined
to depart and spoiled the pleasure of the
worthy chief in his new gotten villages
and independence. So they had to be
given a small piece of territory, and It
was hoped they would scttlo down and
become good, law-abiding subjects. But
hopes are vain. They did nothing of the
sort; and they are now known as "the
gypsies of India."
Looking at them you would be quite
ready to believe they came from the orig
inal gypsy stock. Sinewy and well made,
they arc blessed with a large share of
good looks. Their hair grows In flowing
curls. Their eyes, roving and roguish,
sparkle with fun or Ire with a readiness
Indicative of unstable affection, not to say
treachery. The curled mustache and
parted beard, combined with the set of
the turban, give them a rakish, devil-may-care
appearance that does not belie
them. Their women, too, are handsome,
and their morality well, among them
selves It docs not exist. Scars with them
are honorable, and an Individual without
a nose or an ear In Malia, their home,
is such a common sight that you might
take It to be a popular health mark, like
vaccination. Absolutely regardless of life,
they are as tricky as monkeys; and they
admire most tbese qualities In others.
They are Mahometans, Inasmuch as they
bury their dead and profess "There Is but
one God, nnd Mahomet Is his prophet;"
but profession is the extent of their faith.
A story is told that once a Miana saw an
Arab in the Gaekwar's army praying.
"Of whom are you afraid," he asked,
"that you bow your head like that and
touch the earth with your brows?"
"Of no one but God," was the proud re
ply. "Oh. then, come with me to Malia," re
joined the other; "we don't fear even God
there!"
During the greater part ot the year
they live in the open country and join
in groups of three or four families, shel
tering in temporary huts made mostly
of millet stalks and grass. From these
hamlets, or vardhs, they start out on
their forays. They are principally foot
mpn, excel in the use of the sword, and
in the tactics of village night attack are
unsurpassed. At home they herd cattle
mysteriously acquired, and abroad they
are regarded with a terror that to them
Is delightful.
In times of famine the Mianas are a
source of constant anxiety to the politi
cal officers, and, owing to their repeated
depredations, it had finally to be arranged
that none .of them should be allowed to
leave their own country unless provided
with a special paps. If caught wandering
without one they were arrested and be
came at once liable to a month's impri
sonment. That was the only possible
means of keeping a cheek" on them. They
are a thorn in the side of any administra
tor, anil, knowing their repugnance to
work, wien the scarcity began the ques
tion as to what could be done with them
was one of the gravest. On relief they
were mere idlers, a constant anxiety, and
more hindrance than help. But they have
their pride. There was a difficult piece
of railway embankment to be made up
Mouvl way. All who had tried it had
failed. The Mianas knew this, and when
they were sent to try their hands at it
emulation rose high In their dishonest
hearts. What no other people had ac
complished they would do. The spirit
spread. Individuals and families com
peted to see who could work hardest end
do most.' They toiled and struggled with
a persistence hitherto unknown among
them where a good object was concerned.
Day by day, to the consternation be It
said of the authorities, great lengths were
added to the work, and In six weeks what
It had been hoped would keep them out
of mischief till the famine ended hed
been clnplcted.
"There," they said triumphantly, "look
what we can do!"
And the authorities looked and noted,
and whatever else the Mianas did after
that had to be equally well done.
About three hundred of them had been
drafted Into Rajkot on road construction,
and they were watched closely. They
could not enter the town without passes,
and even If they had them they were
obliged to be back for rollcall at sunset.
Things were monotonous for the little
community. Attempts at pilfering had
been continually repressed, and there
came a lull. It was evident the Sircar
was not going to be robbed, and it was
evident also that the Sircar would not al
low those precious Kathiawar States to be
looted. Here was a crisis. The Minna
mind was sorely exercised Was life
worth living? At last a genius arose. He
had slept on the problem and had brought
forth to his own satisfaction a solution.
He and his family were suddenly seized
with enormous energy. An hour before
the usual time to start one morning they
went to the Karkun, saying they wanted to
do a good day's work, and desired, there
fore, to begin at once. Now, it l.s not well
to discourage enthusiasm, and, all un
suspecting, the Karkun allowed them to
go. They were paid by piece, and each
one's lot of dus earth was lvlng In tidy
heaps to be measured and paid for, be
cause these worthies, not being trusted by
the shopkeepers, had to be paid daily.
The "early birds" set to work and worked
most sedulously. But not as the Karkun
had expected. No They busily aug
mented their heaps from these of their
neighbors, and when the rest came the
first comers had grand mounds for which
to draw remuneration. They were im
mensely pleased, but not so their neigh
bors, who promptly prepared to settle tho
difference with the depredators according
to custom. And the culprits were noth
ing loath. The war began and, delighted,
the rest of tho people not directly con
cerned gathered to see the fun.
Armed Sepoys Interfered, however, and
tho feelings of all were terribly hurt.
What right had anyone to stop them? they
asked. Surely thev could rob each other
If they wished to! No one else suffered.
The Sircar was none the worse off if No. 1
had taken a portion ot the work ot Nos. 2
and 3. The amount of labor was just the
same, and had to be paid for just the
tame. What did it matter who In the end
got payment? Their rights were being In
terfered with now with a vengeance! They
would see to It! So a deputation from the
or urB
nder-cost Sale
lort Length:
ets.
Here are a number of patterns in short lengtliaaf high"
grade earpetings "drop patterns," which we cannot dupli
cate. The3' are marked below cost for quick selling and
while the quantities last you'll never be able to buy at
smaller figures. Here are the items:
High grade Wil
ton Velvets in 3
patterns (101. ltu,,
and 22 yards each)
sold at J1.C0
Good grade Velvets.
in 3 pat'erns (1. 40.
ana zu t-3 yaros each)
sold at 85c..
Smith Moquettes, in
4 patterns (35, 32, 6S,
and 261-2 yard3 each)
sold at $1.10
Best Smith Axmln-
sters, in i patterns (7J,
.33-1, zs, ana 3";
each) sold at
Wilton Velvets,
for halls, 4 patterns
(19 1-2. 14 3-4. 20, and
30 yards each) sold
at J1.00
Wilton Velvets.
for stairs, 3 pat
terns
71-1
sold at
72ic yd
55c ri
70c yd
ems (7J, fen tj A
K yards &dj M
$1.23 J
72ic yd
stairs, j pat- rr 1 j
yards ' each)- 2 C VU
at $1.00 J
Body Brussels, for
halls, 1 pattern (21 3-4
yards) sold at $L2S....
Body Brussels, for
stairs. 3 patter
iit.i-z, a. ana s
yards each) sold
11.25
Best Tapestry, for
an.l 13 yardj each)
halls, 2 patterns (351-2
sold at 90c
Best Tapestry, for
stairs, 1 pattern (12 3-4
yards) sold at 90c
Many short lengths
in Moquettes, Axmln
sters. Body Brussels,
and Tapestries (1 1-2 to
IS yards each)
Excellent Ingrains,
In any quantity, 2 pat.
terns unusually good
value at
75c yd
s75c'yd
8c yd
69c yd
50c yd
25c yd
Four patterns English Go-Carts at one-third below
cost two go-carts which sold at 9.00, for ?o.00; one go
cart which sold at 8.00, for 4.00; one go-cart which sold at
13.00, for 7.00.
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JHTT H tt VSTtl11
wasii. B. WSI
liianns
7th and D Sis.
engineer went on to the political agent.
But the matter was not settled to their
liking, and they went back sadly ponder
ing and longing for the good old days of
promiscuous plunder. Once or twice. Just
for variety, some lively member wouU
playfully knock down the overseer or the
Karkun, and, to avoid repetition of such
behavior, the offender had to be flogged. He
tcok It In perfectly good part. In fact, he
declared ho liked It, because It warmed
him, and forthwith he sinned again. Final
ly, It was decided that th6 only purilsh
ment that would restrain him wa3 fining,
for In this way his family, too, would be
made to suffer. It was a last attempt, but
it succeeded, for with all his faults, his
thlevlshncss and his Immorality the Miana
cares for his women folk and his little
ones. So order was restored.
I remember well visiting their little vil
lage near Rajkot. There they were, old
and young, looking as happy as sand
boys. In a moment one became thetentre
of a crowd full of grievances told most
cheerfully. One horfry-headed old scamp
suggested that It would be a brilliant
Idea on the part of the visitor re lend
them money. It was not baksheesh they
required only a loan! From the low
wattle, mud-plastered huts on either side
women looked boldly out. Children, as
free from covering as the day they first
looked out on a world of sin and sorrow,
pressed forward among the legs of their
seniors to catch a glimpse of the sahib.
It was a delightful plcture a wonderful
experience to be In the centre of vaga
bondage listening to the noise and clatter
of a people who. In all probability, were
considering the chances of appropriating
your money or relieving you of some pos
session, no matter how- small. Altogether
they are a curious lot. Some day, like
the gypsies, they will become amenable
to law and order, but that day is a long
way a very long way off. Bombay Cor
respondence of the London Post.
FIGTJEES 12 THE HEAVENS.
SENATOR. VEST'S STOLEN PIGS.
An
uciilcnt of Antc-nellnm Politics
In 3Iisotirl Kecnllcil.
(From the Kansas City Star.)
"That reminds me," said Governor Crit
tenden yesterday, "that over thirty years
ago I heard Senator Vest tell a very
amusing story on himself, which shows
how often, or how occasionally, an inno
cent man must confess guilt to avoid pun
ishment. He said he was a candidate for
the Legislature in Cooper County in 1850,
against Thomas McDcarmon and -Judge
Walker of this city. It was a close and
exciting canvass, involving, in the daily
discussion the approaching secession and
war questions. It was Vest's first candi
dacy for office, althou?n his reputation as
an orator was rapidly spreading over Mis
souri. No one of the three candidates
favored secession per se at that time.
Vest was rapidly drifting in that direc
tion. The friends of the candidates had
made a personal house-to-house canvass
and each claimed the victory from three
to five majority. Vest was supposed to
be In the lead by the more dislnteres'ed
canvassers. A few days before the elec
tion a story was put afloat that Vest had
stolen three pigs of the value of $S and
they had been found in his pig-sty at his
residence in Coonvllle. Vest said he was
so hard pressed by the charge and tt was
doing him so much h.-.rin that he had at
once to come out and acknowledge that
the pigs were found in his pen or else he
would be defeated.
"The crowds were large that attended
the daily discussion and the excitement
ran very high. The day before the canvas
closed It waj well known throughout the
county that Vest had to meet the charge
In his next speech, cither in Boonvllle or
Bunceton, which caused the crowd to be
unusually large. The partisans of each
candidate were present in great numbers
and seemed so deeply Interested that no
one could foretell what would be the
result. Vest, 'In that peculiarly happy
style of his, was equal to the occasion. He
appeared on the hustings In the best of
humor and his face was radiant with joy.
That silvery voice of his was as clear as
a sunbeam. He said he had two sons that
had very much of tho trait of many MIs
sourians about them; they had traded an
old pocket knife, a few cents in money,
an old brass ring, and a few other t.uch
trinkets to a 'nigger' for the pigs, on the
streets of Boonvllle, and it was the boys
who had put the pigs into his pen without
his knowledge, and they were the stolen
property and he was ready to pay for
them. As soon as this explanation was
niado Vests friends gathered renewed
strength and made tho welkin ring with
their shouts. It saved tho day for Vest.
"Vest said that had he denied the charge
his opponents stood ready to prove it, and
a warrant was there for his arrest. He
said that he cast no reflections upon his
children, as there was no father who- did
not know that his boys would trade all
day on a Barlow knife and for anything to
be trading. This was the commencement
of Vest's political life. Had he been then
defe-Ued U may be ho never would have
become United States Senator, and would
never have been known throughout the
country as one of Its foremost orators iind
greatest debaters.
"After Vest had told me this story I
said to him: 'That was a very good cam
paign dodge of jours. Now tell me the
truth about the pigs." Ho replied. 'I myself
had bought them of the damned nigger, ex
pecting to have a Christmas p-g for din
ner as a jollification after the election.' "
Tlie Oldext Plctnre Book Shown In
the MldnlKlit Sky.
(From the Nineteenth Century.)
The oldest picture book in our posses
sion Is the midnight sky. We stand out
under the stars on some clear moonless
night, and, looking upward, though no
forms are visible, though it Is only hero
and there that the natural grouping can
by tic utmost legitimate effort of fancy
be made to fit some preconceived shape,
yet ne still seem to see the whole vast
dome covered with mysterious frescoes.
There in the north shine the two Bears,
the unsleeping guardians of the Pole.
Between them winds the Dragon. There
stands Cepheus the King, and by his side.
In midstream of the Milky- Way, Is seated
Cassiopeia, his Queen. The figures over
head and to the south change with tho
changing hours and seasons, and the De
cember midnight brings us the most
glorious show- of all. There Is Orlonr
following him are Slrlus and Procyon,
his dogs; above are the Bull and Twins,
; and higher still, Auriga and Perseus join
Cassiopeia on the Milky Way.
Andromeda, chained to her rock, lies
beneath her boastful mother; while her
enemy, the great Sea Monster, Is sinking
down below the western horizon. Tho
April nights give the predominance to
Arcturus, the most brilliant of the con
stellation of Bootes, the herdsman,
who stands with one hand stretched to
ward the Crown, the other toward the
Greater Bear. Beneath him He3 the Vir
gin, while the Lion Is rushing downward
toward the west.
The Scorpion is the lord of the south
during the short summer nights, while
the Lyre, with Its bright blue jewel Vega,
claims the zenith, and between, tho two
giant heroes, Ophluchus nnd Hercules,
spread their huge limbs. The September
midnight Is the time for Pegasus, and
then the watery and fishlike constella
tions have their turn the Dolphin, the
Sea Goat, Aquarius with bis stream and
the southern Fish, the twin Fishes, and
fair Andromeda's huge marine persecutor.
We seem to see these forms, though no
form or semblance of the form is really
there. For from a great antiquity cen
have looked upward to the heavens and
have pictured thereon, in their own
thought, certain forms which we have
Inherited from them by long tradition;
forms which became so real to them that
the stars themselves, on which they based
them, seem to fade out or to be but as
the nails which kept the pictures in po
sition, while the forms remained the real
objects which filled the heavens.
The Nccro'o UlKlitn.
(From the Richmond Despatch.)
The hope of the negro lies in the South,
where his advancement, through the exercise of
his "personal rights" rights of -vork iroold
have teen a thousand fold greater than it has so
far proved to be, had not his pseudo friends at
the North (riven him. political rights for which
he was totally unfitted.
The conferring of the franchise upon the
negro, aside from being a crime against the
whites of the South, was a crime against the
negro's "personal rights, in that in it effects
upen the nr&ros character and conduct it has
been a moat fruitful cause of stirring up rate
antagonism.
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