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Characteristic Things Y6n See In a Nlcar aguan Tourlit)tel Accommodations Getting Water a Toilsome TasteUodern Water-Works PlantHow t'oa Live* Masaya, Nicaragua, .Special Correspondence Thirteen aaaftes due west from Granada, on the line of the National Railway, lies Masaya one of the oldest, larg est, and most interesting of Nicaraguan ci ties, close by the lake and volcano of the same name Though with less than 20,000 inhabitants, nine-tenths of whom are Indi ans, it rambles over as much ground as New York City, for its few ftae casas and many Btraw-thatched jacals are set in the midst of gro\es and gardens, most of them far back from the street, and hidden from view by overhanging foliage We came here for two reasons: first, to visit "El Inferno de Ma saya, that fI eak among volcanoes, about which the early chroniclers wrote so much. nd, second, because we are downright hun gry and were assured that here is "the very best hotel in Central America Let me tell you what they call a good hotel in this part of the world Masaya's "best" is a verv iong, two-storied adobe building, with an snorraous apartment on the giound floor, which answers the triple purpose of bar, bil liard, and dining room It has no Iron* door but is entered through the patio, in which horses, mules, goats, pigs, dogs, fowls, babies etc are corralled. In these Spanish Amencan countries, where ladies to the manor born never, under eny circumstances, feed in a. public dining-room, it is considered an advantage to oombine parlor, office, din ing-room, barioom and billiard-room with in the same four walls, and if foreign females will do such questionable things as to live in hotels, and worse yet, to eat in public, they must expect to be Btared at by saloon loung ers Beyond the patio is the kitchen, from whose adobe altar tno incense of grease ana garlic ascendeth ever Hotel Accommodation*. The bonifaces of Central America have no idea of permitting *ne guest, or even a smalt partv of them, to selfishly monopolize a whole apartment, and, therefore, the largest inn has no more than two or three great bed rooms, like town halls or the wards of a hos pital, around the four walls of which "single beds are ranged The little iron bedstead" aie usually bottomed with ox hides stretched tightly from end to end in lieu of springs, and upon this foundation are spread a few sheep skins with the wool on, or at best acorn-hus1 mattress and, as may be imagined, the re sult is something beside which a good pin board would be "downy" At the head o* eacu cot a sort of skeleton table, painted i lugubrious black, upholds' a large tin basin, filled with water once a day, which is sup posed to supply one ablutionary needs for twenty-four hours Soap and towels are "conspicuous for their absence," but some thing which answers for those luxuries will generally be furnished for an extra dos rea's (25 cents) If you unreasonably demand other light than that of luna to go to bed by a tallow dip can be purchased for a medio (6 cents), or you may come provided, as the natives often do, with s. pocket full of castor oil beans, which, stuck on a stick and ignited, will furnish better illumination than the gab of many a Northern hotel The chamber maid is always a man, and a rather glum one, too, who cannot be bribed to grant unusual indulgences by a bit of rib bon or other female paraphernalia, as may the bonny hotel maids of Yankeeland, heaven bless them' For such accommodations you pa from $1 to $2 a day, per capita, with al muerzo (first bTealvfast) included The lat ter is brought to your bedside soon after day break, and consists of a small mug of coffee or chocolate with an unbuttered loaf of bread, the size and shape of a croquet ball, and about as easily masticated Midday breakfast and afternoon dinner are extra ami you may take it in the dining-room attached to the note! or forage elsewhere Getting Water a Toilsome Task You cease to wonder that the use of water is limited in Masaya when you learn how the city supplies itself with that necessary liquid. There is not a well, spring, or stream within the radius of several miles, for the earth con sists entirely of voleanlc tufas, through which moisture quickly percolates Hence all the water used must be brought from Lake Masa ya, which lies below the westward limit off the town and 330 feet below it. You may reach it by following a rough and roundabout road three or four miles, or by climbing dowu a steep precipice, two-thirds of a mile from the central plaza Of course, the cattle and horses are driven the long way around to drink and the water carts to be filled, but the women and girls of Masaya make tho scaling of that precipice no small part of their daily labor You see long lines of them, early in the morning and again after punset, eah with a water jar at her back, set in a lueer network of twisted fiber and held in place by a leather band around the foie head By the way, the water jars of interioi Nicaragua and th." oddest I have yet seennot of baked clay, like those of Mexico, or of wood or stone, as in some parts of Central America but each of a huge gourda natural shell, of ten glazed and painted, and with strange de signs scratched upon 1L Joining the female procession, you presently come to the verge of a sheer cliff, at the bottom of which, mor than 300 feet below, sparkles a clear, cool sheet of waterthe lakelet which bears the same name as the near-by town and the mountain that overshadows both The descent is almost perpendicular, in one place a series of rude ladders, in others by steps cut into the solid rock We thought of Jacob's historic ladder, but no, the patriarch would never recognize the angelic heroines of his dream In these half-naked figures ascending and descending Most of them are ciad oilly in the brown suit provided by nature, with the sole addition of the short and scanty feminine garment which is seldom mentioned in polite society, while the older women are encumbered with no more impedimenta than a short petticoat over the chemise On the xway down and loitering awhile at the water's -edge, they laughed and chattered like so man magpies, but on the toilsome upward climb each bending beneath the burden on her back '.hey were silent and breathless, prespiration ttreaming from their faces. Modern Water-Work* Plant. About five years ago some foreigners con eived the idea of supplying Masaya with mod ern water-works The estimated cost of the ?lant was $130,000 The government favored ,hesenterpriseyand impartially, wast^ no words. 9 3-Its oorrespoade&to axe able tVL anergetio. THIRTEENTH YEAR. NICARAGUA NOTES a large portion the stock taken Nicaiaguans. Sincf 189 3 the woikt, have been operated in a limited way but nowhere in the world is it more difficult to introduce "new-fangled notions" tha'i among the Indians, who comprise the bulk of Masaya's population, and to this day mosi ot them prefer the old, laborious method ol tl en ancestors The water for the work aforesaid is derived from the picturesque falh of Tincuantepe, about sixteen miles from tin city and 1,000 feet above it. At Nindidi, Email Indian village two miles from Masaya I,r the company has built an enormous reservoir, capable of holding 600.000 gallons. The pipini^ was all purchased in the United States. A four-inch main Is laid along Calle Monibo, the principal street in the city, and there are two or three smaller mains on side streets. There is another system of water-works at the Masatepe, a town five or six miles south west of Masaya. Since time out of mind, its people have also climbed down the precipi tous cliff 300 feet, and brought up water from 3 lake on their own backs, but nowadays pumped up by machinery. 4PMfin which Maty*Jsn foundation three the /*cent house. ization lied In! CEN- tors (.old. ft n ron an bout the only other notable Improvement aot them."Detroit Free Press. f^^v^^f^^^^^w^w^^^W^^^^WX "7* iree t$tui mlnlged in since its turies and a half ago, is lld.4? of a fine new market tba t$ fa indebted to an-oi *an gnsWapitahsts, who have va in. tho republic, Vlh headquar- don Tk ediic co-, $106,00 0 in bu'lt of volcanic ston* taken from quarry, and, as the itone is v*ry and the whole structure surrounded covers two acres. A loftr viiuie., one-storied, with flat rcof of corm- *t2dJ ,l .irehid corridor, supported by manv iron col umns, with fancy capitals, runs around thr spacious inner court The floors are laid in Portland cement, and at each of the four en trances aie stately gates of wrought iron painted blue and gold, and handsome bracket -'iilllpS. Tlie Volcanic Mountain. To \isit Masaya Mountain you go via Nin dira lllage, across the dreary valley, covered with course black lava, which surges up into many little hills and ridges, as if the boihng mas.* had suddenly cooled The rough un even sides of the vo^ufjpure streaked with hardened streams of lava, yet grass grows luxuriantly along its .base, and up to a con siderable height, and long-horned cattle and half-wild horses graze upon it The volcano was one of the earliest recorded wonders of America, and the discoverers, who never stopped half-way in matters that touched the imagination, named it "the Hell of Masava An ancient historian said: "There aie burn ing mountains in this province, the chier of which is Masaya, wherein, at different times, the natives have offered up maidens, throw ing them into it alive, thinking thus the sacrifice of their lives to appease the fire, that it might lot destroy the country, ana they ent to it very cheerful \V hether the ie tiins weie "cheerful,' or those who ofifertd them up, the hi&toi Ian does not specify, but being on the spot, it requires no great stretch of imagination to conceive the ter ror and despair of the maidens who wert forced up the desolate height to a fearful death Another chronicler giavely 1 elates the lol lowing story, as a matter ot history I trans scribe in entire, with the author's own pecu liar style and prodigality of capitals "Three Leagues from the City of Massaya is a Small Hill, flat and round, called Ma&saja, being a Burning Mountain, the Mouth of it being half a league in Compass, and the depth within being 250 Fathoms "There are no Trees nor Grass, but Birds build, without any disturbance from the Fire There is another Mouth, like that of a Well about Bow-shot over, the distance of which from the Fire is 150 Fathoms, always bod ing .up, that mass of Fire often rises and gives a great Light, so that it can be seen a considerable Distance It moves from one side to the other, and sometimes so roars loud that it is Dreadful, yet never casts up anything but smoke and Flame, the Liquor ne\er ceasing at the Bottom nor its Boiling Imagining the same to be Gold, Frian Bla&e de Yniesta of the Order of Saints Domenick with two other Spaniards, were let down into the first Mouth in two Baskets, with a Bucket made of one piece of iron, and a long Cnain to draw up some of the fiery Matter and know whether it was metal The Chai'i ran 150 Fathoms, and as soon as it came tc the Fire the Bucket melted, with some of the Links of the Chain, in a very Short Time and therefore they could not know what a Lelow They lay there that Night without any want of Fire or Candles and came out again in their Buckets, sufficiently Fright ened How Yon e. The Masaj ans of the better class live verj comfortably, after a simple fashion -of then own An Englishwoman who has resided here several years gave us her experience in housekeeping a la Nicaraguanese As there are no boarding-houses and the hotels are few, poor, and very expensive, the better plan, if one expects to remain only a few weeks, is to set up a casa of one own II is easy enough to hire an unoccupied house but quite another matter to render it habit able Its wall3 are covered with cobwebs hkt a tapestry of small ropes (for the spiders here are b.g, busy, and numerous), and the tiler5 or plastered floors are overrun with lizards snakes, centipedes tarantulas, et al Hav ing dispossessed these squatter tenants, you turn your attention to the furnishings II you can hire a few necessary articles, ever for a sum which would buy them twice ovei at home, you are in luck, for the natn* merchants na\e as many prices for then goods as there are calls for them, and con duct business on the principle that the mort a thing is needed the higher price it shouk bring For example, you pay $4 50 the dozen foi knives and forks with clumsy horn handles, $10 for a table that would be dear at $1 50, a dollar for a broom, etc. Food, howeversuch as can be obtainedis cheap enough to offset these extraordinary prices, if one is willing while in Rome to do as the Romans, and live upon what is grown in the country In the Jacals (huts) of the poorer classes, living is primitive indeed. Whatever else is lacking, ?ach has a long chest of solid mahogany or tulip wood, made from the trunk of a giant tree It looks like a coffin, and may be al most anything odd or uncanny. By day it serves a variety of purposes, dishes, cook ing utensils, and edibles are stored in it, to gether with the family wardrobe, the blank ets, ropes harness, what not At night it is turned to double account being closed with a cc\er and utilized as a bed These kind hcaited Indians are proverbially hospitable, and always press the su anger who happens arouad at meal time to partake of the crea ture oomfoits piovided Cui'osity may im pel hin to accept the invitationonce, but seldom a second time, unless driven to ex trem xy by the anj,s of starvation The food is no' so bad if ore can lemaiu b'.s&ful ignorance of the ingredients of the menuit is the difficult} ot getting at it among a fork less and spconless peoDle TLe univeisal cup of the poorer classes is the half shell of a cocoanut, in shape p. ec'seiy like an eggshell,* which has no bottom, and therefore cannot stand upright on the table These accus tomed to their use get on vciy well by twist ing a handkerchief, or wisp of grass, into a loose, circular knot, and setting the cup with in it One soon learns to use fingers and hairpins for forks, or to scoop up the food with the thin cakes called tortillas, and when it comes to a refractory chunk of ste\ ed goat or monkey steak, to borrow his neighbor's Jack-knife or stiletto FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD A Spider Keep* Ti me to Mnsic. At a recent rehearsal of the Apollo Male Quartet of Coldwater, Mich., a large spidet came slowly down his silken thread to about the height of the singers' shoulders, where he hung suspended for a few minutes, then be gan to move up and down in front of the music rack The second tenor, who was leading the air, scon noticed that the movements of the spider corresponded with the variations of his voice, up and down the scale, and in perfect time. They then began a series of experiments, and found that the spider would ascend or descend about a foot for every octave, and though the melody was carried ever so lightly, and the bassos thundered In their heaviest tones, the insect could not be de ceived, but always followed the leading part accurately and with the precision of a di rector's baton. All kinds of songs, from "Down in the Cornfield" to "The Bridge," were sung to test the ability of this wonderful little be ing, and each time he came out of the conflict not a beat behind. At last the four voices struck an awful discord, and instantly the spider scurried up his improvised metro nome and disappeared in the chimney. Stole His Arsenal. "I hear, Mrs. Derby, that your husband has two revolvers and a Winchester for any Lurglars who may call." "He had, but they came the other nigat and MILWAUKEE. 1*HB CREAM CITY OP THE LAKES AND1T3NEW8. Menu of all Sorts Gathered Together by Oar Ubtqmltoua Reporter ana Sorred an In Dainty Btjrle far the Delectation of Oar Bonders. Mr. J. W. Waldron is on the sick list. Mr. J. Jackson of WauKesba is In the city. Mr. Wesley Botta spent the Fourth in Chicsg3. The city has been turned over to the teachers, Mr. Jas, Parks epent Sunday at Lake side Park, s*^ Mrs. Cbas Van Patter of Detroit is in the city as a book-agent. Mr Edward Bishop has accepted a position with Mr. Conrov The reception j^iven the visitors at Lincoln Hall vas a grand affair. Mr. Geo. Meade Jr., and Mr, Andrew Ford of Chicago are in the city. The schools are c'ofed and all the children made happy for ten weeke. Mr Ed. Blackwell speut Sunday in Racine the guest of Mies Anna Moore. Miss Queenie Goodman graduated from the ward-school with high honors. TheMisses Sypbax and Mies Wormley of Washington D. have arrived in the city. It iB as hot in the Cream City as veil, as hot as any place of which we have heard. Miss Julia A. Wadkirs of Carbondale, 111., is in the city the guest of Mr and Mrs J. Walls. If some of our bachelor friends don't catch on this week, it is all over with them. Mr. Prown of Washington C, is among the arrivals, he is the guest of Dr. A. Herron. Mrs. Robt. Gray of Cnicago and Mrs. S. C. Maguire of K. C. are in the city attending the convention. If money is your object, there is only one channel by whicn von can get it and that ia through the court, As we will never stand to be bled by any one. Some of the lady teachers will spend their vacation in the Cream City. Tbey could not have selected a more beauti ful p'ace as it is only 98 in the shade. All the Afro-American families in the city are taxed to their utmost capacity to take care oi the strangers who are attending the N E. A. whicn meets here July 6th to 9th. Miss Anna Moore of Racine who has been viBitiug Mr. and Mrs. J. Walls of 256 7th St., has returned to her home well pie tsed with her visit Miss Moore is a charming young lady. Mr. W. H. Harrison's many friends will be pleased to know that he has been appointed as piincipal of one of the ward-'cbools of Nashville TeLn. It plainly shows his ability, as one generally toes from a teacher to such a position. sfwss-*^t?t^' THE APPEAL. SALNT.PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. SATCBDAY, JULY 10,1897. Mr and Mrs Walter Hawkins desire to thank those who took so much interest ia their son Willie and tendered him a pleasant surprise upon the event of his graduation, the following named were present: Mesdames Anderson, Dorce, Raiuey, Whitman. J. Watson, Herron, Johnson Misses Taylor, Peck, McNamee Bell Johnson, Bulah Johnson, Birdie Johnson, Delia Brown, M. Berry Qu enie Goodman, M.Griffin, I Wheeler Messrs Watson, W Watson, Geo. T. Blard, Harry Bland, Jas. Johnson, B. Johnson, Chap. King, J. J. Mile 4 Jr, Wm. Lamb, J. B. Buford, Coas. riharpe, Ed. Bluckwell, C. J. White, A Thrill, and W. T. Green. EVANGELIST PETER VINEGAR Gets Drunk on the money He had Collect* ed to Bury his Wife. Lexington, Ky., July 5 Peter Vinegar the evangelist who is known throughout the State on account of taking for bis, texts such snejects as "A Damned Hot Dav," "Hell's a Mild From Town,"' Got My Coat Off And Can't Get it On Again' etc., has been holding revival meeting in Louden, Park did not bury his wife Friday with the money he raised by preaching Thursday night for that pur pose. Instead he got! drunk. Vinegar announced that he woulJ preach Friday night, but wbeu the} time arrived be was unable to enter ihe pulpiS and as yet bis wife remains uoburied. To Suppress Sfob Law. The National Antij-Mob and Lynch Liw Aeeociotion, with headquarters in Springfield O., has elected the following officers: National President, Wm. H. Dixon National Secretary, Samuel E. Huffman National Organizer, E. T. CHARACTERISTIC THINGS YOU SEE IN A NICARAGUAN TOUR Butler. The organization is incorporat ed under the St8te *a ws of Ohio Ids proposed to establish branches of the as sociation throughout the country for the purpose of discouraging mobs and to se cure such legislation as will insure the sippression entirely of such practice. The office of the association is. located at 503 Lagonda avenue, and for all infor mahon concerning the association should be addressed to the secretary at the above number, SAMUEL E. HUFFMAN, Springfield, O. Shot by a Special Marshal. Hartford, Ky.. July 3.News has just been received here of a shooting affray whieh occurred at Rockport to-day. Jack Shultz, was fatally shot by Mr. Tilford, who was serving as special Marshal, there being a Fourth of July celebration on hand. BAT AVIA, ILLINOIS. Miss Jeanetta R. Patterson on last Monday gaqe a dinner in honor of Mr. John Bell of Aurora who left Tuesday for Salt Lake City *to spend a few months. All had a delightful time. Those present were: Misses Liliie White and Hattie Kent of Aurora, Julia C. Hall acd Gertie M. Patterson of Batavia Messrs. James Meadows and Arthur McLain of Aurora John Montgomery of Et. Cnarles. 1 ^w^pp ^"i^yj ^*K ^i^r-fjf^iis^^^i^p^^ LOUISVILLE. FACTS AND FANCIES OF TH* BEAUTIFUL "FALLS' CITY." A Reliable Record of tho Happenings Among the Afro-American Residents off the Metropolis of Kentaeky~Lonlsvtll Local Laconics. We had it hottest in two years last week 100 in the shade is hot enough for anybodv. Eight persons were pros trated by the beat Satuiday. Mrs. Fannie Tohver aged 66 years was overcome by the excessive heat Thurs day afternoon at Seventh and Grayson streets, is at the city hospital in a criti cal condition. David Owsley employed by the Tay lor Bros. Lumber Com pany, was over come Friday while at work in the lum ber yards at Sixth and Hill streets. He was removed to the hospital in the am bulance. Mi.D. Horton, aged 60 years was found lying tt Sixth and Green streets Saturday morning in an insensible con dition. He was removed to the hospi tal where he died Sunday at 4 o'clock The attendlrg physician say he was suffering from sunstroke. A man was found dead near Upton Station, oi the L. and N. railroad track", early Friday morning. The body, which was clothed in a ragged umiorni, was too badly decomposed for recogni tion, but is supposed to be that of a man who left Louisville several nights ago, with a band going to NashvHle. Hannah Dean and Sarah Robbins, were arrested Saturday by Patrolman Brown at Ninth and Grayson streets on a charge of disorderly conduct. The two women had a fight over the atten tions of a man named Hardy, whom both loved. Brown interfered before either had been seriously damaged. Warren Tolbert. aged sixty years, was at(work in Marydale Saturday morning and about noon started for his home at 1539 Harnd street. A moment after he reached his house he complained of feeling ill. He grew rapidly worse and before medicai aid could be summoned be died. Coroner Hood was called and pronounced death due to sunstroke. Frank Robertson and John Culberson, two boys living in Hungry Hollow, found a sky-rocket lying iu the street. They stuck the rocket up in the alley and starred to fire it. Instead of going np in the air the rocket exploded, and now both little bove are lying at home with their hair and eyebrows all burned off. Their arms and the upper parts of their bodies are also badly burned. The twelftu annual session of the State Teachers' Association convened Thurs day morning at the Central High School Quite a number of the prominent edu cators of the state were present and the two days were spent very profitably and pleasantlynothwithstanding the extre mel" hot weather. There was a number of fine papers read and the teachers en tered into the discussions with enthus ism. The ladies taking quite an active &>* part. The evening sessions were held at Quinn Chapel and were well attended Music was furnished by the choirs and singing societies of the city. Friday evening a grand reception was given the teachers by the city teachers after the close ot the evening session, at the resi dence of Mr. Wm. H. Steward where all enjoyed themselves until the wee small hours. CHICAGO. Miss Willie Russell will visit Benton Harbor Sunday. The Union picnic will take place Aug. 2, at Pottawatonni Park. Everybody is going to go to the Unnn picnic Aug. 2, at Pottawatomie Park. Go to the A. M.E. Churches Union picnic Aug. 2, at Pottawatomie Prk. Mrs. G. C. Booth, 2405 Dearborn street, is visiting friends at Evanston ID Miss Birdie White of Paris, Mo., is in the city the guest of Mrs Smith of Dear born street. Mr. W Wood and family will spent Sunday in Milwaukee visiting their many friends. Mrs. B. Hadix, 6129 Loomis street presentep her husband with a bouncing baby boy. Both arc doing well. The Press Associatson will have their annual sermon preached Aug. 1, by Rev R. C. Ransom at Bethel churoh. Mrs. Tilhe S.^Pryor of Louisville, Ky passed through the city Wednesday en route from Minneapolis, Minn., to her home. While riding op a wsgon which collid ed with a street car last Friday, Mr, C. R. Kuesell nad his foot crush ed. He will recover. The 9th Batallion left Friday for Springfield, where they go into encamp ment for about nine days. The boys ex pect to have a grand time. Mrs. Emily Bowers of Cairo, III., is the guest of her daugnter Mrs Clara Mayes, 3531 Dearborn street Mrs Bowers will be pleased to see any of her friends. Mrs John Tyler 3118 Dearborn street the leading soprano singer in the Bethel church choir, presented her husband with a fine girl. Baby and mother are doing well Hon Albert S. White a prominent attorney of Louisville, Ky., and a candi date for the Liberian Mission was in the city this week and favored THE APPEAL with a call Apollo Hall's name has been changed to Masonic Union Hall and has been re fitted up from bottom to top. The fratematy has a home that they should be proud of. Mrs.C. E. Anderson of 1434Six'y-fist street, who fell through the sidewalk July 4,1896, and received severe internal lDJurie", is Bue'iLg the city for $50,000 Attorney Redfield has the case in hand and feels certain of winning it. James McDowell, better known as Dude McEowell, died Wednesday morn ing at Provident Hospital. He bad been ill for many months. Mr. McDowell was well known here he was very popular and his demise will be regretted by his many friends. The Press Association will give an old time barbacue at Oswald's Grove 52nd and Halsted streets onemancipation day Senator W. E. Mason and Mr. Chas. W. Anderson, of New York city, will be the orators of the day. Grace Presbyterian Sunday school gave tqeir annual picnic July 5, at Wash ington Park. A large number of pro minent people were out. After the pic nic was over the party went to Mr R. Harrison's residence on Wabash avenue where they spent a delightful evening. Tqe Trustees of Bethel church will co-operate with the Christian Endeaqors of this city and entertain the Del3gates who went to the meeting at San Francis co, rn their return home. Bishop Ar nettj Booker T. Washington and other distinguished persons ar? expected to be present. Great credit is due Mr. Joseph Mc Cabe one of the director of the South Cycling Club and an employee of the Santa Fe Railway. He made a strong fight and the entry of Mr. Bryant was accepted in the great Pullman Road ca Mr. Bryant was the first Afro*American to go into one of the great road races, for which Chicago is famous. Dr. L. Holman and Miss M. Brown of St Louis were guests of Mrs R. Smith, 3247 Armour Ave last week. Mrs, Smith tendered her guestan informal reception on the evening of July 5 at which many friends were present. The air was fragrant with the sweet scent of flowers and the rooms were brilliantly illumi nated. Every one expressed himself as highly entertained. Sam T. Jack's show for the week be ginning July 11 will be one of un usual interest in Chicagons, and ought to draw enormous crowds. Recently within the past few daysthere was a vaudeville dinner at a swell downtown hotel, which, it is said, completely out did the orgies of the famous Seeley din ner in New York, thus showing that Chicagoan's can, when they desire, beat anything that is ever offered by the ef fete East. The redhot dinner with al its fiery happenings, will be depicted by Mr. Jack's corps of comedians and lively beauties there will be first class special ties, etc., and "The Dinner at the Bell ington Hotel" will be the gayest thing of the season. MINNESOT [THE APPEAL KEEPS IN FRONT HISTORICAL 4-It is the organ of ALL Arro-Amerioan*. 5Itis not controlled by any ring or clique* It asks no support but the people's. $2.40 PEB YEAR. SAINT LOUIS. SOCIAL MATTERS, CONDENSEQ" INTO SMALL SPACE For the Benefit of our Thousands or Read- ersAll Sorts of News Items From the City by the Bis BridgeThe "Future Great" at the Present Tims. Percv Hinches 13 years old living at 8013 Walnut street was oadly burned about the face and hands Friday noon by the explosion of a can of powder. He was taken to the City Hospital where Dr Sutter dressed his barns. The boy will recover. Frank Brack, chaigd with burglary and who was arrested a'ter a chRse in? the West End, was arrainged in the Court of Criminal Correction Thursday. J. Naurer, the attorney for Bracy, ad mits tnat the man has often been arrest ed and haB a bad record. Bracy's case will be investigated by the Grand Jury immediately. Annie Moppens, an Afro-American women living at 3204 Hebert street wae arrested Monday morning for cutting John Alexander and Louis McGuire dur ing a fight at her house Sunday night over a can of beer. Both men weie found in the rear of 2829 Howard street after the fiiht bleeding from their wounda They were taken to the City Hospital, where their wounds were* dressed. Alexander was cut on the left Bhoulder, while McGuire was cut acroee the right hand. Sheriff Troll dismissed Deputy Pear son for 'unbecoming conduct". The complaint was lodged against him by Jailer Wagner. Wednesday afternoon he went to the jail and took Stella Allen a buxom Afro-American girl out, eayinx that she WSB wanted in Judg3 Murphy's court. The woman was kept out of the jail for two hours, and during that time it was found that the woman was not wanted fn Judge Murphy's court or any other court. Deputy Pearson could not explain hie conduct satisfactorily, and Wagner aBkrtd Sherirl Troll to investi gate the matter. Pearjon was on duty Friday morning, but eo was Sheriff Troll. Before noon Mr. Troll became convinced of Pearson's guilt, and dismissed him. ENGLE WOOD NOTES Rev. R. DeBaptist preached lasf ufJTi^ T^^JJ SOCIETY. i vnrtw W4 'j Ii%a3g Sun day at Shiloh Baptist chu'eh. The John Brown League had an inter esting meeting Sunday at Shiloh Baptist church. MIPS Hall, the Preei lent pre sided. Miss Julia Walker sang a solo and" the Adaui quartette composed of Messrs Will Adam, Walter Adam, Hall and Miss Walker sang some fine music. Mr. Rosa and Mies S Roach, of 6040 Ada street wera secrotly married Tues day evening by Rev. Devioe. Mr. Rots was objested to by Miss Roach's parent* who probade him to visit her H se cured license and met the young lady, who went with him to the minister's' bouse where the ceremony was per formed. When the parents learned the fact they were very mu'-h put riu*, but after thinking the matter over came the conclusion that the best thing to doo was to forgive and foig't. Mr. and Mrs* Rosa wi[l reside at 6133 Ada street. DUELS IN A YEAR. 1,000 a Tear In France and 2,759 Duels la the Last Ten Years in Italy. More duels are fought in Germany than in any other country. Most of. them, however, are student duels.whicb, culminate in nothing more serious than slashed cheeks or torn scalps. Of alL German university towns little Jena and Goettingen are most devoted to the code. In Goettingen the number of duels averages one a day, year in and year out. On one day several years, ago twelve duels were fought in Goet tingen in twenty-four hours. In Jena the record for one day in recent times is twenty-one. Fully 4,000 student duels are fought every year in the German empire. In addition to these there are the more serious duels be tween the officers and civilians. Among Germans of mature years the annual number of duels is about one hundred. Next to Germany, France is most giv en to the dueling habit. She has every year uncounted meetings, "merely to satisfy honor," that is, merely to give two men the opportunity to wipe out insults my crossing swords or firing pistols in such a way as to preclude the slightest chance of injury. In the duel statistics the meetings are not reck oned, as they are far less perilous thani even the German student duels. Of the serious duels, France can boast fully 1,000 from New Year's to New Year's-. The majority of these are among army officers. More than half of these re sult in wounds nearly 20 per cent in serious wounds. Italy has had 2,759 duels in the last ten years, and has lost fifty citizens by death on the field of honor. Some 2,400 of these meetings were consummated with sabers, 179 with pistols, 90 with rapiers and one? with revolvers. In 974 cases the in sult was given in newspaper articles or in public letters regarding literary quarrels. More than 700 principal* were insulted by word of mouth. Po litical discussions led to 559 religioua discusisons to 29. Women were the cause of 189. Quarrels at the gambling table were responsible for 189. A sum mary shows that, as regards numbers, the sequence of dueling countries is: Germany, France. Italy, Austria, Rus sia. As regards deadliners of duels It aly comes first. Then come Germany, France, Russia and Austria, in the or der named. For the most serious duels the pistol is the favorite weapon in alii five countries.