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LnBBB " . ..r .1? .. . - ..,.- ''!--- ... - . . . J . wmmmmmatmmamtmmmMmimmlamaammimmlimammmmmmmmimmmtommm0''mmm ' . i 1. 1 samnganTJjw jihMlb I A SOUTH SEA ADVENTURER, Vft ins JiiBASTtiovs CKW.tr or tub AOVU1A SVTUBULASV. kW j Carrcpcrxarrnisn, tthnld n rarer In )"rrh BBL ; f Kljlhlml Xnlnmnn lalanit (lU rrlmra BH 4 J Iturlac n rrarlniia Hunt Tor Prli far H sthlrli llnn Ililprlsuned tn ueinatand. Jg ' T1H 8u.'( printed a despatch recently saying BH thnt ftftcr months of (differing from disease K ft? and tb ho'tilltr ot tho Solomon Islnnd ran- B J' alba), the San Francisco schooner Sophia Hulh- BS 9! arlnnd b Just leturned to Apia, Sumo Of B j brr o-ew of fifteen argonauts who sot Mil for BS i K tlie Treitcm I'lclflu In eearcli of ledges of gold Bfi i V which ther believed nero awaiting the pros- BS, j' psctot. four died nt sea fron sturtynnd fever. Be 'B Officials In the 'out Ii Sea hare grown to dls- B6 it truit essels which start from Snn Francisco BS ) i for a cruise bolow the line. It has often hap- Bj i taned Hint schooners bavo come light to A pin Hi ' andtoLemkaand to Tongalabu seeking acargo Bj j of copra for tin count, nnd nftcmard (tin and Bf ' guns lino neon found In the possesion of wild Bf i Islanders to whom such possessions provldo B9 ) r loth the Incentlto and tho tools of massacre. Bt Fo when the papers of San Francisco brought Bf ! the news that the Sophia Sutherland wns to BS carry a crew nf a hundred mm Pghlers nrmed Bf ! to the tcoth who were going to find gold in tho BE fcVcmona, the Consuls In Aph took alarm. Tho BJ ' schooner came Into port last September, and Bf ' tbe hartor aulhorltle- found thoro were only BJ i fifteen men aboard, nnd not enough In tho way Bf of weapons to iroatound, 'Ihlrtcen young men Bf who had been mochanlcs In San Francisco Bj wero the rrew, and at tho snmo time principal H stockholders ot the "outu Sea Qolri Mining ind BJ Commercial Company; not a bad man or gun BJ fighter was Insight. Tno most that could be H alleged ngnlnst tbe skipper, C'apt. Aleclc 51c- B I.can, was thnt In the old days Then tho game BJ paid not a British nor a Yankee cruiser had Bj brea able to convict htm of pelade peal poach Bj ingr. The (Itleenth man was Sorenson. Hut bo- H fore So.-enson can he properly comprehended H It will bo recessary to sl.ot:h In the onlt back- BJ ' (round against nhich such i man can exist In B these days when piracy encounters bnalnesa do BJ prission. BJ Kor ;IOO years there has been a belief that cold H agisted In tho .Solomons. In the far off duys B x waen tho vice-royalty of Peru was second only B to Mexico In tbe Scanitu possessions, xjioili- H tions were sent out into tho unknown South B j Sen to make discoveries, to find gold. Qulros, B Mandafia, and Torres luvo left their names on B the charts of tbo ctcrn 1'acltlc, for they found B and r-founl the chain of mountainous islands B wlilih ther rnlled after tbe namo of Solomon, B :n tho belief that thev had lecH'corrrcd Oplilr. B One island still carries tho iihuio of tbo herola H lady Dona Yn.tbel, who hid from the fierce sav- H lU'os ibo enre of her hushtintl, tho dead Ad B jiilral, una faced Diutiuy nnd all the perils of K the sea, and heiself.led hack tee shattered cv H pedllloii In safety to Manila. 'I he are a cruel H rlaco, tl.i" Snloninn l-lanrt. and ther notur R fttl to take loll of the bet of those Hholinie to B i'o with tiicui. Look ut Just a fer. names on their saciillcUl roll. There is .Mendafia at tho H load. Ia I'orou-'n met bin fate. o lorn; a black H tnystrrj, Jiml outsldo their limit, lllshop lat V teson died thereaway, .-o perished Commode-re j Uootenoueh. Any of the old benohionibers will B tell J on that the nxeraite duration of a hils K I - trader In the Solomons falls under threw yeal si W t the end is always the mine Ihcduhund tho B I oren. Only two years nRo a scientific paity ' V from the Austrian on ctt Albatross was lured Bj , to massacre In tbeso mountain forests. With ' j such a r nrd it'll bninll wonder that the llritish i j and (Jermaa KOcrnmcnts In parlitionlm: tho , ; croup between them hae ordcrcil thnt Human ' - shall lslt the islands without tbo permit of the respectlro Commisiioners. These Solomon Islands aro tho sceno in , ', ' which this man Sorenson dcrcloped, in thu dnjs when ther jvore s'ill unannocd, and tho 5 Infrequent naval Ao-scl was tho rare manifests- . tlonoflaxT. boronson Is a Dine, a mcck.race of f i water folk for the most part, but with now and then a throwing hack to tho old brutes of Vlklnir ; : sea robbers Drifting as Mich men do into the western Pacific, be soon put himself in tho way of becoming a worth;, successor of thnt ills- EJ tlnEuishcd American liullr Hayes. J.ncklnc 5, 1 ilully Hayes's seno of humor and skill In sen- v fp manshlp, for Sorenson stiil finds the sextant , JVi 1 and tho chronoaicter too Kreat a mystery for his 'IBs comprehension, his mntmor of work Is coarser yi Jl ' and devoid of that iiiKcnulty in crime which Si'"'- V atamped tho career of tho lato Cnpt. liases m $t with such an artistic Ilnhh 11 profession bo yk is Is a diver for pearl shell, anil ho has worked at 'J . that trado with succcsstbeyond tho common. b i'l Like nil pearl: ilher",, he was not scnipulou-ly III honest to his employers. Ho was In tho waj of ll reportlnir a bank 'barren when in tact it was . rp-y covered with rich shell, 'ibo knoulcdeo of ,(,'' rich banks thus obtained is the stock In trado of tho pearl diver, ami on this capital ho trades .y I ? to set a schooner for himself. 5 .1 So with borenson. In 1HS.1 ho approached - aome people In .Melbourno with samples of shell Jj I ' and stories of his excliibivo knowlcdce of In- S.t exhaustible banks, buch a man does not ped- j die this sort ot information along ahore. ou ' jl can sell a sailor a farm with prnlit. hut he If tj knows what bo's buylni; when It's on soundings I. II.' or off. So he formed a joint stock company of V fl iandBincn, 'I hey bought the Tort Philip pilot m al ' schoonor Albert, which happened to be on the ; S 'f market, hired n master and shipped n small BtB H' creiv. This wns sorenson's sucucstlon. He Its i concealed hi; Itrnornme ot tho nrt of nailca- tj Hon, and professed that thus thej would havo jfl a check upon the honesty of his deallnes with M . them. The Albert waB navlcatod to tho Solo- 3 rnons. Onco in these cxtensi e'archlpelagoes of fls , tho Pacific, any.'boy can naviirate by land- S :- marks of tho peaks in siebt. T here was no 2 5 longer 'any need of tho Captain nnd Sorenson J promptly disposed of lilm by turnlne him adrift f) with one companion .In the dinr. Ihe rest it of tho crew were locked In tho forecastle. The next step was to recruit a crew of islanders. jt This was easy to such a man. A native chief : -was Incited aboard with his paddlers. The chief was asked below into tbe cabin to set a ' ' pannikin of trade vln, and nu enn do nnythimc i with a bouth bea Islander if only cln is in pros- cect. Tbo chief was llriuly lashed, his pad- filers were drh en into the sea with a rllle, and 1 ' tlien Sorenson announced his plan. Tho pcoplu ; ' could bave their chief if thev would yield np all i the Bhelljthey had and'.wouhi;pro lde a crow for e1 the schooner: otherwise the chief must suffer. i r Suoh Is the resard for rank amont; tbo islanders , that tbo Infamous transaction was faithfully exocuted. Sailing then to the next island, SorenaoD sold his Melbourne crew of whlto men p to a chief of the cannibals, nlth no tipiila- i i tion as to the uses to which they were to be put. 1 i The payment was in pearl shell. Kortunatcly , thedlniry drifted Into the biKbt of a trailer , . who had some humanity, and who rescued tbo Captain of the Albert and his companion and ii, jl fed them back to llfo. Uy another stroke of for- ,i Li," tunc a British gunboat, tho Dart, cams along, ' and', as ;aoon;asi the first of these deeds became ; Mr known, pursuit of the sohooncr was prompt. I ' , .1 The craw vrero rescued from their csoilwty j J) before they had gone to the oven, the Alh'rt ,i V hi vas overhauled, and borensoti was captured, J ;,i Ho was tried in C'ooktown la the colony of 'I lu Queensland, In' 1S84, and was sentenced to ten V '', years at hard labor. After his release 'in - f ) 1HU4, for auch a man can nevor earn (rood con- t '.t duct credits, he disappeared. 1 be onlj thing , , -'j known '.of his dolnus Is that ho appeared on a ' s trading schooner Inline German Solomons, and 'I'' was deported with that prompt despatch which V, I, ' cdiaracterltes Imperial colonial adralnlstratlou, , it I Sally in 18U7 he was In San rnu.elaco with C ti ' Sold specimens of marvallous richness, uuir- !' , nets and flakes of lrglu gold, and chunks of V i r quartz in whloh there nas ftr more gold thnn 'j t rock. He was not lolling people in irencral 'fv, '! I Where he got it, but he 1st It bo known that U ' c ther was plenty left behind, and ha was eek- , iV j Ing a companion with some capital to work Jj'A ' : the deposit. A neio was the first to tako tho V .;; ui halt, a negro with soma few thousands Paed. Iff :i! Just bow the transaction wbb worked noons ! y , ; , knows, but In a abort time Sorennon had tho tfy . ! money and tbe negro blew his brains out. B t, ;, Then, borenson.'frll in with a'.lot of jounc me- Br . cbanles, each of whom had sat ed some money B' ;, and all of whom ware regretting that they had B I J ' not taken tha first chance at the Klondike, At I jjjr this time last year sold lus In the air In San ; I J i" Francisco, and.'any man wlio could shuw auch I ', paclmena as Sorenson bad waa sure to find t i ' liatensrs. He would not tell them whence ' , ; came tbla gold until the had formed a com- S " pany and had put up tho money. In this com- K i i panr bo was to hae one third Interest In re- i, '. " (urn for putting the ndtenlurrrs on the ground, K ' ', ; Cast, McLean, woo had Just tlnlsned tho So. If bir. Sutherland when tho bottom dro)ped nut ' .1 the seal poaching business. In which It had I f f never been proved that be was engaged, con. B ' ,' ' trlbulad his essel In liuu of cash; a man (T . named De Witt, n nilnlinr superlntciiilent,;put JsY ' - j In hla professional knowledge as his ahaie. JB . ; iVJtb these exceptions, the capital stock was S ' 7tti among a number of Inielllgcnt nie- (v I cnanlrs, who put their hard won earnings Into Iff, i , ' a a'heme as lsioaarr as the first South Sea fell jt ! bubble. It la no icrtectlon upon the iutelll- VB I ( ; ranoa of these j oung men of San Francisco If ' t that tbey weie led awa Heinoiuber that tbo Ift 1 riches of the Klondike were on the lips of tho ' whole, world, 'ihls man not onls talked gold It, f to them, but his buckskin sack held hundreds l of dollars worth of the lrgln ineial. TLe) jsl : I tould not help noticing that he wo e a ring W af i l in which wsb a pearl as largo as a marble, and if-HlV l, U,ei would tm less than men If they fulled to ijB 1 - is be Impressed lit his otlhand Ka'etueni that be fi I , ; found It "In an otster down there whet,) tho 1 I f goid comes from. ' I'en men can areuhtniii fi ' - ' thauiselves to speak Illpiiautl of jene's. whru i' ' ' i tbey dc tnej male a dntui"t imprcstlon, , What was Sorenson s ultimate purpose in ! i , tbli great schrn.n of delusion no one kmws hut t f - I , blmself, Tno bouth bra lias a shrouC idea ; tbatlhearauieot tho Albcr wastobeplayed orri el; '' again. Hut it was pot to be Futo uaa look- f. 1 inc aut for the bomb Sea bold Mining nnd 4 , Commercial Company, and in its interest had (' ; . j a keen eye on Sorenson. A trifle of cauo offer- J I tor, Ut (did scekera thought to sara a few m ' I ' dollan on tha war or ealllnf Id at Apia. Tliat prebablr aaved their llvea. For two men in Apia knew the atorr of Soremon. Ono of the) Consuls had been orutalna- in the Solomons when the affair of the Albert was) taklnrpls.ee and ramenibored the crime In connection with the criminal's name, bur he had never seen the man. It so chanced that a coprn buyor front Hrdner wa In Apia, tbe verr man who had picked up tho Alhext's dlnghr nnd whose tes timony bad contributed to thoso ten )ara In the tjueersland Jail. The story was told to C'apt. .McLean and to the sailor who was Sec retaty and T reasurer of tho company. In order that they mlsht know wbat manner of man was leading them and how vnln was their prospect of nndlnsr gold In the Solomons or any where else In the South Sea. From tho man's past lerurd It was but slmplo huuinnlt) to put the poor fellowa on their guard. The Captain and the crew company hold long and anxious consultations as to what they should lo. The) hosltatod to go further Into the wild Islands with such a man, and thor roc ognlxed thnt they had sufficient reason to break Willi him then and there. Yet It they cast him out tbey had no means of finding tho gold, which they continued tn believe in, for ho hod refused to mark Its location on any chart or to Imllcaln more closely than by saying It was In the Solomon Islands. It thoy returned to San l''ranclsco tbey aould be out the mohoy thoy had put In, and that was a loss thoy could not faie complacently. After full discussion, they decided to carry the adventure through to tho end, trusting to tholr vigilance to protect them from sorenson s posslblo schemes. Meanwhile they had a taste of what they wero lo encounter. Understand that with tho exception nf Sorenson not a man aboard had ever scon a South Sea islsnd until I'polu was sighted, and all were densely Ignorant of tho manners and customs of natives nnd w hltcs, and In ii uencrnl wnj tbo ono will Just ns well bear watching as the other. A small trader listened to tho talk of gold until his mind wns actuated tn remember a place at tho east end of I'polu. thirty miles nwny. where ho bad dlscowrcd snmo stuff which might be motal, and there fore might ho precious, nnd therefore was surely a rli h gold deposit. Thnt la tho way a story grows In Apia. 1 he small trader told It to the inrger one for whom ho nas trading. The larger trader had on his hands two or threo tourists whom ho wished to entertain by a trip along the coast. Thcreforo he promptly em bolllsbcd the story to Capt. McLean, ngrced for n half interest to put tho gold hunters on the spot, nnd thus without expense secure pas sage for himself ahd friends on the steamer launch belonglng'to the schooner. Tho launch was overloaded with these idlers and mado miserable work of it in tho heay sea outside. It tamo on to blow, and for tbe whole tlmo ot the vovngo It rtlned with tropical violence. At night in the nntlte tillages tho gold soekors. igorant of tho language, were left to their own devices, while tho trader saw that his guests had tho best obtainable And at the end of a dismal nnd dreary trip It was found that the gold deposit watt only a bronn stain on aba salt clitT. After tbla the Sophia Sutherland sailed away to tho westward. 'Her peoplo hoped against hope that ther would Iflnd gold. Hut of one thing they were sure, and tbatwaa hat night nnd day they must watch Sorenson. 'Unit was last October, and Dow seven months later the Sophia Sutherland comes limping back with the remnant of the expedition, borne of the gold seekers havo lieen loft behind, somo aro dead, nnd all havo suffered from tho fever which Infects the Solomon Islands In tho rainy season. The end of it all Is Just what might hao been expected. favour 200 3ii:x ton ciQAJtitrrrs. Cubnit Ofllcrr Went ta a Town Filled wltk npnnlih Netillera to net n .lew Supply. During tho early part of the Cuban rebellion nn ofllccr in the patriot army, who is now in this city, wanted a few packages of cigarettes, and to obtain them went openly into a town held by the Spanish soldiers, purchased what ho desired and safely retreated, holding at bay, single-handed, 'J00 Spanish soldiers who at tempted to capture him. This ofllccr is Major Hoary E. Brooks, who re cently came to New York from Jamaica, wliero ho went to rccoter from wounds received In bnttlc. Major Brooks will soon retura to Cuba, either in tho service of the United States as a scout or once moro to Join tbo Cuban army. Mujor llrooks, who was born In tbe Province of Santiago de Cubi of English parents, wns among tho first to engage In the insurroctlon against Spain, When in command of the Cuban forces around Gunntnnamo, which is about fifty miles cast of Santiago do Cuba, ho ran out of cigarettes, bo he left his command in charge of tho next officer in rank nnd started for Quanta namo to get them. Ho crossed the long bridge leading Into tho city and proceeded to a cigar store, w hlch ho knew. He had with him hla re peating riflo, his revolver and the alw ays present machete. Thero were several hundred Spanish soldiers quartered In the town, nnd they bad often attompted to capture Urooks, but had always failed. In telling of his ndventuro In Ounntanamo, Major llrooks, when seen at the offices of the Cuban Delegation, said: " Yes, I did have a little fun there. You see I wanted some cigarettes and decided to go after them. I got Into the town all right and entered tho cigar store. I placed my rlfio on the countor whero it was handy and bought wbat I wanted, .lust after I had placed the cigarettes In my pocket I happened to look toward the door, and thero I saw u party of Spanish soldiers drawn up In line. Thev had their guna pointed at mo, and their otllcer said In Spanish tho words which in English mean "hands up." Instead of doing that I grabbed my rifle and let go n sbot at the crowd. One of the soldiers dropped, and I rushed out of the door during the excitement and got into tbo street, llio soldiers ran after me, shooting nil tbe time. " I ran up the long street toward tho bridge which leads across the river into the country. Tho soldiers followed me, ahootlng as thev ran. Their bullets flew wild and did not strike me, but one poor old woman was killed by a shot which was Intended for me. Tho soldiers who bad first attempted to capture mo wore Joined by reinforcements until there were at least 200 after me. When I got to the bridgo I turned and sent n couple of shots at the crowd, and then started across the bridge, which Is long and narrow. Several times I turned around and tired at tho soldiers, who had attemptod to follow me across the bridgo, and I rather think I killed a few of them, for I saw somedroD. I finally scot up Into the hills, whore I hid behind rocks and took a few more shots at the Span lards. Then tbey gave up tho chase, and I went back to my men. I got my cigarettes nil right, but I niu sorry that the poor. Innocent old woman was killed." Among the official Spanish reports nt Madrid this adventure of the man who wanted some thing to smoke 1b chronicled as a great event of the early part of the war. According to tho Spanish historians, a largo bod) of insurgents entered the town of Ouantanamo and, after a fierce tight with 200 Spanish aoldlors, were driven back Into tho hills. obts ma hv.v oy a. amino. Tke Han. Jaaeph O'Sfetl Drew Ilia Line at a nuln Aratnst ile la Uostaa'e Federal Ilulldlng. Boston, June 11, The sight of the Hon. Joseph O'Nell, fat. Jolly, and good naturod, but very much In earnest, fishing forTnu Sun with a Btrlng from his office window every day is enough to make anybody laugh. Sinco Mr. O'Xeil was graduated from Congress he has been In charge of Uncle Sam's Rub-Treasury, with his office In the Federal building. He is very fond of Tun Sun nnd he used to havo It brought to his office every day by one particu lar small boy. A new custodian of tho Federal building was appointed a short tlmo ago, a Mr, QUI, who be lieves in having lots of rules and in seolng that tbey are obeyed. One of his first mandates was that the newsdealer in tbe corridor of tbe Post Office should move on, This order waa obeyed, of eourae, but for a time the dealer delivered papers to his regular customers In tho building from a stand outside, Then Mr, QUI made a new rule to the effect that no newsboys should bo allowed In the building. This rule hit. Mr. O'Nell's boy among others, nnd now the Hub Treasurer has to fish for his papers with a string, as do all tho other officials In the building. Tbo cx-Concrrssmnn submitted to that hard ship lifter some protest, but when Custodian QUI forbade the bringing ot pio for luncheon to bis clerks ttho worked overtime nl tho end of the month Mr, O'Nell lose In his wrath, and tbo untl-iile order was revoked to fur as It re lated to tho Sub-Treasury. Mr. O Nell does not object to tho string arrangement for papers, but he draws tho line al plo. ualt. rAfKit yon iamou.via. Flccres aad Oulllara That Have tha rawer ta Put line Sfsin lo Rlaep. Told by n real estate agent: "I have learned of a cure for lusomnh. 1 hat Is, I have heard what cures one man. Ho was biue inquiring for a house to ront, J went with him to look at several, One or the list suited h!:il with the ric-cptlon that tl o walls ot the bedrooms weru not papered, I filially agreed to paper them Thee he said he must select tne paper, I agrcrd to thai, and when wo went to gether to look at samples I saw be we very piriicular, mid in reply to mj 1 niuli) be hM: '1. means n good deal to jis, I must hate paper on the wall thai ! can twist Into fan it'll coiiiblnuitons, 1 iiiusi have Iirures In It fiat will count Just so much in my calculation. Then must bo outlines which I can form lute, faces that I like. If the pap.-rtlocsnoi contain such figures, I could ucver go to sleep; I would worry about my failure to see what would be agreeable, and that would keep me awake,' " He bad not found wbat bo wanted when Iletlblu)." I PORTO RICO'S DEFENCES. tub mtAjfD irjtfiz, irpnm takxxo, BATS CONSUL JTANXA. fltraaa; Fertlfleallaaa, but an Array afDoukN ral qiiBlllr-Baalis:a nf the Papalatlen -SI, Thomat'a llMlre to lie Annexed Farmer Commerce r the Danish Island. Br. Thomas, I). W. I .Tune '.'.Interest In tho Spanish-American war has been Tery great In this vicinity slnco tho lieglnnlng. Tho com munity !s a modest one In slxe. Tho most re cent census makes tho population of 8t. Thomas 13,000, but whero tho 13,000 people aro con cealed around this small seaport vlllago Is pos sibly rt Oovernment socret. Certainly the ordi nary tourist never seos them. Notwithstanding the disadvantage of being small, St. Thomas mutters n protty good qual ity of civilized cltliens nnd In manr respects It Is far superior to other West Indian ports of two nnd threo times Us site. Somo kind provi dence manr, many rears ago directed a large pnrt of the commoroo of tbo West Indies to this port and not an Inconsiderable portion of the trado of Central America nnd tho countries of that part of South America which is washed by the Caribbean Soa. It was tho eastern outpost of tho West Indlei nnd the first American port (and nnd In many cases the onlr one) of ninny Europoan trading vessels. Tho European merchants nnd manufacturers nnd tbo 'West Indian merchants and consumers met In St. Thomas at ono time for their common benefit. It wns tbe markot for a certain section of tho Western world. Men of talent and men of means were attracted to tho market nnd seme were Induced to settlo to tako advantage of the gran Ing volumo of trado thnt fame and went In both directions. Fortunos wero mads nnd fortunes were lost at St. Thomas tn thoso days. There are throe hills that rlso Into a charming background beyond tha bay as one enters the harbor from the south (the only entrance for boats of any slre, and on tbeso threo hills aro .somo handsome and commodious houses built nt great expense in tbo good old times. A house that was built then for ?IO,000 was sold In re cent years for JJ.OOO. That ono Instance gives a fair suggestion of bow St, Thomas has lost a good deal of Its glory and Its prosperity. In tho old dnjs tho trading vessels from Eu rope and tbo United Stntos frequently did not havo to go further than St. Thomas to dlsposo of their cntiro cargoes, reload and return, hav ing made highly profltablo voyages In theso days New York steamers nro known to pass right by the Island to Santa Crur.. turning up their noses (figuratively speaking) at St. Thomas, although thoy can actually bo seen with tho naked eyo from tbo hill at tho mouth of the harbor. No ono cause can bo said to explain this back ward motcment. A number of circumstances and events combined to bring to an end the progress of St. Thomas. Immediately following tho civil war tho United States negotiated with Denmark for St. Thomas, St. John, nnd St. Croix (or Santa Crur), tho three Islands constituting Denmark's territorial possessions In the West Indies. The history of those negotiations has been too fre quently recalled of lato to bo referred to In de tail here, but tho combination of hurricanes, earthqunkes, and tidal w a ros which was so fa tal to tho Islands in the Important matter ot n change of flag was equally disastrous in other respects. Tbo Compagnle G5n5rnle Transat lantique, tho Hamburg-American Packet Com panj, and the line of English royal mall 'steam ers, hate each Kb own piers intheharbor to day, nnd their steamers put In hero on their regular trips and conl and protlsion here, but there would be many more like them It It bad not been for the disturbances of nature In IPfiT Just referred to. At that time another English company had Just completed building a fine pier and others wero In contemplation. Tho tldnl wave which swept with terrific havoc across the bay and town on Oct. 29, 18(17, enr ried this dock nway so completely thnt there was hardly enough left to show where It stood. Saris being left up la the town nnd other parts clng washed out to sea. It was 'In this tidal wao that sevcnt -novon vessels wcreatranaed or wrecked nnd more than 1100 neoplo drowned. It wns n long time hcrorebt. Thomas could re sume anything approaching calm attention to business, and although the cnlnmlt) hiiB ncrcr been repeated bt. Thomas has not regained Un load which it pnsbcftscd in tho commercial com petition of the West Indies. Notertheless the natural ndantngs of a deep and finely protected harbor and tho facil ities for repairing ships and a few other minor considerations haro retained something of the former commercial Importance of the island. The fact thnt the language spoken is Encllih instead of Spanish or French is perhaps as ren snnnhlo an explanation nf tho pro-American Bcntfment ns nnt that can be gUen. bonie as Bort that the pro American sentiment arises 'mm tho possibility of tho Islands being Amer Iran some dar. hut th it Is hnrdlt n good expla nation, for the nctlon of the United Stntcs his been of such a nature that it might Inspire tho people here with feelings of resentment rather thnn srmpntby and appreciation. Hut whether It bo explained In one way or another the fact Is indisputable: tb people of t. Thomas ire nrerwhelmliiBl on the sldo of tho l nlted States In the present conflict. The arrival or nn Amer ican wnrshlp in the harhor Is nlwnys occasion for enthusiasm nnd cterv bit of war news that renehes here Is spread ull over town In an hour. Tho goternlng authority hero Is acting under the Copenhagen declaration In maintaining n proper neutrality, nnd whllo there appears to he a kindly disposition in all t actions of (lot. Hedemann ami his staff, it would he a mistake to Imagine that any loose or alow action citing any advnntage to the United States Is possible. Some any that tho authori ties are determined to observe the neutrality obligations In the tery strictest manner for the purpoHO of forcing upon the American mind the necessity of possessing tbe Islands In wnr time, and tho recent arrival of the Danish man of-ttar St. Thomas Is cited as proof. Thnt tho Islands would be of Immense tnluo to tho United States to-day' is true, but to Impute any siuh motive to the Danes Is manifest nonsense. The history of the negotiations between tho United States and Denmark Is not such as torncniirag King Christian or bis Qavernment, nnd It would fur ther be assuming entirely too much to any that the prsent war will make ihe purchase of the three Danish islands more llkel). On the other band, the entranco of Porto HIro into the situa tion rather leates St. Thomas and her sister islands at a disadvantage, Ileforo tho begin ning of the present war the island of Porto ltlco meant no more tn tbe ordinary American eitl en than did the Isln of Pines or lbs Isle of Luron, If well Informed men are to be ho lietcd, however, Porto ltlco n 111 bonn linportont part of tho I nltnl States before n grcal while. Ono of these Is Phil ('. Ilannn, until tbn war be gan Consul for the United States at ban Juan, the capital of Porto ltlco, Mr, llanna Is so sure tbat the United States will tako Porto ltlco and keep It thnt when he was notified from Wash ington to leave, ho would not go back tnenjny a little tacatimi nt his homo In Iowa, butenmo to St. Thomas, to be reudy to return to San Juan ns soon as the Stars nnd Stripes wore carried there. "Our people at homo hnten't tbn slightest Idea what Porto ltlco is worth." snjs the Consul. "I dnro sav It Is the best nnd most nrolltnblo of all tha possessions Spain has had in tho nine teenth century, and especially In tho last twenty tears. It is n beautiful Island -not full of un healthful and malarious swnmps like Cuba, but n magnificent island thnt offers etrry advan tage and Inducement for tbo best people on earth to go und make their homes thero. "And the preterit population of Porto Klco show it, too. Tiny aro all a good looking, happy , nnd prosperous set of people, nnd they hate bad the time and hate taken tbo trouble to acquire some education. As u class, I bu llet e tnu people of Portu 111 :o aro far superior to the Cuban". Thu negroes In Porlo ltlco do not form a tery conslderablejparl of the popula tion. They are nwu in tbo minority. 'Ihe bpanlnrds aro. of nurse, numerous, but they should mill) bo understood to belong to Porto Itleo and not lo Spain nnd tho Creole popula tion Is largo and Inn lllgcut and prosperous, Uy fnr the greater put of the population known ns Spanish wire burn In Porln Illco, Tbey are tbe sons and daughters nf Spanish people, or aro more reinotelj descended fioin Spanish ances tors, but thc.t ,i'o for Porto ltlco nnd nnt fnr r-palu and (lift would bo as lnippj and eon tented under the Stars and Stripes as many a man tt'ith pnnlsh blood ttho was born mid bred lu the United Slates. I should like to sco the otars and '-tripes In Porlo lllio, and when llio) are onie nil'cil there ou will net p. sic them Ukcn down, of that ou nut) rest assured. Considering the natural mil untaxes of the Island nnd theiiiallt) of its people, I shnuld ta) that Porto ltlco would b n Slate within n verj few jnari- ' Consul llanna snyr. that tbo city of ban .limn will be by no menus nu i nej pret to ho Mnerl can fortes, nnd intbtr otimitt lint a siege unci u blockade or elso n fierce bambjplmeut ivlll ho neerssarr to Induce Its Mnrepih 1 he 'ortlllra (Inns nt San .Iiiaii he (.., hate cost mill! ins of dollars, and it-ndil hate been akvilutvlr Im pregnable II nt'kcktd b) fleet of wuisblps of tha Inst K' nerj'lim. 'Ihuro am probahlt" nnt more than ,".,0( 0 pnnlli soldiers in I'orto P.ico, but tbe number of volunteers who could be mustered under tl.eSpanlsl Hag cannot be esti mated accuratel, na there are two tery itnctr tain elements in the figuring first, the number who would fight for Spain against an Invading American army, und second, the number whom the Spanish authorities would be willing to arm or could arm. There havo been orgmnlf a tlona or volunteers In Porto Woo for soma tints, but the Spanish authorities were so ins pislous of them that they ropeatedlr refused to arm thnm, and, so far as is known, they hare not armoet them eien yet. In an emergency they would be almost certainly used against an army of invasion, but It is hardly likely that they would make tery formidable IU liters, as thoy are lacking in training and discipline. Iocal wise men forecast tho plan of Invasion by predicting tho use of Viequer (called in Eng lish Crab Island) as n base. This Island Is lo cated to Hie cast of Porto ltlco. about twenty or twenty-five tnllos of water separating thorn, and Is to Porto ltlco what the Islo of Pines is to Culm. There Is what la called a bay on tho southeast, but It could not accommodate a fleot of warships which would ho compolled to llo In tho roadstead. It Is at this point that tbe prin cipal rcttlement ot the Island Is located. It Is littlo more than a lllagn In which two ele ments (ombino to git c tbn place what littlo character It has. These nro tho fishermen and traders on I ho ono hand and tho agricultural clement on the other They nrc all slmplo folk and very poorly educated. Tho entire gsrrlson of the island Is placed hero nnd consists of 100 men They aro or wero until very recently supplied with nmmunltlon to the limited extent jf 200 rounds a man. Ever since the war began tho commanding ofllccr has been begging for moro nmmunltlon If ho tins rccelted any It ttaB very lately. Tho people of the vtllag are quite Innocent of any warlike tendencies. They would not offe- the least resistance, Tho auxil iary cruiser Yn'e (formerly the American llnor Paris) has been In tho neighborhood repeatedly and has etcn anchorod In tbo roadstead, Tho t Dingers wero kept In nn ngrnvntod atato of fright and nt night tbo lights wero put out In all the houses so that they should not by any chance nnnoy "los trcs thlnilneas" (the throo e htmnct a), as tho Ynle was called, nnd draw death clenllng shots from her tcrrlblo guns. If tbo villagers had only known thnt tho Yalo wns not out to bombard Inolfcnslte villages, hut for scouting purposes oxclusltoiy, nnd that her guns wore not tcrrlblo nt nil comparod to thoso on modern battle ships, thev would no doubt havo been much less uncomfortable. If it is decided to use Crab Island as a baso against I'orto ltlco, tho farmers and fishermen will likely Join In sen Ing the American invnders Just ns readily and willingly ns they now serve the garrison of 100 Spanish Boldleri, Tho people of bt, Thomns aro naturally al ways ready to discuss tho possibility of annexa tion, nnd the sentiment Is without doubt In favor of annoxntlon. The Danes govern tho Islnnd quite decently and well, but oeyond re taining a few profitable monopolies for them selves tbey haro very little foothold here. The Danish population outsldo of thoso attached In eonie way to tbo Qovernmont would probably fill ono good New York boarding bouse and end there. The English Bcem to hats tho control of tbo principal Interests here, although tho com munity Is cosmopolitan, and Frenchmen nnd bpanlnrds and Qcrmnns are equally represented. All chimes, allowing, nt course, for tho usual number or distinguished exceptions, would well onto annoxntlon to the United Stntcs, but It would eem.iiotr ns if the war, which at first promised to bring about annoxntlon, would tie after all the means of defeating it, for if Porto ltlco is taken, tho main advantage of St, Thomas, that of n naval baso, would bo sup plied by San Juan, TERJlOItS VltOST AllIZONA. fltransely Compaatte Company of Flghtera llouad for Cuba. From the .Veto OrUani Nettvune. "The Itcal Terrors of Arizona," "Teddy Ain't In It," was tho tenor of a placard ornamenting tho side of ono of three tourists' sleeping conches which were attached to the Louisville nnd Nashville train which left tho city at 11.10 o'clock csterday forenoon, bound eastward, Tho "Terrors" wero In charge of Mr. C. A. Johnson, nctlng agent for tho Quartermaster's Department of tho United Stntos Army, They wero ninety four In number, and If appearances go for anything they could "lick doublo tholr weight In wlldents or Spaniards," for a tougher lot ot men not or met together than these sclf stled "Terrors." Their appearance was, how ctcr, a. great deal worse than their deeds, for with all their roughness and apparent sat agery thero was a current of mischief and fununder 1 Ing their actions. That they would fight there could not bo thu least doubt, for cicb and every cno ot them had n record for somo daring or brnte net and they wero all typical frontiers men, such ns were tho pioneers of cltlllzntlon in America from the days of the landing of tho pilgrims on tho shores of tho old liny State down to tbo present time. Thcso men, who had left their homos in the mountains of Ari zona to scrt e their country na expert packers, had most of them been without tho confines of civilization for so many years that tbey had for gotten ncarl all about It, and lit ing. ns ther were. In the lauds of the murderous Apaches, whose treachery and bioodthlrstlness is so woll known, the practlcallt carried their lltcs In their bauds almost all tho time. They aro Inured tci hardship und danger and all of them tun well be clashed us oxpcrl with either the ritlc, the pistol or (almost equally danger ousi the lasHo, for each and ctery ono of them was a .meter at tho cowboy's nrt of "roping," as was mnpl) demonstrated during etcn tho few moments thej spent In this clt. Thej wero of oil shades of complexion, from tbe huc-ocd talr-haired blonde to tho dark skinned balfhrecd. Thero were whlto men, most of them rmiglmr In ago rrom ir to (10 years, but till tall, straight, stalwart, 'actitc men, whose bronzed complexions and lithe, sup pie steps bctraed a life of aitltity In tho free open air. Then thero were joung men. none of them, hottoter, under 2,1 years, nnd thcso were stout, strong, nnd utblctic in build, nnd to all appearances giants In strength, there were Mexicans among them, of slighter build, but wiry and n'lle ns tho panther, Thore ttere Apache and other Indians, sitting sullen and morose in their seats, nppareiitl.t indifferent to tbe struugo scenes bj which they were sur rounded, stoical and disinclined to Indulge In what thej no doubt considered the "boj 's play" of their white comrade. Thero nero mulnt toes, tall, slender specimens nf manhood, with determined faces and phjslcally giants. Thero wero half breeds, and these altogether went) to in ike up one of tbo most heterogeneous crowds of men that et er was seen in this city. Nearly all of them wore tbo Mexican sombrero, with the gaudy silver trimmings, nnd leather bands, whllo cartridge belts strapped around their waists wero all that ttcnt to inako up anything like uniform among these rough men. Although without discipline, yet there wns ono controlling Bpirlt among them, and his ford was ns law among these wild men. Some of them had been cotvpunchers. others had boon traders among the sat ago tribes of Arizona and Mexico, borne ttcro miners, others ranchers, prospectors, mountaineers, but all of tbem Ihorouuhlt- understood tho art of packing goods upon tho "burros" or mules used as freight transports entirely in the mountainous districts whence they came. It wns this teryqualtfiea lion, which nil possessed, that caused the Qov ernmont to enlist their sorvices. In Cuba much nf the Inland traffic, especially in the mountains. Is clone tit moans of inulos, which carry ull tho freight Into the interior. In an attack upon the Island of Cuba by the land forces.nf the.l nltod States, the services of these men will be indispensable, nnd it was for Ihls purposn that theilr "ertices wero engaged. I hen, ngnlu, it err one of these men Is a born fighter, and nothing would meet their ideas of fun morn than a scrimmage with tho Spaniards. Ono of tbe men, speaking to a comrade, said yesterdat, when tho subject of fighting was broached: "You bet, tho hoys arc all scrappors. 'Ihoso Spaniards am east. They ain't llko Apaches, and 1 guess wo can get aw a) with about ten tlmos our number. Why, them greasers would be seared to death to bave a doen Apnihes Jump up out of tho ground, ns has happened to us time and again. Another said thnt he would bet that ho would come homo with nt least six Spanish scalps in his belt. With nil this the men were in lolly good humor, and in tholr rough, uncouth way enjoted themseltes while llio train stopped at the head of Canal street for a few moments to tnko on the regular passengers. Nearly every one of the men Inula larlul or lasso and with those thej were amusing themiirl us latching dogs or occasionally "roping" one another Once one of them threw (he coll of his rope around it newsboy, who screamed at tho top ot his i olio st the unceremonious prnieedlngs. Others c might up the jounirstcrs who hung about the train und pretended In be about to tako them along with Ihein. The more tho boy would struggle nnd scream the greater would ho tho enjiit nienl of the terrors. As dog isle It ers tho terrors were eminent successes, nnd mant was tbn iiuhnpp) canine Hint ttaa roped b) tut id. When tbo train first reached the sta tion nt the head of Canal street a full-bearded man, weiring n huge whim Hcimbrcrn wlih a 7ainpn stt unit nter his nhnulder', sprung from thu platform ttltb n whoop and a tell which would hate dono credit to a full blnealed Co uinniho nan lor. Ho swung his bat about him nnd In n HIT) a bo-t of these wild looking men wore leaping from the platform or m t ihitiu,:h the ttiiidiitts of tho eouihcs, rprrad ng terror around the in. One of Ihe "Terrors," hating bnd u sup foit of imminent of this kind, lluall liec iimn unlet unci i-peike to tho I'lfiumif nipicsciit.u'ie, lie said thai tbe men cnuie from t iilous Pl.ic es in rlzouii fniiii tho th lull of Ilm bee, 'loinb stone. 'I in sou. and llcnsnn 'I hey had all ren dcztoufid in lltiison mill, iinrci il,e leadershlu of Ml. Johnson, had hoaided the tiuin anil ttere on their mi) ttilniupH.fioiii n hence thev c-jnecl-id logo tu Cuba, "i here theli si . lies a tuckers ttould be rcquiicd. 1 bet weie to rccc It a from $10 to $1011 per month fin ihelr seltlce, lie cording tn thrii oxpertnuss is puckers. Itough as the men appeared to be, he snhl that thev tteie neatly all of them in good eircumstoiiees flni ncliillt, an. I did not nied in lo, but thoy were accustomed to a life of peril and excite ment, nnd the present opportunity to satiate tholr appetite for such scenes was one not to ha allow ed to slip bv. Some of tbem, he said, had inino dottn nut of the mountains -o Join '"Ird ay's Hough Itldsrs," but they found them too "eludllled" for thorn awl thoy refused toenliat. When, however, the call for tholr aervices came, and they found that tbey could all go to gether, tbey volunteered, for tbey were all con genial and could enjoy thsmttlvu together. nnananananananaVaila lli Ti"'l ln'll j M fl' ..V& ,'. J SIEGE Of THE M0SSBACK.1 TUB OJXBAT XBOVX TBAT ZXTBD AT TUB AT.DEtt rtESD. Knan Caantr Itepatallsae That Were Irlada anil Lssl In Ibe Pursuit Futility of fireest Bnahefl Deineastrated Dear Tansne na at Halt for Treut and the near aa a Fisherman, MlLronn, Pa Juna 7. "Jeb, he said it wouldn't do no suoh a thing," said tha man from the Knob country. "' Don't 1 know I" says he. ' Green snakes be durncdl' " ' Hut I don't mean a big green sn&ko,' says L ' This Is n littlo feller, not a foot long, nnd I tell you It'll do it. Job!' says I. "'Dan',' says he. 'bo you glttln' foolish I Why, what do you think this country is comln' tof I don't enro whether your green snake ain't a foot long or half a foot long or two tnchos long. I tell you it won't do it I Lord, Dan'l I' ho says. ' Trout ain't losln' thoir sensos if you bo I Green snakes bodurnodl I tell you they won't do III' ho says, "'Now, Job,' I says, 'see here. How was It down on Hock Cabin Run I A green snake done It down thero, didn't It 1 A green snnko moro'n a foot long, too. How was It down on Hock Cabin Run f You hain't forgot that, havo you I I wondor if green snakes didn't do it down there I' I says. " ' Well, so you said.' says Job. '"You soon what I fotched In, didn't you I' I says. 'Did it weigh throo pounds or didn't It I " 'Yes, says Job. 'I soon what you fetched in. You said it welghod throe pounds. Hut I didn't see the greon Bnako that you said done It,' "'Job,' I says, ' folks, to hear you talk, mowt think that I didn't hare no standln' 'round here,' I says. 'They mowt think that I had to carry affidavits around with me, and Lcepa'squlro hired so he could be handy to hoar me swear to 'emt' I says. 'Folks mowt think so, to hear you talk,' I says. "'I ain't ask In' folks to plug up their ears when I'm talkln', Dan'l I' says Jeb, ' And I ain't layin' down no rules to govern what they think I' ho says. 'I toll you groen snakes won't do HI' ho says. "So Jeb ho gits up and goes nway, dead sot that greon snakos wouldn't do it. Hut I was Jest as dead sot that green snnkos would do It, and I wont and got the ono I was talkln' to Jeb about, and took It down to tho aldorbend in the creek to glre It a chance to do It. '"Somo things kin be did as woll as othors,' I says, 'and a consumed sight better if you only know how-to do 'em,' I says. 'And whon I yank this old chap out o' here and lug him over to the oddy and git Capt. Joe's t?5,' I soys, ' Jeb won't be so dead sot, I don't think, and ho'll haro to giro In that green snnkos '11 do It,' I says. "Tho old mossback was in thero all right. Tbcro wa'n't no doubt o' that, 'cause I sco him giro his tall a swish and a swirl as I snuck up to tho bole in the alder bend, he baring riz up for a fly or somethln' that ho knowed well enough didn't hare no hook in It So I put tho littlo greon snako on my hook and Jest lot it slide in and wiggle off and around and up nnd down in the bole, samo as If it had got In thoro by acci dent and didn't know how in Sam Hill It was going to climb out ag'ln. When it camo along to'rds supper tlmo and the littlo green snako was wlgglln' about in there yit and nothln' hadn't riz. up and kicked ag'ln him dolrf It, I pulled htm up and let him go, and he wiggled off In the grass. '"Somohow or other," I says, 'Job seems to been pretty nigh right. Green snakes won't do it, ' I says, "So I went home and got my supper, and wa'n't pertic'lar glad when Jeb comoastrag glln' in, 'causo I knowed how it 'd bo, " ' Whero is ho I' says Job. " ' Wbero's who I' I says. " ' Old mossback,' says he. "'Oh.' I says. 'I didn't git him.' "'What!' says Job. 'Didn't greon snakes do It I" " ' No 1' I says, glttln' a little huffy, 'causo I didn't llko the way Job sort o" grlnnod. 'And there ain't nothln' will do It, noltber, but draw In' tho creek dry nnd pounctn' on him with clubs I' I says. " 'Oh, yes, there is,' says Jeb, " ' What is it, then I' I says. " 'Dear's tonguo!' says Job. "Now, this was soconsnrnod nggravatln' that I flared up and busted right out at Jeb. " ' You're a Jlhhcrln' fool!' I says. " That might 'a' been a Icotle strong, but I wns hoppin" nind, nnd I bet jou'd a been mad, too, consldcrln'. Ten rears or moroboforo that. Pcto come drirlti' in with his mules ono erenln'. " ' Dan'l,' sa; s be, It w as easy as long as that, nnd I'm wlllln to hot on It!" says he, holdin' his hands mnre'n a 5 aril apart, "'If It was a rattler,' I says, 'that ain't noways big. but If it was a coon, I says, ' It was n whopper! " ' S posln" It was a trout V says Pote. ' What w ould It be then I' he says. " "Then, Pete.' I says, 'it'd comepooty durn close to beln' n Ho!' I says. " Hut Peto ho stuck to It nnd sold ho'd bet his mules ag'ln a scttln' hen thnt he could prore It, '"1 was fordln' tho creek,' ho says. 'Jest at tho alder bend, and tho end o'my whip lash hap pened to tetch tho water, close by the big rock, when whoosh! camo a splash in tho water, and somethln' grabbed the whip cracker and most pulled mo off o' tho wngonl I skittered tho cracker In tho water ag'ln, and then I seen what It was that hnd come so nigh to ynnkln" mo In. It was a trout. Dan'l. and I'll bet It was easy that long!' nnd the way Poto showed Its length on bis hands this tlmo, that trout had growea not far from a foot. "Now, I hadn't nerer ketched Pcto in no llo, nnddidn'tttant him totblnk I had any Idee thnt he would He. and so I thought I'd kind o' help him out n little, and I says: "'Don't you think maybe It wns a snappln' turtle. Petel' I says. "Pete glre mo sotch a look o" scorn that I felt kind o sheepish, nnd he droro on without con descendln' to speak to me ag'ln; bo I thought that maybe he had see somethln' at the alder bend, sure enough, nnd I Jogged dottn tbcro. Kctchln agrasshoppor I chucked It In tbe doop hole, right on the rock, and It hadn't more than struck beforn tho water was living around as if some ono hnd sot off a big blast o' powder In It, and right In tbe middle o' the commotion I got a glance of a trout that was makin' It all. That trout was so big that for hnlf a ralnuto I was scared. I ain't a snvin' thnt tho trout wns as big as Peto had measured It off to be, but it wns nigh enough to It to mako mo'pologlze to Pete the nnxt time I seen him. 'Korc I Been Peto, though, Iliad done some flshln' for Hint olo mossback. And 'most evert body else In all that country had done conslcrablc ilshln' for him. Wo coaxed him with files of otery consarnrd color, shape, and bIzo. We tossed him red worms and white w orms and j aller worms, and w orms that w rig gled and worms that didn't wriggle. Wo tried him with flyln" gruBshoppcrs and hoppin' grasshoppers, and crickets and bugs nnd grubs and toads and frogs anil lire minor fish and doad mlnny llsh. Wo fished for lilm before sun-up nnd after sun-up, and at noontime and nt supper time, und br moon light and when the nights ttcro dark. We laid for blm with guns, and we swashed nets through tho hole. Hut not a consarned halt would no touch, and not a gunshot feared him. nnd never n net come nigh him. Sometimes we'd tnke to thlnkin' thntthn ciinnln' old chap had loll the Place, but wo only had to chuck agrasshoppor or n fly or a bug or n worm or anything at tho water that didn't hnto a book in it. and ho'd soon show us ho was there by sttoonlng it so quick it'd make our bonds swim. Year after rear wo flahed for that trout, but he Just laid bark nnd Inimhed at us. rancj tlsbernion from nil over tho country took to comln' there nnd trj In' what thoy could do, hut he Jest made monkova of 'em. I felt durn sorry for ono o' these chaps ono clay. Ho came in 'long about dark and give It out that he had hooked tho big trout. " ' Hocaiuei up and took m whlto miller,' this fisherman said, ' I socked it in the Jaw, and would V lauded hlin ull right if tho hook hadn't 'a' broke,' "Polks had kind o' liked this chap 'foro ho lomoiii and told that. Then thor sort o' fell uttu from him, Ha was stuppiu' with Mose, mid Mnso made out his bill mid handed It to lit hi plumb on tbespot'ind told luni he'd have tniisk lit in to pay it right attnj. '1 Inn thoro whs young Phil, Ho wnsa hclpnrat llio saw mill lie went out lo try his luck with thu old mosabaik onodn) and tame in bv and h) lookln' as tthltftita a shoot. His tioio was broke ill two and half his horse-hair lino was gone. "'I hooked the big trout I' ho hollered, 'I was baited with . t pit korel's bell) fin I' bo hol lered. 'I played him Mil ho broke mj polo and in) lino and got away I he hollered. "Wo all Uellovcd young Phil, nnd old Jake m?dhliii bond sattjer. Peoplo used to come and look at hlut and n'lnt him nut as tho feller that hud got hold of the ciniiln' big trout of alder Deuel. Phil bud a future ihead of him. I tell suit, but old .Inko's brother am knocked It all lu tho head. He douo It by git I In' u iniiikln his trip that had a fishhook In his jnw and four mot o' horse-hair lino haugiii' to It, Then Phil tumbled trom bis throne. Old Jake discharged him, Hooouldn't git a Job iiotthc-ros, oven ns mule hostler, and he had to leato the district. Ho haln'tneter been seen In tho Knob country seno, and somo folks thinks he's a hopeless tviiudoreron the face o' tbo earth to this day. Then there was Joe, Joe watched for that trout with bis gun alio' one day. Ho sat therefrom daylight till the sun went down, hid behind a tree, with bis gun p'inted straight for the old mossback's hldln' place. Jos I didn't iiardly tftyik, but tbe trout never rli once"'tbouKb tho bolt was black with tbo choicest kind o' files. At sundown Joo got up to go, cuasln' Ilka airposaeaaecl. He hadn't took two steps when he heerd the swash p that atnaxln' trout In th water. Lookln baok. Joo Been him Just ulldln' back under thorpek, " 'He was nctl'lr blddln' me good night!' saya Joe, a tellln' of It. and grlltln'hls teeth. 'Time slid around, and 1 got an idea, I told Jeb about It. . ... , , , "'Green snakes be durned I' he says. 'DanI,' he en) a, ' 1 tell you they won't do at nil I "Hut ther had dono It down on Hook Cabin Run, and I stuck to the Idee. I tried It on the old mossback of alder bend, nnd I found that Job was nurty nigh right. Kren green snakes wouldn't do It, nnd it was aggravatln'. . " ' And thoro nin't nothln' w ill do It, neither,' I says to Jeb, 'butdrawln' tha creek dry and pouncln' on htm with clubs 1' I says. "Then to haro Job say, 'Oh. yes. there Is. Dnn'H' and whon I asked him what It was, for him to say. 'Dear's tongue!' I tell you it made me hoppin' mad, and I bet you'd a been mad. too, ooinldr.Tln'f And Cnpt. Joo had a standln offer ot $.r for that big trout. , . . , "'Hoar's tongue!' 1 says. 'Jens a glbborln' fool!' f " I was hoppin' mad ylt over It when Silo came over to my place, "'Dan'!,' says he, 'would you mind doln a faror for a neighbor I' " Glad to do It. Sllel'I says, "'Then I wish you'd come down and kill a bear that's hangln' round uiy clearln' nnd has stolo my best pig,' says Sile, "I took my gun and went down to Riles to argue with the bear. Wrfen I got thoro I found tbat tho boar had loft only Ion minutes before, tnkln' one o' Silo's sheep with lilm. I got his trail and follercd hint. Tho bear was feolln' cblppor nnd full o' tricks, nnd led me round the country for half a elny 'fore he found out that I was ufior lilm for certain, nnd then he tried to Sit nway. I see ho was glttln' tired, nnd was eginiiiu' to wish ho was somo place else. Hut my dandor waaupnnd I kep' him goln'. 1 fol lercd him so fast and so closo that tne old sheep stealer didn't git no tlmo to rest, and when I come In Bight ot him at last, ho was slouchin' along ns If his boart was broke. Ills tongue washnngln' out afoot. He wns dyln' for a drink, and I see he was maktn' for the creek. "'Ho' s goln' for a drink.' I says. 'When ho stops to got It he's mr meat.' I says. "Tho bear clim right along, nnd by tho tlmo heroachad tho creek I wasn't fur behind him. I was close enough to ping him than, but I thought I'd draw a leotlo closer. Tho bear struck the creek at tbe alder bend and soused right In. As he waded out ha stopped to quench his hurnln' thirst. I was only a few rods behind lilm. As he was drlnkln' I see him sling up his head and mako a break for t'other shore. When he stepped out o' tho crcok 1 followod blm with a bullet and he dropped. I hurried on and set tled bis consarned old hash with another Bhot. Standln' on tho bank I seo somethln' tbnt made me Jest Jump and yell. I slosbed across the creek, and tbcro, afloppln' nnd afloppln', with his teeth socked clean to the gums in the bear's tongue, was thu cunnln' old mossback trout of the nldcr bond! He had grabbed that bear's tongue as tho bear was drlnkln', and his teeth had sunk into it ho deep that ho couldn't ret 'em out. and tbo bear had landed him I As I sot there wondcrln' nt tho trout that had been too smart for us all for ton year and better n lnyln' thero gaspln' on dry land at last, who should come along but Jeb, Ho had a altco o' fresh bear tongue with him, and be had come down to try it on old mossback. When beaoo the slammln' old trout layin' there, bookod fast to mr bear's tongue, Jeb he Jlstonlr noddod. "'I knowed bears tongue would do It,' says he, 'but I didn't calculate It'd do it Jest that way I' says he. "nut that's the way It done It, and Capt. Joe's $3 come in durn handy Jest about that time, as I was runnln' sby on ammunition." HOW CAItBIBB riGEOSS OET TBEItE. Or Ordlnarr Methsda Rxtraardlnarllr Skil fully Camblned, nnj, ftxperts. From the Ltttrary DigetU Tho faculty possessed by many animals for finding tholr way borne through an unknown region has nlwnys been more or less ot a mys tery. It rises to its boight In tho caso of a car rier plgoon, and Us would-be explainers fall back on expedients that rango all tho way from a mysterious special sense of "orientation" down too very-day ordinary observation of landmarks, such as man uses when he finds his way. Most authorities are now Inclined to take a middle course and believe that the pigeon finds Its way by methods more or less ordinary, but by a tery oxtraordlnar ly skilled combination ot them. Wo translate below part of an article on tho subject, contributed by M. A. Thauzles to the lie vur .Scitntilque, Paris, March 20. The author's assumption that the animal organism Is sensitive to magnetic conditions Is contrary to scientific observation and experiment, but this is only a detail of his theory and does not materially affect it. M. Thauzles, after giving reasons for rejecting the theory of a special sensn, nnd other hypotbesos put forth on tbo subject, proceeds to state the following facts, which ha believes to be firmly established: "1. Well-trained pigeons, oven If taken very fnr away say several hundred miles from the pigeon cote get their bearings In a normal at mosphere with wonderful promptness, without turning about in other directions, without ris ing to a great height. Hcfore one can count flfly they unve disappeared. "2. Thesa same pigeons, left in open air tn their baskets several minutes before releasing them, while they are given food and drink, look around them, wnlk to and fro, evidently study ing tbe sky, until, hat Ing found out, doubtless, what they sought, they remain quiet. Then, If the baskets are opened, tbey fly off low and al most horizontally, without zigzags and In a straight line in the proper direction. '"I. The same pigeons, transported to a strange region, that la, for instance, where they must make n southerly Journey whon tbey aro accustomed to mako a northerly one, betray a striking degree of disquietude in their baskets at the moment of departure; they seom lo be surprised, and somotthat taken aback. As soon as thsy nro frea they fiy off eastward, mak ing large ellipses toward the sun; then they ex plore in all directions, but ther always return to tbo east with a patient tenacity that seems to rlgnify that there is tho key to the problem, and that there alone will be found its solution. After seternl minutes of this, having reached an altitudo of 1A0 to 200 yards, thoy disappear In the proper direction. "4. The earlier In the morning they are re leased the more prompt is their bucccss In get ting their direction. After noon, eren in calm weather, and eten If tbe distanco Is small, their orientation Is dull, slow, wavering, and without tlvnelty. "5. When tho day coincides with a change of the moon, tho orientation, both at the point of departure and also oa the route, becomes dif ficult: tho birds return slowlr and at long In tervals. "0. Finally, oven when the Bky seems every where very clear, if tho atmosphere is undergo ing any of those invisible disturbances that are retcaled onlt by the most delicate Instruments of our observatories, tbo pigeons, as in the pre ceding rase, hesitate, lag behind, and some times take doublo the time that would be neces sary for their Journey under other clicum stances. "What must bo concluded from those facts! "The carrier pigeon is a bird eminently elec tric, nnd of exeessivo pertous susceptibility. Is also endowed with prodigiously scnsltito vis ion nnd with special Intelligence tbat cannot be doubted. The Indefatigable excursions tbat ii makes, especially in the morning, often to considerable distances around Its cote and to all points nf the compass, accustom it to a great number of magnetic nnd t Isual senutions whoso various chnrncteristli-a It learns to distinguish according to tbe region where it is and to tho hour of the dn). lty wbat may bo eallod Its sense of touch and h) its sight It registers, as It were, like a delicate ni'chanlsm. Impressions as tarled as thoy are complex, nhlch, result ing in tho concerted nctlon of tho organism, ennho ittodetermlne Inngiven place, at aglten moment, the direction in which the dove cote will be found. "This potter of discernment Increases with tho accumulation of heredity of what may ho called 'local Instinct Tbla is why tho currlor pigeon is not satisfactory unless it has behind It an nueostrnl line ol carrier pigeons lit Ing in tha snmo region This Is why, when for any cause tho air is disturbed, eren to a degree Imper ceptible to innn. the pigeon's element of In vestigation, its moans of getting its bearings being dlfforent and Inaiinicient, It looks about, brsitatrs, gttD Its direction with difficulty, and sometimes eten 1h lost. "It gets Us direction best in the morning, he cause It prefers to fly in tho morning, nnd be causo the atmospheric notions that it gets from this habit are clearer, more distinct, nnd liinio numerous. It gets its lienrlngs without effort In a familiar direction, because It then ex pcriences. t'rn before leaving tho basket, tho normal sensation thnt hntu previously guided it toward n definite purl of the hnrizon, I directs itself slowly toward an tinknottn point hc-caiiso of the Indecision rcsullimr from tho solicitations of nn already clrepuiie routine, and the new hut not less Imperious Impres sions that cause it to detlato from tho accus tomed route. "During tho period of training u'l Its mag netic am! t lsual faculties nnd its know ledge of iiiiitnornloglriil conditions dctelop littlo by little, and becnnio more delicate, but may after ward fall Into a prognsslvo state of ponerlcss es us month after month of careless leisure iluliH their tiibllo t Itaeltt, And an It Is diffi cult to find united in nn indlt idunl, cteu when it has superior natural lendowmc-nts, the raro and complex qualities that this wonderful effort at orlentntlnn necessitates, we can thus aro without trouble why, by one chance or an other of Incomplete berodltv, tho offspring of pigeons of line quality are often but mediocre." Tba tarasa 4 nllrr. "O-ass cut I Grass cut t" seems a strange cry to hear In tbo big city, where there Is not a blade of grass in sight. Hut tbere is some grass horeaDouts, nevertheless, as the crier knows. There aro blocks where thero are some front yards still sodded; tbere aro some blocks wbur ihero are uren grass- Elots along tho edge of the sidewalk, but y far the greateat number of tbe little green pots remaining In the city are now to be found at the rear of tba houses, and It la these that the crier has In mind when he goes through the tonystrstt crying " Grass cutT Grass cut I" a') --HPsHHsMEa, " -asanmnmnmnmmnmnTbk SI sjV f READING EOlt THE tMND. M A VN1QVB FEATVItn OJT TUB JMHT (jl OOAOJtESSlOSAL ZIBBAItT. riraiare Taken by the mini In tne Itaan art ! Atwrt rer Them-Flelds or literature Oyea H ta Them-A Wall Uralens or leading hr Anther and Other Ala Instituted. H WABiiirtaTOK, June 11. All good Americana H should hope to visit the now Congress Library beforo tbey die It is ono of tho world's won- H dors, well worth a trip across continent to H view. It is so filled with beauty In erery form H that dajs and weeks may be spent within lta MM portals. Like ererythlng in WoshlngH l planned on a scalo corerlng an immense amottn H ot ground. One walks and walks through tha WW archos and rooms on each floor and espeolellr down in tho beautiful marble passages below the first floor, grows nlmost bewildered with lta Immensity and proofs with pleasure tho guiding M sign boards along the way. H Ons of theso boards points a directing haaft b to tbo reading room for the blind, and following; & It you enter tho strnngest room In tho library and, Indeed, the strangost reading room in the 9 world, for this Is the only library known to con tain special provision for the blind. The ideas ' ot having a reading room for tho blind was aiur 9 gestcd to Mr. Young, tho librarian, by at wo M man whoso heart had beon touched by tha 9 plaint ot a blind girl friend that thero was a H little opportunity for tho most helpless class ot V porsons in tho world to haro access to tho liter fl aturo for which they longed. Almost every M largo public library. It Is truo, contains books for H tho blind, but naturally their system ot finger B reading attracts tbe attontlon ot the general readers and ofton they nro embarrassed by tha thoughtless curiosity ot seeing people, Tha jf3 woman to whom tho blind girl had spokon woo lis Mrs. Alice Underwood Hunt, widow of Qor. jig Hunt of Colorado, and when she wont to Mr. If. Young about tho matter sho found him ready ta Un carry out the wishes of the blind. Tho suooesa ft' of his effort, In this direction Is apparent to all V who enter the reading room for the blind. The room dedicated to this purpose is of good K proportions, Bhady, cool, with great windows V filled with growing plants, the touch and scenk of which ore a constant delight to tho readers. K Tho furniture suits the room and numbers m among its pieces an unusually fine carved desk K of historic value and a table to match. Tha Ii blind appreciate this furniture very much and m, are proud ot it, often feeling of tho carving and n speaking of Its beauties. Around the walls of 9 tbo room aro ranged the cases containing liters- fli turo fur the blind, and the room Is divided lu its n centre by a large screen, behind which the read al' ers can retlro and so escape th: observation ot nil casual visitors. On the carved table is a beau- fih tlful vase, a gift from a Washington woman, H, and it is dally filled with cut flowers, which . Vv come as offerings from seeing people to their " vi less fortunate friends. a The special attendant In charge of this room I I has a large responsibility resting upon her. f She is MIbs Ktta Jossolyn (llfiln. The privilege i of reading In a room by thcmsolves meant two ' things to tbe blind. It afforded an opportunity to rend books that had hitherto been unattain able, and It was an ackifbw lodgment of Jthera ' as a class. This acknowledgment Is especially dear, becauso tbelr completo dependence on tba 1 good will of their seeing friends has mad f them looked upon as objects of charity, and this , fubllc recognition of them as a class possessing - .' he Intelligent needs of soolng peoplo is sooth ing to their natural deslro for Independence. M The collection ot llteraturo at tholr service em- F braces all the standard works, the 111 bio, ency- 1 1 clopiedlas, Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot, Kmerson, fl the great and minor poets, ore, nnd many must- B ' col compositions. Those works are found I H ,, copied in several different systems, tho most H u popular being the New York point Bystcm, Jl , which was Invented a number of years ngo by I'rof. Walt, superintendent of tho New York In- j stltute for the Hllnd, It is taught In twenty- ,'J fire out of tho thirty-seven schools for the blind B', i In this country, and naturally finds moro users B than any otbor In the library. It Includes liter- HTi ature, music, and correspondence. Tho Arae.t Ml',' lean Hrallle system, which Is an adaptation o Bj tbe original rrench Braille in use on tliaCoMi- Hi nent. Is taught in ten schools, notably h In Philadelphia and Boston, nnd tho different Bit methods have their firm adherents and aC.-i, 11 mlrers. There Is a system known nsthoMoosf m type, which la an old Kngllsh method and i3 , HA said to be especially adapted for teaching adultsi Wi who havo lost their sight In later years. Mists m Moon of London, daughter of I'rof. Moon, tha 9 Inventor of this type, has this year been In thin 9 I country, endeavoring to further the use of tha n system. She succeeded in interesting Mrs 1 John Itussell Young in it, but the New YorJj D point Tand tbe American Hrallle ar tbe stand -Si ards and are likely to remain so. a ) The cost of printing for the blind is so grea B' that only tbe well-to-do can attempt the colleo- iflr tlon of an individual library; hence the benefit DM1 of a reading room to them. The Bible, for in- JBj) stance, which can be condensed into a pocket Hf edition for ordlnaryreaders and bought for SI B9 cents or eren less, when published in finger prlrf Mil cot ers a series of sight volumes and costs $100, ( A prayer book sells for JttO. and a common H; writing slate for H.2S. This slate consists ot VMS! a table, guide, and stylus, nnd tho rapidity Hi' with which tho blind write is marvellous. At H, tbey read, tbey frequently pause to Jot down on BjT tbe slnte some comments on tho book thoy era Sjl studying. Their writing is done from right to Bt left, though they read from left to right. Th H correspondence among themselves Is a great m, source of entertainment, education, and com- Hi' fort, and where setaral are gathered in tb ns reading room, after the reading is finished, a K smart Interchange of slates goes on, each read- Hy Ing with his flngors tbe thoughts Jotted down by WL tbe other, ) The printing for the blind of the country Is dona Hi in LoulsTille, Boston, and Philadelphia, In the W last city most of the magazines for the blind inn. are published. The late Prof. Kneass, himself Of? a blind man, started the magazine publico- W tlon which Is now carried on by Mrs. Josephine IF B. Cobb. The favorite periodical is tbe Seta Hfl 1'orA' J'oint Standanl. which Is an up-to-date H magazine In ersry particular, and has a large Wl circulation. In it are found all tba depart- Mj roents current In other magazines, eren fash- Mil ions receiving a'share of attontlon. All publics- HJr tions for the blind are necessarily bulky nl Br weighty. Tb shelves in the Congressional B) Library read Ing room are made especially to hold HJ this literature, and tables are placod about to Hn support the books when In use by tbe readers. Ill Among tbe blind frequenters of the room ara M many excellent musicians. They ar Instrnot- ed orally In music, and when they copy It they fljf do not use the musical characters, but writs it JB exactly as It is read to them. Much copying in Bj that way is done trom the musical compost- ant tions owned by tbe library. BB1 s.fter tho reading room for the blind was (H' opened the library officials were anxious that Ml :verything possible should b dono which would M tend toward Its suceossful and permanent opera- flu tion. One suggestion that has resulted In Br constant and Increasing pleasure came from Bf's'l David Hutcheson, superintendent of tho gen- ml eral reading room. It occurred to Mr.Hutcbo- Bt , son that If each day a good reader could b At . secured to read nloud to the hllnd visitors for V I an hour, they could become acquainted with Mfl much llteraturo that has not yet been ropro- Vj! duced In tbe publications for the blind. With tl tho co-operation of Miss Qlffen, this plan was flj'i1 worked out. Mr. Hutcheson was a little Urn- flju orous at first of Its continued success, fosrlng It Bbi would be difficult to Bscuro renders for each day, BW but, on the contrary, more readera have offeree! an their serrlcos than dates can bo found for, and BU ' very celebrated readers at that. Tho first BS person to read aloud was Mrs. John Itussell Bf' J tiling, wife iof the Librarian. Thomas Nolson K Page. Kate Douglas Wiggln, Orace Greenwood. Vw rank Stockton, and many ather authors hate JJS , contributed their quota to the dally reading; M, rontline. On several occasions celebrities bare Ml' given littlo talks rather than readings, nnd 91 1 these are especially appreciated, particularly lli" when they relate to tratol, Those readings haro Ml prored a most Interesting feature of the read- B? Ing room, and greatly extended tho scope and 1! opportunity of the room's frequenters. Many Hv blind persons desired to arall themsohes of tho Br privileges cf the reading room, nnd wero unnhlo ftm. lo do so because they had no onii to bring thera BE i Jo the library, so Miss Qlffen interested a num- BBl bcr of women who were willing tn act as escorts flK to the afflicted ones, and these escorts day by BJV dnt bring their charges tu tbe readings. BBl It is Interesting to note that there is no dls- WL Unction of lolor or nationality. The first reader Mr was u colored mail, and tho second a young BKt whlto girl, who asked for Kinerbon's Essays. BjP sn)lng the ttaa "hungry for Kmerson." The Hit literature eallod for by the renders is of a re- Bl markablyhlgh oirter. Tho very concentration Bl r-'iilrcil of llio hi niiyor their reading creates a BjT high order of Intelligence, nnd a desire to learn !B of the first. 'Die room is woll patronized every SB day, eten In bnd woathcr, though on wet days IBjl more men than women lire nbscrtrd, Many IBP. pleasant and lusting friendships are fo'tned IB) ' ninong the rentiers, and a sj stem of correspond- B ence maintained. Many letters of Inquiry aboiU IBnt the room are constantly recohed from rel- BK dents of other cities. BE " IK retuprtlllon or the Oraniu' Culla. 'Hf! The American fiutld of Organists has U)U V'J year offered the annual prizo of a gold mea.-.., aMf given by Walter J, Clemson of Tnunton, Masa., bK for the aettlng of the nfty-tlrat chapter of VfA Isaiah, from the third to tho clorenlu rerae. AM Tbeso nro tho familiar lines: "Kor the Lord shall H comfort .Ion: He will comfort all hor waste fBB pluces; nnd Ho will mako her wilderness llko BJl Kdcnand hor desort like the gnrdeu of this IflnT Lord. lhn mnimscript of those competing for BlV the prize must bo sent to tho Secretary of tho IMUW guild before next October, and ono of tho rule LBnt L. .Lnmi"e",l?.n re,)ire' tlmt t'10 chorus WjVT part shall be written for not moro than four nWJWi parts. Particular stress Is laid on the fact thai Bflf 4 the accompaniment inuat be adapted to the SKA tKanIMh8.rork w,l' H? PuWlely presented b? mmmf thS JKnil.!1 .?2 r tb.B " Wts und becomes aPM ' awafdiS! alon 'UrtnlaU IRP trlSSSkmfiimmiit'riii LJBBn! antflFiTTniil iiss as K sEatBaBBBBBBBBs IBMI- .la, 1MB in BBBBMbBbbLs-. "BbBBBBBBBBBbI