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THE SUN, SUNDAY, AUGUST zi, lm.
Cf OAK ISLAND'S TREASURE.
tATT. W HI ISO DVM TO KKAVH IT
ABOVT NOV. 1, MH THIHKH.
ft AmoiiaU tn Alwnt IO.OOO. OJO and M
Ilnrlfil by Pirate n Couple uf C'fntnrlm
Age Roeord nf a Onttiry uf failure
111 la at lha llotlom ir H lp Holt,
Onmi, N. .. Auk .- For twelv year
he followed th anal hovlKltcl all the ocean
and touched nt manr n port to homckeeplng
Canadian only o spot on the map. But ha Is
anchored now on en Miami In the Atlantic,
digging for a treasure hurled there some hun
drad of ruin ao.
HU nam l C'apt. Welling : a deep watar man
hi brother Captain call him. Me gave up his
ship a tew roar ago and settled down on a
tllr llttla place to live the Ufa of a landsman.
Perhaps he found the voice of the aoa mora in
sistent than he had supposed; perhaps he
missed the stimulus ot wind, salt spray, storm,
and danger. If this was an he do not confide
it to his hoar-old acquaintance. He only Mils
lfem with cast and animation of com inn to
Oak Island two rears ago. a skeptical as I he
Iaext man about the mysterious treasure. In
tending to star a few weeks at most to look the
Around over and to convince the company that
their aoheme was a burst bubble.
"I have been here two rear now." and ha
eada up but explanation with a amlle, "and In
all that time I bar spsnt just on night at.
home. Here I mean to star till that treasure is
found, for I'm juat aa aura It's ly In at the bot
tom of that pit aa I am that I'm flesh and blood
and staadlnc here."
Than, If the visitors gathered about are rude
enough to appear skeptical and Incredulous
while thy ar enjoying the hospitality of the
Captain on his own around, not another word
Will he tell of the interesting story that makes
his listeners feel as It time bad bean turned
bank to the middle age, when pirate and rob
bar chiefs roamed about, when treasures wr
always burled and stolen picturesquely, and
Bo pitmln banks (polled the literary landscape.
Oak Inland, ths lta of the treasure. Is a
email Island near Chester. Nova Scotia, on ot
Ma three hundred and sixty-five thereabout.
It la the only on of them all on which oak
tree grow, and M a landmark for miles around.
It Is honeycombed with the shafts and tunnols
dug by former seekers after gold, but inobody
bsflin baa found so much c vidouoa to justify
I the aaanh a baa Capt. Welling. He U a man
ot moderation, and the tiny pieoe of parohmant
ha brought up in his auger, boring at the
depth ot 120 feet, baa kept his faith bright
through all tho accident and disappointments
that bar followed. It is Indication enough of
the presence of something at the bottom ot
th pit to make any man with a lurking love of
advonture hlddon away In hi practical brain
follow th course that the Captain la taking
and keei) on to tho end. .
The popular idea is that the treasure was
burled on the bland by Oapt. .Kldd. This fa
mous pirate began bit riotous career In loWJ),
He was a good example ot the proverb that e vll
communications corrupt good manners, for
from being one of the stanohest foes of the pi
rates who attacked English and Frenoh ships,
ho became one himself. But his course was
abort. In 16118 ha arrived t new fork with a
great amount ot spoil. Much ot this he burled
on Oardlners Island, at the east end of Long
Island, the real he divided among his crew.
Boon after he was arrested by the order ot Gov.
Bollaruout of Massachusetts and sent to Eng
land, where he was tried for the murder of a
gunner whom he had killed with a heavy iron
hooped bucket. That was only one of six lu
dtetments against him. and though tradition
says he offered in exchange for his lit gold
Ciough to girdle London with a chain of luch
ng Tints, no was convicted and hanged at Ex
ecution Dock on Hay 12. 1701.
Hen sent by the Uovernorto Oardlners Island
discovered a box containing 7.(8 ounces ot gold,
M47 ounces ot silver, one bag of silver ring,
one bag of unpolished stones and a quantity ot
agates, amethysts and silver burton. These
thing, with tho property found on Capt. Kldd
and in his ship, were valued at $60,001). Popu
lar exoltoment ran high after this, and searches
were made unsuccessfully in various place for
other deposits. About 1743 an old man died in
I Hew England. On his deathbed he confessed
that he nad been one ot Capt. Kidd's crew and
that he had assisted tho pirate and his follow
ers in burrinu two millions of pounds sterling
beneath the soil of a secluded Island east ot
Boston, on whloh oak trees grew in profusion.
This yarn, of course, gave a great impetus to
treasure hunts.
"Kidd's treasure?" said Capt. Welling with
gome warmth, when he was asked about the
Matter a few days ago by some visitor. " This
Kidd's treasure? I think people aud the guide
books are all wrong. According to my way of
thinking the treasure was burled in that pit
before ever CaDt. Kldd opened his eyes in his
mother's ami or closed them again at the
rope's end. No, no, I don't believe Capt. Kldd
aver set foot on this island."
In response to an exclamation of surprise
among his guests, the Captain explained his
View thus:
" Mexico, you know, was n regular Klondike
to the Spaniards. They sent their ships ovor
there, and by fair means or foul, it didu't mat
ter uiuuh which, they wrested wealth untold
from the Mexicans. They took the gold from
- their mines uud portions' tho jowcls from their
arms and nocks. 1 don't doubt they were quite
capable of it. But the ship didn't always get
their cargoes safe home, not by a long shot.
Thoy had to pons these islands on their return
Journey. They couldn't go further out be
cause of the Gulf Stream and tiie floating
icebergs that would have crushed them
Into atoms. Punishment full on some of those
Spanish robbers quickly enough, and they
had a mighty short time for prayers, I m think
ing, before the pirates who wero lying in wait
near their route pounced upon them and
allowed them the short rood to death. Maybe
after a while these Island pirates got so much
K)II that it was like carrying coals to New
castle. They couldn't sell it or give It away
aveu without tremendous risks, so they did the
only thing they could do burled it deep
enough so mice or men wouldn't find it tin
they discovered a way to turn it to their own
account."
"But. Captain," asked oue of the party, " how
Oould they do It ? What appliances hud they
for digging a pit 7 feet across aud 'JtHi feet
deep ? The soil must have been very bard, aud
part ot the time they must have had to go
through solid rock."
The Captain shrugged his shoulders. "We
can't tell how a good many things were done,
but the pyramids were built, for Instance." he
replied. We haven't anything in modern times
that could raise those huge mountains of stone,
and yet there they are. We cunt tell how in
experienced pirates dug that shaft. When we
alnk one in another part of the island we use
dynamite and all sorts of conveniences, and it
ikes us three months and more to go ninety
feet. Vet there's the treasure pit 1"
Then the visitors gave up theorizing to aee
What had been done practically toward to-curing
the contents of this Aladdin pit. Under a
rude board shed thoy looked down into what
seemed the mouth ot a great well two-thirds
Ailed with water. At the bottom ot this hole
lie the mysterious something which men
have been trying to reach for 100 years. The
gunning workmen who hid It there dug a tun
nel through the Island from Bide to side, above
he treasure, aothat the tide ot water flowing
through should keep It sate from all but theui
aelve. Doubtless, the men who made the tun
nel knew the secret of shutting off the stream
when they wished, but. no oue else has found
it, and every effort to secure the treasure so
far has been tolled just aa it seemed within
leaeh by the water, which breaks through and
snake it impossible to get at what Ilea beneath,
Male, indeed, men could bail out the whole
Itlsxtlo.
Aa tar baok aa 1706. fifty years after the
death ot the reticent member of Capt. Kldd'
raw, the first Intimation that there might be
Something on tha island came to three men
who war looking there for their cattle in the
fall. The Inland was covered with trees at the
time, aud in Marching it over for the cattle
that they bail left running wild there all sum
mer these men found a patch of red clover.
White clover eomotlmee grow wild, red clover
paver; o they concluded that some one had
lived there previously. Moreover, the ground
tor a space of seven feet or so bad fallen in.
Looking still further for sign of former luhub
ttanto, they saw, overhanging the spot of clover,
the large forked branch of a sturdy oak tree.
To the forked part of the branch, by mean
Of a treenail connecting the fork in a
mail triangle, was attached an old tauklo
blook. Afterward they found the remains ot
road from the tree to the western shore of
th Inland, and were sura that they must have
jiabood upon Capt. Kldd' treasure. They
Teared away thu young trees whloh had grown
on th clover patch, removed the surface soli
for about two feet, and danced about like wild
man when they, found there a tier of flagstones
which wen unlike the stones of ths island.
They concluded that these had bean brought
from Gold Hivcr. not tar away on the main
bore. Whan they had removed these etones
they found that they were digging down Into
an old pit. The mouth was seven feet In
diameter, and the sides were tough, hard uiay.
but the earth tilling was loose and easy to re
move. Ten feet beneath the stones the exoltod
nan found a tier of oak logs tightly wedged
against tho sides. They were much decayed.
and underneath them the ground had settled
about two tout. The men dug down a little
farther, then they could do no more alone, and
they eemd to be able to And no one else who
aA y friends, arrived with tools audpro visions.
and ono mora took ap tha task. Th pit had
earn to a tier ot logs like the first on, and
after that, aTerr ton feet, they found a layer f
something-log, stone, oharooal or putty.
About WO feet down they found a flagstone two
fast lone and one foot wide, with rudsly jut
ftgu.ro end letter which they could rot de
cipher. TTor many years It was need as a
heart hf one In one of the house on .the Island.
Then It was rescued and sent to Halifax. Soma
on there pretended to Interpret ths i Inscrip
tion n meaning that twenty-five feet bolow
wa burled the mm of &000.000. but van
those most Interested attached little weight
to the report ,, .
At the pot where thl stone ws dloovrd
by the first workmen wuter began to be ap
' parent and at ninety-three feet there wa still
more. Plight vi ; uikhi them and a usual they
S rolied the bottom with a crowbar to ilf
iy oould strike an thing. They met a hard.
Impenetrable iibtaiieo and went to sleep with
wonderful dream of the treasure thoy would
find In the morning. They were on the very
brink of solving the myatory, thoy thought.
Snt when they went to work In the early gray
swn they found a well filled with sixty feot of
water where they had left an empty shalt the
night before. Their balling bnckote made no
Impression. Finally a pump wn prepared at a
oot ofMoO. It wa lowered to the depth of
ninety feet, but belore th watar readied th
from that tlma to this the many efforts to
find the treasure have ended In failure. It
earns a If th Pirates had laid ome curs
upon thair gold whloh rtortel man can never
conquer. The treasure seeker should try
hooting a sliver bullet ovor tho hole or some
pthr effective oharni to break tho spell- Men
have sacrificed money, farms and all thair
property to their desire for the treasure In
all VtOO.OOO or moro has been sunk In Oak
Island, but Capt. Welling and the company he
represents are Just ar enthusiastic and aa
buoyant In hone as if tho hundred-year record
of failures had never been.
The Captain takes this treasuro bunt as an
other man might hi yacht or his horses. No.
there 1 no stock on the. market," he said in
anwer to a question. We aoll share if people
want to buy them, but we don't ask any one to
take them. The three of us who are most tn
terastod mean to kp on till we get at the bot
tom of this mystery. W e havenl any of u big
families and we might aa well do this a any
thing els. If any one wants to help us. we
don't hut them out. but we don't beg any one
to oom in. I don't know what's at the bottom
of that shaft, Tyut there' something, and
whatever come out of It Will bo valuable
enough to bring u our money baok. I vo
had abaolut proof that there'omthlng there.
Prom 141 feet to 170 feet the pit la filled with
chests, I believe, sot here and there like blocks
In a child' block house. In one plaoe I bored
through iron and wood, and when I cleaned off
the dirt ana. (tone from my auger I found a
tiny piece of parchment wrapped around the
point, and then I know that we weren't hunt
ing for nothing. I bored at various depth af
ter that and struck Iron and oak, Thsn th
IWAwaym3inwtorrbiit Capt welllnft think
la baa a way now to cltcumvent it. The At
ontio may play tricks with him as it has with
lis predecessors, but he thinks not. Tha in
vestigation for this treasure la carried on
atrlotly along modern line. .. There are ho
nocturnal vlilU with spadoH. dim lanterns and
stealthy step, nor ny of the other popular
machinery of treasure hunting. Not at all. The
whole process Is open to the public. Twelve
men under th direction of the Captain are
working on the Island night and day. They
have comfortable quarters, a cook to feed them
and good pay for their work. Even the precious
piece of parchment I exhibited. And wo
would be dull indeed who could not seethe
capital 0 " and part of a capital " V " printed
rudely upon it. Indeed, there will be many a
professed unbeliever who will be eoer to seo
what nrtmna out ot the nit CaDt. Welling ex
pects to have his inning about the 1st of No
vember. That I th red-ictter day he has sot
for finding the treasure. ...
His plan now is to dig lower than tho pirates
tunnel, drain off the treasure pit. and between
tides get out It contents. Other companies
have tried this, but they have never dug their
draining tunnel deep enough, in the course of
his investigations Capt. Welling happened
upon one tunnel dug by some former workmen
about a hundred feet below the surface, in
which he walked about up to the treusure pit
itself. The Captain is sinking a shaft about
thirty feet away from the treasure pit. which ho
intends to carry down 200 feet. Then he will
dig a tunnel between the two shaft, divert the
wuter from the first, and pump it out of tho
second. He has now gone down about 100
feet, a tremendous depth according to the talo
of two venturxMonio girl among his visitor,
who crawled down the perpendicular ladders
to the very bottom and were pulled up in the
great barrel that carries the stone. The island
is so full of rocks that blasting is often neces
sary, and the oxcuration is a difficult matter.
However, three months, according to Capt.
Welllng's calculations, will finish this work.
He aud th company had a bitter diaapuoint
ment in the failure ot a former experiment. In
accordance with the present plan, the Captain
had sunk a shaft on tho opposite Bide ot the
treasure pit. All the preliminary work was
finished. Pumps had been brought from Mont
real at great exmute and set in place. At the
auprame moment the engines were started, the
machinery put in motion, and the pumps set to
work. But there was some defect In their man
ufacture. They would not do their task. To
save u dreadful catastrophe they were pulled
up again as quickly as possible, when alas! for
all the glorious hopes as a consequence, the
walls of the pit collapsed and fell in, and the
labor of months was null and void In a moment.
The skeptical natives, who have been familiar
with the treasuro hunt all their lives, shako
their heads tolerantly, but put some money
Into It. For they consider the enterprise one
more attraction to the summer visitors and one
more source ot profit to owners of rowboats
and sailboats. But the visitor themselves,
whose childish imaginations wero nurtured by
fairy tales and the "Arabian Nights." give
themselves up to tho blissful sense of old sen
sations in the nineteenth century. Thev listen
with open eyes and cars to every word that the
kindly Captain tells them, and as their boat
pulls away from tho shore they feel absolute
conviction that if they could stand by the
treasure pit with him on the first of next No
vember, they could see drawn up Immense
chest of strange fashion and workmanship,
tilled with pearls, sapphires, opals, rubles, and
diamonds enough to pave the street of New
York and gold pieces in such countless heaps
that the eyes ot Midas himself would grow
green with envy.
TXAirs-MiaaiasiPM elections.
A Storm Centre of Political Activity Beyond
the Mighty Hlver.
State elections will be most numerous. If not
most Important, this year in the territory be
yond the Mississippi River, In the States swept
by th wave of the Farmers' Alliance in 1890 and
by the Populist croze In 189. In the Southern
States there will be few elections. In the Ohio
Valley, through the belt of States which were
formerly considered the doubtful and decisive
ones, there will be no elections ot importance.
Ohio elects minor State officers, Indiana votes
for minor State officers. Illinois elects a State
Treasurer, a place of little political importance ;
Kentucky has no election this year, neither has
West Virginia, and Iowa does not elect a Gov
ernor until 1898. In tho Pacific States. Oregon
has already voted, electing Republican candi
dates. Utah and Washington hold no elections
thl year for State officers and will hold none
until 1900 and the trend ot polities recently
in the New England States has been such
that a Republican nomination is In each equiv
alent to an election. Moreover. Rhode Isl
land has already voted, and Malno and Ver
mont will vote in September, leaving only
three New England States to hold November
elections, and in all three of them. Massa
chusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire,
tho result, it 1 admitted, 1 safely known in
advance -success of the Republican candidates.
In the territory beyond the Mississippi, how
ever. In what have sometimes been called
th Populist Spates, there will be a number ot
lively canvass this year. Nebraska ohooses a
full list of State officers from Governor down as
well as members ot Congress. Kansas does
the same, choosing a Governor and all State
officers. In these two States the Populists
have retained some, at least, of the fruits ot
former victories, having Governors In both
States, and having entered into fusion with the
Democrat and silver Republicans under con
ditions which promise at least lively contests
It they do not give the assurance ot success. In
North and South Dakota thorn are State elec
tions this year, the result ot which cannot be
predicted as yet with any approach to ac
curacy, though the prospects of tho Itcpuhli
cans are decidedly better In North than in
South Dakota. In the former State a Republi
can Governor, Mr. Brlggs, died recently and tho
Lieutenant-Governor is temporarily actini: in
his stead. A Governor, Lieutenant-Governor,
Secretary of State, Auditor, and Treasurer are
to be elected in North Dakota, in which there
ha been no contest since 1800 In that year
the M oKlnley electoral ticket carried thu State ;
but In the Presidential election preceding, that
of lHftl!, the election was go close that each of
North Dakota's electors was of a different
Solltlcal party oud supported a different Presl
eutlal candidate. One was for Harrison, one
forlt 'lev eland, and one for Weaver. In South
Dakota the Populists number relatively more
than in North Dakota, and' in the contest of
1 Silo the fusion majority in tho State was IK)
votes on the Presidency and .'t'Jl on the Gov
ernorship. The present Governor of South
Dakota Is a Populist; the Lieutenant-Governor
Is a Republican. Another trans-Missis-alppl
Stat (it is generally so regarded, though
the Mississippi is not its eastern boundary
Hue) which has a State election this year under
conditions that promise a lively fight is Minne
sota. The fusion candidate, John Lind. who
was the Populist nominee for Governor In 1890
and was defeated by a plurality of .l.iuo in a
total vote of 8 a.oOt). ha been renominated
this year, and a vary lively election Is promised
there, aa In Colorado. In which a Governor and
other Mat officers or to ba elected. All theae
SUSSL SaYitnte
ua,
50 WAGON LOADS OF GOLD!
much or xt rriw mr mm $varAca
ALOWG TBX TAXAXA ItirKK.
tory Told by aa Old Minor, th Only "
Ivor of a Fartr of or. Who Brought
Bak a Bag ot Nugget of Par Oold aa
tha Basalt of Its Expedition to Alaska.
Mora than fifty wagon load of pure gold are
lying somewhere in Alaaka awaiting a dlsoov
erar. according to the story, told by an old
miner, whose party perished In th wllda of
that region about five year ago.
Believing fully in the report brought baok
by William Roger, a party of Wetem gold
eeeker ha already tarted out to locate the
pot They expeot to find boulder of virgin
gold without ths laborious prooea of digging It
from the earth.
When the Klondike deposit war tint un
earthed It wa thought that Roger' discovery
had been found, but subsequent event and
careful calculation, according to description
furnished by th returned gold hunter, nrov
that this la not the case.
Ot a party ot four miner who went Into th
unknown and unexplored Northwest in search
of gold in 1800, only one was permitted to re
turn. He brought baok With htm lnoontestlble
proof of tho cxlstonoe of gold In a sack full of
mall nuggets.
The eurvivlng member of thl party of ex
plorer was undoubtedly exploring on the
American tide ot the boundary lino In Alaska,
aa a computation of distances described by htm
would Indicate. A fairly comprehensive map
ha been prepared from descriptions furnished
by Rogers, showing the points at whloh ha
thinks he found tha gold. The map is neoessa-
Vv v"ol, .' AW J
Miitr r
& Mtj macfc from
& foyers tfescriptton.
FIFTX WAOON LOADS Ot GOLD.
riiy crude, but, having the stout assertion ot
Rogors that he prospected along the Xanana
River, we have this for a basis calculation.
Rogers has ainoa died, but his story survive
him and in brief is this:
In 1889 a party of four miners living in tha
Black Hill, all of whom were more or less ex
perienced in placer mining, formed a company
to prospect for placer locations in Alaska, tha
belief among them being strong that some
where in that country rich gold discoveries
would bo found. The men engaged in tha en
terprise were William Rogors; Louis Cavunaugh,
Harry Stokes and John Campbell. Their Orst
intention was to go north by steamer to
Juneau, but when they reached Seattle they
were unable to agree upon thl point, and the
expedition postponed it trip until the follow
ing spring, when the four men departed from
Spokane, Wash. Thair outfit consisted of a
light wagon and team ot mules, tools, guns
and provisions for a long journey.
They traversed the country In a leisurely
manner tor several months, prospecting wher
ever there seemed to be a promising locality.
After the first three months gold In small quan
tities was found quite frequently, and this led
them on in their quest for better prospects.
Their mules died, and they wero obliged to
abandon tbelr wagon and tools, except such as
they could carry, and in this way they plodded
over mountains, through ravines, and across
marshes until they had been gone from Spo
kane more than a year. From this point Rogers
graphically but briefly described his journey:
" Our i mhI ran short. W'e hud no food except
that which we obtained through hunting and
fishing, but we soon became accustomed to
this diet and felt little Inconvenience on this
account.
" We prospected up and down a big rivor (the
Tananalond its tributaries, and found gold in
great quantities. We oamped at one plaoe
three weeks, after we had been unusually suc
cessful In killing moose and caribou, and dur
ing that time we panned out gold nuggets
enough to All a full-size whiskey barrel. We
could not carry tho gold, so we dug a pit and
buried it on a hillside.
"Our food requirements kept us moving con
stantly, for game Is not abundant in the north,
and it was a greater concern with us to get
something tocat than to llnd gold. Only on
one occasion did we see white men, and this
was when wo were considerably off our pros
pecting line. We fell In with some Hudson Bay
Company men, from whom we bought ammu
nition lor gold. It was not long after this that
we found not only a gold deposit, but a verita
ble quarry of the yellow motal. Gold was there
In lumps that we could not lift. It was at the
edge ot an old creek bed and tho monstrous
nuggets, or boulders, ot gold had been partly
uncovered by the elements.
" It was hero, too, that we met with our first
misfortune. With gold enough to make us
millionaires maty times over within our grasp,
it was the beginning of a series of fatalities that
wrecked the entire party. As if In mockery of
the possession of uch great wealth Oavanaugh
was taken sick and died hero. He was 111 with
malarial fever which lasted two weeks. We
buried him. and over his grave will be found
gold nuggets larger than any that have yet
been discovered anywhere in the world. A
statement ot our situation and the name ot
Cavanaugh will be found In a tin can just be
low the surface of the earth covering his grave,
"I estimated that fifty wagon could uot
carry away all ot the gold that was exposed In
this vicinity. Tho gold lumps wore of nil shapes
and sizes, the largest probably weighing 200
pounds, it was not quartz, but pure virgin
gold that could be hammered out with a ham
mer1. You say. ' Why didn't you bring back some
of this gold?' Well, I did. I brought all I
could carry, and It came near costing mo my
life. 1 brought small nugget, because thoy
were easier to carry. V'ou must remeralier
that I and my companions were in a country a
thousand miles from civilization, bud while It
was our original intention to dig for gold, when
we reached the deposit ot precious metal we
were obliged to keep moving In search of food
to prevent starvation. We might have gone
back, but were ot the opinion that we would
tali In with some of the Alaska Indians, whom
we could employ to carry out our gold. It was
this delusion that was largely responsible for
our misfortunes after we had obtained that for
whlclTwe went in search. ,
" Wo drifted on in thl manner until Cava
naugh was taken ill, and the balance of the
party were pretty well exhausted. From this
time on, to make tho tory brief, we found
fold in great quantities tor a distance of about
hirty miles, out again our numbers were de
pleted by the death of Campbell, who also died
of malarial fever. Only Stokes and myself ro
maiued, so we held a council and decided to
try to get out of the country while wo had the
strength to undertake th journey. It 1 a
great deal different starting out on a long
march in an exhausted condition than It Is be
ginning frosh and well fed. and we soon real
ized that wo had started on our homeward
march almost too late,
" We crossed rivers and mountains, snow aud
mud ; and cold and hungry, with only such food
as we could pick up from an occasional shot or
from fishing along the streams, we kept on our
steady inarch In a southeasterly direction for
nearly two months. During this tramp we
found copper and silver deposits aud other
valuable minerals. These discoveries were of
no interest to us, however, for by this time we
had become imbued with the fear that we
would never reach civilization. I consider now
that it was a miracle that I was enabled to
reach home.
" No, alt the gold in Alaska would not tempt
me to go there again if 1 knew I would have to
undergo hardships similar to those that I en
dured tor nearly two years.
' Within two hundred miles of the first settle
ment Stoke gave out. and, after an illness of
ihree days, he also died. 1 burled him as beat
could and resumed my tramp alone, with the
knowledge that 1, too, was growing weaker
every hour and might not reach home. I
trudged along night aud day. taking only a
little sleep, wading in the ice-cold water and
traveling through slush and mud, stopping
now and then to drive off wolves, and subsist
ing upon raw fish and berrle. for 1 had no way
ol cxiklng them. When about exhausted I
reached a settlement of Indians, where I re
mained nearly a mouth. Her I learned that
the Indians knew ot great deposit ot gold, such
aa 1 had seen, but at a point much nearer than
we had found It. Gold had no particular value
to them, but I found them vary fond of copper.
of which they poaaeaaad oonaldarahla.
"Prom thta settlement I wa accompanied
nearly a month by a party of Indian, until wa
mgmtMtmmammmmmtmmmmmmm
' "
CAM TO MTVDT BOCIOLOGY.
A. Party of Bostoa Investigator and Taaar
BpHaaaa la Vw York.
" There goes a party of young sociologist
bent upon exploring New fork." said the. po
liceman who I known a "Man Not Afraid of
HI Whiskers" on account of his luxurious
growth of beard. "It you want to enjoy your
aelf, follow them."
On previous occasion the reporter had found
that thl guardian of the peace had a keen eye
for queer sight, and, tempted by the desire to
know what thl new Held of research look like
he betook himself to study aoclology In It so
called practical aspect, and followed In th
wake of the xcurslonlta. Th explorer
were eight in number, equally divided between
the aexe. Their age averaged 33 years, tbelr
behavior made It apparent that they were not
Hew Yorkers and that thl waa thair first visit
to town. Their conversation made It clear
that they earn from Boston and they were
mighty serious about their mission. They
had atudled and digested all the writing of
Edward Atkinson, they knew the writing of
the political economists of all age and of all
nation, and they had heard a vague rumor to
the effect that there were aome things In New
York whioh might yield material for endless
lecture on aoclolocy. For be It remembered
that Boston, intellectual Boston, has retired
Browning and Ibsen for the time being, and
exercises Its great mind on the solution of so
ciological question.
After aome consultation a to the beet course
of proceeding, th party decided to hunt up
aome member of the Reform Club. The fame
of this club' hod penetrated to the Hubk the
profound knowledge of some of the olub mem
bers did Impress the student from Boston,
and the publication of the olub were spoken
of very highly. True, every-dey mortals do
get tired of this so-called Intellectual food, but
a Boston oolologlt la very unlike tha rest ot
humanity. He delight in big words, be love
to wade through endleaa sentences, he enjoy
studying long columns of figure, and ho goes
into rapture over laborious and long-drawn
explanations ot things simple in themselves.
As good luck would have It, the students
did reach the room of the Reform Club with
out any mishap, and having given satisfac
tory: proof of their worthiness, they were
ushered into the reception room. After some
lively harry and akurry on the port ot the olub
servant, on pompous Individual made hi
appearanoe. Ho waa the only tacmbor of
the olub who stayed in town, and upon blm
rented the responsibility of supervising and
directing the whole reform movement. Small
wonder that he felt his great importance, for.he
Saa the custodian ot non-partisanship in a
ty whoae administration is in the hands ot
a party machine. . ,
In a calm, dignified and condescending
tone he asked of what service he could be to
his guestfe. Their spokesman informed him
that they hod come to New York to study so
ciological problem, and that they would con
alder it a great favor to have some object of
Interest pointed out to them. The reformer
expressed hi sorrow at his oeipg unanio to
act aa their guide, but advised them to visit
the Good Government olubs and the CitlzoiiH
Union, also other organisations whence wis
dom springs in continuous streamB.
"They are all admirable Institutions and are
doing marvellous work for the eduoatlon of
?our benighted citizens," interrupted one of
he party, but we have come to see and to ex
amine the latest departures In the Held of
sociology, and are not interested In political
actions. Could you point out some recent
experiment In our line in your olty?"
There is nothing to compare with the ex
cellence of the sociological work the Reform
Club Is doing. Our publications cover the
whole Hold, and I shall be delighted to present
some of these to you." With this he gavo
some orders to a servant, and with a wave of
his hand he disappeared. Tho excursionists
were left alone, and made ready to leave tho
clubrooms when a number ot servants ap
Jieared. each one carrying nn armful of heavy
book. They deposited them In front of the
visitors and said that they were ordered to
bring them as souvenirs to the visitors. Not
willing to carry so much freight with them,
the students gave directions to have these
publications shipped to their homes and
emerged into the street
"rnavn an inspiration," exclaimed one of the
ladies. "Let us go and soe tho Mills Hotel."
"Exoellentl" "Grand I" "Beautiful 1" "Lovely!"
were some of the shoutapf approval with which
this idea was greeted. Quickly thoy scrambled
into a street car which took them to the hotel.
Upon their arrival in the hotel lobby they wero
greeted cordially by some ot the guests. The
good Boston people didlnot know that the men
who appeared to be so plea&ant hail been gazed
at and wondered at, had been inspected and had
been investigated so often by suit-constituted
investigators that these men decided to have
fun with the investigators. Information was
forthcoming at so rapid a rate that the visitors
were practically flooded with it.
"You havo come at a very inopportune time :
the freaks, which were kept in cages, havo
been removed, and the remaining people are
almost commonplace. Of course, you are all
familiar with the type of the average man,
and you did not come down here to see that.
You expected to see something extraordi
nary, and I am afraid you will be disappointed.
Still, we may be ablo to show you some char
acters which are well worthy of olose study."
Those words voie delivered by a man of mid
dle age, who endeavored to appear serious and
whose oocas onal winkings toward the rest ot
the hotel guests were not noticed by the ex
cursionists. "We will be a-eatly pleased to accept your
offer," came the rejoinder, and under the
guidance of two hotel guest the students be
gan their wandering in the big building.
"Let me point out to you tho baths first.
They ure an object of awe to every newcomer
in this hotel. You must understand that, al
though the people you seo here do look quite
decent and respectable, their civilization doe
not extend far enough to appreciate tho vir
tues of clean water. It has, therefore, been
very wise on the part of the management to
adopt an excellent idea. A nooee is slipped
around the nock of every lodgor who oomes for
the first time. By a very ingenious apparatus
this noose is adjusted automatically the mo
ment the man lies down on his bed. This con
trivance is arranged so skilfully that no amount
of struggling will loosen the grip ot the rope
until a wring is touohed in the manager's
office. This spring set the whole apparatus
In motion, loosen the rope around tho
man's neck, and dumps him, tied hand and foot,
Into the bathroom directly under a stream ot
water. By touching another spring the bath
room attendant set In motion a lew scrub
bing brushes, which operate tor about fifteen
minutes, and stop when the bather is thor
oughly cleansed. Great invention, is It not?"
The party listened resiieotfuUr to those
utterance and tried very hard to Impress the
wag that they took his narrative at Its face
value. Yet aomething had to be done to show
to that romancer that they were not foolish
enough to he taken in. After listening pa
tiently to tho tale, ono ot the excursionist
turned toward their guide and said, with icy
politeness:
"Your description has pleased us very
much, and It has nwukened our keouest inter
est. You will therefore bunion our ouiioslty
and will be good enough to show us the bath
rooms. You will perhaps even condescend
to exhibit to us the working of that wonderful
apparatus. We do not doubt that you will
volunteer cheerfully to demonstrate the effec
tiveness of thl contrivance for our beneflt."
The wag noticed that he had been found out,
and answered with Inflated ohest:
"Since you doubt the accuracy of my de
scrlptlou und insist upon an ocular demonstra
tion, I am forced to withdraw my offer to guido
you, and I will leave you to your own re
source." With this he disappeared, leaving the excur
sionists alone. In a very short time an Intelligent-looking
young man approached the group
With a humorous twinkle in his eyes, he vol
unteered to show them some rare characters.
He offered to guide the student through all
arts of the hotel, and after a little reflection
his offer was accepted, but none too eagerly.
They had leurued not to trust implicitly to
everybody who approached them.
"Permit me to draw your attention to that
group yonder In the corner. Do you notice
that man who is talking so earnestly lie is
loaded with all uorte of deadly weapons, from
dynamite bombs to the most deadly buctor
iul germs. He does not take his breakfast be
fore ho ha sown some deadly disease among
half a dozen peopie, and his victims number
by the score utter he tins done what he consid
ers a day's work."
But he got no further in his hair-brltllng
story. The temperature became too frigid for
him, having fallen considerably below aero ill
consequence of the oold looks tho liOMtoiilau
directed toward him. He felt unoomtoruible
and slunk away.
After this experience the sociologists thought
it wise to apply to one of the clerks for infor
mation. He told them In a businesslike, polilo
way that the house is a business enterprise,
managed on business principles ; their guests
are just like the rest of mankind, neither better
nor worse.
TThey." so he said, "are earning their bread
by their own labor and follow all sorts of voca
tions. They resent being stared at, and do
not differ In any particular from the other
clerks, salesmen, and wurl.lugmeu in general
who are to be found In the Tarding houses.
They live in the hotel because it suite them
and do not otter any apeoial field for uuciolugi
cal investigations.
This apparently staggered the students.
They oould uot believe It, and with disappoint
meat plainly showing In thair face they left
NeiTYork 1 o tar fcaoath Roatoa jjyjt they
BOSTON GALLERY GODS.
BAM, KTMT.ABBKM, AfTD AJTOLIU ATA
COWTINUOW HUOW.
Fatal Influence of th Letter B Oa Man
with a stoaoele Intelligence aad Angu
larity of th Woman Cleo da Marode tn
Caricature Pleasure Taken Bather Sadly
I The 25-eent gallery of a Boston continuous
performance theatre I a place where vlaltor
to that city will get two or three tlmo their
money's worth of entertainment This promise
does not depend on the programme given on
the stage. Theatregolng Boston at aft oants
a head are entertainment enough for any ordi
nary stranger within th olty gate.
In the 25-oent gallery of one of those theatre
where " polite vaudeville " 1 dispensed to th
high-minded populace perhapa a thousand
men, women, and children do dally congregate.
Nobody known exactly bow many Boatonbag
attend. The Boatonbag is a local Institution,
like the flshball and the baked bean. The town
has a certain sublime elf-oonfldonco. Fate
having given It a name beginning with "B," it
haa decldod that the other great, universal
facts should be thoae beginning with the same
letter. Henoe ball (baa and Hah), baked bean,
and Boatonbag.
Tho Boston bag I almost unknown outside of
Now England. It ha spread there with a
rapidity and a tenacity like thoae manifested
by the English daisy. There are afew aporndio
Bostonbaga to be found in the poaaeeslon ot the
New York members of Boroaia, but the climate
of New York haa not proved favorable to their
spread. On it native heath thl Interesting
article abounds In astonishing number, nor
can It be said to be without it Influence on the
people a a whole. It is a matter of immediate
comment that numberless woman are at
tended by small and half-grown boys, whoae
apparent duty (or privilege f) it is to
carry the Boatonbag. These boy (again
tho letter "bl") are to be found at every
turn; In the shops, the libraries, the trains,
the reception rooms, always clinging with a
death grip to the Inevitable Boatonbag, and
with a due sense ot their lofty mission written
on their young brow. Probably there were
year and years when they could nt have ex
plained, In Boston, why in the world small
boy were ever permitted to cumber the earth.
But that time Is past It is now tho ohlef end
of boys to be Boatonbag bearer to thair female
relatives.
A before remarked. It Is not possible to state
accurately the number of Bostonbaga In the
average afternoon attendance at the theatre in
question. But large a tho allowing Is, it Is
crowdod rather olosely by the attendance of
epectncli s and eyeglasses. Nevertheless, there
are not so many of theso shining light of Boa
ton life as the strangor has been led by the
New York more or leas oomlo paper to
expect. A few yearn ago the true Bostonese
would scarcely have frequented a vaude
ville theatre, no matter how polite" It
wo declared to be. Now everything I dlf-
fer.nf At. lenat It A(m to hA The Ron
ton young lady, whose shrinking modesty
made her blush when her glasses fell off and
allowed hor companion to behold her unshield
ed eye, seems willing to grant that privilege
even to the public at large. Still there Is a
largo attendance of spectacles and the Boston
gallery godB thereby attain a certain solemnity
of demeanor not found In other places. In fact,
they are as unlike tho ordinary gallery god a
Boston Is unlike the Bowery. A Now Yorker
sat among them the other day and forgot to
look at the stage. There was too much of in
terest in the rows of faces around him.
For Instance, he is not at oil sure of being
believed, but it is a positive fact that off toward
the right sat a young man with a monocle in
his eye. Not many monooled young men are
to bo found among thu gallery god of Gotham.
If similarly adorned young men did appear on
the benches up there a safely moderate guess
is that remarks would be made. But thl young
man sat conspicuously alone for a long time,
yet without apparently attracting the smallest
notice from unybody. Forhaps he has been n
protected cruiser hitherto. A spectacled Bob
tonlan. in other words. And be is now remov-
ng his armor by degree, having progressed
rom spectacles to eyeglasses and thence to a
monocle When next soon he will be provided
with opera glasses and later will look at the
stage without any intervening glass whatever.
Tho crowd was an Interesting one. There
were dozens of young women andtwo or three
times as many middle-aged one. Most of
them had kept their figures more than a cor
responding crowd of Now York women would
be found to have done. Not that there was any
ftood reason for cherishing thesis figures. At
east so it seemed to the mere observer, to
whom symmetry and bonuty were conspicuous
by their absence. But maybe the women kept
their figures because they couldn't do any bol
ter by themselves. In which oaso a properly
sympathetic apology is horeby offered. At any
rate there were very few of those ample, ro
tund, comfortable creatures who movo ponder
ously in all directions across the horizon of
New York existence. These Dostouese wore
not exactly angular, but their curves were
peculiarly distributed.
Tho men did not sooin to be uo to the women
in tho average of Intelligence. Yet they were
a mingling of extremes. There was ono young
fellow who came early and stayed late, and read
industriously throughout tho entire afternoon,
only glancing at the stage nowanl then with an
absent and uninterested expression. Near him
snt two soldiers, one a bugler by the red ap
pllquij on his arm. At a little distance sat a
sailor, and. further back, there were more sol
diers. In the front row was a grizzled Irish
man, with a precipitous upper lipand embossed
cheokbones. He sat with his elbows on his
knees and his cavernous eyes gloated on the
stage. When any ono wanted to pass It was
necessary to take the old Irishman by the
ahoulder and recall him to the top gallory from
the very footlights.
Back at tho loft sat an old gentleman and an
old lady. They had snow-white hair, both of
them. The old gentleman didn't have his fair
share, to be sure, aud his head waa a real dome
in shape. He had a face of wonderful fineness
ot feature und benevolence of expression. Any
one would look twice at him. It most accu
rately describes him to say that ho looked like
a historical character. He seemed as It he
must have been somebody of great Importance
a hundred years ago. In front ot him sat a
man of tho ward-heeler typo. He appeared to
lowor fiercely at the ranks" of respectable, non
voting women with their Boatonbaga.
Families appeared, evidently provincial ; the
man in the lead, bearing many bundles and
wearing that proud air of having told tho
women folks that he'd give them a day of it. no
matter what it cost I And there came countless
ppoi lo with badges affixed to their garments.
There are always such iu Boston, especially In
summer.
ism perhaps the most striking figure in tho
frallcry not excepting the man who kept hav
ug fits with his bewnlskered jaws, like a dog
snapping at file and eating them afterward,
nor the handsome man who rolled his eyes
w henever there was musio. and thon winked
spasmodically In time with the leader's baton,
nor the elderly man who put his arm affection
ately around the neck such a long neck I of
the soldier boy with him. and hold him so tight
that two extra people squeezed Into that bench
no, not excepting anybody, the most striking
figure In the gallory wa a Boston edition of
t'lco do Mdrode.
If any one could bo so heartless as to carica
ture such a harmless being as the real Cleo.
lure Is a model nt hand. Thn caricature taken
from this Boston model would wear a slimpsy
thlrt waist with a grecu and white striped rib
on tie. Her nose would be enormous she
would wear spectacles and her hair would fall
overherearsln bags suggestive of places forse
crctlng shop-lifted article. This was Cleo a la
Boston, und it is true that she was more start
ling a vision, by far, than the original Cleo can
ever hope to be.
As before said, the gallery audience ns n
whole was above tho average in Intelligence, if
the women alone were counted. They wore
eminently respectable, typically bourgooise of
the Boston kind. They were quiet, dignified.
did not chow gum. spoke little an A quietly, were
probably having a good time, but would have
ilied almost rather than show it. The men
looked more stupid, wore just as quiet and wnii
behaved, said nothing at all, aud, as far aa could
be judged, had only a few transitory gleams of
jov and gladness.
There wus plenty of patrtotia bait for catch
ing applause, but the audience ouly nibbled a
little. Some Individuals spoke about tho
patriotic Ktoreopt Icon pictures, quietly aud with
mild interest, hut that wa about all. A pic
ture of Col. J. J. Astor got two or three scatter
ing handclaps. Col. Theodore Roosevelt got
unite a lit tie spurt cf applause. A picture ot
the unfortunate young Knslgn Bagloygot moro
than Astor and Roosevelt together, and still
more. Again uud aguiu the canvas tumjited
them with patriotic oartoonB. while the band
played appropriate selections, but no, they
merely reed the legend In a low tone one to an
other, and waited for the next picture. How
ever, as tho very last one was thrown on the
canvas, and Old Glory faced them, they woko
up and made tha bouse re-echo with rounds of
applause.
Although they showed comparatively little
enthusiasm they showed even less disapproval.
One or two very rank numbers would have
made a New York gallery groan. But the Bos
tonese 25-oenter merely looked on with that
same expression of serious interest. They dis
cussed the zither with deep concern. One of
the few stout women suspended operations
with hor feather fan. while a youug persou on
the stage rent the air with soaring tones; and
the stout woman with bead critically oo one
side nodded with approval whenever the elec
tric light globes overhead shivered in an es
pecially violent aound wave.
They took their pleaanre even more adly
nffleentfaet that the moat H0!J..etvf
the afternoon was In th regular Boston B
fine, SsMTseffllroy:
"pldyoucvsrgo to school V
Oh. yes." saldDunn.
"TOTcreVl?
put me In thebM clat. And It kept the other
oratohlng to keep up with me.rtollyou.
Which choToe peclmn 015)1" prjtty nearly
made the mail boy let gopf the Botonb
and roll on ths floor, while the man and woman
relaxed their rlouna .and unbent before
the maglo of the T'.ltlal letter of baseball,
baked beans, Baok Bay. Bunker Hill. Beacon
Hill and Boston.
BABDIltm TIIHISO AUD CAWlMfB.
Carton ratar-Ho Oa Bvar Is a lit
Sardine Out of Water A Hint to Gourmets.
mm U Cirrif4aKIu VM.
Th peddlers in th street of Pari are now
crying out "Sardine de Nantetl" and th
grocer display the little varnlahed boxes
labelled " Sardine a l'hulle. fabrication ltm"
Hot where do the sardine como from 1 Cer
tainly not from Nantes. Thay com from Qul
beron. Douarnenec. Concarneau, Orolslo, and
eapeolclly from Belle Isle.
Th sardine fishing season commences at tha
beginning of June. Aa oon a th fishermen
of th ooost of Brittany notice shoal of por
poise or flocks of seagulls off shore In
great numbers they immediately make
aail, for the sardine is there. The bird
and porpoise locate him. The building
and repairing of the sardine fishing boate
during what la oatlod the dead eaon give
employmant to a great many workmen A
rule, they are 10-tonners. with a crew of from
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BU W VJU U1WU, li VIIAIU IUU UV lUftV-f Me
th only professional fishermen on board ; the
other are men ot all trades. The outfit con
sists exclusively ot net with very email
meshes, and their length la from 100 to 600
metre. Tha upper part of the net are kept
upon the surface of the water by corks and tha
entire machine 1 held rigid by pieces of lead at
the bottom. The note are all stained a sort of
oa green oolor, to render them loss visible.
When the Ant sohool ot sardines is notlcod
the boat all run to the fishing ground. The
exact presence of the fish Is determined by an
oily substanoe on the surface of the water and
also by a considerable quantity of little scales.
whloh give the water a metallic appearanoe.
In calm weather, a aoon aa the Captain has
hi boat Immediately over the shoal ho lower
his nets, and two men ot the crew, with great
oar, work steadily to keep the boat stationary,
while ths other lower the net. Standing at
the stem of the boat the Captain throws the
chum overboard. This chum 1 a bait made of
the egg of the codfish, and It keeps the fish In
the desired place. A epot that I well baited In
this way is called Jorden In French, and the
canting ot the chum is called oatiler.
In a few moments, if the fish are plentiful.
now quantities 01 scales uoat upon win suriace
and the net itself Is agitated by the struggles
of the immense number of fish. Then it la
lifted, and while the sail are again hoisted and
the boat pointed for shore the men of the crew
shako the nets and toss the Ash upon the deck.
A curiouB thing about thl kind of fishing la
that one rarely sees a living sardine out ot tho
water. The fish make a little aqueak when
taken from the water and die instantly. Of the
1150 or 300 fishing boats fitted out at Belle Isle
about 300 belong to Palais and tha other to
Sauzon. It Is in these two porta that the fish
ermen sell their fish. An ordinary catch of
sardine give to eaoh boat from 8,000 to IO.
OOO fish, and the price I regulated by the quan-
tit y brought In by the first comer. Upon the
docks the representatives of the great preserv
ing establishments hail the fishermen, who tell
them that they alone caught enough worth
mentioning and that the other boate caught
nothing. Then they enter into a discussion re
garding the prioe.
"How many thousand have you, Jannlo?"
" About S,oGo'
" Then I will give you seven franc a thou
sand." " Oh. no, that is not enough. I cannot sell at
that price."
But as the rest of the flotilla appear, all the
first comers consent to sell their ilsh nt sovon
frana per 1.000, and In an hour afterward the
later arrival can get only 0 centimes per
1,000, and sometimes they can get no sale
whatever for their catches and are obliged to
throw the sardines overboard, because the
little fish remain fresh for only two or three
hours at moat
On the other hand. It the run is not excep
tionally numerous, all the Ilsh are bought at
from 30 to 40 trance per 1.000. and sometimes
even at 75 francs per 1.000.
Sardine Ashing la more or less dangerous.
Often boat that put to ea in rough weather
never come back. When the sardines are sold
on the dock they are taken tn baskets to tho
cannery. Eaoh basket contains 200 fish. In
addition to the price, which 1 Immediately
paid to him on the dock, the Captain usually
got about half a gallon of wine for himself
nS hla Amnw V
During the sardine season about 300 womeu
and fifty men anxiously await the arrival ot tho
first boate, If there are no finh. there is no
work for them. When the news arrives that
the boat havo their welcome cargoes, tho
women, in their picturesque costumes, rush to
tho cannery like a flock of frightened sheep.
and each takes her piece in the groat room
5 here the flah undergo their flint preparation,
ere the sardine are spread upon the table
and sprinkled with salt. Then they are cleaned.
and when that operation 1 finished they are
lotted by little boy according to their size
and carried into another part of the establish
ment, where they are put In pickle.
Tho length of time required by this operation
varies according to the size ot the ilsh. After
this the flab are washed and placed, onp by ono.
with great care upon wire nets, called orih,
and put out. to dry in the open air. It tho
Weather la wet or even foggy this operation be
comes impossible, and the flab spoil and be
come worthless, except for fertilizer.
This serious inconvenience haa been avoided
lately by the construction of a mechanical
drier, a sort of Immense ventilator run by pow
erful machinery. For a few moments the sar
dine are exposed to a strong current of air.
and immediately afterward, while still upon tho
grlls, they are plunged Into tanks of boiling olive
oil. This bath lasts from three to five mlnutes.oc
oordiug to the size of the fish. Iu order that tho
olive oil may retain it natural taste, the tanks
do not oome In direct contact with the fire, but
are heated by steam tubes. After this cooking.
tha sardines, still unon the grlls. are left to
cool, and. when oold. the work of placing
them In boxes Is begun. That work is dono by
apeoial female employees. The boxes are oar
rled to tho oiling room, where the last manipu
lation consists of filling them with oil. It Is In
this part of the establishment that the tomato
sauco and the spices are placed In the boxes
which give to the Frenoh preparation of sar
dines their universal renown. Then the boxea
are cloaed. Little wagons running on tram
way bring the boxes to the soldering room,
where about thirty workmen with soldering
Irons soul up the boxes.
In order to destroy the microbos the boxes
are plunged Into boiling water and allowed to
remain there during the time prescribed in the
formula. When taken from the water they are
dried In sawdust and finally Inspected. If one
little flaw in the soldering appear the box la
at once thrown aside. When the boxea are all
piououucuil good they are nut into cases of 100
each, and It Is in this way that thoy reach the
consumers.
In any one of those Important establishments
the sardines are prepared and exported ten
hours after coming out of the water.
Gourmets should never eat newly prepared
sardine. They have neither tho perfume nor
the flavor of thoae whloh have lain in the boxea
for a year.
A Fat riorlda Crane.
tram tort aad Stnam.
He stands at one aid by the hour, just
pluming himnelf. then gently picking at shoe
buttons and finger rings. Occasionally he is
indulged In a favorite pastime that of taking
the hairpins out of bis mistress's hair.
In nature he is as gentle and affectionate as
a kitten, aud as lie has never been teased he
has no enmity for anything except a dog. One
night he was attacked by a strange dog, and
since then his hatred for any canine other than
the home dog is Intense, and aa aeon as his
eagle eye detect a strange dog he gives a cry
ot ulorm, and in the most quiet, sedate, but
stately way walk out of range Into aome re
tired corner. He Is more valuable than a watch
dog. for ut night, should any strange object In
trude on the prenilos, he quickly gives a warn
ing In a voice so loud and clangorous aa to
wake even tbe ' seven sleepers " themselves.
Dick has always been Inordinately fond of his
piaster, whom he make yrr effort to pleuso.
It Is at his command that he will dance, bowing
and twirling In the most graceful manner;
inn circling with wings distended around the
yard and back again to bow and courtesy as
before. Another very pleasing recognition of
his intelligence 1 the manner in which lie al
ways wulpomes his owner He recognise the
horee and carriage a far a his eye can reach,
and long before thu bird Is In view his voice Is
heard trumpeting a greeting, which la contin
ued until the master reaches the gate, when at
the single .command. "Louder, Dlckl" be
throw hla head back and give forth a long.
furgling note, Indieating joy and pleasure,
o no on elne w.Ul he jrlve this welcome, ft u
anion and oaliar for 11a owner aiona.
SAILED UNDER THE OCEAN.
nH
rojfir TR AMQOtTACr MtOBT It AIM
nosK It hantmaoo.
experimental Trip of Mason Lake' Snh- AMJ
marina Boat Remained tinder Watei J
IS 1-4 Hour Found Wreck In Bay nnd mMm
Rtrer-A Run on th Ocean' notion.
Bai.timorx. Aug. 20. Simon Lak. Inventor
of the aubmarine boat Argonaut. I wry well
pleased with his experimental trip. His object
In making it wan to convince tha Government
that the craft could have been of service at
Santiago and other Cuban port In cutting th
cable nnd removing thn mine, incidentally
he wanted to tost tho avatlabllitvot the ubm
rino boat in locating wreck in deep water and aaanV
removing oargoe. All who wero with him on 4H
the trip agree that absolutely no difficulty waa
experienced In going ovor hitherto unexplored
grounds, nor were those on board Incon
venienced In the least by their Journey undat
water. Jamo L. Gault who assisted Mr. lake B
on the voyage, give the following account of
the trip: g
"The Argonaut tarted on her maiden voyage
at noon on Hay 19 with a crew of six men from W
tha dock of the Columbian Iron Work. Tha 1 X
little craft's bow wa turned toward Magolhy
Rivor. where wo arrived that night. Before wa I
had been out very long we found that there iKk
waa sorno trouble with the com pass. The lift J ,"A
dial, aa wa thought, waa placed In a neutral V K
corner of the boat, but a the vessel is built en- I tm
tirely of iron and steel, and electricity I uod w
on board, the oompos waa very erratic espa
dally when the eleotric maohinery. wa started,
Thl difficulty wa snortiy overcome. 1110 inn- .
naole waa placed over the conning tower and
there the compaa worked first rate. It pointed Mm
true on all coursos. was not affected cither by 4jefA)
the current or magnetism of the boat, and wag wB
aa true under water as on tho surfneo.
" From Hagothy Hlver wo went to Annapolis,
and after staying there two days went to Solo
mon' Island In the Patuxent Hlver. Hare tha W
watar waa very dear, and wo experimented
with our searchlight under the surface and
oould eaaily follow our diver aa far a he could
go. Th next day found the vessel at Crlsfleld.
Here the Argonaut excited great interest, and W
frightened the natives almost as much aa if it aaarv.
were a Spanish cruiser. The colored popnla- B
tlon hastily packed their belongings and left fc
the city, remaining away aa long as the Argo fl
naut oontinued at anchor.
" At Criafield the supplies ran short and won. V
replenished. Owynn's Island was the next
place visited. Here experiment were made is
running the vessel nn the bottom. The bottom I
found here was of a very peculiar type. It very
closely resembles shelled corn. We tried to I
make the boat run on her wheels, but found thai
while the wheel would revolvo. they oould not M
get sufficient hold to move tho boat. The pro
peller was then sot working and the wheel
used as rollers, and the vesael then moved alone
very nicely.
"It waa her that we discovered our first
wrecks ; but Instead of finding burled treos- jV.
ure we found a couple of old hulks that . re asarvi
of little or no value. Wa then went to historie Sj '
Yorktown and then put Into Norfolk. After
a week' stay '.hero, lying idle, as Mr. Lake
had to como to Baltimore, we went out to flj
Hampton Hoad. Hero the current was strong jf ,
and the bottom rough and hilly. We gave a Vr
number of exhibition and attracted 't r
quite a lot ot attention, especially from gl
the naval officer ot the United State
cruisers there. Wo also gave submarine
demonstration, in ono ot which we
remained submerged for ten hour and n quar- TX
tor. Two of Uncle Ham' officer renueated th !
privilege nt making a descent in her. They Ira
would nave don. o, but thoir ship was to nQ
the next day nnd thov feared that some acci
dent might occur which would delay them.
After Inspecting the Argonaut, they expressed IV
tho opinion that vessels of this typo were just fjV
the thing for ending cable and destroying IsKv
mine fields. wy
"Mr.Lake had hoped to have the privilege '' - .nV
of going on the bottom at Hampton Hoad and ' 5
picking up the cables which connected th
mines guardine thn entrance, but this wa re
fused him. We then went out to Cape Henry.
Near the lighthouses we found some bargea
that were wrecked some time ago. We wont to)
work on them and found that they were loaded
with soft coal. Wo were unable to unload th
coal, - as wo had nothing to carry it on, but
everything else of value was taken. We then
mode our way to the broad Atlantic and, when
we reached the ocean, hunted for n place wiiere .
the conditions wero best lor submerging tha
boat. Wo found it about twonty-flve miles from I
Hampton Hoad. ) I
"Jr. very thing worked as well as could be de- At
sired. The bottom of the ocean there I an "faV
ideal one. Ii ,- eomiiosod of fine gray sand, M-
so hard that one eoQlQ hnrdly push a fishing lar
ipeardown Inhi it. I i v-i-v interesting to sis nr
in the diver's coiupar.munt with the door open jTa
and watch the crab nndflsiies -curry nut of "li
the way as the submarine craft goes ruiiingj
over tho bottom above them. 1M
"Wo thon turned back toward home. Mr, awLs
Lako dce.de.l to try his hand nt cable rinding rj
and cable cutting, and determined to hya
cable himself across the channel iendinv 1 to j jfl
the Patuxent River. The boat wo ubniei ed
and run across uud hauled the cable into ill L VL
diver's compartment with 11 hook alum' r net Iffl
long. Tho water now wa very muddy on ac- an. an
count ot recent rains, but tho cable nn- I und
without much difficulty. Mr. Lake a.ilii:hat fl
there is no doubt that sui.mar.no Tease, . of fl
this type would hava cnnbled hnmpson to ei.ter
the harbor of Santiago without fear of mines,
and the siege and blockade would have hen.
ovor much soonor. and would have saved in 11- fl
lions of dollar and many live aril
"We remained in the Patu.v.nt for two wceka f iff
experimenting and found several wracks. The
divers discovered some timbers of a vessel said fl
to have boen sunk forty year ago. Tno pan
of the limber;, above the mud had been almost
entirely eaten away, but now and then on D
remained iu which the worms lind eaten oniy JV
part of the way through. These pieces wer fl a
found to be as hard aa Iron and thoroughly
impregnated with the mud In whloh the vessel
lay buried. By probing It was found that th
bottom of the ship was entirely covered with
mud nnd was pretty aound. The iron bolta
which In Id tho ship together were nearly all
converted into Iron oxide, which was collected m J
In lumps at tho ends of the bolt hole through
whloh theyweredrlvon. Wo wore then In evea.
fathoms (4'J feet) of water, and we rose to tha
surface in thrca-iiuarters of a minute. M I
"During the trip we travelled nearly 1.500
mile. Thu greatest length of time of ono eub II
morslon was ten houre and fifteen minute, aaVft'
and wo could have atayod longer. Theorew'a 9 1
meals were cooked under the sea without tha I 1
least lneonvenienoe. The voyage would have
been voted a great pleasure trip had the boai Ifl
been largo enough to provide sleeping quartern flV
for the crow. As It was, tho engine room, gal-
lev, operating room and sleeping quarter war VM
all In oue. The beds were white plnehoarda
fourteen inches wide. The trip wa sufficient, A
however, to demonstrate satlsfactorlTy tha
practicability of aubmarine boat for navigaa- I I
ing the bottom of 'oceans, river or bay, and
ulao to prove tho habitublenee and aeawoi thl. H
ness, either for surface or under water erula. aV
lng. of the Argonaut." 1 Vi
1 an 1
A KIOMT Itf A MVrrALO BIDS.
Queer InprlwssMBt of a Hunter la th ' I
Northwest.
Treat 1 irf load Oraymiaa.
A party of scout from the station on Bled
soe's creek. In Sumner county, waa over In ill
Wilson on a tour of observation for India
Igns. Aa they prepared to camp late one win
ter afternoon. Capt Jennings, who was of th J
number, atarted out to kill a buffalo from
herd whioh was near by. There was a heavy I S
alout on tho ground, and ho found It difficult to fll
got in good range ou account ot the notes of hla WA
feet on the orockliug ice. but after following ' 'ZkM
the game for aeveraf mile he at last killed
iY??nrEf.,biVll ?,M,rin that ,h meat might fl
T, ,n,uir.i " ' ""til the next morning, h ifl
kinuod the animal and took out the viscera,
By the tlmo he wa done night had come, and
he decided to remain with hi meat instead of
seeking oarnp in the darkness. Ho, wrapping
the huge hide around him. flush side out. he
lay down and slept very comlortalily until m)
morning. On waking, he found himself tightly fl
im-Vri"tnSa. D.th." W&' whiloh 'd froxen lard fl
and now rnlted all his efforts to ecape. fl 1
rJf?Uir'ftJr hour rolled by In agony to tha ,
bfiVHi I'U .HZ J U'J to top of his vole,. fr &f
. ri 'rJn"i and kicked with all hlBiu'ghi fl I
at the rawhide Incloeure. but It proved sub- fl I
born to the last degree. He douVitlets swore
many a bitter oath, lor he wo of too irascible
temperament to submit tamely. He expected H 11
hl companion to areh for him. mid thoy Hd, fl
but with a great deal of caution, fearing that he VlaU
had been killed by the Indians His prolonged
absence oould be accounted for In uo otluu way. all
u gave up all hope of extricating himself aa VV
HS ."." iSor1 "" but Kelp which he lull ,W
not thought of was toaavo him from a death fmjt
W th. iW"u.'J. ,",v been extremely mortlfylnl. ,.
at the least, to a. man who had escaped Indian JPaal
uutUtfdaMm I"!'' IMabeaver. Wi
.W!U 'f Rim relate the laaue in hi. own word: - flj
.i.lLe"'th,'i,ni.HS out!e the afternoou. and f 1
thl oftend the hide on the top o I could Mi t1
n,.fnt..r'"ti , nd when I got one arm oat i fll
t worked Ilk piaea until I a niy body Uuaaja, M 1