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1' . THfl SUN, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1809. " 1 I
I AN OLD CAMPAIGNER'S WAY
I ii irr w iJiion m?'jao tricks
ituaitT nv a nnovLAit.
Pciit l,,rn ViiltinleerHeforoSnntlBo nt to
( nrrjlng M Oulill-L'iei Kvcti for Green
Vniiuor"-1'11 'hrrjr llulter-kllonr to
i tiurj liter Cimiplni: ArrnncemanU.
Th volunteer hnd boon tellitifc about his
W (Cntiiin cpcrlencoi when om odb put la n
fl word n'xut tlio regular
H I wdit thioiieli tho Hnntlneo campaign,"
Mid the voluntcor. "without nutting In a dur
Id Ihe hoipltnln, nml I nttrlhuto rar good for
tunc to Hie tact thnt I wag nlwnys rendy to
pike tlio HI" ' th" old-tlmora nmong tlio en
I listed men "' l'10 regulars. You mo, I was n
I run iccrult and not nn old National Ouardg.
I mnn. mid I wni ready nnd nnxlous to follow
m theitdvlco of r,nv Invol-lioaded mnn who had
T jcen renl campaigning.
I "Tin' dar of tlio light nt La Quasi mas my
I rfulmcrii was ordorsd out In support. Wo
I didn't get within hearing of the engagoinent,
M tut w went through n day of toll that Wiuld
J nav, tired nut n Oovornmont pack mule. It
f win Hnrlng hot nnd wo vrer ordered out
m n hem mnrehlng order. Wo snrambled up
I the hlscest and Btcopest hill I over tackled
I wth tloul on my buck. And thon wo went at
I a keen gillon for throe or four miles. Thon
I ir Mret"hed oursolvoi out under tho burning
I un nnd panted nnd let our tongues loll out of
I our mouth llko no ninny doss In Auguat.
I Hnnllr wo turned around nnd ninrched brisk-
I Ir bncV to Hlbonoy. All this In heavy march-
I 1nc order on tlio hottest dny I saw In Cuba.
"Our Cnptaln evidently eUed up the sltua-
I tlon pretty accurately. and mido up his mind
that tlio mull wouldn't stand much campaign-
Inn unless their londs woro reduced. Ho the
night before wo started to march lo.Hovlllaho
nisembled thu company and told tho men
thet might uso their own judgment nbout
liclitcnlng.thelrloads.leavlng behind blanket.
thclter tents or auTthluc thoy eh one. except, of
course nniinuiiltlon, rifles or rations.
"I tell vou. it waB a big temptation to dump
tlio lionvv blankets and shelter tents. Kino
out of ten of tho moil did so without a mo
mont 5 thought or hoiUutlon. The day's wort
Jhatl taken nil the tuck out of me and I was a
very vvonry Willie, indeed, llut I had ston
tone western and southwestern camp life, nnd
tomo wv tho Idea of throtvlug away shelter
and bedding didn't seom to appoal to me. I
liadall nlulit before me, so I made fornoamp
1 of rreulitrb whore I knew an old Western cam-
1 palsuer. I found my man nnd stated my oaso.
I 1 hail rigged nnsolf up In heavy inarching or
der, so that he could judge the situation no
ruratelr. The rocul.tr sized ma up and asked
me how much I welched stripped. I told him
HI pounds.
"'Well, ho said, 'jou should bo ablo to toto
thnt load easily If It was packed on you so that
It would ride. Wu see, tho way you'vo cot It
.Mrutin'.onto ou makes you drac It Instead of
earning It If juu'vo got n blanked pound of
tho wholo load ovor your centre of gravity or
you" backbone or your hips. I'll eat that pound.
Into If It s ctrtrldgos. If you start out that
wu? In the morning you 11 trot all day with
your head and shoulders n foot nnd a half
ahead of jour hlp. like a volunteer fireman
dragging a hoseenrt. Dump the load and I'll
reload jou '
"I didn t need a second invitation. I'lrst he
cut my heavy blankot in two and threw one
liall urra) Then tie began to throw superflu
iu5 toilet articles In nil directions. He shovod
atlde a hie, bulky, eharp-edued. half Knllon
can o' tomatoes. I remarked that our Cap-
tain had ordered us not to throw away rations.
J " 'Don't!' he replied. 'Swap that man-killer
E for rice with somo fellow who doosn't like rice
In lut dyes like a load. Before to-morrow nicht
I lio'll throw It away for jou. Ten of those cans
I would cut a pack mule to pieces.'
I "Finally the reeular came to my cartridges.
I There were 1t!0 rounds. If I remomber riirht-
Ir, there were 00 In my cartridge belt and (ho
j oiher 100 wero dumped in my huversack.
That hiveriaek welehed a ton. Uuriiic that day
' the strap of it had cut a furrow In my tOioul-
der an inch deep. The reKUlar took a broad
strip of heavy canvas and cut It to tho shape
of a sort of jacket like a woman's corset enver.
He cut it full of slits and poked the extra hun
dred caitridces Into tho silts. Then ho laced
the jacket snucly around my chest with stout
card To my surprise, I found that the entiro
ItiO cnrtrlduus didn't seem to welun a pound.
"'Jiow. my boy.' said the reirulnr. 'you've
sot a coat of mall nnd you wclcn thirty pounds
more than vou did, but your load weiehs thirty
pounds less. Your caitridces uro part of you
and ride evenly over your hips.'
"Next my military mentor showod rae how to
male a snuit, easy-rldinirrollnf mv blanket ana
' sheltertent. Andhecomnletodtho jobby trans
forming my haversnek into a knnpsack so thnt
It rode snuely on the back of my neok at tho
apex of my backbone Instend of danullne and
noppinc on a narrow strap that would saw a
hole In one shoulder. These little chances
enabled me on the following day to march
from hllioney to Sovllla mid thencn to an out
post under a brolllnc sun without serious fa
tiuue. In fact. I neclectcd to take advantaore
of some of the rests by slttlne or lylnc down,
and that nlclit had half of a blanket and a
fhellcr half to roll up In And tho fcilowlnB
day, when tho nfternoon rain enme, I blessed
that reeular for rav sheltor half
-While wo were on outpost duty near He
villa we fnunj our first mancooB They were
unripe The medical staff of the regiment
promptly warned tho men that, either green
or. ripe, tlit mangoes wore deadly. Wo were
slieu to understand. In effect, that ono mnn
eo moant a cae of yellow jack. One day
while skirmishing en the outskirts of our
camp I enme aorosn my friend of the regulars.
He was up in a inanco tree, knocklnc down tho
creen fruit There wa n uunnysnok under
the tree 1 limulrod whother ho proposed to
commit sulcidn liy eatlnc the thlnci. He said,
certainly, ho proposed to eat thorn. I told him
Jboit the warnlnc ol our surcoons and that
the mancoes were creon.
"JIv frieuil,' said the reeular, 'a creen npnle
fill Khc a small boy tlio colic, won't It? Uut
when jou wore a small boy did jou never eat
ereen annls sassf lou did I And you are
Mill nlivei" Well, jou turn in nnd help mo
Rather these mnncoes Then tuke somo Into
tamp and skin them and boll them with water
and plenty of sucar. You will find that they
make bully cood creen npple sass and you
on t cet scurvy, which is ubout as bad aa
arertrry.tl cuoss."
I followed Ills Instructions nnd twenty-four
hours later saw otio ot our doctors ratine
creen nmueo sauee 1 IiIh Incident reminds
me of another mnnco storv It was after tho
i-'irreridtr and the men were Loclnnlnc to
sicken In whole snuiids. liy this time the
rjiancuet were thorouchly ripe, but hard to
llnd J he doetois nnd hospital corps were
"JiB vrorked to death imd seemed to make
little liendwuy acaliut tho sickness. Suddenly
they raked u hue and ciy acnlnst tho mun
KoeK Tl ey attributed ow'rythlne yellow Jack,
unicuw fever, malurla, dysentery and the wholo
iiotorcomiilninis-ioiiunco eatlnu'.
. My inend l tho reulnrs lauchod. Ho
nal located two hllinrto undisturbed rnanco
trees th n were full of rlno fruit. Armed with
cuiinj hacks, no slli'pod out of camp and
Mrlpied tho trees On our war back wo en
countered a viilunteor surueon, nno of those
who h ti sturtiMl the antl-manuo campalun
. .Mm,' said lie. ejeliii; our loads, 'what
have vim B ,t In tho-o sacks?'
ilniiKocn ' said tho reculnr.
i he hiiiuioii looked paltiLd. He cave us a
lone Itituiu mid warned us thnt If wo ato
thereof we v uld (.iiiclj die. Then, seclnc
that he Imd t made nny seriout. Impression
""..". be asked
.. Uojiii'iiiu w liero there) are any more of
Ihoku to he tnui d-'
. .A coiiiiaiilnii urinned. ,. .
,. W.hj, ( uiitnin,' lie said, you wouldn't eat
them It vou Imd 'cm '
. ( ertalnlj not.' mid the sureoon, 'but I'd
like fcimo (or niv hoise.'
. .. l' "ii ine.in thut lino bay thot I saw you
Mine, hlr' mild tho reeular. 'Ahy, just
ililnk, f'aitnlu dear Thut animal must bo
onli all of !(. Jli-xlcan Jt would bo prolll
ti;y p. g.,y hi,,,, Wr
with t Jut Hfhalmcd.sbouldcrod our sacks
and iiiarched on
If we weie In Knntlnco,' unwed tlio reu
"nr, -iinl e.ttinc half ilpeorovcr ripe, stala
i iiiitiiiroes, wo tnlKlit uusilv kill ourselves,
nut ii few fresh, ri e mnnuoes. picked from tlio
tries and eaten before huh up and after sun
down, uro just the medlelno that n bacon-eat-inc
M)IUIcr needs'
. Ai"1 throuuhout tho cnmpalcn I ato them
Py that priscrlpllon mid felt no ilbelfects,
. J'ne diij. on my wiiv back to eamp aftor n
fatli In the Hver. I tamo across it reeular I
knew Ho wu, thwshlnc around In thu
iranchcN of u ulml of wild cherry troe. Wo
bad all notktd tlio wild nltorrles. butourdoo
ors had pronounced them jiolsonous 'iho
rcitulu endeiitjy Intended to jiolson a vyliolo
rtKimeiit, oi ho had onu euniiy sack tilled with
the bin, uivtu cherries and vras rapidly lUUnc
v .""iff In nnsvTor to my iiuostlous ho said;
lhesu are what the Cubans call mar
moslnas or siimethlnu' that sounds llko thnt.
the j should be eaten raw before breakfust.
like an orance, ai d they'll savo you from tak
ink' laloincl and lllliuu your bones with mor
uiy. Thej arg 1,9 jour that many of tueiu will
PiPcl5ftr tow? mputli ond akin yourionoue, nnd
thoy'll out tha bncon fat In your Insldos. lloli
Ihom down to a past, with water nnd aucar
and you will hava tlio finest of applo butter to
spread on your hardtack.'
-.5 l00Jf- n, mtJro Physio nnd hnd wild rherry
bujter durlnr the hnlanco of tho cnmnnlcn.
SOno day I was on Jho water detail, It wns
two-mllo walk to the rlvor nnd back. Jly
u.nklonnd 1 not separated from the rest of tho
ctnll. Just its wo wore startlmt back, loaded
"own .with twenty full onnteens nnlcco, mv
phum In tho roculars came alone Ho told us
to omptv the cantcsna and he'd show us a
IVFv J,B n', "v.mnchoto and wont Into tho
thlokct nnd out down a hlc bamlmo. lln out
2?an,?cl.,(3" "bout six fen lone. pliiKeed ono
ond, filled It with water and then plucccd tho
otlior end, Jly bunklo nnd I took opikj-Iio
ends and ahouldored It. Tho bntnbo .onrrled
more water than the canteens and waslluht
ana easy to carry The reculars carried thu
empty canteens Into enmn for us A llttlo In
ter ono of our men stqlo n puck mule that was
MfJv?,Y Bm' " wns dotnllcd as irntercnrrlor
WI1011 we moved from Him Juan Hill around
the Han Junn indue to Misery IIIH tlio truco
novo us nn opportunity to try nnd tnnko our
selves cum fortablo. My bunklf nnd I put up
our shelter toqt. floored It with planks nnd
spread our blanket on them. Wo were follcl
tnt lie ourselves on tho lino job we'd inndo
of It. when alomt camo my friend of tho iccu
larj. Wo showod him 'lound tho premises
nml then waited for compliments
les.' ho snld 'tis a lino job, and the plnnks
will como handy to mako your enlllns. for I
won't see you buried In ennvns It thoy'll clvo
mo tlmo to knock tocethor Ikxcs for jou. The
roan who wnnU to llvo In this climate must
sleep two or moro feet olT tho uround and tho
cround under his bed must boshavod of irrnss
nnd tho sun must shin undor It every day '
Thon he stopped tnlklnc nnd took hold
He showod us how to make hsmmockH of our
sheltor halves. Thero was no rope Ho went
put Into tho thlckot nnd cut rounir snpllims
lie snipped tho bark in lone narrow Mips nnd
twisted the slips Into ropes. When thesu hnd
mine in the sun and dried, the'd hold n ton.
ilieu ho nwunu our hnmmoeksund wo swiuic
our oonohos over them to keep off the nlcht
dews i thero was but one nicht rnlndurlnu thu
campalcn.
"Hnenklnac of rains reminds mo of nnother
Incident. I wns out with a rocuiar oftor drv
wood for fires nnd had found n dismantled
eucar mill. Thoro was no roof to tho mill and
neither of us hnd a ponoho. While we weio
buey Bntherine the word tho afternoon show or
camo up. Thero was no shelter nt hnnd. so I
mado up my mind to endure a soaklnc .Now.
the rain In Cubn usually comes btraluht down
with no slant. Aitdiik the di'brls ot tlio sucar
mill there were n couple of sunaro planks
about two feot eaob way In slyo. The rtaular
told mo to stand at attention nnd then balanced
one of these square boards on mv bend. Then
he followed suit with tho other bourd. Tho
rain lasted half an hour, nnd thoro wo stood
throughout It. faolnc uacli other nnd ohlntilnu
11s comfortably as you please When the sun
blazed out ncaln thero wasn't n wet irnrmeiit
on me. and nt my feet thero waa u suunro foot
of earth thnt wus powdery dry
It was a stiort campaign, but it would take
mo a year to tell all the little hioornnd life
ba vine tricks that I learned from the regulars."
anotTTii of the ritviT jsnvsxnr.
Effect of Onr Cloier Kelntlnns wltlilorto
Rico nnd the Philippines.
Ono of the bureaus of tho Department of
Agriculture is known ns tho "Division of
romology," which Is In chnrgo of all I"odornl
Inquiry as to tho fruit Industry of tho United
Htatos. Tho importanco of this division is
shown by tho fact that at tho last census thoro
woro In this country moro than .'iOO.000 acres
ot land dovoted to tropical and seml-troplcul
fruits. Tho aoreago has greatly Increased
since, and tho industry genontlly Ih certain to
Increase still further by tho closer commercial
connections which tho United States Is rapidly
establishing In the West Indies and In
tho rhlllpplneB. Tho total valuo of fruits
Imported Into tho United States Inst
year was in excess of $13,000,000. nnd of
bannnas and oranges alouo moro than $J,000,
000 worth was Imported from the West Indies
from tho British Wont Indies chlofly The
American exports of fruits, of which apples nro
tho chief Itom. amounted last year to nearly
$0,000,000. tho chief murket for which was
England, though Germany nnd Canada took a
very largo share.
Those In charge of tho division of pomology
nro now preparing to meet tho uxtra demand
which they oellovo mny be Imposed upon them
this year. In addition to othni subjuets under
investigation it is Intended that durinc tlio
next fiscal year a comprehensive representa
tion worthy of tho imiKirtance ot the fruit in
dustry of tho United htatos nhnll be completed
Jor the I'nrls Exjiosltlon in 1000. It Is believed
that In the presont stnto of the fruit Industry
great henoflt to producers nnd shippers would
result from a correct understanding or our
pomologienl resources and products
Tho prospective Increase In our fruit-producing
nrcas through tlio acquisition of Inl
ands makes dtslruble the extension of Investi
gation to such territory. and such Investigation
is now underway In Washington with 11 view
of acquainting tho American fruit growers
with tne conditions which confront them, und
of tho extra efforts in cultivation which do
mestic producers will bo required to make.
Tlio division of pomology recognbts us of
most Importanco Its obligations to fruit
dealers rather than to the general nubile of
fruit buyers, which Is certainly to bo bcnellt
od by tho additional supply from countries
horotoforo under Spanish sovereignty nnd
suffering from the effects of trade restrictions
w hlch greatly curtailed tho Imports from them
Into tho United Statos, Tho island of l'orto Itlco
has heretofore sent fruits to the United Statos
to tho amount only of about $10.1100 a vear 011
tho average, though in tho jo.ir 1k.I4 tho total
was considerably higher. According to nil re
ports, though the division of pomologj takes
no cognisance of the fact, l'orto lllco Is rich In
native fruits, but tho division ot pomology
sternly InformB American fruit growers of tho
dnnger of " exaggerating tho prospective prollts
of fruit culture by persons Interested in the sale
of lands unon those islands which is llkolj to
result in disappointment and financial loss to
many cltlzons. '
These apprehensions, however, do not seom
to be very generally entertained in unofficial
circles Tho American Import of fruits exceed
the exports lit present and bnvi done w for a
number of jonrs. Tho chief market is on the
Atlantic senboard, whereas the chief source of
supplies Is on the I'aelflo const, and no grent
harm has come to American produeeis from
Florida fruit rtilslnc-Florlda has 40.000 neres
undor orange trees and yields lemons and pine
apples in abundance and an additional sup
ply of fruits from the West Indies now undor
American rule would probably only result in
reducing the supply Imported from English
territories.
ma siex Fon cAtt cosnucTons.
Requirements of the llronlclyu Heights
Itoad Kxplnlneil by One Inililrnt.
Thero Is a demnnd formen of lnrgo pluslque
as motormen andennductorsonthe lines of the
Brooklyn Heights Itnllroad. All tho now men
who nro bolne employed must weigh nt leust
100 pounds and pass a phvslcal examination
Those unusual requirements are explained, us
far as motormen nro concerned, by the fact
that the Increase In tho trolley traflle requires
motormen to be strong enough to stop n heav j
car quickly In enso of emorgency, nnd It re
quires n strong arm nt tho brake under such
circumstances
Tho necesf Ity for big nipn as conductors has
not been mado so apparent, Ono reason, iiovv
evor, was furntshod tho other night by the
oonductoron a downtown 'third avenue enr
At Sixty-fifth stroet ono or two people were
transferred from another ear. When the con
ductor came to collect tho tranfers one man
said ho bad not received a transfer
" I want your fure, then, snld tho conductor.
"Why?"
" l'nro. ploaso." said tlio conductor, becoming
a llttlo Impatient.
I won t pny nny fare. I paid It on nnother
car and wasn't told about transfers "
"I can't holp that. Tln others hiivn trans
fers You must pay or get oil tho ear "
" You can't make mo pay twice and jou can t
put mo off "
The conductor then stopped tho car and de
livered the ultimatum, "1'ay or got off " ,. .
" You llttlo know who I am or jou wouldn't
talk thnt way " , , , ,
"I don't cara who you are, said tlio conduc
tor, picking him up nnd carrying him, strug
gling and (ticking out of the car
ltofore tho conductor had tlmo lo pull Iho
strnptho man who wns put on olnmborul on
again, vowing nil sons of vojigeunco against
the conductor He paid his faro nml sat down
lie reniarldi'l that no ono but 11 policeman had
a right to put him olT
"I'm m own policeman on this ear.'i-nld
the conductor In u tulk with one or two pas
sengers on tho rear pl.itfoiiu tn eondin t'.r,
who wasundistuibed by thnutsot having him
dismissed, said; , , , ,
"It Isninlstako to supposo that conductors
must get a policeman to put on 11 pm-engei
who refuses to pay his fare In most eases u
policeman would decline tn Interfere unless tlio
conductor could not put tlio man oil or mis in
danger. That Is where thu advantage of being
a bio man comes In Now, 1 kept my temper,
but hud to put the man oil or olfect his (are If
I had allowed him to ride without ulvlngeitlier
a nickel or a transfer 1 would have In in
Hablo to bo retorted for It nnd dlselpllned.
I don't llko to get Into nnytroubo when peo
ple nre ugly, but mj; duty is plain. '1 he pin--Hengerl
put off may henverj rcbpietabliunan,
and will likely complain to the eompnnv.
though he is pluiuly In tho wmug i but If he has
nny griovancolt isiiot auiiliiht mo '
Just then the man who had boon put oil sig
nalled for the car to stop
" You'li here from mo again," he snld In an
I've-got-ynU'Whore-I-want-ynu touuns hugot
off. The conductor bowed lilltely 116 ho mug
the boll twice for tho car to proceed,
fjl -fl,'.J-H j-Vi b-jJMrilf-il-il-l-
CAT-LOSING AS A SPORT.
iur.n t7Jcriroo stahtud the oahis
J.V HOCK ISIAS1, 111.
Ills Cnt Didn't Come Hnck In the lilg
Tmirnry nnd Hill Lost Ilcnvlty-Clun-AVlndotr
llrttlng Muln Unco In I.enven
worth with 11 I'ursnfor tho I.nst One In,
Wasiiimiton, l'ob 11. -A couploof Western
men with nothing much to do eat In ono of tho
windows of tho Metropolitan Club tho other
ntternoon nnd mado $5 bets with each other as
to the color of tho next patsor-by The luck
was n good doal like matching pennies tor
nwhilo, with n small porcentngo In favor of
while pedestrians. Tho older man of the two,
who was taking the whlto end of It, of courso
had tho bonctlt ot tills small percentage, but
ho fltinllj switched
" 1'lvo this time that thonext passor-by won't
be w hlto," ho snld to his companion.
" I'm on," was tho tcply. " Ulvo thnt ho will
bo whlto."
Thero wns n wait of a coupla of minutes, and
then n member of the Chinese I.ogntlon, gor
geous In his silks and furs, pnssod by tho win
dow. " I win," said the older mnn of tho two.
" 1'orwhy do you win? Didn't you bet that
the next passer-by would bo black?" asked tho
other man.
" Not nnj did 1." answered the oldor man.
"I laid my llvo thnt the next mnn to go by
wouldn't bo white, llemoniber that, don't youf
ou don't call a Chlnnmnti a w hlto man ?"
Tho younger mnn remembered and surron
dercd his llvo
"1 got badly tlio worst of this gnmo when
Mclvinluy wns being inaugurated." snld the
winner of tho Inst bet. "1 had a window In a
hotel on Pennsylvania avenue, and tho pro
pondorancoof tho colored mnn on tho street
struck mo ns odd, ns It docs most Western
.folks Ho I stnrtedto belting with a frioiidwho
shared tho window with mo that threo out of
every llvo pooplo who passed u cortnln electric
light pole in front of the hotel would bu black.
Ho took mil up, nnd blnmed if tho darkles
didn t seom to disappear from Pennsylvania
nvcnuo from tho moment tho bet was mndo. I
let tho hot stand for live minutes, and by that
tlmo I wns $UI0 nut. Then I wns mad and
turned tho b'o on him.
"'Tho darkles must havo henrd I wns betting
on thorn.' I said, 'and thoj'vo dumped mo for
somo cnuso unknown. I'll just take another
end of it now. and bet you 1111 ovcnSlOOthnt
there won't be a dozen black folks walk bythat
pole within tho next three minutes.'
" Ho took mo. Ho hail hardly nodded his as
sent whon there wns n mighty ump-ta-rn-ra
and blaroof shrill cornets outside that got my
nerve. I can tell a darky band n mllo off, and
I know that I w.i nnother $100 out. Huro
enough, within thirty seconds a gorgoously
bedizened b'nek b tnd. about lltty strong,
pnrnded past our polo. I handad over tho $100
nnd quit betting for tho day "
Somo moro men camo up, and they cot to
talking nbout queer bets.
" I'ver hear about that mule raco wo had out
on the Leavenworth 1'nlr Grounds track?"
asked a man from Knnsis. " That was about
us bad n betting proimsition as I ovor took n
cluinee on, even for fun. It happened back in
'84. Six or seven citizens of Lenvcnworth
possessed mules that had a turn of spood. and
the way thoy bragged nbout their respective
mules was a caution. Now, whllon mulohasa
whole lot of commendable points, his long suit
isn't speed, nnd those miiloownors were a good
deal ridiculed for their talk nbout 'thoiough
brcd mules ' Tho mnnagors of the local fair
lln.illy decided to putall of those ' nifty' mules
down on the card for u moo on tho Inst day of
tho fair. A purso of $100 was hung up, and
tho mule that ran last wits to win out the purse
for his owner Now, thut looked easy enough,
didn't It? All thnt tho owner and rider of his
mulo had to do, you'll suppose, was to lot his
mule loaf In the race, or snatch him. as they
call pulling an animal noirndajs. Hut this
wouldn't liuvo done, of course, for all of tiie
owner-riders would have tried the same game,
nnd thoro Wouldn't have been any inco ut all
Therefore, no owner ol a muln entored In tho
rneo wns pmmltted to rldo his own mulo
llichcif the owner-rideis Imd to ride one ot the
other fellow's mules bee? Then It was up to
each man 011 top ot a mule to ride his long
cared mount for all he was wotth, in order to
better tho chances of his own mulo to lliilsh
Inst. Thero wore twoor three local books on
the three-quarter tiuek, and whon the lajers
camo to tills race they miidn It'J to 1 nnd take
jour pick That w.ts ulout tho only time
1 over sawn largo crowd of bettors scrambling
to get on 11 dead one. All of us that wanted to
nut n betdownon tho nice had the privilege of
looking the mules over in tho paddock in order
to pick out what looked like the dopiest and
most lukewarm of the bunch Thuiownsono
slate-colored mule In the lot thut looked liko
he couldn't and wouldn t run it block for tho
honor of tlio untlon Thnt mule wns so tired
looking that he positively le 1111 d against n
fence in tho paddock Tim wUu people. Includ
ing mvi-elf. picked out that mulo as thu one
that ought to be it 1 to 10 chance to run Inst,
and wo began to play him oil tlio lioards.
Uvcrybody in the ring got onto that mule be
fore tho books Imd been oponed long, nnd
when tho mule went to the post to
nice bo was 1 to it. and the rest
write jour own ticket The nervous, klckj.
on-odgu intllen stood nil the way from 'JO to 1
to 100 in tho hutting to finish last, and we all
thought it was like getting money In a letter to
In) 011 the dope) -looking mule at sueh 11 good
price ns 1! to We. I. that weary-looking ani
mal cot away hi front ut the frill ol thu ll.ig. and
he simplytiiitoud Ills Held nil the way, finishing
twenty lengths ahead, pulled up 1 lie glossy
coated, nervous mule that wns thoouUldor In
the butting nt 1.10 to I. without a bet down on
him. couldn't raisn a lopu. and ho was beaten 11
furlong and pulled down tho purse."
' That reminds 1110 of a cat-losing wo had out
In Hock Islund. Ill , In 'SO," said uuutlier
man in tho party, "Never henrd of 11 cat
losing.' Why, they've been having them all
ovortho mlddloWest ever slneu that one was
pulled off In Hock Ihlnud, Tlio way It hap
pened was this 'Ihoruwus nu old citizen nut
ill Itoek Island mimed Hill Chetwood, who
hingged nil during the summer of 'S'.l that ho
had a eat that couldn't bo lost Tho cnt wus
orneiy and 11 night inariiuder of tho despised
mnlo gi inler, nml lllll hud tried all ways to lose
that cut. he said, lie had tied four bricks to
the nits neck on seveinl different occasions
mid then huivod the feline Into the Mississippi,
which runs prettv swift ut Hook Island,
but every tlmo that lllll went homo utter
doing lids ho had found the eat sitting
011 tho (r ml porch, lleklncolf tho wutnnd sun
ning himself Hill wus determined to get rid
of tho eat, though, nnd he finally tied tho eat
up in it jute bag und li'inded the cut to a friend
01 his, u mull clerk on tlio Hock Island It, til
road, asking tlio mail clerk to just ditch the
cat, bag am! nil, at any old ioint not uenrer
than InO miles fiom Itoek Islund Tho miiil
clerk did tills loohllgn lllll. heaving the cutout
in tlio dark somewhere near a swamp, about
r,'MnilfH finni llock Island lllll unnuuueud
di 11 nt tho l'ost Ollloo three duys later that
ills cat was bnik. looking u hit hungry,
and wllb less of its left our than It
hud had buiore. but still In tho ring
and not a whit shy In nppotlto Hill by
this tlmo legurded his cut us it wonder, nnd
he mndo n good deal of n nuisance of himself
telling everybody In Hock Island thnt in his
opinion, which he was willing to back with
monej, thoro wasn't a Lat in tho Statu of. Illi
nois, or, fur the mutter of that, in 4ho wholo
coimtiy that had such 11 dead bead 011 homo ns
his turn had Hill's fellow cltiuiis Insisted that
tlieie was nothing remarkable about the cut's
peilormaines; that it wits only natural for a
1. it to decline to lie lost uiiiior any eiruum
st luces, and that Itoek Ihlnud was full of cuts
th 11 could lopoat any or nil of tho perform
ances of Hill's cat
"somobodj finally suggested thnt thu thing
bo tiled This was just what lllll wanted, und
Honcoiiimitteii 011 arrangumuiits went ahead
tuiirgani'o tlioeat-losing At llrst it wits de
sued by all hands, und especially hj Dill, that
nil of the eats to be entered in tliocomni titlou
should bo loatofT n railroad train its Hlll'scat
bad been when It lasttuniudup; but.of course,
tiie nillw.ty until clerk oiihlu t lake all tho cats
along Willi him in the mallear, und railway fa
cilities luuld not begot for twenty or thirty
bagged cits Then somebody shggeatod that
the ciils all bo doublid-lirlckod ami dtopped
into tlio Mississippi Horn 11 skiff ubout tep
miles uboto Hoc, Island, but tlio women
folks, healing nf tills proamnion, vetoed it us
cruel ho it wus IiiiiiIIj determined that ull
of iho ath oiiteied in thu i'V t lit sliould bo
ihlienoul in the woods ill it farm wagon nnd
then, nt 11 Kilut ubout llvo milert fiom town,
eliui ked out of Iho wiiuon, floe-footed, and left
tu htirth I'T tliiunMilvt's 'I hem weio thirty
entiles, eaeli man wlni cnteied his cat paying
$,'1 for the privilege The cat that reached Its
homo llrst was tJ pull down thu tlbOfor Its
owner
A good many of the Hock Islnndcltlons
who had eats entered In th it event rehearsed
their foliixs sotornl times before Hie regular
eat-lusliig was to eouioolf, and nil of thu cats
shone I 1 Jttinoidlniio nptliiidu In hustling
hack tu tueir own dnoisteps from dlstuut
P ants Hill didn t r hearse Ins cut ut all
Atiyeul, s. ml lllll, tluitcau Hcrumblnout
of a j tit bag he.ivi'd Into 11 swamp iiiore'n loo
miles troni itsnwii llrenldo don't need no ro
luarMug That cat's got It In him, and lio'll
bo tho llrst cat back, for money '
"'J lie betting was llveljlon the ovnnt for
full) n week boioro llcnme off, and fas Hornby,
w ho run thu saloon, opened u book ou It. At
- - ' - - -. . . . .Bi-rgi'i
first he laid ns good as 1 to 2 on Bill Chotwood's
being tho first cnt home, but thnt price was so
eaten up from tho Jump that ho rubbed his
sltttn to 1 to a and 1 to 4 ou Hills cat, and
thirdly ho bnrrod Hill's torn In tho betting alto
gether, saying that Jie already stood to lose
moro than f 2.000 If Hill's cat got homo llrst.
There was plenty of singulation on the oront
Willi lllll's cat 'out 'In tlio betting, lllll gnvo
me .1 to 1 for $00 thnt I put up on the field
against his cat, so coulldont was ho that ho was
cone to win..
V fill, on tho dny tho cats woro driven out
Into tho woods competent nnd honest Judcos
wore placed nt each of tho thirty homos of the
thirty cats, with Instructions to tlmo tho exact
moment of tho appearance of tho respective
felines they woro looking for, A good dcnl of
Interest was aroused throughout tho town
over tho event, nnd ono of the local preachers
hnd mentioned tho matter in his sermon on
tho previous Sunday, cnlllng It sinful gam
bling. Tho cats wore turned loose from the
farm wagon nt oxuetly '1 o'clock on n Saturday
afternoon, nnd by thnt tlmo most of us who
hnd bets down on tlio outcome wore sitting on
tho Court Hnuso steps, waiting for tho llrst
jinlgo to turn up with thu announce
ment that tho cnt ho had been appointed
to tlmo upon Its arrival wns back. At
exactly 2:40 n voung follow named Chnrloy
Finn en mo running up to thn Court House ou a
lope, with his cat under Ids arm. Thu eat hnd
Its numbered tag around Its nock, nnd wo nil
duly Identified It ns nno of the starters. Ho tlio
$1M) was l'lnn's. nnd I had won $150 from Hill
Chetwood. 1'oltowlng that, for 11 spneo of half
nn hour, the Judges all turned up with their re
spective cats an except tho judge who had
been placed nt Hill Chotwood's home Hill's cnt
didn't como back that night nor tho next night,
norevcragnlti That happened ten jeursugo.
and Hill's cat Is not back yot lllll nlmost wont
broke paying up Ids bets, un 1 niter that, when
ovor ho'd see a eat two blocks down tho strcot,
he'd shy rocks nt It."
7oir iaoe aor ins rnisT aux.
A Stroke of (lentil That T.lttnnlin Ilrnufcht
Hint Ills l"lrt Hour.
"Hpcakln' o' huntln'," snld Uncle I.lgo rettl
bone, "did I ever ttll jou toilers how I got my
first gun?"
Nobody had been "speakln' o' huntln." but
everybody In the store know Undo I.lco and
seemed perfeotly willing that tho subject
should be chanced Into any conversational
channel ho might chooso "Guoss that's ono
you novor told us, Unole LIge." said La, Tny
etto Jones.
"W'al. mebbe not, 'n' of I did t'wcn't'hurt
yo nono tcr hear It ngln, fur It shows jsst how
much more n man kin do by thlukln' nn' brain
work than ho kin by jest coin' ahead 1 ke a
Mnjbug 'round a knirjscen chlmloy."
At this polnt-nccordlng to tho time-honored
custom of story tellers tho votoran clod
ono eve, aimed at tho red-hot portion of tlio
stovo with oxtreme aecuraoy nnd a hissing
result, tlltod his chair back against the brown
sugar barrel and continued:
"T'wns wny bnek In ole Andy Juckson's tlmo
whon tho woods wuz ez full o' gamo critters
an' varmints ez tho summer modders Is o'
grasshoppers. I wuz a joung switch uv 11
toiler ten year old er thereabouts an' limber
an' strong er. n rawhide. Father wuz a grout
hunter nn' I got the fever airly an' bad. but
every time I said ennythlu"bout hevin'nguu
mother kickod up tho worst row jou ovor see.
No. sir. I w'ant coin' to hov no gun, shootln'
myself ovory day an' bain' brought homo dead
every nicht nn' pshaw, you know how
women folks coos on when they got cuny thin'
in their heads. One day me an' mother in'
dad talked it nil over Dad was wlllln'.Jbut
him an' mother flnnl agreed that I couldn't
hev no gun ontil I killed nn' sold enough game
without n gun ter buy one mvself Hho
thought she lied me thar, 'n' I thot so, too, but
it left some hopo an' I started hi. I lied n olo
box trap an' I got n bow-arreis an' I worked
em both fur nil I wuz wuth 'Hout evory day
fur a year I wuz at It an' all I made wur jest
$1.30 Droceods from sellln'askunk. two musk
rats an' n pint o' chuck He. Wal. this wuz
prltty slow, an' nt that rate I'd bo lit)
'fore I lied enny shootln' Iron. Ono day I
wuz out with tho bow-nrrers nice, warm No
vember day. Hadn't hit nuthlu' all day an'
wuz settin on a log fcelln' kinder down in the
mouth suddlntly I happened ter look down
nn' thar In some soft ground near the log wuz
n footprint uv a all whoppln' big bar. Uolly!
I jumped up. -I niters wuz a nervy kid an' so
without wnltln' n mlnnlt an' with jest my
little bow-nrrers I startod ter track tbet bar
"I hedn't gone fur fore I come to some rocks
nn' windfalls, an' I walked along sly an' fust I
knowed thar wuz tho biggest bar I ovor beam
tell of all curled up under a ledgo ez sound
'sleep ez the overlnstln' h'lls. I -jrol but It
give mo n start. Wal. I sneaked away 'n' ez I
left I ohsarvel by the little road ho'11 made
reg'lar beaten cowpnth thct this place was
his lodgln' iilaco an' sort o' sanctowerrj-, so
ter spank. Fust I thot I'd tell Dad. Then 1
ez:.'No hoi' on; mebbo hem's a chance tor
git tny gun. Guess I'll Kteal Dad's 'n' shoot
him. No thet won't do, fur then they'd lust
suv I didn't kill him 'eordiu' ter bnrcaln.' Wal.
I thot an' thot un 1 didn't sleep n wink nil night
fur tliinklu' an bright 1111 nlrlj I wuz out agin
till n-thinklii'. I set down by'u big hassnood
stub an', er. I wiizmoplii' nivaj, a beo como
buzzin' round. I slapped at the cuss an' I
goll but he clve me u right em irt stinger in
the thumb. It hurt llko Jehu, hut In n second
1 hod clean furgot the hurt an' wu juinnln'
with joy. fur thet stinger bed prodded u blear
Inter my head thet wu. wuth somctliln'. 'Hur
ronrl' sez 1. 'I got If suz I 'Honey,' 1 sez.
'Honoj'.' sez I. 'I'll make n boo trcol'
"I turned and looked et the basnwood stub
nn' ther hull plan come ter me like tho robins
comes In spring.
"Now. vou fellrs all know thet bnsswood air
the dumlslest wood ter swell vvjieii It's wot
thst tlmr Is. Wal ter cut th' story short I
put fur home. First I took clos't measure uv
a bar's skull dad bed out in the barn. Then I
stole two pound of honey, n nxe un' a null an'
put back fur the stub. On gittln' thar I
marked jest the sle of tho bur's skull measure
on the tree 'bout four feet abovo the ground
()' course It's onneoasary ter say thet the stub
wuz holler. Then I tuk the axe an' cut a hole
just the sizo uv the mensuro tl I struck inter
the holler It hadn't rnlnd fur six weeks an'
thet stub ivuz jest ez dry oz er baked sponge.
Then I Lot Bome clay an' a pall r wator an' 1
phtstored the Inside uv thet holler Tcood, so
when It wiu done I lied it basin jest Inside thu
holo an' 'bout n foot below It Then I tuk it
1 ound o' honey nn' comb an' tied It up in cloth
so tho wnter wouldn't melt it till ter oncet:
tied a stono on ter nnolmrit an' put It on the
bottom uv thet basin. Thct done. 1 Illicit thn
pall with wnter, sot her clot ter tlio stub an'
then, inkln' the other I ox o' honoj'. dnubed n
little on ther stub 'round an' ou the nidce o'
tlio hole nu' then made n hone trail right trim
thar tor the ole bar's den Ho vnu thurng'lu
an' nslep.
"I ended thohonoy trail 'bout twenty paces
frum him, nn' thon tilekln up n small rock I
lot him hnvo It light in the bend, I didn't stop
tor see wbnt he done, fur I knowed oz soon ez
he smolt honey bed furglt 'bout me, so I jest
skipped llko it streak uv ilo fur the stub,
iHiured tho pall o' wnter Inter the bnslnontop
the pound o' honey un' climbed up Inter a
neighbor!!!' hemlock ter watch
"I didn't no moro'ncot llxed unsmnslil
rattle! 'long come Mr. H'ar et summer heat
on the honor tr ill. Didn t stop fur nothln'. but
rared up et tbor stub, licked on tli' sides th'
hole nn' then ehnekl In went his head It
were a clost Ut. fur bis olo skull wuz blcger'u
th' ono dnd bed. but lie got In nn' then vor
oughter seen hlir. tnndlu' on tiptno tor roach
thet honey I lied put it jest fur enough down
so ez he hnd tor stretch fur all ho wuz wuth
I tell yer tliar wuz a tvheozin' an" 11 blowln' In
thet holo Thn wnter wuz jest deep enniuh
ter co- er his head nn' nock, no' ho d lick honoj'
e long ez ho cud hold onler his breath, nn'
then he'd hefter raise untergltnlr When lin
wuz llcklti', his head an' neck 'ml git soakiii'
wet an' then when he'd rnlso up ter breatlio
the water M soak frum his ha'r Inter th' nidges
uv ther hole, nn' In Jem nbout three mlnuts
th' wood begin ter swell
"Mr Hnr wuz too wild nbout thn honev ter
notice thet, but I end sen the hole gittln'
smaller an' smaller an' ereas'n' first on his lur
nn'tlien on tlio hide an' fat uv his neck, un' thru
it begin tor ketch him in the svvallor First
lie wiggled it little, then begin ter pull, nnd then
ef ve'tl ever see tlio kleklu' nn' nlawln' an'
ronriu' nu' blowln' an ehokln' frum thetstuh!
Tho hole kept shrinkln'itn' alirlukln' tel It
wa'n't no blgger'n tlio muiikIioIo ter a 'lasses
bar'l. Wal. thet choked olT the blowln' an
tnarih'. but tho kleklu' kopt right on onill bed
lukeil so much dirt frum tho root o' the stub
thet his hind paws were clear o' the ground
mi' thar, ez tho Judgo sajs, 'ho hunif bj tho
neck tel dead '
"I staid up III the hemlock a few mhiults tcr
make sartln, but I see be wuz gone, so I jest
shinned down an' broke loose fur home tor tell
the folks. Tho bonne wii only 'hunt a bun
dled rou away an' 1 run in like n wild man
" 'laws sukes, sou, what's the matter' j clli
mothei
" '1 ome and see,' sez I. an' out I run nn'
when tlio ole folks cot that 1 stood liy the b'ur
with thu nxo ready ter chop him out,
"I didn't answer no questions, but jost
chopped it circle 'rourd Jlr. liar's head un'
pretty quick ho fell buck onto the ground
with ez purtv n wooden collar round bis neck
ez ju evor see His face looked like n picter
in a round fmmo, Then 1 jest imlnted ter the
hole an' Dad ho looked In. Then he tuk mot ti
er I y tho arm and undo hor look In. nn' they
sue the honey mi' tho water, an' Dad he sivs.
'.Mothei. vvliutevtr we bo oursulvcs. our boy's
got drains,'
"Wnl, Iheolo man oudn'tdoenuff He holped
me skin the bantu' cut hint up an' we tuk him
ter town 1111' sold him fur eiiulT so thet I got
thor gun an' ummynitlon un' Dad u pair n'
b site an mother a warm In' nan, nn', besides,
put $f In mother's cracked teapot. I tell e,
boys, ye kin say what ye llko; It nlu't the hard
est workln' thet makes uiuuoy, it's bralus."
PRESIDENT'S BOSTON TRIP.
rr.AX ron the uaxquet of the
HOME MAllKET Cl.Vlt.
The Mnsinchuietts (lonernl Court Wnlttne
to HenrMr, MiKlnlry Hpenk lief ore Act
ing on Hetoliitloni Concerning the l'bll-lppliiM-1,014
(lueiU to Dine Together.
Horton, Feb. 11. The dinner In honor of
President MoKlnloy. to be given by the Home
Market Club In this city on Feb. 10. will not
only bo ono ot the largest affairs of tho kind
this country his ever seen, but will also bo
notnbln for Its political significance. It will bo
notmerolyti personal tribute to tho President,
but It Is also expected to be, to n marked de
gree, mi expression of New Fnglatid's confi
dence In his foreign policy It Is a somewhat
remarkable fact that the General Court Is wait
ing to hear the President sneak before acting
upon tho resolutions now bcloro It touching
the relations of the United States and the Phil
ippines. Mr. MoKlnloy hits been Invited to
address n Joint convention of tho Hcdnto and
House some time during his brief stny In llos
tcn. In the montitlmo tho resolutions nro
tabled In committee rooms
Ho far as can bo learned tho dinner will In
point of tho number of guests bo a rcccrd
breaker for indoor dinners. For n long tlmo
the Homo Mnikct Club held this record, hav
ing scntod more than 1,:100 nt a bnnquot sev
eral joars ago. Thon n dinner was given In
tho Philadelphia MuHOUm tit wfilch l.iiOO poo
plo woro present. In tho Mechanics' Hulld
lug on Fob. 10 arrangements hnvo been mnde
to sent 1,1114 nooplo and about 4,000 moro will
have an opportunity to hear Ihosponklng. Tho
mngnltudo of tho ntTnir necessitates somo
peculiar arrangements. Iho members of the
club woro first provided with tlekots fot them
selves. This had the olTect of greatly Increas
ing tho membership of tho club until now
nliout 1.H0O nnmosaro enrolled. Aftor tho
members themselves come their guests
Uncli member was requested to state in his
application the names of Ills proposed guests
and to orrnnge them In order with those most
desired llrst. As a matter or fact compara
tively few of tho proposed guests will bo fortu
nate enough to got sonts nt the tables, for, with
a total of 4,000 applications, fewer thnn 'J.000
can bo seated. Tlio bulconles are to bo ro
servod for women Fach purchaser of n din
ner ticket will have two reserved sent tickets
for tho balconies. Tho tulcs made by the
Heating Committee nro so unusual us to bo ot
Interest. Thcj provide that ioop!o from the
same State, city or town shall bo seated uonr
ono another, unless some otlior arrangement
Is desired: that guests of a member shall le
scnted near him; that those advanced in j oars
or hard of hearing shall bo heated neat the
rostrum. In the circular sent to members
about tho middle of January men ot distinc
tion, llko Governors nnd ex-Oovernors. Con
gressmen, Judges of high courts. Presidents
and Speakers of legislative holies, State olll
cials, Presidents of collcces. Ac. are urgod to
waive modesty and mention their ofliccs In
connection with their names, so that the com
mittee muy properly Beat them Thirty re
porters will have scuts near the President.
Col. Albert Clarke. Secretary of tlio club
snys "The dinner will bo as non-partisan as
possible. The subjects of tho speeches ato left
entirely to the sioakcrs." In view of this
stntcment, it Is interesting to note that a fea
ture of the dinner will bo the presence of tlio
Hoard of Directors nnd the Secretary of the
New Knglaiid Free 'Irmle i.eagLo. an crcanl-7-ttlon
slmtltr in its make-up nnd method, to
the Home Market Club, but liuvlug for Its
object tho destruction of the very things the
latter labors to build up It is also expected
thntitmongtliecuestswill ho three members of
the American Tariff Protective League. or
nellus N llllss, e-Mnj-or Strong of New York
nnd Wilbur J F. W'nkullela of New ),ork It is
hoped that F. W. Puck. (leu. 11 H Woodward,
aud J. II Mculbbotis, Commissloner&Ito tho
Paris Exposition, will attend
William 1) Plunkett of North Adims will
preside nt the banquet aud introduce tho
speakers In the follow lug order: Gov. Wolcott,
MjjorOulncj. President MeKinley. Postmaster-General
Smith, and Sicntary Long. On
the Introduction of Prcsidont Mchlnlcy an
ode of welcome, written by ham Walter robs,
nnd set to muaie by Thomas G. Shepnrd. will
lie sung by a chorus of fifty male voices A
band of thirty pieces will nssist in furnishing
music The dinner will bo "dry," lu accord
i.neo with the custom of the club.
The President and his party will leave Wash
ington on a special train on Hi" evening of
Feb lf ind will roach Huston about noon on
the following duv. In addition to Poetmastor
Gonernl hmlt'i and Secretary Long, It Is ex
pected that the President's two secrctarlei,
John Addison Porter of Hartford and George
I'orteljou of Now lork, will lie In tlio part J
Mrs. McKlhley has been planning to come, but
may not do so. Adjt -don, Dulton and others
of the Governor stufl. a commlt'co of tho
Oonerul Court, and a committee of tlio Home
Mnrket Club will go hi a special car to iniet
tlio President's unity at the Mate line and
glvo them an olllcial welcome. At the sta
tion, probably tho Park Square, the Governor,
attended by two troDiisof cavalrj, will take the
visitors under osoort to the Hotel Touruino.
At 4 o'clock Gov Wolcott and his slalT. tlio
Homo Mnrket (Tub committee, and Major
(Julncvlwlll coort the purtv to tho Mechanics'
lliillding. There, at tlio leeeptlon which will
followrtlielr.nrrival. Frcddent Plunkett. Presi
dent Molvlnley, Gov. Woh ott. Secietarj lying,
Mnvor tuincj'. nnd Postmaster-General Smith
will receive in tlio order named Thoy will
stand before 11 bower of plants and greenerj-.
The ladles will not attend tho reception
Tho banquet will begin ut H. und will he
served lu the grand hull Covers will bo set
for 1.014 persons, according to present plans,
with n possibility of peiuiug fifty more. Con
trary totho former custom of huvlng the'speak
ore' platform at tho north end of the hall a gal
lory h ts been constructed In theceutro of the
enat side lo enable the audience to bear better.
Thu serving kitchens will be directly under the
eut balcony with the supply kitchens behind
these. Gns stoves and ovens will he placed
tlioru Thoro will be one kitchen for overy
t.vo tables For every two tables will bo ,1 Iteud
waiter, and all these head waiters will iccelve
signalled Instructions from oniisiipreme waiter
who will direct them from n position of some
elevation J'hero will Is) more waiters in pro
poitlon as thu distance from their tables to the
itltchiu Isgreatci. in order that all thoniebts
may bo served with equal proniptiitSH.
On the duv following the banquet tho Presi
dent vrlll attend a reception glvon bv the tiov
ornor and Legislature It Is ulso expected that
he will attend a breakfast givettbv thn Commer
cial Club nt the Algonquin club, nfter whluit he
will return to Washington Major Champltn
of Cambrldco and other members of the;lloine
Market Club residing thero hnvo extended nn
Invitation to tlio pirty to visit Harvard nnd
other isdnte of Interest in the university city.
Iho Homo llnrket Club was suggested by
tho t'obden Club ot Lnglmid Its vluws uro.
of course, distinctly opposite, being as strong
for protection as the bitter's aro for free
trade. The club wan organized in 1KH7 bv
Joseph II, Loeson. Arnold II Sanford nnd the
lute George Draper. Iho Inst named vwih
tho club's llrst President. 1 ollowlng him an
President wero Timothy .Merrick of HoHoke.
(Ion. Drapei of llopedulu. present Ambassa
dor from this countri to Italy, and Wlllium
II, Hunt of Taunton, Treasuier of tlio Mason
Machine WorkM: Charles A btolt of Lowell,
x-Mnvor nnd Treasurer of thu Helvedero
Woolen Company, and Wlllium II. Plunkett,
( ol Clarku has been Secietarj slnco IHeH.
lu the first jear of ovlstenio Iho club at
tained a membership ol nearly ."00. Frly In
1SSS the number was Inetoascd 10 1(00, and
durii'g the campaign of that year tint member
ship was tripled. It is nt present I.wiO
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They dso relieve Distress from Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Too I Iearty Eating. A per-
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ness, HadTastein the Mouth, Coated Tonguo
Tain In Ihc Side, TORPID LIVL'U. They
Regulate the Bowels, Turely Vegetable.
Small Pill. 8m all Dose.
Small Price.
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AUEttll'AV tltOX, STKET, AXtt SHIM.
A (Mowing Prophecy by the rnrrmnst nf
Ihigllsli l'liiniiilnl l'ubllrntlnhi.
from the unilnrt StalM.
Perhnns tho most Important economic aue
tlon of our time is connected with tho devel
opment of the Iron nnd steel Industries of tlio
United Stiites nnd the probable eoniriiuonccs
of that development, not only 011 tho cognate
Industrie of Ihiropc. but also on the whole
maritime relations of the commercial world
In tho palmy davs of Iho proud wooden "clip
pers." the Amerlcttns Ind tho bulk of the
trnnsatlnntlc carrying trndc nnd the best of
tho carrying Undo bctvvocu flrcnt llrltnln nnd
Chlnn and Australia, Their wooden vcs-cls
were not onlj thing of bcuitj". but were, with
national itigenultj, constructed so us to com
bine h'gh speed with tho largost po-.-dblo car
go capacity, and nitb evory iiosslble contriv
nuin tor saving lalmr Wo nre, indent, npt to
forget that America once divided with us the
world'H earning trndc, if. Indeed. Tor ntlme
she did not have thu Hop's share It Is only
since tho nge of iron that she bus lost that po
sition, though sho need not litvn lust it had
not the lineal policy that has dtvclopcd since
tho civil vutr pretented hor both from import
ing material wherewith to build nlilim nt a
profit, aud iiIho lrom biljlng ships from lot
clgtiers. except under nrnctleilly prohlhillvo
conditions And now wo .tie face to face with
two momentous facts that prcugr n involu
tion in thu world s nliltipiug nml a'formldahln
competitor with (Jie'it llritiilu ns tho vtorl Is
common cirrtoi Tlie-e fnets nre il I that the
peorle ol the lulled Mains hae now become
impatient of thcli htllllng navigation laws, und
are craving for n national merchant nuvj,
and !'-' that now, fot the llrst time In their bis
tort' (since tlio decline of wooden ships),
nro tho Americans able lo pro lueo shipping
material on a level with (treat lirltalu
It is probable thiv Congress will soon revl'o.
If not repeal, the nnvlgittiou hiw l.cntlng,
however, the llscal uspei t of the iiuostion for
the present, wo propose to take it rapid view
of America as an actual iron and steol producer
nnd til n prospective builder ol hlgli-ehiss
inodoin Iron and steel vessels. In the llrst
place, wo havo to noto thnt the .suites h ivo not
jot retched their maximum jiowerin the nto
tluctlon of pig iron Their furnaces nro intieli
larger thnn ours, and their nroimrtion of ob
solete ty,es must I e small. Indeed, compared
with the number of auti'iuooxniiipies wo havo
still standing In Fncltnil. S-otlund and W'nlis
At uuj rnte, their existing furnaces .tie com
peted to h'tte nciipailtj of over n million tons
per month 'I ho actual production his not vet
reached thnt catneltj. and there is, of course.
no limit but that of capital to tlio number of
new fumicos winch mat jet lo built Can
such enormous inutiilitles be produced as
cheitplj us In Hrltuin'' 'J he truth si ems to!be,
that in the more ftttoriblj situated works of
the I'nlted States, and with tlio more econom
ically ivorked furnaces (which me three or
tout times the sioof oorsl tho pi lino cost of
American pigs is below that of either Scotland,
Cievehnd, or I'limhcilund lu tho pesiiectlvo
iunllties. This is n point on which wo must
slienk with somo dlllldenee. ns It Is.t matter for
Industrial experts, and we bj no inc. ms accept
the shipments of American pigs to J nglund
ns evidence of profitable buslnct. Hut ex
perienced Iron manufacturers with whom we
hnvi conversed hive expressed t heir belief
that the Southern Stales of America, and those
of tho Northern states that are within easv
reacit of the lake ore, enn certainly smelt pigs
mnio cheaply than we can It Is enough If
they can do It aschenplv when woptsstothe
uaxt stage ot competition
And in n'l stages the merleans have tho
advantage of elicit or fuel. Hairing liidln.
American coal is now (he Itenpest in the
world, nnd on th average is to tho Industrial
consumer fully ltd per ton cheaper than tho
average In Fitglund, Scotland nnd Wules. Tills
is an ndvantnge, of course, that tel.s nt pwry
stage of munufnetuto It Is also a noteworthy
fact that wages in the American lion industry
have been nrtteriullj reduced or late jc.trs,
wlille the producing capacity has also in
creased Tli eight-hour movement Is un
known In the States and the ontlnult of
energy Is one of His great factors in Ainerii nn
industrial development. To take one ex
ample At the I'cnnsjlvunln blast furnaces.
1n lSSO, tlio wnce cost was about ills pertnii
of pig Iron, ltv iff.) Iho wngo cost was ro
dm oil to Us , ami now It lion been piettv gt n
orally reduced to about 'Js. per ton. Again.
t lie nvcrngo annual output per cmrlovee was,
In ismi. 1IHI tons. It is now tliout .1MI tons
These facts spoak for themselves, and tlioso
who run can lead theli slgnillcan-o Now,
tnke another fact In relation to tlio vmnriciu
iron industry I'ntll within recent venrsthnt
industu practically depended 011 the develop
ment of tho ruilwuv sjsloins of thu States
When rnilvvaj building was slick, the Iron In
diMtry was ileir"-ed nnd vle vi rsn Hut of
lato jean-, while railway building has shrunk
to Insignificant ptopmtious, die uroduitiou
of nil kinds of Iron nnd tjteel hn enormously
Increased. Look at tho lollowlng llgurcs'
Vifm uf (inn til nf
Ai-u Itailriad (futj itt nf l'tnutl hon
limit I'iii Jrnn, an I .Mr
JVnr Mf 7 tit 7. n
I-' 11 '.no t 1 1 is 1 a r.01 1,000
1SS7 111111 0117 I4i r. .' ui'ijii
1SH7 1 SMI lMi".'lSO T00001O
Of courso. (Ids means tint producers of
American inm and Moil have found new nnd
large! outlets for their matcilnl in other lu
austrlcs than railwuv hulldlrg
One outlet m.ij imw bo accounted the mak
ing of steel mils for export lor American
steel mils aro now being supplied on contract
to Ilritlsli India, llusslaii Asia (the I'lnus
Slbeilau llnol. t he West Indies, N jva Scotli
tut 1 Canada generally. South Africa, Hawaii,
and even Ireland, lu ono month last jear
tho two largest steel rail companies are mid
to havo booked between them no less than
half a million tons, tlio Inrgei i loportion of
which was for export Nor is tlilssuiprlslng.
for jirleos In America Hinder tho stress of
constantly expanding competition) have been
coming down as they In.o been going up in
hurope Thus. In IKK!, tiie price of steol
rails was ." per Ion lu the I nlted St ties, lfi
UK in (iermany. nnd XI 17s ild in (uett
lirltalu In IWih the eunetit prices were A.'t
ISs. In the United States. ," ISs In (icrmanv
and i.4 l'.'s ltd in Incut lirltalu Tlio educ
tion In America Ii not due to eoinpi tition
u'one, but lurgelv to tho irduced co-t of ma
terial nnd greater economj lu produi'ln n
It is, of eotiisc, tlio reduced ot of induc
tion Hint has given Ameilea n chain in I 0 -olgn
markets that shetievei hnd befoie Tho
surplus of munj American muuutnctuio's
has been often enough "dumped ' intii foreign
lountrius c'simciullj Canada in order In ie
H010 tho homo markets Hut (he business
now being dono bv V'lioilenns In iron and steel
cannot lie regaidnd ut of th" "dumping" eh m
uctei 'J hey are cultivating un exisirl tisih .
und with i-ipli succtss that in the jear en ling
luno HO lnt tlio exports of raw .md m mutiu-
tilredilron und stod amounted to 67", IT .'i'7.
as against !f."i7.4!i7.K7 in the Previous jcai I
'I heso exports consisted of J.I.I.ki.s Puis nf tag
Iron. 'S.VJ.Ki'2 tons of milvwu Inui,ii4.7l.'il ns
of Iron wire, iH.lii,r tons o: si 1 m iimi. Mi .rCi 1
tins of Hiucturnl iron and In lim t.iusoi steel I
bl'lets and Ingots The P.tul unniitilj ' all '
sorts sent to (licit liritnin was 1 iU.iuki t'Vis.
nnd ncnrlv all the let u, sent i.j countiles
accustomed hitherto to buj fi im Uu jtl n,,,
nine month-- ending Sept 'ill the exports of
(iteel rails amounted to 'J.'.'.Di.iintis, valued at
?i.4ifi.(iS7 These llgiues omiipaic wl'h M,.
71l tons nnd ?1.KU.'JI in the luiicsiioiiiling
pnrtl 11 n! S 17, and with .M.KII tons unit
Jl.lrCI.IOilln the eniriwpoiiilliu: urt of IH!!
'lint largest I iijus or the Up iuum'iI m 11.1 nt I
tj huvo liccn ( uiinda ami lap.m und It Is well
to remember tint it was s.aled 111 I'nillament
Inst session that tlio lowest it nders foi mils
for the huppIi of llo In II. in i.illwnvs weio
Amerieiiii. As t 1 Japan, which Used to get nil
her mils from us. wo note the U llowing in n
stcclnl roport b) Mi J. sun. I nited Stalest un
hid at Hloi.11 "In ki tho I nited States ex
loitud to .Itiian Mil) it tit l.e iii'Tc than uno
sixth nn much ralltyay Iron as I iigland did.
but ill IK17 a veiv notable ncn-uso ! ok plme
from the l'nl cd States in such shipments, and
expoitatlotis imm the two muniiicn stniul
thus tiruitl llrilalii. fSlii.o'tl , I ni'ed Stat s.
J-h'J.i.OS,-! At tlds 1 tte aliotlici icar will show
'lie bulled M itcs In hate ii It lis. 1 . ....1 nit r 111
this exisirt lar behind bat maj or mui
not be, bin the etioiuious uiivantiii-e 1 osscnsi d
In the 1 idled Mutes lu tliei inning in.irko fur
rallwnj Ii m in I lima isan Impoituut lii'tor 111
the deteiopment ol piodiiel'un inn lul.nir
plact Th il development bus gone on to sti el
ship pl.ili" Willi Ii in i' 11 iw In lug shlpied to
this coiiutrj for slilpbiiPding
Tito 1 unit wo hate h night to bring out Is
thut America has 11 so developoil hei iron
und steel liulusiiles that she must find ftcsh
millets for her pioducts htich "Ulleis she n,
finding, ns wo belloto with prnilt. In foniuu
inniki ts for ertnui pioiiue's 1 o other piod
ucts. however, she will need to ereite 11 new
shipbuilding Industu of her own. and what
has been done or is 1 elng done in ihm 1 nno .
tlop wo iiiiist rcscive foi tiiture e iinlr ttlou
No thotiglitlui man. iic'iualntrd Willi tho V ne -lean
charui 101. vvliocousldcis tho siilii inn.
can fal1 to perceive that the giealest cuui etl
tlon to be fat eil bj lliitlbh (ml unt ri and entei
priso In the future Is that of American shli
building. It may bo defernid a few car, but
It is bound to come. "
THO t.torssKs AXn A UVLL FianT.
A Mndrhl Hpeclniln Hern by Thousa.ds itnA
Pronounced llloiuollitlng. 7
MvnntP, Jnn lill To-dny nil Madrid m e-
cited nnd young nnd old ttirnod out In thou- ,'
sands to w itness n sight seldom neen In a civil- j
l7ed town-n light between n bull and two half- ,
tnmed lionesses The eagerly awaited event j
was to havo tnken place jestortlay (Sunday!. .
but tlio lain, which canto down In torrent. , J
kept people Indoors, llut to-day. when the sua ' j
wits shining brightly, the streets leading to th
Pin? 1 doToros were, long l'fore the opening; 1
of tho nrenn, thlonced with tocclled erowd i
I'ngcr.y discussing tlio merits of the com- '
b.i'utits Pandercto. the bull.vvnsdoscrlbed by I
connoisseurs ns a beauty, n worthy son ol hl 5
sire. Pcr.llgon. who inituortall7od himself by
goring to death tlio noted toreador, Kspartero. ' .
some jenrs ago. i ,
Yestorday, In spile of the raln.notno 10.000 1
people visited Pandercto In his stable, nnd a I
work Ingmtin. who had wagered n bottle of wlno '
that lio would enter the stnblo nnd face tho
bruto ulono, wits promptly, pitched over th
p.utltlon by the ferocious nnlmnt, though h
was lucky enough to get olT with a few
scintehes. Tliciowas no fear, therefore. that!
tho bull would prove o coward. On the other
hand, Sabliia and Nemcit, the two lioneeseft
who three mouths ago were disporting thom
selvcs in tlio sands of thu Sahara Desert, wor
Imcked by their turner to mnUen rawstonkof
the bull In less than ton minutes, tiie animals
htiv lug been Kept without food for two days. 1
'There had been tin unprecedented run on tli
ticket olllce, tnui when the bugle sounded for I
the llrst act. the vast nmphlt hont ro showed ono (
compact mass of heads A voting toreador ,
cnteit'd the tnena and successfully despatched .
two bulls, but the applause was merely per
functory On :t sign from tho manager tho
cage containing the two lionesses and the bor '
Willi thu bull were wheeled Into tho ring. Tho
odds rose uulckly In favor of tho latter, as he.
immediately on boitig released, made a rush
for Sublnn. who. crouching and snarling;
viciously, received him with n terrible blow ot
her fore claws Panderoto shook himself freo,
and t"ssed her high lu tho nlr. Nemea hact
bounded asldo nt the bull's approach, but tho
latter, quick as lightning, wheeled round. and
In n fraction of u second sent her. too, fly- v
Inc Into spice Chnrglng nfresh. the bull 1
tool. Ncme.t up nnd drovo his horns through
her body against tho bars of her
cage Ihc public jelled Itself hoarso
with enthusiasm, nnd It wns clear thnt
the bull was going to carry the day. Sabln
then wns for n few minutes successful In dodg
ing tlio furious onslaughts of her opponent,
but, presently, she too was caught on the ter
rible horns and fell ull In n heap nlmost on top
of her wounded sister. Tho spectators alter
nately hl-sml the lionesses and choorcd tho .
bull totho echo
Tlio bull, now master of tho nrenn, stood
snorting dcllance, while the lloncssos. panting, I
their manes on end with fenr and blood llow
ing from their wounds, crouched boslde each
other Tlielr tnnior. furious nt the bad show
ing ids pupils were mnklng, npproaahed cnu-
tlnusly nnd prodded them repeatedly with a il
pointed iron to notion, until, mnddonod by , 1
pain, the queens of the desert rose ncaln ns If m
to recommence the attack, but scarcely had ' 1
Pandercto seen them move when he rushed a
upon tho w retched bensts. pinning them to tho
ground, not without lcceitlngnscvoro mauling; II
from Sublnn, who appeared to bo the pluckier II
of the two U
The speetnclo wns noarlne Its end. The pub-
lie howled execrations ut tho lionessos and I
tlielrt.imer Tho latter, who stood to lose at
good deal of money, was hesldo himself with 1 1
i.igo. but no amount of goading with pointed
sticks, not even pistol shots fired repentodlj !
close to thcli curs, could make the poor boasts
move Tin j lay trembling close against ench
other, nnd, famished though they were, piece '
of rnw. dripping IIcsli temptingly displayed'
failed to arouse them Ncmeii. vvltli her limb,
brnknii nnd deep wounds nil ovor her body,
brenllnd hut fiilutlj-, nnd Sablnu was in a
se-ircelj better plight Tlio bull, contemptu
ously turning nsldo from his fallen cnemlos.
now llxed Ids nttt tition on tho wild boasts out
side tlio nrena who were cheering vociferously,
and, pawing the gioiuul, mndo sundry move- ,
ments an if to charge upon the spectator
The lionesses vvcio eventually eh lined to the
bars of theircage- quite n superfluous precau
tion, ow lug to their exhausted stnte- while tha ,
hull wns enticed Pi tlio other side of tho ring,
whence lie w is with great trouble led away tot
Ills sftblo nmid thunderous applauso. tho blood 1
dripping from nn ugly wound in his neck and
badly laeeiated nbout tho eyes.
" Poorsport after all." was tho public vordlot.
(ilniltH III rhino 1)11 ,
Frnm Itir f.tnutl .'iii JUmrrat.
Nil rr.. Fell 4 During the Investigation to
dtyofthe mounds In Pokngon township. Cn
count), the buiios of perhnps 10') pel vons wero
found in the ccirie f o 10 mound und undor
these, scpniated from lilhcompiinlotis.wcritho
bones of 11 man wh in life must hnvo boert
fully nine feet tall. ocup) lug a sitting position,
with bis feet und t him A niimberot copper
bodl.liisn- pins, from two to throe Inches In
length, were found, and nlso plus mnde from
th I ones of n wolf Tin 10 were numerous cop
I r hi'ihcts twn-edged nil I sliuip. one of
wli 1 Ii was wi tppi 1 In it linen cloth u-sombllnir
in ti tin th .( of t j day ,
NOTE gt&
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Till ITUM'sr Hip liulliaiM now, llifl humped,
11 1 1 tl er K uiiim ihmi , (! tinJI, J'ftt or narroir
tt i, 11 it ntK tiioi p (! dt wn, tf too loinr or
i(ilinrt it 111 t r ulut it imp ritctlmin, It tn b
r i'oti'11' t in.'l ti 11m' irintil fniu it tlilHL'OflM)utr
itinliiii., fmui .tt WlMiDlllia H, 2. VHt2.tdKt.
( iiNitltiit in im 11 nit lKnk flit Our chief
hiir,n ti in ut th N v. iiik ortWn itiU weckto jr
ft 11 111 tin m ptiiili n t iKiatnHi",
DEVELOPING m.d
RESTORATIVE APPLIANCE.
Iii li nit ill nml fimntpn t'oii illiTi rt-nt fiom nr
tiling: hi lrf ut known l,ot luiu U n Jofnl
wfiiKiii ., wijiihlnc Inriil tijilmt'iit. This
im 1I1 il nu ( U ulit'ii uli iu 'IkIii t fail, fmin tb
imi'lt f it t tlmt it ' niiMM 1 lull uml jmrftct circuit
ti niii hi. ilin U'iviui. lit r UVLivui.' Vlifur and
l)i t'loimiriit tu a niturti) un It IxmfflcUl
t.i. ari nn i ilmti hih t uti iiu in and the riir
1 1 1 in tin tit tt nt n f jibH ( iiiiM iti t m! Ojm i
pi' i in 1 on ttt in ii tin Kcnlt-il 1 jjvc1uj,
1 Ml Mi:iliiN f 11 1 l'iut m hI w Vi k j
MILLER'S FANCY SHIRTS J
111 lllllll II M IS STIK'll. "I
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1151 B'way, between 26th and 27th Sts. ( j
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