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THE RICHMOND DISPATCH-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22. 1898.
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111 MYERS RESIGKS.
HF. curs is' i'onT-orp'icr. dk
PARTMIM f****} I IOS.
RIFLES FOR Wl. M. I. CADETS.
BJkaaeral Ships i? WaaatstaTttwi Bss Um
nirpo.a- ?.f SeenHnsj ? InaplT
ivr.iiuiii .iii.i r??!?? asabas ?*
latereet.
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and A. tus' I
< illway Mnii
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BhX tin :it of
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rnl .-' . H-Sl
Mr U
, tment
to hoi ! on until his | ' be SJled.
>!r. at]
tg nt Khhmond, and all
cf his a"- *. i.'.u?. h
te i'^rr with lusa, Tho appointment el
Mr. COOk as his BUOCeosor Is ur,-1.>r cim
aidivrutlon, and BSBJ ' ' '' tflt-'
next ?? n dl
Kjruis afl 'K \'. bt I.
ateadsat of
i Bllitary li- ' ! - -
Department
t iy. and th" '. ' Sral'S OffiOO,
t
, . . v.s for the
i the school is
entitro-i L'nfo! tuna! Boers who
lia-.?? charg? of this depertment were
Loth abe. . Shlpp was :
' :
Were made that his va -
v. on. S sa nee?
riWe. if explained itorbla the
ttonehlp '-f
tho Instil men! aad that
<,f lartivjuitntai sgNhS, hav
ing mil) I of
oMajikitig i special order which will place
t Vlryinla, Mill! a pro
per looting,
tgsrjaraJ ShlPi ' been wrltin?; about
his cup;'.', past two months.
and gettli ,'
T.. a.? th- rson. Ho found
' -r.. v.-rv ' i- h it: a '
dltjpft, hut th.?t t will
1 psoducttve o-. . i its.
M.'ICWANI'V' l:\\K IN VKNK//. 'KKA.
rjaatsv aags I Con
eui tJSuaaaehi r, rans
l " -, of ' ment
cf a me- ,.. which Is summa
BBS I a. foil
"Tl :' to estab
lish u tha - with
hject of hulldh
and oth? i ? ?" and
hi ranty
1 that ill ltlll?> '
Of th?
'"i i 'Bank will make loans
Bt ii , i.t. In m il
b for
:, aad Will tal
:
:
, d in th" ?oil .
n the
i emplo) .'. ; k. i p. r < snt
I . tpltal, . - nt.
for ii-. ' the 1
.
contract, 'i h.
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n munlcl?
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Jordan. Of stuff oik, \
John A ?Hng, ?.in1.
B. F.'Toung, ? t the
I nal
a i*. M ia, n.
Cj w, B. sge,
IT, C.1 Iff . kf, Emory, South- ]
ara l-Jjnes n. c.j W, k. Baupln, Char? <
lotjoevlll??. Va.; Dr. Smith und .
1 Bgporla, Va.; J. 0 I'ayi wife, and
daughter, Lynch!
C. <j. Wager, Culpep? r, V : i\ W.
?To* mis, D \ M n i
? Dlil'lct't .'., ' v, .' > 1 :
bur?-. Vo : J. w, Martli
Va,? John J. Thornton, Qreenaboru';
Oharlos I?. Tl Will
O Dodaon. La C. Dodson, North C
line, ?Howard House.
i - - g, Markbam, Va.; W. i
Qravei '
blus?n, ?? N C; J D. Mu?
sVBnavflh n
OhOSter, \ I' I. ?
ter, Bobuyl? r, \ M I
POSTAIa
William : loned
a feurth*
If, c.
Baa post-ofl
1.1 11. Intn, N ty. Va.,
Usai nith
namiM l R.
AK.MV ORD1
"8ergear.t Jobs T. Withers,
1 ! . i r In! u .'iv. Is
Ho is an?
i
"?.v direction of tl
nstructtens
m this office, direct
ing t. t tha
lv< corn?
! i ng officers ol the foUowtng-nssBSd
? ?inn, ,1:
od, Com
rporal n D CrutehAeld,
M, Fourth Virginia Vohii
i
pb W, smith and Pitt its
y K, Fourth Yir
n,.; entitled le travel
i
'i atar y ef Wer
Paitad
Stet? - army, is relieved from furtl
with the d Stat. % Infantry,
er, I mpson, l'un, l
V i .
' duty at that bospil il
"Bj f tl War,
Captain lie. ,. -.. n Bunday, a?Mst.,:it aur
*j* "" ' rray, Is n lloved fi im
further July tilth ihe ?a-venth Army
'"M': ,, Port Boi
>"'1 report in porsoi, to Ueutsnant
<-"": Woodhull, deput) Bur
Boan-sa-neral, L'niied Stataa army, oom
BiaT .a t'luti"!
gMv" ' "' ' K' l'1'"' :'1 lt-'! P?
?> >>'oetloa ol the Bsctelan sf War
aaSSerJ sanir7a.
Ite.1 Stau. Voluuterr?.will
"" '? from liutmoro. N ? ,o
>g< Cl. M-uaJv, Mlddletown Pa
ajjj? "i?"i. ,? per-Mii, to th? commanding
BUBSaff 01 tb. Llalla:.! StStOS troop, a'
that plaie for ???ignment to duty with
brlgsd? of th? Second Arm? Corps.
f th? Seeretary of War,
?nt-colonel William A.
Ordnen ment, United statei
mm irniing F?>rt Monroe Ars?iinl,
K,it Monroa Va . arfll make not to Bk
seed lore vi.it? per month during th?1
,,f November and December, ISSS,
each, to the Tredtgar Iron-Works, Bich
ad to n a Peteiafjarg iron
Petersbarg, Pa, oa official batst?
I i ?Jutas i" ii"- Uiapactlon of pro
lecttlea now in proceea of iHUiafacturt
for the Ordl I IBM nt. and upon
I to return to bin pro
ration ail? i ' "
I'oi.lTlf* 19 POBTO itico.
Objection to < on! Dun? nee in Offlce of
spmitaii SalaaaatlalSi
AM JTJAK, POBTO BICO. October
ibta potttieal < iciiernent pre
vails her?, owing to tht fa? t that Senor
i f the recent
Autonom: | CoubcII of B? er? ?n 11
retsry of th , Beatw
tery Of Juitli ? . and Senor
iy of the interior, .-ill
tlected last Mnr<h on the Autonotntoi
plat foi n binned bj M ijoi ? lene
r .i Brooke In th? ir i od??soa
I (.pp.-nen's : l*g| Bl publll
t euch eontlnu
lt ll tUltlncUf und' : I ' >od Hint
net v. ill I ntrol Of
1 an military governm.nt.
THE i:\ tVCDATI? IB.
Big hundred Spanish toldlen and offl
-.-i a, In? luding Gei ta i was
?fi Mschlaa. are em
barking on the Spanish transport Mon
to pail to-night or ?o-morrow.
rhors will then r.-ninin only a few Span
ish oSbcstb, who bave personal buslnesa
ad to.
Tl oMth of allegiance to the United
States has been taken by five Judges of
parlor Court of Porto Rloo, v\ie,
later will administer the ?game Oath tO
Iheir subordinate?. Spanish JudgSt who
lo not deslru to foreswear their elle
rlnaot t?i Spain trill he nturnod to the
Penlniula
I'lioni OTTOS OP OBLO A\D BILTEB
lepnrt of the Illreetor nt the Mint
Theit-ou.
WAHHINDTdN, October fl The Di
te-t.r of the Mint, in his report upon th?
iroduction of in-edous'raetali taring tht
alendar ;nr ?M*7, just aubtulttod to tht
Secretary of the Treasury, deals with
the production of gold and i-llv r. BOl
.inly in tlie Enlt? d <t in fonign
souatrlea as -?veil, and draws a compart
?a bel w< i. th" Brotaotton of tta
ritrlts of the world.
.: -j from which tafortnation
i derived are th.? in? si authentic
?ml reliai It possible, and the
I accurate as any it is ;
O obtain.
Tin value of the gold produced in the
.- t?te? (iiirlni? the calendar year
; ?. The South Afl
: du? Ing gold
P,638,861; tuitral
...
?,! a le 111 the
I in thi world during
m "V? r i?b& n i'. it?
African i
I iln ol f]
auatral
da. Il.a
i 1 durlnfr the
? ear 53,S60,0?X) line- ouni
m x i. ? -. i descrease
.
WBYLBB OBOAS SUPPRESSED.
?nnnish Blttlstor of I'uMIe instrne
tlaa Realgaa
MADRID, I El N.T'ional. the
Conservative ergai which la tupj orting
Weytar, a red suppres?ed
to-,lay f?
rloualy aubmttted t?> the censor, although
Ita editor, Benor Piguen a membei of
imber of Deputies, had he- n Im?
r tl - ime offene?. Th?
ma ?i a great tentation, and th?
;> ntlon order wst I j annulled
Senor li.iinazit, Minister of Public ln
itructlon and Public VI ki has teadarad
. at b pi Inal th?
of ei Nacional. 1 : Ignation
. Senor Bsi ita taking
-.-nor Gamaao'a portfolio ad Intel
The i" , bava addn
ilalnt to the Bupreme Court agatatl the
I aaal i I Chinchilla Gov? rnor
; n? rai of Madiid. to respect the aii,?<:'-i
t viol iblllty of B< nor E . i mem
.? r ?.i th Chsml ' : i .
NORFOLK R IVY-. 1BD.
Repart of laageetat Kaapp Sanaa
Bentatalt la Pallww.
WASHINGTON, (fctober :\ U?
Knapp bat Just returned to Washington
'rom a visit i , n to tht Norfolk
lavy-yai
tacretery i-nn?/ ii.?- result "f ins inquiry.
a - found thai there bad bean lerteut
i of th" rulot governing the em
of labor In tht y ird aid down
?y the department, and tome prefenntlal
!, i ? t?. .u ' -1 bll tar i lo
the spirit oi i be i ii!
mil will bt a r.turn to the ttrict ?ppii
i ( the rutas, an tova] of
?um., employ? es chai a Ith the Ir?
regutaritl? a
-<-??> -
BBVIBW a i invMwrnoi'ir,.
ihi-lr (.?-riiinii Mn jet lex Suinte I'.neh
Turkish Plag*,
ANTINOPLE, ? ' toi. I i'D
r and But] v, with
tht Bultan, rsvtawed llsOM Turkish troops
iw of tht flldlt
i Their G?srraaa
i | of , ach regiment,
rabie commi r I
nit. rnlaing ??f ? :
md Turklib san
V ell<n\-l'e?.?-r nt Monterey.
WASHINGT ?N, RopOri
laving reached th" Marl H tp ta] B u
: . Mlow-fevar, al
Hoot? t > Mexico th,- bur, at to-daj
in Comu
hat point for taformatien Tha follow
rig reply was ?received M-night:
"MoBteray, Moaioo, October B. Dr
irosa a reputable phystetan, axpertanced
n fellow-fever, oaya yea D:her physi
cians aay n?>.
0Bl?rned) ".loi IN l? POLLARD,
"l'otislll-l?etieriil."
The ottlelals of the Man?,.- HOOgltel Ser
ie?- hav" oSleen all alona the Mexican
tardar, who win >>e notified ??f th* re
lorted lever at Meaterey, and all pre
?autlOBI Will I"-- taken.
Insiii ?; oi Taxe? at Miinlln.
MANILA. OctObOl H Tlu- insurgents
ire rnforulng an export duty of $36 a ton
non beans from southern ports bra Ighl
?> Manila. They are alno cntOHllBB I PW
ent. tonnage upon steam as and B per
? Bl upo?, fr> .?-hts.
Tla IMarrtran and liiMlsh firms are
..i to pay ???boat charses, though
i,? | protest atrenuosaly aurairiat tas ar?
?hKiniont. which is the more unjust bo*
dt BW entering .Manila by rail
ray (ram the north which arvadn di ty
nd ceji undttiaaU Um legitimate tl
SolOU-r *?|ipare??tls Murdtrcd.
N ?.SHVll.E?; TE.W . it .,!, -
lie,-lui to tht? Jt?nnin r from Monti;.?mt-ry,
via, saj?: About 2 o'clock tbJ? morning
talvln McCVu. sergeant-major of tha
rhird Alabama Regiment, was ffjund
bad ?n Jackxt-n atrret. He had been
ihot. tb? hall ?taBartag \Mm left ear. Ha
vas ?eer? yesterday with eonaidorable
i" it.-v on his Barsoa, and when found
?It? HtkStt had been out SUl and th?
BSae] was gone. Th? Ongoneo ? lnv?jj?
- g-i'-ng
THE ARLINGTON HOME
THK OlW.I*AL SKAT ?P TOR KA
aiot s t? ?ms f.statk.
THE ESTATE A SPLENDID ORE.
?ow Fast nrcajIng-The Fourth
John OtBadtS Wns Very Korrntrle,
and Ills WtfS BTns i- Tartnr? Some
tlmri Aol ?in Spenklne; Terms.
(Written tor the Dispatch j
Hut few peoels win> travel over ths
I'hilad' lphla and Norfolk rail
road, on the BtStsn Shore of Virginia,
reallfS that thty arc pa-slng through one
of the mo3t historic sections of the coun
try, second only to .1 isa? .'town Itaelf.
un the southern cxtr.-mlty of this pa
ila Is located the town of Cape
. Inn 1? - , ttie loundation of which was
laid whin the N< W York, Philadelphia,
and Norfolk railroad was built through
tho I'' BhaBua. The town Is located on
vvli.it was many years ago the Arlington
plantation, the original seat of tho Custls
family In Virginia, a drop or more of
whose blood flows in the veins of many
of the leading familias of Vli-glnia and
other Blaise, It .'..rived Its name from
the Bar? of Arlington, one of the minis
if .'liarles 11.. and from it Arlington
on the 1'otomac was nam?-d. It was quits
a large estate, Including s number of
Islands on tii" Atlantic coast, ssBOng
them Smith's Island, which Is still In the
possession Of thS family. Long since has
tho mansi?n follow? d the inexorable law
of decay and gone back to tha dust from
whence it came, iuit near th-- place
when' onga it BtOOd arc two old tOIOb
stonea, Indicating that tha family bury?
ing-giound, as is customary throughout
Virginia, stood close to the Old BOmeStSad.'
T I'Kt'AYIN.;.
Sad to r landmarks of "yc
oldefl iim?-." in common w ith many of
Virginia's antiquities, are fast goin '
It is vviili B f? ' ling
that we vvitn? ay of the old
Virginia homest? ids. Ths rutbless hand
of faroi i i ago in to bava bo >
' ?r the jilac? s Which an D - I
by so many fond m?morisa mem
which tabs us back t?? ths times "f long,
long ago, whl h baa corns down thi
many years, telling us of thi. day? oi
fi refsth. t -. 'ii - oder spot |n the
"f us for tha old ? n
ths old 1, of our forefal
ami II
\ i t to them a '. u ws make no
tempi to presei tha borne toad which
cherished
cherishing their as wa should.
. of Tims will,
i. t. r
.?r > < olden time," but with a little Judl
svsn lis destroying effect may
'or a time bs prevented.
Tin-; ARLalNOTON HOliaSTBAD.
homestead was required
bj John Custls, No. 2, through either his
ond wife. J i, No.
r of Rottei
ttlers of I i
J hn i istis, No. '.', a .
- i
m irril I. His son, John '
WS twice marro- d, 11.- " IS ' '' I
I
of VlrgJi ' . by J.'jrd
rd, of Efl
i
i, n
Of tl ' ' - PS ''Uli ; '
llloi ii? wa Wll
r Eastvll ; m I
bean rlptli n: "Here lyeth the
body of John Custla, Ei .
h ol Virginia, < >lonel
mander-tn-chl? f of ths militia ol l
-i this Colony. H
on of Hon. John Cuatis, of Arlln
lepart? I this life j th Jai
in th<^ (nth year of his ai e, HI .
vas Margaret, v.. '. . Mr. John
M cha. la, by whom he . sons
and thru- daughters, who, with three of
th. Ir ins, Hi s ne .1 bim, 11 ieco d wife
a irah, the -
s,'mi-,-.- Littleton, and widow of Adam
M|< ha ils, who survived him, but BOPS
b?- burlM by him when shs dl
1 i.? desire. Which a. iw ?-h? is.
D? pHtt? 1 thi-- life the 18th a iy of April.
B nlnl, 1738, and In tha
SB."
'I HB F? ITJRTH J< ?TIN CCBTIB
John Custis, No i. mere faml I
ki own a* Martha V ther
,'. . \T.i3 man MB l i Fiances,
the oldest daught. r of ? 'olo
who is tombstone of
John Cuatis, No
? ral and Chlef-Oov awai d
' - ..- be
ing a "Tartar, shi Her
t< mper wa violent and fa
rlous. John I'uKtis himself w.it verj
centric, and his temper was but utti* less
than that "f his wife.
Both ware children of wealthy, ha
I parents,
. nded from the i ta to the chil
is In?
hi r violen! temp? r; but, I
i ni i c tuse him
: u the cas? in d?
with tbs fair sea, hu "reasoned wlthoui
his host." \ ' istis, although aomswhst
When loin;
with a Park, ii woul I limply b? "1
or ts ' i I he more
leities or her tsmper,
NOT ON BPBAKJNQ TKKMS.
it Is r, port? d of them thai tlu,
nol on speaking t, rma and
al a tlms would not exchange
a word; yet, shs would preside at the
tabla as though thej tbe meat 1
Of COU] II -- All I '
on tl Por ?nstanos, she
. to a dining-room Mirant: "Ask
your master if he will have coffee or I ta
and ci m ind sugai." 11" would r.
"Tell bat I will take
., i
it is related that upon one occasion,
aft. r >na spells
in- dressed h.im?*if with great care,
bitched to the gig. and
when it was driven to tha house door
sproached M^ t'usti*. :.tid In the
most dignified ami courteous manner.
. her i: shs would like to tako a
with him.
., Mr. Custls, ? ertalnly, air!
\\ hen havs von ever asked m
witb you before? Certalaly, sir; I w/lU
drive with you with pleasure."
"DRIVE ON, SIH"
H? Lplng her lato tin- pit. ba ssatsd him
self beside her, and drove to the bap
. alwagrs s favorits drive lie wm
douhlletap in one of b n, Bl I BBtrh)
Is, fur Instead of pursuing tho i,?-.iu
tlful u rivai along the shore, ha caul
?ut Into Ina bay. From what follows, wa
may easily seo that Madame Custls did
boi know thu meaning ef the word ffar,
bul SVldsntly she could not see Why her
honored sirs *as driving oui Into the
1 Chesapeake bay. so ?-h.. aehed: "Where
ur.? you going, Mr. Custisf" "To h-II,
Mtidani!" "DHvS on. sir!" wi* the re
, -ilbs Soon the water was coming Into
tha foot of the gig. "Whera ?.re you
g'lng. Mr. Tusos?.I'o h-II. Madam"'
Agiijn eumo the response, "Drive on.
r nahlle the liurae began to swim.
The old bin gig was almost Heating,
and the water was up to the seut. With
a ?nmMti'B pertinacity, and she surely
?i.vd a ISBSOn tor u-.iiiar it, Madam Bald:
"Again 1 ask >?>u, Mr. Cu.?;is. where ar?
you going?" The same answer. "Drive
on. sir!"
At this he turned the hers? about and
drove ba? i- to th>- shere, saying: "if I was
to go to h w. and the d? 1 hlms.-.t
was to com* out to meet BB. I do not ba
you would ha frightened. MN i
-ir." Bha replied, "I know you so well
that i am always wining und net afraid
to go vvh. i.- you go."
Tradition has It that Ufa at Arlington
afti*r this was, for a time, more piBBSBBt
IN!.Y MVF.D INMUNO BACHauVOB?
H??Ol).
The Inscription placed on hi. tomb by
his own order tells his sid*? of the
It I? short, but to the p.dn?. Ho died
.i,,,,] 7J yearn and yot Hvod bit s'-v-'i
yens which was the space <>f thnS '
kept a bachelor's ln>u?e ofl th<* Tast-rn
Shore sf Virginia." a warning to all who
inplate eiitertu,: the binding 1
of mutrimoiiy. out of aevonty-one years,
he. in hia own estimation, lived only
?nd. sad, that hi dij not iwn
sid. r his married lite among the years
that he had lived!
His diM.endnnt, I.Ira. Mary Custls !.. e
(Mrs. QsSkSral Ix'e). writes: "Th?lr e?n
nuhisl SSaJoysaentS wer? o? ?hon duration,
ami In mercy to both, perhaps after the
birth of two children the ?mall-pot ended
her Ufa at Arlington, on the ?Tastern
?ore, March it. 1711." Hhe was butted
at Wan. ? ? farm. York county. Vs. on
her tomb?tone 1? the following Inscription:
"Here llea the ?odv of Mra. Fr.incei Cua
tis, daughter of Daniel parke. E? i afho
departed this life March the H. 1,14, In
the ?th year of her age."
Arlington, with its many tra?11tlons, Its
historic association?, was sold son,
(?KO to a gentleman from Philadelphia,
but has sinco b"<. n bought by a Mr. Willis.
Of Northampton county, It '? n,rl '"
tee the dear old Virginia homesteads pa it
Into ihe hands of strangers. It s??ms
almost like d<eoecrat!on. *?E ln Ikaae
lays of push and progr?s? when mon y
pr, sents Itself, the old hOBtOt <'f Hi?
landed K<ntry, and their old tradltlona
an lost tbrht of by those by whom they
should be the most respected and cherisli
"I. REX.
THF. I'l'.Mi; NBtaOTIATIOBS,
?pain nisnppolnted Bl Fallar?? of
Her Strtttesr.
LONDON Oetowoi I bt Madrid cor
respondent of tho luadard Bays:
"The? dli-Ti!? asuro and dl-ipp'dntment
felt ln oinda! circles at the failure of the
skilful strategy of Senor Klos. concerted
with Senor Sagasta and Duke Almodovar
St Rl ?. to minimize the consequences of
the war, 8N kson an?i profound
' Spain D lUhting Isard, becanaa future
budgets and her finances generally depend
upon being relieved of a-? much us pos-l
bl" of the Cuban burden.
"The drift of tiie negotiations are-itly
increases tho difficulties of the Regency,
because the Enlted States a.? t-eiually
unbending in their demands for a more
ly ovacuattoa of Cuba than the naval
ar.i flasnctal ratoardtt "f Spain win per
mit, although Senor Ssgasta is anxious
to bring home tho soldiers in order to
stop, ?ggpei
PIHHIPPINF? QUESTION.
"But the government Is moat anxious
because tho Americans hav? not Bhown
thr-ir hand regarding the Philippines. Tho
Forel?:n OOot hat groUBdl for supposing
that the Enlted States will not follow
Admiral Dewey*t cnutloui advice and th"
opinions^?:* high naval BOthorltltB in
America, which are decidedly averse to
meddling oitb the Phllipptaes, beyond
securing naval Mutions, f"r military,
financial, and International reasons.
"Hints that Spain WOOld b? glad to re
tain th.' Philippines, conceding religious
toleration, and andortaklng not t? sell
with?lut giving the Enlted St :
to bid, Indie it" that tomehow Spain once
i ms to expect Continental asslst
Bttca"
THE CUBAN DEBT.
The Speaker, In a Ion? arti?'le on the
" Cos
of America to ann^x
Cuba is mainly dut I In to escapo
the burden of the ?Cuban debt At 'ho
tima the doctrine of international
law by which a debt incurred by a ruler
Minis nit ' tt ipon Blight
itlon. it i; m?twiitrous that n tyrant
BhouM be able to burden futm
limply '" anas bs Is ta posa
f the nment. if Inveetors
bel tiirit In Internations] taw, loans In?
the will of 'he p
>,\ ,?uii b to the oountry In
would bs h'ss of that monetary tup]
f miasovernment which
naneo of t ? ? n
' '
SPAIN'S DEFIANT COURSE.
"Fof sfty yearn Spain hat ruled i
a d?tflan? a of the a II of the i p,;i m i o
Dd 11 ' '
of tl of her
v ; I - D met
hie Upon
. : t placa, In order to pun?
lah tl nd, la oi
1er to rrani for ? ral it to tat
event oi i Iren out by Arnerica.
"Ei a charged
t of
ag it upon tho Unit Th"
ouraged to i"nk to
the f Internattonal
taw Bt i ..i t of I they
kn.-iv they Wl ' I? :. !.'. : I
the vs m of both Cul mi end Am H
is to he h?oped that the l :
., .
will refuse to pay any part of the
t h : " r f need In dev? lopment
of tt- thereby totting t most
u?efui precedent, of which tyr-ants and
,11 do well to take r,
Trlcurii plilo TorslHea.
N'w ^ from Clairville, a new town In
Plant . ? , reports I h< baralag "f
a hotel then . an?l the loot in the ta
live Ihn
The ' ' Of lay that
the New Baron thi
t I, has been lost, with all
d bon r?l, off tl
wreckage from it bavin? washed ?iFh??re
ind.
The Rome correspondent of the T/mdon
Macota,
proprii tor -i Aveseal,
boon ttntei moni bs1 Imprl
Boament for killing Senor Carlo Caval
; .! ,irt-l
r of the Chi Dep*
In a dual It tarcl
.ti or a <au?*.
ThO 9 -\"ar--..ld BOB Of Mr. and "
.lohn i.. Drumeller d I Isa n1. ht at th?
net of his parents, In Barton
Heights. ' n ill about a week
' utis.
Made Ulm ?pell.
ii'.-aiHon's Weekly.)
A .Manchester man Bat M I ?.lernt I?
In;,' the use of the tyi ? - Up to the
it time bo ha? had tomebody t?? do
his typewriting f ?r him, b
to know how i?, rut? It all
Ho admltt Huit ho Dn't an apt a b
it com. ? iloa ly : Ken ai t hud to
find, aid the .-'i llr forgot
ten. But there Is oi < thing that an
hin.. Ht i*5 learalng io anefT, nn?i learning
?n th?> tanta waj ta
headed buy In the e trly six'
Of ,ui M he ?'O'lld ?PCll wh"ii
th-? typewriter, but not in the tame way.
N???v he distinctly en ,i
?et It, toa with the pteateat
it i- a fugmy thing but he fuels bin
spelling out the word? In the newspaper,
?n?i hi? aril i Mis them in ins
tit tp
Th" other day th? mini?t?r met him and
?ske?, him how he w i
"V-e-r-y w-c-1-1," he gravely spelled out,
Und when th,- p;nt?jr looked i
realised what he had done, und hastily ? x
platned ih? cauee of the pecularity. mu?
the minister prof?s??d t?> lie gn-atly lnt?r
Mted ,in?l wanted t "> know all about It:
and Ihe speller is BOW greatly worried for
fear the "iraon will write a <special paper
on it ;' some magealne.
\\ ben ., minister finally b-lt him he
ihook ?..nais and sail "Oood-by."
"U i " liegen the spelU-r. and he then
recollected himself and hastily added
"1, v "
He hope? In time to BJOar ou' this pe
.-uli.iruv. and when hr Incteaael his speed
on the typewriter he no doabt win.
Insanity Inrrease? in England.
fl.ondon Mall.)
The treatment o? lunacy continues to
liter a grQa'Ing. burden to th? tax-payers
5t th?, Cnrled Kingdom. The fifty leCOOd
eport of the oommlBSloriers in lunacy,
idatasatd to th? Eord Qlaacellor, w.?i?-h
las Just b?ser Issued, thows that on .1 Hi
lary 1st of thU year then was an in
reaee of n.eJC in the number of patienta
?nd that thl? followed an Increase of
PHIS, repcrfed at the beginning of the pre
.? diiig > ear.
Examination of the ?statistical tables ,11s
. lose? Hint the IntreatM? la entirely ander
the head of in???n* persons of th* pauper
last and thai thev are treated In ihe
public asylum maintained by the county
tnd borousrh authorities.
The rie.- In the number of lunatics so
has gon? on ?t tOBM
luring the last ten year? the average
oui Ou I addition to the army <f laasat p-r
on.-. was 1,9a?
At first sl?-ht it might be thought that
tinao i- r?tuitl|jisly spreading among th?
population Th* fart, bowcv? r, seems to
be ihut of late years th?Mv has be? I
leasy to sen?! to asylums for careful
:reutment n.any case? whl?h formerly
would have been resiaJoed ?t home or in
hu work-hoas?*B, and for esemple, per
enne upon whom old, age has brought de
n.-ntU now became Inuiatc? *-* luualio
isylunia.
SECRET TOLD AT LAST
n. LinrkkKit. n. a., f. r. s., dis
covF.ns Tin: omcix of sand.
ACCUMULATING FOR UNKNOWN ACES
Dig Doren In the Arid Waste? of
Sahara and Arlsona ami the Mys
tery Is Ksplolned?Involution of the
Desrrt Animal,
(Writ', ti for tho Dispatch.)
Seals ?mi Nature's l?'"k that have re
! unbroken through past agi. aie
being sevend boldly In these latter days.
Knowledge must march on, and no one
can say: "Thus far shalt thou go, und
no farth-'r." In the gslstBSSS Of the
rt there B I during all ihe
pears Bf the world's history a BKJrBtery
that takes this spoken ahape: How
MBBSS the sand there and why the almost
boundless expanse of arid country over
whli'h mnn must travel quickly and wl'li
abundant suppii,a of food and watet Is
; 8 tho ever-clutching hand of d'-ath'.'
No ad?quat?-, snswer to the question has
been given, fll ear hing bonos bear silent
witness to the danger of tarrying too
leng In th- dom a In of the desert king, and
science has sought ethOf and less risky
fi..lds of research ra.th.-r then centre Its
POWBTg on this dry and unhospltable ?ub
j< et. It must be grappled with, however,
or Nature will be victor In the everlast
ing light to keep its secrets from the
Immun rare. The sealed book of t BS
desert has been open.-d now, and Its pages
can be read by all.
As a matter of fact, the opinions with
regard to the origin and nature of deserts
are scarcely, If at all, less erroneous,
than tha deeply Ingrained popular super
Btltltlon as to tho growth of flints and
pudding ston.-s. And a little reflection
will show the id?-a of the loose sands
of the desert being a marine deposit must
arily be SrroneoUA Apart from the
diflhulty of accounting for the accumu
lation (rf auch vast tracts of sand on the
marino hypothesis, it will be notlosd, m
tho first place, that desert sands are Bot
Bed in t!.,- mai ai r characteristii
of aqueous formations, and, secondly,
even stt] poi Ii g that they had been bo ds
i I, the? would almost certainly :
Washed away as the land rose from
beneath the sea. Then, again, ws do no!
ni'-'t with marino sh.-lls In tho desert
. Of B B~ h at least some trBC -
ought to have bees left hoi th? *
marine deposits of comparatively modern
age.
Whether or not th? subjacent strata
have svsr b a ben? san, it is
lain that th.- sands of all
th.' -. rts of ths world bai a
formed In Btu by lbs disintegration ?,f
they rest, and
: blown at.out Bttd r.'irr.
by the action "i* wind alone All ,!
are situates in ,listn.-t.-, where the ?rinds
' 'if from th ? have
to pass over mountains or extensiva ti
them m'
less completely of their lead "f saotsl
-. in tha desert Itself, when of the
ttle - r t?o rain falls, and
- BOW ?f Water
to wash away th- debris resulting from
the a the roch
11.-low.
In - horn well
I In all r- -,
' as \\,r>r mi dg ?if orlvln is COB
umu
i ' on high ronds during a dry summer.
I'n blgbWfl i. thi? summer's dust
and Bead are removed by the rain-. <,f
autumn and winter, only to be renewed
lha following a in a
auch removal ink- s pleo . and ths -
of sand In
Oal orreet than ths
Idea of thslr submarine ?.riartn is it.
tion that d? -'-rts ini Is! of uni
tra.-ts of sand. It 1st true that Batch tl
in certain distriots may sztsnd on every
sido as far as t?.- . grid BVSB
mucb farther! ' i -i ; it? r i
I mds of i I rock will
!.. m^t with cropping up among tha sand,
Whils frequently, as in th- I.
- are mountain rangea ris!
a h-ightK of sevrai thousand I
th- level of th- plain, And it la these
whl. :-. f '."m -
V. h? B ' -nd still is. de?
- il mount
what moisture may remain in the air,
and In their valleyi ar- found a more or
luxurisn! too.
where tii- soil i-* mor- .t u-ss clayey,
o.-i-ur In go Bd It Is in
ial and vegetal.1* II'
mum developm
in th- Ii? art of I
In the most arid and ty] part of the
Lybian >! blown into
frequently
topped, and BhOW bOaiSOntS] hinds Of
J ill |y COI a, at'.d 1 , ! w.-ll
: rered
with sand and partly strewn with blocks
of r- : and BCOUred by the sand
In sut h traveller
may Joiin.
of vegetation, or hearing th- sail
bird or the bum of an insect'fl wing. Hut
m many of BU? h districts it is a mis
take 1 that vegel d ani
ma] Ufs is BntJrely absent throughout the
year; In th- weatern Sahara, for
: Men th? i tout, i
mas a y, ar. and after seen
of these a Short-lived vegetation springs
suddenly up, an?! If no Other form of anl
BT1 able, '
;
Am Important and sxt? B
slve des?:rts of th- world we have nist
tho gr,-:it Sahara, Srlth an approximate
gras of i x rs i
nearly conn? t? ?i srltb which is tho .
rt tract ai B- Arabia,
i Persia. n>
fmmmpm 0( the mon -r leas Seesrt tracts
' I alUCblStan, Bind, ar I Kuril, this ar. a
?, oi- on to the | i desert of
India. Mor- Import.ait is the vast Qobl
desert Of Mongolia and other parts ot
Central Asia, la South-rn AfgiCB there
Is th?? great Kalahari desert, of Which
BBOre anon. In tha ''tilt.d BtBtOa thi
a lirg?; desert rttait lying 8SSt Bl
Rocky Mountains, and including a greet
part of l?onora; while In South America
there is the desert of At?came, ea the
* -t Para and Chili LaaUy, the
tha whole of the interior of Auetra
rt of tho most arid and typical de
scription.
But among these th? r?* BTS dSSWrtS an!
Trots of thr typical barrea
sandy type are, as already BBld, ex' BB?
atvely devehmed in the Sahara, as th.?>
-, ths Oobl und AustrshaB iteserta
BetWSea SUeh and the plains Of the Afri
can veld there is an almost complete tran
sition, se that it is soanetlmes hard ; -,
whether s given tract cornea ander 'he
deslanatlm of a desert at all. A
in pono i- an?,! i, i b) the Ba itb Al
Kalshari. Although there are SSallesS
rolling dunes of tra. kl*ss sand, and rtl
aie unknown, y-f in many places there Is
extensiv- I ftUS large
tracts ooiid icareely ba < a ; i ^ t a -
?t ail. Mi. H. a Brydea, for mstsnes
when dee? rlblsg tha Kalahari writes as
follows: "Aad yet, during the brief sreesu
of rainfall. BO land CBB BSSUms a falr-r
,,r m,,re tempting asp. et. Th- long | R
-ot up groan, succulent, and stbow?
deep; Bowers apaagls the veld la every
direction; the giraffe am. : i ftweetB, robed
in a fresh dark gr-en, ri-tnin t DUS "f no
thing so BBUCk u* a Sest park, the t, .
blossom and flourish; the air ll full of
fragrance, and pans of water lie upon
?very side. Another month, and all is
drought; the pans are dry again, and
travel is rail <>f dlfgeulty.''
Ina i tig tho grassy season herds of
sprfngbo.k BBSd ta migrate In the Ob]
days to the Kalahari, In the norther?
part of which giraffes live the wh?W?
year, although they rmst esl?t wl
tasting water for montis.
While such a district can scarce
termed a desert In tha proper sen
tho Word, yet Its sands Mate precise!
same origin as those t.f deserta o
typical description.
For sand t > BOCWBSUlS ? to the .1
In which It o'-urs in m?ny parta o
Sahara and th- ??oh! by the slow <
, m., k ' undei
action of atmospheric BgtrtClee maa
quire an enormous smousi of urn.?,
reckoned certainly by taoasande,
for all we know, possibly by tnlfltsi
years. And WS BCOOrdlngll ?rrlve a
conclusion that th- larg? r d-s-rt t
must not only hav- lam
an Incalculable period, bul alee as d?
Banca ws can r? idl t andeistaad wh;
animals of Algeria and ths r> -t ?>f N
em Africa differ for tha noat part
those of that portion of ths
lying to th- south of the loAbern It
the 1 "ig for ag?a B'
Imps isable b irrii r to most if not al
Bat if other svidences were reojs
th? ra is another r asoa trhfcb would i
compel us to regard dea rts ia are*
great antiquity, Tha hsbltsbla pan
ail thwarts snd it is ditiv-uit for tin
xperiene.-?i to realise what bsbybbi ti
will suillce for the main SIM IOS Of
mal life-are the dw-??ng-olaxos of I)
animals, whose color has boome
daily modlflsd te th?? i.i ef thetf
vlroiimetit. And It will ba quite ob\
that such modifications of color. <
daily when they occur 1* anil ?
longing to many wi?:- 1 grt
cannot hav- taken ptacs suddenly,
must have been due > ve-y gra
chang-s as the particular SpSCtSS i I
Itself mote and more completely t<
desert existence.
Among such animals may be menti?
the beautiful little rodent*, reapectli
known as Jerboas aric gerblls, t<>ge
wtth various birds, si h as band gr?
the ere im-colored courser, the ii
lark, desert finches, aid d-sert Chat;
also various small snakes and liza
among the latter be?ig the com
skmk. Although BOBBS ? f the birds
tain the black wing qi?lls ef their n
In all these creatures tie ga?era! ton
coloration i? extremel- sale! BfOI
fawns, russets, olives, grays, with n
or less black and pink, l.'lng the pred.
nant tones. Very signifiant among tl
ar- the desert linches, which belong
the brightly-colored grotp of rose fins
t these specially m Odlfiod spe
ranging from th? Canaries through
.-aliara and BSTPl to tie l'ui.J.I'. B
the seoond is un inhabl ant of the M
goliuti ?J? sert.
Among larger anbnak a consider,
number of the g II
is. and Hon.? are likewise to a great
t. at Inhabitants of rl a, Indi
Is true of tawny an?l pale-col >rt d anln
In general.
All the annuals BbOVS BteUtlOned
| however, to widely-spread grou
which at- common to tie desert tra
of both Aula and Africa. . n?l tl II |
therefore, servo to prove tha antiqu
of anv particular they or th
jrs might have migrated, and p
bably did migrate, iront
another, Birds of aicb gi
course, even more intrustworthy th
mamm iwtag to tlelr | ia sr of ma
referred t-. some, bu
aad ?r,mi -.
t,, i, regardsd as szelw rt Mr?
since they are partial
' Ik.
Tha ? aae is. however, very diff*r<
with certain of the letger mammals,
- -. belrg aBord, d bj I
Hied to im Bouth Afrlc
ick. ah the menbers of I
are inhabitants of B
districts, and B< I
of Arabia, or posslHy B
I :i,i boob Itself,
of Cast-rn 1 Noel
ti which do
th? most pat', cme miter tl
, rdlng
find that they are bj n
i ni., i
able for the bold I I nam? i
. i Unis?. ? in tl.
member ol ths group
. hita orj i differ as Brom all tl
by Its curving a in-, and IlkOWl
loratlo
wlm h is mostly .linv white, wiih ps
chestnut on the neck and under-paii
Obviously, this -i
modified as regards coloration for the a
Igenclee of a purely denn i
SB it La ah rerj diff?ra
from all u* ev: ired, u mu
be looked u|on as a v. i
type, wl mn
iroundlngs of ti
. age? and B|
of oryx, whfoh, although mors na
la a mu
smaller ami am isd ere
In this
doubt thai id wh?
existence must have beet cxtr,.;
mote
., a ni'ire ?trill;.
afforded by another ?in..l
ed wtth l
an Inhabitant of the Salla a and III? Att
and ta osmnonly ki
Idas. It ta
with i
easily to be recogniBsd by Iti dirty wall
color, shaggy, .? d Ion
twist? d borna, it mail kg
V. rj i SSBO ',' ! I
I conclu
a of the ai liqultj -f th? de
s-rts it labs
dance ef tiio 0 lied ?x
tinct species of other
Boma degra-o of caution is, however, ne
in <lt .i v% 111 n ,
Isolated deseri animals hive h. a evolved
- .u point is afferdid bv ii
.1 palen
asar kindred, Infa
Eaatera Russia ai
baria, where it la accompanied to the
Klrkhta Jerboa, N
?..i/., d i? mains al botl
liar animals hav? | .,, th.
.
In Kngland, it li a l ,..
that pi.? leal ...
of tbs
I tilt; ?je?
..van country at an . , 0f its
Front their
nation in the soelos 1
' - sreU as frogs tl a 1b the
ata referred t rt am
mala ?vident.y Indicate ver> ancient
1
not onl) that the semi- .
had I BUICt p
extmisluii than at pr<-.-nt, but PI
atoe that ths eslatlni portion of that
tes front -a rtrj r.,,
Hence thoy confirm tin idea of tl..
ortght o? th. aserta of 1
a arid and their InheM aata.
it win be. gathered tana the toaajatng
that the sOeerta ?nu ateppss of .frica
aad Aata possess a uige aasaber of am
BSalS belonging ajtihfr to species which
1 aivti g re?a 1 rea, or to
la the Ari
al, it Besses, however, 10 be the
ial Its fauna Is largely ? :
of animals much SMgS Bear 1 y r?
BtabsMBng Iba sratrte or forest
laada of the adjaeaat dlstrt? I
in many ?uses at aSVJ i it they oanstl?
tute more local r< es. distinguished b)
their pal.-r ami moi; ?an,H type of cotere
tloa. This i? well earn
nhich, ii. . uain,, ii
a eomparatlvi Iy dsrh and
animal, bir bscoBBki raarksdlj paler oa
the t-SBBBsSS Bi tilt Auk., ,,_.
"" ? SOra m h coloration
- th- humid stremlty "f
the I alif.irm.an peii|,,u!a. ,\|, st ,,f the
North American iiamm.,;
Huiro slnillur pale tin;., u th- |
v | .-rt taiet. und a preci
, 11 -1 cea pick not ?ith com]
Uve aase thi speclnana comlni from
mm those of he moiM,.r dtatrtcta
It is not saay it obtain Information
aa to the physical futures of tbs Aliaon i
imtpaisd vlth th- | ihai.. ami
especially us to i tie amount sf sand It
contains, area for area. Out, jualgtug
from the sasspsumOWdy alight modtBi i
tlons which its manuels apuuar to have
undergone, a? compjrej with ttioa* of
the more huml?! regions adjaci - ,
not unlikely thai three I
more in?"!'rn origin than tl Be ?tr? ?n,j
th- Oobi.
Wb.-lh r or
(Icular OBSO, P In If be I ,
ri?atn ?I tuie that the gri : !
ut sand to
greater the dlfl
m ? is inhaMttag I
ng in the
ireater will he lb?
Itself la lb?
i coir,:
- a Ha. if the
apllty Will I
itrsted. if, no tl ,
proportlonafeiv I?
K. El \
A III UaPBOa PARE,
ans an iiii'i'-m *it"i ? mini it iieet
F roa? IBS VliirUfi.
\ -? Ml
if Bt Mich ,- -
, ?
his ao. lr. I
n the t .
ig. Th? i
In the i
ns Th?
::.,iy .: I
left? d ti. m th? ?
le hanks , f th?
iltog? ther : l
parent!?,
1rs! I Km t" B -
[women
?il the medium
round. Th?
Is i-ollti'.
Poo.i upon which the fi
p i?. a frog v.ill not ,
tun f sa] - ri
food, and area tl
In motion before i
radpol '
uro the pi
iive. The frog It
rours his food
a.'il.d tWO
bucket of tadpol?
turned Un ni .
Bond. A coi
immedlatel]
shii- all ill-- ii"
roured, at a
?. most r. >v? I ,
Th. d
the E'
tho Jo
Alum-lit i fi
.
takes great
of the ik< leton of a
par? .1 for I m
kina 1 D
the table ol
-
-
itltutlon
\ Detroll
i
!
in the foil?
- the wlnl
I
catch !
I
Oar ( ..II..ii in \ fries.
til's I'-tt' r
of the
plain. .
an lllusti
many aci
whom still clutch their .
'
-
Perh i|
r, ver wltn?
battle "V-.. |
r y.
deal h '-r to v I nqul - h
M
Into Afrii :
...
-
to Inert
'
ticulnrly for the
?
in i l.irti
I 1
I
native
The lllui . -
v.irld i.
'
'
1
tnd d
I
Tin ai
The n
ban to folios l
Tin- PI] lam i oa
tent ol
i.avy ti ,
ii.ii,la n fmm th.- :
u'h.-ri then i* a ele ? :
utter -i
lung like
11.1 the rt> n
ting fh.ir v.
t r *.
-: r I
Suddenly the a
lap their fi"
4
euag hoi llaj
reatare Is :
ole to th" I
vmg a'
y.ini.,: .
ir _
1,1 ? t'H?.
DID M El !
v M JOll.N
? ii ,>r i ?hi i. sd Ai S -
p the ill h \? .i ?.I h:
F'lii.ial notice later.
\\ ashiagtoa p*i
Old pa por? i-'
?ftico.
.