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eCTraiwaae-scrasssrsaisssEsaWiiajwessEatAiI THE KANSAS GITT JOURNAL, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, ly7. 9 BIG BASS DRUM SOUNDS ON. fear ofughtning. AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS FINALLY HEED POLICE JUDGE. They Give Up the Fight for a Stand at the Corner of Tenth nnd Main, hut Play to n Good House Elsewhere. It -was the Hooslcr poet who declared: "'Oh! the drum There Is some Intonation In thy grunt Monotony of utterance that strikes, the spirit dumb." Maybe it was the throbbing Intonation o the American Volunteers' biff bass drum that aroused tho iro of the business men at Tenth and Main streets and caused them to appeal to tho police to "striko its .spirit dumb." Anyway, thero was peace and joy at Tenth and Main last night, and nothing save an occasional passing cable train, or the rattle of a copper in a slot machine, disturbed the quietude. When Captain "William Summers, who says lie has faced seven different police judges in his battle against sin. was arraigned before Judge Gifford yesterday morning for the second time in succession on a charge of blockading- the sidewalks and holding his meet ings In front of open business houses, he said that peddlers and Take booksellers hart often occupied the htreet at Tenth and Main -without complaint having been made against them. "We are persecuted by the police," he de clared. . "No, you are not." replied the judge, "but you must not hold vour meetings before sores that are still onen for business. I Mill discharge you this time upon your Promise to keep away from Tenth and Main streets. SeWr n. rnrner where the stores rt 1fcat1 nnrt t.t.0. .rlltr .lrilTT, HTlfl t It TH Durines as much as ou please." , "Praise tho Lord, we'll do It," remarked the captain. ' When the Volunteers trooped down Main r street last night the tambourines sung noisily, while the big bass drum rilled the air with a thick, vibrant sound, that at tracted the pedestrians or blocks around. The Volunteers paused in front of the New Ridge building, and after a song or two. Captain Morris poured out his compli ments to the police. "You can have your Roman Catholic of ficers arrest me." he shouted at the crowd, "but the gag of the law can't close my lips. I bring Christ's message. Ho didn't place His seal of approval upon the Meth odist or the Catholic or the Baptist church, but He said, 'I am the way.' Some of these .people thought 1 was going to walk out of town, but I ain't. Others say I am an A. P. A. I am not. I am an American citizen bringing Christ's message to the people." "I just wish the police would arrest me." declared the lassie who carried the big American flag. "I'd just like to go march ing down to the police station with "Old Glory' tho flag that my husband fought tinder." AH of the members "took a shot" at the police and the business men who had caused their arrest. Soon afterwards they took up a collection and later they took their departure for their regular headquarters. ONE OF THEJ-UCKY ONES. Seymour S. Price, "Who Got One of the Oklahoma Flams, I la the City. Seymour S. Price, who was recently chosen by President McKlnley as register of the land office at Oklahoma City, O. T.. was at the Coates House last evening with Mrs. Price. They are on their way back' from Washington, where they have been lor the past month. Inasmuch as there was a very active race for the position. Mr. Price naturally feels a degree of pride In being the victor. He is and has been from the first an enthusiastic supporter of Dennis Flynn. and still clings to the belief that Flynn will be the next congressman from the territory. Mr. and .Mrs. Price will go to Salina, Kas., to-day. to visit Eome relatives, and then go home. Mr. Price will assume charge of his office October 1. He will succeed Dr. B. M. Dtlley. of Hamilton, Mo., who was appoint ed to that position by the support of Con giessman A. M. Dockery. Dr. Dllley was formerly in the newspaper business at Hamilton, but for many years has been a highly successful attorney. According to the statements of Mr. Price last evening Dr. Dillev has been very popular at Ok lahoma City. He will probably return to Missouri to make his home. He was for many years a law partner of M. A. Low. r.ow general attorney for the Hock. Island, In Kansas. WILLIAM WAS GOOD NATUBED. And He Treated Professor Mensel," the Painter, Very Hand somely. A year or so ago Professor Menzel, one of the most famous of German artists, ap plied to the proper government official for the privilege of lighting up the music room at Sans Souci, the summer palace of Fred erick the Great, in order to make sketches for a historical picture he desired to paint. Tho official refused permission. He ex plained that, such a libertv hniilri tint hn allcwed; that it never had been and never could be. A few weeks later tho emperor accidentally learned of tho incident, and at once sent an aide-de-camp to Inform ProJessor Menzel that instructions had been given to tho custodian of Sans Souci to light up the music room for his benefit on a certain evening, and that If he could make it convenient to bring his sketching material at that time he would have tho liberty to make as many studies as he Silked. The artist expressed his thanks and Accented the invitation, savs thn Chlmirft f '-flflecnrd. -fc. i ;cu tiiz uiuw uij 10 me poruco 01 s?Sans Souci on the evenine named hn was K2 met by a gentleman wearing the costume 01 me iavonie aiae-ae-camp of Frederick the Great, who escorted him into tho nal- I, ace, where, to his amazement, he found I a party of twenty or thirtv ladies and I, gentlemen dressed in the costume of the Kuiutru afcje ui uermany wnen Esans soucx was tho center of social gaiety and the ar tistic and literary life of Europe. He was presented to them one after another in the names of the historical characters each represented, and was then informed by the aide-de-camp, who by that time he had recognized as the emperor himself, that they would sit as his models in order that his sketches might bo accurate and complete. At tho close of the evening a supper was served in tho dining room of Frederick the Great in a manner that was not only picturesque, but absolutely accurate. Before supper, however, at the orders of the emperor, the ladies and gen tlemen posed in the ballroom to represent a party of Frederick the Great's guests dar.cing.a minuet. The artist made elab orate sketches, which are being worked Into a historical picture that will have il great value. CAUSES OF CANNIBALISM. Many Snvnges Ent Human Flesh In Order t Honor the Dead. Tho causes which underlie cannibalism havo recently been probed by Flinders Pe trle. the English archaeologist, and some very interesting things have been developed by his researches. Among them is tho fact not generally known that a majoritv of cannibals eat human flesh not merely to satisfy hunger, but through reverence for the dead, to acquire the characteristics of the deceased and to escape tho wrath of tho gods. Quito recently a manuscript was unearthed in the neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, which tended to show that for thousands of years cannibalism was prac ticed in that region, tho object being to show reverence for the dead. Only tho legs and arms of tho bodies were eaten and the remainder ot the flesh was em balmed. l'ctrie, working on facts set forth In this manuscript, began a study of cannibalism and soon discovered that of every 100 per sons who eat human flesh twenty do so with the idea of honoring the dead and securing for themselves happiness in the next world. Tho Thibetans, the Australian and South American aborigines and other cannibal tribes hold to this custom, and the Thibetans had impressive religious ceremonies during the feasting. The'Sam oides eat their parents and declare that in this way the comfort and happiness of those in the next world is assured. Many tribes eat their closeest relatives with this object in view, that the dead may be ben efited, but there are others who follow the custom to obtain direct personal ben ellts. - " Nineteen per cent of the cannibals eat the stalwart warriors who are killed in battle that the courage' and strength of the dead chiefs may be transmitted to them. Others cat children in the hope of recovering their outh. and still others eat their relatives to Palliate the gods for various offenses. Five fier cent cat human flesh hoping to bring future punishment upon those whom they aro eating. Thus it would appear that there is much more in cannibalism than the mere satisfying of appetite, and this explains largely why the natives of fruitful islands well stocked with game of all kinds should eat human flesh. , The Electric Bolt Frightens Muny, Hits Few nnd Kills Still Fewer. A current news Item gives the result of an Investigation carried out by Dr. G. Stanley Hall, president ot Clark university, on tho things that most excite fear in people. Of the 29S classes of objects of fear to which 1,707 persons confessed, thun der and lightning led all the rest, although In certain localities, as, for instance, those subject to cyclones, etc., the fear of tho latter predominates. It may be accepted as probably true that thunder storms con stitute the most pronounced source of fear with the majority of people, due, no doubt to the always impressive and not infre qi.ently overpowering naturo of the phe nomenon. But Is there any justification, in fact, for this fear so far as fatal re sults are concerned? asks tho Electrical Engineer. AVe believe there Is not, but on the con trary, that many other causes which bare ly have a place in Dr. Hall's list are in linitely more entitled to the distinction as fear producers than lightning. As proof of this we may cite statistics of the United States weather bureau. These show that for the four years l!?0-83 the deaths fiom lightning numbered 7S1. or an aver age of 1MJ a year. Again, H. F. Kretzer, of Si. Louis, found from the record of nearly 100 newspapers that for the live years 1SS3-SS there were 1.030 deaths caused by lightning, or an average of 20fi a year. We doubt whether, of the number of deaths classed as "accidental" in the whole United Stales any one group can show so small a number. In New York city alone over 200 people are drowned every year, while rcarly 150 are burned or scalded to death and close on to 500 persons meet their end by falls of one kind or another. Compar ing the record of 200 lightning fatalities for tho whole country with the above rec ords for New York city, with Its total of nearly 1,500 accidental deaths every ear, it will be seen how groundless is tho pop ular fear of lightning. It is a survival, an Inherited superstition. But there is another point In connection with this matter which ought to be par ticularly comforting to city dwellers, al beit country dwellers may not be affected in like manner, and that is, that statis tics show that tho risk of lightning is live times greater in the country than in the city. The cause of this immunity for city dwellers Is not far to seek. It is doubt less due tothe predominance of metal roofs, the well grounded water pipes in hcuses, and probably as "much as anything to the protective network ot overhead electric wires of all kinds. The popular belief that a stroke of lightning Is Invari ably fatal is also not borne out by facts. Indeed, ono record specially devoted to this feature shows that of 212 persons struck only 71 were killed. Taking it all in all. there seems to be no more groundless popular fear than that of lightning. In deed, if one can go by statistics, the risk of meeting death by a horse kick In New York Is over 50 per cent greater than that of death by lightning. Yet with all the weight of statistics against its deadliness, lightning will prob ably continue to scare people as hereto fore. Perhaps, after all. there may be a. more direct cause than the mere psycho logical one usually ascribed to It, and that Is the fact that many people of nervous temperament are affected hours before the approach of a thunder storm and thus ren dered particularly powerless to stand the strain which more or less affects the most phlegmatic natures during a disturbance In the heavens. A WINTER CABIN AT DAWSON CITY. 4 ". -Zlftr .. rSMfflMttf'sT wlWft.wj WUtKjbuA'y AsfrsM.''. iJiB9aGd0' 'MiU&ifffiullMBuHlH'inilJHBSS - em gZjJf$M!mKMWr' f ri5sTrsrTW!ssssWnVV; SSmS Houses of logs, with roofs of-moss and boards, make 'the most comfortable buildings during the long ana ex tremely cold winter months. CAN TAKE CARE OF HERSELF MISS SADIE "WEBB, OF OHIO, IS AN INDEPENDENT YOUNG WOMAN. Carries Mull for Uncle Sam nnd Also Acts as n Commission Agent for Four General Stores She Is a Typical Hustler. WHEN THE COLONELS CAME IN. Organization "of the Confederate Army Snch as to Have Many Officers. For many years Indeed, since the close of tho civil war it has been a standing joke among the paragraphers and in va riety theaters that the Confederate army was composed almost wholly of staff offi cers, and that the number of colonels dis tributed throughout the South and in the states of the Southwest was materially greater than the number of male adult civilians. It Is certainly a fact, as all trav elers attest, that there are more colonels, majors and 'general in the Southern than In the Northern states, and this is a fact, despite what is a matter of general knowl edge, too, that the Southern army was ma terially smaller throughout the war than the Northern forces, says the Chicago Post. An explanation of the apparent anomaly has recently appeared in a statement which shows In detail that the number of Southern officers was relatively larger than, the. number of .Northern othcers during the civil war. The official Confederate army list shows one general in chief, Robert E. Lee, and seven full generals, as follows: Cocper. Albert Sydney Johnston. Beaure gard, Joseph E. Johnston, Smith, Bragg and Hood. The number of lieutenant gen erals in the Confederate army, Stonewall Jackson, Hill, Early, Buckner, Wade Hampton and Gordon among them, was nineteen, and there were besides eighty one major generals, and more than 200 brigadier generals. This was very much larger than the army roll in respect of staff officers on the Union side at a, cor rerponding period. Before the establishment of the office of lieutenant general there were four major generals anu eleven ungaaitr generals in the regular army, and twenty major gen erals and 150 brigadier generals in the vol unteer service. There was. corresponding ly, a larger force of colonels and majors in the Southern than In the Northern army, and the reason for this was to be found in the fact that the commands of Southerners were, generally smaller and more widely separated. The Northern forces constitut ed the attacking army: the Southern forces, after tho battle of Gettysburg, were on the defensive, and much of the conflict which continued during the closing years of the strife was, so far as the Southern men were engaged In it, of a desultory guerrilla char acter. The services of sharpshooters, of small attacking columns, of commands or ganized for foraging purposes, or to con vert a retreat were in detail, and the commander of each detail took by cour tesy and under military usage a title as high In its way as a Northern commander .would receive If In charge of a force per haps eight or ten times larger. It 'is a well known fact that military men having titles aro as slow to surrender them and to forego their use as officeholders are to retire from the honors and emoluments of public station. The rule, "once a colo nel, always a colonel," still prevails in the South, and it applies In like manner to generals, majors and captains as well. A man who may have acted for a few hours, perhaps, at the head of a detachment as Its colonel, though actually a corporal, has, since the close of the war, continued to be known as colonel. THE, SAHARA'S CLIMATE. It Is Healthy In Some Parts, but the c Terror Is the Frequent Sandstorms. According to Dr. Robert Brown, the cli mate of the Sahara, especially where it is under tho Influence of the westerly and northwesterly winds. Is healthy, says the San Francisco Chronicle. Y'ct tho terrors of tho sandstorms which sometimes overtake the wayfarers have formed a favorite picture in me works of explorers and have furnished many legends ot a more or less apocryphal character to Arab mythology. Suddenly a dark pillar Is seen advancing in the direction of the cara van, and, before the wayfarer can prepare for tho coming storm, they arc Involved In a dense cloud of drifting sand, though, perhaps, not quite buried, according to the undving talo of the story books. So violent are the winds that at times sweep across tho Sahara that at a considerable distance from tho African coast the dredgings brought up by the Challenger showed that the sea bottom was covered somewhat' thickly with tho sand blown seaward from the neighboring continent. At times also, the verdure of tho oasis is eaten up ly vast clouds of locusts, which appear and disap pear rapidly. It Is then fortunate for the Arabs and other dwellers in the Sahara if a westerly wind begins to blow, for in that case, to use their own expression, "the army of the Most High" .is swept into the Atlantic. At times such enormous quanti ties of these ravenous insects have been drowned in the tea that tho tide has de posited whole banks of them for miles along the coast, causing fevers among the .adjacent villages. But of all dangers that'overtake the Sa haran travelers thewbrst jUOthe fear that the water places may be without thafmost essential necessary of life in that region. They may have tilled their skins at one well in a particular oasis, hoping that by tho time tho supply Is exhausted thev will have arrled at another green spot in the desert, from which their vessels may be tilled again, only to find that, owing to unusual drouth or other causes, the springs and wells have dried up. The Arab traders who pass through the worst portion of the Sahara, namely, that between Morocco and Tlmbuctoo, have many stories to tell ot such mishaps. Thus, a caravan proceeding from Tlmbuctoo to Tatilet. not finding water in "one of the customary wells, perished to the number It is said, of 2.0U0 people, besides 1.S0O cam elsanimals that are capable of enduring thirst longer than their masters. Accidents of this sort account for the many human and other bones that lie mingled together tin various parts of the desert. Tho most independent of young ladles in Delaware county, O., is Miss- Sadie Webb, tho 20-ycar-old daughter of Aaron Webb, a wealthy and prominent farmer, of Porter township. Miss Webb lives with her parents on their 200-acre farm, and while the two sisters stay home and 'help their mother, and their father till soil, she discharges her duty as contractor on mail route No. 31277, and probably does more driving than any other girl in Ohio. Miss Webb is a remarkable girl. She is deter mined to make life a success and make home a happy place of abode. She is bent on making her way in the world, and as she comes from her home to Delaware and returns every day except Sunday, she at tracts the attention of all. Early in the day she leaves her (home, one and one-half miles north of East Lib erty, and passing through three more towns she gathers up tho mail for Uncle Snm and leaves what Is to be left at that place. Sho gets into Delaware in the latter part oi tne torenoon, ana aiier uiniier sue starts out on her return trip homeward acaln. makinc thirtv-two miles a day. 192 miles per week. 9.SS4 miles per year, 39,736 miles per contract oi iour years, a uisiunce more than is equal to that around the en tire globe. Not many girls would enter in to a contract, furnish a good bond for the faithful and nromnt performance of-duty to take such work as that on their shoul ders every day in .the year for tour of the best years in her life. Miss Webb enjoys the work of carrying the mall for Uncle Sam, and the people along the route enjoy seeing her take the interest that she does In it. Besides carry ing the mails for,four nostofflces, she buys all of the ; goods-for four"general' stores located-ln the villages along the routajUfat' she has to travel every day- of her Tire. This Is healthful work, she .thinks, and she enjoys it to tho superlative degree. Be sides doing duty for the government, she carries passengers and is a typical hustler in every way. Although the work is very irksome, one would think that it requires a w6man with a "build" in accordance to the construction of the job, but to the con trary, Miss Webb is a handsome young lady and took the contract when she was Just IS years of age. She is an entertaining conversationalist, has a pretty round face, and under two dark eyebrows aro set two hazel eyes "that know their Keepers." She attends strictly to business. Last Saturday she started out for home driving two horses hitched to an express wagon in which were loaded a barrel of coal oil, two barrels of salt, two barrels of sugar, the United States mail and smaller packages. Miss Webb sat on top of the whole heap, the queen of the situation. Dressed In her ne"at summer costume, gloved hands and a sun bonnet, she' started off. It was womanly independence, to say the least, t She Is sought for by the business mer chants in Delaware, as she controls most all of the trade in the eastern part of this county. She has bought articles for her customers ranging In size from a needle to a cooking range. Shi! makes a specialty of the necessities of lifer and the residents along her route contribute liberally to mak ing purchases through her commission. In the winter time she sees to It that all of the oysters purchased for church and lodge entertainments are got through her com mission and the same attention docs she give to summer outing parties, where ice cream or strawberries are needful. She has the very best of health and looks after tho health of her own s-ex within tho con fines of the district through which she has to travel. When she hears of a lady being sick, sho solicits orders for bread and all of the things that come as the result of the efforts of the wife of the household. On these sales she mades a percentage, both on the sale and on the carriage of the same from the store to the home making the order. Last winter when the thermometer reg istered 22 deg. below zero she was prompt In all of her appointments along the route. That day she wore a heavy coat and felt boots reaching to the knee. Her hands were covered with a pair of elbow gloves while she drove her fiery steeds through tlio distance none the worse for the cold. That day people looked out from their homes at her as she passed along tho dis tance and watched her as sho drove her team snorting with cold, their breath as it was emitted looking like a stiff frost from their red and spread nostrils. Not only is she a success in commercial circles, but she is well liked in social cir cles as well. Her home is an ever welcome place for those who desire to visit it. Jare assemblies of friends have enjoyed them selves there; with both young and old Miss Webb is a prime favorite. Her work, although arduous, is enjoya ble to her. and very remunerative as well. She stated the other day that she has made as high as $3.35 in a single day from sources extra from her stipulated contract with the government, fehe does not be lievo in "woman suffrage," but is Inclined to think that her place Is in the house as its queen, its ruler, and she has adopted this plan to make some money Independent of that which her father is able and will glvo to her at a date some time in the fu ture, which shall stand out as the most prominent one in ail of her life. She laughs now at marriage, and thinks that sho mustattend to tho "important things" in life, and the "minor things" will take care of themselves. As a" hustler she holds the belt, and as a girl in the possession of plenty of "gct-up" sho is the prize .winner.'. Probably thern is-not-a girl In Ohio who can Joast,of such a success in nie growing out or aimcult sources of labor. She Is ambitious and beautiful. "ASKS HEAVYMMAGES. Viola Smith, Appleton,- Snes North-western Railroad, for f $25,000. Attofnevj James g.- Kerwln, o( Neenah, TVIs., has bgen retained by seyiral people who were injured In the Christian En deavor excursion train wreck at West.Chl cago, on tho morning of June 30. 1S97, to bring suit against the Chicago & North western Railroad Company for damages for injuries received. Suit was brought by Attorney Kerwln for Viola Smith, of Ad- pleton. for 525,000 damages. She alleges that she was in the fatal coach where sev eral people were killed and Injured, and that she received injuries which will make her a cripple permanently. She alleges that her hearing In one of her cars has I been destroyed. CHIVALRY AND MATRIMONY. Notions of Olden Days Which, "When Investigated, Full the Test of History. Wo all want to consider tho days of chivalry as the golden days never to be recalled for womankind. This is by im plication a rank injustice to our own time. With all its fine expressions of ardent de votion to the fair sex, and tho multitude of its exquisite pretensions, chivalry was the degradation of the highest and tender est human instincts the yeritable curse of the course of true.love. Such a statement presents itself to the romantic believer as a terrible counterblast, but it is true, nev ertheless. Tho records of the treasury and law courts of those days, 'in-furnishing the experience of popular life deeply marked by the worst shades of modern shortcom ings, provide the fullest proof, says the New York Herald. Chivalry did not makemarrlages, at least in the sense of those born of love's young dream; it;entlrely Ignored all sexual af fections, and sold Its victims with ruth less indifference to all mutuality. There were not two parties to Its bar gains; there was only one who was al ways the third of the group, and the one intcreste'd, not in satisfying the yearnings ot the impassioned, but in a pecuniary tense of their value. He was the vendor, and might be either king or baron. But which ever he was, he was the incarna tion of unscrupulous power. The matri monial transactions ot chivalry were mer cenary. To them there were no "con tracting parties" in the shape of whispering lovers, ardent swains and coy maidens. On the other hand, there was but sullen indif ference or hating compliance. Chivalry canted about its faith in women and the purity of its own motives, because it could not "sing of love it may, be said that It so canted because It knew Jt, must cant. ft .Knew that its marrtage. naa .not been made in heaven and of ethereal sentiment. They were coarsely bargained for, either in the king's exchequer, or in the open market place, ChivalryiJmew Itself as a social falsity and the parent, of lust. As a consequence the "lower orders f have had to give us the nomenclature ot our love affairs. Chaucer, the .very mirror of the era of chivalry, has typifrad lust with his master's" hand, 'but h.oldiasjno picture of tHp-statined tendernVBS tt -longing, youth. In.his'surroundlngs It waV-not suffered to exist. These surrpp'rtifln& had no terms to enumerate the ardentJ5Swains and coy maidens of rusticity. Bui if the aristoc racy can produce no one Instance of the coy maiden and the rustic sweetheart re mains to mock the duhlous fiancee, it has a wealth of the arts of diplomacy,' and an inexhaustible ,list of the terms of Intrigue. Chivalry gave . expression to the word maittresses. which may haye, and had, the funniest of meanings. MISSOURI GETS NOTHING. Bnt the Small Village of Tllddcford, Me., Lands Three Fat Consulates. Colonel Ike Smithers of Mexico, Mo., who has been In Washington for the last four months, waiting for a. consular -appointment, has lost his temper, says the New Xork Herald. Colonel Smithers, who stands six feet two inches in his stockings and is a typical, old fashioned MIssourian, gave vent to his feel ings in the barroom of the" Metropolitan ho tel in a way which would have made Mark Hanna's ears tinglo if he had chanced to be near. "Why, suh, durn my gizzard, suh." ex claimed tho colonel, as lie brought one of his big fists down upon the bar with a thump that almost upset the claret punch bowl, "durn my everlastln' gizzard, suh, if I haven't had enough of such treatment. I camo heah, suh, on the 7th of March, suh, the original simon-pure McKlnley man of Central Missouri, suh, an' I filed my pa pers, suh, the very next day, suh. for the consulate at Panama, suh, an' Mark Hanna solemnly promised me, suh, that I should have that identical place, suh, or somethin' equally as good, suh, an' up to this blessed day, suh. I've got nothin'; an' what's more, suh, the great state of Missouri hasn't land ed somuch as a vice consulship, an' yet, suh, tho little village of Biddeford, suh, that I never heard tell of, suh, until I came heah, suh, has got three consulates, suh, and they say is a-goin' to get another, suh." A bystander questioned the accuracy ot Colonel Smithers' statement, but the Mis sourlan quickly verified it. "I know Just what I am talkln' about, suh," said the colonel. "Biddeford. suh, Is a fishln' vil lage away up on tho coast of Maine, suh, an' it has landed threp nice consulates, suh one at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; ono at Three Rivers, Quebec, an' one at Cape Town, South Africa. "Now, suh, I appeal to you, suh, If this Is a square deal, suh. There wasn't a solitary McKlnley man In tho village of Biddeford, suh, until after Tom Reed was beat out, suh, an' here that little llshin' village away up yonder gets three fat consulates, suh, an' the grand old state of Missouri ain't, got nothin". suh. I'm plumb disgusted, suh, with Mark Hanna an' the whole outfit, suh, an', durn my gizzard, suh. if-1 don't go nacK to Mexico an reseni sucn treat ment, suh." Then Colonel Smithers drank the settlings ot a gin rickey, and. calling for his room key, shuffled upstairs to meditate upon the unreliability of Marcus Aurellus Hanna and to ask himself, "Whither are wo drifting?" FAITHFULF0R 17 YEARS. Two Long Separated Lovers Find Each Other and Arc Happily Married. Seventeen years ago Abraham Haughmont and May Osgood were children together on Staten Island. As children pften do, they swore to love each other for all eternity. As they grew so did their love, and when both had reached the. years of discretion they renewed their troth and were happy until the elder Osgood, who objected to re ceiving Haughmont as a son-lnTlaw, sent his daughter to California. - The youthful lover was wild with grief, but all his efforts tofind out where his sweothe.irt was were unavailing, and he settled down Into the steady life of a heartbroken bacneior. A few years ago General Drake and all who were left of his veteran Zouaves went to San -Francisco in a body. While there thp general received a call -from a hand some woman, who inquired anxiously for Aurauaiii nnuBuuiuiiv. x.c . jfauusgine Woman was May Osgood, the missing sweetheart. UDon his return General Drakn hunted for Haughmont for years, and not until a few montns agoam ne nnd him, when he gave to him his lost sweetheart's address. The faithful lover was overjoyed, and a correspondence between the' old-time sweethearts began. Three weeks ago Haughmont disappeared. No one knew where he had gone. When ho returned to Elizabeth.- N. J., he broueht with him his old playmate, who had be come Airs, naugnmont. - xnev -win male 1 their home" In Elizabeth. MAKES MAN TRANSPARENT. DR. DOREMUS' REMARICADLE EX PERIMENTS IN NEW" YORK. It Is the Largest Machine of Its Kind and the Most Powerful Ever Con structedIt May Yet Cure "" Dreaded Consumption. Tho largest and most powerful apparatus in tho world for generating the X ray has just been completed, iand is now on view in tho laboratory of tho College of the City of New York. Dr. R. Ogden Doremus, assist ed by several other" well known surgeons, gave the machine its initial test on Mon day evening and was enthusiastic over the results, says tho New York Herald. With' tills new apparatus the dreams of those sceptical gentlemen who draw pic tures for the comic papers have been fully realized. Man has been rendered trans parent. He can be seen through literally. The instrument which has thus aided the onward flight ot science is a Holtz static electric machine, and Is the handiwork of Messrs. Waito and Bartlett, electrical ex perts. The machine proper is a massive af fair, enclosed In a glass case eleven feet long, five feet wide and nine feet high. It Is supplied with eight revolving plates, which are five feet in, diameter. These re volve on a four Inch steel axis. Some idea of the power of this monster machine can be gained from the fact that the plates make 225 revolutions a minute. Relieved of their axis and revolving on a level base they would travel at a rate ex ceeding a mile a minute. The machine is owned by Dr. Gardner, of Washington, D.' C. and will be shipped to him this week. uc. va,ite, one ot tne buimers. was pres ent at the preliminary test Monday evening and he said that the machine had even ex ceeded his expectations. Dr. Gardner, for whom it was construct ed, is a specialist in lung diseases. He not only purposes to locate the seat of all ills which flesh is heir to by means of the" X rays, but ho will utilize the electricity gen erated by the .machine to treat consump tive patients. A cage will be" erected be tween the positive and negative poles,, and in this the patient will be seated. He will first be rendered completely transparent through the powerful fluoroscope. and then he will be subjected to an atmosphere neavuy cnargea witn electricity. ur. Gardner has a strong belief in the efficacy of ozono upon the lungs. The effect of this wa3 demonstrated upon a vounc man at the college last eveninir. He was placed in a chair and tho current was turned on, and although there was men no cage to retain tne ozone, the at mosphere, he said, experienced a decided change. Bolts of blue flame sprang from pole to pole, exploding with loud reports. A half current subdued the explosions and sent the llames zigzagging like streaks of forked lightning, the particles of dust in tho air acting as stronger attractions than tho opposite pole and deflecting the cur rent from Its course. Tho air became heavy and charged with a peculiar, dusty odor, such as one ex periences during the progress of a thun der storm, onls- much more pronounced. As a lung tonic Dr. Gardner claims this possesses remarkable virtues. It Is, however. In its wonderful powers of penetration that the machine claims the greatest attention. After the test it was announced that in addition to being tho largest apparatus of Its kind constructed. It undoubtedly possesses greater power In fact. Its possibilities are as yet onlv hinted at. Tho experiments of Monday c-ening were of a casual nature, and not calculated to show to what extent the machine can be used in surgery. But they did demon-' strato that with an extraordinary tube.' such as was then used, the human body, or any opaque substance of not more than a foot in diameter, can be rendered trans parent. t After a few minor tests had been made, which were not beyond the possibilities of the ordinary X ray apparatus. Dr. Doremus placed his assistant in front of the ma chine, with the lluoroscope at his back. The room was completely darkened, and the rays penetrated completely through the young man's body. His vital organs were exposed, and even the buttons on his vest were clearly distinguished. He next placed his two hands, folded one over the other, on his breast, and the bones of the outer hand were plainly visible through the body and through the hand nearer the body. All those present looked through the fluoroscope,.and,all pronounced it tho best result from the X rays ever attained. BIG ANTS USEDJN SURGERY. In- Deep Draxillan Forests Huge In sects Rite Throngh the Lips of the Wound nnd Hang On. Down in tho Brazilian forests surgeons are not always at hand and hospitals fitted with modern surgical appliances are few and far between. But these facts do not bother the Brazilian Indian. For centuries he has known how to take care of himself, how to treat wounds, and cuts, and dis tempers without medical or surgical aid. and one of the most novel of these rude surgical customs is that of sewing up wounds with the aid of ants. Septicaemia and pyaemia have been ban ished from the world of surgery in civiliza tion almost entirely by the progress made in antiseptic methods and the introduction or anesthetics in surgery has made pos sible operations which fifty years ago would not be dreamed of. But no surgeon, even of the most advanced school, left' to himself In a Brazilian forest without in struments or appliances of any kind could care for a cut as neatly as do the Indians. The means employed is a species of very large ant, which is furnished with very powerful mandibles, capable of biting through almost anything. The insect has no sting, and no swelling or other painful results follow the bite. Its lower Up is a strange jointed organ, which the ant has the power of projecting far beyond the up per lip on occasion. At its extremity It has a pair of powerful forceps with which it can grasp and hold tenaciously small ob jects and nothing not encased in metal can resist their strength. When the Indian recelves-a'cut orwound from a knife or a thorn he proceeds to patch a number of these ants. Holdlno- fh. Hips of the wound close together, he applies tne mouin ui an um iu wie cages ana the Insect at once bites through and holds on Then the body of the ant is pinched off at the neck and the jaws remain fixed. An other and another ant is placed In position until there is a row of jaws along the wound, holding It firmly shut, and when It is healed the jaws are removed with a forceps or other instrument. This style of surgery is'strictly antiseptic, since there arc no evil after effects from the ants' jaws, and the bite itself does not cause any Inconvenience, although the pain must be considerable at first. A DARING JENGINE RIDE. How Charles Crocker Saved the Cen tral Pncille Railroad in Its Days of Debts and Despondency. "One of the most exciting and dangerous rides I ever had was made on a locomotive In California in the 00's," iald an old resi dent of San Francisco to a Washington Star writer, who had been speaking of the remarkable coolness exhibited by two men while riding behind a runaway horse. , "The ride to which I refer happened shortly after Charles Crocker and a few other men Inaugurated the Central Pacific railroad. The tracks of the road had been laid as far as Newcastle, and the company was in debt and despondency, and L. I. Robinson, who then owned the old original railroad from Freeport to Folsom, was laughing in his sleeve at what he called 'the Dutch Flat swindle.' The stages then went from Folsom to the great mining camps of Nevada, especially to Virginia City, and It was the boast of the Freeport & Foltom road people that the Central Pacific would never be built beyond Newcastle. "Well, one mornine Charles Crocker left San Francisco on the steamer bound for Freeport with three gentlemen, including myself. When the steamer had reached Freqport the mall and newspapers from San Francisco for Virginia City were Im mediately put aboard the Freeport & Fol som train, which then hurried away on its journey. A spirited team was waiting for Mr. tjrocKer anu nis companions, aim t quickly left the steamboat, got Into the coach and were driven rapidly off for Sac ramento City. Arriving there, we found an cnglno and coal tender waiting for us at the Central depot, and air. Crocker gave orders to the engineer to run the locomo tive at even" pound ot steam she could carry to .Newcastle. "When we started all of us, with the ex ception of Mr. Crocker, who stood back of the engineer, were seated in the tender on various lumps of coal and wood, and it didn't take us long to realize, from the aw ful jolting and swaying of the engine, that tho road was unballasted.and in a ery poor condition for speeding. Much to our relief, after we had passed beyond the American river and our arms fairly ached from our exertions to hold on and keep ourselves from being thrown out of the tender, the engineer suddenly lowered his rate of speed and'at the same time informed Mr. Crocker that it would be extremely dangerous to run any farther at the rate we had been going. "Mr. Crocker looked annoyed, and said: 'Nonsense! If you are afraid, you had bet ter get oft the engine.' "He then took hold of the lever and pulled It to the farthest limit. Of course, we all thought that Mr. Crocker was crazy and that the engine would soon jump the track. But Mr. Crocker would not listen to remonstrances, never moved a muscle, and stood at the lever until we were all scared out of our wits, and the engine panting and throbbing like a huge wild beast en veloped in a cloud of escaping steam, reached Newcastle. Here wo were hustled into a waiting coach and driven away. At each ten miles between that town and Virginia City there was a relay of horses. At various points along the mountain roads even the drivers were afraid to obey Mr. Crocker's orders, and In two Instances he took the reins himself and whipped the teams into a lively gallop. "The result of the whole exciting, wild and dashing race was that Charles Crocker presented in the business office of the Vir ginia City Enterprise a copy of the San Francisco Bulletin and some mall matter twelve hours before the mail agent on the opposition railroad had reached the city. That was the death blow to the Freeport & Folsom road and tho salvation of the Central Pacific." , IN JOAN OF ARC'S ROLE. A FAIR PHILIPPINE ISLAND REVOLU TIONIST IX PHILADELPHIA. NO LAMB, THE MONGOOSE. New York Brokers Take Much Inter est in the Strange Visitor from Egypt. And now the latest thing among Wall street men is the mongoose party. It is a social function that tends to drive away the blues from the men who thought they knew all about the market but didn't, while "to those who guessed it right it serves as a zest to the pleasure of life, says the New York World. In order to give a mongoose party one must occupy an office the windows of which overlook the Consolidated Exchange. Nos. 60 and 62 Broadway, for it Is upon the roof of jthis building that the mon goose resides, and of course without a mongoose there could be no mongoose party. The monsoose Is not a goose at all, and In fact you don't speak of mongeese, but of mongooses, when you have occasion to refer to more than one of the animals. Thte particular one, probably the only one In the country. Is the property of E. T. Brady, the janitor of the Consolidated Ex change, and was presented to him by a seafaring friend who brought it from Egypt. The mongoose, according to the ency clopedia, is about the size ot a cat, but the truth of this statement depends very much upon the size of the cat. This par ticular specimen is much larger than the average Thomas, and has a long tail that must weigh almost a third as much as the body itself. He is ot a tawny color, with long, flexible black snout, slender, sharp teeth and long straight claws. He has become a great pet in the Brady fam ily, although at first Inclined to bite those who would caress him. He Is fed on eggs, fruit and mice, and will not hesitate to bite through a chicken's neck nnd then make a fine meal on his victim. In eating an egg he carefully holds it between the forepaws. drops It on the roof just hard enough to crack the top of the shell, deftly Picks away enough fragments to leave a little round hole and then sucks the yolk with the relish of an epicure. A few days ago Mr. Brady's pet dog wandered up to the roof and foolishly got within reach of Jack, as the mongoose is called. The conflict was short and sharp, and the dog escaped with a badly torn ear and the loss of much hair. The fight was witnessed by several hundred occu pants of the upper floors of the Manhat tan Life building and the Cable building, which overlooks the exchange. Every min ute In the day Jack Is doing something to entertain his audience. Jack was very quiet and demure during tho first few days of his residence on the roof and spent most of his time asleep. So harmless he seemed even the sparrows would hop within reach of him. But one day Jack awoke suddenly, sprang the en tire lehgth of his restraining cord and nipped a fine, fat sparrow in tho neck. Since then the birds have fought shy of that particular roof. Jack seems to be comfortable enough now, but Mr. Brady has fears for the winter, and as soon as the cold weather sets In he will be present his rare pet to the Central park menagerie. The mongoose was one of the animals sacred to tho ancient Egyptians, and he is also mentioned by Rudyard Kipling in his jungle book under the nickname of "RIckytlck." He is the greatest enemy to reptiles, and seems to be entirely imper vious to snake bites. STAFF OF' LIFE IS IN DANGER. Doctors and Others Now Claim. That Dread Is Rail for the Health. And now the doctors and other people who think for us and tell us what to do and what not lo do have begun an attack on bread, the one thing which has always been considered impervious to the doctor's probe and the microscoplst's instruments. In London the war has been started and the wise ones arc coming out in the maga zines nnd newspapers declaring that bread, far from being the staff of life, might al most be considered the staff of death. T. P. O'Connor is the leader of the assault, and he advances some novel and Interesting arguments In support of his position that bread Is highly Injurious and should be abandoned as a steady diet. "It Is a question." says O'Connor, "which lies at the basis of the health of every per son in the community. If the balance of ex pert opinion should prove that bread is a destructive agent to digestion and health, as so many people think, is it not time that the nation should be told so authorita tively and that another system of dietary should be recommended for adoption? To persist in the use of an unhealthy diet Is ethically as great an offense against our selves as the absorption ot gin by the sot of the West or the eating of opium by the wastrel of the East." The, contention of those who are opposed to the eating of such Iarge quantities of bread is that since it contains so" much starchy matter it is very difficult of diges tion and Imposes a great and unnecessary strain on the digestive apparatus. O'Con nor dcqlares that a number of people have come under his notice who have abstained from bread for yearfe and they have retain ed their faculties unimpaired to a ripe old age The late'SIr Isaac Holden Is perhaps one of the best examples of this theory. He lived to be 91 years old and retained every faculty until the very last. He was very active in and out of parliament and smoked and drank In moderation. All of his friends attribute his longevity to the fact that he avoided all foods rich In starch. Including bread. Starch foods are not digested In the stomach, but in the first Intestine. They are thus difficult of digestion and. therefore, less healthy than Mother dietary articles. Shipping Anns via Jupan, hut She Will Return Soon to Lead the Insurgents In Person Rebels Holding Their Own. Philadelphia 13 harboring unawares a woman Spain would pay a prim-ely ran som to capture a patriotic native ot the Philippine Islands, whose courage and brav ery fcr the insurcent cause have resulted in the formation of a monster expedition of atms, ammunition and men. who are een now en route to Japan, where the formal filibustering crew will be made up and will within two months sail Tor the islanos, under the inspired leadership ot this fair young rebel. Marina Comenol Orbl Hozae Rizal Is tho widow of Dr. Hozae Rizal. who was butch ered by General Polavleja December 6. 1SSK. Msnna Comtnol Orbl had been a student in the university. An attachment had sprung up. and the brave girl, on Decem ber 1, went into the thick ot the battle to meet her lover, and they were married, with a band of patriots as the only wit nesses. Marina returned to Manilla, and two days later the young husband waa captured. The Spanish general visited the prisoner and offered him his life, libertv and pass port for himself and wife if he would persuade the Insurgents to yield. Rizal courageously and patriotically refused to buy his freedom at such a price. On De cember C he was led to a stone wall, com pelled to kneel, arid was shot to death by a file of Spaniards under command of Gen era! Polavieja. Mrs. Rizal, a bride and widow, then m:.de up her mind to give her every energy and life, if necessary, to the cause and to avenge her husband. She first went to Japan and there found sympathy and sub stantial encouragement. Arms and sup plies have been sent to the Philippines. Mrs. Rizal Is now In the northwestern part of Philadelphia, the guest of a family thoroughly In sympathy with her cause. Her extraordinary ability has manifested itself In her shrewd, secret work. Many cases of arms and ammunition have been .shipped over the trunk lines to Canada, whence they will be forward ed to Japan. The Remington Arms Com pany is said to have sent thousands ot rifles, and is at work completing more for the same purpose. A band of recruits will be sent from America as soon as they can be collected. The work has all been done so shrewdly and cleverly that the presence of Mrs. Rizal has been known only to two or three of her most trusted friends. One of the most important steps yet tak ei by the Philippine Islanders has been their resolution to join forces with Cuba for mutual interests. It is said that Mrs. Rizal has been mainly instrumental In drawing up an agreement by which the Cuban junta and the Philippine patriots will act in union. She had been In con sultation with the most influential Cubans, and the result will likely be a bond which will mean much for their advancement. Spain has a foe In Mrs. Rizal who is cap able of doing much for the cause of libertv. In appearance she is very beautiful, tall, graceful and .typically Oriental. Her dark eyes flash passionately as she speaks ot the Spanish and their barbarous methods. She is 28 years old and comes from a fam ily of prominence In Manilla. Mrs. Rizal will go to Japan, and It is her Intention to head the troops In person when she returns to the Islands. Advices received last week from a prom inent merchant In Manilla say the rebels will win and that they are courageously holding their own In every engagement. With rare strategy they hover fifty miles from Manilla, nnd. like the Cubans, are tiring the Spanish forced with guerrilla warfare. With renewed courage and abun dant suoplies under the inspired leadcr- snip oi Mrs. Kizai. tney expect ere long to gain their liberty twd force Spain to grant practically the same reforms that Cuba is struggling for. Japan Is lending much aid to their cause. The expedition which Mrs. Rizal will soon lead from America Is the first cr ganlzedtin the United States, but a per manent organization has been formed, which will act in accord with the Cuban junta for supplying: troops, war muni tions and counsel to the forces in the field. HIS SILVER BELIED" HIM. Hard Luck of a Tramp, Just When Fortune Seemed to Smile. Six or seven actors were sitting In an uptown cafe yesterday afternoon when a Wandering Willie with a ragged coat shuf fled up to their table. "" "Pardon my appearance," said the man with the ragged coat. "I was not always what I am, but. to make It short. I am in straitened circumstances just now. I am not a beggar, gentlemen, but but (here hl3 voice faltered and he turned aside to wipe away a tear) but I am starving. I have not eaten anything in three days, and I am on the brink of the suicide's grave. I hesi tated while crossing Broadway just now. contemplating the deed thinking whether I would throw myself in front of a cable car to be crushed out ot misery Into eter nity, or whether I would make one effort to get a few cents for a meal that would save my poor soul." (Here the man broke down and wept.) "A good actor." remarked the bartender. "We're all actors in this world." sighed one ot the opulent Thespians, as he thrust his hand into his pocket In search of loose change. "I know you are all actors." continued the man with the ragged coat. "That gen tleman there Is the famous Bagley: this one Is the great Wagley. But, gentlemen. I myself was once an actor." "Tell us your story and we'll get up a subscription for you." said Wagley. "My story Is brief," remarked the stran ger: "I was an acrobat. That which is sold across the bar there brought me to what I am. (Turns aside and weeps.) Ex cuse me. gentlemen, but drink did It. But I am hungry now. and not a penny nor a friend in the world. Yes. I was drunk when I climbed the trapeze amid the roars of ap plause and hand-clapping of a mighty au dience. I was ready for my flying lean. The applause had died away, and the audi ence waited breathlessly for my next move. I leaped, and. being drunk, tumbled to the stage, a distance of sixty-five feet. a wretched mass of broken bones. The next chapter in my story the hospital and the last chapter, the street. I'm here, gentle men. Injured so that I cannot work, and I am starving." . .,.. "Are vou still able to do a handspring?" asked Bagley. . . ... "I am," replied the man with the ragged coat, "and to convince you that I am truth ful I'll do a handspring here on the bar room floor." .... .j, j" The actors moved the tables aside and the man in the ragged coat drew himself to his full height with his hands above his head. The crowd waited in silence. "I would not do this handspring now." he said, "only I am starving and penniless." He did the handspring. A silver dollar and two quarters dropped from his coat pocket while his head wai down. He quickly picked up the money and escaped before the crowd got a chance to throw things at him. GRACE DARLING'S BROTHER. He Is Now n Pauper In Receipt ot Parochial Relief Also Sells Hooka. The news will be received with soma surprise, not to say disappointment, says the Westminster Gazette, that the only surviving brother of the famous Grace Darling is now a pauper in receipt of parochial relief. George A. Darling, the last of the family, is an old man, and. though once fairly prosperous, has.through the failure of the poor fishermen ot Sea houses, North Sunderland, where he lives, fallen into such poverty as to necessltato his receiving relief from the parish rates. The old man adds to his scanty living by selling "The True History of Grace Dar lings Life" and "The Journal or Grtce Darling's Father." EIGHT YEARSJJF MOURNING. " Hezeklnh Hoyt Was Not Dead" When His Friends 'Began to Grieve for Hliu. The body of Hczeklah W. Hoyt has just been buried In the cemetery in Goshen. N. Y. For eight years Hoyt was supposed to be dead. He was at one time a deputy sheriff of Orange county, and kerved through the hardest fought battles of tho war of the rebellion and then in the United States army. He left his home, and for eight lyears nothing was heard from him, ,his relatives mourning him as dead, until news was re ceived of his death In the Garfield sani tarium, Chicago, 111. When Kitty Laughs. When Kitty laughs, her boisterous glee Brings Instant, echoing mirth to me: "When Kitty frowns, my soul Is shook With terror Kitty is our cook.- Detroit Free Press. ? ! I