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LETTERS from savaxwhiass.
1 nt. Le Harl>' nml Mr. Paul LrHar.
I, Writm From AVrt Indies.
Two letters from Savannahiane now at
p,, lcoa> Cuba, and San Juan, Porto Rleo,
| iim interesting information. One is
from Lieut J. C. Lellardy, Jr., assistant
, . lin with the Third Regiment, U. S.
v ‘ the other i* from Mr. Paul Le
j,’ r •, of the engineering corps. Lieut.
Lt Hardy savs:
• Tile health of the men here is very
,„l They all seem to be fairly well
.. ~ied and happy, because they ex
-1,) remain in garrison for some time
,lie point.
The Spanish soldiers which we found
~ rt .,. re also in fine health and seemed
; nourished. We have had no yeilow
?Ver here at all, and 1 do not think It
l i,|,. that it could make a lodgement
{' I, delightfully located place. I have not
1 „1 a mosquito net in days
"~'j fall to find any In
“V hospital building. Lieut. Col.
tv ip has put me in charge of the hos
- l am kept pretty busy, although I
MV, had but few surgical operations.
\i il.-iriai and intestinal disorders and
‘ ire the diseases I am called to at
tend We have had no deaths since I have
hen in charge.’'
Tlle following has been received from
p a „l Le Hardy:
I have at last reached the capital! Been
four days, but only have Just sue
in securing quarters. I am quar
t,r, .1 in the old historic ‘Casa Blanca.’ It
, n odd structure, just back of the Mor-
I0 ~n a high point, midway between Mor
, and the captain general’s palace and
commanding a magnificent view. We have
the full benefit of the wind, which howl#
anf l whistles round the old battlements
( i. if a great storm was blowing. All
the floors are of tiles of various designs
and patterns and degrees of ornamenta
tion: [he roof is everywhere of bricks, ce
rl. nied, and splendid house covering it is.
you don't feel the heat of the sun through
ii. The yard is all laid in cement, a mix
ture of cement and hard, bright! small
hits of brick, which is like a bright mo
saic. The surrounding bui.dings being low.
built in terraces down the steep inclines,
on very picturesque. X am temporarily in
a small room on the north side (the wind
is almost tearing this paper away from
ir,e). I have* a little brick yard (?) out
er! my two windows, with thick, old
walls for a balustrade, and from this the
wails goes down thirty to forty feet to the
rock and roadway below; at the upper
end of this little yard is a cement tank,
like an enormous Saratoga trunk, which
receives water from (he roof. It is about
three feet from one of my windows and
1 have not far to go to obtain water.
‘ There is need of a steam laundry, an
other ice factory. Hieks would make a
fortune here with a bright, quick serving
restaurant, where the customer does not
have to spend the better part of his allot
tfd half-hour calling the waiters attention
to some deficiency—whereas there is gen
erally a sugar howl to each table, the salt
cellar has to be taken from one table to
meet the demand of another! Wine is
generally drank at meals, but it Is gener
ally of atrociously villainous quality—an
agency here for some California wines
would soon have a fine business. Although
our Q. M. department has some plumbers—
there is no plumbers shop here worthy of
the name. I have not been able to find
such a shop, it does not reveal its iden
tity from the outside. There will soon be
an enormous amount of that class of work
and the early bird will have a fat worm
to tackle.
"in view of all these early probabilities
I must ask you to send me from your of
fice what you think I ought to have in
the way of blanks, instructions and hints
upon the conduct of the ljealth department
inspectors.”
4-IWW-SELLS come to-morrow.
The llig Show Will Be Here for Two
Perfor inn nee*.
The Forepaugh-Sella Bros, circus will
be in Savannah to-morrow. One of its
features is May Davenport, the daring
equestrienne. Miss Davenport rides bare
back entirely, and rivals Robinson, Fish
and Stickney in daring and artistic evolu
tions. She executes both back and for
ward sommersaults, pirouettes and fancy
dances while her horse is running at full
speed. In all probability this will be her
list season In the United States, at least
for some years, as already she is an
nounced to open at the Paris Hippodrome
early in the autumn.
The other features of the big show have
been briefly refered to in the Morning
News. They are so many, however, that
it is impracticable to more than eatalgue
them. The show will arrive here to-mor
row morning from Waycross, where it will
be to-day and will pitch its tents at East
Broad and Bolton streets. Two perform
ances, a matinee and night performance,
w iil be given.
IX TIJE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matter* of lutercNt in Savannah nnil
Elsewhere.
The Central Railroad has decided to put
on a low rate for the round trip to Tybee
on account of the presence in the city of
•hi Seventh Army Corps. The fare has
i'e n reduced to 20 cents for the round trip
for the soldiers, though civilians will have
,0 Pay the regular fare. In order for sol
di, r? to secure the reduction they must
buy tickets, as the fare cannot be paid on
th' trains. This step of the railroad of
ficials in reducing the fare will probably
fesuit in many of the soldiers taking the
trip to the sea. There certainly could be
no objections to the fare that is charged
f r the eighteen-mile ride. The trains for
Tylne leave the Tybee railroad depot- on
B ii'lolph street twice a day.'The hours
for a. parture are 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. Re
turn i-, (he trains leave Tybee at 10:20 a.
• and 5:30 p. m.
-dr. AVilbur McCoy, commercial agent at
fi'inpa for the Plant Syhtem, is among
Hu- vi; lag railroad men in the city.
lr. C. W. Haskins, controller of the
L-niral Railroad,, is registered at the Do
from New York.
-'ir. D. F. Jack, freight traffic manager
cf he Plant System, returned yesterday
trcm Atlanta, tfhere lie spent several days
°n business.
X!r - J. E. Reeves, general Southern agent
a the Big Four Route, is in (lie city.
■ Reeves’ headquarters are at Clncin-
Chicf Rate Clerk Stansell of the. passen-
P: department of the Central Railroad,
'■ "tied yesierday from Albany, where he
u Pon business of the road in connec
with the coming of troops to that
Mr. Stansell reports considerable
ty at Albany on account of the pres
>f the two regiments, the Second Mis
a°d the First Territorial, now there.
Second Mississippi Regiment is yet to
' • and then the brigade to be s!a
--l at Albany under command of Gen.
*’’ M. Andrews v.-ill be complete. The
o ,j ' c am<- from Lexington. Ky. The
• vis have been hi expectation of be
ing sent to Cuba, but recently a change
has come over their belief as to the dispo
sition that will be made of the brigade,
and they now think they will be sent to
the Philippines.
The railroads in this section are to have
a fine chance to work business from the
var.ous camps that are to be established
ior the winter. In many cases the roads
wi.l concentrate their passenger forces at
the cities where the camps are to be form
ed, and a great effort will be made to se
cure the business that will follow from
the securance of furloughs and dis
charges. It is not unlikely that some of
the railroads will find it necessary to in
crease their fofees of traveling passenger
representatives.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mr. J. M. Harrison of Forsyth is in the
city.
Maj. W. A. Wilkins of Waynesboro is
stopping at the De Soto.
Air. B. B. Gray of Pinebloom is stop
ping at the Screven House.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. W iinman of Brinson
are among the visitors in the city.
Mr. Thomas B. Paine of Atlanta is in
the city, a guest of the De Soto.
Mr. R. L. Wilson was registered at the
Pulaski House yesterday from Cordele.
Mr. Edwin P. Frost of Charleston is reg
istered at the De Soto from Charleston.
Mrs. William Cliamberlaine of Atlanta is
among the guests of the Screven House.
Mr. H. A. Hopkins of Atlanta spent yes
terday in the city, a guest of the Pulaski
House,
Mr. William S. Bennett of Augusta is
among the guests registered at the Screven
House.
Mr. L. Lesser of Augusta was among
the arrivals to register at the De Soto
yesterday.
Mr. F. W. Powell of Dublin was among
the guests registered at the Pulaski House
yesterday.
Mr. Richard Stonebridge of Daufuskie is
among the arrivals registered at the Pu
laski House.
lion. Herman Myers left yesterday for
New York, where he will spend several
days on business.
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Armstrong of
Carabelie, Fla., are in the city, stopping
at the Pulaski House.
Mrs. John L. Hayden, wife of Lieut.
Hayden, who is in charge of the army post
at Tybee, is in the city, stopping at the
De Soto.
Mr. E. T. Comer, after a visit of some
days to his brother in this city, Mr. H.
M. Comer, left by the Central last night
for Macon.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Cleland Kinloch Nelson
of the Diocese of Georgia of the Episcopal
Church, left by way of the Central last
night for Atlanta.
Mr. C. A. Raynor of Asheville, N. C., is
in the city, stopping at the De Soto. He
is here on a visit to his brother, Lieut.
Raynor, Company A, First Texas.
Hon. T. H. McMillan left last night by
way of the Central Railroad for Atlanta,
to resume his attendance upon the session
of the legislature, after two or three days
spent at home.
Mrs. W. T. Durbin and Mr. Fletcher M.
Durbin, wife and son of Col. W. T. Durbin
of the One Hundred and Sixty-First In
diana Regiment, are here on a visit. They
are registered at the De Soto, from their
home. Anderson, Ind.
Rev. Dr. H. W. Bolton, chaplain of the
Second Illinois Regiment, who addressed
young men last night at the Young Men’s
Christian Association, and who has been
heard two or three times at leading church
es, will have quite a musical attraction
at Trinity Church next Sunday night in
addition to that always afforded by his
exceptionally fine delivery and the force
of his talks. He has arranged to have
the band of his regiment in for the service,
and there will be sacred music rendered
by it in connection with the service. This
is anew feature in church services in Sa
vannah, and the large congregation that
might lie expected to hear the chaplain
of the Second Illinois will be even larger
on account of the fine music to be heard.
CITY BREVITIES.
A gentleman who is fond of ducking
says that on a clear night the electric
lights from Savannah illuminate the upper
river as far as 9 miles from the city. They
do not furnish quite light enough to read
the Morning News by, but plenty to see
whole surface of the river.
NEW JEHSEA COW A TOPER.
The Bovine Make# Cider and Get*
Drunk Regularly.
From the New York Times.
Westwood, N. J., Nov. 10.—H. F. Col
lingwood, who is the editor of the Rural
New Yorker, runs an experimental farm
at Westwood, and writes his editorials
and edits his copy in the light of ex
perience. He has patiently read contribu
tions from his many rural friends rela
tive to three-legged bantams and six-eyed
lambs, but he asserts he has never been
informed of a more startling phenomenon
than one he says he recently observed on
his own farm. It is a cow that conducts
a strong drink factory within her own
redoubt, and gets drunk upon the product.
The illicit plant Mr. Collingwood’s bo
vine possession runs makes a specialty of
cider but turns it out unlike other cider
presses, immediately into an intoxicant as
strong lIS if it had been carefully nursed
in a cob-webbed cellar for years. Its ef
fect is instantly dlsastrous-to tbe cow.
Air Collingwood's story of his discovery
is that several days ago he noticed his
crumpled horns eating apples with great
u-usto. Soon-she showed signs of intoxica
tion, and the symptoms showed so strong
ly \] r Collingwood judged solely from
observation—that he felt no doubt of the
nature of the attack. According to the
owner the dow. after one indulgence >n
apples, was drunk for three days.
Mr. Collingwood has been In a quandary,
lie is a strict temperance man, and has
frequently intimated his abhorrence of
the drink habit. Consequently he has
been more than once embarrassed at the
depravky of his brute creature. On the
lavs of the cow’s inebriation Air. Col
lingwood has also suffered a tola! loss of
the milk. It has issued as a natural
punch, needing but a little nutmeg or sim
ilar spice to equal the best oarroom mix
ture and Mr. Collingwood dare not leave
so great a temptation around, nor does his
conscience allow him to realize a profit
bv selling it to a saloon.
The approach of Winter, when appms
a-., not found in the open orchards, is eag
erly awaited by the editor. When he can
keep his store of apples under lock and
lo v he feels that he can begin the work
ol weaning the cow from her dissipated
ys j n che meantime she is a sore bur
den as she will neither toil nor spin, so
,6 speak, in her sober mom-ms.
Mr. Collingwood knows from the know
ledge gained in his editorial sanctum that
he has diagnosed the case correctly. H!s
farming neighbors, however, affirm that
the cow has not been drunk, but suffering
from colic. _
—Mr. Curzon’s Irish peerage is the
twenty-fourth Irish peerage created since
the union.
THE MOKMNG NEWS: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 189S.
jjow comfortable a side-bar buggy can be made until
you ride in one that has the Thomas Coil Springs. They make the buggy
ride easier, hang more evenly and look neater. You can easily and cheaply
replace any style of side-bar springs with I I
- THOMAS
COIL SPRINGS Bp
The best carriage makers in the country' now hse them on
their best work. If your carriage maker or wheelwright / \
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The Buffalo Spring & Gear Cos., Buffalo, New A'ork. * —"tHPal
ESTIM tTE OF THE COTTON CROP.
A Prediction That Price of Cotton
V\ 111 Be Higher.
Houston, Tex.. Nov. 10, 1898.-In October,
1897. Mr. Henry Neill estimated the cot
ton crop of 1897-98 at 10,300,000 bales. On
Nov. 13, 1897, he increased his figures to
10,600,000 bales, minimum. On Oct. 30, 1897
Alessrs. Landauer & Cos. estimated 10,000,-
000 bales. On or about Dec. 7, 1897, the fol
lowing estimates were published:
11. Pasche 9,650,000
Average Memphis Cotton Ex
change 10,002,314
Average Galveston Cotton ex
change 10,100,000
Average New York Cotton Ex
change (130 members) 10,421,000
Average Liverpool Cotton Ex
change (147 members) 10,524,388
Average New Orleans Cotton Ex
change (64 members) 10,544,861
Latham, Alexander & Cos 10,188,000
A. J. R. Landauer 10,440,000
Newburger Cotton Company 11.009,000
Henry Neill 11,000,060
Making average 10,387,076
1 Crop turned out 11,199,999
On Jan. 22, 1898, rumors being industri
ously circulated of Mr.Henry Neill s adopt
ing 11,500,000 bales as the growth crop,
caused the decline in cotton.
On Feb. 12, 1898, Mr. Henry Neill esti
mates the commercial crop at 11,183,000
bales, and says, “Still much picking of
cotton going on in most of the cotton
states. The exceptional mildness of the
season having continued to open the bolls
and to mature the unexpected late
growth." He especially instances the great
states of Mississippi and Georgia as evi
dently having thus secured far more than
he allowed them in his 11.000,000 estimate.
But he adds the causes producing this late
growth are not peculiar to those states.
But have been universal. However, as
11,000,000 has been stated as a minimum,
considers it unnecessary to alter them In
detail or further than to say emphatical
ly that he now, considers 11.000,000 a mini
mum estimate of the amount that will be
delivered in the current twelve months.
But he can no longer venture to place a
limit upon the actual growth of the sea
son. The authority states, while prepar
ing the above, have received the follow-
ing cable from Mr. Henry Neill: “Confirm
growth much over former estimates; pick
ing continues; no signs of exhaustion.’ -
From early October, 1897, Air. Nelli in
creased his estimates monthly, until in
early February he indicated a crop of 12,-
000,000 bales, and thus loaded the mar
ket with a prospective 750,000 which
didn’t materialize. The effect on the
world, the same as though produced and
marketed. Now on Oct. 10, 1898, Air. Neill
says: “The ensuing thirty days will go
far to make or mar this crop. To con
firm the large figures heretofore put forth,
much, if not all, will be decided by the
ensuing four weeks.” On Nov. 2, 1898, he
makes an estimate of this crop of 11,500,000
bales, commercial crop; 12,000,000 total crop
—and the world must swallow and digest
these figures, because Mr. Neill makes the
statement. And because last crop contin
ued to grow and make and exceed earlier
estimates.
We present the following for consider
ation:
On Feb. 12, 1898, A. J. R. Landauer &
Cos. estimated the crop at 11,000,000 bales
and said 109,000 bales either way would
not materially effect the result.
TJiis was 750,000 bales nearer than Mr.
Nr,, s estimate on actual outturn.
Mr. Neil makes much comment of the
amount carried over from last crop in
order to justify his extreme figures. Sup
pose we say that amount was 300 bales.
Is it not fair to presume that with the
existing low prices, with the crop no long
er fruiting and making with that abandon
ed in the fields, being no longer renumer
ative to gather, with the greater oppor
tunity for profit, that not only 300.000 bales,
but at least 600,000 bales will not appear
in the commercial crop.
On Oct. 26 to 21. 1898, we had up to that
time killing frosts over the most of the
cotton belt, stopping any further progress
of growth or fruiting of cotton. There
fore, granting that conditions have been
such that the fairly well developed bolls
have opened and will be picked, can such
comparison offset or equal the continental
growth and gathering in of cotton, as in
the crops cf 1891 and 1893. and 1897 and
1898, when picking continued into April?
AVe say, most emphatically, no!
On Nov. 8. 1838. a Mississippi cotton firm
undertook to say: “The crop is at least
two weeks later than the general average,
the frost has been a decided advantage,
killing all the surplus foliage, and stop
ping further development of the plant.
The cool nights, followed by sunshine dur
ing the day, is now opening the entire
crop.” As against the continued growth,
development of fruit and gathering <ne
year ago. That the existing conditions of
a crop, more than two weeks late, and al
ready all further progress cut off by frost,
should turn out more cotton than the fa
vorable conditions of one year ago, and in
duce them from a small interior town,
with their views warped by their imme
diate surroundings, to send dut to the
world am estimate of 11,700,000 bales mini
mum crop, we can only suppose they have
a dull ax, hard to grind, and future devel
opments will place them in the foremost
ranks of ridicule in estimating the cotton
crop of America. Continued decline has
epused the farmer and merchant to gather
and sell rapidly, and the movement has
misled the world at large we fairly believe.
Taking actual outturn equal to last
year in all respects, and which present
crop conditions don’t Justify, either iri
quantity or quality.
Take Mr. Henry Neil’s commercial crop
figures, 11,500,000 hales and de
duct difference by comparison
last year in acreage, 745,009 bales.
Deduct amount to be carried over into
next crop, SOO.uOO, $1,045,000 (though we
think from various causes, commercial
crop, 10,155,009, it will be 500,000 bales.)
The Texas and Indian Territory crop,
we don’t think, will equal our maximum
figures of 3,400,000 bales, and probably not
exceed those of the crop of 1894-95. Good
cotton will prove valuable property, and
we anticipate enhancement in values all
along the line so soon as the volume of
movement begins to run well below last
year s figures. Ruler.
Supervisor* of Registry I.l*l*.
Augusta, Ua., Nov. 14.—Hon. Daniel G.
Fogarty, Walter H. Lynch and W. r
Field were appointed to-night by May"
Walsh a* supervisor of the registry Hat#
in the city e'ections. and arc called to meet
, at the Major’s office to-morrow.
THREE-STAR DU.DUTIt TEAM.
Mr. R. D. McLean. Ml** Odette Tyler
and .Mr. t'liarte* 11. Hanford.
Washington. Nov. 14.—A new ihree-stnr
dramatic comldnatioti has b n formed
here as the result of negotiations extend
ing over several weeks. The t vent also
marks the return to the stage, after an
absence of three years, of one of the best
of New - York's favorite comedy actresses,
but in anew - line of work to that in which
the public has known her here. The com
bination. will produce legitim ate Shakes
pearan dramas this now has not
many exponents, hopes are enteitainefi
that the joining of three leading artists
with fine scenery and accessories will meet
with success sufficient to warrant the as
semblage of their talents in one company.
The stars, who will be billed alike, are
Mr. R. D, McLean, Miss Odette Tyler, and
Mr. Charles B. Hanford. Air. Hanford is at
present in this city producing Shakespear
ean and other strictly legitimate plays
at the Columbia Theater, and Mr. and Mrs.
McLean have come to town from their
mountain home near Shephcrdstown, W.
A T a., and are rein arsing daily prior to join
ing forces with Mr. Hanford, Dec. 8. Miss
Odette Tyler was very much in the public
notice up to three years ago. She was a
leading woman in Krohman's stock com
pany.and made a hit in London in. "Secret
Service,” one of the Gillette plays which
had a great run there. Site is a daughter
of Gen. Kirkland and is of an excellent Sa
vannah, Ga., family. Her name was quite
prominent before the New York public un.
til she married Mr. McLean, and they re
tired from the stage to live a quiet life on
a large farm near Shepherdstown, lielong
ing lo Mr. Mellon, lie was leading man
for Aliss Marie Prescott for some years,
and the couple, after several refusals to
resume stage life, finally yielded to Mr.
Hanford to resume their stage career.
She will take the part of Juliet, in Ro
meo and Juliet, Portia in The Merchant of
Venice, and Julius Caesar and Desde
mona in Othello. Mr. Hanford, who starred
with Thomas W. Keene, until that actor s
death a year or so ago, will manage the
combination, and continue to play leading
roles. The tour will begin in the South and
end with a run of some weeks in New York
city.
EVENTS ON THE TRACK.
Good Weather and Good Crowd At
tend llennfnw'H Have*
Washington, Nov. 14.—The sun burst
through the lowering sky to-day in am
ple time to attract a goodly crowd to the
Bennings course to witness, the second
day's racing of the Washington Jockey
Club. The first two races resulted badly
for the public, the favorites in each be
ing Tteaten by outsiders; but in the last
four races the talent evened up.
First Race—Five and a half furlongs.
Hanlon won, with Tikler second, and Dog
Tow’n third. Time 1:11 1-5.
Second Race—Five and a half furlongs.
Red Spider won, with Sagacity second, and
Newberger third. Time 1:10 1-5.
Third Race—Six furlongs. Lady Lindsay
won, with Exceptional second, and Frances
Booker third. Time 1:18.
Fourth Race—One mile. Maurice won,
with Her Own second, and Nigger Baby
third. Time 1:46 2-5.
Fifth Race—Six furlongs. Roysterer
won, with Compensation second, and Fast
Black third. Time 1:17 1-5.
Sixth Race—One mile and sixty yards.
Kinnlkinnic won, with Charentus second,
and only two started. Time 1:47.
HcNiiltM ni Latonla.
Cincinnati, Nov. 14.—Results at Latonla
to-day follow:
First Race—Six furlongs. Alazeppa,
even, won, with Barton, 5 to 1 and 2 to
1, second, and Hush, 16 to 7, third. Time
1:21.
Second Race—Five and a half furlongs.
False Lead, 3 to 1, won, with Rice, 3 to 2
and 3 to 5, second, and Rockland, 4 to 1,
third. Time 1:14%.
Third Race—Seven furlongs. Louag, 3
to 1, won, with Libation, 3 to 2 and 3 to 5,
second, and Almante, 12 to 1, third. Time
1:36.
Fourth Race—One mile. Star of Beth
lehem, 2 to 1, won, with Kitty 8., 11 to 5
and even, second, and Doncelia, 5 to 2,
third. Time 1:50.
Fifth Race—Five furlongs. Lady Roll' r,
4 to 1, won, with Pansy H.,,7 to 1 and 5 to
2, second, and Miss Patron, 5 to 2, third.
Time 1:07%.
Sixth Race—Six and a half furlongs—
Horseshoe Tobacco, 10 to 3, won, with
Agitator, 5 to 2 and 1 to 2. second, and
Stockholm, 6 to 1, third. Time 1:20%.
A Breton Mystery Play,
From the lndon Times.
The performance of “The Mystery of Ht.
Cwennole," which took place this year on
Sept. 11 at Treguier- affords a special in
terest to our neighbors of Great Britain,
as the attempt to revive the old Breton
play* is closely connected with a Celtic
movement as noticeable in Brittany as in
Wales or Ireland. Even as their brothers
on the other side of (he channel, the Cells
in Armorica have set to work to revive
their national idiom. Now, among the
documents of early literature none are
more interesting than the old mysteries
written in the Breton dialect; their au
thors are generally unknown, but they
have been put into verse by young
“Cloarecs” studying in the seminaries, and
they reveal to us in all its primitive sim
plicity the charaeti r of the old Bretons.
And the chief features of that character
are still to be found among the present
Bretons—a passionate, faith, which even to
day still believes in miracles, and unwav
ering attachment to the monarchy of the
old Chouans.
Two Breton poets, Anatole Le Braz and
Charles Le Gofilc. were the first who start
ed this idea of a literary revival. All that
had been done so far had been the publica
tion of popular songs, the “Koniou” and
the "gwerziou.” With the kind help of M.
Cloarec, the able Mayor of Ploujoan, near
Morlaix, they arranged for the perform
ance of a mysiery, with a view to giving
a fresh impulse to their patriotic and lit
erary attempt. A mystery was se.eeted—
not that of Ste. Trypinc, which had proved
such an utter failure about ten years ago,
but the mysiery of St. Owennole, that
very popular saint whose miracle* are a j|
connected with the legend of the town of
Is. It was chosen to please the religions
belief of the people and their attachment
o the Celtic soil, as well as to attract by
cut art.assnew, its giaiiUvur,- and peculiar
Breton characteristics the lettered people
likely to be present.
After a first attempt of a performance
at Ploujean, near Morlalx, M. Le Br.iz
ha.l a strop* wish that “The Mystery of
St. Gwentlole” should receive its dual con
secration in the capital of the Tregor, over
the classical land of the old national lit
erature. There it was, in the cradle of so
many old legends, that the greater number
of the popular song= had seen the light.
Treguier had, thereiore, naturally a claim
to the honor of seeing this mystery again
prod ueed.
And so it came to pass that Treguier
was selected, and there they erected th
rustic stage, with the cathedral as an
exquisite background, on the “Levee," that
spacious square lined with rows of elms.
Among the audience the quaint white caps
of the peasant women and bourgeoises
predominated, and in the bright sunshine
the costumes of Ihe actors—designed hy
Ary Renan—looked most picturesque. As
they came upon the stage they made the
sign of the cross, “in the name of the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost,"
before the performance began. The life
of St. Gtvennole Is the account of Ihe
miracles of King Graion's grandnephew;
the miracles lie worked when he was a
"eloarec” (clergyman), the monk Budoc’s
pupil; when he drove hack the heathen
invaders; when he pac!!led Great Britain
ufter it had risen in rebellion, a prey to
anarchy and Idolatry; when he strength
ened the wavering faith of his grand
uncle, and, lastly, when he saved Gra
!• n's life at the time of the great flood
which destroyed the town of Is on account
of Its vices. This mystery can hardly
be ranked among literary works, so great
are the defects of composition. But what
energy, what animation, there is in those
events, murders and miracles! The act
ors, as in the sixteenth century, were
peasants and workmen in the village of
Ploujean. Parkik, the leading actor, is
at once parish baker, innkeeper, farmer,
and even turns barber on Sundays in the
place before the church, and took the part
of King Gralon with very commendable
dignity and grandeur. We must a!so men
tion Alain Gulrarceh, a tiller, who acted
the part of the servant Mistral with so
much natural ease and such spirit that
a great part of the final success Is to
be ascribed to him, and Jean Marie Park,
who showed great tact in his rendering
of the saint. Altogether, it would he very
difficult to convey nn idea of the earnest
ness and the evident faith of these sim
ple peasants as they acted. Dignified and
solemn in turn, in the serious or religious
scenes, they elicited much laughter in
the comic scenes, and can be said to have
Insured the complete success of the ex
periment.
ROMANCE OF A MILLIONAIRE.
Pennsylvania Man Saw n Rift In the
Moonlight. Then “Struck It Htch.”
From Ihe New York Journal.
Philadelphia, Nov. C. Strand,
an old resident of the Keystone State, ts on
his way back here to spend some of the
mil,ions he has been making In Circle City
In the Klondike region.
He flnds his suburban villa, two miles
from Circle City, wholly inadequate to his
needs, and he longs for civilization, as
Barnato longed for it, in order to build a
splendid house and buy fine horses.
He will bring his family with him, for
this new millionaire ts blessed with a
wife and two promising youngsters, and
some Alaskan dogs. The children are only
two and four years old respectively, while
the wife is a combination of these rium
bers—24.
But John C. Strand Is 35 or thereajjouts,
and he thinks he is of an age to give up
work and settle down to enjoy his newly
made millions. Perhaps lie wiil “go into
Wall street.'•
When the steamship City of Helena
sailed from San Francisco early in March
she carried among her passengers one who
was a little shabbier than the others.
He wore a suit of what had once been
brown tweed, but It had faded to yellow.
His hat was a battered derby, and his
shoes rejoiced in many a patch. His bag
gage consisted of a number of fur gar
ments, which w< re strapped Into a great
bundle.
His wife was nlso shabbily dressed and
his two youngsters wore little red cotton
dresses week days, and on Sundays their
mother dressed them in a faded plaid.
It was a contented family, though, and
the passengers on ihe long Journey North
noticed how they all seemed to enjoy each
others' society. They were specially jubi
lant over tlie prospect of going to the Klon
dike. and more than once Ihe man, John
C. Strand, was his name, said that he felt
it in his bones that there was a fortune
ahead of him.
A singular thing about this prosiiector
was that he had such queer tools with him.
He carried nn tee pick and a chisel, a
shovel and a common garden hoe.
When asked what use he supposed be
could make of these things In the frozen
Klondike regions, he replied that he in
tended to use them unlil he could find bet
ter ones. They were all he had, he said,
ar.d he did not intend to throw them away
until he could buy more.
They cost him nothing, except the trou
ble of transportation, and lie would stick
to them. They had all been used in ihe
kilehen garden at home, mentioning a
pretty town in Pennsylvania from which
he came, and he would use them In Alas
ka.
Day and night these tools were care
fully cherished, along with the bundle of
skins; for on the Klondike steamships of
the poorer sort there Is small storag.
space, ami the passenger* who cannot pay
for space must look out for his goods him
self.
When John C. Strand arrived at St.
Michael he took a steamer up the Yukon
along with the others. He had decided to
slop ut Circle City, blit he said he did not
intend to locate there; it was too crowd
ed lor a |KKir man. His entire capita) con
sisted of SSO, which was bareiy enough,
according to Klondike reckoning, lo carry
his family through a month’s living of the
most frugal sort.
Passengers aboard the Yukon steamer
wondered how Strand lived, for they sel
dom purchased anything of the ship's pro
visions. It afterward transpired, however,
that Mrs. Strand had a little kerosene
stove In her baggage on which she cooked
beans and such frugal food.
At Circle City most of the passengers
disembarked, and that was the last that
was seen of the Strands for a long time.
They struck off North, and a prosiiector,
coming In a few days later, said that he
met them about three miles further up,
and that they had located and were going
to work on a small claim.
One night Strand, so the story goes, was
lying out side of the little house which
he had temporanl erected for their dwell
ing, and was looking off into the moon
light.
Ahead of him arose a great bowlder of
rock, which formed the beginning of the
Alaska mountains at that point. The rook
was a gray, with Iron streaks running
through It, suggestive of gold, but hardly
promising a very rich yield.
Suddenly, as Strand lay there In the
moonlight, he chanced to see a streak In
the reck broader and deeper In tone than
the rest. It was near a crevice, and the
crevice appeared to split the great bowl
der in two.
Dlsheart-ned by his recent poor success,
he lay and watched the dark, rich streaks,
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thinking how happy he would be if it were
pure gold and all his.
Suddenly lie sprang to hi* feet. “Per
•haps it is pure gold,’’ said he, "and as It
lies on my claim. It is mine, if it Is.”
Seizing only his pick and shovel, for he
had not d.srobed for the night, he hurried
across the strip of barren land between
his hut and the rock and climbing hastily
upon the first bowlder, he begun to strike
it with, heavy blows.
Ills wife, hearing the sound, came out of
the door and called to him.
"I'll be back in the morning ” he shouted,
• go lo bed. I'm hard at work.”
The first work or the pick brought down
a great piece of rock half gray, and half
yellow on the face. As It fell It showed
an almost pure yellow streak. Striking
again he found a clearer yellow, and down
further he came upon the tell-tale rusti
ness which marks ihe richest gold forma
tion.
By morning he knew that he had discov.
tred a gold mine, and tuitn he enured biz
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little cabin at daybreak he told his wife
that their days of poverty were over.
Of course, gold found in this crude state
needed to bo shipped to a point where It
could be put through Ihe gold process
which would make it ready for commcrc. ,
and John C. Strand set to work to get
trnnsporiailon for his ore.
Not content with this find, he searched
the stream for richer, purer gold and
found the spot where the golden rock ap
parently drained off Into the water, for
behind this great rock, an eighth of a mile
further along the stream, was a spot iu
the sand where gold metal abounded.
Of course he soon secured his pile; and
when the Klondike steamship so heavily
la.i.-n with riches landed at Sun Francisco
shores a few days ago, the wires reported
an enormous shipment in nuggets and ore,
and of this shipment an immense share
belonged to John C. Strand. And that is
the smallest poriibn of the great amount
of sold which he now has at the bead of
tile iukon awaiting shipment to the stales*
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