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ical in the long run.
THE GREAT SALT LAKE.
NESTLED IV THE BOTTOM OF A ll\-
SIV WITHOUT OITLET.
Anri i'll t Shore l.inrs I'lint Reveal
Ureal l.'lin■■ u.vn That Have Taken
lMnee in the lliMnrtc Pniit.
Ralph S. Tarr in the Independent.
The Great Salt lake Is a very shallow
but extensive sheet of water on the sur
face of a desert plain. Surrounding It in
part are mountain ranges, themselves bar
ren and desolate. The lake in nestled In
the bottom of a true basin without out
let, a part of the Great Basin. So slight
is the rainfall that the basin cannot fill
and overflow to the sea. The rain water
evaporates in the dry air, and the streams
that flow down from the mountains suf
fered the same fate even before the Mor
mons came to spread their waters out
over the land to transform it frcm desert
to garden.
Each stream on the land gathers a lit
tle sa t on ils Journey, and since this can
not evaporate as the water does, it re
mains behind. Erom the mountains and
from the light rains of the desert enough
water Is supplied to transform a part of
the plain to a lake; but in the dry air
the evaporation is so great that only a
small part of the supply remains to, form
the lake. Thus little by little the lake wa
ter receives its supply of salt and there
fore becomes salter and salter. This Is
the cause of most salt lakes.
Hut the Great Salt lake has not always
l*en salt. From almost any point in Salt
I.ake City and along the shores of the
lake one can easily detect lines extending
along the mountahi slopes. They are es
sentially horizontal, and extend ond above
the other In parallel belts. It is easy to
visit some of these lines; in fact, some
of them may be reached by the electric
cars. Upon examination they are found
to be in the main gravel terraces, linear,
fiat-topped benches on the mountain
flanks, reaching the mountains in the
rear and ending in the opposite direction
in a steep terrace slope. They are made
of sand and gravel from water-worn and
well-rounded pebbles. Where streams
come down from the mountain the ter
races broaden markedly, and in places
they are partly replaced by steep cliffs
of rocks on some projecting spur of the
mountain. Such cliffs are usually faced
by a narrow terrace of gravel.
The cowboys riding over these ter
races recognized them as beaches; early
explorers also referred to them as evi
dence of former higher water in tile Salt
I.ake basin; and Gilbert, as a result .of
his careful study of them, proved that this
interpretation was correct. Any who wish
to know the details of this history must
refer to Gilbert’s works previously men
tioned; and 1 may add that his account
of Ills studies is so clearly anil beautifully
wr.tten that any educated man can read
ami understand tils description.
These ancient shore lines are almost as
perfect ns one would find along the coast
of one of our gieat lakes, If the. waters
cou’d he withdrawn firm It, so as lo re
veal not only the beaches and cliffs that
rise ahoy? water, but also the wave-built
forms below. The broad terraces opposite
the streams are deltas, the narrow ter
races are beaches, bars and spits, while
the cliffs represent the cutting work of
the waves cn exposed points. In the arid
climate they have wasted away so slight
ly that they stand to-day in almost as
much prefeellon of form as when the
waters first withdrew from them. One
cannot mistake their meaning. They tell
of a former great lake to which Gilbert
has given the name I.ake Bonneville, in
recognition of the work of the explorer
Bonneville.
When this expander] ancestor of threat
Salt Lake reached its highest stage it
overflowed across Red Rock Pass,
through Marsh Creek valley into the Co
lumbia. and Its waters were fresh. The
area of Lake Bonneville was then about
19,7.i0 square miles, and its maximum
depth about 1/tfjO feet, the present Mor
mon temple now standing where the wa
ter was 800 feet deep and the entire low
land in the neighborhood of Salt Lake
City being under water.
The tiers of shore lines, together with
other phenomena of the region, show
that th's stage of rise to a place of over
flew was but one of a succession of events
in the recent geological history of the
region. In the first place the basin was
dry and contained little, If any, water.
The basin then began to till; hut the wa
ter did not rise to a point of overflow. An
other period of aridity succeeded this,un
til the basin was again nearly, if not en
tirely, dry. Then came the rise, which
continued until the rim of the basin was
reached and an overflow to the sea es
tablished. Blnce then the climate bus
heen growing progressively more arid
even to the very present. In fact, it seems
from good evidence that the lake is still
diminishing in area.
Little can be said about the time involv
ed in these change*. Ollbert finds evidence
lhat the first arid period was longer than
either of the two succeeding periods of
aridity, and that the second was longer
than the present urid period, while the
first rise of water appears to have lasted
fully live times as long as the second dur
ing whtoh the lake overflowed. What this
means in years cannot be stated; but It
is doubtless to he estimated In tens of
thousands of years. The last rise cannot
have been far In the past, for the shore
lines which record It are now so distinct;
and all of the changes belong to the re
cent stages of geological history.
Nor can we at present tell much about
the reason for these remarkable changes
; in climate. The rise of trie lake
i rej re-rn s oih r a period of grater rain
j fail, or lessened evaporation or both; for
It tells of the tranafoi matlen cf a desert
r. on of interior drainage to one of suf
.’ieient lairfall, or sufficiently diminished
j vaprration. to permit of overflow to the
j sea. N t only do we find evidence of vast
J changes of climate here, hut other des
ert regions, both in the Great Basin and
in ether parts of tbc world, tell of simi
j lar changes. Enough evidence has been
j a< cumulated here and elsewhere to prove
that the climate of many regions which
we know is different npw from what it
was in the past, and to give fair basis
for prediction that it will be different still
j in the future.
Whether these changes- are din? to varla
! lion in land level, to the formation or re-
I move! of land barriers which interfere
with !><**• movement of wind currents, to
the changes in ocean currents or to other
purely geographic variations, or •whether
they are 10 i>e ascribed to astronomical
causa* of known or unknown origin can
no* 1* act tied now. Hypotheses arc not
lacking, and ejtch hypothesis has its a<V
voeates; but all arc hypotheses sti.l. Man
has lived for too short a time on the
earth, and the knowledge of fact that he
has acquired is far too limited, to war
rant any conclusion upon this as upon
many other large questions. The fact
of change in climate must be accepted ns
h fact amply proved* the cause of the
change must remain among the great
problems for the future to solve.
It is interesting to note, however, that
the changes in the climate of the Salt
Lake region harmonize with the climatic
changes that have been worked out by the
studies of the glacial deposits of the Bast.
There were two notable advances of the
ice. as there were two notable rises of
the lake waters. Not only this, but there
is known to have been extensive glaciation
among the mountains of the West; and,
moreover, that this glaciation occurred at
the same time that the lakes were higher.
Tills suggests that whatever caused the
glacial lon of the glacial period also*caued
the rise in the lakes. Heavier precipita
tion in the form of snow among the moun
tains, and lessened evaporation because
of the cold, would suffice to account for
the rise in the lake; but this does not
remove the difficulties of accounting for
the changes, for what caused the heavier
precipitation in the form of snow and the
greater cold?
There Is evidence of Other interesting
changes in conditions registered in this
Held. During this lake htetory volcanoes
belched forth lava and ashes, and some of
them have been active so recently that
their coties and lava are still Qtesh, as
if just formed. At present (here are no
active volcanoes within a raditrs of thou
sands of miles. Then- is also evidence
(hat the level of the land has changed
perceptibly since the water left the last
beaches. If the basin should again fill,
(he water level would not coincide with
(he beeches previously formed. They have
been deformed and broken here and (her*
so that they are no longer horizontal, as
thoj* were when built. That is to say.
(he mountain growth had not ceased when
the lake beaches were built.
Such facts as these- teach us that the
earth Is unstable And (he seat of change.
What we see to-day is not what would
have been seen In the post, nor probably
w-hcit will be witnessed in. the future. The
maze of evidence of such changes is con
stantly !>eing increased as time passes,
and ns the work of the army of investlgn
tors proceeds into new’ regions and in
creases in detail in better known sections.
The facts that ore gathered cannot al
ways be 'understood nor ihelr full mean
ing bo interpret'd, and this sometimes
seems dlscou raging to those who are
working and discovering them; but little
by little the earth history is being in
terpreted, and every year sees progress
made. Many more facts ore needed, nnd
many men are patiently gathering them.
When ihe facts are all In *he explanation
will be ot hand; but until that time we
must rest content (o allow some things to
)>o mytery. When the deposits of glaciers
all over the world have been carefully
studied, nnd the changes in climate of ail
the arid lands of the continents have been
fully determined, we may hope that even
the mystery of the transformation of tem
perate regions to ic< fields and of arks
deserts to lake-dot ud. verdure-covered
land's will cease to rank os mystery.
RECHEATIOXS OF lIIG MEN.
Some \re Fond of Hunting', Others of
\ nclitlng and Others of Working.
From the New York Press.
Merchants make It their business nowa
days to know the recreations of the rich
and swell in order to cab r to their wants.
For example, Mr. J. Pien>om Morgan’s
recreations are dog-fancying and yacht
ing. anti ho Is one of the first to hear of
anything new ip cither tine. His friend
Arnold Morley devotes all his spare time
to shooting. Ashing, stalking, cycling and
yachting. Another friend, Edward Eggle
ston; who lives at Joshua's-Rock-on-
Luke George, gives up his leisure to
IK-destrlanism. unambitious mountain
climbing, single-hand sailing, sculling and
collecting rare books and manuscripts re
lating to English and American cultuie
history. The shopkeepers and manufac
turers, inventors and designers pester
these men nearly to death with letters and
circulars.
There are men who have no other recre
ation than their dally routine. Joseph
Chamberlain, who will be* a great man
when England wipes the Boers off the
face of Africa, Is one. He never had any
fun in his life except hard work. Presi
dent McKinley. ex-Speaker Reed. Secre
tary Long. Henry Cabot Hodge, Senator
Hale. Ambassador Choate, Ambassador
Porter. Senator Tom Platt, Senator Tel
ler, Senator Morgan. John Morley, Sir
Alfred Milner, Whitelaw Reid, D. O.
Mills—these men do not have time to rec
reate. Their work is their play.
Secretary John Hay is a member of the
Mount Vernon I>uck Club and Winona
Point Shooting Club. Ex-President Cleve
land’s recreations are shooting and fish
ing. Ex-President Harrison takes n week
or two off for an annual duck hunt. Ad
miral Lord Charles Beresford amuses
himself at turning, carpentering, cycling,
hunting or any old sport. He is always
ready for any devilment. The Earl of
Mlnto, Governor General of Canada, hums,
shoots and fishes. Gilbert Parker, the
novelist and dramatist, golfs, rides, cycles,
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THE MORNING NEWS: Till KSDAY, MARCH 1,1900.
CHANGE OF ILIKJiL
\ Concordia, Kans., Feb., 28, J 399.
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teja/N. . \ yj \ summer from the “Change of Life.” Two ol the best doctors in Grand Island, Neb., after treat-
f me * ? avc me °P to die. Asa last resort I finally tried Wine of Cardui. lam happy to say
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\ ■ iflf/ffu) years. Another spell has lately come on me, and I sent downtown last night for a bottle of
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’ : > % : * l A Mrs. M. W. RANDOLPH.
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If the “Change of Life’’ is passed safely, she may expect to live to a happy old age. When proper treatment is not secured at
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rows and shoots. Baron Charles Russell
of Killow’en, Lord Chief Justice of Eng
land, likes horse racing. Governor Theo
dore Roosevelt has many recreation ■*.
among them ranching on the plains, big
gam*’ hunting in the Rocky mountains,
zoology, mammalogy. field natural his
tory, rough riding, politics, speech-mak
ing and throwing boquets at himself.
Sir Henry Irving passes his leisure in
reading and writing. Ellen Terry’s recre
ations are reading, driving and yachting.
Arthur Balfour. First Ix>rd of the Treas
ury. is one of the leading golfers in Eng
land. and also is an expert cyclist. Mary
Anderson de Navarro’s recreations are
music, riding, cards, reading aloud an 1
singing. Rudyard Kipling fishes and
cycles. Jerome Klapka Jerome rid*,
drives. cycles and boats. Sir Walter
Besant’s sole amusement is looking on.
Annie Besant was an expert archer and
croquet player when a- girl. Alfred
Harmsworth, the sensational publisher, i*
fond of automobiling, cycling, angling
and traveling. Arthur Wing Pinero, dra
matist. amuses himself at golf, cycling
and cricket.
Bishop Henry Cod man Potter is in the
saddle when not in the pulpit. Park Com
missioner George Casper Clausen rides a
great deal and drives not a little. He ex
pect® soon to become an expert automobil
lst. Joseph Jefferson employes his idla
hours in fishing and painting. Ada Rehan
prefers in the way of amusement cycling,
traveling and reading Balzac and Thack
eray. The recreations of President Alex
ander Johnson Cassatt of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad are hunting and coaching.
Ever since his arrest at Monmouth Park
on an absurd charge under a New Jersey
blue law he has had no hand in racing.
John D. and William Rockefeller arc ey
cMsts and automobilists. Henry Osborne
Havemeyer breeds fine, cattle, rides horse
back. makes golf popular and fights taxes.
Senator Chaimcey Mitchell Depew spends
his few leisure moments in devising means
to enjoy every hour of his life. He is the
happiest man in the world.
Clement Scott. the British author and
dramatic writer, has tried nearly .every
game and sport under the sun except cyc
ling. He is an expert, at cricket, row
ing fives, rackets, lawn tennis and golf.
He played the first game of lawn tennis
ever seen in England, in the company of
Major Walter Wingfield, the inventor; Al
fred Thompson and Alfred Lubbock. Fox
hall Keene is the best amateur, or gen
tleman jockey in this country and Eu
rope; the best rider after hounds, one of
the expert racket players, good at hand
ball. golf, automobiling or any other sport.
F. Marion Crawford is good at nearly all
s|M>rts, and is one of the few amateur
yaehtmen who hold professional masters’
certificates from the Association of Amer
ican Shipmasters. j
We have in New Ygfrk some of the fa
mous hunters of the world. Mr. CJiarles
Ranlett Flint has killed the biggest game
in both of the Western Hemispheres.
North and South America. Mr. Edward
R. Ladew, the millionaire leather mer
chant, former partner of obi Fayerweather
has ridden the crocodile of the Nile, stro
lled the stripes from the tiger of
Tugela. shot the lion of the llano, potted
the rhinoceros of the Rlngho, mowed down
the proud bull moose of the Massif? beard
ed in his snowy den the musk ox of
Manitoba, slaughtered the peccaries of
Patagonia and taught the gorilla of Gham
bezi the art of gnashing, his teeth. The
Rev. Dr. William S. Ralr.sford of S*.
George’s Church has in his study ample
evidence of his prowess os a hunter of big
game, the walls being decorated with ant
lers of the royal elk and claws and teeth
of the pugnacious grizzly. If I mistake
not. Dr. Rains ford has a brother in the
British Army, Colonel Rninsford. who is
a famous hunter. He may be in South
Africa now shooting bigger game than
Britisher ever shot before since our Amer
ican Revolution.
great steamship oompames.
Tle Greatest Are Sot English Now.
Something About the Lending Ri
val*.
From the London Leader.
At the head of all great ship-owning
companies of Great Britain stands the
British India Steam Navigation Company.
For some reason which I will not attempt
to explain, this great enterprise does not
loom nearly so largely in the public eye
as others of far less Importance. In the
East the “B. 1..” ns it is curtly designat
ed. is assessed at its full value, for what
little out-of-the-way port along the toast
of Bussorah to Mouknein is there where
the regular visit of the “B. I.” boat is
not looked for as confidently as is the re
currence of tlie days of the week. Of
course, the nature of the trade preclude*
the employment of vessels of such vast
size as. say. in the Atlantic trade, yet the
"R, I.” run some big ships, too.
it is, however, to the total of the fleet
that we must look, and here it is in all
its grandeur; 107 ships; gross tonnage, 311,-
4i;>; average size, 2.910 tons; nominal capi
tal. 1952.000; called up, £094,800; deben
tures, £285,380; reserve fund, £300,000; divi
dend< 10 per cent.; average dividend for
last five years, 10 per cent.
Tin* next huge concern in the descending
scale is the sublime “P. mid 0.,” an insti
tution that seems almost national in its
stability and importance. Here the numlier
of chips drops nearly 50 pc*r cent., for the
total fleet is 57. Yet the gross tonnage of
that fleet is 297,092, while the average size
of the ships leaps up 4o 5.222! The finan
cial figures, too. are of n far more impos
ing character. For instance, tiie nominal
capital is £3,500.000; the called up capita),
£2,330,000; debentures, £BOO,OOO, and reserve
I fund, £750,000. Naturally the dividend fig
| ures are more complieato<l than the “B.
1.,” the preferred shares reaping - 5 per
I cent., and the deferred 10 p<T cent../with
u bonus of 2 per cent., while the average
dividend on the deferred for the last five
years has been 11 per cent. No wonder the
£IOO deferred shares ore worth £235.
Then vve come to a company that has
made some giant strides of late years—
Messrs. Elder, Demr>ster & Cos., who own
nine-ty-two ships of 284.612 tons, and an
average per ship of 3.003. In 1884 the fleet
of this company numbered 33 ships of 45,-
000. on overage of 1.363 tons per ship.
The White Star Line, which holds the
next position in magnitude, is in many
respects the most extraordinary progres
sive steamship company we can boast of.
This compapy possesses t wentydhree ves
sels, aggregating 195.209 tons, which gives
the enormous average of 8.487 tons per
ship! Fifteen years ago this company
owned twenty ships, but their average
tonnage was 2,891.
Messrs. Wilson of Hull como next, a
private company of enormous importance
and usefulness, but, owing to the exigen
cies of their trade, their vessels run small,
eighty-four ships totaling 167,039. nn aver
age of 1.988 tons per ship. Here, too,
the growth in flftene years has been great
-an increase of 22 ships, 82,000 tons and
609 tons in overage size.
A sturdy competitor with the P. and O.
for the China carrying trade—the Ocoen
Steamship Company—comes next. All sail
ors know these ships as “Alfred Holt’s,“
or the “blue funnel boats.” although their
classic names, mostly those of Greek he
roes, are often a puzzling mouthful. Tt is
a fine fleet of 4hirty-six ships, of 160.001
tons, an average of 4.444 tons per ship.
Growth in fifteen years, 7 ships only, but
109.00(7 tons, and a rise in the average ton
age from 1,772.
Another line that in spite of fierce com
petition has built up a big business is the
“Clan” Company, which now owns for
ty-five ships of 158.725 tons and an- aver
age of 3,737. Messrs. Lamport & Holt,
a company of Liverpool shipowners, al
ways suppose*! by seafarers to have some
affinity o Alfred Holt’s line. prot>ably be
cause of the name and the same distin
guishing blue funwl-run their
ships to Sou f h America. They cannot
here he dealt with, however, since many of
the vessels are chartered. Messrs. Ley
land own 4hirty-flve ships of 140.980 tons,
having triple*! their tonnage and doubled
their average size in fifteen years, while
laying an average dividend of 11 per
v?en t.
The Cunard Company-+ins had a hard
fight. The number of vesels owned by it
has dwindled down from thirty-three to
twenty-two it: fifteen years, although the
a\erage size of the ships has nearly dou
bled, and there is an increase of 22.000
tons in ►he gross total. But the aver
age dividend for the lost live years has
been only 1 3 4 per cent.
Owing to the amalgamation promised,
the Union and Castle Companies, although
now ervming well down the list with twen
ty ships each, will take a high place.
Their combined tonnage is now 221,293,
with an average tonnage per ship of 5,582.
Both these well-managed companies have
made great strides In the last fifteen
years, having increased their gross totals
of tonnage and average size of shins—<he
Union from 49.364 tons and 2.993 average to
114.407 and 5.72*>, and the Castle from
83,336 and 1.602 to 106.8,% nnd 5.314. The
average dividend for the Inst five years
has been between 4 and 5 ior cent.
Now', although out of the 21.500.000 tons
of steam shipping in the world, 12.000,000
tons are under the British flag, the fact
cannot he lost sight of that there art two
foreign companies, In the Hamburg-
American Line and the Norddeutscher
Lloyds, who own respectively 412,148 tons
end 358.000 tons of steamships, their fleet
Ixdng seventy-five and se#enty-three. The
former company has just made a deter
mined effort to wrest the blue ribbon of
the Atlantic from the latter—who hold
by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse—by
launching the Deutschland of 15.800 tons.
These two companies, however, carefully
nursed and subsidized as they are, alone
succeed in topping the fleets of our larg
est companies. After them come the M.
M. (Mrssagories Maritimes do
with sixty-six ships and 250.00 tons; the
Japan Mail Steamship Company (Nippon
Tusen Kaisha). with seventy vessels of
208.000 tons; and the Navigazlone Gen
eral Itnliana, with ninely-eight ships of
180,000 eons. But these big companies
stand almost alone in their rc?speotive
countries. The supportihg vertebrae of
companies owning over 50,000 tons of snip
ping each, of which we possess such a
number are elsewhere entirely absent.
—The centennial anniversary of the
graduation of Daniel Webster from Dart
nvouth College will be observed by that
institution next year. President T>ow of
Columbia has been invlted to deliver an
address.
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Connected Willi n Bolivian Silver
41 ine.
From the Chicago Record.
Along in the a 'Scotch sailor
Penny deserted from a man-if-war on (hs
west coast of South America and found
his way to the interior of Bolivia, where
he worked as a miner and did odd jobs
for a living. In the course of time he
took up with an Indian woman, and after
she had nursed him through a long and
dangerous Illness he married her to show
his gratitude. She reciprocated his confi
dence and affection by leading him to an
ancient mine, which had l>een abandoned
and partially filled at the time of the
conquest In order to keep it from fal ing
into the hands of the Spaniards. With the
aid of his wife and a fellow countryman
named Mackenzie, Penny cleared out the
rubbish and struck a vein of silver tha
made him a millionaire. The mine is still
operated and is one of the most profit
able in South America.
After having developed the property and
organized his affairs with Mackenzie as
his superintendent. some years later
Penny returned to Scotland and purchased
the estate near Aberdeen unon which hi?
parents had lived as laborers. His Indian
wife could neither read nor write, and
<*ould not speak or understand a word of
Blrglish. but was habitually arrayed in
silks and satins and wore Jewels that wo-e
the wonder of all ths country arounl.
Penny spent his money like a “Monte
Cristo” and the fame of his philanthrophy
will never be forgo Hen by the people of
that region. He brought a son of Mac
kenzie to Scotland to be educated anl
sent him to the best schools. He also
adopted a nephew of the name of Craig,
the son of a village parson living near
Aberdeen. Penny insisted that both
should adopt his name, and, as he had no
children of his own. and no prospects of
any. promised to make them his heirs.
When he died suddenly he left a wll
bequeathing his mJnes and his millions to
his wife, and commending to her car?
and generosity his two adopted son*.
Craig and Mackenzie Penny.
Shortly after Craig Penny started for
Bolivia with the widow, leaving Macken
zie. who was then about 18 years old. in
school. During the voyage, by som
means, Craig induced Mrs. Penny to mar
ry him. and when they arriyed at Oruro
he produced a marriage certificate, took
charge of the property and dismissed the
faithful Mackenzie, who had been solo
manager of the mine for many year a.
Then Mrs. Penny died under mysterious
circumstances. Although her husband
attempted to keen away doctors and
priests, the old lady, through a servant,
managed to send word to friends that she
needed protection, and before her death
declared that she had been poisoned. Th.>
scandal was hushed with money, and
Penny lived like a lord on the profits of
the mine, of which he claimed to be the
sole owner; but after a time young Mac
kenzie learned what had transpired in
Bolivia and started for Oruro to protect
his rights. Being a British subject, he
placed his claims in the hands cf Thomas
H. Anderson, United States minister o
Bolivia, who was in charge of British in
terests. and the latter, wjth the aid of
Dr. Alonzo, recently president of Bolivia,
endeavored to arrange an amicable seit'e
ment of the controversev, under which the
two boys were to have equal shares in the
mine.
When Mr. Anderson returned to the
United States at the end of his term of
office he brought young Mackenzie Penny
with him in order that he might complete
his education in Washington; but after a
time, when the boy return*! to Bolivia.
President Alonzo organize*! a syndicate to
buy out both the heirs for $500,000 each.
He now controls the mines, and is paying
the two heirs in instalments, while both
are drinking themselves to death at Anto
fagasta.
Cl\nlry Fighting, In tle Philippines.
Fre<lerick Palmer, in Collier’s Weekly.
I led the ruddy-faced Gen. Young to
speak with a soldier’s brevity of the
most striking campaign In our military
annals since the march through Georgia.
“We kept after them.” he said, “that
was all. Whether it was through passes
or over marshes, we traveled as fßst as
the enemy. I concluded from the first
that what we needed was mobility and not
numbers. We hit whatever fore© was
before us as often ns wo could on the
flank, or in the rear If possible. Thar soon
demoralized Agulnaldo’s little army for
any organized action. W© kept after its
remnants until we had them in the moun
tains or captured. Once, if we had only
known how near wo were of
Aguinaldo, we could have got
him. Gen. Tino, with a small band, still
eludes me. But Cols. Hows*' and Hare
nre keeping on his trail, and we are
blocking the pass<* where we can to
keep him from getting south. I have
Gen. Tino’s pword, a fine Toledo blade,
also his map and map holder. I use both
the mop and the holder.”
At in<*.<B <he General and his staff go
over half a hundred little fights, compar
ing notes and laughing over their experi
ences.
“That cavalry chtirgp }>eet anything w*
had,” said Lieut. Col. Parker. “It was
the only charge we ever made in Luzon.
Likely it will be the last.”
The Colonel saw a line of natives pass
ing along a road across the open, and
with whoop he led a troop on to them.
The moral effect was tremendous; the
slaughter slight. Our big horses are the
dragon of the little Filipino'* dream. At
the sight of the galloping, yelling cavalry
men the band did not wait to Are a shot.
They disappeared in all directions in [he
brush, where a horse cannot go.
"Oh, if they only had stood up to it!”
sighed the angry troopers, "we wouldn't
have thought a soldier’a life quite 30
hard."
The General insisted that Col. Parker
should show me the ground where he made
another real fight—in fact, the hottest
fight against the greatest odds in the cam
paign.
Lying under the cover of a rib of mas
onry a foot or more in hight, with occa
sional pillars, which runs around the plaza,
separating the street from (h-e buildings,
he had sixteen men of the Texas Rangers,
who faced a fire from a stone building
in front thirty yards distant nnd <t cross
fire from another building seventy-five
yards distant of over 200 rifles. These in
surgents hod come in in the night, after
he had occupied the town with a handful
of men. As he crossed the piaza he had
tittle idea of the enemy's number. With
five men following him, he tried to charge
in at the door of the building in front.
Three of them were killed, falling In a
heap. The others got under the cover
of o wall in front of the building, with a
score of insurgents on the other side who
could not get at him. because if one show
ed his head one of the remaining Texan*
sent bullet through It. The Colonel fed
back to the remnant of his command with
out being hit, though why in heaven’s
name he wasn't, no man can tell.
"You needn’t worry. W'e kin keep the
Gugus from coming out all right. Colonel.”
said one of the Rangers, as Parker start
ed off for the reinforcements which fin
ished the business.
‘‘Don’t know r why I tried to get into that
building,” says Parker, laconically. “Good
thing I didn’t, I guess. Of course, I
didn’t know there were so many of them.
Those Texans wilt fight ns long as they
have the strength to whisper. We lost
eight killed and two wounded out of six
teen. Remarkable percentage, wasn’t it?
Rut we took five lives for every one we
lost.”
Incidentally, while governing seven pro
vinces, Gen. Young and his staff have to
attend to the details of a brigade divided
into small garrisons or columns, which
arc widely sport and separated from the
base of supplies. While Hare and Hows©
are chasing the rebels In the mountains,
he has not sufficient troops to post regu
larly, except in a few of the Inrgest towns.
Small cavalry patrols go !>eek and forth
over the principal roods. Every day they
bring in a few stray men with rifles who
have accepted the Inevitable. They arc
questioned, their names and residences
entered in a book, and then are given the:r
liberty. If they wantful work they could
find it in tho provost marshal’s street
cleaning deportment, which is fast mak
ing Vigqn a presentable town.
Tlio Archbishop's t.eg.
From Shadow's Magazine.
The archlepiscopal legs must, wc regret
lo say. be somewhat condemned, if re
garded critically. Muscle and strength
there must be, for his grace is inde
fatigable in his duties, which Involve much
walking orul standing. Moreover, though
he admits that his sole recreation now is
’’light literature.” it Is well known that
in early life he took a great part In games
of all sorts, to which wo must attribute
his vigor in his seventy-eighth year. The
loose, “rucked” goiters hide the outline
of ihe calf muscles, nnd show n tendency
lo—shall we soy?—jovial carelessness. The
second picture plainly shows Dr. Temple’s
tendency, so deplored hy photographers,
to turn in his toes. Who will say there
is no character in legs? These plainly
show the good nature, the saving grace
of humor which his grace has in such
abundance, nnd that slight scorn of forms
nnd conventionalities which is such a
boon to o man in so responsible a posi
tion.
The Archbishop of York—The legs of
the other Archbishop, his grace of York,
are perhaps the thinnest in our gallery!
Though there is a fair development of mus
cle in the ealf, the legs seem to belong
to anything but an nthlete, and it Is
therefore a surprise to learn that Dr.
Maelagan served In the army for five
years, retiring with the rank of lieutenant,
and that still, in hi* seventy-third year!
he Is a great walker. His legs show a
well-balanced and not easily rutiled mind,
active and clever in slipping unobserved
through difficulties.
The Archbishop of Dublin,—The Arch
bishop from over the water, Dr. J. F.
Deacooke of Dublin, admits no love of
athletics, ns might be guessed by'the ap
pearance of his legs. They denote a man
of sentlsive and retiring disposition, great
dignity and thoughtfulness. They are not
very firmly placed, nor have the gaiters
anything of n smart or jaunty air.
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(“atht meridian time’, as follows:
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, THURS
DAY', Marti! 1, 5:00 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
SATURDAY, March 3, 6:30 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, MONDAY,
March 5, 8:00 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg,
THURSDAY', March 8, 10:30 a. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, SATUR.
DAY, March 10, 1:00 p. m.
CITY' OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
MONDAY, March 12, 2:30 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, TUESDAY,
March 13, 3:30 p. m.
BA GRANDE DUCHESSE, Capt. Hanlon,
THURSDAY, March 13, 4:30 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burg,
SATURDAY'. March 17. 5:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY', Capt. Fisher, MONDAY,
March 19, 6:30 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
TUESDAY', March 20, 7:30 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, THURS
DAY', March 22, 9:00 p. m.
BA GRANDE DUCHESSE, Capt. Hanlon,
SATURDAY, Marnh 24, 10:00 p. m
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg,
MONDAY, March 26, 1:00 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, TUESDAY,
March 27, 2:00 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
THURSDAY, March 29, 4:00 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, SATUR
DAY', March 31, 5:00 p. m.
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage,THURS
DAY, March 1, 4:30 a. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Bewis, TUES
DAY, March 6, 8:30 a. m.
TALBAHA9SEE, Capt. Asking, FRI
DAY', March D, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage, TUES
DAY, March 13, 3:00 a. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Bewis, FRI
DAY. March 16, 5:00 a. m.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins. TUES
DAY', March 20, 7:00 a. m.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, FRI
DAY'. March 23, 9:30 a. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. Bewis, TUES
DAY, March 27 , 2:00 p. m.
TABBAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, FRIDAY,
March 30, 4:00 a. m.
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without liability or accountability there
for,
—Sailings New York for Savannah daily
except Sundays and Mondays 5:00 p. m.
Sailings Boston for Savannah Wedn?9-
davs 12:00 noon and Saturdays 3:00 p. Cl.
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Ga.
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Agent. Savannah, Ga.
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Ga.
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DAY, March 1, 6:00 p. m.
ITASCA, Capt. Diggs, SATURDAY,
March 3, 7:00 p. m.
ESSEX, Capt. Dlzer, TUESDAY, March
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ITASCA, Capt. Diggs, TUESDAY, Mar.
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