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attempted to burn a mill
EFFORT OK .% WOILD-BK IMKNDI
ARY FRISTRATED.
I'. J. MrDooald'n Sammill Is Two
Miles From Liberty City, the Scene
of the Recent ltnce Troubles—lt
Was Set on Fire, but the Flames
Were Extinguished Citizens of
Liberty City Will Tolice the Town
I'ntil Ilanner Has Passed.
Liberty City, Ga., Aug. 19.—A determin
ed effort was made to burn the saw mill
of C. J. McDonald, about two miles west
of here, this morning, at 1 o’clock, but
the Are was, fortunately, discovered in
time and was put out. The watchman
mw the would-be incendiary running
away.
The effort to bum the mill was the un
dertaking of a dare-devil, as four men
•were there on duty at the time. As soon
as the fire was stopped a search was
made for the man who started rft, but he
has not yet been discovered. Citizens will
t
continue to police the town for some time
until the danger is passed.
V Allen Colley, one of the negroes plared
jp jail in Htnesvllle, suspected of being
connected with the murder of Curtis, was
lifceharged from custody this morning by
slleriff Brewer, as the evidence was not
i ulHcient to hold him. Sheriff Brewer
i,loing ail he can to apprehend the mur
< Jers, and will ask the Governor to of-
I j a reward for their arrest, to-mor
11>. as it is now reasonably certain that
t ley have left the country.
The reports printed in the. Morning
News have met with almost universal
commendation, while the reports In ail
other newspapers reaching here have been
denounced as unfair and unjust.
I I . ■ ■ 1
CUBANS LEFT WASHINGTON.
Forty Will Board Transporti for
Home In New York.
Washington, Aug:. 19.--With cheers for
Cuba, the United States, President Mc-
Kinley and last, if not least, their hosts,
the people of the District of Columbia,
The 1,400 Cuban school teachers left the
city at 1 o’clock this afternoon, over the
Pennsylvania Railfoad for New York.
After the greater portion of the week
spent there and in Philadelphia, the en
tire party will embark on transports for
Havana.
To-day the visitors* programme was a
short one. After an early breakfast,
most of them attended a solemn requiem
mass at St. Patrick’s Church. After
church they returned to the hotels, whore
they were grouped in squads and taken to
the Capitol, arriving there about *0
o’clock. The building was thrown open
to tliT visitors, and a detachment of
guards was on hand to escort them.
After viewing the Capitol, they boarded
three special trains for New York.
The Chiba ns affectionately greeted Gen.
< "lsnerofl, the former president of Cuba,
who is Ui the city. Many of them threw
their arms around the old veteran’s neck
and covered his gray-*bearded face wi h
kisses. The mention of his name was a
signal for a vociferous demonstration,
ending in cheers for the “future president
of Cuba.”
The whole party are delighted with their
experiences in ail the American cities
they have visited and with their recep
tion by the President yesterday.
WILL BE ENTERTAINED.
New York lln Prepared for the Visit
of the Cuban*.
New York, Aug\ 19.—Jhe Cuban
who. after spending some time in an;l
about Boston, passed through this city
Friday on their way to Washington,
reached Jersey City this evening on the
return trip. Ferry l*oa's were in waiting,
and the teachers went on board them and
started down the river for the transports
on which they came from Boston.
The teachers will r* main in the trans
por s over night and in the morning come
up to this city, where elaborate arrange
ments have been made to entertain them.
KILLED BY A LIVE WIRE.
Colored Fireman Nlet Hl* Death
While Flighting- Flames.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 19.—Henry Johni
ken. a colored member of the Aetna Fire
Company of Newberry, while working
with bis oojnpany at a fire, early this
morning, was killed by a live wire, which
fell In the streets. Comrades who at
tempted his rescue were severely shocked.
Apropos of the proposed “scratching"
of Senator Tillman in the coming pri
mary State Chairman Wilie Jone<? an
nounces that such scratching will not
invalidate the ballot. It has been sup
posed by many that it would, and Col.
Jones was asked for a ruling. Senator
Tillman says if he does not receive a
majority of the votes cast he will not
serve.
PROM HYDROPHOBIA.
Mother anil Son Died Prom the Rile,
of n Playful Puppy.
New York. Aug. 19.—Mrs. James Strath
rle of Atlantic Highlands, N. J., 1* dead
after suffering for a week from well de
fined symptoms of hydrophobia. A month
ago Mrs. Strathrle’s sou died of the same
disease. <*
Both mother and child were bitten by a
playful puppy. It was not unlil the son's
death that the dog was killed and found
to have been diseased. The mother was
token 111 a week ago. and In spite of the
best medical treatment she died at noon
to-day In awful agony.
MAXI SAW THE R ACES.
flVlierlmen Interested the Crowd li>
Tlielr Good AA'orU.
I Providence, R. 1., Aug. 19.—'Two thous
and persons witnessed the races at Hill's
fir ove track this afternoon. The features
[were the work of Cadweli, in the one
[mile handicap, from scratch, and the two
mlle tandem, which was won by Cod-
Well and Turgeon. Nelson easily defeat
ed Burns Pierce by nearly three laps In
the fifteen-mile, motor-paced race. Nel
son's time was 25:19 3-5, lowering the pre
vious record of 27:04',i, held by Pierce.
CALLED OX BRYAN.
Ken. Wearer AYns Among the Nomi
nee's Sunday Visitors.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 19.—Gen. James B.
Weaver of lowa arrived here to-day on
his way to Kansas, where he will make
several speeches. He visited Mr. Bryan
at the latter's residence this evening, and
they discussed the campaign at length.
Gen, Weaver expressed himself as much
encouraged regarding the outlook. Mr.
Rryan attended church In the morning
and went driving in the afternoon
ROOSEVELT EXPLAINS.
The Governor Shown What He Did
Not Say at St. Paul.
New York, Aug 19 --Gov. Roosevelt, at
Oyster Bay. L. 1., to-day gave out for
j publication a letter which he had writ
ten on Aug. 9 to Gen. John M. Palmer of
Springfield, 111 , relative to the St. Paul
speech made by ihe Governor, in which
he tad been quoted as making derogatory
remarks concerning Democrats. The let
ter says, in part:
“1 notice that in your recent very manly
interview sating why you could not sup
| port the Populiatic-Democracy and the
Kansas City platform and nominees you
allude to a statement 1 was supposed to
have made, attacking Democrats general
ly in my St. Paul speech.
"\ou have evidently seen a report which
was n °t merely garbled, but falsified. I
stand by this speech absolutely, and have
nothing to explain in connection with it,
but I do wish to point out where its mean-
I ing was deliberately inverted.
‘ln my speech I began by saying: ‘We
appeal not only to all Republicans, but
to all good citizens who are Americans,
in fact as well as in name, to help us in
re-electing President McKinley.
“I ended by saying: ‘Study the Kansas
City platform and you cannot help real
izing that their policy (that policy of its
makers and sponsors) is a policy of infa
my, and that their triumph would mean
misery so widespread that it is almost
unthinkable and a disgrace so lasting that
more than a generation would have to pass
before it could be wiped out. They stand
for lawlessness and disorder, for dishon
esty and dishonor, for license and disaster
at home and cowardly shrinking from
duty abroad. We ask the support of all
Americans who have the welfare of the
country at heart, no matter what their
political affiliations may have been in the
past.’
VYou will see here that I most explicit
ly draw the line between the men who
support and ask for support for the Kan
sas City platform and all other citizens,
whether Democrats or Republicans. I
feel, that ns a matter of fact, the great
est possible credit is due to men like
you. my dear sir, and to other Gold Dem
ocrats. who. four yenrs ago. stood and
now stand for national honor.
“I hold up the policy advocated In the
Kansas City platform as a base and cow
ardly policy, to emphasize our right to
appeal to the countless thousands of high
minded Democrats who abhor baseness
and cowardice, and are quick to see and
disown them." t
IRELAND AT ROUE.
The \rclil>f shop Delivered an Ad
dress That Took Well.
Rome, Aug. 19.—T0-day being the feast
of St. Joachim, the Pope’s patron saint,
there was a large gathering at the Vati
can of cardinals, bishops and presidents
of societies. The Pope, who was in ex
cellent health and spirits, spoke at some
length regarding matters of Catholic in
terest, and then with a complimentary in
troduction. invited Archbishop Ireland to
address the assembly on matters in
America end the relations of the outer
world to the Holy See.
Mgr. Ireland, who was frequently ap
plauded during n speech of twenty min
utes. spoke glowingly of the fidelity of
American Catholics to the Roman church
and the Holy See. He described liberty
under the American flag and set forth
the necessity of the Pope, as the head
of Christendom, being free and independ
ent of any one civil power, “so as to be
in fact, as well as of right, the sover
eign teacher and ruler of all nations and
peoples, without special dependency on
any special nation or people.’’
The address gave visible satisfaction.
Mgr. Ireland had a final audience with
the Pope on Friday. He will leave Rome
this evening.
WAS BEATEN TO DEATH.
Voting Woman Was Killed in X™
York AVith a Hammer.
New York, Aug. 19.—Catherine Scharff.
aged 22. was beaten to death in her rooms
on the second floor of No. 671 Second ave
nue some time between 7 p m. and mid
night Saturday, the body not being found
until early, this morning. Her brother
made the discovery when he came home
after midnight.
The woman's body lay in a pool of
blood, face downward. Nearby on the floor
was a bloody hammer, and the rooms had
been, ransacked of everything of value. It
is the opinion of the police that a thief
entered the house and was surprise! in
his work by the girl and that he killed
her to prevent Identification.
CAMPAIGN TEXT BOOK.
Ilcpnlillcnns Have Received Sample
Copies of It.
New York. Aug. 19.—The Republican
campaign text-book, issued at the begin
ning of each presidential campaign by the
Republican National Committee, has been
completed, and sample copies have arrived
at national headquarters.
The topics discussed in the book are na
tional prosperity and its effect on the bus
iness elements, the manufactures, the far
mer and the workingman, the currency
question, the subject of trusts, conditions
In Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines.
The latter part of the book is devoted to a
defense of the subject of so-called impe.
rialism.
REBEL KORIES SURRENDERED.
Dispatch From Socorro Announces
Their Action.
Colon, Colombia, Aug. 19, via Galveston.
—Gen. Alban, civil governor and military
commander of the Department of Panama,
telegraphs that he has received a dispatch
from Socorro, announcing the absolute
surrender of the rebel forces under Vargas
Santos, Focion Soto and Uribe at San Vl
cente. Gen. Uribe escaped to Barranca.
NO ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE,
The Report About tlic Shnli of Prrsln
Was nn Error.
Paris, Aug. 19.—Dispatches from Ostend
assert that there Is no foundation for the
report published this morning, that an at
tempt had been made there on the life
of the Shah of Persia.
gf \Af men A Mother’ Frfond
rightanoleft They want
RxJ all other women to have a* ear
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known, and ar much as it ha*
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Wtl ing but praise to be heurd about HL£g
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THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1000.
*2.1,U00 IS HISSING.
The Money \Vn Sent From Chicago.
Destined for Burlington.
Chicago, Aug. 19.—Somewhere between
Chicago and Burlington, la., an express
package, supposed to contain $25,000, is
alleged to have gone astray. The Com
mercial National Bank of this city sent
the package to the Burlington agent of
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail
road a few ilays ago on orders given from
the Buriington headquarters in this city.
The money was sent by the Adams Ex
press Company.
When the money was expressed from the
Chicago bank it was wrapped in the us
ual way by which money is transmitted.
In due course of time the Burlington
agent of the railroad received a similar
package, but it contained nothing but
brown paper. The wrapper containing
the worthless paper was returned to Chi
cago and the bank officials are certain it
is not the one sent out by them.
Representatives of the corporations in
terested in the matter spent a busy day
to-day investigating the mystery of the
missing package and laying plans for toe
arrest of the robber, if the money was
stolen between Chicago and Burlington.
VOYAGE OF THE CANADA.
Hard Luck Story of a Trip of Nearly
an Entire Year.
Sen Francisco. Aug. 19.—News was re
ceive to-day from Australia that the ship
Canada had made another start on her
memorable voyage to Manila.
The Canada left Norfolk. Va , with a
load of coal for the United States war
ships in Manila Bay on Aug 27, 1899. Ap
proaching the Leeward Is’ands, bad
weather was encountered, which was fol
lowed ly ad ad ca'tn. A waterspout, came
sailing along and took the mizzenmast
out of the ship.
Early in .May of this year, the Canada
put into Melbourne. Australia, to rtfit. As
soon as she docked, the coal was- found
to be on fire, and the vessel had to be
flood* and. On May 23 the Canada s tiled cn e
more. On June 26, she was towed into
Freemantle, Australia, partially dit mas -
ed and in a generally dilapidated condi
tion.
DROUGHT IN KANSAS'.
Lack of Knin In Playing Havoc With
the Corn Crop.
Kansas City. Mo.. Aug. 19.—Two-thirds
of Kansas. west of the three eastern
most tiers of counties is experiencing one
of the most severe droughts in the his
tory of the state, and 1 the general opinion
is that the Kansas corn crop will be the
smallest, in proportion to its requirements,
for feeding that has been raised in many
years. In 1899 it was 225,0(10,000 bushels.
Secretary Coburn’s report of conditions
on Aug. 4 indicated a yield this year
of about 145,000,000 bushels. Since then
there have been two weeks of hot, dry
weather, which has materially further re
duced conditions, and the most liberal es
timates of well-informed men on ‘change
do not exceed 100,000.000 bushels, while
many place the crop at not over 75,000,000
bushels.
FOR ST. LOUIS’ FAIR.
Plan* Are (unin Afoot for Getting
Up t lie
St. Louis. Mo., Aug. 19.—Plans for the
r sumption of work on the World’s- Fair
fund of $5,00,000, which has so often been
interrupted, are under daily consideratio i
by Chairmen Francis and Tnompson of
the two principal committees. Etx-Gov.
Francis expects to sail for Paris about
Sept. 15, and hopes to have things in su *h
shape by that time, that the fund will be
practically completed.
The traveling men, who have been
among the active workers' for the fair,
have asked permission to locate their spe
cial building first. Communications from
United States Consuls at different points
indicate the interest that is being mani
fested in the Louisiana Purchase Centen
nial abroad.
‘•KING OF THE COWBOYS” DEAD.
He Wan One of the Mont Famous of
the Rough Riders.
Washington, Aug. 19.—Sergeant “Buck''
Taylor, known as "King of the Cowboys,”
a cavalryman, and one of the beat known
of the Rough Riders, wh9 was at the
charge up San Juan Hill, and accom
panied Gov. Roosevelt when he toured
New York during the last gubernatorial
campaign, died at Providence Hospital
today of consumption, the result of ill
ness contracted during the Cuban cam
paign.
Taylor’s correct name Is said to have
been Berry F. Tatum. He was a son of
a former merchant of Montgomery, Ala.
KILLED DY A CAR.
Eleven-\f ar-Old Blanche Skelle
Dead mill Others Hurt.
St. Louis, Aug. 19.—A Sixth street car
ran into a barouche at Broadway and
Itasca streets at 9 o’clock to-night, kill
ing Blanche Skelle, 11 years old, and injur
ing more or less seriously Herman Wilse
bach ami George Skelle.
Blanche Skelle fell under the car, the
wheels of which passed over her neck, sev
ering her head from the body. Wllsehach
was also struck by the wheel of the ear,
and the top of his skuil was crushed. Hts
recovery is doubtful. Skelle's injuries are
not serious.
A CALL FOR SEPT. 10.
Pi pnlfste of Colorado Will Meet
Then In Denver.
Denver Col., Aug. 19.—A call has been
issued for the Populist Slate Convention
to be held In Denver, Sept. 10, which is
the date also set for the Democratic and
Silver Republican State Conventions. A
strong effort wilYhe made to bring about
a fusion of the three parties on nomina
tions for state officers, as well us for
electors.
PRODUCTS OK GERMANY.
Figures ' That Show the Extent of
the Empire's Hrsnureea.
Berlin, Aug. 19.—Germany produced 1,-
580,060 tons of raw* sugar during the
twelve months ending July 31, as against
1,520,00 ft tons for the previous twelve
months. Germany's exports of war ma
terial last year aggregated 8,150,000
marks, as against 3,430,000 in 1898.
First Car ot Kiefers.
Thomasvllle. Gg., Aug. 19—The first
carload of Kiefer pears for this season
wus shipped from Thomas county last
night by J. H. Anderson.
Thomasvllle Is about full of people. It
Is difficult to get a dwelling now, and
yet the fall demand for houses has not
yet set in.
The telephone exchange here has over
200 subscribers.
Luring the New f able.
New York, Aug 19,-Ttie Commercial
Cable Company has Issued the following
notice:
"The cable steamer Anglia, laying the
new German cable, reports at noon. Aug.
19. that 875 nautical miles ot cable have
been paid out. 1 * ,
MORRIS WAS A NEW YORKER.
He Wan After a Job in a Georgia
Town an a Rlacknmlth.
B. Morris, the man who jumped to his
death from the steamship Kansas City
off Cape Romaine last Friday morning,
was a New Yorker. He was bound for
Savannah or one of the interior iwlnts in
Georgia, with the view of securing work
at his trade, that of a blacksmith.
Hhis information was secured from one
of the passengers aboard the Kansas City
at the time the leap was taken by Mor
ris. The mail had shown his fellow-pas
senger a letter from either Savannah or
some other Georgia place, stating that ho
could get a position by coming for it.
This was Morris's mission and the reason
for his voyage.
SHOT TWO BROTHERS.
Till Is Killed J. \V. Prevail and
Wounded J. F. Prevatt tn Florida.
Orlando Fla., Aug. 19.—Deputy Sheriff
VV. L. Taylor of Buda came in this morn
ing and reported a tragedy w’hieh oeeur
ied in the Geneva district last night.
It seems that for several weeks dissen
sions have existed in that .community,
growing out of the work of the Christian
Alliance. This culminated in bitterness
between J. W. and J. F. Prevatt, on one
side, and W. A. Tillls on the other. All
of the parties are white, were neighbors,
and were accounted good citizens.
Yesterday evening, just before nightfall,
the two Prevatts went to Till!*' house
and called him out and began an assault
upon him. Tillis secured his gun and kill
ed J. W. Prevatt and seriously wounded
his brother. The deputy sheriff was Pot
able to say just how seriously the wound
ed man is injured, as at the time he left
home the physician had been unable to
make a thorough examination of the in
juries.
The parties have resided at Geneva for
years, and have borne good reputations.
Tillis has a snug home, and has a wife
and four young children. No arrest has
been made up to this time.
FLORIDA HBP I BLI CANS MET.
The CoiigrcMKlnnal Committee Con
vened at Tallahnssee.
Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 19.—The Repub
lican Congressional Committee for the
First Florida District met at the capital
yesterday. The chairman. Hon. J. N.
Coombs, haviqg. been called to the bed
side of his sick son at Colorado Springs,
was not present. Hon. John Efigan of
Pensacola acted, as chairman and Hon. IT.
F. McGourin of Chipley as secretary.
Resolutions were adopted strongly pro
testing against the declination of Hon.
J N. CoOmbe, recently nominated for
governor; requesting George B. Patter
son of Key West, the nominee for Coti
gress from the first district, to indite his
letter of acceptance, define his position,
and let the party know whether he will
take the stump and wage an aggressive
campaign; urging Repuolicans to pre
pare for an old time campaign, pay their
poll taxes; register and vota.
The attendance was quite large, much
enthusiasm was manifested, and aii were
decidedly in favor of a vigorous campaign
throughout the entire state.
AVAS SHOT ON THE STREET.
George Holmes, a Negro, Received a
Charge In the Arm and Side.
Augusta, Aug. 19.—George Holmes, a
negro about 45 years old, while walking
along Lincoln street, was shot with a
gun by unknown parties at 10 o'clock to
night. The load struck him In the arm
and side. He was carried to the Lamar
Hospital and his wounds were 'dressed.
The shooting is a mystery, as Holmes
was an inoffensive negro. The police are
at work on the case.
William McDade was found dead in bed
at 10 o'clock to-night by Mr. J. B. Carr,
his employer. McDade had been unweli
for several days, but ate supper with the
family. An Inquest will be held to-mor
row. The deceased was unmarried.
Considered n Pretense.
Cape Town, Aug. 20.—Gen De Wet’s
demand for the surrender of the British
force at Commando Nek Is considered ns
a pretense for the purpose of gaining in
formation. Finding that Commando Nek
was strongly garrisoned, De Wet resum
ed his march northward, shadowtd by
Baden-Powell.
How the French HLIn Eels.
From the London Globe.
Writing to a humanitarian journal, a
correspondent living in Paris tells an ex
traordinary story of French barbarism in
the matter of diet. He had occasion re
cently to descend to the kitchen of the
woman from whom he rents his fiat, and
he discovered her in the act of preparing
a dish of eels. A live eel was nailed to
the floor and a cut had been made round
the neck in order that the unfortunate
creature's skin might be peeled off from
the head to the tall. He exclaimed ,'n
horror at such barbarity, very much to
the woman's astonishment, whereupon she
explained that every one skinned eels In
the same manner, that unless skinned
alive the flavor of them was spoiled, and
that, when skinned, they go alive into boil
ing water. Turning away, the correspond
ent's attention was attracted by an extra
ordinary noise to a large pan on the floor.
He had the curiosity to lift the lid of this
pan. and there he saw a large eel covered
with salt and pepper writhing round and
rounfi In hideous agony. On asking the
reason for this cruelty, he was Informed
that when eels are too big and strong to
be nailed down they have (o be allowed to
run themselves to death, to further which
end plenty of salt and pepper are strewn
over their bodies. "I do not know how eels
are done to death In England,” he con
cludes, ■' but trust It is in more merciful
way.” We believe that there Is no such
needless torture an this in England, hut
the R. S. P. C. A. might well Investigate
the mdnner In which dishes are prepared
at foielgn restaurants in lanidon and make
a report on the subject.
—lt has leaked out that ex-Presldent
Benjamin Harrison has become enamored
of the gome of golf. At the links In
the vicinity of Indianapolis, he Is a famil
iar figure. A recent visitor t<T this re
sort expressed great surprise at behold
ing scampering and cantering over the
field after the evasive white ball the pud
gy but still dignified form of the former
Tresident of the United States. It |s re
lated that Gen. Harrison weors a suit on
the links that Is Jhe envy of every l>e
holder. A Jminly cap. knee breeches,
gorgeously colored stockings—in brief, the
complete paraphernalia of the golf play
er. He “puts” and "drives" and does all
of the other things of the game with the
enthusiasm and vigor of a youth, though
the visitor who saw him at the sport d'*-
clnres that In his golf togs he looks like
a brownie.
—Bid Paher Abdul Krlmm Tazzl, the
new Barbu of Tangier, Is a fine looking
man. and has made a very favorable im
pression on the diplomatic corps.*
Horsford s Acid Phosphate
For Dyspepsia.
Strengthens the stomach, assists dt-
? [nation, relieves distress and the feel*
ng of exhaustion and dizziness.
Oenaitra ban pans Hotaaoso’s oa wrapper.
FARO BANKER FLEECED.
Gamester* Marked Ills Cards and
Took f 1 ,200.
Fro-m the Washington Post.
Admirers of the scenery of the Upper
Potomac, as revealed from the k of an
electri# car on its swift-flying voyage to
Cabin John Bridge, have noticed a quaint
little cottage perched on the side of the
hill, between the car tracks and the river,
some four miles beyond Georgetown,
which bears the modest legend. “Curtin's
Club House.” This unpretentious
structure is only a few feet beyond the
District line, but these few feet are as
good as miles, for they put the place
wholly within the scope of Maryland Ju
risdiction. and it is far better for some
purposes to operate inside the borders of
Maryland, my Maryland, than within the
District of Columbia. For Instance, gen
tlemen of sporting proclivities fee! safe
from the minions of tho law’ when engag
ed in bucking the tiger or any other game
of fortune if upon the soil of the com
uonwealih presided over by the Hon.
John Walter Smith, while there is more
o' less nervousness and apprehension con
nect u with such matters when transact
ed inside the District.
C u rUn’s Club, therefore, had become
quit* a rendezvous for Washington bloods
who prefer poker and faro to other forms
of excitement, and of late weeks there
have been some pretty stiff seances, many
of which exceeded in lateness the last t ar
from Cabin John to the city by several
hours. The majority of the patrons of
, the place were young in years but vete
rans at gaming, and they won or lost wiili
equal impassiveness. Everybody was
treated well by the good-natured and pop
ular young man who managed the estab
lishment; tin re was no complaint from
any source, and until last Sunday nothing
happened to mar the serenity that hovered
in huge chunks about this miniature
Monte Carlo of the Potomac.
Broke < ondiiit Road Bank.
But on Sunday last something did hap
pen, and so far out of the ordinary, too,
• hat the local sports have not yet ceased
discussing it. On that particular day of
the week the faro devotees are given a
chance to reduce the house bank roll, or
separate themselves from whatever cash
they may choose to risk. On the 12*n
Instant the game was better patronized
than ever, and the playing vap so spirited
that at its termination the house “turned
up the box” in token of its complete and
crushing defeat. A quartette of towr\
gamesters, having “busted fhe bank. ’
went merrily off with $1,200 to be cut in
four parts, very fair proceeds for a mid
summer night’s ploy. Had they won this
coin by ordinary methods there would
have been no resultant feeling of soreness
on the part of the easy-going proprietor,
nor would this story have ever been |>en
ned, but the cold facta are thn! the “kill
ing'' was the result of about as clever
a piece of rascality as- has been worked
in local sporting circles in many a moon.
On the part of one of the principals in
the villainy, the act was base and treach
erous in the extreme, as low-down in fact
as any piece of double-cross crookedness
known to the fraternity. This fellow had
access to the room of the clubman, and
by burglarious method* got hold of the
Identical puck of cards with which the
faro game was dealt. At this particular
point some fine work was done in the
way of punching very minute pieces out
of the edges of each card. As fine as
these were they would escape ordinary
observation, and yet to persons cognizant
of their existence, they were sufficient
to enable the player to down the dealer
every time.
Yards Cleverly Marked.
Fr-tn these barely visible marks, the
eagle eye cf the chief conspirator could
tell the character of the card that lav
next under ihe one shown, the cards be
ing dealt face up in faro, and a he het
on a sure thing his colleagues In the p ot
following him. the break ng of Ihe bank
was only a qu( s lon of a limited number
of deals. This particular bank was not
capitalized In excess of the $1.2'0 limit,
and when that was reached the lights
were turned cut, and melancholy claimed
the losers for Its own.
It may be asserted here and now that
had the house dealers been very ancient
;tnd seasoned In tln ir craft, instead of ap
prentices, no svieh skin-game would ever
have been handed up to them. Your past
master in faro science would have grown
sufficiently suspicious to change decks or
to find out the secret of those pin pricks.
Instead of a bunch of successful sharp
i rs there wou and have gene back to town
four discomfited and beaten tin horns.
Three of the perpetrators dreading, per
haps, the ire of the ill-used proprietor,
immediately shook the dust of Washing
ton from their feet, and are now standing
the dollars thus illegitimately gained by
tile sea w aves, and luugh no doubt
every little while as they think of their
exceeding cleverness.
As for the unlucky loser, he hardly
hrpes to get back any ofxhls capital, see
ing that the law does not recognize faro
as a legitimate proposition, so the lest
he can do Is to raw wood, say nothing,
and find solace if he can in these lines
of Lord Byron, which tell us that:
There is no power on earth or heaven
Which can evade, if unforgiven,
The patient starch and vigil long
Of him who treasures up a wrong.
MOTHER'S FIGHT WITH RATS.
Hail Great IHlficulty In Saving five
Life of Her < lilld.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Returning after a half hour's absence
from her home, in the rear of 310 Chris
tian street, yesterday morning, Mrs.
Mary Richardson found her 3-year-old
daughter. Matilda, In on unconscious and
almost dying condition upon the floor of
her kitchen, and swarming abou4 the
lmby’s body, gnawing viciously at the
pretty little face, half a hundred great,
gray rats.
Hastily grasping a poker, the most con
venient weapon at hand, Mrs. Richardson
attempted to drive the vicious rodents
off.
Again and again the ereofurea returned
to the attack, and it was only after ten
of their number had been killed by the
mother that they desisted.
Even then, after Mrs. Richardson hnd
picked up her child. ar,d wns starting for
the front door, they swarmed about the
room, biting at her feet and filling the air
with their squeaks.
Little Matilda was In a bad condition.
Blood was pouring from a score of wounds
on her face and neck, and one of her
fingerw was completely eaten away.
Without waiting a moment or calling
for assistance Mrs. Richardson pick'd
the child up in her arms and started for
the Pennsylvania Hospital. She ran ail
the way and arrived at the hospital well
nigh exhausted.
The injuries of the little one were ex
amined, and countless punctures were
found where tho rapacious rodents had
torn the baby's flesh. Her face, neck and
arms were one mass of bites. The bit
ten finger will probably have to be ampu
tated.
The hospital physicians say that there
is a strong likelihood of blood poisoning
setting tn, with fatal results.
Only the a'rrlval of her mother saved
Matilda's life. A few momenta more and
she would have been literally bitten to
death by the rats. It is supposed that
the rats came upon the baby while ehe
was sleeping upon the floor and their
numbers speedily overcame her feeble at
tempts at resistance.
Where the rodents came from Is a mys
tery. Mrs. Richardson says that allhough
a rat was occasionally seen in the cel
lar. none of n size approaching those
whlrh she killed yesterday had ever been
discovered about the bouse. It Is suppos
ed that they tunneled their way through
from a nearby stable, although their size
and number passes the comprehension of
the residents of tha* vicinity.
leaves no dirt behind
Rapidly Moving I
Parlor Suits,
Reed Rockers,
Refrigerators,
/VXosqulto Nets, Matting,
Rugs and Portieres,
Window Shades,
arid all seasonable Goods
At Very Low Prices
in anticipation of our trip to 112 Broughton street, west,
Oct. 1.
LINDSAY & MORGAN,
Old Rost Offfoe.
| HYPNOTIZED BY % SNAKE.
Tlic Peculiar Experience of n Milling
Prospector In Colorado.
From the Chicago Inter-Goran.
“'l4 is a fact that a snake can hypno
tize. He can hypnotize a grown man
just as easy as he can a child,” says
Perry Brigham, au old mining prospector.
“I shall never forget an experience one
morning whn out on the plains not a
giejt ways from Denver. 1 was plod
wing over the prairns, cr rather Buffalo
grata, afoot. I’d been walking a couple
I of hours. 1 guess, and I kinder casually
happened to notice what appeared to be a
stout stick with the end of it knotted ami
rising tip a little over the giass. 1 paid
no particular attention to it until, for
some reason, 1 seemed to bear all my
thoughts on to that stick. As 1 looked
again f found I was looking straight at
a monstrous big rattlesnake, lie hadn't
rattled, nor giv*n any w.lining, hut there
lie w as, with his la ad raised up there,
like a pick-1, kinder survey! g things,
and especially me.
“My, but he was a tremendous big
feller! 1 don’t want to exaggerate or
anything, but, honestly, I believe be
was fully as long os this billiard table.
He was running his old tongue out and
seeming to nay: ‘Well, what are you
going to do? Want a fight?’ I Just stop
ped stock still. Didn’t Jump or nothing,
for I’d seen too much of reptile* and
things to let 'em excite me any. I stood
there, with my hand* at my sides and
merely looking at him. 1 thought, ‘Well,
I don’t know, old fellow, whether I warn
to tackle you or not. I don’t know.' IB
kept a darting out his tongue and looking
directly at me.
“There wf was for, I should think, fully
five minutes, each of us sizing the other
up. Each no* afraid of the other, yet
neither eager to open bottle. The longer
I looked the more it seemed as If I win
pcw’erleas to move or do anything. f
wasn't very much scared, but I seemed
to be attracted somehow. My eyes were
fixed right on the snake’s eyes, and I
<ion't believe that 1 could have taken them
off of him. The old feller won’t making
a move to attack me. If he had I think
I'd been all right and could have fought
for all I was worth.
“It was not. I tell you. the hypnotism or
magnetism of fear. It was n feeling that
I cannot explain further than to say I
couldn't take my eye* off of him. If
I'd been closer I’m actually afraid I shouPl
have had an uncontrollable impulse to
reach out my hand and touch him. Then
I’d got bit. sure’s blazes. We. kept look
ing at each other until something stirred
off In the grass near by. and, my! that
snake turned and went like a streak.
They can go mighty fast when they're
minded to, though it’s generally suppose !
(hat rattlesnakes are. slow and sluggish.
“Well, Ihe minute he stirred, #ee? I
was .all right. Been brought hack to my
senses as it was, and I run after him as
fast as I could, but I cowin't keep up
with him, and he reached a hole a few
hundred yards off. prairie-dog or rabbit
hole. I don’t know which, and when he
went into the hole I got close enough
to see him, and he did a very peculiar
thing. He didn’t go in head first, ns
you’d naturally expect, of course, but it
seemed as if he wiggled into it or around
in such a fashion that he always put his
head toward me. He sorter doubled, you
understand, and got himself into the hole
so that he could be ready for me if I
made for him. I watched him for several
minutes more, and there he just so
you could barely make out his ugly three
cornered head, laying there at the en
trance, waiting for all visitors. Now,
I want to confess that -that there dirty
brown rattler had me as much under the
‘spell’ as any mortal ever was by all the
artrt of the professional human hypno
tist. Some folks claim it’s aii bosh and
imagination, but I assure you a snake
will hypnotize any creature that will
keep perfectly still and watch the var
mint.
“I shall never forget, by the way, being
down in Florida. I was visiting a relative
who had a place there, an orange grove.
Out back of his house there was a sort of
a bowerllke, a summer house, I guess
you'd call It, lattice work, ond over It was
trailing vine, honeysuckle, and such. I
put away a big dinner, and feeling kinder
djoway, I thought I'd go out to that sum
mer house and read or doze for u while.
I pi .iked up a book that whs laying about
the. room and kinder fell to reading. It was
one of them sleepy, dopey, yaller novels.
Well, I reud on for a spell and then 1 grad
ually began to get snoozish. Suddenly
something fell kerthoop! squash right
down from the roof, and not a foot
form me. 'Twas a rattler! I’m pretty bald,
you see, but what little hair 1 did have
stood right up straight,now don't you for
get It. Got me? Oh. he'd got me easy 'f
he'd meant to fight, but. by George, he
was for getting away os quick as he come.
He started off like a flash and I after him.
I chased the critter a hundred yards and
killed hlrn. He was about three feet long.
"Florida 1* nothing much hut snakes.
There ere thousands of these water moc
casins. You go out flehkug and you ctn
see 'em on the bonk coiled on the over
hanging limbs of trees and tn the shal
low water. They lay in near the shore
with their body all In the water, and
only their head out. resting on a twig or
log. It’s too snaky a country for m<-.
Why. they were going to paper a room In
the house, and It seems they had some
extra wall paper laid away In a closet.
One of the young women stepped In there
and picked up a roll. She suddenly let
a screech that stirred the whole house,
nnd when I ran In there was a young
rattler nicely • oiled In the center of the
room and ready for trouble. I killed him
quick with a broom handle, and when
we got the girl calmed down so that
she could talk we found she'd taken the
snake from the closet In that roll of paper.
"It takes a black snake to trim a rat
tler, A black snake'll whip a rattler ev
ery time, and a rattler knows It. He'll
get out of the way and run from a black
snake If he possibly can. If he gets at
tacked he colls himself and sounds hD
rattles as savagely us he can and keeps
his tongue going, but If you know any
thing nhout snakes, and should happen
to get a chance to watch a battle, you'll
have an impression that the rattler ads
as If he knew It was likely to be all day
■With him. The black snake keeps going
round and round him, just as a pugilist
in the ring Keeps moving around hi* man,
waiting for an opening. The rattler gets
more and more worried. All of a sudden,
quick's lightning, the black snake spring#
ut the rattler. He aims to ge him right
under the head, at the small of the neck,
If the black snake can get his (oil round a
root or something that will hold.so he can
get . purchase, it’s gOA>d-bye rattler in a
very short time. He just squeezes the Ilf#
out of him.
“There’s u little rattler they have out
on the plains tltut is as poisonous as the
big fellers. I don’t know of any special
names for ’em They don’t belong to tho
s.tmc variety as • lie common kind. They’ro
only from Sto 12 Inches long They hav#
the flat head, and are lively and spry
as tan he. You take It where they’s a
camp of cow punchers or something, and
in the morning you can go out round the
wagons or outfit and you’ll hear ’em go
ing zip! zip! all through the grass every
which way. They’re as deadly as the
others, so they are. I’ll never forget
once I was out prospecting, and 1 saw
one of those little chaps scooting along
the trail, and I caught him—caught him
e.ey-and carried him by the tall ail
the way into town. Jolly, but didn’t I
drop him when they told me he was a
rattler and poisonous as he could be!”
CHIN A'S WTIHI K CALENDAR.
A Very Good One Notw Ittintnndlng
It* A are.
From the New York Tribune.
The sojourner in the Far East is some
time* driven to wonder why the Chinese
have a calendar at all. They view the
passing of time with superb Indifference;
punctuality. If such a thing were ever to
nter into the Celestial calculation, would
be regarded os undignified. Neverthe
less, they have a calendar which is by
no means a bud one, when one considers
Its immense antiquity. A wise monarch
; named Yao some time about 2300 B. C. re
j vised th*' calendar in u*e before that date
j to the form in which it is found u 4 pres
ent A volume would be needed to ex
! plain all its peculiarities, hut now that
j dispatches are mentioning Chinese dates,
j it is well to hnve some idea as to where
in the Celestial calendar differs from fhe
Gregorian.
The Chinese year is lunar, and therefor#
consists of 354 days. Before the time of
Yao tradition has it that the year consist
ed of 360 days, and that confusion had re
sulted. Thar ruler decreed tha time
should l>e measured by the moon and that
every nineteen years should contain seven
add it lion a.l months—almost one extra
month every three years. This reckon
ing is excellent—it varies only about nn
hour every nineteen years from the true
lime.
Although, the year Is lunar, Its begin
ning la regarded by the sun. Thus the
new year comes between Jan'. 2 and Feb.
9, unlike the Mohammedan new year,
which Is regulated entirely by the moon,
and comes at any time, winter or sum
mer. The year is divided Into twelve
lunar months, called by numbers, at first,
second Hnd so on. The extra month that
comes about every three years, Is not add
ed at tho end, as one. would suppose, but
Is inserted anywhere, probably according
to some system 100 subtle for Western
minds. The months are sub-divided Into
three parts, which are not again sub-dl
vtded, so that a Chinaman may speak of
an event without mentioning the exact
time within ten days. Thp days are also
numbered, so that exactness may be se
esured If a Chinaman should ever hap
pen 4o want such a thing. There Is no
week, hut foreigners are gradually teach
ing the meaning of such a division. The
Chinese hour is 120 minutes long, but In
this Instance again the foreigner Is mak
ing some Impression on the ancient cus
tom, and the Chinese In and near the
treaty parts are familiar with the West
ern method. It may be added. Incident
ally, that Pekin Is just about twelve
hours nhcad of New York In point of time.
The Chinese gather the years together
In cycles, as Occidentals do. but for >ora
extraordinary reason the cycle cpnslsts
of sixty years. This cycle Is very ancient
and probably has something lo do with
old astrological superstitions. Another
method of numbering years Is by the
regins of the Emperors. The present year
Is the thirty-year of the seventy-sixth
cycle, or the year 4536 since the adoption
of the present chronology. Each year has
a separate name, formed by some com
bination of ten "stem” characters Joined
with twelve "branch" characters. These
are used in an ingenious way that could
be described only by a lengthy article,
and would probably then be not quite In
telligible to the Western mind. To go
straight to anything Is impossible to the
Oriental, and the complicated system of
naming the years Is proof of Chinese In
genuity.
Of late years It has been supposed that
tho Chaldeans and Chinese had some In
tercourse at the time when Yao reformed
the calendar and that the two countries
worked together In making the change.
Certain tt is that a similar event occur
red In Chaldea about the same time. But
whenever the calendar was adopted It 1*
likely for a long time to withstand the
march of progress. It is correct enough,
and the Inconvenience does not worry the
Chinaman In the least.
—Of the late Chief Justice Russell, the
Ixrndon correspondent of the New York
Tribune says: "Lord Russell was a curi
ous mixture; he was a Mery Radical, and
yet one of the favorites In the smart set
of West End society, where the onlv
orthodox L'berallsm Is that of the mild,
nnaggresslve ty|>e professed by Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman. He was n devout
and sincere Catholic. Hnd belonged to a
family which ha given several of Ita
members to the service of the Church of
Rome—his only brother |s a Jesuit priewt,
and one of hts sisters Is Mother Mary
Baptist, the well known Superior of the
Sisters of Our Ixtdy of Mercy a: San
Francisco, while another Is In a convent
In Ireland; but tvith nil his piety and his
zeal for rlghteounness. Lord Russell
contrived to enjoy this material world very
romfortably. He was something of a hon
vivant and a aportsmon. and an ardent
patron of the turf; he was also a kindly
humorous man In private life, a stanch
friend, and one of the beat of companions.
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