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6 THE NEGRO RACE IN CUBA. IfttlLAß ftCH'IKTY DHIHN Ml lll** 4 ItININATINfi 4 ill OH MM:. Inlrrmiirrlaira %r#* t ommnn— Maw> 111*1 iitgullirl I’MirlH* of %frl*nn l)‘rrnt —*la * Who \\ n Their Übrtty hy Heroic llrrda, From the NVw York Tim*'*, tlaxann. B*pt. 11 - Avery propor lion of the population of t*ul* belong* t tho cohrr<l race. In Ihla r* pect Havana ItaaSf ona of a Houth*'rn oily In our own country, hut with a diffaniua There the ra<* knows tla plate #n*l k*epjt It, thaia Is no sttampt nt familiarity with white pen-on*. a Southern negro looks tinsn with contempt on any whit** |vt>on who Is %v 111 ft ns* to aeiuM'lut* with him as a *s*ia! equal Relation* between the two mors arc on a business footing Imagine tho surprise ;is tiling one t*el to this condition of affair* w hen he r**a* li ne Cube, w here rti- so utl conditio* • an* *o different In their own estimation, t'uhan n t jrroe* are every whit the equal of |**r aons of fairer skins.ar.l it If not unusual to find that they consider themselves su perior. though why is not exa- fly dear Jf It were -*iggested to one of them that hla race was In any wn> inferior to th* C'auraslan he would stuff at the ltiu 1 have yet to see one who o t toward n shhs person In a manner showing any so rial inequality. Bia* k and white children play together on th*< streets, sit slie by side in all s hnoln In whli*h the black hoy not Infre qitemly ellipses hi* whit* neighbor In etudice In all of th* char liable ’'homes** whites and blanks nr* admitted on on equal footing; living given ll lit!■! prlv lieges, sleeping In lh -am* tlormltorles and eating at tho earn** table In only on*- "home have I fall**! to hbth colors; that was the Home of Hie Widows ol ttpamith Officers. They llv* In the same districts There Is none set askfc tep tal ly for that race, ms w sea In the North or Bouth of the I’nited States. Every ten ement house Is almost sur- to have as many of one race as of the oth*r. and u house divided into flats Is very apt to have memtter* of on** race in one part and of the other in the other |*rt. Few restaurants or hotels exclude colored |eo p!e from the privilege* ff**re| ther* laist year. offer the Americans’ o .vip.it ton. there were some very heated argtim* nts In various restaurant* on account of the equal privilege* grant**! the two race*. Intermarriage* are very common, :t* there I* no law against them, and there Intermarriage* are not only among the lowest Claaae*. where they might la- ex pecteel. hut they often ot Hji among the mhklle clusses, nml occasionally .1 fining the culture*!. A* a rule, however, rac* prejudl**- I* apt to be rather strong among this latter etas* Nevertheless. I have In mind a wealthy lawyer In flat.in.l. over whose handsome home a mulatto ptrside*. They have been 111.1 t rest „ number of years, and have a family, the youngest member of which la In charge of an Amer ican woman, whose language and manners betray a long acquaintance with New Kngkmd. I also have In mind n more ex traordinary ca*e than this: that of a wo. man who was at one time a reigning la-lk In a large city of one of our Ksstern state*-she was alway* s|*ikt n of as Ihs beautiful Miss . The family was an eg.tell* nt one. hut poor, and the girl was ambitious to have a magnificent home, carriages, and everything else that Is pop tdarly supposed to make life worth the living. The wealthiest of her suitors was a Cuban urgm-Ma* k as night Negro Married the Meanly. After much hesitation, he was accept ***.—* the wedding was one of the sen sation* of the season Bhe had what she expected, a palace for a home and all the rest In keeping The man died several year* ago. and. with tier wealth and some remnant of beauty left, she did not long remain a widow Her new htistwnd pur chased a title from Spain with a Part of bee money, so now she Is a Countess or something of the kind Whenever her name Is mentioned her story Is recalled and Americans look ai her with curios ity Iti appearance these Cuban negroes are not unlike those of their race m the States Home of the older ones look so much like the old "mammies" and "un cles' of our own South that when they speak one expect* to h.r ihe darky .Its lect. so familiar to the childhood of every Southerner, and H Is ~ .1, mem 10 hear . strange language spoken. L V *f° !ar,sii,, *>' ' the mustial Span without * *r|HJou colored wo- h*r*. ***>, u Ily th< ol.ir 0.. * great black cigars, face and . Ig.r „|| 7,f Th *> " cv ' r *"*" Pipe like the Southern mammv” They walk along Wh.??*** - mao wo„|,| White women of the lower class smoke ■ l “; bu ‘ “•': they prefer cigar! There are some very pretty women among both mulultoc- and blacks Th. v pay a grea. deal of miction „ IP , r at. pi-arance. „,d dress lastcfull). and ... wen a* their means will afford Hut m>e of the black women ate very hum.- * POr -' ,h * ' -f" barbaric. No. long aince 1 saw one on the sircct who With her wild expression and gre*t h0,,,,s of earrings, would have b„ „ f „ r nK , r „ ' (n keeping with the ham. of her attestors In the wilds of Afrit a Negroes are never spoken or a* such here, although there Is a Spanish word .1- most Identical with the Kngllsh on. Th. i are always referred to aw the •>*,, of color." or "mor. nos." (brow,, people Many of them are no dtrker in compl-x- Jon than white Cubans. At present there are only n f,-w nc. groea In Cuba holding res'Kmshde po|- tlona. There are aom. |to|lcemen. and I have heard that there ate also (~• m *,| carriers of this race, though I have not aecn them. They are mostly hc* ii In mental position*. a* porters, walt-rs. laundr* *** *. and etc., hut even while serv ing as such they apeak and ad on very lamHlar tern* with their employers. A Cuban leader, whose unfriendly and In* endlar.t speeches have l* 1 . 1 no* a lit tle dissatisfaction among his followers with the prrsem order of affair* t- ,* n.- gro, black as black can be fttlarks ns l.lbcralor*. M.iceo. one of Ihe Cuban Idols In Ihe war of Independence was a I.’ o k m m All Cubans, of whatever color, l ink upon him as one of the noblest of their coun trymen. When the Cuban army was In existence the regiments wete made up of men of any and all colors. There were white Cubans, black Cuban*, black and while Americana, and native* of other countries There was no r. glment I*. served for Ihe whites or (.lack*, so far as 1 can learn, aa In our army, where th* colored men are amdgrod to certain regi ment* composed only of their race. HI nee time Immemorial, regiments here have been of mixed colors. We read that .lut ing the Kngllsh invasion In ITtL! one r.gl ment was composed of young men of the first families In Havana, ami tit It was afterward augmented by asveiyl hundr. and "moreno* " They have 'always la-eit brave, and many gained th* Ir Utterly dur ing the reign of slavery by their prow ees at some critical moment, one hun dred and four were given thelr liberty after th* assault on the Kngllsh, Intrench ed Up the hill on which I'rlm-lpc Castle now stands There were 13,' moreno* who took part in the assault, but sixteen ot I lien* were killed before the Kngllsh were driven from their position Many more received their liberty .luting Up. s Jm *. >* ir for various acts of bravery. During the numerous depredation* of the (grates, which continued into the pro. ent century, they also won laurels. Un one occasion pirates swooped down on a town and before the inhabitants could offer proper resistance they had seised a large amount of booty and were away again, carrying with them the Bishop, whom they were going to hold for a hi art Ii insom Asi ve. Holomon l>> name, or i tratilz*-*) m force, overtook the pirate- Kilkd tlieti I* a*l*r. und rescued the Him* <*p He was given his luterty for this 1 ; t, 4n| hi nam* has been immortal!** *1 i t*> mr than on* Cuban joet. As Is well known, the Foanianlv put *n [slavery the Indian* found here nt tit* : time of the dts*overy, but |*o|Hilnr sentl i waf mo mu • against this that they j were liberal**! after a time; by ISk' they | wire all freed. Thrtr places were take.i I by negroes brought from Afri i This ws not .i new thing to th* Hpan.r<]i. j *s for many years Himlh hwl kept up .i ! dave tra|e with the Hark Continent lie. I gtnmng in the sixteenth century, this traf fic h tw• • n Cuba and Africa laMed until I alout thirty v .ir# ago. re tching |t* high! iin tlk early part of this century. Ther 1 was always u great dial of discussion on , the subject among the heads of the go\- J eminent. but the trade kept up ! Just the ami’, until the final email* ip <tlon cam* Here. a* in the other Islands of the West Indies, there wore many ujai-li g *>f ;,# <|mvm- pi whi* a l*ro|iertv dr stioyed nn<l |*ersais kill and 1 w lug to th* six# of the Island and the consequent difficulty of a united uprising, together with the presence of troops, the insurrection* wer* not as serious here os In the smaller islands, and w>re more 'J'li'klv put down A number of he lead **r were ex*-. ute| from ttm* to time The nanlgoes. who have terrorized ;wr ikins of the Islands at times, were ne groes. Cub* |s ihmiml **f many of her dusky !Mu* for the ability they have shown In the musical aid literary world. There have been so tnanv who have attracted ,*t I toil lon, In Cuba nt least, on ticcoutP of their poetl* al gift- that one author haa • onshierct) It worth while to make h *ol le. *|#i of lh- biographies of these In a work. "Poetas •|< t'olot. '* fhe man. Antonio Medina, was called hc "light of Id- race" on a*-count of hit literary ittalnmcut- A colored w<nen. Juana Pastor, was t not*d |*o-tess In th** la.-* century. I'nfortunat* l>. the present generation is unable to Judge of her work, ae It was never printed. Ac* ordlng to a good authority, she Wits the first In Cuba to write poetry. Th*-re hav* been several not**! violinists, leader* of orchestra*. In Havana and * he wh'-te. tine of these was Implicated In a slave conspiracy and tramqiort* and. Tit re# * oiortx) men. father and sons, gained great renown In the musical world, ap peal lug at the various Courts of Kurope. One of the sons carried off th* first prlxe at the l*arls Conservatory of Music. Itorothy Htanhop*. KlbllTlMi Hit. til >t. % l.antlluhher Mystified as to Hoy* toy thing Is Kerr lilt. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. "Ilow In the world Ihe gunners on our big battleships ever manage to land 11 shell within S* mil* of Ihe thing they are shooting at has been n mystery to me ever since I saw- a piece of heavy ord inance actually turned loose," said a man from California "I was on the Oregon dttr.tig some range tests pfT Mare Island, shortly after Ihe ship was placed In *<on mlsdon." he continued, "and the executive officer, who was an old schoolmate of mine, look me Into Ihe after turn* to show me how the lag gun* were sighted "The man who doe* the. aiming stands on a little platform at the rear of the breach and looks through a teles.-op,- fast ened about Ihe laurel. Two wires cross each other at r'.ght angles In Ihe far end of the glass, and the place where they meet must he brought In with a lance shaped sight at the mtixxle of the gun and also with the object aimed at. which In the case to which I refer was a canvas screen, sixteen feel square and l.tno yard* distant. "Now that would lie hard enough to do on dry land, because every slight shift of the telescope mrant th.' simultaneous shifting of several ton* of cold steel by mean* of a complicated system of wheel* and levers; but on hoard a moving ship, rocking up sail down on the wave*, the difficulties are something appalling I squinted through the Instrument, and all I could see was a circular patch of ocean whirling erlss-. ross over the held of vision, like a magi, lantern picture with a had case of St. Vlttts dance. Once 1 caught a glimpse of sontchlng white, that shot across the circle as swiftly as a swallow and was gone la-fore I could say loo! That vas the target, on which Ihe gunner was supposed to draw a bead! "1 stepped back In awe. while a good looking young sallorm.iti ,00k my place, gave a couple of hand wheel* a few sharp tarns right and left and then, all of a sudden pressed something like a telegraph key. I thought the Who!*- universe had broken loose at the foundations, but It was only the gun going off. and the shell carried away one etplre end of the while anvaa target How the good-looking voting snltorman go, It!*- atm I don't pre b.-ad to say It seemed like a pie -c of pure necromanev. The then behind the gun* are. without a doubt, the greatest sleight of-hand iierfotmer* In the world.” -Ira D. Rankey ha* been making a re. vital tour of Ireland and receptions In his honor have been frequent throughout the (eland. A DAILY NUISANCE, 1 simple Heineily II ktch Will Inter est t atarrh kulferer*. In It* earlier siagcs cwtarrh I* more of a nuisance than a menace to the general health but sooner or later the disease ex tends '*> the throat, bronchial tubes and cM-n to the stomach and Intestines. C.itntrh I* essentially a disease of the mucous membrane. lh<- Jocal symptom* being a profuse discharge or mucus, stop page of the no.-ciHe. Irritation in Ihroo’ iii-itu: coughing, eneexlug. gagging and fieiiuent clearing* of the throat and lien 1 ■CI,,, usual ltatm* id by lis al douene*. Shulls, salver, etc., often give* temporary relief, but anything like a cure can oulv obtained by a treatment which remove* the catarrhal taint from the "hast and th.- disappearance of the Inflammation front the mucous surface*. Anew teimdy which is- <la Mime re quirements and w hich so fat has been re markably successful in curing catarrh I* giuirt's t'atarrh Tablets. These tablet* act upon Ihe blond and mucous mcnibianes only. They *an hardly i, , ||ed a sccict patent medicine, as they ire * umiiosrd of such valuable remedies as Haiigutnarlu. Hydraallll, l a alyptol. .iml -tmllar • leanstng antiseptics, which cure by eliminating from tin niuod and mu .-cue surfec* s tin- catanhal poison. Smart's faiarrh Tablets are Itrge. pi cl-n lit lasting loxenges taken internal!) . allowing them ,0 dissolve slowly in the mouth. In this > they reach the thro.it. (nuces and the entire illnu-ntary c.itml. If deeded, they mi) also l- dissolved in water and us-d as 11 douche, pi addition to the Internal use. bul II Is not at all nec essary to use 1 douche, a f- w of thstn dissolved In Ihe mouth d.tlly will lie suf t\. p-nt However, when there w- much stoppage tbe no*, a l*m he made from these tablets will give Immediate relief, but Ihe regular dally use internally ol , h ,.,0 tablet* will cure the w-tiole catarrhal trouble without re-ortlng to the incon venience of a ilouche, Ir Bement state- "tna! Ihe iniemal treatment for i.uarrh is r*|>l*lly taking the pin ■- of the old plan of douching, ami |..*-al nppHcatlon. nd further sty* that prots*hi>’ the t*eel utwl certainly the saf**- lemedy at present on the market •* Smart's t’atarrh Taikets, as no secret le „,,,)„ of ihelr compoaltlmt and all th*- yanlly efficient remedies tor catarrh are contained In this tablet." Druggist* dl Smar t Catarrh Tablet* 1 at fifty cents for full si*e*l package* Ask your druggtet and If he la honest he l i ’ tell you iher*- I* no safe, mor* poiata * more efficient and couvi-muit ratnv-lv on the market. < THE MOHNING NEWS. SATUKDAV, SEPTEMBER 22.1900. | LUWBJST STRAIGHT FRONT fir LONG HIP j *on sAitivrAu.telDiHG-ncT/wLtis' • rKt’IAL ROTIIKt. m*f;t i %if \ol n f:. Neither the master nor co'ieln*e*. of the Imaum will is r* sponslbl* for any debts contracted by the * r w. BTKACHAN A CO., Consignees. Havonnoh. (li.. He|t. 22. - - 1 . BLi:< TIO> T % I.K l> KAiildMK Mm rrmirl the t >•! ft the Wnr %%11l lie f|M.IMMI.tPH. Ixvndon. Hept. Ti. A flood of election manifestation* appur In the morning |m |mth Tlw- Conset valive l aiulldates, fol lowing th* |e.l of Mr ItaSfoiir ai*l Mr i'lmmlH rlaln. give tl.e mi* • **sful w*ir th* first place In their campaign Bir Henry t 'ampiwll-Hannerm tn, Übtral leader In Hu* llous* of Commons. nn*l Sir William Vernon llnrcourt. in their addresses d**- itoun* * "tin unpre *dent**i precipitancy of a dissolution In order to snatch a htrdy Julgment on un Incompi* t* register of vo ters." Sir William Vernon Har*ourt refuses to rinard m ‘ ephemeral war * as the sole t**t >f goo-i government. *te Urtng that, ulthougrt fr*-rn the moment of the lio* r InvnSion he had support**! the government. he has not changed Ills original opinion that the needed reforms mignt have been attained without war. ‘ Tlt* result of the government's policy.** says Kir Wilihttn ‘‘*s that w#* are now in** best hater! country In the worhi. nn*l burdened with tc*umulute*! leht. und an Increase*! f ixation. \\ •• may w**ll regard oi*r nNtl*nal fin m* ■ with the gravest tt|s prehenstoft Th* os! . f the war will not fall short of tlOO.UhhUfti " Hr Henry Campbell liatinerman *lw* lls til'Oti “the failure of the government's diplomacy and pr*parations for war and tj|H>n the miscalculation of Ho- r strength." lie contend* that the straggle might have been avoided and |o!its out that there has beep a series of difficulties all over ite world since the government cane* Into offW Healing with bom*' reforms. Sir Henry ea ve; •'Above all stands the necessity of read justing the istwers of the two chamber*. In order to prevent the |eo|*|*'s ascer tained will from lietng set at naught by Irresponsible Authorities." TWO KIIJ/F.n IN % l|t ARRF.I,. Tlir tloin* ale** .tnlin C*sl*nor anil Marlin ttsvsr. Warsaw. Ky.. Sept. 2! —An old dispute hclwe-n John Conner and hi* nephew. Martin Ilevoraux. and John Sison anil his son ulmln.ited to-day when John Sison drew a plst-d and began firing at Devr raux, who was advancing toward him Connor grabbed hi* atm. snd Bison turned hlr ptatol on him and shot hint twice, killing him Instantly. i>. i-rattx grabbed the e'der Sison'* pis tol and In the scuffle Sl*, n let the weapon drop but succeed* and In throwing Deveraux. and while holding him ,0 the ground call ed h|s son to shoot Deveraux. The lsy. who I* slxte n y srs old. came up with a ..un and shot Deveraux. killing him In stantly, t'on,tor's w ife was pre.-nt and sent her eon to town for ofth ers. bul they were unable lo find Sison and Ids son John Shop. *3. a lenan! on fonnor's farm (I H IV* I.KIIIMX- POI.ITIC. lllsallownnee of lI.tHU, I otee t'ansed Protest to lien. W o*d. Havana. Sej.t 21.-The board of otn va**ers for the province of Havana, whoa** ftislonlsl majority, i-onslsting of iK-mo crata and Republicans, number* six a* against three Nationalists, has disallow ed q.onti votes whli h changes Ihe rcstt.t of the recent election of delegate- to the *-on slllutlotial convention by substituting S*,tores Plerra and Kst'-ban for Scnore.-. Tamayo ami Aayas. The minority ha- protested f*> tlov lien Wood, declaring that the dtasallowame t- Illegal. The minority nsserts that the name of one candidate appearing on the rejected ballots was In the same hand writing. thus showing fraud. 1 HKI H l-'IIUM Ml MATTER WT, Sent III* Byntpnth) and gtta, to tlal * ••sion sullerera. Washington. Sept 21.—The Chinese min ister. Mr. Wu. upon heating of Ihe Ual veslon disaster, telegraphed to tlov. Say ers an expression of deep *yni|>a,h\ *rxl accompanied that with his check for ll't) To-*la> hr receive*! .1 trh-xtani from tlov. Sayers returning his most hearty thanks for the expression of sympathy and the practical character of the accompanying nob Th*- chtiirs* consul general at New York also headed a hlg Chinese subscrip tion for the Ualveston sufferers. ■ I>, tins Plenty of Money. New York. B<-|U Sl.—Speaking of th* re port Ihnt Chyles H. Hoy,, playwright, had been dec'll r*d lobe pnnlless Mr Me- K< . for many year* Hoyt’s partner, sold to-day that a party of Mr. Hoyt's friend* had recently visited Ihe safe di|lt vaults of a prominent !>ank of this city and found In Hoyt's box securities valued 111 feme*' A large deposit to Hoyt's credit Is In Ihe same bunk Price of steel If nil*. N-w York, s-p, 21. Representative* of manufacturer* of steel rails, who hav* been In conference here latviy fur the pur pose of exchanging view* < oncernlng tlw price at which st*el rails should b* *o|*l on the basis of th*- present coat, have <le ,tiled on per lon at Chicago and Kast ern mill*. Horunn no I litna. \V*hln*lon, H. j.l 21 Hcn.vtor Mortun nf Alabama 10-d> talk'd quite fr.el} on tin rWn™ situation Hi . xprrssed the opinion that tin- ttovcrnmcn, .vcntually wmiM be b|p to withdraw and avoid the <lnnpr o( twcomlmt Involved In com* ■non war of ihc Power* against Chino. TrtM Thvrnlfnnl U Ilk Kluoila, Ucnlaon. Tex.. Hep, 21.—Thin section hoc been visited by twenty-four hour* ■ •In. The down pour w* the h>avle*t of ftp year The rain win gtneral through* .u f the Indian Tetrltoty. A hH rise t re* lintltd coming down livd rivtr thiwucb cut til* Panhandle. KI Mi IM) Ml NOV* NINES. •ipeeulntli as •** Ther* l)icfrj and Itlelmess. From the London Mail. This Is a story quite on the modern lit - < ruy lines, for it ends with a not** of In ter i oga’tof) It begins with the scene of Dr. Carl , IVters, the Herman explorer, rummaging about an old Herman castle a few \esrs } back lu this ancient Teutonic, schloss Dr. Peters came upon a vnusty volume, to k tj**r with a quaint o.'d map. publlshe*! ; '• France In 171'* or thereabout. This work an ! map. according to one of Ir. Carl l*et* rs’ a relate-. *l* alt with the dr lugs of th*- Portuguese J9f> year.- earll ! • r. In th* country bordering on the Zam b* el. and .ire to form the key to the whereabouts of gold mines in the heart of iAf*i u Th- i oiirn* of h*- Zimbosi was i shown on the map r >ughly, but a* tirate . I>. and <n the south bank if the river M|qe ami Mount Pura Now. concerning MHitir Fur i a thirst for sd* nce and a 1 thirst for goll had already bred In the good doctor c*rt.iln sued l*>n* B*> he set to work. It I- recorle*l. In sys temutl * fahlon to g*t a I the works he ould And on the subject He Is credited with possessing s wonderful memory, and of being capable of re.- Meeting ininur det.ills for years afterward Home of tho , old wri lugs thus hunted up w* nt back to jth seventeenth century, and for two j years was th** trail f>l.ow*d up. -ays ! h a*lmlr!ng * hronUder, through the dim and dust-strewn realms of centuries-old j book land Th* r ent works were studied, tco. and nt the ,>nd of two years In July. !!#*. the | Herman traveler |romoted in iaondon a conrvmy—the Dr. <*arl Peters' Estates rn*l Exploration t’ornpiny. Limited-for ! th* i uf|>o* of purchasing properties and ‘ rights trlfch ha*l been acqu red by him In -outheastern ami central Africa, and for the conduct by Dr. Pi ters of a well-equljs- I* r .inl carefully selected exiieditlon to the dlsttlet where he hoped to discover Mount Pura. and to test his surmises about that mytriioua locality. The vci:dors to k 75.000 £1 shares In part I pavmwni. *m*l the expenses of this exi>e ! ditlon and sufficient working capital would be provided said the prospectus, by the Issue of 28,600 shares. Well, th* expedition, with Dr. Peter at Its h* ad. and the clues afforded by the old writings and the old map In cotiM irn use. duly dl*cov*r<d the mountain of Fura. by th* middle of I**!#9 and Dr Peters w*as <*on\ In- ed ids cherished hopes were well founded. Those hopes wer. nothing more nor less than that Kura was Ophir. the f!:bi!<al land of gold, the source of Solo mon's fahtiiou*" riches. Fura, tin good doctor contended, was th** native corruption of the word A fur. hy which name the Arabs of the atxteenth century knew the district. Afur was the Hibaean, or Mouth Arabian, form of the Hebrew name ophir. As Dr. Peters after ward assured a representative of Heuter'a agency, for the Information of the worhi at larg*-. he had ample proof that the Kura which hb expedition hal *lls*’over d and explore*! in the summer of Iff*§ war the Ophir of the Old Testament-4he Ophir who*e incalculable wealth Is referred to in the first Book of Kings, In ioth Books of Chronicles, In Job, in the psalm** and In Isaiah. A chief the doctor said, gave him val uable Information regarding the position of ancient ruins and workings, which he at once investigated. Ho:ng to the spot indicated he found ancient ruins of un doubted Semitic type. Fura itself he found to posseas a formation of quartittlc ► late and dlorite. between which gold reefs were running The ancient work ing- which he found were not only sur face workings, hut here were also, he declared, shafts and roads hewn into the rock How the shareholders must have palpi tated when they reid. In a report Dr. Pe ters presented to the d'rectors. that when the Portuguese arrived in East Africa about the year I*vw the Arabs called the district Afur. and told the Portuguese It was the Ophir of the Old Testament. For a glance at I. Oironlcie*. Chapter xxlx. verse 4. would show them that David gave to overlay the walls of Hie temple 5.666 talents of the goM of Ophir. and upon the authority of F. W. Madden. M. Tl A 8 uitbor of "History of Jewish Coinage,” etc.. the> would know that a talent of gold was worth f€.O(A Here. then, was UR.flhO.fiOn worth of gold from Ophir. and *he inexhaustible nature of th rt supplv would be apparent when ♦ hev pursued their Biblical researches to find In I. Kings, chapter lx. verse 2*. that there was brought from Ophir to Solomon lift talents of sold equal to a modern value of |2.59.n0. and that, again, in 11. Chron icles. chapter vlll.. verse 18. mention Is made of another dip by Solomon Into the Ophir mine* to the exiens of 450 talents of gold, or 15.700.n0n. But by now cold shiver* of doubt may have succeeded to the first warm thrills; for a year bos passed since the wonder ful discovery w is made, and two years since the company was formed, and no millions of pound*, nor hundreds, nor lens, nor even units, have vet com* the way of the expectant shareholders. But instead romc unexpected whispers that what purported to be King Hok* men’s mines are not works of thousands ! of years old. but Just a mere ordinary collection of sand and rock hills Is l veritably the Land of Ophir, and if , so hove David nd Solomon left much eo'd for the shareholders In Dr. Peters* ! Estates and Exploration Company? —newton'* minus! "try-out” of hand orcac* and turret pianos took place last iv.-ek under the au*pl<e* of the Hoard of Police Commlsoloner*. and the owners of thirty Instrument* took part In the re rltal. License* for the conWntc year ire to be Issued ibis month, hut nans will be granted to the proprietors of hitrdv-kur dlee. which fulled lo come up to the re tpiiretnents of the police othcfals at Ihe recent test. The recital took place In a hall hired for Hie purpose whete for over two hours, a lare audience wms treated to a concerl of ratt-lltne music. The pro fessional tuners were In attendance, and iitsvn their practiced cars the police trib unal depended for the detection ami weed ,luiv out *>f ill*, ,o.l*lll Instt imentM —Samuel Mark*. 36 years old and ahnor- j mally fat from boyhood, died at York. Pa., i last week At the time of his death he welshed to> |Kiund* Ills alrth measure ment was 5 feet 3 Inches, two Inches more thun his hlitht. Kor several week*, while he was 111. Ihe doctors were unable lo lo rate his pulse, owltif lo the layers of fat The undertakers who embalmed him en- , countered nine Inches of fn! on live alxlo men. Mark’ was noted for hi* voracious appetite and had been known to consume ! half tack of potatoes at a men' 1 CALMED THE RAGING SEAS. OI.D I %PT%IVh %TOHI OF FAt %P*. FROM A PEJtlldM ITORB. Oil kprftna Two Nilra From Mhore Kept Waves In Stthjrrtlnn -N --garlnua Note of tho Tempest-Toss ed Vessel knm It—Other Phenom ena of the Kind Known to Exist on the PneMe t onsl. From the Philadelphia Press "No I’ve never seen a sea seipent. hut I've s#en things more curious.*' said an old sea captain. "What was the rurloeet thing I ever see? Wal. ihtt a hsnl to say. but thrt > the cruise 1 made from Han Diego to Monterey with the >a*'ht F**am—l’ll never f. rget it, though it was years ago *‘i was in Hm Diego .i the time, waitin’ for a Job. when a man came to m? and ake*| If I woti'd take a yacht up to Mon terey. deliver her there, and t tke twenty men wrtio warned to go up. I said I wouWl the te'-m** bin' good, and I found I rould I charge the kihnrer* a decent price and mk* something out of It; so off we start ed one bright morning. ' The laborers were railroad men. goin' up to work on the new rend.-and the sec ond day out were all so sick tbit they swore they would run the yacht in shore— anything to get out of It I finally put In i Ban Pedro an*) let those go that wanted I to. and put out again with about six. 'I had never been up the *'oast. an*l so left matters In the hands of rov mate, whom 1 had shlpp and for the purpose—a bright Norwegian We reached Ventura the second day. and then It began to blow and Increased, but we kept at it. passed Anacafat, and right in the ffanta Barbara channel caught it for All it was worth. It blew so that we got all sill off the schooner but enough to keep her to the windward, and the men—the land-lubbers --were liestde themselves with fear. Took a lon* t hanee. "All this seemed to set the mate crsiy and he drove them to the ropes and made every man stand and take It. I felt that there was no danger, but the wind aud denly picked up and blew inshore and the sea rose so that I finally made up my mind that the yacht couldn't stand It; she ook so many seas that she nearly turned over. "I had a twlk with the mate, who sa'd he could put us in smooth water In a half hour, only he w-as afraid she'd swamp If he put her before It. 1 told him I'd take ♦he chance. Then he shouted. Rig on the extra hawser to the chain down be low !* **l saw that It was done and then we gradually got l*efore the wind. "It was awful and I though! we'd go down a dozen tlme but she seemed to get over It. yet we headed directly Inshore, the mate In the rigg ng. givlci* dlrctlons to me h t the wheel. ''Suddenly he cried. 'Duff! bring her up" and up she came Into the wind, and If It hadn't been that my man was lashed to the rlggin* we'd have all gone, as a big green wave swept dean over three feet deep. "The moment she got ahead of the sew he let go the anchor—the knows how* deep It was—out went the chain, then tho hawser and we began to drift astern, ties ten back bv the sea and wind "I began to think we'd have to cut away when what was next to a miracle hap pened Th** sea went down like magic. We were a*III In a heavy sea. but the sur face for 100 feet about us was as smooth ns glass, and there we lay as comfortable and dry as you please, while on each side wc/s terrific waves. I aimed the Troubled *ea. "Well." sai l the old captain, pausing a moment at the recollection, "it scared the men half to death; they all thought there was something uncanny about It. but fin ally when everything had been mad** snug, the mate came down below-, laugh ing over what he called h*s snug harbor out at sea " We're all right If the anchor holds ’ he said, 'and It's pretty sure to. as it's reky bottem ” 'l’ve known hl* for a long time,' h'* continued 'You see. this Is a great ol country and r ght here, two miles off sttor . Is an oil spring that would he a fortune to someone ashore It l* probably a freshwater stream that rushes upward, bringing oil with It which spreads out over the surface, at times covering 400 or 5M> feet. Of coutse. the ell k*eps the sea down—simple enmah when you know It ' And so It was." *•!•! the skipper 'l've visited th* place several times and some days you’d see the water rising up so hard that the surface looked higher than the reef and the oil would caver the water for two or three hundred feet around, changin' with the days ami seasons seem ingly, sometimes bein' very small, again lntge but always makln' a perfectly smooth spot In which a loat could He in a storm If she could be kept In it. “It's ahiut two miles off shore. near a I can judge, and on a Iln with the Santa Barbara joint north of the city and Han Miguel island. AM this country Is underlaid with oil and aet'baltiitn and they .are boring welis as far out Into the water a* they can get “We lay In that floating oil patch all night; then the wind let up and we got sail on her and went on." Not the Only tine. Old sailors on the Atlantic, especially those on the south conet east off Florida know a similar spring that Ims often sur prises! seamen It |a tokl that a smack which had sailed from Mystic, t'onn.. for Florida, had hern beaten back by the heavy winds m long that the uner casks gave out ami they were In had shape. But one day the skipper ran inshore about a mile or two from the reef. and. lowering a keg Into 4 small boat, rowed to a spot in the open ocean which he had found by cer.aln point* on shore, and told the men to fill the keg They thought the old man was daft, but when they saw him drink some of the water, dipping |t out of the ocean, they tried It themselves and found that It was pure fresh water. The captain exp.tned that It was a spring which came up so violently that I; forced tne Milt water away, leaving a vol ume of fresh water which could be- used by thcav* who wished It and knew where h was. "I was once saved hy sea weed." said the old se# captatov “down tn the Falk land islands We were being washed on a lee shore when the skipper, an old fel low from Nova Booth*, picked up a vine that was fhwtlng on the water am! hauled It in until It go: pretty near as big as • man'# body; then he made it fast, and we swung hy |t. as good arable as you would want to see. and one of the curious eel things." —A statue of Rosa Honheur has been unveiled at Fontainebleau, near which town she spent the latter part of her life. DR. STEDMAN’S Teething Powders The Fatnoun Aid to Safe and Palnlenft Teething. rvf by mntbrrs tbturvM W**r fnr nrnrly %n ymr, PR. 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