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MARCHES must end
’•"* * mBK M
r MHKt TIIK U*.
fEELS HE HAS BEEN LENIENT.
|(|U , (IK AKHKO DKPITIKS
\v tITIMi HH A CALL.
,11 (Mil I ompanlra Have Kmlra l*o
n rented n lu* Humor* of j
n.rrhr. - hrrlll Aakrrt
Yl llche 11 In Prornl file*
Mnr. lH *— Mllebell Hf llal Or
r, I Nom*—"HMilu> I'HM.,I Willi
M , iMKurliiini'i'* by the IHurr*.
pii Oct. 7—A reprMn|iiil*i'
.„claN Pr*i Ifirnwt i© night
n Harvey tu reached the limit
, jt *•** In regard to the m.ir hl.ig
t>diea of men. and that the
f , rnu*l obey hla request to lennin
the pal© of I he law
t.tk" the consequence*
known that he feels he
• , .( lenient with the crowd* an h
Ajbly be *•;l that the action of
,ixlre*l tnrn In running arrow* the
, cp. of Calvin, Pardee 4k Cos., at Lat
, u*r#|jy. has had much to do With
itm to In* roon- stern hereafter,
u carload of the sheriff * d#!*!-
tw |v armed. He* In the L high Val
r, ,iil \ rds. ready to start at a
. i.otlce. A loi'omoiiv© I* near by
,m up. and ali the telegraph op
rt on the Lehigh Valley Hystetn lit
are on duty for the purpose of
t ,t . ,* tn ***••* to HherilT Harvey and
i ( . ? i hlef of the coal and Iron poiice
®ro.
i u . also learned that, owing to rum
cr> . t ntcmplated marches to-morrow
n i ng all the coal companies In this
jve extra coal and iron poilce
r. n duty to-night. All the Lehigh Val
. ~l Company olllerles In this city
i fuvlly guarded. This company had
~j of its policemen brought here to
i •: uni Wllkeabarre. Wahanoy City,
t • . i and Ilt Creek.
Hu*vt> • iliai o Pn
ji • . | at the strike headquarter* this
j . n ar and requested him as prrslden*
I'nltcl Mini Workers to us* his
l r. to have the *trik#?s refrain from
f matching and said If h* did not.
• yinchell would be held morally re
-4.1 . Dr whatever hap|H?n*d
vr Mitchell, It is understood Informed
• i# riff that orders for the mar> hrrg
mi *■ emanate from headquarters, but
, I. ss. he would do .Ul !n his power
~. the men on a strike preserve
j * very possible manner.
• . culd be learned to-night there
no marching to-morrow morning
i u h event is hardly likely to be any
ii: u lUXLETtw.
qtt hell nnil niher' Official* f onald
rred MrlWr (|Hi*lloni.
.on I’li. Oi t 7.—A# conference
V * : believed to mark the beginning
• #ml of the anthracite coal miners'
ahich enters u|mxi its fourth Week
>rrow, was held at the headquarters
rnlfed Mine Worker* here this
u i .j| Th©f© present, besides FTes
\lit heil. were Fred Dllcher of
a m**mher of the executive lwird.
i it• sUbnts T. I> Nl boll* of District
.\ Lik.i wanna ond Wyoming V.l-
Janv# Duff;. District No 7 Ie
i Vah. y. John Fahey. District No <J. j
kill Valley
.*ug|. i.o in lot mat ion was given out.
kn*wn that lh# question of issuing
. i, for Joint (convention was th© priit
matter discussed. Th*- Associated
I * is 01-le to annt>un* that the • <m
-• invention will he h**ld a* B*rani*n.
M>m**thlng unforeseen should urise
n now and the lime of Issuing the
B# ides taking up the matter of a
• iitkm cafl, it Is understood that the
■ton of representation was also con
. I The three district president*
ii full reports * to the conditions as
t ♦ now exist in their respective dls
|.t t Mitchtdl. after the .*onfcrenc*
ha\“* something to say t<>
tn *t winr* g ird t the conventloi If
t it** has he-ri fls*d. only Mr Mpcbtll
• h;- colleague* know it
A.ur*M. ti> prin i|Hi! matter to come
• *h- miners will l>c me imi *i>tix o
iedlon of the 1 per c*nt net ln
i • ofler’l by most of the operators.
P r *i**nt Mitchell sal I tosby that not
* "!flci| of the f*nlted Mine Workers
' 1 ‘k* it hind in any action the col
-•n mov take m the men must them*
* Mttle everything
%m> his hrlpfr.
•’l" rutoriT to |rr Crnl. Offer Not f n
ilrratoiMl by the Hitters.
• itoi Fit Oct. 7.—Now that i i-on
f| - t conahler th 10 jer cent offer
t* i attention l.< turned to the
* • 1 of what the mmpanlef nuan by
• t in th *asi- of the and
U’er The miner work -by *onlr.cf
b * * the l.ibo**er out of his earning?-
• ' i * th. miner cuts six toads of coal.
• which h* gets 18.30. out of th a he
i' f*>r powibr, oil in 1 r*-|i4ir of tools
*' ’* * of hi** helper. The labonr's
fix. i it *> much je r day. and in
c nit average- about sl.7* Aft r
• ■ 'h l lih>rer and th expenses of
|‘* v ,r o 1 the min**r has a hoot
hf* f**r himsi If. Ten per cent a*l
-11 w,v **n the miner t>o cent* extra p**r
' ' Hie ia I Nrcr want* hi* 10 per *ent..
• nt?*. anl a- a consequence the
~ r niusi be emient with 4.** cent* extra
l * .-rnt. Hut In many instance* a
•- two laborers Th!r means that
r s must iti out of the Hi rent- and
1 lf ' r turn *|f enjoying an ad
°f only S per rent.
, h.,w th. operator- want this offer
'•d | not known here The local
' r * •' that the tnifi who fr;im©l
• lth* r did not have In mind that
r " ~uu, f pave th‘ i iborrrs or else, hav
t, ! * lf> mind, tigured th*- laborer out
r # r altogether, ami left
>• miner ond laborer to settle Is
' f h* rnsclvcs aHiat. If any. |orttn of
f** fffll not, it is thought, b*
t wiii anything |ee* than a full 10
_ * nt abl this It Is believed. I*
, “ ,f * * u-e i hitch when the conven
ers to consider the quest ion
" Q 1 IKT %T bHAMOKIN.
Attempt Witt lb Made fo ftart
I M I oilier!***.
ri *a Oct 7- Tt U hvi been
,f *-t day in thN locality since the
r, gan three w*eks ago. Outside of
'•*■* of miners attending eervke at
j * ' r hurc|>e. the men kept close to
feeiinjf rmfH|rnt that the strike
‘ ‘c 1* w mutter of the fMSf If
• • Mp* i a4l* for a ionvent on
, ( n ' nu/i, r.| at Mount Pirmtl last
*• h would do. However. ih
-<*!% *y that until they are <r
,Ji f k they will not reimn for work.
* u . ' f whal inducement* operator*
Al “ ( ,u arryjng . ompanics offer
atu-inpt will Us m*u to-tnorrow to
start up veral ollterl* > in thb >
Hon. but strik- leajt *a> the tn, a I
not nspot.d
'iH HKKT THI HKIIAY.
Ilellrxeil Mlnrrk' • uiucnllnn Mill
Not let llioilh.
I hil.i'ielpni,i, Ot I. 7 It i> the gcia rai
belief that 1 n . aUi t Mitchell 4) f the l’iut
*vl Mine Workers hi I to morrow |*iue i
call for a ouventlon of miners o cocsHler
the offer of In na-ul w*: to ts I* Id
a S- ranton. and the . uppo* tlon I* that
Thursday r*xt will be name! h th
time
Indication* are coming to the surf i *>
that hasty action will not likely be rea h
and on th- question by th*- uxivtntlon, and
that r-> ss*s will U- taken, p*n'ln; *o
fcrciii ot committee* with the operator-
These confe>*nces will u* requested w th
th purpoe* of obtaining a cleat und**i
stamllng as to tin |iermant-ncy *f the in
r*f**e| pay. If .* < eplcd. ami to e
-certaln ihe o(rerat<Hs' vi w on the propor
tlon of In*Teas* to be t*■•;>• jvelv allow
ed th* ininei- ini mine UU-ur#
Will. M.NII lltuui's llioili.
baliin lind* That Soldier* %rr No
Isiagrr Needed.
Shenandoah. l*a , Oct. 7. Om Oohln an
nounced b*-njght that lf the w*.thr con
a r * favorable to-m<*rrow. llnttery
<* will break .imp ond l ive fr horn*
Th* situation In this district, the general
say*.!* no* sq.-h • *o require the pr *-n
of the troofii-. and h intends to order ail
th** soldiers .<way os soon a* posdhb
Organiser Harris said to-day that lie
will go to th* I'aniher Creek Vail* y t*
morrow for rh* put|M*e of assisting In the
oi ganixatiou of the in.ru workers there.
A NTUH% Ok lilt: lilt I. t \%K.
%alel .lone* l %lleuecl to Hnvr Tried
a I onsptracy
New York. Oct. 7.—Th World to-mor
row will publish a statement upon the re
cent a- v* iopmenta growing out of Mil
lionaire Klee Th World will *a> :
• The district attorney l> prepared to
prove that in January laat. Iwfore law
yer Patrick hu*l eMablithed Intimate rs
lationn with Rice, \ alet Jon* trie*! to
foim a consplracv with another person
to e-t his fortun* Jonc*.. afft
davit* alkge tn tSic |urt<uanet of his du
ti* . frequently cam# In contact with o
trusted friend of his aged employer This
man is a person of poMtton and standing
in th*- financial world The valet studied
him carefully and for several week*, un
til be thought In dared approach him
with hb mysterious scheme.
To this person Jones stated that he
knew th*' provision of Hire* will, that
the estate was worth several millions and
that he {Jones) had ah oute control over
the old man
•*I have It In my power ’* he I* alleged
to have aid to I<b* s friend, "to *h
old fellow to mak* a n* w will anl to put
you In It f>r a very large -um of money
f will do this If you will divide with m
No one w ill ev* r know anything about It
but you and tn*. The plan 1* perfectly
safe and will make u* millionaire*.* **
• It Is stated that the man who was ap
proached by Jone* In this matter, when
h* m**t Jones on subseouent o<- asltins.
seenie*! to enter haif-h* artedly Into tni*
plot and for a t!m*- even played fist and
loose with the scheme. Finally Jone- told
lilm he did not think the scheme possible,
and they ceaaed to discuss It.**
ROOMSVBbT HANI|I KTTKD.
He l*retllclel lurro# f*r tle llepnb-
Iteiin I'nrly.
Chicago. Oct. 7. Oov. Roosevelt *i*ent
the greater iart of to-day with Senator
Hanna, talking over plan- for the cam
paign. and to-night was Imnqvfrted by the
Republican national managers at the <*hl
. ago Out* Among thos* >re*ent were
t'rut'd State Senator* Fairbanks. Itever
ilge Hanna, Cullom an I Spooner Mr
Roosevelt, In addressing th* guests, re
viewed hi> Western trip an*l predicted
suectss for the Republican ticket
In the morning the Governor attended
service# ct Trinity Dutch Reform**#!
Church, after which he went for a drive
in company with Col Curtis Oulld f Bos
ton.
Oov. i:oo*evet will make several ad
dresses in Rlltuds towns to-morrow r••ach
ing St laxul* to morrow night, where he.
will remain until Wednesday.
Hit \ % N %T lll** 111 HIM Pl* At 17.
••pent (hf > %mon, Rr!.tl- (
swlem. 111.
S.ili'TTi ll*.. Oot. 7 William J. Bryn
io-<luy !-!**•<* in th- city of hti> *ftrt!i.
jml Mnt the <ly with He *r
rlv.-l here ihoin noon. onl •hnel ■( th
rcblen-e of Mr> Molile Wefwlrr. hi
.autln. Thirty of 111* relative# other-.l
m th- r< -(dence and pjriook of the <Un
ner.
In the ifternoon. no< omiwnl<.l hy Jam-.
C Dthlmon. thr n.illunel committeeman
from Nrhr.skn Who nan i hartco of th
-1,1 ,ir In which Mr Bryan travel*.
Il K. rtnlvely. (he ncw.peper corrwpond
,iiH. onil oM frteiel* reshllnn In ihla city
he ivent to th* rrm ntvl loohml over (tie
Keene* of hi- boyh>o<*
t\ ts "( KIIIMV IV THK KAIK.”
tV. J. Mel 01->. on Acdir, W Mint
In Klnittliiiltnn. VV. \m.
Huntlmrton. VV. Vn . Oct 7—William J
Mci'auley. an actor of Khlledclphia |>loy
tnx with "A Woman In the Cam" com
pany, an .hot here to-day by IV ir!
Newman, who afpr the Mhootln*. ceceiaxl
lo (thlo.
McCauley ond thr#- frl nds hod enter
*d u r* taurant ar.d wer# tnlktng to Miss
Dorrey Brown when Newman entered * nfl
opened tire, killing McCauley Instantly
Newman Is said lo have been Jealous of
McCauley's attention to Miss Brown
Hr eitnen In (••*• ll|psMra.
WgshHigfotv, Oft 7 —Th*- revenues In
th* i*hi..pptnc fur th* first seven moot lie
rf 19(* w**re ll.TV's** in In r*-e* over
the cor reef -ondlng i** ri**! of iswt. of $2.
"to.BG. Tt- - uefoms receipt* w ?c 11
•K2.24'* md Ihe Internal revenue receipt*.
LiAd.lol The postal receipt* f<r July
were 1110.043.
Lonnil m Dead Body.
Gallipoli■*. o . Oct 7.—The ** wl ivmlv **f
L,*W“*. Harwood igsd -'* with the ekull
<*ru#hc npi • rent 1) by * blunt Instru
ment wo*, fuun*l on the Ohio nvwr rooi
thr*r miles b-|ow this citN oday !•!
ward Burmdt. who was Iw-t seen with
Ear wood In a wagon, Will* arree’ed
4 . |. Ilrnrkel Drad.
Cincinnati. <♦ Of* 7 -Word has been
rece4vel her#* of the d* *4b n K#n f-rsn*
cisco, of C H Henckel. n prominent bus
iness man of Cincinnati wh>* went to Sun
Francisco with • onsfderahle sum of
money sev*ra! months ago
Elt Frrasax Inlnred.
Chicago. Or.(, 7 Eight per*rns wrp tn
jured to night, one fatally by a on! Is lon
Itafwern a Calumet electric car and m
soufbourai laike Phorc snrl Michigan
•ourhem rrstn Irwin Dows#- the moo
man. was Internally njurrd. and may
die
Up-to-Date.- Cualomer Some rah#
please Walter—Shirt- waist or hunting
case? Customer—What do you mean?
Walter—Ml ur hard shell, sir?—Fuck. .
THE MORNING NEWS; MONDAY, OCTOBERS. 1900.
FLOIIIDA'ft TRK HI KKH.
Makes Nrpnri Nhusrln* IlNlwnres
to t redlt of Fund*.
Tall.ihasree. Fla . (VI 7 -The reiiort of
ihe state treasurer Hied with the Hover
nor. *lh- balances to th credit ef the
several stat.* and educational funds it the
close of buslne-s. Se|t . 1810, as follows
tbi.eral nunui fund SIBI.OBO 10
(the Mill school fix fund 44,41a IS
Stat** Board of Ihalth tax fund 1A) 5S
lv ns ion tax fund M.A37 &i
Tix certificat#* fund 10.Ox* 21
Principal of scho-*l fund 32. 42.1 t!
Agricultural College fund 3W t 2
Kxperlment sfatlun fund ...... 184 SI
White Colieg* Morrill fund 10,.w HO
t'oiored Colieg Morrill fund .. 12.8. Wk’
Station Ira Mental fund I*B To
Interest of *. h< oi fund 11.f.70 ;w*
College Incidental fund ... *4
Colieg. mess hall fund .. 1*
PfincliMil of e* minarv fund ... 10T* 17
It- nds f 1x7.1 -inking fund &SJ 02
Hun<l* of I*7l. sinking fund 3* 71
Total $338,818 81
Four more tax book* have been rrcelv* I
at the oinptrolli-r’h **fh •*. which *h>w
♦he following valuations
1W 1W
Liberty .. $ 338.047 W I 411.037 00
D** Solo 2,00'. 018 4 2.48H.84* 00
Volusia ;am Tr. 00 3.0 M IP* 00
Jefferson 1 47#.M k , 31 l.Sfl .'llii M
$.; w. :,..*KOI $7,411,813 M
These four counties mak*- n t**al of
nineteen out of the foriy-five q>uitlew n
th** state. hhl m- h shows an in. ream in
he x#mt<l voluitbxn of property The
total valuation In th*- nineteen onjrvtlex
for 1800. war $4e.571.723 14 and for 1000. the
valuotbon is $47 *244x. making n n<d
its r< as*- of $2. l"?.xN(V:t4 m tax v alts h
Jo*ljr* John W Malone of Qulo-'V, h**lng
•.ii’isp<sed(, the fail term of the Circuit
Court for Liberty county mu not held
it Hrlsttkl the past week, but Judge M i
lone and Plate Attorney George \\* Waik
er have g*n** to niotintsroavn. where they
wfii nuhl the fall term of said court for
Calhoun county thl- week
ot II I MINi:*F. rni*l RATION.
% f hinrar Dentist U hose Wife |*la>s
MnrchrM <m n Plano.
Frank M Todd In Aln s lee* *
“It Is impossible to state and useless to
try to guess how many Chinamen are
now In this country Mr Rcharf. late
t rilled States Chinese inspector mt ihe
P°r of New York, thinks there may be
70\flUU, but th* estimate seems too high
The census does not and • annot ifford any
reliable data, you might hf w** 1 try to
tak* i census of th* fls‘ Custom house
stat It* tc* ar.- wcrthltsa ex ept to show
that ever ex luslon law pass* and has slim
ula ted immigration They ©annot take
account of the thousand- smuggled In
along the S.itfcO mile.' of Mexican and Cj
nadtan border and along the Oulf coast.
The Canad.an Pacific Railw iy Is s.ld to
bring In from direc to five thousand an
nually In bund, the company agreeing to
pay he I>onj?>ton government the B'* ap
button tax for every one thut hie not left
th** country within a staged time. The
inspector* c innoi tally those. All we can
b sure of in regar*J to the number of
(*hlnes- here i* that It U very large, and
that it is constantly increasing Beyond
that on** gif |h .*> good as another
"An early complaint against the China
man W .s that h*- did n t bring Ills family
and *lld not mean to remain her* Of
late there are evidence* that lie |., growing
••ontentexl here, o he is in the Dub h de
pendencies. mid that occasionally he looks
up*>n this* country .■* his home, our larg
est Chinese community, San Francisc o s
Chinatown, contains anywhere from K>.uo
to 40.0110 Chinese, according to the bla* of
th*' person guessing, and Is noth eably tak
ing on an appearance of greater pernu
nence. When th*- local papers b*-gaii re
cently to talk of moving It. which they
do whenever th* rdßor*' fertile brains run
out of oth*r s* nsatlon*.' It wis brought
to the attention of th** mover# that a
number of mercantile hmj#**# in Chinatown
hud ea* h millions of dollars Invested, and
thut It would he as sensible to talk of
riiMvitig half the retail and bunking busi
ness of Kan Francisco.
“Nor ©an It longer be sail that all the
Chinese women among iim ar*- her* for
immoral purposes, a great many China
men have brought their wives an.l are
raising their families h**r. From the rear
of th*- laundry can sometime he heard the
prattle of the Chinese infant There are
Chinese e hools for Chinese children
There Is ti Chinese dentist on Hi'-ram*-nto
street who has an upright piano in his
parlor, on which his wife plays Sousa;
there |> U Chinese photographer, who tes
tlfieM that the fear of u amcra Is growing
less among his countrymen every day.
When a Chinese woman plays an upright
piano and . Chinese photographer can do
a good business among his ‘cousins' they
are rapidly getting out of joint with the
old order. They have migrated in the true
M'ns*-. If they retain • liking for burial
r Asiatic soli it Is nothing to the point
In a Western View gninr home dead Is
e good as not going home at all.
The volume of the overflow from the
Chinese empire t*. of course, heyond sat
isfactory calculation Kong Yeu Wei puts
the number of Chinamen now living
abroad at 8.000.000 What other country on
the globe could lose % X*/Or> sub Ject - In the
period of a single lifetime nod not fee|
that it hid suffered a tremendous deple
tion of Its \v*a|ih and |*>wer‘ , “
01 H DMIKD FHt IT* I*O PI LAR.
Rrospeet nf an I npmeed-n ted Ex
pori (o itrrmisyr,
From th* Washington Ht-ir
The pfospeet of an unprecedented sx-
P<rt Am* rl# in drte*l prunes gprlr ot
|M-a hex and pears, as well as evaporated
appl* -and rt-plirrts. to Germany this
autumn and winter Is *-x ••dtngiy bright.
■** Consul General Mason nt Berlin, pro
vlded the crop In Ihe I’nlted Ktate- is
sufficiently plentiful to furnish i larg
supply at reasonable prices He .-ays that
the popularity of American dried and
preserved fruit.-* tn Germany h is steadily
Increased from y*ar to year, by reason of
their relative cheapness and unrivaled rti
vor an*l excellence. It ap|>ear# that Cali
fornia prunes are rapidly supplanting the
fine but expensive French product, as well
a** th* low grade Bosnian prun* s. In the
German market, and there is nothing In
that market tha' (-an ?-u eefully com
j>ete wnh the dried pears and peaches and
evaporated apples fr *m the f*n!td Bft
American exporters ar#- naturally gra*l
fled ai the dtacontlnuanc. f the tedious
and annoying ln-pc*-tlon of dried frtilis at
the German frontier, und that ihe wy tj*
now often to an unrestricted trade Th*
frontier Inspection was Institute*! as a
precaution nvatnst supf*oeerJ danger of ih**
Introduction of the Han Jnn- scale
Consul General Mason says (hat the gyp.
ply of dried American frulr•* wet year was
lii>ufTlcieiit in ir, t the demand of The Orr
mati mark*!, hut that large contracts
have l*een made this year by American
merchants, who. after attending the Parle
••xposltlon. vl-lted the principal cltle- of
Germany ond i>erorially offered their pro
ducts to the more lmp>rarl dealers.
The Inspection of fresh fruit will still lv
maintained at the frontier but. the con
sul getters! thinks In a fair and liberal
spirit He calls attention lo the fact tbit
heretofore moat of the cases o# Han Jose
m**m!e hav* been found among Ihe highest
md most * xpenslve clues of apple*, such
as are wrapped in tissue paper nnd put up
in boxes for family ami hotel use. and
that such Infection has rarely been detect
ed In the common grade* of apple* which
are packed looaely In ordinary barrel#
This probably results from the fact that
the choices) American apple* come from
districts Infected by the acwle while the
stmtej* alorg the nurih*rn frontier—New
York. Michigan. Wisconsin and low
which produce the common id>le, r gen
e.'aUy U*o t rum th*t
THE DECAY OF BAG-PIPING.
•COT* DMPIOHO7 THK L%PMS OF
OLD (l AWD.
The Diatom of the Fnmowa !a irv*• le.
*Mll •* flu % e Hern Invented In
Scotland—lt Wm Ihe Forerunner
of the ItrKnn—>*tf met hlna Heredi
tary to the %rt of Playing It—“ Hoots
Like llie Xlasle.
From the New York Tribune.
Once every year th* Kootohtnen of New
York lay aside their American habits and
eotm-time* their American clothe*, and
lor a few hours become clansmen again
Phi# occasion is the annul! outing of the
N*w-York Caledonian Club The l ist oti*-
ing was *u • ssful, Jkt* the forty-€hf*e
prevlou entertainments and the dancing,
the games and the merry-making will b*
remembered and spoken of until It D time
to plan for th* nexi picnic But there are
members of t'u* organisation and also
•eoteltmen who a* not in the fowl who
think that th* se • u'lng# are not what they
u.**•■l to la . that they Will never In- quit*
as attractive ms they were tn their best
•lays until th* piping competitions ar*- r**
vived
I'nli five years ago one of th* fcatur*
of th* t'aled man Day wax this contest
The pipers played their best Their work
was judg and by * committee, and the man
who was pronounced the winner heau-*
of his p* rformance on the pipes and his
aj pearsnee c.irried ii way his prlte with
nil the pomp of a h- ro In the eyes cf
many of the spectators th* prise piper
was higher in rank h.*n the men who ex
celled in the game-* and t dancing Th.
men who failed to win a prise practised
hard during the next year, learned new
tun s and Invented new \arlat *n old
• ne* tn order to win the laurels at the
• ext contf-H*. and give lesson- to hoys
who hoped .some day to be as
pip* rs
But now there's no Incentive. said a
Caledonian piper, "and the consequence !
that piling is going down hill No one
t ikes lesions, and those who •!•* kn*>w how
to play do not practise enough The onlv
people who know good mush when thev
h* ar It are ihos** who were raised In Scot
land where |>enp!> know what .i pt|i, Is
In this country fakirs ars allowed to plav.
and their perfrrman*-**s give people a false
Ul*-a of the bagpiper They are responsible
for the lrnpr*slon that all pl|e music 1*
disagreeable and inharmonious
There are only slxxit twelve pipers In
New York They dll plav on the Scotch
tdpei ard with a few #-x**eptlons they pi y
by note The Instruments used bv these in**ti
all com© from Koot’and All th* tunes also
ore imported
Once in u while “ said the pl.'xer, “you
can hear i pl| er do a popular tune, hut
l< doesn s sound right Nothing seems to
come a© well from the pipes as the old
Kcoteh tunes named f* r people and places
dear to the Krotchman
The bagpipe has not declined In popu
!orlt\ |n Europe The Scotch regim**nts
still have their pipers, and no great house
would be complete without a piper He
always KT** 4 * with lh* head of the house,
and whin at home he piavs every morning
and on ail occasions of corevnony The
I iper greets tha guest on his arrival and
the strain of the pipe bid him farewell *•
An antiquarian and a stud* nt of folklme
who has made the history of the bagplne
a study when e ked to te.l what he knew
about bagpipes said
“It's bagpipe* you want fo know about
1 It** Well. If that's all the Information
you're ofter thf* !s the sh'p for It
at the pretty picture of some specimens
In the oolleofloti <*f my friend Eugene d*
Rrlrquevllle ♦ Versailles, and didn't T
see that same friend hand Inga prettv
little Insrtument with carved Ivory pipes
In I! rhls summer In Pari*, and hear him
try to persuad** th* Jury* of (’lasse Dlx
(••pf thaf a man who could make so pretty
a musical bag at the tall etui of the nine
teenth century ought to get a gold m**tal
or a grand prlx or a cross of the Tagion
of Honor or arm such distinction? Tea.
verily. ! did But that wi* a French bag
and (hey called If n musette The pipes
In the picture, too. are French, and relics
of th* time when kings and q-ens. ladle**
and nobles, thought If m graceful pastime
to play at shepherds and shepherdesses,
and sing dainty pastorals to the drone *>f
th* pipes
“The history of the Instrumen* * If I
were a Highlander Id hot mv (Ml I beg that
it was Invented In Hcotland for doesn’t
Aristides (Jutntlllanos tell shout Its pre
val# nee In the Kor ttlsh Highlanders ever
so long ago and can anvhody remember
whn It wasn't used to tun** up the High
lan*ler to righting pitch ’ But If I were
on Irlshm in I’d swear by the piper tha*
played before Mno* that It earn** Into ex
istence In the Emerald Isle, and 'hat the
piper himself balled from lb- obi sod
However, seeing ms how- I’m onlv an
American with a love for studv and :n
--tlqullles. I m bot;rwi to say that neither
•cotchman nor Irishman invente*J the bag
! p||es. but that It I'lm* to them both. In
e’l probability from the Rr* rn n
'The ancient people of Italy bad the in
strument. and distributed It over Europe
nn they did their lawe and other things
Klngularly enough. he Dal an peasantry
preserve a recor I of the source fr*>m
which they may have derived It In the
name which they give It. Th*- common
Dalian name is cornamusa hut In country
d*strl '# #ou ma> still hear It sfioken of
in the xampognla. and If you are interest
#* in the philology of the subje t you mav
! find in thut word not only trace# of th.-
Arabic xummarah bi-ooon ami the Greek
svmphoneia. hut abo of the ('haldai sam
■ i*onla. or •Htnponcyah f guess samjionla
in Chaldalc. at any ra*e It's In (he Blhlb al
Look cf ftanlel. which has about the
earliest reference to the bagpipes that 1
knw about All the woids that I have
mention**! with their likeness In physiog
nomy means bagpipe, although you never
vv ul*l have gu sped It from the tran*lt(! n
whirh the Keventy gave to the <’haldai*
word In Ihe third chapter of Daniel They
nj|#d It dulcimer, which was and Is a
| stringed Instrument, played upon with
hammers You remember the passage-
It is in the story about Fhadra* h
i ,md Abednego. the three Hebrew gentle
man who refused to fall down and wor
ship the golden Image that Nehuehadne*
xar the King had set up. though all good
ritlxcns had ie*n commanded so to do at
what time they heard the sound of th#
cornet flute, harp, sackhut. psaltery, dul
! . Jmer and all kinds of music * The Old
'|e***amrn? revisers fifteen years ago put
bagpipes' as a marginal reading, not be
Ing brave enough to follow the musical
scholars, who had long told them that the
Chaldaie word meant bagpipe But wnat
j ran you do with Bible translators? There
is on* . as** In the (M Testament wh*r
you may take your choir between 'ln
struments of music* and ’< oneuhlne-
That's a pretty how d'ye 00. Isn't It? Oh!
yes. the agplpes. Don't you like phiio
, logy?
“You may now make your own guess as
to which of the p- oples of antiquity first
> oncelvtd the Idea of sticking pipes or
whistles into a hag so that by filling the
Ug with wind they could blow more of
• hem at ones thin they could with th*
mouth That Is the Interesting feature
In the development of mul< al Instruments
that the bagpipe Illustrates It's the prl
mltlve organ, don't you see The wind
chest of th** modern organ in which wind
In forced by means of bellows. Is only h
development of the ancient winding which
had pipes stuck Into It ard was Inflate*!
with breath from the player s lungs And
here attention ought to be called to the
fact hat. although the Irish dldn' |nv*n
tha bagp'p*. to *h*m Is conea tad the rre ut
of having Introduced the Improvement
Idoubtbs- suggested hv the organ) of a
; supply bellows worked by the elbow of the
player Tha shape and meterlal of the ol*l
. wttxj reservoirs suggest that the hsgplpe
(.LAius Bom (ho kA at. a 4l was tuiiural
*tough lii the countries where water hot
lies ware made of th skh n of &nlfti*L
that the saint* skins should be used as the
receptacle for wind In fMiand and the
DknaUie the hagptpv uel t be called
Kosa—still u. undoubtedly— b .mse th
bag Use*l to ha made out of a g*Mts rkln
horn* i*lng retained Koa I HU vie for
goat. Even In my pretlv French picture
you will *, how the unspeakably old *-us
tom has be**n retained.
Well the oki Greek# had the Instru
ment ar.d dirt the Romans, through
whom, as I have sab! it w.r** doubtless
transplanted to ihe British Island* Nero
wik # txraxe o|*l |dper and If he mad**
music Mt aP at the burning of Ronn It
n*M> have been the hagp pe ’hat he 4la\ I
It cowidn t have bcn the fiddle, as tlr
|*>l>ulai story goes because ther* wan n*
■i I Mt i • <s• * Wlm toward tu*
nd of h'F (Steer. he l*loo*|\ llmp-ro:
;ot Into trouble with hie Kp.inlsh ami
Oall c legions. h* made a v* w that If h
shouhl h<ld on to the g.>vernm**tit he would
celebrate lus victory with gam* nt whb'h
he himself wouid appear > pei former *
the hydraulic organ the chorlc flute and
th* l agylcs (Tib! i uilcuUrt
!>o 1 lik* the music of the bagpipe? Mv
dear hoy. 1 ltk* oil thing-* old lik*- Gobi
smith old frimds. old time*, old mannet*
old tmoks, old win- but In this a * tn#
lik it.( Im largei> one ot sentimental curl
< lty I ha\ never |**'rsua<i*N| mvs lf that
bt*aui** I hav*- nt unquenchable ttut -t fr
nithmal ard a.*\age mu-b or all kind-,
therefore all rational ami *vmg* must
1-* beautiful anil Ht for art Tli* ►•• ale of
the b.<g|>i|>c is not Just or ling t* our
hearing and things ut of turn* t* t*aln
ful KtJll the Instrument doc* not .iff* M
me as Khyiock >*aye It aft* *ts some men
nor d> I always tint k Its th# first |ait of
llmry IV
Fa! Hblood lumas m* lane holy as *
glbeat or i lugg *1 b* ar
P Hen -nr and old lion, nr a lover's
lute
Fil Yea. or th* srone >f a Llncolnghlre
l tag pip**
H* r* by the wav if a god story to
Illustrate thM* there ;irc savage hr*HFt*
b*ii muse **r rather hiKpq** n.;;*!<•. .n
-not soothe it Is fr*N an and B**ottiah
a rlter
Asa K(Veh bagpipe wh" traversing hc
mountaine of I'lster he was one evening
en oun*rcd by a hunger starv'd Iris i
wolf In this lltrer th* i**s*r man 0.uJ.1
think of nothing better than t# oyen his
waller and tr>* th#- effects of hi* hospital I
ty. lie did so and the savage *w rl ow** I
all that was thrown to him with #>• >m
proving a voracity a if ht* nppeii'* wa*
Just but coming to him The whole slock
of pmvtaioc you mav b* aur* was s- m
spent, and now his onl\ rrsoun c was (o
the virtue rf the l>agi ip* wh! h th- moru
♦ri no sooner heard than he t(Nk ti the
mountains with Ihe same precipitation
that he had tome down The poor plp**r
could not h> |*erfe*tly enjoy his deliver
ance but that, with an angry ln'k at
parting, he shook his head and saWi "Ay*
Are th*-s© your tricks'* find 1 known your
humor you shouhl have had your music
bef*r© supper’"
•flow do piper* learn? I fancy that the
art Is In a sort of way hereditary and
ther**fore like reading and wrt ing In Ihe
estimation of l*ogberry It cornea by nat
ure Tom T*n the piper's sor. learn- It
from hi* father But there ar** modern
method* for the hriffplpe and anciently
there were ptp*-r' tclw* -If In K- otl*nd.
!>ea-twlse It I* of recor*! that George Mac
k|e ‘th* reformer of Ihe lowland pipes
attended a a*'hool for piper# flu: sev* n
years The music that Is printed for th#*
pt|N-a n>w Is primed In the usual notation
but that Is of * r* *mu occurr
vote Formerly th* pipe tones hud their
own system of sytni*o!s. with outlandish
name** •
FIFTY DAYS OF TORII HE.
AluN-king ITifterlesrs of Fleeing
xtteslonartes In Alisaal.
From h* New York Hun
A writer In the North China Dally New
In a copy of the paper Just received her*
sarys that of all he provinces In China
Hhant has l>een the worst In respe.-t of
•he diabolical massacres and barbarities
pn* iced against foreigner# “At one
time.'* he wrlies. “It looked as If not a
single foreigner could hy any possibility
escape the murderous purpose of Yu
listen Fortunately some have e# aped
A party of refugees from Khans! recently
arrived Mt Shanghai, after encountering
such Miff* ring** and halrbceodth . scapes as
will be difficult to find a paraded any
where
“The party consisted of Mr and Mrs A
It Maunder# with two ehlldern (two oth
*r# of their children died on h* way) and
A Jennings and Mlfta Guthrie nil from
Pingywo; K J. r*o*g*-r i*n*l two ehlldern
from Lucheng (Mrs Cooper Miss Mb-e and
Miss Houston, also from dial city, were
killed on the way or di*d from injuries
recalved); Mr and Mrs A K. Glover
with two children and Miss Gates, from
Lusn All were members t*f the China
Inl.itwl Mission, and of the nlneSeen wb*>
started five |*erlsh*d.“
The survivors tell th** following story
in the evening n im>h arrived #♦ !
our house In the suburb, and we were I
driven to take refuge In the yamen The ;
magistrate declared he <v>;ild not help us
He had r*<-elv*-d orders no longer to pro
•eo foreigners and bade us depart In
pence At tenth, in answer to tsir on
treaties, he agreed to send us to Taiyuan.
FA It distant, under escort, so we s*nried
north for the -wfiltal W*- got within twen
ty II of 1 without advgntur* when we met
u native Christian whom we knew flo.lng
south. He (nplored us to turn hack as the
Inland Mission had ♦a-en already burred.
♦he Roman Cafltollc catahlishmenf p illed
iown an*l nil fhe foreigner- were In the
Baptist Mission compound surrounded by
a grenf mob whi* were threatening to burn
If w!h *ll who wer* Inside On tha we
turned lock toward Ringvno. and our e*
corf at cm’e left us We had no# much
money and fh* ieopl- demanded exorbitant
prices for everything, even for the simple
permission 'o puss Long the road IVe
sold our clothes and pawned whatever
would pawn. Including our w<doling ring*,
and In this wav reached our station nt
Lucheng safe but stripped
“Lucheng had not yea been rioted but
only two days' peace wa-* allowed us when
with the friends there we had to flee for
our lives at mtdnlrht with nothing hut one
donkey load of bedding and clothe# and a
supply of silver which we divided up
among the parD Whl* h direction to tnke
we did not know To go norih again was
out of the question, and eastward to flhan
tung was equally Impossible so we made
for the south hoping to get through Honan
and Hupeh to Hankow But we had only
got forty It from Lucheng when we were
stopped a* a large vill g- hy tom*- two
hundred people w-ho demanded mony We
<ould not satisfy them so they seised our
donkey and In sheer wanton mischief tore
all our bedding and clothes to pieces
Then they stripped us next, taking each
person's * lothes. hat. shoes and stocking*
and little store of silver, leaving us noth
ing. ladles and children Mike In this
affair we lost the natives who were ar
• ompanylng u#. some of whom we fear
were killed, while w* were driven along
the road by men with chibs It was a
terrible situation The Maxing sun burned
us to the bone, and some of us had no* so
much ns a little piece of rag to wet nnd
put on the top of our heads Al every
village we were a • ked and driven from
on# to the other with blows nnd curses
"The villages there are very thick, and
before we got dear of the mob from one
the mob from the next had already arrived
to take us In hand .Wither food nor wafer
could be Obtained Mow we contrive*! to
exist! we hardly know for days our onlv
support was found In the filthy puddle* by
the road*l*ie When w- rsFhal a city If
was a little better Apparently each
magistrals was anxious that we should
fome to our end In the next county, so
when we went to th# vamen they would
gtva us a little food and send an e*cor* o
[Mf u* aulely oyer lb* l*>rd*rs at th*t
particular yamen's Jurisdiction Arrived
at that point, *h *•**• **rt always left U*.
Miid we had to struggl* on ne before
Mis* Rice u is killed oil 'he r*ad fifty
II nor* h of Tset* hnuf i ut Shan-i That
day both sit#- wild Mi**' ll* rioii si* down
on th* roadside, c.tying tlwy would will
ingly die. but walk n*(ber step they*
could rof In the previous *ttv *he ir.gi
• rule had given ns a small piece ! stiver
which w* ha t to carry in our hand, huvkg
nowhere rise to put u \V* Ihnugbf w*
in ghi be aNt* to hire a cart ftr th*s*- lad
•#*# with this piece of silver ‘O two of us
W .. village f, ncgotltifr Thu vi
rs refused th** cart, but n the ante
me they- pounded *ur knuckk wit
stick till w * dnq>jrd the silver, and th* u
drove us down thv- road awav from our
party Jst then It lagan to rain and the
party witp the # x<vptbn *f ihe two )mI
l retired for shelter t* n rmpt! guar*l
hou>e near There ,* mob fell upon them
and drove them *n, and In thl> w *\ the
two ii •ipiesi* kMHoM got i*f on i were
b*aen t* death Nothing *-uild l* -
till Tsehchau was reached when the tun
Istrate #*nt back to inqtir* Mi • ltt*e
was found to l**- already d*.l but MB"
Huuston although dr* i lfutlv injur* and w.
still alive Hhe dl and liter ward at V unm
nng In Hup* li and th laity wis brought
on to Hankow for burial
The crossing . f the Yellow liiv**r wa
on*- f our most irvleg • x|H-r.*-nc* . The
yamen had placed us tti ■ rs. and promis
ed to send us over D m ix soon a- w*-
wei- in fit* (•*. the carts df**V*- *w >\ and
•h* boaim*n ordered u* to land um iln as
ttiy declined |toint blank t hav* anything
tdo with us For two days w* **.• on the
bank Of the Y*llow River not knowing
wi t*. ilo \\. wet* iik* lh* I * .|*t.
at th.- Red He Rharaoh w b. itn I
neither right nor left wa-* their any re.
treat, and no m*ms of rossing ov* r t m
the third dv the boatmen unexp* c.d|y
changed their minds and n*>k us r*v-r
Ti*s first city we im* *• south of 4h
river wa Changchou The Magistrate
was hlttf'ly anil foreign ar.l miM h.*l
w*- only irriv*-*! twenty-fuur Imhiin sooner
he would have had the pleasure of klllinc
us oil IDs order# were to allow r* foreign
devil to e*.. j|w, hoi tn# Empr* *-- Dowaver
had taken pity on them atwl he h.*l ju-**
hern Instructed It* have them all s* • t ►*
prisoners. Into llupeh Accordingly, from
• his prgnt w* were sent a r**-- Honan,
from t> to city, n- prisoners, hy th* v*•
men. sometimes in carts and eometim
mounted <n the liar*l w*o*len pa* k <1
dler oi loi)k*VF For fo**l they gav* Ü
bread and water, nnd n**w li r* showed u.-
any kiridne till we r-a* h* I Hinvaiig hou
tire last rMy in llonan Here w# wer* no
longor treated a* prisoners, and her*' met
w'ith th** ril*vet- from Loan who bad
arrived there after a similar Journey. The
flu|M*h tn igtMrate* w*re x<-**dtng|\ kit i
At th<- first city. Ylngsh-m. w* wr* sup
piled with food ami clothing and kept tn
the yam**) five da\> as she rl south
wa** l*kwked by soldiers proceeding to
Wliln. whom It would not In* safe to meet
The Ylng'h.m native Christians also
•’•■ught us out nnd showed us great kind
r>#*Fs as thev also did Mt the Hies **f Tehn
us* Ynnmnng and MsoolrHii Mrs E J
CNVjer *lle'l at Ylng-tmn of tlie Injitii*
and hardship undergone, and her lardy w i
brought to tionkow for burial Thus end. and
nt Hankow *m the 14th of August a Jour
ney of fifty days' duration of which th*
wonder Is that single one survived to
tell the tale
At RI HV FIGHTING ROOWTRR.
Vanial-hrit %|| t m*ra t nfll Kn<irk.
nl Onl lu a Me rap \% (tli Two Hull-
PTnin ih- I.i-wirtnn Journal.
Aulairn la (hr proml poa,*f<-nr nf it
mrmflrrful ron Irr M!s NrllU- II . (hr Ill
dr (taiiKhlrr of Mrn ld.hr.- of Hi- Auburn
wa'rrwork* tohl th< talc lo thr Journal
IMa mornlnii nnd tl Is north ro|adn
That Indy hat* a frtrnd In Warr. ri who
him (wo Ittllr children—a boy and a Ktrl
One of dir u. iirhhof. kept hrnr, -tod nlMiut
two yearn wo i H(Hn( of < hlrkrn* wan
hatched Thr okl mother hen -elected one
of the chickn nnd flrrd tl out of Ihe brood
Under nh clrcumntanere whatever would
*he re. otrnlie or own II Thr oui> w,n
Anally jrenrn(r.| lo the tutl.. duuKhter of
Mm lll.bre'r friend, who nurred and car
ed for II undl It grew lo Im- iptllr a chh’k
rn Finally II become too liirite to keep
In Iho hfMina uiat wux put outdoor* An
the mile icirl could no longer care for It
ttn before, rhe nnhl It (o her brother for
five cent. With lltir change of owormhlp
Ihr chicken began lo drvelo|> new Iralln
of chara. Irr Thr new owner plogueal II
and thr . hick roon grew tturly, and flnallv
pugnaclou*
Well, Ihr young hlr.l'n dlnporHlon did nol
Improve like hvlrtr with age It nteadlly
grew worne One of the nelghtairr had a
garden, but If any member of Ihe family
a I templed In gather any of Ihe vegetable-
Ihe young mower would fly al him with
o. h fun that lu hid to give Up (he |n.
and fly hlmoelf The r—(ill * Ihol Ihr
rooalrr had the garden to hlma-lf nnd
the relation! louwren the two famlllm b>.
rame .(rained A lady from (to. klaial
came over one day and .old ihal -h*
would nol tv* afraid In go Info fhe garden
and pick omc Kfrlng bean. Thr roo.ler
111 on her head, lore down her hair, broke
her eyegl,i.e. nnd mad* mlnrenieal of
mod of her finery That ended thr lial
tie
Thr vletorlou. bird flnnlly lxga to .lop
protdr on fhe rood and turn them back
It woukl ehgpe them elear Info Ihe vll-
Ugr. a half mile dl.ianl Thr nHghlair
romplained th** life In that aectlon *•
tiecoming unbearable. Kate, dog- and ev
erything rlne would fly nt ltd approach
Mailer, al In.l reitched a cllma* The
law wa. threalepi and unlr.n the nhnoilnu*
I,lrd .hould he removed Klndlng tt Im|o
all.le lo re-tor. harmony In any other wuv.
It w t- al la.l decided lo .hip the roomer
away
The 1 aly of Ihr houre In thin erncrgi n v
con.lilted her Aoburn friend .u>i. wi
aaaurrd that Auburn had Mime fighting
Ido#.) a tel > mild car. for heraelf even with
,01. moler of the art The young .on of
Ackerman Vlrkerv w .elected lo ink
charge of Ihr bird, and humble 11. proud
rplrli
In due time the roonfer re.i, Oml the
.hoe city and wae Inmalbd In It. new
(|U*rter In Mlnol avenue For ( few dot •
Ihe bird remained quiet. Ir wa- .Imply
( tudying the |t(t*ilon ond Inking l
hearlng. Ihen It opened up ((gain *
■ eric of unbroken Irltimph. followed In
rapid aurcegnlon Young Vickery wi.
placed horn dr com'att Mr. Vickery de
clared tha* rhe would never he driven lv
a roomer- rm ralll-d forrh to men her ad
verrary Alar* rhe met fhe fate of all
who had trodden Ihe earn*, path ond ro-m
retired mglortouely from lh.- field The
Itv fuller look up the < udg.-l and me* the
game fate.
One morning the mooter wa. nmong the
ml-ring Th< gmc. ryman enon cam- In
.ti,.i mid that be had tfltw Ii Mil*
lhar morning between th. roooter and two
Mg bulldog* For a tong lime vie lory hail
trembb- l In the hoi in' ~ bur llnnlly had
perehid upon the banner of rhe dog-
The bird w* left for dead upon Ihe hel I
Bui here wa* where all calculation*
failed
The ouppo.ed corpae wa. found and
brought hack lo rhe bonne Few tear,
were ,hed and the family Indulged in
mutual eongrtiula tlon*; but. ala.' the
roomer war nol dead, hut rleeplng He
wan .Imply knocked out An experimeoi
iron motored and brought him (o a re.du
Ing oenre of hi* defottf For Ihe flr.l rim
h- had hen whipped, hit! hlo honor wa ■
ellli Iniael A few day*' root and he wan
rgaln ready for battle The neighbor* in
iho* ection of roe city are now tt.mhling
batween hope and fear They hope that
fhe ballla between the remoter and th.-
dog* mav he renewed hut fear that toe
dog- tn*v go under the next rim* At
pretmni ihe flghtrng blrl lo in a mrong
barred cage ,in.l wh-n fed 'he alderman
and hlo eon com- wrlth a big rlub and n
• hoigrtn The eoae lo exciting much In
tereol In Auburn, and * nree of peo|>!e
vl.lt anal look ar ihe turd wtrh tuingltai
Itgllogg ot awe aici admiration.
THE WEATHER.
Fore. f.*r M.aatiiy and Tuesday
For (leotgla <did K*nifh •'•ralina-IDIn
Uf.d i .il i* w* I’her Motwbiy, Tuesdov
IMi t weath**** •\ •>t bowers MstOA th
roag. fr*-h sorth*a. i.rly, ** ill ft ing to
brisk north westerly wrlnde
h'r l .istrrn Fkri*l • llain Monday.
with i ouit r w eat her in north i portion;
Tuesday shower* and frtsn *as;srly
winds
Cut VA .-*terti I* lori<l* Clearing and col 1-
-r W a het Mofi*kt> ‘u do fmt waih
• t fresh in*rtherly wlrel.-
Y*-*-terday'** W-a*fter *•• Ssvinii ih.
Maximum i* misrattir** J If*
p in 8S degree^
Minimum tempera tiff© 7 o**
i in 77*k*grew*
Mean ternp*-rattire 7* k*itre a
Norm t-mp* nilur* 7dd**gre.-
Ex. * .if temperature . x d^r f *e.
* muul t*-.1 . v - * m.
* K-t 1 4N degree (
A uinui •t• • I >x<*- s ,ic#-
Jan I ft? d* greet)
ItiiinfMll .. ..... (8) Inch
Normal 14 liw'h
i:\v.s *in .> • t | t>• Inches
Det|c(eti > in. *' Jin 1 , 707 inches
Rlvi l(e)N>rt The* hikrht of the Ha
v *i*i di river o i Augtia s a tn . (78*h
t-.ert Jim time) v* terdu was 7 1 feet,
m )!*• f I I foot luri u the preceding
• w*ntv fNir fs*ur*
itlon* talon nt th* am* moment
• and Mm** if a I ef4l|oi . i h t 7 I*o H p m .
7fth meridian ttm*
N ini'--* of Station* f T V Kaio
Boston. • imidv 82 i L { T
N*-w V -rk citv cloudy **’. 1*) isi
l*hilal<-ipni i . nudy *j h to T
Wa • diigUNi 11 v. ldy 74 t; T
Norfolk. bar 72 8 j •)
I Lift* ra *• r 7H g
\ tlmlru t*n -l* .if 7*, ,ni
t’hariidi* 11.a1.1v 7x \ s uu
IlMleigli, * dear 7X L 00
• ’hat • st*n. partly . kl\ 7* % | 01
\tUnta raining hm 20 T
X ugu-ta, v loudv 74 L 1A
Kavantiah. 1 loudy 7*. I,
Im* keonvlib pt *My 7* L. 01
Jupilr iliaidv b> h •)
K*-y W* -t. partly
Tampa, eltnuiy 71 L ' 00
M > 'IU raining f om x 1 ;ji
Mnfit cornerv. cloudy f 70 )• T
\ • ksburg cloudy 8" J I. i (A
New Or loan- raining . { fin I. 1 24
Galveston . bs*r M L Hi
’orpus cltristl, clear m 10 *n
INilestlne. clear .... 7k I h oft
Memphis. kiialv f 7f b T
Cincinnati, • .*uly ) 6*r 10 4A
liltshurg. raining M L It
Buffalo, ratnlrig L J 3A
I-tn*it. clowly ...... M ( ; and
('hi* ago. rloudv jB2 10 00
Marquette. r|e*tf 42 L *d
St Raul. # loudy 4*. I, oft
Davenport, cloudy 4A j |ft j m
St Louis, ckuidy 84 14 | 00
Kansas Ctly. clear ..... M N id
Oklahoma, .bar ... M ft 01)
iNftig*. City, U*Hr r*4 J *L j 00
North Riatt* . (dear hh L is)
AV B Boyer,
lasuil Forecast Offl* im.
N 111 I MIC INK *l V I AXARICI
Halr-ttiitotng Aiprrlearr of a Man
S *-|U %%(•> In (i| iii uii llhrr.
From the llalMmnr* Kur
Thr* horrililc • x|N'rie(ri * of int wh© h#s
h**#*n s w**|.t MW iiy l\ bonn- in* r’ties** ur
)*nt ar *1 Amts himsrlf at Usi in h- Drink
f m •atiii.nl may |M*ssl!|y le |nwriii*-<l
but lh# r#- h re few who sutvlv*- lo teiafe lo
ut’ tl iMrth-iilur* of su h md ordeal. Yst
ihen- Ij* our* lnsiarir <• when a man si*
hvh! *1 ihe very . tlx** of lh- falls
Ther*- ar* f*>w more Imposing hl(a of
ecenery In Canada ih.m where the Of laws
river i-Mir# thiDxlerinx n*l fusming over
•he ('hail'll* r*- fiiile When ih- water In
fh* river Is l*w ns li lh in aiiiumn, ih* re is
fill Of Niton! 4l f**ef . luit Niter* lh*‘ riVff
Is swollen hy me Dug snows tn ihe spring
Ihe upjMrent *l*|th of Hie fall is Ivseen© I
At any llrn# (he rush nnd swirl **f the
•real river over (hi I* 6 *!*' of m*-k Is a
sight worth e*eing
lu some places fh*- wl*r |surs rwr in a
tlenoe mix! Irr**sießle volume, while at
other points u tluiltow stream will spray
Itself over a high** inble of rsk
On (lie ii|qH-r iMlaw • are floui***! txaimi
f lg- whi* h f*-e*| the laige lumber Indus
trie# of that region. ILmdllng these wet
log is a l r*a* herons business. und II Is
• usy l* (<*-• one’s foothold an*l fail Into the
swift eliearn Accident# of this kind occur
freqiH*nil\ Th#- only that dal not
hav* a fatal t rntiiuition is ih#* one referr
ed to here.
Tlie nan) war busy forking these log#
with lh‘#e sharp prongs u-l to ew.n<
them about and drow them In. -when l.w
mi'M-il his fooling anl fell lino lh** river.
Though a strung swimmer he could not
wltbstiiid (he current and w.# swept out
into fh*- stteatn ami #n toward lh* fails.
Nearing th* falis In* found h‘mself still
conr ious and II happen#**! that he wa* I*#--
Ing il*m t• •1 over one nf Dios*- *ah.es of ro k
where th*- wa f er Is so eh.* Mow that he felt
himself touched H* struggle#! to regain his
feel, and was successful In so doing. ©
that he found himself standing In perhip*
a foot of rushing water • th#- brink of the
cataract, n great torrent suiglng by him
on #*\-ery hand.
But It s##-rne| hopel# s- ||# k saw n# way
of g. ring to fthor*-. and no ona fr*m (he
shore could get to him Many |eoplt on
the banks of the river were wat hlng him
nnil living to study out sotm- |*kn to sava
him Finally, a larg* derrick w t** brougnt
to hsar. such as Is usef in building o;er4-
tlone A gr* ut arm with rope** was swung
out over (he t#rrent and when ihe man
imd fastened hm*#*lf securely with IM
r<>|N*s be was tals#sl up high and swung in
jii**t as a large stone would be r*#D*d In
*ons true ling a building.
V(reM-h ##f Froisise 4 •••*.
From the London Graphic.
Should breach of promise coses In* en
roll raged? On the ofws hand, there ia
sornelltnes cruel h#*rt lesstu a displayed
by men, in whl*h case* .* verdict of
thunqdng m*ney payments is tle gr**ai
•st punishment to tlie 111-d*ers; ©ti the
other harnl. It Is not n# esearlly the most
Innocent or th*# nvosi d©e**rvlng who
• hKs to g*> Into *wirt The woman who
trust# her fair fam* to the fender mer
cies of h**r lovet knowTv pretty well the
consequence# of her ad. while thr ready
unhappy and Ul-u##*d woman who has
sufT**re*l most and whotw life I? 1 complete
ly shatter#*#!, shrink fr.*m (bagging her
woe# into th# lurid glare of th© law
i(Mirts Pecuniary isiymants can. after
all. #>n!y aonthr outragsd feelings, very
often the least drainable fe©!!*)##. these- of
rag#* and anger. The tender, confiding fr
tnah- kve# on In spite of everything, and
is probably th© lest to la-ar witness
against th# man who has ruined her proa
|ncis. No *1 ulit, mpl<- #Lmags help a
future marriage, for. #u* n Is the Irony
of fate, an a<quittd murder#'*#, or a fair
woman in a broach of promise case,
promptly llnd humorous applicants anx
ious to claim her hand.
WEAK NERVES
W.ik nerv*. mean fhin blooit. and ih r.
bluvd m**n* an iinhvaithy atomach. To
,irrli(hrn (bv iivrv,* and lurify th--
br utk-n faithfully. !( will noi cure to
, ur* ('un.ilpallixi. liutlsvKllim. ia
NarvouaneKK. an<l pr-vrnia M.iUr.a l-V
Nvrvou*n*.a and. pr.vmlii Malaria Fc
\rr it id Aur Why nol art well a, once
by trytni! (he Bttiera. See that our I'nv
,(. KeveniM Slump cover* (he neck of tha
bottle.
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