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V WONDERS OF TUB NEW METAL
Within • 03-month after the visit of
prs itoon and his fellow financier* to
the muia In the Grand Teton a railway
had been conanrurted frijm Jackson's
Hole ceoneTlnc with one of the Pacific
linea, and the dlatrlbutlon of the new
metal wua becun. All of Dr. Syx'a terms
had been accepted. United States troops
o, apled a permanent encampment on
the upper waters of the Snake river, to
afford protection, and a the consign
ments of precious Ingots were hurried
east and weal on cnarded trains, the
mints a* over the world resumed their
activity. Ones more a common mone
tary standard prevailed and commerce
revived aa If touched by u magic wand.
Artematatum quickly won Its way |n pop
ular favor, lla matchless beauty alone
was enough Not only wae |t gladly ac
cepted in the form of money, but Its
.. es was Instantaneous In the arts,
pr By* and the Inspectora representing
the various nations found it difficult to
limit the output to the agreed upon
amount. The demand was Incessant.
Goldsmiths and Jewelers continually dis
covered new excellences In the wonder
ful metal. Its properties of translucence
and refraction enabled skilful artists to
perform marvels Hy suitable manage
ment a chain of artrmislum could he
made to resemble a string of vart-colorcd
gems, each separate link having a tint
of Its own. while, as the wearer moved,
delicate complementary colors chased one
another, tn rapid undulation, from end to
end
A fresh charm wn* added hy the new
metal to the personal adornment of wom
en, and an enhanced splendor to the
pageants of socialy. Gold in Its palmiest
day* had never enjoyed such e vogue.
A crowded reception room, or a dinner
party, where artrmislum abounded. pos
eas-sed an Indescribable atmosphere of
luxury and richness, refined In quality,
yet captivating to every eense Inwglna
tlve persons went so far ss to over that
the sight and presence of the metal ex
ercised a strangely soothing and dreamy
power over the mind, like the Influence of
moonlight streaming through the tree
tops on n still, balmy night.
The public ourkxHty In regard to the
origin of arteml-lum wn* houndlews The
various ncffiion* published official bul
letlna In which the general facts—omit
ting. of course, such Incident* as the
For Half a Mlnu* He Rcmolned Motionless as If Listening; there was no Bound
singular exhibition seen by the visiting J
flnsnclerw on the wall of Dr. Byx's office—
were detailed lo gratify the universal
d*lre for information.
J’re# Boon not only submitted the I
so*'-linens of ore bearing rock which he
had brought from the mine to careful |
' alysle, but olso appealed to several of j
the greatest living chemists onrl min
eralogista to aid him; but they were all
♦noilly mystified. The green substance I
otatned in the ore. although differing
i Khtly from ordinary chrysolite, n
• weretf all the knows tests of ttiot tnln
rT*'- It was remembered. however, that 1
f l ' By* Sui<l shUI that they would be
•holy to mistake the substance for
chrysolite, and the result of their eg-
P'cinema Justified his prediction. Evl
*” r.tly the doctor had gone a stone's cnst
• ■ id the chemistry of the day. and
as evidently, he did not mean to re
1* *1 his diecoverey for the befitflt of
v “ti e, nor for the benefit of any pock
except his own.
'<"! lfhetandlng the failure of the
m| - * to extract anything from Dr.
“ ore. the public at large never
<>' lied that the secret woultl lie dls
' ' ,p sd In good time, and thousands of'
[" I torn flocked to the Teton mown
■•‘l| In search of llic ore. And with
•buch difficulty they found It Kvl
', 1 *tie tloclor had been mistaken In
;lnc ilint his mine might ie the
' 1 The new miners hurried aperl
-1 of the green-speckled ro -k to the
, Mll, a! laboratories! for experlments
, 1 end meanwhile began to lay up,
. Of the ore In anticipation of the
1 "hen the proper way to extract the
’* ,al shouM be discovered.
. IMI that time did not come The
•' prov.-d to be us refractory no
1 which had been obtained from Dr
I 1 "', In the midst of the universal
intment there came a nenr sen
•l'tflft.
J* morning the newspapers glirel
, ,h " 'llsiialch from Grand Tetcn ala
“' bouncing that the metal Itself hs I
lscovered by prospectors on the
ti Hope of the main peak.
f ejtcropa In many pi ices." ran the
: h. ai,d many small nuggets have
l' bed nut of crevices In the to ks.'"
xcprment produced by this nova
*" * v ‘ greater than wh*n gold was dls
-t *’ ,h *‘ Boulh pole. Again a ms-l
was made for tha TV ions. The
•t*!‘ts sresuu Jackson’s hole and the
shores of Jackson's and Jrnny'a lakes
were quickly dotted with camps, and the
military force had to be doubled to keep
off'the curious, and occasionally menac
ing. crowds which gathered In the vicini
ty. and seemed bent on unearthing the
great secret locked behind the windowless
walla of the mill, where the column of
Hack emoke, and the roar of the enalne.
served us remind* rs of the Inotedlble
wealth which the eole possessor of that
secret was rolling up.
This time no mistake had been made.
It was a fact that the metal. In virgin
purity, had been discovered scattered In
various places on the ledges of the
Grand Teton. In a little while thousands
had obtained specimens with their own
hands. The quantity was distressingly
small, considering the number ard tn*
eagerness of the seeker*, but that It wta
genuine artemlslum not even Pr Bvx
could have denied He, however, mad- no
attempt to deny It.
"Yes.' 1 he said when questioned. "1
find that I have been deceived Al Are!
1 thought the metal existed only In the
form of the green ore, but of late I have
■ ome upon vein# of pure artemailiim In
my mine. I am glad for your rakes, but
sorry for my own. Still. It may turn out
that there Is no great amount of free
arirmtsium afler all.”
While the doctor talked In this manner
close observers detected a lurking sneer
which his acquaintances hail not noticed
since arlcmlrliim was first adopted as the
money basis of the world.
The crowd that swarmed upon the moun
tain quickly exhausted all of the visible
supply of the metal. Someilme* they
found tt In a thin stratum al the bottom
of crevices, where It could be detached
In opalcecent plates and leave* cf the
thickness of paper. These superficial de
posits evidently might hove been formrd
from water holding the metal tn solution
Occasionally deep crack* contained nug
gets and wiry masse* which looked as If
they had run together when molten.
The most promising spot* were soon
staked out In miners’ claims, machinery
was procured, stock companies were form
ed, and boring were begun The enthus
iasm arising from tho earlier find*, and
the flattering surface Indications, caused
everybody to work with feverish haste and
energy, and within two months 100 tun
nel* were piercing the mountain.
For a long time nobody was willing to
admit the truth whiciv gradually forced
Itself upon the attention of the miners.
The deeper they went the scarcer became
the Indications of artemlslum' In fact,
such deposltls as were found were cen-
fined lo fissures near the surface. But j
Dr. By* continued to report u surprising
Increase In the amount of free me al In ;
hip mine, and this encouraged ah who had I
not exhausted Ihelr capital fo push on j
their tunnels In the hope of finally striking
a vein. AI length, however, the smaller .
operators gave up In despair, until only 1
one heavily capitalized company remain
ed at work.
VI—A STRANGE DISCOVERT.
"It Is my belief that Dr. Syx Is a da ]
celver."
The person who uttered Ihls opinion was ,
a young engineer, Andrew Hall, who had 1
charge of the operations of one of ihe
mining companies which were driving
tunnels into the Grand Teton.
"What do you mean by that?" asked
rresldent Boon, who wu# the prtnc'pa!
backer of Ihe enterprise
”1 mean," replied Hall, "that there la
no free metal In Ihls mountain, and Dr.
Syx knowa there Is none."
"But hi Is getting II hlm*elf from his
mine," retorted president Boon.
"Bo he says, but who has seen It? No
one Is admitted Into the Syx mine, hi*
foremen are forbidden to talk, and bis
workmen are specially Imported negroes
who ito not understand the English lan-
SU "lHii.’' persisted Mr. Boor., "how. then
do you account for Ihe nuggets spurred
over ihe mountain? And. besldrs, what i
object could Dr Byx hove In pretending
that there Is free metal lo be had for
the digging?'
"He may have sailed the mountain, for
all I know." said Hall. "As for his ob- |
Ject, I confess I m entirely In the dark
but. for all that. 1 am convinced that we
shall find no more metal If we dig len
mites for It."
Nonsense." said Ihe president. If we
keep on wa shall strike It. Did not Dr.
Byx himself admit that he found no free
artetnislum until his tunnel bad reached
the core of the peak? We must go as deep
** he has gone before we give up.
"1 fear Ihe depth# he attains are be
yond mort people's reach." was Han s
answer. while a thoughtful look crossed
| hi* clear-cut brow, "but since you de
irc It. of course Ihe work shall go on
1 should like, however, to change Ihe di
rection of Ihe tunnel."
"Certainly," replied Ur. Boon, "bore
THE MORNING NEWS: SEN DAY, OCTOBER 21. 1900.
to whatever direction you think proper,
only don't despair.”
About a month after this conversation
Andrew Hall, with whom a community
of tastes and many things had made me
Intimately acquainted. asked in* one
morning to accompany him Into his tun
nel.
'T want to have a truaty friend at my
elbow,” he satd, "for unless 1 am a drrum
er. somelhlrg remarkable will happen
within the next hour, and tw> witnesses
are belief than one. "
I knew Hall was not the person to make
auch a remark carelessly, and my curi
osity was Intensely excited, but knowing
hta pecullarltlea. I dial not press him lor
an explanation. When we arrived at the
head of the tunnel I was surprised at
finding no workmen there.
"I stopped blasting some time ago"
said Hall in explanation, "for a re a on
which, I hope, will become evident to you
very soon Lately I have been I string very
slowly, and yesterday I paid off the m<n
and dismissed them wllh the announce
ment. which, I am confident. Pres Jioon
will sanction, after he hear* my report of
this morning * work, that the tunnel Is
abandoned. You aee. I am now using a
drill which I can manage without assist
ance ] believe the work Is ulmosi mm
plated, anj i want you to witness the
end of It."
He then carefully applied the drill,
which noiselessly screwed Its nose Into
i
The Two Wet* the Only Visible Occupants of the Tunnel.
the rock. When It had sunk In a depth of
a few Inches he withdrew It, and, taking
a hand drill capable of making a hole
not more than an eight of an Inch In di
ameter. cautiously began boring In the
center of the larger cavity. He had mad*
hardly a hundred turns of the handle
when the drill suddenly shot through the
rock! A gratified emllo Illuminated his
features, and he saM In u suppressed
yoke;
"Don 1 ! be alarmed; I'm going to put out
the light "
Instantly we were In complete darkness,
hut being close to Hall's side I could de
tect his movements. He pulled out iho
drill, and for naif a minute remained mo
tionless as if listening. There was no
sound.
"I must enlarge the opening," he whis
pered. and imm'd.alely the faint grating
of a sharp tool cutting through the rock
informed me of his progress
"There." at last he said, "I think that
will do; now for a look "
I could tell that he had placed his eyes
at the hole and was gszlng wllh breath
less attention. Presently ho pulled my
Sleeve.
"Put your eye here,'* he whispered,
pushing me into the proper position for
looking through the hole
At first 1 could discern nothing but a
smoky blue glow. But soon my vision
clesred a little, and then 1 perceived that
I was gazing Into a narrow tunnel which
met ours directly end to end Glancing
along the axis of this gallery I saw;, some
HQ yards away, a faint light which evi
dently Indicated the mouth of the tun
nel.
At the end where we had met It the
mysterious tunnel wss considerably wi
dened at one aide, aa If the excavatora
had started to change direction and then
abandoned the work, first In this elbow
I could just see the outlines of two or
three flat cars loaded with broken stone,
while a heap of the same material lay
near them Through the center of the
tunnel ran a railway track.
"Do you know what you are looking
• tr* asked Hall In my ear.
"I begin to suspect," I replied, "that
you hive accidentally run Into Dr. Styx's
mine.”
"If Dr. Byx had been on his guard this
accident wouldn't have happened." replied
Hall with an almost inaudible chuckle.
"1 beard you remark a month ago," I
said, "that you were changing the litre'-,
llott of your tunnel. Han this been the
aim of your labora ever since!"
"You have hit It.” he replied. "Long
ago I became convinced that my com
pany was throwing away Its money In a
vain attampt to strike a lode of pure ar
temisinin But President lioon has great
faith In Dr. Byx. and would not give up
the work So 1 adopted what 1 regarded
as the only practicable method of prov
ing the truth of my opinion and saving
the company's funds. An electric Indicator
of my Invention enabled me to locate the
Syx tunnel, when I got near it. and I
have met It end on. and opened this peep
hole In order to observe the doctor's oper
ations. I feel that such spying Is entirely
Justified In the circumstances. Although
I cannot yet explain Just how. or whv.
I feel sure that Dr. Byx was the cause
of the sudden discovery of the surface
nuggets, and that he has encouraged the
miner* for his own ends until he has
brought ruin to thousands, who have
spent their last cent in driving useless
tunnels into this mountain. It Is a right
eous thing to expose him”
"But.” I Interposed. "I do not see that
you have exposed anything yet except
the Interior of a tunnel."
"You will see more clearly after a
while.” was the reply.
Hall now placed hla eye again af the
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aperture, amt was unable entirely to re
preoe the exclamation that rose to his
llpa He remained staring through the hole
for several minute* wtthout uttering a
word Presently I noticed that tha lenses
of hts eye were Illuminated by a ray of
light coming through the hole, but he
did not stir
After a long Inspection he suddenly ap
plied his ear to the hole, and listened In
tently for at least five minutes. Not a
sound was audible lo me, but. hy an oc
casional pressure of the hand. Hall sig
nified that some Important disclosure was
reaching his sense of hearing At length
he removed his ear.
"Pardon me,' he whispered, "for keep
ing you so long In waiting, but what I
have Just seen and overheard was of a
nature to admit of no interruption. He
Is still talking, and by pressing your car
against the hole you may be aJ>lo to catch
what h* says "
"Who It 'he'?"
•Ta>ok for yourself*
I placed my eye al the aperture and
almost recoiled with the violence of my
stir|rlse The tunnel before me wa* bril
liantly Illuminated, and. within three fed
of the wall of rock behind which we
crouched, stood l>r Byx, his dark profile
looking almost satanle In the sharp con
trast of lighi and shadow He was talk
ing to one of his foremen, and the tw*>
were the only visible occupants of the
tunnel. Putting my ear to the little open
ing I heard his words distinctly;
" end of their rope Well, they've
spent a pretty lot of money for their ex
l*-rlenrc; and I rather think we shall not
be troubled again by artcmlsium seekers
for some time to come."
The doctor’s voice reused, and Instant
ly I clapped my eye to the hole He had
changed his position so that his black
ejes now h.okid straight at the aperture
My heart w.is In my month, for at first I
believed from his cv.cession, that he had
detertrd the gleam ■ f my eyeball. But.
If so. he probably mistook It for a bit of
rr.lca In the rook, and paid no further at
tention. Then his lips moved, and 1 , it
tny ear again to the hole. He seemed to
bo replying to a question that the fore
man had asked.
•If they do." he said, "they will never
guess the rejl secret."
Thereupon he turned on hts heel, kicked
a bit of rock off the track and at rod
away toward the entrance. The foreman
paused long enough to turn out the elec
tric lamp and then followed the doctor.
"Well,” asked Hall, "what hav* you
heard?"
I told him everything.
"It fully corroborate* the evidence of
my own eyes and ears," he remarked,
"and we may count ourselves extreme
ly lucky. It Is not likely that Dr. Byx
will be heard a second time proclaim
ing ht* deception with his own lip* It
Is plain that he was lc<l to talk, as ho
did. to the foreman on account of the
latter's having Informed him of the sud
den discharge of my men this morning
Their presence within earshot of our hid
ing place during their conversation waa.
of course, pure accident, and so you can
ace. how kind fortune has been to tie. I
expected to have to watch and listen and
form deductions for a week, at least, be
fore getting the Information which five
lucky minute* have placed In our hands."
While ha waa speaking my companion
hush'd himself In carefully plugging up
the hole In the rock. When It was closed
to his satisfaction he turned on the light
In our tunnel.
"Did you observe," he asked, "that there
was a second tunnel?"
"What do */ou say T'
"When the light was on In there I
saw the mouth of a smaller tunnel enter
ing the main one behind the cars on the
t.glit. Did you notice It?"
"(> yes." 1 replied, "I did observe some
kind of a dark hole there, but I paid no
attention lo It because I was so absorbed
In the doctor.”
"Well,” rejoined Hall, smiling. ”lt was
worth considerably more than a glance.
As u subject of thought I find It even
more absorbing than Dr. Syg. Did you
see the track In It?"
"No.” I had lo acknowledge. “I did not
notice that. Rut ” I continued, a little
piqued by his manner, "being a branch
jof the main tunnel. I don't see anything
| remarkable In Ita having a track also."
"It was rather dim In that hole," tab)
| Hall. *llll emlllng In a somewhat provok
ing way. "but the railroad track was them
J lain enough. And whether you think It
rcmnrkuhle or not, I should like to lay
you a wager that that track leads to
a secret worth n dozen of the one we have
Just overheard."
"My good friend." I retorted, still smart
ing a little. "I shall not presume to match
my stupidity against your perspicacity. 1
haven't cat's eye* In the dark "
Unit Immediately broke out laughing,
and. slapping me good-naturedly on the
rhonlder, exclaimed:
"Come, come now ! If you go to kicking
hack at a fellow like that <1 shall be sorry
I ever undertook this adventure.”
To be Continued
ON RUSSIA S BORDERLAND.
ICE*!WI WV RVKMT* AMINO THK
AIHKRIt* FHOVTIER.
An Eighty-Mile Flight Through n
|teailM Irtl 14 ru I o n—Mi r 4. rent and
Clrlw slaughter of the ( hlorai* at
Hlagoir|rhpk Chinese (inn
Practice I pun the I'llp-AMarkn l*>
the Celestials Kound (hr ltnnlana
t’nprcpared. They Having *cnt
Thrlr Forces lo other Threatened
Points.
(Copyright, 190 ft. by O Frederick Wright.)
Dr George Frederick Wright of Ober
lln, O , editor of Rtbllothackl Bs,ra. the
ologian and an eminent authority on gla
cial formation, hat been, for *h*v ml
month*, traveling In Siberia and Manchu
ria to *ludy geologic it I gin ail condi
tion* there. Finding himself the object
of hostile demorudration tn Manchurln
from the Chine** who were by that time
inflamed against all foreigner*, he act oiit
hastily for the Hu.-elan border, only to
find himself In the mid-d of warfare Hts
account of lhe hnnl**rkind war recently
received from him I* the first adequate re
port of event* on the Chin— Hu**lan
boundary.
Blagoveshchensk. July 24 —When two
week* ago we had fairly escaped from
Manchuria, and were under the full pro
tection of Russia, in her own territory, we
thought our peril* ended. But this waw
far from In lng the To our asto
Ishmrnt. and that of everyone else, we
have run Into the very center of th** Chi
nose war on tho borders of far-off 81-
berla The general confidence prevailing
was Indicated by tho fact that a w*‘< k ago
to-day, while coming up the A moor on a
steamer from Havarosk, wo met six
steamers with nine barges loaded with
troop* and Chetr equipment, who were hur
rying from this place, to ll.irMn. on the
Sungari river for the probation of tin
new railway The*** had left lilagoveat
< bensk Saturday, tho 14th.
First Tsale of Warfare.
No sooner were thci-e troop** will a wav
than the <*hlnesw on the optmait* side of
the river began firing upon Rlagovest
rhettsk. while from their forta at Algun.
iwmty miles below, they tired Upon |*%e
lng steam* rs and sent soldiers over to
destroy the Itursftan villages along the
hank All unconscious of these event*,
we left our steamer, which was hope
lessly obstructed by a samllair eighty
miles below, and drove on by tarantasses
But nfter having <-overed a little more
lhan half the distance in the regular
way. we reached ihr village of Oulvena
about nunftotvn to find the people alarm* t
though not panic stricken by the i*w*
which was Just reaching them There
whs nothing for us to do, however, but
camp down In the common room of the
Dost house an*l await developments. The
excitement continued to Increase especially
upon the arrival of refugees from the
up-river villages which trad been self
afire.
Oulvena 1* a settlement of religious
dissenters called Molokit*** (Milk
Ester*) who drink no spirits and ent no
meat. As we entered the village, large
droves of cattle which had been herded
during the day In the luxurious green
fields of this vicinity, came leisurely into
the broad street and were distributed to
the various household** to which they
belonged. Nothing could be mors peace
ful and Idyllic The village contained
about IjOOQ people, nnd trim, well-painted
log houses gave evidence of the thrift
naturally accompanying such a settle
ment. Hut at rushlight everything was in
confusion. Hundreds of carts loaded with
the most hfif ary household utensils,
and covered with excited women ami
sleeping babies. Ailed 4he street or stood
at the gateways ready to Join the proces
sion A few armed Cossacks remained
to dire* t the company lo places of greater
security tn the Interior, while the most
of them wire stationed nearer the river
for general defense oft Meir homes. We
remalnd Ur our quarters until morning.
The <1 iriger was principally from a night
•(lock hy the Chinee*. With he gpia-ar
anee of duyllgtrt Ihe ft'inif Inhabitant*
• II came bark to their hous*a. They did
r.ot, however, uiiirn k thrlr carriage*. bill
krpt thrm In readiness for Instantaneous
nbjvrmrnt ufKin further approach of dang
er. Thrlr fear* as well a* our* wore deep
ened by frequent report* of cannon In the
direction of the Chlnetm fort at Algun on
the opposite aide of the river about ten
mMe* away. The puff* of smoke from
these gun* could be clearly seen a* they
rose In the mill air some time In advance
of the aound. Vague rumor* were afloat
that Blngovcstchenvk vu besieged by the
Chinese. Htlll we thought It pnsulble to
reach the city by a round-about road
through the hack country to a station
seventeen miles on our way. Kora large
sum tslxty dollars! we were übla to per
suade three teamster* to carry u*.
Throualt n Wasted Country,
Our party consisted of five. Capt,
Harford, the English Consul at Manila,
with his travelling companion, Capt.
Rmllh Darrlan, commander of the English
gunboat Honaventurd, Mr. Wettcklnd, a
member of the great mercantile Arm of
Hunts A Albert, from Vladivostok, my
son and myself. Capt. Harford had seen
service In the English army In many
places, having been at the siege of Hebas
t.ipol. and had lived many years In the
Crimea, was very fond of the Husslan and
had a great confidence In their manage
ment of ■ campaign Capt. Ilarrtan waa
younger and more deliberate In his cal
culation*. and with m" hesitated about
running the risk But the impetuousness
of Capt. Harford and of our Herman com
panion. prevailed. We set out with two
tarantasses and a drolga to carry our lug
gage The two Englishmen were In the
rear and the rest of us In the for*. We
soon found our.-clvrs driving along at a
break-neck speed over the low rolling
prairie which constitutes the country back
from the flood regions of the great river.
Our attention was at onre. attracted by
columns of smoke from the vlclnWy
of the river half way around
the horizon We could count as many as
twenty of these ala lime, and afterward*
heard that two or three dlstlncf fires were
blended lit the distance. We occasionally
tnet small companies of mounted Cos
sacks, from whom we learned that th*
road was elear. The settlements were
few. and our road did not lead through
any for several miles. At length, how
ever, we reached a small hamlet which
had been burned the day before. It had
been Inhabit'd by Chinese. We learned
there that a plan for Ihe wholesale d<-
*lruction of the Chinese villages was In
process of esecutlon.
The horror of the situation first dawned
upon u* Just before reaching tbla vil
lage, when our attention was attracted
by two unarmed Chinamen hurrying
nlong Ihe tall gras* a few hundred feet
from U*. They were evidently endeavor
ing to escap*. Hut our driver, without
any eeremony, stopped the horse*, passed
his rein* Inin Ihe lands of our Herman
companion, rose In his seal, took tils rifle
oul. aimed at the nearest one and fired.
Th Chinaman fell and we saw him no
more. Whether killed or wounded, or
only hiding himself, we did not stop to as
certain, but hurried on through charred
and deserted villages and hamleta until
we reached our post-slatton This we* In
a lonely place, be*|de a small circular lake,
or pond, but was wll guarded by Cos
sacks. and. to our del.ght. bad a supply
of horse*. so that without d'-lay. escept
for lunch, we were aetit on our way soon
after noon; while our former drivers hur
ried back to bear their tart In the pro
tection of lha village we had left In Ihe
morning
Home miles In front of u* ono of the
largest column* of smoke waa tolling an
grily up to the heevens. A* we approach
*d It we discerned whet J* we on the
You simply sweep them up after using
Stearns’ Electric Paste ~
It kills Kali. Mice. Cockroaches m<l all j I
. other Hugs nml Vermin, leaving no LJ
FIM I odor, i l’*ed in leading hotels and public buildings for
jfm I 20 years.' toe sale nr all uealeks. jscu a hox.
wIW J Hni‘ liMWH* r—s Or, (Whs, Ima ""
prairie. an ntemlva grove of freer Ttw
land aliio ihnwnt Man* of high cultiva
tion Field* of popple* ft brilliant with
their lowira 111 full bloom Whnt *nl
l*’4* ami bean- and potatoes bail all been
carefully cleared of weed*. In abort there
wm everywhere apparent the thrift at
tending upon Ihe careful Chinese eulli
vatlot, We war* In a v**l Chines* garden
It nt hi* hi ml ttw grove of tree* the amok*
run* fiercer anil tlerrar, anil soon wo could
see sheets of flam* flaahtntt through It all.
A flourishing Chinese city of K.iw to to,new
inhabitant* won m flams Half lbs hotn
ns were already Ui ruins, whllo lYwsaek*
were huay In every direction with kero
sene oil and torch** setting the remain
ing portions on tire. The Inhabitants were
all gone. where. no one could tell. We
were twelve miles southeast of Itligovesl
ehensk The burning city was on both
sides of a small stream and covered n
largo area Kverythlng there bore th
appearances of great thrift The bouses
lets large with newly tliatehed roofs
Temples and shrines were numerous
I.irge stacks of straw betokened at otic.’
abundant harvests the previous v*wr, and
the frugal habits of the people Numerous
dogs and pigs and an occasional do. k of
goi-ee, looked forlorn enough as they wan
derad about h.imeless amid the ruins The
house* hail been nearly burned awo v
from the street through which our only
practicable road lay, but flames were
leaping from several large buildings near
by and cinders were flying In every dlreo
tion. Hesldes, a little way ahead of ua the
way waa encumbered by burning timbers
amt a small wooden culvert was beglnntng
to blase. Our only bogie was to get safely
through this narrow passage as soon as
possible.
A Hacc Through Fire.
The burning llmlar* were remove.! and
the culvert found to he yet safe. The
horses attached to the tarantasa on which
I was sitting were steadier than th
othrra, though driven by a bov t waa
resolved, therefore, that we should lew-1
the wav Our team dashed past the
others and under the otlmulua of much
exhortation and free uac of the whip we
in.ute the charge through the narrow pas
sage. the others following In close auceei
lon Th* healed air was stifling The
cinders rained like hall, but Iht* danger
was safely passed end we breathed freely
lor a little while, only to learn that an
other similar gauntlet was before ua m
the Other side of 1 lie stream But then,
the burning street though longer was
broader, and the burning houses nearest
the ro*il were biasing lb the tear, with
only occasional longues of flames darting
out from the aid* negt to th road. This
danger passed, we had no further trouble
The bank* of the 7-ey* rlvor were reached
late In the afternoon and w found a
small sfearner engaged In transferring eol
dlera from one able to the other, which
gave us passage to th* etiy. The anstely
to get new* from ua was only equalled
by our* to learn what waa happening
there. We were th* flrsd to com* from
down 1 b*. river In two day and therefore
the first who could tell whnt the smoke
of the burning village* meant, and give
aiaturapcc of the ci&faty of the KtMalwt
eel 111 meets beyond
Itlagoveatrhrnsk ts a city of something
over *.twt> Inhabitant*, spread out with
brood street* over an eitenslve delta ter
race, between the Zeya and the Amour
river*. The atreat through which we
drove to reach the Ans sir front w* fully
three mile* tong, and lined on Is.lb a t.ba
liy pretty low log houses set welt apart
from one another. Hut we could not help
observing that Hie blind* were all cloned
and that the street* had a deserted kadt.
Our driver* also seemed to delight In back
streets and alleys * we approached the
hotel, and landed u* at a side door While
our luggage waa being unloaded we ven
tured Into the main street to take a look.
We heard frequent rifle reports. but
thought It was soldiers practicing. And
so It was. hut they were Chine** sold lets
on the Oilier side of the river practicing
on u*. for we aoon heard the "ping."
"ping, ■ of their bullela a* they wbiased
by our head*. We noticed also that every
body t lea stood around the corner of fib*
rrottn street. These discovert** led u* to
join the "street loafer* around the cor
ner" as quick os we could. Wo found
lhat the city had been In u state of siege
for five day*, lhat the Chinese had live
cannon and an unknown number of troop*
on the opposite side of the river, that tho
city was defended by only 2. hastily
recruited troop*, with no cannon ami a
scanty supply of smalt arms. At flrst th*
people were panic-stricken, but trenches
were speedily dug along ihe whole front,
and occasional volleys were tired by the
whole line to worn the enemy that the
city was not without defesider*. At the
same time th* troops were ripened to
com* down the river. AM this had the
desired efTect amt the Chine** did not at
tempt to cruse Hie river. Moreover, their
marksmanship we* ao poor Hist their Br
ing was Ineffective. No bulldlnge were
-et on tire, amt only a few persona were
killed by bursting shell* Several
bullets, however, hit the hotel
while wo were In It, though It
was on Ihe second street back from the
river front, and th* river Is about 2lw
feet wide Only yesterday a ahell burst
u few rads away, killed one man and
wounded another.
llreadfiil Pale of Chinese.
The appalling thing of all was the fate
of the Chinese on the Russian side of Ihe
river, though we were prepared for II
by what we had seen of the burning vil
lages on the way. No sooner were hostil
ities begun than a war of exiermlnarlon
was declared against Ihe Chinese. As
near as we could learn, between S.OOO and
4.000 living In Ihe city or Its Immediate
vicinity were forced to abandon their
hemes and told that unless ihey were out
of Russian territory within a set time
far 100 short for adequate preparation—
their lives would be forfeited. Then be
gan a great and hideous rush for tha
few boots on the river. Men, women and
■ hlldren scrambled and struggled for Ihe
clumsy craft, and aa each one put out.
fearfully overloaded, ahrleklng refugee*
clung to the gunwales, only to be beaten
hack by those Inside. Brief was the career
of most of these boats They filled ami
sank. Ihe shrieks of Ihe drowning min
gling with ihe howls of those who had
been left behind
HiIII Ihe banks were lined with the Chi
nee There was hut one thing to be done;
build rafts. Materials were hastily col
ie icd and Jurrfbhd together Men fought
for Ihe board* and logs which were to he
the means of life. II was a mad scene of
terror end Ineffectual effort. Haft after
raft | ait out. as overcrowded as the boats
had been, und dlslntigrated before the
eyes of those on shore. To add lo the
horrors of the situation the Chinese from
me forts on the opposite side opened Are
on the miserable wretches.probably think
ing them Ruaslan Invader* In disguise.
How many escaped out of that double
slaughter no one knows; they must have
been terribly few. The I sidles of Ihe dead
fairly blackened the stream. Even when
We arrived we could easily count one hun
dred I sidles In the water from a single
point.
Buvit war upon non-combatants prob
ably is not countenanced by those high
In authority, but is due to the fset that
Ihe Cossacks are temporarily thrown off
thoir balance from the rago and loar
naturally arising from tho situation.
Every Chinaman I* regarded aa art co
emy. The color of his skin. thi> slant o t
hta ayes and the cut of h!a hair Is evi
dent'® enMigb, end io as with our fron*
tlersmen in their *l* illng* with the Indkinw
fht* Cu*a< k* a t on tha thetry that "there
Is no giMtat ChlnamAn Isit a deed < 'll teas
man ’ This is the more startling from
the fact that heretofore the Ituaslans
and the Chinese have lived together tn
KTmt e end cordiality. But now
this has suddenly changed The evil re
sults ceti <*erce|y be overestimated. These
two peoples, thrown so nton together
by the extension of Kuoaiun rolotiiet along
the A moor, end by the r.ii4n*ol through
Manchuria to Fort Arthur, must new bo
in a state of eternal enmlt v t* one nftotner,
and both are en virile end numerous that
one can not absorb or ext-rm!nste the
other. G. Frederick Wright.
LJfiOPOLD ADl.tm. JNO. It I>l DtrQff,
r Mrid fishier
C R KUJH. BARRON CARTER,
vies Presides!. Asst. Cashier.
The Chatham Bank
SAVANNAH.
Will be pleased lo iwrive the accounts
of Ifer.'hant* Firms, lndivlduraia,
and Corporstluna
IJbersl favors extended.
Pnenrpeesed collection fee 11!ties, Insur
ing prompt rrturtw
SEPAfiATESAVINGS DEPARTMENT
IXTICHIUT ( ONllinilGli ql IKI t.lt
i.y on neroiiT*.
ftofsty Dsposlt Roimi ami Vaults foa
rani Corroapnndsnra solicited.
The Citizens Bank
OH XAVAUXAH.
CAPITAL. 5500.000 L
1 . ItMUSI asslusa
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satl.n.
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lal.rr.t MB.la.dM faarl.rlf
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*—*-'* etHlt 15... aai si.rHS
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■OKDOn L OROOTEX, A.at.
SOUTHERN BANK
of U>s State of Georgia.
Capital $500,001
Burplus and undivided profits ... twii.oM
DKI’OSnuUY OK IIIE STATIN OF
OKOItGIA.
Superior facilities lot transacting s
General tieusing business.
Collection# made on ail points ———
■'<*■ I hi.* through banka and Sankara.
A* counts ol Banks, Bankers, list ltan is
and others sullultsii. Sate Deposit boxes
for rent.
Department of Seringa, Interval payable
quarterly
Balia Hterlln* Exchange on London a
end upwards.
JOHN FLANNBRT, President.
HORACE A CRANE, Vice President.
JAMES SULLIVAN Ceehter.
DIRECTORS:
JNO. FLANNERY. WM W GORDON.
*■ A. WEII* w W GORDON, Jr.
H A CRANE. JOHN M EGAN.
I*BE ROY MYERS JOSEPH FERST
H. P SMART. CHARLES EI.I.IS*
EDWARD KELLY. JOHN J. KIRBY.
Ml Mill Cl)
CAPITAL, *380,00P.
Accounts of banks merchants, corpora,
lions and Individuals so! lot ted.
Savings Department, Interest paid
quarterly.
Safety Bogs# and Storage Vault# for
rent.
< ‘oilerGone mada on nil points at rea
sonable rates.
Drafts nold on nil th* chief cities #f tbs
world.
Correspondence Invited.
JOSEPH D. WEED President.
JOHN C. ROWLAND. Vloo Tresident,
w. r. McCauley, cashier.
THE GERMANIA BANK
SAVANNAH, UA.
CaplUl $308,008
Undivided profile fci.tan
This hank oßera Ita aervl ea to corpora-
Uons. merchant* and Individuals.
Iln* authority to act aa axeoutor, aft
mlnlntrator, guardian, ate
I*auao drafts on th* principal ctilsa la
Oreat Britain ami li aland sod on th#
Contlnsn*.
Interest paid or compounded quarterly
on def*tails In the Saving* Department.
Safety Hoxea for rent.
HENRY BLUN, Prealdent.
osy> W TtEDEMAN, Vloe President.
JOHN M HOGAN, Cashier.
WALTER F. HOGAN. Am’* Cashier.
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No. MM. Chart erod, USB.
“•THE - ~
Willi Hill M
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL, sM>,li. SURPLUS. IIOO.M.
UNITED HTATES DEPOBITOBY.
J A. G. CARSON. l'r**ldML
BEIHN'B GORDON. Vic# President.
W. M DAVANT. Caahlrar.
Aerounta of tanka and bankers, iwP
chan's and cor torn Mona received up S
the most favorable terms conatstent with
safe and come native banking
THE GEORGIA STATE
BIILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.
14 YORK STREET. WEST.
5 PER CENT, per annum allowed on
deposits, withdrawable on demand.
Interest credited quarterly.
6- PER CENT, per annum allowed on
deposits of even hundreds, withdraw
able at annual parted*.
GEO. W. TIEDKMAN. President
B. H. LEVY. Vice President.
B W. BELL Secretary.
C. G ANDERSON, A, Treasurer.
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