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FILIPINOS HOLD ELECTION. iHP FIRST EXPERIMENT IX LOCAL SULK OOVKKMU6JIT. minrnlt lo I'l the Filipinos Itarlrd, 1t,,) Fear the V . hbounce of the Kalipnnaß loolelr I pou all who Callow American Hrllmila- Vlann. Where the Klrel Election was ,1,1,1. I’rodncrd KIT Voiea oat of a Copulation of ittt.tWH*— Free Resi lient* l ulUlleil the Reqaalrenteuta f „r Suit rage—The >e I > -Elected alcalde Gave Mta tonatlt nruts a .hock hr Aiiuuuuolug Hoaieatr as Ilia Poller. n'opynglx 1900. by J 0. Ballanee.) |,a lland of Luzon, P, 1.. Oct. X , ,n It became evident that the Filipino , • ,xl of electing local officers was not , , to baa ricces* under he United - Army administration this city was ted ss the place for the experiment I 4n American election. Vigan Is the cal of South 1 locos, about 7* mllea rt>. of Man.la, and although not the • st, is probably the rlchtat and best sty In Northern Luzon It is an tm .rn seaport wmh a large export trade i tut)*,-co. hemp, sugar, It.dlgo and other ~ odueta. The Bureau of InforroaUo.i k - vet Its population at nearly 20,000. U Is * rest of the Bishopric of New Segovia. , s college for men. and a seminary - girls; has been designated ss a per* rxr.snt military roe*, and Is the head irters ot General Young, the Dlatriot ■ mm,wider. On these ecnaiderattona, tha pe ■ m T . -w— ■ ' ' ;; ♦ -ViKiR ■ *. *. • • .* <*. t * Election Board and Tellers. officers under ho supervision munic.pal rovs!i.raer.ta were belli* organised In the I itH, decided time Vlgan was the rooet fevo'able plac to try the nrat expsri mentai election. Sir. the American autnorltle* assumed r ntrol, the t>re\ lons elections had been conducted according to the method of the former government: by viva voce vote of tie- reldam. Till* hart It* defect* Kt tr.uilaem ■ rimpim el the election. Tom , fhrl il* mere duly ehoeen end took the oath of fealty tc the t'nlled State* and straightway began to further the In tj**t* of me ln*urger.t* In vatdoue way*. In the innocence of their hearia the Amer : -an supposed that an oath meant some ">ing to the Filipinos. So It does when tacked by fear of death and moat of the tew y elec ed bfll< iaU hail lon* before lour l theniselv c# by the blood oath ot •ne katipunan S olety. the secret orflwnl *a ion of the insurgents. which by a Judl i u* policy of throat-ouuin* ha* firmly Implanted In the mlnda of Its follower* •he c -nvlotlon that v.oa'.lon of It* c*th *re t conducive to longevity. Treachery to the Amer can# n.ean' a *hort term In t n; treachery to the Kvtlpunan meant * knife thrust in the back or an ahduc n with h.glily unpleasant con quence* Tee choice w* obvious to the Filipino's rur.d, particularly utter a few object lew ' na .n tl;* shape of dead or miln* town ■ fficlal* who had foiled to acceda to the <i- mand* of the Insurgents. local Official* Served Until Wide*. Thu* It came about that most of the ' wn had a dual government. the head ■ f each nerng In many cates the hum r:an One wua ’he and Jure open govern ' ient upheld by the American troop* and 'he other the da facto g ivernment ecretly maintained by the insurgent*. Owing to 'he apparent poverty of tome town* the American authorities found it exceedingly difficult for their agents to collect the few d> art i.ceded to pay the plitancs due tae boitra ithe sulaty if which in ono town only fifty cent* u man per month.) whereas money was easily raised by the ••am- agents for the Insurgent* The dual government* could not go on nr interruptedly, forever. It was finally rte-.u#d to Inaugurate new municipal governments In Northern Luzon based on American *y*titn. but with suffrage *' restricted that intelligent and loyal " • n might he chosen. Thl* could be ac i: shed only by prever.tlrg the den-cly rar.l and vtc,ou* from voting i’tfficu.tle* were encountered from the '' Many of the more Influential men ( tn* city seemed to favor the now ' heme and #<tmi ted that It promised ! "or result* lhan the old metlvd. bdt united In *eek mi every oxcu*e for de n*v They were afiald of the Kaupunan * nty'* vengsnee upon any who took up " American way*. Finally a number cf th* prominent cltlaen* agreed to do 'heir part In the election If the authorities would promise them the protection of the American garrison. At the first atep, how * *r, there wa* more trouble. Nobody wanted to serve on the election board. Th. *ervlce. they felt, would mark them “t Hater* in the American movement— and the Katipunan would do the r**t sne of the exeu*-# offered were child* (m< man of wca.th. who had proha a dozen servants lu 111* house, gave ** bis excuse for not serving that he had sick mother at home, and that If he -rved on the b ard and wasn't around ' give her medicine regularly bl* poor thsr would die. Finally, however, an loti board, cofniKised cf three excel nt representative men was chosen The ' tty Of the borirrt consisted In Inquiring to qimllfleatlon Cf the electora, rag* rtu and admlr.lsteilnr the oath of * tnea to such a* were found qualified, ' kin* an alphabetical list of those found 11 hed. listening to and deciding cn mplatnts of the registry list, holding ' election and making a due return of ‘ ,-ame. ttunlltlcntiiina tor Snffraae. • • im t v tc an ct ir m• sf ‘ 'b'r Ist, have held municipal executive "Tee previous to August !SH. or ltd. iw.d snnuully th pesos of taxes: '•cd. be able to rea I. write and speak *!:*h or Spanish Every voter wa* re .Hcd to he a male person of ft years *f legal resident of the city for six title ttul free from allegiance to any ign power. As Bl#nt*li was the writ language of the country. It would ’ ' ! that a city the adv antages of •••n would haw a largo number of elec* tore possesalnz the foregotrg quttllfica tlon*. When the Electlor Hoard had fin ished Its w.>rk It wa* found to me amuse ment of all. that out of e stated popula tion of near JO.ouO. Vlgan had registered only r; voters There sere f. who could have qua.tiled and did no:, but there were probably n t over mu men in the en ure city Who possessed the prescribed qualifications. The electlor was held on July 4th so i hat tha FtUptnoe m.icht have, here after. a double celebration In a single day. Two hundred and seven votes were cast. The ballot w*as as secret as pos sible. each voter handing his folded vole, written out by himself, in the presldett* Of the board who place,) It In a locked ballot box. The writing out of the lai bne was necessary, as no prin Ing pres* was available. Every step in the voting was supervised by an srmy officer and • hie satisfied the native, that they had had a really fair election. In former limes, they had simple gone through the form of sn election, hy 1 iel ng permitted to cast a vote for the person wnotn the officials decided beforehand was to be elected. An Alcalde, Lieutenant Alcalde, Treas urer and Attorney, and II members of the council were chi sen It Is very hazardous to vsnture a positive opinion on a Kill-' plno's allegiance, or sincerity, but tha men chosen seemed as a body to be a superior class of loyal officials. The In auguration ceremon es. which were elalo ra: ware accompanied hi the inevitable Filipino banquet, followed by a dance, the muaic for which was furnished, to the vast astonishment and admuatton of the natives, hy a phonograph The Alcalde. In his Inaugural address, 1 surprised his Incredulous cp..diluents, hy sating nat he ifcjanded lo adminis ter the aflatra of the city honestly. Under Spanish rule, the standard of ex cellence In an Alcalde was graded ac eordlng lo the amount he exacted from the people. Ho was not allowed, by law. to receive any compensation for tua ser vices. which at times were very onerous, and If elected or appointed he was oblig ed to *erve. t'nder these circumstance*. It should not be a matter of aate.ilsh tnenr that he compensated himself Illegal ly. Th* pna-tlon of Alcalde of an Impor tant city like Vlgan was sought for. and an ambitious energetic man was willing So pay to the Civil Governor a bride of at least ISO® for th* honor of being elected (?) Alcalde. There never wa* any uncertainty as to who would be elected under these circumstance*. Since th# election, Vlgan give* evi dence of newly awakened prosperity and when Americana bring new and tet ter methods of agriculture and machinery. Improve the harbor, and build an electric railway, the water power for which Is close by. It will grow Into a large and rl--h city. tip posing Candidates of Identical Name, So successful was the election experi ment at Vlgan that H was followed up with similar elections at San Fernando and I <(. b th of which have been desig nated as permanent posts. The results Presenting the Alcale-the Emblem of Authority. were tncoutaginx on th# whole. There WHO lively time* and a highly complicated roix-up at Lao***Two-hundted and f rty a.x clilsen# qualified a* voter# one hun dred and ninety-four of them ran for office; moot of them for ir.emher of tne council. A# e oouticlltaan r>a• no pay or ailowan-e it wou.d c*m that some ationg tuacinatlon muxt Inhere In th' office. Every candidate got at least one vote. It didn't take much more than tost to elect. The Ele non Boa .1 had the tune o( Its life try n* to determine which of ,he two leading candidate# for Alcilil' "• elected They had identically the me nam. Officially they acre designated a* Fir*t and Second, but this wa# rather too fine a distinction for tint of the votlr* end it w.ll never be known cer.ainly which use th* people* choice. li l* custom of the country to *peak of a men hy hi* firet name and very often i the rest of hi* name I* no; known For example Agulraldo I* yen-roily known to ' .he people by hi* flrt name. Emilio, and many are Ignorant of ni eumattu The two l-a tlhk land Jute* above ment.oned. had ach l!’# am- given, middle, t 1 sur name which r!*' tfully belong'd to hem. ' but beeide# they hid varlou* honorary and fatn.iy appellation* One of hem re ! cßlved vote# under nine different name*, j tha Inno ent elector wrttlnx down the nam# with which he w* molt femlttor. imagining In M* atmphety, that the r*- i turning h- ar t would know for whom he intended the vote Fnder theclrcumetancee ! it wa* an iro**l> Hy "> d-'ermnle which jof th# two * liquid have the benefit • some of th* vets*. | Owing to the scarcity of troops In North THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 0. 1000. western Luzon, and the reeultltgr unset tied oond.tlon of the country, and the feeling of Insecurity among the people. 1. ha* not yet been teemed ail) isable to hold elections In othef town*, but the system will gruduwll) be extended as eoon as the arrival of more troops, or the p.i.-uring of Hme, gives the imople a feel lr g of confidence and security. M,iJ John Green lia.lance. Oth U. 8 Infantry. Civil (Jovemor of Northwestern Luaon CEMIi IN MATHEMATICS. Mlaaoarl Men Haa IMaeovered a Sew Principle In Equations. From ths Kato-as City Star. When William Q. Horner of Bath Eng an obscure school teacher, In ISIS, mad,- known to the world his method of solving numerical equations of any degree the discovery was viewed with suspicion by nearly all the algebraist* of Great Bri tain The Royal Society of Great Britain | ’ had the luck." *o Prof Auguatu* do Morgan a>* In hla "Budget of Para doxes," to accept Homer a celebrated pa far containing the method which ks far on the way to become universe'.. but they refused ih* pa|>er In which Horner de veloped his view* of this and other sub lets It took mors than twenty years for Horner's method to get a foothold in the University of Cambridge Tti* profea sura and tutor* In that stronghold of mathematical learning never used It till students com.ug In from the most pro giesslvs preparatory schools employed It In their solutions of cubic equations, and at Aral they were criticise.! because it was out of th# usual l.ne of work. *1 though It wss ten times as simple as the I methods of approximation then In vogue. All attempts to *n|ve a general equation of h# fifth degree have proved ineffect u*l and one noted analyst. Abel, ha* de monstrated to hi* own satisfaction, at least, that the solution Is impossible. Equations are divided Into two class**, numerical and literal, and general equa tion of whatever degree Is an equation whose coefficients as well as the abso lute term are literal In th* hletory of mathematics It took a long time to obtain a general solution of an equation of the third degree, and af ter repeat and effort* and many failure* the genural solution of an equation of th* fourth degree wa# effected by several dif feretit mathematician*, and her# general solutions have been at a standstill more than Id) years Horner * method wa* such no Improvement over all former method# that as soon as H became known It took high rank and It is lire simplest yet dis covered Recently anew discoverer has appeared and he hsndles numerics! equations with at esae and precision that relegate Hnr ner s method to the department of an cient history This author i* Prof. M. A McGinn.* of Ni-osho. Mo In s book of 1i page# Prof MoGtnr.l* present* hie system The key to the discovery con sist' of certain definite relation* that the ".efficient* of th# unknown quantity beat to <he root* of th* equation. Analysts had dis oveted certain lews govern.ng Ih* co-#fllcl*nt when the co-cfflclent of the highest power of the unknown quaullly |l* unity. By working with the turn of the squares of i.i* loot* Prof M> Gmm* snow* that certjjn relation* subsist when th* irm of the squires of the product* of the toots art taken two and two. ttnd so on ! for higher degree*. The author lays down five fundamental theorem* wh* i ! he .ui* disco'ered and by the app.lcglton of ■ hr*- and torn* other principle* he has ' ucceeded tn solving numerical qua'lon* |tn the briefest manner ever pr-rentad. Adel d*fncn*tr*’-<l that the general sotn, ! tloti of an equation of the fifth degree, according io th* method* employed tn the solution of lower equation*. *i Impassi ble. which mean- tha' .he mole* of a ! tack hitherto retorted to would not work. ( Ta# compli-aiione were *o great that they ' could not a* unraveled Prof McGinnis dove not work a’ aquation* according to the usual method* presented by mathe matician* but h* go-r at In# auhject from another point of attack .together. By discovering new law*, not hitherto suspected that enter Into the structure of equation*, and that the ro-*fflel#nt* hear a constant relation to all the root* of. the equation, he deduce* Ihe prtnci- I plee that wen* unknown Th** being j admitted, h- th-n proceed* to solve e#n 1-ral equation* both of tlv fifth and *lrt.t | d-gree*. and the beauty of the method la that It solve* ell numerical equations by pro.cases almost arithmetical. WARY BARGAINERS OF CHINA. * BI YSK AID SELLER ARK OPPON ENT* IN A CONTEST OF INTEL LECT. The Keenest Wins the Prise— Both Try to Cheat and Vomer 1 mea Both Get Cheated—Some fhtaeae Com merclal Tricks— foreigner. Are Reanrded ns ttasy Prey—The He mnrknlile IHaloane Between the British Minister and the Too Ac quisitive Silversmith—► air Prices tor Prayers. Wash.ngton, Orc. 7—The Chinese are what may be termed natural trader* An English or American merchant atudlse th* coat f hla tnerclitlndnae. It* quality, the condition* of the market, w .tar the supply Is in th* excess of the del,; ttul or the reverse, and from thl* fixes ht, prie* accordingly Th* Chtnes* trader studies all these points with equal care, but he also studies each customer In dividually. He looks him over from head to foot, makes a hasty, hut get orally accurate estlmet* as to hts gullibility, his closeness or generous hand In mak ■ 1: g a bargain, his knowledge or ignorance of ths market; and only whan he has completed his etudies on thesa point ' does he name hts price Thu* It Is tha: the twice of an article tn China always depends more or leas upon th* person who goes to make the purchase An Illustration of the fact that the | Chines* tnercltant studies hi* customer* would be alien by an examination of | the prices paid by foreigner* in Pekin for such common article* as bef and 1 mutton. It would b* found tha: every I foreigner pay* more for a pount of meat than any of hi* Cl. ties* neighbor*, and that no two pav exaotly tha writ price, or. If any two did pay tn: same , that they dll not get th* same number of ounces to the pound. Th* solitary barber In Ptkln who understand* dress Ing th* hair In the Ru oj*an style chargf* an ambaasador two shilling* a secretary of legation one shilling and an ordinary 1 foreigner sixpence Water-carries grade ; their motythly bills In the same way. Rattle of Brains Over Prices. A bargain In Chjta.' no matter how trivial the subject may be, 1* really tut intellectual duel Wlml eloquence, what vigor of expression and freedom at gesture the writer has seen expended over the price of two pounds of cahbtg> or a couple of cold boiled potato, ■ ’ Que tatlona from the classics, iimwssloned appeals to bystanders, aigum-nis base) op Justice and reason, and Irreverent allusions to tha ancestors of she other man, all these com* In p ay over she pay ment of five eerie or Ks*. Bach parly to the transaction Is seeking to ehtut the other, and frequently ea-h Is sue esaafu), the buyer paying le** than he ought, and tn# seller cheating him It. thg weight or measure My first experience In thta sort of elo quence was ip purchasing, for li a pair of porcelain vases for which, at th* outset of ihs two hour* of very amusing struggle, the dealer demanded H' ■ which was net coat' I have often be. trapped Into th* purcase of article* whir: 1 did nos want In th* following manner ' A dealer In as they are cell* old proceleln*. coin*. tvronxes t would com* and offer som* object f sal*, maktng a little speech about It rarity beautiful form and color, and *lo*. by saying that the price was only I Not wishing tha artlei# at any price. I wrould say: ‘TH give you a quarter of a dollar.'' "Oh. look at It! he* how fins tt I* say s the merchant. "Can't; I'm buey; 1 don't want It,” I say . "Well." say* the dealer "I want to sell U to you very much. Olv# m* three dolllars." "No. Go away." "All right; It Is yours for a quarter " Th# prices for cab* (China** carta) In Pekin Is very generally lixed at 12 oentr an hour Yet one can never be engaged. If the price Is dlscuseed In advance, without at least half an hour* argument If one la ak*n Without previous ■ r-reng*- ment as to price, and at the cosiclualns* !cf the service the proper far* be offered the driver, he will tnvarthly demand more If thl* la refused, tn* driver will gen* rally go quietly away. But if through i Ignorance or mistaken generosity a larger tsc Ha btrves, the Main B ueine#* Street In Vlgan. SUgi I offered ti- driver file* Into aj r >ge. because It Isn't still M*#-r. throw* ti • tnon* y on the ground, end * threa' <f appeal to the ptillce. rr an li ura argu mem* le necessary I*f re quiet is re- | stored A frten I of mine, on a Journey eround eh* world, etayed for a few day# at Pekin and complained bitterly to me of 111- high price* Cherged by C'bln*#e Irn keri-ers for room* He had. #o he said, offered two dollar* In payment for a •mail room wit bout t eddlr.g or furniture. In a wretched Inn The landlord demand ed five dollar* for a *tn*l* night. A long wrangle ensued, and finally the g*ntl man offer-d two dollar* and a half which elm landlord. f cr mor word* ' iicni ed to *c -pi Th# customary price for such a room, fond rot Included, I* twenty five cent* a night, and If my friend had offer-d thl* niiit H would have t>*en ac cepted w.thout imi 'li discussion. John'* Genlu* for Trßrkery. A book might be wrHltn upon th# more pal. al l fraud* aid trl k* cf which Chine** tralvr la guild With a , goose-quill he blow* up hi* m men that the variosi old carca** look* f* and tempting He piHe atone* Into hi head* of ibbage, which ha tell: by th pound He sell* dwarf o.ah*e-lr-ee load ed down w .1. fruli, nine-tenth* of whl Is cleverly wired on to brunch#* win never fed and developed It. Or If, b: accident. * hole has been knock-d tr Ihe eld- >f an old poreelaln va*e. hr grp d* tbs bole Into oms aort of *hap< elsvsrly gritvi* fit* and glue* any hit of old brick Into the opening, and then v accurately reproduce* In every detail and shade of color th# outelde decoration ant glass that by the application of add alone <an th- fraud be dtr*-:*d Th emalir*** of the profit to be derived from th* fraud never deters him. h* seem* to cheat for lov- of cheating. Ono of ihe ablest British Mtnia*r# to CHRISTMAS CHEER Is in the air. Already faint suggestions of the coming day stir many to anticipate their Christmas wants. ll it's a Suit, an Overcoat. SILK SUSPENDERS, GLOVES, SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLARS, NECKWEAR, CUFFS, Silver or Gold JEWELRY Headed UMBRELLAS, HOSIERY, HATS, SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR, SHOES, Or anything a Man or Boy needs, it’s here. In splendid assortment, fresh, durable and reasonable. H. DRYFUS, Hi BROUGHTON STREET, WEST. China, and a fine scholar of th# language, ui hi* bachelor day* made a aontroot with a ellvarsmlth at Pekin, by which the Minister waa to furidsb Mexican dol lars which th# etlveramtth was to melt and make Into a pair of canjelabra. reserving three per rent, of the silver fur ht* labor In du# time the candelabra were deliver'd end gave great aatlsfac tlon to th# Mln,*tr. Having used them several years, and being about return to England, he decided to eetl them and called In. *a it happened, another silver smith who. sftv examining them care fully. offered U> for them. A ronversa- lion ensued. In which ihe Minister learn ed hai while he had theoretically put three hundred Mexican dollars Into ht* candeUHr* there wa# not an oune# of stiver tn them. The British Mlalstar** Had Bargain. In a great rage at ih* trick that had been played upon him. the Minister sent for th* original sip ergmlth. whei the following dialogue took place 14 may be stated that It I* oone'.d-rtd a mark of respect for a #ubordlnat to repeat the word*, or the sense of them, ad dressed to him by a superior before answering him The British Minister: "Tou infernal scoundrel! Didn't I make * bargain with you three years * to make a pilr or solid *-lv#r candelabra, and didn’t I furnish you with *0 dollar* Chit*** kllversmlth You Infernal scoundrel! Didn't 1 make a bargain with you three v#ar ago to make a pair of s lid silver can le sbra, and didn't you firr.|*h me with )00 dollars for them? Ye*, your excellency." Thai Britten Minister "And a rent hose your work, and there Isn't an uncaof silver In Uvm'" Chln-se B!lv*rm!th: "And aren’t hoes my werk an I thsr# Isn't an since f silver In them? Mom true, your •veeilency." Th# Hrltlah Minister: "You barefaced olef! If before *unt you don't bring ne everv dollar 1 gave you, I'll send you to prison. Oet out of my alght ' China#* 8t veremith "You barefaced lilsf! It before sunset I don't bring your excellency every dollar your -x --elleney gave me. you will send me to .irtson! Quit* right, vour excellenry " The !lvermtlh bowed and departed He returned In half an hour with th* money, which h' handed to the Minister, and with manv assurances of his dis tinguished consideration and best wl*be that the Minister might have a pleasant visit home, look hi* leave. The on# line of purcbee# In which the Chinaman dewen’l hyrgdr. Is In th* mat ter of hta prayer# A Mg Mist ness le done In the Flowery Land, hy shopkeepers who keep what are known as prayer shupa. It would take John Ghlnaman far too long to offer the many thousands of prayerr* pr, scribed by his faith In fact were ha to do so hs weurld have no time for work and so he can promisee mat ters hy buying these llttl# slip* of parch ment, which have prayer* written on them hy th* priests, from the prayer ahope. and burning them believing that a* the smoke from them disperse* In the at mo- here. #o hi* prayer# ascend to He*"., and are recelvwl by The Deity. Whatever the pray*r-**ll#r aaks for the Blips of paper John pays uncomplainingly. He consider* tost be la getting hi* money's worth there SNAIL Itbki'l 141 L&H. HLACH. It Chflatra Color With the liter and Fall of the Tide. From tha Denver Poet “A day's sail -from New Orleans ties final I Isle, a strange end lonely Island, withs broad, low. sandy beach that changes color with every flow of ih* tid#." said Y. Burnt Zeheks. of tha Creaoent City Mr Zelleks Is s men of wealth and letoure. whose chief delight la yachting and the outlines of his stanch and hand some yacht, the Baa Gull, are familiar to seafaring men m Southern waters He t* fond of the Gulf of Mexico, and spends his winters cruising along Ms shores "Snail Isle, a* the sailors call tt." said Mr Zelleks, "I* scarcely more thon two mile* long. Half covered by the warm waters of tha Gulf at high tide. It aeems to b*r a charmed ex tat* nee. Other Island*, larger and htghar than It hav* l*3*i. swept away by th* heavy storm* I'M the little, low lying Island I* as large to-day aa tt was fifty yaars ago. the old sailors i*il me "Its sands are of a golden yellow color, and when the rising tide agreed* over the wide shell strewn beach the glided Ml* of earth glta**n In the *un!.ght Hut when th* lid* ebb* a marvellous change take* place The golden sand* become purple, aa If hy magic. Men who eee It for the Art time, ruh their eye*. I#*t they be dreaming. Aa the tide recedae th# purple deepen*, and th ono* bright, gllt tertng beach be-ome* dark as the royal robes of in empress Old tailor* who have sailed around th* world gas* at th* beach In bewilderment. They have never even tt* Ilk* before. It I* a tight never to he f ergot ten -an astounding spectacle, be entitle men r* atartltd. "From the deck of th* flea Gull I walch ed th* beech change color on* winder af ternoon. The splendor of th Southern ■tin Rhone over sea and land Th* sand* of th* tele *e*m*d more trully golden than any I had ever seen before Tha tld* which had been at a standstill for a few moment* began to turn Iwok to th* ocean. Fan mated by th* beauty of the beach with It* waving fringe of gr*> n-'.eaved palm*. I stool by tlw bowsprit gas.ng •horeward. Huddenly the color seemed to darken. Astonished, I glanced more keenly at th# scene. Over the broad ex panse of glimmering sand a purple wav# wa* spreading 'What can tt he?' T won dared Re her and richer grew th# purple hue. and 1 realiiwi that my eye* w#r* not deceiving Beside* me smiling with satisfaction, at my aatonmhmant, stood our pilot. Boh' Allen In anw*r lo my hasty quest kin, he ordered the gig lowered and silently supped Into tha boat. I fol lowed and away w# were swiftly rowed toward th# shore A* w* drew near I beheld upon the beach myriad* of llttl* crawling purpl* object*. Springing ashore •• the boot touched sand I picked up on# of ih# tiny spot* of color. It was a *na Wonderfully purpl# In bu* and aa Urge as peanut*, the ttrangs crustacean* had colored the bnaoti. Whan tha tide folia they t*ue forth from the wet sand lo search of food with remarkable rapidity. The old adage* about the slowness of sna.la would rot apply to Ih* purpte ones on bnaU trie. They hav* aiongatad boiMag and con crow] almost a* rapidly aa small crabs They are dalMoua tidbit* when daintily cooked and after (he suggestion of Captain Allen we at* muny of them Their shell* or* singularly baautiftil wlien first aecursd. but goon tadg Into a dull gray color. "There an many beautiful Island* along ib* Gulf coast but non* h*a far me the attraction of Snail Isle." ni.iNii potiMiiini ntxTKR. lie Alec Haas a glare and fine* After the (owe el MllUlna Time. From the Minneapolis Tribune Le Suen*. Minn , Nov. SB —The little vil lage of Lexington, on Clear Dak*, Ia flucur county, Minn., claim* It has the only blind postmaster In Minnesota, and probably the only one In th# L’nltert States. For more than thirty year# Hiram Bax ter has served th* people of the village and surrounding country bo their entire *a lief action and nearly all of this time he has been blind. He also has a small general store and an Inn. where he keep# th* traveller who need* a meal or nlght'a lodging He has a wondarful memory and can always tdl If thara la a paper or latter for anyone who oalla. Hla wife or hi* eon calls off th# name* when th# mall Is distributed and a letter may Ha In th# office for two weeks, bift when th* proper person calls, hs remembers It H* can put hi* hand on any one of th* tk> boxes aid give th* name of the owner In the More he ha* a mere accurate knowledge of whore everything la than a person who can see It make* no differ ence what you ask for. h* can put hi* hand on tt 1f It la In (took, and will meas ure tn rant* of calico or a gallon of oil with equal facility, anil will not make nildaktt In weighing a nVkel'e worth of candy or a dollar's worth of sugar. Hia hearing has been cultivated until he know* every on# of hi* regular cuitotn rr* by their voice and when on# of them call* out. “Any melt for m>',” he answer# yea or no with aa much lasuranc* a* If he aiw them. In money mailer* he favors coin and can count It almost aa rapidly a* a person with goud sight Ha keep* several cow* and car## for them himself Each cow wears a bell and by tbls means he find* and drives them up from a large woodland pasture. They term to realise that he 1* different from other p-oplc, end no matter how much he run* against or stumble* over them they never move. Hr I* a wonderful example of what * man ran do In a business way who ha* lost bl* eight. _ . ( arloeltle* of IHgratloa. From the Augusts <G*.) Chronicle. * An Au'iust* gentleman slates that he once cured a gastric tioubla by eating at supper a plentiful supply of cucum ber* and cold blackberry dumpling, and yet. In bla case, nothing would have teem ed mors pern,clou*. Proctor, th* astron omer. suffered from excruciating head jehev He waa satisfied that they am# from some trror of diet, and so he drop 's' another until he concluded that nothing else waa left tor experimentation. He nod forgotten on* article, howaver. It was butter. H* abandoned that and ate everything eise and never suffered from headache* again to his dying day. Man It wonderfully made a tel *o 1* ih stom ach. Kemedle# for dyspepsia are numer ous You may pay your money *ud taka your c botes- 11