Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1891, Page 10

10 ad : ‘THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C. TUESDAY, MARCH 17, _DELINQUENT TAX LIST._ DELINQUENT TAX LIST. COUNTY OF WASHINGTON— ‘Non-Agricultural—Continued. Wyte. Radiw Wyte, Andrew, um, Oliver, ew 8. Miles iucton Provident fans erred to H. Jolinton and Jazaes MeKenney ehereten henna tere Berita ti treet to] Be i i ‘Emmons, George E.. and B. H. War- er. Stee 95.09 Heider, Henry. Hoyle, Henry J. Hertte Edward ROI? Mowe, exec L Meruen, Cha McEuen, Charles ‘Myer, Catharine W.. Middieton, F. J. Myrick. Mindeleff, Victor Madox, Wiliam ‘Marr, Wil F Metcalf, William ‘Metcalf, William Barmy. eins Oldberg, Ella Clara... Parron, Edward Parks, "Frederi Base, Harvey L... Puzint, Juan A. Queen, Samuel. Queen; Samuel! Riley, Andrew, Jr. Big. anine ». Fe Sag SEE: fs S32 eee Stark! George B. weather, reat Geo George George pany. Southern Pierce A Bismarck (N. D.) dispatch says: Bx-Sen- ‘ator Pierce has been strongly urged by his friends to accept the Japanese miwion, which las been formally tendered him, and he is likely to accept the «appointment. mn the Presiden’ ford to disregard the prestige which the foreign appointment would give him. 2 wife suissteh doen Montreal that a blizzard -* 1 THE NATIONAL GUARD Matters of Interest to the Military Men of the District. SECOND REGIMENT TROPHY. ee atc EE Col. Clay's Stirring Speech in Presenting It— ‘The Veterans Again Win the Attendance Trophy—The Brigade Library Rapidly Growing—In the Rifle Gallery—Notes. The sixth battalion was very large organi- zation on Thursday evening when Col. Clay formally presented it with the second regiment trophy, won in the rifle gallery some days pre- viously. Gen. Ordway was present and took # lively interest in the proceedings. The second regiment was paraded in honor of the occasion. Col. Clay's remarks in connection with the presentation deserved a very much larger | audience than could be crowded into the big drill hall. Among other thingy he said: COL. CLAY'S SPEECH. Trom the earliest times men have taken Position in the world or among their fellows because of their skill in the use of their weapons. By this I mean not simply weapons of war, but stich as might be used In the chase and provide ing of the daily sustenance as well as the defense of their persons. 2 oo diseover that there is strength in numbers, and verysoon upon that discovery that to use these numbers advantageously lenders are necessary and they chose chicfs, at first because of their noted prowess in chase or in war; that is, their skill a use of their weapons. savage is willing to submit to the rule of the chief when he knows that refusal means a combat in which he must necessaril: come off second best—the chlef knocks his | head off. This is applicable to our own time and to civilized people. We see every day men who have the tinest of weapons, brains, money, a college education, everything that seems neces- sary to make them successful in the battle of life, but if they do not know how to use these ‘weapons, where are they? Within the memory of all of you arose an expression, “from the tow-path to the White House.” What did it mewn? Simply that a man who began with no better equipments than those — bya mule driver on @ canal path, if he used his weapons skillfully, could achieve the highest success, 4 LESSON FOR THE GUARD. There is a-lesson in what I have said for the National Guard. A man who goes into the guard should do so determined to play the game for all it is worth. Battles, other things being equal, are won by those who best know how to use their weapons. A campaign can, of course, be decided by strategy without a battle. One may seize such strategical points with enough force as to make it at once apparent to the enemy that resistance is useless, and that | ends the matter; but if battles be fought, of what avail is the utmost skill in tactical move- | ments if after all those who make them cannot use their weapons, but are at the mercy of worse drilled-opponents who ean? Examples of this have occurred in the his- tory of our own country. © man who sits on the horse rampant in Lafayette Square,Gen. | Jackson, at the battle of New Orleans with a jot of poorly drilled and disciplined men who knew how to shoot defeated rome of the best | for of the British army. — The campaign of the British against the Zulus in Africa fur- nishes another instance. ‘The Zulus were well drilled, armed with first-class breech-loaders and undoubtedly courageous. They out- numbered the British several to one. “Yet she latter formed in a square, which, had the Zulus known how to use their weapons, ought to have presented a target, as it were, to have been wiped out in short order. Nevertheless they deteated the Zulus with tremendous slaughter. HE EXCITES THEIR AMBITION. It is for us, then, to learn to handle our weapons skillfully. The second regiment has already something of a name in this direction, : ran and my earnest desire is that every man in it | shall do his best to increase its reputation, se | that any one who. asks what a good regimental record at target practice is muy be referred to that of the second regiment. You have a thor- oughly competent and energetic inspector of rifle practice, ussisted by three battalion in- spectors, all whom are weil fitted for their posi- tions. To excite ambition among the men of the regiment and keep up an interest in the target practice, at the suggestion of the inspector, | there have been prepared two trophies which i am now about to present. One, the battalion trophy, to be shot for four times a year, once ateach of the ranges at which we are accus- tomed to shoot, and to be held by the winning team until beaten. The other is the champion banner, inexpensive in iteelf, but valuable as a mark of victory, to be given monthly to the company having’ the best record for shooting and attendance. These trophies can only be held by one battalion or cne company at a time. | Oficers are now beginning to wreathe their | faces in emiles at the prospect of their battalion | or company carrving off a trophy, but only one can get it, and I hope that each one of you will do what he can to see that the smile is kept in his command. THE VETERANS WIN ONCE MORE. Competition for the brigade “attendance” trophy goes on quietly. When the January returns were made up company A, third battalion, was in the lead. That pleased the old veterans immensely. The February report shows another victory for company A. Any command desirous of overtaking the “old guns” had better hurry up. Following are the official figures showing the percentage of each organization: Company A. third battalion, 94.28: company C. third battalion, $7.5: company D, third bat- tallion, ompany B, tifth battalion, 82.35; battery A, light artillery, 77.5; first separate company, 76.42; company B, third battalion, 76; company A, second battalion, 71.8; any B, its* battalion, 70. . ttalion, 6: nye D, fourth battalion, 66.96; company C, battalion, 65.90; com- | pany A, sixth battalion, 63.07; company D, second battalion, 62.06; company B, seventh battalion, 61.53; company A, first battalion, 58.33; company A, fourih battalion, 58; com pany’ A, seventh battalion, 56.52; company C, second ‘battalion, 55.55; company B, second battalion, 55.26: company D, fitth battalion, 55; engineer corps, 53.12; company B, sixth bat- = talion, 51.21; company C, fourth battalion, company A, fifth battalion, 47.45; compan; eighth battalion, 41.66; company C, sixth bat- | ion, 40.54; company B, fifth battalion, 37. company B. fourth battalion, 36.]1; company B, eighth battalion, 24.29. ‘Orders No. 12. issued from headquarters, third | battalion, reduces Sergt. John L. Sinn of com- ny A to the rank of private. Cause: Absout From drill on Sonday evening and being unaile | to furnish a satisfactory excuse. Maj. Har- | rison is bound to have company A win that trophy. RING OUT YOUR BOOKS. ‘The brigade library is growing. Gen. Ord- way and Col. Long are interested in it and as a natural result the stock of military and other | literature is constantly being added to. Mem- | bers or friends of the guard seed of more | books than they need could do worse than pre- | sent the surplus—provided the works are sitita- | ble--to the aggregation of recding matter now located in the adjutant general's ottice. IN THE RIFLE GALLERY. The scheflule of rifle practice for this week is as follows: Monday—Company C, fifth battalion. FP reaver gee © and D, fourth bat- jon. Wednesday—Company B, fifth battalion. Thursday Company B, fourth battalion. Friday—Engineer corps. xOTES. Without iqentifying the company or com- 1 | or these interests and resisted the pressure | Chattanooga, Sunday night, wrecking the en- duty with company C, sixth battalion, the iniier company no lieutenant. Private John T. has been appointed sergeant and Privates Thomas Kennedy and John R. Luskey, corporals, in the corps of field music. Private Frank Wilber Holt has been ap- | meee ge ween rank of acting first tenant e corps. yy A, fifth battalion, will hold a meet- jonday evening to fills vacancy in the ice of second lieutenant. ae ain THE CHILIAN REVOLUTION. Mr. Flint Says It Was Started and is Kept Alive by Englishmen. Mr. Chas. R. Flint of New York, who was one of the delegates from the United States to the Pan-American congress, is probably one of the best posted men in this country in regard to matters relating to South and Central America, having very extensive business interests there, and being constantly supplied with informa- tion from reliable sources from every portion of the region to the south of us. He was in the city yesterday in company with the boof and shoe men of New England who came to talk reciprocity to the President and the Secretary of State and left town this morning for New York. A Sran reporter called lust evening to see him at the house of the Brazilian minister, whore guest he was during his stay here, to get his views on the subjact of the present revoiu- tion in Chili. UNCERTAIN AND UNRELIABLE NEWS. “You have doubtless noted the fact,” s)id Mr. Flint, “that but little information from the scene of trouble comes to us except throtfgh certain English sources. We have no means of direct communication any more and all of our news comes from London. The amount of un- truth that has thus been disseminated through- gut the world about this trouble ie appalling: Au instance of this is to be had in the report that Balmaceda had been kiiled, which was utterly without foundation. It was an English ‘fake’ started for the purpose of discrediting the existing government of Chili. Acable came from his minister of foreign atiairs yesterday Qlonday) afternoon, which did not. mention any attempt being ‘made to ussassinate the president. "It has also been reported that the people of Chili were fighting forsgreater liber- ties and it has been represented that Balmaceda isausurper. The fact is that he 1s and h been acting within the limits of the laws of thi land. | Under the constitution of Chili the presi: dent has greater powers than our executiv but he hus never abused these powers. FOMENTED BY ENGLISH INTERESTS. “This revolution has been fomented by men ambitious for power, aided by parties whose business interests favored a change of adminis- tration. It isreported that parties largely inter- ested in the nitrate manufactare, now controlled and carried on by English comp: sirousof seeking she opposed the creation of an English monopoly Com; on brpught to bear on his country by the syndi- cate now united in the Peruvian corporation which has virtual control of Pera and which tried to obtain the control of the nitrate lands and to force the Balmaceda administration to recognize a consi debt. I hap; desizous of counteracting the prepondering English influence on the west coast of Sout) America tiat he indicated that liberal conces- ald Le granted to Americans to exploit vernment nitrate lands and refused abso- to sell to the English parties who are now assisting the revolutiomsts against the constitutional government of Chili. By the last steamer a Chiliun arrived by the name of E. Erazaris, who states that Augustine Ed- rds, the wealthy banker of Valparaiso, who was one of the leaders in the revolution and who was proposed by them for the presidency, is now protected by the English legation in Santiago.” ENGLISHMEN CARRY ON HALF THE TRADE. “What proportion of the foreign element of the population of Chili is English?” “That would be difficult to sey, off-hand, but I think it safe to estimate that of all the foreign trade of thecountry fully one-haif is carried on by English citizens. They have their English bs, and their English cliques, and the tiex, and they form a very prominent e personal landsexpe of ‘Their interests in Chili are very | large, and some of them are simply taking ad- vantage of a natural ebullition of popular senti- ment to push things, and, if possible, to get a man to the head of affairs who will be friendly case “What will be the outcome of this revolu- tion?” “It is my idea that there will soon be an end to thetrotible. Ihere wili probably be some representative man elected as president on. th 15th of April satisfactory to the countr: Balmaceda is by law not subject to re-election. SEEKING A DIVORCE. One of the Leading Families in Richmond Concerned. A-special dispatch to Tue Star from Rich- mond, Va., says: Mr. Oliver J. Schoolcraft, who belongs to one of the best families in this city, has brought suit in the chancery court of Richmond for an absolate divorce from his wife, whom he married in the Iste of Jersey in Mr. Schooleraft is now in London and isa minister in the Chureh of England. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Insti- tute. His first wife was the beautifal Miss Madge Ould, daughter of the late Judge Robert O PaaS RAS CHEP Ta To Secure the Westinghouse Interests. It is reported in Pittsburg that an English syndicate is about to secure control of the Westinghouse interests. It is claimed that the syndicate is heavily backed and that cuts will be made in prices of electrical supplies and ma- chinery that will force all competitors _ the trade or compel them to unite with it. — ———— The Central After More Roads. There is an idea prevalent that the New York Cgntral has jast started on an era of acquiring railroads in the nortuern part of New York. It is now thought that the Central will tarn ite at- tention to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's railroad, which runs from Bing- hamton to Albany, thence north to within a short distance of the state line. ‘This road has monopoly of Saratoga and Adirondack busi- ness, which is very profitable. soe. The Tariff Cases Advanced. The United States Supreme Court yesterday advanced the eases of Boyd, Sutton & Co. and Sternback & Co. of New York against the United States and of Marshall Field & Co. against the collector of customs at Chicago and assigned them for argumen: the second Mon- day of the next term, but with leave to submit them on printed briefs before the first Monday of April, if that be preferred. These are suits brought to test the constitutionality of the Me- Kinley tariff law. pernohcrinehe eter oe A Train of Thirtecn Cara Wrecked. A through freight on the Seaboard Air Line jumped the track at Lead Better’s trestle, near tire train of thirteer cars, engine and tender. ‘The engineer and his fireman escaped injury by jumping. ‘The tracks were ‘ked. for many hours. The lows to thé company is about —s00- ‘The Effect Somewhat Marred. From the Cincinnati Gazette. ‘The visitor from Hawereek had been invited to address the Sunday school. “Lam reminded, children,” he said, “of the carcer of a boy who was once no larger than some of the little fellows I see here before me. He played truant when he was sent to school, went fishing every Sunday, ran away from home before he was ten years old, to drink; smoke, chew tobacco, play cards and stip in under the canvas when’ tho circus came around. He went into bad company, fre- quented livery stables aud low. bar rooms, finally became a pickpocket, then a forger, then a horse thief, and one ‘day ina fit of drunken madness ‘he committed a cowardly, murder. Children,” be continued, impressively, “where do you think that boy is now?" “He before us!” guessed the with one voice. nies, are de- | 0} What is Promised to the Lovers of the Game in Washington. AN OPEN TOURNAMENT IN THE SPRING—POSSIELT ‘THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT WILL ALSO BE HELD HERE—THE CLUBS AND PLAY- ERS WILL 800N GET INTO FORM. Active preparations are being made for the city, will hold the first meeting of the season this evening, and in the course of the next week or so the other clubs will probably have their annual spring meetings. It is too early as yet to prepare the courts for the use of the players, but it will not be very long before the ground will be in condition and players will be able to ascertain how much they are out of practice. In the early days of the season it is possible to tell a tennis player almost from his style walking, as the muscles, unused during ‘winter, become sore and the victim is apt limp in his walk or to groan when he puts his coat. of the to on THE-BACHELOR CLUB. The Bachelor Club, which includes in its membership all the leading local players, will have the same grounds this year as they did last. The prosperity of this orcanization is = good illustration of ‘the increase in the interest in tennis in this city and it ought not tobe many years before they will own their own grounds. There are now forty-five members and if it was desired this number could be in- creased. The advantage of this club, as well as all similar organizations, is the opportunity presented of becoming expert in the game by meeting good players. It is claimed that men in nothing by with thove who are Grete Interiors ix Bill Mite ia one reason why tournaments are so popular. A man who s fers defent in a tournament is apt to gain in ¢ rience even if he lost the , because he Kas come in contact with players who play = much better game then he does and he learns his weak points as well as obtains valuable sug- gestions as to methods of playing. In regard fo tournaments the coming season will be dis- tinguished by having at rents of this character. AN OPEN TOURNAMENT. In the first place there will be an open tour- nament. That is now a settled fact. Mr. Thomas P. Borden has secured « date from the national association and some time during the latter part of May the leading tennis players of the country Mn give exhibitions of their akill on the grounds of the Bachelor Club. Mr. Bor- den expects to have Mr. Campbell, the tennis champion of the country, here and Mr. R. D. Sears, the ex-champion, and a number of the other lights in the tennis world. Last year an en tournament was held here in the fall. The name of Mr. Campbell was not in the list of entries, but there were other crack players resent and they played first-class tennis, but in spite of that fact the tournament was not a success and in a very important particular, too, namely, the receipts were extremely at- tenuated with as com} the ex- penditures. This discrepancy was _pnin- fully apparent to at least one tennis enthusiast, and Mr. Borden knows exactly the extent and character of the failure to make Doth finaneial ends of the tour He is, however, not discouraged, and this year he proposes to make the experiment of a spring tournament and see if it does not arouse more interest on the part of the public than similar events have in the past. ‘THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. This week the Southern Lawn Tennis Asso- ciation will hold itsannual meeting in this city. At that time arrangements will be made for the usual spring tournament. Some date about the middle of June is usually selected. The feature of interest will be the choice of the place for holding the tournament. It was held in Baltimore last year and. some are in favor of holding this year's tournament in Wilmington, Del. ‘The tennis players of that city, however, have not shown enough interest in these an- nual tournaments of the association to send more than one representative, and it is argued that Wilmington has no claim to be considered. In ne Wilmington does not get it thon the tournament will be held here. It is proj to hold the tournament for the Distrie championship in connection with the associ- ation tournament, and in the event that it is decided to go to Wilmington the District tournament will be held ary way, vo that there will be at least two tennis tournaments in this city during the spring sesson. WHAT 18 HOPED FOR LECAL PLAYERS. It in not expected that the local players will be able to carry off any of the honors of the open tournament in the fac: of the crack players of the country. . But it proposed, or Tather, to state it more modestly, it iy boved that the Washington players will sectfe some- thing better than the second prizes in the Southern Association tournament. There is good ground for such a hope. The. leading players of the city class high in skill and mas- tery of the game. Some of them will require a week or two before they get in good trim. The supertiuous flesh of the winter's inactivity is a drawback in some cases, SOME WELL-KNOWN PLAYERS. Mr. McCawley, although not obese precisely, has not found that germans and receptions afford sufficient physical exercise to keep the muscles in training and the flesh hard and | tiv firm. He isapt in the spring to discover that some training down is necessury and_ this seu- son is no exception to the rule. His success last year in the tournaments was an evidence that his style of playing is effective and it is hoped that this year he will outclass the Mc- ley of last year. It is not acknow! by Mr. Woodward that he has gained in flesh | during He is, hewever, eee winter. clined to admit a doubt to his intimate friends | ax to whether his last ‘years flannels will be large enongh for use this season. He has not taken any special exercise the past winter ex- cept stich asa man of his active habits wonld be apt to take. He expects to be in his usual condition after playing a week or so and no donbt will be able to display his old time ex- ertness. Mr. Davidson been rom time to time during the winter testing the muscle producing ap] in the Athletic Club gymnasium, and it is prob- able that his arm will swing ‘with the usual vigor and exactness when he resumes again the une of the racquet. Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Crane and Mr. Byrnes have also availed themselves of the advantages of the gymnasium to a greater or leas extent and they will be in very gcod form when the season opens. Mr. Bor- den, it is alleged, practices with a bali and rnequet in the basement of his house, but this statement is not generally credited, as his friends say that his style of playing requires more room than the space of the celiar of the ordinary city house affords. Tie Messrs. Peter, whove skill has been demonstrated in many'a hard-fought contest, will be ready to give all comers.a warm welcome us soon as the season opens. Mr. R. B. Goodfellow has again become a resident of the city and he will add strength to the Washington representation on the tennis field. A young player who is at- tracting attention is Mr. Butterworth, the son of ex-Representative Butterworth. He won his spurain the tournaments at Le Droit’ Park, where he resides, and it is believed that in a wider field he ‘would sustain the reputation which he has so deservingly won. There are those likely to practically no new names tq be mentioned of t appear in the list of winners of prizes during the coming season. This fact confirms the often repeited statement that lawn tennis is pre-eminently a game of skill, demanding experience and practice in order to attain excellence. ONE WHO WILL BE uissED. HE Se i BF r' il FF i two important | bai zatus | 891—TWELVE PAGES. 4 TALK ABOUT JAMAICA. ‘The Scenery and Products of the Island as Seen by Mr. Saunders. “I went down to sve if our West India neighbors hadn't some agricultural idea we could make use of,” said Mr. Wm. Saunders to Stan reporter this afternoon. Mr. Saunders is the horticulturtst of the Agricultural De- partment and he.bas just returned from a trip to Jamaica. “Our idea was,” continned the keen-witted Scotchman, “that something might be bor- rowed for the benefit of the southern states. The production of bay rum, for which there is large demand as a toilet article, was one of the new industries we thought of, and the cultiva- tion of ginger was under discussion. Neither of those things, I found, figures very materially Sethe paged ily ea many of the plantations lyin idle. Upon the Blue ‘mountains, thongh, fully 4,000 feet above high- water mark, a coffee is grown that brings the highest price in the Liverpool market and that Srade of plant is being multiplied to a consider- a tively profitxble extent. Many the old sugar plantations have been aban- doned, but there are yet several in operation. Isaw ‘one where they produce fifty tons of sugar and 1,000 gallons of rum each week; you know they ‘make all their molasses into ram. I saw some of the rum, running out white nd pure, but I didu’t taste it; twas too raw. of these valleys—and some of these valleys are beautiful—I saw a tobacco plantation about four miles in , contain ey a thousand acres, which’ was doing well. ft ts mansged bya party of Cubans, who say they Just as good tobacco as can be made they haven't got an good « price for it as ls paid ey haven't got as good = as for the Cube varleth “There is a great growth also in the line of banana culture. Some of the Jamaicans think the thing is being overdone. On the northern i ¢ island is a huge plantation, which is being added to all the time, owned by a Boston Corporation. | This company has its own steam- ersand seems to be doing excellently. The nana crop is one that can be picked every month in the year. Just now the in raid tobe thinner than usual, but I don’t think the difference is apparent, because there were 10.000, bunches in the steamer on which I re- yarn LANCEWOOD AND LoawooD. “Jamaica is exporting a great desl of lance- Wood (used for buggy shafts) and logwood. They have exhausted the more easily attainable supply of logwood and are now up the Toots of the old trees. It emt oatatione to use up the supply of roots, but in the mean- | time the young trees are springing up. The railroad, which is to make the circuit of the island, is now seventy miles long and that will open up new forests.”” AN ABSENCE OF POVERTY. “Perhaps the most interesting peculiarity I noted was the complete absence of poverty. The colored people, all descendants of the es, have their little huts. Each family Taises a few bananas, coffee plants, yamns, pigs, chickens and eggs. ‘The women carry a great deal of these products to market on their heads, | sometimes a distance of twenty miles. A) strange sight is this string of basket-burdened | | Women, many of them leading a donkey, which | is also carrying goods to market. Of course th but little clothing and that ich they have is principally calico, but the calico is clean and in good repair. Quite a large proportion of the women wear petticoats decorated with lace und it seems quite odd to | see the bure legs of a female serve as the back- | ground for a somewhat elaborate pattern of | petticoat trimming. Hardly less ix the construction of the feminine Jamaican leg, ap- Parent to every one possessed of eyemght; they are but bone and sinew—no calf—and are just as graceful from the anatomist’s standpoint as | the pins on which the donkeys stand and move around. But there are no on the island.” “Is travel easy?” TRAVELING 18 EASY, “Very. Light vehicles spin easily over the finest roads Lever saw. The roads have been laid out with great engineering skill and are macadamized in the best manner. The gov- ernment takes care of the highways. It a government. The governor, , is most popular. He is continually en- deavoring to increase the industries of the island and to devise new lines on which busi- nees can branch out. He has recently intro- duced the cultivation of sisal hemp, and is pushing that with a great deal of force. He is anxious and earnest to add to the people's prosperity. It was he that promoted or- ganized the exposition. : THE JAMAICA EXPOSITION. “That exposition? Oh, it was a fac simile on asmall scale of our big shows. The United States was not represented, though, because, as L understand it, we were not formally invited. Canada was there and made a big showing. Canadian flour was pushed and Canada wi gain by the enterprise yed. ‘There was a Prejudice there against Caradian flour; it was said it wouldn't keep in that climate.’ Three months ago a large quantity of Canadian flour was shipped to Kingston. A bakery was estab- lished and all kinds of bread made. When that operation had been successfully accomplished ie bread was given away to the hotels and boarding houses. It was a superior article of food, and a8 a consequence Cai flour boomed. Canadian bread is all the rage. ‘The Canadian exhibit of fare opened up a new mar- ket for rugs; those things took —im- mensely. Altogether, Canada had about | one-fifth of the ‘exposition. — Engiand and Scotland had exhibits and so did Austria, the latter represented principally by beer. Jamaica and West India Islands had very nice | exhibits, but they did not occupy much ‘space. Chocolate, coffee, sugar, kola nat, tapioca and cinchona were the principal features. By the | way they have a big warehouse full of cinchona | down in Jamaica. “The price of quinine has one down in London to a small figure, #0. the | Fimaicans are holding for a tise. ‘The’ British | government encouraged the cultivation in cin- | chona in most of its colonies and the supply is now abundant. English merchants supply the | people there with about ali they need and I | don't see that we cen supply Jamaica with much. I did see x couple of Baldwin locomo- tives there and a few flat cars of Philadelphia make, but our trade with the island can never assume great proportions.” —— NOVEL BOAT MATCH. Capts. Andrews and Lawler to Race Across the Ocean in Fifteen-Foot Dories. Articles of agreement have been signed be- tween Capt. Wm. A. Andrews and Capt. Josiah W, Lawler for a race across the ocean in 15-foot dories from Boston lower light to the Lizzard in England, the race to be started about the middle of June. These men engage in the con- test presumably for the fame and money they expect to get incase of a snecessful termina- tion of the trip. Both have had experience in small as well as large boats. Capt. Andrews a year or two ago attempted the ocean trip in the twelve-foot dory Dark Secret, but was obliged to give it up, and was picked up by a steamer off the Banks. Capt. Lawler hus been around Horn four times —_ IRELAND'S PATRON SAINT. Some of the Popular Legends Concerning Him—An Old Irish Song. ‘The most popular of the legends regarding St. Patrick, saysa writer in the New York Times, is that which gives him credit for driving all the snakes and similar vermin ont of Ireland. The story probably originated in the days whe history was written in the cloister, but it cap- tured the faney, and not only main- tained its vitality better than many a sober trath could have done, but has been strength- ened and improved by successive generations of story tellers and miracle mongers. The story as current today is told in one of the most popular of Irish songs, from which the following is an extract: “*There’s not a mile in Ireland's isle where the dirty ‘Vermin masters. Where‘er hie pat hig dear forefoot be murdered thers in clusters. ‘The toads went hop, the frogs went flop, siay-dash into the water, And the beasts committed suicide to save themselves trom sieugiter. “*Nine hundred thousand vipers blue he charmed with Bweet And dined ou them at Killaloo in soups and second courses. ‘When biindworms crawling on the crass discusted all the nation, ‘He eave them »'r se and opened their eyes to a sense of the situation. “The Wicklow Hills are very hieh and so's the Hilt of jouth, sir 4 tii] much higher still—aye, hirber than them both. sir: ciate “Twas on the toi of this high bill St. Patrick preached sermutat ‘That drove the frogs into the boss and bothered all the varmint.” It seems that St. Patrick wherever he went was always by a dram, and the noise thus made attracted the people. In this the example of the saint appears to have been imitated by the modern Salvation Army. As Patrick was terribly in earnest so was his drummer—if he had a drummer, for the chronicles are rather vague a8 to this point, and rometimes we might infer that he whacked Away at the instrument himseif. At all events, just before going up to the hill to preach the sermon that was to finish the snakes, the dram was beaten so vigorously that it burst. The theme and object of the discourse had been announced to the people, so they bad assem- bled in great multitudes to see the miracle formed. As they had an idea that a good 1 of Patrick's power lay in his dram, they were sadly disappointed at the accident, especially as a big black snake was seen sliding down the hill with his jaws distended. leer in his ugly eyes and a tremor in his whol as if it were convulsed with laughter. the story goes an angel came down and pate up the drum, the sermon proceeded and all the reptiles vanished as if by magic excepting two particularly big fellows who had grown old and wary and were too wicked to be affected by any one sermon. On these, #0 as to finish his task thorouglly, Patrick exerted « lit se blarney. One of these serpents got so far away from the saint that he thought he would never hear of him again. But the good man got on his track and found him on the bank of Lough Dilveen, in the Galtee mountains, vetween Cork and Tipperary. “The serpent was. asleep and Patrick slipped s chain around him, when the reptile awoke he was in such a state of consternation that he slid into the water to hide himself. But Patrick was after bim ina twinkling, and fastened th 1 tothe bottom of the iake in such a way that the serpent could not come to the surface. When Patrick was leaving him the serpent asked how long he was going to keep him im such a cold, dark and mp place, and the saint rep! ili Mion- and went on his way. Bat every Monday since then the peasants around Lough Dilveen hear the big reptiles voice from beneath the | water asking: “Is it not Monday yet, Patrick dear?” Patrick, the peasants sax, will, of course, come for the serpent some Monday, for he was'a man of his word, but when he Goes come it will be a bad Monday tor the “varmint. ‘The other big fellow proved a more troable- some customer, for he was as experienced the ways of the world asa modera politician. After carefully thinking over a plan of can paign, the saint procceded to put it into execa- tion and it succeeded beautifully. as indeed did everything his saintship attempted. Patrick t a big strong box made, with nine powerful ts arranged around it as ornaments, and set it down in a place whichghe knew the ‘serpent paseed every day. Patrik waited and the ser- pent soon came along, hissing as soon as be saw St. Patrick, “what's the use of going on so about a gentleman like myself coming to see you? ‘Tis a nice house I have got here for you agin the winter, for it’s goin’ to be a hird one, and I want to civilize every one and make them live in comfortable houses.” The serpent, hearing such smooth words, thought the saint meant well by him and went up close to the i i igist of the bolts was ng off as fast as possi- ble when Patrick said: ~* "Tis a n rm hoase, you see, an’ ‘tis a good friend Iam to you.” “i thank you very kindly fez your civili the serpent, “but it iss too small e: “Too smail!” exclaimed St. Patrick. out in that. I'll bet you a gallon of po: if you try toget in you will find room.” re er that n's of ‘The serpent, being thirsty after his long jour- meee a drink edly, and be was mach dat the idea of doing St. Patric! gallon of 80 he took swelling himself as much as he the chest all except his tail. “Zn fays he, “I've won the bet; the house is too small, for I cannot get my tail in.” But the saint slipped behind the hd and shut it d bung. When tie serpent saw the lic coming he whipped in hi- tail, and the saint began at once to slip in the nine iron bolts. “Ob, murder!” say rt “let me out. I've lost the bet y.”" “Let you out, my darlin’,” says St. Patrick, “to be “sare I will. But [haven't the time now, so you must wait till tomorrow.” Then he took the big box and flung it into the lake. serpent is to this day trying to get out, but the bolts are too strong, md the peasants who teil this wonder- ful story say they often hear the serpent ask, “Is it tomorrow yet, Patrick?” but as tomorrow never comes the reptile is there yet and will be until the end of time. Such was the way, ac- cording toa Kerry legend, that St. Patrick dis- posed of the Irish snakes. In 1831 an Irish gentleman thought he would prove whether the snake traditions were true or not beyond the shadow of a doubt, for it had been affirmed that Patrick's work was so well done that « snake could not live in Ireland for a week. For the sake of truth it must be noted that this Irish gentleman was nota real Irish gentleman of the “ould stock” atall, but one of Scottish descent, and jealoas, like most of his countrymen, of the great work St. Patrick did for Ireland. He went over to Covent Garden, London, and bought six English snakes, which he turned loose in his garden at Rath-Gacl, in County Down. One was killed within a week at Muckross Abbey, three miles away, and the idea of a snake being found and killed so near the burial place of the mint created much conste1 m among the peas- antry. They thought the end of the world was |at hand, and more than one clergyman inter- preted the matter as sign of the millennium, Puree others of the snakes were killed the next y within « mile importer’s garden ani the remaining two were never seen from the day ‘he les When the story was iy told. the faith in St. P work was ly contirmed, al Wednesday in a raid by a band of white regu- lutora, who visited the negro settlements and dH Hi Oldest ! Largest} _ Cheapest} Best! 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