Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1896, Page 12

12 WILL CONGRESS ACT? Cuba’s Case May Be Affected by Acjcurnment. SENATCR MCRGANS PLINTED VIEWS He Hints at the Growth of a Royai Prerogative in America. ACTION The friends of the joint resolution intro- duced by Senator Morgan, recognizing the bell.gerency of the Cubans, are concerned over its fate in view of a probably early adjournment of Congress. The resolutio: has not been passed upon by the commities on foreign relations. No meeting of the full committee has been held since the call of the subcommittee, consisting of Sex tors Sherman, Gray and Lodge, was made upon the President. Th facts in regard to the interview with jent have become known. It is that the committee ras been im- . in its exchange ef views with the sident and the Secretary of State, that administration is extremely anxious that Congress should not further agitate the Cuban question, and that a majority of the committee is strongiy inclined to the belief that it tter to leave the executive to deal with t as they arise from ume to un It 1s a d, upon to be guod authority, that declared to the committee Tei au absolute decauraue. or Cuba to a recognition trights. He did not, so far as press any intention of h a position if left to deal with one, but indicated thai if ihe “4 States should formally assume an; de on the subject, this would be th: 5 tent and the most effective in @ interests of the Cubans, oe Morgan Not Content. or Morgan is said not to be content the question untouched by Con- is believed that he will press on with persistence at the next of the committee, with the view, etting an expression before Senn gre on of the question has led to that the Cushing-Callantes under which this government is posed to have claimed the proiection of Americans on the Competitor, was never ed by the Senate. Some of the mem- bers of the mitte2 on foreign relatioas claim s defect renders the pro.ocol invalid and will demand that the facts in this connection be investigated. Senator Morgan said today, in reference to the probability of adjournment without action: “Unless the House should act upoa Mr. Hyde's resolution, which is identical with mine, that is now held up in the com- mittee of foreign relations, Congress will probably disperse before any further action is possible. That responsibility will doubt- n the dispersion of some Senators. ition of the majority of the Sen- ommittee is to devolve upon the Pres- ident a responsibility that ne is evidently eager to assume. Congress has practically ceased to be a factor in the government, ex- e of a veto, when the Consti- it to act finally by a two- en this function is denied plied to our foreign political al Prerogative. “For a government with three co-ordl- nate departments, of which we boast, we are making a strange and rapid movement toward re-establishing the royal preroga- tive in the hands of our executive as an uncontrollable power. If any British con- power was destroyed in America revolution of 1776 it was the pre- of the crown. If the Presideni, e, can sut te the entire body war for the laws of peace with Cuba, is total revolution of citizens and as a na- tion bindirg upon us by h's proclamation, it nu vain e abolished the royal pr t al constitution. without the concur- should prociaim that and that the United $ the attitude of a neutral 1 the recognized belligerents, jaws of nations, he would usurp of the most dangerous character. ent of their enth n for a nat would be-so just and so hu- people would forgive the usurpa- the shock it would give to our would lead in time to the pre state of nt, ongresa, in Cuba In a m in the country it fs dan- mt that a declaration of n or a declaration of the state of var in Cuba, made authority of the President, reate a fever of € ment in the that would remove all other ques- ion now under anxio di ion from the minds of the pe and would con- trol the presidential election near at hand. Congress Must Be Consulted. “Our domestic govern ent is not a proper aul t of control by our foreign rela- tions, and no declaration that a state of War exists In our country or elsewhere should or can be made until the depart- ment that enacts our domestic laws is first If, after such a declaration by the of the President, Con- to make appropriations ement, it goes without state, ef anarchy would nvinced that the Presi- € on so dangerous a ress disperses, leaving subject in their pres- ain will be at fons to th al situa’ so far as our ge ronment is con- ce to pursue its accustomed course mary destruction of the rights, d lives of our people. This is that Spain has taken with our + in all her wars in Cub when any t could be found. » for such condue War exists in Cuba, and the whole world knows it, and, while Spain admits its ex- istence and threatening magnitude in every it on paper and in a dip- Way, our government an1 people are required to indorse this falsehood and to admit that peace prevails in that island. Ww “juired to deny to our people the ion of the laws of nations applica- ate of war that Spain may ex- r them the power of punishment, cipal Jaws, that can only be in t them in’ time of peace. They 1 our people for treason, insurrection ‘acy with the death penalty, because are charged with disturbing the "e and breaking the laws that are in- led to preserve the peace in Cuba, peace does not exist in the Island, but the whole country is in arms and en. gaged in universal war. No Excuse for Non-Action. however false or “After the almost unanimous declaration of both houses of Congress that belligerent rights should be acccrded to Cuba and that war exists there, If we disperse without giving relief to our people from this situa- tion, we can find no excuse for abandoning them to this dreadful fate, except that we are ready to abdicate our power in favor cf the supposed power or wishes of the President. The President’s powers are not increased by our refusal to exercise pow- ers that righggully belorg to Congress alone or jointly t both departments of the government. So far as I am concerned, this will not be dene through any want of t on my part. or more than seven weeks the Pres!- has known the will of Congress, which constitutionally, the will of the that declaration fs not sufficient our people security against Spanish barbarity in violation of our treaties, or to impress the President with Its solemnity, we should rot, and cannot, in justice to ourselves, omit to pre:ent the same facts and convictions to the President in a defi- nite form of action that he cannot refuse to consider. “Neither Spain nor the President, with the armies and navies of both countries and the aid of the civil power given the President under our laws; with the terrors of Spanish cruelty, or the aid of our police and the Spanish police and the Pinkertons im our ports, have been able to prevent the carrying of men and munitions of war frem the Un‘ted States to Cuba. This ef- fort has been prosecuted with a faithful- ness and vigilance worthy of a better ca It has failed to do more than to check the movement, which appeals to hu- manity end Is responded to by a generous and God-fearing people. Spain Is Well Informed. “Sp-in fully understands the cause of our resentmen’s and the justice of the Indigna- ion of our people, and boasts in speeches from the throne that the President is not 'n sympathy with Congress or the people, and for this cause she adheres the more savagely to her resolucion that this shall be a war of extermination, and that we ull be compelled to call it peace, and all refuse on that false declaration to ve the shelter of the laws of war to those who are moved by humanity io help the Cubans. If an American who thus cids a Pp o te fighting for lberty against a tyran- ical monarchy escapes our penitentiaries: and meets death if he is captured by the Spaniards, Congress cannot be justified in ving him to that fate when the declara- tion of the government that public war ex sts in Cuba would save him from death unler the internaticnal laws of war. “The President has refused to inform Concress of the attitude of the executive department as to the conviction and sen- tence to death of our citizens who were ion the Compe itor. That is not a tiation. No new treaty is needed to cover our rizhts on that sudject. It is an accomplished fact, and the v! iS ure in prison under a void seatence insultingly im ose? upon them. It was ‘ot the consti- tuticnal right of the President to withhold these facts from Congress, but he availed hi If of the courtesy of the Senate to decline to give any information on the sub- ject in response to a resolntion of the Sen- ate. Congress has no official! information as to this incident of the war, and the Senate has, by resolution, requircd !1s com- m:ttec on foreign relations to report upon the rights of our citizens under our treaties in cases of capture ike that of the Com- tetitor, Wil Corgre s lisserse without our having even the opportunity to inq tire into these facts? Must It be left to the Pres: dent alone to decide the fate of these pt » ers urder deoth sentence, without the:r immediate representatives in either house being informed of the grounds of their con- demnation? We shall be hurrying away from grave responsibilities into the face of great danzers if we leave our posts of duty until our relations with Spain are properly adjusted.” ANOTHER CONTROLLER'S DECISION. A Senate Resolution Introduced to Overcome Its Result. Mr. Bowers, assistant controller of the treasury, has rendered a decision which up- sets a practice that has obtained in the navy for the past forty years. This action following so soon after his decision hold- ing that naval officers have no legal au- thority to assign the whole or any portion of their salary to their wives or families has caused a general chorus of protests from the naval contingent. In both cases !t became necessary to appeal to Congress for relief, and the right to make assignments has already been made clear and indisput- able by specific legislative enactment, and a measure for the remedy of the other ques- tion in dispute has already passed the Sen- ate. The latest trouble is explained in a letter written by Secretary Herbert to the chair- man of the committee on naval affairs, in the following words: ‘This department has just received a copy of a decision rendered by the assistant con- troller cf the treasury in the case of Albert W. Brown, steward to the commander-in- chief, North Atlantic squadron, who was discharged from the United States flagship New York on April 30, 1895, by reason of the expiration of his term of enlistment. Brown, having recelved an honorable dis- charge, under section 126 of the Revised Statutes, desired to re-enlist in pursuance of the provisions of section 3 of the Re- vised Statutes. The two sections referred to are as follows: “Section 1426. Honorable discharges may be granted to seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, firemen, coal heavers and boys who have enlisted for three years. “Section If any seaman, ordinary seal , landsman, fireman, coal heaver or boy, being honorably discharged, shall re- enlist for three months thereafter, he shall, on presenting his honorable discharge, or on accounting in a satisfactory manner for Its loss, be entitled to pay during the said three months equal to that to which he would have been entitled if he had been employed in_actual service.” The controller decides that “Brown fs not of the classes entitled to an honorable dis- charge as provided in section 1426, which discharge is a prerequisite to obtaining the advantages of the three months’ extra pay provided for in section 1573, nor if he were entitled to an honorable discharge is he in- cluded hin the classes specified in sec- tion 1 and he holds accordingly that “Brown cannot be paid the three months’ extra pay for re-enlisting.” This decision of the controller 1s far- reaching in Its effects, and will deprive a most meritorious class of enlisted men of the benefits conferred by the Revised Stat- utes. It will exclude from the benefits of the statutes all enlisted men who, by rea- son of their fidelity and obedience, have been advanced to a higher grade, and who Would appear to be especially deserving of the pay and bounty granted by the law for re-enlistment. The construction of law em- bodied in the assistant controller’s decision in this matter Is contrary to the construc- tion placed upon the law by the department in its practical administration for a period of more than forty years, and will prove in- jurious to the interests of the service. In consequence of these representations, the Senate has adopted a resolution pro- viding “That the benefits of honorable dis- charge as conferred by section 1426 of the Revised Statutes, and of three months’ pay upon re-enlistment after honorable dis- charge, as conferred by section 1573 upon seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, fire- men, coal heavers and boys, be and the same are hereby extended and made applicable to all enlisted persons tn the navy.” —_—_+ e+ ____ CHARACTER OF PERSIA’S NEW SHAH Said to Be a Devout Man With a Ha- mane and Sympnthetic wWature. Rev. Labaree in the Evangelist. Of the new shah not much can be af- firmed. Rev. 8. G. Wilson, who has lived in Tabriz for many years and enjoyed ex- ceptional opportunities for learning his real character, has this to say of him in his re- cent volume, ‘Persian Life and Customs:” The Vall-Ahd, or Crown Prince of Persia, is Muzaffer-!-Din, the eldest son of the shah by a royal mother. He has never been tried by the great responsibilities of government, so that his capacity is largely unknown. One marked characteristic of the prince is his religious disposition. He is a man of faith, free from the rational- istic tendencies of some of the ruling class. He 1s devout in his fulfillment of religious rites, and a total abstainer from intox!- cants. He has a humane and sympathetic nature. * * * He is a friend of education, taking a great interest in the government school at Tabriz, having European tutors for th» education of his sons, and encourag- ing his interpreters to translate standard works into Persian. He is much interested in telegraphy, photography and like prac- tical arts. He has fondness for flowers and new plants, and enjoys tent life and the pleasures of the chase, often camping out with his retinue on the mountains. For some years the Zil-i-Sultan, the eldest son of the shah, and the governor of Ispahan, was regarded as a rival of the Vali-Ahd for the succession. But the disfavor of the shah, and later, an affliction of blindness, have removed the possibility. When word of the critical condition of the Zil-i-Sultan’s eyes reached Tabriz,the Vali-Ahd sent word to the mosques announcing the fact, and requesting that prayers be offered for his brother. The mild disposition of the new sover- eign, his distaste for the cares of govern- ment, and his lack of vigorous physical health, do not augur favorably for a reign of prosperity like that of his father. It may be mentioned in evidence of his high appreciation of integrity of character, Dr. George W. Holmes, while a resident in ‘Tabriz, was a great favorite of Vali-Ahd, and he made a determined effort to secure Dr. Holmes as his private physician at a very desirable salary. Russian influence is supposed to have thwarted the prince's roject. It is to be hoped that he will show ‘is good judgment in the selection of his principal ministers. They are pretty sure to be friends of Russta rather than of Eng- land, which two powers are in a ceaseless political duel in their rivalry for suprem- acy in Persian councils. Russia has suc- ceeded in recent years in peel the lead there, and her influence likely to be greater than ever under the new shah. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, J UNE 1, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. ae SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER Prices Brought at R-cent Auction Sales of Beal Estate. A Long List of Transactions Report- ed Through The Stur—Some Big Sales. Duncanson Bros., auctioneers, have re- centiy made sales of the following prop- erty: For Edson and Bailey, trustees, lot 6, square 815, 406 5th street southeast. Sold to Emil H. Block for $1,900. For Beall and Bell, trustees, coitage on Piney Branch road, nor:h of Howard ave- nve. Sold to Chas. H. Bauman for $2,600. For Gev. W. Brown, surviving trusie lots 2, 3 and 4, square 185, being 912 16th street and 1605 I street, forming part of the Hotel Arro. Scld to Frank F. Stanley; part lots 3 and 4 for $45,000 and part lot 2 for $25,000. For Leon Tobriner, attorney, part lot 5, square 554, hcvse 135 N sireet northwest. Sold to Moritz G. Kernwein for $1,800. For Govern and Pairo, trustees, lot 0 block 28, Columbia Heights. Sold for 5 cents per sqvare fcot to Barr & Sanuel For Ridcut and ding, trustees, lot 23, block 3, Eckington, 22) R'street_ northeast Seld to Bernard E. Fernow for $3,400. For Tobriner and Hood, trustees, lots 48 and 49, squa 5 Burris for $1,7 366, Sold to Hugh Lewis for $1 566 For Wimer and Williams, trustees, thir- S. L. Loomis’ ty-two lots in ‘Montello, sub of “Hadaeck’s Hill. teen lots in block 2 sold for $36 each, six in block 10 sold for $43 each and eight in block 11 for $47 each; two iots in block 11 for $61 each. All to Francis Colton. For Benjamin ad Johrson, trustees, let re 1UM, iwo-story brick dwellin, . 725 12th street northeast. Sold to I Rothwell fer $2,675. For Benjamin and Duncanson, 149. biock 27, Loug Mcad petua i story frame dwelling, northeast. For Johnson and Benjamin, trusiees, lois block 27, Reseda M and WIS Kran trustees, lot No. G33 1Gth sireet retual Buil ssoclation; $510, lot 227 for For Johnsor snd Benjamin, trustees, lot block 2,Tr two-story brick dwell- ing, No. Soild to Perpetual Build: For Fou 3, square 683; street. Sold to Provident Life and Trust Company ef Philadelphia for $9, For Boarmen and White, t lots on Sheridan avenue rear and Soldiers’ Home. Lot 27 sold to George F. Graham for $597.66, and lot S4 sold to George H. White for $775.10. For Ridout and Walter, trustees, lot 150, square 15; two-story stene-front dwell- ing, No. 7 B street sou Sold to real estate compary for $3,750. For Macarty and Mitchell, trustees, square 139; four-story press-brick ing, No. 1200 18th street. To Amanda Ray for $26,500, For Wilson and Larner, trustees, lot 2 square 1004, Known as 1220 G street north- east, sold to Jas. F. Hood for $2,800, For Benjamin and Duncanson, trustees lot 77, block 2, Trinidad, two-story brick dwelling, No. 1116 Florida avenue, sold to Jro. B. Hicklin for $2,500, For Browne and Edmonston, trustees, lot 22, block M4, Le Droit Park, improved by house No. 1934 Linden street, sold to Jas. F. Hood for $2,100, For Browne and Edmonston, trv lots 4 and 5, square 1076, sold ‘to J Hood for 16 cents per square foot. For Edmonston and Wiilamson, trustees, part lot 13, square 154, house No. 1718 I7t street northwest, sold to United Security Life Insurance and Trust Company of Pennsylvania for $6,900. For Ashford and Howard, trustees, lot 59, square 4, West Eckington, improved bh dwelling, No. 18 Quincy street, sold to Ed- win F, Jones for $3,650. T. H. Anderson, trustee, part lot 4, Square 1060; also lot 44, block 6, Ivy City, D. C., part lot 4, sold to Ohio National Bank for 21 cents per square foot; lot 44 sold for 11 cents per square foot to Ohio National Bank. For Parker and Heald, trustees, south half of square 673, sold to Wilbur F. Nash for 30 cents per square foot. For Benjamin and Duncanson, trustees, lot 14, square 572, No. 218 Indiana avenue, sold to John Cook for $5,700. For Johnson and Abraham, trustees, part lot 12, square north of square 743, improved by two brick houses, Nos. 1108 and 1110 Ist street southeast, sold to Daniel A. Duffy for $1,075. For Edson and Batley, trustees, part lot 6, square 845, two-story and basement dwelling, No. 406 5th street southeast, sold to Johanna C. Block for $1,950. For Bell and Heiston, trustees, parts lots Gt and 65, square 63, 30th and N’ streets porthwest, sold to Alex. M. Bell for $6,100. For Arms and Emmons, trustees, lots 1 and 2, square 1058, northwest corner 15th and A streets southeast, sold to Diller F. Groff fer 17 cents per square foot. United States marshal, part lot 11, square 776, sold to Mary A. Butler for $77 For Tobriner and Hood, trustees, build- ing lots on N near 11th street, and on 1sth between Massachusetts avenue and B street southeast, lots 20, 30, 31, 32 and 33, square 977, sold to Wm. Lawrence for 30 cents per re foot; lots 18 and 19, square 10u8, sold to Wm. Lawrence for $1,901.2! Peremptory sale of lot 3, square 354, 516 llth street southwest, sold to John Pfeil for $1,600, For Benjamin and Duncanson, trustees, lots 150 and 151, square 1051, two brick dwellings, Nos. 645 and 647, Florence street northeast, sold to John Cook for $1,250 each. For Johnson and Benjamin, trustees, part square 5, house No. 710 Virginia avenue southeast, sold to John Cook for $3,450, For Wiswall and Hamilton, trustees, lot 100, square 510, frame dwelling, No. 419 Be nklin street, sold to Isaac Ottenberg for 7 For Early and Gordon, trustees, part of Conclusion, to Harriet J. Early for $1,000. For American Security and Trust’ Com- pary, trustees, lots “A 1” and “B 2,” square 126, northwest corner 17th and I streets northwest. Sold to W. V. R. Berry for $69,841. For Edmonston and Williamson, trustees, lot 15, square 685, on B street, opposite Capitol grounds, southwest. Sold to Geo. ie nats, trustee, for $1.25 per square root. For Brown and Domer, trustees, lot 153, pauare 100g CWO: story, brick dwelling, 1 street northeast. Sold to . for $2,200. Geo. E. Emmon: For Ashford and Williamson, trustees, part of lot 9, square 513, improved by house 459 M street northwest. Sold to Emma T. Schneider for $5,000, ‘i For Todd and Ashford trustees, lot 1? sauere ae spee story brick dwelling, N street southwest. Solc S Taylor for $7,000. ae For Browne and Edmonston, trustees, lots 50, 51 and 52 (on Duncan place). Sold for $215 each to Jas. F. Hood. pe Wilson and Larner, trustees, lot 1 are 861, 641 Acker street n a to John Cook for $1,900. Sreneegseola For Stellwagen and Ashford, trustees, lot 4, square 575, the Monumental Works, 129- 181-133 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. Sold to Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safo iepaslt Company for $18,500, ‘or Ward Thoron, trustce, part o iS dad, sold to Edwin p. Easton and William Herbert Smith for $24,500. or Mussey and Bundy, trustees, 213-215 M strect southwest. Sold to Samuel L. Denty for $1,050. For Benjamin and Duncanson, trustees, lots 48 and 45, block 11, Bloomingdale, D. C., two brick dwellings, 58 and 62 R street rorthwest. Sold to John Cook for $3,800 each. For Isaac L. Johnson, surviving trustee, part of lot 4, square 37, 2319 L street north. west. Sold to Thos. P. Purcell for $2,300. For Ashford and Browne, trustees, lot 45, square 812, 413 E street northeast. Sold to James F. Hood for $1,800. For Walker and Fleming, trustees, 2931 15th street northwest. Sold to Redford W. Walker for $5,500. For Ashford and Wiltamson, trustees, part of lot 27, square 159, 1714 N street northwest. Sold to Chas. H. Bauman for $9,800, For Snyder and Maddox, trustees, the Hammond Sanitarium. Sold to Emmet C. Gibson for $48,000. For Junkin and Barclay, trustees, lot 9, square 344, 1006 I street northwest. Sold to Presbyterian board of relief for disabled ministers and the widows and orphans of deceased ministers of Pennsylvania for $15,900. For Johnson and Benjamin, trustees, lots 8 and 5, square 1010, on 12th and on B streets northeast. Sold to John 42 cents per square foot. For Ridout and Harding, trustees, lot 22, block 227 R street northeast. Sold to Riley for $3,400. Yor Wilson and Archer,trustees,part lot 17, square 501, frame house, situate on L street beiween 44% and 6th streets. ‘Sold to Chas, Early for $1,825. is For Haviland and Reuter, trustees, lot 80, block 3, Lincoinyille, D, C. Sold to Henry Reuter for $110, For Austin P. Brown, trustee, lot 24, square 876, brick dwelling, 605 South Caro- lina avenue southeast, sold ta H. M. Mat- thews for $2,750. For Boarman and White, trustees, lot 15, Mount Pleasant; sold to David S. Carll for 51 cente per square foot. Lot 49, Mount Pleasant; sold to F. G. Purner for 28 cents per sqware foot. 5 For Wine and Rheem, trystees, lot 83, square G33, two-story and basement. brick dwelling, No, 212 Arthur pl northwest. Sold to A. K. Phillips for $2,825. For Johnson and Benjamin, trustees, lot 221, square 855, two-story brick dwelling, No. 1126 7th street northeast. Sold to Per- petual Building Association for $2,700. For Wine and Rheem, trustees, lot 80, square 633, two-story and basement brick dwelling, No. 218 Arthur place northwest. Sold to A. K. Phillips for $2,850. For Wine and Rheem, trustees, lot 41, square 635, unimproved, sold to A. K. Phil- lips for 71 cents per square foot. For Parker and Heald, trustees, unim- proved part square’ 673, north half, except lots 18 avd 19, sold to Bdgar Allan and Ed- mund Waddill, jr. For Johnson and Abraham, trustees,lot 24, Cobk, each lot at square 1047; 157, 1350 und 1361 K_ street southeast. Sold for $1,350 to John Cook. For Edmonston and Williamson, trustees, lots and 24, square 639, D and South Capitol streets; sold to United Security I‘fe Insurance and Trust Company of Pennsylvania for 86 cents per square foot. Lot 9, square 637, C street betweea Dela- ware avenue and South Capitol street; sold to E. L. Springman for 65 ceats per square foot. For Henderson and Browne, trustees,Ten: leytown and Rockville railroad, includin franchise, ilroad track, cars and other equipments; also real estate and_improve- ments thereon, Sold to Oscar T. Crosby Tor $36,500, For Ashford and Browne, truste square 1G, 317 Sth street ‘north to James F. Hood for $2,400. For Carus! and Willlamson, trustees, 605 North Carolina avenue southeast. Sold to United Security Ife Insurance and Trust Company of Pennsylvania for $5,600. For Joknsor_and Benjamin, trustees, lot 10S. square 677, improved by house No. 52 Jeckson place, near government printing Sold to Sam'l W. Tucker, jr., for lot G, Sold r Johnson and Benjamin, lot 21, square td street between G and H streets st. So'd to John Cook for 60 cents per square foot. For Larner and Tucker, trustees, part lot 1280, two-story and basement d strect. Sold to porth tee, part lot 27, square 693, tee-atory brick dwelling Na. 47 Tuy atreet sontheast. Sold to Dr. Hoffman for $1,800. For Johnson and Renjamin, trustees.all of lot 20 and nart of lot 28, square %02. Sold to John Cook for 7 cents per square fo improved by For Maddox and Morrison, trustees, donhle brick hutlding, two flats and two stores, Nos. 1706 and 1708 Pennsylvania avenne northwest. Sold to Geo. W. Waite for $20,000, For Benjamin and Duncanson, trustees, lot 16, sanare 204, improved by very desir- able brick honse, No. 1115 U street north- west. Sold to John Cook for $4,400, For Wageaman and Larner, trustees, part lot @& sovare $59: sold to J. C. Yost for " Also part lot 5, square 959: to svme p for 30 cents per square foot. Part Jot square %9: sold to Louise Koss for 28 cents per square foot; lot 6 Is tmproved by frame dwelling, No. 715 10th street northeast. BEAUTIFUL ARLINGTON. ‘fhe Poem Read on Memorial Day by Dr. Thomas Calver. The following poem was read by the author, Dr. Thomas Calver, during the memorial ceremonies at Arlington National cemetery: Flow scftly, Potomac, touch gently the banks Where beroes are mustered im motion Carcssing the shore of t Sing place sw Wits wevelets unb aud suii as thelr sleep, Come silent, ve breezes, that gather perfume From hills and delis that’ bright blossoms illume, ‘To shed ou ‘the couches of bi And sweeten the dews that ave be wood s asleep pirits Weep. All; for we hearken for footfulls today, ts'in ranks and tn martial arcay— adence and tread of invistble feet Here marching their comrades yet living to mee Lis:! all; tor teps in our hearts we may f ‘The sense of their presence steal, Although to our ears nay sound Of step or of voice as they gather around. ‘The courage that lived death, Devotion exhaled on their last flitting breath, Their love of their countiy that cost them their lives And bitterest tears for others and wives, Shall quicken our souls (f we greet them aright, th them touching elbows as oft in the Their valor this reali of their resting pervades And haliows each nook of these loveliest glades. through the anguish of their So, silent we walt, that our spirits may blend With theirs in the love that endures to the end; The fervor of zeal for our beautiful land ng mizht the furious fight, t the sod of this place st with tts beauty and grace; ‘That here the primeval and towering trees Should cull for our brave ones the sweets of the reeze. The grand dome above of the beautiful blue And clouds opalescent wlth every bu Are over no spot of this green iow Where beanty and sweetness 1 birth, The bear With co The sw ‘Phe thral— Are filly enshrined in dear Arlington's bow: Her beauty of verdure and sweetness of flo: And tears that were shed when fell Should freshen forever the spot where they dwell, at boys The eloquent tomb of the ly Its story, enduring and j To ‘hb oof us gran And each one to le It is not for hono 1 even remembrance in sto ‘That heroes arise at the natior Aud lay down their all for t on eautiful Arlington, national shrine! How sad are the theughts that around you entwiae— ‘The lap where the nation her darling ones holds And, guarding their rest, to ker bosom Infolds; For inany have suffered that here you might reap Your harvest of brave ones now fallen asleep; But far from these confines of sorrow and sin We chall understand why this angutsh has been. name, command dear native And lessons yet further, we here Are voiced by the sleepers U:rou: urn— ‘They tell_us to sce that their dear ones are fed d cherish the living while mourning the dead-— So true was their worth and thelr deeds so sub- lime, Thetr fame brighter grows in the friction of thne, And shows In its glow that shall ever increase A nation united in sweetest of peace. scsi Tea The First Steamer on’ the Pacific. From the Portland Oregonfan. Sixty years ago, April 9, marked an im- portant epoch in the history of the north- west, the occasion being the artival at Fort Vancouver of the Hudson ‘Bay Company's steamer Vancouver from’ Ensianj. She reached Astoria several days ‘carller, but as Vancouver was her objective point when she left the old wofld, ‘she did not tarry at the lower port, but proceeded to the end of her journey as rapidly a3 possi- ble. f Steamers were scarce when, the Beaver started away from Gravesend.on her long journey in the fall of 1835, and:the success- ful trip of the Savannah a. short time pre- vious is all that prevented thaBeaver claiming the honor of being the, fi s er to cross the Atlantic ocean. , As it is, the name of the old craft will live forever in the annals of steam navigation as the first steamer to enter the Pacific oceaa, as well as the first one on any of the waiters of the northwest. This fame, which will ultimate- ly become international, is not 39 thorough- ly appreciated in the northwest from the fact that the extreme age reach old pioneer placed her easily recollection of nearly all of the present generation. All over the northwest are hun- dreds of people who remember the antique- appearing craft that splasned around the waters of the sound and Britisn Columbia until about eight years ago, when she was. carelessly wrecked, with her timbers as sound as the day they were put in place. — A Good Thing About Flats. From the Chteago News. “Do you have your lace curtains done up every year, Mrs. Bing?” “No; our flat is so dark they don’t need to learn, h tombstone ‘and. THE MAIL IN ALASKA A Trip of Nearly Two Thousand Miles to Deliver Letters, A Party of Five Started and Only One Indian Returned—Terri- ble Hardships Endured. From the Aluska News. Upon the arrival of the Rustler this morning it was learned for the first time positively that the American mail which started for Forty Mile last December had been safely delivered at its destination, and the carrier had returned again to civi- lization. Jimmy Jackson is quite a hero today, and as he walked up Seward street, clad in his parka and moosehide boots, he attracted as much attention as a circus. His trip of nearly 2,000 miles was a most perilous one; one that the hardiest and most experienced mountaineer would have long hesitated before attempting. Not that the journey would have been so dangerous at a favorable season of the year, as it would not, and the same ground has been covered by hundreds of others, made, how- ever, in the spring or fall when traveling in the interior was good and the perils in- cident to arctic storms and blizzards had passed. But to leave Juneau for Forty Mile in December, when winter is at its worst, and when residents of the Yukon scarcely venture outside their cabins, was considered by the old-timers here, who were fully acquainted with the rigors of an Alaskan win’ to be little short of sui- cidal. A Party of Five Persons. Five persons comprised the party which left for the Interior in charge of the mail, three Indians, Jimmie Jackson, his nephew Albert and Chilkat Bob. The other two were white men, L. 8. Hodge and WW. Mc- Nelis, the former being a printer formerly in the employ of the News, and the latter a miner, who for a time worked on the Silver Queen at Shecp Creek. The party left Juneau on the 10th of De- cember, having an outfit all told weighing between S00 and 900 pounds. A large canoe conveyed them to the Takou Inlet, thence up the inlet almost to the mouth of the river. The first camp was made at Sheep creek, just below town, and the second at hop Point. Upon reaching the inlet the ther was very rough and the seas rolled so high as to almost swamp their canoe. The wind was fair and stiff enough to send them flying until their mast broke, after which paddles and oars were resorted to. As the upper end of the harbor was ap- proached vast quantities of huge tce floes Were encountered, and in some places gorges that were ‘almost tmpassable were formed, necessitating careful navigation. Three “miles below the cannery at. the mouth of the Takou river the pariy_be- came hemmed in and were compelled to camp there two weeks. At the expiration of that time the wind shifted and the ice le moved sufliclently to allow them the fisheries, arriving there Ne y. The following day it turned bit- ter cold again and the wind was coming down the river with the force of a hurri- cane. Nothing daunted Jackson so early In the trip, and he and the other two In- dians set off up the river with their dog: sleds and outfit. ‘They had proceeded less than a mile when the dogs began showing signs of succumbing to the terrible cold. The sled was quickly unloaded and the faithful brutes were unhitched and rolled up in blankets. One Round of Bitter Hardships. The journey of sixty miles across the flat summit was one round of bitter hardships ‘and terrible experiences. The thermometer fell as low as 65 below zero, the cold not in- frequently being accompanied by a driving wind, which meant death to well nish every living thing within ‘ts reach. The white men were utterly unable to travel with the Indians, and the frequent halts s often made se exhau: made pr very man the party gre in frozen, Hodge and McNelis suffering the most, not being more or | provided with proper clothing to withstand such terrible cold. As much of the travel ing as possible was done in the timber but on the open plac th Were left at the mercy of the w: After leaving the summit the party crossed Pike lake and proceeded down the passage leading into Lake Atlm. At the upper end of this lake a party of six Takou Indians were found encamped, engaged in hunting and trap- ping. Belng desirous of securing some new moc; ins, the Ind S$ Stopped here a day while they were being made. Hodge and MeNelis, realizing what an impediment they were to the Indians, resolved not to wait, but to keep on traveling. and get as far along as they pessibly could before the Indians overtook them again. The rou down the lake was shown t and started off. The next morning the Indian’ followed their trail until a point w reached where they should have turned off to get into Takish lake, and there it was seen the two men had gone astray. Jack- son continued on the right trail, presuming that the white men, when they found the we ng, Would retrace their an then follow his track: Seventy miles by jow the first Indian camp and about fift miles above Takish lake another party of Tak were found encamped, they like- wise b ping. ing engaged in hunting and trap Two Are Missing. On his way out, and while at Dyea, Jack- son met one of the Indians with whom he camped at Atlin lake. He said that a week after the Jackson Indians had left their camp Hodge and MecNelis had returned in an almost siarved condition. They bought and traded for all the meat they could get, taking fresh, salted, smoked or anything the Indians would dispose of. Upon leav- said they were going to Forty d would follow Jackson's tracks. ner $s been heard from the unfortunate men. If they succeeded in reaching the second camp of Indians and d there during the hard weather, they are undvubtedly safe, but in the event of their getting off the trail and failing to reach that point, there is not one chance in a million of their being ali Knowing what he does of their being able to stand fatigue and shift for themse. Jackson does not believe they ever reached the sec- ond party ot Indians. When Jackson arrived at Forty Mile with the mail, every man, woman and child in the camp hurried to the trading post to re- celve news from the outside world, it being the first to arrive in six months. Miners were 80 clated ai the intrepidity and cour- age shown in the Indians making the trip at that season of the year that a hat was passed around n the store, and nugsets to the amount of $150 were quickly dropped inio it. Forty Mile was reached Marea 22, and after a rest of a week, Jackson started out on the return trip, via the Cailkoot Pass. His nephew Albert and the Chilkat Indian were left at the post, beiag in too bad condition to attempt to return at once. Both were badly frozen at different times, and it is remarkable that they should now be alive. The return trip was made aione as far as Sixty Mile, a Stick Indian accom- panying him out from that point. One week was lost on the road through snow blindness, but in actual traveling they made the quickest time on record—twenty- two days—from Forty Mile to Dy2a. Will Try Again, Jackson plainly shows the effects of his terrible experience. His face and hands are so brown as to be almost black. On each cheek is a discolored spot as large as a silver doliar, showing where the frost had penetrated deeply. His hands, and par- ticularly his wrists and each forearm, are likewise spotted. He will remain here a month or two taking a rest, and will then begin making preparations for another trip next winter. He will go over the sume route as traveled last winter, but during this summer he will establish stations 1 tween Takou harbor and the Takish hi in each of which he will cac ie sutti- cient supplies to enable him to make the journey without having the dan, of starvation to overcome as well a tense cold and fearful storms. With the present made by the miners of Forty Mile, Jackson received $650 for taking the mail in, but he says tt-was worth $1,500, and it is doubtful if there is a white man who would attempt it for that sum, se+— Exes in the Arts. From the Germantown Telegraph. Calico print works use 40,000,000 dozen eggs per year, wine clarifiers use 10,000,000 dozen, photographers and other industries usé many millions, and these demands in- crease more rapidly than table demands, MEMORIAL COMMITTEES. Members of the G. A. R. and of the Relief Corps in Charge Saturday. Following is a list of the committees in charge of Saturday’s exercises: Executive committee: Department offi- cers—John McElroy, department comman- der; A. J. Huntoon, S. V. department com- mander; J. F. Raub, J. V. department com- mander; A. E. Johnson, M. D., medical di- rector; Rev. Henry S. Stevens, chaplain; Gilbert M. Husted, assistant adjutant gen- eral, secretary; Alva S. Taber, assistant quartermaster general, treasurer. Past department commanders—Frank H. Sprague, Benj. F. Hawkes, A. H. G. Rich- ardson, Geo. E. Corson, Harrison Dingman, Crarles C. Royce, William Gibson, Samuel S. Burdett, D. S. Alexander, Newton M. Brooks, Jerome B. Burke, Charles P. Lin- coln, Willlam 8. Odell, M. Emmett Urell, J. M. Pipes, A. F. Dinsmore, S. E. Faunce, Nathan Bickford, Marion T. Anderson. Post commanders—Post 1, T. R. Shep- pard; Post 2, W. Hunter Myers; Post A. M. Legg; Post 4, James Wells; Post Eugene Wel 7, L. Mundheim; Post § G. 9, J. P. Quander; Post 10, A. F. Dinsmore; Post 11, G. W. Gladmon; Post 12, C. S. Herron; Post 13, Adolph Gertman; Post 14, Peter McGirr; Post 15, J. F. Meacham; Post 17, Jacob Moore; Post 18, S. C. Robb; Post 19, J. T. Clements; Post 20, Lawrence Wilson. Z Members elected by posts—H. E. Weaver, G. H. Slaybaugh, B. F. Chase, Wm. A Washington, Charles Matthews, Thos. Gal- loway, Thos. Calver, J. J. Glover, Jas. H. B. Smallwood, 8S. W. Bunyea, J. Tyler Pow- ell, H. M. Gillman, A. B. Frisbee, Theo. Hausmann, Wm. H. Honn, Neil McFar- land, Dr. J. R. Hayes, Samuel McMonigal, E, J. Sweet. Representatives from camps of Sons of Veterans—Capt. J. B. Pitcher, Camp Capt. Ed. R. French, Camp 2; Capt. Ma lanthol Plummer, Camp 3; Capt. H. Wm. Riecks, Camp 15; Capt. Jeon Turner, Camp 25; Capt. Frank’ M. Alle! Jos. 8. Haas, Camp 31; Moore, Camp Recept.on committee—The department officers, the assistant adjutant general, the assistant quartermaster general, the post commanders, and the past department commanders. Committee on decorations and grounds— Edwin J. Sweet, chairman; H. E. Weave: M. M. Lewis, J. Tyler Powell, L. Mund: heim, G. H. Slaybaugh, L. Wilson, T. R. Sheppard, Ed. R. French, Wm. } Decoration committee (auxiliary to com- mittee on decorations and grounds)—Mrs. Annie W. Johnson, chairman; Mrs. 1. Cheshire, Mrs. Ida L. Ch Yomk . Indiana Cowling, 3 nie G. Davis, Mrs. G. G. Bain, Mrs. L. Tew, Mrs. Ida V, Hendric Saunders Ruth R. Goodwin, ton, Margaret Carroll, P. J. C. Green, Fannie Ware, Mrs. ior, Mrs. Emma Fergus derson, Mrs. Frances Ho! Mrs. L. Floyd, Mary Crawford, Mrs. J. Dony, Mr: rth, Mrs. J. C. Leon- ard, Mrs. in, Mrs. R. B. Meas em, Mrs. Mary Thatcher, Mrs. Isabel Wo rell Ball, Mrs. John M. Keogh, Mrs. Han- nah J. Devoe, Mrs. George Burke, Mr: Jos. R. McClellan, Miss F. Chambers, Mr: G. Chambers, Mrs. F. 1. Howells, Mrs. 1 lian Overacker, Mr: A. Chambers, M ida Duckett, Mrs. M. J. Thompson, Mrs. S. M. McCabe, Mrs. Cornelia Wilkerson, Mrs. Frances letcher, Mrs. Mary J. Mitchell, Mrs. Susan Kreger, Mrs. Glady Thompson, Mrs. Hattie M. Robb, Mr: Kate Harris, Mrs, Correna Strickland, Mrs. Hlizabeth Montis, Mrs. Mary Parker, Mrs. Caroline ,» Mrs. G. Van Fleet, Mrs. Minnie Bridaham, Mrs. Lydia Orr, Miss Lotta Waketield, Mrs. Mary Mangan, Mrs. js. Fuller, Mrs. Hyler, Mrs. Mary Honn, Miss Viola Lewis, Miss Celia M Kenna, Mrs heim, M Hoover, Iver, Mr: 3 : . H. Slaybaugh. Finance committee—William Gibson, “hai man; A. S. Taber, treasurer; M. T. Ander- son, W. H. Myers, Bb. F. Chase, Thos. Gal e Welis, G. W. Gladmon, C. jierron, Chas. Matthews, S.C. Robb, A. Hart, D. J. Evans, S. E. Faunce, J. B. Carter, A. J. Huntoon, J. Sweet, Dinsmore, L. P. Williams, Peter MecGir John F. Meacham, J. B. Morton, W. P. Stedman, Henry E. ii s, George C. Ress, Joseph Johnson, Wail. Brewer, W. T. Horine, Daniel Wiiliams, F. H. Wagner, BE. A. M y, Ceci? Cla: g om Charles D. A. Loeffier, W. W. Wailingsfo: Jacob Moore, Jos. H. Jochum, W. W. Cha bers, J. P. Quander, E. W. Whittake Vanderhoef, Peter S. Garretson, L. V hoef, F. P. Gr J. B. Simmons, D. Gowan, A. F. McMillan, G. P. Davis, John M. Sullivan, L. E. Gridley, W. W. Eldridge, John Harrington, Harry Gardne David Parker, W. P. Worces Benj. Swailow, George B. Ruse, C. H. Dow, W. E. Bentz, J. F. L. Devoe, Chas. F. Noske, Sigmund J. Block, Martin Riley, Jno. R. McBride, J. H. Smaliwood, Theo. Hausmann, J. T.'Clem- ents, A. B. Frisbie, F. A. Ciark, John Joh: son, F. L. McKenna, H. C. Shute, Cha: Garrette, Thos. S. Rice, John Maley, V H. Norton, H. F. J. Drake, W. L. Walter, C. Dolan, William S. Seymour, James A. Scott, Thos. Flint, jr, W. C. Talley, C. H. Stout, W. A. Roberts, E. H. Thomas. Transportation committee—S. E. Faunce, he ; H. M. n. Commitiee on Sold Home cemetery— Huntoon, chairman; Jacob Moore, Me riland and Committee on Congressional cemeter J. F. Raub, chairm . F. Dinsmore, S. Bunyea, Frank M. Allen, S. of V Committee on Mt. Olivet and Graceland cemeteries—J. F. Meacham, chairman—Wm, H. Honn and Jos. S. Haas, S. of V. Committee on St beth cemet Adolph Gertman, chairman; A. B. Frisbie and J. B. Pitcher, S. of V. Committee on Battle Ground and Rook Creek cemeteries—Peter McGirr, chairman; a Hausmann, Committees on Oak Hill and Hol cemeteries—J. T. Clements, chairman. Committee on fsolated graves—J. P. Quan- der, chairman; Jas. H. B. Smallwood, & lanthel Plummer, 8. of V., and Leon Tur- ner. J. Glover. Music committee—Geo. E. Carson, chair- man; Thos. Calver, A. M. Legg, James Wells, J. R. Hayes, Wm. B. Was’ Geo. W. Lacy and H. Wm. Riecks, —-~— FIGHTING FROST. king Artificial Fog to Protect Orange Trees, From the New York Journai. The newest method of protecting orange orchards against frosts consists in creat- Ing an artificial fog, which overhangs the trees and keeps them from harm. no danger from frost on @ cloudy ni the clouds prevent the rapid radiation of heat from the earth, and thus serve as a sort of blanket. A fog, which fs an earth cloud, serves the same purnose. The orange growers of California have found out a way of making fozs by arti- fice. They can create then at any time within a few minutes. If the night starts {a clear and cold, with prospects of frost, the fog-making “nacaines are tur: and very soon the orchard 1s enshroude a thick mist. Thus protected, the tr defy even a severe frost, which under or- dinary circumstances would destroy all ex- and juicy Tne orchard provided with a fog-making device is underlaid by a system of small pipes that carry water. Connected with these are perpendicular pipes which rise to a height of forty feet in the air. There are 100 of these perpendicular p!pes in every ten acres of trees. At the top of each tall pipe are a couple of “cyclone no: which discharge the water in a fine spray in an upward dir ion. All that is requir- ed 1s that the wz rned on, d the air is charged w e fog-like mist All the underground pipes in the orchard unite in one common supply pipe, whi pas-es through the house of the wa in charge. At any time when the ¢ ture sinks to freezing yoint the wa: by opening the cock of the supply pip at once turn on the water to all the r and spray nozzles. The result is a thick fog, thrown by 100 cycione nozzles over th entire ten acres, The misi soon {ilts the air to a height of forty-five f and any breeze drifts it about like a bank of f In connection with the apparatus alarm thermometer. When the tempe ture in the orchard falls to 32 degr eiectrie current is completed, and an : wakes the watchman. turns on the fog, and then goes to bed sat- isfied that the orchard is safe. ——_—— ++ A La Bike. From the Youkers Statesman. Yeast—“Spring has taken @ header, I Crimsonbeak—“‘Yes; guess scorching a little too soon.” she got to Without delay he | | WATTERSON'S VIGOROUS WORDS. Speech in London Full of Raps at Bayard. The dinner given Saturday night by all of the United States consuls in the united kingdom to Patrick A. Collins, the United States consul general in London, was a notable gatherng. It was considered a great compliment to an efficient cific’al, and all the America consuls located in Great Britain and Ireiand were in attend- ance, except three who were absent from the country. Among those present were Ambassador Bayard, and the entire staff of the embassy, Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World, Senator Hoar of Massachu- setts, 8. E. Morse, consul general at Paris, and Hann.s Taylor, United States minister to Spain, An illuminated complimentary address was presenf€d to Consul General Collins. M. J. E. Neal, United States coasul at Liv- erpool, presided. He proposed as a toast “The guest of the evening.” To this toast Gencral Collins made a fitting :esponse. Mr. G. F. Park the United States con- sul at Birmingham, proposed a toast in honor of “Tne d.plomats.” To this toast Ambassador Bayard and Minister Hannis Taylor replied, To the toast “Consular service” General Morse responded. Mr. Wattersun's Speech. Consul The speech of the evening was that maile by Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal, in responding to the toast “Memorial day.” It, in fact, created a sensation. After several unmistakable al- lusions to Ambassador Bayard, Mr. Wat- terson began the main portion of his ad- dress by replying to the statement made by T. P. O'Connor, M. P., in his paper, the Sun, at the time of the Venezuela trouble. in this statement Mr. O'Connor asserted that the south would have to be reckoned with in case the United States ventured on a foreign war. Mr. Watterson, in repelling the assertions made by Mr. O'Connor in this connection, said that among those who fought so weil and valiantly during the jate unpleasantness, as well as among their descendants, there was but one feeling—a fecling of thanktuiness that God had laid the weight of His hand upon the southern confederacy and preserved the life of the American Union. Contesses He's a Jingo. Continuing, Mr. Watte fess I am a jingo, but in the lesson and got glory for Englan and on said: “I con- ngland I learned he crf, ‘greatness and it goes without say- ing, should need no flunkey eager for social a sonant lip serv audience, and rejoicing at the sound of its own voice, to impress the intelligent Eng- lishman with the truth that no intelligent American desires anything except the most constant and cordial relations of friend- ship. This talk of common institutions and a common language 1s cheap talk. More than this, it is in some respects misiead- in , deligh of a common language did not pre- veut the United States from going to war with England on two occasions. Talk of common institutions where conflicting in- terests are involved is rather imaginary than real. We are of a common origin and of a common blood, without doubt, and that means that we are good fighters, who may be counted each to stand by his own, War would certainly be a dreadful alter- native, but there are yet greater «vils that may overwhel:n mankind than war, the ob- ssculat.on of the b man simply a question of time. it was the spirit of the Ang.o-Saxon race that placed England where it is today. Her warriors are no more forgotten in history than are her sages. To the same martial spirit the American Union owes all that it is today, and upon this idea the United States must rely to maintain her position among the nations of the world. Not Likely to Agree. “It is certainly true that these two er nations together occupy a position sire 1s enough to rule the destinies of the human race, but they are not likely to agree upon terms until Englishmen find as much to thrill them with a feeling of glory and ide at the tomb of Washington at Mount as th American: to thrill them with a sim the birth- on-Avon, “If in recalling the heroic dead in whose memory we drink tonight I take leave to hoist our national bunting a little higher than the Duke of York’s column, if 1 also irail it in pious homage before that dome here lies the rem on and Nelson, 1 certain! > beard the lon in his 4. tail, when 1 remind Englishmen that we, too, have in nerman, Lee, Farragut and wall Jackson, Anglo-Saxon soidi whom all Britons should 4. a, nor twist h San il ight to honor. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAMEL. An Thinks It an Over From the London News. Our ccrrespondent with the So pedition sends the following reflk the camel: The camel, be it at once said, 1s an over- rated beast. There is a great deal of him, dan ex- tions on he-ts not for his size nearly so strong as the useful, unpretentious de Then, too, his snatomy is s» strangely « ived. His legs are attached to his great un- so y cireass with seemingly little consideration for the uses to which (mere- ly viewed as legs) he might be expected to put them, and his neck and tail are 80 obviously disproportions the of him, and loth so useless, that one cannot avoid the thought that the camel is some- te rest how incompkte, o cwing to some mis- take, was never finished off at all. Even the qualities he pessesses tend to streugthen one in this bewildering suspi- cion. For ree, he can kick hims viclently in the—let us say the nt of the k—with his foreleg. He Coes con- startly. Time and again have I devoted long hours (fruitiessly, 1 must admit,) to an attempt to win the confidence of my fa- vorite camel—my favorite because he is less cr to me than the others. I have wooed him with the soft notes of my Kour- h, I have tempted him with the thorn- ‘st of Mimosa neues, I have puffed to- bacco smoke into his supercilious nostrils. And, ther, just as I have farcied I saw the light of Sympathy dawning in his long- lashed eye, he has risen all of one move- ment to his fi grinned at me In a fright- ful manner, ing a forest of green and broke and gizing at me full, with more vi ve contempt than I have ever markcd 11 any humun eye, s kicked himself violently in the stomach and lain down again, as who should sa: ow, gO end don’t bother me, a good like Then be con gnaw his own tatl—his ab- surd, useless little ri of a tail that isn't even worth bitirg. But is that an object worth living for? Or, again, he has, to be sure, seven stomachs, of which, vain beast, he is so irordinctely proué (as though he had anything to do with it) that he Is con- stantly fetching vp to show one of them , ard blows it out from his ¢ in a horrid, glitterin bulb, for you to admire. ing practice cevid hardly be con the low brute will do it. ment, indeed, I can give him cre He can flick a fly from the top of his with his Lind tee. Now, this in the live in might, were he a Ivckter e naw ived, but >mplish- him in gcod stead. But as things are, I fear he will make rothing of it. His shape is fatally against him, and he will never become fashionable as a step dar.cer. But with all hi . Get i disa- bilities camel ha 7 coun- try is cercerned, not yet been superseded i any more tical t.ventio’ 1 de- spite the bad, his appetite vest ity for prolong-d «x‘stence without ra giddy fiction, his carrying capabilities mean and his locomctiv ers exaspera Be et h ll_we have, and on him m we largely depend throughout this Dongola expedition. Dr. Coran Deyle, who is one of our par after a week or so of acquaintance with him, that he has discovered in his riding camel great Gelicacy of sentiment and much dignity of Cemeanor. But, then, Dr. Conan Doyle ts a man of so wide a cherity that he actu ally believes in, and even admires—well, no, I will not guess for himself. not the ci mel? haps I may h pleasant to must decide. wonder? who it is. Let every one But if that person, why Why not, indeed?’ Per- ve some day something y about my camels. Tim Is it a long-]