Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1896, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, [HUNYADI JANOS, The World’s Best Natural Aperient Water. 25 Years’ Success in U.S. Highest Reputation all Over the World. CAUTION: None genuine without the signature of the firm “Andreas Saxlehner,” On the mb21-sat,26t Label. isa as ao as ss as oh ee ee Oe eee ae ea ee eal VOYAGING TO THE FAR NORTH. Talk With a Mariner Who Goes for = Business, Not Discovery. {From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Miner W. Bruce, known in Alaska to al- [most every person, native or white, within that vast region, will sail for the north in the schooner Ella Johnson of Cook Inlet tame some time tomorrow. Miner Bruce kas been in Alaska for a good many years, and Is as familiar with the geography and customs of the country as the merchant is with the Interior of his store. He has writ- ten a book on Alaska which has been pe- rused by thousafds of people in the United States, and has prepared en excellent map of the coast of that country and of east- ern Siberia. When the Ella Jorrson sails tomorrow she will have ten men aboard, besides the leader, abcut 100 tons of merchandise for trading and some lumber. She will go first to Unalaska, and from there to St. Lawrence bay, Siberia. At East cape, the most eastern point of Siberia, two men will be left, who will gather a herd of reindeer together, to be ealled for on the return of the schooner. The lumber going up is for the construction of their winter quarters, and two years’ supplies of food will be left with them. From East cape Mr. Bruce will go to Cape Hope, at which point the merchandise aboard will be traded off to the natives. He will then return to East cape, and taking on the reindeer gathered by the men left there, will proceed up the Siberian ccest in an attempt to reach the far northern point, Cape Onman, which lies in 66 degrees 20 minutes north latitude, about the crossing of the Arctic circle. On the way he wHl stop at Cape Serdze, and will enter Kolinchin bay. ‘This bay on the Siberiar coast Is as great in extent as Cook Inlet, and has probably never been entered before by a vessel man- ned by whites. This is the very heart of the Siberian reindeer ccuntry. The rein- deer taken vill be breught to the United States reindeer station at Port Clarence and put off. Mr. Bruce will then go back to Stberia in the Ella Johnson and remain until driven out by the ice. He expects to pass through Bering straits on the return before the middle of September. In 188 he took fourteen deer from that side, and they were taken to San Francisco in a little schooner, seven dying during the | three months at sea. Of the seven that reached San Frarcisco, only one is now living. It is at Leschi Park in this city. A quantity of moss on which the animals feed gathered, but rar out after a month, and during the remainder of the | voyage the brutes sustained life on cabbage | and bread. “This is the only instance where reindeer have been bought from the Eskimos by private parties,” said Mr. Bruce at the Oc- cidental Hotel last night. “The natives are | very supe-stitious and seem to think it will bring disaster on the rest of the herd if a few are sold, to white men and taken out of the country. They will kill the deer and gell the meat, but not the live animal, so| I can’t tell about the success of this expe- | dition. I am feartnl of rot being able to buy them. For that reason I will estab- lish the station gt East cape to gather reindeer up during the coming winter and spring. so as to have them ready to bring across next summer. This will be the first time I have ever gone into the interior. The deer m-n come to the corst and board the ship to barter. They never tse money, and I will take 2 iot of Wirchesters along to exchange. Through the Russian envoy ut Washington I have obtained the permis- sion of that government to trade in Si- beria. “I wish you would particularly impress on people's minds that I am not going up to look fer Nansen. I was offere™ $1,000 yesterday by a prominent newspaper to send them news as to Nansen’s wherea- bouts and whether he had reached the pole. I ar not going to lcok for him, and will make every effort to get down again by next fall. Of course, if I should hear of him I wculd make an attempt to reach him. ‘ansen will, in my opinion, be first heard from in eastern Siberia. He went up on the Atlantic side in June, 1903, with twelve men in his party. His idea was to get as far north as possible in thelr vessel, get frozen in the fce and be carried by the currents right over the pole. He based his theory on the finding of some throwing sticks picked up in 1892 on the northern coast of Greenland, which were proven to be those used by the Alaskan Eskimos. They were thought to have drifted all the way over from Alaska. My theory is that they dropped off some whaler. “I don’t take much stcck In the theory of currents drifting over the pole, but be- Meve Nansen’s expedition to be ‘the best that has «ver left for the pole. It is thor- oughly fitted out, and Nansen is a man well fitted mentally and physically for the undertakirg. About April 1 last it was re- ported that Nansen was returning, but it Was proven to be without foundation. De Long, who got the furthest north, was stuck in the delta of the Lena river. If he had come down through eastern Siberia he woulé have come out all right. Nansen, who fs well acquainted with the history of former expeditions, will probably take that course. “I will notify all the Eskimo of eastern Siberia ard Alaska, so far as I am able, to look out for Andre, the Frenchman who ts going to attempt the finding of the North pole in a balloon. He is now fitting out in France. I understand several European governments are backing him. He will go as far north as possible in a vessel, and then, when the wind seems favorable, will mount in a balloon, depending on the air currents to waft him over the pole. The attempt seems precarious, as the currents are just as Hable to carry him the wrong as the right way. “The great consideration in these expedi- tions ts the food supply and its transporta- tion. De Long reached a point within but 400 miles of the pole, and was obliged to turn back because of insufficiency of pro- visions. Just think of it! Within 400 miles and then to turn back. I believe Nansen will fail for the same reason. “I have a theory of my own which I be- lieve to be the only one by which the pole can be reached. Instead of taking along a lot of men, loaded down with provisions, dogs and reindeer should be taken. Let your food walk in the country. The dogs should be of a breed especially adapted to traveling in that country, a mixture some- thing like the Eskimo dog and the St. Ber- nard. They should be rugged, strong and wéll trained, and laden with provisions for themselves and a few men. The reindeer should also be trained and packed. Three men could ta\ce care of a couple of hundred such animals, and as food ran short they could be killed and eaten, the remains be- ing cached in the snow or ice to be used on the return. Instead of taking a lot of men and sleds, a small party of that kind, trav- eling as fast as possible, with no stop to go into winter quarters, would run the greatest charce of reaching the object of thetr search. I believe the region about the pole ts a solid, level Jam of ice without floes or breaks.’ “Why don’t Bruce?" “Oh, I'm getting too ok was the re- sponse. “And rememter,” he added ener- getically, as the thought struck him, “Iam Positively not going to look for Nansen.” you undertake it, Mr. AGED NDER WATER. Whisky Raised From Bottom. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. One foggy morning, just about dawn, in August, 1865, the side-wheel steamboat Twilight was making her way cautiously up the Missouri river. In the wheel house the pilot stood, dripping with the heavy mist, calling to the wheelman: “Keep her jackstaff on the lone cotton- wood on the starboard shere and swing her stern aroun The Twilight was chug-chugging along slowly against the current. Right ahead was a bend in the river. Sudderly there was a jar. The hog chains snapped with @ report Ike a cannon, and the boat heavily “hogged,” or bulged up in the middle, be- gan to sink. She had struck a submerged sycamore tree of huge dimensions, having Sot out of the channel in the fog. The passengers were cared for by the farmers in the vicinity and taken to Kan- sas City, twenty miles distant, by a boat that came up the river that night. The cergo of the Twilight was very rich. -It was composed of 300 bartels of whisky, hundreds of cases of wines, liquors and canned goods, and a large stock of general merchandise. For several years she lay on the log in the river, visible when the water was low, and again covered. She was a thing of fascination to country boys, who dreamed of all sorts of exploits to get the treasure out of her. There was an air of mystery about her that thrilled the farm lads like the tales of Captain Kidd or the stories of the adventures of wreckers. Four years after she sank an unsuccess- ful attempt was made to get the cargo. Several years after that farmers in the vicinity got two barrels of whisky out of her, and when they went for more she could not be found. The treacherous river had shifted, and she was buried in a sand bank. Then the river cut in along the south bank close under the bluff, and the great rise of 1887 made a sand bar on top of her, buried her deep and left her far inland under thirty-nine feet of sand, 100 yards from the bank of the river at high water, and half 2 mile from shore when the river was down. Last year a number of Kansas City gen- tlemen organized a company to recover the sunken cargo. By a series of ingenious me- chanical devices they located the wreck in thirty-nine feet of water, and found the freight in comparatively good condition. There have been many interruptions of the work, but a large part of the merchandise has already been recovered. The 300 barrels of whisky in the hold are in a perfect state of preservation. One of them was tapped, ami the whisky was found to be beyond compare. A glass of it, which was poured out before a company of men in the Kansas City Club, filled the en- tire floor with its aroma. It was thick and elly, almost of the consistency of New Or- leans molasses, and after the glass was oars it clung to the sides as sirup would. The whisky will not be taken out until the government officials shall become satig- fied that it is tax free. The taxes were paid at the distillery where the stuff was made more than thirty years ago. ‘There is a rumor that abaft of where the whisky was found is the purser’s cabin, and in it is a safe containing a large sum of money which was being carried from St. Lou's to up-river merchants and army pests. The money question, however, is for- gotten for the present in the joy of the wreckers at the findirg of the whisky. Speculation is rife as to what will be the ptofits of the wreckers. Experienced deal- ers say that the whisky will sell readily for at least $400 a barrel ————+e+____ No Russian Free Speech. From Lippincott’s for July. Besides this direct influence on the press —the influence of brute force—the ministry of the interiorsexercised during that period another influence on tha authors which, while irdirect, was even more fatal to Rus- sian literature, so far as its talent is con- cerned. Being thwarted in every attempt to tell the truth, havirg every manuscript mutilated and sometimes entirely shorn of even common sense by the red ink of the censor, the authors began to change their style, to write metaphorically, to clothe their thoughts in all kinds of allegory in order to deceive the censor and to iet the public read between the lines. Straight- forward talk very soon Lecame unknown. In every article, especially in articles on internal questions, the reading public had to find cut what the author meant by the allegories, what he intended to convey by his mystericus, roundabout phrases; but generally the authors, being more talented, more acute in their use of language, than the censors, succeeded; the articles ap- pearing in print were understood, and the ministry of the interior could only gnash, its teeth in powerless rage. But such a course demoralizes the author; he gets accustomed to it, and very soon ceases to understand himself. Many a great talent was ruined, beret of its power and influ- erce, by this pernicious custom; yet there was no other way, if one wished to ex- Fress himself. ——__+e-_____ Culture in a Beston Restaurant. From the Boston Transeript. Boston culture sometimes crops out where one wouldn't most expect it. In a Popular restaurant the other day, where the prices are moderate and the waiter girls pretty, a middle-aged business man, well dressed and of genteel appearance, beckoned to a waitress, pointed to some open windows, and said loudly: “Can't you shut down one o’ them win- ders?” ‘Whereupon the girl called to the head waiter: “This gentieman wishes to know if you wen't please close one of those windows.” the River JULY -4, 1896—T WENTY-FOUR PAGES 23 A Plantephere of the Heavens, Showing the Principal Stars that are above the Horizon Tomorrow at 9 p.m. HEAVENS IN JULY Chat About the Stars and How to Find Them. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ANCIENTS Position of the Planets During the Present Month. AS T 9 O'CLOCK TO- morrow night we may see almost ex- actly overhead a TO THE MOON pretty little haif oval formed by six stars, a of which the bright- est is of the second magnitude. This ts the Northern Crown, the Gnossian Crown, as it was styled by Virgil, it being, ac- cording to the old —— —— Greek myth, the identical crown given by Bacchus to Art- adne, the daughter of old Minos, whose capital city was Gnossus, in the Isle of Crete. The bright star now bears the Arabic name Alphacca. Anclently it was known as Margarita Coronae, the Pearl of the Crown, a designation which, in me- diaeval times, led to the constellation being known as the Crown of Saint Margaret. ~ About ten degrees to the south of the Crown will be found the little triangle of stars which forms the head of the Ser- pent. The brilliant star to the west of the Crown is Arcturus, the Bear Warden, tn the constellation Bootes. At about the same distance from the Crown in the op- posite direction 1s a trapezium of third magnitude stars, which forms the lower part of the body of Hercules. Still farther in this direetion is Vega, in the Lyre, the rival of Arcturus in brilliancy. Note the difference in the colors of these two stars, Arcturus being yellow, inclined to orange, Vega 1s bluish white. withe Neva is a small constellation—of about the same size as the Northern Crown. It is triangular in form and is marked at each corner by a pair of stars. At its western corner stand Vega and a star of the fifth magnitude, which is known as Epsilon Lyrae and is famous among ama- teur telescopists as the ‘“Double-doubl Even an opera glass will make a pair of this apparently single star, while a small telescope will show that each member of this small pair is itself a double star. At the southern corner stand Beta and Gamma Lyrae, the former of which—the more westerly of the two—is a variable star, ranging from the third to the fourth mag- nitude and going through its changes in a period of about thirteen days. It is par- ticularly interesting to astronomers from the fact that it has two maxima, or condi- tions of greatest brilliancy, and two min- fma, at one of which it is less brilliant than at the other. This is & good star forath amateur star-gazer to keep an eye upon. The third corner of the Lyre ts marked by @ pair of fourth-magnitude stars. ‘According to a determination recently made by M. Stumpe, the “apex of the sun’s way"—the point toward which the sun and its family of planets are traveling in space, and which Sir William Herschel lo- cated near the left shoulder of Hercules— lies within the limits of this constellation Lyra. If M. Stumpe is right in his calcu- lations we are moving in this direction at the rate of eight miles a second—no lesa than 250,000,000 miles a year. Hercules and His Club. The position of Hercules, between the Crown and the Lyre, has already been in- dicated. The most striking parts of this constellation are the trapezium, already referred to, and a line of five stars of the fifth magnitude, which forms the left arm. The constellation is roughly sketched on the planisphere to aid the reader in finding its principal stars. The figure is in @ kneel- ing posture, and, indeed, the old Greek name of the constellation, Engonasin, sig- nifies On-Knees, i.e., the Kneeler. It is so called by Aratus, who appears never to have heard of the name Hercules, for he says of the Kneeler, “Who he was, or what is the cause of his sadness, no man knoweth.” On the modern cefestial chart Hercules carries in his uplifted right hand a club and in his left the three-headed dog Cerberus, the Eringing of which from the lower world was the last of the “twelve labors” of this mythical demigod. ‘The sketch of Hercules given here would hardly be an ornament to a celestial chart; but unartisttc though tt ts, it has at any rate the merit of being accurate. It is a figure which anyone who will take the trouble to scan these stars carefully can see for himself, and we can hardly doubt that this was the figure seen by the old constellation-maker. We are very apt to forget that the ancient star-gazers were mere children so far as art is concerned. If we would recover their work, if we would see among the stars the shapes which they saw, we must look rather for such figures as a child draws upon a slate, or an Indian draws upon a piece of birch bark, than for such figures as have been put upon the chart by the modern illus- trators, who have aimed rather to orna- ment the chart than to bring out faithfully the actual configuration of the asterisma. Many of the constellations, although by no means all of them, which, represented as we have been accustomed to see them rep- resented, seem hopelessly fanciful, stand out with considerable prominence as soon as we look for them with this idea of what they may be like. This view may detract somewhat from the poetry of the constella- ticns, but if it renders them real end clears away some of the mystery which enshrouds them, something will be gained. After this remark about Hercules, no apology is necessary for the crudeness of the other figures given on the planisphere. A few notes will aid in the finding of these lation Libra, the Scales, which adjoins the actual heavens. Brilliant Red Star. The Scorpion will be found at 9 o'clock temorrow night exactly south, at about one- fourth of the distance from the horizon to the zenith. The brillant red star, Antares, sometimes called the Scorpion’s Heart, ts at the center of the constellation. On the right of this star may be seen the claws, each marked by a line of three stars of the fifth magnitude. To the left of Antares the body may be traced curving downward and eastward until it terminates with a pair of stars, which form the Scorpion’s sting. The legs must be imagined. This is the original scorpion, and it is, perhaps, one of the most “like” of all the constellations, and it may be added that owing to its richness in stars of the lower magnitudes, it is also one of the finest. The claws, however, its most striking and realty ‘characteristic features, have been torn from it by astron- omers and have been placed in the constel- lation Ltbra, the Scales, which adjoins the Scorpion on the west. The head of Ophiuchus, the Serpent- holder, will be found on a line drawn from Vega to Antares, at about two-fifths of the distance from the former to the latter star. It ts of the second magnitude. The head having been found, the rest of the constel- lation, as here represented, can be made out easily. It will be noticed that the head of Ophiuchus is close beside that of Her- cules, which latter is a variable star, rang- ing from the third to the fourth magnitude. It 1s, moreover, a double star and is a very pretty object for a small telescope. Bootes, the Herdsman, can be located by means of the star Arcturus. As repre- sented on the ordinary chart the Herdsman has a club in his right hand, while with his left he holds by a leash the two Hunting Dogs, a constellation which was formed by Heveltus to fill in a vacant space between the Herdsman and the Great Bear, and which is, of course, a purely artificial as- terism. The Dipper will aid to locate the Ursa Major, or Great Bear, now in mid-heavens in the northwest. The sketch here given is submitted with no other comment than that it represents a figure which can easily be made out. The-reader is left to his own opinion as to whether or not it is the origi- nal of this mystertous celestial monster. The Northern Cross. In mid-heavéns ‘In the northeast ts the Swan, better known as the Northern Cross. This fine constellation was an especial favorite with the old myth makers, and was the subjeet of many legends explana- tory of its origin. ‘It was always regarded as a bird, but there was some disagree- ment as to the particular species. Al- though commonly:regarded as a swan, tt was known also-as the Bird of Jupiter, or simply as the Bird. It was sometimes call- ed ihe Hen. The’ constellation owed its name, or names, doubtless, to the cross- like arrangement of its principal stars, this betng a form under which a bird 1s often represented in.a rough way, one stroke forming the ody and the cross stroke forming the outspread wings. The Eagle, of which the principal star is Altair, also contains a number of stars which form a cross-shaped figure, although less marked than that of the Swa To the left of the Eagle and at a rather less altitude is the Dolphin, a little cluster of six or eight stars, which for prettiness ranks next to the Pleiades. Some prosy- minded modern star-gazer, ignorant, per- haps, of the good old Greek name of this little cluster of stars, has dubbed it Job's Coffin, and this has, unfortunately, be- come its popular modern designation. The Plane: Mercury is now a morning star, rising about an hour and twenty minutes before the sun, a little north of east. It will con- tinue to be a morning star until the 31st, although by the middle of the month it will be too near the sun to be visible. Venus will be a morning star, although too close to the sun to be visible to the naked eye until the 9th, after which date it will be an evening star. Mars has just entered the constellation Aries—sign Taurus—and now rises a little north of east at about 12:30 a.m. Before the close of the month it will have become an evening star, rising before midnight. Jupiter continues to be an evening star, but now sets before 9 o'clock. Saturn now crosses the meridian at about 8 p.m. It appears as a star of the first magnitude, a little less brilliant than Arc- turus, which it resembles in color, and with which and Spica it forms a large triangle with two nearly equal sides. Since Febru- ary 27 it has been retrograding—moving westward. On the 16th of this month it Will be stationary. After this date its movement wil Ibe direct, or toward the east. Uranus is about five degrees east of Saturn, as shown on the planisphere, but js Just outside the limits of naked-eye vi- sion. Neptune, in the constellation Taurus, be- tween the Bull's horns, rises at about 3 a.m. It appears as a star of about the tenth magnitude, far beyond the reach of the naked eye, or even of an opera glass. The moon will be new on the 10th, at 1:35 p.m., and full on the 24th, at 5:45 p.m., Washington mean time. It will be in “perigee”—nearest the earth—on the 15th, at 6 p.m Its position at 9 p.m. for every evening during the month on which it is above the horizon at that hour is shown on the plantsphere. 4,00 the 3d, at 5 p.m., the earth was tn ‘aphelion”—at its greatest distance from the sun We are now 3,000,000 miles far- ther from the sun than we were on the Ist of January. — oe WESTERN POTATOES CORNERED. It Is Believed the Operator Will Sena Them Up to f Dollar a Bushel. From the Chicago Dal iy ‘Tribune. ‘The potato markpt 1s cornered by a Kan- sas Olty man» Ancther advance in the price may fofjow) immediately, although there has been a rise of 25 cents a bushel +n the last foun cays. The sudden wdvance may be directly at- tributed to the; manipulations of James Mc- Kinney. He ts the potato king of the mar- ket, and hes rore’to sell than all the other potato brokers“in the west, and is in a po- sition to put the price up or down. He ts sure that he has a firm grip on the market, and the easy manner in which he has rais- ed the price dyring, the last week bears out his statement. Just twenty days ago Mr. McKinney fin- ished @ carefu} stpdy of the situation and contravted at a low figure for 100 cars of the only available potatoes now in the west. These were the stock at Greeley. The entire amount was to have been deliv- ered within a period of twenty days, which expired two days ago. About « week ago the last shipment came, and the Colorado exchanges and pro- ducers were unable to send more than sev- enty cars. Consequertly they were forced to buy the remaining thirty cars from the Kansas City firm at 55 cents a bushel. The price was a neat one, and the Colorado contingent squirmed and fought the con- tract, but all to no purpose. McKinney was in complete control, and it is said made a very handsome profit at the ex- pense of the Colorado men. It is believed he will raise the price to $1 a bushel. Old commission men say this is not the first time the McKinneys heve had control of the poteto market. About five years ago they made very much the same deal. Be- tween two suns they advanced prices from 25 cents to $1 a bushel. DIGGING FOR DIAMONDS. The Stringent Laws Enforced at the Africam Mines. From 8t. Paul's. Of course the expenses of a company owning a block of claims are encrmous, and a large number of stones have to be found before the margin for a dividend arrives. The expense and difficulty of reaching the diamond field im the early days kept away the rowdy element to be found in our western mines. Such diggers as have remained on the fields since the “early days” seem never to be tried of talking of the fe they then led as the happiest they hava ever known. Then cach would peg out iis claim and go to work therein with pick and shovel, de- pending scarcely at all upon the uncertain help of the lazy Kaffir, and, with his own strcng right arm attacked the hard, peb- bly soll in which the diamond was im- prisoned, and in a primitive way “wash- ed” the soil for diamonds. They are not to be picked up walking through the streets or over the “floors” where the soil lies pulverized by sun and rain. It is il- legal to 2.wn a diamond unless one is a claim holder or a licensed buyer. If a private individual wishes to purchase a stone or two for himself he must first obtain a permit from the authorities. These precautions will be seen to be necessary because the value of the dia- mond, its portability, the facility with which it can be concealed and the uncer- tainty regarding its existence make it a scurce of temptation to dishonesty among all classes. It is therefore against the law for any one, even it a Mcensed buyer, to purchase a diamond from any one not a claim holder, unless he can produce his permit. The law has become so stringent, and the detective force so active, that terror has stricken the I. D. B.'s (illicit diamond buyers), for it is a matter of “fifteen years’ hard” to be convicted of buying a stolen diamond. Before thia stringent law was Passed many went away rich in a few years who could not possibly have made “their pile” in any legitimate business in that length of time. Men who have been suspected for years, but have managed to evade detection, have been pounced upen by detectives at most unexpected moments, but the temptation fs so strong that, despite the penalty, the practice still goes on, but to a smaller extent than before. It was astonishing to find how often the culprit turned out to be a man in a good and responsible position, and often the very men who were the loudest in the denunciation of the crime were them- selves practicing it. The writer was in @ cafe one evening, when there was a sud- den hush, followed by a startled buzz of conversation, and he heard the name of a well-known man, followed by the word “detective.” A man standing near, who was suspected of carrying on the same trade, became suddenly pale and bit un- easily on his visor, and, with a careless lavgh, said: “Serves him right,” then con- tinted in a scarcely audible tone, “What a fcol not to be more careful. Before the writer left the camp that same man was working in convict dress. Detectives themselves have been tempted to dabble in the trade, and have been trapped, and are now working in convict Gress by the side of the men they have heljed to hunt down. This fascinating trade of gems offers great temptations to the weak-willed, and It takes a certain amount of bulldog courage, combined with caution and patience, to continue in this dangerous business. On mail days great envelopes of dia- meonds are sent to London. Some of these packages contain flawless diamonds, others smcky diamonds used in machinery for polishing and cutting the stones; others, again, would contain stones of ail colors, sizes and purity. One package, worth meny thousands of pounds, contains yel- low diamonds, selected stones, in size, color and purity. Those of yellow tinge are bought and worn by the East Indians. The pure white stone is of more value than the yellow, because not so plentiful. It is a strange fact that these diamond merchants seldom wear diamond jewelry; they prefer rubies or corals to the too ccmmon gem, the diamond. . The mines have now drifted into the hands of a few large companies, and the Trensvaal is the Eldorado to which all eyes in Africa are turned. ——_—_—_—_~e-_ The Fish Were Fresh. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Up in the eleventh ward a thrifty Ger- man makes a good living peddling live carp. The fish are hauled about the streets in a small tank set upon wheels, the whole outfit being propelied by the energy gen- erated from the German's muscles. If there is one thing more than another the pedler prides himself on it is that his wares, be- ing alive, are necessarily fresh. Yesterday morning the carp merchant was stopped by a womn who, if the well- filled baskets which hung from her fat arms were any indication, was on her way home from market. The woman leaned over the cart and sized up the swimming fish carefully. “Are they fresh?” she finally asked. The look of disgust that spread over the German's countenance would have fitted well upon the features of a sound money democrat who is being told that a free colnage candidate is svre to be nominated at the Chicago convention. But he choked down his ir dignation. “Yah; dey ish fresh,” he replied. Then he reached down into the tank and pulled ovt a sample, which he held up for the woman to see. She gazed upon it for a moment, her nose high in the air. She wasn’t satisfied, how- ever, and the next moment shoved one of her own fair hands into the tank and grab- bed a carp by the gills. She yanked it up in the air after the menrer of one who doesn’t propose to be fooled in so import- ant a matter as buying a fish, and held it out at arm's length for inspection. At least she started to hold it out. Un- fortunately she had picked up the biggest fish in the cart. It was a carp that didn’t care much about women, anyway, and par- ticularly a woman who considered herself well enough acquainted to run her fingers through his breathing apparatus. He at once began to go through a contortion act of the most Intricate and vigorous descrip- tion, his mouth wide open and his tail marking out three-foot cireles at the rate of forty a minute. The suddenness with which the fish started in on this program was too much for the wcman. In her hurry to let go of the carp she forgot all about her baskets and their contents. As her arms flew up the baskets flew down. In the eleventh ward the sidewalks are as hard, if not harder, than in any of the other wards, and eggs have very little show in a con- test with them. Tkere were eggs in one of the baskets—two dozen of them. Unless the rain has washed them away, those eggs are down on the eleventh ward sidewalk yet. They wculdn’t have been of very much use to the woman after they struck the walk, except as scrambled eggs. In the otter besket there were strawber- ries and a steak and a roll of butter. All of these were saved from the general wreck, hcvever, with the exception of the steak. An enterprising eleventh ward dog feasted upon that. The woman didn’t stay to buy any fish. Perhaps she had lost her appetite for carp. Anyway, she gathered up the remnants of her marketing and sailed majestically down the street. The fish pedler gazed after her a mo- ment. Then he chuckled to l imself: “Yah; dose carp ish fresh—but not so fresh as dot vomans, py chimminy!” The Old Lawyer. From Chauncey Depew’s St. Louls Law School Sprech, I know of no more charming member of the community than the old lawyer. I studied with a judge who, as I left his of- fice, had completed the eighty-sixth year of his life, and the sixty-fifth year of his practice. The old lawyer is the custodian of the secrets of the community. If he has been true to his profession, and to his best instincts and teachings, he has been the benefactor of the village, or the town or the county In which he has spent his life. He has settled family disputes, he has reconciled heirs to the provisions of wills, he has adjusted sattsfactorily to all and to the prevention of family feuds the distribution of estates, he has prevented neighborhood vendettas on boundary lines, he has brought old-time enmities into cor- dial friendships, he has made clients and money by being honest, faithful and true. The secrets of his register, of his safe and of his memory are the skeletons of the family closet of the whole neighborhood. But the process of modern cremation does not more perfectly destroy the human frame than does this lawyer's fidelity to his oath keep out of sight these family skele- SAVED LIFE AND MONE The Bank President Footed the Crank Who Demanded $100,000. From the New York Times. Mr. Sol. I. D. Bullion, president of the Twenty-elghth National Bank, was seated at his desk in the office in the rear of the bank building at the corner of Broadway and South street yesterday afternoon, when a stranger was announced. He proved to be a tall, dark man, with harsh features and coarse hair, his cloth- ing ard general appearance suggesting a westerner. Coming directly up to Mr. Bull- fon’s desk, the stranger sald: “Are you the president of this’ bank?” “Yes, sir,” replied Mr. Bullion. “Your name is Bullion?” “That is my name.” “Mr. Bullion, I have here a loaded re- volver The muzzle covers you. Don't twist, please, or some one in the bank m suspect me, and then It would be awkward for hoth of us. Don't change your posi- tion or relax the muscles of yor face.” By a remarkable effort Mr. Bullion con- trolled himself. “What do you want?” he inquired. “One hundred thousand dollara” “Now?” “Immediately.” “In cash?" “No other way.” “Won't you take $1,000?" “Not a cent leas than $100,000."" Mr. Buliion looked in the man’s face. It was white and set. A pair of flerce eyes that blaze? like those of a hungry tiger met his own. He sighed. “You are rob- bing me of the savings of a lifetime,” he said. “If I give you this money my family will suffer. Let me think it over.” “Look at me,” said the stranger in @ deep, determined tone. “If I have not got that money in thirty seconds I'll blow the top of your head off.” Seeing that it was useless to protest fur- ther, President Bullion unlocked a drawer by his side. It was filled to the top with banknotes of high denominations. “Will you have it in tens, hundreds or thous: nds?" he asked. Hundreds." The president handed him two packages, each of which contained 500 bills, each of $100. The stranger put them in his pocket. “You must precede me out of the bank.” he said. “Put on your hat.” The presiden: z2rose, and with wonderful nerve walked swiftly through the bank and out on Brcadway. The stranger took hin to the elevated railway station and put him on an up-town trein, covering him with his concealed weapon until the cars had started. Then he hurried to a Water street horse, where a sharp-faced little man grected him eagerly. “What luck?” “He gave uy “All of it?” “I might as well have had a million.” “Why didn't you?” “I didn’t want to take chances.” “And you've got $100,000?" “That’s what I sal Where is the stuff? “Here!” sald the big man, triumphantly producing the bundles of money. His com- panion opered one of them and stared. Then he growled: “You dirg-donged Jerscyman, no business in Greater New Yo the last job I'll ever have you in.” The big man fell back in evident dismay. “What's the matter?” he cried. “Any kid could tell that that’s queey” “What?” 2 The little man feirly danced as he shouted: “He saw the hayseed in your hair an shoved the queer on you. The stuff is worth a cent and a half a pound. The big man fell back in a chair; his legs quivered and his Jaw dropped. “And he played his distressed family on me,” he walled. “If ever I meet that old Bullion again I'll—tell him what I think of him. u've got This ts —————— The Rector’s Game Cock. Frem Lippincott’s fo- July. “This match bein’ declared hoff,’ says Jake, ‘yous sports c’n come an’ git your stakes.” “<I don’t want no stakes,’ says one feller from Mud Corners. ‘Give the boodle to the parson.’ ‘Nor me neither!’ ‘Nor met" yells one an’ another. “ “Gentlemen, I cannot take your money,’ Says the rector, as perlite as if he was re- fusin’ a third cup 0’ tea in a parlor. “You need the money for your famerlies. Thank you for your good will_— he says, begin- nin’ another speech, but Gobbler White cut him short. “*Yous men that has famerlies, come an’ git your bood. Yous sports like me an’ Jake “ere and Skinny Bugdale c’n watch an’ see me put hall that’s left of the stuff that’s in this bex into the ‘ands of Mr. Warne to use for missionaryin'—or any way he likes.’ “That's hall. Only—I ain't ashamed to tell it, but it seems queer—the rector got hold o’ some o’ hus, especially me, afore I left the ring, and we was confirmed ‘ere last Heaster. I give Mr. Warne my red pyie right there in the ring that night, an’ I ain't seen him since. The rector was goin’ to invite his Bible class around to heat him, once. But I told him I hadn't no ‘eart for it: so he give that hup. He tells me now that the red pyle is as peaceable as a turtle dove an’ stay ‘appy an’ contented-like In the back yard of the rectory. Poor feller! He’s gettin’ hold, I fancy. Well, hall of us has our day cee ps of the Tongue. From Tit-Bits. Some curious slips of speech, according to a nonconformist contemporary, were made at the annual meeting of the London Wes- leyan Mission, in Exeter Hall. Thus, R. W. Ferks, M. P., the chairman, referred to the work of the “female sisters,” while Mr. Hughes invited “young men and women of all ages” to attend his meetings in St. James’ Hall. ‘There is on record a memorable exordium of a nervous curate: “Young ladies, er per- perhaps I should say young women, for I wish to embrace you all.” A Roman Catholic preacher was speaking of the transitoriness of earthly things. “Look at the great cities of antiquity!” he exclaimed. “Where are they now? Why, some of them have perished so utterly that it is doubtful if they ever existed.” co, A great many pec "yy look healthy an are not. There are many forms of sickness which leave an outward semblance of tious health is like a bubble that bursts at a touch. It is like an empty Spdee that the ightest pressure bod Jook ail saght long outside of the ly may lool it los after disease has begun its dreadful worl inside. If a man looks well and doesn’t feel well, he had better be governed by the feeling not by the looks. A great many ap- parently strong and vigorous men collapse suddenly. They have what is known as ner- vous prostration. They go along persist- ently, day after day, working hard and think- ing |, apparently healthy, and some day they go home and go to bed and don’t get up again. The trouble didn’t all come at once, It came on gradually. A strong man can live on his nerves and his health fora long time without eppareet injury, but it isn’t a safe thing todo. Whenever there is nervousness, or insomnia, or undue feligue from ordinary work, when irritability takes the place of contentment, when a man “isn’t sick but dcesn’t feel quite well ””— then is the time he should begin to take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It is the best tonic medicine and nerve food, or invigorator in the world. It assists di- gestion, increases the appetite, promotes thorough assimilation of the food, purifies . the blood and adds to it the life-giving prin- ciples that are needed to feed the starved nerves. It puts the whole body into perfect tune, and stimulates each organ to do the work for which it was intended. ‘Thou- sands of people have been brought back to happiness and vigorous health. Thou- sands. of people have been cured of most serious sickness ah this wonderful med- icine. ists sell it. Saar 21 one-cent stamps to = pay for mailing only, and re- ve free a eed of pao Pierce's ousan bool *mmon Sense ited. ical Adviser,” in pe cov- era, or send 40 cents for post. = and extra cost of binding get it in cloth. World's fon Batalo, NY Medical Associa- | Kidney Disease. STATEMENT OF A PAWTUCKET VETERAN. A Well-Known Ma Whose Words Carry Weight. From the Evening Tinrex, Pawtucket, R. I. ‘The average veteran, as is well known, if wont te glow over war meinories, and he eadeavors, fm his ardor, to doubly impress bis bearers with thrill ing tales of the rebellion. ‘This is as reasonable as Mt ts natural, and none but be who hee passed through shot and shell realizes how narrow his escape from the very Jaws of death, for, in the strife and smoke of baitle, Mitte recks the soldier whether the hissing bullet sings his sudden reqaiem or the cords of fe are severed by the sherp steel. He, Uwrefure, who lias passed with sofety and honor through such stivein scan rightly re- Jolee at his record, while ne may pardonably potut to the fact of having proffered his life Preserve the integrity and unity of boblest mations upon carth, When, however, he reverts to incide! f more recent speaks in calme bone the less certain sound, ances ave born of personal Words are assuredly entitled Add to thts that the narra but pd when such utter- “pest weight isa native aud 1 jong resident aud there certainly can be nothing lacking In point of credence or aifirmation. ‘This is particularly applicable to the wine %. mm there is no better known nor itizen in Pawtucket, RL, inity, Mr. Plerce resides with his i» Ter . ex-Asstatant 1 the United States wturket, amd an int corded as ‘to agreeably Matherry st. cheerfully ac of the task ears ago,” never dwelt elvewhe as dnring th began kidney clues, ench aud a cife, sure and speed of itty avail and tay. e with the Repeatedly dia I have iy business as a. bel water for two and e only relief seen actionary force “About nine or ten menths ag: oue of those painfal attacks, I ‘iow workman te try Dr. William: Pale People. He recited his own. syrup Mentical to mine, and of which be had been and 1, with some mitsgivings, 1 CBB, ere box of Pink Pills. At first I took but one, two and have swallowed as mang as three wt dose. Ty be candid, I liad not finisled the first boa before Twas greatly releved, and si reality can best be apprect by a patient ferer. With the second and third boxes I « tinued to improve, until 1 was something Mk former self, Of course, I keep a box of Iuk always at hand as a Safeguard, but have to eniy a few, say once x fortnight or three w and then chiefly for the appetite. I am five feet six inches in belgbt, weigh appro 173 poonds and snust confess am enjo; henith. While leaving the public to Jud, whether wonders have been worked in must state that Pink Mills brve done me th: good of auy medicinal preparation that 1 hav: le to obtain. Local druggista have sent to ty the agents of various patent remedies, of hich I have used bottles upon bottles amd. be upon boxes, but TL could not he behalf lly and w of Dr. Will mast been An analy that they elements ne either in mal from. vittated sold by all cely ost patd da ev six boxes for or by the 109) eine Co., Scher 4 yt ever sold. . Williauns” 3 R.CHASES Blood“Nerve Food We citi For Weak and Run-Down People from Childhood to Oid Age. WHAT IT IS! The richest of all restorative Foods, because It replaces (he same substa: to the biood and nerves that are exhausted in these two life-giving fluids by discawe, indi ibight Uving, overwerk, wor, . WHAT IT DO making the ‘blood pure and rich, and the digestion perfect, 1t creates sulid flesh, muscle and strength. 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