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18 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE. 26, 1897-24 PAGES. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE! os Preparations for Observance of Its | Fourth Anniversary. ADDRESS BY LUTHER B. WILSON, 0.D. —__+—_—__ Meeting to Be Held in First Con- gregational Church. See SKETCH OF THE SOCIETY —_—_.—__—_ The Anti-Saloon League of the District of Columbia closed its fourth year of op- position to the liquor traffic Wednesday last, and hb. arged to appropriately observe the event Ly a public anniversary bration at the t Congregational Chureh tomorrow evening. The address will be by I Luther B. Wilson, D.D., a former presiient of the league, and at F L. Ewin sident Andrew N. f account of the year's | work. Mus! iil be furnished by the h choir of fifty voices, under the di- rection of Dr. J. W. Bischoff. The ushers will be young ladies of the al W. W. C. T. U. They y attired in white, and will preside, | and first Vi Cane | field will ¢ will we The r blue arras the anniversa: ‘olowing committee: Miss Opal EH. Col. WwW. H. Johnsor John F. Tarring i The story and early hist 1 several times in the ce The idea of uniting the Rev. Luther B. Wilson ina s conceived by meiner ary, and Thos. done by the newly was to provide be ation entation who had rand Lodge board, he wa before the rk to the presentative. t has been continued up to this ing the atte of the league, Albert E. ies of the position in- istance to all citizens protests and informations and opposition to all ap- of requi the men} tion to such work, the league en- power of the press whenever it = at terval in di nt parts of th oVides anti-saloon speakers f and distributes anti-saloon riet: public Mr. James L. literature, with a view of cultivating pub- lie sentiment against the traffic in intoxi- cati rvites i perane 2.0 its federation societiery and allizing such of all attemp he liquor traflie in the re, from time to «w with reference io = in the interest of ective. the Year. s been a busy one, f outline would re- During the ted twenty-nine present number which is entitled to three business nine n e and thirt, auspices of 1 during the year. the » Was pre- the loca’ in the places Secking Legisiation. work bef eres $ included s rt of the Morse bill (H. R. 1888, Sith Cong.). to improve the prohibitory fea- tures of the local law, and to facilitate its enforcement, and also the support of the Little bill, to prohibit liquor in the Capitol. The Morse bill was drafted by the league's legislation committee, and after a hearing before the commiiiee on alcoholic liquor traffic of the House was reported to the House, und later passed by a large major- ore: ity. The bill was followed to the District Commissioners, who, after granting a hear- ing to a delegation of between seventy-five and a hundred citizens representing the league, favorably reported the bill to the Senate committee. A joint hearing was had before the Senate District committee by representatives of the league and the liquor dealers, respectively, after which the bill was reported to the Senate and placed on the calendar. A number of attempts were made to get the bill up for consi¢eration, but tt shared the fate of the Little bill and was shut out by objections of Senator Hi!l of New York. The league's committee on legislation prepared and had introduced by Senator Gallinger a bill (S. 1800, 55th Congress), which is a substitute for the Morse bill, and centains most of the provisions of ‘that measure, with a few additions. Tt fs at Present before the Senate committee on the District of Columbia. Oficers and Committees. The present officers and chairmen of standing committees of the league are: mes L. Ewin, president: Andrew N. Can- president: Mrs. Clinton ond vice president; Abram L. Swartwout. third vice president; Rev. Wal- Breoks, D. D., chaplain; Jesse C. ; John S. Blackford, treas- coor keepe: Rev. itman committee on mittee on co-operation; Col. John F. Vinal, chairman commitiee on mass meetings; Andrew Wilson, chairman committee on literature; A. E. Shoemaker, chairman of committee on pretests, and also attorney fer the league; Prof. H. R. Stewart, chair- iran committee on law enforcement. ve committee ts composed of nd chaiimen above naned,with - Platt, Mrs. H. A. Gillen- uter, Alla B. Foster, Mr. W. H. Pen- nell and Re harles H. Butler. The organizations at present composing the league are as foliov Calvary Inter- treet C. E. So- Young Men's League, First Society, Gay Street C. ce Church, Metropoli ciety, Gi Nineteenth Street Church, Street C. E. Society, See Ch Church. ager eee Christian—Vermont Avenue C. E. Cong) i—Fifth Church irst Church Temp First Chureh E. Society, : (dicksite), é (Orthodox). heran—Keller Memorial C. 5. Society, Church, Memorial C. E. Society, t Washinston Church, West V s Society. Methodist—Brightwood Chi Douglas Menorial S. S., M. Epworth Ls M. E.; Faith M. E. Church, Street M. E. Church, |. E.; Foundry S. S. T. such Church, M. E.; Grace » M. MeKendr2e Epworth League, M. E. pol Metro- E. Society, Metropoli- nan Place C. E. ; Ryland Church, M. E. Chareh, Trinity M. KE. s. T. S., M. E.; Waugh Memorial E. Society, Society, Pecl ‘st Street C. —Epiphany Mission, t. Andrew rethren—Memorial C. E. Society. hood ot United E ‘Temperance Societies. nt Order of Good Templars— Indepen Gr: b. C., Third District Lodge; Columbia Lodge, Good Will Lodge, Inde- pendent Lodge, Minnehaha Lodge, Morn- ing ar Lotge, Oriental Lod; Rescue Lodge, Lodge. Independent Order of Rechabites—Colum- rict Tent, D. stia Tent, ack Tent, ‘Tent, Geo. C. Covenant Tent, Faith ‘hompson Tent, Heber Tent Union— , Chapin 5 pitol Hill Uni Union, Frances Willard Union, Georgetown Union, Le Droit Union, North Capitol ‘nien, Northwest Union, West End Union, ional ” Vermont Avenue Loyal Temperance Legion, ey Chapel Band of Hope. Miscellancous—Father Mathew T. A. So- Prohibition Union, Soldiers’ Home (nonp.). Other Organizations, Central Union Mission, District of Colum- bia C. E. Union, Washington District E; werth Li ard Unive The District ef Cclumbia League ts a member of the National Federation, called the American Anti-S: : ving sion of the th state ity. other names in aryland, s, and, through with organizations alr every state and territory. he National Body. American Anti-Saloon League was ion xi isting in The organized December 18, 1895, at a rational anti-saloon convention in this city, pro- jected and arranged for by the District league, and held its second national con- vention here last December, when the logal organization again had charge of all lo arrangements, and was highly complimex ed by th tors from twenty-two states who participated in that meeting. Its next national convention is to be 1 year held at Columbus, Ohio, Jaauary 11-13, | glimpses of both Cuban and Spanish char- 1898, an urgent invitation from th2 Ohio acter which make the present revolution | league having been accepted by the ‘6 ier understood. The first three convention. The membership of its “hoard | years passed with varying fortu ‘There of direction,” wh sentative from e dy doubled sin now represents twenty-two na- h consists of one repre- ch of the « eth first conven- tions and forty-two other bodies of Amer- ican citizens. Se Jouett the Cade ord. Admiral n Fighting From the Chfeazo cadet who had behaved in a most countable ner and had disgraced academy, the department, the govern- ment and all civilization. He then proceed- ed to relate how this cadet, when passing through the lower regions of the town of Annapolis } cipline u 1m: d somehow or ancther become involved in hostilities with a tough citi oceeded to polish him off. The s of the tough came to his rescue, det backed up ag a wall, and whipped five of them in succession, and iy hammered the life out of two who was in the c and the attempted to arrest ustody of the civil uperintendent of the ing the aid of the S n having him transferred to al authorities in order that he might led and him. uthor- cad- retary mart ed. roared Jou- “Licked five toughs and two poii : not by “Court-martial that fellow! ett. re- a blankety blank sight, while Jim Jouett is living. The boy ought a medal. What in blankety blank- nk are you doing down there, any- Do United ou suppose the government of ates hired you to rais the of boys to play checkers?’ An Intuith ide Blatter. “Dearest Suspicion, pane Mathilde, I have made up my mind to grant all your wishes. You hall go to the mountains six weeks, ail have a new dress, and the par- 1 be supplied with new rococo fur- you »—“Oh, Charles, what have you been doing?” ees Sympathy. © Admiral Jouett—now on the retired list of the navy and familiarly known as “Fight- ing J yas acting secretary of the ravy once when the eommandant of the academy at Anapolis came oyer and re- perted that he had been compelled to dis- THE TEN YEARS’ WAR That Great Struggle Compared With the Present Revolution. DRAWING THE LIFE BLCOD FROM CUBA Devastation Greater Now Than After Five Years Then. SAME SAVAGE METHODS Written for The Evening Star. Living in the present atmosphere of war and insurrection in Cuba, ft is possible to understand the events of the ten years’ War. The surroundings are the same. The} course of events is the same, but it moves much more rapidly. A Spanish friend told me that if I would study the history of that war it would convince me of Spain's ultimate triumph. He told me how it had been carried on with the Carlist revolution in the very vitals of Spain, and drew a parallel between that and the present in- surrection in Spain's far-off Pacific pos- sessions—the Philippine Islands, He was sure that any one who would review the ten years’ struggle would be satisticd of Spain’s abllity to conquer Cuba. I found the opportunity for this study in the library of a gentleman who has lived in Havana for the last thirty years. He is an Americim. He was on the isiand during the whole of the ten years’ war, and he had | recorded its various stages by clippings from the newspapers of Havana and Mad. rid and correspondence in American jour- nals. This serap-book history proved to be a vivid portrayal of the long and desperate | struggle, which did end in Spain ultimately | stablishing her sovereignty in Cuba. Some points of similarity and some of difference as compared with the present revolution impressed me. From persongl observation of the existing conditions I should say that in two years’ war Cuba has been devastat- | ed more than after five years of the pre- vious insurrection, or, indeed, than at any period of that weary contest. A Menace to Both. During the ten years’ war the volun- teers were a military force dreaded alike | at Madrid and In Havana. They literally dicated the policy of the government. They were a turbulent, cruel and aggressive military power under the form of a patri- otic body of home troops. They made and unmade captains general of the island, and in bowed to their be- ive, and they h the conduct of the p little to do wi war. ither General Weyler nor the gov- ernment in Madrid has any fear of the veluniee S a part of the army. During the ten years’ war the most pow- erful on the This litical agency in Cuba was Espanol, or Spanish Casino. S$ a political club formed by loyal S| rds. It dominated and dictated the c affairs of the island. and w second only no in shaping military af- fairs. The Casino Espanol was also feared the ministry in Spain. It was aggres= ve and domineering, and its 1 had to be followed by more than one captain general who was sent out from Spain. It represented the concentrated bitterness of the merchants and business men of Span- ish birth against the native Cubans. ‘The Casino Espanol! still exists. It has splen- did quarters in one of the fine buildings of Havana. The Spanish-born yet make up its membership, and its loyalty to Spain is unquenchabie, but as a political factor the Casino Espanol is new a very -harm- less body. not dictate the policy, it has nothing to say about military opera~ tions, and its domineering would not be tolerated by the government. Then and Now. Throughout the ten years’ war there was something like freedom of spvech and free- dom of the press among th supporters of Spanish rule. The news/apers umed the right to criticise freely and no captain ral was ever powerfal enough to com- vely muzzle them. '£ represented all shades of opinion, and they had a direct influence in shapi the policy of the gov- ernment at Madrid, and of the army in Cuba. Now the Havana press is com- pletely muzzled. It does not dare to give advice about Ure management of the war, and such a thing as criticism of the go: ent or of the army would not for a -ent he permitted. The meaning of all this is that within two years Cuba hes come under a military despotism which it never reached throughout the ten years’ war. Its government is purely military, and is more absolute under the forms of marual law than can be found anywhere else today in the world. This absolutism is centered in one man, the captain general of the island. At this writing he is Don Valeriano Weyler, Marquis of Tenerife. The unfolding panorama of the former insurrection taken by year gives was at the beginning cf Captain General Valmaseda’s order directing the shooting of men found away from their habitations, the burning of the huts of the country pe: ple, and the effort to concentrate them, as General Weyler has since done. ‘This order of Valmaseda’s was never carried out be- cause of the emphatic protest made by President Grant. ‘The early years of the war had much more of bandits and brigandage than are now heard of on the island. There were also appeals from the insurgents to the United States for recog- nition belligerents, negotiations between Washington and Madrid and propositions for the sale of the island and the purchase of their independence by the Cubans. “Make Good the Trensure.” “It was during these early negotiations that Gen. Primm, the Spanish premier, said he would say to Cuba, “Make good the treasure you have cost us and go.” But this sentiment found no echo among the loyal Spaniards in Cuba. About this time the Casino E: nol issued a mani- fesio saying “Cuba will be Spanish, or we will abandon a heap of smouldering ashes.” ‘Though the Casino Espanol is not what it was twenty years ago, I heard the same sentiment uttered by some of its present members. In the military operations this Cuban serap-book chronicles much of Martinez Campos and of Colonel Weyler, later the Brigadier Weyler. Weyler was then a most indefatigable officer, and whether he justly earned the title of “Butcher Weyler” or not, he was certainly serving Spain with great ability. There are many accounts of conflicts bet n him and Gen- eral Maximo Gomez. Maceo is also heard of frequently, and Calixto Garcia was then, as now, bold in attacking the Spanish col- vmns. Sanguily, who was put in prison before he could take part in the present insurrection, was likewise an active in- surgent commander. Sanguily, it will be remembered, was pardoned not long ago, his American citizenship being the ground of it. A Cry for Blood. Bitter complaints were made during those early years of the ten years’ war against the insurgents for burning sugar planta- tiors, while the atrocities laid at the door of Spanish troops were similar to those now charged against them. There was “pacification,” too, on the island. It was along in 1871 that the insurrection was declared to be on its “‘last legs.” The Spanish columns scoured the country, re- ported that the insurgénts could not be | years, Spanish Bank became a burning issue which lasted all through the war. Ultimately the speculation in gold was forbidden. The Cuban debt began to grow apace also. It was late in 1872 that the royal decree for the relief of the island by the issue of $60.- 000,000 interest bearing bonds was promul- gated. After that came further decrees, income tax sitions and other new sources of taxation. [Complaint, too, was made of corruption in the army, and of the fearful extravagance, or robbery, of those in power. Reply /ot the Colony. When in 1873 the abdication of King Amadeus was announced and the republic of Spain proclaimed, the colony made re- ply. Its loyal inhabitants welcomed the repubiic and would help it to maintain the territorial integrity of Spain. After this folloved announcements from Madrid ot the cabinet’s agreement of reforms for Cuba, and of greater liberty on the islani Then followed Captain General Pieltin proclamation of the elevated purpose of the republic of Spain to put an end to the “partial insurrection.” Soon after this came the appointment of Jovellar as cap- tain gentral, the acknowledgment of Span- ish defeats in the field, and the precarious condition of the island. There was aiso the capture of the Virgintus announced, and in November public opinion was at fever heat over this affair, and Captain General Jovellar issued his proclamation telling the excited inhabitants to “be calm.” Loyal Spaniards in Cuba were as ready for war with the United States then es they are now in case belligerercy of the insurgents should be reecgnized. During this period word came from Manazanillo of the retire- ment of Cespcdes from the presidency of the Cuban republic, and the choice of Sal- vador Cisneros as his successor. Exstrnordinary Powers. ‘The fall of Castelar and the substitution of a reactionary cabinet under S2rrano, word of which was received from Madrid in January, 1874, produced no change in the conditions on the island. The insurgents ccntinued very active, and their success Was reported west of the trocha. This was the trocha in the eastern part of the island, which ran from Jacuro to Moroa,. and which is at the present day maintained by Gen. Weyler as a raiiroad tracha, or base of operations in trying to subdue the east- s of Puerto Principe and San- tiago. In the s of this year came Cap- ain General Concha, “el hombre de las botas puestas” (the man with his boots on), Concha was intrusted with extraordinary pewers for the purpose of subduing the in- surrection, but his powers were not as great as those posscssed by Weyler today. ‘the arival of Concha caused much discus- sion. The moderate party wanted new methods adopied. ft complained that the rebellion had maintained itself for tive and still lived, “staining the soil h blood, covering the island with ruia Th r part, were bitterly de- of the “torch, the bul- the machete.” About this time much comment on Senator Matt irewing the land with ashes.” insurgents, on th nounced a$ part let and "$s motion to recognize the in- gents as belligerents, and the stand of President Grant against recognition was coramended by the loyal rds, Dal BONNY BEESICKLE A Story for Boys, (Copyright, 1897, by the Bacheller Syndicate.) Written for The Evening Star. Upon a brvad, flat “span” of the Sierra Nevadas stood a little cabin. It stood so near the edge of the road that its door rright have opened on the highway, had its narrow little porch not intervened. A =ag- ging gate connected a post, at the other end of the cabin, with a fence across the road, presenting a barrier to all who travel- ed that way. At the top appeared, in clum- sy letters, an inscription that explained its purpose—“Toil Gate.” Out of the doorway one summer morning came a tall, thin woman, who gazed for a moment along the winding, deserted road, then went around to the rear of the house. om Bruce.” “Here, aunty,” returned the voice of a boy, “here in the shed." .\ stout young fel- low, with the clearest and brightest of eyes, came quickly to the door. : said his aunt—a queer cid dame from Scotland, “ye're tinkerin’ that worthless auld beesickle. What gars ye waste yere time? It’s an auld thing, and no sic a bonny beesickle.” ‘It’s better than no bicycie at all, by a long start,” responded Bruce, “and I'm oil- ing her up.” “I doobt it isna better than yere buiks, my laddie. Hae ye stoodied yere buiks the morning?” “Oh, au I'm getting awful sick of the beoks, these fine warm days. I'll study to- night. Ye ken I'm needing the air, and be- He stopped abruptly, for a distant shout made both his aunt and himself turn quick- ly around, to search the road and then the hil, with quick and practiced 3. = “Man on horseback,” said the tad in a sec- ond, “on the Geiger trail;” and he pointed to a canon winding sharply down at an an- gle to the road and to tie left. From where they stood they saw that the horse was flecked with foam and reeking with perspiration. His rider was urging him torward, however, at a desperate Speed, though the way was rough and dan- gerous. A second later the horse lurched Re aad plunged headiong, rolling cross its rider. Then it lay still a 5 the boulders. 7 peas With a cry of alarm the boy and his aunt ran forward, over the rocks and through the brush, scrambling an:l climbing, young Bruce tar im the kad.” It wa; only am nute ul _he reached the place. etched on the earth lay the rider, ap- parently unconscious, his face deathly white, and doubled up among the rocks lay_the hor: neck broke The man gave a groan and mov. was down 1 e, its head twisted under, its I Bru ide him on the instant. e eyes slowly opened, but the look was full of agony. “Oh, oh! you're terribly hurt!” cried the Men and Money boy; “you're rurty” About this time, too, distressful eries | yoG0;te Premon “ ymoaned the went up over the new levies of troops and miners—I'm all right--in a minute the endless call on Spain for reinferce- s I've broken my arm. How's the ments. This continued for nearly a year, during which there was much said about |.) care dn the Geiger mine?” cried the Spain's heavy losses of men and money. | 303: pene ets AOL me DUE Estimates were made telling how, after fiv years of war, the soil of Cuba had drunk up the blood of 100,099 of the soldiers of the peninsula, and cost it $15 10,000. The ar- rival of veteran soldiers from Spain was Iso chronicled, while the Madrid pape shed tidings’from the scene of th nnial struge] When in January nd Alten nded the throne, the loyalists in Cui comed the return of monarchical government and promised, as they had'promised the repub- lic, to help maintain territorial integrity Later came the retignation of Concha, and the appointment of Valmaseda, who had been in command of the island during the first years of the insurrection. Bitter protests were made because of th rs of pay due tHe soldiers. Valmz signalized his resumpticn of power by operations ‘against (he insurgents in |, but the insurge » equally Spain complained ne insur- rection had become nothing but brigand- age, but continued to pour troops into the island. In course-ef a year Gen. Jovellar was again in command, and he, too, ised a vigorous prosecution and a’ sy close of the insurrection. ‘The ministry of Spain promised that no new taxes should be iffposed on Cuba, much as the Canovas ministry had recently promised. At this time 120,000 soldiers had been drawn from Spain, while 50,000 volunteers had been equipped on the island, and the demand fur more troops was still going up. The End in Sight. In an interval of two years there was lit- tle change, and it is possible to pass rap- idly over this period until the first month of 1878. Then there were reports that af- ter ten years’ warfare the end was really coming. The Cuban republic was not to be established, but a system of government was to be erforced which would bea guar- antee against Spanish oppression, and would give the colony genuine home rule. Negotiations were going on between the insurgents and the Spanish authorities, and General Martinez Campos taking a leading part in these negotiations. One Gay in February a Havana newspaper came out with a dispatch headed “Peace Prospects.” The dispatch was from Santa Clara, which was then the center of opera- tions. It said, in substance, that the pre: dent of the Cuban republic, Maximo Go- mez, the chamber and the government were working for peace, and_ hostilities would he suspended all over the island. Later came the treaty of Zanjon, and “oblivion of the past’ alike to Cubans and Spaniards. Great concessions were to be granted Cuba, and it was to enjoy valuable political privileges in its organic and ad- ministrative system. One insurgent leader held out. He was Maceo. Maceo would fot consent to the peace, but he was will- ing to leave the island. "This he did by a vessel under what amounted to a safe conduct from General Campos. I have sketched these events in outline as they happened from 1868 to 1878. Often it is as if writing of the present condi- tions. The surroundings are the same, the discussion is the same, many of the leading characters are the same, and the problems presented are the same. The chief differ- ence I have noted in the beginning of this article. This is that at no time during the devastating ten years’ war did Cuba reach such a condition of savagery in the war- fare, of famine, of disease and death as now exists on the island, after two years of insurrection and of Spain's strenuous efforts to put down the insurrection. CHARLES PEPPER. ee Wanted Something That Would Stand, A Georgia murderer, having been sen- tenced four times, wrote the following let- ter to the judge: “When I come up for sentence again I beg your honor to remem- ber that I have been in jail so long I am siowly dying of old age. Since the com- mission of my crime afl my relatives have passed away, and I am now alone in the world; politics has changed and new in- ventions have startled the country, and I ask your honor—having had my day and being perfectly willing. to die—if there is really no chance of giving a man a sen- tence that cannot'be Set aside, and that will enable him to die and be done with it?” 00 Which the Grenter Torture. From Puneh. don't mean—burie: “Yes * cried the man, attempting to rise, ng back. “You'll have to go—do you hear? How’s the horse? Dead,” said Bruce. The rider painfully “Go on, then!” he ¢ snrill by pain. ‘The. can walk it, but ve" horse in twenty mile. to his knees. ied in a voice made ll all die before yeh got to try! Not a it out!—Git a start! —What ye wailing fer? But Bru had started already. The mind of the boy began to work with electric qu sas he ran. It was twe iy-five miles by the nearest tr: mont; it w: long up-gr s thirty by the read. It was a de to the summit, thet though sand and rocks and win ons. “Not a horse in twenty miles’—but his wheel was there. He ran to the shed and rolled the old-fashioned machine from its place. As he came to the front he was met by his aunt. She had left the man a moment to get water. h, laddiv, noo, ye’re na gang to wastit yere time wid yer auld beesickcle she cried, from the doubts of her heart. “Na, add 2 “ve got to ric “Didn't ye hear him? Tr, rted ard the moun on the md. Away tains wound the road, th a level grade and a hard-packed surface for a mile or so; then commenced a gradual climb, where the dust was thick and the sun beat down on rocks and cliffs and occasional patches of manzanita and chincopin. He had started bravely; but when three or four mi of the grade had been done young Bruce was breathing hotly and his throat was dry. He stopped at a spring, refreshed himself and toiled on upward a3 fast as he could. In an hour he arrived at a long course of sand, and was obliged to get off and push the wheel. Only the thought of the miners imprisoned in the tunnel nerved him to the effort now necessary to proceed. Mile after mile, alternately waiking and riding, he traveled. At length he reached the front of the final ascent. The road here was hard, and it twisted through cov- ers of brush, young timber, and the alders that grow where the ground retains its dampness. In patches, here and there, lay snow still unmelted. Filling his lungs with the keener, fresher air, the boy spun along at a clip that made him hopeful Suddenly, as he whirled around a curve, he found himself confront- ed by a queer, round little creature plump in the middle of the track. In a second more he had struck the tiny animal; it let out a cry, and he knew—as he fell, wheel and all—that th b of a grizzly bear was the cause of his disaster. He had barely had time to mount again before the thing he expected came to pass —a roar rent the air, a crushing was heard in the brush, and the mother of the squeal- ing cub rushed forth in pursuit. There was nothing for it now but to “seorch,” and scorch he did. He threw himself forward and pedaled like an en- gine, desperately, furiously, while the bear came tearing on behind. For a space the read was easy, and he gained; then the hill loomed up ahead, and he knew that to take that track was hopeless. He cast a glance to the rear; a fearful mcuth, lolled opea, and the big beast throwing up pebbles and earth as she clawed her way along in the race, made a terrifying and pever-to-be- forgotten picture. Then, like an inspiration, came the re- membrance of the “two-mile cut off through the brush in the “gap.” It was just a narrow trail and the manzanita hard- ly parted for its width; yet its tread was herd and it was slightly down grade—any- how, it afforded his only possible chance of excape. All this he realized in a second. In a moment more his keen, sharp eyes had dis- covered the rift where the trail “struck off,” and his wheel was headed for the unknown things beyond. As he entered the brush the grizzly gave a roar; scarcely more than fifty yards behind, she dashed through in pursuit. Ou like a madman went the rider now; the twigs and the branches caught his legs and struck his wheel, and the grizzly was sensibly gaining. If he fell she would end kim in an instant; if he failed to win the summit and the long down grade on the eestern slope at a better speed than this, she would soon haul him down with a single reach of her merciless paw. Harder and faster he drove at the pedals; he was fairly flying down the winding and almost hidde. trail. There were rocks in the path; there were ruts and humps; but ke “took” them all in his despair,’ and bounded and bounced till the rickety old wheel was creaking in its every joint. His breath was coming hard; his legs began to swell, and still the savage creature, crazy for revenge, was gaining. A minute, two minutes, five minutes went by; and suddenly, just ahead, appeared a <a frozen lake of the snow, where a w had been drifted full to the very rim, and the boy recognized the “Scoop,” though its aspect was strangely altered. | the | ward the awful plunge, it was twenty feet | i> | | On the turns he gained, on the straight- away scorehings he lost. He was fast los- ing strength, and the gap between his wheel and his dread enemy was rapi:ily narrowing. He thought of the purpose of his ride— of the men for whom he was riding. He tried to “spurt,” but was almost overtaken. A quick, sharp turn, and the bear, unable to hold on the ice, went sliding away in a wide curve. What a thought it gave hi lightning could hardly suddenly. The bear ty on him but he turned and rode like a shot acros OW, Straight as an arrow toward the | edge of the cliff. Straight in his track flew | the infuriated grizzly. On, on he went to- off—fifteen—ten—she upon the wheel. ‘Then he turned like a flash—his machine came about with a fearfully narrow mar- gin, but the grizzly, digging, cl ing the ice from her terri on. Scramble, tear and gow she was impelled to the dizz: second she clung—then with a roar of rage and of terror, went end over end to de- struction, down below. Of our hero's fall and his breathless rest on the snow almost had her paw the trail and final arrival in Fremont, ing further need be said. That night, cn horseback, on foot, and in wagons, men | poured out of the town and over the moun- tains to the rescue of the miners. Tt work that th 1 is now part of the t tory of the Pacitic slope. And Bruce there to see the men come forth from their tomb of earth. e came a day when twenty big men, prawn and sinew, marched fr procession to the toll-gate cabin, wonderful new machine, the money could buy, for the ridden to Frement to save the risk of his own And when they had gone, and the @ried his and watehed them fi the canon, he turned to nt, Who Wa sitting on the porch, re: the splend gift in sile “Weel, ower muckle 0° ladaie, but T 3 as the auld ane, PHILIP V ad had POSTAGE STAMPS A Little Place Where a Very Large Quantity Postage Stamps is Sold. One would scarcely fancy to look at the little squat post office shop on F street, be- tween Mth and 15th streets, that there was enough room ip it for a postage stamp after the clerks all got in and took their pl but somchow there is, and there is also an astonishing amount of business in y of postage stamps sales done throush the small window, behind which one of two good-looking and affable clerks is ays ready to carn his saiary. Tech- nically this small office is known as sta- tion C, and the sales of all kinds of stamps for the year past, or up to June 1, i8v7, ar as felle duly, 1895 rgust, 1S96, piember, Octebe seen by looking these es of stamps wh s in session wer |. but with Cong! over ver the month pr y somewhat in Janua’ and t sort crough to keep the figu months before December in February put the sion of Congress combine > make | ter writing from the tal so popular the 5, for h ran neariy a ed and the some Ay in the though mor M extra in that une are about five num there w so may not think what 7 n but it is worth thinking about instance, it means nearly eleven million one-cent Stamps, or over five million twos, or over three million thr It mean a string of one-cent stamps from Washington to within fifty miles of New York, or four strings to Baltimore, or one siring of twos to Baltimore over the Baliimore and Ohio and back on the Pennsylvania, or a whole lot more things like that ee In the Vernacular. From the Chicazo Record. They had exchanged greetings before the shorthand listener came within earshot. “South?” the short man had asked. sen- tentiously. “Woodlawn.” “Six or seven?” “Six.” “Porcelain or tin?” “Porcelain, with tiles.” “Open nickel?” “Yes—fine. “Steam ?’ “Dining room hard?” “All hard.” “Tub: “And ice box.” “Paper or tints?” “Paper.” “Children?” Back—and no peddlers.” “Thirty-five?” ‘No—thirty. There wa3 a silence for thirty seconds. “Well,” observed the short man, rather more intelligibly, “that must be a peach of a flat!” ——____+e-+—____ A Short Way With Howling Cats. From the New York Times, ‘The Inhabitants of a row of fine flat heuses in the Hariem distri+t of New York have for a long time past been greatly. an- noyed by nocturnal cat choruses. In 1e3- peration, plans of poisoning and shocting were discussed, but the owner of the Mats, who resided in one of them, and was a law-abiding man, determined to adopt a better plan, and have some sport at the same time. Placing two traps on either side of the alleyways adjoining his flats, he attached wires tc the traps, making a wire connection with an electric bell in his cellar. When a frisky fellne took the bait, he came quickly on the scene, and put the quarry into a bag. The captives were turned over to the S. P. C. A., and taken away in batches of from three to ten every night. When about seventy of the unwelcome serenaders had been transfer- red in this way, the sirain on the society proved too severe, and the landiord was told to do his own executions in future. His first idea was to electrocute the ani- mals, but he found that the apparatus nec- essary was somewhat too eluborate. Final- ly, he took the simpler way of inserting in a barrel a tube connected with a gas jet. The cat was dropped in, the lid was shut down, the gas was turaed on, and the driver of the dead wagon was told by tele- phone to call. Tke neighborhood is now cleared of cats, and ihe slumbers of the slcepers in the flats are no longer disturb- ed. ———_+-e-—__ A Veteran Chaplain. Abbe Lanusse, who has been for twenty years past the chaplain of the officers’ school at Saint-Cyr, was reccntly awarded the civic crown by the Societe d’Encour- agement au Bien. The abbe is notable as having seen more war than any other liv- ing army chaplain. He was present at Magenta and Solferino, went all through the Mexican cam} and was under fire throughout the Fran war. ——_——_o-______. Diparaossiacetophenondiphenilpiperazine HAS TAKEN A SPURT Business at the Post Olive Enjoying a Boom. SUPPLYING THE COUNTRY WITH STAMPS Sinton . How Tliey Are Sent to the Various Postmasters. FIVE CENTS A THOUSAND pata ctn eo eae: Written for The Evening Star, Uncle Sam's wholesale and retail stamp business has taken a big sp wards in the past two weeks, until at present the old gentleman has so much to attend to that he threatens to be swamped with thousands and thousands of the little col- ored bits of sticky paper. The reason is that with the clo: > of the fiscal year and the commencement of another twelve months, the various fourth-class post- masters over the country—and their num- ber is thousands—ferward to the nome of- fice here In Washington their requisitions for stamps to serve as stock for the © suing y: The month Sest month for the postal autho: this city, and, in an the department is alre: hundreds of thousa: George Was past and pres The Unite tates Post ment is not overrun with ly in theory are the f June is the } 1 with atures of ington and other celebrities, ent. Office Stamps, De bothered with them, for few of the gum-sticke through the hands of the di partment oncrous duty of cow for these stamps fall reau of engraving , Wher s sare made. acts only as a clearing hou: tributi the stamps, siz where to send th thousand st big stone buil mps ing at 7th the Postmaster Gene . The are nt out to which have been returned, damaged, by post offices for redemption, How Distributions Are Made. But if the post office does not handie the stamps actually, It is the headquarters from which the distributions are ordered. If the postmaster at Sweet Briar, Va., or Suncook, N. H., runs short of Uncle Sam's stickers, and for he will not have enough of them to last him thr nds in a request for the sh the num- ilita ed in their ns at the f the fiscal The appli n from Sweet Briar is Placed on file, and in the course of time a cle s into the k in the p 1 is Sut stamps alread: & being fow ment - bureau to serd the imaster at Swe forw i: lea The credit scheme at jike the It costs the g for 1,000 stamps. ed States. One t are sold for $20. It will thus be seen that m has a crust worth having, and sare not to be despised even der, In fact, Uncle other rties start amps, wit r even trying ret service offic amps bonahe a_ bloated Sam is env that freque busine put catches ime the guilty ties, but in case due disere- tien ts exerci the counterfeiting of mps is not very difficult, as littl clese ttention is bestowed cpon them in the But the expense is so great, and turns so small, that the counterfeit- do not linger long at a stamp job. sin r the bureau of en- Tints about $50,000,000 worth of stamp s is over an average of $1 per head for every inhabitant of the United States, and indicates that we a great race of letter writers, assuming that each person writes one letter ughtful enough to . idea of the number of deling respondents who like to send th: pPestage due may be obtained from the that during the last fiscal year the alue of the postage due stamps affixed to letters without sufficient postage aggre- fated $150,658, mostly in one and two-cent stamp: Envelopes and Postal Crras. Many people believe that the stamped en- velopes were already things of the past, since only bus firms, and very few of them, use them any more. But in the past I year the total value of such stam anted to $12, quite venth of the total business the Office Department. Of postal cary were used during the same period. The bureau of engraving and pr ing does not make the stamped or the postal cards, but confines itself sole- ly to the manufacture of stamps. Fermerly these stamps were ma York, but thr rs the gov conccived the idea of having them made at the bureau. By changing in this man the gcv ents a thow stam jor work. seme di cal employe y at the v ene remembers, when the first stam) cut, with scarcely two sheets of the same color, and with muci that would not stick. After three y practical op ticn, however, the bureau is printing stamps better than they were ever done Lefore. Variable Salaries, The pay of a fourth-class postmaster is a variable quantity, as It depends entirely on how much business he does during the year. Fourth-class post offices are those where the pay is less than $1,000 per year. All others are presidential. In case the re- celpts for one year are less than $200, the postmaster has a first Hen on the whole amount. Of everything additional, between $200 and $60, he gets © per cent als of everything between $60) and $1,400 he gets 0 per cent in addition. Of all the balance he receives 40 per cent. There are nearly 6,000 ct these fourth-c post offices, and the department is being overrun by appli- cations for them and is apt to be bothered in the same way for the next month or so. is the name conferred by an Italian chem-| “At seventeen years of I inquirea ist upon @ new compound he has discoy- which is be? At twenty, who is bat ke ered. The word is said to mean something | twenty-five, what bas he? And now, where to chemical experts. = is he?”—Punch,