Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1898, Page 14

THE EVENING MASONIC FAIR PRIZES The Board of Control Decides the Season Ticket Drawing. List of Lacky Numbers and Names of the W v ners of the Most able Articles, ‘The board of control of the recent Ma- sonic fair and exposition announced this morning the results of the drawing of the prizes awarded to hoiders of season tick- ets. There was delay in deciding this im- portant adjunct of the great fair because of the failure of a very large number of ticket holders to make payment for them. There is still a larger number of tickets remaining unsettled for even now, but it is expected that the holders will pay for them in a short time. The board has re- moved its headquarters to No. 407 15th street northwest, in the building formerly eccupied by the bureau of statistics, which the owner, Mr. Allison Nailor, jr, has generously donated for the purpose. All the prizes dependent upon the season tick- ets are on exhibition there, and . those holding tickets bearing any of the num- . below will receive the articles , ng to such numbers by pre- tation of them at the headquarters. he first six prizes were drawn as fol- vs: Upright plano, ticket No. 15,720, *. P. Davis; trap and harness, held by M. H. Schneider; ia- md earrings, No. 9,027, held by gentleman's diamond ring, white on; E. Parker; Adams; Tribune bicycle, by J. M. Morgan. Other Valuable Prizes. r more important prizes were drawn Eclipse bicycle, 18,345; cabinet lot at Ocean City, donated by Oth J. F. Waggaman, 9228; lot at Lakewocd, donatel by the Lakewood Improvement Company, ticket 25371; lot at Somerset Beach, donated by the Somerset Beach ‘ompany, 21487; lot at Hyattsville, Md., onated by Johnson and Wine, ticket 17014; son Saks & Co. for merchandise, to the following tickets, 10985, %, 19172, loo: order for life-si: ‘aph, donated by Geo. Prince, 7 dress patterns, donated by Woo: Lothrop, picture, “The For- * 625; picture. “The Wedding, re, “The » cigar ligh bator, 10061; b: ing doll, Remaining Numbers That Drew. nder of tha prizes, Including all ick were awarded to tickets as follows: 10042, 20394, 26588, 11421, 17110, S652 19238, 23689, 9 11898, 19124, 19037 O1, 16952, 25 401, 14501, 12 9987, . 19640, GBI . 17838, 16 5218, 369, 14113, 24410, 19551, 16501, 584, 4292, . 27704, ISZS4, 14641, 16044, 23092," 655, and 21161. ay nm bY GRAIN-O1 TRY GRAIN-O! Ask your Grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. 3 that rich seal brown of Mocha on ts wade from pure grains, and the So ee Ses ee - EMMONS S. SMITH Bargains for Fishermen. 25c. Calcutta Bamboo Two-joint Rods. 14. 89c. Calcutta Bamboo Rods, real bands, nickel mountings . with cork grip in wood form. $3.00 Bicycle All Lancewood Rod, full nickel $1.50 Split Bamboo Rods, full nickel mounted, 87¢. EMME 5 a cloos acne soa ae se ee eee see te PLOT. 40c. doz. Bass Hooks, double snell, all sizes, 15c. 84-ft. Braided Lines...... Hendryx Reel, nickel plated, 40 yards...,...39c. Boston Bass Lines....... Furnished Rod or Hand Line. Bail Buckets from........... Special Inducements for Cyciers. £2.98 Plew Preumatic Saddle. . .97 $3.50 Electro Gas Lamps. ‘The Goodyear Tire... Best Nickel Handle Bars, com- plet» with grips. é Best Copper Foot Pump. Inner Tube: either ‘Phe Columbia Continuous Ring- ing Bells Lamp Brackets Steel Wrench. matically, Down Go Prices on Leather Goods. “Never-out’” Lamps Hartford Tires, pair Standard Lam, ‘The Dexter Parcel Carrier. Why don’t you treat-your dog with a new collar, price from Good ‘Thermometers, made by Special price Special tomorrow. 15c. doz. 7c. - 49c. aC: ~-25c. to $1.49 » full nickel Ye. up bargains hold their potent spell. tions tomorrow with a . Startling, Rattling, Roaring 4th of July Sale. Nursery Refrigerators. ‘The Model, “a high-grade nursery refrigerator, STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1898-16 PAGES. us iz © The Gem— Without regard to ccst of manufacturing. Oil Stoves. The prices and best cast-iron tank, USILLADE OF EXPLODING PRICE with ex- reliable firm, C. J. Tazlibue,in extra heavy metal throughout, galvanized fron} tra Jarge buraer. Special for tomor- Tomorrow we s wood or metal case. | | ined, charcoal packed, nickel fauec $1.89)" os "25¢. 2 T. & K. Cycle Bells, ring auto- * | Special tomorrow. | King and Queen Oil Stoves, with 2 large AQ, Glory fully "warranted. wieks. Special 4th. of July price. aC. ; Ye. American Porcelain 1 Ice Cream Freezers, |. ame same with 2 targe cooting totes.... DBC, | A | | | Gas Stoves. Specia for toda: The echoes of which will tell a tale of unheard-of low selling wherever We begin our powerful Summer Reduc- Crockery for the Fourth 13 EMMONS S. SMITH 4th of July Necessaries for Ladies, Misses & Children. $5.00 Breatee"ecinmea “ann lace, in blue and black. Ruffled skirt. for $15.00 China Silk $7.5 Dresses, trimmed with lace, in assorted combinations, in all $1.0 for $3.50 Outing Suits, in fancy mixtures of crash; blazer jackets, full cut skirts. $1 5 for $5.00 Army Duck ° Tailor-made Outing Sults in white and linen shades. Strictly tailor made. $5 for $15.00 P. K. Ladies’ e Tailor-made Salts — the greatest value we ever offered—in box fy-front and Tuxedo styles. 79¢ for $1.00 Army Duck Skirts ‘ein blue-black linen and white, cut with a S-inch hem and perfect hanging. Also Linen Crash Stripe Skirts. Girls’ Dresses. 49c. for T5e. Children’s Pp, Dress, trimmed with tache brafd. One price —4 to 14 years, eale Son for all sizes ell Crockery for T5c, (8 HF Ctren's Fancy Oo. 1 2 ic Pereale and Gingham nly. Dresses, trimmed with embroideries. Dinner Sets, underglaze Age 4 to 14 years. filled in with wild reses. for 40c. Drosses, Children’s W! trimmed with $4.98 | 18c. Bat. 4at., 6.at. ‘al Blue Dinner Set, at less tham cost of | Pri! a ee * Belts, in black and white ; Canvas Telescopes, w leatner $1.39 $1.79 $2.29 The Fire Queen Gas Stove, hot plate, nickel | hrportation; dark flow Muc, rich gold % H shades, with Teathercovered | corners ‘and strays.” Steel riveted. ee Heo ay say plated, strongly bullt, with two large cooking | tracing. Spectal.... ' $8.88 Soaps& Perfume or initial buckles. Special Vell made. fi holes, finished in aluminum. — Spe- = . < — morrow DIAG: 16-in, 22-40 The Ohio. Ripe ae PQS, | Tee Empress, Yukon or Klondike Toilet Set, 10 | pettow's Sw © Meats it Pr Tact ‘00. ioe. With patent large fly wheels. "The wit eces, pink, pearl or blue, conventional scroll | Tetlow's samer Powder. A full Ine of 49¢. Belts, inal = » ji Soest ‘i cing. Spe- nter’s Invisible shades, turned and stitched, with for cooking. Special..........+ design and gold tracing. By $2 19 amt “i ~* = covered or uncovered buek~ 4 5 ae as; 9 cial ° Saunders’ Powder. les. Special tomorrow... 4. iC. , _ O8e. : fs Porx nts Powder Traveling Bags. Gas Ovens. Same set with slop Jar.. Just recsived s full line of Bl} Club, Bags, in tum, wiih brass Tin OM or Gas Ovens, cycle Belts, with tag at- trimmings “and steel frames, lines | 2,900 ft. more of our special Heavy Garden Hose, | made. Special Po oes Special 4 8c, As jem 48 errantea complete, with all fixings, @ 4) 18 ae ° J4in, 16-in. 18-In, 2-tt. length...... Bee ° Russia Iron Ovens Ait tne oe Beits: swith austttary: bam se past qpien | ghXt® Stumdard 4-ply Garden Hose, Extra large Russia Iron Ovens, buckles. iu white, black and eo Bar one ring “ith | the heaviest made, complete, for 25- out. -Regufar $2.48 quality. Sues scan oars eZ OC fetmming, Hinen ined "and | oy pengt LOS ee ee 44 Our best Morocco and Seal Belts, studded tn steel. All the fashioua- ble shades, with Jeweled harness and covered bue 95c. Jes. Special. . Special Sale of Trunks--all kinds, all sizes, all prices. Lunch and Picnic Baskets of all kind from ge. to g8c. Screen Doors, strong walnnt finish, 4 size: tures with Dest covered complete. Garden Hose. Screen Doors. d durable, 4-In. frames, , compl te, with 1-5 Qc ° ren Doors, quality wire cloth, Special tomorrow. Hiock tin, strenely 59c¢ e8, -pt 1 extra fancy oak, 89c. 2-gal. 89e. B-xal ‘98c Prices Independence Day Offerings from our Fourth Floor. 25c. | Interesting Items in Stationery. Before going away you should see | that your supply of Statione | not given out. Odds and ends of our finest Pa some plated, some antique, both ruled and plain, Stzes commer- cial and octavo, will go to- 15 ey iC. Camp Stools, made ext strong and light to bandie Prices, 4 ‘Te. ican Grass Hammocks, colored Special for tomorrovy: Ham. Extra size Cotton mocks, 42x84 inches pers. 98e. Envek Fixings for Hammocks. per pair: envel Ib. pes Hammock Spreaders, ‘Anchor Ropes, per p: Hammock Hooks, per palr De. ge plate finish Croquet. can and morrow tor, Ib. es to match. pk “Military Gray,” in all the new shapes, with oblong | to match pap. Envelopes to mate! 'y in bright colors Handsome Box Paper, with Ameri- ‘uban flag on both paper and tom. Special F 1847 Rogers Bre: 1847 Rogers Bros. has ial. Ta ent patterns 1847 Rogers Br different patterns | 1847 Rogers Bros.” tin the latest 1847 1847 1847 1847 ‘35c. - 120. Rogers Bros. pk yur Navy" Box Paper, with’ Old Clothes Hampers. Best quality willow, with braid Oil Cloth. A rare price for standard goods, width. Any pattern. Special tomorrow, Tea Kettles, 1-qt. fayanae SeelOGS reecnetert Tea Keitles, 4-qt. Silverware. | 1847 Rogers Bros.’ Teaspoons, ble Spo Butter Knife and Sugar Spoon, in silk-lined case. Rogers Bros.’ Gravy Ladle Rogers Bres.’ Berry Spoons. Fruit Knives. Water Coolers. Japanned Water Coolers, galvanized iron lined, nicely decorated, 1 "59c. Water Cooler Hands with drip pans. ral. sh Mason's Best Finit 4-gal. 6-gal. $1.24 $1.69 eee eeeeeee $1. A0c. the quality and price. ‘Tea or Coffee Pot 2-at Full 5-quarter | Tea or Coffee Pot, 3-at ‘Tea Kettles, 5-qt. for the 4th. , mm! $2.1 $1.0 5-at. Bertin Saucepans, 6-qt- Double Boiler, 14% qts Double Boller, 2) ‘| Double Boller, 3 Drinking Cups.. Large Chamber Patls Granite Iron Ware. The secret of our immense Granite sales Hes in Tea or Coffee Pot, l=qt., 10c. Preserving Ke Praserving Kettles, 5-qt. Preserving Ketties, 6-qt. Preperving Kettles, 8-qt. Ander Anderson's Par is) Gloucestershire Olives, M-pt. betth w-Chow, 1-pt. bottle. . + | Celery Sauce, 1-pt. bott! Pickled Onious, 1-pt. bottle ttles,S=qt.,YC | German Mustard, L-pt. bottle, 196, 25e. | Tomato Ketebu) Beafsteak Ketchup, American Sardines, Imported Sardines, in olf Gilt-edge Brand Lobster. Apple Blossom Salmon. Armour's Potted Ham, Armour’s Potted Ham, \ Armou Lat. bo iat. Hire’s Root Beer, “34 Pickles, 1-pt. ‘8 Mixed Pickles, 14 Tomato Ketchup, 1-pt. bottle. in oil.. 's Potted Ox Tongue, Aruour's Stat Brand Boned Turkey. 1 bottle. Jelly Glasses. tin tops, clear glass— pt. 1 2 Fruit Jars. machine 1-Quart size, 42c. doz. Picnic Delicacies. n’s Pure Fruit Jams, in tins.... rait Jams, In pt. ttle bott ve ofl. b, Ib. can can. Napi it. Hood's goon Colgat, Me. S mahe= Tooth and Bring bott Hosiery. Ladies" Hermsdorf Hose, ra Black Cotto two-thrad “% yarn, double soles, and toes, Oo. Cotton lity and 19¢. Lisle Jars. Black nd toe, ribbed worth = eee 206. Ladies’ Gloves. Ladies’ Lisle Thresd Gloves, 3 but- -10e. =e. e- | tons, in black and whit + 9c. | with black or white stitel- “ae | ie 19¢. ‘250. | Ladies’ All-black Silk Mitts. ‘These Es "| sre manufactured samples. Not a + fe. | pair in this lot worth less 19 10e. | than 35e. up to 5ae.—will go LOC, -24e. | Ladies’ Pure Silk Gloves, In_black; .13e. | seme with white stitching. “ye, | Regular price, 50c. iF 25c. + Be. « Be. 2250. named as the lowest at which he cou ican agents—prices to which the im lacking both the wholesaler’s and th will be reached when “5c. .708,707,709,711 Pa. Av. as this. and Swiss goods. Some have narrow, Embroideries at their importing —at their bare cost of tanding—at the prices which the meker im St. $1.98 i Site eee acter, fm white and fancy effects; also K. with 2 rows of insertion. for $7.50 P. K. Ladies" $3.9) Dewey Flounce Skirt, with white fusertion trimmings fect hanging. for 8Se. Ladies’ Fancy Lawn eShirt Watsts, with pleat attached cuffs and detached collars. Biader effects. 5 and choo ooh from, lawns, dimities, percales and ging including whit od bams. 49, for T5e. Girls’ Shirt We! pouch fronts and pleat backs and attached cuffs. Ladies’ Petticoats. Ladies” . Linen Pett. 49c. A « cut Uberally full, corded 4 ts, in stripes and cis, times eround. 79c. oe made ruffle and cofded edge. $4.95 for $7.50 Silk Petticoats, cut fall out of silk tef- $1.25 conte, Ladies’ with Sateon fu | fete, tn all the most desirabl | stindon, | Jewelry Reductions Ladies’ Pearl Waist s | dumb bell or lever cull a oe tons. Per set % Qc. os red Pearl W, ta, In red. | Mine, green and rel! _ | fancy cut. Special bri oy 19c. 4 Sterlinz Silver, Rolled — Plaie, . | Fancy Enamel ‘and Out Stone Waist Sets. Per set 25c. Military and Wlag Waist Army and N Belt | Buckles, French “el ACER 25c. pAtmy and Navy ackles, wit ena Jed fags a 75c. Belt Buckl gilt or with_or without jewels 25c. to $3.98 ea. Be Brooch, Fone, tn sl 1 Oe ver or gilt. Special price... Ribbons. 209 pieces of Black Double-faced Satin Ribbon, 5 inches eerie inary 180 pieces of Pure White Doubt faced Sat ¥ z edge, 5 some pink 200 pieces of a Sifk Taffeta Moire Ribbon, 5 ine Mack and whi oxidized ’ Ladies’ Underwear. Ladies’ Lisle Thread Ribbed Vests, silk ribbon and silk crochet around neck and arms... 29Ce Ladies’ White Swiss Ribbed Vests, silk lace and silk ribbon ag ene Ladies’ Extra Size Ribbed Vests, around arms Maco Yarn ribbon end crochet ~ 2 1234. price Gaal 1d profitably fill the orders of bis Amer- port duty is not added—to which are middle man’s profits. The millentum to offer you such a mountain of value ts You'll find the most bewitchingly dainty effects in this purchase. There are over 18,000 yards in the lot Sheer and crispy nainsook, eambric , Some wide margins. We are lverally -ball Croquet Set. wii ber eed te re : specniiees EO SC, eee ee Ree es -25¢. Embroideries worth 12} San 5c. Sane rs OO) saute ae aati ‘la ih ' IDAY Embroideries worth 15¢. seoes - 6c. polished. o- O8c. mrUhareaiactne SoC. STORE CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY. Embroideries worth 18c. and 25c... roc. All the better grades up to $4.98. ( HUNTING WILD HOGS. through. ‘There was nothing but tangled TRINIDAD. diets DON SC elie exp Manone avai coast, whero it ts shipped to all parts of the CAUGHT A WALKING FISH. re willows, blackberry vines, hazel bushes, —— si . ep ee ey ene A Dangerous Adventure in the San | and underbrush, and you have to crawl on | Some Interesting Bits of the History waa SoA ener decid- ee rit CRAAG REEHIEE eee sot gis: seca ined ee in Place of Jouquin River Bottom. jthenercund! er climb: over it ouicut youu leg CBE GRO BOT ed to lay out golf links together, and let | rather than brittle. The strange part of it | prom the Pacine c gon From the San Francisco Call. (aor roaGhea the: Clee e ice: he Seecae | prom Colllerts Wuoest, the contest be of an individual character. |is that as fast as they dig it out the holes | Pm the Pa ae a For y ast a select lot of knowing | choppe Ne noe would ever find ‘Trinidac, where Spain has been found to : “A large plain in the ee ot sie = = ae up wath more. Two days after a elses av a photographer, is the pos: ae ni t eae i Vela ae etween the 5 d eastern gates 0! eat pit ha $81 aap ak anne : hunting wild hogs in certain scctions of | “The woodchopper routed us out station, is not, as has been conveniently | (Re CU al ditches, traversed face, thus keeping the lake level. Over | while still alfcc, he pag meet Of friends the San Joaquin river bottoms. It isn’t | 0’elock next morning to get outside of supposed, the island on which Hayden | by an occasiona! ruined wall and decorated | 500,000 tons have ween taken within a small ile still alive, he put into ol to very day, though, that the venturesome | Coffee, bacon and a teal duck aplec Hic projected the founding of a mon- | by a few s, all of which would | space near the lake's edge, and yet from The fish is known to some people Hneeerds nost killed by rere: Sony mane es a tremendous break-| aschy. ‘That is @ desolate reef which. lies | § t hazards. So, with iron | all appearances there is as much there as | here, but is quite rare. Its home is in the inters are almost kiHed by the cornered | for as he put It, ‘If you don’t fe ncaa pate oeeee GenOlace Leek WRICh glee, s markers, a tape line and | the day the workmen began digging out | deep water, and if th. y by That fate, however, nearly befell | I,mever have thé sand to hunt long inj off Rio. ‘This 1s a place situated above the | S'sectunt, we began laying out the course, {the great brown chunks “It ts fepessibie | craea eset the story told uy the Wilkam Douglass recently. If Jim Pope, | that br We were mighty glad Orinoco much as is a dot on an i. Colum- | using for holes empty tomato cans. to tell anything about the extent of the | tho cetch wee mee ee it namely, t with a trusty Winches hadn't been | ue EE ue sa * sil toe re hen: we ot bus sighted it first. From the masthead] “For two day sted by a number of | supply. ; oo _ made in comparativel, . $ t 5 name. intere: : - Wg vate » while by e 5 Eat ue idad. a Cotnpanies | Be depended on, the ie the exciting story Me oes abou" |. “Tt must have been fully three hours be | “7S: 1s interest issclsewhere. (Bir Wal-| Chicas mob of coollem, chltdren ‘and wol= | unc gue goomennt heen eens | unuspal. pe * that had him down in a | sign of a will hog. Jim| ter Raleigh, whom Queen Elizabeth calied a | Giers, all Inquisitive, all dirty, all nols Pitch, and $1.20 a ton export duty. The | Jt is about three inches in length, and | » of him in a bit of ciear-| litle dear and Coke a spider from hell, | all good-natured, although the soldiers | cost of di , carting and loading on the | When alive was of a brig ellow Lu they hunted in is 1 through the tangled | sailed, once upon # time, that way. Pre-| seemed more than ordinarily excited over | Steamer is about $1.50 a ton, making the | With spots of black here red with an almost in front and got a good | cisely as Ponce de Leon sought in the net | our movemer whole cost $3.10 a ton on ‘a. mouth is quite large n tangle of vines, low brush and | of him. He was an old boar, just like boring waters for the Fountain of Kternal| “On the third day a party of us went to] “ihe vitch sent to the United States is | MOdY nearest is corre treces. All old residents along | the pictures you have seen. Near him were | Youth, so did this picturesque adventurer | the grounds to play the opening game. | sinned in bulk as it le dug from the lake R tape: the lower $ Joaquin valley know just | a sow and three fairly grown pigs. They | seek the Eldorado. The belief in the exist- veral had ‘teed off’ and all were begin- | S3'PPe _ seed ee ie dea uliar 5 . the bottom lands, s in the spring. Hun- : > of them jungle, near Lathrop, ing Douglass went to bag som¢ and it was in this same jung! such territe that “Old Man” Tyler hid after killing heriff Buzzell on Thanksgiving To this wilderness of willows brush Williams and Schiagel fled last September after attempting to wreck and rob the south-bound New Orleans ex- pr traveler in California in the banner wheat county of th sta but very few of the passen} who dine at the station daily, know that less than five miles away there is a wild spot where boar bunting can be followed that is every bit as exciting as the famous hunts in India. There can be no “pig sticking,” to be sure, for the hunt- er who wishes to bag a wild porker in the San Joaquin underbrush must rely on his rifle and enough nerve and strength to carry him on his hands and knees beneath work of vines and bushe: land thereabeuts abounds in coons, and coon hunting is a favorite pastime with the sportsmen of San Joaquin county. orally, when running down one of ringtailed despoilers of hen rousts, Nearly knows of Lathrop, every th of wild hogs that sometimes venture out into the thickets on the open places on the river bottum. ‘he hunters, however, rare- ly venture into the thickets on the old Trahern ranch and in the underbrush, where the wild hogs roct out a living. It is a dangerous venture unless one fs prepared to meet a roving, vicious old “tusker.” Williams, the train wrecker, now serving a life sentence in the Folsom state prison, knew this wild section well, and told the authorities that he crawled all night through this tract on the even- ing of the Morano hold-up. He was look- ing for a k:ding place where it would take the officers weeks to find him, and he was in just the right kind of country to find suck a place. He might still be at large had not hunger and evriosity forced him to leave the haunts of the wild hogs. Those robbers will have plenty of hog meat to keep them alive,” was what a number of old-timers said when they heard that the train wreckers had taken to the brush. This is what fired hunters with a desire to possess a pair of wild boar’s tusks. “Pope and T had heard,” said Douglass, in telling his adventure, “that there were lots of wild hogs in the underbrush near the river. 1 heard this story when I first came to the country, but paid no attention to it, for whenever I had a chance to go hunting I was after ducks or doves. After the newspapers printed so much about that Willizms and Schlagel affair and told of the wild country they were supposed to be in, I suggested to Jim— that’s Pope—that we go down into it some day ard see if we could get one of those wild boars. Jim is always ready for any- thing of that kind and has a fine Winches- ter to help him out. I had no gun, so bor- rowed a single-barreied magazine shotgun. We fitted out for a three days’ stay, and hired a skiff to go up as far as San Joaquin city. I did not know much about the country, but Jim had lived in the country all his life and knew the lay of the land. “When we reached San Joaquin city it was early in the afternoon, and Jim in- quired if there were any 'woodchoopers’ camps near by. Just as soon as we learn- ed in what direction we could find one we started for it. Maybe yeu don’t think it was work geting there. That's the tough- est country 1 ever expect to travel hunters run across one of the droves | | Were too far off for a good dead skot, so Wwe moved about to get a littls nearer, I Went to the left and Jim to the right. ‘al must have ed us, for he lifted his snout and jy in front of where d for the brush as standing itement sh too sucn, for he was over seventy-five yards if, The shot never touched him, and he made for me. “I did not think there was any danger, for I knew all I had to do to get another I ped out, and in the e and a better shot was to pump another cartridge into the magazine. I tried to work the gun. ‘The tridge stuck. T pumped it for all I was not budge. “I was on one knee, using every muscle to dislodge the shell, and the boar was com- ing head on liks a limited expres “I saw he'd reach me before 1 could jump anywhere for safety, so I clubbed the gun and made a smash at him. But I slipped on the soggy ground and he was at me, when I heard Jim's Winchester crack. Th? bear looked as big as an elephant to me for an instant. I’m sure his tusks looked jarger than a mastodon’s. “He was right over me and one of his tusks grazed my duck coat, and Jim caught bim between the shouldsrs. I lay flat on the ground, reaching for my knife as the boar toppled over. “That's the closest shave I ever had. Catch me fooling with those magazine shotguns any more! “Trombons’ — that’s what the crack Reliance man calls himself —may break bluerock with them, but I'll take a rifle and a 44-caliber Colt’s besides when I go after wild hogs again. “What we should- have had was a lot of good dogs. Then there would hav2 been a pretty fight. I'll bet that old boar would have made it warm for the best dogs in the country. “When Jim fired the boar fell directly across my body and I couldn't get out from under him till Jim ran up and helped to roll the big bruts over. He did not iook quite so big when he was stretched out as he did when standing over me with his head ready for a gouge, but he was a vicious- looking rascal just the same. We each have one of tha big tusks as a souvenir. ‘On the way home we bowled over an- other. An old sow and two pigs were root- ing acorns under an oak. This time we had a ‘cinch,’ for we were right on them, and while I put a load of buckshot into one of the pigs Jim caught tha sow right under the left shoulder. Then our troubles began again. How to get them through the brush was the next question. We finally decided to take the pig and let the old woodchoppr take the sow, if he wanted her. That night we had a feast in his cabin. He drossed the pig, did the cooking and we did the rest. I tell you wa were hungry.” see — A Thrust, From the Brooklyn Life. Miss Passay—“I dread to think of my for- tieth birthday.” orth, but 1 would Miss Pert—“Why? Did something un- pleasant happen then?” Se In Earnest. Frem the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Do you think their engagement really means anything?” “Sha says it means more tandem rides and ice cream than the last one she man- eged, or it will be broken off.’* ence of a city of gol and of of the hallucinations of the ai one of Pizarro’s lieutenants, Near to the Orinoco, stretched, he declared, a land so rich that the wealth of Mexico and of Peru was but genteel poverty in com- parison. The story, repeated from Lisbon to London, gathered embroideries in transit. It set Europe mad. According to the accounts recited, in the center of an island of glimmering green stood a palace. Built of marble, fronted with columns of alabaster, surrounded with galleries of ebony incrusted with“pearls, it surged an image of what a castle in paradise may be. Behind it were three mountains, one of emerald, onz of silver, and one of gold. Within was a delicious court in which licns roamed and where a dazzling altar supported a disk of the sun, before which four lamps burned perpetually. While around and about was fairyland. El Dorado, literally, the Gilded, so-called because of the magnificence of his appear- arce, was the sovereign of this enchant- ment. His body, rubbed each morning with gum, was dusted with gold powder. The costume being less convenient than pa- jamas, at night he was scrubbed and on the morrow regilded. It is worth nothing that according to Humboldt the Guyana chiefs used to roll in turtle fat and then cover themselves with mica, the metallic effect of which must have been equally gorgeous. But that Js a detail. Expeditions to the fantastic realm of the fabulous Inca suc- ceeded each other from every port. One of them was led by Sir Walter Raleigh. Three hundred and three years ago he sailed for Trinidad. He found it and the mountains, too, but of the heights of emerald, silver and gold, of El Dorado, of the jeweled pal- ace, the lions, altar and the rest, not a trace. It will be assumed that on his re- turn he exploded the legend. Not a bit of it. He said that the place was just as had been described, only more s0, and to Queen Elizabeth he olategte at sight of her picture the Gilded One had swooned with admiration. No wonder she called him a little dear. No wonder that Coke called hira a spider from hell when the lie was discovered. No wonder, elther, at the re- cent and local surprise when !t was found that Spain had secured there a port as a coaling station. ms wa: one Orellana, inspired it. 108° GOLF IN MANCHURIA, Chinese Soldiers Conyfnced the Game Was uo Dangerous Incantation, From the Youth's Comp During the late war 1 States steamer Petrel, company with H. B. M. 8. Firebrand, ws ordered to win- ter in the Leao-ho at Niu-chwang, the most important seaport in Manchuria, for the yrotection of sundry missionaries and mer- chants. With the Petrel was Chief Engi- neer R. G. Denig, who sends the Companion the following curious tale of Chinese con- servatism: “By the middle of November both vessels were snugly inclosed in improvised dry docks dug in the banks of the river, within the city wails, and the certainty of being frozen in for six months led us to organize with the Firebrands and the few civilians a campaign of amusement for the winter. For our club warranted a large Chinese house, whose owner had fled, with 50,000 piner: Chinese, in fear of the Japs, or ‘wo- in.” i “The town was commanded by General ‘hina the United Foo and garrisoned by upward of 20,000 sol- | pieces, lifted into carts, and sent off to to enjoy the sport when we hea great blare of Chinese war trumpet ing a charge. Then a compan; loped onto the hnks with a bart ish of triangular banners, spears twenty feet long and six-foot swords of gleaming iron. ‘After they had surrounded the plain a squad dismounted and began tearing up the ‘holes’ and flags until at the third ‘hole’ We golfers rallied, threatening to brain the invaders with ‘clecks’ and ‘brasstes.’ A long ‘pow-wow’ then took place, with men- acing gestures on both sides, although the odds were tremendously against us. “We insisted that it was innocent amuse- ment, but the Chinese officer in charge pointed with a knowing leer at our chibs and then at the tomato cans. He loudly al- leged that we had some crooked and deep laid scheme to mine the town, blow up the walls and admit the ‘wojin.’ “As the soldiers about him increased in numbers he became more insolent. Finally pushing us roughly aside, he continued to war on the flags and holes, our jeers and laughter only serving to convince him he was doing the proper thing. Soon the de- struction was complete, the trumpets blar- ed ‘assemble,’ and with prolonged blasts of triumph the hundred ‘braves’ galloped off to headquarters, bearing a bag full of to- mato cans and nine small. tlags painted with the mystic numerals from one to nine. “This was the only Chinese victory in Manchuria. Four months later the gailant General Foo, after a few hours’ resistance, ignominiously retreated with his 20,000 ‘braves’ before 8,000 Japanese. “We played no golf that winter, for ai- though we had several interviews with the Tao Tai, it was impossible to persuade him of the harmless nature of the game. He al- Ways maintained that there must be some motive other than simple amusement ‘when grown men put on queer clothes and chase gingal balls with strange weapons into iron-clad holes,’ '” ———+ + —___ LAKE OF ASPHALT. Description of the Queer Deposit in the Islund of Trinidad. From the Philadelphia Press. Canada, Peru, Turkey, Venezuela, Argen- tina, Syria, Mexico and our own California all contain deposits of asphalt, but the largest and most interesting of the supply fields is to be found in the Island of Trini- dad. The one natural curiosity on this island is the plain known as “Pitch Lake,” which is just “a mile inland. An asphalt road leads from the steamer docks to the lake, which is a great sheet, containing 109 acres of a brownish black substance, hard and brittle, except all the center. One strike of the pick will break off a large piece, which appears to be heavy, but Is easily lifted by one man. . The material of the lake 1s solid to a depth of several feet, except in a few spots near the’center, where it remains in a soft condition. The surface of the lake is far from smooth. In walking over it one has to jump not only the soft spots, but the large puddles and small streams of water that are everywhere. Scattered over its surface are about thirty small, shallow patches of earth covered with bushes and small trees. This brown substance, which is formed the same as coal, from de- cayed vegetable matter, is dug out in while that sent to rope is first refine Most of the Trinidad asphalt used in this are popularly kn country is refined in New York and then e should,be the skin is just as it is sold to the different paving companies. r the be distance of about he The Trinidad lake asphalt in its natural inch and § ing from belly condition is too brittle for our northern c entral part are what might he mate. It is toughened by mixture with an- | 2"™S or legs. are join nd hav other bitumen. This combination is so hara | S¢me ten very fin ws. These, togethe that it does not become soft in the heat of | With another pair further enterior, th summer, and so tough that it does not | fh, when alive. used to walk about’ with crack in the cold of winter. To this sand | °© the bottom of the jar in which it was and lime are added, which makes a ps contain ment that will resist w ar. One hundred It would show fight Instantly thousand tons of asphalt from the pitch | proach: lake of Trinidad are shipped to the United | dowed with the spirit of the one, States every year. bristling up {ts fins, snapping its sharp The California asphalt is of two kinds, | tecth, elevating a sharp, knife-like append- the semi-liquid, more like a mineral and‘the solid, which is used for road build- ing without mixing with other substances. About 46,000 tons a year of the California phalt are now used, but the cost of trans- portation it can be dad or Europe, fone tar, | 9s m by land prevents its use here, brought much cheaper from arini- tior When the fi alcohol the tirely, and left in its place a whitish color. 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