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Address, THE MAYPOLE SOAP DEPOT. 127 Duune Street, New York. fel7-th,s,tu-6m ee If troubled with Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciat- fea. Gout or any nervous disease, call or write the JOHN H. WOODBURY Institute, 127 W. 42d st., Kew York. for treatment by Static Electricity: Machines for home use. Consultation by mail free. Charges moderate. Next importation of Burchell’s Spring Leaf Tea - will pay duty of toc. a pound; buy it now while you can get it for 50c. a pound. A MODERN SOLOMON. The Dogs in an Arabian Family Made to Tell the Truth. From the London Morning Post. A recent French judgment may be cited @s an illustration of Arab manners and Gallic astuteness. An Arab was traveling through the interior with his wife; he was on donkeylack and she was afoot. By came came a rich Arab on horseback and offered her a lift bebind him. She accepted, and presently, in the course of the journey, con- Sded that she was unhappily married. Her companion proposed a plan by which she might elope with him, and she agreed to it readily. Accordingly, when they came to @ branch road they increased their pace and paid no heed to the protestations of the husband, who was soon left behind. He succeeded in tracking them to the horse- man’s village. only to find that precautions had been taken against his arrival, for all asserted that they had known the runaway pair for many years as man and wife and that the real husband must be an impudent impostor. unfortunaf maa had recourse to the French, who were at first puzzled how to act in the face of a village’s unanimous testimony. At iast a happy thought occur- Fed to the judge. He placed the real hus- band’s dogs in one room, those of the other 2 another, and confronted the woman both. Arab dogs are very faithful to own households and very fierce to- ‘ward all strangers; so, though she did her ulmosi to irritate her own dogs, they could not bs restrained from fawning on her, and though she lavished every blandish- Ment toward the dogs of her new home they barked and showed their teeth with ever-increasing fury. The judge thereupon REREIS A CLASS OF PEOPLE Whe are injured by the | WON BY THE BROWNS | Senators Failed to Bunch Their Hits Off Hughey. SWAIM WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BOX Only Four Safeties Off Donovan in Seven Innings. CURRENT SPORTING NOTES Today's Schedule and Weather, Washington at St. Louis—clear. Baltimore at Louisville—clear. $ Philadeiphia at Cincinnati—clear. Boston at Cleveland—clear. New York at Chicago—clear. - Brooklyn at Pittsburg—clear,’ Sunday Games, St. Louis at Cincinnati. Pittsburg at Cleveland. Louisville at Chicago. Record of the Clubs. Clubs. = W.L. P.C.; Clubs. W. L. P.C Cinefnnati.. 41 23 -641) New York... 80 81 .492 Beston...... 38 24 1613| Philadelphia 27 30 “474 Cleveland. :! 37 24 1607] Brooklyn... 25 34 1424 Baltimore 35 24 503) Ws 38.387 Chicago... 36 27 [571/St. Loufs. 42 1364 Pittsburg... 33 29. ‘532| Louisville 43 1328 Donovan, the young Senator of terrific speed, pitched seven innings against the Browns at St. Louis yesterday, and but four hits were made off him. He gave but two passes, demonstrating that he is grad- ually acquiring that command of the bail which, it is predicted, will make him a sec- ond Rusie, if not that famous twirler’s su- perior. The young twirler also gave evi- dence of his power at the bat by hitting to the left field fence in the third inning for three bases, and scoring one of the two runs made by his people, when Sel- bach sent a long fly to Stenzel. Cy Swaim started off as the Senatorial twirler, but being hit for three singles in the first in- ning, two runs resulting, he was replaced by Donovan. Hughey pitched for the St. Leuis men and proved very effective against the hard-hitting Senators. Seven hits were made off him, one of which was a double by Selbach and one Donovan's triple. Hughey gave but one pass and struck out but one man, Donovan compel- Lrg two to fan. Three errors were made by the Browns, two by Quinn and the other by Hughey, but they did not figure in the run- getting of the Senators. Gettman and Wrigley were the cnly offenders on the visiting side, one run resulting from the latter's misplay. A wild pitch by Donovan was aiso responsible for a run. ‘Two runs were scored by the home people in the first inning. Dowd sent a single to right, went to second on Stenzel’s out at first, and to third on Harley’s single past first. Decker’s cut at first sent Dowd home, and Harley, after stealing second, went home cn Clements’ single to center. In the third inning the Senators got a run cn Donovan's three-bagger and Selbach’s fly to center. In the fourth the Browns sent another man across the plate. Decker sent a single to right, went to second on Clements’ secrifice. Sugden was given a pass, Quinn hic a grounder to McGuire, who touched the bag, but his throw to Wrigley to complete the double play escaped the sailor, Decker ecoring on the error. The Browns also got a run in the next inning. Dowd received a pass, went to third on Stenzel’s single to right, and home on a wild pitch. The Senators got their last run in the eighth inning. Gettman bunted safely, went to second on Anderson's foul fly, stole third and went home on McGuire's out at first. St. Louis. AE. Dowd, 2b.. 22°55 00 Stenzel, ef. 6 1 4 0 a0 0 Harley, If. 11.0 0 ¢ 100 Decker, 1b. 1 110 0 2 ae ee Clements, ¢ 0 1 4 0 6) Farrell, 'e. 1230 Sugden, rf. 0 1 2 0 0/Reltz, 2b...0 0 8 5 0 Quinn, 'ss.. 0 0 2 3 2/Myers, 3b..0 111 0 Crooks, 3b. 0 0 O 1 0) Wrigley, ss0 0 0 1 0 Hughey, p. 0 0 0 1 1/Swaim."p..0 0 0 0 0 Donovan, p.1 11 1 0 472710 3) Totals....2 72411 1 20011000x4 o 0010000102 ‘Two-base hbits—Sugden, se hit—Donovan. Double play— Earned run—S Selbach. Three-| Quinn ‘and Decker. First base on balls—Omf Hughey, 1; off Donor 2. Suerifice hits—Reitz, Clements. ’ Wild pitch—Donovan. Stolen bases— Gettman, 1; by Donovan, wood and Woods. Cincinnati, 14; Philadelphia, 2. The Phillies wer. easy marks for the Ewingites at Circipnati yesterday, their batting being poor and their fielding weird, the score being 14 to 2. Wheeler was driven out ef the box, and Dunkle was no improvement. Dwyer pitched well for the home club. Harley, Stenzel. Struck out—By Hughey, ‘Time—1.55. Umpires—Swart- ‘Cincinnati. Philadelphia. 02251138 oo020000 New York, 8} Chicago, 4. Amos Rusie pitched good ball for the New Lorks yesterday at Chicago, and, as a result, the Orphans were defeated by 3 to 4. Warner was put out of the game for kicking. Chicago. New York. R. H.E. O 1-14 15 2 oo-2 8 7 H. BL -2000002 -O110808 ° e Brovklyn, 5; Pittsburg, 7. Another extra inning game was pulled off at Pittsburg yesterday, the game this time ‘lasting ten innings, the Brooklyns winning in the last inning from the Pirates by 8 to 7._A two-bagger by ‘Tucker and a single by Magoon scored the winning run. . HE. Brooklyn 16000000018 12 2 Pittsbug...0130000210-70 5 Baltimore, 2; Louisville, 0. The Baltimores shut the Colonels out without a run yesterday at Louisville, the first time a whitewash has been given the Kentucky lads this season, the score be- ing 2 to @ Both teams fleided brilliantly, the playing of Dexter being especially worthy of mention. H.E. wo @1 R. 1100-2 e@ooe-o Cleveland, 12; Boston, 6, ‘The Indians had on their batting clothes yesterday at Cleveland, and the Bostons were defected by 12 to 6. Pitchers Lewis and Klobedanz were hit hard, while Jones, —— recently from a minor league, did wel Cleveland. Boston... Baltimore. Loulsville. H. E. ros010 ie 5 - @oo0e0rtecéoéini 4@ GAFFNEY AND BROWN. -4380 010 Two Ex-Washington Managers Ap- pointed Umpires. President Young of the National Base Ball League made the official announce- ment today that he has appointed John H. Gaffney and Thomas Brown umpires, to take the places of Umpires Cushman and Curry, the appointments to go into effect Monday morning. For some time past, in fact, almost since the season opened, there have been many protests against Cushman and Curry, and change had to be made, and the new ap- o4 7 BF os 10 1 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1898-24 PAGES. behind the bat will be along the old satis- factory line. Tom Brown, although having several of- fers on his hands to manage minor league clubs, decided to accept President Young’s invitation to join the umpire corps, as the position is niore than likely to be perma- nent and the money sure. Tom has all the requirements that go toward making up a good umpire. He possesses a cool and even temperament and knows the game thor- oughly. He has been an ornament to the national game and President Young has done the right thing in thus rewarding an old player. : Base Ball Notes. At home Monday, two games. Swaim’s bad day in St. Louis yesterday. Donovan seems to be rounding into form. He gave only two bases on balls yesterday. Mercer may try his hand again today and it is to be hoped he will do better than on Wednesday, when the Browns didn’t do @ thing to him. PENNSYKVANIA WON Goraell Beaten, inthe "Varsity Race ae BUT TOOK THE ERESHMAN CONTEST Good Water, byt the Heat Was Excessive. SOME POOR MANAGEMENT Tommy Dowd seemed to be the real thing |" at second yesterday. He had ten chances and coppered them all, besides getting in two nice singles. The Brookiyns will begin a series with the Washingtons Monday morning at Na- tional Park. The Bridegrooms aré play- ing a much improved game now and the Senators will have a hard time winning. Gus Weyhing will probably pitch the morn- ing same. Bill Egan’s return to Syracuse caused Johnny O’Brien, the ex-Senator, to be shift- ed to short. Both men are playing well. Before 12,000 spectators the Torontos de- feated the Syracuse team twice yesterday. Gaffney and Brown should make a capa- ble pair of umpires and Heydler will get along very well with Emslie. Soden of Boston and Brush of Cincinnati urged Gaff- ney’s appointment. Tommy Tucker appears to be at his old tricks again of getting in hits when a hit means a run. He has been hitting in hard luck lately as to a high percentage, but very timely. Yesterday his two-bagger, coupled up with Magoon’s single, won the game for the Bridegrooms from the Pi- rates. Baltimore follows Brooklyn for two games and then we get the strong trio from the west—Chicago, Cleveland and Cincin- nati—in the rotation named. This will be the first appearance of these clubs at Na- tional Park this season. Little Charley Dexter appears to be the second baseman Louisville has been look- ing for. Dexter was tried there once be- fore, but couldn’t get started right. Yes- terday he smothered twelve chances with- out a slip-up and his work made the Balti- mores play for their life to win out. EXPERTS AT THE TRAPS, Much Interest in Monday’s Shooting Tournament at the Highlands. Great interest is being manifested by sportsmen in the all-day shooting tourna- ment at clay pigeons to be held Monday next at the beautiful grounds of the Cap!- tal City Gun Club, at The Highlands, and as the events are open to all.comers, the extries promise to be numerous and ca- pable. At 10 o'clock a.m. will begin an average shoot, divided into ten events, five at ten and five at fifteen targets. In the ten-target events the entry fee will be $1 and in the fifteen-target events $1.50. Twenty dollars will be divided into four moreys and given to the fours men shoot- ing in all ten events and making the four Fighest averages. In the afternoon thera will be a shoot at twenty-five clay pigeons, in which the nominal entrance fee of fifty cents each, to pay for the targets, will be charged, the high guns receiving valuable erticles ‘as prizes. A number of experts are in atterdanco on the regular practice shoot of the Capital City club this afternoon, these weekly events becoming more and more popular. MeDowell Will Not Row. Owing to a technicality Dr. W. 8. Mc- Dowell of Chicago will not participate in the Diamond Sculls rowing race at the Henley regatta this year. Several months ago McDowell resigned from the Delaware Boat Club, under which organization he rowed last year, to aceept the presidency of the Montello Athletic Club. The latter institution existed only for a few month: Under the rules of the Northwestern Row ing Association and the Mississippi Valley and National Rowing Clubs, an oarsman must be a member of an athletic club for at least three months before entering a re- watta. English Athletic Championship. LONDON, July 2.—In the amateur ath- letie championship games at Stamford Bridge today H. Welsh won the mile run by twenty yards; W. E. Luytens, second, and D. G. Harris, third. Time, 4 minutes 174-5 seconds. Orton, the American run- ner, did not take part in the mile run. Se A PAYING BUSIN ESS. Hotel in Skaguay That Has Cleared $20,000 in Ten Months, Frem the Milwaukee Sentinel. L. N. Lowell, formerly of Milwaukee, started for Alaska a year ago this spring, and reached Skaguay about the beginning of July last. He had had experience +s a hotel and restaurant man, and concluded, instead of going to Dawson City, as he had started out to do, to stop at Skaguay and open a hotel. He struck a bonanza. His wife, who accompanied him, writes to her sister, Mrs. Frederick Puhler of this city, under date of April 9, as follows: “I never felt so lonesome in my life and I never worked so hard in my life, but I never was so happy in my life. The money comes in so fast we actually don’t know what to do with it. It is a little better now since a bank has been opened we can trust to put in our money, but before that I was in constant terror. We had gold; money, paper money, silver money and gold dust hidden in every nook and corner of the house. Loren tore up a plank from the kitchen floor, and we had over $5,000 in all kinds of money hidden there. It was an awful anxiety to have the stuff lying around like that, and it worried us more than the hard work we were doing. ‘The place was full of people, dead broke and hungry, and they would cut one’s throat ‘for a dollar. We got a chance in December to send over $6,000 to Seattle, and we felt awfully relieved when we got the notice of credit from the bank. You don’t know who to trust here. I hardly trust myself, and I keep an eye on Loren, I can tell you. Everybody is on the make, and you'd get done out of your eye teeth if you didn’t watch out. _ “The transportation companies think they run things, but they are thieves and swindlers and lars, every one of them. ‘They are getting thousands of people to come to this awful country who will never get home. Their charges getting it ashore. But we have no kick coming. We paid a barrel for flour in Seattle; it costs $6 a barrel to ship it, m sold it for $42.50 a barrel before it left-the dock. I managed to get half a barrel that had been broken cren, and I am glad the stuff gene—it wouldn’t even make doughnuts pancakes. “We are just everlasting! make money. o or this mail. We se things neat and clean, and my cooking is so1 ike the pecpie got in God's country. 'e have six in hat will hold counter in the rear that is running all night. Lunches run from.50 cents up, and meals from $1 For a good square meal, with two of meat, potatoes, canned corn or tomatoes, beans, bread, udding, and coffee tea, we months ago we got i [ 3 i i. Fy rl 4 8 ae SARATOGA, N: ¥., July 2—In the Unt- versity boat race, three miles, this morn- ing, Pennsylvania won, Cornell four and one-half lengths behind, Wisconsin a close third and Columibia last. Time, Pennsyl- vanla, 15:51%; Cornell, 16:01; Wisconsin, 16:07; Columbia, 16:21. In the freshman boat race over the two- mile course, Cornell won by two and one- half lengths, in 10:51; Columbia, second, in 11:12, and Pennsylvania, third, in 11:13. If the purpose of the officials in setting the races so early in the morning was to insure’ good water, then in this particular, if in no other, they made a success. The heat was excessive, and the day promised to be most uncomfortable. ‘The freshman race was scheduled to be rowed at 9 o'clock and the ‘varsity at 9:30. Not all of the people who attended yester- day knew the time set, for no official an- nouncement of the postponement was made untii nearly all had left the grandstands and hillsides. For this reason comparative- ly few persons came to the lake this morn- ing. Many left town last night for their homes, not caring to take the chance of further postponements and disappointments. The Pennsylvania launch responded to a question shouted from the grandstand by saying “postponed till tomorrow,” after a majority of the disgusted people had left. The referee's boat made the official an- nouncement to empty seats and bare hill- sides. Those who heard the hour announc- ed had learned not to put much reliance on the referee's schedules, and,they began ar- riving slowly about the time for the first race to be over. Colambia’s Spurt. The Cornell freshmen won the first con- test in 10:51 3-5, three and one-half lengths ahead of Columbia, who finished second through @ splendid spurt in the stretch which put her boat slightly over a quarter of a length ahead of the Quaker boat. The freshmen were sent off at 9:15. Penn- sylvania caught the water first and Co- lumbia second. The former splashed con- siderably. After the jump at the start Cor- nell and Pennsylvania hit the stroke up to 84 each, Columbia pulling 32. At the quar- ter Cornell led by a quarter, with Colum- bla and Pennsylvania fighting for second Place. At the half mile the crews were in the same positions and maintaining their respective strokes. Between the half and one mile flags Columbia spurted into sec- ond place, a half-Iength behind Cornell. The Cornell boys hdd now dropped their stroke to 32, Columbla rowing at the same rate, while Pennsylvania was pulling 36 and pushing Columbia hard for second place. Cornell slowly drew away from the others, and at the mile and a half led by two lengths. At! the mile and three-quar- ters the Columbia sttoke went up to 34 and Pennsylvania’s to’ 40'strokes to the minute. Pennsylvania's spurt was of no avail, Co- lumbla_ having the ‘strength to keep the slight advantage. they had gained. As the crews neared the finish the Cornell boys raised their stroke ‘to 36 and crossed the line a winner by three and one-half lengths, Columbia getting seeond place by a little over a quarter of a-length ahead of Penn- sylvania. ’ Freshmen in Fairly Good Shape. The freshmen:' finished in fairly good shape. Pennsylvania gave out perceptibly at the last“in their fight with Columbia. The Cornell boys showed their condition by rowing back to their quarters, a distance of four miles. The freshmen rowed In almost glassy wa- ter, but the ‘varsity crews had a rapidly increasing south wind at their back, which accounts in part for the fast time made by the winners. Pennsylvania, pulling the only paper shell used in the contest, won the ‘varsity race in the remarkably good time of 15:51%. Cornell got into second place after a lively sprint with Wisconsin, leading the western- ers nearly a length. Columbia paddled across the line four and a half lengths be- hind Wisconsin. The quadrangular race developed sur- prises, namely, Pennsy’s victory over Cor- nell and Wisconsin’s heading of the others all through the first mile and her remark- ably good work from the standpoint of the disadvantages under which her men suf- fered by reason ofa long journey so near the time for the race. Columbia’s place in the ’varsity had been so uncertain all along that her finish was not a surprise. The Wisconsin 'varsity crew had to row two miles to the starting point, for the lack of a launch. At the finish of the 'varsity race two men in the Cornell boat required a dash of water to enable them to keep their seats. The Pennsylvania and Wis- consin crews finished strong, but the Co- ese eight evinced considerable exhaus- ion. The four ‘varsity crews were at their stake boats and ready for the word as soon as the referee’s boat reached the starting Place at 10:35 o'clock. Just as the referee was to give them the word Cornell's stake boat started adrift, and in order not to de- lay the race, the other crews agreed to have the race started with Cornell taking a free start. At the pistol shot Columbia took the water first with a thirty-six stroke, Pennsylvania second with forty, Wisconsin third with thirty-eight and Cornell last with thirty-four. Before a half dozen lengths had been rowed the Wisconsin boye with their “Yarara” stroke had forged to. the front and at the half mile had a lead of half a length, Contesting Crews. The following are the ‘varsity crew sta- tistics: CORNELL. Briggn, *98. Seige Belghe- AS, ioe 2% 8, S11 21 166 5.10% 21 i Fi 1% 20 rose & She Seg*cEeec? ge vererenes? ehemesewed EI scest apres = dnseresce? GENERAL BICYCLE GOSSIP Century Cycle Club, The Century Cycle Club mace a run to Camp Alger last Sunday under the com- mand of Lieut. O’Cennor.. Capt. Byrnes and Bob Williams made a century run cver the triangular course and marked off the places for checkers in the coming cen- tury run to take place August 7. In the last half cf the century they were joined by Jimmie McAnally, who rode fifty miles of the course. Captain Byrnes will not call a run for tomorrow. The open century run which will take place August 7 will be given on a fine scale. A silver cup will be awarded to the club bringing through the largest number of survivors, and a gold medal will be pre- sented to each one surviving the run. The start will be made from the club house, 627 E street northwest, at 6 o'clock a.m. The committee in charge of the affair 1s composed of Captain Ed. 8. Byrnes, chair- man; Robert C. Williams and Jas. Mc- Anally. The prizes will be on exhibition two or three weeks before the run in one of the large store windows in this city. A letter was received last week from the club's former secrefary, Mr. Frank Horri- gan, and one also from the treasurer, Mr. Alva Erastus Weesner. Both are of the opinion that there is no bicycle town like Washington. Mr. Howard Fisk has started again to run up his mileage. Bobby Williams and Russell Millward start this evening*to enter the quadruple century run in New York. Levant Wheelmen. Owing to a defective “die” the century medals have been a little delayed, but will be distributed to ali survivors tonight, and the committee requests all those who are entitled to them to call at the club, 639 Pennsylvania eyenue southeast, The club run last Sunday was to Great Falls, and a better time the boys have never had. Only one incident marred the pleasure cf this trip, and that was the accident which befell Captain Lee L. Herrell on the way out. While crossing M street bridge the head of his wheel snapped, letting him down so hard that he was disabled to such an extent that he had to be assisted to a street car and sent home. The run Was continued under Lieutenant Fryor. After dinner they went over to the Falls, and tt was here that the popularity of the ciub was manifest. Three different pho- tographers insisted upon taking their pic- tures, and now the ciub rooms are adorned by three handsome pictures. Wednesday the club run was to Glen Echo. Twenty-eight boys were out and en- joyed the opera c1.d other amusemenis. ‘These night runs are becoming quite popu- lar and the attendance is steadily growing. The captain is proud of the fact that he can take out tweive men who are ail over six feet tall, and they are men who can ride at almost any It was very grati Shine on the run Sunday. had a very severe illnes Arlington Wheelmen. The club run last Sunday was to the Anglers’ club house, on the Conduit read, and @ large representation of the club was on hand. The day was exceedingly warm and oppressive. Lieut. R. H. Stone was in charge, and he selected J. F. Broadbent for pacemaker. Several hours were pleasantly spent at the bridge, during which time some of the boys went boating. On the re- turn trip a stop was made at Glen Echo. Capt. E. J. Murphy was unable to attend the run Sunday. Secretary J. F. Broadbent returned from a business trip to New York on Monday. While away he visited New London and witnessed the boat race. Chairman Mott's recent wholesale trans- fer of local amateurs to the professional ranks affected but-one of the Arlingtons The unwritten rule, but one which has been followed since the organization of the club—that is, that all members on club runs, going, may ride as fast as they please—has ‘been the means of keeping many of the members in good trim; where- as, if on the club runs, both going and re- turning, all the riders are required to keep together, no one is given an oppertunity to get in condition, and consequently, if called on to represent the club in any contest, is greatly handicapped. A suggestion that a Modification of this rule be made has caused a majority of the members, and es- pecially the club's best riders, to declare themselves to the. effect that a. change from the present system governing club runs would be disastrous to the club, as a bicycle club. The next regular meeting Will be held at Highiand Park, on-the Bladensburg road. ‘The club smoker will be on a larger scale than usual. Captain Murphy last week sent out no- tices stating that the proposed three days’ Shennandoah valley trip will begin Satur- day evening, July 2. He has since (after interviewing’ several of the members) de- cided to postpone the trip. The club run for tomorrow is to Atlantic City via Philadelphia, and those members desiring to go will meet at the Baltimore and Potomac depot this evening in time for the 6:20 train. The boys will remain in Philadelphia tonight and ride to Atlantic City early Sunday morning, whence they will return by rail Monday evening. Blue Ridge Cycle Club Meet. The second amateur bicycle meet of the Blue Ridge Cycle Club will be held at Win- chester, Va., Monday. The rac2s will be run on the famous Blue Ridge quarter-mile track and will begin at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The promoters of the meet have been granted a sanction on this occasion, and th> races will be run under the L. A. W. rules. The afternoon’s sport will be preceded by a grand street parade, headed by the Independent Band, which will form at the corner of Market street and Rouss avenue at 2:30 o'clock and proceed direct to the track grounds. The program will consist of one-half mile novice race, one mile open, one-half mile open, two’ mil> open and five mile handicap. Prizes to the amount of $150 will be awarded to winners of the several events. y Mr. Shine has Hysiente Bicycling. “Hygienic Bicycling” is the title of a pocket manual for the healthful use of the wheel. It is written and published by H. E. Clark, Delaware City, Del. It has con- tributions from twenty-five of the leading doctors and specialists of the largest med- ical schools and hospitals in the country, fully covering every branch of the subject of the bicycle. How to use the wheel to promote ysical culture, to maintain health to cure disease is regarded as a great problem, and the aim of the book is to solve it. Every page is interesting. Theré is an attractive lit cover in > MIRAGE IN MANITOBA. Train Seen Twice Fifteen Minutes Be- fore It Was Due. From the London News. Arrived at Shanawan, my companion kindly offered to stay with me till the train came, but I sent-him off and took my stand on the track, with nothing more substantial et ee NATIONAL HOLIDAY CYCLE RACES. ark Bicycle Club Board ‘Track, Commencing at There are more entries at this race meet than ever. Bring see the best races of the year. Tickets now for sale at ECLIPSE BICYCLE CO., 14th and H Sts. N.W. Sy2-2t einiek 8 p.m. July 4th. your fireworks and Se THE FIERY ORDEAL OF FIJI. Inexplicable Performances of Na- tives in a Red-Hot Oven, Frem the World-Wide Magazine. The Island of Benga, where the fiery or- deal takes place, was the supposed resi- dence of some of the old gods of Fiji, and was therefore considered a sacred land. Naturally, also, its chiefs took high rark. First of all, it is necessary to explain the native lovo, or oven, in which the masawe reot is baked. This oven is merely a more or less circular hole or hollow dug and pre- pered in the ground, with a dia:aeter of from eighteen feet to twenty-four feet. The oven is next filled with rough logs of firewood, piled up nine or ten feet. On the logs are placed a great number of water- worn stones, va*ying in weight from eight pounds or ten pounds to one hundred- weight. It may here be explained that the masawe is a Dracaena, with fibrous roots as large as a yam, and full of sugar. These rcots are baked in the love for four days. The fire for the ordeal is lighted in the masawe oven before daybreak, and burns for several hours—that ts to say, until all the stones on the top, big and little have falien through irto the hole and become aimost white with heat. Then, of course, nething remains but a quantity of charred embers and a few haif-burned logs. ** In due time, the embers are dragged or fished out by means of vines attached to long sticks, the end of the vine i he partially burned logs and ing been removed, green eighteen or twenty feet long, are serted into the oven among the hi hot stones, and using these as lever ones are distributed evenly over the sur- ace of the whole fioor of the earth-oy Sometimes the heat is so terrific that the operators are unable directly to manipu- late the levers themselves, so they compel! to rest the poles on the si the oven, and then pull on them b: of vine ropes. The Fijians who take p in this ceremony make for themselv ut of the broad banana leaf a special kird of garment to shelter their bodies from the heat given off by the white-hot stones. When the big embers have been removed, the wood ashes are swept away by means of whisks fastened to the ends of long sticks, and then nothing remains in the even Save the clean layer of glowing stones. ‘ihese preliminaries, after the fire has burned itself out, occupy about half an hour, and then all is ready for the ceremony itself. Ata given signal the performers, bare-legged and _bare-footed, excepting for the anklets of dried fern leaves, crowd into the pit and begin walk- ing leisurely about as if on a fashionable promenade. Here is the narrative of a person who witnessed the ceremony: “Jonathan, a na- tive magistrate, led the way into the pit. closely followed by fourteen others. They marched round about the oven, moving slowly and leisurely, and treading firmly on the red-hot stones. The spectacle held me spellbound. Every moment I expected my nostrils to be assailed with the smell of burning human flesh, but it was not so; and as 1 looked in the face of the men strolling about in the lovo, I could see no emotion whatever depicted, but merely the inscrutable impassivity of feature common to many savage races. Some of the by- standers threw bundles of green leaves and branches into the oven, and then tm- mefiiately the men inside were half hidden in the clouds of steam that arose from the hissing, boiling sap. Handkerchiefs were also thrown in, and afforded an unmis- takable proof.that there was ‘no decep- tien.’ Before these lace trifles reached the floor of the oven they were alight and almost consumed by -the great heat. Presently Jonathan and his followers marched out of the inferno, and were promptly examined by the governor's commissioner. Not only was there not the least trace of burning, but their anklets, which were of dried fern leaves, and therefore extremely inflammable, were not so much as si a, Jonathan himself was closely cross-ex- amined by the government officials present—of whom he stood in great awe— and he declared with perfect candor, “There is no trick. Why should there be? I and my forefathers have done this thing for generations, long before the white man came into the Isla Some of us may not believe the legend of the Fairy Chief Moliwai, but I do believe that ft has been given to my tribe to pass means rt BEE i i 5 i i i g | £ : é ave tobe found i f | a ! | Hy asl SKIN FULL OF GOLD. How It Was Absorbed by Sta: a Yukon Stream. From the Chicago Tritane. Superintendent Woodson of State Lunatic Asylum No, 2, at St. Joseph, Mo., ntly received into the institution for treat-nent & patient whose case is without a precedent in medical annals. It may also have a de- terring effect upon some of thos: who are madly seeking to join the exodus to the Alaska gold fields at the sacritice of every ther interest “Abe” Boyle, the patient, went to Alaska in the summer of 1896 and succeeded in reaching Circle City in September of that year. When the news of the big strike at Dawson City reach2d the camp he was one of the first to set out for the Klondike dig- sings. He spent the winter months in un- derground mining, the output of which was to be washed when ice broke on the Yukon in the spring. He was moderately successful, but his claim was one of the few from which the buggets and coarse gold had, to a consider- able extent, been carried lower down the creek, waile ths washing from above left the gravel heavily impregnated with what is known as “flour gold.” This is the finest torm taken on by the yellow metal. ‘There 4s no known method of saving “flour gold,” which will escape over the quicksilver plates of a stamp mill in spite of all efforts to capture it. Boyie during the summer of 1 the first great bonanza strikes were report- ed from the Klondike placers, was much of the Ume immersed to the waist in the w ters of the Yukon. The ice that down from above is rich with gold ed from the sands of the when The cakes get aground on a bar, and, as they melt, deposit their treasure. It is in this way that placers are sometimes form- ed, alert miner then washes the sand from the bar and obtains his reward. hed ravel from claim cn one of thes bars, hoping to reap a double harvest. Being in the water con- stantly, his body seems to have accom- plished what no invention of man has yet done, for through the poras of the skin there was absorbed un incredible quantity of “flour gold.” He was seized with what he thought was rheumatism, but kept on with his work until his limbs became un- manageable. It was as if ossification, if not putrefaction, had set in. His condition gradually spread upward, ani h2 lost his appetite and eventually became a victim of dementia. There being no physiclan in the camp capable of handling the case, he was sent to the states in charg: of a friend, who kept him for several months at his old home in Lander, Wyoming. His condition did not improve, even under a urse of treatment at the Saratoga (Wyo.) hot springs, and he was finally taken to Lara- mie, Wyo. There Dr. William H. Harris, dn old army surgeon, made a careful examination of Boyle, and thought he had located the source of his trouble. He resolved upon an experiment to test the correctness of his theory. Boyle was given temporary lodg- ings in a Turkish bathhouse, and was sub- mitted to a treatment in which the medi- cine administered consisted largely of mer- cury, which, as is well known, will carry from the human body every alien and poi- sonous matter. When he had been there about a week, being dosed constantly with mercury, Boyle was given a thorough Turkish bath, being kept in the sWeating room as long as It way ecnsidered safe for him to remain there. His chair in the sweating room was placed in a shallow basin of zinc, so that the per- spiration that poured down from his body would all be retained. He was afterward rushed through the remaining features of the bath and put to bed. When he awoke from a dreamiess sieep he was found to have entirely recovered from the hitherto unaccountable stiffness of his limbs, his flesh being soft and pliable as an infant's. This was a great step toward the demon- stration of Dr. Harris’ theory, notwith- Standing Boyle's mind was still affected. ‘The next thing done was to examine the contents of the zinc basin in the sweating rcom. An assay of its contents showed that the mercury administered in the form open carrying with it the flour gold with which Boyle’s body had been saturated. An assay by Superintend- ent M. A Grant of the Keystone mine showed that the value of the fiour gold drawn from Boyle’s body by means of the mercury approximated $270. it was evident that the treatment had |.been pre-eminently successful, so far as Boyle’s malady was purely physical. Its effects upon the mind periment, and so he was sent to Asyium No. 2, in this city. He is now apparently im the best of health, physically, and Su- perintendent Woodson believes that he will be able in a short time to restore his rea- son and make him a sound man.