Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1898, Page 18

SS _THE EVENING STAR, ~ SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1898-24 PAGES. ee DECIDEDLY DUTCH Queer Phases of Life on the Island of Curacao. oe SPANISH INFLUENCE 18 STILL FELT Was Formerly the Haunt of Pirate and Privateer. AND > SUBSTANTIAL eee SOLID Written for The Evening St UST WHEN, AND why, and how, the Dutch became pos- sessed of their hold- ings in the West In- dies nobody seems to know. They were never much at col- onizing, save in a desultory way, and they seem to have taken over what English, Spanish and French did not think worth keeping» Since the time of Martin Harpetzoon Von Tromp, that brave admiral who lashed a broom at his masthead in token that he had swep the English channel c not done much in the We to hold the smali islands they acquired when their sailors were on the sea. ‘They new own Sava, an island less 4 cessible than any other in the world; Sa ustatius, where the American flag was first saluted by a foreign power; half of Saint Martin, and Curacao and its depend- encies on the north coast of South America. Curacao was discovered in the year 1499, by the gallent Spaniard, Alonzo de Ojeda, whose remains were interred in the now ruined convent of San Francisco, in Santo Domirge. He had with him on that voy- age one Americus Vespucci, whose name has become more famous than that of the captain of his ship, and the the discoveries of the third lumbus, and found, not far from the point where Columbus left off, an i » rich in pearls that they loaded their vessel with them and went back to Spain rejoicing. Worth Millions. These ill-gotten gains were claimed by Columbus, who was entitled to a tithe of everything found, by his king's patent; but Ojeda and Vespucel went on the principle that “findings ts havings,” and nct 2 sin- gle pearl did Christopher get from them. They didn't find anything worth menfic s aboriginal naz inhabitants, who were and quite fierce. And the placid held it for >» hundred vears before th thems iug in Curacao, except 1d stature Dutchme and m e aware that th of wealth far su: garita, discover nor directly One’ eventful y, perhaps twenty aC n ner drifted to the an object of pity. fe had Cornish pluck. however, and it not long before he had negotiated tor ured title to a vast quantity of lying not far distant from the port. The highest hill on the south ¢ is pointed out a portion of that solid cent of land,” and is phosphate—at at deposit; and if acao were not » to perferm the operation the > “kicking them: to this day, the poor Cor: h miner has long since come @ millionaire. He runs a yacht, the r of those seas; the steps to his id to be one s per f landing pier are solid mahogany, he enter- tains lavishly every friend and stranger who visits him, and he or his company (it is all the same) pa: ury $500,000 evel worked. The committed th into the island ear their mines are eady-going Dutchmen who ir government to the con- tract whereby Curacao was deprived of her only treasure-trove still meet nightly on the shore of the tranquil Skattegat, and smoke and sigh and shake their heads whenever they look toward the mountain whence the necromancer’s wand has ex- tracted the millions their poor litt istand ought to have and needs so much. Nobody knows just how much has been taken out, nor how much there Is left to mine; but all agree that this phosphatic deposit is one of the world's biggest bo- nanzas. No stranger is admitted within the gates of the works, nor allowed to get a glimpse beyond the portal. He is hos- pitably received and entertained, feasted on the choicest viands, flooded with the rarest wines; but no blandishments av. to serve as an open sesame. A Rugged Isle. Curacao, the little island discovered tne last year of the fifteenth century, so long in possession of the Dutch, and recently visited by Admiral Cervera, 400 years after his countrymen first landed here, iz 1ess than forty miles long and from three to seven miles wide. It is merely a volcanic fissure forming deep harbors, with rims of rock around them, the coast everywhere rent and rugged. From the highest hills on a clear day the blue mountains of that stretch of Venezuelan coast known as the ‘araguana are distinctly visible, and seems to have been created expressly as # haven for Venezuelan revolutionists—the cessful ones—who plan and p! and escape hither after their failed. Bol Those who have succe: var—are now known as hero- s of their residence here still pointed Coasting the southern shore in a steamer of the “Red D Line’—if it has not been purchased by our government—and sailing past the phosphate region, a town suddenly springs to view, appears, as though some Hercules had rent apart the bare brown hills that form the backbone of the island. It is straight, but deep, and leads into a capacious harbor, perhaps a mile in length—the Skattegat— heyond which is another natural lagoon, called “Spanish Water,” capable of float- ing a navy. Perched above the latter is a tne old castle of Spanish times, and on each side the inlet giving entrance to the two lagoons is an old fort, one called Fort Riff, and the other Fort Amsterdam. Their cannon are old and rusty, dating back to pre-Columbian times, apparently: and their garrisons of dumpy Dutch sol- diers are so quaint and funny that one al- most laughs in their faces, as the steamer sweeps by. So narrow is this entrance that the sentries of elther fort can hail those of the other; and when well within it is discovered that a pontoon bridge spans the harbor mouth. The deep bass of the steamer’s whistle is answered by a shrill “toot” from a diminutive launch, and soon one end of the pontoon is seen to move slowly toward the opposite shore. The strip of blue water grows wider and wider, until at last the bridge of boats lies parallel » the shore, and another “toot” tells the stranger that she may enter. A few min- utes later the little latmeh tugs her pon- toon back to its original position, and long before the steamer {s-tied up to the dock the interrupted traffie between the people in the two sections is resumed. A Bit of Old Holland. If one were not quite sure of his bear- ings and positive that he had not sailed Into the Zuyder Zee he might be pardoned fer imagining himself within the confines of some Dutch settlement; for the town of Withelmstadt, which surrounds the lagoon, is filled with fine houses unmistakably Hol- landish in archfiecture. They are solidly built, with stone and mortar walls, quaint dormer windows and balconies, bricked courts and tiled roofs; Spanish “casas,” in fact, with Dutch trimmings, and modified to sult the climate; the windows broad and but with glass Instead of tron bars, and both balconies and corridors shielded from the sun by green “jalousies.” ‘They are bright and cheery, too, for the roof ties are red and the walls are yellow, pink or blue. . Zhe Jagomn tp which the steamers He .and where traffic centers is in three -sec- tons, ike a clover leaf, the central leaf Griving straight to the island's center, and and then a narrow inlet | { the others lying parallel to the shores. The most populous town on the right as you enter is divided into Pietermaay and Schardo, while across the lagoon, reached ty the pontoon, is Otrabanda, literally the “other side.” “This mingling of Spanish and Dutch is most pronounced, and, in fact, the prevailing speech is a patois call- eé the “Papiamento,” which is structurally Spanish, with an overlay of Dutch. a little English, seme African, and perhaps a few aboriginel words. In fllustration, the writer may mention that one day, being out with a native negro hunting, he saw a very pretty plant having a soft silken fringe, and-asked his guide the name “Eso se lama barba de yoong maan, answered—“They call’ it young man's beard: his reply being composed of five Spanish and two barbarously mutilated English words. Papiamento is a patois. or latguage in its nascent state, not yet crystallized. Any one speaking Spanish can understand it, but it is always detri- mental to one’s speech to condesecend to speak a patois, and hence should be aveided. A Curious Patois. Both Duteh and English, as well as Spen- ish and French, are spoken here in their purity, but the speech of the negroes is the pepiamento. These last are most numer- cus, and comprise the greater portion of the 30,000 inhabitants of Curacao. It Is a lerg tim> since slavery existed here, and the blacks have been so shiftless and also so prolific that poverty is well nigh uni- versal. It is the only disease endemic in the island, the islanders claim; but {t is Geadly. When the slaves were emanci- pated, about thirty-five years ago, their owners received $80 a hi for every one manumitted, but today he is worth scarce- ly more than his food and clothing. The fair average wege of a day laborer is an English shilling, or a “quarter,” and skill- ed labo> goes begging at ‘twice that amount. The natives are honest and hara- working, and have so good a reputation that they are in some demand outside 2s As the steamers of the-“Red D teuch here coming and going, on ezuelan voyage, their crews are re- inforced by gangs of Curacaoans every trip, who load and discharge cargo at La Guayra and Puerto Cabello, where the na- tives are unreliable. The land throughout the island is very Foor, even sterile, as there are no streams or springs and the people depend for water upon the infrequent rains. It is very tan- talizing to the native to see the phosphatic rock, so rich in the elements of fertility, being transported to other lands, and yet unavailable at home. Wherever water can be had, vegetation is abundant, luxuriant, as in a few private gardens, where it has a purely tropic cast. All the tropic fruits may be grown here, such as pines, paw-paws, mangos, guavas, soursops and custard apples; all the citrus family; and the island fs’ locaily noted aiong the Spanish Main, for its “‘nisperos” or sapadillos. The nispero tree grows vig- orously in the stony soil of Curacao, and its green bulk is a refreshing sight, in this dry and barren ccuntry. Seanty Vegetation. The dry fields are chiefly covered with cactus and spiny shrubs which are so much prettier at a distance than near at hand, and, as the vegetation is scanty, so is the fauna. Sailing up the inland lagoon, you may find lizards and iguanas, herons and other water birds, basking on its shor and on the old plantations rabbits, tur doves, troupials, curlew and humming birds. The “hummers” and the troupials dart by on green and golden wings, and light up the shade of broad-spreading silk-cottons and nisperc The tment of this little Du: dise 1s ernal and benefi its poverty will allew it to be—and the gov- erning ¢ "s are housed in spacious build- ngs of Hollandes e, modified to suit climatic cor and visit the old forts a the hiil, the church, sonic lodge, s well as ress on ogue, the nd the government build- The motive ts of a donkey@iot much lar- Harler goat, and anent tram- and donkey they tell a story in Pieter- which is supposed to reflect upon the intelligence? of a all party of ladies who visited here not many years ago. It ked ashore from the gang- cing the rear end of the stepped aboard. The dash- board was so high, and the beast so smull, that they did not see the motor, and when the car be:,an to move they were filled 'with wonder and delight. They made the circuit of the lugcon, and the ear came back to its original starting place, where fares were collected by a small ‘black boy. “How lovely it all was,” they exclaimed ecstati- cally; “what a most charming ride! And to think such a bit of a place as this should have an electric car!” Und all der dime,” said the Dutchman who related the story to the writer, “dot poy vos on der vront sead of der ‘elegdric gar und bunching mit a sdick dot leetle yackass!”’ In the Capital. There is hardly room for a car to run be- tween the buildings on either side of the main street of the town, and from the bal- conies of some of the principal buildings their occupants can shake hands across, as in some Castilian cities. But Curacao is a free port and business is often brisk. One vast bookstore here, the “Libreria Bi- tancourt,” is said to supply the whole of Venezuela and the north coast of South America with Spanish books. A deal of the business here is also contraband, ani smugglers flourish as along the Mexican berder. You can buy pure “Hollands” for three dollars a case that never felt the touch of customs official nor saw his frown, and as for the beverage which bears the island's name, “Curacao,” made in Holland from orange peel imported from other isles and taken back here again, it is the favor- ite tipple. The Dutch still control trade, it is said, but the retail is mainly in the hands of Jews. The one bonanza other than the phosphate business is that pontoon bridge, and it should be a cause for American congratulation to know that it was built by a down-east Yankee, Cap- tain Smith, our consul at Curacao. He js a living witness to the beneficent climate of this island, for he came here an invalid many years ago and soon recovered sufli- ently to establish a flourishing ice bust- which he still conducts. But his great vement and the monument to his in- ventiveness {s the pontoon bridge which spans the Skattegatt. Before he construct- ed it those who wished to cross the lagoon were absolutely dependent upon the negro boatmen, nearly two hundred in number, who charged for ferriage five Dutch cop- pers, equal to a penny or two cents Amer- ican money. Now the toll on the bridge is but two cents (American) for “quality” people, and only a copper for those who go barefoot. Once a Resort for Pirates. As to the inhabitants of Curacao, it {s surprising to find people resident here many years, and familles descended from the first conquerors, who have preserved that freshness of complexion for which the Dutch at home are noted. There is but one other place where they are sur- passed in this respect, and that is in Saba, where, at an elevation of between 1,500 and 2,000 feet above the sea, reside de- scendants of the Dutch, who have com- plexions marvelously clear and delicately tinted, The old residents yet tell tales of the buccaneer times, when Curacao was the haunt of pirate and privateer, as well as of “contrabandista” and political refugee. Lying right abreast the famous Spanish Main, its snug harbors offering secure shel- ter for all sorts of small craft, Curacao was once infested with as lawless a popu- lation as any ‘island in West Indian wa- ters. That great Inner lagoon known as the Skattegat, deep enough and large enough to hold the Spanish fleet, is entire- ly landlocked, and above it towers a fcrtress built in Spanish times, before the Dutch came into possession, in 1634. It is extremely picturesque, though useless against modern cannon, and is used now as a signal station Beneath and behind the beetling cliff on which the fort is perched the pirates of the Spanish Main were wont to lie in wait for prey, their vessels’ masts completely hidden from sight of craft at sea, and their spies watching from the rock. When a galleon was sighted, richly freighted, bound for Spain, with cargo of silver or gold, the buc¢aneer craft would slip warily through the narrow passage, bear down upon the ship, murder its crew, and pring its treasure’ h to thelr eyrie on crag above lagoon. ny & the old inhabitants the wholesale THE FREAKISH RIO GRANDE. Two Mlustrations in One Day of the Queer Things It Can Do. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. “To give you some idea of what sort of river the Rio Grande is, I'll tell an experi- ence I had in getting across it with a der- rick,” said a mining man from New Mex- ico. “If after that you don’t agree with me that it 1s a freakish river you're hard to suit. I-was a contractor in rock work in those days, and was taking my derrick from the east side of the river to the Mag- dalenas, where I had a contract to sink a mine shaft. The derrick was on four wagon wheels, and four mules were haul- ing it.-I-had my two helpers along, and one of them, a man named McCartney, drove the mules. He was an old-timer, which was lucky, for I was new to the country, and if I had trusted to my own judgment I might have made a mistake that would have cost me my mules and derrick, if not my life. “We came to the Rio Grande an hour be- fore sundown, and I saw a wide river bed, but no water, only dry sand, from one bank to the other. That was a new kind of river to me, but McCartney said it was all right; that it was a way the Rio Grande had of ‘doing in places for five or six months in the year. The water was there, only it was flowing through the sands un- der the channel instead of in it. I, being a tenderfoot, was for camping on the nearer bank, where the grass was good, but Mc- Cartney said that would never do unless 1 was willing to take my chances of staying there a week or two; that water sometimes came down the-channel, a good deal of it, and it would be well to get across while we were sure we could. “We started across over the dry sands and I was thinking what an easy way it was of fording a river when of a sudden the two lead mules were floundering in a quicksand and the whole outfit came near being drawn in. We got the two leaders clear of the harness and then the other two mules drew them out, one at a time. We hitched them up again, and by making a long circuit got past the quicksand and to the other bank. By thet time it was 10 o'clock and the moon had just risen. The mules had just begun to climb the bank, when we heard a roaring noise up the channel. It came from a wall of water that stretched from bank to bank, and was traveling toward us fast. It looked in the moonlight to be four feet high, and there was higher water behind sending it on. We didn’t need to holler to the mules. They heard wnat was coming and clawed up the bank like cats. We got out all right, der- rick and all—and there were not three min- utes to spare. Before we had finished our supper the river bed was full, bank high, with a current that eddied and roared as it rushed past our camping place as if it had been sorry to miss us and would like to get up where we were. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, or sign of rain anywhere, and the flood may have come from a cloudbust in Colorado 200 miles awa; But it came near getting us. I had learned one lesson, and that was, in traveling by wagon, al- ways to camp on the further side of a stream. And I had learned to put no trust in the Rio Grande.” ELECTRIC LIGHT IN ITALY, Wire for Mlumination wing Rapidly. The Use of th ix G Frem Electricity Italy is said to be fast appreciating the advantages of the electric light. This is In part due to the fact that the price of pe- troleum, which has heretofore been exten- sively used for illuminating purposes, has been forced up by restrictions and pri teetive duties. Most all the theaters, many of the streets and the principal shops and offices are now lighted by electricity s form of illumination is extremely ble, owing to its cle ience and to the fact t ceptibly heat a room, which is much to be desired in a comparatively warm climate, such as that of Italy. Wherever water power is available, advantage has been tak- en of it tor generating current for illumin- ating purposes. The thriving town of C: pua is lighted by energy obtained from the River Volturno, and Cava dei Tirreni, aiso an important town, derives its power from the machinery of a large mill, driven partly by water and partly by steam, which grinds corn during the day and illuminates the town at night. ‘There are many other centers of popula- tion in Italy that have made good use of water power for the purpose of operating electric lighting plants, or that contemplate so doing. The town of Amalfia, which is a favorite resort of travelers in’ the winter season, owing to the salubriousness of {ts climate, has a swift stream of water run- ning through it which is utilized for oper- ating numerous paper mills as well as se’ eral large factories. To install an electric lighting plant there, as proposed, would be neither costly nor difficult, and that it would pay to do so cannot be doubted, as it is claimed the large hotels alone would insure remunerative returns. Naples is now illuminated by electricity and is supplied with a continuous current of 110 volts. The lamps most generally used are of German manufacture, either the Schubert or those turned out by the Allgemeine . Elektricitats Gesellschaft; lamps very inferior in color of globes, fin- ish and illuminating power to those manu- factured in this country. In view of this fact and the general conditions existing in Italy, there seem to be excellent opportuni- ties for the introduction of American lamps and other electrical apparatus. During the last fiscal year this country exported but $6,281 worth of electrical machinery to Italy, which can scarcely be said to com- pare very favorably with the $208,000 worth exported the same year to France, or even to $168,864 which represents the amount ex- ported to Belgium. We have noticed, how- ever, that several contracts for electrical installations in Italy have of late been awarded to American manufacturers, and it would not be surprising, therefore, if the amount of electrical exports to Italy this MIDSUMMER MUSLINS Materials That Are at Once Sea- sonable and Becoming. FIT IN WELL WITH THE LANDSCAPE a Combinations of Color That Are Particularly Attractive. DAINTILY DRESSED WOMEN Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HEMPSTEAD, L. L, July 1, 1998. UMMER INDO- lence reduces one’s neighbors to land- 8 ‘ape features, to be looked at rather than dealt with? It is as a bit of foreground that I remember the large, fair, English- looking girl who roil- -ed by on the box seat Ing, glancing down at “the group of cyclists gic sP¥ the roadside in a way to remind them. that wheeling is a hot and dusty occtipation. Her white duck skirt, pink t gyaist and broad, light gray slouch hat offer, nothing distinctive in the telling; but addyauie eyes, a cool skin of wholesome tints anda firm-set chin, not too sq early summer, bright! at and wholly unsentimental. Another summer picture is the girl who is coming up thejathamong the trees from the river, the Jong’'stems of pond lilies hanging from hgr “arm. She is a slighter figure than the; othen, a branch hides her face, her white! woolen dress hangs as straight and close’ about her as if it were heavy with water. She has a broad, soft green sash at her side, and her flat, white sailor hat is swathed in green. The girl may be pretty, she may be piquant at close acquaintance; I like her best where she is, a nalad coming up from the stream, Suggestive of Summer Heat. There is something in the muslins more languorous, more suggestive of the heats to come; something that belongs with the warm, sweet scent of clover and the rattle of the mowing machine. ‘There is a white, vaporous cloud overflowing a hammock, swung just in the edge of the grove; a tall figure is approaching it. There ought to be laws against disturbing a person in muslin, White ‘muslin—all white—belongs to. the dolce far niente of the drowsy days; to the lapse of personal identity in the sunshine and the earth hum. For a permit to con- versation some color must be worn, some sharp accent put into the monotone. I have seen a woman in. muslin conducting herself most energeticaliy, but.she knew how to make th2 appearapre congruous; how not to violate the propriet Her pale green and white transparencies subordinated them- selves to the rcyal blue that ruled at throat and waist and permitted any sort of vivaci ty, even dancing, = Blue and white is merry; pink and white, girlish. Golden yellow and white or lemon color and white. requires more particular consideration; neither combination is abso- lutely inconsistent. with action, but they are more sultry, more suggestive of tropic heats and thunder storms than white alone. There is a delicacy about heliotrope and present year much exceeds that of last in spite of our war with Spain. The World Does Move. From Puck. “Let me see,” said the first man, reflect- ively; “you may be better posted on history than I am. Was Alcxander the Great known as Fighting Aleck?” “And Frederick the Great wasn’t known as Fighting Fred, was he?” No.” . “And the Romans didn’t call Jullus Caes- ar Fighting Jule, did they?” “And George Washington has rfot come dcwn to pesterity as Fighting George “And nobody ever called Napoleon Fight- ing Nap?” “And Hannibal was just plain Hannibal without any frills at all?” oye “Flow very peculiar! man, = murmured the first oe Social Barriers, From the Detroit Journal, Caller—“Is Mrs. Smith in?’ Servant—‘“I don’t know.” Caller—“Can you ascertain for me?” Servant—“No; that is the housemaid’s work, and she’s out.” —ree— > Life Publishing Company.) (Copyright, 1898, white or black and white properly handled —a great deal of white and a very little black, but used boldly—that fits with a va- riety of summer purposes; but the muslins that chime best with the summer gayeties, that have the joy of the season without its droop, are the new-old Watteau patterns, with ‘their little bouquets or baskets of flowers thrown upon a cream-white surface and tied together by blue ribbons. Next to these for daintiness, lightness and hints of airy freedom, I reckon the other floral mus- lins with indeterminate cloud designs be- hind the flowers, scarcely visible except in certain lights, but giving a’ misty effect, when the fabric is not too much snipped up in flounces. Combinations: of ‘Color. It is a wholesome symptom, however, that we are not bothering ‘so much as usual about color“signtficance or the sub- tleti2s of combinations; rather we dash for- ward as boldly as in the early “sixties, whose fashioris we continue to copy, with any set of tints that nature has set us the example of appngmings. At the first largely “attended meet ofa/simmer chub-a few days ago the positivecibrs of yellow myrtle with its green Jgavgs, turquoise blue and the old-fashioned ptoks and redsithat re- mind one of thagSieeet Williams” of New England gardemusop@ers were*more: in evi- donce than-any.ditheschues. . A blue ‘and Waytd mvslin, for example, was made up ovag-anseparate foundation of grass-gre2n silkr@nditrimmed with a trellis work of dlackeyGhantilly insertion. A shoulder ‘rosettec‘ofe deep crimson was added. wD 3 A. cream-colorem lifwn, almost as fine as muslin, was drageditover yellow ‘silk and flounced with crsunplace run with. narrow yellow and blackeribbons. ~The Jong sash of tlack chiffon wés ‘eréssed with y2llow. A pale greenand¢whité muslin had a foundation -of-rekeldaf pink silk and many frilis and insertions’@f fine cream lace; the sash of pink chiff6n finished with black vel- vet ribbons was'fastened with a large paste buckle. - - Of India Muslin. = * An ‘2laborate costume and one suggestive of crinoline was a beautiful India muslin faintly cream-tinted and made up over India yellow, at once deep and soft. The skirt was arranged in a style familiar thirty or forty years ago, with six or eight flounces forming a sharp point in the front and back, but rising high om the sides. The flounces were frilled with lace and headed fof a coach this morn- | gray are past counting. In New York I have scen within the week a silvery gray canvas made up over blue glace and trim- med with thre> nerrow black lace ruffles. Green velvet ribbon was applied upon the skirt in such wise as to produce the illu- sion of a double overskirt, open in front and hanging in long points down each side. The bodice was a blouse of the canvas with @ pointed chemisette of muslin and with ribbons simulating a small bolero. A gray and white foulard worn at a race meet wes flounced with gray chiffon. The bodice had a puffed yoke of curiously min- gled gray and grass-green chiffon, from which floated long chiffon scarfs like stole ends. Straps alternately of gre:n and ; Yer velvet came from under the arms and fastened in front with clasps of green enamel and gold. The sleev2s were of sil- ver chiffon, striped up and down with green velvet ribbon, ELLEN OSBORN. ——_-_—_ +e. KILLING RATTLESNAKES. An Ingenious Method of Raiding the County Treasury. From the Glens Falls Star. John Lamb of Bolton was arres Saturday afternoon on a warrant issued j by Justice S. M. Pratt on complaint of | Supervisor Taylor. Lamb is charged with an attempt to defraud the county cf War- | Tent, in that he made aftidaviz to the kill- j ing of seventy-one Uesnaxes. He pre- | | | ed on sented what he claimed were rattles from each of the sn and asked for the bounty of $71, Lamb had alreedy been paid $424 by the county treasurer upon orders given by the supervisors of Belton j and Hague. The plan, as exposed by Su- j Pervisor Taylor, has been to take the rat- tles from a snake, divide them into pieces, leaving ,two rattles on each piece. Then take a piece of flesh fr 5 sert it in the upper end of the se! tion of the rattler, thus giving the ance of having been cut off from the tail of a snake, and get the bounty of $1 on each piece having two rattics. Af were presented showing that on las Lamb obtained seven snakes’ from two buys who had killed the r. Lamb then presented an affidavit sw ¢ killing of twenty-three snake duced twenty-three pi h two ratties on each, and obtained an order for 223 on County Treasurer Packard. ay night Lamb received of : and on Saturday morning fourteen snakes, presented*an affidavit to the killing of scventy-one and ed for an order for $71, produce with two rattles on cach or Tay- lor caught on to his ¢ out a Warrant. The county already paid aout $6) upon orders, a tion is, How many snakes killed In Washington county the bounty on rat- tlesnakes is fifty cents. It is claimed that quite frequently snakes iil m_ that county are brought to Warren county, where the bounty paid is just double, and that the amount fraudulently collected on Washington county snakes during the last year or two is quite an item. 20+ now the qi e really be Lemons in Hot Weather. We know in a dull sort of w. y that lemons are uszful, and if we didn't we might easily find this out by looking over the papers, says the Louisville Journal. But just how valuable th are few of us realize. ‘They are of very gr@it medicinal value, and are better than patent medicines and nustrums put up in bettles and boxes for the benefit (2) of the human family. A ‘teaspoonful of temoa cup of black coffee wi tack of bilious headache use them freely and so uvoul the attack of headache. A slice of lemen rubbed on the temples and back of the neck is also good for headach>. These facts help in beanti- fying one, for who can be beautiful and ailing at the same time? The days are past when the delicate woman wi nerves” was the heroine of all the novels and the “clinging vine” supposed to be admired by all the men. Lemons taken externally, or rather used, will aid in beautitying any cne. ‘Ther? is nothing more valuable for the toilet table than a solution of lemon juise; a little rab- bed on the hands, face and neck at night will not only whiten but soften the skin. A paste mad> of magnestx and lemon juice appiied to the face and hands upon iviug down for a fifteen minutes’ rest will bleach the skin beautifulty. For discolored or stains finger nails a teaspoonful of lemon juice in 2 cup of warm soft water is invaluabic; cus 1s on of the very best manicure acids. Ii will loosen the cuticle from the finger nails as well as remove discolors tions. Lemon juice in water is an exellent tooth wash. This is about the only thing that will remove tartar. It will also sweeten the breath. Courier- y really ce in a small drive away an at- but it Is better to oe A Guess, From the Chicago Record. “What are his stenographer's hours?” “Nine in the morning till 4 in the after- noon, with an hour and a half for luncheon.” “Goodness! She must be a remarkably homely girl every BABIES IN CHINA, Little Onew in the Celestial Empire Receive Much Attention. From the Ladies’ Pictorial. Babies are made much of all the world over, but in China especially they are sur- rounded with a host of mysterious super- stitions and practices. They are very comical to look at, these children of the celestials; from the day they are born they are put into a little coat and trousers, with a wee cap to keep the head warm, and little shoes on their feet. In fact they are the exa their parents in miniature. A child ts not bathed till the third day; it is not consider2d lucky to do so before. When this has been done, charms, consist- ing of lucky cash (smallest coin) and small silver toys, are attached by red cord to the child’s wrists, and worn for many montis. This is to keep away all evil spirits. Red strips of paper, with certain charac- ters written on th2m, are also nailed up outside the door of baby’s room, to ward off_all evil influences. These strips are kept up until after the eleventh day, and it is usual for no stranger to enter until they hav> been removed. When a Chinaman has lost several chil- dren, on the birth of another he is especial- ly careful to guard it from evil spirits, who evidently have a spite against him. therefore invests in a sword made out of sh, and strung tegether with red cord. This is hung up by baby's bed as a charm, and is considered very effective. The child generally leaves the room at the end of the month, and on that day the head is shaved fer the first time I cannot learn that any great impo: attached to the giving of a nam. child. It is, as a rule, the grandfather or grandmother on the father’s sid> for choice {who names it, but if they are dead it de- | volves on thé mother's parents or some elderly relation. When baby has arrived at the mature | 2g2 of four months, the maternal grand- mother makes it a present of a most elab- crate chair with a table attached. There is generally a feast on this day, and many friends are invited. A curious custom Is observed when child is a year old. Again a party is gi to celebrate the event, and a large sieve is placed upon the table with various article laid upon it—books, writing implement nee to the the takes up the money, of course, h2 will be ne will be learned and distinguisi himseif in literature. In every hous>hold there is an image of the goddess of children, who is supposed to have the care of the little ones till they grow up. Many offerings are made to her, €specially on the child’s birthday. When @ child reaches the age of sixteen years he ts supposed to pass from the control of this particular goddess, and a ceremony is gone through called the “going out of child- hood.” Afterward thank offerings are made to the goddess of the children for the care bestowed. But to return to our babies. As 1 mcn- tioned before, the head is shaved when a month old—som>times entirely—but very often a small patch is left at the crown of the head, and the hair plaited into a stiff little queue, which stands out straight from the head through a little nole in the cap. If it is a little girl, her head is often not shaved, but her hair plaited into two plaits above the ears. Red cord is plaited in with | the nalr as a charm, for spirits capnot face v's red clothes. sear Seex With His None. From the London An extraordinary case is reported by a French medical man named Domiot. A man | who nad lost his right eye some years b2- | fore, while still a child, fell from a cherry tree, his face striking upon @ sharp sti | in such a way that the nose, the cheek and the left eye, with the eyelids and the eye brows, were horribly mutilated. The at- | tendant surgeon believed the eyeball had been completely torn away, th> patient, of ecu being left sightless. A year after- ard the man was surprised to notice that he could distinguish daylight and the col- ors of flowers through his nose, and his | vision improved until he was able to s2e¢ all | objects below, though still insensible to light from above. A simple explanation is four The blow, falling obliquely upon the eyeball, must have permitted the es- cap2 of the humors of the eye, and pierced the orbit, but without injuring the mem- | branes, particularly the retina. On heal- ing, there must have remained in the bony | case behind the closed lids a small opening | Putting the ey2 cavity in communication | With the nasal fossal, thus permitting the | light to reach the retina through the nos It is pointed out that this serves as ex- perimental proof of the theory comparing the retina to a dark-room screen, on which images of outside cbjects are formed, even without refracting lenses, when the light, ways come through a very narrow opening. | se Where It Came I From Puck. Hardfact—“Well, I must confess I don’t | see much poetry in a moonlight excur- sion.” Oberheintz—“Gott in himmel! Haf you DOOSSOOIOOOCOs=s=eeee ee Cleveland’s Baking Powder does the work just right “t counterparts of | He | | Below stood en | come a merchant and rich; if a book, why | SIC eIet te 3 3 eq 3 3 time. That's why all the leading Teachers of Cookery use and recommend it. DUS AUSTRIAN CUSTOM, Emperor Francis Joseph W hes the Feet of Twelve Old Men. From the Pall Mall Gazette, The Emperor Francis Joseph, as the head of the most ceremontous court in Europe, has many curious duties to perform during the year. There is nothing more singular or striking among his Majesty's regular functions than the Easter one known as the ceremony of Washing the feet. The re- cipients of this extraordinary honor are twelve old men and the same number of aged dames. This year the ceremony of washing the feet of the old ladies was omitted, owing to the absence of the em- Press from Vienna, but the ancient dames received substantial compensation for this imperial neglect in the 5! y and other presents. rete At 9 o'clock the old men were conveyed to the ceremonial hall in imperial equip- ages. Dressed in antique German costume, they took their seats at a long table. His majesty and the whole court were at di- vine service when the lord chamberlain an- nounced that all was ready. His majesty and suite entered the hall between rows of halberdiers. Diplomatists and their wives gazed upon the scene from the ambassa- dors’ box. In the train of the emperor were the archdukes, ministers, generale and the household. The splendid untforms of the Hungarians and Austrian dignita- ries contrasted with the brightness of the ladies’ dresses. ‘The emperor, surrounded by his courtiers, j Walked to the table and mounted the steps. the archdukes, behind the chamberlains and the aids-de-camp, His Majesty welcomed his guests and gave the sign for the meal. The lord high steward and the pages brought in the dishes, hand- ed them to the monarch, who in turn placed them before the infirm old peoyie. The ceremony of washing the feet, which followed, was more symbolic than ‘actus Court officials took off the shoes and sto | ings of the old men and placed a towel across their knees. The court chaplain in- toned an “Evangelium,” the monarch hand- ed his hat to a chamberlain, and the latter handed it to an officer of lower rank. When the words “Et coepit I pedes disctpu lorum™ had been reached the monarch fell on his knees and formally washed and driec the fect of the twelve men in turn. | A prelate poured the water over the feet and a papal house prelate held the ewer. | At the conclusion of the ceremony the silver, fru’ Baby, attired in| monarch walked to the lower end of the s, with red cord brai } estrade and washed his hands, a page hold- hair, is placed in the cente: | ing the ewer and the lord’ chamberlain sieve, and according to what ar: handing him the towel The imperial bu: seizes first will his fortune be told. If he sar thereupon handed purses, each contal ing 30 silver crowns, to his majesty, who hung them around the necks of the old men, and they were then driven to their homes. pepe tees Tramps Fearfully Pontshed. From the Chftago News. Tramps unlucky enough to fall into the | clutches of the hard-hearted authorities of Berks county, Pennsylvania, are put through such a course of sprouts that they wish they had never been born. They have to march up and down in the prison yard for eight hours a day, carrying seventy- five-pound boxes of sand, while a grim overseer stands ready to prod them if they falter. Edward Lawrence is the man who bcsses the operations for $%) a month and the tramps think he is a Tartar. His sal- ary is one of the best irivestments the ccunty ever made, for no bummer, after serving under him for a term, has ever come back, and the warden’s board and logging tills are growing lighter. ‘Under Lawrence's system the tramps are divided into two gangs, each assigned to a pile of sand. At the word of command they fill their boxes and with military pre- cision pick them up and march to the op- posite side of the yard, passing each other in the center. The boxes are emptied on the opposite piles and refilled, after which the march back to the starting point be- gins. This operation is repeated without interval of rest for. four hours each fore- noon and a like time in the afternoon. No | ccnversation ts permitted. + o+ Need of Covering During Sleep. From the Evening Wisconsin. The reasun it Is necessary to be well covered while sleeping ts that when the body lies dcwn it is the intention of nature that It should rest, and the heart especial- ly should be relieved of its regular work temporarily. So that organ makes ten strokes a minute less than when the body is in an upright posture. This means 600 strokes In sixty minutes. Therefore, in the eight hours that a man usually spends in taking bis night's rest, the heart ts saved nearly five thousand strokes. As It pumps six ounces of blood with each stroke, it lifts 30,000 ounces less of blood in this night’s session than it wouid durirg the day, when a man is usually in an upright pesition. Now, the body is de- pendent for its warmth on the vigor of the circulation, and as the blood flows so much more slowly through the veins when one is lying down, the warmth lost in the re- duced circulation must be supplied by extra coverings. Three miles an hour is about the average speed of the gulf stream. At certain places, however; it attains a speed of fifty-one miles ap hour, the rapidity of the current giving the surface, when the sun is shining, seen dose nine kegs of beer?” the appearance of a sheet of fire. ALABAMA AND VERMONT. (Copyright, 1898, Life Publishing Company.)