Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1898, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1898-24 PAGES. MAP OF ATLIN GOLD FIELD. ATLIN GOLD FIELD Pn Lies in an Unexplored Country and Has Good Climate. YUKON TRAVEL MAY SOON BE RAPID ee Railroad Will Do Away With the Horrors of Chilkoot Pass. —— AN IDEAL MINING LAND ae s. ‘ nee ing Star. WAY r 16, 19 Yukon travel appears ree of this great river, ems likely soon to be ntry. Bennett lake, all connected and of water much are than any printed map shows lakes spread among the giant hands. They lay hold € s ks and touch the most promis fielis, Once on this series ef lak spector has in command . r valley of the Yukon. Pa and A bi: rim, to the lake. Yukon will -w town will rise land boomer asting its de- a he: of A few the Ben- rmanent of a town of shanties, busy _ place trains of heav. hile the carpenters on b 2sy and cheap w diggings, How the Rush Began. to Be! fallen off trade when, one Au- news of a strike near by nds of gold- and Dy r gold had rore of Atlin lake, sleepy the a by the name of good colors on an ak Atlin lake | ed to Juneau lower Yukon, ' h the At be roug j re- men 1 them to remain } - a party of t letermina- They pect > creck y they me rned to usily shutcing. F rthwest and for ing quiet. 1 to be silent After some fer > commit: jeved th Territory ioner of the mines to be nd made ree- alse be When this visit of known, rumors of an to sift about. Soon vcation became known and began from Bennett, Skagway and towns down the coast. The new moved out serially like cireles on the wa- s of men which this wave away from the street cor- ps of sand en the beach. In ‘sand fours they “hit the couple of days these near- ere well-nigh empty of men. chants, mechanics, profession- «very man who could get away. ed out for the gold fields or sent some ent him. The hands on the ashere. The railway ndreds and along legged beasts of bur- plague vast of larger part of i went “with idwich.”” They covered tt lake with ten frail boats, and into clumsy barge! rt cuts ac unexplored swamp: z folly was manifeste » man in ten of all this host ly pan a shovelful of ¢ f them were the ne’ man was In less haste. grub, together with clothing, and went in for iy of the country. Bennett shipping point for most of » had precaution and means perly provide for themselves. nudding prospectors, r ways and met with than two hundred who tried d trail failed to cross the stern anite which lie nd the head of Atlin forced to return, ragged, and dejected. Location of the New Fields. strike was fn a region little known men of the lakes. Pine creek st of the Yukon travel. No one how extensive Tagish water was. and {n a still more completely unex- n to the east. Toward thi erily voyaged, mainly by The to the boat ats from Bennett. After packing over y-four miles of trail. ror five of se Weary and footsore adventurers read sail in a boat and go swoop- « down the long, sparkling, pea-green rift of the lake, their caps exultantly in the afr. But wa 2% ios: 1 Tagish water was reached the Semething of thelr resonant ma- or. The wind forever roars down Tagish ke and its Windy Arm, as it does through stanite groove in which Hes Bennett lake. There was no mere sailing: then work began. It was an inch-by-inch strug- blood-stained | } 1 | mountain se | f claims. He afterward visited k. and the claimants staked in dance with Northwest Territory laws, claims for the queen and | gle with the strong and lusty waves against a head wind. It was the work of days to drive the beat up the seventy or eighty miles of water between Caribou Crossing and the Taku Arm of Tagish. From there the way was eésier, with a little sailing, mayhe, to the landing of Taku City. From Taku City, a short and easy portage of iles ds to Atlin lake All this safling and rowing was on one of the most superb and splendid inland wa- i Far to the south the lofty | glaciers of the savage coast range shone like glass and the bases of the peaks were | purple with « Ne nd pleas- | with ms and | water's The first great rush was joyous. but as the gold fields neared the gold grew more elu The locations near discovery were already staked and those who came after were driven to less inviting ground—were, indeed, forced to prospect for themselves. This they had not planned to do. Their hope had been to profit by the skill and toll of some other man and afterward to sell at a high price as the excitement grew. Being shut out of Pine creek, on which the discovery lay, they waited sullenly, swear- ing at every soul but themselves, until some other actual miner made a strike, then they rushed after. One such rush had already taken place, a mad, midnight, fran- tic scramble took place about August 10, a rush which resuited in very little to most }of those who took part. For while they staked claims for- themselves and others. they never returned to look upon their stakes again. They only succeeded in con- fusing the actual miner and blocking the game. Ultimately their meager store of grub vanished, and then profane, sullen and vituperative they started for home, loudly Proclatming the iniquity of the offi- clals and the utter worthlessness ot | gold fields. E oe The boundaries of Atlin lake untraced upon the dred miles its pos’ tains can be the clump « reaches from the Juneau to th walls Teslin are even yet ». For nearly a hun- mn among the moun- > hills above ‘Taku City.” ast range just back of range of mountains which eon the south. Its shores are low hills with alluvial terraces reach- ing to the water, with immense peaks in the background at the south, west and north. A powe! stream which takes its | rise in the glaciers of the coast range en- ters at the southern end and a smaller stream, called Pine creek, which takes its source in another and superb lake, flows in at the southeast, some thirty miles from | the southern end. is creek is the one on | which the first discovery was made. Other ks enter along the shore on both sides, far to the north a big, dome-like tms to divide the northern lake into two diverging arms. Pine creek, rising in Lake Surprise (which fs said to be nearly sixty miles in length), flows down through | @ series of wonded terraces into the lake, and is about eighteen miles long. Some two or three miles from the mouth of Pine creek a small creek, which has been named Spruce, enters from the southeast, and Birch creek comes down from the hills and enters Pine not far from ten miles above the lake. The entire region shows signs of upheaval, glacial action and fire. That tt ts shot with gold throughout all its wash is pretty well determined, but wheth- | er in paying quantities or not remains to be Not Like Klondike Country. thing is certain, the whole region is | utterly different in contour and formation | from the coast range. It appears dryer Its peaks resem- ble these of Montana and Colorado. There is scarcely a trace of the cold, gray granite | and much more alluvial. | of the coast range. They all are iron stained, “rotten” as the miners y, and oO With “slides. Smali fissures still | in voleanie action are reported from scme | of the valleys. On its face it is an ideal mining country. Sh the camp develop it will be a city served by boats. Even now, twenty days after the first rush, beats come and go in shoals. The beach before “Atlin City’ is fringed with water craft like the wharf of a New jand fishing village. It is neces- sary a sailor, er at lsast a boatman, as well as a prospector, if one wishes to be successful in the Atlin lake gold country Wien I arrived trails were already beaten, e-ways we being dug, lum- lber wi ip-sawed by most awkward but determined men. The fc jant. A permanent camp 9 lished. ‘Phe gold is here, informed, “but in wh can tell." During my as high as three dolla as being estab- 'S those bes: quantities no one stay pans yielding 's in coarse gold were taken from the bench claims, which only a days before had been considered of ecount. 1 best results benches high above s came from the dry Pine creek. This would ema to indicate that the placers were duc o quite other causes than the flow of this meager stream. If this should turn out to be true, then an immense plac:r field re- quiring ext-nsive systems of hydraulic min- ing will be opened next year. ‘The country is not only most beautiful, it is fairly accessible. It may be ent=red by way of the White Pass or Chilkoot routes, thence by water down Bennett lake and through the Taku Arm of Tagish to the Auin portage. There !s a second route al- ready (called “the Brooks trail"), which runs overland in a short cut to Tagish wa- ter; thence by boat to Atlin portage. This route, as soon as the lakes freeze and snow falls, will undoubtedly be the shortest and easiest. A third route is reported whareby lake Surprise may be reached from the Teslin lake trail by boat to Wrangle, thence up the Stickeen river to Glenora by river | bcats. From Glenora the Teslin lak> trail can be followed for a hundr2d miles, From a point at the head of Long lake or near there the divide may be crossed without much trouble, probably with pack animals. This, however, !s only reported to be prac- tle. No on2 has yet actually gone in that w: ‘Trails and Water Routes. The route likely to be most traveled, how- ever, is by way of Bennett and Tagish, for it is possible to re a boat through Atlin river—a strong, swift river which connects Auin lake with the Taku Arm of Tagish lake. Thus the argonauts who reach this spread of water with a good boat will be in command of at least three hundred miles of lake shore, with wide areas of good prospecting ground on which to land. A trail leads up Spruce creek, as well as the full length of Pine creek to Lake Sur- prise, and on these two trails men are rack- ing to and fro with tents, stoves, sacks of flour, picks and shovels, boots and boxes on thelr backs, walking swiftly and in trains, like some new variety of pack an- imal. ‘The camp on the lake was swarming with men in hot discussion on the evening that I pitched my tent among them. The ma- jority believed the camp to be a failure, and their loud cursings resounded among the trees. Boats were setting off on the } return trip filled with sour and sullen voy- j agers. We, who were in-coming, were greeted with jeers. “What do you think you are doing here; come to hunt or fish?” In the face of such universal dejection late comers made very little statement of their purposes in reply. The town-site men were nervous. The camp was decreasing {n pop- ulation, and the general feeling was one of foreboding. At night in the camps men sat grumbling and swearing about their campfires, Almost every party was in division. There was always some enthusiastic individual who had made a “find” or had seen some one else who had. This man was set upon, rid- feuled, abused or upheld, according to the temperamental difference of his hearers. The noise of “he discussion reached other sroups, and out of the dark hulking fig- ures loomed to listen or throw a hot mis- sile of profanity. Phrases multiplied, min- gling inextricably. “Bench claims, 30 cents to the pan—a good creek claim--his sluice is about ready—cleaned up last night—Oh, I don’t believe it; I wouldn't give $100 for the whole moose pasture—yell, it’s good enough for me—it is rotten, the whole cheese—you have got to stand in with the authorities or you can’t get a thing,” and so on and on, endlessly and without se- uence. ZGraduaity the camp fhinned out. ‘The faint-hearted ones who had not the cour- age or the skill to go dig and sweat for gold sailed away. Others went out upon their claims to build cabins and lay sluice boxes. Others still busied themselves with packing their goods up the trail or scoured the country for new ine “rations. Slowly the voices of tne men who meant business began to predominate. They were cheerful and contident; moving about quiet- ly they began to buy more tools and provi- sions. To their friends they showed gold-— not much, but enough to demonstrate that there was a real basis for their hope. Thereafter each day the news grew more encouraging. Each noon at Discovery and each night at the lake men came in swarms to exchange reports of finds on this or that creek, and at last came the surprising rich- ness of the bench high above the creek. Bench and Quartz Finds. An old man was digging on a ridge just above Discovery. The passer-by had his jests, “Hello, uncle, what are you doing up there, diggin’ your grave The old man remained studiously quiet and continued to sack the dry dirt and “pack” it down to the creek, where he washed it out in a pan. The jester began to stare. Strange to say, gold came out of this loam. The old man panned dollars from his ridge. Everybody began to “rub- ber neck.” ‘The old man was embarrassed to find a pathway to his place of washing. Then the rush for bench claims began. ‘The possibilities of the camp widened. Instead of being a “creek proposition,” it became a big “hydraulic proposition.’ Nuggets ap- peared from some mysterious source and pa: 4 from hand to hand. The faces of claim holders broadened. The voice of the doubter was whelmed ir he rush of confi- dent boasting. And then on the last day of August came the news of the discovery of the quartz beds for which the experienced miners had been searching from the moment of landing. Of these discoveries little can be said as yet. There was a quiet passing of the word among friends on this last night in August, and on the following morning both camps were nearly deserted. It was sald that fine pieces of quartz containing lumps and seams of gold had been found and the town site boomers were as jubilant as the miners. The returning boat carried men whose certainty of tone indicated their conviction that the country was rich and that they were “in it.” Some of them felt their need of getting drunk over the glorious pros- pect. Others were hastening home with samples of gold in little boxes and hottles. ‘They were not prepared to develop their claims this year. Tkey were _ satisfied merely with a test of their ground. Others had men at work taking out paying quan- tities of gold, and would therefore remain until the closing in of winter. ‘The charac- ter of those coming in had also changed. They came on private “tips.” bringing rockers, pieces of “grizzly” and ptenty of provisions. The Beauties of Atlin. The weather was very beautiful, middle September in northern Iowa. The viv blue sky was filled with soaring masses of fleecy clouds, and over the hills and athwart the mountains long clouds ot smoke streamed like graceful drapery. ‘The climate ‘was utterly different from that of the coast. As we sailed down Tagish water and up Bennett and came into that re- morseless blast which ceaselessly sweeps over the White pass and Chilkoot summit as {f from some sunless and dreary inferno we shivered with cold. No words can cxaggerate the beauty of Atlin lake and its shores. The water, so clear one seems on wing rather than afloat: the gleam of enormous glaciers, the gold and purple of the high slopes covered with grass and shrubs, the copper-stained clif's jutting forth Into the water, the sweeping lines of forest fires climbing the mountain sides at right, the wondrous pathway of the setting sun, the windless sheen of the lake at morning—these form a picture that like once seen can never be forgotten. Terrors of the Tral To return from this country to the Chil- koot pass is like entering upon a land: in hell delineated by Dore. All day IT the roaring wind filled with rain; all day I climbed, slipping, balancing, descending, wading streams, climbing logs, hurrying by the rotting carci of murdered hoi Mua w everywhere, greasy, treache! ous, slim: bout me a aw half light walled by formless gray clouds, out of which the rain fell in slashes. The mist set the imagination free. The pin- nacles were like those which top the enor- m walls of the Black canyon of the Gunnison. We seemed each moment about to plunge into canyons, ladderles and abysmal. Nothing in Dore could be more singular and demoniacal than this summit under such a light in such darkness. It would serve as the scene for an exiled devil. The picture of Beelzebub perched on one of these dripping crags with dimly seen and gaping gulfs of space below and around his menacing form, silhouetted on the mist, would shake the heart. [ thought of “Peer Gynt” wandering tn the high home of the Trolls. All was crags, descending walls dimly seen and wild waters roaring in obscure deeps. s sky, no level place, no growing thing, no bird or beast, only crates of bones to show where some heartless driver had sent a faithful horse to his death. his ts a fair impres- sion of the Chilkoot pass on a rainy day. Of the White pass it remains merely to say that when one has taken the Chilkoot pass he wishes he had taken the White pass, and when he has walked the White pass, with its thousands of rotting bodies of horses, its poisonous water and its dreary miles, he resolves never again to take either. They are grim and grievous ways, but they possess a certain value in that they throw into fadeless and powerful re- lief the calm, the golden warmth and the proud beauty of Atlin lake. VENETIAN GL Ss. Its Fragile Beauty and Exquisite Coloring Unsurpassed by Modern Art. From the Woman's Heme Companion. Venetian glass owes its extreme thinness and lightness to the want of lead in its composition. All the ornamental shapes were blown, and owed their beauty to the skillful manipulation of the worker, whose aelicacy of touch and artistic taste were often a heritage from generations of gi: blowing ancestors. The most prized of the Venetian productions was the beautiful “vitro-di-trina,” er lace gla: generally krown as filigree. Of this there are two kinds, the “ritorto” and the “reticelll.” Tre former was the less elaborate, and consist- ed of a single tube twisted and given a spiral direction, the ground of the vescel being of a different color. The “reticelli” designs were more varied. Sometimes the twisted tubes were powdered with gold and made vertical, horizontal, diagonal or curved: indeed, every variation was given that ingenuity could suggest or fancy de- vise. Aventurine glass was invented by the Venetians, its secret being discovered by the accidental dropping of brass or ccpper filings into a pot of melted glass, which re- sulted in the diffusion of gold specks or. threads throughout the mass. Its name is said to signify adventure, or resulting from chance—a word half Itallan, but coined probably for the occasion, to denote the peculiar variety. Marbled or variegated glass was made to resemble chalcedony, jasper. lapis lazuli and tortoise-shell. There was a kind of green and purple which be- came red by the transmission of light. A frosted glass which showed’an icy coating was made by dipping the vessel when half blown in pounded glass, the particles of which readily adhered to the warm mass, which was reheated and wrought into shape. Sometimes pounded glass of differ- ent colors was used with fine effect upon the same object. These, with delicately gilded glass and some ornamented with jewel patterns like those of Damascus, formed the principal kinds of Venetian glass. which was too thin for engraving and could rarely bear enameling. [FASHIONS FOR MEN Military Neatness Dominates Sarto- rial Subjects. SEDATE STYLES . ARB: et The Frock Coat Has Ousted the a PROPER ONES GLOVES--HATS--STICKS ——_+—__ by the International Literary and News Service.) Whether or not it is true that fashions submit themselves to cycles controlled by definable causes, it is certain that men’s fashions for several years back and now at the advent of another period have been for- mulated by tangible influences. For some five or six years spert has claimed the gentleman‘s attention. It has been foot ball, coaching, cycling and golf. Sport has molded the fashion, It has brought loose, eesy cloths into favor. It has popularized bright colors in cravats, waistcoats and shirt goods; it has made proper inordinately icud suit patterns; it has introduced plaids into every item of a gentleman's outfit. It has even routed long trousers in favor of knickerbsckers and long stockings. The ef- fect has been comfortable and colorful, it has brightened the erstwhile subdued black, blue and gray of fashionable attire for men, and has been altogether a relief. _ Sport’s fashionable sway is over, though its effects will remain. A new era is before the sartorial subject. It is the military era. A large proportion of the man of this country have spent the past five months in uniforms. A large number of these have been men of fashion, leaders of fashion. The soldiers’ instructions to their “‘muftis™ have given direction to fashion's bent, and the tailors and haberdashers have taken the cue. As a soldi2r the man of fashion has learned the value of a clos garment to show off his athletic physiqu he has caught the infection of military simplicity in design and color. The re- sultant deductions are not hard to give. ‘They ar2 cropping into evidence daily. All arments for men are this fall being made ug fitting. As much attention as possible is given to the display of the lines of the figure. The sportsman plaids and high col- ors are not eschewed, but they ar» not in high caste. Simplicity and dignity are the key to the fashionable man of the present autumn, When Style and Taste Agree. This general proposition has its applica- tion in a thousand small ways. These not all dictates of fashion; they are mat- ters of taste. They are of the choice of the tailor or the wearer. Men laugh at women for their devotion to variety and claim with a superior tone that men are subject to no fashionable foibles. Such al- legations are spurious. No one knows. it than the fashionable man and his r, the fashionable tailor, who holds his well-dressed customer in the thralidom of the width of a binding, the. number of but.ons on a sleeve, the roll of a collar, the spring in the trousers, the bend of a c the cut of a cuff, the fold of a cravat. slightest va ions itpset. whole wardrol “The hat, my boy,”,says the preacher, “the hat, whatever it may be, is in itself noth- ing. goes for nothing; Uut, be sure of it. everything in life depenus on the cock of the hat.” 5 : The frock coat will by this season hav completed its conguest of the cutaw Well-dressed men will invariably appear at afternoon entertainrhents, at church and on the promenade in frock Coats and all that they imply and demand. ‘This is not a trifle. This coat itself must be “cut to button.” (Copyright, 1898, Th You observe the military infiuence. No more loo tting coats. The fit at the hips, on the shoulder, on the chest and at the collar must be snug-as a‘glove. The wais coat for this year Is of’ fancy silk, “Mat- lasse,” dark wines and! blue blacks being the tasteful colors. Tans and greens are outre. The snaptiy and vivid tonings have been helped to speedy extermination by their appearance in cheap clothing. The greatest latitude is allowed a dresser in the choice of his striped worsted trousers, the only limitation being that the gradation from dark patterns to light is governed by the scale from informal to formal. A col- ored shirt with a frock coat would this year approach the impropriety of a breach, Collars and Neckties. In cravats and iinen the haberdasher this year has the wearer of the frock coat at his tender mercy. It is de rigeur that the cuffs be rounded and attached to the shirt. Even iillionaires have given up the ex- travagance of attached collars, but they must yet bow to the fashionable mandate which says that a frock coat must be set off by a straight standing linen collar with slightly broken tips. ‘The cravat for this dressing is quite new. It !s the Chesterfield Ascot and best described as a soft imperial tied with single waterfall cross. The f is held in place with a gold safety ptn, which takes the form of sporting imple- ments—golf stick, coach horn, or whip. For more formal occasions the familiar Ascot is worn fn waite or ght colors, fastened with a small pin, preferably a pearl. An cdict of “no harness for formal dress” has gone forth which banishes the watch chain and the never-beautiful key chain. The fashionable promenader will small points to match in his have oes, SOV hat and stick. The frock demands patent leather, kid button-top shoes built cn an outswung flat last with round toe and tip. In gloves the correct thing in this connec tion is pearl suedes, with an “unfinished self stitching back,” which, being trans- lated from technical terminology, means stitching of the same color as the glove. Less formal and street colors are tan and slate. It will be noted that the yellow flesh tint is not In favor this year. The trims on thts year's stik hats roll close and the crown rolls somewhat. Felt binding has given way toa ribbon band about an inch and a quarter wide. A stick of ma- noria with silver nose and swedge, the plainer the better, completes this dress. For Everyday Wear. For morning and business wear the single and double-breasted sacks still obtain. A single-breasted suit demands uniformity of material throughout, a quiet plaid or black Worsted being in favor. The trousers may break in pattern from a double-breasted seck coat. The calf shoe will be more pop- ular than the permissible tan, and it will be laced. The only emphatic edict this year anent the fancy shirtings is that the Stripes run across the bosom and around the cuffs. A large liberty is allowed in the choice of a derby or Alpine hat; a standing or high-band lay down. collar; and the va- riety of divers colored t!es in shapes desig- nated as Ascots, four-in-hands cr butterfly bows. ) In the matter of evening dress the fash- fonable man must this year watch himself, his tailor and his Habgrdasher more close- ly than ever, for Igss lalitude is allowed in all points than hefetofpre. Extreme sim- plicity and rigorous taste is enjoined so that it will be eagler for even a careful dresser to make the faux pas which would be fatal to exclusive ¢lessification as a correct dresser. Military influence demands that the coat fit without a wrinkle. No clemency need be expected for a sartorial purveyor who does: not drop the tails of a full dress coat toa paint exactly behind the knees. Furthermore, these tails must be square cut and parrow at the extremity. It of the same material as the coat the waistcoat must be: single breasted, but if it be of white pique or silk then the double breasted is permitted. Pearl gloves, with “self” stitching, are to be worn. Stitching isthis year of medium width and {ts some- times outlined with black. Any stitching or embroidery on a full dress bosom other than one narrow stitch is consigned to the roster of crimes and the desirable qual- ity in a bosom is primarily extreme width. No other collar is this year in good form for evening wear than the high, straight, standing lapped front. ‘The buttonholes are limited to two and pearl buttons are imperative with a long coat. There is a novelty in necktie. All other fabrics give way to “brillfantine,” which ts soft and white and ties butterfly. There is no other jewelry, “harness,” or lin- en in sight. Conventional rulings continue to govern the occasion for wearing the short coat, its cut and its accompaniments | in point of linen, jewelry, waistcoat, hat and shoes. Top Coats Are Longer. Perhaps the only change noted in over- coats is In the cut, for there is nothing particularly new in point of colors or cloths. All box topcoats are worn down to covet the knees. They fit snugly to the shoulders, but are cut full back and front, being meas- urably a reversion to the only lately dis. carded “belt sha The small points o seams at the cuffs, facings, cut of pocke flaps, coliars and sleeve buttons are as for. merly at the diseretion of personal taste. Careful observance of these observations en current fashions will produce what may be claimed as the best dressed American. By some it is sweepingly asserted that the Americans are the best dressed people in As a massed proposition there is too large a pro- portion of ready made clothing and bargain But this may be set down the best dressed American is the best dressed man His pre-eminence is contrib- the world. This is far from true. made garments. and abetted by example, that in the world. uted to by the art of his tailor, the origin ality of his haberdasher, the fecundity 0! the native manufacturer, and his own good taste. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES “Trials, and how to bear them,” is the topie Endeavorers have for consideration torotrow, and as it is a practical theme it meetings. will doubtless inspire practical The Scripture selection for the day is Isaiah, 4:8:20. The Rev. James L. Hil, —__—_ + D.D., in discussing the topic, sa; No words can express how much the world | How Our Sailors Are Nursed Back to owes to sorrow, disappointment, adversity and trial. The only true, working theory of life is that it is a school of mental and moral development, in whicn God intends y of ing the whole which no individual will di world around. In the mind some discipling pensable. A boy may cry ov but he must take them, dueation 3 are r his less It is no kindne of to give him only examples. The hard- eee os er a study is the more beneficial it is. : Looking back over my ool days I can] FARE BETTER THAN ARMY sincerely say, much as I should have dis- liked the doctrine at the time, that those ane studies are inherently bi commended, bitter # t and most to be matter from nt the whole the indis- S t r ft t tf JACK IN SICK BAY Health and Strength. Pleasart Surroundings and Com- fortable Quarters. HILE THE WHOLE | i | | in them the most of discipline. Now, there has be: | s for the character a certain process of the i pering which meets exactly the same r alice requirement that disciplinary study gives i anne the mind. Disappointment educates the glect and careless- character. Adversity strengthens th ness in the treat- moral fiber. A headwind is better than No man ever worked his w e in a dead calm. ris \ ment of our sick and | wounded suidiers.not | | the wind, and not with it. a word of complaint The Rev. George W. Lee having ret hoard in from the national conventi > admin pulpit, Vermont Avenue Bar Of the inetli= last Su and from the to enter in at the strait gate riment of the rmon, his congre: being ably moved by his earnest az is a list of the newly elected officers and committee chairmen of politan A. M. E. Christian EB y: President, George A. Robir dent, Mi ulene Jone ° . C. Howard; corre- g seer 1 junior rintend- se asurer, Mrs. commit- Miss J. M. relief, M 3 Socta Miss Frances Jennings; temperance, Mi Christine Carter; y school, Miss F Johnson; calling, N tie Slade: flowe Mrs. rtha_ Rob terature. hip, Mrs. The junior ety S Mretings tome K, with the our burde iment thi T. Liverpool. s church resum ernoon at Vhat will help us b legion week “of them. The enroliment from 2 : ever, in the system followed fo: city is reported as 126. New York | Scare Surg. Gen. Van Raypen, f | Hee ae with 1494, office in Washington, boldly confron he 1 atement of Christian En- deavor enrollment s tember a total of 34, 268,560 member There are now 10,161 comrades quiet hour. Their Bi week is found m John, 10: of the 8. MSs aisha: bon ete Ct taken for the humane and scientific tr Endeavor convention in Baltimore Novem-| ment of wounded and ill cailote in tse ber 16 and 17. Tt expected that Dr. Clark and Mr. Baer will be in attend- ance. At last a teachers’ edition of the rev! version of the Bible has been ed id. ith a very hearty and cordial re- ception on its arrival here next week. The jeint committee representing the District of Columbia C. E. Union and the Washing- The United States has more ing for this ued, and is. ng distributed by the Christian Endeavor Yale Missionary Band is going to ly a growler. nev tunity to take tion to must be immaculate fs at least partial cond. good partment for his the past trouble with Sj It is true th> fought with marvelously few various ualties 1 the rank and file of the n but those who were wounded and those who fell ill because of climatic and the iocg sojourn under tropical suns were kod after with the soligitude of a moti War brought a decided in navy, and new ships meant new crews and greater responsibilities for th> medical de- partment. There were few chaages, how- ase in the different probleMs created by the war, and laid his plans so carefully that not cne iota of criticism has been ade on the results. It was h> who first originated the idea of a naval hospital ship, and today the Solace floats the sea, the embodim of one of the most important steps ¢ of war. The general plan followed by the m: cal department of the navy may be coa- sidersd under three divisions—first, tb cal medical staff attached to each ve in commission; second, the naval hospita ship; and third, the naval hospi shore. Every vessel in least one surgcon, an apotheca: bayman or nurse. The larger ships are provided with two commissioned medical the service ci ton District Epworth League are working | officers, and flagships with three, one being | very hard to have all arrangements com-| the fleet medical inspector. ‘These office pleted by next Saturday evening, when the | are a part of the staff, and to them is opening meeting will be held in one of the down-town churches. Following this there will be four toe cight meetings every day until the 13th, each meeting to be in a different church, ‘ery Epworth League and Christian Endeavor Society in the Dis- trict has been interested in the project, and it is expected much good will result from the movement. A complete schedule of the meetings and places will be published shortly. —— Relies of Spanish Cruelty. From Leslie's Weekly In Fort St. Philip (Cavite) we found two typical dungeons of the dark ages. Each s in the wall, and was entered by a nar- row passage just about big enough to crawl through. It ended about six feet from the floor of the cell. The feet and horribly foul. Human bones are said to have been found in both, and this indicates that deaths have here taken place within fifteen years, for no bone can last that long under such conditions. One almost shuddered as he passed the place of execution, in one corner of this fort. The culprit faced the wall and was fired at by a squad of soldiers. The wall was fairly peppered with hundreds of holes, and we picked out one bullet with a Some of the holes were recently made, and the great number shows what a contemptible estimate a Spaniard piss et penknife. on all human life except his own. some of the soldiers must have been ten- der-hearted, let holes are too wild and wide of the mark not to have been shot so by design. As we look back to our visit to this ssanish — f the mute walls could only tell all they have witnessed in three centuries, what a horri- it seems like a horrible nightmare. ble tale they could unfold! Surely a just God will wrest from Spain forever her op- No cotony should portunities to do evil. be left to this degenerate nation, and hu- manity and the whole civilized world would islands fo toathe us if we returned th their former bloodthirsty masters. SS A Point of Conscience. From Punch. Mamma—‘Baby, dear, you must say that you are very sorry for saying ‘sha’n’t’ to “Now, say you are very nursie.” (Pause.) sorry, dear.” Baby (after a longer and more painful pause)—‘But, mamma, dear, isn’t it more naughty to tell a wicked story than to say ‘sha’n’t’ to nursie?” latter is about 6x8 and must have rebelled at their revolting duty, for many of the bul- relegated everything connected with the | care of the sick and the general sanitary | atrangements of the ship. They are ap- pointed from civil lite, after a most rigid examination held by a competent board, and are given relative rank with other officers of the navy. The Little Hospital Aboard. Every war vessel has an apartment known as the “sick bay,” which, though small in size, is well fitted out as a local hospital. In times of peace, when there is | no danger from projectiles, it is generally | located on the forward berth or gun deck, | although its precise location varies with | each ship. A sick bay’s equipment consists of a dispensary for the apothecary, a space for swinging cots, and the most necessary of the appliances to be found in every well- conducted shore hospital. The limited space confines the medical outfit to the ab- solutely important articles, the more com- plicated accessories, such as steam-steriliz- ing apparatus and modern operating tables, having to be omitted. During time of war it is necessary to lo- cate the medical department in a place removed from the possibility of accident, and where the surgeons and attendants can work undisturbed by shot or sheil. In connection with this matter it may be re- called that during the battle of the Yalu the compartment of the doctor on board a Japanese ship, being exposed, was entered by a shell, which exploded and killed every cne present—surgeon, wounded and all. It is to provide against such casualties that the sick bays on American vessels in time of action are located, in the battle ships within the citadel or armored part of the ship. On board the Philadely tected cruiser, a part of the pedo room, situated under the curved steel deck, is used. On the smailer vessels the ward rocm and steerage, as the living quar- ters of the officers are called, would be | utilized. | The provisions for transporting wounded men to the temporary sick bay during ac- tion have been rendered as perfect as the construction of the modern war vessel will permit. Narrow passages, numerous par- | titions and small hatchways make the task | a difficult one. It is found bothersome enough, even in drill maneuvers, to lower a well man down through two or three decks, but when the excitement of combat and the possible condition of the patient are added, the work is greatly complicated. The late war did not afford sufficient ex- perience to solve the problem. When Sick Call Sou! ‘On each vessel in the service a call known as “sick call” is sounded by a bugler at three belis, 8:30 am. Just prior to the sounding of the call the surgeon on duty repairs to the examining room or sick bay | and takes his station in readiness to see those requiring medical care. The apothe- cary and nurses are also in attendance. Those members of the crew who wish to | consult the doctor form in line outside the sick bay door and are called inside in their turn. The surgeon examines each person carefully and, {f the case is mild, the re- quired treatment is entered in the apothe- cary’s book. Those cases of a more serious nature are given immediate and personal attention. When it necessitates excusing the man from duty his name and rating is placed on the captain's daily report of sick and on an extra list Intended for the executive officer and officer of the deck. In a warship, where the crew consists of from two to five hundred men, some spe- cial mark is necessary to designate excused from duty. For this purpose man whose name | he recognizes search of roots. This is contrary which are, in the first plac oreus, and, land from their inability to turn, except in a large circle, that they never leave the im- visions, and the necessary ship work is equally apportioned. It naturally follows that each man of a division depleted by sickness is compelled to do extra work, a shirker circumstance which tremely unpopular. It is a matter of personal py surgeon an ommmanding offi, reports of sick sent quart ton should contain as few ble. If is enough to c: artment tol makes a ex- ASES AS p abor alth invariably Proper Diet and Food. One of the accusations made in the case of the alleged bad treatment of the fll and w 1 soldiers returning fom Cuba, and ulso those in camps, was that poorly pre- pared and insuffictent food was served out stead of a rational diet. This matter is arefully looked after in the av Includ- ed in the medical stores of each ship is a tity of canned foods, such as tapioca, n starch, ete. Liquors, wine and malt Xtracts are also sup, When it ts und advisable to give a patient a spe- a he is fed from the: > Snanis » necessary -Ameri to inv sailor from the patient was some returning man-of-war or by a regu- pr steamer. The advent of the ship Solace has substity means. While the Sol: on Admiral Sampson's fleet flying trips north with ill ivering them at of val hospitals. The sucee ea Was settled conclus:reiy as follows of the fall down his leg. He Is attended board, but it is con nor’ better clima nd an order is sent to ne battle shtp, Jo wered over t he > and finds aif hour | na delightfully cool and comfertable d on board the ambulance ship. A Dream Comes Trae. He ken in hand by the surgeon on duty, given a refreshing bath anf a suit of pajamas, and generally looked after by a trained nurse. John, who has served in the old navy, conclude and that he will presently“ awaken stifling sick bay on some old-time wooden corvette. But the Solace having ved other patients from the fleet, slowly steams from Santiago and, after a comfortable trip up the American coast, is moored to a dock in the Brooklyn navy yard. Modern ambulances carry the sick over to the naval horpital on a hill back of the marine barracks. It is a great stone stru ture surrounded by ample grounds and r. that he is dreaming in a cently modernized in every particular. John Smith, who had been a patient there se y eral years previously, surprises. He finds new butldings, a new dispensary, splendidly ventilated and fur- nished wards, a long glass corridor n baths, lounging rooms equlppé books and magaai an electric elevator and one of the best and most operating rooms in the country. at last that the me the navy has thoroughly kept is treated to m partment o! Pace with the march of improvements in other departments of the service. And, though he would like to grumble, like old “shellback” that he is, he really car not find grounds for one word of com- plaint. “Matey,” prinned a_bluejacke: just passed through John Smith's ex ence, * Natural the Bow his here blooming yhen we are fit let's go over to y and git it in the neck.” - os Vegeta nm Crocediles, From the L lon Tebilet. A report by George Hoare, one of the officiais of the British Central Africa Pr tectorate, summarized in the local gazet’ contains some curious details of the croco- Giles of Lake Chiuta. They would seem to Le strict vegetarians, for not oniy have they never been known to attack the me fishing in the lake, but their tracks wer, shown by the natives to the writer at a distance of several -miles from its shores, whence they are said to travel overland in to the of crocodiles, purely carniv- so helpless on s habits of all known speci in the second, mediate vicinity of their watery or mud- dy home. Efforts will accordingly be made to obtain a specimen of this abnormal type of the formidable amphibian. od Pleasant Dreams. It does not lie in the painter's fancy to imagine a prettier picture than that of a young girl, with oi luscious with the Promise of love, half parted in the smiles of happy dreamiand. The mind of happy maidenhood is a clear and polished mirror, which, when the wits go wandering into the gh d of dreams, reflects the impres- sions of waking hours. . If those impres- sions are pleasant and painless and happy, will smile in her sleep. If the impres- sions are those of a suffering woman, tor- tured with the special ailments to which the feminine organism is liable, the picture is spoiled by the lines of suffering and de- spondency. Maladies of this nature unfit a woman for joyous maidenhood and for ca- pable motherhood. ii itate her to bear the burdens of in any spheres ef action. Household, marital and social fs ‘constantly suffering, fom headaches, is Col Bul cng, alas . Pierce's Favorite Pre-