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m THE COUNTY REGROO. | Published Every Thursday -ATKIXO-TEEi;, SOUTH CAROLINA. ! LOUS J. BK1STOW, Editor and Proprietor. The preparations for war have dis- j closed something that sli ?;t!d i.iahe J every hi.-v.-list reHeet. ii i-- reported j fro::. Washington that a large majority j of tilt- mtlina volunteers rejreieu ucoaase "f I'ltvsira! unfitness are wheeliiie:t v. ! ? have used very low handle habitually. It is said tit it their doubl -if - post are i:: the saddle has pro luce . a! normal < >nd tions of the he.i x . n l spine witl.-.h dl.^.jua'ify tliem for the life oi soi Iters. Y.lr'le t ie re l , . ported -iis-overy oi tne examining ?U" "e ?:;s .-ontiiets s cue what with the ptateaien'-" < i phy.-ieians \vh > have investigated the hodily soundness of professional racing wh ndnien. i> is l>y ut" ' iran.. a surprise. How can a rider ass r.ao the hu.aped. drome ir.ry1 ike , h of the seotvhe' wi.h >ut i-'f ; i?i<r his haeh and ! " ' " . . I craint the organs of his clu-.T'.' i l.'orhu; > explanation of the healthiness o; racing wheelmen lies in the fact that, in most cases, they were exceptionally well qualified for the race j track before they entered upon :i professional career. The police authorities of Washington have endeavored lately to reform monkey-backed wheel- J men l-y making it unlawful for them to ride with their handle bars more 1 than four inches below the centre of the saddle. This ordinance is based on the fact that the scorching attita.ie is not only unbecoming, but also pre- i vents the riiler from seeing objects ahead of liim. A Rifiian tlarseira'!. "The greatest feat cf hoix manshlp I ever saw performed was by a Riffian. irregular cavalryman," said Capt. J. E. Rath bone cf Lcs Angeles. Cal.. to a Sun man. This was in reply to a story relaxed by an ex-Confederate, who had served t It' C J. i:. B. Stuart in the valley cf Virginia. The latter told how. on more than one occasion. Turner Ash by had ridden up to an opposing cavalr: man. seize.! him around the i:r ki'n r?f qjmMIp 'ic / w Hi. , u lA -.izj, V/ .V V* ........ if he bad b-.cn a child, and taken bin back on his own horse into the Confederate lines. It was agreed that th s was more of a feat of strength and display cf courage than horsemanship. "I nave seen Cossacks snatc h a baby from its mother's arms at full gallop, toss it into the air. catch it. and repeat the performance." said Capt. Rathbone. "I or.ce saw an Indian rider in the far West spring from his pony's bare back while the animal was moving at full gallop, pick up an arrow and remount instantly m a standing posture. I 'have seen other perform, ances all over the world, but for neat, clever, clean-cut feat this RifEan exceeded them all. I think. "Several cf us had been at Gibraltar! and found ourselves at the town of Mlilia. on the Riffian coast. We were entertained by the Spanish commander. who did the honors finely. One morning we rode outside the town and reached a level stretch of sand, where there were a number of Riffian horsemen. They were fine looking fellows. with gleaming faces of bronze, white teeth, and attired in snow white burnouses. They were mounted on small auiraals, slight. but quick and wiry, of the thoroughbred Arab barb type. . "We were amused some time by thjtir charges and evolutions. i ney woum i throw thc-ir swords and matchlocks in the air, catching them by the hilts and stocks infallibly. Finally It was announced that something o? unusual interest would be accomplished. One of the men produced a needle and a piece of thread, possibly two or three feet In length. They were both handed around for inspection. I suppose the needle was a cambric one, and the thread 50 or do fine. When we had duly inspected both, one of the men signified he would#thread the needle. He galloped his horse down the sand about 400 yards or so. ' He finally wheeled his horse and remained stationary, facing us. The one who held the needle and thread waved them in his hand and rode toward the further one. Imrr.rdiatly the latter spurred his horse into a gallop and came toward us at' full speed. As he passer! the other he took the needle and j thrfed-from his companion, Dent over for a moment and pulled up when he >earhcd cur party, holding the threaded needle triumphantly over his head." "No. ma'am said Meandering Mike. ""I'm sorry, but it's ag'in my principles. I can't split uo wood." "Well." she answered. "th( re? will l?e a load of coal toere this aft "moon, and?" "I'm sorry ag'in; on I can't carry no coal. Hut I'll tell you '. bat I will do?I'll compromise. iilf ; .ai've go: a gas-store. I'll' turn on ti e gas."?Washington Star. Gary ylc Pack ia town after a year's absence)?When i went away. Jones and Drown were rival v.iiturs for .Miss Twitter's hand. Which proved to i?e the luekv man.' tJIaudors?Can't to!! that y?r. Sue married Hnnvi: only a mouth A>1: nic again in about a year.?I.ife. Time rn Liberia. Liberia Is the laud where clocks are 'almost entirely disyeua <1 with. The '.sun rises exae.lv at <? a. in. and sets at ; O p. rn.. throughout the y -nr. ana is ' vertically ovoruend at ticou. FIELDS Of ADVENTURE, > . ii i THRiLLING INCIDENTS AND DARINC t DEEDS O.N LAND AND SEA. ; I I Caniht In i Typhoon?'The Terrible I'mlierience <>!' it ISrillsli Slitu's Crew in ... , v ihe Indian Occam?Killed a .Incline Willi a Machete?lien. Miles in Untile. , Swinging snugly to her port anchor ' i:i thj Delaware lJiver. just above Kaighu's Point, Philadelphia, now j' lies the trim British ship Aigburtli, v Captain John Jones, which reached ]>ort from Java, after a terrible pus- , sage, having passed through a typhoon , . ?*!.?? TtiilidM n.ican U*1>IA1I eiVAllt Ill IWV ..I ...... X-......, ....... , () overboard into the sea Chief Officer I'van Richards ami John Miller, an ^ able-bodied scanian. The vessel's 'dceus were bnisheil fore anil aft by the seas, the cargo was ba lly shifted, j a ami during the thick of the storm the ^ ship's lee rail was ten feet under the water, she Laviug been knocked down l J on her beam ends. I Captain Jones says that in a life- I time at sea he never passed through , ^ such a storm, and had it lasted much I s longer none would have been spared j to tell the mlc. "We sailed," sr.i l he, "from Sam- 1 j a rang, and our run until the day I ; i speak of was marked by no unusual J' ; occurrence. On this day the wind j | at sunrise was fresh, bat we were ' ! speeding along under topsails, with j j everything favorable. Toward the : | noon hour the sky had assumed a ! j I darkened hue, such as did not give t promise to a further eoutiuuance of! j good weather, but we tli?l not antiei- j ? pate any serious trouble until about 3 j p. ui., when the wind freshened up ( with such velocity as to render it necessary to shorten sail. Hardly ^ had this task been accomplished w hen j the wind broke with a terrific fury, , knocking down on deck such of the men as had no opportunity to eutch hold of anything. "The typhoon was now upon us, f aud the roaring of the sea sweeping I f before its mighty force was deafening, j , Before we knew anything the vessel 1i was hove down on her beam ends and i t the seas wore making a clean breach ' over lier. All was confusion, and as i f best we could the ship's head was ! a nn in teeth of the wind. She ! was diving about furiously, anil the t deck tittings were washed away and cabins and deck houses were gutted. "It was a tight against terrible odds and it looked as though we were conquered. The men worked heroically, and had it not been for this none of us could have been saved. After four hours' battle with the typhoon it passed away, but the sea remained as high r.s ever. We then made a hasty i search of the damage dolie, and it was J only then that Chief Officer ltichards and Seaman Miller were missed. They had been swept overboard by some of ihe territie combers that boarded the vessel. Their cries for help were never heard, such was the deafening noise of the wind and sea. Six others ' j of the crew were badly in jured, neces! sitating that the vessel put into the L Azores for fresh men with which to [ continue the voyage." A llrave Woman Kills a Jaguar. With all his inveterate ferocity and bloodtliirstlness instances have been known in which the jaguar has refrained from attacking human beings whom he lias met face to face, while j at the same time he has manifested j no fear of them; indeed, has dis-1 played something like playfulness, j Such a case occurred with an Indian f womai named Paz Borregu. living in | a lonely little Pampas himlet called a Las Matas, on the Apure Liver, in j Chile. She had gone from her hut to i the mata, or woodland, a mile away, 1 for firewood, carrying a machete to p out it with. As she gathered sticks ii she heard among the trees, some dis- v tauce away, the deep, purring sound j f, which the jaguar sometimes utters, ! o and soon she could detect the beast's ( p stealthy approach through the under- j o brush. She knew that there was no j use in her running away, so she p stepped behind a tree and waited for . d what might happen. The light j s crackling of twigs and bushes came j u nearer and presently on the further j tl side of a little forest opening the | tl jaguar appeared. Ho seemed aware j fi of the woman's presence, but did not , b rush upon her at once as she expected ; ti he would. Instead, he advanced t toward her by degrees, occasionally t stopping to dig among the tree roots v with his paws, tearing up the roots i and scraping at them as if to sharpen ' t: his claws. i d At last, as if in play, the jaguar e bounded to the tree which sheltered j c the woman, and clutched its trunk j c with both paws. Instantly the woman j c struck with the machete, cutting oil' a one uf the jaguar's paws. With a n .scream the beast sprang back. Then. p as he darted forward to attack the woman, she brought theroa.-lxote dov.n on ! his head with all her force, and as the jaguar, partly stunned, struggled blindly to reach her, she dealt him | blow after blow until he fell dying. The woman got scarcely so much a< a j scratch in the encounter. The jaguar was so cut to pieces by the machete that the skin was worthless. I saw pieces of the skin and two claws, pre- ). served as souvenirs of the woman's bravery, in the lnti of h ; sou in Las fYTata?, inrj than thirty y.?.t , aih.-r , the light ocourrei. New York ,->uii. j Cenrral Kxpcricr.ces. General 3Iiies oueo tola tue writer ' that bis most thrilling moments hail, 1' co;no to him. not while military en- 1' gageineuts were in progress, a-; most j F soldiers would report, but after the 1 close of a h:.'sive battle, either in the t form : indescribable elation because t of vicioiy or the most prctound do- 1; pression from defeat. ' 1 ' I can hardly tell you how tie-' pressed T. was at Chaiicel!orsvi3le." said the Gene:ai. "nor how lifted up I s va? v.-h. n vj entered Kiehmoul, au 1, u noking about, I realized the true siglirtcauce of our victory. But I wa? aost affected at Appomattox. Then, ogether itli all who had been fisrhtng for the preservation of the Nation, saw that there was no longer an optosiug.arjny; that there was no mon ,ork for Union soldiers to do, and .1 u?st confess that the thought of it al! mite carried me away. "My own narrowest escape? I don't appose I know, to be frank about it, nit the el uses l shave I know about "us when Lame Deer, the Indian hit f, was eaptarod. It was inline* liately after the charge that had won he day for the whites. The chief hail icon surrounded by our men. but his ;nn had not Von taken away from hini rhen I rode up, and wo started to hake hands. "Suddenly, he drew haek his hand, ;raspe l his riile, which was leaning .gainst a rock, stepped back a pace, terhnps, leveled his piece directly at ay hea 1, and discharged it. Owing ,s much to nervousness as anything lse, no doubt, he missed the mark, I ras not even scratched, but a brave uldicr boy just behind me and slighty to one side was instantly killed. "It is not my notion that Lame )oer premeditated this act. Heprob;bly reasoned that, having been capnrcd, he was certain to be killed anylow. and that since he was sure of u ournev to the happy limiting grounds, 10 might us well take a white cliiel ilong with him. Of course. Lanu )eer was wrong ahout this. We lia< 10 intention of executing him, and it sad been explained b\ my Indiar cout that lie would not be harmed i ie surrenderkd ihen r.nd there. lit lid not trust us, however, and quite laturally, for lie would not have kept lis word under similar circumstances .aiiio Deer was afterward killed iu : ight."?New York Press. S:tve<l Her Life. A woman's presence of mind ant [uiol: and determined action in tin -ifi' of neril saved her husband Iron leath at the Corniugfarm on the rive: (j.nl below Ketnvootl, X. Y., relate: he Albany Express. A prize bull, one of the finest of th< iclebrated Corning stock, registerei is King Coffee VI., an animal of ex elient blood, but untamed qualities tauie near causing its keeper's death, James Kievet, who has charge o he Corning stock, lias only held hi: josition a few days, and, therefore vas not well acquainted with the po mliarities of the animals. He topi vitig Coffee VI. out for exercise. Tb< mil had a ring in his nose, and at ached to the ring was a pole to leaf iitn. After giving the animal several mis up and down the large barnyard veeper Kievet returned it to its stal md inouutiously removed the stick >efore he had chained the lmll. A - -- - >^.vw.,.,%/l fl.nl,nl UOIl U9 liic 51K A ? *l.-? iOlUVIVU luv ?MH, eared and made a plunge for Kievet, anding bis forefeet on bim so as t<. brow bim to t lie floor of tbe stall, flie animal tben pored tbe man as bt ay on tbe floor, inflicting severa fasbes in tbe groin. Airs. Kievet happened to be in tbe >aruyard, and, bearing bcr bus-baud's creams rushed into tbe barn, seizeii . pitchfork and began furiously tc >rod tbe bull. Tbe brave woinar inally drove tbe animal into a corner >be tben seized her husband ami (ragged him from tbe barn. .Tusl hen another farm band came npor be scene. He locked tbe door of tbf ?arn and then carried tbe injured mar o tbe farmhouse, where be was at ended by Dr. Edward Cox. The vie im sutlers great pain, but bis wound? re not considered fatal. * - I All U Ufif VIlium 4**1. Carl Frederick, a Scranton pack eddler, a few evenings ago was passtig through the woods near Sumnerille, Penu. Hunger and a natural ear of iosing his way made him push 11 rapidly, when lie was suddenly rought to a halt by the fall of a heavy bject on his pack. The shock was so su lden that the eddler fell ? back ward, but in going own his head turned so that he could ee that the object was a monster ildcat. Man and cat scrambled to Iieir feet. Xlie peddler stare;! and be cat glared. Carl was desperately lightened, hut he was cornered and ad to defend himself. When he saw be cat jump for his throat he swung tie pack around in front of him, and be cat came against it and held on ith his claws and teeth. The peddler did not wait to sec how lie cat was going to proceed, but ronped the pack and quickly got a lub. When the cat disentangled its laws and made its third attack the lul> lauded on its head, killing it, ,'arl stalled the carcass in his pack, nd the next day the County Comlissioaers allowed him for the >clt. l'lucky Staije J>rivor. Tust at dawn a few days ago an atempt was ma le to hold up the stage Vi-.-kin Alfni-ac 'a!. Wh mi about three miles from owu lae driver, William Conuery, lecaiue aware that some one was limbing on his stage from behind, is the driver turned the would-be obber pointed a pistol squarely in his are and lired, the bullet passing hro;uh Lis cheek, a:i 1 carrying away everal t :ota and a part of the roof ol ho m >:ith. A baud to-hand contest followed, ho driver using his heavy whip, while he robber shot three times more at lis intended victim. A second billet grazed Conncry's face, and the lowder from a third shot burned hij :eck. The fourth bullet flew wild, 'onnery finally succeeded in forcing he robber to the ground, and the stage torses dashed away, carrying the ducky driver out of harm's reach. The assets of the American Univer ity (Methodist) at Washington, D.C,] ,re said to be over Sl.OO'V'OO, ? ..... . . .. : v/Sfw * >. >? .*/ v' * v' ^ *S^/.\s X/.*S. ./ \/-, /.Wx/rC \ 1 GOOD ROADS NOTES, if ' >:< I v/*? : . M/IVA/iVlNA. 'N/A/A/IS/V IS/ISZN/A/IN/ ?/A/i\ , An ICvi'iilj-Iliftrllniteil r.imlcn. j In the States in which a system of , 1 State-aid has Iieen inaugurated the ur[ ! ban resident bears his share of the ex| peuse of improving and maintaining i i the highways, instead of leaving them, | ' as heretofore, to be cared for by the rural population. Under the old theory that the maintenance and care of the roads should depend wholly on the districts through which they passed, great injustice was done many persons whose interest in the roads was less than that of others who bore the expense. Toremove this injustice, anil provide an e j liable system is the purpose of .Stateaid. ; Speaking on this subject recently. : Oeneral Stone said that the farmers of i ~\I\.inn r>it-it n?if>.fifth ftf the iiron- ! erty of the State, antl that one- j I liftil of the property has paid j the entire expense of building and maintaining the roads of the State, which are just as necessary to the people who live in towns, and the people of other occupations than farming, as tliej* ave to farmer. Concerning New York, 1.? said that there the fanners own only one-fourteenth of the property of tlie State, and that every 1 farmer has been making roads for thir, teen other men to travel on. and he is getting tired of doing it. He is now about to stop it, and he liuds the peo1 pie of the cities and large towns, the ! manufacturing people and the com'' mercial people, ready to bear their share of the expense of improving the country roads. The only drawback is that the fanners themselves have been afraid h> let any change he made in the ' road laws of the country, for they have j imagined that people of the cities de- J sign to impose heavier burdens on them, instea I of being ready to help ^ them carry exiting ones. By degrees all classes of the people 1 will begin to better understand each, L. other on the subject and will get closer ' i 1 together. It was not strange, at lirst, j that country people should be sus-j picious of city people who took the ! trouble to tell them how much they would be benefited by better roads it was natural for them to think that such philanthropy was not wholly disinterested. But as it becomes daily niv>re evident that all classes, trades and occupations will reap the auvan-1 tages resulting from improving the j highways, that the ultimate ouruen i will not be increased and that all are ready to share it, the movement will I acquire au impetus that will ensure its , future success. L. A. \V. Bulletin. Kxperlments Witli It road Tires. Iii order fully to test the relative . merits of broad and narrow tires, an ' j agricultural ejllege in 'Missouri has j been making some experiments with , ( the two. It lias been demonstrated that 011 reasonably good roads broad , tires have an advantage of from six. teen to fortv-five tier cent, dver narrow tires. In no case except where the I mud was soft and very deep did the j narrow tires prove more satisfac ory. According to these tests, the narrow tire is desirable only when roads are in a state almost impassable, a condition of things which is fast disap| pearing from thickly settled and well^ managed districts. The experiments v.ere made with the same wagon, the wheels being exchanged by merelv slipping them from the spindles. The loaded wagon weighed "JoO pounds I more with the wide tires than with the j narrow ones makings the weiclit of i the vehicle when equipped with the wide tires l!2.;0 pounds, (fa a ciean. ' smooth road of macadam the wide tires required from sixteen to thirtylive per cent, less power than the narrow ones. On gravel roads the broad tires had forty-five per cent, advantage; on loose gravel and dirt roads as well as on roads entirely of compacted soil, the gain was something like twenty-seven per emit. On i a piece of road where there was a solid foundation, hut very deep, thick mud above, the broad tires were at a disadvantage, mainly because they cut in and picked up a tremendous weight of mud with every revolution. On a road that was dtying up and had a somewhat firm surface the broad tires showed sixty-two per cent, advantage over the narrow ones. The j latter cut into the mud in some places t * i..,+ n,., ! H um ?i.\ lu bocu tuuucn, > mii iuc ? iiiw . tires rolled safely over without making ! | deep grooves, merely packing the j | half-dry mud as they passed over it. : The entire experiment goes to show that narrow tires have really no points ! of advantage, save at exceptional j times and under exceptional coudi. tion*. On what would be considered ! ; a road in a tolerable condition tlie j , broad tires had every point in their j ; favor, and demonstrated their superi- j oriiy so clearly that no room was left j for doubt or question. A lleaton For l'oor Country IloaiN. It is claimed hv a correspondent of a Maine paper that, in proportion to i population and wealth, the country I roa ls are as good or better than those : of the cities. Why country roads are not still better he explains as follows: i 1 i '"Young people flock to the cities and ; consider themselves as 'progressing j .wheu they learn how to press a button, 1 or nail a rroney car, or catc.i a nam. j And while cities find it accessary to ; I tli?jf tunnels or build terial railways to ( I get from place to }>lace. the old folks , ' in the country struggle with their j farms and with the roads for a few 1 years, then die and leave fair acres to ! 1 grow up to bushes." To IJegiii Kouil Investigation. ! t The Maryland Legislature has di1 rocted the Geological Commission to investigate "the condition of the roads i of the State. and the best methods of improving the same, together with a i study of the classification and distri1 btuiou of the toad-building materials . ia the several counties, as veil as tho . present and recent costs of roads j therein, and liow to secure better ex- \ penditures,'' and 810,00'J have been j appropriated for the expenses of the work. Convicts For Koad Work. The bill relative to the employment of prison labor, passed by the Massachusetts Legislature, permits the superintendent of prisons to use the prisoners in any jail or house of cor- j rection to prepare material for roadmakin<' such material to be sold to County Commissioners, city or town officers and the State Highway Commission for the construction of roads. Items. In New Brunswick they have had such roads that in one sectiou a party going for a doctor to attend an injured man required six hours to travel twenty miles. Dustless roads are made possible by a new material, composed of a fine earthy or mineral matter charged with heavy oil, placed ou the levelled bed of ordinary roads. Urookline, Hass., will spend $100,500 on her streets during the year, and the Xewtous will devote $292,50(! io the maintenance and improvements of their highways. ^The terms "highway" and "high roads" came into use from an early custom of raising public roads above I 11U iO CI wi llic tvuilllj lutuu^u ?? ii?v. AJ they passed in order to secure drainage. A bill is before Congress appropriating $100,000 for the purpose of testing materials suitable for road construction, for examining and reporting on the best methods of construction and for co-operating v. ith State and associations in constructing specimen roads. Not a single mechanical vehicle can run on the roads of the Grand Duchy * l ? aM At. _ ,i_; oi I5n'ien um.11 iuu un>ei iuujvco a declaration to the central authorities, v.-ho will Rive to him, after a long investigation, authority to rim upon a certain road decided upon in advance. After the authority is received the driver is bound by an almost endless number of restrictions. Carried Iloae l!p Sixteen Stories. Several thousand people watched Carl Eldfeldt and Patrick Hickey, members of Truck No. 1, carry a lead of hose from a chemical engine upsixteeu stories on the fire escape of the Monadoock Building in Chicago reAAr.il** \ ih A noovoil UC 1111 > . .ID IUC k ?? U 1U LiUV^U UV.UI vu iu?. top of their perilous ascent up the slender iron ladder the crowd cheered. Most ?f thA spectators thought it was an exhibition drill, but the arrival ol more fire apparatus and the appearance at all the upper windows ol anxious-looking tenuuts soon undeceived them. The enthusiasm of the crowd again demonstrated itself when the last platform at thf sixteenthstory window was reached and the two truckmen disappeared into the building. The 350 feet of lioee had beeu carried up to the top of the building in less than two miuntes. The fire occurred in the storerooms of an electric switch manufacturing concern on the seventeenth floor. Many of the tenants of the building, however, knew nothing of the fire for some time after. On each floor of the building leads of hose are conneoted directly with the house pumps. The fire was practically out when Truckmen Eld teidt aii'.i niciiey appearea wim tueir line from the chemical, and they finished the job in short order. It took every inch of the 350 feet of hose the chemical carried to reach the blaze, and this was done only by getting it up on a straight line by the fire escape.?Chicago Inter-Ocean. Children's Cast-Off Clothing. While great quantities of men's second-hand clothing are sold, there is proportionately but very little children's second-hand clothing. The small, boy is likely to wear his clothes more than a man does his clothes to begin with. It would not, for example, pay a dealer to buy, to sell again as clothing, a pair* of boy's trousers that had to be patched. New trousers can now be bought so cheap that the price that could be got for the natched second-band ones wouldn't pay for the handling and the work of repairing. It does pay, however, to repair men's trousers that need patching, for there are always to be found for these purchasers at prices that yield some profit. Hut while children's second-hand clothing is rarely seen hanging about with the men's clothing in second hand stores, all dealers will buy it when it is in good or fair condition, and there are some dealers that make specialty of it, and seek fine clothing that has been cast off when but ltttle worn. There ure customers for the comparatively limited supply of children's second-hand clothing that is offered.?New York Sun. The Mile in Mitny Countries. The English mile, used also in this couutry, measures 17G0 yards, or 5280 feet. But the mile of foreign conn tries varies almost as mucli as the language, so that traveling a mile is one thing in France, and quite another thing, either shorter or longer, in other countries. The French system of tiie ''kilometre," or 1000 metres, is j also used in Belgium and Holland. To I cyclers and others traveling in those countries the kilometre--equal to 1094 ! yards is used as a mile measure. The Spanish mile is 1.122 yards, and the Russian only 11G7 yards. But the Chinese have the easiest time of all in mukiurr a mile record, their mile being only 600 yards. In Norway and Swe den the mile is 11,690 yards, and in (lei-many it equals three English miles. Other differences are: Italian, i202-"? yards; Portuguese, 22d0: Austria, 3297. and Denmark, 3233,~>'ew York "World. AUGCSTI IN" A TIGHT PLACE. The Captain-General Has IJcen Called Upon to Surrender but Declines. The Madrid government has received the following dispatch from C'antainGeneral Augusti, dated from Manila on Juno 2;): "The situation is still very grave. I continue to maintain my position inside the lineof block-houses, but the enemy is increasing in numbers, as tho rebels occupy the provinces, which are surrendering. Tor ivuuui A01U3 UIO lUUUUUllUg lUO 11Xtrenchments, rendering the work of defence difficult. The numbers of sick among the troops is increasing.., makes the situation very distressing and causes increased desertions of the native soldiers. It is estimated that the insurgents number 30,UUO armed with rifles, and 10,000 armed with swords, etc. Aguiualdo has summoned me to surrender, but I have treated his proposals with disdain, for I am resolved to maintain the sovereignty of Spain and the honor of the flag to the last extremity. 1 have over 1,000 sick soldiers and 200 wounded. The citadel has been invaded by the suburban inhabitants, who have abandoned their homes, owing to the barbarity of the rebel. The Governor of the Visayas and the Mindanao Islands cables that he has defeated the insurgents in an engagement, during wmcu uniei Arco, Aguinaiuo s representative, was killed." News i' rom Shatter. The government at Washington received the following dispatch from Major General Shafter: "Baiquiri, June 27, via. Del Este. Hon. Secretary of War, Washington: The Yale arrived this morning all right. Troops now disembarking. Your son, who has been at the front *s a volunteer, assigned to duty on the stall of General Duffield. All is progressing well. We occupied an advanced position abandoned by the enemy yesterday on the Sevilla and Santiago road, west of the San Juan river, within three miles of Santiago and from which it can be plainly seen, f Signed] Shafter, Major General commanding. Treasury Statement. A statement of the condition of the treasury showed: Available cash balance, $190,973,037; gold reserve, $1C3,878,110; not silver, $10,723,727; United States notes in the treasury, $31,438,307; treasury notes of 1890, $2,122,413; total receipts, $1,319,900; total receipts this rnontn, $26,067,672; total recipts this year, $397,009,440; total expenditures, $1,538,000; total expenditures this month, $441,919,000; total expenditures this year, $440,442,105; deposits in national banks,$28, 314,491. National bank notes received for redemption, $293,430, government receipts from customs, $003,219; internal revenue, $042,651; miscellaneous $13,484. The New French Cabinet. The new French cabinet, as definitely formed, is as follows: President of the Council and Minister of the Interior, M. Henri Brisson; Minister of Finance, M. PaulPeytrel; Minister of education, M. Leon Bourgeois; Minister of Justice, M. Ferdinand Sarrien; Minister of War, M. Godefroy Cavaignac; Minister of Marine, M. Edourd Simon Lockroy; Minister nf Fr?r?if?n Affairs. M. Theo phile Delcasse; Minister of the Colonies, M. Georges S. Trouillot; Minister of Commerce, M. Emile Marusjouls; Minister of Agriculturo, M. Albert Viger; Minister of Public Works, Senor Tillaye. Almost Sunk by Sigsbec. Caprain, Sigsbee reports that on Wednesday afternoon, while off San Juan, Porto Iiico, he was attacked by a Spanish unprotected cruiser and the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror. The Terror made a dash which was awaited by the St. Paul. The St. Paul hit the Terror three times, killing one officer and two men and wounding sereral others. The Terror dropped back under cover of the fortifications with difficulty, and was towed into the liar bor in a sinking condition, where she is now being repaired. Later a cruiser and a gunboat started out, but remained uuder protection of the forts. Off With Barges for Santiago. The tug Nimrod, with three covered barges, has left Mobile for Santiago. It is said that until the barges reach Santiago, the landing of siege guns cannot be effected. Will Probably Start From Santiago. It is said at the Navy Department that it is the present intention to start Commodore Watson's Eastern squadron from Santiago. This, however, is subject to Admiral Sampson's report upon the condition of the vessels selected and their needs in the matter of supplies and equipment for the long voyage ahead of them. The Thanks ot Congress. Representative Hepburn introduced a joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Assistant Naval Constructor llichmond Pearson Hobsou, and to the volunteer crew of the Merrimac, and authorizing Hobson's transfer from the construction o the line of the navy, in responce to the recommendation made by President McKiuley. Simultaneously with this bill a joint resolution was introduced in the Senate. Santiago lie-enforced. The most startling information obfninnrl frr.m +Via t .o t\ on a i a V\ o f air.AA AAV lu ?AAV I ?wAAAVW AD IUOI I1UUQ the advance began almost 20,000 Spanish soldiers have been sent to reenforct Santiago. ' What intensely red hair that young man has!" excliaa^^^Inud; "I'm surprised that "Oh," like him very to ton Star. ^E8?g9E^Hwj^BHB rhiled:i^D^nH^^H^Hp| la Coi. Luni cogHHSHHHHB ioii^HHn^^snH|