The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 07, 1898, Image 2
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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, >
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THRiLLING INCIDENTS AND DARINC t
DEEDS O.N LAND AND SEA. ;
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Caniht In i Typhoon?'The Terrible I'mlierience
<>!' it ISrillsli Slitu's Crew in
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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
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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.
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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,
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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**
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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.
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soldiers have been sent to reenforct
Santiago.
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