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MIL LHDS THOU AIMSV AT EE TH V COUNTRY'S, THK GOD'S AND TRUTHS."
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
LIJ ME XXVIII,
WD
-SON, NV a, 1898.
NUMBER 45.,
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riiADE IX PORTO UICO
SOME OF THE ISLANb'S PECULIAR'
MERCANTILE- CUSTOMS. .
AmerJouu ' Merchants Ilnve a Prob
lom Z-.i !:c;;'!!-r; With Them Lotij;
f'reil ls !. Chief Stiimbllns lilock.
IV.o .'.any MUie ShopN. '
An "American wbo has lived., iu San
.lu iu fur ii.t'.ry ;e;:rs and who is tbor
i.a.uiily co:r. vu:ai:t with the -". business
i-ituatiou r. i i d 1 o tho i; e w Y or k Tri hv.uo
'. correspondent-"tho other day : "There is
-1:0 doubt that eventually our people will
capture the bulk of the trade with tho
lvMdentK of Porto T.ico, but it isn't to1
be accomplished in a day, and tbo man j
'wlio rashly ventures into this" field. is
. going to got bitten and bitten badly. . I
. American merchants and investors who
'imagine that Porto Rico is a twentieth
century El Dorado are laboring under a
delusion, and my advice to my country
men would be to 'go slow.' " '
In the ' first place, .Spanish-customs
. are so thoroughly' ingrafted that it will
in all probability, take years to remove
'them and substitute those in vogue in
the United States. Iu the happy go
lucky life of the tropics customs change
slowly, when they change at ajl, and
for this reason the chango- incident to
the transfer of the island from due 1 pow
er to another wfll necessarily have to
be accomplished gently and with. dm?
regard for conditions that are tho out
growth ct the usages of four .centuries.
' One c f the most -peculiar of local mer-'
cailtile cujtorus is the credit system in
u;-e. In tho firstf place, the amount ef
li;cney on the island is so limited that
: nurchant are driven to getting goods
on 16'Hg time, They are content to make
but little profit on what they sell, but
to even matters up they insist on credits
Extending anywhere from IS mouths to
three years. :Of course only merchants
- with first class, financial standing can
obtain the longer time, but those who
practically live frcmi hand to' mouth re-
ccive J 8 months' time in'which to meet
their obligaticus; One of the prevailing
..' principles ;tmqng the merchants is that
' itho lohgeVtime' he lias tho jnore'h& wilt
buy. He doesn't care if prices are ad-'
., vanced or. him on account of the long
credit, but he must have the credit,'
; and he always gets it. When the island
shall Lmve passed under the American
rule and Americans are favored by the
tariffs instead ,6f bng discriminated
Against, the lirt problem to be' met by
American lirms doing business in Poito
Rico will be this, credii scheme. Ob-
j viously with American" "'tariff., laws ex
tended over Porto Rico the local trades
men will bo forced to buy Americau
j goods or'impnrt from 'abroad and sell at
higher prices. -a contingency which
bcrtes ill fcr the importer, for the ma
jority of the natives have a disposition
such as is usually imputed to residents
of the New England states and can
drive bargains as shrewdly as a Con
necticut farmer. It can hai-dly be ex
pected that American . merchants will
.fell, their waits on euch Jcng time, aud
yet it is almost equally 'as aburd,to
conceive of a Spaniard or Porto Rican
changing his habits day. The con
dition exists, however, aud the problem
must be solved.
Tho recant experience of a 27ew York
dry goods salesman here in Sa"n Jnan
shows just how local merchants look, on.
the short credit system in vogue in tho
United States.j This man, after making
it ennvasri of the stores in which ho
thought he might bo able to sell goods,
returned to his hotel in a high state of
excitement. He was able, he said, to
sell cotton goods of tettrr testure-and
at lower prices than tho local establish
ments had ever been able to purchase
them. The .merchants with whom he
had talked agreed with him in that re
fp'ct, and with few exceptions were
willing .'to patronize hini, bube must
give them JonR credit something he.
.''iVd not authorized to - do. thi'his an
v r d( pended largo sales, but the con
ii's were such as to prevent him
from consummating the deal, which
ev.ntuully fell through. Theu. it was
recalled to him that similar conditions
pri vail.in Mexico, and that English and,
tiu-niun firms, by grautipg long credits,
vn.c getting away with the bulk of the
(iailo that naturally fciiouJd Have gone
to the States. He replied: "I know, but
Mfxico is a foreign country. t AVe can't
change their customs. We shall have to
eLangc those of the Porjto Ricans. It
will simply result this way--tho jneu
whu decline our terms will have to get
uut of business. "
These long credits and tbo reckless
.maimer' iu which- they have been ex
t'.ii'kd have, given rise to an enormous
number of stores of -all classes. Every
little, tovfi has enough stores to accom
iih date, a population five times as great
s its own. As a rule these establish
n.i'.iits artj wretchedly small cud carry
ii.iargi-' diversity ot wares, yet' witn
i-t' -ks that aru . mainly noiiceable ; for
tie ii- nieagcrness. - Except in San Juan,
it 1- tlie 'rule for storekeepers to. sell
!"-aily any tiling from jewelry to 6alt
K'ik. and from silk laces towbeelbar-
jf' " s. Indeed the Porto Ricau stores,
jwith . tho excepti or noted, are jninia-
tun s of the. big department stores cf
' v' A'ork. -In tbe-capital there ate
capi
w here specialties are made of dry
F' -f groceries, shoes and other coin -1111
I'i' H, ::nd- these, taken with the
-r:,aM, v and more' conglomerate shops,'
-:iMly fill the wants of half the
I-' i ui-uidn y,f the island. It is the small
;''-' '"'.vevir, who' would have to sailer
11 ,thi.
introduction .ox1, American
in trailing.. With them out of
v- iy and the competition diminish-;
eil
bo-sible that - the large shop-
'I'S Wflf.lll vilHt:lw uflin -hf VIIVB
ot
Will ll.'i, I. tl. .....' l' I , '-j.;.
"nr to lKumeu.. . ' T
H 1 iiiinn win now raise the Uclou,
th,
I '.use .. his countrymen will nvcr
''""- to a fall nou. '
Jnara t!ie IhB M You Have Always Bought
"i; T-'.r
LOOK OPT FOR "SCHEMES."
flow Proiiioters Take Atlvjintage of
.,' 1 tlie War.
Kow .that Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines are about to 1 0 opened, to
capitalistic exploitation wo must pre
pare for a' largo number of flotation
companies, cf van on -shades ef financial
wcrth. Already K'vti-ui .sscli 'r.niirprn
have been i:u:ero 'r: tt:l lor tho pufpose
of building riix. uy, '..eleetrical aud
steam, ccustrpc;ii;g thorchf-ires and j
bridges- building ttf.-ctsv.'cud spxvers
and various other works of this kind, ;
indicating a remarkjblo backwardness .'
in tho communities which it is proposed
to benefit. .
Spani.-Ji rule Las undoubtedly tended
to discourage such enterprises. Fran
chises aro not accorded under that rule
Without exactions, legaj and corrupt,
which discourage the investment of
capital, and no doubt the people in Cuba
and Porto ; Rico would ba able to em
ploy : profitably many of - those things
which aro regarded in the United States
. as absolutely ncttss-ary. Eut, owing to
the very virginity of the soil, the danger
of overdoing the ' imprnvemcnt business
is great. The effect eT building a rail
way through a wilderness in this coun
try has generally been to attract hardy
nd diligent pioneers, under whose un
erasing toil farms and gr.fdcns arise.
Will it have the same effect in Cuba?
Wq doubt- it. :
.; Kor is it reasonable to assume that
the returns on invested capital there or
elsewhere in the ' late possessions of
Spain Will come up to the expectation
of many san&uino people unless a largo
emigration to those countries takes
place from tho human stock which made
the United Stat s a great nation. No
doubt in a- great many directions, under
wisa guidance and experienced man
agement,. a largo amount of capital, may
bo profitably employed in the countries
now passing out of Spanish, control, but
along with sound investments there
wifl come a large class of doubtful of
ferings, and perhaps largo losses, unless
investors act With more caution than
unhappily they usually display.
Ye shall hear, no doubt, of imposing
investments in tobacco4 and other plan
tations, to the cultivation of which the
public may 'bo asked tosubscribe at tbe
nominal price of 1 per share.. Some of
these schemes;"; may succeed, but prob
ably the most cf them only in putting
unearned money into tho pockets of
their promoters. American Banker.
Pnrrots 'fs.5 linilway Porters.'.:
Parrots aro lieing put to a practical
use in Germany. They have been intro
fliKcd into the railway stations and
I rained to call out tho uaiuo While the
erai'i st.ards tbfr;. thus saving the pco-
r'c - tho . trouble 't.f m&kiik inquiries,1
;; ys.an Eivgiish : i'evso:;pe
T S "r,'! i e i-v i.- .1 -i-,.,-l.-i--..i.T-rn-.
,.. i.vri'.ivjii,
I'i-ksoss in this statf tv e.ianat-
qur I.u-jni s- in tlieir mvu pud nearby
ci'i'.r.ii' s. !t is. mainly nffe e work cn
de'ctci at itoni-. S ila-rv straight f 9 io
a -. t. a e.ie 1ft" p uses (U-finite Iw'iV'.h'N;
iv -i '".'e,n-i U -ss s ilarv. Mon hi v Jj",.
!t ! .'! (.net s. " i 'le liv- st-i f :ul i rci-ed
si I-!; ei't cn i; 1 c. l ie- i r t K. I 1 .-,
)'i i-t , I K t M i !.i:-,,.
TRAVELS LI KB A TRAMP.
5trair.re j!ethol -A1oitcl ly Bisliop
Coleman to Sec. the Coon try. '
If any West Virginian sees a large
bodied much bewhikcred tramp on .tho
highways of hi6 state, it is hopod he
Will treat him kindly, for the man is
Rev. Lejgbtoa Coleman, bi.-hep of the.
diocese of Iielaware und a thoroughly.'
respectable citizen. - For a- short time
tbe bishop has thrown nside his yest
meuts and is en;'y5ug,ono cf his annual
pedestriau tours thnprJi tli-i country,
tie is a lover of uature aiid believes there
is no better way to see it than to take
one cf his tramps.- lite also loves to
study human nat'uro, and h( is now do
ing it. . -'
Whenever the' bishop goes elf on any
of his pedestrian trips, ho -transforms
himself so materially that wherever he
goes, unless he wishes' to .."'disclose his
identity, he is taken for a tramp. It is:
pot meant "that he becomes a vagrant.
He pays for his plain fare ami humble
' lodging,- and few . who e:. tertain him
know that, be is c.i.o; ot the "foremost
ecclesiastics of the United States.' It
pleases him ta gej away from the bow
ing and scraping world fcr a time and
to bo taken in his walking or. t fit- for
just what bo appears !to these he meets.,
He is at present somew Lre in West
Virginia, no;one .kfiows ex.-.cvly where.
He was seen at the station at Wil
mington, Del., just before his departure.
On hi3 head ho wore r.u old i leueh hat
which bad seen service in several tours
before. His ample form. was covered
with an ancient mackintosh, his trousers
were nearly to his shoe tops, arid his feet
were incased iii a pair of stent shoes
.made not fcr show, but io.r scrviee.
Under his arm he carried a largo bun-,
die dono up in paper. 'Swung from an
did walking stick which had been broken;
and clumsily repaired was an ancient
looking valise. In this guise he set off
the other (by for al tramp of several,
hundred miles through a ttraugo coun
try. Ho hKs had many strange expe
riences and adventures. . Several times
he has been taken for a tramp, aud good
housewives Lave set their dogs on him
wbe-i ho approached their g ites to pur
chase' a glas.; ef iilk or'adi l'er-a dii;:k
of water Cixone (!f his trip.5 ho was
suspected, by moonshiners of being" a
secret service h e.n aud va seized mid
locked up iii- cue of .thcie c.ibins until
they were satisfied .he v:-s cot looking
toe ftili-e Philadelphia Press;
r
iiv
alb.w yourself t i.i-
wly tor-
tui'e
1 at the- '. stake o!' !i- ea
l:,r3 ChlllS
ahil i-ventii-:ir:st
eonsti-
and I-'i-vc-:
all v br ak
will uiultrr.iu.ic-.
down Hie stro
-!!V.Ci'K A'
(Sweet
Chill
ill an
'!
inif Oil) is nirn
If- etive
Oiiii iiu and 1" i:nv oinhi'-e-i
is :m x e!I-:it.Ton;r ami -Ni ',
icino- it is pie ant n j;;
...vi.r ixiitive 'iiarantoe i
wi'i iron
. -u--:,r. d-
.. is sold
i ( tire or
money refutnb
led. Accept no suusn-
u es. Tb?"just as good" ki
flVct cureW. Sold by B. W. II
kind don t
arfijrave.
the -mm UPRISING.
Red Men's Version "of T
heir Side
cf tbe Trouble
GUIDE,
Tilbrr-r
vp ' '
A Ij-SIc-C -'::
Hazardous 'J
. Pacts Ao
tTe Rewiil I"
::; in Ce
r tflnud.
r- . nere
:;!it Took IT
The Philadelphia Frcrs correspondent
who went' to 'Eeur island," the home of
tho Pillager: Iiidiurs,;a br:r:eh cf the
Chippewa tribe, to find out t leir version
of the recent ttonbies between them and
the United States authorities, describes
his trip ns follows: ' .' .
From-Y.'alher, MimM to Eear island,
the home cf the Pillager Indians, it is
as tho ranee paddles a good 17 miles
lour correspondent, with two others,
has just returned from the island after
making the- trip over the turbulent
Eeech lake, guided and propelled by a
"good" Indian, who, althcu
gh a Chip-
pewa, is not one of the Pill
ger tribe.
Tho trip-was a most ha:1
lrdons one, '
as we were not even sriro tb
it our light
bark ounce, would evcri 'rear
ney's end, jipd if it did we
its jour-
were in en-
tiro igncrai:c-eli of what - orir reception
would beby :tho Indians.:
'Acting on tho advice cf
at Walker we vent unar
for a hundred or so of 'Very
old settlers
ned, except
bad cigars.
intended. fcr tho propitiatiom of the red
men.
Wljen w'o left Walk:er,
cech Jake,
almost the
which is iu an ugly, temper
year round, seemed onNtsgood behavior,
but we were not afloat half an hour be-
fore a nasty wind came pouring out of
i
tho northeast and kicked dp a sea that
had white men handled the canoe it
would have unset in three minutes
'Our guide, -who has one cpf the usual
1 7 syllabled name;? ccmmoii to the Chip
pewas, knelt in the stern icjr. the canoe
aiid'uevcr as ieucIi as by a relaxed or
tautened muscle showed that he knew
that the lukti was else than , a smooth?
i
duck p&nd. .
At last, 'after -what seenie
;1 ten hours,
our Indian stopped paddll
ug, grunted
and . pointed ahead. We
dowly rose
and looked.;
from tho bottom of the canod
There rising out of tho swart water
and outlined against the angry sky stood
a drear wooded mass which ve intuitive
ly knew to be Bear island.
Our Indian gavo vo:ce tb a cry that
sounded like a call of Charihn miuounc
iiig his arrival on the nether shore of
tho Styx, and after, a -mo nent an an
swering wail came from tko island. We
then headed straight for tli 3 shore, and
in a few moments the canoe was beach
ed and we were awkwardly following
the Indian toward a chaste of tepees
and huts, our stiffened jo. nts almost
creaking at every step.
From the first tent we a pproached a
big fat enuav emerged and gazed at us
with her expressionless fate, but did
not offer a remark. From r early every
tent and hut in sight another squaw ap
peared until there were a dozen or more
of them
Our guid.rr.id no attcnti
;n to them,
h for the
uuc ocntintjca in nis sear
braves. After few moments he turned
to tho ' squaw who - had fin fc appeared
and spoke a few words to
she answered briefly. "
her, which
- ' I-
He then told us in brok
bn English
that most of the braves were
away from
horues but that he would sed
if he cOuld
find any cf them. Ho tol
V us to sit
down where we were and w
pit for him ,
while ho went, to look the
m . up. We I
had put' ourselves entirely under his or
derst so down wo sat, and hp disappear
ed into the shadow
Tho squtnvS also stiuaitcd
ou the wet
groutid, eagerly took the cigars which
wo ciTcred the tn, and then tettled back
into a stclid, motionless .sillcuce. They
did-not seem to pay any attention to
us, no more than they paid to the wind
which was makiuf' .music' among the
branches above us or tho misty rain
which was still failing
The situation was. not a cheerful one.
The grewt trees cast a Ehaderwhich made
everything so gleemy that
the
figures
of ' the squaws.; were only mere sugges
tions." Tho wind -sighed and whistled
mournfully overhead, the waves dashed
onjtho shore near by with a monotonous
splash, and " now and again could be
heard the cry of some wild animal or
the signal of a "wild man.
What the snuaws thought no one but
themselves knew, but there was no ques
tion that two tiLcomfoi'table newspaper
"men Wished they were well off the is
land and safo-in the hotel at Walker.
Justus the situation was becoming
unbearable arid it seemed that unless
some one tpoiX- or moved we would both
go crazy, si dark form stole out of the
trees on our right, ;
: For a moment visions of- tomahawks
and scalping knives rushed i hrough our
heads, jumbled up with all. the blood
curdling stories of Indians t iat the peo
ple of Walker are always ready to tell
to the stranger.; The next iiom(ut we
recognized Our guide and could have al
most huggetl Ihi-m, so 'glad 'vere'we .'to
see him. He : caruo straigh ; to us and
told ,cs that only a few of :he Indians
. were present-. on tho island atd that they
did not want to see us. .
They had given him permission to
tellus of their troubles; however, and
of the causes which have iiJd to their
i rescuing fl;og-Ah-Mo-Ue.-Sh'ik frefn the
marshals a few w etKs ago an(l their sub
sequent statements that t ley would
never givefhim up to the officers.
The' main points of the story have
been told before, but never a; dramatic
ally as they were given there that night
by tho tall Indian iu his broken Eng
lish. 2?o actor could have told tho storv
; t'ln a inim'te" oi.e dose 6" -Hart's
Inf.ni'K'OF ( i incur will re!i-v- anv
ordinary caV; f Colic, G
N:ui--t.:.. Aii uiexcelled rq
medy for
Diarrhoea. Cholera, Morbus
Sum tit er
cotuplamts and all ihterriai p
a ins bom
by B.' VV; II aruraVe. .
in a more dramatic manner, and no
theater ccnldvhave -furnished such a
stage setting a9 natare furnished her
own actor.
The direct cause of tbo trouble, said
tho Indian, Is the manner in which (he
Indians claim to have bee"n treated by
the United States officers. He told the
story of the alleged mistreatment of
Bog-Ah-Me-Go-Shik at Daluth; when, it
is claimed, ho was turned adrift by the
officials and compelled to walk home.
He also told the story cf thesis young
men, two of them Bcg-Ah-Me-Ge Shik's
sons, who were taken to Duluth a year
:go on the plea that they were wanted
as witnesses and then given GO days in j
the workhouse for ra
isdemeanors -of i
which they claim ; they knew nothing j
auu ii uio liuiuiuiicu iu uia uuvu ntici
they were discharged.
These misdeeds ou the part of the offi.-.
cers,- he claimed, had made the Indians'
suspicious and made them decide that
they would never again go as witnesses.;
Bog-Ah-Me-Ge-Shik, the Indian said,
has sworn that he will die before he will
allow the officers to take him again.
And iu addition' to these specific in
stances ,and a score of others which the
Indian detailed is the standing trouble
over tbe pine on the reservation, the
Indians claiming that -they have never
been properly treated lu this matter.
After tbe guide had told his story we
started back for Walker, undergoing
another fierce battle with waves andj
wind, this time fortunately 'Without
rain, for the clouds bad all disappeared
and the rain had ceased. The return
trip was made without accident, and we
landed near Walker just before day
light wet and weary, but in possession
of the'statement from the Indians them
selves that they would never submit to
the arrest of Bog-Ah-Me-Ge-Shik.
Bear island and Bog-Ah-Me-Ge-Shik's
point, the scene of the fight between the
regulars and the Indians and the thea
ter of all the previous trouble, are in
Leech lake, which is in the lower sec
tion cf the Chippewa Indian reserva
tion. The reservation is in tbe center of
the northern half of Minnesota, the
southwestern boundary just skirting
the Village of Walker.! 4 '
Duluth, ou the southwestern tip of
Lake Superior, is the nearest large city,
and it is almost 100 miles distant. St.
Paul and Minneapolis are about 200
miles southeast of Leech lake. Fort
Snelling, from where the detachment
of the Third infantry, under command
of General Bacon, was sent to aid in
tho arrest of the offending red chief,
lies on the. western shore in the bend of
the Mississippi, between St. Paul and
Minneapolis, y
The Pillager Indians aro a branch of
the Chippewa tribe and live in tbe wild
manner of their anccctcis. " In the par
lance cf the west they r.io Lnown as
"blanket" Indians and aio regarded by
the white settlers and the advanced sec
tion of the Chippewas as a bad lot. The
point jutting out into Bear lake marked
Bog-Ah-Me-Ge-Shik is where the fight
between the troops and Indians occur
red. From Fort Shelling to Walker
railroad communication is had over the
lines of the Northern Pacific to Brai nerd
and thence north by way of the Brain
erd and Northern Minnesota.
Ciaccses cr KIor,'. .-
I7o .on 3 need suiTer ri:') w
; -.-"..-o in quickly r.r.tl i- ;;'..
; r.ro'Tns' Iron Bittv-n. J .
:o blood, nerves u:i '
t!iervisr, eucentult )
::t''rv Maowti ' and
::rttr of a tehtnry, it t
t r:t-.!: our most -''
.irns'iixa Bitters id :
A DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVE.
Recent experiments Prove That
Wheat Dust In Very Powcrfol.
The coroner's investigation into the
causes which produced the explosion
and fire at the Union elevator at Toledo
has brought out one thing, and proved it
to a certainty, and that is that the dust
that accumulates in a grain elevator is
a most powerful explosive, being little
if any inferior to common' black gun
powder of equal weight.
During tbe investigation Coroner
Henzler made a number of tests and ex
periments in order to ascertain if grain
dust is such a powerful explosive as it is
claimed to be. At every test and experi
ment, regardless of conditions or sur
roundings, the dust proved itself to be
an explosive worthy of taking rank with
some of the best known explosives of
science.
In all the tests the detonation resem
bled that of gunpowder. Even some of
the dust which had been soaked by the
water thrown cn tho fire until it resem
bled cakes of sawdust was taken out and
dried, and when a flame was applied to
it an explosion followed immediately.
The wetting - appeared to have no in
jurious effect whatever on theexplosivt
properties of , the dnst.
Faslilon'8 Latent Exprenslve Word.
There's a fashion in words, just as
there is fashion in dress, in Walk, in
thought and in everything else in the
world. Just now, so a woman just back
from London tells me, "comfy" is tbe
fashionable word. . To the simple mind
"comfy" is the old nursery way of say
ing comfortable, butto the initiated
'comfv" is he niapic nassword which
declares your utter up to dateness.
Washington Post. '. ,
inolher Kind of a Scorcher.
The Earl of Carnarvon busleen fined
$25 at the Newbcry p ttv sessions for
scorching on the highv ay inhis motor
car . j x
Ititt i- i ,.ir ..lomnch IIIm-iwu1
Permanently ' i urfd by tiu- asier'v
pinvirs ,of Souih Anu-nV;in Nc-rvint-
Tonic hivali 's nejd sii fit-r h; longer.
Iet aiise this- gi-;it reice!- can ,. ."lire
!! : ; 1. . It is a eurr- Ut tin; whole
Wur-J t'f stoinrh wenkiw-ss undjindi
gesliotij 'I he cup-' begins with the first
cb;e. The rt-Iif-f it l.ringsi is marvel
lous an surprising. 't makes ni fail
ure; ;' never disapptinls. K"o in;itter
how long you liavt- sudVred, yo'ur .rure
is ct-i "tain under Ihe use of thi ? great
health giving.force. Pleasant and al
ways safe.'-,i.;'i.;--?;;;:V'- ';''.v-i-'.c.-'
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STORIES OF MAG AN.
INCIDENTS IN VhE CAREER OF THE
COMMISSARY GENERAL, i J
Vot-l For .!X2m Drave-ry and Presence
of .Vlnd In More.Thnn One Trying
Situation A. Lifelons Friend of
General Crook. ! j j; :;
Some interesting' stories are told of
the bravery of Brigadier General Charles
P. Eagan, commissary general of sub
sistence, whoce department will soou'be
investigated by the investigating com
mittee appcinted by the president. Gen-
eral Ea3a'J was noted for bis bravery
and presence ot raiad wntn quite young,
and his friends sr.y he has sustained
that reputation through his entire career
in tbo army. ' : j
When General Eaan was but 14 years
of age, he took passage on the steamer
Golden Age, sailing from San Francisco
to Panama. Mrs. Sherman, wife j of
General W. T. Sherman, was a passen
ger on the same boat and was slightly
acquainted with young Eagan. One
night the vessel struck on a coral reef
and tore a bad -hole in her side, andin
a moment all was confusion. Mrs. Sher
man was forgotten by all save young
Eagan. who rau to her Etatercom .door
and crierl out,, "Mrs. Sherman, the ves
sel has struck on a rock, and wo are.in
great danger, but cj net be frightened,
for I am a good swimmer, and I will
save you. " However, bis strength was
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BlilGADIEU GEXEI1AL CHARLF:S P. EAGAK. -
not tested, as Commodore Watkins, who
was in command of the vessel, quickly
beachfid his ship on Kycara island
which was near tho scene of tho dis
aster. , J
Some years afterward Eagan was a
lieutenant in the Ninth United Statps
infantry, and was sent ' to tako part in
the Modoc Indian campaign in southern
Oregon., The Ninth infantry ha.d been
kept on. the Pacific slope during the
civil war, aurl naturally this was a sore
subject with its officers. On tho night
before the final and hardest day's fight
ing some' officer made rem arks , red eat
ing on the courage of -what, he termed
the "California contingent,;-' neaning
the Ninth infantry. Lieutenani .Eagan,
as soon as the remark came to his ears,
sought out the author of the statement
and in the presence of a number pf
brother officers resented his aspersions
and branded him as a modern Ananias
and announced that ho would makei
good his statements after the next day's
fight. More than that, as his personal
courage had been questioned, he ahnounjc-'
ed that in the fight the next day he would'
wear his full dress uniform, and chal
lenged the author of tbe disparaging re-
marks to do the same. That night Lieu-j
tenant Eagan was informed by the com
manding officer that ktho next day's
charge he would have a position on the
left of the line, which is a very danger
ous and exposed place. In the dim, gray
dawn Lieutenant . Eagan, true to his
word, appeared on the left of the line
in his full dress uniferm, but not all
other officer of the whole command hid
the nerve to come similarly dressejdL
The savages were posted in the lava
beds, and in the charge naturally the
gold lace Of Eagan 's coat drew fire from
nearly every rifle within range. How
ever, for some little timo he escaped,
but finally was shot through the thigh.
He called two soldiers to him, but in
stead of allowing them to carry him jto
the rear, he made them support him
and kept on encouraging his men until
he fell down fainting from loss of
blood. His gallant conduct on this oc
casion won for him the lasting friend
ship of Brigadier General Crook, to
whoso department ho "was soon after
detailed. A similar action in England
would have won tho Victoria cross and
in France thecross of the Legion of
Honor. It brought to. General Eagan
simply the friendship of General Crook,
but that was as valuable1 to our brave
American general as the decorations
would have been to a foreigner. Pitts
burg Leader. : j
Senator I'eft't r'n I'otatoes.
Senator Peffer is fond of relating the
story of how he once duped the mana
gers of a Kansas county fair. "On ex
amination of the sweet potatoes exhibit
ed, " he says, "I saw that the size of the
epecimeus was nothing' to brag of, and
I sent ; out to a grocery store aud pur
"chasexl a bushel of fine ones, took the
small ones out for home use, carried the
rest 1 3 the fair grounds, entered thenj
in my own name and drew tbe premium
for the best specimen of sweet potatoes.
grown in Wilson county.
Plan to llenelit Our (.criEan Trade,
There is a movement on font in Ger
many to erect houses suitable for the
display of American products and man
ufactures, if the business men cf the
United States are willing to co-operatei
Cologne is the headquarters of the
movement. It is admirably adapted for
a distributing point, our consul saysj
and Bts merchants are anxious fcr closer
trade! relations with America. Chicago
TimeslHerald. ;
"Turn the rascals out" the familiar
party-cry may lie applied to liiicrobefe
as well as to men. The gVrms of dis
ease that lurk in the blood are "turned
out" by Ayers Sarsaparilla as effectu
ally; as the old postmasters' are dis
placed bv a Tev pdmr,'tH'?n.
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A-STORY FROM PARIS.
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!Ttie American Colony Tell Jokea on
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iDr. Tyng and Embassador Porter.
When Horace Porter, our minister,
Arrived in Paris, writes Eli Perkins, the
'American colony, headed by Dr. Tyng,
jgave him a breakfast at the Grand Hp
jtel. The hreakfast was at 11 o'clock,
and all Paris was talking about it.
Well, the hour finally arrived, the
.breakfast was steaming hot and tho
jwhole colony were, assembled, but no
jminister appeared. Imagine a dinner
and a speech - awaiting Horace (Porter!
At 11 :30 Dr. Tyng sent his sou post
haste to the American legation. When
he entered Porter's private " reception
, genei:al houace roiiTEti.
room, to his amazement he found the.
general in full morning dress, hat in
hand, sitting cn a chair fast asleep.
jWhen-awakened, the general rubbed his
pyes and, half dazed, exclaimed :
"What time is it?"
j "Eleven thirty," said young Tyng,
("and they're waiting for you."
j Huiridly jumping into a cab, our
minister rushed to tho 1 breakfast and
took his seat at tho right of Dr. Tyng.
Lioolung down the smiling table the
general said:
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'"My dear American friends, I am
grieved at my delay. I want to apolo
gize to you all for my seeming discour
tesy of being late, but'l! have an excuse
and you mast let me give it. Many of
you know that Dr. Tyng used to be our
'amily clergyman. My wife had a pew
n bis church, aud every Sunday morning
about this hour ( 1 1 o'clock) we occupied
jthat pew and waited for Dr. Tyng to
commence his sermon. Brother Tyng's
sermon was an hour of sweet rest to me.
tt was so soothing that I of ten dozed
away till awakened by the benediction.
Well, when 11 o'clock came today Dr.
ITyng was on my mind. When I sat
jdown in the chair, the old force of habit
jcame back to me and I was lost in
f sweet sleep.' "
j When the laughter subsided, General
Porter said: "Dr. Tyng will vouch for
jwhat I have said, and he will remem
ber how he once came to mo in New
jYork and said: 'General, I do.uot blame
iyou for sleeping. Indeed I am not fully
Satisfied with my sermons myself.
jNow,,wbat shall I do with them? Shall
t put more fire into them?' 'Well, 'I
said, 'it might be well for tho clergy
penerallv to nut more fire into their
feermons, but in some cases it would bo
better toputmore eermous in tho fire. '."
I New. York Sun.
His Strong Point Was Flonr.
At the recent general election in Syd-
hey, N. S. W., flour was the favorite
missile of the Sydney crowds, and Mr.
Reid, the premier, was the favorite tar
get. He deftly turned this popular pref
erence into a political argument for his
gjde of the campaign. After three bags
of flour bad exploded on various parts
of his body at a huge open air" meeting
he exclaimed: "See how plentiful flour
is under my regime. Any one can afford
to throw it about. This is a. new depar
ture in politics here. Hitherto flour
eJould not bo spared for tius particular
purpose." Pittsburg Dispatch.
Cot Their Cue.
Those mandarins with three tails who
Fpme tinie ago wtre cracking-jokes
about Li Hung Chang and his yellow
jacket are now sleeping in the woods.
Sit. Louis Republic.
i Eczema!
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The Only Cuie.
j Eczema is more than a skin disease,
and no skin remedies can cure it. The
doctors are unable to effect a cure, and
,their mineral mixtures are damaging
to the most powerfureonstitution. The
whole trouble is in the blood, and
ifif is the onlv remedy
.Which can reach such deep-seated blood
diseases.
' kczema broke out on my daughter, and con
tinued to. spread until
her head was entirely
cohered. She was treated
bj several good doctors,
but graw worse, and the
dreadful disease spread
to
lier face. She was
taken to two celebrated
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health springs, but re -
ceived no benefit. Man y
patent medicines were taken, but without re
sult, until we decided to try S. S. Standby the
tilte the first bottle fas linished. her head be
gaii to heal. A dozr-; tattle? eurtjd her om
pMtely and left her -h-;n perft'c-tiy smooth. She
is tow sixteen years old. and lias a magnificen t
crJwth of hair. Not a-sign of the dreadful
disease has ever returned. -
H . T. fcHOBE.
' 27G1 Lucas Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
on't expect- local applications of
soaps and salves to cure Eczema. They
rekch only the surface, while1 the di
sease comes ' from within. Shift's
Specific I
is the only cure and will reach the most
obstinate case. It is far ahead of all
similar remedies, because it cures cases
jrhich are beyond their reach. - S. S. S. is
puirely vegetable, and is the only blood
remedy guaranteed to contain no pot
ash, mercury or other mineral.
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WEIRl) DEYIL DMCE:
HOW PHILIPPINE ISLANDERS EXOR
CISE EVIL SPIRITS.
The Priest, After Working Himself In
to a Maniacal Frrntr, Often, Slashes
Himself With a Knife, Sometimes
Fatally Woandlng Himself.
Like most peoples who, haTQ no
crossed tho border, line separating ivili- - '
zation from savagerytho natives df the
Fhilipjyiror islands have some, strange f
customs and perpetrate hrrora which
cause a shudder among more refined na
tions. Nouo of these customs is more
imposing, ? asfew could possibly ha
more weird and terrible, than the devil
dan co of tho natives, who resort to.it
whenever they believe tho evil spirit
has come among theu.; t
This spirit, according to the popular
superstition, does not, however, ooruo
into tho village, but takes up its abode
in a banyan tree in sorue'adjacent plain,
from which it can only bo exorcised by
the ministrations of tho priest '
For this purpose a nigh't is.fixcd, the.
place haunted by tho evil spirit-' is de- t
termiried, aud at tho appointed time'emfc
of their huts, out of the streets, out'of
the villages, eouio tho men and the
women and tho children, all -eager tb
participate in tho ceremony, all "eager
to dethrone the devil. Through th
darkness of tho night, under tho starlit
sky, flows the stream of hmnaiMtytb '
the spot which has bveu selected for the
rite. There a lire is .lighted, and the
offerings which aro to be made to.the
officiating priest tho fowls and the
goats and tho other dainties aro gath
ered together and - made ready? while
tbe whole community forms a circle.
round the tre. ' ,j
Presently the priest' appears. On his
head is a high, conicil cap, from the
end of which depends a red tassel. On
his body is tho inoki, a long robe, ex
tending from tho shoulders .to the an
kles, on which aro embroidered in red
silk figures supposed to represent. the
goddesses of smallpox, murder, cholera'
and other diseases. In one hand he car
ries a spoar and a bow, whoso strings
when struck emit a low, booming
sound, vvhilo iu the other hand ia-a
curved sacrificial knife practically a
sickle on whose blado are engraved
many curious figures.
The man has either worked himself
up into a state of inteuso nervous excite
ment or else, as is common with savage
nations, ban takeu a decoction of some
powerful drug in order to piodncea
condition of mental exaltation. Prcnn
one cause or ither,, however, his. gait; is
invr.riably curious and staggering. lie
advances through tho crowd "into the
center of the circle, where he seats him
self, .whilo the men and thef women ex
hibit tho off erings which they are rea'dy
to make.'- Seemingly oblivious of their
presence, tho half maddened pries'si'ta
doubled-np, swaying slowly from side'tb
side-whil.o ho hums or croons somje in
spiring melody of madness. Working
himself up into a state of greater and
greater excitement, or. as the drug be
gins to exercise a greater and greater
effect, his hands begip to' twitch and
his movements become more marked.
His body seems' to quiver and huge
drops of perspiration stand out upon
his skin. All this while the beaters of
tho tamtams and the other makeas of
barbaric music havo been keeping up an
increasing disturbance. Tho inusio gets
faster and faster.
All at once the priest leaps to hi feet
with a shriek. With outstretched anna
and boating feet he cries aloud, "I am
God! I am the true God!" and in that
state the assembled crowd makes its
offering, aurfbegs fcr information as to
what will be tho effect of tho evil spirit
upon them, while it prays to be saved ;
from its machinations. . ,
The movements of tho dancing priest .
grow wilder. With tho sharp sacrificial
knifo'"bo cuts himself and slashes his "
body, while ins Wood spurts out upon
tho men and women near at hand, and
miugleK with the sacrifices that arto
be consumed. Wilder and wilder he "be,
comes, and at times it has happened
that he has even inflicted a fatal wound
upon himself. If this untoward circum
stance, however does not take place, be
dances and dances on-until the drug has
worked itself out, or until, through ex
haustion, hi falls headlong to the
ground. Then be retires, washes his .
wounds aud goes back to his homo as if
nothing bad happened. But the crowd
is happy; the. people aro content. Tho
devil has been banished from the ban
yan tref, and life is once more free from
evil iu the 'pleasant village. '
AN AUSTRIAN AIRSHIP.
Its Inventor Hell eve He' Can- Croti
". the --Atlantic" In Foor IaJ
The problem cf aerial navigation has
been solved by a (Jeirnan nobleman,
Count j Ztpptl in cf Vienna, who has
long interested; himself in ballooning.
The balloon which he has constructed
is over oUO feet in length and cylindrio
in form. It resembles an immense lead
pencil. . ; - , -
In.si(l3the Lallcon itself are several
smaller balloons, which "wall ptrform
the same functions as water tight com
partments cn ships. Water in a tank
under the car will be u.-ed as ballae.
Tbe (-tt-'.ring gear is composed of paddle
wheels driven by olectrieity and fixed
to the side cf the car. Experts who
have tested the apparatus declare it to
bo perfect. One of its first undertakings
will be a balloon voyage ' to America,
which Count Zeppelin is confident can
I e accomplished in four days.. s
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Distressing jdney and I'ladder-disease
relieved' in six. hours by "Nkw
Gkkat Stinii Amkrican Kidxev
Core." It is. .t-'great surprise on ac
count of its" xceeding promptness in
relieving pain in bladder, kidney and
back, in male or female. Relieves re
tention of -water almost immediately.
If you want quick elief and cure this
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