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    QUEER RACE.
RT OF A STRANGE PEOPLE.
BY WILLIAM WB8TALU
LAPTEB XII.—CONTINUED,
i hod been doing a knot an hoot
it three weeks, how mnch would
teV”
hundred and lour miles,’’
n means that much farther south,
houldn’t wonder. Have you look'
chart lately?”
S pored over it till my head aches;
nore I look the more puzzled I be
liever in my life felt so Ignorant
less. How I wish I had got poor
Peyton to give me a few lessons In
m.”
t yon had, Mr. Erie. It almost
we shall have to keep on- qa we
jmething turns up, doesn’t lt?H
i couple of Micayrbera.”
in It vexes me to be so utterly
and I weary of having nothing to
t worrit yourself, sir. We shall
twhere sometime, if yon will only
!; and when the weather changes
1 have quite enough to do. And
a feel in the air and a look about
'as tells me that the change won’t
In coming. That signal with our
i seems to be stirring a bit, doesn’t
s'
I think it Is fluttering just a little.”
|e must be a light breeze aloft, then;
e could only set our topsails, and
id mizzen top-gallant sails, we
t steering way on her, and make,
iwo or three knots an hour."
ir three knots! I wish we could
snty knots and get somewhere,”
led, passionately. "Storm, temp
Wreck, anything would be better
i intolerable calm.’’
nt hush! Mr. Krle: don’t von he nr
IS of Providence: we shall have a
efore long, you’ll see. We don’t
) storm, or tempests, or shipwrecks!
air wind, and no more.”
iher-wise as old Tom undoubtedly
b forecast—influenced probably by
hes—remained a dead letter for a
•reek. But as he repeated It every
i proved himself a true prophet In
I. Contrary to my expectations—
tad read and heard that tropical
tre almost invariably succeeded by
» storms—the change came gradual
rst of all a breath of air, just suffl
0 tauten the jibs and fill the fore*
ithout having any sensible effect on
tgress of the ship; then a light wind,
gave us steering way, followed at a
nterval by a spanking breeze that
1 along at the rate of four or five
an hour, and made us wild to spread
(any as.
Barrieci uiis oreezo witn us several
,nd with a lower temperature, bright
ne, and a grand sea, we felt better
ore hopeful than we had felt for a
me. Our voyage, we thonght, must
ling to an end. We could surely not
ch further without either sighting a
making land. But when onr hopes
it the highest, the fine weather sud
collapsed. Clouds gathered, the sun
eared, and a fine rain fell, so thick
isty that we could not see more than
9’s length ahead. This went on for
the wind changed, too, and not being
Stack, we were obliged to change
, and almost reverse our course,
s is worse than the calm," grumbled
n, “and if it goes on we shall either
ming the ship ashore, or getting run
>y a steamer."
t only went on, but grew worse,
in melted into a fog so dense that
tsuudown we were shrouded in adark
|o impenetrable that we could not see
Id’s breadth before us, and had- abso
f to grope our way about the ship. It
[ike solitary confinement in a black
[with an extreme probability of sud
[eath. Our spirits sunk to zero, and
(ourage almost gave out. Even old
| confident as he had hitherto been,
h to despair. To run aground or be
pd against some iron-bound shore in
pitchy darkness would be death in its
i frightful shape. Yet the certainty ol
I was easier to bear than the suspense
fere compelled to endure, and the con
Isness that every moment might be
pst. -Bolsover, being still weak, could
me little help, and except when I took
pur’s rest, once or twice in the twenty
11 was always at the helm. But ever;
Is strength has its limits, and aftei
|e I became so used up that I could
1 it no longer.
re can only die once," I said to Bolso
“and whether we live or die, 1 must
t"
I lashed the wheel amidships anc
ed in.
nen i awose mere was a gummermj
but whether of gloaming or dawn 1
not determine, for I had lost all
it of time, knew not the day of the
, and had forgotten to wind up both
own watch and the late captain’s
nometer.
ent on deck, and found the helm still
led amidships; but Bolsover was no
ire to be seen, and I looked into his
k, and armed with a lantern, visited
his accustomed haunts without result,
pod bless me!” I thought. “He aurelj
mot have fallen overboard! That would
too awful!”
; returned to the poop, seriously alarmed,
I began to unlash the helm (not seeing
at more I could do until there was more
lit), when I heard a hail from the mast
id.
19 mac yon, Tom,” l snontea. natnci
iperfluous question, perhaps, far it
1 not well be anybody else. Yet it
led hardly possible for a sick man tc
b in the dark to the mast-head of a
that was rolling like a log.
iy, ay. sir; it’s me. I’ll be down dl
y,” was the answer,
n minntes later (by which time it was
ledly lighter) he came sliding down
throuds.
Vhat were yon thinking of, to gs up tc
nast-head in your present weak stated
d. reproach fully. “Suppose you had
(lien overboard?”
‘“And if I had. You know what yot
lid before you turned in about two day:
Ince?”
; “Two days since?”
“Nearly; though there’s so little dlffer
ace between day and night that I cannol
e quite sure. You said a man can onlj
le once. AU the same I don’t think there’!
inch risk in going to the mast-head—I am
tronger than I was when you went asleej
-and fogs is queer sorts of things; it often
appens as they lies just on the top of the
rater, and all above is clear and bright
lostways, so I've heard say. So I thought
s I would just go up and find out, if 1
t>uld, whether this here fog is of that then
atnre.”
“U it?”
“Partly. Anyhow, it to a good deal
clearer up there than down here, and a>
score yards or so higher up I dare say it to
broad daylight. Alt the same, I saw the
sun rise; and, whpt’s more, I made out
something as looks very like land.”
“Land! Land at last I Thaxk God!" I
gasped, almost speechless with surprise
and joy. “But are you suro you are not
mistaken 1 Where away ?”
. “On the port bow. No, I don’t think I
am mistaken. It looks like a big moun
| tain, fifteen or twenty miles off, may be.
Give me a glass, and I’ll go up again and
have another squint.”
“I’ll go with yon, Tom. Wait halt a
minute.”
As I spoke I whipped Into the captain’s
cabin and fetched two binoculars. I slung
one round my neck and hauded the other
to the boatswain.
“Don’t you think as yon had better take
the helm, sir, and keep her up to the wind?
She rolls so much as it will hardly be pos
sible to make anything out. Then, when
I I come down, which It won’t be many min
utes, I can take the helm and you cau go
up.”
There was so much sense In this sugges
tion that I was fain to comply with it, not
withstanding my eagerness “to take a
squint” on my own account—and It was
well I did. As I went to the wheel, the
boatswain began to' climb up the shrouds,
slowly and painfully, being still rather
short-winded and wenk-kneed.
1 bad just steadied the ship, and he had
got as far as the upper main-topsail yard,
when there came out of the fog a hail so
startling and unexpected that It almost
made me jump out of my skin.
“Starboard! Hard a starboard! For
God’s sake starboard your helm!”
As I whirled round the wheel the fog
rolled back and revealed a scene the like
-of which I had never before beheld, or oven
imagined, and old Tom came down on the
deck with a run.
CHAPTER XIII.—PAINTED OR PIEBALD*
Right before us rose sheer out of the
water a tall white rock, at least fifty feet
high. Another moment and we would
have crashed against it, “stem on.” We
were saved only by Tom’s sharpness of
vision, by tho promptitude with which 1
obeyed his order, and the sudden lifting ol
the fog.
But are we saved f There are rocks te
the right of us, rocks to the left of us, some
white, others red, yet all of great height,
with splintered, fantastic pinnacles and
broken battlements like the keeps of so
many ruined castles; some as naked ns an
Alpine peak above the snow-line, others
mantled with a luxuriant growth of green
ery and pendant wild flowers, while the
waves leap up their sides and troops of sea
birds wheel round their summits. A ver
itable labyrinth of rocks; nnd ns 1 look up
after the first shock of surprise, I see in
scribed on one of them, in old-fnshioned
and bold yet worn characters, these start
ling words.
“Hero tho ‘Santa Anna'
"1744.”
There seems to be another word.'but be
ing covered witli a spray of ivy, I cannot
make it out. Whether Bolsover sees the
inscription I do not know. He is at the
bows, conning the ship, and 1 am steering;
the passnge between the line of rocks being
so narrow, and the current or tide so strong
that it requires most strenuous attention
to avoid striking. More than once the
yards scrape the brow of some beetling
cliff, and only by Heaven’s help and old
Tom’s skillful pilotage do we escape utter
destruction.
At length the stress is over, and with an
Indescribable sense of thankfulness and
relief we sail into open water. We can
breathe freely. Danger and the dark sea
are behind, hope and a harbor of refuge
before us. We are in a wide, crescent
shaped bay, fringed with a shore of white
sand, from which rises, in gentle slopes, a
glorious mountain, on whose summit waves
a cloud-banner, which at first sight 1 mis
take for the smoke of a volcano.
Save for the white limestone crags with
which it is crowned, the mountain is clad
with'yerdure from top to bottom. Field
alternates with forest; I can distinguish
roads, too, and here and there is a quaint
house of wood, not unlike the chalets that
lend so great a charm to the valleys of
Switzerland and the Tyrol.
All this, of course, through a binocular.
We are still too far off to see much with
the naked eye.
"Heaven only knows where we are,” I
said to Tom, who by this time had come
aft. “But it seems a civilized sort of place.
No danger of our being killed and eaten, I
think.”
“Not a bit. Cannibals don’t build houses
or make ronds uke them there. I wonder
whether it’s an island or a continent?
Anyhow, it is well protected. That line
of reefs stretches from one point of the
bay to the other. It is a miracle how we
(rot through. If the fog had not lifted just
when it did—and it did not lift much—we
should have gone to everlasting smash.
We came out of it; that was it. Look
there!”
li was true, ueyonu me Darner or rocas
the mist still rested on the sen, looking in
the distance like a chain of billowy moun
tains.
“The tide—or may be It’s a current—Is
running fast,’’ said the boatswain, a few
minutes later. “I wonder whether we are
in soundings! I will heave the lead, and
If we are, we must make ready to let go.’’
He had evidently not seen the inscrip
tion on the white rock; and it was quite as
well. He would have been able to think
of nothing else.
“By all means,’’ I answered. “It would
never do to run aground, and there is not
much chance of getting a pilot, I fear.”
I W hereupon Tom took the lead, and went
into the chains. When he came back he
reported that the depth was nine fathoms,
the bottom sandy, and the water rapidly
shoaling. He thought that, to be on the
safe side, we should let go at once, though
| we were still three or four miles from the
; nearest part of the coast.
I To this I of course agreed, for in matters
of seamanship I always deferred to Bolso
ver’s opinion; and five minutes afterward
I the “Diana” was riding at anchor, her
stern toward the land, her stem toward the
rocks.
i “How about going ashore!” I asked,
“Can we lowers boat!”
I “I think so; and if it comes to that, we
must. Bat wait a bit; there's no hurry.
May be some on ’em—natives cr what not
—will bo coming off to us.”
“All right. I’ll run below, put on a clean
shirt, and make myself presentable.”
“As you like. sir. But as for me, I shall
take no such trouble. I oliall do well
enough as I am. I don’t suppose the peo
ple of this country are of much account
niggers or greasers, or summat o' that
sort. They don’t wear no clothes—not
they; and they are sure to speak some con
founded outlandish lingo that nobody un
derstands but themselves.”
Though we had survived the dangers of
a most perilous voyage, escaped death as
hr a miracle, and brought the “Diana” to
• Mb anchorage, poor old Tom was art*
dently In an unhappy frame of mind. It
was easy to guess the reason. We had
seen nothing of the treasure-ship, nor any
sign of her, and for several reasons I did
not think the time had yet come to make
mention of the writing on the rock.
Whon I returned to the deck, feeling all
the better for a good wash and fresh rig*
out, Tom was peering hard through his
glass.
“There’s a boat putting off,” he said; “a
biggish boat with a lateen sail, and a crow
of six or eight men—custom-house chaps,
of course; for you may be cock-sure of one
thing; If a country hasn’t ns much tradeaa
would keep a colony of fleas, It Is sure to
have custom-houses—for, you see, if cus
tom-houses Isn’t trade, they looks like It.”
I took a glass aud had a look on my own
account. The boat was nnder way, and
evidently making for the “Dlamu” but
owing to the lightness of the breeze and
the flowing tide, the lateen sail did not
seem to be of much use, and the crow were
taking to their oars, which they appeared
to handle with great dexterity. But I gave
less heed to the boat and her management
than to the people she carried. I burned
with cariosity to know where we were and
what kind of people we had fallen among;
and I thought that I might possibly gather
some idea of their characters, perhaps even
of their nationality, from the personal ap
pearance of the boat’s occupants.
At any rate, they wore clothod; so far,
so good. Houses, roads, boats, garments
—nil these were unmistakable signs of civ
ilization.
juiaeKS, ny-v Bung oui Tom, wuo,
albeit older than I, lmd not dimmed his
Bight by bending over a desk.
“Nonsense! They are dark, perhaps; bnt
certainly not black; and those two men in
the stern are certainly white.”
“It looks so: but we cannot surely have
got to the West Indies, nor yet to tho Bra
ids. And yon are wrong; they are not
white, and tho others are not black.”
“What on earth nre they, then?”
“They are— By the Lord Hnrry! they
are spotted—every man-jack of ’em. Thoso
chaps in the stern ure white and red; and
them as is rowing red and black.”
And Tom dropped his gloss and gave me
a look so comically expressive of foar, be
wilderment, and surprise, that I laughed
outrighf.
"What can they ba?” I asked; tor though
my vision was les3 keen than his, I could
see that the people in the boat had very
queer complexions.
“Cannibals—savagos in their war-paint!
Nothing else—And they’ll eat us, too, it
they get a chance. But I’m not going to
be eaten if I can help it, Mr. Erie. We’ll
sell our lives dearly—wo will that. There’s
arms in the captain’s cabin. Let us load
them at once. And those old carronades”
(two brass pieces we had for firing signals),
“we’ll load them, too. I know whero the
cartridges are.”
“But we have no ball.”
"Nevermind; we’ll charge them with
old nails and bits of iron.”
“Very well; (to so then. We may as well
be prepared. But, for my part, I cannot
say that I have any greut fear of these
painted people. At any rate, it is better
to speak them fair before we show fight.”
“Speak ’em fair! What’s the use of
speaking fair—or foul either, for that mat
ter—to a lot of savage devils as can’t un
derstand a word you say? As soon as they
get within shooting distance they’ll let fly
a harrow at your head—unless you are be
forehand witli ’em. 1’ ve been among such
like in the Pacific, and I know. However,
you stop hero and watch ’em, Mr. Erie, ant?
I’ll get the arms ready.”
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Dog Was Astonished.
A singular electric-wire accident was
seen the other day in Boston. The
attention of passers-by was attracted
by tho barking of a red Irish setter to
an English sparrow, which was perched
upon an electric-light wire high above
the beast's head. The animat had evi
dently been amusing himself in the
fruitless sport of chasing tho bird, anil
when it had taken refuge on high had
endeavorei to got some consolation
out of yelping lustily. The day was
windy and the wire swayed to and fro,
the sparrow apparently, enjoying its
swing until in a fatal moment the tail
of tho bird came in contact with anoth
er wire near by. Then, in tins twink
ling of an eye. the unlucky sparrow
came tumbling down stone dcuu at tho
feet of'ho noisy dog, who was so as
tonished at this sudden turn of affairs
tiiat he didn't offer to pick the crea
ture up, but simply slopped barking
nnd stood staring at his prey in astou
Lbment
Brawny Bob’s Personal Appeal.
On one of tho Georgian plantations
lives Bob, big, brawny, black, a fam
ous leader of prayer-meetings and re
vivals among Ids people. When old
earth gave her first palpitaut throes
that night all of Bob's friend and co
laborers in ante-bellum style hurried
from their cabius to the “house.” They
found Bob already there, kneeling in
the yard. The planter, standing on
the steps, cndeavoied to calm the ex
citement of the dusky, wailing group,
and to allay their fears by assuring
them that it was only an earthquake
and not the doom's-day they seem al
ways to wait fearfully for. Following
Mr. M-'s clear tones rang out Bob's
deep resonant ones: “O, Lord! listen
to me.’ O. Lord, an’ don’ pay all yor
tention ter tho earthquake. Listen,
9, Lord! this is Bob er praying ter
you. An ef you’ll jes’ save 'me this
time, O, Lord, Bob's your nigger!’’—
Washington tost.
The Status of the Gout.
McCorkle (the newly appointed real
estate assessor on his rounds)—There,
Misthur O'Toole. Oi'veput in the prim*
ises at $20 a phut frout and the goat at
$10.
O'Toole—Pliat the snakes her yez to
do wid the goat? He Isn't rale istate.
McCorkle—Oh, he isn't, isn’t he?
Don't) yez attimpt to interfere wid me
docties', Misthur O'Toole. Oi hev the
law an' Ol know me bizness. Me in
strooctions is to “assiss at a fair valua
tion all rale property boundin’ and
abuttin* on both sides av the strate.”
Oi’ve been watchin’ the baste and its
mauy a time hev Oi seen ’im a bound
in’ and a buttin' on both sides av the
strate. It will be $10, Misthur O'Tool*
—Chicago Times.
| Supplied for Idfo.
I At a birthday celebration at West
Chester, Pa., alf the guests brought tbs
host a present of a pitcher. She ro>
solved eighty-one of these articles
RELIEF AT GOTHAM.
ONLY ONE SUSPICIOUS Oi^SB
REPORTED.
S«rm»n«ta'i Paeeengara Iwn Eire
Island—Two Cliolcrn Cum In Wash
ington— A Suspected Cut o( tlio DU
•mo It Philadelphia.
| New i ork, Sept. 19.—Another sur
peeted case of cholera was reported
I yesterday and a man supposed to bo
a victim of the plague died. Dr. Ln
bouchere, the physician of the Five
Points mission, this morning reported
to the board of health a suspicious case
of probable cholera in Sullivan street,
i The board has sent an Inspector to In
i vestigate. ,Dr. liryant, who is attend
ing Mary Conerty, who was taken to
the reception hospital yesterday suffer
ing from cholera, reports this morning
that there is a good chance of the
woman's recovery. The death of Char
lotte Keck, which occurred on the 13th
inst., was to-day ollicially declared to
| bo due to Asiatic cholera.
The storm-buffeted passengers of the
! Normanniu had another experience
and another delay. Embarking for their
return to the city by boat, they ran
aground off Fire Island—not in danger
but harassed again by detention when
almost on the threshold of home. The
tide was out and they had to await the
flood for release from the sand bar.
About 100 passengers of the Normannia
refused to go on the Cepheus, prefer
ring to cross over to llabylon and take
a train for the city. They left Fire
Island on board the boat Hippie atl):ir>
o'clock for Babylon under military es
cort, and there took a train on the
Long Island railroad for New York.
A big scare was caused among the
employes of tho Acme Manufacturing
company on Wythe avenue and North
Ninth street, Williamsburg, tllis morn
ing when two Russians employed in
tho factory were stricken with vomit
ing and diarrhea. An ambulance was
summoned and the men removed to the
hospital. The doctors pronounced
, both cases cholera morbus. Many of
| the employes of the factory quit work
and refused to return.
CHOLERA IN WASHINGTON.
Two Cnauthentlcated Cases Reported,
but They Do Not Cause a Scare.
Washington, Sept. 19.—Two cases of
cholera were reported in Washington
but no really authentic information
could be obtained as to their wherea
| bouts. Surgeon General Wyman said
he did not believe there was any
cholera here. “Every case that looks
like cholera \$ill be called cholera,” he
added. “I expected to hear reports of
that kind from all parts of the country,
but until the health authorities pro
nounce cholera to exist don’t take any
stock in the reports.”
There is fear that the cholera scare will
deter a great many from coming to the
encampment, but there is not yet any
reason why anybody should not come.
The city is pronounced .in a most
healthy condition, and if it be deter
mined that the tents and barracks
should not be used other quarters will
be obtained. There exists a belief
that Chicago will be selected for the
encampment next year. Over twelve
Chicago posts have declared that they
do not want it and that they favor In
dianapolis, but it is thought the en
campment may be thrust upon Chicago.
If not, then Indianapolis will be se
lected, it is thought.
REGARDING AN EPIDEMIC.
Surgeon-General Wyman Give* Hla Views
on the Cholera Question.
Washington, Sept. 19.—“I have no
fears of an epidemic of cholera in this
country,” said Surgeon-General Wy
man yesterday.
“We may expect to hear of alleged
cases springing up here and there in
all parts of tho country. Now that
cholera has at last made its entrance
into New York city, cases of cholera
morbus, dysentery, colic and kindred
ailments will all be magnified into
cholera cases.
“People should be prepared for these
idle rumors and not get alarmed. 1
have perfect confidence in our ability
to hold the disease in check.”
_(_
Austria Is Free.
Vienna, Sept. 19.—The supreme san
itary council announces that Austria
is still free from cholera and that sus
pected cases have been proved by
bacteriological examination to be with
out a trace of the disease.
Mexico Is Alarmed.
City op Mexico, Sept. 19.—Dispatches
received here announcing the appear
ance of cholera in New York city
created a profound sensation on all
sides. The government has asked for
details of the matter and if the story is
confirmed it will declare the strictest
quarantine against all arrivals from
the United States.
An Ominous Prediction.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 19.—Cholera is
due in Detroit in two weeks according
to Dr. J. J. Mulheron, United States
inspector. “It is almost inevitable,”
the doctor declared. “It can hardly be
avoided. The whole country is in for
a struggle with the disease. It is my
earnest belief.”
New Cuos st Havre.
Havre, Sept. 19.—The number of
new cases of cholera in this city yes
terday was fifteen, two more than
were reported Wednesday. The deaths
yesterday numbered three, four less
than the day before.
■aspect In Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept, 9 -The
tenement house 432 Lombai.. street
was quarantined from early morning
until noon because of a suspected case
of cholera. Mrs. Cande Jacobs, "the
| wife of a tailor who recently returned
from Europe cm the steamer British
Princess, was the victim. J)rs. Anpey
of the board of health and Welch oi
the municipal hospital were in con
stant attendance and at noon they de
cided that it was a clear case of cholera
morbus. The quarantine was then
raised.
Kansas City a Fertile Field for Cholera.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 10.—-A
committee appointed by the Jackson
County Medical society to Inquire into
the sanitary condition of Kansas City
with a view to ascertaining what
should be done to prevent an attack by
cholera, have found that the city is
foul, that the conditions prevail in
abundance favorable to the spread of
cholera and that absolutely no means
exist for the prevention or control of
the disease. The committee has so re
ported to the society, which body this
evening presented a petition to the
city council recommending that in
spectors be appointed and every pre
caution be taken to prevent the disease
gaining a foothold here.
Will Guard Indiana.
Indianapolis, Sept. 0 —The State
Board of Health la in session hero to
consider the cholera situation. It is
proposed that the board order a quar
antine of all sick passengers on trains
coming into the city and provide a
place of detention for them. The
local board of health has a corps of
physicians inspecting passengers on the
trains as they arrive.
Precautions In the South.
Bhunswick, On., Sept. 10.—Begin
ning yesterday all vessels coming from
north of Hatteras will be stopped for
inspection at quarantine. If there is
any sickness on board the patients will
be sent to Supolo Island.
Tim Disease In Holland.
Tint IIaouk, Sept. 10.—Ono death
from cholera was reported yesterday
from Zwartslus and two deaths from
the disease occurred at llranduyer. At
Blcskengraaf one case of cholera Is re
ported.
Pestilence Among Husslan Troops.
St. Pktkhhiiuho, Sept. 10.—It is re-'
ported here that cholera has broken
out among the Russian troops stationed
along the River Pruth.
REVIEW OF IRON TRADE.
An Improved Tone, wltli Hetter Mtntus
In View.
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 10.—An im
proved tone and some anticipatory
notes of a better status is the report
from most of the iron and steel trade
centers of the country this week.
Most statements about the market are
qualified, however, in view of the tran
sitional state in which nearly all
branches of the trade have been since
the mill resumption, and it has been
difficult to sift temporary conditions
from those likely to be more .perma
nent.
The total tire sales of the week have
been in the neighborhood of 30,000
tons, on a basis of 35 cents below last
season’s prices. The complement of
pending negotiations for the sale of
Mesaba ores has been of interest to the
trade, and there is no longer doubt
anywhere as to the appearance of the
new range all an important.factor in
the market the coming winter. 'The
status of hard ores, of which consider
able stocks are to be brought down
this month and next, is not materially
changed.
. Mrs. Harrison Worse.
Washington, Sept. 19.—Secretary
Poster has just received a dispatch from
Loon Lake, saying that Mrs. Harrison’s
condition has changed for the worse.
The news has cast a gloom over official
and social circles, and put a damper on
the enthusiasm of the Grand Army
veterans, who are already crowding
into Washington.
The President and h(s family were
very apprehensive of serious results
from the operation to-day, and were
highly gratified with ‘the statement
of the physicians when the opera
tion was concluded. J. R. McKee
arrived at Loon Lake at noon to-day.
He came through froth Boston and was
furnished with a special engine and
car from Malone. Mrs. McKee and her
children met him at Loon Lake station.
Tlie Choice of a. A. R. Han.
Washington, Sept. 19.—The de
partment of the Potomac of the Grand
Army of the Republic has unanimous
ly decided to present the name of
Oapt. J. M. Pipes, Past Department
Commander, to the National encamp
ment for the office of Senior Vice
Commander in Chief and that of D. A.
Grosvenor for member of the Council
of Administration. Capt. Pipes’ selec
tion is almost equivalent to his elec
tion, as courtesy gives the office to the
department in which the encampment
is held.
Bteonml From ths Wrack.
Makshautow.v, Iowa, Sept. 19.—
The last of the- four bodies
buried under the ruins of yester
day's collision on the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad, was recovered
this morning. The dead are John Ash
ton and Tom Howes, engineers;
William Linesbaugh, fireman, and W.
B. Carlin, a stockman of Powell, Mich.
All have families. Trains are running
to-day. _
Advising Removal ot Ratios.
Toronto, Ont., Sept. 19.— At the
Dominion Trade and Labor congress a
resolution has been introduced favor
ing the removal of all the duties levied
on products of industry, either im
ported or manufactured in the coun
try, excepting such as are levied with
a view to restricting its use.
Troops to Qntot the Choctaws.
Washington, Sept. 19.—The war de
partment has instructed Gen. Miles of
the department of the Missouri to send
troops to McAlister, I. T., to be ready
in case of an uprising of the Choctaws.
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Both the method and reeulta wbea
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and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
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tem effectually, diapela colda, head*
aches and fevers and cure* habitual
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ceptable to the etomaoh, prompt in
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effects, prepared only from the moat
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Ita many excellent qualitiea com* ' ^
mend it to all and have made It
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ing a severe cold. Listen to it. "In
the Spring of 1888, through ex
posure I contracted a very severe
cold that settled on my lungs. This
was accompanied by excessive night
sweats. One bottle of Boschce’s
German Syrup broke up the cold,
night sweats, and all and left me
in a good, healthy condition. I can
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Ky doctor M7I It act* gently on the ■tornnefc, Uje*
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as cosily as tea. It Is called
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