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VOLUME XXVI -NUMBER 19.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21, 1895.
WHOLE NUMBER 1319.
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OUT OF FASHION.
-ERTBODT HAS
' gone out of town
.for . the season."
-Mrs. Townsend sud
denly remarked- at
the -breakfast table.
ob mo rainy- "The
Drurys left " lor
Lake George yester
day, the Tennants
are to spend the
summer at Petos-
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- lcey and even the
; Stantons have, managed to rig them-.
selves our. and have" gone on a jaunt.
. One might as well be out of the -world
. as'flut-otf. fashion.7 . T .
"- Mr." Tewnsend thoughtfully helped
himself. to:fried potatoes, and observed
- that he would have to invest In a sum-
mec-hat: ." -
:- "Now see here, John." said Mrs.
-Townsend.' sitting bolt Upright in her
chair and emphasizing- her remarks
- with, a -pudgy forefinger, "those-Stan-
tpnjr haven't any "more of this world's,
. - goods .than we have, yet 'off they go.
: .with" -a reat Sourish to spend a month
-. at.Beechside.''.
"I don't see where you'd find a pleas--."anter-"place
than this,. in which to pass
.- .the-summer." Mr. Townsehd mildly ,re
'.5m"ohstrated..""besides Tm a "little short.
. Just '-now, there's "that note to meet in
.. July" .-"-
'"Of co.urse -you can't understand why
-.; I-want io go being a man" said Mrs.
"'"Townsend. wir,hrihgy. -"but I simply
- can't siaaii the airs .of those Stantons.
.- - Jt heed" not cost-very, much we- might
--.."go'tnto the country."
.. - "I'll" se." "said Mr. Townsend, non
" committal, as usual.
. '. Tfte .month of. July went out with a
-.sudden rise of the thermometer, and a
. general exodus . of townspeople took
.. place. -" " '.
- --. -Mrs: Townsend, after a careful pe-
-. .rusar-of alluring advertisements, set
. tied -on "Silver Creek" as the place most
Ifitely trji meet her expectations,
"Best-, of
table board at moderate
.'.rites: nne fishing, boating and bathing:
t free transportation to and from traln3."
"I-Mr-: "Townsend "agreed to "run down"
KanspafEifl
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.. for Sundays, and Mrs. T.. with dire j shall enjoy a good book and my ham
- " nIsgiv.ngs," handed her . keys over to ! mock on -the vine-shaded veranda, after
".-the."help"- th'at-.'had promised to keep" my morning work is done. How I shall
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.SSSggf J& mr. Zmr?mW, t feet of
-SKRS8S3' &p&''32mhp mr pre.per.
mf'Z&?$r-: J'Zr:J&&sv &Jr?V&;$ith '? yL. ceiv.er.
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'"THEY'RE JIAKDT A
thevSomesti(J .machinery golps until her
"return. "'.""" '
bs'ot" ebtfrely sanguine, yet.' hopeful.
withal.- Mrs. Townsend pocketed her
.."baysa-ze check and stepp'ed aboard .tlie
' -train, that was to bear her to her desti
" nation." After a long journey, with ths
. -'usual' miseries attendant upon" a" trip
with, "the thermometer at 90 degrees, she
"fjiynd herself. "Sidetracked in a wheat--:
fl.eld'.' to use her own expression an
. gbject-of great interest to a tow-beaded
' "youth. and- a. raw-boned cart horse. .
;' "U-m-'yoU tell me how I can get to
" Mr. Tucket's house?" she ventured to"
' ,'inauirg ti.f the former.
- - f Reckon T kin. if yeoube the Mis
-Townsen' what's coming t-board;'
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' -retained. This being confirmed. " he
" brought the
- rawborred nag alongside
fh nln tfnrm
i. shitted tne various ojgs
"" u S"T- - " fT T-n I
hea-ped -to -majve room for Mrs. Town-
"-.sand's smart -trunk.. and" cordially In-!
"-'.V4ted .that"Jady to -Jump aboard-."
"Square ".Tucker couldn't came- his-
"self.- 'cause they're makin a new hog
7penTt'day.- "he-explained, as he cracked
the-wlUp orer th nag's lean flanks. The
wbeer?--of the lumbering vehicle, turxi-'-lng..
clumsily In. tile deep --sand of 'the
l road-. sent up suffocating clouds of dust;
. the sun -peat -pitilessly upon their un
"" protected" heads. -.
""How .far Is.it'..to Square-Tucker's?"
"in'iiuired.'Mrs. Townsend. ' "
.;. ""Qh.. a matter o sjx: taiies." he of the
tow-head responded, cheerfully.
::. Mrs. Townsend's hearr fainted within
- her.- .- .' - ' . '
;. - At a 'turn jo'I the road the wagon
-rumbled "over- a rustic bridge, beneath
". "wjilch" a shallow stream meandered, j
scarcely--wetting tne sun-Uru:a stones.
Thar .thar's Sliver Creek." said the
- boy. pointing "with his "whip over his
.Shoulder." TQther -bend ain't morn
naif" a mile from Squire's.
"Wishing "and boating male easy."
.inunn'ured Mrs. Townsend. with grim
. humor.. Xo danger of drowning.there."
"Fishin did you shy. Mann? There's
-ple'n-ty o'.fish to be goceout o' that.thar
"-creek in tir spring o th year. "Wouldn't
.-"think it "would yeou?" ".
" - """""But wb-y should Mr. Tucker "adver-
.tis fishing w-hen the "season is over?"
.queried Mrs. Townsend. - "Oh. that thar
idyejmsemHt.. Mann, ,was .one . th
Squire "coptejl out'n'an old noospaper.
" I beam him say as how it read'purty
-welL'an he". thought f would do."- .
- . Mrs, "-Towiisen"d. tired.- hungry and
a'ast-Iaden as., she was, gave vent to
.. hysterical mirth, .but managed to re
.strain herse.lf -as with,"-a lusty "Wboal"
- the" young Jehu brought the -turnout to
a standstill, .before the farm house.
- The changp from the glaring -sunlight
to .the comparative coolness of -the farm
"house sitting roVm. was most welcome.
and -tHe ".kindly greeting of Xiie. Squire
: and his good wife left nothing to be de
."jfctd; ."-.
But-Juse'd "as she. was to .a -well" ap
"" pointed modern dwelling- the sparsely
furnished rooms" seemed to Mrs: Town
send "uncomtortable and cheerless.
Art "the tea -table Mrs. Townsend was
informed that, "t'other lady boarder had .
-a. headache.' and woud not be down
that'evenla"?;.
TJiey met'at breaktast. however, and
. when Mrs. Russel which was the other
boarder's name had showed Mrs
'TpWBsead. a bra.nd new crochet stitch.
Even
chetlng will pall on one, however, and
having neglected to lay in a supply of
readier matter, the -two iadies yawned
the afternoon away.
"You've no doubt heard the expres
sion Hen miles from a lemon.' " said Mrs.
'Russel as they sat on the front "stoop"
the radiance of the moonlight all about
them,. tile mirderous hum of blood
thirsty mosquitoes filling the air. "In
my case it is 'ten miles from a soda
fountain. What "wouldn't i give for an
I ice cold draught this minute.
I wonder why all farm, houses have
Brussels carpet and hair cloth furni
ture in the parlor?" queried Mrs. Town
send, irrelevantly.
, "And green paper shades-," .Mrs. Rusi
sel supplemented.
"Do you think they'll have salt pork
fbr breakfast again V Mrs. T. asked,
anxiously. .
"Sure to. I've been hre. two. weeks.
and they've only skipped, two morn
ings." It was even sor salt pork seemed to
be a staple article, at Squire Tuckers,
J and as for- berries, fresh vegetables.
etc.. they- were. only to be obtained at
tne corners and were rrequentry.tne
reverse of fresh. " . .
"Why don't you have -a garden?
asked -Mrs. Townsend. "I thought all
farmers raised small fruits and vege
tables." a "Well, I ain't much of a hand to put
ter witii a garden," the Squire made re
ply. There ain't a farm riigh that yields
better crops of grain th'n " mine,
though,: he proudly added.
.Mrs. T. thought regretfully of the
appetizing salads she was wont to pre
pare for luncheon".
At the end of the week Mrs. Russel
received a summons .home. and-after
tossing sjeeplessly through a hot mos
quito haunted night. Mrs." Townsend
came to the conclusion that there were
other things as desirable as "being In,
fashion."
t So the .raw-boned nag hauled two"
trunks to the "station in the morning,
instead of one.
""There's no p'lace like home.' "said
'Mrs. Townsend to Mrs. Russel. "It
must- be true that "familiarity breed3
'contempt, else people would realize the
truth of that .saying and find" rest and
' recreation in their own homes. .How I-
N'EW HOG PEN TDAY."
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the band is playing." -
.-Me to.j." said Mrs. Russel. enthu- '
siassically. if not grammatically.. ; f
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! CITv AT BOTTOM OF -THE SEA.
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Thi Kiiin of a Laixe Town DiM-o.T.ered ,
m the .iirutir. i
The city authorities at Rovigno; on
the peninsula of Istria.-in the-Adriatic
Sea. have discovered, a little- south of
the peninsula, the ruins of a large town
at the bottom of the sea. It had been
observed for years that fishermen's
nets were sometimes entangled in what
appeared to be masses of masonry, of
which frasments were brousrht nn from
rKe sea Wd' Then a divei declared
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tl"at he ha;1 s11 walls a"d streets be-
Iow be water, and so the authorities
;"of Kovigno decided to investigate. They
scnt down a diver, who, at the depth
of eighty feet, found himself surround
ed at the bottom of the sea by ruined
4 walls. Contiuing his explorations, he
traced the line of walls, and was able
to distinguish how the streets were laid
out. He did not see 'any doors or win
dows, for they were hidden by masses
of." seaweed and incrustations. He
traced the masonry for a distance of a
hundred feet and there he had to stop,
for his diving cord did not permit him
to go further. He had proved "beyond
a doubt that he had found the ruins
of
a once inhabited 'town which.
through some catastrophe, had been
covered by the sea. It is probable that
these are the ruins of the lost town of
Cissa, upon the island of that name
mentioned by. Pliny the elder.
Tt All Drprada.
Charlie Knickerbocker Where art
you going all dressed up in your best
Sunday clothes?
Dudely Canesucker rl am going to '
call on old Goldbug and ask him for the
hand of his daughter in marriage..
"For the hand of which one?"
"That all depends on old Goldbug
himself. If I find him in good humor
I will propose to take the youngest, and
if..he is disposed to be surly 111 have tc
be satisfied with the eldest daughter,
who has a hump and one eye." Texas
Sittings, . "
Wide Awtkt An Sicht.
2few Burglar Oh, say! - Dere's a
I peach of a house to loot. .
Ord Cracksman Humph! Dat's all
you 'know about de biz.
"Huh?.
Wy d"eys twins in dat house cuttin
teef.r . " .
Tou can always pick -out the max.
who tries to renovate the morals of the
entire community. He. never has the
time to attend to the wicked leaks is
his own reef. JBii
METEE CANNOT HE.
A NtCKEL-lfc-THE SLOT AFFAIR
NOW IN USB. '
A3 turned ob by
the nickel - in - the
alot system is an
innovation fron
England that has.
been adopted by
fhe Consolidated
Gas Company, o f
New York City,
and the "prepayr
ment meter,", so-
called, may in time
succeed the present method, of meas -
urins; gas 'as consumed in. small house
holds. In London a dozen rival ma
chines are in vogue". The most popular
ones are the "penny slots.' A coin ot
this value is dropped into a small open
fng and gaslight is furnished" for an
hour or so. . This class of meter is very
popular among the' poorer people,
man y' of whom use gas only on. state
occasions.- The penny gas "machines
are also very popular "with single gen
tlemen of limited means, who live in
lodgings, says New York World:. The
prepayment meters introduced" in. New.
.York are not of the penny pattern. A
silver 'quarter "is the. coin "required to
release the illuminating " fluid. The
mechanism -is simple, yet delicate. Th
size of the coin, not its weight, is what
releases -the machinery. For twenty-flve'-cents
200 feet of gas -is "secured,
which is-at the regular rate of $1.25 per
1.000. The gas need .not be used "con
tinuously. A special indicator on the
face of the dial." which is supposed to ,
show how much gas goes through the
meter, moves out to the 200-foot mark
as soon as the coin is deposited." As the"
gas is used, this indicator returns to
the zero point. Meters of this class are"
placed in the consumer's room or flat.
.so .that the "number ot feet- still to
be burned- may be seen at a glance at
the diaL The machine is so arranged
that two, three or four quarters may be
placed in .the. slot, and thus 400, 600 or
1,000 'feet of- gas purchased. The. meter
.will register and give credit- for 200
gas every time a coin of the
dimension is placed in the re-
Treasurer Doane, of the gas company,
that the prepayment" meter
Will hdjiniTia fid nsk.t,1.,. I.. !, . (omm
.cities of America as.it is London, es
pecially among the people with whom
i gaslight is a luxury. Take a family
of hard working people, in which there
are young ladies who have company on
Sunday. Candles or kerosene are all
right during the. week days, but gas
light on such an occasion is necessary
to "give the house a tone." xAs 25 "cents
Will Hffhf Ha Tliirlnf fni envar av-an-
ings it will readily be seen that.meters 1
will find their way into- thousands of
I households which, under the prevail
ing system of making a deposit, and
meeting a monthly bill, would never
have use for them.
Many people believe "that the eve'ry-
i.f9tnn..hhM.i.'hAiMK .,.!
a- r,n TMrf -,.i -. t.- -.i.
or not Thh could not happen with
tka .,,.. ... .u- .'.i .
tne new quarter-in-the-slot meter, as
I,. .,;i- .- .-.,-t 1 x.
the consumption is hourly under- the
consumer's eye. -"
Wr TW.no M t' tM ". ..
-.. vw ,.u&v ic-iuiici
that the matter of the value of the
com to oe usen in :sew iork wa3
seriously considered' for several months
before the quarter was adopted. The
cost of collection, as the meters must '
? visited at stated- intervals by' em-!
ployes of the company, is as. great for
nickels or .dimes as for quarters, .and
tilJs one -act determined the question.
Should there appear in the future a de-
mana for a smaller. system of payment.
.there are a number of meters- in the '
marltpf: tn ihna frnm "I
Less than 300 of the slot meters are J
in use ia the city at present, owing to j
the fact that no" special effort has been
made to push them. They have proved I
so satisfactory, however, both- to con- '
sumer and producer that their general
use by all small concerns, will be urged i
in the future, .but not insisted upan.
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A i
quarter will illuminate an ordinary
four-room and kitchen flat for one
week. "-.
BEES" AT ASCOT-
Tay Xade Tfalnx Lively at the
Trsrk for a. While. .
Bjr-
A. curious iacident occurred at Ascot. ':
While a large number of plessan.
luncheon parties were enjoying the de
lights, of an open-air repast in the gar
dens behind the grand stand a great
swarm of bees -settled down on the
' ampsts-arnnnH a t.ihl In a rnimor uv4
London Telegraph. ".They "buzzed and
buzzed, everywhere. Ladies had bees in
their bonnets and gentlemen found
their hats turned into striking like
nesses of "Catch-'em-alive-oh'i" Some
of the swarm settled on the cold sal
mon, and other members of it tumbled
into .the. champagne cup. In fact, the
bees created the greatest consternation
among' the ladies and . gentlemen in
that portion of the grounds. They were
gradually drawn off the luncheon party
by a gentleman, to whom occurred the
happy idea of treating them to a little
music on a metal tray -under a tree.
After the tapping or. tinkling on the
article had continued for two or three
moments the queen bee settled On the
branches above to listen to it. and was
at once followed-by all the swarm. It
was an extraordinary sight to see hun
dreds of the insects hanging like great
black and gold clusters' on the' tree
while the tinklink-continued. It ceased
with the -luncheon, and the bees did no
more harm. In the earlier part of the
performance a lady was pretty severely
stung.
Sstatteetartbr
Father What -fas your mother talk
Ins abont n while ago?
San I don'i know.
Father Why, yon sat and heard it
lit
San- Yes, but she wan talking to the
baby.
The man who thinks the world owes
' him a living and will call around and
KnntslsfT
A CMs Im Yfca mm aad tk
btel tdk T Wfca. T XNtfi
ssteteeCSoa WlMmrf CnA
HE SAW SNAKES.
tlrs
A good story i tsld abeat Major Bar
tew of Georgia. - This" gentleman's ex
citing war reminiscences, together with
his ability to absorb theproduct at thfl
"still', without apparent injury to his
constitution or impediment to his loco
motion, earned him fame and great
prestige among the convivial spirits In
his native town. The major, while sup
erintending the cultivation of his to
bacco crop, one day found six pretty
round eggs, and so greatly pleased was
he at their beautiful appearance that
he picked them up.and.carefullr wrap
ping them .in-his handkerchief stowed
them away in his pocket; intending to
take them home as playthings" for. his.
grandchildren. .
. He forgot all about them, however,
and indeed for several days thereafter
the eggs remained undisturbed In ths
1 meanwhile, assisted by the warmth of
the surroundings,- nature had. wrought
a change the eggs were no longer,
eggs," -but so many animate creatures
destined to give the unconscious owner
of their birthplace such a shock as he
had never experienced .since the hour of
his first battle. .It- happened thus: One
evening the major was entertaining a
group of his a'dmiring friends with a
most, exciting chapter from his" experi
ence on the tented field, when in the
course of hi3 narative he paused, drew
out hia 'kerchief to wipe his face, an'd
lo! six very lively little" snakes wiggled
down-' the front of his waistcoat and
onto -the table at which he sat ' The
major's face was a study for" the cam-,
era; his eyes bulged ouftill they ap
peared "twice" their natural size,, his
mouth, became a cavern, and his com:
nlexion' changed from a" britik red to a
leaden hue. He remained tranfixed for
the space of twenty seconds, then with J
a yell "that could be-heard half ovjer.the
village he fled out into the night
.Rumor has' it that he signed -the
pledge .before morning, but the rumor
has no. foundation in fact. .
A COLORED -ARISTOCRACV.
Negroes Prepariag to. Eatabllah
a CMta
Line la Alabama.
The ex-slaves of Alabama are prepar
ing to organize an association to which
none of the late-day. negroes will be ad
mitted. After the association has been
organized it is intended to have state
associations, and then take in all the
old-time negroes of- the slaverholding
states." .
And why not. pray?. These ex-slaves
-"belonged" to the best families- of the
south, and they base their -claims to.
social superiority upon their aristo
cratic connections before the war. "In
good breeding and -imposing -bearing
it would he hard to find their equals
I. among the best educated of .what they
sometimes condescendingly "call "the
late-day" negroes.". Mny of them enjoyed-
social advantages' of the highest
order. The old house servants had con
stantly before the"ir eyes some of the.
?? tyvfs- of ,adief ,an5 ntlemen to
manners of their masters and mis
tresses, imitated their style of conversa
tion, and insensibly .modeled them-
. selves in all particulars after the fine
(.examples before them. Many. years at
I freedom have not Impaired their "good
breeding nor their pride in the social -
school in which they were brought up.
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They feel that theybelong to a socially
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distinguished class, that they .have a
1 - - - .. .. : . . . .
i.past worth -herMlns and preserving.
, aPd that haVe a riSht to ' ex-
rtliiairo TATh.T- cV.r.nM 'fliAtr r A.,M3
viuom.. UJ CUUU1U CAiXZJ UUU LUUUU tA
society .of their own, 'based on their
social traditions? Possibly, -if they
.were to investigate the subject closely
they would be-able to discover many
deeds of merit and courage performed
by their ancestors in colonial and revo
lutionary times which would entitle.
them to form revolutionary and -colon-
l.ial societies. At present they onlypro-
pose to go back to- the general period in
time designated by the phrase "before
the War." . The colonial and revolution-
ary Pfdisree mav;.and Probably
will
rtlllrinij Wnter Power. .
The street cars" of Sacramento City in
' California are now run by electricity
generated by the falls of the' American
river at -rolsom .twenty-four miles
. t
away. The river has been dammed.
creating a reservoir three m-iles long
with a flow of S5.000 cubic feet a min
ute. After turning the turbine wheels
at" the dam. the water is not allowed "t,o
escape further service, but is used for
irrigation." Sacramento City exnecti
soon to be lighted and warmed by the
fiver. ." ..
CURRENT FASHIONS.
Wide box-plaited and deeply kilted
skirts are coming in. .
Soft sheer mull and Persian Iawn'are
among the" most popular of summer
fabrics.
A conspicuous feature of millinery Is'
the immense display of abnormally
wide ribbons.
Queen .Marguerite will never wear tHe
same gloves or stockings twice, and all
her gowns are made In Paris.
Parisians are now wearing redingote
gowns, opening over tablier fronts, in.
imitation of those worn -in the- Marie
Antoinette period.
Cheek pads for Improving the contour
ot 'the face cost $30 a pair in London.
They are made of coraHite and have to
be molded with great care.
Handsome English mohairs have been
greatly used In" the formation of styl
ish, durable and ladylike traveling cos
tumes for journeys by .land and sea.
Melton cloth .of the-finest" quality is
used "by the fashionable tailors instead
.of covert suitings for .costumes and
jackets for-cool days at the seaside or in
the mountains.
Capes to match the gown are a fea
ture of some of the new cctstumes. es
pecially those for traveling, when the
cape is made with a large, serviceable
hood, lined with .fancy taffeta silk.
Shirts made of soft sateen, in various
Paisley patterns, bid fair to outrival
most of the other desig? this season,
and are prettily finished at the throat
with: a turn-down-collar and two studs.
A wise dressmaker tells ber cus
tomers that what they wear is-of little
importance compared to the way they
wear it. A washerwoman's frock and
a regal air make "a much finer combina
tion that a regal frock and a washer
woman's air.
Bodices just now are being worn full,
of all kinds of light "materials, gathered
over close-fitting foundations of colored
silks, which gleam through, giving
that Iridescent appearance so preva
lent tarongn this
SULTAFS HOLY WELL
THE HORRIBLE PLAGUE
AT MECCA-
SPOT
ft
AH Over the ClvH-
U Xw the" Scat of
a Fi
ttl
raaatfeal Cera-
F CHOLERA ap
pears in this coun
try within the pres
ent year, or, in
fact. In any portion
of Europe, the civ-,
ilized world will
have tne Sultan of
Turkey to thank
for the scourge.
The Holy Well of
' " " - Zem - Zem, in Mec
ca, Js the fountain-head of cholera.
From, this Tile, polluted well come the
germs which the .pilgrims and' relig
ions fanatics carry away with them and
spread uver the eartlL The powers of
Europe have demanded that the bar
barian, monarch of- Turkey put an end
to these religious pilgrimages, and
cleanse the aged well of Zem-Zem. But
the mere suggestion of this very rea
sonable sanitary .measure has 'raised
such a howl from the holy men and
prophets, of Mahomet,- who conduct ths
pilgrimages and preserve all the tradL-
f tions- and filth of the holy well, that
the Sultan dares not interfere with
them. It was here at Mecca-that the-
holy" -men wrought up' the pilgrims to J
such a- nitch of relizimis- frenzv that
they attacked and killed the foreign
consuls. And the first move towards
purifying the'ancient well is expected to
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result in the massacre of every foreign
resident..' ' . ' .
In' view of these things, the possi
bility of another outbreak of" cholera,
whether it comes this summer or next,
threatens the entire civilized world.
Mecca is a busy city near the Red
Sea; and a .npt inconsiderable -percentage
of the traffic of "the world brushes
past it. Fleets from all nations pass
through the Suez", canal. Hardly a
more terrible place could have been
found for the seeds of disease to ripen.
The danger is particularly great, be
cause on June 4 the pilgrims who wor-
shiD Mahomet began to pour in. Mad- J
dened by religious enthusiasm, by fanat
ical hopes., they sought, regardless of
law -and regulation, to kiss the sacred
black stone that lies in the fcaaba. For'
eleven days "they remained in the city.
Cholera has spread from Mecca "before,
but not seriously, and not sufficiently to
"occasion any alarm. This has been be- j
cause, when the pilgrims- have arrived
at Mecca" hitherto, the "city has been
quite free from disease." But Mecca is
now in the throes of cholera. As the-
number of pilgrims this year will not.be
far from 160,000, the possibilities of its
spread are terrifying.
On Jane 15 the pilgrims began to
scatter to" India, to. Africa, to Persia
and ta every province o't Turkey. Many
of them will return home in transports,
herded together tike swine. These
transports, "owned in the main by kings
of." commerce who expect a fat interest
rate, will, as soon as they have de
livered their human freight, slip away
to other ports in search of fresh car
goes. In this the great danger lies.
There is no reason to believe that the.
transports will- be properly fnmigated.
Nor, save in a single instance, have
preparations been made for a proper
quarantine at the ports in. which the
travel-stained and dirty Mussulmans
will arrive.
That single instance is Algeria, on
the boundaries of which all precautions
are being taken for stamping out the
disease and for preventing its coming.
The French colonial government in
Algeria has been diligently examining
pilgrims, and has- allowed only those
to embark who have been given cer
tificates, and each pilgrim, who started
was obliged to deposit with the author
ities 1,000 francs as a guarantee fund, to
be used for the support of his family
in case anything should happen to him.'
The effect of the measure 'is shown in
the fact that only 209 Algerian Mussul
mans have started on the present pil
grimage, "as against fully five times
that number in-1893.
But French Algeria, unfortunately,
is only an Infinitesimal Hnk in the
great pilgrimage. Among the hordes
ef adorers of the shrine of Mahomet
there is no law ot quarantine prevail
ing, no sanitary measures have been
theaght of. .That the menace is not i
exaggerated can be seen from the '. -
spread of cholera in Mecca in 1S92. '
Cholera did not exist ther that year
before the pilgrims arrived. This I
however, -before even a single
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frightfuf extent. Bat; aevertleleaa. in
1833," the estimated mortality, was 49.-
000. out of a total 'of 100,00- this aum-f
ber not including those who died
aboard the transport ships or in thI
caravans on the march. The total mor
tality will never be told.
To the Mahometan all this danger is
as nothing. If he succeeds in arriving
at Mecca and kissing the stone that to
him is the center of the. world, he be
comes a Hadgi. and is hailed by those
who have not had his good fortune as
a most upright, a most holy, a most
distinguished man. If he dies. It mat
ters not. He has done his duty to Ma
homet, and'hhs future is secured. De
spite the rapid Christianizing of the
Ottoman Empire and the spread of. Eu
ropean civilization from the East, quite
as many prostrate themselves before
Mahomet's grave as did half 'a century
ago.
A clever French statistician has es
timated that-the average mortality in
a pilgrimage is 20 per cent, even" when
there is aq "plague. When cholera
strikes, the death average rises, to fully
50 per cent. Little news of these hor
rors leaks out to. the civilized world,
for the reason that few Europeans pen
etrate into Mecca at these times.. Only
.three Frenchmen, five Englishmen and
one Italian have made the trip. . The
Frenchmen" were Charles Hubert. Leon
Roche and Coutellemone. Hubert was
assassinated within the -gates ot Mecca.
The Englishmen were Joseph Pitts, of
Exeter, who saw the ceremony in, 1G78;
Burckhardt. the Oriental traveler, who
witnessed it in 1S14: Richard Burton.
of 'the Bombay army, in 1S53; Dr. Bick-
j.nvl! in 18-" ami Keane, a steamship of-
ncer.in 1SS0.
The. Italian made ."his
trip in loOil.
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The reason so few have seen these
ceremonies is that it is ne.cessary to
visit them. in the most absolute dis
guise,, no unbeliever being permitted
within the sacred- boundaries, and the
man who goes within at these, times
takes his life in his hands, for the in
fidel discovered -at Mecca, during the
sacred "days is killed without hesita
tion. NOBLEMEN FOR OFFICERS.
A Carton Rale in the lirrnun Army
Whirh Seem tn Seenre (Mirer.
"According to the Iat.est "almanach"
of the German army, which has just
appeared, there." seems to be little
chance,. for anyone not of noble .birth to
attain any but a low ranking in that
vast fighting machine. There axe sixty
sixgenerals.in the infantry.tavalry and
artillery;" and there are but two who
do not belong to the nobility. These I
two. however, -are what in England I
would be classed as "gentry," "and are
not of common orign by any means. I
Among the 75 lieutenant-generals there j
are but 13 of bourgeois extraction. Of '
major-generals there are 140, and all '
of the .224 colonels have a right to wear.(
titles. It will be seen from this that I
the higher' commands of the German!
army remain in the hands of. the aris
tocracy, which is strictly in keeping
with the theory that only those who
have been accustomed for generations
to rule over their fellow-men, by right
of birth, are fit for military command.
There are 49 regiments in the German
army, where all the officers without ex
ception are members of the nobility,
and there are 21" othernegimeftts whose
rigid rule it is never to admit an officer
below the grade of sous-lieutenant, who
lis not of noble birth.
A Fine Example.
.The West Point mili.tary college has
set a splendid example for other col
leges in sentencing Cadet Wallace B.
Scales to two years of punishment in I"
hazing Cadet Roberts, a "plcbe." until
the latter -fainted. "Unfortunately the
law does not allow college faculties to
impose a sentence ot punishment, tech
nically speaking, upon refractory stu
dents, except in such institutions as
those at West: Point and Annapolis; but
it lies within the power ot colleges of
all kinds to expel students for hazing.
If every college in the land would take
a firm stand in this matter and adhere
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before hazing would be an institution
of the past in this country. Troy
Press. .
ShielfU of ilk.
It appears that the comparatively few
losses to the Japanese troops in the
Manchurian engagements in .the recent
war with China were - not altogether
due to the. bad marksmanship of the
Chinese. As a means of protection
against - the cold the Japanese wore a
quantity of floss silk under tht.ir outer
clothing, and this acted more or less
as a bullet-proof shield.-
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EATING ANTI-CAM B LING -LAW.
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For Beat n thousand fertile
have been basy at work attempting t
dev-iKc ways and -means to get aronI
the ISilJiaUon law. says an Indianapctia
paper. Many saloon-keepers aad pa
trons of saloons have lain awake nights
fguring on how to dodge this law. A
saloon-keeper in Delphi claims to have
discovered a way of getting around one
of the rough corners. It. will be re
called that the law provides, among
other things, that no games of chance
shall be permitted in a saloon, which
means that dice boxes and other similar
devices have to go. .The dice bex was
a great feature of the" trade, and how
to supply the deficiency aad not violats
the law was one of the qiiestions that
vexed the saloon-keeper. .Flies and
loaf sugar are all that is necessary to
carry out the scheme of the Delphi man,
and the dispensers of liquor in this
city have provided themselves -accordingly.
The plan of operating is as fol-
lows: Say two men enter a saloon foe
the purpose of regaling themselves and
desire to decide with the- "house"
which ot th'e three .shall "set em
up." Three lumps of sugar ;are
produced, from behind -the bar
.and a- lump placed in front of the
saloon-keeper and each ot the others.
The. fellow's lump upon which .a fly
"lights first decides thax he is to pay for
the drinks. The saloon men claim that
this -is not a game of chance in the
strict sense of -the word, and that the
fly is the guilty party. They allege that
they simply put the the sugar and the
fly does the rest. Heretofore all saioon3
Lha.vc kePc un scresn doors and windows
for tne purpose ot Keeping out nies.
They will be taken down now. and the
festive fly will be made welcome. The
more flies the more rapidly, will busi
ness go.
One saloon-keeper in town has been
detected in. attempting to "cold deck"
"his customers. He has-one loaf of sugar
that he sets for himself touched with
turpentine,. the others being pure. The
fly. will never light on turpentined
sugar, and he had a sure thing. In the
winter time, when the flies "have dis
appeared, "the cockroach wjll take his.
place. Heretofore the cockFoach has
been the bane of the average saloon
keeper's" life. Henceforth every en
couragement will be given them to pro
. duce and multiply. The saloon-keep-'
ers- are now figuring on educating ilres
' and cockroaches.
Inehe of York on . Vrii-..
Divided skirts and bloomers have
'been dignified by the name of "ration-
als" in England, whre the. bicycle
craze seems to be raging no as fiercely
as it does here. The question of cos
tume has cajised more commo.tioii there
than in this country, for it -tras even
brought to the notice of parliament,
where the commissioner rtf public
work3 was interrogate'. .13 to the Tule3
concerning bicycling in Hyde Park.
Vo srwi-ial rules were maib. however.
hedausk the women who rj,!e finiI a skirt
fhc th hInnmpr, r nrvon.
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iCUW -nAUiSUa V!- UiW-. (-.- V. IAA
cyclists is the Princess Maud of Wales.
She is devoted to the exercise, and often
is seen out early in the mornia: mer
rily taking a spin. The Duchess of Fife
has taken'up the fad and it is whis
pered that the Duchess of York wilj be
won over before long.
Tlinroirsh'r t'p tn '!:: .
-Jinks-No use workin-: mys!j to
death. any longer. I'm going to become
a Wall street operator.-
Winks WelI. I'll sell you. my scat in
the" Stock -Exchange for. ten thousamj
dollars.
Jinks Huh! I can get a seat in Con-.
gresa for half that.
NEWSY TRIFt.ES.
The Manitoba what nvi has been
increased by 130.0W acre; this year.
French soldiers having f late i''ii
up singing while route marcring. 'J-n.
Poilloue de Saint-Mars, who commands
the Twelfth array corps, has endeav
ored to revive the practice of enliven
in? long roads, by vocal music
The returns of the Established (f'res
I.yterian) Church ot Scotland sits iTi.-
- ine numwr OL """'aiunican--. an
increase in the past year-of 7.IM3. The
coirtributions show an advance bf
Z,0M the. total amount raiied being
C-JK.'-jO. " " " .
. The true origin and meaning tof the
expression O. .K.-13 said, to be as fol
lows: More than a century ao the"
best tobacco and best rum came from
Aux Cayes (pronounced O K). arid the
best of anything was designated" as
Aux Cayes. or O. K.
The temple of Karnack Id described
by Fergusson as the noblest effort of
architectural magnificence ever pro
duced by the hand of man. It covers
twice the- area of St. Peter's at Rome
I and undoubtedly is one of the linest
buildings in the world.
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