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COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 13, 1896.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,470.
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Santiago Given Twenty-Four Hours
Wore in Which to Capitulate.
TO CONFER WITH MADRID.
llairn Borrn.i a Taiacraph: Oaccmtar
raai th Aairim iraj to TUk
Wbk m Svytttan If SaatJaca
EsUi Oat Saa pan
rtafwr WHI C-Op(ntt
hi atoeaeiae; Clay.
WASHrsoTos. July 9. The War de-
has posted tae foUowiaf
Gassy Hear Santiago. July 7 Per
fect gwet to-day. At the request of
Spanish gwneral es"tpioyes of English
eabe company were sent in to him to
telf -jfcS hi forriBnt as to sar-
3fec in food spirits and are maWiwy
taeatselvea more secure every hoar.
Gonads are much less danyerows than
similar wounds made by caliber 43.
AaKmg- the large number wounded
there are few amputations. Perhaps
ten will cover it.
Gaceral health of command L good.
Oae hundred and fifty cases of fever,
which will run their course in four or
five days, but none serious. I am feel
ing szaeh better Shaftcr. Maior Gen
eral. With aHArntn' Ah-st. July 7 The
armistice has been extended till noon
Saturday in order to allow General
Lsaarea to communicate with Captain
"General Blanco and with -Madrid.
"Geaeral Linarefc informed General
Shafter that he had no telagraph op
erator and oae was ant into the eity
accompanied by the British consul.
F Samsden under the British nag
l"ot a shot has haen fired recently on
either side, but wcrfc is poshed on the
batteries and entrenchments. Our po
sition has been greatly strengthened
during' the last forty -eight hours, the
Asiertaen lines? advancing to within
400 yard." of the enemy and our hill
side batteries, overlook and command
the city
General Lawtou's division adraneed
5") yards, to the great surprise of the
enemj"
The dynamite gun of Colonel Wood's
"Rough E'ders.- in charyeof Sergeant
Haliett Aisop Borrow, has been
beautifully placed, hidden in a snug
pit.
The streams have been bridged over.
allowing the transportation of heaTy
artillery with facility and the roads
hare been greatly improved. The
general health of the soldiers is good.
The armistice is affording a long
Heeded rest for our men and they are
ow ia good shape to resume nghting
General Linares is evidently weak
ening, and the mediation of the bishop
cf Santiago and the consular com
panies may persuade him to surrender.
In case hostilities are resumed, the
plan of aaesult is for Hear Admiral
Sampson to bombard the forts at the
mouth of the harbor, driving- the men
away frees the guns, and then land a
thousand men and occupy the forts,
while men. with grappling irons, go in
and countermine the harbor
The fleet will then eater and bom
bard the eity supporting the land
assault.
General Garcia, the insurgent com
mander. receiTed orders yesterday, no
to attack the Spaniards while the ne
gotiations are on foot.
The Spanish cruisers are still filled
with charred bodies and the buzzards
are holering about the wrecks. The
Cubans, by Sear Admiral Sampsons
orders, have buried the bodies of over
100 Spaniards, which were washed
ashore.
THEIR BRAVERY RECOGNIZED.
far Ha
a. W4 aal
Waswdtgto-"'. July 9. The President
to-day sent these nominations to the
Senate
War Vciunteer army Brigadier
generals of volunteers to be major gen
erals. EamGton S. Hawkins. Henry
W Lawton. Adna S. Chaffee. John C.
Bates.
To be brigadier general Colonel
Leonard Wood. First regiment United
Sta"e volunteer cavalry ("Rough
Kiders"); Lieutenant Coloael Chambers
XcKibbin. Twenty -Srt infantry
First regiment volunteer cavalry
.To be coJoneL Lieutenant Colonel
Theodore Eoosevelt. First regiment
TTniTed States volunteer cavalry.
All of these omcen were engaged is
( the fighting before Santiago. General
Hawkins is well known in the West.
"During much of his army life he has
been stationed at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan.
SHAFTER'S OFFICIAL LIST.
AH
o Pjlata. ar.. Est. July 7. In camp
"sear Santiago. July 6: Impossible so
far to get returns, but there has been
treated in hospital at Siboney 1.052
wovsded. and there are still 300 in
hospital here. Is Lawton's division
there are killed, fbvr officers and
seventy -four men: wounded, fourteen
sfiKcrs aad 317 men: misaimg. one mas.
In Kemt's diviaiaci Kffled twelve
cmesrs and eighty -seven t""" wound-
ad. thirty-six officers and 562
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In Bates' brigade Killed, four men:
:cec two omeers and twenty-six
:: missing five men.
Signal corps Killed, one mas:
wounded, one man.
General Wheeler's report sot vet re-
-Shafter
A REGIMENT FOR HAWAII.
TCS.
July 9. As a reiatt af
he eabimet mrrfrmy to-day, it was de
cided te suaamtcxi a regiment of trocmt
to Hoaoialm immediately, aad the
. at tke Fresco. Csu..
smtiaaaamwithto
evaHaaie
TO SAIL WITH SEALED ORDERS
"W-iemnrsrwr. July 8. After a
sion of the War board yesterday Sec
retary Long announced that he had
ordered Admiral Sampson o detach
from his own command immediately
the Teasels to he in Commodore Wat
son's Eastern squadron and to direct
the commodore to proceed on his mis
sion. The vessels of the squadron Trill not
be the same as those originally se
lected, for the reason probably that
the recent engagement with Cervera
squadron necessitated some changes.
The new Eastern squadron will consist
of the battleships Iowa and Oregon,
the protected cruiser Newark, and the
auxiliary cruisers (carrying side ar
mor) Dixie. Yankee and Yosemite, the
colliers Aberenda. Cassius. Caesar,
Leonid and Justin, and the supply
boat Drimonico.
The order prorides that each ship
to a marine rerdtsTuus. which wQI be
designated in sealed orders to present
its exposure to the slightest possible
danger from the enemy, and the most
that is known is that it will not be
long after that before the American
squadron will be in full pursuit of
Casaara and his remnant of the Span
ish nary. Meanwhile, the gathering
of the American fleet ofi the Spanish
ports is expected to have a sobering
effect upon the inflamed people.
The war department admitted for
the first time that two expeditions.
one on the Florida, and another on
the Fanita. had successfully proceeded
from Florida ports to points in Central
and Western Cuba, where large quan
tities of arms and supplies w-re land
ed for General Gomez's command.
PERCENTAGE OF LOSS URGE.
Gaaaral Kesf Dtvtalaa safferea SevcratT
la SmaUaso Flxhs.
With Gexehai. Kelt's Dmsio-f,
July 6. The following is the loss by
regimeats in General Kent- division
cf the Fifth army corps. This division
sustained the heaviest loss in tne fight
ing of July 1. and lost more men in the
deadly charge on San Juan hill than
aav other organization engaged in the
Geaeral Hawkins" brigade. Sixth in
fantry Killed Four officers and 13
men. Wounded Seven officers and S9
men. total, 123.
Sixteenth infantry Killed. One of
ficer and 14 men. Wounded Five cf
noers and 104 men. total. 125.
Seventy-first New York infantry
Killed No officers and 13 men.
Wounded One officer and 60 men; to
tal, 74.
Pearsons brigade, Second infantry
Killed- No officers and 6 "men.
Wounded Four officers and -.7 men;
totaL 57.
Tenth infantry Killed; One officer
and 3 men. Wounded Five officers anc
35 men: totaL 44.
Twenty-first infantry KHied: No
officers and 6 men. Wounded One of
ficer and 32 men. totaL 39.
General Ewen's brigade. Ninth in
fantry Killed. One officer and 3 men.
Wounded No officer. 27 men; totaL 3L
Thirteenth infantry Killed; Two
officers and 13 men. Wounded Five
officers and 5 men; totaL 10s.
Twensy-fourth infantry Killed:
Two officers and 11 men. Wounded
Six officers and 74 men: totaL 93.
Grand totaL 633. Total number en
gaged. 5.100. In this division the per
centage of loss is 13i"
BUNCO TO HIS PEOPLE.
CaUa rpoa Thesa to Flgfet to ta Last
far netr Ccactry.
Eavajta. July 9 Captain General
Blanco has addressed the following
proclamation to the people-
To the Inhabitants of the Island of
Cuba. Fortune does not always ac
company valor The Spanish fieet.
commanded by Admiral Cervera, has
just accomplished the greatest act of
heroism recorded in naval armalf dur
ing the present century. Fighting
against the American force, three
times its strength, it had yielded glor
iously at a moment when it was con
sidered safe from the peril threaten
ing it within Santiago's harbor The
blow is a heavy one, bat Spaniards
should not be dismayed before this
misfortune, in spite cf its gravity. On
the contrary, we must show to the
world that our courage will not yield
before reverses, and that we have the
eaergy to calmly meet adversity and
fight against it until we conquer it.
"We have forces enough to defend
our just causes and bring- us out tri
umphant in our right, if we are united
is the sacred love for our motherland.
We must consecrate our lives and our
pi opei t. to the common cause in the
hcur of adversity The virtues of our
country are being tested: let us surely
prove the worth horded up among
the Spanish people, and let us be in
readiness before the peril which con
fronts us.
"Let us have confidence in God and
in our right to uphold our country's
honor and integrity. This is expected
of you. Be ready for victory or to die
at the front for Spain's honor and the
integrity cf our paternal soL
NOW ITALY WILL WIX IN.
Two Tfcim-Claas Ci lii Orsered to Go
ta tt fTUHoptai I !
Home. July 9 The Popolo Eomaao
says the Italian government has or
dered the third class cruisers Piemento
and Db Gali to proceed to the Philip
pine island.
HAWAIIAN BILL IS SIGNED.
XeKmlev Al
caee af Hia Wife.
WASHrsrsTO-r. July 9. It was by a
ceremony of the simplest character
that the resolutions annexing the
Hawaiian islands to the United States
last eveniag were enacted axaliy into
law. It occurred in the cabinet room
of the executive mansion asd only six
5:rsons besides President and "ara.
cKxnley were present.
cam.
yra- Yok. July 9. A dispatch re
eereed here frcsn Valparaiso. Chili,
says: A financial panic has been oc-
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here bv the withdrawal
of eold. which has caused
the """ government to officially
clsae all the beaks in Chili amtil die
12th iaac Durisar this ssmaeasibii tme
government will consider the
aility of asmisg
H0BS0N TELLSJIS SHI.
A Broken Rudder Made the M em
mac's Sinking t Failure.
STRUCK BY TWO TORPEDOES. !
Cmers Cmr Was la the Water
far aa
Xhaj Wra "rlefced
Vp By the
Admirml C
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Nra- Yomc. July 9. A dispatcn to
the New York Herald from off Santi
ago says: Your correspondent saw Mr.
Hobson after he had made his report
to Admiral Sampson. He spoke in
glowing terms of the courage and
bravery of his crew.
"We have been thirty-three days is
a Spanish prison." said 3fr. Hobson,
aad themwre 1 think ..aboat it the
more ami nTnm it seems that we are
alive.
-It was about 3 o'clock in the morn
ing when the 3Ierrimae entered the
narrow channel and steamed in under
the guns of Mcrro castle. The still
ness of death prevailed. It was so
dark that we could scarcely see the
headland. We had planned to drop
our starboard anchor at a certain point
to the right of the ehanneL reverse
our engines aad then swing the Mer
rimac around, sinking her directly
across the ehanneL
"This plan was adhered to. but cir
cumstances rendered its execution im
possible. When the Merrimac poked
her nose into the channel our troubles
commenced. The deadly silence was
broken by the wash of a small boat ap
proaching as from the shore. 1 made
her out to be a picket boat.
"She ran dose ap under the stem of
the Merrimac and fired several shots
from what seemed to be 3-pound guns.
The Merrimac's rudder was carried
away by this fire. That is why the
collier was not sunk across the ehan
neL "We did not discover the loss of the
rudder until Murphy cast anchor We
then found that the Merrimac would
not answer to the helm and were com
pelled to make the best of the situa
tion. "The run up the channel was very
exciting. The picket boat had given
the alarm and in a moment the guns
of the Yixcara, the Almirante Oquen
6a and the shore batteries were turned
upon us.
-Submarine mines and torpedoes
were also exploded all about us. adding
to the excitement. The mines did no
damage, although we could hear rum
blings and could feel the ship tremble.
"We were running -crithout lights
and only the darkness saved us from
utter destruction. When the ship was
in the desired position, and we found
that the rudder was gone. I called the
men on deck. While they were launching-
the catamaran I touched cfi the
explosives.
STRUCK BY TWO TORPEDOES.
"At the same moment two rjrpedoes.
fired by the Beina 3rercedes, struck
the Merrimac amidships. I cannot
say whether cur own explosives or the
Spanish torpedoes did the work, but
the Merrimac was lifted out of the
wather and almost rent asunder.
"As she settled down we scrambled
overboard and cut away the eatamaraa.
A great cheer went tip from the fcrts
aad war ships as the hull of the col
lier foundered, the Spaniards thinking
the Merrimac was an American war
ship. "We attempted to get out of the
harbor on the catamaran, but a strong
tide was running, and daylight found
us still struggling- in the water Then,
for the first time the Spaniards saw
us. and a boat from the Eeina Mer
cedes picked us up.
"It was then shortly after 3 o'clock
in the morning and we had been in the
water more than an hour We were
taken aboard the Reina Mercedes asd
later were sent to Morro castle.
"During the first four days we were
prisoners of war we were confined in
Morro castle, and I can assure you
those were extremely uncomfortable
and disagreeable days. The Spaniards
did not exactly ill trsat us. but it took
them some time to recover from the
shock caused by what most of them
considered our Yankee impudence in
trying to block their harbor.
"As a rule the officers and men who
came into contact with us were gruff
in speech and sullen in manner For
Admiral Cervera I have nothing but
the highest admiration.
"His act of informing- Admiral Samp
son of our safety I regard that of a
kind hearted, generous man and a
chivalrous officer. I expressed to him
sincere thanks and the thanks of my
men for taking this means of relieving
the anxiety of our shipmates and our
friends at home. He repeatedly spoke
to me of his admiration of what he
called one of the most daring acts in
naval history, though I am sure we
were not entitled to the commendation
we received, for there were hundreds
cf other men on our ships who would
have bees glad to undertake to do the
same thing.
HEARD THE VESUVIUS COUGH.
-While we were in Morro castle we
were naval prisoners, but at the end of
four days we were transferred to the
jurisdiction cf the army and were re
moved to the Reina Mercedes hospital
on the outskirts of Santiago, where we
remained until to-day. We knew lit
tle cf what was going on in the city,
though, of course, we could always tell
when our fleet was bombarding the
shore batteries asd we could easily
distinguish the terrific explosions
caused by the Vesarius throwing dy
namite ati"1 Scleral times at night
we were also fully aware that the land
batteries were ftxhting outside the J
fcitv. Las Fridav and Saturday it
would be difficult to explain how aax-
icus we were Jar sews of the success
of our side iurlag the exurageaest.
The little Tafia iiatTrm the Spaniards I
"wouic give us eosdd not be relied upon.
"One thing that I found out in the
hospital 'was tmst a large number of
Spanish oassers weie -wounded in last
Friday's fight, for many were brought
to the hospital to be treated. Num
bers of baly aisaesl bullets w into
thehnnwifiT imiuaiiou Friday, but I
ili i nut In Tii h j imi was injured by
taesn. Our quarters there were very
dean and comfortable aad the food
mas fairly good.
In fact I have no reason toeom
Xi7jj.ii iiT mn liailjM ! as pruosvers oj
war. The prejudice which the S
lards showed agTirnT as during the
first for days soon wore away. "We
conducted ourselves properly ami
simply forced them to treat as welL
Food is scarce is the city, asd I was
told that we fared better thaa the
Spanish officers.
"We kaew aothing- about the deatrao
tics of Admiral Cervera's fleet ustxT
told by oar own people to-day. Of
course our confinement feij
irksome and I cannot tell yen how
great was the relief we felt to be frea
again. I cannot caicss my gratitude
to our soldiers who gave us sseh a
welcome when we came into the lines.
All of us are in excellent health ami
glad to get back to our posts again aad
see the war through to the end."
DEWEY WANTS MORE TROOPS.
Xo Attack rasa tao Secaaa gaffltt
Antra at "-Tn
Chicaso, July 9. A dispatea to tie
Chicago Record from its eonmmassV
at, John T. MeCHSeiwee. "with Ad
miral Dewey's fleet. Manila baY. July
4. via Hong Kong-, says: The Ameri
cas troops, under General Anderson.
which have reached the Philippines.
are now comfortably quartered in the
Spanish military barracks at Cavite
and are busy preparing for active ser
vice against th Spanish. No attack
on Manila is probable before the ar
rival of the second detachment of
troops under General Greene, which is
expected soon. The present force of
soldiers asd marines is considered in
sufficient to protect life asd property
in Manila is the event of the capitula
tion of tnat city. The soldiers, liow
evcr, are all eager to beg-is the fight
Captain General August! has desired
to surrender Manila for some timcand
for that reason the Spanish council,
which is conducting- the defense, trans
ferred the military leadership from
him to the senior colonel of artillery.
Governor Marina, whom Captain
Glass brought as a prisoner from
Guan, the seat of Spanish government
in the Ladrone islands, declines to ac
cept parole from the American pre
ferrisg to remain a prisoner at Cavite
rather than run the risk at being shot
in Manila by his countrymen for sur
rendering when mesaced by the guns
of the Charleston.
To-day the warships in the bay are
dressed with a brave display of flags is
honor of the Fourth of July, Th
troops held a military review at Cavite.
The health of the American foaces cots
tinues good.
The 5naniard3 are confident that as
ample force from Cadiz will arrive
soon and annihilate the Americans,
and they tiil hope to conciliate the
natives. In the meantime they de
clare that they will endure patiently
whatever comes and resist to the ut
termost. FLEEING FROM WAR.
Thousands of Kefagee Ilava Left saa
tiaao Dastltara aad 9tarriax
ElCa-vet, July d. Between 12.000
and 13.C00 innocent victims ai the war
have fied here ia wild panic to escape
the terrors of the threatened bombard
ment of Santiago and they are now
confronted by the horrors of starva
tion. In their helpless confusion they
are appealing to General Shafter for
succor. Most of them are foreigners,
principally French, or with a mixture
of foreign blood, and their interests
are being looked after by their consuls.
"iVhen they were informed that Gen
eral Toral refused to consider the
question of surrendering- they swarmed
out of the north gate of the city all
day, and trudged through the blazing
sun over the road, which, is places.
was ankle deep in mud. Tottering
old men and women were supported
by children, and mothers with babes
at their breasts struggled on toward
El Caney. San Luis and other towns.
They were not allowed to bring food
with them, and thoe who have moser
are a destitute as those who are"
without. Rich, and poor, cultured and
ignorant, white and black, are hud
died together, choking the passage
ways between the houses, all with
gaunt despair written on their coun
tenances. The ignorant desire only to
be fed. and the cultured wast to get
away, anywhere, anyhow, away from
the war which has driven them from
their homes.
Pathetic sights are witnessed on all
sides. There are women cf good birth
and education, supported by frail girls
who hide their faces from the vulgar
gaze of others who surge about them.
In the eyes of both mothers aad daugh
ters is the haunted look which wild
animals have when driven to bar.
DEATH IN A MISSOURI FLOOD.
Terriae Rain la orthwestera Cewtias
Caaae Grca: Dasaaee aa Laai af Ufa,
Stasbexkt. Mo.. July 9. The north
western counties of Missouri were
visited by a terrific rainstorm yester
day evening about 9 o'clock. The rain
fell is torrests for several hours,
swellisg- creeks aad rivers into rsajiag
torrents. West of this place there was
a cloudburst. The water advanced ia
a wave almost fifteen feet high, sweep
ing several houses asd their occu
pants before it.
Four people are knows to hare per
ished. The bodies of the following
have been recovered: John Shermaa,
Mrs. M. Smith. Charles Smith. The
entire family of Mr. J. Davis is also
missing, and all are supposed to be
drowned.
There was an immense loss of live
stock among the farmers of vi
cisiTy and in the Grand river bottoms.
TWO HORE PRIZES TAKEN,
Tighter W
Washctgtox, July 9 The War de
paatmest has received a telegram from
General Shafters headqaarters. stating-
that the auxiliary cruiser Osceola
has easstured a fi-paah lighter loaded
with proeiaions and valued at f50.000.
Kxt Wsx. Fla., July 5. The small
Spanish schooner GeJlito loaded with
lumber, hardwood, ehiekema, sags asd
provisiows of various leads has bees
captured by the auxiliary gunboat
"fcyrle, and was brought is here to
day. CAMARA ON HIS WAY BACK.
Pass, July 9. A cia
maHi says the Spanish i
re-esxerec toe easai on its wav i
Spam
atch from Is-
HMktc
DOMING PIGEONS FOR WAR.
Experts Say Birds Could Not Be Got Ready
In Time to Be of Anv Effect In
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the War vith Spain.
One cf the first things discussed
Wren war was sees to be inevitable
as the use of hosung pigeons Is the
xaval service. Stcries have bees writ
ten of the lofts stationed all along the
Atlantic coast aad the expected great
results from the service. But, accori
icx to the statement of Charles H.
Jacea. secretary of the National Asso
eiatlom of Homing "Pigeon Fanciers,
the lofts already established would be
of little use is Cuban matters. Mr.
Jones rays that the navy department
has asked for birds and that fanciers
all over the land have offered their
champions. He and the president of
the association have been is constant
rcmmiraJcaticn with the navy depart
ment since war was declared and have
sent out hundreds of circulars. Ht
says the responses have indicated the
parrictism of the owners in a marked
degree. The owners love their birds
as men love thoroughbred horses and
that giving them np to possible death
is a sacrifice unknown to the laity.
The birds go into inexperienced lands,
run risk3 on land and sea from hunt
ers, hawks, "etcL. run the risk of being
eaten abroad ship, and the mes who
bred and trained them feel an agony
in thus giving them up. Many per
sons seem to think that all that is
reeded is to put a pireon is a left, get
it accustonmed to this left and then
turn it loose anywhere to get good re
sults. The instinct of the bird is to get
back to its home, the loft where it was
bred and lived all the time before re
covaL It is essentially a domestic
bird and will persevere to death to re
gain its first home. Birds from lofti
on the northern coast would be avail
able for coast duty with ships cruising
there, but for Cuban and Porto Rican
news would be useless, because they
would return te New England if bred
there and their dispatches would be
useless. Lofts for use in the expedi
tions no- under wav must be estab
'ished in lower Florida and Key West.
They cculd be established in the Care-
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SOME WELL KNOWN MESSENGERS
Unas and Georgia aitd do good service,
bat Philadelphia birds already trained
would net be available, oins to ths
great distance of travel and the cer
tainty cf death before the birds could
rsach home. Mr. Jones does not think
the lofts la the scnthem states still to
be established would be c any service
under a "ear, a time so long as to prob
ably make them useless in the present
war. He says it is very difficult to
train ycung birds. They can never
cake a record of five miles until they
are cue year old. They are never use
ful even for short distances before
tiev are four months old and then their
tralniae must be by short stagss. Mr.
Jcnes estimates that it will be next
summer before any of the scnthem
lofts "sin d ' an advantage to the
war cr navy department. He says 2
homing pigeon ts be trustworthy must
be tcugh. particularly if he is to fly
over the ocean. Ee says carrier pigK-a
is an incorrect name, fcr it the bird's
absolute love of home which indicates
his nature and name.
Fanciers have received heart-breaking
accounts of the treatment of
-igeons by sailors in the navy. They
have heard that the newspaper men
have been served with baked pigecn
on the ships and that the opening of
the little aluminum capsule containing
the message has been a species of zrace
before meat. It has been reported that
birds have been shot without discrimi
nation and that their service therefore
has been rendered void. Inexperienced
men have sent them abroad at night
fall, so that they have become exhaust
ed before they haT been able to reach
their lofts. Some authorities have said
that the war department could handle
3.000 birds right now if it had them.
Mr. Jones says this is not possible. He
puts the effective limit at 300. He says
it is not such an easy thing as one
might think to ship a homing pigeon
service.
The lack of aa orgaaixed service in
the haads of iaexperieaced men would
make it impossible to care fcr any
considerable number of birds. He calls
attention to the fact that the pigeons
are petted and caressed by their mas
ters from the time they are squabs un
til they die. On a ship it would be nec
essary to have separate lofts for the
birds from different cities to prevent
putting thea; cut cf temper. If a green
horn should plunge his hand into a loft
filled with birds from different places
to pick out the oae wanted he would
cause all to become so exhausrpd and
out of temper as to spoil them for ex
ertioK. The training of a homing pigeon
is aa lata eating pursuit. As soon as
the bird ia old enough to try its wings
it is take away is a covered basket
about are miles from heme. There the
trainer ties a tag to the leg indicatiag
-ae time when tie bird was liberated!
It is then loosened and drives at oace
for its owe. loft, and the time of the
arrival is recorded. No special train
ing is seeded to impress as the bird
what is wasted. It has the same desire
the trainer has to get hoar as slick
ly as possible aad it never fails. Grad
nally the distance is ertended until
the bird can make 300 miles ia a day.
Then it "a temffj Bh" sywln.
The one thing to be looked after In
the training is to keep the bird ia good
condition. Jest before it is liberated,
especially if the trip to be made ia a
fairly long one. the bird is fed. Cana
dian peas and seeds and occasionally
rice are placed before it. Thea when it
is prepared for a fast for it will not
stop for food it is sent out on its mis
sion. Birds should not be left im th
lofts over ten days at a time, as they
become too fat and grow laxy with good
Iivinr. The accompanying engraving
shows phoagrapic pictures of four
well-known pigeons now ia the service
, of Uncle Sam.
PARROT INSULTED HER.
She Broacat the Owner of the sUv Tp
ia Coart.
Can the voice of an educated parrot
be mistaken for that of a human voice?
That was a Question that Judge Fer
reil had to decide in the Butte police
court recently, says the Butte Miner..
The judge decided that under certain
circumstances a parrot talking might
be mistaken for a person talking, and
Arthur Powers, who was accused of
disturbance and calling Mrs. Nellie
Thompson names that were not at all
polite, was allowed to go free because
the parrot was to blame. According
to the testimony given daring the hear
ing. Powers, who is a next-door neigh
bor cf Mrs. Thompson, was making a
good deal of noise the other night.
Mrs. Thcmpson steed It aa long as she
could and then asked tne Powers fam
ily to be stilL The noise cuntinned.
however, and she again asked for
peace. Instead of getting it a volley
of oaths several yards long was fired it
her cut of one of the windows. Sfce
started back in amazement and. think
ing Powers wis to blame, promptly baa
him arrested, nls defense was that
he had not said a word to Mrs. Thomp
son, but his parrot had. and of cour.-e
he had no control over the voice of the
bird. The green fellow he said, had
been educated by "Scctry" Orr. who
had taught it many things better for
it not to know. When Mrs. Thompson
called to him the parrot began talk
ing aad he could not prevent it say
ing the things that insulted Mrs.
Thompson. The bird was not In court.
and it is probably a gCcd thing It was
net.
Fanny Toothache C:
' Before the dajrs cf dentists, and when
, people generally believed in the value
cf charms, there were ever so many
mysterious way5 0f prewentiag tooth
ache. One cf these was to dress the
right side of the body first right stock
ing, right shoe, right sleeve, right glove.
A favorite plan in Scotland was to draw
t a tooth, salt it well aad burn it ia full
, view oa glowing coals. Ia Cornwall
t maay save their teeth by biting the first
young ferns that appear. The custom
of catchiag a common ground mole,
cutting off the paws while the little
creature still lives, and wearing them,
is traced to Staffordshire, England.
Some people who are fond of exercise
believe that walking twelve miles so
more, no less to get a splinter of, the
toothache tree that grows particularly
, well ia Canada and Virginia will drive
away the worst ache and pain that ever
! tortured a poor tooth. The belief that
toothache is caused by a worm at the
roots is prevalent in many parts of the
world, hence this cure- Rednce sev
eral differeat "dads of herbs the
greater variety the better to a powder.
Put a glowing cinder into this powder
' and inhale the incense. Afterward
breathe into a cup cf water, aad the
worm win ne gone forever.
Th Evotstiae. of Taakc.
First a Yankee was a New Eagiand-
er thea a soldier cf the union arsv
aad aow the term is applied by the
foreiga press to all citizeas cf the Unit
ed States.
The Orraa.
Taking the average depth of the
oceaa to be three miles, there would be
a layer of salt 30 feet dep if the water
would evaporate.
The goldfish is a great coward, aad a.
tiay fish, with the-courage to attack it,
caz frighten. L alatoax to death.
BALD-HEADED WOMAN.
Word cases fram the artaatlsts ad
physicians that womam are gradaally
becoming the eauala sf Im yet aa
other direction; that we are, J akorc.
more sroae to baldheadesaeaa fi
used to be. The rapture af tlse rasbcI"
t sack goad sews may well be iaf
iaed. But few wossem have hltherts
enjoyed the areroiatiTe of losing their
hair to any marked degree, aad al
though not so mock ashrertised as some
other defects ef the sex. we may he
sure that it has been aeealy fett- Tkat
being bald-headed ws aa attrfat5
which the privileged sex wold them
selves just as Here forgo had otai
to do with the case. It was the "
a! principle, not its particular applica
tion to the front row at the theater,
that allured. Tour rampaat women's
rightster cares not whether a distiac-
ctherwme; what she wants is to maxe
mes. aad women upon the same plaae
Bahi heads may act intrinsically he
acceptable, but mea, as a rule, become
bald-headed, while woaea. as a rule,
do aot; therefore, bald heads are to be
desired. Such is the logic of the wo
man's rightster aad the cogent thins
about it is not strikingly different from
the logic of all womea. The fact that
men may wear their hair short, while
women mast wear it long, has long
rankled in the hearts of the rampants.
Most women radicals generally cut the
Gordlaa knot, so cuaalngly tied by
custom, by cuttiag their hair. "Long
haired men aad short-haired womea'
has loag beea the accepted way of de
scribiag a conapaay of cranks. Ia
such a case, to be sure, the pendulum
had swung so far as to result in noth
ing more than a reversal ef normal
conditions, but, whatever its aberra
tions, they were always more sigaifl
caat of the revolt amoag womea thaa
among men. It is doubtful if aay mas
was ever fool enough to wear his hair
long unless some greater fool cf a wo
man incited him thereto. But merely
cutting her hair short and persuading
men to leave theirs uncut ia a thing
easy for woman to accomplish. What
she could not do was to Induce nature
to let up with regard to her scheme of
suffering mea to become bald, while
womea did aot. Oae reasca for men
losing their hair more readily thaa wo
mea s said to be because they wear
their hats more, which. If true, prob
ably accouats.for the tenacity with
which the clubwoman clings to her
headgear. If bonnet wearing will brias
about the desired hirsute equality, thea
bonnet wearing it shall be. and nc
matter how naturally distasteful the
process. Some scientists and physi-
I ciaas hint, indeed, that to the women
clubs, with their atteadant devotion tc
milliaery, is chiefly due to the physio
logical change now taking place upon
the feminine poIL Othera likewise
hold the clubs responsible, but declare
thzt the millinery has nothing what
ever to do with it. It is because wo
men have begun to think more that
baldness is more prevalent among
thm, say these. So long as mea did
most sf th thiaklag it was mostly
mea who became bald-headed, but new
that the brain ot wemsn is being cud
geled, that which thatches thn brain ot
woman is being thinned out." -Organized
effort,- it is needless to stat"
does not accept either of these theo
ries. It is even said that, pleased z
the few are at the prospect cf enjoy
ing the privilege of baldness, -just Iik
men.- there is a large majority whe
are quite worried over losing theii
hair. "All else aside.- sj these
"what shall we pin our bonnets u
when we became baldr
Italy' Crashing Taxea.
F. Marion Crawford, the novelist
who has lived much in Italy and cwni
property there, points to the crush's
weight of taxes, as cne of the causes
cf existing discontent among the Ital
ian people. Taking national, provin
cial and commercial taxation together
he himself pays upon the assessed In
come upon a few acres cf land M p-Ji
cent, upon the assessed rent of his
house 23 per cent, aad if he paid In
come tax in Italy the government would
exact 13" per cent more. As there Is
no limit of estate, real cr personal. &e
iow which taxation Is not applied he
finds it easy to understand the enor
mous emigration which of late years
has crippled Italian agriculture by
seasibly diminishing the farming popu
lation, while leaving upon the haads
cf the government an immense area cf
farm land ccaflscated for overcn
taxes, which no cne could be induced
to take under the present condition;
ven as a gift. Such a condition ot
things be regards as simply an in
cipient form cf national bankruptcy.
Utica Press.
Henries' on the W V
"""Then the civil war broke out, sair.
the old inhabitant. I lowed that it
would last thirty days; then I set ?
stakes farder an said three months,
after that I give her a year, an' when
th? year inn cat I jest let her take her
own course, an' yoa knew whar ;
fatched up at? Well. I ain't runaia
this war like I rua the Iapt cne I'm
lookiag fer six loag years of it. as' j
T-r Sgr-itr fr onr Thar f Jnhn mtiH;
horn $10 a month fer six years well be
Trh 0rmrt9h tr car off rb rrtnrmr
paint the "tcuse aa' buy a pianaer fer
the gals. 'Course, that's ef John keeps I
hia health aa doa't git kilt. It all de-
pends oa that!" Atlanta Constitution.
Flaats Csaide Dowa-
It is a curious fact that the recti
and braaches cf a tree are so alike ia
their nature, that if a tree fce uproot
ed aad turned upside down, the under
ground braaches will take uato them
selves the fuactioas of roots, and tne
exposed roots will, ia time, bud aad
become veritable braaches.
Coaoaerrtf.
From the Indianapolis Journal: She
If you dare to write me while I am
in the country. I shall return your let
ters uaopeaed. He Very well, then:
m have to use postal cards. And you
know a country postmaster's wife has
a good deal cf spare time.
Tab
Truth: Tommy I wish I hadn't
eaten so much turkey. "Mother Why?
Do you feel sick? Tommy No, but Fd
like to eat scare mon.
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