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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19
FOREST OF THE GABOON.
Some OF the Horrors Which Prof Csrn~G
Must Meet with tu Gorilla Land

Some OF the Horrors which Prof carnss
Must Meet With iu Gorilla Land
DRoF. r. L. GARNER. IN HIS PURSUIT
Il of the gorilAs for con fersational purposes,
is likely 10 find more deadly foes to encounter
than even those ferocious apes. should be
escape the natives, who are both cruel and
treacherous. he must still contend with the
climate. 1t is said that in the region OF the
Gaboon such deadly fevers prevail that it 10
hardly possible for a white man 20 enter the
jungle and come out alive. The Baron Hugo
Won koppenfels, WHO speRt some time in that
country q naturalist aud collector, wan
dered. lost and alone for days together,
enduring terrible suffering and in constant fear
Of death. Writing subsequently Of his expert
ences he says:
TO give Just description Of tropical for
est, like that OF the Gaboon, 10 impossible. 10
is too grand and diversified, but, with all its
splendor and beauty, IL q deceitful and dan
gerous. Woe 70 the inexperienced man who
essays to penetrate into It's interior. He soon
becomes involved in a chaos of roots. Of inter-
lacing lianas. of fallen trunks, covered with .
tangled growth Of underbrush. all growing
froriR H. K and swampy soil Here be bresthes
q stag isnt, musty, greenhouse air, which de-
pre- the spirits and deadens the energies
Added TO this there is a deep. gloomy silence
which broods over this place Of most luxuriant
growth and rapid decay. Although these mys-
terions shadows hide an active and varied ami
NAL life the ear is seldom struck by sound
of any kind Only now and then the falling OF
fruit or dry branch breaks the oppressive
stiffness Early in the morning and in the
short evening twilight OF the tropics some
birds are heard to herald the advent or de-
parture Of the day.
Such forest is a subject Of intending study.
and only he whom nature has endowed with
acute senses can. with experience, become
familiar with its changing phases and its silent
language. Woe TO the novice who without guide
wanders into its recesses, where death Turks for
him. In most cases he is soon hopclessly lost
and when weary and despairing he throws him.
self on the ground TO rest svarms of ants and
other insects soon sting him into movement
again. Almost no wholesome food IL attainable
in these forest depths. and should the traveller
not die Of starvation or fall a victim 20 violent
acute fever the poisonous atmosphere. slowly
acting on the system, paraly zos the digestion,
corrupts the blood and produces irritating
eruptions of the skin and frequently malignans
ulcers. Such is the primitive forest Of troD-
ical Africa, The home Of the goriliAs-"
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TIC time is then taken up in trying to keen
cool Ii Is impossible for one who has not been
IN India through the bot season to comprehend
the intensity of the heat, the mercury dnring
the day registering 100 and 100 degrees. and At
night the scorching air Ia like q blast from a
furnace heat that tries the endurance ~
Europeans fearfully. Great care must hs
taken to avoid sunstroke.
THE MONKEY PAoopA-
The first thing We visited upon REACHING
Benares was the monkey pagoda, where Hum
nooman is worshiped in the form Of monkey.
because he bears an apish form Monkeys are
kindly cared for and the grand temple Of Hun
noomao Is their fayorite resort On approach
ing the pagoda the animals were seen sittins
upon the walls and roof, hanging in strines'
chattering and screaming from the neighbor-
ing trees and grinning at US from different
hooks and corners. BY the gateway were old
devotses. who have coeoanut shelis In their
hands in which they expect YOU to dron
money, rice or something good TO eat These
poor, half-starved wretchos esteem Themselves
TO be very holy. My cousin, who pitisd a poor
fellow who looked as il he had not tasted food
for q week. was about to drop in his Ian a
large bunch OF bananas when two large
monkeys jumped suddenly from their perch
on the wall and seizing the II nit started 70 get
back again
MONKEY AND 4 HrNpoo TINE.
The starving man was so furious at being
cheated cut Of his dinner that forgetting all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19
Sized Up as . Rustler.

From the Detroit Free Press
He had on a cowbov's hat-he had long hair
and fierce black eyes-there was claw from the
foot of a grizzly bear dangling from his watch
chain. You could size him up only in one
wH-he had killed his man, or perhaps half a
dozen Of them II he hadn't fought Indians
and stood up to the bad. bad men of the far
west then his looks beiied him. He was quiet,
transformations man. all nervy men are He
was reading dime novel, as all game men do
when they travel. Now and then he felt down
the back OF his neck TO see if his bowie knife
was cuddling up TO his spine in a proper man.
ner, and now and then he reached down to his
boot legs to see that his cargo of revolyers
hadn't shifted.
Three or four Of us, after taking plenty of
time to size him up. decided to ask him how
and where he got the wound which had left the
scar clear across his left cheek Ii looked like
the work Of Sitting Bulls tomahawk. but we
wanted the particulars. So il was agreed tina,
l should work him up to tell his story and after
quarter OF an hour of diplomacy had shaped
matters SO i dared observe:
u hat is lad scar you have on your cheek
and there is no doubt a story connected with it?'
''les, cir, there is" he replied.
I'VE should like to hear the particulars, Il
you have no objections"
"Oh. the story don't amount to much he
modestly remarked.
'.But you certainly had close call How many
Indians were around you?'
indians? 1 didn't see no Indians"
"Oh. perhaps you were in a western stage
when it was held up and You got that scar in
fighting off the road agents.
Never saw a road agent in my life," he an
swered.
Tackled by bad man out in Montana, per-
haps?"
bad man."
"Bu: you had a dght," persisted.
mo, didu't"
'.wen, perhaps you'll be kind enough to OF.
plain how You got that SCARF"
Il will. went into a restaurant in Toledo
and ordered apumpkin pie. The waiter brought
me a squash pie instead. Kicked. The owner
OF the place, who was woman, got mad and
slashed me with an old case knife. afterward
settled with her for IS in cash. That's the
story, sir"
But why-why are you wearing that hat
and other things belonging to western terror"
asked.
These things? Oh. 1 got 'em of an actor for
"a. He had to sell out or walk home and Is
the W. Ling wasn't good he sold"
"And may ask who you srcY' inquired, as
an awful silence fell upon our crowd.
Certainly YOU can. I've been working for
farmer near Monroe all summer for lcven dol
lars q month and found, but / quit the other
day and am going to Toledo to get q stock of
stomach bitters to sell on the road Needn't
nobody be afraid Of me. amt loaded. and II
/ was haven't got the sand to 20 Of. Never
tackled but one man and hain't got through
running away from him yeti"
Then we went to the other end of the car and
tried to call the convention to order and do
some resolving, but il was q failure. Every
body seemed TO want to sit and think.
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Thus was this wonderful place TWENTY-FIVE
centuries ago, and so is il now true that the
seminaries have vanished. its scholars gone,
vet Romans, Hebrews, Greeks, Assyrians.
Egyptians. with their religions. have iisap-
peared as nations. but the Hindoo people still
exist. their religion remains, and Benares is
now as il has been from the earliest ages, acity
II temples
WHEN To VISIT INDIA.
During the hot season In India Il is almost
impossible TO go out upon the streets at noon
day, the sun is broiling and the least exer,ion
lends the blood up to an almost uncomfortable
neat But the cool season. which begins in
November and lasts until April Is the time in
which travellers should visit this old land and
10 the only time in which to do active work.
Then India is paradise. The air is fragrant
with the Odor of sweet flowers, the trees bear
their greenest foliage and the sun shines from
. cloudless sky.
THE HOT PERIOD
commences in April and lasts until July, and
1t is this part Of the year that tells most
severely upon Europeans The women and
children are sent to England. but many that
remain in India hasten to the Nilgherry or
Darjellng hills. the outpost Of the Himalayas.
But those who are obliged to attend to business
must stay where they are. aud if it happens
that this be in the lowlands. as in the valley of
the Gauges. the heat is long and severe. and
sormenis day and night Tho greater part Of
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Two Points Of View.
From Life.

Iile
'No," said Mr.. Askin to the clergyman,
latter read one little item in the newspapers
not long ago don't think it possible for you
to convince me that there is any efficacy In
prayer"
what was the statement you read?' asked
the clergyman.
1T was computation by Mr.. Stead, the we'll
known London editor, that 900, O0o, 900 prayers,
IN tne courss OF the services in the Established
tne frincs OF Wales. Look at the prince, and
then think OF 500, 00o. 900 prayers wasted"
MY dear Mr.. Askin." rsioined the clergy
standpoint
"How SOP
instead OF doubling the efficacy of PRAYER.
you should wonder what Albert Edward would
have been by this time II he had not the bopslit
OF all those petitionsL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19

E WERE TOLD AT
Singapore by an Eng
lish army officer that If
we wished to see the
most interesting city of
British India we should
60 to Benares. This vast
city, said he, is one Of
the most ancient in
Hindoostan, and is well
worth visiting.
We followed his adj
vice and were well re-
paid. Upon approach
ing the city the view is
wonderful. Tall white
minarets golden domes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19

From the San Francisco ExainiDer.
C. Webster. an American Newspaper CORE
spondent. had an experience at the crater Of
Kilauea . few weeks ago which might have
cost him his life, but which luckily allowed
him to ESCAPE with only few burns and
bruisss- he accomplished feat never before
done by amy tourist. aud by only fsw nativs
guides, that Of going down to the surface Of
the crater and getting specimens OF the fiery
lava. This he succeeded III doing IN company
with q guide, and twice came near falling into
the abyss on account Of being oyereome viii
the sulphuric gas of the crater. The guide
saved him both times though not without hav-
ing suffered some bruslE The volcano \
gradually rising to its old level OF last March,
and II the present lake continues TO rire st lie
present rate there viii be an overflow in sbeDs
seven or eight months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19
HOW AGATEs ARE MADE
They Come Mostly From Brazil and Are Cut
in GERMANY.


I'm Germany.
% GATES ARE A KIND OF QUARTZ"
A said mineralogist TO a srAR writer.
Most of them come from South America, and
especially from Brazil, where they are found in
great Quantities. From thence they are shipped
as ballast in vessels bound for Hamburg, Ger
many, and from that port they are forwarded
to oberstein. The latter town is the great agate
market of the world.
AT oberstein the agates are sorted into lots.
according to quality, and sold at auction.
After this they are sent to the mills to be cut
and polished. Along the Idar river, between
the towns OF oberstein and Idar, there are
more than hundred and fifty mills for work
ing agates. Each mill has several big grind
stones, on which the valuable bits OF quartz
are ground. being usually attached to small
sticks Tor that purpose. Choice specimens are
preiimInariy cut into rough shapes with a steel
wheel and diamond powder. Common ones. how
ever, are merely broken into the forms desired
with hammer ara cnisel. BY long experience
the workmen acquire great dexterity Ia apply
ing their blows SO as to obtain the requisite
fractures
AT each revolving grindstone two men work
They do not sit or stand, but lie outstretched
upon wooden stools made to lit their bodies.
While they hold the agate to the grindstone
they get purchase with their feet against
blocks OF wood fastened to the floor. After
being ground the agates are polished on cylin-
ders OF hard wood, which arc fed as they re-
volve with . mixture of tripoli and water.
"Agates are often colored artificially. For
this purpose they are first placed in olive oil
and heated. Then they are put into sulphuric
acid and heated again. Owing TO the fact that
some layers of agate are quite porous, while
others are dense. the OH enters the porous lay
ers. where it is blackencd by the acid. thus
making the contrast between The colors OF the
layers more striking and enhancing the beauty
OF the stones. Other colors are given to agates
by soaking in different solutions and otLerw Use,
but these methods are trade secrets"
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Tourney Probicrns. Solutions. soivcr.-
Notes.
TIVE WASHINGTON CHESS CLUB MEETS
l. every evening at $40 street viSitors
always welcome.
PROBLEM No. % Crournev r-rSiesn No c5,.
BY MISS H. C. MORRISON. washin ton ID. q
tComToscd for The Evening star,
Black-Thr-. t.N taa--s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19

From the New York Weekly.
Angry landlord-''lou've either eos 70 pay
your back rent now or get out"
Tenant-'An right, III get out By the wsyf
have YOU seen furniture car No. so tod.y2'
Mot that 1 know Of Isn't one furnisv
mover - good as snotber?"
"ies, but I've got yearly contract
him :,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19
In A WONDERFUL CITY
A Visit to Benares, the Sacred City
of the Hindoos.
BY THE RIVER GANGES.

An Ancient City of Temples, the Mecca of the
Hindoos-Strange sights-where Monkeys
Are Cared For--Golden Pagodas- The People
at Their Bati,s-The Interesting View From
the River-The Oriental Snake Charmers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19
THE FIRST FIREMEN.
Days When Distinguished Men
Manned the Bucket Line.
RUNNING WITH THE BOYS.

The Beginning Of the Old Volunteer Fire De.
partment-Two Destructive Fires Early in
the City's History-where the Original En-
CINE Companies Were Located.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19

From the ci,icsso Tribune.
Bankers Wife (wsking suddenly
night)-.wh-where's bssy?"
Banksr (nsturaily irritatsd) -"Csr
know - vol as ! 10 sh.t shs . in "a,
IL has . good time lock on Al WI
me deep"
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white-Eight Csl plcSres-
white 20 play and mate In two CD nova

PR0BI.EN No. Il CTourney Problem No N.
By l. NJ. BoRI.ETT. Washington. DC
CCompo~ed for The Evening stsrD
R,ack-Five 80 pt.-e-
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TEE SCHOOL YAan

There are two farms connected With the In
stitution; one quite near ct hand, where most
Of ths COWS are kept and The other about three
nflss distant, where The general supplies for
the school are raised. Capt Pratt does not
depend wholly On the government for the sup
port Of the school, - he has quito fund at his
dispoaal hailt up By contributions by charita-
bic individualA Many a thsse are Frieuds o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19
TWO EARLY TIRES.

TWO EARLY FIRES.
Congress took action none too soon for the
protection of government property, for the two
fires Of magnitude in 1900 and 1901 were Of
government buildings. serious loss having
been entailed thereby, it was not long before
the government officials as well a. the citizens
IN general felt an interest in adopting some
uniform system for the suppression Of con-
hagrations- The first Of these fires was No.
vember s, 1900, in q three-story building on
Pennsyivania avenue about 2lst street, in which
the offices OF the War Department we're tenn
porariiy located, and in few hours the build
ing was entirely consumed with all the papers
Of the department, except one volume in which
the contracts and deeds of land sold to the
United States were recorded, and some of the
papers OF the accounting officer. The library
destroyed was quite large. containing some
military works difficult to replace. The house
In which the fre occurred was owned by Mr..
Joseph hodgson, and after repeated petitions
to Congress by Rebecca Hodgson, his widow,
bill was passed May Z, 1872 appropristing
5000 to pay the legal representatives Of
Joseph Hodgson the value OF the building
rented In 1880 by Samuel Dexter, then Secretary
The other extensive Ore was that Of
the Treasury Department., which occurred
January 10. 1901, about dusk. When dis
covered one OF the rooms Of the accountant
was In full blaze. The fire was extinguished
In an hour and q half by the citizens with
water buckets, but not until several rooms
we're burned out and many valuable papers de-
stroyed. Among them were ledgers and jour-
nails In which were entered accounta settled by
the commissary with the officers of the
quartermaster, and commissary department.;
claims OF persons for services during
the war Of the revolution; an account
rendered by the Bank Of the United States for
the sale OF per cent stock an account Of Ha-
zen kimban Tor The contingent expenses Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19
TRIALS By couRr.wAnrr.r.

Offenders in minor degree are disciplined
BY Capt Pratt BY the withdrawal of small
privileges, but the more important offenders
are turned over to courtmartiaIs, composed of
pupils These courts are organized by the dis
cipiinarian OF the institution, Mr.. Campbell,
who Is . sort Of commandant OF cadets, having
charge OF the boys quarters. He details seven
or nine OF the older boys to serve on the court
and they organize formally, hear evidence, de-
liver O. judgment and hx sentence. At first
the findings were quite severe, butas the boys
have become better educated they have been
more just. Capt. Pratt exercises a revisory
power over all sentences, and It Il usually his
function to cut down the terms Of solitary con-
tnement that are awarded. The boys have
even imposed . sentence Of six months con-
hnement for . case Of desertion from the
school This was cut down 10 thirty days.
Boon after the school Was organised Q tail.
strong Sioux boy de6cd the authority Of Mr..
Canpbeu and assumed rebellious attitude.
he was tried By ssoourt Of his peers and sen-
tsucsd to b publicly logged on The campus
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ago and has become SO successful and SO widely
known that he is constantly in receipt of letters
from well-to,do people all over Pennsylvania
and the neighboring states asking for a reliable
Indian boy or girl. When such letter comes
he first makes inquiries by correspondence as
to the character of the applicant and then he
picks out worthy pupil whom he thinks
would be satisfactory and offers him the place.
Seldom does he receive a refusal The wages
offered are not very large, but as the BOYS and
all they are eager for the opportunity In
some cases nothing is paid, but the pupil is
assured OF a comfortable home, his board and
clothes and a chance to attend school As high
as twelve dollars month 10 sometimes paid to
an Indian girl.
These pupils are taken directly into the farm
ers families and work and associate with their
children. 1t is estimated that the civilizipa in.
duence thus spread among the Indians is be yond
value. There is form OF contract whereby
the pupil agrees to 20 to the farm and the
farmer makes known his terms A certain
period Il usually stated for the duration of the
agreement, most often six months, but in many
cases boys and girls grow 60 fond Of this lite
that they never return to Carlisle, but remain
ON the farms or drift into other services A
great many have thus been introduced into
white society in this way.
At present there are La boys and q girls OF
on farms, Q total Of 226. They are going and
coming all the time, and the greatest care has
to be taken with the records TO keep them in
shape. Last year over els. 600 vas earned by
the pupils who we're of on farms, most Of
which was saved. There IL . constant increase
IN this wage figure from year TO year. Weekly
reports are made by the farmers to Capt
Pratt, giving not only . summary OF the pupils
conduct, but also . statement Of his money ac-
port u excellent. The farmer has the privi-
lego Of proper diaciplina.
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From Judge.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25
Our New Press.

The pG.e1s Nesed readers this week have been
printed cydnde press picture Of which is here
with shown as was also the issue o last week. With this
improved aarhinary we VIII be able ii turn out neatly
printed sheesa vet the press not being adjusted for its
best work.
With this mprevement are enabled to hold our col
umns open Halliday aieY thereby enabling us to get
news up ta the last moments Iha acy Of the press,
run by handas We slaIl ram il ,r the PRESENTS about
1000 copies per hour; and The w i done faithfully
than with human hands Some ot our people may think
we are making this Improvements premaurely, but we can
only that hope to be ahead Of rather than be-
hind the requirements Of this growing town and rapidly
developing section Of old linn County The interests of
this people interests and endeavorng to
improve with each succeeding day.
This machinery costs, SET up in tie office about $l400
and hope patrons and the pnhlc will bear in mind
tile fact Chat lbarng of t:e rmmon good Of our
section, and show every encouragement and assistance
that cur efforts may " t.iaI allh.n 24in to merit
Call and see Acme cygslsl turn out the Ez-
PRESS
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

tits said that the drying up of
the deluge left in fetid pools hide
GUS monsters -pythons founder
in the Shiny waters, in vain hoping
for the returning food. So the
receding passions Of civil war have
stranded mad and ugly saurians,
whose contortions and hissings
attract attention emily to excite
loathing.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

Though the average citizen may
not appreciate the fact, yet it is true
that the Council of this city has had
quite large task before it in the pass
ing of the late City ordinances, meet
ing two Or three nights in week.
The members Of that body have work
ed hard, an4 they deserve credit for
il.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

A dollar dancing through the
country is a constant blessing,
making all things move, and keep
ing up life and health. 1t is bet
ter than a million dollars tied up
in vault, to lead to congestion
and stagnation.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

You will do well to read the ordi-
nances that appear in the EXPRESS
from time to time. If you don't you
might wish you had when it is too
late. The proper thing to do would be
to read them and then cut them out
for future reference.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

1t is to be regretted that no school
is to BE taught in the Santiam Acad-
emy this year. The beautiful grounds
seems to he only used for pasturing
stock What pity.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25

bearing enits a threshold
poison, for it iniures the teller, the
hearer and the person concerning
whom the tale is told.-Spurgeon,