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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1893-02-10
Roia.

Jak pamiatka po lstach
Uczue walki bury,
Lesy W biurku pod klucren
Zssuszony kwist roiy~-
Nieraz mlodzisn samotny
Zspytuis ja zcicha:
- Czemu miios6 r6ta
R6wnie predko usychas
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1893-02-10
PoW0dz w Australia.

BRISBANE, 6 iutego. = Wo-
ds W wiskszei czssci dzielnic
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1893-02-10
w szkOle.

w szkOle.
-Jssiu, dodsi mi psmieci naste-
pujace cyfry. Przypusemy, Re do
twojej many przysziy z wizyta dwie
sasiadki, zas po chwili przybyiy js-
szcze trzy inne... Jak;z to bedzie o.
golny rezulta.?
- Plotki, prosze pana profesora....
Czy zdrOwa?!...
= jake, czy twoja zona jua zdro-
wa?
= Poprawia sic powoli. Jsszcss
ME mose sic wzia6 do gospodarstwa,
ale wozorsj juz.. tahczyla na balu dc
rama.
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most friendly greetings In his own. tongue as
he walks through streets near the market.
snT une |Sood moPninen rnS or Good evenine and
a Few other expressions and queries which
are not requests for money.
IN THE MARKET
The market itself Is interesting, rather be-
market itselfis a sort of an outline Of a build
aT partly oyerhaneing over M the sea, while tho ysee:
tables and fruits are not remarkably different
wht gsveS t ne sc ny
YORK. but the heterogeneous s crowd q BUYERS
and Iadino. but on all sidcs and in all places
the Chinaman. The Chinese run the market.
t"; they win some day run, the town. II ono
can believe what he is told there. The peoplo
Panama they are beaten by Foreigners. while
In the market and some other lines the chi.
rule the aG Wen
forced in San francisco, he should go To- the
almost as ys ss ths Italian haunt hsHn,s ,f o.
Interesting as tho market place was vi ith its
sample OF the population of Panama. the beach
wfs @ nns and then ere wa
n greater number OF natives or Ladnos to be
found. while the beach and the water otf shore
islands where the pirates Of old used to- rsvel
and from tho coasts OF 1anama Bay To see
them living there with their swarthy and In
some cases fierce featured crews lolling about
was to make nm imaginative person think the
days OF the buccaneers not SO far away as
history places them.
NATIVE BOATS.
The native boat IS q duCout. and the Lad
inos OF the isthmus make about the largest
dugouts In the world. / measured one that
was lot the largest OF the fleet and 1t was 40
feet long by 5 wide and deep. They call these
hoats bongoes. They rig them schooner
fashion. with sails that seem onormou when
the narrowncss OF the hull Is considered. and
is enough to make even the skipper Of y New
port cath open his eyes. And yet, singular
as it may seem. the skippers never race when
out on the bay. II one may believe what he is
told on the beach. most curious study
among the Lndinos, as will appear Mt another
time. Is in their exhibits OF what may be called
sportinR blood
In model the large bongoes show nothing re;
markable There is slight sheer forward
and aft, the bow is round rather than sharp;
with a big paddle. and wide paddle used
like an old fashioned leeboard serves some
times to keep them from drifting to leeward.
They are wall sided. however. and when load
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%Sls snds s,'Ss long n' s''Ssll 'Ssll tss. sisss
southerly end OF tho wall there Is a natural
ss PFecpS9 o. pGfk Ths Il tns
shelves of gradually to the south. It is dark
brown volcanic ROCK. hut right where the art,.
vein running out to soa and back in under the
streets and houses OF the city in, q direction
When the tide has iirst laid bare these rocks
ons see G dJ lev W men aSn rsd anf rsn pSg
earthern and gourd bowls. Going to the, cavl;
ties OF the rock they SCOOP up tho sand and
fashion, i saw one man. Il native, with reg
ular ld;washer's pan; Those placer Dig 1,,
Thyheg Wrs caSs there every tide tide they replied
that they did sometimes find a trine.
pss tfSh tSe FL se ~
thinG~a Panama days waGes-every day. but
and broken down the reef. they get a quantity
worth considering, asked the editor OF the
iood s reef S SO tha lie can see the at
work, about the matter, He thought !, o. Iit,
tie hsTo Is ANY Th.re
the gold is the waste from that"
was once reporter. on the evening edition Of
THE SUM- and well known to many New lork
people. says that TINS Veln OF TeuulSn rock runs
Tor a quarter OF a milo through the city. and 1t
is well known that after heavy rains tiny mug
gets OF gold have been found In the groupings
throughout it's length.
The publisher OF the Star aud Herald said
that the gold found on tho beach probably
came from tho river that empties into the bay
n half mile away. Every stream on the
Isthmus carries some gold" he said. and
this one. meeting the tide OF the bay. deposits
its gold in those hollows OF the rocks"
TO an amateur in mining matters the reddish
vein looks like n good free mill ing deposit. An
assay of a few SPECIMENS would tell the story.
but no one has the assay made because it
seems incredible that o valuable deposit
should have been left there unworked. Moan.
time half dozen families get good part OF
their living from the washings OF the rock and
have done so for years.
PANAMA's NEWSPAPER.
Tho Star aud Herald office is worth the atten-
tion Of ono who goes to see the placer digginge.
In New York the typesetters on the daily pa
rers work on the top floors Of the buildings
where the papers are issued. but In Panama
right at hand. The paper Is a daily. and tho
only one printed south Of Mexico worth men-
tion MS a newspaper. 1t prints its news. &c.
in Spanish. French. and English. n sufficient
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REARING OF BABY ELHs.
How They Are Captured and the GentIeness
OF Treatment They Require.

SCRANTON. Nov. 1S.-"Ore OF the most inter-
osting sights l saw in the Yellowstone Park
this summer" said n tourist. was small
herd OF baby elks. The little animals wouldn't
let strangers touch them. but to their keeper
they were as tame and cohnding as young
puppies. They licked his hands and face and
played around him like cosset lambs. The
keeper said he was tanning them for the Gov
ernments geological collection al Washing
ton. We have to capture the young elks.' the
keeper told me. before they are q week old
or We can't do anything with them in the way
Of tanning. The hull elk stands guard
over the female whom she gives birth to
her calf. and for some time after. When
any one approaches ho becomes furious and
puGnacous and we have to drive him away
before we can ca pture tho calf. We put him to
flight with bloodhound. the hound being
trained to return when it has driven the bull
elk out of the height borhood. The mother e!ks
are timid. and we have no trouble with them.
to handle the baby el ks with the utmost care
and kindness. No animal Ia more sensitive
than they are. and 1t were to cuff or slap one
confidence again or make any progress with
it. l daren't speak cross to them or
IN loud or >. sharp tone. i,or they
You arc scolding them Their memories are
30 good that they never forget the slightest
bit Of III treatment. and We have to fonnlc and
times to accomplish our purpose. SO long as
We do that they mind and love us. Tanning
young Hlks Is ticklish business. but l like it
while the keeper WAS saying this his sleek
little four-footed pupils huddled around him.
licked his clothing. stuck their noses toward
fection for him. 1t was q sight worth going u
long distance to see."
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nurIr nnoK rp1r1oxs.
Som, Cos. Only l.e Cents voiure 10 Make
-They Are Retniied nt tseeond-hand shops.

~.... <,,., male a q Cent. n voiurue 10 Make
-They Are Retniied nt seeond-hand shops.
MANY second hand book shops in New YORK
arc now selling by hundreds brand-new BOOKS
made in a style OF the art strange to most BOOK
lovers These books include mnny standard
works They are bound In cloth ana some
times illustrated. Binding. PAPER and print
ing are all OF the meancst and cheapest char-
meter. and tho illustrations are OF piece with
the physical characteristics OF the books. Such
books are manufactured by wholesale. rs
other cheap things are to meet special de-
mand They aro never sold at first hand In
any good book store OF New York. and are sell
dom sold Mt al outside tho second mana
SHOPS save at few dry goods stores.
They are especially made to sell In the
West. and in small rather than in large cities,
where there Is n reading population unac-
quainted with the qualities that constitute
a we'll made book. They are sold by agents
who deal upon commission. and who get what
price they can for their wares 80 long as 1t is
not below the cost of production. That is
said to be rs low throe and one-half cents
per volume. The worst Of these books are
mean bevond anything that the dealer In
cheap books usually has to sell Somo OF
others as, low as - cents. They are some.
at eight cents per volume. and the price out
West is all the way from that to what Is called
the publishers retail price. They Wholesale
In the West ut rates varying from ak cents to
sixteen or eighte cen cents per volume.
nhs Of Sso to the ssss
dealers in second hand works. One dealcr,
who displays great many. paid S33 per 900
for the mcnnest OF them. part of N lot held by
n binder who could get paid for his work in
no other way. These hooks were intended to
retail Mt % cents The second. hand dealer
first displayed them at 10 cents per volume.
and when the demand at that price slack
and at length to 5 cents per volume.
They arc still selling. and the dealer has
already hegun to realize n profit on his pur-
chase. He is sollng with success at % cents
per volume q lot OF new cheap books Of a
somewhat hetter character. They are of the
kind that country booksellers In tho West sell
at 81 per volume. Their paper is heavier and
their tyre clearer and larger than those OF the
cheaper books Such books come suddenly
upon the New York mark ct whenever Il cause
Ike the pan ic shuts IN their natural market.
and drives the publishers to desperate resorts
to raise money.
The sun., 1893-11-19
An INTERESTING DERELICT.
The Schooner Fannie +. SoIston S,ill Anon
Two Years After Her Abandonment,


Two Years After Her Abandonment
WASHINGTON Nov. 14.-Capt. Magil OF the
British steamship Lord Charlemont reports
that on the way from Belfast to New Orleans
ho encountered the abandoned schooner Fam
ME l. Wolston on Oct. 30, about l4O miles
south by west from Bermuda. and set & re to her
This interesting derelict is the oldest known
wreck now afloat on the Atlantic having been
abandoned two years ago while bound from a
long time for an abandoned vessel to remain
aaoat. and could happen only with strong
new vessel like the Wolston. whose cargo con-
sisted OF lumber. Her crew wore taken or
seventytive miles northeast OF Hatteras prior
to Oct. Is. 1891. the vessel having become dis
mastcd and waterlogged in Storm and ever
since that time the wreck has drifted about on
the Atlantic.
Twenty -four vessels have sighted her and
reported the details to tho HydroCraphic
Onlce Mt Washington. Government bureau.
one OF whose duties Is to warn mariners OF all
positions thus ohtained tell tho story Of her
wanderinEs when plotted on n chart. and show
tnat her path was. roughly. n long loop whose
eastern and larger end is, 1000 miles from
$500 sea miles. and she is: now within 500
miles OF her starting point Of two years ago
Capt. Magil describes her rs totally dis
masted. full OF wafer. decks overfowed hatches
took quantity of tar and parafln aboard and
set them on fire in the cabin. but doubts
whether that will destroy her because all the
wood about her 8 thoroughly wnter soaked.
and retain her title as the cham pion lonC-dis-
tanco dereict.
The sun., 1893-11-19

ed make but little leeway. When compared
with the big canoe from tho Pacific that hangs
York city they do not show. anything like, SO
good a. kn owledge Of mode Is as it does. while
m ssG vkns hn beS rsey That '
] sreeze Of % Wind is due 10 the fact that they are
s"iii. heavy wood. The thickness OF wood left
Mt the botrom'is from six inches to foot,
ballast. 4 boneo sailor told me that they
could model and hollow out ono In n month
enossh III rss men wUnsea ns 9ontb M
bian silver perhaps $50 in gold.
ODD AND EXPENSIVE FUEL.
Because hugo dugouts can be found now
only in such out-otthe. way corners Of the
and Louisiana. and because the bongoes are
characteristic II the entire Pacific coast from
Panama 10 CaliOrn n. and are m oreover famous
under different names in all tho writings Of
South Sea travellers. the tourist can scarcely
out interest In seqiarinG matters tho traveller
should visit the beach for n look at the cargoes
tine Gn spy Tns T ID @
into two-foot lengths ana the lengths are split
into pieces Of about square inch cross sec
These pieces ar" sold at 40 cents Columbian
silver per 100. At that rate . full cord Of the
captain ever thought OF slich a thing as sell
Ing wood in any other way than by the piece.
The, usual quantity purchased is twenty-five
Other bongoes come loaded with charcoal.
This Is done up In cylindrical baskets. and is
sold at about forty cents silver a bushel Men
with baskets OF charcoal and bundles OF the
kinding like wood can be, seen goinG,up and
toners and finding n plenty OF them but
many people come themselvss or Rend their
servants to the beach to buy tho fuel direct
from the hongoes because it Is from 10 to
90 per cent cheaper there.
The stranger soon begins to wonder. "a he
stands on the beach, at the number OF Gus
toners coming for what seems to be only
kindinG. but il the bongo sailors he aues-
toned about the matter; It ia learned that no
More curious still. 200 sticks of wood or n
couple OF baskets OF charcoal is a very large
quantity for any purchaser to buy at one time.
The cooks OF lanama do not want their kitch-
ems lum bered up with fusl--there Is. indeed.
The sun., 1893-11-19
AERON.IUyIC SPIDERS.
They Can build Balloons md Make Jour-
ncys In the Air.

There Is certain species Of spider which Is
moved by Instinct at certain seasons Of the
year TO travel. and to travel distances that no
What. then, is his method? Tho spider Sc
lects the rlgh kind OF day. ono on which
tnsIs + s Hs II she al" rather
II" crawls IN n tree. or y fagstati. or a bull
rush. or anything that will give him n free po.
u web from his nlament bag. and this is SO
light and fresh that it floats, away in the air
aGd is carried fGnG @ By ths o Sht
now and then he tries whethe there s enough
out and floating TO buoy him i he lets 60 Ms
syst.m Of calculation he ascertains Just what
will buoy him. and then. letting go his hold.
n" lllrme1t ls horne of 6y tho wind. md he
travel miles and miles.
II le Iinds himser coming near the water he
obtains more iioating ament to bear him up.
II, on the contrary, he finds himself going too
high ho draws In his cahle and desconds by
less ming the amount Of floating i.lament,
you anchor pole in n body OF wator. leav-
ing the pole above the surface, and put a spider
by his plans to escape AT first he viii spin a
web and hang TO one end while he allows ths
other to float of in the wind. In the hope thnt
1t will strike some object.
oi course. this plan proves failure but the
spider Is not disc9nrnged. lie waits until the
wind changes and thon sends another silken
strand tlontinE of In another direction. An
other iailure is followed by several other sim l.
lar attempts, until all the points OF tho com
pass have teen tried.
But neither tho resources nor reasoning
power OF the spider have been tried lie climbs
TO the ton OF he poll and enerGetically goes to
work to instruct silken balloon. He has not
hpt air with which 10 initiate 1t. but he has tho
power OF making i 6uoyant,
When he gets his balloon finished ho does
not go of on the mere supposition that it vii
carry him. as men often do. but h. fnstens It
to q guy rope the other end OF which he at
taches 10 the island pole upon which ho Is q
prisoner. lie then gets into his aerial vehicle
while 1t is made fast and tests II to see whether
1t is capable OF bearing him Rwat. :,
He often nnds that he has madei TOO small;
In which case he hauls it down, takes II all
apart and constructs 1t on q larger and better
plan. A spider has been seen to make three
different balloons before he became satisfied
with his experiment.
Then he will snap tho guy rope and. sus;;
pended from nlament will sail away to land
e. graselmilS and as sapfss%sly indeps9dent ot
The sun., 1893-11-19
BRUIN VAS KNOWING AND BOLD.
1t Was Against Orders to shoot, 80 He
Raided tho Soldiers Camp Nightly.

SCRANTON. Now 1s-"when was in the
Yellowstone Park this summer" said Wyo-
ming Valley man. ''ons OF the gamck cepers told
me about Il bear that worried o camp Of Cow
ernment soldiers almost to desperation for
several weeks Late one night bear wad-
died into camp, ripped open a tent, put the
soldiers to Night. got what he wanted to eat.
and went away. The next night the bear came
around again. smashed down tent.
and stole smoked ham. Under the
from firing at At 1Hee the thieSisR U"soSs brute. as
well as from jabbing a bayonet into him.
and the only thing they could do when the
bear appeared and went to helping, himself to
r4tions was to get out Of his way, Night after
night the bold beast made ra id on the camp
and ruined tent, or two. My iniorma!pt said
diers darent fire at him. and that on each visit
he became more saucy and destructive than
before. When the bear raids had become
npbearabe the commandant sent the facts to
the Secretary OF the Interior and asked what
10 do Word came back to shoot the bear. and
that night. whom bruin strobe boldly into
rsddling him with bullets"
The sun., 1893-11-19
the prison and thence to the chain gang. while
the woman was imprisoned also.

THE 1sTBMIAN BOOMER
As was said before. the American resident In
TO an American In Pensma 20 % saia 'S aSst .pwn opc
neehied neeh to keep HE back TOWARD the Chinese
efSsr o a. my h9ts and that the closets
once said that every place. I called vile was
could get .five good courses and a bottie Of
claret served at each OF the two principal meals
silver or say @ 10 cents gold i per Or dem alo Us ''00
that b4s your , streets s are dirty and the water
from the eisterns % under the hospitals. vS where
yellow fover patients are kept. some OF tho
water water comes from wells ontnninated by ceme-
on. Yes. | suppose so: but you should boil
se NV water f,e g9p l drink IN any city Croton watr
here four years now. and never saw a sick
day" he replied.
house tie T' srS eySd on
There lie never q day In the. year l learned.
when some one is not sick with II in Panama.
as elsewhere"
When by chance I mentioned the Nicaragua
citizen of Panama no scheme in engineering
@ M@uite 80 ridiculous ms the Nicaragua Canal
oi Nicaragua would Shake down sV the Iock walls
faster than 10000 men could build them.
,-o,i,Innp0s ,sInnp0se the isthmus is free from such
+. You may say that. for practical purposes. it
to the water front, where tho men work In the
placer digg'ngS. he will see the ruins OF q
cnsrGn cnsr the Thick walls OF which were tpmbed
DOUBTS. after n look over the Panama route,
that an interoceGnic canal would now be sue
cessluly operating there but for the innate
dishonesty of the French: but to mention
Nicaragua In Panama is to excite suspicion,
Mniie ,i to venture even word in its favor is to
One naturally. resents this intolerance. Its
nmanilestations In Panama are only little less
nirif lie in,
Chicago Indeed. Panama resembles Chicago
w n anothsr niap respect 1t is worry dirty. In few
effect Of .departed furry. In Panama there
With hais ths ssas e"y IF desay fna "t ike nns
ddincTEo. Ianama is the trade centre Of Ia great
OF its morchandise sales and Of Certain ain kinIs
c1 1saEctarinf eig%re.tsS for s
likely increasing. though this would not not appear @
to the casual observer because of the over
shad1wng gloom of deserted houses
meaning Protestunts and what have they done
mere; i1r OF certain representatives Of the Amer
iean PsDe s9nt 70 tne by the Amer
deadly climate Arm in the mind OF the appoint
terest to every American reader stories will
f he told at another time could remain in
eouS ind Tesrs snSash t9
monh enrcu to suGS h.t at sast
can spend that time or a year or
more in Panama with hut little danger OF the
fever seemed clear to mo. Tho city is not SO
bad ha its reputation in such matters. The
ordinary traveller begins to take qunine the
moment he sees the palm trees at Colon. and
sometimes dies OF fear within n week. II a
man will drink no water that has not been
boiled: md will avoid liquor and dissipation.
ana Will use a proper disin !ectant in the water
clothing is washed. and will. above ali. take
enough exercise to keep hts system from stag
nation. no may live long and enjoy life in
Panama or any other tropical city.
JOHN R. SPEARS
The sun., 1893-11-19

.o, ro, son,t snoak snanish. Bocs means
r,o,th.- outh NJ the canal Been there3"
"Non
.vo,, h,ro,,,, ybv .vorvbody noea there
Oh. erat thing"
"1nd..d, What ran be sesn there7"
.Whv notb,ng .xcent the ditch thev dug in
Oh. awamn"
"p;, honLs n, .artb ru,na of look Sc.?"
.No. mat nothing but n streak OF water act.
TING boct info the swnmn grass. The banks
.ro crown over with vepetation. But tho road
I'D. n..t tha canal bosnit,la and Won can see
th.m foo Finest hosnitals in tho world
hnii. IN tbe hest French models. that ia.
Evarvhodv aees than"
"Anvthing necnlinr 70 tbe nsople OF this
,ountrv .houttbem2
"No. ~ course not Iftbat's what vou want
xou,n hoyo IN strito out info tbe country but
the tbinga neculiar 70 the conntrv ara thatcbed
huto m,do ~ noIea and naked babies Idon,t
think th.v,II interest Won much. II vou want
% ITO ANYTHING obout Panama Won oupht 70
~ 20 tbs bosnitaIa and then 90 see the e,oc-
trio lioht plant and some OF the other i'm.
nrovam.nta You,ve heen tn Panama yieio-
tbo old ruined Panama tho huccanser, de-
.trovad T sunno.e. Nearly eyervbody poss
there too"
mo. but I'm going there. What will I
Nnd,n
n,,, IT., 49,.
why, there 8 not much there elther put
lot OF old walls grown over with brush and q
,r,n.d cbnrcb towor hut ia all verx old
tu,neu 'hu'e" 'o"9i' wv =. @ q" '0i' o'o'
what nave you seem anyhowF
The sun., 1893-11-19

at different times. and noticed that residents
OF the town and people who were apparently
were not addressed. Neither we're residents
q ths city; Later learned that, In spite OF
the canal ceased. there was absolutely no eI-
cuse for such begging. Not single one hut
lied when he said he needed food as many did
spent viciously.
An American who for the first time starts
out to walk alone in a foreign city where he
docs not understand the LANGUAGE is likely To
feel lonely. and the voice OF ono who addresses
ear The Panama negroes Of both sexes and and
some Of tho native or Ladno women UNDER
stand this very well The stranger hears the
The sun., 1893-11-19


"Fo' de Lnwd. boss. Use glad to zee you. Use
been lookin' for You all dis mawnn'."
There was no refusing such a cordial greet
ing. ! shook hands and said
Lookin for mei ! don't know you. How
How come look for your Use gwine tell
you. 'Co',rse you don't know me. Use Gwine
tell you bout dat. too. Use been wsitn' TO-
you because amt had er monthfu o coffee
dis dressed mawnin. l'se on de beach an
I'd Jess like ter borry er dime"
il was u clear case of Panama bunco. but
there was such n happy expression on his face
--he 30 thoroughly enjoyed his little game and
he worked 1t 80 well-that there was no re-
member OF great gang OF peculiar negro
heGgars to be found on the streets Of lanamn.
They are without exception, from the islands
ruled by the British in the West Indies. and
they beg only of Englishspeakin strangers
On every corner and on several blocks be-
tween corners while walking to the market 1
met negro mon, Without execution they
bowed and touched their hats and said Good
mrwnin', boss I:se on de beach. sab, A dine
sab q 70, please "or TIE ne beach" ca Is EQUIV
dead broke" l watched = number OF them