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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12

several large rooms, one Of which he de-
cided to make his treasure vault and into
it he conveyed all his wealth. After de-
posting his gold and gems he carefully
closed up the mouth or door leading to
the treasure room, making a cement for
the purpose with the gypsum and yeso,
which no found in abundance, and marked
the spot with two old-fashioned swords
crossed.
He then struck out alone in an easterly
direction, and In a few days reached tho
Laguna Madre and managed to cross over
TO Padre Island, where he remained for
some time, until finally picked up by a
Spanish vessel and taken to Spain, where
he soon afterward died.
About six months ago party Of six or
seven Americans from the neighborhOod
OF Kennedy, in Karnes county, came out
10 Iona Blanca, and after looking over
the ground, commenced excavations, and
after clearing away a considerable amount
Of drift sand, came 10 what was undoubt-
edly the mouth OF cave In the side of a
hill. The passageway, although filled COM
pletely with sand the Accommodations OF
many years, was well defined and could
be easily followed. The work of explora-
ton Is still In progress, but 1t Is neces-
sarily very slow. A few days ago one OF
the explorers told the News correspondent
that they were nearly assured that they
had reached the neighborhood of the
treasure vault described by the old Span
lard. The springs OF fresh water and all
the passages and rooms so far explored
are exactly as they were described by the
maps, and the gentlemen who are at work
on the enterprise have the most abund-
ant faith. in final success. They have
spent quite sum Of money besides their
own labor, and If they are merely follow
Ing will-o' -the-wisp they are to be pitied.
They keep their own counsel, and outside
their own little circle no one for certain
knows what are their plans. They have
excayated a tunnel about 900 feet long.
and that IL is an old subterranean pas
sage cannot be doubted, as is shown by
the staglamite formations above and be-
low.
Apparently they are going down into
the bowels of the earth at an angle of
about 60 degrees and the farther they pro-
gress the more remarkable are the stalag-
mite specimens
III there is any buried treasure there ana
these men find it, they have certainIv
earned 1t, and If they spend portion of Ii
TO make road across the Encinal to the
point where they are working they will
nave the thanks and prayers Of everybody
whose misfortune compels them to travel
over those horrible sand hills.
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ened and starchiness Of those miserable
cambrics.
And the nou-nou, too, is clad all in white
from the top Of her high Swiss cap TO the
broad soles OF her shoes. Another impOr-
tant aby is the wee son of an East In
dian high official. What his skin lacks in
Wnlteness IS made uD to this hiEh-born
BABY in the pure whtteness of his robes.
Inc most elegant long coat OF white silk,
trimmed prOIusely IN rich old lace, was MS.
he was borne along by the proudest white
nurse and he blinked just as cOntentediy
at the sun in spite Of the stage whispers
tnat went around among the small boys,
dgbbing him lie petit cafe au lait."
yesterday Went 70 see a. very newcomer
in Paris one who has not been initiated
10 an out-of-dOor life, and one who has
YET 10 look forward 10 his first walk in the
BOls. Edith, OF six, and Bobbie Just
two, came to tell me all about the person
al appearance of their new brother Edith
said the pretty dress she wore was even
newer than the baby, for It had just come
that day.
II was Of green bastiste with little fig
ure in old blue. The square yoke was Of
coarse ecrue lace inserting. She wore with
II a belt Of old blue velvet with two ro-
settles at tho front
Bob's little dresses are always built on
uhe same general plan, and have the idea
OF comfort, remarkable preserved. Both
are fashionable little folks.
There are very soft fuzzy white dresses
WIN a great deal of narrow valenciennes
insertions and tiny tucks. And they are
an made by the sisters in some Partisan
convent that are noted for their dainty
needle-work
Then had the rare treat Of seeing baby
ana ms 'layette' and even his christening
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lynchers could shift their positions. They
went around to the side Of the house, igno-
rant that there also were loopholes. Gibbs
hadn't time to utilize the loopholes, for In
compliance with a suggestion 10 smoke
the skunk out the lynchers scattered In
search Of brushwood 1t did not take long
to gather a quantity, which they piled
against the wooden shutters protecting
one of the rear windows. The heap had
reached to the low roof, which was Of
wood, and had been fired before Gibbs
the lynchers now conducted their opera
lions, could not tell their exact point of
attack.
but the rising flame which was ex-
pected to prelude Gibbs doom proved the
discontinue Of his enemies. Through the
nearest rear loophole he shot dead by It's
light, one after another. two of the near
est lynchers. This turned the expected
triumph of the lynchers into utter rout.
With one accord they broke and ran.
While they yet remained in the light Of
the fire Gibbs, throwing open a window
brought down the nearest one with his
rifle, shooting him dead
THE rout of the lynchers was complete,
but, fearing their return with reinforce
ments, Gibbs abandoned his dwelling to It's
fate. He fastened to his stable, saddled
his horse, and set out on a gallon for Dem
yer. He had not ridden far before day be-
gan TO dawn. He feared It's light, for the
ranchmen along his route were of the
lynch him. Toward the middle Of the af-
tcrnoon he became conscious that the
friends of the men he killed and wound
ed were pursuing him. With his keen
sight he could soon see a struggling group
of hurrying horsemen securing over the
plain less then two miles in the rear. At
the same time he saw approaching a north
bound train on the narrow gauge Denver
and Rio Grande railroad, along which he
was riding 1t was slowing up to stop at
a station half a mile ahead.
Squirting his exhausted horse into n
final burst Of speed, Gibbs reached the sta
ton just as the train pulled out. He got
aboard, and for the time was out of reach
of his pursuers Fearing that they would
telegraph friends in Denver to head him
off, he left the train, which was moving
slowly, at the point nearest the jail He
was welcomed by the jail men, who did not
believe that he was the man to commit a
murder as cowardly as that Of which he
had been accused. The story Of his prow-
ess against the lynchers soon spread
through the town. had free access to the
jail, and so / went to hear his story from
his own lips. He took a train for Chey-
enne, then called Hell on Wheels the
next day, and 1 heard later that his wife
had Joined him somewhere in the west
that is, west of the Rockies. His ranch
as well as the good horse which had saved
his life he had to forfeit. He tried by
proxy to sell the ranch, but no one would
buy II. A squatter got hold of 1t later, and
his title will become good in the course Of
time by right of adverse possession, even
If some one claimed Il through Gibbs The
horse, ] believe was confscated by the
station master, after Gibbs had taken the
train. ] hope he treated it we'll"
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LEARNING TO SPEAK CHINESE.
Some of the Difficulties Set Forth by
Missionary Student.

NAbsAOu0Fy STUDENT.
From the Northwestern Christian Advo-
cate.
John Wesley is credited with the saying
that the Chinese language was an in
vention of the devil to keep the mission
aries out of China The words may be
apocryphal, but they exactly express the
feelings of every student of Chinese. at
least for the first six months of study.
Chinese is the Oldest spoken language:
it contain more symbols of expression
than any other, and is unquestionably the
most difficult for a foreigner to acquire.
Their standard dictionary, the work of
the Emperor Kang Hi, contains A, 700 diff
ferent characters. and it is said that
among the old debris of the language
there are at least $1,000 more. 1t is con-
soling to the missionary to be Informed
that the great mass of them are archaic
and obsolete forms, and if he is able to
master only 1900 of these characters he
will have a fair working knowledge of
the Chinese language
Everybody knows that a Chinese book
begins where our books end, and that it Is
read in perpendicular columns from top to
bottom from right to left of the mage ON
opening his book the student sees a mass
OF hieroglyphicS, with no clue whatever
to their pronunciation, sound or tone In
tnelr simple primitive form they We're
rude pictures of objects. Man is repre-
sented by a straight, upright stroke and
two legs, a mountain by three peaks, a
tree by strokes representing branches.
trunk, and roots, a forest by two trees,
field by two trees, a field by a. square
divided into four parts, the sun by a cir
Gle dot in the center, a door by picture
Of a double gate, and so on. Little by lit
tie the ideographs become more complex
An arrow piercing a target becomes the
symbol for the middle. Two cash with
string through the center aptly signify
union. A mouth in door means to ask
An ear at door means to listen. wo-
man with a broom expresses the Chinese
idea of a wife. One woman under one
roof means peace, two women under one
roof means quarrel, while one woman be-
tween two men, as can easily be guessed.
is q symbol for anger
These are a few illustrations of the more
simple characters. The great mass are
vastly more complex and their parts so
abbreviated and entangled that II Is al
most impossible at this day to trace their
derivation. Thus 1t viii be seen that IN
Chinese we have no alphabet, no infiec-
tons, no conJugations, and no distinctions
Of mood, gender, tense, or person. Stand
ing alone and divorced from it's context
the student cannot tell whether a single
character Is noun or a verb. He turns 10
his dictionary and is often bewiidered BY a
score OF diverse meanings that have gath
cred around the word during 1000 years OF
service IN Chinese literature. IL Is worthy
Of remark that chiuaman living IA Can
ton Will pronounce tnOse characters alto
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12
WOMAN AND THE BICYCLE.
Athletic Ladies Should Wear Blooms


From the Nebraska State Journal.
Day after day women ride by with their
dress skirts all over on one side of the
wheel and pulled tight on the other, which
does not look well. This is something that
must be seen to while the rider is mounts
ing. If she mounts from the right when
she puts her foot on the left pedal, pre-
paratOry to getting into the saddle She
ought to pull enough of the skirt over to
the left to make the skirt fall evenly. In
she mounts from the left she ought to pull
enough over to the right to serve the same
purpose. Old riders do this easily by stand-
moving. Then their skirts fan naturally
when they seat themselves again In the
saddle.
One feature of these adjustable bicycle
costumes of which much is heard seems
to escape mention. All of them claim TO
combine elegance OF appearance off the
wheel with perfect ease and comfort to
the wearer when riding. Yet in the last OF
these features they must necessarily fan
far short Of perfection. None of them can
be easiest to ride In, because, no mat
ter how they are lOoped up or how adjusts
able systems Of pins and hooks and but
tons may make them, they burden the
rider with unnecessary thfcknesses
through which she must pedal. There ia
only one garb easy to ride in, the garh
that is skirtless. A suit may bristle with
possibilities Of adjustment, ii may have u
skirt capable Of being looped up to amaz-
ing shortness, or perhaps left open on
one side" which many seem 70 think mys-
teriously advantageous. but the skirt viii
still be there 20 ofLer resistance 20 the mo-
bother about this when they are pro-
claiming the merits Of new costumes Of
ten the Wearer never does, because she haa
experienced nothing different
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winter months spent indoOrs-months
when the sun doesn't shine one week out
Every baby has its own nurse and the
nurseS-Who have styles of their own
group themselves around in the parks in
little punches according TO their nation
atty
There will be a group of Alsatian caps,
with their heads all together all talking
az the same time. but their fingers are
always busy with their knitting needles,
ana not Tar on another group in Breton
caps having quite as sociable a. morning
30 the little groups of children are di-
Elded up this way irresp ective Of their
DIVERS languages and nationahties
me American and English children are
IN the majority but there are lots Of
French and Italian and Spanish in the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12
CHAIRS FOR FAT CoUNCILMEN.
Problem Before the Philadelphia
Public Building Commissioners.
From the philadelphia Record.

From the philadelphia Record.
A weighty problem was presented before
the public building commissioners yester-
day afternoon by Mr.. Harris, who asked
what steps would be taken to provide spe-
cial chairs for the recently elected coun-
cilmen, Levering and Edwards, whose av-
oIrdupois is such that ordinary chairs
will not fit them. Mahogany chairs, such
as are used in council chambers cost
considerable money, and ex-Sheriff Wright
remarked that It seemed to be expensive
to elect fat men to the municipal legisla-
ture.
There was a suggestion that a law be
passed prohibiting men weighing over 100
pounds from being councilmen but Mr.
Harris seemed disturbed by these fiippant
remarks and explained that Il wasn't his
fault II providence had given some men
a superabundance Of avoirdupois: he
merely wanted information. It was decid-
ed that a resolution requesting the COM
mission to supply the special chairs. ana
three others for extra members OF COM
mon council, should be first Introduces
into councils. and President Miles. OF
select, promised to look after the matter
The commissioners decided to place M
~ arc lamps Ia the corridors, and to erect
three lights on fixtures IN the three COR
ner entrances OF the city han now In use.
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CopgElghl. 80. b. Rgmaa IntervLew sEna.eate.

Paris, April 2-This weather brings
them out in swarms in the Bots ard the
luxembourg gardens, the sunshine ba-
hes as they are called. For there are
ether babies in Paris. too-the rain or
shine babies" But they are so different.
so roly-poly and red-cheeked. and they de-
fv all sorts of weather.
And then one could never write a let
Ter about the different styles of their
dresses, for there is but one style of dress
known to the rain or shine babies''-a
sort of ''smock' of blue linen or black
alpaca, full affair, gathered on to a
short yoke. It reaches a little below the
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dress. The square yoke of the dress was
or narrow lace and fine tucks The full
printed bertha was made of tiny strips OF
the soft white material and strips of lace
For twenty inches around the bottom of
the dress there were bands of the ma
teIlal and bands of the lace decreasing in
Width as they went up
Some very full rosettes of white baby
ribbon We're tackled around on the yoke
Nina Goodwin
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bob and Edith Are Fashionable. d"

maman," baby is off again to the sand
heap.
1 can't believe that either baby or the
mother know of that vast army of people
who continually wage war on that one ar
ticle Of food that's IN the bill of fare regrl-
larly twice a day, for babies cheeks could
baby's head could not be SO light II h
Knew OF the future painted so black as this
great army that does not approve of wine
Tor children paints 81.
when The spring comes the sunshine
eables' have TO play very furiously and
shink very deep TO make up for the long
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PARIS GOWNS FOR CHILDREN.
In snowy ClOaks of Turkish TOweIline.
Groups of Future Heiresses Play in
Paris Streets.

Boys in say
ChIId's Clothes m More sensib
Little mart in Sail
o adet Blue.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-27
FROM LAWRENCE TO BATH
Stops are Made at Lawrence. Mass and
Portland, No.

Portland, Ne.
Lawrence, Mass, Sept 26-An elabor-
ate banquet was rendered Mr.. Bryan az
the Essex house here by the Democratic
city committee. Chairman John A Ma
gee introduced Mr.. Bryan and Mrs. Sc
wall ar then orth side Of the city hall
The meeting was one Of the largest of
the day and cheered Mr.. Bryan through
out his speech. Mr.. Bryan made a long
speech, which was received with entilu-
siasm. He handled the issues on a
similar strain as on previous occasions
and at the close Was heartily cheered
Portland. Me, Sep. 26.-The start
from Lawrence for Bath was made at
l:S0 and q haf hour later the train
stopped in front Of large shoe factory
II Haverhiu, the town q shoe facto-
rtes. Another crowd met the party here,
but time did not perniS OF 8 speech
Brief stops We're made a. Exeter. y. H.
and Rockingham Junction and a. the
latter place NJ. Bryan spoke from the
platform.
During his speech, Mr.. Bryan. from
his place on the platform, espied two
pickpcckets attempting 20 remove q
fat pocketbook which prosruded from
the pocket OF a man II the crowd
Look out there yelled the nominee
''ihe-'re trying 10 rob n the confu-
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sion, however, the would-be thieves es-
capped.
This city was reached at O'Clock and
Mr.. Bryan addressed a great multitude
of people in the large public square.
The stop was only for three minutes but
in that time the candidate was given
one of the most demonstrative greetings
of his tour. Melvin P. Frank intro
duced Mr.. Bryan, who said:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
"In this, the first opportunity have had
since l entered the state OF Maine. de-
sire 20 say to the Democrats Of Maine
that the Democrats of the union have no
complaint TO make of the manner in
which you fought your state election
battle. We understand the circum-
stances which have surrounded you.
Yet we can rejoice in the fact that the
Democratic candidate for governor,
standing on a silver platform, IN spite
Of the desertion OF the gold standard
men, nolled 1000 more votes than the
Democratic party did two years ago.
We bid you God speed in the work you
are still carrying on
Mr.. Bryan then went into a lengthy
defense OF free coinage and the Chica-
go platform. in the course of which he
said.
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DO You Rnow

That the Frisco Line est. Louis and
San Francisco railroad) is positively
the only line running two daily through
passenger trains from Wichita 10 ST.
Louis, without change. leaving Wich-
ita at 1925 p. m, and l0:40 ,. m. arriv-
fng In 81. Louis at 7:l5 a m. and $50
p. m. The equipment of these trains
is first class in every particular. con-
sisting of elegant reclining chair cars
(seats free) AID Pullman Palace Draw
ing Room SleepeFs.
II you are going beyond 81 Louis re-
member that Connection with all lines
for the east. northeast and southeast
is made in the magnificent new Grand
Union station. St. Louis. the largest
and handsomest passenger station in
the world.
For sleeping car berths and all infor-
nation relative TO rates. routes. etc.
call on or address Ticket Agent, corner
Main and Douglas, or Douglas avenue
sta ton.
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ROCKWELL WANTS TO KNOW
And Mr.. Bryan Explains to tho Bost of His
Ability.

Manchester, n. H, Sept. 25.-And ap-
lause interrupted by questions by Rock
well Clcugh Of Alton, n. H., pronin-
ent wire manufacturer, Mr.. Bryan adj
dressed very large crowd on Merrfmac
Common here He said:
''Fellow-citizens: We are told that the
iree coinage of silver will be detrimental
to those who have deposits in savings
banks. l want you people who have
money deposited in savings banks to
remember this-that your deposits are
secure only when the bank can collect
the money which they have loaned and
n You lend money on western land and
then drive down the value of western
tar you areCestroying the securities
which the banks hold for what they owe
you
Mr. Bryan then went into a discussion
Of the silver question proper. He severe
iy arraignad trusts and monopolies and
declared the people were on the side of
silver. and added:
Silver is a legal tender except when
you contract against il. We believe st
ought to be a legal tender and that
hereafter no man ought to be permitted
10 contract against any kind of govern
ment money. But if our administration
would recognize silver, even as il is by
law, we would be relieved of great dis
advantages But instead of recognize
Ing silver as a standard money, equal
with gold in the payment of all debts.
public and private. our administration
has issued bonds to the amount of $685.
N0 900 in order to buy gold TO furnish
10 those who make q profit by raidins
the treasury. and then buying the bonds
which the treasury issues to replenish
itseh?"
AT this point Rockwell Clough Of Alton
\, N, started to PROFOUND interroga-
torheS. He said:
rs that a Republican administra-
tion?"
Mr. Bryan-''No, sir; but the Republi-
aSn party will continue the same thing
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ST. LOUIS AND RETURN $40
VIA

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north. Captain Rartlett ,s,or.A5 AZ, {

north. Captain Bartlett reported all
well on board but it was added that the
main object OF the expedition, that OF
bringing TO the United States the forty
ton meteorite discovered by Lieutenant
Peary at Cape York upon a previous
trip, had not been accomplished. 1t
was found impossible TO rig a derrick
strong enough to move the me1eodte
The expedition touched at a number of
points hitherto UNEMPLOYED Scientific
were made and valuable
records were obtained from the investi-
cations