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The sun., 1896-09-06

SOUTHAMPTON, n. V, Sept. 5.-The Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania football team Ia now
hard at work in the preliminary practice
on the spacious grounds at the Mecox Inn
Watermill The grounds are the best the team
has ever had for preliminary training and are
almost as well fitted for football as Franklin
Field is for other sports. Tho team IL provided
with an excellent baseball diamond tennis
courts. golf links and sailing facilities and the
members are well pleased with Manager Nc
Avoy's selection. Practice so far is very prom
isinG. and consists mostly of punting, drop
kicking catching. and tacklng. The men in
the squad, from whom coach George w. Wood
run will pick his team, are Roy VI. jackson
first baseman on the Varsity nine: Herbert l..
Rice and Charles II. Wharton, guard: Charlie.
Colbert. end and hall back John ID. Minds half
back, and Samuel ). Boyle, Jr.. and Byron Dick
son end.
These men. with tho exception OF jackson,
played In last yehr's games. Other men In the
squad are Harry X; Josslyn Samuel Goodman.
trsss, \; King Dickson. p. ID. Overiield, 7. q.
Odell, ii. n. Moon. Joseph Stannard, William
Worth, L. ]. Stearns, j. NJ. Ringenb berg, Jonn
Hedges. Jr., :. NJ. Ziegler, Henry Callahan, j.
unenhainer, and Fred B. Hancock. Several
other candidates are expected to arrive In few
days. though the present party exceeds any ure-
yious one taken out by Pennsylvania. A base
ball nine was made up on Friday and q game
was played with the Bridgehampton Club. II
was spirited and hard fought game. resulting
l3 to o. The football team will not be put to
any heavy work until the return 10 Phlladel-
phia on Sept. "a. Mike Murphy is acting as
trainer and George w. Woodruff coach.
The sun., 1896-09-06
QUEEN OF -iLASk.d.
The Title Earned br n Good-henrted wo.
man In tho Icy North.
Irnni fhr S,ntfIs Ia Lnfrn.n.nnrr


days past and few persons have been aware OF
the fact Not real crowned Queen, ruler OF
liantly dressed subjects but the woman who has
sPIranng Iring INTO local fame as The Queen OF
atributary OF. the Yukon. While the career OF
this woman is not as remarkable as that OF
many another noted person, still the fact re.
mains that four years ago she was servant. and
n nov she G Is = laay whose wealth would place her
brief her history is ~ follows:
>, Soon after the great Seattle fire of 1889 Miss
bridget Manion was a cook at the Sesler resi-
dence, on James street. between Third and
Fourth avenues. In the course of events she
mile Greek. where he Is now in charge Of
the trading post. That was four years ago
but with Mrs. Healy was the mrs, woman s, to 60
into that frozen country. There were plenty OF
long time. and. as she was single, her hand
was sought by them In marriage. Not being Of
the marriaseable nature just then. she kept on
WORKING at very good wages, accumulatlng a
After Miss .Manion had been at Forty mile for
a year and nine months. Mr.. Aylward was sue
ceSsful in gaining for wife the first lady OF the
land. At that time he had located several
worked the claims. which was not very hard. as
tho gold was picked UP In nuggets. 1t was at
Irospectors were entering the country. and A.
times were very short OF supplies. and during
,hsr the months when work was Out Of the aue,
Gulch. Many man owes Mrs. Aylward a debt
OF gratitude for having clieered his dark hours.
Last May she left the little home in the gold
region and started for the coast. DnrinR the
week OF Aug. 70 she reached San Francisco or
course her clothes were not of the latest fashion
and In company with a friend she was fitted out
While there many Of the ladies OF the city.
whose husbands had gone north in search OK
gold and TO whom she hau been friend in the
hour Of need. called on her and expressed their
thanks: since then she has visited Tacoma and
Is now ,s in Seattle the guest Of old friends
ward will leave for Boston, to spend month or
more In that city and then will cross the Allan.
Tic TO old Ireland. where her mother now lives
abe will again leave for her Northern home
there to remain with her husband for several
years. when they Will have acquired an inde.
pendent fortune, and then they will seek the
more civilized world. Mrs. Aylward has with
her many nuggets which she has individually
picked up on the claims. She hns a NECKLACE
made or nuggets. which she wears around her
neck, and also n valuable bracelet '
The sun., 1896-09-06
zIMBER ron soUrn AFRICA.
A New Trade that Has Sprung Up In Texas
by Way OF Sabine PnsH.

Eastern Texas has within year set up on
important trade in timber with South AfriCa.
This long range trade is the outcome of the
Improvement of the Sabine Pass, waterway
that the United States engineers have been
dredging for years. When the timber agents
OF Mobile, Pensacola, and other Gulf ports dis
covered the possibilities of tho timoer trade
through Sabine Pass they began TO mako con-
tracts for timber in southeastern Texas, and
TO ship tho product TO South Africa. where tho
activities OF n RAPIDLY growing population In
q region almost bare OF trees created demand
for timer.
The timber belt OF Texas is a region Of
about 10000 square miles. TIE timber IS
transported partly by water being foated down
the streams, and parity by rail Already rev.
eral railway lines penetrate the timber belt,
Saa @ connecting WITH these lines mes are mTny bs PFi
climate is such that the lumbermen can work
the year round. Negroes do most of the work
owners and overseers to white laborers, and
are probably better suited to the climate:
timber be are as ge by the
and In those parts of the region where the lum-
bermen are at work only the pine has been cut
some are much larger. South Africa has come
In very opportunsly TO take the. place Of the
by large schooners. though steamers are en-
gagged in IT. The timber land, worth from 81
TO 80 an acre, is held by individuals and corpo-
rntions In great tracts some as large as 100,-
600 acres. The owners are often non.resi-
dents: The timber is used in wasteful fashion,
but it Is believed that the Texan forest belt
will outlast the forests of Maine and even of
Michigan. IL is estimated that there is in the
IeSnn timber half century OF cutting.
While the yellow pine OF Texas Ia thus com
ing into market there is in the same region an
abundance of oak and ash yet untouched. These
hard woods are found along tho water courses
where the pine does not grow. The oak is OK.
rellent and IL is believed that at present prices
this timber could DO cut profitnblv.
The sun., 1896-09-06
DUDES As HEROES.
An Incident at Fl Reno that disappointed
Governor OF Oklahoma.

An Ineidens at FL Reno that disappointed ID
aGoSernor OF Oklahoma.
A former Governor OF Oklahoma was In town
few days ago. and some New York men were
entertaining him. An incident started the con-
versation on dudes. and how, sometime they
had been agreeable disappointments.
I'VE never had any real dudes In Oklahoma
that ever heard Of" said the former Cover
nor. There was one, come to think OF il, who
got mixed In the shuttle somehow. was in Ell
Reno one day. and while sitting on the piazza
Of tho meanost hotel that was ever run any,
where Col. Wade. son of old Ben Wade, you
know. who was In command at Fort Reno, and
who WAS in El Reno every day. said to me:
"'Governor. there goes dude
~ nearly fell from my chair in getting up to
SEQ the creature. But there he was as he had
been pictured. Col. Wade said he had heard
that o dude would sometimes astonish people
by some extraordinary feat or heroic act which
entitled him to consideration, | never believed
it. but as Col Wade WAS an officer let it 20.
while we were looking at the creature we
saw \ woman trundling a baby wagon along tho
sidewalk-the only one In town, / should re-
mark and q minute later we saw a runawnv
team coming In the direction of the mother and
child and the dude. A runaway team in Fl
heno. gentlemen, has the right OF way. On
came the team. IL was within few feet OF the
woman and child when i saw the dude raise
Saved tho child" exclaimed one of the New
Workers. "
Saved nothinGw replied the former Gov
ornor OF Oklahoma, in disgust, "the damned
sissy tainted on the spot; aud says to Col Wade:
never TOOK any stock In the yarns about
dudes being heroes. and now know was
The sun., 1896-09-06

Excitement In Texas Over n Probability OF
Opening Profitable Gold DisEinss

Fron the 81. Loun Globe Democrat
ROUND Rock. Tex, Aug. 31.-There is great
excitement In the counties Of Bell and Milan
over recent discoveries OF gold. In Bell county
syndicates have leased large bodies OF land. and
the ore taken out has been sent to Cripple Greek,
Col. TO be assayed. II the report is favorable
mines Will be actively developed.
In this Mtlaml county gold has been discov.
backed by ample capital has been organized for
the purpose OF working the claim-. the land
having been leased Tor nifty years. Many years
was enormous. Being in dread OF the Indisns,
the mine was abandoned. Before leaving. how.
ever. they took pains to I'LL the shaft mplelely
have made efforts to locate this lost mine but
their lnbors were never rewarded and the task
When the discovery of gold in Bell county
was announced some two months ago the I'D
story OF the lost mine on the Bowes place was
before making known their purpose. They sent
To Cripple Creek and employed f. L. Connaway,
riencs in the mines OF California British Co.
lumbia. and Australia. He Immediately began
the work OF LOCATING the old Spanish mine, and
from almost obliterGted landmarks lie finally
succeeded in ascertaining where the shaft had
been sunk. After removing the earth it was
considerable time to remove the debris.
and the work OF denelopnE HI 9ef The eHys mns /:
now actively under way Lands in the
gone up in value. because II is thought thai tho
vein may extend for considerable distance.
From early settlers the story has been handed
down that this mine is rich in silver as well as
gold. and that there are several places in this
section where the Spaniards developed rich
mines. but were compelled. by the constantly
recurring raids OF the sayages. to abandon
them. The object in always filling M the shat's
future time to return and work them.
In close proximity TO these gold mines are the
famous coal mines. which tor the past four
years have been turning ont coal In paving
quantities, most Of which Is shipped from Rock
dale, the nearest point on the rnllwaY.
The sun., 1896-09-06
4 SHELL IN THE SHOVEL PIE.
short Story or the Civil War Told by an
Old Soldier,

short Story or the Civil War Told by an
Old Soldier.
whenever / see pile of shovels stacked
up on the sidewalk In front Of n hardware store"
said an old soldier, at makes me think OF pile
OF shovels saw once stacked up at the end OF q
traverse in an earthwork at the time of the
civil war. There were siege guns and mortars
of one size and another in batteries scattered
along these works-in the particular battery that
speak of there were two 100 pound rihed guns.
There was traverse between tho two guns.
and one on the outer side of each, a traverse.
you understand. being n short ridge of earth
right angles with II. to protect the gun and the
gunners from a lateral fire. This pile of shuvels
lay at the end of one of the outer traverses. to
the left Of the piece that worked on. There
were six or eight men on the gun.
shell that came over from Confederate
mortar battery dropped square on that pile OF
shovels and exploded the instant it struck.
were all standing scattered around to the rear
OF the Sun carriage, none OF them far away
from the shovel pile, and all of them right in
open range. not protected, as some of them any
stand ing over on the other side of the gun. with
the gun and the gun carriage between them
and the shovels.
The air was illed with smoke. and fragments
and splinters of shell and shovels were flying
In all directions. There wasn't man but what
expected To have his head knocked of by a
piece Of shell. or to be cut in two by a shovel
blade. or ~ least to have the handle OF n shovel
stuck through him. But the fragments Of shell
all flew past the shovels all came down. and
the smoke cleared away. and nobody had even
n scratch. Then the men NIL laughed and went
10 loading the 100 -pounder again."
The sun., 1896-09-06
YORK ON THE GUNS.
ForEinEs for tho ThIrty-oue AuxiIiary
Cruisers and Other Forgings.

ForEinEs for tho ThIrtY-oue Auxiliary
Cruisers and Other Forgings.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 5.-The ordnance factory
Of tho navy is about to begin the manufacture
OF a large number of rifles of all sizes, both for
the general service and the thirty zone auxiliary
cruisers enrolled as available ships In time Of
emergency. Gun forRngs have been ordered
and the work of turning out the ordnance will
begin at once and continue probably for three
years, until the navy has on hand an ample
reserve supply of tho heaviest rifles. Hereto
fore the navy has only ordered guns rs they
were required for ships about to be placed In
commission. but now it is intended that a re-
serve supply shall be maintained for installa.
tion on vessels at short notice. Tho Bureau Of
Ordnance has ordered forRings for gun car
riAGes for the auxiliary navy as follows; Twenty
4-inch mounts, thirty 5-inch mounts. fifteen
The contractors will begin TO furnish these
forgings within the next month. ForRings for
an equal number OF guns will be contracted
Tor soon. In addition to those above mentioned
eight sets OF thiIieen-inch gun forgngs and
eight sets of eight-nch forgings for the battle
Newport News. have been delivered at the Navy
Yard. At the last session OF Congress three ad-
sSns ss 6 battle ships were but only
soon as further appropriation for this purpose
is made the Bureau OF Ordnance will make CON
needed. and this material will also be sent to
the Navy Yard In this city for completion. The
speeIGatons for this work have been prepared
the money for the work is available.
While there has been no red ucton in the force
rather slack there for some months. The large
amount OF work now provided for the Navy Yard
there Is no hurry for the com pleton Of much of
IT, and especially the guns and gun carriages for
the battle ships. as 1t will be easy to complete
this work before the battle ships are ready to
receive them.
The sun., 1896-09-06
ONT RY.

Mrs. Ambrose Naquin, who died at Labadu-
Vile. La. on Friday was one OF the best.known
representatives of the Acadan settlers of Lon
isiana. She WAS 07 years old. the mother OF
nine children, of whom six survive; OF seventy
seven grandchildren of whom forty-eight re-.
main; of 1877 great grandchildren OF whom l4l
survive, and OF eighteen great great -grandchil-
drsn OF whom sixteen are alive.
Capt. George Dick of tho firm of Dick ts
Churchill, steyedores, died suddenly yesterday
at his home; $40 Tenth street, Brooklyn. aged
03 years. lie retired from q seafaring life eigh-
teen years ago. The last ship he commands ed
was the full-rigaed ship Glad Tidings. OF St.
John, N. b.
Sewall Gillian, manager of tho art depart
Mount Vernon, n. y, yesterday afternoon. He
was Gs yeara old. He was the father OF the late
JUDGE, -
The sun., 1896-09-06
INCIDENTS OF DRYING.
what May Happen when Nut Comes or
from the Fad OF an Axle.

from the End OF an Axte.
II suppose" !" said stroller, that q driver ID
rather lose u nut of an axle than break ", but
thoro isn't much fun in such an accident.
I saw loaded top delivery wagon In Broadway
yesterday with q nut gone from the right END
Of the front axle. When the wheel finally rolled
of the loaded wagon went down Oh that side
with lurch that threw tho horse and tumbled
a lot OF pack ages out from the forward end Of
the wagon upon the pavement. This wasn't q
pleasant preaicament for the driver. but he
Two policemen held the 6orso's head down,
and another policeman and one or two by
ISLANDERS pulled the wagon clear OF the horse
ana anal iftea &c up the forward end OF ~ ana @ pas Sne
hooked the horse up again.. Then the police
promptly got the driver and his outfit of Broad
W. ay Gnd around the into de
might be- needed there, which is what they
always do, when possible, in case OF a break
down In "A crowded part of Broadway. for jam
any delayed vehicle, and tho police want to
clear the channel as soon as they can. whether
this driver found the nut or not don't know.
To-day, further up broadway. ] saw another
delivery wagon with q nut of, this time from
the right end of the rear axle The drop. when
but the horse was all right. The police and the
driver got the turnouti close to the curb, where
II would he more out OF the wRy-this was In
driver started back tn look for the nut. by
stander on the curb said he might never find
1t: that II might be mile back: that sometimes
a wheel would stay on an axle without nut Tor
driver found the nut three blocks back. Peo-
pie standin ing around helped him lift the wagon
and set the wheel on the axle again. The driver
screwed on the nut. put back on the wagon the
unshipped part of the load that had been piled
up on the sidewalk. and drove on"
The sun., 1896-09-06
The Weather

There was storm OF considerable extent and
increasing energy passing over the lake regions
ses'eruay' IL caused rain in the Mississippi and
ONO valleys and :he lake regions and eastward IN
the middle Atlantic ana New England States.
In the Northwest the pressure was rising Ard
TIE weather becoming cold and clear. The fem
perature nj Northncld W., was 3o'. the lowest +,
the country The pressure on the Florida co..,
was low, but there was only slight Indication n;
storm development there.
IN 'hiS CIT! me day was par ly cloudy in the fore
noon and cloudy In the afternoon. Rain h.,,.n
fai at 3ie5 r. NJ, continuing into the n,gh, a,S
becoming heavy with driving easterly gale, bIgh'
est official temperature o6'. lowest 67'; ayersgo
humidity 50 per cent; wind southeaSt. nye,0so
velocity 90 miles an hour; barometer corrcc,od %
read TO sea level, at 4. NJ. 3O.IO, aP. 81. 40 on
rue thermometer at the United states Weather Bu
The sun., 1896-09-06
HoWard-SturteyAnt,

VIEWPOINT Il. l.. sept. 5.-Alice, Oldest daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Sturtevant OF Bos-
ton and granddaughter of Bishop Clarke OF
Rhode Island. and Henry Howard OF Boston
were married at 4:30 O'Clock this afternoon in
st. Columbia Chapel. In Middletown. Tho ven
orable grand OF the bride uflciated assis,.
cd by Bishop Potter OF New York.
only few people were present tho company
The bride was attended by her sister, Miss
Helena SturteyAnt. There were no ushers. The
best man was tho brideRrooms cousin from In
diAnapolis, w. b. Poland. Tho church was
decorated with golden rod and other wild
The sun., 1896-09-06

N'om The Youth's Companion

NOm The ioWh's C0Nnp1nion
An appeal to the methods of chance in any
disagreement or perplexity is very foolish
thing. II one IS sure Of point. he should stick
to It no doubt: or. II he is willing as one should
always he when no principle Is involved-to
give 1t up to another. 1t is far more graceful
and satisfactory To give 1t up outright.
story told by an orator who recently spoke
on which side satiriZes the arbitramrnt OF
chance. as invoked in that or any other DISPUTE
Two young men. IL appears. were suitors for
the hand OF ayoung lady. One OF them said to
the other:
Both of us wish to offer ourselves to this
LADY,
THAT is evident"
But we do not wish to fight duel over her,"
81 think not"
'Thon will tell you what we can do"
" Let us toss up for her."
The other looked for a moment at his rival,
and then said
very well; will toss up brick. and IL It
stays up in the air the Young lady is yours IL
II comes down she is mine"
The sun., 1896-09-06

Mayor smith of Montreal Says Canadians
Arc Amazed at Our SIIxerites.

BosToS. Sept. 5.-R. Wilson Smith. Mayor of
Montreal. founder Of tho Insurance and Finance
Chronicle. and one of the best. known men in
Canada, arrived in Boston yesterday afternoon
To reporter he said:
Regarding the silver question. which is now
being discussed as an issue in your President tial
campaign. | cannot conceive how tho United
States can seriously contemplate adopting a
standard different TO that OF other great nations
The Canadian public is watching the COM
ing election closely. While | quite appreciate
that the unexpected sometimes occurs. l do not
anticipate that the silver standard will be
adopted by this great nation. 1t would simply
be suicidal. and cause confusion which cannot
at present be measured
The sun., 1896-09-06
SAND SUCKERS.
Old HSiks that Are Probably Cuiized In .
New Industry.

Prom the Chicu0o Rr,nri.
As the steamers pass along -. clair Eats no.
tween Lake Huron and Detroit River, the pas.
sengcrs see numbers o: old huks anchored OF
In shallow water and Invariably ask the stew
ard or one OF the deck boys what thcl are there
for. The answer always is given in n srufy and
contemptuous tone. as II 1t were n fools ,.ue,-
tion;
They're sand suckers"
what's a sand sucker?"
Old tubs that suck up sand"
itow DO they suck up sand Z"
lhen tho oracle looks at you and grih', no
doesn't quite know whether you re a iai me7 your.
SELF or are guy ing him, and II takes great Zeal
more questioning TO mud out the fact tuHi a new
industry has been fourd to utilize anrIrHt ani
lehky hulks that are not III to go to sea.
Ihe bottom OF Lake ST. CLAIR and the ha's
that surround IL are covered with hvnUl Ill
whlte sand, and these boats go out every mora
ing, anchor In u favorable place near the elan.
hel ana drop overheard large hose pipes y
their own weight. Then they set the pumps
going ana suck up the sand, which bring,
gooo deal OF water with IL, and is deposited ~
the bottom OF the boat. The sand sinks, and
river through holes pierced FOR lis AcCommnda,
tlon. Thus, before sunset the hatches ar" filled
with pure. clear sand ut nominal cost, witlch
,s Gnioaded on the docks ut Detroit and SOLD tor
building purposes.
In early days there was n community Of
trenchnen W ho made n business of gathering
TINS SAND and hauling il to the city, BAT 'hrI
nan TO w3rk very hard. because OF tnrlr ighnr'
They poled and rowed up iatboRis. which 'hry
woula MI by jumping overheard In shallow va,
ter and shovelline In the sand. They would
work month with the water up To their wA.s,'
anu not get as large acargo AS n modern sanh:
single day.
The sun., 1896-09-06
PoLICEMAN rs PEACEMAKER.
Soothing Effect OF Words Whispered I'm
the Ears OF WnrrInE NeMsboYa

Soothing Effect OF Words WHISPERED In
the Ears or WnrrinE Newsboys.
Two newsboYs on a broadway corner who had
had difference over something suddenly
handed their hats and papers TO two other
smaller newsboys and went at 1t. A moment
later they had clinched and wrestled down
across the sidewalk TO the outer edge. The big
policeman stationed on tho crossing happened
at that moment to be standing right there
by the curbstone. looking across the street; and
when the two boys came down as they did right
behind him he simply turned around where he
stood and laid hand on the collar OF each
and pulled them apart Bending over one he
delivered In his ear short lecture; very short
Bending over the other he delivered u short
lecture in his ear. Then he let them both 20:
and turning himself no strolled out upon the
crossing again without ever looking back.
The two boys got each his hat and papers
back from, the boy who had held them and then
they wenC To selling papers again. What the
big policeman said to them nobody heRra, but
IL wRs potSnt and be WAS sure that IL would be.
The sun., 1896-09-06
Maybe tho Oldest Twins.

Prom the Indiana poiis journal
RIDGEvILLE, Ind. Aug. 3l.-To-day Richard
through here on his way TO Geneva, Ind, the
home OF his twin brother John. TO celebrate
their nlncty-third birthday. They are Without
dou b; the oldest living twins in the State, and
probably In the United States. IL not in the
Darke county. Onto. Aug ~. 1904, where both
resided until 1869. when they moved to In
diam. Both married and raised large families
among whom they now make their homes their
wives having died more than thirty years ago
Neither uses obacco In any form. spectacles, or
moderately all their lives.