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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
A BoRAx FACTORY IN BAFoNxE.
All BoraI Used In the East TO he shipped from
the west and Prepared There.

Tho Pacific Coast Borax Company has pur-
chased a site for a factory in Bayonne. N. j.. ad-
joining the property Of the Standard oil Com
pany. 1t 10 going to erect a big building there.
and all the boraX that is used In this market
and in the East will DO prepared there. The
ttSS, a iponStrT' The borax mines I'm O Of The er TnIts y
States arc in California and Nevada. The
borax will be brought East in its raw state and
inery, the officers of the company say. will be
completed in the spring. II will employ about
800 men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
HARRY HEwLETr INJURED.
his Horse Falls while About TO Take = Fence
In . Drag Hunt.

HEMrsTEAp. l.. l., Dec. 9.-In q drag hunt
given by the M~eadowbrook Club to-day. Mr..
Harry Hewlett got a bad fall. AS his horse was
rising to a fence it's hind feet slipped and it's
fore feet got between, the first and second rails
The horse fell to the ground with the rider
partly under II. Mr.. Hewlett was very badly
bruised and WAS cut on the head, but he was not
dangerously hurt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
ATTEMPTED TO KILL THE SULTAN.
Two Soldiers Tortured Untn Thsy D~ted-They
Revealed Nothing.
Special Gable De,patoh to THE SUE.

Special Cable De,paioh to THE SUE.
LONDON, Dec. GA despatch from Athens to
tho Daily Netrs sayst that two soldiers attempted
TO assassinato tho Sultan In tho YildiE Kiosk on
Monday last. They were arrested.
Promises Of olemoncy failing to elicit the name
Of the person who had instigated the crime. the
prisoners wero tortured until they died. They
revealed nothing under torture.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
COMMERCIAL WAR ON Us.

DR.. Hammaeher ADVISES . Union or the Powers
Against the United stAtes-
Special Gable Dsspateh to TEE Sun.
BERLIN, Dec. 9.-In the course of q debate On
the commercial interests of Germany in the
Budget Committee of the ReichstaR to-day. Dr.
Hammacher, National Liberal, urged the neces-
sity OF concluding a union of all of the European
continental powers against the United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
STOPPED THE ELoPEM EMF.
Darby. an Unsuccessfui suitor. BrinEs HI
Pistol into Play.

COLUMBIA. 8. O.. Dec. 8.-Citizens Of Rock
Hill were startled last night by five pistol shots.
The police found nothing but smoke. Later de-
velopmcnts showed that q rejected sutton had
frustrated an elopement. Amy Fraser had de-
cided to run away with Henry Williams. They
met at the girls house and were fleeing TO the
preacher when jackson Darby, who was an
unsuccessful sutton for Amy's hand, stepped
into their path with a drawn revolver and began
shooting. Williams fled down the street and
the girl ran In q different direction, finally re-
turning to her homo. The elopement is Of.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
KILLED IN A MINISTER'S YARD.
Hammond Had Aroused the Jealousy or the
Minister. who Lay In wait for Hin

MOUNT VERNON. Ca, Dec. 9.-Frank Ham
mond, q colored leader in the church, was
found dead tonight In tho yard OF the Rev
Z. Jones. q colored preacher near Rhine.
Jones was Jealous OF his wife and Ham
mond. and, being suspicious that Hammond
was intimate with her. SGT a trap for him. He
pretended to be going off to attend to some re.
ligi0us duties and concealed himself to await
further developments.
The Coroners jury rendered a verdict charging
Jones and his wife with the murder and both
were remanded to jail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
Death Rate at Its Lowest.

The death rate for the eleven months ending
Dec. !, 1897. is less than for the same period in
any year in the history of this city. The deaths
reported and tho death rate for the period above
mentioned. since 1891, are as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
ARE THEY R1oT1Ne IN HATrI'
A berlin Dispatch SAYS 30, but Fort ~
Prince HepsSts All ouist.
.nr,ntar casis psspaiohs, 70 Tnn sun.

'sSsstai Cabs Dsspatohs, to TINE suu.
LONDON, Dec. GA despatch from Berlin to
the Daily Mail says that there have been riots
in Port au Prince resulting from the popular
Indignation against the Government for surron-
derine to tho demands of Germany.
PORT Az PRINCE, Dec. s.-EverythinR 10 quiet
hero to-day. The United States cruiser Marble
head and the French cruiser Admiral Rigault
Genouilly have arrived.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10

Music boxes and attractive musical novelties fog
holiday preSentS. Musical stems. cigar stands, uQuS01
Ssta, etc. JAeot q s0R. ~ Uaion S0uAEs,-Ad|
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10

Stella and Ideal music boxes In great variety suitable
for ChriStnlAs gifts Music boxes for children from
O5 cents w. JAoot 4 Son. " Union sQuATa.-AaV
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
WHY SPOFFORD WAS SHORT
THE MISSING $4,000 HE MADE GOOD
BAs BEEN FOUND.

Cash. Cheeks. ana Money orders Esund In the
Drawers OF His Private Desk In the Con-
GressionaI Library. where ne Hsa Care
iessly Thrown Then ana RorEotten Theun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11
Rival of Niagara.

S. T. Thompson, of Duluth, who is
now in Santa Catalina, Venezuela,
writes to friend as follows about a
giant cascade: During the explora-
ton Of the concession of the OrinOco
Company, headed by Donald Grant and
other Minnesota men, trail was cut to
Imataca mountains, starting from this
point, q village of 100 inhabitants.
The duties assigned to some members
of the party kept them upon or close
to the Oricono until a few weeks ago,
when two of us, Leslie 0. Dart, of
Litchfeld, Mimi, and myself, found
time to take an excursion to the noun
tains. Pushing on beyond the point
reached by the other party, we heard
from the top of a mountain a sound
which at first we thought to be thun-
der, but afterward decided that it must
come from a waterfall of considerable
magnitude. Working in the general
direction of the sound, we came at
noon, on Thursday, Oct Is, to a large
river, and discovered what must rank
as one of the greatest waterfalls in
the world The river bursts diagOnally
through an almost perpendicular cliff,
which 1 estimate to be 1000 feet in
height, breaks into half a dozen separ
ate streams, which divide and subdi-
vide, spread out into broad, fan-like
expansions and twist about in such
curious corkscreW fashion that the
water at the bottom of the falls flows
exactly the opposite direction from the
course it holds where it first comes into
view. BY clinging to bushes and go
ing up giant creepers. hand over hand,
we climbed up the cliff until the aneroid
Indicated an elevation of more than
the top and learn how much higher
the falls are''
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11
THEY PASSED HIM ON.

Lon Wah Journeyed as Freight but
Paid Heavy Tribute to Brakemen.
Lon Wah had a goodly proportion Of
this worlds goods when he left Picking
at least it was wealth from China
mans standpoint he had his pass
age money and.enough more to open
laundry in ST Louis and to keep him in
prOvender until the laundry was on
paying basis He would have become
one of the bloated aristQcrats of st.
Louis Chinatown had he arrived in
that shape, but unfortunately he did
not. He is child of misfortune and
victim Of blackmail. This time it was
the godly American who exhibited
ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain At least he matched the
Heather Chinee," and little more.
Lon Wah had conceived plan, not
peculiarly Chinese, of riding sans rail
road ticket He smiled "a wide Mon
golian smile and blinked his almond
eyes as he crawled into an empty box
beside pile of freight in the City of
Mexico He had attended to such pre-
liminaries as having the box labeled,
taking a good supply of boiled rice and
perforating the box as a means of ven
tilation. He journeyed thus by freight
to Fort Worth, Texas, without molesta-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11

A most affecting incident was the
drawing Of lots by twenty-seven Fed
eral prisoners, seven of whom were to
suffer the death penalty in retaliation
for an equal number of Mosby's men,
said to have been executed by Sheri-
dan.
1T was a painful scene," says Will
hanson, land one never to be forgot
ten 1t was not merely in spirit of
revenge that these men were condemn
ed, but it was measure to which Mos
by was forced to resort, by the brutal
acts of Custer and Powell. One Of the
captives laid his head on the shoulder
of a comrade and wept like a child.
Another prayed earnestly until it came
his turn to draw, which he did with
trembling hand. Holding up the pa
per and looking at it, his eyes bright
ened as he exclaimed. "Blank, by
God! l knew it would be So"
Seeing a drummer boy among the
condemned, Murphy Immediately went
to Richards and told him the story,
saying he did not think Mosby wanted
to hang a drummer boy, and asked
Richards to intercede for him. He
did so, and the boy was saved 1t may
be said that he owed his life really to
his poor, old, tired horse.
Mosby said the drummer boy should
not have been allowed to draw, and
that there must be another drawing
to procure a substitute for the boy,
who was released.
Again the prisoners were placed in
line and compelled to go through the
same trying ordeal, this time there be-
ing only one number in the hat.
The seven unfortunate prisoners
were then sent off under guard, in
charge Of Lieut.. Ed T. Thomson, with
oders to execute them on the Valley
turnpike, as near Gen. Sheridan's head
quarters as possible.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11
ion, and was felicitating himself upon

ton, and was felicitating himself upon
his success when he was discovered.
A lynx-eyed brakeman spied him and
bounced, upon him without ceremony.
Cough up or over you CO." he shouted,
emphasizing the demand by punching
Lon in the stomach with a stick poked
through the airholes of the box.
Lon Wah explored the recesses under
his all-enveloping shirt, and produced
a small coin. very/small coin. But
the brakeman was memorable, and af-
ter another punch or two Lon Wah
fished up another coin. A third Of
larger denomination satisfied the
brakeman as far as his personal wants
were concerned, but he passed the word
along to thoroughly that by the time
he of the a1mond-shaped orbs and the
flowing shirt reached st. Louis he
hadn't street car fare left.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11

liberated prisoners acted w.len they first
found themselves under the stars and
stripes What l saw when those hun
dreds Of poor wrecks were marched
or carried to the point near which Old
Glory was proudly waving was far
more striking, pathetic and fearful than
anything that l had ever contemplate
ed. The poor fellows looked up at
the flag, swung their arms and tried
to cheer, but they hadn't the strength
to give forth a sound that could be
heard ten rods away. Then they cried,
many fell down and pointed to the flag.
One of them, more firm than his breth-
rem, opened his mouth and started to
sing Home, Sweet Home Others
tried to join him. Before a verse was
rendered there was another heart
cred begrimed faces, and the groans
and means were like those heard in a
hospital filed with mangled men. For
get it? I wish 1 could.
'What Of the necktie? Carefully
wrapped up in it was a plan of Ander-
SOnville and a description of the man
ner in which prisoners were treated,
an account of the shooting of several
who had stepped across the dead line
and the number Of deaths per day and
accounts of several unsuccessful at
tempts to escape. After the war met
one Of the surgeons in charge at An
Jacksonville. He told me that several
attempts had been made to secure bet
ter treatment Of the Union prisoners,
and declared that Andersonville was
simply hell on EARTH and | guess
that every man who ever spent day
there will agree with him. A. Wat
rous, in the Chicago Times-Herald.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11

going from Rochester to Bradford, Pa,
where he was to give a performance
that evening. AT Ellicotville, Cattarau-
gus County, it was found that he was
i'll. A physician was called, but Herr
mann was dead before he arrived. Up
to that time he was in the best of
health, having played in Rochester the
night before Heart trouble was the
cause of death
The name of Hermann in connec-
ton with conjuring is over a century
old, the art having been passed from
father to son and from brother to BROTH
er. Alexander was born in Paris 80
years ago. His father was a distin-
guished German physician, but his
knowledge of magic equaled that of
medicine. His oldest son, Carl, %
years the senior Of Alexander, became
famous as a magician when the latter
was but a child, and he taught his
brother. At II the pupil was more
clever than the master and at IL he
made his debut before the Queen of
Spain. Early in the COS Alexander
came to this country and here he had
since lived, being naturalized in 1876.
He made three tours of the world and
spoke Spanish, German, French, Chi
nese and Russian as we'll as English
He made and lost fortunes, built and
sold theaters and at the time of his
death owned a villa and park on Long
Island, several horses and fine steam
yacht. He belonged to over 100 clubs
in E11rnnn and America
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11
BREAKFAST AT HEADQUARTERS.
A Hungry Reporter Who Invited Himsel
to Gen. Grants Table.

A Hungry Reporter Who Invited HimSel
to Gen. Grants Table.
After the officers at headquarters had
obtained what sleep they could get, they
arose about daylight, feeling that in all
probability they would witness before
night either fight or foot race-a fight
if the armies encountered each other. q
foot race to secure good positions it the
armies remained apart.
Gen. Meade had started south at dawn,
moving along the Germanna road. Gen.
Grant intended to remain i'll his present
camp till Burnside arrived. in order to
give him some directions in person re-
garding his movements. The general sat
down to the breakfast table after nearly
al the staff officers had finished inelr
morning meal. While he was slowly
slipping his coffee young newspaper re-
porter, whose appetite combined with his
spirit of enterprise, had gained sub
Stantial victory over his modesty, slipped
no to the table, took a seat at the far
Their end, and remarked: ''Wel,
wouldn't mind taking cup of something
warm myself, if there's no objection"
Thereupon Selling a coffee-pot, he poured
Out a full ration of that soothing army
beverage, and, after helping himself to
some of the other dishes, proceeded to
eat breakfast with an appetite which had
evidently been stimulated by long hours
of fasting.
The general paid no more attention to
this occurrence than he would have paid
to the flight of bird across his path.
He scarcely looked at the intruder, did
not utter word at the time, and made
no mention of it afterward. 1t was a
fair sample of the imperturbability of his
nature as to trivial matters taking place
about him.-December Century.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11

school teachers to their pupils. Many
of these were exceedingly ingenious,
and very distressing, but an impression
then prevailed that they were necessary
to bring out the latent virtues Of youth
which might otherwise remain undevel-
oped.s
The United States Bureau Of Educa-
ton has recently had made number
of large drawings representing some
of the tortures which used to be applied
in schools, and from these accompany
ing pictures are made. From the pres
ent day point of view they are decided
ly interesting, and may we'll cause any
old boy of these times to congratulate
himself that he was born so late. Con-
slider, for example, the case of. the I'M
fortunate youth who is kneeling on
dried peas, OF Of that other little chap,
who is trying with all his might to
stand on one foot in q waste basket.
History has preserved the memory Of
a pedagogue named Hanherle, who died
about the middle of the eighteenth cen
fury in a village of Swabia. 1t is re-
corded of him that during period of
service extending over 81 years and Z
months, he inflicted Oil, 527 blows with
the rod, 124,011 blows with the cane
2O9S9 raps with the ruler, 1876, 715 blows
on the hand, 1925 blows over the
mouth, 1906 boxes on the ear, Ills, 800
raps on the head, and 22,7O3 "nota
benes" with Bible, catechism and sing
ing book He made III boys to kneel
on peas and 613 to sit on a three-cor-
nered piece of wood, not to mention va
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11
Reforms in school Work.

he plan to introduce reforms in Sun
day school work by having a normal
class of teachers from whose graduates
schools may secure paid assistants,
though new to New York, has been tried
in other cities. Some persons may oriti-
else the training of Sunday school teach
ers to a proficiency which warrants II
salary, but it is step that will find
favor with many. More than one wom-
ems club during the past few years has
discussed this question earnestly sud
urged that Sunday schools be placed on
a more efficient basis in every way. 1t
is possible that so much unteaching of
the Bible as now seems necessary will be
done away with when early Biblical in
structon is conducted with more skill
and intelligence, and with the wisdom
that knows what to avoid for childish
minds-New York Evening Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11

rious extraordinary punishments which
he invented himself. The worthy school
teacher was methodical man, and
these notes are taken from his own
business memoranda.
1t was not until the latter part of the
eighteenth century that popular dissat-
isfaction with this method of educa-
ton began to grow. There was bodily
exercise in the schools Of these days,
it is true, but the teachers received the
benefit of it.: and the pupils served
merely as parts of the apparatus" The
latter, in England, were obliged to have
their hair frizzled, with powder and po-
made; they wore embroidered coats,
knee breeches, silk stockings, and a
sword at the side. No costume can be
imagined more inconsistent with the
natural activity of children or better
calculated to cause them discomfort.
The notion that children have rights
which grown people are bound to re-
spect is rather new. Boxing the ears
was a favorite method of Furnishing
children up to the time of the present
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11
DROPPED FROM THE SKY.
Thousands of Swallows Came Down from
the Upper Air.


the Upper Air.
Many birds, large and small. take their
longer migratory flights at Il great eleva-
ton. i very striking incident of such
3 Journey through the air is narrated
by Il correspondent of the London Times.
Flocks Of swallows equally innumerable
are to be seen in late summer and early
autumn along the Atlantic coast of the
United States; but it is Il fortunate OBJ
server who catches them i'll the act OF
dropping from the sky.
1t was Il dark, dripping evening, ana
the thick osier-bed on ChisWick Eyot was
covered with wet leaf. Between and 8
O'Clock immense flights of swallows and
martins suddenly appeared above the
island, arriving, not III hundreds, but Ill
thousands and tens of thousands.
The air was thick with them. and their
numbers increased from minute to min
ute. Part drifted above in Clouds twist
ing round like smoke in a sOot-Wreath.
Thousands kept sweeping just over the
tops of the willows, Swimming so thickly
that the sky line was almost blOtted out
for the height of from three to four feet.
The quarters from which these armies
of swallows came was at first undiscov-
cradle. They might have been Matched,
like gnats. from the river.
In time / discovered whence they came.
They were literally dropping from the
sky The fioclls were travelling at a
height at which they were quite invisible
in the cloudy air, and from minute to
minute they kept dropping down into
sight, and so perpendicularly to the very
surface of the river or of the eyot.
One of the focks dropped to the lawn
on the river bank on which I stood.
Without eXaggeration | may say that l
saw tlom fall from the sky, for | was
looking upward and saw them when first
visible as descending specks. The plunge
was perpendicular till within ten yards
of the ground.
Soon the high-fying crowds of birds
drew down and swept for few minutes
low over the willows, from end to end
of the eyot. with a sound like the rush
of water in a hydraulic pipe. Then by
Il common impulse the whole mass set
tied down from end to end of the island
upon the osiers. The bushes in the
center of the eyot were black with sWal-
lows-like the black blight on beans.
Next morning, at half-past 6 o'clock,
every swallow was gone. In half an
hours watching not bird was seen.
Whether they went on during the night
or started at dawn / know not. Proba-
blv the latter, for Gilbert White once
found a heath covered with such flock
of migrating swallows, which did not
leave til. the sun dispelled the mists.
The whole army are now, | hope, catch
ing Gnats in the Nile valley or beyond
the Atlas mountains.-1outh's Com
naniOn
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11

Mr.. Stover had his clothes badly torn,
and his face and hands were scratched
by the bushes like the results OF q
scrimmage with wildcats. He is una
BILE to tell how he escaped serious in
jury while going down the side OF the
rough hill at breakneck speed. After
the deer was dead, an examination
showed that the bullet had struck him
square upon the horns near the head,
which caused him to fall over in q
stunned condition.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11
RODE ON A DEER's ANTLERs.
A Hunters Exciting and Peri1ous Ad-
venture in California.

A Hunters Exciting and PeriIOuS Adj
venture in California.
William NJ. Slower, a mine owner in
Tuolumne County, California, had an
experience, recently, that he would not
wish to repeat for all the wealth in the
mountains of the State. While out
hunting near the Stanislaus River he
shot at a deer that was standing on the
crest of hill. The bullet went straight,
and the deer plunged forward and fell.
Mr.. Slower laid his rife down and has
tened to his fallen game for the pur-
pose of cutting its throat. Just as he
reached the deer and leaned over to
apply the knife, the animal leaped to
his feet and glared at Mr.. Slower.
Instantly the man seized the beast
by the horns. This action terrified the
buck He made a plunge, and down
the steep sides of Devils canyon he
went, carrying the man with him on
his antIers The deer was madly
frightened, and Mr.. Slower was more
scared than the deer He could not
turn loose, and away went. man and
animal. over rocks, bushes and briers.
When near the bottom of the canyon
the deer fell against a tree, and before
he could get up, Mr.. Slower grabbed
large piece of quartz rock and killed
the animal by beating it on the head.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-11
Grants Letters to His Wife.

AS usual on the eve Of battle, before
the general retired he wrote letter to
Mrs. Grant. did not know the nature
of the contents Of the letters to his wife
until after the war, when Mrs. Grant
in speaking Of them, said that they al
ways contained words of cheer and
comfort, expressed an abiding faith in
victory, and never failed to dwell upon
the sad thought which always oppress-
ed him when he realized that many hui
man lives would have to be sacrificed
and great sufferings would have to be
endured by the wounded. The generals
letters to his wife were very frequent
during a campaign, and no pressure OF
official duties was ever permitted to in
terrupt this correspondence.-"C Cam
paigning with Grant, by Gen. Horace
Porter, in the Century.