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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

up on the deck and went on into the
cabin of the ship.
The captain and a half dozen of the
crew who had escaped the massacre
were put in chains. The women and
children were driven below. The pi-
rates at once began to loot the doomed
vessel, and several hours were spent
in transporting the booty to the decks
of the pirate ship. Late in the evening
the ship was set on fire and the pirates
sailed away.
Little attention was paid to the ne
gro boy, and he was permitted to wan
der about rs he pleased. The next
morning the pirate captain. followed
by several officers, stumbled on deck,
and then the negro boy witnessed a
scene that haunted him to his grave.
The prisoners We're all driven on the
forward deck of the ship. preparatory
to walking the plank The captain was
the first one ordered to walk out. He
folded his arms across his bosom, and
moved to his death with a firm step
and with his head erect The women
and children now realized that they
were to be drowned in the sea, and
they began to pray and moan piteous-
ly. One poor woman, pressing a child
to her bosom, walked up to one of the
pirate officers, and implored him to
spare her life, Offering him her Jewels
and promising him Il large sum of
money. The monster tore a gold chain
from her neck, and began to curse her.
The child was crying, and the merci-
less demon wrenched it from her arms
ana hurled 1t into the sea- The Door
mother at once ran to the side of the
snip and sprang overheard. Jolly's Gu
riosity prompted him to follow her 70
the ships side, where he saw her rise
upon wave and grasp her infant in
her arms. He felt some satisfaction
In Knowing that the poor mother sank
to rise no more with her little baby
clasped to her breast.
The sailors walked the plank ono
after another, all but one who was
permitted to join the pirate crew. The
poor women had to be forced and drag.
ged on the plank. Many of the chill.
dren were thrown into the sea, where
they We're snapped up and crushed in
the jaws of swarm of sharks that had
gathered around the ship.
one beautiful young lady marched
with her head erect and scornful look
on her face toward the plank, and
"hen near 1t the captain of the pirates
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

age. He has discovered that glass will
break; tumblers and Jacko have an
afflnity. Rather strangely he Is not
DIT averse to his claim-his nimble
little brain has no difficulty in associa.
ting 1t with much priced privileges In
the gulse of walks around the room.
TO make him feel perfectly at home
IN the laboratory, the normal school
girls built him his cage. Conforming
10 the etiquette of civilized society gen.
orally, he has three meals day. but
breakfast Is the most elaborate. The
chlldren of the school of practice take
turns feeding him, and it is a red-letter
morning for the class whose privilege
II Is to give JackO his meal of apples.
peanuts, hard-boiled eggs. milk or wa.
Ter. Jacko Is extremely affeclionate,
ana IN return the strange little creature
mas become great pet with the nor
NAL school pupils big and little. As
yet he does not seem to resent activity.
Dut Is disposed to take life philosophi-
cally as becometh monkey who hour
ly Dasks In the scientific atmosphere of
a biological Observation-Disclosures
Times,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20
Queer SchooI-Room Pet.

"COme here. Jacko. pretty Jacko
there's good monkeyw whereupop
Jacko chambers down from his swing
and with the airiest of airy evOlutions
of which only handsome young mon.
key is master, suffers himself to be in.
troduced from Il corner of his cage in
the biological laboratory of the normal
school. Jacko is certainly as cute and
as smart as any Of the simia TINT ever
saw light in the Venezuelan wilds. He
wears a coat of the sOfteSt and finest
brown hair: his eyes-such pretty
strangely pathetic eyes-wink and
blink and twinkle in the tiniest of puck.
cred up faces. His tail curves round
like GiOtto's o. and it is because of this
that he is dubbed scientifically IA ring
monkey.
Like some of the best of good people
Jacko has some curious notions. He
doesn't care much for boys. and men
he invariably snubs. Light-haired girls
he particularly favOrs. The first time
he saw the stuffed ourang in the big
glass case in the third-story corridor of
the normal school he scolded and
squealed in alright. 1t is supposed
that he mistOok the ourang for a say.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20
Bought the Island.

An amusing incident occurred during
'ne last cruise of the English ship Roy
allst IN the neighborhood of the New
hebr1des. The time arrived for the
hoiuihg OF the annual prize shooting,
Dut no suitable place could be found
Tor the erection of a target except n
small island in Southwest Bay. This,
however, was tribal property, and as
the natives had been taught to fear the
power or big guns, they bargained that
'ney should be paid for the island, as it
was sure to be blown to pieces. Elab.
crate negotiations ended in chief go.
ing OH to the ship, when the requisite
agreements We're entered into, and
capt Rason, of the Royalist. became
the owner of the island the considera.
uon being five sticks of tobacco. A tar.
get was then erected and some excel-
lent shooting took place.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

AS he looked in, the Captain was
glued to the ground by the hdmeless
horror of that death-stare. He seemed
fOrgetful of his companions, of where
he was, all his faculties concentrated
on the two huddled masses on the floor.
\ ghastly incident aroused him. The
Junior Subaltern burst into a laugh.
faint at first. and then swelling into
peal after peal of uprOarious mirth.
The others stood and watched him.
"Ha! ha" he shouted, reeling from
foot to foot. and holding his shaking
sides. Look at them! Don't they
sham well? Aren't they first-rate ac-
tors?"
The Senior Captain stepped up TO
him, and laid hand roughly on his
shoulder
Then the boy turned, and they could
all see in his eyes that he was mad.
But the touch had Quieted him.
They act beautifully, don't they?"
he whispered contidentially to his
senior officer Il wonder when they
first found out the joke"
What do you mean?' asked the
other, soothngly
"Menn?" tho maniac replied. "Why.
don't you see? | had two boxes just
alike. and put the empty box in here.
The snake is still in my own room.
1t seemed something like grim con-
tradicton that. almost at the same mo-
ment, Il fat spectacled head reared
itself under one of the bodies, and two
baleful eyes surveyed the awe-struck
group.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20
HE SAILED WITH LAFlTTE.
"Uncle Jolly" Witnessed Barbarous
Murders and Atrocities.

An old negro, whom the white peo-
pie believed to have been much more
than 100 years old, died on the Brule
cotton plantation. near All-Seeing Eye,
in Texas, II short time ago. The ne
groes called him "Old Pirate" from the
fact that he never tired of talking of
his adventures at sea. To the white
people he had always been known as
Uncle jolly" a name which he main
tained was given to him by Latitte's pi-
rates when he was boy. from the fact
that he was sprightly and always in Il
good humor.
According to his story he was born
Il slave on one of the islands of the
West Indies. When he was 10 or II
years of age his master started on Il
voyage to New Orleans, taking his
family and the negro boy. Jolly, along.
One day, shortly after they had left
the island, big ship sailed close to
them and began to fire big guns. The
ships drew closer together and the
people IA both vessels began to tire
guns and pistols. After few moments
the pirate ship ran alongside and hun
dreds of Notwithstanding men with
swords and pistols in their hands
sprang on board, uttering savage yells
and curses. Jolly saw his master fall
fighting on the decks, and he ran below
to tell his mistress. There were sew
eral women and many children in the
cabin.
1t is hard for anyone to believe that
anything in the shape of human be-
ing could have been guilty of such
cruelties as these monsters perpetrat-
ed upon their defenseless victims. The
negro said that he could not bear to
witness the agonies of the women and
children, and he returned to the com
panlonway. where he met several of
the pirates. One struck at him with a
cutlass, but another interposed. re-
marking. Don't kill him; he is worth
a pocketful of gold" They threw him
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20
1t Was the Newspapers Fault

Excited gent-You go to Jericho with
your paper!
Editor (who is used to it)-what's up
now?
Excited gent-You stated the day be-
fore yesterday that thief had entered
my room. broken open my desk. and
stolen sum of money, bur that, fortu.
nately, he had overlooked the gold
watch which usually lies in the bottom
drawer.
Editor-Well. l believe the facts are
stated correctly.
Excited gent-They're correct enough
But what Is the result? That Infamous
man comes again last night and takes
the watch.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20
Cost of Big Tunnels.

\ recently published item relative tc
the comparative cost of the worlds
four great tunnels places the cost of the
Hoosac tunnel in the United States. the
oldest one of the lot, at about $3.50 a
foot. The Mont Gents tunnel, the next
in date, cost, according to the same
item, about 500 a foot; the st. Goth
ard cost S230 foot. and the Arlberg.
the latest in date. cost only S155 foot.
The rapid decrease in cost within COM
paratively few years is cited as n mark.
ed Indication of the great progress in
mechanical methods and improvements
in understanding tools. A still more
striking result exists in the case of n
tunnel through the Cascade mountains
on the line Of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road in the United States. This. nm
like those named which were excavated
in old, settled countries, with the ter
minal easy of access. was in a peculiar
ly difficult location, so much so that il
took months to convey the machinery TO
the spot. Rivers had to be turned
aside, bridges built and material trans
ported over improvised roads through
nearly 100 miles of forest. mud and
snow fields: yet the tunnel, which is
l6I2 feet wide. % feet high and $3.50
feet long. was bored through the noun.
tain in twenty-five months, at the rate
OF Alb feet a month, and at cost for
the completed tunnel of only about S1oO
a foot.-New York Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20
Choosing a Puppy.

In order to make choice of a puppy
from among number of Others II ia
pest to leave the choice to the mother
nerseif' In carrying them back to their
bed the first the mother picks up will
always be the best.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-20

Truth may be stranger than fiction.
but lie sells better
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-30
The American Sunday School Union.

A statement of the missionary work of this
society for the fiscal year ending March 1,
1897, has just been issued. In spite of the
continued financial stringency, the work has
been very successful. The receipts from
living donors have been greater by $2,464
than in the year preceding, and there has
been an increase eff $661.20 from funds IN
vested by direction of the donors. But the
sum of $13, ass. so less has been received from
legacies, that as the net result there
has been reduction in the receipts of the
Society of $40, 343.50. At the beginning of the
fiscal year, however, in view of the possible
reduction in receipts, the Board, as matter
of precaution, reduced the expenditures of
the society.
There have been in the field 1a7 men under
commission, of whom S6 were at work during
the whole year and Al during portion of it.
Many of them have from to 30 counties for
their field. AS result of their labors 1903
new Sunday schools were organized, with
81, 600 teachers and scholars; 3S7 were reor-
gained; aid was given for the first time to
1,473 existing schools, with 1895 teachers
and scholars; and 5,s5S visits were made to
schools previously reported, with 3a6, 1853
teachers and scholars.
Six hundred and sixty-nine scohols were
aided also by gifts of literature from the
home office in Philadelphia.
In addition to this large number of 1890
schools set to work and 2, 142 schools aided,
the missionaries have been active in evan
gelistic labors, with the most successful re-
suits. 1t has often been impossible to OBJ
tain an exact statement of these result, only
numerous conversions being mentioned.
And yet, excluding all such indefinite state
ment, 1888 hopeful conversion have been
reported as resulting from the work of these
missionaries. In addition a4,873 visits have
been made to families for religious instruc-
ton and prayer, and e,542 Bibles and 1870
Testaments have been distributed. The or
ganization of churches has followed in 1903
cases
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-30
Colby University.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.]

Waterville, April 29.-The Glee club
and orchestra gave concert at the Fair
field Opera house, at Fairfield, tonight.
Prof. Elder !. addressed the Students
conference in the chapel this evening,
taking for his subject Natural Law and
the Miracle
r. NJ. Barker, '97. returned yesterday
from N. Y, where he went as delegate
to the annual convention of the Zeta
Psi Fraternity.
Rehaarsals for the Minstrels are being
held every evening this week. The en-
tsrtainment will occur at City hall next
Monday evening.
Prof. WIS. Bailey is expected to return
from Baltimore, Nd, tomorrow.
A large number of the students took
advantage of the out'' this afternoon to
attend the concert by Souss's band.s
EDuring the absence Of Prof. Bailey,
the class in botany has been under the
instruction of MIR. H. S. Allen, 9S.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-30

The Swiss Government has sanctioned
the manufacture and use Of weights
made of glass. They are of slightly conf.
cal shape with rounded bottom edge and
provided on top with knob to facilitate
handling. The designation is mouldad
into the knob. The glass used for these
weights is of special composition, hirhlv
refined and carefully annealed SO as IN
reduce to q minimum the danger of
breakage.
Bishop Doane of Albany has written a
circular letter to the Episcopalians of
his diocese reminding them that in 1909
he viii have been bishop thirty years and
appealing for 500, 900 as an endowmen,
for the cathedral in Albany begun nv.
him twenty years ago, but not Vat An.
ished.
Fifty years ago England imported threo
eggs a head for its population; last va.r
it imported forty for each inhabitant stbo
whole number being.1, $50, 1857. 600 Manv
come from Russia. which. exported bnn J.
900, 900 eggs last year, and mora from
Italy.
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clans the COW died. But this did not dis
courage Holman. At his meeting he made
pathetic story out of the sorrow of the poor
farmer for the loss of his one cow, started a
subscription with So, and soon had $50 more
in his hat, and, as a matter of course, car
ried that township at the next election by a
fair majority, although it had always been
strongly Republican. Again, jury having
brought in a verdict which defeated him in
an important case he was trying, he con
trived to get the court to allow the jurors
an extra days pay, thus returning good for
evil and making dozen friends against the
next election season. When travelling
through any part of his district in the cars
he always sat in the smoking car, because
that reached the station first and enabled
him to jump off and shake hands with as
many persons as possible before the train
started Oh again.
For the superstltious, an interesting asso-
citation attaches itself to the circumstances
OF his death at this particular time There
Is tradition in Congress that no man ever
serves in the House for more than thirty
years. 1t was always Holman's ambition to
break the record. When the late Mr.. O'Neil
OF pennsylvania was nearing the crucial Pc
ROO, but was reported as failing in health,
Holman used to watch him from time to
time and comment on his chances for pass
ing the thirty year mark. 1t was for this
reason that Holman felt so keenly his defeat
in the fall of 1891, for he would himself have
begun on March, 1895, his service in excess
OF thirty years. He was correspondingly
elated when he was elected last fall; but his
eXultation was short lived for scarcely had
he entered upon his new term when the ac-
cident befell him which ended in his death,
and left the tradition substantially intact.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-30
Steamer Movements.

Amsterdam, April 29-2 p. mar.
rived steamer Zanadam. New York.
Bremen Haven. April a9.-Arrived,
steamer Spree. New York via Plymouth
and CherbourR.
Liverpool. April 2S.-Arrived. steamer
Roman. Boston.
Bristol. April 2e.-Arrived, steamer
Etolia, Portland.
Tory Island. April 29.-Passed, steam
er Siberian, Boston for Glasgow.
sBrow Head, April 29. Passed, steamer
Ulunda. HALIFAX for Liverpool
London, April s9.-Sailed. steamers
Carlisle City, Montreal; Monteyidian,
Montreal
Boulogne, April 29.-Sailed, steamer
Amsterdam. from Roteram), New York.
Queenstown, April 29.-Saiied, steam
| er Germanic, New York.
Liverpool, April 29.-Sailed. steamer
Cynthia, Boston.
Kinsale, April 29.-Passed, steamer
| Ceyio. New York for Liverpool.
Cardiff, April 30. Sailed, steamer
Charm Cross from Odessa, for Montreal
Boston, April 29.-Arrived, steamers
Hungarian, Bordeaux; Barrowbrov,
| London; Yarmouth, Yarmouth, N. S.
| Sailed, steamers Prussian, Glasgow
| Congo, London; Anohisla, Norfolk.
Cleared, steamers Ottoman, Liverpool;
| Oriel, London.
Halifax. April 29.-Arrived. steamer
Tyriar, Angrove, New York. Sailed,
steamer Manuka, Bovey Glasgow.
| New York, April 29.-Arrived, steam
| ers st. Cutb bert. Antwerp; British King,
| Antwerp; Idaho. London. Sailed, steam.
ers Britannia, Liverpool ;ssEdwin, London
| Normandy, Hamburg; Wimor, Bremen
| Oregon, Genoa; schooner Nat Meader,
Bath. Cleared steamers WeiIner, Bremen
via Southampton; Nasmyth. Liverpool
| Oregon, Genoa, Naples; Laokawanna,
London; Manhattan. Portland.
| Liverpool, April ss.-Arrived, steamer
Tsutonic, New York.
Southampton April 29.-Arrived,
| steamer New York, New York.
Neville, April a9.-Arrived, steamer
| Ethiopia, New York for Glasgow.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-30
BRIEFLY TOLD,

The CHILEAN squadron has arrived at
Rio Janerio and been accorded a mag
nificent reception.
DR.. Traell Green. an eminent physician
and famous scientist, died Wednesday,
morning at his home in Easton, Pa,
aged "a.
Kidder, Peabody & Co., bankers of
Boston, have engaged $500. 900 in gold
for shipment to Germany by steamer
Lain, from New York, Tuesday, May 4.
Senator Orville H. Plat of Connectl-
cut was married yesterday to Migs Jen-
ME P. Hoyt of Upper Mont Clair, Md.
The wedding was at the home of the
bride.
Antonio Sylva of Bangor has been
summoned to Boston on business regard
ing a legacy of $4,000 which has been
left him by his father, who recently died
in Lisbon, Portugal.
The NewEBedford mill treasurer, VIM.
D. Rowland, is still missing. An Old
Colony conductor is positive that he saw
Mr.. Rowland take train at Taunton
for Providence, Friday.
President Mckinley left New York on
the Pennsylvania road for Washington
at lis o'clock Thursday. President and
Mrs. Mckinley were both in this best OF
spirits.
The Spanish Queen regent at ca binet
meeting Thursday signed a decree pro-
viding for the application of the agreed
reforms for the island of Cuba. Her
MaJesty's action was due to the receipt
of cable message from Capt. Gen.
Weyler, announcing that the western
part of the island is paciaed.
A. j. Calhoun, the lawyer of nanville,
Illinois, who was selected by President
Mckinley to represent the United States
at the investigation into the death OF
DR.. Ruiz, the American dentist alleged
to have been murdered in Cuban pris.
on, has accepted the appointment condi.
tional upon the health Of his wife
The Senate finance committee consid.
cred the tariff bill an honr yesterday
without arriving at any decision. The
Republicans asked that time be fixed
for reporting the bill to the Senate but
the Democrats would not agree to fix a
date, shy ing they wanted al reasonable
time to consider the bill ana that there
would be no undue delay.
The London Daily Mails Berlin cores.
pondent telegraphs: Somewhat serious
news of the threatened European combi
nation against England Is now current
here. Emperor William is reported tc
have detailed plan by which the inter.
ests of Germany, France and Belgium III
the Transvaal are to be protected against
English intrigue md arms.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-30
sPANIARDs WERE DEFEATED,
Led Into Ambuscade and Lose Nearly 800
Men. fA

New York. April ga Havana de-
spatah to the Herald says: The engage
ment which the Spanish had with Gen
eTal Rodriguez in the Purgatori Hills
and which WAS reported as decisive
Spanish victory. turns out to have besn
the rev rse. The Spanish columns en-
countered the insurgents and attacked
sharply, relying on their superior forces.
The rebels zetreated towards their camp
and succeeded in playing their old trick
of drawing the Spanish into an am bus
cade.
Gen. Castillo arrived with reinforce
nients while Rodriguez was engaging
the Spanish and fell on their flank. The
fighting lasted five hours and in killed,
wounded and prisoners the Spanish
lost $50 men.
News comes from Santiago de Cuba
that 200 volunteers beaded by a priest
and prominent physician, have Joined
the insurgents because they were dissat-
isied with the conduct OF the Spanish
authorities, and believed that tIarcia
would succeed in maintaining his su-
premNcy in the eastern province.
The situation at Banes continues to
command attention. -Four cruisers and
several gunboats have been ordered there
OF land q force to march on the port
from the direction of Holquin. The
rebel force in and near Banes is estimat-
ed at 5000.
Gen. Weyler came quietly back to Ha-
vana early yesterday morning. after a
six weeks tip TO Santa Clara, during
which, if he accomplished anything
from military standpoint, the fact
has been most effectually concealed. II
is now reported that he is going to Spain
very soon, but the report is probably
due to the fact that his son sails on
April 80. 1t was reported last night that
some iusurgent chief of Importance mad
passed into Pinar del Rio. He is be-
Iieved to have been Qu1ntin Banderas,
but the statement lacks confirmation.
From Matarzas and ether towns in Ha-
vana, Santa Clara and Pinar del Rio
comes news that starvation and disease
are on the increase.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-30

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable For great many years doctors pro-
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Sci
ence has proven cauarrh to be constitutional
disease, and, therefore, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by +. J, Cheney & Co., TOLEDO Ohio is the only
constitutional cure on the market 1t is taken
Internally in doses from o drops to a teaspoon
ful. 1t acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
It. j. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, O..
eE- Sold by Druggists, Zoe.