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and cheap nicknacks-Indian traders,
who sell hammered brass or antique
goods and now and then-though this
Is not often the case-precious stones
and articles of intrinsic value.
The Armenian generally arrives in
the United States without much capt.
tai. but he Is a born trader with a nice
appreciation of the possibilities of a
bargain, and when he presents him
self to a fellow countryman who has
made his start, or to a Syrian whole
saler. he has little or nc difficulty In
securing goods to sell on commission.
These goods he is able to carry upon
his shoulder and he peddles them from
door to door. When he gets far enough
ahead to go into business in an indie
pendent fashion he Will probably cav
New York and go west to the smaller
towns. which offer a rather better field
tina the city. where the sign mo ped
dlers allowed in this building" stares
him in the face every turn.
Those who do not succeed form n
minority so small it is never heard
from.
The story is still told in the Syrian
colony of two brothers who landed in
New York some 10 or a dozen years
ago without money. n who began
on commission. One of them now owns
a fine store in Pittsburg. n the other
a store In washington, ana Dotn are
doing a business-that must yield a
profit OF many thousands a year-in
ienta goods. rugs. mats, embroid-
cries, curtains, jewelry, hammered
brass. old guns and Eastern arms.
This Is not an exceptional case,
either. Numbers OF these thrifty Ar
menians do a thriving trade each sum-
mer at the big resorts. such as New
port. Saratoga and Atlantic City,
where they keep small stores or ba-
Ears. In the winter they go south n
establish themselves at st. Augustine
and Tampa, or wherever the tourist
class IL likely to be. Many of these
men will sell really fine goods and have
regular customers among the fashion
ables, who buy from them year after
yea
The Syrians in New York are prin-
cipally in the wholesale business.
These stores are all located AT the end
Of a street far dow town. Two or
three blocks describe the limits of the
colony. The shops are dingy and I'M
inviting from the outside: on going in
one finds a queer array of goods: a
large part of the visible stock is cheap
and gaudy. but IL Is a mistake to sup
pose that this is all. In the boxes on
the shelves are pretty certain to be
stored some really rich silks that are
worth looking at. II the visitor is
properly appreciative. scarfs. shawls
and table covers. all beautifully en-
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COLONEL WARNINGS BIG Task IN CUBA
What He Will Do Toward Making the Island
Healthy For the American Soldiers
and Citizens There.

Once more the national government
has set on foot a campaign in the West
indian islands already surrendered by
the Spanish enemy. a new war Is TO be
waged. which. like the n just closed.
Is In behalf of tie Cubans. the Porto
Ricans and all who inhabit OF hereafter
may come to the two great Caribbean
Islands held by our arms to-day. 1t
is this time a campaign not TO destroy
but to save human life. and the foes to
be subdued are the loathsome. deadly
diseases that are born Of a tropical
climate and fostered by unsanitary
habits OF living. Its object. primarily
Is the maintaining OF health among our
troops assigned to duty In Cuba I'M
Porto Rico embraces necessarily the
establishing OF good public sanitary
conditions in all the important cities
of the two Stands.
Spanish bullets. deadly as they were.
in the hot fighting of the brief cam
paign, played a minor part In the
havoc wrought among our troops
at Santiago. IL was exposure to the
tropical sun and rains. under circum-
stances that forbade the taking OF es-
sentiai precautions against their III ef-
fects, hat made the widest gaps In the
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JAMES sETRoTHAL RING.
Brought by n Bird When Her Lover Was
Too Poor To Buy One.

Too Poor to buy One.
II was a time for reminjscing, and il
was the "reminiscences of love instead
of war.
when I was 20 wears old" said a
veteran of many dollars. Il was work.
ing on a farm i'm Massachusetts,. not far
from Springfield. where lived a pretty
little girl as poor as l was. the daugh-
ter of a poor Methodist minister. with
whom / was desperately in love. One
day. under the shade of a big tree in
the churchyard. l told her how much
there was i'm my heart and how much
there was in my pocket and asked her
to marry me. She was IL and silly. and
she consented on the spot. For al hour
or more after that we sat under the tree
talking over the fair and foolish things
that lovers dream, when IL occurred to
M that an engagement ring was the
correct thing for such an occasion, and
I began bemoaning the poverty which
prevented my getting n for the dear
est hand on earth. 1t was absolutely
true, too, for 1 really did not have
enough money to buy a tin ring. much
less the kind ! thought JAMIE ought to
have. But jamie didn't care for the ring.
She said we ought to thank Providence
that we had each other and let the old
ring go. She was on the point of saying
more. when she stopped suddenly. gave
a little SCTtdI1 III Dbliittu W SoiiitNhbi6
bright in her lap. / looked and there
lay a pretty gold ring with a small dia-
mond flashing a greeting TO US. At first
we were afraid to touch II. but we soon
got over that. and, as we looked IL over.
we wondered where II had come from.
and, though we knew that the days of
miracles a passed. we were both in
clined to think IL was a blessing from
heaven on our sweet and pure love.
There was no one in the tree to have
dropped 1t as a joke. but. as 1t could
not have reached US by any way other
than from above. we proceeded TO search
the tree. Nothing could be seen from
the ground and I climbed up. and there.
over in the fork above us, high up, /
found a birds nest building n knew
that the builders had picked the ring up
somewhere. for various bits Of colored
ribbon and rags iuttered about the nest.
One Of these pieces of silk JAMIE rec
ognized as the trimming OF a lady's
gown who came to see her mother. N
we decided at once that IL was Ugh to
see IL IL belonged to the lady. Thither
we went, happy as two children. ana
jamie went in and i waited outside.
Presently she called me in, and when i
had. with many bushes, told the story
of the ring. the lady gave IL to me and
said that IL was now mine to do with as
pleased. She hoped ] would not for
get those who nae been my friends
when I had no diamonds. and then.
| right there before the lady i had never
| seen before. I slipped the ring on JAMES
finger kissed her. As o as j had
done that the lady kissed jamie. and I'll
be shot IL she didn't kiss me. too, and
as we went out there were tears in her
eyes g%llstenlng like the diamond on
Janie's finger."-Washington Evening
Star.
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the sPIRiT or THE NORTH.

The sea blood slumbering in our veins
Through the life we've led on hills and
pains
Has caught the sound of waves once
more
That break upon the northern shore.
And a thousand years are swept AWAY
The vikings time was yesterday
We cannot live in lsnd-locked bowers.
The sea Is ours, The sea is ours.
And well scour the seas in our ships Of
steam.
And our merchantmen with their sails
shall CLEAN.
And IL shall come to all mems ken
That the old north spirit moves again.
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course, tea. But as compared with the
shops in San Francisco. those in the
New York colony are small affairs.
Most of the New York stores are
branches of the California houses,
which are owned by trading companies
that ave their headquarters at the
other side of the Pacific.
The Chinese shopkeepers make no
concession to Western ideas. Their
stores are a typical as their surround
ings will permit. and the staid-looking
merchants abide by blouse n pig
tail. In their whole attitude toward
the foreign devils" with whom they
do business. they are in sharp contrast
to the Japanese. who make themselves
as thoroughly American as possible.
IL his dealings are sufficiently large
to warrant IL. the japanese merchant
is certain to a v his place fitted out
in the most up-to-date fashion. In so
far as his almond eyes and yellow
kin will allow he keeps away from
any suspicion OF orientalism. IL is a
question, however. II. with all his fuss
and glitter of surroundings. he Is the
solid business man the Chinese shop
keeper Is.
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oriental odds and ends in addition to
cigarettes and tobacco. and are gen.
orally able to retire after a few years
and return home with enough money
put by to make them comfortable for
the remainder of their days This. of
course. Is the ambition OF all when
they come here
The Chinese merchants of New York
have a very considerable local trade to
supply. consequently the stores on
Mott and Pell streets are both whole
sale and retail. They also do a sur
prisingly large business In the small
towns. where quantities of nicknacks
are carried by the laundrymen as a
side line"
The Chinese stores show an infinite
variety Of goods. A glance eveal
nuts. lily bulbs. sweetmeats. rice and
rose wfne-in very high favor with all
bibulous celestials-chinaw and. of
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Probably no other city in the United
States has such a large contingent Of
oriental merchants as New York.
These men. who nave been tempted
thither by the opportunities for gain.
represent a great variety of nationali-
ties and their stock In trade In usually
made up Of those special products that
the countries from which they come
are famous for.
Many Of the most successful Of these
merchants hail from Armenia. and
when this is the Ease they are almost
Invariably dealers in rugs and drap-
cries Of one sort or another.
There is also a small but thrifty col
ony of Syrians. The latter are, in the
wholesale business and import their
goods from the far East. They have
their dealings with peddlers and bazaar
keepers.
The Chinese merchants. of whom
there are a number, carry on extern
sive operations in tea, chinaware and
similarly typical Eastern products.
Though their profits are hard to de-
termine no one ever hears of a failure
in their quarter-a fact that is signih-
can't of the business success OF its
members.
This does not exhaust the field. how
ever: there are a few Japanese-who
make a speciality of about the same
class of goods as are exposed in the
Chinese. stores, but here the likeness
ends-Turks. who either peddle rugs,
cheap curtains. embroideries and silks,
from house to house, or. IL they have
a store, teal in a small way in tobacco
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one-fourth Of what II was formerly.
far an outbreak Of yellow fever
has been avoided. but to-day I do not
know Of an authentic case OF genuirse
yellow fever in Santiago de Cuba
proper. and every day increases our
chances OF escape"
such are the good effects In q city
already piague-stricken of taking the
simplest and most obvious sanitary
measures. put vigorously In force by
military authority. lacked BY military
power. Santiago. while perhaps the
worst OF the lot, In typical Of all Cuban
cities, with the situation made only a
little worse than usual by the brief
passage Of war before its walls. For
400 years the inhabitants Of the towns.
with true Spanish-American listless-
ness and fatalism. have left their
streets and house premises uncieaned.
have let their stream and harbor be-
come receptacles OF NTH. have drank
pure or polluted water with equal indif-
ference to consequences. n In
their season the malariai and epidemic
diseases. nurtured under uch condi-
tons. claimed their victims by hun
dreds and thousands. have unconcern-
eddy accepted the situation as . matter
of course.
In the week following his summons
to Washington TO consult with the
secretary of war. Colonel Waring was
on his way to Havana, via Tampa. 20
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ORIENTAL MERCHANTS OF NEW YORK.
Unique and Picturesque Scenes in the Stores
and Bazars Run by the Merchants
From the Far East.

broidered by hand. will appear from
out of the way corners for his inspec-
ton and approval.
In some of the stores belts. buckles
and pins done in enamel and evil
IDENTIFY intended to make a strong ap-
peal to the eye. are exposed In show
cases. with old pistols. guns. swords
and daggers.
None Of the Syrian merchants deal
In precious stones or jewelry.
They la a bland way Of fixing their
prices. for. though they are wholesale
dealers. they are willing TO get what
they can out of the retail business that
comes their way.
The business done in these stores
to a good deal more than n
would even imagine from the appear
ance of the shops themselves.
One of the big men Of the quarter
does an annual business of almost half
a million. He not only has a good
ports goods to South America and
Australia as well. Indeed most of the
merchants are exporters as we'll inn
porters. 80
The Syrians are polite and courteous
in the extreme. The majority affect
American dress, though occasionally
one is found who wear a fez in pref
erence to a hat. They compare favor
ably in general intelligence with small
American wholesalers. and show a con-
siderable Inc often surprising insight
into commercial questions even out
side of their own particular branch OF
trade.
They speak good English rs a rule,
and profess themselves as very well
satisfied with the United States and its
opportunities.
The Turks are principally peddlers
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ments which were not found at the
places of address. TO reship them TO
the proper points cost money. an so
they remained undelivered. Several
big boxes OF new magazines arrived at
Tampa. and. because tbs nature Of
their contents was indicated on the
outside. they were broken open by per-
sons for whom they were not Intended
However, they were utilized. Oficeri
always had the FIRST shy" at every.
thing. and unquestionsbly they got IL in
respect 10 the supplies furnished BY the
good women OF the country-even when
such supplies were designed by the
donors for the rank and hle.
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ample. Hams and bacon are In the
perishable class; they keep excellently
for a while. but then deterioriate rapid
ly. Most Of the food stuffs C'assed as
articles for sale" are ~perishsble. These
are things which. under the regula-
lions Of the war department. are pro-
vided by the commisssries. for sale 10
officers and men; they include canned
and evapJrated fruits. and a great
variety OF other d~elicacies.
m small arms turned in by the
mustered out volunteers will be sent
l.. the Rock Island arsenal to be re-
paired and put in good order. All such
work for the army Is custOmsrily done
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They confine themselves to rugs and
tapestries, much as do the Armenians,
whom they closely resemble. When,
however. a Turk rises out of the ped
dler class M sets up as a shopkeeper.
he combines tobacco with whatever
other goods he may keep in stock. He
is something of a genius as an adver
tiser. and about the first thing he does,
when he gets a plate glass window be-
tween himself and the public. is to put
a woman behind that plate glass roll
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ing cigarettes. The woman is very apt
TO be his wife. and II he has children
they go on exhibition. too. as a part
of the show. Needless TO remark, this
is a display OF domesticity he would
hardly indulge IN in his native land.
where the ladies OF the household are
carefully secluded. These Turks get on
amazingly. They sell all sorts of
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, 1898-08-15

ALMOST FORGOTTEN.
This is the busy season in the Klon,
dixie goldfields. Fortunes are being dug
up every week. but nothing is said in
the newspapers. There is a wal on
hand, and every other subject is forgot
ten. In like manner men and women
drop out Of sight when they lose their
health. The general cause of sickness
is in the stomach. From there it
branches out. To remove the cause
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the best
remedy. The weaknesses of women are
cured by it. 1t gives strength to both
sexes. 1t invigorates and imparts vi
tality. 1t steadies the nerves and brings
refreshing sleep. For those whose
health is run down" nothing equals it.
Take Hostetter's Stomach Bitters if you
want to regain it.
, 1898-08-15

An agricultural relic of considerable
interest was unearthed recently on the
farm of Amos Buchanan, in Springfield
township, Delaware county. Buckman's
farm is known as the Lewis Home
stead, and it is said to be the Oldest
place i'll the county, the title dating
back to William PENIS time. The
farmhouse, a solid stone structure,
about $50 years old, has begun to show
signs of age, and last week steps were
taken to put it in repair. Preparations
were made to reshingle the roof, but be-
fore this could be done it was necessary
to tear down and rebuild the large
chimney. The men engaged at this
work had RACED the chimney to the
level of the roof, when they came to a
large fiat piece of iron which had been
put in to brace the chimney against the
stone wall. This was torn u and
thrown to the ground. when one Of the
workmeI noticed its odd shape. After
the mortar had been cleaned off it was
examined and proved to DO an old fash
toned "sod CUTTER A name wal sunk
on it, of which only the three last let
tiers isis could be made out, but the
date, 1868, is fairly legible. At that
time the plows were very primitive,
yet they had in a crude form the cut
tiers still frequently used on modern
plows to open the way for the share.
Owing to tho mortar the cutter is we'll
preserved, but the worn edges attest
that it had turned many a furrow in its
palmy days before it was built into the
chimney. philadelphia Record.
, 1898-08-15

Then Sue Mundy came from his hiding
place. Several of the girls took of q
skirt apiece and rugged him out. Will
cloak and fascinator he passed the Yam.
KEGS at the foot Of the stairs, got in
! safety to the home of a friend and in
the early morning eluded the pickets
and started on his ride for Louisville,
where he was captured and hanged il. q
spy.
1t was. l believe, some time after.
ward that this apron again met with al
adventure. One day two ragged, foot.
sore C~onfederates came to grandmoth.
er's seeking food and shelter. They had
been cut off from their company, which
had passed through the adjacent coun-
try a few days before. OF course they
were fed and We're lodged in an out.
house.
They had not been long concealed
when grandmother got word that q
squad OF cavalry who had been securing
the country for stragglers were headed
for her place. 1t was too late for the
Johnnies to escape. Clearly something
had to be done at once. The Johnnies
would be found, and grandmother and
the girls would be arrested probably.
Grandmother went to the clubhouse and
laid the matter before the two men.
They we1e unarmed, wbila grand
mothers arsenal consisted rt :, rusty old
IL uskCt.
Mother proposed a plan, which was
carried GU successfully. She and her
younger sister had often mustered with
their cousins and other neighbors' boys.
They had always been the fife and drum
corps.
There was a dense plum thicket not
far from the house. A queer procession
headed for it in a little while. There
was grandmother, my two aunts, moth
er, the two Johnnies and the negro
cook. Mother carried her fife in one
hand and this apron in another, while
my aunt had a drum. Mother tied her
apron to a stick and hoisted it above the
plum trees.
In a few minutes the Yankees came
in sight. Mother says at sight of the
uniformed men, mounted on splendid
horses, her heart bounded and that her
sister trembled SO that it was q second
or so before they could command cour-
age enough to carry out their part of
the programme.
The Yankees came to a halt at sight
OF the red, white and red flag. Then
came the shrill notes of the fife and
steady beat of the drum. Then Dixie"
came floating over across the meadow
to them. They came closer. What
meant the ominous silence SO far as
shots went? The Johnnies had not fired
a single shot. The plum thicket was
large enough to conceal Il goodly body
of men. They approached the thicket
and fired. The only damage done was
these bullet holes i'll the apron. Panic
seized the advancing men, and wheeling
their horses they went heller SHELTER
across the meadow and in the direction
of their camp.
When they returned, a short time
later, they had been heavily re-enforced.
They found the farmhouse in the pos.
session of two womc and three girls
and not a trace of .Johnnies anywhere.
Not long after this the war was over.
A young Union officer called at grand
mothers one day and asked for mother.
He was tho sergeant who had christen-
ed her apron. The call was followed by
many others, and the following year
mother and father were married ST.
Louis Republic.
, 1898-08-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,

GNOAASG TOIb OoA1AE4 lOTN.
Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
July 10, 1898.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has filed notice
Of his intention to make final proof in
support OF his claim, and that said
proof will be made before Henry l..
PASCAL, clerk Of the district court, at
Laramie. Wyoming, on August "a,
1898, viz:
JOHN KOCH,
Of Tie Siding, Wyoming, homestead en-
try No. 1868, for the NE. a Sec. IA,
TIP. 10 NJ, R. 70 W.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon,
and cultivation OF, said land, viz:
Henry Sage, of Tie Siding, Wyoming;
Henry Koch, Of Laramie, Wyoming;
Albert Goldman, Of Laramie, Wyo-
ming; Leroy Grant, Of Laramie, Wyo-
ming.
w n rrrADyn y p,rt.,,
, 1898-08-15

Japan, it seems, intends sending to
the Paris exhibition a huge house, hex
agonal in shape and composed entirely
Of porcelain. 1t measures several yards
in circumference, and its weight will
not be less than 70 tons. From the ar.
tistic point Of view, according to the
several models already finished, it will
be exquisite. 1t is estimated that the
cost Of making it will be about GO. 600.
London Chronicle.
, 1898-08-15
RATAPlAN.

"Oh, Rataplani It is n merry note,
And mother, I'm for listing in the morn"
"And would ye, son, to wear a scarlet coat
Go leave your mothers latter age forlornf''
'Oh, mother, am sick Of sheep and goat.
Fat cattle and the reaping of the corn.
! long to see the British colors float.
For glory, glory, glory. was 1 born"
She saw him march. 1t was q gallant sight.
She blest herself and praised him for a man.
And straight he hurried to the bitter fixht
And found a bullet in tho drear Sudan.
might.
And that's the end Of glory. Rataplan!
Living Age.
, 1898-08-15
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, 1898-08-15

A person i'll this country no sooner
gets through %shoveling coal and carry
ing out the ashes than he has to sprinkle
his grass and push the lawn newer.
The more coal be shovcls the more ashes
he carries, and the more water he sguirts
the harder he has to push the lawn
lower. 1t is ever thus.-Lougmcnt
(Colo.) Ledger.
, 1898-08-15
What She Was Doing

"You see, Phyllis had to stop to TX
her hair
ARRANGE, child; not fix. Fix means
to make fast"
well, that's what she was doing. 1t
was coming loose. "-IudianapoIis Jour
nal.