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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
TOOK CARE OF HIS GARDEN SWEETS.
Chipmunks Thought That Farmer Hart Was
NeElectfuI of His Property.

~Chipmunks Thought That Farmer Hart Wa
NeElectful of His Property.
HOLDEN. Me-. Oct. Delivery thrifty farmer
In eastern Maine has;one or more trees OF gar
den sweet apples In his orchard. 1t is q small,
hard apple that is fine grained and an excel
lent winter keeper. Along In February 1t
grows ripe and mellow 80 as to aim ost melt In
the mouth OF him who eats 1t. All winter 1t is
roasted in broad. fat pans and served TO guests
with sugar and cream. thus becoming the
most sought dish at cuttings and parties.
This year Arno Hart raised about twenty
bushels OF garden sweets. A month ago he
gathered them by hand and piled them In a
tall pyramid on top OF q dry knoll in his or
until thoroughly dry and steeped through with
sunlight, A few days later he noticed that one
side of his pile had fallen down and some OF
sat up for three nights, gun In hand. aud never
saw anything bigger than an owl or a wood
chuck. Meantime his apples continued to go
traps cunningly concealed in fallen leaves and
succeeded In killing a cosset lamb and maim-
ing the family cat for life. He put up q deadly
second night IL was used. lie sent Tor detec'
tives and oflered q reward Of S25 for the arrest
and conviction OF, the thieves, At the end Of
two weeks 3, more thar half OF his apples having
disappeared. he decided to carry the remain
der TO the cellar TO save them. When he
emptied the first basket into the bin r. served
1 Snpls sar IEInp sweets w q Sa re s saW q great p%t heap Of
a covering Of dead grass and leaves he dis
covered about ten bushels Of garden sweets
Upon the rind Of nearly every apple we're two
deep imprints made by the incisor teeth OF
some small animal.
traps enough, about his apple bins TO catch
dSn sweets are sale Tor tie TsStsf tie sSSSos.
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How One who Stayed Too Long was Moved
20 Take His Departure.
From ts USea Daily Preu.


Beneath the roof OF Gerrit Smiths home
some Of the stranRest oharacters in the world
conRregated. He was q peculiar magnet and
drew people from all parts Of the country. A
gentleman who was for q long time a member
OF the family relates how he has seen eating in
peace at one time in his house an Irish Catho-
lilo priest. q Hicksite Quakeress minister. q
Calvinistlo Presbyterian deacon Of the Jona-
than Edwards school. two Abolition lecturers.
a Seventh Day Baptist, a shouting Methodist.
4 Mhig procsIaysTy member men ssr, q OonRress. 2
q Southern ex-siave holder. a runaway slave.
his wife and two children, a eolored woman
sneh In SflGu CHEZ ASf' who ate six diS6es ~ -soup
and nothing else, MT: smith managed them
s or. o ri Sfs ,o tSSi Sas sn SsfpSpf6sfG s me as di sob SR Rer 9Gnr
al SIii'S qF fas 9 m s sSSn ns sESS' III haE feel q & That S'S tRa9
living man. Il is said that at times It took
100 pounds Of meat a day TO supply his table.
ve niS s S5nIe' singular Sh ~ facts. L seems seem In isS5
he was In straitened circumstances and was
t46sSsstSned with for d sSgd G6o He and 6 SS1S SE , q
ESSEP tISSo Il @r. H ssMmisSS closed 70 sdf2RH ls mansion 81 T Il the he
t Shsae County, SRT m Refusing apf To- see sS0 ali ip' %Visito o1a'n He IL
back to the village and the old scenes were
In bis diary Of Dec. 20. 1910. is this entry:
"We have with us this evening hfty-two per-
sons. Elder Maddox made tho prayer and
Henry. Clay. q unaway slave, talked in crest
diary that nothing was 70 be used ON his ta2le
time he gave up the use Of tea and coffee and
shortly after meat. but used fish. Mr.: Smith
was not q member OF any church In his early
days. About 1880 he lost a child. whose death
AZ. aSfI,ect nSi,I Mr, Smith s sa o. SE: The death Of
twenty years after 1t occurred. and Il was the
loss of this child that led him and his wife to
the Presbyterian Church OF Peterboro.
Mr.. Smiths household was varied at times
by strange characters. He FAD a visitor once
who hung on for q month and his presence be-
game rather UNPLEASANT to the family. Mrs.
Smith had q niece, Q young lady ~ years old.
from 0swego. who was living In the family.
During the day this gentleman informed Mr..
home: That evening at prayers Mr.: Smith re-
would see, him safely home. The young lady
when she heard these words was. so delighted
she clapped her hands and said Amen" The
prayer, stopped short and MI. Smith arose and
be seen to smile clear to the back part OF his
head. The girl was frightened and Mrs. Smith
called her to her room TO talk with her about
her rudeness, but ended BY saying: 1T was
very cunning. / won't say anything"
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sHAFrER WAS BELLE OF THE BAIL.
His Name on Nearly All of tho Cards,
Although He Did Not Dance.

From the Chicago Record.
Con. Shafter was decidedly the belle Of the
ball. He received more attention than any
body except the President and Mrs. Palmer
and accepted the alteration OF the multitude
with becoming modesty. Early in the evening
his box became surrounded by a crowd OF adj
mirers and the General was in a state of siege
during the rest Of the night. Some pretty girl
had a brilliant idea and asked the General to
write his name upon her engagement card.
81 can't dance" said the hero OF Santiago,
The General took a pencil with q willing air
and wrote his name so large that i covered
rushed up to him with the, same request and
kept him busy for an hour or more writing his
Some OF the 'prattisst IeiriS In town had him
and Of e9urss .t6sy WI saye The cards as sou7s.
c ehTsi asa n no tho SSSG M Id thS% Il t tEs next e t eenFuEF grand and
relate how they danced With Gen. shafter at
The Autograph craze then became general.
Snd nearly nal FL tie fS bnJ Sr men present were
ladies'. Those souvenirs will be doubly inter
esting because OF the novelty, but Y VIII re-
that they danced, two-steps with Secretary
Gage and the Chinese Minister and waltzes
WIZ EaS sSy T'P sRs f SnS lsSsnssto GT SRRI5G%; Ire.
land has been perhaps the most popular guest
At the jubilee. His eloquent speech on Tues
day has been the subject OF no end of comment,
have strengthened his hold upon his old
friends and won many nov, ones. Like all tho
ball. and. Of course. was impofe ed uron by any
c1mber OF pretty girls. He wrote. bis auto
ggEEaGGth sr along 5S o %lts th npe@i Gr Sen mem Miieoi t hem
noticing the character of the paper that was
presented for his signature. It would makes
II some Of the engagement cards that were
used at the dance last night were submittSd
be shocked to see. the name OF this eminent
prelate written H. his own hand upon the en-
gagement list OF many a Chicago girl, for
have not usually been included In the accom-
Dllshments OF eccleslastlcs.
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West 22d St.
WEDDING GIFTS A SPECIALITY.
Kentucky Pork with a "stiok' in It.
From The Harrod,buro Ns1G.

People here have experimental and dis
covered, Q method OF securing the best pork In
the world.
turned l. in on a trough OF Iermented beer. which
is bourbon whisky in it's first stage. The pork
ers took TO this new diet Rreedily. and the en-
about three weeks. until the swill gave out.
They would Gulp down the beer until they
anywhere in a stupor, sleep 1t of, and then 60
and repeat the dose. =
Thu sight OF from thirty to fifty intoxicated
hogs, SOM lighting, some too stupid to hight.
and some rolling down. the hill into the distilS
lery branch, from which they had to be rescued
tracted the attention OF nanyneighbors.. When
the beer gave out they would. neither eat any
lutely pitifui TO see and hear them squealine
around the troughs.
These fat shoats were killed yesterday and
butchered. and their meat was unanimously
pronounced to be the best favored. tenderese
and most sayory pork ever lasted.
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A ys.,el ,ztth a short Nams.

There's other vessels with names as short.
no doubt" said a waterside stroller. "but 1
don't reckon there's any with a shorter name"
The vessel he referred TO lAYin q slip between
two Nh2rVes In South street. 1t WAb the power
tulhoatinR steam derrick OK
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strategy and tho Fire Elsud.

The German Fire departmental have the honor TO
announces, Captain, that the hre H. In the fourth
the second"
down TO the secondl"
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TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT.
Under Our Ordinary Selling Price.

UluGr Uuf UTulldry GGllllg PrlCB.
usual Hisp eustoR. G might a at S this time ae'i lead 70 o dEIsSSSpss
gointmmegnti for the reason that as this wase
Ply give you a list of the different articles In.
s2E2B B B9#ts. ssRGeskkses and RHAMa'
SGEHLEERRKE iTMFAARRsS vs ROSE BOWLS.
BON ABoNs. OLIVES. etc.
We believe that an inspection OF this line win
be OF unusual interest.
A LOT"OF SPECIAL Here are . few
DANuAlINos we note hor0
and there at random throughout the stores.
RAMIKINS AND Fine china Ramikins
~, ,rEc and plate. Dresden
PLAlES. lower decorations.
with coloEed edges. special at this S. 90
TIA CLIPS Artistic Dresden deo-
AND SAUCERS. e U5&srUn on stIU I SoI%
traced throughout. special at this $3.50
time, per doz. ~~ON
CONDENSED Fine china condensed milk
MILK JARS. similar W to 18th" the English
SduluOu lOoCbuu poSISAhb bpSCihl ~
TINS Time.
TERRAPIN or Dresden deco
LOBSTER a la ration. with
NEWBURG DISHES. odEo' I Eofd
traced throughout. with covers and GS m
handles, special atthis time. per doz. V0sVV
A HOLIDAY Although this may seem
cr,cCrcDroH q little early to make
SUuuESllUN. christmas or New
Years selections. yet many Of our customers
are aVailing themselves Of our offer to hold and
deliver. at any date desired. purchases made
now. Special care is given to these orders.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-10

The American wives of British states.
men are the ablest diplomats that the
United States ever sent abroad. One
friend at n foreign hearth.stone Is
worth a dozen politicians sent across
the sea us ambassadors. ministers or
cOnsuls.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-10

The anarchist who killed Empress
Elizabeth gave as his reason that no
one should live who does not work.
There Is a certain inhumanity In inter.
ferlng. In the case of SO industrlously
minded person, with the plying OF
Ills trade of reglclde.
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erais-even Weyler, Campos, Polavieja
and ChinchilIa-told him they could not
answer for the consequences of an ag-
itation fomented by the press and Car
list and republican conSpiracieS.
On the other hand, the papal nuncio
and the foreign ambassadors told him
that no step could be taken toward
peace unless President Mckinley was
assured that the government could en-
force the conditions imposed by events.
For the same reasons Senor Sagasta
and the minister Of war, affected to ig-
more the progress of the negotiations for
the capitulation of Santiago although
Generals Blanco and Toral. telegra phed
every day the successive stages Of the
par1eying, BlancO washing his hands
OF all responsibility and Toral begging
Sagasta to authorize him to act, while
the government in Madrid took care to
state officially that Toral acted entire
ly on his own responsibility and could
not undertake to offer to surrender all
the forces of the whole province of San
tiago. When all is over, SagaSta will
spring the news on the country.
He intends to act in the same way in
regard to the conditions of peace. He
will only let them out when they are
signed.
1t is a very risky game, but it is the
only means of saving the monarchy
and the regency if the army remain
IOVal
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19
HIGH HANDED.
Sagasta Has Created a Reign of
Terror
BY Martial Law and Press Cen
sOrship.
TO MOVE IN SECRET.
Determined the People Shall
Not Know
What is Going on Until Too
Late to Protest.

New York, July ia dispatch to the
World from Madrid says:
In consequence of the reign of terror
fnaugurated by the government the
people believe the widest rumors
afioat. Everybody sees that the pa
pers hint much between the lines, af-
fecting to know more than perhaps they
really do.
The universal impression is that the
government is acting dictatorily simply
because it has grounds to believe the
monarchy is menaced not only by the
Carlists and the Republicans but also
by a widespread popular and military
discomfort in consequence of which a
high handed policy is deemed necessary
in order to make peace quickly without
the assistance of the cOrtes. which will
only be asked to pass a bill of indem-
nifty when the nationsis sOmewhatrecon-
ciled to the sacrifice of territory in the
West Indies and in the Philippines.
1t is furthermore believed that France,
Austria Russia and Germany have
again told the queen and her ministers
that it is Indispensable to secure an
early peace which alone can save Spain
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19
MOVED AT LAST.
Troops From Camp Merritt to
Go to the PresidiO.

San Francisco, July 19.-The Rio de
Janeiro is now scheduled to leave for
Manila on Thursday. The st. Paul is in
dry dock at the Union Iron works and
will be ready for service as a transport
within a few days. The Scandia is also
in dock, but will be able to receive
stores before the end of the week. 1t
is quite possible that this vessel, the
purchase of which by the government
will be completed today, will be turned
over to the Red Cross to be used as a
hospital ship at Manila.
1t is learned that the Russia, a sister
ship to the Scandia, now at Nagasaki,
Japan, has been contracted for by the
government and will soon arrive here
in ballast, when her purchase will be
cOnSummated.
A strong effort is being made to an
duce the war authorities to assign the
Seventh California to active service
either in Cuba or the Philippines. There
is a possibility that the Eighth Califor-
MIA may be sent to Honolulu to do gar.
rison duty after the departure from
there of the First New York volunteers.
On account of the unsanitary cOnd5-
tions at Camp Merritt, the troops now
there are to be removed to the Preside
reservation.
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(From the Chicago Journal,
financial and commercial ruin.

from financial and commercial ruin.
The queen gave audiences to Romero
RObledo and Gen. Weyler, expressly to
obtain their neutrality if not their con-
persuade them to prevail upon the gen.
erals to answer for the loyalty of the
army in Spain.
The capital of Spain presents a
strange aspect under the extraordinary
measures taken by the government to
impose silence upon the press. At first
all the newspapers attempted to pro-
test against proceedings which have no
precedent since the last years of the
reign of Isabella II. on the eve of rev.
olution Then similar seventies were
resorted to by the reactionary cabinet,
against the opposition, which at that
time was headed by such leaders as
Sagasta, Castelar,, Serrano and Prim.
Gen. ChinchilIa, the captain general
of Madrid, again summoned into his
presence today ten of the principal edi-
tors in Madrid. He Sternly warned them
that he was not going to be trifled with,
that he would suppress the newspapers
and imprison and court martial the edi-
tors if they dared to diSObey the rules
laid down. He even forbade them to
publish papers with blanks in the spa
ces in their columns where the censor
had suppressed articles OF. paragraphs,
intimating that the spaces must be NIL
ed up anyhow
The public. however, ignores the Sc
verities Of the censorShips which are
even worse in the provinces than in
Madrid.
One of the leading liberal statesmen
explains the conduct of the govern
ment thus: Premier Sagasta. had to re-
sort to the severe policy of the state of
siege (rnartial law) because several gen
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19

earthworks have been constructed to
guard this strategic point.
There are about thirty mountain
howitzers in Ponce available for the
defense of the city and the railroad
The army if landed there, would be
compelled to travel so or 60 miles across
the mountainous country to reach San
Juan. There is, however, a main road
irregular and circuitous, connecting
coast of the island extends in an al
most straight line from east to west
and is high and rugged.
The only harbOrS it has are the fol-
lowing: San Juan, surrounded by man
grove swamps and protected by the
Cabras and the Cabritas islands, and
some very dangerous banks; the an
choring ground of Arecibo, somewhat
unprotected, and which has been men
toned as a possible landing place; and
the coves of Cangrajos and COndado.
During the present season the ports on
this coast are safe and commodiOus,
unless visited by hurricanes.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19
KANSAS 10Th IS BEST.
Excels All Others in Drill and
Discipline.

San Francisco. July 19.-The state Of
California has already furnished over 5000
soldiers for the war with Spain. This is
more than 20 per cent of the troops that
have been assembled in and about San
Francisco during the, past three months.
Of CaHfornia's 5000 practically 1000 have
already embarked for Manila. No other
state in the Union is believed to have fur
nished so large proportional representa-
tion in the volunteer army.
The Utah cavalry will probably be or
dered to the Sequoia national park this
week.
Private Charles Kennedy of company l.,
First Tennessee died at the marine hOSpi-
tai yesterday of pneumonia, following
measles.
The number of cases on the rolls of the
division hospital yesterday all told was
1T9.
Private Stanley of company c, First
Montana volunteers, while intoxicated,
tried to use a knife on Lieutenant Conrad
of the same company. He was knocked
senseless with the butt end of rifle by
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19
TWO CENTS.

weeks of hard fighting and campaign
ing which have resulted in the fall of
Santiago.
He declined the invitation. saving he
mated the Spaniards and adding that he
did not want to be where any Of them
Since that time the Cubans have re-
manned in their camp eating American
ratlons and our troops have had no
communication with them.
Sampson and Shafter Clash.
The question has arisen between the
army and navy officials as to the dis
position to be made of the half a dozen
large Spanish merchant stean naerS " bich
were in the harbor of Santiago at the
time of the. surrender. Rear Admiral
Sampson arrived in the city today on
the Vixen and claimed the steamers
We're prizes of the navy. He also was
desirous of placing prize crews on board
them. Gen. Shafter. however, refused
to recognize Admiral Sampson's claims.
He declared the steamers with every
thing else in Santiago had surrendered
to him. The question, apparently, Is
still undecided. But at any rate the
admiral returned to his flagship with
out having distributed prize crews
among the merchantmen ana the latter
are still in possession of the army.
May Cause Trouble.
Washington, July 19.-Same appre-
hension is expressed here that the as
sumption by the United States Of the
lead to trouble with the Cubans. A
few days before the surrender of the
city Gen. Garcia sent a committee to
Gen. Shafter informing him that the
Cubans had seleced a Cuban named
Castillo for governor of the city It
is plain, however, from the reading OF
the Presidents order to Shafter, that
it will be a long time before this Gu
ban officer is allowed to exercise the
functions of governor, and 1t is believed
it is the Presidents purpose when the
military government he has just erected
gives way to replace it with a popular
government, meaning thereby a gov
ernment for Santiago chosen by the
free vote of the people of Santiago.
Some doubt is expressed as to wheth-
ceptabIe to the element of the Cuban
party which demands immediate pos
session of captured territory, but as
the administration is convinced that
this element is neither the most nu-
merous, nor respectable in the Cuban
cause, it is believed their diSsatisfac-
tion will take no more dangerous forms
than protests and grOwls. 1t is sug-
geSted that the presidents action in
the case of Santiago might be con-
strued by European nations as indi-
eating an intent to disregard the terms
of the congressional resolution which
precipitated the war and to mean a
permanent seizure of the islands in be-
half of the United States. This view,
however, will not, it is believed, obtain
to any considerabl extent.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19
MOST DISASTROUS
Has Been the Attempt to Navi-
gate the Yukon.

San Francisco, July ia report re-
garding disasters to shipping in Alas
kan waters has been received from E
A. Anders, collector of customsoat St.
Michael. He says that only two of the
recently constructed river boats-the
Louise and the Leah are likely to reach
Dawson this year. Besides the vessels
already reported wrecked on the way to
St Michael the bark Rufus E. Wood
lost her river steamer overheard, the
old tug Governor Stoneman lost barge
with large quantity of freight when
the river broke up and the u steamers
sent out from Seattle June 2. by the
Moran Bros, were counted among the
missing July Z.
These vessels each cost $50, 900. These
boats had a capacity of $50 passengers
and 400 tons of freight. Their ocean
convoyers were the tugs ResOlute. Capt
Tom KiltOn and Richard HOlyoke, Capt.
KInger, and the steam schooner South
Coast.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19
DEWEY GIVES A HINT.
Fires a Shot Across the Bow of
a German Cruiser.

London, July 19.-The Hong Kong CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says:
Omitted States Consul Wildman informs
me that as the German cruiser Irene was
passing Mariveles, off Manila. the other
day, the Unitel States gunboat Hugh Nc
Cu1loch was sent after her to ask her to
stop. AS the Irene refused to obey a
shell was sent across her bow and a small
boat went to discover what she was doing.
The German admiral protested and in
sisted that German ships had a right to
enter the harbor without being searched,
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19
POISONED.
55 Members of Co. A, 22nd
Kansas Victims of Hash.

Washington. July 1s-Fifty-five men be-
longing to company A, TWenty-second
Kansas volunteers, at Camp Afger, were
poisoned today by eating hash which had
been cooked in a tin-Iined vessel that had
become corroded. Fifteen of the men are
seriously i'll and are not expected to re-
cover.
The hash was eaten at breakfast this
morning and those VINO partook of it be-
came i'll shortly afterward. The hospital
doctors pronounce it to be ptomaine pois-
oning.
The names of the men have not been
ascertained
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19
STAMP CASES PUT OFF

The express company cases called for to-
day in the federal court have been con-
tinued until Monday at p. m. These
are the cases in which representa- tives of
the express companies have been arrest
ed charged with violation of the internal
revenue law in requiring patrons to afhx
the stamps.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19
PROF. SCHLEY SUICIDES.
Cousin of the Commodore Takes His
Own Life.

Tampa, Fla, July 19.-F'reeman
Schley, cousin of Commodore Schley,
u. S N, died at his rooms yesterday
afternoon. Today it was announced BY
the physician that he died from the ef-
fects of an overdose of morphine and
inquiry developed the fact that II was
taken with suicidal intention. Prores-
sor SchIey was a teacher of languages
here and had been for years.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-07-19

claim which Admiral Dewey declined to
recognize
1T is reported that Admiral Won Died
rich who is in command of the German
squadron at Manila, interviewed Captain
Chichester of the British cruiser Immor-
talite as to what he would do if the Ger
mans interfered with the bombardment
of Manila. Captain Chichester replied
that only Admiral Dewey and himself
knew that