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The St. Johns herald., 1898-08-06
Mir. Frank R. Stockton, telling St.

MT. Frank R. Stockton, telling St Nicholas readers about "The Buccaneers of Our Coast, " describes the clever es- cape of Roc, the Brazilian, e famous pirate, from captivity among tho Span ish at CsmPeachv. Mr. Stockton says;
 When he was coming into the bay, Roc had noticed & large French vessel that was lying at some distance from the town, and he wrote his letter as if it had come from the captain of this ship. In the character of this French captain he addressed his letter to the governor of the town, and in it he stated that he had understood that certain companions of the coast. for whom he had great sympathy-for the French and the buccaneers were always good friends-had been captured by the gov ernor, who, he heard, had threatened to execute them.
 The French captain, by the hand of Roc, went on to say that if harm should come to these brave men, who had been taken and imprisoned when they were doing no harm to anybody, he would swear, in his most solemn manner, that never for the rest of his life would he give quarter to any Spaniard who might fall into his hands. and he moreover threatened that any kind of vengeance which should become possible for the buccaneers and French united to inf1ict upon the Spanish ships, or upon tho town of Campeachy, should be taken as soon as possible after he should hear of any injury that might be inflicted upon the unfortunate men who were then lying imprisoned in the fortress.
 When the slave came back to Roc, the letter was given to him with very particular directions as to what he was to do with it. He was to disguise him. self as much as possible, so that he should not be recognized by the people of the place, and then in the night he was to make his way out of the town, and early in the morning was to return as if he had been walking along the shore of the harbor, when be was to state that he had been put on shore from the French vessel in the offing with letter which he was ordered to present tO the governor.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-08-06
Grafifnda

"How much did you pay for this ci. garY
 ''Ten cents."
 "How many more did they throw imp
The St. Johns herald., 1898-08-06
A PRISONERS RUSE.
HOW ROC ESCAPED FROM THE SPAN
 lSH PRISON BY A TRICK.

A Clever Pirate Who Won Freedom For Himself and HisCompsnions by Forging Letter and Playing on HIs Captor's Fears.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-08-06

Mrs. Oldham-Mrs. Cashleigh Is be ing painted by a celebrated foreign artist
The St. Johns herald., 1898-08-06
TfDa an III w;.6

''They can say what they please about the horrors of war;" said Sprock- etts, "but after all 1t has Its bright side."
 Flows that" asked Wheeler.
 "McWatters, the sprinkling cart driver, has enlisted."-New York Evening W0rld.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-08-06

Bagley-Do you think women vii
The St. Johns herald., 1898-08-06

Try schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-08-06
Their Qualification

Their Qua1fhcations. "What great pugilists those Spanish gunners would make.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-08-06
VYorlenIa Contrnrlnese.

Mrs. Wyland-What's the matter has she lost the use of her hands3
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
THINGS TO KNOW.

Mix stove blacking with vinegar;
this will make it stick better and also
give better polish.
To cool hot dish quickly set it III
cold water and salt; this will cool il
far more rapidly than If il were stood in
cold water only.
After washing lamp chimneys rub
them with dry salt, which will give a
brilliant polish to the glass.
Grease stains on a carpet may be re-
moved in variety of ways; one of the
simplest is to take piece of b,otting
paper, lay it under the grease mark, and
similar piece on the top of the mark.
Then press the part with hot iron :;
this viii cause the grease to be alb
sorbed by the blotting paper. Another
method is to add some boraX to warm
water in which soap has been dis
solved and well brush the stained part
with this mixture. Ammonia is also
useful; it should be diluted with water
and rubbed on the carpet.
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
INTERESTING ITEMS.

1t is estimated that there are 0O,000,-
600 guns in the world.
British postal correspondence with
the United States last year was 41,OOO,-
900 letters, ETC., against only 65,00O,00O
with Europe.
1t may not be generally known that
the original idea of the Chinaman's pig
tail was that it formed a convenient
handle by which, one day, he would be
lifted up to paradise. This curious be-
lief is still to be found among the ma
tives.
The largest bog in Ireland is the bog
of Allen, which staetches across the
center of the island east of the Shannon
and covers nearly 100000 acres. Alto
gether there are nearly 100000 acres
of bog in Ireland-that is to say, about
one-seventh of the total area of the
country is bog.
Perhaps the most remarkable art eS-
alibit in the world is that Of the lunatics
in the Ville-Evrar asylum in. Paris.
Most Of the patients in the asylum have
been painters or designers. and the ply
sicians in charge inaugurate salon
of their works. The effect on the minds
of the patients is said to be excellent.
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
ITEMS ABOUT PEOPLE.


Henry de Windt, the famous globe
trotter, says: Il have roughed it for
the last Is years in Siberia, in Borneo,
and in Chinese Tartary, but can safely
describe my climb over the Chilsat pass
as the severest physical experience of
my life.''
Bruno Steindel, of South Germany
played two of Mendelssohn's most diff
cult compositions on the piano, before
an audience of musical experts, before
he was five years old. Many expect that
he will become one of the greatest mas
ters of modern times.
EX-Gov. Northen, of Georgia, says
that he is in favor of four reforms in
the state; first, textile training schools;
second, any policy which will teach
scientific farming; third, good roads;
and fourth, a reformatory prison for the
detention of youthful criminals.
Mrs. Ann ]. Stiles, who erected Stiles
hall at cost of $751; 900, for the religious
and social uses of the students of the
University of California, died recently
in Berkeley at the age of S4. Mrs. Stiles
was born in Milbrae, Mass. She has
lived in California since 1856.
1t has ever been the one dream of
Queen Victoria's life to undertake a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and at
one time during the early years of her
widowhood she was on the point of pro-
ceeding thither with her friend and
spiritual adviser, the late Dean Stan
lev as cicerone
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
medteva, Lynch Law. Of Bavaria.

-'1SHASfs.A LdwS OF BOV8r1N.
1t is curious to note that in some parts
OF Bavaria a method of procedure which
is called HabeTfeld treiben, still pre-
walls. and is practiced by the people in
case of offenses which do not come
within the pale of the ordinary law
Neither person nor property is injured.
People assemble with black or masked
faces in front of the offenders house,
and howl, fire rifles. and beat pots and
kettles. A mock sermon, setting forth
the offense of the person concerned, is
then recited in the hearing of the mis-
demeanant. On the Goth of November
last, in the lower house Of the Bavarian
diet, this ancient practice found de-
fender in Herr Sigl, as an ideal form of
popular justice handed down from their
fcrefathers. The m1ni-4er OF trs.,ce.
Herr Aub, as well as Herr Oerterer,
however, strongly condemned Herr.
SigPs support of such illegal procedure.
and Queries.
Daily camera., 1898-02-11

The increase has been a very swift
one. In 1918 the number of Jews in, the
United States was estimated at only
5000 by Mordecai NJ. Noah, and so in
80 years their number has multiplied
itself 800 times at least The growth in
number has been especially rapid since
1881, since which date it is thought the
Jewish immigration to the United
States was 1888, or about one-half
the total Jewish population. The num-
Der of Jews in the world is estimated at
6,000,000, and the United States thus is
seen to have one-sixth of them.
Other statistics are not SO easily at
tainab,e, except that there are 533 con-
gTegations, orthodox and reformed.
with q membership of 13o,O46 com
municants. The two branches have 3Cl
synagogues, with a seating capacity of
139,S24 and valuation of $9, ,754, 4,275-
Chicago Inter Ocean
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
We Want Your Work.
The Rocky Mountain
ASSQyIIg Qnd Refining Co
1915 Champa, Denver, Colo
SPECIAL ASSAY PRICES FOR 1898.
OOlo". $50
Silver .35c
Lead. .........,.........-. ....35c
zinc. ....... ................ .35c
Topper. ...75c
lin. .SI.z5
Nickle. .............S .SI.25
Prices of other assays in proportion.
...canect Results GUdalpa..

Send 2 to 4 ounces for an assay.
Assays by mail or express receive i'm
mediate attention.
Highest cash prices paid for old gold
and silver. bullion. mates and furnace
products.
Buyers of all grades ofore in large or
small quantities.
Mines bought, sold aad exchanged.
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
FOR THE STAMP FIEND.

Last year there was only one pneu-
matte postal tube in operation in the
country-that in Philadelphia. Since
then four more contracts have been ex'
ecuted in Philadelphia, New York and
Boston, and between Brooklyn and New
York.
Victoria has followed the example oi
New South Wales and issued Jubilee
stamps. The leading collectors advise
that the stamps be boycotted, but it is
useless. The average collector must
have them, no matter what his opinion
is as to merit.
1t has been rumored that the portrait
of Seward would be substituted for
Grant on the fve-cent stamps, because
of the great interest taken in Alaska
of which Seward was the parent. The
rumor is absurd. Seward may be en-
titled to honor for his foresight, but ii
must come in some other way.
The contract for supplying the gov
ernment with postage stamps will ex-
pire July 1, 1898. AS number of the
lower denominations are booked for a
change in color, it would not be sur
prising if an entire new issue should
make its appearance at that time.
There has been increased demand for
the incased postage stamps of the 1861
issue, which were used during the war,
in the dearth of small change. Col
lectors should be On their guard, how
ever, as there is a great chance for
fraud in these stamps
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
, FUN FOR THE TABLE.

At musicale and supper Mrs. De
forest suggested that the watermelon
might aid the chorus. Scooping it out
would make it holler.
Pa asked Johnny. "what grows in
q beer garden?" "The head, nv son.
groaned Mr.. Jagway, applying some
more pounded ice.
There is only one thing which is said
TO be worse than being called upon un.
expectedly to make an after-dinner
speech-that is to prepare an after-din-
ner speech and not be asked to de-
liver it.
In Paris cafe, says writer, asked
the maid whether she did not think the
name on the menu: "Demi tasse cafe
au iait frappe la glace," wasvery i'm
fated for such small cup of cold cof-
fee and milk. Eyes, madam" she re-
piled, ut occupies the mind as well az
the stomach"
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
.LosTTENcENTs IN SIX MONTHS
Military Gold Mine in Alaska with

|
Every one who had ever been in Alaska
OF course began at the opening Of the
K.ondike craze to relate personal eX-
periences which in some way or other
had connection with the subject of gold
mining. Many of them had a chance
to make fortune, if they had only
| known, and others saw millions, more
or less, taken out of the ground with a
| broken shovel, and the man whose only
| capital it was came back to the states
and lived happily ever afterwards. But
in spite ofthe ingenuity which has been
put into the manufacture of these
stories, there is an original flavor to
| one told by a soldier at present located
in the United States armory in this
city. 1t was in 1880, when he
| was in the navy, that he was stationed
on vessel near Sitka. There was consid-
erable gold being taken out near there.
and an enterprising Spectator got hold
| of party of marines on the ship and
induced them to buy his mine. There
| were 100 of them who finally went into
the scheme, and they paid $40 each for
| their new source of wealth. There was
always good deal of spare time on
| their hands, and they easily secured
permission to use this in working their
claim. For six months the soldiers dug
quartz by day and dreamed of sudden
wealth by night All were confident of
being able to retire from the service
with comfortable riches and looked
sadly upon the poor officers, who would
have to keep on soldering all their lives,
not being in the scheme AT the end of
six months they had large pile of
quartz, and loading it into all the old
barrels, bags and provision cans they
could find, they sent it by ship to Hle
nearest crushing mill. Then followed
weeks Of waiting until the returns
should come, and an air of subdued i'm
portance grew in each man who expect
ed at any time to be informed that he
was worth thousands of dollars. At last
the ship came which brought the re-
turns from the consignment, and the
gallant hundred gathered around the
| treasurer of the company to hear how
much each was now worth. That indi-
vidual opened the message, and grim
smile froze on his face as he went
through short calculation on the
back of an envelope. Gentlemen" he
said, 'you each owe the sum of 10 cents
to the steamship company that carried
the quartz. The gold in it was just $40
short of the freight charge" And then
he passed his hat, while one of their
number sought out the ships chaplain
to lead them in a short tservice.-Spring-
field (Mass.) Republican.
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
Large peposit Of Abestos.

4 deposit of fossilized asbestos was
recently discovered in Santa Barbara
county, near Lompoc, Cal. The indi-
cations are that this deposit is near
ly 100 feet thick and quarter Of mile
long. It lies near the surface, and
many tons have been uncovered. 1t
is. being shipped east at the.rate of six
car loads week. It is said to be the
most extensive in area and the best
in quality yet discovered anywhere
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
JEWS IN AMERICA.
There Are Nearly a Million Hebrews
Within Our BORDERS.

David Sulzberger, of Philadelphia,
has numbered the Jews in the United
States and in recent publication CO the
American Jewish Historical society
gives statistics of the result. So far as
it is possible to arrive at anything
definite he finds the distribution Of the
Jewish race to be as follows through
out the United States:
Daily camera., 1898-02-11
DIRECTORS.

c. G. Buckingham. ]. c. Hankins,
J. H. Nicholson. B. M. Williams, ]. L.
Church, N. D. Mckenzie, E. ]. Temple.
Masonic Temple Bldg. Cornor Pearl
and I4th streets.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-10
OS1EOPAIHY
A CONVINCING OFFER

To more quickly disseminate a
knowledge of the value of Osteopathy
as curative agency womake the fol-
lowing offer to all suffering from ply
steal ills:
On Wednesday. Friday and Monday,
September Il, 16 and 10 respectively,
we will examine without charge all
who wish it. To ten of the people ex-
amined we will give each TWO
WEEKS TREATMENT WITHOUT
CHARGE. These ten cases will be
selected from those who come first
for examination, but no person will
he accepted IN the list of ten unless
we are convinced that two weeks
treatment will at least materially help
such a person. The cases will be ac-
cepted as soon as examined. but only
those who present Themselves for ex-
examination on one of the three days
will be accepted in this list.
There is no charity about this
merely a business proposition. III you
wish you can Pay for your two weeks
treatment, but you don't have to, and
you are at perfect liberty to stop at
the end of the two weeks. but we feel
sure you will be friend of Osteo-
pathy.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-10
1T is NOT

massage. Christian science, Swedish
movement, magnetism, mesmer.sm,
nor hypnotism. There is nothing OBJ
iectionable in the treatment. The
person of the patient is not exposed
during treatment.
The friends of Osteopathy are
among the most :ntelligent-it takes
brains to understand it. If you doubt
this, write to Senator j. Il. Foraker
Harsh and wife of Creston, Ia, or Gov
ernor Lou Stephens and wire of Mis-
souri,. They know what Osteopathy
is. having taken treatment.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-10
OSTEOPATHY IS NOT A
CURE ALL"

But considering the fact that the
cases treated with it are usually of the
so-calied hopeless" kind, the per cent
of cures is very large. and those
whom it is impossible to cure, usually
receive much benefit and none are in
jured.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-10
WHAT is OSTEOPATHY?

\ system of scientific manipulation
based upon an extensive knowledge
of anatomy and physiology and a
trained sense of touch. whereby ir-
Irregularities are detected in the ''hu-
man machine" and returned to their
normal condition.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-10
PRINCETON NOTES.

past lew nOHtnS III tHc ihihu VI thS
distant public. 1t is fact, although
the distant public does not know this,
that the member of Growers family
nearest the hearts of Princetonians is
not the ex-president, but his amiable
wife. Grover comes to big college af-
fairs, sits on the Platform at the right
of President Patton, and drives back
home in his stately carriage to remain
in retirement until the next occasion
of Importance. He is rather a name
than an individual.
Mrs. Cleveland, on the contrary, is
a sort of patron saint, goddess or
idol in human form. She goes to
base ball games with her intimate ac-
quaintances among the professors
wives, and sits in the front row.
Sometimes a college man occupies a
position of honor at her side, in which
case he is the object of much chatting
at the club that night at dinner. Mrs.
Cleveland is personally acquainted
with all upper classmen and with a
favored few from among the college
infants.
Il met Mrs. Cleveland on the front
campus this morning." said Hill, my
roommate, land she called me by
name. Say, she's a peach!' This Is
the experience and opinion or a major
ity of the student body. Mrs. Cleve-
land has a playful hat of halting
one of her student friends on the
quadrangle. Then some unfeeling
scoundrel will uplift his voice and cry
'Yea!" and some one else calls
''Heads out!" The poor students
distance and grin, and the student
himself gets red in the face and wish
es he were in the tomb of his ances-
tors or in some equally remote spot.
/ think that Mrs. Cleveland realizes
all this and persists in it out of love
of fun.
Mrs. Cleveland lives out of doors at
Princeton. In trap behind a tand-
EN- team she drives all over this part
of New Jersey. She is leading pat
roness of college sports. and, armed
with brassey and niboiick, she is a
familiar figure on the golf links. Be
fore the advent of the Clevelands,
Princeton aristocracy existed in hot
houses. and its most violent form of
athletics was the tea fight. Mrs.
Cleveland came, was amused, and
played tennis. The other danes, all
of colonial ancestry-gazed, ordered
attractive skirts of abbreviated length
and played tennis, too. A leading 10
cal physician told me tIe other day
that Mrs. Cleveland, by her healthful
example. was running the profession
in Princeton, which, needless to say,
speaks promisingly of the perpetual
ton of our ochlocratic plutocracy.
Mr.. Cleveland, too, is friendly in his
relations with the students. Whenev-
er an athletic victory of sufficient i'm
portance warrants bonfire over the
historic cannon, the students indulge
in ''horse" parade during the prog
ress of which they boldly invade the
Cleveland estate, trample down the
flower beds and demand a speech. Mr..
Cleveland is indulgent in this regard,
in his capacious robe de mutt, the
students forget to be awed py his
greatness and give vent to triples"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-10
WAIT DO WE TREAT?

Almost every form of chronic dis
ease, especially female weakness,
nervous disorders, hip joint disease,
hay fever, lung, stomach, liver and
kidney troubles, bowel trouble, weak
ewes, rheumatism, etc.
Examination free.
Osteopathy literature free.
LINCOLN IHFlRhARY OF 0S1E0pATHY.
CHARLES w. LITTLE. d. o., MGR.
CITY Office, 2O8, 200, 2l0. Farmers and
Merchants Building.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-31
ANACONDA news.
PLUMBERS STRIKE OFF
Journeymen Workers Again Re-
sumo Operations.
BUT SEVEN MEN WERE OUT
Conference Between the Anaconda and
Butte Master Plumbers Result in a
Satisfactory Settlement of the
Differences Existing.

The plumbers strike, which has been
was yesterday declared off. and the
journeymen plumbers have again re-
turned to work. During the temporary
strike a great deal or annoyance has
been caused to h~ouseholders who desired
TO have small jobs of plumbing done. but
which had to be left in allegiance until
the strike was off.
There were seven plumbers involved
in the strike. which are all the plumbers
in the city employed by the shops. The
strike was in sympathy with the strike
which Is now on in Butte. Monday
evening a telegram from Butte reached
this city. conveying permission TO the
plumbers employed by j. A. Hasley q
Co to return to work yesterday morn
ing. Yesterday at noon the plumbers
employed by Young az Dezell also re-
turned TO work. 1t seems that the rea-
son for calling off the strike in Hasley's
shop in advance of the strike in The
other shops in the city is that Mr.. Has
ley Is not a member of the Butte Mas
ter Plumbers union, but is a m
OF the National Master Plumbers union,
and that he has nothing to do with the
Butte Master Plumbers union, against
which organization the strike was di-
rected. The other master plumbers of
this city are members of the Butte as
ISOLATION. Mr.. Hasley, it appears, went
TO Butte a few days ago and had a con
ference with the association there, with
the result that his men were permitted
to go to work yesterday morning. Mr..
Young of the firm of Young & Dezell
also went to Butte yesterday morning,
n evidently came to some sort of an
agreement with the association, al
though just what sort of a settlement
was made Mr.. Young declined in a very
emphatic and abrupt manner to state.
AT any rate the plumbers strike in
Anaconda is off, and the people may now
have their water pipes fixed as of yore.
strike in reality did not make itself
much felt here, owing TO the small num-
Der of journeymen plumbers in the city,
but ii caused some annoyance to peo-
pie who had leaky pipes to mend and
who a to tie them up with rags I'M
til they could get a plumber to fix them.