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The times., 1898-07-09
NAVAL ORDERS.

The following naval orders were is
sued yesterday:
Paymaster's Clerk j. A Kelly ordered
to Portsmouth. N H
Surgeon r. C. Pearsons ordered to as
sumo charge of Naval hospital at Ports
mouth n. H.
Surgeon E: Z. Dorr relieved from
temporary duty at the Portsmouth
Naval hospital
Passed Assistant Engineer C. A. Carr
ordered 10 the America.
Passed Assistant Engineer John c.
Kafer. retired detailed as assistant in
spector general Quintard Iron Works
and Morgan Iron Works
Paymaster J. p. Loomis ordered to
act as purchasing pay officer and COM
missary of prisoners at Portsmouth,
\. II.
Capt r. H Cooper ordered to the New
York navy yard with the Chicago.
Assistant Surgeon Mccormick LippHt
appointed June q.
Capt. John SehouIer appointed cap
tain June 3.
Lieut. Charles F. Hughes appointed
lieutenant Gunior gradeJ April 27.
Medical Director Jos. B. Parker given
relative rank of captain June IS
Lieutenant Gunior grade), Henry L.
Belts appointed July 6.
Assistant engineer, Erskine II. Cox,
appointed July 6.
The following appointments were made
July I: Lieutenant, junior grade, Thomas
II. Gigrilliat; passed assistant engineer,
George w. Perkins; second lieutenants.
r. b. Fauntleroy. Beverly c. Mosby,
j. f. McGnl, F. II. Delano, C. A Taus-
sig, and ]. c. Breckenridge, of the marine
corps.
Lieut.. John S. Walters. detached from
Eighth Light House District and ordered
to comand the Tacoma.
Ensign Charles NJ. Newman. detached
from the Apache and ordered TO the
Ajax.
Ensign Julius NJ Dashien and Lieut.
A. Burnstine ordered to the Apache.
Lieut. George H Eiswald ordered 10
Lieut.. Herbert l. satterlee. ordered to
the headquarters of the signal service in
this city.
Carpenter George Dale and Passed As
sistant Paymaster H. Z. Hinsley, or
dered to the Harvard
Lieut.. A. II. Dutton, detached from the
Dolphin and ordered to the Franklin.
Lieut.. II. P. Carroll, detached from the
Newark and ordered to the Lancaster.
Ensign William c. Bliss, ordered to the
Aileer.
Ensigns Henry H. Smith and Erskine
II. Dickson, ordered TO ice boat No g.
Ensigns Laurie H Talbot and William
II. Carry, ordered TO the Restless.
Passed Assistant Paymaster William
II. Fulper, ordered to the Resolute
Lieut.. E. Geer, detached from command
of the Apache and ordered to command
the Ajax
Lieuts. William s. Belden and D. f
Mallory, detached from the Apache and
ordered to the Ajax
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TAKEN TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
c. II. Barrett Convicted of Violating
the Postal LAWS.

c. P Barrett, of Spartanburg, S. c.,
who was arrested in this city on last
Monday by Deputy United States Mar
shals Cussick and Turner on a bench war
rant issued from the United States Cir
cult Court for the Eastern District of
South Carolina was returned to the juris-
diction of the courts of that State yes
terday afternoon on the order OF Chief
Justice Bingham of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia.
Barrett was convicted in South Caro-
lima some time ago for violating the
United States postal laws and was SEN
fenced TO fine and Imprisonment. He ap-
pealed from the decision of the lower
court to the Supreme Court Of the United
States. which tribunal in February last
affirmed the judgment of the court be-
low In the meantime and since the de-
cision OF the Supreme Court was handed
down Barrett has peen endeavoring to
obtain a pardon from President McKin-
ley.
The prisoner was taken TO South Caro-
lima by Deputy Marshals Cornelius Liv-
ington and J. 5. b. Hartsock-
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n. r. A. Excursions.

Members of the National Educational
Association and their friends Will find
the route via the electric train from
Thirteen-and-a-half Street and Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, the most desirable one to
Mount Vernon. This route affords an
opportunity on the same trip to visit
both Arlington and Alexandria. All know
of the historical interest that surrounds
Mount Vernon, the home and tomb of
Washington. Arlington was the former
estate of Gen. Robert f. Lee, and is now
the National cemetery where many of the
country's illustrious dead are buried.
Alexandria is an interesting place to visit
on account of its antiquity. 1t is there
where Christ Church, where the Father
of his Country worshiped is located, and
which is always open to visitors. This
route, moreover, goes via Fort Lyons and
passes through the entire length of the
former estate of George Washington-a
distance of nearly four miles. Electric
trains leave Thirteenth -and-a-half Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue hourly for
Mount Vernon, from 10 a. m. till p. m
For Arlington and Alexandria, from 8
a. m. till p. m. Fare. round trip includ-
ing Arlington and Alexandria, 60 cents
Round trip to Arlington, only 20 cents.
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ROW IN CHINATOWN.
A Mongol Is Alleged to Have Broken
an Agreement

Moy Guy You, Moy Pok You and Moy
You Lin, Chinese. trading as partners
in the laundry business in the District,
fled suit in the Supreme Court for the
District of Columbia. yesterday to pre-
vent Moy Gee You, also Chinese laun-
dryman, from cutting prices or from set
ting up a laundry next door to the com
plainants.
The complainant shows that the plain
tiff and the defendants were, up to a
year ago. engaged in the laundry bust
ness in this city as eo-partners. and that
Moy Gee You withdrew from the firm
and opened a cut rate laundry at No,
ITO Four-and-a-half. The complainants
also aver that on account of the pay
ment of 500 to the defendant he agreed
to give up the cut rate business and
re-enter the partnership. This, however,
he failed TO do, although he took the S20C
from the complainants. The plaintiffs
further allege that Moy Gee You Is a
member OF the Highbinders Society
which organization is limited in mem
bership. and its purposes detrimental to
the Chinese in the District.
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New jersey Recruits.

Three hundred recruits for the Second
Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers pass
ed through this city yesterday morning
en- route for Jacksonville Fla, where
the regiment is stationed These recruits
were enlisted under the second call for
volunteers and will be used to fl out the
existing regiments from their State The
new men were under the command of
Capt. Murphy. of the Second Regiment
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A SHORT WILL RECORDED.
Entire Earthly Effects Conveyed in
TWenty-siN Words.

The most unique and possibly the short
est will ever recorded in the District
was flied yesterday in the orphans court.
The document contains only twenty-six
words and bequeaths the whole of the
effects of the testator, one ring, to his
daughter. The will is dated at Washing
ton May q, 1884, and IS as follows:
Know all persons that l have willed
and bequeathed TO Mary A. Griswould,
al my death, the diamond ring that l
have now in my possession" The docu-
ment was signed by B. b. Chase.
The above document in its brevity is
very similar to some of the wills of some
Of the unfortunate passengers who lost
their lives during the Greeley expedition
in 1854.
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Our baby has been continually troubled
with colc and cholera infantum since his
birth, and all that we could do for him
did not seem TO give more than tempo
rary relief, until we tried Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
Since giving that remedy he has not been
troubled. We want TO give you this tes-
timonial as an evidence of our gratitude,
not that you need 1t to advertise your
meritorious rernedy.-G. VI. Law, Keo-
ktik, Iowa. For sale by Henry Evans,
wholesale and retail druggists, 93S F
Street northwest, and Connecticut Ave
nue. and S Street northwest, and 142S
Maryland Avenue northeast.
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FLANNERY Is FINED.
He Is Charged With Assault on a
Little Girl.

Patrick Flannery, OF the Thirteenth Pennsyl-
vania Volunteers at Camp Ager, was before
Judge Scott today, charged with assault
Mrs. d. J. Connell was the first witness.
She keeps boarding house at No. $50 E Street
and is the mother of a four-y year-od child She
told the court that yesterday afternoon she found
Flannery in the basement Of her house, kissing
and hugging her child. 1t frightened her and she
told Mr.. Harry DeForest, corporal in the Thir-
teenth Pennsylvania Regiment
DeForrest tried to eject Flannery and was COM
PEELED to use his fists. Policeman Sprinkle ar
rested the combatants.
the case pass and imposed fine OF S.
moment later he recalled Mrs Connell and
questioned her closely to the mans actions
with her child.
.'He hugged and kissed her, your honor" she
said
Thereupon the court imposed another fine of S..
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MANTAMUS DENIED.
Mr. BIiss's Unsuccessful Suit Against
District commissioners.

Clerk of the Court Young yesterday re-
ceived a letter from Judge Cole, who is
on vacation at Asheville, n. c., inform
ing him that he had denied the petition
for mandamus in the case of AlonZo o.
Bliss against the District Commissioners
to compel them to issue 10 him permit
10 erect an apartment house on Sixteenth
Street, Il0 feet in height.
The hearing in the proceedings was held
before Judge Cole on July in Circuit
Court No. j. Judge Cole informed Mr.
Young that he would forward his opinion
by express.
The times., 1898-07-09
CITY BREVITIES.

The will of Mary NJ. Miller, deceased,
late of the District of Columbia, was
filed yesterday in the District. The tesla
tor appoints Edwin II. Bagley as sole ex-
ecutor with bond. She also gives to
Charles e. Miller, Of Weld, Me, her fami-
ly Bible and three family portraits.
Chief Justice Bingham, sitting in Or
phans' Court yesterday morning admit
ted to probate the exemplified copy of the
will of Robert Wright, of England, for
merly resident of the District of Co
lumbia.
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Bay Ridge and Return via B. & o.,
90 Cents.

Salt water bathing. fishing, Grabbing
and boating. Trains leave at $3.50 a m
and $50 p. m. week days; 9:15 a. m, 1:3O
and 3:l5 p. m Sundays. jy7-6t
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To be comfortable and enjoy yourself
on Sunday write or phone 222 for case of
National Capital Brewing Co. s Diamond
or '-Munchner," s1.25 jy9-2t
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9f0 nm Drink and Drug Inebriates re-
Ouu,uuu stored by the Kelley Cure Au-
thoriEed Institutes, 905 ST. NV.
Washington, D. c.; 141s Madison Ave, Baltimore
Nd. and Greensboro. N. O. Write confdentially
}e7-d
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Buffalo. y. ". and Return Via B. 6

Tickets sold July 70, 13, II and Is. valid
for return until 18th, but may be extended
to September 1st. jy5S,9,1 ,12,14
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For purity, age and strength there is
no beer TO compare with Heurich's.
Phone Arlington Bottling Co. for case.
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At the Busy Corner.
The Meaning

of economy is household regula-
tion." Every woman's ambition
is to regulate her home finances so
as to strike the biggest balance In
her favor. This store gives many
q chance TO let you come out at the
big end of the horn. Needs and
comforts which high prices have
heretofore made luxuries assume
the aspect of everyday necessities
under the light of prices such as
are fixed on these rare bargains
from our
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Niagara Falls and Return via ID. &
o., $40.
$40 a. m. July - Tickets valid for re-
turn within ten days. jy7-5t
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5. KANN, SONS { CO.,
Eighth and rlarkst Space.
Marriage Licenses,

Licenses to marry have been issued TO the
following persons: William II. Jcnes and Olivia
Glover, District Of Columbia; James II. Clarke
and Mary J. Bentley, District OF Columbia; Shcl-
ton WilkGSon and Cora L. Gorham, Alexandria,
Va; Charles /. Finney and Lillian NJ. Hosner,
District Of Columbia; Samuel II. Sterling and
Eilcn G. BlakeSl-y, District OF Columbia; Z. Al
lis Johe and Fannie d. Clarke District Of
Columbia; Charles A. Hall and Meletta H. Lau-
tery, FauquhaT, Va.
baltimore and Return via II. & o.
July 9th 20 10th. Tickets valid for date
Of sale only. SIS. jy7S9u12l4l6
The Princeton union., 1898-09-22

had $133 ,0oo, 900 for them. It was, II IS
said, through his discoveries that Peru
was able to get loan in Europe of;
$1,000 100000, but when it came to the
question of paying Landreau he was
cut off without cent. Just before
the war between Chill and Peru a
number Of Americans had formed what
was called the Peruvian company.
They had bought up the rights OF the
heirs Of Cochet and Landreau and were
attempting to make the Peruvian gov
ernment pay back something Of the
enormous sums claimed by them as
heirs Of Cochet and Landreau. It is
from the prospectus of this company
which was given me before leaving the
United States by Col. Dick Thompson,
our former secretary of the navy, that
the above statements are taken. This
prospectus was not intended to be.
given to the newspapers, and the ex-
tent of the scheme has, think, never
been published. It's advocates brought
the matter before congress. Secreta-
ries Of State Fish and Evarts both
made reports upon it, and President
Hayes IN one case called the attention
Of congress to it. It never made any
headway out here, and it is now, I
suppose, dead, for the guano islands
were given over to the Peruvian cor
poration, an English syndicate, years
ago as a part consideration of it's as
suming the Peruvian foreign debt.
Peru is practically a bankrupt country,
but when the claim ewas made it was
rich, and the claimants expected to get
at least large part of the half billion
The Princeton union., 1898-09-22

IS the excrement Of birds. A sea gull,
which is one OF the smallest Of the
guano-p reducing birds, will drop from
four to six ounces Of excrement day
and in the breeding season Of ten
weeks about twenty-eight pounds.
Other birds produce more, and the
many little deposits throughout the
ages have made these vast quantities.
Guano has, however, other things
mixed with it. The material taken
from the beds Is made up also Of dead
seals, who crawl upon the guano rocks
to die. There are thousands Of seal
skins mixed with the bird manure, and
not long ago 500 tons of such skins
We're excayated from one guano de-.
posit. The birds which make the
guano are of many kinds. One of the
chief species is the pelican. 1 have
seen these ungainly, big-billed birds
in such focks that they fairly dark
ened the face Of the ocean as they flew
over 1t. They feed upon the fishes.
The bills Of the pelicans have great
bags Of yellow skin under them and
they use these as nets to scoop up the
fish, They are the gluttons Of the
sea and air, apd often gorge them
selves to such an extent that they can
not rise from the water, but remain
there until sufficient Of their food has
digested to tighten their weight. About
the Lobos islands there are always mil
lions Of pelicans. They seem to be So
ciable creatures and they hunt in
focks. The guano of the Lobos ISL
ands, is found in pockets covered with
layers of sand which often vary in
thickness from two to fifteen feet. The
The Princeton union., 1898-09-22
Summer Logging camp.

Inc summer logging camp ordinarily
is not a picturesque place. It is built
beside the railroad, in order that sun
plies need not be carried far nv hand
or by ''dray." The various buildings.
or "shanties," as they are always call
ed, are clustered in a compact little
village. Nearest the railroad. If NAV
be, is the cooks shanty;" next it.
perhaps, is the "men's shanty., or
sleeping quarters of the crew: near
them again is the Office where tha
camp accounts are kept, and where the
foreman and sealer sleep. The barn.
or novel Is at the end of the camp.
with the granary beside it. The black
smiths shop, and the workbench of
the handy man." are near by. The
root cellar" which is both pantry and
cold storage room, is built where the
COOK and his assistants have ready ac.
cess to it. The cooks shanty is the
dining mi room as well as kitchen while
the Office is also storehouse from
which the timberjacks can obtain To-
bacco and such principal articles Of
clothing as they may need. All the
chief buildings are long and low. made
{ OF rough boards or logs, and rooted
with sheeting and tar paper. The
sleeping hunks in the mems shanty
are built along the side of the cabin
In tier two deep; this shanty is thes
5loggers rendezvous on cold evenings,
and in It the smell a1 Of strong tobacco
smoke constantly linpers c,,o1, ;,
a a summer logging camp, and, rough
and crude as it may. seem. it is no had
nome nome for men toughened by hard out,
door labor.
The Princeton union., 1898-09-22
THEN T FIRED

will, have strangled with these small
fingers Of mine both of them.
When it was over, when I heard him
depart, I used to fling myself upon my
couch again utterly exhausted, and in
a little while my anger would subside
and unconsciousness would steal over
me. slept, but what a troubled sleep;
haunted by dreams, in which 1 saw
him and took vengeance upon him. s
The morning found me exhausted,
feverish, without spirit or appetite;
and as the day wore on the thought Of
what the night would bring rendered
me wretched.
But at last an awful thought crept
into my soul and grew and strength
ened there-a thought that curdled the
blood in my veins and made me faint
at first, but to which I finally became
accustomed. ~
In the drawer Of my bureau lay some
thing which would rid me of him for
ever. She would never again steal
down the stairs to listen to him at the
I had learned in my very earliest
youth to use the smaller firearms. I
had even practiced with my brother in
a pistol gallery and could hit the bulls
eye Of target as we'll as many men.
It was dangerous knowledge.
I thought Of him standing in the
moonlight just below my window,
keeping me from rest or slumber by
the strains she loved.
l wondered if my right hand had SO
far lost its cunning that I should miss
my aim If it were that glossy, ebon-
haired head Of his, and knew it had
not. It was not so long ago that my
own hand had caressed that head, but
that thought did not soften me. Why
should care for that now that he had
made me suffer so?
The Princeton union., 1898-09-22
AT first only said, ..1 might XIII him

AT first only said, 81 might kill him
if only would At last / said. II
will"
Shall ever forget the night when I
sat in the darkness Of my room wait
ing FOR his coming?
Without the moon was at her full,
and the stars shone bright, as so many
diamonds. can see him still as he
advanced toward the low gate. can
hear that low, long drawn prelude
which arose in few moments after
How far from his heart were all
thoughts Of calamity? How little he
dreamed Of impending death! !
thought this at the moment, but it did
not affect me. I drew the pistol from
my bosom and took aim, steady ,delib-
crate aim, at his smooth, black head.
l made sure of him and then fired.
The report filled the air. The smoke
rolled away. I leant from the window
and looked out He lay in the dust
of the road motionless.
I looked no longer. crept into the
room, and into bed. Do not ask me
whether slept after such a deed. Like
Macbeth, had murdered sleep.
For scarcely was my light out when
that serenade began again, more plain
tive than before, but even louder.
knowing what I knew, having seen
what I had seen, my horror can well
be imagined. knew that murderers
were often haunted, but did not ex-
pect to suffer from their fate so soon.
Starting from my bed, rushed wildly
to the window He sat there on the
fence as black and slick as ever, and
went on with his horrible music, and
knew then as know now that old
Captain Slocum,, who lives next, door,
had only told the truth when he said
that that cat had nine lives. r
know I shot him through the head,
but he was up and at it again, and
shall try arsenic next time. e.
The Princeton union., 1898-09-22
This tablet is erected near Selkirk's
Lookout by Commodore Powell and
the Officers of H. NJ S.. ss-
s5. IL T0nazo A n 1899 s:sl - ~

the Officers of H. NJ S.
Topaze, A. D. 1868.
The Guano Islands.
Other interesting islands are found
IN the great archipelago which lies
between here and Cape Horn. These
\ shall travel among on my way around
the southern end of South America.
The most interesting of all the Pacific
islands, however, are the guano isl
ands. They are, in proportion to their
size, the richest islands of the world.
for. they have already added more than
one billion dollars to the worlds
wealth. That is what Peru has dug
out of her guano islands. Her credi-
tors are getting something out of them
to-day, although nothing like the enor-
nous sums realized in the past These
guano islands are scattered all along
the coast Of Peru. I first saw them
north of Lima, near the shores of Sal.
avary, and at Pacasmayo guano ship
from the Lobos islands came in for
mail and provisions. Off the Bay of
Picco, Peru, saw the famous Chincha
islands, which have produced more
than twelve million tons of guano, and
have brought into the Peruvian treas
ury millions upon millions of dollars.
The shipping of guano is going on from
these islands to-day, although the de-
posits are to a large extent exhausted.
I am told that the shipments of the
current year will not probably exceed
10000 TONS
The guano islands are merely masses
OF volcanic rocks which have risen up
out OF the ocean. They have not
blade Of grass nor any green thing on
them, and are merely rocky islands
covered with a ragged white deposit.
It never rains upon them, and for
thousands of years the manure upon
them lay and grew in quantity from
age to age. For some reason or other
the pelicans, sea gulls and other birds
which feed by the millions in the wa
ters of these parts of the world have
chosen these islands as their. nightly
roosting places They pick out GER
tain of them and age after age, year
after year, and night after night, they
fly to them by the thousands and there
rest. There are often other islands
near which to all appearance are quite
as desirable, but which are untouched.
Even the disturbance caused by the re-
moving of the guano does not seem to
prevent the birds returning to their
roost. On the Chincha islands, which
were supposed to be entirely exhausted,
fresh deposits of guano have recently
been made, and in 1894 10000 tons Of
new guano was actually shipped.
Where the Guano. Comes from.
Nearly every one knows that guano
The Princeton union., 1898-09-22
uoliars to which they said they we're
entitled under the law. - =
The Guano Beds of Today

w Will lucy said they were
entitled under the law. z
The Guano Beds of Today. -
Guano IS not worth so much to-day
as 1t was years ago. The prodnct is
now comparatively nothing, Other
lert1llzers have taken its place, and it's
price Is less than half what it once
was. There have been times when
TINS bird manure was sold for s1oo q
ton. To-day it can be bought 7 am
told, for $50 or $40 a ton. The flrst
sh1pments to Europe was made more
than fifty years ago. At that tima
twenty barrels of guano were taken
to Liverpool and tried on a. farm near
that city. The result was such that or
ders We're sent back for more, and soon
hundreds of ships were employed in
carrying guano to Europe. Often 200
ships would be at the different islands
at one time. Chinese coolies were
imported to get out the guano. For a
long time the guano islands gave Peru
the greater part of its revenues, yield
ing about $15,000,000 a year for num-
Der OF years. Now they are practically
exhausted, and Peru has fallen from
great riches to poverty.
+. = FRANK G., CARPENTER.