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Evening journal., 1898-06-01
NOTICES.

MRS. WILBUR, Card Reader, AZ East
sventh, near Lombard. Price ~ cents.
NOTICE.-The members of the Demo-
ew Castle County, just elected, will
eet for organization on Thursday next,
me q at the Young Mems Democratlc
hub. in the city, Of Wilmington, at
WILLARD SALISBURY,
hartman Democratic County Executive
Committee.
ALL TICKETS OF the Wilmington
hoto Company 407lA Market street, are
BOD until used. J. RUSHWOREkS-
MONEY to loan on mortgages in sums
, suit, LAMBERT J. FOULk,
80 Market street
LADIES! Chichester's English Penny
wal pills Diamond Branc) are the best.
afe. reliable. Take no other, Send &C.
amps for particulars. Relief TOT
aiie~si IN letter, by return mail. Al
saeeists Chichester Chemical Co.,
hiladelphia.
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mothsr-in-law OF the two women. This
woman is, / am told. 1870 years Old She IS
the Oldest person in Chile, and, ii the rec
ords OF her family are correct she is per-
haps the oldest woman of the world. She
Is a slender little body, not only four feet
high, and so withered up with age that she
does not weigh more than fifty hounds
With ne al the time Of my visit 10 her
vas Herr OTTO kehren. a German connect
"a wits Don Augustine Balza. the Inspector
general OF colonization Of Chile, who was
also OF Our party. Herr kehren IS one Of
the finest looking and best formed men |
have ever met. He Is over six feet tall and
he weighs 30 pounds ] stood him I'D be
side the little great grandmother law and
made d photograph OF the two. The con-
trast was that of giant and piguy OF old
age and youth. OF life and death, of dry
bones and rosy flesh. The fact that size
and conditions have little 10 do with ION
EeVity seemed TO me apparent as ! looked
al this dried-up centenarian. She was
small at her birth and she had lived more
than century and a quarter IN a squalId
nut, half fed and poorly clad. She was,
navy blue blanket. which was fastened by
a pin OF silver over her skinny breast bone.
Her lean. Shrtveled arms were bare 10 the
shoulder, and her wrinkled legs were naked
10 the middle Of the calf, She deaf
aud blind. Iir eyes were grown over by
what seemed to me like two Tide red but
tons of flesh and her face was corrugated
with lines ike a Withered apple She was
led out Of the hut by one of her great
grandchildren a plump, juicy little Indian
maiden OF eighteen, and the contrast be
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At the time OF sickness the prophecies Is
called in. Size gees through lot or mean
tat.ons ard other antics over the patient
IL he RECEIVERS n IS solely due TO her skill.
but II not IL must De the evil spirit who aaS
been led 10 affiict the sick by some one OF
his enemies. The prophecies at Snse pro,
and points out the man or woman who be-
wi,ched Am. IN such cases where death
ensues the relatives OF the deceased are
liable 20 kill the person so charged with De-
ing a witch
On the Indian Farms.
spent some time on the Indian farTns.
They are good farmers. not a few using
American machinery, such as plows They
are as s rule rather stock men than gram
raisers4 l found very few OF the men
iabor!ng in the fields. and. l am told. that
the women 30 the mos; Of the farm work
owners, where the rotos. or Chilean peas
ants &C: as hired hands The roto ls ne
product of crossing the Spanish and the
Indian blood. Like most hyorids. he IS IN
many respects worse than either OF the
people from whom he is descended. often
having the vices Of both and the virtues
Of neither. The indian, / am told. Is clean
er than the peon- He - more honest ara
more self-respecting. Until very recently
TO Indian could be gotten 10 work for
white man. and today the ATaucanian
feels himself the equal or any person on
earth He has always been man Of some
civilization and he had his farms and his
stock when the Span.ards came 10 this
continent. The clothes he wears are
woven by MS wives. and hts poncnos have
all the bright coors and much OF the
beauty OF the blankets made by our Nav
alo Indians
The Araucarian Is 4 shrewd trader. but
as a rule he seems not TO care for money.
| have tried a number OF times 10 buy
the blankets OF Indians whom l met by
Offering what they should have considered
good prices. but have invariably failed.
II was the same with ieweiry. which
place to get such things 3 in the pawn
shops Of the frontier towns. The Indians
are fond of liquor. They drink the viiest
of alcohol, and when out of money viii
sell or pawn almost anything they have
for the means of getting it. This orinGss
them TO the pawnbroksrs. and the resNt
- that you can often pick up their curl
Gus jewelry quite cheap / was offered to-
day pair of solid silver stirrups. each of
which weighed a pound for IS Chilean
dollars or almost ST. OF our money, and I
bought an almost new hand-woven pom
cho as big as A bed quilt for $40 IN silver,
or for $3.50 in American gold.
II is on, account of his desire for alcohol
that the government has forbidden the In
dian 10 sell his lands. interruptions sp e.
ulators have until now been robb.ng him
of them IN many parts or the country, so
that only a comparatively small amount
of what he has had remains. This part of
Chile is settling up SO fast that the de-
mand for land grows greater day by day,
and Il is only a question Of time when
tie property now reserved to the Arauca-
mans Will he thrown on the market. The
railroad is bringing the VIII tie man further
and further south, and the days of the
Araucaaians are umo1red.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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tween eighteen and $50 was striking in the
extreme. | was told that the old woman
still had the use of her mental faculties
and that she was able 10 do much OF the
spinning for the family. Her great-grand-
daug hteTS-in- law seemed proud of her. and
they smiled and Were grateful for the
money We gave her.
Some Dainty Indian Dishes.
In this hut. as have said there were
two Araucanian women cooking. Their
utensils were several iron pots and they
had neither ovens nor stoves The fires
were built in holes in the ground inside
the hut and the smoke was so thick that
/ almost felt II closing behind me as I
pushed my way through it. The women
were roasting potatoes and green corn In
the Goals. and am told they make stews
OF various kinds. Much OF their food is
both meal and meat. Raw mutton and
beef cut up in small pieces IS one OF the
chef dishes of an Araucanian feast Red
pepper Il used as an appetizer and raw
alcohol IS drunken between the courses
They nave. II IS said. a way of taking a
ilVing sneep and peppering and sailing is
lungs while t is dying. This Is done bv
hanging the sheep up by its forelegs and
stufflng itJ windpipe with salt and red pep
per W lille the sheep is gaSping under
this treatment its jugular vein is skillfully
cut pulled out and the stream of blood
turned into the Win5p.pe. This carries the
salt and pepper down to the lungs and
the sheep AT once swel!s up and dies. The
lungs are at once taken out of the stun
auiVerins animal. are cut in slices and
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that Is. over the upper part OF the body,
the head being stuck through a slt IN the
center Few Of the men wear hats. but an
tie red handkerchief or hand about the
head ever their toreheads, leaving the
crown bare.
Better Looking Than Our Indians.
The Araucanians are OF the same race
family as the North American Indian
They have copper compi@xions tribe
lighter than those OF most Of our tribes.
high cheekbones and straight black has
The men have little or no boards They
wear their hair cat of even with the neck
ard coming down over the ears. The
women wear their hair long. II is divided
INTO TWO bra.ds. each wrapped with strip
OF red cloth which is sonetm decorated
hair up on the tor Of the skull and let
the ends OF the bra.ds stick out like horns
above their faces. Sometimes the ends
are Joined by a s. Ing o. little balls OF
silver. ard sometimes the hraids hang
down the back. Both the men and women
are fond Of bright colors. The women
wear Quantities OF jeweify. Their ear.
rings are always very large. They are of
many shapes, silver plates as big as
playing card, with ear hooks attached,
being common. They wear necklaces OF
the shape OF breast ornaments as they
can afford The men are. rule, better
looking than our Indians, aud the women.
Wl.sn young are plump and pretty. l
weil-rounded forms beautiful eyes and
teeth. and full ripe. kIsSahle lips They
look clean, their feet are small and their
ankles. noticed, are very well turned.
Visit To an Araucanian Hut.
These Araucanians have curious GUS
toms Many OF the richer Indians have
TWO or more wives. Each Indian brave
keeps his several women with him In the
same hut the children OF the various
wives being mixed up scriminately as
long as peace prevails In the family. This.
however. is not always the case. AT 1east
/ Judge so. for In one OF the Indian hutA
which | visited yesterday | found two
fires going, and over each fire one OF the
husbands two wives was cooking. while
about each was gathered her own brood
Of children. The hut was of boards with
low matched roof. II had no door. tat
the Whole front was opened TO the east.
and 80 arranged that II could be closed
with skins. The roof was of the shape of
ridge. ard this gave room for an attic.
which was separated from the ground
room by ceiling OF poles Jet black with
smoke. From these poles ears Of corn.
strings of onions. pieces Of dried meat ana
bags OF other eatables hung. The floor
which was Mother Barth. was Uttered
with farming utensils. clothing, saddles
and harness. and a lot Of other stuff which
made 1t look like Junk shop.
At opposite SIDES OF the hur two closet
Ike rooms had been part toned off by
poles and skins In each OF them was A
low platform covered with straw and
sheep skins They were the private quax-
tiers Of the different wives, each Of whom
sleeps apart from the other with her chill
dren.
The Oldest Woman In the World.
In the same hut lived the great-grand-
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trotting along. His head hung low, his
actions were meek and loyal. For a week
he continue: thus. Partner became at
tached to him, and began once more 10
make excuses for him He Will never
trouble US again" he said.
Rain came. transforming the trail into
a series Of bottomless pits and greasy in
clines and We were forced To lay in camp
two days. The Blue Rat stuffed himself
on pea vine and bunch grass. and on the
third day pitched" with uDdiminished
vigor. This settled his fate.
| made up my mind 10 sell him. Once
/ had determined upon his motives | could
not afford TO bother with him any more.
He DELAYED Us with his morning antics,
and made us the amusement Of the out
fits which overlook and passed us by rea-
son Of our interesting sessions With the
Blue Rat.
He must so. and l selected my purchas-
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81 suppose an experienced man like you
could do 1t. but we are unused to these
wild horses. I'd like to sell him 10 some
man who knew all about such animals.
He's q fine pony, strong as lion. but
he's a terrible bucker | never saw MS
equal
He smiled again. indulgently. "Ists
take O. look at him"
The pony had filed his hay basket and
looked as innocent as a worsted kitten
Mice little Teller, shore thing" said the
M!ssourian. as he patted the Rat. Hes
young and coltish. What1 you take Tor
him?''
Now. see here, stranger. l am faf
man. I don't want TO deceive any one
That pony Is a wonder. He can outoues
any horse west OF the Selkirk range
The Old mans eyes grew very agra
waiting. 'He needs an old hand. thart aA
Why. I could shoulder the little euss
whilst he was a-p!tchin' his dandss-
What'n you take for hm?"
I'm throw off IS and you take the rope
but. stranger, he is the worst
He refused to listen. He took the pony.
AS the Rat followed him off he looked %
small. so sleepy. so round and gentle, yoa
would have said. There goes man wiz
a pony for his little girls"
we bdIl OK Il uay at -
needed rest anyway and 1t was safer to ~
the man from Butte go on l had ma"
every provision against complaint on the
Missourian's part. but al the same tine
one can't be too careful.
There are no returning footsteps on the
long trail. but a few days later | over'ooA
the man from Indiana. who had been see
saving back and forth on the tran, 10.
ahead nov behind. He had laid on aaa
day.
He approached me with a curious 'oos
on his face.
Stranger, what kind of beast did yos
put of on that Teller from Butter?
"A mighty strong. capable little ooi'~
Why
''Weil. cay. was just a-passing ~
camp yesterday morning when the thihs
took place. ! always WIS., lucky sasss
such'
What happened?'' Querjed 7.
II don't wish any mans barn TO nl'h,
stranger. nor his horse TO take fall ou,sn
him, but when anything does go on ".
to see II, You sec, he had Just drawed "
last knot on the pack and ~ came Up -
said. 'iIows this for a so ponyy J -
pretty good Who'd you ge; him OH o.
"A couple Of tenderfeet.' he says wy
couldn't handle him. Why, he's genus
dog: then he slaps the pony % w
rump. The little devil III Gu, both ~.
fee, and took the old man Oh both sss.
and knocked him down over pack 49,.
into the mud. Then he turned loose. ssss
pony did. stranger. have saw hoa"
buck a plenty. Mexican brOnks. wiz GAY.
uses In Montana, and all kinds OF psas.
Ia California. but never seen the pea.
OF that blue pony. He shore vas a oues.
CAT no
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La altogether simple nor always
~ free from guile. Were proof Of
- that truth needed It might he
found In the history Of our ex-
pesience with the Blue Rat.
We came so know him through our need
or pony. We had two serviceab;e pack
horses hut We needed = little pony - run
along behind and carry the tent and a few
little traps like that
\ citizen Of Quesueile possessed such Il
sicei. This citizen was German. aIld had
Il hairiip and uiost seductive geutisncSs
of voice. Ills name vas Dippy. ard glad
" make him historical lie soid me- the
Hue Rat and gave me chance TO study 4
new type If horse.
Herr Dippy C'putch Dpry'l waS act 4
Washington Irving sort 81 putchmar ne
conforrned rather Ia the modern New York
tradasman He was small, candid and
em Doth, very smooth. ~ speech He said.
'Yes the pony is gentle. iIe can H. rodo
or packed tut you better lead him FOR a
day or Two sill hc gets aget
ala nos see the pony I'll TIRE morning
We 'hit the long trail" on ;he vest side of
TIE FRASER river. but my side partner bad
reported him Ia h. nice ntt3c uorH-.
round ana gat aud gentle on thet /
resfvzi
In the morning Mr. !o'ppy joiaod Is At
the ferry. Tie held horse by The rope and
waited around 20 fnis6 tire trade l pre-
suinoi he Intended - crs2s atsd deliver the
peny which WAS Ia corral on she west
s'le tut he lisped GA: a hurried excuse.
'''fh2 foyry Is not coming back for t0A1Ay .
R:,1 So
We'll. paid h'n1 tho money on rae
e Fensth of nv side partners report: hss-
si3es. Il vas IIo'ssous chci-e
AZ. Dizzy ok The s. .eriy sad van
- d F-af< -
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He turned and came up the hill to get
another start. Partner took a turn on
a stump and all unmindful Of It the Rat
whrled and made n mighty spring. He
reached the end Of the rope and his hand
spring became a vauliing somersault He
lay, unable 10 rise. spatting the wind,
breathing heavily. Such annoying energy
l have never seen. We were now mad
muddy and very resolute. We held him
down till he lay quite still.
ANY wei-considered properly bred AMI
mai would have been ground TO bone dust
by such wondrous acrobatic movements.
He was skinned In one or two places. The
hair was scraped from his nose. his tongue
bled. but all these were mere scratches.
When we re-packed him he walked OFF
ccr paratlVely unhurt.
The two days following he went along
Ike faithful dog. Every time looked
behind could see the sturdy little cnap
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err. He was a Missourian from Butte. He
knew all there was TO be known about
trails. horses. gold. politics and few 9TH
er things He considered all the other
men on the trail merely tenderfeet out for
a picnic. Each time he passed us he had
some drawing remark indicating his sur
prise that We should be still able to move
Him l. selected to become the owner of
the Rat
| laid for him. When he had eaten his
supper one night l sauntered carelessly
over 10 his tent. I edged around" by
talking of the weather. the trail and so
on, and at last | said:
Wed leave you behind Il It weren't for
our blue colt. He delays US.
How so?'
80. he pitches"
Pitches, does he?" He smiled. I'D
mighty soon take that out of him II / had
him.
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The men. who at first sae,nss So
clinet TO speak, became c,,.te ica,,a uasia-
after awhile he was not SO il)-s rss 1890 -
those IN the world seem 70 think a =
~ ~ Eu.I..3sa' Stla Gan 50 eFeTywhere an
ways AZ his heels. He gets m ,ha,n.Ss al,
ana n the morning. and his srsss,a
consists o. cup OF chocolate. n ~
~ m.s.asnsr Is 5000. ne soeS FOR walk socs
af1erWard2 and winds up his promeaass Sa
taking; bath. ~
But are you not afraid be might .v,-
away or commit sVicide: ! asked, s"sa
" Not al ALL said the soldier. .for
Is fastened 10 both his wrists. "a rye
ends OF the rope are N the hands ~ .as
guard. After the bath re takes a. ~
end hreasfast-ore2d ana butter, nam -
ssss, a.Ao q S'ytis OF peeT: Then n. gers
in Tor study tie reads and writes fsr $50 $50
eral hours sss'
- He : only allowed to read ,sc,,,..,
WORKS. But ne writes whatever he plsa.ssa
lie IS now writing an account OF HE 1s rs:
Must he snow you wGat he writssss
No. We read only letters he less.
nave forwarded. These are sent IN n "a
commander II Cayenne. Iis
And does The commander send then =,
No. They are copied, and the orix,.,.
are retained at Cayenne. AS
w hat does he co besides readins -,
writing "a
' Two weeks ago we received pern,sss.
from the commander 10 play Yards 10
the prisoner, and since then he has ha.,sss
an lnveterate gambler.
After dinner-he has always sam.
roast aud dessert. After noon We avn.
play haeCarat together As
What are the stakes
The soldier laughed. lie has M,
sou. he said. and there are probshIv :
) francs on the whole island. We Dlsv ~ ~
shells fS ~
Z" The prisoner gets his supper ats,,,,
evening. roast or ham ara bottle Of has,
soon afterward he goes 10 bed He il ~.
allowed 10 have Eight. YOU know. rnSss
me guard at the door keeps up wood fra,
. he says the hours from 20 10 are ~
worst. He can not SO TO sleep besor. =
o'clock. and the guard is not allowsS -
answer any questions he may put In sss
time he may talk 10 him, but only On ia ia
most tritiing subjects. the weather s is
health. etc. France must not be ms,.
toned '-N'S
=. Is he allowed 10 smoker
- No; that is. think he is not. 10. ~.
commander does not send him any Ia
May / leave some cigars for himr
My tobacco pouch and my cigar easS
lay on the table. AS the soldier did nos
answer. / emptied them on the table.
hope he got what l left for him.
when was about 10 return 70 nv shinI
/ saw man. followed by two soldier,' an
preaching the strand-Dreyfus. He seemed
TO have heard OF my presence. and meas.
uTeu me Win questioning LOOKS His Ina
moved. but he did not speak. He ia a
midd,e-siZed man, cadaverous, ana OF a
yellow complexion. His eyes are deem q
their sockets, he walks with a stoop. ana
his forehead is furrowed. 1t is evident tsa,
he is aging rapidly.
''Dreyfus whispered with his guard. and
when the latter had nodded assent walked
UP TO me and shook me by the hand.
Bring my good wishes to the vita
world he said. in n voice quivering wiz
emotion. Then he walked slowly into HE
hut. He remained standing at the daor
as the boat dashed into the waves Hair
an hour later we were on our way home.s
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SAW DREYEUS.
Appearance of Devils Island p-is-
oner Described.
ST. Louis Globe

St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-karl Weinheber
a cook on the Netherand steamer Anda-
lusia, has visited the prison quarters Of
Capt. DreyfuS, on Devils island, and re-
ceived direct from him a message to the
world. Mr.. Weinheber has written an ac-
count of his experience there. OF which
the following is literal translation:
Our ship. the Netherland steamer An
dalusia, was anchoring off Devils island
after a visit to Cayenne, when We were
hailed from shore and at the same time
a small boat put OFF. manned by soldiers.
They came alongside to ask The cantain
for the loan OF a cook, while the Andalu-
STA was waiting for freight The cook OF
the little garrison had broken his arm,
they said. and our cook Was 10 teach one
Of their number. so he might be able to
attend to the kitchen until another was
sent by the commander.
The captain sent me TO the island, and
while busy in the kitchen I had plenty OF
opportunity to question Capt Dreyfus'
guards
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New York Commercial Advertiser.
The naval construction programme al.
tracts no little interest In England, and ;hs
interest is largely based. oddly enough, On
Il misconce ptlon. A British naval pre-
gramme, when once formulated by the al.
miralty, can be reckoned upon. II beconfs
necessarily a government measure, and 8
passed by parliament like any other govern
meut measure. On the other hand, when
the board of construction in the navy do
partment at Washington has agreed upon
a programme. the programme. even after
II is approved by the secretary. has to
bear the inspection of both houses Of con-
gress, either OF which may tear II CON-
pleteIy 10 tatters. Congress rarely votes
more than half what the department asks
Perhaps there Will be an exception al the
next session. Public sentiment is awake I'd
the usefulness and the needs Of the navy
now as never before. 1t will hold congress
to account If that body shall be too econ
omical.
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An hour later. as we were going down
a steep and slippery hill, the Ra; saw h 5
chance. He passed Into another spasm
opening and shutting like a sc!f-acting
jack-knife; he bounded into the midst ~
the peaceful pack horses. scattering them
to right and 10 LEFT in terror
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Ha2elton. Il. g, Oct. S.

VEN In the klondike life Is not
AN altogether simple. nor always
~ free from guile. Were proof Of
that truth needed Il might he
~ frtitth n IL. h,s.nru laf .,sir ~
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Snow has made its appearance ID ~
land
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that Is. over the upper part Of the body,
The head being stuck through a slit IN the
center Few Of the men wear hats. but an
tie 4 red handkerchief or band about the
head ever their foreheads, leaving the
crown hare
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are served with warm life blood. having
thus been seasoned 20 taste. AZ all feaStS
the men are served first. the women act
ing IS the walters and taking what IS left
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The Indian FrODhetess.
In nearly all Of these Araucanian comnlu-
mites there is a prophecies or woman
medicine man" who is supposed 10 be
able 10 ward off the evil spirit or tell why
II will not down. The evil spirit is at the
root Of all the Araucanian's woes. 1t brings
bad crops and is the cause of all diseases.