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The Great strength or hears.

from u CHtcuUO IHIfT OceuN'
YES, the strength of grizzly bears is almost
beyond belief. ] have read about the powerful
muscles In the arms of African gorillas, but
none compare with those in the arms and
shoulders OF big grizzly bears. l have seen n
grizzly bear with one forepaw shot into useless.
ness pull its own LOO pounds OF meat and bone
up precipices and perform fcRts OF muscle that
trained athletes could not do. / have seen
grizzly bears carrying the carcasses of pigs
that must have weighed seventy pounds sew
eral miles across a mountain side to their lair,
and l have heard hunters tell OF having seen
cows knocked down as II by q thunderbolt with
one blow from the forepaw of a boar.
Three summers ago l spent the season In tho
coast mountains up in Monterey county, and
one moonlight night ! saw a big grizzly bear in
the act of carrying a dead COW home TO her cub.
] had a position ON the mountain side where /
could see every movement of the bear in the
sparsely timbered valley below me. The %critter
carried the dead cow In her forepaws for at
least three miles, across Jagged, sharp rocks ten
feet high, over fallen logs, around the rocky
mountain sides, where even n jackass could not
get a foothold. TO a narrow trail up the steep
mountain, She never stopped to rest a moment,
but went right along. l followed, and Just about
half a mile from the boasts lair l laid her low.
The heifor weighed at least 200 pounds. and the
bear about A5O pounds"
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COMFORT FOR THE SEALS.
A Daily shower from . Hose Pipe Tina Gives
Them Great EnioYment.

Them Great Enjoyment.
Through the winter the water in the pool of
the West Indian seals at the Aquarium was
kept raised TO a temperature that would make
it safe and agreeable for them. and a daily in
cident in the care of the seals consisted in the
warming of their bed. The seals sleep on q
stone platform, which is raised a few inches
above the level of tho water at one end of their
pool. AS the time approached for them to climb
out of the water the stones were warmed by
playing hot water upon them for a time from a
hose. The stones were thus made warm and
comfortable at the outset. and after the seals
had Hettled down upon them they kept them
warm with the heat of their bodies.
The water used in winter was hot and the
seals kept away from it while it was running.
As the warmer weather came on water not 30
hot was used. though it is still necessary to
raise the temperature of the water in the pool
above that of the water of this latitude, for
these seals in nature are accustomed always to
warmer water than they would get here, and
the stone bed also is still warmed up a little for
them. But with the water not so hot they be-
gan climbing up on the stone platform while the
was turned upon them. They enjoyed this
nightly. and now a daily part Of the seals pro-
tho hose played on them. and they would lie
there thus for hours II the man with the hose
would keep 1t going that long.
They come up generally one at a time, the
smaller seal usually first. 1t stretches itself
upon the stone and the playing upon tits begun.
i is a gentle stream OF q temperature, Of about
sometimes the seal turns over SO as to bring
all parts of its body under the water. 1t enjoys
this bath immensely, and the flow of water,
which serves also to warm the stones. is kept
up longer than is needed for warming purposes
to prolong tho enjoyment of the seal.
After a while tho first seal rolls out Of the
way or the other seal comes and crowds It ont.
Tho last seal rolls in under the slightly over
hanging coping around the top OF the pool.
which has a curve that happens just to at 1t,
and rubs, its back. maybe. while the water is
playing q along upon its side: What higher com.
q while so that tho hose can be played all over
II, and drops It's head on the stone and lies there
and enjoys 1t, And II the man with the hose
should divert the stream for a moment the seal
raises its head and looks around as IL TO say:
water1'
And when the water has been finally turned
OF the seals lie there and 20 to sleep.
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yharves, impregnated with the germs of the
fever. and by tho erection instead OF wharvos
Of oreosotsd timber.
II the present campaign against yellow fever
succeeds It can DO counted on as certain that
Congress will be asked to continue the fight,
by the adoption OF measures which have
proved successful, or which promise 70 prove
fever Altogether ON this continent, and do away
not only with the injury caused by the yellow
fever, but with the expensive quarantine syH-
TENS which It 10 necessary to keep up to pre-
vent fits Introduction. The. Mctionry fight,
therefore. while merely o sklrmish 10 the be-
ginning OF a war In which IL is hoped to utterly
crush ono OF tho greatest dangers TO our Gulf
and South Atlantic coasts, " 10 proposed 70
drive not only the Spanish. but their friend
and ally. yellow jack from America.
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LIFE ON noARD THE YANKEE
Not Much sleep and Plenty or Excitement the
Rule while on DUTY Or santiago.

Not Much sleep and Plenty or Excitement the
Rule while on Duty or Santiago.
The following description OF life on the au1il-
larry cruiser Yankee, Oft Santiago. comes from a
member Of the New York naval militia who 10
ON board:
I'VE have been here now two days, and they
have been full OF excitement and without sleep.
At 2 o'clock this morning we wore lying about
two miles off MORO fortress. ! was asleep In
my hammock when there came a call to clear
ship for action. l ran up on the spar dock,
where l am stationed, In my undershirt. We got
the ammunition from the magazine and In Ave
minutes everything was in readiness for action.
Spanish torpedo boats under cover OF darkness
ran out from the fortress and made directly
toward US. You can imagiAe the sensation "a
having an enemy approach when II IS sCarcStS
possible to see your hand before your face. We
waited the order to fire, anu in the meantime
the battleships Iowa and Texas drew up and the
order to fire was given. Tho tumult was simply
deafeninR. We kept on for about thirty minutes
and then the order to cease firing was given.
This morning three, torDedoes were found In
IDENTIFY stand, our terrific ire, and retired after
nrinR several torpedoes at us. We are going TO
Splendid officers. Tonight, II is said. the fleet
10 to storm the fortress and get possession II
possible. They are TO ask for volunteers. and
average about four hours sleep each
nISat; nave grown lutte thin, but feel A. for
ago one Of our tr9 mem sSy w 9u G EiIiod az hi q I row ni Sns
To defective ammunition. Two Others were
seriously wounded. He was on the gun next TO
mine. He was buried In the sea an hour after.
ward. The funeral occupied the space OF about
nueen minutes. an In for IT,, old man, hoart
ana soul: We are now lying about a mile from
thing 70 Keep myself In good condition"
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BROKE UP THE DANCE.
An OnieSr with Stories from the Front Fur.
nished All or the EVcnInE's Entertainment.

All interests. industries, sports. pleasures.
even frivolities, feel the influence of the war.
II they haven't had TO take q back seat alto
gether, they have been 80 vitality affected that
they are not at all the Same things that they
were In ante-bellum days.
A dance in one Of the suburbs the other even
ing included among other guests an officer from
4 gunboat which played an important part in
the recent attack on CArdenas. The officer him
self had participated in the engagement. and
WAS home on y flying visit to his hanc0. The
dance was not In his honor, and his attendance
at 1t was unexpected. but he soon found himself
the hero extraordinary of tho OCCASION. Any
WeNrer of brass buttons is always sure OF a GER
experience was beyOno anything the officer had
known or dreamed OF. He had hardly entered
the house when he was carried of to the smok-
ing room by a couple of other fellows and be-
sought to Z" talk " for all he was worth and for
as long a time as he was willing. At the end of
others. all hungry for war news at nrst hand.
Then one by one the rest were drawn to the
spot until At the beginning of the third dance
there wasn't a man left In the ballroom. 1t
wasn't long before the girls came. tooi they
were Just as much interested In hearing the
Why dancing was nothing beside i'll There
they sat, the whole company OF them, for the
rest of the evening In the smoking room, the
officer In the middle and around him the group
of girls and men. all breGthless and greedy for
every detail he could give them concerning the
particular. The musicians' occupation was gone,
Tor there WAS no more dancing. The ofnc0r and
his war news at hrSt hand had swallowed up
everything,
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There is much friction among the white and black
Baptists OF the country. and a persistent EFFORT has
been made 20 divide the denomination on the color
line. Many Of the strong black Baptlsts contend
that they do not derive a. much bsnent from the
united body as they ought to, while others contend
that they derive more. The proposition is that the
black BaptistS shall establish = publication house OF
their own. The editor of the Florida Evangelist, the
Rev. j. q. WAldron, who Is a very strong man, takes
tho position that the black BAptists do not want =
separate but q common Baptist literature, and that
more IL to bH lost than gained by abandoning the
American Baptist Publication Society and setting up
an indspend mt establishment. I'VE are not to
strive to be Ike other folks but like Christ, and IL
Ia un'ChrIstlike to divide aud pull away from Gods
children because they are WHITE Mr.. waldron de.
clares, That Is a very philosophical and logical view
to take of the matter, but the advocates of division
and pulling away are equally philosophical and
logical In their view OF the matter.
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The Dallas Empress thinks that tho brave Texan
soldiers at Key west who refused to salute the black
soldiers may be patriots, but they are mos the kind
that make glorious history"
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krOm the SOmsrVfIs. haSs. Journal.
Mrs. Browne-ATe you satisfied with tho TO
hplEs OF Xour daughters course at college
enc Of the prOfO6sOrG S
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tWo CTdCh " uAu COLlO w thIOuBh duu ulbhp-
4 had considered the ways Of ants enough
TO @itS be certain sn Idt saa IN tbs rs G Sns h sad So FfSRs long SMsf I
found that | had judged it right. In a short
time four big red ants came h%urryinE up out
no difference In the appearance OF the quartet
there was no mistsking The fact that one Of
tomato worm, for 1t came straight toward the
worm, in the lead of the other three, When
tho ants reached the carcass they looked II over
critically and then got their heads together
and seemed TO be holding a consultation. This
evidently resulted in an agreement on a plan
back to the place they had come from. while
the other TIRES remained on the spot, plainly
waiting for the result Of the others mission.
when It rsturned Il was followed by an army Of
red ants. There must have been 200 or more
of them, and they swarmed about and upon the
tomato worms carcass awhile in an apparently
aimless and Disconnected way: But by and by
the object 5i She ants was to get that choice bit
OF forage TO headquarters. At first they at
row OF ants on each side OF 1t and Others at the
front and rear to push and pull, but enough
could not get a good hold on the worm to make
themselves on one side'of the carcass and made
q grand effort to roll it. They succeeded in
horn struck the floor, and that stuck them
again. but Only, for 2 moment, for tho ants as
soon as they ,b Locked the situation H. SnEH % over a. tool. oSSir SG.
ton to moving that end Of the body, and showed
the other, end clear around until II lay in the
Ing horn on the side from which 1t had oriGi-
ally been rolled. Then tho ants gave the worm
again, when they showed tho body round as no
fore, so IL lay ready for another SHIFT forward.
t tien Sss' and ua Sf.y SAH i1dS Sstr until they got
was diGmay. ,fhs SiEs o. the crack had not been
ton Of the worm % the place under the porch
! whore they wanted IT. The crack was much too
The silver star., 1898-09-29

constructed by one Of the greateM
scenic artists OF the country for the pa
rade OF the Silver Serpents. 30 brill
liant will be this procession that com.
parlson with the glitterlng march Of
royalty at the Mardi Grns, and OF th&
Yelled Prophets, will be out Of place.
The carnival, or last day, will be on
much more magnificent scale than any
previous year. There will be SIX divis
ions OF the parade. each Of which Will
surpass NIL OF the ridiculous features Of
year ngo. This pageant Of fun max
ers will be- seventy blocks In length
The bal champetre. which will be hello
that evening In front of the grand
stand, will constitute an end Of the friv
ollties beyond description.
The silver star., 1898-09-29
PRACTICAL KINDNESS.
One Hundred Thousand Grateful
Soldiers.

9Otultr1s
These war times have tried men 3
souls In many unexpected ways, but
like shaft OF sunshine and good cheer
out of the cloud of privation and en-
durance has been the work that The
American Tobacco Co. has done among
the U. S. Soldiers and Sailors ever since
the war began-for when they discov-
cred that the camps and hospitals were
not supplied with tobacco they decided
to provide them. free Of cost, with
enough for every man, and have al
ready given outright to our Soldiers
and Sailors over one hundred thousand
pounds Of Battle Az Plug and
Dukes Mixture" Smoking Tobacco.
and have bought and distributed fifty
thousand briar wood pipes, at a total
cost OF between fifty and sixty thou
sand dollars.
This work has been done quietly and
thoroughly. by establishing headquar-
ters In each camp. so that every camp
and every hospital Of the United States
Army has been supplied with enough
tobacco for every man and the sailors
on thirty United States Ships In Cuban
waters have shared with the soldiers
this most welcome Of all "rations."
Perhaps It will be only fair to re-
member when we hear the remark
again that Corporations have no
souls" that there is one American cor
poration whose soul has been tried and
has not been found wanting in "prac-
tical Kindness"
The silver star., 1898-09-29
THE lnsuRoENr ARMY.
It IL Ds,ns Recruited and Carsfsi',
Drilled.

London, Sept. 1O.-The Manila cor
respondent Of the Times says:
The insurgents, urged by constant
rumors OF the intention Of America t.
re-estnblish Spanish rule In the archi
pelagO. continue actively recruiting
their army.
Hundreds from Manila are enlistinG
daily, and troops are being drilled ev.
| erywherc. Grcnt diligence IL exhibited
| In initiating the American formation
and manual. particularly In volley fr-
ing. Intrencliments In certain posi-
tions are being strengthened, and Wig
liant line Of pickets Is kept outside the
suburbs. At the same tine, the atti-
tude of the insurgents is more friendly
than before the evacuation.
| Several thousand rifles have recent.
ly been landed. and four new Mnxims
have also been landed. The provincial
leaders are paying into the insurgent
treasury a certain portion Of the fund
captured from converts, processing to
reserve the remainder for the payment
| OF their troops by this means they
keep practically independent Of the
central authority. preserving the In
tegrity Of their own command. A gen.
eral occupying one rich province sent
TO AQuinnllO $35, 600 In cash last week.
The agitation among the insurgents
IL stimulated by the clerical party,
| which uses every effort to influence the
natives against American occupation.
Evidence TO this effect In absolutely
trustworthy. although Archbishop Do
zal md other prominent ecclesiastics
strenuously deny all knowledge Of
such action, and solemnly disclaim
personal participation In II.
Nothing important II reported from
the insurgent congress, which holds
sessions daily ut MalolOs. The chief
element OF cohesion Is cOnfessedly the
fear OF the return Of Spanish dOmina-
tion. II the insurgents should receive
reasonable assurance OF permanent
foreign occupation, believe the disin-
tegration Of the revolutionary govern
ment would he speedy and complete.
The Spanish prisoners are now rIgor-
ously confined within the limits Of the
walled town. There is much over
crOwding In the small area and II Is
impossible in the crowded quarters, In
the absence Of the proper appliances,
to improve the present unsatisfactory
sanitary conditions. The urgent neces-
sity for removing the prisoners is fully
recognized by the authorities, but no
remedy Is In sight, and the health Of
the American troops and the prisoners
Is seriously threatened.
Nearly 10 per cent. Of the former ars
already ON the sick list.
Strikes In all Industries are becom-
ing more extensive daily and the ID
bor question In fast growing serious.
The Americans unwisely continue to
pay nearly three times the usual
wages. causing discOntent to spread
rapidly In every class Of workmen. All
manufacturers are much hampered:
the tramways are frequently stopped
and railway trains are seriously Grip
pied, and discontinuance Of the serv-
Ice is threatened. The strikers naturally
drift into the insurgcnt ranks, conse-
Iucntly labor disturbances are not dis
cOuraged by the leaders.
The silver star., 1898-09-29
ABOUT AMERICAN HuMoR.
The Britishers Are BegInning to Under
atand and Initiate IL.

stand and Initiate It.
American humor IL very rapidly
forging to the front in England" snid
newspaper man who recently return.
ed to Washington from London. ne
oording to the Washington Star 1.-The
greatest proof of this is that the Brit
ishers are beginning TO understand our
idea of humor. and TO give II the laugh
II calls for Immediately and on the
spot. without revolving II In their mind
for few hours and then exploding
over II In the middle of the night. The
English people have always been
aware that there was something In
American humor. but the humor of our
people is so meaningful that they have
not, up to quite recently. been able to
penetrate its Significance. Now they
are roaring over II. There are now
several American bur'esque and ex.
fravaganza shows running with ire.
mendous prosperity in London. These
shows are Jammed full of gags of mn
essentially American charactcr-many
OF them even purely local New York
digs-and yet l noticed that the Lon.
doners cnught the point almost every
time. ana laughed vOciferously. II tho
same shows had been presented In
LONDON. say. ten years ago. ! am posi.
tive they would have been dreary fnIl.
ures, ana not one of the American gags
would have got so much ms n smile
from the erstwhlle stolld Britislcr.
The English comic papers nre largely
responsible for this comparatively n.w
appreciation OF American humor on The
part OF Engl.shmcn. They exchange
with all the American comic publicu-
tions ana 'swipe' stun literally from
them. without ever so much ns dream.
ing OF giving the American humorIsts
credit. The renders OF these English
comic papers. reading this American. n.
clipped stun constantly. have grnd,,.
ally come 10 understand II. but few of
them know TINT II II essentially Amer.
lean humor. Mnny Of them beIicve
TINT the snnppy stun reprinted In tho
English comic publications from Amer.
,cnn hnmoristr' writings simply indi.
cafcs change In the style OF English
humorous mattcr."
The silver star., 1898-09-29

Pale People. He coaxed his granddaughter
to get him . box of the pills. After that
box had been used he secured another. In
three weeks he began to feel q little life In
his arm; at the end of four he could move
his fingers; at the end OF two months be
could walk, and in three months he could
shave himself with the injured hand.
As he told his story in the Herald ONCE,
he looked the perfect picture Of health. He
carries box of the pills in his pocket, and
whenever he does not feel Just right, he
takes them. They cured him after DOCTOR
had given him up, and his death was daily
expected
All the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained In . con.
densed form in DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. They are an unfailing spe
ciic for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache,
the after effects OF la grippe. palpitation q
forms of weakness either in male or female
The silver star., 1898-09-29
Judss Yoash. Pores. y,,...

Steamboat Springs. Colo. Sept. c5.-.
' IN Wolcott.-finhn's PEAK. tho coun.
~ sent of Routt county. Inns been for
several days threatened with destr,,c.
tion by fire.
inc hrc wns started by n camp fire
ieit by tourists In that vicinity. DIs.
frict Court is now In session nnd IN
this fact nlonc In due the saving of
the town. Last night not n man
slept, hut from Judge Rucker TO the
Jury every man was fighting flre, Az
one time the hnmes came 10 within 4
rev icet OF the court house. with
cnreiiil watching NIL danger In now
considered pnst.
The silver star., 1898-09-29

The dedication of a monument 10
Francis Scott Key in his native city
was chiefly tribute to the man who
wrote The Star-Spangled Banner.
The memorial likewise honors one
who wrote 10 his friend, John Ran
dolph OF Roanoke: Il agree with you
that the state OF society is radically
vicious and that 1t is there the rem
edy is TO be applied. Put down party
spirit: stop the corruptions OF party
elections; leglslate not for the next
election. hut for the next century
Few statesmen are poets. and perhaps
1t is well that prose-writing lawmak-
ers are In the large majority. Key.
however. showed spirit worthy OF
high craftsmanship when he wrote the
sentences quoted. which are almost
sufficient to entitle him to be called an
early reformer Of the republic.
The silver star., 1898-09-29
THE CHINESE CRISIS.
England VIII Prevent Sending of Russia
soldiers to Pekin.

sshb cchutuR ~ Asoos"ss
Soldiers to Pekin.
London. Sept 26-A special dis
patch from Shanghai says that Kang
Yu Wei's brother has been arrested in
Pekin and condemned to death. The
dispatch also says that Sir Claude
Macdonald. the British minister. gave
instructions that Kang Yu Wei should
be protected from arrest.
The British consulate holds his bag
gage and documents referring to state
secrets. The Russians are incensed
at the latter fact and 1t Is reported
that Russia has offered the dowager
empress the services of 10000 troops
from Port Arthur to keep order in
Pekin If necessary.
Ii is said that the British fleet in
Chinese waters has been divided be-
tween tn Ku and Shan Hal Kwan,
under orders to intercept Russian
transports in the event of an attempt
TO land troops.
Inc dowager empress party Is
bond by an understanding with the
Russians whereby the laner in con-
sideration of the support of the Rus
sian interests. undertake TO preserve
Manchuria as the seat of the dynasty
and to maintain Manchu rule in China.
In pursuance of this compact the
gradual substitution of Mnnchus In all
high offices and military commands
began last year under the direction of
the dowager. thus creating sources of
friction with the emperor. whose de-
thronement was frequently threat
ened. The present movement is en-
tirely Manchu. as opposed to Chinese.
The influence of III Hung Chang is
now subordinate to that OF Yung Lu
and IL likely To decrease.