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Evening star., 1898-04-22
SACK OF PORT Az PRINCE.
How MOrgan's Buccaneers Captured
and Looted the Cuban CITY.

ssho A<ooeeu
Frank X. Stockicn in ST. N!cholas
When the fleet arrived at the nearest
harbor Morgan landed his men and
marched toward the town, hut he did not
succeed in making secret attack as he
had hoped. A Spanish prisoner had let
himself drop overheard. and. swimming
ashore, had warned the governor of the at
tack. Thus prepared, this able command
er marched a body of soldiers along the
II ad by which the pirates must come. and
when he found a suitable spot he. built a
formidable barricade Behind this his SOL
diers were posted. with their muskets and
their cannon.
But when Morgan came within sight Of
this harricade he considered that II would
be entirely unnecessary to attempt to dis
turb this admirable defense. 50 he marched
his men into the woods. led them entirely
around the barricade. and came out upon
wide plain before the town.
Here he found that he would have to
fight his way into the city, and. probably
much to his surprise, his men were pres
emily charged by body Of cavalry.
The pirates routed the horsemen, and
after fight of about four hours took pos
session of the town. Here they captured a
great many prise rers. whom they shut up
in the churches, and then sent detach-
ments out into the country to look for
those who had run away. Then these ut
terly debased and cruel men took their
usual course after capturing "A town; they
pillaged. feaSred and rioted Even when
the poor citizens seemed TO have given UP
everything ttey owned they We're told that
IL they did not pay two heavy ransoms
they would be carried away into slavery,
and that their town would he burned.
For two weeks the pirates waited for the
fort
try and find some Of their fellow citizens
who had ESCAPED with a portion of their
treasure. In those days people did not
keep their wealth in banks as they do
now, but every man was the custodian Of
most OF his own possessions. and when
they fled from the visitation Of an eneEay
they took with them everything Of value
that they could carry. Before the citizens
returned Morgan made a discovery; a ne
gro was taken who was carrying letters
from the governor of Santiago. "A neighbor-
ing city, to some of the citizens Of Port au
Prince. telling them not to he in too great
a hurry TO pay the ransom, because he was
coming with a. strong force to their assist
aEce. When Morgan read the letters he
changed his mind. and thought il would be
a wise thing not to stay in that region any
longer than could be helped So he de-
cided not to wait for the unfortunate clti-
zens to collect the heavy ransom he de-
manded, but told them that If they would
furnish him with go head OF cattle, and
also supply salt and help to prepare the
meat for shipment. he would make M
further demands upon them. This, of
course the citizens were glad enough to
do, and the buccaneers sailed away.
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Is violent Death Painful.
From the New York Advertiser.

= rVtu tue NcN 1Ork hQFeftfSef.
Severe injuries to the body are seldom
very painful at first. The severity of the
nervous shock seems to paralyze the nerve
center where consciousness of pain Is sItu-
ated, and in fatal cases there is often no
sense of pain. even when death is delayed
day or two. In such cases II may be sup
posed that the shock not only paralyxes,
but even destroys the nerve center It may
bc compared to a lightning fash along the
telegraph wires, which, although of the
same nature as the electric telegraph cur
rent. yet is so intense as to destroy the re-
ceivtng instruments. 80 that no subsequent
messages can be received. In some fatal
injuries the nerve that would carry the
pain to the brain Is destroyed, and such
accidents are almost painless Our sense of
pain II greatest In the skin, and deem
wounds are. therefore, not more painful
than shallow ones. In surgical operations
the skin incisfon is often the most painful
part and those who have been run through
the body say they were conscious only of
somethtng cold passing through tnsm.
with just prick at the points Of entry and
exit OF the weapon. On the other hand
some fatai injuries arc very painful, es-
pecial1y tiose that Interfere with breath
mgs 1nuh ~ injuries 10 the chest and
thro0k
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Dog Stops Runavvays,


Prosser the feed man. next door to tbo
cehtrai police station has a remarkable dog
VINO has recently given several exhibitions
or canine heroism. This dogs speciality is
stopping runaway horses, land. unaaunted
oy having been recently run over by hook
ana ladder truck on It's way to an East End
nre, Watch, as this dog is called, performed
remarkable feat on Monday night
Dr. Murray, the genial health officer, is
man who does not care much about style,
ana as consequence he drives a buggy of
antedliuvian appearance and of a monetary
Value according ito the doctor himself, Of
exactly 20 cents.fon Monday night. while on
rus way home in this buggy the kingbolt
oroke and the Arabian steed in the shafts
at once startadotto run, taking the front
wheeis and shafts along with him, and haul
left him In a disheveIed heap in the middle
OF the street This happened nearly oppo-
ste Prosssr's feed store, and Mr.. Proyser
taxing "a. IN the situation told Watch. 10 stop
and went flying, after the gaIIopils morse.
caught up with him near Sd avenue east
ana seizing the trailing lines in his mouth
ne hung back With, all his might and
oIOugnt MIN to a stapdstill-
Dr. Murray, who was luckily not much
nurt' mad by th1S time picked himself up
ana when he saw 1Prosser 'sio' Watch on
10. 10 nus morse he began a series Of remon-
AShAat ASs WHICH, uoWcVer, soon
changed to sincsre thanks when he saw,
mucn to his surprise, the clever manner in
winch Watch stopped the runaway.
Watch is q big smooth-coased black dog
y. no particular breed, but he Is hero In
ms way, and il he does not again take 1t
INTO MS head that his duty lies In stopping
the nre department when making run, he
ma. may yer i've to become famous. It Is said
init ne mas been known TO stop more than
enc runaway team, and that as easily as he
can stop one horse.
Evening star., 1898-04-22
ONLY ONE CLOSE FINISH.
phe Spring Meeting at Benning Will


There was but one close finish to marx
the tenth day of the spring meeting of the
Washington Jockey Club at the Benning
track yesterday, Bill Daly's Clap Trap
beating Specialist a head in the second
race for maiden two-year-olds. DAILY also
placed the third race 10 his credit, his Gen.
Maceo, an equal favorite with Decanter
finishing half a length in front of Brad
ley's Plaintain, 20 to / shot. he a length
the best of Decanter. This. the Federal
was the only stake event of the day. Three
favorites, a second choice, the Manxman,
and AN outsider, MarSan, were successful
and the public had the better of the argu-
ment with the layers.
In the fourth race, Manassas bled badly
and did not finish. InQuisator ran into the
fence in the nrSt race and threw Maxim.
giving him nasty tumble. The stewards
dismissed the charge of owning outlaw
horses preferred against Mr.. Murphy, and
sent the question of the eligibility of the
horse Gaspard to the Jockey Club. A fair
sized crowd was in attendance, but the
card was poor one.
The meeting will close tomorrow, when
five races will be run, including the first
washington nursery stakes for two year
olds at half a mile, the value of the stakes
being $4,000, the richest race provided here
for many years. The Washington handi-
cap stakes at a mile and the full cour Sc
Benning steeplechase will also be run to-
morrow. The full Marine Band will give
a special concert in the grand stand, COM
rnencing at 2:30 and continuing during the
afternoon.
First race. six and half furlongs-Fin-
gal, to ). won: Sophmore. 13 to ) and 4
to 3, second: Duchess Annette, IL to D.
third. Time. 1.26
Second lace. two-year-olds. selling, four
and half furlongs--Clap Trap. o to ),
won; Specialist, 3 to 1 and even, second );
Gen. Mart Gary, 2 to ], third. Time, 5Tl,.
Third Iace, federal selling stakes, six and
a half furlongs-Gen. Maceo, Z to ,, won;
l n I
canter, to ), third. Time, I24k.
Fourth race, seven furlongs-The Manx-
man. II to D, won; Wordsworth, q to )
and to 4, second; Manassas, IL to ), third
Time, I32.
Fifth race. six furlcrgs, selling-Marsian.
10 to 1. wcn; Commercial Traveller, 3 to 1
and even, second: South Africa, to 10.
third. Time. LIS.
Evening star., 1898-04-22
The Resources of the British Empire.
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
The Marquis Of Lorne, NJ P. took the
chair recently at meeting Of the foreign
and colonial section of the Society of Arts
when an address was delivered by Mr.. j.
Lowles. NJ. P. on The British Empire, Its
Resources and Its Future Mr.. Lowles
said that there was at the present time in
both this country and In the colonies
growing desire for closer knowledge of and
acquaintance with our imperial concerns.
Happily the day had gone by when a man
would face an audience and say he was
Little Englander. 1t was in the reign of
Queen Victoria that the greatest strides
had been made In colonization until at the
1fty-three times the size of France fifty
two times that of Germany. three and
one-half times that of the United States of
America, thrice the size Of Europe with
treble the population Of all the Russias. 1t
extended over 1.OOO, 600 square miles. oe-
cupied one-fifth OF the globe contained one
fifth of the human race, or 350O0o 900 peo-
pie, embraced four continents, 1000 ISL
ands, 800 promontories, and 2,009 rivers.
1t was estimated that the empire possessed
one-third OF the sheep of the world one
fourth of the cattle, and one-twelfth of the
horses. The total shipping under the Brit
ish flag was 10.452, 600 tons. There were
throughout all the British colonies an In
creasing spirit of self-reliance, a keen per-
ception of the benefits of municipal gov
ernment, and an extending desire to pro-
mote education In every possible way Mr.
Lowles described In detail the various re-
sources of the colonies, and In short refer
ence to the Chinese question observed that
every one would rejoice to find that what
threatened to be loss of prestige in the
far east had been averted. and that Great
Britain still stood predominant In that por-
ton of the world.
Evening star., 1898-04-22


The King of Siam has a passion for chill
dren. 1t is not restricted to the little ST.
amese tots OF his own land, but is uni
versaL During his globe-trotting tour last
year the children Of the various nations
interested him much as anything he
saw. The hospitals for children never es-
capped his attention, and IT was in these
places Of suffering that the king laid aside
his royal dignity and showed that one
touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
While In Edinburgh he visited the Royal
Hospital for Children. His heart was
touched with q great pity Tor the afflicted
little Ones and recently the hospital au-
tforittes received a gift from bis majesty
In the form of a beautiful dolls house.
II was made at a cost OF $50. and Is prob
ably the finest dolls house in existence.
Nothing the king could havo thought of
would have given so much joy to the un-
fortunate little inyalide- The dolls house
opens both back ard front and is almost
perfectly appointed.
Evening star., 1898-04-22

greater part of the night with the Mosby
rarty, finally ft riding the Potomac at Ash
ley's Gap and Gismounting at n house in
the village of Paris. Mosby called his ad-
Jutant to him. which LETT the orderlies
with the horses of their officers ana the
prisoner in charge. Peeping from the
holsters of Mosby's saddle the sergeant
saw a pair Of silver mounted revolyers
Dismounting he sratched d weapon from
the holster nearest him. and with two we'll
directed shots he disabled both of the or
derlies. and jumping into the saddle on
Mosbys horse he was well out of pistol
range before the guerrilla chief and his
adJutant opened the door. He rode into
HalltowE the next morning with his
SDoilS"
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Pig Iron for China.

The Chinese have recently become ex-
tensiye purchasers of Philadelphia made
pig iron. the demand for which has here
tofore been supplied by the English, Ger
mans and Belgfans. A consignment of the
above iron Is now being taken on board the
British ship Perseverance at this port for
shipment to Shanghai She will not take
out full cargo, owing to the dead
weight character Of the shipment, but will
NIL the remaining part of her cargo space
with refined petroleum and miscellaneous
materials. Besides this, the iron will act
as stiffening for the vessel on her long run
to the far east Instead Of taking stone
as ballast the iron will serve that purpose
ana thus the expense of loading and dis
charging the ballast will be done away
with, and the vessel will earn freight
charges on what heretofore has been a
dead loss to every sailing vessel
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Two Old Trees.
From the London Chronicle.

CHrUn1CIe.
We have to record with regret the demise
of the famous horse chestnut tree In the
Champs Elysees known as "le marronier
du 20 Mars" owing to a popular supersti-
ton that it always bursts into bloom ON
that day. Disquieting news, too, has come
to hand as to the health Of far more
venerable botanical marvel-the rose tree
which grows over the apsidal crypt of the
Dom at Hildesheim. Tradition asserts that
1t was planted by Ludwig the Pious. who
founded the church about the middle Of the
ninth century. According to this legend II
must be over a thousand years old Lat,
terly growth of unwholesome white
patches has spread over its limbs, and
signs of decay are apparent. Herr Wald-
helm, however. the curator Of the Royal
Gardens at Hanover has been called in.
and hopes to save its life.
Evening star., 1898-04-22
. Kansas City journal.

From the Kansas City Journal
Private" John Allen of Mississippi, who
is now serving his seventh term in the ma
tional House Of Representatives, gives this
characteristic reason why he never touches
liquor: 'Of course. II drank at all I
should have to indulge while stumping my
district Now, you just think what would
happen to me If. while on a stumpiux tour.
l should take few drinks and then at.
tempt to say, Fellow citizens Of Itawam
ba, or Oktibbha, or Yishomingo county
My finish can be easily imagined"
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Cincinnati. II; PfttsburE. q.

The Cincinratis hammered their old col
league, Billy Rhines, all over the lot yes
terday at Cincinnati and defeated the Pitts
burgs by the score of IL to d. Dwyer was
wild and Dammann replaced him in the
sixth inning. all the runs being scored on
account of the unsteadiness of the former.
McPhee and Beckley carried OFF the batting
honOrs. Score:
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Chicago, =; Louisville. .

The Chicagos had everything their own
way at Louisville yesterday, the Colonels
being weak at the bat and fielding poorly.
the score being to 2 in favor of the yis-
itors. Two singles were the sum total of
hits made by the Colonels off of Griffith's
great pitching Score:
Evening star., 1898-04-22

Earned fun-Chicago. 5 clen bases-Eyerett
Ksar. Clarke. Two-basa hit-Dahler. Home run
McCormick. First base on bslis-Of Cunningham
3; on Grifi'h. }. Struck out-By Griffith. s; by
Cunningham. l. Hit hy pitched baIl-Donahuc
Lett on bases-Chioag0. ); Louisville. ). Time
l. As. Umpires- -Cushman and Heydler
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Totals. IL IL % IL ii To ais.

.Batted for Schriver in the ninth.
.Batted for Rhines in the ninth.
cincinnati. ....-.--..... o 6-l1
llttsDurg --.-...--..... = 6
Earned runs-Cncinnati =: Pittsburg J. Two
nase lIits-McPhee "a. Miller. Irwin. Brodie
Ihree-bas hits-McPhee. Smith. Daninanl.
I'onbe rlays-Smith and Corgoran: Beckley and
Corcoran. First base balls-On Dwyer. ;: on
Dammann /: of Rhines. .. Hit 10y pitched ball
BY Dwyer =; by Damnann 2 Struck ont BY
Dwyer l: by Dammann. /; by Rlines. /. Time
1.55. Cmpires -Swartwood and Wood
Evening star., 1898-04-22
wing is the score In detail:

Left on bases-Wash1ngton. Z; BROOKLYN. 8. First
base on bails-0h weighing. L; Oh Dunno q Strnck
out-By weighing, 8; by Dune, 4. Home run
Gettman. Three-base hits--Wrigley. Doyle and
Smith. Two-base hit-Tucker. Sacrifice hit-Jones
Stolen bases-Leahy. Doyle t2), Jones f9 and Nc.
Guire. Wild ptch-Dunne. Time-Two hours
and Connolly.
Evening star., 1898-04-22
One of the Evil. Of slang.

Little Ruth-'.Mr. Thmitt. who did you
XIII for thithta's diamond ring?''
Mr. Smfth-"Nebody. dear. W4at makes
you ask such q qasstion?"
Little Ruth-"Why. Tom. he thaid she'd
a. never got 1t. Il you hadn't hung thomer
body UP for Il. -
Evening star., 1898-04-22

s,Diaa assned r. Iuns50ph'i.delPhi.i New Y6r..
o., Van HAltrsu. Two-hase hits-- -MeFarland, van
Haftren. Gleason. Home runs-Dusyisby. Joyce.
Double plEys-Cross LAtole and Douglass; DuggJe-
BY, Mcfarland and Douglass First base on balls
-Of Dugglehy, 3; OF Seymour. Z. Hit b. pitcher
DuggiebI. l. b. seymour, I. Psssed hall -McFar-
land. FBalk-Seymour. Left on bases -Rhiladel-
phia. .; New YORK, Z. Time-aH. Umpirss-Ema-
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Unexpected.
From Truth.

Bride-"Here's Telegram from papa.a
Bridegroom (easeriy}--what does, he
sayr'
Bride treadans3-"Do not come back and
all viii be forgivoa."
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Boston, 10, BaItinore, 8.

In their second try at Baltimore yester-
day the Bostons downed the Orioles by the
score Of 10 to q Klobedanx was . puxsie to
the oyster shuckerH, but sevsu hits being
made or Of ~ deliVory, and an then, were
scattered. Hcffer WAS hit hard hr -
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Philadelphia, Ii, New York., &.

Pitcher Seymour took his usual balloon
ascension yesterday at Philadelphia, and
as a consequence the New Yorks were easi-
ly beaten by the Quakers to the tune of
13 to 4 Duggleby pitched steady game
for the Phillies: The fielding Of both teams
was ragged. Score:
Evening star., 1898-04-22
Beaneaters and the men back of him field
ed poorly. Score:
Totals. 10 u 21l4
Totals. -. 5 ~ ls s

Earned runs-Baltimore, s. Boston. 6. Three
base hits-Long ,2). Sacrifice hits-Tenney Duffy
Lowe Stolen hases-Tennsy. Lang. Double plays
-beMontreyfile, Jennings and Ncdsann: Long
Lowe ard Tenney. First tase balls-om IIof-
Ter, =; on klebedanz. 4. Struck out-By Horer /;
by hlobedanz. l. Left Baltimore g:
Boston. 3. First base baltimore =:
Boston. 2. Time-Two hours. Umpires Snyder
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-08-27
stabling and plenty Of fresh all
are of the utmost Importance.

stabling and plenty OF fresh air
are of the utmost Importance.
HYGIENE MEASURES NEEDFUL.-
Whenever this disease appears in
a stable all the animals should be
removed as soon as possible. They
should be provided with clean,
well-ventilated, and well-drained
stables, and each animal should
receive 4 dram of the extract or
half an ounce of the tincture OF
belladonna twice a day for several
days. The abandoned stable
should be thoroughly cleansed
from all waste matters, receive a
coat of whitewash containing 4
ounces of carbolic acid to the gal
Ion, and should have time to dry
thoroughly before the horses are
replaced. A complete change OF
food is of the very grearest i'm
portance, on account of the belief
that the cause resides in diseased
grain, hay, and grass.
The following treatment was gi-
ven to the Police Jury of Lafay-
cite parish by Judge McFadden,
and is said to have been very sue
cessful:
Bleed from each side of nose by
making incision with sharp knife
blade one inch above point of nose
(outside) until blood spurts free
ly from the large veins-incision
may be three-fourths of an inch
deep if necessary to produce pro-
fuse bleeding. Take one half pint
of ammonia in a bottle and apply
with long feathers well up in nos
trils and keep up this treatment
until discharge of matter from
nose is free and copious. End
Apply equal parts of turpentine
and coal oil over each lobe of the
brain (under forelock) and rub
we'll, after which apply flannel
rag, and over it apply sad-iror
moderately heated. AS soon as
the animal shows signs of relief
give one-fourth pound EPSON salts
or other purgative sufficient to
move bowels freely. The above
treatment will almost invariably
produce instant relief, but if il
does not and there is not a free
and copious discharge of matter
from the nose, or if the discharge
from any cause become lessened
and the animal does not seem tC
be sufficiently relieved, continue
the ammonia treatment until thu
discharge is superinduced and The
animal permanently relieved. Ami
mails should be kept in shade III
much as possible.
/ The above treatment, if faithful
ly and intelligently applied, will
prove an almost infallible remedy
for disease considered incurable
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-08-27

The Rev. W.. B. Costley, OF Stockbridge,
Ga, while attending to his pastoral du-
ties at Fleetwood, that state, was at
tackled by cholera morbus. He says:
by chance happened to get hold of a
bottle Of ChamberlaIn's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, and l think it
was the mea Ms Of saving my life. 1t re-
lieyed me at once" For sale ba Labbe's.
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SATURDAY AUG. q. 1898.
BLIND STAGGERS.

The disease that prevails here
among horses is without doubt,
Cerebro Spinal meningitis, better
here as Blind Staggers'.
SYMPTOMs.-The symptoms which
typify sporadic or epidemic cere-
bro spinal meningitis in man are
seldom witnessed in equal distinct
ness among horses, viz: excessive
pain, high fever, and early mus
cular rigidity. In the recognition
of the severity of the attack we
may divide the symptoms into
three grades. In the most rapid
" fatal attacks, the animal may
indicate it by weak, staggering
gate, partial or total inability to
swollow solids or liquids. impair
ment of eyesight; twitching of the
muscles, and slight cramps may
be observed. This is soon follow
ed by paralysis of the whole bo-
dy, inability to stand, delirium in
which the animal sometimes goes
through a series of automatic
movements as if trotting or run
ming; the delirium may become
very violent and the animal in his
unconsciousness bruise his head
in the struggles very seriously,
but usually a deep coma renders
him quiet until he expires. Death
in these cases usually takes place
in from four to twenty-four hours
from the first symptoms became
manifest. The pulse is variable
during the progress of the disease;
it may be almost imperceptible at
times, and then again very rapid
and irregular; the respiratious
generally are quick and catching.
When attacked in this rapidly ia
tai form We may be able only to
distinguish it from encephalitis
when other animals in the same
stable or neighborhood are simi-
lsrly affected. In the next form
in which it may develop, it first
becomes manifest by difficulty
in swallowing and slowness in
mastication, and a weakness may
be first noticed in the strength OF
The tail; the animal will be una
bic to switch it or to offer resis-
lance when we bend it up over the
Group. The pulse is often lit
tie slower than normal. There is
no evidence of pain; the respira-
.tions are unchanged, and the tenn
perature little less than normal
the bowels may he somewhat con-
stipated. These symptoms may
remain unchanged for two or three
days and then gradual improve
ment take place, or the power to
swallow may become en- tirely lost
and the weakness and uncertainty
in gait more and more perceptiblei
then sleepiness or coma may ap-
pear; the pulse becomes depress-
ed, slow and weak, the breathing
sterterous, and paroxysms of de-
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-08-27

On the occasion of her sixtieth
birthday, all the children and
grand children of Mrs. Martial
Bienvenu gathered at her house to
celebrate the occasion. 1t was
somewhat a surprise party, as the
children had prepared everything
without her knowing anything
about it, and she was completely
taken by surprise. Mr.. and Mrs.
Martial Bienvenu have raised
family of twelve children who are
all living and grown, and the ga
thering numbered over forty per-
sons. 1t was a delightful family
reunion.