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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03

''Why. Uncle Benjamin, you have caug'c
a fish, a sneepsAedu.' said 1 uAdsr NY
breath.
He was very patient during the forty
minutes that / was in dislodging the
hooks--he should have been called Job.
Finally he was ready for business again.
and this time | threw out his line for
him. lie sat there very calmly waiting
for bites. blistering and perspiring. and
amusing himself in various ways. Sud-
denly he gave a lurch. and | knew that
his time had come; neryously and spas
medically he pulled with final jerk
there came Jli1iag over the side OF the
boat an eel: sanJ the aforesaid eel I'M
medately saw the openng and went up
Uncle Benjamin's pants leg az q rapid
rate. This naturally produced new de-
velopments. and in the struggle my wor-
thy relative proved himself most en-
tertainIrg acrobat. For the first time I
saw the half-giant done over fishing
line and human being tie himself into
a har,i knot. meanwhile the eel was cir
cumnavigating Uncle Benjamin at a
speed OF about forty knots an hour final
~. when he ha l made the round trip. he
came out at the collar and dropped gent
" overheard again II was very n2gravat-
ing Uncle said he did not mind the exer-
else but II made him mad to lose the
eel I have no doubt IL was very tam
taiizing indeed.
Then ne toli ME about 1nflana:ard I
Imagine that II must Re a very nice place.
Have you ever thought how the world
would look n every mans home was as
he represents n to be when he r. away
from it7 Nov from Uncle Benjamin's
description would Imagine ttat he had
accidentally gotten a glimpse OF paradise.
and was describing that ~ me INSTEAD 1T
Indiana: because have been 10 Indiana.
and II will about pass muster with the
rest OF the country. But then. ne was
having trouble with the fish.
After while the clouds cave 10 r-d
we made ready to go home. Uncle Bsr-
iamin asked II he might row The boat
home. surrendered the oars with piNas-
ure. He arranged himself In the seat.
with the oars outside Of the iocks: give
vigorous pull and landed on the mare
OF his neck IN the bow Of the bat rs
gracefully arose and pave me IN, oars:
his look showed that he gave thsm lid
Willingly: he was such seif-sacrldcing
old gentleman.
He snent the rim home IN meditation.
We had no FISH. but we rad been fishing.
we were happy. and when we reached
home Uncle BENZ min said that he hai
had a lovely time. Probably he had
people have different ways NJ iooS,ps at
things. NAT PRUNH
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on the guns from the Platte. The Platte
had left Washington almost openly Win
the merest pretense OF fruit spread over
her ammupition. We took all aboard
and started south for Cuba.
It's a mighty tickllsh thing taking
flibustering expedition into the heart OF
a warning country. especially when you We
got foes on ali sides Of you.
The Montgomery lay of North Caro-
lima and the Indiana was down of So
vannah. T6his we knew, because we had
taken note Of their location before. our
only, salvation lay In keeping well tout
from the coast and In lodging the places
where the cruisers lay anchored l kept
watch that night In one direction and
my mate kept watch in another. our
best men were placed as picke's. keep
ing a lookout on all the points Of the
compass. and so, with 100000 in dynamite
and guns aboard bought by American
capitalists we sailed on with the heart
of Cuba in our keeping.
You get mighty brave when you are
right in danger We had been trembling
before we got the ammunition aboard
but with our feet on the guns and the
smell OF powder. around us we took heart
and kept right on, even laughing and
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less had become a flibusterlng steamer.
We lay under the shadow OF the Statue
of Liberty that night vowing many
many things / had stopped over at the
Cuban Junta that day TO offer my SER
vices and the Junta had made a no;e
Of me. The Junta people are the finest
men in this country and ] want 10 81
here and now that I do not believe they
have ever sent a flibuster out they
didn't commission me- and when I left
there I had to go elsewhere to put myself
and the Fearless in the hands OF people
who knew how to avenge a wrong
That night as we lay under the shadow
of the Statue OF Liberty we held a con-
sultation. The Fearless is an ordinary
schooner 300 feet long She carries a car
go of sixty tons and she ships with
crew of twenty men, Our whole twenty
were aboard that night. and before we
turned into bunk we stood there under
the electric light Of the Statue with our
right hands raised, vowing TO get into
cuba with our next cargo And TO get
there without inspection.
We lay there three days, because yes
sci never puts out Of the harbor In less
than three Gays and We did not want
TO do anything suspicious.
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come back full of bananas, manages.
guavas, pawpaws. nuts and tropical pro-
ducts.
A fruit vessel excites no remark as it
plies it's trade. although the trade has
been seriously injured OF late.
1t used TO be that you could put out
from the port OF New York at any time
of day or night and follow the line Of
the fruit vessels as they put for Havana
Harbor. But now 1t is different; you
cannot get into Havana without your
passport and you cannot come back with
out inspeCtio The commerce between
the United states and Cuba Is inter
.rupted." If YOU want to believe diplo-
matte language. but II you are captain
Of a fruit vessel you know mighty well
that your occupation is gone.
We got sour on the Spaniards the
last six months of the war. They hailed
US Ike pirates and kicked us out like
dogs We vowed to get even with them.
one time we came In port with our fruit
Il think II was a load Of Maine apples
we had aboard-destineu for the biggest
fruit dealer in Havana, and found them
waiting for us.
We stopped in the harbor OF Havana
and respectfully reported ouselves 10 the
guard ships as ready for inspection.
In a minute they leaped aboard and be-
gan ripping through our cargo as though
through n suspected rag bag. They
toure our beds apart. looking for
money for the insurgents and
they bit into our apples as
though they were biting for gold
pieces. When they cleared out the bar
rels ratified like tin pals with a penny
milk money in them. and the small lot
we bad left would not have paid a man
to take the trip across the Jersey ferry.
was red hot and so was the whole
sale fruit dealer OF New York who had
shipped by me. and within twelve hours
after had got back TO New York
had tured into a flfbuster and the Fear
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Such is the result Of another warning
that men in the mad rush for gold have
read but needed not. Now these men are
wiser and vastly sadder.
Again, II may be inconsistencies that
forces a miner 10 give up. HOmesickness
Is no laughing matter, and nothing Is
better suited to develop any lurking ten
dency toward this ailment than a winter
In Alaska
When a broker goes over pay claim
he ascertains the direction of the pay
streak" which is along the ancient bed
Of the creek. where likely Instead of
water il was stream OF ice moving and
grinding slowly down and toward the
location of which the present course OF
the flowing water Is OF no help whatever.
He studies the claim above and the
claim below, then he measures the width
and depth Of the streak. which Will be
pretty constant on an average for tina
length OF the claim, running from four
TO seven feet deep and perhaps twenty
feet wide, depending on the formation
OF the bed rock. Having tGus ascer-
tanned approximately the cuE contents
Of the pay streak he pans ~ shoveis-
ful representing five or six cufic feet Of
dirt, and simple arithmetical process
Will give him the figures on which 10 base
his OfIer.
For instance. II five cubic feet pan out
$40 or Sl2 per cubic foot, and II the pay
streak runs 5X20xl00 600 cubic feet.
the fun value OF the claim should be $780,
900. ON this suppOsition he might offer
$4,000 for the claim as IL stands. There
would stii be $4,000 TO be got out after
the claim was paid for 10 reimburse the
buyer for the necessary expenditure OF
time ard labor In securing Il.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
IRAN
THE BLOCKADE

On the 18th of February, under cover Of
the Maine explosion, l set sail for the. Is
land Of Cuba, the master Of n big fill
clustering expedition.
am captain Of the boat which shall
call the Fearless, because it is making
so many successful expeditions to the
Bloody Isle, and with my good, trusty
crew l started out 10 make one more.
Cuba will be either free or annexed
before the Fearless touches her shores
again. but now the date Of the expedi-
ton, Cuba lay racked and bulleted ma
cheted and dynamite blown, devastated,
wild and fearful. with the wings or
war shrieking over her head.
our craft was a fruit schooner. Be
tween New York and Cuba there ply
fruiting schooners all the year round.
These 90 down laden with apples. po-
tatoes and New Jersey vegetables. They
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indiana Uncle with Him
They Had Euu.

1hcy Ha1 Fun.
Is.1oy fishing there Is no doubt OF
EVER since had the good fortune 10
read that delightful work OF izaak Wal
tors on the subject. / have felt quite
, sure that I was created lazy enough
for a fisherman. Some one has said that
genius is long patience" then fishing is
genius. The mere fact that man FISH,
es all day without catching anything
does not prove that he is not good
fisherman; the fish are not biting. that
Is all.
II gives me much pleasure 10 take my
friends out fishing. am one of these
people who like to give their neghbors
the beneft OF what they ind that Is
worth enjoying. That is the reason why
invited my Uncle BENJAMIN In from
Indiana to take in the fishing on our
coast II was a delight TO me to know
that would have the pleasure OF teach
ing him the noble art OF handling line,
any one can fish with a pole. He came
he was such a nice old gentleman; but
he was no fisherman. yet he was tho
most enthusiastic man over It that ever
saw.
One fine morning after ne had been
with rs about three DAYS. / suggested
that we go a-fshlng and he Jumped at
the idea. Presently missed him. When
went to look for him he had dug about
three pints of fishing worms as he called
them.
What are you going to do with those
THINGS. Uncle Benjamin." said 7.
Why. FISH with them. boy. FISH with
them; what did you think was going 70
do with them. fry them for dinner2"
ct never fshed with them; We always
use crabs down in this country to FISH
with: throw those things away"
He di,. 50 Reluctantly. hut he looked
at me as II he felt very sorry for me.
! gathered up our bait and we started
out The morning was clear and hot;
IL was just the day for ashlng. We an
chored on the shoals and threw out our
lines. Uncle BENJAMIN waved bis hHe
several times around his head and iee
go. the result OF his efforts was that ne
caught tho roof OF his straw hat with
both hooks.
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singing songs and making merry, as we
had never done with our simple corga
aboard.
Our plan was to go south 10 the TWEEN
tleth parallel and then 70 sail directly
west We intended to pass san Diego
and II possible TO land our cargo within
thirty miles OF the insurgents camp
Within thirty miles OF Cuba there would
be a little Cuban war vessel watching for
US. Its signal would be the lias OF cuba
and the sign OF Maxine Gomez. This
would be raised In answer 70 our own
signal. and then we would make quick
transfer of cargo.
That night we took the quickest trip
ever made We sail hard and fast, and
the next morning when the day broke
we were on the parallel OF ST Angus
tine. We had intended TO continue on
our way in daylight and TO make the
transfer the next night but 10 our sur
prise there was nothing in sight, SO we
decided to cast anchor and walt. Once
the tall tunnels of a cruiser came loom
ing up over the horizon and straight
toward us. SUDDENLY a light flooded us.
IL was their searchlight. But 10 our
surprise they turned away again, and we
saw Them no more. 1t was probably the
Spanish cruiser Nizcavya on its way 10
New York Harbor. but we decided 10
let her pass us as quietly as possible. II
she noticed US at all II was only to take
a passing glance at the significant little
fruit vessel off there in the Atlantic.
That night we put west and kept In as
straight lire as we could until we ct
In the Bahamas. Here. 10 our cons'er-
nation. we saw before US coming straight
on a steamship IL looked like an ocean
liner, but for the life OF us we could
not tell whittier she was bound or what
she was doing there. That there was no
steamship line crossing that point We
knew. What then did a steamship mean
and was she an lmprovised Spanish War
vaseai On tina Iookout for fllbusters2
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The next day. which was the fourth
day. we sailed up the bay and anchored
of the Battery. Gradually We got dock
age and with a great deal OF commotion
We took aboard our load OF fruit. IL
was principally potatoes. for we wanted
something cheap to throw overheard al
terward. We started away about
o'clock in the afternoon, just as 1t was
getting dusk
We went slowly for we wanted 70 lie
along the coast That night. We did not
know how long we would have TO skirt
the coast, but we knew that It would be
at least three days and may be six.
Our instructions were these: We were
10 sail slowly south. keeping close to tbs
Jersey shore. until We came to Atlantic
City. and from there we were TO go east
ward until we reached longitude 20.
Striking south of the 10Th longitude. we
were to follow it until on a parallel with
Delaware Bay. From there south. still
following the 70tn degree, we were TO
keep a sharp lookout.
We made Slow time and daylight found
us on the Cape May parallel. That day
we scarcely moved. and once. when some
pilots OF the Delaware came out 10 see
what delayed us. We made pretense
OF preparing some OF the machinery,
which We said was unseaworthy sWe
put south again al dusk, keeping a sharp
lookout toward the west Pretty soon we
saw coming north from Chesapeake Bay
another fruit vessel. not unlike our own.
and as 1t came alongside We hailed II
and IL answered.
1t took only a little while TO transfer
the cargo OF hat vessel into our own
schooner. The vessel that had come
atopoeida os ne was the Platte IN had
brought a full cargo OF ammunition.
The platte had sailed from Washington
down the Potomac into Chesapeake Bay
and down the Bay TO the ocean.
II took only three hours TO throw our
$3.50 - ,ototoaa overhoard and 10 taxa
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
Parents Tities

IT was brought up said fond father.
ito say father and mother. never
dreamed OF saying papa and mamma
when | was a child. and I should have
made awkward work OF II II had tried.
My children until lately have always said
paper and mamma. ! don't know how
they got started that way. but at the out
set and for a long time they mover
thought OF saying anything else Then
the older ones took TO saying father and
mother. They liked these titles better,
and they thought they were better form.
too. and they taught the younger chill
dren also to say Gather and mother. and
now they all say father and mother.
The older children soon accustomed
themselves 10 the change: the younger
children were little shy over II az FIRST.
but they soon got pretty well used 10 Il.
and now we rarely hear In my house papa
and mamma IL Is father and mother.
And must say like II better. And
don't think II Is because that is the way
I was brought up. though these titles GER
tainy do have TO me an old and familiar
and atfectionate sound that Is very pleas
anti but think like father and mother
better. anyway."-New York Sun.
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We decided to pull OF so far from her
that she could not examine our cargo
with her glasses. and await develop
ments. To our surprise and Joy she
turned North and continued on her way
to Florida. We afterwards learned that
. she contained some of the board OF in
quiry and the United States officials
that we're al that time plying between
Florida and Cuba For few days there
was great running from Key West TO
Cuba with messages. Ten steamships
with friends OF the Names crew and
navy officers put out within three days
for Cuba.
Toward dust we saw ahead OF US a
little vessel, and as soon at 1t was dusk
we gave the light signal. IT was In
stantly answered with a white light. In
front OF which the flag of Cuba for an
instant flashed, then the signal OF Co
mez--a red star on a white field. II
was in the form OF a huge lantern. with
a fash of red across the front and then
we knew that we were near our friends.
We were strangers 10 the Cubans, but
our interests were one. and when we
touched sides we all went 10 work with
a will 10 transfer our cargo.
IL was n long job, but we got Il over
safe. then turned back again. and at
noon the next day we were in Atlantic
waters.
A Government guard got hold OF us
that day and gave us an overhaullng.
ut there was not much 10 see aboard.
Just a little dust from spilled bag Of
powder and twenty pairs OF dingy hands.
but they were suspicious OF us and did
not want TO let US 90.
We got away from them and came on
north. but did not stop until we reached
New York Harbor
And that was where they found us
when they came 10 investigate the fli-
vsssels two weeks ago: but they
mn rs. And we've taken
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manned out well. the one mentioned above
which sold for So being a particularly
ainpf MORE CHANCES LIKE IT.
There will be such chances for the cool
man with cash always. The reasons are
teverai. One is that the ancient proNerp
of the berry pickers. suck 10 your
bush" is held IN no great esteem among
rrospettors. They are an impatient, roam
ing lot. wasting time and energy IN Tush-
fn0 an from place 10 place after SLOW
Uo0 pocket or mother lodc as thousn iOi-
lowing "A willie. -thc-Wlsp. 80.
Always looking for something better.
they never keep anything good. Ihey are
victims of fever which their systems
,.sr never be ria OF. There Is witness
and unrest about the prospector wheh
this fever is on MN lhai is a',i' l,,
only in the gambler. Indeed kaihoitIs ~
the oni.. difference between them ana the
prospector Is that he works IN the open
air. In, 400.
amount of stick-to-itivcness that IS sure
80 succeed Especially Is this true IN the
Klondlke. where the miner WORKS a.
tbnwlne a hole Ia the icy sidNet WIN
only the stars for conpahions' aHu ,iiey
NOT on supaking terms. the thermometer
an decree below zero and home 1000 fro1-
when man has sunk a shaft under
these circumstance and mus even aisS ,I
drifting az far along rock bottom as M
fire will burn that the sl,VWWv pochci
IS not Boo sight, he is not sallsheo anu
,,tebea fo sem out Perhaps. too. he IS
Hungry for something besides beans and
bacon. OF he may bee so hungry th9t even
beans aud becOn appeal 10 him, put ne
has none. ..,... ~
THE CLAIM AGENT COMES IN.
In either case the claim agent Is on
hand 20 examine his hole and make MN
an offer hungry man Is easy Tor
the claim broker The hungrier the miner
Is the less bargaining about tne pre-. a
hungry miner viii offer his claim AT such
a low figure that even an Armenian rug
dealer would be ashamed 20 oner less
And 20 the advantage OF the claim puy-
ar there are always hungry miners-men
she, IN spite OF repeated warnings, have
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
BY A KLoNDIKE CLAIM OWNER.

BY A KLONDIKE CLAIM OWNER.
Eighty-fve dollars is the price paid for
claim No. % on Eldorado a year and a
half ago. which now holds for 100000.
This transaction and others like IL have
set the claim brokers all agog. They are
as wild many OF them. as the prospect
crs that now choke the passes az Dyea
and Skaguay. Most OF them are small cap
dtalists. but some are agents for bankers
like the Rothschuds or for corporations,
syndicates or trusts with unlimited cap
1tal behind them.
These men are cooler than the others.
They deal with millions where the small
Try handle thousands But either for
agents or spectators. big or little. there
IS grand opportunity for business IN the
Klondike region. and soon Will be in many
other similar localities I'm Western Cana
ola and Alaska. Indeed. il Is much the
quickest and surcst way 10 make money
AZ one has some capital TO start with and
good judgment
a good half of the claims that are work
inc now are in the hands of others than
the men who staked them originally. ON
Fldorado. where are the richest Of the
KlOndike claims almost all were sold for
500. $50. and 500. and all OF these have
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03

To destroy weeds and grass new TN.
piement 10 fitted With woodsn runners 10
slide over the ground and carries an OIL
reservoir with a perforated pipe lying
close to the ground 10 discharge Oh
slowly. which Is limited and scorchss the
weeds.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03

A Pennsylvania woman has designed
a hat holder and mirror for opera chairs
which has a horizontal roller pivoted on
the back OF the seat with the mirror sus-
pended below n. and wire bail below
the mirror with a section bent outward
10 support prop which holds the hat
and adjust the mirror at any angle. the
whole device folding against the seat
when not In use.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-03
GOES A FISHIN G.

ios J. CUNNINGHAM.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-06
CITY BREVITIEs.

NIddleton's military band rendered the
Morning News a serenade yesterday. Sew
.-Il selections were played. The leader
said il was a musical tender of the New
Year compliments of the band to the pa
per.
The manse of the First Presbyterian
church is now being fitted up with a COM
iortabie heating apparatus. The heater
will be on the ground floor of the manse,
and VIII be amply sufficient for the warm
ing Of The entire house. The ladies OF the
church raised the money for the heater
and presented it to the pastor, Rev Ar
thur j. smith, as a Christmas present.
Work in repairing the heater and the
ceiling of the First Presbyterian church
IS now under way, and by next Sunday 1t
is expected that a congregation will be
able 10 sit in the church i'm perfect COM
FORT no matter how cold the weather may
De. For some time complaint has been
made of the cold of the church. The heat
ing apparatu has not been effectual in
warming up the auditorium, and consider
able of the heat that was generated by
il has found its way out through the cell
ing which has had means of ventilation
that were not intended in the plans for
the church. The congregation will doubt.
less appreciate the Improvements.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-06
SAVANNAH To BOSTON DIRECT
MERCHANTS And MINERS
TRANSPORTATION CO.
RATES OF PASSAGE.

TO NEW YORK-Steamer and rail-.
Cabin, limited days, $780, Cabin un-
limited, 5000. Excursion, limited a
months, 1872. Second class limited DAYS.
S1475
TO N-Steamer-Cabin. limited a
days, $22. Excursion, limited months. s3S.
Second class, limited days, ST.
TO WASHINGTON-St and rail-
Cabin, unlimited. $3.50. Second class.
limited days, S11.20.
TO PHILADELPHIA-St and rail
Cabin, unlimited, $3.50. Excursion, linn
tied months $500. Second class, limi-
TED 4 days $3.50.
TO PHILADELPHIA Steamer-Cabin.
unlimited, SIT. Second class, limited {
days, Sill so.
TO BALTIMORE-Cabln limit 9 DAVIS
SIS. Excursion, limited months, s25. In
termediate, limit days, $3.50. Interme-
date, excursion, limited months, 500.
Steerage limit days. $40
The steamships of this company are APP
pointed to sail from Savannah to BaltI-
more as follows STANDARD time):
ESSEX, Capt. Billups, SATURDAY. Jan.
8, at p. m.
d. H. MILLER, Capt Kirwan, WEDNES-
DAY, Jan. Y, at 700 p. M
ITASCA, Capt James, SATURDAY, Jan,
10, at 900 p. m.
And from Baltimore every TUESDAY
and FRIDAY.
J. j. CAROLAN, Agent.
Savannah. Ga.
W. F. TURNER, G. P. A.
A. D. STEBBINS A. r. NJ
J. c. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore Nd