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The herald., 1898-02-27
A Valuable Body

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2e.-Coroner
Hawkins has been requested by the mill
tary authorities at the Preside to turn
over to them the heart of Joseph rogue,
the ex-soldier who committed suicide at
the post on Friday by shooting himself
with one Of the new Krag-Jorgensen rifles
recently adopted by the government Tor use
In the army. In asking that the coroner
give them the heart OF Foque, the military
people stated that 1t was their intention 70
send it to the surgeon general OF the
United States, that the destructive power
of n bullet from the new army rife, when
fired into the body OF a human being. might
be determined.
The herald., 1898-02-27
J. Mario'ns Clients

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-Mrs. S. C.
Long and her daughter Ida were brought
up from Riverside county today by Sheriff
Johnson to appear before the supreme
court on habeas corpus proceedings on a
charge of perjury. The women were in
dicted on the charge, but their attorney
interposed a demurrer, which the supreme
court sustained. Notwithstanding this.
the Judge ordered the grand jury to find
another Indictment, a the same time COM
mitting the prisoners to jail. They al
once applied for a writ of habeas corpus
and this afternoon the supreme court
granted the writ and dischrged them.
A German church has been completed
in Jerusalem at a cost of $500 900.
The herald., 1898-02-27

less than twenty days. In less than twsnty
years we believe southeastern ALASKA VIII
be the greatest permanent bullion producer
In the world"
WILL KEEP ORDER
SEATTLE. WASH. Feb. Accompanies
b and II, Fourteenth infantry, u. 3. A..
under command of Col. 7. M, Anderson.
sailed this afternoon on the steamer Aus.
tralia for Dyea, Alaska, where they win be
stationed to preserve order.
The herald., 1898-02-27
DR.. Hills Apopintment

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. 26.-Dr. R.
". Hill Of the state board of health is to
be transferred from San Pedro to Los
Angeles, and will assume there the du-
ties of quarantine officer of that port. to
include the supports of Santa Barbara,
Santa Monica, Redondo and San Pedro.
The herald., 1898-02-27
A preyfus Duel

PARIS, Feb. 26.-Georges Clemencean
and NJ Drumont, editor Of Labre Parole,
fought q duel this afternoon with pistols
chanred without result. The dispute was
brouEht about by an article on the zoia
trial published in Libre Parole.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14

Iayed by the extreme caution necessary for the masters of vessels to exercise In entering and leaving port which could be done only during the daylight hours.
 With the destruction of so many of Spain's warships and cruisers at Ma nila and Santiago de Cuba there re- mained little or no fear of an attack on our seacoast cities, and hence the mines were permitted to be removed.
 However, the mines in the harbor of San Francisco are to remain undis- turbed unless positive orders are issued to take them up. So says Major Wm. G. Heuer of the Engineer Corps who as yet has received no Instructions from General Wilson. chief of the Uni ted States Engineer Corps at Washing ton.
 Soon after the breaking out of the war with Spain. Major Heuer was or dered to lay in the harbor of San Fran cisco a complete system of mines, ac- cording to the plans provided for every harbOr of importance in the United States.
 This work Major Heuer proceeded to perform as rapidly as possible It is a little more than half completed, and he proposes to carry out his original in- structions and finish the job, unless otherwise directed. These mines have
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so far not disturbed the navigation of the harbor in the least, but if the entire field Is laid according to the plans the network might interfere to some extent with the transportation interests. A vessel passing over the mine field might strike a mine and cause an ex- plosion.
 The mines are so arranged that any particular one can be exploded at the will of the operator stationed on the shore; but if touched by a vessel the mine by means of an ingenious device announces the fact to the operator and at the same time automatically throws the firing battery into circuit, causing an explosion.
 It has been stated in the newspaper dispatches that the harbor mines If re- moved would either be taken up or blown off. Major Heuer however, says that there would be no blowing off of the mines as they are too expensive to be converted into mere fireworks dis play.
 The mines in the harbor of San Fran cisco so far have cost over $500,0
 The plan for completely mining the harbor calls for 1000 mines, the cost of which will be over $1 900, 900.
 The mine cases are made of steel. six feet long, thirty-two inches diame- ter and containing from 100 to 800 pounds of dynamite.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14

Skunk, the officer in charge of the mines, "the propeller of steamer cut the cable holding torpedo, which fioated out beyond the heads and was brought back by some fishermen. If a vessel had struck it there might have been repetition of the Maine disas- ter"
 Two weeks ago four lads from San Francisco hired a boat and went row. ing. They pulled their boat alongside torpedo buoy and began to poke 1t with their oars, evidently unaware Of its dangerous nature. A guard rushed down to the shore and shouted to the boys, who yelled back uncomplimentary and tried to pull the buoy from it's moorings. At this four rifle balls were sent over their heads, where upon they rowed back to Sausalito.
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'un in water and on land.

'un In water and on land.
 Ana, he continued, I've just traded my watch for him that Mr Jacobs gave
 me Tor trapping 1S3 coyotes in three months. It was a good watch, but what do want with a watch? I know When II s daylight and know when it's GaFk, ana l know when I'm hungry. but that dorg-well, wait till git him trained and he'll beat any dog in Cali 1ornla for 'denning' coyotes"
 It was long, rough trail to our camping place, surveyors deserted nut, on the top of the mountain, and most or the way was too steep for rid ing with not fence or human being or any sign of habitation.
 tracks Of bear, wildcats coyotes, 1oxes and coons and countless traces or deer We saw, and just before night faIl, at the bottom of a cool, deep canyon, thought 1 saw rabbit feed Ing, but they told me it was a doe
 in tangled manzanita thickets the hen Of the mountain quail fused and called to her half-fiedged brood, tempt ing Providence with her noisy scolding. Doves and grouse and squirrels invited shots, but the law protected the grouse and we did not want the others badly enough to shoot and scare the deer
 It was quite dark when we sat down by our camp fire to our beans, bread and butter and coffee. I was too tired tO stay IOAS away rom my ped or Tra- grant spruce browse in the tent which had been pitched for Minnie and me. The last heard was the voice of Sure Shot: You ought to have been here twenty years ago, the first trip I ever made on this here mountain. Do you see that gulch over thar? Wall, I was all tuckered out and hungry enough to eat raw rattlesnakes, and my moe casins was clar wore through from walking. I wanted to get up here and camp, where I could keep my eye peeled for Injuns. l wasn't afraid of the cussedest Injun Twin if l seed him first. Wall, just as l came up that gulch, just mite to the right on that open, l see twelve of the biggest bucks l ever seen in this State. They was punched and I blazed away and thought would get two or three of them, and I guess I fired ten shots. l went over there and may be tarnal- ly hornswaggled to glory if I hadn't plugged the whole twelve of 'en. Four of 'em wasn't dead. but I finished them with my knife. One of 'em"-
 Then ! fell asleep.
 Between s and 9 o'clock next morning we were eating breakfast when the hunters returned laden with only hun ger and directions to Minnie and me as to the surest way to bring down four-point bucks.
 Toward noon we too went to "stake out our ground. We were chatting and making ourselves happy in a rasp- berry patch beside a brook I heard cracking in the bushes and then a splash in the water about thirty yards away and a great tawny buck was standing in the brook with his head
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14

:T HIS is story of the mountains where the deer live and where I : have killed a buck-the theory
 that woman cannot shoot a : gun, stalk a deer or leave her D. cozy nest before dawn to the : contrary notwithstanding. :. With genuine sympathy for those : who could not and scornfuI pity for those who would not leave the unprofit- = able summer city streets l took the :. train to Ul1iah and thence drove a day : and half up high into the mountains : of Northern Mendocino County, till I
 reached the ranch house of Jim White.
 whose hospitable latch string hangs out
 the last spot holding civilizations S comforts before you reach the upper heights of the coast range
 An ardent hunter himself MT. White
 was more than willing to undertake . placing our party in camp on the sum- . init of Bald Mountain, which is about
 fifteen miles as the crow flies. but at least thirty as horse walks above his . ranch. l did not say much about my : determination to kill a deer, for the mouhtaineers have quite St PauFs idea . that a woman's proper place is at home.
 A mighty hunter and trapper, one
 Sure Shot" Connolly, was engaged to .prQvide two pack mules and himself as guide. This Sure Shot" was a wonder in his way.
 . He brought his impedimenta and proudly showed his outfit, including a collapsible camp oven of his own in .Tention fastened to the pack saddles by diamond hitches It looked to me like two cowskin bags hitched on d small sawbuck converted into saddle and having a rope snarled around it, but as he expected admiration 1 could not but eXclaim upon the wonders of that diamond hitch.
 A red eyed. pinky white, cross-bred ~bUll terrier was with him.
 .What is his name?" I asked in my mpst conciliatOry tone.
 Wall, nlarm, I call him Peter sorter arter. the. Apostle, cause he's good
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the deer and don't lose yourselves
 The nights are very cold up on Bald Mountain. Very early next morning when Minnie whispered to me that she believed 1t was time to get up nothing but those deer we had actually seen could have moved me. It was very dark, but along the line of the east was a promise that it might be light some time.
 The men were still sleeping so we had the first chance at the cold coffee before we started over the hill which had been so generously given to us.
 l carried the rifle and Minnie a pair of field glasses. Something was nov ing on the next ridge, but after strain ing our ears and eyes 1t was only our
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14

Major Heuer. if ordered to remove them, woulf disconnect the electrical apparatus at the shore and then grap
 pie for the mines, picking them up one by one The cable would be cut immediately beneath. and then under run and reeled up, the principal cable thus being taken away. The charge would then be taken out of the mine and stored away for future wars, as the material will last, in good condi- tion, for many years. The life of the wires is about two years. at the end of which period they will have to be replaced.
 To the casual observer it would seem that the Golden Gate would have been the proper location for the harbor mines, as it Is only about mile wide, and would require the placing of about fifty-three torpedoes, but the trouble is that the Golden Gate is too deep, and too rapid. It is 320 feet deep and the current at times is eight miles an hour The depth of the Golden Gate prevents the use of ground mines, as it would interfere with the destructive force of the explosive, and the strong
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
THE POINT LIGHT STRUCK FIRED"

When the slight smoke of the nitro powder had cleared away no buck lay on the ground. We ran down the hill to where he had stood and there was great smear of dark blood and on the grass plashes of blood a few feet apart, leading back into the woods, and there over fallen trunk the buck
 He was a 'four-pointer, just what had promised myself. The small head on the long slender neck stretched on the dead leaves, the great brown eyes still soft and unglazed and the free. wild grace of the body and del- icately shaped legs made me feel like a murderess, as I, trembling, stopped to see if there was any life.
 I wonder if men who have killed a
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breakfast. The vultures were circling around and around the spot where my deer lay and yellow jackets were hum
 ming and buzzing, eager to dispute
 Sure Shots" right to fasten the buck onto the mule with what he called a hog -thief's hitch."
 He was not half so patronizing when he found that the one shot from my little Winchester had gone through the heart and out through the short ribs. He stepped off the distance from where the buck lay to the first stain of blood, and it was eighty-seven yards. The buck had travelled that distance and Jumped a great fallen tree after a bull let had torn through his heart
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14

current makes it difficult for the plac- ing of buoyant mines
 The mines now dotting part of San Francisco Bay are of the buoyant type, their buoyancy being due to a large air chamber. They are anchored so that they float only a few feet beneath the surface of the water The buoyant torpedo being nearer the object of at tack does not require nearly so large a charge of explosive as the ground mine.
 The submarine mines in the harbor of San Francisco, so far as the system Is completed. are placed within an area embraced within lines drawn from Saul salito to green buoy south of Belve- dere, and Angel Island, thence to Shag Rock, and thence to Point Cavallo, as shown by the accompanying drawing
 Very recently" stated Lieutenant
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14

buckskin mule trying to keep up his meek spirits on the blue bunch grass.
 Our berry patch was about a mile from camp over a long ridge of Bald Mountain and half way down into the canyon. The heavy silence and the clammy wind of early dawn made us keep very close together. The snap ping of dead leaves and twigs under our feet seemed loud enough to fright en the game for miles, and when we had to pass under a madrone tree, treading on the dry yellow leaves on tip toe seemed to call an echo from every peak. We had come too early, but that was so much better than being too late and you are In another world when abroad at a. m. We crept eau
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tiously up to the top of the ridge be- yond the brook and sat down to wait.
 It was fast growing light and we had heard several distant shots. Watch ing in every direction we fell to won dering if we would have to go home without so much as a sight of deer. A strained intent look came into Minnie's face. Following her eyes I saw not a hundred yards away a buck feeding in the shadow of the tanbark oaks which skirted the opening. He was partly facing us and much lower down. was almost afraid to raise my rifle into position lest he should hear us. I took a long, careful aim at the point of his shoulder, where the light struck it, and fired.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
ZARS REG SPEN7W MINES 70 PROJECT SAY FRANCISCO HARBO

the recommendation of the local engin- eers having them in charge. This vir- tually left the removal of the mines op- tional with the engineers. This action on the part of the War Department was due to the pressure brought to bear by the Eastern shippers and Atlantic nav igators, whose business was greatly de-
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14

r IMMEDIATELY following the anni- .hilation of the Spanish fleet at San tiago de Cuba, leaving the Dons but a mere remnant of once powerful
 N- navy, it was announced in the press : dispatches from Washington that Il mines in the harbors and rivers of le United States might be taken up on
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14

up scenting the air. Further down 8 yearling and 9 doe were drinking. A slight breeze was blowing from them toward us and we were concealed by the berry bushes, but the beautiful anil nal seemed to know inst.lctively that some danger was near He need have had no fear for I stood petrifi ed and my heart was in my throat. We must have made some sound, however for they bounded away up the hill. 1 turned to Minnie, she was as white as her collar and said I had even less color. Then we sat down and had good laugh.
 When we returned to camp we did not tell the others what we had seen though the lust of the chase grew in us every hour. We merely said we had chosen the side of the mountain for the morroW's hunting.
 All right, you shall have that whole mountain for your own. Don't tire yourselves too much though, and I would not get up till 1t Is quite light If I were you. Don't get frightened at
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14

deer feel as I did.
 After all the trouble, packing over the mountains, walking for miles, all the heat and rough living, I would have given a great deal to be able to give back to my first deer the power to bound away into Gods green woods.
 As we started back the sun was lighting the fog in the lower valleys and the whole mountain side was awake and alive. It seemed hours since we had picked our way over that trail through the deathlike silence and chilly gloom.
 Sure Shot" came in soon with no game, but a wondrous story, and Peter, the dog, close at his heels, one eye closed and his pinky white hide frescoed with tar weed which he de- gently tried to wash off in our spring set aside for drinking.
 l asked how Peter had hurt his eye. '' Faint hurt; all them well-bred dorgs have that way of looking" answered Sure Shot," as he wiped his knife on his trousers. preparatory to eating his
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
Irish Pronunciation.

An amusing example of the Irish.
mans pronunciation occurs in story
told of the late DR.. Todd, the Irish
archaeologist, who, although great
scholar, was not above perpetrating Il
practical joke. The Spectator tells
the story and says: "a very learned
Englishman went to Dublin to exam
inc some manuscripts in the library of
Trinity college, and was, of course,
introduced to DR.. Todd, who one day
in conversation told him that there
was in Trinity college curious in
stance of the survival of habit dating
from the time of the Danes; that at
certain hour of the afternoon-I
think six o'clock-a porter went the
round of the college, ringing a bell
and calling out in a loud voice: The
Danes in the hail. when all the stu
dents rushed from their rooms to repel
the invaders. So the learned but some
what incredulous Englishman re-
paired to the college at six o'clock,
and, sure enough, what DR.. Todd had
told him came to pass, which he grave
ly related on his return to England.
The summons, of course, referred to
the dean. IN. Y. Ledger.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
HELD THE HILLS AT SANTIAGO.

Hip, hurrah, and Vive la American volun-
teers!
Who WOE their way and won the day as
well as joyous cheers;
They crossed the main to war with Spain
among the Cuban palms,
They cheerfully endured the ills of tropic
rains and Gains;
But few were in the fighting lines, yet
ready to go in
AT swift command-stout heart stout hand
prepared to work or win;
A duty's call to fight or fall mid battle S
furious din
Heroes held the hills at Santiago.
The farmer boys and village lads, who
ne'er had fought before,
With city youths sprang to the front as did
their sires of yore,
In camp or field they would not yield to
scanty fare or toll,
But forward looked to battles booked for
them on Spanish soil;
And marching straight to meet their fate
though red with battle-scars.
They challenged all that might befall on
bloody fields of Mars;
Thus bearing high toward the sky our ban
nered stripes and stars
Heroes held the hills at Santiago.
They bore with patient forttude the fever
dews and damps;
They toiled with grim persistence in the
trenches and the camps;
They held their lines, though through them
stalked the specters of disease;
They drank the cups of misery and drained
them to the lees;
They heard the kissing Mausers seek fol
targets in their ranks,
They saw fierce Spanish shells seek prey
in center and on TANKS,
Held grimly on until the Don gave up
therefore give thanks,
Heroes held the hills at Santiago.
Hip, hurrah and Vive la American sol.
der sons
Who won the day and won their way tC
fame with grit and guns!
We Irvine for them the laurel wreaths
wave DER them royal palms,
And sing until the welkns ring our glad
triumphal psalms;
with every order well obeyed, despisne
coward fears,
Their fame is sure and shall endure through
endless future years;
Let glory's halo round the dead make
prisms of our tears;
Heroes held the hills a. Santiago.
1. EDGAR JONES.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-10
Color of the Eyes.

That the color of eyes should affect
their strength may seem strange, yet
that such is the case need not now be
proved, and those whose eyes are
brown or dark colored should be in
formed that they are weaker and more
susceptible of injury from various
causes than gray or blue eyes. Light
blue eyes are generally the most pow
erful, and next to these are gray. The
lighter the eye the greater and
longer continued is the degree of ten
sion which the eyes can sustain.-N.
Y Ledger.