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APPEAL TO THE STATES.
Governors Asked to Urge Their Poo
pie to Aid the Porto RicaMs.

The Secretary of War has issued the fol-
lowing appeal to governors of states for
aid for the storm sufferers in Porto Rico:
Sir: l nclose herewith copies of two tel
egraphic dispatches received last evening
from the governor general of Porto Rico,
by which it appears that the devastation
wrought by the recent hurricane in that
island is even greater than was at first
supposed. 1t is evident that a great multi
tude of people, rendered utterly destitute
by this awful calamity, must be fed and
cared for during considerable period until
they can have the opportunity to produce
food for themselves. Enormous quantities
of supplies of the kinds indicated by the
governor general must be procured.
THE magnitude of the work to be &C.
complished leads this department to sup
pement the appeal already made to the
mayors of the principal cities of the coun-
try by a more general appeal and l beg
you to ask the people of your state to con-
tribute generously to the relief of the peo-
pie of Porto Rico.
Swift steamers have been provided to
leave the port of New York to carry the
supplies directly to Porto Rico as rapidly
as they can be collected
contributions should be either in sup
plies of the character indicated, or in mon
ey, in order that the supplies can be pur-
chased. The supplies should be sent to Col
+. B. Jones, Army building, foot of White
hall street, New York city, in packages
plainly marked Porto Rican Relief and
ne should be consulted as TO time or Snip
| ment. Money should be sent to the Ma
tional Bank of North America, New York
city, which has been designated as a de-
pository for the relief fund Very respect
fully. ELIHU ROOT,
Secretary of War"
Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen has
written Secretary Root that the navy de-
sired to cooperate in every way it could in
| rendering assistance to the storm-stricken
people of Porto Rico and rendering war
ship to be placed at the disposal of the War
Department if it was desired to convey sup
plies to the island. The offer doubtless will
be accepted every available means is be-
ing adopted to hurry along the great stock
of supplies which is imperatively needed.
Mr. Allen is in Geographic communication
with several naval stations with view to
having a ship ready soon as the War
Department wants 1t.
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BEING ADDED TO THE NAVY.
Lieut.. HObsOn Describes the Recon
strGctfOn of Vessels Sunk by Dewey

structiOn of Vessels Sunk by Dewey,
Naval Constructor Hobson has made a
report to the Navy Department in regard
to the Spanish ships raised from Manila
harbor and now undergoing repairs at
Hong Kong. His report is unusually inter-
esting, dealing in general questions, such
as the need of a large dock yard in the
orient, the increasing shipping at Manila
and the prospect that Manila will succeed
Hong Kong as the emporium of the east
the value Of Chinese labor in all branches
of industry, etc. He also says the three
Spanish ships which are completed will be
worth to the government about $4,000
and he contemplates trying to raise three
more Spanish vessels now at the bottom of
Manila bay. He says that the three YES
sells under reconstruction, the Isla de
Cuba lSla de Lu2on and Don Juan de Aus
trlaS, are at about equal stages of COM
pletion. or about so per cent compared with
the vessels fitted out ready for sea.
He estimates the value of these vessels,
when completed, exclusive of armament to
be about follows:
Isla de Cuba-Hull, fitting and outfit,
$4,000; machinery, $1,000; total, S215,00o.
Isla de Luzon-Hull, etc, $4,000; ma
chinery, $4,000; total, s215,000.
Don Juan de Austrias-Hull etc, $685.
oo0; machinery $4,000; total, s1s0,00o.
Total estimated value of all three vessels,
100000.
He then shows that the raising and re-
fitting has cost about $104,0Uo making a
net gain to the government the three
vessels of $3o6,O)0. He gives the credit for
this result to Naval Constructor Caps,
who made the contracts.
Mr.. Hobson speaks of the general good
condition of the vessels, and urges the
desrability of a well-equpped United
States dock yard in the far east, as he
says, the cost of private work is very high
He adds:
There would be great advantage to the
government in the establishment in the
Philippines of yard thoroughly equipped
with docks and plant capable of doing all
the work of docking and repairing of the
navy. The British government is under
taking such an establishment here.
though at great cost, involving the MAX
ing and retaining of large part of the
land required.
Attention should be called, however, to
of such an establishment, as indeed the
this part of the orient would necessitate
the employment of Chinese labor. This
labor is not only unlimited in supply but
it is equal to practically all the require
merts of modern industry. Chinese do all
the work inside and out for all the de-
partments of the shipyard. white super
vision being required only to show what is
wanted. The Chinese have a remarkable
natural aptitude. Their industrial capacity
is simply marvellous. To the extent of my
observations and inquiries there is no
place in modern industry which they can>
not fill"
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Musical Wood.
From the Boston Transcript.

Trom the Boston Transcript.
In Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia there is a
remarkably resonant wood called norma
Euilla. The Quichua and Amayra Indians
make a most excellent musical instrument
out of this wood. 1t is on the principle of
the well-known xylophone, only that under
meath each piece they construct a sounding
box out Of the same wood varying in size
to the note to be augmented and sustained
Some of these instruments are mounted
stands and have as many as forty-fiye
tones. These large instruments are PLAYED
by four and i've operators The tones are
quite unlike those of the xylophone, as they
are not short and sharp. but are sustained
by the sounding boxes. that at a short
distance they give the impression more of
an organ than even a piano Expert opera
tors play opera pieces and the latest music
upon the large instruments, with most re-
markable effect. This instrument is said
to be very old one, tradition dating 1t
back to the days of the 1ncas, being one of
the few remaining evidences of the old
prehistoric civilizations. A party of Peru
vians lately travelled through Mexico with
one of these large instruments and ere
ated quite a sensation among the music
loving Mexicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15

Mortified workmen took to their heels and
raised the alarm at the camp mile away.
The district engineer and his assistant at
once went to the spot, but the lion had dis
appeared, leaving all of the two bodies he
could not eat at one meal.
After that an armed guard was kept along
the line of work, but it made little differ
ence to the animals that were determined
to have men to eat. They would spring like
a flash out of the jungle, seize man and
bear him off beyond pursuit Two days
after the first man was killed another man
was taken, and the next day another dis
appeared, and within a fortnight eleven
men had been seized, all from one camp.
The third week brought the list of victims
up to fifteen. The sixteenth victim was one
of the coclie overseers huge man, stand
ing over six feet and weighing more than
200 pounds He was the first man to reach
the work line in the morning, and just as
he was giving some instructions lion
sprang upon him and dealt him a terrible
blow on the head. crushing the skull. Then
he coolly began to eat his prey, while the
shivering Indians stood about 300 feet away
feeling that they were safe now that the
lion had got his man. Somehow 1t didn't
occur to them to shoot till the brute had
half finished his meal, and then they blazed
away in a terrific volley and ended the ami
mails career then and there.
1t was not till twenty-eight coolies had
been killed that the large force of workmen
went on strike. They declined to do an
been cleared out O. the surrounding couri-
try. Work was 81 spended till a party OF
hunters had laid Il " the last of these for.
midable foes of Nan, and since then no
further casualties the sort have been res
ported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15
A WORLD LANGUAGE.
A German Advocate of the Claims
of the English Tongue.
From the London News.

From the London News.
In honor of the memory Of Gottfried Will
helm Leibniz its founder the Berlin Acad-
envy of Science held a special sitting on
Thursday, when a lecture was delivered by
Prof. Diels on the problem of a world Ian
guage-a question in which Leibniz himself
was profoundly Interested believing, with
the lecturer. that the lack of such COM
mon medium of communication was a han
drance to the cultivation of the sciences and
to the progress of civilization in general
Prof Diels is a great friend of the Eng
lish language. After reference to the
prevalence of the Assyran, Greek and Latin
in ancient times, he pointed out how in a
more recent period Richelieus efforts to
make French the universal tongue had
come to naught, and how, with the decline
of that language, the sphere of influence of
English had gone on extending. Indepen-
IDENTIFY Of the immense political influence of
North America and of Great Britain and
her colonies on events in the WORLDWIDE
pendenty even of the numerical preponder-
ance of the English-speaking peoples-that
the learned lecturer predestined to be the
worlds. language Of the future. 1t had
thrown overheard the superf1uous ballast
of declination and conjugation, it had d.
vested itself of gender, and, by falling back
upon roots, had become essentially the Ian
guage of a governing people. 1t moreover
united in itself two main streams of culture
the Latin and the German The young
Englishman while at the breast imbibed at
the same time in his language the civilizing
elements of thousand years, which to ac-
quire cost other people money and labor
unfold. The loss to mankind due to the
fact that scientific works produced minor
but gifted peoples remained unknown be-
yond the narrow limits of a little spoken
language. was incalculabe.
Prof. Diels had not much to say in praise
of Volapuck. 1t was. he said, so poorly
conceived that the vowel "ue" for example
which had a very important place in it, was
unknown in two of the chief European lam
guages, and, as fact, most Volapuekfsts
could not pronounce it. The manner In
which 1t had been welcomed could indeed
only be explained by the crying need for
some such neutral means of intercourse
The twentieth century, which was knocking
at our doors, would, declared the lecturer
be the century for international union. The
states were already meeting at The Hague
to agree upon guarantees of international
peace. In the autumn the Berlin Academy
would meet the most famous academies of
other lands at Wiesbaden to found an inter-
academical association and at the wish Of
other German academies had sent an invi-
tation to the venerable Royal Society of
London to be present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15
JOKE ON THE SPANIARD.
Capt. DcnceIO Learns the American
Fashion of Loading Grain.

Fashion OF Loading Grain.
From the New York Sun
about four years ago." said the super
intendent of one of Buffalo's grain eleva-
tors, while 1 was in charge of elevator
in Baltimore, small brig ran up to the
elevator to take on load of wheat The
captains name was Doncelo. He was a
Spaniard and for ten twelve years had
traded around in eastern ports. He had
never seen grain elevator and his idea of
loading grain into vessel was that it was
shoveled in by hand, it was years ago.
He found me and in his gruff way said:
81 want to put in $1,000 bushels of
wheat and I don't want to lay around here
week or two. See if you can't get me out
of here in two days, anyhow
Il smiled. said that l would try, and gave
orders a minute later to get the brig up in
position where We could assail her in good
shape. The captain went to his berth to
sleep for it was nearly midnight then. We
snugged the little craft up against the
wharf, opened her matches. and inserted
three full-sized spouts leading from we'll
filed bins in the top of the elevator. All
the employees understood what the joke was
to be and they decided to break a record.
Everything was ready for the loading a
half hour after Capt. Doncelo went to his
berth, but we had concluded to let him get
fast asleep before going on with the joke.
ut was an hour and half after the cap
tain ndQ disappeared Inat the power WAS
turned on and second later thousands of
bushels of grain went rushing from the
bins into the hold of the little craft The
boat listed heavily for a moment and
threatened to overturn, but the grain slid
over the center and righted the ship Down
rushed the grain through the three spouts.
You could hear the roar for a thousand
feet. Seven minutes after the power was
turned on the power was turned off. The
1000 bushels had been paid out and Capt.
Doncelo's boat was setting pretty low in
the water. About this time the captain
appeared on deck in his night shirt.
To the pumps he shouted in Spanish
In his lOudest tones.
1.-The crew was on deck in a minute and
Capt. Doncelo fitted about like a paper
man in a wind storm. Spying me on the
wharf laughing, he accosted me:
What is the matter that my boat sinks
at her tiock?' he asked
She's not sinking. I guess. You said
you wanted to get out of here in less than
a week and we loaded your boat for you in
a hurry
"The captain looked at me queerly, step
ped over to the hatcnway and looked at the
heap of golden grain in the hold. He was
amazed, to say the least. He remained in
port long enough to have the mystery ex-
planned. and a good wind prevailing, he set
out He had lain just two hours at the
Dock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15
Perhaps the Oldest Brick.


At one of the recent meetings of the
Academic des Inscriptions ct Belfes-Lettres,
in Paris the keeper of the Louvre, Mr..
Henzey, showed a brick which is undoubt-
eddy the Oldest in existence, dating, it is es-
timated, from the fortieth century B. C.
The brick in question was discovered by the
French savant and antiquarian, DeSarzee,
during recent excavations at Tello the an
Gent Sirpulo in Chaldea. The brick was
somewhat curved and had been baked, but
was of such crude form that II evidently
had neither been put in press nor mold
ed The mark of the maker was simply
the imprint of the thumb. 1t was clearly
made very soon after the discovery of the
art of brick making, which art as is uni
rersally admitted. marks the dawn of civili-
cation. Other bricks of much more recent
date were shown. Some of them bore the
mark Of the coat of arms of Sirpulo an
eagle with the head of a lion. Others again
were inscribed with the name of the reign
Ing monarch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15
WOUNDED IN THE PHILIPPINES.
List of Those Who Were Hurt In the
Recent Fighting.

Recent Fighting.
Gen. Otis has informed the War Depart
ment that the following named men were
wounded in recent operations in the Phil
ippines:
Twenty-first Infantry-At Calamba, July
80, c. Corporal Alexander Foster, chest
severe
Fifty-first Iowa-Near San Fernando Au-
gust Q, M, Harry p. BrenholtZ, leg; severe.
Twenty-first Infantry-Near Mariquina
August 49, Second Lieut. Marion NJ. Weeks,
abdomen; moderate. E, Corporal Louis
Bleed, thigh; moderate B, First Sergt
Geo. T. Rollins, arm; severe Chas. Wal
lington, leg; severe. G., James ]. Canaly,
thigh; moderate. Frank d. Vendle arm
slight E, Geo w. Howard, thigh: severe
Twenty-fourtn Infantry-E, Samuel Web
ster, chest; severe. Clarence Rucker, fore
arm: moderate. G, John Cecil. thigh;
slight Corporal Willis Howe, thigh; mod
crate.
Fourth Cavalry-B, Chas. Jabelmann
arm, moderate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15

Before the revolution in France it was
customary when a gentleman was invited
out to dinner for him to send his servant
with knife, fork and spoon; or, if he had
no servant, he carried them with him in
his vest pocket. A few of the ancient re-
gime follow the custom. The peasantry of
the Tyrol and parts of Germany generally
carry case in their pockets containing a
knife, fork and spoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15
NAVIGATING LIONS.
Facts About Their RavaScs Amonu
Railroad Builders in Africa,

From the New York Sun
Some further facts have been received
about the man-eating lions which made
such panic among. 1000 Indian coolies
working on the Uganda railroad a few
months ago. 1t appears that the first time
the laborers knew anything about lions
that make business Of killing men to eat
was one day when one Of the brutes, in
broad daylight, as the laborers were strung
along the line with shovels In hand, sud-
denly sprang in among them, crushed one
poor fellows skull with terrible blow of
his paw and manned another SO badly that
he could not get away. OF course, all the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15

If this worthless stuff is SO precious that
you will abandon your homes and expose
yourselves to such sufferings and perils in
search of it, 1 will tell you of a region
which abounds in gold, where the kings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15
Double High Kicking.

FROM tHe baitliiofe sun
a resident of Galesville, Anne Arundel
county. a few days ago sold horse which
he declared could do more Kicking than
a dozen disgruntled politicians. Recently
this horse. drawing a cart, suddenly raised
both hind feet, and, apparently with no
great effort, kicked its driver. Mr.. James
Pearman, who was sitting on top of a
sugar barrel in the cart. MIR. Pearman said
he had never seen horse kick so high be-
fore. The kicker now belongs to colored
man living in the swamp" where consid-
cradle political kicking is reported in
democratic and republican ranks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15

Hoeke's clearance sale will save money
on furniture and carpets bought now.--AdYii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15
Commercial Wants Of Japan.

With yearly consuming power of 277,-
000,0G0 yen or s13S,oOoO0O the commercial
wants of Japan are worthy of careful
study. This is especially the case when, as
shown by the above statements, the dis
position is to look to the United States for
constantly increasing proportion of it's
supplies. In 1858, already indicated the
United States furnished less than per cent
of the imports into Japan, and in 1858 IA
per cent, while England. our principal COM
petitor in the markets of the east, which in
1873 furnished 81 per cent of Japan's i'm
portations, in 1898 furnished 22.6 per cent.
Not only have the producers and exporters
of the United States developed in the past
few years disposition to push their sales
in that particular country, but Japan her
self is showing a disposition to make her
purchases from the nearest markets, those
of the United States. and has recently
established steamship lines connecting with
United States ports.
The following table shows the imports in
to Japan from the United States in 1888 of
all articles whose value exceeded 100000 yen.
1t is taken from the official returns of the
japanese government, and stated in yen,
whose value IS 10 Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15

If you want work read the want columns
of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-15
OUR EXPORTS TO JAPAN
They Increased in Value From c, 600, 900 to
10000, 900 Yen in Five Years.
Now the Nearest NeighbOr of the
United States Barring Those Coun-
tries Actually Contiguous.

Japan. with her new tariff. treaties and
relations to foreigners, is the subject of a
monograph just prepared by the treasury
bureau of statistics. With a new currency,
new tariff, new treaties and new relations
with the large foreign element which has
played SO large part in the development
of Japan, conditions In that empire are a
subject of especial interest, present and
prospective, while the rapid development of
| American commerce within Japan and the
market there opening for American goods
| adds greatly to the interest of this study.
Japan is, by reason of recent events, the
nearest neighbor to the United States, aside
from those whose territory is actually con-
| tiguous-Canada and Mexico. Her compare
lively recent exchange of mainland terri
tory to Russia for the line of islands
stretching northwardly from her central
group brings her territory within about 500
miles of that of the United States in the
Aleutian chain of islands. while at the
south her newly acquired Island of For
mosa lies within less than 200 miles of our
own newly acquired territory. the Philip
pines. Thus, not only are the United States
and Japan "neighbors," territorially, but
their insular possessions combined stretch
along the entire Pacific coast of Asia from
arctic to equatorial waters.
No other nation has experienced such a
remarkable growth in its commerce with
Japan as has the United States. japanese
ofhclal figures give the importations from
the United States in 1893 at 5000, 40S yen,
and in 1898 at 4O,0o1 097 yen. Meantime her
importations from England increased from
q ,S296 2S yen to CO. 707 oT2 yen; those from
Germany, from 7,31S,13 yen to 25,610,9 31
yen; those from France from 3,3O5, 277 yen
to 6,979,9s2 yen; China, from 17,095,975 yen
to 30,523s60 yen; while the only part of the
world which has experienced an increase
at all to be compared with that of the
United States is British East Indies, in
which the increase has been from s,679, 029
yen in 1898 to 10, 764, PA yen in 1898.
Japans importations have grown enor-
mously in the past five years. In 1893 they
amounted to SS,257 172 yen and in 1898 to
1902, 166 yen, being thus in 1898 more
than three times as much as in 1893. Mean
time her exports have grown from :9,712-
S64 yen in 1898 to 1865. 753, 752 yen in 1898
Thus the exports have doubled and the i'm
ports have trebled during the period I'M
der consideration, 1S93-1S9S
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-03
LEGAL NOTICES.

MORTGAGES SALE.-NOTICE-B
virtue of and pursuant to q power of sale
in a certain mortgage deed given by Fred
erfck j. Mohr to Frank S. Robbins dated
April IS 1898, and recorded in Worcester
district registry of Deeds book 1874, page
27S and duly assigned to me, for breach
of the conditions in said mortgage deed
and for the purpose of foreclOSing the
same shall sell at public auction, upon
the premises hereinafter described, on
SATURDAY, the THIRTEENTH day Of
MAY at o'clock in the forenoon, the
following described real estate. to wit.
A certain tract of land, with the build
ings thereon, situated in Greendale, IN
said Worcester, bounded and described
as follows. to wit: Beginning at point
on the nQrtherly line OF Summerhlli ave
nue., which point is two hundred ninety
six 1856 feet easterly from the point OF
intersection of said Summerhill avenue
with the. easterly line of West BoylSton
street; thence northerly by other land OF
grantor one hundred forty Q4O feet to
thence -easterly on said land Of the Ken
drick estate forty-seven (4O feet TO other
land of the grantor; thence sOutherly on
said other land of grantOr one hundred
forty GAO feet to the northerly line OF
Summerhill avenue: thence westerly on
said Summerhill avenue forty-seyen (4D
feet to the point of beginning; said tract
containing six thousand five hundred and
eighty t65S0) square feet; being part OF
the premises conveyed to grantor by John
1896, recorded in Worcester district regis
try of deeds, book 1917, page IS. The
above premises are conveyed subject to
the restriction that no building shall be
erected nearer than fifteen Q5) feet to
said Summerhill avenue. Terms at the
time and place of sale.
EDGAR o. CHAFFIN, Assignee Of said
mortgage. AlJ.-b, Mo
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FOR RENT-THREE COTTAGES,
Centrally Located;
One of Z rooms, bath and furnace

one of rooms, bath and steam heat,
and one of 9 rooms, bath and furnace.
Henry Bigelow. Clark's block.