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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-22

but Il IS generally transported on cart drawn
by the labOrers.
METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION.
There are practically no broad highways IN
the country and all farm products to be mar
keted are transported the same as rice The ne
ouent canals and navigable rivers. with the rail-
WAYS. greatly reduce the labor Of marketing. II
Il only In remote valleys. the products from
which must be carried over mountains that
marketing becomes burden. This Is rare pc
cause all the rice producing valleys open toward
the sea
An impression has become current in America
that tho japanese live almost exclusively upon
rice. This is a mistake. In 1896 Japan pro-
duced the leading cereals in the following pro-
portions. to wit: Rice S0,49S,S35 bushels;
wheat 17,76l .0ij bushels; rye, 246lG235 bush
els; barley. 37,2i6,425 bushels; met Of all va
reties. 11,017 $50 bushels; rape, 3554, 76O bush
els. There were also produced 3,7l5,170 bushels
OF Irish potatoes and 37,94S, j66 bushels OF sweet
potatoes.
When IT is considered that considerable per-
centage Of the rice produced was exported. and
that the remaining products were consumed at
home as food supplemented by considerable
-four and beans imported, the conception OF Jap
anese diet must be modified.
Beans wheat rye and fish are commonly used
TO equallze the food ration. Those in extreme
poverty must forego FISH and wheat rice or
millet and bean soup are the staples for this
class.
The product per acre for the empire In 1896
averaged twenty-six bushels OF huIled rice: bar
ley, 2i.2 bushels; rye. 17.6 bushels; wheat. 10
bushels. The wheat produced Ia OF q dark
color, and much Ike rye. II does not make
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-09-08
GROUPER AND PARROT FISH.
The characteristics of One Striking
" Displayed in the Tank of
the Others.

The Bermuda groupers are so called
on account of their habit of grouping
together. There are plenty of fishes
that on occasions by accident or design
may come together side by side, or in
some other regular order or formation,
but there are few if any that get to-
gether as the groupers do. In the tank
of groupers at the aquarium, says the
New York Sun, these fishes may be seen,
half a dozen or more of them al time
ranged along the glass at The front OF
the tank, heads ali to the front, and
with their bodies tapping one another
diagonally with uniform regularity.
Sometimes at feeding time they stand,
or rather suspend themselves in the wa
ter side by side, in a uniform rank,
heads up, near the surface, and wait
there for the man with the food, whose
step they may have heard on the plat
form back of the tanks.
A curious illustration of the fishes
tendency to group was shown in an
other way. Into tank in which there
were two parrot fishes there was put
also a grouper. One of these parrot
fishes was not feeling very lively; in
stead of swimming around it lay on the
bottom of the tank, over in one corner,
just breathing and taking things easy.
This was the grouper's opportunity,
and it stretched itself out on the bot
tom of the tank right alongside the par
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-09-08
BIS SINS FOUND HIM OUT.
The Checkered Career of a Man who
Founded Bogus Diamond
Mine in Arizona.

81 saw a reference the other day to
the great Arizona diamond field swim
de-" said an old jeweler to a New Or
leans Times-Democrat man. 1T was
sprung on the public just 80 years
ago, and I remember the excitement it
created. The originator of the scheme
came from New Orleans. He was a
brilliant man, chemist, geologist and
natural diplomat, but he lacked moral
counterpoise. He and his associates
procured a number of uncut stones
from Holland, and sailed a canyon
in the mountain south of the ella river.
Then followed the discovery and the
organization of company and in
few months nearly 100000 worth of
stock was sold. 1t was several years
before the exact character of the swim
die was developed, and by that time the
affairs of the company were so con-
fused that nobody cared to undertaken
prosecution.
"I saw the professor, as he 2 Wa.
called, at Ogden, Utah, in 1884, and he
described the whole affair with great
glee. Afterward he was mixed up in
two other shady enterprises. One was
scheme for aging whisky and the
other was a device for refining sugar
by electricity. Both were fakes, but
he made lot of money out of them, and
as usual escaped punishment. 1t was
the old story, however; he went broke
in the end and died a few years ago in
the charity ward of Chicago hospital.
A good deal of the diamond mine stock
was taken in New Orleans, and dare
say some of it is kicking around here
to this day"
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DEWEY AT GIBRALTAR.
The Admiral Welcomed Warmly by
the British Garrison.

GIBRALTAR, Sept 5.-The United
States cruiser Olympia, with Admiral
Dewey aboard, reached this port at 4
o'clock yesterday morning.
The flagship was greeted with salvos
of guns from the fortress and from H
NJ. S. Devastation, at anchor.
Admiral Dewey is slightly indisposed
again and will take shore quarters.
The admiral went ashore at noon and
was received with guard of honor and
a salute of cannon. A gun became dis
mantled, and an artileryman was in
jured.
Admiral Dewey drove at once to the
palace to make an official visit to General
Sir Robert Bddulph.
In the course of the afternoon Sir
Robert Biddulph returned Admiral Dew
ey's visit, receiving the usual salutes on
his arrival.
The devastation manned yards and her
band played Hail Columbia" the
Olympia returning the compliment with
the British national anthem and dipping
her flag thrice.
While the Devastation was firing the
salute in honor of the American admiral
Gunner Peppiatt's hand was shattered
by the exploding of charge which he
was ramming home.
Admiral Dewey will sail for New York
on Sept. Is.
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A Gloomy Picture,

LONDON, Sept. 4.-The johannesburg
correspondent of The Daily Mail, who
paints a gloomy and pitiable picture Of
the condition of things there, says:
1T is almost a case of wholesale ex'
odus and panic. Business is paralyzedi
the prices of food stuffs are rapidly ris'
ing; half the houses are empty, and the
others are tenanted by people who do not
pay rent, the landlords Deing glad enough
to have them as occupants in order to in
sure some sort of protection to the prop
erty.
1.-The tension has reached the swapping
point. Bankruptcy and starvation are
staring people in the face. Another fort.
night of suspense will result in COM
plete commercial collapse. The banks ara
thronged with people anxious to with
draw their gold, and the railways are
beseged by those who wish to get away"
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Mexico and the Yaquis.

The struggle between the Yaqui In
dams and the Mexican government has
been inevitable ever since the construc-
ton of the Mexican Central railroad
brought civilization within an easy
march of the Yaqui territory. With
the extension of the area of gold dis
coveries in Sonora the conflict could not
be longer averted and it will have mel
ancholy interest in history as prob
ably the last stand of the red man on
this continent against destiny. The
laqui is not as aggressive or asplood~
thirsty as the Apache, but he is fully
as impervious to civilization and quite
as good fighter.
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COLUMBIA AGAIN LEADS.
The New Yacht VIII Meet the sham
rock to Defend Americas Cup.

NEWPORT, r. l., Sept. Sin yester-
days race, the second and last of the Off
clal trial races for the settlement of a
defender of the Americas cup, the Co
lumbia again demonstrated that she is
the peer of the Defender the 1895 cham
pion by defeating her in 10 minutes and
( Seconds over triangular course in an
eight knot breeze and a smooth sea.
The contest was a procession through
out, with the Columbia leading at the
start by ID seconds and gaining on every
leg of the course. The first leg was a
reach from the starting line at Brenton's
reef ightship southeast one-half east to
a flag mark, distance of ten miles, and
from the moment the Columbia crossed
the line she steadily sailed away from
her rival gliding round the first mark 3
minutes and SO seconds ahead.
The second leg was also a reach, a lit
tie broader than the first, but even if the
Defender did set her spinnaker a mile
from the turn she dropped minutes and
10 seconds more in the run to the second
mark.
The third leg of the triangle was al
most dead heat to the finish, the two
boats making long hitch clear up to the
Narragansett shore. The Columbia made
two other short tacks before she fetched
the line, but the Defender, by holding
longer inshore, managed to reach the
lightship without another tack. Still the
Columbia gained, showing that with
sheets close hauled she is the fastest
American sailing yacht af1oat. On this
last leg she added minutes and % sec
onds to her lead, making "a total for the
entire course of 10 minutes and Z sec
onds. There will be no more official races,
that of yesterday settling conclusively in
the minds Of the committee which of the
two boats is best fitted to meet Sir Thorn
as Lipton's challenger, the Shamrock.
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DOG WHIPPING DAY.
When Every Boy Is Allowed to Use
Switch in EngIand-An Old
Custom,

There are parts of rural England
where they still set aside a day for
whipping dogs.
Dog-whipping day is October IS.
Then every boy in the neighborhood is
privileged to arm himself with sticks
and lashes and beat every dog he meets
to his hearts content. There are Diff
terent stories as to the origin of this
strange custom. In Yorkshire tradi-
ton has it that priest, when going his
rounds many years ago, dropped the
holy water used in communion service,
A dog that happened to be near by
swallowed it, and was promptly
whipped for his gulttony, and in com
memoration of this event it has been.
deemed expedient to thrash the entire
dog family on this day throughout the
succeeding years. In the vicinity of
Manchester the tale goes that the good
fathers $Wmsp certain monastery used to
SET platters of food outside the gates
Tor the poor pilgrims that infested the
country at certain seasons. On one oc-'
casion a dog, whose stomach was prob
ably empty as any pilgrims ever dare
be, very selfshly ate the food him
self. He was caught in the lawless act
and was whipped soundly, and his
crime and its punishment have been
visited upon his descendants these
many generations.
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VERSHIRE.

Mabel Spear was in Williamstown las
week, the guest of her former teacher
Miss Mira Seaver.
Clyde Fuller goes to Thetford Hill thi
week as student in the academy.
Miss Iona Fits, who is teaching il
Washington, spent last Sunday at he
home here. She reports pleasant schoo
of fifteen scholars.
The junior society of the e. E. will hol'
a social at the parsonage next Saturda
afternoon. All are requested to wear
bouquet of golden rod, it being "goldel
rod social"
L. S. Spear and family were at Corint
last week attending family reunion a
which about fifty were in, attendance,
School at the upper and the Vershir
Center villages and at Vershire Heights
began Monday, Misses Cross, Parker ant
| Sargent teachers.
The rain of last week was very welcome
as all seemed to be on the verge of water
| famine, and the dry hot days had succeed
ed each other till it seemed like the time
described in "The Ancient Mariner" when
All in hot ard coppery sky,
The bloody sun at noon,
Right up above the mast did stand,
No bigger han the moon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmot Of Fairlee have
recently visited their daughter, Mrs. l..
E. AlliS.
We intended last week to say that Mr..
Stacy had been collecting the special
tax"
L. S. Spear had the misfortune to lose a
valuable COW last week.
There were no services at tie Advent
church last Sunday. the camp-meetlng at
White River junction continuing over.
Among those in attendance from here are
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w, Powers and Mr.. and
Mrs Williams.
Mrs. Prescott has returned from her
visit at Fairlee.
Henry Spear recently shot hawk that
measured tour feet across its wings.
The sister of Mr. Dow who has been
visiting him has returned to her home.
The selectmen have been improving the
dry time in repairing some of the many
bridges in town.
The apple crop will be very light.
Hon. 5. B. Darling was in town over
Sunday.
Allen Wilmot of Plainfield, n. H., has
been visiting some of his old school mat s
and relatives here.
Mrs. Dickey has pullets Matched last
April which have commenced to lay-be-
ginning in August.
Mrs. Orr and family have returned to
Newbury.
Rev. G. B. Drake recently spent some
time at Mr.. Moody's school at Mortified.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colburn visited in Thet-
ford last week Friday.
A daughter was recently born to Mr..
and Mrs. p. Burroughs.
Mr.. Baran has returned from his vaca-
tiou and will buy eggs ON the road as be-
fore.
Rev. J. B. Richardson preached at the
church last Sunday to the pleasure of
large audience, who listened to his mas
terly handling of the topic, "The Unity
of Missions"
School at the lower village began Mon
day with Miss Bacon teacher.
Quite number from here took in the
CorinCh fair this week.
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NEW DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT.
Mob Threatens Ministers, and OUT
look Is Serious.


SANTO DOMINGO, Sept 2.-The rev.
olutionists have formed the following pro.
| visional government: President, Horace
| Vasquez; minister Of the interior, Jose
Brache; minister of war, Ramon Ca
ceres; minister Of foreign affairs, Domin-
go Ferreras; minister of finance, Samuel
Moya; minister of justice, Jose Maria
Hoel; minister of agriculture, Arturo
Zeno; minister of posts and telegraph,
Jose f. Guzman. The seat of the pro.
visional government, up to the present,
has been at Moca.
Members of the retiring cabinet OF
former President Figuereo were detect.
ed loading a lot of arms and ammuni-
ton on board schooners which they in
tended to send to Aura. This discovery
caused great excitement in the city and
led to serious demonstrations
Large crowds quickly formed in the
streets, a majority being young hot
headed men, who marched up and down
the thOroughfares in disorderly mobs
shouting "Viva Jimenezr and "Viva
revoluciOn!' at the top of their voices.
These riotous demonstrations continu.
ed until midnight when the frightened
and helpless ministers announced that
they would turn over their powers to
men to be selected by the citizens.
-Four citizens were promptly chosen by
the mob to act as committee of safety,
and it was agreed that this committee
should act in concert with Governor Me.
jiO until the members of the provisional
government arrive to take control of af-
fairs.
Then the mob dispersed after firing
many Shots but without iniuring anV
person. On the surface the city is quiet,
but there is a deal of suppressed excite
ment, and it is feared disturbances may
be resumed in the night. If the excite
ment is not checked very soon, anarchy
will reign, and numerous murders may
result.
Foreigners here are safe as yet, but it
is impossible to tell what the next fort
night may bring. Things look gloomy
for the establishment of a stable govern
ment
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STAFFORD.

Mrs. James Comstock of Cambridge
Mass, who has been visiting in towI
the past week, returned to her home
Saturday.
Miss Mary Jones left Monday fol
Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. George Chandler and daughter
Irena went Wednesday to Enfield
Lake, where they are the guests of
Mrs. Bert Hoffman at her summer cot
tage.
Mr.. Bpecher of Pittsburg, Pa, rep
resenting the Westinghouse Co., was
here last week looking up mining IT,
ties. The wife of Mr.. Beecher, who
accompanied him, is the daughter of
Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States Supreme Court.
Mr.. John Reynolds, wife and maid,
who have been at the hotel several
days, returned to New York city Sat
urday.
Capt. Mathew Wainwright of New
I ork city spent Sunday and Monday
Labor day. at Buena Vista.
Miss Frances E. Baxter, and Miss
Carrie, daughter of Hon. B. B. Small
ey OF Burlington, have been the guests
of Mr.. James S. Morrill, the past week.
Mrs. S. G. Chandler returned from
the White Mountains Tuesday of last
week, accompanied by her sister, Mrs.
Jonathan White of Brookline, Mass.
Capt. Willard G. Hazelton, who was
injured while playing ball at the White
Mountains is very slowly improving at
the Hitchcock hospital in Hanover, al
though he is still in very critical con-
dition.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. M. Hatch left
Monday on a carriage drive to Mont
pelier, Barre and Bradford.
Mrs. S. B. Buell. gave a party to her
many friends Thursday evening.
Next Saturday is the centennial of
the building of the Town House, so
beautifully situated on mound, which
is so symmetrical one would suppose it
to have been made by the mound
builders, and which for 100 years has
afforded coasting for a generation of
school children. A celebration is to
be held there Saturday afternoon and
evening. A basket picnic, which is to
be followed by appropriate exercises at
the Hall. Athletic games, and gen.
eral illumination of the village in the
evening.
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Fort Scanned to BE Abandoned.

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 4. - Fort
Scanned. the granite fortress situated at
the mouth of Portland harbor and which
has been used as a government store
house during and since the Spanish war,
is to be abandoned altogether. The mate
rial which has been stored there will be
taken to Garris island, and Sergeant
Desmond, who has constituted the soli-
tary garrison of the old stronghold for a
year or more, will also be transferred to
that island. Fort Scanned was built in
the forties and is practically useless as
defense
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August Flower.

cit is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Houton, that in my travels in all parts
of the world, for the last ten years, |
have met more people having used
Green's August Flower than any other
remedy, for dyspepsia, deranged liver
and stomach, and for constipation. l
find for tourists and statesmen. or for
persons filling Office positions, where
headaches and general bad feelings
from irregular habits exist, that Green's
August Flower is great remedy. 1t
does not injure the system by frequent
use, and is excellent for sour stomachs
and Indigestion" Sample bottles free at
j. NJ. Taylor's. Bradford, and G. L. An
drews', Newbury.
Sold by dealers in all civilized coun.
tries.
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LONDON, Ky, Sept. A report is
current that Deputy Sheriff Lewis of
Manchester was killed Saturday in Clay
county. Several weeks ago in Manches'
ter Deputy Stubblefeld was shot by
Mart Smith, who, escaping capture, went
to his home and sent word to the county
officials that he would never attend court
alive, therefore it would be fatal for any
body to attempt to take him. Lewis
went to serve papers on him, and he was
shot dead as he approached Smiths
house. If this report is true, this makes
the third killing in Clay county last week.
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HOW,S THIS?

we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, Q.
we the undersigned, have known +. j.
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their finn.
WEST d TRUAX, Wholesale Druggist,
Toledo, o. WALDING, KINNAN x MAR
WIN, Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cOus surfaces of the system. Price 75c per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimo-
malls free.
Halls family Pills are the best.
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Flanagan Makes n worlds Record.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-The Knicker-
booker Athletic clubs Labor day carni-
val of sport, which took place at Bay
onne, n. j., was attended by nearly
5000 persons, and a lengthy programme,
containing track and field as well as
aquatic events, interspersed with Gaelic
football and baseball games, took up the
entire day yesterday. John Flanagan,
the worlds champion hammer thrower,
distinguished himself by making a new
worlds record at throwing the hammer
from nine foot circle, which is known
as the Irish style. He flung the missile
1914 feet & inches, eclipsng the previous
worlds record Of 1G4 feet made by L. F..
Kelly few weeks ago at Limerick, Ire
land
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SILK Ribbon Combine.

NEW YORK, Sept "A special to
The Tribune from Paterson, n. j., says:
The silk ribbon trust has perfected its
organization and will be ready to begin
business on or before Oct. l. The lead
ing manufacturers here acknowledge that
their signatures have been attached to
the consolidated agreement. The capital
stock of the new company will be $780,
100000, $15,0O0,0OO in preferred stock
and $15,000,OO0 in common stock. The
stock will be placed on the market at
nncev
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A1eer Says He Wouldn't Accept.

DETROIT, Sept. 2.-General r. A.
Alger, ex-secretary of war, responding to
an inquiry as to whether he would be
willing to accept the Republican nominal
ton for mayor of Detroit this fall, said
1T would unquestionably be great hon
or for any one to be mayor of Detroit.
However, / positively could not think of
it. l would not think of taking a nomi-
nation for mayor any more than | would
think of taking nomination for govern
or" AS to other political matters, in
Guiding his own candidacy for senator,
the general declined to talk.
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CINCINNATI, Sept. 4.-Nineteenp prom
inent dealers in flour in this city have
been sued in the United States court for
$1,000 damages each by the Pillsbury-
Washburn Flour Mills company, limited,
of Minneapolis, u corporation under the
laws of Great Britain. The charge is
that the defendants have been selling an
inferior -four bearing the label of flour
manufactured by the plaintiff.
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VALPARAISO, Sept. 1.-The Peru
Wan cabinet crisis has been solved by the
formation of coalition cabinet as the re-
suit of the conferences between Senior
Eduardo Romano, president elect, and
the leaders of the ministerialist factions.
The following is the personnel of the new
ministry so far as decided upon: Presi-
dent of the council, Senior Rafael Soto
mayor; minister Of foreign affairs, Senior
Urmeneta; minister Of finance, Senior Sa-
lines: minister of war, Senior Concha.
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Heavy Rnins In Porto Rico,

PONCE, Island of Porto Rico, Sept. ..
Heavy rains have caused an unusual
freshet, and the people, frightened on ac-
count of the recent hurricane, are leav-
ing their houses and are being quartered
in the public buildings. The soldiers,
police and iremen work all night. The
fords are impossible, but no further
serious damage has been done.
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A TnbIet to ChnmnInin.

HONFLEUR, France. Sept. An.
Fabre, the Canadian commissioner, yes.
terday attended the ceremony of placing
a tablet in honor of Samuel de Cham.
plain, the navigator, who was governor
of the first French settlers in lower Can.
ada and who left Honfeur to found Que.
bee. The tablet was placed on the north
side of the ruins of the castle and fort
called La Lieutenance.
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Boy Accidentally Shot.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Sept. 5.-Da-
vid L. Lewis, aged II years, was shot
and killed at a pigeon shooting match in
this city yesterday afternoon. The boy
ran toward the trap to capture wound
ed pigeon, when he received a load of shot
in the body. The shooting was acciden-
tai, but two of the shooters, John Bates
and John Jones, were taken into custody
and held in bail for the grand jury on the
charge of manslaughter.