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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
INSTRUCT or SENTIMENT
stories which Seem TO prove that
Animals can Reason.

Have animals instinct merely? Have
they sentiment. and can they GUIDE y
with reason? VI. Milne-Edwards. direc-
tor of the Jardin des Plantes, "
these questions in the Affirmative. lie
has long studied birds as reasoning
beings. He knows a redbreast that
adopted a youthful linnet, deserted by rs
Parents. ana a gray parrot that brought
IN two nests full OF yong birds that
were brought to it. The story Of the two
lava sparrows deserves to be repeated
Just as NJ. Milne-Edwaras gave TT
they were goth hens and in the same
aviarv with a parrot which took a dislike
to one of them. One day the parrot picked
i quarrel with one Of the sparrows, tore
out its feathers. and finally broke It's leg
with 4 blow Of its beak. The poor little
hing could no longer stay on a perch IL
law shiyering on the ground to the evident.
grief Of the companion bird. She went
about the aviary picking up straws'
feathers and leaves to make q BED lor
me invalid. She accomplished wonders or
dextrous management in lifting up me
featheriess sufferer and placing i on me
couch. But the weather was coia a.
night. The charitable bird placed itself
beside the one with the broken leg ana
extended a wing over It TO keep It warm.
The position must have been ncomfor
able not TO say painful. but M. Milne-
Edwards never came at night to see how
..this feathered sister of charity was be-
having without finding it with is wing
lovingly extended. The invalid died. The
other bird began to NOPE. lost appetite,
withdrew into a corner. dropped and died
also. Was it instinct that prompted it to
make a bed and keep the other bird
warm? No; it was sentiment. and chari-
table sentiment guided by reason. III
bird was not merely charitable. but yir1u-
Gus. and really deserved the Montyon
prize.
Talking of animals. Zola has been un-
able to get over the death of his little
skve terrier. The evening he left Paris
for England he forgot to bid the dog fare
wen. Whenever he, on previous oeca-
sions. had absented himself from home,
he caressed the dog, said he was going
away. but would soon come back, ana
hopea It would be d good dog. IN his
absence the dog felt there was something
untoward, and often ran into the room
where NJ. Zola works. When it could not
find him it came back to Nine 1oia 70
show, in whines and gentle banks, its
deep concern and distress. AT bed time
it was violently agitated. but she claimed
ii BY petfing it. "Monsigneur Emile
the name by which the dog knew lola,
would soon come back to Charlie. She
never thought that Charlie would die Of
a broken heart, but it did. NJ. lola can
not forgive himself for not having the
terrier fetched to England. His heart
sank when he returned home and found
no dog to welcome him and make a joyful
noise about his return. The worst of the
many ills that the s.JAccuse" letter has
brought on him was, he says, the death
of his canine favorite. NJ zola- is now
resting in the country.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
ARKANSAS ZINC
BOOM.
orc Discoveries Lend Value to
Great Tracts OF Hitherto
Worthless Land.
By Franklin Price

The NORTHERN part Of Arkansas is just
now IN the midst Of d mining boom.
Zinc is not ordinarily reckoned as a pre-
cious metal. but ii ore is exceedingly
profitable to take out Of the ground when
it is rich enough and there IS plenty Of
it. And it is zinc ore which has brought
the mining boom to Arkansas.
The new state Of affairs is due to the
increasing price Of zinc ore. For scores
OF years the people along the border Of
Arkansas and Missouri lived in compare
tive peace; scarcely. dreaming of the vast
wealth Of mineral lying about them. An
area larger than the state of Connecticut,
broken and mountainous, without a SIM
gle foot Of railroads, though within a
few hours ride of st. Louis, was left
practically unchanged while the country
all around grew and prospered under the
touch OF modern civilization.
About ten years ago some prospectors
discovered a wonderful deposit of zinc
ore on Rush creek, near White river, in
Marion county. AS they developed it
gradually a ledge of nearly pure ore over
400 feet long and 100 feet high was I'M
covered. 1t was a literal zinc quarry of
stupendous proportions.
A single piece Of erystailized carbonate
exhibited at the Worlds fair weighed
over SIX tons. AS much as 60 tons of ore
was broken from the ledge by a single
blast. The ore was shipped to Bates
vile, Ark, by means OF barges on White
river. Recently a consignment Of 100
tons was loaded for export to Rotter-
dam, Holland, going ali the way By wa
ter.
The attention of capitalists was at
traetea by the fame of the Morning Star
mine, and soon strangers began to ride
about OYER the mountains, breaking of
corners of the rocks aud asking about
The nricks OF lnnd. 1t didn't take the ma
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

a correspondent of LfEleveur, NJ. Lucet,
a veterinary Of Courtenay, France, re-
lates an interesting case Of adoption be-
tween inherent species OF animals. IT IS
wen known says the sRevue Scien-
tiiaue.. in noticing his article that In
such cases extremes occasionally meet
"a for instance. when a cat adopts young
rats. Notwithstanding the proverbial en-
NIFTY Of these two kinds Of lima In
the case cited by NJ. Lucet, the circum-
stances were less extraordinary. but they
are still curious. The case is one Of the
adoption Of a lamb by d female dog. Inc
latter had a Hitter of pups, which had
been killed, as the owner did not desire
to keep them. On the sane farm was 2
newly-born lamb, whose mother had Just
died. The experiment of giving the dog
Of the lamb occurred TO some one.
and was very successful, the latter taking
a great fancy to its mother by adoption.
AT the time when the case came under
the observation OF NJ. Lueet. the deg was
running about in the courtyard, going
from her master to the gate OF the sheep
fold and barking ~joyously. TO her barks
the bleating OF the lamb responded from
HE inside Of The fold. The gate having
been opened, there ran out a little lamb,
three weeks old, which, bleating
gaily and wagging It's tail. ran toward
its foster-mother and e~ndeavored TO nurse,
The dog caressed the lamb, and lying
down. allowed it to take nourishmen1..
repazt being finished. the lamb re-
NAMED lying between the paWs Of the
who SET indpstriausly to work e
Wash her adopted child
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

IeuCcu. 1ueteuu ne uAS c0nt4llueu 10
draw full pay and retain his rank. A
thoughtful government has not allowed
him to do any work meantime.
If Captain Carter is guilty, as the court
martial which heard and dehberated for
four months has decided, he is liable not
only to dismissal from the service, but
to confinement In convict's garb for a
long term of years. The passing OF sem
tence has beer suspended by President
Mckinley since the decision in the case
was put into his hands many months
ago.
Oberlin NJ. Carter Is an Ohio man.
He chose the army life and was sent to
West Point, being graduated with the
class Of 1876. He finished his academic
course with the highest grade ever at
tanned by a cadet. He was the pet of
the professors and officers at the acad-
envy, for good conduct had been his CON
s~istentIy all through his career He
started on his life work with the plaudits
Of his seniors and classmates ringing in
his ears.
Engineer ofirers are selected only from
the most worthy cadets. A man must
stand high In all things to ecure this Of
fee. Promotion to the rank of major
comes by length Of service and not BY va
cancy, as IN other departments and the
line.
So We see Oberlin ~. Carter a captain
in IA years from graduation Personally
the young officer is a very attractive
man. He is handsome. brilliant in cen
versation and professional a~ttainments,
a natural diplonGt-just such a man IN
deed as one would expect to take a high
rank wherever situated.
Captains CT engineers do not draw
large suras IN pfgy. They receive the pay
and allowances of officers of Ike grade il
the mounted service. THUS Carter drew
$1,5Do. then 81, 100 and last $1,000 a rear
as pay.
But officers Of the army are established
s~ecially when once commissioned. A
pair Of shoulder straps wall win frequent
~ when gald IS in the balance against
chem; so, with NJ his accomplishments.
sha young officer was certain OF social
prominence. lie loved it, too, for he IS
i social man. Having Won the opportu-
atty, Il is not strange that he should
searn to love Il girl with millions as readi-
ly as enc without doNty.
This is what he did. But it was not
until after lie had become captain and
had also made a reputation in his chosen
field. Captain Carter married in 1890
the favofite daughter Of Robert T. West
colt of New York.
Mr.. Wcstcott was prominent in e..
press company affairs. He organized
and sold the United States Express COM
pany. He is rated at many millions. So
the captain was assured Of plenty OF
money. lie gained mere. Mr.. Westcott
is intimately associated with the Nander-
bits and their Following in New York.
This influence sent Carter to the court Of
ST. James as military aftache.
Soon after his assignment te the engi-
neers Carter was detailed to go to Sa-
vannah as assistant engineer In charge
This WAS Ia 1882. File was there for sew
ornl years before he was placed in charge
OF the work. He had submitted a plan
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
HELEN M ISABEL
The Meaning and Hfssory 81 TWO
Fine flames

Lady verney writes in Leisure Hour
Helen. a name made up OF sunshine, has
assumed as many solors as the rays Of
light in the rainbow. and has a strangely
e~hequered story. 49, This sunny name
has reigned in England as Ellen, Elaine,
Eleanor, Leonora and Alianora. With the
lovable authorizations of Nelly and little
Nell, in Scotland a Helen; in Wales,
Elin: In ireland, Eileen; in France,
Germany and Italy. with slight variants;
in Spain as Helena and Leon: in Hungary
as Elenka, and in the far moth Of Sweden
has a twelfth century Helene. asaint and
martyr Of her own.
A striking instance is the fan and rising
again OF the name Of Jezebei. For CEN
turtles it lay whore it had been flung to
the dogs and trodden undertook; then, IN
slighteiy altered form it was borne ~ the
heroic Queen who freed Spain from the
Moors. hi sent Columbus forth 20 win
the New World, and from thenceforth
Isabel (theoath of BaaD was redeemed
from heather aas~aeSs, ana c0nSecFa<eQ
to the service of Ctt-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

Mexican named Manuel Estrada, who
came from Piedras Negras. Without a
Word Manuel rose, drew a dagger, press
cd the point Of it against Fishers throat,
first fitting back his chin with his hand.
forced him to arise, backed him through
the doer to the sidewalk, disarn1ed him,
ordered him to mount his horse and
leave town, and he saw that he did it.
All the time he was pouring forth upon
Fisher every objnrgation and form of
abuse of which the Spanish language is
capable. Nor did the desperate utter a
word of protest. He cringed like a beat
en- hound. His nerve seemed to melt,
turn to water and II away from him.
He became q reformed character, was
made a deputy sheriff, proved singularIy
efficient III hunting down criminals, many
OF whom had been his companions, and
was killed along with Ben Thompson In
Jack Harris theater in San Antonio in
1884 not because he was drunk or dam
geroas, but because he was in bad COM
pany.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

Hank Moore, a noted Texas ranger.
Declares that the desperate has never
lived who was not at some time afraid
OF some other desperate, and there are
black spots on the records of them all.
He has a wide acquaintance with men
of the trigger, and in support OF his
theory instances four incidents in the lives
of four Of the most celebrated killers the
INSTRUMENTATION frontier has known.
Two Of these men never saw the other
two, and yet the story of their defeats
makes a chain. They were connected in
a way. and If the spooks of them meet
in the half world and compare notes they
viii have an interesting time. The four
concerned were Clint Haworth, Bill
LongIey, King Fisher and Manuel Es-
trada. All of them died by steel or shot
Or rome. but they did not kill each other.
Clint Haworth is believed to have been
= native of southern Mississippi, says a
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
GOOD ANGEL.
The Czarina WiIl stop Brutal
Punishrnents.
KN0UTIEG a NATIONAL SCANDAL.

How Soldiers and Peasants Are Pun-
ished by Petty officials = Horrible
Indictment Of Rule In
the Realm of the Gear.
upon my Blended knees, if necessary, +
win beg his majesty to abolish corporal
punishment in our holy Russia" With
these good words the czarina sent away
the commissioners appointedssb her to
inquire into the abuses of thesknout, the
rod and the switch in her husBvnd's ern-
pire. Later, says a St. Petersburg CORE
spondent OF the Philadelphia Times, she
registered d VOW with her father con-
fessof TO make her promise good.
Drs. Ibankow. Baschujew and Lobes,
three Of the foremost physicians Of st.
Petersburg. and the great writers Tolstoi
and Dostejewski collected the evidence
for Alexandra Feoderovna. The report
Of these gentlemen is a horrible indiet-
ment Of autocratie rule.
The incident that moved her majesty
to employ the services Of these distin-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

dON tfhA1E4 AN0 Mt6LGA AEA
that all difficulties Of progress are forgot
ten in the delight OF prolonged vision.
The trip was enjoyable to the highest de-
gree, both from an artistic standpoint
and as an experiment In eompaaionship,
and every enc who saw Ramsey and
Miller enyied them the care free happi-
ness which was SO evidently theirs. Not
until they were nearly at the end Of their
expedition did the thuuderclap Of doom
sound Ii their unbelieying ears.
The Indian nature loves to play cat
Ike with its victims, writes Avarodo
Fernandez In the San Francisco Call. It
has d theatrical appreciation Of the value
Of contrasts and high and low lights.
The swift descent from the heights Of
happiness to the depths OF despair adds
much in the savage mind to the desira-
bility of q situation. To merely kill for
the sake of removing an obnoxious In
dividual from this state of being is a
very stale and uninteresting perform
anee.
Unknown to the two white men the
Yaqui rebellion, long smoldering. had
broken out while they, unconscious even
that it had been planned, were peacefully
pursuing their way to their destination,
now comparatively near at hand. I'm
known to them, by means of the secret
teiegraphy so well understood in all saw
age nations, the very moment of their
setting forth had been noted, and every
turn Of their carriage wheels had been
marked by some unseen but yengeful
eye.
When Jack Ramsey's eyes fell on the
first Indian who stepped ont from behind
a bush and Ieyeled a rife at him, he
knew that the hour of his death had
come. When he saw that every bush had
been a shelter for an Indian, and that the
road was suddenly full Of them, nc lon
ger habited in the garments Of c~iviliza-
tion, but clad only In stained n hid
eously painted skins decorated with hui
man scalps, with bristling feathers tax
ing the place of hats and necklaces Of
human teeth and snake rattles taking
the place of the pumpkin seed and bead
adornments of peaceful times. he knew
that an uprising had taken place and
that many others beside himself were
destined to a cruel death at the hands OF
these malignant and merciless creatures
-savages still and Of the wickedest type,
In spite of all that had been done to re-
claim them. He knew the Yaquis well,
and he knew as he saw their fierce eyes
bent upon him with demoniac joy that
there was in store for him torture as
exc-ueiating as their ingenious minds
could plan. He had heard during the
previous war of their cutting of the
ears and noses Of their victims, and
then their fingers and toes one by one.
He had heard OF their soaring the flesh
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

A horrible incident Of the y2qui Indian
rebellion against Mexico was Nhe killing
by torture Of Il. N. Miller and Jack
Ramsey, two Americans, who were tax
Ing a pleasure drive from Hermosillo to
AlaInos- Ramsey was a merchant Of
Hermosillo. who had secured the ever
lasting hatred Of the Yaquis By furnish
ing information about their oveme
to the Mexican authorities during the ten
years war. Miller was an artist, against
whom the sayages had no grievance ex-
cept the fact that he was in the company
of Ramsey.
The Sierra Madres are steep, and the
roadways are rugged. 1t was slow driy-
ing, but the scenery is SO magnificent
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
5 THE CASE OF B
; CAPTAIN CARTER
Z why IT 70 . Remarkable One. 6
y An Army SCANDAL That q
y Refuses 10 BE- n
BY Lieut. II. R Gahan
remarkable case

remarkable case
Of Captain Car.
ter, which has
once Q be
come prominent.
is one Of the
most long lived
$ c a n d a $ the
United States
army has ever
b Q g n bothered
with. It has been
almost as attcn-
nated as the
Dreyfus case.
Two years ago
Captai Car
fer OF the en-
gineers was tried
and convicted by
court martial Of
s~windling t h e
government to
the G x t Of
something over
$2,000.000 He
has, however,
never been SEN
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
A show walker.

Focg-I am afraid I'm breaking up.
Figg-Why, what's the matter now?
Foge-I went to look at a house that is
TO let yesterday. IT was only i've min
utes' walk from the station. 1 know that
because it said 50 ~ the advertisement;
ont hang me IL Il didn, lake nae 40 rain
ates to walk it. lit is evident enough
chat I'm aging fast.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

Fortunately said he, as he looked at
the hill for her ball gown, "the low neck
md short sleeves patterns is still fash
ionable. Otherwise / fear ] would have
to go into hankruptcy.v+Chicago Post.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
BIC Chuuk Of Salt.

The largest mass OF pure rock salt In
the world lies under the province Of
Galicia, Hungary. 1t Is known to be $50
miles long, 20 broad. and $50 feet In thick
ness.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

When FIRST known TO the romans SIX
was So dear that II was sold weight RI
weight with gold.
The sun., 1899-05-14
Prof. Cope on Prizehghts.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir; Your
anti-suffrage correspondent. p. B. ". calls
attention to the fact that Gov. Thomas OF
Colorado has signed bill permitting prize
fights. All OF the women in the Colorado Leg
islature voted against the Prizefight bill: a
majority OF the men in the Legislature voted
for it, The incident can hardly be said to show
that women are less 1T for public duties than
men, unless on the ground publicly taken by
some opponents OF equal.suffrageJ that prize
fights are to be desired.
Prof Cope, in an article published several
wears ago in the MOnist asserted that Ameri-
can men were in danger Of growing eneml-
nate; that prizeflRhts Itended to keep them
from growing effeminate: that woman sui;
frage would tend to prevent priZehghts: and
that therefore woman suffrage ought not to be
granted.-Q. F.. ID.
II Prof Cope had been member OF the last
Colorado Ienislature, his experience there
might have conyinced him that even even when when
may not be able to prevent it, especially In a
State like Colorado. where the men outnum-
''' Wv ETHEL @. AVERY.
The sun., 1899-05-14
The Circus Season.

From the Colorado Springs Gazette
Now the merry circus season spreadeth Ger the
Mark the famng posters looming up on every hand;
Maiden with the six foot tresses;
TrapeZe girls in scanty dresses;
Beasts from unknown wildornessosi
Girl who lion fierce caresses;
Birds that no known land possessesI
Calliope that nerves distresses;
Clown who ancient Jokes Expresses;
Procession that with pomp progresaest
All OF which our wealth assessea;'
Sec the people throng the sidewalks whom 0hsy hear
the band.
Note the fearless bareback rider dAshinG round tho
ring:
SEQ the ancient damsel from lofty trApeLe swing;
See rcd lemonade Allowing;
Mark the last years peanuts going;
Scent the jungle zephyrs blowing;
Hear the sacred white hull lowing;
See the strong man make a showing
That half.ton weight he's throwing;
Mark the rural lad, All.knowing;
Hear the scores OF babies Growing;
Watch the cowboys lAsso-thrownRi
And the baby lion growing:
Crane your neck and strain your eyes ~ every
wondrous thing.
Hear the small boys fervent pleading to attend the
Pater says the kid needs guarding-so he'll also 60;
Even mater gets excited
When the biR white tent is sighted,
Hints until she is invited:
Pink shirt waisted girls delighted,
StinRy dad is much affrighted;
Urchins face with JOY Is lighted;
Skies with rain clouds are beniRhted.
Hopes of sunshine always blighted.
Every other thing is sliGhted
When the circus has alighted;
Might as we'll pull down the shades and look the
door and go.
The sun., 1899-05-14
LOGGERHE4D TURTLEEATI FREEL Y
ReginninE Now to Make Up for Time Lost
Last Winter.

ReginninE Now to Make Up for Time Lost
Last Winter.
The big Ave- and "a -half-foo loggerhead turtle
at the Aquarium that in winter went for days
and weeks at time without eating anything
whatever Is now eating freely of cut-up cod
fish and herring. perhaps two pounds at meal.
the fish being divided into strips rather longer
than and about as broad as two fingers The
big turtle Is still trying TO get out. setting the
end OF it's nose against the side wall Of the pool
and then padding itself slowly round and round
in search OF an opening The food forit, a double
handful in'quantity. is tossed into the tank to
one side OF him and few feet away az he lies
in the water with his head to the wall. He is
doing at the moment. may be. and dreaming
the food in the water startles him a little but
he knows well enough what i ! means .n ,, and he
enjoy the food He cleans it up pretty quickly
and yet with no hurry his m9nneT6i IN fact.
clumsy as he is. being rather dignihad than
otherwise. His head alone is q foot in length.
He extends II a little further than i had been
slightly with rolling direction to. open his
generous mouth. Sometimes he keeps his
ward. but however he moves it every motion OF
his great head cOnyeysa sense OF power. Witha
kind Of calm celebrity. but withneyeT any hurry
he picks up piece after piece OF the fish. There
remains OF this bunch right here one piece
that lies in the angle formed by the floor and
the piece out with his heak TO where he can get
at i and thep takes II in; Backing pr. he rolls
other stray strip OF the Ash. but he feels II
through the shell and continues backing until
he has brought 1t out clear in front. and then
he scoops that In. There IL another piece yet,
of little to one side. which he sweeps Tor
ward on the bottom with movement OF one Of
thus got the piece within convenient reach and
has eaten it he has eaten al but few strag-
n
II gives one new and better idea Of the great
turtle TO see him feed he seems then to be
repose. he might not have been suspected to
possess.
The sun., 1899-05-14
A Florida Hammock Song.

Tho metre and dialect are peculiar to the ex.
slave nurses OF the interior OF Florida.
staccato <-<-tS,Dinps tie hammock Tor,cdyd erd
back twies TO a incl
Els . mommie's baby boy.
Po' Jack-po' Ill JAck1
tStdccato rising infecfion
e All o house all up wi Joy,
Po' Jack-po Ill Jack!
tSart, soothinolvi
'E get mp early in . mon,
Po Jaok-po' III Jaekt
II drink . milk an eat g oon.
Po Jack-po' III Jacki
'Epa . take i'm to 'eys'd.
Po Jack-po' III Jackf
To catch 'ecrab. . try i'm had.
Po Jack-po' Ill Jack!
Z runs i'm out upon . streets,
Po' Jack-po' Ill Jackt
f patte's roun' in inns bae feets,
Po Jack-po' lfl Jackl
Wen night . come. . lay lay I'm down.
Po Jack-po' Ill Jack7
An sleep e slum'e er. soft an SCUM.
Po Jack-po' III Jack!
SAMUEL A. HAMILTON.
ROARING SPRINGS. Blair county. Pa. May 7.