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New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

tion Of the rumored fall Of Khartoum arrived in
London.
How shall l write To You. or how shall at
tempt To express what tecl' To think OF your
dear. noble. heroic brother. who served his
country and his Queen truly herocally,
with a self-saCrtce 50 edifyinS to the world.
not having been rescued That the promises
Of support not fultlled-Which | so fire.
quently and constantly pressed those who
asked him to go-is To me grief ineXpressible,
Indeed. il has made me ill, My heart bleeds for
YOU his sister who have gone through many
anNietics on his account. and who loved the
dear brother as he deserved 10 be. You all
So good and truStiul, and have such strong faith.
that you Will he sustained even now. when real
ahsHlut" evidence IF yOuT dear brothers deate.
does not exist: hut fear there cannot bc much
doubt Of il. Some day | hope to YOU again.
to tell You what | cannot express. Ny dauShtes
Beatrice, who has felt as | do. wishes me to e1-
press her deepest sympathy for you | hear
many expressions of sorrow and sympathy FROM
abroad; from my eldest daughter the Crown
Princess. and from my cousin. the kin-; of the
Ecl@ianS-the very WarmeSt. Would you
pr, - to your other sisters and your elder
brother my true sympathy. and what | do
kccnly feel. the stain left upon England 10y your
dear brothers cruel though heroic fate?"
Ii is such letters as these that help us te
realize what have lost.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

the temptation OF money, often proved unsuc-
cessful. The driver Of the winning camel in the
race for instance, refused to sell the talisman
that had won il for him for six successive years
even after several days OF discussion.
Touggourt was the end of Professor Somer-
yille's Journey, a strangely remote and pict-
uresque town where fair faced Anglo-Saxons
are seldom seen, well into the desert and sur
rounded by groves. Its existence is made pos
sible by the large wells near which ii Is situated
Many OF the smaller cases on the route are made
by mans patient labor. In modern days tn
French engineers have sunk many artesian wells
and have thus almost miraculously increased
the comfort and happiness Of the desert people
They saved Touggourt, in fact for when the
wells there began to dry up. disregarding the
native wiseacres, they went t. boring. and, much
to the JOY and establishment OF the incredulous
at no very great depth reached supply of
water that has been enriching the oases ever
since. Yet from many Of the wells elsewhere
a diminution Of flow has been observed, and the
opening of new wells frequently stops the yield
in others near by, SO that fears are expressed of
the ultimate failure Of the whole supply. Ac-
cording to Professor Somerve
II has been suggested that from the degree of
decrease observed in the flow from many wells
in about ten years water Will have to be inn
ported on camelback across the desert, unless
some new subterranean sources are discovered
md reached by boring.
This will be a sad day for the Desert of Sa-
hara. which in spite of its bad name is full Of
charming and heathful spots. where human life
is hapIy and contented. 1t will also be a sad
cay for the large trade that is carried across
the desert, and that the regularly recurring
springs alone make possible.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

Is not unlike much Of the rest. and he saw
much that is characteristic of the desert life
Bis travel notes contained in this book while
making no great pretensons to literary style
are engaging and give interesting view of a
portion OF Africa not generally seen by tourists.
His start was from Algiers. He reached un-
familiar ground in crossing the Atlas Mountains
including the sacred summit Of Mount Bellona
where he was so fortunate as TO see the impress
siye ceremony OF the MahOmetan prayers for
the dead He was freely admitted to the cere-
nony, as. indeed, he TO all the religious ser
vices he desired TO observe, the only condition
even in the hoest places. apparently being that
he should not evince undue curiosity. The
Romans left traces Of their conquest here in the
buried cities Of Lambessa and Thmgad where
recent excavations have found two veritable
Pompeiis, with buildings, streets, theatres FORUM
market, shops anG sumptuous public baths. The
Illustrations show sites and remains that must
prove interesting TO archaeological students
The gateway to the real Sahara is the gorge IF
FL kantara One may travel thither and 10
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

ures or travellers halt I'm any oasis where
number of them are being loaded" They are
not generally considered a sporting animal but
they have pretty taste for long distance
racing. Professor Somervile saw the conclusion
OF the annual contests near Biskra The
camels had started thirty-six hours before from
TouggOurt:
little while after we had halted we espied
on lhe southern horizon two or three specks. evil
oehlly moving toward US, and twenty minutes
later The leading camel passed us, far in advance
OF the others. The camel did not seem 10
De gong very rapidly when he passed us but we
soon found that we were mistaken for despite
the efforts of our driver he distanced us and
We barely arrived in time to his rider dis
mount at the winning post.
The camels like the sport; they appear to de-
light in the excitement of racing, and it is about
the only amusement they ever enjoy They be-
gin their labors very early in life and have little
rest thereafter. There curious native be
liefs in animal Immortality, and the Arabs ex-
pect to be reunited after death with their faith
full camels. Their belief in talsmans is also
invincible. and Professor Somerville often found
the influence OF the chiefs necessary TO induce
them TO part with interesting specimens for his
collection; and even this influence. joined with
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
GrOnn he

Biskra, with its Leauulul gardens and bazaars,
further south, on the railway; but from the lat
ter city mules and horses were Professor SOM
erN-ille's means Of conveyance. The desert way
Is over a sandy plateau, interspersed with beds
Of gypsum and sparsely covered with thin veg
citation. There are many "chotts' or shallow
salt water pools, and caravans are frequently
met .rhe aspect OF the country, as shown in
the admirable Photographic reproductions that
acd greatly TO the value Of the book fully salts
dos the Imagination 10 what desert should
be- The camel itself is one Of the most al
tractiVe sights Of the region, especially when
carrying its born young. Its provision Tor
orl. .nching its thirst is not unfamiliar but Pro-
feslor SomcIgic gives il sort Of striking reall-
,y describing the long stops necessary at each
~ where the camels require at least fifteen
-lln Ites 10 absorb all the water they need and
picturIug their uneainy kneeling attitude in the
act Then they can travel twenty days without
more water, provided the weather be cool; but
not without complaining, "for camels exceed all
9ther creatures for growing. Their cry is very
sonOrous. and is one OF the CHARACTERISTIC feat
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
FICTION.
A GOOD STORY OF LIFE IN MODERN
VIRGINIA.

EASTONER COURT HOUSE. A Novel ty Henry
Burnham Boone and Kenneth Brown. Emo, PIP.
SIS. Harper & Bros.
THE FORTUNE OF A DAY. by Grace Ellery
Shanning- -StetsOn. l2mo PIP. 3l9. Herbert :.
Stone * Co
SHORT STORY MASTERPIECES BY Mary f..
wilkins, Octave Thanet and Others. First
Series; 12mo Pr. 325 Chicago: Jamieson-Iiig-
gins Company.
WELLESLEY STORIES. BY Grace Louise Cook.
l2mo, PIP. 3i0 Boston, Richard q. Badger x Co.
The series of twelve American novels to be
published during 1901 by the Harpers begins
we'll with "Eastover Court House." The col
in this book have sought to sketch
they in a Virginan neighbor-
hood generally faithful to the traditions of
''befo the wah." but having some relations with
the movement of American life outside the
county. They realistic to certain degree.
But romance pervades the book, and there is
incident enough to satisfy even the novel reader
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
~ro LlLLIE VINO is DEAD"

From The London Academy.
God made YOU very fair;
cannot dream He meant you To- he lost.
At what tremendous cost
Could Earth supply such wealth of golden hair!
That Uanscd arch above,
Nor all the shining vast of Morning skies,
Could make two Wistful eyes
Like those through which | read your loan OF
love.
Not all the roses heart
Nor heart Of cV'ry Summer breathing rose
That ever buds and blows
Could match those lips your laughter KISSED
apart
And so / have no fear;
Your Beauty lives: | have no fear for YOU.
Your soul grows lovely too
In His pure light who holds all beauty dear
God loves YOU. and no less:
Death leaves you as lie made you-Very fars
Your beauty and His Care
Shall wake your very soul to lovelinesA
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

sham by the instinctively fair-minded girls
VINO form public opinion in great college. At
the end of her sophomore year Clorinda Trever-
toh' always a noticeable figure in the corridors
was as unimportant in college affairs as the
tlmidest of freshmen" Poor Clorinda. We are
inclined to drop tear over her tragic fate. But
Miss Cook. who tells all about her in the
first of her stories about Wellesley girls and
ways, takes pains to see that our sympathy is
not misplaced. She draws some other pictures
of Wellesley. We wish could say that they
had won our admiration. But they are perhaps
shade too girlish. even for pictures of girls.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
THE QUEENS LETTERS.
From The Pail Mall Ghzette.

From The Pail Mall Ghzette
Ii was as letter writer that our dead Queer
excelled- Especially to those in trouble did SHE
write with "a frankness. effusiOn of heart
a princely dignity, a mOtherly tenderneSS''-as
has been said of another English Queen-that
were all her own; and many family mourning
the loss of their nearest and dearest have felt
their grief lightened by the sympathy well
expressed by one who had been purified in the
same fire.
No finer example of this can perhaps, be found
than the following letter written by the Queens
own hand to Miss Gordon soon as cOnfrma-
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
LITERARY AMENITIES.

From The London Academy.
Sir: Mr.. Lang, / observe. states i'm THE Acad-
erny' that he wrote ''rhymed elegiacs" before |
was born. / can well believe il; but, | have
meyer written any rhymed elegiacs myself, why
drag me in? 1 am, etc,
WILLIAM WATSON.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
IN THE DESERT.
PICTURESQUE NOTES OF A saHaRAN
TRAVELLER

- of SAHARA. BY Maxwell Someryille
sy1naSSa 1a W,tS tSSyPS,9I9gy University of Penn,
Company f' q ID Aipplicott
.'oiessor Somerville penetrated only over the
1se OF the Desert Of Sahara, a matter of two
q three hundred miles from the coast of AL
e6sA But IL may be assumed thar the ed.o
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
Martin Will be Elected.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. "a number
OF the Indiana division, Sons of Vet
Grams, are preparing to leave, the lat
ter part of next week, for Providence.
Il. l., to attend the national conyen-
ton OF the organizations They will
work in the interest of Deputy Aud
itor Of State Frank Martin, of this
city, who is candidate for national
commander, and for whom an aggres-
sive campaign is now being conducted.
State House Custodian Kreitenstein.
commander of the organization in this
state. says the indications are that
Mr.. Martin will be elected. His only
opponent at this time is George d.
Arlington, superior court judge at
Albany, N. Y, who is well-known
member of the organization. Tie po-
sition Of national commander does not
carry with it salary, but it is much
desired because of the hcnor. The
national commander also hss the ap-
pointment of an adjutanG general.
whose salary is 81, 800.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12

In his very interesting historical
sketch, prepared for the old settlers
picnic at LaPaz, the Hon. Daniel Nc
Donald brought out the fact that after
the creation of Polk township, in
Marshall county, petition presented
to the county commissioners request
ed that the name of North township
be changed to Dallas, in honor of the
vice-president elected with James X.
Polk. The petition was granted, but
Immediately, or shortly thereafter; re-
voked in some mysterious manner. Mr..
McDonald's paper is replete with in
teresting historical facts pertaining to
the early settlement of the northern
part of Marshall and the southern
part of st. Joseph county. The citi-
zens of that locality ought to secure
its publication in pamphlet form. 1t
is too valuable TO be filed away in a
pigeon-hOle- Bend Times.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
Drowning at Lake Hamilton.

AUBURN. Ind, Sept.7-News of a
terrible accident has reached here
from Lake Hamilton. John thinner
man had chosen the lake for DAVIS
outing for his Sunday-school class.
and left the city early yesterday morn
ing with dozen or more boys. Upon
arrival, the toboggan slide was first
sought for little fun.
The first time down Hugh, the
thirteen-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. Lodewick, OF this city, strang-
led and never arose. The news was
broken to the parents as gently as
possible, but both are prostrated, and
Mrs. Lodewick's case is extremely
ON account OF her delicate
condition.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12

Total =. s577, 264, 841 s445, sos, 500
An analysis of the above shows that
the railways paid for labor during the
year 1900, s577, 264, s41, which is s54,-
296, 945 more than in 1899 and S131,-
756, $50 more than in 1895. The gross
earnings of all the railways of the
United States for 1900 were 81, 4S7.-
O44, S14, against 81, O75, 81, 460in 1895,
gross earnings therefore increased
s411, 673, 1852, or Is per cent, while the
compensation paid for labor increas-
ing during the same period s131, 1885,
$50, or % per cent, and this increase
went to what is known as the labOring
class. On most roads, the amount of
money paid to officers has fallen off
through reduction of salaries or dis
misSal of a certain per cent. of the
officers where roads were top heavy;
consequently there is no room for crit
icism on the part of employees that
they have not shared in the prosperity
that has come to the roads.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
Kokomo Pioneer Killed by Train.

KoKoMO, Ind, Sept. civilian
Funk, one of the earliest settlers of
this place, was killed by the cars here
this morning. He started to his
farm three miles east, and in crossing
the Panhandle tracks was struck by
the Richmond and Logansport special.
He was hard of hearing and almost
blind and did not notice the approach
of the train His horse was killed
and the buggy torn to pieces. Funk
was seventy years of age. He was
prominent i'm Democratic councils foI
forty years, but at the last election
voted for Mckinley.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
Greshants Mothers Birthday.

New ALBANY, Ind, Sept. Mrs.
Sarah Rumsy, mother of the late W..
Q. Gresham -9s years old, yesterday
unaided taszaed herself to prepare din
ner for over fifty guests assembled to
celebrate the anniversary of her birth.
She is the mother of eight children
and has oatAvsd all except two-Col.
William Gresham of st. Paul and Miss
Meade Gresham of Chicago. All OF
the five sons entered the federal army.
Two gained distinction. Col. W @.
Gresham rose to major general and
afterward was judge and secretary OF
state Another son, Col. Ben Ores
ham, was distinguished cavalry
leader in the Mexican war.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
England Has Potato Bugs.

LONDON, Sept. 5-The board
of agriculture announces that
the Colorado beetle, in various
stages of existence, has been dis
covered in potato patch in Til
bury. The beetle hitherto has
not been. known to breed in
Great Britain, although it has
been occasionally imported, as in
1877, when it caused a universal
scare. The board had the crop
in which the beetle was found
and the surrounding crops at
Tilbury destroyed Immediately,
and it hopes that this will be eff
fectlye in preventing the spread
of the beetle, inasmuch as the
area affected is an isolated one
among the dock sheds.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12

promises only happiness ends in disap-
pointment and misery.
This is very true of marriage. The
young wife goes heart and soul into
home making and housekeeping She
loves to cook and prepare the dainties
her husband enjoys. She is so robust
and hearty that she can hardly find
enough to do to exhaust her abundant
energy. That's the way it begins. At
ter a while she finds that it takes all her
strength to care for her home. Then
household cares begin to overtax her,
and she drops down into chair many
time and gives way to tears because of
her weakness and misery. The sky so
cloudless on the morning of marriage
has soon become overcast.
THE CRITICAL TIME
in many womans life comes Just at
this period of Encouragement and de-
spair. She finds indications of disease
of the delicate womanly organs. Her
women friends perhaps tell her that the
bearing down sensation, the pains in the
back and 1oins indicate disease or dis
placement. She consults physicians,
takes prescribed treatments, all to no
anu yet lAAAo NOAio1i . ~oo$ -
durable on the evidence of women who
have been cured.
vFour years ago my health began to
fall" writes Mrs. Nellie NJ Reycraft,
of Glenwood, Washington Co., Oregon.
III had heavy dragging and weight in
the region of the uterus, pain in back
and loins, could not lift anything heavy,
rest at night very poor; stomach de-
ranged. One physician said was over
worked, another said 1 had conges-
ton and falling of uterus. He treated
me nine months and said 1 would not be
well until 1 had passed the change of
life. was only twenty-seven years old
then. 1 became discouraged, and began
using DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Took a teaspoonful three times day;
began feeling better right away. Am
using my third bottle now, and feel am
in good health. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription has restored me to health.
If suffering women would give it fair
trial they would give it praise"
1t can truthfully be said that there is
hardly form of wonanly disease med
ically durable which will not yield to the
faithful use of cFavorite Prescription
More than this, it is matter of record
that many forms of womanly disease pro-
nounced incurable by local physicians
have been perfectly and permanently
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
Will lmpeach Police Chief.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 6-The Civil
Alliance has practically decided to
bring impeachment proceedings
against Superintendent of Police
Qnigley and subordinates on the police
force who declined to close saloons
that were found by representatives of
the alliance to be violating the law.
The charges against the officers will
be filed with the board of safety.
Several years ago temperance workers
filed affidavits with the board, but the
cases were "whitewaShed."
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
END OF HANNA'S BOOM.

Harsh treatment from its idol has
wrecked the Forty-first Ward NJ. A.
Hanna club and it is no more. Last
week the republicans of his ward or
ganized the MA. Hanna club with
the avowed object of boosting the sem
ator's presidential boom. The COM
mittee that was sent to formally in
form the senator of the clubs exist
ence and its object reported Thursday
night. 1t was sad report. The sen,
altar had used strong language, the
committee said through its chairman
Martin Doran, IN telling them in al.
most so many words that the club
was fool. that he had no president.
ial boom and wanted none, and that
he would not admit to being doomed
by the club for president.
The club received the report of the
committee in silence that was broken
by member moving that the name
of the club be .chaged to the James a
Garfield club, which was done with
out dissenting vote.
The intimate frienes of Senator
Hanna have understood for some time
that private reasons caalnected wstt
his hoalth absolutely preclude any
future participation in active politics
by him and of course make it imyos
sibie fog him to aspire 40 the presid
tency.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
THE ANARCHISTS SHOT.

The whole country Is shocked and
horrifed bv the dastardiy act 81 AN
obscure latorer who, bis mind InRled
and warped by the ineendiary uEer-
ances of anarchists. has conceived the
insane idea that. in some way ahe
world would be bettered by the ex-
Elimination of rulers aud law. The
assassin of Humber1 of Itaf y is to;him
a here whose act is worthy of emuEa-
tion and bv the attempted murder
of Mckinley he coneeives himself TO
be a man above his fellows and deS-
tined to immortal fame.
If the president Teeovers from his
injuries, as there is Iouch reason to
hope he will do, he wiz be even dear
er to the masses than heretofore, and
his qualities of manhood and capacity
as statesman have given him firm
holS on the affections Of the pesple.
His strong grasp of public matters, his
delicate and kindly management, his
winning personality, his spotless in
tegrity and his loving attentions 90
his wife are some of the things the
people have seen and admired
President Mckinley had no enemies
except those who are enemies to all
regulation of society. There was no
reason for killing BIN except that the
votes of the people had for time
placed him at the head of the greatest
nation on earth. The anarchists
shot was not aimed at him but at gov
eminent and regulated liberty. 1t is
not reason, but the lack of reason,
that leads to such attacks. The act
itself is conclusive evidence of insani-
ty. The sanity of the American peo-
pie and the greatness of American in
stitutions can best be demonstrated
by dealing with this assassin calmly
and under the forms of law.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
COLUMBIA CHOSEN
Defender Of 1900 to Defend the
Americas Cup Again.

NEWPORT, R. L, Sept. 6-The
yacht Columbia, champion OF
1899, has been chosen to race
against Shamrock II in defense
of the America cup. This de-
cision was reached after con-
ference lasting two hours be
tween the members of the chal-
lenge committee All members
of the committee were present
Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard
presided. The discussion was
exhaustive. The performances
of the two boats were gone over
Systematically and critically
compared. The conclusion was
that the behavior Of the Colum-
bia was far more consistent than
that of Constituent and that in
/ the circumstances there was NO
alternative but to name her as
the defender.
The announcement Of the Sc.
lection of the Columbia was re-
ceived here with expressions OF
approval among yachtmen. She
has shown herself such a relia.
BILE all-around yacht that the de-
cision of the challenge committee
is held to be strictly just and i'm.
partial. AS interested yacht
men view the situation, the Co.
lumbia has been tuned up to the
point of perfection. Her crew
are enthusiastic believers in her
capabilities. Their drill and dis
cipline are beyond praise aud no.
body who has watched them has
any doubt that they will make q
gallant defense of the cup.
An interesting feature of the
affair is the future of the Con.
stitution. August Belmont en-.
dured the rejection of the boat
of which he is the principal own
er with philosophic fortitude
He will keep her in commission
SO that if any accident should be
fall the Columbia she would be
ready to fill the gap. Mr.. Bel
mont will do all in his power to
help the Columbia keep the cur
on this side of the Atlantic. He
will lengthen her sails, spars OF
any other that may be needed.