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The Washington times., 1901-07-07
MYRIADs OF BATS.
Cavern in East Africa Inhabited by
Enormous Mammals.

One of the most remarkable caverns in
the world has recently been discovered by
Belgian missionary. NJ. Chaudois, on
the coast of German East Africa, near
the harbor of Tsnga. The main entrance
to the cavern is in the form of a majes-
tic arch, which is more than thirty feet in
height. Beneath it gUshes from the earth
q stream of water. The cavern is 10 feet
high in some places and as many as 20
feet in -others. The principal portion is
fashioned like a chamber and it is so spa
cious that it reminds one of a square in
some large city.
A labyrinth of halls intersects this
chamber and each OF these leads to
smaller room. Intense darkness prevails
throughout this subterranean region. and
the man who loses his way in it cannot
easily find it again A worse difficulty
than this, however, has to be encoun-
tered, for from time immemorial the cav
ern has furnished home for myriads of
bats. and the human being who pene-
trates into their stronghold finds it at
times impossible to make the slightest
headway, and is sometimes even obliged
to make hasty retreat
According TO NJ. Chaudois, the sides of
the cavern are literally covered with
these bats, ana some OF them are OF Sucn
= monstrous size that it is impossible to
defend ones self against them, even with
a stout stick.
Il saw some, he says, that measured
more than three feet in width and whose
heads were as big as chickens. One can
imagine that ii is very unpleasant to find
one self suddenly surrounded by thou
sands Of such creatures, and that as they
swarm around you it is very difficult to
prevent them from extinguishing your
torch. More than once they obliged me to
take flight, for their attack was so Wig
orous | could not withstand it.
Another discomfort Hes in the fact that
water is perpetually dripping from the
roof of the cavern. Moreover, the bats
clatter increasingly from the moment the
tOrchlight arouses them from their tor
por, and they make such a din that II is
impossible for two persons to converse.
For these reasons NJ. Chaudois was una
BILE to penetrate as far into the wonderful
cavern as he desired, yet he says that the
beautiful stalactites and stalagmites
which he saw in every direction are in
his opinion an unquestionable proof that
this unique subterranean structure is
well worthy of study.
That the cavern, the floor of which is
now carpeted with skeletons of bats. has
been gradually followed out of rock by
the action of subterranean streams is eyi-
dent. NJ. Chaudois is also convinced that
il consists OF several stories and is other
wise much more notab bic than it appears
to be.-Chcago Chronicle.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07
HEAT STOPPING WATCHES.
Hundreds of MainsprinGs Broken by
Expansion.

81 think you're No. lOO." said a down
town matchmaker today as the man
passed his ''turnip" over the counter;
''mainsprings are doing snappy work
these hot days"
How do you account for it?' the man
asked. Lately I've been more careful
than ever. 1 count the number of twists
the stem can stand and stop short one
before the limit; besides, / make it my
business not to drop the watch on any
thing harder than my pillow"
You're not at fault in the least" said
the matchmaker It's the intense and
continued heat. The handspring either
got too big for its boots or else contract
ed a swelled head Ordinarily you could
stretch it and tie ii to a four-horse char
lot and you couldn't break It, Heat eX-
pands, you know and cold contracts. A
handspring hasn't the right sort of con-
stitution TO acclimate itself, that's all"
Just then No. 10l came in with q time
piece suffering from the same complaint.
Other watchmakers had the same story
to tell.-New York Commercial Advert
ser.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

and pole are not used at all. and the ne
gro goes away and puts it into locker
when the ship backs into the stream.
His face brightens up as he does this.
frequently messengers arrive on the
wharf late with bundles. letters. or tele-
grams; or passengers on the ship about
to back away suddenly remember some
thing which they jot down quickly and
pass ashore. 1t is under such emergen-
cies that Jhe negro and his scoop net play
their short inning. Quick as the flash of
gunpowder he places the package or mes
sage in the bottom of the net. and with a
deft turn of his wrist pokes the article In
question under the nose OF its owner.
No other steamship lire uses a scoop
net in this way. and ordinarily once the
gangplank is withdrawn communication
between the ship and the shore is closed
except to the old-fashioned and seldom
successful mode of hurting a letter wrap
ped up in a bunch of keys aboard, or to
the more expensive habit of chasing the
craft with a specially chartered tugboat.
At best this net play Is a quick move,
for scarcely a few minutes mark the re-
movai of the steamers gangplank and the
start of the ship streamward.
Il once passed a pocketbook aboard that
passenger ndO forgotten, Sdld the
knight OF the net recently II learned it
had s5.0o0 in 1t. The wife of the man go
ing away brought it down just as the
plank had been pulled in The ship had
begun to go astern, and 1 tell you them
lawn tennis chaps never had to play as
fine game of touch and go as 1 did then.
This net delivery is the invention of the
stevedore, whose men have had to put
valuable uapers aboard shin on the fv
1t is the only system of it's kind in the
country, so far as l know. We are all
very proud of the plan York
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

from me immediately" asked the post
master in surprise.
"Of course 1 could replied the inspec-
tor, tartly. IF you had read the regula-
tions you'd know that"
WAL said the postmaster. straigbten-
ing up suddenly ana placing his hand on
his hip pocket in a suggestive way. Wal,
I'll jes' give yer ten minutes to take it
away. then. Yur the feller I've been
awaitin fer six years. Now, kin git rid
of this hyar burned postofice, and I'll do
it. Take it away, Mister Inspector, if ye
value health and happiness. After six
years III git shut of this offs. Hooray-
now be quick!'
Arguments were futile. Furay took it
away, and as the Only other man in town
profanely declined the honor of being
postmaster, the inspector discontinued
the Office, which accommodated but eight
people anyway.-Denver Post.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Most desolate was the landscape that
opened before the travellers as they rode
out of the canyon. On either side rose a
sheer wall of black and forbidding cliffs
blacker and more forbidding yet in the
gloom thrown by the approaching sunset
stretching TO an apparently illimitable dis
tance on either hand; and beyond, out on
the plain, the shadows OF the crags and
rocky pinnacles by which they were sur
mounted were projected in shapes so fan
tastic and grotesque that an imagination
less vivid than that of the barbarous in
habitant of those wildernesses might have
pictured them as malignant spirits of the
mountains standing sentinel over the vast
solitudes. There was something abso-
lutely repellent in these silhouettes, their
hard outlines as clearly defiEsd as if
thrown by moonlight, and yet without any
touch Of that softness that is generally
attached TO the idea of shadow
In front the prospect was no less un-
inviting. The plain stretched away in an
unbroken level to the eastern horizon.
where It was bounded by a chain of
ragged submits. as savage and inhospita-
BILE as the desert itself. Sometimes, in
deed. the staring monotony was relieved
by bright flashes from the distant hills,
as the rays Of the setting sun were flung
broadly back in hard, metallic CLEANS
from the great fakes of selenite and
mica. Only those who have witnessed
this phenomenon can have any conception
of the extraordinary brilliancy of these
sparkling rocks-the origin, no doubt, of
the old Wild West legend of the mountain
of gold. Beyond this range. in the ex-
treme distance, faint white peaks, dimly
discerned against the hard, blue back
ground Of the sky, indicated the presence
of ma jestic mountains, clothed with eter-
nal snow.
The plain itself was inexpressibiy drea-
~, a dead level of sand and lava, with
here and there a scanty cluster of arid
creosote bushes or the uncouth stems of
the solitary cactus; while. away TO the
left. a large, unhealthy, white patch, a
vast deposit OF soda. showed Ike blotch
of leprosy on a fever-stricl1en body.
OF animal life, save for crickets and
lizards innumerabIe, the sole sign was
the angry 'skirr' Of a disturbed rattle
snake-a fitting denizen Of that region of
desoiation, as IL crawled sullenly out OF
the way Of the advancing horses. other
wise the oppressive stiffness was only
broken by the clink Of the hoofs and the
lamentation OF the rising wind. as It
walled Ike the sObbing Of lost souls along
the gaunt walls of the canyon.
This iil-omened desert. the Journey of
Death as it was called locally, formed a
short cut between the branches OF two
rivers that have their source in the scan
tily watered district that lies along the
boundaries Of Sonora and Arizona. Usu-
ally travellers followed more circuitous
route TO the northward. but the present
party had determined 10 push across the
plain without needing it's real or imagina-
~ dangers.
The expedition consisted of Prof. An
drew Bernstein of Harvard, with two
Eistants, two cowboys who acted as
guioss. and Herbert Alainwaring,
wealthy young Englishman. who posed as
IN artist. and who had Joined as a heavi-
The Washington times., 1901-07-07
THE SCOOP NET MAN.
A Character who Figures in the De-
pnrture of Big Liners.

Just before a Ward liner leaves her
East River pier for Cuba or Mexico big,
strapping negro, carrying net attached
to long pole takes up his position along
side the gangplank and nervously looks
from those gathered on the wharf to the
tourists assembled alongside the steamer S
rails.
When the gangplank is hauled to the
wharf the negro's eyes roll In every direc-
ton, and he fidgets the pole as if he had
an awful responsibility upon his brawny
shoulders. The net is about the size of
one used in grabbing, but the pole is about
three times as long Sometimes the net
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-25
DEATH OF CAPTAIN WEBEB.
Occurred Here Sunday, and He Was Buried
in Savannah Yesterday.

AS ne had fallen asleep ON many a
battlefield after hard dsy's work well
ue, 20 old lie fall asltep for that
long, long rest, which comes at the end
OF lite, ana is welcomed by those who
have lived the little tpan OF yeArs
before The morni 8 and evening,
according to His word, as this old
soldier had. In loving resp o, to bis
request, they laid him to sleep in his
old Confederate gray uniform, and
left him uDder the wavio 4s OF the gray
MOSES, in the 3 aGows OF The COIL
green 'ees.
Tender hands Of conrad bore him
J esterday moaning IN the early dawr,
before the sunrise, to tie train, on
which he was taken to S vannAh, and
met C1ere by an escort OF veterans from
the Confoderstes, of which he was u
member in high landing.
Captain Charles w. Weber was loved
by all who knew HIM, his life was
marked by deeds of honor aud truth
and kindness to all with whom he came
In contact, and there s.e many who
mourn because he has gone the way
before them. He was accompanied to
Savannah, his former home, by Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Wenz and Col. d. W.
Krsuss. The members Of the Bruns-
wick Confederate Veterans association
who escorted hun to the train, were
DIR. w liam BerrIeu Burroughs, Judge
Horace Dart, MessVs. Hiram ]. Reod,
John Green. J, Bolt, A, V. Putnam,
J, j. Spear, w. II Berrie.
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-25

One Of the most beautiful events Of
the pact week was the german at the
Oglsthorpe, given by Mr.. and Mrs. q.
Porter, in compliment to Miss Marie
DeVoe and her guest, Miss Addie Paul,
OF Dsrien. The music was unusually
foe and to its merry measures the
d sncing keT up until the early hours.
Among the gcests present were Miss
Marie Dew ,e, " no was most b. coming
iy gowned in white organdie over green
tafets, deliberately trimmed in viole's
with Mr.. John Pace; Mae Addis Paul,
in pink orgsndie with black lace. the
pretty bertha feet OF which was most
attractive, with Mr.. Malcolm MoKin-
non; Miss Hsz Nightingale, Mr.. La
VeF9ne Whitfield; MissJapie S) mons,
Mr.. Hugh Burford (: Miss Claude Lucas,
Mr.. Albert Banks; Miss Kim Waff. Mr..
Millard Reese; Mise Frances Holt, Mr..
Z. Q Fleming Jr.; Miss Ellen Peuni>
man, Mr.. Frank Stacy; Miss Irene
Wood, Mr.. Frank Msllsrd; Miss Tallu
lah Fleming, Mr.. William Bailey; Miss
Madge Young, MIR Hunter Hopkins
Miss Fanny Symmes, Mr.. Sam Mallard
Miss Arabella Wright. Mr.. Richard
Everett; Miss Mallie Greenlee, Mr..
Robert Jones, Miss Marie Prioleau,
Mr.. Cearles Fleming.
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-25
HOUSES FOR SALE.

room house on Union street between
Gloucester and Mansfield. Price 1890
5room house on Il street, south Of 1
street. $4,000.
room house on E street, nesr the
Gale residence $l,00 90.
5room house back OF Mes. Oargyle
$4,000.
room house next TO Baptist church
on Union street: $2500.00
s0x9e corner lot near Lovers Oak
$500. 90. Apply to
Brobston, Fendig Il Co.
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-25
NOTICE K. OF P'S.

The semi>snBual election OF officers
OF Rsthbone Lodge Nc, As, will be held
ut Castle Hall tonight al 8 O'Clock. All
members snd visiting brethren are
requested 10 be present. Attest.
l.. LuiwIg, Msx Isaac,
X. of X. & 3. c. G.
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-25

FOR RENT-Lower floor OF q large
building, suitable for an office, espeoi-
ally lumber Office. Address "Offioe''
care of TIMEs-CALL
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-25
SOCIETY NEWS.
Continued from frss page.

time ago to become IL trained nurse,
but little cupid had other plans for her
with the well known Fesnlt.
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-25
PLANT SYSTEM SCHEDULE

To take ffect ~ Ol q. m. Sunday
May &c. sol.
Leave Brunswick 8 $50 \. IN. and
, 80 p m.
Arrive Brunswick $50 q. m. end
1902. IN.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25
Eun Has n Halua bic Side.

"Show me q man who does not
appreciate humor." said John Kendrick
Bangs to- me. land ! will show you
a man who is morbid. cynical, I'M
responsive to every call Of nature.
Such n man is worse than a pessimist
and more to be pitied. Take some Of
the greatest and most successful men
In the world. Humor has always play
ed an important part in their lives.
Often a funny incident has marked
the turning point Of a great mans
career. Often some ridiculous con-
dition has been the impetus of a new
start in life"
Mr.. Bangs is right Did not Column
bus apparently hopeless task Of stand
ing an egg ON end make thinkers of
the wise men who sat around him!
Was not George Washington credited
with being master of the truth be-
cause he once saw boy punished for
trying to Jest with his father and final
ly became, as Mr.. Bangs facetiously
remarks, so she couldn't tell a lie even
IL lie saw one?' And didn't Johann
Gutenberg invent the printing press
by working out theory which found
it's origin while he was playing leap
frog with some boys on damp ground
The impression made in the soil by the
boys feet is said to have given Guten-
berg his first idea Of the impression
that could be made by types.-Robert
Mackay in Success.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25

There has not been period in the
British history Of the past one hun
dred years when the accession of a new
monarch to the throne of that Unit
ed Kingdom could excite a greater
interest amongst the powers of the
world than now. The whole of
humanity stands with bated breath
watching for sign which they may
call the change resulting from the
transference of the crown from Vic
toria to the new ruler Edward VII.
The death OF the great Queen truly
marks the end of an era, and there
will be many important changes
wherever the Union Jack waves over
it's own domain. What these will be
no one can tell but the severing of
those strong bonds of family affection
which bound Victoria to Germany,
Russia, Belgium, Greece and Portu-
gal will play no small part in the
events which are about to follow.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25
BARRE, VT, JANUARY %, 1901
The class of people who are bour

The class of people who are bound
TO make the whole world believe the
way they do and those who set them.
solves up to rule the world of finance
IN foreign countries by the same trust
process as that which is running the
country here at home, will cause Uncle
Sam many days of sorrow, if he con-
tlnues to grant them his protection un-
der those circumstances. The trouble
now pending in Venezuela is all the
result of friction between two Amer.
can asphalt companies both claiming
the right to work certain deposits in
bermudez, at the mouth OF the ORR.
noco River. The Barber Asphalt Co.
has been engaged on these deposits for
several years, having secured con-
cession to work them from the Nene.
Zuela government, which has been
overthrown by a revolution, and the
opposition is now in power, with Gen.
Castro as president, who, on certain
allegations, revoked the concession to
the Barber company and granted a
new concession to the Warner CON-
pany. 1t has been asserted that the
new concession was obtained by bri.
berry and Misrepresentation that Pres,
ident Castro needed money, and that
the Warner company paid him s4O,
900 cash to throw the BARRIERS out.
When the newcompany'went to Bermu-
DEE to take possession it met with re-
sistance. The Barber people insisted
upon their rights and prepared to de,
fend them. The Warmers appealed tc
the government. The president sent
troops to their assistance. The Bar.
bers armed their, men and held the
fort, and whatever of damage may re-
suit Uncle Sam is in duty bound tt
resent.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25

Many years ago the Montana club In
Helena entertained Mark Twain after
q lecture. He met many old frlenus
there and one old enemy. The latter
had come all the way from Virginia
City, New, on purpose to settle an OLD
score. When the glasses were filled
and Marks health proposed. this man
interrupted the proceedings by saying
Hold on minute. Before we 60 fur
Their want to say to you, Sam Glenn
ems. that you did me dirty trick over
there in Silver City, and I've come
here to have a settlement with you"
There was deathly silence for a
moment, when Mark said in his DELHI
crate drawl: Lets see. That-was--
before-I-reformed wasn't-it"
Senator Sanders suggested that mas
much as the other fellow had never re
formed Clemens and all the Others
present forgive him and drink together
which all did.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25
GUARANTEED TO
CURE COUGHS AND COLDS


od NV her cooks frequen.
s,ain.s NJ toothache, a mistress y.
tho unper west side deciaeu .'ooom.
1ays ago that it was time " ''0'
mend heroic remedies' cutting II
"Honnah, there is no use pu.'n a,a ~
49, LONGER There Is Dr. Jones oVeI
there. He promises to eA'rao aoo him
w,thout pain. Why don't you See A
and have it over with! ~ s,,.
Hannah scarcely relished tle eus
cestion. but after another nign. n ~
eoring sorrowfully announced, Deeu,
I kin less stand dis no longah' an'
asked permission to go to 1T. 'onSS :
rIor mistress rejoiced in the thousn'
tho+ the agony was at last TO DC enu.
od When an hour later, however sne
hahe,d Hannah march down the area
wov steps, the whites of her eyes nasn'
,n o' and her head bobbing with We
hamnncc horn of righteous fury, VISION
not only of lost molars. but OF oe
rortinp cook came before her. she en-
tered with the dignity of an lnsultee
African queen. "a p,a,,
"Anything wrong. Hannah? pidn'
no GET the right teeth?" ventured TN
| mistress III,
"Got de right teef all right ana uo ,l
lah an half besides. Yas'm' he oie
so" o,
swell, did he hurt your
"No'm, can't say he did"
"Then what's the matter:
"Well, Miss Liza. didn't you tell m
dat man ober dere 'stracted teet WIZ
out payin"-New York Sun.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25
4 Rhapsody of Love.

Only we two alone, engaged in bring
ing about for ourselves the still great
err solitude Of two into one. oh, be-
loved, what a company that will be!
Take me In your arms, fasten me to
your heart, breathe on me. Deny me
either breath or the light of day.
am yours equally, to live or die at
your word. shut my eyes to feel
your kisses falling on me like rain, or
still more like sunshlne-yet most OF
all like kisses, my own dearest and
best beloved! - From an English
Woman's Love Letters"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25
A Qaap MN9teHY.

II is a mystery why women enquire
Backache. Headache, Nervousness; Sleep
Iessness, Melancholy, Painting and Dizzy
Shells When thousands have proved that
Electric Bitters will quickly cure su !a
troubles. Il suffered for years with KID
ney trouble" writes Mrs. Phebe CherIey,
of Peterson, Ia. land lame back palneo
me SO could not dress myself, but Elec
trio Bitters wholly cured me. and altnousn
70 ears ol,l,f now am able 70 40 al. ,nS
improves Appetite, gives perfect health
Only soc at the Parlor Drug Store. DIV
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25

Rural free delivery of mail is com.
ing as sure as the rising and setting of
the sun. 1t will not be many years
before every family located IN the
United States within any reasonable
proximity to civilization will be plac-
ed in daily communication with the
outside world. Then after that sys.
tenn has been In existence for half a
century, the world will find that the
seat of culture and information will
be found amongst the residents of the
rural districts. The daily newspaper
will be no small factor in assisting the
new system Of mail delivery In bring
ing about this improved condition.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25
RYought Good Fortune.

BROUGHT amazing good zoo fortune t to Editor
Chris. Retter. of the Saginaw mich. J
Post and Zeitung. He and his family had
the Grip in it's worst form. Their doctor
did them no good Then he read that DR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds was guaranteed cure
for La Grippe and all Throat and Lung
troubles; tried it and'says: Three bottles
cured the whole family. No other med
icine on earth equals it." Only SOC and
81 90 at the Parlor Drug Store. Trial bot
ties free. DIV
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25

The Boston Herald says: "These
town meeting rows and aldermanic
hairpullings out in our suburban set
Elements are getting monotonous. II
they don It stop, they'll have to be TAX
en- over the metropolitan knee and
get annexed" If this operation call
ed "getting annexed" is in any way
similar to that which many of the
legislators who stopped at Montpelier
last fall have knowledge of, it is
probable that these suburban officers
mentioned by the Herald would be
impelled to court the penalty.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-01-25
Seat out Of an Increase Of His
pAnQjoN

A Mexican war veteran and prominent
editor writes: "Seeing the advertisement
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy, am reminded that as a
soldier in Mexico in AZ and AS l contrac-
ted Mexican diarrhoea and this remedy
has kept me from getting an increase in
my pension for on every renewal dose
of it restores me-" 1t is unequalled as a
quick cure for diarrhoea and is pleasant
and safe to take. For sale by. Z, A.
Drown. 4 Co., Druggists