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VOL. 6 NO 204
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. TER., THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 14 1895
WHOLE NUMBER 1757
A WHITE FLAG.
The Chinese Admiral Offers to Sur-
render to the Japanese.
811 ll'S COVERED BY NETS.
Tho fop# Affected by the Wenther—The
HrmilUiu ( rlcbrut® rrm!tl?iir Cleva-
ImikI'h Dcciiilou In th* muilbuft
Aiuilrmloii (,'aittf.
Yokohama, Feb. 14.—It is officiary
announced that Cupt. Nerous. of tho
Japanese squadron, operating at Wei-
Hal-Wci, reports that yesterday me of
the Chili s© guubo.it niv: .' i< Urn he
Japanese flee* living u wh-w Aug.
When communication was had with
her. it was ascertained t ! * t
she brought a ir sagt from Adtu.
Ting. of .ie Chinese navy, offe.iug to
surrender Wel-Hai-Wei and his vessels,
provided that the lives of the soldiers,
erews and foreigners were secured,
(.'apt. Nerous' report adds that u for-
mal surrender was yet to be arranged.
WAItS111TM COVKIIKI) BV NKTTINO.
London, Feb. 14.-a dispatch to the
Times from Shanghai says that it is re-
ported iu Tleu Tsin that the Chinese
warships Chen Yuen, Chin Yuen and
Kwang Ting1 are still afloat at Wei-Hal-
Wei. Their immunity from destruc-
tion is ascribed to the fact of the ( hen
Yuen having netting to protect her
from torpedoes, and the other quick
firing guns, enabling them to resist the
attacks of the Japanese.
The commander of the second Jap-
anese array, in an official report of the
operations of that body before Wai-
Hai-Wei, says that its loss is. from the
39th of January to the 1st of February,
eighty-three killed, including tive offi-
cers, and *210 wounded, including (Ion.
Otera and three other officers. Daring
sunu period 700 of the enemy were
killed.
TIIK rOI'K AFFKCTKil BV T1IK WKATHKR.
Komk, Feb. 14. —The pope's health
has beeu slightly affected by the damp,
changeable weather that has recently
prevailed here, lie, however, is not
coutiued to his bed. nor is he prevented
from attending mass, but his doetor
ha:, ordered him to take the greatest
care of himself and uot to hold long
receptions.
1IHAZK.IANM HOI.l> A CRLKBHATiOX.
ilio Jankiho, Feb. 14.-—A public meet-
in r attended by 20,000 persons, was
he'd here yesterday to celebrate Presi-
dent Cleveland's decision in favor of
Itruzil as ugainst the Argentine re-
public in tho matter of claims to juris-
diction over the territory of Missioues.
IIAKK f OR HAYWARD.
Ilacitnian Vallnllc <orr bor.ttea the State-
ment of Mist hihI Adry IhywariL
Minneapolis, Minn.. Feb. 14.—The
first witness introduced by the state this
morning in the Harry Hayward mur-
der case wns Peter Vallalic, the hack-
man of whom Harry ha I spoken to
Adry as being willing to assist in
the proposed crime. Vallalie's testi-
mony corroborated in a striking way
one portion of Adry Hay ward's re
markable story and thus rendered
thoroughly untenable the defense's pet
theory as to Adry's sanity. He testi-
fied that llartv Hayward had ap-
proached him with questions as to
whether he had ever "done anything,"
and, if so, whether his conscience
hud bothered him. Hayward later
asked him whether ho would drive a
hack into Lake Calhoun and let the
occupant drown for a sum of money.
"1 told him I was no swimmer," said
be. "and that was al out fite end of it."
This the iirotoc: : <>' - ill")
stories of Itlivt .i . . .\ './ obi-: i no J
from au en' i •••>* u: source, ■' cx-
liibited in a sti .Uih^ v.\;v ;>d
corelcte- way of it ifi*-1":. u-iting
questions and making <'.iiiia;,iug -,ur -
me tits.
Attorney Krwin at once recognized
the importance of this testimony and
tried to have it stricken out entirely.
The court, however, refused to sustain
his objection, and the evidence goes to
tin jurv.
THE BOND 18SUK.
Thm W )• and Mean* Committee Ayr«« to
Report the Houii Reflation.
Washington, Feb. 14.—The house
ways and means committee voted, H to
5, to-day to report the house resolution
practically agreed upon by the sub-
committee yesterday, as follow*:
Resolved, By the aenitr n<1 house of repre-
sentatives of the United State*. In iungr«^
assembled, that the secretary of the treasury
he aud Is hereby authorised to Issue and dis-
pose of at not leas taau par in gold oolu. bonds
of the Unliod States wtia the quulttloa. privi-
leges and exemptions of bonds ls*u«d under the
act npprovod July H. WW, entitled, An net
authorizing the refunding of thn n vtlonal debt
to an amount not exceodlng |3i.H4.2r5. bearins
tntereMt at a rate not e.vcaedlnz 3 per oeut. per
annum, principal aud interest payable in gold
coin of the ^rese«t ••tmdard of weight and
flneucKj, kr.id i nn.'. . t.< *• made tit not
however, th.it no p.u-i o. . . p i. ' • o.' '.■>. .
m'c id surli bonds nor of th* ti t wined 1
with Much proceed* tiUail be valL.bi« f"! 'he I
payment of th-* current expenaoaof ti.e j vern- I
xneut.
A provision a ainst the n-.-lempHon
ot national bank notes by the treas-
ury, which Secretary Carlisle had re-
quested yesterday, and which the sub-
committee had recommended, was
passed over by general consent and
no aetiou taken upon it, as it was
thought best not to cumber the reso-
lution with too many propositions It
may be a subject of future action by
the committee.
The resolution prepared by Mr.
Wheeler declaring the enacting of the
presidents's recommendation to be uu
abandonment of bimetallism,and there-
fore inexpedient, and Mr. Hryan's reso-
lution for the payment of all govern*
inent obligations in the coin most con-
venient were voted down, as was Mr.
Cockran's proposition for inore compre-
hensive authority to the secretary, but
the votes were not recorded. There
was no formal debate.
COAL STEALERS.
MARKET REPORTS.
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kiauiua *
Kansas Citt. Feb. 13 A'au >
Union Pacific Gives Orders Not to da\ t«>i cal\.- n In:
_ _ _ cattle. The market open I r
Stop Trains at Certain Places. heavy su-.rs at about st .-i>
and medium butchers' cattle op
MANY CABLE CARS IH UNEL>. wore Shout steady. The f
rosentative sales:
Out of 1*40 Cars stored in a Ham Only Nine 14..
Are slaved- Struck n Iti-oken Rail— jT
—A t oal Hopper De-
i
atroy««l.
0.
Omaha, Neb. Feb. 14.- \rrests of
coal stealers on the line of tho Union ™ J
i*ac:lL* railroad on th. charge of ob-
structin r justice au.l of lare ny from 2..
th eonrt having taJi ' ." «
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cows AMD NKirsas.
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OBEYED TOO BTKICTLY.
Indlau Foltre Indlrted for >Iur«ler for Fol-
lowing the Agent'* Instructions.
Dkauwood, 8. D., Feb. 14.—The
United State grand jury has found in-
dictments for murder against Cupt.
Straighthead and seven Indian police-
men of the Cheyenne agency for the
murder of William Fielder, interpreter
at the agency.
The a^ent, Maj. Lillibridge, sent the
policc to arrest Fielder and with in-
structions to bring him in, dead or
alive. They followed their instructions
to the letter, and when he resisted ar-
rest shot him several times and brought
the body iu.
A FINE FIPE OBOAN.
Tho Uu« I'ut luto tho Leavenworth Ciatlie-
dral Said to Ho the I'eat in tlio Writ.
Leavknwoiith, Kan., Feb. 14.—The
great Catholic cathedral was crowded
last night by fully 2,500 persons to wit-
ness the ceremonies aud enjoy the
grand concert in connection with the
formal opening of the new Sfl.OOO pipe
organ, just put into the editice as a
memorial to the late Rt. llev. .1. B.
Miege, the first bishop of Leavenworth
and of Kansas. The organ is worked
b3' electricity, and is said to be the
finest church instrument iu the west
The musical ooncert was the finest ever
presented to au audience in this city.
TAYLOR'S UOXDSUEN Sl'EO.
South Dskota Hrings Actions to Kecovor
the Amount of the Sliort ge.
New York, Feb. 14.—The state of
South Dakota is plaintiff in an uction
just begun in the supreme court to re-
cover a judgment of 0,030 against
the sureties on the oflicial bond of \V.
W. Taylor, the defaulting trra urer of
South Dakota. Similar actions have
beeu brought against other sureties in
different states, and the state expects
to reco\ • most of amount which
T:v . n ' • w'- - d
the cornt .*
I'« LI HIM
I in son j-at tow
gion men have opt
supplying Union l'<
ton, while the conn
*2 more. Thcv rcltit
my
vcu '• stop
it l'axton,
• I Fole. The
;i euts charjt?
in that re
I contracts for
• coal at -^4 per
'.s price is about
that the other
I '110
I.0W1 31.
i.uoi 3 i0
l>8> 3.00
.'90
2.7 J
,..i,< to
. 7 20
night at Chappell, dtiri■> ? a revival s<t-
vice a man calle I out t'lat a coal train
was coming, and instantly thochur-
was euiptio I of all but the preach
anil the women.
CAULK CABS !>k:t ; icovlio.
CiHCAOO, Feb. 14. — A fire which sales
originated fro n some oll.vl r.i'^> last
night spread with great rapidity
through the l/tnc d j avenu? b:irns of
the North Side ca'.de ro t I. Oi' I'M oxs-
senger and grip cars t ire I in the barn
only nine were saved. The firemen con-
fined the tliines tj the stor i e barn and
the power house was not in j a red. There
was grave apprehension, lest a tank
containing .Ho,000 gallons of crude pe-
troleum which the company uses for
fuel, should beoinj ignited. The lire
in
! m
stockens asn kkkdkrs.
M 84 • |3 40 I tf 1.011 |:t8>
3) K3.1 2.0J | 12 34S ^..U
2 020 2.55 0 Mil 2.
UUI 2.2J | 3.) 8MI
Hogs—UccelptH to-day, 10,3ID; shipped yes-
terday, 2,200. Trado begaa early an I was aet-
" Ive, ami Reuorallj prices were 5 to 1(1 cents
h higher Tho hulk of offerings were of o^eice
r nuality and the balance were very common.
The lop was ft. 15 and bulk was fcl SOjil.OJ.
against $1.10 for top aud for bulk
yesterday. The following are representative
52 JO. ' $1.1S
71 .29.' 4.10
•J8 2S3 4.10
011 243 4.y>
10 ,tM 4.00
f.i I0B 1,00
■0 ,;:i Mi
178 SH 3.93
rtu .. .'0o 3.W)
0V..213 3.90
30.. .24' 3.83
80. .221 3.8
70. 287 3.80
52. 161 3.7.i
42. I4> 3<15
12 .158 3.60
f>6.. .213 I4.12V4
62 .270 4.10
63 ..221 4.0.1
h* ..215 i0\
61 '.'S-J 4.00
78. 235 3.97*4
" 235 3.05
228 3.93
10.
•27 390
80... 251 3.874
78 223 3.S^
S...174 3 80
81 181 3.7.i
18. .131 3.70
to ..If,3 3.62^
D i n 110
58 . .306 $112\4
21 10) HO
78 .. 272 4.0 .
tW 232 IU'.
61 .251 AM
r,5...287 3.974
00 . 245 AO'.
00 213 19.
39...214 Ml W
60 231 3 8714 ! people.
THE COOLIES OF TRINIDAD.
A Graceful, floating People Tranaplantetl
from lndln.
There is uo distinct connection be-
tween tho Southern Cross and the
coolies of Trinidad, said the young
botanist, yet the ouo always reminds
me of tho other, because it was in
starting out early one morning to see
the coolies of Trinidad mako ono of
I the most interesting parta of that in-
teresting country. There are some
thousands of them on the island, and
they stand alone, never mixing with
tho negroes, Chinese or any other resi-
dents of the island. This isolation is
purely from choice, not because they
arc afraid of losing caste; they are all
of low caste to begin with, and what-
ever standing they hsve had at home,
the)* lost it by leaving their native
country. An American can look at
these people from an entirely unpreju-
diced standpoint if auybody can, and
moke one wonder to see these men of
lowest caste, what the higher castes
can be like. Kvery one of them is as
dignified as—well, as a preacher. You
never hear them jabbering and chat-
tering in the streets or at work, aa
some of their fellow laborersdo. They
have little to say, ami when they talk
it is in low and musical toucs. They
are erect in carriage, prompt in execu-
tion, and mind their own business
strictly. Never seeking a quarrel, they
are always able to take eare of them-
selves. A slender coolie of one hundred
and twenty pounds, when driven to it,
will gird up his loins and thrash a two
hundred-pound negro with ease.
New Yorker cannot help admiring such
■.TI ;l.s
89 I M l 3.80
79... IS! 3.75
m im •
.181 *00
.131 &.A)
Sheep- Receipts to-day, 3,019; sbippetk yeR-
was under control, however, before the terday, 3,187. The market was considered
tank was reached. Tho total loss on bout 10c higher. Tho tallowing rc- rtpre-
• 2ii' i .• 4 i * , sentatlvc salen:
building and cars is estimated at SJ0J,- ,17,ambs.... M *,.0. . 58mut al00
000. 37 ewes 113 4.00 | 82 f. Mox. .82 U0
ST11UCK a iikokkn kail. Horses—Receipts to-day, 151; shipped yos-
Carthagk, Mo., Feb. 14.—The St. torduy. 124. The auction sales were renamed
Louis & San Francisco passenger train,
to-day and were much bettor than -m yester-
day. The attendance was good and shir per*
are beginning to regain confidence.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago. Feb. n. Ho^s -Receipts. 21,005;
ot>.clal yesterday, 3'.,000; shipments. 9.303;
left over, 13.000: market active, ".^lOc hlKher;
eastbound, duo here « arly thic morn-
ing, struck a brok a rail 1 this
side of Crestline. Ivan., au mail
and baggage cars and two -hes and
a sleeper left tlfe track, the latter be-
ing turned upside down. No one was light. |3. (!,4.20; mixed. tt.W®1.80; <c:ivy,
seriously hurt. A baggage ear and H9034.4" ; rou<h. $3.90 {4.0V
•oacli pulled by the engine of the
wrecked train went east four hours
late.
a big ohio coal hopper BUKXKU.
Coi.umhus, O., Feb. 14.—The huge
coal hooper, engine room and machin-
ery and several Hocking Valley coal
cars were totally destroyed to-day at Wh t
JobR. The capacity of the hopper was
243 cars per day. Might hundred men C°rn
will be deprived of employment, witli
Cattle—Receipts, 10,500; official yosterda.v. 3,-
874: shipments, 676; market quiet, but tliaier.
Sheep—Receipts, 13,000; oflicial yesterday, 10,-
B9-); shipments. 414; market strong.
Chic*go i.rulti nnd 1'rovinlonfl.
Feb. 18. Opened Hlffh'st Low'st Clnslnj
no prospect of securing work elsewhere. Oat-.
The loss is over 850,000.
May...
July...
Feb . .
May...
July...
a bad explosion.
Feb..
Mav. -
July..
Pork —Feb .
Lard
Ribs
Ma:
- Feb .
Mav
Feb .
Mav.
July
AOS'
83H
MS
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i 2H7
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, 10 23 1
m\
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•'3 *4
.'••44
4i%
HS
10 r V'
> wt. .u uo wheat
y u,"ul samples on sale to-dav, but a few cars sold to
1 he origin was a leak arrjVl. choice rod wheat at "3c, an.i :«>.0 >>
1 wheat out of store sold at .rjc.
t-3 to a western Kansas mill at
a price equal to .16*0 here was reported.
Receipt-, of wheat to-day. 1 car; a year ago,
A House Wrecked by Humped Nut oral
c;n*.
Andkrsov, Ind., Feb. 14.—Cal. Hud-
rick's home on West Fourteenth street
'was literally torn to pieces and sent to
the four winds by a terrific gas cxplo
sion yesterday
iu the gas pipes underneath the kitch- bushels No. j
en. The fuel had accumulated and a Asaleofflvo
sipe had put it in connection with a
flame. The result was that the entire
residence, both upstairs aud down, was
wrecked, all doors, windows, roofing,
walls, and in fact everything else, be-
ing torn apart and demolished. Not-
withstanding the fact that the family
wus in the house, none were injured,
nor did any of the splinters catch lire.
The concursion shook the entire city,
nnd was one f th * i -i *vei that
ed in the gaa >< i
10 ill
10 3>H 10 2
ti UJ "0 5)
0 i) ii.
E. IS4 5 UVi
* " 1 5 30
6 4 >
5 4">
Car lots by
the close wi
No. 2 hard. V2
hard, 63c: rejei
No. :i re J,*:.-; >
amjilo on track, Kansas City, at
e quoted nominally as follows:
'•3c; No 3 h ird. 61c: No. 4
I, 47c: No. 2 red. f>2-t.i3c;
4 red, fiOc; rejected, 4"<fft48c.
i was dull as usual for a
:e grew livelier toward noon,
o the same as yesterday.
i ION HALE.
I mix
lllln
steel t ti
I ign
Chicago. Felt l i The Illinois Steel
Co.'s report for the year ended De-
eember 31, 1S'J4, was made public to-
day. It show total gross profits of
$55S,003; interest on bonds, less in-
terest received and discounts, &.r>27,485;
profit, 930,007; deficit last year, $349,-
000. The report says: "Prices have
continued to decline. Competition is
intense and the output was larger
than in 1893. The working force was
larger."
Gov. Mi Klnley nt Albany.
Albany, Feb. 14.—(Jov. McKinley, of
Ohio, as a guest of (Jov. Morton, yes-
terday. visited the senate chamber,
where he made a brief address to mem-
bers nnd then receive 1 them personal-
ly, being introduced by Lieut.-Gov.
Suxton. In the assembly Speaker Fish
introduced the Ohio governor, who ad-
dressed the assemblymen for a few
moments. In the evening Mr. McKin-
ley spoke at the Lincoln banquet.
An Old l.o n Well Repaid.
Scbanton. Pa., Feb. 14.—Dr. Allen
M. Leets, of this city, has been in-
formed that Henry B. Carey, late of
I*os Angeles, Cal., has bequeathed $50,-
000 to him. The bequest was made on
account of a loan of $500 which Dr.
Leets made to Carey at Newark, N. J.,
in 1802. Carey went west and amassed
a fortune.
Kdltor* in SpmIoii.
Chicago, Feb. 14.—The anuual meet-
ing of the Associated press liegan this
afternoon with a full attendance, every
section of the United States being rep-
resented. At night a banquet will be
given by the eastern members of the
Associated press at the tJrand Pacific
hotel.
An old United States law which has
never been repealed places Mexican
fractional silver currency on an equal-
ity with United States gold coinage.
The director of the mint says the law
should be repealed aud would be if the
pe> pie attempted to teVe advantage
Wf it
the Debs trial has not relieve 1 tijorge
M. Pullman from the necessity of ex-
plaining his failure to answ *r the sub-
poena issued by the United States court-
last week. To-day Judge tirosscup di-
rected that an order be entered and
served on Mr. Pullman commanding
him to appear in court and explain his
action.
Urick Manufacturers.
Cleveland, o., Feb. 14.—The ninth
annual convention of th« National
Brick Manufacturers' association was
called to order at the liollenden hotel
yesterday, with President \V. H. Aslip,
of Chicago, in the chair. Between 300
and 400 delegates were present. The
day's session was devoted to hearing
the annual reports of officers, and
other business of a routine nature.
The amount of invested capital repre-
sented by the delegates exceeds $50,-
000,000.
TKLKOllAl'HlC HICKVI I'll;.
The senate finance committee re-
ported a free silver bill lo tlie senate.
Congressman Cobb, of St. Louis, has
introduced a financial bill in the house.
The senate resolved to extend the
time for inaxing income tax returus to
April 15.
Forty Armenian villages in the
province of Harzen were recently
burned by the Turks.
The Commercial club of Kansas City,
Mo., subscribed $2,000 for the poor of
Kansas and Nebraska.
The president has signed the act es-
tablishing a national military park at
Gettysburg, Pa.
The Kansas senate confirmed George
T. Anthony for state insurance com-
missioner by a vote of 20 to 14.
The secretary of agriculture says the
sura of $235,737 was expended in the
various states for the manufacture of
sugar from 1885 to 1895.
A late report says the war iu Colom-
bia is assuming ssrlons proportions.
Several battles have been foil flit, each
side claiming the victory.
The agricnltural department reports
that 89.9 of this year's cotton crop has
been moved and that the entire crop
will aggregate about 9,500,000 bales.
Owing to the financial bankruptcy of
the Choctaw nation, about 20) Indian
students of colleges in various p i.-tions
of the country were compjlled tore-
turn home for want of funds.
ni;v\' Okm:an'n Feb. 14. -\ man was
arrested yesterday while storing a
large quantity of dynamite in a bale
of cotton at South port, just above New
Orleans, with the intention of blowing
up the negro laborers at work on the
cotton on the steamer Florid Ian, into
which it was being loaded. A number
of deputy United States mar-dials have
beeu stationed at Soutliport t > protect
the negro laborers at work there.
They saw a man wandering around the
cotton bales and watched him and
were rewarded by finding that he had
stuffed enough dynamite into a bale of
cotton to blow it and the entire ship
to pieces.
Injured In Hutiaway.
Oban*, Mo.. Feb. 14.—While ex-Sheriff
Mont P. Wade and ex-Colle<*tor W. II.
Hiesser were returning to Benton from
this place, their horses became fright-
ened and ran away. The buggy struck
a stump and threw its occupants out
with such violence that each sustained
serious injuries. Mr. Wade had the cholc
flesh terribly mutilated and torn from
His hands, and Mr. Hiesser was injured
about the head and hips, and his recov-
ery is considered doubtful.
Split In the rainier#' Brotherhood.
Cincinnati, Feb. 14.—Painters' union
No. 50, of this city, numbering SOU
members, has withdrawn from the na-
tional brotherhood and formed an in-
dependent organization. This is the
second union here that has adopted
this course. The reason given is that
the national brotherhood is divided
into two inharmonious factions.
I mixed.
HO, S cars
te, nomi-
nally, 40WMlc.
i* City l'ri
Fob. 13.—Eg
light this morning. Ther
was but lilt
m ind at about for strictly fresh.
Poultry—Supplies largo
and feeling
hens- mixed springs, flc
small. 7c: roc
IS , i.v dressed ebiofce
us, «&7c: tU
linn ohl gobblers, 4';«•: yc
miir ;t ben
dressed turkeys. 6ft Vi?
dry picked.
7 Vie: young gobblers, fl'ia:
ducks, scare
7 sc. geese, alive. r>4 '<*•
dressed, smi
medium, ti (7c larje. 1J
> u ii ever,
pigeons, dull. 7 c per do?..
Butter—Receipts light a
til market flnn
choice grades much po
or roll couilr
which can only be s-jld to
packers. Th
a good demand for cholc
roll: extra
separator, .0 '. J.V: fancy,
IM M'.ic. fair
dairy, fancy. 13c; fair, if
13c: fancy rol
Je;
irlellt
Lot
icked ran zed from
. 9 mm $3.00. f incy *
v pe- bbl.;
e;lie, t&OJ
Speaking of a slender coolie, they
are all slender. Generally they are
tall, but on their arrival in Trinidad
they are almost skeletons. That this
is the result of insufficient food at
home is shown by the way they make
muscle after they have been a year or
two on the island. But they never
grow fat; or if they do the fat ones all
escaped me, and I was so much inter-
ested iu them that I took pains to be
uinoug them frequently. Their waists
are particularly small, and their ribs
stand out prominently, but there is
plenty of muscle on them, even when
they first come from Hindostan. They
are dark in skin, but not one of the
thousands I saw could by any possibil-
ity be mistaken for a negro. And I
think they must be the most graceful
people in the world. Hard labor does
not seem to interfere with their grace
of form and movement. When they
stand it is in a graceful posture, with-
out. of course, any attempt at strik-
ing an attitude. When they squat
down (and they never >dt) they do it
gracefully. Even when they are en-
gaged at that most ungraceful labor of
digging holes in a cane field with a
heavy West Indian hoe, every move-
ment is a study for an artist. A great
many of them have very intelligent
faces.
These are tho men I a in talking
al>out—the field laborers. The women
' did T?ot vfcui to ine *o be equally ad-
mirable in appearance. They are all
modest in demeanor, of whatever age;
but when a woman has passed twenty-
live her only handsome points are her
shining eyes and her coal-black hair.
They mature too early to preserve
their beauty long; and as to modest
I demeanor, it rather behooves a woman
to act modestly when she has a hus-
band who would think uothing of cut-
| ting her windpipe. The women are
j generally clad in long gowns of thin
stuff, particularly when they appear
in the streets; but in their own villag
and in their little homes are frequently
seen with nothing on but the nati
"lun-ee " a loucr, narrow cloth which
i they wind about themselves so skill-
full** that they can make of it a mere
j breech-clout nr a garment that covers
' the entire body, hen ! end feet in-
; eluded, if they so desire. If the hus-
1 bands are terribly ready to slaughter
: their wives, it must be said for them
that they 1 re equally careless of their
i own lives. Wlicu a coolie is abused
i by bis master he sometimes avenges
• himself with knife or club; but he is
: far more likely to retire to the seelu-
j sion of a canefield and stick a knife
j into his own body, committing suicide
I because lie had been ill-treated.
The long gown worn by the women
j is not their native dress, but a conces-
sion to western custom. The woman's
native dress is a short waist, or bodice,
• generally made of bright-colored stuff
| and highly ornamented, and a short
and scant skirt. The lower part of
I the bodice does not meet the skirt
| band by several inches, and in the in-
| terval a field of tawny skin is shown.
' The men all wear the "lungee" when
they go into town, but at home or in
their villages they seldom wear more
than a single garment, that seems to
be fashioned precisely like a pair of
swimming drawers. The children are
the most graceful little things imagin-
able, and often extremely pretty. The
boys, up to ten or twelve years, and
the girls up to about eight years wear
nothing whatever. After that they
both wear little "lungees." The chil-
Iren are remarkably well behaved, ami
exceed every flower I have ever seen
or heard of." Passing from the bush
to some trees the discoverer was con-
fronted by a gigantic flower, appar-
ently growing alone, without leaves
or verdure, from tho ground. The
petals, five in number, were thick and
fleshy, over an inch in thickness, while
the center presented the appearance
of a bowl, from which projected curi-
ous spikes. The entire flower was
nearly four feet across; each petal
weighed almost three pounds, ami the
entire flower, if it could have been
held up, would have entirely concealed
tho person holding it. The flower
weighed, in some specimens, twenty-
five or thirty pounds. The nectary
alone could catch and hold twclvo
pints of water.
The new discovery was startliug in
many ways. It was a flower without
leaves, or anything but the attachment
to the earth—a complete puzzle—and
at first it looked like a gigantic toad-
stool that had taken the form of a
flower. Tipping ouo of the flowers
over it was found that it grew from a
delicate leafless stem not lsrger than
two fingers, and was, in short, a won-
derful flower parasite growing and de-
riving its sustenauce from the body of
a huge vine tliut in turn wound about
the trees of the forest. The story of
this flower was received with incred
ulity, but it has since been seen by
mauy, and been named, after Sir Stain
ford Raffles, rafflesia. No one would
have thought of finding in Sumatra a
giant ally of tho little "wake robin;"
but such a discovery came to Beccari,
and amazed him equally as much
as did the rafflesia Dr. Arnold.
Beccari also had heard rumors from
the natives of a flower higher than a
man, and which at certain times gave
out an odor that was fatal to man and
beast. The Italian naturalist did not
believe the latter, and determined to
make a vigorous search for tho man-
killing plant. Finally, deep in the for-
est, he caine upon it. It resembled a
lily, but a giant; and from the center
of the flower rose a spadix that was six
feet in height—or as tail as a largo
man. The stalked leaves were ten feet
long, the whole peculiui plant taking
up an area of fort3'-tive square fc^t.
The diameter of the spathe was about
three feet, bell shaped, with serrated
edges of a delicate green tint, while
upon the outside it was a rich purple
hue. The odor was not poisonous, but
was well calculated to keep both man
and beast at a distance.
A few years ago a friend of Beccari,
tho Marchese Corsi-Salviati of Flor-
ence, presented a potted tuber of this
plant weighing fifty-seven pounds to
the royal gardens of Kew, Eng., and
one night it bloomed, to the aston-
ishment and delight of those who saw
it. The plant is called the giantaruin.
Northwestern Christian Advocate.
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An American I>e rrlbea the A Brent of the
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The path from Gotemba to the sum-
mit is one steady ascent over beds of
old ashes. At first it is a very gentle
rise; ine lanes wind through fields with
various crops and past eottnges with
hedges of pink ami white hibiscus, but
after a few miles it begins to get
steeper, the ashes are less disintegrat
ed, cultivation only appears in isolated
spots, aud there are large streUrhes of
gray moorland varied only with bushes
and wild flowers. The mist still hung
around us, there was no landscape to
be seen in any direction, and if it had
not been for the flowers and the ever
new and quaint figures 011 the road
this part of the walk would have been
dull. Besides tho regular pilgrims
there were many men and women
leading pack horses, those on their
way up carrying provisions anil fue
for the rest-houses, and those coming
down briuging bundles of grass so
large that they looked like walking
haystacks, and the wiry little ponies
that carried them were almost invisi
ble. In front a misshapen head
peeped out, underneath were four till
little legs with enormous feet, uiul as
they passed their narrow drooping
quarters, cat-hammed and cowhocked,
swayed at every step under the heavy
load. Japanese drawings of horses
have risen in my estimation since I
have seen the models tho artists have
to work from. There never was a
more ill-shaped boast than tho ordi-
nary horse of the country. In this, tts
in many other hill districts, mares only
are used. They are shod with big
straw overshoes, which give a finish-
ing touch to their ludicrous
shape. Under them is strung a
square of dark blue cotton cloth
to keep off the flies, and a narrow strip
of the same material, with a big crim-
son cord and tassel printed 011 it for
decoration, is draped across their quar-
ters. Many of the pilgrims ride up as
far as the teahouse called Utna-gacshi
(horse sent baek), and the ponies look
almost as much eclipsed tinder the big
pack saddle with its trappings and the
pilgrim with his as they do under the
loads of grass.
When all civilization had disappeared
and the road was a mere cinder track
over a moorland of ashe.«
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religion l'.x:tmlnlng Surgeons.
Washington, Feb. 14.—Pension ex-
amining surgeons were appointed to-
day as follows: Missouri—I)r. B. M.
Henry. Carthage; Dr. < . I). Andrew,
Grandin. Kansas—Dr. T. L. McCarty,
Dodge citv. Oklahoma i>r D. stc
Tens, 'iut liritv
The report of the board of Indian
c.oinmis-iioaer just made public dwells
Oranges, in
rulifornltts. HCndllni-M.
'3.2ft; Florida. 13.0 ; frostH
arlaea,Cr.inbarrlos, linn: < apuCoJ.
«l«.00®ll.(W per bbl Jersey. liO.OOa I;
Vegetable > Potatoes, receipts moderate and
demand quiet: ordinary kin ta, comnio . 1 0o
per bu., .sweet patat>ei, red. scarce. 20gftJV'
yellow. 2Xfc30c. l?tih and Colorado, market
stifler choice. ftftSeOc per bu. Cabbage, mod-
erate supply, market has a higher tondency;
11.n> 1.4 > per 10 Ml 'higan and best grades,
mOOQtflOO per ton. Cauliflower, small, 4ft$M)e;
large. 7">c per dot
! although they have their own little I and bushes grew in clusters here and
sports and games like other y
sters, they get their fun out of action
rather than out of yelling. The pa-
rents take good care of them.— N. Y.
Sun.
upon the lowness of prices, scores the
five civilized tribes hotly, declaring
that all the statements of the Dawes'
commission were absolutely true, and
commends the aliolm 'nt - stom.
Representatives « iu.jcv> >n. Bailey
and Hay have been appointed house
eoufc.vason t'le Iulla 1 territory court bottoms, wh
01 ti. l'hev will iajor to retain the taken shelter
Wolves Huiiulux Down Stock.
DexISON, Tex., Feb. 14.—Stockmen
of the Indian territory state that the
depredation of wolves is causing con-
siderable alarm. They have not been
so bold ami ferocious in
which are
GIANT FLOWERS OF SUMATRA.
A Curious I'straslic Four Feet Aer
Feeding ou a Vine.
One of the most remarkable discov-
eries, sensational in
comes from Sumatra
there. The most abundant plant was
a large bushy knot weed covered with
sprays of white blossoms, and this
grew far up the mountain side. There
were also clutnps of tall bocconia, a
campanula with large pink or lavender
flowers sprinkled in each bell with tiny
Found 1 ink spots, and various less showy
flowers. The flora on this side of tho
mountain, devastated by the last erup-
.-cry particular, I tion in I7«h . is not. v> rich Mi tbfct OB
Some years ago j the northern slope. As the asceut be-
several botanists were traveling 1 comes steeper we get int.
through the country in search of new ] dwarfed and scraggy pine trees, which
things in plant life, when the natives extend as far as Turobo, a large tea-
told them of a gigantic flower, de- house with u little temple attached,
scribing it in such weird terms that and then suddenly ceased. Above this
d ferocious in years. Cattle . they at first did not believe the ac-1 there was only an occasional dead
weak from exposure are be- ' count, but one day Dr. Arnold, ono of j stump to break the monotonous sur-
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In? attacked and killed. Wolves are i the party, came upon the wonder. He; face of ashes. Here every pilgrim
I are dan- was not only amazed,
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traveling in large bands, and
gerous to meet. The unprecedented
cold weather and snow on the ground
has driven the prairie wolves into the
e the stock has also
A band of wolres will
present courts at Paris, Tex., and i'ort pull down the stoutest steer and dis-
Siu'.th, ArU- patch it iu a moment's time.
Insist upon having the genuine.
IT IS FOR SALE EVERYWHERE.
but duinfounded, ; chases a stick to help him up the mouu
the strange object that met his view! tain—an octagonal staff of birch about
making a pi foun I impression upon five feet long, with au inscription
him. Later he said: "To tell the truth, burned on it, and for a few coppers the
had I been a' >D" md there had been priests on duty at the summit will add
no witness. I should, 1 think, have n red stamp to prove that the owner ——-
been fearful >f mentioning the dltnen- has actually been thar*—Harper's ur. IVicc'a Cream liakii.g Powder
sion* of th!t flower, so muuh does it Maga*iue. World' * Pelr > ao J.
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