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Another Jersey Mystery.
Bordentown, N. J ., July 17.—The body
of the man found drowned in Black's.
creek has been identified as Barney Mc-
Coy, who served in Company C, Ninth
regiment, New Jersey volunteers. He
was a pensioner and is thought to have
been foul'ly dealt with._ An investiga?
tion is in progress.
Colonel Crocker Dying.
San Mateo, 03.1., July 17.—-Physicians
have given up all hope for the recovery
of Colonel Crocker, vice president of the
Southern Pacific Railway company. A
sudden change foF the worse has set in,
and his death is expected. His brother,
George Crocker, is on his way from
New York by special train.
lVomen Convicts In Kansas.
Kansas City, July 17.—-Women pris-
oners are not to be put to work on the ~
rock piles with men in Kansas City.
Kan. The board of police commission-
ers, who decided last week that this
should be done, has rescinded its. order
in deference to popular opinion.
Baseball Stands Burned.
Rochester, July 17.-—Fire broke out
early today in the grand stand of the
Rochester Baseball company at River-
side park and in less than an hour had
completely destroyed all the stands,
leaving only a mass of ruins.
Prince of \Vales' Horse Wins.
London, July 17.——The tenth renewal
of the Eclipse Stakes of 10,000 sover-
eigns was won at the Sandown park
second summer meeting today by Per—
simmon, the 4-year—old bay colt of H.
R. H. the Prince of Wales.
Emperor \‘Villiam’s Injury.
Berlin, July 17.—The Bavarian royal
ooulist is going to Kiel to examine the
injury to the eye of Emperor William.
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INDIANS A FAILURE.
THEY DON’T MAKE‘GOQD SOLDIERS
AND HAVE BEENMugfrI-zaso our.
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They \Tould not Endure Strict Discipline
-—Demanded Rations as soldiers and
Again as Indians—This Proved a Poser
to the Government.
The last of May witnessed the 'mus~
tering out of the Indians who had been
Serving under Uncle Sam in the capac.
‘ity of soldiers. At thattime L troop.
Seventh cavalry, was mustered out by
Captain H. L. Scott. It marked the
end of what at one time seemed a
promising plan to make the Indian of
real use to the United States govern-
ment. The idea' of enlisting Indians
as regular members of the regular
army originated with one of the offi-
cers 0f the army who was killed at the
battle of Wounded Knee in 1891. He
had organized several companies, and
understood the Indian character as no
one else had been able to. His men
made excellent cavalrymen, and obeyed
the rules and regulations that hedge in
the life of the soldier with both
promlptness and alacrity.
The death of the officer, however,
seem-ed to discourage the Indians.
Those who succeeded him in command
failed in managing the Indian soldier
because they could not treat him as
they did other enlisted men and secure
his willing obedience. They would not
accord him the slightest favor which
could not be granted all others.
When the idea was first suggested
to the Indians they seemed to take to
it very kindly, and there was no trou-
ble in inducing the young bucks to don
the blue. The elder braves were not
ready to enlist. So it was that the
companies were principally made up
of the generations of ’Indians that had
most recently reached manhood.
The cavalry uniform is a di‘eS‘Sy af-
fair—much more so than that of the in-
fantry For a time the new soldiers
cut a wide swath among their compa-
triots, and it really looked as if the
time had come when to be one of Un-
cle Sam’s men would be considered an
honor by an Indian, rather than a dis.
grace, as had previously been the case.
Some of the older Indians who had
been scouts for the government, be-
came members of one of the troops oi
cavalry, but odd as it may seem, they
made the poorest soldiers of the whole.
All went well until the last Indian
war, at the battle where" Sitting Bull
met his death. For three months af-
ter that it seemed as if the experiment
.might be made a success.
Then evidence of decadence appear-
ed. The Indian began to show a de-
cided dis-inclination to abide by mili-
tary discipline. The blare of the trum.
pets and the rattling charge of cavalry
were his delight and pleasure, but
when it came to getting up at a certain
hour every morning, going to bed at
the sound of a bugle, and, above all,
keeping neat and clean, army life be-
gun to lose its joys. ‘ _
The Indian is at no time a disciplin-
arian. Authority to be acceptable
must rest very lightly indeed upon
him. So he refused to learn anything
about Upton’s Tactics, and simply dis-
regarded everything that he could.
The summary punishment that follows
these offences—the guardhouse-efilled
his soul with wrath, and he began to
get sullen and bitter and ugly.
Presently the members of the troop
stationed at Fort Omaha. near Omaha,
Neb., began to rejoice because the end
of the time for which they had enlisted
was drawing to a close. When it ar-
rived evea'y member but one refused to
re-cnlist, and as even in our army one
man would not form a troop of caval-
ry that was the end of one troop.
This seemed to be the signal of revolt
t0 the Indian troops. It is a character-
istic of the Indian that he prefers to
eat whenever possible, ar those pos-
sibilities cannot be too fro-gaunt to suit
him. Unrle Sam allows his soldiers
liberal rations, but the Indian cavalry-
men astonished their superb) '3 by de-
manding: double rations. cla..=‘r;:-.':ng that
as Indians they were entitled to one
ration. and as soldiers to another.
Ridiculous as this may seem, the
claim was not without a basis. The
laws of the government and. the rules
of the Interior Department provide
that every Indian shall have a certain
number of times a year axgiven allow-
ance of food. Any one who has ever
been at an Indian agency at the time
of the beef distribution will appreciate
the truth of this.
The claim they made proved a poser.
Finally, however, it was decided that
during the period of enlistment of the
Indians as'soldiers they were not enti-
tled to receive any other aid or com-
fort from the government than that
.which is due of any private in the cav-
alry or infantry.
This is but one incident among the
almost countless claims and ‘demands
that the Indian cavalrymen made, and
the uproarthey raised was so great that
it even reached ’Washingtonj
the actiOn of the Indian rou‘ses the.
wrath of the officials at Washington it
must be something very bad indeed.
So it can be imagined how great was
the astonishment of the army in the
; West and the Interior Department of-
' ficials in the same locality when the.
order was issued that all Indians
should be mustered out of service when
their time ‘of enlistment expired, and
be refused reenlistment. They were
to be permitted to serve as scouts if -
-they liked, but that was all—New
York Herald.
Wind-Burned Faces.
To cure wind-burned faces, brought
on by bicycling against strong winds.
3 mixture of equal parts of oliv-e—0i3_
and vaseli-ne Apr0ves very effective ‘ for
the skin. Soft linen cloths dipped in
water in which [baking-Soda has been
dissolved, and.lald upon the cheeks
and foreheadhwill give prompt. relief.
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HATS OFF' IN CH’UR CH.
A Chicago Pastor Serves Notice. on the
\Vomen of His Congregation. «4‘ ,
The Chicago Times-Herald says ‘the
women of Unity Church, Oak Park,
will take off their bonnets and hats,
and sit unbonneted and unhatted dur-
ing the Sunday morning and evening
services conducted by their pastor, the
Rev. R. F. J ohonnot, who says he “can-
not see why the children of darkness
should always be wiser than the chil-
dren of light.” In fact, he does not pro-
pose to let the theatre become more
advanced than the church. So a few
weeks ago he intimated to ,his congre-
gation his wishes in the matter and
requested the women of Unity Church
to be leaders in the new movement.
Naturally the step caused something
more than a ripple of surprise. Not a
little indignation was expressed. There
were some who said Pastor Johonuot
was growing autocratic when he at-
tempted to dictate in matters of dress.
It hardly seemed decorous to sit un-
bonn-eted in church, besides there were
other questions involved. What was to
become of the church millinery? “How
does my hair look?” would be the
query now, instead of the old familiar
“Is my hat on straight?”
It certainly gives the congregation a
home look as they sit all with uncov-
ered heads, but somehow it is not sat--
isfying. The attractiveand diverting
spectacle of well-trimmed hats and
bonnets-resembling as they do a gar-
den of flowers—is like the withdrawal
of the stained-glass windows or an ‘ef-
fective part of the service. True, there
is no craning of the neck to get around
a big oil'ensive hat to see the preacher.
And this is the reasonfor the man-
date: “Take 0E your bonnets and hats
in church.” . ’
The Rev. R. F. Johonnot of Unity
Church believes that the church of the
future will have a dressing room where
ladies can leave their hats and wraps
and a check room for overcoats and
umbrellas. He is very much in earnest
in his new crusade against the mon-
opoly of fashion. “I have no personal
interest in the matter,” —he said, “ex-
cept to give a more homelike and de-
votional aspect to the meeting. It
will, if carried out, make the congrega-
tion look as if its ladies had come to
stay and were not linerely visitors.
Then consider the courtesy of such a
movement. It will be carrying out the
golden rule. \Vhy, I went to a church
in the city not long ago where four
young ladies came in and occupied the
pew in front of me. Each one wore a
flower garden on her head, and I did.
not even get a glimpse of the preacher.
You see, our churches have not raised
seats like the theatre, yet the theatre
set the first eXample and compelled
ladies to take off their hats.
“Now, I do not ask my people in a
compulsory spirit to remove their hats.
I suggest it as a matter of courtesy,
firSt to the church, next to me as their
pastor. As I said in public, I have
two reasons—one, and the main one, is
that other people may enjoy the privi-
leges of the sanctuary; the other that
the assembled worshipers may look
more homelike. -
in a very friendly spirit of acquies-
cence. The leaven is working well,
and I must express my gratitude to
the young women of the choir, who led
the way. Of course, there are some
who will never change a custom until
it becomes a fashion. As soon as it is
fashionable to sit in church without ‘3.
bonnet all the ladies will adopt the
idea.”
“Perhaps they have a wholesome
fear of St. Paul, who said that the wo-
men should remain covered in
church?” '
"St. Paul is out of date. with such
traditions‘as those in the present age
of the world. I Intend to leave the mat-
ter entirely to toe good sense and cour-
tesy: of the ladies of my congregation,
satisfied that Iii-av will decide what is
best thenmelvcs. The whole thing was
sue-coated to inc 1)} complaints made
from time to time by sitters who
could not see the platform on account
of the overs owing presence of
fashionable Bunnie-1‘31"
AFARM HAND’S FORTUNE.
fie Befriended a Poor Sick \anan Once
and shatters uim $73,000.
A San Francisco dispatch says: Wil-
liam F. Hastings, who has worked as
an ordinary farm laborer for years, has
just received news from England that
he has inherited $73,000 left him by a
woman whom he befriended fifteen
years ago, when she was poor and ill'
in California. At that time Hastings
worked on Mr. D. O. Mills’s suburban
estate at Milbrae. Miss Carrie Burch
was one of the housemaids. She fell
ill, and Hastings loaned her $2100 of. his
savings.
After her recovery she went away as
5 a nurse to a rich woman, who went to
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'jwhich'i' begets perfect confidence.
Australia. There Miss Burch married
a rotireri' shipmaster named Hall. She
repaid Hastings, and he heard no more
of her mi a few days ago, when he re-
ceived a lets-er from a lawyer named
Watsmi of Lvsodon, saying that" six
years ago Mrs. Hall died, bequeathing
him all her estate. Since then Wat-
son’s American agcut had been trying
to find Hastings. The lucky nun is 3-5
years old. and has never been outside
of California. -
Mrs. llIcKlnley on Marriage.
If there is one topic more than an—
other upon which Mrs. McKinley
waxes eloquent, it is marriage. Above
. everything she extols the devotion of
her husband as an example to young
men. She unhesitatingly asserts that
marriage is woman’s highest mission
when coupled with the mutual respect
In
the discharge 0f“'liiéi"“dornestic duties
she believes that a wife and mother
finds, her. truest happiness and reward.
~Pittsburg Dispa tch. '
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,T'H E Ev E NI N G GA ZE T T E
THE WISDOM OF WIDE TIRES.
Am...- That Show Their Advantage on All
Kinds of Roads Built in America. _
in most things Americans are a
shroud and intelligent people, but we
'ixrn'o' our follies, our ways of doing
things for which there is no explana-
tion except the stupid imitation of past
stupidity. The use of narrow tires on
hoary wagons. is peculiarly an Amer.-
Ivnnism, yet for this usage, as
for the Itwin barbarism of over-
head checks, no human being has
ever advanced a rational
tion or defence. “7e wonder at the
senseless habits of some tribe. in New
SOlElli Wales or the Sandwich Islands,
but reason does not hold perfect sway,
own in our 0w; land of common
schools and business acuteness.
Very recently a local ordinance pre-
scribed ”the use of broad tires on load-
cd wagons. The need of the regulation
was flagrant, for nothing is so destruet
ivc of a roadway as the narrow tire,
which cuts into the macadam or the
asphalt, and in a. few years imposes on
the unhappy lot owner the necessity of
paying is-i or $5 per foot front for a
new pavement. None the less, years
were required to secure the passage of
such an ordinance, and years more
may pass before its complete enforce-
ment, while over the most of America
the grand piano, the load of ponderous
stone, the tWo tons of coal and the
towering mass of hay are still carried
on the narrow tires of our ancestors.
The European teamster is often a
stupid fellow, but he does not indulge
in such follies. A wagon owner may
find amusement in destroying a good
road or making a bad road worse when
the burden of repairing does not fall on
him, but if this increases his own cost
of transportation he is unwilling to
suffer in pocket,even to spite the public.
Tests of the draughts of wagons fur-
nished with wide and with narrow
tires have recently been made in the
“’est on almost every sort of road and
in almost every condition of the road,
and the fact that it always takes more
pulling to carry the same weight on a
wagon supplied with narrow tires was
scientifically established. They made
experiments on a macadam street, and
the draught that hauled a ton and a
quarter with tires six inches broad
could only pull a ton on the standard
American tire. Many a teamster and
farmer will say that macadam roads
are only found in cities, but the nar-
row tires make it equally hard for his
horses on country highways. On grav-
el roads. for example, the drought that
pulled 2.000 pounds on narrow tires
pulled 2,600 on broad tires; on dirt
roads in fair condition the difference
was even greater, and was one-third
in favor of broad tires; when the mud
roads were soft and spongy, the supe-
riority increased to one—half. The only
state of affairs when narrow tires
worked better was on a dirt road that
had been soaked by rain until the mud
had become sticky and gathered on the
wheels; then there was a slight per-
centage in their favor.
If we turn from highways to work
done on farms the disadvantage of the
ordinary system is even greater, for on
“The women have accepted the edict I . the soft meadows it was shown that on
tires six inches broad almost twice the
load could be pulled that it was possi-
ble to haul on the wagon which, for
some inscrutable reason, the average
American farmer persists in using,
The. pi‘ogress of science is slow, but in
the end truth triumphs. The day will
come when the narrow tire used today
will be as obsolete as the plough which
was used aethousand years ago—Roch—
ester Post—Express. '
A SINGULAR COMPACT.
One Hundred Dollars Forfeited by the
One ‘Vho Broke the Engagement.
After being incarcerated in the coun-
ty jail in Jersey City for two weeks,
Isadore Eisenberg, a Hoboken tailor.
.consented, in order to obtain his rc-
leuse, to marry Annie Levine, who had
caused his arrest on a charge of 0b
taiuing money from her under false
pretences. They became engaged to
be married about, six months ago.
They made a compact that if either
one broke the engagement he or she
should forfeit $100. About a month
afterward Eisenberg ‘ borrowed $.38
from her. Afterward, when his love
for her seem-ed to grow cold, she in-
sisted that he must either marry her
or pay her'the $28 borrowed money
and the $100 forfeit. He refused to
do either, and she told her story to
Recorder McDonough of Hoboken.
The Recorder issued a warzint for
the arrest of Eisenberg on a charge of
obtaining money under false pretences,
and committed him to the county jail
to aWait examination. The, prisoner
. yielded when Miss Levinecalled to see
him, and the marriage was performed
by Justice of the Peace Mae‘s in the
presence of M tron Murray and sev-
eral other jail "officials. Thecomplaint
was withdrawn ’and Eisenberg was
discharged.
CONCLUSIVE PROOF.
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FIGHTING FISH 6F SIAM.
they Afford the Natives, Who are Invet~
crate Gamblers, Much Amusement.
Fighting fish [are a. novelty found
only in Siam. The residents ,of that
aountry are inveterate gamblers. They
will wager their last coin on any prop-
)sition that offers a chance of winning.
They will bet on wrestlers, jugglers,‘
fighting cocks or fighting fish. These
fish are found in the rivers of Siam,
and when two or more of them are
put in a bowl of water they begin
fighting, and the conflict continues nix-55
:il all but one of the fish have been"
killed.
These fights occur on the streets in
midday, and often a crowd of twenty
11' thirty natives surround a bowl chIat-
aering and gesticulra-ting and making
oets on the success of their favorite
fish. .
A writer in St. Paul’s describes a
Ilght that he witnessed at Bangkok.
The fish were in a bowl partially filled
with water, which was churned into a, .
foam by their rapid movements. The‘.
water was red with blood, and as the
ight progressed the tinge became deep-‘
31'. Occasionally a fish would turn
)ver several times, blood oozing from"
wounds all over its body, and would
then turn on its back, dead. Its
victorious adversary would immediate-
Ly engage in a fight with another‘ fish.
A flare raga:
Abdul Hamid, the Sultan of Turkey,
e of the rarest collections
“defence, among the treas-
";;¢ most valuable parasol
. 7' It is of white silk, em-
d with gold thread, wrought at
s with precious stones. Its
which is one long superb piece of co-
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7'."‘.-'orth Seeing.
“Did you say that he is a mediocre
act-or?” inquired the man who aflects
cynicism.
“Yes.”
“Are you sure?”
“Perfectly.” .
“Well, I guess I’ll attend his per-
formance. It will be a relief to seen
anybody as good as that.”——Washing- '~
ion Star. -
There is no use in hashing up old
ideas. The joke that is well done is
also rare.
A promising boy-is desirable, but a
promising man is a nuisance, unless.
he fulfills his promises.
“‘ r—you see, governor,” said the
young man, as tenderly as he could,
“you see, father, you are just a bit of
on old fogy.”
“I suppose I am,” admitted the old
gentleman. “It’s a sort of family ’fail
ing. My father was the Isame way
when I was your age.” '
Secretion—Thirty dollars, 'eh? That’s
nothing. I had a bicycle suit that cost
$1,000. ‘ *
Tandem——Who took your measure?
THE EMPRESS OF GERMANY.
She Loves Her Nursery Better than the
Whole Empire.
The Empress of Germany, also
Queen of Prussia, and just one year
older than her energetic mate, Emper}
or William 11., is the proud mother 0f
seven handsome children, and came t9
the throne with her husband in 1888.”
The Empress Victoria Augusta plainly
shows in her face that she is a con-
tented, wholesome and unambitidus
woman. She takes no part in, politics,
is a happy wife, a devoted mother and
arrlently religious. Since her cororih-
tion she has, from her husband’s
treasury, expended somethi'ngllike $6,-
000,000 on the building of. churches
I alone; she gives largely in charity, but
her delight is he: nursery, and it is a.
proverb in Germany that the Empress
suffers more keen anxiety over the
. crorpy cough of one of the royal babies
than the most momentous question aft
fecti g the. whole Empire, though her
husband and the notionrespect , her
none the less for this feminine trait
and her maternal solicitude.—Phila-
dolphin Ledger.
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The First Steel Pen.
There is as much mystery concern-
ing the origin of the steel pen as there
is about most of the simple articles in
common use. The Paper World says
that a story long taken for granted
gives the honor of invention to a
well known manufacturer. In 1830
he was a journeyman jeweler in Eng-
land. One day he accidentally split a
fine steel tool. Shortly afterward he
was called upon to sign a receipt, and
as he had mislaid his quill pen, he
took up the piece of pointed steel, and
was very much surprised that it wrote
better than the quill. He was quick
to see the great possibilities 'of his
chance'discovery, and he began the
manufacture of steel pens. thile he
may not have been the original in-
ventor, we are indebted to him, for
their general introduction.
.“Do you remember our first quar-
rel, dearest ?”
“Yes, love.”
“I said you were just as mean as
you could bei” ' -
“I believe you did."
“Oh, \Viliam, how mistaken ~' was!"
An Unnecessary ' Admonition.
“Did you tell that young man not to.
call here any more?” asked Mabel’s
father severely.
"N—llo.”
“YVhy not?” ‘
“I didn’t think that it was neces-
sary. I don‘t see how he could call
any more now. .He calls seven times
n week.”——Washington Star.
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,. flat Winch Left. to Wait For.
Doctor (to patient)—Cheer_ up, old
man. Everything comes to him who
waits. _ .
Patient—Yes, I know, I've had ev-
Scorcher—A jury.
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. Always the-
:rything but leprosy—New _l'ork
Iournal. ,
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