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» ANCIENT BARBERS. .
Big Men in Egyp’t amt Had to Work Over
Tinne, Going from Place to Place. ’
The cult of'the beard, according Lo
the ancient Jewish writers, started m
the Garden or Eden. Adam, they tell
us, was several miles in'height, and
was furnished with a prodigious beard,
which reached to his middle. The ani
cient Jews, presumably on‘ account of
this believed Edenic origin, held the
beard in such esteem that they consid-
ered it a greater insult to seize a man
by the beard than to tread on his
corns. They cherished the hair on
their faces as the' callow youth of to-
adolescent mustache,
trimmed it in various forms, perfumed
it with odorous substances, and cut it
only as a sign of great affliction. So
far did they carry their veneration for
its dignity that laws were actually
passed regarding the manner of its
wearing.
The barber’s lot was a happy one in
the land of Egypt, where the people
had such a high regard for the tonso-
rial art that the majority of the men
shaved not only the face, but the entire
head, and capped their bald pa‘tes with
wigs, while the priests went even fur-
ther and shaved the "entire body every
third day. With this constant scrap-
ing of chins going on, the barber’s
trade was an important one in the
home of the Pharaohs, and its follow-
ers were kept busily running through-
out the length and breadth of the land
from early morning until sunset. They
carried their tools in an open— —mouthed
basket, and their razors were shaped
like a small hatchet, with a curved
handle—Lippincott’s Magazine.
" Chimmle Fudden’s” Author.
“Chimmie"Fadden” is closely associ-
ated with the man who wrote him up,
and Mr. *Edward W. Townsend origi-
nated him. “Chimmie” was not the
Parisian gamin, nor was he the New
York street Arab; he was endowed with
traits which were quite his own.,Mr.
Edward W. Townsend came from the
West 1101: so many years ago, and gave
his services to a New York journal.
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Very soon the strength and cleverness _
of his work were noted by an editor,
EDWARD w. rownSann.
now lately deceased, and one who nev-
, or made any mistakes as to the quality
of the men who wrote for him. Mr.
Townsend became familiar with. the
tenement districts in this great city,
and here, for the major part, .his char-
acters are found, and lifelike and vig-
orous is his portraiture of them. “A
Daughter of the Tenements” had a dis-
tinguished success, but not more than
it merited. His latest: book is called
“Near a Whole City Full,” which is'a
collection of short stories, and their in-
cisive cleverness will be certain to
make this last venture of Mr. 'Town-
send a highly popular one.
His Responsibility.
A Sioux City father Was going on a.
short business trip, and, as he kissed
his seven-year-old son good-by, he said
to him:
“Now, Charles, take good care of
mamma while I’m gone.”
The responsibility thus intrusted to
the young man evidently weighed heav-
ier on his mind that one w0uld natur-
ally expect, says the Journal, for one
evening a short time afterWard, as he
lay on the floor, with half-closed eyes,
’ he rather startled his mother by in-
The little guardian heaved a. sigh of
relief, and answ e1ed:
“0h, because I’m
Days.
tired!”—‘-G01den
Quicker Than It. Takes to Tell It.
Traveler—Can you direct me to Hol—
lor.r Meadows?
Hodge who stutters frightiully)—
Ye-ye-ye—ycs. You t-t-t—t— take the f—f—
f-first t-t-t-t-turning on 'théthe right,
and ku—ku-l—zu-keep straight on over th’
brb—bLbrig. Bu—bub-bub-but you’d bub-
ub-bub-bctter be gu-gu—gu-gangln’ on.
You’ll gii—gu— —get there quicker than I
.i"u11ch.
“(here- 11.:1101' slice is bliss.
First Tiamp—Great Scott! Weary,
have I got ’e'm again? What—what’s
that?
Second Tramp—No. You’re all right,
Dusty Th at's only a reporter bloke
on the daily pipel rs wot's writin’ an
article 011 “Ow It Feels to_ Be a Tramp. ”
——St. Paul’s.
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The Times of India declares that tea—
drinking is the curse of Thibet. “The
people,” it says, “have such an in-
satiable craving for the beverage that
they will sell their houses, their flocks,
their very children, to prOcure it. If
ever an apostle appears in Thibet to.
regenerate the nation, he will have to
preach a c1usade in favor of Whiskey-
drinking in order to wean the inhab~
iltants‘ from the national vice.’-’_ .
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.quiring:
“Momma, doesn't God take care of
you?”
“Why, yes, my dear,” replied the"
wondering mother. “Why do you
ask?” '
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[f Reparation Is Demanded for
the Maine DisaSter.
OPINION HALO]? AN OFFICIAL
He Believes That an External Agency
Caused the Loss of the Battleship and
That Any Reparation We May Seek
Will Be Promptly Granted. 1
Washington, Feb. 23.—-During all. the
excitement consequent upon the an-
nouncement of the destruction of the
Maine President McKinley has remain-
ed silent, calm: and dignified. Except
to his most intimate friends he has
said nothing that could be construed
as an official utterance, and his inti-
mate friends have so far carefully
avoided any expression of opinion that
might in any waybe quoted as a reflec-
tion of the Presidents views.
Any stories’that have been publish-
ed, stating that the President intended
pulsuing this or that course in regard
to the Maine disas er are therefore
pure fabrications". The whirlwind of
excitement is now, however, dying out
and now the quiet, level-headed offic-
ials ofvthe Administration are begin-
ning to express themselves as to the
possible outcome of the terrible disas—
ter. One of these, a high official of the
Administration, and a close personal
friend of President McKinley, when
asked what he thOug'nt would be the
result of the present investigation in
Havana harbor said:
“There are certain things that lead
me to believe that the investigation
will show that the destruction of the
Maine was caused from the outside. If
this is proven to be the case, I will
venture upon this prediction, that
twenty-four hours after the President
receives the report of the board of in-
vestigation, our Government will de-
mand immediate indemnity from Spain, -
and that .Spain will accede to the de-
mands of' this Government within for-
ty-eight hours. She will disavow any
responsibility for the disaster and pay
what we may demand, whether it be
$5,000,000 to be given to the families
of the men killed in the explosion, and
an additional $5,000,000 for the con-
struction of a new warship to take the
place of the Maine. Spain and this
country have been playing for points.
“Neither the United States, Govern-
ment nor that of Spain desires to pro-
mote hostilities unless they have rightl
on their side and the sympathy of the
other civilized nations of the wqud.
For this reason the Administration has
been careful and circumspect, and has
done nothing to provoke war. Spain
knows this, and has also endeavored
to so shape her course that she may
not lose the sympathy of other nations.
She well knows that no civilized gov—
ernment of the world could or would
countenance such a terrible crime
against civilization as the blowing up
of the Maine and the terrible destruc—
tion of life caused thereby, and that
whether the Government of Spain is
directly responsible or not, she 'will be
held accountable should the board of
investigation determine that the de- 1
struction of the Maine was not caused
by an explosion from the inside of the
ship. For this reason, as I said, Spain
willaccede to our demands, and accede
quickly, whatever they may be. There-
fore, I do not look for any hostilities
between the two countries, growing
out of the Maine disaster. D
MINERS RESIST THE TROOPS.
Dyea Trail Blockaded to Prevent Soldiers
Passing Ahead of Prospectors.
Victoria, B. 0., Feb. 23.——Three
steamers, the Danube, the Thistle and
Tees, have returned from Skaguay,
each with a. few Dawsonites on board.
There was very little gold on' board.
Passengers from Skaguay bring news
of a. blockade of the Dyea trail by min-
ers and packers, who resisted the de— _
mand of a detachment of United States
troops to goover the trail before them.
It was feared at .Dyea that trouble
would arise over the affair.
_Another shooting affair occurred at
Skaguay in front of a saloon. “Tom”
Ryan shot and wounded a newcomer,
whose name was not given. Ryan 1\ as
promptly arrested and taken to Sitka
for tiial.
‘_‘Mike” Quinlan, formeily of Minne-
apols, has been appointed maishal at
Skaguay.
A jail is being provided. Two men,
whose names are not known, were de-
tected robbing a cache at Sheep Camp.
One of them turned and fired at his
pursuers, who returned the fire, and
one dropped to the ground. Thinking
he ‘ had killed, a. man, the fugitive
turned the revolver on himself and sent
a bullet through his brain. The other
man was taken back to Dyea‘, where
he was paraded through the streets
with a placard on him, setting forth
1 that he was a. thief. He was afterward
lodged in jail.
Complaints are being made, at Skag-
uay in relation to the number of men
3 arriving there, by each boat without
'means of subsistence.
'which are to be forwarded at once {.2
An agent of the Gov-1
Among the re-
turning Dawsonites was .George Bel-
don, one of the last men to go up the.
Yukon last) fall. He was one of 77a syn-
dicate which purchased the little
steamer from the Creek Mission for
$10,000 and made an attempt to reach
Da
where the boat stuck in the ice. Bel—
don made his way by sledge to Daw-
son, and thence to the coast.
The delay in the receipt of mail at
Dawson is, according to the passen-
gers of the Danube, the cause of many
no mail
coming to the coast. They say
has be en received since fall, and that
business is paralyzed in many in—
stances.
NY.“ 1.». Hill, who arrived from Stew—
art River, says there is lots of gold.
there, but it is too expensive to get
provisions up the river._
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500 Reindeer for Government. .
New‘ York, Feb. 23 .——The Allen line
steamship Manitoba is due here to- day
with a consignment of over :100 rein-
deer for the United States Government
41
the Klondike.
. ernment has been awaiting her 11192-2??-
two or three days with instructions t1 ' ’
purchase whatever food the reindee:
7 will require on their Journey to” Alaslm
wson, but got only to Circle City,
TRiALOF’fHEbEjI-unss. ‘ I
defense Wins n 3011117 In Securing add; 4
mission of Important Testimony.
Wilkesbarre, Pa” Feb. 2,3.—Qwing to
the mass of' business in court Judge
Woodward decided .there should. be no
holiday yesterday.” .“But,” said he, "I
deem it appropriate that we observe
1he day by hearing Washington’s fare-
Well addxess, and I have reguested Mr.
Scarlet to read it.”
There was a. burst of applause at this
announcement, and the reading was
given careful attention and was fol—
iowed by prolonged applause.
The prosecution made a. strong at-
tempt to have all evidence about the
McAdoo disaster ruled out, but the de-
fense insisted on its being taken as
showing the state of terror and pre—
vious disorder, and accounting for the
arming of deputies. Judge Woodward
ruled the question in order, and the
defense resumed the examination of its
witnesses.
—The first witness of the day was Mrs.
James Edmondson, who lives at Har-
wood. She told of the strikers coming
into her garden and pulling up the
bean poles for use as clubs and of their
chasing her husband, threatening him.
Mrs. Edmondson was followed by her
husband, of whom she said: “I had a
right to save him; he is my property.”
He said that on the Tuesday previous
to the shooting the McAdoo men had
invaded Har.wood All of them were
armed with clubs, but he did not see
any fighting.
Peter Wolf testified that the strikers
were armed and that they tried to get
into his store after him. TWO men
chased him with a club.
John Boyle swore that the strikers
carried gas pipe, clubs and mine nee-
dles. These are long iron bars, tipped
with steel, and are used to tamp pow-
der in the mines. He saw strikers
stop a breaker and chase off the men
and boys.
A stalwart, white-haired old man of
sixty, James McGraw, told how the
strikers had shot him. He saw them
gathering on the day of the shooting
and fearing he would be captured he
left his'boarding house to hide in the
brush, but while he was going there
the strikers pursued him and half a
dozen others. ,
Charles Mullen, of Harwood, another-
man who was fired upon by the strik—
ers, said: “When I saw them coming
into the town I ran with the others.
Some of the strikers followed us and
kept shouting: ‘If you don’t stop We
will shoot you.’ ” '
John Ripple, who had been celebrat-
ing Washington’s birthday by getting
|drunk, could not speak clearly on the
stand, but was kept there for half an
Ahour giving rambling testimony. He
told how on the night previous to the
shooting four men armed with clubs
had threatened to kill him if he did
not quit work. -
Thomas McNellis gave important tes-
timony. He had charge of six men
working on the public road where the
strikers came along. They wanted the
men on the road to stop work. 'Mc-
Nellis expos-tulated with them. He told
ithem that his men were not working
Ifor the coal company. The strikers,
5however, were threatening, and the
men on the road, seeing that they were
outnumbered, agreed to surrender and
go along with the strikers.
Mrs. Christiana. Starz, of Cranberry,
saw her husband driven from work at
the breaker by the strikers. She saw
them chase men andlboys and shoot at
them point blank. She said that the
strikers threatened to club her brains
out.
Similar evidence was given by many
other witnesses. All declared that the
strikers were‘armed, and that they
fired their weapons indiscriminately
when anyone refused to join them.
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KEYSTONE MILITIA EQUIPPING.
Pennsylvania State Troops Preparing for
Taking the Field.
Philadelphia, Feb. 23. —Maj0r- General
Snowden, commander of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania, has issued gen—
eral orders to every officer in the State
to recruit his command up to the full
quota required by law. The orders
were issued fi'v e days ago, with in—
structions that) they be kept a pro—
found secret. _
The officers were insu‘ucted to have
their men ready to march fully armed
and equipped at twenty—four hours’
notice.
Neither officers nor men will talk of
the preparations that are going on, be-
cause they say it is against military
regulations, but the work of recruiting
men and inspecting arms and ammu-
nition is going on at the armores.
The ik'htional Guard of Pennsylvania
comprises nearly 9,000 men. '
BARK AGATE MAY BE LOST.
She Carried Fifty-six Persons Seeking
Klondike Riches.
New York, Feb. 23.-—There is a pos-
sibility that the bark Agate, which
sailed from this port last week, bound
for the Yukon River, has been wrecked.
The Agate carried forty men, who
were going to the Klondike to seek
their fortunes, in addition to the crew
of sixteen men.
The steamship Kingsland, which ar-
rived here yesterday from South Amer-
ican ports, encountered bad weather.
When twenty miles south—southwest of
Barnegat the Kingsland fell in with a.
quantity of wreckage. There were parts
of deckhouses, portions of ceilings,
white painted woodwork, spars, and a
buoy, in addition to casks and boxes of
merchandise.
"aptain Scott, of the Kingsland, says
the nieckage extended for a distance
of forty miles. No attempt was made
to pick up any portion of it.
Tom: Dowri the Spanish Flag.
Dayton, 0., Feb. 23.—The National
Ca ~11 Register Company is holding a
convent ion here of agents from all over
the V1 0113, and, among other countries,
Spain is ‘19p1esented. In honor of the
various nations, the different flags
were displayed. Objection was made
to the Spanish flag by the workmen
at the factory, and t’welve Spanish
flags displayed about the works were
pulled 1201.11 and torn into shreds. Pres-
ident John H. Patterson, of the com—
pany, ordeicd twenty—four Spanish
flags put up to replace the ones torn
down.
Advices from Europe indicate that
the 'Snauis -American situation is re-
'garded there as serious. - .
THE MAINE DISASTER
Divers Find Three Ammunition
Cases in the H1111.
PLANS FOR FREEING CUBA
The Purchase of the Island Not Serious,-
7 ly Considered-"Impossible to Act7Un-
less the Consent of the Insurgent-s Is
Obtained. ' 1:"
Washington, Feb. 23. —Ever)7thing is
quiet in Washington to- day in regard
to the Maine. Now that the board of
inquiry has started its work, the Pros-
ident and the Cabinet are confinc’ed
that the result will be known in a few
- days, and therefore the former is deter-
mined to withhold the Cuban corre-
spondence until something definite is
'known in regard to the explosion.
So much has been said in the _papers
recently about the President’s inten-
I
‘. sion is said to have taken place.
the 'memOry of'the Maine’s dead.
tion of ending the war by making-an.
offer to Spain to purchase the island-
and assume a protectorate over it an‘d.
its customs to pay the debt that it may’
be well to state here on the best au-
thority that this question has not been
seriously considered by the President
or his Cabinet.
over and discussed, but not seriously
considered for a number of Weeks. The
persons who are urging this plan are
John J. McCook, of New York, and
Mr. Smith, president of the Havana.
Gas Works. -
It can be stated that while the Presi—
dent would willingly make the same
offer to Spain that was ,made by See—
retary Fish in 1869 to purchase the isl-
and for $125,000,000, paying, perhaps,
this time, only $100,000,000, in making
this offer he would have to guarantee
to Spain the protection Of the Spanish
subjects and Spanish property on the
island. This is the great difficulty in
this solution. Spain knows full well
that as soon as the Cubans came into
possession of the island they would
take revbnge upon the Spaniards and
the Spanish property, and that the
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It has been talked.
United States would have to guarantee .,
not only the purchase money but in-
demnity and damages for every attack
on or destruction of Spanish'subjects
and their property.
The President also finds that he can—
not intervene at this time, because if
he did the Spaniards would withdraw
all their forces and authority from the '
island, and it would devolve upon the
United States to provide for and pro-
tect the thousands of starving Cubans.
This would mean a gigantic respon—
sibility that the United States is not
prepared to assume.
lief which has been issued now has not
met with ready response, and the Gov-
ernment would be obliged to stand for
millions of dollars to' care for the in-
habitants -left on the island.
The President is also embarrassed
because so far the insurgents have re—
fused to treat on this basis, and have
declined to listen to any proposition.
Until the insurgents consent this plan
must be held in abeyance.
THE SPANISH NOT INTERFERING.
Indications That Forward lIagazine for
Fixed Ammunition Exploded.
Havana, Feb. 22.—The Maine Court
of Inquiry opened at, 10.30 yesterday
morning and took a recess at 12.30.
Lieutenant G. F. W. Holman, naviga-
tor and ordnance officer of the Maine,
was examined at the morning session.
The court met for the afternoon ses-
‘sion at 1.30, and Lieutenant Comman-
der Wainwright, executive officer of
the Maine, was called to the witness
stand. Wainwright has been in imme-
.date charge of the Wreck since the ex-
plosion.
Havana, Feb. 23.—Consu1-Genera€i
Lee says the Spanish officials are not
interfering with the investigation into
the causes of the disaster. The wreck-
The call for re-_
ing tug Right Arm arrived here yester- '
day from the Merritt & Chapman Der-
rick and Wrecking Company. No ob-
jection was made to the presence of
the tug or her prospective work. She
will probably make an early attempt
to save the big guns, and, if possible,
the more valuable parts of the Maine’s
machinery.
adefinite conclusion is reached by
the court about the cause of the dis-
aster, it will be almost impossible to
know it in Havana. Any report from
here about the conclusions of the Court
of Inquiry will be mere imagination.
Four divers are at work, two in the
fore part 'of the ship and two aft.
The task is most laborious, and the
men are extremely careful, as they
have had to _work in complete darkness ‘
and several have had bad, falls. Elec-
tric lights, worked from the Mangrove,
are now available.
Nearly all the possible salvage has
now been made from the cabin aft. The
efforts to reach the ward and mess
rooms are frustrated by some unknown
obstacle. It is expected the divers will
find bodies in those rooms.
Two cases of ten-inch ammunition
were found yesterday forenoon, the
one having exploded, the other full of
powder. These were found forward.
An additional ten-inch casing charge
was found later. It had exploded. A
number of such casings are believed to
be inside the hull, but it is not known
whether they exploded or not.
The divers examined the outside 0'!
the hull at the place where the explo-
But
the diveis are also careful about talk-
' ing about their work. They have re-
ceived stiict 01 ders 'to refuse to answer
to any question about the cause of the
disaster or the results of their investi—
gation. Inside the hull of the ship the
divers found many bodies. About this
they talked freely saying that it was
one of the most horrible spectacles
that human sight could endure. A ma-
jority of the remains are understood to,
be those of firemen and many of them
are said to have been mutilatled in the
Stluggle for life, which the divers say
must have been frightful.
The divers found a copper cylinder
used in conveying charges to the sax-
inch guns. The fact that it had ex-
ploded seems to show that there was
an explosion in the Imaga-zine for fixed
ammunition on the port Side forward.
The military commander of Ghana-
‘1acoa has ordered a, suspension of pub-
lic festivities as a. 7marK of respect tc
The.
prohibition will Continue for three clays
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