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.STRANGE MONEY IN THE MOUNTAINS»
l‘razling Done in Skins “’hich a Buyer
Collects Four Times :1 Year.
“The strangest money 1 ever saw,"
said a drummer for a Main‘Stfieet
house the other evening, "‘was in the
mountain districts of Kentucky and
West Virginia. Last summer I was
making my semi-annual tour through
this district and I stopped one day at
a little grocery and saloon, not to sell
goods, but to get a drink of the
‘mountain dew.’ While I was pour-
ing out my drink a big husky moun-
taineer entered the place and called
for a drink. As he finished gulping it
down he reached into a big bulky
pocket and drew forth what looked to
be a coon skin. He laid the skin on
the counter, the barkeeper took the
skin and opening a drawer, hauled
out a rabbit skin, which I suppose
was the change. The mountaineer
picked. up the rabbit skin and started
to the front part of the store. which
was the grocery. Be there bought a
twist ‘of'tobacco and tendered the rub-
bit skin in payment. He received a
big twist of long green, and l was sur-
prised to see the storekecper reach in
another draWer and tender him a
squirrel skin. The mountaineer
tucked the squirrel skin in his pocket,
walked out, unhitcned his horse and
rode away.
”I became Interested and engaged
the proprietor in conversation. He
told me that sometimes he would go
months without seeing any real money
and that the mountaineers used the
skins in all kinds of trades, such as
buying horses, etc. He said that four
times a year. hide buyer from Lex-
ington or Cincinnati, visited the coun-
lry and bought up all the skins, which
were generally concentrated in the
few stores in the vicinlty."~1.ouisville
Dispatch.
SAWDUST EXPLOSIONS.
Legislation to Stop anlmrmcn from r‘lll-
ing up the Ottawa River.
Who ever heard of sawdust ex-
plosions? They are common enough
in Canada. Navigation on the Ottawa
river has been seriously impeded at
times by the explosion of sawdust, and
the Dominion Government has at last
decided to take steps to prevent any
practice which will enhance the pos-
sibility of these explosions taking
place. One would hardly suppose that
sawdust dumped into the river would
in course of time reform itself into
11 gas generator which would keep the
surface of the stream in a. constant
state of upheaval. But it is true to
such an extent that small boats have
been injured by the submarine cou-
vulsions.
The bottom of the Ottawa River
covered with a deep layer of sawdust
dumped there by the lumbcrmcn. who
have carried on their log-cutting indus-
try on its banks and tributaries for
years. The dust, becoming water
soaked, sinks to the bottom, and in the
course of time rots and generates a
highly explosive gas. The latter rises
to the surface, each bubble being
joined or reinforced by other bubbles
on the way up. Contact with air
seems to be as destrictive as touch-
fire to this gas, and the moment the
surface is reached it explodes with a
loud report. Legislation may in time
do away with the annoyance, but even
if no more sawdust is thrown into the
stream henceforth, the millions of
tons already there will take a long
time ot work off their gas-generating
qua]ities.—lVashington Star.
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PlTlFUL CAUSES OF CHEAP BlBLES.
The Spread of the Gospel Accomplished
by Starvation Wages.
Why are Bibles so cheap? The labor
question seems to enter into consider-
ation of the subject. The printing of
the Sacred Word is subject to precise-
ly the same laws of supply and de-
mand as the printing of the strip of
calico. Some one asks: “Is it not the
zenith of inconsistency to find clergy—
men in their anxiety to have cheap
religious books encourage the manu-
facture of Bibles by inadequately paid
labor?” The tro uble seems to be that
in binding women do the work in Scot—
land at from 4 to 10 shillings :1 week,
whereas in London the men can bare-
ly live when doing the same work at
32 shillings. There does, indeed, seem
to be something pitiful when a family
of Bible binders may be starving on
«1 to 10 shillings a week. The gen;
eral secretary of the English Book-
binders’ Society in an appeal to the
public writes: “Before landing the
cheapest Bibles, the officials of Bible
societies should make sure that they
have been produced by labor for
which fair and proper wages have
been paid.”—New York Times.
A Valuable Find.
A citizen of Kharhoff, Russia, re-
cently purchased a statue of Apollo
Bclvidere, which one of his children
soon afterward overturned and broke.
Out of its hollow interior rolled a lit-
tle bundle. which, on being opened,
was found to contain Russian bank-
notes to the value of three thousand
rubles, together with a declaration by
one Chevalier, Irionun Prokheroff, to
the effect that the money contained
in the handkerchief was the proceeds
of his gambling transactions, and 'was
designed to build a church. The slip
bore a date in the year 1840. It is sup-
posed, therefore, that the owner died
suddenly, and thus ‘vvas unable to
carry out his pious design—New York
Tribune.
Warm Affection.
“Do you love me so very much?” she
cooed. ..
“Love you!” said the mainly young
fellow. “Why, every time I try to
write a‘ letter to you the ink in my
fountain pen boils.”
“Well, you’re a beauty, (you are!”
Jones—Shorty I (hlc) can’t return the
compliment—Pick-Me-Up.
1 the Dowager Empi.
will inspect the railway from Pekin to
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'1 or 7.271111 Depends Upon the
President’s Action.
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:nilnng but Strong Support Can Save
Great. Britain from Bloody Strife, Inf
voiving Nations of the “'orld—Alliance
is Not Expected.
London, March 14.—It has cgme to
:a;.s that European diplomacy no lon-
3‘c1 regards the Spanish-American
. risis, the Far Eastern crisis of the
West African crisis as se1|1rate and dis-
tlncl‘. issues. These questions are now
.ooked upon as interwoven factors in
;he political situation which threatens
:1e peace of the world. The decision
if the point whether this is the true
iicw rests solely with President Mc-
Kinley. His power and responsibility
11 shaping human destinies are greater
.han have fallen to the lot of any man
if this generation.
There is danger that the attention of
11113 American people may be too much
toncentrated upon the Cuban—Spanish
iffairs with which they are more di-
”ectly concerned. Europe regards these
roubles as of little intrinsic interest as
:ompared with the incalculable impor-
;ance to the whole human race of the
, l‘itanic struggle which threatens to in- ‘
‘- L'olve all
the nations of Europe and
Asia.
The worst outcome of the Spanish-
American difficulties will be a. brief
.var in which the United States has
nothing to gain except a sense of a. dis-
tgreeable duty performed. Vastly
greater issues hang upon the American
)olicy in regard to the fate of China.
than anything the United States may
10 concerning Cuba and Spain.
It is now almost assured that noth-
ng short of a. distinct, decisive indorse-
"dent of the British policy in the Far
321st can avert a COllision between Eng-
and and her Continental rivals. It is
:his, probably, which has given rise to
the free discussion in the past few days
if an Anglo-American alliance, a. dis-
?ussion, which, according to cable dis-
Jatches, is more piominent in the Unit-
ed States than here.
That the idea of an alliance between
England and the United States is deem-
ed possible, in the minds of many dip-
’o’mats here, is an established fact,
:hough no one of authority will go so
far as to say that such an arrangement
s probable. That these two great na-
:ijons would join hands and hearts
against a common foe is beyond ques-
tion of a. doubt, should that foe prove
too strong for either nation to handle
alone. But it is explained that such a.
aonclition could not well arise Without
:he whole of Europe were involved.
The only possible combination of cir-
2umstances that would cause active
steps to be taken looking to an offen-
sive and defensive alliance between
England and the United States; would
as: First, should France form an al-
iance with Spain; second, should
lapan take sides with the United States
and with the consent of the latter be-
gin a. vigorous warfare. In the Philip-
)ine $s1ands, which would certainly in—
volve Russia. These conditions brought
about—with France, Spain, Russia
and possibly Germany, against the
Stars and Stripes and Japan—would
probably cause England to step in and
form a triple alliance with Japan and
:he United States in return for support
11 the East.
But such a complication is hardly
-ike1y to arise, and nothing short of
:his, it is believed, would lead to an
Anglo-American alliance. British diplo-
mats fully realize that the United
States will keep out of “entangling a1-
iances” as long as possible. The idea.
:hat the United States should ask or
accept aid in the event of war with
Spain alone is ridiculed.
Great Britain, moreover, would not
De so patronizing and undiplqmatic as
to offer the United States assistance
11 dealing with a fourth—rate power like
Spain.
It is probably true that English pub-
iic opinion is better disposed than
‘1111e1ican toward an Anglo- Saxon com-
aination but in this country opinion is
ic opinion in this country opinion is,
3y no means unanimous in favor of
such a consummation. The English
view of the subject is not altogether
selfish, for it is believed that the United
States, with their rapidly expanding
foreign trade, would profit fully as
rnuch as England by co-operating to
{eep 'open the markets of the world.
On the other hand, there is a. prob-
iblity of some danger of retaliatory ac-
iion by the Continental powers in the
Spanish-American controversy against
:he United States in case the latter
mpports Great Britain in the Far East.
Any such action would, no doubt, lead
Ereat Britain to openly take the Amer-
can. side.
Superstitions people here we confi-
lently expecting a war in which will be
nvolved every nation of the world, and
which will begin the end of the uni-
.‘erse. This condition, of course, is
aughed at on all sides, but neverthe—
ess the idea of war has grown more
familiar during the past week than it
rias been in years. It is cropping up
everywhere and gaining force in the
vital peril to English commercial in-
:erests.
England Prepares for Possible “’111'.
London, March 14.—-—The War Office,
the Daily Mail announces this morning,
has issued a hundred rounds of ball
cartridge to every volunteer in the
Kingdom, in addition tofithe ordinary
prowsron. .
Japan Assembles Fleet.
Berlin, March 14. ——A dispatch to the
Tageblatt from Pekin says it is re-
paited persistently there that a Japan—
ese mermntile fleet is asembling in the
Sea of Japan.
According to the so “.me correspondent,
ass of China shortly
port of Pekin); and this
step is considered i111bportant for the
vlevelopmcnt of the Chinese railway
:ysterri: '
\ Paris IdiSpatch quotes the Madrid
yicspondent as say ing that it is be-
red in Spanish diplomatic circles that
1 tie European Powers are favorable
a: principle to the maintenance of,
apanish rule in Cuba.
I‘DLAND’S DARK OUTLOOK.
MILITARY ATHEEETIC'CABNIVAL.
Greatest Exhibition of .the Kind Ever
Held in This Country.
New York, March 14.—The Military
Athletic Carnival, which opens to-night
at'the Madison Square Garden will be'
the biggest affair of this kind ever held
in the United States. The Governor and
staff and officers of the National Guard
are expected to be present and review
the troops during the week. At the
opening to-night General Miles of the
United States Army has accepted an
Invitation to be present and review the
parade. The United States troops will
be present and take part in the exhibi-
tion. Among the most interesting ex-
citing- events will :be the series of
molees‘ between teams of officers, four
mounted officers to each team. Each
officer Will be armed with a. short wood
‘1 .
sword, and wear a. helmet haying a
plume. Slashing off, the plumes will
be the object of the opposing teams.
The events for-the carnival are as
follows; One hundred yard run,
championship; loo-yard run, handicap;
440-yard run, championship; 440-yard
run, handicap; 220-yard run, champion-
TENT PEGGING AT THE CARNIVAL.
ship; 220-yard run, novice; 220—yard
run, handicap; 880-yard run, champion-
ship; 880-yard run, novice; 880-yard
run, handicap; 880-yard run, heavy
marching order championship; l-mile
run, handicap; Silo-yard walk, champin-
ship; 220-yard hurdle, championship;
220-yard hurdle, handicap; potato race,
championship; three-legged ' race,cham-
pionship; sack race, championship;
two-lap obstacle race, championship;
and l-mile relay race, championship.
Eleven events have been decided up-
on by the bicycle committee, they are:
Half-mile championship; ‘2-mile cham—
pionship, 1-mile handicap, 2-mi1e handi-
cap, 1—mile novice, pursuit race, tandem
of single wheels, 1-mi1e military cham-
pionship, open to National Guard, Unit-
ed States Navy and Army and militia;
l-mile first brigade championship; 1-
mile Second Brigade championship; 1-
mile State of New Jersey champion—
ship, open to the members of the Mili-
tary League. One hour or one hour
and a half each night to the athletic
and bicycle events, and the remainder
.of the evening will be devoted exclu—
sively to the military and naval drills
and evolutions.
The progrfimme will include several
decidedly novel military features, in—
cluding a. a )ecial review, the like of
which has giever been seen before in
this country.
GATHERING MORE SHIPS.
Squadron to Be One of the llIost
Powerful Ever Known.
Washington, March 14.—Orders were
sent by Secretary Long to Commodore
Howell, commanding the European
naval station, directing him to dispatch
immediately to Key West the gunboat
Helena and the model cruiser Bancroft.
The Navy Department has not yet de—
termined what to do with the San
Francisco, but is inclined to send her
after the Bancroft and the Helena.
If war should come, the principal na-
val operations will undoubtedly be; in
the West Indies and the Gulf of Mex-
ico, and the Helena. with other vessels
are intended for use to blockade Cu-
ban ports, shutting up the Spaniards
from the food and other supplies from
outside on which she is obliged to de—
pend.
It is said at the Navy Department
that the Oregon’s ultimate destination
would be determined by circumstances.
Your correspondent has the most posi—
tive assurances from an authoritative
source that she will form a. part of Ad-
miral Sicard’s force if hostilities are
averted until she reaches Valparaiso.
She will stop at Acapulco, Panama,
Callao, and Valparaiso, reporting her
arrival at each of these places, and not
departing until so ordered by the Navy
Department.
If nothing occurs to mar the relations
of Spain and the United States by the
time she gets to Valparaiso orders will
be telegraphed to Captain McCormick
to proceed with all speed around South
America, and from Cape Horn north—
ward to Key West. If war should be
declared prior to that time it is likely
Sicard’s
'that the Oregon will steam across the
Pacific to Hong Kong to participate, if
not too late, in the offensive operations
in the waters of the Philippine Islands.
This has not been definitley deter-
mined, and the Navy Department is
hopeful that within two months the
formidable armor-clad will drop anchor
in Key West harbor.
Work in Death Dealing lVIissiles.
Reading,'3Pa., March 14.—Nays from
Washington that the Carpenter Steel
Works were assured of $1,250,000 out of
the $2,000,000 projectile contract was fol-
~10\\'ecl"'yeste1‘day by extraordinary ac-
tivity. This large o1der is to be given
to the Carpenter company on condition
that the works here must be doubled,
and that the enlarged plant must be
turning out shells within twenty days.
Last night operations were continued
under electric light.
Has No British Contract.
Pittsburg, Pa” March 14. —The report-
ed contract by the British Governmzm
with the Carnegie Company fm E} '1:-
tons of armor plate proves to be incor-
rect. It is known that a short time agr
the Carnegie Company contracted 11::
furnish a large ship builder of England
with 5,000 tons of plate for use in the
construction of merchant vesseIS, and
it is supposed this contract was the
basis of the armor plate story.
Gen. Rosencrans’ Funeral.
Los Angeles, Cal., March 14. Cum-
plete arangements for the funeral of
General W. S. Rosecrans, are not yet
completed, but it is probable that the
funeral will‘take place at St. Vincent's
Church on Thursday, and that the in-
terment will be temporarily at Rose-
dale Cemetery. General Last‘of the
National Guard has charge of the 111. ll-
‘ tary arrangements.
YKDOYS READY Y0 MOVE
7:3-.ers Issued Perfecting 1.11:3 313—,
ization of the A1331.
Olga
HURRYING restaurateur.
Arrangements Practically Completed for
Placing Dry Tortugas 1n the “for De»-
l’al'tment’s Hands-ExtenSion of South-
ern Coast Defences. . ' ;
“*ashington, March 14.—There is no
cessation in active preparations for
war. Important developments may be
looked for at any moment. The Pres—
ident’s custom of abstension from busr
iness on Sunday has been broken into
since the crisis of affairs with Spain.
Yesterday afternoon he received ‘visits
and reports from the heads of the
State, Vs’ar and Navy Departments
His anxiety to obtain the official report
of the Maine Board of Inquiry cannot
be concealed, although the President-is
aware of the conclusions of the Board,
and is fully prepared for the ‘orst.
The situation ahs become much- gravm
er since the interview with Captain.
Feral, insisting that the Maine was
sunk by an accident. The Spanish the-
ory of an explosion within the ship will ~
not be entertained. The Administra-
tion is taking no chances. Its policy,
has been shaped carefully. »..., . :‘7' 3
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Washington, March 14. —Orders to
perfect the reorganization of the new
military department has been issued.
The name of the new department, in—
cluding the- Southern States, has been
changed from the Department of the
Gulf to the Department of the South,
and the old Department of the Platte
will hereafter be known as the Depart—
ment of the Missouri, thus perpetuating
one of the largest and most important
of military departments.
These changes in nomenclature were
made at: the suggestion of the Secre-
tary of War. The headquarters of the
Department of the Platte will remain
at Omaha, Neb., for the present, but
the transfer of these headquarters to
Kansas City or St. Louis is contem-
plated. Brigadier-General Graham,
commanding the new Department of
South, is expected to reach Atlanta to-
day or to-morrow and will there estab-
lish not only his departmental head-
quarters, but the general headquarters
of the army from which the movements
of military commands will be directed
in the event of hostilities.
Troops Ready to llIove Quickly.
The troops at all army posts are now
prepared to receive orders to move in
any direction at three hours’ notice,
and the most ample transportation fa-
cilities for the purpose have been ar-
ranged. A general movement of troops
from the interior posts, both cavalry
and infantry, to support the new artil-
lery batteries on the coast is expected
to be ordered shortly.
Officials at army headquarters are
engaged in the consideration of such a.
movement,and the details are now prac-
tically settled. It is generally under-
stoodthat the issue of these orders of
concentration will necessitate the em-
ployment of a larger number of troops
than can be furnished from the present
organized strength of the army, and it
is believed that the promulgation of
these orders will be immediately follow-
ed by "a. request that Congress author-
ize the filling up the infantry and cav—
alry regiments to the legal limit.
As it will she an impossibility to ade- ,
quately support the artillery at their
new stations on a war basis with the
present available military force, should
such a request be made by the. War
Department, there is little doubt that
the requisite authority would be readily
granted.
The issue of the contemplated orders
may be delayed until some new phase
of the situation shall render the move-
ment of imperative necessity, but, in
such an event, the orders would not
necessarily be followed by the calling
into the service of the militia of the
States, which will not be done until
there is an actual outbreak of hostili-
ties.
‘Vork is Rushed.
Brigadier-General Flagler, Chief of
Ordnance, stated that every effort is
being made to hasten the completion
of carriages for the seacoast and rapid
fire guns, the lack of which is partic-
ularly felt at this time, as the Engi-
neer Department has emplacements
fully prepared to mount the guns at a.
number of points and the guns also are
ready, but the issue of carriages is de-
layed. Several deliveries of carriages
were made last week and a larger num-
ber is expected this week.
Arrangements are practically com-
pleted for the immediate. transfer of
the Dry Tortugas from the Treasury
to the War Department, and for the
department to the War Department,
and for the rehabilitation of Fort Jef-
ferson, on Garden Key as well as for
the establishment of a naval coaling
and supply station on the islands.
To Strengthen Fortifications.
A comprehensive plan for the location
of emplacements on which will be
mounted a large number of high power
modern disappearing guns will un-
doubtedly be adopted and the extensive
and necessarily slow work to carry out
the scheme will be commenced. At the
same time the old fortifications at Fort
Jefferson will be strengthened by plac-
ing in position probably twenty or
more live or six-inch rapid fire guns or
eight-inch converted rifles or both.
The Ordnance Department is able to
supply the rapid fire guns or converted
rifles almost immediately and ,the work
of mounting them will not be expen-
sive nor consume more than a few
weeks at the most if a large number
of men are set to work upon them. The"
guns for the temporary fortification,
will be mounted upon the barbette
parapet of the old fort, and in the judg-
ment of. the department officials they
will be sufficient, certainly,‘with the aid
of a. gunboat or two, to amply protect
the Tortugas.
A contract will be awarded, probably
to-day, for dredging the ship channel
at the Tortugas to a depth of thirty
feet. An excavation of three hundred
thousand cubic? yards will be made at
fifty cents per yard, the entire work to
cost $150,000. .
Joseph Leiter sold 2,000,000 bushels of
his contracted wheat, clearing $340,000.
He has thus far got rid of more than
half of his entire holdings.
Norwalk Chronicler