Lincoln County leader., March 16, 1900, Image 7

SQUELCHED A MUTINY
ANECDOTE OF "BOBS" THE BRIT
ISH COMMANDER.
Harsh Measures Were Necessary Just
at That Time, and He Ordered an
English Soldier Shot for Insubordination-It
Took Place in India.
"Gen. Lord Roberts of Kandahar.
Kipling's 'Bobs Bahadur,' was the bust
English general to order the execution
of a private soldier for -Insubordination,"
said a visitor to Washington,
who has seen service under her Majes
ty's flag.
"It was away back In the '70s; but
the Incident is still very clear In the
memory of old soldiers, and has been
banded down with every possible ex
aggeration for the delectation of the
'recruitle,' who listens to the barrack
rooui tales told for the express purpose
'it striking terror and horror to his un
ba.rdeued heart.
"The story is revivified now. It con
tributes something to Illustrate the
man who Is beloved and feared by rank
and tile, and notwithstanding his deter
mined and exacting discipline, Is con
ceded to be England's ranking soldier
among good soldiers. .
"The Indian contingent has always
been a ticklish department to handle.
Roberts did more than any one man to
bring them to a realization of what dis
cipline really menns. To-day. thanks
to him, there is less grumbling, less uu-t-asiuess,
and less chance of revolt than
-ver there has been since first the na
tive wore the uniform, and even now
extreme measures are necessary.
"Hut Roberts, once upon a time about
the year 1878, found himself threatened
with a serious situation. The native
troops were uneasy. The English sol
diers, too, In the case of several regi
ments that had been kept overtime on
Indian service, were kicking loud and
strong. The mouthing of the men of
the English regiments was a bad ex
ample to the natives. It disorganized
everything, and the punishments were
made severe upon offenders who gave
opportunity. But Insubordination was
rife. It needed but a little spark to
kindle the whole command Into a blaze,
In which many lives must have been
sacrificed and the prestige of the coin
mandlng officer lost.
"One day a drunktn private was In
solent to a corporal of-one of the regi
ments. The 'non-com.' ordered the man
to the guard honse. A lance-corporal
4t th !nnm rnllpfl mil- a fllo rf mn.n
Ony of Jl'fue refused to act as escort.
He had slept In the next bed to the
prisoner for years, he protested. They
were army 'bed chums.' He, too, was
made a prisoner, and the charge of in
subordination and refusal to obey or
ders entered against him. It was a
high crime. A general court martial
was ordered, the man was sentenced to
be shot, and the sentence was approved
by Gen. Roberts.
"Before the assembled regiments at
Calcutta he was taken out and died !g
iiominlously with his face to the wall.
"It was a terrible and effective Ins
son. The spirit of Insubordination was
dead, but the department Issued an or
der, religiously observed since then, to
the effect that where others are avail
able, a 'bed chum' cannot be ordered
to act as escort."
COUNTESS VON BRUENING.
AmtrlcnriW(oman Who Is Admired by
the Old World Aristocracy.
An American woman, Countess Adolf
von Bruening, Is well known In the
social circles In which European nobil
ity mores because of her marriage to
her husband, the Count, but to the
American people her name is familiar
-hiefly because of the touching devotion
of her divorced husband, Gordon Mac
Kay, of Boston and Washington. The
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CDUXTKMS ADOLF VOV IWUKNING.
Cnuutcss' life has been most romantic.
She was the daughter of Mr. Mac-Kay's
bousckeeper and had grown from child
hood to mature beauty under his eyes.
Although twice her age, Mr. MacKay
paid her devoted attention, and she
linally becnine his bride. Everything
that wealth could provide was lavished
upon the young wife and for a time
theirs was a happy home. But a season
of court life evidently gave Mrs. Mac
Kay new Ideas, for she made a pro
nounced svnsatlon by her beauty and
was loth to return to her native land.
f Mr. MacKay's life was always buRy
and It came about that while he worked
the fascinating daughter of big former
housekeeper sumptuously entertalred
Washington society. Finally Mrs. Mac
Kay began suit for divorce and. In 1S90,
was granted a decree with $23,000 year-:
ly as alimony, the possession of two
beautiful homes and also the custody of
tuelr two sous. Mr. MacKay made no
defense and by many was considered
too magnanimous because of his quiet
acceptance of the decree.
fcix years later Count von Bruening, '
then a secretary of the German em
bassy at Washington, came Into Mrs.
MacKay's life. After two years they j
became engaged. The marriage took !
place In Washington the latter part of
last April, the Count and Countess sail-'
lug at once to Constantinople, where
the former was stationed as a member
of the German embassy. The Count
and Countess are now living In Berlin, j
where the beauty and charm of the ac-1
compllshed American are greatly ad
mired, j
As a wedding gift to the Countess, '
Mr. MacKay presented her a check for
$1,000,000. He still derotes himself to
business and has amassed an enormous
fortune.
CAUSE OF BALDNESS.
Hard Hats Said to Be Responsible for
Increasing Loss of Hair.
Are you predisposed to baldness? If
so, don't wear a stiff hat. Doctors, j
wlgmakers, and barbers hare said that
the derby and bearer hat are responsi
ble for the Increasing blight of bald
ness. This Is Interesting in view of the
rapid progress scientists say we are
mnklng toward absolute baldness. Men
have not used their hair for centuries,
and It Is slowly becoming less abund
ant. Woman, on the other hand, has
used her hair as nature Intended It to
be used, as a head protector. She has
never confined It tightly with a stiff hat.
Hence It remains to her fine and thick.
The hair depends for its nutrition on
the blood supply that flows In the tine
veins running over the scalp. Some of
the veins that supply the hair follicles
with food come through the skull, but
How a hair prows In and How a stiff ht shuts oft
..through the scalp the blood supply of
Greatly magnified the scalp.
those veins extending up around the
outside of the skull are most Important.
Analogously it Is pointed out that if a
rose tree were to be bound tightly
around the trunk a great deal of nutri
tion would be cut off from the bark.
If, In addition to this, you were to cover
the tree with a great bag and tie the
mouth tightly around the trunk, the
tree would die. The attitude of the stiff
hat is similar to this. Every time you
pull your derby hat from your head
and It comes loose with a Jerk you are
overcoming the pounds of pressure It Is
exerting on the skull.
In order to maintain a healthy growth
the hair must have air. The act of pro
tecting the head from draughts de
prives It of nutrition. The derby hat
may be compared to the Black Hole of
Calcutta. The better class of derby
hats hare two little eyelets placed one
In each side of the crown, but eren
these do little good.
In summer the universal use of the
straw hat is a saving grace, but only
for a time. With the first breath of fall
air we are back to our derbys again,
and the process of hair starving goes
on. Recently there has been a tem
porary predilection for the soft hat,
but whether that is simply a freak of
fashion or a realization of the danger
done by stiff hats Is hard to determine.
An Km press Who Wr-stle.
The Empress Dowager of China is
described by an English lady, who has
spent the greater part of her life In the
Celestial Empire, as a much more re
markable woman than most Europeans
suppose. She is an ardent painter, and
her pictures are said to be admirable
specimens of Chinese art. Strange as
it may seem, her Majesty is also said
to be fond of wrestling, and frequently
indulges in this rather virile form of
exercise. She Is well read, is fond of
European music, and has some skill as
a pianist. She Is said both by her
friends and enemies to be absolutely
without any sense of fear, and, need
less to say, her life has been attempted
an Infinite number of times. '
Cultivation.
Miss Rlues-IIawkes (of Boston) Chi
cago is such an uncultivated com
munity. Miss Brlsklt (of Chicago) Go on! I'll
bet Chicago's got more acres in PIngree
potato patches than Boston's got, twice
orerl New York Puck.
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OUTRAGED OFFICIAL DIGNITY.
Sad Mistake of a Machinery Drummer
In Central America.
"It takes some time to learu the social
ropes In Central America," remarked a
gentleman In the banana trade, "and a
stranger Is very apt to put his foot In
it. The tlrst time I ever went Into the
country myself was as the representa
tive of an American machinery house.
There was a good field for us in one of
the republics, but the tariff was prohib
itive, and I concluded to go over to the
capital and have au Interview with the
minister of agriculture, hoping to persuade-him
to recommend a reduction.
I spoke pretty fair OUeudorf Spanish,
but was otherwise green as a gourd,
and as soon as I arrived made a bee
Hue for the administration building.
"While I was cooling my heels In an
ante-room, waiting for a chance to
speak to somebody In authority and
ascertain how the minister could be
seen, a very black, fat little negro wad
dled in, wearing what I took to be a
species of livery. He had exactly the
air of an Impudent, overfed house ser
vant, nnd he looked me over in a way
that made my blood boil. 'Hi, boy!' I
said sharply, 'how long must I wait
here?' 'How should I know?' he re
plied in Spanish; 'if It doesn't suit you
get out.' He chuckled as he spoke and
his answer so infuriated me that I lost
my head.
"Jumping up, I seized him by the col
lar and the slack of bis absurd em
broidered trousers and propelled hi in,
turkey fashion, through the open door.
'There, you biuck si-ouiuut-i:' 1 ex
claimed, 'Go and send somebody after
my card!' The little fat darky was so
amazed he couldn't utter a word. He
simply gasped and disappeared. Half
a minute latera squad of soldiers rushed
in nnd placed me under arrest, and
then I learned that my friend In the
embroidered pantaloons was the min
ister of public Instruction.
"I will leave you to Imagine my feel
ings. It took three hours of solid talk
from both the American and British
consuls to get me out of the scrape,
and, Incidentally, I made a groveling
apology. Of course, I didn't dare to
Introduce the machinery proposition
after such a debut, so my trip was a
flat failure. As I said before, it takes
some time for a stranger to grasp the
etiquette of those parts." New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Everybody Plays the Guitar.
In Portugal men play upon the guitar
as naturally as Yankees whistle. The
peasants are universally given to the
instrument, chiefly as an accompani
ment to the voice. In towns and vil
lages the artisans are often expert
guitar players and walk in groups to
and from their work, enlivening the
Journey with music and song. The car
penter who comes to your house to exe
cute a small Job brings his guitar with
his tools and the blacksmith Is a far
better performer on the guitar than the
anvil.
When Portuguese day laborer or
workman has finished his long day's
toil be does not hie him to a wine shop
to squander the few cents he has
earned; he does not even lean against
a post and smoke, nor whittle a stick
while swapping yarns with his fellows.
If he did not bring his guitar with him
he goes straight home and gets It, rests
and comforts himself with the music
while supper is being prepnred. After
ward he spends the evening singing
doggerel songs to a strumplng accom
paniment, tilted back In a chair against
his own house wall or on the doorstep
of a neighbor.
Lecturer vs. Listener.
Like many other public speakers, a
well-known lecturer has a great dislike
to being Interrupted during his lec
tures, and if any one happens to come
in late he has a habit of stopping short
and watching the Intruder to his seat,
generally with the effect of making
him look very sheepish and discon
certed. Some time back, while lecturing in a
lnrge town, he was Interrupted by a
gentleman coming In late and making
a great noise with his creaking boots.
The speaker stApped and stared as
usual at the Intruder, who seemed not
to be In the least conscious that all
eyes were upon him.
At length, getting out of patience,
the lecturer remarked, icily:
"I am waiting for you, sir."
Apparently quite unmoved, the of
fender spent a few seconds In arrang
ing his coat on the chair. Then, sitting
down, he turned to the lecturer with a
charming smile, and said:
"Now, Mr. B , I am ready If you
are."
Beautifying Tortoise Mhells.
Tortoise shells as they are unloaded
from the ships are far from beautiful.
To be classed as "rough" they must be
Just as they were when taken from
the tortoises' backs. It is not until
washed and scoured with acids that
their exquisite coloring shows. The
same Is true of the beautiful sea shells
which come from the shores of India
and other tropical lands. There Is al
most as much difference between them
In the rough and when finished as there
Is between uncut diamonds and those
that have passed through a lapidary's
hands.
Some literary men do wrong when
they do write.
MASON AND DIXON'S LINE.
Some Monuments Brought from En
gland Still Staud.
Great bodlts move slowly, and per
haps that Is the reason why It has re
quired such an unconsciously long time
to get the Commonwealths of Penn
sylvania and Maryland to act In union
in the matter of restoring the stone
posts which mark the famous Mason
and Dixon line. But as a bill has been
introduced in the Maryland Legislature
appropriating $5,000 for this purpose, It
Is expected that the work will be soon
completed. Several years ago the Penn
sylvania General Assembly appropri
ated a like sum for the purpose, on con
dition that the Terrapin State would
defray the one-half of the $10,000 re
quired. When It Is remembered that this
boundary line between the two States
was marked 133 years ago, and that
stone posts then set up have never been
repaired where injured or replaced
where destroyed. It Is seen that the
work of restoration Is a matter of ne
cessity. In fact, comparatively few of
the original posts remain, and those
which still stand have been sadly
chipped ami broken by the ubiquitous
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VIEWS OF ORIGIN A. T. HOUND ART STONES.
The upper two stones hear the eont-of-arms
of the I'enn family nail of Lord Hultlmore,
respectively, the lower two pictures ahow
the i'ennsylvnula and Maryland sides of
one stone.
relic hunter. Dr. William Bullock
Clark, the Maryland State geologist,
Is authority for the story that In Wash
ington County, Maryland, two of the
historic stones ornament the front
steps of a farmer's house.
It Is curious to note that every trans
action connected with this boundary
has been carried out only after pro
tracted delays. There M'as much seri
ous contention about It In England.
long before Richard Penn and Lord
Baltimore agreed in London, in 170(1,
that Charles Mason and James Dixon
should be sent over to survey and es
tablish the line with visible and dura
ble marks. It was no easy task. The
territory to be traversed was wild and
rough, nnd the Indians were trouble
some. In fact, In 1707, when the sur
veyors had completed the monuments
to within thirty-six miles of the Dela
ware line, the chiefs of the still power
ful Six Nations compelled Its cessation.
The stones used to mark the bound
ary were quarried and carefully cut In
England and shipped to America as
they were required. At the end of each
mile a stone having the letter P on one
side and M on the other was set up;
and a larger post of the same material
was erected at the end of every fifth
mile, having upon their respective sides
the arms of the Penn family and those
of Lord Baltimore. But It was not un
til 1707 that they ended their labors,
and even then a good deal of the line
was signalized by only heaps of stones.
Many of the posts sent from England
were never used at all, and several
years ago some of them were found to
be In use as steps before a negro cabin
at Fort Frederick on the north bank
of the Potomac, In Washington County,
Maryland.
Beneath His Notice.
ign An ni-ii IjffdZ'.i
Big Rooster I challenge you to fight
six rounds.
Little Champion Ah, go and get a
reputation first.
The O dent Iree.
The oldest tree In the world, It Is
said, Is a cypress tree In Mexico, which
measures 120 feet about the base, and
which Is believed to be 0.000 years old,
and more ancient than the boabab tree
of Africa, which la wild to have lived
5,700 years.
MINES. AND MINING.
Prospecting- and Mining la Cap Koaa
Country.
Newspapers and private letters re
ceived from Cape Nome via Dawson say
that considerable prospecting -was car
ried on this winter. Many miners have
an idea that at and below low water
mark the richest sands will be found.
Therefore, as soon as the ice was solid
ly frozen to the bottom of the shore
they began prospecting to solve a
much-vexed minatinn nn ti th nrim'n nf
the gold in the beach sands. Prospect
ing in tne tundra warrants the belief
that it is impregnated with gold much
in the same manner as the beach.
Tundra prospeoting, the advices say,
had not been carried on extensively,
owing to the difficulty encountered iu
sinking to bedrock on account of water.
The ground freezes to an unknown
depth, the same as in the Klondike,
and if it should prove rioh an area of
country will be developed that will be
greater than a score of Klondikes rolled
into one. From what has already been
done, it was said to be reasonable to
predict that the tnndra would prove
very rich. Big prospects had been
found in dozens of places, right from
the grass roots, but the weather has not
yet been sufficiently cold to enable bed
rock to be reached.
Anvil creek is the Eldorado of West
ern Alaska. Claim No. 1 below has
thus far proved to be the banner claim,
and is owned by Japhet Linderberg.
The output has beon enormous, when it
is considered that it was worked but
six weeks. From this claim $117,000
was cleaned up, while Diacovoiy jiuid
ed $58,000 in three weeks; No. a
above, $30,000; No. 4, $80,000; No. 5,
$40,000; No. 6 was worked, but the
pay streak was not located. No. 7,
owned by Dr. Kittelsen, produced
about $30,000; No. 8, belonging to
Price & Lane, $192,000; No. 9, belong
ing to the Swedish Mission, $68,000;
Nos. 10 and 11, owned by C. D. Lane,
Uow to Write Advertisement.
The most successful pol
icy which can be adopted
in writing any advertise
ment is to 60 word it as to
win the confidence and re
spect of the reader. If you
can make such an impres
sion upon the reader's mind
that he will believe that
you are in earnest in what
you say, that you really be
lieve it yourself, and that
you are laying the case be
fore him in a plain, busi
ness like manner, without
any exaggerations or at
tempts to misload him, you
are nearly sure to get that
' person's trade.
were worked on lays, and the Lapland
ers who worked them got for their
share $50,000 clear money.
Several quartz ledges have been
located along Anvil, one opposite No.
9, on the right limit, and another oppo
site No. 7, and it is believed that a
little development work will uncover
the mother ledge, and, if found, the
output is sure to be enormous.
Other claims on tributaries of Nome
and Snake rivers have beon prospected
to a limited extent. Enough has been
done, however, to warrant the belief
that the work of next summer will re
veal Eldorados and Bonanzas by the
score.
Fire destroyed the store of the North
American Transportation & Trading
Company at Fort Yukon, January 9.
All the valuable contents of provisions,
dry goods, household goods, lurs and
everything else in the building was de
stroyed with it.
A lepirtinint of Minna.
A new cabinet ollicer, to be known
as the secretary of mines and mining,
is provided in a bill favorably acted on
by the house committee on mines and
mining. The bill creates an executive
department, which shall have entire
charge of affairs relating to mines, in
cluding geological surveys.
The proposed secretary of mines is
to have the same rank and salary as
other cabinet ollicers, and an assistant
secretary.
Another mining measure favorably
acted upen establishes mining experi
ment stations in each of th
states, similar to the agriculture ex
periment stations, and provides for the
appointment of a sovernmnnt onninniut
at $3,500 and an assayer at $2,600, in
tne several mining states. These offi
cers are to furnish assam. ( nni.ii.
bulletins and conduct explorations of
mining regions.
Mining many rears auo Inft th
of speculation and now occupies a dig
nified and important position among
the legitimate industries of the world.
As the years pass gambling, as a fea
ture of mining entemrises. in tt ill..
appearing. While gambling in mining
etocks may continue indefinitely, the
mining industries.per se, is as free from
illegitimate practices as in any other
business. . Henoj it should receive the
same interest, fostering care and pro
tection, at the hands of the general and
local governments, as do other indus
tries. A commercial club has been organiz
ed at Vale, Malheur county, Or., to pro
mote the business interests of the com
m unity
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