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QEROXIMO IS OUT OF TUB 1TAT.
Tlut Xow Come rtutnom of Indian Trou.
bles OulsUit of Arizona.
Washington special: Nothing Is known
at the war department or Indian bureau
of the alleged outbreak of trouble between
the Indians on the Great Blackfeet rescrva
tion, in southern Montana, ot which ru
mors and specific accounts have reached
the western press. This reservation has
the greatest number of fragments ot tribes
of any reservation in the united States.
It comprises an area ot square,
miles, or ticarlv as Inrsjo as tho stato of
Ohio, nnd contains 1!1.C51,200 acres.
Upon it are three agencies tho Hlackfcet,
at which are gathered remains ot tho lilack
feet blood, and I'iegnn tribes; Tort Peck
agency, the rendezvous of the Asinaboine,
Urule. Sniilce, Leon, Pncotnimhzto and
Yankton Sioux, and Fort llelknup agency,
about which aro gathered Gros Ventre, As
sinab iinn and a few river (.'rows. None of
these Indians have any great love fur each
other, and if tho bands from the different
agencies run across one another somebody
generally loses a scalp. Information has
been tecoivcil here from time to time uf
brawls and drunken (iidils. but none as He.
rious as the lust rennrtod outbreak. It is
feared that thesu Indians, especially the
Blackfet't and (Iros Ventre, who are espe-
cially aggressive, are preparing .o go upon
thewarpnMi against t heir neighbors anil
the fe whites in northern Montana this
fall. The "nur" could not be very formid
able, ns there are not over 7,000 Indians
of all tribes on the reservation, but it could
be made verv iiiitileiisant around the agen
eics and for isolated whites until tho mil
itarv forces could begotten into motion
Assistant Adjutant General Kelton said
vestcrdnv: " u have threo regimenls 01 in
fantry nnd two of cavalry about tho reser
vation.aml 1 think if any outbreak weroto
ocrur itcould bo handled without any great
difficulty."
Tilt: SITUATION I.N ARIZONA.
It is believed at the war department that
tho capture ol Ucuonimo lias practically
nut an cud to Indian hostilities in that
country. An army officer talking with a
reporter to-day said that it depended upon
the conduct ol the whites and how tho In
dians are treated bv tho agents on tho
ngoncieswhether there would be any further
trouble. If tho Indians wero treated pro
perly I hey would probably all remain quiet.
lno capture ol (ieroiumo clearH Arizona ol
hostilities. The Indians most likely to give
trouble now aro tho Unconipahares, in the
mountains ol Colorado, and thosa in lbs
wilds of Washington terriory. These aro
not particularly savage, but they aro in re
gions where it is easy for them to hide
away, and they nro liable to plunder. One
trouble, ho savs, is that tho whites aro too
aggressive. They try to take advantage ot
tin- Indians and to bully them. .No dis
patches wero received from General Miles
this morning and nothing can yet bo learned
as to what will yrobably )e done with
Geronimo and his band now that thoy aro
captured.
ohiioni.mo onnr.itED held.
San Francisco dispatch: General O. O
Howard, commander of the division of the
Pacific, received adispatch from Lieutenant
lienrrnl bheridau to-dny directing that tho
Apache nnd Warm Spring tribes bo sent
immediately to Fort .Marion, Flu., with the
exception of (jeroiiiino and other Apnclies
recently captured. All tho latter will bo
taken to Fort Howie, where thev will bo
confined under close guard until tho gov
eminent shall determine wliatslmll bo done
with them. It is understood, however,
that Geronimo nnd other hostiles will be
tried by a military commission at that
place. They will not be turned over to the
civil authorities, as tho district attorney
claims to bo uniiblo to procuro positive
evidence. General Howard gives it as his
opinion that to save their necks some of
the hostiles will turn state's evidence, ns
was tho case with tho Modoc marauders
Tho Apaches at Fort Apache will start to
morrow lor tlioir new home.
XEAltXINd EESSOXS FllOM AMIUIICA.
A (Sracrful AeUnnteleiliiment from the JVii
Of llll I.'lKjlisllllllDI.
London special: I found on Saturday
night and yest rday at the clubs anil gos
sip resorts but small interest felt in the re
sults of tho yacht races. Since Lieutenant
Hann's start from Cowes there has seemed
to be no attention paid to tho matter, it
being here regarded as a foregone conclu
sion that ho w ould bo beaten. This view
has grow n in strength since tho result was
known of tho first day's sailing. This
morning's Telegraph has a delightful leader
on the event in tho course of which it says:
"Wo may, from a patriotic point ol
view, regret that tho old country hns not
cairied its colors to tho front. On Mi
other hand it is satisfactory to seo the
craft of yachtsmnnship so thoroughly un
derstood in tho United States. There
seems to us somothing struige in the ideas
of the Americans, whose navy is Hiibjoct to
gentlo rid on lo. even by th.-mselves, being
nble to trim out and handle a yacht which.
in a good, honest race over thirty or forty
miles of sea, can beat tho host vessel that
can bo sent out against her Iroin tluse
shores. Lovers of the pastime in JCuglaud
can never forget how Americans taught us
almost our earliest lessons as to the faults
to bo found in our existing typo of vessels,
when in Itsfil they sent over nyaclit, which
then created somethinglikeaconsternntion
in tho Kuglish clubs, but we did not fail to
seo tho superiority ot our rival's build and
to imitate her good points, llritish ynch s
havesinco that dato undoubtedly altered
III construction, but the defeat of the
Genesra and tho Galatea mnkeitsomewhut
doubtful if thoy have boon altered enough.
ThomoinliTs of tho New Yoik vncht club
are indefatigable- in turning outyaclits with
every improvement that science can sin;
gest. It is plain from the late contest that
wo shall liavo to take one or two loaves out
ot tho book of fiur victors if wo are to re-
sain for England the championship ot the
1.1 .1 1 n9 - III.... II
i.wnti ill uiu jiiiiLivi ui jiii-iibuiu Bulling.
SUCCESS THAT IS I'T.KASIXa.
Washington dispatch: The treasury offi
cials aro pleased with the success that has
thus far attended their invitations to hold-
ors of per cent bonds to surrender them
lor redemption. Of tho 510.000,000 in-
eluded in the new form of call, about
51,000,000 have been presented forro
lomption. Tho purpose of the new de
parture was to obtain bonds for redemp
tion from individuals and corporations
willing to convert them into cash to use In
more profitable improvements, and thus
obviate the necessity for tnlling bonds held
by nntlonnl banks, thereby forcing u sur
wider of nntionul bank currency. I he
bonds redeemed under the treasury invita
tion were surrendered by parties other than
nutional banks. It is now expected thut
the entire $10,000,000 will be surrendered
within the time specified, but whatever
amount is thus presented will save the
bonds of the banks to that extent. It is
proposed to continue this policy ot invit
ing the surrender ot a per cent bonds, nnd
it is probable that (i rule will be adopted
under which holders of such bonds may
present them at any time nnd have them
redeemed with accrue 1 luterwit to the day
of redemption.
IMPOIITAXT TO MAXT FAItMEItS.
Vitrcgard of the Atlantic nnd Pacific for
an Act of Co nnrets.
Washington special : A decision by the
commissioner of the general laud otllce is
made public which may prove of very great
importance to man farmers in the west.
It is upon the homestead claim ot Daniel
Z. Rogers who took up a small tract of land
along the line of the St. Louis it San Fran
cisco railroad, but hns novor been nble to
perfect a patent. The trouble is that the
congressional land grants to the South Pa
cific and its successors, the Atlantic,: Paci
fic railroad of Missouri, conflict with the
claim of Itoccrs. Congress first made a
grant ot the even numbered sections along
the line of the South Pacific from Franklin
to the Mssouri state line mx miles deep.
Subsequently a charter was granted to the
Atlantic it Pacific from Springfield to the
Pacific coast, giving them the odd mini-bep-d
sections for a strip ten miles deep,
with a pro i.ion that this grant should be
diminished by the amount already granted
to the South Pacific, the condition was
icnoii'd and the Atlantic it l'acilic located
all its land between Springfield mid the
state land without regnrd to the previous
locations made by the South Pacific. In
tit in way the entire strip on both sides ot
the track, including both odd and even
numbered sections, was taken up. The
ltoL'eis claim was located upon one of tho
odd numbered sections, for which the gov
ernment has given the Atlantic it Pacific
railroad a patent.
Tl' decision of the land olllco is to th
effect that patents for tho odd numbered
sections wore issued in direct violation of
law, and are therefore void. I'pon this
ground the claim of Mr. Itogers in sustained.
I Ins would he unimportant in itself, but
t he pi inciple involved in tlnsdecision of the
land otllce necessarily affects all the land
legally located by tho Atlantic it l'acilic
railroad, for winch pa tents have been
ii-sucd. This is stated to aggregate 100,
0oo acres, ami it is believed all tho laud
has passed out of thehands of the railroad
company to innocent purchasers tor a val
uable consi.leiation. As is well known the
laud is thickly populated and expensive
improvements have been made.
lho decision menus that all these people
are occupying laud which really belongs to
the government, so that the effect ol the
decision would be much more severe to
I hem than to the railroad company. A
similar case, presented in the case ol a
man named West, who holds about ci.'hty
acies, was decided by Commissioner Sparks
ibout two months a no. In this decision
he took the same view as has been taken
by Assistant Commissioner Storkslaaer as
announced to-day. While there is ap
parently no renson to question the strict
.egality of the view taken by the hind
ilbcc the grievous complications such a
tension would cause were so apparent to
Assistant. Secretary Hawins when tho case
came up to him on appeal that the matter
as at once presented bv him to Secretary
Lamar, and the case has been hum: up. It
s altogether improbable that any decision
lulibe made by Mr. Lamar, and he will
pi ohalil.v refer the matter to congress ulica
it meets. To sustain the decision of the
and ollice would be in effect to throw all
ti e land open to homestead and pre-emp
tion cla.ins, and Secretary Lamar will
piobably ask congress to pass a bill con
ni'iiiiiig the title of the sett ers who are on
the laud, and nut hoiizingsuit to bebrought
lain.st the railrou'i company.
THE .V.1 IT HEP A HTM EXT.
A Circular Iteupvctlinj Druians for AVir War
Washington dispatch: A circular to
naval architects has been issued by tho
nny department respecting the designs ad
vertised last week for to armored vessel
or about (i, 000 tons displacement. Item
bodies in dotail the conditions to which
those who submit designs must conform.
The design must be a substantial improve
ment on existing designs, and unimproved
copies ot well known designs will receive no
consideration. It must bo sufficiently in
detail to enable tho department to clearly
ascertain its value. The general features
to bo embodied in the design for tho ar
mored cruiser aro: Hull of steel (not
sheathed with wood), with double double
bottom, and divided into numerous water
tight compnrtmonts fitted with a complete
and powerful pumping system and with
drainage and ventilation throughout;
rain bow and steel-armored deck
running tho whole length of tho
ship; boilers, engines and ammunition
rooms being underneath; two-thirds ot
fulll sail lower to bo carried on two or
threo masts, each uitii protected top, with
ono or more machine guns mounted theio
on; four ten-inch guns for main baltorv.
each weighing twenty-six and a half tons:
ten rapid firing Hole iklss lmiiim: ek-ht
JioiciiKss revolving cannons, and four
Galling guns (ono or more for tool, for
secondary battery; six torpedo tubes, ono
v, one stern, and two on each side: four.
teen torpedoes, each sixteen feot Ioiilv four
electric search lights. The ship must bo
(linen by twin screws, and when fully
nl,i,,,,n.l n...l .,, 1 ... "
nun nun nil nor weights on
boaid must bo able lo maintain a into of
BCNcnteeu linots per hour on nieiisiireil
nine. mio must have ouarters for 7i
oillcern anil men, with provisions for three
and water for one month. Her maximum
draft must bo twenty-two feet and dis
placement about 0,000 tons. The general
features about tho armored battle ship aro
to lie similar to those of tho cruiser. Iter
(imminent is to bo twelve-inch onus for
main battery and twenty Hotchkiss and
four Gutting guns for secondary battery.
I'ltteeu thousand dollars will bo paid for
lath design accepted.
Tin: famisiiixc fisueiimex.
Ttnnnanln of People in a Pentllule ('amlitlnn
Halifax, N. S., Sept. 12. Alfred a. Morrlne,
member of the Newfoundland legislature for
Dona Vista, now here, savs the Labrador fish
eries are an entire failure. At their best they
afford but a hare subsistence. The 15,000 In
habitants of the Labrador coast subsist entire
ly by fishing;, and 30,000 people ro 'rota New
foundland to Labrador for fish every year.
This year they have not caught enough to pay
the cost of transportation and supplies.
At least 20,000 more people are dependent
upon the success of the above mentioned
S0,O0J. This makes a total of (S.ri,000 ioule
who are to-day destitute and will bo entirely
deiK'iident ution the iroveruiuent for subsist
ence during; the fall and winter. These peo
ple are fcattend over 3,000 miles of coast,
rendering: It exceedingly difficult If not lin
IHihle to cet to them with relief steamers
during the winter, and unless Immediate steps
are Juken to relieve them starvation Is inevit
able. Kesldes the above there are 100.000 more
people tmmeiiately depending; on Ihe New
FounUland bank and shore fWberlen 10,000 on
the former and IKMO ) mi the latter The total
failure of the shore fishery this lear renders
T0.0UJ iM-r.uns destitute ouly 90.000 of those
dependlutr ujsin them helm prepared lo stand
the loss of a vein's labor. The prople have
bureh enough for pioeut necessities and no
mr.ii s of earning; a dollar. The ouly relief to
this picture is the tact that the potato crop
the onlv croi) raised on the Island is turning'
out well, and will jleld about a peck per head
of imputation.
.Morrlne says mis seems nigniy colored in
view of recent fabrications of starvation
stories about the Labrador Esquimaux, hut It
Is the plain Knglih of actual facts and Inevit
able cousnucucc.
Mexico's xi:ir i. tus.
Text of the
licjtort Ilccelceil
(Jr lit in Sutton.
I'rom found
Washington, D. C. Sept. K A report has
been received at the state department from
Conul General Sutton at Mutnmora emlxxly
inc a translation of the new law pro
mulirntod duly T. relating to the rights of
foreigner. It provides that any foreigner
lnii lie naturalize. I in Mexico after two ear"
residence ujmn furni-hlnit pioof that he'ls In
the lull enjoMiieiit of civil rights In his own
country anil that he has a buine?s or an In
come sufficient to provide him the neoessnrlej
of life. Colonists coining into the country by
irtue of contracts executed by the govern
ment and whoe transportation and settling
expenses shall bo paid by the govern
ment shall be considered Mexlcmi
iicn. Fore'jtncrs shall enjoy a!l the civil
lights of Mexican citii-ns, subject to the
i iw vr reserved to the executive of bnuishlm;
thoe whoje residence may be considered
pernicious. Vacant public lands or real es
tati or vessel may be acquired by foreigners
without a residence in Mexico, biit thev must
sliide bv the icMrlctions iiutio-ed upoii them
by the laws In lorce. Any rrlt asr of real es
state made to a foreigner for a term ot more
than tell years shall be couriered as a trans
fer. The federal law nut restrict the civil
right of foreigners to the extent of subjecting;
them to the same liabilities which the laws of
their own countries Impose upon Mexicans.
I'orcigncis shall cimtr.butc to public
i-HMies In the manner provided for
h the laws; thev shall submit to the
dee sions and sentences of the tribunals
'without apnlvhig; to different reioinces than
thoe permitted by the law of the Mexicans;
they shall apply" to dipl tn.itle intervention
onli in cacs of "denial of Justice or voluntary
delav in the adiii'iilstratiou of the same and
after having; tiled In vain all the different
means afforded them bv the laws of the re
public and In the manner determined bv in
ti rnational laws. The compulsory matricu
hit ion of foieigncrs is rciiealcd.
This law dqes not repeal the twenty league
frontier limit or the live league marine limits;
eoiiciuently to purchase real estate within
twenty leagues of the frontier the permission
of the president Is still necessary and to pur
chase landed property wltblii five leagues of
the coast permission must be obtained ny
special act of congress.
.vattehs ix the (.; no;..).
Dilke has returned to London nnd it is
announced that he will re-enter public life
as proprietor and editor of a Loudon ne;vs
paper.
The Pall Mall Gazotto is indignant at Sit
Charles Dilke's hardihood and publishes an
article calling upon tho queen "to vindicate
tho purity ot Knglis.li homes and tho sane
tity of tho judicial onth and remove Sit
Charles Dilko's name from tho roll of tho
pi ivy council."
Tho Political Correspondence says: Gen
Kaulbars, military attache of the Russian
embassy at Vienna, who was summoned
from Galecia while attending the Austrian
manieuvres to Ilrest Litovsk, Poland, by
the izar, last week, has been appointed
Russian diplomatic agent at Sofia, if
tho appointment must bo considered sigui
(leant, as Kaulbars is admittedly tho best
unformed foreigner living concerning tho
military affairs of Austria.
The cholera is gaining ground in Austria
It is the worst at Lie, a village near
Agram. Of nine hundred inhabitants in
the village, ninety have bee i stricken (low
and twenty-eight of them died almost im
mediately. Tho people distrust the doc
tors and conceal tho sick as long as possi
bio. The doctor. are frequently stoned in
the streets. In ono house a mother and
daughter wero found half naked on the bara
lloor, writhing in the agony of death, nnd
in another room lay the body of the father
upon which had been thrown the corpse o
a son.' The villagers nro too much frighU
cued to help one another.
A telegram from Eleobyan, west coast of
Africa, reports conflicts between Spani .rds
and Frenchmen owing to the hoisting ol
tho French ling alongside of tho Spanish
(lag on some west const territory. Accord
ingtotho latest advices natives on thj
west bank of tho Muni river, opposite Fer.
undo Po, hoisted the Spanish Mag anil a
Spa-iihh gun-boat was sent to protect it.
Tho authorities ot tho French colony of
Gaboon therefore dispatched n gun-boat
to tho spot, the captain having iiu.true
tions to claim the Muni country an French
teriitory.
"T AM FEItlt MM ISO, COS VICT.'
l'artneri in Crime J'all Out ie Peniten
tiary.
New York sp ial: Ferdinand Ward was
asked at Sing Sing prison about the letter
ho had wiitten to President Cleveland, giv
ing reasons why .lames I). Fish should not
be pardoned. In replying, Ward said,
among other tilings, "Fish lias tried to ap
pear as my dupe, tried to saddle mo with
the whole trouble. I blame no one for dis
believing me. I am Ferdinand Ward, con
vict. I do not expect thorn to credit mo,
but when I back my stnteinonts up with
figures then I challengo the world as to
tlioir correctness. 1 have all the papers
and I have every transaction compart.
James I). Fish knew I had no such business
as I professed. They all knew it was not
siiuare. .Mr. Fish's story of tho canvas
bag is absolutely false. No man can make
mo bolievn that ho thought tho business
was fair when ho was receiving from L'O to
.Ifi per cent a month for money. 1'isli lined
to send up just as regularly as clock work
lor his little divy. and no amount oi per
suasion could keep him out of it. I don't
propose to opon my mouth about this
matter unless I am attacked, anil then I
shall defend myself. I do not desiro to
iioso as an angel. I did wrong and am r
ceiving my punishment for it. The cause
of the whole trouble was this: I got into
straights and tried to make up out of
stocks. If I had succeeded I should have
been lord V nrd, thegrent banker. I failed
and am a convict. I deserve what I am
getting, but J. I). Fish and others descrvo
as much. I warn persons connected with
the llrm oi urant iC Ward not to attack
me. I hnve every letter I have received
and thoy have not been published. I shall
use them hoiiio day."
THE ISSUE OF MIXOIt COISS.
Washington dispatch: Tho director of
the mint has issued the following circular
in regard lo the issue of minor coins; Five
cent nickel pieces and onoctut bronze pieces
will be forwarded in the order ot applica
tion from the mint at Philadelphia to
points reached by the Adams Kx press com
pany free of transportation charges in sums
of twenty dollars, or multiples thereof.
upon receipt and collection by the superin
tendent of that mint, of draft on New York
or Philadelphia, payable to his order. To
points not reached b.vJthe Adams Kx press
onipuny and where delivery under its con
tract with the government is impracticable
the above can, on the same terms, be sent
by registered mail at the applicant's risk,
the registering fee on tho eume to be paid
by the govern incut.
COIIX IX U ESTEIIX STATES.
nffniioin that the Vrit ?!" Krcecil
KrjirrfdftiM.
tlncago dispatih: 1 ho lollowing crop
summary will appear in this week's issue
of the Farmer's Re iew: The corn crop
had a week of hot and crowding weather,
and the majority of reports received at the
close ot the past week indicate that the
corn crop Is well past nnv serious dinger
ot frost. In portions of Illinois, Missouri
Kansas, Iowa and Wisconsin tho grain is
already until, lently matured to resist any
injury from light frosts. The general nv
era go indicated by tho reports during the
past four weeks have not changed in any
particular degree. In a general way the
prospects aro still very good for a full av
ernge yield in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and
Minnesota. The average prospective yield
is the lowest In Illinois, Wisconsin, Mis
souri and Iowa, nnd ranges low in Kansas
nnd Nebraska. The averages given last
wee!, are varied only slight h .
For Illinois, according to reports from
twenty-two of the principal corn-growing
counties, tho average is between til! and (ifi
per cent, and five of the counties report
that the corn is out of all danger from
frost. The most encouraging repot ts from
Illinois come from Lee and .Morgan conn
ties, and they aro the only ones leporting
prospei ts ol a lull average yield. I heav
eriue ts the lowest in i'.dwants and .Mercer
counties.
In twenty counties of Iowa the general
a verage ranges Irmn ot to (!!t per cent. In
Cass ami Carroll counties reports show
that the crop will give a full aveiage yield
lu Madison, Decatur, Ma'-:oii and Appa
noose counties the average falls Irom I'D t
JlTi per cent of an average yield. The tele
graphed averago of (!1 tier cent sent 1;
week should have applied to Iowa instead
of Ohio.
In Kansas the lowest average reported is
" per cent and tho highest 100. I he av
erage for tho stato ranges from 015 to 7H
per cent.
In Missouri th nverage for fifteen scat
tetvd counties falls below fiO percent, with
a general average ol fi.S per cent.
In Wisconsin some ot the counties indi
rate very low aveiages. In Grant, Fun dit
Lac and Sheboygan counties the yield in
phi red at from ten to fifteen bushels an
acre. The averago for the stato l uns very
low.
Fully one-half of the counties of Minne
sola predict a full averago yield, lu Pipe
si on" county tho yield promises to bo tho
largest ever known in that county.
In Michigan it will probably exceed the
yield of a year ago.
In .Nebraska the yield will be fully 85 per
rent of an averago yield.
Reports continue to indicate that early
planted potatoes promise a lairyield, while
neatly all the Into planted potatoes aro
very poor, indicating generally less than
one-fourth the usual yield. Tho acreage tor
the total crop will exceed very little more
than one-halt the usual yield.
The late rains have improved tho pas
tines somewhat in Iowaand Illinois, where
grass in many sections is reported short
but green. In othr Ini go sections pastures
are leported dry and short and enttlolcan
lu many pi it ions of Illinois, Missouri
low a, .Minnesota and Kansas, corn is being
cut in largo quantities for fodder.
Hogs are reported light lint generally
healthy. Hog cholera is reported in .Jas
per count, Illinois, nuil in Usage county
Missouri, hogs nro dying from unknown
diseases.
UNION JACK HISTORY.
Curious Points About Hie ltiiniK
(J rent Itritaln and Ireland.
or
Wo are all familiar with the white,
blue
am! red ensigns, and with the union
Jac
which occupied the upper quarter nearest the
llagtair, w rites a correspondent of The l.on
tiuii Sties. Tile white ensign has the led
crixs of St. George In addition to the union
jack. Without the jack this white ensign
with .". red em's represents our old national
lluir as it existed from the tlmeol KUli.it 1
illilll Hie ilealli ol iMl.alicth. 1 (Us icil ero-s
Hag, the banner ol St. George, appeals to
have been chosen by the soldier king in honor
of the saint who was the patron of soldiers. It
remained lor more than four hundred ears
Ihe Hag; under which the KuglMi waniors
fought on laud and on sen. When James VI
of Scotland succeeded Klizabotll the Scutch
hail a inii tonal Hug. That also was a cross,
but it was shaped difieieiitly from that ol St.
George, and was known im the cross of St
Andrew. The ground of the Scotch Hag
was blue, and Its cross was white, lo lim
ine union oi uie two Kingdoms under ou
sovereign the national banner under
weni a change, although ?-collaiid still re
tained Its soi urate parliament. In the new
Hag the two banners of Kugland and Scotland
were united. There appeared la It the oblique
wmie cross oi at. a u rew on a n me ltoiiik
and the red cross of St. George on a while
margin, worked In the blue Held. The kin
was accustomed to slg:n his name In the
I rcuch form of .lames, ".Jarnues." He was. In
fact, the L'lilon Jacques, or, as we Improperly
pronounce it. Jack. For local pmoses the
Scotch still continued to use the white St,
Andrew's eioss on the blue Held nnd the Kn-
gllsh the led cross on the white Held. It was
stated by toval proclamation In WOO that
whoioas some ihlVeri-iice hath arisen between
our subjects of south and north Hi italn. travel
ing bv seas, about the liear nif of tier I hies.
For the avoiding; of all such c intentions
iicrcaiier wo have, wan thu adv Ice of our
council, ordered that from henceforth all our
silhjectH of this Isle ami kingdom of (beat
lll'llain and the mem hers thereof shall hear in
their muultop the led cross coinuionlv called
St. George's cross, and the white cross, com
monly called St. Andrew's cross. Jollied
together," "and In their foreton our siib-
jcciii oi sou in nriiaiu snail wear the red
cross onlv, as th-y were wont: nnd our sub
ects of north Hi Haiti in their foreton the
white cross onlv, as thev were accustom
cd." In 107. when the Scotch and Ku
llsh Icirlslutures were united, lho distinctive
Hags ceased to be used, and the united Hags as
arranged In KI'W became the single ensign for
.1... i'. ,-i i i. 7, . -
ini- i unco mutioiu. ii wub uie soveieigii
that made the union and established tho na
tional Hair, and an establishment of distinct
legislatures again would not alter the Hag.
Ireland would take presumably for Its oca
ensign the red cross of St. I'.itilck. This
Irish banner ought to have appeared lu the
union Hag of HXH, but It Hid not. Ireland
had no distinct lecognltlon In the union ling
until 1801, when the Irish and llritish legisla
tures were united. At that date the union
Jack underwent a further change, and the red
diagonal cross of St. Patrick on a white Held
wag Introduced. Since that date the union
ack has shown the red cross ami white mar
gin, recalling the banner of St. George, the
white diagonal and blue Ileal of St. Andrew1
banner, and the rod diagonal cross of St.
1'atrlck showing over the white diagonal cross
of the Scotch banner. The blue ground of
the Jack Is therefore duo to S-otlaud, and the
red and white as crosses and margins to Eng
land and to Ireland.
H'AHC PltEPAICATIOXS.
London dispatch : Great excitement has
been caused at Chatham by tho unexpected
receipt of urgent orders from the admiral
ty to expedite the completion ot tho man-of-war.
Relays of workman nre to bo em
ployed day and night if necessary. This
action is regarded as an indication ol pos
sible continental complications.
The National uotton-exchuiige reiirts the
ron of the tear at 0. 57.1.000 hales, of which
amotnO 4 3Jri,lO0 hales weic exjiorted.
Tin: I'lattsmouth cnnnlng factory iIIh-
posed of $11,000 north ot goods tonne
party recently, und wan unublo to (111 u
eecond order for $8,000 worth. '
BIG FEES.
Kmtnrnt TtntxlMi Doe tors Wlioio In-
conic Are Pnorilloiis (ilatl
stono's l'liyslciiln.
"Do London doctors earn more than
queen's counsel?" As a rule thev do
not, writes si London correspondent ol
The VhiUuhlphia I'mshwX the incomes
of the three leading pin sieisuis. anil thoso
of the three le:ul,n; lawicrs are about
equal, that is to say. at tlie rate of .?t!0,
OUt) a year each. The hirjrest .stun ever
earned in one year In a doctor was Jl(H),
000, made by Sir Astley Cooper. Tho
three men at the head of the medical
profession in Kugland at the present
day tire Sir William .leiiner, the court
plijMeian. .Sir illiatn Gull, and Sir
Andrew t'lark. Jut lately the last
named litis obtained considerable noto
riety. Hi! was induced lo visit a cnr
wealthy ladv at Nice, and lie receive!)
the unprecedented fee of jSlVi.OOO. One
lifth of this amount he retained as a re
numeration for his services, and tho
remainder he divided between two char
itable institutions connected with hit
profession.
SpeaUinc'of fees, there is a tale told
of a rich colonial jretitleinan livinir in
Kent who had the misfortune to take
slight cold. Xot satislied witii his local
medical attendant he desired to have
Gull down from Loudon in eoiistilta
tion. (itiil happened to lie awav and
Sir William tlenner came instead. He
was dulv paid his fee of $'Mo for Hip
visit. The patient, feeling no better
then sent to Kdinlnirgh to a le.ului;
doctor of that eitv. who traveled the
four hundred m les in order to see In in,
and in ordinary course received
guinea for every mile, that was lour
hundred guineas, or .l?,100. Again
the patient felt no belter, and this tmio
Gull was summoned and attended.
"1 suppose," suggested the local
practitioner, "volt will pay Gull what
vou paid .lenner 7."?"
Nonsense," indignantly retorted lho
sick gentleman, "1 am not sroinjr to
pav Gull less than 1 have the Scotch
man," and he drew a cheek for $.'.100,
Uefore he col rid of his cold he had
paid .7.0i0 in fees.
Gull himself relates a storv of an cc
centric patient, upon whom in the daya
when clilorotoftn or ether was never
used, he performed a dillicult operation
from which the old gentleman reeov
ercd. ltut he refused to pay Gull h;
fees, and, as the doctor left the bedroom
in an enraged state, the old man
.snatched oil' his night-cap, and, dinging
it at li i in. cried: "lake that; I 11 give
you nothing more.
Gull picked up the, night-cap. mid,
cooling down in his brougham, he com
menced to rip up the lining. Concealed
therein he found a crisp Hank of Eng
land note for i.' 1,000. This storv. bv
the wav, has also been told of several
other eminent doctors. Gull began
life in an humble way as assistant to a
Hospital lecturer at .so shillings pur
week. hen admitted to practice his
lir-t ear's fees amounted to $)1',', hut
lie himself says that each year they in
creased by one-tint d. He is a man of
dry humor. Once the bishop of Derrv
consulted him, and the great doctor
gravely said:
"Vou must go to Nice, my lord."
",)h, 1 can t go lo Nice; 1 m too
busy."
"It must ho either Nice or heaven,
was the doctor's retort.
"Oh, then." quickly added the divine,
"I II go to N ice.
"I will not qtioslion your judgment,"'
replied Gull. "As a right revorened
prelate you ought to know which is the
preferable place."
Sir Andrew Clark is Gladstone's phv
sieiau. He accompanied him on the
cruise the premier took with Tennyson
and again hist year to Norwa. Ho
does not do this as a personal tribute,
but as ti matter of professional duty.
Gladstone is verv testy, fadtlv, ami au
tocratic. Clark is equally firm. Lady
I. lark is quite incensed when Gladstone
orders her husband to spend with huu
thoso two months of the year when tho
great physician is accustomed to havu
most leisure. It is said that .Jeniior
and Gull are chosen to attend rowil
patients in preference to Clark because
the hitler is so closely iduutiliud
with Gladstone.
Advantages of Politics.
Polities is a career which is at least
free from that drudgery of tho profos
sions and the anxieties and failures of
trade. It is a life livelier than that of
the country gentleman; moro manly,
more wholesome (and, of course, infin
itely more respectable) than that of
tho literary man; houestcr than that of
most parsons. It may lead to alinosi
anything except failure. In politics
there, practically speaking, aro no fail
ures to those who play the game.
About the worst thing that can happuu
to a man in parliament is to be bored,
and if he is bored he can go tosloej), or
into the smoking-room. Hut public
life is not all boredom by any means.
On the contrary, it provides, lor those
who care for such things, a good deal
of pleasant social intercourse and much
interesting gossip. A man may b
constantly in tho public eye, ami in tho
receipt of a good income from the stato,
mil yet get Ins rubbur pretty nearly
every evening, it He lius a wife (and
doos not take her to the ladies' gallery)
she will think more of him than if he
was a mere lawyer or doctor. Jf he
has daughters thoy will go to more
balls than they would if their father
was not in the 'public Hue, and better
halls, too, and meet more eligible
partners. If he has sous he can cuiov
the supreme satisfaction of jobbing for
ilium, certainly It is. all things con
sidered, not a bad life, that of the prac
tical tlfllit IfdflTl. 'I'linri iirn liruvjivnr
two sorts of men whom it does not suit.
Those aro the patriot ami tho man of
genius. Such ofton break their hearts
over the business. London 'lruth.
At tho .Seaside.
"Have you batl uilyot this summer?"
"Yes, I've bathed several times out at
Coney Island."
'How did you 11ml the water?"
Kind thu water? Why. vou can't
m ss it. It's all around the island."
Texas Sittings,
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Flain Pudding -Two eggs, one cup
of sweet milk, one pint of Hour, twn
tablespoonfuls each of melted butter
and sugar, two tablespoonfuls of bak
ing powder. Steam from twenty to .
twenty-live minutes, and serve with
sauce.
Sweet Potato P cs When the po
tatoes are dry and mealy, take a quart
after they have been pared, boiled and
mashed: a quart of milk, four eggs,
sail, nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar to
taste. Hake the same as squash pies.
If the potatoes are very moist use less
milk.
Kcellent soft gingerbread is made of
1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of butter. 1 cup
of sour cream. 1 cup of New Orleans
molasses, ( cups of .sifted llour. 1 tablc
.spootiful oi soda dissolved in a little
hot water, 1 tablcspootifitl of ginger, li
Well beaten eggs, the rind grated of 1
lemon, llaisiiih if wanted.
.Molaes l'ruit Cake Two rups of
molasses, 1 each of butter, sugar and
sour cream, a teaspooiiful of powdered
cloves, two nutmegs, two teaspoonfuls
of soda, raisins and currants. Make
about as thick as cup cake. This will
make two cakes, the'fruit can bo omit
ted as it is good without iL
To I'se Canned Salmon One can of
lish rubbed into four tablespoonfuls of
melted butter, add four well beaten
eggs, one-half cupful of fine bread or
cracker crumbs, pepper, salt and
minced parselev. Put into a pudding
mold (after thoroughly beating to
gether), boil or steam tin hour.
Cabbage Salad - Two cabbages chop
ped line; sprinkle with salt; let stand
over night. One pint vinegar, half cup
of ground mustard, threo eggs. Heat
eggs thoroughly and add to boiling
vinegar; pepper and salt to taste; let
all come to a boil. Pour over cabbage
and stir thoroughly together.
Fish and Uico - "Pick up" and bone
cold lish, be it either salt or fresh.
Season and heat in a stew pan with n
piece of butter the size of anil egg.
When hot add it teaeiipful of cold
boiled rice and four chopped boiled
eggs. Stir until thoroughly heated
through. Dish and servo with pickles.
To Prepare Corn Cut oil' the ker
nels from six large cars of corn. Hoil
until tender in salted water, about
twenty minutes. Drain and then put
in a saucepan with a cup of milk, into
which a tablespoonful of cornstarch,
has been smoothly uiKcd; add two
beaten egg. Cook until the cornstarch
is done, and serve.
A pretty pudding is ninde by putting
bread crumbs of cake crumbs in a
buttered mold nnd sticking among
Uiem at intervals either preserved cher
ries or peaches, or bits of citron or or
ange. Then pour a plain custard of
eggs and milk into the mold, cover
with a bit of buttered paper or stiff
pasteboard and bake.
Plum .lam Lei your fruit be dry and
free from leaves and slalk. Take equal
quantities of plums and sugar, put into
a clean vessel and boil one hour, stir
ring it thoroughly. Damsons prepared
the same way are very good. Care must
be taken when cold to cover all pie
serves closely ami stand in a cool, dry
place.
1'gg drinks aro popularly adveriiscd
in many tempting mixtures and de
coctions at the confectioners', the res
taurants and the soda w ater shops, but
it is not generally known that the well
beat up white of an egg, a hied to any
of the cooling fruit drinks (not to tea)
makes them more read ly absorbed into
Ihe-systeni, doing their refreshing work
more quickly.
Hrowned Htitter-l'ut one-quarter of
a pound of butter into a fryingpan over
a clear lire; when the butter smokes,
have ready and throw into it, onotabb
spoonful of minced paralev, three
tablespoonfuls of vinegar, salt and pep
per and simmer one minute longer.
Most o.eellcnt upon lish oilher salt or
fresh, or as a .sauce for clams, qua
haugs, lobster, scallops or oysters.
To Pickle Pears and Peaches Select
medium-sized pears and smooth free
stone peaches; stick them full of cloves.
Hoil seven pounds of sugar with ono
gallon of vinegar, an ounce of mncu
and an ounce of allspice. When it
boils put in (ho fruit and let it cook
till a straw will pierce it. Remove the
fruit with a skimmer and boil tho 8) nip
down for a few minutes; then pour it
(hit the fruit. Cover close.
To Hoil Fish- Cut an onion in quar
ters, stick a clove in caoh, put a b.t of
parsley or thyme with it and lay inside
of the fish, suit and popper, pin tho
whole up in a clean white, cloth or
mosquito netting and put into water
that has had (wo gills of vinegar added
and that Is boiling. Do not lay the fish
into cold or even warm water. Never
nut meat or fish into other than holing
hot water to boil, except for such as
ure intended for soups or chowders.
A very simple way to llll in tho
yawning space of an opon lireplaco is
to tear lour yarns ot very course un
bleached muslin into half yard lengths,
und ravel it. When all done, fill your
grate with paper and put thu ravciings
all over ami up to tho fender. Get
three moderate sized white fans. Tie
thoso together in center, letting each
of the threo bo scon. Fasten a varioty
of tho 1 ttle Japanese insects -toads.
beetles, cvc.all over tlio inns, men
nut these in the center of the fender or
before the grate.
Equal to tho Emergency.
Hob lugersoll recently was talking
with an old colored woman in Wash
ington upon religious nmttors.
"Ho you reullv uellovo, aunty," said
he, "that people are mado out of
dust?"
"Yes, suh! tho Biblo says doy is, an'
I believes it."
"Hut what is dono in wot woathor.
when there's nothing but mud?"
"Dun 1 s pects (ley make Inliduls an'
slch truck!" Jialtimorean.
Or Hitch a Stout Earthquake, to IL.
If the water power o( Niagara can b
utilized to run mnchinory, why can not
the hunt of some of our leading volca-
noo bo nrougiii into service, wiioib
cities might bo wanned by piping th
baso of a reliable volcano, lounw
Journul.