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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1900)
SOME DO.'i'T LIKE IT SLIGHT OBJECTION OfFEBEU' TO PRICK DCL1VIKT SKRVIt'C Arfamtrt That Loral KhImm "Will Il Uama(d Tlitrt by, I WiUutot Fob'- " Utioa Boxes to Bo Fainted. ( Prow Ia ily Sta tesnia n;. ng. 1 I.) Kcm? slight objection Las lsen of feredy a very few of Salem's bus lues men to the Introduction and es tablishing here of ihe free rural mail delivery tierviee for the alleged rea on that it will prove Uettiuiental to tlf general ami ' trading in terest f the tlljl This ohjeethrtt to the progress and improvement of ihe mail delivery ivic? j not proj.erly founded. Busier Interest of tiie Capital City will 5not suffer --thereby nor will the ' growth ' of the city W in the 'slightest degree retarded. , leather than a contraction in - the growth of the city ami it advantages, it is ah extension of those ha me things. The pi-o'imxitiou resolves Itself Into a sim ple query, viz; Ifi farmers residing in tie emmtry con tiguousi to Sahnu do 11 d trade with Salem merchant, wher will they trade? The fact that Salem 1st the Ust trading iKiut in the Valley ox plodes nil argument that can Ik arrayed In supiiortf of the eon teutimi outlined in this" paragraph- For years farmers residing on the roada covered by the seviTal stage, routes leading from Salem Iwtve leeu regularly receiving . iht-lr mail - daily from the stage driver who ivceives a compensation the nominal sum of' ri g't F t k Uf ll'lj.llt W fa ttiaoik n v - ,m . w who will argue that in consequence 1 We volume of trade In the Capital "ity has diiumtil? Then why not establish the fre ilelivcry service so that all farmers jean 'receive their mail regularly -at ' their hum en every day; The fanner Is ! Jqst as much entitled t4. the free delivery of lil mail as the n ii it mho lives ins the city. ' , t ho extension, or tne tree delivery service 1 a progressive Idea and h.-ts proven a wonderful success. 'In tire Central and Kastcra state?.;' Why-not In Oregon? Business interests in the Fast have not fufTere-U neither "'-will this advancement an the mail service ou t lie Coast pruvo a detriment to t'ie business Interests of this section. ... ' II. J. 4rmsivf iroveranient litsoector of postal routes,! i en route to Salem ami 5 expected daily when proliuhly A'vmi rural jnajl routes lending from Salem ami peyet raring the surround ing country wh 1k established. Business n the Salem postoffiee continued gooj -for the summer sea son. Postmaster Ilirseh receutly awarded James Warner, of this city. n contract for ! painting the forty Fnited States deposit mail boxes sia tioned througliout the city. The paint ing of these boxes U in progress all over the country, a uniform system of colors having toen adopted. The Imxc will Ik-. palntwl an aluminum bronze, i lie posts will 1k reu and the lettering on the 1xes will bo en cased In a coat! of red. - ' , to refnse ofTers made early In the' Kfson. lie mnjn that In his tion, Aortn Takima. when an agent wakes his appearance to contract f.r fmit or bops, the growers universally ask "ttle more than the a -rent i willing to. give. . I. "Ilowerer, mwt people think that "" of gl .sizes, well , packed, will bring good . money this reason. There are other persons Interested In bearing the market,-who predict" a drop in price within three weeks. ; AT . WEST TOINT.-lIenry1 Itodney Aihilr, of Astoria, has, lM-'n apiKluteil cadet at West I'o bit to rin-stit Ore gon. Originally appointed allermUe, - - ----- m wa r ?vr I 111 r-iKt ft, ou the failure of the latter to uass. t .i . f i. . . . . . ... . . .tu,iir, iKiviuir 'awn a creoiiaoie ex am mat ion. takes flrl place, ami Is al residy in camp at West lolut.-Ore-giiiiian. ; . : : ,.'.'.!. ixfai.lii:lk si cxs. She You haven't told nie' yon loved me on-e Tolay. . . lie Ami you haven't asked me if I loved you slms day before yesterday. The hjueym:on. .liudtl.Ting; saw Its finish.lndianapoli3 PreSs. i TO PREVENT DECAY, j J Wood I'refierver Used iy TTncle Sam on Yamhill Ilver Work. ; ,; Merits of Aveuarius (arlolineura Kesgnizn'd by National, State 1 -and Munich. al tJovern- ' " ments. " " i ' 1 - WILLPOOLTIIEUROP IKSIKK1 SKVE.NTV FIVK PER CEST IHIINE4CKEAUE JiO SUBSCIIIBKU. Bat lilroctor of Cored Fruit Ao lal Ion HSS Elert to Fool tirowem Intert to Hst AUetB- d'lom I ;iily Statesman. Aug. ll.t f S. P. Khnmll. seTeiary ot uie tnrHl Krtii't -Association of the I'aeitie Northwest, ret timed last iiight from Portland where he attemled a meet ing of the TKRird of dins-tors of thai -instltutkm. ralletl for the pun se of determlnlnjwlkether or not the orgrin izalion should U' tnaintairtMl and wlM'tlwr aii attempt sliould U made to KMd thisyear's cnp. Mr. iqmlwll iya t he deWed 75 'r cent of the prune aon-aen has not leoii pledge! .. 4 ltut the lire-trK clef ted to go ahead with the organiz m'iout nnd hh1 all the prunes that had N-en phslg-d awl as many uthers a could be secured to be controlhsl by Hie Association in liopes that ninn.-raUve price tnay 1m realized this fall-wlont the crop is utirketed. The followtasr retsrt of tin meeting appeared n last evenins's Telegram: -t n meeting held this morning the ("unsl lYttit AssK-iatioii of tne Pacitle Northwest sletJdixl to go ti!Kad Mlth the fmit Uiat is alreailypllifl n1 to get a notch more as possiltle. "Thos pres'tit this morning were::. President J H- Fkt iK-r, of V'lm-ou-ver. Wasli.; ; Ssretiiry l , WnjV.V of Salem: Se-ond Vice j President Frank I.. W heeler, of North Yak mm. Waslu: Plmrtor WiUtam Kiucaid. of F rinfflnook. The meeting was he d nt the office f JmJ I'- IJMh w!m was als present. . ; -wemlHTH of the; Board ot Director wrote that t..ey were nnahl to imwnt lHTSiuse of harvest, but that they were In favor of going oa with tle organization. k. "Ih-jiI unions ore urged to proceed 1n the tuarter of arratrgmg for tin packing and handling sf the fru... Imh4rt.the matter will to""1 Way just t tlMMigh the full -per ei Wt of gni'rs had sigmsl. lrlces this year are -exivn-teii o m letter. However. tley will largely depend on the rprices by the Cal Ifoitdi Assotiation. which is a power ful factor. I Next year, when the Northwest AKsoelatloni is stronger, it will have s.nieth4ng to my alxuit tlie price of th fruit. Xnrger l.vi3r :us io 4fis,flre expected to brin;? nts; fina f may bring fdightly less, while siuall fruit will not be roflt- Sme sections have marketetl tlielr prunes almost tmiTersaiiy in imps, hoxis li.iTe leen found to te the mot satisfactory; way of pactorng for sell ing fruit. 5 ; ' ' "Agents who h.tre beett out trying to eiHitr-ct for the crop f Indivklual growers have fonnd tittle J eneonrage ment. nearly n prowers expectins to realize more for their (fruit than the offer made. ' Vice President Wheeler, of the as-jHK-iatiou. thinks It a mistake always The fame of Aveuarius f Jilx.lineuin has steadily extended, ns tlK only Ixma ftle irescrver of wo.aI. sim-e jits '.dis covery In Cermauy thirty years ago. It Itas sjockI ail tests of climate, soil and water and steadily lived down all pi e tondod rivals. Today H i not oniy em ployed in all countries for the preser vation of wood" used for Iioum-IioU ar tielrs sucli as houses, Ivims, fences, etc.. butjthe natinal vernaiient.; Isuh of Euroi? an-1 Anwrica. have ms-og-nized its value in saving public con structions from decay. Following their example cities ainl -counties .have 'also :td;.txl , nvenarius earltolieiuu for 1. I 1 . a . , i.- . a .ri-iK' s, pavt-us'uis, etc.. aim mo ioai- lug ship builders ?Hd railtoid conipa nh s have shown' their faith in its iiucr- by' treating ship timl ers, cars, tele grap.h iKIrs and tk-s with the same liv-wr failin? pivventativo against cli ma lie decay and rpa .'U us wd boring vermin loth of land and water. ir,cat Iwxlks nwvo s'owly, and only act after mature dv'l;l. ration. It niay tiiciefoire lx saft'lj tat'l that govern-. ni ids'' a:id corju-piions did not emp!y aveharius earbolirenm untU J'ully x-n-viiifol of its manty s,iv;iig:as 'well as wco;i pKS'rvii iuali:its. irivate ,a- dividuals 1 iroiis of lengthening llie Ii!? of woj.1 work ai.d at th? saaie tlm? cui'tailhig exensts. ne.d not fear to follow tlie ptets:dv nts estaIli.shiL Itccent local examples proving the truth o? the alwve statem uis are not wauling. Tlie leouiistructcd Madison troet a ridge in Portland ' lia ; ; bet'iL, Ireat.ca witu avenarins. carooUnenni, as has a!s the pattiiu nt at the inttrsec tioa of four streets in that city where the heavk-st street car and ! wagon ira tlie t-oTiverge. ' The .latter use of tlie e!iijun-l 'was made at the earnest srdio'tatlon of sircet cur managers' wlo cotrtldentlv '.-ek for gratifying rsults. The gentlemen in charge of the Unit ed States engineer department for Ore gnu are now applying aveuarius earll inMim to the dams 'and lock work on the Yamhill river, u nattering tribute to Its merits Which was certainly not extendi d until Aarching' invest igation n'tislieil the authorities that it was a UK a sure of practical economy. With sU'.'h 'examples before-' them it would apoar that Uh individual is foolish and tlie official almost cubilIe uhodcas nd ptolect his'wu. or tlx taxpayer's Hx-kets hyusing this com pound, thus saving from -decay; and Jciut'Iieuing tlie lite of ail frame struct ures for which ' lie .Ls iilividnally or oftiiiallv resisnsible. F'.shv'r. Thorsen & Vx-of Portland, or., are s.!e Pacitie coast agents for aveuarius earljoliiottn.. and it can le round at 11. M.- Wade .V: Salem, who will gladly siiply lnfordiiat km re garding its aeeoinplisliieeuts. '0 AN UNFOI.TFNATE COLLOCATION "On Sumhiy n'Xt." said the Sky Pilot eariK-stlj- to his congregation, 'ties itu- plt will 1m oetipiel by the. Ilevetvud Or. I'outer." And then the good man. to tlie confusion of Jho people and the indignation of Mrs. Pouter, who hnp t:neil to be sitting hi tlie minister's lew: announced the well known hynih. "That awful day. wi'l surely, tiune." PulValo Commercial. 'U ' . .-' ; ... -. ' j. The shades of night were' descending at a clip when there, passed 'through an Alpine village a youth. l-nnng a tmniier with this curieus ifevtce: 'The Trutli Is Migidyr A -luaklen saw hfm and gave him the lau-4'Ii. . : ' .'-'.' "Of -onrse you don't .'expect to cut much ice with that old ssnvT she sang out. .i'jt ktt. rawtiiii ; yon-e. The youth was cliagrmeti. - uoumiesst having" ex jwcted to" Is nsketl to rest his wearv lM-ad tuon some; old thing or other. Detroit Journal. ' :i ..- Kolie'rt. Wiliiaui Perk, mem tier of par liament for the southern division of Lincolnshire. Is the nan who origin ated Uie "million guinea fund tor tne cause of Metltodisnu. Stihsi-riptions . . .i . . ... .1.. n , are iiuiiteti io juiiiiuwi-Mis'h SccttUnd and Wales, and the fund is to 1m- expendel In that territory akme. When a mosipilto luis gorgtsl him self with human blood; lie dies within a fe-.r hours. . ' " , A - Few Pointers. -The recent statistics of the number of death shcw that. the large majority die with consumption. - This disease rtay commence' with an apparently harmless conch which can be cured instantly by Kemp's Balsam for the ' Throat and Lungs, which -is guaran teed to cure and relieve ; all cases. Trice 25c. and 5c. Fr "Ie all drugaiats. ' REFCfJEES ARIIIVE. Two Missionaries and Their Iiniilies . . i from China. ; cn P-rnneleo. AOiT. ll.-The tC3m- 'hi aelk. wliMi arrived from Ori- J . : . v. . 1. .1 (wuril a nnmher n hiqui. '--- 'it ri.fn .. from China-. Among tbem were Kevs. C. E. Prnitt and tieorge w.n. Sfh .their wires and f.iini- 'lies, ach consisting of three children. Royal is the most economical of all the leavening agents. ' Greater in leavening strength, a spoonful raises more dough, or goes further. Workinguniformly and perfectly, it makes the bread and cake always light and beautiful, and there is never a waste of good flour,1 sugar, butter nd eggs. Finer food ; saving of money ; saving of the health of the family ; the last is the greatest economy of all. . ' :-,-:rr:-' : Some baking powder makers claim their powders arc cheaper. They can be cheaper only if made front cheaper materials, 'Cheaper" means inferior materials always To cheapen the cost of an article of food at the expense of its healthfulness, as is done in alum baking; powders, is a crime. ROYAt BAKI1M3 POWDER CO.f.100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. BELG A N SI ARES TOR MEAT The Industry Is Growing in Oregon mi Promises to Be a Valuable One. ' Many Citizens of Oregon Are Taking an Interest in the Propaga tion of the Littit Animals Will Be Used for, food. Tlie Itelgiari hare has come to the Pacific Norlltwest to stny, ami tliMigi it has leeii lut a sliort time since Ihe first of these hniulsoiuc litlle niiim.ils w-re IntnMlucel iu Oregott, the imln try. has already ieeonie ejtallishe!l. nnd fhe breeding of the Ih-lgians Am "faticy" lia's already lieeonto iilte iiu portaut aiKl is tup-idly. Kprending. In Salem there are a numU'r of well-to-kNl htitches, having within their con lines some of tlie llttest-lloMled stK-k to le foiiml in tlie United State.. Tlie imputation' of these hutches 1 rapidly gnwing. lioth. by a natural in cris, ami by further Iniportations. hut the Salem hreiilers, iu spiu of this growth, are tinable to till all the orders for fine atoek, the immler of Inquirers who are anxious to wcurt tilM'cimens and engage "in the raising of Ikdgians lieing also on the increase. Tliat tin ltelgbi hare will ln'cuie ;ku important - factor la .furnishing meat is eoneMhd by all who have jri-i the matter consideration. When tin bussliM'SH w'Ulcii down to market puqiosen. wliich it In certain to do in the course of a few years, the breeth era w!h arew breeilinsr fr,'f.incy" will wttle dowu to pnodnclnjr ment. They will ie thoroujrlily preparwl to luiuille the little animal for meat r ik - as t!ey will undPistaml lt.- every requirement. They will proxlucs? meat to the ln-st udvamtajT( and.thi.- iiMiat will iH-come a staple nrtlHe of comiiM'Te as is chickiti. rrk an J leef. There Is no tlouht bnt a gr:t demaiid -will gtmv up for this product, tOileh is cvtaJ to Itecouie a most inv jtortant and ralnnhle addition to the KkmI Ktipply of the eoimtry. ' I P. W. Q.iio1y.' the Srate Oarae and Fercntry Varrhn. wloe atten tion ha been drawn to the ffcdgiaji hare industry, haa made the suhjei-t a special study, ati-1 he Is much taken np tlth It- He l-liev that tlx Bel gian hare will 1 a great meat pro ducer, a!Ml will tnakea good, healthful and substantial addition to the mesit supply of "the eonntry. ami be U'liere the raWnz of the beaurifnl little ant mals will 1k especially fuccesisrul her as the climate of Oregon 1 eiiallj adapted to tlie'r proragat!on.t -' T3iat -tlie Iteljrian bare b a Ctcat meat producer lja teeo abmxlantly nroTcn in ntany countries. In France and lVIglnm hnndreds of thousands nnmuillv tmtcliere! for ettusnatf tion. and Belgian hare steaks aw srve.l in restaurants and nofcwm the cities and town-?, a por"- ,H: sna bieken is in UAa country. ; In Soutliern CaMfornia, too. utfleknt surtdin stock exists to warrant res raKr"it keipcrs who cr.trr to. the bet ter trade o fcJvertise. Vtfgan hare snaks and roasts, ami-in Oregon it will be-buta tnatterof a fevr yevirs when! Belgian hare ; meat will be wttmI pnlnuis. and -from that iiut it Is but n utep to the universal use of the tiieat as an article of fiod by, all classed of elf ixcus. ' Ir. Kolert Iavison. of Miiiijeap.ilis. MiiBTi., writing, of the ."Bej.ian In t tie Northwest." in disctissing tlie business f ImtHling and selling -the. little ani mals. In his sect.iou of the -country. los Iho Tollowjiig in the . lis-Angehss Pet.StuK-U TrilniKt-, slu.wimr tliat Min nesota has gone Into tie: busiuess of brei-jftag nvlgians: ' 'T1m Belgian hare IS a new proiosi t?on in .the Xortowet. : Ij(ss than fonr month ngo it'was hardly kii,ovi. On April J s't there were 'pndtably nt over a dozen hares In Minnest;i, bo? now. jlisinks to the newspaKr iI a few energetic workers, they arttuni liered by the tltousands, ; not only in 5 f in nea -A is. but all' over the Nrth vest. Aj a general rule the sto k is of medium grade, but we ha-e a few aruest fanciers w!h am willing to pay for high-grade nnintals. At first we all had the Idea that it would soon resolve Itself Into a iim-.H proposition rery quickly, bnt the breeder find it pays better to leave 'the meat "lure itt of the question altogether, fr tlie present supply of nwriiunv lirmilers lias Just atut Ie'n eqiKil' fo the le mand. We are not siiflTerinjr for Ivares. ami I wouTTl consider It poor licy to rnsh too many animals Into tin; local market. . We ha.ye Jnere six- hcal 1velers wl all have ilJfrt-nia f-n-nectkms, and we also bare two laanebes of the two largst llalifornla rabbitries. TlHse kitu-r at Sr. nude the error of bringing too many high grade animal here for which there was little demand, bnt ow they hive a fall supply of tlie cheaper animals ( and are mafcin? aoo-l saKs. 1 iukI ultliough there are thousands of hares in existence, but. there are million; of is rvple io buy them." Under Atte of July Sth the Sew York llerahl prints a rsitlier--lengthy arricle on the Belslan bare, from which the following suggestive para graphs are taken: "Many men. and winn. loo. hi the Southwest are breeding Belsian hares for nuirket. As a ftssl product, fetch ing eight cents n pom I, there is gnat profit, in raising hares. The flesh of tle Imptrtnl : Ihdgi;tn hares Is flrii). white. and n'arly as tender as fixirs' li'jrs or chicken. The original Belgian hares were much coarser m tils-r. ami the - meat was reddish. After the Pleiuisli lmres were ersse-il .with t.lie red rabbits f Knl.iiid. an excellent edible." was iriHiipily throAvn on tlie marloet. Hart's are nhw the poor lean's turkej,; and IwefsteaV. too, and "Jugs"''" liare Is as common i the other side ias baked beans in . New Kti eland. . I The pclts of the Belgian hares nre tfseful'for rt variety of purr)ses. p;ir llnlarly for : hats. Careful tiltemhwi to their coat lias hl to the produc tion of fiiiej41aecy n'Its, and an addi tional source of revenue for breeders lias been secured. "Thi'se Irtiported Belgian ha res' nre extremely prollfle. Commonly eleven J'.tters of young, of two to a dozen oaclu are 1o?ni each year to a doc. A .alr of hars will live for i4x or eight years. They are hardy, aisl thrive well in almost any part of this cotm try. They (are easily reared. Their provender Is phuiiful and inexjMMisive, coiisisiing hiefly of Avhite o:its. let tuce. carros,anl grinnt UuhI $roiMrally. They are very- cleanly in thi-ir habits and snbjec' to fw .ailments. In the West -many.", families raise Belgian ti.ires In preference - -to chickens. These hares do not burrow. s no d-s't fe ices are needed. They are remnrtrablj tame and will eat Xrmi the hand of a stranger. In conse quence, thy have leeoine (rrcst tts with-children. A pair may le iKiusrht as low as fifty eimts1 nnd a child of 10 can rals them from Infancy. They are as alert and playful as the tradi tional witl hare' of Hnslaud. but are not snita" for eoursag or iiuiiting.' known In-the last ."ill years. Only alnnit eight tushelK an acre !s report ed from this usually very productive section. . , II. K. Shaw of BioU. says he has traveled over a larg- part . ut 'the eouity aiHt bmls-t;ic ihmu' Avhecit crop Lircir;i I . tliroiif;lioiit tlie county. French 'prairie, will not yield nioio man eigiit jju-sueis au acre in is ji-ar iu his jiidgtiient. . It. o. lionelson. j of Si Iney, nays lie never exercis'd so niuHi care as this year In 41m preparation of his land for a crop, but never Jias he experi-eni-e so uenr a failure. Thirty acres of summer fallow yield hint- only tin average of eightt bushels and Very poor wheat at that. Tut G8AM CCOP IS UGifT. Farmers riom All S-tns of Marion County Tell of the lVsir Yield of Wheat iFioni Ially Statesman, Ami. 12.) ; I:etKrts j frmi various seciiuiH ' of Marion einvnty iii'licate licit the pres. ent grain jerop Is the p nnst an I aj pnaches neari-st a cnunphde fj'l.iro 'f any in the history of the couuiy, Ftirmers frtnii every iKirt of tl- eoiiu- ty, yesu-rday gave the sane story of bv looking oer the reeonl the ex- poor crqs and light" yielU when press euiMtues here tlmt many nni-.flskeil by a Sfate-ioan rejsrter in r mals are 4e1ng shipped iiito this see-Sarl to Ihese facts hi their hs-alltle. tlon ty California breeders wIh are bright enough to advertise m our hK-al papers. ' I do not krtbw how it U with otliers,: bnt I ha ve : sId several hnsMUVtl hares In tle --onall twm sronad here, part icnlarlr in Minne sota and the IMkotas.' I The farmers are beginuing to buy nn1 there H no AjxA. in my mirA that Belgian hares wnll leMue am adjunct to poultry raising. At onr Slate Fair. whk-U Is o be heM the first -s-eek hi Septemer. we all expect to do a rood profitable lnin as frrtra letfrs 4laSIy re- Iloii. W, W. Klder, of Stiiyton. said that fall wheat Is very ioor, only giving a yield of f:-oni seveu ten lnleU. J. II. Ilerren. near -TnrniT. reirts that tin what In his vicinity is not unity of a liht. yh-ld but s the qttaliiy Is not nearly np to the sfaijil ar.l. 1I -Jhitiks the wheat in ids nelgblsirhood -will go ten bti'hcls to the acre., FA. T. Judd. of Aniiisrllle, says the highest iehl of wheat 1 iiis ltearI of was 17 bnsh-ls. but tle wheat in his sct km would not aver se mere than" eight or ten bu!eU to eeivel -we expect :'many. visitors to ththe acre, psiiii'triM nd ; where w nare a ithe samfr time there stiouhi tie gooi resoits. racffli i tra in- niHiip 1 think -the Immediate future is proiui In" and I twliere tle Belgian hare 'business "will U ffootl for years jet, Senator N. II. Ixoney of Jefferson says that eight bushels of whot js;r acre Js as high- an arerage d.l the farmers In his part of tlie country. will realiase. .. " It. 1. Swartz says the wheat icro on Salem prairie Is the poorest he hal WAIt IN CHINA. S-eiiCs at Tm h Tsiu -When Seyniur's t'oluuiii Marched In. -. Victoria. B. Aug. II. Among tlie IKissenners who arrived by tin F111 piess of .lit pa 11 Tliur.silay there were a 11011 1 tier who hal most interesting ex- K-i-ieii-4s, some being among Ihi- U' sieiriil in Tien Tsiu, and two, In fact, 1'h.ilii.r inAinlu.i-a Mif ilii, fiikie r;in'i.,lla Tien Tsin Volunteer Corps, wliicli niil n1 this troops in defending" the place uulilj-ciief ca me. - SiHMi after the relief arriveil, accord ing to their stories, Seymour's mifor tuualu column struggled in. It was an awful sight to watch the long string of stretclier-lK'arersI coming In. It did not return as a- body, lut trickled in, .six and neven Jogct her ail day.' Ijirye numbers curried j trophh-s .taken, from lis! Kio arsenal, captured a short time Is-fore mid destroyed by the. coliiiiui. Sime had line; new (Jcriiiaii-iiiiide swords sticking under their arms. I .'10 other perhaps being giv-eu to tiw sup Mrt of a corner1 c,f the streteher of a wounded comrade. " Many, too, had new niodtl revolvers aud carbines, in fact, all kinds of trophies taken from the Chinese arsetial. An Ainerh-nn oqi-er -who accompani ed the force said on his. return that lu this arwnal. which was taken after a charge with the f bayonet, there wat moi-e war m:terlnl than iu the -whole of Ihe United Sliites. Tiw-re were a million sraiHls ofrsmall arms.. I-orre unmlsTK targe guns -the oiiicir counted tlilr7y-dx five ami six-inch guns, all or,nol-rn tyx? and in vases not unpacked by the Chines- w r p less than forty of the tiumt approveil type of .Maxims. There were, too, a iiumlsr'of -1.7 iguns and aminiinilioii. icvolveri, cariiiiws and swords galore. This large amount of war niimiiions luid all Ist-n iniKrted since the Jap.in ee Chinese war. all -of; which gss t show that Chida: made a preparaijoji to drive the forx-igiieis from tlie cutin Iry. - ' i ' ' 1 Tl-e column, hampered . as It was by its wounded and uncertain of Its safety it it remained away from its bast? with its scant supply of ammuniiiou and tod. corld nof bring aty of Ihe war uuilcrial. Iwyoitd that taken ha tr!liies to Tien Tfcin, wo It was decided to de stroy It, ami Hie engineers .prepared a charge and blew up the whole tiling. SAILS FOB TIOMK. Im.ion. Aug. 11. Jewrai Charlen II. Oosvenor.' of .Ohio, who has Isu iMlnjf some Mine in ltHulm. sine" 1:1s visit to tl(K T'arjs FxiMsition. will sail for the. United States tonKirrow. Ife will Ie present at tlie tiring of the ' owning gun of tlie Presidential campaign at JLewiston. Me. . fesn Urn of uzrA J-eclCJiUX lbs KirJ toa F311 Ec:,"r.