The IluNhl-bazonfe.
Like each of the various clans of tbe
Kurds, the bashi-bazouk can easily be
distinguished by his costume. His
shoes or "yemenys" (meaning leather)
are red or black. His golflike stock
ings, which leave the knee exposed, are
elaborately embroidered in black, his
short Turkish trousers are of home
spun, while about his waist is a short
sash of wool or silk, surmounted by a
leather belt in rich colors and embossed
In red. This is divided into three or
four sections, in which he keeps his re
volver, his chibouk or pipe and his yat
aghan, always kept sharp. The bashl
bazouks never carry daggers, as the
Circassians do. A cartridge box bangs
from the side, as also a small silver
snuffbox. They wear two jackets—
the under one with short sleeves and
the outside one with long. At the el
bow is an opening in which they carry
a leather bag written quotations
from the Koran as a talisman to pro
tect them from the bullets of the ad
versary. About the neck is a chain of
silver coins, from which is suspended a
powder box.
Monte Carlo's Blarlc I,tat.
It is usually imagined that any one
may enter the gambling saloons of
Monte Carlo and try his or her luck at
the tables where roulette, trente-et
quarante and baccarat are played. But
the Prince of Monaco has made a rule
that no resident In his "dominion" is to
be allowed admission, and the privilege
is consequently denied his "people."
The casino authorities decline admis
sion ou their own account to any per
son who on a previous occasion may
have lost all his money at the tables
and may have had to ask for financial
assistance from them to procure a rail
way ticket for home.
To secure this money one noes to the
office of the administration, which is
at the top of a steep staircase, and aft
er signing sundry documents the vic
tim has to sit to a photographer. This
photograph Is preserved for future ref
erence, and the man who is on this
black list has very little chance of re
newing acquaintance with the gilded
saloons until he has repaid the debt.
In Old N'antncket.
Nantucket island is full of strange
names. Here are a few of them:
Coatue, Coskata, Nauma, Wauwlnet,
Pocomo, Squam, Quidnit, Qualse, Ca
chacha, Sankoty head, I'olpls, Siascon
set, Poehick, {om Never's head, the
territories of the late Sachems Wan
nochniamock, Autapscot and Poconet,
the Shearing Pens, Shawkemo, Shim
mo, Monomoy, Massasoit bridge,
Nopque, Wannacomet, the Washing
pond, No Bottom pond, Saul's hills,
Cain's hill, liensdale, Popsquatchet,
Trot's hill, Maddequet, Whale House
lookout. Mlacomet pond, the Haulover,
Tuckernuck, Muskeget, Abram's point,
Jeremy's cove. Wigwam ponds and
Egypt.
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A j'nnpcr Artist.
In a museum attached to two alms
houses at Kirklcatlium, England, is a
wonderful carving of St. George and
the dragon out of a single block of box
wood, the work of a poor prisoner, and
It is valued at £2,000. It is said that
this piece of carving was the cause of
a wager being once laid in a dispute
as to its entirety. To prove that the
work was one single piece of carving
it was plunged into a pot of boiling oil
and allowed to remain for hours. All
doubts were set at rest when it was
withdrawn and found to be still com
plete. The prisoner who completed this
marvelous piece of work used an ordi
nary penknife only.
Finhlng; I'or Plunder.
A visitor to one of tbe hotels at
Peking was awakened during the night
by the noise caused by the fall of a
roll of paper. Getting out of bed, he
saw with astonishment a pole, to which
was attached a Ashing line, moving
about the room, collecting various ob
jects and removing them through the
window. Upon going downstairs he
was beard by the burglarious China
man outside to whom the rod belonged
and who escaped, leaving his fishing
line behind htm.
A Mental Strain.
"I'm thinking of a trip to Califor
nia," said Smartie.
"Really, old man," remarked Pep
prey, "you can't afford that. You're
not accustomed to that sort of thing."
"I merely said I was thinking of it.
I can afford to think, can't I?"
"No; that's what I meant You're
not accustomed to thiuking."—Phila
delphia Press.
Failure.
Toucher—lf I borrow a dollar from
you will it be necessary to hand it
back tomorrow or can you wait until
next week for It?
Frost—l'm too busy to discuss purely
hypothetical questions. Ask somebody
who likes to argue.—Kansas City Jour
nal.
Dreaded the Interview.
Medium (at spiritualistic seance)—ls
Mr. Keezicks present? His deceased
wife wishes to communicate with him.
Mr. Keezicks (In an agitated voice)—
Tell her I'd rather not. I'm married
again.—Chicago Tribune.
Perpetual BrKlnnm.
Would Be Sportsman—l suppose ev
erybody must begin as—er—er —a be
ginner, don't you know.
Gamekeeper—To be sure, sir; but
some continue it a good deal longer
than others.
Pitted lIIm.
Amateur Actor—Oh. I don't want to
take that character. I'll make an idiot
of myself, sure.
Manager—Well, you said you wanted
an easy part.
Some fools and their money are part
ed only by death.—Puck.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1903.
OVERTHROW OF KITTANNING
Colonel Armstrong's Forces
Gains Decisive Victory Over
Delaware Tribe.
TORCH APPLIED TO THE YILLACE
Powder Explosion Scatters Fragments
of Indians to the Four Winds—
Many Prisoners Released.
ARMSTRONG INJURED IN ATTACK
ICopyrißht 1003 by American Press Association.]
The modern traveler up the valle/
of the Allegheny find's about 40 mile?
from the junction of that stream with
the Ohio a good-sized town called Kit
tanning. It is a prosperous county
eeat community, being the capital cf
Armstrong county. This county is
most appropriately named, as will ba
seen from the following brief narra
tion of one of the most important
events in the early history of this re
gion ?
In the old colonial days there was
located on or close by the site of th?
present town of Kittanning a big Dnl
aware Indian town which bore the
same name. It was the home of one
of the most vicious of all the hostile
Delaware chiefs, Captain Jacobs, and
was at times the residence of that
other redskin sinner, King Shingiss.
Kittanning was the home also of n
large body of warriors. Being situat
ed as it was it afforded a splendid cen
ter from which to send out war par
ties to vex the frontier settlers. The
river hard by gave an easy route north
and south, while eastward stretched
the great Kittanning trail over the Al
leghenies to the populous valleys of
Central Pennsylvania.
Along these ready highways passed
and repassed innumerable parties of
warriors bearing scalps and driving
prisoners. The defeat of Braddock in
1755 seemed to rouse all the devilish
ness which was in these fierce tribes
men and a terrible onslaught was
made by them on the unprotected
frontier. A large number of these at
tacks were made from Kittanning.
On Aug. 28, 1756, an urgent petition
was sent by the inhabitants of York
county to the public authorities, say
ing that Franklin and York countie?
were well night depopulated and that,
the savage whirlwind had reached to
within a few miles of Harris' ferry, the
site of Harrisburg. Special attention
was drawn to Kittanning as the cen
ter from which went out so many war
parties and where were confined a
great number of English prisoner*.
To destroy this town and set free
these captives Colonel John Armstrong
set out immediately on his brave and
successful enterprise against the place.
The story of the campaign, briefly
told, is this:
On Aug. 30, 1756, Colonel Armstrong
marched from Fort Shirley, now Shir
leysburg, in Huntingdon county, and
joined a small advance force a few
miles from Frankstown, at what were
known as the Beaver Dams. Indiana
were found in the vicinity, but they
were on ahead, and so carefully did
the army advance that no discovery of
its coming was made. When about 50
miles from Kittanning a halt was or
dered and four mea were sent out to
scout towards the enemy's position.
They reported the way clear for a sate
and unheralded advance, but did not
reconnolter the town itself. As the
troops advanced they experienced
some trouble In getting past a party
of Indians who were some distance
out from the town, but this was suc
cessfully accomplished, and Armstrong
and his men had the satisfaction of ar
riving unseen before the town.
During the early hours of the night
they lay hidden. Indians were mov
ing about nearby them in all direc
tions, but were in complete Ignorance
of the presence of an enemy. They
were so close that the English heard
an Indian give a peculiar whistle.
This at first they thought to be a sig
nal of discovery, but it was recognized
by some scout as a lover's call to his
sweetheart. Late in the night the
moon set, and as dawn approached
Armstrong disposed his companies for
the attack. This was begun t>y an on
slaught on the numerous Indians who
were sleeping in the great cornfield*
at the edge of the town. Immediately
another force moved to attack the
houses.
Captain Jacobs at once took com
mand of the defense, giving a loud
warwhoop, and exclaiming, as some of
the released prisoners afterwards
told:
"The white men are come at last,
and we shall have scalps enough!"
The enemy in the fields was soon
routed with much loss by the brisK
attacks, but Jacobs and his band se
creted themselves in the houses of th«
town and gave a hot return to the fire
of the whites. Armstrong soon con
cluded that the best plan would be to
set fire to the houses. Gradually this
was accomplished, and the refuges of
the savages became their funeral piles
in many cases.
There was a large quantity of pow
der stored in the town. The Indians
had often boasted that they had
enough to enable them to keep up a
war against the English for over two
years. As the flames reached these
powder stores the explosions were
many and loud. Armstrong says:
"With tile roof of Captain Jacobs'
house, when the powder blew up, was
thrown the leg and thigh of an In
dian, with a child 3 or 4 years old, to
a height that they appeared as
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NAVAL FORCES AT THE ISTHMUS.
United States May Take Temporary
Possession of the Railway.
Washington, Nov. 5. —With the At
lanta, Dixie and Nashville there will
be a naval force on the gulf side of
the isthmus sufficient to meet anj
emergency.
The presence of the 400 Colombian
ernment. troops at Colon makes the.
situation there at present more diffi
cult than on the Panama side.
It is believed these troops will sur
render without bloodshed, but if thoy
hold out and maintain protection of
Colon it will probably oblige the Unit
ed States to take temporary posses
sion of the railway again, as traffic
cannot be maintained with one end of
the line in possession of the govern
n.ent forces. The effect r>f such sei.:-
Ire of the road would be to prevent
Ihe movement of any body of troops
rarrying arms across the isthmus.
The invariable rule as to recogni
tions In cases of revolution Is to rec
ognize de facto conditions, and if the
United States consular officers at
Panama and Colon report that there
Is an actual working government in
possession of the isthmus they will be
allowed to do business with it.
A point has been made that under
the treaty of 1840 the United States
guarantees the rights of the sover
eignty and property of Colombia on
the isthmus. But attention is now
called to the fact that this treaty was
made with New Granada, a nation of
which Colombia formed only a frac
tion, and there is nothing to prevent
the United States government recog
nizing further sub-divisions of the or
iginal territory of Grenada.
This conclusion may have an im
portant bearing on the future of the
canal project as indicating that the
United States is not absolutely bound
to make a treaty with Colombia alone
If It wishes to open a canal.
Bluejackets Landed at Colon.
Colon, Nov. s.—General Cuadros, the
prefect of Colon and the senior offi
cer commanding the troops which ar
rived Tuesday on the gunboat Car
tagena from Savanilla, are maintain
ing their position of refusing to ac
knowledge the authority of the provis
ional government of Panama, and the
troops still refuse to return to Savan
illa.
The lives of the American residents
are threatened. American and for
eign families are flocking for shelter
to the railroad buildings.
There is great commotion here. The
United States gunboat Nashville has
landed about 50 bluejackets and a
quantity of ammunition.
The Colombian gunboat Cartagena
has Just left the harbor headed north
east. It is surmised that she is going
to Savanilla.
The Colombian flag still flies over
the prefecture. The flag of the new
republic has already made its appear
ance In Colon.
CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH.
Where Prediction of Cobden as to the
London, Nov. 5. —Joseph Chamber
lain made a speech this evening to
a gathering of 9,000 of his fellow
townsmen, at Bingley hall, Birming
ham. It was by far the largest au
dience the former colonial secretary
had faced during the fiscal campaign.
After dealing with conditions during
the past 50 years under free trade and
quoting figures to sustain his argu
ment Mr. Chamberlain quoted Cobden
as saying that the United States would
eventually abandon manufacturing
and that "their workmen would gc
back to the land and dig and delve
for us."
Americans. however, said Mr.
Chamberlain, had not so conceived
their national destiny. Behind the
tariff wall they had built up their in
dustries until they had reached a
stage where, unsatisfied with the ex
tent of their own markets, they were
Invading those of the United Kingdom.
.Reverting to the question of a pref
erential tariff for the colonies, Mr.
Chamberlain charged those opposed TO
his plans with being "little Engend
ers" lacking in the desire to bring the
colonies closer to the mother country
and preferring to do more for strang
ers than for their own flesh and blood.
Mr. Chamberlain spoke for nearly
two hours, in the main repeating his
former arguments and appealing »o
the patriotism and self-interest of the
people of the United Kingdom to sus
tain his fiscal project.
The trouble with most actors Is that
they have never played a part in real
life.—Life.
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