PVPetpi.J FAVOBEDJF DUMA. Tlie Spot Chosen as a Pre serve ly the Cheat Mount ain Association. MTDBB'S- LATISH GIFTS 2ot less Attractive Than Its Abun dant Game and' Wary Troit. SNAP SHOTS IN THE HOUXTAffiS. come Facts About tho Largest Hunting Grounds in the World. HTISBURG'E PART IX THE IXTEEPEISE CITHET a few hoars ride of Pittsburg, on a broad plateau at the summit of the Cheat Mountain in "West Virginia, Amer ica's greatest hunting club has found a place where came abounds and where the corapletest free dom can be had. To Pittsburg capi tal and Pittsburg push the Sportsman Association of Cheat Mountain owes its formation and the pros pects of a bright future. Nowhere in all America could a spot be found so wild, so well supplied with game and so near active civilization. It seems to have been preserved ssahappyhuntingground where all the cares of life can be forgotten and the onlv dis agreeable thought he pity for the unfortu nate beings left behind in the shuffle of business. It is a hunting ground the year around where deer, pheasants, turkey, crouse, panther, wild cat, lynx, coons, foxes and bear can be found for the going after just scarce enough to make the chase interesting and plenty enough to be excit ing. Largest Game Preserve in America. The preserve is located in Randolph and Pocahontas counties, and covers nearly 57,009 acres. It commences at the top of the Cheat Mountain range on the west and takes in the valley of Shafer's fork of the Cheat liver acro"to the summit of the back Alle jrhenies, or Shaler's Mountains, as they are usually called, on the east On the north cast it'is bound bv what is known as the old Fish Hawk Trail, and then continues up the Cheat river a distance 01 srarlv 50 miles to Elk Mountain, rfhf l'fyKrt -i .aW'-rVl'Al ! iOO-Pounaer on His Sliauldcr. ihe ".vhole covering an area larger than any (lame preserve in America, It has so long ieen known as a hunting ground that it is smrked and denominated as euch in Bra dev's Atlas ot the "World. The Kiountains and valleys are studded with a profuse growth of pine, beech, birch andniaple. The waters of the Cheat flow down the valley, which in many places is two miles wide. The mountains are the liide, Greenbrier river on the cast side of Sshafer's Mountain flowing south, while the Cheat river flows nortlu Through the pre terve for a distance of 50 miles flows Shafa r's fork, the main stem of the Cheat river, grand beyond description in its natu ral state, which, with its tributaries, gives to the as6oeiation nearly 200 miles of good Irouuiig water. In many of the streams a line has neer been cast. Tl-ejr Can TjsU on Horseback. In Shafer's, fork some of the finest trout ill the w orld are caught. The water is clear ant! cold as a bticum in a Eoekv Mountain canyon, and while flowing sw iftly, is de'ep and wide in many places and almost free from obstructions from mouth to source. There-are no overhanging bushes to ob Mrrct the way, and so clear are the banks that clnb men frequently fish from horse back, carrying their line as tbev ride up stream. The banks of grass "are kept closely clipped by deer, thus making a lawn on either side through which the finest mountain water dashes its wav to be eventually mixed wi.h the mud of the Monongahela. A lifetime ago Shafer's fork was the home of the beaier, and where those hard-working, peevcrhig animals constructed dams for their homes there are now glades that havi. become immense meadows for the feeding ol deer. The beaver cut the timber near Jib dam and afterward that was over Coned sometimes for a half-mile back. All the wood was cleared aw ay. Thebeacrs have since been driven out. their dams have gone, atid the glade;, as dry and green as a park, have become immense pasture fields ihat attract the deer fcr hundreds of miles around and give the huntc an opportunity found no other place in the country. The stream runs through the entire length of the club grounds It is on the mountain top, 4,400 feet above the level of the sea, fed by the hovering clouds themselves and occasionally alter heavy rains becomes a rushing river. A Land of Ture Delight. There aer seldom any fogs ifi the valley and the air is always crisp and cool. Snakes are never found on the banks, not even in thr boats of the hunters, and at no time in summers past has the mosquito or kindred cuiFanees discovered the delightful oppor tunities of life on the Cheat Mountain. One of the most attractive things to peo ple who seek historic recollections is a cov ered bridge near the club house, crossing Shafer's Fork, which is claimed to have been the only bridge left standing in Vir ginia during the war. It is old and moEs covered, but still as solid and more endur ing thau the iron structures of modern en gineering. It is seldom used now. During tin war it was near tlie Union fortifications, and free cud t en. n eery spot whera space could be found, can be seen the names of heroes who,while waiting an opportunity to jdacc their nam in historv, carved them ir the enduring yood f Virginia's loyal section and nith the names often le.i in rudely constructed letters Sk 5l Af ii'A- W AT" SZ MiV 'A ;$? M declarations of love of country. To see those letters now the moss must be scraped from the roughly hewn logs, out mere are no visitors so unsentimental who no not spend hours on their knees looking for the name that may have been that of some friend or relative. K ot far away from this old bridge are the ruins of Fort Milroy, also in the club terri tory. It was on this ground that Milroy, "Wilder and Beynolds held the forces of Lee and Pegram at bay, and possibly saved "Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and Korthern "West Virginia from rebel inva sion. The old Stanton and Parkersburg pike, Virginia's great highway from east to west, passes near by, and'it was to prevent the Confederates from getting complete pos session of such sn important thoroughfare that Fort Milroy was established. The embankments and breastworks remain as they were in the six ties, only covered with moss and bearing eVery sign of age. Inside are scattered old shoes, tin cans, broken muskets, innumerable bullets and all the paraphernalia left behind in an army en- IB &liwi IIIf A SNAT SnOT AT TIIE FROST OF T1IE CLUBHOUSE. campment. So few people stav on a moun tain top that the fort is in reality the same as at the close of the w ar. Silent Sentinels in the Forests. Other marks of war on the famous Cheat Mountain and within the hunting ground are a score or more of soldier's picket posts, built of stone for protection from stray bullets of the enemy and left standing ex actly as constructed. They are usually round, four or five feet in diameter and about seven feet high. They were not roofed and have loopholes covering every direction; just big enough to see or shoot through. The stones are grown over with vines and moss. The posts are usually found in cleared places and until an explanation is given are unaccountable mysteries to stran gers. At one of them, an old rausket, musty, but still intact, is leaning against a stone wall. Two brass buttons, "IT. S.," that were worn on a soldier's belt are lying on aniche in the wall. They have not been disturbed and club members have been requested to leave them as they are. Tiie piKe that was the issue of conflct during the war in that part of the State is itself a thing of wonder both in its dura bility and the manner in which it was con structed. It is 300 miles long and was built by the State of Virginia to remove what was considered an unsurmountablc barrier. The debt incurred for building is evidently as enduring as the pike and still hangs like a doom over the Commonwealth. The engineer who did the work was t e famous Croyset, who as a member of Napo leon's staflfbuilt the road over the Alps. After "Waterloo Croyset became a fugitive aud sought refuse in America. Virginia made him her State surveyor and with reckless use of money he built a turnpike that will last as long as the memory of his famous com mander. It is the thoroughfare used to get from Beverly, at the terminus of the THE ESXYITABLE riSII ilAK West Virginia Central Ilailroad to the club house, a distance of 25 miles. A Panorama of Nature's ZSeaaty. The scenery could scarcely be described. Both sides of the road were cleared back for a short distance, and have grown over with green grass as beautiful as the lawns of the Pennsylvania Eailroad above Al tootia. Back of these is the woodland, covered with toll timber and entirely free from underbrush. Onlv an occasional settler's cabin brr.iks thn continuous I beauty and even thev arc interesting to every Northerner. It is in the limestone region, the peaceable part of the State where the settlers live together without quarreling, have no ambition, exist as their lathers did and treat visitors mere hospita bly without charge than the average hotel does at ?j a day. They take especial de light in pleasing members of the hunting club and readily act as guides when called upon. One of the most famous of these guides is Paul Teagcr. He is C feet tall, thinly built and as wiry as a wild cat Before his picture was taken for the accompanying cut be shouldered a 200 pound deer, which he is shown as carrying, with as much ease as an average man would take his gun. A brother of 1'cager's is in the Legislature, and another is the surveyor of Pocohontas countv. Thev rule the" politics of their neighborhood as systematically as Cameron ever did inTennsylvania, and although un educated, their natural shrewdness gives them a leading place in the State. Other neighbors of the club members, not fiOMI-SSE THE 'near, but in that unsettled country to be denominated neighbors, are a party of Eng lish gentlemen, who have brought their for eign ways and accent along with bankruptcy to run a sheep ranch in the Taggert Valley, at a place caUed Mingo Flats. The name may recall " 'Way Down on the Mingo Farm," but when those gentlemen write to their countrymen, it is safe to guess that tbey speak of their estates in America with a higher sounding name. They are occa sional visitors to the club house, and with their Oxford learning and recollections of Britain audits ways form a striking con trast to the rough manners of the native "West Virginian, with whom they have cast their lot. Nevertheless they are said to be prospering, and once a year return to their native land, ostensibly for the hunting 'season. The availability of Cheat mountain as a hunting ground was first suggested by William Seymour Edwards, a well-known politician and attorney of Charleston, "W. Va. -He has traveled on horseback over every road in the State, and while . i crossing the mountain in 1885, the evidences of plenty of game, the pure atmosphere and beauty of Shafer's Fork convinced him that there was no better game preserve in the country. The property had been re cently purchased by Michigan parties, one of whom Mr. Edwards met with an en gineering corps. His plins were related and the nrm owning the property offered to make a lease for 50 years, giving the asso ciation the sole right to hunt, fish and trap on the entire tract, tieorge ohiras 111., of Pittsburg, was interested in the plans and the two men secured the grant. Others were gradually taken until the limit of membership, 200, is now reached. A Limit to tho Permits. About half are Pittsburg men, including a great many attorneys and none but people ol high standing. Professional shooters are debarred. No one is allowed to kill more than seven deer in one year or catch more than 60 trout a day. When the club house was built it was CO miles from any railroad, and all the iurniure was hauled on wagons. The clnb house is a log structure 60x10 feet, ttvo and one-half stories high.furnished wifh cherry and pine. It is homelike in every way and is open the year around for mem bers and their families. Mountain spring water that is 39 in midsummer is piped to a spring house near by and flows in a con tinuous stream. It is clear as crystal and as invigorating as the air around it. There are a number of members at the club house nearly all tin. imc and in summer some of them have their families with them. Farther up in the preserve there are two cabins where the hunters can go when they do not want to return the long distance to the club house. They are away from the pike and entirely removed from civiliza tion. They are used principally by deer hunters, near which it is claimed there is the best hunting in America. W. M. Ken nedy, of Allegheny, is President of the as sociation and spent last week fishing in its preserves. S. B. Elkins, the recently ap- CAUGHT BT THE CAMERA. pointed Secretary of War, is also a mem ber and is one of the Board of Directors. How She Was TVoO. St. .Iocph Dally Notts. Maid Marian And is it true that Mrs. Vantageur was married in haste? Maud Muller No; she had on a gray Ecrge. The Best Treatment Tor La Grippe. Eemain quietly at home until all symp toms of the disease disappear, and then when you go out have the body well clothed and the feet well protected so that they will remain drv and warm. Take Chamfceriain's Cough Bemedy as directed for a severe cold. If freely taken as soon as the first symptoms of thediseasa appear, it will greatly lessen the severity of the attack, and its continued use will prevent dangerous consequences, provided, of course, that reasonably good care be taken of the general system" and to avoid exposure. For pain in the chest, w Inch is very apt to appear, saturate a flanuel cloth with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bind it over the seat of pain. It will relieve the pain and perhaps prevent pneumonia. This treatment was followed by many thousands of persons and families during the winter of 1889 and 1890, and was uni formly successful. It greatly lessened the severity of tho attack and prevented pneumonia or other dangerous conse quences. - TTSU PITTSBURG DISPATCH. NO BEST FOR WOMEN. The Koble Savages of Patagonia Impose Upon Their Squaws. FINE SEWIKG WITH BITS OP BONE. Tlie DM of Hospitality .Offered Inside a Native Tepeo. WEAP0XS OF THE EAELIER EACES, fCOimKSPOXPEXCE OP THE DISPATCH.; '" Paben Island, Patagonia, Nov. 1. The time had come to bid a not reluctant adios to this wild abode, the crazy little yacht which the good mission Padres of Terra del Fuego had sent to convey us to their station lay tumbling about in the har bor, our luggage, reduced by long globe trotting to a surprisingly small compass, waited at the landing, and farewells were actually being spoken when Boman rushed in, with the information that a large com pany of Indians had collected on the other side of the fiord and granted to come over for purposes of barter. This circumstance, though not unusual here, materially altered our viejv of the case, and were easily per suaded to romain another day in order to cultivate closer acquaintance with the Patagones. Boats were immediately dispatched, to fetch as many of them as desiicd to trade, and a dozen or more of the young braves came over, bringing a few bunches of gray ostrich feathers and a heap of furs and skins to exchange at the "store" for rum and to bacco. As negotiations promised to be a tedious job (in fact were not accomplished for several honrs), because without haggling the desired luxuries would lose half their savor we took our hostess' advice and some field glasses and repaired to the housetop to view proceedings on shore. A Camp oT the Natives. The Indians had selected a level spot a fewyard6 inland, where shrubs and boulders formed a partial wind-break, near the mouth of a narrow canon, where their horses found plenty of grass and water; and while the men and boys rested from the fatigues of their journey, stretched at case on the ground, the women bustled about like so many big brown ants setting up the toldos, bringing water from the distant spring and skinning game for the cooking-spit. The Patagonian toldo, or kau wigwam, tent, tepee, or whatever you choose to call it differs somewhat from the homes of any other Indians and therefore merits descrip tion. A row of the tallest forked posts that can be obtained in this comparatively treeless country say 8 or 9 feet long are driven into the ground and a ridge pole is laid across them. About six feet back of these another row of forked poles is set, each a foot or two shorter than those of the first row, and across these another ridge pole is laid. The same distance back of these a third row is driven of poles not more than three feet long, topped by a third ridge pole. This completes the frame work and an excellent one it is; and over it is spread a lot of skins, of the guanaco, deer, horse or puma, sewn together in squares ol varying sizes and all daubed inside with a mixture of tallow and red ochre, which can be tmclled a mile away. A Honse Made of Far. More skins are tied with thongs around .the sides of the toldo, and in cold or rainy weather horse hides are fastened up in front, like curtains, and are sometimes hung in side to partition off separate apartments the number, quality and size of the skins that are used denoting the wealth and social standing of the inmates. Think of it, a fur house and such fur, too the tawny mottled puma, and the beau tiful and almost priceless pale )'ellow streaked with white of young guanacos. One family that is, one Indian with his especial wives and children seldom mo nopolize a whole toldo, but, as civilized people do in summer camping frolics, rela tives and intimate friends pool their issues, as it were, under the same ridgepoles. Of course, the highest side of the iurhousc is its front, and it is invariably set facing the east whether from superstition, habit, . or because of the prevailing winds, I do not know. Later in the day a closer ..inspection re vealed to us the inner furnishings. Just inside the entrance to each tent several small brushwood fires were kept burning, evidently as much for warmth and to dry off the wet ground as for cooking purposes. They Cso Civilized Bolsters. Horses hides, spread on the half-frozen sod, served for beds and seats; and I noticed with astonishment that each bed, besides its pile of furs and blanket, had one or more holsters regular civilized bolsters, at least in shape made of half-worn blankets, sewn together with sinews and stuffed with wool. The blankets of these people, which they call lechus, are almost like the ponchos of Bolivia and Chile, and I am told that they are hand-woven by the Araucanian women. The eitra furs, saddles, blankets, and all belongings not in immediate use, were piled around the outer edges as a barricade against the Ctful gusts of wind that per sisted in skurrying in beneath the flapping w aiis. Cupboards, of course, there were none, the dishes being piled on the ground in pro miscuous heaps, washed clean by prowling dogs lean, uncanny creatures . that out numbered their masters several to one. There were huge trenchers, hollowed out of blocks of wood, bark platters aud excellent spoons made by sticking a clam shell on a conveniently shaped branch, and armadillo shell Dowls. By way of a soup dish, one might go a good" deal farther and fare worse than to use the round, deep shell of the ratagonian armadillo, or ant-eater. Carrying Water in Baskdts. Then there were bucket-shaped baskets, made of the coarse pampa grass, so tightly braided that water can be carried in them without leaking a drop; asadors, or spits of bone and wood, and even two or threo iron kettles. Squatted upon a horsehidc in one of these queer homes, surrounded by an ad miring throng of grinning women and chil dren whoso good graces had previously been won by gilts of beads and red enflico we partook of hospitality in the shape of a custard a la Patagonienne the receipt for which please accept as a Christmas preseut: Break a small hole in the point of an ostrich egg, and after removing part of the indegistible white (it is the fashion here to suck it out), beat the yolk thoroughly with a stick, a hairpin or whatever comes handy adding a little sugar if you have it, or whisky if you like it, or plain salt and pepper, as we did. Then set the egg on end in the hot ashes, just far enough irom the blaze not to crack the shell, beating the batter now and then and turning it around so that the mixture will not adhere to the sides. You may be consoled with the thought that the duty of friendly politeness, as demanded by local etiquette, has been religiously fulfilled in the cleanest possible manner, without touching a dog-licked utensil belonging to the toldo. The Women Don't Hate a Snap. However charming the life of a "noble savage" may be, its delights do not appear to be shared to any great extent by the weakor sex, even iu Patagonia. I never saw women work harder than those even society leaders in the center of tho "swim" andl am told that their untiring industry is the same year in and out. Notwithstand ing the clumsiness of their tools, they sew neatly and with remarkable rapidity, their only thread being sinews from the backs of old guanacos, and their needle a sliver or bone, sharpened at one end aud a hole punched in the other. The labor on a single fur capa, or mantle, which both men and women wear, is immense; and beside those required for their own use, they are constantly making others for sale. The skins are taken from guanacos less thau a month old because alter that age the fur begins to grow coarse and wooly and are first pegged to 'the ground with long thorns of the algarroba SUNDAY. DECEMBER tree and left to dry in the sun. When thoroughly "seasoned" they are taken up and scraped with pieces of flint or bits of broken glass fixed into a rude handle. Then they are smeared all over with a mixture of tallow and liver, kneaded into pulp; after which they must be rubbed in the hands for many hours, until they become soft and pliable. Then they are spread ou the gronnd and cut with a sharp knife into suitable pieces, dove-tailed to fit one another in order to give greater strength to the seams. Putting in the Artistic WorlC A number of women sit down together to sew these pieces, each with her bone needle, sinew thread and a bodkin made of a sharp ened nail. A whole mantle is never sewn at once, but when half finished it is pegged out on he ground, its surface slightly moistened, and each woman takes a chunk of red ochre and stains it with greatest care. When the ground work is done, a pattern is put on usually spots and lines of black, blue and vellow. Fometimes varied by triangles and small crosses the latter aevice proDaoiy borrowed tor tne mission aries. When the painting is concluded, it is left a day or two to dry: and when the other half "has been similarly treated, the twain are wedded into one "unbroken sur face of softest, finest fur. .Tben there are no ends of fillets to be woven, for the men's heads and their own, from the unravelled threads of cloth ob tained at the settlements or from the Araucauians. In the same wav they weave belts orgarters the latter not for their own stoekingless lees; but to hold up the horse-hide boots of their lords and masters, They must also sew skins together for beds, the coverings of the toldos and for sale, scrape and dress horse-hides for seats, sad dles ana partition walls, and do a thousand other things which keep them constantly employed: while their lazy "men folk' smoke, gamble, race horses, play ball and hunt only when the exigencies of the larder require. Pretty Fair Silversmiths. Some of the men are surprisingly expert workers in silver, considering their rude implements. They take the silver dollars obtained in barter and temper them until they become mnlleable enough to be beaten into shapes for buckles, garters, plates, beads or buds for embossing belts or ar mor. Armor did you sav? Yes. the gentle Pataeonians actually don coats-of- mail on occasion made of horse-hide, in shape like an exaggerated night shirt, and if the owner is rich enough, it may be thickly studded with silver plates. Before going into battle the warriors pad them. selves like cricketers, or like school boys exnectincr a thrashing, usins? old ponchos or saddle-cloths, the thick folds of which will turn a lance thrust, or even tho cut of a sword. The silver "studs" are hollowed out on a stone; then pierced at the edges with u sharp nail andsewed on with smews. The Patagonians are also handy artificers in iron, and will fashion a knife or an adze out of any old piece of metal picked up from wrecks on the coast or procured in the colonies. A file thev call "khikerikikh," and the word in their mouths sounds pre cisely like the rasping of a file over some dun instrument. A Weapon That Beats David's Slinff. Chief amonc their weapons is the yachiko. or bolas with three balls, for guanaco hunt ing; the chume, or bolas with wo balls, for capturing ostrienes; ana ine Doia peiuiia, or single ball so named from the Spanish verb, perdi, "to lose," because when once thrown it is not picked up again. Be fore the introduction of firearms, the bola perdita was the most deadly missile in the hands of the Tehuelches. It is made by covering a sharp pointed stone with hide, all but the point of which protrudes, and at taching a thong, about a yard long, with a knot tied in the end to prevent it slipping through tho hand. David's historic sling was harmless be sido this weapon, wj.en whirled round and round to give it force before shying it at an enemy's head. Some of them also carry long, "3 heavy lances, tipped with flint and adorned with tufts of feathers very different from tho light lances used by tho Arattcanians. "Now adays guns, revolvers, swords jtind daggers are altogether too common among them, bought from traders. Pieafotta tells lis how Magellan's party found the ancestors of these Indians carrying bows and arrows; but it is probable that he was romaucing in.' this particular as in many others. The Styles of Ornaments. Old and young wear enormous earrings, each a silver dollar beaten to double its natural size, suspended to small rings thrust through the lobe of the ear; besides neck laces and armlets of glass beads and bits of silver, capa pins with flat heads large as tea-plates, ''c. The men also wear neck laces, and tnough they do not care at all for gold, adorn their pipes, knives, sheaths and norse gear wiin ait ine silver tney can lay hands on. Less than three centuries and a half ago the horse was entirely unknown in South America. Bold asserts that within 30 yeara after Magellan discovered them the Pata gonians appeared bestriding Bteods, for the horse extended his range over the Ameri can continent a good deal faster than did his European owners. Says he: "When the Spaniards, in their after attempts at conquering the Indians, entered upon these great plains, they were amazed to find their red enemies on horseback, brandishing their long lances and managing nary chargers with skill equal to their own. Among the earliest South American tribes to ob tain possession of the horse were those of Northern Patagonia, since the first of these animals that ran wild on the continent were landed in the La Plata expedition of Men doza; whence they became scattered over the adjacent plains, and soon wandered southward to the Straits of Magellan. And from that hour the lazy Patagonian walked no more. Fastute B. Ward. THE WEISXLIHG GIEI OF TO-DAY. Sho Has Disproved the Ola Adaje Coupling Her With the Crowing Hon. Harper's Magazine. The whistling girl does not commonly come to a bad end. Quite as often as any other gill she learns to whistle a cradle song, low and sweet and charming, to the young voter in the cradle. She is a girl of spirit, of independence of character, of dash and flavor; and as to lips, why, you must have some sort of presentable lips to whistle; thin ones will not. The whistling girl does not come to a bad end at all (if marriage is still considered a good occupation), except a cloud may be thrown upon her exuberant young life by this rascally proverb. Even if she walks the lonely road of life, she has this advantage, that she can whistle to keep her courage np. But in a larger sense, one that this practical age can understand, it is not true that the whistling girl comes to a bad end. Whistling pavs. It has brought her money; it has blown her name about the listening world. Scarcely has a non-whistling woman been more famous. She has set aside the adage. She has done so much to ward the emancipation of her sex from the prejudice created by an ill-natured proverb which never li2d root in fact. But has the whistling woman come to stay? Is it well for women to whistle? Are the majority of women likely to be whist lers? These are serious questions, not to be taken up in a light manner at the end of a grave paper. Will woman ever learn to throw a stone? There it is. The future is inscrutable. We only know that whereas they did not whistle with approval, now thev do; the prejudice of generations grad ually melts away. And woman's destiny is not linked with" that of the hen, nor to" be controlled by a proverb perhaps not by anything. Why Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is So Fopnlar. Mr. Xi. G. Moore, the leading druggist at Point Arena, CaL, says: "I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy for more than a year, and find it one of the very best sellers J. ever kept in stock. But this is not all; the remedy gives satisfaction to my customers. It is especially liked for its soothing and expectorant qualities." It will loosen and relieve a severe cold in less time than any other treatment. ttsu 27, 1891. DEAD OF THE YEAE. The list of Famous Men Who Passed Ont of Existence in 1891. LEADERS IN EVERT WALK OP LIFE Stricken Down in Appalling" Numbers tlie Past Twelve Months. 60ME CURIOUS STATISTICAL FACTS rWWTTElT FOB THE PISFATCIM He rcsta in noly eartn with them that went bofoie: And such is human life; so gliding on, It glimmers like a meteor and is gone. On Friday next, the first day of the New Year, half the world will be "taking stock." Many engaged in commerce will find that some of their best goods remain over; others must give orders to replenish their lines. While this is being done in the business world, why should not the world ofhuman ity look over its stock; taking notes of that which has gone during the past twelve month. It has been a great year in the business of human life, if we' may term it such. More first-class "human" goods have been dis posed of than in any other period of which' we know. But there will be no such thing as a renewal of this stock. The world will search in vain for'some of the best stock it has over handled, and as it looks over the ledger, find no return but tears and regret; a currency for which the most covetous has -no desire. A Summary of tho World' Lgmi. In ono short year, tho world has lost its two greatest warrior-of the period; four of its most celebrated statesmen; fonr of its best historians; a model -emperor; a fair king, and two or three other royalties, who ranged from indifferent to badj-a great artist and a greatly gifted poet Of not one of these can it be said that an individual lives to take the place of tho deportedono. Each one in his own place wax a unique figure and the vacancy left will be 'remain unfilled for a long time. It may bo that minds as wonderfully endowed as those of the dead are fast developing, hut, who can point them out now? Who will take the place of Von Moltke in Germany and Sherman in our own country? Who is Parnell's suc cessor or Windthorst's or Macdonald's? Where will we find one worthy to fill Lowell'B-shoes? Who will finish Bancroft's histories or those of Lossing or Parton? And with all his faults, who is there among us to take the place of Actor Barrett in our admiration or in our affections, "Billy" Florence or even the unique "Fritz" Emmet? Eaoh have had their own separate and individual pages, and it can he said they have -filled the space allotted them well. Their Places in History. But those mentioned are not the only worthy ones who have dropped out of sight Many are even worthier or distinction than some of those mentioned, but the error If it exists will be excused for the reason that one scarcely knows how to placo the un usually large list of distinguished dead in 1891. How or where will we place Bou langer, Parnell, Balmaceda, Bradlangh, Meissonier, Blavatsky and General Joseph E. Johnston? Among the distinguished statesmen the mortality ha3 been particularly remarkable. In our own country we have lost four Hamlin, Windom, McDonald and Plumb but, not one of these will be referred to by historians with the possible exception of the first. In England when Parliament assembles again there will be many vacant seats. The great Charles Stewart Parnell will be missed, as will also his stern hut kindly mannered antagonist W. H. Smith, and the man who gave the Irish leader his first defeat, Sir John Pope Henncssy. These three men died within the short space of 24 hours. In the same House, empty spaces will mark the places once occupied Dy tne sarcastic .can. uranvme ana eloquent Brndlaugh, and in the Govern ment of Canada the masterful Maedonald will be heard no more. The Great of Other Countries. In the other countries, Germany has lost its powerful Windtborst; France a former President Jules Grevy; Koumania its foremost statesman, the clever Jean Brati ano, and Chili Its tryant, Balmaceda. In the military, beside Von Moltke and Sher man, the famous rebel general, Johnston, and General Sibley, a Union -hero of the last war, are the chief losses iu this coun try. In France the meteoric Boulangcr, "The Man on Horseback," has ignomin iously quitted life, a suicide at the grave of his mistress. Among naval heroes, the United States has suffered the only losses of special consequence, in Admiral Porter, a commander second only to Farragut, and Commodore Ingraham, who was a leader long before the present generation came into existence. In the field of literature our own James Russell Lowell easily leads the list of illus trious dead, but, if we include the histor ians we must not fail to raok George Ban croft and Alexander William Kinglake in the front rank, and not far beneath them in the scale must be placed Benson J. Ijoising, ' : ,T - V"11- Vg-s x . -iVssrvi.a as&&o . &$i&&Z3s wkx4 wr' y:8?s . Tf m ;a ma-u. .-fcWKA Wi iflfe J EfcV-SL. WM&im.t&Fl .- Pk .JfeC iSCiSTI MP&&JSmEr&M3 KliSALtU &h!?FWm Y$kJE& I JtftmWA .tiM. m K. A Vjrrwar, i , ,v ww??-iiiszy ,cy&iii7r1MmWjw;iA .MmvJ:ncrV -m:.wmmamrrsm '-,. I Wfc-iW.."-'""'" ." ' "r H. ! .1 i.. .jSSfeSC 7 ,"!ttVoS r Sherma fc- V'7l ndKAi feif i sfT IvhrJkMsii .ZZ3J HST" -MB ' JvjieWm WSZUi W-mrSifrl 'r.-ui ?'js seek .mr&x?r -s?""v i j. r$3Er tWKrA-. nt jA-cuMi 'fizcJZM i "MrSifcMv tdm?7mZ,K? SS?'!!1 A.W Ji.r W '.'XTeWt' 64fwWJ.5sarAV:,BS&Bi f t. WVtfT 7I 'l i ,yr2s0WsmimwmwMji9, .-7, ( .W MSZZgas. LS.& tfiiT Yt. TfiSK. .k JlAr" Z- ,'l mw m m r L-wam vmms&rr" I MOURNED BY THE WHOLE WORLD. James Parton and Ferdinand Gregorovious, the German historian, who is not any too well known in this country, but is entitled to his place of distinction. Germany also mourns tho loss of the poet Baron Eedwitz-' Schmeltz and England that clever young novelist Jliss Jessie FothergiU. Those who love art will miss Meissonier and Charles Keene, tho latter London PundCs famous cartoonist. America'! Loss in Stage Celebrities. The dramatic stage sustains four heavy losses, singularly enough, all in this country Barrett, riorence, Emmet and Charles' Fisher. Science has been lucky, but ono individual ofprominence dyins during the year Professor Winchell, whose popular expositions of scientific subjects have been so widely read in this country. Journalism, is minus thiee brilliants in Editor Jones of the New York Times; XL Loowcnstcin, founder of the celebrated German comic weekly Ifiadderadalsch and Jean Jacqnes Weiss.the distinguished French journalist. Of the reftgious- denominations, the En glish Episcopal Church suffers most in the deaths of tlie Archbishops of York and Winchester: the Roman Catholics, Cardi nal Ilaynald, of Hnngary, who was much talked of recently as Leo's possible succes sor, and Jionsienor l'laton, one of the great leaders of the Russian hierarchy. Royalty has received several bad blows, but tho world will mourn Dom Pedro, tho' exiled Emperor of Brazil, lonjferthan any of the others. Tlio King of AVurtcmberg was expected to die several yearx ago, but man aged to draw out an uncom fort.iblo and dis agreeable existenco to within a couple of montns. Belginm lost an heir-apparent and lY '.aOA!. S -i ( Franca a pretender Jerome Bonaptrte The Sandwfoh Islands buried n Klne Kala kaua and a Princo Consort, John O. Doml i,nls. Bamoa, the "Isles of the Navigators," had several Kings at the beijinnins or '01, hut will not have so many to begin with in '92, ono having died April 28. or the lesser r lights are l'rlnoe Sanjo. the distinguished Japanese statesman and Keeper of the Roval Seal; Prince Dolgouroff, and Grand Diiko Nfcholas of Russia, and Grand Duchesses Lenchtenberg and M ecklenberg-Schwerin, of the German principalities. What England Has" lost. In the way of common fry nohlllty so to speak, for tho sate of distinction England has suffered terribly. She has lost four Dukes Bedford, Cleveland, Somerset and Devonshire and ten Earls Albemarle, Beauchamp, Caithness, Clonmel, Dartmouth, Devon, Granville, Norfolk, Portsmouth and "VVicklow. In fact, England has been very unfortunate in almost every field during tho pastyetr, no less than 11 of her most dis" ttnguished statesmen. 11 divines, the same number of soldiers, 7 scientists, 5 artists, 3 xibuirti uoiouukius, u luumumiis, journal ists and 21 of the nobility having passed away. A curious fact may be noticed, that notwithstanding this heavy mortality not a single member of tho royal line, however re mote, has died; while in France, a country in which rovaltv has been considered ob solete for 23 yeais past, no less than two of the old and new pretenders to tho throno have passed awny. Another strange fact is that in tho linited States, a country prac- iicauy wiinout a military lorce, la distin guished soldleis have departed from earth within the year, and of theso felierman and Johnston may bo considered as among tho first rank of military leaders ofthisorany other time. The Germans have lost but a couple of their ominent soldiers out of a forco that embraces a good percentage of the population of tho nation, but, as one hap pens to bo the grand old strategist Von Moltke, they may be excused for mourning him as they would a host. Jannarr "Was a Fatal Month. January seems to have been the most un lucky month of tno year, no less thau 17 eminent porsonages passing away during its 31 days, among the number being Windom, Kinglake, Baron Hnnssman, tho famous French engineer, King Kalakaua and Trlnce Baldwin. FeDruary comes next with 11 and October, third, with 9. Bcautifnl May, the month of returning birds and budding blossoms, seems to have been the kindest of all the twelve cycles to us poor moi tals, but four individuals of consequence dying. Tho Iettor B which some persons think to have some special impoit when it comes to names, plays quito a part, as usual, in the past year. Thismattcrwas explained in a recent issuo of The Dispatch and it is hardly necessary to go over the ground again, but. for those Interested it mav bo well to recite the names of some of the most prominent dead B's. There are abont 60 on tlie list but the most important are Iloulan ger, Balmaceda, Blavatsfv, Btrnum, Bar rett, Bonaparte (Jerome), Bradiaugb, Ban croft, Boisgobey and Bratiano. Itmay bo confidently asserted that in it9 fatality, the yenr-lSDl will long be remem bered as the most lemaikable of our time. if ztft in history. If the illustrious men of ourepoch should continuo to die off at tho same rate for any length of time, in a very few years we would have no such thing as really great men, that is, if the present de velopment of them was not materially in creased to overcomo tho deficiency. A word' as to tho "great unhenrd of." Dcatli may love "a shining mark," but his attentions are as impartially distributed among the meek and tho lowly. When the time comes, the ruler and tho ruled, the leader and the follower must bow to the un seen commander and mingle w itli the great ciowd of all conditions and degtees, th.it ceaselessly marches into tho land that lies Beyond. As Bryant so grandly tells us: Thou shalt lie down Withpatriaichsof the infant world, with kines. The powerful of tho earth, tho wise, tho good. Fair toims, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. G. W. Kacfjiaxjt. How to Break Up a Severe Cold. From the Virginia Ciiy, Mont., Matllsontan., When we find a medicine we know to possess genuine merit, we consider it' a duty, and we take pleasure in telling the public what it is. Such a medicine we found Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy. We have relieved, in a few hours, severe" colds, and in tho course of two or three days, en tirely broken them up by its use, as have several of our friends to whom we have re commended it It is all it is represented to be by the manufacturers. It you have a cough and want to stop it, Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy will do the work. ttsu 15 MASH0IA1AND MYTHS. The Rich Gold Deposits of tho Mazoe District Aren't Fonnd let MOST OF THEM ONLY SKIK DEEP. As a Field for Immigration It Is Certainly Not Up to Par. ONE BIG SWAMP LY THE EAINI TIME wurriES' tor urn dispatch. Much that is imaginative has been written about the wealth of the Mazoe river gold district of Africa. I happened to be of Lord Bandolph Churchill's 'party and ia com pany of Mr. Perkins, also of the party, visited these much talked of fields. The journey was rather rraeyentful, game scarce and country flat, treeless and occa sionally marshy. We first examined some claims on a kopje near Mount Hampden, beyond the Gweebi river. The hill appeared to have been worked on the side to some considerable ex tent by the old miners. Several shafts had been cleared of their debris and opened up, but little or no vein was to be seen in any except one recently sunk by the present prospector, who had struck a small "stringer" of qnartz of which 3Ir.Perkin took a sample and found to be of a very low grade. Many Cnrlons Circular Shafts. These old workings are of a very singular and persistent character throughout th district, consisting for the most part of circular shaft3 varying in depth from 20 to SO feet and not more than 30 to 36 inches in diameter, which have been sunk at all sorts of distances apart, in many cases not more than one foot and in others as much as CO or 100. Ho outcrop is apparent at the surface and nothing at the bottom of the shafts would seem to suggest a likelier reason for the stoppage of work than the gradual deterioration in the grade and size of the veins. How these rich spots were originally found and why the shafts were so irregu larly disposed are questions of which no one has as yet been able to suggest.a satis factory solution That they abandoned them in haste is extremely improbable, for throughout the whole of this district only two implements have been found left in the bottom of the shafts, in one case a rude stone chisel or pick, in the other an earthen pot similar in shape, size and material to those in use by these natives at the present day. Any attempt to judge of their age must be the merest guesswork, as, for the most part, they might be any thingfrom 20 to 100 years, and in a few cases it is true that trees of some size are to be seen actually growing in the old shafts; they are of those soft-wooded and quick growing varieties which require but little time for development. Natives Perched on Hillsides. From Mount Hampden we had descended some 500 feet into the valley ot the Mazoe, and wooded hills and ridges, grassy valleys and clear, running streams surrounded is on every side. Some of these hills are of considerable height, rising to as much as 1,000 feet above the level of the plain, but only in isolated instances was any outcrop of sedimentary rock visible, the greater portion of them consisting of granite, with but few volcanic intrusions. Bound our outspan several native kraals could be seen perched upon the neighboring crests, and I believe it is not yet clearly un derstood wnetner tney select these steep and inconvenient homes from the fear-of Matabili raids or upon the score of health. I am rather inclined to take the last sup position, as it is said that the Matabili have not as yet penetrated to thi3 part of the country, and it would take a sharp experi ence to teach the indolent Mashona that the laziest is not also the best course. On Our return to the wagon we found it surrounded by these natives, who had brought mealies, milk aud kaffir com to barter with. We were sadly in want of mealies for our horses as we had found great difficulty in obtaining them at Fort Salis bury, but all our attempts at a deal were fruitless. In vain we offered calico or limbo in exchange for their wares, in vain we tried to seduce them with the glittering blue bead or the empty cartridge case. They were not to be moved. Can't Be Caujhr With Chaff. It seems that these fastidious and pam pered barbarians have become nice about the color of their adornments and will take nothing but red or white limbo and a pe culiar sort of bead known as the red-whiteye. So, disappointed in our trading, we pushed on to the claims next worthy of attention' and spent an hour or two examining the shallow shaft and nar row vein which was submitted to our inspection. On the. following day we visited the Yellow Jacket mine. This reef extends some 1,500 feet in length and two shafts have been sunk on it Here no native workings were seen and the atten tion of the prospectors was arrested by the outcrop which extended for some distance and gave very rich pannings. t. A specimen of this ore which was pounded down on the spot for us gave roughly about 60 ounces to the ton. Unfortunately the vein decreases lamentably in size and rich ness as it descends and samples taken at the bottom give very poor results. This was a great disappointment, as at the top the future seemed very promising and repre sented a mining venture with which, anyone might have been deceived. While return ing to camp we came upon about 20 baboon playing at the foot of the hill, some of them of great size, but they were too shy to allow us to approach nearer than about 200-yards. First Clean-Cp of Mashonaland. flVe saw tho Jumbo and the Golden Quarry. The former had but little to recommend it, as far as present develop ment permitted to judge. The latter seemed to be a large burst of quartz, very wide on the top, but, like the rest, rapidly losing grade "and thickness as a lower level la reached. A spot of a very rich ore waa found on tho outcrop, and to work this a. small three-stamp battery had been erected. We found it busily pounding nearly a ton a day and getting very fair results, in proof of which a basin was proudly produced con taining about CO ounces of amalgam and representing, I suppose, the first "clean-up" as yet made in Hashonalana. Tho reefs throughout presented tho same character as far as wo have" seen, appear uniformly superficial, extending longitudin- ' ally for considerable distances but "pinoh jng" out and losing their sold as depth is at-v tained. Sorao carry gold to a fair extent, and in Mr. Perkins'"opinion it would be po- sioie to mace tnein par a littio pront Dy small individual enterprise, but neither the extent of the reefs, the quality of the ore nor the general formation of tho country so far at least as judgment can bo formed on what basbeen seen, conld justify the formation of large companies for their- further develop ment Not a Good Flace to Go To. As a field for emigration, Mnshonaland Is a disappointment. The climate, fine in win ter, bucin manypart3 quite unhealthy for " Europeans in summer, tho torrential rains of January aud February; dnring which all w ork has to be suspended and roads become inrpassable. the prevalent malarial fever.the various animal pestilences, tho apparent general absence of rich deep soil such as dis tinguishes the Trausvaal seem to offer in vincible obstacles to large settlements, of white people. Naturally if great and rich gold discoveries are made thoso settlements will come, and nature's obstacles wilt be mitigated and conqnerod. But in tne ab sence of such discoveries I cannot yet per ceivothat Mashonalund has much to offer to, or much to attract the emigrant. Here at Fort Salisbury and on some of thohigh veldt a few might live and thrive, but tho want of any large market-would prevent the gain ing of wealth. lhave been hunting over a large tract of country from 4,000 to 5,000 feet above the level or the bea, between the Upper Umfnll nnd Hunyani rivers, very beautiful and fairly dry at this time of year, with appar ently rich soil.- It was, however, impossible not to detect from many signs and lndlca- i tions that during the whole of the rainy sea- son, lasting foi "three or four months, this j wide stretch of country is not hins but avast r4 swamp, In all likelihood reotinst with ma- tf laria. - G. Williams. it .i i ) ! m " "i i ! imtw,'- fc T"" - '-
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