It! XT BF.TSF.T AXU HKR DEARS. Kemarknht Cntsklll Pump With a Famous Pair of Twins. Aunt Betsey Lewis, of Haines Falls, N. Y., is the foster-mother of re markable pair of twins. They are two mull black benra, with sharp teeth, wicked eyes and short, strong, ungain ly .legs, wliich terminate in bromt paws and business-like claws. They wore captured in the (Jatskill IMoutit- --- ' jf, 'iuii,.Hii,WI"'" lllBlflllf ffWilfPS AIM KIlTShV AMI oins a few weeks ago, nud Aunt Betsey, who is somewhat of a wag and will have her little joke with the city folk who stop at her roadhonse on the turn pike, declares that she went out bunt ing one day and brought them back in her apron. Xo one gainsays this, for sixty bears were captured this Inst year in (Ireeno County, in the C'atakilla, whereof the bounty has been duly paid and recorded by t lie authorities, and Aunt Betsey's prowess is known throughout the country Hide. Aunt Betsey is a typical mountaineer and a local celebrity, fresh -cheeked, vigorous and muscular as an Amazon. Hor brawny arms are a match for the AVI I.I, RIDE OVF.K MMUIU. Michigan Aeronaut Arranging to Make the Perilous Journey. Jackson, Mich., has a resident who is devoting time and money to further a scheme to successfully go over N'ia- THK BARTHOLOMEW SHIP. gara Falls and survive the attempt. Coryell Bartholomew, of that city, proposes to make the trip and he brings to his aesistanoe in doing it the experience of a lifetime in aerostation. He came into prominence as an aero naut in 1890, when he toured the world with the Chioago and all-America baseball teams, giving hot air balloon ascensions and parachute drops. His trip in this particular was a series of remarkable suooesses and gained for him in all the prinoipal countries of the Old World a reputation for daring and skill. With the stimulus of 8100,000 ap propriation, reoontly recommended by the Interstate Commerce Commit tee, to be paid to any inventor in any part of the world who may previous to 1900 build a ship that will safely navi gate the air, oarrying freight and pas sengers at a speed of thirty miles an hour, Mr. Bartholomew has devoted a Urge portion of his spare time to this work. The contrivance in which Bartholo mew proposes to ride over the falls resembles a huge dumb-bell rn appear anoe. A hollow shaft of thin steel 100 feet long aots as an axle to two spheres forty-five feet in diameter, al lowing enough room on the shaft be tween the mammoth balls for a trapeze which will be secured in suoli a man ner as to allow the spheres and axle t j revolve at will without inoonvenience to the oocupant of the trapeze bar. The spheres referred to will be con structed on a steel frame and will be oovered with rubber, and over that a layer of cork to prevent punctures up on sharp rocks. Inside of eaoh will be a gas balloon as large as the in terior will admit anl when these bal loons are inflated with hydrogen gas it is estimated that the structure will have a lifting power of five tons. A sufficient amount of movable ballast will be attaohed to the shaft on either side of the trapeze to keep the ma chine from rising from the water as it floats down the river. When the verge of the precipice is reached and the MM ftsticuffs of any mnn in the neighbor hood. And her wits are m shtrp, ay the New York World, m the original Dame Van Winkle'. Aunt Betsey sell "soft" drluks, ci gars, popcorn and sugar candy from the front porch of ber cottage, and the summer guests in Rip Van Winkle's land stop in passiug for a glimpse of her twin bears. Beyond this, Aunt Betsey is a bit of a literary character, and writes quaint little aoreeds for the Hl.lt TWIN WY.WXi. county papers under the nom de plume which has made her "Aunt Betsey" to all the Cut skill Mountaiu folk. Aunt Betsey's twius aro called ".lack" aud "Miss Bruno," are very affectionate, nnd can discount most folks in the line of bugging. They also bestow upon her warm, wet kisses from their ardent black snouts. When she boxes their ears they ory with a sound that greatly resembles a pig's squeal. They have had their pictures taken in Aunt Betsey'a arms, after some difllaultv. for Jack insisted on ' knocking off Aunt Betsey's glasses with 1 his paw, and Bruno clawed at Aunt Betsey's Sunday-go-to-meeting gowu. plunge is made the ballast will be gradually released, thus allowing the contrivance to slowly settle to the bottom of the falls. If it is found that the force of the water has been under estimated the inveutor intends to re lease all ballast and make oue of the most notable balloon ascensions knowu to history. Mr. Bartholomew is anxious to make the trial in the summer of 1890. A New Treadle Bunt, Our illustration represents the, lat est departure in water oycliug, which is paving very popular in houio of the large parks of Germany. Treadle bcuts are not of such very recent in vention, but the peculiar coustruotion of this latest contrivance and the rap idity of motion which it affords is worthy of notice. First of all, the now design is not in the shape of a boat, and does not ad mit of the carrying of passengers. The machinery is just above the sur face of the water, only the wheel comes partly beneath it. The position of the mun In the boat is exactly like that of the rider on his bioycle. I he weight of tho entire apparatus does not exceed fifty kilo- grama. It is asserted that a ride on NOVELTY. IN WATKtt CVfiLINO. the lake on one of these macbinos is exceedingly pleasant and exhilirating, aud in smooth weather more than ton miles can be ooverod in an hour. The inventor is Don Ramon Burea, of Madrid, Spain. Origin ol Llluc. Both name and tree are of Persian origin, but came to ns through Tur key. The name means "blueish" (see nkeat), and indicates the oolor of the tlower. loo tree is said to have beou brought to Vienna by Busbecq late in the sixteenth oentury. The first men tion of the name 1 have seen in Eug lish is in Oerard, where it is given aa "lillach or lilach," and is said to have been aptmed by "the later physioiaus" to Syringa oaernlea, or "Blew Pipe," by which, evidently, Girard means the liluo. "These trees," he says, "grow not wild in England, but I have them growing in my garden in great plen ty." There are, as is well known, different varieties, some white, some of different shades of purple. The Ulao, says some punster silly. Is named from smelling like a 11-1 v! lis mast bare thought us wondrous sillyi w uvw iuv eouuu oi i iu uiy. , -r-Notes and Queries. BANNOCK INDIANS. I.MF.HP:TINO FACTS ATlOfT TIIKSK ltKI MKN. ot a Numerous Tribe, Hut Hardy nnd Athletic Rxpert Horsemen, llever Phots, anil Said to lip Onoil Fighter. JT CCOR1JINO to the data rela- live to the Bannock Indians obtainable at the Indian (T liurenn and the Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, this tribe is nut numerous. In the latest report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs it is stated that the Bannocks number 441 persons, 521'. males nnd '22 'i females, their reservation is at tort Hall, in the sontheru part of Idaho. At the Bureau of Ethnology some in teresting facts about the habits and characteristics of the Bannocks wcro civeu to a New York Hun corre spondent by Professor W. J. Mel lee and Professor Albert H. (latschet, who have bad considerable experience with this particular tribe. I lie Bannocks nre what is known ns a hunting tribe. They do not take kiiidly to agricultural or industrial pursuits. They depend largely upon the National Government for their support, and do not diplay auy par ticular lesir for a higher onler of A 1AMU.V civilization. Iu the Indian Innguigo the word Bannock is "Pan-a-i-ti." It means "Southern People." They have seldom scut representatives to Wash ington ; indeed, the Indian ofllcinls do not recall a visit to the Great Father from this tribe. They are tail, athletic looking people, great hunters, aud are intelligent as a rule. They apeak the Snake language familiar to the tribes of the Shoshone family. OLD WARRIOR. YOUNG) DfCK. They are not a progressive tribe, nor do they multiply. On tho con trary, the reoords show that they aro fast becoming extinot. They ate good fighters, expert horsemen, and adepts in handling the rillo. When not en gaged in hunting they depend largely upon the supplies they obtain from the agency at Fort Hall. They are hardy and apparently are woll fed, aud there is little sickness among them. The men and women in general pre sent the healthful appearauoe characteristic of thoso tribes that live away from the scacoast. OHOUP OF BANXOJKS There appear to have been original ly two geographically distinct bands or divisions of the Bannocks, and to this fact, whioh has not been under stood generally, is due much of the oonfusion that has existed regarding them. The. main home of the Ban nooks appears to have been in South eastern Idaho, whence they ranged into Western Wyoming. Theoountry actually claimed by the ohief of the southern bands in treaty lay between latitudes forty-two and forty-five de grees and between the 113th meridian and the main ohain of the Rocky Mountains. Their oountry thus sepa rated the homes of the Wihinasht Sho shoni of Western Idaho and the. Washaki Shoshoni of Western Wyo- ming. They were found in this region in 1H5!, and then claimed jo have al ways lived there, a claim corroborated to some extent by Bridgcr's statement that ho had traded with them in this country for thirty years, whioh tlxea their occupancy as fir back at least as They were found also iu 183:1 by Captain Bonneville on the Port Neuf, jnst north of the preseut Fort Hall reservation. Bridger states that when ha ilrst know them they numbered l'J DO lodges, or abont 4000 persons. Manv Houtlioastern Idaho Bannooks affiliated with the Washaki Shoshoni, and in 18."9 had extensively intermar ried with them. Home of the South eastern Idaho Bannocks, to the num ber of 500 or CAW, were placed upon the Wind reservation, Western Wyo ming, which was established in 1801). They now appear to be classed official ly as Hhoshoni. Fort Hall reservation was set apart by Executive order in 1HH9, and (101) Bannocks consented to remain upon it iu addition to a large number of Hhoshoni. Most of them soon wandered tway, howovor, and as lit- as 1874 an appropriation was imulo to enable the Bannocks and Sho fthoiii scattered iu Honthensteru Idaho to be uioTcd to the reservatiou. The Baunocks nt Fort Hall were said to number 4'ii iu 1885. Tho second band was found by Gov ernor Stephens in 185:1, further to the north. They then lived ou Haltuon (IllOUP, River, a branch of the Suiike. in East ern Idaho. Specific mention is not made of the Bannocks by Lewis and Clark, who passed through the coun try jnst uorth of Salmon Kiver iu 1H0H. These explorers, however, may have included them under the general term Shoshoni j unless the "Brokon MoccuHiu" Indians mentioued by them are identical with the Bannocks. Iu all probability the Salmon River Bannocks here nieutioued had recently crossed the mountains from the east ward owing to pressure by the Black feet, as it is certain that the former claimed as their laud the southwest ern portions of Montana, containing some of the richest portions of the Territory, in which are now situatod Virginia City, Bozemau City, and many other towns of importance. The number of this hand iu 1853 is un known, although Stevens remarks that they had been more tbnu deoimated by the ravages of the small-pox nnd by the inroads of tho Blackleet. In 1809 their number was estimated not to exceed COO, probably an overesti mate, since their lodges numbered fifty, which would give them about 350 persons. The estimate of 1885 in cludes them with the Shoshoni and Sheepeaters of this reservatiou, nnd collectively they numbered (107. It is probable that at a not very re mote period, perhaps .beforo horses reached their country, the scattered bands of Baunocks were unitod iu one locality, probably tho southeastern part of Idaho, where they were pressed upon by, and to some extent incor porated with the Huoshoui bauds proper. They belonged to the buf-fulo-huntiug class of Indians, and ap pear to have been a widely roving tribe, a fact which favored thoir dis persal and separation. Their lan guage dill'ers markedly from those of other tribes oi tho family, the Utes, Comanches, Puviotso, eto. Practically notuiug is known of the former organization of tho Bannocks, and of the bauds whioh made up the tribo. Whorovor met thoy were known simply as Buuuouks. Four band AT THE AGENCY. names were obtained reoeutly by Dr. Hoftman, and a fifth is given by School craft. These are KuUhnndika, or Buffalo Eaters; Pouoiutikara, Sugar or Honey Eaters; Hbobopanaiti, or Cottonwood Bannock ; Yambadika, or Root Eaters, and Waradika, or Bye Grass Seed Eaters. Korean Collejro Bots. Roanoke College, in Virginia, seems likely to become the educational head quarters of Koreans in this oountry. SurU Beung Kiu of Seoul has been a successful student at Roanoke sinoe January of last year, and now Whang Hyen Mo has arrived at the oolloge to study English. Description ol Flf ht ol Sea Monster. Tho British oit-tank steamer North em Light, Captain Parton, which ar rived this morning, brings to port a flub story. The Northern Light plies between this port and Rotterdam. She Bailed from the former port, calling at Shields to replenish the coal bunk ers, and resumed her voyage. Tho ship made a northern passage, passing through the Pentlaud Firth, which separates the mainland from the Ork ney Islns. When about 250 miles west of Rock Hall, the weather at the timo being clear, the captain said that the officers had just returned to the deck from below, having finished their evening meal, when the o Ulcer on watch drew the attention of the cap tain to a great disturbance on the sea, about nine miles ahead. A general rush was made for glasses to investi gate the cause of the commotion, when a large whale was sighted, apparently in deadly oonflict with some marine mouster, which appeared to be revolv ing over the whale's back. Soon the Northern Light was abeam of the ma rine contest, which was plainly visible to the naked eye. It proved to be a fight between the whale and an enor mous fish called the "thrasher," the deadly enemy of the whale. A meet ing of the two always results iu a fight, generally eudiug iu the death of the whale, it was explained. The near approach of the steamer to witness the duel did not iu the least deter the thrasher from delivering his two enormous tins or horns with tre mendous force on the whale's back, which at every blow tried to get out of his way by diving, and at times jumping purtiully mt of the water in its frantic efforts to avoid the enemy. Meenwhile tho Northern Light drift ed slowly ahead, and as time would not permit those ou board to witueis the finish, the steamer procee lod ou her course, but for some time after wards they could bo seen a long dis tance astern, still lighting furiously. New York Post. (Jii'M'iinl the Simtliern Hemisphere. The omniseent Whitaker, under the heading "British Possessions in Aus tralasia," states that Melbourne, with its suburbs, contained ou :11st Decem ber, 1891, an estimated population of t44,83j inhabitants, "beiug the most populous city in the Southern Hemi sphere." We have always understood Rio do Janeiro nud Buenos "Ayres to be also iu the Southern Hemisphere, nd, oddly enough, Whitaker himself gives lnrger llgures for both of these cities than for Melbourne. The re mark is prohnblv one that has been at some time true, and has been carried on from year to year. Iu any case, the results of last week's census establish incontostably the claim of Buenos Ayres to be the largest oity of South America aud of the Southern Hemisphere. With al lowance for imperfections in the exe cution of tueceusus, inseparable from tho way iu whioh it was carried out, the figure 055,088 may be taken as practically correct, and no other city in this half of the world can lay olaim to possessing within 100,000 of this number of inhabitants. Tho popula tion of Bueuos Ayrt-s is thus larger than that of any city of the United Kingdom except Loudon and Glasgow ; it is considerably larger than that of Liverpool or Birmingham, und it is only about 50,000 less than the com bined populations of Manchester aud Halford. Of tho great citiesof Europe, only Puris, Berlin, Vienna, Ht. Peters burg, Constantinople and Moscow surpass Buenos Ayres, and in North America only New York, Brooklyn, Chicago aud Philadelphia. Our city is the second oity of the Latin world, surpassing Madrid, Naples, and Rome iu Europe, aud Rio Janeiro, Santiago, Lima, and Mexico in iK New World. The rate of growth is no less remark ablo than the actual size, for in tho last eight years Buenos Ayres has in creased by about fifty per cout. Bueuos Ayres Review. Lions Recognize Their Old Trainer, The big African liou aud lioness lay yawuiug in their oage at the Glnu Island Zoo yesterday. It seemed as if nothing could rouse them from their laziness, when, of a sudden and with out any apparont provocation, they arose to their feet. Then, emitting tho most frightful roars, they dashed thomsolves against the oage bars. The tigers in the next cage became inter ested aud contributed their roars and growls ; the great elephant Zlano be gan .trumpeting, and soon such a din shuttered the air that the little fawm and deers and the baby zobra ran trembling to their sheds, while the moukevs tried to bide at the bottom ef their cages. Keeper Walter Bannister and his a sistanU wcro surprised. The lions coutinuod to bound and roar. Just then an old man forced his way through the crowd. "I'm atraid this is all my fault," he said to Bannister. "My name is Tom Leroy, and I've handled lions all my life. " As he spoke be stepped over the rail ing. Bannister recoguized the name as that of an old liou tamer, aud at ouoe made way for him. The man went close to the oage and thrust both his arms through the bars. The spec tators expected to see Leroy torn to pieces, .but the lions quieted down and began to lick the man a hands. He explained to Bannister afterwards that he had trained the lions to do many tricks years ago, aud had trav eled with them for several seasons. He bad not seen them for years, yet they reoognized him the moment he came within sight of the oage, and made an uproar that was quieted as soon as b caressed them. The beasts passed through several doalers' hands before going to Glen Island, and it was not known that they were trick lions un til Leroy ao iuformed Mr. Starin' representatives, New jorlt World. THE 6. A. B. ENCAMPMENT. ' The Twenty-ninth National Convention : to Be Held At Louisville, Ky. FIRST MEETING IN THE S0UTH.I Th Kentucky Metropolis Prepared to Kn' tertftta 800,000 VisitorsThe Warrior tf the Confederacy Tfltt TVelcome thai Soldiers of the North The Proa-rammei f Arranied by the Order. A twent count of the Grand Army of the. Itopublls shows that there are still SAR.OOO! warriors enrolled upon Its books. Fullyj one-third of these will make the journey to IoalSTllle, Ky., where the twenty-ninth; Hatlonst Eaeampment of the Order will take plaee on Ssptomber 11 to If. Many of the! COlfHlXDr.B-IN-CBIir TBOMAS O. MI.tl. warriors of the Confederacy will be there, too; also the sons of veterans, the wives and families of the old soldiers, members of the Women's Tteliof Corps of the O. A, R., and a host of followers, numbering In all 300,000 visitors to the Kentucky elty. It will be a nntatile encampment for many reason. It will Ia the first time that the Grand Army lias mot south of the line, and the Honthnrn folk Intend to show the old soldiers the vast dlfTurence between entering the Boutliland on missions of war nnd peaon. For months the t!itlr.ens Committee or I.ouIsvIIIh, whleh has charge of the encamp ment arrangements, have worked lndu trtouslv to meet the huicetak ot entertaining; 800,000 visitors, a nuaiher greater than the whole population nf the city. Huhsorlptions to the amount of tOO.OOO have hneu AeJIttcted to dnfrny the expenses. There are Ky-flve pulj toi ijllo senoois mine oity, ana an t)i tnese, ouether with other nubile bnlldluirs, will he placed at the disposal of the visiting THterans. Across the Ohio Kiver. on the Indianaslde, are the towns of New Albany ami Jefferson vllle. The citizens of these plaaes have or ganized to csro for the overflow from Louis ville. All of the schools and publlo build ings will be devoted to the use ot the visitors tn these towns. The country In nnd around Louisville gave 8500 men to the Confederacy. Those of tbem left haveentered Ititothe spirit of the ooca lonwltb even more ardor than the average. oltlKsn. They know a nnmberot men In the city who fought them a generation ago. There are also a great number of men In the city who fought on the union side, in an. Ken tucky contributed 100,000 nghters to the Northern forces. The particular heroes of the occasion will be the few whoareleft of Rousseau's old brisnde, which formed the nucleus of the Army of the Cumberland. Gordon and Lomtstreet. or the Houtli, will be there, and both of tbem will bring from Georgia many wearers of the gray who will help along the general Jubilation. Moldlers ot the Confederacy from all parts of the South will gather there, too, and wnen tn enemies ot old meet, some strange talus ot adventure will be told. The Louisville committee has attended to many details whioh will be gratifying to the veterans. All tbe physlotans of the city have been organized, and will doctor anyone who may need their care, freeof charge. The drug tores will also fUlpresoriptlons free or for a nominal charge. Every precaution has been taken to proteot the visitors against any schemers who may seek to overcharge them. Commander-in-Chief Thomas O. Lawler, of Bookford, IU., has already arranged the general programme. The headquarter will' be at the Salt House. The Council of Ad ministration will meet September 11. at 7 p. m. The encampment will meet at Mmlo Hall September lil, at 10 a. m., and the pa rade will move Wednesday, September 11, at 10.80 a. m., Columbia Post, of Chioago. be ing the escort to the Commander-in-Chief. No other organisation than the Orand Army bands and Louisville committees will partic ipate, C. C. Jones, of Illinois; Thomas O. Sample, of Pennsylvania, and J. W. Carna han, of Indiana, have been appointed a Committee on Credentials for the encamp ment. There are many plaoes ot Interest iu and around Louisville for the visitors. Four miles east of the city, on the old Brownshoro filks, Is the grave of Oeneral Zuchary Tay or, the hero ot Buuna Vista, Monterey, Res sio and Palo Alto, This famous warrior lies burled tn the family graveyard of tbe old Taylor farm, and his resting place Is marked by a granite shaft surmounted by a Ufo-sUe Statue of tbe famous soldier. Cireotlv in front ot thy city are tha falls of the Onto, unages span the river con necting the cltv with the towns of New Albany and Jeflersonvllle. A now steel struc ture running to the latter oity has just been completed, and will be used for the tlrst time by the Big Four Koad during the encamp ment. A hundred miles south ot the city is tbe Mammoth Cave, which can easily ha visited by the veterans and their friends. The battlefields ot rerryvllle Klchmoad. Bowling Oreen, Cynthlana, Wild Cap and Munfordaville are all within eny reach of the oity. They will be visited with a dual ot interest by man v of the old wartom who saw them in lees peaceful times. Colonel Henry S. Cohen, an Ohio man, will be the Orand Marshal of the big parade. It Is expected tbat fully liuO delegates, with voting rights, will attend. The official en campment badges have been struck from blended metal ot two cannons, both of which figured In the great struggle, one on. the Union side and the other on the Confed erate side. No Bull Fights at the Atlanta Fair. The bull fights at Atlanta, Oh,, have been oalledoff. At a meeting of the Exposition director resolutions were adopted instruct ing the President to order the Mexican villogl oouaenstonnairea to do away with that foa tureot their show. The deoUion of the Board will be fought by the ooncessionnalrtw, who have been making every axrangumuut to make this a bla attraoHon. Germans to Tram China's Armr. The Chinese Qovarom tat lm auuouaol its plan lor the reorganization of its army aud navy ou a molern- b.ul. X'j Urda:vi system will be a.toitt. -.. ' .
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