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Show cemetery stands a row of battered stones from graves the leases oi wnieh have expired. g&3 WHERE THE ELEPHANTS DIE. o Have Their Own Cemeteries in the Heart of Africa. the African Major Powell-Cottoleft the Tar "We writes: explorer, ash valley and struck In a northwesterly direction to the foot of a range of hills, along which were many brackish pools surrounded by vivid green The Cider Mill. Sraas and with Quite a number of Sing uv the modem elder mill, with all an' size. ducks swimming on the surface. Now, Meantitsuvspeet It gearin' up to date, and laud in all my Journeyinga through It to the skits; uv its Idg tapaelty, hydraulic press country I Co not think I had Sing an' However come across a skeleton of one of l'll take the good nl' fashion mill uv. death the whose fifty years ago, those beasts for guides coulct not account and on no Plie good ol' fushlou mill whose occasion did I ever see two skeletons Tbe ruof la sunken low: country mill beneath the hill where Here I was surprised to to an from the school together. studded We countryside beside the foamy tub on sucked whole find the i"C ,i Mines with remains. I thought at first that vgEr1 (Special Correnpond'ence.) The hardy inhabitants of Skagway $Sm and the gambling perfesh. Every towns have now known fluid, wa.er excepted, sold When the war ended Ackerman Innailed the Stars and Stripes to the here. "Dogs bought anil Isold. came north and settled in his present mast. They have always said that sect powder for said at tbe bar," Inhome. After several years of success in business he rotijud, Kaufmann, aftthey were Americans, and now that dians and nigiern cursed double. the Alaskan houudery coror!a,!nn hr.' ' BortrJ, ? p rMvr loot. Mersls exer the var, went into the cigar busithat lJa onco disputed re- tra. , decided ness, and fifteen years ago made hla rplkel Lotts must be removed home on Staten Island. Both old sol-- , one gion belongs to the United States and at night, troubled yith Any not to Canada, there l;ti been many dlers being neighbors for so many will find a halter hitched to an impulsive Alaskan who lias' "cele"If the room gets too years had a passing acquaintance with brated in the mosi approved We :t: n each other, neither recognizing his old opp-- i the window and lct style. desirAll enemy, bnllist3 re tbe Any one who has visited tka prtt rf in' p i" it was at a recent celehration c will find a pitcher on the Alaska thr.t has been in The modern mill hes glasses now, or goiJ- - frank Bunge's hall at Mariners Mar--1 has - m l,lm lu Bl. soon disco ered that it characterbor that chance revealed to each the F0UI! cvT straw we usier use fureer jii'Z loxt its grip: istically American. Here he found of the other. Tbe veterans on The ole' white hues hez lust hi Job an identity unly a not! er form of the same Amor'-canlswere holding a reunion, Island Staten l.ans URin the wall. which penetrated the wilderFur In thla jnmlerit eidw mill harsh and in the evening the old Boldlers science docs It all. ness of the prairie of the Ur.itel were telling camp-lir- e tales around a States a half century ago and built More quarta per day, mure ft iter hik.i1, stove In the saloon. more atyle in ev'ty way. allies where the buffalo roamed. It was Ackermans turn. He told More tilleifMve an' nioiu modlu at th? Jp:-- tf the ern ev'ry day: of the Union soldier who had given More like the new, lees like the old. him the last Lynn canal; and now the metropolis drop of water in his canless tempt' that I know .of this district, there are Less liHlilo to draw a crowd than fifty teen while both lay wounded, and of tokens years ago! of the civilisation of the subsequent meeting at Cold HarUew bor. During the tale an old veteran uv ork. There is another Broadway, verse me not In he to Sing mills "right up to date" sat staring at tlio speaker with bulg and although not walled up with skyI want the good ol' fnshiuii mill In all its lug eyes and beads of perspiration on native state; scraping office buildings nor perforX want the hou, the grlmlin' cogs,. the his brow. ated with a subway, yet in Skagway, he straw we ueter Before Ackerman had finished a as in Manhattan, Broad u ay is Broadreal ol' fashion cider mill uv fifty ago. years form tottered across the floor, a pair way. Joe Cone, in New York Sun. of arms were thrown about AckerWhen the thick gold streaks of the mans shoulders and a voice cried out: Atlin district were discovered, just Dedicate Pennsylvania Monument "Ackerman, old boy, dont yon know over the border line, the wideawake The Survivors' Association of the me? citizens of Skagway were the first to Veteran Seventy-thirPenrsylva: ia exGreat Heaven! Kaufmann! Volunteers of this city dedicated a pounce down on them. They hustled claimed tbe across White Pass and staked out the monument on the Missionary Ridge Broadway. Tears rolled down the cheeks of best claim. After a time came the battlefield, Tennessee, Nov. P. io the old soldiers, and every person in come to I both to the had here convenient pick up ivory. Canadian officials, with the demand stand." This hotel is memory of those of the command who was affected by the scene. room on the but If herd, the bequestioning cemeteries." goes my American guide miners all should lamp that the met their death in one of the fiercest Oh, no this is where the fights of the civil war. Well, you old Yank, said Acker-- ( come Canadian citizens. There was out take a feather from the pillow and he said: die. come We to often when he had recovered from the man If you elephants that will be light enough. hardly a man who did not refuse. Gov. Pennypacker awl tiaff and the of the meeting, "I owe you a effects "The flag is better than gold, was are fond of athletics lift up the mat- come here to pick up the ivory. I had survivors of the Seventy-thirleft I am going to pay you from Swathis like and heard drink of the bed was which places watch the and tress heard on spring. saying ;a every Philadelphia Nov. 7 for Missionary now. in man One hili traders. hand. So most of the miners went particular Ridge. At Washington the party was Another hostlery built up a large I've been trying to collect that debt hack to Skagway and sought to make and flourishing business by issuing had told me that far away to the east met by the United States commisfor thirty years Reb, and I am glad; their fortunes in various lines of trade circulars which, bore this legend: of Lake Rudolph he had come upon sioners who have charge of the the opportunity has presented itself' and manufacture. But soon there was The mountaineers saloon; finest, one of these elephant cemeteries and Battlefield Park. at last," replied Kaufmann. another bit of news which frightened largest and quickest line of liquors in in a few days had collected more Adjutant General Thomas J. Slew-ar- t Members of the Grand Army on the more timorous. . the American possessions. It's where ivory than his caravan could carry; delivered an address nv.d the pre-Staten Island had the two old soldlts Canada is After Skagway was the the jolly good fellows hang out. Come but I had always regarded these e don their uniforms, and a stories as fables till here under my headline of one weekly newspapers here if you want to meet the boys. before was was each own with made the the of estabtheir proof eyes pastel A steam laundry which was article, and it went on to say that the flag whose fortunes he had followed Dominion had revived its old claim lished while the city was still roofed truth. to this territory. The sister town of with canvas put out- a sign which during the four years' strife, and the Is Life Social picture now hangs in Bunges hall. .Changing. Dyea also took alarm, for it, too, was read: New York World. The women of the east, taking their within the disputed territory. A few All kinds of washing done while emigrated to where the Stars and you wait. Clothes guaranteed to fit cue from their sisters of the west, are Capture of Jefferson Davis. Stripes floated without danger of be- after washing.) Don't come if you beginning to realize that there are Mrs circumcareers those other than Lucy Bennett of Benton liar-- ' But Union to kill the Jack. want supplanted by anything. ing writes to the Chicago Trlb-- . of milliner art the the and Mich., scribed bor, by the majority simply waited for "someAlthough there is a block on the atfollows: as arc and their dressmaker to lire a tun"-full which turning Side ' East city possessed thing An article in another newspaper, Floe aJJJl; indeed, things looked of people, but never a bathtub, the tention to matters' jgore serious imr Of some tbb time ago stated that J. M. bow than Alaskan The ominous. question port' they rougher element said towns within the disputed Wheeler, who died recently on tr there would be a fight. A squad of territory have long been used to such shall appear at the next function of Union Pacific train, one of the cap-tor-s mounted Canadian police moved their luxurious Inventions. There was a their set. It is the age of fads and most of Jelf Davis, claimed that he a these notions take of to White in of within its practical Pass, palmiest dayB Dyea plumber headquarters was the first northern soldier who the disputed territory, and raised the who made a small fortune in the and useful directing. Of the women of the smart set of laid hands on him. British flag. As scon as the news plumbing business and whose cards New York Mrs. Mackay has written a Now, the story of the capture Is reached Skagway a crowd of men read: Will fix you out with a porcelain book, and not et all the sort of book briefly this: The Fourth Michigan gathered as rapidly as they do in had been following Davis that wolild be expected to emanate sentatlon Kentucky when the law is too slow," lined tub for the most reasonable speech was made by Gov- cavalry and as soon as their horses could rates. A bath in one of my tubs is tram the pen of a fashionable woman. ernor Pennypacker in behalf of the many days and nights, with scarcely reach White Pass the British flag was better than a whole winter without She is now hard at work on another state and the Survivors Association. r.o rest. At nightfall they halted, and volunteers were called for who tnd she never lets anything interfere torn down and tbe Stars and Stripes one." were willing to push on. One hunwith her daily work. Mrs. Payne floated in its place. Then the police The Blue and the Gray. men and eight and twenty-eigh- t dred is is British also literary and also hoisted another Parisian Dog Cemeteries. flag, and again Whitney There ara no firmer friends or forward. officers a posse of Skagway citizens started Paris has a dog cemetery on an getting another volume ready for the stancher comrades They sestepped titan Willected of the best the horses, out to pull it down. There might have island in the Seine. A plain grave press. and, Ackerliam Kaufmann and JarneR J. a short route over the hills by been blood spilled had not prominent without a headstone may be had for piloted Both are of Island. Staten both man, At last, the $1 and the body is removed on a Americans interfered. Queer Trade Commodities. veterans of the civil war, in which an old negro, they came upon the a went to sum. The Most people nowadays hear a lot they fought on opposing sldet. camp before daylight. My husband, higher peak little wagon for a similar Skagwayans one of tbe officers, stationed the and unfurled a still larger American graves are leased, not sold. The about the conversation of waste, but Kaufmann, who Is now sixty-twaround the camp, when about The two emblems of empire charge for five years lease is $5. for looking through the catalogue ol guard flag. years old and lives in Port Richmond, floated there all summer undisturbed. ten $10, for twenty $15 and for thirty traders of various kinds it Is astound- was a .private in Company C, Twen- that time a Wisconsin regiment came Another evidence that the disputed $20. Very stringent rules forbid the ing what a number of eccentric com- tieth New York Volunteer Infantry. up, and a little skirmish took place to see that land must always be American, al- use of ceremonies or decorations such modities are utilized for trade pur- Ackerman is sixty-thre- e years old and before it was light enough Presnot Boldlers. was out as are were used union cross funerals. at No all the of skins of millions The brought point eels lives in Mariner's Harbor. He served they may poses. though came maid . before' the arbitration tribunal, Is the be erected over an animal or a bird, are tanned and used as leather for in the ranks of the First and Davis her Mrs. ently Virginia Regirough and ready humor which char- - for all pets may be interred here. The bootlaces; frog skins has become one ment of Confederate Artilltry, in the out of a tent, leading an old lady tawed with age, clad In a loose wrapof the most beautiful and useful arti- Second Company of Richmond. cles known to the hinders of fancy Both regiments participated In many per or morning gown, a little shawl books and the makers of fans; walrus engagements, and on two occasions tied over her bead, and a pail on her whiskers provide the most elegant directly opposed each other. In one arm. Mrs. Davis asked permission loothpicks known to the modern man of the battles at Chancel lorsvllle. the of the guard for her mother to go to the spring for a pall of water. After of fashion; and beetles of a certain two regiments engaged in a the old lady had passed the guard, of court kind are exported by the hundredhouse. the back struggle weight, for use on theatrical dresses. In this fight Kaufmann and Ackerman for ease In walking she lifted the were both wounded. The Union sol- skirt of her dress, and In doing so k Attractions. dier fell with a bayonet wound in the disclosed her 1 toots. The guard said Halt! and he halted, for It was Booker Washington says that one head. reason why colored people migrate to Davis, with this outer cover, a ladya When consciousness returned cities is that there are more schools. found the body of a wounded morning gown, thrown over his clothAnother reason is that there are more Confederate beside him. Kaufmann ing. No one laid hands on him It cake walks. The colored rural citizen gave him a drink from his canteen and was not necessary. When discovered his face flushed, and. drawing his is no more oblivious than the white asked If he were badly hurt. he exclaimed: I may as well I Confedman to the social allurements of metsaid knife, the afraid am, Im Mrs. Davis If you get a chance will you die now as any time. erate. ropolitan life. Washington Star. the Don't irritate name is folks? James president" J. said, tell my My Teetotal Canteens. Ackerman and I live In Richmond, Vln This is the true story of the capture of Jefferson Davis. He then lapsed into unconThey knew Australia's "Tommy AtkinS has glnla. My had a narrow escape of being made sciousness again. nothing of the reward offered. a teetotaler by Act of Parliament. Shortly after this the hospital corps husband received his portion, which Such care is taken of bis Interests of each army collected their wounded, was nearly $1,000. by Federal legislators that recently and In a few weeks Kaufmann and New York Veterans in Reunion a motion to abolish the sale of Intoxi- Ackerman were again In fighting trim annual reunion In twenty-fiftThe canteens was defeatwith in their regiments. respective cating liquors Battle of Cedar of the commemoration both weeks later votes. two Some regiments ed by only Bridge Over Porcupine Creek, Skag way Trail. the held was Cold Harother at Regimental AsCreek each by faced again York ArtilNew Fifth of the an was sociation armistice, There bor. acterlzes Its inhabitants. It has the inscriptions are of a curious and exduring Steamship Subsidy. at the historiVolunteers of Texas Veteran of the as soldiers the jokes the opposing lery same ring aggerated sentimentality. Tola DoSir Richard Cartwright has given which the cattleman or the Montana miner. A rian. the author, says on her pets' notice in the Canadian parliament of armies exchanged newspapers and to- cal residence of Comrade and Mrs. Canadian would not think of such an tombstone that. If she "cannot accom- a resolution to make provision for a bacco. During this breathing spell Van Houten, at Pompton Lake. Oakadvertisement, for example, as that pany the dear and noble animals she subsidy not exceeding $133,335 a year Kaufmann and Ackerman again met land, Bergen county. New Jersey. veterans, accompanied by Among does not wish for heaven," and on for a steamship service between Can- They became very friendly, Kaufmann Twenty-fiv- e of the South Dough Hotel. to Follette's" grave a mourner has plac- ada and France. inducements patrons some of the giving his name and address to Acker- their wives and daughters participated these words: of this hostlery are the following: My dear Follette, man, and both promising that if the ed in the anniversary dinner. A busiCrap, chuck luck, stud poker, and thou wert always faithful and IntelliMan proposes, woman disposes and fortunes of war should look favorably ness meeting was held after the dinblack Jack games run by the manage- gent, we regret thee much, repose In the rest of the world says I told you on them they wonld look each other ner In the room which Gen. Washington had occupied. Near the entrance to the so." had been declared. ment. 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