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STARR, DESPERADO.
Ling: Story of.a Western Outlaw's
Life of Crime,
TIRDERED 56 MEN.
Brother -in -hew -His Father's
ith- and Tonve vow Of Yengeen0e--A.
ntt with.- the ---Gevernment an a -
tet. Old- Agee • -
- 'OM -STARR, ho
died -at his7 hoisie in
\sa, at -this -natio, less than
:a. year ago,: sap- a
s Muskokea bpeola,l, at
. the advanced age of
-ntnety-Sheay-,ears, was
-..perb..aps the meet re-
anatkable desperado
, -that ever-- lived.. ..For
tatter of a Century he et -as a tetror to the
fah - Territory. He was a full -blood
irOkee Indhn, apd _came_ to this nation
• ta-914 old •Cherokee ceinatry in -Georgia;
• er eleventtr-fiVe years ago. The origin Of,
im.i5tare is .somewhat obscure, but it is -
:04 that he. Came to: the Vest .,with his
heroilieh a mere infante
tThklo1s1 mat Starr was a "bad Man" to
gin. i with, and when he Came • to' this
=lintel the Cherokees -were tjenit essaying
"r.their !new fent. .of government, and he was
Terne •oti the -fleet to bid defiance to: the lie*
tiirderif of things. •He ,became involved in
• some ttrouble- and killed ais. officer who
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attornpted his arrest. • An vaned passe of
• eeel men *mat. to take the. em man and
they lad to
RIDDLE, HThf WITH -Mt-T.VMS
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beforeltliey. could doi. -Young. Tem -was
:then eilieue 15 years old, and So great, was
aPtachmehtt for .his father .that_heivia
• by hilside alietest cbnthuaUy. TOMWai
ipteeerttafthe, killing, and his father died -ha
. is artns: • -
1 In tiinging the dead Man to Tahlequah.
• if_er identification' and bnrlal, butlittle atten-
I-then:Was paid to the lad that had -thus., been
•'made iithiOrphan, but he -was at the burial of
bis father, with -tearless. cheeks and a
eattning expreesion bathing -ftom: his
piereit4 black eyes. . -• • -
--4ftir the old Men hadbeen laid to rest
fireveV7 the boy lingered at the grave.When
• the *bed of tuesympathizing and curious
.Peoplelhad. diapersed, and there-. remairied
enat a httle mound of fresh-ttirped dirt to
mark the last resting . place if his father,
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' Torn k4eit over -the newly -made ...grave and
• osegillegHted , .
TERRIBLE OATH OF VENGEANCE.
-TO* Starr hirdeelf told, the writer that he
wore :y the mutual love he and his father-
- bore erleh_ other that he would kill every
.- Wheel son of the posse who *ere- present
. zt. the murder of his father before:the beard
theulaigrow on his face,• .
-Hotel weli he kept this dreadful *Oath no
one ever knew better than Tom hitceelf.. It is:
-- facellieweer, that in leas than two years,
•Sitithetore• ha was 17 year. -.aid, he had
.harriedioutbis, vow 'and the 'entire posse of
fifteen Imen-hael vietima to Ms deadly,
atid untrring alm. Thliwast the beginning:
Of -TonOtarr's_cereer as a desperado -one
• 41 the iti-Oat remetkeble in the world's h is
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He. jelizied arbated of. the moat &operate.
raela
in. the West, and soon after became
• their leader in -their
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' DEEDS- OF DARING" CRIME. •
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. Per tairty years he was -a, holy: - terror to
• ,the:Chetrokee -people; • Officer after officer
- iebtee attelipted, his arrest fall a victizn-. to
• his deadly slip. Citizen after citizen who
revealed hia whereabous or betrayed hen
in the Last were likewtsearaurdered by the-
' autIatial • In 1844 and 1845.. rewards. - aggre-
•'gating fi30.,000: were offered for him dead or
salitre„ h4this 'capture . seethed. an Impend-
bEgity, and he detied the Caerokee and the
United t3tates authorities alike.: As :Staer's
• ,e-nputate:on grew, so grew his bind of . fol.
•lelsoseres 131 1851 he , had about. forty des-
perate Oen, attbia pcinenand of s every osier
end - itationality. -There- were lull-.
- Japtocl Trdians, balfrbreecl. white men,-
full-
bood -;itegroes half-breed .Indiane
&gees, *fexicans and' Irishmen. . It meant
• almost certain -deatli;for one -.of hie 'hien - to
- ahow th a Whitefeather in an .emergency,. or.
• to bette0 him in the least. • On one eccaaion
-. & erresnaltsrs of the gang -a Mexipan-bee
trayed him by leading a sheriff. and his
pease Vt his iiceptiezVous on thel Canadian
river. it .61 the- gang was-
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CAPTEiRED. AND KILLED
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hut 014Tora made hi a escape -by awirathing
the'Caneidian liver, when the •teMpetature
was buti'a little above zero. Starr subse-
gnently followed e the greaser to. El. Paso,
Tex, anil murdered him In the Streets- of
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that city ; . • -
Beter4i the war between the States old
Torn a-ttriving.bueleess in human' live -
that -the big -fight evoold- feat *ever, and-.
finally:terminate like the.famous sctikamage
between the Kilkenny eata-reboth sides • be
.-eirterneinatecle. ;' • ••. .
As progreised. and the..:ereltre: of
,slaves- depreciated; Stare found that -his -
'• NEGRO-STBAI4NG F.NTER.PIZTR'S.§:;,
were not as profitable as • he desired, ite he
begin ft -mu* meat Ohl," attentionto horses
and d-cattlee... He stble: heroes . from, "ethe
Confederates Texas and :Boa them. totthe s
Feder -ale In: -Kansas,- arid.' then: Wotild
steal.: cattle: from • the • biuecOats, in Karieaa
and: Mt-Souri nd . rOdrive t theni to!
the Southern soldiers' in -.Arkansas' ihd.
- Texas -and evil there. Just efimr the obese of..-
.
the war -04 Tom- _performeit :retie of the
mostremarkialle•-•eadtdaring -feats. of his
life. With. OtAte -ember-44ms_ -Starr was the
;twat .powerfed- Man, is physically, in- - the
Cherokee natien...; -That exceptione was his
'brother- In law, Bill -Wept; who Was con-
ceded to be the etrortges.t man. In the
Country.; • One _ bieW.:_ with .his fiat was
alinost as -.deedly as et- Winchester. bulleto
He killed Sta.V.rfti.- Tflett . With- his .fista-, arid_
the Clierokae legislature:It rechgrfiziags bis
terriblektiengthe Passed: a law .declaring
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.wEsT7s FIST'A DEADLY_WEAPONI.:
difiiral Markham's Ileporti
Victoria Disaster.
AN IMPOSSIBLE MO-VMENT.
Seine 'One Ellin& vede-The *-sern;li Ites41.--
.-Mer.oistnor the .1111ettwThe Ltvee aved-
OflIeIuI and an. •IJnoflicIai
..AeeOnnieof the tettnetrop. bee .1;1
A leond.on"-'eabie -s'ays .A- midshipman
.front the -.Victoria ; arrived. at • .Calaiseearly•
•thief morning with IteareAdiniradAratiltham's
despetelies, Concerning the collision +ff.
The firet despatch was dated 'froth
:the warship:: Clardpairdoweton ju.ne
Itie -with profound ;egret thab I
have -to report 'the total .loss .of H. M. 5.
-Victoria, involving • the •-irrepa.ra4s lode ef-
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the Oommander-in-Chief, Vice-Admital
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and makieg„ it a felony for him to-- stirke a George Tryon: -•offiOete -and
fellowman with it. Tide law • is _on record
in the ".exeentive - office' of the Cherokee - • • •
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336 men • :under the &howling cifirt
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ownstancee : . The squadron, ansistmg
of H. M. S. Victoria, Canieserdii4fen,
Dreadnaught, Jnllexible, Colliugwoopl,
Phaeton:: Edinburgh, Sans - Parisi, Edgar,
10 this •
Amphion, Fearless and BarhafaleltBeyroUt
nations to. day, end May -be eeen. &by; one
who may 'doubt the truthfulness, of : thin
stateineae. -
West and Starr were . boon Companions,
-aid were partnere in many a• bloody -enter-
-prises, hilt it k0 haippened that. these men
did not agree later an as - they did ate.first,
and•as-there were big rewards offered for
each cif them at that time by the chief of
the nation; Old Toni decided. to. put West
out of the way, and at the same time secure
the reward offered for his. head. So accord-
ingly Tom pleked a quarrel -With.. West one
day Matra the division the spells. el a
plundering expedition. West struck out as
Tomwithhis fist,- but the Wily. red man
eluded the terrific,. blew and at the same
time landed' a long -bladed knife between the
ribs of his -old companion. As Wed fell to
the ground •Starr, with another stroke of
his huge knife, ,
fleS_ter tea' Sg_ITEE.D HIS -1TF!AD
Fut the head
in a giumyeack- and -Willi his Tgory .charge
proceeded to -Tallirquah,where he entered
the item a the ohief_i• of .the nation, threw
it on:a table, with proof thafit was West's
head, and demanded the reward. The•chief
waera ee 00 mate Of 60,and he well
knew the character , of . the 'man Whe... was
now before MM.: He also kitew that while
_ hereward offered- - for Nest's head was but
$2 000 that the reward for Starrevae $5-000
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But the old chief's life was at :stake, and at
the -muzzle of a revolver- he paid: the reward
over to the old terror, and he _left town-e-ta
the delight sr d eurpeise of the treniblthg in
habttnt .of Tahlequah,. Withentatahrdering
a 'single person. •- - . -
Old. TOEct at length became tired of his life
of outlawry and deterinined to -•• .•
• SUE.IFOR PEACE
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with his nation. He had beeonie such a
• Verner to the Cherokees that they were glad
of a-chance.to. make peep° with- him, and
accordingly negotiations to :that end were
begun;- Starr -sent an envoy from his. ren-
dezvous- en the Canadian River to 7,eahle-
-quah, the capital, to, topiesent him before
-thi Cherokee legislatine; which. was at the
tilneein, annual eeesion. - -;The matter was
taken up by that". lecdy and; seriously con-
sidered. Arrangements Were filially made
whereby Starr was.- to - be acquitted of :all
his past_erinie and. murders on cendition
that he evfie: after live rin peace with his
people' arid -abide ty their laws. The
bill - was pasied e` by the
tura - and . approved by - chief:
The a-eminent:was then sent -by the envoy
to Old Tons,- and he signed-: - Thus -was
peace proclaimed.. This is, I believe, the
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ONLYINSTANCE KNOWN 'HISTORY
*here a treaty of peace and - amity was;
entered into between individual ragman&
a sovereign nation of -people. This 'treaty
was never brekep by Old Tom, :he ever
afterwards religionely Abiding by. IL
Old Tom Starr was an 'extraordinary pete
Ben in appearance, standing six foot andliva
inches in his Insoccaalis and' weighing .170
pounde... He . was 96." years old • When he
• died, and as eprightly as a • young- man
of2p..
For 25 yearn -Tom Starr lived at peace,
with mankind anti made: an:. ekoroplaey
citizen, but !navy of . the .p.eople .ed this .
-conntry entertained a . prefeund. fear of
. the old man,. even unto the day of his
death. et
At Booth's ;tiros and Beath. ...
It is related that on the date of Edwin_
Beotli!fi birth there WaS a meteoric shower,
says the New Orleans Times,Democrat.- _ At. -,
the hour, and islet .before the moment; (A-
llis. death At the Players' Club. list Week the
electric lights all Went out, and at the honk
of his:burial-In Mount Auburn last:Friday;
justat ounset, there was a phenomenal slay. .
The7weet was net only brilliantly ag1OW
*evoke. lt wnIa sta1 negroes-', in. Texas 1- hut aglow in a -peculiar Way. Above •the
AOSscliAr14nsas Ebtgi take Vetere to Istiasitesipp1. horizon line was a. bind ot. lightl verging
aetd. Tenfeeeee aotl- s,•li them, endthen in tti*Kra golden .green,...vthile below and -above
•tern tee44.1d ie steed - thein in __MiergesiPpi and.-wasa mar-velous_ blending- of reee and- Smite
.ItnneilCe and market_ them in Arkansas and gelir-while in the. et the reflection of
_easel Tex:See He exiered upths, businees terms. all tole-, splender was repeated in. ,fairitet.
-welt& i.•teve Orlesete slave trader andtwoaid tins. „It was -an effect se beau 6,101 . and fil)
nieet hiri at the coefinenca rrf the Arkansas unique et-esa among beautilUl sunseti that
and 3tlati8i,seippt Rivere 'and_ exchfange his wes rettarked in Maley towns altaiong the
-1.hienian merchandiee for Lthi and the COViSt bete. - •
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eapsratiofis -spread - until 1859- they • exl
et-tee:stied "direr the entire Indian' Territory arid
sseareral Of the adjoining Sate. When
*Tree:citing is crimes: in thell , faof I860 the
Cheroketi Legislature placed
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loutftcOLD-nnooDEit'DITYRD'ES
to cr4d_ite, iasefe t;o7 eatiniate. that
before' tilte s.6 *Se of the _War . he ,had more
t.b.132( dPrr:ibIed afee.th record.
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v. 'au= kilkd sterel _ -deputy "a1,- United •
States Saaashale and this, together with
- .some. ot3er killings, got Uncle.
gete),„ ESO h this. countey. :thet
he thought it beiteo move a. little, i_further
ho ft000rdiogly went to Westerh
ireexae jed,eed ttie hostile Cor4nchet.,.
Tete beroamedwith unbridled freedom
• eel the ,i -Western andevvaa al leader
•eifaany':" a bloody expedition agai4et thee
•• rik *ostlers of that -country..
-,Then the war broke out Old Tonire
-tied lit! the Cheriikee-: nation, and,. again
tited Alpert hie death -dealing - naiseion• .
04110 own people. He was new: at the
&las glory- and earnestly rayed
abouta- forenoon for Tripoli. Short?
after the squadron formed Single colt: n
• line altreaet :end Iproceeded tilde, rate sf
about eight-knotte •an ..hotir.: about
five Miles froth the anchorage off Tripoli the
signal WKS given at 2.2,0 in the afternoon
form colannan Of divisiors in line ahead; di
posed abeam to Port, thescolumns. to be fix
cable lengths avert. We proceeded - in- this
formation Until -3.28.. when the siknal tr4l
made from the \ 1 etorla to the .fik t
'divisien to turn sixteen points to p-ortt
to the seeendtdivisien to turn Sfirteitt points
to . starboard. - As the columns.• W.'e!te, eel
Aix cable lengths apart, it was the
fore, in my opinfoxii -:pOssiblet within the
maxceavring distance, to- 'execute such
an-evelution, •I directed -the flag -lieutenant
to keep the signal, which .we were repeat,
ipg, at dip; as an Indication_ that: the
from the :Victoria was -AO Understood.
thtia directed him to signal. with th
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aernaphoie. -
'DO I UNDEEST'AND
it is your wish for the columns to turn a
indicated by the sigral now flying?' Bu
before my order could be carried out th
commander -is -chief semaphored me vvait;
know what I was ting for. It the
k thth h
point's, as indicated by the siginiand
t
aruc me ewied
me to turn sixtee
was his intention to -Circle round tle; secon
division,• leaving- therai on theport hark!
Having the fullest confideisee. In the. - grea
ability.of the -commander to:inencOvre:th
squadron without even tisk of • -plollision
I ordered the signal hoisted as -an indica
• lien that.' understood. , -.When the signa
was -hailed- down •-• the belea-- 6f . th
• Cardperelosvn: was put - hard-aPoilt.- Th
same , time the helm of the Victoria lwa
sterbeerded. I Watched very carefully th
helm- of the Victoria,- as indicating the put'
-pose_ of her -signals; •- As the two iihips inane
toward each Other, seeing that the helm:- o
they Victoria was Still hard etargoard;
'directed the captain of the daraperdown t
go full 'speed astern with the atiiibeard
serew in order to decrease out eircletOf turn
lug. Seeing that:a collItilon Was inekitable,
I then ordered him. to go full.. Speed astern
with both enginela . but before our -speed
oeuld be materially checked : the ate* of the
Ctimperd-oWn struck the sVictoria i!on. 7,the
starboard 60* about 29 --feet b-efOlre -the
turrets and -Crushed into-- -the _shipii aim*
to the : centre line, . the fore and at lines -
o th e at ..the time Of Ass: OPllisien
being inclined . towards each other at
ae angle of about -eighty degrees:. ' was
Ithink -quite two taltutee -before' the -Caen:.
Pardewn-ware able, although goielg with full
spied astern with both engines; sic) get clear
of the Victoria; The water -tight tdOors, of
the CaMperdotvn had beenClosed by my
Orders before the collision• occurred. See.
intthe ethical :Condition- of the :Viotoria,
which seemed to be settling down by the
head,- boats were inamediateltt prepared,and-the boom boats were got ready:: to be
ho$.eted out when the open, peneatit was
liehted by the. Victoria and • the signal
was made net to send boats. . 4- very
few minute* later ;she , kneeled: over to.
etarboa.rd,t -and tutting bottortietlipwardse
diseppeeered. The time that elapsedbetween
the. pecarriag of the collielein 'atid the
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dis-
apparance •Wak only . aboutthirteemin-
i
-I - :Shortly before the Victoria itirned
over the tmen were:. nes* jumpintt over-
board. Obierving.. • this iinntediatelY
ordered the. eignal Made. tp ss send. 417694
to the ::•1 -rescue,. 'and :- directed ethe
1
down,. however, was sivinging r&fdly tO-
seteed- - the . Victoria, eand those ,onthe
flagship scarcely had -time to reach the
compartmentilefore- the vessels - came to.
gethee. Then -the water -rushing in to the:
,thip.thiough several of . the. :forward deord
prevented accees:to thOse.-compartmezits. •
- "The collision mat :and bOoM-_ were ..get
out; An attempt was Made to _place the
mat over the the .forecaetle, but it
failed. - While this vias.•belng done Cpm -
mender Jellicoe was engaged in getithig the
boats out. The rapid and increasing list
the :.ship was. making Made this tisk a
difficult one. The port side of theship
was . crowded e With- •men, their .anxiety
plainly showing in their .countenancee, but
perfect :order was maintained. The men
who had 'been condemned toimprisonment
were brought from the `'brig,' and, the sick
Net* conveyed from.the hospital. One
nian-Whe had been -halo*. forwardat the
thise:of the.coilielon had both legs._ broken
by being hit by - the Campertlow.n's
The Victoria lay With. a list Of from twenty
to thirty-five degreeiaforabottb-two minute?.
She Was settling by -the head at the time.
Sidden1y the: Water rushed Al/toiler the
main deck pits, and in lees than ten niinutes
after the Ship wept down.
• "JUMP, SAVE YOURSELVES."
"In the last few minutesshekeeled over
With ' frightful rapidity, but clutching
staunchions antIanything s else that would
hold them,
,the :Men_ hung on, no One .ata
tempting -to leave the drip. Vice -Admiral
Tryon 13fAV that all hope was gone and gaVe
the order, - 'Jump; save yourselves.' .Then
'and not till then, did the men break ranks.
They ollitilied into the weather nettings cry-
ing 'She's going down,' and scrambled to
get:held: of something on the upper tilde- of
Ate ship. - The men who Were in .the stein
above:- the .port propeller, which' was -re-
volvingraPldly, were,
when they jumped,
forced .tO jainpseleae.to It. Some did not
clear the.. blades.and were instantly
killed. Those 0111 .on athe ..stern
seeing the fate of theie9-cried, .6 -Stop the
engine,: for God's Sake !: I This of .course
deuld not ,be done, as it was impossible even
had anyone dated to enter the engine -teem.
Thesightt of ,mentmeating their death by.
being .hit by:the Screw.- Was: a horeible one.
Many who Jumped went cloven beneath the
water; but rose agai.•In the meantime
the Victoria had turned bottom up, and in
a few; Memento - she unge4 down, bow
first, •carrying with- hermanyOf the men
who:.wore: clinging to! her, they -having
clanibered. -toward 'her keel as she turned
, , _
'dourly over after getting- down on her
About 400 get clear of the ship • before enhe
Sankt bute many of them were struck -i by
floating. wreckage afteeveard. and so injured'
- that they Were drowned."
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CoveleEte WITH- MONKEYS. '
he Strange Idventare, That Befell a
Travellee in C4len.
' A .inoat singular thing, befell me near
ParadOna, ceylcin, says an 'Austrian civil
engineer now travelling in America. I had
gone with a friend into the great botanical
1
e garden there. in this great gtuelen oddly:
(i enough,- .therei, Were -many wild anlnials.
• IewaSsextreinely warm, and -I became tired
e 'end stretched neyeelf one the gitaind'
. some Indiattribber- - trees. • -.14; friend
d ineintiine lefortmo, • and I!, fell • Asleep.
f 104813 • -441'6. _slept an hour; t when
suddenly was awakened by. a queer,
0 undanny . -and- opened My Eyes.
-_ Judge of my surprise when I saw.
. perched upon my feet, bodyoand Oren. ripen
my , shoulder, lot of little Monkeys;
while: all ., about me and . beanaing
down evenme him.* trees were monkeys
of all thee and ages.. It -seemed to Me there
!' were myriads of them. . I: was frightened,
for T.knew these :moiikeya were wild, and in
their. wild. sitAte: .I-- did not - know .i•what so
Many if them -might dee :1 gave .eine leg e
•. twitch, hoWeveret. and thens the Other, and
bounded to any feet, throwing off all that
Were gantbeling over and: about me. in. a
second ethe -monkeys • vaniebed .aud - only
.peering, fromthe tops of the tall bamboo
and rubber tree!) could • I see any at all.
.Even theeetlid:netremain long. It appears
that the qt0eranimals meant no harm to
.me.- The .congrens had beent-.Called, and.
their examination of me as I lay Upon the-
-gronnd was merely put of curiosity to divine
-what kind Of an ObjectI•wat. •
er
ainhani and Fearing- W close in a.t.eice to:
save life; :Steaming nee the iCrianpardoWn
at the.terne limp.. to ,seoure--lhe officers and
Men .steuggling in the-- water. = Tbe.com
efforts of the :Squadron. 'resulted! in the-,
saving- of- 29 .offidera eand :About 262 men.
But I:regret that no less than .22 Officata.
and about 336 men, the majority of 'Who're:
Were in allprebability 'bele* at the time,
werelostil s:
I Deli- SEA WAS ',SMOOTH,
and there- Was'..onite•a light hieeZe the
timeof the'eccident. -The Injlieles tp.' the
e •
CamPerdewri are :aerie -tit, butth
,: I •bopet at
with the -assistance of the artificer' itit.the
ve-eadrier _they "nay be telnporatilyrepairecti.
to that . she. may be .sent e to Malta -and
docked" (Here Rear -Admiral Markham
- - •I
givee a detailed and technical desetiption-of.
the beineies :stietained by li.i.:(japlperdoi-‘11:•)
regret that the ship's 'books' et tiqe.V40-
teria. were lost.. In fact nothing of -.import-
ance has been recovered`so fir. :i'•
4; For .some houte after tbe einkingiof :the
Vieteria the Water remained. ,sigitatetloyer
• the'vereek.. Therscrewse :Were revoiving 88
She lank. In the vicinity lipf• the
catietrophe With thee:- squadron ;with 5.30
t •
edelodk, •when, at the Campeedown . was
making- Witere _I deemed it advisableta
anchor the ship off Tripoli. The Atnrion,
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Barbarn • and- Feiarlees remained: u.nti - after.
:
datle but did not recover -,anything :Isar
iportence. (Signed) • A. UARKHABis Rear
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" • .A cer's. ken:
e! A bugle ca. War eaOunded on the flag.'
*hip, Calling allbancls to theirtstation, atid
he Order: given- :to close the water -tight
ears the bulkbeedia a -Mb:nitre:before
ki haPperitd... The: (*pet -
"mast itiberovedmake of fireariat -His
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.tellbeyeaDerels a yeanng- tetiple en de
.plaiay as wants you to •send 'esti some
chairs." : 7 • •
ClericeeIs it bright moonlight?
tBellboy-Nope erdarke - • -
Clerk -Take them this chair...
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"This is the portrait' of the foundez..of
our house; He fought Under-Witlison* the
CoiqUerer. 6 e
1 suppoae you are very Feud
of _him ri "Well, hardly. Yea see, he is
the only ene of Ourihonse since its foneada,
tion who had no alicestors.”. •
,Moonstone is •a variety of feldspar.
Te lm -0 length -of the Streetiaavenue.
beilevards?:bridged ,quays and thorough-
fares Of Paris- gener4ly Is eat down at about
600 mules, of which neatly 200 are ptmittd
*ifibb trees. •
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34‘nagerie.. AelliStant.HThe • big ostrich
attempted to swallow a ..turnip to day and
chokekitae1f. . Madagei-ll'!gee in
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the neck.- di
High born -the baby on, the top fiat- t
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TilElyORLD'SREADING MATTER.
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Tifiti) Daily and Weekly Papers and ilow
I They Ae Distributed.'
STRANGE PRESS NOMENCLATURE;
N the world there are
4,965 daily newspapers
published, of which
no fewer.than 11759;
or more than & third,
are issued in the
United -States. That
country is, in fact,
more plentifullyanp-
kplied witheiewspapere
ha
cordirg to the facie a ntdfing nag h
geTti°ene tEthee.
Tis -Bits, there being, beside the d.eilies,
13,404 Weeklies and 605 papers which.
appear at otherintervals, without taking
Into, account the monthlies and other maga-
zines and reviews, which bring up the el
to about 1.3,000, raving employment,*
estimated, to 200,000 people. .
tNew York 'State alone hes more
than are published in all the continentle
the World south of the equator.. •
Newspaperenterprise apOare, indeed,
to fieurieh all ever the new world, at leaet
to the extent of putting forward great num-
bers of separate mere. "
CANADA'S SHARE,
Canada. bee 94 dailies, 570 weeklies and
132 monthlies.- ...Latin America, • including
under this convenieab term Mexico and
'Central. sea South Areeries, where Spanisi
and:Portuguese are .epoken; has over 4,500
newepapera of all -sorts,°200 of which are
printed in other lauguages than Spanish
Portuguese, alenost every foreign 'tongue
being represented: -
The newspapers of the Britieh 'lake name
ber 2,272, London alone sending out 496. of
these. Tho monthly magazines ahd tjatiews
4)f all kinds published. M the Britis;a Isles
total up an additional 1t900, • -
Paris had 12- more dailies then London,
New: York, Philadelphia. and Boston- cern-
bined. The Parisian papers, Of which
there are 141 altogether, are generally -dis-
tinguished by having larger cireulations
the/1,110W of all other eitieff, The largest
cirotqation in the world is that of the Petit
Journal, which isinIes more than a m:llion
copien daily,
GERtiANk HAS SECOND -PEACE.
Germany °couple's the second place. with
regard to the number -of daily papers.; hav-
hag' 073, besides 2,930 weekly And other
pepers. The oldeist European neetepaper
stitl published its:the Post Zeitung, of Franks
fort, which dates -from 1616.
China, can boast of the mcst Ancient
newspaper in the Pkii Gaz,ttte, which
made is first appearance in A. D. 911. - It
otherwise makes a poor ShOliNirg itt the
journalistic world. For all. its 400,000,000
inhabitants it has only 24 newepepeen, 10
of which are daily and 14 appear at loner
interyele. Only 11 are printed in Chinese,.
El n..igsitipsh.rinted in, French, the ree. ,behig in
Jral6an. presents a "striking contraet; having
92 dailies and 75 other .periodica3s, 4 Nearer •
home, even the little island cf. Iceland,
with some .70,000 inhabitants, has the f ame
number of newspapers as the great. empire
of China. i •
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, The newspapers -cf.Indie. are pubilehedin
mai* languages," _and it is said that those
in • the native tongues ere more widely
circulated and read, • in proportion to the
number of copies printed, than is the case
anywhere -else in the world. A single cent .
will serve a whole -village, and Will pass
from hand to hand until it actually 'falle to
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pieces. • . .
Persia had six 'newspapers all in the
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native language except one in Syriac.. Per-
sian newspapeis.ere not printed from type.
When the reading matter le ready it is
passed. to 0. scribe,
who makes a eieazi copy.
From this a beautilully written fine copy
is made by a hap.d.-writing 'expert, • and
this Is finally exactly reprodnced by Itithe-
graphy. • 1)',
• THE SMALLEST PAPER:
Borneo hb8 the. imallest -regularly put
lished. newspaper in the world -the Sarawak
Gazette, printed in English, and firet issued
ri 1807. •
All ever. thetworldisome. 59 languages are.
WONBEBEUL BEAD OF 11-.4.1B. . .
_represented by the newspapere. Maty are
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printed in -two or three languages. t:.glisle
A. NigreFli With Si Feet of - El:ion-lined in such eases beirg usually (Mr.
- . :: . ' Tresses. . The newspapers Of Austria show a greater'
.
Hearing ..the • statement -made .- in Holly variety in this 1.'el Peet than thokie of anY
Sprlitgte that Se reanaelcable negro woman eenntr'..79 including in the lit 'Ger lane-
-freak • lived onlya few mike from -the town Italian, .French, Magyar' o; - Hung u
a 'Correspondent of the New Orleans Times- Greek4Latin, . Potishl ,Seivian, Slavic a
Democrat defermined to Obtain the facts in Hebrew.rv.
the case. A. middle-aged - I:egress. -greeted . The most, remarkable paper isiin A.uta, ;
the Visitor. The woman was quite dark, of and probable in the world as regards lane
a pronounced African type of physiognomy, guage is the Acta CemparetiOnis Teiterarum
five.feet-three inches tall, and in fair health, "Crniversitatenn, ar ,semi-monthly .revieti of
but bait never had any .phildren;
comparative literature, which. bas coritribn-
• She wore. a s-whiteis cotton turban, tied tors in every Part of the world, Whose.
about her head and tucked.- in. 'at the back articles are . all printed - in their - , native
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to support the immense weight of: her hair.tongue
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Thii3 she removed and laid upon the table, In South .4.mericatheta are papers pub -
hair, _Which 1went Many times around her in the Guarani of Paragnay. The Zulus, e • Zulus,
head; and &Copped upon the floor. It was, even, had some year ago a paperin:theie
indeed, an -amazing- eight., Three braids,
!almost .as- thick as a mania arm clone to the hutit- - itialehcit. P:111-ebolaride-eaisneda°uttoh appear. -Africa,
!head, but , tapering- to the thicknesa of - a j ' ' •
I* A GREAT NAkE. ,. ..•
fingerat the ends, :closely ;plaited and
' ineanitrini six feet eix inches,. braided an it
ho in length. -IlOooks a - good' deal like usslovai
inis TIliiiiieet11:loe„fdnpagherirectii. no7ei. W :la annlispotre tt.,itwlehlin6h-exxi.esiee,tactees
Natininnavnik Susar
;s uesignation of Arr.
grizzled, coarse and almost rejeeleive -'" ,
SpanisternOse, but Is darker; crinkled:0 .ateh: sty*, . . : :, . e. eon. ju_ne 10 . „4,.111 la nillaes;
touch, stiggeiting- g e- 11611"e" of the ah.
leading newepaper ikeee - let ,, t e:r...-
.-Culrioa_,8 also, ii illombe. tont;
normal groveti, 4-,fla after death.: which, .. obtains its -
edited by an gnglishina nard .....) trend
published by a man niied Sexton, . The
publisher'deolinet advertisements of under-
takers, I but ' appropriattly inserts :death
notices gratis.- . .
The most northern paperis the 2trors/ap,
published at Haramerstein. The editor and
•his staff work in a small turf -roofed Wooden
house. .1 -News -conies by mail boat, .and;tlie
Haminersteiners .are made .. aware of the
rank for :something •over thirty yearn." Theworld's' events _generally eight days late,
tesult.Was.en explosion of...nierriment, the and, as the paper is a weekly, its news is
meaning -et' Which took the genial . chairman_ _often arfortnight eld. The subscribers are
MIS. Oliver -I Wonder how Mrs.- Spence i kept have
tohtiellirfocorttpiheebehind, as sr.- many -o! -them,
°hie lit, tr. time to'. understand. - • • .
'delivered by boatafardess,
they fetch them, which they sometimes do,
keeps. her servant girli a°. well? Mrs. japing 1,ifor theirkin herringr. and other fish.
Poyntere-Meet-forget that •Mr. Spencer. is ; - . ' .
-r.of a very gay.clispoOtAton.-. . - -, . - . ° I giokseeyoulouud a good dear .0e: :fault,
.. Thonglaiman'eword is as go.odas hisbond with, that pudding .and . yet you ate the
It doesn't follOW that his deed is as good as whole of ° it. Wicks -Yes;' It tasted ao
Mortgage.' - abominably, I knew it -munt be good f#r. me.i 4
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'Telltng Speech.
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• it.t: a publie dinner in England the toast
,of the "Army, Navy and_ Reserve Forces
was proposed in ferrite of equivocal' compli-
ment. En submitting the toast the chair.
man said: " Thiais a toast which requires
1NeOry little comment from me; as the subject
is one With which You are.all familiar. The
army and -navy have been. drunk. for many
years and the reserve forces have now been
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