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TERR DARING PIRATES OF THE MAGEL- LAN STRAITS. l-‘uegnn “'rcckors of Late Becoming More llnrlngâ€"l’ly 'l‘lu-lr Trade In the (‘rudest of (Tanaâ€"Throw lv‘lrebrnmls Through Porlholcn. In the tu‘aok of multiplying com- merce with the Fur Eastâ€"their boldâ€" ness growing with the number of the ships that pass, and holding the doom-way from the; Atlantic to the Pacificâ€"is a pirate- tribe as treach- etro'us- and cruel as the worst of the mavens who sailed the Spanish Main. Warm, indeed, they are thin the Ma- lay marawdars of Oriental seas. They fimd their shield in darkness, yet the is their most potent weapon. Marinara who have shumned the wild waters that meet at Cape Ham Mna‘inam who have snumueu luu Wild watmfi that meet at Cape Horn and Sought a more peaceful passage fimm ocean to ocean through the Straits of Magellan for more than a year have beenbrimging to San Fran- Dmnk brown men, with matted hair, and armed with huge speans and knives; ligth that flitted about in fluid: com an don the facts of the waters like the \villâ€"o’-theâ€"wisp in: £11500 wild tales of savage cutlhroats and mobbea‘s More liku the yarns of the fomecastle tthmn narratives of 01 bmth Itth have sounded. the bag, have been the visions that vigilant lookouts hive reported. Men disappearing from decks where they had been set to watch, and with tflwm all that could attract a savage eye. have been phenomena of peace- ful nights in the still waters under the 5111di of the moumtains that line “he Stmits. Mixed im. with these tales, too. have been. others of more dire import. A Ch-llia‘n gunboat. armed with modern guns and bearing a modern seared]- ligmt. was mysteriously set af‘ue there not mom‘than a year ago and an the members of her crew were slain. Some 01f the baldies found afterward bore evidence to the work of man in this natastmpuhae» Schooners and ships have disap- peared in late years after leaving Sands Point, in the Straits, and af- ter having been at anchor further along under the hills, and partly burned hulks have been reported to lnxificate how they have met their fate. Even big steamsmps have na'râ€" rowly escaped Similar fortune, for hunting brands have. bsen thrown into port holes while the crews were asleep. and when the men have rushed to fight the fumes on another part of the ship wild men ofi the woods ‘have appeared and attacked them from behind, and. besides loss of pro- party, left death and wounds as a. remembrance. "Dynamite Johnny” O’Brien, pilot of a score of daring filibustering ex- peditions in the days when the Cub- ans were receiving arms from the United States wherewith to continue their fight against Spain, learned to respect the terrors of the Straits a few weeks ago. He entered the sheltered waters Ln. the steamer Dolphin. on his way to San Francisco. When. he was at Sands Point. after antering the Straits, he was warned to beware of perils further along, and an accidth and delay to 'his vessel Introduced him to them. One dark night when the lookout was vigi- lant. he saw nghts glimmer all about the ship, but far away. He could detect nothing in the wa- ter alongside, but suddenly a burnâ€" Lng brand was thrown on the deck. and it was found that another had been tdvno-wn into a port hole. Fire started in both places. and while one put ot- the crew was engaged Ln. fighting the flunes the other part had its energies fully employed in beating off a secure of invaders who were “hurrying to the side of the ship Ln craft in whose progress could be traced by the lights they bore. ’Dhfl invaders were beaten off. and than modem appliances. were used to protect the ship. All the iron railing on it ways connected with the dynasz in the engine rooms, and I s-thwrp cry {113 next night told of a discovery by a savage of the cur- mut which pmtected the vessel unâ€" til it was ready to proceed. The schooner Glrx‘ier Dove, recentâ€" ly arrived in Seattle after a journey in. which the crew suffered hardship fou- laonk of food, supplements the tale of pirates. The vessel had an acci- dent to (her rudder while try'mg to beat out of the Straits during one of the storms that sometimes sweep down from the Pacific and lash the wabem around the Horn. She was wmpelled to put back and lie in one of the sheltered coves of the Straits until she would be repaired. No less mun. thme attacks were made upon'her during the nights. she remained under the mountains and ifiR UF MARINERS. that Lien they‘ waver lived to tell abau't their dis- coveries, Scientists went there to StUdy Ulla phenomena of natwre and tried to learn abaut the denizens of Wm place. But they found they would best approach one of the tribes- meal with a gun ready to shmovt and keep a sentinel over their camp: at night, at the same time being ready l always to use a. gun to aid in defence. 'mlfiy could get no information from I the Indians. Civilization, howeve-r, finally came to the mian in one waY- some of the holder ones found they coum venture out to the ships that came {through and could appeal to the gealieu‘osdty of the white man so efâ€" fectively as to get food and trinkets of which they hid never known be- ; £0030. \Vith theiir success others ventured, and now no ship can cast anchor in the coves- West of Sandy Paint withâ€" out being surrounded in daylight by 'camnes filled with dishevelled brown. warriors and their squAWS, all cryâ€" ‘ in-g out pluintively, "Yammeir schoon- Gama flavor It Japln, only more delicious. once the crew were comlmlled to fight fine and Savages at the same time. It is the Fuegznn Indiana: who are responsible for these terrors of the only doorway to the East pending the construction of a Nicnrjagua canal. In (the bleak mountain's and-valleys of Team del Flue-go and on txh'e islands that stretch along the west, cut up by scores of channels, they have liv- ed as: far back as the memory of the mariner extends. SOMETHINO QUITE NEWâ€" It was. rmt so many yém‘a ago that they were still un-Icqulinte/J with the white men and that the white men). were unacquuinted wit-h them. In the olden times mariners would now and then see a canoe hurrying across some chanmel or catch a glimpse of a moving light on (he wa- ters at might, or an arrow would come aboard a small araft as a sign of hostility. - But the people were seldom seen, except by those who might be ship- Wrecked on the islands, and they It is in the c'rudest of crafts that these pirates of the end of the nine- teenth century ply their trade. Logs burned out in the fashion known to I the Lnldian, whether he lives in Alaska: 1 or holds the last of 1am «on the point 10d? Cape Horn, bear the Fuegans through the water.' They are ugly craft, but their crews can shoot them through the water and turn and twist with them as though they iweire made of lightest bank. In: them 100.11 be bomne five and ten warriors. rat :1 time, men. clad in thJa scantiest lot" clothing, hire to the waist, and ‘ showing mlusculzm strength won from ‘ the struggle with nature for genera- [titm after generation in the forbid- rdimg hills of their native land. ‘ In these rough blinks is found perpetual fire. Rough stone p11]- niers always oo-ntain beds of glow- ing culls, fed tnom l1J‘LLI' to hour, cov- ered at might and blonv-n to flame in the warning. \Vhen the fziihen hands the canoe to the son the fire E goes with it, and from generation to It was. mrt so they were still the white men er 1” It isa plea for bread, or beads, or money, or anything else that could take the eye of untutored man. “’00 to the mariner who lets the motley crew semi representatives on heard his ship, for when the night comes he will receive a visiting card in the shipe of a firebrand that will SlhO'W him his visitors have used their eyes well and have learned what is tlhe most vulnerable part ofhiscraft. And be he ever so generous, he will find plenty of others added to his first Visitor ready to clamber up the side of the vessel and add whatever is loose to the store of articles gained by gift. hands than canoe to the son the fire goes with it, and from generation to generation these fires hive been kept alight. until Term del Fuegohas become known aS“'Dhe Land of Fire." The flame-s can b3 smwthared when a. deed is t0 be done in the dark. and CEYLON GREEN TEA ashes own protect the coals. But when signalling is to be done or wrecy is to be thrust aside, the light. flashes out from these canoes until they beme veritable firebrands of the. water. No other people would live where they do. There are settlements along the coast where ships can get 0011 and supplies and where Whalers make their headquarters. But these are only outposts of commerce. None of the inh'lbitamts care to venture in- to the country beyond, and the Fue- gam hold undisputed sway in the val- Tales have come of a. white leader in this savage foldâ€"one in whose Neims flows thb blood of the Cau- casian, but why has turned his mind to Slvagenry and led his companion: to mono orueLwork than they had ever thought of doing. lays, covered with forest growth. and in the mountains, where hardy brush and trees vainly try to cover the ledges of rock. The winding channel of the Straits and sometimes the sea itself fum- imhead them pllce for range for their craft of logs. How many of them there are no white man knows, but when the channel.. leaving San-(1y Point. ends its southward course and tunnsto the northwest, they are found and almost to tha mountains that guard the entrance to the Pa- cific their canoe fires can be seen burning. "Black Pedro," Spaniard, once a trader of the coast, but murderer and outlaw, is known from one end to the other of the Straits. Sometimes he approaches the ships of the white men and remembers his Spanish again, and sometimes his long mut- twd beard has been seen among those who have sought to slay and steal in the night. He, it is believed, is now leading the new pirates in desperate attacks, and the mariners hapex for ‘he time when a gumboat will go down among the savage Fuegans and blow their leader and a few score of them out of thegvgtar as. a warning to their: fellows. A builder in New York State has just put up a block of flats in which the only arrangements for cooking are Sllpplied by electricity. The kitch- en furniture consists merely of three round platters or so-called stoves, an oven and a broiler, which are mereâ€" ly placed on an ordinary kitchen ta- ble. ‘When the cooking is finished they can be put in a convenient cup- board. Not only is space saved but the room can be utilized for other purposes, and in summer the servants are not overheated. MUSICAL FISH. Many fish can produce musical sounds. The triga can produce long- drawn notes, ranging over nearly an octave. Others, notably two species of ophidlum, have sound-producing apparâ€" abus, consisting of small movable bones, which can be made to produce a sharp rattle. This curious " drumâ€" ming" made by the species called um- brivas can be heard from adept]: of brivas can 20 fathoms. Dadd’s Kidi‘my Pills COOKING BY ELECTRICITY. is Rheumatism ofthe back. The cause is Uric Acid in ihe blood. If the kidâ€" neys did their work there would be no Uric Acid and no Lumbago. Make the kidneys do their work. The sure, positive and only cure for Lumbago is OEY LON ‘I‘EA‘ Lie mot, n'etit'hbelr man, now God. It lie.-Hfirbert. There is one body thlt knows more than. anybody, and that is every-- body.â€"Talleyrand. The earnwtnxess of life is the only passpod‘t to the satisfaction of life» â€"T[he0donre Purlker. You know how important it is to have a. prompt remedy on hand. 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