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Show the euirey Nueva Vizcaya province strikes a tributary of the Magat river at an altitude of a little more than 2,500 feet. From this point until near Aparri there is an almost imperceptible decline in the grade. Manila, P. .1. The longest railway In Bambang is the prettiest little town the Philippines will be the govern- in the Philippine islands. The people ment line leading through the wonderfully fertile interior of Luzon from Manila to Aparri, the northernmost port of the island. It will be, as it were, the great transcontinental system in the islands. The survey calls for a line 336 miles in length. With the exception of one difficult grade, the read will be comparatively level, and trains should make the trip in ten hours. Recently the writer traveled over the line of this survey on horseback. In all the trip there was only seen one hillside of about three acres which wa3 barren land, and here it was being worked for a lime quarry. From Manila the road will run northeast 123 miles through he valley of the Pampanga to the Caraballo mountains, which run north and south from 10 to 30 miles from the west coast of Luzon. It will cross these mountains over the South Cataballo 3,730 feet. The sum- mits are covered with immense hardwood trees. The railroad will climb for 33 or 40 miles through these mountains. The I.17.0.V RAILWAY ROUTE. country reminds one of the Cumberland mountains of Tennessee. There are pacificos and took no part in the are occasional little settlements in the insurrection. Only one company ol valleys where the Indians Igorrotes American troops has ever been in from Benguet province grow coffee. Bambang. Fifty years ago the SpanEvery little farm is protected with a ish built great cathedrals and bridges bamboo fence to keep out the deer and and improved the roads. The country ,wild boar. There are no native Taga-log- s is rolling and the valley is open. The dwelling in the mountains. These long, low, slanting foothills are denseIndians are stronger and more indus- ly covered with timber. The country trious than the Filipino of the plains. is capable of supporting an immense About 25 miles above Bambang in population. To Build Railroad In Philippine Islands A pass,-elevatio- (OOOCOSC2CCCCCOSCCCCOQOSCCCCCOSO&SO&SCCCCOSOQOSCOSCOSC Medals for Uncle Sams Regulars VETERANS IN THE SERVICE TO socososcccosoccososooooco WEAR NEW BADGE. tionalized Morro in a circle composed of Regulars Who Went to Cuba, the Philippines or China Will Be Honored Description of the Decorations. Washington. To gratify the pride and stimulate the ambition of the soldiers of the regular army the general staff has issued an order requiring veterans of the Spanish war, the the and Philippine insurrection eking relief expedition to wear bronze medals as a part of their uniform on dress parade and occasions of ceremony. This will give the boys something to be proud of. The general staff also provided a special badge to be worn by soldiers of the regular army who have been awarded what is known as the certificate of merit. Thi3 certificate is bestowed upon enlisted men who have distinguished themselves for good conduct, gallantry and soldierly qualities. It is not so high as the medal of honor, but is very much prized and entitles the holder to two dollars a month extra pay. Secretary Taft has orderd similar medals for veterans of the civil war and the Indian wars, under similar regulations. These medals are not for volunteers, but for regulars only. The following is a description of the several designs: Civil War Obverse: Head of Lin coln In circle composed of Inscription: the War words, With Spain, and a conventionalized branch of the tobacco plant and stalks o$ sugar cane on either side, with the Reverse: A military date, 1898. or Cuba trophy above the word in a Porto Rico, or Philippines circle composed of the words. United States Army, and 13 stars. Insurrection Obverse Philippine Conventionalized cocoanut palm tree, with the Scales of Justice on the right and the Lamp of Enlightenment on the left, in a circle composed of the words, Philippine Insurrection, and Reverse: A the dates, military trophy above the word LuMindanao or other designazon, tion of a campaign in the islands in a circle composed of the words, United States Army, and 13 stars. China Relief Expedition Obverse: The imperial Chinese dragon in a circle composed of the words, China Relief Expedition, and the Reverse: A mili dates, tary trophy above the words, or other designation of the campaign, in a circle composed of the words, United States Army, and 13 stars. The military trophy adopted for the reverse consists of an eagle perched on a cannon, with five standardas significant of the five great campaigns in which the United States army has been engaged; an Indian spear, shield and quiver, a Filipino boio and a Malay kriss. The morro selected for the design on the Spanish war medal of is intended to be characteristic 1899-190- 4. five-toe- d 1900-190- 1. Peking-Tientsi- Cuba rather than Spain. The eagle on the merit medal is taken from the famous marble Roman eagle in the possession of Lord Wemyss, formerly Lord Elcho, well known for his great interest in the British volunteers. The design for the ribbons are a3 follows: Civil with War Blue ground, stripes of white and red on either side. Indian Wars Vermilion ground, with narrow edge of dark red. Merit Red ground, with stripes of blue and white on either side. War With Spain Yellow ground, SERVICE MEDALS TO BE GIVEN TO with red stripes on either side and narrow edge of dark blue. REGULARS. Green Insurrection Philippine With malice toward none, with chari- ground, with stripes of light blue and The words, dark blue on either side. Reverse: ty for all. The Civil War, and the dates China Relief Expedition Yellow in a circle composed of a branch narrow with edge of dark blue. ground of oak and a branch of laurel. Indian Wars Obverse: An Indian Extraordinary Sight of Birds. A hawk can spy a lark upon a piece in war bonnet brandishing a spear and mounted on a pony in a circle com- of earth almost exactly the same color posed of the words, Indian Wars, at 20 times the distance it is percepand conventionalized arrow heads ar- tible to a man or dog. A kite soarranged like a laurel wreath either ing out of human sight can still disside of a buffalo skull. Reverse: A tinguish and pounce upon lizards and military trophy with the name of an field mice on the ground and the disIndian campaign, in a circle of the tance at which vultures and eagles words, United States Army, and 13 can spy their prey is almost ineredi stars. ble. Recent discoveries have inclined Merit Obverse: Eagle in a circle naturalists to the belief that birds of composed of the words, Yirtutis et prey have not the acute sense of smell Audaciae, Monumentum et Praemi-um- . with which they were once accredited. For Their acute sight seems better to acThe words, Reverse: Merit, surrounded by a laurel wreath count for their actions, and they apin a circle composed of the words, pear to be guided by sight alone, as United States Army, and 13 stars. they never sniff at anything, but dart desire. Spanish War Obverse: A conven- straight at the objects of their 1861-1865- ," FROG WAS TO BLAME. Weather Prophet Had Simply Puti Faith Where He Believed He Had a Right. The Intensely Practical Poet . BY LOUIS ENGDAHX po- - "Now, if you could only write etry. , The farmers want high prices. They all yell for iaU.tr wheat: S they s are the liatie with tries Of Hessian riy anil ranis of sleet. Anti Hie hear keeps waxing hot. "Poetry be I beg your pardon, but do you know that 1 think you are very foolish? and Harry Furber shrugged There are many wheat crop killers. With tins hull upon the market, his shoulders, jabbed his hands into tiling had and blight and tiost. his pockets, and tuought the question But tin- - Russian hear ain't in it. decided. With this bear that's always hot. T wish I could get you to appreciate he finished the applause, which When the artistic. It is a great thing to had b.oheu cut in several places, grew love an. these men of the pit coulu for roaring, love and I that ton, My goodness. some one started a Hue end then I to yell, the tan go is enough for me. e a and good play theater pick time I see one. At the exhibit, I admire the best pictures. 1 like til'm singing. I can read a good . or a good book, but poetry and now want me to writs some." prac;.-AnYui are loo iiiieii.--l'mum like e.y i you 1: ui-n- tical people? Thv are tery nice to h..vc arm: Then may come around as u you won t dt ny me tliai ? Oh, no; you are always wchrir. Then Furber took his !eae. A went ctown the steps of the Kue mansion, he met Robert Phelan, he did not look at him. Phan a poet. They had been at Harvard tot er. Both had very indulgent fathers. Phelan had written poetry for the Monthly, and in hs senior year had been chosen to belts literary editor. After graduating he had still continu'd o write poetry, and once his contribution iiaa been accepted by an eastern magazine. Fui her had been a little of everything in "ollege, and in the end had turned out to be not much of anything. Fie h il made many friends, ha-- a good time, managed to get a diploma, and, he asked: What more could anyone want? Immediately after graduation, Furber, the elder, had taken his son into his office, intent on teaching him-thFurber was a grain business. name much known on change in Chicago. Harry Furber was appointed to be one of the representatives of the firm in the pit, and he had soon learned to bid in on the wheat with the best of them. But Ruth Koessler was his stumbling block, and Phelan, the poet, was the hard thing he bumped against every time he stumbled. Together, Furber and Phelan had begun to call upon Ruth. Ruth said she liked both of them, but she had gradually developed a sense for the artistic, and Furber was not artistic, but Phelan was a poet, and so' he must be artistic. He could talk all about ancient Greece and Rome, and could quote much from the classics. Furber knew the original source of these lectures, and although he liked to hear Ruth talk, he would not stand for anything that came from his rival. And now she wanted him to write po1 etry. It was the middle of James Wilson, the secretary of agrl-- j culture, was discussing an antiquatedj kind of farming. It is about as profitable and logical, he said, "as the weather reading of a Connecticut farmhand I used to know. he that hours. Whin a frog croaks in th afte: noon you may be sure of 24 hos of sunshine. We walked on, and in 20 minutes a heavy shower came up and we or were drenohel to the skin. "Yuli are a fine weather prophet, laid I, as we hurried homeward through the downpour. You ought to of yourself.' be 'O. well,' said the farmhand, the frog lied. It's to blame, not me. Am I nspiui'-didfor the morals of that tta o particular frog? The Things We Eat. age to have her take him m.l tu the in 'km0.! veranda ih.'.t t. .e.dt-okcthe m.liL lie wmre.l n g t that i per lrom the i tinier ns soon :.s In e lulJ. In the me '.mime thv lall-el- . I behove i could file intensely practical people, Ruth said, guardedly. "Bin they cant write poetry. When I was down town this morning, went over to see what you weit uomg. 1 vm up in the balcony, "I never saw you, broke in Furber, and a sickly feeling came over him lie wondered at what time she was u;. there in the balcony. "No, but I saw you, and you seemed so pxciied, just like all the others, do not know what you were all shouting about, but I knew that you were doing things. Everything seemed on the move. "Thank you," said Furber, and he She must have been up felt relieved. there afterwards, he thought. At that moment the paper carried came around the corner, and in a few minutes Furber was eagerly turning the pages of a copy. Ruth wondered what was the matter with him. Then he dropped the paper and looked out towards the street. He could not look at her. Why, whats this? said Ruth, and he turned. The paper was lying where it had fallen with the last page upwards. Sure, there it was. He had forgotten to look at the last page. I P-- Too much meat is absolutely hurtful to the body. Sailors on board of g t scurvy when their supply of The diveg table food is exhausted. organs of the human body degest man vein table food, and if we don't cat enough veuttahh s we pay for ir ileat ly. Nature gave us wheat, and in every kernel cf wheat nature has distrib- ie 1 uted iron, starch, phosphorus, lime, su..'.r, salt and. other elements necessary to make hone, blood and muscle. is wheat scientifically prepare 1. Cooke. 1. end made into and' orif-- EE goes into the flakes, fo ' .he digestive orstomach r ' 'u-subg gans to conm" it tie effort. stances wit: rs are a clean-eyestrong anil hai y lot. The proof of a pudding and the proof of besides is in the eating. being solid nourishment is most palatable. Every mouthful is a joy tq the taste and direct benefit to your health. A package of contains ten liberal breakfasts. Our friends advertise us. They eat for a while. They grow strong. They are well and happy and thev pac:s the good word along. Next time you send to the grocers tell veur boy or girl to bring home a Have your tackege of It is their children eat whin, friend. They'll eat nothing else will, taste good. and you can You try deduct the cost from your doctors bibs. book. Back to Nature, We send-oufree. It's a good hookful of plain, He picked up the paper and handgood, common sense. If you want a ed it to Ruth. This individual newsCompany, copy, address paper devoted the last page to special 10 First St.. Quincy. 111. features. It had certainly made a feaThere was a write-u- p HOW TO LAND HIM IN' A WEEK. ture of him. and with the poem telling all about it Monday Be pretty smile once. the author, but there was also he Be prettier frown at him. Tuesday swore he would jump on that reporter Wednesday Ee pensive sigh once. next lime he met him the picture of Thursday Laugh at him. himself in his running togs at college. Confess your love for him. Friday used cut the It must have been they Be out. Saturday Univerthat year he ran in the mile. him. Accept Sunday to sity athlete goes through wheat pit become a poet, It said. When Herbert Spencer was a hoy But Ruth was devouring it all. Oh, his father sent him away The youngster became Harry, how could you do it? she said to school. at last. homesick and with two shillings In Easy, and Harry would have hug- his pocket made his way home, over 120 miles, in three days, walking most ged that reporter. Then Ruth got up and went into the of the way. He did 48 miles the first house followed by Furber. She got a day and 47 on the second. On the scissors and carefully clipped the poem third day a friendly coach driver took him most of the way for nothing. from the paper. finas she she said, Say, Harry, Cornelius Vanderbilt, in the name of ished, you can do almost anything, his father, and Alfred G., in the name can't you? of his mother, made application for Harry was too much flattered to an- membership in the Rhode Island Soswer. ciety of the Cincinnati as the repreWell and Ruth blushed slightly sentative of the Vanderbilt family. and smiled at him. The society decided that Cornelius was Ruth, and Harry stretched out his the proper representative and he was arms toward her imploringly. elected with 15 others. When they closed, they circled about Important to Mothers. Ruth, tor she was within them. 1 EGG-O-SE- E u-;- life-givin- - EGG-O-SE- d, E EGG-O-SE- English-Speakin- E EGG-O-SE- E EGG-O-SE- 10-re- nt EGG-O-SE- E E EGG-O-SE- E. EGG-O-SE- E. EGG-O-SE- E EGG-O-SE- E EGG-O-SE- the forenoon, had and things quieted aotvn in the pit. The market was holding steady, and Furber was wondering what effect the war in the east would have on the years crop. He walked up out of the pit and sat down in a chair away from the rest of the crowd. He was thinking of Ruth again. He sat and thought of the talk they had had the day before. Then a smile something akin to the kind he wora when he had done something very well, stole across his face. He pulled a pad of paper from his pocket, and for half an hour he seemed to be struggling with something in his mind, once in awhile writing down something, and the men in the pit continued to loaf and talk automobiles, and prices in wheat still held steady. Then, when the half hour was up, he smiled again, reread what he had written, and then looked about him. Hello, there, Ripley! he called. I have got a scheme, Furber said. I want you to get up there in the ana pit and introduce me as the great Then I will only,- you understand. get up and speak my piece. Ail right, and Ripley went over (Copyright, 1906, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) to a long, inclosed desk, where several men were writing, and spoke a few Origin of Old Saying. wards to them. Then he came back to care a fig, is not an alluDont the pit and took a position where he sion to the In cheapness of figs. could he heard by all. other lands many Gentlemen, he said, I am about to fruits cost less and are less prized. introduce to you our great It would be much more natural to say and only illustrious friend and coBut fig, in Dont care a berry. worker, Furber, the poet, and Rip- this usage, is a corruption of fieo, ley stopped to get his breath, and and fieo is a snap of the Augers. everyone applauded. Shakespeare used fieo Instead of He has composed a poem in your fig. honor your honor, I say, the honor of all of us, and he stopped again, antf Didnt Budge. there was some more cheering. These Americans are frauds. I noNow, gentlemen, I want you to give ticed a big sign on a building in New your best attention. The show begins Y'ork which said: This house will move on Wednesday next to 320 Broadright away. A chair was brought, and Furber, way. All that day and all night I with the sheet of paper in one hand, watched that building, and it nevei Le Journal. got un into it, blushing like a little moved an inch. girl making her first appearance at a Christmas tree. Then Sunday-SchoHorse in Civilization. he began: The life of the horse is said to have been reduced by civilization. At the Theres a bull upon the market. And the bear is waxing hot; age of 26 the domestic animal is as old In the East the Japs are fighting. as if it had lived 30 years in a free In the wheat the rust is out; state. So the bear is waxing hot - claimed This farmhand could read the weather infallibly. On a walk with me one afternoon a frog croaked, and he said: We will have clear weather for 24 E from-hom- e Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOR1A, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signatnre of Lj&jfyyjr In Use For Over 30 Years. The Bond You Ilave Always Bought. far-fame- d, ol Benjamin Jeans, who recently retired as guard on the London and Birkenhead express after 54 years of service, probably holds the world's record for travel. It amounts to more than 4,000,000 miles, or the equivalent of 160 times around the equator. Liquor and cigar tables, says tha London Mail, with the glasses and bottles cunningly concealed and fitted with a little refrigerator, are very popular just nov as wedding presents. It Is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for ona of our friends will certainly hecoma an enemy, and one of our enemies a friend. Bias. Every man has a subdued contempt for bis sex since Adam sought to layt blame on the woman. |