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Show THE INDEPENDENT. Will iam P. Gibson, - - Editor. E. If. Jordan, Enxinees Manager. 1 Enerd at th ro Offloe gprlnfrllle, Utaa. for trkumlwloa throuf b th mails u eoond-elMs matter. Issued Every Thursday Morning. TEKM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Ono Year $2 00 Six Month 1.00 Three Months 60 ASK FOB ADVERTIIINO RATES. VANITY FAIR. Durlirg the coming season there will be quite a plethora of international yacht races. Whether contests of this itescription do much for the best interests in-terests of the sport is doubtful, for In the past they have often led to bickerings, and they certainly cause people who usually take no interest in yachting to momentarily turn their attention to the pastime. The first series of international matches has already al-ready commenced at Mealau, in which M. Marcon's 1-ton ner Belonga, representing repre-senting the Cercle de la Voile de Pari3, is matched against the Vectis, owned by Mr. F. W. Leybourne Popham of England, whose challenge was backed by the Island Sailing club of Cowes. In August we are promised another series of international races for the Coupe de France. The defender will be owned by Mr. E. Hore, who has been racing the 20-rater Laura with considerable success at the Mediterranean Mediter-ranean regattas. Then, still later in the season, will follow the American cup races. It Is unpleasant news to hear that Ixch Leven, the most romantic among the lawe of Scotland, is in danger of becoming covered with an obnoxious weed, which is spreading in an alarming alarm-ing manner, to the dismay of all concerned con-cerned in the fishing interests of the loch. For some two years past the presence of this member of the ana-charis ana-charis tribe of water plants has been known, but no satisfactory explanation of the method by which it found its way into the waters has yet been arrived ar-rived at. One ingenious authority has expressed the opinion that it was in troduced with some goldfish which were purchased and turned out into the loch. The fish were bought from hawkers, in globes in which it was supposed there were supplies of this foreign weed. Others assert that It was bought into the vicinity by an American timber ship. Be this as it may, the inconvenience to which the ever-increasing masses of weed give rise is very considerable. Anglers and others are viewing with keen interest the steps that are being .taken to destroy de-stroy the encroaching plant. Viscount Castereagh, eldest son of '.he marquis and marchioness of Londonderry, Lon-donderry, attained his majority recently. re-cently. The marchioness of Londonderry, London-derry, who had been in Africa on a visit to her second son, who is unfortunately un-fortunately out of health, rejoined the Tamily circle at Londonderry house, Park Lane, for the occasion. Lord Caatlereagh is a lieutenant in the royal borse guards. He is a keen sportsman sports-man and a very fine rider. At Sandhurst Sand-hurst he took first prize for military riding, and he is also a first-rate across-country. His histronlc talents are above the average, as he has proved at several amateur dramatic entertainments at Wynyard park and Mount fatewart, in which he and his nly sister, Lady Helen Stewart, have played conspicuous parts. Festivities tti connection with Lord Castlereagh's joining of age are postponed till Au rust, when the family will be in resl-lence resl-lence at Wynyard park. The marquis ind marchioness of Ixindocderry are, IS. course, both influentia! personages In society and the heir is a great fav-Wite fav-Wite on both the Irish and English rstates He holds a commission in the Durham artillery volunteers, of which his father is colonel, and which regi ment, formed from Lord London derry's employes, is a particularly fine one. Are There Four Tastes. Experiments recently performed give reason for believing that most so-called so-called sensations of taste are little more than combination of reports to the brain made by the nerves of sight, Bmell and touch, says Science Siftings. Of a large number of persons tested, few could distinguish, when their eyes were covered and their noses closed between weak solutions of tea, coffee and quinine, and even those who were most successful made frequent and ludicrous mista-kes. Still great difficul ty was found in discrimination by means of the unaided tongue between meats as unlike as pork and turkey especially when the meat was first finely divided. The experiments indi-. indi-. cated that there are at most only four real taste sensations, namely, sour, sweet, bitter and salt, and it is doubtful doubt-ful If there are more than two sweet and bitter. This may suggest to folks of frugal mind that a lot of money might be saved by going to table blindfold blind-fold and with nose put temporarily out of commission. One could then call viands and liquids whatever one chose, and tradesmen's bills could be materially mate-rially reduced by the employment of a judicious imagination. In the course of the said tests a woman of great repute re-pute as a cook said raw potatoes chopped were acorns, roast pork she called boiled beef, raw turnip chopped she called cabbage sweetened, raw apple ap-ple was grape juice, roast turkey was called beef,, and horse radish she said m something she had never tasted. I'tillutlon of Prairie Grmu. The corn stalk has been redeemed from the fire, and now the prairie grass Is in the line of deliverance from cre mation. The tough, wlre-fibered grasses are being made into binding twine and It seems to be but a question ques-tion of time when rugs, matting, rope and cotton bagging will follow. More Than He Could Stand. Tee," said, the party who was speaking speak-ing of the oldest inhabitant; "he was 104 years old and apparently In good health just before he died." "Went off suddenly, did he?" "Rather. He 'beard of a man aged 106 in the next county and the shock killed him." Puck. Era of Amity. As we understand It, In the millennium millen-nium not only will the lion and the iamb lie down together, but women prill probably quit kissing each other prben they meet on the street. A Unanimous Demand. "We had a row out in our suburb ifbout naming five new streetg." "How lid you settle it?" "Why, we had to tame them all Dewey." IN THE ODD C0KNEK, QUEER AND CURIOUS AND EVENTS. THINGS Climate and Complexion rM Making and Hypnotism Epitaph - Epithet on British Statesmen A Ftffht for Food. Una. There Cs but little on thla earti To fill the soul of lofty birth; At best it much must feel the dearth Of genial showers. It binds Nepenthe to its lips. And at life's sparkling goblet sips While In the waters fennel dips Its bitter flowers. But Una, round thy heart's blest shrine, No bitter fennel-blossoms twine; By odor-breathing flowers divine It Is embalmed. Sere lies my heart, and sere Its world. Since thou wert from its altars hurled; My spirit's pinions have been furled, .Like sails becalmed. Love on my heart thy form did stamp. Thy beauty, like a vestal lamp. Within my soul's cell; dark and damp. Forever burns. And unto thee, as to its goal. Gazes athirst the stranded soul: As points the magnet to the pole. My sick heart turns. Climate and Complexion. It has long been known that climate alone Is not sufficient to account for a colored people, says the London Globe Dark skins are by no means confined to the tropics, they are to be found in races even beyond the temperate zone. This diversity, according to a writer in one of the American magazines, can only be accounted for by considering me ainerent modes of life that have acted for centuries upon the various classes and castes of the country. The coolie who works in the fields with a strip of cotton cloth about his loins is very dark; the merchant and trader who never go abroad without belne thoroughly clothed are many degrees fairer. It Is said that a coiony of Jews on tne west coast of Inaia has been established for nearly eighteen cen turies but because they have not fol lowed the habits of the neonle as re gards clothing, they remain to this day a wnue people. On the otner hand, the Aryan populations popu-lations of India and Persia, originally a fair people, by adopting the customs of those countries, have become, in great measure, a colored race. Accord ingly, it is argued that the steady march of nature Is toward the evolu tion of a fair people all over the world. The layer of dark pigment beneath the cuticle prevents the skin from blistering, blister-ing, and when proper clothing renders this safeguard unnecessary, nature dis penses with It altogether. It is also hinted that color has something to do with the mental and intellectual conditions con-ditions of a people, but into these ques tions the writer wisely forbears to en ter. A Fight for Food. More than half a century ago Sun day was kept very strictly In the zoo; at least with many of the animals the day was a day of fasting. It 1b not so now; but how many of the folk who behold the feeding of the lions know. how many of the animals themselves know, that they owe this more humane treatment to the elephant "Jack," who was a favorite figure in the Gardens till his death in June, 1847? Some people peo-ple when they have a grievance go on strike, others go "in their thousands" to Hyde Park, but that was not Jack's way. Long had he pondered the old wise saying, "If you want a thing done, you must do it yourself." When, then, he found that he was expected to feel happy and contented all Sunday with nothing but a light breakfast, he reasoned rea-soned the thing out and came to the conclusion that. In these circumstances life was not worth living. He resolved therefore to make a bold stand for his rights, and for two or three Sunday nights running he made such a noise his keepers had little rest. This, however, how-ever, not bringing him more victuals, he proceeded to adopt stronger measures, meas-ures, finding, oddly enough, In oppo sition to that great statesman, Mr. Bright, that force was a remedy. On the fourth Sunday he smashed the door, and would have done other dam age to his cell had the keepers not risen In the middle of the night and fed him. Ever after he had full meals on Sundays. He was a very great re former. He stood about ten feet high at the shoulders. London Little Folks. Kpitaph-Epltheta on British statesmen. When a great politician dies, a man whose name has been on the tongues of all, and in every kind of type for scores of years, the good-hearted British Brit-ish public makes the matutinal obser vations conventionally described as "mourning a loss," attends his funeral or memorial service, and then, after scratching his name on Abbey stones or elsewhere, is well content to leave him alone for evermore with the epi thet or attribute It deems most appro priate to attach to his name. Thus, Pitt is majestic, Fox generous. Can ning splendid. Palmerston patriotic. John Russell plucky, Disraeli romantic. uiaastone religious; and so on. Nor are thesa epithets open to revision. WhateVer record leaps to light they are not in the least likely to be altered. The fact is. Englishmen understand tneir political leaders down in the ground. They have never mistaken them fpr saints, heroes or philoso phers. Indeed, they know them to be sinners, usually as blind to the future as the grocer down the street, and occasionally as ignorant of the past as the publican at the corner, but who, for all that, stood like men for their brief hour on the quarterdeck of the big snip wnich Is still groaning and grunting grunt-ing on its way. They at all events never ran her aground. Augustine Birrell in the Contemporary Review. Ceetnme of a Japanese Norse. lt.a T T . -.o. USu rTaser. m a rSCent volume vol-ume of reminiscences, gives a quaint pen picture of a trained nurse who cared for her In Japan, says the New i org Man and Express. "She was barely four feet high "" writes Mrs. Fraser, "her complexion "M aar. ner feet were encased in wnue linen socks, with divided toes. ana snoa with dainty straw sandals with green velvet straps. 'Her figure, the shape of a very soft feather pillow, was draped In a tight- fitting white apron with a large bib. and she was kept inside her buttonless and strlngless clothes by a cruelly tight and w de leather belt put on over apron and all. Into this belt, holding her s ume nrst 8ne ouli simi ruun pusn ner rat silver 7 -"uumeier, iwo i . "..T". yras or Japanese . letter new form of wind wheel, naving hor-iwnicn hor-iwnicn sne would read a foot &t a I time when she thought I was asleep, v. v v LleBS mue register ,ln which she noted down, from right to m caoauauc signs with which she and the doctor conjured every morn ing till they knew all the sins my pulse ac temperature had been committing. "Her name was O'Tor San Honor able Tiger Miss but her ways were those of the softest pussy that ever purred on a domestic hearth rug; and oh. what a nurse she was! So gentle, so smiling, so delightfully sorry for one!" Pace-Making and Hypnotism. A German writer invites the atten tion of men of science to the physical phenomena attendant on certain forssa of sport, and more especially on cy cling, says the London Chronicle. One problem for which it Is difficult to find a solution arises from the employment of pacemakers in attempts to establish a record. Two first-rate flyers racing against one another will hardly differ by a second in a 1,000. yards run, but give one of them a pacemaker, and he will according to the calculation of the German writer distance hisrival by a quarter of a minute. Further more, almost exactly the same effect is produced in the trials of horses, and in their case must be due entirely to physical causes. The writer suggests that hypnotism responsible for so much In these lat ter days can alone give a reasonable explanation of the phenomenon, and this view seems supported by the fact that the nearer the pacemaker's machine ma-chine is to that of the man behind him, the more effective Is his aid, the latter striving always to cover the inch or two between his wheel and the one In front. Birth Rate In European Countries. Zola's new book, written In exile, Is being published in serial form in Paris. It deals with the decline in the birth rate in France. People have become so accustomed to moralize upon the decrease of population in France that it ha3 escaped notice that what is hap pening there Is taking place in every European country from which vital statistics are forthcoming, except Swit zerland. Even Great Britain shows a falling off. In 1886 the births were 31.5 per thousand of the population, In 1897 they were only at the rate of 29.1. Ireland alone of the British Isles shows an increase, and that is only fractional fraction-al from 23.2 to 23.5. France in spite of all that has been said has only varied va-ried from 23.9 per 1,000 in 1886 to 22.4 per thousand in 1897. Still, It is the lowest birth rate in Europe, and made to look very small beside the tremendous tremen-dous figures of Hungary, where there are still 40 children per 1,000 born, al though ten years ago the rate was as high as 45.6. Germany seems to be keeping up her birth rate very con sistently, for in ten years the drop has not been more than fractional. Swit zerland the bright and particular ex ception has gone up in the ten years from 28 per 1,000 to 29.2. No Charge for Admission. "To catch a boa constrictor is a diffi cult and dangerous task," says a man who makes it his business to capture wild animals and reptiles for mena gerie purposes. Briefly, he continues, it Is accom plished by means of a labyrinthian tangle, embracing sixty square feet of ground. The labyrinth Is made by joining together, end on end, pieces of matting. This web Is eight feet high, usually, and placed so that the opposing walls will be two feet apart All sorts of curious and diverging combinations are made with the matting it Is sup ported here and there by stakes mak ing, when It is set, a geometrical puz zle that might well challenge the In genuity of man. The trap is baited in the center of the labyrinth. By and by along cornea the boa constrictor. It is easy enough to get in. He scents the prey; he is very hungry; the bait Is devoured, and here the boa comes to grief. For hours he tries to release him self from the tortuous passages which rise about him, but finally he grows tired and stretches himself out for a . ii i a. i a nap. Then we open tne laoyrmin ana catch him. TURTLE-CATCHING. The United States fish commission, the members of which have lately returned re-turned to this country from Porto Rico, found the catching of sea-tortoises a thriving industry, and a very simple one. Curiosity and stupidity on cne part of the tortoises make them an easy prey to the fishermen, who use decoys to take them. These decoys are nothing more than counterfeit turtles cut rudely out of thick board and anchored in the sea. A still more primitive decoy, which is nevertheless quite effectual, is made by painting a picture of a turtle on the upper side of a large piece of plank. and setting the plank afloat. The great sea-tortoises, some of which weigh more than a thousand pounds, are wonderfully attracted by these imitations. They seek them so persistently that they can with difficulty diffi-culty be driven away. It is very easy then to secure them by passing nets around them in the water. Although three kinds of tortoise are found in these waters, the green turtle is the one principally sought. Its flesh is one of the most prized of table deli cacies. The turtles live in deep water and feed on sea plants mainly the so-called so-called "turtle grass" which they cut off near the roots, eating the lower parts and leaving the tops floating, often ia great fields. After browsing in such ocean pas tures the turtles go to the river mouths for a fresh-water bath, which they seem to need from time to time. Entering En-tering the streams, they roll together masses of grass, cementing it with clay into balls. When the turn of the tide takes the balls out to sea they follow them, and the fishermen, watahing for the balls floating down, stretch their nets across the mouth of the river and take the tortoises. First Aid. The wrecking of a ship on the coast of Cornwall enables the Cornish Maga- Zine to report a brief but amusin emergency lecture. All the crew had been saved, but one poor fellow was brought ashore unconscious. The curate turned to the bystanders:" How, do you proceed in the case of one ap-' paxently drowned?" "S'arch his pockets," was the prompt reply.' from experienced rescuer. a .Kansas Inventor has designed a vertical shaft, with a pair of partially folding wings on each rod -which open when moved with wind and close when going, against i WOT? WfWTCTC ANT) HI .nZl ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Cruelty to Flowers It Is Shown by Wearing or Carrying Them in the City Reigning styles Married Ladles' Titles. "She Loves Him Yet." She loves him yet! I know by the blush that rises Beneath the curls That shadow her soul-lit cheek; She loves him yet! Through all Love's sweet disguises In timid girls. A blush will be sure to speak. But deeper signs Than the radiant blush of beauty. The maiden finds. Whenever his name is heard Her young heart thrills. Forgetting herself her duty; Her dark eye fills. And her pulse with hope is stirred. She loves him yet! The flower the false one gave her, wnen last he came. Is still with her wild tears wet. She'll ne'er forget. Howe'er his faith may waver. Through grief and shame. Believe it she loves him yet! His favorite songs She will sing she heeds no otherj With all her wrongs Her life on his love Is set. i Oh, doubt no more! t She never can wed another; TiU life be o'er. She loves she will love him yet! A CHIC CREATION IN GRAY. Bklrt of palest gray crepe, having an accordion-pleated skirt and plain tu- nic, over a foundation of lemon yel- Married Ladles Titles. In Germany a controversy has arisen with regard to the style which should be adopted in addressing married la dies. There are four names by which a man's better' half may be described In the language of the Vaderland, viz.: Gemahlin (consort), gattin (spouse), frau (lady), and weib (wife). To save the frequent disputes and beart-burn- burnings arising from ignorance or Impertinence in the use of any one of these forms, it is proposed that these shall be attached to the recognized recog-nized gradations of thp social scale. Thus, a general's wife would be ad dressed as bis "consort." the partner of an official of a certain rank as his 'spouse," the middle-class wife would be addressed as her husband's "lady." and the worklngman's he'pueet would be simply his "wife." Charming Sammer Frock. In pretty colored canvas, made with pointed tunic, over a doable petti coat of heliotrope glace silk, having an attached flounce of the canvas. The striking bodice Is of embroidered silk net, showing the taffeta HnUg through the coarse meshes, and has a Frenchy tolero of canvas, finished on the edges rith tiny frills and rows of heliotrope itltching, like the bottom of the tunic. The hat Is of black and violet. Cruelty to Flowers. A woman who loves her garden says the cannot understand how people can bring flowers to town these days, especially es-pecially when they carry them in the land or wear them as bouquets. " l'hey lake them out of the shady, cool gar-Jen, gar-Jen, fresh, dewy and fragrant. t and bold the delicate stems in hot hand3 r pin them in coats or gowns to fade nd die." she says, plaintively. "Wild roses, which city people dote on.- win before the railway station is reached, tnd pansles are dying of thirst long sefore the train arrives ia town Pan- es are hardy and will perk up x4 water before they are quite dead, but most country-bred flowers are more fragile, and I always feel sad when I see them going off to the grime and dirt and hot breath of tie city, to be forgotten in a man s Duttonnole or dropped and trampled on in the car, Maybe I am supersensitive on the sub ject, but I try to do my duty and send the blossoms I love best to the chil dren's missions in the slums every week. But I send them packed In cotton cot-ton and paper and plentifully sprinkled before they are placed in tne box. I never do up a box of blossoms without with-out hoping, almost unconsciously, that they will have a comfortable Journey. It's Just the same yearning solicitude book lovers have when they are handling han-dling books or when they see a beloved book ill treated. And I think anxiety and tenderness over flowers is a more natural emotion." And then she placed a great branch of cream-white blossoms in a shining blue bowl and the room was redolent as of the perfumes per-fumes of Araby. Reigning Styles. The reign of tight skirts promises to be long. There is no symptom of any change, save to increasing tightness, If that be possible. The lining and the outside are made as flat as possible, and both are molded to the form with out fold or wrinkle. This leads, of course, to a revolution in underwear which shall eliminate all amplitude and gathers around the waist. Many low satin. The bodice of gray Is cov- ered with bands of orange velvet, fast- ened in the center with big rosettes. women Inclined to superabundant flesh have all articles of underwear which fasten about the waist mounted on a tight-fitting yoke some four or five inches in depth, or else cut In such a way that the fullness may be taken up by darts around the hips and the top finished by a straight strip stitched down to hold the edge firm. This Idea is now adopted by everybody, and all possible means of insuring slen derness are now sought. The best way to have the skirt of the gown lie smoothly across the hips is to wear the corset outside the petticoat over all the rest of the underwear. This gives an unbroken line and abolishes all folds. The petticoat, like the gown skirt. Is tight and plain as far down as the knee, being fitted by darts. Below the knee it blossoms out into luxuriant decorations Innumerable frills, ruffles, ruf-fles, plaitings, puffs, ruches and bows of ribbon. As the hare of the gown must be sustained by the petticoat, no "rlnoline or other stiffening being now employed, all this exuberant trimming trim-ming is a fashionable necessity. COOKING SCHOOL. Stuffeti Peppers. Select sweet green peppers of equal size. Cut off the stem end; with a teaspoon handle remove the seeds. Put them into boiling water and boil for five minutes. Make a stufilng with softened bread crumbs, minced meat of any kind, adding a little hm. Season Sea-son with salt, pepper, butter and a lit-tha lit-tha onion juice. Put them in a baking pan with stock, having the stock one inch deep in the pan. Bake la a moderate mod-erate oven half an hour. IWjove to a hot platter and pour ovt little stock. Bake' Omelet. Put one pint o. ullk in double boiler. Rub one tabespoonful of butter but-ter and one of flour together, Add to the hot milk, stirring constantly. Let cook five minutes. Remove and add one-half teaspoon salt. When cold add yolks of two eggs, beaten. Then add the beaten whites. Pour into a buttered dish. ' Bake In a moderate oven twenty minutes. Ginger Puffs. To two cupfuls of flour add one tea- spoonful of ginger, one-fourth teaspoon tea-spoon of nutmeg, one tablespoonful of sugar, half a cup of white wine. Beat three eggs, add them to the mixture. Pour into buttered cups and bake in a quick oven. Before sending them to the table pour over a little wine sauce. Whitebait. Put the tiny fish in a cloth with a handful of flour, fold up loosely and with the assistance of somebody shake them about until quite dry. Have ready tome boiling lard, drop them into it and fry for about two minutes. Drain in a sieve, and serve with brown bread and butter and sliced lemon. CAMPFIEE SKETCHES. GOOD SHORT STORIES THE VETERANS. FOP How Funston's Brave Men Entered the Filipino Capital A War Kplgram Luncheon Gratitude of a Sailor Who Was Pardoned from Prison. The Ship l.-t Ready. Fare thee well; the ship Is ready. And the breeze Is fresh and steady. Hands are fast the anchor weighing; High in air the streamer's playing. Spread the sails the waves are swelling Proudly round thy buoyant dwelling. Fare thee well; and when at sea. Think of those who sigh for thee. When from land and home receding. And from hearts that ache to bleeding Think of those behind, who love thee. While the sun is bright above thee! Then, as, down to ocean glancing. In the waves his rays are dancing, ' Think how long the night will be To the eyes that weep for thee! When the lonely night watch keeping All below thee still and sleeping As the needle points the quarter O'er the wide and trackless water. Let thy vigils ever find thee Mindful of the friends behind thee! Let thy bosom's magnet be Turned to those who wake for thee! When, with slow and gentle motion Heaves the bosom of the ocean YThile in peace thy bark is riding. And the silver moon is gliding O'er the sky with tranquil splendor, Wrhere the shining hosts attend her; Let the brightest visions be Country, home and friends, to thee! When the tempest hovers o'er thee. Danger, wreck and death before thee. While the sword of fire is gleaming. Wild the winds, the torrent streaming. Then, a pious suppliant bending. Let thy thoughts, to Heaven ascending. Reach the mercy seat, to be Met by prayers that rise for thee! First In Malolos. James J. Corkhill of company E, Kansas 20th regiment, writes to the Alam (Kas.) Enterprise this account of how it happened that the flag of the 20th Kansas was the first to float over Malolos, the insurgent capital:, "We were halted in the shade just outside the city when Col. Funston came galloping down the line and told our commander that the general wanted want-ed a few men to advance ahead of the lines to reconnoiter. Lieut. Ball and sixteen men from company E were chosen, your correspondent happening to be one of the lucky number. We cautiously advanced into the outskirts of the town and wended our way up Main street (although we didn't then know it was Main street), keeping as much as possible under cover of the bamboo shacks. We soon discovered that the negroes had breastworka thrown across the street and in front of the large Catholic church. Almost at the same time they saw us and a volley of Mausers flew over our heads. " 'Well,' said Col. Funston, 'that's all the general wanted to know,' but after he held a little confab with Ldeut. Ball they decided on a closer acquaintance with our dusky friends. 'It's a little risky, but I think we can do it,' said Col. Funston. 'Come on, boys, let's get them out of there.' "So away we went, up the street like a whirlwind, yelling and shooting and making racket enough to scare a whole army. Little Col. Funston, with his revolver in one hand, was waving his hat in the other and yelling: 'Give it to them, boys! Give it to them!' I guess the negroes thought that his satanic majesty was indeed after them or that the whole American army was upon them, for, after firing a couple of volleys at us, they turned and ran as I never saw any one run before. On through the public square we chased them and clear to the other sid. of the town. "Thus it was that sixteen Kansas boys, led by our brave colonel and a daring second lieutenant, drove the in surgents out of their capital city. "An hour later, when we returned, we found that the army had poured in and filled the town and our regiment was sitting in the shade of Aguinaldo's doorstep. Before leaving the insur gents had succeeded in setting fire to the large church, which was now In flames. Many of the Chinese remained in the town, and when our little squad dashed into the public square it was amusing to see the 'Chenomen' crawl ing out of windows and cellars and from under bridges, each carrying a little white flag and shouting: 'Amego! Amego! Cheno much amego!' " A War Epigram Luncheon. New York Herald: The newest Idea In luncheons is a war epigram lunch eon, the intellectual feature of the affair being the repetition by each guest of some historic motto of the recent conflict with Spain. Among these apt quotations from the utterances utter-ances of naval and military heroes were these: "Excuse me, sir; I have to report that the ship has been blown up and is sinking." Bill Anthony. "Suspend Judgment." Sigsbee. "We will make Spanish the court language of Hades." Evans. "Remember the Maine." Schley. "Don't hamper me with instructions. instruc-tions. I'm not afraid of the entire Spanish fleet with my ship." Clark. "To hell with breakfast; let's finish 'em now." A gunner on board one of the vessels. "Shafter is fighting, not writing." Corbin. "Don't cheer now; these poor devils are dying." Philip. "I want to make a public acknowledgment acknowl-edgment that I believe in God. the Father Almighty." Philip. "The Maine is avenged." Waln- wright. "Don't get between my guns and the enemy. Uewey. "I have got them now; they will never get home." Schley. "There must be no more recalls; Iron will break at last." Hobson. "Don't mind me, boys; go on fight ing." Allen Capron. "Don't swear; shoot." Col. Wood. "Take that for the Maine." Sigs bee. "Expect to take the place as soon as can move. Reinforcements will not reach me." Shafter. "War is not a picnic" Hamilton Fish. "Who would not gamble for a new star in the flag?"0'Neill. "Afraid I'll strain my guns at long range; I'll close in." Wainwright There were twenty questions and ten women present. One bright woman wom-an guessed eight, and a white marble bust of Dewey was awarded her. wrapped carefully In red, white and blue paper. A Sailor's Gratitude. Edward McGarry, the sailor of the Resolute who was pardoned from Portsmouth jail by Gov. Rollins, where he was serving a six months' sentence for disorderly conduct, has gone home to Norfolk, Va., says the Manchester (N. H.) Union. Before leaving he made from a piece of the aft rail of the United States steamship Maine a paper weight, which Lawyer John H. Bartlett, who was his counsel, has for- warded to Gov. Rollins. The design was suggested by McGarry. The top bears the inscription, "Edwar McGarry Mc-Garry to Gov. Rollins," while on the reverse is neatly engraved, "Made from he aft rail of the U. S. Maine." McGarry is an artist as well as a sailor and has drawn a sketch of another an-other paper weight which he Is to have made. When speaking of it hfc said: "I wanted to show my appreciation apprecia-tion of what your governor did for me. The metal of which that paper weight is made came from the United States 'steamship Maine, now in Havana Ha-vana harbor. I took it from the wreck myself, with a view of having a large paper weight made to present to the governor of Maine. This little token which I am now having made to send to Gov. Rollins is a hurried affair. af-fair. I am going to give him a better one. Here is a picture of it which I have designed. You see, the base Is to represent a rough rock, typical of a sailor. On the top you see a sailor's hat, .with the band U. S. S. Resolute upon it, while upon the top of the hat you see a pair of handcuffs, the connecting con-necting link of which has been cut In two by a quill pen." The whole affair will weigh nearly a pound and a half and engraved upon a little tablet on the face of the rock will be the words, "Gov. Rollins freed a sailor of the Resolute." On the bottom of the weight will be engraved: "Presented to Gov. F. W. Rollins In remembrance of the kindness kind-ness shown Edward McGarry of tha U. S. S. Resolute." No Call For Volunteers. Though determined to increase General Gen-eral Otis' command, so as to provide him with 36,000 men, it is authoritatively authorita-tively stated that no call for volunteers volun-teers will be issued, and renewed confidence con-fidence is expressed in the ability of this force to quell the insurrection. The strengthening of the administration's administra-tion's confidence is the result of a cablegram received from General Otis indicating that he has at last found the point through which the insurgents ship their supplies, and that proper steps have been taken in co-operating with the navy to cut off the filibustering filibuster-ing expeditions sent to the Island of Luzon by friends of the FiMpinos in Hongkong. Under the order issued, increasing the companies of infantry to 128 men each, General Otis will be provided with a force of 29,644 men. In order to increase his strength to 36,000 men it has been determined to increase the strength of each company, troop and battery in the Philippines to 150 men. Colonel Thomas Ward, assistant adjutant adju-tant general, in charge of recruiting, expects that the 5,000 recruits called for will be enlisted arid on their way to San Francisco within ten days. While the administration expresses the utmost confidence in the ability of General Otis, with the regulars, to cope with the situation, it is evident that the sentiment is growing that the president should call for volunteers in order to provide that officer with at least 65,000 men to begin the campaign at the commencement of the rainy season. Wa the Giant of the Corps. William Kehrer, the marine who died from yellow fever at Havana the other day, was one of the tallest and strongest men in the corps, being more than 6 feet, tall and weighing 180 pounds. He was 24 years old, and hi3 home was in Brooklyn. He was trans ferred from the Columbia to the Reso lute at League Island, going to Ha vana Dec. 14. Kehrer was stationed with a corp3 of forty men on the Machina wharf. Up to June 11 he was in the best of health. His case was not thought to be yellow fever until June 14, for the symptoms were not alarming. The barracks had been thoroughly fumi gated and precautions taken against the spread of the fever. Kehrer's death was the first among the marines and the second yellow fever death among American soldiers. The other was Patrick Twohig of the Second Engineers, who died in Mari-anao Mari-anao in January. , Charming a Lion. While Rev. W. J. Davis was living in Africa, his little son John, a boy of four years, went too near to a chained lion in a neighbor's yard. It was called a pet lion, but was so wild and vicious that no living thing was safe within the radius of its beat. The unsuspecting unsuspect-ing child stumbled within its reach', and the lion instantly felled him to the ground and set its huge paw on his head. There was great consternation among the bystanders, but none were able to deliver the child. African News tells the story of his escape, which seems equally due to the lion's love for music and a young woman's presence of mind. Miss Moreland, seeing the peril of the child, ran upstairs, seized an accordion and hastened to a window which looked out upon the lion. There, with a shout to arrest its attention, she began playing a tune. The lion at once released its prey, went the length of its chain toward Its fair charmer and stood in rapt attention. The boy, in the meantime, got up and ran to -is mother. He never thought of crying till he entered the house and saw how excited every one was; then, quite out of danger, he had a good cry on his own account. Inflaenza from Cats. "It was the cat," is a phrase that excuses many tihngs, and it may yet be used to account for the spread of the grip. Through the London Daily Mail a veterinary surgeon warns the public to beware of cats that have 'colds." "I have recently discovered," he writes, 'that in many parts of the west and l.-rthwest of London members mem-bers of the feline race have been stricken with influenza, and of a most dangerous form. As the disease may be contracted from pets, it behooves ladies and gentlemen not to handle or fondle afflicted animals. I would particularly par-ticularly warn parents not to allow children to play with or go near a cat or dog which appears to have a -slight cold." His Regret. "What are you crying about, Willie?" Wil-lie?" "I feel bad." "Did you eat too much at Charlie's party?" 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