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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
ON THE ALERT.
a New squadron of Warships Been Or
dered % Be Prepared at TouIon

paris oct. 24.-The municipality Of
Toulon has been notified that the place
win be the centre Of important military
And naval preparations and to arrange
~ the immediate reception Of four
battalions Of infantry, 1900 marines and
eoo artillerymen. Consequently, the
yo,nicipality has decided to close the
schools of Toulon, which will be used
to lodge the troops. ,,,a,,,an
The naval authorities q louIoh
n s'n for fitting out new squadron
OF warships.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

Continued On Page Two.)
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-29
THE RAuhoAD ARMY.
The Largest Peace Establishment
That the World Possesses.
From the sun

From the sun
The standing army of Russia is
usually put at 500, 900 men, of Germany
at 600, 900, of Austria at 27G, 900. and OF
Great Britain at 225.000, all on a peace
footing. Yet there are, ii appears by
the last published report of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, $50, 900
railroad employees in the United
States, whose gross wages and salaries
are nearly $500 900 900 a year, or G2 per
cent. of the operating expenses of the
American railways. There are four
employees, on the average, for each
mile of railroad track. There are 3d.
Oi9 station agents, 35,667 engineers. 25,-
322 conductors, i3, 76S switchmen, nag-
men, and watchmen. and 2l,4 ,452 tele-
graph operators and despatchers. At
the present ratio Of inCrease-there are
now 10000 more railway employ ees in
the United States than there were in
lS95-thc total number will not be very
far below 100000 ut the time of the
next census.
Here is ar army i'm which there Is no
mastering out and no war footing, for
the railroad army of the United States.
larger than the number of railroad ems
ployeos OF AIRY other country, is cssen-
TALLY an army Of peace, and ii Is stead
lily growing at a rate larger than the
railroads themselN es taking the mile
age as measure of their Importance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-29
REST IN MANILA.
Every Year Has 129 Holidays
Hours for Lunchoen-Music and
Alluring Beauty.

From the Louisville Courier-Journ
Outside of the Spanish colony in Man
lila there is little care for the fash
ions as they change from season to
season in Europe and America. The
same material and cut does in summer
and winter-or, more accurately, in
the wet season and the dry. There is
never any frost and never occasion
for furnaces or open fires. Except for
cooking. there is plenty of heat in the
atmosphere the year around
Men wear white duck suits, with thin
flannel or silk underwear no linen shirt
or collar. white pith helmets, and white
canvas shoes the year round. The
Spanards and the Spanish half-castes
go in for style a little more, The
Spaniards are naughty and fond of
displayings their uniforms of blue or
white and their gold trimmings. The
half-castes, or Mestiza, are equally
fond of display, but their attiTe is
something Of a compromise between
European and Chinese modes
Besides the one year out of seven
that all foreign employees of the great
mercantile houses represented in Man
lila have given 10 them as home
leave" there is months vacation
each year, a regular holiday each
month. and all the saints days and
Spanish, French. English, German, and
American holidays. Not To observe a
saints day i'm Manila is sinful and
every one holds such sinfulness in es-
pecial detestation. Figuring i'm all the
saints days, Sundays, and general hol-
idays. there are l29 days In each year
when these people do not work
Clerks earn from S25O0 to $1,000 a
year. besides having lodgings found,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-29

lieutenant wanted. The hatch right
at TIE foot of the ladder had been care
lessly left open by a seaman who had
gone forward for a bit of gear and it
was dark on the berth deck The
commander had his eyes raised to the
head Of the ladder, anyhow. as he APP
preached the ladder, and had he made
another step he would have plunged
to the bottom of the deep hatch and
been mangled to bits. He was arrest
him eXClaim:
Damn the skipper's eyes! Damn
the skippers eyes!"
With his foot still raised to take the
step that would have plunged him into
the hatch, Commodore Thomas turned
his head suddenly.
Who's that?' ne asked.
Then the Cing3lese mess attendant,
leaping out Of the darkness, mad the
skipper clutched by the sleeve, and
jerked him hack from the open hatch
by main force. Thomas couldn't quite
see into it for a second, until the Gin
galese. who had fortunately picked up
English on a British wind-jammer,
pointed to the open hatch. The Gin
galese explained in his broken dialect
that the exclamation he had used was
the first bunch of English words that
came into his head when he saw the
captains danger. He couldn't remem-
ber the English equivalent Of the word
stop" soon enough, he said, and so he
had damned the sldppers eyes as the
best way of attracting the officers at
tention.
And so the first thing that crops
into your head is to damn your skip
per's eyes, is it?" asked Thomas of the
Cingalese. The man got all of the best
of 1t on the Bennington after that.
An Ordnance sergeant stationed at
one of the Pacific coast artillery posts
went suddenly insane a few years ago
His mind had been disturbed for some
time by the hard-he carte edness of a
young woman who ~>clineG to marry
him. on the day that MS wits went
completely aWry he made for the mag
azines with the intention, as he quiet
ly announced to d young Swedish re-
cruit whom he met on the way, of
| blowing them mp. The Swedes eyes
| stuck out at this. but he was one of
the tribe of quick thinkers.
"Ay tank Ayll go alang an halp,"
said he to the crazy Ordnance SER
gcant whose eyes cleaned with in
sanity,
The sergeant made no response, and
| the Swedish recruit walked after him.
| The sergeant opened the door of one of
the main magazines, that held many
| thousands of pounds of black smooth
| bore powder, and started to break out
a big box of it. The Swede saw that
| the crazy man actually intended to
| blow up the magazine. When he was
convinced of this he picked up a she'll
| bar, waited for the insane man to turn
| his back and banged him over the
| head with it, Then he carried the
crazy Ordance sergeant On his back to
the guardhouse. The Swedish recruit
| was corporal the next day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-29

a mess allowance, medical attendance,
and travelling expenses. In many cases
their rooms are over the offices. They
work from daylight to noon, rest for
two or three hours, and then work
till o'clock, but they have much free
dom in choosing their hours and are
hurried only on mail days.
There are many excellent bands in
Manila, and open-air concerts are
given every evening in fair weather.
Theatrical companies, both native and
foreign, play through the season. The
Mestiza chorus girl is alluring. In the
cathedral and the churches the music
is always good, though it is startling
to the newcomer to hear, as he will, in
some services, a Gloria from Trova-
tore" the Credo with music from" Bar
biere," and the Elevation from "Tra-
Niata."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-29
TO SKEPTICAL ASTHMATICS

The truly marvellous cures OF Asth-
ma which have already been effected
by DR.. Rudolph Schiffmann, certainly
cali for notice. His preparation,
(schIfmann's Asthma Cure) not only
gives instant relief I'm the most stub
born and obstinate cases, but positive
ly cures, in proof of which hear what
the Town Clerk at Cavalier, N. d., Mr..
w. Sererus, says: Il was troubled
with asthma for 20 years, about years
ago I started to use your Asthma
Cure, and have not had an attack for
six years"
Packages of Schiifmanns Asthma
Cure may be obtained of all Druggists
for SOC. and $500 per package or by
writing direct TO Dr. II. schifmann.
BOX sQi, 81. Paul. MINI.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-29

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| there were dark shadows under the
lashes
There's something | must say to
you" she painted, some thing I've been
wild to say all day, lest 1t should be too
late, but | dared not let anyone sus-
pect. \ month ago father contided to
me thai he had lost great deal of
mOney--aud he showed me how to open
n secret drawer in his Chippendalc
bureau. II ever anything happens to
me- he said, ''ion't lose a moment. but
look into this drawer; throw away
everything that you will find in the
left hand partition, and keep what
may be ir the right
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-29
Silence.

So silent is the word tonight
The lamp gives silence out like light,
The latticed windows open wide,
Show silence, like the night, outside;
The nightngale's faint notes draw nea.
Like musical silence To mine ear.
The empty house calls rot to me:
"Herc but for Fate, were thou and shew
That gibe for once is checked: tonight
silence is queen in grief's despite;
And even the Ion ging of my soul
Is silent in this hours control.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-29
NERVE OF A Roy.

Not long after the Atlanta went into
commission an apprentice boy who
had been dubbed by his companions
the man-o'-war equivalent of a ma
tural put the whole pack of them into
the shade by a sudden exhibition of
nerve. A guns crew, including sever
al of the boys, ana this slow -witted
boy IN particular were engaged in
breaking out one of the after maga-
zines, Two Of the men We're down i'm
the magazine and fastened cans of
powder 10 the hoist hook, ana the rest
of the gang were at the head of the
magazine hatch handling the ammuni-
ton as IL came up. The Atlanta wasn't
fitted with electric lights at that time,
and the gunners mate in charge of the
job swung a closed lantern in his hand
at the head of the hatch. He was
swinging II somewhat carelessly when
the lantern struck against one Of the
sides of the hatch, and the lamp, al
ready loosened, fell from the lantern
down the hatchway. 1t fell squarely
ON the top of "a can of pow der-a twen-
ty-fiVe pound can, The men down i'm
the magazine had gone way forward
to get another can Of powder. and they
weren't on hand To pick the lamp off
the powder can and eXtnguish It. The
heavy headed apprentice boy was at
the top of the hatch, though, and he
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-29
SOME ODD PHASES
OF COURAGE
THINGS THAT Rave MADE OF
FICERS FAINT-H HEARTED.

Capt. Gridley and the Jack-o'- the
Dust-Awakening of a Loutish
Landsman-Brave Act of Powder
Boy Men who Have Acted
Promptly at the Right Moment.
Many Varieties of Bravery.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20

health, she will have child with robust
body, an alert brain and vigorous health.
You cannot expect such a child from a
weak, sickly, nervous, respondent woman,
who is broken down by arrangements and
disease of the distinctly feminine organs.
A woman in that condition is almost sure
to have puny, sickly, peevish baby. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best
preparation for motherhood. 1t relieves
maternity of its dangers, and of almost all
its pain. 1t restores the delicate and i'm
portant organs that bear the brunt of ma
ternity to perfect health and strength, and
assists the regular and healthful perform
ance of all the natural functions. 1t BAN
ishes the ailments of the critical period,
and makes baby's debut easy and almost
painless. It insures the little newcomers
health. Thousands have testified to its
merits. Good medicine dealers sell it, and
no honest druggist will insult your inte1li-
gence BY urging upon you something else
as Gust as good'' The "just as good I"
kind is dear at any price.
Mrs. F. B. cannings, of No. 1920 Humphrey
Street. st. Louis, Mo-. writes: :" / am now the
happy mother of a fine, healthy baby girl.
feel that your Favorite Prescription has done
me more good than anything have ever taken:
the consequences were was only in labor forty
five minutes. With my first baby I suffered
eighteen hours, and then had to lose him..
A 81. so home doctor-book FREE. For q
paper-covered copy of DR.. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser send 2I one-cent
stamps to cover cost of mailing only.
Cloth binding 10 cents extra. Address DR..
r ". Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20

general received a hat made from the
paper of Cancelled greenbacks. 1t was
estimated that 81, 900 worth Of bills were
required to make the hat
1T isn't everybody who can wear a
hat like that" said the general
In his coral cabinet the general had
about seventy-f1ves specimens of all
kinds and colors of coral from brain to
pan coral. three, varieties of which
shelf were also many sskulls Of small
animals. as
He has also an excellent specimen Of
ed variety of ocean fish. He goes
around, but when ever any other con-
ventional fish comes into his back yard
he swells up about four times as large
as he is when his wife is around The
porcupine fish, with little sharp shoots
growing along it's back, was another
quite rare variety of fsh. 4. Some very
large razor CLAIMS were among the col
lection Of sea urchinS.
Sea urchins, sea dogs, with and with
out spines and banks, were several In
number, and their preserlse certainly
elevated the atmosphere kTound the
purile finny case. There are different
grades of society in the deep blue sea
as well as in the affairs of life and in
this collection the various sets were
not mixed.
Tree MOSES and creeping MOSES, At
rican grasses, Starta bark, Papa bark
and numerous other banks and trop-
ical grOWths were among the interesting
specimens in the collection.
One thousand shells, of all sizes.
shapes, forms and colors, occupy con-
spicuous place in the cabinets and are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20

perhaps used nearly as much by the
school as the mineral specimens. Some
exceptionally rare specimens can be
seen.
BarnacleS grown ON rocks and trees
are an interesting part of the collec-
9lon II was interesting to note the
difference in color and shape of those
formed on wood and rock
Boa constructors, blue snakes. water
SNAKES, garter snakes and several other
varieties comprised the picked cata-
CORY OF the snake kingdom, which were
conhned in glass bottles ranged along
Inc , upper shelves Of the cabinets
Inc general has sixteen fine spec1-
mems of buffalo horns, given him hv
friends in the West during the las
twenty-five years.
very complete collection of petri-
ned wood and other petrifed forma-
LIONS, such as moss and animals The
general had a petrified peach. which is
perfect in shape.
The star fish form an interesting mart
oI the collection One big fellow is the
Iather OF an interesting family Of little
fellows, each about the size of a 1O-cent
piese. These especially delleht tbe
children in the kindergarten denarte
ment
ABOUT 900 curios and oddities from
the Yellowstone park are included in
the cabinets. Some of them are quite
rare. G.
The general has dictionary which
ne secured in the East some years ago
1t is SO small that it could be readily
put In metallic stamp box. With
the aid of glasses, almost any word can
be found
Nearly 1000 specimens of ores from
all parts of the world are located in a
cabinet near the door of the Office
Among this collection are many shell
formations in the rocks, which were
found up in the mountains high above
the sea level. A huge barnacle was
also found in the mountains. which
furthers the theory, Of a prehistoric
age.
In this department are specimens Of
coal for every state in the Union, and
many foreign Goals.
Quite number of stuffed snakes
and all1gators are among the collec-
ton.
One piece of copper ore in the COL
lection reveals, under glass, hundreds
of small but perfect anethysts Needle
iron ore and other queer mined prod
ucts may be seen In this case
The building stone department is,
perhaps, one of the most interesting
In the collection. Egyptian marble
Italian marble and all the domestic
marbles have a place. Although the
Georgia marble Is much more hand
some than the foreign marbles, those
coming from across the sea are much
finer in grain. The various GRANTEES
found in this country are also on ex-
hibition. In all, there are sixteen varie-
ties of American building stone, which
rank with those of the first class.
The generals collection Of cereals and
seeds is very complete.
Besides the curiosities named above,
the general has quite collection Of
war relics, in which he takes great
pride.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20
LATEST EXTRA.
QUICK MOVEMENT BY CHICAGO
CONCERN,
Who Were Burned Cut in Wednesday's
Fire.

CHICAGO, March 1.-THE Chicago
Cottage Organ Company, who were
the lessees Of the big building
destroyed by fire on Wednesday,,
have purchased the lease Of the
f1ve-story building numbered 25S-260
Wabash avenue, from a rival piano
concern who were glad of an OPP
portunity to get out. Twenty-four
hours after the first alarm sounded,
this mammoth concern Ghe largest of
it's kind in the WORLD were in their new
quarters and doing business. The Con-
over Piano ware rooms will occupy the
entire lower floor, double the space
used before the fire, the offices and
wholesale ware rooms the remainder
Of the building. The Conover Music
Co., Of St Paul, is a direct branch Of
this great institution and assures the
public and their many patrons through
out the country that no embarrass-
ment will ensue. The factories located
on the West side are turning out thirty
finished pianos daily, but even with
this output are unable to keep up with
the great demand for ConoVer and
Kingsbury pianos The new styles now
on exhibition at the warerooms of the
Conover Music Co., corner Sixth, st.
Peter and Market streets, are pro-
nounced by prominent ST. Paul musical
people to be quite the finest ever before
exhibited.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20
TALL MEN ARE IN DANGER.
Liable to Arrest by the st. Paul Po-
lice, Who Are Out After n $50
Reward

The danger Of arrest is still imminent
to any st. Paul citizen who may pos
sess the physical distinction of being "a
very tall man." as William A. McKin-
ney, arrested by Detectives Sweeney
and DAILY, on suspicion Of being w. G.
Holcomb, wanted by the authorities of
Dodgeville, Wis, was yesterday releas-
ed from custody.
After being in custody for several
days because he measured over six feet
in height and had unfortunately lost
two front teeth, Mr.. Mckinney was al
lowed his liberty upon the failure of
Identification by Sheriff John B. Wal
lis, of Dodgevil1e, who came to ST. Paul
to view the suspect. In fact the sher-
iff had only to glance at Mckinney to
express his disappointment and an
nounce that the local authorities had
compromised themselves with another
case Of mistaken identity.
Mckinney departed from the Rondo
street station with threats of ven
geance in the nature Of civil action for
false arrest. He was picked up by the
detectives on a description of w. G.
Holcomb, alleged to have escaped from
Dodgeville Jail, where he was being
held on the charge Of forgery.
The escaped prisoner was described
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20

as being "a very tall man." with "V''
shaped front teeth. for who's ar,,es.
$50 reward is offered. MCKINNEY iS
over six feet in stature and has lost
his two upper front teeth.
Ihese facts were suspicious enough in
the minds of the detectives to warrant
ehem IN taking chance in earning the
$9o and Mckinney was locked up. Now
mat ne has proved the wrong man. the
aeWaT "a IS stlIi an incentive for the To-
cal fly hobs" to continue the hunt
for "a very tall man." and it undoubt
edly beihooVes citizens favored with
more than ordinary stature to walk
stooped' when forced into the streets
by business pressure or otherwise.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20
A SOLDIER AND EDUCATOR
GEN. GEORGE c. SMITH, OF MAD
ISON SCHOOL

For Forty Years He Has Reen Con-
nected With the Public Schools
of st. Paul-Has Endeared Him.
self to Students and Parents Alike
a Collection of CurfOs Gath
cred From All Parts of the Globe.
Gen. George G. Smith Is about to en-
ter the fourth decade Of his labors in
the educational field Of st. Paul.
For nearly thirty years Gen. Smith
mas presided over two Of the largest
grammar schools in the state at differ
ent times, and in point of service he
is the Oldest principal in the city.
The general has endeared himself to
the people of ST. Paul during his long
tenure Of office. His name has during
the last twenty years become house
hold word in the Madison school dis
trict.
Not only has the generals popularity
prevailed his own school district, but
in all parts of the city. and in all
walks of life, many are his personal
friends. Many of st. Paul's most SUBJ
stantial business men went to school to
the general in the SOS and the '7Os, at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20
GRAND LARCENY CHARGED
William COIlet Accused of Rnnsack-
ing the House in Which He Lived
and Stealing VaIuabies.

William Collet is a prisoner at the central
police station on the charge of grand lar
ceny. He is accused of stealing property
valued at $3.50 from w. A. Janitschke. liv-
ing at $40 Canada street
The prisoner was arrested by Detective
Calvin at the union depot last evening 1t
is alleged he was about to leave the city.
Collet lived at Janitschke's house. It IS
alleged that during the absence of every one
but himself, he ransacked the premises and
stole two gold-flled watches. an overcoat,
two pocketbooks, a gold scarf pin, chid's
ring and 50 in cash.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20
~
In St. Paul.

This weeks Improvement Bulletin con-
tains the following Items of st. Paul building
news: n.
The Butler Ryan companyd on the new
capitol building, have about 100 men at work
ers and large force iof cutters are busy,
while others are puttingein thelstructural iron
work and getting the heavy Stone in place.
Brick and granite work will be begun about
April /.
The general contract has been let to erect
August Klixs two-story frame residence on
Tuscarora street, Victoria. Work has
been begun. Cost $1,10O
Work has been begun on improvements in
the brick building at 372 Robert street, for
NJ. Doran, to cost 81. 600.
Cass Gilbert has been delayed in his re-
turn home and is not expected now until
about April 1.
Work has been begun on a stone and frame
barn Summit near Rice street, for Mrs.
8. T. Nichols. to cost 81, 600.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20
FINISHED ITS LABORS.
state Library Commission Concludes
Busy Two Days Session-Some
of It's Results

The state library commission finished its
labors yesterday afternoon.
Nearly 200 additional books were placed On
the list from which school districts NAV Sc
lect their school libraries
Inc work of the commission during its two
Gays session was highly satisfac .ory, as an
unusually large number of firms had sub
mitted publications for the confirmation of the
commission. -0
Owing to the shortage in the printing an
preparation, the commission decided to issue
a supplement of the catalogue, instead of re-
Wslng and reprinting the old one
Those in attendance during the session were
Geo. R. Kleeberger, of the St Paul normal:
L. c: Lord, of the Moorhead normal: Irwin
Shepherd, of the Winona normal, and Edward
Soaring, of the Mankato normal