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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-13
roBAcCo-GRowERs' CONVENTION.
steps Toward DissOiving Recently
Formed Plug Trust.

FRANKFORT, KY. November H.
There will be held here the first Monday
in December n State convention of Ken
lucky growers or tobacco, when the
initial steps will be taken to dissolve the
trust recently formed to control the plug
tobacco trade.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-13
FIRE NEAR GREEN BAY.
House Belonging TO IA Richmond
Man burned.

GREEN BAY, VA, November 2.-(Spe-
cial)-A dwelling-house near here, owned
nv CAPTAIN A. G. Wilkinson, OF Rich
mond. was totally destroyed by fire at an
early hour this morning. 1t was occu-
pied by Mr.. X. a. Holt. who was so
fortunate as TO save most of his house,
hold effects. 1t is thought that captain
wilkinson had the building insured.
Miss Sarah Hardy is visiting Miss Ella
Johnson. at North View, Mecklenburg
county. Va.
Mr.. j. S. Moore, Jr., of Richmond, was
in the village this week.
Colonel Is. w. L. Blanton, who was re-
Gently elected to the State Senate, re-
ceived almost the unanimous vote at
this precinct.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-13
SINGULAR ACCIDENT,
Caused by Fall Of Dog Into IA
We'll.

SCOTTSVILLE, VA, November T.
Especial -Quite a serious accident oc-
Cured yesterday a short distance below
town on the farm of Mr.. Jackson Beal
in Fluvanna. Mr. Samuel Harding was
down in the well, which is about seventy
five feet deep, cleaning it out, when a
large dog aimed TO cross the place where
the platform had been, and plunged head
long TO the bottom. falling on Mr.. Hard
ing, stunning him, breaking three Of MS
ribs and injuring him otherwise. MI
Harding was placed in the dwelling-house'
but could not, up to this morning be re-
moved to his home, which is about mile
distant. But for the fall of the dog being
broken by the animals striking the wall
from side to side alternately II is thought
Mr.. Harding would have been killed
When the dog was gotten out he was
found 10 be unhurt.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-13
KAISER WILL NOT LAND.
Spain Disposed TO Make Too Much
Politically of Such Visit.

LONDON, November B.-A dispatch to
the Observer from Berlin says the Ger
man Imperial party will not land at any
Spanish port. owing 20 Spanish interpre-
tation of the visit as n manifestation OF
sympathy with Spain In her present DIM
Guilty, she will have 10 forego the pea
sure Of d formal visit from the Kaiser.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-13
Soldiers for Macon.

LEXINGTON, KY. November i2.-The
Signal Corps, Second Division, departed
this morning for Macon, Ga. The First
Territorial Regiment left for Macon, Ca
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-13
The Weather.

- WASHINGTON. November 49,
IpInIInyl Forecast for Sunday:
For Virginia-Warmer and
cloudy. with possibly showers
Sunday afternoon or night fresh, south
easterly winds.
For North Carolina-Showers: fresh.
easterly winds.
For South Carolina-Showers; increas-
ing east to northeast winds
THE WEATHER IN RICHMOND YES
TERDAY was clear and cold. The skies
al midnight were cloudless.
- no
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-13

ecoNcLupED ON PAGE "A,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15
The Dwe1lers on the Rock.

Except the islands of st. Kilda" is
o saving clause in every g~me law
nassed in Great Britain. The islands
form small group northwest of the
Hebrides.
It is recognized by all who legislate
for the sacred interests of sport that
the ST. Kildans have to live. Besides,
there are only about seventy-five OF
them, and they live so far away from
everybody else that their example has
no bad effect.
The st. Kildans live more by the
chase and less by agriculture than any
other people. They pasture wild sheep
on the island of Soa, sheep descended
lineally from those left there by the
Vikings, and less than half as large as
those of the mainland. When sheep
is wanted they run it down with dogs.
This keeps the breed lively ard ac-
tive.
Mainly the st. Kildans live. and
live we'll, by snaring birds. They
once caught 80, 900 putiins in one sea-
son. At present the yearly catch is
$4,000 gannets, $3.50 fulmars, $500
puAins, 1920 guillemots and 800 razor
backs. The catch is common prop
erty; SO are boats, wild sheep and the
use of the land generally.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15

There are half dozen other islands
In the central and western part OF the
group, the areas of which range from
that of Rhode Island to that of Con-
necticut. They are inhabited, in
round numbers, by about 5000, OOO
people, of whom dwarfed race OF
Negritos, now driven into the noun
tains and interior lands, seem to be the
descendants of the aborigines. The
bulk of the population is Malayan, OF
whom there are numerous tribes; the
dirtiest and most pagan is known as
the Igorrotes, and yet they display
exemplary qualities. They are one of
the most important mountain tribes OF
Luzon and are among the population
who virtually escape omnivorous
Spanish taxation. They are good
farmers, laying out terraced fields on
the mountains, constructing irrigation
canals and having considerable rep
utation as metallurgists. Their do
mestic morality is favorably in contrast
with that of their neighbors.
Another element of the population
are the Chinese and their Mestizos, OF
descendants ofmixed Sinitic and native
blood. There is scarcely community
on these islands where the Chinese are
not found. Petty trade and banking
are almost entirely in their hands.
Europeans and their descendants are
not numerous here, although there is
considerable breed of half-castes,
derived from European fathers.
It was not until the close of the six
teenth century that the archipelago
passed under Spanish domination, dur
ing the reign of Philip II. About the
middle of the century an expedition
sailed from Mexico i'll five ships, but
accomplished little. In 1866 Don
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi reached the
islands and founded Spanish settle
ment at the town of Cebu, and it is in
his correspondence that the name Of
Philippine Islands is first recorded.
It was given in honor of his sovereign.
Under this monarch IN ecclesiastical
organization, principally of monastic
orders, was established.
The history of these islands during
the nineteenth century has been one
of oppression, restrictions on COM
merce and ferocious taxation, in which
the ecclesiastics used their influence
for the support of the Spanish SOY.
ereignty. The Inst revolt broke ou'
in 1896. The conspiracy was discoy
cred before the day appointed for the
rising, and the plans OF the insured
tionists were Disconnected. Yet wher
the authorities proceeded to arres
those known to be involved the rebels
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15

mustered in force, amounting to sew
erel thousand, but were dispersed
wheh they offered battle in tho neigh
borrh hood Of Manila: Tbs insurgents
established themselves in tie profltite
of Cavite, on the south shore of Manila
Bey, eight miles southwest of the port
of Manila; did held it until the arri-
vol of 25, 900 reinforcemGrts frem Spain
and of a considerable naval fleet, #hieh
enabled the government to suppress
them. Here was the scene of the bat
lie Of The LIT Of May, 1898, between
tie .4mericdn Commodore Dewey,
With seven vessels Of #ar and two
transports; and the Spanish Admiral
Montijo, with ten armored vessels, in
which the latter Was disasttously de-
feated.
TT the inaccessible mountainous
parts of the Islands there are still un-
subdued savages. In the lest census
returns the number of natives not sub:
iected to the civil government and
paying no tribute is given as 6O2, 1853,
Willie the number Of natives paying
tribute is returned ds 5;5O1 1856.
q The latest records of the Phlladel-'
phia GommefSial museum furnish
these statistics:
The public revenue OF the island IS
about So, 100000, of which the larger
part is raised from direct taxes, poll
taxes, customs, .monopolies drd lot
teries.
The chief articles of produce are
sugar, hemp, tobacco, coffee and
gopra: The foreign trade is confined
to tic Herts ST Manila, Iloilo, Cebu
and Jamboanga. ,u
The climate of the Philippines
varies little from that of other noun
sainous tropical countries. The range
of the therm6fhetoF during the year is
from a little over sixty degfees te
about ninety. The year may be di-
vided into three seasons; the first,
cold and dry, commences in Novem-
ber; the second, warm but still dry,
soninetGes In March, the greatest
heat being experienced from April. to
the end Of May, and the third; which
is excessively wet, coiltinues from
J,no tn tho middle &c Nc-c,,,l>n,:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15
Travelling lsags For Fish.

A new method of transportation for
live fish from seaports into the in
terror has just been patented by q
Danish fish dealer, P. H. Lohman, OF
Copenhagen, and the system is SO
simple and yet so perfect that one
wonders that it has never been thought
of before.
The inventor had number of large
bags made of waterproof material,
strong oilcloth appearing to- give the
best results. These bags, after being
filed with water and the fish to be
sent inland, are laced at the top and
either suspended in the cars from
hooks in the roof of the car, or from
folding frames, taking almost no
space, and allowing the close hanging
of these bags, so that there is but lit
tie movement between the bags. They
may also be set upright alongside each
other, but suspension has been found
to be preferable, particularly for long
distance. Several transports OF fish
made over long distances have shown
the splendid features of the new sys-
tenn, for the fish arrived in excellent
condition after q sixteen-hour ride
Philadelphia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15
Probabilities of Winters.

Mild winters have been o subject Of
study in Berlin by DR.. G.. Hellmann.
he defines q mild winter as one ir
which the m can temperature of Decem.
Der and January is OF least two de-
grees @. (thirty-six degrees Fahren-
heit) above the average, and from the
accurate records available he finds
that since 1920 Berlin has had forty
eight winters of this type, which have
always occurred in groups of two or
three years, and especially after o long
period Of cold winters. From nine to
twelve years have elapsed between
two groups Of mild winters. After a
moderately mild winter the chances
are forty-four per cent. that July and
August will have q higher temperature
than usual, and after very mild
winter the chances of warm summer
reach sixty-eight per cent. Dry, mild
winters--such as the last one-are ex.
ceptional. If such O season is not
followed by on abundant rainfall in
| the spring, the summer is likely to be
wet, and consequently cool.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15
Manufactured Nests For Bass.

Men engaged in the work of fish
breeding have noticed that black bass
often had trouble with their nests.
Sometimes they could not find enough
suitable material on the bottom to
build them as they wished, and at
other times the storms Or currents
would destroy them after the bass had
spawned, thus causing the loss of all
the eggs.
1t is extremely difficult to propagate
black bass artifcially, and this led the
breeders to supply artificial nests for
the use of tine bass. They are made
of earthenware and have little gravel
cemented in the bottom. The fish
have taken kindly to them and lay
their eggs cheerfully in the factory
made nests.-New York Press,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15

lON
said tina. :.
had gathered the 1eatners and made
the pillow herself few years before.
Some day, after her husbands death
the widow claimed that something
seemed to say to her, "Look at the
pillow" Upon opening the pillow she
found this object within it. When
questioned closely she declared that
the sewing was hers, and that it
showed no signs of having been tam
pered with. The neighbors believe IN
the woman's truthfulness.
DR.. Kline writes that similar
wreath was found in the pillow of q
six.year-old child who died of the
same -..sease and about the same time
rs the aforementioned patient. This
was burned by the witch doctor with
cut DR.. Kline seeing it, but he is in
formed that it was precisely like this
one. By inquiry DR.. Kline learned
of four or FIVE other families who were
said to have found witch wreaths in
their pillows, and who ascribe to
their presence cases of illness in their
families.
1t appears that q belief in the evil
efforts of witch wreaths is extremely
common in parts of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey among the descendants OF
German settlers, and it used to be
customary to put Bible under the
pillow to prevent their forming
Philadelphia Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15

| oaJo unIsV .oA Sos----------. -
inhabitants of Mars we would need O
flag as large as Ireland, and pole
five hundred miles long.
Tops are now being manufactured
which are spun by current of air di:
rected by blow-pipe into the curved
channels extending outward from q
central opening in the top.
A baseball compared to sphere
twenty-seven feet in diameter gives
the relative size of the earth and sun.
The suns bulk is one thousand three
hundred times that of the earth. The
mass of the sun is 33O,O0 times that
of the earth.
Wind power is derived from the un.
equal beating of various portions OF
the earth by the suns rays. Water
power is derived from the evaporation
of water by the suns heat and its de.
position on highlands in the form OF
snow or rain.
Maxim's cavalry gun which fires
seven hundred shots minute, weighs
but thirty pounds, and can be strapped
to soldiers back. The gun he made
for the Sultan fires seven hundred
and seventy shots minute, but it is
n field piece on wheels.
The tint of birds eggs;5 especially
the light colors, are apt to fade on ex-
posure in museums to too great sun.
light. This is the case with the green
ish blue eggs, as those of the murre.
BY experiment the darker colored eggs
of olive brown or chocolate hue have
been found to undergo little change.
The duration of sunshine in the va
rious countries OF Europe was recently
discussed at scientific meeting. II
was shown that Spain stands at the
head of the list, having on the average
three thousand hours of sunshine per
year, while Italy has twenty-three hun
dred hours, Germany seventeen hun.
dred hours and England fourteen
hundred hours.
Sea birds frequently spend weeks
at sea, and are believed to quench
their thirst partly from the falling
rains and partly from the fat and oil
which they devour ravenously when
opportunity puts it in their way. The
keen eyesight of birds is well known,
and SEQ birds have been observed
focking toward the storm-cloud, about
to burst, from all points of the COM
pass, and apparently drinking in the
water as it descends from the skies.
DR.. Howard, the new Secretary Of
the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, writing of the
manner in which seeds are carried to
great distances by birds, recited an
experiment of Darwin, which had o
curious result. Adhering to the leg
of wounded partridge, Darwin found
ball of earth weighing six and q half
ounces. From seeds contained in
this ball he raised thirty-two plants
belonging to five distinct species.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15

to her own affairs, md keep her iioHs
and smiles to herself!' said Mrs. PR.
rot, Indignantly: s'And as for seai
DIR; Perrot: r. Surprised 1T SSul.
fefrot meekly put on his sunaay
hat, and went on the porch to VAR
for his wife.
"Your medicines doing wonders,
Winnie" he remarked, in whisper,
as he passed his niees Id, the ,ptSssSsge:
:. And she gave 4 skfBHad littls Haa hs
She replied:
''Iknew it would, uncle!"
Mrs. Perrot went to church, and re.
ceived the congratulations of altfhe1
acquaintances on her Improvement IN
health apd looks:
Only Mrs: hlassey was rather Cool;
and Vas heard 10 remark to d ,gFoup
u IT II brought Martha Psrrot oatg5f a
decline that would have carriedsher
OF in q few months, and yet she don't
feel bit grateful.
But Winnie aud her uncle knew how
= As they reached their own Gate;
Mrs: Vaughan crossed over and shook lhl
hands wit j Mrs: Ptrrotj and told dher
How glad she Was I'd BEE herSout
again. and looking so strong and well.
s'That's the most deceitful. woman
ever knew" remarked Mrs. Perrot, as
she removed her Bonhetl hnd t5ok
Ellen on her lap to change her dress
"a thing she had not done for
months.
"Why, no, Marthy, don't think
she is. She's nice, good woman,
and will make fine wife for Fom
Wheatl5:H
ssFor whom?"
"Why, didn't you! !know she was to
marry Browns cousin; Wheatly And
they want I'd buy this h6dss; bid hs
Brown means to move to the othersend
of the town for convenience to busi.
ness, I've thought of taking his house,
which you always had fancy to.
How would you like that arrange
ment?"
Mrs. Perrot replied, in a sub1nsd
tone, that she "would thirk of it'll: !,
She was 2ry thor shtful all that
day, and particularly gentle and sHec
tionate to her family.
"I'm afraid I've been o great
trouble and texatidh I'd you; Samuel; !"
she said, that evening. II woader
you could have borne it at allaRith
such patience!"
And Perrot replied, earnestly;
"My only trouble was about you,
Marthy; and now that you are getting
to be yourself again, I feel as if Ehad
nothing more to wish for"
Mrs. Perrot was quite strong,and
plump, and blooming, when sheswent
with her husband tn T'ovinie'a 2Abed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15
A Chinese Beggar King.

We suppose there is no one living
in China who has not had some expert
ence with beggars. Their impudent
persistence is of itself extremely an
noying, but when taken in connection
with their generally well-fed bodies
and studied rags it is aggravating be-
yond words. The beggar-king is gem
orally rich, but the one in Chansshu
has passed beyond the limits and lati-
tude allowed evon beggar-kings, in
building quite fine three-storied ia
house just outside the south gate. AS
the only three-storied building in the
city, it is nm object of great pride to
the natives whose charity helped SO
largely in its erection.-Hong Kong
Press,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15
4 CUBAN CHARGE.
Much Depends on the Maehetc and Strings
and Thongs Are Factors.

Strings, thongs and snap-catches
play important parts in the field UNI
form of Cuban insurgent. Persons
who have seen the little band of Gu.
ban patriots with Buffalo Bills Wild
West Show come dashiug into the
arena have noticed that each man, by
a quick movement of the head, throws
off his straw hat. The hat, which Is
held by string, bangles upon the
horseman's shoulders during his ride.
The movement, revealing the, line,
alert and spirited faces of the mon who
served under Gomez and Maceo, looks
like O trick for theatric effect, but it
is what they always do when. riding
into action, so one of the little band
explained the other day.
'The Spanish soldiers" he said,
"have the Mauser rifle, which kills at
1000 or 1900 yards, while we have only
the Remington carbine, which is OF
short range. 1t is all we can afford
If we remain at distance, the Span
ish without danger to themselves will,
as you Americans says, wipe US out. ;
So we must get close to them. That
is the first consideration. The Maui
ser bullet will not kill any more at one
yard than at 1000, but it is different
with the machete. For it close quar-
ters is necessary.
''Now, see how we are prepared Tor
m attack. The carbine hangs by this
srap-catch from the belt on the left
side. The revolver, suspended by a
strong string through its butt, hangs
on the left side. The machete, by g
thong through the handle, swings
from the right wrist. The hat is made
fast by q string so that it may be
thrown back, out of the way but not
lost, for we are too poor to lose any
thing, even al old straw hat, and
when the fight is over, if we are alive
we will want our hats. But during
the fight we want our heads bare,
clear, that we may see. The Span
lard pulls his hat down over his eyes.
"The order is given to charge!
Three, 1our, Oh nVe nuhuieu 10 "o
must go very fast-straisht for the
Spaniards, who all the time. have us
IN range of their Mausers, while we
Gun do nothing to them. Then we
are close enough for the carbine to
have effect and they go bang-bang-
bang, fast as we can load and fire. All!
If we only had magazine guns like
yours; but they are too costly Tor us.
Quickly we are close enough tor the
revolver to do execution. The carDlne
goes back to its hook. on the belt and
the revolver speaks bang-bang- bang
until it is empty, when it is dropped
for the string to take care OF.
"By that time we are on our enemy
IL III ,n,ca,fe. THAT is the to0i
.t, &rzd u = gallon
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-15

the counter. Ihad brought in bunch
of the flowers, and had 'em in glass
on shelf, and she noticed 'em. So T.
thought I'd send her some," said Per-
rot, iEnocently:
His wife looked very hard at him.
''Do you want to make a fool of
yourself, Samuel Perrot?" she inquired.
'tHow does it look to see married
mana man with a sick wife, who
mayn't have three months to live
chatting over eohnters with Il frisky
widew, and sending her flowers and
thihgs?"
"Why, Marthy, of course I don't
mean any harm by it! Goodness
knows" he added, with sigh, that
I've no comfort in the prospect Vi be;
ing left d Wid0%er! And what are the
poor children to do without d mother?
Mrs. Vaughan seems to feel fer tis
already; far Shes always inquiring
about your health. -
"Well, she needn't!" responded Mrs.
Perrot, her sallow face flushing, "and
I think, Samuel, that you might have
better serse, if not l,ettet feelinS, than
to &c aruubd chatting with other wo-
Meh about your wife dying; One
would think that you we're S,ixidus I'd
get me out of the wdy!" she added, re-
ptoaehfully.
CHOW, Marthy, you ought not to
talk so. You know how grieved I'd
be to lose you. And If T hidrried
again for the ehildren's sakes, I mean
I'D look out fer somebody as near
like you as could be found"
married again!" exclaimed Mrs.
Perrot, with indignant emphasis.
"For the children's sake, you
know" repeated her husband, sheep.
islly scratching his head.
''And you can sit here and talk
about giving my darling children a
stepmother?" said Mrs, Pcrrdt, in d
deeply-injured tone: samuel, SAM
uel! when 1 married you J. little
thought t would come to this!!''
Perrot, as he always did when he
saw tnaC sQuail WIS brewing, Iooh
his hat, and while his lies face was
buried in her har'' chief he silently
vanishe'. a. sne room.
"I wouldn't mind It, Aunt Martha, :"
said Lavinia, consolingly. "You
know he loves you better than any
thing else in the world; but it's natural
he should sometimes look forward to
the future. And Mrs. Massey has told
everybody that you don't expect to
live beyond this winter, and you see,
folks pity him; and Mrs. Vaughan be-
ing widow herself, can feel what he
would suffer.
81 never said expected to die this
winter!" said Mrs. Perrot, deGantly.
'I've felt better the last few days
than I have for weeks. People
needn,t bn I;---.' ,.-- ,--