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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-06-30
comMODOnE wATsON,s SQUADRON
II Will Leave for the spanish Coast
About July 4.

Washington, juno 2S,--rhe admin
istration yesterday finally came TO q
decision to send an American squad.
ron to he Spanish coast and into the
Mediterranean. Several times since
the war broke out rim0rs 10 this
effect have circulated, but the project
has not materialized. 1t required the
Spanish movement toward the Phil
lppines by Camara's squadron to de-
eide the navy department TO adopt
this bold stroke,
The first announcement, through q
bulletin posted at the war depart
ment, of the governments intention,
was received with incredullty. There
was a suspicion that the story was
hoated to deceive the Spanish gov
ernment. However, when, later in
the day, tho eetail of the vessels Sc
lected to constitute Commodore Wat
sons Eastern squadron was am
nounced, and official orders were
given to provision the feet for four
months, it became apparent TO the
last doubter that the government was
in earnest i'm this purpose to dispatch
the fleet to Europe.
1'he three vessels selected as GOLFERS
have started already on their way to
Newport News to take on large sup
ply of coal. 1t will require nearly a
week to get them down to Simpsons
fleet, so that, If the start as to be
made from that point, 1T will he inn
possible for Commodore Watson to
get away before the 4th of July. This
would seem to be an suspicious date
for the beginning OF an expedition
that will, for the first time in the
worlds history, start from the New
World to attack Continental Europe.
NO attempt is made to deny that
the government is influenced in or"
dering this movement by a desire to
check the progress eastward OF the
Cadiz fleet. 1t was not believed that
the Spanish admiral could be guilty
OF the folly Of uncovering his own
home ports in this fashion, but, mas
much as he seems determined to do
so, the naval strateglsts could not do
less than take advantage of the mag
niticent opportunity thus afforded to
strike crushing blow at Spain, and
thereby, perhaps, save much time and
loss of life and money in the conduct
of the tedious campaign in Cuba.
The navy department gave the first
intimation Of its decision to send a
fleet to Spain by posting, at 11:15, the
following bulletin:
Commodore Watson sails to-day in
the Newark, to join Sampson, where
he will take under his command an
armored squadron with cruisers and
proceed at once off the Spanish
coast"
4 Later the navy department issued
/ second bulletin. showing the ships
to be placed under Commodore Wat
sons command. The ships named are
as follows:
Flagship Newark, battleships Iowa
and Oregon, cruisers Yosemite, YAM
tee. and Dixie and the golfers Seam
die. Abarenda and Alexander.
The advance will be made at once
from Santiago.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-06-30
TTans-M isslsSippi Exposi1ion.

The Great Rock-lsland Is making avery low
low rate TO the Exposition at Omaha, Neo.
The best through line from Hutchinson
choice OF routes via Kansas City, 81. Josephi
or Bellevile and Lincoln. Look at the map
Ernest Drake, agent.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-06-30

Take the Great Rock leland reute for Omaha
-.rate-one fare plus $500 for the round trip.
On sale June 10, 20, 81, ~, 20 q, 30 and July lie
Return limits 10 to 10 days. Also cheap rates
to Pacific coast and return. Call on us for par
culars. Ernest Drake, agents.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-06-30

Gomez advises tha't no American
camps be established in the interior
of the island until after the rainy
season.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-06-30

! Wnsle Sam and Qascn Victoria are
"a enough 70 GO married u they
wont. 49, .-. j.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
, c-ockaehttne In Manila.

Gambling may be said to be the one
vice of the Philippine islander, says u
writer in The Nineteenth Century, and
takes chiefly the form Of cockfghting,
more ruinous for him in its effects than
the earthquakes and cyclones by which
his home is occasionally devastated.
With the Tagal even more than with
the Malay generally this pastime is a
passion pushed to the extreme.
In every native hut, in every craft
floating on the Pasig, a cock is to be
found undergoing training as careful as
that bestowed in the west on q race
horse, though perhaps to perish on its
first appearance in the lists. A native
at leisure is seldom seen without his
gamecock, a pretty creature, not much
larger than a bantam, which he carries
under his arm, and should his hut take
fire his first thought is this favorite,
which, having secured, he leaves the
rest to fate. Oockfghts are held regu'
larly on Sundays and festivals and in
Manila on inc day in the week as we'll,
and the laws regulating them, which
contain as many as 100 clauses. are very
strict.
The spectators stand or squat on theil
heels-the~ favorite native posture-or
a sloping floor, at the foot Of which art
the lists. The maximum stake is $50,
and one spur only is allowed to eaot
cook. The Chinaman, who farms thu
gallera, collects the bets, which rela
lively to the wealth Of the oompan,
are enormous, Tagals Of the poores
class often stalking from 50 to 81 ant
going supperless to bed in consequence
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12

. short time. al will appear presently.
So, when q pack is about, the natives en-
ploy the following method: Close to an
orchard q bit Of level space IL selected
and Z hole dug in 1t, about 3 feet deep
and 6 or 8 inches in diameter. A moose
is made at one end Of a long, stout cord
and placed over the mouth of the hole.
The cord is then passed through q pulley
or ring attached to a tree close to the
house and the other end held some dis
lance away by q concealed person. The
moose and about 10 or 15 feet Of the
cord are covered with sand. Then a nice,
tempting banana is placed in the hole,
and a number of rotten ones-covered,
however, with fresh skins-are strewn
all over the ground near the hole.
When the pack comes, the females
are too shy to venture out into the open
space neal the house, but the big gotha
is q brave fellow. He sees the bananas
on the ground, leaps down, takes up one,
throws it away in disgust, then another,
with the same result. Suddenly he no.
tices the nice, tempting n in the hole.
and plunges his arm in. Immediately
the cord is pulled, the loose fastened
on the arm close to the shoulder and the
monkey dragged willy nilly to the tres
where the pulley or ring is attached.
Then the hiding shikari comes forth,
and, circling round and round the tree
with the cord held tight in his hand,
binds the unfortunate monkey safe and
fast. all but the head. The pulley or
.s-- ss,k.o5~nol ,,1k ,noyo1U IN hSnl
the monkey to the tree, but also because
it would be highly dangerous to drag
the Infatuated brute right up to q per.
son.
The monkey, however, is not killed.
Instead they lather his head and face,
no special care being taken in selecting
the finest soap or the purest water. The
| operation is an interesting one and q
uroe Of great amusement-to the by
ISLANDERS. The monkey, however, lodges
his head about, only to get a good dose
of soap in his eyes and mouth. Then he
! has enough of it, especially as he feels
dreadfully achy all over and the cords
cutting into his body every inch-to
say nothing Of the personal remarks and
the highly adjeotival language Of the
bystanders. He submits to his fate with
eastern stoicism. His head is shaved
clean as a billiard ball, and then the
face as we'll, nice and smooth, like q
baby's. Then they let him go. But alas,
such is the vanity of life, his wives
will not have him now that his beauty
is gone. They disown him completely,
cut him dead. Nay, they drive hin
away from the pack with oontumely
with the ends of their tails-in the alb
sence of domestic broomstioks. Ant
thus, being without q leader, the pacl
is soon broken up.-Strand Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
MONKEYS or INDIA.
me HAVOC They CAUSE ~ n4EI,
WARS FOR WIVES.

Laurhable Taetics Employed by tie
Natives to Dispense the Belligerent
Packs-Little Chance For Male Mon
keys At Birth.
Monkeys in India are an unmitigated
nuisance, especially In the country. I
have often come ACROSS in the jungles
adjoining the villages Of northern Ben.
Eai whole troops Of them, whose depre-
dations in fields and orchards were the
despair Of the unfortunate villagers.
These troops always consisted Of one
huge male and about 100 females. The
fact is, when a little monkey is born in
the pack, 1t is suffered to live If a fe-
male, but instantly killed by the father
Il it happens to bea male, The mother,
however, sometimes manages to hide
the little one until he Is able to get
about and then sends him away before
The big male catches sight Of him. In
this way 1t often happens that indi-
vidual males are to be found living by
themselves in single blessedness. Now,
getting tired Of solitude after a time
and perhaps believing In union a. a
source Of strength, these bachelors often
Join together and form a pack Of their
own-as . sort Of club.
Then the fun begins They want
wives-very naturally. But how are
they to get them? All the female
monkeys Of the country belong to the
harem OF, some big brute or other.
Clearly, the only solution is to attack
such a harem, kill the gotha (the afore.
said big brute), and then divide the
spoils. So an ultimatum is sent-and
rejected. War is declared. The battle
Is q fierce one and often lasts several
days. The party attacked always tries
to retreat and often traverses several
jungles, fields and even villages. But
the pursuit is hot and vigorous, and at
last q stand has to be made-sometimes
in a village green or even an orchard Of
some country mansion. In the actual
fight the females generally remain
faithful to their lord and master and
help him fleroely against his numerous
assailanta But the result Ia q foregone
conclusion, and the several widows,
after a very short period Of mourning
usually manifested by q show Of ill
temperate oonsoled by the victorious
males
Now, these battles cause sad havoc tc
the fields and orchards Of the country
and often prove 4 positive danger to thu
people, for, though monkeys seldom at
tack men, woe to the luokless one WHIT
ventures to come near them in Their
deadly struggle. Moreover, when pressed
by hunger. these packs are not to b.
trifed with. You may not mind ever
the damage done to your orchard BY
hundreds Of monkeys gobbling up every
thing they can lay their hands on, bu'
1t ia quite a different matter when 20.
have to shut Eour doors and window
and stay in for days at a time because o
the army outside.
Consequently the object Of the native
IL to break up these packs by capturing
their leaders. Killing is against the die
tates Of conscience, but capture is not
especially % the monkey is liberated il
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
iwsn-sat,.nea

Aubrey do We're gives, in his "sRecol-l
IectionA IN account Of meeting, mi
Bwtt1erland, one Of those travellers who
make Il . point Of honor to SEQ nothing
70 good a. what they find at home.
This man was an Irishman, with whom
patriotism was 50 truly a mania that
every word in praise Of the scenery
about him seemed a distinct aspersion.
on the land Of his birth.
"What can you compare here, y he
demanded, with the mountains Of
Wioklow?"
Perhaps" said a traveller. zone
might name the mountains of the Mont
Blanc range"
"Oh," he replied scornfully, ''they're
out Of oil reasonl I am after walking
along the Chamouni valley for three
days, and I only saw four Of those
mountains. Sure, in Wicklow I'd have
counted as many as eight of them in
three h%oursl"
"Have you seen this wonderful wa
terfall within half a mile Of us?"
II have not seen it, and I am not 60
ing to see it. Didn't I see the O'Sulli-
van cascade at Killarney? Down it
comes from such a height that you don't
know where it comes from. Down it
plunges, laundering and believing,
sometimes black as ink and sometimes
i white as milk, dashing itself against
the right hand rocks and smashing itself
against the left hand rocks. What is
your Handeck fall compared to that?"
"Some persons would say" was the
reply, ''that the waterfall here is about
ten times as high and six times as
broad"
"Ah, them" said he, with an added
note Of scorn, ''then the O'Sullivan cas-
oade is not big enough for you? And
tell me this, now couldn't you take a
magnifying glass to it,"
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
cxc1i.t. a. sportsmen.

The wheelman himself can hardly be
held answerable for the death of a rab.
bit which bolted into his machine as it
stood by the roadside and broke its
neck, and there was contributory negli-
gence, as the lawyers say, on the part
of the cat which tried to go through the
wheel Of a passing bicycle and gave the
rider a bad fall at the cost Of its own
life. Much more noteworthy than either
Of these was the achievement of a oy-
olist who while scorohing along the
road Che must have been %scorching) ran
into a covey Of cartridges and killed
one, his wheel passing over its neck.
The only way in which. this curious
accident can be explained is to suppose
that the birds we're "dusting'' at q
bend in the road, and that the cyclists
approach, concealed by the hedges, re-
manned undecided till the enemy wal
literally among them.-Chambers' Jour
mol =er--
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
II OLD HYMN.

I sat within . vacant room,
A low eiled room, quaint shaped. oak beam
ed.
With windows looking OF to sea,
Der which the sunsets glory streamed.
I watched the farof fitting sails,
And "Halfway rock" that looming rose
A tower from the heaving sea
Whereon the scattered isles repose.
And some one near me gently played
A dear old hymn that stirred my heart.
"Children Of the Heavenly King"
And what 1t woke made quick tears start.
The long years seemed to backward turn.
And I, a little child again,
Held fast within his strong arms clasp,
While soft he crooned tho old refrain.
Oh, just once more to be that child
And know again the blissful rest
The old hymn brought me-, rocked to sleep
With pillowed head upon his breasti
But only yet a little while,
Though earth may call it years that creep.
know he'll come to me again
And rock me to eternal sleep.
Mary Devereux in Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
once WOO ofteu.

"What's all this excitement aboutf''
Nothing worth mentioning. Man
got knocked down."
"Aocidentp"
"Not exactly. One Of these men who
always catch hold of you and push you
out Of their way when you happen to
meet them at a crowded corner grabbed
the wrong man just now. That's all. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
1T CURED II COOK.
The Result of Her Masters Wrcs
thing Match With the Telephone.

The Result of Her Masters Wrcs.
Ting Match With the Telephone.
"About a week after the telephone
was installed-any electrical device is
always installed when it is brought
into the house-the cook was suddenly
taken i'll in the middle of the night,
and I was requested to telephone for the
doctor. It took me fully ten minutes Of
prolonged ringing and yelling before I
could induce the central office to put
me into communication with the doc
tor. Then I sent an agonized howl
through the telephone, begging the doc
tor to come at once.
"In the course Of the following hour
ok different persons carried on brief
conversations with me, but no one Of
them was the doctor. In the case Of
each person it took about ten minutes Of
hard labor to induce him to say any
thing Ineligible, and when the intel
ligible remark arrived 1t was to the
effect that the speaker was Brown OF
Jones or Robinson; that he was not q
doctor. and that he would infiot per-
sonal chastisement on the man who had
called him ont Of bed If he could find
the criminal In the morning.
cat last, however. my efforts were
apparently crowned with success. A
wretch who said he was the person Of
whom I was in search promised to call
at my house at ono Accordingly one
hour and quarter after had first rung
the telephone I received a hurried call
from the local undertaken, who insisted
that I had telephoned to him to bring a
coffin without q moments delay. I got
rid Of him at the expense Of 8 shillinga
and a glass of wine, and I am happy to
say that the shock Of the visit cured the
cook without the aid Of any other med
icine."-W. A. Alden in Pearson'i
Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
Domestic

She had put on her hat and gloves
and was moving toward the door, when
he looked up from his newspaper and
asked: ag6
where : you going?"
"a husband with good sense neve
asks his wife where she is going"
"But I suppose a woman with good
sense has the right to ask her husband
where he is going2''
IA woman with good sense never
doss anything Of the kind, because II
she has good sense she never marries, 90
she has no husband. Ia, tai"
And it never dawned on her that she
had called herself an idiot.
Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
The Suspicion. Mother,

Admire a baby and the mother al
ways looks pleased. Admire her dog
and she glares at you. Maybe the reason
for this is that abe is quite sure you dc
not wish to steal the baby, but isn't
altogether certain regarding your atten.
tions where the dog ia oonoerned.-Ex.
change.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
Royal Honor.

LouisiW o. France, having made a
certain bargain with King. Ferdinand
Of Spain, found that Ferdinand had
grievously cheated him. whereupon he
made complaint Of his dealing. The
Spanish king made answer to the court
as follows: ''The king Of France ID
complaining that I have deceived him
twice. He lies. I have deceived him
moro,than ten times.n
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12

A Glasgow paper thus analyses the
music Of the bagpipe: "Big dies on
window, 70 per cent; cats ON midnight
tiles, liz per cent; voices Of infant
puppies, 8 per cent; granting hungry
pigs in the morning, ~ per cent;
steam whistles, 8 per cent; chant Of
cricket 3 per cent.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
TAX SALE.

Notice II hereby given that tho following
lands, situated In the county OF Stark, state OF
North Dakota, on which tbs taxes for the year
1901 and for all prior {eats. remain unpaid. will
1893, bsing the tfifat Tuesday in Deoembcr3 81
my Office In the court house, in tho town Of
Dickinson, said county and state, commencing
at ID o'clock q. n. The said lands heleinaftor
described will be sold on the date above named,
in accordanne with the provisions. of s~ectiUns II
and 76, of chapter l26 laws Of 1891.
74 Cur j. DBFRAHCE.
County Auditor.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12

In Japan a very useful accomplish
meat taught children, IL the use Of both
hands in writing and other work; hence
there are no right. or left handed peo-
pie, a. . rule, but both hands are used
indiscriminAtely.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
HIS Enviable Lot.

Nh. Pitt-sinoe your friend Blinkina
married Miss Bonds he has been lead
ing the life Of q dog.
Nj. Penn-I'm sorry for him.
''I'm not" 4
"Don't you sympathize with him7'
"Not at all. He has nothing to do
but eat, sleep and amuse himself. I'll
the life Of a pet pug dog he leadA"-
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12

It is reported that 400, 900 canaries
change hands every year In the United
Kingdom alone, the value Of them be-
ing about G1O0, 900.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12

The London Standard says the Scot.
fish race is the most clannish, the most
ubiquitous, the most pertinacious and
the most instinotively coherent in the
world.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12

Thers are too many AreoracksfS who
tpasins thsy are 10 inch guns ~ g.
etsR-Atok3so0 GlobA
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12

The earliest complete clock of which
an accurate record exists was made in
the thirteenth century by a Saracen
mechanic.
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12

w ~-S SS~~ $50 a
liah or even a German newspaper at
headquarters. Having obtained the su-
premely important item Of news, what
was I to do with It? Unless it could be
forthwith transmitted to The Daily Tel
egraph Office by telegraph, my chances
Of forestalling my fellow correspondents
would be annihilated, and there was no
wire at my disposal-or, for that mat
ter. at that Of any foreign journalist
within the vast radius of the lines of
investment.
The situation appeared an utterly
hopeless one, until suddenly the hap
piest Of "happy. thoughts" flashed
through mymind: Perhaps the all pow.
erful chancellor, newly oreateda prince
Of the young German empire, would
authorize the transmission to London
Of my dispatch over his own Official
wire. by means Of which he was zen
rapport with every European capital
except beleaguered Paris. There was no
time to lose. Before s q. m. I had taken
down the articles Of capitulationffrom
the lips of my informant, within half
an hoursI had copied them out, ''large,
bold and handsome,'' on two pages Of
foolscap and had made myself presenta-
BILE.
At 9o'cJook I presentedmyself at the
street door Of theyhouse in the Rue de
Provence and sent up my card to Coun-
cilor Lothar Buoher, with q penoiled
request that he would allow me to speak
to him In private. Almost Immediately
he came down to the swAiting: room on
the ground floor, into which I had been
shown, and asked me what he could do
for me. "Can you procure me q five
minutes audience Of the ~prinoef" I re-
piled: ST don't know" was the rejoin-
der, "but I'll try. The chancellor is ex-
t1emely busy, but perhaps he'll see you
It you can assure me that the matter 10
really urgent" I declared that for me
1t could not possibly be more 30, where
upon Butcher left mel confess, In q
fever Of anxiety-and was absent for
about a quarter Of an hour, at the ex-
piration Of which he r%eappeared and
beokoned to me to follow him up stairs
In an ex-boudoir on the first foot
converted into sort Of Office I found
the chancellor awaiting me. After the
briefest Of greetings he said, "Pray, tell
me what you want In the fewest posi-
BILE words, for I have not a moment to
lose" I produced my dispatch, handed
1t to him and askedfhim If IL was sub.
stantially correct.
After looking through It he answered;
eyes, it lie. I don't know how you got
vonr Information. and i don't intend e
| ask. INIT thesa are tha terms IN WHICH
Paris surrendars. What thenpn Wher
7 haaonoht mia nar,nission ~ FORWARD
the message over his wire. he lauphei
rather orimlv. saving. "You must b,
mad to ask snnh a thinrin
urped nnon himsthat the tanaon O.
publio faelinp in Enrland with respeo
sto the Fate If Paris was verv nainfnl-
many NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. beinr temno
The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
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The Dickinson press., 1898-11-12
Out in Kansas

lives a happy wife. She writes: "
have used Mothers Friend before
two confinements. The last time ! had
twins, and was in labor only q few min
utes. Suffered very little" The reason