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The state herald., 1898-12-09
DEWEY SHOWS SYMPATHY.
Touching Letter I" "a Woman WHOSE Iius.
band Died for the Flag.

s""'hihE ifitef tb 70 woman whose uus-
band Died for the Flag.
Greensburg, Pa, Dec. 3.-The fol.
lowing Is letter received from Ad-
mirnl Dewey by Mrs. Moss of Mount
Pleasant, whose husband. Jesse Moss,
was killed in the battle of Manila.
July 31st:
olympia. Flagship. Manila. Oct. %.
lS!S,-My Dear Mrs. Moss: | wish to
express TO you my deepest sympathy.
III must lessen your sorrow somewhat
TO know that your young husband fell
hghting bravely for his country. the
noDlest death man can know. From
the Olympia ! watched the fight that
fearful night, and wondered how
many American homes would be sad
dened by the martyrdom suffered by
our brave men, and my sympathy
went out TO each and every one of
them
Your loss has been sadder than the
others, and | am unable to express the
sorrow ! feel for you. Tears come to
my eyes as | read the sad story of the
father who never saw his child, and
then the loss Of all that was left to
the brave mother. II IL hard some
times TO believe, but our heavenly
father, In his innate goodness. always
does things for the best. and some day
father, mother and daughter will he
Joined. never TO he parted. With my
'cndcrcst sympathy. believe me. your
sincere friend.
GEORGE DEWEY"
The daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Moss,
who died, was named for Admiral
Dewey.
The state herald., 1898-12-09

love-making when I'm two or three
years older and wear my dresses quite
long. don't contradict hernia is so
stupid about such things. you know;
but can't help laughing. Why. 1t
was only the other day that she was
saying that. n you want 10 10 any
thing well. you must start practicinK Il
when you are young. And that's Just
what Fred Msrchant says-thc impu-
dent fellow He used 10 be awfully
shy. but he Isn't now: at least, not
with me. It's very tlresomc OF him.
because ! don't like boys to be NO silly.
| should be dreadfully angry with him
II he wasn't mean II he didn't-weli.
he's rather nice. you know,
He's a great big fellow. at the same
school with my brothers. You can't
help noticing him II you 20 to any Of
their sports. He's always making A.
ties or kicking goals or winning races
or something. You wouldn't think he
was afraid Of n lion TO see him then.
But when he came 10 my house he
used TO sit and blush and twiddis his
cap, Just because OF mel I, made me
crossl or course I didn't care about
him or want him to take any notice OF
mo really. only II seemed so stupid.
Besides. people Nigh, have faneiod
that he thought I wasn't nice. knew
he didn't think that. because lie used
20 stare AT me 40 when he thought I
wasn't looking.
An the same. I couldn't get him 10
say much more than yes" or mo" 10
me. tIll one evening he came round 10
show tho mater and pataf a little
bronze ngure he had won q, aomc
sports-such n dear little pug. with n
snucy little face that seemed TO ncowi
and laugh both at once
"oh" cried, Isn't he iovoiyi I
am 40 fond Of dogs"
DO you really like him. Mian rlos.
sic1" he said, eagerly, II don't want
II, We've go, such lot a' home. DO
keep II, please"
lie put II right In my handr: and
when ma said. Certainly mott" In her
mos, emphatic tones. he only laughed
and took NJ his cap and ran away Ma
said that the pa,er would be Hure 10
make me send I, back. but he didn't
only pinchcd my ear and said some.
thing ebou, beginning In early days.
After that. Of course. fol, I must he
nice 10 Fred. hut he was 70 asgfayat.
inrly shy that I DIDN'T know how 10
thank him. nut few evenings later
when I had been playing tennis with
him and the boys they were nwfuily
tlresome cominF home, and y, las, they
ran away from me. Fred didn't 60
with them. an VIZ walked home toKeth'
ef He kent iooklnr round him uneas.
NJ. and I was afraid that IN n minute
The state herald., 1898-12-09
STRANGE SEARCH BY POLICE.
sieuthing Paris Not for n Criminal, but
an Honest Man.

sienthing fnris Not for u Criminal, hut
an Honest Man.
At the present moment the police of
Paris are engaged on rather an un-
usual task They are in search of an
honest man. not like the Greek philos-
opher OF old, in skeptica spirit, but
FOR the very reason that he has fur
nished striking evidence OF his integ-
rity. As matter of fact. when this
interesting individual shall be found
he Is to be provided with post In the
service OF the prefecture. II is n
touching story, which reflects the ut
most credit on all concerned. Re
Gently Nine. Blanc. the wife of the pre-
feet of police, discovered on her re-
turn from visit to Passy that she had
lost her purse. containing nearly 200
francs, and ascertained to her salts
faction on the following morning that
1t had been brought by stranger to
the Office of the local commissary. The
lady made kind inquiries about this
person and an investigation showed
that he had heen living in a small
hotel In the nelghborhood but that a
few hours before he came across the
money he had been Obliged to leave the
house. as all his funds had been eY-
hausted. The poor fellow had been re-
duced TO the utmost destitution, but
he had manfully resisted the tempta-
ton, II, indeed. It occurred to him at
all to appropriate the purse and it's
contents. which he had conveyed alb
solutely intact to The Office. When she
learnt that this honest man was wan
dering about homeless and without the
wherewithal to buy even a morsel OF
bread Nine. Blanc was deeply moved.
and she not only lost no time in ask
ing her husband to institute an active
search for him. but begged the prefect
to keep one of the places at his dis
posal for Louis Dubourg, and she
added: AS soon ms he is found let
him have the 1874 francs. The money
would burn my fingers II took It
back under such conditions" So II
has come about that instead OF being
eagerly on the lookout for someone
who has come into collision with the
law It's agents are searching high and
low for the perpeirator OF meritor-
ious act. So far their efforts have not
been crowned with success, but It IL
10 be hoped that kind-hearted Nine.
Blanc will not be kept long In sus-
pense
The state herald., 1898-12-09
ANDREE CROSSED URALs.
Message From tn. Aeronaut Trans.
mitt.d To the Swedish Minister at
NJ. Petersburg,

Stockholm, Dec. AN engine driy-
or named Detkc has written TO the
SwedishNorweginn minister nt st.
Petersburg letter In which he says
that he found In the vicinity of the
Iral mountains n bottle containing
two papers, one Of which bore the fol
lowing message. written In French:
'ADdree's balloon has crossed the
tral mountains. ANDREE."
The other paper inscribed In Rus.
sian, was as follows:
Give this letter TO the consul or to
the police"
The balloon Eagle. with Professor
Andrce and two companions. Strlnde-
berg and Frcnkel. In the car, left
Danes island Of the Spiizbergen
group on July II, 1897. In mn attempt
to cross the pole. Since then no deii-
mite news OF the ncronauts has been
received beyond message attached
to n carrier pigeon found by the whal-
ing ship Falken. which arrived at Co
pcnhagcn on September 2nd. The mes
sage read: July IAN. 1890 y. m.
latitude s2.2 north. longitude 1876 enst.
Good voyage eastward. All WELL
The state herald., 1898-12-09

he would follow. However, I told him
was afraid to go through the rane
alone. end then he said he would come
with me.
"You needn't unless you like, you
know" told him. II don't want to
bother you"
"Oh, no" he said. "I-er-you-er-
I should like to-"
That's story" said.
mo, it isn't" He stuck his hands
in his pockets and had another look
round. Boys are so funny!
Wont YOU be frightened?' asked
Moo" He fdgeted with his rae
quet. 81 don't think I'm frightened OF
many things"
"oh, but you are!" He looked sur
prised.
"What sort OF things?"
. Poor. harmless little things" said,
demurely, that wouldn't hurt fly"
He looked at me doubtfully.
How do you know I'm frightened?"
Because you blush"
'oh hcuH 4 III SHY WIN blTls, uoh
you?' l couldn't help laughing. 1t
sounded so comical
oh, dear. no." said Then ]
laughed again.
Perhaps" he suggested. "lt's good
Job I'm shy. II weren't you might
think me too bold"
"Oh no I shouIdn'tt" looked IN
at him Just to make him blush as
usual, you know, and II he didn't sud-
denly stoop down. just as looked up.
and
or course, ! hadn't the least idea
that he would do such thing! /
should have been ever so cross with
him, only-well, he had given me that
dear little pug, don't you see!-St.
Paul's.
The state herald., 1898-12-09
They Arc Reliable.

The American Farmer Is sincere In
what II says and whenever II endorses
an article. be II machinery. proprietary
medicine. or a man individually. we
want our readers To believe that what
We say we have good reason TO under
stand IN true. For year or more
there have been endorsements OF the
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company. OF
167 Dearborn street, Chicago, by this
paper. People have written us to
know II this company Is responsible.
and II Its remarkable remedies. for the
cure OF rheumatism. neuralgia, dyspep
sia. catnrrh, kidney troubles. otc.. real.
ly had merit. We have therefore been
at extra pains TO investigate, and once
again we add emphasis To our former
endorsement OF that company. There
may be Isolated cases here and there
which. probably through neglect In fol-
lowing directions. or from exposure OF
some unexplainnble reason. the won,
dcrful Five Drops remedy does not do
the work. But Il IN case where the
exception proves the rule Mr.. Swan
son is n gentleman OF character and
personal Integrity. and, we believe,
would no more attempt to deceive the
public than the writer OF this article.
They still offer 10 send n sample bot
tie Of "5 Drops" for zoe or large
bottle. 800 doses. for 81. prepaid by
mail or express, Address as above.
The state herald., 1898-12-09
PRES. ELLIS REPORTS
UPON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Prosperous Condition of tho Institution
Need of New Building-Annuai Pay
Roll L. 84O.O5O2O.


Denver, Dee. Ex-Governor Adams
yesterday received report from Pres
ident Aston Ellis of the State Agri-
cultural College. Mr.. Ellis says in
part:
1T is IL pleasure to report that the
close OF the last fiscal year found the
college absolutely free from debt. To
secure this desirable result, the fur
nishlng of departmental equipments
has been greatly limited. The college
revenue for the last biennial period
closely approximates to the following
named sums: Land income fund (act
of Congress 1862. $4,000; additional
endowment fund (act of Congress.
1890, $4,000; mill tax fund (state ap-
preparation Of one-fifth milD, $4,000.
Total. S13l,0O0 The government ap-
preparation, under the provisions of
the Hatch act 1887. for the exclusive
support Of the experiment station,
within the same two-year period, has
been $4,000. No part of this fund is
available for college support.
college property is inventoried Mt
S253 ,2SS.73; the station property at
$25,G2I.5S. The annual pay roll
amounts to $49,059.2O. The total en-
rollment for the college year, that
closed June, 1893. was 347. The en-
rollment of students for the first (falD
term of the college year 1S9S-1S90 was
324. representing two foreign coun.
tries, thirteen states and one territory.
students from outside the state num-
her forty-one. The 2S3 Colorado stu
dents represent thirty-eight counties.
The chief need liz an 'administra-
tion building that will afford quarters
for the library. literary societies, ora
torical association and Christian asso-
Citations. Here. also. should be the
chapel, the armory and gymnasium,
and n number of bath rooms OF mod
ern construction. To meet this press
Ing want an appropriation Of $4,000
Will be asked for
The state herald., 1898-12-09
n,ch rrl,. Picked up In Atlantic.

philadelphia. Dee. 3.-Thc British
ship Mnrsionmoor. Captain Angus,
sailed from Baltimore November -.
for Rotterdam. arrived NJ the Dcin.
ware brcnkwni.r today, having In toe
one OF the richest prizes picked M nt
sen FOR some time. She towed In III.
British bark In EscoceSn. which was
bound from Iquipuc to New York, lad.
On with about 1900 pounds OF nitrate
Of sodn. valued NJ about $4,000.
The bark when sighted wna In
cinrrr NJ the chief officer, Captain Ev.
nns. her commander. Ind died OF brain
fever September % She was In n
helpless condition. having experienced
n hcnyy gnlc November ~. According
to the bargain mndc by Captain An.
gus. the settlement of the cnsc OF anl
vng" Il To bc left TO arbitration.
The state herald., 1898-12-09
snnih American rIrLnnrL.i.

Practice makes perfect even In
wrong doing and In the use Of what
seem 10 be very awkward means. A
writer In the Boston Transcript says
The 0nucboa. or dwollera, on the OF
tepsiye plains Of Buonon Ayrcs. are
mnryelonHiy deNtarous with both
hands and feet Many Of them have
acquired. through long practice, such
skill In using their toes instead OF
fingers that they can ninE the lasao
and even pick pockets with them.
Some time ago n ffonchman, who was
ilahins In ono Of the rivers Of Duenos
Aytes. was warned 10 he on his guard
against the iight fingered natives, He
forthwith kept n visiiant watch upon
hiH companions. but. nevertheless. one
day when his attention was closely
fivrted on his float, n willy 0sucho
drew near and delioaiely inserting his
foot. extracted the irencbman'a hooks
and other valuable from his pocket
The state herald., 1898-12-09
MUST RECOGNIZE THE SULTAN.
Prime. G~orx- WIN ny III. Turkish tiss
nj ~. paiae. In Crete.

Chicago, Dec. LA special cable
grnm to the Record from Vienna, says:
According to the Som und Montngs
Zcitung the Crctnns have decided to
celebrate the dny Of Prince Georges
landing Ia the island by proclniming
national holiday Ia commcmorntion
Of the high commissioners coming. The
holiday viii he styled "Eleuihcrln." :"
slgnifying dcliycrnncc.
According 10 Frcmdcnblntt OF Wen
mn Prince George l. appointed 10 Crete
subject TO the following conditions;
lie Is 10 acknowledge the Sulinn's
-uzcrnlDiy by lying the Turkish finp
permanently opposite his palace.
He II TO summon national assembly
TO frame u constitution guaranteeing
religious freedom to NIL inhabitants of
the island
His mission IA To bc OF three years
duration
The -four "cr.inn powers Great
BritniD. Russia. iinly and Frpnce-
are TO devote l.Oo1.0Oo iiorlbs TO lpsti.
tuting the administration NJ govern.
meni mud organizing the ecndnrmcric.
The state herald., 1898-12-09
Courts ut santiago

Santiago do cubn. Dee. 3-'rbe open.
Ing ~ the recently reorRnnl1od Ru'
premr Court this morning wns mn I'm
pressivr ceremony. General Wood IN
n few incifni nni f0rcofnl words a.
encd The proceedings, delivering the
cour, IN The name of the United Siaio-
government. to The chief justice nnd
his associates mud demanding from ih"
public implicit obedience to the courts
decisions and decrccs.
The chief justice. replying. accepted
the judicial offices IN the mime Of Jus.
ilce, formally recognizing tho United
States NJ the supreme power nnd lc
clnrinr iba, the bench would render
Justice TO rich and poor alike,
The locni newspapers consider II the
dawn NJ n new crh.
The state herald., 1898-12-09
The Preachers slight Mlstake.

An old writer tells us that ''ro err is
human" and he struck n weak spot in
mans makeup when he wrote that
truth.
A few months ago. in one of Names
county seats. a lawyer and n clergy
man were chatting together. In the
course of conversation the subject of
mistakes and miscalculations came
up,
DO you ever make mistakcs:
asked the minister OF the lawyer.
why, yes, sometimes" was the an
swcr
Il suppose YOU rectify them. don't
you?" inquired the clergyman.
''No; not always. II It's large mis-
take correct 1t. but II it's small one
let II 20. How about yourself
Brother b: ! suppose you sometimes
make mistnkcs;"
"Oh. yes. sometimes" answered the
minister. but treat them Just MS you
do. For instance, In my sermon few
Sundays ago. said The devil Is the
father of all lawyers, but II was
such slight mistake that let II 60"
The state herald., 1898-12-09
,-,m.ai'. ra,.irn.r.

senator Mortill snyH Vermont In.
the smallest foreign population Of any
state In the Union. the total being nhli
D,soo, all told. most of them Irish, aud
nearly NIL vol" the Democratic ticket
The Democratic stat" candidate for
governor NJ the Inst election bore the
name of Mnlpnry. The chnlfmnn of
the Democratic state committee wa.
Fitzpatrick, nnd the Democratic rnn.
dldni.s for Congress were MncMnuua
nnd Fitzgerald. III" senator knows ~
one town where there are only two
Foreigners Roth ~ them are Irish,
one i innyor nnd lhr other j. chief NJ
police.
The state herald., 1898-12-09
CUBA'S NEW TARIFF.
IT WILL BE MUCH LOWER.
fifty Per Cent Has been Stolen Hereto
fore by Ofnciais- Expected to Raise
0IO,OOO,OOO


The new Cuban tariff has been care.
fully prepared, and now lies on the
Presidents table awaiting his APPROX
al. 1t Is intended to have 1t go into eff
feet at Santiago, ManzanilO, Nuevitas
and Mariana on December 1st, and at
the other Cuban ports as rapidly as
they come into possession of the
United States authorities.
The President and all his advisers
believe that In the present commercial
and financial condition of Cuba 1t is
advisable to make the customs duties
as low as is consistent with the revenue
requirements of the government, and
they will average 25 per cent. upon
what may be termed the necessaries
Of life. Luxuries will carry higher
rate. In making up the schedule, As
sistant Secretary Howell Of the Treas
ury Department, who has charge OF
such matters, has taken the third, or
lowest, column of the Spanish tariff
as his guide. In some cases duties
have been advanced, in others they
have been reduced, but the aggregate
receipts will be about one-third of the
amount of revenue reported by the
Spanish officials. Ii Is estimated that
at least so per cent of the collections
have been stolen by the custom house
officials under Spanish jurisdiction,
and therefore the people of Cuba will
have to pay about one-fifth as much
MS they have been in the habit of pay
ing In this form of taxation under the
new government.
The new tariff schedules have been
based upon a necessary revenue of
S10,000.000 II year. Cuba needs every
thing in the way of public improve
ments. The policy Of Spain has pro-
hibited the expenditure of dollar for
the benefit of the people. Clean cities.
roads and school houses are needed
more than anything else. The build
ings occupied by the government are
200 or 300 years old, but answer the
purpose very well, and need not be re-
newed. The nominal revenues have
been about $50, 100000. but every dol
lar that has been turned into the treas
ury has been required TO pay the in
terest on the Cuban debt, while the
internal taxes have been absorbed in
the payment of large salaries TO an
army of officials sent over from Spain.
The new government will have no
debt and no interest charges, and will
therefore be able to devote its entire
revenues TO the betterment of the ma
terial conditions of the island. The
first thing TO be done will be to clean
the cities and introduce modern sani-
tary methods simultaneously with
this free public school system will
be introduced for the first time In Gu
ba, and n system Of highways will be
constructed Ia replace the horrible
roads and trails which are useless half
Of the year and always impossible
when It rains.
The state herald., 1898-12-09
ONE OF THE NEW LOCOMOTIVES.

vice between st, Louis and Cleveland
on the fastest and heaviest trains. max
Ing the time and doing II easier than
was ever accomplished before on this
run. In designing these engines 1t was
necessary to make n machine combin-
Ing great power with high speed and
easy running avoiding all jerk to the
train, an unnecessary strain on the
track. This has been accomplished to
such an extent that both engine and
tender while at the highest speed, ride
with the greatest steadiness and so
soft and easy motion that the en-
gineers claim not to be at all tired at
the end OF their run. These noble ma
chimes stand 10 feet high from top of
rail to top OF cab and feet 9h inches
to center of boiler, which. with driv-
ing wheels rs inches and truck and
tender wheels 3d inches In diameter,
show trim and powerful. without an
The state herald., 1898-12-09

wagon top with taber back, So inches
diameter at smallest ring and rs
inches diameter at the throat built to
carry wagon pressure of 200 pounds
per square inch. Among the special
articles are Richardson's balance
valves, Jerome metallic packing, Coale
mufller, Kunkle open pops, air oper-
ated bell ringer, French springs. Leach
pneumatic sanding device, gold steam
heat, monitor injector, Janney couplers
and Fox pressed steel tender truck
frames. Some of the principal dimen-
slons are as follows: Weight 10000
pounds; cylinders 20x26 inches: boiler
diameter 60 inches. tubes diameter 2
inches: tubes number OF 800; fire box
width Al inches; fire box length los
inches; working pressure 200 pounds
heating tender water capacity 5000
gallons; tender coal capacity 10 tons:
tender trucks, pressed steel.
The state herald., 1898-12-09

has given to the public not only all the
official dispatches TINT passed directly
between his own office and command
ing officers in the Held and camp, but
has supplemented these with short ex-
planatory notes, setting forth the rea-
sons for various movements, and then,
to complete the record of events, he
has included In the body OF his re-
port the report of General Miles, of all
the generals who participated in the
campaign in Cuba, Porto Rico or the
Philippines. and finally, the reports of
all Of the bureau officers of the War
Department. Nowhere Is there shown
disposition to criticise, the official
dispatches being allowed TO tell their
own story, and generally, the secretary
finds much to praise and cause for sin
cere cOngratulation In the results OBJ
tanned.
The state herald., 1898-12-09
HEALTH or meN paiLlppINgs
G-.srsi o.. spnd. Gratifying R..uit. to
war Department.

Washington. Dee. .. 2.-Tint there is n
decided Improvement In the health Of
III. troops In the Philippines II shown
by the following cable message from
General OILS, commanding NJ Manila,
received by Adjninnt Gonernl corbIn
today:
per cent Of -ick Of command No.
yembcr 10. 10 u NJ ngnlnsi ~ 10 oc.
tobcr n November deaths. ~. NJ
against a. for October sick rnic In
command nboti rnnie ~ among troops
of other governments serving IN trop.
icni countries. Onr.thiri of tho pres.
ont sick suffering from typhoid and
mnlnrlnl frvers, 0no.slAih from inies
ilnnl troubles, nnd the remaining halt
~ ailments slight IN character"
The state herald., 1898-12-09
BIG FOUR GIANT LOCOMOTIVES

The Big Four railroad has recently
received from the builders four s.
wheel passenger locomotives to haul
their fast trains. These engines are.
In every respect, models OF their kind
and are probably the largest, fastest,
most powerful and best looking pas
senger engines in any part of the
country, and are credit to the man
agement and their designer, Mr.. VIM.
Garstang, superintendent of motive
power of the Big Four. and the Sche-
nectady Locomotive Works, their
builders. The engines are now in SER
The state herald., 1898-12-09

den TO myself Was troubled with
smotherinP spells, also palpitniion Of
the heart and that bcaring-down feel.
ing, and could not be ON my feet much.
IL was growing worse all the time,
until took your medicine.
"Afier taking three boxes Of Lydin
Z. Pinlshnm's Vegetable Compound
Lozcnges, the tumor passed from me.
my health has been better ever
since, can now walk quite distance
and am troubled no more with palpita-
ton of the heart or bloating, ! rec
ommcnd your medicine TO all sufferers
from female troubles
IL is hardly reasonable 10 suppose
that any one can doubt the efficiency
Of Mrs. Pinkham's methods and medi-
cine In the face Of the tremendous vol
ume Of testimony.
The state herald., 1898-12-09

unnecessary pipe or rod to mar their
symmetry. The material used in the
construction OF these machines is the
finest of its kind and the greatest
care was exercised in both the tests
and workmanship to insure every part
being perfect Tho driving wheel CEN
ters, steam chest and covers. cylinder
heads. foot plates, auxiliary dome,
driving boxes and spring seats are all
of cast steel, while the dome castings
stack base boiler front, cylinder cast
ings and tender truck frames are
pressed steel The boiler is. extended