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Noat with the air of a man disposed to dismiss care from his mind. Here among the Philippines, with the Sulu sea, of evil name for piracy, widening southward from our port quarter, did not have to ask the reason for the precautions he was taking to make sure that the firearms on the brig should be fit and ready for use. But wanted to hear something about the pirates, drawn from the knowledge of a man like Capt. Apgar, who had sailed the South seas for a quarter of a cen tury, visiting all sorts of unfamiliar shores. A man of action rather than words, it was not easy to get him to touch upon his experiences, but the voyage was making us acquainted with each other and l found him tonight more willing to talk than usual.
 So there are pirates, real pirates, still on the seas-the seas we are sail ing" I said "They told me in Manila thatthey were a thing of the past; that the Spanish warships had wiped them from the Philippine waters" "
 Yes! I've heard that sort of talk myself in ManNa-and not two years ago l had to beat off pirate craft there in the very barbor," said Capt. Apgar. The truth is there are as many pirates in the Philippine archi- pelago to-day as there ever were. The people on the coasts are all Malays in some degree, and every Malay is pirate as surely as he gets a chance to show what he is. It is in their blood. lake their own saying: When all the cats have become rats the Malays will forget to practice piracy The differ ence between now and 50 years ago is that the pirates don't dare to show their hand so openly. Steam warships and modern guns have forced them to lie low. The heavy cruisers sent against them did not count for so much; the pirates could dodge to cover when they saw the smoke rising from the horizon, and would come out for business again aftrr they had passed. But the gunboats that the Spanish took to using after awhile-light draught affairs that could follow the proas into the coves and inlets-thinned out the pirates great deal and cowed those that still kept to the seas.
 The professional pirates in the Phil ibpines to-day come mostly up from the Sulu islands. The Sulus are pirates drst, last and all the time. These Moors, as the Spanish call them from their being Mussulmans in faith, used 10 come up at change Of monsoons, in May, and turk about the archipelago
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 QUEER BELIEFS ABOUT THE EARTH
Guesses Which Wise Men Made About Its Shape and Position in the Universe.
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But what holds the earth up? That was the most difficult problem, and it was here that the guesses went widest. Some declared that 1t was mounted on the back of an elephant; others that 1t rested on huge turtle; others that the giant Atlas bore it up on his shoulders, and so forth. Then came the question what these crea- lures were standing on, and what lay under that, and so on, all the way down. Some of the Hindoos declared that the earth was held mp by l2 col umns. At night the sun passed under the table between these legs! But what supported the columns? The explanation needed explaining as mncE as the original proposition-as is the case with some more modern theories.
 But as men, exploring in various di- reetions, found that they always came at last to the sea, there presently arose q theory that the earth was sort of island floating in the midst of a vast ocean. But what kept 1t from drifting about? For in those days no one could be made to believe that the earth was not absolutely immoyab,-.. Giants and turtles and elephants were well enough, but you must not expect any body to be- lieve anything so absurd as that the solid earth moved. 1t was conjectured,
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of the egg The shell represented the sky. or Armament. Only the upper por- tion was lighted by the sun; the lower part was q gulf of darkness. Conse- quently only the upper--that is. the northern hemisphere of the earth lay in daylight; and this was the dwelling of living men. The tower, or southern half lay always in the black shadow:
 and this was the home of spirits-the ghost land of the dead The Greeks called this dark region which simply means the hidden country" Tine gloomy gulf below they called Tartarus. Into it the souls of tho
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in waters like these. We had two nine pounder guns aboard, but the powder was not put in cartridges, and the round-shot were buried under barrels of beef and bags of rice in the fore hold. The muskets in the rack had not been overhauled since the last voyage. and nobody, unless the skipper, who did not care, knew where the ammuni- tion was or the condition it was in. We were trusting to luck, and we got it. luck of the left-handed kind.
 Tt was a night as fine as this, and the brig was coming eastward through the strait in a course that took Ter close to that high island you can see looming ahead, two points off our port bow. It was in the midnight watch, and was on deck waiting for four bells to strike to take my trick at the wheel. The mate on the poop had fall en into a drowse while trying to sing Tom Bowling the lookout had eome down from the forecastle to get a drink of water and had stayed, the lasea4s were sitting about on the main hatch, and nobody was minding any. thing except the man at the wheel, with
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mitted ill these waters, and # would be hard to say that they do not deserve it. But the Philippine natives do a good bit of this work, too. There are no reg ular pirate communities now in the is- lands where they openly fit out cor sairs and market their plunder and captiyes. The Philippine pirate to-day is fisherman or trader plying peace ful business, except when good chance to make piratical haul offers itself.
 Another form of piracy among the islanders is sometimes practiced in cases where a trading vessel has to take on new crew. A gang of pirates will ship in body as lasears and wait the first favorable time to murder the officers and loot the ship Many yes sel that has sailed from the Philip pines and failed ever to make her port might be accounted for in this way.
 Having sailed these waters for half my life l ought, by usual custom, to be growing careless and think because have pulled through safe so far that
  Many a good man has lost his ship and his life from taking up with that idea. But take no chances of this kind. bl my first trip among the Phil ippines, 20-odd years ago, got les son, right in this strait where we are sailing now, that has lasted me ever since. l had shipped as quartermaster in an old hulk called the Liza Trues- dell, whaling brig that had got too old to stand the battering of the deep seas aud had been bought by a Chi nese firm in Annoy to send out trading among the Malay islanders as long as her bones should hold together. The crew were lascars from everywhere. The officers and quartermasters were white men, of course, and they were a mixed lot even for Chinese ship. The captain had lived too long in China and he smoked the opium pipe like man. darin. The mate had an extra chest in his room stocked with brandy and sam shu, and with this and grog rations h> kept most of the time in condition where he did not care which way the wind blew. The four quartermasters, myself included-but I was young ster, remember-were such men as are picked up adrif5 at a Chinese treaty port-which is not high praise. The one officer that we could look to in case of trouble was the second mate, an American, named Godfrey, and he kept things aboard as nearly shipshape as his superior officers could let him.
 ''We were fine outfit to go cruising
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boy, after hearing his teacher explain that the earth is round like an apple, and that it's axis is in the position of the apples stem, should go out and declare that the teacher told him that the earth was big apple and the north pole was the stem by which it hung on the tree. Indeed, l have known of blunders quite as ridiculous
 The truth is that men-not all, but few of the wisest-had convinced themselves that the earth is round, or nearly so, at much earlier date than is commonly supposed. They found if difficult, however, 10 explain their views in way that people in general could understand; so they tried to il- lustrate and spoke in parables.
 When, for example, they said that the earth was like an enormous egg, this was what they believed: The earth they believed, was poised in the mid dle of the universe. That was the yoik of the egg. 1t did not fall, they said, because there was mo reason why it should move either up or down." All around it was the great space filled by the air-corresponding to the white
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until midautumn, murdering and rob ping on sea and land. They took cap tives then-made them row their boats as long as the cruise lasted, and then sold them as slaves down in the islands of the Sulu sea. The gunboats inter- fered with this industry a great deal practically put stop to it for awhile but the pirate boats still make dashes up into the archipelago, and when they strike 1t is with as red hand as ever.
 lie IS a picturesque looking fellow, the Sulu, the very ideal of a South Sea pirate, with his brown skin, strong, 1.-the body, and fierce black eye. In his jacket and gay-colored pantaloons, decked up and down the sides with silver buttons, with turban on head and sandals or Moslem slippers on feet; his curved creese or short sword stuck in hls waist sash, sheaf of simbilins-i the jaYelins they throw in boarding-in his hand, he scorns the peaceful gains of labor or trade, preferring to seek his fortune on the seas, wherever plunder may be obtained by following the black nag. In proa, felueca, pontine, yenta in every variety of South Sea craft, propelled by oars, or spreading lateen sails, and ballasted with sharp rocks which are used by the pirates as board ing ammunition-the Sulus start on their cruises, with their hand against every man who may be robbed or en- slaved. Against vessels manned by na- tives or Chinamen, they will take long chances in attacking; vessels carrying cannon and with Europeans on board, they are apt to let alone, except when they can surprise them at vantage. Sometimes the pirate craft carries cannon or swivel on a platform for ward. This indicates that renegade white man or half caste is one of the pirates company.
 'so much for the sulus. They get the blame for most of the piracy com
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If vao a land and ocean scene, peace fnI and supremely lovely to behold, through which we had sailed for three days. Amid waters deeply blue rose steeply from the depths the islands of +be archipelago, some ruggedly naked, come with softened, verdurous con. 4ours. plumed with palm trees. Now, in the evening of the third day from Tabuan, the trading brig Amparita was in the Mindoro strait, with Gala ninee island to port. With no mishap, the next morning would find her clear of the Philippines, with yards set to 4be monsoon and a straight run ahead down the China sea to Singa- pore.
 As the only passenger, shared with fbe captain the windward side of the euarter-boat, far more comfortable sleeping place than the cabin. At four bells in the evening, with our mat tresses spread, the beauty of the night and shining stars tempted me to stay up for one more cigar. The captain likewise was in no hurry to turn in. Although there was nothing in wind or weather to demand his staying up, he had somewhat of an air of being on duty. Before lighting his cigar he walked forward to the forecast1e and stood for a time as if on lookout; and as he came aft he stopped to inspect the two four-pound guns mounted one on each side, amidships.
 You have the gun cartridges ready, where they can be got at once, MT. Latimer?" he said to the mate.
 .Yes, sir. Stacked up by the arms chest-12 of them charged with scrap iron and nails"
 And the muskets are ready in the rack?"
 "All tested and oiled and loaded, sir "a ball and threo buckshot in each"
 "very well, sir" The captain sat down on the gRnwale of the quarter
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tain bearing the same name; but fa- nous passage of the Iliad makes the matter perfectly clear. Jupiter, being vexed at the other gods, boasts that he is so much stronger than they that
 he can stand on the summit of 0lym~ pus and lift the earth by a golden chain even though all the rest should struggle to hold it down. If we con sider Olympus as mountain on the earth itself, this project is simply in- conceivable, but Fig makes plain in ali instant just what Jupiter proposed
 to do. It also shows how the gods,
 standing on Olympus, were able to see
 everything which was going on all
 over the earth, and tpfly quickly down
 to any part of it.
 When the world was said to be like 1 monster turtle, the idea was the same las when 1t was compared tkan egg
 though men sometimes got misera5ly
 Inuddled over it. According to the
 conception of those who first used the | illustration--for it was nothing more | the body of the creature represents the
 earth, and the two shells the upper and l lower firmaments, exactly like the yolls and the two halves of the shell
 of the egg. Their meaning is made still clearer by the statement that this cosmic turtle was transfixed with all arrow-the arrow representing the | pole, or axis. The pole. in fact, appears everywhere, in all sorts of odd dis guises. Sometimes it Is spear driven
 through the earth. sometimes cord Stretching from one end of the uni- verse to the other" This, again, Is the true pillar of Atlas" which had about 1t all the depths of the sea- that is. passed right through the earth-an held apart earth and heaven" There are numerous instances of these eol- umns running from earth 10 heaven in ancient writings. In the Egyptian Book of the Dead the same thing k called 'sthe spine of the earth"
 Another very curious illustration of this conception is the wonderful ash tree, "Ygdrasil," of the Norsemen (seo cut. Its trunk is the pole. the earth is about its middle, it's spreading fo- liage is the upper Armament, while the roots sink deep into the gloom of Tar tarus. DAVIS TURNER
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EARTH TRANSFIXED WITH SPEAR,
 SHOWING PERMANENT AND uN-
 DERWORID.
 hopelessly bad were sometimes cast and that was the end of them. Around the earth, like broad equator. flowed the ocean stream" separating the light from the darkness, the living from the dead. The sun each day climbed the steep road over the upper firma- ment, and sailed back at night on tho ocean stream.
 olympus-the real Olympus which was the dwelling place of the gods was the zenith of the sky, the topmost point of the upper Armament. This became bewilderingly mixed up in mems minds with lofty Greek noun
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and down and all around, as when | lost boy tries to get his bearings, was that the earth is sort of flat dish with the blue dome of the sky fitted over it like a cover. This cover was called the "firmament." Under it moved the sun and moon and clouds,
 which were thought to be about equal
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Beneath His Dignity.

Did you hear how young Cadets made love to Miss Duckets?"
 No; how did he?"
 @He sent his valet to intercede for him."
 Goodness! l never heard of such . thing"
 Nor I; but I supp .e he thought it was beneath him to press his own suit.' Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele- graph.
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they were sure to guess at, and fear full and wonderful were the guesses they made. Still, to guess and expert ment and guess again is the way to learn. The main difference between them and us is not that we do less guessing, but that we experiment more.
 Of course the first impression that men got by looking about them, up
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ly distant; above it were oceans of water and regions of fire. The stars were supposed to be small holes through which the water streamed when it rained, but which let the fire shine through when the night was fair-just as the light used to trickle
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That men in early times made some wild guesses about the shape of the earth is not at all surprising though their queer fancies are often amusing. If they had confined themselves to what they saw-or seemed to see their theories wouldn't have been so funny; but what they didn't know
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therefore, that the earth had roots ex- tending down to an unknown depth and mooring it to the general foundation of things.
 But the real thinkers of those days had reached much more reasonable clusions-theories that were at least
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consistent and which had some rela- tion to the observed facts. I suspect
 that many of the fantastic notions that were so prevalent arose simply from stupid misunderstanding of what was originally said. It was just as if dull
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through the perforated sides of an old-fashioned tin lantern.
 The most curious form of this notion was that held by some of the early Christians, who, in consequence of
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Fortunate.

You've no idea what change has come over him. He doesn't seem hks the same man."
 How fortunate!"-Chicego Post.
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misunderstanding Scripture text, persuaded themselves that the earth must be shaped like the Tabernacle of Moses.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-04-17
THE SENATE AND HOUSE
RESOLUTIONS


The resolutions regarding the Span
iards and Cubans introduced by the
Foreign Relations Committees of the
Senate and House Committee reported
the following resolutions:
First-Thc people of Cuba are and
by right ought to be free and indie
pendent.
Second-It is the duty ofthe United
States to demand ard this Govern
ment does demand that the Govern
ment of Spain at once relinquish its
authority and government in Crpa
and withdraw its land and navel forces
from Cuba and from Cuban waters.
Third-The President is hereby di-
rected and empowered to use the en-
tire naval and land forces of the United
States and to call into active servic.
he militia Of the States to such an
extent as may be necessary to carry
these resolutions into effect.
The minority of the Senate commit
tee, namely; Foraker, Morgan, Turpie,
Miles and Daniels, concurred in the
majority report, but favor the im1ne-
date recognition Of Cuba as organiz-
ed IN that island, as a free indepen-
dent and sovereign power among the
r0fJ nf1 c Of tIa 18th L~-o~--
that anything short Of recognation of
the independence of Cuba would be
merely conquest of territory, and Sew
eral Senators held that unless the in
dependence of Cuba is recognized the
United States, by intervening, would
make itself liable for all the debts for
which Cuban are pledged.
The House Committee on Foreign
Relations introduced majority and
minority resolutions. The majority
resolved:
That the President.i is hereby author
lied and directed to intervene at once
to stop the wal in Cuba and TO the
enc aid with the purpose of securing
permanent peace and order there and
establishing by the free people there
of a stable and independent govern
ment of their own in the island of
Cuba; and the President is hereby
authorized and empowered to use the
land and naval forces of the United
States to execute the purpose of this
resolution.
The minority Of the committee,
which consists of five Democrats and
n observation-disclosures of Nevada
reported the following resolutions.
First-That the United States Gov
eminent hereby recognizes the indie
pendence of the Republic of Cuba.
Second-That moved thereto bv
many considerations Of humanity, Of
interests and of provocation, among
which are the deliberate mooring of
our battle ship Maine over a submarine
mine, and its destruction in the harbor
of Havana, the President ofthe United
States be and he is hereby directed to
employ Immediately the land and
naval forces of the United States in
aiding the Republic of Cuba 70 main
tain the independence hereby recog-
nized.
Third-That the President of the
United States is hereby authorized and
directed to extend immediate relief to
the starving Cubans.
The majority resolution was adopt-
ed in the House, and as it does not
recognize the Republic of Cuba, it
oes not meet the issues squarely and
is open to the objections made bv
Foraker and Others to the majority re-
solution of the Senate committee.
Yesterday the Senate passed the
minority resolution and defeated a
resolution by Morgan declaring wa,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-04-17

The Cleveland Plain Dealer calls
attention to the fact that the govern.
ment agent who went to EuTone r.
purchase guns and munitions Of wa,
failed to secure any because of the
greco Vi American Spectators who
nau secured option on everything de-
S1Iaole' with a view of selling to the
Thi'eo states at a high profit.
n IS probably no legal ground on
WHICH 10 OBJECT to such business enter.
PRISE, but some people would deem it
OF great interest to know the names
OF h patriotic firms who are williuo
TO take advantage of the country thai
way. A good place to look for the
names is on the campaigne subscript-
Ion list which Mark Hanna circulated
IN Wall street two years go.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-04-17

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When the blood is poor;
When more flesh is needed;
When there is weakness
of the throat or lungs.
There is one cure: that is
SCOTS Emulsion.
1t contains the best cod
liver oil emulsifcd, or di-
gested, and combined with
the hypophosphites and
glycerine. 1t promises more
prompt relief and more last
ing benefit in these cases than
can be obtained from the
use of any other remedy.
SOC. and s. 100, all druggists.
SCOTT & w Chemists New VorL,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-29

is of the utmost Importance that all the
school children be vaccinated at once.
Eddy Current.
Juan Marcos, q freighter hauling goods
to Graham, met with q serious scci-
dent last week, at the hill near Little
Dry Creek. The brake on his wagon
did not work properly and the wagon
ran upon the team throwing the outfit
over the grade into the canyon below.
Three of the horses were killed and
the wagon wrecked. The driver es-
capped with q few slight bruises.-Sil-
yer City Enterprise.
Frank Rhein boldt of the firm Rhein-
boldt Bros, of MCMILLAN, was here on
business Monday and Tuesday. These
enterprising gentlemen enjoy the dis
tinction of owning and operating the
only canning establishment in the Pc
cos valley. Their output this season
was 200 cases, and Mr.. Rheinboldt says
they sold all their goods to merchants
in the valley and could have said 1,5O0
cases if they could have furnished
them. The campaign was cut short
about fifteen days by the frost, which
came much earlier than usual and