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Rodhuggeren. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn. ;) 1893-1898, 1898-04-12
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fonuention ct. Saul, ben 26 os 27be Snli.
Col. 2lnorctp SC &iefer er af Gepr=
blitanerne ct. Yaul no,ttineret for Weapor
&rt9ssepartcmen bar ororet en- al
Be to itore &anoner, ber iinbes illnrperlitetets
glrn,orp lenbt til gof Sslanb, Su.
N,1,tot gorbome opfipbes ber eanb fort=
pef nufortiben. Sper 20 Qanblpsere par
ber forrise ll9e.
9ampiftbet rfopo", BET anfom til
Seattle ben Sbe bs., bra9te llnberretntns om
atg. S. Oplabl, Marl6au, bpbe af Operan=
itrenselie os 6. 81. Murpbin, @lp, bleu
ifubt peb ct lllpffestilfalbe nar Copper &iper
@ulbbiltriftet. ,,.,.. s.s,...... t..
Ser ct llbiist til, at 0ulutb alene p1l
pere i @tanb til at af9ipe 500 Deanb til
slrn,een, bpis Der ifulbe bliue &ris, os .naar
Refrutterinssburea1et fonmer Der til 8pen,
nil Der blipe en- iterf Eilitremnins. Set er
iler Solf fra Epmmerbiitrifterne, iom nil
melbe fig.
@ett. e. s. Stbtaro, @r=@uuernpr
af Minneiota, bar peret til Malbtnston os
tilbubt &rissn1inifer @lser at banne ct Ste
siment i Minneiota os fpre bet mob Spani=
erne, naar arise1 brpber ub. Sans Silbub
{ blep anta9et. s.-.a g ....s.
s gSinona blep forrise ll9e bolbt ct
Mpbe af Sorretninssmanb, Saanbperfere,
9lrbeibere og &eprel lentanter fra forifieqi9e
Soreninser. bpori pebtoses at arbeibe at alle
Rrefter mob Oprettelie af en Departemeuts=
8utit Der i 8pen, os &on1tteen enebes ON at
itrebe BEN til at ffaffe bebre Spsnjns for
9arer, iom tilpirfebes Spel.
8attle safc sbe slpril, 1898. Solfepar=
tiet er ba life laa albeles bsbt Somn Of
@litberau beuer iom man ifulbe uere friitet
til at tro paa @runb al beres Sausbeb; M en-
ber er ct Orbipros iom tiger: u9tille ganb
bar bpb @runb." gsi bapbe forleben Mften
en- liben @amn,enfomit por Comm 9au og
Sobu 8. gridien, ben iore Sribebsfiempe,
par oer % bolbt for os Ell sob Sale, bpori
ban ifiloreb 9tsbuenbisbeoen iom triftne
8orsere at pere Solfepartimallb. gn siso
blepx berefter orsunile leret sogF til 8eitprells
beraf b1ep fplsenbe periomer paIste: greii=
bent, 9ubpis Senion; gice=Yreiibent, Sans
Eoitenion; @efretar os &asierer, $. S.
9anion. Seq baaber at 3isaen uil bape
!Selo meb fig os eblipe til @aun os naa BET
Maal iom bet bar siort fig til Spsape. Ste:
for11frafterne trenses I'LL bebre eno nosen=
iiube; tbi be forbolbsuis bebre Siber ct be1
mango iom ifp1se i'm l1uibenbeb tilifriper ben
nl1parenbe &ominiltration.-6. S. 6anlon.
Rodhuggeren. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn. ;) 1893-1898, 1898-04-12
Attnre $tntrr.

Gu Wtlltotter &aptein Gbarles 5an=
fen, er afgaaet peb Dpben Gan Srauctsco.
.6an bapbe tjent fine pense Tacoma. San
ieilebe i fin gib paa &piteu, fit en ltbenSas=
nple opfprt, reite lelu rlnbt Sunbet os tos
Fnbenbe Gpnmer, iom bleu ilebt inb til
Mtpnen. Baa ben Wtaabe lasbe bau @r1nb=
polben til ben itore Mplle, iom nh fan ifiere
en- balu Millio,t Sob Dpsnet. San boebe
/ bet fibite Gan Srancisco, os eiterlaber fig
Here DfiGioner Dollars. San par banit af
Tpbiel, fpbt Seliinspr 1884. San slen,te
bog, at ban par barif, os iaaes albris blanbt
2anbsmenb
&rt8 er brllbt NIB mellem be to Storma9=
ter "Sfanbinapen" os "Decorab Rniten"
ianlebnins af beres 9lsenters Sremfarb.
1Sfanbinauen" bar bet ipbltse Minneiota
Ell Msent, lonr ifal bape iast, at "Decorabz
8oiten" tffe er perb at leie euer pero at
fomne 6uiet. Stanbinauen" paa i'm
Sibe paaitaar, at "Decora6= =Boiten" bar paa
famine Steb Ell M9ent, ion ,,etop bar brll9t
be anfprte 1btrpf, ON "Sfanbinapen" o9
besrbel ll6trpf, lom lise frer1 ct itrafbare.
70. zB." Ter III, til at billie treffe Jig ub al
&rtSen MI, men GfanSinapen", ipn. Sorz
biSaaenbe iast er bet rmeit friserife al alle
norife Blabe beri 2anoet, erflerer, at ben
lite ct farbi9 enbnl. Oct blir nof bebft at
faa Papen til at mesle rnellem benz.
Rodhuggeren. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn. ;) 1893-1898, 1898-04-12
&rta! Gam &ria!

Seq bar netop fact mig tilienot 9ife
af 81 Garme Otter Sail Co., iOH1 maa
5el9es Itrats. st foleret 2anb &om=
pnsni ct nebiasen til at iGlse for, bpab
be tan faa, ira $3.50 til 81, 900 Dollars
for improved Tarme. Som ftrafs!
Ser er en- 2eilisbeo, iom S maa benptte
eoer at, bar osina 5arme andre gounz
tier af famine Slass. gn af Buiinels
bisrnelotter meo Spsnins paa her.t
8pen for $1,000.
gbrts Spbn On.
Rodhuggeren. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn. ;) 1893-1898, 1898-04-12
enc efbop for GAIA eller tillete.

Da leg bar.en Snebeibop belissenbe ! ct at
be bebite Sarmfrss Naib, y. Dat, % til
lise &. .9euebus ! Nerbeben, % snifer enten
at lalse iamme eller oslaa rentet bet bort. .ptl
Ell sob Smeb, belf norif, siere en- sob Sor=
refining. Sor neiere llnberretntng enten ifrip
euer benperb benz til AIRS. 9bp. Serenion
Grafton, 81. Daf. s{5 N,
Rodhuggeren. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn. ;) 1893-1898, 1898-04-12
1pr @alg+

800 scres sobt 2anb ner sns,ls, Holt
County, Mtnn. $500 pit. Mcre on1 1olst
inart. So pafre Sarme bper pao 100 @cres
ner Maple sap, golt County, Mnn. b,1ist
for $500 pr. Mcre. Strip til
s. 6. Carpenter
2onb= Sasfprer, ,&idetg od, grootfon, ,Minn.
Rodhuggeren. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn. ;) 1893-1898, 1898-04-12
esti1trg crtertte Cuba pil ilet life saa
NIB paa 1logen gaabentilitanb meb Spaniert.

Ct, 3pifer borte i gSisconiin ifrep forlez
ban 0as ct Srep til &ongresmanbeu fra lit
Diitrift bla,tbt anbet: II hop you Stan By
Cupan and Civ Span the Davel. vi an
Cupan hav suffer nof of Thes Bouldoss-
ing Yours j. 0. To-
9Daibington 7oe 9lpril. 9lsi. Sefreter
Dap iasbe ibas efter eu &onference nteb Pre=
libenten, at ban anto9 @eu. See pilbe for=
labe Guba 9prbas. San iasbe, at slnterifa=
nerne TOM burtist atteb MI, laa ban troeoe
See funbe forlabe lin goit 2srbas os fonme
HEM t. s
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tilba9e.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-30

known her, the privilege of expressing
my sorrow at her early death; indeed.
l resolved to do so, even at the risk OF
committing an improperly. There
fore, when | saw the pasteboard boxes
dispatched in the custody of the mes.
senger boys, 1 fastened to intercept
them on the street. 1t was easy enough
to read the address upon the boxes;
but there was no name-only a street
and number in Brooklyn.
That was sufficient, however. ]
FASTENED to a florists, and gave or
ders for such tokens as seemed to be
appropriate.
And so hat was the end. The sight
of her at the window day after day;
a feeling of cheer from her bright pres.
ence near me; and then the sorrow fol
the loss of one whose very name l did
not know, 1 missed her heartily in
those succeeding weeks.
Even so late as September l had by
no means forgotten her or the Incl.
dents connected with that time OF
strange and ~fancifuI sorrow. 1t was
on the fifth day of that month when
a man of a familiar aspect, yet certain
" not an acquaintance, walked into
my Office. He came slowly up to me
and laid two cards upon my desk. One
was my own, and TIE other bore the
inscription:
JOHN NJ. DOUGLAS, NJ. D.
The name was not familiar, but the
man himself had certainly seen. All
to be sure! He was the doctor who hac
come to the Office across the way, wheI
the end was drawing near.
That's my card. and the other one
is yours, isn't it 2" said he.
l nodded.
You sent it with some flowers tc
81 De Vaux street, Brooklyn, on June
2S, didn't you?"
Yes" l replied, they were for her"
And l glanced across the way.
We'll, You probably have some "a.
tional explanation of it," said he, but
hang me if | know why you should
have sent hat CARLOAD of funeral EN-.
blems to her or the occasion of her
wedding. If you wished to intimate
that marriage with me was equivalent
to death, it was a bad joke, sir; and il
you don't, then what in thunder did
won mean? I've carried that puzzle
with me 1000 miles this summer. or
our wedding journey, and now by
Lucifer you've got to tell me the an
swer!"
I don't wan to go any further with
this story. 1t has come to a point
where the recollections aroused are
really too painful.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-30
Praise American Navy.

The London weekly newspapers, in
discussing the war, all pay glowing
tributes to the American navy. Even
the Saturday Review says:
1T is impossible not to feel a certain
pride in these achievements of men of
our OWE race. Every Englishman, too,
will remember that it was the pos
session of this same quality, the fine
craftsmanship, which the Americans
displayed which gave us victories both
on land and on sea, from CTecy to the
Crimea, and something peculiar and
noble happened in this fight which
showed in a far higher way the kin
ship between the two peoples. Don't
cheer shouted Capt. Philip; the poor
devils r dying
at seems to us that this expression
of tender, sympathetic humanity Is
Just as fine as the Kiss me. Hardv.' OF
the dying Nelson"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-30
The Pantomime in the
Window Opposite.
BY Willis Emep.


n ETWEEN her and me there was a
y great gulf, a chasm with precipi-
1ous walls of stone. We were so near
together that L could see the color of
her eyes when the light shone fairly,
but between us was the gulf, and in the
bottom of it a roaring river.
In the morning the river ran south
ward; at noon it was full of conflict
ing tides that FLASHED and surged; in
the late afternoon it raj mostly north
ward toward Printing House square
and the Brooklyn bridge. 1t was a
river of humanity, and the gulf was
the canyon of Nassau street, in New
York city.
She was on the western bank and l
on the eastern, a hundred and fifty
feet above the bed of the stream.
Crossing was easy, but l could not go,
because l had no errapd. How could L
invade the office of Stoughton & Bland
and saw: Gentlemen, l have come to
tell your secretary that l admire her"
l did not think it fitting wen to ask
what name she bore of such acquaint-
ances as might have been able to an
swer. l would not have known what
firm employed her, but that could
read the gilt letters on the glass door
of their office when there was light be-
hind it in the hail. 1t was hard to
make them out, for of course they read
backward to me, being glued upon the
other side of the door, but l looked
across so often that l should have
made them out at last had they been
Chinese characters.
She used to wear neat and tasteful
clothes, and her hair was always just
right. Her desk and the typewriting
table were never in disorder, and from
that l inferred that she had been well
brought up, a conviction REINFORCED
by my observation of her bearing
toward all who spoke with her Busy
from morning till night, she never
seemed to be hurried or worried, and it
seemed to me she never had unfinished
work to put aside at the clos. of the
day.
As spring advanced her window and
mine were often open. 1t was then
lHdl d ray VI SuhSillHe stunning uoNH
upon her one bright morning showed
me that her eyes were hazel. l had
thought they might be blue, for her
hair was light. She was of a slender
figure. rot strong enough, it seemed to
me, to work sc hard. noticed that her
cheeks never had in them enough color
10 be visible from across the canyon
The man who dictated and signed
most of the letters that she wrote was
a puzzt.ng fellow. He looked not more
than 35, but his hair was almost white.
He was always very considerate of her
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-30

not tied down became a prey of the
clever island thieves. They were
as handy with their toes as with
their hands. When a knife or
other article was lying upon the
deck they would step on it, grasp
it between their toes, raise it to the
level of the hand, cleverly hide it in
the waist mating which formed their
only clothing and go ashore with the
utmost innocence. Magellan was dis
gusted with the natives, and after pro-
viding himself with food and water
sailed away, giving 10 the islands the
opprobrious name of Ladrones, or
Thieves, islands.
Not long after Magellan persisted in
a fight which he and his men protoked
with the Philippine islanders. OF his
five ships only one, with 10 men, re-
turned to Spain, and many years elapsed
before any attempts were made to &C.
cupy the islands which he had discov-
cred. Toward the end of the sever
teenth century a military expedition
from Mexico took possession of the
islands and renamed them the Mariana
group. The natives at that time num-
bered at least 40, 200, some estimates
placing them as high as 10000, but, fol-
lowing their usual custom, the Span
iards soon eXterminated most of the
natives.
The present islanders are mostly de-
scendants of settlers from Mexico or
from the Philippines. The most re-
markable town on any of the group is
Saypan, on the island of the same name,
the houses of which are elevated on
piles from two to four feet above the
ground. There are few Spanish settlers
on the islands, and the hold of Spain
on the group has been for the most part
nominal.
It is pointed out as a singular fact
that there are evidences on several of
the islands of a former civilization.
Cyclopean ruins exist, the architecture
and dimensions of the stones closely
resembling the great ruins found in
the islands of the Greek archipelago.
These lonely isles must therefore once
have been a seat of civilization. Per
haps it was before they were islands,
for the Ladrones are the remains of a
mountain chain which traverses the Pa
cifc from north to south, having
branches to the east in other scattered
groups which here and there dot the
surface of the sea.
WILLIAM WALTER WELLS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-30

While on his way from San Francisco
to Manila with ammunition and sup
plies for Dewey's fleet, Capt. Henry
Glass, commanding the United States
cruiser Charleston, made a short stop
at the island of Guaham, or Guam,
and took possession of the Ladrone
group in the name of the United
States. Capt. Glass had very little
difficulty in adding the islands to
Uncle Sans possessions, as they were
defended by less than 100 soldiers and
a miserable fort, armed with anti
quated guns. When the Spanish COM
mandant noticed the approach of the
American war vessel, he did not have
ammunition enough to return what he
and his men considered the American
salute. They were amazed to hear
that a state of war existed between
Spain and the United States, and sol
EMMY protested against being made
prisoners. Their feeble objections
were unheeded, of course, and the
garrison was taken to Cavite, and the
only American living at Guaham was
made provisional governor. The
whole expedition partook of the ma
ture of a comic opera plot; and hui
morous as it was, it will be repeated,
no doubt, when one of our ships gets
ready to take possession of the Car
oline and Paloa islands, two other
small Spanish groups in Pacific
waters.
To the United States the value of
the Ladrones is at present principally
military, as furnishing harbOrs and
coaling stations, but under an en-
lightened government there seems no
reason to doubt that with proper cul-
tivation the cotton of the islands
would equal the product along the
coast of South Carolina, the sugar
would rival that of Cuba and Puerto
Rico, and it is said that the tobacco of
the Ladrones has n favor equal to
hat of the famous Nuelta Abajo val
ley. Any development within limits of
climate and soil is possible under Il
civilized and humane government, and
the Ladrones may have before them a
future as great as that which lies be-
fore Puerto Rico.
The Ladrone group consists of
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-30
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* From Lands That May Be Ours !
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owerful southern metropolis of

powerful southern metropolis of
Spain.
The expedition sailed from San
Lucar, at the mouth of the Guadal-
quivir river, on one of the most event.
fulvoyages ever known in the history of
Spanish exploration. Like most Span
ish expeditions in that day every man
was a combatant, even the priests of
the ships, who were also the histo-
rians, having suits of armor made be-
fore leaving home, so that in case of
necessity they night bear a hand in
defending the ships.
Proceeding in Il southwesterly direc-
ton, Magellan crossed the Atlantic
and touched the coast of Brazil,
thence sailing south, looking for a
passage. He entered the La Plata river,
supposing it to be IA strait leading to
the Pacific, but after discovering his
mistake proceeded on his way to the
south, and or October 81, 1920, sailed
into the strait which separates the is
land of Terra del Fuego from the main
land. He called the passage Strait of
the Eleven Thousand Virgins, in honor
of St. Ursula's feast, but it has ever
since been known by his own name.
A month was spent in exploring the
passage and the surrounding country,
in planting crosses here and there and
taking possession Of the continent in
the name of the king of Spain.
On November 20, 1920, Magellan
cleared the strait ard started north
west in the expectation that within a
few days he would come to the Moluc-
cas-. knowing nothing of the extent
of the Pacific, he ard his crews were
brought to the last extremity before
they finally sighted land. Three months
and eight days were passed on the Pa
cific, the men had eaten the last NOR
sci of bread and the little water that
remainedwas yellow and fowl when on
March 6, 1921, the Ladrone islands ap-
peared on the horizon straight ahead.
Magellan was kindly received by the
natives, the necessities of the Span
iards were all supplied by the islanders,
and the visitors wonld have been sat
isfied TO remain a considerable time
had it not been for the unconquerable
propensity of the natives to thievish-
ness. Everything on the ships that was
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-30

which are inhabited, the rest being
mere dots on the ocean, the tips of
volcanoes which have sunk beneath
the sea rs the crust of the earth at
this point subsidized. The principal
islands are Guaham, Rota, Aguijan,
Saypan and Tinian; but the largest,
Guaham, which has an area of about
200 square miles, forms nearly one
half the land area of the entire group.
Lying as they do almost directly un-
der the equator, they have every va
riety of tropical product, and under
proper conditions their population
might have become wealthy from ag-
riculture alone, but the blight of
Spanish rule has dwarfed and ru-
ined every industry. The people work
no more than they are obliged to, and
in the tropics really no one is COM
PEELED to work, for an abundant sup
ply of food grows without culture,
and clothing and shelter are almost
unnecessary.
The story of the discovery of the
Ladrones, according to a recent
writer, is one of the "a of
history. Ferdinand Magellan, or Fer
nando Magalhaens, his real name,
was an enthusiast of the Columbus
type, a man who knew what he want
ed, and was determined to get it.
Magellan had been to the Moluccas
by sailing round the Cape of Good
Hope and crossing the Indian ocean,
but after Columbus had made the
discovery of a new continent Magellan
felt satisfied that the Moluccas could
be reached by sailing directly from
Spain to the west. For a long time he
could not secure a hearing from any
body, but after years of waiting his
enthusiasm made an impression, and
finally he secured a commission as adj
miral in the Spanish navy, with a
fleet of five ships, the crew numbering
altogether 236 men, and on Septem-
Der 90, 1919, he set sail on his voyage
of discovery. The starting of the
fleet was a great day in Seville. \
splendid feast was held, high mass
was celebrated in the cathedral, all
the captains and men from the ships
marched in solemn procession from
the palace to the church, escorted by
the mobiles of the court and the local
military. All Seville turned out to
honor the occasion, and the day was
one long to be remembered. on ac-
sount of the splendid pageant which
was presented in the streets of the
about 20 islands, only five or six OF
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-30
A SONG OF HEROES.

They sing about the admirals; likewise the
cOmmodores,
An the men that take their orders Ito
or deck,
An the lads hat feed the big gun while
it rears its head and roars
A-pinin for TO see another wreck.
You'd think they'd gone clean through the
list and never skipped a thing.
With their Jolly tars," ''hooray," and
"~yo-heave-ho!"
But there's non as tunes a string
While he lifts is voice to sing
OF the Jackies wot's a-stokin' down be-
low.
Oh. it's here's to him a-fghtin'
Where the shot kicks up a spray,
It's glorious and eXcitin'
When ne rushes to the fray,
But there ought to be some snatches
On the way ii stirs your soul
When they batten down the matches
While you shovel in the coal.
We don't go much on uniforms. In all
that heat and dirt,
With flames a-reachin' out to eat the air,
It's just a waste of etiquette to wear a
wooden shirt;
You never have your picture taken there
It's nc use to deny it; in your throat there
comes q lump,
AS you think of home and wonder where
you'n go
While your heart begins to thump
Like the wheels that clang and thump
Round the Jackies wot's a-stokin' down
below.
Oh, it's here to him ~a-fightin'
And a takin' steady aim;
If he's hurt there's some delight In
Thinkin he can do the same
By the first un' that he catches
But we don't know watts the goal
When they batten down the matches
While we shovel in the coal.
It's a glorious consolation in the toilin' and
the thirst
To wipe the wetness from our brows and
think
That we're handsomely provided for, IN
case We meet the worst,
With a miIIion-dolla coffin when we sink.
Our hearts is in the fightin' tops; we're
wiShiu' we was there
A-doin' of our duty by the foe,
But each must take his share
And they couldn't hardly spare
The Jackies wot'S a-StOkin' down below.
So here's to them that's fghtin';
Here's TO the pilot, too:
We trust EN- to be right in
Any job they're out to do.
Maybe were to meet our matches
But it's all past our control
When they batten down the matches
While we shovel in the coal.
It amt the bloomin' admirals: 1t amt the
commodores
That the Spaniards is a wishin' for to-
day,
Nor yet the lads that handle ammunition
out O. doors,
Where you stand a little chance to get
away.
They've had fighters in their families and
the cubs'll light again,
But they answered up most cautious-like
and slow
When it comes to askin' men
To be huGdled in the pen
To be Jackies wot's a-stokin' down below,
Says they: Wen do your fightin'
But that locker amt our size,
Where you wedge the men so tight IN
Fur them DagoeS realize
What uncertainty attaches
To the fellers in a hole
When they batten dow the matches
While We shovel in the coal.
Washington Star.