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The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13
WHAT DEWEY ADVISES.
A Proviaional Governm, ont Which Would
Restore Order and Prevent Mob Rule.

New York, May s.-Thc Worlds ca
bic from Hong Kong says:
Dispatches signed by Commodore
Dewey have just been sent TO Wash
ington recommending that the surrcn-
der of Manila be demanded and II pro-
visionnl government for the Philip
pines be established pending a settle
ment of the war with Spain. His pro-
posal is for Il commission to take con
troll of the governemcnt. He suggests
he be named as one of the commission
erS. The government would be con-
tinucd upon much the same line rs eX-
lists now He asks sufficient troops be
sent him. in the event his plan is
adopted, to maintain order. If his sug-
gestion is favorably received by the
President and his Cabinet. it is proba-
BILE our two consuls. Williams of Ma
nila and Wildman of Hong Kong, will
be asked to serve OH the commission.
Food supplies in Manila have run
short already. 1t Is estimated the town
has only enough to last two weeks. No
more can be brought in. Commodore
Dewey's fleet Inns completely invest
ed the city by water and the insur-
gents control all the land approaches.
1t is impossible for the inhabitants to
add to the present supply Of food
without the consent of the American
commodore.
He is In absolute control. The forts
mt Manila are not strong enough TO
cope with his guns. The fleet would
have no trouble in razing the city's de-
fcnses and utterly destroying the resi-
dencc and business quarters. Not on
ly the governor general. but the people
as well. realize that If Dewey demands
the surrender of the city he can back
up his demands with shells sufficient
to wipe 1t out. If the demand is made
and the governor general refuses, the
people will rise and demand that he
surrender.
Dewey has held no communication
with the insurgents. Reliable reports
are that there are 25,OOO on the hills
that surround Manila.
The insurgents have but limited
amount of military trimming. If they
make an attack on the city 1t will de-
generate into lawless lootIng. The in
surgents will be nothing better than n
mob out for plunder.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13
A Priceless Boon.

and stopped taking the pills.
"Our daughter Anna, twelve years old,
was also afflicted with decline and debility.
She lost flesh, seemed to be bloodless and
had no ambition. She took two boxes of the
pills and they restored her appetite, aided
digestion and brought color to her cheeks.
She is now in the best of health. think
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People the
best medicine we ever had in our family and
recommend them to all needing a remedy
for toning up and rebuilding a shattered
No discovery of modern times has proved
such blessing to women as Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. They restore
when every effort of the physician proves
unavailing. These vegetable pills ere
everywhere recognized Ms specific for dis
eases of the blood and nerves.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13
A CHEERFUL WOMAN.

From The Democrat, Brazil, Indiana
Every woman cannot DO beautiful but Q
cheerful face often supplies the deficiency.
But no one can be cheerful and bring joy to
others unless they have perfect health. For
tunately, science has placed this priceless
boon within the reach of every woman as
the following incident provost
Mrs. Amanda Robinson, wife of William
Robinson, farmer and stockman, near
Howesville, Clay County, Ind, is thirty
two years old and had for sew eral years been
In declining health and despondent. For
three months she was not only unable to
attend to her domestic duties but too feeble
to be up and about To-day she is in good
health and able to attend to her household
affairs. She relates her experience as fol-
lows:
81 was afflicted with female troubles and
was in delicate state of health. i lost my
appetite, grew thin and was greatly de-
pressed. After taking various remedies
without being benefited was induced by .
friend to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13
Was Jealous.

Friend lover the wine after dinner)-
"Your wife is certainly brilliantly
handsome woman. | should think you
would be jealous of her."
Host (confidentially)-"'ro tell you
the truth, Robbins, l am. 1 never in
vite anybody here that n sane woman
could possibly take the least fancy to-"
-Tit-BitS
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13
The Death Rato.

While it is quite true that the proper
tion of deaths from malaria as an i'm
mediate cause is proportionally small,
yet physicians are thoroughly con
vinccd that II causes maladies of
fatal character, and begets dangerous
nervous prostration. This malady is
eradicated and prevented by Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13
FrlEidity.

at must be very still and lonely and
cold In the arctic regions" Yes" re-
piled the explorer, but you ought to
have been in some of the places where
l lectured. d.'-Wnshington Star.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

The navy department has now Sc
cured two vessels in San Francisco the
Australia and the City of Pekin. which
are to be loaded with coal and supplies
and rushed of to join Commodore
Dewey's fleet. Whether or not they
will carry troops will be determined
positively when the commodore Is
heard from upon the matter.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13
Tho Union Pacific Railroad

Is the only line running modern. up-to-
date trains, making the quickest time east
and west. Slecpers. dining cars, buffet
smoking and library cars. with barber
shop and bath room. steam heat. Pintsch
light. No trouble to answer questions.
Ask about them. Ticket office, 9il 18th
street.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

"'rhat tramp said lie would willing
work If we had any work in his line"
"What is his line?" 'ShinglinS church
Steenlpa"
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13
The Greatest Railroad In tho West

The Greatest Railroad In tho West
Is the Union Pacific. 1t makes the quick
est time to Chicago. Kansas City. Salt
Lake California, Oregon and nearly all
other points in the country. Ask about
II at ticket office, 94l 18th street.
"How sweet to have n friend whom you
can trust!'' Yes; especially II he doesn't
ask you to trust him.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

''Is your husband devout churchman.
Mrs. Noodletop?' Yes; he never even
tells n joke on Sunday unless 1t Is on the
clergy"
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

Educate Your Bowel. with Ca.c.ret..
Candy Cathartic. euro constipation forever.
toc. 25c- uC. c. c. fall. druggists refund money.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

How do you like your new valct?"
Couldn't keep him; lie had more style
than l have"
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

Julia wcpt when she saw the soldiers
marching past" Were they going to
war;" she thought so: but they had
only been up the street to have their pho
toGraphs taken"
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

"E nrl y IN
t b 9 summer
of 1897 l pro-
cured q v o
boxes of them
and b efore
finishing the
second box ],
began to i'm
prove and by
the time l had
taken the five
boxes / W a 8
a BILE to go
a about m y
.r.l -~-r
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

"Then 1t didn't break your heart when
got raise in my salary the same day"
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cnthartic. 10c or 80
II G. C. c. fnil to cure. druggists refund money.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

Love Is like scasickness. they say
Yes; whenever anybody has 1t other peo
pie lnuEh.'
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13
oonr tobacco spI, and Smoke Your Lii, AVA,

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
nettc, full of life. nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac. the wondcr-workcr, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists. Soc. or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13

OXFORD HOTEL Depot. sn St strictly Hsas q@lsa F,rs,
Glass. Popular Prices. KAPPLER Il MORSE.
The Springfield herald., 1898-05-13
Denver Directory.

SILK ELASTIC Stockings made by us. Send for
blank. The J. Durbin Surgical and Dental Supply
Company, l5US Curt Street. (nclr st James Hotel)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Are xeneration in Africa.

There is no section of the globe in
which veneration for age is carried to
such q great extent as among the in
habitants of West Africa. For the
men who have been success sful in
trade, in the pursuit of war, the hunt,
in the councils of state or in any other
way have distinguished themselves
above their fellows, the respect shown
amounts almost to alteration, and pro-
portionately so when they have at
tanned to advanced age. The younger
members of society are trained during
their childhood to bestow the utmost
Difference on age. They must never
come into the presence of aged per-
sons or pass by their dwellings with
out taking off their hats and assuming
crouching gait. When seated IN
their presence it must always be at
respectful distance. If they happen
to approach near enough to hand an
aged man lighted pipe or glass Of
water the bearer must always fall upon
one knee.
Aged persons must always be ad
dressed as ''father" or mother
Any disrespectful language or deport
ment toward such persons is looked
upon as o misdemeanor of no ligh
moment. A youthful person carefully
avoids communicating any disagree
able news to such persons and usual,
addresses them in terms of fatter,
and adulation. And there is nothing
which young person so much de
precates as the curse of an aged per
son and especially that of his owl
father. San Francisco Examiner.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Temperature in Porto Rico.

The highest recorded temperature
in Porto Rico is 1T degrees Fahren-
belt. hut auSh bert is nl1aag aHa L
ninety seven. This is pretty con-
siderable hot" sure enough, but the
prevailing northeast winds alleviate
the discomfort amazingly. The rainy
season is not identical with Ouba's,
but begins with August and ends with
December. The heaviest rainfall re-
corded was in 1878, when it aggregat
ed eighty-one inches The average
annual precipitation is sixty-four ant
half inches. The average yearly
rainfall in New York for the past si1
years was trife more than forty-twt
inches. York Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
JOUR- BUDGET OF HUMOR
| AucHTER.PRovoKlNc STORIES For
LOVERS OF FUN.

v,.o Camille Hint-His Prospects-Ir
spiration - When the Hours Ars
Lonaer-He Couldn't Help It-Ano.he'
Instance-Heard in the street Car i'e'
with a hanging and changing OF bells,
with A chorus Of fireman's yells,,
with q sounding and bounding and pound
ing of hoofs, ,n,o.
And a bawling and calling from WINDOWS
and roofs -
with jumping and humping OF Wheels
And a binding and grinding OF steals,
with a steaming and screaming OF Whistles
and shouts,
With a swishing and smashing ana spray'
ing of spouts,
with a snorting, cavorting,
The horses exhorting,
All smoking and choking, the engine tears
down
Through the dull, quiet streets-there's a
st. Nicholas.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Geological Camps.

The summer geological camp origi-
mated in a Cincinnati woman's club,
and has been developed into an insti'
tuition by the Johns Hopkins Uni,
versity. Experts or professors, as
the case may be, first select proper
locality. Then tents are erected by
the students, and the camp is run on
the same lines as one would be in the
Adirondacks. Several of the party
take turns in attending to the cook
ing, while the rest dig, collect speci-
mems, sample rocks, etc. When II
rains and the campers are obliged to
remain under shelter, the time is de-
voted to cleaning and labelling the
specimens, comparing notes and re.
pairing tools. New York Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27

ence of our troops in Cuba and Porto
Rico. where the highways are so
wretched as to be scarcely worthy the
name. General Roy Stone, the au-
thority on roadmaking, is at the front
and has been teaching our boys prac-
tical work along this line. Upon their
return to civil life it is fair to pre-
sumo that the thorough appreciation
of good roads will bear fruit in o de-
termined effort to secure such IN their
resnectiye sections.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Inc rrorAes OIL manila.

Mr.. Wallace Cumming writes OF
"Life in Manila" for the Century. Mr..
Cumming says:
Among the first things to impress a
stranger are the horses. Descended
from horses brought from Mexico,
they have become much smaller, while
they are also much more shapely. In
fact, / have never seen better-l look
ing breed. There is nothing of the
pony about their shape, though in
size they range between forty-eight
and fifty-two inches. At first it looked
absurd to see them ridden by big men
whose stirrups hung down to the
horses knees; but 1 soon found out
that they easily carried a rider weigh
ing two hundred pounds. The for
eigners have jockey club, which
holds two meetings year at the beau
tiful turf track at Santa Mesa. To
avoid sharp practice, members Of the
club only are eligible to ride. This
necessitates scale of weights start
ing at one hundred and thirty-two
pounds and rising to one hundred and
ffty-four pounds II demonstrates
the speed I'D sid3 stTea ii q .t tl iiiiniSS
lures horses that mile has been run
in two minutes and ten seconds by q
pony carrying one hundred and fifty
pounds. Only stations are used. Mo-,
body walks; everybody rides; and on
any special fiesta thousands of car
riages fill the streets. I doubt if there
is city in the world that can turn out
half the number Of private vehicles in
proportion to the population.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Experiment with wide Tires.

1t will give to bicycle riders who
have secuted wider tires some satisfac-
ton to know that in q series OF expert
ments made by the Missouri Depart
ment of Agriculture it was found that
it required much less trouble to pull a
loaded vehicle having wide tires than
when narrow tires were used. ms
was found especially true on poor
roads. While the use of wider tires
is growing among American riders 1t
is O peculiar circumstances that III
England tires are being made narrower
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Good Roads in Porto Rico.

General Miles must have considered
the advantage of good road when he
selected landing place in Porto Rice.
Leading to the capital is a macadam
road sixty miles in extent. Perhaps
the experience of cycling has some
thing to do with it, for, like Captain
Sigsbee, the head of the United States
Army is devotee of the wheel.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
The Modern Way.

Materfamilias Ito candidate for thu
post of cook -" Your general character
is excellent; but, before engaging you,
| must find out something moro from
your last mistress about your cooking
of fancy dishes"
Candidate-"Oh, you may make
your mind easy of that point, mum.
The last family lived with was just
gittin' into society through their
tahla."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27

According to the London directory
a singular degeneracy seems to be
born of great names in A. d. 1898.
Oliver Cromwell is a manufacturer of
clock hands; Martin Luther sells Sec
ond-hand furniture; John Milton is q
carpenter; William Pitt is shoe
maker; J. Fenimore Cooper is green
grocer; Henry w. Longfellow is a
broker. In Paris the same degeneracy
of great names is noted. An examina-
ton of Bottin's directory will reveal
that Robespierre is cheese merchant;
Moliere is tailor; Victor Hugo is a
dentist; Chopin doctors sick horses
Donizetti is a glazier; one Boileau is
pork butcher, while another is 9
maker of leather straps. We might
even find that the same deplorablt
state of degeneracy exists in New
York if we had the hardihood to delv'
in the directory of the metropolis.
New York Mail and Express.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
What Wide Tires VIII Bear.

Testimony on the value of wide
tires comes from all sections of the
globe. A correspondent of a paper in
Sydney, Australia, describes a road In
which heavily-laden wagons with mar
row tires sank "half-spoke deep, and
in places to their wheel hubs" and
yet load of five tons, carried on six
inch tires, sank but two to four inches
in the worst places. In dry weather
he says the roads are cut up by narrow
tires until the dust is O foot deep, and
then the rain will not make the dust
set hard again.
A good material for roads is gravel,
"but no gravel roads will carry loads
of ten and twelve tons on three-inch
and four-inch tires. An experienced
teamster will not speak about the ton
mage his team can draw. He will say,
Il think the road will carry five tons,
or more, as the case might be. I have
heard road superintendents say that
enormous sums Of money aa69al,ld be
SAVED annually il broad tires were
used. The only objection have heard
raised against the wide tires is that
they do not fit into the ruts cut by the
narrow ones, which makes the draught
heavier upon the team. That is partly
true; but the ruts would not be cut if
all the wagons had wide tires. Port
able engines varying from six to eight
horsepower, and weighing five tons
and over, are drawn by lighter teams
than wagons which, with their loads,
would not weigh more This is owing
to the broad tires always used on e. sn L
seldom more than about ten inches
from the ground; but owing to the
wide tires these engines seldom bog
deep enough to allow the pans to touch
the pround I"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27

Dumbleton-"It's funny about
Waverly; on shore he is an ideal Vi
courage and fearlessness-a veritable
man of iron; but once aboard a shir
at sea, his mettle seems to leave him,
and he becomes as timorous as Child
Flasher" That's natural enoughl
you can hardly expect one to be
man of iron when he's aboard
Richmond Despatch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Another Instance.

"Know Bill Jones, the well digger
Of course / do. There isn't a squarer
man alive"
"Ah! Another instance OF square
man in a round hole. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Inspiration.

Miss Gushington-"How do you
write such lovely poetry, Mr.. Stanzaf
Do you have to wait until the spirit
moves your"
Mr.. Stanza-"E r-yes-or the land
lord threatens to. brooklyn Life.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27

"Say, Willie. do you know w'ott
de worst curse dis country hasa"
"Naw."
tPride."
Jaw, w'ot yer givin' us?"
s'Dat's right. Wy, l knowed
Teller once w'ot pat on different col.
lar every week. Judge.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
He Couldn't Help 1t.

Blithers-"Th goes fellow who
is wealthy, but he is always looking
down in the mouth"
Smithers - "How do you explain
that?"
"Blithers-"He dentist. New
York Journal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Plenty Of Time.

Dashaway-'T was going to ask you
to dine with me, but believe you are
going to take dinner at the Winklers. !"
Suffer" What time do you dine2"
"Six O'Clock"
"That's all right. old man. They
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Fin-de-siecle Maid.

Jugg-'I have come to ask you, sir,
to refuse to permit your daughter to
marry me-"
Alt-"To refuse? Why, you"
eyes, sir. If you will only be so
kind, 1 know [ can get her consent al
once. "--Tit-Bits.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Proved.

Wrathful Buyer -'Look herel You
call this puncture- proof tire? Look,
how it has fattened out
Placid Dealer-"Yes; that is the
puncture proof. Cincinnati En-
luirer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
! GOOD ROADS NOTES.,
AlNAAAAAIAAAAAKAzllENNaIAIAA9
Tho modern nracadam Road.

A writer in Industries and Iron re-
marks that Macadam at first tolerated
stones large enough to pass through
ring two and half inches in diameter,
but afterward said that "any stone
which exceeds an inch in any OF It's
dimensions is mischievous. He did
not lay foundations, either, as Telford
did. But the modern practice differs
in this respect, as also in the use OF
some sort of binding material to hold
the stones together. Industries and
Iron continues as follows:
"Among the earlier modification OF
Macadam's system which have since
been adopted with varying success
NAV be mentioned that of Thomas
Hughes, who laid q foundation of
gravel and lime on which he placed an
ordinary macadamized road AS the
substratum was less liable to work to
the surface than soft soil, the road re-
tanned its form longer and was less
productive of mud. Another noditi-
cation was that of Mr.. Baylis, who
first laidsa three-inch bed Of two-inch
cubes, which were allowed to become
nearly consolidated by the traffic.
Upon this he laid another three-inch
bed of similar cubes, covering the
whole with thick gravel binding.
This was followed in his suburban
practice. In roads for towns Mr..
Baylis laid six-inch bed of granite
cubes at one operation, covering it
afterward with coat of clean gravel
OF road-metal screenings.
"Another modification was that OF
Joseph Mitchell, of Inverness, who
introduced a system of concrete mac
adam. This consisted Of granite cubes
of the usual macadam size spread over
the road to the required thickness. A
strong grout of Portland cement and
sharp sand was then well raked in,
and the road was rolled to a uniform
surface. Roads thus made were found
to possess greater solidity, and to be
less productive of dust and mud thar
ordinary macadam. They were conse
ouently more durable, but after time
the surface was found to wear irregu
larly, owing principally to its rightly
and the difficulty OF securing uniform
ity in the admixture of the materials
ga good suggestion for the founda
ton of a macadam road is bed O.
Stag or hard foundry refuse from 81,
inches to eight inches thick, which
does not choke, but always affords {
natural drainage. We believe this
foundation has been tried with fail
amount of success in some of our iron
making districts. In place of Stag {
layer of stones of the same thickness
might be used, but should not be
rolled as they then bind better will
the surface layer, while rolling would
close up the interstices and impede
the drainage. Upon the bed thus
formed coating of II inch metalins
is spread, increasing from a thickness
of two inches at the curb to three
inches or four inches at the crown
The whoe is then 81 ,ru p With bot 6f p mh
to thirty gallons Of tar, and a proper
ton of dry, sharp sand and fin
screened gravel, which should set firm
and rough on cooling"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
LIGHTS OUT.

How often In our little boat
On summer evenings we would float;
Careless OF time, of east and west,
Deasing from idle talk and jest,
As DER the waters restless flow,
0rifted in cadence sweet and low,
That plaintive bugle call
Lights outl
How through the old fort it would ring,
Strange echoes from tie cas- emates bring;
While we would wait, our oars at rest
Upon the rivers peaceful breast,
And watch the yellow lamp-gleams die
1t the silvery warning sigh
or that plaintive bugle call
Lights out
From far-off camp, from land OF fears,
Der wastes of distance, parting, tears
Comes the familiar sound of old,
Dur life in darkness to enfold.
Alone, upon life's troubled sea,
The fateful message comes to me,
OF that plaintive bugle call
Lights out
Gertrude F. Lynch, in the Chap Book.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
A Gentle Hint.

"Then you really won't sell the
iog?"
"No-but -er-he might belong to
is both together"