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thousand more men and 600 OF their
leaders were beheaded and shot to
death in squads at the garrisons at Ca
vite The present rebellion broke out
last June and was quelled for time
by Spanish troops. Last January l0O
rebels were shot in the suburbs OF Ma
Mia. Suddenly the rebellion broke out
again and now it seems to be the most
general revolt yet known in the Is
lands. There are reported to be 10000
Spanish regulars on guard in the is
lands. The insurgents last fall num-
bered about $4,000, Of whom 5000 were
armed with good guns.
Luzon. the largest island in the Phil
ippine archipelago, has population OF
$500, 900 and the capital, Manila, situat-
ed thereon, had a population in 1894
Of 2sO, 900. The populations of the 9TH
er greater islands are about as follows:
Panay, 277.0O0; Cibu, 100000: Leyte.
226,OOO: Negros, 205.O0O: Mindanao.
100. 900; and Samar. 10000. The most
important island after Luzon is Panay.
which is divided into three provinces,
the greatest Of which is Iloilo, with a
population Of 1900.
The purely European element Of all
thiS-eXclusive Of the trOOps-iS not
supposed to amount to more than 10000
10 $4,000. There are 10000 Chinese in
Manila alone and large numbers OF
Mestizos, a cross between the Euro
peans and natives. The pure natives
who compose the bulk Of the population
are Malays. which are divided into two
great strains. the Tagals and Bisayans.
They inhabit the interior and are agri-
cultural and half-civilized. Then there
are the Tingaranes Of japanese origin,
the Tagaloe half-breed descendants of
the Malay rajahs and warriors who
the Spaniards. Finally We have the
Gorrators, who are cross of the ma
tives and the followers Of the Chinese
pirate Limahon, who invaded Luzon In
1874, and on the failure of their attack
took refuge in the forests Of the in
terror. There are also remains Of the
aboriginal Negritos. race of dwardsh
blacks, who are gradully dying out.
In any scheme of invasion and &C.
cupation the idiosyncrasieS and capac-
ity for offense and defense of all this
mass of people must be considered. and
It should be well understood that al
though a large part OF it is semi-civil-
lied it has been too long in contact
with the white race not to understand
its own inherent physical power. A
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inevitable, and to put up with five years
Is to find that life in the western world
is almost distasteful. Five years in the
Philippines and you only have to visit
New York or London to wish you were
back again and probably to 60 back
again-so they tell me-"
The little gunboat Petrol. Of Admiral
Dewey's squadron, is the pride of the
feet. During the great naval fight at
Manila, in which the Spanish fleet was
annihilated by the American warships,
the little Petrol, which, compared to
the Olympia and Boston, looks like a
tug boat, took one Of the most active
parts. Although the Petrol had no spe-
cial assignment in the engagement, she
made a record Of which her officers are
very proud. Throughout the entire en-
gagement the little Petrol darted here
and there. pouring a steady stream of
shots from her rapid-fire guns and then
darling out Of the way of the big guns
Of the foe. Owing to her light draught.
she ventured much nearer the enemy
than her heavier companions, and fire.
quently at 1000 yards range she was
seen firing on the heavy Spanish war
ships.
When the Spanish flag on the arsenal
staff was hauled down, Admiral Dewey
signaled the Petrol to enter the inner
harbor and destroy the Spanish war
vessels there. She did her work quick
ly and efficiently. In a few moments
the Don Juan de Austria. the Marquis
del Duero, the Isla de Cuba and the
Correo were in flames. The crew that
accomplished this work was under the
command of Lieutenant Hughes.
The officers Of the Petrol are Lieu
tenant Commander E. p Wood. Lieu
tenant B. A. Fiske. Passed Assistant
Surgeon C. De W. Brownell, Lieuten-
ant C. P. Plunkett, Lieutenant and
Executive Officer E. NJ. Hughes, Chief
Engineer Reynold T. Hall of Mer-
chantville, Lieutenant A. NJ. Wood,
Assistant Paymaster G. G. Seibels and
Ensign W. s. Montgomery.
Chief Engineer Reynold T. Hall halls
hom Merchantville, N. J., where his
parents now reside, his father being
Edward 8. Hall, vice-president Of the
New jersey Trust Company, Of Cam
den. Hall received his early education
1t the Episcopal Academy in PhilAdel-
phia. He entered the navy In April,
1880. and passed his examinations for
the once he now holds on March 3 of
- pgoseat year.
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His AGaidea Speech.

Mr.. Gladstone's first speech In par.
lament was separated from his last
by q span Of q little over sixty-ons
years. The maiden speech was given
on February q. 1883. and dealt with
the Liverpool bribery petition. Nh.
Gladstone was then twenty-three years
Of age; he was eighty-four when hiD
voice was heard for the last time In
the wordy arena. The first speech.
however, was an unmistakable failure.
tho voice being pitched 50 low that
even those nearest him failed to catch
tho drift of his remarks. and later on
he was to rise on point Of expla-
nation" at the request of speakes
who complained Of the want Of clear
ness Of the honorable member for New
ark. The reporters, too, could only say
that "Mr. Gladstone made a few re-
marks which were inaudible in the
gallery" But he never bad another
failure.
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in the end it may prove to be no more
substantial, though the presence OF
victorious American squadron at Ma
Mia, the organization of an invading
force of 1900 to 10000, or possibly
SO, 1000, gives an air of reality to it which
is very captivating to the American
Imagination.
Let us consider the characteristics OF
this furthermost outpost Of the Arleri-
can army, which. having conquered in
the past a highway across our broad
continent to the Pacific, is now, with
the help Of our noble navy, to establish
itself some 1000 miles still farther to
the west.
OF present greatness and with mag
niflcent possibilities for the future, the
Philippine archipelago is not in all re-
spects desirable as place Of residence.
Among its prominent characteristics
are earthquakes and revolutions. The
earthquakes are Indigenous to the To-
cality and present a record for single
year of forty-one upheavals, including
one volcanic eruption. These earth
quakes were spread over a large area,
and no one locality had any large num-
Der in the year referred to. An earth
quake is due about once in ten days.
and sometimes there are dozen small
earthquakes a day for week at
time. Two thousand persons were
killed on Luzon island in 1884 by fall
ing timbers and walls, and the loss of
life in the great earthquake in 1860 in
Negros island was estimated at 1000.
Almost every structure was shaken
down and great gaps, yards wide and
miles long, were cracked across the is
land.
Hurricanes. too, are not uncommon
and the one of Jan. 80. 1875. Frustrated
$500 houses in the southern part of
Luzon and killed $50 people.
Revolutions may be considered indi-
xenous to all Spanish colonies and with
our milder sway We may be able to
prevent these. IT, indeed, We do not re-
peat our experience of civilian attempts
to control the American Indians. Some
Of the inhabitants of these tropical is
lands are as wild as we can well i'm
agine; other would be peaceable enough
under an intelligent administration.
though We shall have an abundance Of
superstitious beliefs and class prejudic-
es to deal with. such as the uncompro-
missing American spirit does not readily
adapt itself to. We shall be more alien
to the natives in some respects even
than the Spaniards. for in process OF
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ciety. Travellers dwell upon the beau
appear to have made complete con-
quest of the sensitive hearts Of the mid
dies of the navy who visited Manila a
quarter of century ago and whose ex-
periences were recorded by one Of their
number in Scribner's Magazine for Au-
gust, 1875. This particular MILDLY tells
US Of his fascinating experiences in
making love in neutrality-suspicious.
we fear, not likely to be repeated by
the officers of Admiral Dewey's squad
ron, for the present, at least. though
certainly 1.-The brave deserve the fair"
For an island lying so near to the
equator the climate of Manila is Wy
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temperate, the power of the tropical sun
being in a measure moderated by tho
moist atmosphere, the mountains and
the immense forests that cover 80 large
q portion of the island. Violent rains
arc common from June to November
and disastrous foundations are the re-
suit. Sir John Browning records the
maximum fall Of rain at Manila as ia
inches in 1858. The average of rainy
days recorded for the years 1881, 1882
and 1888 was 203. The temperature va
ries but slightly-its average in Luzon
is 81 degrees. On this island numer-
Gus limpid streams flow from the noun
tains through the plain into Bay lake,
refreshing the vegetation by the way
and furnishing luxurious pasturage for
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great herds Of cattle. Within Bay lake
= another circular lake . league in cir
cumferenee. surrounded By . ring Of
high land. In this smaller lake water
fowl abound. Boiling springs are found
at Los Banos at the foot of = tall noun
tain.
Crocodiles are very abundant IN the
waters Of the Philippines and the boa
and the buffalo are among the dreaded
dwellers in the forests. There are at
least two venomous snakes, the dajon-
palay (rice Leaf and the ain morani.
Cauterizing is the only remedy for their
deadly bite, though it is rare that any
one suffers from 1t. Game Is abundant
deer, wild boar and buffalo and birds
in countless variety. There are no car
nivorous animals. Monkeys are album
dant, and the monkey ragout Is con-
sidered by some as the triumph Of the
culinary art. Among the most obnox-
ious insects are the mosquitoes and the
destructive termites or white ants. Not
withstanding all these climatic and me-
neurological drawbacks. the Philippines
are q most valuable possession to Spain.
A distinguished traveller exclaimed:
"What a beautiful country! There is
wealth enough here to make all the
beggars in Europe rich" 1t raises su-
gar, tobacco, rice, hemp, coffee, maize,
cocoa, cocoanut, cotton and bamboo,
a great variety of valuable hardwoods
and almost all of the tropical fruits. Its
staples are tobacco, hemp and rice. The
manufacture Of cigars is state monop-
oily.
The English club is one Of the insti-
tutions of Manila and there, no doubt,
our officers will find hospitable well
come. It is at once social center.
bureau Of information and trade cen
ter where business is transacted. There
is an uptown and downtown club under
the same management. At the subur-
ban clubhouse In Nagtajan are the din
ing room, parlor, billiard rooms, bowl
ing alley, bed chambers for members
and guests and boathouse for rowing
on the Pasig. In the downtown rooms
is served at 10 o'clock breakfast, the
first square meal of the day, consisting
Of so many varied courses that long
sleeping chairs are provided in the IL
brary for the comfort of members. This
meal is supplied to subscribers for 81
in gold a month. The library Of 1000
volumes is excellent, and all the latest
papers and magazines are kept. At s
o'clock everybody dimes and by $3.50 all
are asleep, except on opera nights. A
writer in the Evening Post, Mr. John
Earle Stevens, says: ITO live in Manila
for a year is to want to get away. To
stay there two years is to have exhaust
ed every resource of novelty. To re-
main three is to resign ones self to the
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What's In q name? 1t all depends. II
you call one Of the beautiful clear lakes
Of the Catskills. "Tupper's Lake." IS It
is now called, there is nothing in its
name; but when the Indians lived on
its shores and fshed upon its waters
there was much in its name, for because
Of its beauty and its many inlets, they
called 1t the Lake of the Clustered
Stars" It was on the bosom Of the
Lake Of the Clustered Stars that the
water-lily had its birth. and this is tho
way 1t happened: 1t was spring time.
and the Sun, chief Of the tribe. had been
away at war. Then he returned, and
there was wild feasting to celebrate his
victories. All were full Of Joy. except
one lovely maiden, the sweet singer OF
the tribe, called Oseetah. the Bird. She
stood far OF, sad and quiet, for in her
heart she had made q vow that, &C
cording to Indian creed, she must keep
or die. though no one knew Of it save
the Great Spirit, to whom she had given
her secret thoughts. Slowly the Bird
withdrew from the jewelers.. and crept
to the edge of the Clustered Stars.
There she sprung into her canoe, and
padded swiftly away under the curtain
Of the branches along the shore. But
the chief had seen her. He guessed
her purpose. and running to the lake.
he leaped into his canoe. and went after
her. On they few, until the Bird, SEE
ing that she was pursued, leaped upon
the shore and ran up to the edge Of
high cliff. There she called out to tho
Sun not to come to her, but to let her
choose her own way out to the Spirit
But the Sun did not hear or understand,
for he came bounding after her, IN
tending to take her back to the village,
and persuade her to give up her vow.
Then, seeing that she could not stop
him, the Bird raised her face to the
sky, and sprung like an arrow down in
to the lake below. The Sun leaped IN
after her, and swan with giant strokes
in search of her, but she was gone, and
at last he went slowly and sadly back
to his people, and told them what had
happened. Now the next day, at noon.
a stranger came into the village. hold
ing in his hand a wonderful white flow-
er, sweet and pure. Every ono was
filled with amazement. No Indian had
ever seen such a blossom before: and
their surprise was even greater when
the stranger told them that he had
found the bosom of the Clustered Stars
covered with such flowers, all around
the base of the great high rock. Swift
~ they ran to see for themselves. and
there stood silent, looking at the great
white lilies floating on the water Then
the wise man of the tribe waved his
hand and told them that because Osee-
tab, the Bird, had been true to her vow.
the Great Spirit had given her this
form; that the white was for her good
ness, and the yellow cup for her faith:
and that, If they would watch. they
would see that she would open to the
Sun as he came up at daybreak. but
close her eyes when he left her at night
SO it is that the water-lily Is to the
Indian the emblem Of good faith. and
that they see in 1t the disembodied spir-
it Of Oseetah. the Bird, Of the tribe q
the Saranacs.
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Wesley Merritt ruling in the Philip
pines as sort of vice-royal representa-
tive Of the sovereignty Of the American
people, holding sway over a territory
exceeding in extent the combined area
of the New England states, New York.
New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware.
and having authority over a motley
population of from S,0Oo,CG0 to i0,00).-
coo! Does not this read like a tale
from the ARABIAN Nights? Possibly
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Good. but Not Intended.

Now and then a man gets OF a good
thing and does not know it. An in
stance is noted by Sir NJ. Grant Dun
in his DIARY" We began to talk
about the fog. 1T was 80 bad" said.
"a week or two ago that hear Farrar
preached against it at st. Margaret's. !"
1T was at that church." my friend an
swered that a clergyman. denouncins
Mr.. Tooth, the ritualist, said. I will
not name him. but his name is in
everybody's mouth Then, seeing the
smiles on the faces Of his congregation.
he turned scarlet"
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MODERN FAIRY STORY.
Information and Characteristics Showing
What Our Capture of the Philippine
Islands Means.

time they have succeeded in convert
ing large numbers of the docile natives
to their religious views and the Span
ism priests, who have mastered the ma
tive languages, are powerful inf1u-
ence, in spite of the animosities their
rule has aroused, and the results OF
which are shown in seventeen consider
able rebellions in the last sixty years.
In 1876 the native insurgents lost
5000 Of their best men, In 1882 several
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Easily Done.

mark my words" impressively be-
gan the long-haired visitor who had
percolated into the sanctum- Sure
thing" cheerily replied the able ed
itor, deity running the blue pencil
through the manuscript which the
caller had brought.
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Nature constructed woman to make
all the rest of the men run after her
while she carries one man around in
her lap.
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PRETTY LEGEND
STORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL
WATER LILY.

M Origin - Told BY the Sof1oA0
lndians- the Bud OF the Tribe
and Her Vow In the Name Of Her
Greed. y
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RepAftee.

"It's evident that you have wheels"
said the repair man to the bicycle law.
gwan! You make me pneumatically
tired" said the bicycle to the repair
man.
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If girl reaches eighteen and there
is no lover in sight. she will keep on
going to school until she is thirty ii
her parents can afford to send her.
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why do the boys at the cluA call
Cholly 'Godiva?" "Such Q ehump.
you know. Had good horse and next
70 nothing on"
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Man is made of dust and with . lit
tie too much irrigation his name is
mud
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Toe or 80
II c. c. c. fail to cure druggists refund mo uey.
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NE. A. Special
WASHINGTON, D. c., WITH
OUT CHANGE, VIA
Santa Fe-Pennsylvania
Lines,
TIE OFFICIAL ROUTE.

This train will leave various points in
Kansas via Santa Fe Route ON July 4th,
1898. 1t will leave Kansas City via
Santa Fe at : p. m same day, and arrive
in Chicago next morning. The Penn
ylvania Lines will take the train east
of Chicago. The itinerary is q very
attractive one, and embraces a daylight
ride through the grandest Of Allegha-
ny mountain scenery; around the Horse
Shoe Curve; along the Blue Juniata,
and majestic Susquehanna- An
unique feature of the trip is the ride
in the special train from York to the
epoch-making battlefield Gettysburg.
Apply to nearest local agent for
itinerary, list of desirable low-rate ex-
cursions from Washington, and the
time train will pass your station or
nearest junction point.
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A man looks once at a girls face; q
woman looks twice at her dress.
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Hoods Sarsaparilla

HOODS Pilis cure indigo stion. bilOu sness.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-08
pAPrY ER0SPEcTS.


One mans guess may be as good as
another's, regarding the result of the
election, today, in the country No
body knows whether the contest for
representatives in congress is to be
close, or whether there is an impending
landslide" Because this is an "off
year." and because of the general ap-
athy' reported, predictions are pecu-
liarly hazardous. With the assurance
of a large vote, the result might be
much more easily foretold. Appearan-
ces seem to indicate, however, that the
election will be close, and that while
the republican majority in the next
house will be very materially reduced,
nevertheless, enough republican cong
ressmen will be returned to insure the
reelection of Thomas B. Reed as
speaker. The republicans seem certain
to lose a number of districts in New
York, Pennsylvania and perhaps in
other eastern states. Losses are also
to be expected in Indiana, Ohio. North
Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
To offset these, there are prospects of
republican gains in Kansas, Nebraska
and the northwest, where there has
been less Of that Indifference which has
characterized the campaign in the east.
The official forecast from Washington
is more favorable than it was two
weeks ago, but it is not healthful to be
too sanguine
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-08
PINGREE,S nAMpAICM

Pingree, Michigan's eccentric gov
ernor, is not having altogether smooth
sailing in his campaign for reelection.
The difficulties which he is encounter
ing are chiefly of his own making. He
cherishes a feeling of intense hatred
toward United States Senator Burrows
and in endeavoring to accomplish Bur
rows defeat he has developed antagon-
isms which threaten to result seriously
for himself. His attacks upon the SEN
ator have been so open and, apparently.
with so little sound reason, that his
own party loyalty is questioned. Twen-
ty leading republicans of Grand Rapids.
the second city in the state, have issued
manifesto calling upon the people to
rebuke Pingree, and opposition to the
executive among men whose devotion
to party has hitherto been unques-
toned, is so widespread as to be signi-
fcant.
The governor makes no charges
against the senator that are worth
serious consideration. What he does
say in support of his opposition is so
evidently tinged with personal feeling
that it will have little weight. He
claims that Burrows is friendly to cor
porations, but to those who are fami-
liar with Pingree's peculiar methods
of trying to win the favor of the peo-
pie, that charge means simply that the
senator has not gone out of his way to
endorse Pingree's radical notions re-
specting the proper way to deal with
the carrying companies.
Probably Pingree will be elected, but
in that case he will owe his success to
the fact that no conservative man is
running against him. Michigan state
politics is infected with cranBism, of
which Pingree seems to be the chief
prophet
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-08
R00sEH YETI. PKRRAPS.

One side or the other is making a
prodigious bluff in New York, and the
count of the ballots will have to de-
eide whether Plat or Croker is the
greater buffer. The democrats claim
that Van Wyck will be elected govern
or by $4,000 or more, while the repub-
lican estimate ranges from 10000 to
100000 for Roosevelt. The fact that
bona fde betting is now recorded on
even terms makes it appear that Roose-
velts chances are better than they
were believed to be a week ago. There
are rumors, also, of unexpected demo-
cratic OBJECTIONS in New York city
About all that can be said is that
Cookers party ought to be defeated
because of his outrageous assault upon
the purity and independence of the ju-
dietary, if for no other reason. His
canvass is nothing more than an at
tempt to subject the New York supreme
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-08

The fashionable summer residents of
Lenox, having paid their taxes for the
year have united in a protest which
makes serious charges against the town
officials and prima facie, the New
Workers seem to have made out a
strong case. Unequal and unjust APP
portionment of taxes, as between the
townsfolk and the summer residents, is
not the only complaint. Money appro-
priated for road repairs is said to have
been squandered. and worse than all,
the highway commissioners are alleged
to have furnished the materials and
done the work themselves, thereby
making profit in addition to their
salaries. This is clearly in violation of
the law, but aside from that, the roads
have not been kept in repair. 1t looks
as if the town officers had set out to
squeeze the summer residents. At any
rate, the latter have rebelled, and
they threaten even to abandon the town
unless their grievances are redressed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-08

Attention is called to the fact thai
the great success of new manufactur.
ing establishments in the south is due
in large measure to the use of modern
machinery. Competition is so sharp
and the margin of profit, even under
the most favorable conditions, so small.
that southern mills with modern equip
ment have an advantage over northern
plants which still use old machinery.
That condition, however, can be met
without serious difficulty, and the
Providence Journal draws this sound
conclusion: In time labor conditions
will be practically alike in the north
and the south, and the northern mill
with skill6 operators and the latest
machinery will be able to hold it's pro-
portion Of trade. The outlook for man
ufacturing in New England is not so
desperate as users of obsolete machin-
cry consider it,