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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29

then. We could not wait for Spain 10
come 10 us. II a quick hard, decisive blow
was to he struck, il seemed that this was
the way 10 strike ii. l am quite sure too,
that Ii was felt that the lesson of our vic
tory, which. OF course. would have been
Almost certain. would have been a good
one for the world. But. as you know. the
trouble blew over. and our people never
had the satisfaction. nor the world the ex-
ample, of seeing that design carried out"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29

Judge Martin. who recently received an
old Scotch coin from a tramp n token cf
x~atituds. for Kindness. sn1s now that ths
cen S unique. save for one other like Il
n sas British NaseGm. s83 Is worth so
- nora
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29

She house of a rich man. though pictures
OF Grant and Sheridan. rare and priceless
aor their associations. and articles of fur
uiturs and art. evidently inherited from the
general, adorn the parlor rooms. There are
rare things also from China. some Of them
the gifts OF ii Hung Chang, and articles
too. from Europe reminding one that Col
Grant himself made moss credisable rec
ord at the Austrian court during the admin
es,ration Of Benjamin Harrison
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29
4.stPsrER

as he finds II now. but as It used to be 100
years ago-and 80 fighting. or thinking that
he can fight. with real, Quixotic feather
brain desperation. Here is the Engiishman.
whose patriotism is partly the result of the
grandeur OF his country He acts freely
and knows that he Is safe. Englands ex-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29

az justice and RICH; and Of synElH \
the down-trodden. that tbs nat1n
should be changed. no matter sha he
cost, Think Of the highest intssexA \
duty IN any OF sha ether ey:atf1n = .
world. There are none angwhsFe -
pare with our own patriotic iupalsH
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06

rope, which thus far has been found more satisfactory than a chain gearing. The runners of the wheels are of bronze with hammered shafts, and the gates and lesser parts are of steel.
 But it must not be understood that these turbine wheels are right at the falls. In fact they are fully a mile dis tant, experiment having shown that greater advantage from the powerful current could be obtained mile below than at the falls themselves. Part of the power generated by the turbines is transmitted to Guadalajara by electric ity.
 Before long the falls will furnish power for an extensive plant. The transmission of the power, however, to the wheels will be by rope in manner similar to that described in the cotton mill plant. Grooved pulleys will be placed on each side of the four wheels. The style of wheel differs from the plant already in operation, but it is a more condensed form and even simpler in construction.
 The amount of head pressure in this instance, and also in the frst-men- toned power plant, is 64 feet. Men who are well posted say that the estab. lishment of these two plants is but the opening wedge for the introduction of many like industries into Mexico. Hitb- erto, one of the great drawbacks which has prevented the growth of such en- terprises in Mexico has been the enor- nous expense involved in procuring and operating q power plant. It is said that now this impediment will be to a great extent removed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06
CHILDREN IN CUBA'S WAR
Their Presence Upon the Battle
 field Pathetic Feature.
rits1e encs in tAc InsurSest Camps Whose PIaythinGs Are Cartridge Shells and Their Lullaby the
 Trumpet Call.
Copyright. 1S9s.l

There is no more pathetic feature in the war between Cuba and Spain than the actual presence of children upon the battlefield. The awful massacre of the Cubans by starvation as well as by bullet and sword has numbered among it's victims many child martyrs to the cause of liberty.
 There are little ones in the insur- gent camps to-day whose playthings are cartridge shells; whose lullaby is the trumpet call and the noise of bat tie. This revolution must always live in history as one which numbers in it's list of martyrs, baby patriots whose blood has stained their country's soil with that of their fathers and mothers.
 These children die, most of them, from fever and insufficient food. They are gaunt little specters of childhood, with wan eyes that have looked upon terrible scenes of carnage and death. Some of them die on the field, where they march beside their fathers with tiny hands clasping some implement of war. Others are stricken down with machetes, or trampled upon by horses hoofs in the wild charges of the insur- gent army.
 And these little martyr souls pass away without a mothers prayer or a mothers arms around them. Their re- quiem is the cry of "Cuba Iibre!" echo ing frog dying lips. Their little bodies
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reached the highest plane among his people they would say: There is Miss Sanger's student" Her soul became filled with dreams, but she never once thought of falling in love.
 It was a cold morning in the early part of March, 1895; Miss Sanger was riding from her boarding house to the school, about mile distant. Suddenly from out the woody roadside there sprang an outlaw-a very common character in the territory just then. \ Winchester was drawn down upon her. and she was ordered to "sheL out" This was the first time she had ever had such an experience, and, woman like, she tainted. When she recovered some minutes later there stood her interpreter, Figaro Kellop, with her purse in one hand and a smoking 45- caliber in. the other. He was coming on behind her and had seen the attack. Likewise he had captured the robber and recovered her money. All this was well worth a little fright. She had so civilized Kellop that he had become chiYalrous.
 After that Mr. Kellop used to call on his teacher every Sunday, and they went horseback riding. With a sisterly zeal she stroye to teach him all the fine points of etiquette and conversation, and the full-blood Creek listened with apparent interest. That he was inn proving everyone noticed, and the school board praised Miss Sanger's ability. To her friends in the east she wrote home long letters about her mis- sion among the redskins. All was sail ing smoothly.
 When Christmas, 1896, came around the acquaintance of Miss Sanger and Mr. Kellop had developed into some thing stronger than friendship They were in love; and while, all over the United States, lovers were enjoying the holidays in little farmhouse parlor, in the Creek nation Figaro Kellop, the full-blood Creek Indian, on pended knees and in most approved and up- to-date fashion, proposed to Miss San ger, the handsome and petite young school ma'am, and was accepted.
 It was just two weeks later when an Oklahoma mob of border ruffians came over into the Seminole nation and caught two young Indians, accused of a brutal crime, and mercilessly burned them at the stake. The news spread: soon all the Indians of the Creek and Seminole nations knew of it, and their blood boiled. All the ferceness that had lain dormant in their savage breasts was aroused, and many of them started out for blood of the pale face. The news came also to Figaro Kellop at the little schoolhouse, and in him, too, the bitter racial hatred against the "white-hearted nation" was awakened. In moment he forgot all the teachings of his youth, and then lis love for the pretty school-teacher; a thirst for revenge was his main de- sire. But he said nothing at that time. Good warriors say little.
 That evening he rode home with Miss Sanger. They talked some about the cruel torture of the two Indians. His fance noticed strange light in his eyes, but thought little of it. At the gate he bid her an affeetionate farewell. And that is why Miss Sanger. the h.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06
"serabbIng Service. ?

Incumbents of London churches which stand in need of a cleaning might do worse than follow the example set by the vicar of St. Lawrence's church Birmingham, who recently announced "scrnbbing service" and invited the congregation to assist in the work. Soap, water and scrubbers were to be provided, but the elbow-grease must be furnished by the devout. The service IS to last from three o'clock until 9:30, by which time he hopes that the last polishing touches will have been given. and the interior of the church present glossy and shining appearance.-Lon- don Telegraph.
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DIDN'T STAY CIVILIZED.
Cupid Made a Failure at Reform
 ing an American Indian.
Miss Minnie Sanger. an Illinois GirI. Had an Exciting Experience with a Copper-CoIored Lover in
 Indian Territory.
Copyright. 1898.


 Miss Minnie Sanger has returned to her home in Illinois, sadder but wiser young maid. She was school-teachef in the We-wo-ka district, Creek na= ton, Indian territory; and just as she had begun to cherish hopes that she had effected the complete civilization of full blood Creek Indian they were ruthlessly crushed to earth by recent Seminole uprising.
 Miss Sanger came to the territory three years ago, having accepted a pc sition in the We-wo-lza district school. It was attended exclusively by full blood Creeks, who were attempting to learn the correct use of the English language. Many of the pupils could not speak English at all, and as Miss Sanger could not understand Creek there was need of an interpreter. This want was supplied in the handsome parsonage of Figaro Kellop, a full blood Creek, well educated and fluent talker in either Creek or English. He was about 21. tall and athletic, with dark, gleaming eyes and long, straight black hair which covered a well-shaped head.
 This was Miss sanger's ideal of mas culine beauty; and sine, too, was young only 19-and so romantic. She thought how charming it would be to train up this young man in the path of civilization, so that when he had
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06
Tire EIenI,nnta Neck.

The reason the elephants neck is short is that the head of the animal is so heavy that were it placed at the end of neck proportionate to the dimensions of that member in other animals, an almost inealeulable amount cS muscular force would be necessary to elevate and sustain it. The almost toatl absence of neck obyiates the difficulty and the trunk serves as a sub stitute. The uses and advantages of a long neck, peculiarly exemplifed in the giraffe, which contains only the same number of vertebral articulations as in the elephant. are in the latter supplied by the trunk or proboseis, by which he is enabled to carry food to his mouth and to drink by suction. This curious organ contains a vast number of mus cles variously intSrlaced; is extremely flexible; endowed with the most exquis- ite sensibility and the utmost diversity of motion, and compensates amply for the absence of d long nect.-Phila- delphia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06

milton in plenty, had been prevented from landing within the month, and the condition of affairs was desperate And it is this fact that makes the ma chete charges of the insurgents the widest and most terribly picturesque forms of battle.
 The men sometimes faced their foes with only one bullet apiece to fight with, When this had been sent into the face of the Spanish voluntee1s-un- trained and weakened from marching through swamps-the insurgents would raise their machetes in the air, and with the cry of liberty upon their lips, tears streaming from their eyes in the desperate realization of their posi- tion--they would charge, a-horse, afoot, up to the very muzzles of the Spanish muskets, carrying all before them in the fury of the charge, hewing down the volunteers like sugar cane.
 One night Jose told me that his fa- ther had sent message saying that he had been so near Havana the night be- fore that he had set his watch by the evening bells. And I am going to see him tomorrow" he said, and showed me the letter, written in Spanish, that had come from the field appealing for aid from the ty-especially asking for ammunition.
 The next day Jose took load of fruit out toward Mantanzas. The mule moved slower than ever under his pan niers, for they were filled with cart ridges. It was long afterwards that I heard the boys story. Towards night fall, when he had nearly reached the insurgents camp, the tired little beast refused to proceed further under it's heavy pack in spite of persuasion and even blows. Jose loosened the bags from the mules back and slung them over his own shoulder. Where before | he had been only s peasant peddler, he
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06
MExlco's NIAGARA.
Like Our Own Giant 1t Has Been Har- messed by Men.
 fCopyright, 1S9S.]

Like Our Own Giant IT Has Seoh HIT
 messed by Men.
 [Copyright, 1S9S.l
 Mexico's Niagara has been harnessed. It's real name is the Falls of Juanacat- Ian. r miles distant from the city of Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco. The River Lerma at the point men, tioned makes leap of 60 feet, the fall itself being over 200 feet in width.
 1t is in truth a magnificent cataract. and many Americans who have seen it claim that in some respects it excels the Canadian fall at Niagara. Now it's tremendous power is to be utilized for driving the machinery of cotton mills, which have been removed from Tjal- pan, a suburb of the City of Mexico.
 Tthe current is very swift below the falls, and six 20-iHch turbine wheels have been installed there, arranged to work in pairs. They are provided with a governor which affords a fine regulation. The aggregate power trans mitted when all are running is little over 1,S00 horsepower.
 Two pairs of these turbine wheels are constantly in use, the third pair act ing as q reserve force. Pulleys of 16 grooves each are placed on both sides of each pair, and over these run hemp
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Curf.. Tn. .Anrnnn.

Now" said the lady who gossips, q am going to tell you something. Bpt you must remember that it was told to me in confidence and you mustn't repeat it."
 Perhaps" suggested Miss Cayenne, it would be better for you not to tell me-" ishment.
 "If lady of your self-command can't keep from divulging it. shouldn't like to trust myself with it."-Washing- ton Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06

Gray hair is caused solely by the loss of pigment which gave it color Gray ness may occur at any period of life, ir- respective of age; it is also hereditary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06

dian missionary. has returned to the east. For Figaro. after be left her that evening, hastened to the scene of the burning. and there he donned the war paint and fought with his Seminole half-brother against the Oklahoma ruff fans. He remained on the border until the riot was over. and then returned but his wife-to-be had lost faith in the whole red race, packed her belongings and fled away to weep over the failure of her dream of civilizing an Indian, even by love. ". R. DRAPER.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06

lie unburied beneath the southern suns, until Heaven in benediction marks their resting places with Cuba's most fragrant bloom of lilies and roses, springing from the very life blood of these infant warriors.
 The presence of women and children on the field of battle has been used as a reproach by the enemies of Cuba. There have been stories of armies of "Amazonss described as rough nascu- line creatures leading the men on with their fury.
 To those who know the real nature of the Cuban women these stories seem like fairy tales. The women of Cuba are intensely feminine in their natures
 domestic, womanly creatures, fond of their children, to whom they devote themselves from hahyhood.
 The Cuban baby is a veritable mon arch in the home of it's parents. and in times of peace the education and the guidance of the child almost consti- tutes it's mothers whole existence. The presence of women and their children on the field of battle is only due to the fact that every Cuban insurgent knows the Spanish volunteer will wreak his vengeance on women and children left unprotected in the towns. It is for this reason that whole families have fought together-children side by side with their parents-baby hands sometimes loading and reloading rifles for the men and women.
 A Cuban boy or Cuban girl often can handle machete with as much skill as man-much more dexterously than the average American who takes up the weapon wondering at it's weight and apparent clumsiness. But the machete is really a household imple- ment in the homes of the Cubans. It is used much as a hatchet is used in an American household, but with far greater diversity of uses. The Cuban boy can peel cocoanut with a ma chete as easily as an American boy peels an apple with jackknife. The maehete is used to cut sugar cane, to trim vines and to cut the great cacti and palms that abound upon the island
 giants in their growth.
 There have been many child martyrs to the Cuban war for liberty. There are only few names written on the death rolls, for the children have not been counted in with the soldiers. Somewhere in Havana, maybe, the names of those little ones are written in gold.
 One case came to my memory, that of Jose Priest, Q 15-year-old boy living with his mother and two sisters in Ha- vana. His father was upon the field, and the boy helped to support his mother by selling fruit and flowers along the Prado. I had bought many punches of roses from him, and had heard many bits of news from the. field which he would whisper to me as he stopped each evening at the window of the Hofel Ingleterra with his wares. This boy died like q hero during nay stay in Cuba.
 It was at the time when the lack of ammunition was driving the insurgents to desperation. Several filibustering expeditions, carrying arms and ammu-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06

was now a suspicious looking person, and was sure to be detected if he was seen by anyone. He stumbled on in the darkness, realizing his danger, but determined to reach his father. He fell many times in that journey; his cloth ing was torn from his tired legs, but he plodded on until a sentry's challenge rang out somewhere in the night. Then he started to run, still carrying that heavy load; but two shots whizzed after him, one striking his shoulder. He hid behind rocks by the roadside until the lazy, half-drunken Spanish sentries had ridden away; then he started on again.
 He reached the campfire of the in- surgent detachment, where his father waited his coming, and fell forward ;St the feet of the surprised men, whisper ing that he had brought the bullets and the loayes of white bread that his mother had sent, and flask of red wine. The boy died two days later, his wound infaming and fever setting in as result of that terrible journey through the marshes.
 Huedo Hernandez was one of the girl victims of the war. She was only II years old, and living at Cardenas. She was playing one day with some other children, when q stranger approached and asked her to carry package to some one in the town. The little one innoeently consented and was OF her way to the house indicated when she was arrested and the package seized. It happened to contain letters from an insurrecto to a woman relative. Hueda was charged with conspiracy against the government, and was cast into toul prison. l do not know her ulti- mate fate.
 The children of Cuba have suffered by this awful war as never children have before. War deyastates homes and leaves hearthstones desolate in all cases, but this has been a war of ex- termination. In the children of Cuba Spain sees another generation of Cabans, even stronger in their patriot ism than their fathers who have gladly given their lives in the cause of liberty.
 Every Cuban boy and girl = every baby-has been looked upon as a men, ace to the spaniard. These children must never be allowed to grow to man. hood and to womanhood-strong in their love of country, with the mem ories of the ten years war and all the wrongs and massacres that their par ents have suffered in this war to avenge-so reasons the spaniard.
 And so it is that the children of Cuba have gone upon the battlefield to fight with their fathers. In the wonderful war that the Cubans have waged, hold ing their island in the face of an army three times their size, the child war; riors have played an important part. Their innocent lives have been added to that vast altar upon which so many lives have been offered as q sacrifice.
 KATE MAsTERsoN.
 Gray hair is caused solely by the loss of pigment which gave it color. Gray ness may occur at any period of life. ir~
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06
Mean.

Young Wife-The Bible tells us to cast our bread upon the waters and 1t will return to us hundred fold.
 Young Husband-Weli. for heavens sake, Mary, don't cast any of the bread you make upon the waters, tnen.-N I. World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06
whi.Lrtn eInn

It is said that when whisky is used instead of water in making glue the mixture will remain unaltered for years, will .emain perfectly liquid, and is ready for use without heating.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-06

There are 100000 Jews in the world to-day. of whom nearly one-half are in Russia.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-01-19
First Dec. 20.
Probate Notice.
STATE OF MINNESOTA ss

STATE OF MINNESOTA
County of Stevens 80
In Probate Court. Special Term, De-
cember 28th 1897
In the matter of the guardianship of
Peter MearS, insane.
On reading and filing the petition of
Patrick Mccarthy, guardian of the person
and property of Peter Near, insane, for
license to sell the real estate of said ward
And it appearing from said petition that
it is necessary and would be beneficial to
said ward that said real estate or a part
thereof, should be sold,
1t is ordered, That the next of kin of said
ward, and all persons interested in the es-
tate of said ward, shall appear before said
Probate Court at the Probate office in the
Village of Morris, in the county OF Stevens
aforesaid, on the 7th day of February, 1898,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause
why a license should not be granted for
the sale of said real estate.
And it is further ordered, That copy of
this order be served on the next of kin
and all persons interested in said estate,
by the publication thereof for four sue
ceSsive weeks in the Morris Tribune
weekly newspaper printed and published
at the village of Morris in said Stevens
county the last of which publications
shall be at least fourteen days before said
hearing,
Dated, December 2Sth, 1897.
By the Court:
[Seall GEORGE E. DARLING,
Judge of Probate.
F. E. SMITH,
Attorney for Guardian.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-01-19
A Chinese Breakfast.

The ordinary Chinese, writes an
american resident of Shanghai,
asbether in city or village, takes his
2pCsskfast at the teahouse or restau-
rant 1t consists almost entirely of
z1ssat rolls or patties. They are dip
pCd IN vinegar, soy or solution of
red pepper. when eaten. Sometimes
thr steamed rolls, after they have
grar7vn old, are made palatable by
beng toasted on a grill over a char
Scrs3 fire Another popular dish is
n%.shnut fried in oil Baking is al
ga-t entirely unknown, but there is
: rake of the size and shape of an
G& r1b. which is baked by being
suck on the inside of a jar shaped
4Ernace, in which there is a hot
charcoal fire. These cakes are some
times circular, but in every case
they are covered with the seeds of
tl3e sesame, which add very much to
tise ilavor. Another variety is
large. round cake cooked on grid
de. and which is divided into quar-
tiers when offered for sale The Mo-
hammedan Chinese make a similar
sake. of which they are also very
fond, without using any pork fat.
For the better quality of native
PASTRY and confectionery rice flour
- :sSeaa hh..+ at the treaty ports and
the cities to which foreign influence
has extended many forms of sweet
sAte and biscuit are made of Ameri-
FIX -four. Even for purely native
nsi1eties of rolls and cakes the
american flour is now preferred on
zSc0unI of its whiteness and whole
sUseness. New York Hera ID.