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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
cURloS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Ancient War Weapons and Idols That
Are Attracting Much Attention.
In the University of Pennsylvania
are curios which are closely allied
with the earlier periods of the Philip
pine Islands. They consist of num-
Der of specimens of primitive weapons
and are the only examples of the kind
in the country. The collection, meagre
as it is, has already attracted consid-
erable attention, and the many visitors
attest to the deep interest the people
feel in all that pertains to the new
territory.
The curios are five in number and
were obtained at the Rastrow rag
fairl at Madrid, Spain, and deposited
In the university museum.
From the saw of the swordfsh sim
gle and two-edged swords are con-
structed. In the case of the former
the teeth were carefully sharpened on
one side and the larger end cut down
for a handle. 1t presents formidable
appearing implement of carnage.
With the other the two edged sides
were preserved. In the hands of a
muscular native these crude swords
would make most frightful wounds.
A third weapon of later date is a
short cutlass-shaped affair of iron.
The Philippine Islanders became ex-
pert rs iron workers, and the ancient
weapon shows how well the natives of
old patterned their death-dealing ap-
pliances. The handle of this iron
sword is ornamented with tufts of
hair and fanciful raised designs, in
token, perhaps, of the valuable quail
tiles rs hair raising tool.
fourth weapon resembles an ex.
aggerated meat ceaver of uninvitinq
appearance, with a sharpened edge on
one side and long point on the other,
Ill SOLID iron, with long handle
A Malay creese is the fifth weapon
IN the collection These weapons were
made by the Visayas, Malay srlb,
who inhabit the is'auds 70 the soutt
Of Luzon. The creeses are short
swords of the dagger species, witt
exquisitely carved handles and grace
full blades.
In the Colonial museum at Madri,
many other odd relics are preserved
including idols of the. natiyes 1s,tT TlR Il
sion, the female being lesser deity
Cast iron cannon and small swive
guns of the early natives, with thei
military uniforms, are also displayed
there. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
NO.. TO-.
The WILLOW BOWER.

/ know bower made Of willow trees,
Low leaning from the grassy waterslde,
The long leaves dropping in the ripping
stream,
Like lady's fingers trailed in cooling tide.
Within the bower is never seen the sun,
Though flercest rays assail Its leafy
screen,
And, save for lowing OF the distant herd
And tapping waves the silence is serene.
Herein 1 sit within my little boat,
Soft-cushioned as In dreams of weary
mem
And little reek that the world without
Is full OF care and strife Of sword and
pen.
With eyelids closed and pillowed cheek on
hand,
i dream the happy, idle hours away,
TIL twilight comes and goes and night has
come,
And then l leave my bower fain to stay.
May Belle Willis, in Boston Transcript.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27

One of the most important items in
health culture is to keep the lungs
and heart in good condition. 1t is
possible to breathe sufficient air to so
oxygenate the blood that it will con-
sumo the waste and poisonous matters
of the system as fire burns up chaff
or finder. People who feel dull, heavy,
stupid, unwilling to exert themselves,
indeed often unable to do so, will find
that regular course of breathing ex-
ercises will be more benefit to them
than all the medicine in creation. There
are many times when the use of medi-
cines merely aggrayates the existing
i'll. 1t is simply further aceumula-
tion of undesirable material that must
be carried about until nature is as
sisted to cast it out or burn it up
Self-Culture.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
OCTOBER21

They had then calmly kept De
Brenne close prisoner in his own
house, and started to torture him
systematically until such time as he
would sign will in his Cousins favor
dated some years previously. Had
they accomplished this, they would
have again carried him abroad and en-
sured fatal alpine accident by the
simple process of dropping him over
the edge of convenient precipice, and
leaving him to be discovered.
Luckily for De Brenne, however,
he had been able to get note con-
yeyed by his servant to Stomp unob-
served, and so was enabled, as the
latter remarked, ''to finish up on der
topside."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
LIABILITY FOR SEA HORROR.

Captain of the william Brown Convicted
of Forcing Passengers Overheard.
Since the terrible fate that befell the
passengers on board the French steam
er La Bourgogne much speculation
has arisen as to the liability of the
French crew under the charges
brought against them in connection
with the sinking of the ship. It is
we'll settled that the law in England
and the United States is adverse to
the crew.
The leading American case is that
of the people against Holmes, which
was tried in Philadelphia by the brill
liant lawyer, David Paul Brown, as
prosecuting attorney The story is
an interesting one. The ship William
Brown sank off Nova Scotia in March,
1S41. The passengers and crew over
loaded the boats. After drifting for
several days a storm came up, making
it evident that the overloaded boat
which Holmes commanded would be
swamped and all lost. Under these
circumstances he gave the order to
Tighten the boat. Twelve passengers
were thrown overheard, and two sis
ters voluntarily jumped into the sea.
The remainder of the passengers in
the boat and the crew were saved and
brought to Philadelphia. Holmes
was indicted and tried In his de-
fence the above circumstances were
shown and additional evidence ad-
mitted that Holmes was one of the
most active in saving the passengers
and getting them in the boat; that at
the risk of his life he had personally
saved several Nevertheless Holmes
was convicted, and the United States
court sustained the conviction on the
ground that the eeptract Of tes the sailor
power, even to the sacrifice of his own
life, to deliver each passenger at the
port for which he shipped.
The point of jurisdiction was raised,
when it was held that the flag con-
verted the ship and her apparel, in
cluding the boats, into national terri
tory. As to acts done in the waters
of the high seas, 1t was further held
that the contract controlled as to the
sailors. The court also held that as
to the same acts done between pas
sengers on the high seas different
rule prevailed; in the absence of inter
national law as to them they owed no
duty to one another; they were, from
the moment of leaving the ship, re-
mitted to their natural rights, and the
law of representation prevailed.
Much sympathy throughout the
country was manifested for Holmes in
this case from it's purely doctrinal law,
and, its being case Of first impress
sion, His sentence was commuted to
imprisonment. After IS months he
was released, but the principle that
the sailor owed duty to passengers,
even 10 the sacrifice Of his own life,
was established.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
Why sigsbee Turned scuttler.

On one occasion Captain Sigsbee
deliberately sank his ship to save her
from still worse fate. He was in
command of the coast survey steamer
Blake and was anchored in a West In
dian port when n hurricane came up,
and in the heavy sea the ships an
chors began to drag. She was drifting
to utter and inevitable destruction on a
reef. Where she lay there was soft,
sandy bottom. The captain ordered
her scuttled, and down she went.
Later she was pumped out and raised
an expensive operation, but far less
costly than building new ship. -
Munsey's Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
HUMOROUS.

"Do you regard late rising as in
jurious?' ''It certainly shortens ones
days"
Judge-Don't let me see you here
again. Prisoner-Where shall L see
you, Judge?
Mine, miner, minusr' This is
the general upshot of speculation in
mining stock.
Bob-Saw Tom and his wife out
wheeling yesterday. Will-Tandem?
Bob-No; perambulator.
Aunt = Harry, do you love your
baby brother? Harry-What's the
use? He wouldn't know it if did.
A great many girls say "No," at
first; but, like the photographers, they
know how to retouch their negatives.
''What's the matter old man? You
look hot and excited. ''Just been
trying TO dodge a cross-eyed girl on
bicycle
He-Poorman says he is convinced
now that the world does go round.
She-Well, he doesn't look as if he'd
got very much of it yet.
Mamma-Oh dear! Jimmy, I don't
believe you know what it is TO be
! good. Jimmy-Yes, 1 do. mamma.
It's not doing what you want to 60.
Little Pitcher-I don't think NV
papa loves me as much ae h. iONes ~
mamma. Mamma says papa tells her
fairy stories. He never tells any to
me rx--r1rg-, -,1IyI- yc.ri uIsc-e- ct firrG
the man in 30 was Slam, the great
detective? Bell Boyle had to ring
for some one to find the towel for
him.
Husband (angrily, after a somewhat
heated argument with his better half
DO You take me for fool? Wife
tooothingly)-No, John! But may
be mistaken.
''Pa, can go to the circus?" 'No,
my son; if you're good boy, you
won't want to go to the circus"
"Then, I'd better go while I'm bad
enough to enjoy it, hadn't I?''
81 say" asked Jinks, as he walked
into Blinks' store, sample case in
hand, "can cowhide in a shoe
store?' Blinks wasn't at all slow
mo-" he says, ''but calfskin."
The Cabman- Gimme your bag,
lady, and I'll put it on top of the cab.
Mrs. Oatcake Jas she gets in)-No;
that poor horse of yours has enough
to pull. I'll carry it on my lap.
''If you b an apple, Johnnie, and
your litt.u brother asked you for
piece, you'd greet his request with a
cheerful smile, wouldn't you?" eyes,
ma'am, I'd give him the merry ha,
hal"
"Lady," began Mr.. Dismal Daw-
son, ''you see before you man whose
name is mud-m, u, d" ''There must
be some mistake in your calculations"
replied the lady. ut takes water to
make mud"
Mrs. McCall-It's too bad Of you,
Ethel, to worry your mamma so.
'o1 5, tearfullv)-Oh, well,
I'D lived with mam-
WI know which
OF us was to lame.
He-I had queer dream about you
last night, Miss Louisa. ] was about
to give you kiss when suddenly we
were separated by river that gradu-
ally grew as big as the Rhine. She
And was there no bridge or no boat.
eff it wasn't for your father" said
the wrathful citizen, "you would have
starved to death long ago. You
haven't sense enough to pound sard."
''Haw," answered the chappie, II
had sense enough to 6e born into a
wealthy family, and that is more than
you had"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27

"What is battle like?" she asked.
"Well,' y returned the veteran
thoughtfully. you've seen pictures of
them, haven't you?"
'Of course" she answered.
"Then, all you have to do" he ex-
planned, sis to imagine something
that is entirely different, Chicago
Post.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27

have been assigned to the department
of the east are fast realizing that they
are paying dear for their titles. New
York Sun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27
FATE.

Fair az the summer azure
A timid violet blew
Close to the forts oisbrasurs
Ger which the hot Shells flew.
Meath battle-smoke and thunder
The fort was quickly stilled,
Its huge wall blown asunder.
Its brave defenders killed.
Still on the fortress battered,
Whose heroes lay entombed
Beneath their banners tattered,
The peaceful violet bloomed.
r. X. Munkittrick insQoilier's Weekly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-10-27

Scarlet flowers are said to stand
drought better than any other.
Evening star., 1898-02-10
Murphy and His Wheel.

FROM the CINCINNATI Commerclal-TribuDe.
Murphy bought himself a bicycle, a real
high-priced one that cost him something
like 500. But he tired of his wheel after a
month or two. For all practical purposes the
wheel was just as good as the day it left
the manufacturers hands, but when it
comes to selling secondhand wheel the
purchaser does not look at the matter in
the same light. It's secondhand and only
worth half-price. So Murph fixed the price
at $50. thinking he was giving a bargain
One Of Murph's friends concluded to buy it
He went and asked the price.
Fifty dollars, spot cash, is the lowest
cent that'll buy the machine" said MUIR
ply. Il wouldn't sell that wheel to my
grandfather for less"
Where is it?" asked the purchaser
Down there in the hail." was the an
swer. IF you want to try 1t or look at it
go and get it and take a spin. She's a
daisy"
The machine was given a good trial, and
the friend came back with his mind made
up to buy.
"say, Murph." he said, "Tn tell you what
I'll do. If you'll make the payments easy,
I'll take the wheel"
Easy? What do you mean?"
"Oh, meant on the installment plan"
"Installments? Oh, yes, see. Well. I'll
down you can pay the rest at 10 cents a
year for ten years, and I'll not charge in
terest on the deferred payments"
You WILL will you? Well you are about
the most liberal man that ever came over
the pike. You let me try it and I'll take it, -
''How long do you want to try it3"
"Oh, not long. Just till the last INSTALL
ment Is due
..You don't want much. either" said MUIR
ply. II guess the trades on"
Evening star., 1898-02-10
SCHEME FOR A FREE MEAL.
Invited n BeGgar to Dine and The
Left Him to Pay.

-. ~ hSSSaT az Dkne ana IhCn
Left Him to Pay.
From the Columbus Ohio Dispatch
'One of the Columbus sports recently had
peculiar experience while in Chicago" re-
marked one of the regular visitors at the
Neil house.
1T happened that he went to Chicago
under the impression that he could secure
something to do in his line of business, but
that proved blooming failure. 1t was not
long before he struck the bottom of his
pocket; next the pangs of hunger attacked
his stomach and he did not know what to
do. About all he had to eat for a week or
ten days was the few bites he could secure
from saloon lunch counters, and that was
not Sufhclent to keep young and vigorous
stomach going. Finally he became desper-
ate and while standing on the street corner
cogitating what desperate thing he could
DO to secure full stomach once more he
was approached by a well-dressed young
fellow, like himself, and asked for money
TO secure meal with. and the remark that
he had not had mouthful 10 cat for the
past twenty-four hours. All at once the
Columbus man was struck with an inSpira
ton and he said: L have no doubt that you
are telling the exact truth and l will give
you one of the best meals you ever had in
your life. Come with me- and they pro-
ceeded to a firSt-claSS restaurant, where
steaks, chops and all the other good things
on the menu were ordered and fully en-
joyed by the two thoroughly hungry men.
Seeing that the invited guest was about
through, the Columbus man said Now
don't be in a hurry, but must go and will
pay at the desk, but before l do will point
you out, so there will be no trouble
This was done and the two men eX-
changed signs, indicating that they had
prearranged matters. However instead of
paying the Columbus man said to the CASH
Ter: That man will pay the bill when he
goes out The explanation was accepted
by the cashier and the Columbus man left
the premises as soon as possible. Just
what transpired will never be known, but
the chances are that the man who was be-
ing treated was introduced to robust pair
of boots, or possibly he was arrested. Just
what a police judge would do with a case
of that kind cannot be surmised but If the
court had any sense of humor about him
he ought to have said: You are q victim
of the other man, and notwithstanding the
fact that you have a full stomach, go and
sin no more The Columbus man is back
in town and he will not again make an eff
fort to take in the big breezy city by the
lakes, for he has had an elegant suffi-
ciency."
Evening star., 1898-02-10
A STRICT BOARDING SCHOOL.
Three Callers n Year ut Twenty Min
utes n Call for Girl Students.

From the St. Paul Dispatch.
The young ladies of the Normal in Win
ora are in a furry of excitement. They
We're called into one of the recitation rooms
and put through a rigid examination about
the number of callers each had and a de-
scription of each caller. They were told
that it was highly improper to receive
caller from out of the city, and that many
of the young men of the city were not
proper persons with whom to associate.
1t was also considered highly improper
to receive call which was of more than
twenty minutes duration. In all over
dozen questions were required to be an
swered, all of which were in regard to the
subject of gentlemen callers.
A number of rules were given to the
young ladies, which they were told they
must obey. Among them was one forbid
ding the same young man to call upon
them more than three times a year, and
then the call must be purely formal and
not exceed fifteen or twenty minutes.
The young ladies were also requested to
furnish list of their callers and their
characters, and as to the general subjects
of conversation when calling or riding and
if the landlady where they boarded ap-
proved of the young men.
Some of the young ladies are indignant
and say they will not submit to such rules
while others believe they are all right and
propose to follow them.
Evening star., 1898-02-10
Makes His own Money.
From the Detroit Journal.

from Inc
A man who has been an inmate of the
asylum at Pontiac for many years has de-
voted every moment of his spare time in
manufacturing what he fondly supposes to
be bank notes. His process of manufacture
is very simple and unvarying. Placing a
piece of paper of bank note size over the
decorated border of the cover of book he
rubs heel ball over the paper and thus OBJ
tains replica Of the pretty part, as he
calls it. Having formed the border of his
note, he fills In the interior with similar
decorations, obtained by placing his paper
on the lids of tobacco and other tins; any
surface answers SO long as it Is hard, in
dented or embossed. He finishes his note
by writing in the center in largesfigures the
value he wishes to give it. AS he has been
engaged for fifteen years at his hobby, and
has been allowed to keep his accumulated
wealth of paper money. he is the proud
possessor of three little stacks of notes,
each about foot high. He calculates he
is worth billions. He has never been
known to miss a night or waste a minute
of the time at his disposal in all the long
fifteen years.
Evening star., 1898-02-10
ANSON HAS BEEN GRAND PLAYER
ihe Recently Retired Veteran Hus
Played 1858 Games
From the Detroit Journal.

FROM the Detroit Journal
with the retirement of Adrian c. Anson
from the management of the Chicago Base
Ban club passes the most interesting figure
ever known in the history of the game
He served the club long and well as nIsver
captain and manager, and kept I'D an act
I've conn action with the game to an age far
exceeding that CT most players His fem
perate mode Of life, combined with phvsi.
cal gifts beyond the ordinary, kept him in
the game for more than d quarter of a
century
His career began in 1870 in Rockford TIL
on the local nine. He soon attracted at
tehtlon, ana went to the Pniladelphia Ath-
ietlcs- In 1874 he accompanied the Atnlet-
les ana Bostons on the first transatlantic
trip. He was even then known as a strong
player.
his fame, however. came since his con-
rection with the Chicago club, which he
joined in 1876, and which, under his leader
ship, won the National League pennant in
1876, 1880. 1881, 1889, 1885 and 1856 In the ne
SOs no club was so well known the coun-
try over as Anson's White Stockings. He
p3syed twenty-five ~ aars with the same
club.
From 1876 to 1891, inclusive. the lowest
position the Chicago club held was fifth in
1911, and it was almost Invariably TO be
found lone. two three" Men whose names
Will be known as long as the game lasts
Flint Goldsmith, Gore, Ned Williamson
Tom Burns, Mike Kelly and John Clarkson
were among his men. His generaIship was
acknowledged by all. But with the a0-
vance of years has come demand for
young blood, and the veteran has been re-
tired go =
During his conr ction with the Chicago
club Anson participated in 2G53 full cham
pianship games. He was at bat 9,O33 times
and made 3,034 base hits. His grand aver
age at bat for twenty-five years was 322
From 1919. when the available records be-
gan, till the close OF 1897, he had 1909 put
cuts, 953 assists and 554 errors This gave
him a fieliing average for the twenty-five
years of .9Il.
Now, a man who can field .911 and bat
.322 is welcome today in league circles. A
man who bats that nard In one year, even
is slugger.
He led the National League batsmen in
1879, 1881 and 1855 He was second in 1880
1882, 1856 and 1887, and ranked well as a
hitter every year, excepting 1892, 1893 and
1897, when he was, respectively, forty-sec-
on, thirty-seventh and sixty-eighth.
He was always recognized as a brainy
player, a thorough sportsman, a fair COM
batant and a loyal honorable, upright man.
The game will be the poorer for his alb
sence, and ball crowds in every league city
will miss the burly, red-faced blonde
haired first baseman.
Rumor indicates, with every show of
truth, that Tom Burns, the old third base
nan and short stop of the Chicago team
and latterly manager of the Springfield
team in the Eastern League, will succeed
Anson at the helm, managing from the
to lie among Ryan, Connors, Lange and
na
Evening star., 1898-02-10
A Good Roa dina ker.
From the Rockland (de.) Star.

I''in tHe taltJ
Edwin Mcintyre, who lives hermit life
in the house near Warren where DR.. Piiton
r. Baker was shot, has queer hobby. One
of the prettiest and best pieces of road in
Maine passes in front of his retreat 1t has
been built by Mr.. Mcintyre, who for the
past twenty-three years has been picking
UP the rocks ard stones near his home and
pounding them into pebbles, which he has
put in the highway. In twenty-three years
time he has pounded 100000 stones and
made them ready for road use. The town
authorities, recognizing the value of the
work, for years have compensated the man
by giving him his read tax. He estimates
that he has placed on the road twenty
cords of these manufactured stones Other
towns might envy Warren such faithful
road builder.