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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-04
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Journal, October 3, 1881
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MONEY.
STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS.

THE J. c. DARLING CO.. z34 KAN. Av.
low price. Catalogue Free. Phone 2s2
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

sailor that he was 30 years ago; he is an
admiral with the spirit of MILDLY,
and an imperialist who never forgets
that he is an lrshman. What he thinks
he says, and IT is this quality that above
all Others contributed to delay his adj
vancement in the service which he loves
so well until he attained it by sheer eff
huNion of time. In the navy, as in the
house of commons, plain speaking is an
inconvenience to the powers that be;
but Lord Charles Beresford can't help
it. When he was returned by the people
of York there were apprehensions as
10 what would happen to the first lord
of the admiralty when Lord Charles
proceeded to expose the weakness of the
navy. But there was no need for nerv-
Gus fear. The criticism of the member
for York has been a negligible guam
tity; he has found a new and successful
field of research in the exploration of
the commercial possibilities of China,
concerning which he has been plain
spoken to some purpose. Lord Charles
has not got to the end of his parlia-
mentary reputation, by any means; he
is as original and daring in debate as in
and he will be heard of
good deal yet.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
THE WATER BUFFALO
A Manila Correspondent Tells All
About His Ways.
Thc natives can the Creature Cara
bao-N Patient ncnst Of burden
when Managed bS Natives
Must Have water,

Long of horn and tough of hide is
the carabao. Sometimes it is called the
water buffalo, aud ii resembles the ami
nal of that name which Is found IN IN
dia. The name is fitting, for the owner
II left to himself, will stay i'm the water
nearly all day, To the native it is I'M
valuable. 1t tils his fields and draws
his product 10 market, II is meek and
patient and docile, with greut strength
and a will 10 pull whatever it is yoked
10 over any road.
The army has found the bull train
to be of great service in transporting
provisions and ammunition from point
10 point Once the transfer had TO be
made from the BuE-Bag river 10 san
Fernando, distance of r. miles. 1t
took half a day TO make the journey.
Some of the carahao died, but as rule
the method of transportation was
success, though slow. \ buffalo draw
ing heavy load of ammunition was
driven up sharp grade at Bag-Bag
to reach the railroad track, Both front
feet slipped, agd the beast fell to his
knees. Yet he pulled that load up the
grade on his knees and did not attempt
to stop until the strain had slackened.
Then it was found that the knees OF
the animal had been skinned and were
One popularity about the buffalo is
that he must have water and demands
it twice a day at least. Through the
green that surrounds Manila ON the
south there runs a small stream that
empttcs and fills with the ebb and flow
of the tide. When it is low there is
plenty of mud, and when high the water
ia not clear. But the government cara
bao that are loating there now are not
particular about the condition of the
stream. They feed along the green
slope until the heat of the day, then
they crawl down into the mud and lie
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king of the forest to roam the woods
and plains that in life had been so dear
to him.
For years this story was told. The
traders, matter of fact as they We're,
paid little attention to the stories, even
though many pretended to have seen
the moose. Every Indian tribe has its
legends and ghost stories, and the de-
seription of the big bull moose, with
the antlers larger than a man is long,
was promptly set down as one of
these.
In October of 1897 an Indan-French
half-breed, untroubled by supersti-
ton, legends or scruples, came into the
post and reported that for four days
he had followed the "hi-uh moose" and
had killed it near the headwateTs of
the Stewart river, 200 or 300 miles from
Dawson City (KIondike). This was in
the dead of winter.
After staying the great beast he en-
deayored to get some one to assist in
bringing in the meat and the head, but
the superstitious braves firmly refused
ever to lay a hand on the body. They
considered the staying sacrilegious. 1t
was long months before the daring
hunter could set himself right in the
eyes of his offended and indignant
tribe.
Finally party of whites went out
from the post and brought the moose
in. The next year the head was sent
down the Yukon to Tacoma, Wash,
where w. F. Sheard, skin merchant
of that city, bought it, and in his pos
session this unique and magnificent
trophy remains. That it was extremely
old is sure. The growth of antlers such
as this is unusual. The head is not an
unusually large one.
1t is said that an awful death over
took its slayer. The Canadians of the
Stewart river district have legend
that at certain times a great bull moose
rushes madly through the forests near
by. On his antlers is a writing hui
man form. Shrieks of fear and anguish
are heard. Suddenly moose and man
disappear. Again and again, they say.
this ghostly sight is seen. 1t is one
of the "hi-uh" torturing its slayer. And
when there is this rushing through the
forest as of the tearing by the great
antlers again of bough and leaf, and
shrieks, human like, come Oh the wind.
and there seems to be thunder of
mighty hoofs, the Indians shrink to-
gether and whisper: It's the soul of
the half-breed."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

During that war Gen. Schwan served
fine union cause with distinguished gal-
Iaptry andwas rapidly promoted. After
tbe war he was assigned various COM
mapds. served as recruiting officer ana
did duty on the frontier lie entered
the American service in 1891 as a PR
yate. and when the war began had
worked himself up to quartermaster
sergeant of the Tenth United States IN
fantrv. At the close of the civil war
he was a first lieutenant. Since then
he has been gradually promoted, reach
ing the rank Of captain in 1866, MAJOR
in 1856 and lieutenant colonel in 1893.
At the outbreak of the war with Spain
he was nominated and confirmed as
brigadier general Of volunteers. His
experience of more than 40 years in the
army and the fact that he has worked
up from the ranks tend to make him
popular with the men who serve under
him.
The movement of the American troops
under Gen. Schwan was fine display of
American generalship and energy, while
the Filpinos adopted what Gen. Alejan-
drino terms our peculiar method of
warfare" The whole country is an i'm
mense swamp, and the Filipinos never
expected that the Americans could or
would attempt to invade it during the
wet season
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navy. His father was sheep raiser,
bur man of culture aud he sent the
future statesman 20 England for AN ed
ucation i'm the law The doctor read in
the Inner temple and was called TO the
bar i'm 1865 After his return to Cape
Town he practiced law for six years.
Then he was made chief justice of the
Orange Free State In 1859 he was
elected president, and later polSical
fortunes east him with the South AZ
rican republic.
DR.. Reitz is the author Of the now
famous manifesto addressed to Afri-
kanders throughout South Africa APP
pealiug to them 10 resist the unjust
demands of Great Britain and accus-
ing Lord Salisbury, Mr.. Chamberlain
and Sir Alfred Miner of treachery. 1t
blames the queen for condoning what
it describes as Mr.. Chamberlain's Grim
inul policy" and declares that the
clear desire and object OF Great Britain
are to deprive the Transyaal of indie
pendence on account of the gold mines
of the rand"
The manifesto says that Great
Britain has offered the alternative of
fye-year franchise or war and then
goes on to say: "a difference between
the two governments of two years on
the franchise question is considered by
her majesty's government sufficient JUS
LITIGATION for an endeayor to swallow
the two republics" in conclusion it
reminds Afrikanders that God will
surely defend the wight"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
AN OUTING IN EGYPT.
Mr.. and Mrs. " lillian h. Vanderbilt.
Jr., Plan Trip IN a Housebcat
on the Nile.

Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt.
Jrr contemplate am Egyptian outing.
for which they have engaged a daha-
heah. the most luxurious one obtainable
ON the Nile Mrs Hermann Oclrichs.
Mrs. Vanderbilt sister viii probably
make one Of the party. There viii be
several others. While abroad Mr. and
Mrs. Vanderbilt viii visit the duchess
Of Marlborough az BIenheim Mrs.
Vanderbilt. while -he was Miss Virginia
Fair. was one Of the bridesmaids Of the
duchess. Their stay il England will be
brief. however.
Their labaDeah is 2 luxurious house
boat peculiar 20 the Nile. il is nearly
100 feet long and q feet wide. and
draws about 80 iucheE of water There
are accommodating. f@E- rzIle-or nine
persga, 5boara.
.a'he cabin, which is Ia the after half
Of the boat. win be furnished and dec
GRATED with oriental spIeHdor.
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Samoa. The Trenton. thanks to Far
quhar's fine seamanship. was the only
one Of the wrecked vessels to come
through the awful day without the loss
Of man. 1t was Farquhar who cheered
the men on the other vessels by calling
the band of the Trenton to play The
StarSpaugIed Banner" its shrill strains
rising even above the roar of the wind
and inspiring everyone in the doomed
fleet to his highest efforts. 1t was Far,
quhar who again revived the dropping
spirits Of the sailors by calling on them
TO give three cheers for the crew of the
English ship Cailiope when it steamed
out to open sea in the face Of the gale
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
OMIT OFFENSIVE QUESTIONS.


Agents taking the next census will
not be required to offend the public
by inquiring into family secrets and
asking questions calculated to provoke
a fight. The number of questions has
been greatly reduced and they are sim
pier than before.
Director Merriam has recently had
several conferences with President Me.
kinley, and the president maintained
that it was unwise to ask questions
that tend to humiliate a citizen. The
general range of the work. which will
he taken up next June, has been gone
over The list of questions prepared
by Director Merriam has been approved
by the president and will soon be
printed.
One of the queries that aroused the
most antagonism in 1890 was whether
person had any acute or chronic dis
Ease, and this, along with similar in
4uiTies, has been omitted.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

taken up the squatter's cause again con-
vcnientv moved the house one block to
the westward.
Then came another landowner, and
trouble was again imminent. The men
were for arming themselves and stand
ing guard over the cottage, but bril-
liant idea struck the widow. She had
been shuttecockcd hither and thither
bvpriyate landowners. What about the
city's property? Could she not squat
upon city property and remain undis-
turbeda She would try it. A clever
young man, with knowledge Of figures
aud surveyors rules, dug about till he
found the stones which marked the
corners of the street which runs toward
the bay through the reclaimed district.
This point settled, for the last time
the widow aud her hearth and home
were carried TO the exact spot, and
there she remains to this day.
1t is a curious paradox Of the law
that while private owners Of land can
Gust a squatter, the city, by some
strange tecbuicality, cannot do this un-
der existing laws where the land is
not a part of the original city, but filled
in entirely by the dump carts carrying
refuse thither for years. and little by
little making solid, dry land of a will
derness of salt marsh which belonged
to no one
The position of Mrs Mulcary is en-
tirely without precedent. If she is for
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

purpose, and gives promise of being
another Frances Willard in the battle
for regeneration. She is an ideal leader
in the cause she is devoted to.
Miss Shontz was an intimate friend Of
THE late Frances Willard, and has al
why's been a most enthusiastic advocate
OF retaining control of the Women's
te nipple, a Chicago structure erected by
HE W. c. T. U. Several years ago a
10 iority of the executive board of the
latter organization concluded to aban-
don the Temple project and turn the
property over to the bondholders. Miss
Shontz opposed this diversion and has
ever since agitated the saving of the
structure for the women.
The new organization, of which Miss
Shontz is president, is pledged to leave
no effort untried which might lead to
the recovery of lost ground and to the
eventual absolute ownership of the
temple property.
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there until the rays of the sun are be-
hind the walls of the city, when they
come out again for the evening meal.
Should they be wanted in the meantime
the driver goes down to the bank and
begins TO throw stones and shout
"Hoo-o. Hoo-a!" When that sound
breaks upon them as they stand there
with their eyes shut and with jaws ele-
waited above the water line deliberately
chewing their cuds, with one accord
they silently sink out of sight. Some
times they remain under water for more
than a minute. Then they begin to
come up, one at a time, and as they APP
pear the "Hoo-o Hoo-a" of their tor
mentor still smites the peaceful air.
Slowly they move off, and it is not al
ways in the right direction. 1t some
times takes half hours labor to get
the drove to the bank. If they are Gov
cred with mud it suits them better, for
then their hides have a coating which
the fly and mosquito cannot penetrate.
If the cara boa, writes a Chicago Rec
ord correspondent, are to work in the
carts, they step in between the shafts
as carefully as an elephant steps over
the form of his keeper The carabao
is nearly as large as the elephant and
fully as awkward. The yoke is fastened
to the shafts, and the beast must turn
his head sideways that his mammoth
horns may go through. The beast
minds like a child and turns his great
l. ., "a lrit or
demands. Sometimes carabao run away,
and then there is trouble for anything
and everybody in the way. They are
blind with fury, and drag their loads be-
hind them as though they were hitched
to fairy carts.
There are immense herds of buffalo
living in a wild state on the islands, if
what is told for truth can be relied on.
1t is a business of one of the tribes to
catch and tame these animals But
when born in service they are easily
broken. buffalo calf resembles vel
vet-nosed jersey for about six weeks
of its earlier existence. 1t has slim
legs, jumps about and bleats with all
the abandon of a high-bred heifer, and
enjoys life for a couple of years. Then
its horns grow out-sometimes straight
from the side of its head-,until it has
to turn its head to pass through a com
mon gate. There is a great variety of
horns. Some sweep back in graceful
curve, some droop, some spread like
antlers, but all are long and grow to
sharp point. The carabao is usually
drab or mud color, but there is one
which travels about Manila that is as
white as an animal can be.
A daily plunge into water is neces-
sity to the buffalo. If he does not get
it he dies This was found true with
the train that started with Gen. Lawton
for the expedition among the foothills.
Water was not at hand for the carabao
to wallow in, and they fell over with
their loads and died in the sun. Some
times they go mad, and if they then spy
pool somewhere about they will make
dash for it, regardless of what is be-
hind. This happened once when the
train was carrying supplies to San Fer
nando. One buffalo broke through
fence and plunged down a steep bank
into a stream, taking with him the cart
and its entire load, except the driver,
who stood on one foot demonstrating
in Tdgalo with the unruly beast.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
GRADUAL PROGRESS
The Boy Had Situation and the F,.
ther Was Going TO lie an
Agriculturist.

CLOVIS your boy doing?" inquired IN.
man whose business takes him occasionally
to a rural community where he knows N
the inhabitants.
Fine"
HAS a good job, has he?"
'He amt got job no more Hes got ,
situation. He started in with lob, wber.
he didn't get nothin' but wages-four do.
lars a week But he done So good that tbsy
boosted him right along, so that now be,
gettin' ten dollars week. That there ami
wages. That's salary"
How are your own affairs prosperingy'
First rate"
Still pursuing your old business
"No. I'm a farmer now"
"Why, isn't that what you always wersw
"No, Stree, | don't fool myself with no
hatterin' notions. Up to little while ago
when the wave OF prosperity struck, I
wasn't nothin' but common cracker. But
I've bought an extra piece OF ground an
lifted a couple of mortgages, an now I'M
a farmer. Eli the luck holds out I'll have
some money in the bank in few years.
Then I'm goin' to buy three,minute hos,
and blackboard and NOV the grass in 'front.'
of the house and be an agriculturalist."
Washington Star.
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Proved Himself a Donkey.

A young railroad man who had charge
of department in the auditing branch
had occasion to dictate a letter to the
head of corresponding department
of another road. There was a point in
dispute between the two roads involv-
ing money, and this young official waD
very sure that the other was at fault.
and advanced strong arguments to
prove it, A short time afterward he re-
ceived an offer from the headquarters
of the other railroad, which he accepted,
and within few days he became the
head of the department with which he
had been in dispute. The first letter
he found on file was his own, and be
Immediately dictated an answer to his
own letter, refuting and repudiating its
arguments, winding up with an insinu'
alton that the writer was an unmiti-
gated donkey,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

models. On the 1896 two-dollar bill
there is group of five beautiful female
figures. The one which represents
Roso Marston is that Of the girl kneel-
ing on the left of the group. The ac-
eompanying illustration gives a fair
representation of the girl in one of her
poses. She has posed for leading artists
for over four years. The figures Steam.
Electricity and Manufactures on the
1896 tWo-dollar bill were all sketched
from her poses, and she was one of the
models for the beautiful figure paint
lngs that decorate the walls of the con-
Sresslonal library at Washington. 1t
is SAID that Miss Marston earns $50 a
week as model. In spite of her sue.
cess she is child in feeling. and is still
iona OF toys and pets. Her favorite pets
are her spaniel Ned and her pony Nesbv.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
ALL TO HAVE CORK JACKETS
Entire Navy Anont to Re Eur,ist,
with Enough Life Preservers
TO supply Each Man.

me entire navy afoat will be fur
nlshed with suitable means of preserva-
.'on al sea. Orders have been placed
Tor large number of cork Jackets to
De placed on board all the vessels in
commission. Each officer and man
ahoat viii be furnished with one of
'heSe devices. There has always been
limited number of these Jackets car
ried by ships of war. but if has never
oeeh considered necessary to provide
Tor everyone on the ship. 1t recently
occurred TO the authorities if such nre.
cautions We're worth taking at all thev
were worth taking for the benefit Of
everybody instead of for n few
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
MISS EVA M. SHONTZ.
tIOnaI Young Peoples Chris
tinn Temperance Union.

Miss Eva NJ. Shontz, for many years
an active worker in the WOman's Chris
tan Temperance union, has just been
elected the first president of the Ma
tional Young Peoples Christian Tenn
perance union, which was organized at
Chicago a week or so ago. Miss Shont2
is descended from French Huguenot
stock, which settled in New York and
New Jersey in the sixteenth century.
Her great-grandfather was Henry
SHOEMAKER, who married Susannah
Smith From both sides of her house
Miss Shontz inherits inheXibility of
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

To take the liquor cure, $1,000; to
remain sober a week, $4,000 more; to
drink alone forever, $4,000 a year for
ife-that was what Marvin Dutton, of
Poughkeepsie, y. Y. offered his son.
Gould NJ. Dutton, and the young man
has started in TO win the prize.
A closed carriage brought Dutton up
TO the private entrance to Bellevue,
New York and five minutes later he
was a patient in the alcoholic ward,
ready to begin.
Young Dutton has an attractive wife,
but at present they are living apart
because Of buttons habits.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
Conventional Confusion.

at is curious" remarked the Lay Fis
ure, that people think the dumdum bull:
poisonous.
Not at all" rejoined the UnconsciOa
Imbecile. "You see, Immediately the DUN
dunn bullet enters body it mushrooms
Now, most people don't know the differ
ence between mushroom and toadstool
and a toadstool is poisonous Curious,
Why, it's the most natural thing in tht
world for people to think that.
OF the others, not one forgot that be wal
northumberland Journal.
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LORD CHARLES BEREsFoRD.
4 GnIlant sailor Ia the british PAR
lament Who Never Fails 90
speak His Mind.

One Of the most conspicuous figures
of the last two sessions in parliament
says the Pail Mall Magazine is Lord
Charles Beres ford, II may be puzzle
to some people what an active, breezy
navy man like Lord Charles wants IN
parliament at all, but not to those who
know him, He is not man with mis-
sion, but his fate it is to be a type and
an cNcmpIar TO the youth of Britishand
Irish blood the world over, His third
term of parliamentary life finds him
stll the hearty robust, highs spirited
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
NEW PHILIPPINE HERO.
- Theodore schwan's ENp'"'"
mighty Praised by o"''"'' "
the War department.

rho dlspotches from the Philippines
.boye recently been fun OF the tNp n',.
og fine American column IF Brig yer" ',,,'
~ ,' scbwan. commander OF the
i',..hmrnt that has recently capt urea
V ,'a Filipino towns Of Cariie NeJo'
Noyelcta and Rosario, Cen s'n"ah - %
Nv ',', ootcrr of the regular army, and one
a thr large number of German gentle
MAN. who east their fortunes win inc
INNS of tbe union during the ei'il var
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
VERY LEARNED MAN.
DR., u, ", Heits, TrnnsNa"l secretary
OF state, Enjoys Reputation
OF neIng one,

DR., +, W. Reitz, secretary of state for
the TrausyuuL was one of the first OF
the Beers TO assume un overly defiant
attitude toward Eng and, The doctor
Is y,n harmed man, and has great
Influence ON an Beers in South Africa
lle is the descendant of an ancient Ger
man family thar settled Ina Holland
above two centuries ago, The earliest
OF mis- line to cmiuratc TO Africa was
his grandfather uur of rhrscrrrtary 5
uucles was lieutenant in the British
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04

The wealthy Russians are said to be
extremely profitable to hotel and shop
keepers in the lands in which they are
travelling. A Swiss authority insists
that 200 Russians viii spend more in a
month than 600 Englishmen and wom-
en- for the same period of time.