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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-05

fore the international commission ow-
ing to fear that to express themselves
candidly would interfere with trade re-
lations. For this reason the evidence
before the commission is likely to be
one-sided.
The rebels admit that the result of
the battle at Vailima was the greatest
reverse they have ever experienced
They were astonished by the manner in
which Gaunt's brigade sustained its po-
sition in the face of continuous fire.
They were also astonished at the final
shelling of vailima, by which many of
the rebels were badly wounded.
Washington, May 4.-The following
cablegram has been received at the
Navy Department from Admiral Kautz:
Apia, April q, via Auckland, May f.
Secretary Navy, Washington:
All quiet at Apia. Mataafa and his
chief agreed to keep outside
lines prescribed by British senior off,
Ger present, and to and to
|. peace until commission :.
J. there will not be more fighting.
"KAUTZ'
The cablegram was mutilated in
transmission over the cables and in the
process of resolving the cipher. Its
meaning is plain to the naval officials
as confirming the press report that a
truce has been agreed upon in Samoa
and there Will be no more hostilities
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01
How He Was Trained.

From the time of the destruction Of
the Maine, in the harbor of Havana
on February Is, our naval force in
Southern waters had been placed par.
TALLY upon a war footing. It was not
by any means that war was consid-
cred inevitable. On the contrary, 1T
court Of inquiry decide that the Maine
had been treacherously destroyed
Spain would meet all reasonable de-
mands; but the state of preparation
WAS a state of security demanded by
military prudence, and also was valu-
able to man and officers as u disci-
pline and exercise. The men had al
ready been we'll trained at the gums
well instructed in their mechanism
and manua Is-the principal business
Of The cruising man-of-war in time
Of peace; but to this draining was
added daily target practice with sub
caliber tire-'a form of exercise which
is much approved, and for which all
batteries are now fitted It consists
In firing a small projectile from a
large gun. employing the pointing
and aiming mechanism of the latter.
To effect this the small gun is placed
inside the breech of the large gun
and precisely in it's center. and is held
there by special fitting. So add
lusted. its axis coin cides with that of
the larger piece. and, except for the
shock and recoil. the normal firing
conditions with full charge are imi-
tated. One-pounders are ordina rrily
employed for the sub-c1liber of the
heavy turret-guns. and musket bar
rels for those of the secondary bat
teries. During those waiting days at
Tortugas and Key West. futtering
flags few hundred yards from each
ship showed the targets, and for
hours each day the splash of bullets
followed the rife reports with monot-
onous regularity. After each shot
the gun was swung off the target,
brought back, and aimed anew for
the next. thus making it an independ-
emit exercise. 1t was not inspiring or
dramatic, this steady burning of pow
der in small quantities during the sui
try afternoons. but it was the sort
OF work which makes war deadly,
and it bore its fruit in the swift and
TERRIBLE destruction of Oervera's feet.
Magazine for january.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01
Queer Place for a BIRD. Ns.,,

III was a good many years ago that
old Hugh Monroe, who for more than
seventy-five years had travelled the
pralries of the northwest, told
That once he had found a birds nest
In the thick hair between the horns
or a buffalo bull THAT he had killed
says a writer in Forest and Stream
He had two Indians with him and
had killed the young bull, which the
Indians were beginning to skin and
cut up, and while they were doing
this he plucked some of the long hair
from the forehead to use in wipine
out his gun. AS he reached down and
grasped the hair a little bird-a little
gray 'bird-few out from under his
hand and away. Parting the hair to
see whence it had come, he found a
round, smooth nest, containing four
little young birds. He could not tell
what kind of a bird it was.
Not many weeks ago, when I was
sitting in the lodge with my Indian
father and elder brothers, principal
chiefs of the Blackfeet, spoke of this
tale that had been told me. and
learned that all who were present
had heard of just this thing. On-esta-
polDau, the White Calf, had known of
one case of this kind where the bird
was blackbird, but this he had not
seen himself.
Once, however, he did see the nest
of "snowbird," containing four eggs,
between the horns of bull. inquiry,
followed by a careful and detailed de-
scription, showed that the bird which
the Blacl1feet call "snowbird" is the
prairie shore lark.
After we had talked about this for
some time E-kus-kini, the Low Horn,
said to me: "My friend, I will now
tell you something. Do you know
that Neopo-muki counts the months
of winter on his tongue?'
mo-" 1 said, 81 know Neo-po-muki,
but I do not know what you mean
by counting the months of winter on
his tongue
This is it," said Low Horn. 'In
spring if you kill ONE and open his
mouth and life up his tongue you will
find under THE tongue five other
tongues, one tongue for each month
of the winter. In the fall he does not
have these extra tongues. I do not
know why he has them, nor what it
means"
Neo-po-muki is the chickadee, and
he is so called from his cry; for he
says always: Sumner is coming;
summer is coming"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01
Where the Riders Came From.

Then / went down to San Antonio
myself. where I found the men from
New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma
already gathered, while those from
Indian Territory came in soon after
my arrival!
These were the men who made up
the bulk of the regiment, and gave it
its peculiar character They came
from the Four Territories which yet
remain within the boundaries of the
United States; that is, from the lands
that have been most recently won
over to white civilization, and IL
which the conditions of life are near
est those that obtained on the frontier
when there was still a frontier. They
were "a splendid set of men. these
Southwesterners-tall and sinewy.
with resolute, weather-beaten faces.
and eyes that looked a man straight
IN the face without flinching. They
included in their ranks men of every
occupation; but the three types were
those of the cowboy, the hunter. and
the mining prospector-the man who
wandered hither and thither. killing
game for living, and spending his
life in quest for metal wealth.
In all the world there could be no
better material for soldiers than that
afforded by these grim hunters of the
mountains, these wild rough riders OF
the plains. They were accustomed
TO handling wild and savage horses;
they were accustomed to following the
chase with the rifles, both for sport
and as means of livlihood. Varied
though their occupations had been. al
most all had. at one time or another.
herded cattle and hunted big game.
They were hardened to life in the
open, and to shifting for themselves
under adverse circumstances. They
were used. for all their lawless free
dom. to the rough discipline of the
roundup and the mining company.
Some of them came from the small
frontier towns; but most were from
the wilderness. having left their lone.
~ hunters cabins and shifting cow
camps to seek new and more stirring
adyentures beyond the sea--Scrib-
ner's.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01
DariussS COuPf.

The remote past lives again in Prof.
benjamin Ide Wheeler's Alexander
the Great" with Castaigne's full page
Illustrations, in the January Century.
Having subdued Greece, the young
king is now fairly launched on his
career of conquest in Asia, to revenge
the Persian onslaughts upon western
civilization. One learns from the
piquant pages of this latest philoso-
pher all that is to be known about one
Of THE greatest men of adj time; and
the scenes and customs of the ancient
world are revived by many a graphic
touch. Thus the splendors of the
court of Darius are brought before us
in these two brief paragraphs:
The court of the king was main
bained with extraordinary dignity and
splendor. The person of royalty was
surrounded with everything capable
Of giving it elevation, dignity, and
charm in the eyes of the masses. Sur
rounded by vast body of attendants,
bodyguards, servants, eunuchs, and
court officials, the king was removed
as far as possible from the vulgar eye.
He gave audience seated on golden
throne, over which was stretched n
baldachin of purple, supported on
four golden pillars glittering with
precious stones. In his presence his
couT1tiers Frustrated themselves in the
dust. Whoever stood in his presence
to address him hid his hands in the
sleeves of his mantle, as token of his
abnegation of will to restrain or
harm. He was never seen on foot. He
sometimes appeared on horseback.
more often in a chariot. Guards and
scourges went before his car ito open
the way. There followed the chariots
OF Mithra, and Magi carrying the rsa-
cred fire. Around him and behind
him were the staff-bearers and his
body-guard. On solemn occasions the
ways were purified with frankincense
and strewn with myrtle. The kings
attire was valued, P1utarch says, ait
1900 talents (about SIT Zoo, 0OO).
Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus,
ranked as the queen of Darius.
Among his wives of second rank the
irst place was held by the daughter
OF Gobryas, who had borne him three
sons before he came to the throne.
Below the secondary wives were the
concubines. who formed a numerous
body. Three hundred and twenty
concubines of the Last Darius (TII.)
were found among the captives after
Alexander's victory at Issus. The
stories that passed current among the
Greeks concerning the extent of the
kings retinue and the layishness of
their court, and which come to us
particularly through the pages of
Xenophon in his Cyrus Education
and Training" and of Plutarch in his
iA1e OF Artaxerxes, are the natural
trrbuute which the wonder of a
palmer people pays to the grandeur,
luxury, and circumstances of AN older
civilization.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01
HObsOnss Choice.

Father Stanton, the we'll known
London ritualist, once entered into
conversation with a pastor to ST. Al.
bans, Holborn, who had attended the
service for the first time. Mr.. Stan
ton asked him what he thought of the
service. The stranger replied that
he liked it very we'll except the in
cense, to the use of which he strongly
objected. 81 am very sorry for you,
my friend" said Mr.. Stanton The
other not unnaturally asked. ''Why?"
''Well, you see,"" said Mr.. Stanton,
there are only two stinlls in the next
world-mcense and brim stone-and
you'll have to choose between them!"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01
Keen the Mouth Shnt.

Proper breathing is so essential in
voice production THAT it must receive
first attention, and the first require
ment is to keep the mouth shut"
writes KATHERINE +. Junkermann in
the january Woman's Home Compan-
ION in the first articles of the series
The Cultivation or the Speaking
Voice"
''Of course, no tone can be either
strong or pure if the lungs are
cramped so that air cannot find room
In order to increase the size of the
1ung-cavity, raise the chest and keep
the body we'll and strongly poised.
$50 much harm has been done to
voices by allowing the mouth to be-
come the regular air passage that the
need of care can not be too frequent
ly emphasized. Besides the injury
done by the unwarmed air entering
the lungs the mucous membrane is
hardened by the saliva being dried
up, and the muscles of the tongue
and throat grew stiff and less respon-
sive. 1t is comparatively easy to CON
troll ones breathing when awake. but
when asleep the harm goes on. To
remedy this involves n slight discom.
fort, but one can endure it ratientlv.
docking to the end. Cut court-piaster
into little strips about one-fourth OF
an inch in width. and paste several
across the lips. placing them mp and
down, with the lips held naturally
III one rs tempted to giye up rather
thar endure the discomfort this
method involves, q walk through an
ordinary day coach, or night made
hIdeous by the presence of II snorel
In a near berth, will cause solemn
VOW TO be taken never to do likewise
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01

I'm the archives Of the Due de la
Tremouille have been found the min
ute books of the Sorbonne. the eccle-
siastical court, from 1905 to 1928, the
period of the strongest struggle
against Professionalism in France.
They are now in the Paris National
Library.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01

Some idea Of the revenue derived
from the two-cent stamp ON bank
checks can be formed from the state
ment that thirty million dollars pass.
ed through the New York clearing;
house the other day with the use Of
oply s141.s7 in currency.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01

The terra Gotta monument mark
ing the spot where Lafayette was
wounded ON the Brandywine battle
field was blown down by the recent
high winds and badly broken. The
monument was unveiled by the Ches-
ter County Historical Society on Sc p.
tember Ii, 1895.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01

A box Of powder exploded Monday
morning on the Avenue Infanta DO
tween the Santa Clara and Reiua bat
teries, HAVANA. Many boxes Of pow.
der were stored In q private house.
which also centa6ned five rooms fuB
OF Mauser and other cartridges. The
careless handling of one of the boxes
OF powder caused the explosion
which killed or injured thirty-eight
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-01

The Third infantry regiment will go
to Cuba as reported, but will pass
Through the Suez canal to Manila.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
THE STORrl HAS ENDED.
All Trains will be Running Reg
uIariy Soon.

Denver. Jan. 81. The storm
that has been raging for the past
two days has ended, and the sun
shines brightly this morning. The
Rio Grande, which was tied up
yesterday, expects to have all
trains moving by o'clock this af-
ternoon. The Midland expects to
be open by Thursday. The South
Park road will prabebly be tied up
for a month.
Trains from the east are all de-
layed. Extra plows and rotaries
are at work on all the roads lead
ing INTO this city.
The temperature was - below
zero at 6 this morning, but at noon
the thermometer registered &C
above.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
Comrades, Attention!

While the general public is cor
daily invited to attend the Mill
tary Social to be given under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid of the
M. +. church, on Wednesday,
February LIST, it will be especially
interesting to you. Report at head
quarters and hear once again the
songs that stirred the souls of men
when you SO heroically shouldered
the gun and responded to the call
of the immortal Lincoln. More
than third of a century has been
gathered into the sheath of time
since then, but you are as young
at heart today. though your hair is
silver-gray, and you will appreciate
the tableaux:
Raw Recruit of 1898.
Mothers Goodbye.
The Army Aids.
The Forager.
Soldiers Dream.
Interspersed with the songs of
the
Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Tenting Tonight on the Old
Camp Ground.
When Johnny Comes Marching
Home Again.
Marching Through Georgia, etc.
A street of tents will lead to the
mess tent and the suffers tent,
where will be served hardtack
coffee, hot biscuit, cold ham and
pie. The ladies of the commissary
department will insure you that
all provisions under their direction
are fresh from the markets and are
not tainted with age or bad man
agement.
At this military affair Gf nc
other will assemble the friends
and admirers of the old veterans oi
the times Of Abe Lincoln, and the
new ones of William Mckinley
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31

all imbued with the same spirit of
Patriotism Under One Flag"
Now, comrades, this is your
night out Come and bring your
wives and, for one evening, lay
aside all cares and live over again
the times when you drank out of
the same canteen,"
A pretty little souvenir of hard
tack, tied with ribbon, will be
given to each visitor.
Yours in f. G. and L.,
Mrs. BABBITT.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
Take the DAILY TRIBUNE.
Remarkable Rescue

Mrs. Michael Curtain. Plaintield. Ill =.
makes the statement, that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she
was treated for = month by her family
physician, Lut grew worse. He told her
she was hopeless victim of consump
ton aud that. no mediciue espId cure-her
Fer druggist suggested DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption; she bought
a bottle and to her delight found her
self benefited from first dose. She
continued its use and after taking six
bottles found herself sound and we'll i;
now does her own housework. and is as
we'll as she ever was. Free trial bottles
OF this Great Discovery at j. w. Yelton's
Drug Store. Only 80 cents and 81 90.
every bottle guaranteed.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
LIBERAL EMPLOYERS.
Big Timing Concern Believes in
Living Wages.

Houghton, Mich, Jan. 3l.-The
Lake Superior Copper Mines CON-
pany, employing l,200 men, will
voluntarily advance their wages
about ten per cent. The company
says it believes that the employees
should share in the large earnings
of the mines
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
'LEMEHCY FOR
GENERAL EGAN.
is Believed He VIII Nor be
Dismissed.
The PRESIDENT PETITIONED.

Il Washington, Jan. 3l.-It is now
Believed here that executive elem
<ncy will be extended to General
Egan. Eight members of the
courtmartial board have petition
81 the president for mercy. 1t is
Believed that General Egan will
bot be dismissed from the service,
But that he will be suspended un-
ii the expiration of his commis-
sion in 1903.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
GENERAL GOMEZ
IS DEFIANT.
Makes Heavy Demsnds Upon the
United States.
WILL NOT DISBAND ARMY.

Washington, Jan. 81 Maxine
Gomez, the general commanding
the Cuban army, demands of the
United States sixty million dollars
and refuses to disband the army
until it is paid. He urges all the
natives to stand with him until
the United States is compelled to
accede to his terms.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
Story of a Slave

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains Of disease is the worst
form Of slavery. George d. Williams, of
Manchester, Mich tells how such "A
slave was made free He says: My
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles of Eiec
trlc Bltters, she is wonderfully improv
ed and able to do her own work" This
supreme remedy for female discusses
quickly cures nervousness sleeplessness,
melancholy, headache, backache, faint
ing and dizzy spells. This miracle work
ing medicine is a uodsend to weak,
.sickly. run down people. Every bottle
uaranteed. Only 50 cents Sold by j.
w. felton, Druggist.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
This Was a Heavy Load.

Monte Vista, Jan. 3O.-As proof
of the character of the winter roads
in the San Luis valley the follow
ing scale weight of load of wheat
hauled to-day to the Monte Vista
mill five and one-half miles over
an ordinary country dirt road by
Samuel George is given. This
load was hauled by span of hors
es weighing 2,750 pounds and was
loaded on 81 inch farm wagon.
The weight of the wheat and wag-
on was 1850 pounds or thirty
pounds less than eight tons.
This is the heaviest load of grain
ever brought into Monte Vista by
single span of horses.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
HOTEL ARRIVALS
AT THE FREMONT.

G. w. Lee, E. E. Phillips, Pu-
eblo; w. j. Austin, Omaha; w. S.
Ferguson, Kent Theis, @. H. Doc
little, B. G. Hinman, Ed G. Watt,
B. w. Martin, Denver; John G,
Michael, Chas. Levy, Chicago; R,
P, Russell, Cripple Creek; Frank
McAdams, Fairbanks, Neb.: K. Fl.
Clark, St. Joseph, Mo.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
A FATAL EXPLOSION.
Four Men Killed by Boiler
81 Explosion.

\ Shreveport, La, Jan. 31.-A
Boiler in the Shreveport Cotton
Oil company's mill exploded last
evening. The boiler and engine
xpoms were entirely demolished,
IND the engineer, fireman and two
npal passers were instantly killed.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
KNOW A THING OR TWO.
Chicago Aldermen Desire to See
Some of the Fun.

Chicago, Jan. 81. = The city
council last night adopted reso-
luton instructing the chief of
police to refuse permits for boxing
contests on Monday night. This
is the night of the council meeting
and many of the aldermen have
missed the best battles that have
been pulled off here this winter.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
ISABELLA TAKES A DROP.
Opened Up at SI.oo, but Dropped
to SI.4o.

Colorado Springs, Jan. l3.-Isa-
bella stock opened at Sl.60 this
morning, bat slid rapidly down to
Sl.49. In Cripple Creek shortly
after II O'Clock large sales were
made at $l.61. In Denver there
was very little trading in this
stock. The market was feverish,
but in no way sensational.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you. if you used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
Of sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches. They make pure blood and
strong nerves and build up your
25 cents. Money Lack IL not cured.
Sold by j. w. Yelton, druggist.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
LEGISLATIVE DOIHGS
At WASHINGTON.
Peace Treaty Again Considered
In Executive Session.
LABOR BILLS DISCUSSED

Washington, Jan. 81. The SEN
ate committee on education and
labor is hearing arguments today
from prominent labor leaders on
eight hour bills.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31

THERE is new song going the
rounds of the press and it runs as
follows; "We don't want to buy
at YOU place, we don't want to
trade there any more; you'll be
sorry when you see us going in
some other store. You cart sell
us any stale goods, we have opened
wide our eyes; we don't want to
trade at your store, because you do
not advertise
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31
Alger in Boston.

U Washington, Jan. 31.-Secretary
ef War Alger is still in Boston at
the bedside of his son Fred, who
Is student at Harvard and who
broke his leg Saturday,
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31

In an address delivered at a
Christian Science meeting at
Brooklyn recently, the statement
was made that there are seven
Christian Science churches in
Greater New York and twelve in
the immediate vicinity, thirty
eight churches and congregations
in the state of New York, and
10000 adherents of the faith in the
state. 1t was also claimed that
there are 100000 Christian Scien-
lists in the country.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31

1t is great mistake. psycholog-
ically and pedagogically and in
every other way, to be always har
ping on and bringing to light
ones faults, or the faults of groups
of people, or churches, or of com
munities. For one thing, they know
them. One strongest source of evil
is utter discouragment about get
ting the better of it. Thus this
policy carries coal to Newcastle,
for people know, and loads down
with discouragement, for people
are discouraged. Rather. the true
way is to appeal TO the highest, to
assume it, to lift one to the mood.
and then, in n natural way, when
there is tone and courage. to say,
in no harsh or dispiriting way,
the plain and honest thing. Rev.
D. n. Beach.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31

& School has reopened at room IA,
BLUNT block. Mathematics, book
eeping and languages taught.
glasses begin February |. Special
3panish class.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-31

The clock stopped at7:2s. Chas.
Flicker is the winner, his guess
being within one minute of that
time. G. w. THOMAS.
If