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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09
Secretary Root visits rlattsburg nnrrack..

TLATTsruRG. n. Y. Aug, S-Sccrctary OF
War Root visited rlattSburg barracks this az
telnoon an | reviewed the now Both regiment
whose ranks wer" filed to-day. This is the
fir Of the now regiments to be visited by
Sec etary OF War Root and the regiment Is
proud Of the fact A salute was fired as thu
s secretary entered the grounds and no was re- .
cciV"d with the proper mlitary hOnors As tn,
new regiment Is now completed il l. anticipa-
trd that they wu 60 to Manila win New York
and the Suc2 Canal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09
Mrs. Marshall Took Poison Instead of
Medicine.

PATERSON. y. J.. Aug. S-Mrs. Agnes
Marshall. OF 3 Madison Terrace. died this
morning from the effects Of n dose Of curbollc
acid taken late last night by mistake She
thought the bottle contained medicine which
she was using. The bottles stood side by side
on the shelf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09
HON'TWANT WIRES ~ MT. KISCo.
Electric Linemen Attacked with Hose and
Their Wires Cut by Townsreople.

Mt. KIsCo. Aug S-When the Mt Kisco
Lighting Company's men attempted to string
wires through the main streets hero to-day
they were attacked bya number Of tuwnspoope
Alvah lnks. Groccryman. told his son Virgil
to shoot the wires in front of his home in Maris
avenue. The boy shot wire in two an then
his !alhor turned hos on the linemcu. They
got out. stephen Sarleo was another merchant
who cut wires.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09

The Warlow Athletic club OF Whitestors
has organized a football team, and wOg.l
like to make arrangements with frst-Clas3
teams, Twcnty-third Street Branch. Young
Mems Christian Association. San Remo
and Mount Ncrnons preferred. Addr"
Charles "rschmann, jr., Manager. WLl'o-
stone, L. I.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09
New Workers Aztec nic Game.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Cob. Aug. S-Mrs. Henry
Fairfield Osborne and family. Miss Anna Nor
gan and A. j. McCash. air OF New York City.
left Glenwood Springs to-day for a 30 days
hunting trip in tn" mountains to the north.
They are after bear. mountain lions. deer and
other biz game.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09
orr EORCE Nv THE rHILIrpINES.
Gen. Ois's Field Report shows I.I21
OIilccrs md 9n.InH EnIiAtcI Mon.

VT1CFTH HHU -V,fOV TsIIINICU NCH
WASHINGTON Aug. S.-Severa weeks ago
Gen. Otis was instructed by the War Depart
ment to telegraph the monthly field returns
instead of sending them by mail. The first
OF these reports has been received at the
War Department:
"MASILA, Aug. 4. ls99.-Total strength
commissioned and enlsted-of regiments now
IN the Phlippine Islands:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09

'n d.. report for thu year ending July
~ '-'| "'l2pt Superintendent Ward.
e. =. v. reports the school porula-
to .aa borough to Ls .S+.@I4
~. H. ..." : enrolled rup,s in the
81 '"..t~ was i;2l2l, nud the average
HHb "-"ntaH'' was l2l.*OJ. Tho estimated
nHmo,s". 'hllrcn in paruchisl and private
s"luu.s vi. ",.lt2
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09
Board Of Health Fin,.h.. Moving

Tho Board ~ Health finished moving from
the Criminal Courts building yesterday md
all OF 1t offices are now established in the Old
New York Athletic Club building at Filty-fNh
street and Sixth avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09

MIIIDrDY, Mass, Aug, S-A gospel wagon
IN charge OF Evangelist T. i. Eenoit was stoned
nnd driven from ths S,rsc:s hero yesterday by
mob Tho wagon was badly damaged. bat
no ono was hurt,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09

Regulars, So officers, %. SO7 enlisted men;
volunteers, 800 officers Gli6 enlisted men
Total, LII officers, 29453 enlisted men
Grand total, 20514 Otis"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
A Queer Thing.

You have probably noticed, If you are
a man, that when your tie gets loose
it invariably slips round to the left.
This is because you use your right side
during q day about five times as much
as your left. This movement rebuts
on your shirt-collar, causing it and
your tie to move in the opposite direc-
ton. The muscles on an average mans
right side have more than double
strength of those on his left side; in
fact, so great is the disproportion In
development, that by the time a man
or woman reaches 40 the right side Is,
even to the eye, more fully developed
than the left, and in many cases this
disproporationate growth Is highly in
furious to health, as it is liable to force
the interior organs out of place.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
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The atmospheric ocean surrounding
the earth is frequently disturbed by gi-
gantic waves, which are invisible ex-
cept when they carry parts of the air
charged with moisture up into colder
atmospheric stratum, where sudden
condensation occurs. In this manner
long, parallel lines of clouds sometimes
make their appearance at a great
height marking the crests of ripple
of air waves, running miles above our
heads.
The superior flavor Of Smyrna figs is
ascribed 70 certain Asiatic insects,
which produce more perfect fertiliza-
ton of the favors of the fig trees in
Asia Minor than is commonly effected
in other countries. The flavor appears
to depend upon the number Of ripened
seeds in the fruit. During the past year
the Department of Agriculture has i'm
ported some Of these insects from Asia
into California, and it is hoped that
they will multiply there and improve
the flavor Of American figs.
Liquid air IS so cold that mercury i'm
mersed in it turns solid and can be en-
ployed to hammer a nail. Yet, when a
glass tube containing liquid hydrogen is
immersed in liquid air, the hydrogen
gently boiS, and gradually turns into
vapor, like water simmering over a
slow fire. The temperature of liquid
air is 312 degrees Fahrenheit below
zero; but that is ''hot" compared with
the temperature of liquid hydrogen,
which is about 420 degrees below Zero
Prof. Dewar finds it impossible to pre-
vent an open vessel containing liquid
hydrogen from having a whtish de-
posit of solid air at the bottom, because
the moment the air comes in contact
with the liquefled hydrogen it Is frozen
hard and sinks through the hydrogen.
Biologists believe that the territory
now known as Wyoming once had nu-
merous fresh water lakes and a climate
approaching the semi-tropical. The an
lmals whose bones are now coming to
light inhabited these lakes and the ad-
joining swamps in myriads. They sank
into the mud in dying and their bones
were covered with other deposits and
became petrified. The large beds are
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

found at points supposed to have been
the mouths Of great rivers, the animals
after death having foated down these
rivers to places where they were depos-
tied in these estuaries, thus accounting
for the vast deposits in certain places.
Within the next three years these Gem
eteries will yield their dead, and the
museums Of our colleges will be filed
with fossil bones prepared for restora-
tion In the skeleton structure.
! One hundred and sixty-four years ago
French astronomers went to Peru to
measure ian arc Of meridian" The
purpose of such arcs, which have been
measured on various parts Of the globe,
is to furnish data for calculating the
size and shape Of the earth. The arc
in Peru was about 220 miles in length,
and with the exception Of a short arc in
South Africa, 1t is the only one ever
measured in the southern hemisphere.
This year commission, headed by
army officers, has been sent from
France to remeasure the old arc in
Peru. The remeasurement Is regarded
as of great scientific Importance on ac-
count Of the advances that have been
made since the first measure was taken.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

entered the army as subaltern in
1858. He saw active service almost at
once. He served during the Indian
mutiny with his regiment, the Royal
Inniskilling fusileers. obtaining a
medal and clasp for gallantry. Appoint
ed a captain in 1868 and a major ten
years later, he went through the Af-
CHAN war with the Gordon highland
ers and was present at the battle of
Charasia, the occupation of Kabul, the
expedition to Madam, the capture of
Takti Shah and on the march from Ka-
bul to Candahar.
Afterward Sir George was appointed
military secretary to the viceroy of In
dia, and in 1881 became lieutenant col
onel of the famous Gordon highland
ers. Four years later he was colonel
of that regiment. He was sent with
the regiment to Egypt, where he and
his men distinguished themselves, and
in the Burmese war of 1885 he COM
manded brigade. For his services in
that campaign he was promoted to be a
major general and received the spe-
cial thanks Of the government of India.
Afterward he conducted the successful
expedition. into Sehob and from 1893
until last year was commander in chief
Of the British forces in India.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
Attends the Quaker Wedding.

A recent Chicago visitor to the East
writes thus descriptively of Quaker
nuptial ceremony he had the privilege
of attending:
"At Quaker wedding last week,
where there were no display, decora,
tions, maids or groomsmen, the all
seemed charged with joy. After a 81,
lence of several minutes the guests
arose and the bridegroom taking the
hand of the bride said: In the divine
presence and before this assembly |
take Patience B to be my wife,
promising to be to her a faithful and
affectionate husband until death shall
separate u.s. The bride responded: 4
take thee, John j, to be my hus-
band, promising to be a faithful and
affectionate wife until death shall sep
arate u.s. A prayer was made, the
bridegroom kissed the bride and after
congratulations had been said all re-
paired to the diningroom, where the
breakfast was spread. The table was
set with the family silver and china,
which had come from England with
the great-grandfather of the bride, and
there was single rose at each corner.
After the breakfast the entire party ac
companied the happy pair across the
meadow to their new home and were
shown the gifts of loving friends. One
of the guests was heard to say as she
started homeward What Is the use
of all the fuss and worry attendant
upon a moderately elaborate wedding
when one can have such a sweet time
as that was without them?"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
WHERE CAPT. CARTER WILL WORK.

and bedroom. Priceless tapestries, rare
old furniture, toilet trappings in solid
gold and silver, fine linens, dainty per-
fumes-all these and thousand other
elegancies are as much part of Ober-
lin NJ. Carter's life as the air he
beathes
At tie Fort Leavenworth peniten-
tiary he must manage to survive for
five long years without his wine sup
perS, his rapid friends, and his. per-
fumed baths. Five changes of toilet a
day are not recognized as essential at
the Fort Leavenworth prison. One suit
is quite sufficient, according to the
prison code-a stout suit of coarse gray,
with big straw hat in summer and
small blue denim cap in winter.
The man who has played the high
roller for years, who has been courted
by pleasure-loving' fashionables, ad-
mlred by women, and enyied by men,
will for the next five years be kept
under lock and key as a mere thing,
duly ticketed and numbered. His num-
Der will be marked in glaring red, stem
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
Water Oh cap in Glase ow.

In Glasgow a f15 householder obtains
for I'D per annum a continuous, never
failing, unrestricted stream of the
purest water in the world, delivered
right into his kitchen, washhouse and
bathroom. 1t is calculated that 3SO
gallons of pure water are delivered to
the citizens Of Glasgow for every pen
nv paid. And it is water Of such pecu'
liar softness that the householders OF
Glasgow can pay their water rate out
of what they save on soap.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

elied on his prison garments in four
pNces-right across the broad of his
oavh' over the right thigh, and on the
.an OF each leg. A more degrading
mins this branding of the criminal
mOre prominently than the government
~uie IS marked-could not be devised.
Iort Leavenworth is not a place
"uere the tastes of prisoners are con-
suited Discipline of the handcuff-
sIo'gun variety is promptly applied as
s"e occasion demands. The prison Is
collection Of old buildings, entered
niough sallyport, guarded night and
NaS ny heavily armed men. Inside the
support gloomy archway leads un-
O NC. the offices of the warden and his
uuIloorulnates, uI the printing shop, and
ipuO'ograph gallery, to the prison build
,Hss Where the convicts are housed,
'eu' and bathed.
AT Fort Leavenworth hard labor
eans ta Just what the term implies. Car
w. ' WIN hands unused to labor harder
,na nan uncorking champagne bottles and
n.owing away money, will find the
s,a1 ,nuiuons far from enjoyable. He will
. o'eep IN regulation prison cell behind
orn. "seei-oarred door, watched by a guard
70 eu ne with shotgun. 1t is needless
loss say that the rare carpets and price
co @ Mpestries which have heretofore
snn' slouted to his comfort will not
e Tn IN his Fort Leavenworth cell.
ont tne Dill Of fare is not an appetlzing
otsao ook fer Carter, for this luxurious
ma Eattezed for years upon the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

paper or magazine, and may have
books from the prison library.
Every Saturday afternoon Carter
will be compelled not only to give him
self cOld-water bath with common
brown soap accompaniment, but he
will be forced to wash and scrub his
cell, depressing work for the man who
for years has been living in perfumed
baths, and relying upon the services Of
skilled valet for the simplest tasks
of the toilet.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

ment, ordinarily known as "the cutting
room," from the fact that all the feed
for the stock was chopped and pre-.
pared there. The room is about GO
feet square, with loft above it. The
barn was, in the palmy days, surround
ed on all sides by sheds 16 feet in
width. These sheds, at this time most
ly fallen away, were used for various
purposes. Quantrill and his men were
occupying this barn when Terrilrs
band of home guards surprised and at
tackled them. In the sharp skirmish
which followed Quantrill received a
wound in the lungs, which Frustrated
him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

choicest foods prepared bv ort,s+ oho.,
Notnlng in the eating and drinking Iino
nas oeen quite good enough for the nni-.
curean captain. Think what five vears
OF Fort Leavenworth prison faro viii
mean to him-an eternity of CASTRO.
nomic misery. ''0
ne WORK which falls to the share of
almost all new arrivals is with the Mol,
ana blasting drill in the quarries two
miles from the prison. The stone is forj
use III the construction of the new neni.,
.entlary. carter comes in for this back,
breaking hand-blistering experience,
fort LeaVenworth prison has a set Of
very severe rules, all rlgidly enforced
should Carter grow disobedient his
prison allowance of tobacco will ha
smut OIL he will be denied the privi-
lese Oh writing or receiving letters. his
diet may be restricted to bread and
water, and in the event of persistent
misconduct he would be handcuffed
day and night to the bars of his cell.
lhey stand no nonsense at Fort Leav-
enWorth. Still they work no cruelties
ana the prisoner who behaves well,
takes his medicine, as it were, unfinch-
lngly, is treated as we'll as he could
rightly expect. He can write to his
friends and receive their letters; he
may subscribe for any reputable news
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

crater Is 312 feet below the surface Of
the prairie, and the shaft is 300 feet be-
low that, making a total depth Of 612
feet. Blue rock Is raised to the surface
by powerful machinery, where 1t ls
spread out In a field Of about 200 acres
and left to the mercy Of the sun, rains
and winds for year, when it decom-
poses and falls apart. 1t is then brushed
and washed twice or three times, and
finally passed over shaking tables COW
cred with kind of grease which re-
tains the diamonds while the refuse
passes off. The germs are then washed
In acid and taken to the valuator. Out
Of 100000 tons of blue rock about
1900 pounds of diamonds are obtained.
A syndicate of diamond buyers takes
the product Of the mines.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
WHITE A GRAVE OFFICER.

Commander at Ladysmith Has a Most
Brilliant Military Record.
General Sir George Stewart White
is a holder of the Victoria cross, q
grand commander of the Indian EN-.
pire, grand commander of the Bath
and grand commander of the Star of
India. He has been quartermaster
general to the British army since 1898.
His career from the time when he en-
tered the army until he started for
South Africa had been a most distin-
guished one.
An Irishman by birth, having been
born in the County Antrim in 1885,
White was educated at the Royal
Military Academy at Sandhurst and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

value Of the diamonds taken out was
$455, 100000 There were originally
four famous mines the Bultfontein,
Du Toit's Pan, De Beers and Kimber-
ley. In the natural order of events a
trust had to follow and so all were
merged into the Kimberley, the richest
and largest. The trust occupies 100000
acres of land, employs $4,000 natives
and $4,000 whites, consumes each
month in the compounds" $4,000
pounds of mutton and 100000 pounds
of beef, turns out 100000 carats of dia-
monds month, uses 5000 tons of coal
a day, has 1000 horses and mules, IL
stations of the best breed and 200 brood
mares.
The compounds" are reminders of the
convict camps of the South They are
three in number, and each Is a pen of
Iron and wire, surrounded by barbed
wire fences ten feet high to prevent es-
cape. In the corrugated iron houses,
which form three sides of square, and
whose doors open only toward the CEN
ter Of the square, $500 natives live dur
ing the time Of their contract, lasting
six months. Each room holds twenty
people, who sleep on hunks. They are
Malays, Hottentots, Kattirs, Fingoes
and Bechuanas. Some are clothed and
some are not. Some have their teeth
filed to resemble a saw. Others have
their heads shaved. leaving fringe at
the back. Some are tattooed and near
ly all have holes in their ears to hold
anything that comes to hand. Spoons,
straws, feathers, stumps of cigars and
cigarettes are carried in this manner.
Within each compound is "commis-
sary" where supplies are sold. EX-
tending over the whole inclosure, which
covers several acres, is wire netting
to prevent the throwing over of dia-
monds inclosed in tin cans, ETC. This
was done once. The natives look like
crows in a cage. They are not allowed
to leave the compounds during the time
Of their contract The mine shaft is
reached by means of an underground
passage, and each man is searched after
the days work. No liquor is furnished.
The pay is from "a to 70 cents day.
These prisoners are kept in detention
room one week before their contract
expires, where they wear gloves made
of two discs Of leather chained to their
wrists. Their clothes are taken from
them and examined, and at the end of
week they are turned loose, without
the possibility of carrying away dia-
mond.
The Kimberley mine is the crater of
an extinct volcano. The mouth of the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
AFTER IN JAIL LIFE
o,v,cTED ARMY OFFICERS
eIJ1URE IN PRISON.
Years of Hard Work-Rigid Dis
,.,;,e and Frugal Fare Will Be His
.;or-A Number Is Branded on
49, c,othes- The Daily Routine.

Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter, the United
|. .otas army officer recently convicted
\ immense frauds in connection with
'bo improvement Of Savannah harbor,
roorcia, q work Of which he had
Sorge as the Government engineer,
sas sentenced to the Fort Leaven-
Gorth (Kansas) penitentiary for five
'oors' imprisonment at hard labor,
,on,ivation of his rank in the army,
nd dismissal, and $4,000 fine.
Tho contrast between Carter's life
lOr the next five years and his life for
'So preceding ones could not be more
Iicsimllar. Carter's rooms were al
Eovs models of luxury. No society
TirI nurtured in the lap Of wealth, ever
Svcelled this luxury-loving officer in
he costly, artistic elegance of boudoir
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
A Diappearing River.

One of the strangest streams In the
world is in East Africa. 1t flows in the
direction of the sea, but never reaches
Il lust north Of the equator, and when
only a few miles from the indian
Ocean. It flows into desert when II
suddenly and completely disappears.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
How to Abbreviaue 1000.

The judicial department Of the Ger
man empire has recently been called
upon to pass on the proper abbrevia-
ton for 1900. The common abbrevia-
ton for 1899 is, of course, 30, but the
German judges have decided that 100
would not do at all for the last year
of the present century. Accordingly the
year will have to be written out in
full on all German documents.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
Marvellous Luck.

Sir Robert Rawlinson, X. @. B., is the
only man who was ever knocked out
of the saddle by a cannon ball without
being killed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
HISTORIC OLD BARN.
here Ouantri11 Got His Death Wound
in Skirmish with Houa Gua

Here is a picture of the barn where
Quantrill received his death wound. It
is situated on the farm of Mr.. w. T.,
Heady, about mile west of Wakefield
station in Spencer County, Kentucky,
ana Is an old-fashioned building com.
mon in Kentucky in ante-bellum days.
The interior contains but one apart
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
THE KIMBERLEY MINES.


" s'HN'' Ut P'Vv GU III 'hOHh'
In 1867 Kaffir boy playing with a
pebble attracted the attention of pros
pector, who discovered that the pebble
was a diamond. That was the begin
ming Of the Kimberley mines in South
Africa. Between 1867 and 1899 the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08
SanaibIe LEGISLATION.

Western Australia has an act in force
nrohibiting the landing of any one who
cannot write out given passage In
English.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

When you think a man is talking
nonsense, possibly he is talking sense
and YOU are unable to comprehend him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

When woman says her husband is
overworked, it is sign she loves him;
also, that he is not overworked. No
body worries about the men who are
really overworked.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-08

It's mans weakness that finally
overpowers his strength.