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Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
BEGINNING OF THE REVOLT.

It would almost have seemed on that
 memorable 4th of February as if half the army of occupation in Manila was at the circus, unless one tcok into ac- count that the army was large and the circus tent very small. At amy rate, there was a good sized audience in at tendance, more than four-ffths of which was made up of soldiers in khaki and officers in white duck. There were no children present, and but few women-so few that it must be con fessed the circus itself became almost Of secondary interest compared with them; and that is saying a great deal, for the circus is a fairly good one ani was appreciated far beyond it's worth. Every number ,cn the programme WAS applauded vociferously, even the clowns painstaking efforts to be funny being greeted with uproarioUs delight, and we all enjoyed ourselves as only people can wilo have seen nothing worth seeing for six months or more. IL was towards the middle of the per forHlance that a young woman, who had already won eur dizzy admiration on the tight rope, appeared again, dis guised as sweet sixteen in a childish frock. accompanied by another maiden of most certain age, with whom she sang classical duet.
 Just at the close of this dance there was a shout in the amphitheater. Judging from what had gone before, it might have been of unrestrained emotion. But no. it could not have been that, for the whole audience, as with single impulse, made a rush for the doors. ttFirei" shouted some as they ran. At which I sat quite still, icfh i, he I1v E1 H. l.. such circumstances. When it seemed entirely safe to leave me alone, the Only Man hurried forward, to return a moment later on a run. 4tAn attack al the outposts,'' he whispered, and de- spite the managers soft persuasions. we beat nasty retreat, and were soon bowling homeward in our quilez.
 It was an exciting ride, fer at any moment we might be stopped by mem- bers of the deadly Chapman band, hundreds Of whom were hiding in the dark streets of the town, armed with their murderous bolos, and only wait ing for their allies to break thrcugn the American lines and give the sig nal for their butchery to begin. But the signal was never given, for at dawn the insurgents were hastily re- treating-that is, those who were able to retreat. The others lay in their blood stained trenches waiting to be buried However, several officers hur- rying ta their commands that night were jumped upon by armed natives, though l believe in each case cnly the native suffered.
 In less time almost than it takes to tell it we were at home, and the Only Man had changed from his immacu- late white duck to khaki uniform, buckleld on his big Cot revolver, and cantered away, locking very brave and handsome with his campaign hat at a jaunl5y angle tCYer his left ear After that l dared not sit still for fear that uncomfortable lump in my throat would make me do something that any army woman would sc,crn to do, so 1 bu5-sl1 myCtalf taking down t1e sharp Filipino knives and swords with which our walls were Gecorated.-From "A Woman in Manila" by Florence K. Russell, in Harper's Bazar.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
AN INVENTIVE CONVICT.

While serving a ten years sentence dn the Eastern penitentiary a colored prisoner, who has just been dis charged, turned his mind to invention, with successful results. Besides mak Ing himself useful by inventing sev- eral mechanical devices that were put in the employment department of the institution, iuhis genius completed q model for an automatic fire escape tha: promises to be a commercial success. The escape is a clock-like arrange ment, so constructed that when one person has alighted on the ground the rope winds up and is again ready for use. patent has been applied for.-. Philadelphia Record
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
Mines and MininQ

will be similarly catered for in ccurs~ cf time.
 Tn the suburbs of Loncon between fifty and sixty bicycles are used for the delivery of kilograms, and in ths city itself only two or three are used
 -and that on Sunday-for the deliv- cry of telegrams and express letters from the G. P O. The officials do noE think that the collection and delivery of letters and parcals will ever be ae- eompHshed by means of bicycles iE London. There are, it is said, too many difficulties in the way, the chief being Idhe very heavy vehicular traffic which makes cycling in the city dur ing the day time highly dangerous 10 the riders. And so the postal cycling service in Lcndon must be restricted to the late hours Of the night and the early hours of the morning, and to the conveyance of letters from one office to another.
 The machines in use are mostly owned by the government. A messen ger can supply his own bicycle if he likes, but although the inducements 10 do so are very favorable it is sell dom that a boy can find sufficient cap Nal to purchase his own. Those who are fortunate enough to ride their own bicycles get an extra allowance of 3s. 6d. week for as long as they cycle in the interests of the postofce, while those who ride machines which are the property of the pOstoffice got an extra Is. a week for the trouble ct keeping them clean and in good work ing order.-London Mail.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
pOSTMEN ON WHEELS
London ts 10 Have Bicycles for Hall
 Delivery.

The postoffice has been paying g Tot of attention lately to bicycles and tri- cycles with a view to their more gen. eral use in the postal service in L0.1 don.
 For long time past rural districts all ever the country possessing fairly decent roads have been covered by postmen mounted on bicycles and tri- cycles, and, of course, much time and labor have been saved thereby in the collection and delivery of letters and parcels, In London and large towns bicycles are occasionally used for the delivery of telegrans and express let- ters. but never for the ordinary postal service.
 "A Daily Mail representative ascer- taihed on inquiry at St Martins le Grand that it is not intended to estaD- fish a cycling section for the, collec- tion and delivery of letters in London, but it is Highly probable that scheme recently instituted to facilitate the delivery of letters in London will n time be considerably augmented. Un- der this scheme service of trieycles was started a snoIt time ago for rhe conveyance of mail bags between the eastern district office and the north eastern district office, and between Paddington and the northwestern dis 1rfct office. Formerly thi-Ee letters deS- tined for the northeast of London. and sorted at the eastern office, had to he taken tc the central office for cir- culaeion, but now the letters can be taken direct from the sorting office, thIis Obyiating an annoying delay.
 In regard to the Paddington cycling ser rice. it was found that letters were nissorted there in conseq'Ie Ienee of ths eccentricities Of the northwestern Boundaries, and letters were cften delayed for a serious length of time. Now, all the mis-sorted letters are dispatched on bicycle, and they reach the district in time for the first post So far the cycles have proved Q conspicuous success, and there Is every probability that other districts
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
TEACHER TO THE FARMERS.
He goes From Village to Village Edu-
 eating Them in Agriculture.

A new idea down here is the emp. p.Oy- ment Of a MT. Hollister, an expert farmer and botanist, to travel from village LI0 village and educate the farmers in agriculture, particularly in the irrigated regions. Another scheme thals is even more admirable is the eS- tabhshmenIt Of libraries and reading rooms at division points for the benefit or the employees cf ltlhe road. This Is not entirely a new plan. It was start cd several years ago in a small way, but was abandoned under the receiver ship and has Clnly recently been re- viyed on a more extensive scale by President Ripley. He has appointed the Rev. s. E. Busser, formerly an Episcopa, clergyman at Empo-ia, as superintendent of the club rooms and that gentleman is constantly traveling up and down the 1000 miles of road organizing and conducting social and literary entertainments for the benefit of the men and their families, deliv- ering lectures and looking after their social and moral welfare.
 In each of the eleven reading rooms nclW in operation and four mere in preparation there is a library of 400 or 500 well selected volumes of fiction, bi ography, history, travels and practical science, and books treating on cther subj ecds of special interest 70 railroad men. The books are frequently trans ferred from one reading room ito an- other, so that the men can have the benefit of them al, and the collection is constantly increased by the addi- ton of current publications. All of the principal magazines and a dozen or more daily and weekly newspapers and railway journals are kept on file, billiard tables, cards, checkers, chess and other games are furnished, and bath rooms are provided, so that when an engineer or brakeman comes in from a dusty journey he can refresh himself before he sits down tcl read or rest. Smoking is allowed, but no drinking or games of chance.
 One afternoon each week the rooms are open to the wives and families. of the men, and Cne evening each week the women folks are invited to a so- cial entertainment, so that they may become acquainted with each other and enjoy privileges that are usually beyond the reach of the population of frontier rai.fcad towns. The women are allowed to draw books from the library and keep them a week MT. Busser tells me that they are mere regular in their ataendance than the men.
 The advantages of the plan have al- ready been fully demonstrated MT. BusSer says it keeps the men away from the saloons and adds to the con- tentment of i.Lne women. Ill is his ef- fort to convince the employees that the combany is siomething more to them than source of subsistence; GE.at they have something more than their wages to expect and that there is something mcre than labor to be found in thetr C3cupCl Clion.-WilliGm E. Cur tis's Now Mexico Letter.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
ATAvIsM AMONG ANIMALS.
Whence the Horse of To-day Derives
 His S'wfftneSs and Flcwers

Dr. Louis Robinson, an English zo- o,ogist, has just given to the world an accouTt of his investigations as to the origin Of the habits and mode cf life of certain animals, and the conclusion at which he seems to arrive is that all such phenomena may be explained on the ground of ataviSm. Thus he claims that tEie horse of our day derives his swiftness and power of endurance from ltie fact that his ancest-ElS in former days were obliged to flee from, and frequently to defend them selves against, their great enemies, the wolves. In like manner he claims that the reason why the horse shies is because his ancestors were forced to be constantly on the alert againt=t hidden enemies, and that the reason why he rears and plunges is because only by pursuing such tactics could his fore fathers shake off wild animals who had leaped upon their backs.
 Sheep when frightened immediately rush off to the hig-he-l. point they can reach. The reason, says Dr. Robinson, is because all sheep originally inhab- ited mountainous districts And this, he claims, is also, the reason why they
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19

Train No. connecrs with Southern P2- cif1c train No. 19. eastbound, leaving Mar icopa at 10:s0. p. m.
 Train No. connects with Southern Pa cific train No. 20. westbound, leaving Maricops at 5:45 a. m.
 Pacific Coast Limited passes Marieopa: East bound, 2:26 g.. m., Wednesdays and Saturdays: Westbound, 80 a. m., Fridays ana Tuesdays of each week.
 Connections made at Phoenix with m F., P. 6 P. R. R. for Prescott ana Con- gress.
 Connections at Mesa with stage for Florence and Globe, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at o'clock al m.
 sTrains stop on signal. Pullman Palace Sleeping car en ali trains between Phoenix and Maricopa- N. K. HASTEN, B. F. PORTER.
 President. Gen'1 6upt-
 M. O. BICKNELL,
 0enI Frt. and PaRs- Agt.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
ON EVERY BOTTLE

Of Shiloh's Consumption Cure is this guarantees "All we ask of you is to use two-thirds of the contents of this bottle faithfully, then if you can say you are not benefited return the bottle to your druggist and he may refund the price paid" Price 25 cents. 50 cents and s1. Dr. G. H. Keefer, Drug gist.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
CHEAPER TO LET IT GO.

Clfent-This bill of yours is eMoTbi- Itants There are several items in it that I Ct-n't understand at all.
 Iawyer-I am perfectly willing to explain it, but the explanation will cost you $10.-NeN York LcurnaI
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
*Dining Room.

Through tickets to all points in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
 CONNECTIONS: Jerome Junction with U. V. & F. Ky for Jerome; P. G E. Junction with P. tS E. R. R. for Huron and Mayer; Mayer with stage to Crown King and other mining points !; Prescott with stage lines for all principal mining camps; Congress Junction with Stage lines for Congress, HarQua Hala, Stanton and larnell; Hot Springs Junction with the c. c. H. s. S l. Co.,, for Castle Creek Hot Springs the all-year-round health resort; Phoenix with the M & P X s. R. V. R. R. tor points on the s. P. System.
 E. W. GILLETT, GEO. M. SARGENT, General Agent Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt. Phoenix.
 Prescott, Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
DOES THIS STRIKE YOU?

Muddy complexion, nauseating breath come from chronic constipation Karl's Clover Root Tea is an absolute cure and has been sold for fifty years on an absolute guarantee. Price 25 cents and 50 cents. Dr. G. H. Keefer, Druggist.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
Arizona and South Eastern RI

Trains run on Pacific time.
 BEN WILLIAMS. 9upf
Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
Southern Pacific Co,
PACEFEC BYSTEET.

(PACEFIC SRSTEM. Commencing April 5, 1897. trains will leave Maricops as follows:
 AOR A. M. Tuesdays snd Fridays Sunset 4OU Limited' for Los Angeles, ssn Iran cisco and all California points. goo AM. DAILY PACIFIC EXPRESS O.O 4 for points in Oslifornta, Nevada Oregon and Washington.
 l03 4caon a D1a Bensdn mi1SG folssaAF a4Ts bs F3s ing, El easo and intermediate stations. OHO M. DAILY MIXED TRAIN FOR Os4U ella Bend and intermediatestations OE P NJ. DAILY MIXED TRAIN FOR IsZee Fl Psso and all way stations. VOOO PM. DAILY NEW ORLEANS FIX iOsVO press for Tucson. Benson, Deming ElPsso, San Antonio, o,H01stonandNew Orleans 7nE@ P. NJ. Tuesdays and Fridays "sau- IUO { set Limited' for El Paso. Fort Worth St. Louis, Chicago and sll points east.
 r.H. GOODMAN,
 Gsu. PAvE- Agt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-21
MONEY OF THE MASSES.

More than three-fourths of the peo-
pie Of this country use silver coin for
their daily and weekly business trans
actions. and it is attested by those who
have made the observations that the
same Is the case in England, Germany,
France and other countries. Moreover,
we know positively that there is not a
gold coin that is not incumbered with
q view upon it for some public or pri-
vate debt in the shape of principal or
interest and that all gold coin is un-
der the dominion or control Of tho
creditors. True. we make showing
Of free gold. and we read in the news
papers Of Its being here and there.
sometimes man may receive gold
coin or small quantity Of gold coins.
but he must quickly change them into
silver to satisfy his necessities. and
the gold drifts back again to the source
whence 1t came. to wit, the Golfers OF
the banks. to be by them distributed
to certain. well-known central loca-
lions. to be again sent out and manip-
ulated when profit can be made
upon 1t. This is the natural effect OF
the gold standard-the Capitalization
and control of gold money, to be used
as an export or import and for specu-
3lative purposes Not SO with silver,
which. being debased by demonetiza-
ton. can have 10 free egress and In
gress because y is base metal and II
confined to tse uses Of the people In
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-21
Price of Stvle.

Last year society paid into the ma
tional exchequer by way of taxation as
the price of style or establishment
licenses" no less sum than $3,701, :
SIS. Think, first of all, what it costs
to keep James" in all his dignity.
The exchequer values him at 1915 a
year. Two hundred and five thousand
five hundred and thirty-six licenses for
male servants were issued last year,
and brought in revenue of $500, 1875.
If your carriage has four or more
wheels and is fitted to be drawn by two
or more horses Cor even mules), then
you must pay $40 year for it. But
if your carriage has four or more
wheels, and is only drawn by one horse
or mule, you have the thing for S.
year. And if, perchance, you cannot
live up to the four-wheeled STYLE but
are content with a carriage Cor cart)
o. less than four wheels, then you can
get off with yearly payment Of 1915.
That is the cheapest style the govern
E:ent can tolerate. What is carriage
without armorial bearings? Absolute
ly styleless. But if you wish armorial
bearings painted on your carriage you
must pay $40 for permission, as we'll as
something to the painter for his skill.
II you wish to use armorial bearings
In any other way-say on your note
paper-then SIS a year will suffice
London Mail.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-21
HELPING "SPEcULAToR EEL
Lows"

The value of Mr.. Cages kindness to
those Spectator fellows" in Wall
street is almost beyond estimate. When
the adventures and plungers had
oversold the speculative market far be-
You'd the most reasonable estimates OF
the progress of prices, and when they
were in the closest of corners by tceir
own action, he came to their relief.
One day he said he would not help
them; the next day he offered SIS, OCO,-
600 of relief and its effects were mirac-
ulous.
The stock lists of the day following
Secretary Cages offer to buy bonds
he had refused the day before to buy
bonds to help "the Spectator fellows"
showed an advance of nearly $780,
100000 in the prices of the leading
stocks. Everything, from leather to
railroads and from gas to sugar, went
skyward by leaps and bounds. Sugar
trust stock advanced 10 cents; To-
bacco went up 2 cents; Tennessee Coal
and Iron shares marked cents rise;
Leather trust scored 3 cents; Steel
trust was helped along cents; the
standard railroad stocks participated
IN the upward movement, and the
stocks of the bankrupt roads-the
/ roads which will not in ten years pay
dividends on their voluminously wat
cred stock-were chalked up from to
cents gain.
Every short" Spectator was helped
out of his hole. There is no doubt
tnat the reports are true which credit
officers of the treasury department on
the inside with heavy gains in the rise
OF stocks caused by the action of Sec
rotary Gage. There is no hint nor
suspicion that he became gamer per-
sonally by the relief" to the money
market. But there is no doubt that
men in his department, perhaps some
very close to him, shared in Wall
streets boom, which he set in motion.
This scandal is one of the worst that
ever clouded the administration of the
treasury department in many years.
| Elk.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-21
A Boer spy.s Cunning.

Here is the story of Transvaal spy
that we'll illustrates the shrewdness
and pertinacity which have made the
Boer such tactful and able enemy in
the present war. 1t was just before
the erection of the johannesburg forts.
The spy was ordered to report on the
defences of Chatham. While employed
in collecting materials he came upon
certain secret subterranean passage
connecting Fort Pitt with-somewhere
He tried hard to find out where that
somewhere" might be, but without
avail. Rumor said it was Fort Clar-
ence. But Fort Clarence was then
and is now, for that matter-used as
provost prison, and access to its in
terror was strictly prohibited. One way
Of getting within the walls there was,
and the spy took it. He committed
somewhat serious offence against mil
itary discipline, for which he was re-
duced to the ranks and imprisoned. AS
had been foreseen, he was consigned
to Fort Clarence. The provost SER
geant in charge kept rabbits, which
were shut up at night in a sort of
underground passage that opened into
the moat-at least, so the other pris-
oners affirmed. The spy ingratiated
himself with the warders, and after
week or two he was taken off shot
drill, and promoted to the post Of rab-
bit keeper In ordinary to the provost
sergeant aforesaid. He looked care
fully and conscientiously after his
four-footed charges. In fact, he spent
the greater part Of his time cleaning
out and whitewashing their under
ground apartments, with the result
Lat, on his release, he was able to
forward full plans and details to
Pretoria. tos
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-21

OF the days when the Republican party
stood for principles, and he now serves
in his feeble way upon occasion as
reminder of how far the modern G. o.
p. under Hanna, Mckinley and the
trusts has gone astray from original
Republican ideals which John Sher-
man and his contemporaries held in
their prime, but which that organiza-
ton has long since outgrown.
Mr.. Sherman finds nothing in Re-
publican principles" today but Bit
ter mockery of the past-the organi-
zetion abjectly prostituted to the sell
FISH purposes of an already overgrown
plutocracy that threatens the liberties
of the people, while its leaders flout
that grand and pure Americanism for
which the party in Sherman's day used
so proudly to stand.
What wonderful change in the pol
lftical history of the Republican party
Is represented in the two figures, John
Nherman and Mark Hanna!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-21
Had o.,x On. End ., II.

New York Herald: A bashful youth
in Harlem fell IL love last summer at
the seashore with girl from Cleve-
land, but he could never screw up cour-
age enough to propose. This caused
him anguish of soul and made the girl
desplse him little for ninny. After
vacation was over and they separated
a novel fell into his hands, in which
the hero won his bride by making so
brusque and of1nand a proposal that
it startled her into consenting before
she had time to think. The Harlem
man thought he would adopt that plan,
SO after much cogitation and the writ
ing of many letters, only to tear them
up at once, he evolved and sent her
this: Dear Girl: Let's get engaged. -
He considered that masterpiece, until
he got her answer. which was: Dear
Boy: Took your advice last night.
Got engaged to Jack. Whom will
you get engaged to?" Then he kicked
that novel all around his room.