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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

bandanna. and the interest shown in the genuine
article was enthusiastic The ushers, young so
the bright bandanna headdress. attracted much
attention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

There are some Sunshine members who would ap-
preciate having the Womans Page passed on to
them Any one desiring to comply with this re-
quest will please notify the office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

A It. s. S. member in Dorchester, Mass. reports
unique Easter gift received from j. Augustus
Rice.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

ganized in the reign Of James l., about
300 years ago. These companies charge
eXorbitant rates and give very poor
supply A fourth of share In the
New River Company is worth about
$4,000. The water companies have
hitherto cxerted tremendous influence
through their shareholders In Parlia-
ment, but the new and democratic
county council has put wholesome
fear into them. 1t now seems that
their last hour has come.
Last year the vast East End of Lon
don suffered from 4 water famine, and
in consequence there was danger of
an outbreak Of all kinds of dreadful
diseases. Only good luck averted that
catastrophe. The County Council then
decided that it would have to settle
the water question once and for all. 1t
planned to carry the water supply to
London from the hills on the border Of
Wales. about 200 miles away. This
would have been the greatest engineer
ing undertaking of it's kind in the
world and would have cost more than
$1O0,OO0,OOO. Now comes the an
nounceinent that an inexhaustible res
ervoir has been found but 100 feet be-
meath London. The County Council
will soon sink its wells and there will
be little expense in the undertaking.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

the rest of them came down the bay.
Shortly after the engagement opened
GO-pound armor- piercing shell was fired
from this battery at the Baltimore.
This shell started on journey so &C.
centric in its deyiations from all natur
al life, that the naval authorities at
Washington have made diagram of
its course. The shell came from the
battery on straight line to the Balti-
more, which 1t struck on the starbOard
side, about two feet above the upper
deck.
The point of contract with the Balti-
more was between the after siX-inch
gun and the threc-pounder mounted on
the rail- Onc-half of an inch of steel
was penetrated at the point Of contract,
but the shell did not stop. 1t then
struck the deck and bored through that
until it reached heavy deck beam.
which it cracked through and through.
The contact with this deck beam de-
flected the shell so that it came out
through the wooden deck, tore its way
through the steel combing of the engine
room skylight, again overcoming the
resistance of one-half of an inch of
steel. Now, on coming through the
deck 1t turned sideways, ranged for
ward, and bumped into the recoil cylin-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
FOO Gu tureu.

a writer in the Critic speaks some
what scotfingly of the requirements OF
Boston culture" as applied to all
walks of life. OF course her tone ia
satirical. and she gives humorous illus.
trations, the best of which is this:
Learning, like religion, has in all ages
It's martyrs, it's Galileos, its Giordano
Brunos Visiting in Nebraska a few
years ago, l was told the following
story: A brakeman from Boston was
employed on the line of railroad run
ming from Nebraska City to Beatrice
When it became his duty to call out
the name of this last station. he pro-
nounced it in the most approved Tus.
can "Bay-ah-tree-chay."
Inc passengers, simple souls, were Mt
a loss what to do They rose from their
seats and hesitated. Some sat down
again, and so We're carried past their
destination This sort of thing contin.
ued. the brakeman was complained Of
and he lost his place.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
DANGER IN ELECTRIC LAMPS.
Deaths Caused by Careless Placing of
fixtures on Gas Tubes.

Or. II. f.. Keyes and his wife were
found dead recently in a room at the
ArdSley Casino. ut Ardsley-on- the
Hudson, y. y. They had been acct
dentally asphyXiated by gas. which it
is believed DR.. Reyes inadvertently
turned on just before retiring. The I'M
fortunate couple had been attending a
dance at the residence of General Crit
fin. first vice president of the General
Electric Company, who lives at DobbS
Ferry. Or. and Mrs. Reyes had ar
ranged to stay over night at the Casino.
From The accompan! ing sketch it VIII
be readily understood how it was that
Dr. Reyes caused the accident which
resulted in the death of himself and his
wife. The Casino is equipped with
both electric and gas light the electric
current having been in use on the even
ing in question. In turning off the key
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
SPANISH GUNNERY'
fr,nres,ed the Commander of German
Cruiser Geier Wonderful.

Cant Jacobsen. commander of the
German cruiser Geier. has published III
tho Marine Review of Berlin two hrtl-
cles about his personal experiences nui'
ing the Spanish American campaign III
Santiago. In speaking of Spanish gun
merry, he says
II have heard of only one Instance
where n Spanish shell found an Amerl-
can warship. This was sent into the
Texas while that battleship was bonn
harding the Socopa batteries.
One night while the American pat
tleships kept up continuous poilipar"-
ing one Of the attacking vessels was
found bv the searchlightS on the bat
ferry. The Spaniards opened fire on it.,
but instead of hitting the vessel the
Iowa which lay under cover OF dark
ness. was struck by the shell from the
Spanish howitZer.
"Great must have been the fright or
the American officers when on taking
charge of MORO they found that the
cannon operated against them by the
Spanish bore the dates of zoos ana
171S. Part of these howitZers were
found loaded as the Americans took
charge The officer in charge ordered
them to be fired off and found. to his
great surprise, that the longest distance
one of these shots could traverse was
500 yards.
with due apologies to the brethren
of Yankeeland. did the thrifty Ameri-
cans really allow themselves to be
frightened at this Spanish bluff! In
the beginning perhaps yes. l must
confess. and so do my officers. that
while watching the proceedings from
our cruiser we had not the faintest idea
that the Spanish batteries had such an
tique material to defend their glorious
honor with"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
-oNpON's UNDERGROUND LAKE
Water Problem of the Great Metrop.
oils 20. we'd by the Discovery.

London has suddenly found itself in
possession of Il cheap and ineNhausti-
Ole supply of pure water, the existence
If which II had never suspected Wal
ter Mosely. the engineer of the London
County Council. has Informed that
body that underneath London is an
immense lake of pure cold water in
chalk basin 300 square miles III eX-
tent and 100 feet below the surface of
the ground.
The annual rainfall that sinks below
to the lake is at least 2Sl,Oul,OWo,ooo
gallons. which would give Il daily yield
VI 1865 100000 gallons. 1t is believed
thar ihe discovery of this lake will for
ever put an end to the Old VeXed ques-
ton of London's water supply 1t is
only necessary to sink sufficient num-
Der of deep wells in order To obtain all
the water necessary. An artcsian we'll
has already been sunk to this lake at
Chaplain, near London. and IS produc-
ing a daily yield of ,ooO,OUO gallons. 1t
seems strange that London should have
existed for more than 1000 years and
not nave ulSCONtIeu llidt tHtIe W dS IL
great lake beneath it.
The discovery Of this lake brings n
solution to question which has been
distressing London terribly of late.
The greatest city in the world has a
very inadequate water supply. 1t is
furnished by certain private compan-
les. conspicuous among which is the
New River Company. which was or
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
ROYAL Letters i'm India.

A letter sent to n native prince in
india is IA very elaborate affair. The
paper is specially made for the pur-
pose, and is sprinklcd with gold leaf.
only the last few lines of the some
what lengthy document contain the
purport of the letter, while the re-
maindcr is made up Of the usual round
about and complimentary phrases. 1t
is folded in a peculiar way, with the
haps outward, and placed in a muslin
bag, and this latter into one of Grim
son and gold tint, with a slipknot Of
gold thread, attached to which is a
ponderous seal. The address. written
on slip of parchment, is attached to
the outside bag. These details are
very important for polite writing
IN India, ana if any Of them were omit
ted it would be an insult to the person
addressed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
Early Travel by Rail.

Travelling Is now so easy. and used
to be so difficult, that it is hard for us
to realize that the introduction of SO
useful an Improvement as the iron
hourse" was not Immediately and uni
versally welcomed but it was not. In
an old family letter are recorded the
impressions of an early traveller by
rail. after her first journey behind
locomotive.
The speed is very terrifying" she
wrote, land the Gathering and jolting
inconceivably unpleasant. The atmos-
phere is less oily than expected; but
on the other hand there is much SCOT
and CRIME upon everything, even short
ly upon the faces and hands of the trav-
elers. Then the appalling screeches
proceeding from the locomotive en-
CINE, which 1t gives out on coming to
stop and at other times, are most dis
tressing and discordant.
ut Is a method of travel with but
one advantage, saving of time: and
with more disadvantages than can be
enumerated, beginning as they do with
danger. and concluding with dirt.
Between cities of large population,
whence the necessities of business
force men to hasten to and fro. and for
the carrying of goods and merchandise,
the railroad is no doubt destined to fill
useful position. But that it can ever
be employed for ordinary travel. after
public curiosity is satisfied, by indvid-
uals of leisure and good personal hab-
its-by gentlemen and gentlewomen,
in shorter even by clearly and COM
Portable people not gently bred, unless
in cases of necessity. cannot believe"
1t is easy to sympathize with this
dainty lady's dislike of CRIME and noise.
but what would she have said could she
have lived to ride in parlor car, dine
at flying buffet. or sleep away a jour-
ney of three or four hundred miles, Sc
Guided in a comfortable berth:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
Private Murphy's Discoverv

Ehglish papers are telling with some
eusto story Of private soldier named
Murphy who was brought befor. FL.
commanding officer at Devonport,
charged with selling part of his kit
Said the colonel:
Now. Private Murphy, why did VOL,
sell your boots?"
ia worn thin for two years, an. 7
thought be that time they was mo ou.,,
prapperty."
Nothing of the sort, man. Those
boots belong to the queen"
10 the duane, is it, yer amer? SIRE
twilveS." WIN
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
AN HISTORIC SHELL,
1t Danced a Fandango on the Deck of
the Cruiser baltimore

Admiral Dewey found two remark
able qualities in Spanish shells at his
first battle Of Manila-they rarely sue
coed in hitting anything. and when
they did hit they were comparatively
harmless. The experience which the
Baltimore enjoyed with one Of these
shells is one of the most remarkable
recorded in the history Of gunnery. If
what happened was not vouched for by
so excellent an authority as Joseph l..
Stickney, who was acting officer under
Admiral Dewey at this battle, it would
be hard to believe.
The Canacao battery was one of the
shore defenses of Manila used vigorous
ly by the Spaniards on the morning of
May l, 1898, when Dewey, Gridley. and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
Captain Eulate's Lost Cigars.

An incident in connection with the
surrender of Captain Eulate of the Viz
caya, after the battle of Santiago, was
told by Captain Robley d. Evans of
the Indiana, at the Glover Club dinner
during the jubilee. which illustrates
the amenities of naval warfare. Cap
tain Evans depicted the arrival of Cap
tain Eulate, covered with blood and
dirt, and soaked with salt water, on
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

der Of the port six-lnch gun on the
quarter deck. disabling the carriage.
Following the curve of this shield lit
could not pass through III the smell
came out on the forward side OF the
carriage. Travelled in direction directly
opposite to that which ii had come,
reached the starboard side of the ship
again. struck Il steel ventlator ana
stopped. In all its journey it did not
strike Il human being. but after enter
ing the vessel did the mischief that
wounded eight men. 1t struck and eX-
ploded two thrce-inch shells.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

enormous development Of the tarsus, or
ankle bones Of his legs. His eyes are
enormous. SO that he can see in the
dark. They even cause him to be call
ed a ghost. His fingers and toes are
provided with large pads. which en-
able him to hold on to almost anything.
Professor Hubrecht Of the Univer'
sity Of Utrecht has lately discovered
that Monsieur Tarsier Is no less per-
sonage than "link" connecting Grand.
father Monkey with his ancestors.
Thus the evolutionary scale would be
changed by Professor Hubrecht to run:
Man, ape. monkey, tarsler and so on.
tarsier appearing as what may be popu-
larly termed the great-grandfather Of
mankind.
Tarsier may best be described as hav-
ing a face like an owl and body,
limbs and tail like those Of a monkey.
His sitting height is about that Of a
squirrel. AS his enormous optics
would lead one to suppose, he cuts ca.
pers in the night and sleeps in the day
time, concealed usually in abandoned
clearings. where new growth has
sprung up to height Of twenty feet or
more. Very often he sleeps in stand
ing posture, grasping the lower stem
Of small tree with his long and slen-
der fingers and toes. During his night
ly wanderings he utters squeak like
that Of monkey. During the day the
pupils Of his eyes contract to fine lines.
but after dark expand until they fill
most Of the irises. From his habit of
feeding only upon insects he has a
strong. bat-like odor.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
A DANGEROUS FIXTURE.

ton of electric and gas-light fixtures il
a subject of vital Importance, and the
location Of the two respective keys
should be as far apart as practicable
1t seems to the Electrical Review that
the designer of fixture of the sort here
sketched comes pretty near being guilty
Of criminal negligence.-Ele Re-
view
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

The accounts of Salem witchcraf
have SO superseded all others In school
histories and in the public mind that
few realize that other commonwealth
have erred in the same particular as
Massachusetts. Yet 100 years after
old Rebecca Nourse was hanged in
Salem. Mass, man was condemned
by an Illinois court to be burned alive
ut the stake as a penalty for sorcery.
Nor was his execution the only one
shat has taken place in Illinois for the
same crime"
The warrant for the burning alive of
the Illinois sorcerer, whose name was
Manuel. was signed by John Todd,
Lieutenant Governor Of the Territory of
Illinois, in the year 1873. Todd was Of
the famous Todd family of Kentucky,
from which sprung the wife of Abra
ham Lincoln.
Manuel was a slave. He had cast an
evil eye on number of people, who
were willing to swear that the intiu
cnce of the glance was baleful in the
extreme. The great court of the dis
trict of Kaskaskia was convened to try
the negro for his life. The court
speedily declared the guilt of the pris-
oncr and condemned him to death at
the stake, after which his ashes were
20 be scattered to the four winds of
the prairie. There seems to be some
conflict of authorities as to the manner
of Manuefs execution. Some Of them
declare that the negro was shot by
mob while on his way to the burning;
Others agree that the sentence in all its
horrors was carried to the cruel end.
The preponderance of evidence Is in
favor of the latter account. and the
Governors warrant makes 1t certain
that burning at the stake was the in
tent and the veritable record of the
court. The law which Illinois people
invoked in order to burn the slave
Manuel for sorcery was the statute of
Virginia, to which the Illinois Terri
tory was then tributary.
1t was twelve years after the burning
of Manuel for sorcery when the next
victim suffered. He, like Manuel, was
a slave. and was called by his masters
name. MOreau. This master he had
killed by 'devlish incantation." The
man was tried for witchcraft and SEN
fenced to be hanged. The sentence
was duly carried out. He was convict
ed by a legally constituted court. There
was white woman of English descent
living on Silver Creek. ILL.,, who in the
early part of the century or the very
end of the last was charged with being
a witch. She was repeatedly beaten,
hut her ultimate fate is uncertain. So
much credence was placed in her pow
or to work harm to those about her
that her evil doings We're made a mat
ter of record and the record stands I'M
Ill this day.
The witch days do not seem so far
removed when 1t Is thought that re-
Gently one Peoria man sOlemnly pre-
dcted that another's death would take
place on certain day and the proph-
rcy was as sOlemnly believed. There Is
On record in the corOner's office in Chi
cago a verdict rendered in 1892 by six
citizens to the effect that 1.-The deceased
came to his death by having his breath
sucked by the house cat"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
CHARMING FRANxnr.'
Graceful Way in Which .
Acknowledged His M,..,1

As M1otak.
Lady Camilla Gurdon, wh0,,
airy remains have just been NJ,
i'll London, tells many anecdo ss'
Mr.. Lowell interesting to Ann,
says the Youths Companion
ON one occasion she says Tia,
asked him to criticise Henry r..
and frankly to point out an, !,
he might detect in the Eppn,h
time of Queen Anne.
There is one thing l thipk i,
said Mr.. Lowell, with hesitate,
anybody then ever use the uhn,
ferent to such a thing?"
Hang it all cried Thacken
course they didn't"
An English literary man WIN
this country n year or two av0
ture frankly declared that he "a,
expecting to find accurate scbl
among Americans. especially IN,
literary subjects. adding affaklv'
You have been too busy and
a nation in practical matters i
much time to the arts and o..
learning"
During the dinner at which M
this remark he criticised Shah,
sharply declaring that his ma,
were absurd. ".As for exams
said. sleep that knits up The !
sleave of care How ridiculom,
ure sleep as knitting up a tonl
Of a coat
A young American sitting "
said modestly, Il think the wOh
sleeve but sleave, the thin 81
damaged web. 1t Is a techr|
preston among weavers."
"In the States prObablyw !
the critic, irritably. "ShakspaJ
could have heard 1t. He
sleeve"
Il believe" persisted the al
gently. the word is printed n
all the old editions. 1t Is not all
lean word, but has been used q
turtles by weavers In Scotland
north of England
The visitor frowned, and lid
English frankness said, ID
THANK you. l was mistaken. n
l am mistaken about other thh
will be corrected before Id
shores.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
cREA1.cRANDFATHER OF MAN.
Monsieur Tarsier, a New Acquisition
in the Philippine Islands.

Along with Tasals, igorottes anu
other queer human beings Uncle sam
has annexed in the Philippine Islands
is the tarsier, an animal which Is no"
declared to be the grandfather OF man.
The tarsier is the ancestor OF the
common monkey. who Is the ancestor
Of the anthropoid ape. who is the an
cestor of man.
Monsieur Tarsier IS n very gifted AMI
NAL. He derives his name from the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

in the lamp socket 1t is probable that
DR.. Reyes thumb or fingers struck the
gas key. which must have been quite
loose. and accidentally turned it about
three fourths around. The result was
that sufficient gas escaped to kill the
two occupants of the room.
The proper design for the combinat
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

Miss Nerves-Doctor. I'm in constant
dread of getting into trance or some
hing and being buried alive. DIR. Pylls
Nonsense. You take what prescribe
and drive such foolish notions out of
your head. Such thing as being buried
alive never happens to my patients.-
RaXar
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30
One-Man RAILROAD

Inc simplest public railroad now Oh
Grated is thought to be one between
Atami and Odawara. in Japan. It is a
narrow gauge road. and is run by man
power The cars have seats for fonr
persons each, who sit back to back
tram consists of two or three cars ond
Is drawn up hill by half n dozen oo.i ,nu
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

board the Indiana, and the scene at the
blowing up Of the Vizcaya. II offered
him cigar, 1O-cent Key West said
Fighting Bob, land he looked at it a
moment and then drew from his own
pocket long. beautifully rolled, pure
Havana, and, holding it up, he said:
4 left $4,000 of them on board the
Nizcaya.'" He paused a second to al
low his auditors to fully appreciate the
fact, and then continued: Il am the
last person in the world to deprecate
the bravery of American seamen ami
mated by pure heroism, but if we had
known those cigars We're on board, the
effort to save the Vizcaya would have
been positively heroic. "-Philadelphia
Record.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

Eyes, sir; he's the most considerate
chaplain in the army" How is that ?"
"Why, when things begin to go wrong
with his regiment he puts cotton in his
ears so that the boys may feel free to
talk."-Chicago Evening Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

Every year" said the professor, "a
sheet OF water fourteen feet thick Is
raised to the clouds from the sea-"
What time of the year does that hap
pen. professors asked the freshman
from the interior. 81 should think 1t
would be sight worth going to see"-
Observer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

Little Tompkins-That fellow Brown
tried to stuff me up with some of his
travellers tales the other day. Talked
about his trip to Italy, and the waving
fields of macaroni, but he didn't catch
me, you know. They don't wave.'-
Punch,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-30

Gilgal-Mr and Mrs. Barkham are to
give a house warming at their new fiat
tonight. Glanders-That is much bet
ter than depending upon the janitor for
the heat-Town Topics.