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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-13
TUNk POND,
A Lake That Freezes without Nucb
Regnrd to Temneratnre
IN The New York Commercial Advertiser.

From The New York Commercial Advertiser
1t Is pretty nearly time for Tunk pond
TO freeze 1t is one of the traditions of this
section that no matter how cold it NAV he
you can't freeze Tunk pond Before the mid
ole OF January, and, no matter how warm
IL may be after that time Tunk will freeze
as ught as brick before the end of the
third week in the month.
In its way Tunk is wonder. but very,
little Is known about it except to the fow
VINO make. their way through the noun
talns TWO or three times a year to relieve
its waters of a few hundred surpIus tront
II Is full of trout, and as it is too far awav
from the beaten track of the hunter and
fisherman TO be included in the itinerarv
OF any professional guides it is likely n
remain so for some time. Frank Jones a
wealthy brewer of Portsmouth "A he
came acquainted with Tunk as n fsbjne
ground lew years ago and built a camp
DOWN near, the foot of the pond To which
ne usually makes at least one trim every
summer and winter. and there are a few
local sportsmen who go in but the big ont
slde world doesn't know much about Tuuk
IL hes right in the heart OF the Tunb
mountains of Maine and is the middle one
IN a series of fine trout ponds any one al
which Is big enough to be classed as a lake
There are Flanders pond, Fox pond. Tunk
Spring River lake, Long pond and still
water. Every other pond in the lot e
frozen hard, and there is good fishins
through the ice, but Tunk shows an nm
broken stretch of black water as free from
ice as in midsummer. Some people hav,
tried to explain Turks little eccentricitie,
in the matter of freezing by declaring tina
it IS fed by mountain springs it REQUIRE.
very cold weather to freeze it, but none o.
them ever has succeeded in explaining t,
the satisfaction of the natives why on sew
erai occasions. Tunk has waited for tn,
January thaw to do its freezing, and CLOSED
up hard and tight just when the ice on al
other ponds in its vicinity had become 81
rotten on account of warm weather that i
was not safe to travel across them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-13
The Reluctant Witness.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
Counsel-'I insist on answer to my
question. You have not told me all the
conversation. l want to know everything
that passed between you and Mr.. Jones on
the occasion to which you refer
Reluctant Witness-"Pve told you every
thing of any consequence
You have told me that you said to him:
Jones, this case will get into court some
day Now, 1 want to know what he said
in reply
well, he said: Brown. there isn't any
thing In this business that I'm ashamed of.
and If any snoopin', little, yee-hawin', four
by-six, gimet-eyed lawyer, with half a
pound of brains and sixteen pounds of jaw,
ever wants to know what I've been talking
to you about, you can tell him the whole
story -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-13

should establish protectorate IN, 81
oltlon that they promise to give Ia The ESii-
Iplnos absolute independence within a
(a'ed ,, iime. 1t is also said that the Flipi.
So, "eanu ofnclal recognition.
EHoits are being made to bring ah,,,,
anolher conference with the rebels Tbs
educated Filipinos are anxious to a,-oid
r r'P,, and 1t is hoped that the militant
In the meantime the tension is 1855.
on both sides % 'Aielhs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-13

II should think some gentleman might
give that woman a seat. said one man.
why. all the gentlemen in this car are
standing now, said the other.
Then they looked at the man who was
seated.-New York Commercial Advertiser
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-13

T he greatest bay on the face of the earth
Is that OF Bengal Measured in a straight
line from two fnciosing peninsulas, its ex-
tent II about 10000 square miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-13
His Opinion.
From Puck

Jones-"What form of government should
we give the Philippines
Wheeler-.I don't know-but they onrb,
to have good roads"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-13

get honest work for this strangely found
friend, whose gratitude was as deep as his
resolve to lead better life was sincere
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
ideal Resort for the Tourist.

Although not generally understood
by the travelling public there is a vast
section of Mexico--the section traversed
by the main line of the Mexican Cen
tral Railway from the United States
border to the Mexican Capital-which
enjoys during the heated term n the
United States, a much more comfor-
table climate than the American sum-
mer resorts. This Is due to the altitude
Of the ble-lands, on which the road ie
l0cafed-frim 1900 to 500 feet above
oea level.
The average temperature of this Sec
ton, according to government statistics
Tor a number OF years. mas been be-
tween o. and 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
Along this line OF road are to be
found the chief cities and principal
points In our sister Republic, while on
its branches there is scenery Of marvel
Gus grandeur.
Holders of Pacific Coast excursions
tickets can PURCHASE at Ell Paso. Albu
querque or Sah Antonio, at specially
reduced rates, round trip tickets to the
City OF Mexico and return, such tickets
being available over diverse routes go
ing and returning In Mexico.
The Mexican Central is the only
STANDARD Gauge Line running Pullman
Buffet Sleeping Cars From the United
States to the City of Mexico without
change.
For rates. reservations in sleeping
cars. printed matter and general infor-
nation. apply to 49t6
G. E. MINER, W. ID. MURDOCH,
General Western Assistant
Passenger Agent. Passenger
Il No. 300 Houser Agent,
Bldg, St. Louis. Mo. City Of
A. HOFFMAN, General Mexico.
Passenger Agent.
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
sIRDAR KITcHENRR.s WOUND.
Was Disioased froa
His Throat. q

The London Chronicle notes that Gen.
Kitchener. who is now the idol of Eng
land. big and little. is said to be suf-
fering from serious affection of his
eyes, which threatens to impair his
sight. II also calls attention to the fact
that he has had very curious expert
ence in his earlier Egyptian campaigns.
he having swallowed a bullet, with
which he had been wounded. and which
he now preserves as memento. Dur
ing the campaign of SIS Maj Kitchener
was hit in the side of the face by bull
let during n skirmish near Suakim.
and was taken down the Nile. and
thence to the Citadel hospital at Cairo,
where, despite all the efforts of the sur
geons, the bullet could not be located,
the X rays being then unknown.
Sergt. Billion. late of the medical
staff corps, who is now IN London and
who was then specially detailed TO look
after the injured officer. states that
the wound was a Healthy one. aud very
soon healed. and the medical officers
came to the conclusion that the bullet
had worked its way out withou, being
noticed. on the passage down the Nile.
Billion one day tempted his patients ap-
petite with a tasty beefstcak. which
the major had no sooner attacked than
he put his hand to his throat exciaim-
ing: "Biiton. II there was no bone in
the steak. I've swallowed that bullet;
I felt 1t go down This proved TO be
the cnse. the bullet passing through
the alimentary canal without injury to
the distinguished officer.
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
rN.,.rr.rA, !. a.. co--...

Photography is often called into
court as a witness whose Testimony
cannot be impeachcd. II is detective
of forged or disguised handwriting.
for no matter how clever an imitation
or alteration, the eye of the camera
will search out, and the sensitive plate
display, the fraud. A very important
case. In which the entries in a document
WERE In question, led TO the building
of what Ia probably the largest camera
In the world. The bellows may be ex-
tended rs feet. and Is connected with =
dark room. which also serves as plate
holder. The lens seems out of all pro-
portion to the size of the camera, be-
ing but two inches in diameter; butits
|mAGnifying power Ia 40 great that let
|ters one-fourth Of an inch in height
|can b enlarged to seven and one-hAlf
|4eet. and appear In their exact dimen-
|slons and without the sliGhtest appAr-
|eAt distortleA. E1iaAhatA x1iAt WeAa
- ~ N1oAelon
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
PROBING SUPERSEDED.
rAas Painfai and Unsatisfactory Meth
% of Searching for Hidden B1l-
lets Has become Obsolete.

The report of DR.. Sem on the nature
of the wounds inflicted upon our sol
diers in the Santiago campaign con-
tains large amount of information
which should be interesting TO the sur
geon and the layman alike. Perhaps
nothing will more interest the layman
than the surgeons announcement
that the probe as an instrument for
coating bullets has become practical
ly obsolete, says the New York Times.
The amount of suffering and of irrita-
tion of wounds which is thus obviated
is incalculable. For this we have to
thank the beneficent X-ray. which
finds bullets without infiicting more
misery upon the wounded Nothing
is more inspiring than the readiness
and skill with which the medical pro-
fession utilizes the revelations Of sci
ence for the diminuation of human
suffering
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
A Few
Bargains in
Fruit Lands.

No. 206. Two acres, all in full bear
ing trees, Broom frame house, cloeets,
cistern, cave barn, under old ditch. farm
implements and household furniture,
al for e230O.
No. BOT Ten acres on Lincoln Park,
full bearing trees, COED varieties, fine
soil and good location. $3.50 per acre.
No. 206. Three acres, full bearing
trees, good Groom house, hot and cold
water, nicely located, must sell, only
81 $50. A snap.
No. 2c9. Five acres on Lincoln Park,
year-old trees, good varieties. two
acres Strawberries. 8 room frame house,
barn, chicken house. good well, good
water right. $1,000.
No. 2l0. Three acres on Lincoln PIX,
all set to fruit, 5-room brick house. br'k
barn, all in good condition. excellent
location A bargain il sold soon. Let
us show you this.
No 2il. Two acres set to fruit trees,
4-years old. close in. an excellent loca-
tion, only 81 600; one-third cash, balance
on easy terms at 8 per cent.
No. gig. Forty acres within a mile
of Delta. 20 acres set to fruit. good
part of town, all for $500 viii trade
FOR property in Canon City.
No. 2l3. 4 acres set to bearing trees
apples and peaches-in a high state
OF cultivation; fine place. close in.
No. 2l4 ~ acres on Central avenue.
Lincoln Park. set to hearing trees, good
varieties; LOO, on easy terms.
No. 2l5. 54 acres In bearing fruit.
frame house. well, cistern and outbuild-
ings, nice home. Let us show you
this soon.
No. 216. One acre lot, set to fruit,
with six room brick house, good cellar,
bai b room, hot and cold water, closets,
barn etc. in S.Canon; $1,000, easy terms.
No. 2i7. 3 acres. all set to hearing
fruit. in choice location on Lincoln
Park A fine place for home. A
bargain at al 800. easy terms.
No 2lS. 5 acres, all set to 8 and 4
year old fruit trees, good 4-room frame
house. cellar, cistern, etc. Cheap at
200.
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
Snaps in
City Property.

Ne $40 s-room frame house. Main
and Eleventh. cheap at 81. 100.
No 3oi. 4-room frame with summer
kitchen, between Eleventh and Twelfth
ON River. for $50.
No. 3n2 3-room frame and two lots
5cx 100 on Macon, for sl.OO.
No. 3u3 Two corner lots ssxleO feet,
nice large brick home. everything in
best OF shape, $500: small payment,
balance loEg time.
No. 3Oa New 4 room frame on
Greenwood, lot set to fruit trees, $500.
No. 300. Two lots. 100xI50. 3-room
frame house. lots set to fruit and shruo-
iserv. good watee right, In South Canon.
800.
No. 3o1. broom brick with bath, hot
aud cold water. south front. in first
class repair, close In. only $500.
No. 31s s-room brick, story and half
bath. hot and cold water, china closet,
south front on River street, ss.s50.
No 30 Few choice ta-foot lots well
located IN good part Of city. at $3.50.
No. $40 A choice lot on River street,
fronting City Park. Good location for
nice home.
No. 3fl. Good lot on corner 9Th and
Collar avenue, Cheap.
No. 3fs 4 5-room. pressed nrick
house. water in kitchen. stable. 2 lots,
Dxf30 set To fruit, on Maple street,
Harding's addition. e1 $50. easy trims
No 3i3 Frame dwelling. corner 3rd
and Harrison. $1,000.
No Sft. Choice residence lot on Har-
rison, between Sth and 9th streets.
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
Both TogetheTOne yeaTfoTOn|V$2.5O

In this home and an Illustrated
price that only about fourth of what the
illustrated magazines sell for For three The Cosmopolitan has
mdputedy claimed that reached the largest clientele possessed by
periodical daily weekly monthly, the world 1t The
Cosmopolitan which sent Julian Hawthorne to India let the world
know the real horrors of famine and plague The Cosopo
which established at its Free Correspondence
University which has 10000 students its rolls was
The Cosmopolitan which offered prize of the hest horse
less carriage and for best plans public baths and best
of and pipe systems for cities The Cosmopolitan
which the presidents of great schools and universities seriously
discussing the defects of existing educational systems The
Cosmopolitan whose enterprise always the lead advancing the
civilization
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16

HE delights of evening spent around WELL lighted read
ing table half understood An illustrated magazine
with its wealth of illustrations, its stories of adventure and
love- descriptions of which carry you the motess
the ear and its instructive articles for young and odhese
requisites for your enjoyment and the entertainment
and proper education of your children.
you interesting of the great illus
magazines the lowest possible price has been the aim of the
editor of That succeeded readers
judge special contract recently entered into with The Cono
poan neghbohocd has
enabled years subscription the greatest of the illus
raed magazines together with years subscription this Journal
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
Woodford & Dawson
THE INDEPENDENT.
New York.
CHANGE OF FORM.
REDUCTION IN PRICE.
Semi Centennial Year.

THE INDEPENDENT emphasizes
its Fiftieth Year by changing It's form
to hat of q magazine. and by reducing
its annual subscription price from $500
TO 81 90; single copies from ten to FIVE
cents
II will maintain its reputation rs the
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
lsaas w.uy srsr,pr a u, Void

THE INDEPENDRNT IN its se,c
form sDfu print 500 pages Of reading
matter per year at a cost to Subscribers
V $500, schiie thu prominent ma9u-
zines. tohich sell for 500 a year. print
only about 1000 pages, The Subscriber
10 THE INDEPENDENT gets 50 per
cent more Of equally good reading mat
ter at one-half the cost
Cañon City record., 1899-02-16
.Ho,s-rp- Ne. I. London.

South London is so terrorized by
gangs that rob the shops with violence
and threaten those who pursue them
that vigilance committee has been
formed for the suppression of the
nuisance. independent of the police.
WANTED - Half dozen copies
each of the CANON CIrY REcoRD of
January 26. and February ?, 1899.
viii pay liberally for them at the
RECORD Office.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-19
Bird Day.

The movement to establish a Bird
day in the schools is worthy of gen
erous encoura cement in order that the
appalling slaughter of birds may re-
ceive an effective cheek Next to the
heartless demand which the vanity of
women is making upon the lives Of
these little creatures, the mania among
boys for collecting eggs and killing
birds is doing most to exterminate a.
form of life which is of inestimable
value to mankind.
The observance of Bird day would
do for birds what Arbor day has done
and is doing for the trees. In fact, a
day for the studying of ornithology
has already been set aside In several
states with such success as to make
1t no longer an experiment Many
species which were considered such a
nuisance as to be placed under SEN
tence of death. to be executed at the
pleasure of the small boy, have been
found to be not only harmless, but
positively valuable to farmers. Fur
thermore. familiarity with birds slim
ulates love for them. and when the
boys love them too much to kill them
just for fun the mothers befeathered
bonnets call forth embarrassing but eff
fective protests. One day taken from
the study Of books and spent on the
study Of birds Will not be lost.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-19
Marked improvements in Realty

The real estate outlook, reference to
which is made in another column of
The q | b e. certainly exhibits indica-
tons of stronger market. Dealers
report more active inquiry and larger
number Of transfers than for any SIM
liar period within the past eight years.
This. too. is not confined to properties
in the Twin Cities, but the same re-
ports come from all over the state.
Steafns county is fair index of the
general trend Of the real estate bust
ness in the interior, and from st. Cloud
come reports of several real estate
transfers of Importance, with others in
contemplation. Another fact bearing
directly on the tenor of the real estate
market Is this: In spite of the unusual
severity Of the winter, shipments of
lumber have been much greater than
usual. and the local stock of lumber is
00,0OO.O0O feet less than 1T was a year
stree. This fact certainly indicates a
revival in building, and, as the pros
poets for heavy lumber trade and a
large cut by the mills are good it sub
stimulates the almost unanimous re-
ports Of real estate men concerning a
healthier tone in realty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-19
Sugar Trust Legislation.

True to the declaration of Repre-
sentative Dwinnell. of Minneapolis, the
house in overriding the veto of Gov.
Lind yesterday showed that "the Re-
publican party is pledged to bounties."
The governors attitude upon the ques-
ton of bounties, as defined in his veto
of the beet bounty bill, Is in accord
with the principles and declarations of
the Democracy. His real offense was
that he presumed to disagree with
Republican house of representatives.
That may be improper from Repub-
lican point Of view. but then it must
be remembered from a public point of
view that no man could retain his self
respect after association with this Re-
publican legislature. without disagree
ing with it. 1t is currently reported
that larger number Of grafters and
small-calibered statesmen never assem-
bled under the capitol dome.
" The votes of two representatives in
favor Of overriding the veto excite sur
prise and cOntenpt-thOse of Stivers,
a professed Democrat, of tBrainerd, and
Feimerdinger, a Populist, of New Ulm.
What were these gentlemen doing in
the society Of the Republican host? Of
Heimeroinger, perhaps, it may be true,
as asserted by his friends, he didn't
know any better. But no such accu-
sation can lie against Stivers. Let's
see. Didn't Stivers sell out his news
paper to Republicans for campaign pur-
poses two months before election, and
buy it back again shortly after? Didn't
he lead the forces that insisted on
nominating Silver Republican rather
than Democrat for the United States
senate? Stivers is truly a bad lot so
far as his Democracy is concerned, and
everybody must realize it now. AS for
Heimerdinger. nature cannot of course
improve his intellectuals. It is now
left to the Populist brethren to i'm
prove his morals.
The ease with which the Republic
ans were lined up against the veto sug-
gests nothing more forcibly than the
methods Of the sugar trust. If the
sugar trust wanted the state bounty
on beet sugar manufacture continued
/ Indefinitely as to time and amount, it's
wishes could not have been observed
more strictly than by the house in its
action Of yesterday
1t now remains to be seen whether
sugar trust methods will obtain in the
senate.
Who will constitute the list of sugar
trust senator's?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-19

prevent our ever again being caught in ths
dilemma which forced Dewey to take refuge
from Hong Kong in the destruction of Mon
tojo's fleet and the capture of Manila
But today the peace of the Orient will not
permit our immediate retirement from the
philippines. We are the SUCCESSORS to Span
lsh sovereignty there. the guardians OF the
Islands from the rapacity of foreign nations
and in broad sense the trustees of cfvili-
cation and peace throughout the islands.
Ihis is the White Mans Burden which
Dewey achieved for US. and which has been
thrust upon us by the impotent oppression
OIL Spain and the semi-barbarous condition of
the Philippines
The path of duty and national honor in the
Philippines is a narrow and perilous one. We
can see the end which should be the estab
lishment of an independ. Mt Philippine repub-
lie. But the way to that end is involved in
doubt and difficulties which ought not to
prove insurmountabie
We can only keep our conscience clear by
keeping the end always in visw and working
toward it with patience and honesty.
But we want no repetitions of the battle of
Manila.
Let the president proclaim the purpose of
the United States to be pacifcation with a.
view to the ultimate independence Of the
islands. Let him summon the chieftains of
the principal sections of the country to a
council to devise some system of homo rule
until the Fflpinos able to assume all the
obligations of the government.
Let him announce that we have no inten-
ton Of annexing Asatic territory and that
the pledge Of congress to Cuban independ-
ence will be the pledge Of the American ma
ton to the Philippines