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nowadays Modern conditions seem TO
preclude the possibility Of any two
great powers coming together and set
Ting their differences In one decisive
battle. such M this old battle OF Wa
tcfioo certainly was Campaigning In
the Philippines presents many features
II warfare that are both novel and sig
nlfcant. The nature Of the enemy and
his uecrctivc methods required a modl-
fication Of old and established military
principles and made each engagement
not no much matter OF maneuvcring
and open Held tactics NJ u matter ~ In
dlyldual dash and courage. with US II
has been the man and not the battalion.
untli the opening ~ TIL. war. which
I am counting ~ merely the denoue-
ment of the Cuban campaign. II was
not definitely known even In expert
military circles just what the most Of
iiclent method % procedure In up 10
date campaigning would be. An evil
dencc of this lies In the fact Of the
celebrity with which the different Euro
pean powers dispatched military repre-
rontntivca to the scene OF action nA soon
az hostilitics broke out. II has been the
constant object Of these official critics
10 watch most carefully the different
American maneuyerH and To determine
from actual observation Just what were
the most effective movements IN the OPP
Grafton Of modern army.
so all along We felt that we were
teaching the European powers little
object lesson In the art OF war. Per-
hnpn that put our boys on their mettle
and Inspired them with their extrnordi-
nary audnclousnesA The result has
been that many u those European ofl'
GERS have gone home with sadly shat
tered ideals o. army directing. and u
has been generally conceded that Uncle
Sans men have instituted "a new meth
Cd and principle Of ngh,ing. These
Young looking fellows. dressed careless
ly and quietly In their duh brown duck
suits. were somewhat OF n surprise to
their foreign observers, who had been
brought up with the idea that soldier
without his scarlet and glitter and gold
braid was not NJ to carry a nrearm.
The free and easy rocky from Kansas
and Colorado. instead Of marching
proudly forward In a machine made
company. resplendent with millinery
and shining metal, alouched along with
an athletic aimleaslcss clad In his mud
stained pair Of trousers. from which
probably the last auHnendcr button hnh
been divorced and which usually hung
grimly 10 the folds OF a faded blue ar
my shirt.
Hut when II came 10 going Into battle
this same onhand individual aprang
forward. singing "a Hot Time In the
old Town Tonight" as light heartedly
az though be had been going on Tor a
DAYS lahlnn He WAS there for work
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surgont sharpshootcrs, who were pink
inr away 90 our boys, not over 70 yards
distant The Americans were In a some
what exposed position on a bridge. but
were nrhtns like tigers when the cry
"Red Cross Rcd Cross'" ran along the
line. This d.d not cause the Mausera
from the church pnrupet 10 stop for one
instant. su the nurses had To do their
handaglng under full IRE of the enemy.
Tho surgeon OF that little relief party
was Dr. Young. and his operating was
carried on with Fluctuations OF Filipl-
no bullets. As h. and his little band Of
heroic nurses were carrying back their
pntlrnta In the ambulance ~ tho Red
criss number Of Mauscr bullets tore
through the covering of the wagon. DR..
Young stopped band,ging n minute 10
say that that sort " thing was a terri
bic nuisance and asked for more aHep-
lie lint The next day Or, Young and
his little hospital corps went On Ia Mo-
nndnork. where they worked until they
were exhausted, for not only did they
have the American wounded TO take
ente of. but there was also many bull
lei pierced Filipino TO be looked after. In
his consoles search for stray or over
leaked wounded pr. Young advanced
hevond what was az the time the firing
iluo. lie found wounded soldier slow
IN Needing In death on the field. with
out one thought OF himself he was soon
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Tauslg Of the gunhoat Bennington sent
landing party ashore ON Mnlabon.
young Wlnship. along with two sea-
men. was detailed na guard 10 keep
watch ON the transfer launch. The
landing party. which was made up OF
some 10 men, advanced up the coast
without sending out scouting parties OF
advance guards, not expecting 10 md
any Fillpinoa In the vicinity. Much TO
their CONSERVATION they were suddenly
set upon by what seemed In the confu-
sion an entire regiment Of Insurgents
The Americans broke and He'd for the
boats, hotly pursued by the natives
Winahip. who was fuming and channR
on account 81 being held back from
possible brush with the enemy. was
pacing disoonsolately up and down the
little deck Of his boat when he was AS
founded 10 see the men Of tho Bennlng-
ton making their mad rush for the
beach. behind them he saw the Fill
plnos, and u occurred 10 him that In "a
very few minutes his countrymon would
be penned In between tho sea and the
enemy. sprlnglng 10 the machine gun
In the bow Ut tho launch, he quickly I'M
limbercd II. The launch was swung
round, and In less time than II takes to
tell wlnshlp was pouring a deadly rain
OF bullets into the ranks ~ the enemy.
His IRE resulted In the checking OF the
entire Filipino advance, and during the
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menta were advancing 90 their assist
ance. because of this act Of galluntry
General Greene promoted Kelly to a
acrgeantcy In the signal corps.
one of the most remarkable displays
Of cool nerve was the adventure Of Pri-
waite Fred schmidt of the South Dakota
regiment, who was ON duty as a sentinel
near Manila when he was approached
by two presumably friendly natives.
"Filipinos, muchos amigos, America
most" cried the two natives. The next
instant one OF them drew a concealed
knife ana slashed the unsuspectlng
American private twice across the head,
schmidt foll 10 tho ground--for the
wounds were both horrible onrH-and
the two cowardly flliplnos took 10 their
heels. hut tho American. though
wounded. was u man or nerve. Roll
Ing over on his stomach una wiplng
the blood from hla eyes. he calmly
raised his rifle ana took deliberate aim
at the two fugltiycs, The nearest one
threw up his hands ana feli dead AZ the
first shot. Slipping another cartridge
into his Springfield the wounded sentl-
mel again took aim at tho remaining ma
tive, but with no apparent eject. II
was thought he had escaped. but the
next morning no was found lying face
down In some brush stone dead.
WILLIAM Il. WALTERS.
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when otis began TO make himself nj
home IN Manila, what he did not know
about the Philippines would nll very
large volume. llo felt that no must
have a man With an eagle eye and a
ZeuHlikr intellect sort % military
sherlock Holmes. who could spend his
time In looking about him ana get the
exact lay Of the land. That man must
be no coward. for hia work would take
him right into the teeth Of the enemy,
The man Otis hit upon was Major
Franklin ,. BELL, a war hardened Old
western campalHner who WIS not afraid
Of rough work aud Rloated over the
smell OF gunpowdcr like a.yoar-oid
over an all day sucker. lie went about
the island Of Luzon like restless shad-
ow, and every day or two otis had laid
before him some new tip ON the inrur-
gents N IL was not message about
Aguinaido, u was secret information as
10 what river could be fordod and what
town could be stolen into ana what
road could carry machine runa and
heavy artillery, Sometimes Il was a
scrap Of a map and sometimes II was a
warning regarding new inHufgent
movement. but Il always seemed 10 ar
rive In the very nick OF time. and II al
ways meant great deal TO the man
who was controlling an army In an alb
nolutely strange land.
when the gallant Colonel Eghert was
MORALLY wounded NJ the capture OF
Malinta. a wave of genuine sorrow
swept through this army OF ours. he
was soldier who did not know the
meaning Of fear and al the time uf his
death was nonchalantly standing In a
shower OF Filipino bullets. During the
attack on Mnllnta he was In the thick
est II the nght at all times. and when
he fell. shot through the abdomen, he
met a death that was no disgrace TO a
veteran who had always been In the
hrun, of the nght,
You have done noblyi" said General
Wheaton, barring his head ~ the
wounded man was lifted on the stretch.
er upon which he was to die In a very
few moments,
Yes, thank God" Easpcd the dying
soldier but am Old, and the end has
10 comet
A man who win not be- forgotten ~
Private Blehl OF the gallant Eighteenth
regiment, which did such heroic worl,
/ In the capture ~ llollo. The native at =
tack on the American outpoEts at Jaro
bridge was at itH hottest. and the man
who loft what little shelter was TO be
had was taking his life In his hands.
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time thus gained the men from the Ben.
nington were enabled to get to their
boats aud 20 escape from the trap into
which they had fallen. wlnship kept
hcroicaliy at his gun until the last man
was onoat and when he fell back. with
gasp. there were i've bullet wounds In
his body. The commander Of the Rem
nington anorward confessed that but
for the action Of the gallant young as
sistant engineer the whole PARTY would
have met Immediate death.
when the battle Of Caioocnn was at
~ height. news was brought back from
the advance firms line 20 the hospital
corps that a Montana captain had been
severely wounded. DR. W. c. Hamilton
volunteered 10 20 after the wounded
man. but his services were too valuable
20 let him out In such dsaEcr Tor M
long a time. Thcfcupun priVntea George
Gibbons and Frank Barbcc. two San
Francisco volunteers. offered 10 gn ont
after the wounded officer In the ans
hulance. This thev did. when the am
bulancc pulled w. the insurRcnt nfo
was concentrated on II and the two
brave men who drove u. Both horses
We're shot In their harness. The atal.
wnrt young Gibbons Jumped down from
the wagon. picked up the wounded cap
tain IN his arms aud started Tor tho
rear. when bullet struck him lust oyei
the heart and he dropped dead Bar.
bee then picked up the wounded man
and carried him ON his shoulders d
quarter Of mile back TO temporary
quarters. lie then returned 10 vher'
his comrnde lay dead and succeeded II
carrying his body safely back. whcf
the battle was over. the Montana cap
tain who had been wounded passed oyoi
to the great beyond. but before Coins
he handed his belt and revolver to Pri'
vatc iiarbco and told him TO keep then
AZ remembrance.
one Of those real heroes Of the wal
was the Chicago telegraph operator
named Kelly This young Chlcagoaf
had charge " the wire from Genera
Grcenc's headquarters In camp to IN,
trenches about Manila. During the ut,
tack bursting shell cut the wire be,
hind the trenches. Kelly. facing d
steady pattcr " bullets. CROPPED about
for the broken end Of the line outsid,
the camp and followed Il up until III
came to the break and repaired II
Communication was at once opened NJ
again. and the puzzled troops In IN,
trenches were notified that rc-cnfotcc.
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at work stanching the poor fellows
wounds. and II was while busy at this
that he was cut on by the F1ilpinos and
surrounded. When his body was found.
the throat was cut from car 10 ear. his
fingers were maliciously amputated.
and his remains brutaiiy mutiiated.
Another man who II fully entitled 20
his rcd badge OF courage IL young Cor
poral neno. one OF tie hoyish troopcrr
u the Fourth cavalry. During the adj
vance into Luzon he performed an net
or herolsm In one Of the engagements
with the Insurgents which would have
won Tor him the Victoria cross had he
been a member Of the British army. In
passing through some rough country n
detachment Of 90 men under Lieutenant
Boyd was sent ahead TO fccunnoltcr.
when the little sklrmlshlng party was
some distance from their main line. tho
enemy suddenly opened flre from an
ambush. They were well hidden away,
aud the rain VI lead they poured into
the little band ~ Americans was para
ly1inr. The rcconnoltcring party fell
back hastily In disorder. and In the sud-
den rush Tor shelter Private Dayioki. a
friend OF Reno. was wounded and his
NNiNf NNNh uNNNN NNNus ~ NNANfNAlNN
party did not pull up until they were
several hundred yards away. we'll
across n docp stream In cIump 81
trccs. II was then that Reno discovered
that his oomrado was missing aud.
without a moments hesitation. wheeled
about and dashed across the stream.
close UP under the enemy's nrr b,
found the wounded private trying "a
crawl away out u range. A. soon as
he reached Davlcki. Reno pulled up,
dlsmounted, carefully lifted the wound.
ed man into tho saddle and told him "a
ride for his ne. liut Davich wouldn't
ride. Ifc said. "Not until you como
too" go Reno caught hold Of one stlf
rup and ran alongside NJ His horse gal
topped back TO the regiment. DURING all
this tinio the two men were within
range Of the cncmy's IRE. and. though
both Of them had been raw recruits,
they displayed the greatest fprtituds
while Mausers were whistllng 30 dis.
conccrtingiy about their ears.
Another soldier hero whose GOODNESS
and bravery viii cause his name TO b.
remembered with pride and pleasure By
all his ouun,rymcn h Assistant EnTi.
necr Emory winship. the Georgia boy
who held n whole regiment In check al
a most critical time. when Commander
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OUR HEROES in THE PHILIPPINES,

"rn do II. sIrl" sang out Private
Wade chceriiy.
Hold on. general" cried out Ser.
geant siilman. I'm a sergeant. and I'll
lead H."
Thcrcupon Captain Marsh. who had
been ducklna bullets some 70 feet away.
stood up under full nro and ran over To-
say. I'm commander Of this battery.
general. and ia my place 10 lead this
charge"
Very we'll" raid General Macarthur.
hut don't stand ~ here under nfe all
night"
The men had been rfovciinr In the
mud TO make room above Tor the Mau.
ser bullets that went singing over their
heads. But they spmng up. and with
nothing but pistols went AZ the Spanish
hiockhouso No. ~ like n western cv.
clone. Capinn Marsh would not let one
81 his men get NJ the slope ahead oi
him. ana II Is no wonder the spanlnrds
cleared out " that bloc khousc In some .
what ~ a hurry. They were not used TO
seeing men charging hareheadcd into
the very mouths Of their Mausers.
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onia,N or run PAY.

The origin Of the fan In China Is said
To have sprung from the following incl
denti "A royal princess, very beautiful,
was assisting at the feast 81 lanterns.
her face covered with q mask an usual
The excessive heat compelled her 10 re-
move II. and In order 10 guard her fea-
lures from the common Eaze she moved
II quickly 10 and fro In front Of her
face, thus simultaneously hiding her
charms and cooling her brow, The idea
was at once adopted throughout the
kingdom"
Catherine de- Medlol carried the f,rnt
fan FROM Italy ever seen In France, and
In the time OF Louis XIV the ian, cover
ed with Jewels. was worth small for
tune.
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Of the modest. unassuminE old Indian
tighter. General Elwell stephen Otis.
who IL now at the head Of the Philip
pine forces. The splendid campaign Of
this nstute soldier against the filiplnoH
has made him the idol Of his men here
and enrolled his name on that list ~
great leaders who have shaped the his
tory OF our country. lie has been q
hard fighter and blum and sturdy
commander. but his readiness TO face
any danger and To share In the hard
ships OF his men has shown that he In
of the stun of which heroes are made.
And with Otis will always be romem-
bercd rioh names M Lawton. MacAr-
thur. King. Merritt ana dozen other
valiant leaders who have won dlntlne-
tion by their dash and courage.
nut the man who has made himself
the one hero Of all the war In this part
of the world l. Colonel Fred Funston Of
the Twentieth Kansas volunteers. The
little redheadedi colonel" from Kansas,
aH he Ia known among all the men here,
II the greatest daredevil IN the Amer.
can army. lie would rather nght than
eat. lie IA only 8 fcrt =. but every
inch OF him In Erit. when he dupn-
Gated the taking OF Lungtungpen and
captured calumpit with his little band
Of men by swimming a river under ilrc,
and when he was the first American Ia
enter Maiolos. no one who knew the
man was the least surprised, Funston
Nv a soldier " fortune and has sought
adventure among the redskins. on the
rail and In the frozen passes Of Alaska.
The little colonel up TO tho time he was
wounded had always been at the head
Of his men DURING every engagement
aud there has never come IN chance
for. display OF bravery and darlng
thir he has not taken advantage Of.
when the Aston battery first appeared
In this part Of the world. they wof,
looked upon as dudes" and there wa,
tendency TO think they We're not OF
very much account for fightinR pur-
poses, nut that mistaken idea was soon
dlEslpated, ON that historic 18th day Of
August. when the battery almost waist
deep In mud. had 10 abandon their ma
chine guns, they got their FIRST grin
chance for hero making, II was littl'
after 2 o'clock IN the afternoon when
the order was given out TO abandon III,
guns. General Macarthur was hurry
ing distractedly about on his littl,
brown horse after being In the saddl,
some nine hours
what man win lead a charge up thai
road" asked the general OF his men.
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Brave Deeds Performed by PriVaRS and
Junior Officers Whose Names
Seldom Find Their Way
Into Print

Now that The bolo Of tho Filipino Ia
about TO be beaten Into a pruning hook
and the rainy senron IL coming on and
the dogs of war are To DO kenneled the
American boys In this faron land ate
beginning to look with longing eyes to.
ward home. Many q man among Us
would give u barrel u Filipino peeled
bananas and cracked cocoanuts TOT one
good bite VI old fashioned American pie,
untrled young American soldiers who
came out here nr pink checked youths
are preparing TO 20 home once more,
looking like war worn veterans. Vol
untcerr who were once dubbed tin
soldiers hrc now the proud posscssors
u that red badge Of courage" which
can come only after a baptism Of IRE.
iiut the long fiEht Il drawing In close.
and the troops. grown tired IT the smell
81 powder. are laundering after the rnln
Of good American orchard In bloom.
At least that IL the way feel Just VI
present. and Imagine am not the
only homcsick pebble ON this oriental
beach
our war here has no, been water
loo. In fact, watorloor are out of dat,
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Ammunition was running short. and
things looked gloomy for our men lust
vt this crisis Private Biehl saw Private
Daiy throw up his hands and IAN. no.
yerely wounded. without thinking Of
the danger he wns running Into tho
young soldier rushed out to his com.
panlon. picked him W and carried him
on his own back 10 the rear How u
was he was never hit by the rain of
bullets that fell around him IL one Of
the mysteries Of wnrfaro. Re was the
FIRST man to bring news ~ tn scarcity
~ ammunition on the advance firing
line. and supplies were at onro hurried
forward. As soon as Daily was placed
In the hands OF the surgeons young
iilohl hurried forward aEaln he had
not taken up his position az the front
more than ten minutes brfote a Filipino
bullet tore through bis chest. and he
fell crying. I'm done for" In ten
minutes he was dead.
Even moro heroic was the death OF
nr Young u Utah. II was during the
Maiabiy enlargement that ouf men were
Smelling bis stone church foil Of In
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the world are those Of France and Italy.
Tn, pipe bread ~ Italy IN baked In
ionves two or three feet long. while In
France the lOavea are made Ia the
shane Of very long rolls four or I'VE
feet IN length and In many cases six
feet
Carlyle was not very careful about his
personal appearance, lie was too apt TO
think a genius could wear anything he
chose ana never bothered about how he
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aud not for show. lie may have been
picturesque. h. certainly was not pref.
", No was too busy at the hero max
ina business to think very much about
appearance. and the record h. has left
shows that he pushed the business In
question Tor al II was worth.
The name that first occurs 60 every
one IN this connection Il, of course that
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FOREIGN NOTES.

reasonable figure, To take into consld-
Grafton the question Of It's purchase.
There are no large factories for max
ing shoes In Mexico, as IN the United
States, There are extensive establish
mentA In Leon, Mexico city and Qua
dalaJara. but they are not exactly fac.
tories. The shoes are made under a
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In the house OF commons at Montreal
III. other day Premier i.aurier stated
that the lease Of the Plains OF Abra-
ham. Quebec, would expire May l, 1901,
and the property would revert TO the
ladies' OF the ursuline convent, the
government. however was Willing, "
the property could be acquired 81 a
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bank. The authorities win deposit I
franc Tor the infant, who when ne arr
rives at a sufficient age win iiah this as
nucleus TO augment with his penny
savings, The original deposit Of l franc
cannot be drawn at any time, but the
Interest accrning Is the property OF the
young deposltor.
II IL related Of Alnssandro Guido. q
famous Italian poet and composer OF
the seventeenth century, that he died az
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kind u tenement system. workmen
receive a stipulated sum for each pair
Of shoes nude. according TO quality.
A little English glrl died the other
day from a peculiar circumstance. Hav.
ing fallen and hurt her knee, she ap-
piled a piece Of postage stamp paper 10
tho wound. which induced blood poi.
soniag' In turn resulting In pneumonia.
which caused her death,
Thr le,r.-' naves Of bread baked in
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Frnacntl N apopleXy, brought on by dis
covering typographical error In a fine
~ printed copy of poems which he was
ON his way to present % Pope Glenn
ent NJ.
n "a servant In Germany falls sick her
mistress Is not allowed 10 discharge her
but must pay a. cents n day for hor
hospital expenses until she Is perfectly
well. The wages " girls vary from s2,io
10 $3.50 a month, with board.
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the faot that two of his heroes Crom-
well and Frederick Il-wcrc both the
worst dressed men Of their time.
The municipal authorities of Mons.
Belgium. have adopted resolution
which viii prevent children from being
born paupors IN that city. Every child
born In Mons after being registered Of
hcialiy VIII have a bank account OPEN
ed In Its name with the city Savings