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The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23
SQUIRRELS IN WINTER.
Sorne PopuIar Notions Have Been Dis
PEELED by Close Observers oi
the Little Creatures.

If one asks a hundred school chill
dren in Chicago-and grown people as
WELL for that matter, how squirrels
subsist in winter, nine out OF ten VIII
reply that they eat the nuts they gather
in the summer and fall. This Is part
ly, but not wholly, true. Their food is
widely varied in the course OF year,
especially in the spring and summer.
Indian corn in the milk suffers more
from squirrels than from raccoons or
muskrats, which are proverbially SO
fond of it. In places on the western
frontier an expensive system OF Watch-
ing has had to be maintained at times
against this pest. One dainty IN late
summer is the mushroom, OF several
varieties of which they are fond, and
this reminds me of bit of unexpected
sagacity in one of the western chip
munks lately spoken of in my hear
ing by the artist and author, Ernest
Seton Thompson. 1t appears that this
chipmunk depends for its ordinary fall
and winter fare upon the seeds of the
pinon pine, which it preserves by stor-
age in its holes in decayed stumps or
underground. 1t happened lately, how
ever, that in certain area OF the north
west the pinon crop was complete
failure, and the ground squirrels were
compelled to find something else for
their subsistence and winter stores.
In this extremity they turned to the
mushrooms, everywhere abundant, and
were busy during all the late autumn
in gathering them. They were too wise,
however, to store them underground,
where they would soon have rotted, but
instead deposited them in notches and
crotches of the lower branches of the
forest trees, where they dried in the
open air and so kept in good condition
to be eaten. Their shriveling up and
the shaking of the branches by the
winds caused many to fall, and these
the squirrels industriously picked up
and tried to fasten more securely to the
branches.
This method of providing themselves
with winter food implied the necessity
of their coming forth from their under
and snowy the weather, whenever they
wanted something to eat, instead of
having their larders indoors, as is usual
with them, and it would be interesting
to know whether they actually did so
or whether they failed to profit, after
all, by their seemingly sagacious pru-
dence.-Chicago Chronicle.
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yard and essayed sketch of some dear
little pigs"
While thus busily engaged sudden
''whoof" in her ear caused her to fall
off the fence in panic. When she
alighted safely upon the ground she
discovered that it was not bear, as
she had supposed, but only an inquisi-
tive COW, which had been calmly en-
gagged in chewing off the green bows
attached to her braids.
And the old beast refused to give
them up to the child, but continued
chewing until she had swallowed every
shred of the ribbon.-Chicago Daily
News
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23

1t was a week later, and they were
seated on the hillside where they first
met. Brian Hennessy's lips were tell
ing the old. old story.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23

II love you. Olive, beyond ali! he
cried, fervently kissing the helpless arm
in the silken Sing.
"And you will forgive poor Rory?
"If WOW ask it." he replied, gravely.
The gill smiled demurely
"Then | think, Brian, we may consld-
er it settled. For the future shall
make my home with you in dear ola
Paddv's Land. d."-Chicago Herald.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23
COUNTRY PLEASURES.
Little City Girl Encounters an I'm
sophisticated Cow and Loses
Her Green Hair Ribbon.

A certain Ravenswood little girl is
fond of animals and delights in at
tempting to picture their outlines on
paper.
Lately while on a vacation visit to a
real farm in the country she perched
herself on a fence overlooking the barn
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a Charming Place

Clergyman-And how does Jane like
her new place?
Mrs, Jones-Oh, very much, indeed
SIT. 1he people are very nice, and never
lock anything up.-Tit-Bits
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23
A Curious Fishing wheel.

A curious fishing wheel is used on
the Columbia river near Portland, Ore'
1t is fixed near the bank of the river,
place being selected where the river
is most rapid. The wheel consists OF
three receivers. These are inclosed on
three sides by wire netting, and, as the
wheel revolves by means of the current
each receiver is submerged beneath the
water and scoops up the salmon as tney
jump up the rapids. The receiver theh
continues on it's upward journey, the
salmon meanwhile slipping down
toward the axle of the wheel, until az
last, when it becomes perpendicular
the fish is shot into wooden snde'
From this point it slips into the longer
wooden slide and is hurled downward
into boat. These wheels catch thou
sands of fish daily.
swan Attacks a Constable.
That a swan will fight fiercely was
shown by an exciting struggle between
swan and park constable on the up
per lake in Waterloo park, England.
Some india rubber balls had rolled into
the water and to get them the constable
padded out in a punt. This drew the
notice of the male swan, which deserted
his consort and the brood of cygnet and
went for the Constable with great
fury. Once or twice he almost upset the
punt by causing the constable to over
balance 1T in saving his legs from the
birds beak. 1t was only with difficulty
and risk that the balls were recovered.
The swan then followed the punt to the
bank, making vicious darts at the con-
stable.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23

Small Boy-I don't wonder that wom-
ems heads SO often ache.
Little Girl-Why?
Small Boy-Every time they see any
of their children they've got to think up
some reason for not letting them do
what hey want to.-Stray Stories.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-23
A Modest Citizen.

kickers. peopie are
naroid-Your father is good Ameri-
can all right.-Town Topics.
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The COrnfed PbiIosorb.

"hlle 1t cannot be denied that al,
men are hars,' said the Cornfed Phil
osopner' yet not all liars are men,
indianapolis Journal.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
MEMORIAL ToMRs. THURsToN.
To Raise Funds for an Orphan Asy-
Ium for Cuban Chill
dren.

New York, Dec. "A movement for
the raising of funds for a memorial
orphan asylum for Cuban children,
which shall bear the name of Mrs.
Thurston, the first wife of Senator
John M. Thurston, and who died short
~ after visit she made to Cuba, was
started last night in the Madison Ave-
nue. Presbyterian church under the au-
spices of the Thurston Memorial asso-
citation.
The name of the proposed home is
to be the "Thurston Home for the
Orphans and Homeless Children in
Cuba,'' and Gen. Vandervoort, of Ne
braska, one of the managers of the Gu
ban Mail Steamship Co., has ordered
tract of ground for the institution.
Gen. Vandervoort and Mrs. G. E. An
d1ews, of Echo Lake, N. j., were the
speakers at the meeting last night.
Gen. Vandervoort told of the large
number of orphans in Cuba and of the
need of some institution to care for
them. The home is to be an industrial
school, he said, as well as a mission.
1t is especially fitting, he thought.
that this work be started as amemorial
to Mrs. Thurston, whose death, he said,
her friends believed was caused by a
broken heart, the result of her visit to
Cuba and seeing the conditions there.
The collection last night was de-
voted to the fund, and contribution
slips were handed around, upon which
many members of the church pledged
themselves to large amounts.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
DETAINED AT QUARANTINE.
Four COffee-Laden Ships from Blu
bonic Plague Ports Held Up
at Quarantine.

New York, Dec. 4.-Four steamers
from Santos, Brazil, with coffee, are
detained at quarantine, having come
from a bubonic plague port. They are
the j. w. Taylor, Roman Prince, las
selle and Ragusa. Seven lighters with
the cargo of coffee discharged from
the J. w. Taylor. are anchored off
Clifton, S. l., under close observation
of the police patrol. Three lighters of
the seven have served the eight days
detention required by Health Officer
Doty, and are free from further quar-
antine restrictions as far as DIR. Doty's
department is concerned.
The plague patients on Swinburne
island are doing well. There is no i'll
ness among the crews or stevedores de-
tanned on board of the vessels or at
Hoffman island.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
THE MASTER OF ALL CUBA.
ed for Supreme Command i'm
the Island of Cuba.

Chicago, Dec. "A special to the
rimes-Herald from Washington says:
Gen. Leonard Wood will be the mas
ter of all Cuba, under the direction of
the president, until the time comes
when congress takes action by provid
ing a new civil government for the is.
land.
Gen. Wood is not to be called Off
cially civil governor" He will be
military governor, in supreme COM
mand of the island, but in the absence
Cf any insurrection or trouble-and
none is expected by the administra-
tion-his duties will chiefly be civil.
Gen. Wood is to have the rank of ma
ior general of volunteers, which will
enable him to outrank the regular
army officers, who remain in Cuba un.
der hi~ command.
Some of the generals now there are
to be withdrawn, and those who re.
main will be placed under Gen. Woods
orders.
To appease those who are taken
away, the president will make several
promotions to brigadier generalships
of the regular army. Those to be thus
honored are Generals Lee and Wilson.
Gen. Wood will return to Cuba in a
few days, and as soon as the president
can arrange the future of the other
generals involved, the present com.
mander at Santiago will be placed in
charge of the entire island, military
and civil, with headquarters at Ha-
ygna..
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
THE POLICE OF SANTIAGO,
They Have Been Transferred to the
Military Department Under
Capt. Pierce.

Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 4.-Saturday
the police were transferred to the mill
tary department. Under command OF
Capt. Pierce, $50 men in new gray
uniforms and wearing felt helmets
similar to those worn by the New
York police paraded, making a fine APP
pearance.
Until now the force. owing to the
jealousies Of the municipal police, have
been insufficient, and the mayor re-
quested the transfer thus accom-
plished.
Many former members of the force
failed to pass the examination insisted
upon by the American authorities, and
the present personnel is a great in-
provement upon the old.
Capt. Pierce will require daily drills
in conformity with army regulations.
This change is in line with Gen. Woods
recommendation of recruit drill of
Cubans for the army, having in view
the gradual removal of the American
officers.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
Trouble Possible at frankfort.

London, KY, Dec. 4.-The Baker
feudists are still hunting for the men
who ambushed Jason Rowling and Joe
johnson. last Friday, and fatally in.
jured the former. 1t is estihAted that
there will be over 1000 men from
Laurel. Knox. Whitley and Clay coun-
tics 60 to Frankfort this week towatch
the proceedings of the state board OF
election commissioners, and these visit.
ing statesmen will include leaders OF
both the Baker and White factions in.
Clay county, who may get together at
the state capital
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

The will of the late Carrot =. He
bGrt was filed in the Passiac county
IN. j. surrogate's office on the 1st.
The value CT the estate is not given,
but It is understood to be about ST.
100000. Mrs. Jennie Hobart, the
widow, receives $1,00O,00o and one-half
of the residue after number of be-
quests are paid, the son, Garret A. Ho-
bart, Jr., inheriting the other half,
when he attains his majority.
Lieut.. Monroe, of the Fourth cavalry,
ran bold bluff on the insurgent Gen.
Conon at Bayonbong, who surrendered
500 men and a number of Spanish AMI
American prisoners on the ieutenant's
demand. The latter only had a troop
of so men to back him up, but they
sufficed.
Western physicians are planning 20
visit Paris next year by the ship load.
Over 400 doctors from Illinois, Iowa
and Missouri are arranging to sail
from New York on the steamship CITY
of Rome on June 80, 1900. With the
medical men, besides their families and
friends, will go Askalon commandery,
Knights of Pythias, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Letters received by Sheriff Casseday.
at Hillsboro, ILL.,, from William Rich
aTdson and Attorney Casio, of Park.
ersburg, W. Va, conclusively estab-
lsh that in Ellis Glenn, the man-wom-
an, one of the smoothest forgers in the
country has been captured.
William Wiley, colored, a patient in
the Kankakee Qll.) asylum for the in-
sane, was found in bed in the dormi-
tory, on the 1st, stabbed to the heart.
There were no signs of a struggle.
Fifteen other patients sleep in the dor
mitory. 1t is believed one of them
committed the murder.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
To Detect TubercuIosIs

Chicago, Dec. 4.-The Tribune says.
"A new serum which, it is claimed,
will show the presence of tuberculosis
long before it would be possible by 8
microscope, the X-ray or other meth
ods now in use, has been invented by
DR.. A. r. Jenkins, of this city. He
does not claim to have discovered q
new cure, but that the use of the
serum enables competent physicians
to detect the presence of the disease ir
its earliest stages and in time to effec,
. cure by good sanitation and plenty
of outdoor exercise.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
A SUPPLY TRAIN WRECKED.
Salt Pork Intended for the British
Army i'm South Africa Ditched
in Illinois.

Chicago, Dec. A train of IA refriger-
utor cars containing salt pork intend
rica was wrecked yesterday near Kenil-
worth, Ill.,, on the Milwaukee division
of the Chicago & Northwestern. The
cars were completely demolished. but
it is believed the greater part of the
pork can be saved. A serious delay in
shipment, however, will result.
The wreck is supposed to have been
caused by broken journal. Hints
were passed among the crowd of train
men and spectators to the effect that
the journal had been tampered with
at Milwaukee by overzealous Boer SYM
pathizers, but these were secuted by
the officials of the road.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
THE MEXICAN PRESIDENCY.
General Enthusiasm for the Candt-
dacy of the Present Incumbent,
President Diaz.

City of Mexico, Dec. 4.-The liberal
party committee has called a nationaI
convention of the party to assemble
here February 10, to nominate cam
didate for president of the republic
The local committees report general
enthusiasm for the candidacy of Pres
ident Diaz, and political meetings ard
professions are being held all over the
reDubliC
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Recent Deaths.

Capt. Geo. Dprr, at his home In Full
ton, aged II.
William j. Pennebaker, aged 30, at
the home of his uncle, Maj. Harvey w.
Salmon, at Clinton.
Col. G. A. Butfum, one of the most
prominent citizens of northeast Mis-
souri,, at his home in Louisiana, aged
"a.
Lawrence Joseph Fitzgerald, we'll
known Missouri, Kansas s. Texas con-
ductcr, at his home in Sedalia, aged
40.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
|ELL At MODDER RIVER
The British Loss in Gen. Methuen's
Last Battle Was 438 Killed,
Wounded and Missing.
LOSSES OF THE VARIOUS COMMANDS.
OF the Total Seventy-Three Were
Killed Outright-The British Di-
gesting Their Butchers BiIl'-
Gen. Methuen Constructing .
Bridge Across the Modder.

London, Dec 3.-As surmised the
British dead and wounded at the hard
fought hattie of Modder River number
hundreds. Up to 2 p. IN. only the bare
total, 43s, of which number 73 were
killed, had been given out. So it is I'M
bill'' such information regarding the
nature of the fight as to losses of the
different units.
The Losses by Commands.
The revised list of Modder River
casualties, non-commissioned officers
and men, is divided as follaws:
+ Ninth Lancers-One wounded.
Engineers-Twow wounded.
Artillery-Three killed, 25 wounded.
Second Coldstreams-Ten killed, Sc
wounded.
Third Grenadiers-Nine killed, SO
wounded, four missing.
Scots Guards-Ten killed, 81 wound
ed, one missing.
Northumberland Fusileers-Eleven
killed, 81 wounded.
First Northumberland - Three
wounded.
Second Yorkshire-Nine killed, "A
wounded.
First North Lancashire - Three
killed. Ii wounded.
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Fifteen killed, 95 wounded. two miss
ing.
First ldstreams-Twenty wound
ed.
South African Reserve--Cne wound
ed.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
VIII Advance wages,

Wooster, Mass. Dec. 4.-Eben 8.
Stevens has posted notices in his wool.
en- mills at Quinnebang, Conn, an.
nourcing general increase of ten per
cent. in the wages of his employees, the
new scale of prices to go into effect
the first of the year. The increase will
affect 600 people.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Nhe board of directors of the Nation.
al Association of Credit Men held a
special meeting in Chicago. on the
2sth, to raise a fund to prosecute
-swindlers and dishonest business men
of all classes. Most of those present
expressed themselves in favor of has
ing all prosecutions carried on in the
name of the national body, instead of
the branch associations. Several i'm
portant pPeposed amendments to the
national bankruptcy law were dis
euSsad
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Senator's Galliger and Hansbrough
on behalf OF the senate comR1ittee on
pensions. have been engaged in TAX
,ing testimony under a resolution
passed by the senate Last session in
.structing the committee to inquire
into the wisdom Of revising the pen.
eion Laws. Secretary Hitchcock and
Assistant Secretary Davis, of the In
terror department, and Commissioner
of Pensions Evans and Assistant Com.
missioner Davenport all favor gen.
eral revision of the laws by a non
partisan commission.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Sir Francis Wingate, in battle
with the khalifa's force near Gedid, in
the Soudan, captured 9.o0ome women
and children. Osman Digna, the prin-
cipal general of the khalifa, escaped.
The khalifa and all his principal emirs
were killed.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
Plenty of Money in the Banks.

Secretary of State Lesueur says the
banks of Missouri all have a great
abundance of money on hand, and
that it has been a difficult matter to
loan it at profit. In his opinion, this
condition will change pretty soon, as
money will be in demand for moving
cattle and hogs,
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Out of respect to the memory of the
late vice-president, President McKin-
ley has cancelled all his social engage
ments for the present. The members
of the cabinet have done likewise, and
the administration will observe a pc
riDd of mourning
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
Not Liable for Fees.

Chief Justice CAN'T filed an opinion
in Division No. ? of the supreme court
the other day which holds that cir
cult clerk, who is eX-officio recorder CT
his county. is not liable ON his bond
as recorder for fees collected by him
us such.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

News comes from Huntsville, Ala.
that Mrs. Josephine L. Drummond,
widow of James T. Drummond, mil
lionaire tobacco manufacturer of ST.
Louis. will marry DR.. w. H. Burnett,
of Huntsville
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Gen. Conon surrendered 500 officers
and men with rifles, several American
and 20 Spanish prisoners and the gar
rison at Bayonbong, province of Nue.
va Vizcaya, Luzon, on the 1st, to Lieut..
Monroe, with so men of the Fourth
cavalry.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

DR.. VIM. r. Brooks, director ofSmith
observatory, at Geneva, n. Y, has been
awarded by the Paris Academy of
Sciences the Grand Lalande prize for
his numerous and brilliant astrono-
Inical discoveries. The prize is a gold
medal worth 500 francs, or its value in
gold.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Thanksgiving day was celebrated by
the American colony in Rome with the
usual enthusiasm. There was lavish
display of the Stars and Stripes at the
embassy, the consulate and the resi-
dences of Americans throughout tho
city. King Humbert received Ambas-
sador Draper in private audience.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
Lost a Leg.

E. E. Ray. druggist of Hannibal,
returning from a hunting trip down
the river. on the steamer Harry Reid,
lost a leg in the boats machinery.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Owing to the acuteness of the dead
lock in Newfoundland politics, an at
tempt is being made to induce Sir
William Whiteway, the former pre-
7nier, who recently retired from public
affairs, to undertake the formation of
a coalition ministry and to carry on
the business of the country until the
general election.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

On the I'd the last boat, the Albion,
left Cape Nome, from which time un-
til next June, the $500 people remai:I-
ing there will be cut off from the bal.
ance Of the world. Food was plenty,
but fuel scarce and dear.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
Discussing Chamberlain. Speech

Berlin, Dec. 4.-The German press
continues to discuss the recent speech
at Leicester, England, of the British
secretary of state for the colonies, tile
comments on which are not favorable,
and one paper says: "Mr. Chamber.
lain used the word Alliance as the
most apt word to portray the general
good relationship between Germany
and Great Britain, but no secret COM
pact exists"
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

The city council of ST. Joseph adopt
ed an ordinance extending the city linz
it's to take in enough suburbs to in
crease the population of the city near
ly 10000.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Capt. Leary, the naval governor of
the Island of Guam, wants an addi-
tioual force of marines, the few men
he has at command now being an in
significant force compared with the
5000 population of the island.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

AT a conference of about 25 promi.
nent house republicans, held at the
capitol, in Washington, on the night
sof the 1st, it was decided that the in
eligibility of Representative-electR Rob-
.erts, of Utah, to occupy a seat in the
house of representatives should be in
yestigated and determined, and that
pending the decision he should not be
permitted to take the oath of office.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

State Superintendent Jackson of Ne
braska decided, on the 27th, that the
Bible may be read in the public schools
of that state. The matter was laid be-
fore him in a case from Gage county,.
where one family in a district wanted
the teacher enjoined from using the
Bible, although all others favored III
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Says Washington dispatch: Sena-
tor Vest desired TO attend the funeral
of Vice-iresident Hobart, but his
health was not equal tc the effort.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Wordcomes from the Philippines that
under Capt. Batson, are doing so we'll
that it has been decided to organize
a full battalion of these natives. The
additional two companies will be very
useful in the present campaign in
tracking the fleeing remnants of Agui-
naldo's disorganized army.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07
Because He Couldn't Marry.

Thomas G. O'keefe, a life insurance
agent in St. Louis, because he could
not afford to marry, went to the woods
in the suburbs and killed himself.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

taxes and fees collected by his office
and paid into the state treasury during
November as follows: Notarial COM
missions, $555; miscellaneous fees, ,$40y;
domestic corporations, 1870; foreign
corporations, $1,55s ;land department,
$26.45; bank inspection, $500. Total.
S11 25515
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

Sir Thomas Upton, speaking at the
annual dinnerof the Temple Yacht club
in London, on the 3Oth. enlarged upon the
good treatment he received in Ameri-
ca, and said: II can see no room for
encouragement, and unless some one
else challenges 1 shall certainly do so
myself very soon. All 1 can say is that
we had a square and fair race and got
tair and square licking"
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

The sseverest test TO which wireless
-felegraphy has yet been subjected was
made in Chicago, on the 27th, when
the current was successfully sent
through the walls and closed doors of
a suite of seven rooms; and in other
eases through the walls of steel vaults
and an ordinary telegraph switch
board in which 80 wires were connect
ed up and about forty dead wires were
located.
Iron County register., 1899-12-07

n. E. Dawson, clerk in the Office
of Gen. Miles, has been dropped from
the rolls on account of letters he has
written to officials of the government
fiiPpantly rejecting upon the presi-
dent