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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03

horse wounded. None of my wounds,
however, has been grave enough to
disable me permanently" Capt. Paget,
who has witnessed or taken part in
twenty wars, said: Il suppose that
I'm rather lucky, because I've had very
much the same experience and am alive
today, while most of my old colleagues
have passed away" The western edi-
tor spoke up: 'In the majors case l
think it's heredty. | knew his father,
the president during the civil war,
where he was one of the bravest gen.
erals. He was certainly unlucky in
many things, but very lucky in not
being killed. He frequently led for
lcrn hopes or maintained desperate de-
fenses in which the loss of life was ap.
palling, but he came out without
scratch. He told me once Of an ex-
perience in the Lynchburg campaign
which l shall never forget. The I'm
ionists had been outnumbered and
probably out-maneuvered, and were
falling back, pursued by the Confed-
crates. Hayes was ordered to hold
the enemy in check in a narrow valley
until the artillery and supply wagons
were safe. He promptly entrenched
himself and erected barricades of logs
and stone fences. He had Gen. Hast
ings to hold one side of the gorge and
Major William Mckinley, now presi-
dent, to hold the other, while he took
personal charge of the center. The
night wore on and soon the firing be-
gan. Suddenly Gen. Hayes saw men
wounded and staggering in front Of
one of his barricades, and in the dark
ness took them for his own soldiers.
He ordered the firing to cease, and ran
himself out of the lines to save the n
as far as he could. A few feet from
a cannon he heard man moaning. He
picked him up and carried him within
the lines and said gently in the dark:
My boy, what regiment do you be-
long to?' The man gasped, I'm one
of Early's brigade The general had
run into a body of Confederate troops,
and had he been known the history
of the republic might have been
changed"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
Fun In the Philippines.

A typical Yankee trick was played
ON the enemy over at Paombong the
other day. There is a church over
there, which is just across narrow
stream from the house occupied by our
extreme left outpost of twenty-eight
men from battery Fl, Third United
States artillery, who are serving here
as infantry. The sentry on duty on
the church side of the river conceived
the idea of tying long rope to the
clapper of the bell in the belfry, car
rying the rope over his post in the
road Just as had been anticipated, the
Filipinos came sneaking down close to
the church the other morning an hour
or so before daylight. The sentry
heard them coming and promptly rang
the bell. In twinkling the Filipinos
opened on the belfry, and that and the
church are now well dented by bull
lets. The outpost refrained from an
swering the fire, which was doing no
harm, but after every volley at the
belfry the sentry with the rope gave
the bell two or three frantic peals Be-
lieving the outpost to be still in the
belfry and soreIy pressed, the insur-
rectos crept nearer and poured in, as
they thought, a still more deadly fire.
All this time the men Of the outpost
kept quiet, noting just where the en-
envy were. At daylight our soldiers
opened so briskly that sixty or seventy
Filipinos found their error and hit the
road briskly back to their own out
post, carrying several wounded men
with them. The handy rope has been
extended to reach across the river.
Manila Correspondence Leslie'a
Weekly.
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ORIENTAL HASHES OF ENGLISH
Japs and Chinese Making Oneer At
tempts in Way of Public Notice.


tempts in Way of Public Notice.
From the London Standard: The
Japanese are rare hands at perpetrat-
ing unconscious wit When they at
tempt a public notice in English. In
an art exhibition at Toxic appeared
the following: "Visitors are requested
at the entrance to show tickets for In
spection. Tickets are charged 10 Gems
and Gems for the special and common
respectively. No visitor who is mad
or intoxicated is allowed to enter in;
if any person found in shall be claimed
to retire. No visitor is allowed to
carry in with himself any parcel. UNI
brella, stick and the like kind, except
his purse, and is strictly forbidden to
take within himself dog or the same
kind of beasts. Visitor is requested
to take good care of himself from
thievely." Outside a restaurant in the
same city swings signboard read
ing, "Let food be eventuated," while
another advertises eggs as extract OF
fowl" A recent visitor to Yokohama
saw painted on shop fronts, "The All
Countries Boot and Shoe Small or Fine
Wares" "Old Curious Horseshoe
Maker instruct by French Horse
Leach" "Cut Hair shop" "If you want
sell watch l will buy. if you want buy
watch 1 will SELL Halter Native
Country" and "Autematic of Nausea
Marina" (remedy for seasickness).
The Chinese, of course: also make sad
hash of our tongue. Witness this at
a laundry in Shanghai With refer
ence to notify you for the employed in
the various laundries in Shanghai. But
any washermen is quite inability Of
disadvantage to washing any public,
and, though the high price ruling now
for rent, charcoal, COAL soap, rice, etc,
it is never counterfeit. The commit
tee of the Laundries guild are now to
notify the general public, which must
will be increase. If any gentleman or
lady will unbelief. upward few lines
will can see the daily news is written
quitely distinctly, and obliged many
thanks" The Chinese have horrid
habit of getting rid of every girl born
after the first, and thus was necessi-
tated warning over pool at Foo
chow: Girls may not be drowned
here!" One Wong Foo advertises over
his Workshop: always has any
France Pastry, Dinner. Lunch, Supper
All kinds of Foreigners Cakes for
Sale" Another: "All sorts of goods.
many merchandise in steamer, not sell
dom anywhere and safe" A pathetic
ally brief inscription adjacent reads:
"Ah Chan-upstair.' The fondness for
efflorescent signboards is shown in
'The house of increasing profit, "The
hall of brilliant light" Celestial ad-
vantage" Great felicity "Hill of
Great Peace"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
6bAYS MOTHER KEPT TAVERN.

sure enough, at SO, the mother of nine
children. she married Mr.. Henry Wat
kns, IAN elegant and accomplished
gentleman" of %, for whom she after
ward bore seven children.
Mrs. Watkins was full of spirit, as
story told by one of her grandsons, Mr..
r. B. Watkins. of Lexington, proves.
He says that the day after the burial
of Rev. John Clay, the British colonel,
Tarleton, made a raid into Virginia.
and his men devastated her place. Mrs.
Clay reprimanded Tarleton so severely
that he emptied sack Of coin on
table and told her to take that for her
losses. AS soon as Tarleton left Mrs.
Clay scraped the money off into her
apron and threw it into the fire, saying
that her hand should not be polluted
with British gold" She seems to have
been a noble woman. much reverenced
by those who knew her we'll, and with
striking individuality and an imperious
will.
About the year 1915 the Watkinses
gave up their tavern in Versailles and
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ing. He was among those saved from
the wreck, and when the Spanish SAIL
ors were sent home he remained be-
hind.
At first he whiled away his time
about New York city, acting the
"petted hero role for some months.
Then becoming tired Of that, he tried
to enlist in the navy of the United
States. But as he was Spaniard and
could speak but very little of the Eng
lish language, the authorities of the
Brooklyn navy yard could not find a
way of shipping him.
Oriza haunted the navy yard for
some time, trying the various ships
and meeting always with the same re-
suit. Finally he was taken in as an
apprentice and a few days ago arrived
at the apprentice training station at
Newport to be made into good Amerl-
can sailor boy.
Naturally, his arrival there created
quite little interest, and he became a
marked boy from the minute his pres
ence was known. He was assigned to
one of the cottages which house d.
visions of the apprentices at the sta
tion, and became pupil of School,
master Fox in cottage No. 6. His
knowledge Of the language of his
adopted country grows more extensive
day by day, and he is able to make
himself understood in pretty fair style.
He is an apt pupil, and will undoubt-
edly learn as rapidly as his fellow
apprentices who have had the advan-
tases of birth in this country, and
what he lacks in other respects is more
than offset. in the mind of the average
boy, at least, by the experiences he has
had in the few years of his young life
At present he is studying along gen.
eral lines with the rest of the boys al
the station, but he will probably be
assigned eventually to the bugle squad
as he has shown a decided preference
for that kind of work. His progress
will be watched with great deal OF
interest at the station and throughout
the navy.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03

Crittendens, the Blackburns, the Clays,
the Watkinses and other prominent
men, no doubt, planned campaigns at
watkins Tavern and here Gen.
Lafayette was entertained in 1926.
Mrs. Clay-Watkins was very attrac-
tive. While not a beauty, she was
comely, with dark hair and eyes and
rosy cheeks Her manners were very
engaging, and she was most enter
tanning conversationalSt. She had
well-rounded and shapely figure, and
possessed great vigor of mind and
body. Her first husband, Rev. John
Clay, evidently realized fully his wife's
charms, for, in making his will, he
more than once gives directions "in
case my beloved wife should inter-
marry betwixt this and then" And
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS,
A Boy in Battle, "Boots," the Tenth
Pennsylvania's Mascot, Who Went to
Manila-MajOr Hayes Inherited Luck
in War-A Generals Bluff.
A Song OF the Road.


Q, will walk with you, my lad, which
ever way you fare,
You'll have me, too the side of you, with
heart as light as air;
No care for where the road you take :
a-leading- anywhere
1t can but be a joyful jaunt the whilst
you journey there,
The road you takes the path of love. an
that's the brjdth of two
And / will walk with you, my lad-O,
will walk with you.
Ho! 1 will walk with you. my lad.
Be weather black or blue.
Or roadsides frost or dew, my lad
o, | will walk with you.
Aye, glad, my lad, I'll walk with you
whatever winds may blow,
Or summer blossoms stay our steps, OF
binding drifts of snow;
The way that you set face and foot's the
way that l will go,
And brave I'll be- abreast of you. the
saints and angels know,
With loyal hand in loyal hand, and one
heart made of two.
Through summers gold. or winters cold
it's l will walk with you.
Sure, / will walk with you, my lad.
AS love ordainS me to-
To heavens door, and through, my lad
O, l will walk with you
James Whitcomb Riley in Lippincott's s
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
CLOSE FIGURING.
A Days Marketing Bought for Only
T>op, to

Days Marketing Bought for Only
Ten Cents.
Ten cents is small fund with which
to do a days marketing for a family
of three, but there are families on the
east side who make a dime purchase
food enough for twenty-four hours.
Vriday is market day on the east side,
and if you want to see marketing that
is marketing, with keen competition
and close dealing, with the cent as a
measure of value, 60 on that day into
the Essex and Hester streets district
the most populOus in the world
where small shops abound and push
cart peddlers congregate, and you will
see a sight to be witnessed at no other
place on earth. l went with Riving-
ton street housekeeper into an Essex
street butcher shop,and saw her spend
at least five minutes in purchasing half
a pound of corned beef, for which she
paid cents. 1t was good, full weight,
and she insisted that bit of meat no
larger than the nickel she handed the
butcher should be put on the scale
after it was down. She was market
ing for Sunday for her family of three
persons. Corned beef hash was evi
dently in her mind, for she went to
cart in the street and bought pound
of potatoes, for which she paid one
cent, and had a most desperate argu-
ment as to the size of the last one, put
on the scale for good weight. She had
her way, and the dealer said something
about "a woman" She had spent half
of her ten cents, and next purchased
from a sidewalk stand one pound of
black bread, cut from loaf that
weighed about ten pounds, and paid
two cents for it, Then she went to
another cart and bought half pound
of white beans for cent, and three
quarters of pound Of cornmeal for
another cent. She had one cent left,
and that went for four somewhat an
cient looking tomatoes. Her dime was
gone. and she disappeared in the
throng with her purchases and thread
ed her way to a rear tenement in Rly-
ington street.-New York Herald.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
The Old Watkins Inn at Versailles, Ky and
It's History.

mother and stepfather to Kentucky,
but remained in Richmond, Va, as
deputy in the clerks office, and engag-
ed in prosecuting his legal studies.
The Watkinses shortly took charge OF
the only hostelry in Versailles, and
"Watkins' Tavern" became famous in
the surrounding country. They had
two-story stone house built at the cor
ner of Main street and Court square by
Henry Metcalfe, at that time stone
mason and afterward governor of Ken
tucky Such places were sort of pO-
litical headquarters, and a rendezvous
for the discussion Of the news of the
dav. at a time when news travelled only
nv stage coach The Marshalls. the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03

hood was spent in the atmosphere OF
poverty, obscurity and absolute want.
Ehe mother of mill Boy of the
Slashes," Elizabeth Hudson, was
member of a wealthy Virginia family,
and in wedding the Rev. John Clay
(after whose death she married Henry
Watkins, she married into family of
equal prominence with her own. Ihe
Clays and Hudsons probably lived in
the rather gorgeous style of the Viz
ginia gentry, and if the Rev. John
Clay was poor, it was no doubt due to
the devastation wrought by the revolu-
tionary war. 1t is extremely unlikely
that his poverty could have been so
great as the story books would have
US believe.
Henry Clay did not accompany his
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
THE WATKINS TAVERN AT VERSA lilies.

settled upon farm, which they owned,
three miles south of town. Here Mrs.
Watkins died in 1929, at the age of 80
years. Her remains were buried in a
country graveyard close by, and rested
there until 1851, when they We're re-
moved to Lexington by her son Henry.
The Henry Watkins farm" which is
still a point of great interest, is now
the home of Mrs. Robert Mcconnell.
The last vestige of the Watkins resi-
dence has given place TO more modern
improvements.
DANIEL M. BOWMAN.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03

Nothing is more interesting to the
student of history than to trace the
obscure causes which have led to great
events. Comparatively few people are
now living who know that the mother
of Henry Clay once kept tavern" in
Versailles, Ky. and fewer still have
eyer had it occur to them. that, had
this not been the case, Clay would most
probably not have come to Kentucky
at all.
The Watkins family arrived in Yer
sailles about the close of the eighteenth
century, bringing with them quite a
retinue of slaves. | may say right here
that there is little foundation for the
popular idea that Henry Clay's boy
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
Queer Blind Pig.

Chicago Inter Ocean: novel "blind
pig." which is said to be operated at
No. 4438 Cottage Grove avenue, is the
source of much trouble to the Hyde
Park police, who are trying to sup
nress all illegal liquor traffic in that
district. The officers say that in the
room is a revolving box. The man
who wants a drink places his money
I'm the box, which swings around and
rresents a bottle of beer to the patron,
arA also the change, if any is due. How
FMS contrivance is operated puzzles the
nolice. and they have made numerous
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
Major Hayes Inherited Luck in War.

Major HAYES Inherited Luck in War.
An interesting war story was told
recently by man who took part in a
meeting on board the steamer Sylvia
coming from Porto Rico to New York.
The chief speaker Of the party was Ma
for Webb G. Hayes, son Of the late
president, who has been recently made
lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-tirst
infantry. Beside him sat Capt. Paget.
tho British military attache, and a
third was western newspaper man.
They had been speaking Of luck in
war. and the major remarked: II don't
know whether I'm lucky or unlucky.
I've been In number OF battles and In
every one I've been wounded or had my
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
His Latest Excuse.

Mother-"Why, Johnny, what is tho
matter with your face? Have you
been fighting again." Johnny-"No'm,
l amt been fightin'. guess one O.
them kissin' bugs must have bit me-"
New York Journal.
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Was Useless Discuss ion.

Handout Harry-"If yer RELY he'd
ter work, Teddy, wot would yer RAIDER
do?" Tiepass Teddy-"Aw, wots de
use O. bodderin' yer head about fool
questions like dat !"-New York Jour
nal.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03

unsuccessful attempts to solve the
problem. The box fits closely into the
partition, and all efforts to discover
the person in the rear room have been
futile.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
A Mean Insinuation.

From the Chicago News: TOm-Miss
Middleton has very pretty teeth, hasn't
she? Maud-Yes; it is really surpris-
ing how skillful some dentists are.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03

There is no policy like politeness.
since a good manner often succeeds
where the best tongue has failed
MagOOn.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
Gold in the Philippines.

It is said there is not stream rising
in the mountains of Luzon-and the
same is true of other islands Of the
Philippine group-which has not it's
gold bearing sands. The alluvial de-
posits Of the precious metal have been
garnered for many years, but no thor
ough exploration for gold at it's sources
in the mountains has ever been made,
because the Spaniards were unable to
conuuer the tribes inhabiting the in
terror regions. Some of these tribes
are said to look upon the digging up Of
the earth as a sacrilege, and they will
not seek gold in that way, nor permit
others to do it, lest the wrath OF the
gods should grow hot against them.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
Whales skeleton.

The skeleton alone Of an average
whale weighs 25 tons.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03
COURAGEOUS but Rash

Courageous but Rash.
Mrs. Padderly insulted our Culture
club"
"In what way?"
'She suggested that this year We
take up the study of manners
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03

Along the path of painful persistence
we pass to perfection.
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an ex-member of the Spanish navy, en-
)me a good American sailor boy
his cabin-boy duties, Pedro was also
something of a bugler on board the
Vizcaya up to the time when the ship
was disabled by a few American shells
at Santiago one memorable July morn
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-03

After some little difficulty, Pedro Oriza
ters our Training School to bee
Pedro Oriza left Spain, his native
country, as cabin boy of the Spanish
cruiser Vizcaya, which the powers sent
with Admiral Cervera to defend Cuba
against the American forces. Besides
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-21
Company Said to Have Spies
Among the Men.

New York. July s0.-A marvellous
change has come ovsr the strike aspect
In this city. 1here was little or no riot
ing on Second avenue today or tonight.
The cars on that line ran throughout the
day almost as they had run previous to
the strike. The Eighth avenue line,
which the strike officials last night
promised would be dead today, was
moving right on time with only hitch
now and then.
There is no strike on she Madison ave-
nue. line. scheduled mesting of the msu
on that line having tizzled out tonight
Practically no trolley line in New York
city Is affected save the Second avenue.
Only now and then was any attempt
made to hold up car and the police dis
perssd the few with much energy and
with much less difficulty.
In Brooklyn the rapid transit company
put on several hundred new men ana In
general the oars ON the affected lines In
that borough ran or good time with what
seemed to be fair increase in passenger
traffic. General Master Workman Par
sons has called q mass nesting of the
unions tomorrow night.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-21


meeting It would be success without
hIs presence.
1t was late In the afternoon before Mr..
Bryan made up his mind to attend the
meeting. the Harrison people who were
In good humor over the defeat of Devlin
before tho committee announcing that be
might attend the meeting without caus-
Ing any hostility to himself In tho Harri-
son camp. This message however, had
nothing to do with the intention reached
by Mr.. Bryan regarding the meeting for
he had decided to attend before II. reached
him.
When the national committee came to
order in the club room of the Sherman
house at IL o'clock, all the states were
represented either by proxy. or by their
regular -committeeme with the exception
Of North Dakota. Texas, Utah. Vermont
West Virginia aud Arizona. Mr.. Bryan
hsld proxies for Michigan and South
Dakota and was present throughoub the
meeting Of the committee. although he did
not take an active part In the proceed
ings.
Ex-Gov. AItgeld was offered the proxy
Of Committeeman White Of Washington,
but declined it, and Willis J. Abbott of
New York acted for tho state. Mayor
Harrison held the proxy for Alaska, but
did not attend either session of the COM
mites.
DIR. S. C.lGordon represented Mime at
the meeting.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-21
ROYAL BARON WINN

Detroit, Mich, July s0-Again tho
unexpected has happened IN the Msr-
chants and Manufacturers $40. 600 trot.
ting stake. This afternoon, Royal Baron,
q comparative outsider, became the win
ner of the rich prizs But it was not
won without effort, for never was thsre
n finer struggle In horse race than tho
ons put up BY Kingmond, who ven two
Of the heats and finished secord in the
other fise. Royal Baron is slx.year-
old bay horse, bred by Col.Stoner Of Ken
tucky, and is the property ON. W.
Hubinger Of New Haven.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-21
DEFENDS ALGER.
GEN. Hawlcy Says He Was Harrassed
ny Yellow Journals.

Gen. Hawlcy Says He Was Harrassed
by Yellow Journals.
Meriden. Conn.,, July ao.-U. s. Sena-
tor Joseph r. Hawley, chairman of she
Senate committee ON military affairs, ar
rived In Meriden this morning for con-
ference with Senator o. II. Platt To q
Morning Record reporter, who asked him
his views on Secretary Aiger's resigna-
tion, Senator Hawley said in substance:
81 know very little about Gen. Algsr's i
resignation only what read this morn.
ing in New York paper.
"The man has been terfibly harrassed
and antagonized by the yellow. journals
and miracles have been expected OF him.
ATTACKS on Gen. AIger have been
wholly without cause fer the man has
done equally as well as any human being
could do.
1.-The newspapers are looking for some-
thing to get up and tear their shirts
about. The war we have just passed
through has. been "a wonderful one. We
have whipped nation and demolished
two navies and all !. that with the loss Of
but one man on the water. The entire
campaign was admirably handled.
"Secretary AIger is a conscientious
worker and they would never accept hi
resignation If SO much rank criticism hat
not been made. Under the eircumstan