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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-12
Doesn't Trust Them Too Far.

Haven't you any faith in men, Dor
othy!''
eyes, l have faith in them. but |
never believe word they say. Chi
cago Record,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-12

We eyaggerate misfortune and hap
piness alike. We are never either so
wretched or 50 happy as we say we are
.--BalZaC.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-12

Cure that ingrown toe nail by using
''Dr. Marvel's Ingrown Toe Nail
Remedy price 25c. For sale by all
druggists.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-12
AnOrdinanCc
To establish the grade upon Mount
view avenue from Merriman street
to n point $40 feet northerly.

to Il point Ss0feet northerly.
Sec. Be it ordained by the City Council
of the city Of Akron. that the grade upon
MountView avenue. from Merrtmau
street to IA point SO feet northerly, be and
the same Is hereby established In reference
to and ABOVE the city datum plane Is fol-
lows. to-wit:
At the center OF Merriman street. 10 feet
At S:N feet northerly from the north
line of Merriman street ...............2J.Oo feet
With true planes connecting adjacent clc-
Vations.
effect upon Its passage.
Passed May Sth, 1899.
Chas. IL. Isbell +. L. SpriSie,
CITY Clerk. Prest City Council.
Approved by the Board OF City Comuii>-
Mnv 10 I3 Clerk.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-14
Plague of 1860 stu Dangerous.

Speaking Of the persistence Of the
contagion of the plague microbe which
is causing so much anxiety IN Austria
and Germany, the journal La Suisse
tGeneva) cites a characteristic case:
''In 1860 the Dutch city of HARLEM
was devastated by the plague. Whole
families persisted, among them a FAM
lily by the name Of Cloux, whose vari-
Gus members were buried In the Haar-
lem Church. Thirty or forty years
ago it was found that the masonry Of
the tomb was ont of repair, and the
vault was entirely rebuilt. The ma
sons in charge Of the work descended
into the vault, aud remained thero
during more than a dag. Now, al
though more than two centuries had
passed since the epidemic, all these
workmen were attacked with the IN
fictitious bubo characteristic glanIUlar
swelling Of IL plague, and hal - I'M
,!ergo long treatment al the hospital.
Nevertheless. there were ," symptoms
q the plague proper, AL al recoT-
! cred"
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-14
sA THE HILL OF FAME.

poor faintiDS mortals pant and strive
10 gain those heights, though manned
alive,
some for a moment seem to thrive.
But few reach the crest of GLORY.
What gain they there, sad, weary men?
An hour OF dazzling Joy, and then
Oblivion and darkness, when
They die in the fame OF Glory. -.
But still the countless, surging throng
Press ever upward and along.
Nor heed the weak; the anxious strong
Still hope for the palm OF Glory.
Oh, better far eschew this hill
In the vale below lie fair and still
Homes whose comforts and pleasures I'll
b. The heart with a scorn Of Glory.
There gentle breezes softly blow,
White lilies blossom and roses glow;
And some are wise enough to know
That Peace is greater than Glory.
Washington Star.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-14

ready seen fatal proof Q: the accuracy
OF his shooting.
Taking immediate aGv2n:are 81
their fears. Heald slipped away an
set off with all speed >outnward.
travelling alone for many DAYS ;h.orgll
the forest, supplying himself with,
game as he went II. At nigh. no law
down, without shelter, in the lonely
woods; and as days passed he became
much worn from exposure. exhau ton
and anxiety for his wounded COM
panion, whom be bad last seen lying
helpless and writhing with pain u
the ground.
His motive now was 10 sc; home.
raise a party and return IN search OF
Whitney. Once he was nearly drowned
while trying g cross a river upon j
hastily ~lmprovised raft.
How many days lie wandered in tie
forest is not known. but ~ last lie
reached Dunstab.e. and upon relating
his sad story. fifteen Young men
volunteered - 70 back with him i'll
search of Whitney. who it was hoped
might have escaped. and might be
lying wounded IN the woods.
As soon as Head had rested a little
and was able TO travel they Sc. of, and
IN the curse Of >!H days reached the
scene of the fatal encounter on the
bank of the And:oscogGin. No traces
Of either Whitney or the Indians were
found here, and Just at nightfall they
moved cautiously through the woods,
down to the camp on the shore Of the
pond.
1t was twilight. They came in
sight Of the lt.'e structure built Of
poles and THROUGH thatch, and paused
to re%connoitre il. Apparently it was
deserted. As they stood there at a
little distance OF, however. one of the
party thought tina; he detected a slight
noise III the brush a little to their
rear. Turning his eyes instantly in
that direction be caught sight of II
object moving amidst the brush
seemingly creeping up behind them.
ST. he whispered to the others.
There's an Indian!' and raising his
piece, be fired quickly.
4 loud outcry followed his shot-a
shrek of agony, for the rangers aim
had been true. even in the dim twilight
Of the darkening forest.
my God. that was Whitney's
~voice!" Heald exclaimed, and with
that they all ran out where the sup
posed Indian lay.
It was indeed poor Whitney. He
had survived his terrible wound only
to receive a mortal one from the very
friends who had come SO far in search
Of him. Heald and the entire party
were wild with grief and regret. The
poor fellow fingered for an hour, and
was able to tell them something Of his
experiences. He had been ont after
food, and was crawling back to the
camp when thus pitiably shot.
They buried him there beside the
camp, on the shore. and named this
beautiful little lake in the forest Whit
ney's Pond. Youths Companion.
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hostile. The entire country was Gov
esed with forest, and SO little was
known of the geography of Maine that
the Androscoggin was then supposed
ID he IL Canada.
Trapping was the announced object
81 the trip, but in reality these bold
Youngsters had hopes of securing
larger game than otter or bear. The
colonial government was then Offering
an almost princely bounty on Indian
ALPS. An Indians scalp was worth
IS 1t. N the currency Of to-day, would
r. vety near a thousand dollars.
On the other hand, the French had
o.ereI large rewards to the savages
FL. The scalps of New England settlers,
aaa shulhiug Indians lay in wait IN
.1e oa.,shrts Of every settlement with
tnIanawk and scalping-hnife, sparlng
a'..lcr age. sex nor condition.
4, was the hope Of securing these
ra lounties which sent Lovewell
bis band of rangers to the upper
N,'p Waters-an expedition which ter
mated IN that famous battle in the
.%.res,. which so many pens have cele-
..l and sung. The plain, prosaic
1set Of that expedition are that Love
Well aud his men were IN quest Of In
y stllps at u thousand dollars
'e.
Mott mach otherwise was it with
a.S Whitney. Heald and Reed OF
resent narrative; vet they must
.s. t-i9pl too horShly Their mo.
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,..- X rane i: rough and steep;
are many, its caverns deep,
E -r.cginS mortals climb or creep
tony hill Of Glory.
q. e~a-rest ions seek their prey,
whose humor is to STAY,
n. Ic1our. kill. betray,
zen On the road to Glory.
-...er- prowl and dragons stride,
-~egtiles linSer and serpents glide.
ava. plants grow along the side
i. .4a rIths that lead to Glory.
.e1nou5 vapors eft arise,
G~eadening folds obscure the
skies,
{. I. ri thei- breath mans courage dies,
t.. .o 1ies from the hill OF Glory.
r. Il. shove, on shining height,
.l: there CLOVIS q burning light;
-l below 1t blinds the sight
: Death. on the way to Glory.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-14

The newspaper tina. reach . thu
people in the quiet Of their home.
where plain facts can best appeal -
the intellect, is by far the mos: pre-
fexahle uedinu 81 concentration.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-14

"a AHEAJ0 DA@96
Just how many days or weeks they
continued here and were thus en-
plOyed, tradition does not make clear;
but one evening near the middle of the
month of May, as the three were going
down the brook to examine other traps,
they espied the twinkle of a campfire
on the bank of the Androscoggin.
Cautiously creeping nearer, they dis
covered two birch canoes drawn up on
the shore. 1t was an Indian encamp-
ment.
Not far below this spot, in a bend
of the Androscoggin, vas an Indian
burying ground, and it is surmised
that the Indian party had come down
to bury one of their dead. 1t could
hardly have been a war party, for
there were two squaws with the Indi-
ans. OF this the young rangers were
not aware, and a whispered consulta-
ton at once ensued as to how they
might best surprise the redskins.
Heald was in favor Of an immediate
attack, but Reed and Whitney be-
lieved it safer to wait till dawn of the
next morning, when they might steal
upon the little encampment, with a
good prospect Of finding the savages
sound asleep.
This plan was adopted, and the
three hunters stole softly back through
the woods to their own camp, where
they passed the hours Of darkness in
eager anticipation Of the bounties.
The first faint streaks of dawn had
scarcely begun to light up the sombre
forest before they were OIL their way
through the thick growth on the inter
wales which skirt the river, and steal
ing upon the Indian encampment.
They missed their course, however,
and lost some time in finding the place
having to return for a mile or more
down the river bank. It is probable
that meantime the savages had heard
or sighted them. for when at length
they discovered the canoes and were
creeping through the underground tc
get closer to the sleeping place ofthei,
foes, three Indians suddenly rose from
the bushes a few yards in front o.
them, and fred before the white youth:
had time to cock their guns.
Reed dropped dead at the discharge
and Whitney also went down with
fearful bullet wound through tn
thigh, which broke the bone; bu
Heald, who was q step or two IN tn
rear, escaped the ball aimed at him
and presenting his musket, shot dow
the foremost Of the savages, who fel
dead not ten feet from where Rec
lay.
Head had scarcely fred when th
Two remaining Indians dropped thei
guns, and snatching their tomahawk
sprang toward him. each with a hide
Gus shout Of fury. He ran for his HE
and they gave chase along the bank
the river.
Whitney thus escaped the immed
ate attention Of the redskins. and Il
some moments lay welterinS IN h
, own blood and rolling about IN a
agony Of pain on the ground. At la
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49,
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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-14

. the spring Of the
year 1907 three adj
%yenturOus young
men, named Whit
ney, Head and
Reed, set off from
their homes in the
town Of Dunsta-
BILE, NJ b IL
sets, on a hunt
ing and trapping
trip to the An
~droscoggin River
in Maine-a river
and 8 tract of cOun-
try which, at that
early date, very
few white men had
e visited. It
It was the period
of the French and
Indian War, and
the Indians were
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
THE GREAT TELESCOPE Ar THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

across the Seine, which was, in a mo-
ment of hysteria, named after the
car OF Russia. and which will, of
course, have to be renamed in case
the Russian bear snarls at France, is
nearly finished. The builders are
changing their attention from the
framework to the decorations of build
ings, and the railway lines are al
ready beginning to feel the great rush
of freight business which will clog
their lines from now until after the
exposition opens. Almost every hotel
in Paris has rented many, if not most,
of it's best rooms for the first weeks Of
the exposition. The greatest rush will,
of course, be during the first weeks, be-
cause intending visitors, realizing that
after those first weeks are over, the fuzz
will be off the peach to some extent. 1t
would scarcely be fair to say that the
exposition will wear OUT so quickly,
but the French show is not being pre-
pared on the scale of broad and brilliant
beauty that was the magnificent char
acteristic of our own Worlds fair in
Chicago. The buildings, with two eX-
ceptionS only, are of even a more tenn
porary type of construction than were
our flimsiest structures, and their plans
include much work which architects
characterize as ginger bread" This
will be affected by the lapse of time,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
A STORY OF vERETScHAGIN.
Saved the Russian General Skobeleff
From Being Duped-

The famous painter of battle scenes,
Veretschagin, tells a story of when he
was in Paris some years ago and what
happened to him and Skobeleff. General
Skobeleff, who wanted to pass a few
days in the French capital with his Adj
jutant Ushakow and the artists of that
city, went with them to the Hotel des
Invalides'' to see the tomb of Napoleon
1. A worthy old warrior, a pensioner
of the house, acted as guide to the
Russian party. They stood before the
monument Skobeleff looked at it long
in silence and then turned to the old
soldier, asking: Did you know him,
my SOM" II was with him at Moscow,
answered the veteran. Skobeleff put
his hand into his pocket and gave the
old man a piece, saying: Here, my
man, is a memento of the Russian gen
eral, Skobeleffl'' Il was at Jena, at
Marengo," began the veteran. "At Aus
terlitz l saw the yramids" Sl1obeleff
looked at the old man in astonishment
and reached in his pocket for another
piece of gold-but here Veretschagin
interrupted: you are fine fellow,
old man! You were with Napoleon
in Egypt-that was in 1899, and now it
is 1881, so you are 102 years old of you
were twenty at that time. You have
certainly taken good care of yourself,
for you don't look over CO., Skobeleff
turned as red as peony and walked
away without word.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
VS. CAME BURSTING THEIR THROUGH UNDERBRUsH'

He came to my headquarters the day
after his assignment to the command
Of the First division, and we rode out
to the lines together, he on big black
American horse and 1 on a little runt
of a Filipino pony. The contrast was
so funny the soldiers on guard could
hardly keep from laughing. some of
them didn't-after we had got few
rods away. The line had been selected
when he had only a small force with
which to hold it, but by the time Law
ton arrived the Twentieth and Twenty
second infantry had been sent to re-
inforce us and the Fourth came with
him, so he decided to push farther
out to where long and moderately
steep ridge crossed the front from the
Pasig toward Ovenshines left. The
Filipino camps, we knew, were not far
over that ridge and their outposts could
sweep it with their Mausers from a
dists nee, while my volunteers with
their hard-kicking Springfields could
not reach them. The regulars, how
ever, came with their long ranged
''Krags," and about the first thing
Lawton did was to order the selection
of a dozen crack shots from each com
pany in the First brigade, and for these
he obtained our latest model of iRaga-
Zinc rifle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10

a sharp knife might cut white cheese
thereby adding to the dust which per-
vades Paris and blows and blows and
blows, until your eyes and your ears
and your mouth are full of it. No
such machine was ever made before.
1t is about seven feet in diameter, and
its saving edge is studded with Bra
lillian diamonds or "boorts." It has
cut stones two feet thick and twelve
or fourteen feet long in a quarter of
an hour. The same work would take
three or four days of a competent
mans time.
Danger In Politics.
Paris believes the show will be
great success. There is no likelihood
that She will be mistaken if she sue
ceeds in keeping her temper long
enough and fails to have a revolution.
THE Dreyfus case" said a very i'm
portant Frenchman to me the other
day, would have caused a real reYolu-
ton long before this, had it not been
for the approaching exposition" This
is probably true. Mere principle would
scarcely keep the mercurial French
people cool-headed through such a
crisis; but the hope of gain will make
a Frenchman do anything keep
quiet. The middle class-a ID that is
the government Clements thrifty al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
The Newcomer.
(Harper's Bazar.)

1t was 1880 in the evening of a cloud
less summer day, and at exactly eight
cen minutes after the whistle of the
incoming train had been heard the no.
tel stage, coming around turn in the
road. was observed to contain a solita-
ry passenger. Immediately all was bus
tie and confusion. For two weeks now,
in all that vast aggregation of female
loneliness no man had appeared to
break the dead level of monotony
which had hung over them like a pail.
No aimiess yacht had cast anchor in
those eye-swept waters. No foreign
prince, duke or lord had wandered into
that Eve-crowded Eden of piazZas and
board walks, and, indeed, not even the
humblest American citizen had sill
houetted the sand-duned horizon. But
at last one had come. AS the stage
speeded along the highway in a swift
walk, and the form Of its solitary oc-
cupant became more clear, 200 hearts
beat high, and as it drew up to the
porch and the stranger got out, 1T was
evident at last that here was that per-
! feet specimen of manhood which the
| accumulated refinement of centuries
had focused under one head. Tail,
broad-shouldered, with a sensitive
mouth partly concealed by dropping
mustache, an intellectual. yet a singu-
! larry Sympdtnetlc lace, ufeSsSu ludit-
lessIy in the latest fashion-here at a
glance, was one to suit the most fas-
| tidious.
Four minutes later one of the fair
guests, with that careless assumption
| of Indifference that goes with burning
| curiosity, approached the desk where
the newcomer had failed to register
and said to the clerk:
would you mind telling me who
| that young man is?"
why, certainly not" said the clerk,
with a slight smile; that Is the new
J barber T
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
Lawton's Plucky Son.

This placed us on better terms with
1.-The little brown men," and now Law
ton was ready for an aggressive move
A most gifted correspondent of great
New York periodical closed a capital
description of the general with the
information that he was bachelor,
yet the first time Lawton reconnoitered
that ridge a chip of the old block,
gallant little fellow in his early teens,
followed his fathers movements on
Filipino pony and took his baptism of
fire from the insurgent Mausers far
more coolly, | dare say, than did the
devoted wife and mother three miles
away in Manila the news that her boy
had more than one close shave that
afternoon. 1t was Gods mercy that
spared them BOTH for the underbrush
down the westward slope was full of
lurking Tagals, and Lawton had only
a squad of troopers to escort him.
A day or two after he rode the old
line with me to get acquainted" as
he said, with the officers of the First
brigade, and after we had reached
Haystack Knoll and the earthworks in
advance of Cemetery Height, what did
he do but dismount, straddle the
trenches and go stalking out over the
rice fields straight towards a little
height that had never been without its
Filipino sharpshooters until our fell
lows got their Krags,. and might still
harbor a batch of them. He got over
ground like a stag-hound, with long,
springy strides and ordering a dozen
Californians to follow and to cover"
| the front as quickly as possible,
| chased after him. He reached the top
without turning a hair and proceeded
to climb and stand erect on a big rock
at the summit-a mark that could be
seen for miles around. / got there
Ill 1TN,,1r ftt1
! minutes survey he slid down and again
strobe away toward the ridge that
spanned the horizon directly to the
south. Only our scouting parties had
crawled thither before.
Flying Bullets Did Not Scare Him.
Our Califorlians looked concerned al
/ his utter neglect of all precaution, as
l pushed them ahead on the run, but
/ the trail was narrow and crooked, the
underbrush thick, and they could not
rush ahead as fast as he could, even on
unobstructed ground. Just as luck
would have it, not a Filipino happened
to be lurking along there that after
noOn-yet every sound expected to
hear the crack of q, Mauser or the sud-
den rush from their lair of an armed
party bent on our capture Once al
I the top we could see clear over to Ca
vite. across the bay, and the country
towards Paranaque lay unfolded be
fore our eyes. Even as we stood there
the mellow notes of a Filipino buglt
came floating on the breeze from g
clump of bamboo perhaps 1000 yards
away, and there we could begin t
trace a long line of intrenchments
stretching away to the southwest
across Ovenshine's front. Far to the
west we could descry the stout little
earthwork built by Hawthorne's gun
ners around beautiful grove on the
extreme right of my line, with the
trenches stretching away to botl
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the company of engineers when it
sailed in to help the squadron of the
Fourth cavalry that hot day along
the Pasig bluffs, between Pateros and
Paranaque. Quarter OF century ago
he wore the yellow lace of the same
grade in Payne's troop of the Fifth
cavalry-was the best shot in the regi-
ment and won name for GOODNESS and
bravery in many a fight. He looked
not a day older in Manila than when
he was hailed as Paddy" Nihill of the
Fifth Horse-and who can say that the
experiences of the Indian campaigns
were not of the utmost value when, as
more than once happened. the Filipino
rifles blazed at them from three sides
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
Old Indian Fighters In Philippines
King
LaW0n"Puky Chaps
Household Words During Wars With Red Men,

and the light batteries of the Sixth
numbered among their officers in the
Philippines one name, at least, as re-
nowned for daring and devotion in
Indian battle as it became for skill,
courage and ability in action against
the insurgents in front of Manila
Harry Hawthorne-he whose watch
was shot into his system, driven by
Sioux bullet, at the battle of Wounded
Knee. Only two regiments of regular
infantry were with US when the Fill
pino war broke out-the Fourteenth and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10

avenues one of the most beautiful in
the world. The stone of which these
superb buildings are being constructed
is taken from the very bowels of Paris.
from the same stratum of underground
France in which the catacombs were
dug. 1t is soft and very easily worked
when first taken out, but it hardens
after exposure to the air. One of the
early wonders of the show is the fam
Gus diamond saw, which is now con-
tinually at work on the exposition
grounds, and which cuts this rock as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10

Copyright, 1899. by S. S. McClue Coz
Promising only that this is written
at your request. 1 gladly send some
particulars as to the men who, having
long since won distinction in the bloody
warfare waged with the Indians on our
western frontier, sought service in the
Philippines and were with US at Manila.
Foremost of all stands Lawton-
facile princeps. Away back in the SOS
and '70s, when our infantry and cav
airy were scattered all over the terri
tories, spending long months of every