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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-16
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-16

On account Of the above occasion the
Seaboard Air Line will sell round trIp
tickets to Atlanta, Ga, at the rate %
one first-class limited rate for the round
trip. Tickets to be sold April p, % and
~, with final limit May Bird.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-16
Confederate Veterans Re-T'non. Char.
lesion $. c. May 10 to Is. 1899.
Southern Baptist and Auxiliary Conycn-
lions. Louisville, Ky, May
18th to 18th, 1899.

On account of the above occasion the
Seaboard Air Line will sell round trip
tickets to Louisville, Ky, at the rate of
one trst-class fare for round trip.
Tickets to be sold May Sth to 18TH with
final limit fifteen days from date of
sale.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07
An American Girls Romance.

The news that the yiscountess Deer
hurst has just given birth to son and
heir recalls her strange but romantic
history. As is known, the young
Viscountess occupies an enviable posi-
ton in English society. She has been
twice received by Queen Victoria, and
she has won many friends by her
charming personality. She was first
known to English society as Miss
Virginia Bonynge, the daughter Of G.
w. Bonynge, California millionaire.
Virginia Bonynge became the inti-
mate friend of Princess Christian,
and was patronized by all of the royal
social leaders. Shortly after her
presentation she became engaged to
an English nobleman, and after all
the arrangements had been made for
the wedding it became known that she
was not the daughter Of Mr.. Bonynge,
but the daughter of California
miner who committed murder, by
name William Daniel. William
Daniel was an English gardener who
married housemaid and emigrated
to America. The Daniels journeyed
from the East to Illinois, where they
began farming on a quarter section Of
land, and it was during their sojourn
in this State that Virginia was born.
When mere babe her parents started
for the Rockies. While in a
mining camp on the Pacific
slope Daniel quarreled with u num-
ber of reckless men and killed
his man. He was tried and convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Soon after Bonynge, also miner, met
Mrs. Daniel and persuaded her to get
a divorce from Daniel, which she did,
and married him. Thereafter Virginia
became known as Virginia Bonynge.
The Bonynges prospered and became
rich, and eventually went to London
to live. When the facts of Miss Bon
ynge's antecedents were made known
to the prospective bridegroom the en-
gagement was broken of by the scion
of the noble British house. The
Princess Christian, however, re-
mained the fair heiress's friend, and
she challenged her right of entire into
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

The lecturer Of the New Hampshire
Grange has been making an estimate
Of how cheaply heifer calf can be
raised until it is sixteen months old,
by which time the heifer may begin to
pay her way. Assuming the calf to
be dropped the first Of October, he
estimates the cost OF feeding it on
skimmilk thickened with ground fax
seed and some hay for the first five
months or twenty-one weeks, at S9.57
The next three months bringing it to
the pasturing season cost nearly six
ty-four cents per week, or 1928. Pas.
ture will vary with locality and is
reckoned extremely low, calves being
often pastured for $1.50 to $3.50 for
the season. The last three months
cost so. 48, making q total for sixteen
months Of S28.81. The lecturer adds
that II there be much increase of ex-
pensive foods, like faxseed, theYcost
Of growing the calf will be considera-
bly, increased. These fgures ore
strongly confirmatory Of the belief of
many old farmers that it does not pay
to grow heifer into COW, and that
1t is cheaper to buy the COW after oil
these costs and the risk of loss have
been borne by somebody else. 1t is
fact, however, that COW grown on
the farm and always used to it will be
generally better COW than she will il
sold to be sent to some other place.
The COW has great love for the home
where she was brought up, and in
stances have been known where they
have been sold to q distance, of their
escaping in the night and making
their way to the familiar barnyard
where they were reared.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07
Making the Best of n.


Bruno was large Newfoundland
dog. His owner was busy house
wife in village Of England. Mrs.
Bradley sent him regularly to the
bakery, with basket, for bread and
cakes. One day, on his way home, he
was attacked on all sides by four or
five smaller dogs, bent on robbing him.
Bruno was at a loss how to defend
himself from his enemies, and at the
same time save the bread and cakes;
for while he was furnishing one dog,
the rest began to eat from the basket.
"I know the food ought not to be
eaten," thought he. "But, il it must
be eaten, l had better eat some than
let those worthless fellows have ii all. !"
SO old Bruno chose the lesser Of two
evils. He began eating, and ate as
fast as he could with the other dogs
scrambling about him. As soon as
the bread and cakes had disappeared,
the robber dogs dispersed, and Bruno
went home with the empty basket.
When Mrs. Bradley saw this, she
didn't understand, and felt for time
That Bruno had been unfaithful; but,
when the truth was known, she liked
her dog better than ever. Christian
Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

vincing reasons for this opinion. In
view of the statements which have
been repeated day after day for the
last ten months, that the Philippines
support population of 5000, 900 to
10,000,000 persons, 1t may not seem
that our question is too pointed II we
ask, How is this information derivedP
A little scrutiny of figures given in the
foregoing paragraphs will show that
perhaps 5,000,0 900 or 5000, 900 have
been accounted for. Within limit.
ed area, conditions which allow half
million Of people to live by hunting
are not Usually such as to allow 81
900, 900 ORG, 900, 900 more to live by
agriculture and commerce. Why,
then, does it seem probable that the
population of the Philippines is so
dense? How has it been possible to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

Under the Spanish system Mr..
Rathbone found that the letter carriers
received their pay by charging from
three to five cents, and sometimes
more, for every letter they delivered.
1t took only day or two to have that
system abolished in Havana, much to
the relief of the merchants. The
carriers were put on salaries equivalent
to that which they were supposed to
earn by the assessment method they
were permitted to use under the for
mer regime.
The carriers under the Spanish sys.
tenn not only charged for the delivery
of mail matter, but they riAed letters
freely, and made money by stealing
stamps from mail matter and selling
then. The letters and other grades
of mail matter would be forwarded
without stamps, and the carriers at
the other end of the route would col
lect not only for delivery, but for the
stamps that had been stolen. There
was simply an unparalleled looseness
in the conduct Of postoffice business,
and every man seemed to have license
to steal wherever he could. Even
newspapers would be stolen from
bundles and sold for whatever could
be got for them.
Another form OF corruption was
evident when the salary lists were ex.
amined. There was no scale of sal.
aries. In one city postmaster would
receive twice the salary that the post.
master of larger city received. Sal
ares seemed to be arranged on the
"pull" plan, with the possibilities OF
division with the appointing power
afterward. Places that under the
liberal payment of the United States
would rate at $500 year were worth
frequently as much as $4,000 year. -
Harper's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07
The Ox-Eye Daisy.

There are many who admire the
daisy as flower, and even the large
oxeye, larger and more showy than
the common varieties, is not without
those who think II beautiful. But II
hardly needs to be added that these
are mostly city people, or those who
have not become acquainted with the
daisy's peculiarities. It is most
abundant seeder, and once in the land
IL is almost impossible to get rid of it.
Yet there was time when this vile
pest was sent out to be cultivated in
gardens as beautiful flower. Dur
ing one Of the last years we were on
the farm, handsome carriage with
team, showing O family taking a drive
through the country, called at the
house, and the lady Of the party asked
us in the most polite tones possible il
we would be kind enough to allow
them to pluck STEW OF the beautiful
flowers" which she saw growing amid
the grass and clover. OF course con-
sent was readily given, though we
could hardly repress smile. Y,t il
cut early, before its seed is for-,ed,
the daisy makes hay which stock will
eat If forced to it. 1t has then rather
more than half as much nutrition as
good hay.-Boston Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07
PRINCE HILKorr's TIME TABLE.
PHILIPPINE TRIBES
COMPLETELY CLASSIFIED,
An Ethnographic Map.

A simple classification of the Philip
pine Archipelago's population may be
made with the assistance of the accom-
panying ethnographic map taken from
Harper's Weekly:
1. The Moros, or Sulus (Mohamme-
dan Malaysl occupy the small southern
islands, the southern and western
coasts of Mindanao, and the southern
extremity of Palawan. Their capital
is Sulu. AS for their number, the
estimate in the Nouveau Dictionnaire
de Geograpraphie Universelle, by NJ.
vivien de Saint Martin, is 100000 to
800, 900.
!. 2. The islands of the central group
are inhabited chiefly by Visayans
(Roman Catholic Malaysl. OF the
Visayans proper there are about o.
800, 900; but il we include the cognate
tribes scattered from Northeastern n
Mindanao to Mindoro and the Cslami
anes Islands, the total number is prob
ably much greater.
3. The Tagals, Tagalogs, or Tagalos
(Roman Catholic Malays), from whom
Aguinaldo has drawn the larger part
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07
Popcorn as o Crop.

1t hardly pays to grow popcorn as O
field crop, under ordinary circum-
stances. The consumption of pop
corn is q considerable item, an9 a
farmer may be so situated that he
could grow itprofitably, but we should
not care to attempt it. II is not q
certain crop, and it seems, for some
unaccountable reason, to fail more
easily in large field than in a small
patch. 1t is capable Of yielding fifty
bushes to the acre, but it does not
often do it. II mixes so easily with
other corn--which, of course, destroys
its market value-that unless planted
far away from other corn, we get O
variegaod nothing.
But if we succeed in getting a crop,
we meet with serious difficulties in
keeping it, and to get the best prices
it must be kept q year, and under the
very best conditions. 1t must be
kept dry, absolutely dry, and, with
the ordinary farmers facilities for
large storage, that is not an easy
thing. II there should be some place
on the farm that will insure dryness,
rate aud mice will be the next trouble,
and these pests not only destroy a
great deal OF the corn, but will faint
even more than they eat. The only
practical way Of keeping it from rats
and mice is to cover the crib, which
ought to be in some building, with
fine wire netting. aud that is too ex-
pensive. II is the practice of some
who do not grow it upon too large q
scale, to throw it upon the bare door.
shovel over every day for week, and
then barrel. Two or three inch holes
are bored in each end Of the barrel for
the admission of air. But this does
not always save the corn from mice. =
The Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

as Saxon displaced Celt in the British
Isles. That famous band Of the Igor
rotes who trusted to charms and bows
and arrows in the battle of February
5 were of this class. The accompany
ing map shows the names of a dozen
different tribes in Northern Luzon
alone, with others in Central Minda-
mao, Northern Panay, and Negros, etc.
Little reliance can be placed upon the
estimates of the total number of en-
donesiens" who have never consented
to stand and be counted. As an ap-
Proclamation, some of the authoritives
have suggested 800, 900 or 400, 900.
6. Of the ahorigines called Negritos
little Blacks), or Aetas, only 10000
or 20, ,000remain. They are "as near an
approach to primitive man as can any
where be found, Says Professor Brin e
ton; and they are so far inferior in ply
sique and intelligence to the civilized
or semi-civilized Malay or "Indonc-
sien" that they seem destined to dis
appear altogether before long"
7. At or near the principal ports
are about 100000 Chinese, and per-
haps $4,000 whites-not including
General Otis's army.
The present distribution Of the ma
tive tribes has evidently been occa-
stoned by successive waves of inva-
sion. The aboriginal Aetis (Negritos)
as less vigorous branch of the human
family, were unable to resist attacks
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07
How Room Was Made.

A little black-eyed and nimble-
tongued Irish street car conductor in
Dublin came into the car and called
out, in his peculiarly penetrating
voice:
SWAN seat on the roight! Sit closer
on the roight, ladies an gintlemin, an
mex room for Teddy phwat's stand
ing"
A big, surly looking man who was
occupying space enough for two, said
sullenly;
1--WE can't sit any closer"
"Can't yez?" retorted the little con-
ductor. "Begorra, you niver wint
cortin', thin"
1t Is needless to add that room was
male ION the roight" for the lady.
London Spare Moments.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07
To Get RID of Weeds.

Green manuring may be the means
Of cleansing the field from weeds, for
which purpose, Of course, only the
crops Of the most rapid growth are
useful. II increases the store Of or
ganic matter in the soil, and so furn-
ishes the conditions favorable for the
multiplication OF earth worms, and
these, as Darwin has pointed out, by
their activities improve the soil in
many ways, most important among
which are better aeration, bringing Of
the finer materials to the top, pulver-
ization and increased solubility Of its
constituents. - Professor William p.
Brooks, OF Massachusetts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

from restless and progressive neigh
bors. The first people from the main
land to appear as consuerors on a
large scale may have been the so-called
Indonesiens; but these in turn were
displaced, in the more desirable por-
tions OF the archipelago, by hordes Of
Asiatics coming from the Malay Pen
insula by way of Borneo-the first
incursion being led by Tagals, and
the second by visayans. The third
and last wave of Malay invasion cul-
minated about the middle of the six
teenth century, not far from the time
when the Spaniards arrived upon the
scene and established themselves in
the yissyss and Luzon.
The editor OF the Dictionnaire de
Geographic Universelle estimates the
total population Of the archipelago at
about 9,000.0 900, but fails to give con.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

OF his forces, inhabit central Luzon.
Their number is uncertain, though for
the present we may accept Saint Mar
tins estimate--1, 200, 900.
4. Tribes of Malsys, which are
numerically of less importance, are
not always clearly distinguished from
Tagalogs and visayans--e. g., the Ilo-
canos, Pampangos, and Zambales oi
Northern and Western Luzon, the
Bicols Tor vicols) in the extreme south
east Of Luzon and in adjacent islands,
the Subanos of Southern Cebu, etc.
8. Nom -Malayan savages, remnants
Of an earlier population which was dis.
placed by the Malsys, are widely scat
tered, and the common name "Indo,
nesiens" is given to these tribes BY
the writer's, who regard them a. repre-
ssntatives Of race which the Malayi
drove into the mountains. somewhat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07
! FARM TOPICS {
Keep Small Tools sharp.

All the hoes and other small tools
used In cultivating soil, including cul;
tivator teeth, should be sbarpened at
the beginning Of the season and kept
sharp thereafter. In stony ground, q
hoe will need little touch OF the
grindstone nearly every day. This
may seem q small matter. but the time
used in keeping small tools sharp Is
not wasted, as it enables the workman
to work more effectively for q day
thereafter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

Bridgeport, Ohio, has issued bonds
for $4,000, with which to pave every
hrest in town.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

the most aristocratic British society.
The chances are that Virginia Bon
ynge cared little for her first noble
love, for she soon forgot him and mar
ried the Viscount Deerhurst, who
loved her in spite OF the fact that she
was the daughter of miner and =
convict.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07
JoIinny's Marble.

Seven little marbles lay huddled to-
gether in Johnny's pocket. They
ratified merrily against one another,
and when Johnny went hop, skip and
Jump, they went hop, skip and jump,
too, for they were so glad that marble
time had come again. Only the big
green marble that Johnny called a
''real" did not stir at oil, and was not
glad bit.
"Oh, dear, 1 wish it was winter
againl" said the big marble. ''Then
1 could sleep all day in Johnny's play
room, instead of rolling about on the
pavement.
81 think that is fun" said the little
brown marble.
''What fun is there in humping to-
gether and knocking each other
about?" asked the big marble. 'And
as soon as one game is done, another
begins. 1t is SO tiresomel'
In fact, he began to feel so cross
that he made up his mind to run
away. SO the next time that Johnny
sent him flying against row Of the
other marbles, he contrived to slip
down under the fence; the green grass
covered him over, and as it was just
the same color as the real" Johnny's
sharp eyes failed to find him.
At first the lazy marble thought it
was fine fun to lie still and do moth
ing, but soon he was tired OF that He
could hear the boys ON the sidewalk
shouting their funny iargon, while his
brother marbles rolled ~ and fro, and
had such jolly gamesl How he wished
that he was with them!
One day Johnny was digging q
fower-bed by the fence, when his
spade struck something hard.
"Why, here is my 'real!" he cried.
"What made you run away, you
naughty fellow?"
Then Johnny took his other marbles
from his pocket, and they had q fiue
play all together again; and the big.
lazy marble was now as lively and
jolly as the others, and clicked merrily
against his neighbors as il he quite en-
joyed the game. Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

The worlds record for swift travel
around the world will soon be cut in
twain. Prince Hilkoff, Russian Minis
ter Of Communication, stated at the
recent meeting of the European rail-
way managers that when the new
Siberian railway is completed 1t will
be possible to travel around the world
in thirty-three days. At present the
best possible record is sixty-six days.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07
A Treasure Island Near Porto Rico.

At the centre of the sea of the An
titles, in the middle OF the passage
which separates st. Domingo from
Porto Rico, there raises itself above
the waves a steep rock to which the
ancient Spanish navigators gave the
name of "La Mona" or "Nonito," :"
the little monkey. Among the sailors
of the Antilles, La Mona is always
called the Island of Pirates, and is
thought to conceal mysterious treas
ures.
1t is an immense chalky block, seven
kilometres long and four or five wide,
rearing it's summit, fat as table,
to thirty or forty metres above the
sea. The waves, always agitated in
these coasts, have shaped this block
into pedestal Of pointed cliffs, and,
except on two or three points, where
narrow stretches of shore advance, the
island is almost inaccessible. Ships
are kept at distance, as much by the
violence OF the waves as by a chain of
rocks which surround it and where
alone open a few passages for small
vessels.
At the southern point of the island
an enormous rock seems miraculously
suspended from the crest of cliff.
The sailors have namedi it "Caiffo O no
caitio," which means "Shall fall or
shall ! not fall" In spite OF its peril.
Gus position, the rock in equilibrium
has resisted for many ages the attacks
of storms and waves.
But one of the most curious par
ticulars OF this island, so strange from
many points of view, is that its chalky
mass is throughout pierced by i'm
mense caves, innumerable grottoes,
inhabited by bands OF sea birds, were
but lately, In part, obstructed by gu
ano. which has been nearly all taken
away.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

secure trustworthy information on this
head?-Marrion Wilcox, in Harper's
Weekly,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

Prince Hilkoff arranges his thirty
three.day itinerary.
In calculating this run Prince Hill
kof estimates speed on the Siberian
railway at the very modest rate of but
forty-eight kilometers, or thirty miles,
per hour. Faster communication both
by sea and land will doubtless soon
reduce the minimum time to thirty
days.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-07

GENERAL MAscARDo.
(He is the Philippine insurgent leader
who has most influence with the
savage tribes of the island.)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-07
SCHOOLS WE'LL FILLED.
Frat Day Finds Pupils Back in Largo
Numbers with More Coming,

Tuesday was the opening day for the
public schools of this city and Judging
from all Indications, the present school
year bids fair to Guido the already sue
Cesful ones of the past. The attendance
cannot of course be definitely known the
first day, especially as the Jewish holidays
dren OF that faith, who will probably be
in attendance by Thursday.
Thus far the high school has enrolled 900
students. Last year they numbered 3D.
The other schools have the following at
tendance
Main street grammar, No /, &c: Main
street grammar, No 2, 81; Main street
primary, %.
Converse school-C., grammar, 16; b, in
termediate &c. c., intermediate, As; A.,
primary, 81 b., primary. 40; c., primary.
40; c., primary No, 2, IS.
Lawrence Barnes sChool-C., grammar
II; A., intermediate, 30; b.. intermediate, Il {;
c., intermediate, 49, A., primary, 43; b.,
primary, 40 c., primary, SO; c., primary,
No. :, "a
termediate, 81; B., intermediate "a c.. in
termediate, 40; A., primary, "a; b.. primary
AZ; c., primary, 49, c., primary, No. q "a,
kindergarten, 81.
Ira Allen school-C., grammar and A., in
termediate. %; b., and c., intermediat e,
80; A. and b.. primary. 40; c.. primary, IS,
Adams Primary, lo5; Adams kindergar-
ten, 16.
Archibald street school, primary So.
S. w. Thayer school, 26.