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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
Weights of Wild Animals.

FFoW "S bOSIDn ITnfSfr.
What does a lion wcigh?' Ask that question
OF any acduaintan nee and see what he will say,
Those who know the look CT the king Of
beasts best and how small his 1.-the body really
is will probably come furthest from the truth.
About 300 to 80 pounds is a usual estimate,
But this is below the mark. Afull-orowp lion
will tin the scale at no less than SOC poAnds.
Five hundred and forty pounds is the:recort
Tor an African lion, His bone is solid and
heavy as ivory.
The tiger runs the lion very close. A Ben
ga tiger. Killed two years ago by an English
officer. scaled 52O pounds. A tiger OF this
size has. however. considerably greater mus
cular strength than the biggest lion, Few
peorle.know that a grizzly bear ~can'g.ve points
To any other "arnlvorOus animal in point OF
strength. 4 grizzly bear weighinR lust 400
weight has been watched carrying a heller of
more than two-thirds its own weight for two
miles upthe most steep and rugged mountain.
sl!e. and this without p~ausing for one instant
Tor rest, The RrizzlY bear is the largest and
most powerful Of all the hear tribe. hut his
cousin. the cinnamon bear. runs him very
close. and The hig white polar bear, though NOT
really so dangerous n customer. is capnhie of
performing fhe most eXtIaOrdinary feats of
strength. A polar bear has been seen 10 move
with his paws boulder six men had with dim.
Guilty put In position to guard a cache OF pro
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
MAKING BRASS INSTRUMENTS.
Method by Which Some of tho Principal
Parts Are Brought Into shape.

The bell OF n brass band instrument, which
is the big end. extending back to the bow or
first bond. is made OF a single piece OF metal
which was originally fiat. The pattern by
which the metal is cut is OF the shape that q
bell would have If it were slit straight down
the side from end to end and then flattened
out. When the fiat piece OF metal from which
a bell is to be formed has been cut out by such
a pattern, 1t is bent 10y hand over a rod until the
edges meet. The seam is brazed. and the piece
OF metal now has its trumpet-shaped form. but
with many little more or less uneven places in
the thin metal.
The bell is then placed upon a wooden man
drel. q form which fills the interior OF tho bell
from end to end and is Of the size and shape to
which the bell is to be conformed. The in
equalities in the surface OF the metal are then
worked out OF it by hand with wooden ham
mers. the bell being repeatedly driven down
upon the mandrcl. When the bell has at last
been brought in this manner substantially to
its true form it is finished and brought to its
perfect smoothness OF surface in a spinnin!
machine.
times in two pieces. sometimes in one, All or
the very largest Instruments have the how in
two pie pieces; which are cHt from fiat metal. like
lines conform to the. curve Of the how. arc
struck into their rounded form with dies. and
n" two halves thus made are then Joined.
Many Instruments Of all sizes are made with
the bow thus formed. hut the ~costiier instru-
men's. Of si2n9 other III II tn" very largest, are
made with the bow Of IA single piece. bent.
Theebow has some taper. being larger at the
end where the bell is Joined to it than at the
cher. The bent how in it's original form. "a
cnt by the patterns. is n straight. fiat strip "
brass. a little narrower at one end than at the
other. in shape like that Of the face of a long.
slender keystone. so that when 1t is rounded
up into tube. shape IL will have the required
taper, This piece is brought into tube shape and
brazeh and wrought into form and finish, all
except the, bending of 1t into bow shape. in
substantially tn" same manner as the tell.
The, slightly tapering but yet perfectly wrought
section OF pipe is then filled with molten
lead, When the lead has cooled the section
OF pipe thus filled is laid across a wooden form
shaped like tn" lower part Of the letter I. into
which it is gradually bent. As the pipe il bent
down more and more. little wrinkles appear
along across the inner side. These wrinkles
as they appear are beaten out by hand with
very, small. light hammers. and when the bow
has finally been brought down to its form the
surface OF the inner curve is rs smooth IA TINT
Of the outer curve. Then the lead is melted
out OF It: and the bow Is put through the pro-
cesses OF finishing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
Gold in tho Philippines.
From the D,nr,r Re- publican.

rum ~ bSUtsF ~ VuDttCuu.
Rock SRINGs. Wy. March 1s.-An interest
ing letter has been received here from f. c.
Hamill OF this city. who Is making a tour OF the
world. and has been sightseeing and prospect
ing in the Philippines for several months. Mr..
Hamlll. writing from Manila under date Of
Feb. .. says:
Il have baen constantly on the lookout for
news OF gold PROSPECTS in the interior. A
friend OF mine, who has been out prospecting.
tells me that in sone Of the remote d~istricta
II for from. 81 to SO m ounce. When the ma
tiyeI are paciied or subdued | am going back
with this man into the interior. and | am pre.
pared to, buy all the gold offered at these
earth that presents better 0ppurtunitios AZ rres-
emit for. a young man than the Philippines.
The, gold excitement. in, my opinion. will ev-
coed that.oyer he klmndike. with no hard hips
would like to locate here. and If they can he
discharged here with travel pay To their homes.
which amounts TO about 500 lots Of them will
atay, for this, amount will be a good stake in
'THERMGPoLIs. Wy. March ls.-Fav FieReld
Of Battery, A. Alger Light Artillery. writing
from Manila says:
Col has been found along the streams in
the, outskirts ot Manila. The natives bring in
both placer and quartz gold. They saw there
is plenty OF 1t in the interior. but that they
brought rock into Manila that fairly Filtered
with gold, and have also brought in coarse
pieces OF placer gold which they claim they got
along the creeks, 1t is such exhibits a. these
Several old miners in the Montana regiment
started the ball rolling. and. though the mem
hership Is small at present. every day adds new
members to the roll. 1t is safe to say if Uncle
wyoming and Montana men will remain ana
try to locate q second klondikO."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
OUR TROUpsHIPS EYE OPENnRs.
European Military Men and Journals Mar
vel Mt What Has Been Accomplished.

From H. 81. LOU, GIob,. Democrat.
WAsHINGToN. March 18.-Within sixty DAYS
G.0OO American soldiers have sailed through
the Mediterranean past the doors Of the nations
OF Europe. An object lesson in something
more than numbers has been given. Ten
months agorsuch a possession as n troonship
was unknown to tho United States Govern
ment. All territory was contiguous. The
only transportation with which.the American
uuartermasters were familiar was on land.
When the opening weeks of the war found
troops mobiliHing at Tampa. the Government
was obliged tocharter coastwise craft scattered
all OF the way from New York to New Orleans.
The boats we're OF various shapes and sizes.
They were hurriedly transformed into trans
ports and Skaters expedition. Of 1000 men
at one time. threatened to be endless contu-
sion.
Last week one Of the new troopships dropped
anchor In Manila Bay. after a trip more than
half way around the world and IN the.season
had sustained an accident of so much as a
troopshlps .stopped at Gibraltar. British OF.
went aboard and with the ,horoughness Of
experts proceeded to look, over the arrange;
the sleening quarters. the g%aileys. the exercise
ship, And when they had finished they told
the American officers that Great Britain, with
all OF her eXperIenre In the water transporta-
tion Of troops. had no transports to com pare
with those which the American Government
had devised for the movement of soldiers to
distant Possessions. They marvelled when
told that 1000 men had been conveyed across
the. occa1 without an accident. They .ex-
blamed that the British Government never
moved such numbers Of soldiers on an ocean
VOYAGE without expecting to lose one or more
disabled, BY accidents incident 70 sea travel.
With 5000 on the way to Manila by the east
erly route. the War Department has had 5000
on the water by the western route. An army
OF American, troops is moving across the
oceans. bound for n common destination and
tho achievement receives scarcely moro than
passing attention in the United States. To
other Govern ments this easy execution Of q
great military transportation problem Is n
matter OF much more, comment and surprise
than 1t is at homo. The military journals of
foreign countries are discussing II as they did
some OF the feats of the American army and
navy in the war with Snain. This movement
OF troons and muniticnsto Manila from the
United states is another in the series OF eye
openers for the rest Of the world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
He Kicked away a foot or two of the coal and dis.

II.
1900 -, 80 osa,n1 undornoa,r
Auo. na,i,n;no 7 iort IIii,on - hEo comr,nv
~ nuaa,.aJ - ah.uai ana s.or,ad 10 ,.orL
n,,n.. -, ,tm, tar ,In nra,nJ a,,o INV no
,as, No. ,hn. nrnaI,od +, A. ,inn,b' - ,vn foot
snno,hino hal wos s,rr,L hoIo civ fest hv
sn,r uas onorod and tharo ,ov tbo inngcd. for
- 800 ,t'otu aoa,ai ri,b n,hi,n Ion, ,o
Lnan thnm frnr, rrs,irg
Ano,her ,nossoga wos sert affair tho an
,ir,,rs o,d ,hoy .nmo hal 10 ,ha r,m,iry
utotion 70 cIa,n tho cv,ipd,r bc,ds snrovv ,h,u
into nositiop and cooI th,. hoil.rs for steam
, and the miami was again I'm nper,tiop I, vps
n norro,r osn,no for tha drinLnrsnr N,niI, md
/ sew NJ ,hem know tbo details of thor rsIier
EarIv on SUNDAY morning F,h 4 vben tho
Manila bIockbouaps wore talon bv thn Ameri.
cpns and the arrogant FiIipino insurgents m,t
with their first crushing defeat the soldiers
learned one feature of Filipino warfare. and
will hencefortb b. on the alert for IL. oceur.
renee This ia tbe Eilipiuo's possum.nloylnp
instinct when forced into close quarters, when
the Filipino ands that h., has snent his last AZ.
fectiye bullet. and ia ahout To he caIleI upon IN
give over his life TO the enemy. he goes into n
very realistic swoop. and to al' spprarances is
dead or budly wounded.
When the fnmous ch,rce NJ tho Colorado
boys was made into the village OF Balic. Balio
and up the hill TO Blockhouse No r there was
one bush in particular nenr the village from
which a Worrying lot Of hulIets came and
zipped unpleasnntlv close to tbe e,rs NJ the
men. The sound q, n Mouser is nj first very
dcceiving. and (. took soma time 10 locate the
wicked sharrsbooter in fact. be was NOT
located until the United States soldiers were
right upon his place ~ concealment Crncl
after crack came from his gun. but at last
thew located the croucbino form I'm ,be
bushes. IL was determined 70 surround the
place and close in upon tho fellow no.
fore he conld ingict anv damage Down
came the men md thev vsre chaprinsd
to see their nnn throw IN his arms
and fall forward ont of the bushes annarentlv
Killed without a shot hsing ared II was n
pretty thin trick. vat the coptors Thought the
man must have boan hodiv wounded Ha
breatbed regularly but his cves vnro closel
and his tongue protrudad in n cha stIv wav from
his mouth Turning him ovor for e,onir.-
tion. tho man found NOT n wound n, bis hodv
The first nnu,ss w,s tn .boot him do,J ~ tho
spot hut don Hale riding mr. ordor.d tb,t cha
fello,v be corriod 70 tho ro,r ,s , n-isoror
He WINS n heavy follow and II seemed , nitv
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
LORD HERsCHELL,s LITTLE JOKE.
Three Dollars Ahead on Account of Guides
Ignorance of Value of an English S Sovereign.
From n. Warrington Post.

From n, Warrington Post.
Lord Herschall had a fondness for going
around and looking at things on his own hook.
driven over the city numbers Of times and
shown the points Of interest. but he liked walk
ing better. and he took numerous long prowls
about the city quito unaccOmpanied. On one
OF these occasions he was accosted in front OF
the Smithsonian Institution by n guide. The
guides manner Of miXing'his negatives proba-
bly, Appealed to the English :. ana fancy. for he
consented to be shown through the smith
sonian Institution and the National Museum Lv
the man. \ member of the Smithsonian In.
distance from the titled!Fnclishmman and the
guide as they went around among the exhibits
In the two buildings. saws that it was delicious
to observe Lord llersche!l's solemn reception
OF the guides INSTRUMENTATION. The guide
knew absolutely nothing about the exhibits,
but The fashion with which he descanted upon
them, Gays the scientist who overheard him.
was gloriously poiupous and ridiculous. Lord
Herschell listened to the man as il he were
sitting under some famous lecturer. only
occasionally regarding the guide with a sly
twinkle in his eye when the wealth OF misin-
formation and tommyrot was flowing ~particu-
lIarIy free. After an hour or so thus spent the
EnG!ishmnn dismissed the guide and handed
ne. nshei out Of his. trousers pocket. The
guide looked at the coin suspiciously, sized up
90 10Th tldes Of it and then handed it back to
the member Of the Joint High Commission.
Why. no" renlied Lord Herschell. That's
az fnIllsh soversiEn.rhe equivalent OF about
, That go said the guide. Well. it don't
,o0s eSactiy right to ne; sir, and "a rather
Lord Herscheil then pulled out his wallet,
took rev 81 bill therefrom. handed it to the
guide and went his way with a smile.
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There is a Pittshurg lie Insurance agent n,
whom II 10 said that he can talk a stone statue
into buying "a policy in his company. "the NOS
liberal on earth, He wrote "a policy for a China.
man u lew weeks ago, the flrst ever written
Tor a man OF the race in Pittsburg, How he
lid il he alone knows. The Chinama p
has 10 clear idea Of it, He understood
that by pavlnG the premiums promptiy he
would be entitled to $4,000 some time
He began botherinG the agent for the
money after a coup!e OF weeks had passed.,
and the agent tried to explain 10 him
that he would have to die before he could Yer
H. The Chlnaman fell down a c~ellarway on
Irant street and was badly hurt. His friends
tried 70. attend to him without calling in n doc
tpr' Nhen they did call in one two days later
the doctor was angry.
Why didn't, you call me sooner" he asked
This man IS half dead now"
Next day the Injured mans brother was nj
the Insurance office with a claim for S2,5OO.
ou,re not entitled 10 anything on this. A"
SAD the insurance man. until the man Ia
"Doctol say HIN half dead" ansUsred .ba
brother. Why he no glst lat halfI'
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sronb Poof fm %IIliin SHt to rG SETTLE 'n' Now "SV you're
talkin' sense l says, give, me back me In
mond and me money J. haven't got $1,000
Eitn mei fG snyS Soh!bn 5% did b Son Know En WOW i re was as
ss!2.tWpo00I / 'iostS"T' THAT knocked him clenn out
and he hain't another word, to say. Throw
me that pockethook. ] SAYS, fierce IKE, AM 10
would Va rob me? cries the sniyellin' sn"ak
Turn, about is fair play stays. pleasant
enough. but se"iu' the ginteel way you're be-
havin'. I'll only take back me own. with inter-
6 St u i2r ,h ths 81 y ,%an him M SbsR t ihnar rest / counts out
your shirt on says. there's another little
matter to lc settled between us. You wrot,"
your autograph on the back OF. me head with
q billy. and | IN goin' to return the Gompllment
ty writin' mine on your face with me fists,
Mcguire will sr' fair play If Ia have known
how that diril could ilGnt ] Inightn't have been
SO free; He com AT me ike 4. cyclone ana kept,
m" as busy as a boy dri MI EiGs; IT. he n, hHm l,,a
distance. gave some real old Irish yclls. that
near stampeded the cattle in the corral. But
can scrap q bit myself. aud ! thumped that
thief beautiful. He wasn't pretty to look at
when he yelled enough. aud ! wasn't Just
fixed to have mo Photographic taken neither, tut
I'D had III" satisfaction and felt better. john
son washed his face at the well. brushed him
self with a horse brush. AMI started on. his
Me and Mcguire went back to the house.
There was Dovitn. who had seen the whole
business. half cryin' and beggin',to know, what
novita says. .t.urnin', red. This is your ring.
Mr.. Haley Mister Haley. mind yc-and she
offers i to me. Think it over says l.. maybe
you'd like to keep it.
well. that's what she done. Say. them Mar
tinetti cocktail. that h~arkeep Juggles up is fine
drinkin'. What do ye say2"
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Feet. Inches. Pounds. Al t"0'' 'u%n,yT'

IT. WEIGHT. cHrsr Mr,sruEMESr.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-20

and PROCEEDED at once to the court
house. At $50 promptly he COM
menced his address.
He is most unassumiug man, and
his talk was quite characteristic. He
spoke quietly, but at the same time he
found occasion to interspe-se goodly
quantity Of a dry sort of wit that kept
the audience 10 excellent humor.
The theme OF his very informal talk
was "Democrscy', He spoke without
notes, and he confessed that he had
made little preparation. However he
had plenty of suggestive ideas to leave
with his hearers. He began by speak
ing of kings. The king OF Germany,
he said, sis not very remarkable
mau in most ways, not so very different
from the ordinary mortal, but he is
troubled with manifest destiny, just as
the United States is troubled just now"
THE professor Is an ardent anti-expan-
sionist.)
81 have met many men who called
themselves kings. They have mostly
been great Disappointment. But 1
met a real king the other day, in the
palace at the City of Mexico. Porfirio
Diaz, strong, firm, wise, generous, the
ruler of men, the maker of laws, the
dictator by the choice of the people
he is real king. Not another man in
Mexico is to be mentioned the same
day with this great ruler, and yet he
looks like, acts like, and Is, an Ordi-
nary man.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-20

I heard the report OF Btll's gun, and
Immediately came the heavy volley l
have mentioned, followed by my own
shot, and the disappearance OF the In
dams on the rocks in front OF me.
ut was time to wheel now, and as
closed in my second cartridge I turned
to the rightsbout looking for Bill.
There stood his horse with his neck
distended and blood pouring from sew
eral wounds. Bill was :still p:the saddle,
but dropping forward. his head turning
downward by the side OF his horses
neck. saw his head touch the tip OF
the horses name, which was towards
me, and suppose be fell on his head,
but did not see him leave the saddle,
for nv horse turned aud again dashed
to the rear, and during the next three
or four hundred yards splint tiers of rocks
and gravel struck US both, thrown up
by the hot fire of the Apaches. Catch
ing up with the corporal We turned
again at 700 yards distance, and paused
to see their location and judge of their
number. pulled out my watch and
looked at the hour. We estimated the
hostiles at $50. and saw that We had
only struck the first point of the am
buscade. We had no time to linger. SO
I signalled the two Mohave scouts to
join US, which they did. Then we
came o.ce more upon the two mining
prospectors, who had heard the firing
and were again running around AS be-
fore. moaning and crying. We put
them upon the horsas of the dead
scouts, which had followed us. after I
had taken my carbine and koocked q
little sense into them, telling them to
go to Lordsburg, and then I picked out
q good position on which to build rifle
pits, when suddenly the young Mohave
scout called my attention to some In
dians running toward US through some
mesquite-bushes. We at first thought
them hostiles and were about to fire,
when, to our delight, we saw that they
were some of our own Indian scouts.
The old medicine man, our oldest Mo-
AVE scout, was almost paralyZ d with
fear, and as the six scOu' reached US
he made the sign dead and continued
to talk to them for q few seconds, and
then these scouts, who had come to our
rescue on hearingsthe firing, went all
to pieces with fear and began running
around in the Widest excitement. See
ing that it would not take many Sec
onds for them to become demoraiized
beyond control, set in cursing round
ing them to fight and kill the Apaches
and not behave like squaws. Sudden
ly the largest Indian stripped off his
blouse, and naked to his gee string,
calculated, in ste tOrian tones, Il fight
and kill Apache Chiricahus! Instant
ly the others seemed to come to them
selves, began to strip for battle, and in
another moment we're building life pits
at the places pointed out to them, with
all possible energy,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-20
condition OF status.

condition OF status.
''F'rom this men have in some cases
and some places progressed to q state
of contract If the man is not satisfied
with his condition. let him make a
contract, a bargain, to suit himself.
Let him act as free agent, aud choose
his station. Ii man remains at the
bottom of the social scale, the indus
trial scale, or the moral scale, it Is
largely because he elects to remain
there. OF course we have not yet
reached stage where contract is
perfectly free, but for most of US it is
practically so. that is, we can in large
degree control our destiny, because the
individual is recognized as paramount
to everything else.
'It is true that in the copd ition of
status you are sure of what you have.
Born king, lord, shoemaker, plowmau,
so you remain. You are sure of
that. There is more of certainty but
far less of opportunity.
Free to make your own contract,
the chance of making bad contract is
IS good as the chance of making q
good one. But you have the choice
Those who choose their station in life
are the ones who come to have the
direction Of affairs. AS they command
their own lives, SO they command men
and circumstance.
"Things have to be done-lots of
them. There is no king to do them.
We have to do them ourselves. There
is no one left. We have disposed of
all the rulers by usurpation. and the
scepter, now of republicanism, fslls
to the common man. He is the real
ruler.
THE secret of the success of the
form OF government under which we
live 1s that we respect and trust the
individual. 1t is for this reason that
we cannot establish in the Philippines
such form of repu blican government
as would accord with our ideas. There
are no common people whom we can
trust TO care for themselves. It is 80
In Mexico today. You can't
depend on the great mass of
the common people to govern
themselves wisely. They depend on
the rulers set over them. Disrupt the
present government, and the common
people could not build it up again. l
have heard it said that the Mexican
form OF government Is not republican,
ism but business. Let me say that the
American form of government Ia re-
publicanism, but is not always bust
ness. Our form of government is by no
means necessarily better than others,
from business standpoint, but it is
better for US. It respects the indivi-
dual. 1t teaches man to appreciate
the RESPONSE bilities which weigh upon
him, and it nurtures grand and invi-
gOrating manhood.
''The founders of this republic did
not trust the common people. Take