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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-20

ing out 5000 men; he had to enlist an
equal number of regulars to- take the places
the new regulars. to. provide transporta-
ton for them to Manila to transport back
the army then there and at the same time
ana a. ha Az the he while ta to prosecute the war This
months. The new army bill was not what
the president wanted, but it gave him per-
men and also to raise volunteer army Of
35, OoO men and to keep them until July /,
1901 Under thel terms of this act, 5000
regulars have already been enlisted and
CT men who have been formally mustered
out. Ten new regiments of volunteers are
now organizing.
General Otis has been supplied already
with ZOO regulars having two years serv-
ice before them. And all the while the
fght1ng In Luzon has been maintained with
the result already described in this state
ment. What more could be asked or ex-
pected? What possible criticism can be
passed upon the Intelligence or the fore
sight with which these difficult and compli-
Gated affairs have been conducted What,
lndeed, can be said except in warm and
generous praise both of the administration
at home and Of the army abroad?
On June Is the transport Sheridan sailed
from San Francisco with 1880 men; the
Valencia sailed on June 20 with 500 more:
the Pennsylvania sailed on July with 1900
more; the Para sailed on July u with 1000
more, and the Tartar is due to sail July
p with still another thousand. Three regi-
ments of volunteer infantry are in process
of organization at Manila. and the ten
home regiments will be ready by the mid
die of August. So that by the end of the
rainy season, and as soon as troops can be
used, General Otis will have a fully
equipped and effective force of not less
than 1000 men, and 10000 more will be
ready for departure in case they are
needed.
1T may be true that IT, on February 5,
when the insurgents made their attack, we
then had properly dispensed through Lu-
zon island such an army'o of occupation as
will be there in the fall, the rebellion might
to be: but the facts which I have briefly
recited show. first. that the president had
no right in honor and good faith with
gle man more than was there, nor on his
way there. when the peace protocol was
signed, last August, nor until the ratific&-
The Republican., 1899-12-07
THE MOON OF MARS.
A Satellite That Regularly Goes
Through All Its Changes or ''Qunr-
ters" Every Night.

The inhabitants of the planet Mars
if there are any-witness every night
a spectacle the like of which, the as
tronomers tell us, may be seen nowhere
else in the universe. They have
moon that rises in the west and sets in
the east, and that goes through all its
phases in a single night. This moon,
which is called Phobos, is only about
seven miles in diameter, and is less
than 1000 miles distant from Mars.
Prof. Hall, who discovered it and its
companion, Deimos, in 1877, found
that it revolves around the planet in
seven hours and 80 minutes, and as the
planet itself rotates in 224 hours and 81
minutes the moon makes a little more
than three revolutions while the planet
is rotating once. 1t is this rapid mo-
ton that gives Phobos its unique dis
tinction. 1t moves toward the east, the
direction in which Mars rotates, but it
goes so fast that it disappears above
the western three times while Mars
is turning over one time Thus
the Martians have a new moon. cres-
cent moon, a half moon, a gibbous
moon. full moon and a new moon
again all in one night
| In the case of the earth and its moon
the conditions are reversed. The earth
turns over on its own axis about 81
times while the moon is going around
it once. The motion of each is toward
the east, but the more rapid movement
of the earth makes the moon appear
to be moving toward the west That
it is really going eastward is shown by
its rising from As to 50 minutes later
every night and by the daily change
of its position among the stars.-Cin-
| cinnati ENQUIRER.
The Republican., 1899-12-07

Me and my partner got ours into Sgd
ney and the captain never knew about
it, We sold them to a Jew shop night
after night.
Three yearsago, when l was 81 years
old, | was on a vessel at pier 9, New
York, and the German cook belonged
to the Mariners church, and he took
me up there several nights, and he was
a good Christian. went with him just
to pass the time. Heard many sailors
give their testimonies. When | went
back the devil said to me: Don't listen
to those men-they get their living out
of that The German cook talked to me
night after night | heard Mr.. BOu!t,
and his words made great impression
on my heart, and he made things plain
and made me feel that there was God
and another world. His words made
an impression that l didn't want to
hear anybody else preach. For two or
three months this went on, and then |
came to Christ. | never knew a days
happiness until came to Christ. And
now l want to do all the good l can
This is the sailors yarn, almost word
for word. The editor has looked up
his record since his conversion and finds
that he is an earnest out-and-out Chris
tian. What hath God wrought!
The Republican., 1899-12-07

ryipg water to farmers throughout
the districts, thus gridironing the al
Ieys with artificial streams and, to
some extent, modifying the dry, heat
ed atmosphere.
These canals are 10 or II feet deep
and about 20 feet wide at the bottom,
sloping outward at the top. The bot
tom and sides are, of course, cement
ed water tight" The larger ones
have a capacity of irrigating about 50,-
900 acres of land.
In constructing these immense ca
historic grades and followed the lines
of the ruined and forgotten primitive
irrigating bitches of the aboriginal
tribes who inhabited this country ages
ago. The modern engineer finds that
he cannot improve upon these scientific
channels. Here are the ruins of ancient
reservoirs, into which were led the
fertilizing streams from the noun
tains and the rivers to nourish their
growing crops.
In this arid section it requires about
IS inches of water yearly to grow
crops This water is distributed in
six irrigations, of about three inches
each, at stated intervals. There is
much dissatisfaction among the farm
ers at the appropriation of these nat
ural streams by the water syndicates
Stock raisers must also pay royalty
The Republican., 1899-12-07
NOTES OF REFORM.

The saloon never takes a vacation.~
New Voice.
With the sanction of the law the
liouor traffic robs men of money and
health and character.-NewN Voice.
The man who is not prepared to be as
radical as truth will never wear re-
formers crown, or bear reformer's
artyrdom.-National Advocate.
Mrs. Callas obtained a verdict of
81 900 in a suit against Fred Muntz,
Carbondale, ILL.,, saloonkeeper, for sell
ing liquor to her husband, who was
murdered after he left the saloon.
The Hayerhill Conn., Temperance
union, over the signature Of the presi-
dent, has offered reward of $50 for the
conviction of anyone concerned in the
illegal sale OF liquor.
Toronto, which has a population of
100000, boasts of having more uni
versities than distilleries, more colleges
than breweries, more churches than
barrooms. Good for Toronto!
Mrs. Maxwell, the Miss Braddon of
literary fame, never touches stimulants
of any kind. For 40 years she has been
at her arduous work, and her pen is still
brilliant and apparently eXhaustless.
She attributes her perennial youth to
her total observation-disclosures journal.
The Church of England Temperance
society has formed a Legislative board
with the object of agitating for the car
rying out by parliament of Lord Peel's
report. The new board is practically
the old evidence board, which furnished
evidence before the royal commission.
If possible committee of members of
parliament will be got together to rep
resent inside the house the action of the
board OI1tSidp
The Republican., 1899-12-07

This important fact Is usually over
looked by the eastern purchaser until
it is too late. He should first endeavor
to get land near an unappropriated
stream-if he can find any in southern
Colorado; otherwise he will land with
in the grasp of the water octopus and
find himself making yearly payments
for his farm long after he has paid for
the land. That is, he must continue to
pay for water or abandon his ranch.
1t may be within hundred yards of a
living stream, but he is not permitted
to dig a ditch and tap that stream,
though he sees oceans" of water rum
ming by his door and to waste. The
stream has been appropriated" by the
irrigation company and he must get
his supply from them.
A water right costs from $1,000 to
81 $500 for an eighty-acre farm, near the
towns; but out in the arid regions the
stock is sold at smaller figures, and
the farmer pays, in addition, about 81
per acre, yearly, for water.
As water is most valuable where it is
scarce, these companies practically
hold a mortgage upon the productive
anergies of the people of the districts.
| True, they have greatly aided in re-
cAaiming the waste lands, but there is
| no doubt that Colorado would soon be-
come even more populous and wealthy
were it not for the wholesale appropria-
ton of the streams by the irrigating
companies. A number of these COM
panies have located, through dunn
miles," extensive tracts of government
lands. Then they appropriated the
rivers and creeks and built their stor.
age reservoirs and irrigating canals
They pay the government price and
charge the settler from $40 to 500, OF
more, per acre. According to govern
ment land office reports nearly 1,000,
900 acres of land have been taken in
Colorado during the past year ant
The Republican., 1899-12-07
THE SOCIAL FEATURE.
Proves the Greatest Attraction of
the SaIOOn-Experience of
Patron of Saloons.

A correspondent of the New York
Sun touches upon a vital point in the
saloon business when he says: AN eX-
perience of about Is years as patron
of saloons qualities me to speak with
knowledge, if not with authority, on
the subject, and my observation is that
the saloon keeper derives a large part
of his revenue by conducting his place
in such manner as to meet the social
wants of his customers and to foster
the convivial spirit among them. Dur
ing the first five or six years of this eX-
perience, what drinking | did was done
wholly in the convivial way, and not
either from the need or the desire of
alcoholic stimulation. In time, OF
course, the desire and perhaps the need
of the stimulation was created, and l
visited the saloons for drink as well as
for social recreation, but even then, un-
der the influence of the attractive sur
roundings, absorbed more alcohol than
| needed, and left more money in the
proprietor's till than would have been
the case had the drink been the sole OBJ
iect of my visit"
The Republican., 1899-12-07
IN ARID COLORADO.
Irrigation Has Changed the Desert
Into Garden.
But the Profit Is Reaped by Water
MOnOpOIieS Whose PrOprietors
Grow Fat on the sweat of
the TOtIers.
Especial Denver (col) letter.

A great change is taking place in
Colorado. Many eastern people are
under the mistaken impression that
the mining industry is the princi-
pal source of its prosperity, but
the stock and farming industries are
much more profitable. Certainly they
are more lasting. The profits of agri-
culture and stock raising during the
present year are estimated at $780,
10000 This rapid increase is mainly
owing to the numerous irrigation en-
terprises, especially in southern Colo
rado-the arid district. There are in
Colorado about 5,0O0,OO acres of land
susceptible of irrigation, and practical
ly valueless without water. About half
of this area is now under irrigation
and cultivation. To water this desert
region there have been constructed
within the past few years 10000 miles
of irrigating canals. The capital ex-
pended is estimated at $5,OOO,OOO, not
including the purchase of the arid
lands. These irrigating canals extend
southward from Denver to Pueblo
Canon City, Trinidad, Durango, De
Beque, and throughout the Grand, Sar
Luis and Arkansas valleys, tapping the
mountain streams for hundreds oi
miles.
From these large canals small ca
nails are run in various directions, car
The Republican., 1899-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

There are 664 good-roads organiza-
tions in Pennsylvania.
Less than two per cent. of all the men
in America own ''full-dress suits" and
fully seven-eighths of our American
families have their dinners at noon.
Docked horses are not allowed to en-
ter Colorado. A horse owner who mu-
tilates his animal in this way is subject
to a fine of $1O0 or 80 days imprison-
ment.
In Persia a widow weeps for just two
weeks after her husbands death, and
then she puts on her frills, flowers and
1ummydiddles, with the hope of catch
ing new one.
An apple orchard in Jefferson county,
Ind, is on the side of perpendicular
hill over half mile in height. The
trees grow straight out from the hill
side, and when an apple drops from
tree it falls nearly half a mile before
it alights on the ground
A man in Clay Hill, S. c., has made
the training of game cocks life study.
About six months ago he sold fowl to
a sporting man in the Lone Star state,
and after it had won 27 battles, in some
of which the stakes exceeded $1,000, the
Texan sold the game cock to Mexican
for $4,000.
Our next census will show a popula-
ton of about 75,OOO,0OO, says the Ladies'
Home journal. To complete this
count within the required 30 days about
$4,000 census enumerators will be en-
ployed. 1t will be necessary for them
to count at the rate of 2,5OO,0 900 persons
per day, or even faster. The population
of all cities and towns of over 5000
must be enumerated within period of
two weeks.
| In France, at small place near Quinn
| per, a statue of a local hero was or
dered of a sculptor, and in due time the
work arrived. One of the authorities
of the town was not acquainted with
bronze sculpture, and was greatly disap-
| pointed when he saw the dull color of
it, which was obtained with infinite
care and labor by an expert colorer of
bronze. The official ordered that the
surface should be rubbed with emery
paper until it acquired the appearance
which was considered necessary.
The Republican., 1899-12-07
FRIENDLY CALL IN SULU.
The DattO and His Relations to the
Sultan-SurrOunding of the
Savage Monarch.

Peter MacQueen, special staff corre-
spondent in the Philippines, writes as
follows of a visit to local chief:
The datto, or chief, rents the land to
his retainers. He gets the biggest
pearls from the diveries opposite his
land-i e., is supposed to get them.
The sultan gets rent from the dattos;
except when, as in the case of Joka
Nina. the datto of Patikolo, where the
datto got up scrap four years ago and
licked the spots out of the sultan.
This Joka Nina had the pleasure of
visiting; he is a tine-looking man;
1.-THE, blithe savage indeed. Look out
for him. says Shuck to me; he is
frst-rate man. If he is going to kill
you he'll say So. With this pleasant
and assuring description | adjourned
with an allegretto beat of heart along
the shore from Jolo, five miles, and
came to where the datto lived.
Under the great tree of Patikolo the
country folk held market day. The
datto's house is built over the waters,
He received me kindly, in his bare feet
and placed for edlhcatlon before us
ten kinds of sweetmeats and some eX
cellent coffee. The datto was glad, he
said, to have the Americans near him.
He thought they would make good
servants and traders. Yes, thought L,
but, shades of Jefferson and the true
American Washington, the countrymen
of Lincoln serving a half nude savage!
The thought wruhg laughter.
"The datto had a fine little boy, He
wanted me to take a picture of him.
did so; then his excellency wanted the
picture. [ explained l would put it on
paper at Manila. He said: why not
now?' | looked; on the wall were 25
remington rifles and one mauser car
bine Well, l said it was such an I'M
portant thing it took time. This re-
lieved the situation, and we continued,
both of us. to retain cur heads on our
shoulders. National Magazine.
The Republican., 1899-12-07

and the man who took the wheel from
me was half full, and he told me that
my watch mates had been down the
hold and stole another case of gin and
had it in the forecastle head. He told
me to be careful when | went forward.
When | went l had a drink. We picked
out one man as the man who stole the
liquor while we were asleep. Some
wanted to take him out of his buh@ and
throw him overheard, when the ves-
SCI was sailing ten or eleven knots an
hour. No. said |, if we do, We'll be
tried for murder. Well just get his
chest and throw that overbOard.' We
got it and threw it over the side. A
German was asleep on the chest rolled
up in a white blanket. When he was
rolled over they thought he was awake
and would tell on them the next day;
so they determined to throw him over
board. No. said /; drew my sheath
knife and said: I'll cut any man who
touches him and III call the mate
They left him alone. The next morn
ing the man who owned the chest went
to the captain. Fighting went on then
every day for two months. The captain
knew about the liquor, but couldn't
stop it. At last we got to Calcutta, and
the captain hoisted flag for the police,
and we were all taken before a magis-
trate and tried for mutiny and broach-
ing cargo on the high seas. Some got
three months. some six, some nine, and
some - months.
"There was a ship going to New Zea-
land with emigrants aboard, and the
crew got hold of cases of candles and
matches; and they lighted three or four
candles in the hold to look for liquor.
They found it, and went down night
after night and became crazy from the
effects of the liquor, and left burn
ing candles in the hold. The ship caught
fire, and out of 800 emigrants there was
only one boats crew saved II out of
% being seamen. There was nothing
in the boat-no water, no food. y
sick woman in the boat was killed
and eaten to save life Days after the
boat was picked up by the British Prin-
cess and the saved were landed in st,
Helena. This was in the seventies.
81 worked four or five nights on a
ship TO get off the planks that covered
the cargo so as to get at the liquor. Got
one or two planks down, and l got in
side, but there was little room to move
but got hold of one case, but il turned
out to be jam. l passed it up, took the
jars out and threw the empty case over
board. Found out the liquor was at the
Other end of the ship. Got another
case, which looked like a long trunk
and bad paddock on it. | broke il
open and found it filled with fancy slip
pers, and divided them among four oi
us toughs, each taking so or 60 pairs
and threw many overheard. Had jan
enough to last all the way to Sydney
Two weeks before we got there the
captain found out we had been brosch
ing cargo. My mate told me the car
penter told him that. told him didn'
believe it, and that he was frightened
because he had 60 pair. He and his part
ner threw away what slippers he got
The Republican., 1899-12-07
Longevity of watches.

Watches are famous for their longev-
ity, and some seem to bear charmed
life, despite sundry visits to the pawn
broker and other vicissitudes of for
tune. The other day little girl found
a gold watch and chain in a field at
Woodburn, Bucks. The chance of dis
covering the rightful owner seemed
faint indeed when the article was rec
ognized by Mr.. Arthur Cripps, of Great
NARROW. 1t was one which Mr.. Cripps
had lost while hunting over 16 years
ago. Notwithstanding its prolonged in
terment the works of the watch were
scarcely injured.-London Telegraph.
The Republican., 1899-12-07

fer water, as the streams are fenced
with barbed wire, or guarded. The
few sluggish streams ON the desert
soon run dry, or sink into the sands,
and during the heated term, wheT. no
rains fall in this arid region, thousands
of dead cattle are seen on the plains
perished for the lack of water which
is taken from them by the big compa
MES. The loss in cattle and sheep by
the appropriation of these streams is
immense.
Water can only be had by purchasing
stock in the company, and upon the
face Of each Gel tificate is description
of the land to which the water is to be
applied. Based upon this certificate
the company issues to the farmer a
water deed, or check, for the quantity
he is entitled to. The holder is entitled
to voice in the management of the
company. When he sells his land the
water stock goes with it. The water
Ia the most valuable part of the farm.
The Republican., 1899-12-07
(! 4,
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A SAILORS YARNS.
Havoc with the Discipline of the
Crew-AwfuI Experiences.

The secretary of the American Sea-
mems Friend society says in the Sail
ors Magazine: Oen day not long ago an
old sailor came into his office and spun
the following yarns to him, and they
are here reproduced as specimen OF
life on the ocean wave"
1--WE were on the Jason from Liver
pool to Calcutta. We had good winds
and set all sails, even the studding sails
on both sides of the ship. We couldn't
find yard for one, and the second
mate sent me and another to the hold to
find a yard. When we got down there
we saw boxes of spirits, and knocked
the lids off some of them. | took bot
tie out and handed it to him. The fore
hatch being off, l jumped up and he
passed the bottle up and put it in the
leg of one of my sea-boots; that night
we drank it. One of the watch asked me
where l got it. / told him. That night
the watch went down and got a case up.
We kept it quiet for two or three weeks,
and the other watch did not know of
it. One day one of our watch gave a
drink to man in the other watch. They
found out we had liquor, and stole it
from us. The mates watch all got
drunk on deck and got to fighting.
While the men were fighting a
German sailor was at the wheel for four
hours. When l took the wheel from the
German the wind blowing off the star
board side, the captain stood close to
me On the lee side to smell my breath,
but smelt no liquor on me, because the
other fellows had stolen it. | stayed at
the wheel two hours, till two o'clock,
The Republican., 1899-12-07

One of the surest ways of ending
ones days in a madhouse is to stimu-
late tagged brain by constant 'nips"
of spirits. OverinduIgence in spirits
injurc the memory to an incredible de-
gree. In years gone by no person who
was known to be of Incorporate habits
was permitted to appear as "a witness
in the Spanish courts of justice, the au
thorities maintaining that alcoholism
was SO prejudicial to the brain that it
was unsafe to accept the testimony of
an inebriate. There is a singular in
stance on record of a merchant who
grew so accustomed to jogging his
brain by brandy drinking that unless
he could procure a nip" he was utterly
unable to work Needless to say, he gen.
orally left his Office in a state of intoX-
ication. The day that his brain col
lapsed he went home and insisted on
putting every member of his family to
bed, under the impression that they,
too, had drunk not wisely, but too well.
-Cassell's Journal.