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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-11-04

ers, the Y. NJ. /. boys. Many delightful
entertainments will be given by this pop
ular organization during the winter
months. ID. ]. M.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-11-04
Kruger Was Then, as Now, at
the Front with His
Army.
Graphic Description of the Bat
tie by an American Cor
respondent.
JEM COLLEY SHOT IN THE HEAD.

The victory of the Beers at Majuba
Hill in 1881, which drove the English
out of the Transvaal and later forced
England to recognize and to agree to a
treaty with the Boer Government, will
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-11-04
THEATRICALS.

Amusement lovers of Louisville who
enjoy and appreciate bright up-to-date
entertainment will have ample opportun-
ity Of gratifying their desires when the
famous "rammany Tigers" appear at the
Buckingham the coming week. This
attraction has always enjoyed
first class reputation for its high standard
Of excellence and this season is no excep-
ton. Among the features of the enter
taiment is laughable burlesque of Mrs.
Leslie Carter's great dramatic triumph
'Zaza" entitled Sassy" in which Miss
Kitty Frances appears as Sassy" the
ragtime soubrette. Another skit in which
the Tigers" desport themselves is called
''The King of the Hobo Ring" Mana
ger Hill also presents a genuine novelty
in Mile. Lulu, from the Theater Rouna-
cher, Vienna. This beautiful and shapely
young woman will present an Innovation
which she terms poses Plastique."
The management will receive the cleo
ton returns Tuesday evening from all
over the State and country, special wires
having been arranged for, which will be
read from the stage.
1.-THE Silver King, (which has grown in
popularity each succeeding season since
its production, will be the attraction pre-
seuted by the Meffert Stock Company at
the Temple Theater next week It is a
fine me1odrama, telling a simple but
effective story. II deals with the human
emotions in a natural way and uufolds
a heart story Of singular interest: The
trials and tribulations Of Wiifred and
Nellie Denver will be presented by Mr..
Brophy and Miss Rodgers in a manner
that will rivet and absorb the attention
OF all theater-g oers. II will be mounted
with that care and taste which marks all
of the Temples productions. and the
attendance should be one Of the largest
Of the season.
The Hanlons, who have been success
fully catering to the public for the past
twenty years. will be at the Avenue
Theater next week with their ever new
"Superba." T'is years's presentation
includes the newest ideas In spectacle and
pantomime, with a full equipment Of
new and beautiful scenery, a number Of
novel mechanical effects and illusions
aud acTobatic feats. The new scenes
introduced this season are said TO be the
most funny and will furnish much
amusement, keeping the audience con-
vulsed with laughter.
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RECENT DEATHS.

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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-11-04
Miss johanna NOOnan and John
r.. Hogan to Marry Next
Wednesday.
A New Democratic Paper TO
Appear i'm the Very Near
Future.
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY GOSSIP

Especial Correspondence of the Kentucky
Irish American.
FRANKFORT. Nov. 3.-Before another
issue of the Kentucky Irish American
appears the great political battle will
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-11-04
LACE CURTAIN LAUNDRY.

We lead aud never follow.
Our work IN laundering lace
curtains at zoe a pair gives en-
tire satisfaction. Work called
for and delivered. Flrst'elass
serice. MAD. BABEY, 6zS Sec
ond st. Telephone 1881.
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cooIie by means of poles which he
rests On his bony shoulders, and the
tough bark of some native tree. II
the burden is heavy it is carried by
two or four men, being swung between
them on the poles; if it is light and
capable of division he places it in two
pals or basket panniers which he bal.
ances at each end of his pole. When
heavily loaded the coolie goes at a
peculiar sort of dog trot, which con.
sists of short stealthy steps and move
ment of each shoulder with it. The
coolie, like all his celestial brethren,
cultivates the growth of his raven
locks, though they seriously interfere
with business. At home they never
seem to adopt any kind of coifure ex.
cept the pigtail, but in Manila indi-
viduaI taste comes into play in this
matter and the results are varied and
interesting. Sometimes their tresses
stream freely down their backs and
no attempt is made to confne them in
any style whatever.
One feature of the houses in Manila
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q good road or will become good road
in time by constant usage. The ex-
ception which proves the rule is the
sandy road. A sandy road is a dry
road, but not good road.
To assist the drainage the road
should be first crowned and then about
four to six inches of crushed stone,
depending upon the amount Of travel,
put on, gradually decreasing q little in
thickness as it approaches the cutters;
then heavy steam roller passed over
it two or three times to set il; upon
this about three or four inches of finer
crushed stone should be placed and q
steam roller passed over it again. A
great deal of care should be taken not
to have the road fiat on top. This
hard stone dressing forms almost q
waterproof covering that will last for
years if properly taken care of each
spring by putting on some fine crushed
stone.
This covering will let the water drain
freely to the cutters and leave COM
partively dry road in few minutes
after q heavy rain. This is very i'm
portant in another way, as it keeps the
ground underneath the road free from
saturation and thereby makes a strong
foundation. 1t is the natural earth
underneath the covering that must bear
the weight of the road. 1t really sus-
tains in addition the weight of stone,
etc., as well.
If this natural soil, or foundation of
the road, is permitted to become satu-
rated with water, either by water per-
colating down into it from the surface
or from water rising into it from be-
low, it has not strength to resist the
wheels which at once sink into it, and
ruts fre formed. But if this soil foun-
dation is kept dry or nearly 30 it is
strong and will support any load likely
to pass over it. If the water is shed
from the road to the cutters and there
remains, the water works its way into
the earth at the foundation of the road
and causes the injury above spoken ef.
Speaking of the great importance OF
keeping a road in repair, let wagon
track, scarcely perceptible at first, af-
ter q shower stand full of water and
soften the road at that spot, another
wagon passing along later sinks fur
ther into the softened track, here is a
deeper hole to hold water, soon it be-
comes rut, then the rut develops in
to pitch hole. The soil underneath
is brought up and mixed with surface
covering. the surface covering is
broken down and forced into the soil.
Here, then, is a bad road and per-
manent weakness, the result of neg
lect to repair the road at the proper
time and neglect'to keep the drain
age of the road in perfect condition at
all times,
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the dark corners of the house and yard
and otherwise behave themselves we'll.
Advice TO the Ambitious Young Man.


The essential fact for the young
man whose heart is set on coming to
the city, is that he must have force of
mind and character equal to the
severe competition he is to undertake.
Another fact intimately connected
with this is that the first test of his
possession of this force must be met
at his own home, in the surroundings
where he is reared. If he cannot
there prove that he has it in some
measure he is not likely to have it at
all or not in sufficient force. Failure
on the farm, in the village, in the
smaller town, is very, very rarely fol-
lowed by success in the city. For
the great mass of young men the op-
portunities in the smaller places are
more plentiful and promising than in
the cities. because. they are better
suited to the average ability, and if
the highest prizes cannot be won
there it must be remembered that the
highest prizes are not many and are
not for the many. In any case it
is at home that the first and most
searching trial must be made. If
that trial gives no proof of unusual
strength, if it brings out no sign of
superior brains, energy, persistence,
courage, relative failure in the city is
practically sure. For men of only
ordinary equipment and gifts existence
in the city is harder a2d the cost is
heavier, and failure is often disas-
trous. It would be we'll if the young
men who are attracted afar off by the
charm of the city's possibilities would
frankly and firmly decide their course
by the use they have made of the op-
portunities Immediately surrounding
them. If they did that many would
remain at home, and it would be bet
ter for all concerned.-New York
Times
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The FrIlled Sheep OF Africa.

The sheep that inhabit the noun
famous regions OF Northern Africa up
to Nubia is kind of wild sheep which
has received it's specific name from
the long name which covers the fore
part of the body. Captured young,
it can easily be tanned and trained.
The old bucks, however, are very
vicious. These animals attain an
average height of thirty-seven and q
half inches, and the length of the
body is from sixty to sixty-fve inches,
without measuring the tail. The
illustration represents specimen of
these sheep living at the geological
garden in Berlin, Germany. 1t is not
known whether the frilled sheep had
any relation with the domestic ami
mails of Africa. Skeletons of these
sheep are found in the Egyptian
museums, and these suadrupeds are
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floor, and the "boy," who may be a
grandparent, firmly plants foot on
each. He next glides slowly back
and forth on the floor, more like a
man on snowshoes than anything else.
Waddling along in his fiimsy white
clothes, casting an occasional look
behind at his trail to see if it is suf-
ficiently shiny, he presents picture
which is so amusing that you cannot
help bursting into laughter when you
see it for the first time.
The native is often barefooted; if
not, he almost invariably wears the
native slippers which are called
"chinelas" or 'zapatitos," and which
consist of q sole and q toe. Many
keep these on without fastening ap-
parently by suction; others stick the
little toe outside and hold the shoe on
by this method. From long practice
in this the little toe is bent in the
form of crescent, but the natives
seem to have few ideas of physical
perfection and do not object to such a
trife as q crooked toe. Filipinos at
times seem much like monke Us. If
they wish to pick anything up from
the floor they do not find it necessary
to stoop as we do; they grab it with
their toes and convey it to their hand
in that method. In sitting they are
just as happy squattiug on the floor
or on the ground as on chair.
Besides the natives in Manila, there
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THE MANILA CENSORSHIP.
It Was Abolished by General Otis Over .
Month Ago.

Month Ago.
WASHINGTON, D. G. Especially .-Adjutant-
General Corbin has announced that the
censorship at Manila had not existed for
over O month, General Otis having abol-
Ished 1t on September @. There has never
been any occasion for announcing the fact
until few days ago, when some question
arose as to the restrictions that might pre-
vent full reports about the fall campaign
reaching American newspapers. It then
developed that there Is no restriction. Any
dispatch can be sent by reputable news
paper, although under the new regulations
information OF value to the enemy or un-
truthful reports will destroy the sender's
future usefulness.
As long ago as July 26, It seems, General
Otis asked permission to remove the CEN
sorship. General 4 5r was at that time
turning over his Office to Mr.. Root, and the
suggestion was not considered. Secretary
Root, when the matter finally came to his
attention, after he had made himself fam
ilar with the Department, approved the
proposition about September 1, and Gen.
eral Otis promptly carried 1t into effect.
It was deemed essential, however, for the
authorities to know exactly what was be-
Ing sent, and with the removal OF the GEN.
sorship a rule was established requiring
all dispatc hes to be fled in duplicate, one
COPY becoming the voucher OF the cable
company and the other going to the mill
tary records OF General Otis's office. 1t Is
said, therefore, that no obstacle exists at
present In the Philippines to the prompt
dispatch OF trustworthy inform alton.
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REFUGE GIRLS IN A RIOT.
Inmates of the Hudson Reformatory
Fairly Wreck the Prison.
eolIce Called In and Forced to Draw
Rev yolvers to Protect Them
selves and Officers.

HUDSON, N. Y. (speciaD.- the Gov
ornor appointed a new Board OF Managers
OF the Hudson Retormatory few months
ago one OF their arst acts was the abolish
ment Of oil corporal punishment. Since
the new system las been in force several
outbreaks by the women inmates have
occurred, but nothing in comparison to
that which occurred few days ago.
The girls had returned from service In
the chapel when, under the leadership OF
Miss Mccormack, about sixty broke ranks
and commenced to smash and break every
thing in sight, yelling like Indians. The
few guards and matrons were powerless to
supdue them.
The spirit OF riot was communicated to
the rest OF the cottage inmates, and soon
800 yelling women were on the rampage.
They tore down gas pipes, water pipes,
wrenched electric wires from walls,
smashed the fixtures, wrenched the plumb
Ing apart, broke the tables and chairs,
threw them through the Windows carry
ing glass and sash with them, and resorted
to every imaginable f1endishness.
They ran the hose cart to the 'hydrant,
attached the hose, and nearly drowned q
matron who demonstrated. These see nes
lasted during the afternoon, when the
Hudson police were sent for. The women
would not surrender, and Chief Lane was
forced to throw some Of them through
the door. Quiet was restored. but
1t was not to last long. Some Of
the officers had gone, and after a
few hours the riot again started.
Obtaining broken pieces OF furnltureS and
with yells that were heard In the streets OF
Hudson, they again began to break every
thing In sight. They even pulled down
the steam radiators and separated the
pipes. They attacked the guards, knocked
one Of the men down and trampled on him.
The police were again sent for, and 1t
took them several hours TO line up the
women. They at one time made rush on
the officers and Sergeant Cruise waa forced
to draw his revolver and point It at them
before they would desist.
The destruction done in this last out
break will amount to about $500 and
total f,r the last four months OF $1500.
Whom the riot first started Miss May, the
Superintendent, demanded order, but was
told by leader that the State Board Of
Charities had abolished corporal punish
ment, and that they were not afraid OF her.
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The Lord Cares for His Own. "a,

The Lord Cares for His Own. "a
If you look around you on your circle OF
acquaintances, you may find but few who
seem noble examples OF personal right
eousness, but probably you can name;a
number OF persons to yourself whose
religious characters and lives, whether you
approve Of all Of their manifestations or not,
you heartily respect and admire, and which
you, perhaps afar of and yet more or less
persistently, initiate. The highest type Of
personal religion is higher today than It waa
u half.century or Il century ago. 1t 70
more intelligent. In devotion, probably,
the former type cannot be surpassed, but ID
is fully equaled In our day, and With
the accompaniment OF q more large
minded, .fsr-seeing, well-ba!anced and In
viting quality Of devotedness than used to
characterize the past. II this were the only
evidence OF the progress OF Christianity In
recent days,it would be enough to encourage
the most despondent, but taken In connec.
tion with the actual, material progress which
has been made, with the wider sweep Of
Christianity and its larger and more cordial
welcome. It's successful overcoming Of oldt
time prejudice and its better adaptation to
the condition OF life everywhere, no one has
right to be anything but cheerful, and even
exultanr. Trulythe Lord cares for His own,
and will bring them through whatever op-
position may arise to success and reward at
last,
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There is not great deal of fun in
tho Philippines, but one occasionally
encounters a sight or an incident
which brings smile. Usually, these
are of type which must be seen to be
appreciated. In wandering about Ma
nila, particularly the new city, which
is the centre of material life as the
old city is of spiritual life, one should
either have his nose ut home OF plug
it up. The wear and tear exercised
by the highways and byways upon the
olfactory organs are quite severe.
There is fair measure of offense to
the eye as we'll, but that instrument
possesses a wider adaptability than
does the nose. It resents less keenly.
The novelty is ephemeral, but there is
novelty for the outsider in the life of
the chief city of the Philippines. The
novelty gone, one rather shrinks from
it all. IT gets almost to border on the
repulsive, so greatly is it lacking in
inherent attractiveness.
The native woman's shoe consists,
usually, of a fiat sole with toe-cap.
Sometimes the cap has room for oil
che toes, sometimes not. Often the
sole is raised from the ground by
wooden heels and sole-blocks like,
but lower than those used by the
Japanese. Stocking are not usually
worn. The gait of the Filipino is
little outward curving swing from the
knee, with a resultant side swing Of
the hip. There is, perhaps. a certain
grace in the movement, but there is
also q good deal of "scufling," and
general appearance Of being slipshod.
In fact, one gets an idea that the
average Filipino, male or female, is
only about half dressed anyway, from
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our standpoint. The customary male
body-covering is only all undershirt.
Those of higher social rank and greater
wealth wear also o cotton shirt, or o
garment of gauzy texture of soroe To-
cally made material. But the garment
will be worn, like a coat, in the full
measure of its beauty, outside the
trousers. A higher step in the social
scale brings the substitution of the
coat for the shirt. A Filipino dude
with cane and little "billy-cock"
hat, pair of black trousers, and a
gauze shirt, worn outside of them, is
resplendent spectacle, and he has the
air of being entirely conscious of it.
From our standpoint, there is the
same hpf.dressed look about the
women Of the poorer classes. The
Negrito woman of the mountains may
use only a cloth extending from waist
to knee. The Mangyan woman OF
Mindoro may wear o contrivance OF
braided rattan, which is even more ab-
breviated. These garments do not tsug-
gest the half-dressed. They are dis
tinct. There is no suggestion of Eu-
ropean costume. 1t is not so with the
Filipino woman at Manila. Her gar
ments are neither dress nor native
costume. Pieces of cloth cover her
from the waist downward. The shoul-
der aud body covering varies in the
number of articles and detail of con-
struc ction. All are cut somewhat low
in the neck, and on plan which give
them ''list to port or to starboard, !"
which leaves a shoulder and an upper
arm wholly bare. In the upper cir
cles, there is exercised greater care
in adjustment, and a handkerchief,
folded diagonally, is laid across the
shoulders and pinned in front. This
tends to steady the outfit and keep it
in place. The sleeves are gathered at
the shoulder and fare outward, broad.
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is large population of "Mestizos"
and "Chinos." The former is the
name for half-castes, the latter for
Chinese. After being in Manila a
week or two most foreigners find it
more natural to use these native terms
than the ones that they have been &C.
customed to. The "Chinos" are many
of them well-to-do, being merchants
or having some trade, such as tailor
ing. A great number of them, how
ever, are coolies, and form large ele-
ment of the picturesque in Manila. If
the Filipinos are satisfied with a few
clothes, the coolies are quite content
to wear almost none, and nobody
thinks anything OF it. They are to be
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Learning to Give Thanks.

There are times when we learn to give
thanks for the fundamental blessings which
we so often take for granted In our comfortt
able lives. little experience Of illness
makes health seem the best thing In the
world. Alittle loneliness shows US the worth
OF home and friends. The absence Of ao-
customed help makes the housekeeper req
ognize the value OF relief from drudgery.
II the milk Is sour of a morning, we per-
haps condescend to think OF the care and
trouble which secures US sweet milk day BY
day. In times OF drought we value an unl
failing spring. II care or an aching tooth
give US a sleepless night, we learn to value
quiet sleep A Christian ought not to be too
dependent upon comforts. but he ought to re-
cognize their source while he enjoys them
with quiet heart. And when we are In
clined to grumble at the lack or loss OF
some OF the artificial and incidental come
forts or luxurles Of our too complicated
lives, would 1t not be we'll to preface our
grumbling with recollection OF these under
lying necessities which God has so freely
Provided2 II we were starving or parched
with thirst or i'll or shelterless, how little
we would weigh the lack Of what now Wa
miss, perhaps with yexation that robs us
OF neutrality-suspicious..
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DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING THE COMPARE.
TIVE LONGEVITY OF MINISTER'S.

the psalmist. Several reasons for the
longevity of clergymen arc poteut. As
a class such men are likely to be tenn
perate in their habits, and to have
something like q system for the man
agement of their work. Most OF them
are able to get more or less outdoor
exercise aud the large majority have
vacations ranging from month to SIX
weeks, during which period they do
practically nothing in the way OF work.
The reasons for the long life OF the
farmer are equally obvious. Nature
will do great deal toward lengthen'
ing a mans days if he will only so live
that he may see more of her. Teach
ers, as class, on the other hand, are
not likely to take much exercise, and
do o good deal Of their work under
circums tances which make severe
drains on their nervous strength. And,
of course, the work and worry OF the
conscientious doctor is never at an end.