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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09

luton was amended in two or three verbal
particulars.
Mr.. Bacon of Georgia. then offered o.
portion of his resolution as an addition to
tho McEnery resolution.
Mr.. Bacon supported his proposed decla-
ration. maintaining that the United States
ought to declare against our permanent
dominion in the Philippine Islands and to
declare that we do not propose to deny
tho inhabitants OF those islands self-gov-
eminent.
SEN. GRAY'S DECLARATION.
Mr. Gray, of Delaware, ono of the peace
commissioners, said he had always been
willing to vote for such resolution as Of
fcred by Mr.. McEnery and he might be
later willing to vote for more explici
declaration but in the present unhappy
condition at Manila, he thought the Uni
ted States had been entirely true to our
principles and to our declarations.
MIR. Veet inquired IL the McEnery reso-
luton did not exclude the idea that all
governments derive their Just powers
from the consent of the governed and the
further idea that the people of the islands
should have self-government
People of tho kind In the Philippines"
declared Mr. Gray. have no right to de-
mand any more explicit promise than is
contained in the McEnery resolution.
am not In favor OF going or my Knees ia
those people | rm not in favor of going
with additional promises to a people who
are shooting down our soldiers wlo Were
Ito rescue them from the thraidom OF
Spain and carried TO them messages OF
freedom.
IL do not propose to surrender TO those
whose guns are pointed at Gen. Otis ard
who have killed our men on land and ship
Let us wait yet a little while until we
know what may develop"
Mr.. Lindsay. Kentucky, opposed any
| amendment Why he demanded, should
We promise more to a people who are
shooting down our men than to those who
have always been our friends?
| Mr. Caffrey declared the McEnery bill
provided for nothing more or less than q
desrotic protectorate without any guaran'
tee of self-government. He declared that
the attitude of the United States in tn,
| Philippines was a false one and had beer
false from the beginning. To this Mr.
| Gray took exceptions. He declared VI
We're in Manila by virtue of the protocol
Our soldiers there, he said, are a finely
disciplined body Of men, who know theil
position and their duty. The FilipinOs
were our allies, yet they had the hardihooC
to attack ald kill our people because they
are not allowed to enter and loot the city
Mr.. Hoar inquired whether the Filipino:
did not hold that part Of the Philippine
outside of Manila by as good a right Il:
we hold Manila.
Mr.. Caffrey thought they undoubtedl,
did.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09

than when she retired at night. She
had terrible deathly sensation worse
than any pain she ever suffered. Her
stomach and digestion were bad, for she
was completely Frustrated. We saw Dr.
Gleene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy
advertised and determined to try it.
She is now healthy woman, able to do
her ordinary work, with good digestion,
good sleep and is cheerful. This is what
DIR. Greenes Nervura has done for her.
] will cheerfully answer any questions in
regard to my wifes cure" q
You can consult DR.. Greene, "a Temple
Place, Boston, Mass, free of charge,
whether you call or write.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08

veteran cavalry horse partakes
of the hopes and fears of battle just
the same as his rider. AS the column
swings into line and waits, the morse
grows nervous over the waiting. IL
the wait is spun out he will tremple
and sweat and grow apprehenslVe' IL
he has been six months in service ne
knows every bugle call. AS the can
comes to advance the rider can 1eei
him working at the bit with his tongue
TO get it between his teeth. AS ne
moves out he will either seek TO get Oh
faster than he should or bolt. He can
not bolt, however. The lines Will
carry him forward, and after a minute
he will grip, lay back his ears, anu
one can feel his sudden resolve 10
brave the worst and have done win
it as soon as possible. A man seluom
cries out when hit in the turmoil VI
hattie. 1t is the same with a morse.
Five troopers out of six, when struck
with a bullet, are out Of their saddles
within a minute. If hit in the breast
or shoulder, up 20 lHeii hanNo
thew get a heavy fall; if in the leg or
foot or arm, they fall forward ana
roll off. Even with foot cut OIL by
tagged piece of shell, horse Will
not drop. 1t is only when shot through
the head or heart that he comes down.
He may be fatally wounded, but NOD
bles out Of the fight to right or lett,
and stands with dropping head until
the loss Of blood brings him down.
The horse that loses his rider and Is
unwounded himself will continue to
run with his set of fours until some
movement throws him out. Then he
goes galloping here and there, neigh
ing with fear and alarm, but he VIII
not leave the field. In his racing
about he may get among the dead ana
wounded, but he will dodge them IL
possible, and in any case leap over
them. When he has come upon three
or four other riderless steeds, they fall
in and keep together, as if for mutual
protection, and the rally" OF the
bugle may bring the whole OF them
into ranks in body.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
Too Many Teeth.

To go to bed one night and wake up
the next morning with an almost COM
plete extra set of teeth in the mouth
is an experience not vouchsafed 10
many persons Such case, however,
has, according to London paper, been
for some time engaging the attention
of the officials of one of the London
hospitals The patient is boy of IL
years of age, who works in an ofhce
in the center Of the city. In appear
ance he is no different from the nun
dreds of other youths who work about
him, but, unlike them, he is on object
of peculiar interest to over l0O DOCTORS
and embryo dental surgeons. HIS story
Is a peculiar one, and were IL not
backed I'D by substantial proof, would
be dismissed as widely imaginative.
Some little time ago he began to be
affected with acute toothache, but as
all his teeth were apparently sound,
no local cause could be found by his
parents or friends. Being too poor 10
secure medical attention, he was forced
to bear pain with what fortitude he
could. Finally, his gums began TO
swell on the outer side, and this grew
worse until one morning he awoke to
find the soreness and pain gone, and
that he had an almost duplicate set OIL
teeth growing on the outside of both
the top and bottom set of natural ones.
At first this did not interfere with MIN,
but later it was found that his speech
was beginning to get imperfect. An eX-
animation revealed the fact that the
new teeth were growing to an aDnor-
NAL size, while, in proportion as they
increased, his physical strength de-
creased. He was then taken to the
hospital, where, after careful watching
as an out patient, it was decided to
extract a number Of the teeth. rms
was done, but almost as fast as they
were taken out, new ones grew IN
other places until almost the entire
roof of the patients mouth had been
taken up by his peculiar ailment. Al
together, IS teeth have been extracted,
and recently it has been noticed that
the growth of further teeth has
stopped. Whether this condition Will
be permanent is a moot question time
alone will answer, but meanwhile the
extraction of his teeth has ceased. The
case is remarkable in medical annals,
and is set down as peculiar fora OF
Justification. 1t is supposed to have an
hereditary bearing, the lads grand
father being described as a peculiarly
double jointed" man OF unusual
strength. A load of GOO weight is re-
puted to be of little weight to him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08

Come, live with me. and be my love.
And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, the hills and helds'
Woods OF sleepy mountain yields.
There we will sit upon the rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their HOOKS
BY shallow rivers, to whose falls
Meiodious birds sing madrigals.
There will make thee beds OF roses
With thousand fragrant posies;
A cap of flowers, and kirtle,
Embroidered all with leaves of myriie;
A gown made of the finest wool,
Which from our pretty lambs we pull
Fair-lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;
A belt of straw, and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs;
And If these pleasures may thee move,
Come, live with me, and be my love.
The shepherd SWANS shall dance ana sing
For thy delight each May morning,
If these delights thy mind may move
Then live with me, and be my love-
christopher Marlowe.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08

When the telegraph was introduced
into Norway the bears, on hearing the
wires moaning in the wind, thought
that the posts were beehives, and set
to work to root them out of the
ground; the woodpeckers thought that
the poles were filled with insects, and
they bored holes in them with their
hills. Such illusions disappeared grad
ually: animals became wiser with
time, and took the trouble to turn the
telegraph to account for their personal
uses. Thus a small bird in Natal,
which had been wont to build its nest
shaped like a cradle in the branches
of trees, built its nest on the first tele-
graph wires set up, and the snakes
could not get at it. The new position
was found to be so secure, that the bird
added a convenient little slde-door to
the nest, which had hitherto possessed
only a small opening on the side far
thest removed from the overhanging
branch. A Brazilian bird also builds
its heavy nest of earth on the tele-
RraDQ WHITES. nc iAOto N0AAS -
seeming delight in uniting the currents
between different wires, and also in
breaking the porcelain cups on which
the wires rest. Spiders cover the
wires with their webs, and thereby
great confusion is often wrought in the
telegraph system, as the most unlikely
connections are thus brought about.
1t is a bird which knows how to turn
the telegraph to the greatest use; this
is the melanerpes of Mexico. At the
foot of the post this bird makes a large
hole. in which it rears it family; some
what higher up the post it makes an
observatory, from which bored holes
permit It to observe the horizon in
every direction: still higher this sa-
eacious bird makes its storehouse, and
thus the pole serves as its house. for
tress and warehouse. The savages have
not, as a rule, shown so much ingenu-
ity in taking advantage OF the pres
snee Of the telegraph. although they
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
A Strange Fla hit.

Lieut.-Col. Andrew c. p. Haggard, an
elder brother of Rider Haggard, the
novelist, recently returned from a Trip
to Newfoundland and tells OF re-
markable sight he saw while sitting
on the seashore with guide with
whom he had been fishing for salmon
in the Terra Nova river. They mad
been watching for some time the evo-
lutions Of a white-headed eagle, called
by the Observation-Disclosures q grip.
After soaring round in several circles
above and in front Of them the eagle
suddenly dashed down into pool OF
water near them on the beach, and
reappeared holding an enormous loD-
ster in his talons. 1t was an old iop-
ster, with q huge claw, white Win
barnacles. The eagle had him clutched
firmly around the back, and at first
tie huge claw hung helplessly down,
the barnacles shining white in the sun
light. This was only for a second,
though. The ripples on the recently
disturbed pool had not yet died away
when the captive lobster suddenly
awoke to the seriousness Of the stu
alton, and to think was to act. UP
moved the great white barnacled claw
until it seized the eagle around the
neck. There was furious fluttering
and beating of the eagles wings,
melancholy squawk from his choking
throat, and then, tumbling and rolling
head over heels in the air in a con-
fused mass, down came eagle and lob
ster again splash back into the pool.
The two spectators of the scene rushed
forward, thinking that they could per-
haps in some way secure both COM
batants, for the splashing of the con-
fiict continued in the shallow water.
But they had hardly time to pick up
store apiece TO throw at the eagle
before the lobster feeling himself at
home again, let go his hold. With his
neck all torn and devoid Of feathers,
away flew the bedraggled eagle, In
most melancholy guise, to neighbor-
ing cliff, while the lobster, to give Col.
Haggard's own words, still brandish-
ing his enormous claw in defiance, re-
manned smiling at the bottom Of the
pool"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
The Eyes of LoapIng DeviIfish.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch: When
a youngster l was homeward Dound
from Santa Anna with cargo OF ma
hogany, and when off Cape Campeche,
was one calm afternoon leaning over
the taffrail looking down into the blue
profound on the watch for fish.
gloomy shade came over the bright
water, and up rose fearsome monster
some eighteen feet across, and In
general outline more like skate than
anything else, all except the head.
There, what appeared to be two curl
Gus horns, about three feet apart, rose
on each side of the most horrible PAIR
of eyes imaginable. A sharks eyes as
he turns sideways under your vessers
counter and looks up to see If any
one is coming, are CHASTITY, green and
cruel, but this things eyes were all
this and much more. l felt that the
Book of Revelation was incomplete
without him, and his gaze haunts me
vet. Although quite sick and giddy
at the sight of such DOGGY, | could
not move until the awful thing sud
denly waving what seemed like mighty
wings, scared up out of the water
soundlessly to a height of about six feet,
falling again with a thunderous splash
that might have been heard for miles.
I must have tainted with fright, for
the next thing was conscious of was
awakening under the rough doctoring
of my shipmates. Since then l have
never seen one leap upward in the day
time At night, when there is no wind,
the sonorous splash is constantly to be
heard, although why they make that
bat-like leap out of their proper ele-
ment is not easy to understand. 1t does
not seem possible to believe such awe
inspiring horrors capable of playful
gamboling.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08

picked up the floating halter, and
started for shore with the plunging
beast in tow. But this method was
soon found to be too slow. The troops
under Gen. Shafter were waiting at
| Siboney to make an advance on San
tiago; but before the movement could
begin the army must have its horses
and mules to drag artillery. commits
sary wagons and ambulances over the
muddy mountain trails, and to hurry
ammunition and food to the hard
working men on the firing line. THIS
slow plotting. OF each animal to the
shore was abandoned and the horses
were forced overheard and left to reach
terra firma as best they could. Then
began a pathetic struggle to gain the
beach. Some of the horses, from the
first stroke of their churning hoofs, re-
manned unterrified and clear-headed.
These swan directly to the shore, ana
when they reached 1t, walked Win
matter-of-fact calm up the SANDY
slope. But majority of the poor
beasts lost their wits, and swan about
in wide circles, lashing the water lnto
foam, with abject fear manifest III
their wildly staring eyes. Everywhere
horses heads dotted the bay. A 1ew
of the panic-stricken animals turneu
and swan out to sea, to certain dealh'
others floated in a bewildering Circle
and every moment settled lower be-
meath the waves. At this Crisis
trooper, upon whose arms blazed the
yellow chevrons Of cavalry sergeant
ran to the waters edge, squared LIS
broad shoulders, clicked his heels at
Attention." and raising bugle to MS
lips, sounded blast after blast across
the rolling waters. If the sea hau
suddenly parted to allow these nan
drowned animals to walk ashore dry
shod the effect could hardly have peeh
more striking than that of these pusie
notes. AS the well-known call OIL
"Stables!" reached the confused ana
frightened horses, they raised tnem-
selves from the water for an instant
then with ears erect and pointing TO-
ward the familiar call, they swan III
rectly toward the welcome sound. Dr.
zy and sore of lip, this cavalry GaDriel
sent his saving blasts over the water
until the last horse had drawn MS
wearied length upon the Deach' anu
was led trembling to the shade OF the
palms.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
oossook Cupidity and Credulity.

A Russian correspondent of British
paper sends details of very interest
ing and amusing tale told by Rus
sian veterinary surgeon who was sent
into the Oural district to buy horses
and hay for the peasants of the fam
ine-stricken provinces. He had to do
mostly with the natives (Kirghizi),
who are half savage, but who, never
theless, were found to be extremely
honest and absolutely trustworthy in
all buying and selling, some Of them
even offering to give horses for the
starving peasants. Quite a different
tale has the surgeon to tell of the
Oural Cossacks, who did their level
best to cheat him in the most bare
faced manner, and on whom no re-
lance was to be placed. And yet these
Cossacks are very religious and SO
simple in certain respects that a
swindler succeeded in selling them
quite a number Of tickets for-Para-
disc! The veterinary surgeon saw sew
eral of these tickets, which were
marked first row." and sold at rs
rolbles, back seats fetching consider
ably less.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08

have in certain CAGES turned 1t to ac-
count. Thus, some Of the Algerian
tribes steal the porcelain cups and use
them as coffee cups; the wire, II Oh
iron. is woven into hedges; II 1t is OF
conner Il is made into nose-rings. The
wooden poles can easily be made use
of in their huts, and with the toad
which was then duly buried, the iron
hollow telegraph poles serve as excei'
lent pipes for conducting water.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
His Shirt Near Battle Scenes.

From the Chicago Post: A boy who
had dropped from a tree and had
broken his leg was lying in bed pa
tiently and looking at the ceiling. HIS
leg was in a plaster cast, and all he
had to do was to keep STILL" He had
been doing that for some days. He
knew he would continue the perform
ance many more days. He knew every
variation in the wall paper of his
room. every figure that a sick boys
fancy can build out of the shadings
in the ceiling or the inequalities of the
wall But as he lay there, his hands
under his head-it was the stillest on
summer Sundays-he was suddenly
startled with the impression of dan
ger Something fearful was happen
ing He did not know where it was;
he did not know what was its nature.
Rut men were thrilling with some tre-
mendous endeavor-like conflict. He
could feel the waves of an unseen
-truqqle swell and subside. A brother
was absent-was on the farther side
NJ the earth, as this crippled little fei-
law vaguely understood. But that was
all he knew about it. He had not
consciously paid any attention before
that moment to the fact Of war with
snain. 1t was somewhat beyond the
6eld of a boy who climbs trees and
drops out. That night his father came
home with the story Of the battle OF
Manila bay; and the little sufferer
there in the bed knew he had been
nearer his far-away sailor brother
than he had to his father. who had to
await the slow speech Of the lightning
under the seas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
Sing Again.

Sing Again.
You sang me a song,
Twas the close of the year,
Sing again!
/ cannot remember the name
Or the words,
'Tis the same
We listen to hear
When the windows are open In thu
spring,
And the airs full of birds:
One calls from the branch some swee
thing,
And one sings on the wing
The refrain
You sang me a song,
My heart thrilled to hear.
The refrain
Has run like fillet of gold
Through the woof
OF the cold
Dark days of a year.
Tonight there's a year at Its start,
All the birds are aloof,
Your eyes hold the sun for my part,
And the Springs in your heart,
Sing again!
M. L. Van Worst.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
A Cuban Incident.

A most interesting incident in the
Cuban campaign happened in connec-
ton with the unloading Of cavalry
horses and pack mules from the rari-
Gus transports of Siboney. At first
the horses. one by one. were coaxed.
pushed or prodded from an open port
into the whter. where a waiting boat
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
nnrnon.s unnd unnter..

Among the head hunters OF Borneo
a man is not permitted to offer mar
riage to a woman of his tribe until
he brings her the head of a man
KILLED by himself in legitimate COM
bat
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES Fer THE
VETERANS.

Al Act of Bravery-Young Naval Ohcer
Saved the Lives of n Landing Party
Rallies to Bugie-Riderless Cavalry
Horses VIII Obey the Call.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Too Many Teeth-Puzzling Case OF "
Boy Whose Mouth L. To'th
Factory-Strange Uses of the Tele-
graph-Eyes of Leaping Devilfisli.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08

A person can write soft nothIngs
with a hard pencil.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-08
ARMY OF $4,000
TO BE MOBILIZED WITHOUT DELAY
IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Royal Proclamation Issued Calling
Out Reserves, who Must BE Ready
for Duty within Two Weeks.
PARLIAMENT TO MEET OCT II.
DECREE SIGNED BY QUEEN VICTORIA
AT BALMORAL CASTLE.
Extraordinary Efforts to Complete
Preparations for the Possible Com
Aict in south Africa.
SEVENTY STEAMERS NEEDED
ro Capuy ppvTvsu rROOpS IN CApE
COLONY AND NATAL.
Rumor that the Beers Have Deter
mined Not to Invade Natal-III-
Treatment Of Refugees.
Extraordinary Efforts to Complete
Preparations for the Possible Com
hict i'm South Africa.
SEVENTY STEAMERS NEEDED
TO CARRY BRITISH TROOPS TO CAPE
COLONY AND NATAL.
Rumor that the Beers Have Deter
mined Not to Invade Natal-Ill-
Treatment Of Refugees.

LONDON, Oct. 7.-Most important news
comes from the Transvaal tonight, which.
If true. probably indicates that the South
African republic is about to yield, or in any
case, that the Beers have abandoned all
idea of invading Natal The news is COM
prised in a cablegram from Newcastle,
Natal, which says that farmers who ar
rived there to-day from the Buffalo river
state that the Beers are returning to their
homes, leaving patrols along the river. The
commanders still remain on the Free State
border. The dispatch also says that the
feeling at Newcastle now is that the Beers
do not intend to attack that place and that
the evacuation of the town was premature.
A dispatch from Durham also states that
the excitement there has abated owing to
the Beers holding back from the frontier.
This retirement of the Beers is what the
British war authorities have expected. as
their defective ccmmissariat would prevent
them from long remaining massed along the
border. kilograms received here lately have
made frequent reference to the scarcity of
forage and supplies in the Boer laagers and
have stated that many of those in the
camps were inclined to strike out for their
homes unless active operations were under
taken Immediately. The dispatch from
Newcastle looks though they had done
as they threatened and had abandoned the
idea Of fighting.