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The National tribune., 1899-01-12

Miguel but of them these. It is here the
ric1er classes o m and military live.
principal street Manila where all
large retail establishments located They mostly owned
by Europeans. very narrow, and only onetfd mile
the business of the day
the evening crowd of moving humanity
natives and Chinese, all try walk
sidewalk four feet WIDE and accomplish that feat without
tne street would do credit tghtrope walker.
European quite large, and the goods they
fine nearly everything being bought in Paris
India bazars where goods from that country handled
very interesting American should keep his eyes open
goes Of them buy, he will be charged
prices Rosario street. of the most interesting in the
Chinese merchants of the better
shops. These keepers quite intelligent
speak English very rapidly Their stores small
weiled. You find thing this street
that you wish to get.
Mi1i the whole is dirty place, with nothing modern
bit witeryo:s and electric lights STILL witt, hard work in
like American city. The illus
trato1 presented of the Summer residence
Cover
The National tribune., 1899-01-12
Civilization.
Boston Transcript

Henry-Stilton tries dreadful hard to gel
on ftmi' ar terms with you.
Miss Peech-Yes; pa calls him Civil
cation" because he's always making adj
yanceS.
The National tribune., 1899-01-12

These fellows just as naturally gravitate
toward anarchy as mud grayitaies to the
bottom of a dark pool When the leader of
the ho0dlums shakes the - red flag" in the
presence Of his fellow conspirators, a sympa-
theiic thrill agitates the dirty bosom of every
dea lbeat within the sound If his voice.
One can read in the faces of these London
de>peradoes the impulse TO kill, to destroy
property and to enjoy that which honest
men have earned This feeling takes posSes.
sion of The street loIterers. and the humanity
in them sinks back into the beasts from
which science tells Us they sprang
A funeral procession moves slowly down
the streets 10 the music of the tinkling. gay
bells eciloing from the towers OF the churches
A company of ,ldiers. in full uniform and
with FURNISHED muskets, follows the flower
covered hearse, and "A few tightly-clo>ed
mournin@-cairiages move slowly, soiemnly
after this exhibition Of Death. The band
The National tribune., 1899-01-12
Free to Invalid Ladies.

safe simple home treatment that cured me
after years of suffering with uterine troubles.
disbursements, ieucOrrh0ei. ere, sent free to
ladies with full instructions how to use 1t. Ad-
dress Mrs L. Hudnut South Bend. Ind.
The National tribune., 1899-01-12

i.s.3.,a l.,t -, and detection while
her healthy sisters enjoy themselves. She
may be naturally beautiful, naturally attrac-
tive, naturally Interesting and animated
and witty, but the demon of i'll health is
grawing at the very vitals of her womanly
nature, and she soon becomes a withered
wall flower in comparison with her brighter
and more healthy sisters. DR.. Pierce's
iFavorite Prescription is wonderful medi-
cine for women who suffer in this way It
acts directly on the delicate and important
organs concerned in wifehood and mother
hood. 1t tones and builds up the shattered
nerves. 1t restores the glow of health to
the pallid cheek. 1t gives springiness and
trip TO the carriage. 1t makes the eyes
sparkle with returning vivacity. 1t imparts
animation to the riien and gestures. The
fan that long lay listless and idle in the lap
of an invalid again speaks the eloquent
language of a healthy, happy woman
Thousands of women have testified to the
marvellous merits of this wonderful medi-
cine.
:" For several years I suffered with prolapsus
of the uterus" writes Miss A. Lee Schuster. of
Box r. Rodney Jefferson Co. Miss "Our fam.
lily physician treated me for kidney trouble aud
everything else but the right thing / grew
worse and worse NV BODY was emaciated
hands and feet clammy and cold, stomach weak
with great palpitation of the heart would
suffer with nausea all night. I began taking
your Favorite Prescription and began to inn
prove right away. have taken three bottles
and now ] am very nearly well and am very
happy and thankful to you"
Keep your head up and your bowels open.
The Golden Medical Discovery will put
steel In your backbone, and Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets will cure constipation.
The National tribune., 1899-01-12

Another impression that came to us gradu-
ally was that London saleswOmen seem to
divide Americans into two classes-those who
are extravagantly rich and just travelling to
get rid of untold wealth, and those who are
travelling economically and with no money
to spend on extra gloves or bit of lace. We
were offered the most superb things in the
shops, and clerks fastened hither and thither
to bring forth treasures; then if we could not
buy these, but wished something Of moderate
price, we were suddenly lett to hunt it up for
ourselves. However, this same trait is to be
discovered among the employees of our own
shops, and is not entirely an unnatural one.
ELSIE POMEROY MCELRoY.
The National tribune., 1899-01-12

gliding, blonde creatures with the broadcast
of AS, that we were overawed anyway, and
were glad that they dropped their his; that
was our one last hold on our conceit; we
knew where his belonged, and clinging to
this and their kind habit of appeal we made
our purchases without extraordinary hui
mility.
But we soon discovered that although they
always besought us for confederation for their
statements as to what was and what was not
correct yet in the end the blow, though
softened, still struck us. We asked for brown
umbrellas. ''No, we have not any; they are
not smart are they?" and They would not
be pretty, would they?" Brown is a
dingy color for an umbrella, isn't it?"
"Our customers never ask for brown UNI
brellas; they always want black; except
colors are pretty for sunshades, aren't they?"
Now we had had pretty brown umbrellas in
our lives and knew it perfectly, but the stone
wall of style was between US and our desires,
and we gave in.
The National tribune., 1899-01-12

they did their best. but surely we did not
wish brocade, and what "rayissante f" stripes
they could offer us.
The National tribune., 1899-01-12

In Belgium we found that our main inter.
est in the shops was with the laces, and as
these are always lovely and almost always
the same simple frills or handkerchieis or
collars, we agreed perfectly with the viva
cious little shopkeepers. Occasio lally they
would bring forth some outrageous arrange
ment of rose point in four-in-hand, but
rarely, and we escaped the heapings of scorns
that are usually ours.
The National tribune., 1899-01-12

In London for a little while we believed
that here was an entirely different order of
saleswomen. They have such mild, de-
pendent little way of always following up an
assertion with an appeal to you to uphold
them; as . Brocades are not much worn, are
they?" These stripes are smart. aren't
thcy?" The women are such tall, slim,
The National tribune., 1899-01-12

The services of Emma Edmonds, the
famous Union nurse and spy, are here
related by herself in a manner that has
seldom been surpassed in narratives of
the dramatic sort by women. A native of
New Brunswick, but full of sympathy
with the principles for which the Union
armies fought, she entered the service of
the Government.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28

An English defaulting bank manager
who had eluded the police for three
years by staying in a seaside village
near Plymouth has been discovered by
a strange accident. While strOlling on
the beach with a young woman, watch
ing the warships, sailor on board a
cruiser, who happened to come from
the town whence the defaulter had alb
seconded, looked through a telescope.
recognized him and informed the po-
lice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28
REPORT FORECAST.
Purported Substance CT War Commits
sion Return.

Purported Substance CT War Commits
sion Return.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Briefly put,
the Commission to investigate the con-
duct of the war will place the blame as
follows:
On Secretary AIger-For weakness,
especially in his relations with Major
General Miles, and for permitting Gen.
Miles to go to Santiago.
On General Miles-F'Or his conduct
before, during and after the war; for
his selection of certain army camps;
for telling Secretary Alger that he was
III the habit of making out his own
orders; and for bringing unfounded
charges that bad beef had been supplied
10 the troops in Porto Rico.
On General Shafter-For certain
points which he admitted in his testi-
mony.
On General Breckinridge-For leav-
ing his department to take part in the
Santiago battle. and for not making
more inspections.
On General Brooke-For the condi-
tions at Camp Thomas; for lack Of in
specti0ns; and for failure to carry cut
the proper sanitary regulations.
On Congress-FOr falling to make APP
preparations for smokeless powder.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28
DEWEYfS WAY.

Frank Lombard, a San Franciscan
who has just returned from Manila,
tells a story concerning Admiral Dew
ev. He says: In Cavita there are no
dockage facilities. Vessels lie at anchor
and native freight boats, called cas-
Goes carry things 10 and from the
shore. One Of the native officials con-
tractad with Dewey to carry stuff TO
the flagship. After doing his duty he
dressed himself in the latest European
fashion to visit the Admiral-silk hat,
white shirt, cravat, cuffs, etc. When he
presented his bill, Dewey remarked
that there were numerous over charges
which he could not pay. The freighter
Captain protested that the Admiral was
wrong, and that he had agreed to the
terms Dewey politely replied that he
would pay the original bill, nothing
more. 1Iistaking the quiet gentlemanly
manner Of the Admiral as an admission
that the Admiral might be wrong, the
freighter became insulting in his man
ner and insisted upon payment. With
a slight movement of the hand. the
Admiral remarked TO the orderly:
Drop that man overheard And in
a moment the plug hat was floating in
Cavite Bay, while the insolent native
was squirting salt water and swimming
to his vessel"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28

Joseph Hodges Choate was born in
Salem January "a, 1882, his father, DR..
George Choate, being a cousin Of the
illustrious Rufus Choate, who was at
that time just entering upon his sec
ond term in Congress. His family is
one of the oldest in New England.
The earl est ancestor, John ChOate,
became a citizen Of Massachusetts in
1867, and the grandson Of this ancestor,
also named John, was a member Of the
Massachusetts Legislature from 1741 to
| 1861, and for the five years following
was a member Of the governors cOun-
| ell Little is recorded of JCseph's boy
hood That he was precCc;ous is amply
attested by the fact that he entered
Harvard at the age Of 16, graduating
we'll up toward the head OF his class in
1852. After graduation he spent two
years at the Dave law school, and in
1855 was admitted TO the bar Of Mas
sachusetts. In the year following he
went to New York city, where be has
lived and practiced law. In 1865 he en-
tered the office of Scudder & Carter,
but soon left and entered the office OF
Butler, Evarts & Southmayd. He after
ward formed partnership with VIII
liam H Barnes, but in 1859 became a
member Of the firm Of Evarts, South
lmayd & Choate. From that time on his
name became thoroughly we'll known
throughout the leading profession. Fol
1 70 hos
generally acknowledged to be a leader
OF the New York bar, and has appeared
lin hundreds Of celebrated cases.
While in college he became member
of the Alpha Delta Phi society, and he
is now president of the Alpha Delta
Phi club in New York city. HIS
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28
INSURANCE OF WOMEN.
Essay on the Marked DiScrimina.
ton Against the Sex.
(Springfeld Republican,


Why the hazard of insurance upon
the lives of women should be greater
than in the case of men has not been
explained, but insurance authorities
are not disposed to question that such
is the fact. The companies doing
life insurance business in Canada nave
agreed to accept no more risks on the
lives of married women unless they
happen to be breadwinners OF the faml-
". ana the experience of American
companies seems to show that this IS
a wise decision. No company mas yet
gone into business of insuring women
in any number without loss, and most
of the strong concerns are extremely
careful in accepting such risks. and
then only for limited amounts. IL
natural cause exists for such expert
ence. it has not been described. Inc
mortality rate among women IS not
known to be, we believe, much, II any
| higher than among men. Still, pro-
nounced natural cause for the higher
| insurance risk among women is want
! ing. and in that case moral causes
must be resorted to for an explanation.
Where the insured is a dependent
there exists no natural insurable IN
terest. and the temptation on the part
of the beneficiary, regardless OF SEX
| to hurry death on to its work in I'M
natural order is very great. The wo-
man dependent upon the labor Of her
| husband has no temptation OF this
| kind. because his insurance ordinarily
would be worth less to her in the
! long run than the husbands support
! But in the case of the dependent wife,
whose life has been insured, there is
no sucn Offset in the appeal which the
| insurance makes to the mans cupid
| ity. The best insurance companies
recognize this grewsome liability, and
are disposed to avoid all cases where
there is no such natural insurable in
| terest 1t applies to the insurance Of
small dependent children as well as
to the insurance of dependent women,
and we do not know why the general
practice of insuring the one should be
condemned any more strongly than
! the insurance of the other.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28
Another Victim Cured.
What a Honolulu Lady Has 10
Say of Doan'S Backachs ana
Kidney Pills.

Many people are skeptical about tax
ing so-called patent medicines, but n
few testimonials as given below ought
TO convince the most skeptical that all
remedies are not without merit.
Home testimonials certainly must be
accepted as being first class and posi-
tive proof of the curative features OF
remedy Watch this space for series
of testimonials OF people well and fav-
orably known.
Mrs. Grace Dodd, ga Young street.
says: Il was troubled with enlarge
ment Of the liver; suffered severe pains
in my right side and lame back for two
wears. After consulting a local physi-
clan and taking medicines OF all
kinds and failing to get relief
I purchased a box of Doan's Kidney
Pills and soon was relieved of the Sc
we're pains, could enjoy good sleep
and am satisfied the Pills cured me-"
| Doan's Kidney and Backache Pills
can be obtained at the HOLSTER Drug
Co., Ltd, Fort Street, at soc a box.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28
COAST DIALECT.
Reading Manuscripts of Old Califor-
nia-Yanko-Spanis
Is. F. Argcnaut.)

Is. +. ArgCnaut.)
Among the various manuscripts COM
ing into the Argonaut office there are
some which apparently bear the i'm
print Of the peculiar dialect used by
Mrs. Atherton in her recent California
novels, and which we may call, like
the war, the ''Yanko-Spanish" dialect
1t is a mixture of English and Spanish,
and reminds one of the European cour-
iers, who are said to speak ten Ian
guages and to be unintelligible in all
This peculiar dialect, written partly in
English and partly in Spanish, would
scarcely be comprehended by Spanish
or English. We take q sample from
one of the manuscripts which seems
most heavily tinged with the Ather-
tonian Yanko-Spanish color:
Isl senior. l. Alexandra, the head va
quero del Rancho Buena Vista. Ell
rancho it by ell Oceano, and the vies
SO good ell Senior Castro call it Buena
Vista" "Ay, you like me tell about ct
Rancho? .Bueno-maybe ell senior like
me to tell about Lupita, la muchachita
de Senior Castro" "Quiere, un cigarrO
senior? Bueno." I'VE have plenty timt
para los caballos no can go pronto III
las montanas de Santa Lucia, and
forty mile to ell Rancho Buena Vista.
'Lupita not four years old when | &c
be vaquero para ell Senior Castro, VIII
| have thousand of cattle" "Ha! IL
You hear; 1 vaquero, my bueno? CIR,
cts, senior, pero I not vaGuero como {
Senior Castro" AlvaradO say he lii
| to see which vaquero pick up the GO
and he put the fifty dollar slug
| Americanos call tin the dust, ar
you no can see excepto where the 81
strike" Then todos los vaquerOs RI
pronto on los caballos."
This is reminiscent Of an ancit
anecdote of the San Francisco theatI
when weused to have opera here. Tbs
was an antique chorister named Oh
Maure1, a Frenchman, who was W
ously denominated on the program
as Monsieur Charles Maurel, Monsl@
Charles, Monsieur Maurel, Senior c
los Maurel, and Senior Carlos Maure
The doubling of roles on the opera
stage is not unusual, and at times Sc
or Maurel found that he had so ma
roles that his Italian, which was
the spaghetti order found in the enc
restaurants of MarseiIles, at times 60
out. Being somewhat fiustered on
and having a singing part with Il
lines in it, he forgot his Italian
perpetrated the following polyg
solo:
"A Ia porto del CASTILLO
II V a 0ueluu'un uui m 'appellO.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28
Storage Meats Said to Be Best
When Aged.
DETAILS OF INSPECTION
Method of Cooling-lCe Stations.
Terms Of Government Con-
traCt-FOr Export.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-F'red w.
u ilder. general superintendent for
Swift & Co. of Chicago, appeared be-
fore the war investigation commission
and gave a general account OF the
practical working of the meat busl-
ness. He said that all the cattle were
brought from commission firms at the
stock-yards, and there given an ante
mortem inspection by government
official and then driven 70 the abat-
toir. being we'll cooled before killing.
A "skinning gang of $50 men," he said,
would butcher about 120 cattle an
hour. The cattle were then subjected
to a post-mortem examination, also
bv government inspectors, who exam
ineu the lungs, liver and intestines.
The company had had as many as 20
cattle a week condemned at this IN
| spectiOn, being about 20 out OF 5000
The condemnation was mostly due TO
tuberculosis The condemned carcass
goes to the refuse tank, where the
only use made of it is to take the
grease for lubricating purposes and
the remainder for fertilizers.
The beef is cooled for As hours be
fore shipping, the temperature being
run down gradually from 10 to So Il
50 degrees. The shipping ears are
thoroughly washed and aired between
each shipment. and are cooled by ice
and salt The temperature in the cars
is from 33 to So. Export beef is in
closed in a cheese-clOth bag to keeI
, it clean and prevent chatting. Their
are icing stations every "A hours OF
each railroad shipping line, and tn
cars are re-iced that often. Witness
said different cities took differen
, grades of beef. Boston demanded tn
best beef in the country, and Balti
more about the cheapest. New 1orl
. stood between the two. Part OF tn
beef ordered by the government dur
, ing the war was sent from kansa
, City, though most of it was from Chi
cago The contract with the govern
, ment called for the best fat steers
, not less than 600 pounds TO a dressed
4 carcass. These specifications wer
complied with.
Referring to the much discusse'
beard on the refrigerator meat, Nj
= Wilder said the large wholesalers VIII
: supplied the best hotels in Chicag
!, aged all their beef before selling II
s and got an advanced price for it afte
it accumulated the beard. He said Tn
I meat was better in every respect afte
;, being aged AS to complaint regard
4 ing the army contract beef, he sal
the Manitoba shipment was the onl
Z one condemned. This was Shippe
n July 80, and was not thrown ovel
board till September Is. Witness ha
been in the export business 10 year
and in the Liverpool and Londo
trade, where the beef was from 10 I
) 10 days in transit he had never los
one quarter of beef Witness denie
/, that any chemicals were used in PR
l. serving any of the meat sold by h
IS firm, and said that in addition to OIL
er objections it would be useles
S, would be a detriment to the beef an
: an extra expense. The beef for expo
L. was not the best beef, but a fair qua
ity.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28
4 GOOD STIMULANT.

According to a high authority. G
water is a valuable sttmulant to ma
if not all people Its action on
heart is more stimulating than bran
His own experience is that slipping /
a wine glass Of cold water will raise
pulse from 76 to over 100.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28

brother, William Gardner ChOate, who !
became United States judge for the
southern district of New York state.
went through college and the law
school with him Mr. Choate's political
career practically began in 1856, when
he took the stump for Fremont. Since
then he has been known as an ardent
republican, though he never held Of
fee. Mr.. Choate was president OF the
New York state constitutional conven-
ton in 1894. From 1867 to 1871 Mr.,
Choate was president of the New En-
gland society, and from 1874 to 1878
president of the Harvard club. From
1873 to 1877 he was president of the
Union League club of New York city,
Of which organization he has always
been an active and influential member.
The present name of the law firm OF
which Mr.. Choate is IL member is
Evarts, Choate & Beaman.
A history of Mr.. Choate's profess
sional career would require sketch of
a majority of the great cases that have
been tried in New York since the Civil
war. 1t would involve, among others.
the story OF the Tweed ring prosecu-
ton; the famous investigation of the
case OF Gen Fitz John Porter, which
resulted in a reversal of the judgment
of the original court-martial; the cele-
brated libel suit instituted by CASTOR
L. Feuardent against Gen Cesnola; the
Tilden will case: the contest over Com
modore Vanderbilt's millions; the
Chinese exclusion act; the Behring sea
controversy; the memorable suit
brought by David Stewart in 1881
against Coils p. Huntington, and q
dozen other equally we'll remembered
IitigatiOnS.
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one day after her regular weekly out
ing. looking as if she had enjoyed her
self. We'll, Susan said my friend
who is sympathetic, Il suppose yoI
saw all the pretty things in the store:
down town."
Nom; not z'actly. | ben lOokin a
de handiworll OBJ de Lord"
Indeed? So you took a little IriI
to the country to see the fields ant
flowers?"
Nom; no, indeedy. I ben at d.
dime museum They has a hairy boy
dera and a two-headed man. From
LippincOtt'S Magazine.
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ENJOYED HERSELF.
My friends cOlored maid came in
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-05
lrrlgationists Reorgani1e.

WICHITA, Kan. June 5.-The Nation.
al Irrigation association held a meeting
and reorganized with Joseph NJ. Carey
of Wyoming. author Of the Carey act.
a president: George II. Maxwell Of
California. chairman of the executive
committee. and Henry Michaelssen of
Colorado. secretary. The association
has r~eorganizei 70 secure increased
membership and funds with which to
push its claims.