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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-26
shamrock VIII Leave Next Week.

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-It is expected
that the Shamrock will start from New
York for England week from today,
but she will not leave Sandy Hook until
the weather is fairly promising The
steam yacht Erin will tow her whenever
possible, though in the toughest weather
the Shamrock will travel under her own
canynS.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-26
YOUNG WINS VICTORY.
FiIipinos Under General Pillar Lose
Heavily.

MANILA, Oct. 21.-News has just
been received here of an engagement be-
tween the forces of General Young and
General Pho del Pillar at San Isidro. The
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-26
The India Fnmine.

SIMLA, Oct. 2l,-The number of per-
sons now receiving famine relief through,
out India reaches 393 600.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08
POLAR EXPLORATION.
Several Industries May Follow the
Work In the Antarctic Zone

Work In the Antarctic Zone.
| must beg leave TO differ with the
prevailing opinion regarding polar cx-
ploratIon, that there Is no CONNER
C!al or material reward CommenSu.
rate with the expenditure OF time and
money. In the antarctic there are sew
eral prospective industries. and much
OF the future work has direct bearing
upon commerce.
There are seals, pcngu!ns and whales
In abundance around the clrcumpolHr
ara. Fur seals are nearly extinct.
The various varieties OF antarctic
seals have coarse coat of single hair,
which Is useless MS n fur, but the skin
md oil are of considerable value
There is no reason why n profitable
fishery could not be prosecuted. like
that of the coast of Labrador and
Greenland. The penguins are not wide
ly known TO commerce. but their count
less millions will surely attract enter
prise aud yield some useful product.
We must abandon the hope that
right or black whales, possessing the
priced whHlebOne, exist here In num-
berS sufficient to warrant promise OF
future whaling. Ross reports having
seen right whales. but a liltGrnt search
since has failed to establish this report
From the Bclgica we SAW no whales Of
this variety. but hnback and bottle
nose whales were seen In great num-
berS. These are small whales. having
no bone Of commercial value and Il
somewhat inferior quality of oil. But
the hunt for a similar variety Of
whales In Norway has given profitable
employment to thousands OF men In
the past ten years. Whaling and seal.
ing IN the antarctic cauuOt. however,
be made TO pay the enormous expense
CT fitting out from Europe or North
America for so distant hunting
ground.
To make these industries successful.
permanent bases must be established
either In the antarctic, on the suhant-
arctic islands or in the southern ports
Of South America or Australia From
''Thc Possibilities OF Arctic Explora.
ton" by Frederick a. Cook. N, H., in
December Scribncr'S.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08

Fond du Lac, Wis. leads any city In
the world in the number Of refrigera-
tors manufactured and shipped. 1t
has two institutions which give nearly
all of their time and attention to build
Ing iccboXes. Every two minutes dur
ing the refrigerator manufacturing
months Of the year an icebox is turned
out IN Il finished condition. One COM
pany builds 5000 and the other $4,000
annually. The number OF men employ
cd III the two institutions Is 800, and
the aggregate sum paid for salaries In
month is not less than $1,000. The
retail value Of the boxes turned out IN
one year Is estimated at $JOO.O00.
These refrigerators are shipped 10 all
countries Of the known world, and ON
account Of the iceboxes it sends out
Fond du Lac is becoming famous.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08
THAYER'S BRAVE FEAT.
How He Established Communication
with NounE aud wheaton.

General Nb,Htou's report. which was
Received at Manila tie other morning
relieves lhcGExirty concerning thrSarr-
~ Of Lieutenant Arthur lhay-r. Troop
\. Third cavalry. who. with - men
undertook to cross 70 niles of the rus-
Uy's country and communicate with
General Wheaton.
On the morning VI Nov. II General
Young, who was then at Tayug. order.
ed Lieutenant Thayer and hlS troop 10
proceed 10 AsIngaB aud communicate
with General Wheaton. who was sup
posed 10 be at Dagupan. Lieutenant
TEayer met with heavy resistance at
AsingRn. but finally chased the lnsur.
gents and reported TO Colonel Vessels
OF the Third cavalry, who sent Major
Swlgert with Troop e 10 support him.
On the morning OF the 18th Major Swi-
CERT sent Lieutenant Thayer's troop 10
BiualOnan, where the natives told the
lieutenant that the Americans We're ~
San Jaclnto. Lieutenant Thaycr took
l3 men and started for ManaoaG. scud.
Ing the remainder OF his troop TO Asiu.
gan. Ilc found ManaoAg deserted and
learned that the Americans had with.
drawn from san Jacinto and were then
at San Fabian. That afternoon he CON
tlnucd on TO San Jac!nto. arriving
there at O'Clock. Then he proceeded
on TO ManGaldan.
While crossing n wide river within
100 yards OF this point ii was report.
ed that there were inircnChments
across the road. Lieutenant Thaycr
deploycd five men on either side OF the
road and. taking the other three nd.
vauced slowly 10 within 200 yards OF
the intrenChmcnts where he saw IA.
tiyes standing on the parapet waving
their hats. Then one OF the natives left
the trench and walked forward toward
| Thayer's men. He spoke IN Spanish to
the guide who accompanied the ilpu.
tenant from San Jacinto ana said the
troops In the trenches were MaCabcbcs.
simultaneously the men who were
tanE!ns the trench reported that some
of the natives Were leaving the trench.
es on both iianks ut IA point which was
then about 3oU yards away and that
the rest were within the trench
At the sound OF Lieutenant Thnyrr'S \
voice II native jumped upon tho para
pet and shouted In English. Come on,
men: We are Macabehes" Thayer
cautioned his men and was advancing
slowly. when suddenly he received II
vollry from the front and left Lieu
tenant Thaycr ordered his men TO
mount and retire on gallop keeping
on both sides Of the road Four men
We're missing. but one man and ger
ge2pt finally came In and said the 9TH
ers. who were on the left OF the road,
had disappeared after the voll"yInS
| began.
Lieutenant Thayer waited awhile and
then started for San Fabian on n com
| pass course. He camped In caneficld
that night and reached San Fabian TN
molrStrd. The missing men Succrrdpl
In returning to General Lawton's lines.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08
Now international Lnurunl.

Professors l.. V. Firsson Of Yale aud
]. p. lddings Of the University Of Cut
cago, who were appointed by the sew
enth international college Of geolo-
gists American members OF a commit
tee to take steps to establish an inter.
national journal Of pctrology. bave
made report that tho Commits" has
chosen Professor +. Decke Of Vienna
president and has made preliminary
plans for such Journal, suys Now
Haven dispatch to the New York Even.
Ing Post. The Journal win probably
print articles in French, German or
English, ut the option Of the author,
and viii lp managed by n COMMITTED
appointed by the congress. The COM
mlttee will select au editor aud two
assistants, all Of them to receive sal
cries
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08
AFTER GOLD eOoMS.
Importance of Reactions In Deter,
mining the Population.

mining the fopOtntiOn.
The law that settlers follow the line
" least resistance suffers an exception
when men are seeking gold" says
writer in Alnslce's. who goes on 10 prove
II. I'm the natural order OF things
population would have worked Itself
In continuous progression toward the
Rocky mountains. crossing them only
by cOmpulsion. as the Allcghanies were
crossed aud the Mississippi and the
Missouri rivers. But where there is
gold in sight there Is no law. Human.
ity goes into Alaska with the same
blind ayidity that It went into Califor.
mia 80 years ago, with the same fstu-
BUSINESS that II swept TO Pixies peak In
1853. Population forsoOk all its domi.
Giles, It's patronages and Its prosperity
In the ArgOnaut period and. as II driV.
en- by some mOnstrous wind. surced
over TIE uneven earth 10 the Pacific
and 10 the Rockies. The whole world
knows how il did so, and the suffering
that cnsued is as common story as
the fortunes that were won. But the
thing that is not known, the matter OF
lasting Importance that IL most often
overlooked. Is the migratory reaction.
the settling bnck OF the big flood to
the places In which, either by necessity
or by choice. it must finally rest. The
character Of the great west. the trans
missouri. with It's multiple variations.
Is determined by this phenomenon.
a map and book OF census Stats.
tics will tell the story. 1t Is the story
Of the oil from the pitcher again. Men
and women touched the crest OF the
continent AT LcadvIlle, In Colorado. In
ISIS. but fell back on 10 the plains
again before the sixties were expired.
The Mormon emigration filed the val,
ley Of the Jordan In 1877, but the gen
cral tide of people either went to the
lower valleys Of the Sacramento and
the San Joaquin on the oriental side of
the Sierra NCvadas or reCpded on the
eastern slope If the Rockies. Success.
6!yc mining discoveries cntiCcd rushes
Of prCSpcctor& into northern Idaho and
British Columbia. but the grratcr mass
of the movcrs went back Into the
warmer regions az California and Ore
gon. Where the Comstock and the
Consolidated Virginia silver mines once
maEncti2ed so many settlers as to be
guile congress into making n state OF
Nevada there is little left now but the
evidence Of what has been and the
promise Of what may be when the i'm.
migration OF the west begins TO move
again for less glorious promises than
acres Of oranges for the mere tIlling Of
the soil and monster timber for the
mere hewinC of the logs. The mcsas
Of the two southwestern territories,
Arizona and New Mexico, seem to have
absorbed the hosts OF traders and ad.
venturers that went into them as the
sandy soil Of their great areas drink
In the freshets from the mountains"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08
MARKET FOR YANKEE CORN
Possibilities Attending Its introduce
tiOn In Chtnn

tIoH IN Nhtnu,
Mr., A. BurlinGame Johnson, United
States consul at Annoy, China, has
written to the state department ut
length regarding Cornmcal In China
says the Washington Star. He says:
1T Is interesting to American corn
growers to know that for the first three
months of 1879 there were imported
from foreign countries and coast ports
a monthly average of l44.520 piculs
l92T0.5I7 pounds) OF rice to supply
the demand for cheap breadstutf for
this port and adjacent cities. The av.
crage price WAS above Az cents Next-
can (2l. cents gold per pound
"Cornmeal. grits and hominy could
be laid down here at price which
would underSell rice during more than
half the year. II IL only necessary to
Introduce the corn products IN an intel
Hgent way so as TO get the people to
understand their use A good demand
and an ever increasing outlet for the
surplus corn of our western states
would he created. 1t would require on
~ few hundred dollars to do this. yet
no mill has been found willing to bear
any portion of the expense. One Of the
largest concerns In the west, when the
proposition was laid before Il. said 1t
had nothing to give away, and II Chit
nese wanted the meal they could have
II by paying cash
"Flour has been introduced here, In
the beginning not at q profit. Its In.
crease In consumption Is marvellous.
During the six months ended June 80,
1898. 2S345 pculs (3T7S,3S9 poundsi
were consumed, as against S4.44G pi
cCls ll.21S.662 poundsI for the same
period of 1890. an increase Of 1903 i(3
pounds for the half year. This, too. In
the face Of the fact that -four sells for
double the price Of rice, while corn
products could be sold at less thnn the
average price of rice. thus commend.
ing them TO the thousands Of people
here who must be daily supplied with
foodstuff imported from foreign coun.
tries.
1T would I've worse than folly TO
dump n cargo of the cornmeal Oh this
marhct and offer It for sale as millers
have suggested. II must be introduced
by first teaching a number Of cooks
twho are all organized In guild or
unionl how to prepare II and then Civ.
ing away limited amount Of the cook.
ed product through the public rcstau-
rants, which feed thousands Of people
If this proposition does not appeal 10
the business sense Of American deal.
ers, this immense food supply will con-
t!nuc to cone from other sources. and
our surplus of corn will not reach this
mn ri. of -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08
Quick ,vorb For War Trade.

II Is said hat several lives" Of Sir
Nodycrs Butler are In preparation and
that one NJ least Is In the printers
hands. The author delivered the whole
copy" of the book within Il fortnight,
says the London Leader. But this
record was beaten, fancy, hy Mr.. +.
A. Mackenzie, who finished his 'I.tfe
OF Kruger" which is so prominent on
tie hooksMiis Mt present, In something
under ten days,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08

kruger's pet aversion, the young
male Ion sent to Pretoria rs a present
from Mr.. Cecil Rhodes and rejected rs
an inausptcious augury by the Boer
president, has, ms the result of the rc-
cent visit to South Africa of Dr. T.. L..
sclater, +. II. s., secretary Of the 20.
oloslcal society In London, become the
property of that body, says the London
Telegraph. II is now ou It's way from
Cape Town In charge OF special at
tenddnt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08

Quincy Ills. claims distinction On
several accounts. 1t has IA greater
variety Of industries than any other
city. and its 400 factories produce ey-
erything in lIfc from the cradle to the
grave. Quincy has the largest engine
governor works In the world They
turn out 10000 governors year, or at
the rate Of 33 every working day.
There are two shops one 900 by 40
feet and the other $50 by co feet, and
plans are now being prepared for dou-
bling the capacity OF the works by
building another large shop.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08

A composite photograph Of all the
greatest Madonnas painted by the old
masters during 500 years has Just been
made by Joseph Gray Kitchell of In
dianapolis after many months work.
The face Is marvelously beautiful-per-
haps the highest type idealzed by man.
combining, us 1t does, oil that is su-
preme In the conceptions Of such paint
ers rs Raphael. Murillo, etc. The first
copy has been ordered for the Congress.
sionai library.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08
StuHyiu- Success,

The bcSt thing for the beginner in
advertising 10 do IL to study the sue
cesscS In advertising. Don't study them
With the idea Of ending fault with
them. Try to dnd out what 1t is about
them that has made them successful
Shoe and Leather Facts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-12-08
0. H. HENDERSON.
TICKET AGENT
Boston and Maine Railway,
ST. JOHNS8URY. VT.

Ilckets via the first claSs rort"e 20 t'nn;-
west aud south and via tranS-2tlant'< HI''
T. and from EuruDcan poihtH H&EN;tt'
checked through. Sleeping car accorm3d"
lions sccnrcd in advance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-27
A Ranchman's Disgust.

From the Denver Evening Post
I never take the paper now, jest quit it
in disgust,
An so swelled up with righteous rage 1
honest thought I'd bust!
I writ the editor to stop a sendin' it or
Would grab a. hefty club an call to know
the reason whyl
Fur nearly twenty years I've took the
Jayville Sarpent's Tooth,
AM belt it next the Bible fur a tellin'
gospel truth,
But now I'll never let my eyes rest on
the thing agin,
Fur glvin' it encouragement d be a moral
SIM
I sot with eyes a buggIn' out a readin'
of band
o. men in tropic jungles facin' death on
every hand,
Whar' sarpents was a hissin' round, an
lions laid in wait
To leave their bones a gleamin in a ghast-
ly naked state!
An how they fought with cannibals that
hankered fur their meat
Regardin' il a luxury almighty hard to
beat,
Then had the thrilln' story end with in
formation that
They was huntin' roots fur DR.. Skin
ny's Anti-Fat.
I read one orful story of a gay an gallant
knight
That battled with a dragon in a rough
an'-tumble fight,
The pcter o. the monster with its bakers
dozen heads
Enough to skeer the sleepers of the
graveyards from their beds.
l felt like yellin' "Gloryw when the GAL
liant Teller stood
One foot upon the monster an his snear
all splashed with blood.
An when larnt the dragon was the fever
an the chills;
The knight at DR.. Knockems Pink Com
plected Quinine Pills.
Once sot my wife to cryln. till 1 thought
her heart would break,
An got my own eyes leakin' an NV ltns
begun to shake,
Readin' bout a lovely maiden tellln' oil
her folks goodbye,
An sayin' she must leave 'ern Tor =
mansion in the eky.
Then a angel neighbor woman coma .
runnin' in an told
OF heavenly detection that was urtt,
its weight in gold
An the gal was soon as clipper as a. Jaw
bird on the wing, 'N'
An was singing grateful praises OF Dr.
fiicker's Liver King.
But the one that capped the clInax woe
a sermon that I read
From a famous Eastern preacher. at the
close of which he said
He was goin' to quit discoursin. ~ ,ho
glories up on high. 0
Fur there now was no occasion fur HE
followers to die ''iS
If they'd foller the directions OF O,vvboo,.
er's Antl-Death n
They would never quit a livln' from a
scarcity of breath;
Then 1 tore the sheet in fraements an,
stomped it on the floor.
An my wife hain't yet recovered fro,, a..
awful way I swore! ''' the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-27
A Fee strnnrelv Enrned.

1t was on the night of the Jeffries-Fitz-
simmons prize fight, and a man reached
the West Side apartment house in which
he Lived about 2 o'clock says the New
York Tribune. A search of all his pockets
failed TO bring forth his bunch of keys.
he rang the bell repeatedly for the jani-
tor, but could get no response. He was eX-
ceedingly tired, there was no hotel in the
neightorhood, and, besides, there were
family reasons why il was inadVisabie for
him TO spend the rest of the night away
from home. The sight of a physician
night bell gave him an idea. He pushed
the button hard for thirty seconds or
more. In due season the physician came 10
the door and opened il.
What is your fee for night eals?' asked
the locked-out individual.
-Four dollars" was the aston.shed re-
ply.
"Al right. here you are. I was locked
out, and couldn't get in. Sorry to trouble
YOU" and he began his weary march up
stairs, happy in the thought of the evils
he had escaped.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-27
Stopping a Stampede.

lone of the slickest things 1 ever saw in
my life,' said a veteran army officer the
other day, according to the Chicago Rec
ord was a cowboy stopping a cattle
stampede. A herd of about 600 or 800 had
got frightened at something and broke
away pell-me.l with their tails in the air
and the bulls a the head of the process
sion. But Mr.. Cowboy didn't get eX-
cited at all when he saw the herd was go
ing straight for high bluff, where they
would certainly tumble down into the
canon and be killed You know that when
a herd like that gets to going it can't stop,
no matter whether the cattle rush 90 death
or not. Those in the rear crowd those
ahead and away they go. 1 wouldn't
have given dollar head for that herd,
but the cowboy spurred up his mustang,
made a little detour, came in right in
front of the herd, cut across their path
at right angie and then galloped leisure
ly on the edge of that bluff. halted and
looked around at that wild mass of beef
coming right toward him. He was as cool
as a cucumber. though I expected to see
him killed, and was SO excited could not
speak.
well, sir, when the leaders had got
within about quarter of mile of him I
saw them try to slack up, though they
could not do it very quickly But the
whole herd seemed TO want to stop and
when the cows and steers in the rear got
about where the cowboy had cut across
their path 1 was surprised 20 see them
stop and commence to nibble at the grass.
Then the whole herd stopped, wheeled,
struggled back and went to fighting for a
chance to eat where the rear guard was.
you see, that cowboy had opened big
bag of salt he had brought out from the
ranch to give the cattle, galloped across
the herds course and emptied the bag,
Every critter shifted that line of salt, and
of course, that broke UP the stampede
But tell you 1t was a queer sight to see
that man out there on the edge of that
bluff quietly rolling a cigarette, when 1t
seemed as If he'd be lying under 200 tons
of beef in about a minute and half"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-27
STREET PAVING MATERIALS.

The communication of Mr. H. B. Smart.
published in the Morning News of Sun
day, respecting the materials used in paw
ing the streets of this city. appears to have
attracted considerable attention. Those
who read the communication understand
that Mr.. Smart favors asphalt for the
main thoroughfares and Augusta gravel
for the minor streets.
There is no doubt that asphalt is very
popular in this city, but it Is costly pave
ment, and 1t costs great deal to keep
it in repair. 1t is costly for two other rea-
sons, namely, 1t has to be swept or scrap
ed daily, and 1t is a difficult task to take
it up in order to put down pipes or wires,
and to restore it again In good shape
Still. If the people are willing to pay for
asphalt. and insist upon having it, there
ought to be no objection on the part Of the
municipal authorities. They pay the bills,
and they ought to have what they want
If, however, 1t should be decided 10 pave
all of the principal streets with asphalt
and the city authorities should settle upon
some material so as not to be experiment.
ing all the time and in order to have uni
formity in the pavements-ought not the
city to have It's own plant, not only for
putting down the asphalt, but also for
making repairs? The annual cost of keep
ing the asphalt streets in repair is al
ready very large, and within the next few
years it will be much larger, even if no
more asphalt is laid.
OF the merits of Augusta gravel there
is no question. 1t has proven to be an
admirable material on the county roads.
There is some complaint of it on Bull
street, but there are reasons for saying
that fair test of Its merits are not being
given there. A part of the Bull street pave
ment is composed of Liberty county gravel
which doesn't compare at all favorably
with the Augusta gravel. From our OBJ
servation of the merits of the Augusta
gravel on the county roads It seems to be
but very little less desirable than asphalt
1t will not wear as long, of course, but
then 1t doesn't cost anywhere near as
much, and the expense of keeping IL clean
and in repair is very small.