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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-11
A Denial

Lieutenant Robert Cramer, y. S. v,
denies that he is now connected with
the Associated Press, and anyone
might know that his position as one
of General Wheeler's staff would pre-
clude his acting in such capacity.
The gentleman was formerly in charge
of the Southern Associated Press, with
Headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia, but
gave up that lucrative billet to enter
the service of his country.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31

beer keg or a soap box. In Boston
they gave me a title. They called
me the S. B. D. D.-Soap Box Devil
Driver,
get upon beer key and tell the
crowd I'd rather have it under lay feet
than going in this way,. and getting
into my feet this way, said the evan
gelist, tipping across the platform
That gets the crowd with you.
Look out for interruptions and steer
clear of them. If you see a dog COM
ing down the road to meet another
dog, don't ever think you can stand up
against dog fight. Stop your speech
too.
Avoid argument A fellow asked
me once where Cain got his wife. /
told him that fellows got into trouble
before now by concerning themselves
with other mems wives and he'd bet
ter let the subject alone. "a good
wife is of the Lord the Bible says,
and you get right with the Lord and
the other matter'll take care of itself.
Hand out tracts at the close, only
don't call 'em tracts, and don't get
those handful tracts that were printed
centuries ago. My tracts are called
"Put the Baby to Bed Early" every
man with a baby wants to read 1t;
"Black Crook" "And the Barber
Kept on Shaving" They'll read things
like that.
When I go to the horse races to do
evangelistic work l do something like
this:
And Rev. Mr.. Gibet whisked q
pack of cards out of his grip and shut
fed them into shape, suspiciously I'M
like Christian Endeavor delegate,
ratified off good imitation of gamblers
jargon, and with skilful hand he
threw the cards out into the audience.
They were discovered to be good i'm
itations Of playing cards on the back,
with few pointed gospel messages on
the other side.
There are doubtless many people who
will question whether this is in good
taste, but Mr.. Gibbett says that
good taste" can't always be relied on
to induce a man to think, about his
souls salvation.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31
THE FILIPINO sCHooLBoY.
His knowledge of the United States
Is Very Limited.

1t has been frequently remarked that
the Filipinos could have no conception
of the extent and resources of the Uni
ted States, or they never would have
been deceived into the hallucination
that they could successfully combat us.
In going through their school here, |
found little manuscript volume in
which, in less than a hundred manu-
script pages, was comprised all of syn
tax and geography that was taught the
children here. And it must be remem-
bered that Malolos, before the insur-
rection, was an important city in this
part of the world, and one where the
children would be expected to receive
the average education. Turning to
one of the pages in this book that
picked up, l found the United States
of America discoursed upon, immedi-
ately after Nigricia, and just before
Mexico. Here is the entire lot of in
formation given as to the United
States, in the form of questions and an
swers:
Where is this country (the United
States) situated? In North America.
what are it's boundaries? To the
north, British America; to the east, the
Atlantic ocean and the Bahama chan
mel; to the south, the Strait of
Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, and to
the west, Mexico and the Grande (Paci-
fic) ocean.
What is the form OF government?
1t is federal republic
"0f what is this republic composed9
OF forty different states.
what are it's rivers and mountains?
The most notable rivers are the Mis-
isipi literal spelling), the Niagara, the
Missori (again the literal spelling), the
Colorado, and the St. Lawrence, and
the principal mountains are the Cum
berland and Rockies.
What is the capital? Washington:
but the most important city is New
York.
Professionalism prevails, but there
are Catholic archbishops."
And this is the sum total of what
the average Filipino boy has been
taught about our rather considerable
and somewhat prosperous country
Lessie's Weekly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31
REAL THING IN CYCLONES.

'Now the people back this way may
safes were blown about like toy bal
looms during that Wisconsin cyclone"
said the veracious Kansan with the
inquiring eye, to the Washington
Post, "but bless their simple souls,
that's nothing at all to the shines cut
up by cyclones out in Kansas! Die
ever see tree with feathers on it, in
stead of leaves? Nope? Well, did.
Did they grow on the tree? guess not.
They were put there by a cyclone.
Happened in Emporia bout six years
ago this summer. The tree, a big
maple, in my front yard. l had several
hundred chickens and geese in my
yard when this pea-green, funnel
shaped cloud came prancing along
and dipped right in front of my
house. The wind struck the chick
ems and geese so suddenly that
it just ripped all the feathers right off
them. At the same time it tore all
the leaves off the branches of the
maple trees. The feathers were picked
up and druv right through the air with
such force that when they struck the
maple tree, as bout billion of 'em
did, the quilts went bout half way
through the trunk and branches, so
that when me and my family came out
of the cyclone cellar we had to Just
open our eyes to see a seventy-foot
tree covered over with feathers so
thick that you couldn't see the wood of
any part of it. That same cyclone eat
up all the ground and masonry around
my 1S5-foot well. Just as this hap
pened whirlwind came along, as a
sort of sideshow to the big blow, and
for an hour it just hung over that we'll,
holding the water up straight and spin
ming it around. When the whirlwind
passed on, the we'll broke and flooded
my place. That's nothing, either, to
cyclone they had in Leavenworth in
the early eighties. Just to show you
the force of the wind, about fifty men
were working at the bottom of a coal
mine, about 1913 feet under the Mis-
souri, river. The wind blew SO hard
over the top of the shaft that it just
sucked the whole bunch of 'em to the
surface and then dropped 'em into the
Missouri. They weren't hurt, outside
of the wetting."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31
GOOD ONES.

Max O'Rell relates that while he was
teaching in an English school a lady
wrote to the head master: Dear Sir
1t is our intention to place our bow
under your care, but before doing so
we would like to know what the So
cial standard of your school is" To
which the head master replied: Dear
Madam-So long as your boy behaves
himself and his fees are paid regularly.
no inquiry will BE- made about his an
tecedents."
A wildly turbulent peasant was once
a witness in a trial before Chief Baron
O'Grady. The counsel, after Fostering
him for some time, asked him a ques-
ton which reflected on the witness
character. eff We ask me that again
I'll give We kick in the gob!" was
the answer. The counsel appealed t.
the court, stating that an answer was
necessary to his clients case, ending
up with this query: What would
your lordship advise me to do?" "If
you are resolved to repeat the ques-
ton 1t would be better for you to move
alittle from the witness"
Labouchere tells an amusing story
OF how he did good turn for a legs
friend, who, although accustomed t.
address juries and judges. was afraid
OF the house of commons. zone daT,
walking home with him." says La
bouchere, Il told him ne should get
over this curious dread. A matter was
coming under discussions which in
volved good deal OF law. l said to
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31
MR.. HoGG's BEARD.
Why 1t No Longer Adorns His Moon
like Countenance.

When James S. Hogg, formerly gov
ernor of Texas, numbered into town
last week and went to the Waldorf
Astoria, his friends hardly knew him.
He was just as big, just as breezy, just
as open-hearted and companionable as
usual, but there was a change. His
talk was like that of old time, in that
it was full of jovial observations and
punctuated with quaint western idioms.
The change was in his facial adorn-
ment. The governor, as every one
calls him-and he is known by hardly
any other name-formerly wore A
u z7zsEsssed over rFface
and completely concealedztAe Needing
good humor that is marked in every
line around his mouth. 1t was a wild,
erratic sort of a beard, and seemed TO
be governed by no law. Now he is
clean shaver, and his face beams like
a full, round moon, and his eyes
twinkle with merriment. How he
came to part with his beard is an inter-
esting story.
~hAbSA AOh3 hCSlCCL lllC SON6IuOI Out
day decided that he would have his
beard trimmed. To quote his own
words, he "ambled into the finest ton
serial place" he could find. He told
the barber that he wanted to have his
beard trimmed. This barber was a
Frenchman and spoke little English.
The governor made him understand
what he wanted more by signs than
words. He said afterward that he was
an idiot to trust barber who couldn't
speak English, but in this case he die /.
He climbed heavily into the chair
stretched out his bulky frame, and
promptly went to sleep. The barber
clipped and nipped and the scissors
sang lullaby that made the governor
slumber all the sounder. When he
woke up the barber was grinning and
Sinking and pointing with pride to
his handiwork. The governor gave
one look in the glass and gasped with
establishment The barber had taken
his beard and trimmed it in the latest
Partisan fashion, with fine, sharp
ROAAAS anu Win Gil tAC QClollO vi d
Partisan dandy. The governor thun-
dered his anger, but the poor barber
did not understand. The damage was
done however, and there was not get
ting around it. All that could be done
was to shave his face ciean, and he
has dispensed with beard ever since.
Despite the fact that Mr.. Hogg is a
democrat, believes in free silver, and
is follower of William ]. Bryan, he
is something of an epicure and likes to
live we'll. Il stay at the Waldorf-As-
toria," he said, Because l like it there,
and | can afford to. / have done hard
work in my life, and 1 believe that
every one should get all the good he
can out of the world. New York
Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31
LIGHT FADES SOME BIRDS EGGS


THE beautiful and delicate shades
on the eggs of birds are not very fast.
especially if they belong to the lighter
class of colors. remarked an ornithol-
ogist to the writer. "In many in
stances some Of the finest and most
characteristic tints of eggs disappear
almost entirely on exposure to light.
A common example is the beautiful
pale blue of the starling's egg, which
on exposure to the sunli hit for a few
days, loses its clear blueness of tone
and becomes purpler, approaching
more to slate tint. Such is also the
case with most Of the greenish blue
eggs, like those of many sea birds, the
common guillements. for instance, the
beauty of which largely depends on the
clear freshness of ITS blue tints. 1t is,
efo-e, wise for egg collectors to
z s lie glass cases containing all
81 specimens carefully covered up
whs-. not being inspected. otherw Use
much Of the beauty Of tint will be LOST
in the course of time" Washington
Evening Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31
SOME SENSATIONAL METHODS.

The evangelistic band of the Chris
tan Endeavor Society met at the Gen.
trail Presbyterian church, in Detroit
and was given instruction in the work
by Rev. II. B. Gibet OF Springfield,
Mass.,who has become famous in the
east for success in evangelistic work.
Some of Mr.. Chiefs instructions
are brought to hand by the Detroit
Journal and are reprinted here for
those who are interested in the SEN
sational methods. Said Mr.. Gibett:
there'll be some noise around where
the crowd is likely to be, but II you
want quiet so to the cemetery.
Get above your audience. Stand on
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31

for the m9 hent were completed-such
part Of TIL luncheon allotted. sending
up sandwiches on top of armor
piercers; lime water, which was fa-
vored with the enemy's smoke, coming
down the hoists. and other luxuries too
numerous to mention.
To pass away the hours that other
wise would have been long with sus-
pense, the latest popular songs were
sung, and old well-worn jokes cracked,
keeping tune to the sending up of more
powder and shells on deck.
All in all, the day passed pleasantly,
considering how each sudden shock
sounded to those not knowing its
cause.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31

him: III you like, i \ u get up and
you must jeer at me. Z wilB complain,
of this, and suggest that as you are an
eminent lawyer you should express
your objections articularly. Then yeu
having prepared your speech must
get up and crush me- This was ar
ranged. When laid downstbe law.
he laughed. looked indignant. I
went on; ne uttered sarcastic Hear.
hears On this I protested, sat down,
and invited him to reply to me. He got
up and made an excellent spee.k
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31

At Eau Claire DIR. Parker, in the
inquest on the body of A. G.. Coon,
who was killed by lightning on the
street, during the storm last week,
said: "The lightning went through his
umbrella, tearing it, struck him on the
head, and ruptured some blood vessels
of the nose. He was running south
on the sidewalk, and the lightning
struck him after 1t struck the tree. He
had a metal cravat holder on his col
lar band. The metal was heated to
such a degree as to burn the skin. His
watch chain was partially melted and
burned the cloth of the vest. The
watch, however, was still running. All
the hair on the mans body below the
neck was burned of. The lightning
seemed to make its exit through the
right foot, the shoe on which was
torn" At the time Mr.. Coon was killed.
Harry Gorton, young son of Joseph
Gorton, was driving on First avenue
and was opposite the tree. The horse
being gentle. did not jump. The boys
face looked as If he had been powder
burned.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31
AS SEEN BY DoNs
SPANISH ACCOUNT OF THE BAT
TIE OF MANILA BAY.
VERY GOOD READING NOW

Tropical Temperaments Were Much
Agitated by the Sight of Dewey's
Ship-One of Dewey's Sailors Tells
the Men Below the Decks During
the Fight.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31

Miss Julia Dent Grants wedding Sill
take place Sept. rs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-18
INDIANS LEGEND ABOUT MUSIC
Aborigines Have Fanciful Conception
of the Divine Art

One of the most singular fancies of
the 1roquois Indians was that a spirit
lives in the heart of every rock, the
depth of every running stream and in
every cavern. This legend of the Iro-
quois. in which the poetic idea plays
an important part, opens with a love
scene between hunter and his bride
Mekaia, whom he had stolen from her
people, already exhausted in pursuit
He leaves her to search for a canoe
The boat glides through the night near
er and nearer to the thunders of Mag
ara. To her terrified questionings the
only answer is: 1T is the surge break
ing on the sandy shore or the night
winds rushing through the forest"
Presently the little bark is dashing on
the waves. The white sheet of foam
rises in spray, hooking the soaring of
the bird in the morning.
They are about to dash into the cata-
ract when Mekaia hears the voice of
her lover calling to her from the shore.
The spirit of the cataract has assumed
his form, and she is being swept to the
land 'f souls. The canoe plunges from
sight, like a feather caught on the
wings of great wind.
A beautiful bird floats from the edge
of a silver cloud and leads the hunter
to the cave of the winds and then to
the cave of the spirit of the cataract,
who claims Mekaia. The lovers fly,
led by the bird, that tells them the
power of the spirit ends with the dawn.
Moscharr, one arm about the maiden,
chambers over the face of the precidpice
and launches a rock at the pursuing
spirit, which dashes him an arrow
flight backward
The hunter has gained nearly the lin
it of the demons kingdom. The purple
and gray break out from the east. In
that instant he drops exhausted. The
spirits hands grasp him and Mekaia.
With last effort Moscharr throws
himself forward, and they are beyond
the fiends boundaries. In breath
multitudes of bright beings start from
field and flood proClaiming their escape
They destroy the fiend, and the spirit
bird, rising in the air, drops upon the
pair from his radiant wings showers
of light.
To dwell upon the effective points
suggested in this legend is scarcely ne
CeSsary, for to the composer gifted with
sufficient imagination to undertake
their portrayal they will prove quite
patent enough. In the range of folk
lore il would be difficult to find greater
opportunity and variety for a SYM
phonic poem than in this brief recital.
There is the love episode, the voyage
to the falls with its possibilities of
powerful climax in the reflections of
emotions and of nature; the episode of
the bird, the meeting and flight of the
lovers. the springing up of the creatures
of light and the upward flight of the
spirit bird shedding radiance from it's
wings.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-18

jacket because it was white canvas
MCGinty looked at it in the same way.
IF we can't have green jackets,
we'll go at it without any" was their
conclusion. So they began in shirt
sleeves. The first fall was made in
one-half minute, McGinty on top. Then
Walsh put on the white jacket claim
ing that the fall didn't count, as he had
no jacket on. McGinty put on a white
jacket and they both forgot about their
green resolution.
Walsh caught Macs jacket and twist
ed it into a knot and threw Mac over
his shoulder. On the down shoot Macs
heel caught in Walsh's collar and both
men fell in heap. Billy Woods ex-
tricated the mess and then Walsh stood
Mac on his head. Mac locked his ankles
around Walsh's neck and pulled him
down and turned him over like a hoop.
They rolled around on the floor and
tripped up Mike McGlynn, who was
taking a lesson in boxing from a mes
senger boy. Billy Woods was called to
their assistance again. After taking the
Jackets off ii was found that both mems
shirts were badly torn. Woods awarded
the match to McGinty. and then Walsh
challenged Woods to the gloves. 1t was
a pretty bout. Woods didn't try to hit
Walsh and the latter imagined that he
had fallen into snap until Woods
thoughtlessly threw out his left, when
Walsh threw down the gloves and went
over and whispered something into Nc
Gintys ear. The latter put on the
gloves with Woods and came very near
to winning out but Woods managed to
escape by telling McGinty a funny
story. At one time there were 10 cops
plugging away at one another with the
gloves. No one was hurt, but it was an
sight.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-18
IN LIVINGSTON.
Livingston Sportsmen Are After Prairie
Chickens.

Special Correspondence of the Standard
Livingston. Aug. 15.-The citizens of the
city of Livingston have pretty generally
deserted business for the breeCh loader
this week and given up the pursuit of pelf
for the more fascinating. If less profitaJIe.
pastime of putting prairie chickens out
o. the world. Monday morning groups of
professional and business men put on
their rough rider suits" and started for
their yearly stamping grounds in the
country 1t is estimated that a chicken
apiece from the mighty hunters who nave
hied themselves to the hills this week
will make meat enough to furnish fry
for the whole city for several days The
following is the list of some of the most
enthusiastic nimrods whose usual haunts
will know them no more for a week at
least: J. A. Savage Eugene Coufare,
John T Smith, ]. A. Bailey Il. II. Dan
iels. George COlpitts, George Davis, w
J. Glass. T. S. MoniCal. Frank Geley, S.
!. Wilson, James Proftitt Peter Nelson,
Bernard owen, George Wakefield A S
Robertson and William Bowen. Each of
these sports is sure to xiii ali the law al
lows one man to slaughted during the
season.
Reports from Chico Hot Springs indi-
cate that the justly famous resort is en-
joying an excellent patronage and the
improvements made by William i.
Knowles, the new proprietor of the place,
are much enjoyed and appreciated. An
immense plunge has been constructed fer
the accommodation of bathing parties a.d
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-18
A LIGHT FLUID.
A Cork Will Sink Quickly in Liquifiet
Hydrogen.

hydrogen.
From the American Machinist,
Now that hydrogen has been lioue-
fed, there seems to be no more worlds
to conquer in that special direction
1t was remarkable coincidence that
the first public exhibition of this lat
est wonder was made in connection
with the centenary of the Royal insti-
tuition of Great Britain.
Professor DeWar, in opening the ex-
hibition, spoke of liquid hydrogen as
a new instrument of research, which
it eminently is by virtue of the ex-
tremely low temperature al whichaalone
IT can exist, and which low tempera-
ture II, by Its presence or contact en-
ables other substances approximately
to reach. The liquid was exhibited in
a state OF gentle ebullition in a vac
cuum tube immersed in liquid air, the
latter serving to impede the access of
the neat. The hydrogen is a transpar~
ent liquid, and, besides. being the cold
est is also the ightest liquid known.
a cork drops Immediately to the bot
tom of it. AT the bottom of the vessel
containing the liquid there appeared
a Whitish substance, which was in
fact. solid air, or air ice. 1t is impos-
slble to avoid the air ice In the bottom
or the vessel, as the air at the surface
of the liquid is. by the intense cold,
condensed, liquefied, and subsequently
soldihed, and, being so mucl heavier
than the hydrogen, it SINKS ana ac-
cumulates al the bottom. To show that
the liquid was really hydrogen a light
was applied to small quantity, which
at once burst into brilliant flame. Sol
ids immersed in the liquid long enough
to attain the same temperature were,
upon being taken out, covered with
liquid air, which would run down and
drop off.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-18

California Cafe is the best place to
eat in Butte.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-18
BUTTE BRIEFS,

F. E. Tibbetts is over from Helena.
Harry H. Pigott of Helena is in the
city.
John F. Fox of Twin Bridges is in the
city.
NJ. V. Shay is in the city from Marys-
vile.
John Berkin came over from Silver
Star yesterday.
John Quinn and son of Pocatello are
at the McDermott.
Miss Flora NJ. McNulty of Virginia
City is at the McDermott.
Miss Stella Morse and Miss Maud La
mont of Dillon were in the city yester-
day.
Manager Wharton is going to have a
long list of attractions at Columbia
gardens Sunday. There will be a
chasing the duck" contest in the lake;
trapeze performers; young Blondn will
walk the tight rope; moving pictures
and other attractions, all free