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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-01-20

The use of roller in rOadmaking was
first suggested by Cessnrt i'll 1856. and first
adopted by Po!inccHu and MOrInLicra in
1885. The first steam roller was construct
ed by the French engineer Ballaison
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ashore, where lemonades and fees are
sold, and hail the passing tugs with re-
markable interest. On one tug that came
out to an anchored steamer a young man
eagerly shouted, "Gracei o, Gracew The
entire male passenger list arose as one
man, and said, "Yes-what Is II, dearT
The young man blushed, and a young
woman, who had watched the shore all
the morning. hurried to the rail. The
young man wanted to know IL he could
bring anything to add to his 6ancee's
happiness.
Bring the late papers," shouted trav-
cling man.
Deck Of cardsw said a civilian clerk.
Something to eat"
Bananas" and thereafter every even
ing all eyes on board would wait for the
coming Of the young man, and greeted his
gifts as they would those Of friend and
brother. Finally, II no case Of the plague
has been reported, the passengers are al
lowed to 10 ashore.
The troubles Of new arrival at Ma
nila begin the moment he goes ashore.
The rates of board at the hotels are from
S. to $40 day In Mexican money, and
the board Is not good. The meals are
cooked by a combined force Of Filipinos
and Cinnamon. These two races are vio-
lently antagonlstic, and quarrel whenever
they pass. The beds, the bottoms Of
which are cane woven. are as hard as the
floor and as unyielding as railroad iron
No blanket is furnished. and sometimes
there Is a cold wind.
Housekeeping In Manila, under present
conditions, Is a delusion and a snare.
House rent runs all the way from 500
to $500 a month. Groceries are expen-
slve. Canned goods cost from 70 cents
to 81, and the beef is suspicious and ex-
penslve. Household furniture and kitch-
en- utensils are hard to procure at any
price. Good stoves are scarce, and gaso-
line and oil are unknown. Only by pro-
curing supplies through the army commits
sary officers can reduced cost Of living
be attained
Everybody OF Importance In Manila Is
bound to keep one or two rigs. A CARO-
mata can be rented for $50, gold. a
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-11-17
THE CosTLIEsT SPORT.
Money Spent on an international
Yacht Race.

%-ACASS PNhS Oh SA
Yacht Race.
To the men Immediately interested
international yacht racing Is the cost
Hest sport in the world. The bill for
the yachts themselves, for building,
alterations and repairs, will amount to
fully $250,000 for each; the expense of
racing them cost their respective own
ers easily $250,000 more. Here is a
cool million just for building and rae
ing the boats. The sails alone cost
as much as an ordinary sailing yacht.
The Columbia's sails are said to have
cost $4,000, and the Shamrock's even
from Egyptian and Sea Island cotton
mixed with silk. The expense of
maintaining the crew was enormous.
1t is said that the skipper Of the Co
lumbia receives $1,000 for his services.
The salaEyuof the mate is 500 month;
the second mate, $40; the four quarter
masters, $35 a month each, and the
thirty-two members of the crew each
$50 month. Food for the crew costs
easily 5000 a month; each tender ac-
companying the yacht cost $4,000 for
the few weeks of the season, and dock
age and tonnage cost about $4,000
more for each yacht. Estimates of the
total cost of the Shamrock have been
placed all the way from $150,0O0 to
$450,0O0. Probably Sir Thomas him
self does not know exactly what his
little sport has cost him; there are
doubles sstacks of bills yet to be pre-
sented-such bills as $4,000 for the
charter of four tenders, and $5, 400
wages for twenty extra sail-makers for
three months. Besides all this, Sir
Thomas paid $275,0O0 for his steam
yacht, his sea-home. the Erin. $780,
600 more in fitting her out. and an
other 100000 In entertaining guests
during his visit. The most impressive
feature about this array of costs is
that the yachts upon which so much
has been spent are useless after the
races. The Columbia, for instance,
can race no more, for there will prob
ably be no yacht fit to meet her, and
for cruising she would be failure. In
a year or two her delicate hull will be
worth only the metal of which it is
made.
The money spent by yacht owners In
entertaining also reaches far into six
figures. Commodore Morgan enter
tained at least one hundred guests
every race day; and Howard Gould and
John Jacob Astor entertained even a
greater number.-Gilson WilletS In
LesIe's Weekly.
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-. scAD VErV .nuctsv

Since the American occupancy OF Ma
Mia, the Chinese have more rights and
privileges than ever before in the history
of the islands. On this account there is
great race hatred prevalent The FIJI
pinos have the idea that some day the
coolies will inaugurate general slaugh-
ter to redress their old wrongs. This
perpetual animosity is an annoying thing
for the householder. Fights are frequent.
The contestants scald, puncture and shoot
one another, and rumors frequently
spread Of an uprising, causing a doubling
Of the guard in the town, and a general
order for all troops to sleep In their cloth
ing, their arms by their side.
Another thing which has to be consid-
cred In connection with the lives OF the
civilian residents In Manila Is the con-
tinual fear OF native uprising. Alarms
are frequent, and plots of the natives
for general massacre OF all Americans
are continually being reported. 1t has
been said: 1.-THE Americans In Manila
are living on the crust OF a volcano" Ii
is the base of the American army, the
great depot for all supplies, and the
temptation to the insurgents to start an
uprising In the town and destroy II can
be appreciated. The houses In the BinOn-
do, and most Of the other districts, are
OF wood, and old and dry. and would
burn like finder.
Any number OF the insurgents may en-
ter the town as Amigos" and be on
hand when the signal is given. Many OF
the rebels are In Manila acting as ser
wants for the Americans. One American
discovered that his eochero was rebel
sergeant, and always rode with bola
knife under the carriage seat. Whether
or not the Filipinos will ever make an
other attempt TO destroy the clty-as on
Jan. 3 Iast-the Americans, at least, en-
tertaln lively fear Of the event. and so
everybody sleeps on revolver, with one
eye open, ready at the first alarm to
fight. II the outbreak ever occurs, II will
not begin with firing on the outposts, but
In each household, and each man will
have to fight first with his own servants.
Altogether, there are happier places than
Manila in war times.
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AN UNHAPPY EMPRESS.
The Life OF the Russian czarina Is On
Filled witk Cares.

The Life OF the Russian czarina Is One
Filled with Cares.
Beauty and position do not always
bring happiness, else there would be
few more joyful women In the world
than the Empress of Russia. Instead
Of being happy, however, this exalted
and beautiful woman leads one of the
saddest lives imaginable, and the years
that should be full of pleasures and
Joys are crowded with cares.
Before her marriage the Empress of
Russia was the Princess Alix of Hesse.
granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She
was Protestant and in order that she
might become the Czarina Of Russia
she changed her religion and became a
member Of the orthodox church, of
which her husband is the head. This
brought down upon her the dislike of
the great cleric, Pobledonostzev, who
naturally favors the orthodox, perse-
cutes the unorthodox and who wishes
the Empress to share his views In this
particular-a thing the Empress will
not
Then the Empress presented her hus-
band with three girls, and the ignorant
rabble instantly concluded that be-
cause she had not become the mother
Of male heir to the throne she was
visited from heaven for her former un-
orthodoxy. Even the Emperor felt dis
appointed and lately there was attrib-
uted to him the disposition of abdicat-
ing so that male ruler, with a male
issue, might succeed to the throne.
Even for this she was blamed.
Then the Empress, with her train
ing. which is In great measure En-
glish. set herself against some Of the
customs Of the Russian court, among
them that of ladies smoking cigarettes.
and brought down upon her the dislike
OF the court circles. To still further
aggrayate her situation she Is dlsliked
by the Dowager Empress and not too
dearly loved by her husband. Natur-
ally. under such circumstances, the life
or the Empress has been made miser-
able. and her face, once so full of beau
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form, at the back of which is a stand
ard gauge for taking the height by the
celebrated method of Bertillon. Weigh
Ing comes next. then the test for lung
capacity. while a splrOmeter is used
This resembles miniature gasometer,
consisting of a sheet metal cylinder
and flexible tube. The ergograph
covers endurance tests. The arm Is
strapped down % that the middle
finger only can be moved. This is in
serted in loop connected with a
weight per cent of the subjects
weight. and the child bends the finger
thus raising the weight forty-five times
in minute and n half. revolving
scroll and a stylus arrangement record
the movements.
For the grip. the mannometer is en-
ployed. II Is a little metal apparatus,
with a spring that the grasp Of the
hand congresses. An Index measures
the muscular force In Kilograms. The
apparatus used for testing the sight
and hearing Is the most delicate en-
ployed anywhere.
The utility Of all this is that the tests
are made the basis of grading the sub
jects. Low records that have hitherto
been attributed to viciousness or OBJ
stinacy may thus be traced to faulty
physical conditions. 1t may be found
from weakness demonstrated that a
child is not physically able to keep up
with the class, and labor is lightened
to suit the situation. In one school 90
per cent OF all present were below nor
NAL In hearing. II has been found that
girls do not have the endurance Of boys,
and the sexes should not therefore,
have eaual work
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writer's who have discussed the sub
ject seem to be that the power may
properly be exercised over persons who
have been convicted Of crime, but that
Its exercise is of very doubtful legality
In the case of one who is merely ac-
cused of a criminal Offense, but not
yet adjudged guilty. In an application
for a writ Of mandamus to compel the
police commissioners of this city to
remove the picture Of a convict from
the rogues' gallery. Justice Truax has
recently held that the fact that the
petitioner had been convicted of as
sault and sentenced to six months in
the workhouse, and that he had fire.
quently been arrested, and was the as
sociate of criminals, sufficed to warrant
the taking of his photograph and plac-
Ing 1t In the collection. He quotes from
the well-known work of Prof. Tiede-
man on the Limitations of Police
Power, where the author says: "An-
other phase Of police supervision is
that of photographing alleged criminals
and sending copies of the photographs
to all detective bureaus. If this be d.
rected by law as punishment for a
crime of which the criminal stands
convicted, or If the man is IN fact a
criminal, there can be no constitutional
or legal objection to the act, for no
right has been violated" Judge Truax
also declares that If the police commits
sioners have wronged man at all,
whose picture they have placed In the
rogues' gallery, the injury is in the ma
ture Of libel. for which he has an
adequate remedy by a suit for dam
ages.-New York Sun.
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AlnsIrn Winter Mill.

o. Q. Richardson, the United States
mail contractor, has just returned to
Seattle from White Horse, where he
went to perfect arrangements for the
transportation of the United States
mails up and down the Yukon this
winter.
The route extends down the river to
st. Michaels, and over the frozen ex-
panse the mailcarriers must trudge once
every month in each direction. From
ST. Michaels to Cape Nome the mail
will have to be carried in by others, as
Mr. Richardson delivers IL only as far
as st. Michael. The trip TO the diggings
will probbay be bridged by volunteers.
The mail up and down the Yukon
was delivered last winter as 1t will be
this. The addition of big mining
camp with several thousand more popu-
lation will increase the postal business
TO such an extent that 1t is very doubt
ful ii the monthly dog and sled service
will DO equal to it.
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lungs were attacked, and that he would
not live long. He himself said that he
did not know what to think, and that he
would not live perhaps six months.
Nine. Laurier settled the question by
saying: Il am ready to run the risk.
With the help Of Providence l will re-
store him to health" In fact, she has
contributed greatly by her care and
devotion to preserve an existence that
is SO precious Thrifty, unassuming
and modest, she has always been able,
with slender means, especially at frst..
to maintain an establishment suitable
to her husbands position without eX-
ceedlng the limits of his income.
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zon, and the ubiquitous tourist who
comes out Of mere curiosity finds the
sentiment fully satiated before the next
boat sails for Hong Kong. Typhoon and
quarantine rigors have had the effect to
terrlfy many. This latter means a three
days isolation, during which the passen-
gers lie under the brolling sun, and no
friendly boat comes nearer than ten
yards.
The crew. the coolies and the passen-
gers despairingly watch the cool cafes
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The Up-to-Date Minister.

Ian Maclaren writes of "The Candy
pull System In the Church." in the La
dies Home Journal, and after describs
ing the tendency of the up-to-date
church, designates the qualifications Of
a pastor for 'this kind Of institution"
",The chief requisite demanded" he
contends, ''is a sharp little man, with
the gifts of an impresario, CONNER.
cial traveller and an auctioneer com.
bined, with the slightest flavor of a
peripatetic evangelist. Instead of
study lined with books of grave dignity
and classical literature, let him have an
office with pigeonholes for his pro-
grams and endless correspondence;
cupboards for huge books, with cut
tings from newspapers and reports of
other organizations; telephone ever
tingling, and set of handbooks: How
to Make Sermon In Thirty Minutes
or, One Thousand Racy Anecdotes
from the Mission Field
"Here sits an alert, vivacious, in
ventive manager, with his female stem
ographer at a side table, turning over
one huge book to discover who is next
in order of time for visitation, and an
other for details Of families, or hastily
examining filed speeches Of public men
on some subject to be taken on Sunday.
From morning to night he tolls, tele-
phoning, telegraphing. debating, COM
piling, hurrying around, conducting
'soclals,' bright evenings, giving
talks holding receptions, an un-
wearied, adroit, persevering man. No
one can help admiring his versatility
and honesty Of intention. but IL he is to
be the type Of the minister Of the fu-
ture then he will supersede and exclude
better man"
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the belief that the brain growth in school

the belief that the brain growth in school
children is much more strongly infu-
enced by their physical condition than
has hitherto been realized. In one
school scientific examiners are now at
work. and great results are promised.
These persons, all through the day,
have an intermittent procession Of pu-
pills. from to 10 years Of age, coming
into the room where they preside. No
one of the children remains In the
room long. but while there each is
measured and weighed and tested in
half dozen ways, thus unconscIously
playing highly important part In the
science Of education. The experiments
have to do especially with height,
weight, power of endurance, lung ca
pacity, grip. sight and hearing of the
pupil.
For instance: Each boy or girl is
requested to step upon a small plat
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eRApsTREET's REVIEW.
strength Of Prices the Leading Features
Of the Trade situation.
Bradstreet' says.

Bradstreet's says:
Strength OF prices, natural outcome
of the past and present active demand,
is still the leading feature OF the trade
situation, Notwithstanding unseasonably
warm weather in some sections OF the
country tends TO restrict retail trade
and necessarily exercise some effect ON
recorders and collections by jobbers.
The strength of textile, both raw and
manufactured, has been further accen-
tuated during the week, increases being
noted in raw cotton, wool and hemp.
Wool has been equally strong, al
though transactions are smaller and a
material gain in prices is to be noted,
while from the manufactured goods
branch it was reported of confident
strength and of future advances in
mems wear, goods and carpets.
Cereals appear to have reached a
dead level, with prices showing little
or no change. The dullness of wheat
at domestic markets finds explanation
in Bradstreet's statistics of worlds
stocks, which indicate gain for the
month Of over 100000 bushels, con-
tributed entirely from American
sources, however, as foreign supplies
showed slight shrinkage.
Anxiety in lumber is feature at
many markets, and strength of prices
is no less marked. Signs accumulate
that shoe manufacturers and jobbers
are meeting with success in securing
recently advanced prices. Hides and
leather are sympathetically strong, and
shoe manufacturers are actively EN-.
ployed.
In iron and steel there is rather more
irregularity noted. Active demand on
railroad account has induced an ad-
vance in iron and steel bars of SIS per
ton, but steel billets are lower. There
is heavy volume of business reported
in pig iron for late 1900 delivery, and
that product is slightly higher at the
East
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Generally. the tallest and heaviest
pupils are found to be farthest along
with their studies. Another fact dis
covered is that the physical force Of
the child is fair at 0 o'clock in the
morning. strong at 10, at IL decreasing,
low at noon. At there is a slight re-
vival. at 1t is fairly good, at there
Is second decline. 1t is held, how
ever, that standards fixed and deduc-
tions made from American children do
not flt all other nationahties. Italian,
Swedish, Hungarian, Finnish and other
children differ materially In mind and
body from these, and the records al
ready secured in this direction are to
be made the basis of investigation that
will lead to definite and valuable re-
suits.
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Creek Mining stopped. .

Captain Wallace Langley, who had
just come from Atlin, said at Skagway:
1T has frozen hard on all the creeks,
and creek mining is at an end. Work
of developing the Anaconda group of
quartz properties continues. Manager
Featherstone returned few days ago,
and will look to the prosecution of the
work. Drifting and cross-cutting will
be the order of the winter. Just before
l left Atlin there was some talk OF men
having found pay ying placers on stream
leading into the Teslin lake, and /,
have worked them during the summer.
The report caused no stampede"
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month. Nobody with social ambitions
rides on the street railroad. Its cars are
drawn by small, deerepit ponies that are
beaten and hammered by the conductors
at every step. A carbonate costs $500
outright and a cochero has to engineer il.
These fellows drink liquor, run races.
and "feed the horses" at cost that beg
gars the owners.
The greatest discomfort Of housekeep-
ing in Manila Is involved in the question
Of the management OF servants. These
are plentiful and cheap, but the mixture
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OF Filipino and Chinaman makes the
scene Of one chasing the other around
the house with knife common scene
The main servant-the cook-who some
times cams as high as $40 a month, does
the marketing, and horse steak or the
remains Of some old caribou are often
served up at table. The only salvation
Of the American resident is In the i'm
ported canned meats, or those brought
out by the refrigerator ships for the ar
my. Condensed milk Is another essential.
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PAcIFIca COAST TRADE.



Onions, new, $l.00@1.25 per sack.
Potatoes, new, $16@1S.
Beets, per sack, Soc.
Turnips, per sack, 65c.
Carrots, per sack, 75c.
Parsnips, per sack, 90c.
Caulihower, 75c per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, 81
@1.25 per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 65@80c.
Apples, $1.25@1.50 per box.
Pears, $l.OO@1.25 per box.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Watermelons, $3.50.
Nutmegs, 50@75c.
Butter-Creamery, SOC per pound;
dairy, l7@22c; ranch, zoe per pound.
Eggs--Firm, SOC.
Cheese-Native, 13@l4c.
Poultry-11@121ac; dressed, 13 10.
Hay-Puget Sound timothy, $780,;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$l7.00.
Whole, $sS 90; cracked, $9S;
feed meal, $23.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$2l; whole, $22.
Flour-Patent, per barrel, $685.
blended straights, $3.25; California,
1925; buckwheat flour, $3.50; gra-
ham, per barrel, So. 80; whole wheat
-four, $500; rye flour, 1915.
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, $1,000;
shorts, per ton, $l7.00.
Feed-Chopped feed, $40. 80 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal,
per ton, $500.
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S7 LARGE number of people have
/A\ rushed into Manila from the
G0 United States during the past
year. While a certain proportion Of
these comprise the families and rela-
tives of army and volunteer officers, a
goodly average represents those who In
tend to engage In business or invest cap
ital as soon as the conditions shall war
rant AS a summer resort however, these
have discovered that there are many
places preferable TO the capital OF Luz
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MAY WORK GREAT CHANGES.

Chicago School Children Tested In
Regard to Physical Condition.
An innovation has been begun by the
Chicago school board that may bring
about sweeping reforms in the whole
American educational system. Not sat
isfied with alone watching the mental
developmentof children in its charge, 1t
has gone about the study of their phys
lcal development with minute care, In
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Great OuantitIes Of Fish.

Washington states fish hatcheries
are expected to turn out $4,000, 900
salmon fry this season. This will be
four times as much as the turnout
any previous year. The United State,
government is now thoroughly alive to
the Importance OF nursing this branch
of food supply.
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Notes Of Index Mines,


The Hidden Treasure, at Index, has
struck a new vein of ore which has
shown in the foot-wall, assays from
which show IA ounces of gold to the
ton.-The Mohawk now has its shaft
down 40 feet and is looking we'll, show
ing about five feet of ore. 1t shows a
streak OF about six inches of soft sui
phurets, which should run high. The
London, which lies south OF the Hid
den Treasure, is working large force
of men.-In the Highland Light, west
of the Hidden Treasure, Councilman j.
A. James and other Seattle people are
interested; they are doing their regular
assessment work.-The Independent,
on Mcfarland creek, four miles north
west of the Hidden Treasure, is run
ming 500-foot tunnel and has q good
force of men at work, with supplies all
safely housed for the winter. Surface
work is practically stopped for the
year, as snow is already falling.
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viii Probably Sell Bonds.

Alta recent meeting of the city coun.
Gil of Dallas the finance committee was
instructed to prepare report looking
to the matter of advertising a sale OF
city bonds to the amount of $4,000, the
proceeds to be used in paying off the
present city hall bonds,