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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
THE SAD . it TOLD.
Cuzzi's First Glance In a Looking:
Glass In Fifteen Years.

Cuzzi's First Glance In a Looking
Glass In Fifteen Years.
Shortly after Cuzzi's rescue by Gem
eral Kitchener, when the latter entered
Omdurman. the long suffering man said
During my Is years Imprisonment
| never saw a mirror. and gradually all
interest in my personal appearance
faded completely away. When it be-
came sure that an expedition was on
its way to Omdurman, / began to live
again. When at last the ann began
to thunder and the wild cries Of the
battle penetrated the city. I laid my
sword ready. determined. should this
last hope be destroyed, to put an end
to my life. When finally the noise of
the cannon ceased and the victor Kitch-
ener stood before me, congratulating
on my release, 1 thought I should
suffocate with emotion.
1.-The next day I made my toilet in,
an officers tent and held in my hand
the first looking glass 1 had seen for Il.
years. l looked c%uriously at my rehec-
ton in it and started back. I had O
out into the world a young, active.
strong man. and the image which now
stared at me was that of a sick. hollow
eyed. wrinkled, broken man. Never did
all that l had suffered enter my mind
with such strength as at this moment.
and l wept. wept like a child-the first
tears in Is yearsl
1.-The day after I was made a prisoner
l saw my wife die, but my grief was,
too great for the relief of tears. My
child was torn from me and died of
starvation far away, and l could not
weep. l suffered ~deprivations and i'll
treatment without a sign of weakness,
but now. before this small looking
glass. l was overwhelmed. The pain Of
all that 1 had lost seemed concentrated
in the grief stricken features reflected
in the mirror. At one glance I saw the
story of my sufferings.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
No wonder You Can't Keep Quiet.

No Wonder You Can't Keep Quiet.
If you never wholly give yourself up
to the chair you sit in, but always keep,
your leg and body muscles half contract
ed for a rise; if you breathe 10 or 10
instead of 16 times a minute and never
quite breathe out at that, what mental
mood "a You be in but n Of inner
painting and expectancy and how can
the future and it's worries possibly for
sake your mind3 On the other hand,
how can they gain admission to your
mind if your brow be unrufaed. your
respiration calm and complete and your
muscles all relaxed9-''The Gospel of
Relaxation" by Professor William
James, in Scribner's-
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
Sound of the Voice.

In experimenting with the compress
ed air pipes of Westphalian coal mines
Mr.. H. Schab has found that the great
est distance to which the sound of the
voice could be conveyed in a straight
ripe was between 1, 500 and 1,7OO feet.
For modeHte distances a pipe of about
80 inches In diameter gave the best re-
suits, a slightly larger one being better
for long distances.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17
Chamois.

70 clean channels polishing cloths
pour six tablespoonfuls of ammonia
into a quart of tepid water and soak
the channels skin for about an hour.
With a spoon work and press it to free
as much of the dirt as possible. Lift
into a basin of tepid water and rub
well with the hands. Rinse in fresh
watsx until clean. Dry in the shade,
and when dry rub between the hands.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17

Methods by Which the officials Be-
come Acquainted With the Con-
tents of Suspected Communications.
Private Tests Which Fail.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17

Lewis Carroll, the author Of "Alice
In Wonderland was fond of puzzling
his friends with curious problems. One
of them was the question, When does
the day begin3 If a man could travail
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17

The term ~'infantry" soldiers origi-
mated with the Spanish and was first
applied to the military force employed
by an infante, or young Prince of Spain.
to rescue his father fran she Moors.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17

Wales is the richest part of Great
Britain in mineral wealth. England
produces annually about go to each
acre, Scotland a little less than e2, but
the product of Wales amounts to over
"a per acre.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-17

At the present rate of increase the
population of the earth will double
itself, it is said. in $50 years
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11


beet culture little more profitable
than wheat raising in Graude Ronde
valley under ordinary circumstances.
But If the farmers are given a bounty
on beets, the manufacturers will claim
the product is not up to the standard
for which they agreed to pay the
stipulated price, and will cut down the
price of raw beets about in proportion
to the bounty. At least this is the
way bounties generally operate, and it
is reasonable to expect this would be
no exception. So, should the bounty
bill become law, the state OF Oregon
will simply be donating $50, 900 year
to the beet sugar factory Of La Grande,
whereas it would appear that amount
was being given to the farmers. The
scheme is nothing but graft the beet
factory wants to work through to he 10
make the business more profitable.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11
Zines s-@n,.utaiueer.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1895
NOT A HEALTHY CONDITION.

All kinds of securities are in great
demand. City and county warrants
are snapped up with avidity. A sale
Of municipal bonds brings high sal
aried agents Of Eastern firms here to
bid against each other. The govern
ment recently placed loan of $780,
00O. 900. Subscriptions aggregated
81. .400, ,000, 900. These bonds drawing
only 8 per cent interest, are now eel
ling at 107t. So there are not enough
Of these securities to 60 around. And
the investor hies himself to the stock
market.-Oregonian.
This rush for interest bearing se-
curities does not speak well for the
business prosperity OF the country.
When owners Of capital prefer invest
ments, 1t less than three per cent
interest, to investing their capital in
productive enterprise there is some
thing wrong. There Is either lack
Of confidence in the stability Of
business or . desire on the part of
owners of capital retire from pursuits
and content themselves with smaller
incomes. When the owner Of wealth
seeks bonds in preference to active
Investment it creates q disposition to
encourage the issuance Of more bonds,
encourages extrsysgance and becomes
an Incentive to plung the country in
70 debt, for when there is an unusual
demand for securities Of this sort
means will be found for creating
them. Not only public bonds, such as
national. state, county and municipal
bonds will be crested, but there will
be an over capitalization Of private
enterprise, not for the purpose of cre-
ating new industries, but TO grind
more interest out Of old ones.
This clamor for bonds is having it's
effect in Oregon, influencing legisla-
tion, and is evidenced in the scheme
before the legislature to refund county
debts, and convert them into interest
bearing bonds, . scheme that, ifcarried
out, would sstify the desire Of those
seeking such securities.
II all industries were In really
healthy and prosperous condition, In
stead OF placing their money on bonds,
men would use it to create new in
dustries, deyelope uncultured land and
produce more wealth. but there are
insufficient inducements today In such
industries, and mon seek bonds instead.
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CONTRARY TO EXPERIENCE.

The Oregonian strangely opposes the
mortgage tax Jaw on the grounds that
its operation retards developments, and
makes it more difficult for the bor-
rowers to secure loans. 1t says:
Creative and productive industry.
which Oregon needs, has beer dealt
another blow by the mortgage tax bill.
which has passed the house of repre-,
sentatives at Salem. This bill is
passed in obedience to fa.eful pop.
ular error. Members of the legislature
know the taxation of mortgages is vain
and far worse than vain. But they
have not the moral courage to go
counter to the misconception of their
constituents.
Were this true. the action of the
legislature would be reprehensible, but
the people have bad experience both
under the operation of the mortgage
tax law and since it was repealed. and
they are certainly capable of judging
which system Is best q pied to their
prosperity. Again the Oregonian
says:
"The legislature can make borrow
ing money for farms and homes more
costly If it will. Mortgage companies
will demand and receive the tax in the
form of additional interest. Every
man who has lent or borrowed money
under the mortgage-tax law. operative
here from 1882 to 1893. knows this.
The device Of mskiag the tax 3 forced
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11
san ROQUE IN ASHES.

FiIipinos Hurn the Town to Prevent Its
capture by the Americans.
MANILA, Feb. 9.-6:5O P. M.-The
natives, fearing the. Americans were
about to make an attack on or bOm-
bard the town of San Rogue, set fire
to It today. IL is still burning as this
dispatch is sent. and as it is composed
in the main of bam boo huts, it will
probably bs totally destroyed.
Telegraph operators are worth their
weight in gold, and members of the
signal corps are working day and
night.
The Filipinos are lying low except
on the extreme left and right. They
are evidently concentrating between
Calocan and Malabon. Judging from
appearances. they are being reinforced
by better drilled men from the north
ern province. In front of Calocan
they are as thick as swain OF bees.
The American soldiers are impatient
of restraint while in the sight OF the
enemy. The Filipinos are still en-
trenching themselves on the left OF
Colocon
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11
NOTHING BUT A GRAFT.

The plea that the bounty of $50, 900
3 year II necessary to encourage the
cultivation Of sugar beets In Oregon,
is mere rot. It is nothing but an at
tempt 70 put $4,000 q year into the
pockets Of tho men who organized a
company and erected q beet-sugar
factory IT La Grsnde. They have
probably found sugar making less
profitable in Oregon than they an.
ticipated, also that farmers demand a
greater price here than elsewhere for
beets; therefore their representatives
10 before the legislature with plea
thai the farmers must have . bounty
on beets In order to induce them to
produce them, and some argue that
Il will attract expert beet etgrowers who
will come here and teach the farmers
how 70 grow the plants most scientii-
cally.
But the real object Of the bounty
grab 10 70 aid the manufacturers. They
have agreed to pay g certain price per
ton for beets Of . certain grade. The
price agreed upon 10 slight advance
evsr the esss es prpdnesios, masking
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11
ORDER HAS
BEEN RESTORED
Native Forces Have Been
Driven Back From
Manila.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 8 The war de.
p1rtment today received the following
dispatch:
MANIA. Fab. S.-The situation is
rapidly improving. A reconnaissance
was made yesterday to the south sew
eral miles to Lagunado bay, and to the
southeast eight miles, our troops driv-
ing the struggling insurgents before
them. The troops in various direc-
tions encountered no direct opposition.
The native army is disintegrated and
the natives are returning to the vii
lages displaying white flags.
Near CaloOcan, six miles north of
here, the enemy made stand behind
entertainments, and were charged by
the Kansas troops led by Colonel Fun
ston. There was close encounter,
resulting in the rout OF the enemy
with heavy loss. The loss to the Kan
sas regiment was Lieutenant Afford
killed, and six men wounded.
Cu tu0 TILL <tE EuludiuO iSSuou d prOC-
lamation charging the Americans with
having taken the iniative and declared
war. On Sunday he issued another,
calling on his followers to resist for
eign invasion. His influence through
out this section is destroyed. He now
applies for cessation of hostilities
and conference. 1 have declined TO
answer.
The insurger ts' expectation of a
rising in the city on the night of the
4th was unrealized. The provost mar
shal-general, with the admirable dis
position of his troops, defeated every
attempt.
The city is quiet. Business has been
resumed The natives are re e-pectfll
and cheerful. The fighting qualities
Of American troops are a revelation to
Ill the inhabitants. Otis.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11
NEGLECTED REsoURoE

Grain fields and orchards, mines and
stock ranges, timber, coal and hops
these are the staple products enumer-
ated when speaking of the resources OF
this section. But the Pacific north
west mas another resource which, it
developed, would become a source OF
material wealth scarcely inferior to
that flowing from the production Of
some of those products. Reference is
made tosthe scentic wealth of Wash
iugton, Oregon, Idaho. Montana and
British Columbia. Its possibilities
have beer neglected.
Colorado owes large part of its de-
velopment to its scentic attractions.
These have brought 1t growing army
of tourists, who spend annually vast
sum with the railroads, the hotels, and
the business men of Denver, COLORADO
Springs and the mountain towns.
:: his income, of itself. has become an
important asset, but the indirect bene-
fits which came with the tourist travel
are greater than the direct returns.
Men of means are thus drawn to the
state. become impressed with its op-
portunities for development, and make
investment of large capital. In this
way mining districts have been de-
veloped in Colorado, railroads built,
and irrigation systems constructed.
California has enjoyed even greater
benefits from its scenric and climatic
attractions, but the Pacific northwest,
though wonderfully rich in these
elements of natural beauty and in
vigorating climate remains almost an
unknown land to the tourist classes of
the Union.
In the important work of bringing
to the nation attention these glorious
mountains. with their deep and dark
blue forests, their peaks of eternal
snow, their charming cascades and
plunging cataracts. their entran cing
expanses of mountain water, and their
majestic rivers, the Mazamas are rem
dering excellent service. This asso-
citation has a MEMBERSHIP extending
over Washington Oregon and Idaho,
and its annual outing has become one
of the events of the northwest. This
year it will 60 into the wildly majestic
region around Lake Chelan. q section
combining the beauties of the lake
region of New England, the sublime
mountain scenery of Colorado, and the
wierd effects of the Yosemite.
And this IL but one of the many
points ofinterest. The Columbia river
excels the Hudson and the Rhine; the
Selkirks of British Columbia are as
sublimely lofty and rugged as the Alps;
the lakes surrounding Spokane have
glories of their own; and the ocean
beaches of Washington and Oregon
have the never failing delights of the
sea.
With these beauties go rare sport
with gun and rod, and Climate uu-
surpassed. Some day these attractions
will be discovered by the tourist class
who have grown weary of Colorado
and California, and the residents of
the Pacific northwest will then realize
that one of their chief resources had
been neutrality-suspicious. Review.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11
lilo ]LO MUST
Be TAKEN
General Miller Will Land
There.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Probably
within 4S hours General Miller will
have begun an attempt to occupy lilo
Ilo. on the island of Panay. No spe-
cific orders on this point have been
sent to him since the battle OF Satur-
day, and Sunday, nor has he been
heard from recently respecting the
matter. but 1t was his known intention
to make this imp 'rtant movement as
soon as he felt that conditions war.
rauLed it. and statements contained in
the press reports from Manila convince
officials here that Otis has at last an
thOrized a landing.
The best indication of that determi
nation was the dispatch this morning
from Manila of the First regiment
Tennessee volunteer infantry, for Iio
Ilo.
Miller has with him the Sixth and
Eighteenth infantry, and will be rein
forced in the course of "a hours by the
First Tennessee regiment, MAXI ing 9
force equal to the occu patton of lilo lilo
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

1t is not yet to late for the members
of the legislature to redeem themselves
If thty will consign to oblivion nine.
tenths of the bills they have intro
duced. pass those that have merit,
adjourn a. the expiration of 40 days
and 60 home, they will be deserving
of credit.
A step has been made toward direct
legislation, the resolution for an
initiative and referendum amendment
having passed both branches of the
legislature. This action will bring
the issue squareiy before tho people.
and will result in a thorough discussion
Of the question for the next four years
In the fight at Mauila the other day
large number of FIlipinos appeared
on the battle field armed with bows
and arrows. It is little honor for our
armies to pit themselves against such
people, people who are armed with
weapons of the 18th century. When
we open on them our advance can be
nothing but slaughter.
Those who we're loudest in their op
position to the war that was waged
against the Spanish to prevent further
slaughter of the Cubans-that war Of
''mercy"-are now demanding the
blood of the Filipinos, because they
resent the encroachment of American
authority, which is to them nothing
but return to the sufferings they
went through under Spanish mis-
government.
The legislators who are clamoring
for constitutional convention do not
act wisely. The old state constitution
is good enough with few amendments.
and probably better than any that
would be framed at this time. Let it
be amended so as To increase the
supreme court from three to five men,
bers. and allow the state printing let
by contract to the highest bidder, and
it will serve all purposes for another
half ce injury.
One of the principal mercantile
houses of this city, on taxing stock
last month, learned that they had done
20 Per cent. more business in 1898 LEan
they had expected to. This is only
one of the few evidences of the i'm.
portance of The Dalles as business
point. Few towns in the state fud
| their business men were so fortunate
as to do more business last year than
they expected.
Too much whiskey and the ever
! ready pistol were the cause of the
shooting scrape Saturday. If men
would but learn to drink moderately ly
and quit carrying concealed weapons,
, such difficulties would seldom occur.
When men learn that guns are made
for use in time of war, and not to be
carried around in the pocket to be
pulled out and fred on the slightest
provocation, there will be less sorrow
| in the world.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11
HURRY-UP ORDERS.

Otis Must Bring the Rebellion in the
Philippines to q Speedy Close.
NEW YORK, Feb. IA dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says:
Instructions have been cent to
Major-General Otis today directing
him to communicate to the insurgents
the information that the treaty of
Paris had been ratified by the senate
and to continue his operations against
them so as to promptly crush the re-
volt against American sovereignty.
The cruiser Boston, which left Manila
on Monday for lilo lilo, ostensibly to
relieve the Baltimore, carried with her
instructions to Brigadier-General
Miller to at once occupy lilo lilo with
or without consent of the natives
there.
In adopting such a vigorous policy
against the insurgents the president
is actuated by desire to bring to an
end with all dispatch the rebeliious
Againslio hss started
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11
CARING FOX THE. WOUNDED.
American Soldiers Relieving the Distress
of Wounded Fflipinrs

American Soldiers Relieving the Distress
of Wounded Filipinrs.
MANILA, Feb. 8.-The terrible loss
of the rebels may be gathered from the
fact that l6 of them were buried in one
rice field Monday near Pashe and 81
were inferred between Peco and Santa
Ana.
A converted river gunboat did ter
rible exc cntion among the rebels,
sweeping both banks of the river with
her gstling guns and heavier battery.
aundre is of Filipinos undoubtedly
crawleG into the canebrakes and died
there.
The Americans are working nobly
In efforts to find the wounded, and are
bringing hundreds of suffering rebels
to the hospitals for trea' ment. The
natives are unable to understand the
humane motives which promot the
victors to succor the wounded of the
enemy.
A correspondent of the Associated
Press is informed that members of the
hospitals corps have made the startling
discovery that there are several wom-
en- in male dress, and with hair cropped
among the dead.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-02-11
'BETTER THAN WHEAT" F"

i Official statistics of the sugar pro-
duction of Germany for the crop year
of 1S97-lS9S. have been published.
They are very suggestive 10 the line of
profit to the American beet.sugar in
dustry, showing as they do that as
long as our sugar duties remain opera
tive, as at present, the cultivation of
beet sugar ought to be very profitable
TO American farmers. Manifestls, in
Germany, q very large quantity of
sugar is obtained from the beets raised
on comparatively small area of land.
In the crop year covered by the re.
turns, as published in Viilett & Gray's
epgar trade Journal, there were $780,
256 acres under sugar beets in Ger
macy, and the brets worked" aggre-
gated $780,. .S9l tons. The average
yield, according to the official table,
was II. q tons per acre. There were
evidently some deductions made, as
the average really figures ouv some
thing more than this. The sugar pro-
duction, based on raw sugar, is given
at 1.844. .399 tons, and it is stated that
the yield averages 1858 pounds of sugar
per acre.
These figures can be better UNDER
stood by comparison. In the United
States the sugar factories pay be-,
tween "a and 81 so per ton for sugar
beets. Reckoned at these rates and
putting the yield at 1922 tons per acre
the beet farmer would obtain between
$40 and $55 for the sugar b.ets raised
oD an acre of land, or more than four
times as much as the average value
per acre obtained by the wheat farmer
for the product OF their fields in 1897,
when conditions favored an unusually
profitable market. 1t may be said that
beet culture has been reduced to
science in Germany. Relative limited
area in that country, together with
the fact that women and children
work afield, induces intensive agricul-
ture in a degree of which the great
West, at least, of our own country
knows nothing. The possibilities in
this line. the probabilities, indeed, as
shown by the figures presented, lead to
the belief that in due time the sugar.
beet industry of the country may out
class the wheat industry in profit, and |
the old term "better than wheat" find |
verification in the experience of the
beet Acknowledgements.
With such results obtainable as
shown above, with what consistency
can the macagers of the bcet-sugar
at La Grande go before the
legislature and ask that a bounty be
placed on sugar beets?