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The state herald., 1899-05-19
NEWS FROM PHILippINEs.
General riisr Wants tn Quit-tKulnsid,
Disappears,

Al the Front With Iawton's Column.
San Miguel. Mny II. via MnnIln. May
15.-Thc insurgrnt general. Gregorio
del Pilnr. believes That he has been
deserted by the Filipino government
nnd desires TO surrender, u he can se.
cure whnt he regards NJ honorable
terms foni the Americans.
II Is now said that Agulnnldo has
iicd Into the province of Nurvn Ecijn.
April 10Th liz rctrcnted by carriage
from Bnmnngr through Snn lsidro. nr,i
nothing has been heard from him In
two weeks.
The 1000 Spanish prisoners who nrc
reported to he held by the Insurgents
hnvc been carried Into n northern prov.
incc nnd scattered among the small
garrlsons.
The ihrurrchi hospital near San
1si1ro N reported to be- ovrrw hrlmrd
with wounded. General Pillars Hubalsi.
cpcc depot II ilyr miles In front OF
Lnwton.
The Indignation OF natives hns com.
PEELED the lnSurgcnt generals Ia c0uD.
irrinnnd their orders 10 burn towns n-
they rcircnicd. The American policy of
mol destroying property II creating re-
vuision OF feeling In our favor
Five American prisoners were carried
through this town last week. Their
nnmcs nrc unknown. Natives M" rc.
turning through American lln> 10
their own homes,
The state herald., 1899-05-19
Grand total.

Mr.. Temple explained TIM, the sums
were arranged IN Glasses according 10
law. NJ TINT II the funds were not sui.
iiclcnt the nppfoprint should bc
paid In the order named.
The auditor said TINT the funds IN
sight would not he sufficient TO even
pny the Items In the third class. This
would leave the State University,
School Of Mines. Normal School and
Mute nnd Blind School without funds.
nnd the other institutions mentioned
IN that class without improvements,
Deficiency and relief bills win clog up
the Capitol INN sewer.
Governor Thomas said he would no,
rcncl amy decision In the matter i'm.
mcdlnicly. but II II was decided 10 cnll
mn extra legislative session the law.
makers would he convened In tho near
future. The governor IN stili opposed
10 the idcn. mud win only cnli n session
upon coming To the conclusion that no
other method of relief In possible.
The state herald., 1899-05-19
STUDENTS AND CIRCUS MEN
Severe Battle B-t~e-n tn. Two a, Prime,
ton.


Princeton. y. j.. May l5.-Princeton
students and Pawncc BIlrs Wild West
employees indulgcd " n pitched battle
today and continuous and serious rIot.
ing was prevented only by the pres.
ehce OF men with cool heads and the
action OF President Patton OF Prince.
ton university. later In the day, In cnll-
Ing mass meeting of all the students
For fifty years 1t has been an un.
written law Of Princeton that no clrcus
parade must pass through the streets
Every show proprietor. In making his
dates, has always left Princeton from
the list. for II had been a matter of
common knowledge that the students
would enforce the unwrItien law. This
morning Pawnoe BIlis Wild West com.
binatlon violated traditions and M
rnded. The result was the fiercest bat.
lie Princeton has seen In many years
When posters Were hung up a few
days ago announcing the advent OF
Pnwnec Bill II WAS considered II Joke.
Finally. when II became known thar
the management of the show was real.
ly In earnest. the town authorities,
fearing trouble. advised the circus men
ho' W u'tcinpt luFuut. MS uuNlcs
was unhec,lcd.
AZ n result OF to-dny's fight one man
is unconscious and may die, and u
number OF students and employees OF
the show are nursing wounds received
In The fray. That the show would bc
upset nj night seemed u certainty, I'M.
III late this afternoon. when President
Patton called mass meeting OF all the
.sI.. a
the result of the meeting indicates that
the show VIII leave town unmolested,
hut II Will have lost money. for word
has been passed through the town TINT
no one Is TO enter the tent. and the
townspcoplc. who are In sympathy
with the students. are n unit In rcfus.
Ing TO attend
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Some experiments were made re-
Gently in France on the penetrative
power OF bullets through snow. The
results were very astonishing. The
Lebel rifle was used and at a distance
Of lGo feet the bullet penetrated only
five feet into the snow target. A bull
let from Lebel rife has been known.
1t is said. to go through tree OF three
and n half feet in diameter. That 1t
should only penetrate eighteen inches
farther into such soft stun as snow
seems altogether startling. The ex-
PLANTATION suggested by the expert
mentallsts is that the rotating bullet
picks up particles of snow n It goes
in and SO gets "balled." or blocked up
The state herald., 1899-05-19

After all, the board OF examiners ap-
pointed by the war department has de-
cided that the government must pay
for the 100000 pounds OF beef sent to
Porto Rico on the transport Manitoba
by Swift a Co. last summer and
thrown Into the sea after 1t had
spoiled. There is no good ground for
supposIng that this board was prcju-
diced In favor OF the packing Arm. Its
inclination would probably be the 9TH
er way. Yet gives a verdict against
the government. This seems to come
pretty near settling the question OF
where the responsibility for the spoiled
meat lay. II II had been the fault OF
the packers they would not have re-
covered verdict.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

The heroes of civilization are not all
draped in soldier clothes, and the cam
paigns of bravery are not all fought
out on fields of carnage" II cour-
ageous fidelity in performance and en-
durance should have place on the
roll OF honor, we should certainly
place there the names Of countless po-
licemen and firemen, postmen and ex-
pressmen, motormen and switch-ten-
ders, hack-drivers and milkmen. who
serve us at all hours and in all wealth
ers. What an army OF brave fellows
keep guard over our cities and homes.
serve our daily necessities and minis
ter to our comfort,
The state herald., 1899-05-19
Fr.uc.', New PresIdent

The new president of France Is calm,
sane and trifle bourgeois. He looks
like man who would infuse into
French politics as much vigor as Hos
letters Stomach Bitters will into the
rundown system of any one who uses
1t. 1t is an absolute cure for all stom-
ach disorders.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

The London Spectator thinks Am
erican character" responsible for such
tragedies as the Windsor hotel IRE. II
says: "Thc wonderful invcntivcncss of
Americans seems to be consistent with
n fatalISm which regards care az either
useless or dlscreditablc," Yes. our
fatallsm takes the optimistic form. we
run for luck" and often reach 1t: but
one who habltually takes the chances.
without taking also rational prccau-
tions. lS likely to get caught sooner
or later, We arc no, taken up into the
region OF safety by the mere force Of
specific levity."
The state herald., 1899-05-19

A writer in the independent says
that the number OF languages spoken
by the inhabitants OF the Philippine
archipelago Is ten. DIR. Daniel G..
Brinton OF the University OF Pennsyl-
vanla. writing in the American An
thropologist. states that the Spanish
government has bestowed officlal rec
ognition upon thir,y-nve, The latter
statement seems authoritative. but the
former is sufficient to give a compre-
hcnsivc idea OF the heterogeneous mix
turc OF races with iingual dlversitlcs
who dwell on the islands OF the archl-
pelngo. The difficulties To be sur
mounted In governing and Christian
izing them when way is opened for
carrying OIL, the declarations OF the
recent proclamation OF the United
States commission. are also very ap-
parent. The polyglottish complexities
alone are appalling.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

A Taylorville (Ill) man who en-
bezzled $4,000 was fined s1l and SEN
tenced to four months in jail. 1t has
not been explained why he was sub
jected to the hardship of imprison-
ment.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

No complain, is being made by the
Chicago street railway companies be.
cause OF the fact that the public over
crowds their ears and creates great
strains upon the cables. The cars al
ways stop for all the people who wish
to get aboard. no matter whether the
ropes are likely TO break or not.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Somebody has written a scientific
work on dust in which he shows that
1t serves a useful purpose in natures
general scheme. He does not, how
ever. try to show that 1t is a good
thing in Chicago streets.
The state herald., 1899-05-19
Ner Little Ways.

when my wife buys SIS hat she says
It will last her three years"
"That's cheap enough.
Eyes: but every season she gets 81
worth Of new trimmings put on it,"
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Ex-speakcr Reed has sailed for Eu.
rope. probably for the purpose of get.
ting away from those OF his country
ren who are lnyishing praises upon
him ON account OF his retirement from
public life.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Energy sometimes brings success
but success always brings energy.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Wooden heads should produce burn
Ing thoughts, hut they don't.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Love laughs at locksmiths, but 1t
smiles at the goldsmiths.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Poverty keeps of more cases of gout
than all the physicians cure.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

my friend buy this system renovator;
do you know that you are galloping to the
grave?" Don't YOU worry: as long az
am able to gallop 1 can keep out of ,he
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Henry. we'd get along better together
II you had more will power" mo. Mar
tha we'd get along better II you didn't
have quite so much"
The state herald., 1899-05-19

EVIL is wrought by want OF
thought says the poet. Very true.
and much is wrought by thoughts of
want
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Some people are pleasant to talk to,
but disagreeable to listen to.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

A man will deride the 10-cent cigar
that is presented to him. but he never
murmurs about the nickel one he buys.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

When man disputes with fool.
the fool Is doing the same thing.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

A baseball player seldom strains at
a gnat. but he frequently struggles
with fly.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

A young man naturally uses choice
expression when he asks girl to be-
come his wife.
The state herald., 1899-05-19
Hint to Housekeepers.

Hint TO Housekeepern.
A little dry "Faultless Starch" will make q
large quantity of starch mixture and gives
better results than any other starch; try 1t.
All grocers sell "Faultless Starch" l0c.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Mamma and I are not on speaking
TERMS ''How distressing" she went
and told Harry that l trimmed all my
own hats before we were married"
The state herald., 1899-05-19

The man who has nothing to say
isn't always conscious OF ii until after
he has tried to say 1t.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

The only swell thing about some
men is located directly under their
hats.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

well. Kitty. did your euchre club nave
a good time yesterday afternoon" II
think SO. The women in three lower flats
sent up. word that their plastering was
falling down."
The state herald., 1899-05-19

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller,
The state herald., 1899-05-19
Ar. rou u.ing Alien. Foo,-E.s.,

Ars hou CsinB hiions Toot-Hssst
It is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting. Burning. Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, CSC. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In.
nammation. Aays pain. cures wind collie. 23c bottle
The state herald., 1899-05-19

What are those pegs all over your
back yard?" I've ordered some trees
and / drove those pegs down to show my
wife where | didn't want them planted"
The state herald., 1899-05-19

Hoods Pills cure liver Ills the nonlrritssiae 80
only eathsrtic % take With Hoods s4ssspsTLls.
The Canton times., 1899-10-06
SQUIRRELS IN WINTER.
Some Popular Notions Have Been Dis
PEELED by Close Observers of
the Little Creatures.

If one asks a hundred school chill
dren in Chicago-and grown people as
well, for that matter, how squirrels
subsist in winter, nine out of ten will
reply that they eat the nuts they gather
in the summer and fall. This is part
ly, but not wholly, true. Their food is
widely varied in the course of year,
especially in the spring and summer.
Indian corn in the milk suffers more
from squirrels than from raccoons or
muskrats, which are proverbially so
fond of it. In places on the western
frontier an expensive system of watch
ing has had to be maintained at times
against this pest, One dainty in late
summer is the mushroom, of several
varieties of which they are fond, and
this reminds me of bit of unexpected
sagacity in one of the western chip
munks lately spoken of in my hear
ing by the artist and author, Ernest
Seton Thompson. 1t appears that this
chipmunk depends for its ordinary fall
and winter fare upon the seeds of the
pinon pine, which it preserves by stor-
age in its holes in decayed stumps or
underground. 1t happened lately, how
ever, that in a certain area of the north
west the pinon crop was a complete
failure, and the ground squirrels were
compelled to find something else for
their subsistence and winter stores.
In this extremity they turned to the
mushrooms, everywhere abundant, and
were busy during all the late autumn
in gathering them. They were too wise,
however, to store them underground,
where they would soon have rotted, but
instead deposited them in notches and
crotches of the lower branches of the
forest trees, where they dried in the
open air ana so kept in good condition
to be eaten. Their shriveling up and
the shaking of the branches by the
winds caused many to fall, and these
the squirrels industriously picked up
and tried to fasten more securely to the
branches.
This method of providing themselves
with winter food implied the necessity
of their coming forth from their under
ground retreats, no matter how cold
and snowy the weather, whenever they
wanted something to eat, instead Of
having their larders indoors, as is usual
with them, and il would be interesting
to know whether they actually did so
or whether they failed to profit, after
all, by their seemingly sagacious pru-
dence. Chicago Chronicle.
The Canton times., 1899-10-06
PLAYMATES.

Two little puppies, full of play,
With bone to worry and toss,
Were sporting together the livelong day,
And they never seemed vexed or cross
Three little squirrels, gray and wee,
And spry and light as bird,
Played all day long in the old oak tree,
And they never said one sharp word.
-Four little pussies, the little dears,
Climbed up on the garden wall,
They played with each others tails and
ears
And never quarreled at all.
Five little birds, such very tight fit,
In one little tiny nest
Never crowded nor showed nor pushed one
bit
For the place that each liked best.
Six little chicks in the grass so green,
Seven little ducks in the brook
Never gave one another, as have seen,
One angry or unkind look.
Eight little lambs went to frolic and feed
In the meadows, broad and bright,
And the dear little things never once dis
agreed,
From the dawn Of day till night.
Nine little boys were playing ball,
But they made such a fuss, oh dear!
And wrangled and scolded and screamed
and all.
That it tired my ears to hear.
And that is the way, l am sorry to say,
For wasn't it just too bad?
They have lost on this pleasant summer
day,
All the fun that they might have had.
e. H. Thomas, in Youths Companion.
The Canton times., 1899-10-06

be covered with crystals has been sus-
pended, so as to hang free in the solu-
ton without touching on any side.
A cool room is preferable, for the
crystals covering the wire will then
be larger and more brilliant. After re-
naming for "a hours in the solution
the article now covered with crystals
can be withdrawn and will keep in
definitely in dry place. The addition
of some chemicals will result in very
fine color effects; thus the use of iron
alum will bring forth very fine blue
crystals and chromealum equally fine
yellow ones. The simplest additions for
coloring the crystals, while not bring
ing about such fine results, are few
drops of ordinary blue-black writing
ink or of a solution of litmus, which
can easily be obtained in any drug
store.
The Canton times., 1899-10-06
FUN FOR CHILDREN.
Charades or Simple Anna
teur Theatrlcnls.

A very pretty and amusing way OF
making jewelry to be used in the pro-
Guction of charades or in juvenile anna
teur theatricals is here shown. Dissolve
a pound of alum in a quart of hot wa
ter and suspend in the saturated solu-
ton a crown or some other shaped form
made of wire and covered with strips
of flannel or wound with wooden
threads. In order to obtain the very
best results it is necessary to select
a vessel of glass with an even, high
ly polished inside surface, which must
remain undisturbed for "a hours in a
quiet place after the solution of alum
has been poured in and the article tC
The Canton times., 1899-10-06

That swan will fight tiercely was
shown by an exciting struggle between
a swan and park constable on the up
per lake in Waterloo park, England.
Some india rubber balls had rolled into
the water and to get them the constable
padded out in a punt. This drew the
notice of the male swan, which deserted
his consort and the brood of cygnet and
went for the constable with great
fury. Once or twice he almost upset the
punt by causing the constable to over
balance 1t in saving his legs from the
birds beak. 1t was only with difficulty
and risk that the balls were recovered.
The swan then followed the punt to the
bank, making vicious darts at the con-
stable.
The Canton times., 1899-10-06
WAS IT AN ACCIDENT2
Like of Which Has NeverYet
Been RecOrded.

The English sparrow is the most uni
versally unpopular of all birds. Be-
cause of its ceaseless war upon other
birds, they are always ready to show
their hatred of it. Whether it feeds
on the eggs of other birds or not is a
question, but that it destroys them
and the nest that contains them is a
well established fact. 1t seems to do
this from a spirit of mischief, often
destroying a half built nest that in
no way interfered with it. 1t is cow
ard, too, doing its mischief while the
owners of the nest are away from home.
l can certify to the following incident
of what l have no doubt was justice
meted out to one of these little sneak
thieves:
One morning on entering the barn
noticed broken egg on the manger be-
meath a mud swallows nest which l had
permitted to be built there. had no.
ticed previously that the sparrows were
bothering the swallows, and rightly
judged that they were endeavoring to
steal the eggs or destroy the nest.
When l saw the broken egg l sup
posed that they had succeeded.
glanced up at the nest and saw sus-
pended beneath it one of the sparrows
dead. Upon closer examination it was
found that the bird was hung by the
neck ut the end of horse hair about a
foot long.
1t was carefully taken down for closer
examination. There was a moose at the
end of the hair, the knot being perfect,
the free end slipped far enough
through, and bent in such way that
the knot could not be united. 1t could
not have been an accident-or if possi-
BILE it was very improbable, to say the
least. The moose was preserved and
carefully laid away, as a relic of bird
justice.
The swallows must have grown tired
of the persecution of the tormentors,
and set snare; or coming upon it in
the act of robbing them, held it a pris-
Oner in their nest until a moose was
slipped over its head and it was allowed
to fly out only to tighten the fatal knot
as it attempted to fly away.-Ohio
Farmer.
The Canton times., 1899-10-06

The instruction of each studert costs
the French universities about 51l francs
per annum on an average.
The Canton times., 1899-10-06
HUGE TRUNK LINE SYSTEM.
Consolidation of Railroads Proposed
TO Embrace over Five Thousand
Miles of TruCkaGe.

There is a plan arranged to form a
railway system which will create a
trunk line consolidation greater than
any now in existence in this country,
and it will embrace the Baltimore &
Ohio, Pittsburgh & Western, Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburgh, Philadelphia
& Reading, West Virginia q Pitts
burgh and several smaller roads in as
many states.
This enterprise will, if carried out,
mean a series Of frst-class roads reach-
ing from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington and New York to. Reading, Roch-
ester and Buffalo, and from Baltimore
to Cincinnati and St. Louis, with the
main line passing through Pittsburgh
to Chicago.
1t would mean also the shortest and
most direct route from Cleveland and
Chicago 10 Richmond, Va, and Charles
ton, S. c., and the South Atlantic coast
seaports.
The system would embrace, if COM
plete: Baltimore & Ohio, 2,O37 miles;
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern. 92s
miles; Philadelphia & Reading, l,O96
miles; Buffalo, Rochester y Pittsburgh,
nearly 400 miles; Pittsburgh & West
ern, $50 miles; West Virginia & Pitts
burgh, 16o miles; and would aggregate
5,Osl miles, 2,s45 locomotives and 1OO,-
755 cars.
.4
The instruction of each studer costs
the French universities about 5ll francs
The Canton times., 1899-10-06

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,nnIn is verv InsiabtI,. h.ast lin
IoT bod ono tb,+ he r,;sad and ,a,.o-
youId bave trimmed Whar a. ,,,,Io
wa. 10 Years old left got tired Of ber
and tried n swan bor o+f ~ Lis noinb.
bor SteooI, for borsa bn+ nv
couIdn't troda Then be o+Fered r.. soil
Kit to StegaIl for SIX brt he wonldn' :
riva II Not worry Iorg after tbat 1a4F
comes to town and q Tennessee horse
trader rot boId of him and cave hin, an
old cbrnk of n horse for mis- mule Xii
was nut rndar tba eba,rs forthwith
She was clinped and rubbed and washed
and rroomed and in a few DAYS was
transmapnified ,,to a very respectable
The Canton times., 1899-10-06

DR., Chargem-Your friend needs vig'
orous treatment; never saw man in
such a state of mental depression. Can't
YOU convince him that the future holds
some brightness for him?
sympathetic Friend-That is unfor-
tunately impossible. He has drawn his
salary for three weeks ahend and spent
the money.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Canton times., 1899-10-06
sweaters the Main Thing.

The captain of a country football
team in California, finding himself un-
able to get together team to fulfill
an engagement with club five miles
away, wired to that effect to the secre-
tary of the opposing team. Cant let
you off, was the answer. Crowd
waiting already" The captain made
another effort to get his men together,
but without success, and was once more
Obliged to wire his inability to fulfill
the engagement. The answer came:
''If you can't come yourselves, please
send your sweaters. We can pick up
team from the navvies working here on
the railway, and the people won't know
the difference
The Canton times., 1899-10-06

The average cost Of a British soldier
Is ee4 year. The Swiss soldier costs
only gl4ay year.