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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27

Clery since Saturday night and the effect OF his
presence Is felt all along the line. An English
veteran who served under him in Egypt de-
scribes him as having a marvellous talent for
looking over the whole field and taking In every
salient point" No English general exceeds him
In executive ability and that lucidity of mind
required for mastering complex details. With
Butler. Clery and Hildyard on the ground three
OF the clearest minds In the British army are
brought to bear upon the problem OF relieving
Ladysmith with the least possible delay. The
latest tidings from Natal received before mid
night indicated that the Beers had disappeared
from the Moot River and were retreating tow
ard Colenso
Lord Methuens second victory Is particularly
timely since signs Of Dutch disaffection are
multiplying south Of the Orange Free State
News has reached General Gatacre that dsloyal
farmers have seized small magazine at Bark
ley East armed themselves with Martini rifles
and Joined the invading forces General Gatacre,
while waiting for reinforcements from the coast,
is employing his leisure in arrestng Dutchmen
suspected of disoyalty Farmers on the north
ern edge also have been arrested for melting
the natives TO take UP arms and rebel against
the Crown Strong measures are evidently needed
in that part of Cape Colony, but Lord Meth
uen's victories can hardly fail to exercise great
influence when the details fully known
among the Dutch villages. /. N. f.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27
NEW CHINESE ROAD IN OPERATION.

Shanghai. Nov 26-The first through train from
TaIien-Wan. on the New-Chwang and Mukden
Railway started on Friday with engineers for
Arthur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27

THROUGH SLEEPING CAR NEW YORK 10
CLEVELAND.
, Ionrsvlvania Railroad on train leaving New
York West gsrd St, 1865 p m; Cortlandt and pes
brosses SITS 500 p. M daily. The Stanoaru haii-
road OF America "-AdYt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27

PROGRESS OF AMERICAN RAILWAYS
is best illustrated By the Pennsylvania Ia Raiirca1s
~, tran service is the embodiment OF luxury oons
ysn,enca speed and safety.-Advl =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27

Southern R'y for Florida. Aiken Augusta, New
Orlesns Memphis, commercial ana resort centres
Samth and southwest. Schedule page G-Advl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27

Only FEW SIEfS ,.,
From any one OF twenty hotels o, 10 H,a nvery hour
c,ation where trains are leaving a' ao,nnaV Nv ths
Sor ruffalo, Chicago So. Louis or Ni"''' ~
New.York Central.-AdvI f''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27

TWO WAYS FOR COST OF ONE.
,November z9th the Lsckawanna Railroad VIII sell
Srekets from New York 10 Niagara Falls ana return
al s one rare. good 10 return TO and including De-
eember 4th-Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27

GIVE BENSOLYPTUS TOOTH POWDER
one trial Its merit will do the rest AZ all drug
gists Cleanses tho teeth. sweetens ths Dreh'"'
"A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27

The sure Cough Cure
JAYNE's ExPEcToRAST.-Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27
Continued on third page.
rrNEoUALLED SERVICE.

~. Now.york Central has eight trains every day
% Cb six 10 Cleveland; three to St Louis two
10 Cincinnati; two to Toronto four to MONTH"; Fss
incIuSn0 The famous Empire State Express SIX
teen he1fween New-York and Albany and Troy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-27
SYNDICATE.

ocoptinued on seventh p"ge.)
, 1899-04-28

lathe and turned and pointed. The only
parts of the shell that bear against the.
rided surface of the gun are the conieal
end and the copper ring that encircles
the base. This ring Is soft, so as not
to injure the rifling. After the finishing
cut has been given to the p~rojectiles
the diameter of the largest part Of b
cone Is 10.5 inches and that of the body
of the shell is $50 inches.
Then the Extracting score" Is cut.
There Is a V-shaped groove, in which a
tool can be fastened when it Is desired
to withdraw the shell from the gun.
The next move is the boring of a five
inch hole In the base Of the p~rojectile
to a depth Of fourteen inches. Temper
ing follows. In this process the shell
Is suspended, point downward, into q
receptacle filed with molten lead, and
is allowed to settle until the metal rises
above the cone base.
At first the temperature of the lead Is
but 800 degrees, but 1t Is increased
graduallyfto 1900 degrees. The work
of heating continues for many hours,
NuCA tnC bACll IA WiCAOAd"A dh0
sprayed with water, to give 1t a hard
exterior. Next follows a bath In a vat
filed with secret ingredients, after
which the shell is cooled with a Jet of
water.
Once more the shell goes back to the
machine shop, where the hole in the
base Is widened half an inch and the
depth increased two inches. The hole
Is then threaded and a screw plug in.
serted. Here the extreme diameter of
the cone is ground down to ten inches
exactly. The workmen now apply the
''band score" which is a groove for the
reception of the soft copper band.
After the soft steel cap has been fitted
to the tip of the projectile, on the theory
that when the she'll strikes the armored
side Of a battleship the point will be
protected without any interference
with its penetrating power, the work is
finished SO far as the steel company Is
concerned. 1t is then boxed up and
shipped to some United States arsenal,
where 1t Is filed with an explosive COM
pound and made ready for its work of
Observation-Disclosures Record.
, 1899-04-28
HE WOULDN'T &
he Kept His Eye on the Enemy and
Won the Battle.

he Kept His Eye on the Enemy and
Won the Battle.
The hospitals are naturally the scene
Of many pathetic, some humorous In
cidents, and a few in which humor and
pathos are sadly mixed, writes a
Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune. One day last week,
pat Lafferty and mike" Dolan,
cronies in peace, companions in arms,
both wounded before Santiago, were
brought into one of the city hospitals
and found themselves side by side, as
they had lived and fought, in the great
war.
"How are ye, Pat?" asked "Mike" OF
his friend.
"Mr. Lafferty, If ye PLACE. I likes to
maintain me dignity, If I am shot
through the breast"
"Well, how are we, Mr.. Laffertyg' re-
peated mike" smiling feebly.
IF l didn't feel SO bad, I'd feel bet
ter" responded Pat. "But how are ye
~yerself, MI. Dolan?"
"Im dead entirely, Mr.. Lafferty, an
I'm expecting to git worse"
The doctor making his rounds inter
rupted this interesting conversation by
cautioning the wounded men to go to
sleep. "Mike" Dolan turned his face
away, pulled the clothes about his
shoulders and obediently settled him
self, but "Pat" stared straight before
him.
go to sleep, Pat" coaXed the sur
geon. "Sleep is the best medicine for
you"
= "Mr. doctor
want to maintain my dignity, If I am
shot through the breast"
"Well Mr.. Lafferty, then," said the
young physician, amiably. go to
sleep. You'll be better in the morning"
mot once shall l shut me yes to-
night, doctor, not once. If 1 go to sleep.
death might come to ms in my sleep.
If l stay awake, 1 can fight death. l
don't intind to die tonight, doctor.
Mind that. Poor Mike, there, knows his
own business, but l don't intind to die"
The doctor smiled at Pats determine
ton, but he had little hopes for him.
The poor Irishman was sorely wound
ed. Whenever he passed by Pats cot,
however, he found him with his eyes
staring wide open, and one felt his
pulse, fearing that unwelcome death
had already come"
Don't We be uneasy, DOCTOR" said the
patient, family, struggling with pain.
"Mr. Lafferty is not goin' to die to-
night"
In the morning, when the nurse came
to look after him, he gave her a CHEEKY
greeting and it is pleasant to chronicle
that his brave spirit "won out" But
his friend and comrade, Mike Dolan,
placid and obedient Mike Dolan, had
CROSSED the bar"
, 1899-04-28
COSTLY MONSTER MISSILES.
Steel Tempered with as Much Care as
a Razor Blade.

Steel Tempered with as Much Care as
a Razor Blade.
The invention of the modern high
power guns has brought into use
projectiles that are the finest product
of ingenuity and improved machinery,
calling forth the best efforts of skilled
artisans. Instead of cast iron globes
that could be turned out by any foun-
dry twenty years ago, use is now made
of grades of steel tempered with as
much care as a razor blade, and ground
and polished with as much eXactitude
as a surgical instrument.
The complete story of the manufac'
ture of armor-piercing projectiles by
the steel works in Reading is a secret so
carefully guarded that it has always
been hard to obtain, as only employees
and government inspectors are permit
ted to enter the company's immense
machine shops. Shells 4, s, G, 8, 10, II
and Is inches in diameter are made for
the navy, and s, 8 and u inch sizes for
the army.
Here is the history of the making of
a 10-inch shell, and as the pro1ectiles
Of all sizes are made in the same man
ner it gives some idea of the vast
amount of labor required to equip a
feet.
In the casting shop molten steel Is
cast into a solid piece twelve and a half
inches in diameter. 1t is then taken to
the forge room, where, after being re-
heated, 1t Is hammered down to ten and
three-quarters inches, and considerably
elongated during the process. Next 1t
is conveyed to the machine room and
placed upon q specially constructed
, 1899-04-28
How,s THIS

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Halls Catarrh Cure.
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falls Family Pulls are the best
, 1899-04-28
beauty IL Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
, 1899-04-28
Hia s1eepy Hearers.

Mrs. Benham-I couldn't hear what
the minister said this morning that
made, all of the people smile. What
was it,
Benham-Instead of giving out his
text he said, 'The usual nap will now
be taken"
, 1899-04-28

That which we acquire with most
difficulty we retain the longest.
Men of humor are in some degree
men of genius; wits are rarely SO, al
though a man of genius may, amongst
other gifts possess wit.
, 1899-04-28
A Dangerous Topic.

What has become of that little girl
who recites Little Drops of WaterY
asked one of the boarders.
"Well," answered the young man
with wide ears, with the present thaw
In the streets and the possibility Of a
freshet up the river, her mother thought
1t would be just as well to keep her
quiet for a. ~while."-Washington Star.
, 1899-04-28
As She Expressed I

Eyes," said the lady from Boston,
speaking of her favorite lecturer, "he
Is n whom the laity would designate
as a biscuit john"
BEG pardon?" said the member of
the laity.
"Or, to be explicit, a crackerjack."-
Indianapolis Journal.
, 1899-04-28
A. a Rracer.

. MaApd-Poor .Hankinson! Name Gar.
linghtrn yhrew him over the other day,
but ha makes a brave attempt to hold
his head up.
Irene-Is that why he's wearing that
four-inch collar ?-Chicago News.
, 1899-04-28
A Cheerful Soul

"Do you believe the time Is coming
when nobody will read poetry?"
II don't see why it should. AS long
as we possess the art of printing we
can preserve the works of the poets
who lived and wrote long ago."
, 1899-04-28
A Mean Man.

"How did you quiet little Jack"
Il told him he should see Barnum's
circus when it came"
"When is 1t coming?"
81 dunno. It's an English corpora
ton now. Iguess Jack'll be old enough
to pay his own way when it comes.n-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
, 1899-04-28

When we cad we fancy we could be
martyrs; when we come to act we can
not bear a provoking word.
If you are pleased at finding faults,
you are displeased at finding perfec-
lions
, 1899-04-28
Say Aye NO and Yell Meier be Married" Don't Re
fuse All Our Advice to Use
SAPOlIO

He who is forever standing up for
his rights is p~erilously near to
wronging his brother. The law of sell
fishness is sure to Cypress somebody.
, 1899-04-28

Everywhere and always a mans
worth must be gagged to some extent
though only in part, by his domestic,
ity.
, 1899-04-28

1t is a pretty saying of an old writer
that men, like books, begin and end
with a blank l~eaf-infancy and senil-
itY.
, 1899-04-28

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline Great
Nerve Restol er. So trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. r. H.. KLINE. Ltd. a3l Arch st. fhila. Pa.
, 1899-04-28

The man is usually in the right who
owns himself in the wrong.
, 1899-04-28

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, ~softens the gums, reducing infiamma-
tion, aliays pain, cures wind collie, Csc a bottle.
, 1899-04-28

Cunning men are despised more than
they are feared, because we have to
watch them so closely.
, 1899-04-28

There is no great danger of too many
getting famous, there is too much jeal-
ousy among mankind for that.
, 1899-04-28

The belle-Her dress Is awfully low.
The beau-I1l bet it came high,
though.-New York Journal.
, 1899-04-28

Learning is either good or bad, &C
cording to him that has tan excel
lent weapon, If used WELL; otherwise
like a sharp razor in the hand OF a
child.
, 1899-04-28

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC. 81. All druggists
, 1899-04-28

Cure Guaranteed by DIR, j. b. MAYER, 1918
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operation or delay from busin ess. Consultation
free. Endorsements OF physicians. ladies and
prominent citizens. Send tor circular. once
hours 8 A. III. to l 2. NJ.
, 1899-04-28

Ffddling or one string Is funny as
long as it lasts, but it don't last long.
, 1899-04-28
Hfa Motive

Watts-I don't believe you ever mil ,
an amateur performance.
Potts-Of course l don't. Sitting
through amateur performances make
me enjoy professional work so much
more.-Indianapolis Journal.
, 1899-04-28
Going Slow with Jim,

"And you have made Jim Jackson a
deacon In your church,"
Eyes, sab. Dat is, he's a brevet dea.
con, sah."
Sand what's a brevet deacon,
GeorgeY'
'He's a deacon dat don't handle no
, 1899-04-28

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, 1899-04-28

WANTED-Case of bad health that R-I-P-A-N$
w will not benefit. Send 5 cts. to Ripans Chemical
Co., New York, for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-09

1t is one of the attributes OF a gooo
master that he knows how TO say
things in way TO make them remem-
bered. During my second year at a
medical college (says a doctor) l mad
a class-mate whom it would not De
uncharitable to call q dullard. one
Of the professors was in the haolt OF
taking the boys unawares, and quizzlng
them. He said to this fellow one day:
How much is a dose Of" CIV
ing the technical name OF croton OIL.
"A teaspoonful," was the ready re-
ply.
The professor made no comment, ana
the fellow soon realized that he had
made mistake. After quarter OF an
hour, he said
Professor, | want TO change my an
swer to that question"
''It's too late, Mr.. -" responded
the professor, looking at his watch
Your patients been dead now for at
least fourteen minutes"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-09
Always the Same.

Somebody has unearthed a book
written by Barthomolew Anglicus,
about 1860. of which one of the most
amusing chapters Is ON the children of
his day.
They dread no perils more than
beating with rod Che writes), and
they love an apple more than gold,
and make more sorrow and woe for
the loss Of an apple than for the loss
of a heritage.
They desire all that they see. and
pray and ask with voice and with
hand. They keep no counsel, but they
tell all that they hear and see. Sud
denly they laugh, and suddenly they
weep. Always they cry and jangle;
that is, unless they be still while they
sleep.
When they be washed, anon they
make themselves unclean again. When
their mother washeth and combeth
them, they kick and sprawl, and put
with feet and hands. and withstand
with all their might.
All of which makes 1t appear thai
those 1860 youngsters were the same
then as now.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-09
I'D He q butterfly.
An OLD Favorite.)


I'd be butterfly born in a bower.
Where roses and lilies and violets meet;
Rowing Tor ever from flower to nowcr'
kissing all buds that are pretty ana
sweet.
I'd never languish for wealth or for
power,
I'd never sigh to see slaves at my feet:
I'd be butterfly born in bower.
kissing all buds that are pretty ana
sweet.
oh! could pilfer the wand OF a fairy.
ia have pair OF those beautitui
wings,
Their summer days ramble Is sportive
and airy.
They sleep in rose when the night
ingale sings
Those who have wealth must be watch
ful and wary,
ROVER. alas! naught but misery orlHBs'
I'd be butterfly. sportive and AIRY,
Rock'd in q rose when the nightingale
What though you tell me each gay little
rover
shrinks from the breath of the first
autumn day.
Surely tits better when summer 10 over
To die. when all fair things are fadins
away.
Some in life's winter may toll to dis
cover
Means of procuring a weary delay
I'd be butterfly. living rover,
Dying when fair things are taoihs
away
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-09
His bingham Aprons.

Perhaps the most unusual presents
ever received by man were bestowed
this Christmas upon Brooklyn man
who cooks. They were two big blue
and-whito checked gingham aprons,
long and large, and with ample strings
to encircle the masculine waist. The
man makes at times a descent to the
Kitchen when tho maids are away and
demonstrates how a good steak should
be brolled or some other OF the nu-
naerous things Of the preparation Of
which for the table ne considers that
no has an expert knowledge. Upon
such occasions it has been his custom
to borrow the first maids apron con-
venient. This good, housewifely ten
dency TO use an apron being known,
there came to the man from out OF
town the two big aprons, which were
probably tho best appreciated OF all
his Christmas gifts and were exhibited
with the greatest pride.-New York
Times.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-09

belief no longer holds credence. II Is
considered now to be the finest draped
statue in the vatican, and Is celebrated
as being the only marble statue IN ex-
istence with eyelashes. A Latin poem
in its honor was written by Castig-
lione. which Is engraved upon marble
and placed beside the statue.
A writer says that the "bargayne
penny" or the earnest money" ID
still in use in Northumberland, Eng
land. Both at the statute fairs, ana
even at Newcastle-on-Tyne, at the nlr"
ing of domestic servants. shilling Is
the sum given and 1t is called aries.
The practice of giving this shilling Is
not so common as It was formerly. In
Yorkshire II was common also. ana
was called "fasten penny" And ne
tells a good story from Berkshire. IL
happened only the other day. Az .
public hiring a boy was engaged py
farmer, who gave him a shilling as
earnest" or "aries," or lasteh
money" whatever they call 1t In that
part Of the country. Next day the
boy returned the money in twelve
stamps. wrapped in paper on whlch he
had written i've heerd on wer.'
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-09
ACTIVITY IN CHINA.

y There Is news of considerable indus
trial activity in China. Not only are
the Germans in Shantung forging
ahead in the matter of railway con-
struction and the matter of coal, but
the Chinese themselves are beginning
to show marked signs of a determina-
tion to turn the immense mineral
wealth of the country to their own
profit An edict has been issued ap-
pointing Chang-Yi director Of mines in
the Metropolitan province, with power
to form syndicates to work them. This
shows that the empress dowager has
grasped the situation, and means to
fight Western nations with their own
weapons. These efforts, laudable as
they may be. are, Of course, predoom-
ed to failure. Without European as
sistance nothing can be achieved even
by the quick-witted Chinaman, as was
amply demonstrated by the complete
failure of the viceroy, Chang Chih
Tung, to construct railways unassist-
ed a few years ago 1t does not fol-
low, however, that the Chinese are in
capable OF fully acquiring Western
knowledge of mechanics; only they
must drop their pride and go to work
In a different spirit. Meanwhile there
is serious news about the emperor's
health; and we fear that the event
so often alluded to in these columns
is rapidly approaching its consumma.
tion.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-09
CHASED BY WOLVES.

Before any railroad had been built
along the upper Mississippi all trafic
IN the summer was by steamboat,
which carried also the mail. In the
winter everything was carried by
stage. There was line of mail stages
between st. Paul and Prairie du Chen
--or the southern terminus may have
been La Crosse at the time OF which
write. These stages followed the river
how much Of the distance on the ice
! can not say, but in my neighborhood.
where the river expanded and became
Lake Pepin, the route was all on the
ice. Leading down to the lake. on
both the Minnesota and Wisconsin
sides. are many ravines or coulees,
worn by the water courses and wood
ed. Even now there is much wild
land among the bluffs. b&
1t was In the latter part Of January
years ago that ! found myself at
Hawks Landing, on the Minnesota
side Of the river Just below the foot
Of the lake, whittier ] had gone with
an uncle. He found that his business
W0oAo uCtalu uitu tOHbtI tudn nc GA
pected and he decided to send me back
alone on the stage. 1t should have
left the landing at ! o'clock. but II
was delayed somewhere down tho river
and did not arrive till nearly 3. It
was full afternoons drive to Lake
City, but the driver said he had good
team and promised to get through on
time. notwithstanding the late start.
He was q rough and dissipated man,
but he had the reputation OF always
keeping sober till after the days trip
had been completed. But the delay
may have upset him. and I think he
began drinking before we started, al
though no one then noticed it He
certainly had provided himself with a
large bottle of liquor, as I soon had
occasion to know, ! suppose could
not have been more than IL or 13
years old, although a life in q new
country and on farm had given me
ability to take care OF myself beyond
my years.
When we departed from the War
Eagle House on the levee and swung
up the road under the shadow Of Wa
basha Bluff, with the horses at gall
lop, felt o sort OF admiration for the