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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-12
Tottap 10 Enc Jamestown, IN, " sun.

Letter to the jamestown, On " sun.
"Busti, ohautauqua Co., N. Y"
ra,,or S,,n;-I consider It duty to make
the following statemenOi Sns y0~r AsS t+s'
April became afflicted with Kidney ulsO.-s'
Iemployed Que Of the most experienced ply
sicians, and frequently rode to his Office
braced up with pillows, obtained no per-
manent relief. was
as Reduced 10 a mere Skeleton.
Nv father. Jacob Johnson, OF Ellery, died OF
The Same disease three years ago and be-
gan TO think there was little hope for me.
Finally began the use OF DR.. kenners
Kidney and Backache Cure and 1t helped me
soreness left my sides and back and took
on healthy muscle and flesh. Two bottles
TRUMAN H. JOHNSON"
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HER LITTLE DINNER.

And he really owes all this money!"
said Mrs. Casthethorpe. !
eyes, ma'am," said Mr.. Audrey, her
legal adviser, I'm afraid he does"
Then" said Mrs. Castlethorpe,
hes a downright liar"
Very likely, ma'am," said Mr.. An
drey, dryly. Young men have mis-
represented facts before now, and will
again, l am afraid"
But he told me that the last $500
would settle all his debts, and here
Is aswasherwoman's bill, a tailor's ac-
count, a bootmaker's little memoran-
dunn, and $50 borrowed of Higgins, the
jeweler, on a set of ruby shirt studs; to
say nothing of those other bills" and
Mrs. Castlethorpe nodded her head to-
ward a pile of slips of paper that lay
under an ivory weight at her left hand.
Why, it's perfectly dis~graceful! He
has deceived me! He has perjured
himself, out and Quit"
Mr.. Audrey looked wooden and i'm
perturbable.
"But | won't stand it, cried the old
lady, growing more and more excited.
"Pll teach him a l~esson!"
"You will cut off supplies, ma'am?"
said Mr.. Audrey, interrogatively.
MOO, moi" said Mrs. Castlethorpe.
I'll let him have the $500 I promised
him. I'm a person of my word, what
ever he is. But, Audrey, l haven't told
xA,, ahoi,f &6o rr1,-+ IoH+ g anu f
Indeed, ma'am"
His landlady's daughter poor,
little, blue eyed thing, with her head
hanging down, and the prettiest yellow
hair I ever saw-came here yesterday
He owes her a hearth"
Borrowed, ma'am?" said Lawyer
Audrey, with a twinkle of his dark
eyes.
well, yes" assented Mrs. Castle
thorpe, grimly; Engaged himself to
her while he boarded there. Dropped
her completely when he. was able to re-
move to more aristocratic quarters
Broke her poor little heart. Bien! He
shall mend it again."
do 0 think it is probable
ma'am?" asked Mr.. Audrey, rather
obviously.
II will make it p%robable!" said Mrs
Castlethorpe, r%esolutely. You're not
engaged to dinner for tomorrow even
ing, are you, Mr.. Andrey?"
Il believe not"
pray, give us the pleasure of your
company, then" said Mrs. Castle
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y~ou.Geady? Then 1 propose the health
of the man who pays his debts!'
It was drunk with reclamation. Only
Jerome Mordaunt colored and hes
itated.
Zones" said the old lady, please
hand these $500, in small bills, Jones.
take particular notice-to Mr.. Nor
daunt. Gentlemen and ladies'" to the
guests, pray present your little ac-
counts; my nephew is ready to audit
them"
One by one the hungry-eyed guests
advanced, presented their little ac-
counts, and retired with gratiied coun-
%tenances, until not a parsonage was
left except Lawyer Audrey, Mrs. Nut
tingdale, and her daughter and the hos
tess.
Now for. the last settlement of ALL"
said Mrs. Castlethorpe, with an mex
orable. c~ountenance. Jerome, 1 be-
lieye you are under, an engagement to
marry this young lady?"
Jerome Mordaunt, face to face with
poor, pale, trembling little Ruth Nut
tingdale, could not deny it. +
Jones'" pursued Mrs. Castlethorpe,
TASK the Rev. Mr.. Tyson to walk in.
Here is a wedding ring, my own forty
years ago, and I hope zone the less
lucky for that. Stand up like a a
Jerome-and you close to him, my
dear. Now, w are quite ready, Mr..
Tyson, if you please"
And almost before Jerome Mordaunt
realized what was going on he was
married, safe and sound, to Mrs. Nut
~tingdale's blue-eyed daughter, Ruth.
81 congratulate you, my DEAR said
Aunt Castlethorpe with a sounding
Fi@s. Il wish you all joy as Mrs. Je-
2 Newfoundland here's a check for
100 to begin life with"
Thanks, dearest aunt" smiled the
blushing bride.
"And as you are square with the
world, so far as l know, Jerome said
the old lady, austerely, to her nephew,
see that you remain so for the future,
for you'll get no more help from me.
And now I'll bid you all good night
for it's getting late, and I need my
after-dinner nap"
And SO closed Mrs. C~astlethorpe's
party, with an impromptu wedding
New York News. 3
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/ large increase in line and staff Off

large increase in line and staff Off
GERS.
When the Hull bill reached the SEN
ate it was strongly ~antagonized by the
opposition on the old ground of dis
like and fear of a large standing army.
A compromise measure was forced up
on the administration in spite of
threats of calling an extra session. A
bill known as the Cockrell- German
substitute was adopted, and was sub
sequently passed by the house and ap-
proved by the President. Neither vas
this a reorganization bill.
1t provides for the muster out of the
volunteer army, in accordance with the
original act of 1898, and permits the
President to retain in service the
present regular army at a strength not
exceeding g. 5000 men, and, in addition.
to raise a new force of 81, 900 volun-
teers, to be recruited from the country
at large or in the new colonies, as pre-
ferred by the military authorities. 1t
authorizes the President to appoint or
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thorpe. cat 6 precisely. To meet my
nephew Jerome and a select few of his
friends"
And Mr.. Jerome Mordaunt, 1ounging
over a French novel in the elegant Sc
clusion of his apartments, was puzzled
at the note he received from his rich
aunt:
Dear Jerome: Come to dinner at 6
tomorrow night, and we will have a
little talk over family affairs. The $500
will be ready. Your affectionate-aunt
Consolation Castlethorpe.9
"The old lady is coming to her
senses, eh?" said he. "Ill be there,
punctual to the minute, dear Aunt
COMFY may be quite sure!' and he was
as good as his word.
20, it's you; is it?" said she. pray
walk in. Take that seat at the head of
the table. You are my guest of honor
tonight. JONES'" to the old butler,
show in my other friends"
And while Jerome Mordaunt was
marveling what this new p~oliteness
could portend, old Jones threw open
the folding doors, and in marched Law
yer Audrey, followed by Stitchem, the
tailor, in his Sundays best; Mrs. Rior-
dan, the washerwoman, in a surprising
mobcap; Lastly, the consumptive lit
tie bootmaker; Higgins, the jeweler;
Pricken, the cigar merchant, and Spill,
the wine dealer. While last, but not
least, followed Mrs. Nuttingdale, the
clearinghouse keeper, and her pretty,
blushing daughter, Ruth.
Jerome sprang from his chair with a
low. muttered exclamation at first. but
seated himself again. Evidently he was
sin for it," to use a popular and most
expressive phrase, and the only way
was to make the best of a bad bargain.
The dinner progressed, and with the
grapes, ~pineapples, and ices came rare
wines and champagne. Mrs. Castle
thorpe rose with the dignity of a hos
tess of the old school.
"A health, ladies and gentlement,'
said she. Fill your glasses, all. Are
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Organization of Our Fighting Focces in
and Out of Action.

over it knew that large bodies of
troops would be required to preserve
order in Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines, yet the law compelled a
reduction OF the army. Subsequently
the outbreak of the Filipinos added to
the gravity of the situation. The plan
adopted was to muster out the volun-
teers gradually, and depend in future
solely upon the regular army, which
the military authorities proposed to
Congress to have permanently in
creased to 100, 900 men.
To this there was strong opposition,
but what was known as the Hull re-
organization bill was passed by the
house in the last days of January.
Although it was called the Hull reor-
ganization bill it carried no changes
of moment in the organization of the
army. 1t simply provided for its per-
manent increase to 98,763 officers and
enlisted men, for an increase of three
major generals and six brigadiers, five
regiments of infantry and two of cav
airy, and for "a corps of artillery"
dropping the regimental organization
in that arm. 1t also provided for a
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had existed from April Fl, 1898, and d.
recting and empowering the President
to use the entire land and naval forces
Of the United States in the prosecu-
ton of the war, and to call out the
militia of the several states to the ex-
tent necessary "to carry this act into
effect" and the following day a bill
was passed "for the better organiza-
ton of the line of the army of the
United States" which authorized an
increase of the regular army in time
of wal to about $4,000 officers and men,
but provided that when the val was
over the permanent establishment
should be reduced to a peace basis, and
that nothing contained in this act
shall be construed as authorizing a
permanent increase of the commits
stoned or enlisted forces Of the regular
army" beyond what it was before war
was declared.
When peace with Spain vas restored
the administration was in something
of a dilemma. Although the war was
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Bears in Death Gulch.

In the Yellowstone National park is
a ravine called Death Gulch, because
it is evident that animals occasionally
perish in it on account of the excess
sive quantity. Of carbonic acid in the
air. In this respect it resembles the
celebrated Dog Grotto near Naples.
Both are in a volcanic region where
active eruptions do not now occur, but
where mephitic gases issue from the
rocks and settle in low places. A re-
cent visitor to the Yellowstone park
reports having seen the ~carcasses Of
eight bears in Death Gulch.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Origin of the Word News.

1t is popular to say that the word
news" is derived from the initial let
ters Of the four points of the compass,
arranged in a device in the form Of a
cross, and placed at the top of some
of the earliest news sheets to Indicate
that their contents were derived from
all quarters, but it is easy to show that
this is purely fahciful. The earliest
English newspaper dates from 1862,
yet we find the word news exactly
in it's modern sense in Shakespeare,
who died fifty years earlier-namely,
in 1916. Thus we have in Macbeth"
How now? What news?" In win
ter's Tale" But let times news be
brought" In king john" Even at
that news he dies" This list which
might be much prolonged, effectually
disposes' of the popular theory.
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Previous to the outbreak of the
Spanish war the permanent military
establishment of the United States was
comprised in ten regiments of cavalry,
five regiments of artillery and twenty
five regiments of infantry, with their
necessary %adjuncts of the staff bureaus,
altogether aggregating 2,164 officers
and $4,000 enlisted men. BY law it's en-
listed strength was limited to Is, 1000
men, not including some hundreds of
general service clerks, hospital attend
ants, etc. So that, with slight fluctua-
lions in the official personnel and these
subsidiary corps, the aggregate
strength Of the army had ranged for a
number of years around $4,000. In 1898
in the forty regiments of the line there
were 23,310 enlisted men, or al aver
age of 610 in the cavalry regiments, 80
in the artillery, regiments and 521 in
the infantry regiments.
On April %, 1898, Congress passed
an act to provide for temporarily in
creasing the military establishments Of
the country in time of war. Three days
later an act declaring war against
Spain was passed, reciting that war
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Strawberry Lemonade.

Here is a delicious drink with which
to cool the palate these warm days.
Take a quart of thoroughly strained
juice from stewed strawberries. When
cool pour into a stone pitcher and add
this mixture: One cupful of crushed
peaches, half a cupful of lemon juice
a cupful of finely chopped pineapple
meat, pulverized sugar to taste and a
liberal supply of cracked ice. Stir
in thoroughly with the strawberry
juice and fill the pitcher with vichy or
plain ice water. This is a new drink
and one that is very refreshing.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
DUNKHORST,A MAMMOTH.

Record Of the Boxer Who VIII Fight
at Athens
Since the days when Joe McAuliffe
came out of the west to win fame in
the prize ring there never was a boxer
of note who possessed the same gen.
erous- proportions claimed by Ed
Dunkhorst, who meets Joe Butler at
Athens tomorrow evening. Dunk
horst is six feet high, and weighs, IN
condition, 225 pounds. He has been
nicknamed the "MastodOn," and it is
well earned. But Dunkhorst is differ
ent from most of the. big fellows in
that he is fast as a feather-weight.
Those who witnessed his terrific fight
with Peter Maher at the Arena need
no further verification of that state
ment. Fast as Maher was, Dunkhorst
was equally so, and, although Maher
won, he did not get off scot free by
any means. While a comparatively
newcomer in the ring, Dunkhorst's
dozen battles have already demon
strated the possibilities of his huge
frame, when thoroughly seasoned. One
peculiarly I'll DuAhAOI0I . ID CudL u0
seems to be immune from the blows
soporific, which SO many boxers sue
cumb to. Up to the present time he
has never been knocked out, and it
looks as though he lever will be. AL
though he was in no condition for a
contest when he met Maher at the
Arena, and the Irish champion landed
again and again on his jaw the pun
melting he received did not seem to af-
feet Dunk" He took it all good ma
turedly, and Maher, who always be-
1ieved his good right hand was irwin
Ncible, was dumfounded. Dunkhorst
has declared that had he been in
shape he would have beaten Maher
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Seven at a Birth.

The greatest number of children
born at a birth was seven. This case
is we'll authenticated. 1t occurred in
Hamelin, Germany, in 1900; and in a
house which is yet standing and bears
the following inscription: Here re-
sided a citizen, Roemer by name. His
spouse, Anna Bregres, well known in
the town, when they wrote the year
1900. On January 9th, in the morning
at three, bare two boys and five maid
ems at the one time. They having re-
ceived holy baptism, died a blessed
death on the goth of the same month
at twelve o'clock. May God grant them
that blessedness which is prepared for
all believers"
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ARMY AS 1T STANDS TODAY.

retain in the service, including the reg
ular army major generals, one major
general for every 10000 enlisted men,
and, including the regular brigadiers,
one brigadier for every 1000 enlisted
men. No additional regular army stair
officers are provided for, but there is
provision for volunteer staff officers if
needed.
In short, what is by misnomer called
the Reorganization of the army" Is
merely an act to continue for two
years longer the establishment raised
for the Spanish war, namely, until July
l, 1901. AS before, the regular army is
to consist Of three major generals and
six b~rigadiers for the field and eleven
staff brigadiers, at the head of the adj
jutant generals, the inspector gen.
erals, the judge advocate generals,
the quartermaster generals, the sur
geon generals, the commissary gen.
erals, the paymaster generals and
ordnance departments, the corps of en-
gineers and signal corps respectively.
The same number of cavalry, artil-
lery and infantry regiments are con
tinued. In other words, the regular
army provided for in the Cockrell-
German compromise is exactly the reg
ular army of the Spanish war, which
will continue until July 1, 1901, when
it will be superseded by the condition
described in the opening paragraph of
this article, unless, meanwhile, Con-
gress takes hold of the matter and ac-
tually reorganizes the entire concern.
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that night, and many good judges
agree with him. When Gus Rubin
was at his best and Dunkhorst only d
novice it took the former twenty-five
rounds to win from the Syracuse man
at the Greater New York Athletic club.
The experience he gained there did
Dunkhorst good, for he went right up
to Toronto and beat Charley Strong
so badly that the referee stopped the
bout in the fourth round. Frank
Childs, the colored giant, met Dunk"
at Detroit for eight rounds, and the
Cadillac Athletic club witnessed the
fastest fighting ever seen in that Sec
ton.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
A StickIer for Bank.

The San Francisco News Letter
notes that at a fashionable wedding
a colonel of volunteers acted very eff
ficiently as a self-appointed master of
ceremonies. A doctor who noticed the
others zeal remarked: you are ma
jor domo, I see." The wife of the Off
cious officer, jealous in reference to the
apparent derogation Of her husbands
military rank, i~nterposed the correc-
ton: Colonel domo. if you please"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Five Hundred Dance in a Cask.

The largest cask in the world is the
Blatner cask of Nuremberg, Germany.
1t is 105 feet in diameter and ffty-one
feet deep, and its completion a few
years ago was celebrated by a ball, at
which over 500 persons were on the
floor of the cask.
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A. contemporary enthusiast tells US
that 11S feet sis the width of Portland
Place, one of the broadcast streets in
London" The depth Of this great
ships hull was 60 feet; the weight Of
the iron contained in her hull, 5000
tons; and the weight of the whole ship,
when fully laden, $4,000 tons. Thus
loaded, she drew 80 feet Of water. Fur
Their statistics of her construction are
curious. We recall the number of
acres of oak which an old m~an-of-war
ate up. Here was a ship held together
by no less than 100000 rivets. The
plates which formed her were 10000 in
number, and each plate weighed about
a third of a ton.
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Plural.

Plural.
ga woman will always have the last
word" words, you mean."-Phila-
delphia North American.
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Total enlisted strength.........63 60, 106
These figures give an average of n
listed strength to the several regiments
of the different arms as follows: Cav
airy, 1,217; artillery. 1858; infantry,
1888.
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The staff department is the only
branch of the service really needing re-
organization.
The army as it is and as it will re-
main until 1901 is set out in the fol-
lowing tabular statement, copied from
the Army Register for 1899:
Ten cavalry regiments. ......1 2,17O
Seven artillery regiments. ....... 16, 541
twenty-five infantry regiments. 80, 225
Unattached 239
Indian scouts, recruiting parties,
etc.. 174
Quartermaster's Department.. los
Subsistence department ......... 80
Engineer bureau. 757
Ordnance bureau. Cos
Signal corps 200
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Since then I have ascertained that
she was a very perfect model, a ship
within a ship, of a clean entry and a
beautiful fair and steady run in the ex-
terror shell. Giantesses urged by ma
chinery infinitely more superb in in
vention and finish than anything that
was shipped aboard the Leviathan Gas
she was first called) are crushing the
Atlantic surge daily, but there is moth
ing at this hour afoat, and probably
the world will never again see, so vast
a ~sea-borne fabric as the Great East
ern Her length between ~perpendic-
ulars' was $50 feet, and on the upper
deck 692 feet; the breadth of the hull
was 83 feet, and from paddle-box to
paddle-box 118 feet.
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THE GREAT

On May 1, 1854, Brunei and Scott
Russell began the building of the Great
Eastern at Millwall, on the north side
of the Thames. This immense ship
will always be talked about; she is a
part of history, and, unlike the major
ity of ships which are dead and gone,
she belongs to time. 1 was a mile away
from her one when she passed through
the Gulls, and she looked as if she
were a manufacturing city gone adrift,
I was rather too young to admire her
hull; I could only marvel at the num-
Der of her chimneys and her masts.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-06-03
Funeral OF DR.. s,aurcnwaId.

The funeral OF the late DR.. FL,
Stangenwsla took place from the
home in Nuuanu Valley yesterday
afternoon, the Rev. W. NJ. Kin
caid, assisted by Rev II. II. Par.
ker, officiating. lntermeut took
place in Nruspu cemetery. The
pail bearers were as follows: W.
W. Dimoud, T. Wste,h house, j. b
Atborton, DR.. }. M. VIII 0tcey, Dr..
n. b. Emerson, W. o. Smith,
Rev. S. Il. Bishop and Il. w,
Jordan.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-06-03

There is to be an interesting
time on the Makiki recreation
grounds this afternoon, beginning
at $3.50 o'clock. The Artillery
and Stars teams will cross bats
for the first time. Following is
the parsonnel of the teams:
Kamehamehas -Kekuewa, cat
cher; Reuter-, pitcher; Cockett,
first base; Mahuka second base
Wise, third base; Burgess, short
stop; Crowell, right field; Kaanoi,
center field; Leslie, left field.
Battery-Laffan, catcher; Bry.
az, pitcher; Hazeltine, first base
Huffer, second base, Welsh, third
base; Steile, short-stop; Cravah,
left field; Hawkins, center field;
Fish, right field; Substitutes
McAllister, Sheffield and Hyatt.
AS will be seen from the above,
the Artillery team has been ma
terially changed during the past
week or SO.