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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

CALCULATIONS from the governor OF the
province, from my old professors and all
my friends. 1t was a great day for me
IL opened = new vista. The scholarship
meant 5000 year for three years. 20 be
spent at London or Edinburgh. as I might
elect. l chose London, not so much for
any educational advantages as because I
had been stepped IN English history and l
wanted 60 see and know the famous city
Like all the Canadian youth of the time
knew my British history thoroughly, hui
OF American history knew nothing NJ all
For youth brought up ar / had been
London was naturally a great revelation
The university was The center for the ad-
vanced scientific thought of the time. |
was plunged nc once into Darwinian biol
ogy, Spencerian philosophy and the teach
ings of Huxley and Tyndall. l had grown
up with some pretty orthodox beliefs
which l found very rudely handled by
those great teachers. To a young man
who had seriously thought of the minis
try as vocation, it was nothing less than
a terrible ordeal, For a time / did not
know what to believe ] almost lost belief
IN everything. But | determined TO go
through with II, to learn the truth, wheth-
er it seemed good or bad to me.
In my second year l got some light on
the question that were perplexing me from
James MaTtluedu. lie was not Attached
TO the University of London, but was lee
turing to Unitarian divinity students in
Manchester College, then in Gordon
square, but since removed to oxford.
got permission to attend his lectures, and
in The winter of 1S76-7 l got a great deal
of good out of them for ii was then that
Martineau delivered the lectures which
have since been published in the two state
~ volumes of his Ethics He delivered
them before two divinity students, a Miss
Macintosh and myself.
Deeply Interested in Philosophy.
1T was at this time that / first became
deeply interested in philosophy, ana came
TO the conclusion that the study and teach
ing Of the great truths with which 1t
deals would be the most satisfactory work
that / could undertake Therefore, for
the third year of my course l decided
to go to Edinburgh which was still re-
garded throughout the length and breadth
of the kingdom as the very home Of philos-
ophy.
During my stay In Edinburgh I learn
ed of the Hubbard travelling fellowship,
which had just been established. II Of
fered 5000 a year for philosophical study
anywhere on the continent that the hold
er might elect. 1t was open to all grad
yates in the United Kingdom, ana ! saw
that this was just what l needed to round
out my philosophical education, and de-
termined to try it.
"There were sxty-four competitors in
bridge men. After an extensive examina-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29
,cIIINALDo's LEADERSHIP.
,.cuoprTATIvE SKETCH OF THE
DARING FILIPINO's CAREER.

.tn,Ido's Life in College, His Per-
opolity and Ambition, His Alec
.ton and His Method Of Govern
.nt-Rnmon Reyes LnIa, Dis
.,.,..,tsbed Native Filipino, Who
,.nc,v AguinaIdO Intimately for
v,,v Years Writes of Him.
Man, York. Jan. 27.-Gen. Emilio Agui-
,5r5o Fanny, the president of the Fill
- is little more than 80 years of age.
=, ,,,s born in linus. a little village near
,,,.,to His father was a planter, and the
san was sent first to the College of st.
Ian Dc I.ateran, then to the University of
q. ,reon1as in Manila. The youths edu-
cation cost the father much privation, for
cha cost of pursuing a course of study at
,b.sa institutions is not less than 1900
cranes a year. and the elder Aguinaldo
had great difficulty to make both ends
meet.
Al st. Jean de Lateran the student is
drilled in Spanish and Latin and the clas-
sies. and when he is able 10 translate the
,,,.-srnieces of Rome with facility, he is
ready for the University of st. Thomas.
This like Che college, is under the Do
mincans. in the university, the principal
studies are physics. metaphysics. theology,
Jurisprudence, law and medicine.
He was a Poor student.
Aguinaldo was adjudged a very dull
student. and gave no promise of distinc-
ZION. In fact, the Dominicans finally sent
him home in sheer despair. Aguinaldo
them entered the normal school of the Jes-
mis-. Here he made some progress; but
g, this time his father died, when the
Youth was forced to return home to take
care of his patrlmony, which was threat
ened by the lawsuits instituted by the Or
der of the Recollectos-an organization
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

sro1s .'.o was usually surrounded BY
bon members of his staff, none of
However, was as Impressive as him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

appearance, he is to the islanders the man
of the hour.
OF course, 1 do not agree with him in
everything he does, but knowing his sin
certify, and believing that he makes his
spectacular display merely 10 impress the
natives and hold their allegiance, l there
fore admire him and hope that the Ameri-
cans will cooperate with him TO give us
a stable Philippine government. AT all
events. the mans strong personality and
his large following cannot, 1 believe, well
be ignored by the American government.
Ramon Reyes Lala.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29
imposed Of the greatest land proprietors

composed of the greatest land proprietors
of the colony.
1t was in 1898 that DIR. Rial created the
PAillppine League the object of which
was to unite politically the various parts
Of the archipelago. Rial was banished.
out shortly afterward the order of Katipu-
nan was formed, which soon had more
than 10000 members. The object of this
society was cooperation for the protec-
tion of the colonists.
Shoots "A Spanish officer.
The government, then fearing an alli-
ahce OF this society with the Free Masons
ana the various secret orders hostile TO
spanish rule began to take active meas
uIes against 1t. Aguinaldo was suspect
"a OF beng one of the leaders. A Spanish
oHeer, with a squad of native soldiers
tame to arrest him. Aguinaldo, when con-
lrohted by the officer, promptly shot him,
.neh eloquently appealed to his compan-
phs to leave the service of their foreign
| Uppressors and strike a blow for liberty.
Inc soldiers received his words with
acclaim, and instantly chose him as their
isddef He then sought the Businesses of
ue FOREST, where he was soon Joined by
thousands Of his countrymen-all flaming
70 JON the standard of revolt
MS PERSONAL Appearance.
Agunaldo is short of stature, with a
"eh-knit figure. He has the Japanese
easl OF face and wears a black pompa-
uour which heightens that impression.
-LS eouhtenance is imperturbable; il is not
aoe Tor its serious expression. During
we rebellion he was in hourly fear of as
foSS4ldtlon, for a reward of $4,000 had
ven offered by the Spaniards for his head;
suu 'He prize had brought into his camp
most OF mercenaries seeking a convent
~ opportunity 70 gain the coveted re-
4 Saiu' he has unbounded influence with
al' eountrymen, and no one betrayed him
VI altempted to make an assault upon his
Hie for the reward.
INC headquarters of Aguinaldo were in
sle former house Of a rich native of Ca
@ With him We're his staff and his
4 t ta ana several of his relatives. These
81 p' with him to secure them from
raNiSA vengeance. In front of the
~ '1 roomy house, is a paved court, and
M an s'de trusted number of staiwart
ma. e'i's constantly kept guard. The
H. u Of these soldiers is a cheap ma
ID, spun; their arms are of the crud-
ain. IPIioh; but they made up in 10y
"h1t they lacked in training.
n al himself usually wore a SPOT
MA guy 0. white linen, white shirt.
end "eh-polisned front, a high collar
r- p'aek necktie. He wore red yelvet
~ 80 embroidered in gold. In his Office
xne,,l inVeNfn desk-piled high with doeu
hon -. large mirror, two large. strong.
E|no5.l which served as a safe for the
grss, o. the insurgent government-apd
batra piano Of Spanish make Agains,
n tbe 0.-, ,edned the rebel standard, and
gAIs wal hung a map Of the province
isci,e general used to scan eagerly
Is ~. me movements and disposition of
no" AguinaIdo Governs.
"a srio9s' .eo was usually surrounded by
e abon il.e fnoers of his staff, none of
I'"eVer, was as impressive as him.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29
Struggle for Another Prize.

the number down to four. These four
We're summoned TO appear before the
committee in London.
Struggle for Another Prize.
"A fellow student and close friend OF
mine in Edinburgh Andrew Seth, had been
competitor for the fellowship. We had
often talked the matter over, wondering
who would get the prize, and whether II
might be either one of us. When the sum-
mons to London came, we We're both in
cluded in the four.
after some further deliberation, the
committee informed US that they had de-
cided to establish two fellowships. They
were awarded to Seth and myself So we
went. TO Germany together.
THAT year in Heidelberg and Berlin
was very delightful and profitable to me,
for-I had the opportunity Of meeting and
becoming acquainted with some of the
great leaders In philosophic and scientific
thought. But in reality the 5000 Hibbard
fellowship was less valuable to meAhan
the $50 scholarship had won years before
in Prince OF Wales College. That had
given me my start.
AT the. end of my year in Germany
/ returned home and began my work
as a teacher in Acadia College. where l
had spent part of my student days. ] soon
gave up this position however and went
to Dalhousie University in Halifax TO ac-
cept the chair of philosophy there.
During my stay in Berlin ! attended
on one occasion a reception given by The
minister Of the United States, then as
now, Hon Andrew d. White. A. that
time Mr.. White was president of Cornell
University. From him and from Prof.
Willard Fiske whom / met at the same
time, / learned a great deal about Cor
neil
"This chance meeting with Mr.. White
was destined TO have a great influence on
my later career When Cornell came to
establish a chair Of philosophy, Mr.. White
remembered me and proceeded TO hunt me
up. / was summoned to Ithaca, and the
outcome OF It was that the chair WAS Of
fered to me Thus began my connection
with The university, which / have served
ever since"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

Yes we lost that good girl that told
you about" What was the trouble?
why she left the water running in the
bathtub, and it leaked through and she
caught cold. She said she wouldn't stay 10
huose where they didn't have water
tight floors. "-Cleyeland Plain Dealer
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Russell sage's pet charity is to give
from S25 to 500 to all babies that are
named after him.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-21
DEBT PAID BY A FISH.
A Big Salmon Offers Itself just in
Time to Lift IL Church
Mortgage.

Three Boston men--Herbert Duma-
resp, Charles Hovet and L. r. Howe
were returning from very enjoyable
salmon fishing trip to the celebrated
Dawson pool on the Restigouche river,
in New Brunswick They each took
about seven salmon of good weight,
though the weather was hot a good
part of the time and the season late.
Mr.. Dumaresq was leader of the par
ty as to size of fish taken, he landing
a salmon of 36 pounds weight. The
fish was a noble fellow, and it appears
was fish of good qualities-possibly
Of a religious turn of mind. 1t hap
pened this wise:
The weather was hot and the fishing
rather poor. On that part of the Resti-
gouche river is little church, in which
old gentleman Dawson from whom the
pool takes its name) and his wife are
much interested. On the day in ques-
tion Mr.. Dunaresq registered a VOW
that if he took q salmon of 20 pounds
weight he would lift a debt of $500
that had been hanging for some time
like an incubus over the little meeting
house.
Mr.. Dumaresq went fishing in the
morning, not thinking it possible that
he would have much luck; but soon
he had a great strike, and, after a
most exciting fight. the fish was
brought to the net and was found to
weigh SO pounds.
There is not the slightest doubt in
the minds of all the anglers conversant
with the facts that the salmon had
Mother Dawson's church in mind when
he seized Mr.. Dumaresq's fly. That
gentleman promptly raised the
church's debt and received the graft
tude CT Mother Dawson, who is firm in
the belief that the Lord sent the fish.
But now the real reckoning among
sportsmen is that Mr.. Dumaresq owes
that church just seven more contribu-
tions, for did not the salmon weigh Sc
pounds, and the VOW was registered at
20 pounds ?-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-21
SUNNY SIBERIA.
All of the Land Is Not Bleak and Desc
late as Generally Supposed
Vegetation Is LuXuriant.

! Thomas G. Allen, Jr., who, some
years ago made a tour of the world
awheel, has written an article on The
Boys of Siberia" for ST. Nicholas. Mr..
| Allen says: CAS- dreary and cold as
/ Siberia is an expression that has come
to be almost proverb. The very name
: has always conjured up a scene Of desc
lation and perpetual winter, enliyened,
+ perhaps, by band of criminal exiles
ploddlng along some lonely highway CT
/ practically buried alive in some gloomy
mine pit. In imagination we have even
heard the clanking of prison chains,
the moaning of suffering men, and the
sobs of distressed women. And vet.
however dlspleasing the picture which
! the name of Siberia never fails to con.
vey, its mysterious and melancholy rs.
sociations have ever eXerted q strange
| fascination. | must confess that have
been no exception to the general rule.
At very early age developed the de-
sire to visit this mysterious country
and to discover for myself, if possible
some of it's terrible hidden secrets.
at has been my good fortune, on two
recent occasions, to crafty this way
ward ambition; and from what | saw
and experienced can assure my youth
| fui reader that his general gloomy TO
tion about the land of snow and exiles'
! is. in the main, iucorrect-that there is
another and q very bright side to the
Siberian picture.
Not raising the question of the de-
plorable Siberian exile system would
impress upon the reader that Siberia
itself, in its southern portion at least.
is region where the vegetation is as
varied and luXuriant, where the birds
warble just as sweetly where the chill
dren play and the people laugh ard
sing just as cheerfully, as in our own
country. In fact, that portion Of ST.
IBERIA which is now reached by the new
Trans-Siberian railway might very just
ly be called the northern promised land
of milk and honey for in its teeming
soil. genial summer climate, and fab
ulous mineral wealth it is second to
none in the world
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-21
THE BANANA PLANTER,
tn Honduras He Is n Creature Whose
PhiIOsOphic Calm Is Fever
Disturbed.

'sThe small banana planter of Hon
duras is the hapriest creature on
earth" said local shipper, reports the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, "and
nothing ever removes him from his
uhilosonhic calm. The frightful hur-
ricane which ragged along the Houdu-
riau coast on the 1st of the month alb
soluiely destroyed scores of Planta-
tions. The trees were plucked out of
the earth like blades of grass, the
fragile buildings were blown into kind
ling wood, and nothing whatever left
to tell the tale. Happening anywhere
else. such a disaster would have been
Il tragedy Of the first order, and meant
incalcuiable suffering, but nature is
very kind to her children on the banana
coast. All that is necessary to reha bill
tate the ravaged plantations is to stick
a few clippings in the ground and wait
for them to take root and bear. The
work is usually divided between the
planter and his wife-she sets out the
clippings and he does the waiting.
Some time during the year, if he is not
tco tired, he may rebuild his residence.
This is done by tying a native rope
around four suitable trees and laying
cane stalks crossways over the top.
Other cane stalks are now and then
used for sides, but they are really un-
necessary, as the Honduranian conoep-
tien of privacy is very vague, and there
is never anything to steal. So, as
matter of fact, the hurricane was much
less calamitous than it appeared to
those who are unfamiliar with native
conditions. The principal loss which it
entailed was in damage 10 the present
banana crop. and the fruit grows with
such rapiGity that three months ought
to completely repair it. Meantime, the
planter does quantities of resting and
is happy"
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-21
HOW CLOTHS WERE NAMED

Linsey-woolsey was first made at
Linsey, and was for a long time very
popular fabric.
Kerseymere takes its name from the
village Of Kersey and the mere close by
it, in the county Of Suffolk.
Travellers by5rail in Brittany often
glide past Guingamp without remem-
bering that it was here that produced
that useful fabric gingham.
Muslin owes it's name to Mussoul, a
fortified town in Turkey in Asia. Tulle
obtains it's name from that.of city
in the south of France.
About the year 1929 the woolen trade
Of England became located at Worsted,
about Is miles from Norwich, and it
was at this place that the manufacture
OF the twisted double thread of wool
EN-, afterward called worsted, was first
made, if not invented.
We have to thank GAIA, in Palestine,
the gates of which Sampson carried
away, for gaze or gauze. GAIA means
treasure" and precious to the fair
is the tissue which covers without con-
cealing their charms. Voltaire, wish
ing to describe some intellectual but
perhaps dressy woman, said: 'She is
an eagle in a cage of gauze."
Damask derives its name from the
city of Damascus; calico from Calicut,
town in India, formerly celebrated
for it's cotton cloth, and there also
calico was printed, cambric from Cam
bray, a town in Flanders, where it was
first made, and tweed from fabric
worn by fishermen upon the river
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-21
THE MURTSTAN.
4 Historical Site in Jerusalem Graut-
ed to Gcrr;aHy fer It's
New Church.

The Muristan, the site of the new
granted to Germany by the sultan in
1869. It is in the middle of the city,
lear the Church of the Sepulchre, and
10 spot was richer in remains of the
Latin domination-to say nothing of
he Saracenic ruins. In the reports of
he Palestine Survey there is a photo
yraph of fine Gothic window by Lieut..
kitchener r. E.-to-day the sirdar.
That window, together with portions
If cloisters, a belfry land rich double
doorway, belonged TO the Church of
st. Mary, built in 1i20, a little earlier
han the beautiful church outside the
walls known as the Tomb Of the Virgin,
he gift of Melisinda, wife of King
7ulk. The bazars east of the Muris-
an, notably the meat market, are
medieval, and west of it lie buried be-
leath the soil the buildings of the great
lCspice of the Knights of St. John.
The kaiser will find at least one an
,ient trace of German crusaders at
Jerusalem. The Birket-es-Sultan was
made by the Germans to water their
rorses. and was known in Latin times
IS the German Pool. Theodoricus men
ions it first. The greatest German
work in the past was. of course, the re-
building CT the walls Of the city by
Frederick H., in 1929. But the en-
Ieror's, work lasted only ten years,
When the walls were destroyed by Arab
.Grdes under the emir Of Kerak.-Lon-
on Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

American pulp making machinery
is gaining considerable headway in
Scandinavia.
The total number of chemical works
registered in all parts of Germany is
6,144, with 5,44O employees.
Sqmatra kerosene is at present q
formidable competitor in the Russian
market. The supply seems to be un-
limited.
How fast can bee fly? A hive on
the roof of a train was carried at the
rate of 30 miles an hour before the
bees were left behind.
The height of the mountains in the
moon has been measured. One has an
altitude of $4,000 feet, and several are
upwards of 10000 feet in height.
A novel sort of window glass has
been invented. Persons on the inside
of the house can see through it, but it
is opaque to those on the outside,
A product resembling common wool
en- yarn is now being made in Sweden
from mixed peat fiber and wool, in the
proportion of IS per cent. of the
former.
According to the Pharmaceutical
Journal, a Norwegian engineer has in
vented a process for producing paper
glue, dressing gum and soap from sea-
weed.
Since the introduction in 1894 of the
serum treatment of diphtheria the
mortality from that disease has de-
clined in Vienna from 11.2 per cent. to
only 3.65 of all cases.
1t is announced that company at
Frankfort on the Main has been
formed to manufacture aluminium
type, these being lighter, cheaper and
better, it is claimed, than the present
style.
The largest potato yield on record
was produced in northern Wyoming
in 1890. According to sworn testimony
it amounted to 974 bushels and 4e
pounds per acre, of which 63S bushels
were marketable. The expense of pro-
duction was stated to have been $748O
In q new process, prepared by chem
lists Of the Massachusetts, institute of
technology, meats are sterilized by
placing for a certain number of hours
close to an electric light, and at the
same time are dried by a stream of air
at a temperature of 115 degrees f.
When powdered, the dried ard steri-
lized meats are ready for use by army
and navy or ON long exploring eXpedi-
tions.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-21
RICHES OF THE SOUDAN.
The Question in England Is How
Soon the Country Can De
Made to Pay.

How soon can the Soudan be made to
meet its own share of expense and re-
lieve the Egyptian exchequer? 1t must
prove, at first, a costly acquisi-
ton. A numerous local force must
be maintained, and although the
Egyptian army estimates may be
relieved by certain reduction of
the native troops, the. military
establishment in the Soudan will still
constitute severe tax, to which the
province can contribute little. Even
in more fourishing days, before it was
wasted and Gepopulated by the pitt
less dervish rule, the Soudan was not
particularly productive; its export
trade did not exceed C 1,000,000, and its
chief product was gum arabic. There
is some accumulation of this, it is said,
awaiting more peaceful times to come
down country, and the industry will
no doubt revive and develop. Agri-
cultural enterprise will probably ex-
tend, especially in the lands longest
recovered; the fertile province of Dom
g0la, for example, which, according to
all accounts, has made rapid progress
under the active steps taken 10 recol-
onize Nine-tenths Of the old pcpula-
ton has returned, many from the lower
province, and grants of land have been
freely given 10 all. The same coed re-
suits may be seen higher up the river,
at Abu Hamed and Berber, and all
trade will be stimulated by the facilities
offered BY several routes-the new
railway back to Wady 'Halfa, and the
now reopened desert road to Suakin.
As for the heart of the Soudan, Khar-
toum, and beyond, it is not yet in the
Egyptian possession, and it is still an
known quantity. its resources hardly
explored. Many think that it is rich
lin mineral wealth, and the existence
of a great gold-bearing field in this
southeastern extremity has long been
Known, the country of the Benz Shengol,
on the confines of Abyssinia, and be-
lieved to be really the site of the Bib
lical King Soiomon's mines. The sad
fact is also known that this auriferous
territory has already passed into other
hands. The man iii possession is Meme
Iik, king of Abyssinia.-Fortnightly
Review.