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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
gDERR|LLAS TAKEN IN.
Capture of the Band of Filipinos
Who Murdered the Officials
of Malasqui.
HAD IEAUGURATED A REIGM OF TERROR.
The DislntsGrated Tsgal Army Degener-
ating Into Band of Cut-Throsts-A
Bold Boloman-A Brother of the Pres
ident of linus Executed by FilipInps ~
. Spy.

Manila, Dec. 12, 7:5O p. m.-Col-
| Smith, with a detachment of the Sew
erteenth infantry, surrounded and
captured in a village near Malasqui a
party of guerrillas, who had made their
headquarters there. The party in
| Guided the band which assassinated
seven officials at Malasqui for friendli-
ness to the Americans.
In a State of Terror
All are insurgents who became band.
its when the disintegration of the Fill
Pine army began. They kept the u
try around Malasqui in a state of ter
ror for several weeks. and committed
days. When they were caught they
were promptly sent to Gen. Mac
Arthur's headquarters at Bayamban2
by train. 1t is expected that they will
be speedily tried, and either shot OF
hanged as an example, if convicted.
Swarms of Bandits.
The whole country north of San Fer
nendo and between San Fernando and
Manila, except within the permanent
line of troops around the city and the
closely-patrolled stretches of railroad,
swarms with similar bands. Probably
they will be increased by men from
Pillars army, many of whom are MAX
ing their way south to join the insur-
gent force in Cayite province.
Successfully Dodge the Soldiers.
Thnca DaonIa Gov. thn r,Acf ,norf c,,p-
ceeded in lodging Gen. Grant, Col. Bell
and Col. Hoods troops, who are scour-
ing the country for them. They devote
their energies to am~bushing commits
sary wagons and to picking up SOL
diers who leave their commands. iIy-
cry day some wagon train is fired upor
or some soldier disappears.
A Bold BoIoman.
Gen. Wheeler's secretary, Mr.. Gar
rett, was disarmed and slashed by a
Boloman almost within sight of head
quarters. his assailant pursuing him
nearly into the headquarters building.
Frequently they raid and loot towns.
The brother of the president of linus
vent outside the town the other day
to harvest some rice. He was captured
by his compatriots, accused of being
a spy and executed.
Not An Easy Problem.
Only a small proportion of the insur-
gent arms have been surrendered and
the problem of suppressing this gueril-
la warfare is anything but easy of Sd
luton. Some of the American officers
think it worse than fighting Indians,
owing to the difficulties of the country
and the trouble in locating the enemy,
who resort. when hard pressed. to the
amigo dodge and hide their guns.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
GOOD WORK DONE IN LUZON.
Three Thousand Spanish Captives
Released Fro the Filipinos
Within q Month.

Washington, Dec. 13.-The war de-
partment has received the following
dispatch:
Manila. Dec. 1.-Two thousand adj
ditional Spanish prisoners secured in
northern Luzon, making over 5000 re-
leased within a month; 700 now en-
route from Vigan, and transports will
be SEM for the remainder.
"OTIS."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
Solid Trains to Norther, Michigan.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail-
way is now running solid trains of palace
sleeping cars, dining cars Serving meals a
la carte) and frst-class day coaches,
through from Chicago to Calumet, Hough-
ton, Hancock and other points in the Cop
per Country without change of cars, with
direct connection for Marquette, Negaunee,
Ishpeming, etc., and passengers from the
East, South and Southwest will find this a
most desirable route.
All coupon ticket agents sell tickets via
theChicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
Way.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
Another Indictment.

Lansing, Mich, Dec. 10.-The grand
jury returned another indictment and
adjourned until Monday. The name OF
the person indicated is suppressed, brt
II IS surmised that the respondent 10 q
former state official.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
CAPTURED A BOER HOwITzER.
But Had t. Cut Their Way Out with
BayOncts.

bayOnctS.
London, Dec. 13.-The war office
publishes the following dispatch from
Gen. Butler:
dispatch from Gen. White, dated
December IL, says:
49, Last night Col. Metcalfe and $50
OF the Second rifle brigade SORTED to
capture a Boer Howitzer on n hill.
They reached the crest without being
discovered, drove off the enemy and
then destroyed the Howitzer with gun
cotton"
when returning Metcalfe found his
retreat barred by the Beers, but he
forced his way through, using the bay
one freely. The Boer losses were con-
siderable. The British losses were the
following: Lieut.. Ferguson and II
men killed. Capt. Paley, Second Lieut..
Bond and Al men wounded: six men
captured. who had remained in charge
OF the wounded.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
Winter Tours.

Should you desire information regarding
California, Arizona, Texas or Mexico, and
the long limit, low rate, round trip tickets
sold to principal points, the various routes
or regarding one way first and second
class rates, through sleeping car lines, First
Glass and Tourist, call upon or address W.
G. Neimyer, Gen1 Western Agent, South
ern Pacific Co., 238 Clark St., Chicago; w.
H. Connor, Com'l Agent, Chamber Com
merce Bldg, Cincinnati, o., or w. j. Berg,
Tray: Pass. Agt., 22O Ellicott So, Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
STATE OF ONO, CIR 0, ToIsDos
IuoAa COUNTY. -

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he . The
senior partner of the firm of F.. j. Cheney
G Co., doing business in the city of Toledos
County and State aforesaid, and that nd
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Cataxrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of December. a. d.
lSS6. A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal] Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally md
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials
free. F. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
Sad Catastrophe.

Mrs. Golde Nugget cannot see any cali
ers to-day, Nanette.
Nanette five minutes later to caller)-
! Monsieur, I hat re plaisure to inform you Eat
madame is blind to-day. Philadelphia
! North American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
sTROMBERG JUNCTION FIGHT.
President Steyn's Report of Gel
Gntacre's Defeat.

NS
Gatacre's Defeat.
Pretoria, Sunday, Dec. 1O.-Presi-
dent Steyn has Sent the following de-
tails of the fight at Stormberg juno
ton:
THE British. with six cannon, Of
tackled the Beers, under Swanepoel and
Olivier. and stormed the Beers in
trenched positions on the kobjes. At
ter a severe fight they were compelled
to surrender. The prisoners are Mai.
Sturges, six officers and 23O non-corn-
missioned officers and men of the
Northumberland, and two officers and
about $50 non-commissioned officers
and men of the Irish fusiliers. 1t is
impossible to state the number of dead
or wounded British. The Beers cap
tured three cannon and two ammuni.
ton wagons"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16

Cyclist-"T'm run down. DOCTOR" Fa,
cetious Doctor-"Well, you've run down a
good many people in your time, so it's only
tit for tat."-Fun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
Evidence.

Friend-I guess your father knows -
much about raisin' cattle as anybody?
Farmers Son-I guess he does. Why, one
Of our COWS has just had a two-headed calf.9
puck
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16

The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever is q bottle OF GnOvE's T-AsrELEss
CHILL TOXIC. tits simply iron and quininein
atasteless form. No cure no pay. Price, SOC.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16

A Saving.-"Did you save the country,
PATTI" Flows that" BE your vote?"
mo, begorry. But l saved the rent
Philadelphia North American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16

1t depends on your point of view whether
YOU consider him the best man or the worst
mar who wins in a prize fight.eChicago
Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16

MIR -,saac Brock, of McLennan county,
Tex, mas attained the great age of Ill years,
having been bern in 1888. He is an ardent
friend to Peruna and speaks of it in the fol.
lowing terms:
During my long life l have known a great
many remedies for coughs, colds, catarrh
and diarrhoea. / had always supposed these
affections to be different diseases, but I
have learned from DR.. Hartman's books that
these affections are the same and are proper.
ly called catarrh.
CAS- for DR.. Hartman's remedy, Peruna,
! have found it to be the best, if not the only
reliable remedy for these affections.
"Peruna has been my standby for
many years, and I attribute my good
health and my extreme age t. this
remedy. It exactly meets all my re.
quirements.
81 have come to rely upon it almost en-.
tirely for the many little things for which I
need medicine. 1 believe it to be especially
valuable to old people"
. Isaac Brock.
Catarrh is the greatest enemy of old age.
A person entirely free from catarrh is sure
to live to a hale and hearty old age. A free
bool. on catarrh sent by the Peruna Med.
cine Co., Columbus, o.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16

To Cure . Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money If it fails to cure. Csc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
Lady Sarah Wilson EXCHANGED.
Britain Transport A.hore.

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Dec. ~
The British transport Denton Grange,
with wal munitions IN board, is ashore
outside the harbor aId making water.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
The Danger Accentuated.

London. Dec. 9, 4:50 a. m.-Lord
Methuen's restoration of the railway.
while relieving a load of anxiety here,
accentuates the dangers still threat
ening his force. 1t is gathered from
the brief official dispatch that Com
mandant Prinz Loos' contingent was
taken between forces acting from Bel
mont and southwark from Modder Riv-
er. 1t is quite possible, however, that
reinforcements were sent to Belmont
merely as a precautionary measure.
There is little other news of import
ance. Reports continue to come from
Ladysmith that d~issension exists
among the Beers. and especially that
the Orange Free State troops are dis
cortented. There are also all kinds If
rumors of movements of commands
from place to place, but the fact is
that little is known here regarding the
actual position of the Boer forces.
Moreover the rumors of a collapse Of
Bosr spirit has been heard so often as
not to cause much satisfaction now.
A0vlceS from EOEces
London, Dec. S.-The following adj
vices have been received from Gen.
Methuen's force at Modder River, un
der date of Tuesday, December 5:
"Boers are seen daily passing b..
tween Spytfontein and Jacobsdal laag-
ers. They frequently fire on patrols.
Mounted infantry received a severe
fire, while p~atrolling six miles towards
the north, from a hill"
Railway and Pontoon Bridges.
London, Dec. 9.-The Times has the
following from Modder River, dated
Tuesday, December 5: 1.-THE river il
low and the railway bridge is rapid,
approaching completion. The frs:
train will cross tonight. After ex.
traordinary exertions the pontooL
bridge has been completed"
The Trestle Bridge Finished.
Frere Camp, Dec. s.-The trestis
bridge is finished, and the trains ar.
now traversing it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16

Most men begin to save after they havs
spent all.-Ram's Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
. REVERSE AT
Gen. Gatacre, Misled by T~reachercus
Guides, Falls Into = Boer Trap
at Stormberg.

London, Dec. IL, 4:45 a. NIT is
hardly too much to regard Gen. CAT
acre's repulse near S%tormberg as the
most serious defeat the British arms
have yet sustained in the whole cam-
paign. Already the official advices
show that two men were killed, nine
officers and II men wounded and nine
officers and $50 men are missing. But
it is evident that the worst is not yet
known. The proportion of wounded
and killed is so small when compared
with the missing-who are undoubted-
~ prisoners in the hands of the Beers
That the supplementary list of cas-
~augties is waited with serious misgiv-
inEs.
lit is also feared that there were seri-
phs losses of guns and equipment.
The most serious aspect of the affair
is the effect it is likely to have On the
Dutch in Cape Colony who have been
their lot with the Beers. Hosts of the
northern farmers are now likely TO
join the rebellion.
Defeat is now also serious because il
will delay the junction of Gen. Gatacre
with Gen. French at Naauwpoort. The
plan was for their combined forces 10
relieve the pressure on Lord Methuen's
column.
The disclosure of such a strong force
at Stormberg was quite unexpected.
Doubtless Gen. Gatacre was the victim
OF treacherous guides. But the result
points also to the absence of proper
cavalry scouting.
The British troops who recently oc.
.cupied Arundel are advancing. They
have had several skirmishes, but no
casualties. Three miles north of Arun-
del they found the Beers 1000 strong.
The Pretoria reports of renewed
fighting at Modder River originated
from the fact that the British. with a
team of 80 oxen, hauled a naval gun TO
the top of a high ridge north of Mod.
'er River town. whence they fired lyd-
&c shells.
satacre Acknowledge Defeat.
)ndon, Dec. 1.-THE war Office
fishes the following dispatch from
1. Forestier-Walker, at Cape Town:
'atacre reports: Deeply regret to
m you that 1 met with a serious
in the attack on Stormberg. 1
sled as to the enemy's position
kguides, and found impractical
Rud.'"
list of casualties follows.
Atny's Position ImpreKnable.
!, Cape Colony, Dec. 11.-Gen.
left Putter's kraal by train
Steno and then proceeded by
march IL miles toward Storm
He had 1000 men, including the
usbA nberland fusiliers, the ROYAL
ting 1es, and two batteries of field
avs. Ssagement began at AIS a. m.
vt Sec after a sharp artillery duel,
1epartm kretired. They are now
3ons Ev. ward Molteno. Gen. Cat.
paveniH enemy's position inn
OF WAS impossible for the
1qlssit > to get at the Beors.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
Heavy Firing Reported.

Cape Town, Dec. 13.-It is reported
that heavy fighting was heard all day
Monday in the direction of Modder
river.
Lady Sarah Wilson EXCHANGED.
London, Dec. ia special dispatch
from Lourenco Marques says that
Lady Sarah Wilson, aunt of the
that Lady Sarah Wilson, aunt of the
duke of Marlborough, who was cap
tured by the Beers while acting as u
correspondent for the London Daily
Mail, has been exchanged for a Boer
woman who was a prisoner.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-16
Railway and Pontoon Bridges.


Frere Camp, Dec. s.-The trestis
bridge is finished, and the trains arr
now traversing it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
A STRANGE NURSERY.
THE STICKLEBACK CARES FOR
ITS YOUNG.
Takes Eggs Out for an Airlng-fans
Them with His Fins While They Are
in the Nest, Tends Them While They
Are Helpless.

You could hardly find better rough
test of relative development In the
animal Tor vegetable) world than the
number of young produced and the
care bestowed upon them, writes Dr
Grant Allen. The fewer the offspring
the higher the type. Very low ami
mails turn out thousands of eggs with
reckless profusion, but they let them
look after themselves, or be devoured
by enemies, as chance will have IT,
The higher you go in the scale OF be-
ing, the smaller the families but the
greater the amount of pains expended
upon the rearing and upbringing OF
the young. 1t is interesting to note,
too, that anticipations of higher types,
SO to speak, often occur among lower
races. An animal here and there
among the simpler forms hits upon
some device essentially similar to that
of some higher group with which it is
really quite unrelated. There are
many species of sticklebacks, but all
are alike in the one point which gives
them their common name, that is to
say in their aggressive and protective
prickliness. They are armed against
all corners. The dorsal fin is partly re-
placed in the whole family by strong
spines or ''stickles," which differ in
number in the different species. The
special popularity of the male sickle
back consists in the fact that he is,
above all things, a model father. In
his acute sense of parental response
bility he has few equals. When spring
comes round he first exhibits his con-
seriousness of his coming charge by
suddenly enduing himself in a glowing
coat of many colors and Of iridescent
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
SURINAM TOAD.

The Surinam toad is also the pos
SCISSOR OF one of the strangest nurseries
known to science. 1t lives in the dense
tropical forests of Guiana and Brazil.
and is true water hunter But at
the breeding season the female under
goes a curious change of integument.
The skin on her back grows pulpy,
soft and jelly-like. She lays her eggs
in the water, but as soon as she has
laid them her lord and master plasters
them on her impressionable back with
his feet, so as to secure them from all
assaults Of enemies. avery egg is
pressed separately into a bed of the
soft skin, which soon closes over 1t
automatically, thus burying each in a
little cell or niche, where it undergoes
Its further development. The tadpoles
pass through their larval stage within
the cell and then hop out, as the IL
lustration shows, In the four-legged
condition. As soon as they have gone
OFF to shift for themselves the mother
toad finds herself with q ragged and
honeycombed skin which must be yer,
uncomfortable. So she rubs the rem,
nant OF 1t against stones or the bark
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

holder salliee forth into his pond OF
brook I'm search of mate VINO VIII
come and stock his neatly-bmlt nome
for him. AT this stage of the proceed
ings his wedding garment becomes
even more brilliant and glancing than
ever; he CLEANS in silver and change
ful gems; when he finds his lady-ioVe'
he dances round her, mad with eA-
element" as Darwin well phraseu H.
looking his handsomest and best VITA
his lustrous colors glistening IKE an
opal. If she will listen to his SUIT nc
grows wild with delight, and coaAes
her into the nest with most affection
ate endearments. In No. 2. the mate
of his choice has been induced 10 enter
and is laying her eggs In the dainty
home his care has provided for her'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

that Bruins experience would 80 de-
moralize him that he would not re-
turn to continue the battle at once,
Mr. Miles slid down into the SHAFT
tld found that Mr. Greenough mad
r, lied under a board about the time
the explosion took place and was not
dead He was bleeding profusely from
a number of wounds made by the
bears claws, but the explosion had not
hurt him. Mr.. Miles, as he got MS
partner out of the shaft, saw the Dig
bear lying on pile of rocks about
forty feet away and gasping hard.
There was a bewildered expression
about the bear. and he tried to Keep
a lookout on all sides as If uncertain
from which way his new and powerful
enemy might approach. Mr.. Greenough
was carried to the cabin, where Mr..
Miles bound up his wounds, after
greasing them thoroughly. This took
an hour and Mr.. Greenough regained
consciousness during the proceeding,
He was Historically fearful lest the
bear should escape so Mr.. Miles took
the Winchester and went to the rock
pile, where the grizzly was still ly-
ing. A well-directed shot behind the
ear put an end to Bruins life. When
he was skinned it was found that his
backbone and hind leg were broken.
Mr.. Greenough says if he gets well
he will never part with the bear skin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
RICH WOODS PLENTIFUL.
Mahogany as Common in the philippines
as Ordinary Lumber Here.

mahogany as common IN the Fnhippihes
as Ordinary Lumber Here.
From the Seattle ost-Intelligencer:
Uncle Sans new possessions, Cuba and
the Philippines, are destined to cut
considerable figure in the lumber trade
as soon as American methods of push
and enterprise are adopted. Cuba pos
sesses some of the best mahogany and
Spanish cedar in the world, and the
Philippine islands are covered with
mahogany, ebony, camphor wood and
other valuable hardwood forests. j.
G. Hinkle, a member of the First regi-
ment of Washington volunteers, prac-
teal furniture maker, recently wrote
to Charles r. Slight of Spokane from
Manila as follows: There are half
dozen hard woods here that take high
polish. They are somewhat lighter
than mahogany in appearance. l know
the name of only one, camphor wood.
think the others do not grow in other
places. The native names would not
enlighten you in regard to them. Ebony
Is also abundant. 1t is of mahogany
that l wish to speak, and on this point
beg information. 1t is the bull pine,
or water elm, of this country, so to
speak. The meanest hovel as well as
the plainest partition work is of ma
hogany. Notwithstanding its album
dance, lumber is high here. The ma
tive works almost for song, but when
it comes to whipsawing 1000 feet of
boards you can understand why many
people can't stand much of this song.
There is one sawmill In the islands.
Tie logs are cut up in the mountains
and hewed out square, then nosed so
that they will pillow through reeds,
grass, etc., down the Pasig river. There
are great yards full of them, and with
American machinery and enterprise
this industry could be made of great
profit. A word as to the quality of the
lumber. We are at present quartered
in an old palace, once the residence of
the archbishop of the church. have
been told by some of the Oldest ma
tives that 1t has been here fifty-eight
years. In the main floor upstairs all
the boards are two feet wide and over.
none less. They are laid with screws
that have heads countersunk and COW
cred. There is not single season
check or knot in the floor that / have
found"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

.,s rearranras them, no that all may
rc& a fair share OF oxygen and may
haaoA out about simultaneously. II Is
this question of oxygen. indeed, which
gives the father fish the greatest trou-
HE That necessary OF life Is dissolved
in water in very small quantities. and
n is absolutely needed by every egg In
order 70 enable il to undergo those
vital changes we know as Matching.
To keep up a due supply OF oxygen,
therefore. the father stickleback I'M
grudgingly devotes laborlous days TO
noising himself deicately just above
the nest. as you see in No. 3, and fan
ming the eggs with his fins and tail, SO
AS to set up a constant current OF
water through the center OF the barrel.
He sits upon the eggs just as truly as
a hen does; only, he sits upon them,
not for warmth, but for aeration.
For weeks together this exemplary
parent continues his monotonous task,
ventilating the spawn many times
every day, till the time comes for
Matching. 1t takes about a month for
the eggs to develop, and then the
proud fathers position grows more
arduous than ever. He has to rock a
thousand cradles at once, SO to speak,
and to pacify thousand crying babies.
On the one hand, enemies hover about,
trying to eat the tender, transparent,
glass-like little fry, and these he must
drive off; on the other hand, the good
nurse must take care that the active
young fish do not stray far from the
nest, and so expose themselves pre-
maturely to the manifold dangers OF
the outer world. Till they are big
enough and strong enough to take
care of themselves, he watches with
incessant vigilance over their safety;
as soon as they can go forth with toll
cradle security upon the world of their
brook or pond, he takes at last a
well-merited holiday.