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Evening star., 1900-11-20
HEAVY TRUCKING,
How the Loads Drawn by Fifty-HOrse
Teams Are Put on the Truck.
From the New York Sun.


THE passing of a great thirty. forty.
Gfty-horse team, hauling a ponderous load
of fifty, seventy-fve or more tons. a great
spool of wire cable. for instance" said a
man engaged in the business of heavy
trucking, interests everybody that sees
it; no doubt people would all be interested
just the same in the preliminary handling
of the big SPOOL including the loading of it
on the truck on which they see it hauled.
all that part of the work being done on just
the same broad and lofty scale.
The cable comes from Trenton. At the
mill there the great reel of wire, when all
ready to ship. is swung with a crane onto
a car expressly built to carry such reels.
Arrived at Jersey City this car is switched
to the waters edge, where 1t is met by a
floating derrick from this city, which lifts
the reel off the car and swings 1t around
and lowers 1t upon its own deck Then the
floating derrick with the reel aboard iSs
towed over TO this side of the river, where
it IS to meet the truck
The big truck alone. steel throughout
and with broad-faced steel wheels weighs
ten tons with its load it may weigh any
where from fifty to ninety tons. Not every
wharf, by any means, would bear up that
load within the comparatively small space
of the truck 5 wheel base, or hold up such
a load in motion on it, so we take this load
aboard. when we can, at a bulkhead, where
the truck can stand close to the waters
cage ana still be on solid ground. The
floating derrick with the load on its deck is
brought alongside the bukhead and the
lead is picked UP again and swung this
time around over the shore and lowered
onto the platform of the truck.
That's the way they load a heavy plat
form truck The manner Of loading high
wheeled swing truck. on which the great
load is carried suspended in chains from
long beams blocked up high above the axIeS
is quite different This load might be, for
instance, great boiler or an engine. or
perhaps a great steel shaft. The load in
this case would be deposited not on the
truck. but on the ground, and the truck
would be maneuvered over 1t. When. they
had got the chains under it, the great team
soon to be engaged in hauling the load
would be hooked onto a block and tackle
properly rigged for the purpose and the
load hoisted clear of the ground and to the
height at which II was to be carried in tlr1
chain swings. Then the team would be
brought around again to where 1t belonged
to null the load"
Evening star., 1900-11-20
CHINA'S BEGGAR KINGS.
They Are the Heads of Guilds Whose
Wishes Are Commands.


| From the London Express.
If you want to grow rich in China be-
come the head of guild of beggars, thieves
or lepers.
Marking, Pekin and Tien Tsin are the
headquarters of the most powerful OF these
guilds, and their rulers are wealthy and
respected. The king of a clan of Chi
nese vagabonds of these classes derives his
income from a tribute rendered him by his
wretched subjects, and also levies a sort of
blackmail on traders and merchants by un-
dertakng to keep their shops. stores and
houses free from the particular pests which
he controls
From these two sources he realizes a
large income, and is enabled to live in a
large house, and keep up great style in his
mode of life. Each clan has a particular
district of the city given over to its opera
ton, beyond which its members are for
hidden to stray.
Horrible self-mutilations are practiced by
the beggars of China In order that their
deformties may excite compassion and lead
to profit. II you see blind man soliciting
aims in Chinese street it is ten to one
that he has himself destroyed his sight. On
certain days the beggars go about in gangs
of from 80 to 15O On these occasions shop
keepers are only too glad to comply with
order that his subjects may be kept out OF
their shops.
A king Of Chinese thieves knows. every
thing that goes on in his district. He
knows who committed certain thefts, and
where the stolen property Is. He, like his
brother of the beggars. has double source
Of income. A large percentage of the prof
its made by his subjects Is claimed by him.
and woe betide them If they attempt to
cheat the autocrat. And, II a foreigner IS
| robbed he generally can, by paying the
king a certain sum, recover his property.
Property stolen from Cinnamon is never
brought back.
Every Chinese city has leper house out
side It's gates. and most Of them have two
or more. AS in the cases of the beggars
and thieves there is an executive head.
called the king of the Lepers." who con-
trois all lepers, and makes rules and COM
pacts, which must be observed. These un-
fortunates are numerous throughout the
empire. When in the first stage of the dis
ease they are brought to the leper houses
Good care is taken Of them as long as their
relatives can meet the demand of the
king"
But no matter how wealthy their families
may be, the king eventually drains them
Of every penny, and both the leper and his
relatives often have to turn beggars. The
poorer lepers are assigned to miserable, un-
clean huts. providing poor shelter against
bad weather.
Evening star., 1900-11-20
Earthquakes in the Philippines.

+ rom Natufe.
Frequent as earthquakes are in the Phil
ippine Islands, those of the year 1897, bee
ing unusual both In number and in violence,
form the subject of an important memoir
by P. Jose Coronas. which we have Just re-
ceived from the Observatory of Manila. He
estimates the total number of shocks at 307,
occurring In Jos groups. No part of the
archipelago was entirely free from earth
quakes. though less than five were felt in
Mindoro, Paragua and the central part of
Luzon. In the northeast OF Samar. where
more than a hundred were felt, they were
most frequent and most destructive. Full
descriptions are given Of the three most i'm
portant earthquakee--those of LuZon, on
August Is; Zamboanga on September 21,
with the accompanying sea waves and long
series of after shocks. and Samar, on Oc-
tober 10 and 20. Four of these earth
quakes were recorded at distant stations,
both Shide and Edinburgh being more than
eleven thousand kilometers from the ORR
gins. The mean velocities of the waves OF
the two principal Zamboanga earthquakes
are estimated at 81 and 81 kilometers a
second along the surface. or 7.6 and IL kilo-
meters a second along the chords.
Evening star., 1900-11-20

Il visited Pine Ridge recently to take
testimony from Kicking Bear in regard to
certain claims AS an Indian will have no
dealings with a stranger until he is certain
he is friendly, 1t was some time before my
Interpreter could persuade the chief to hear
me. When lie at last convinced he
called a council of his tribe at Mandersoh
a little trading post. The braves arranged
themselves on the ground in a large circle
in the center of which the towering chief
a huge black shawl thrown over his shoul-
tfers listened in silence as he learned of my
mission from the interpreter.
when he had finished the chief began a
harangue to his men, in which he geStured
wildly and rccited all the wrongs done the
tribe for years back. His listening subjects
grunted both approval and disapproval in
the same manner, but their meaning could
not be mistaken. At the conclusion the
pipe of peace was brought forward by one
designated for the duty. 1t was then filed
and lighted and passed to Kicking Bear
The chief took two pufrs and passed it to
the first man in the circle. Each Indian fol-
lowed the example of his chief. When the
tobacco was exhausted the pipe was thor
oughly cleaned. filled and passed on. When
all had smoked 1t was passed back over
each left arm to the starting point. The
chief again puffed twice. and the opera tion
was repeated 1t was then passed to me,
and 1 followed suit.
There great differences in In
dians as in white people. l regard the
Apaches on the San Carlos reservation in
Arizona as the finest specimen of the noble
red man today. They are warlike proud
and treacherous and stalk about like lords"
Evening star., 1900-11-20

From London Spare Moments.
A circus paid flying visit to a small
northern town not long ago, and the price
of admission was sixpence, children under
ten years of age half price. 1t was Ediths
tenth birthday, and her brother Tom, aged
thirteen took her in the afternoon to see
the show.
Arrived at the door, he put down nine
pence and asked for two front seats.
How old is the little girl?" asked the
money-taker, doubtfully.
well" replied Master Tom. this is her
tenth birthday, but she was not born until
rather late In the afternoon.
The money-taker accepted the statement
and handed him the tickets. But 1t was a
close shave.
Evening star., 1900-11-20
Ecxema, No Cure No Pay.

Your druggist will refund your money If PAZO
OINTMENT fais to cure Ringworm, letter, Old
face Itching Hunors, Dandruf and all Skin Dis
eases no matter OF how long standing Price, bOc
In postage stamps and We will forward same BY
mail. and at any time you notify us that the cure
mcney Your druggist will tell you that we are re-
liable as LAXATIVE BROMo-QUININE Tab
lets which have national reputation for colds are
handled by all druggists. Address PARIS MEDI.
CINE CO., St. Louis, No.
Evening star., 1900-11-20

makes it impossible for colored person
to ride in the same coach with Whlte
person on the accommodation. No such
provision is made for the through train.
The result is that the colOred travelling
population wait for the through train and
ride in the same coach with the whites
The Jim Crow law Is practically dead
et.er'
Evening star., 1900-11-20

hearing what takes place on a barrack
square think that naval officers are in the
habit of bullying This is quite unneces-
sary, as the average naval officer can put
more bite" into a few quiet words than
the ordinary could get into half a
days hard swearing.
Evening star., 1900-11-20

"One of the first things which strikes a
stranger is the lack of station facilities for
the railways running into Washington"
said Mr. R. L. McAuley of ST. Louis at
Chamberlns
"The Union station In St. Louis is prob
ably one of the finest railway depots in
the world, and II is very natural that any
one from there should be struck with the
difference. 100
Il noticed the general offices of the
Southern railway on Pennsylvania avenue
and II occurred to me that the vacant lot
very near, which | learned was formerly
occupied by a power station would be an
ideal site for grand union station. 1t is
right in the heart of the city, and at the
same time is not near enough to any gov
ernment office or residence section as to
make the smoke and noise, incident to the
handling of passenger traffic, objectionable
Whether you adopt. this suggestion or not
1t must be apparent TO most casual observ-
ers that Washington ought to have better
railway stations,
THE Jim Crow cars in Virginia are a
dead failure" said Mr.. Thomas Newton of
King William county, a the st. James
when the legislature passed the law max
ing IT necessary for the coIored persons to
ride in separate cars from the whites the
members neglected to make provisions for
the through trains. You understand there
are two classes of railroad trains which
mass through the state. One is the through
train and the other is the accommodation
The law relating to the colored persons
Evening star., 1900-11-20

The Best Prescription for Mals1aa.
Chtlls and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC. 1t is simply iron and Qui-
nine in tasteless FORM No cure pay. Price. b0os
oc13s, ,tu, ,th,o
Evening star., 1900-11-20
A Young Wife'S Trials


earlier added develop
The daily sentinel., 1900-02-16
MAY BE ANDREE .

London, Feb. IA letter has been
received in London from Bishop Newn-
hauer Of Mossoonee, dated October l, at
Fort Chumill, Hudson's Bay. he say
1.-TWO Eskimos came here this summer
travelling from the far north, to tell me
that two white men had como down
from the sky in a balloon, the remains OF
which they had seen, and the two aero
nauts had been murdered by some Eski-
mos there believe this is authentic
but have not had time to inquire. 1t is
sad il this be the last Of poor Andree and
his companion"
The daily sentinel., 1900-02-16
Our History.

The Sentinels history OF the Grand
Valley could hardly have been under
taken at a more opportuns or auspicious
time. The year 1900 marks the begin
ming OF a new era, and will witness great
advances in the development OF the city
and county.
Among the many indications which we
might cite to bear out the above state
ment are the re- organization Of the town
company upon liberal lines. the assured
cree ton upon the old Brunswick site, Of
a thoroughly modern hotel. the compile
ton OF the city water system and the
passage by the city council Of the ordi-
nance providing for sewage.
The daily sentinel., 1900-02-16
Our Colonial Fathers had some
lots 10 sell and so have we.
IMPROVED PROP eRTY

2 lots room house South street bet. sd & 4th
lots and Groom house corner Ouray
and nth street
a lots and 4-room house White Ave be-
tween 5th and 9th
lot and groom house, White Ave be-
tween 4th and 5th
lots and four-room house, White Ave
between Ist and cd
lots and eight room house Pitkin Ave
between 5th and 9th
FL lots and 4room house Gunnison Ave
between 9th and 4th
lots and 2-story business house corner
I'D and Colorado Ave
lots and s-room brick house White
Ave between sd and 4th
q lots and s.room house, good barn.
good lawn. Grand Ave between Ist and I'D
S lots and 6-room house, good barn, fine
lawn and shade. Corner Ouray Ave and
sth street.
The daily sentinel., 1900-02-16
HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE admins
tration today showed its knowledge OF
the fact that the pending Hay -Paunce-
fote treaty cannot get through the senate
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tion's which met today, had until yester-
day expected to receive a report OF the
sub committee, Messrs. Davis, Morgan
and Lodge, as to how the pending treaty
affected the Clayton Bulwer treaty.
Officially it was stated the sub-commit-
tees report was not ready privately it
was explained that the sub committees
report was ready, having been prepared
by Mr.. Morgan, but that the committee
did not think there was any hurry, and
that the matter could very we'll 60 over
for disposition at some future time.
1t looks very much as it Mr.. Hays
treaty, which takes Great Britain into
partnership with the United States In all
Central and South American matters,
will be even withdrawn by the president.
amended so as to permit the United
States to fortify and defend the canal, or
at least close it to its enemies in war
time, or rejected.
The president is now engaged in his
favorite occupation OF placing his ear to
the ground for the purpose of hearing
what the country has to say.
There is no doubt that the failure OF
the COMMITTEES on foreign relations to
hear the report OF the sub committee
was directly due to suggestion that de-
lay would be acoeptible.
The daily sentinel., 1900-02-16

his gun he deliberately unloaded all the
guns and held the man inside with the
command Of "hold up your hands,"
Meanwhile, he marched his man out
side and the whole gang were ordered to
hold up their hands, which, when they
found they were entrapped, they readily
did, with the exception OF one Of the
jackson men, but he changed his mind
as soon as Carr covered him with his
gun.
The men were then all handcuffed and
brought to this city, arriving laet night
in charge OF Wallis and Carr.
The party made the halt at the cabin
on Douglas creek to make the repairs on
the wagon ard in order to take the wo-
man to Circle L cabin and leave her as
it was impossible to take her across the
Hog Back trail at that time.
The saddles for the horses which were
used lsst Friday night were taken from
the slaughter house OF Carroll and Shue
and the horses from ranch near the
Columbine school house. although it has
not been discovered whose horses they
were but they belong to some one in the
county.
On the return after the capture OF the
gang they said that had they known
that Wallis was sheriff he would never
have taken them alive. The capture is
an important one and reflects great
credit on the sheritf's office
The prisoners were brought before
Justice Sweeney this afternoon and upon
waving examination were bound over to
the district court, bail being fixed at
$1,000 each. There were two charges
against each prisoner, abduction and
grand larceny, The complaining witness
Cooper furnished bond for his appear
ance.
The daily sentinel., 1900-02-16
UNIMPROvED PROPERTY

3 lots corner sd and Ute
lots corner 9th and South
lot corner sd and Colorado Ave
4 lots corner nth and Grand Ave
lots Ute Ave between 9TH and Sth
lots White Ave between Ist and 2d
lots Ouray Ave between sd and 4th
lots Hill Ave between 10th and nth
lots White Ave between sd and 4th
lots White Ave between 9TH and Sth
lots Rood Ave between Sth and 9th
lots Grand Ave between sd and 4th
lots Grand Ave between 9Th and 9th
lot 9TH st between Main and Rood
lots Chipeta Ave between sd and 4th
lots Chipeta Ave between 9TH and Stf
7 lots Chepita Ave between 9TH and 8tl
A snap
lot Rood Ave between 9TH nd Sth at a
bargain
lot Ouray Ave between 5th and 9th
must sell
We Are Loaning Money
to Build Houses.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-06-21
A BoER BAKESHoP.
one In Pretoria That Plays an Ina
portnnt Part In Transvnhl
Politics.

Not far from President Kruger's
house In Pretoria is a little bakers
shop. In the window Of which may
always be seen a few fy-blown buns.
a dilapidated jam tart and a couple
Of stale loaves 81 Boer bread. over
the door Is painted Solomon Gilliug-
ham. Baker and Confectioner." No
one would think from its modest ex-
terror that this humble little shop
plays quite an important part in Pre-
toria politics, and yet such is the case.
Behind the shop is a little parlor,
on the walls Of which are hung car
toons and pictures from United Ire
land. Of the most virulently suti-Brit-
fish type. This IS Mr.. Solomon Giiling-
hams headquarters. He is au avowed
Feniau. a lover 81 Ireland and very
svmpathetic % the Beers. Tie was
over in England and Ireland last year.
and gave several addresses on the I'm
iauities 81 Great Britain and the
benefcent rule OF the Boer. he did
much 70 help and organize Krnger's
Irish brigade. Personally be IS O.
pleasant-lookiug. middle-aged. beard
81 man. with an agreeable smile and
good manners. He used to be- an sX-
ceIIent baker. and regularly provided
Kruger and many other leading Beers
with bread and cakes. But be- gradu-
alIv gave up baking FOR politics.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-06-21
IN THREE CENTURIES.
VIII See the Twentieth Open
seryiR's Many CentenRrians.

People don't live to be as old as
Hethuselah these days, but there are a
number now living who, if TREY last un-
til the end of next year, will have seen
three centuries. That, of course, does
not mean that they then win be 300
years old, but only that they were born
at the close of the eighteenth century
and lived through this wonderful nine
teenth to see the opening of the to-be-
more-wonderful twentieth.
There are a number of these old peo-
pie in the United States, and some of
them were born here, when the repub-
lie was in its infancy. They saw the
times that tried mems SOULS" they re-
member Washington and his continen-
tails, and old Tippecanoe Harrison, and
old Winfield Scott, and Zachary Taylor
fighting in Mexico at the head of the
American army; and Mcclellan, and
Grant, and Lee, and Stonewall jackson,
and Sherman, and Sheridan mixing il
up in the fratricidal strife that marked
the passing of slavery and the martyr
dom of Lincoln; they saw the first
steamboats, and the first railroad trains
and the introduction of electricity; and
in their old age they have come upon
people balancing themselves upon two
wheels and travelling about over the
country at surprising speed; they have
wondered at the Harvesting of electric
ity and its use as a motive power TO
nd &c
that once were run by steam; they have
Just seen a war between nations finished
off in a few short months, with modern
fighting implements, that in their
youth would have lasted for years; they
have seen the United States grow from
an infant republic to a world power,
and they appreciate the marvellous in
the things that to the youth of to-day
seem commonplace.
There were no records of births and
deaths kept in this country when these
old people were young, so there is no
way in which their number can be
computed with exactness. But a com
petent authority has estimated that
there are at least zoo of them scattered
about over the states. In the older
countries of Europe, however, these
records have long been kept up, and
over there it has been figured out that
on the first day of the twentieth cen
fury there viii be over 1000 persons
living who were alive on the last day of
the eighteenth century.
Seryia is especially the country of
centenarians, and leaves all other Eu-
ropean countries hopelessly in the rear
In the longevity race. One man in 2,260
has seen 100 years, and, in all, Servia
boasts SIS men of 100 years or over.
Ireland ranks next with one CEN
tenarian in eyeryls,130 of the popula-
ton, or SIS in all.-N. y. Press.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-06-21
KIDNEY TROUBLES OF WOMEN
Miss Fredericks Letters show How She
RELIED on Mrs. Pinkham and Was
Cured.

Miss Frederick's Letters Show How She
RELIED on Mrs. Pinkham and Was
Cured.
DEAR MRS PINKHAM:-I have a
yellow, muddy complexion, feel tired
and have bearing down pains. Menses
have not appeared for three months
sometimes am troubled with a white
discharge. Also have kidney and blad-
der trouble.
Ihave been this way for a long time,
and feel so miserable l thought / would
write to YOU and see IL you could do me
any good. S. Miss EDNA FREDERICK,
Troy. Ohio, Aug 6, 1899.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM II have used
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound according 20 directions, and can
saw have not felt so well for years rs
/ do at present. Before taking your
medicine a more miserable person you
never saw. could not eat or sleep,
and did not care 10 talk with any one.
Now feel 50 well cannot be grateful
enough TO you for what YOU have done
for me. Miss EDNA FREDERICK, Troy,
Ohio. sept 10, 1899.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-06-21
FCORDOF THEPAST
e.,onqer Evidence Can Be
Had.

81, N their record. What they
,.ne many times in years gone by,
hest guarantee of future results.
= with bad back; any reader SUI
p OI t,om urinary troubles, from any
- ;rls will find in the following evil
- .-oof that relief and cure is near
Z band: ,..ou os (.
-. s,reet New Haven. Conn, says i:
4. ,s,s chen Doan's Kidney Pills cured
= bsckache which always bothered
rben caught cold, which hurt me
stopped, or Strengthened after
i aino which refused to disappear un-
J. f.-ootmeat of different medicines, l
or1y too pleased to let the people of
!. : Haven know the fact through our
.-.,ers. Three years from that date,
= n. month OF May, 1899, ! just as
80 recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
did when they effected the cure
.1tioped above. My advice to anyone
! Fsripq from kidney complaint is, call
!, drug store, procure Doan's Kidney
~. take them as directed, and you will
!. ,rrprised at the results.
] no,B's Eid@ey Pills are for sale by all
,s,Iers. price so cents. Mailed by Foster.
I ibrrn Co., Buffalo, N. y, sole agents
4, the U. S. Remember the name--
t,srts-and take no other.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-06-21
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