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through the CupIIlty and Wastefulness
Of mankind millions OF bunal0es have
been in q short uue-thirty years-al-
most eXtermiuatedl
HOW BISON CRAZE.
Any one who has seen herd OF cate
de grazing knows they run AN over tho
fields cropping q m1lthiul Of grass here
and there and uamuing down more
than they eat. Moreover, they bite OF
at first only the portion OF the grass
which bears the seed ana afterWard re-
turn 90 eat 10 nearer thc roots. But
herd of bis0ns line up almost Ike SOLE
diors. about eight feet apart Each
marches forward. eating seed and grass
rs he goes. but leaving between himself
and his ne.ghbor a strip OF four feet OF
grass which serves hy the next year 90
seed the land over which be has eaten.
SO each year the plains over which the
buffaloes rOlmed were covered Wllh
fresh luxurIaut grasses Today after
twenty-five years OF cattle pasturago 10
requires just twice as many acres %
land 90 support am animal as st former
ly did,
Year after year &c has been demon
strated that the hand Of fate is against
our native range cattle. Diseses re In
creasing. pasturage is decreasing. and a
larger percentage of loss comes annual
ly 10 our cattle growers. Texas fever Is
as fatal as ever. while tuberculosis has
increased az an alarming rate m the
last decade and the hlack-leg and the
mango are so destructive that many
animals which do not die Ia the summer
and IAN are so weakened by the dis
ease that they perish In the winter
billiards. The bunch and gramma
grasses-the two great annual grasses
Of the plains-havo heretofore produced
the bulk OF our meat These have al
most entirely disappeared. and weeds
and obnoxious plants have sprung up
instead % take their places. Why such
rapid changes? only q few years ago
millions Of bis0ns subsisted on these
vast plains. Today q comparatively
small number OF native cattle strive
desperately % exist When nature re-
volts. mankind might do well So halt
and consider her protests.
Turn 10 The bison, what do we fnd7
An animal perfectly trained 90 take
o-ary advantage OF his environments.
His instinct surpasses that OF the
shrewdest ranchmsn- because FOR ages
be maintained himself where the cattle
Of the raaohman are nov dying ! have
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sion OF Congress and made the govern
ment an offer on behalf OF myself and
the G9odnighJs My proposition was
that Che government set aside two and
one-haIf million acres of its waste land
for the buffalo asked for the use Of
five hundred thousand acres for
period ol twenty years. stating that Il
might Doe possible 90 get along with
two hundred thousand
I'm return Cor This graut-and a grant
would De- necessary On the case OF the
buffalo, as % is migratory animal and
has 90 Doe fenced proposed that the
government was to have an OF the fe-
males of the original herd and of the
increase 0f the herd Az many Of the
males were Go be kept as We're neCes-
sary for breeding purposes and from
the sale of the remainder of the males
/ was 90 pay for the care of The herd
and Go pay 10 the Go0dnights or TO the
Goodnight college for a period Of twenty
years "a certain proportion Of the net
profits AZ the conclusion Of the
twenty years the entire herd was 10 be
turned over 90 the government AS |
am now some fifty years Of age l could
not make "a longer contract than that,
while I should have 90 wait many years
before the increase in the herd would
mean any profit to me.
SPORTSAlEN INTERESTED.
Chairman Lacey, Of the public lands
committee OF the House, favored my
proposition. Mr. Miller OF Kansas, and
Mr. Cleberg. OF Texas. have both been
among the ardent friends OF the bill,
but be has met the opposition OF Pedro
Perea. the delegate from New Mexico,
who stated before the committee that
the buffalo and lho Indian are things
OF the past and should have been ez-
terminated long ago The bill has been
urged before the committee by @. o.
Shields president OF the League OF
American Sp0rtsmen, who was sent by
his society from New York 10 advocate
IFS passage W. n Hornaday. director
OF the New York Geological park, sub
mitted AM argument Ia favor Of the
bin. and Governor Roosevelt has writ
ten me about &C.
But the House committee has cut
down Boz lbs recommendation the Two
hundred thousand acres 20 twenty thou
sand The government oners % lease
me this n ] win give IL one cent per
acre a year rent and a pair OF bunN0es
each year This makes the rent Of the
land about six cents an acre per year.
which is four cents more than the price
al which the government leases Il 10
sheen and cattle ulsers. and the oner
Is hardly one that promises much unless
the Senate chooses 90 deal more noer-
any with the surviving members OF the
family of the great American blson.-C.
j. BUFFALO, Jones 10 New York Herald.
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h.. e'us Germany would like TO
60. .er own locomotives. but she
49, aov how, and she wants the
~, ,'la article sent over SO she can
Ia So, = ietisr was sent by the Bayar-
iso ' il3 Railway adminlstrstioni -, to 81,
pa, kIre5.t makers % locomotives I'M
Igpose \, IN .l saying that the principal
'Udsrrs " lhe Bayarlan government I'M
.iba, n, number Of American locomo-
.tas N ,,i'lee on the State rallwavg
,1gns bs11S3 haVarian engineers and
',st s,u3v '.s ample opportunity to
li5ye S-y a9d Initiate. so far as sbouig
V De tsslapIe the superior featnres
gsf.Zslfrra, ilcan machines. The Brr-
The P,ss,..a- Berlin paper. now saws:
hlauo1 ~ ''an state Railway admin
ta m ,..so Intends soon no. male a
hschps. 's,' l.lle4n locomotives These
tt.i rr,9, shoNn thatb y reason of
fiact tb1g nyHef space aud heating
l'u.ea \. ore more efficient ana eco-
b. Bsr1, iue ministry Of public WORKS
tor, n m mas directed thta snecigc a.
ti shsn t.so,,aotiycs o. American MOD
!, nay s.o ,-.l before e. In order that
Y sht ana ,s.''aln through trials al
re- lntras1r passenger engines wbether
..iylsabls I s,on Of that system here is
ssgaglsn sue sue similar tests which the
SLATE Railways have '', MADE ,.Ie
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with American freight engines have had
the most satisfactory results; they
have. as the minister reports, with
faultless performance, cost consider
ably less than locomotives OF similar
class belonging 20 the Prussian Railway
system. II need hardly be explained
that II these engines demonstrate their
superiority and are adopted they viii
not be built IN any foreign country
This final naive reinsurance 20 Ger
many machInlsis on the part OF the
Burger-Zeiiung was quite unneces-
eary." alys Frank H. Mason, our con-
sul general In Berlin, On "a report 10 che
state Department 1T has been evident
from the drst that the American loco
motives brought 20 Germany during
the past six months were-llke Amerl-
can stoves. machine tools pumps ana
various other machines and articles NOS
patented in this country 'nded
mainly 10 be tested, studied ava used
as models To- BE- inflated by German
builders. 10 is a sincere and Gathering
compliment. and. although not directly
and largely profitable 10 American
builders. has still rs value as an Nus
tration OF the Importance OF protecting
as Far az possible. by German patients
every American invention or improve
ment that Is sold for use In this eoHn-
try"
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INITIATIVE GERMANY.
wow She Wants Our Locomotives to Study and to
Copy.


lnnnnnJ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. unJnnnHUn
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spoken OF his habit Of leaving seed
grass, There is no waste grass left on
the four feet sWath which the animal
cuts In feeding. The herd rise at dawn
and commence 90 Craze. When filed
they start for the TRAN. led usually by
an old COW, who gives the signal for
starting by sounding o grunt not un-
like that OF @ hog only much louder
The remainder of the herd drop IN be-
hind following exactly Boo her footprints
until they reach the path which leads
them ,O the.r drinking place. This path
never exceeds twelve inches in width.
10 Is the same pat0 along which the an
Cest0rs OF these buffalo have Travelled
for countless ages.
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TO SAVE THE AMERICAN BISON.

"Buifalo" Makes Statement About the Bill Now
Before Congress, Telling Why the Government
Should Take steps to Prevent the determination OF
This Monarch OF the Western Plains.
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Mr.. PECK MUST EXPLAIN.

Inns, at present Congress IS trying 10
get from Ferdinand W. Peck On' ',i
states commissioner general 20 'ns
Paris exposition. a detailed account y.
tbe g64a which be has so far spent
CIV .rrsrss. connected with the eSposi-
v,r Mr. Peck is ln Paris az present
and che picture we present Of him Is his
most recent one.
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pUDLIC BENEFACTORs

When a. pool lake or stream Is
reached. the bguaiUes step In. nm them
selves and Immediately return 20 the
banks instead 0f lingering 10 the water
and pdllutlng DO as domestic cattle do.
Thus by keeping to one track they have
saved the grass over which the cattle
stta8sle 90 water. and they have kept
the wafer pure and fresh. After resting
an hour or so they Wend their way over
o well-dehned trail for miles and miles.
without cutting "a blade OF the grass
which .s ego necessary for their subsist-
ence ~ the man who CAUSES two
blades 0f grass to grow where only one
has grown" De- heneiact0r 90 the race.
how much more is the buffalo bene-
factor VINO preserves thousands OF
blades that other animals ruthlessly
destroy?
The buffalo never Yields 70 disease
He is clean In his domestic habits and
On consequence always drinks pure wat
en- eats clean fresh grass. does not be-
smear himself with filth and conse-
Quently never suffers from any OF The
skin diseases common 90 domestic or
range cattle His thick underfur and
the 'pantalcts" which cover his legs
make him unaware Of the existence OF
files in summer and allow him to fat
ten where domestic cattle grow thin
and die ou account OF these pests.
When winter comes he adds an addl-
ti0nal robe Of fur 90 his robe OF rat. and
turning his head 10 the storm eats
quietly along 90 thc front I'm the face OF
the fercest blizzard that ever blew
There are many small traits Of the
buffalo that are lacking In cattle The
buffalo COW never allows her calf 10 be-
destroyed by the coyote The buhal0es
never mlre in swanps or pools. as so
many cattle DO when they find that
they are becoming stuck they throw
themselves on their sides ana swim or
paddle Though the mud as would a
hog Tn sprIngtime they curry them
selves by rolling Do wallows made Ia the
hard. dry clay. thus removing their win.
ter coats aud lOoseniug mp their skins.
so as Go take on flesh They always ue
with their backs w a hin SO as TO rise
easily. ana always have guards out day
and night 90 warn the herd OF ap-
preaching danger. They always face a
storm. and never drift" as do cattle.
They ne down with their heads 10 the
hercest storm. throwing their heads
around ON their sides and sleep content
edly, while the great mass ~ fur on
their high humps Ehields the more ex-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-28
At HOME WITH
AGU|NALDO'S WIFE.
All Who Have Met Her Agree That
She In Most Interesting
Woman.

MANILA, January AIRS. Emilio
Agulnaldo, whose existence has been
much disputed, arrived here to-day,
and 1t Is with pardonable pride that
your correspondent feels that he has
executed a coup Fart in securing an
interview with this lady, round whom
there centers so much interest; for
Aguinaldo certainly has wife and
he is very fond of her.
Your correspondent confesses that
1t was with the greatest difficulty that
an interview with Mrs. Aguinaldo was
secured, as she Is closely guarded and
refuses to see any but the most init
mate friends; and these are few, for
the long period of suffering which she
has endured since the beginning of the
revolution in the Philippines has turn
ed Mrs. Aguinaldo's confidence into
suspicion AID Kind regard into dis
trust.
Mrs. Aguinaldo for the past several
months has been leading an excitingly
nomadic life. as result of her en-
deavors to keep near her husband. But
the exertion has proved too much for
one so delicately nurtured as this re-
markable helpmeet of a no less dis
tinguished general, and she is glad to
return to her home and the comforts
which surround it.
A polite little note conventionally
wsrded and scrawled upon the finest
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of satin finish paper came in response
to my request to see her, announcing
that Mrs. Aguinaldo would grant me
a few minutes conversation at pre-
lcisely half-past two in the afternoon.
The note was enclosed in an envelope
delicately perfumed and sealed with
sealing wax in a manner that suggest
ed at least a partial knowledge of Eu-
ropean etiquette of correspondence.
My Meeting.
Punctually as the clock on one of
the government buildings struck half
past two 1 knocked for admittance at
the large, queerly constructed gate
through which an entrance to the
Aguinaldo mansion is gained. Slowly
and noisily it was opened by native
sentinel, on either side of whom stood
two other guards clad in insurgent
uniform and heavily armed. ac-
Quained them with the fact that Mrs.
Aguinaldo had graciously granted me
hour, and they were presumably pre-
viously informed of the fact. for, as
soon as 1 mentioned her name they
bowed respectfully and motioned me
to pass into the garden.
After giving the customary signal, a
male attendant opened the door and,
examining my card and the note from
Mrs. Aguinaldo, he led me into a spa
cious room, with high ceilings and
splendid furnishings, which forcibly
reminded me of those which decorate
J French homes The floor was covered
with a handsomely designed French
carpet and the draperies and bric-a-
brac would do honorable service in any
home.
Only few minutes did wait, when
a rustling of skirts warned me of my
hostess approach. She was preceded
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-28
MR.. DOOLEY ON
THE AMERICAN ABROAD
BY f. p. DUNNE.

Copyright, 1900, by Robert Howard Russell.
Il wondher," said Mr.. Dooley, what
me Dutch frind Dom Paul'll think
whin he hears that Willum Waldorf
Astor has given four thousan' pounds
or twinty thousan' iv our money as
a contribution to tn British govern
mint?"
who's Willum Waldorf Aston"
Mr.. Hennessey asked. Il niver heerd
iv him."
"Ye wudden't," said Mr.. Dooley,
"IIe don't thravel in ye'er set. Willum
Waldorf Aston is a gintleman that
wanst committed tn sin iv bein' Dor
I'll in this country. Ye know what
original sin is, Hinnissy. Ye was
BORN with wan. Twas took out iv
me be Father Tuoby with holy wather
first an be me father aftherward with
a sthrap. But l nivir cud find out
what it was. TIL sins I've committed
since, I'm sure iv. They're painted red
dill CdII d DCl1 oil Will 4 la 1W dhC III
bed they stan out on tn wall like tn
illicthric signs they have down be
State sthreet in front iv tn clothin'
Shores. But III go to tn grave with
out KNOWN exactly what tn black
original sin was / committed. All |
know is / done wrong. But with Will
lum Waldorf Aston It's diff'rent. l
say tbs diff'rent with Willum Wal
dorf Aston. His original sin was bein'
BORN in New York. He cudden't do
anything about it. Nawthin' in this
country wud wipe it out He built
a hotel intinded f'r jocks who had no
sins BIT thin iv their own maxim -
BIT even tn sight in their naughty
hills cud not efface tn stain. He
thried to live down his crime without
success an he thried to live down to
it be runnin' f'r Congress, BIT it was
no go. No matther where he whit
among his counthrymen in England
some wan wud find out he was BORN
in New York an tn man that owned
tn house where he spindin' tn night
wud asst him if he was a cannibal an
had he amy In'dyan blood in his
veins. Twas like SEEM a fine lookin'
man with an intellecjal forehead an
handsome dark brown eyes an adj
mirin' him, an thin larnin' his name
is Mudd ]. Higgins His accent was
proper an his clothes didn't fit him
right, BIT he was not BORN in tn
home iv his dayseindants, an whin he
walked tn sthreets iv London he knew
iviry polisman was sayin': There goes
man that pretinds to be happy, BIT
dark sorrow is gnawin' at his bos-
ON. He looks as il he was at home,
BIT he was BORN in New York, Gawd
help him"
so this poor way-worn sowl, afther
thryin' ivry other rimidy firm drrivin'
q coach to faiIin' 70 vote, at lag sought
out tn rile high clark In tn coort an
says he: Behold he says, an on
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happy man. he says. With millyons
in me pocket, two hotels an Unlimited
credit, he says, me hear-rt Is gray ne
says. Poor soWl,' says tn clark ~ IN
| coort whats atm ye? he says
Have We committed some gr-reae
crirne?' he says. Partly says Wllluin
Waldorf Astor. 1T was partly me an
nartlv me folks he says. L was he
saws in a voice broken be tears, was
he saws. ebor-rn in New YORK, ne says
TN clark made tn sign Nv IN cross
an, saws he: 'Ye shudden't have come
here he says. Poor afflicted wretch,
he says. we need clergyman ne says.
WHY did We seek me out?' he says.
Because says Willum Waldorf Astor,
| L wish he says, 'f'r to renounce me
| sinful life,' he says. wish TO be
BORN anew he says. An the clark
bein' kind man helped him out An
Willum Waldorf Astor renowned fealty
to all foreign sovereigns, princes an
potentates an especially Mack tn
Wanst, or Twict, iv tn United States
| an Sulu an all his wur-rukS an ne
ed over his eye, with step jaunty and
high, afther years Nv seryile freedom a
| bondman at last!
80 he's a citizen Nv Gr-reat Britain
now, an lille subject iv tn Queen
like you was Hinnissy befure ye was
r-run out"
81 niver was" said Mr.. Hennessy.
Sure tn Queen iv England was re-
nounced FIR me long befure / did 1t
f'r mesilf-to vote"
well, niver mind" Mr.. Dooley con-
tinued, "he's a citizen Nv England, an
he has castle that's as big as hotel,
on'y nobody goes there EXCEPT thin
! that's asst. an not all of those, an he
owns a newspaper, an tn editor iv
| it's tn Prince Nv Wales an tn ray
porthers is all Jocks an the Arch
bishop iv Canterbury r-runs tn illi-
vator, an slug wan In tn printin' Of
fee is tn Impror iv Germany in dis
geese. IT'S pa-aper I'd like to see.
I'd like to know how tn Jock " Marl-
! bro'd do tn McGoyern fight An some
| day Willum Waldorf Astor'll be able
to wurruk FIR his own pa-aper, fr he's
going to be early or a markess or a
| look or somethin' gran. Ye can't be
amy ov these things without money.
Hinnissy, an he has slathers Nv it."
Where does he git it?" demanded
Mr. Hennessy.
"Fr'h this country" said Mr..
Dooley.
81 shud think" Mr.. Hennessy pro-
tested stoutly. "if he's ashamed iv this
country he wudden't want to take
money firm It."
That's where ye're wrong" Mr..
Dooley replied. Take money amy
where ye find IT. ia take money firm
England. much as despise that for
meriy naughty BIT now detected land,
II / cud get amy from there. An
| whin ye como down to 1t, I dinhaw as
III blame Willum waldorf Astor RI
shiftin' his allegiance. Ivry man to his
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titions to Spain which he hoped would
bring about the accomplishment of this
wish. At home he is just like any
other business man, steady and ever
occupied, but always kind and thought
full Of the welfare of those around him.
But he has been away from home so
long that 1 imagine his good DISPOSE
ton will be spoiled if he is ever able
to return to domestic comforts.
Tried to Kill Him.
'Of one thing I am sure. He will
be very careful of the servants, if not
suspicious; for, since the war broke
out one of our cooks tried to add to my
sorrows by an attempt to kill my hus-
band. He put poison in the soup one
evening, and it was only by accident
that it was discovered. And this has
made the General very distrustful and
I'm afraid all will have to suffer for
what one unworthy fellow has tried to
do"
Mrs. Aguinaldo paused a moment,
and took advantage of her silence to
ask her about herself.
"Oh," said she, there is nothing in
teresting about me. | came of good
family and was educated in my own
country, but I have travelled quite a
deal. so that I am somewhat don't
know what to say believe your peo-
pie call it cosmopolitan do you not?''
l told her yes, that was the word;
then she asked about the women of
America. l told her all about them
that l could remember, which was a
great deal, and when l mentioned
their love for athletics she interrupted
me, saying:
ooh. yes, we are very fond of sports
also, as 1 suppose you have learned.
The women of the Philippines love
horseback riding better than anything
in the world
4 suppose that that is your favorite
recreation, then, is it not, Senaora
Aguinaldo?"
NO" was the reply, ''it is not i
like strolling along the seashore pick
ing I'D the beautiful shells better than
anything else. l have a very large
collection. some of which you see scat
tered about this room. And next to
gathering shells l am fond Of flowers.
But am the exception to the rule. /
think all the rest of my countrywomen
love horseback riding" With that she
rose and / knew that the interview
was ended. Before leaving the room,
however, Mrs. Aguinaldo gave me per-
mission to stroll through the grounds,
and placed a guard at my service to
show me through the place. Her
home is certainly one of the most
beautiful spots in Manila, and ]
thought what an ideal country home
it would make il it were in America.
AS passed the house on my way to
the gate saw Mrs. Aguinaldo through
the window of what suppose was her
room, standing over table with her
head bowed down as II thinking upon
Z problem which meant life or death.