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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13
WISE MOuntnin Dnms

The Schweizer Tier Borse, a sport
ing journal published at Berne. Swift
zerland, tells a wonderful tale of
caretaker and his two dogs who
spent last winter together. with no
other company, in the lonely Hotel du
Glacier. at Meiden, which lies about
5000 feet above the sea, in the Can
ton of Nalais: while the caretaker
was chopping wood outside the hotel.
with the dogs as his companions. the
party was surprised by the fall of a
huge mass of snow. 1t buried the
man. but the dogs escaped Hereuopn
the dogs ran down the mountain, a
journey of Is kilometres. and betook
themselves to NJ. Drummer. the land
lord, who resides during the winter
in the valley. He guessed by the ex-
cited yelping and barking of the two
visitors that something
must be amiss at his Alpine hotel.
Taking three men with him. he at
once assembled TO the hotel. the dogs
going with them. The climb upward
took no less than nine hours. The
logs indicated. as plainly as if they
said it'in so many words. the ex-
let spot where the accident happened.
The imprisoned caretaker was dug
nut of the snow in an exhausted con-
iition, but still alive. and he was
Don restored "
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13
HOW TO ATTACH GRIPS.

| its ends project somewhat. The inner
ferrule, preferably of metal, has small
recesses formed in it's fange. in which
fit the projecting ends of the wire,
whereby the ferrule is firmly held
against Longitudinal or rotary motion,
and at the same time the fange of the
ferrule hides and protects the ends
of the wire. At the end of the bar is
a block or washer, preferably of
steel, with a central threaded hole.
1t may be secured in the end of the
handle bar by a few blows from a
riveting hammer or some other suit
able tool to produce overlapping parts.
This block or washer is prevented
against movement in the other direc-
tion by any suitable means. such as
the shoulders shown, formed on or
in the end of the handle bar. The
outer ferrule, preferably made of
metal, is centrally perforated to re-
ceive a screw, which screw threads
into the washer or block. The fer
rule has an inclined surface. as shown,
which is adapted to lap upon the grip. |
Commercial Tribune.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

| slOIy VI leg diiZeu ldlCtIS.
So long as man is robbed, and sys
tematically mulcted, it makes little
difference to him what form of opera
ton may lie adopted by the robber
The purse which contains dollar may
be taken at night by burglar, or it
may be taken at midday by bandit
at the poiEt of pistol; and the meth.
cd makes 10 difference to the one who
owns the purse, but is obliged to give
it up.
II am paying $50 every year in order
to secure civility and fair treatment"
leading hotels of this city this after
noon. Il hand a silver dollar to my
waiter every Saturday night. Because
of that fact the waiter looks out for
me, gets my meals ready for me, an
ticipates my wants and makes things
pleasant for me in the dining-room. If
l happen to take a friend to dinner
with me my waiter is promptly on
hand, bowling low and doing his best
to help me entertain my friend. Other
boarders at our hotel receive only
such service as the walters are COM
PEELED to give them, and often they
suffer numerous discourtesies, which
ere exceedingly disagreeable in the
presence of Others"
A dollar every Saturday night is not
much money, but it amounts to a fine
suit of clothes every year, with shoes
and hat thrown in. To the negro
waiter it amounts to half of his house
rent; and every waiter usually has
four or five guests who pay about the
same amount for special services. al
though the hotel proprietors pay from
$12 to $50 per month, and board, to
good walters.
The saloons and hotel bar-rooms in
this city are closed on Sunday, by law,
but regular patrons of hotel bar-rooms
are always served with liquor, on the
quiet, and the police department seems
to be unable or unwilling to seal those
places. On last Sunday afternoon the
writer observed two colored highway
men collecting tolls from these drink
ng men. There is a door in a prom
nent hotel which opens the way to a
small dark room adjoining the bar
,oom. On either side of that door |
stood bell boy. in the hotel uniform. |
When each drinking man approached |
me OF the bell boys opened the door
md escorted the visitor to a seat in
he private room. Then, taking his
order, the bell boy would bring him
he required drink and card with the
'rice marked upon it. The customer in
aeh instance not only paid for his
rink, but gave the bell boy five or
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

ten cents for his service. If any man
should neglect to give up this tip"
to the servant, on the following Sun
day be would be told that the bar
could NOS be opened, or some other dis
courtesy would be shown him.
Now everybody will be disposed to
say that it serves drinking man right
to be mulctedl that way. for violating
the law as well as for drinking on Sum
day, hri that is a separate thought al
togethec. The fact remains that the
Tip" is required for that kind of serv-
ice. and it is robbery.
The hotel guest referred to above
gave further bit of information which
was interesting. He said: For some
time l could not get my rooms put in
order early in the day. The chamber
maid en- my floor assured me that il
was impossible for her to get around
to my apartments earlier than noon:
she had so much work to do. But when |
l began giving her two dollar bill |
at the end of each month she gave my
rooms earlier attention. so that now
am well fixed and comfortably enter
tanned. pay the hotel $3.50 per month,
but am obliged to pay for every atten-
lion which receive. Even the barber.
whose price for a shave is is cents. ex-
'ects a quarter of a dollar; and he
yets it, because if he did not 1 would
ret butchered instead of barbered."
Ihs system Of giving tips" pre-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

dollars. Whenever his bell rang the
bell boys made great haste to an
sWer it, because on every call he gave
up half dollar. One evening two
of the bell boys had a fight in the
hotel office on that account. The
magnate's bell rang, and two boys
started to answer it. Each claimed
that it was Ibis turn" to answer that
bell, because each of them wanted
the half dollar which would be forth.
coming. They wrangled and finally
came to blows, and both of them were
discharged. Meanwhile another bellboy
answered the call; and the magnate,
being particularly in hurry, gave
the lucky fellow a dollar
Everybody knows that this condi-
ton is wrong. and some good people
declare that they will pay their ho-
tel bills, and will pay nothing to the
servants. But, no matter whether it
is wrong or not, the fact remains that
the condition exists, and those who
decline to surrender to the servants
receive scant courtesy.
In the barber shop of a hotel one
day recently the writer noticed that
the shop boy failed to brush the coat
of one of the customers, although he
diligently brushed the apparel of
others. The proprietor of TIE shop
was asked about it, and he replied: |
"Of course the boys cannot live with
out money. l pay them no salary,
and they live on what tips they can
pick up. That man has never given
one nickel to the shop boys, and they
needn't brush him if they don't want
to. He is too mean to i've
What do you think of that? The
backs the boys in their
work of preying on the public He
him a mean man who does
not give away money to support the
boys who ought to be paid by their
employer. Moreover, the hotel pro-
'rietors wink at the conduct of their
walters, chambermaids and other en-
'loyes. When any guest complains
It the hotel Office he is smilingly as
ured that all faults shall be correct
d, but nothing is done. The propri-
tors, and head clerks, and room
Jerks, and head walters all conspire
o continue the system of larceny.
One of our prominent statesmen, ,
Tho is a man of great wealth, will
ttend the Paris exposition, accom-
anied oy his family, very soon after d
ne adjournment of congress. In
rivate conversation concerning the o
roposed trip he said THE robbers d
| Paris will reap rich harvests this $
EAR. In addition to my regular ex-
eEses, which will be rather large.
ave set aside $1,000 to be used in N
ps' for the garcons. That will IN
'obably be enough to cover expenses +,
that character. l not only fee in
e walters and all employees in sight. 81
1t give money to the head cook and n
sistant cooks. whom the general hi
Iblc never see. Ny walters will y,
en- tell the cook for whom the or
rs are given. and my meals will er
me upon the table in perfect con-
ion to tempt the appetite, and
erything will be clean. Men who Oh
a afford to travel can also afford TO h.
Y for cleanliness. Hotel kitchens o.,
not always scrupulously neat,
n in the best hotels. In giving
ay money for comforts the cooks
'uld never be overlooked" in
SMITH d. FRY.
l htas
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13
SOLDIERS FEARFUL FIGHT.
Detailed story of an American Corr
poraFs Battle with 900 FiIipinOx
In the Island of Samar,

Perhaps the most thrilling and pic
turesque incident of the entire Philip
pine war occurred at Catubig, on the
| island of Samar, where in April last,
| says Washington report, party of
81 enlisted men of company K, Forty
third infantry volunteers, held at bay
force Of some 600 insurgents during
four days of fierce fighting, reinforce
ments arriving just in the nick of
time.
The war department has received re-
ports from Capt. H. NJ. Day, of the For
ty-third volunteer infantry, and First
Lieut.. j. 7. Sweeney, of that regiment,
who commanded the rescue party, Civ
ing all the details of the attack, the
siege and the relief.
According to these reports the at
tack on the garrison at Catubig began
without warning on Sunday morning,
April IS. From the hills on all sides,
from every point of vantage in the
town, and from a deserted church d.
rectly adjoining came rife and can
non fire of terrible intensity. On Tues
day morning handfuls of burning
hemp We're thrown into the barracks
from the insurgents in the church, and
soon the soldiers refuge was on fire.
All efforts to subdue the fire failed
and finally the little band made dash
for the river bank.
Some were killed before the bank
was reached, others fell dead in a boat
in which they were attempting to
make the opposite shore. and when a
trench finally was dug with bayonets
there were only 16 of the 81 left to man
it. Here for two more days Corporal
Carson. handling his men with the
Judgment of veteran. held out under
a terrible fire until Lieut.. Sweeney's
command, which had been ordered TO
supplement- the garrison at Catubig
and was on its way up the river on
steamer Lao-Ang, arrived.
Not until within a quarter of mile
Of Catubig. says Lieut.. Sweeney in his
report, did they hear the noise of the
engagement. Then he realized that he
and his men were sorely needed. and
he ordered the captain of the steamer
% run his boat at top speed.
The Lao-Ang steamed up to Catubig
Under rain of Mauser bullets from
both shores. The small boats were
owered, landing effected and the
escuers fought their way through the
pen to their besieged comrades in
he trenches, buried the dead within
each, brought back to the boat the
'esieged party, numbering now only
3 men. and then steamed down the
liver.
Capt. Day bestows the highest com
nendation upon Corporal Carson as
displaying extraordinarily good iudg-
nent in the handling of his men. there
" saving the lives of the survivors and
protecting the wounded until relief
anne" To each of the little command
nd their rescuers he gives the highest
raise. Their zeal and ability" he
ays, were fitting example of the
orth and courage of the American
)dier"
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

Ethel-So you really think George is
in love with you?
Edith-0. am sure of it. You should
hear some of the mean things he saw.
about you and the rest of the girls in
our set.-Stray Stories.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13
ATTACHING GRIPS.
Description of New Method Which
Is as Simple as 1t Is Safe and
Effective.

Here is a simple and effective meth
cd of attaching grips to handle bars:
Near the end of the handle bar q
piece of wire, preferably about one
eighth of an inch in diameter, is
passed through holes. The wire is
somewhat longer than the exterior di-
ameter of the handle bar. SO that
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13
Dyspepsia Among siIkworm..

An epidemic of dyspepsia has at
tackled the silkworms in Italy and
France. Food disagrees with them,
many of them refuse to eat, and they
are dying by millions on the trees.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

biologists claim that the strength
of the hon in the fore limbs is only
50 per cent. of that of the tiger and fhe
strength of the hind limbs 50 per cent
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

Americans prefer electricity for
running automobiles, the French
petroleum, and the Russians wood al
cohol.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13
THE TIPPING HABIT.
Everybody in Washington Has Be-
come Its AFFECT Slave.
a Species of Legalized Robbery from
Which No Man or Woman Who
Is Fond of Comfort Can
Escape Nowadays.
Especial Washington letter.

This might be called story of
highway robbery, or, better,
story of localized larceny.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-13

In the Soudan horses are shod win
camel's skin.
Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22
AL.wyer,. somer~auIt.

Speaking of somersaults, the anecdote which Lord Eldon relates of the emi- nent English lawyer. John Dunning. afterward Lord Ashburton, will bear repeating. II had, says Lord Eldon. every early after ] was called to the bar, brief as junior to Mir. Dunning. He began the argument and appeared to me to be reasoning very powerfully against our client. Waiting till I was quite convinced that he had mistaken for what party he was retained, then touched his arm, and, upon his turning his head toward me. l whispered to him that he must have misunderstood by whom he was employed, as he was reasoning against our client.
 He gave me a very rough and rude | reprimand for not having sooner set him right and then proceeded to state that what he had addressed to the court was all that could be stated against his client and that be had put the case as unfavorably as it were possible in order that the court might see how very satis- | factorily the case against him could be answered, and, accordingly. very pow erfully answered what he had before | stated"
Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22

Dr. A. C. MeGiffert of Union Theolog- ical seminary. long under charges of here sy. has withdrawn from the Presbyterian church. He mailed letter on Monday to Moderator Duffield of the New York presbytery asking that his name be stricken frem the rolls. It was impossi- ble to obtain a copy of the letter, hut il is known that il contained nothing beyond the simple request. IL is said. however. that Professor McGiffert at some future time will give his reasons at length. Dr. McGiffert's reason for withdrawing three weeks before the next meeting of the presbytery was to notify his friends and his enepnes as well of his decision and thus save the annoyance in the selec- ton of commissioners to the general as sembly. With him out of Presbyterian ism, as he now is. the choice of commis- sioners by the various preShyteries will not be affected by his case.
Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22
scrugg. For Governor of Porto Rico

It is said semioficially that aSsur- ances have been given 10 Colonel Vii. liam l.. Scruggs of Atlanta that he can have the civil governorship of Port Rico. The qualifications which have brought Colonel Scrucgs into notice are his long experience as a diplomatist, his knowledge of Spanish law and of the people of Spanish extraction. gained through his service in South and Central American countries, and especially the good judgment which has characterized his official career. He was appointed United States minister To Colombia by President Grant, serving in various South American missions continuously. until he was sent 10 Venezuela by Presi, dent Harrison. retiring from office under Cleveland. He prepared the case for the Venezuelan government which was ar gued before the Paris arbitration com. mission
Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22
Chinese Hostility Grov..

Chinese adyices say the sscendency of the antiforeign party is becoming more pronounced daily. The dowager empress appears to be unable to sufficiently re. ward the officials who exhibit marked hostility to everything not Chinese. Hen Tung. probably the most bitterly anti. foreign official of the empire, has been decorated with the three eyed peacock feather. which had not been conferred for So years: the notorious Ii Peng Hing, who was dismissed from the governor ship of Shangtung on German demand, has been advanced to the first rank. and Yuh Sien. the former governor of Shang. tung. has been appointed governor of the Shansi district, snub to the powers in terested and likely to prejudice British interests in the province. as the powers believe his maladministration Is the cause of the present state of affairs in Shang
 fnng
Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22

Bernard M. Shanley. one of the wealth jest men in New Jersey. died in Newark Monday night of paralysis. Mir. shan ley was president of the Essex and Hud- son Gas company and at the head of the Great North Jersey Street Railway com pany which controls almost every street car line in Essex. Hudson. Passaic. Ser gen and Union counties. He also owned wholly or controlled majority of the stock of the companies taken in or leas- ed by the North Jersey company. He was closely associated with the Elkins syndicate of Philadelphia and was di. rector of several large financial institu- tions. including the City Trust company of New York. the Title Trust company of New Jersey and the Fidelity Trust company of Newark. He was born in Newark D years ago.
Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22
General mmwM~ex.

New fefk. Mafoh n FLOuR-Stats and western quiet and ae@ws steady st old prices Minnesct. pstsntz. san Ht: winter strAishta. sass~Aeos wlnter sxtrs. e enafpas winter pAtentA. t2esNAeos wHEAT-opencd steady cold weath~x west and esscd ofr . little during the ror~- noon under realizing and lower cshlea May. Tra4A7Sc.. July. Txa4aTsc.
 RYE-Quiets state. 6s@bao-. O. L f., New York. car lots No. western. sssso-. q a h anoeI
 CoRN-Dun and easy on better we~thss west July. sr>so.
 oATs-Dail. track. white. ssal@s xlaaka<ai track. white. western. siy<axtfo.
 PoRk-Firm: mc~@. sii.ns~ia family. &is~ I2Sa
 LARD-ste&dys prime western ss~~n. esoo BuTTER-Firm; state dairy. is~sse. st~s@ creamery, so~sso. CHEEsE-Stronss fancy. lsrre. whisa. KssAs fancy, small. white, ta.isAo.
 K90S-Ftrms state and p~nnxyiv9nAas sA mark. lesietfc.. western. st msrk. ieo suoAR-Rsw strong fair refining. th-isel centrifugal. e t.sl | T-lec. r~nn~d ssroau crushed, A.ssc.. powdered. Arsc. TURPENTfNE-St.adyA al syssFs<o MOLASSES-Stosdys New Orleans. sssSse. RICE-Stesdy. domestic, sssNsssol Jap@a. sAskc. TALLow-sts.dy ci,y. s-isos sou~sy. .EAS-ouler shipping. s~soOI ses4 ~ skoAcs NaE-k<c.
Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22

m the late sixties justice of the supreme court. has died at Newburg. N. Y., In his eighty-third year. He was a law partner of the late Charles O'Conor and engaged in many important cases. One of them was the famous Beccher trial
 The trial of John F. Riordan. the Lack swanna engineer. on an indictment for granddaughter. has ended In Riordxn's ac- quittaL He was charged with negligence as engineer of the Lackawsnna train that crashed into the Buffalo express on Thanksgiving eve near Paterson. Killing seven persons and injurinx 30 othern
 The president has commuted the sem tence of William Steele. late cashier of the Chestnut Street National bank of Philadelphia. from c years c months te lS months imprisonment. Steele vas convicted in 1898 of aiding and sbsttins sn othcer of the bank In sppropristing the funds of the institution for his per sonsl use.
 Before Justice Fursman in the supreme court at Troy, N. r., Georgc Herman pleaded guilty to murder In the second degree and was sentenced 10 Dannemors prison for life. Herman shot and killed Rhoda Horton and her daughter, Eliza Jane Pratt. at their home in Stephen town. Jealousy of the daughter caused the murder.
 The president has restored Command Bowman II. McCalls. the Msrblehead's captain in the spanish war. to the rels. tive rank he occupied before he was dropped several numbers a doxen years ago by court martial sentence for alleged cruelty to a seaman. This reward comes Co McCalla for hts splendid service in the Spanish war.
 Three women died in New York on Sunday from burns. Mrs. Bergman. who was badly burned In a fire on March 10. died in the Harlem hospital Another, a woman of 60, was burned to death in q Monroe street tenement The third, s servant In a cafe on Bayard street. died In Gouverneur hospital from burns re- ceived in lire Saturday night Professor Horatio Parker of Yale unI. | versity has been commissioned to com pose . work for the festival of the Thres | ChoirS at Hereford. England. This Is ths | first time an American musician has bees | honored by such an invitation. Profess | or Parker also has been invited to the | Chester triennial festival. July % to 2T to conduct a performances of his ''Hors Novissima."
 Lieutenant Louis F. Weber of the For. ty-second volunteer infantry, has commit Il ted suicide in Manila. He lived at bO< Bedford avenue Brooklyn. at the time oi | his appointment to the Forty-second in
 fantry. During the Spanish war he serv cd in the Two Hundred and First New | York volunteers. first as a second neutsn | ant and afterward ss a first lieutsnaal
 and regimcntal Quartermastsr.
Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22
DEWEY ILL IN AVANNAHs
The Admiral Severely stricken With
 Indigestion.

Savannah. March 21.-The programme for the entertainment of Admiral and Mrs. Dewey was broken last evening by the illness of the admiral. A public re- ception had been arranged to take place between 9 and II o'clock. and a,oO0 per. sons gathered at the De Soto hotel to greet the distinguished visitors. But the admiral was too i'll to appear, and the function was abandoned.
 The admiral suffered an attack of indi geSlion on board the revenue cutter Ham ilton while the party was on a trip down the river and harhor. Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hospital service and Dr. St. ]. R. Graham. who were aboard the cutter, attended the admiral. but his indiSpoSition was so severe that it was deemed best to bring him back to this city on board the steam yacht of Edward Kelly of New York. which was accompanying the revenue cutter. The admiral rested easily last night, and his physician says he will be able to go on with the programme of arrangements to- day.
Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22
New York street Road. combinea.

Every rail, every franchise of all surface roads traversing the length and breadth of Manhattan Island, the Bronx and the region covered by the "HuclSleberry" sys tenn is now controlled absolutely by ths Metropolitan Street Railway company The Third avenue corporation has been absorbed by its only rival. which seized the opportunity afforded by the fall oi price of Third avenue stock. Enough of that stock has been bought in open mar. ket in the last few days 10 place absolute control of all the Third avenue fran. chises as we'll as of all its obligations within the voting power of the men who control the Metropolitan. The transac tion involves the control of S16.000. .00C of stock. $50.0oO.0 .0OO of bonds and the responsibility for about S23,o00. 900 float ing debt