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The Grit-advocate., 1900-09-14
APROTECTED CHURCH
ITS MEMBERS OBJECTED TO
LIGHTNING RODS.
8he Building Came Torough the WAI
Unscathed and Has Never Been Struck
by An Electric Rolt-The Only struc-
t1re In Town Without . Rod.

''In the town of Darien, Ca, there
u but one building that stood there
before the war, and that building is
, Methodist church." observed a
prominent Georgian to the Washing
ton Star, "and like many other
churches, it has an interesting history.
Darien specially suffered during Gen.
6herman's march to the sea, every
building In the town being completely
destroyed by fire except this particular
building. Among the buildings des-
troyed there were several churches.
When the church was originally built
the question came up of putting
lightning rod on it. There was de-
cided objection to lightning rod by
some of the members of the church.
One particular member was very out
spoken against a lightning rod or
anything else In defiance of the will
OF Providence He argued that II the
Lord wanted to destroy the property
He had perfect right to do so, for
It was essentially the Lords property.
All the other churches in the town,
however. were protected by lightning
rods. The church was built in 1856.
From its position on the lightning rod
question the church became famous
as the only church in Georgia that
was protected by the Lord 1t was
Tor years, and, indeed, Is today, a
drawing card for Darien, and has
drawn more people to that town than
any other thing or incident connected
with IL. If not more than all things
else combined. When Sherman's army
had o.ders to burn the town they
started at the west end of 1t for the
wind coming from that quarter help
cd along the work. The army spared
nothing, the orders being to destroy
everything. It may have been that the
church that is protected by the Lord
was fred the same as any other build
Ing, but the fact is that when the
army left there the next morning this
Methodist church was left standing
unFcorched even, though the fsur
buildings nearest to it, one of them .
church, too, were on the level with the
ground. AS far as known, there was
NO special kindness shown the Lords
church. II, indeed. any kindness by the
army but just the same it did not
barn.
Lots of buildings in Darien have
been struck by lightning, which is
very severe at times all along the
south Atlantic coast, but this church
has never been unfavorably affected,
though 1t is today the only church or
other large building there that does
not have a lightning rod"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-09-14
Pictorial POSTCARD Craze.

; A fresh impetus will be given to the
pictorial postcard craze by the ingen-
Iious invention of an Italian, who has
hit upon the idea Of producing card
which not only depicts scene in col
ors, but likewise serves as kind Of
barometer. According as the atmos-
kphere varies the colors change on the
fcards. and the Inventor has so con-
itrived that the colors shall be used 50
he to give each scene illustrated the
..Snsot that would be produced uadsr
different atmosphsric conditions.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-09-14
Six Hundred Bodies Found.

Dallas, Texas, Sept. 1O.-The relief
party now at work in Galveston sig,
nails by heliograph that six hundred
bodies have been recovered in Calves
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-09

datto of this region who was the first to
come to the support of the Americans.
Datto Piang Is 4 thrifty chief. He Is the
son of a Chinese slave. who by his own
ability has made himself a datto. and who
by the commercial strain of Chinese blood
which he has in him has amassed lands.
houses and gold galore.
AS the council proceeded 1t was seen that
the Moros present were all enemies of Dat
to Piang and that they had come to hatch
up scheme to conquer him. One Of Datto
Utto's men. a fierce. dark-skinned fellow
with big kris at his waist. presented the
case. This man was an orator. He first
dilated on the greatness Of their tribe. and
then spoke of the outrages which TINS son
of a slave. Piang. had perpetrated upon
them. stealing their lands and grow
ing rich by plundering them. After
long preamble he came to the
purpose of the visit and bluntly pro-
posed to the American commander that he
should unite his forces with those of Datto
Tito and march against Major Brett and
the American soldiers at Cottabato and
Datto Piang. He said he believed that by
such union they could wipe out Piang
and the Moros. well as the American
troops. and they would then be supreme in
this part of Mindanao. AS he spoke Datto
Tito and the other Moros present applaud
ed and assented, and they evidently all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-09
SMOKING GIRLS.
Her First Experience Was Quite
Enough for One of Them.

Her First Experience Was Quito
Enough for One of Them.
Three or four New York young women
were in the apartments Of one Of them
having little late supper and as an incl
dent thereto a package Of cigarettes was
handed around.
THANK you. no. said a tall girl who is
coming to the front artist in decora-
tive designing. I've quit
81 didn't know you had ever begun"
said the hostess. II only began about
month ago."
81 had my experience ten years ago."
continued the tall young woman, land
while 1t wasn't with cigarettes. 1t was the
same effect. 1 was at school then and one
night one Of the girls in the crowd 1 went
with had some cigars In her room. I don't
know how she got them. but they were
there. and the four Of US with her con-
cluded we would try them. Just think of
trying cigars! If we had had any sense we
never would have done 1t, but some girls
haven't any at first. But they can learn.
At least some Of them can. 1t was about
10 o'clock. and we thought the teachers had
made their last rounds, but we had not
figured on the principal. She came slipping
along the hall, and before we knew what
had happened she was In the room. We
had been smoking about three minutes I
should say, and there was plenty of smoke
in the air. even though We did try to hide
our cigars.
".Ah. smoking, young ladies'? she said
In the very pleasantest manner. We could
not deny It, and sat there dumb
How nice! she went I have some
flowers in my room that the bugs are in
juring. and tobacco smoke is just the thing
that will kill them. Come with me, and
smoke the little wretches out
There was no help for it, and we went
with her. And she stood over us and made
us smoke those flowers till all of us were
SO deathly sick she had to call the doctor
up to take care of US. We didn't get over
1t for three or four days. and we missed
lessons one day. but the principal never
scolded us once. and was just as nice as she
could be. and insisted on thanking us for
our services to the flowers. Just the same,
we didn't need any scolding. and not one of
US has felt the need of tobacco since that
dreadful night. either. Ugh! the very
thought Of it gives me the creeps vet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-09
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES LOST.
How Fortune Knocked In Vain al
This Mans Door.

This Mans Door.
Capt. Greenleaf formerly of the coast
and geodetic survey. and now engaged on
Puget sound in other government work.
said a Seattle man, "does not look like a
person who had two tremendous fortunes
in his very grasp and did not know it. but
that has been his experience. In 1889 he
was with the survey party the famous
Cape Nome beach. where millions of gold
still lie buried and sunk shaft right down
through the sand to find solid founda-
ton on which to place one Of the surveying
Instruments. This shaft passed through
the rich sand of the beach. but the captain
or any of his dggers weren't looking for
gold or thinking of it. He says he wouldn't
have known it if he had seen It. unless 1t
had come to him in a plain yellow chunk
Anyway, the chance to become the discov-
erer of the great Nome gold fields. ten
years In advance and to have been mil
lionaire instead of a government 'hireling
passed by right under his nose.
"A stranger story Is of a later experience
the captain had. In 1892 he was down in
the Gulf of Darien. states of Colombia.
South America. and visited the little Island
of Pinos. which is a government reserva-
ton for Indians, and white men cannot re-
main there. though they may go ashore
from their ships and trade or hunt. One
day the captain and a companion were
hunting, and in the course of their wander
ings they came upon cliff of such beauti-
full quartz that each of them broke off a
chunk somewhat larger than a mans fist,
and carried the pieces back to their ship.
After the novelty wore off the two pieces
of quartz We're thrown aside among a lot
of picked-up stuff such all travellers ac-
quire. and one piece was lost but the cap
tain saved his piece when he packed up his
dunnage to leave the ship and took it
along with him. A year or so later watch
chains of bits of quartz were popular in
Frisco. and Capt. Greenleaf took his quartz
to a jeweler to have 1t broken up and the
brightest portions made into a chain. When
the captain came back in a week for his
chain the jeweler asked him If he knew
what the quartz was. He told him he did
not, further than that it was unusually
pretty, and the jeweer informed him that
1t was pure gold quartz: and not only gold.
but that q test had showed that it ran
$4,000 to the ton. The jeweler was ex-
tremely anxious to know where 1t came
from. and the captain was so surprised
that he was speechless. and hurried away
to get some of his friends to investigate
Efforts were made then, and are still being
made through governmental sources. to get
at the deposit on the island. but thus far
no results have been reached. The captain
has hopes of laying his hands on fortune
once more. and he says the third time will
be the charm, for he will hold on to 1t, In
spite of everything"
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ribly wounded The soldier nsnaged to
get the livingSand dead iDtSthe boat and
rowed them back to B6hgao. When he
arrived there one of-ehe wounded men mad
died and only one of the five besides him
self was alive. This was the man VINO
held his head on. The boat was half full
of blood.
The soldier told his awful story and a
force of men at once started after the
murderers. When they arrived at the vii
lage the datto at first hesftated about CIV
ing them up. but he finally did so. The
guns were also found and upon stern de-
ma nd they were handed over The soldiers
took the murderers and camped with them
that night near the village. intending to
take them back IN the morning. They
made them go after wood and water Tor
the camp. but as soon the Moros neared
the woods they tried to escape, and every
one Of the ten was shot dead by the guards.
l am told that this attempt to escape was
genuine one. but l doubt not the soldiers
Were glad of the chance 1t gave them to
avenge the death of their comrades.
where Life is Cheap.
Life is in fact the cheapest thing in this
part of the world. and death can be had
on slight provocation. l have not yet
heard of the Moros having prisons or jails.
though they may have them. 1t is cheaper
to kill a man than to feed him in prison.
l see stocks here and there. and the Datto
BaQui had prisoner so fastened at the
llIIe our lTOOlS tooh pOSSeSSlou VI tio ioi u.
The chief punishment for all offenses is
death.
Not long ago Datto Mandi the great
Moro chief of western Mindanao. sent for
one of his men to appear before him. He
failed to come. The dattO sent again. and
again he did not respond. Then the datto
sent word that if he did not appear within
an hour he would have his head brought in
the point of a kris The man knew
this meant business and came. Had the
datto killed him for his hardness 1t would
have been taken by the rest of the people
as a matter of course. The kris and the
barong Is the common way of settling dis
putes. and every boy and man carries
one Of these weapons 1t Is wonderful that
there Is not more bloodshed than there Is.
They Are Jealous.
Some of our greatest troubles with the
NIoros will probably come through their
jealousy. not only as regards their women,
but also as to the treatment of themselves
by the officials. Each is jealous of the
other. and if one chief receives something
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-09
KNOCKED OUT BY A FISH.
No Wonder the Victim of the Assault
WINS Surprised.

Persons who have never experienced
some seafaring among tropical waters
and become to some extent familiar
lied with the tricks and antics of the fly
ing fish which abound in these waters will
be surprised at the velocity they attain in
their short flights" said an old sailor to q
Star reporter yesterday. THE fish will
never leave the water unless compelled to
do SO by their natural enemies. the dolphins
and when they do fly they shoot through
the air like a rocket.
Two years ago, while voyage to
Rio Janeiro. I had experience off the
Cuban coast with a flying fish that 1 am
not likely to forget, and which made me the
subject OF considerable merriment among
my companions The majority of them
were men who had visited these waters
many times before. and they were Well ac-
quainted with the tricks of the winged fish.
They prefer flying at night. and 1t was
during the midnight watch that 1 met with
my adventure. The night was one of those
balmy evenings peculiar to subtropica wa
tiers. seldom If ever experienced in tho
north. The full moon was shining so
brightly that one could almost feel its rays.
The breeze had fallen away completely, al
lowing the sails to flap lazily against tho
spars in accompaniment to the monoto-
nous squeakng of the vessel she wal
lowed laZily in the trough of the long
ground swell. AS far eye could reach
around the horizon not a ripple was visi-
BILE on the surface Of the sea. The whole
watch. with the exception of the man at
the wheel and myself. were gathered around
the combings of the fore hatch gambling
away their tobacco. spinning yarns and
smoking. 1 was seated up on the capstan
on the lookout but the somnolence Of the
very atmosphere itself kept me in a drowsy
state just between waking and sleeping.
This, together with the musical chrping
of the Mother Carey's chickens in the fore
rigging. proved too much for my feeble
efforts at wakefulness and several times
l came within an ace of falling overheard
This continued until near the end of my
watch when as 1 peacefully dozed off l
heard sudden swish and before l was
aware Of what had happened 1 received a
terrific blow between the eyes. the force
Of which knocked me of the capstan. over
the windlass and down among the players.
1 leaped up. seized a Delaying pin and with
a string of sulphuric expletves demanded
to know who hit me. My answer was
burst of laughter. and one OF the men point
ed to the topgallant forecastle at large,
flying fish Tapping on the deck. 1t had
struck me while passing over the ship
and raised a lump the size Of hens egg
between my eyes. We fried the fish the
next morning and breakfasted Off It."
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or" tas he is locally known,. and with him

tor" (as he Is locally known. and with him
remains under treatment for three days.
The treatment merely consists in living
only upon bread composed of barley meal.
pounded garlic and some secret substance,
with water for drink. All other solids and
liquids must be abstained from. The patient
remunerates according to his means and
wish. and goes home cured Patients come
to this man from all parts OF Ireland. and
the cure Is seldom or never known to fail.
Some few have developed hydrophoba af-
ter undergoing the treatment. but these are
said to have violated the rules the doctor
enioined them to observe
There Is another variety of healer who is
nowadays very rare and rapidly becOm-
ing extinct-the fairy doctor. to wit. man
VINO has his knowledge from the fairies,
and has some power over them. and is par
tcu.arly skilled in curing Illness. both in
man and in beast. induced by supernatural
agency All diseases which the medical
wisdom of the parish fail to comprehend.
notions and mental diseases. in mankind,
ana eif-Shot in cows. all these come with
in the fairy doctors province, Whether or
not he has supernatural power has ever
been point on which our people have
divided. Most of the women have faith in
MIN: most of the men none. The proper
ton of unhelievers is, Of course yearly
growing greater: but there are still many
who put implicit trust In his professions
Too Much Treatment.
The multiplicity Of healers Is bane Of
tener than a blessing. for when a young
person. without enough authority or will
power to resist the doctors. falls Ill. every
old woman with name for medical lore in
the parish deScendS upon the troubled
household and each enjoins the immediate
trial of her own specific. So that if the
young man or young woman by the very
excess of vitality survives all the p.asterS
and potions imposed. the miracle is one that
might not bear a second testing | remem-
Der the case of one Door fellow who had
been numerically tried by the too great
kindness of the parish herbalists. To gov
ern his patience. he succeeded in doing,
was an achievement of no small moment
But at length. when one old woman, COM
ing to inquire what effect her cure, the nine
teenth. had upon him. asked In her most
sympathetic tones. We'll. Billy, a thaisge,
an how do ye feel now?" Feel said
Billy. Il feel like a dispensary''-and with
an ungracious grunt he turned to the wall.
The salaried doctor in each big district
receives from the county taxes $500 a year
His duties are to answer all sick calls and
to attend in the public dispensary for two
hours. twice a week. For sick calls he
charges according to the worldly circum-
stances of the patient. from 81 p to 81 80
and in rare cases So for a visit. Those that
are unable to fee him he must attend gra-
tuitously on receipt Of an order from d
local guardian Of the poor. To such per-
sons. also. medicine is dispensed free.
Generally. however. those who would
have the doctor. or medicine but are una
bic to do SO except by availing themselves
of these tickets. prefer doing without both.
SECMAS MacMANUS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-09

held to the idea that Reynolds and Brett
were little Independent dattos. each Of
whom would gladly wipe out the other.
our officers in reply stated that such
combination was impossible. that all the
Americans We're as brothers, and that they
wanted peace. not war. although they were
always ready to fight when necessary.
Shortly after this the big mule wagon
was brought around and the dattos were
told that the troops hoped to have the
honor of driving them again to their boats
To this however. old Datto Tito decidedly
objected and the others made signs that
they would rather walk than be shaken
up again. There was one of our warships
in the harbOr and as they left this gave
them the honor of parting salute
Our Soldiers Were Butchered.
1t is impossible for me to describe the
barbarity of our Moro fellow citizens. They
are in many respects as savage as any
tribe of the African wilds, and prophesy
that Uncle Sam will lose many good Ameri-
can soldiers before he has brought them
within the pale of his civilization. Since
the first part of this letter was written the
report of the first butchery has come to
hand. The event happened the other day
on the Island of Bongao. This island is at
the southwestern end OF the Sulu archi-
pelago. within about forty miles of Borneo
1t is so small you will need large map
to find it. but look for the Island of Tawi
Tawi and you may know that 1t Is just off
the western end of It.
We have a company stationed at Bongao
the soldiers living in old fort and bar
racks there which were occupied by the
Spaniards. The Moros were supposed to be
very friendly and the soldiers thought
nothing of going off into the woods in small
parties to fish and hunt. They mixed with
the Moros and treated them kindly. The
other day a party of five of our soldiers
had gone some miles away from the camp
on a hunt. They stopped near a Moro
village. and while one Of the men took a
bath in the stream the other four sat down
on the bank and played cards.
They stacked their guns near them and
We're having d pleasant game when ten
MoroS armed with krses and barongs came
up. The soldiers greeted them and pointed
to their cards. explaining what they were
playing As they did one Of the Moros
gave signal and several of the others
grabbed the guns and ran, while the rest
less than two minutes they had cut them
almost to pieces. They then ran away,
taking the guns with them.
How they came to leave the man in the
water l do not know. but they did not
modest him. AS soon they had left he
came out. He found that one Of the SOL
diers had been cut into five pieces by as
many strokes of a barong. Another, who
was cut almost as bad. died as he came up,
and a third had been cut through the
neck that nearly every cord but the jugu-
lar vein had been severed, and the man
living only by holding his head on
with his hand The fourth man was ter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-09

brated name because 1.-THE imbeciles would
put Ice into their drink
DOctOred Wine.
Ask a French peasant what wine is, and
he will answer: THE juice of the grape"
II you ask French chemists they will tell
you: Wine is the product of the fermenta-
ton of the juice of fresh grapes"-a diff
ferent thing. After twenty centuries Of re-
nown French wine has come too often to
be only thing made from dried grapes or
raisins. from figs and other fruits, from
glucose, doctored with alcohols made from
grain. beetS and potatoes. This Is so much
so that a cynical French chemist standing
near me as l took my photographs said:
when you see the clairet Uhe new pink
fsh juice running from the winepresS you
may say goodbye to it, for you will never
see it again. 1t will make its way by rail
to one of the great centers of trade-Cette.
Bordeaux Dion, Chalons and Bercy-to be
commercially treated. -
rs II all doctored?" l asked.
Mixed With Spanish Wine.
Yes" he answered. "all except the great
vintages l will not say that it is much
'doctored' as mixed with the wine of Spain.
All the wholesale dealers hold the same
opinion. They cannot get on without Span
ish wine At Bordeaux they call it the
wine doctor Others say 1t is the key of
wine. to wind it up 1t gives courage to
the faint-hearted clairet of unfavored
slopes, corrects its acidity, enlivens its fiat
ness. 1t Is not Malaga or sherry. but that
strong, blue-red, astringent Spanish table
wine they use for the purpose
1t seems that this Spanish wine has come
to stay In France because of its strength in
alcohol. When the French growers send
their mild juice to the wholesale dealer he
tells them: "Your wine is not drinkable &C
cording to the modern taste. We must
fortify 1t with Spanish wine" The French
grower might truthfully answer: your
real reason for terrifying our juice is that
1t helps your trade combinations. You can
have Spanish wine brought you to Paris by
water for half the price which our wines
cost you by rail- Then. our wines cannot
be watered. while two barrels of Spanish
wine can easily be made into three for the
use of Parisians and exhibition visitors. Do
you expect us to compete with rain water?'
STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-09

A philanthropic lady OF Pacific Heights.
one of the sort OF superior slum raisers
shown up in Fables in Slang" met on one
of her tours little boy who was swearing
roundly over a game Of marbles. She
seized him at once and gave him a good
shaking adding: You ought to be ashamed
of yourself! I never heard such language
since the day I was born!'
The boy. into whose desolate home she
had just been bringing light, pulled him
self loose. "Yesm. he said: II s'pose dere
was a good deal O. cussin' de day you wa$
born."-San Francisco Wave,