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The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
A FILIPINO LETTER.
Funny English Written by . Gisi After Three MOntha' of Very
 Hard Study.

Not long ago the girl pupils of Mrs. Wilbra Coleman, a teacher in the pub lie schools at Sioux City, Ia.,, wrote letter to be delivered to the girl pu- pills of school in Manila, and the fol- lowing letter has recently been re- ceived in reply. The writer is little Filipino girl who has only spent three months in the study of English. and while there are funny mistakes in the letter it is not likely that any Ameri- can girl could w. te better one in a foreign language after so little study:
 Manila, P. l., January ', 1900.
 My Dear Unknown American Friend: I'm glad the to be receive your letter the day 2 and intire of the uuhat you say mi said speaking in it the seg- mente.
 Iour letter gave me the Mir. John Christensen uuhat uuent me professor in the school of Paca and is your friend what have lived before in the States Idaho but it. to be finish of your service and are here of professor . in pilipln.
 I am study with he three months from the months of July August Sep tember and the professor John Chris jensen is very good for to teach and We the girls and boys the love much because is very kind and now we have other professor american the professor Christensen are not more in our school. What pity! am very sor- fy because he is good professor, he are now in a of the school large at Manila.
 am like study your languages but is very dificult and the pronunciation nevertheless I wish knou because is. languages official here. And the o'clock uuhen I am going in the school is o'clock of the morning when I am go are 10 o'clock by the afternoon is o'clock until o'clock. The. play uuhat play is the hen blind salta Ia comba and the other play more but we the girls cannot play with the boys because 90 Us
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
CONDUCTOR WAS HONEST.
Bat He Had . Hard Time Making . Wonea Passenses Be.
 Iieve lt.

"Is this all you've got. madam ?'' asked the conductor on North side car as he scrutinized the coin in the semidarkness of the tunnel. says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
 Whats the matter with it?" she asked. in such frigid tones that the conductor looked con Infused.
 Nothing, but"
 "Then. if there's nothing the matter with it. why do you want me so give you another nickei?"" i
 Nothing. but that" he ventured again. 4
 Well. then. somebody else must have given it to you. I didn't have c penny in my purse"
 "Yes. but you did give 1t to me, madam. and it's al right. butt
 She had got red in the face. The oth- CT passengers were watching the out come, and one youth. who was stand ing. craned his neck and got a good look at the coin. He grinned. She saw him grin. That broke what remained of her dignity and chilling patience. She testi.y snatched the coin from the bewildered conductor AS she was tossing it into her open purse she. too. get look at the coin. The car was coming out of the tunnel, and ii was lighter. so that she could make out the coin.
 Why. that is a." but she was too much confused to finish the sentence.
 "Yes. it Is five-dollar gold piece, madam. You gave it to me-"
 You might have said so. she mur- mured. meekly, as she fished out real nickel.
 Well you see, ain't much of an ora tor. madam" he said. snd resumed his march down the aisle. reaching for nfA ALal
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
NOTES OF THE FASHIONS.
New Ribbons, Latess tn Hats-This ls
 Co Be . seasoz ef Flow.

The new ribbons are soft in tex. ture and in . taheta weave. Many are corded and hemstitched and fancy ribbons in general were never more in favor, says the New York Tribune. The favorite iints are baby blue. strawberry, cream and pastel green. In hat trimmings several colors are used in rosstte bows. Rosettes are popular. also. as decorative adjuncts to the toilet. They are, worn on the left side or front of the soft belt. Sashes. too. are in vogue. They should be tied at the left in front and should be about ten inches wide. Many are fringed. Fringed ribbons are worn on the neck. and should cross at the back with ends brought to the front. tied in bow and left to fall nearly to the waist line.
 Trimmed sailor hats are among the spring exhibits. Fancy straws are used largely and the decoration. as rule, is composed of weather proof materials. such as tucked taffeta. rib bons and quills. Wings are returning to favor. and by summer will be worn extensively. Certainly nothing is bet ter fitted to withstand the caprice of April and June weather. the fogs on the seashore and the dashiDg spray on board yacht.
 This is to be 8 season of flowers. Some charming hats recently shown have the entire crown composed of flowers. such as forget-me-nots, small wild roses or the larger crushed rose. Violets. too. will be worn in this way. and comparatively new blossom for
 uch profuse use is the snowball. "ansies. poppies and orchids are pop ular to degree greater than ever
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
suhstantIaI Food.

Children need good, nutritious food. The average woman has fixed firmly in her mind that substantial food means large quantities of beef and mutton. Meat builds and repairs the tissues of the body; it is muscle-making; it makes the lean flesh. It can, under certain circumstances, be used as fuel, and then contributes to the force and heat of the body. The cheap pieces of meat contain quite as much, if not more, true food than the more expensive cuts. Such pieces may be worked over in a hundred appetizing dishes. In buying meat ask for the flank, feshy part of the shoulder, the round or the neck pieces. A shoulder of mutton is cheap and good. Tough pieces of meat should be cooked in a moist, slow hest.-La- dies Home Journal
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
ANRSTHETIc REVELATION.
FAe Younz BFIde DiAn't Want HuAAv to Know About Hes Falss
 Teeth.

"Some of the queerest experiences of doctor are pretty certain to be connected with the administration of anaesthetics," said New Orleans physician, chatting the other day with New Orleans Times-Democrat friend ''and apropos of the subject l recall little story that l don't mind tell ing. as the incident occurred long since and in another city. dozen years ago. when I was temporarily located in St. Louis, was called one day to the old Lindell hotel to give chloroform to young woman who was about to undergo slight surgi- cal operation to remove morbid growth in the ear.
 "The patient. es it developed on my arrival. had been married only few days before and was in the city with her husband on . bridal tour. AL though quite handsome, she was no longer exactly in her first youth. and she was very much averse to having her husband present at the operation. However. he insisted. and she finally agreed that he should stay. but mo- ticed that she seemed very nervous and preoccupied.
 'The operation. as I said before. was trifiing. She took the chloro- form easily and an went we'll until she was just regaining consciousness when she opened her mouth and out fell set of false teeth. She had said nothing about that detail. and the truth was that she had hoped. poor woman. to pass through the ordeal without the fact of her wearing such things being known to her Husband.
 But the effect on that individual was entirely unexpected. He gave one mortified glance and then rushed at the old surgeon and seized him by the throat. You infamous scoundrel!' he yelled. You have broken my poor darling's jaw!' At that stage of af- fairs ] beat a retreat. I never did learn exactly what the husband thought had happened or what sort of explanation was offered"
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
Railfoad Laid on Biun That Is slid- sng late the Missouri
 .s s rsl- River.

A mile south of Atchison, Kan, the entire side of bluff is sliding into the Missouri river. The avalanche, says the Chicago Record, is quarter of mile long, and at its base is the most expensive piece of railroad track on the Missouri Pacific system. There is probably not another quarter of a ! mile of track in the United States which it costs more to maintain. The odd thing about this monster land. slide is that it has been slipping down for 20 years, and unless it takes an unexpected plunge will probably be slipping for the next % years, and possibly fifty or hundred. The ava lanche is moving more or less at all times. but not enough to require watching by the Missouri Pacific ex- cept about two months in the spring.
 During the winter the moisture is held in the ground, and when the frost thaws and the spring rains come the great mass of earth begins slip ping Sometimes it comes down foot in 24 hours, and once in awhile it slides six feet The Missouri Pa clfic then puts force of from % to 8 men to work pulling the track back to it's proper place and keeping it level. A man is employed to watch the track at night and see that it does not get so far out of line as to topple a train over into the river. Or ders are issued to engineers to go slow over the bad track, for the jar of train might cause an unprecedented move.
 The bluff is one of the highest of the very high bluffs along the Kansas side Of the Missouri river from Kan sas City to the Nebraska line. Ly- ing under about Is feet of earth there are ore or more strata of r ~ aggre- gatiEg from 20 to 40 feet in thickness. There seer~s to have been perpen- dicul.r srlit down through this rock dividing the bluff almost half in two. and extending a quarter. of a mile north and south. The side which lay on the river, or east side. slid because there was nothing to hold it, while the opposite. or west side, was up against another bluff. Thus the east side began gradually to sink into the river and has laid bare wall 30 or more feet high in places. Here and there enormous bowlders which hung for long time undecided with which side to identify themselves, finally lost their balance and crashed down dashing themselves to pieces below. It costs the Missouri Pacific several thousand dollars and causes 8 great deal of anxiety every spring, but there is no way of avoiding it.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16

was wood pulp. nearly two potihds of it. This condition resulted from the boys habit of ehewlng matches and toothpicks. for which he developed al, inordinate appetite. William became seriously ill. An operation was enough.
 Military engineers are practically agreed that no material for fortitca- tions is superior to earth. When clay is not obtainsble, as on the seashore, sand is collected into bags, and these are laid in regular heaps along the line of the proposed fortifcat1on. h such fortiication the balls from the enemy's guns sink without doing dam. age. and shells explode harmlessly.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16

done arustumbra the fiailies but nouu think uuhat be change uue castumbre because the government is other and now uue has government very good.
 I do not understand the to be you play on the ice and the frost because here in my country is houu also what the spring of america in the Xmas enjoyed quite uuell and olso in the day of new year. The government spanish is no more and the dishonest frailes fear now of the american.
 I am thank by to be receive your letter. I wish you happy new year. Your filipina friend, sir 7
 a7 ANGELA AGUILAR.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
Chartine He Ocean.

The British government keeps il vessels at work sounding and charting the ocean beds. to find out where dan gers lark. Last year 1o,oco square miles were carefully charted in differ ent re-:s Of the world-Asia, Africa and the South Pacific.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
AEa.sis at the sasanae.

The whole Saranac community was on the qui rive, says W. J. Stillman in Atlantic, not to see Emerson or Lowell. of whom they knew nothing, but Agassiz, who had become famous In the commonplace world through having refused, not long before, an offer from the emperor of the French of the keepership of the Jardin des Plantes and senatorship, if he would come to Paris and live. Such an in- credible and disinterested love for America and science in our hemis- phcre lad lifted Agassiz into an ele- vation of popularity which was be- yond all scientific or political dignity, and the selectmen of the town ap- pointed deputation to welcome him and his friends to the region. A re- cePtion was accorded, and they came, having taken care to provide them selves with an engraved portrait of the scientist, to guard against q percon2tion and waste of their re- spects. The head of the deputation, after having carefully compared Agas- sig to the. engraving. turned grayely to his followers and said: '-Yea, it's him." and they proceeded win. the same gravity to shake hands in their order. ignoring all the other lumin- aries.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
co OUT OF TOWN DEWEY DAY.
Anniversary of the Manila Battle Playing Golf.

There were some people in Chicago on Dewey day as the appearance of the streets and buildings testified, but there were others as we'll who were not in Chicago, but who hied themselves away on an early train to the nearest golf ground and spent the holiday propelling the little round gutta percha implement across green fields and pastures new. says the Chronicle. The Hull of the country was particularly gratifying when con- trasted with the jar and hustle and excitement o1 the celebration In town, and. while the country idler wanted to cheer for Dewey. he wanted st Il more to enjoy the delights of holi- day close to natures heart when spring is in the air.
 So he gave little cheer for Dewey every time he drove a ball and he challenged his opponent to come on in the immortal words of the immor tai commander: "Tou may fire when you are ready, Gridley." He Ike the battle of Manila in his heart and left the sweet seclusion of streets for hls fellow residents with the tastes of the town.
 For the joys of pagean nt and the music of band and the amusing bur. lesque of the bsndr aster ard the gilt. ter and clash of the arry and :he navy and even the sight of the hero of the nation himself are weighed in the scales with a game of golf and the balance is found woefully want ing.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16

Francis Bacon Pianoss established in New York l7S9, made by the oldest firm in the United States strictly high grade in every respect, equal 10 any piano made and at very moderate prices, taking into consideration the quality of these mag nificent instruments. General western office. Howard w. Foote & Co.,, 307-509 Wabash Ave-, Chicago. Agents for Ari- zoHa, St J Johns Drug Co.,, St. Johns, 4riA.
 Wrlte for prices catalogue etc.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16

TO THE DEAF.-A rich lady. cured of her Deafness and Noises in the Head hy Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums. gave $l0.0O0 to this Instltuts 70 that deaf people unsble to procure the ear Drums may have them free. Address No ls3. The Institute, Long cott," Gunnersbury, London w.. Eng land.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
FREE TO INVENTORS

The experience of c. A. Snow ( Co. in obtain; rg more Ihan POGO Iaien's for inyentors hes ienab,en them to helpfully answer many ques tiOns relaing 10 the protection Of in:elisctna property. This they have done in a pamphIs treating briefly of United States and foreign patents, with cost of same. and how to procure them; trade marks. designs, caveats. infringe m nts. decisions in leading patent cases etc
 Th's pamphlet will sbs sent free to any one writing to c. A. Snow & Go washington. DC
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
IT WELL PAY YOU TO TAKE +TGEE HERALD"

lfyOu dOn'ttake the HERALD. you won't eve us for 1t. If you take the HERALD and pay for 1t, you won't owe us.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
r,,AsrED-sErvRAL BRIGHT AND HOsEa

ryASTED--sEEvRAL BRIGHT AND Ho1FE2
 w persons to represent us as Man gers in this and close by counties Sal- ary 1900 year and expenses. Straight. bona-fide, no more, no less salary. Posi- tfon permanent. Our references, any bank in any town. It is mainly office work conducted at home. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envek pc. THE DOMINION COMPANY, Dept. g. Chicago.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
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 What is t1
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The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
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The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
CARS CROSS AN AVALANCHE

aT - ANGELA AGUILAR,
 Looban street. No. I4. Manila.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02
Having a Conference.

Buffalo, n. Y, May 2.-(Spi )-Supt.
Waitt reached the Hotel IIoquois
promptly at 10 o'clock today, whore
Commissioner Webster of tho State
Board was waiting for him. He was
accompanied by Superintendent Brad
field of the Buffalo division and Supt.
McBeth Of the East Buffalo car shops,
where many men quit work. Commits.
sioner Webster telephoned for the ex-
ecutive committee of strikers 20 come
to the hotel, where the conference Will
be held. When the strike leaders ar
rived the whole party retired TO one
of the parlors aud behind closed doors
began the conference which viii serve
to settle or extend the srrike on the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02
APPEAL
Concluded from first page.

will easily be obtained by six business
men, peaceably discussing the matter
around table, providing the six be
honest and act in good faith. We go
to tell the American people that we
are preparing to place our case in their
hands for their arbitration, SO
satisfied are we that we demand
nothing that an impartial freedom.
loving nation is not willing to grant.
The English press teens with false
hoods by which it seeks to throw dust
into the eyes of the. American people.
We are prepared to meet these false.
hoods by asking the United States to
judge between u.s. Will England
agree? If not, then these falsehoods
will not deceive Americans, for they
will realize that what England seeks
is to crush out our independence, as
they sought unsuccessfully, thank
God, to crush American independence
in the last century. Those who at
tribute other aims to our mission, who
accuse us Of having sought or caused
this war, II not, therefore, Instigatory
thereof, have through their own polit-
ical and financial ends been misIed by
latter day interviews which appeared
and were attributed to us, statements
which were never made and interviews
which were never held the object be-
ing to draw us into contradictory
statments and thereby change our OBJ
ject. We have not spoken before be-
cause 1t wns not necessary, but on the
eve of our departure for America, VIC
feel entitled to transmit this frank
declaration to the American people to
disabuse their minds of false state
ments and to ask them to grant MS a
fair hearing while laying our cause
fairly and squarely before them.
The delegates, Messrs, Fischer, VOL
marens and Vessels left FOR Rioters
dam this afternoon, whence they will
sail for New York tomorrow. on the
Holland-Amcrican line steamship
Massdom. rH
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02
LINEMEN
Employed by the Bell Company Have
Struck.
AIassdonl.

Buffalo, ~ y, May 2.--(Spl)-As n
result of meeting held last night.s15o
linemen and instrument filters employ
cd by the Bell Telephone company in
this city, struck at o'clock this morn
ing. They had asked for an increase
and shorter day.
The llnemen wanted $3.50 for eight
hours work instead of S2.25 for ten
hours. They claim that the Supern-
tendent of the company refused to
meet the International Executive
Board of the Union when n conference
was asked for. 1t was stated by one
of the strike leaders that after the
meeting last night. the result was telc-
graphed to every city along the line
of the New York Central railroad be-
tween Buffalo and New York, and the
llnemen and instrument filters IN those
cities will also strike.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02
DEMOCRATS
Carried Municipalities In Indiana al
Tuesdays Elections.

indianapolis, Ind, May 2.-(Spl)-.
Elections were held in all the cities
of the state except indianapolis, Fort
Wayne and Evansville yesterday. Lit
tie Significance Is attached to the TO-
suits as in most towns only council
men were voted for and local issues
ruled. Anderson, the home of w. T..
Durbln, Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, gave the Democrats two addl-
tional councilmen. Anderson Is nor
mally 800 Republican, but scarcely 40
per cent of the normal vote was polled.
There were no unusual gains in other
towns.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02
OPEN LAMP
Believed to Have Caused the Pleasant
Valley Disaster.

Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2,-(Spl)
1t is believed that the disaster at
Pleasant Valley mine was caused by
an explosion of gas and dust. II 1t
thought that some member of a survey
ing party which was ar work in the
mine carried an open" or unguarded
lamp. The first things the workers
on the outside knew was when at 1915
the entire top of the mountain over the
tunnel seemed to lift. Great masses
of stone and trees were hurled hun
dreds of feet in the air and fell In ey-
cry direction, some of them half n mile
from the mines.
1t Is impossible to get list of the
dead at this time. So overcome are the
people by the calamity that they seem
to be in trance. Not one is able to
give an ineligible story as to the cause
of the disaster. 1t is believed that 200
were killed and Il score or more Grip.
pied for life.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02

special car conveyed the Akron people
home at IL o'clock.
S. NJ Fowler has returned after a
visit with his family in Mt, Vernon.
II. S. Pell of Paducah, Ky, was here
yesterday.
Henry Herman was in Cleveland on
business Tuesday.
The water will be drawn off this ca
nal level Friday
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02
HEROIC RESCUE
United States Officer Saved a Drown.
ina Girl.


New York, May 2.-(splA-Iieut.
Edward II. Martin of the Fifth
United States Artillery, while standing
at the end of the long pier at Sandy
Hook yesterday afternoon heard n
splash and saw Alma Simpson, the 8.
year-old daughter OF Wm Simpson,
n llfe-saver of the Sandy Hook station,
struggling in the water. She had
fallen in while leaning over the rail-
Ing. The Lieut., d!ved overheard after
the girl and came UP with her. He
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02
Bravery Workers S rike.

BoSton,Mass., May 2.-(Spl.)-A strike
was inaugurated in every brewery in
the city of Boston this morning be,
tween one and IL o'clock. The mas,
ter brewers refused to grant the de,
mands Of the engineers and acting un,
der instructions committee of the
Central Labor Union was forced to
order the strike.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02
Ex.Postmaster Dead.

Ashtabula, o., May 2.-(Spl)Word
comes from Cambridge Springs, Pa,
that G. G. Wells, ex-jostmaster and q
prominent citizen of Kingsville, this
county, is dead, aged GO years. He
was at Cambridge Springs for his
health.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02

When Uncle Eph was dying. he called ,ne to ais
bed
And in a tone OF confidence inviolate he said:
Dear Wilyurn. ere seek repose in yonder bliss
ful sphere.
ear.
Strive not to hcw your way through lfe-it really
doesn't pay.
De sure The saIie OF sattery soaps all you do aad
say.
Herein the only royal road TO fane aud fortune
lies
Put not your trust in vinesar--mo,,sses catches
Aies."
Eugene Field.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-02

swan to the pier and cIung to pile
ten minutes before John Rice and John
Glass, old Sandy Hook fishermen, pro-
cured rope which they lowered to
him. He tied little Alma to it ami
the men hoisted her up. The Lieut.
was cheered by the crowd that gath
cred to watch the rescue.