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the cage, and a number Of rabbits. fasten-
ed together in a long string. were run
down the serpent's throat with a bamboo
pole.
For II months this process was re-
peated at intervals of three weeks. the
reptile steadily declining food for all this
time At length an appetite asserted it
self and Czarina took a substantial meal
Of her own accord. Since this time the
serpent has fed steadily.
Obstinate snakes are coaxed into eat
irg by specially prepared food Chickens
are killed and plucked and offered as
special dainties, or brace of tender
young squads, fattened for the occasion,
are provided
At times large and valuable specimens
arrive from foreign clmes with digestive
system much out of gear. With the
characteristic eccentricity of a reptile.
such snakes are usually voracious feed
ers.
The condition of their internal organs
is soon apparent and the utmost care is
at once needed. The diet is Immediately
cut down to far below the normal and the
feeding resolves itself into system which
continues for months after.
Humorous incidents are many and
varied in the work of coaxiHG newly-ar-
rived turtles and lizards to TAKE their food.
huge alligator terrapin tasted for many
weeks in the reptile house TO the worry
of the keepers. Being a pugnacious brute,
1T was induced to eat by strategy. Il was
tapped vigorously on the nose with a stick
and its jaws flew open. Thereupon a fish
was inserted in its mouth. Each round
Of teasing resulted in the creatures TAX
ing substantial bite. which was invOlun-
tarily swallowed The treatment lasted
for weeks, when the turtle was finally in
duced to feed of its own accord. Much
the same manuvering is employed in the
case of stubborn crocodiles and alligatOrs.
When the FIVE big alliGators which now
occupy the saurian tank in the reptile
house arrived at the Geological Park, it
was decided TO introduce novelty in the
way of feeding these creatures. In many
institutions the food for the gators is sim
ply thrown into the tank. and the more
vigorous individuals help themselves with
out regard to their smaller associates
This was prohibited from the start. No
gator was to receive n morsel of food I'M
less it was taken from the keepers hand.
For weeks the reptiles swan about
warily and watched with hungry eyes all
sorts Of tempting food held at the side
of the tank. Big Nose was the first to
gain courage. Swimming up to Keeper
Snyder it opened its huge jaws appeal
ingly and a chicken settled between them.
There was crunching of bones, the rails
ing OF the broad snout a yard or more
above the water, the blinking of yellow
eye, and the fowl was gone.
Nose repeated the operation several
times and swan away satisfied. Gradual
ly its timid mates followed the example.
And now the gators line up at feeding
time. with gaping jaws, and await the
distribution of fowls or fish, as the diet
may be.
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Some of them were sick and several died
after reaching Cavite.
We found upon landing these prisoners
that the Filipinos wanted to get at them
to take vengeance for the slaughter of
some exiles, leaders of the revolution of
the year before, who had been sent as
prisoners to Guam, and had all been killed
while trying to escape" as the official re-
port states. The Filipinos believed this to
have been a deliberate slaughter, and they
would have boloed these prisoners TO a
man could they have got at them.
A STICKLER FOR FORM.
In connection with these prisoners of
ours a most amusing incident occurred.
There was with the Regulars a most eX
cellent officer who had risen from the
ranks. He was born Irish and remained
so all his life. He was a stickler for mill
tary etiquet, particularly the formal re-
spect the regulations say an enlisted man
shall pay the shoulder-straps. At this
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TRIBUNE WASHINGTON G, THURSDAY,

the yoUthfulness of those who participated
in it. There was on the part of these
ness of youth, with its inexperience and
decisions and false hopes. They needed
no orders to engage in the sort of fighting
they performed. The army with which
Aguinaldo later challenged the supremacy
of the Americans was better organized and
but the one now attempting to
take Manila was but an armed mob.
CTo be continued)
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Progress of Sugar Making in the Northwest.

r. j. Wagner, President and General
Manager of the Menomonee Falls Beet
Sugar Company, is authority for the state
ment that at least II beet-sugar manufac-
turing concerns will be established in diff
ferent parts of Wisconsin during the com
ing Summer and Fall; that each will have
a daily capacity of 800 tons of beets. and
that these plants will be built and equipped
at an aggregate cost of about So 1000, 600.
Wisconsin and Michigan capitalists are in
terested in the enterprise. The exact To-
cations have not yet been fully determined
for all, but eight of them will be at Beaver
Dam, WATERFOWL, Kaukauna, Ripon,
Oconto, Dorchester, La Crosse and Ra-
cine.
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tossers wife. 80 is chance to show what
he can do
Yes" said the farmer. II s'pose so.
Josh is one of those people who never
seem to get a chance to do anything ex-
cept something they can't do"
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and ran. When the straw was examined
we found concealed in its center not less
than 1900 of these empty Springfield
shells. All this constitutes but one more
of the many acts Of heedlessness and good
natured tolerance by which we let the willy
Oriental of both Chinese and Filipino
blood impose upon us and despise US for
our stupidity at the same time.
Supplied in this way with arms and
ammunition, Aguinaldos army was en-
gagged in the effort to capture Manila in
dependently of the Americans. After we
had learned little more of their methods
of fighting, as revealed to myself and those
with me when we saw them use their two
cannon of which / spoke, as well as OBJ
served by all Of US q few days later, we
had little confidence in their ever succeed
ing in capturing the city, and awaited the
arrival of our own reinforcements with
considerable confidence, though with i'm
patience. l can not illustrate how utterly
impractical as n fighter the Filipino is bet
ter than to relate the story of the cannon
captured at CalOOcan on the 10th of Feb
ruary by the Kansas and Montana boys.
This was like the cannon / described in
telling of my visit to their lines and their
shot at the Spanish works. possibly one Of
the very guns. At all events it had been
conveyed to Malabon on a cascO, landed
and dragged with infinite difficulty by
gangs Of men pulling on ropes the two
miles from there to Caloocan, where a
splendid earthwork had been prepared for
it.. Apparently they had not yet been
able to mount it in this earthwOrk at the
time of the fight, for it stood by the side
Of the railroad track and pointed directly
down it in the direction of Manila, q men
ace TO the advancing troops.
There was not found with it when cap
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THE DEFENsEs OF MANILA.

The Spanish lines defending Manila
were very strong, and, vigorously held
were almost impregnable against infantry
They consisted of a line of blockhouscs
and trenches extending from the bay about
three miles north of the walled city to the
bay about the same distance south, the
distance on the east being about four
miles. The total length was about IA
miles. Some Of these blockhouses were of
wood and some of stone, the latter being
regular forts, with bastions and sentinel
towers. Connected with these was a sys-
TEN of trenches covering every avenue Of
approach to the city by which it was DOS
sible to make an attack. Only the deep
swamps were left undefended, through
which il was possible for the natives to
come and go between the city and the
country and carry information of all kinds,
as we discovered later, as well as for
few armed men to enter the city, but not
for a force large enough to be dangerous
The Spaniards also held the water reser-
vOir at San Juan del Monte, about five
miles out, and the pumping station at San
tolan, on the San Mateo River, five miles
farther. At no time did the Filipino at
lacks against these positions make any
impression on them, for the reasons shall
proceed to make clear by describing their
nature.
purely of the militia order. Men served
or not, as they chose, and fought OF not at
any particular time, as they pleased. Dis
cipline there was none and of drill but
little. Its personnel was infantile in the
extreme. Boys scarcely bigger than the
guns they carried were conspicuous in its
ranks by their numbers. My observation
of the Filipino is that after he reaches the
age of 80 years his ambition in life and
his physical energy are both gone BY
that time he has found some easy way of
making living or has wife who is able
to take care of him. All the energy, and
brains as well, seem to be confined to the
boys and very young men. There was
scarcely an officer of the Filipino army
over 30 years of age. Aguinaldo himself
when at the plenitude of his power was
but % years old, and many of his officers
were mere boys. Gen. Gregorio del Pillar.
who lost his life protecting the flight of
Aguinaldo, was but 81 years old. Older
men may have sympathized with the insur-
rection and have aided it, but they appear
to 90 to seed just at the time an American
is developing his greatest powers We used
to call 1t the kid rebellion" in courtesy to
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Hunting Trips on Plains and Mountains Anfn y0nns of sT
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THE GUAM PRISONERS.


We also had few Spanish prisoners.
brought with us from Guam. The army
surrendered TO us by the Governor there
consisted Of one company of Spanish
troops and one of native troops. The
Spaniards numbered 30 men, and nine Off
GERS Of all grades. The native troops were
told that they were released from military
service. and were no longer subjects of
Spain. They capered about with JOY, tore
their chevrons and other insignia of Span
ish authority from their uniforms, and
heaped maledictions upon the country they
had been compelled to serve.
The Spaniards were put on board the
transport and taken with us to Cavite.
The privates were the scrubbiest lot of
soldiers l ever saw. They were covered
with sores, dirty and thin. When they
were fed a ration on the ship the same as
orr own men they were overjoyed, and
seemed 10 be immensely tickled at their
good fortune in having been captured.
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Grsly is of leading interest in this volume, but the
Bear. Buffalo, the Cougar or Mountain Lion, the
boy Land. The President makes light of the dang'
very mndestlN told disclose snvern " close calls Il
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-01
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at 81
each, will be considered the equivalent OF one
yearly subscriber at Sl.75 and so counted. A
subscription paid for two or more years In ad-
vance at sl.75, will be counted as one name for
each year SO paid.
Clubmakers will be held personally respon.
sible for the payment ofall names returned by
them After clubmaker has returned and
paid for any name, he can, at anytime there
after, discontinue the sending Of the paper to
the person for whom he has paid, and transfer
the unexpired time to any other person, pro
vided the person to whom the transfer Is
desired was not q subscriber at the time the
original name was entered on our books.
No name will be counted In competition for
a premium until the subscription price has
been paid nor will any premium be delivered
until u satisfactory settlement has been made
for all names returned by the clubmaker.
Persons who commence making clubs will
not be permitted to transfer their club to an
other clubmaker's list after the names have
been entered on our books.
1t is not necessary that the names on q club
should all be at the same postofice. Names
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us ia
the expense OF those sending them.
We will be responsible for the safe transmits.
sion of money only when sent by draft, regis
Yorkvile postoffice.
In sending names. write plainly, and give
postoffice, county and state.
All subscriptions will be discontinued at the
expiration Of the time paid tor.
4 separate list will be kept for each clubma-
kcr, who will be credited with each name
sent, SO that the number sent by any one per-
son may be ascertainei at q moments notice.
In case Of a tie for either premium, two
weeks will be allowed in which TO "untie."
The time in which names may be returned
under our propositions will commence NOW,
and expires at 4 o'clock p. M, on Wednse-
day. the 18th day of March, 1902:
After the closing Of this contest on March II,
1902, no single yearly subscription will be re-
ceived for less than the yearly subscription
price of 500, except new clubs are formed.
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One Obstacle Overcome.

Willie was a bright boy Of an invent
i've turn of mind, says The Youths
Companion. At the age Of or II
years he was seized with the ''perpet-
ual motion" idea, and began to make
all sorts of queer machines, despite the
advice of his father, who told him OF
men who had devoted their lives to q
vain search for perpetual motion.
1T violates the first principles Of me-
chanics, my boy" said the father. "Ac-
ton and reaction are equal, as you
will understand some day. When you
can pull yourself up by your boot
straps you may have to invent a ma
chine that will start itself and run
itself without stopping"
The next day Willie came to his
father in great excitement and told
him he had done it-had pulled himself
up by his bootstraps.
Its no trick at ALL" he said, as he
led the way to the barn, where ne
showed his bewildered father a pair
Of old boots nailed, soles up, to beam
overhead.
'"There!" he exclaimed, as he climb.
ed on a box, reached up, ran his fin
gers through the strops Of the boots
and pulled himself up. What do yor
think Of that?
Willie's father did not reply ir
words. Instead, he took a harness
strap, and then and there Willie gave
an imitation Of perpetual motion which
required no elaborate apparatus.
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PRESIDENT JAMES BoYCE.

LIVERY man who carries a policy on
IL his life in the MUTUAL BENE-
FIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEWARK, N. j., will endorse the
following from Rev. James Boyce'
president Of the Due West Female COL
lege:
DUE WEST, S. c.. March II. 1900.
Mr.. M. M. Mattison, Anderson, S. c.:
Dear Sir: It is a pleasure for me to
say that I am well pleased with my
policy in the Mutual Benefit Life In
surance company. My policy is reg
ular life" and the dividends steadily In
creased until now they are 24.1 per
cent. Of the premium. and I get my In
surance for s16.O9 per $1,000. I would
not exchange it for a policy in any 9th
er company I know Of. With best
wishes, l am, Sincerely yours,
JAMES BoYCE.
If you will call on me, or write for me
to call on you, I will show you wherein
the Mutual Benefit surpasses all other
companies and why its contracts are
more liberal, and I will do 1t In such
way that YOU will KNOW that there
Is no chance for the thing to be any
other way than as I represent 1t.
SAM NJ. GRIST. Special Agent.
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will be issued to him, although it will
still belong to the government, and
IL he loses or destroys it he must pay
$50 for his carelessness.
The coats in the possession Of the
war department are relics Of the days
when no man living in the northwest
was thought to be properly equipped
without a buffalo coat. All Of them
have been worn, but they are still In
fair condition and are issued annually
to those soldiers who may want them.
Minneapolis Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-01

No ROMANCE IN TIT must have
been quite a year ago, said the gene
eral delivery clerk at the postofflce.
that a man came in one day and in
quired for a letter in his name. and he
looked much disappointed when could
find none to hand out. Since that day.
twice a week. most always when I was
on duty. and as no letter for him ever
arrived had considerable curiosity re-
garding his case. In fact, I built up a
romance around him. took it that he
might have separated from his wife in
some distant town, and was hoping to
hear from her and make up the quar-
rel. and I actually came to feel hard
toward her because she refused to
write. 1t seemed to me that the man
was falling in health as he lost hope,
and now and then gave him a cheer
full word to brace him up. A week ago
I saw his name on a letter, and next
time he called passed 1t out with the
remark:
Here Is your long-expected letter
at last and I hope it contains good
news
HE stepped away from the window
to read it, and after a few minutes he
came back to say:
81 didn't get it,
what was it?'
why, I sent to my brother-in-law
in Pittsburg almost a year ago to bor-
row a dollar to buy some porous plas-
ters. and he writes me that he can't
we'll spare 1t, and that I'd better use a
mustard plaster, instead" detroit
Free Press.
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Ha,uurulas department.
hot So Cool Az He Thought.

81 had flattered myself for long time
that would be cool hand In the race
of danger" said the drummer, "and
when fire alarm was sounded IN
hotel one night, I did not fnd
myself a failure. I turned out or
bed as quietly as you please got
into my clothes without undue
haste, and looked out into the hall
with contempt for the guests who were
falling over each other and fainting
away. My grip was open. and I waited
to replace everything and lock 1t, and
then I walked out to the nearest fire
escape and dropped my grip to the
ground.
1.-THE fire escape was simply a rope
fastened to a hook, and 1 was 1our
stories up. The hall was dark Win
smoke, and I could hear men shouting
and women screaming, but 1 pledge
YOU my word that I wasn't bit rat
tied as I loosed the coil Of rope and
backed. out Of the window.
ct was a bit chilly, perhaps. as l
found myself swinging so feet from
the ground, but got down without
further damage than burning and tear
ing the skin off my palms.
II reached terra firma to feel myself
a hero, but the feeling didn't last over
ten minutes. Then the firemen got the
best of the flames, and as I entered the
hotel the night clerk said:
".Ah! you here? I didn't see you
come down.
~ got out by the hall window !
replied.
You did? Why man, the fire was
way back over the kitchen, and there
is a stairway within ten feet OF thai
window! Why didn't you take whole
week in which to come down In the
regular way?"-Detroit Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-01

HADN'T BORROWED TRoUBLE.-Many
diffident persons find the beginning OF
a conversation awkward, especially on
ceremonious occasions, and with
strangers. Sometimes, however, the
beginning is not half so awkward as
what comes afterward.
A bashful young man on being intro
duced to lady at dinner party said:
I've got to take you in to dinner,
Miss Travers. and I'm rather afraid
of you, you know. Everyone tells me
you're very clever"
The young lady was naturally anus
ed by this display of simplicity.
How absurd" she exclaimed. I'm
not bit clever"
The young man heaved a sigh of re-
lief and answered.:
We'll, do you know, I thought you
't!"-Lordon Tit-Bits.
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He MEANT THE OTHER BIPED.-A
man once received as a present from
a sea captain a fine specimen of the
bird known as the Laughing jackass" :"
AS he was carrying it home he met a
brawny Irish navy, who stopped him:
"Phwat kind of burrd is that, sir?"
asked the man.
That's a laughing jackass," explain
ed the owner, genially.
The Irishman. thinking he was being
made fun Of, was equal to the occa-
sion, and responded, with twinkle in
his eye:
It's not yerself-it's the burrd,
name, sorr."-London Spare Moments
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GUNS.

We are very anxious to sell out our
stock of Guns. We will sell you any
Gun we have at 10 CENTS ON THE
DOLLAR LESS THAN OUR REGU-
LAR PRICE. These are jam up good
guns.
Come to us for anything you want,
as we want to serve you.
Yours for trade,
J. F. PURSLEY.
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SIXTY DOLLAR OvERcoATs For SOL
DIERs.-Just at present a buffalo over
coat is a very scarce article, and yet the
humblest Of Uncle Sans soldier boys
may have one of these highly priced
garments for the asking. All he has
to do is to include the item In his
requisition for supplies, and the coat
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-01
REMN AN 7
BARGAINS.

W. have finished stock taking and
find among other things en immense
lot of Remnants of all kinds Of goods,
including fine Dress Goods, cheap
Dress Goods, Calicoes, Percals, Sheet
ings, Bleachings, ETC., which we have
put on our Remnant counter and which
are to go at any sort of prices to make
them go. In this lot Of Remnants will
be found many desirable lengths Of all
kinds of goods, and those people who
are looking for genuine bargains In
almost any kind Of goods that are sold
by the yard will find real BARGAINS
here that will astonish the natives.