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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Roy Allen on Labor Strikes.


The labor strike. aid Roy Allen. the
other day. is an American method OF
raising wages, and ! notice OF late the
iaooring men In some OF the European
countries are adopting the plan.
II am satisfied that the strike Is efec-
tual only where large bodies Of men are
employed 1 have thought good deal
over this matter for Il was forcshly pre-
scented 10 my mind six or seven years ago
when ! was student at the Ks..sas Uni
versity at Lawrence.
They had a street car lys;er, there at
that time and the motive power was the
festive mule. Cne day ! was riding on
one OF the cars with ore OF the professors
OF the college. The driver OF the old
mule told the professor a doisfnl tale OF
the hard time they had and II very great
~ interested me az the time. lie said
that they had to so TO work az six
O'Clock in the morning and work until ten
al night and they only got about one
collar a day.
Then the professor began 60 advise that
motornan on the mule line what 20 do.
and i became more than ever interested.
because ! supposed the very learned man
would be able 10 solve that labor prob
lem. Strike said the professor. why
don't YOU strike for higher wages
Strike aid the mule driver; that
would never accomplish the object Of
getting more wages or shorter hours.
Strike. he repeated. and then turning
around TO the professor he continued:
"A deuce of bowling mob Bill and would
make marching up Massachusetts, ave-
nue."
Now that mule driver was right. II
would never do for two or three men
TO strike. II they were that many thou
sand they might accomplish something.
hut nobody would ever pay any attention
10 two men OF half dozen. They would
get the horse laugh IL they were TO 20 out
on a strike"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Supply of Mistletce.

The mistletoe and holly We're here in
abundance during the last week. The
crop of mistletoe in Oklahoma. whence
Wichita's supply, was unusually good.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
The Res. Thing About Wichita.

''There is one thing about Wichita. said
visitor To this city last week. which
I have never seen mentioned and yet I
consider Il the eitv's most attractive fra-
fure. Wichita has no single rich man.
no man rich above all others. Most towns
have one man who dominates IL because
Of his wealth. lie is usually a little TIN
god, without other talent than that Of
Honey getting. In those towns you viii
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28

Indians dressed like white folks: 80 I still
kept quiet, till 1 heard shouted over me
a pet name which this brother had given
ne. 1t was the funniest name in the
world.
l6. / knew that no Indian knew of this
name, as it was a little family secret;
so / sprang up and caught my brother
BY the ankles 1 hardly think an Indian
could have given a louder yell than he
gave then; and he jumped SO that he fell
OF the log and down by my side But
nobody was hurt: and. after kissing me
till he had kissed away all my tears. he
hoisted me onto his shoulder. called my
other brothers. who were hunting in diff
ferent directions. and we ali set out FOR
heme.
~. I had been gone for nearly three
hours. and had wandered a number Of
miles My brother Joseph's coming and
asking for me. had first set them 10 ir-
curing and searching me out. When 1
went into the room where my brother
Rufus sat. he said: why. my poor lit
tie sister 1 did not mean 10 send yon
of on such a wild-goose chase 10 the
end OF the rainbow I thought you would
know / was auizzing you"
Is Then my eldest brother took enc on
his knee. and told me what the rainbow
really was; that 1t was only painted air.
and did not rest on the earth. so nobody
could ever find the end: and that God had
set il in the cloud 10 remind him and VS.
of his promise never again to drown the
world again with food. Oh I think
Gods promise would be a beautiful name
for the rainbow ! said
~. Yes" replied my mother. but it
tells US something more than that He
will not send great floods upon the earth.
it tells Us OF His beautiful love always
bending over US from the skies. And !
trust that when my little girl sets forth
on pilgram3ge 10 find Gods love. she
will be led by the rainbow of his promise
through all the dark places OF this world
to treasures laid in ehaven better far
better. than silver or gold
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28

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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21
CHINESE HELP THE CRIMINALS

Great Dimeuley Experienced In Convict
Ing . Celestial Murderer.
Just to see how hard it is to convict
Chinese accused of participation in
one of the highbfnders' wars, l will
cite single instance that came under
the notice of one of the representa-
tives of a great San Francisco news
paper.
A Chinese gardener named All Link
was shot in the back by a binder
While he was sitting in the Chinese
Theater on Jackson street. He was
instantly killed. Immediately follow
ing the fatal shot the usual movement
took place around the body, but the
actors on the stage never even so
much as hesitated in the delivery of
their lines. When the man fell from
the bench the lookout at the main en-
trance OF the place called out in Chi
nese that the white devils were com
Ing. The man who did the shooting
so far forgot himself as to run, and
the police on hot scent saw him
and started after the fugitive. The
man ran out of the side entrance to
the auditorium and made his way to
FISH Alley. The police were close to
him and saw him enter a building at
the corner of the next block. The
squad hurried into the place and cap.
tured two well-known binders Meth.
er of them had weapon, but there
were powder burns on the right hand
OF one OF the men. Nothing could be
learned from either of the prisoners,
and they were locked up with
charge of murder against each of
them.
The next morning in court two
brothers of the murdered man swore
that they were with him at the time
OF their brothers death and saw the
man who did tue shooting and posi-.
lively swore that neither of the prs-
oners had anything to do with the kill.
ing The accused men were forth
with released. But that night both OF
the b: others were arrested for killing
one OF the men who was turned loose
by their evidence in the morning and
dangerously wounding the other
When the wounded man recovered he
sWore tnat neither OF the brothers had
anything to do with shooting him
Which all goes to prove that it does
not matter much what a Chinese has
to swear to. and also that in his poor,
weak Monaghan way he does not take
a treat deal of stock in the brand OF
Jh"tlce dispensed by the white devils
New Orleans Time-Democrat
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21
In The Philippines
Varying Manners and Customs of the Differ
Races of Our New Possessions.

1t is not generally known that the
Inhabitants OF the island of Sulu are
descended in a direct line from the
natives of Borneo, but such is the fact
The two races, now considered dis
tlnct, have many traits in common
The SuluS are MorOS, and although
long separated from the parent stock
preserve the original characteristics
OF that race. They are in some parts
fierce, warlike people who continu-
ally prey upon the weaker tribes
around them. They have slaves, prac-
tice polygamy, punish theft by decapi-
tation and either make slaves of their
prisoners of war or chop them into
many pieces with their creeses, pc
culiar blade with waves in it seen in
no other Pacific isle.
The Moros, or Moors, belong to the
Malay race. Eearly in the sixteenth
century two brothers in the north of
Borneo had quarrel as to the sue
cession of the chiefship of the tribe
The result was that one left with his
followers and landed on the island of
Basilan, at which place, after awhile.
there was another quarrel: some left
and settled in the north of Mindanao
and others in Jolo, and up to the pres
ent time It has been one series of war
fare between the different tribes. They
bear no relation to the inhabitants of
Morocco, hence the name Moros, or
Moors, is not true one. They are
Malay converted to the Mohamme-
dan faith, a very few of them being
acquainted with the doctrine of Mo-
manned.
In the lake region of Mindanao the
natives are fierce and warlike, while
those on the coast are peaceable to a
certain extent. They wear tight-fitting
Jackets, pants buttoned near the bot
tom, cloth around the waist and a tur-
ban for the head. They are fond of
gay colors and many of their cloths
are of hand-woven silk. The women
wear boomers and a body cloth These
costumes differ according to locality
and tribe.
Some tribes wear short hair; others
wear long hair. giving them a very eff
Terminate appearance. Some wear the
goatee, some let the ends of the mus
tache grow and some have smooth
faces.
They are warriors and sailors, or.
more properly speaking, pirates. and
history tells of many daring exploits
OF these people. They are also great
fishermen, using net, spear and hook.
They compel weak tribes around them
to pay tribute.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21
Mines of Wax.

In several parts of the world a
resinous substance, called ozocerite
and bearing considerable resemblance
to heeswaX, is found, usually in con-
nection with rock salt and coal. There
are deposits in Austria, Russia, Rou-
mania, Egypt, Algeria, Canada and
Mexico. buo ozocerite has so far, not
been discovered in sufficient quanti-
ties to pay for mining anywhere ex-
cept in the district of Boryslav, in
Austrian Galicia, and on an island on
the west coast of the Caspian sea- In
mining this mineral wax. shafts are
sunk until a bed or nest of ozocer-
lite is struck. Then connection gal
leries are driven. There is consider
able danger, and many lives have been
lost in consequence of the sudden fore
ing up of the soft wax into the shafts
by the enormous pressure to which
it is subjected. It is used largely for
manufacturing ceresin, which is en-
ployed together with beeswax. for
making wax candles, as we'll as in the
manufacture of Photographic cylin-
ders, and for many similar purposes
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21
TERRITORY BELONGS TO NOBODY

Frontier Town That Neither Prussia
Nor Belgium Can Cali It's Own.
when person speaks about the
smallest states in the world he men
lions the Republic of San Marine in
the ApennineS, the Republic of An
dora in the Pyrenees or the prtnci-
patty of Monaco. There is a little
district smaller than any of these
which is still more curious in its DO.
litical relations. 1t cannot be called
independent for two countries have a
hand In its affairs. and yet it belongs
to nobody and thus occupies an anon
alous position, says the New York
Sun.
This little area, containing only
about two square miles. is the ground
on which the Town of Moresuet
stands. little TO the southwest of the
important German city of Aix-la- Cha.
pelle.
The Vienna congress in 1915 estab-
ished a new boundary between the
low countries and Prussia. The con.
gress was unable to agree as to how
very short part of the boundary
should be drawn. A Temporary ar.
rangement was finally made by which
Moresnet should be called neutral ter
rltory- Subsequent events PLAYED
ducks and brakes with the frontiers
established by the congress of Vienna
But Moresnet has never been dis.
turbed. 1t is still neutral territory
and is SO marked to-day on every good
map of Europe.
The town is mentioned in very few
school or other Biographies. Writers
would not know where to class Mores
net if they did not mention it.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Their weapons are the complain, a
long, straight sword, wide and blunt
at the point; the creese. a knife with
a wide blade and waved; the barong
a knife with blade wide in the cen
ter and small at the hitt, with pointed
end. Their firearm is The lantaca, a
small brass cannon, highly ornament
ed with a hand grip. on the butt. They
use a round shield, which also serves
as hat, also a corslet made of fl
bres. A datos strength is gagged by
the number of Iantaca mounted on the
wall or fence of his Gotta. Spears al
so are in common use, both for hunt
ing and fighting.
A head knife. curved, is used by the
eXecutioner of the tribe. He files a
nick on the back of the blade for every
head he chops off. Decapitation is the
penalty for stealing unless the theft is
paid for inside of twenty-four hours.
The Jubanos show the influence of
Malay blood, They inhabit the prov
inves of ZambOanga and Mesamis.
They are of good stature and have
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

TIL Rev. E. L. Yeomans, late of Or
ange, N J., was very fond of children
and made much of them in a pastoral
way. One Sunday, says the New York
Times, he preached a sermon from the
somewhat fanciful text, Thou Makest
My Feet as the Kinds Feet" and was
gratitied to notice that the young SOP
of one of his congregation gave it un-
usual attention and seemed very much
Interested. Meeting him a few days
after he said:
We'll. Louis. l saw you in church
last Sunday, wide awake as usual. and
listening with both ears"
Yes, sir"
And do you remember the SER
mon?''
Yes, sir"
We'll, I am curious to know if you
can repeat the text"
NO, sir. l don't think l can. It
was something about your hind feet,
but l didn't just understand what"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Brooke abrogated rights held by her
through inheritance to the privilege
OF conducting the slaughter house at
Havana and of the distribution Of
meats and the collection of the fixed
charges for meats. The countess
claims these privileges by virtue of a
royal decree. from the king of Spain.
The countess declares that the bust
ness under the privilege was success
full and profitable until 1899. In that
year, she alleges, Gen. Brooke, then
military governor of Cuba, issued Or
ders to the effect that the hereditary
privileges connected with the SIaugh-
ter of cattle in Havana were termi-
mated.
This order, the plaintiff alleges,
was in direct violation OF a section of
the treaty of Paris declaring that SO
long as the occupation lasted the
United States should assume and dis
charge all obligations under interna-
tional law for the protection of life
and property.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

George Fitzgeorge, a reputable and
prosperous newsdealer of Trenton, N.
j., claims to be a cousin of King Ed
ward, though he does not propose to
make any use of the relationship and
seeks no notoriety because of it. Mr..
Fitzgeorge says he is directly descend
ed from the morganatic marriage of
George " to Mrs. FitZgeorge. Proof
of this fact was long in the Trenton
newsdealers family, one member of
which destroyed it, however, being un-
willing that the record of that NOR
ganatic marriage should be preserved.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

woman, poor, fragile and anxious
looking, went into prosperous butch
er shop the other day. In her arms
was a baby, and four children, none
of them much more than a baby, tod
died after her. Il want eight cents
worth of meat" the woman said. look
ing greediiy at the tender quarters
of lamb and pieces of juicy beef.
What kind?" asked the butcher 81
don't care what it is, but l want the
most l can get for eight cents" she
replied. as that all the money you
have? the man asked. No, l have
ten cents, but have to buy coal with
that to cook the meat That's a
hard case, the butcher said, but
it's too common for us to do much
about tt."-New York Press.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

whats the Score ?'' tho Universal
Question of the Hour.
This is the season OF the year
when the baseball hend scampers to
the center of the STAGE" said the
GROWER, "and you will find that I'M
der the most trying circumstances,
when mems minds are busted with
other things, wnen men. are really
bordering over the more serious prob
lens of life, he will fall into the con-
versation suddenly as if he had drop
ped through the sky1ight, and ask:
Do you know what the score was to-
day?' Here is a crowd of gentlemen
discussing some serious question of
state, and they are weighing problems
of great import, and they are grave
and sedate and wear worried looks,
when suddenly the base ball fiend
busters into the crowd and asks:
DO you know what the score was to-
day?' Go into the newspaper Office
The wires are all busy carrying the
story of some fearful disaster some
where which has resulted in the dea.h
of thousands of persons, when sud
denly the telephone rings, and an ex-
cited fellow at the other end of the
line asks, Will you please tell me
what the score was to-day?' That's
the way it goes. 1t is simply one OF
the things of the season, and suppose
man ought to be patient with it all,
for we all have our little weaknesses"
IN. O. Democrat.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

their homes and treat their slaves and
women with kindness.
The Filipinos and Tiruraeys are
friendly to Americans.
In one of the streets of Sulu is a
tablet marking a spot where 400 Span
iards We're thrown in pit after be-
ing slain by the Moros.
In 1870 Gen. Arolas concluded a
treaty with the sultan of the Moros,
after which the sultan came to the
palace at Jolo with large silver
peace Offering for the Spanish gen.
eral. AS Gen. AroIas took the offer
ing in his hands the sultan whipped
out his creese and struck off his head
with a single blow. Since then wall
has been built around Jolo, and Pasis
De Arolas has been named for the
murdered general
At a market place three miles
above Cato Batto on the island Of
Mindinao, there was tragic happen
ing Three boys of the Thirty-first
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Oral instruction in the leading facts
of primary geography and elementary
physiology is given about twice a
week to the pupils in the lower grades
of the Mahanoy City public schools.
During visit of the superintendent,
one afternoon recently, the teacher,
desiring to show the proficiency of
her little charges in the latter branch.
asked several questions which were
answered promptly and correctly.
Then she asked: What is the COM
position of the human body?" After
a breathless wait of several seconds,
6 little girl, six years old, blurted out:
the composition of the human body
is ninety per cent water and the rest
dry land"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

were sitting on log talking with
three Moros who We're standing in
front of them. One of the Moros step
ped around behind the Americans
very quietly. drew his creese and cut
one poor fellows head off in the twin
king of an eye. Before he could
make another slash with his weapon
he was shot down by one of the other
Moros which illustrates the feeling
for the Americans in that part of the
island. The murderer was a fanatic.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21
Mexican Cprnbiya.

Primitive customs still prevail in
some parts of Mexico. and among
them is that OF storing corn in a
queer, cone-shaped buildings. A corn
bin of this kind is strong and solid,
and grain can be preserved in it as
well as the most modern storehouse
Some years ago bins of this type
were more common in Mexico than
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

make war upon each other for the pur-
pose of obtaining slaves to sell to their
tyrannical masters, the Moros.
The Zamboanguenas have intermin.
gled SO much with other races that
they have lost all individuality; the
Spanish blood predominates. They
will not do any manual labor and will
not follow agricultural pursuits. The
Spanish language is used altogether
by them.
The Mandayas occupy Surigao prov
ince. They are a mixture of Malay
with other races, but still preserve the
ancient customs. They are at war
with each other all the time and obey
the chief who has killed the largest
number of people. Even though their
customs are so baroarous, they like
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21
WANTS A QUARTER OF A MILLION

Countess of Buena Vista Demands Big
Damages from Gen. Brooke.
Suit has been entered in the United
States district court at New York by
the countess of Buena Vista against
Gen. John r. Brooke of the United
States army for $3.50 900.
The countess alleges that Gen
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Mrs. Ethel Kirk of Chicago answer
ing her husbands bill of divorce. COM
plains that she was treated like a
governess' Sometimes a wife sues
for divorce because her husband treats
the gOyerneSS too well.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

A Norwegian has invented cannon
chat can throw a two-ton projectile
ninety miles. BY the middle of next
week we may expect some German in
ventor to come long with patent
breastplate that the two-ton project
lie cannot pierce.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

New York court has decided that
Count Festetics must pay s25 a week
for the support of his wife and two
children. But Festetics says fiddle
sticks. and wants to know what the
court things count comes to Amer
aca to get wife for anyway.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

The real name Of the King of Eng
land. as recorded on the Invitations
to the coronation is Albert Edward
George Plantagenet William ST. Led
ger Henry Guelph James Bittinger
Cover Victim Fitzmaurice. Whew!
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Over 100 mock weddings at Yonkers
have been declared valid. Some peo
pie are obliged to have strange forms
of amusement to while away the
time, but they usually have to pay for
1t
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Chicago man wants divorce be
cause his wife fed him seven nights
in the week on spareribs and sauer-
kraut 1t is perhaps needless TO add
that his name is neither Fritz no1
Hans.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

In the western states the general
complaint seems to be that the rains
and the government garden seeds do
not arrive at the same season of the
year.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

The friends of Aaron Burr would do
well to let him rest. The visible sup
ply of paint is not sufficient to make
his memory green enough to be pre-
Sentable at this late day.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Mr.. Carnegie is giving away automo-
biles. Most persons, however. would
prefer one of his autographs.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

An eastern man claims to have sold
for 81 900 900 a mine that he bought
from the Indians for SIS. Still, it will
ae Just as well for the average citizen
to keep on being careful about specu
lating in mines.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Baron Yanosuke Iwasaki, the rich:
est merchant of Japan, has started on
his way to Europe and will spend q
few months there before coming to
America.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Maybe girls are afraid that If they
don't wear open-work stockings they
won't get any mosquito bites to talk
about
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21
WHEN YOUR GRoCEn .Aya

he does not have Defiance Starch YOU
may be sure he Is afraid to keep 1t until
his stock OF u OF. packages are sold. De-
nance Starch Is not only better than any
other Cold Water Starch. but contains Is
OF. to the package and cells for same
money Rs L OF. brands
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-21

Accurate aim with the guns of tho
new French cruiser Jeanne dare has
been found impossible owing to the
excessive vibration of the vessels
hull