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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-07-29
Notice.

To all subscribers to the anniver
sary fund are earnestly requested to
pay your subscription Immediately
to III. III. Bull Treasurer of the
fund, so that the various committees
may have means to carry on their
work.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16

reader he nearly ran into 4 vision 81
blue and white-a girl with flashing
black eyes and saucy rosette OF
mouth. He recognized her as Alice
Knox, the pretty daughter of 1.-The old
man" and twin sister of the subject
of his story. She accepted his STAN
mered apologies demurely and passed
on after a friendly word of greeting.
This chance meeting gave him q
new viewpoint OH his story-and a
most startling one. This was Her
bert Knox twin sister and her ex-
ceeding fondness for the brother was
a matter of common comment. Could
he break her heart? He had no COM
junction for the father who had hui
inflated him. but could he be the
means Of breaking the sisters heart?
He glanced up and saw her standing
before the door of 'the old mans"
room. She was radiant and at that
moment glanced at him and gave him
a saucy nod and smile. That settled
the fate of the story. He took it in
both hands and started to tear it in
pieces, but second thought possessed
him and he rose quickly and walked
over to where she stood.
will you hand this to your father
when you go in?" he said, steadily.
Certainly" she replied. Then she
vanished, leaving the room cold and
dreary. :.
Presently Dick was summoned into
the inner room, where he found ''the
old man" alone ana white and trem.
bling. The daughter had departed.
els this story known" he whis-
pered, hoarsely.
only to you and me-" replied Dick.
1T Is scoop. worked 1t up alone.
Even the police do not suspect"
"The old man" threw himself upon
Dicks mercy and begged that the Sc
cret be kept between them.
II will fix up the deficiency to-mor-
row in some way" he said, "and send
the boy away. My God, Horton, help
me keep this from his mother and Sis
ter. I know l have no right to ask
it, but it would kill them and / am
human and, by heaven, sir, you can
name your own price,"
Done" cried Dick. "You have the
copy. I have forgotten it."
"And your price?" asked the father.
II will dem;nd later responded
Dick, with sphinx-like smile.
ut shall be yours, whatever cost"
replied "the old man." grasping his
hand
What that price eventually was is
another story, the gist of which the
reader is entitled to guess.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
THE SORT OF MAN HE VAS.

Ex-Speaker Reeds Opinion Of One
Who Was Rather Too Elusive.
Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed has a
knack of disposing of disagreeable ac-
Quaintances that few public men pos
sess, as many have learned to their
intense chagrin.
Il was in Washington once,' said
a man at the cluD, when Tom Reed
was the car of the house of repre-
sentatives. He was holding forth with
earnestness on some theme to group
OF friends when that man you see over
there by the cigar counter pushed his
way through the crowd, gfasped Reed
by the hand and said effusively:
Hello, Tom, old boy, how do you dor
Reed responded in manner that
was more of shake for the man than
for his hand and went on with his
talk. When our friend over there had
edged out or the crowd someone said:
You didn't seem to be happy over
him, Reed. Who is your friend, any
way?'
Reed drawled out: He's a fellow
from New York who knows more men
who don't want to know him than any
other man in the United States.'"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
Flowers and Weeds of Life.

Everywhere we see youth, unwilling
to pay the full price for success, try
ing to pick the flowers out of an &C.
cupation or profession, but emitting
all that is hard, ugly. and disagreeable
This is as if soldiers were to go
through a hostile country leaving a
stronghold, here and there, unconquer-
ed, to harass them perpetually by fir
ing on their rear and picking off their
men. The only way to insure victory
is to conquer as you go. You must
not leave the enemy a foothold in
any part of your kingdom. Dread of
drudgery must be overcome. Grasp
the nettle hard, if you would rob it
of its sting. You must destroy the
weeds as you go, or soon there will
be no flowers; and without flowers you
cannot have fruit.-Success.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
XREWCH

Our first view of Fort Pandupatan
occurred shortly after the taking of a
large stockade in the Bayan district.
The little fort, which was to cause us
so much loss looked much like any
other Moro fort.
In general way the fort was a
square Enclosure. The walls are of
stone, earth and bamboo and about
twelve feet thick at the base. They
are some fourteen feet high.
These walls are covered with bam-
boo polls en- the outside and also with
an immense ENHANCEMENT of thorny
brush both on the sides and the top.
This brush made the fort look easy
to take, as the stone walls did not
show.
The walls of stone and loose earth
neatly and tightly piled and packed
have many portfolios and the fighting
Moro seemed to have a cannon or a
rifle at every portfolio and their shout
ing proved to be effective.
The Moro engineers had also con-
structed two trenches about the fort
of considerable depth. One trench
was crowded with desperate Moros
who had taken the oath Of their tribe
to die facing the enemy. I can GER
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
A Japanese Trick.

A story is told in the Pail Mall OF
the Russian admiral entering into an
agreement with Japanese contractor
to purchase 10000 tons of coal, to be
delivered to his squadron Immediate
ly. The captain of British man-of-
war in Japanese port suggested that
it was not wisdom to provide a fleet
which might shortly be used against
the giver with the primary weapon of
naval warfare. "But what can we
do?" The British officer could not
presume to advise. Next day Jap
anese admiralty official came aboard
the British ship. I'VE are out of it,
he chuckled, rubbing his hands to-
gether gleefully. How did you man.
age?" ooh, we made the contractor a
bankrupt SO that he was unable to full
fill his engagement"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
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PORT Hole -1~
GG : 1888
tify that practically every Moro in
that trench kent his oath

tify that practically every Moro in
that trench kept his oath.
They fought our officers and enlisted
men on the edge of the trenches, in
the trenches and everywhere. 1t was
shoot, cut. bite. throw rocks, and yell
for fully thirty minutes. BY that time
the Moros in the trenches were all
dead, but our loss was heavy. Three
or four Of our officers were wounded
and some twenty-five of our soldiers
were. killed and wounded.
The shooting from the fort contin-
ued all this time. The inner side of
the walls is several feet lower than
the outer and affords a position from
which the Mo-os could Are at our men
without exposing themselves to return.
fire.
There were several "lantakas" or
cannon arranged to shoot from the
port holes at the sides and ends. In
the middle of the fort is a bamboo
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
Not Hector but Anoth er.

On one fine day in May, 1901, James
Mcdonald, fisherman Of Mallaig. in
the western Highlands Of Scotland
took out three girls for row In his
boat. Suddenly q squall arose and
upset the boat in thirty feet Of water
Mcdonald contriyed to get all three
lasses on to the keel Of the upturned
boat, and then swan to an islet some
forty-five feet away. Here he removed
his big sea boots and heavier cloth.
ing, and then struck out for the girls
whom he carried one by one to the
rock. McDonald's noble action hav.
ing been brought under the notice al
the Royal Humane Society. that BODY
awarded him it's medal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
Ladies, Tailors Not New.

There were, it seems, ladies tail
ors" and tailor-made dresses in the
days of Queen Elizabeth. A contribu
tor of the Tailor and Cutter has been
visiting Cumnor, and was shown a
letter written by the Inflated Amy
Robsart shortly before her death at
Cumnor house, which Sir Walter Scott
describes in "Kenilworth." It was to
a Mr.. William Edney, tailor at the
Tower, and refers to the alteration OF
a gown he was making for her, and
contains q promise to see him paid
The unfortunate lady died before the
gown was finished, and the poor tailor
had to wait for five years before he
was paid by the earl of Leicester.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16

proper alignment during the discharge.
The torch used to fire the cannon con-
sists OF piece of native wood that
burns steaolly, on which are dashed
pieces of bamboo sticks to protect the
hand.
The proiectile used in these cannons
consists of series of pieces of thin
bamboo or strips of leaves bound in
cylindrical form about pieces OF metal,
glass, pebbles. etc. These cartridges
are about four inches long.
| saw some of these projectiles with
tacks, screws. slugs, ETC., in them.
After the battle our surgeons cut ma
terials of this kind from many of the
wounded.
Our surgeons did noble work in the
field that day. Some of them were
close to the front with us, attending
to the wounded. So was the chaplain
OF the regiment. He helped get some
OF the wounded men to a place of
shelter SO they would not get shot
cgain. In fact the colonel and his staff
and the field and line officers of the
Twenty-seventh Infantry did excellent
work in the battle. The officers and
men of the Twenty-ffth Battery also
did finely.
Several men and two or three horses
fell into pitfalls. The depth of these
pitfalls is about seventeen feet. One
man who fell in cut steps on the sides
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
Rough on the CLERGY.

In a certain cleveland minister's
family are two youngsters who play
much together, especially with dolls.
The other day the younger of the two,
a little girl, confided thus in her
mother with regard to Christmas:
Mamma, | do hope Santa Claus
will bring us respectable boy doll.
We haven't got boy doll in either
family, and every since Harry broke
Jumpie- Wumpie, the monkey doll. has
had to be the preacher Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16

Experiments by the Governments
have shown that no matter what the
process of cooking, meat loses great
deal Of its bulk, owing to the evapora-
ton Of the water, which constitutes a
large part Of all flesh. This loss is
greater In small pieces than IN the
larger ones. In lean piece Of beef
weighing from one to one and three
quarters Of pound, the loss Of weight
was 45.6 per cent, while in a piece
weighing from Eve to FIVE and three
quarter pounds the loss was only 1913
per cent. The loss Of nutrition is not
nearly SO great, however, as that Of
the weight would seem to indicate.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
Why We Grow Old.

A French writer, Jean Finot, dis
cussing the question why we grow
old, says:
For three reasons: First, want of
physical exercise in the open air;
second, poisoning by microbes which
the phagocytes have not succeeded in
destroying; third fear of death. 1t
is hard to imagine the Importance of
this last element. If man fears
death, it will carry him away. And
yet it is quite pleasant, too; no sensa-
ton could be compared to it."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16


The clue led him straight into a de-
nouement SO startling as nearly to
floor him. Before he knew whittier
his Investigations were leading him
he stumbled full into the fact that
Herbert Knox, the son of "the old
man." as the city editor was called,
was beyond peradventure the embez-
zler and that he had covered his
crime SO carefully by forgery that sus-
picion had not only been thrown upon
several others. but had been wholly
diverted from him. Indeed, in the or
binary course of events he would have
been the last person toward whom it
could have been directed.
The discovery not only surprised
him. but 1t unneryed him. Herbert
was the pet and idol of his father and
his appearance and record warrant
ed all the pride and affection be-
slowed upon him. He was hand
some and apparently frank youth,
filled with good nature and gifted
with high ability. He had gone
through the schools and university
with high honors and was Of such ex-
emplary character that he had never
given his parents moments uneasi-
ness. He had no bad habits that any
one had ever Heard of and was in very
fact model young man. After his
graduation his father. brushing aside
with indignation the suggestion that
the lad should follow in his footsteps.
had secured him position in great
financial establishment.
dub about in a cheap newspaper
job and get worse off the older he
grows? / think mott" exclaimed
Knox, ST., with spirit "Aint enc in
a family enough to get on dead one?
No, stree. that boy is going to have
the benefit of my hard experience.
But he did much more and landed
Herbert in very good position in a
big institution where there was plenty
of chance to be pushed ahead. And
Herbert had made good with his en-
ployers and had been rapidly ad-
vanced until he was entrusted with
grave responsibilities and drew larg-
er salary than his sire. And it was
the one enthusiasm of "the old mans"
life. Herb" was forever on his
tongue and forever in his mind.
1t was to this fact that Dicks mind
reverted the moment he realized the
significance of his discovery. His
first impulse was to save the "old
man" from this awful pit that was
opening under his feet.
But he had not spared him. Dick
thought grimly, and had given him
cold notice that the very next time
he failed to turn In his story as he
found it he would be discharged.
Let him take his medicine" said
Dick. setting his lips. ominously. Il
will follow the letter of the law"
So he went to the ONCE, sat down
and wrote his story. It was pass
ing good one. forsooth. there being
plenty of inspiration both In the nov
city of the facts. the sensational quail
ity and best of all, in the fact that
Dick knew well enough that the story
was = clean scoop. When it was I'm
ished he read it over and It set his
newspaper instincts all aglow. AS he
rNaA ia hand 1t to tho head cow.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16

This item Is from Corean newspa-
per, published in English:
Seoul, Corea. May %. 1902.-Late-
~ the Police Headquarters ordered to
forbid the servants &c to run the
horses lastly on the big streets as
they sometimes pressed the children
down and hurried them on the ground
and the police stopped mapoo run
ming a horse hardly. on its back, but
a number Of soldiers came along
quickly and captured the police
away"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16

shack. The narrow entrance to the
fort was protected by heavy wooden
barred doors during the fight.
The designers Of most Moro forts
take the precaution to make q pas
sage by which the garrison can retire
II need be. In this case the mode of
retreat seemed to be through an un-
foreground passage from the fort to the
lake. There was also passage which
led from the main trench. During the
first part Of the fight remember that
few Moro soldiers escaped through
this trench to the open field and then
ran to the brush.
The cannon of the Moro fort consist
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
UNDOUBTEDLY military men,
engineers and the public in
general will wonder why the
Moro fort of Pandupatan

E1.5ES general will wonder why the
ls14aSSaJ Moro fort of Pandupatan
OF the Sultan of Bayan on the
island of Mindanao offered the resist
ance 1t did to the American attack,
which was made with the assistance
OF field battery on May 2, 1902. The
fort looked like any other Moro fort,
but the Americans lost many men in
trying to get into it.
Many forts, stcckades and in
trenched positions of the Moros had
very promtly surrendered to our col
umn In the march from the sea to the
lake country in the interior. There
were many fortified places, because
the entire lake region is divided up
among Sultans and Dattos, each with
his following and fertilization.
In fact about every house is fort.
There are trenches about it and stone
walls and bamboo stockades. In each
house thus protected live a Datto and
his immediate family and working
force OF slaves, who cultivate the lands
and care for the stock. Every forti-
fed place Is supplied with one or
more old cannon, few small guns
and many homemade bamboo can
non, spears, bolos. etc.
shall never forget the march from
the sea to the lakes, some thirty-four
miles, in which we overcame all op-
position. Forts and stockades were
taken without much resistance and
oftentimes without loss on either side.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
Following Orders.
BY HAROLD HUME.


copyright. 1902. Daily Story Pub. Coz
Dick had finally all the sentiment
Knocked out of him SO far as the bust
ness was concerned. He had come to
the great city and taken q position as
reporter on the Screamer full of en-
fhusiasm In the work and a determine
ton to succeed. and he had spared
neither time or energy to make good.
he had been the first man down to
report and last to go home, staying
about long after he could have gone
I'm the hope Of catching a late emer-
gency assignment. He had sought
hard assignments which the older re-
porters lodged.
He had not minded the sneers Of
his colleagues, but it had jolted his
faith when the powers that were, utter
iy ignored his faithfulness and placed
1t not to his credit at all.
Dick felt the injustice Of 1t keen
ly, but the first real blow came when
he had spent four days and nights on
an elopement story and had fallen
down while the Thunderer had all
the details on the first page-secured,
he afterward ascertained, by wire
from the Kansas City correspondent
and rewritten in the office to make it
appear local story. He attempted
to explain to the city editor, but was
cut short.
don't care rap why you didn't
get it. The fact remains that you
didn't. You fell down and that's all
there is to it. Results are what
count, and what want is stories, not
explanations"
This made Dick blind with fury, In
asmuch as he would have willingly
given up his day off to work on the
story. The final crash came when
he was sent out on a big
financial story and found a
lead which seriously reflected
upon q concern in which the chief
hacker OF the paper was the dominant
personality. He worked out his story
on another theory and ingeniously
cover9d the connection. When the
storpd broke loose the next day and he
attempted to justify upon he was told
Yith more emphasis than courtesy
MAT he was not responsible for the
peditorial policy Of the paper.
What dye suppose we have copy
readers and city editors and night edi-
tors and managing editors here for?"
shouted the city editor. What you
are hired for is to go out and get
facts. Then II we want 'em sup
pressed wen let you know. And
when we get SO we are not competent
to run the sheet weE turn it over to
batch Of cub reporters. l ought to
fire you-that's what l ought to do.
and I've blamed good mind to do it,
too. But I'll just lay you OF for a
week so you can have a chance to
study over the question of your duties
and limitations, and then I'll give you
one more chance" Then the other
fellows guyed him numerically as the
man who had appointed himself the
censor of the paper.
So IT was that Dick became hard
ened like the others and worked for
his salary, and not for glory, and took
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16

and thus worked his way up to the
face.
Such was the fort that defied the
Americans from the middle of the aft
ernoon until daylight the next morn
ing. About $50 a. II. on May 3 the
Moro flag had disappeared and white
flag was in it's place.-Letter from a
soldier in the field, in the New York
Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16

~ little responsibility as possible and
did as little work as was compati-
bile with tho holding OF his Job. And
he became blase and lost most Of his
0ld-time enthusiasm and interest. He
never lost his pride In getting = scoop
nor In turning in good story-no
corn reporter does that, but he be-
came as the others, stolid. Indifferent
and more or less hopeless.
This was the frame of mind in
which he found himself one fine after.
noon when, as he sat chewing cigar
and Tuning inwardly over his lost
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
hopes. he was sent out to do a sen

hopes. he was sent out to do" SEN
sational embezzlement story. 1t
proved considerable of a puzzler and
the assignment lasted several days.
Finally all his fighting blood became
aroused and he buckled down to the
mystery with his old-time enthusiasm
and fidelity. While roofing around
night and day picking up loose ends
of the story and running down i'm
possible clues. he accidentally Stun
bled upon a most peculiar fact which
set him OF upon scent wholly out
and beyond the lines being pursued
by the other reporters and the police
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-16
A Filipino Fortress

ed chiefly of bronze 1antakas with
bore of about an inch and half.
These cannons were slung up on
beams or arranged in port holes.
This crude arrangement might
amuse one under ordinary circum.
stances. This time every piece oil
ordnance of the enemy was made to
do such execution that we cannot rid
icule the devices. OF course it waa
the very close range that made these
pieces effective.
When the cannons were suspended
by ropes the gunners had to maintain
the aim by holding the cannon in itl
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03
/IsA

"Shag@y' SABBATH, Wabbly Willie's
man Friday, received thorough and
well-mcritcd drubbng at the hands Of
Robert T., Burke IN the County Dcmoc.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03

Re-elect Hon. William +. MahOny,
to Washington from Chicago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03
Pointed Questions Asked Regarding the Trans
actions Of Public Bodies and Of
Political Leaders.
Gossip Of the City and Of the Country
Forms the Subject Of Oom.
munications

even the Mayor seems to know any
thing about what Is going on in the
City Clerks office anyway.
TAXPAYER.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03
>61esl

David Il. Shanahan, who represents
one of the largest Senatorial dis
trlcts in Illinois, is Il candidate for re-
nomination on the Republican ticket
from the Ninth District. Mr.. Shanahan
was prominently mentioned for the
Speakership in 1900 and is regarded
one of the strongest members of the
House.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03

The electors Of the Third Ward are
up and doing in the interests of Hon.
George II. Walker as a candidate for
judge of the Circuit Court Mr. Walk
er is one of the ablest lawyers in the
United States, and he was also a mem
Der of Yales famous class of 1878.
Among Others who were members Of
Mr.. Walkers class are the following:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03

1t is now considered quite probable
that Aid. j. ii. sullivan will receive
the Democratic nomination for County
Clerk. 1t could not be given to a bet
ter man.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03

Friends Of Mr.. John Hanberg who so
strcnuously urged that gentlemafs
claims for Il leading place on the Re
publican ticket argue that In him tho
great Republican Hyde Park district,
which always helps to roll up the par.
TVS majOrities, IL entitled to substan-
tlal recognition In one of the rst-class
nominations.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03

Republicans of all factions are rap
idly uniting upon Col. Francis Riddle
for the Clerkshlp Of the State SUI
preme Court. He would run like q
prairie fire throughout the State.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03

General Joseph B. Leake will prove
one of the strongest candidates the Re
publlcans could name on their judicial
ticket. Gen. Leake's record as u citi-
zen, lawyer and an official are away
above par,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03

The Board Of County Commissioners
could not have better man among its
membership than John Garden.