Newspaper Page Text
6
INTERIOR OF LUZON ISLAND.
TWO \AV\I. OKKH i;lh I XI'I.OIIi: IT
on of absk.u i:.
Affninll<* <;%* Tlifiii IVrmhin,
Hat Would Fiirulttli \u l*MNM|ortH.
They %I*f tc.l >lni> Smn 11 Town*
mui Saw Some t iirioiin Thtni;*.
1 l>i|Vii*ult> ot Travel In the Interior
of the Inland—l>ltfU*ii I tie* the Trav
eler Meets There.
Washington. Jan. 28.—The clearest uuj
moM, aocurai* pi :ure of conditions as
they exist in the interior of the great Isl
and Ot Luzon, the largest of th' PhUi|>-
line group, with an area equailing that
of tfyo state of Virginia, that has yet
beeriypresontcd to the official eye, is that
cet out iri a ro;x>rt niad- to the navy dt
ps rtmeiat of the tour of two young Ameri
can naval officers. Paymaster W. B. Wil
cox ami Cadet R. L. Sargent, officers >f
fleet
Being granted leaves of absence last Oc
tobeF, Paymaster Wilcox and Cadet Sar
gent chose to employ their leisure time in
making an exploration of the interior of
the ls:and of Luzon about which very Mi
lk was known by the Amertan army and
naval officers. At the outset they wen*
warned that they could not pass the lines
cf tb Philippine forces without permis
sion of Aguinaldo. Upon application to
this leader at Alatolos, his headquarters,
he (Unit required u formal sanction of their
request by Admiral I*?wey, Gen. Otis or
Gen-. McArthur, and later, when this was
produced, declared altogether to Issue a
passport, although he assured the officers
that they wire free to pro
ceed vvbhout molestation from his
fortfts. Accordingly. a start was
made <ic. f wUh five servants,
horses and between 2Qi> and 400 jiounUs of
bagg|iftc. including a camp oiulit. two rifles
and a jghotgun, w ill ammunition.
AtXhe town of JBayambang, where they
took hor:c, they met two Americans, who
Imd turned !a<*k to Mapi'.a be<ause.
they had no passports from A
squad of Philippine soldiers was a the
station, but through the influence of an
Kngiish resident, Wilcox and Sargent were
enabled to proceed towards Rosa’cs, the
next) town on their route. They say:
“For tiie first live or six miles fropi
Ba yamlmng we found the roads in good
condUlodn and trawled with t>ase. Nearer
lo Rosales the roads were deep in mud anti
covered with water in places. We were
forced to no on fool the greater part of
the distance, nun and horses having great
difficulty m making their way. We pass
ed through the small town of Al cola.
There wen- twelve soldi, rs stationed In
this town in charge of a sergeant; they
■were arm -. 1 wilh Remington rifles. Wt
were met by the civil authorities anil were
surrounded by the people. Much curiosity
was depressed in regard to our outfit; hut
it Was of a harmless and friendly nature.
No passports were mentioned and the sol
diers did not assert Uwmsofves in any
way.”
The travelers were treated courteously,
at Rosales, where twenty soldiers were
stationed, though surprise was expresses!
at their la kof passports. Continuing
the report reads:
“From Rosales to Humingan, and thence
to Sun Jose, our experiences of travel were
much the same as those already described.
The road led through the low rice region
of the province of Nueva teaja. It rained
almost constantly and the roads were near
ly impassable. Wt went on foot much of
the distance. The pack horses were un
able to entry their loads and we were
forced to engage natives 10 relieve them.
Labor was cheap. Ten men could usually
be engaged for a day for the sum of $2
ill silver; or less than ten cents in gold per
man. We traveled slowly over this dis
tance; the iahor of walking through the
mud, frequently over out knees, being ex
cessive. The horses grew poor rapidly and
we were forced to husband their strength.
They were occasionally prostrated in the
road, and our progress was delayed until
they couid recover their strength. More
over, we could seldom find proper foot! for
them at night. As many of them as three
nt a. time Were paw We to carry any weight
for several day*. One servant became ill
and was l ft til a village. The rest of the
party retained their health with the excep
tion of occasional cases of diarrhoea and
consequent sickness of the stomach which
did not prevent traveling. Our food during
this period consisted of bacon and hardtack
which we had brought wilh us; and chick
ens and rice which we obtained from the
natives. The cooking was done by our own
set vaut.
• Throughout tills part of the province
of Nueva leapt almost the only form of
agriculture encouraged at present by the
natives Is rite growing. A little sugar is
also raised. The land is very rich; we
encountered no barren or unfertile s|Kts.
The llelds at this season of the year are
several inches deep In water. There was
no limiter of value along the direct line or
our routes, but in the hills along ihe river
Akiio forests could lie seen. There are
very few forest* and practically no cattle.
There arc a great nnmler of hufTalo, and
these are of extreme utility. The princi
pal labor of the natives at this season of
the year ix the threshing of riee. This is
done vtrv primitively with Implements
that resemble, on a large scale, the pestle
and mortar of a chemist. The mortar Is
replaced by a section of a log of hard
wood, hollowed out to receive the grains
the jiestle. by a hard club, from four to
live feet long, and about six inches j n q,
fmieter at each end.
ill the villages of Humingan nn<l f,u-
IKIO there are a few Spanish prisoners
priest*. tsoMiers and civil officials. \\>
have seen representatives of each of ihes,
three classes in those towns. \v e could
detect no signs of ill-treatment nor of un
due restriction. On tile contrary, they n
!’ , i a J. , " , ] ° freedom of the towns
In which they lived.
• The presidents local and other local
otlicial* ore native Filipinos. Most of them
have received a certain amount of educa
tion at religious schools in Manila Thev
BVe intelligent men and are extreme]v
eager to learn news from the outside
world. Their knowledge of modern his
tory und geography is extremely limited
and their ignorance of current event* is
surprising We brought them their ilr't
definite information wilh regard to Fob.
and to their own present status One or
two of them had heard of the Congress
at Paris, but no one uny ■“
its object, nor as to its relation to them
selves. They were well grounded on only
three pomts-tho destruction of ,|, p s ' y
ish squadron in Manila harbor the Vn,
render of -Manila and the declaration hv
the Philippine government at Malolos of
the independence of the islands and 'the
establishment of a republican form of
government with Bn. Agutnaldo as nresi
.lent Kven on these points the dels.,
they had received were very inaccurate
\\e had been warned by the officials
of the last town that San Jose must in
evitably prov. the end of our Journev
There is no rood for ihirty miles bevnn.t
this point nnd in this season the natives
consider the trull impssablr to White
men. We found ten men, however who
were willing to accompany us as puck
(bearers, and with these W e started the
next morning. The trail proved to be a
ittilv belter than represented Twenty*
four hours more of rain would have made
at hast three mountain streams impass
ably Fla- trail, moreover, is extremely ln
for half a mile along a
p s|k, Restful Riding \
Riding in a buggy that has the Thomas Coll .Springs ts flj
— rostful, because of the easy, even, comfortable, springy mo- H
tlou they glvo the buggy. Never jerk, jar nor throw, r 1
k* THE THOMAS
COIL SPRINGS 3
are beiner snbFtituteff for oM stylo side-bar springs by attictST.
Hit? mofct prominent buihlorw of carriages in tho /:**/■♦'MeM
country. MtHe expense anti no trouble to attach to
old buggy. Write for descriptive circiilai / \
Tike Raflalo Spring & Geer <’o., HufTalo, X. V. 4itK ■ || | V—*
bed* of mountain streams for many lhn>
that distance.” , , .
After giving an aeoun of their Havel
and the- treatment they received at -
other totyns. their report continues
“We left Aparri Nov. 9. on the -ten. - r
Oslo. Before leaving Col. Tirona pro-
Vided us with a letter directed to Fob
Tiho at Vigan in the province of IWU_
Kur; or In the event of Ids absente from
that town to the eommandante. I tie -
; r wa* M Th*? Oslo rtmain<l out
side the breakers, while w-- w-t- put
a*horo in chip's boat. S\ •• !>a*** •
..Hive canoes going out to the *h. . il
loading on* having on l*>ard a i
with squad of solders. NV <* J an^ ed or ?
u-.ion and immc-duely <*nt the lioai bacK
to the ship. A few minutes later two offi
cials from the town of Cabujao rode up.
Our arrival had been them.
and they had come immediately to refuse
us permission to. disembark. Ihe Oslo
was already under way. however, amt
thev were not able to carry ou. their >n
loniion We explained our position and
showed the letter 10 Col. Tine, or in ease
of his atwence to tlie eommandante .il
Vigan, They permitted ns 10 proceed to
Magsingal. where they could communi
cate with their superior. They very lennc
ly insisted on our t iking their earring- ,
wlilk they followed in our cart. We w. re
delayed at Magsingal until the early even
ing. ‘waiting for an answer from ihe com
mandauti. lie brought the answer htm
sv- f in a handsome carriage drawn by
four horses. He had wilh him a copy of
the order ho had Just received irom
the Philippine Secretary of War. lal.-t
Older gran,.si liberty to persons ol any na
tion, except ts|fiin, to travel at will Ihrough
the islands, under certain restrictions, viz.:
that they could not earn arms, nor ap
proach within 200 meters of a fortification,
nor make any plans or take photographs
of them. In eompriance with this order,
w,e were allowed to proceed; but were re
quested to give up till our arms, including
our revolvers. We went on to Vigan that
night, accompanied by Ibr commandame
and live oilier officers who had assembled
at Magsingal.
“We remained al Vigan all next day,
Nov. 12. It bad rained during the night,
rendering impassable a jtart of the road to
the next own. We walked through the
town and visited Ihe houses of several
trades people. At one of these houses, we
heard the first and only definite complaint,
which came to our ears during the entire
Journey, on the part of the natives against
the present government. These- people
compfalned of Ihe taxes imposed uisjn
them, and even went so tar as to state that
they preferred the Spanish government.
This statement was made in the presence
of a tan tv ot six natives, anti was ac
quiesced in by all; they were all, however,
of the same family.
“lu going from Tagudin to Hangar, we
passed from the province of Hocus Stir into
that of I'nion. the province of llocus Sur
raising principally rice, tobacco, sugar,cat
tle-and sheep.
The tobacco is of an inferior quality; be
ing coarser and stronger than that raised
in Isaisdla and Cagayan. The cultivation
of cocoa nuts is profitable and is increas
ing. Goals and pigs are raised in great
numbers. Many of the tieople are engag
ed in the weaving of eotton from which
they make cloth, towi-fs, etc.
"in the mountains there are mines of
eopiar, sulphur and gold, but these we
have pot seen. The streams art- numer
ous, but many of them have very little
current. They are crossed by a ferry; a
bamboo raft hauled across by means of
a bamboo rope w hich spans the stream.
Trave ing O'l this road in Ihe rainy season
is rather difficult. Carriages are usually
used, hut they are frequently mired, and
(la- pa-.- tigers are compelled lo walk. The
carriages are drawn by either horses, steers
or buffaloes, according to state of road.
“At San p'ernnndo, we met Col. Tlno,
commander of the mi-ftary district embrac
ing the provinces of Norih and South Ho
cus. Vnion. Abra, l-epanto, Bontoe. and
Benget. This officer had received his com
mission as brigadier general three days be
fore our arrival; he is 21 years old. We
were received politely by this officer, but
not cordially. -He expressed several times
hi* suspicion with regurd to the object of
our Journey. He asked several times if
w v k>i< w how to make maps and plans; also
wb.v we were not in uniform. We had
sent word to this officer that we desired to
visit the province of Benquot, taking the
trail from San Fernando. He shows us an
unsigned telegram purporting to be front
the central government. Instructing him
not to permit the American officers to re
eonnolter any further in the district. For
this reason, he said, he could not permit ns
to visit Henguoi. We accordingly left the
town next morning, taking the road direct
ly for Dagupan. We accordingly took a
native sailboat for Parae, from that town
lo Dugupan. The natives fearing to take
their boat across the bar at Dagupan, we
crossed that at San Fabian nnd proceed
ed to our destination Ihrough a protected
Inlet of the sea. Along our route there
were two great beds of ntpa. This plant
is of great value to the natives. Wines
are made from the sap; and the leaves are
used for thatchinglng houses. We arrived
al Dagupan that night, and at Manila
Nov. 20. We reported to the commanding
officer of the Monadnoek and next morn
ing to the commander-in-chief.
“The foregoing narrative of our journey
is designed to give a general description
of the country we passed through and of
the methods of travel, and to illustrate by
its incidents the character and grade of
Intelligence of its people and their atti
tude toward Americans, especially toward
ourselves as military officers.”
\ Seu Trip on Dry Hand.
From the London Chronicle.
One of Ihe attractions of the Paris Ex
hibition is to be the Mareorama, devised
and painted by M. Hugo d’Alesi, the well
known poster artist. After duly paying
his fee, the visitor will ikiss a gangway
and find himself on the of a first
class passenger steamer, with captain,
crew, rigging, smokeing funnels, and every
other detail complete. Around stretches
a blue and sparkling sea. while Itehind
may lx* seen (he port of Marseilles fading
away on the horizon. Machinery imparts
a pleasant rocking motion to the ficti
tious vessel, and a concealed fan makes
a breeze as the traveler skims past 1-e
Frtou! and the Chateau d’lf. The sunsets
and rises to reveal Naples and Vesuvius,
ahd having safely passed between Scylla
and Charybdls. the good ship reaches in
a few minutes the harbor of Sfas In Tu
nis. V nice will be the next halting place,
and finally the passengers glide up the
Bosphorus to Constantinople, but a storm
must first is faced. The illusion, through
out, is said to be marvelous.
—"Now children.” said the Sunday
school teacher, "can you tell me of a
greater power than a king?" "Yes,
ma'am.” cried u little boy. eagerly. “What.
Willie?" asked ihe teacher, benignly. “An
ace. ma'am,” was the unexpected reply,—
THE MOKMNG ISEWS:, THLIUSpAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1899.
TO-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST.
Forecast for Savannah and vicinity un
lil midnight. Feb. 2, IS99.—Rain.
Washington forecast for Thursday:
For Georgia, Alabama ami Western
Florida; Rain; fresh easterly winds.
For South Carolina: Increasing cloud
iness and rain; warmer in northeast j>or
tior;; fresh northeasterly winds.
General conditions: Clear, cold weather
prevails on the North Atlantic coast from
Cape Hatteras to Boston. On the South
Atlantic coast the weather te generally
cloudy, with rain at Jupiter. The weather
in the Lower Mississippi valley and on the
Gulf coast is generally cloudy and warm
er. In the West, Southwest and in the
Fpper Mississippi valley it is clear, wilh
zero temperatures continuing in Minnesota
and Nebraska. In the interior of Georgia,
Alabama and North Carolina threatening
weather, with but slight changes in tem
perature prevail.
Hiyh wind is reported from Cape Hai
ti ran, ki miles from the norih.
Yesterday's Weather at Savannah-
Maximum temper.! fare, 2p. m 48 degrees
■Minimum temperature, Ba. m... 41 degrees
Moan temperature 44 degrees
Normal temperature 54degrees
Deficiency of temiiorature 10degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. 1 24 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. 1 24 degrees
Rainfall 01 Inch
Normal 11 Inch
Excess since Jan. 1 22 inen
Excess since Jan. 1 22 inch
River Report.— I The flight of the Savan
nah river al Augusta at 8 a. m.. 75th me
ridian time, yesterday, was 12.7 feet, a
rise of 2.6 feet during the preceding twen
ty-four hours.
Observations taken I'Vh. 1, 1899. 8 p. m
(75th meridian time) at the same moment
of time at all stations for the Morning
News:
Ft hi lons- j~-[-T |*V |Raio
Boston, clear | 16 | 8 .00
New York city, clear j 12 14 .00
Philadelphia, clear | 16 8 ot)
Washington city, clear | 18 j L .00
Norfolk, clear j 24 j I, .(X)
Hatteras. clear | 32 | 10 .00
Wilmington, pt. cloudy ..] 34 L .00
Charlotte, clear j 36 L .(X)
Raleigh, clear 28 I, .ot)
Charleston, cloudy 42 12 ,00
Atlanta, cloudy 46 8 .00
Augusta, pi. cloudy 46 6 t 00
t-'avannah. cloudy 46 6 ; .00
Jacksonville, clear 64 6 I HO
Jupiter, raining | 72 6 ; .02
Key West, cloudy _..| 74 8 .00
Tampa, clear 70 6 .00
Pensacola, cloudy ........j 56 L j .00
Montgomery, cloudy | 46 L j .00
Vicksburg, cloudy j 36 6 | T
New Orleans, foggy | 48 | 10 ] .00
Galveston, cloudy | 52 | 14 | T
Corpus Christi. cloudy ..] 52 | 8 | .00
Palestine, cloudy | 40 j L ,0t
Memphis, clear j 34 1 6 i 00
Cincinnati, clear | 22 j 8 j .00
Pittsburg, clear | 16 j L ; .00
Buffalo, cloudy |l4 | 8 T
Detroit, clear | 14 j L | .00
Chicago, cloudy | 16 j 6 | ,txj
Marquette, clear | 4 I L j ,00
Bt. Paul, clear |— 4 | L ! T
Davenitort. clear | 12 | 6 | .01
St. ixmis, clear I 24 I L j .00
Kansas Cily, eloudy | 18 j 6 ; T
Oklahoma, clear | 24 | 16 3 .00
Dodge City, pi. cloudy ..| 8 | L ) T
North Platte, clear |— 2 | 6 | .00
-f-T. temperature; *V, velocity* of wind;
—, below zero. H. B. Boyer,
Observer, Weather Bureau.
SOLDIERS AT BASKET BABB.
W ill Play the V. OB C. A.'a Best Team
To-night.
To-night a crack team from Company
L, Third Connecticut Volunteers, will try
conclusions at basket ball with the best
team the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation can put on the floor. The game
will commence at 8;30 o’clock and will be
piayod in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium.
The Connecticut boys are experienced
players, having played against some of
the strongest teams in the North.
The Y. M. C. A.’s line-up is a strong cne
and is as follows:
Blake, captain Center
Doty, \V. T Right forward
Courvolsier Left forward
Hunt Right guard
Elton, G Left guard
EUon, J Substitute
Do Oatlis Make Perjurers f
From Leslie’s Weekly.
Do oaths make perjurers? is the ques
tion raised before the State Bar Associa
tion of New York by Judge Fobert Earle
of the Court of Appeals, in an
cenily delivered before that body on "Too
many oaths and their consequences.”
Judge Earle has observed that iterjury L
rapidly increasing, and that the crime is
committed in at hast half of all litigated
cases, by reason of the weakening in the
belief in future punishment and tho ap
parent certainly of freedom from present
punishment. The learned judge fears that,
unless purjurv is checked, the. administra
tion of Justice may be seriously Imperiled.
To this end he would have fewer oaths,
o as to make them more impressive. He
would do away with all promissory oaths
for the violation of which no punishment
's provided, nnd retain the oath in only
two case's, namely, for witnesses at a trial
and for persons whose right *0 vote ia
challenged. This is an interesting subject,
and opens a fertile field for discussion.
Accident in Alger Family.
From (he New York Herald.
Washington. D. C\, Jan. 30.—Secretary
Alger is in Boston at ihe bed*Mo of his
son Fred, a student in Harvard University,
who broke his leg there yesterday.
This accident has called attention to the
number of mishaps sustained by the Alger
family the past year. While inspecting a
building the secretary fell fiom a scaffold,
ing and ’the shock brought on a long and
serious attack of fever.
Young Fred, who was given a commis
sion. fell from his horse at Santiago and
suffered a fracture of the knee, which 11
was. feared would result in permanent
lameness. He recovered anil returned to
the Unlied Slates, to fall ill from Cuban
fever.
Russell Alger was thrown from a tobog
gan In Canada and nearly killed. As he
was recovering his house caugjit fire and
was destroyed. The secretary’s daughter,
.Mrs. Pike, has only recently undergone
an operation for appendicitis, and jg now
jqtki to be on the way to fwo very.
THK W>3F„S OF BTITES.
Tludr Origin and What They Mean.
From the Philadelphia Tim**.
In our chat last Saturday about the coi
loquila narm*s of the scat*? of the union
and the history of the application :• r .•
you were asked to aid in giving t min
ing nine nicknames out of forty-live.
Later, the narrator thought ot uu-. rui
reducing the absentee to eight- Me hal
forgotten Nevada, the Silver Stan, o:
course, owing to its unparalleled argenti
ferous wealth. Now comes a most in
terning communication that w hile it does
not supply the hiatus is still rich in valu
able Information. The problem before u
was not the meaning of the law-given
names of the states of the union, but
the colloquial titles they enjoy and the
meaning thereof. Nevertheless what out
correspondent wishes placed before you is
well worth listening to. Here it is;
“Your reply to the inquiry as to the
definitions, or meanings of the names of
states and territories, 1 have read with
much interest, and as you have suggested
that lh* missing links ie supplied. 1 he:*
with add what 1 trust will complete the
chain;
“Alabama comes from a Greek word
and signifies 'Land of Rest.’
“Nebraska means 'Shallow waters.’
“Oregon is a Spanish word signifying
‘Vales of wild thyme.’
"Dakota means 'leagued or allied tribes.'
“Wyoming is an Indian word for "Big
plains.’
“Washington gets its name: from our
first President.
“Montana means mountainous.
“Idaho is a name that lias never been
satisfactorily accounted for.
“California is a name in much dispute.
Sonw writers say it first api=are.l in i
Spanish romance in 15. Kr, the heroine be
ing an Amazonian named 'California '
"Colorado is a Spanish word applied lo
that portion of the Rocky mountains on
account of their many colored peaks.
“Connecticut's real name is 'Queen eh
la cut.’ It is a Mohican word which
means 'iong river.’
"Delaware derives its name from Thom
as West. Lord tie la Warr.
“Florida gets its name from Katmmas
tic Flores, or ‘Feast of tine Flowers.’
“Georgia hod its name bestowed when
It was a colony, in honor of Georgia 11.
''lllinois is supposed to bt* derived from
an Indion word winch was intended to
mean a superior race of men.
“Indiana means ‘land of Indians.’
“lowa Is named from an Indian tribe,
the Kiovvas. so called by the Illinois In
dians, because they were 'across the
river.’
“Kansas is based the same as Arkansas,
and in three or four Indian interpreta
tions Ihe best being that it signifies
■smoking waters,’ the French prefix 'Ark'
‘mighty snow.’
“Kentucky is derived from the Indian
word ’Kain tuk,' signifying ‘Something
great.' Il does not mean, as some suit
pose, 'dark and b.oody ground.’
“Louisiana was so named in. honor of
1-outs XIV.
“Maine takes its name from, (he prov
ince of Maine, in France, and wtas so call
ed as a compliment to the Queen of
Charles 1, Henrietta, who was ?ts owner.’
“Maryland also was named in honor of
Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I.
“Massachusetts is an Indian word sig
nifying ‘Country tibove the great hills.’
’ Michigan is from an Indian words and
means ’Great lake.’
‘‘Mississippi Is ft Natchez word, and
means Father of Waters.'
“Micsourl means ‘Mudy waters.’
‘‘Nevada Is a Spanish word signifying
‘Snow-covered mountains.’
“New Hampshire took its name from
Hampshire, England. It was originally
called ’Lancomi.’
“New Jersey was named for Sir George
Carter, who was at that time Governor
of the Island of Jersey, in the British
channel.
“New York was so named as a compli
ment to the Duke of York, whose brother,
Charles If. granted him that territory.
“The Carolina* got their names from
Charles (Carolus) 11.
“Pennsylvania takes its name from
William Penn, the ’sylvla’ part of it
meaning woods. Literally It js ‘Penn's
woods.’
“Rhode Island gets its name from its
fancied resemblance to the Island of
Rhodes in the Mediterranean.
“Tennessee, according to sonic writers,
Is from Teiiftsea. an Indian chief; others
nave it to mean 'River of the bis- bend.'
"Texas was called by the Spanish mis
sionaries of 1524 ’.Mixtccap’ and the peo
ple Mixtceas. From the last word the
name of Texas is supposed to have been
derived.
"Virginia got its name ftom Queen
Elizabeth, the 'V irgin Queen.’
“Wisconsin is an Indian word meaning
’Wild, rushing waters.’
Cost tjS.YJHN) Per Year.
From the Galveston News.
Congressman Brosius did himself no
credit tn his waste of time and words
over the report that he hail taken a snooze
during a sitting of the House. He be
gan with a dental that he had ever taken
a snooze in the House, and said that if
the author of the allegation hud been
born a beast he would have been a pan
ther; if a fish, lie would have been a mud
cat; if a bird, he would have been a buz
zard; if a reptile, he would have Iteen a
lizard; if an Insect, he would have been
a bedbug; but as he had been born a hu
man being, he was nothing more than a
villainous liar. Mr. Brositm and other
members may consider such trash as this
worth $5,000 a year, but in this opinion
they must not exited Intelligent citizens,
who do the paying, lo agree w ith them.
A Disturbing Photograph.
From the Ixmdon Daily Chronicle.
A remarkable story- is agitating a sec
tion of society just npw. A young lady of
rank who is engaged lo be married to an
officer serving in India, recently had her
photograph taken .by a leading London
photographer before going out to India to
lie married. To her horror, when the pho
tographs were sent home-, there was plain
ly to bo seen standing behind her, in a
very menacing attitude, the phantom im
age of her fiance! The young lady was
photographed no less than three times un
der apparently ordinary circumstances,
hut each time the same form Is said to
have appeared on the negative. The pros
pective bride has postponed her depart
ure until inquires can be made regarding
this singular affair.
Reflections of il Bachelor.
From the New York Press.
The best aid to Faith Is Indifference.
The main part of love is jealously: the
main part of Jealously is passion.
Tho longer a man stays single the surer
he is that some woman had a lucky es
cape.
It isn't till the honeymoon begins that
most girls tliipk marriage means more
than a collection of wedding presents
and a lot of fussy white things.
on)y way that a woman can account
for the fact that her husband doesn't
make more money Is that his ideals tire
tool high for success in business.
©Full strength, health, tone
and development to every
portion of the body. Effects
of disease, overwork, worry,
the follies of youth and ex
cesses of manhood quickly
cured. Appliauce and rem
edies scut on trial. .Vo
inoory in advance. Bea)ed
particulars free. Corre
spondence confidential.
ERIE MEDICAL CO., euPFAiO, N.Y.
I'
for Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF
in Use F-or Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MUMMY STREET, NEW TORN CITY.
Cl HA AM) HAW AII HI TTKHFI.IES. |
Interesting' Specimens at tlie Amerl- I
euii Museum of Natural History.
From the New York Tribune.
An unconfirmed rumor credits Admiral
Dewey with a passion for collecting but
terflies. Whether this really be charac
teristic of the hero of Manila or not, the
Philippines have a number of species of
papilli peculiar to that part of the world.
Dr. Heutenmuller, the obliging curator of
the department of entomology in the Amer
ican museum of natural history, cannot
show specimens of these at present, but
he has some other interesting butterflies,
representative of Hawaii and Cuba.
The Pyre me is Tammeamea. from the
Sandwich Islands, is not named, as one
might imagine, after a certain famous
political organization of the American me
tropolis, but in honor of a distinguished
Hawaiian. It is orange red and brown in
color, the tips of the wings being black,
a few small light yellow spots completing
the markings. This butterfly's wings have
a lateral expanse of nearly three inches.
One of the Cuban specimens is a Papilio
Gundlachiana. ''Papilio” is its surname,
and indicates a family that keeps their
wings erect when they are in repose. A
good many of them, if not ail, have sharp,
swallow-tail projections from the rear of
each wing. The rest of this Cuban but
terfly’s name is a complimentary refer
ence to Gundlaoh, who was the first to tell
the world about it. The papilio in question
has black wings, with markings of a
greenish blue and of dark red. The for
mer exhibit a metalic luster, but the lat
ter have a dead finish.
The second Cuban specimen belongs to
■the brilliant genus of Catopsiiia, gulden
and orange-hued creatures that are found
•in America, all the way from Canada to
Patagonia. The tropical species are the
largest. Sometimes they measure four
inches across. Dr. Beutenmuller’s repre
sentative of the Cuban branch of the fam
ily is not so large as this. Its wings
stretch over a distance of only about 2'-
inches. Hut the coloring is beautiful. This
Catopsiiia Avcßaneda stands out in strik
ing contrast to Us darker-tinted compan
ions ui the same case.
Among the beetles of the American muse
um of natural history collections one call
lind two species peculiar to the Philippines
—a Pach.vrincus Assimiiias and a Pachrin
cus Nigellus. They are little chaps, and
make no pretensions to good looks. And
the Sandwish Islands are represented in
the same institution by a lot of grasshop
pers, wasps and bees. Among these is a
• carpenter bee,” a rather targe but soft,
fuzzy biack thing, that gets its name from
a curious habit of boring holes in wood.
There is a stick twelve feel long in the
museum of natural history that has been
tunneled from end to end by one of these
remarkable creatures. Compared with
the Hawaiian and Cuban butterflies just
mentioned, though, these other insects are
much less attractive to the uninitiated ob
server, whatever be their scientific inter
est.
Instances ot Homesickness,
From Youth's Companion.
Homesickness rarely excites commisera
tion. Dike seasickness, it is not supposed
to be of importance enough to receive sym
pathetic consideration; but men die from
its effects. The recovery of many a volun
teer among the Cuban recruits, when
weakened by disease, or prostrate and suf
fering from wounds received in battle, was
retarded by the irrepressible longing for
home, that neither reason nor will could
control. And this longing not infrequent
ly so depressed vitality as to cause death.
A hospital correspondent of Leslie's
Weekly gives one or two instances of
homesickness in the army that will inter
est the reader.
One man from the colored troops on the
"fighting line,” who came with the first
detachment, was not wounded, but only
stunned by the explosion of a shell which
had fallen near him. There was nothing
the matter with him but the shock to his
nerves—and homesickness. He spoke to no
one. He would take no food, and he sat
huddled together on his cot looking out
from the open flies of the hospital tent
with a face full of unspeakable loneliness.
Every morning when she came lo the
hospital Mrs. Marsh would bring h(m some
inile ihing which she had prepared for
him at home. Dittle by little she wakened
his interest, and finally he was dismissed
from the hospital happy and well. One of
the doctors and I were speaking of this
case—Ward, his name was-when a phy
sician who is at Old Point for a short va
cation came In to offer an Illustration of
homesickness.
"When I was assistant surgeon in the
army .luring the last war,” he said, with
an amused nod to the young assistant lis
tening, "I had an idea that I knew more
than the surgeon major. I suppose all as
sistant.- thing so at one time or another,
hut 1 believe that in this case it was true.
Our major was a hard man, and there was
one ease in the camp with which he had
no patience. It was a poor chap who was
simply dying of homesickness.
”1 stopped by him one day where he was
sitting with his face in his hands, and put
my hand on his shoulder and spoke a
word or two. He looked up, and l shall
never forget his look as he said:
‘You're the first one that’s spoken a
kind word to me since I came.’
"I told the surgeon about it afterward,
and he said it was all nonsense, and that
the man was simply too lazy to work.
"I said. ‘He's not lazy! lie's sick.'
"But the major had his mind made up.
and he hunted the poor chap out and set
him lo loading stuff In the commissary
department. That afternoon I came across
him. sitting on a sack of grain, with his
head down, and 1 noticed the way he’d
slumped forward, i laid hold of him, and
found that he was dead. Plenty of them
died that way—or homesickness.”
—Gen. Milos is not Hie-' only’ commander
in chi. f of our army tvho has lteen called
a liar by a subordinate. Ninety years ago
Gen. Winfield Scott, who was then a cap
tain in the army, was tried by courtmariial
for having said at a public table that he
never saw but two traitors—Gem. Wilkin
son and Burr—and that Gen. Wilkinson
was a liar and a scoundrel. He was found
guilty, and was suspended for i year, not
withstanding the fact that his utterance
turned out to be true
and the Day Express over the
FROM
ATLANTA
—TO
ST. LOUIS.
Double Daily Service
—and—
Through Sleeping Cars.
Only one change of cars
SAVANNAH
-TO
ST. LOUIS.
For information call upon or address W.
G. BREWER, City Ticket and Passenger
Agent, 39 Bull street, Savannah, Ga.
DUCKO’S
Uinfl Alimentary
Elixir
Is highly rfcoinmemled as h remedy for
limp diseases ami as a preventive for
typhoid, malarial ami all kinds of fevers
Aftenfs. F. Fouarera A fo., Xpwlork
WINTER RESORTS.
SUWANEE SPRINGS HOTEL,
SUWANEE. FLA.
This hotel is now opened for the recep
tion of guests under the management of
E. WESTWOOD PRICE.
Jan. 1, 1899.
DOST, 1,000 OPERA GLASSES.
London Pinygoei’H Take Them Away
From the Theater.
From the London Mail.
Out of 5,000 pairs of opera glasses avail
able for the use of the public at the thea
tres, music hails and other places of en
tertainment in the metropolis, no fewer
than a thousand have not returned
to the boxes in which they are kept since
the commencement of the present year.
This revelation of absence of mind, or
something still worse, on the part of the
users was made yesterday to a Daily Mail
reporter by Mr. H. S. J. Booth, the man
aging director of the Automatic Opera
Glass Company. The representative went
to him to make inquiries respecting the
statement published in our yesterday's
issue that seventeen pairs of opera glasses
had been stolen, or were missing, from
the Shaftesbury theater sinse the com
mencement of the run of The Belle of'New
York. ■
“The enormous loses we are at present
sustaining," remarked Mr. Booth,"through
the disappearance—that is the gentlest
term I can use— of our opera glasses is
compelling us to establish a more com
plete system of protection.
"They disappear just in direct ratio lo
their use. Up to the advent of The Belle
of New York to the Shaftesbury our re
ceipts and our iosses at that theater were
comparatively small. Now there has been
a change, having both its favorable and
unfavorable sides.
"Not the least surprising thing in con
nection with these losses is the evidence
it gives of the ideas of some of our pat
rons on honesty. The glasses are indel
ibly branded as being the property of our
company. If an umbrella is found in the
street with the owner's name and address
engraved thereon, no honest-minded per
son would think of retaining it. Yet our
glasses are detained, and when the holder
is discovered protestation* of innocence
are always forthcoming. Before Mr. Cur
tis Bennett, recently a defendant, stated
she had found the pair of glasses in dis
pute. The magistrate curtly reminded her
that 'finding is not keeping,' and we wish
thut some others would realize the same
thing.
“Many of the losses occur out of an
essstntially peculiar idea of a joke, and
for that reason we have found thut
wherever the gayest and liveliest enter
tainment is taking place, there the glass
es dwindle. For that reason the musical
hails register the most extensive Josses.
Sometimes live humorists return them, af
ter attaining > legs elevated mood; at
others, after long undisturbed possessions,
he feels be the rightful owner.
"The other morning a sample of this
musie hall humor oh the part of a visitor
was brought to niy notice., The lenses of
a pair of glasses Tiad been .unscrewed,
the tubes filled with beer, fastened up.
and left in the lex until discovered by one
of our daily cleaners next morning,
“All manner of suggestions* have been
made to us to lessen these losses by viv
idly coloring the glasses or fastening
them up; but the disadvantages wofe too
apparent. We, however, hope for better
results from our new system,"
Oceari Steamship Cos,
-FOR
hiew York, Boston
—AND
THE EAST.
Unsurpassed cabin accommodations. All
the comforts of a modern hotel. Electric
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets includa
meals and berth aboard ship.
Passenger Fares From Savamuii
TO NEW YORK—Cabin, *2O; Excursion,
*32. Intermediate, *ls. Excursion, *2l.
Steerage. *IO.OO.
TO BOSTON—Cabin, *22; Excursion, *3B;
Intermediate, *l7; Excutsion, *2B; Steer
age, *11.75.
The express steamships of this line ars
appointed to sail from Savannah, Central
(90th) meridian time, as fallows:
SAVA*YAH TO HEW FORK.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. -Askins, THURS
DAY. Feb. 2, lb a. m.
CITY OF AUGYJSTA, Cap*. Daggett.
SATURDAY. Feb. 4, 1 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg,
MONDAY, Feb. 6,3 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, TTUESDAY,
Feb. 7, 4 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, THURS
DAY, B'eb. 9, 5 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins, SATUR.
DAY, Feb. 11, 6 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
MONDAY. Feb. 13, 7 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg,
TUESDAY, B'eb. 14, 8 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher), THURS
DAY. Feb. IC, 11 a. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, SATURDAY,
Feb. 18, 1:30 p. m.
SAVAS.NAH TO BOSTON.
VIA DIRECT SHIP.
GATE CITY. Capt. Googins, FRIDAY,
Feb. 3, 10 a. m.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, TUES
DAY, Feb. 7. 4 a. tn.
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. Lewis, FRI
DAY, B’eb. 10, 6 a. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, TUESDAY,
Feb. 14. 8 a. m.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage. FRI
DAY, Feb. 17, 10:30 a. m.
CHATTAHOOCHE'E, Capt. Lewis, TUES
DAY, Feb. 21. 4 a. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, FRIDAY,
Feb. 21, 5 a. m.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage, TUES
DAY, B'cb. 28. 7:30 a. m.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
5 p. m. daily, except Sundays and Mon
days, and leave Boston for Savannah
every Wednesday at 12 noon. Saturdays
at 3 p. m.
W. G. Brewer, Ticket Agent, 39 Bull
street. Savannah, Ga.
E. W. Smith, Cotft Fr. Agt. Sav„ Ga.
B. G- Trezevant, Agt., Savannah- Ga.
E. H. Hinton, Traffic Manager.
John M. Egan, vice president.
MERCHANTS AND MINERS’
TRANSPORTATION CO.
Tickets on sale at company’s office to
the following points at very low rates:
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J,
BALTIMORE. MD.
BUFFALO, N. Y.
BOSTON, MASS.
CHICAGO, ILL.
CLEVELAND, O.
BiRIE, PA.
HAGERSTOWN, MD.
HARRISBURG, PA.
HALIFAX, V. S.
NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
PHILADELPHIA, BA.
PITTSBURG, PA.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
ROCHESTER. AS. Y.
TRENTON. N. J.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
WASHINGTON. D. C.
First-class tickets Include meals and
state room berth. Savannah to Baltimore.
Accommodation and Cuisine Unequalcd.
Freight capacity unlimited; careful ban
dling and quick dlspatah.
The steamships of this company are ap
pointed to sail from Savannah to Balti
more as follows (standard time):
ITASCA, Capt. James, THURSDAY, Feb.
2, at 11:00 a. m.
WM LAWRENCE, Capt. Willis, SATUR
DAY, Feb. 4, at 12:00 noon.
ALLEGHANY', Capt. Billups, WEDNES
DAY, B’eb. 6. at 3:00 P. m.
•Steamship Wm. Lawrence does not
carry passengers.
And from Baltimore every MONDAT
WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY, at 4:00 p.
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent.
Savannah, Ga.
W. F. TURNER, O. P. A.
A. D. STEBBINB, A. T. M
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md. __
FRENCH LINE.
GOMPAGNIE GENERfILE TRANSATLANTiQUE.
DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE-PARIS (France!
Sailing as follows at 10 A. M.
From Pier No. 42. North River—foot Morton at.
t a Gasconn©••• Feb. IILh r i ouraine-• •• reb **•
La Champagne. Feb. lljLa Normandie, Mar 4
Agency for U. a and^n-.fiß^
For Bluffton and Beaufort, S. C,
Steamer Doretta will leave wharf fo o *
of Abercorn (Ethel's wharf) street at 3 P
m tor Bluffton daily except Sunday ana
Thursday. Wednesday's trip extended w
Beaufort, leaving Bluffton Thursdays a'
8 a. m. Returning same day.
For Port Royal and Beaufort, S, C.
Steamer Clifton leaves from foot Bull
street on Sunday, 12 a. m.. Tuesday and
Friday at 10 a. m., city time.
H. S. WESTCOTT, Agent.
sorannan. iiKindernoii end isie 01 nous R’l
and Oily and suburban R’y.
SUiUHLt,
For Isle of Hope anti llonlgom
Sunday. aiecpted.
Lv etty for Isle HopejLv Lie Hope for ciiJ
TOO am from Boitonj 6 00am for Bolton**
7 00 am from Bolton 7 10 am for B?
9 00 am from 2d ave 8 10 am for 2d a
10 37 am from Bolton 9 45 am for Bod n
230 pm from 2d ave 1 00 pm for -
4 no pm from Bolton 4 00 pm for B"
030 pm from 2d eve] 5 00 pm for 2d a
0 30 pm from Bolton] 6 30-pm! for l o
7 3o pm from Boltonl 7 30 pm for I
9 00 pm from 2d ave{lo 00 pm for 2
j.v city for Mon'g'ry'Lv Mont'g'ry f<*f •
9 00 am from 2d ave) 7 30 am for M
10 37 ant from Bolton|l2 20 pm for
2 30 pm from 2d ave| 4 20 pm for -
5 30 pm from 2d ave)
To take effect Nov. 14, 1898 .
ii. C. BENAGH, W*