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PART THREE. WHEELER ON THE PHILIPPINES WHITES FOR THE FIRST TIME HIS VIEWS OS' CONDITIONS THERE. diameter of the Insurgent Army. Observations on the Priests nnd Religious Orders—Products of the Sew Islands—Conditions of the People—Relations of the Soldiers and the Natives—Smear nnd Coffee Iml ns tries—Wild Cotton—Domestic Animals. New York, Dec. 29.—Gen. Joseph Wheeler writes this article from hla headquarters at Santa Rita: (Copyright, 1599, by A. R. Kellar.) Santa Rita, Philippine Islands, Novem ber, 1899.—1 have now seen much of the country and the people in that part of Luzon for about fifty miles north of Ma nila. In every town there is a magnificent stone church and a convent or monas tery. The insurgents have a great an tipathy to the priesthood or friars, and they have dismantled many of the churches. The value of the church and monastery of o town seems to be equal in many cases to the value of all the other buildings in the town. The sugar storehouses are also expen sively constructed buildings. They have very thick stone walls and either tile or metal roofs and cover considerable space of ground; some of them have dimensions of about 60 or 70 feet by 100 feet. The church here at Santa Rita is the or I y one I have seen outside of Manila where services are regularly held. 1 he more 1 talk to people the more I a convinced that the) insurgents are act utf.cd in a measure by a spirit of com munism, and in their talks, their most serious objection to the church seems to be the fact that the ecclesiastical organi zations own so much of the property and one of Aguinaldo's most earnest demands is that the church property he confiscated. There is a general Impression that the insurgent army is made up very largely of people without property, and that peo ple who have property desire the Ameri cans to control so that they con have pro tection and feel that their property is se cured to them, but I find that there is also a fear or apprehension among some of the wealthy that if the Americans con trol and give universal suffrage, the power of the wealthy people would be taken away and their hold on property very much impaired. I think that if the wealthy people could be assured that they would be protected in their property rights by Ihe United States it would have a very good effect. Priests mill Frlnrs. The friars and priests are charged with all sorts of oppressions and misdemeanors, but It must be remembered thin, friars and priests are very numerous, and in so large a body there will be found every possible phase of character and disposi tion. Soma of them are no doubt op pressors of the people, exacting in the col lection of rentals from the land, Indulge themselves In many ways, and lead lives very different from what should char acterize the life of a priest. But there are very many good men among them. M”V ef them have received good educations in their youth and. being without families nnd having ample time, they have pur sued scientific and other studies and have • lone a great deal towards the education of the people. The religious orders are very rich. They have been acquiring property for nearly three centuries. It was the custom of organizations nnd individuals to acquire property by settlement and occupation, and title thus acquired is recognized as valid even with no paper title whatever. The religious orders have acquired vast properties in this way, and while it is sup t'osed that the proceeds and the income is to be used for religious and charitable purposes, there is no doubt that much has barn used for their personal comfort and benefit. The statement I have seen that 70 per cent of the people of Luzon can read and wriie is a great mistake. It may be true of Manila, but it is not true of the rural district*, and the percentage of illiteracy In the other islands Is much greater than In Luzon. The appearance, mode of life, and method of performing work is to-day very much like that described in the Bible of the beginning of the Chrislian era. Method* 2,000 Year* Old. The people dress very much as they did r“k years ago. (he means of transporta tion by carts drawn by caraboas is about the same, and their methods of she ling nd c.eani*tg rice is as primitive as hie and n better than they were >*ars ago. During the lest few years pj ?r-ir mills and rice mills have been erected in some of ihe largo cities, and (his specially been the case since the building Of ihe Manila and Dagupan Railroad, but in the smaller cities and towns rice 13 busked by pounding by hand, and i~ win i owed by -owing it up and thus sepir fuing the c ff just as it was done in the earliest tin !*roo of the New Iwlnnda. Nearly td*erything can he grown, but oranges and bananas aTe not as cood as in nb.*r localities, the reason no doubt be ng 1 1 they seem to give them no cultiva'ion vt, never. If they were cultivated. I be - < ■' they would be as fine as (he pro du of any other country. Tobacco is grown in (he valley of Cagay an, in the northeastern part of Diizm wih.M is said to be equal to any tobacco h* the world. The coffee grown is kad i > Ih. superior to Mocha. Rice i> the principal product, and a fail ’ • "f that crop will cause a terribl • fam . as the people depend alm<>-t entirely ' ;*>n it for food. Sugar is the principal •■rop for export. The greatest amoun * xported in any one year was 2JI/81 tons, w hlch was In 1895. t'orn grows very rapidly and ih-- <arr '“ich ihcir full growth about sixty 'lays 11, the Mm,, of planting. The provinc e dch are especial y s|ioken of as produc ' 1 of eorn or maize, ore Viscaya, Ba ’ jla. Month Camarlnes, I’ampama, I an - ’ In.in, Nueva Bclja. Bulacnn, Baton**. -biMv nnd A bray. Wheat Is grown In Ha ng.. nn.l around Sari Isidro and I a " 1 • 1 nnd lllcoo Hur. '! . Is „ grsal flh'trden’ l*f eery V b'd.ie timber in these Is amis and many ' • " oi iMauoiei i am A'v-o-1 - u - * 1 ’’l i.. itnew, such as mahogany, baa v ''•< ' I . iwny. Gold, c p;*r, coal, -ulphur. lead, building ew. I *tro m arid guano are found. < ••Mdlilou of Hie I‘inplr. nr many different tribes living 1 islands, ih# only oie* i" ", le Ing , tM . Tagulor This 1 up,,:* some eigiM province* ID Ihe fp)j t Jfiitfmng JJeto#* neighborhood of Manna, ana tneir asso ciation with Europeans lias made them more civilized than other tribes. • We are now seven or eight miles from Porac, whore an insurgent force has been stationed for some time, but around here and through this vast valley, the peo ple are actively engaged in planting rice. I have been riding around the outskirts of this place, and the fields are dotted with men, women and children planting rice. There are some tribes, the Pan;- pangan and some others, that sympathize with nnd aid the Tagalos. I am confident that a brigade of cav alry could easily travel through a great part of the islands. Animals nf flic Island*. Monkeys ore numerous, and flying squir rel. which has fine skin, is found, and also the wild cat. the wild hog, and tho water buffalo. The lion, the tiger, the hyena, leopard and the bear are found in these Islands. In variety, beautiful plum age and charming singing the birds are said to be superior to those of any other part of the earth. Crocodiles, boa constrictors and lizards are found. There ore many dangerous snakes, but in this densely populated dis trict there are very few', and the people tell me that very seldom is any one bit ten by them. They also tell me that the natives understand how to cure the worst bites by using herbs. The flowers of the island are very beau tiful and many years ago a priest col lected thousands of varieties, and I saw in a convent a copy of some books giving a description of each flower and a paint ing of the flower, apparently in water colors, each painting occupying a large space. The market place of each town is filled v/ith men, women and children with their baskets and fruits and other articles for pale. Although bananas and cocoanuts grow r in our yards, we (ake care not to molest anything, but purchase of the na tives. At first, prices were reasonable, but now' w’e pay about a cent, Mexican, apiece for bananas and about 5 cents apiece, Mexican, for cocoanuts. The natives bring very nice little fish to us which they catch in the neighbor hood of the town. Relations of Soldiers nnil Natives. The relations between the soldiers of my command and the people are most cordial. Our soldiers protect them in every right, and as they sc l ! market products to th* soldiers at higher rates than formerly ob tained, they appreciate this as one of the advantages our occupation Is to them. The son of the president of this city said yes terday: “The Spanish soldiers and the in surgent soldiers are harsh and unkind and take anything from us that they want nnd pay nothing, but the American sol dier is kind and pays for everything. There is no limit to the bamboo, w’hich grow'? with great rapidity, and is used in building houses. The leaves of the Nipa palm are used for an outside covering of the roofs of houses. The women do a great deal of labor, and they and the men often wear hats made of grass, palm leaves rr bam boo, which are some thirty inches in diam eter. These hats turn water and serve as an umbrella as well ns to protect the head from the sun. I often see women working in the fields w'ith umbrellas like those in use in America. Primitive Sugar Iniluntry. The sugar mills are very primitive, very much like those first constructed in Cuba, and other sugar countries. If the meth ods of cultivation now in in the Ha waiian islands and Louisiana "V. .' and If the improved machine’ .. n/v™ v, Q wtire introduce*!, t nofiA B now ha' _ , . .v _ in-,11 the amount of stis*nr produced in the ! nil ippines could be increased many fold. The exports of hemp have greatly in creased. In the year lsß2. 41.26 tons of hemp were exported, which has Increas ed until there was exported in 1897, 112.- 755 tons, and this output can be much en larged. The shipment of coffee gradually in creased until the year 1886, when ihe ex porters amounted to 7.337 tons, and from 1880 IO 1890 the shipments averaged about 6.000 tons a year, but from that time they have fallen off, and from 1893 to 1897 the annual shipments averaged only 200 tons. 1 Wild Cotton. I learn the following about cotton from reliable sources: , "The cotton tree is found growing in. an uncultivated state in many islands of the archipelago. Long staple cotton was for merly extensively cultivated in Ihe prov ince of Ilocos Norte, when, many years ago large quantities of good cotton sluffs were exported. This industry st 11 exists. The cultivation of this staple was. how ever discouraged by the local governors, in order to urge the planting of tobacco for the government supplies. It has since become difficult to revive the cotton pro duction, although an essay, in pamphlet form (for which a prize was awarded in Madrid) was gratuitously distributed over ?he colony to WS with that object. Never theless, cotton spinning and weaving is still carried on. on a reduced scale, in the Oloeo provinces” (Luzon, west coast.) Wild' cotton is practically useless for spinning, as the staple is extremely short but perhaps by hybridization and careful attention its culture might become valu able to the colony. The pod is elliptical and Ihe cotton which bursts from it at maturity is snow white. It is used f nillows and mattresses. IMS a common thing to see wild cotton trees planted along the high road to seme as telegraph posts: by the lime the seed i, fully ripe every leaf has fallen and nothing but the bursting pod remains hansrins on the branches. Railroads judiciously located could be built very cheaply, and with the dense population and the freight which must ex- Lr where ne production is so abundant, could make the railroads very profitable. I think a light rail, fifty-six pounds to the would do very well, and something Llg than the standard gauge would be pest I believe the Manila and Dagupan Pillroad has a gauge of a metre <39.37 inches). Sugar, rice and timber would give much freight. Demesne Animals. The native horses or ponies abound. They are small, but swift and strong. The domestic animal is fed on rice, molasses and -'rase. These- ponies are also found wr 1 m the fores,s. The buffalo or cara hao Is” the .Irafi and plow animal of the ™° "T ,* powerful, docile and easy uMraln nd manage. I. I. very slow and inuM i- lnnnrm-<l n water and during hoi weatlwr two or three ! me* e a The flesh of me carabao Is used for fieri. When wild It I* dongerou. nnd ; >n When lame<l I* dangerous, deprived V . . Kilh Bheep <io not thrive but oxen, v * | af** more or k*wi JJ.Inl I.lils they frequently ~-n The , las ai. thin, hut show marked trace, of ' ~, Lspae-Kentucky spc'.la*. ITiry or# I-is a' (l) „ and Hie meal o, eamn 1,/ American* Kish are cughl in l-r Wheeler. SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, IS9O HOLIDAYS IN WASHINGTON. THE QIIETEST PART OF THE WHOLE YEAR AT THE CAPITAL. Gossip About Cabinet Ofllcers, For eign Ministers, Congressmen and Their Families—The Amount of Ronds in the Treasury Vault. Some Other Washington Matters of General Interest. Washington, Dec. 29.—Tho President's two young neices, who will spend the winter in the executive mansion, are to leave their Western homes during the week, in time to be here for the New Year’s reception. Secretary and Mrs. Hay have no house guests for the holidays, and have arrang ed no special plans. Mrs. Hay will be “at home” on Wednesday next for the first time this season, as well all the la dies of the cabinet who are in the city. Secretary and Mrs. Gage are passing the holidays very quietly, having with them, as guests, their daughter Mrs. E. T. F. Pierce, their neice, Miss Ruth Cran don. and Miss Jennie Cox, all of Chicago. The new Secretary of the Interior, with Mrs. Hitchcock and their daughter, have gone to St. Louts, but will return before the end of the year. Mrs. Griggs, wife of the Attorney General, is also out of town. Her mother Is still very 111, and for that reason she can make no definite plans for her return. The Secretary of War and Mrs. Root, having young sons and daugh ters at home, are In the thick of a merry time this week. Wednesday night the Sec retary and his wife gave a large theater party, followed by a supper to Sir Henry Irving. GefT. and Mrs. G. Z. Bristow—the fourth assistant postmaster general and his wife, are this week entertaining Gov. and Mrs. Stanley of Kansas. Senator and Mrs. Cushman IC. Davis have a party of holiday guests from Minnesota. Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks were to have had Gov. Mount of Indiana, as their guests this week, and had issued Invitations for a dinner-party, which they were compelled to recall at the eleventh hour, owing to the Governor’s postponement of his visit to Washington. Senator and Mrs. Fora ker are entertaining almost as frequent ly and sumptuously as their predecessors, the Brices, whose social career in Wash ington has seldom been equalled ami nev er surpassed. For the past fortnight the Forakers have had as house-guests. Miss Reba Wallace of Philadelphia and Miss Mary Brooks of Cleveland. A series of dinners, receptions, balls and theater par ties have been given in the young ladies’ honor by their hostess, and—they have also been invited everywhere. By the way. it is whispered that A. Rustem Bay, of the Turkish legulion and Senor Riano of the Spanish legation, have both lost their hearts hopelessly to one or the other of the charming Foraker guests; but no body can say to a certainty ’’which is which” ns the two distinguished foreign ers are always seen in close attendance— and so are the chaperones, Ihe latter wise ly preventing the had form of any special pairing—off in public. The Christmas ceremonies of-.bwm Chp baye_ j* t'll c • 4‘y.“tncfsehn monks, wlios-' re cently-completed monastery Is an exact counterpart of that in the holy city. Both are patterned after the celebratel St. Sophia, and their high.rolling arches ami transcripts add double power and volume to the solemn, chants. The Franciscan monnks have es tablished themselves as special guardians of all ihe sacred places aroun 1 the home of our Savior. There are a good many members of the Brotherhood of St. Francis in this clt.y. not only in the mon astery, but connected, with various churches and the Jesuit College in George town, and all took pirt in the ce ebratlon of midnight mass, according to the rites and ceremonies which mark the event In Jerusalem. Although live new monastery is four miles from the city, hundreds of people made the night journey in order to witness the strange ceremonial. The mass was the usual ceremony of the Catholic Church, except lhat during Its lengthy course the monks, In their cowled robes, hempen girdles and sandals, marched three times around the great temple, chanting "Adeste Ficeles.” Owing to the illness of Madame Wu, the Chinese legation, usually so very gay. has remained closed to society until this week. Now that the little lady’s health has mended, she has resumed her informal Friday receptions, to the especial delight of visiting strangers whose curios’ty con cerning the home which was transplanted almost intact from the Flowery Kingdom, is never satiated. Mr. and Mrs. Wu are the most hospitabe of Orientals. Their legation is in the heart of the fashionable part of town, and besides bring one of the largest and handsomest houses in Washington, is gorgeously furnish and in the Chinese fashion, making !• a shining mark for sightseers. Mr. and Mrs. Wu, dressed, as always, in their native cos tume, receive each guest, invited and un invited. in the most cordial manner/ though frequently the crowd is far tot great for two pairs of hands to ”shak ” with all those extended. The minister fpeaks and understands English pet-fee ly. but his little wife is not so proficient; an l therefore a number of American ladies usually assist her in receiving ard in pourW out the tea, which is a prominent feature of the Chinese receptions. An 1 what tons of tea must be eon-umed In that legation! It makes one blush for Ameri can manners to record that last Fr day’s reception was literally jammed win strangers who made no effort to conceal the fact lhat they had come for the mer est curiosity, who fingered tho furniture nnd hangings and bric-a-brac as they would not be permitted to do in any pub lic museum, and treated the members of the legation exactly as if they had been wax figures set up for their lnste lion. Some of the boldest and rudest even com mented audibly upon their dress, an l eiyle of wearing the hair, an I the size of Mad ame Wu s fcit! Th ministers’ wife is learning English and s|>e?ks what she knows in the rnyd delightful pidgin fash ion One of her favorite remarks I- ’ I Itkec Amellka because of lb Kb<dom for China lady.” Hhe must feel, sonv’ilmcs, that the bonded "fleedom” of American women should tie checked with a II tie Oriental w-cluslon, If not o- asl ml salu tary treatment with "•omethlng It -faring, like boiling oil.” Mr. I Komara, Ihe Japanese mintsier, is ell.l visiting Iri ITrildei|hiu The llay t,an> Minister and Mrs, Eeger have leas'd the handsome residence of former ftec rtry and Mrs, Carlisle, In K stree'. Owing to the war in Hornh Uric*, the British ngsbaaoy Is no' bflahlened this y.r with Ihe Tula tld>- festivities tlH< have hrr*lofo marked the season. While all KngUitd is mourning ll heavy losses, WATCH YOUR KIDNEYS. The Host Important Organs in the Human Body-They Throw Out AN Disease. Swamp-Root Curas Weak Kidneys Does your back aoh? Do you have pains across your kidneys? Is your complexion thaiky, gray, white? Is your skin dry or feverish? Are there puffy bags beneath your eyes? Are your eyes dull; listless and dead locking? Are you irritable anti hard to please? Do you feel as though you have heart trouble? Do you have to urinate several times in the night? Is there ever a scalding, burning sensation there? Do you feel the desire immediately to urinate again, with no result? •* Is your urine clouded, thick or milky? Is there any sediment or do particles float in it? Don’t neglect these conditions, and tf they or any port of them are yours, Swamp-Root, the grett kidney remedy, will be found just the meiUcine you need. Here's a simple test fir t|ie kidneys, just as certain as though a physician were In lersonal attendance on your ease: Pour sotre of your '‘morning!’ urine in a glass or bottle and allow it to stand twenty-four hours. Then hold it up:tq the light, nnd if you find any settlings or sediment, or tf it is thick or milky, or If small particles float about in it, don't hesitate for a mo ment, but wTite at once t<( Dr. Kilmer & Cos., mention the Savanna) Dally News, and immediately begin using the sample of Swamp-Root which you will tecelve at once, absolutely free by jnall. The re sults will surprise you. Swamp-Root Is purely inpotable, pleas ant to take and is for safe by druggists everywhere in bottles of Iwo sizes and two prices—fifty cents a til one dollar. Bear ir. mind the name, Svfimp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y'. her representatives in Washington rahnot properly indulge .in gabiy. Lord and Lady Pauncefote gave tie customary Christmas dinner to the embassy attaches, at which mistletoe and hilly shared the honors of tho great round table with the official l.on and unicorn engraved In sil ver. In addition to the Punncefote family and the gentlemen of the Staff, the dinner guests included Sir Percy Saunderson, British consul at New York, and Miss Saunderson, who are spending Uygyjrjr ’ an*?' as usualTTie qfueen’s portrait was framed in garinds of crimson berried h ßev Dr. Tallage, on Thursday went to Virginia, to Jffl. iate at the marriage of Miss Jane Faulkner, .laughter of the ex- Senator, to Mr. WlltUm White of Nash ville, Tenn., wrijlch occurred Thursday evening at the horn* of the bride. 3hi homestead, at Boy*vbe, near Martins burg is a handsomi old colonial mansion, well adapted to ertertaining a large and brilliant company Mrs. Haywood, wife of our consul ge - eral to Hawaii, tho returned a few days Tgo from The’stands. Is delighting her friends with gWphlc accounts of our new possessions, as’weH as her Impressions of China and Jtpan, which countries she recently with her husband. Mi. and Mrs h/vwood's journey was made doub’.v interesting by reason of many so cial affairs arranged in their honor. At Hong Konl the American Consul and Aire Wildpan gave them a series of nleasant entertainments. Witfi Naval Constructs Hobson of Merrimac fame, Mrs Hay Wood stood sponsor at the bap- M.m of Mr. and Mrs. Wildman’s baby daughte* Mrs. Haywood will spend the winter ie re w'ith her parents, Judge and Mr Wilson. ■ The daily friends of Mrs. Warren wife Of Wyoming’s senior senator are rejoiced ?o learn that she is rapidly recovering from her recent long and severe li ne**. She las spent the last few weeks at Col ot ad> Springs, the Saratoga of the West, wh(f e society is very gay this winter and Her health Is so far restored tha * sh ® '* heng extensively entertained. She will n.t come to Washington until after Jan. 1 The only daughter of tho Wyoming senator. Miss Frances Warren, Is a *tu lenl at Wellesley College, and will not I*. with her parents this winter. Mrs Burleigh, wife of the representative from Maine, who was thrown from her carriage some time ago and quite serious ly injured, is slowly recovering her health Mr. and Mrs. Burleigh and their young daughter have taken apartments at the Richmond, a* have also Mr. and Mrs. John R. MacArthur. Mr. MacArthur is secretary of th- United Slates Philippine Commission and a relative of the lng editor,” Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, who is now in the field. They say at the treasury department that upwards of 100,000 strangers have been shown about the treasury building during the past year. The place which excites most wonder nnd comment is the bond vault, on the first floor, near the treas urer's office. In it are stored $407,000,000 In bonds, $07,000,000 of which, however, are unregistered. These bonds belong u> the national banks of the country. They are deposited with the treasurer to secure the circulation of the national bank notes. Every visitor Is shown a little package of I Kind*, and If he looks particularly hon est Is sometime* allowed to hold for a minute five million or so of them. Tho vault containing upwards of $4d).0f1b,600 worth of patter, Is quite small for so largo a building as the United Buttes treasury and ho rich a potent as Uncle Samuel. But, then, it wa* built nearly forty year* ago and at that time answered all require ments. Now every available quarter-inch of space 1* occupied and more Is badly needed. It is • claimed that the vault Is ahootuicly burglar and fire proof. There Is aueh * network of electric wire* connected with the door leading Info It, that arty allcmpt to drill a hob- In It would set off alarms, not only all over the treasury building, but In police headquar ters Ih*' wire* being e-necl*l With the admirable letralai alarm aye*, to of the I district The bonds •* >hr national bank* are kept In fUe-bo**-*. placed in r "? note ten slklv** and pr<g/erly numbered. The vault is Illuminated by electric lights, the wires being specially protected, so there Is little- danger of fire from that source. Looking at this vault the other day with some friends front the country, I was struck with what seemed to me the inadequate protection of such a vast amount of money in paper form. The of ficial, who was showing us a,tout, replied, "You are right madam, k is the strangest thing in Washington. There isn’t a hank in the country with a capital of sso,im which cannot boast a Water vault than this. Just think of tho weight of $4:7,- 000,000 of tonds and the combustible eh tr actor of the Ink used in printing them' Friction is one great source of fires th t' break out where least expected. The in side shelving should be constructed of metal, and all these file-boxes ought to be made of aluminum. There should he as little woodwork Inside the vault as possi ble. Why, it was only recently that mod ern doors were added!” Congress has been asked several times to appropriate money for an extension and improvement of this national bank bond-vault, which is really half a century behind the Hines. Of course, the probability of the destruc tion of the bonds by combustion is re mote; but there is always more or less danger. Every modern device for the protection of such enormously valuable papers should be added, and no loop hole left for making it Ihe old story of the stolen steed before his stable is secured. THE INTELLIGENT WHALE. Till* Wo* tire- Original Home of a llondoned Torpt-ilo Rout. New York, Dec. 29.—Among all tho fight ing machines Uncle Ram ever owned, the Plunger, an old submarine torpedo boat In the Brooklyn navy yard, holds tho record for useless loss of life. No one alive 10-duy knows exactly the number of men who had died through her agency, but fairly well authenticated statements place it at forty-tnlnc. There seems to have been an atmosphere of tragedy about the boat that made itself felt in Ihe lives of more than one of those who were con nected with her, but did not meet death through her direct agency. As compared with the submarine boats of to-day the Plunger looks the death trap ihe proved to be. Her inventor's Idea was a failure, but the government thought well enough of it to pay down $30,000 to try the experiment of building it In 1803. Not the least of the many curious facts an Investigation of the history of the boat reveals is that no one knows the name of its inventor.. The boat was built at New ark. N. J., in the winter of 1863-64. A number of experiments were made with her in the Passaic river and In the course of these from twenty to thirty lives were lost—so the stories told etate-reither by suffocation or drowning. In the latter part of 1864 the boat was taken from New ark lo the navy yard, where its official trial was to take place under tlire direc tion of a hoard of eight Two hours itefore tho arrival was all board Oliver Halstead *mt' entered the Ihe l>oat and .s*e" boat started out and Clgte‘ to fRe bottom. When the officers arrived they wn 1,. in vain for the reappearance of Halstead and his men. Finally, the boat was 10. . i ond a diver went down an*l fast en.M a roix io ihe bow ring The bow was hauled up, leaving the boat rest in g on Its stern In an upright position Ln- Hanre was gained and it was found that In some way the boat had become nearly ll e< l w ith water, almost drowning tho-e aboard of her. it was supposed the water an nod ingress through tin: trap door .n the bottom intended for the use of who ever placed the torpedoes. The Idea of th_ Inventor was that when this trapdoor was onened the pressure of air from the !n --terior of the boat would be sufficient to prevent any water coming in. ' Of the navnl officers who constituted thn retiring ltoard, not one remains alive. As far as records show, the deaths all were notable for some unusual feature This is whv the Plunger, whore original name, by the way. was "The Intelligent Whale ” has a most uncanny reputation. It has about been derided to break the boat up After being exposed to all sorts of weather for thirty-six years, it is con sidered to have outlived every possibility of usefulness. loneliest people on earth. Can Only Communicate NNItU the World Once n Yenr. From Pearson’s Weekly. Perhaps the most Isolated tribe of peo ple in the world is the Tshuktshl, a peo ple occupying the northern portion of the peninsular of Kamskatka and the country northward toward Bering straits. These people are practically Independent of Russia, who appears to have reasons of her own for letting them alone. They have practically no communication with the outside world, and have only been visited two or three tlfnes—the last time by Maj. de Windt on his Journey through Siberia • ‘ The Inhabitants of the New Siberian Is lands arc also practically elono on earth, for they onlv communicate with the main land and therefore with the rest of tha world once a year, and a succession of bad seasons might isolate them for years. The pygmies of the great Central Afri can forests. If they can be called a tribe, have also been a people apart. For ages their existence was little more than legen dary, and only two expeditions eommand , ,1 i,y whit'' men have ever penetrated into their abode. lioilll GUNS. The Hrlllsli Artillery Outclassed nf Every Point* From Collier’s Weekly. “The noise at the high! of the engage ment,^ ”.aay an eye witness, “was almost , deafening. Above the rattle of the muw kelry could be heard the thud of the Max ims and the hanging of the quick-firing guns.” The Boers seem to have quite a a many gun* If not more, than the British. They have been preparing for war ever aince the Jameson raid. With the taxes from the mines they have bought the finest light artillery In the world. I*udon Is now admitting what artillerist ,x| rts have long known, that tie- forty-eight quick-firing guna which the Boers Ismght from the French firm of Schneider Mr Oa net ore superior to any guns of their kind In Ilia British army. The Carol gun can lire six rounds where Its British counter part can firs oniy two. Af'cr tins war there cruiy la- change* In British ordnaie an abrupt aa our own from black to smoke- 4 People. . . . Know what they want, are quick to recognize the best. Murray Hill Club Whiskey Is Hold by reputable dealers everywhere. Beware of !m - Ballons and refilled bottles. See that corks are branded MtUKAV hill CL.UI3, and that our trade mark im on ; TO : BREAK UP RHEUMATISM " ’'' 1 a &?Z£r~X**PLr 1 /twtjpW L j GRAYBEARD is worth $l.OO a bottle at the dro.g stores. send to ns for it. 4 iiLc/i t,oo unuvi I I l/fJc) 2 lens powder sit the close of the Rpnnish- Ameriean war. The energy of the Boers in bringing up their heavy Runs watt equate,! by the Jack ies of the British cruiser Powerful, in put ting two navy quick-tiring guns in action within three hours after the train carry in;- them pulled into the elation at latdy -niith The one thing that the British ac complished by the fight of the 30th was placing these guns in a position where it is hoped that they can prevent any of the enemy’s guna being planted near enough to the town to shell It. _Oov. KOoi-evelt of New Yoik, 1* anxious to have Helh 1.. w, now the president of C'o'umbla L’nlverslty, to accept the pesl- Hon of chancellor of the state educational Bvstem. If Mr. Low decline#, the place wl.l Is- Offered to rrof. Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia. ICUtlllht A.\U CULLSIigtI. Mar rtepett owner iMISI 1 I (ill lnr tulUon In txtuli till petition to 1 UUillVltU w , cur ,.,i, ur will accept not •. flienp board. Car fare paid. No vac* 100. Enter any than. Open for both actet PRAUGHON'3 Art rsAOTicAL •W'^JrAyiyTr/fA P yCCc/p Nashville, Trim. havaiine.li, Qa. (IslvmUiu, Tax. *SP Teaarkaua, Tr. lnrtowd lir mereliiMit# n-l banke/s 'llir s month.’ l*lwplu# wtttl U* etpJSU sis, . Ail wirrvr<-tl l.rsm Fr tdrenlnj* eP'Ma te - llanie Htislr Owner '• #!* ,• “Iv-tistMie *' *. i*jt oulkd* oiftiifw. *AiXrt*M M iMfpWUfteul A A M ADONIC TEW PUB. 0* PAGES 17 TO 20. U R Nfai. F. P MH.LAHO, President V Ice Prmldeai llt.Miv lii.ra. Jr Sec’y and Treas. NEAL-MILLARD CO. Builders’ Material, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Faints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass and Brushes, EIIILDERS’ HARDWARE, Lime, Cement and Plaster.. 0 ;-.t od *WIOr street*. SAYANKAU, A M. 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