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WATER AS A WEAPON.
INSTANCES WHERE HOSE HAD
MORE EFFECT THAN GEARS.
Hobs Molt Before Noxzle Cliloubo
roller Relieve Fire Knuineo Would
lie Vnlnable Auxiliaries Daring;
Times of Riot.
From the Chicago Post.
Some of the Western railroads which
run through territory infested by train
robbers have adopted anew and effective
method of fighting these desperadoes. But
it is new only in its application. There is
more than suspicion that Mrs. Socrates
not only knew of this method, but suc
cessfully used it in her endeavors to give
her philosophic spouse a reputation for all
time as the pioneer of henpecked hus
bands. For the scheme is nothing more
nor less than a Judicious distribution of
hot water where it will do the most good.
The idea as applied to locomotives is to
so arrange a series of perforated pipes
that the entire engine and tender may he
instantly surrounded by a wall of super
heated steam and water thrown out with
such a force that nothing human could
6(and before it or live In it for a second.
When the robbers invite the engineer and
fireman to hold up their hands they will
promptly comply, but the foot of the en
gineer will touch a valve and everything
Jiving within a radius of fifty feet will
be done to a turn, scalded to death, qulck
<r than one might make the historic re
mark "Jack Robinson.”
Water—either hot or cold—as a weapon
Is no new thing, but the wonder is that
it has not been more generally employed.
Seldom have men, no matter what their
temper or numbers, been able to with
stand a stream of water thrown with
vigor from the muzzle of a hose. When
the firemen at a fire wish to drive the
crowd of spectators back from a point of
ganger or to secure more working room,
they turn the hose on them and there is
a panic created In their efforts to get out
of range of that powerful, dispiriting,
soaking stream, Bet a hose hurst, no
matter if one of the most thrilling of res
cues is absorbing the attention of thous
ands, and everything else is forgotten save
the fact that a deluge must be escaped.
The other day this matter was under
discussion in a desultory way at police
headquarters. The question was asked
whether the Chicago po'lce had ever made
specific use of the hose in combating a
mob or quelling a riot. Sergt. De Long
was referrid to as being more saturated
With statistics cf the department than any
other rran present, and after wrinkling
his brow a few minutes he said:
“X can't recall any Instance where we
have tried the effect of water on a rebel
lious or bad-tempered crowd, but I have
no dcubt it would prove a most effective
weapon, and besides it would he in no
sense cruel. I do not believe any mob
could stand long before well-directed
streams from a powerful fire engine. I
have rot'ce 1 the effect of water on ttm
crowds wdeh attend fires. A falling wall
will not make them break for cover quick
er than a dose of water from one of the
lines of hose. 1 have never given the
matter thought before, but now that you
mention it 1 believe It would be a good
thing to have a fire, engine with a train
ed crew as part of the police equipment
of the city.
Mob Easily Dispersed.
Then someone mentioned a case in
Pont. "Some years ago,” said he, "I was
In Montreal. There had been considerable
trouble with the dock laborers, and it was
suspected that the wharf rats, men of
ti e ve y lowest character, were at the
bottom of it. One day a mob of about 2.C0)
o' these turbulent fallows to"k possession
of one of the large docks and prepared to
Withstand a siege. The police could not or
would not dislodge them, work was at a
•standstill, and ships waiting to unload
were! losing valuable time.
“So the captain of a big ocean freighter
took the matter into his own hands. He
ordered the powerful tire pumps of the
vessel to he put in readiness, and then
attached to them all the available hose on
the boat. At the word of command three
streams of water, each on inch and a
quarter In size struck the gang of riotous
men nd the trick was done. In less
time than it takes to tell it there was not
a rat or rioter on that dock. Some of
them had Jumped into the river to escape
such an unusual weapon. Thereafter un
til the troubles were over every vessel
kept nozzles trained on the docks ready
for an emergency, and the work of un
loading went on without Interruption.”
"They did the same thing out in Den
ver a few years ago," said a newspaper
man. "A number of Chinese had gone
on the warpath and were giving the po
lice no end of trouble. Clubs seemed to
have little efTeet, and the police were loath
to resort to more deadly weapons. Then
someone thought of the fire department.
Engines were called out, nozzles were
pointed at the Celestials, but they laugh
ed them to scorn. Then the water was
turned on and the laughler ceased. In five
minutes there was no sign of a mob, and
after that the bare sight of a fire hose
was enough to put a Chinaman ell a-trem
hle. I also recall that in 1594. during the
city hall riots In the same city, the fire
men defended the city hall with their
hose, and I believe the fear of water
had more to do with protecting the build
ing than all the clubs and revolvers of
the police department."
Stream Routs llurglars.
‘'You’ve all been dealing with mobs.”
spoke up a grizzled patrolman, "but I have
known a stream of water to be more ef
fective than n pistol In fighting burglaia
In a private house. One night a man liv
ing In the suburbs of a large citv was
awakened by hearing unusual sounds
down stairs. Slipping out of bed. he found
his way cautiously to the library, guided
by the noise, and there, through the partly
open door, he saw two cracksmen busily
at work drilling into the safe set In th
wall. Their backs were toward him, hut
they evidently were prepared for surprises,
ee two ugly looking revolvers lay close at
hand.
“The man hastened back to his bedrorffl
to secure his own weapon, but could not
find It. Then he spied a Babcock extin
guisher In the corner of the hall. Strap
ping this on his back he started once more
for the library. The burglars were still at
work. Getting all ready for the charge he
flung open the door and turned Jhe small
stream right down the necks of ifie cr.fck---
tnen. And would you believe It,those harl
ened criminals, who would not have run
from a shower of bullets, made a break
for the nearest window and went through
It, taking the sash with them. They
couldn’t stand water, even when the force
with which It was thrown was compara
tively slight.”
Several other Instances were mentioned
where water had proved a most effe tive
weapon, some of the policeman recalling
that during the great strike of 1894 many
of the larger buildings in this city were
ready to turn streams of water or* any
mob that should chance to come near
them.
There is a story that a certain university
president had the hose turned on him once
by a festive student in a dark hall. • The
president was game and tried for a few
seconds to follow up the stream and cap
ture the daring youth. Mind, however,
would not long control matter in such rlrl
cumstanees, and the doughty professor
was forced to retreat. But such nerve s
rare. The rule Is that a man, be he tramp
or millionaire, desperado of mild-manner
ed dominie, rioutous foreigner or curious
Spectator, will turn from an active and
well trained nozzle when he would laugh
at a row of bayonets or scorn the police
man's billy, ,
Chronic Diseases
Are Sot Cared by Old-Timi M;tbods.
Dr. Hathaway’s System Far
in Advance.
So-callnl Cases” Yield to
the Marvelous Treatment of Tills
Muster riij sieiau.
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D.
To show what other physicians think of
Dr. Hathaway's System of Treatment and
explain the reasons why Dr. Hathaway
allows none other to use his wonderful
method of healing, the following corre
spondence is printed:
Wm. Robbie, M. D.,
209 Alamo Plaza,
San Antonio, Tex., April 26, 1900.
J. Newton Hathaway, M. D.,
167 Dearborn street, Chicago, 111.:
Dear Sir—l am anxious to lniroduce
your System of of Chronic dis
eases Into my practice, and for the use <>f
your various formulas and such Instruc
tion In their use as you may tihnk neces
sary. I will pay you $6,000 in cash.
Hoping for a favorable reply. I am very
truly yours, WM, ROB IE, M. D.
J. Newton Hathaway, M. D.,
167 Dearborn street,
Chicago, 111., April 30, 190a
WM. Robbie, M. D.,
209 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Tex.:
Dear Sir—ln reply to your favor of 26th
Inst., 1 must decline your proposition. I
have scores of times previously received
similar ones from other physicians In vari
ous parts of the country.
My reasons for not allowing other
physicians the use of my system of treat
ment Is not n selfish one financially, for I
could have sold the right to use it for
very much more than I either hope or de
sire to receive from my parents should I
remain In active practice for another 20
years.
This system of treatment was orginieted
by mo and has been perfected by me, and
while I have no doubt but many of those
physicians, including yourself, who have
applied to me for its use are men of
ability and training. I must frankly say
that I believe myself best able to admin
ister It.
My long experience naturally gives me
a power of diagnosis in chronic diseases
which I am convinced few have, hence I
do not make mistakes in the giving of
advice and remedies.
Thanking you for your offer, I am, very
truly yours,
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D.
OLD-TIME METHODS DISCARDED.
Several things combine to make Dr.
Hathaway so remarkably successful ,n
the treatment of Chronic Diseases. Ho
was born with the natural gift—by many
called "The Gift of Healing”—he had a
most thorough college and hospital tp*in
lng and for 20 years he has examined,
treated and cured more cases than any
other half dozen physicians combined.
Most doctors use the same methods to
day in the treatment of Chronic Diseases
as were In use twenty-five years ago; Dr.
Hathaway does not.
Few doctors have either the scientific
knowledge or the inventive mind neces
sary for the preparation of new methods
of treatment; consequently, all they are
able to do Is to give the stock drugs
which are In use by all the old-time doc
tors in the country. They may give these
concoctions different names and make a
lot of extravagant claims and charge an
enormos Tee. but the stuff they give is the
same. They purge and they salivate, and
they cut and hum. and when the patient
is through with them he is worse off
than when he began.
Not that these men are other than hon
orable. high-minded physicians—they sim
ply don’t know. They do the best they
can. but their whole system of treatment
Is wrong. Almost dally someone of these
doctors either comes or writes to Dr.
Hathaway and offers all maimer of in
ducements In order to obtain the use of his
methods of treatment. Dr. Hathaway re
fuses all of these requests, because he pre
fers that his system of treatment bend.
ministered under his own supervision
THERE IS CERTAINLY NO SKILL
LIKE THE SKILL OF THE MASTER.
Dr. Hathaway by means of these new
and exclusive methods of his, comprising
a system of treatment which is the won
der of the medical profession, cures all
CHRONIC DISEASES OF MEN AND
WOMEN. Including WEAKENED SEX
UAL VITALITY, NERVOUS DISOR
DERS (Enlarged and Weakened Bleod
VesseIs,VARICOCELE. ALL DISEASES
OF THE BLOOD, SKIN AND SCALP, ob
structions resulting from previous diror
ders. (STRICTURE), Catarrhal Diseases,
Asthma, Bronchitis. Kidney and kindred
complaints. Rheumatism. Lumbago (Lame
ness or Weakness of the Back), and Dr.
Hathaway also cures by a painless home
treatment all thore Chronic Complaints
which have hitherto only been treated by
cutting, burning or other surgical meth
od*.
Dr. Hathaway desire*, whenever It la
possible, that his patients pay him a per
sonal visit, although he annually cures
thousands of patients In all parts of the
country whom he has never seen, so per
fect Is his system of home treatment by
mail. Write for his new 64-page book en
titled, “Manliness, Vigor, Health," which
will be sent you free, postpaid.
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D.,
Dr. Hathaway & Cos..
26A Bryan Street, Savannah, Ga.
Office hours, 9 to 12 m., 2 to 5 and 7 to
9 p. m. Sunday*, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m.
—During some alteration* In one of the
original houses built in Philadelphia,
United States, aoon after the foundatloa
of that city by Penn In the seventeenth
century, I saw a number of English coin*
of ihe period unearthed from the thr. sholi
of the principal entrance, under which they
had been hurried, aays a writer In Notes
and Queries. They were all copper coins
and one of the workmen told me he had
often found similar coins under Ihe thres
holds of old houses In that part of the cliy,
I remember seeing some Georgian pennies
removed from underneath the doorstep of
an old house In New York, where they had
evidently been placed when the house was
built. It would seem to have been the
custom for the early colonists In Amort -a
to place coins brought from the mother
country under the thresholds of their ne v
homes, either for a sentimental reason, or
else possibly to mark the date oi their
.erection.
THE MORNING NEWS, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1900.
HE FOUND THE FLEET.
HOW \ “CIKKEX” CAPTAIV I)E
--LIVRKED THE MAIL OX Cl BAN
BLOCKADE.
lint He Nearly Loaf Hl* Ship—How
the Tnlhot Tried to Hun Down the
Tor tnonn for n Hloekafle Itont.
From* the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
One of /hose sudden Cuban down pours
that leave n mnn drenched and gasping
had just passed over us, and the wind
from shore brought to our nostrils the
rank odor of the jungle. A tiny spot of
light from the peephole in the masked
binnacle played on the features of the
man at the wheel. The tread of the look
out, the occasional creaking of the wheel
ropes, the steady beat of the engines and
now and then the muffled scrape of a
shovel far down In the flreroom told that
men were everywhere, but ready.
Suddenly the lookout forward stopp'd
in hi.s walk, leaned over the rail and, with
the drowsiness driven from his eyes gazed
ahead at a tiny speck of red that showed
far away through the night.
“Light, o-o-o!” he shouted.
The captain jumped from his seat in
the wheelhouse and was outside in an
instant, No need to ask “Where away?”
The light showed clear and bright about
five miles dead ahead. “Full speed!” sang
out the captain. The bell tinkled in the
and as the engineer gove her
steam the Tineas jutfi/ped like a racehorse.
Down in the gangway a group of firemen
stood ready to relieve their mates who
sweated in the fiery hole below.
In the language of the Cuban blockade
runners a single red light meant but one
tiling: “Send pi-lot; we are coming in.”
Every man of us knew' that unless we
could reach harbor entrance ahead of
the stranger there would be another ves
sel added to the fleet that lay inside Ma
tanzas harbor waiting for our ships to re
lax their vigilance—or for war to the end.
Just outside the harbor and a little to
the w'estw'ard there was a small village,
and toward this she. was heading to pick
up a pilot before attempting the entrance.
.Vlore Tlini! a Blockade Runner.
As yet there had been no response from
the shore to her signal. The red light still
burned, but in a moment it was dimmed
by a line of flame from the deck. A rocket
rose high in the air and burst, scattering
a shower of blue stars. They saw her
now'. Eights began to show in the village
and little bonfires puffed up along the hill
tops, l>earing the news east and west.
Up on the bridge the captain smoked
innumerable cigarettes, now and then
storming at the- engineer through the
speaking tube for more speed. We hung
fast to her wake, drawing closer and
closer to the shore. Soon we could hear
the roar of the breakers and could make
out the dim outline of the village hang
ing half way up the hillside. The dry of
the man at the lead, “No bottom at ten”
soon changed to a “Deep nine!” “ ’n a
half eight!” and still that red light led us
like a will-o’-the-wisp toward the shore.
The captain, who had been staring
ahead, suddenly turned. “She’s no block
ade runner; she’s a gunboat!” We had run
so close now that we could make her out.
The long, black hull lying close to the
water and the dim figures on her deck
became clearer. In a moment an unwieldy
tube, too large for a rifle, swung toward
us, revealing what some had already sus
pected. “A torpedo boat!” cried one of the
men. *
She had thrown up the chase and slow
ly swung till she was broadside on. The
captain lit a fresh cigarette, hitched his
revolver ar.ound and stepped back against
the pilot house. “All ready, boys?” he
queried. “All ready, sir,” answered the
gun captains. No. 3, a little Hotchkiss
one-pounder, slipped a shell into the
breech and gave the gun’s barrel a loving
pat.
Too I.ate to Avoid tlie C’lmvli.
“Full speed ahead! Stand by to ram!”
rame the commands in rapid succession,
and the Uncas shot ahead. Every man,
except the suns’ crews, dropped flat and
braced himself for the shock.
Without a word the guns were trained
on the torpedo tube. The helmsman gave
the whrel a spoke to part so as to strike
her fairly amidships. Every one of us held
our breath and listened for the hiss of
air which would mark the launching of
the torpedo or the crash which would
leave our enemy sinking and helpless.
Just then came a hall, unmistakably
American:
“Ship 'hoy! What ship's that?”
“Tug Uncas! Who are you?”
"Torpedoboat Talbot, from Key West,
wi h mall for the s iua Iron.
The s gnal Jinged in our engine room
and the reversed propeller of the Uncas
churned the water at full speed in a van
effort to stop her in time to prevent a
coll'sion, but it was too late. A crash,
and the Talbot was cut from deck to wa
ter line. Men standing near her rail were
knocked overboard by the impact, whlU
the glare of an exp odlrg lamp made the
forwa’d compartment of the Talbot S'era
a mass of flame.
It was gol ision drill, fire drill and man
overboard all a' once, but the well-drilled
crew of the torpedo heat were equal to
the emergency. Th- boat we lowered had
hardly reached the water before they had
llshed out their shipmates and put out *h“
lire below. The Talbtt was bulkheaded
inlo compartments after a fashion, and by
closing the t o t midship bunker, in which
the cut had been made, they kept her
from sinking. But the water gave her such
a list to starboard that she could not be
s eered, so we had to take h r in low.
We set off for the eastward, and ar
rived at the little island oft Cardenas call
ed Uiedras Key about daybreak. The
machinists patched up the leak with a
piece of sheet coper, the pumps were set
to going, and in a few hours the Talbot
was on an even keel again.
There were many things to be explain
ed at the conference held that day in the
Captain's cabin; the red light, the rockets
and all the rest. Vet the explanation
was simple enough, ofter all. The Talbot
had carried the regular signal, a red
above two whites, but her 10-foot stick
of a mast was only high enough to show
the topmast light above the funnels.
Moreover, it was the Talhoi’s first ex
perience on the blockade, and when the
Captain of her found himself off the
coast after nightfall he had a very hazy
idea of his location. He was cure of one
thing—he had mail for the fleet which
must he delivered, so he pumped around,
touching off the fireworks, as he said,
"to let the vessels on that blockade know
he had arrived.” And he succeeded beau
tifully.
The correspondent on the' newspaper
launch at Key West scented a story when
he saw a much-battered torpedo boat with
it great patch In her side steam into the
harbor next morning. But the Captain
of the Talbot was wise in his way, and
outside of the department there has never
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TIX V \ A VIES OF THE WOULD.
Some South American Countries
Have ltut One Warship Afloat.
From the New York Mall and Express.
The blue-roeed skipper who telegraphed
from City Island that he had killed his
crew and wanted the police to meet his
cra f t at Hell Gate had more humor than
usually accompanies a tragedy of its
kind. His exploit has gone over the world
in a measure. This appeal was answered
by the police boat Pairol, bristling with
arms and hluecoats. When it came
alongside the skipper pointed to the body
of a dead negro and said: “I have shot
my crew.” There is a parallel story In a
cablegram that was received from Co
lombia several days ago. It read: “Whole
Colombian navy sunk." The marine ed
itor and expert naval writer of a morn
ing paper happened to be out splicing the
main brace at this critical moment, and
had no hand in the flurry that followed.
It took much overhauling to discover that
the "whole" of the Colombian navy con
sisted of just one ship, and lhat ehe did
not have any superimposed turrets.
Both of these stories were heartily
laughed over when related at the navy
yard In Brooklyn the other day, and then
the question of infant navies was dis
cussed. It to not long since an unpatriotic
beach comber put a iien on the navy of
Paraguay. Paraguay has an area of
01,970 squarre miles, a.population of sev
eral millions, rind its navy consists of
one gunboat. Several steam launches
built in Northern waters make a practice
of following this gunboat around to tow
her off when she gets aground or to pre
vent the rebels from lifting her out of the
water and carrying hor bodily to the
woods.
As Insignificant as the navy of Para
guay is. that of Persia is a shade Inferior.
Instead of having several steam launches
lo dance attendance on the Persepolis.
the "squadron," Persia has hut one
launch.
Considering her seaboard terrtrry, Co
lomlla has a tiny navy Indeed. The re
public represents 501,73:1 square miles, and
a population cf over 4.000 0(0. The sinuosi
ties of the coast s ve about 4CO miles on
the Atlantic and 600 on the Pacific ocean.
Its navy for the must part consists of a
sectl nal gunboat that was built at Perth
Amboy, N. J.. In 11:93, and sent down to
the coast In sections.
Costa Rica, which has always been
averse to .fighting with hor larger neigh
hols, Nicaragua and Honduras, has, like
them, water front on both (he Caribbean
sea and Pacific ocean. Yet this country
has but one lorptdo-boat as a navy, and
she Is buts xtv-two feet In 1 ngth. A
torpedi-b at In this irsance Is as g oi
as the aimed fieete of Europe, for neither
Honduras, Guatemala, nor Nicaragua has
any "navy" at all. _ lhe once wealthy and
populous Aztec state called Ban Salvador
has a "navy" of Us own, and this navy
Is eighty-six feet long and bear* the good,
old name of Cuseatlan. This vessel was
built In Pan Francisco, and when taken
seriously has a disi lacem* nt of seventy
five tons and triple expansion engines.
When compared with her next-door
neighbor, Colombia, the republic of Ecua
dor Is a menace to that portion of the
Pacific. Not only has Ecuador a trans
port of lrcn In the Chaihuln. hut she has
also a sloop of war of six guns, with a
crew of lit. and two guntvats.
Peru towers away above both Ecuador
and Colombia in the matter of a navy,
having several fairly good cruisers. One,
the Santa Rosa, burns petroleum. As
Peru stands shoulders above both Ecua
dor and t'olomhia In the mutter of a na\ .\
so does Chile soar above Peru in the same
respect. Either the Copt. Prat of French
the Almlranto Cochrane, or
the Esmeralda, the last two of English
build, is able to wipe out the beet portion
of the entire navies of South America, ex
cepting, of course, the Argentine Repub
lic and Brazil. Chile, possibly, did not con
sider it worth while to take the cruiser
Rimac hack when Peru captured her, for
the same year in which she lost that ves
sel she took as prizes from Peru the
Huascar, and the Pileomayo, both of
which were built at Birkenhead.
Santo Domingo has a navy consisting of
several gunboats, one the Restauraclon,
quite new and from Glasgow, with nine
guns, and the other, the Independence,
with seven quick-firing guns and twin
screws. Haiti has a more formidable
fleet, all being gunboats, however, and
:wo, the Crete a Plcrot and Capois la
Mort, absolutely new.
Mexico has but one cruiser, the Zara
goza, which they say Is fonder of land
than .“he is of water. Liberia, with 6'K)
miles"of water front, has hut two gun
boats. the Gorronomah and the Rocktown,
but some others are building. Bulgaria,
the “crumbling off of the northern edge
of the decaying Turkish Empire,” as a
historian once put it, has a very small
navy, considering her possessions on the
Danube river and along the Black sen.
Korea has only three ships as a navy,
and they are practically unnrated.
Dynamite “Johnny" O’Brien h'-as "made"
more navies than anv modem freelanco
of the sea. He once threatened to subdue
Venezuela with an old ferryboat that ho
“chartered" from a Bound junk yard.
The Filipino's Mental Attitude.
Frederick Palmer in Collier’s Weekly.
As the weather grows hotter, we pursue
with the same persistency if less energy
the study of the native mind. That Is the
great problem behind all other problems
which makes the situation perplexing.
Solve it, and the others will be compara
tively easy of solution.
After you have been In the Philippines
a month you are convinced that you know
Just how the nntlve thinks. In two months
you find that what you have learned one
day Is contradicted by what you learned
the day hpfore. In a year you have con
cluded that you know nothing at all
Henceforth you are always on the point of
giving the native up ns an enigma and
treating him as such, when he suddenly
does something entirely new which seems
to promise Interesting results In a fresh
line of investigation.
Gen. Otis, with the manner of a father
confessor, puts every prominent prisoner
brought into town through n catechism,
with this same object In view. Floret
Aguinaldo’s Secretary of State, is the
latest one to grow' tired of living from
hand to mouth and being kept on the move
by our soldiers.
"Bo yon have come In,” said the Gen
eral to him.
"Yes. I have come In to see how the
situation is In Manila.” was the smiling
reply. "I think that Manila Is the best
place for me lo carry on my work now.”
"Well, do you still retain your hopes and
aspirations for a Filipino republic?”
"We are fiot fighting your brave troops
In the field Just now except with guerillas,
hut we can Influence your American Con
gress. We have not given up."
"Would ypu have come In under the same
circumstances If the Spaniards had been
In authority?”
"Oh. no. We know that you are more le
nient."
"All right. Tou may go." said the tire!
ruler of the erohlpelago. "But you had bet
ter not mix up In politics, or I may have
to lock you up."
Flores thanked him for rfis advlcp sn/l
walked out c?f the Ayuntamlento free to
Join the throng of agitato's who
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could produce a governor general for a
tropical land who would show such kind
ness of heart. With the Spaniards In p:>w
cr. Flores might have been executed on the
Luneta; and he might not have had that
honor. It is more likely that he would have
been one of a party of ten or twelve to bo
shot In a bunch in the old Vlsayan bar
racks. !
The Incident goes to show that if we
have not grasped the insurgent’s way of
reasoning, he has become grounded in cer
tain of our attributes. Net only power, but
the exhibition of It, is the one thing con
vincing to the Oriental, whether he is of
high or low station. The prisoners whom
we allow to return to their work of agita
tion or to their commands, if they wish, do
not think highly of Gen. Otis’ humanity,
but rather they think poorly of his ability
because he docs not use his authority up
to the limit. Native leaders have even gone
so far as to claim to their p ~ople that the
General was liberal because he ralized that
for a small sum Agulnaldo could hire an
emissary to assisslnate him, and that
Agulnaldo would only desist from this :o
long as the General did not imprison the
members of his cabinet or his officers when
they were taken.
Fruits and Vegetablew.
From the New York Press.
Someone asked me yesterday why
strawberries are called strawberries. For
two reasons, namely—first, the berry has
a wandering Inclination traveling by
means of runners, and "straw” Is a cor
ruption of the Anglo-Saxon “strae,” from
which comes the English word "stray;”
secondly, the old English way of growing
them lo perfection was to lay straw be
tween the rows. What of radishes? They
originated in China, where they have been
cultivated for many centuries and some
times grow as big as a man’shead. In Ger
many the old-fashioned country mothers
cure hoarseness and rough with radish
juice mixed with sugar candy. The rad
ishes of to-day have no flavor, no charac
ter. Formerly their sharp, biting taste
made them palatable.
Raspberry is so called on account of Its
leaf, which is covered with numerous small
prickles, resembling the edge of a file, or
rasp. I have eaten It in Its nativity on
the summit of the mountains of the Carib
ban Islands, where Its size-is enormous and
Its flavor undiscovered. The wild berry Is
tastless, but under cultivation becomes the
most valuable of all the species of rubus.
Turnips come from India. The name Is
from "turn" and "nep," words of ancient
origin meaning something round. The to
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apple" and regarded with suspicion. It
originated In Spanish South America, and,
being Introduced Into Italy from Morocco,
was named "poraa del moil"—Moot’s ap-
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ple. The French called It "pomtna
d’amour."
Spinach, which the French call the
“broom of the stomach,” is a native of
Arabia, and is probably the pot-herb that
the wily Jacob boiled with the shank of
a ring-streaked ram to do hts brothiT
Esau out of his birthright. Spain got
it from Arabia and has been trying to
"do” other nations ever since. The pump
kin—
Ah, on Thanksgiving Day, when from East
and from West,
From North and' from South, come the
pilgrim and guest,
What moistens the lip and brightens the
eye—
What calls back the past like the rich
pumpkin pie?
Old Whittier knew pumpkins even If ho
was not acquainted with Barbara Frlet
chle and her history. The yellow pie-mak
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good for man and heast.
Cabbage, strange to tell, once grew with
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Cultivation puts a head on eollards. Cab
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"caput.” One of the oldest culinary veg
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it for rheumatic gout and praised It hign
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tion, better than they ever had it. There
ore stalks In the market to-day over one
inch in diameter. .Certain folk in lower
Europe use nsparagus beans as a substi
tute for coffee, and in this country we
have a patent medicine mode of the juice
of the root which is said to be an excel
lent lithlc. Asparagus Is bleached nowa
days as we bleach celery, the stalks lie
log of a pale cream color when harvested.
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Eureka. Tex.'
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