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Luzon Method of Sal^H
I John T. McCutcheon, Philippine cor
respondent of the Chico go Record,
Writes ns follows: It Is very difficult,
feven here In Manila, to get n compre
hensive Idea of “the situation In the
Philippines.” The most we know Is
that our troops are scattered over
every province In Luzon, as well ns
in the chief cities of the other Islands,
and that In Luzon nloue there are
210 separate garrisons holding cities
and villages and strategic points In
the twenty-seven provinces of the Isl
and.
The Filipino method of warfare has.
changed from tlielr old, defiant meth
ods to anew and more insidious one,
that is ns much if not more to be
feared.
Long before Tarlac was taken Ag
tiinaldo realized that Lis troops could
not stand against ours. Even a force
numerically much stronger could be
driven nt will by comparatively small
American forces. This Was where dis
cipline, morale and esprit du corps
combined to make the Smaller force
vastly superior to the larger one, be
cause the latter lacked these elements.
Soon nfter this discovery* which he
seems to have been long in nuking,
he heard that the United States was
going to Increase the Philippine army
to about 65,000, a force that could
annihilate _blni If lie contested Its ad
vance or trill. lie then Issued, along
in October, a proclamation advising
many of Ills followers, to return to
their homes, hide tlielr rifles and await
a call at some future time., Others
f his followers were held under arms
and directed to begin a guerilla war
fare In the territory held by the Amer
icans nt that time, or to lie held by
them later on.
That proclamation, which was un
doubtedly forced by the vigorous cam
paign inaugurated at the time by Gen-'
crals Lawton, Wlieatou
nud Young, marked the end of organ
ized resistance on a large scale. It
will he remembered that Tarlac was
taken without n shot, nud that our
troops occupied In turn all the prov
inces of the north with fewer than a
dozen fights of any consequence. From
that time on It became a foot race
after the demoralized bauds that were
leaving the 'arlnc lowlands. There
was no established capital, no machin
ery of government, no grand army and
half the cabinet surrendered or were
captured.
Officially the revolution was crushed,
SPANISH-FILIPINO MESTIZI Glltl.S.
but Geueral Concepcion, AgulnaldoV
chief of stuff, uttered u dissenting
opinion which, ns since proved, was
prophetic.
“You think It is over, but it Isn’t.
You have now disrupted the army and
scattered it far nud wide. You have
some of the 1 ‘nders in prison nnd your
troops occupy the whole north coun
try. But lio.v many rifles have .you'
captured? When you've got the arms,
then nnd only thou, will the revolution
he over.”
They have a curious custom at the
Fillpluo halls. All the girls sit In a
row on one side of the room nnd all
the men on the other. When a man
wants to dance he goes over across
the dead Hue, selects his girl, nnd, af
ter dancing, delivers her back to her
chair. Ho returns to Ids own side.
There Is no chance for any flirtation.
The Filipino girls ure’uot flirtatious.
On great occasions they always seem
to l>e overwhelmed with a sense of
rigid propriety. There are no soft
brown eyes coyly glancing, or little
hands gently pressing. When Miss
Filipino treads the stately national
quadrille or whirls lightly to the stir
ring measures of a quick-played waltz
she dedicates her thoughts nud soul
to grace nud symmetry nnd completely
forgets those dainty little coquetries
which every maiden is entitled by an
cient decre to use.
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BUNGAO, BULU AKCHIPELAUO, THE MOST SOUTHERLY POSSESSION OK THE
UNITED STATES.
There was an extemporized supper.
!AU the girls sat at one eud of the
table and nil the men at the other.
All the chairs at the man end were
taken when I went in to the feast.
to
country.
On each side was a mestizo. Across
the table was a row of dark girls who
were evidently overwhelmed by the
radical departure from an old custom,
and I suspect that I figured promi
nently ns the subject of many of tlielr
whispered Ylsayan remarks. By ex
hibiting industry in passing things I
Anally won their friendship and re
stored confidence.
Everybody Ills own salt-maker, so
the Ilocanoes and Pangasfnans of
Northern Luzcfn believe, and they fol
low out the theory in practice, for
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TENTS AND SOLDIER-MADE HUTS OP THE AMERICAN GARRISON AT BUNGAO,
JjULU, OUR SOUTHERNMOST POSSESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
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nearly every family living on ttieooast
of the great Llngayen Gulf manufac
tures salt for home consumption, and
sells the surplus to thi villages of the
Interior.
In one settlement near Dagupim the
occupation reaches the dignity of an
industry, and nn entire village Is en
gaged In crystallzlug the salt out of
thi‘ earth. The process Is the exceed
HALT MAKING IN NOIITUEItN LUZON.
ingly simple one of scraping the salt
soaked land of the low coast coun
try with n wooden harrow and allow
ing the sun to evaporate the moisture
until the ground takes on a condition
of dry powder. This almost Impalpa
ble dust Is scraped up In baskets and
packed Into a narrow bamboo splint
woven trough, some six feet long,
plastered with clay. Water is then
poured upon the dry salt earth by
the Jarful, and leaches through, pass
ing out by a small tube at the bot
tom. The clear water with salt In
solution 'is then ladled down until it
erystalizes in an iron kettle built In
the top of a clay oven, as seen In the
A FILIPINO BAMBOO BAN It.
foreground *of the picture, which is
reproduced from HanpeFs Weekly.
In the south, among the Tfcigalogs of
Cavite province, tho process varies
somewhat. Every family living on the
coast has its own salt-ponds, which,
skirted lty beautiful bamboo clumps
and great mango-trees, make very pic
turesque artificial lakes. These ponds
are shallow basins, sometimes more
than au a ere in extent, walled In with
a low mud dike, and provided with
au entrance sluice, through which tho
tidal waters mar overflow the ground
and be penned in. Over the entire
surface of these flats are raised cir
cular beds, ten to twelve feet iu diam
eter, flat on top and a foot in height.
'.iff
white efllnr
jPi"* surface, to !,<■ carefully
L>y the owner. 1b this
Wriy tliey become practically self-feed
ing salt-machines of an exceedingly
novel chnnycter, though the output of
salt per diem from each bed is very
small.
The native music of the Philippine
Islanders,according to Harper’s Week
ly, fs rendered almost exclusively on
home-made Inst rum Aits. These are
built of bamboo, the 'lAg horns having
but one note >eh, while the reed (at
the left In the picture) carries the air.
A Hint to Any Man.
Education is aaldom the controlling
factor In success. What! Must we
belittle education after all our furore
about the value of education? By no
means. The secret of success is a
man’s disposition. The man is
willing to and able tb take responsi
bilities will beat him who is unwilling
or unable. The man who has the dfs
jK>sltion to lift the burden of trivial
matters from his superior’s consider
ation Is the man who will be looked
for when promotions are to be made.
J'lie qtx'stlnn Is not. Have you done
yonr duty? but, Do you rise to greater
responsibilities? The opportunities for
rising to greater responsibilities are
ever present.—The Manufacturer.
A View of raiiidoa.
With its ancient walls and fortifica
tions, Its tall buildings of gloomy
gray and roofs of red tile, Panama has
an oriental appearance as viewed from
the harbor, and the shapely architect
ure of the twin spires of the cathedral
adds much to the beauty of the scene.
The fortifications are feeble and crum
bling, but are picturesque. The sea
walls -which have resisted the inces
sant surf for more than two centuries
are covered with barnacles and moss.
The cafes which overlook the water
seem* cool and comfortable from the
bay, but are jelled with the all-pervad
ing smell which the nostrils of a new
comer resent, but the acclimated for
eigners and natives have long ago
ceased to perceive.—Chicago Record.
INVENTS A SELF-ACTING TRAP.
S. IliH'keralicric Tliiuku 110 Cun Make
Udln Aniiililliito Tliemsfcl ves,
A Milwaukee avenue inventor thinks
he has solved the problem of how to
Induce juts and mice to exterminate
themselves and assist in the annihila
tion of those that come after them,
lie Is S. ltuekersburg, and his annihi
late’.- is a self-acting trap.
The first night the trap is in action
it is tightly closed and loaded with
a table d’hote dinner. The second
night the hearts of the hungry rodents
are uiadfe glad by the sight of an open
door at one end. As It advances the
rat's weight overbalances a sheet-
THE SELF-ACTING HAT THAI 1 .
iron false floor, the door falls with
a click and his ratsldp is doomed. In
spection discloses but oiH' way of es
cape up a boxlike flue aud this he
accepts. Once again an automatic dour
closes. The way leads into a large
funnel. The rat walks on until the
funnel tii>s and it Is precipitated into
a can of water. The tipping of the
funnel raises the door to the first en
trance and things are in readiness for
the next, adventurer. In four nights
113 rats were •captured and disposed
of in one of the big clubhouses.—Chi
cago Keoord.
“I know that a great many people
do cot like my business,” said the
chimney-sweep: “hut It soots me.” Af
ter the due acknowledgment of the
courteous smiles of his audience, be
went up the flue.—Baltimore Ameri
can.
MM ROBINSON
MEETS HIS DOOM
Rapist Legally Executed on the Gab
lows at Marietta, Ua.
MADE A FULL CONFESSION
Mrs. Inzer, His Victim, Was a
Witness to the Hanging.
Sam Robinson paid the penalty of
his crime on the gallows at Marietta,
Ga., Saturday in plain view of about
fifteen hundred people. The country
people began gathering in town early
in the day and by 10 o’clock some two
thousand were in town. The streets
were crowded, but not a sign of vio
lence was manifested. It was a quiet
and orderly, crowd of people, all
anxious to see the hanging.
The train from Atlanta stopped at
Confederate cemetery crossing and the
prisoner was taken off there. Sixty
armed guards met the train and escort
ed the prisoner and party to the place
of execution. The sheriffs and pris
oner arrived without incident, Robin
son smoking a cigar as they rode from
the traiu, a distance of about a half
mile, to the gallows. Ho seemed in
fairly good spirits and conversed with
those about him.
On arriving at the gallows a great
crowd of people was found there wait
ing.
The gallows was inclosed by a board
fence sixteen feet high, and only
guards, officers, newspaper men and
two colored preachers-—Revs. G. A.
Parish and I). B. Rond —were allowed
inside, except a fev who had orders
from Judge Gober. Mr. and Mrs. In
zer were on the grounds and had nn
order to allow them to see the hang
ing, but they did not go inside the
inclosure, but remained on the hill
some distance away.
At 10:30 o’clock the door was closed
to nil outside exsept those mentioned.
Rev. Parish read a passage of scrip
ture and talked very sympathetically
and earnestly with RobinsoD, takiug
him by the hand aud asking him if he
realized how soon he was to meet his
God, and if he was prepared to meet
death, to which he replied he was.
Rev. D. B. Bond then offered a very
fervent and earnest prayer, closing by
saying the jury did right in convicting
him and the judge in sentencing him.
Robinson was then asked if he
wished to sy anything and he said he
did, but before he rose to make his
statement the crowd pushed down one
side of the inclosure, exposing the
whole thing to view, so that the great
crowd who had gathered on that side
could see everything that transpired.
Robinson faced the crowd and walk
ed steadily to the end of the gallows
and made his statement, speaking in a
loud, clear voice. Tie said:
“Let me tell yon ail, friends, my
colored friends and white, never com
mit the crime that I have. If I had
not committed it this time I might
some other. Teach your children
never to commit this crime. I am
guilty. I committed the crime and
don’t deny it. lam going before my
God and that is all I have to say.”
He then stood where he had made
his statement aud the black cap was
placed over his head and rope around
bis neck. The trigger was pulled at
10:44 o’clock. The drop was five feet
broke Robinson’s neck. He shrugged
his shoulders afew times and all was
soon over.
Robinson’s father, Derry Rqbinson,
from Anderson, S. C., then came for
warded and asked if he might have the
body. He was told that he could. The
old man took the corpse’s head in his
arms and wept. He said Sam was
twenty-four years old and was mar
ried, leaving a wife and two children.
Sam left home, he said, in May with
out telling where he was going, as he
had often done before.
The old man did not have money
enough to pay the express to Ander
son, hut a contribution was made up
for him that enabled him to leave Sat
urday evening with his boy.
The crowd that witnessed the hang
ing was orderly thronghoat and every
thing was done in a decent manner.
After the wall was torn down, so they
could see, the crowd made no attempt
to come nearer the gallows and was
easily kept back by the guards at a
safe distance.
ASK SUPPORT FOR BRYAN.
Populist National Corrrm'.ttee Issues
Address to th; Party.
A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says:
Vion Chairman Edmisten and Secretary
Edgerton, of the Populist national
committee, have issued an address ap
pealing for the support of W. J. Bryan
and justifying the indorsement of Ad
iai Steveusou as vice presidential can
didate.
Fire Destroys Big Lumber Plant.
The plants and yards of tho Otter
Creek Lumber Company at Hambloton,
W. Va., were burned Saturday, with
120,000 feet of lumber. Loss $250,-
000, partly covered by insurance.
ENGLAND WON’T FOLLOW’.
Government Seems to Disapprove of
The Czsr’s Plan of Action.
The London Times feels perfectly
clear, it says. that neither honor nor
the interests of England will permit
her to follow Russia’s example. It
trusts that Germany will also refuse to
leave Pekin ftnd expresses the hope
that the report that the state depart
ment in Washington disapproves the
Russian suggestion may prove correct
CZAR’S INTENTIONS
As Regards China Is riade Known
Through a Circular Note
To Representatives.
A special from St. Petersbng says:
The Czar has directed the acting for
eign minister to address to his repre
sentatives abroad the circular which
follows:
“The immediate objects which the
imperial government had in view at
the very outset of the Chinese trouble
were as follows:
“First, to protect the Russian lega
tion at Pekiu.
“Second, to assure the safety of
Russian subjects against the criminal
intentions of the Chinese rebels.
“Third, to render help to the Chi
nese government in its struggle with
these troubles, the interests of a speedy
establishment of tho legal order of
things in the empire.”
Asa result all the powers interested
decided with the same object in view,
to send the troops to China. The im
perial government therefore proposed
the following fundamental principles
to guide the powers in China:
“First, the maintenance of a com
mon agreement among the powers.
“Seoond, the maintenance of the
former state organism in China.
“Third, tho removal of everything
that could lead to the partition of the
Celestial empire.
“Fourth, the establishment with the
united powers of a legal central gov
ernment at Pekin able alone to pre
serve order and tranquility in the
country.
“On theso points agreements pre
vailed with almost all the powers.
“While pursuing no other objects
the imperial government will continue
to steadfastly adhere to its former pro
gram of action. When the course of
events, such as rebel attack on our
troops at New Chwang and a series of
hostile acts by the Chinese on our
state frontier, as, for instance, the
bombardment of Blagovetchensk, in
duced Russia to occupy New Chwang
and inarch troops into the Manchurian
territories, such timely measures,
which were exclusivi ly prompted by
the necessiting of the warring acts of
the Chinese rebels, can in no way tes
tify to any independent plans, which
are completely foreign to the policy of
the imperial government.
“As soon as lasting order shall have
been established in Manchuria and
indispensable measures taken for the
protection of railway construction
which, according to formnl agreement,
China assured, Russia will not fail to
recall her troops from these territories
of the neighboring empire, provided
the action of other powers does not
place any obstacle in the wy of such
a measure.
ROCKHILL INTERVIEWED.
Special Commissioner, Now In Shang.
hai, Says Unity Is Imperative.
William Woodville Kockhill, special
commissioner of the United Siates
I government to investigate and report
j on conditions in China, in an inter
view with a repveaenative of the As
sociated Press at Shanghai, emphasiz
ing the importance of the harmonious
action of the powers as a measure of
self-defense, said among oSher"things:
i “If the Chinese government is able
' to break the concert of nations and to
bring about a disagreement on the
| part of any government in such a way
. as to secure any relaxation of the joint
i demands, nil the foreigners in China
may as well pack up and leave.
“This is the very best opportunity
to settle for all time the status of for-
J eigners in China. If that matter is
i uot settled now, tho Chinese will be
1 encouraged to persist iu their present
policy, and the powers will have the
, whole trouble to thresh over again ev
ery two or three years. I believe that
all the governments are impressed with
! this truth.”
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Bryan Visits Indiana.
Saturday Mr. Bryau made his second
brief visit of the catnjiaign to Indiana.
He arrived at South Bond late Satur
day afternoon, speaking briefly at La
Porte en route and at South Bend more
at length.
Bidders Wanted For Battleships.
The navy department has prepared
its advertisement calling for bids for
constructing the five battleships au
thorized by the acts of 1599 and 1900.
November 15th is fixed as the date for
opening the bids.
aiQANTIC STRIKE PROBALE.
Miners In Pennsylvania Coal Fields to
Lay Down Picks.
“In my opinion there will be a
strike in the anthracite region of Penn
sylvania and it will be the biggist the
United States has ever known,” said
President Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers, at Indianapolis Friday. Mr.
Mitchell had just returned from a trip
east during which he was present at
the convention of miners at Hazleton,
Pa.
“Of course, a strike must be oider
ed by the executive committee of the
council,” he continued, “but all indi
cations point to a big tie-up.”
AMERICANS ASKED TO VACATE.
Troops to Remove Camp From Qer*
man Concession at Tien Tsin.
The Germans have formally demand
! ed for themselves all the buildings
j and grounds of the camps of the
| United States troops at Tien Tsin ex
i plaining that these will be needed by
the large German forces soon to ar
rive. As the American camp lies in
the German concession, the demand
will probably be complied with; and a
' new camp for the United States troops
will be established outside the city.
Siberian Land Coocesssion.
Up to the present time land In Si
beria can be acquired only by farmers
\nd settlers. During the last two
years a large number of concessions
for the purchase of land have been
asked for by merchants, engineers and
manufacturers, and the Russian min
istry is now considering the question
of making a change tc the present sys
tem,
Russia's New CalenGar.
It Is said that Bus ia is about to adopt anew
calendar. Ea<-li year contains 13 months of
twenty-i igbt days each.and begins on Mon
day and ends on Saturday, "the main feat
ure of this calendar is its apparent stability,
and in this it resembles the sovereign rem
edy, Kostetter’s Stomach Bitters, which has
held an unmovahle position for half a cen
tury- Try it for indigestion, dyspepsia,
constipation, nervousness or insomnia, hut
be sure you get the genuine.
She Striven to IMense.
“I told Mi 93 Oldtrlrl the ether evening, for %
joke, th'it every time she I wanted to
kiss her.” “DM bhe think you meant it?”
“Well, whenever 1 meet her n w she begins ’.<*
laugu for all she’s worth.Pick-Me-Up.
'1 o Cure a Cold in One L>v.
Take Laxativk Bkomo Quini.vb Tablets. All
druL-plsts refund the money if It falls to euro,
li. \Y. uirove’s signature is on each box.
The Pup and Cliolly.
Edith—“ Papa’s awful mad! He unchained
the nog tonight and what do you think the
brute did?” Cholly—“Aw-whftt did the fool do? ’’
Edi:li—“Why, he went and hit three awfully
;.iee people before you got here.”—Judge.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Chen icy & Cos., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undo signed, have known F. J. Che
ney lor the l ist 15 years, ami believe him per
tec ly honorable in all business transactions
and itnaneially able to carry out any obliga
tion made by their firm.
West & Truax, v\ lioles&lo Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Haloing. K inn an & Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo. Ohio.
Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the bl(Hd nnd mu.-ous sur
faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle, bold
by ail Testimonials free.
Hull's Family Pills are the best.
Those Dear Girl Friends.
Nell - See my new shoes. Only S;i.DS; aren’t
they good for that?
Belie—Yes. Isn’t it surprising that they can
sell so much lemher for so very little moneyy—
Philadelphia Record.
I run sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved
m v lire three years ago.—Mrs. i hos. Bob
bins, .Maple St., Norwich, N. Y., Feb. TANARUS., 1900.
Ilin Material.
Grehtun—Well, I have my new novel almost
done.
Amicus—Why, you haven't written a line of
it yet.
“True, but I know Just where I must go to
steal each different thing 1 am going to use in
it. ’—Life.
Happiness cannot be bought, but one of
the great hindrances to its attainment can
be removed by Adams’ Pepsin Tutti FruttL
Her Remark.
Husband—Didn't von tell that cook I wanted
my breakfast right on the minute?
Wile—l did.
“And what did she say?”
“She said that we all have our disappoint
ments.”
ilrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children
teething, sottens the gums, reduces inUaiuma
nun, aliays pain, cures wind colic. 2 b o. a bottle.
A Modern Tantalus.
Rev. Mr. Goodenough—Wine is a mocker, my
brother.
Fray den Thurstie—Right you are. for once,
boss! Look at dem bottles a-grlnniu’ at mo
t’rough de windy—an’ me not a cent!
Carter’s Ink Is Scientifically
compounded of tho best materials. If vour
dealer does not keep it he can get it for you*
"Wood-l’nlp Cotton.
Wood-pulp cotton is made from white wood
which has been macerated with chemicals uu
rt"l it can be drawn iato a thread. The threads
so produced can be readily woven, and goods
made from them can be readily washed.
Womeai
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