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if 0 1/ ° •o f + • ©cl O B CD J i the More fort of I’andhpatan of the Sultan of Bayan on the Island of Min danao offered the resistance It did to the American attack, which was made SPECIMEN OK LIVING CORAL WITH POLYPS EXPANDED AND RETRACTED. with the assistance of a Held battery. The fort looked like any other Moro fort, hut the Americans lost many men in trying to get iuto it. Many forts, stockades and Intrenched positions of the Moros lmd very promptly surrendered to our column In tlic march from the sea to the lake country In the Interior. There were TR£NCH ground" }•[• ' [TSTcTT/TJ] < $ ►I—££2l_it pJA ! (XLU il g many fortlfled places, heeause the en tire lake region Is divided up among Sultans and Dnttos, each with his following and fori Rival ion. In fact about every house is a fort. There are trenches about it and stone walls and bamboo stockades. In each house thus protected live n Itatto and his immediate family and working force of slaves, who cultivate the lauds and care for the stock. Every fortified place is supplied with one or more old cannon, n few small guns and many homemade bamboo cannon, spears, bolus. Ac. Our first view of Fort. Fnnilupntan occurred shortly after, the taking of a large stockade in the Bayan district. The little fort, which was to cause us so much loss, looked much like any other Mor# fort. In a general way the fort was a square inclosure. The walls are of stone, earth and bamboo and about twelve feet thick ai the base. They arc some fourteen feet high. These walls are covered with bam boo poles on the outside and also with ji r & TRENCH * I an immense entanglement of thorny brush both on the sides and the top. This brush made the fort look easy to take, as the stone walls did not show. The walls of stone and loose earth neatly and tightly piled and packed have many portholes and the fighting Mora seemed to have a cannon or a rifle at every porthole and their shoot ing proved to he effective. The Moro engineers had also con structed two trenches about the fort of considerable depth. One trench was crowded with des|>eratr Moros who had taken the oath of their tribe to die facing the enemy. 1 can certify that practically every Moro in that trench kept his oath. They fought our officers and enlisted men on the edge of the trenches, in the trenches and everywhere. It was shoot, cut, bite, throw rocks, and yell for fully thirty minutes. By that time the Moros in the trenches wore all dead, lust our loss was heavy. Three or four of our officers were wounded and some twenty-five of our soldiers were killed and wounded. The shooting from the fort continued all this time. The inner side of the walls is several feet lower than the outer and affords n position from which the Moros could tire at our men without exposing themselves to return fire' lie re were several "lnntakas” or cannon arranged to shoot from the portholes at the sides and ends. In & S I Wy~ -r % fort, was protected by heavy wooden barred floors during the fight. The designers of roost Moro forts take Ihe precaution to make a passage by which the garrison can retire if need lx*. In this case the mode o? re treat seemed to he through an under ground passage from the fort to the lake. There was also a passage which led from the main trench. During the first part of the fight I remember that a few Moro soldiers escaped through tills trench to the open field and then ran to the hush. ii in .11 \ , . i xa s / $/£// /9 j*ww\j py j j ) / l (Jj r PRECIOUS CORAL—A BRANCH IN OUTLINE AND ENLARGED VIEW OF POLYP FULLY EXPANDED. The cannon of the Moro fort con sisted chiefly of bronze lautakes with a bore of about an Inch and a half. These cannon were slung up on beams or arranged In portholes. This crude arrangement might amuse one under ordinary circumstances. This time every piece of ordnance of the enemy was made to do such ex ecution that we cannot ridicule the devices. Of course it was the very close range that made these pieces effective. When the cannon were suspended by ropes the gunners had to maintain the aim by holding the cannon in its proper alignment during the discharge. The torch used to tire the cannon consists of a piece of native wood that burns MeadiJ.v, on which are ;|*| !(r mi j IbiEtflilM J 7 8 lushed pieces of bamboo sticks to pro tect the hand. The projectile used in these cannon consists of a series of pieces of thin bamboo or strips of leaves bound in cylindrical form about pieces of metal, glass, pebbles. Ac. These cartridges are about four todies lung. I saw some of these projectiles with tacks, screws, slugs. Ac., in them. After the battle our surgeons cut ma terials of this kind from many of the wounded. Several men and two or three horses fell into pitfalls. The depth ot' these pitfalls Is about seventeen feet. One man who fell in cut steps on the sides and thus worked his way to the sur face. Such was the fort that defied the Americans from the middle of the afternoon until daylight the next morning. Attout 3.30 a. n\ the Moro flag had disappeared and a white flag was in its place. New York Sun. An Advertising; Kesult. A lecturer on advertising says that a century ago a firm had to do business for a generation to become widely known and trusted, but by modern ad vertising methods a house can achieve the same result in a few years. Con stant advertising aud honest dealing will build up a high reputation. tVliblMDr Sweetmeat Tong*. An English novelty is a pair of sugar tongs shaped like a merrythought, and of solid silver. A man can always square himself wilhoui resorting to cube root Whrs hecti rcnlai valu able decorative My lady has simply was not a f. feeted bYyth.e | jpfflers 0 f her set. and presto, it has been stowed away In out of the way places. Not seen, it has been forgotten. But now there are signs In ft late twirl of fashion's kaleidoscope that It will soon again reclaim* its old place among the highly prized contents of the jewel casket. It is perhaps not known that while coral grows—for it does grow and can be reaped like a crop Jn almost all parts of the world—precious coral, or —" " 4 ! { f f j fj _ \ _ % !; 1 LARVAE ESCAPING FROM MA TERNAL POLYP. that used in Jewelry, is found only in the Mediterranean, where it is gath ered In the rocky bottom at depths t>f from twenty-five to sixty feet, though occurring also even down to 1000 feet. Important fisheries exist on the south ern coast of Italy, on the island of Penza, off the Gulf of Gaeta, on the coasts of Sicily. Corsica aud Sardinia, on that of Algeria, south of Sardinia, and other places. At: some of these tlie reefs are divided off into ten parts, only one of which is fished annually, ten years being considered sufficient for tlie proper growth of the coral. Collectively, corals constitute a well defined natural group of several sub groups of distinctive peculiarities. These, naturalists have classed accord ing to their characters under various heads, that to which precious coral (Corallium rubrum) belongs, being called the Aloyonnria, a name derived from Alcyone, the fabled daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, who. incon solable for the death of her husband, flung herself into the sea. In this tribe the so-called polyps, the minute animal organisms that con struct the corals, have a body of a more or less cylindrical outline, which Internally is divided by longitudinal partitions into eight compartments, each of which is surmounted by a fringed tentacle or feeler capable of being agitated in the water. The mouth, situated in the centre of the space surrounded by these tentacles, opens into a stomach. which, at l:s lower end. communicates freely with Ihe interspaces between the eight par titions before mentioned, and these open below into a series of ennuis, which pervade a rather thin subslane ■ that covers the article we call coral, and are continuous with other like canals belonging to other polyps con nected with the same mass, or polyp ary. as it is called. Into this covering material or cortex ONE OF THE DELIGHTS OF BEING A 30 Y, AS DSPICTEO BY JOHN ftcCUTCfJEJN IN \ RECORD-HERALD CARfOOf! The Pirate Chieftain; “We're surrounded by perils. Behind us is a herd of wild buffaloes, on one side is an unfriendly shore swarming with hos tile natives, and in front of us are breakers and deadly reptiles.” *V- . , ' Igf os in ", v '-- ■■■ ‘ ’. BP W J X\ l r, \ ’’ J>’ *' V mf fi ‘ > PP lH | ' dgggfe If ■ W '• * -ejfp jjj w ” |H The eggs are rnBBPBja&IiHBW* in: l w the body. Here they into nearly microscopic \ larvae, covered with vTliese. after play ing for a tim<BWk’ 11 qfehe internal parts of the mother. a%r|lon this singular sanctuary and go out in search of ad venture. In this pursuit many of them come to grief by forming an acquaintance with other inhabitants of the deep, who regard them as a food delicacy, but those that escape, after their time of vagabondage, seek out a rock or shell to which they become attached aud then transform into polyps. Each of these produce from its base expan sions which, gradually growing larger, begin to hud out other polyps. C.cupalofU'Rl Chain Record. Any one who has ever made the at tempt to trace their family record knows that there is a curious fascina tion about it, ami it is with consider able pleasure that each link is discov ered which connects the present with time long past, especially if it be found that some ancestor held a prominent position in affairs, either as a states man, soldier or business man. Numer ous devices have been thought out for the convenient recording of the names aud history of these ancestors, the chief difficulty being that in bringing all branches of an ancient family down to tlie present the branches are so numerous that It is hard to Join them ail to the one head in a form easily traceable. Puttie Williams Gee lias designed a system of links and tablets which is practically limitless as to length aud number of names which may la? recorded, an illustration o? the Idea being presented herewith. In tracing in a direct line the tablets are connected otto to the next by small rings or links, the branches being in dicated by additional tablets attached at Intervals around the tablet. One tablet of individual shape is provided c- ■ —■ ii . —, —' ■ ' nix kino past a.ni> passes r oexeka- TIONS. to make prominent the owner's name, and each record contains space for the main facts of ihe person's history. K dcsirod a card system can he used in addition, a number on each tablet re ferring to a corresponding card, wi; re a complete' history in detail can be recorded. „ , 'tEm'JU. riiisj the Newspaper*. For years railroad lines have been advertised mostly by booklets, folders, circulars and the like, using the news papers only for time table. Recently several managers have used news paper space for d'splay advertising, and otic says that soon all the compa nies wiil reduce or abandon other forms of publicity in favor of the newspapers. There are still over twelve per cent, nf Belgian soldiers who can neither read nor write. Soundings have shown that the ocean basins are comparatively steep sided and flat floored. The greatest depth yet found Is 31,614 feet, in the Western Pacific, near the Island of Guam (latitude twelve degrees forty five minutes north, longitude 143 de grees forty-five minutes east). An other place of great depth. 30.1*30 feet, is in the Pacific, near the Fiji Islands. The deepest sounding yet made in the Atlantic is 27,366 feet, or over fire miles, in a local depression 100 miles north of Porro Itieo. West Indies. It is always cold at the bottom of tffe sea. the influence of the warm sur face currents not extending below 100 fathoms. In the greater depths the temperature is always close to the freezing point. In the tropics the dif ference between surface and bottom temperatures is frequently more than forty-five degrees. From 100 fathoms down, or throughout the waters be yond the influence of tlie sun. temper atures remain practically unchanged. The low temperature there is due to the cold water from the Polar regions, which sinks and gradually spreads it self over 1 lie ocean bed. Dr. Victor Vaughair, of Ann Arbor, Mich., at tlie annual meeting of the American Medical Association, read a paper in which he said that the steril ization of milk, as ordinarily carried out. and even the Pasteurization of it. is not desirable, but that perfectly fresh milk from The cow. with certain common-sense modifications, is the best food for the baby. The high death rate from summer diseases among children, which continues, notwith standing the sterilization of milk, lie attributes to failure in sterilization. Our aim should be. be says, to take care of the milk and prevent its eou taroinatlon. Many leading physicians express similar views. The United .-bates Consul-General at Berlin sends to the State Department some interesting details of the recent trial of high-speed electric motors by tlie Prussian .State Railway Adminis tration. The track used had been put in thorough repair, and at ordinary speed everything worked perfectly, bin when a speed of eighty-one miles an hour was reached and exceeded new and serious conditions were encoun tered. The rails and lies both proved too for so meat a strain; the track began to give way and the side swaying of the cars increased seri ously. The highest speed attained was ninety-nine miles an hour on two occasions, but, as tlie result of condi tions then developed, the experiments were discontinued. Up to a speed of eighty-one miles an hour, however, they proved successful and satisfac tory. Much attention is now being given lu many States to the of con tagion among the children of the schools, and every effort on the part of health boards and tile school au thorities is making to impress the child with the importance of cleanly habits. The Providence (it. I.) Board of Health has sent a circular letter to the teachers in the public schools ask ing that they teach the children the importance of observing the following rules: "Don't spit, either ou the slate, the floor or the sidewalk; don’t put the Augers in the mouth: don’t pick the nose; don't pur a pencil in the month or moisten it with the lips; don't wet tin- finger with saliva in turning the pages of a book; don't put money of any kind in the mouth; don't put pins in the mouth: don't swap with other children anything tiiat is put into flu* month, such as apples, candy.- 'hewing-gum, whistles or bean-blow ers; don’t cough or sneeze, while fac ing another person; wash the face and hands often. Wop * ,r the ISewlv lSJcli. Reports from ail the summer resorts say that the one conspicuous result of the country's great prosperity lias Ih'oii to send a small army of the new ly rich to the exclusive resorts, where they are crowding out thiskAd summer visitors. Nothing so impresses are brought in contac t with these gei-rich quiek families as the remarkable man ner in which the maternal head of the house's accustoms herself to tlie new conditions. No matter what her for mer station, in nine times out of tea she will giaee tiie drawing room with an elegance and charm supposed to he acquired only through genera wealth and culture. Tlie men. ontoim oilier baud, seldom change to any great extent. If they have been ac customed to .eating with their knives they usually coutinuc to do So. and the fact that silver now supplants steel adds relish to the operation. Nowhere is this illustrated better titan at the summer hotel. How really pathetic it is toi see some smartly gowned matron vainly endeavor to make her husband appear as though lie had been coming down to dinner in a tuxedo all his life, aud what a series of frowns, coughs and mulgings there is if per chance lie so far forgets her warnings as to tie iiis napkin around his net*!;.— New Y'ork Press. Advertising i* Educational. That advertising creates business has been demonstrated by the success of the men who have put new articles on the market. As one experienced business man has said: "Advertising ts educating the public coatiiiuuiiy and each new advertiser finds a more intel ligent and responsive people to hear his argument."—Philadelphia Record. SOUTHERN MADE for SOUTHERN MAIDS The Best Ladles’ Shoes ia America for $1.53 TIKE NO SUBSTITUTE. IF YOl'R HF.AI.KIt DOK* SOT I 4 HUY THKIB, A POST AI, CARD TO V* WILI. TKJ-I. YOU WHKHU YOU CAN GATTima. o o o o CRADDOCK-TERRV CO., riAKtRS. LYNCHBURG, \IC. 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