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1 fcis 4o ViS*. -J,.,'1 Bml. i' \v it&r.-,,,.I frm APPEAt STEADIL GAIN$] i wPi ^i.-*^ BBJOJX.XJSB3= IIt aims to publish the newsopossible.m* ,r VOL, 17. NO. 18. S-I does so words* -r THE EASIEST THING IN LIFE 19 THE PASSING TO THE BEYOND DYING EARELY FEEL DKEAU H&an Wlio Seen Hundred.* Die Tells H1M IinpreiMtlonM of ajk Individual'!* Passing _,. Away. 8~r^ correspondents are able and energetic-jJN Philadelphia Press. v*. If there'is sttctrtHhWg^i^Deing an aur thority on death, Thomas H. Andrews, surgeon to the bureaus of police and fire, should rank high as an expert. In the course of thirty-seven years active prac tice, he has conducted over 4,000 post mortem examinations and has seen at least half that number of human beings die. He talked freely on the subject of death yesterday, and in a. most entertaining manner, if such a paradox is possible. went back to the days when he was the first medical cadet from Pennsylva nia with the Sanitary commission when he helped to sew up the gaping wounds of war at Fak- Oaks, Cold Harbor and In the Seven Days Fight when he was assigned to the steamer Wilson Small, on the Pamunky river, a floating char nel house with 300 cases of typhoid fever on board. Later on he was stationed here in Philadelphia at a military hospital un der charge of the famous surgeon, Paul Beck Goddard. For sixteen years he was demonstrator of anatomy at Jeffer son hospital: was coroner's physician for years and is now entering on hisDetroit, fourteenth year as surgeon to the buthe reaus of police and fire. has looked Into tho eyes of dying men and women and children of every kind and conditions, and this is the summing up of it all: "Death is as much of a mystery to me now as it was when I first saw a human being die. "Nature is never so kind to man as when she is severing the ties that bind him to this earthly life. She removes all fear, ameliorates every harsh sur rounding, softens every sound and smooths the narrow pathway to the grave with1* kindly hands. The easiest thing in life is to die." "In your experience, Dr. Andrews," I asked, "have you ever found a case in which fear of death rose to the point where men fought and screamed at its approach?" "Never. In severe sickness death comes In the guise of a welcome visitor. Op the battlefield or as the result of accident or sudden shock, when it comes to a man swiftly, who but a moment before was in perfect health and who half an hour later will be lifeless, a fortitude which I cannot describe and have never been able to analyze sustains the vic- tim." "Do men and women of -"thel ^-hfgft&r-' grades of intelligence exhibit any differ ent emotions as death approaches from those gifted with less mental power? Does the professional man or the scien tist betray any different feelings or enio tions from those exhibited by the dayElizabethport laborer, the peasant, or the most ignorant of men?" No and yes, was the reply. "The sclen tist, the man or woman of keen intelli gence and trained faculties, unless their lives have been conspicuous for an ex the hibition of faith in religion and its teach ings, are slower to accept ministrations of clergymen and others. The man of low' intelligence yields at the flrsit approach and calls for religious consolation. "The reason for this is, I think, that the vast majority of professional men, outside of the clergy, and particularly doctors and scientists generally ai notwill inclined to believe or accept what they cannot demonstrate as a scientific fact. And yet, as a rule, these men and worn- m' willingly accept religious ministration /when death is only a matters of hours. "I recall an instance during the war. One of the most distinguished men inditions -the Confederacy was brought to me ror treatment. I saw at once that his death was a matter of hours only. He was one of the most brilliant and charming men I ever met. I told him tnat he could not live and asked him if he desired to talk with a clergyman. replied in a ratner careless way that he did not feel disposed to change his views. That death, as nowhose believed, ended all and there was no use of dragging religion in at the last hour. "That was in the morning. then felt strong and clear-minded. When I aw him in the afternoon, he was weaker, and referring to our earlier con versation told me that he had been raised in the Methodist faith, and that its teach ings 'had left an .impression oh his mind. asked me to send for a Methodist ciergyman, which I did. When I saw him Just before he died he told me what com fort the talk with the minister had given Mm and that he now would face death with a braver heart than he could have done before. "I merely cite this instance," said Dr. Andrews "to show that there is nothing which influences a man so much In later life, and even in the death-hour, as the environment and teaching of his bovhood days. 'Jimmy' Logue, the/ notorious' burg lar and criminal, told me here In my .-_. office that a night never went over his headprayer*e that did not kneel down and say "Has there ever been any demonstra tion, physical or otherwise, on the part of all the hundreds whom you have"seen on the threshold of death which vo could interpret, as a positive indication of a future life?" "Not one.M "Have you ever encountered instances ir. which dying persons have told you of visions which, they have seen," of'voices fchev have heard?" "Yes, I recall particularly one instance. It was that of a man who had apparently died, but revived for a little time before he finally passed away. He told me about the lights and sounds and chaos of magnificent things he "had seen, 'beyond the river,' as he pjit it. Of .course, he really believed \hat- he saw them, bat It was the hallucination of his disor dered -brain. Persons of fervid i imagi nation and strong religious convictions may be dominated by some illusion of this kind just prior to death. It cannot be accepted as convincing evidence of a future life." f',, Dr. Andrews, it may be remarked, is a churchman with strong religious views. He'' explained V'lV ^i1'**"' i,nthat connection with th above statement he was si.eakuie 't purely from a scientific atamloo-.nx. Men -A^' and women in extremis, awaking irom a 1^8'to ''i *V_ ,f semi-comatose condition, esmrtot lie r*--Companion. warded as furnishing reliable testimony hS &*.&( of the evidence of their sensor W,'%* ,V& nav rc,ws," lif .vraB^-'-'la S ross reor lic '4H 1 'lii^^^^^^^teiii Dr., 4.^'f' J-'' honorable,- upright religious character, rfk -A notth An th atoimd, personcontinueu of clean life of only do not displav Indifference approac,hbutf deathae ais those of do welcom as a re care- and toil. There is some- -'t fit thing abouto the approach death that J$ reconciles men to it. The senses are f% dulled,dthe perceptive faculties are-'blunt- fiM monies quietly,f tn painlessly, like a gentle sleep. "In this condition, I mean, on the ap proach of death those who retain their, laculties to any degree become more of less philosophers. Ihcy know that deafco isf-inevitable it is enly a question hours, anthat they accept the veroic without any demonstration and/in philosophical way. In all my, exi$riejic A nave iicvci- .jArurju a. uuse MI WIIICTI a dying man or woman complained against the inevitable, attempted to ngnt its approach, or even feared it," said Dr. Andrt-WH. "It is only in good health' that wejtear death. When we become ill, when we have sustained some injury of a very ser ious nature, the fear of death seems to disappear. The one great unsolved problem, be fore which science thu3 far has stood disarmed, is the secret and the mystery of the origin of life. Side by sidt with it I may say is the mystery of death. I have never seen, and I have never heard of any authentic ev.dence from the d^ao*- bed of any one. which could be accepted as scientific proof of the existence of a life beyond. "That is a matter of faith. It has been a matter of faith through all the ages, and I believe that it will be a matter of faith to the end of time. I have, as I said before, discovered this, that the men and women of the purest lives and the strongest faith exhibit that fact conspic uously in their last hours, and in a man ner that undoubtedly tends to rob death of -even the semblancei of. terror." _._... -v I N DETROIT^N JUNE. Dates for Cqnvemitian of National Association of IHcunufacturers, President Theodore C. Search, of the National Association of Manufacturers, announces tlhat the executive committee has selected the 'dates of June 4, 5 and 6 for the holding of the sixth annual con vention of the association, which will nieet in Detroit. These dates, which are somewhat later than the^ usual time of holding the annual convention, were chosen in order to secure the advantages of a more favorable season in Detroit than would be found in January, during which month the conventions have usu ally been held heretofore. These dates were chosen after consul tation with the citizens of Detroit, who "have manifested a great deal of interest in the coming convention, and who pro pose to make it one of the most notable gatherings that has ever been seen in that city. Mr. George H. Barbour, of the Michigan vice president of association, is in general charge of the arrangements in Detroit. The opening 6f the Pan-American ex position, at Buffalo, a few weeks prior to the dates fixed forth convention will enable manufacturers to arrajige for a trip which will take in both points of interest. It is expected that arrange ments will also be made for excursions to points of interest on the- lakes after the adjournment of the convention, SD that the programme of the convention week this year will offer more than us ual attractions for those who desire to combine business and pleasure in their attendance at the convention. The detailed arrangements, which have been held in suspense pending the de cision of the executive committee as, to the date, will now proceed actively. The number of inquiries received from those who desire to attend the conven tion and wish to know when it, is to be held, indicates an unusual interest this year's gathering. NEW HOLLAND SUBMARINES. The First to Launched at Eliicn bct-fejjort- 3ixt Month.. New York Tribune. Fourteen Holland. subrrarine torpedo boats are now being constructed or are under construction, eight in this country and six in England. Six of these aro to be turned out by Lftwis" Nixon, at five of them for the gov ernment, and one for the Holland Sub marine Torpedo Boat company. This will be finished first, and made the sub ject of experiment for guidance in equipping the others. The company's boat will probably be launched before close of May. A yet no name has been selected for it, but it will probably Jbe called either the Fulton or the Bushnell. The boats now being built at Eliza bethport will be uniform in size, th^ir dimensions being as follows: Length, 63 feet 4 inches width amidships, 11 feet & inches height to top of superstructure deck, 12 feet 1 inch. Submerged th-jy disolace 120 tons of salt water, but while running light (nominally on the surface), their displacement is to be 101 tons each. These boats are to be pro pfllefl by ifio horsepower gasoline en gines, except when fully submerged, when they will rely on storage batteries and electric motors. under these con they are expected to have a ra dius of action of sixty miles. The prom ised speed is nine knots on the surface, and seven when submerged With the single exception the Amer ican boats will be able to carrv five short Whitehead torpedoes. These to gether with the launching tube 'will constitute their only armament.' One boat, however, is to replace the Plunger construction at Baltimorsreasonss ha gj abandoned for various She will carry only three torpedoes, al though these will be considerably longer than those on ner sister suhn i rinAB. Cuvler and the Ghost. Too exclusive a study of scientific fact* is sometimes thouight to injure the im aginative iacvlties. It is certainly true mat tae great naturalist, Charles Dar in, observing himself with the same im partial honesty with which he would have observed a fly or an earthworm, noted and deplored in later life a decline in his own powers of appreciating the poetic, fanciful and mysterious which he bad been-able keenly to enjoy, in youth. But an anecdote related of 'liis- great predecessor in the field of natural history, Cuvier, suggests that such a l03s may have its compensations. At/least, if a scientist ceases' to. take pleasure in fairies, nymphs and muses, he can no longer be terrified by ghosts andmonsters Cuvier was the first naturalist to make, a study of the, prehistoric beastsy birds and reptiles "Which once inhabited, the globe, ahdto attempt restorations of'their comtplete'^lyesfrom stray be ne and "fos sil footprints. Most -tmsileasant and, terrific.-ariimils many of thenli turned out to~be ana the idea, occurred, to a, jocular-st'ident'of the university that it would be good fun to appear at Cuyier's bedside at midnight in. :he character "of' the-outraged and vehKe ful ghosfof one of,thei. displeased at the effort i of a puny man to' reconstruct its remains. S a saidi so done. The clever youth ar rayed bhnself ip a frightful costume, with scales and tails and glaring eyes and horns and hojofs, and secretly effect ing a& entrance intor the naturalist's house. stole softly to bi chamber. He was sleeping peacefully. The. intrude wakened him by setting two hideous7forer hoofs upon the counterpane then, as he stirred, blinked and started up, it re marked in hoarse and ghostly tones: "Cuvieri Cuvter! I've come to cat you!" But not even when half asleep could Cuvier beNmistaken In the distinguishing charicteristics of a carnivorous animal. He looked at the monstrous thing again. "Humph!'* he muttered, with sleepy contempt. "Horns hoofsgraminivorous. You can't The extinct monster retired, more ex tinct than ever, and the scientist returned triumphantly to his slumbers.Youth's Uarmonlnos Minds. -"f?f The FatherMy daughter, sir, must have th same amount of money after she is married that she had before. The SuitorI weuldn't deprive her of it for Wiythins.Brooklyn Life. The Proper Spirit. First DoctorI don't thdnk It absolutely 'necessary to operater* Second DoctorBut I told^tbem it was. First DoctorO, well,, then,'as a matter of -professional courtesy, I -of- courset shall stand by what jpra said.Life. ^S^P^S^ Drawn by Cupid's invisible ribbons, whose hues are brightened by the splen did if untrained fancy of the nomad, 6,000 gypsies from all parts of the NorthAmer Ican "cTnittflentPWHre^tm their way to"* St. Paul to participate in the first "annual reunion, and in very truth "love feast," of the Romany Jlye ever held In the West. Ere the suns of August beat down with parching heat the glasses of the Midway district hundreds of young hearts now beating severally but mayhap expectantly in far tents of the Romany Rye will be welded in St. Paul. Isaac Wells, king of the gypsies, has sent forth the slogan for the gathering of the tribes, and alto ready the van guard has*put in its ap- pearance. The reunion of IWJI will be, signalized' by. the attendance of several hundred Canadian Scotch and Ir^ah gyp cies. N arbitrary dates ftavC been set by the king, who" is now at toayeripbrt, Iowa, but his sons-now. at the Midway exoect wtthin the month there wjll" be gathered there at least 5,000 of {heir peo-i pie, a number which will at no time' grow*appreciably less until the goodbyes for the year are ,said in t}je early-autumn. -The annual reunion of, the gypsy lolk Is" in very truth -"J ~'-^v A Feaat of lWve. It is then that the marriageable ybiiths and maids of the tribe meet, love and, with much the same -mishaps' falling to lovers of other races, are permitted- to marry by reluctant parents. From all quarters of America come fond Romany papas and mammas with sons whom 'they are anxious to see comfortably married. If not settled, and? equally fond papas and mammas of charming gypsy maids, not half so anxious to lose their daugh ters, who, until Cupid's insidious charms leads them to the tent of some stalwart young s\pain, are valued contributors to the family exchequer. Frankly, the Rom any folk say the young men are wortlw little, and parents are only too well pleased to contribute to their start in life, which is the last assistance they receive unless sickness or other dire misfortune overtakes them. A few brief weeks and the' Midway groves will whisper with the tales of love, told with greater or less passion as opportunity affords,"* for the gypsy Is a watohful parent, and is assisted in chap peroning his daughter by his wh61e fam ily. Fe indeed are the secret love pass ages of the gypsy lovers. Fond of the theater and kindred amusements, the gypsy maidens, many of them strikingly beautiful/ are* permitted to indulge in those pleasures to an extent not realized by the outside world,\but under the strict* est espionage. And when comes the Annual Season of Marriage and giving In marriage, the same strait laced rules' are relaxed in fib particular. Tie Xwng, Defective Page ^V'/^^.ST^PAFK^ND MIOTEAP6LIS *MN*SATUfiI)AY MAY 4, 190L^a*Wsa IDMEAST0I1E1YP81ES First Western Annual Gathering of the Romany Rye? to Be Held in! St Paul in Aifust^Hundreds of Sols i-fuaA- Daughters to B^ Given itt Marriage?^ 4* ened for by the fair tone's father and mother, and incidentals a complement of yotmger brothersf^d sisters, which in conventional socie$e*would be' consid ered -nonstrously^argeir \rhe young man's father is not only wilBng but anxious that there shall be no seridu$ stumbling blocks placed in the way of| ^is son, and while there is absolutely ijo-, buying or selling of wives jimDng the ..Egyptian gypsies, fathers of marriageble sons,vare the his suit in the famitf .circle, where every the gypsies,'and his'beautiful" wife "Mat act and word is closely watched and listt- a* T, O+,. ~f -V lis wont tc make with becoming publicity, additions to the proposed dower, with added alac rity as the reunion season begins to draw a close with obdurate parents scandmg in the light of afson'a bappincss. JOHF CHINAMAN: "T,HE GENEROUS SOUL SHALL BE MADE PAT,' xtvz xne iaas an a lasses of Romany Rye are full-blood kin to lovers of other races, and even the keen eyes of the maids' parents cannot successfully head off soft whispers, the passionate glances of great brown black eyes, shooting fires dangerous to the peace of young gypsy minds frpm beneath maskHaof, heavy silk-, en blackJ lashes, or the hurried* pressure' exchangedron the wooded ha HiM Nettie WeUf,vj A Gypsy Princess. pains to spring or otner source or water supply. Then, too, Elopement* Are Hot Unknown, in instances where the parents of the coy maid have proved impregnable to the pleadings of the lover,, and ^th. Aattsr^ng endowments of his. fath*r, i$y^_ -J^I Such a love story is'that of James R^many galjantmust press WelIs^ second kom ojL.the. kUng of, aU(The_i vaMMMwn^hMa*aMnSr'' ^Sfite^S^tf dte^sia^Lj&V 3sa* Ste3ifctifel $ r&ti tie now a matron three summers, and the mother of a soft-eyed, brown-haired little prince of Romany, who is learning to walk, at the Midway. Mattie's mother looked with growing disfavor on the suit of James, though'son of the king he was, a.nsi albeit a nephew of the husband of her bosom. James pleaded, the king irn^ portuned and beautiful Mattie's great s'Joe black eyes were dimmed with tears. The mother hardened her heart and turned a deaf ear to all pleadings. She at last forbade James tne light of her flickering fireside built beside one of the finest wagons in the tribe. James waited, beneath the friendly trees shading the path which Mattie traversed fdr wat^r. Mattie's steps draesed in the seclusion of the shade, an eiopcment was hurriedly planned, and the next morning the camp woke up to find the handsomest young man andCoconinoa woman of the tribe gone. The incensed mother, liberally endowed with world's goods, fumed and offered rewards for the capture of the eloping pair, but when she saw them again months later, there was nothing left for,her to do but ^^v'^ HlenH a Marriage Ceremony hurriedly solemnized by the first clergy-, man James could find after leaving the camp of his fathers. Leonard Wells estimates that among rully 200 marriages, will be arranged. Barring the traditional unwillingness to lose daughters, few tribal restrictions are drawn upon the selection of life mates in gypsyland. Intermarriage between the tribes is discouraged. The tribal tie is very strong, ana wnne Intertribal mar riage is not infrequent, It is attended with more or less discomfort for the new comer. is welcomed, 'tis true, and the members of his adopted tribe con tribute quite liberallj' to his start in life, as do his blood brothers, but he is never taken into their full confidence, nor in the courje of a lifetime does the scarcely perceptible but none the less real barrier between" -him and the rela tives of his life partner entirely disap pear. The,_ Egyptian tribes are the dominant factors in Romany life and its scant politics. Next in importance among the tribes in America, which include about 75.0TO souls, are in order, the iSerman, acotcii ana irisn tnoes. or the Egyptian tribes, the men have one occu^itlon horsetrading: the women read, horoscopes and palms. Th German Gypsies Are Famous Doctor*, and the Scotch and Irish tribes are best (town for the skillful lace making of their women. With interests as widely differ ent as their morp. conventional, brothers .claiming',, the -same mother countries, courtship is the same in all the tribes, matches once made, all the meriSberp tt. A.' WteJSt of the respective tribes of the contracting parties contribute liberally to their start in life. Horses, a wagon, tent and'the furniture and untensils of the normal household are given .with unstinted hand. Then the young couple may find its com panion family (ordinarily two families travel together) and shift for itself. The marriage rites of the old tribes were discarded' with the advent of the Romany Sye to America and the laws of the land governing marriages are adhered to with punctilious nicety. The coming reunion, in St Paul is theCITY first ever held in the West. The home of the American gypsies or rather those of the United States, the Canadian gypies having no well defined organization, is at Dayton, Ohio, where they have very large landed interests. Formerly their re unions were held near Dayton and lo several years have been held In Ne York, the last near Newburgh. The Wells, a clear headed man who has led his people for teii years, have worked untiringly to overcome this prejudice and it is believed the reunion of 1901 will be the most important in point of numbers present ever held in America. OX A JAPAK/ESE RAILROAD. Curiosities of Travel in the Tight I/irtle Island of the Orient. It is in the second and third-class carriages that the foreigner who wishes to .study the life of the Japanese people will feel well rewarded for his observations. On entering a carriage the first thing one notices are white lines drawn across the glass windows, and upon in quiry the information is elicited "that the sim ple folk who travel in cars for file first time are unused to glass, which perhaps they have never seen before, and that they are Apt to put their heads through if there is nothing to indicate that a substance bars the way. During the cold weatber all Japanese travel ers carry rugs, for the cars are/rmerely heated by long cylinders filled with hot water and laid on the floor. Sometimes these are taken out at each station and newty filled ones put in their places, but more often, they are al lowed to stand till they get Uioroughy cold, and since the passengers are always pulling open the windows, Japanese cars in mjHwintei are a menace to the health of every individual who has become used 'to an even temperature ,,o the 0.000 gypsies who will visit St. Paul, where L. L. Burns, think'n* It a :i t! was left in rtiarge of a proper perso- a the last election, who stored it in a prcp r Place, or supposed he did.. Now -he ballot .boxes used in Cor-ohino county a 4It is the organ of ALL Afro-Americans.^^ 6Itiis not controlled by any ring or oliqne* AIt asks no supportbut the people's- "'J Romany folk ferentt0 citn from that which presented it- Have Avoided the West, within doors The smallest incident of travel is enough to break the ice, and if- a person ha a wrong ticket or has lost anything it is a matter of interest and solicitude for everybody else. Many of the passengers read as we do, but they acre apt to behave with the same unre strained freedom as in their own homes.' If they are starting on a long journey they at once proceed to make themselves as comfort able as possible. A rug is spread out on the seat, for they are very particular never to sit on anything that is not perfectly clean. Then they shake off their "geta," or wooden clogs, and curl their feet up underneath. The next thing is a ,smoke, in which both men and women indulge, sometimes cigarette after cig arette, but more often the'tiny pipe. At every station there are venders of the lit tle mandarin oranges, of which every pas senger buys a dozen or more, and eats them in a short time, throwing the skins about tha floor. Boys pass by with tea in tiwy earthen pots, a cup placed over the top, 'and this may be -Biux3ia,6ed,for_a sen al 14 cents-)^ and-the-jtea pot is Tt in the car. Brides leaning'out of Jhs car windows to buy these the little wooden boxes filled with lunch' are in great demand. In the upper part is closely packed rice in the lower all sorts of little pickles and bits of c^ke. Attached are two wooden chopsticks. Since the Japanese perch themselves on- the seats, and when they do put their feet on the lloor they are encased In wooden clogs, they throw all sorts of refuse about, and from ap pearance of a car after the passengers have been it a while one would imagine that the people are very untidy in their way of living It is safe to say that the cars are about the most untidy places in Japan.St. Louis Globe Democrat. -Absent From -the Menu. A stranger in Ne York asked for backbone in a restaurant the other day, and was informed that the article was not known in any first-class restaurant in the town. Maybe that As so. Backbone is a winter delicacy in the South. Any Southerner will tell you that backbone is hog meat. It is not all meat, of course, and it comes from that part of the hog indicated by the name. The meat is tender, provided the hoging has not been permitted to outlive all the other hogs dn the plantation. Running through the links which. compose# the bone is a filling of marrow. To the cul tivated taste of a Southerner this mar row is the most delicate substance of the porker. It is the sauce of the hog. It gives the meat of the backbone a flavor which makes backbone a delicacy in the 'South. In ante-bellum days in that part of the country^ when every planter put up his own hog meat for the winter, the back bone was always taken out in its encourse tirety when the hog was killed and salt ed down. When taken out and properly cookedthere is only one way to cook backbone, and that is by boilingit was a highly esteemed dish on the Southern gentleman's table. Like all meats served in the South, it was brought on hyt. Of course, there was pone cornbread, hot from the oven. An invitation to such dinner caused tho mouth of the invited. guest to water more than the memory of the best ap plejack that every gurgled past the palate. Perhaps it is as well that no New York caterer should every try to introduce backbone. It can be prepared' nl in the land where it originated.New York Sun. J* Ballot Box's Adventure. (Ariz.) Sun. Tne i i fc made of steel and are handpome to se A Mexican woman saw the box. and not knqwing- its use concluded 'that- it woi'd be just the thin? to store her fine in She appropriated it and had it shirfpe Flagstaff. She intended going to Ne Mexico on a visit. Tiie ballot box, .-r trunk, as it had become known under i new owbership. was taken to the too early to be sendine out electioi par aphernalia, made inquiry about it. H* notified the*'county official?, who m marily took possession of it, much ih*- Inconvenience of the fair senor:ta, wh-j was proud of her hands.ms and conven ient trunk. Hetwrncd It. .-*__ \^t /J- Wit" has often saved an offender from punish ment in military as well as in civil life. Not long since a non-comroipsicnecl officer e-vterir^ a barrack gate in Dublin was mistaken by the "fresh one" on Fentry, who immediately "came to the shoukfer." The non-com., unaware that his colonel was just behind, returned the salute a thing not permissible In the circumstances. Arrived at his quarters, he shortly received an Older to attend before th* colonel. On pre senting himself hs was- asked how he .came to return' the salute, knowing full well "lie was not entitled to ir. Not in the leapt embar rassed, he promptly answered: VSSr, I a'.snys return everything I ain not entitled to." His ready wit pleased the colo who laugh ingly dismissed him.Spare Moments. ^^BuIIying HI* Wife. JonesDear me! You say you often lay &_ 2.40 PEE YEAR. OAPTTAI* LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN IT DID THREE YEARS 'V-l AGO HAS BEEN CLEANED Recently Returned Officer of Thir teenth Minneosota. Talks of Uncle Slant's New Possessions in the Orient That Aspirins Cook down the, law to your wife how do you c. 1 1 Serena go 1 dicn mind herrpractic.ni'* go about it? BonesWhy, .all you need is firmness. I usually go into my study, lock the door, and do it through the keyhole.Tit-Bits. centra-Dear mcl ,hHIatfnJ. Mrs. OncTego (making a call)I W***^-. sorry to hear you are having trouble '^4 with your cook. jjj'f VJ- ^j^jP^^I Mrs. Upjohn-Yes 'I shah haveio Wt~'''''""" on the piano now and then, but 'h wan:s to join our gclf club!Chica~: iiur.c. ss Sweet Woman'* Syntpatny. 4comp ac3r.t1yI' just beginning you""owe me," "oia"fellow to find, my plan in the world. She (inno-, _BorrowitI cou.dn't think The Difficulty Overcome. BrooksI wish_ you'd pay me that $1C 4t to^ay i.s-a vastly dif anil a Th disgusted eyes of the Thir- t, sel their traditions being replete with tales tee'nth Minnesota, nearly tthree years of disastrous storms, prairie fires and' ago," said a late officer of that famous other dire misfortunes awaiting the ven-J volunteer regiment, who has only re- turesome traveler on the Western plains, centldy returned from the capital of the The leaders and especially tne king, Isaac' f Luzo ielan 'Imagine," continue he, "a beautiful city of 350,0C0 inhabitants, lavishly fa vored by nature as to location and scen ery. Imagine this city quaintly laid out with narrow streets, on each side of which are built graceful structures of a peculiarly Spanish type, and at frequent intervals magnificent parks, in which are to be found the choicest of tropical flowering plants. Then imagine, if you can, every sidewalk in the city, all of them of stone, too, almost absolutely Dlocked with accumulations of filth and putrescent animal matter, to a depth of from two inches to two feet, with only a narrow clear space axmg which the pedestrian Is compelled to gingerly pick his way. "This is the cor.d'.ticn in which we found Manila, and we were so thoroughly disgusted with the omnipresent filth that we were glad to take the field, even in the rainy season, and face all the perils of fever and a wily, treacherous foe. W Minnesotans spent an exciting eight months chasing the Filipinos, and then were ordered back to the city once more. "We went back, with our minds still dwelling upon the horr.blmetropolin state i v/hi:finu we left thke city, and on reaching it, a an P a A splc lovel folded itself to our astonished gaze. American puh and American thorough ness had transformed this evil-sonedJing burg to a cleanly city, jths ft eets of which were as clean as tfiey are in a-iy American city of the sains size. 'the transformation was miraculous anf, to realize the stupendous nature of the un dertaking, one fcihou have seen the town before the American military authori ties took it in hand. NATIVES WERE ASTONISHED. "Even the torpid natives were aston ished when they saw the fcr.ig.-iers &tr off their coats and attack the sjiid en crustations of mud and filth, wr.ich been avowed to reman and st :rbed th in the memory of tl-.e oldest inhabitants. 'These fellpws must be fond of work,' was a remark which 1 a~n tcH cojldjlo heard^every-day and when at last* the"" work was finished and they &aw tor the first time in their lives how lovely Man ila could be made to loolc, their won er chan'ged to adim.ration an they per suaded themselves that the encrgitic from afar were capable of anything. "The 'Americanos' at once became popular, not only among the wealthier classes, who by the way, were always our friends, but witb the poorer classes as well. The thing which most com mend itself to the natives in Manila was the way in which our soldiers spent their monthly stipends of $15 gold. The Spanish soldiers were something of spenders themselves, but they drew only $:: per month, and alongside of this our soldiers with a disposable income of $v0 Mexican, every thirty days appeared to be bloated capitalists. "Another thing which strikes the American whd has been in the country two or three' years, is the rapidly grow facilities for education. Three years ago the English language was taught in only rew of the private academies. No there will* soon be 1,000 American teach, ers disseminating knowledge, not only in Manila, but all over he island. "You have beard a lot about the wild dissipation to which American officers and men abandon themselves in Ma- nila," continued the officer, "but I am in a position to say that this is all ex aggeration of the yellowest type. Of in a gathering of- thousands of men from every walk in life there are many who forget themselves, but these men would have been just as bad any* where else. A to the prevalence of. ajpiloons I know that there were far more before the .Americans got there, than are there now. A large proportion of the low dives have been shut down and most of the saloons are now run on re spectable lines." JM0 box for B2l!em:n pr.c'njt MET AGUINAL.DO. The fit. Paul officer once had the pleas ure of seeing the man who was a few weeks ago led a captive inlto Manila by the daring Fuhston. "I saw Agftinaldo," he said, "at Malalos, in September, 189S. It was the occasion of the celebration of his election to the leadership of tb Filipinos. was attended by his cab inet and almost the entire strength of the native army was there. Aguinaldo delivered an oration to the populace and the wildest enthusiasm was displayed on all 'sides. "Yes, I saw Funston, too," he replied to a question. "It was at Manila and a that time even, before he had made bis mark, he enjoyed a reputation for reck less bravery and daring. was one bt the most popular officers In the army, and was very companionable and so ciable with the men. A to Gen. Mac Arthur, very little need be said. has a complete grasp of the situation and no one is a better judge of the nattvo character and peculiarities. has an immense capacity for work and is a brilliant officer as well as a groat work- er." Although the back bone of the resist ance has been broken, the island, espe clally the northern portion of it. is over run with robber bo.nds, which do not scruple to pretend that they are repre sentatives of American authority when they swoop down upon a defenseless village. It will take some time to ex terminate these marauding bands, and by tbat, time" even the most hostila of the natives wi'l have come to gee that' the domination of the Americans is tho best possible thing for the country. *J.\ '^j-^ f% %& -j. 4- i 'fH* 4'i i- r^rW uK shi- 4u& 5 /5 ifer it. 0 rem nf yo Smart Set'% o it....