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THE KANSAS CITY JOURKAI SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1899.
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IN THE MOUNTAIN!
IL HUNDRED MILES AMONG OCR WEST
INDIAN' HILLS.
FEATURES OF COUNTRY LIFE
SOMETHING ABOUT THE
FIELDS OF TODACCO.
CHEAT
IA. Land of Palms and Ranauai, Where
Orances Cost -4 CcntM n. Dozen
and the Cotton Grows on
Trees A Look at the
Villages.
(Copyritht, 1E59. br Frank C. Carpenter.)
SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO, Aug. 6.-Let
us take a trip together over Uncle Sam's
new Island. I can give you no Idea or Its
beauty without you go with me. vc will
start at Ponce and travel leisurely across
Porto Rico, making notes upon the way.
United States. It Is fenced with barbed
wire. Further on are fields bounded by
prickly hedges of wild pineapples. The
pines are so sharp that you cannot crawl
over them, and they serve well to keip In
the stock.
The Country Houses.
Where are the farm houses and where
are the barns? Farm houses as we know
them are not to bo seen In Porto Rico.
Here and there Is the home of a planter, a
building made of boards with holes in the
walls for windows and with a pair of stairs
reaching from the ground to its flr.st door.
The houses are built high oft the ground,
and. as in the cities, the well-to-do people
all lle upstairs
As to barns, there Is I enture, not one
in the countrj The cattle and hordes feed
out of doors all the jear round. It is never
cold here and there is always good pas
ture. All along the road and scattered over
the hills we Bee the homes of the peons
They are little shacks made of boards or
rialm birk. Thei arc so poor that jou
would not think them lit for jour cow.
You could put up am one of them for
less than Jo. and few are more than ill
teen feet square. We see more of these
shacks as we go on our wav up the hills.
Some of them are to be reached onlv by
mule paths and are in such teep places
that it would seem that even a mule
rould not climb up to them. Still those
little huts are the homes of the peons,
who are glad to be allowed to live in them,
going back and forth to their work. There
are no gardens about them, for they must
buy all thev eat. Some hae a few chick
ens and now and then sou see a black
razor-backed hog or two tied to the side
of a hut It is alwavs tied. Nothing is
allowed to run at large in Porto Rico, and
hogs are tethered by driving stakes in
ON THE 1IILI TART ROAD.
TVe shall go over a trip I recently made
and reproduce it In the notes I took on the
ground Our conveyance is a battery wag
on, such as Is used by Uncle Sam's tele
graphic operators in time of war. It Is as
big as a hall bedroom, and so fitted out
with long cushioned seats that we can sit
up or lie down at will. Our motive power
in four of Uncle Sam's government mules.
They will go as slow or as fast as we like,
and we shall get relays of new mules at
noon every day.
The Military Rand.
The route we shall take shall be overthe
famous military road, made at an enor
mous cost by the Spaniards. It winds its
way across the mountains from the mouth
' of the Carribean sea to that of the Atlant
ic through one of the most beautiful re
gions of the world. It Is so smooth and
free from dust that you will not need to
wear old clothes, and you can ride as
comfortably upon It as upon your asphalt
or macadam at home.
I despair of giving you a conception of
this highway. There is nothing better in
the United States. It is smoother than the
driveways of Central park. New York, and
better constructed than the roads in Sol
diers' Home park at "Washington. There
r- '""Tknot a pebble, not a rut In it, and still it
x--Sis been cut right out of the mountains.
It Is twenty feet wide and more winding
than the Mississippi river. At times as we
go over it we shall be hanging to the sides
of precipices, and we shall wind about In
numerable horseshoe curves. Now the
road may be seen both above and below
us, and again we may trace Its wanderings
for miles about the hills.
How the Uoail Is Kept.
As we go we shall see hundreds of peons
working on the road. They are thought to
have a fat Job. for they hav e emploj ment
all the year round. They toil from sunrise
to sunset and their wages are 39 cents a
day. At Intervals along the road we pass
square buildings, the homes of the officials
in cnarge. r.acn huii was lo u.c.c.,
nhmn HfiiBf slim of office is a leather bag.
much like a woman's shopping bag, in
which he carries the money to pay off the
' The length of the military road Is eighty-
one miles. I refer to the main trunk line.
There are branches, over which we shall
go, which make thirty or forty miles more,
giving us a trip of more than 100 miles.
Major Hall the civil engineer in charge
of the public works of Porto Rico, says
that the Spaniards had altogether eleven
military roads, and that their original
plans Included the whole Island. He esti
mates that the cost of this road over which
we are going was probably J2.OD0O00. It
was, however, constructed after the ex
tra'vagant methods of the Spaniards, and
If made to-day it should not cost more
than $10,000 a mile.
Through the SnR.ir Plantation.
We begin our ride at Fiaj-a. the port for
Ponce, driving first to Ponce city, two
miles away. We go past the ox carts and
pack trains which are bringing goods to
the coaststop a moment at the commis
sary department for supplies and then
make our way out through the sugar plan
tations to tho foot of the mountains.
Vast canellelds are to be everywhere
seen on both sides The black earth is
covered with a rich growth of pale green.
. oiit of which rise largo buildings, the sugar
factories, their smokestacks leaning, as
It were, against the skj. The most of the
coast is lined with sugar plantations, the
most of which are of vast extent, and not
the ground and fastening them to these
bv ropes aoout tneir necKs. in sums
places chickens are tied and in others jou
see horses and cattle out in fields fastened
to stakes.
A Porto Rlcan1 Village.
Now the government mules have been
stopped in order that we may take a look
at one of the small towns of our new isl
and. "We are In the village of Juan-a-Diaz,
or of "John of God." It consists of a
plaza or public square with a big stuc
coed church facing it, and of about twen
ty houses or so built of stucco and wood,
together with a lot of shacks made of
palm leaves and boards, the homes of the
poor.
The little town with all outdoors to
build in is made in solid blocks. Kach
house has a door and a few have holes
for windows, but no glass.
We can look Into some of the rude homes
as we go by, for the doors are open. There
is but little furniture, some have ham-
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down the north slope of the mountains
See those lields of bananas which cover
the sides of the hills. The plants are twen
ty feet high They 'have leaves of soft
green a foot wide and as till as a man
Their blossoms are of a rich maroon, and
those which hare opened are of a blood
red
What a lot of palm trees there are and
how many varieties We saw cocoanuts
down on the coaU Up here in the mount
ains the most conspicuous trees are the
roaI realms They spot the landscape,
standing out like tall spires against the
hills. Now and then we see a breadfruit
tree, whose fan-like leaves flop about in
tile breeze. Now we pass a coffee planta
tion, and after leaving the tov n of( Cajey
we ride for miles through mountains cov
ered with tobacco. This section is one of
the best tobacco raising regions of Porto
Rico Tho hills are covered with dark
green plants, and long tobacco sheds In
which the leaves are dried and cured run
up and down the mountain sides.
The Soil Is Rich.
As we ride over the island we get a good
idea of its soil It is wonderfully fertile,
but so rugged and ragged that jou would
not think it could be cultivated. If it
were arid it would be as rough as the
Rockv mountains. It is only the climate
and the moisture which keep it green and
fertile The air is full of water and the
conditions are such that all seeds will
grow Ii jou can get a covering for them
If jou build a brick wall here and do not
paint It. within three ears a moss will
have formed upon It, in which jou can
grow lettuce
In our journey we notice the different
clashes of land In Porto Rico I have al
readj referred to the sugar plantations of
the coast. Further up jou eome to the
plantations of coffee, tobacco and ban
anas, and at the erj' top the pastures
There are also pastures lower down, and
in places the tobacco and the coffee grow
clear to the mountain summits
It is wonderful indeed how rough some
of the cultivated land is The mountains
run down into allejs of a wedge shape.
Much land is eultivuted which would be
left untouched In the ITnited States. This
is so on the hills, which are so steep that
jou would hardly think the crops would
hang to them, so steep that in the United
States the rain would wash all awaj
Her... hovvevtr. the moisture gives the soil
a thick vegetation of earth binders, and
it does not wash as with us. I believe that
the whole island is susceptible of cultiva
tion, and that It will at ome time be a
great garden patch Iargelj' devoted to
fruits and vegetables for our. city markets.
Interior CMIcs.
Coming back now to our trip over the
mountains, let us look at the towns at
which we stop over night. We are going
slowly, and are taking four dajs for the
journej-. We spend two nights at Cajej-.
It is a fair sample of an interior Porto
HIcan citj-. It has about 4,000 inhabitants,
and covers about as much ground as one
of our towns of BOO.
It has a church and a plaza and a bar
racks for soldiers. Its houses are nearlv
all one storj- cottages, built close to tho
street in blocks of two or three Thej' are
all small, and some of the best could be
made for S2G0 apiece in the United States
Manj- of them would not cost $100. Nearly
all are of wood, and not a few have iron
roofs. None are plastered, and none have
windows or chimnejs The cooking is done
upon cnircoai: mere is no neea or nres tor
heat. Tew of the houses have gardens
about or behind them, and none have gar
dens in front.
A Porto Rlcnn Hotel.
Tho hotel of Caj ey is in the center of the
town. It is a one story building, contain
ing a parlor and sitting room at the front
and a dining room at the back, with bed
rooms opening out into them. The kitch
ens are in the rear.
We sleep at night on Iron bedsteads. Our
spring mattress is made bj- stretching a
sheet of canvass over the framework. Our
pillows are small and tough and our cov
ering is usuallj- an armj- blanket.
The greatest discomfort comes from the
flees. These attack jou as soon as jou He
down and feed upon jou until jou risei
We And this so in the hotel at Caguas fur
ther on, and, in fact. In all the country
hotels
Outside this, the living is not bad. We
have coffee, oranges and eggs for break
fast, and soups, roasts, stews and desserts
for luncheons and dinners. Our dessert is
usuallj- a combination of orange peel or
cocoanut sweetened with sugar into a form
of preserves, and we end each meal with
a ripe banana, a cup of coffee and a bit of
Porto Rlcan cheese. The food is quite as
good as j ou. get in a $2 a daj house in the
United States, and tho prices charged are
much less. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
HOE FROM MANILA
THE "WAR AS VIEWED I1Y ONE OF
THE HOSPITAL CORPS.
Care That Is Glicn the SIcU and
Wounded Praise That the Cour
age and 7,enl of Kansas
Troops Hac Won.
Solon C. Whlnerj-, of Kansas Citj', Kas ,
who was a member of the hospital corps
of the United States armj-, has just re
turned to his home from the Philippines.
Mr. Whlnerj was a student at an Eastern
medical college, and his object in going to
the Philippines was not onlv to do his duty
as a citizen but also to gain experience In
the treatment of sick and wounded on the
battlefield He saw much active service
around the walls of Manila and in neigh
boring countrj- where the war against the
insurgents has been waging. He met there
many men of the bravo Twentieth and had
the good fortunu to be present to minister
to them when thej- were ill or had re
ceived a wound from the Philippine bul
lets. Mr. Whinery went to the Philippines in
a separate command under Major W. O.
c.
SJLON
WHINERY.
ROOFS OF SAN JUAN.
mocks and in one or two we see beds.
Manj- contain cots made in the fashion of
sawbucks with canvas stretched ov er them,
so that thej- can be folded up and set aside
in the dajtlme.
The people come to the doors and look at
us. They all dress in cottons, the poorer
women wearing little more than cotton
skirts and Jackets. Not a few are bare
headed and all are barefooted. Some hae
naked babies in their arms, and naked
children run about the streets. Thej- are
bricht-eved little things of ail colors, from
jet black to Jersey cream. Manj- of them
look lean, except at the waist, wnere tueir
stomachs protrude to an enormous extent.
This comes from their diet of vegetables
and fruits, especially bananas.
Wl'Ts
'liter- v ' iVinHBSK-!'flJV
OUR MOTIVE POWER IS FOUR GOV
ERNMENT MULES.
a few of which are making fortunes for
their owners.
We go over mountain streams In which
scores of washerwomen, barefOQted and
barelegged, are sitting In the water and
pounding the dirt out of the clothes. Oth
ers hao spread the washed garments out
on the grass and are sprinkling them from
the streams In order to bleach them.
In the Hills.
Now we are on the edge of the hills.
How dry thej- look in the distance. Many
of them seem rough and bare. They make
us think of the Alleghenles In August for
nr (Ms noint wa m!s the rich tronlcal lux
uriance we expected to find in Porto Rico.
It will be different further on.
Notice how- the clouds rest on the tops
of the mountains. Manj of the peaks are
hidden and fleecj- white masses nestle here
and there on the higher slopes. This is
so throughout Porto Rico There Is plenty
of sun, but the hot raj-s are often tem
pered by clouds. The air is moist, but
there Is always a breeze, and even at mid-daj-
In the mountains the heat Is not verj-umilpnsant-
Many of the hills are covered with grass Pi"
There is one upon which fat cattle are ,acl-
feetlng, and hero is another wnicn looks
Oranges ut 4 Cents a Dozen.
As we wait a man goes by with a load
of oranges. He is leading a mule, which
has two baskets slung over its back. Each
holds about three bushels, and he is ped
dling the fruit from house to house. We
stop him and ask the price. He tells us
the fruit is exceptionallj line and that he
cannot possibly sell them for less than 4
cents a dozen We take a hundred and
store them into one of the boxes of the
batterj- wagon, to eat on the way. They
are full of juice and dcliciouslj- sweet,
Their skin, however, is thicker than that
of our oranges at home, and we shall eat
them a la Porto Rico, and this is bj- paring
off the outer or jellow cover of tho skin
and leaving onlj- the white. Now- we slice
oil the top, and clapping the orange to our
mouths, suck out the Juice. I tell jou it
is a dish for a king.
On the Roof of Porta Rico.
Leaving Juan-a-DIaz we go on our wind
ing way up the mountains. We climb high
er and higher, hanging to the sides of the
hills, until at last wo reach Albonlto, the
pass over the range which divides the isl
and. We are now a half mile above whero
v,e started and are on the roof of Porto
Rico.
We arc in one of the most beautiful parts
of Uncle Sam's new Switzerland, in one
of the most picturesque regions of the
world. As far as we can see on all sides
rise green hills, spotted hero and there by
th dark shadows of the clouds. Billowy
mountains roll one over the other on all
sldis until they lose themselves In the skj-.
Below us we can see the miiltarj- road.
.Inst nbnvo are the SDanlsh earthworks
which commanded tho road when wo in
aded the island, and we can climb up and
stand on the verj- spots wnere ineir cannon
thundered a warning to the troops.
Further on our journej- we go down a
branch of the Military road to visit Guv-
amo Heights, where our troops were at
tacked when thej- made their wav up from
the coast. Here j-ou can see the Military
road for miles winding Its wa- like a white
snake up tho hills It was perfectly com
manded bj- the fortifications. Indeed, some
of the best of our officers think that had
the Spaniards tried to hold Porto Rico the
countrj- is such that we could not have
conquered them.
The Beauties of tlie Tropics.
I hae spoken of Porto Rico as Switzer
land. It Is like Switzerland without the ice
and snow, and still it has beauties which
Switzerland has not. The trees are those
of the semi-tropics. Long lines of green
hang down from their branches. OrchHs
as big as a peck measure wrap themselves
around tneir umos ana not a iew oi tnem
have a -veil of Spanish moss. Others are
great masses cf bright red, jellow or pur
ple flowers. I saw one tree twenty feet
high covered with great balls of white
wool. It was a cotton tree and the cotton
bursting from the balls was Just like the
raiitnn nroduced In our Southern states.
On the Atlantic side of the island I
reached a region of ferns, in which there
were fern trees from twenty to thirty feet
high. I had mj-self photographed standing
beside these trees and at the same time
rathered some maiden-hair ferns, which
had branches as fine as the most delicate
W. W. STONE DEAD.
ne Was Known Throughout the
United States as the "llllnd
Address" Reader.
From the New York W orlii.
W. W. Stone, known throughout the
United States as the "blind address" read
er of tho city postofflce, died at his home.
502 Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, from heart
failure. His success in suppljing deficien
cies in addresses was wonderful. His mem
ory was remarkable. Given tho name of a
small countrj- post
offlce in .the United
States, he could name
the state In which it
was located, or how
many of a similar
name there were in
the United States.
During his long ser
vlce In the city post
offlce he became an
expert in deciphering
handwriting which to
others would have
been illegible. Owing
to this proficiency he
was promoted to be
chief clerk in the of
fice of director!'
searches " He was
originallj- appointed
to a clerkship In the postoilice on June 13,
lSTiu. and serv ed continuouslj- up to the time
of his death.
Mr. Stone first began the study of de
ciphering bad addresses while a general
clerk. He carofullv compiled a manuscript
book of the nami s of all the; streets In the
United States lie was several jears in
completing this volume. The numbers of
the houses on the streets were indicated.
The book was recognized by the general
postofflce department in ISM) and copies sent
to all postmasters. This is an instance of
how his s j stem worked: A letter was re
ceived from Roumania addressed "Miss
Maria Bellew, 10 Alphonso street, America "
Bj- referring to his handbook Mr. Stone
found that In the United State there
were two Alphonso streets, one In Char
lottesville, Va., the other In Providence, R.
I. He found, however, that the streets in
Charlottesville, Va., were not numbered,
but there was a No. 10 in Providence. The
letter was sent there, and it proved to bo
the right address
Some of the addresses submitted to him
were worse than the navj- department's
cipher code. It is asserted by his fellow
emploj es that out of 100 letters supposed to
bear illegible addresses Mr. Stone could cor
rectly readdress nlnctj-fHe
There is only one other clerk in the office
who can carrj- on the work. O G. Manger,
who will doubtless succeed Mr. Stone as
chief clerk He has been in the depart
ment for fifteen -vears and has been a cloe
student of Mr. Stone's sjstem. Mr. Stone
was 6G years old.
Owen, an old regular army surgeon. He
had enlisted In July, ISIS, and had been
sent almost immediately afterwards to the
front. "When I arrived at Manila," Mr.
Whinery said, "there were two hospitals,
called the first and second rc-erve, an J they
were well filled with sick and wounded of
of tho Spanish war. This service, so far
as it went, was complete and thorough.
But with the breaking out of the insurgent
war it became necessirj- to increase the
capacltj-. For tnis purpose uressmg sta
tions were established in the rear of the
line; to these men were taken for first day
treatment, relief from pain or prellmlnarj
examinatlon of wounds. Then the patient
was removed in ambulance to the railroad
or was taken all the waj- into Manila for
further treatment. This plan was followed
with great succiss. all the disabled were
well and thorouchlv cared for. The at
tention was the erj- best; the surgeons
were in everj" respect thoroughly compe
tent, many Having seen mucn service, anu
thej- were assisted bj an excellent hos
pital corps. Th hospital assistants were
in the first plaee almost it not entirely men
and some had been for j ears in the service
and were conversant with the best aids
for the injured. They knew what to do and
how to do it. The women nurses came
later on. ilen were preferred, I think, by
the surgeons; not bc.aue thej- were more
competent, but because they were stronger
and could better handle the injured."
8.000,000 people on the islands who are in
sjmpathy with the movement. The in
habitants of Manila take no part in the
war and are as a general thing faorable
to the Americans. If the policy of the
United States was onlj understood bj-tho-
Filipinos the insurgent leaders would
be compelled to look elsewhere for dupes.
And the leaders themselves would not be
so bold if it were not for tho sjmpathj ex
tended to them either dlrectlj- or indirectlj
bj traitors In this countrj. Manj of the
Insurgents are from the interior. They
have little or no idea for what thej- are
lighting and some believe that their en
emies are still the Spaniards. Their lead
ers are careful not to disabuse their minds
of that fiction. The storj of the begin
ning of the war has been told, but there
is one thlnir that mitrht be nililpd nnrt that
is that we were not so unprepared for
their attack as has been reported. Their
officers were often around our camps and
barracks; thej- saw- our drills and studied
our positions and our forces while at the
same time they were preparing for rebel
lion But. on the other hand, we were
kept prettj well posted regarding their
movements through spies. The da before
thej had arranged to make their attack
upon Manila our generals ncc informed of
the fact bj a joung man who had joined
their forces and had been raised to the
rank of a lieutenant In their army. That
night when thej came to post their sen
tinels thev- wanted tn crt :i linn within
our line, but thej found an opposition that
thej had not looked for. Feeling that their
plans had been discovered they made no
lurther concealment nnd vw snnn hp.ard
their old cannons booming out along the
lino and then came their attack. They
found us prepared "
While the country possesses manj- ad.
vantages and Is capable of great develop
ment jet it is not, Mr. Whinery thinks, a
poor man's countrj. "The principal rea
son that it is not." saj s Mr. Whlnerj-, "is
the readiness with which coolie labor can
be obtained Chineso can be hired there to
work all day in the hot sun for 23 cents.
An American laborer could not compete
with these fellows. The professional men
that are now- there are doing well. There
are a. number of phjslcians, who seem to
have plentj- of pajlng patients, some law
yers and quite a number of dentists. The
latter espeeiallj are making money; thej'
are charging enough, too, for their work:
it costs from $10 to SIS to have jour teetli
cleaned, and little fillings of white metal
cost $21 The saloons are doing a good
business; many of them are selling Amer
ican drinks, but not, however, at Ameri
can prices. A pint bottle of beer, for ex
ample, costs 40 cents."
Whn Mr. Whinery left Manda he sailed
to Nagasaki. Japan, the coaling station,
and from there in company with four oth
er young men made an excursion into the
interior of the countrj-. They found the
railroads thoroughly equipped with all the
modern appliances of travel, and trains
are run at a high rate of speed. "The en
gines were of American manufacture, but
the coaches were from English shops."
said Mr. Whlnerj-: "the emploj es were al
most all Japanese and thej" appeared to
unuerstanu tneir Dusiness. Tne country
was in a thorough state o cultivation,
even up to the verj- tops of the mountains.
The people were neat and tldj- and their
homes and towns were all remarkablj
clean. We were among the erv first peo
ple to enter the interior after the ratiiica
tlon'of the latest treatj- with Japan per
mitting Americans to stop at towns that
before were closed to them. Everj-vvhere
we were treated with the greatest respect
and kindness, although at some of the in
terior towns we were somewhat incon
venienced bj- the crowd that followed us
around anfl watched us with the greatest
curiositj-. There is a verj- friendij feeling
in Japan towards Americans."
NEITHER MOVED AN INCH Business Directory
SECRETARY LESUEUR'S EXPERI
ENCE "WITH A COLORADO ItC VII.
Party of Hunters and Fishermen to
Leave To-day for 3Ioiitnna-FIsu-
lng In the OznrLs Osage
Hunting and Fishing.
Classified Ready Reference
Guide
KANSAS CITY MERCHANTS.
AMUUMTIO, GLS A.ND UE1 OLVE11S.
J. F. Schmelzer &. Sons Arms Company,
710-12-14 Main.
ATHLETIC, UICVCLE AD SPORTIXG
GOODS.
FATHER OF PENMANSHIP.
Hard to Please.
Prom the Chicago Record.
"I "have never asked Edmund if he loved
anv- other girl before he loved me."
"Why not?"
"I knew that it ho had or had not I
wouldn't like It,"
Capacious as "Well as Lovely.
from the Cleveltnd Plain Dealer.
Wm y ?
--HSsS-2fcr"ejn I J5St S2SB
Palm Trees and Rannnns.
for all the world like any field ot the Let us notice the vegetation as we travel I fill it."
"Dat girl o' your'n suttcnly has a mos'
lovely mouth." . . . .
"Dat's what I thought uu i tnea to
High Opinion of Kansas Troops.
Mr. Whlnerj- was verj- enthusiastic over
the high regard in which the Kansas
troops were held by the other volunteers
and the regulars. The gujlng to which
they were subjected at first on account of
improper military outfitting gave place to
admiration when it came their time to
fight. "There is no one in the Eighth army
corps but has a good word for the bojs,"
said Mr. Whinery. "Evervbody knew that
when it came to fighting thej' were always
right there ready and willing to go on to
the front. I remember of hearing one fel
low say, 'well, I used to think that out in
Kansas the only thing that men did was
to live in dugouts and grow whiskers. I
have chanced mi' mind now all around:
men that can fight as thej- can, come from
no ordinary stock, and hell, how thej- can
fight when it becomes necessarj! Kansas
is great.
"At San Fernando one evening word
was brought to General Hale that the Fil
ipinos, who had gathered In great num
bers in front of our line and were being
reviewed by Aguinaldo, would without
doubt make an early assault with their
combined forces. 'That is all right,' said
the general, 'Kansas is opposite to them,
and thej- will be stopped before they have
gotten along verj' far in their advance."
Tho confidence of General Hale in the
Kansas was not misplaced, for, sure
enough, the next morning the Filipinos did
advance and thev were stopped, driven in
to a swamp, and got out of the reach of
our bojs only after thej- had been ery
badlv cut UD The troons there have the
habit of referring to Dcwev as the'king of
tho sea,' and to Funston as 'the hero of the
land.' The admiration of his soldiers for
Tunston is something marvelous; thej
have unlimited confidence In him and will
follow him wherever ho may lead them.
They feel that he is a competent officer,
and know- that he would order them to
go only where he himself would be willing
to go with them.
"The day before I left I spoke to all tho
members of the Twentieth with whom I
was acquainted. They were all back In
Manila after five months' hard service on
tho firing line, their place having been
taken by regulars. They were engaged on
police duty in the walled city of old
Manila Some of the sick or wounded
were still In the hospital, but manv of
those who were earlier disabled were re
porting for dutj-.
"All that I saw were looking well, some
what thin from their hard work, but in ex
cellent health. They are anxious to get
home, now that their active military dutj
is over, and they will welcome the ship
that will bring them back to America.
They have done good service I saw them
on the field several times and was with
them in several of their encatroments
Some I had seen in the hospital and some
I had assisted on the battlefield Harvev
Harris was wounded before Caloocan and
was brought Into the hospital. He had
quite an ugly hole In the leg, that an in
surgent bullet had made He was laid up
for six weeks, but was reporting for dutj
when I left. Corporal Willing, a Mis
sourlan who was one of Company B, was
another man that came under my care in
the hospital; he had been shot in the leg
and the arm: he was not entirely recovered
when I left Manila."
Mr. Whlnerj- s ud that the brave act of
White and Tremblj- In swimming the river
in sight of the enemy's lines was much
praised in army circles
"Another incident similar to that is told
by the boys of the Twentieth. Thev
swam across a river and one who was in
advance, upon landing, picked up a hand
ful of gravel from the bank and threw It
Into the Filipinos' fort." said Mr. Whinery:
"they didn't know but that It was some
new and dangerous explosive, and, think
ing that tho whole American army was
upon them took to their heels, much to th
amusement of the other soldiers who had
come un Peter Nueent. well known in
Kansas Citj-, Kas , and a corporal of Com
pany B, was with hfs regiment all the time
on the firing line and escaped without an
Injury or a daj- of sickness t'ercv uarsn
field. who began as a trumpeter, is now a
second lieutenant. Jake Whisner Is gener
ally liked bj' the bojs as a first lieuten
ant!" Condition of the Filipinos.
Mr. Whinery thinks that it Is only a
matter of a short time until the Insur
gents will be defeated. They are not gain
ing recruits and thej- would lose many of
tho soldiers that are now in their ranks If
the conditions were only properly under
stood. The people are Ignorant and super
stitious; they hao been so often deceived
by the Spaniards that they distrust, all
other promises tltat are made to them. Of
this the shrewd leaders, who are carrying
on the war that they may derive political
benefit, are making the. most.
"There are not more thin 100,000 of the
Plan to Erect n Mcmorlnl at Geneva,
O., to Piatt It.
Spencer.
Geneva Letter to the Philadelphia Record.
There Is a project on foot to erect a
memorial librarj' to the memorj- of the
world's greatest penman, Piatt R. Spencer.
Tho new building will be of stone, and is
to cost $20,000. Besides an extensive librarj-
it is to shelter the historical collec
tions of Ashtabula countj-.
In this town of some 3.000 inhabitants
Spencer lived in the earlj dajs of the
Western reserve, and in the little log
school house, which was also his residence,
he lim taught writing This little log
house is fresh in the memories of hundreds
of the most successful men and women of
the United States, who in earlj dajs came
from all sections of the countrj- to attend
this school, which was commonly known as
"Jerico," or the "Log Seminarj-."
Spencer's life was idled with hardships,
and all that he attained was gained b
hard studj-, hard work, and strength of
purpose. Ho could, therefore, as a teacher
appreciate the hardships of his pupils In
their struggles for an education. It was as
much Spencer's attitude toward his pupils
as his capabilities that made him famous
as an instructor. Although Spencer was a
teacher of manj- branches, his specialtj-,
as is well known, was penmanship. The
beautiful characters of the Spencerian sj s
tem of writing are taught to-daj- most ex-tensivelj-
in everj' state in the Union.
When these characters first took form it
was not upon carefullj- prepared paper, but
in the sands by the waler's edge, on the
bark of trees and upon the framework
forming the cabin of a lake steamer. Long
JErFERSON CITY, MO., Sept, 1. (Spe
cial.) Secretary of State A. A. Lesueur,
accompanied by Mrs. Lesueur and daugh
ter. Miss Octavia, has returned from a
trip through the mountains of Colorado.
Captain Lesueur brings back with him a
bear story along with other memories of
the trip more pleasant to recall. It hap
pened about ten dajs ago, and was in
tne mountains north of Newcastle on the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad. The
Lesueur party left Newcastle to drive to
White river, sixtj-live miles awaj-, for a
few daj-s' trout fishing. About half the
distance over the divide, the captain, grow
ing tired of the slow drive up the steep
mountain grade, got out of the wagon and
went on ahead on foot. He is a good
v.alker, and soon left the slow moving
team far behind. He was enjojing the
exercise in the bracing mountain air thor
oughly when his attention was attracted
by a commotion in the tall grass and
shrubs on the roadside just ahead of him.
Instinctivelj he stopped and a moment
later there waddled out into the road ten
paces from him a big cinnamon bear. The
captain was unarmed, but having some
knowledge of the running talents of a bear,
stood Still in his tracks. Tho bear did
likewise. He made no move towards the
Missouri statesman, neither did he show
anj- inclination to go on about his busi
ness. Fifteen minutes passed with both
man and bear standing ejeing each other.
What the bear thought can onlj- be sur
mised, but what the man thought can be
told In a few words. The embarrassment
of the situation was relieved bj- the ap
proach of the wagon. A shot from the re
olver of the driver started the bear uu
the mountain side, and the Missouri sec-
retarj' of state walked ahead of the wagon
no more on mat trip.
A distinguished party of Missourians
leave Kansas City over the Burlington on
Sundaj- morning for a month's hunting
and hshing in the Jackson lake countrj
in Montana. The party will be made up
of Judge Gavon D. Burgess, of the su
preme court: State Auditor James M. Sel
bert. Major T. W. Park, chief clerk in the
department of state; W. H. Bassett, chief
clerk in the office of the state auditor, and
John R. Green, clerk of the supreme court.
It is likely that they will be joined while
in camp bj- a prominent at. Louis lawyer.
The equipment of this partj- includes
everything that is modern and will lend
convenience and comfort to camp life, and
the commissariat, under the supervision of
Colonel Seibert and Major Green, is all
that tne heart of the sportsman and the
epicure could desire. The partj- will leave
the railroad at Cinnabar and will drive
through the Yellowstone National park
and bej-ond for a distance of seventj--nve
miles. Thej' are seeking big game and ex
pect to nut in several weeks looking only
after ell:, bear and mountain lion. For a
number of jears this party has taken an
annual outing in the White river country
in Colorado, but the reports of the abund
ance of larger game in Montana caused
them to go there this jear.
J. F. Schmelzer &. Sons Arms Company,
710-12-H Main.
ARCHITECT;..
A. J. Kelly &. Co., room C, Junction bldg ,
Main and Delaware streets.
ARTIFICIAL I.IMl'.s.
FREE 1M page catalogue on limbs,
braces, trusses, crutches, supporters, etc.
B. F. ROUNDS. 10 AW 9th St., K. C, Mo.
IHMC t "MERCAVriLE STATIONERY.
Union Bank Note Companj', COO Delaware.
BOOKS 'NEW AND SECOND-H VM.
B. Gllck. leading bookstore, 710 Main
CAACER AM) PILES CURED.
NO knife used. No pay until cured. Con
sultation free. DR. E. O. SMITH.
Tenth and Main.
CARJUIGES AVAGO.NS, IIAIt.NESS AND
ROUES.
Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Companj-,
S10 Walnut. 'Phone IIS.
COM'ECTIONERY AM) ICE CRE4M.
James Morton's Sons, 1024 Main.
DRY GOODS WHOLESALE.
Smlth-McCord Drj- Goods Companj-. Sev
enth and Wjandotte. 'Phone H23.
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION.
The B.-R. Electric Company, 613 Delaware.
FURMTIRE AND HUniAL
"WHOLES LE.
CASES
Abernathj- Furniture Company, 1j01 to 153
West Ninth. 'Phone IS.
GI:VS, RirLES AND REVOLVERS.
J. F. Schmelzer & Sons Arms Companj',
710-12-14 Main.
HOME DETECTIVE AGENCY.
423. 423. 44 N. Y. Life bldg , tel. I4S4: uni
formed patrolmen furnished dav or night.
JEWELERS MANUFACTURERS AND
"WHOLESALERS.
Edwards & Sloane Jewelry Companj', 614
Keith & Perry building. 'Phone 1207.
LUMBER.
SCHOOL HOUSE AND RESIDENCE OF
PLATT R. SPENCER.
The fishing season in the Ozark country
south of Jefferson City is just beginning
and the devotees of the rod are preparing
for a season of unusual sport. All ac
counts from the Maries, the Gasconade,
the Osage, the NIangua, the Gravois and
the hundreds of smaller streams that come
down from the Ozarks to pour their clear,
ice cold waters into the muddy Missouri
are to the effect that never were the black
bass, jack salmon and crappie so numer
ous and so gamej' as they are at this time.
The few parties that have been out report
excellent luck. There Is no better or
gamer fish in the world than the black
bass grown In the waters of the Ozark
streams. The rugged beauty of the Ozark
cour ry is another reason whj- this Is the
most attractive fishing ground in the
world. The scenery along the Gasconade
and the Osage cannot be surpassed any
where for bcautj-, and the nooks under the
high bluffs along the streams afford ideal
camping places.
If reDorts that come to Jefferson Cttv be
correct there will be an abundance of
small game in the country south of here
this fall. Squirrels are said to be more
plentiful than for many years, and tur-kej-,
wild duck and quail are also abund
ant. Deer are almost extinct on the north
ern slopes of the Ozarks, owing to the in
dustry and persistence of the pot hunter.
Occasionally one is to be met with, but it
is a very rare occurrence, and the deer
hunter now seeks his game in the south
ern counties or else goes out or tne state.
In a few days now hunting parties from
north of the Missouri river will begin to
pass through Jefferson Citj'. They will
come from Boone, Audrain, Callaway,
Montgomery and other of the counties
where the game and fish have long been
exterminated. These Incursions are an
nual and some of the parties have been
making the trip for jear after j'ear. Some
of them go clear on dow n to the Arkansas
line and into the mountainous country in
the northern part of that state, taking six
or seven weeks for the trip.
John M. Byrne Lumber Co.,
Wj-oming sts.
17th and
Pacific Coast Lumber and Supply Com
panj', Troost avenue and Nineteenth street.
OPTICIANS RETAIL.
Julius Br.er, 1030 Main street.
PAINT "WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL.
John A. McDonald Paint and Glass Co.,
52$ and 530 Delaware street.
RUDDER STA3IPS, SEALS & STENCILSj
Scotford Stamp and Stationery Cora,
pany, 723 Wj-andotte st. Catalogue free.
TRUNKS, TRAVELING BAGS.
E. J. Gump, up-to-date goods: lowest
prices. S2I Main st,; Junction. Tel. 1273.
TYPE FOUNDERS.
American Tj-pe Founders Company,
Delaware street.
HI
Great Western Tjpe Foundry,
Wall street.
710-12
"WALL
PAPERS WHOLESALE
RETAIL.
AND
F. M. DeBord Wall Paper and Paint Companj-,
1104-S Walnut street. 'Phone 1939.
before he had attained the age of 8 years
his gieat desire was to write or draw.
Even at this early age his hardships in
pursuing his chosen work are noticeable,
for up to that time he had never seen a.
piece of writing paper. He had heard of
writing paper and its uses, however, and
it was his great desire to secure, if pos
sible, a single sheet. He then lived at East
Fishkill. New York state, his native town.
This point was a Mecca for lumbermen in
thoso dajs, who often traversed a distance
of twentj- miles to the nearest town of any
size.
To one of these lumbermen the ambitious
boj- intrusted what was probably his first
pennj-, instructing him to buv him a sheet
of paper before his return. It was nearlv
midnight when the lumberman arrived
back at rishklll, but Piatt was waiting for
him, and, with the precious sheet before
him in his room, he began to write.
Mahlon J. Woodruff, of New "iork citv,
has erected a stone at the grave of Mr.
Spencer in Geneva cemeterj-, and on thl3
stone are the following words:
PLATT ROGERS SPENCER,
1S0O-1SGI
Poet. Penman, Educator,
Author of Spencerian Penmanship,
Reformer. Benefactor,
Erected bj His Grateful Pupil,
MAHLON J. WOODRUFF,
New York Citj-,
Bj- Permission.
Mr. Woodruff also first proposed the me
morial librarj- in IS0-!, and ever since more
and more have interested themselves in
the project until now it seems likely that
it will be a success in the not far distant
future.
Misled.
From the Philadelphia North American.
"I am frank to say," he said, "that 1
feel you encouraged my attentions."
"Perhaps," she replied, ' but how was
I to know whether jou wanted to man-vine
or only to borrow money from father? '
Up in the Air.
From the New York Journal.
The monk "Well, what are jou going to
do about it?"
The Osage Hunting and Fishing Club,
that for many years nourished In Jefferson
Citj', passed awaj' a jear or two ago.
Many of the men who made, the club fa
mous the state over have passed away, or
have remoed to Kansas City or places.
This club had two outings annually, one
In the spring and one in the fall, but the
latter was alwaj-s the grand event of the
year, and it was a privilege to be the guest
of the club on one of these trips. Judge
Jackson L. Smith, of the Kansas City
court of appeals, was for jears a leading
spirit In the direction of its affairs. Henrj
W. Ewinff. Ralph D. Willis. Jako Schir
mer, all three now dead, were also among
Its organizers and promoters.
He Disposed of the Book.
From the Chicago News.
"Now, here is a book'" exclaimed the
seedy man, as he dashed In the banker's
private office.
"Don't want no books!" grunted the
banker.
"But this Is one you can't help being
interested in."
"Haven't time to read books, and"
"But I am sure -vou will take this book,"
persisted the seedy man
"Look here, sir, do jou intend to leave
this room, or must I"
"Don't need to call the janitar; I'll go.
"Don't reed to call the janitor; I'll go.
This is your book, though."
"Mv hook?"
"Yes, -vour pocketbook. I found it in the
hall." Then he vanished.
Dry Slereotjplng.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Tn a new- svstem of dry steretoyping.
adapted to the smallest job or tho largest
paper, the "flong," which is the subject
of the patent, is supplied in sheets, a piece
of which, cut to size, is laced on the form
and run through the press once, thus form
ing a matrix, which is lifted and taken at
once to the casting box, no drjlng being
required, thus saving a great deal of time,
the cast being taken in two minutes or
less from the time the sheet of "flong" is
l.iii! nn the tv ne. No beating Is required.
thus saving the tjpe from much wear and
tear. A companj- has been formed to
manufacture the Hong wnlch promises
to meet wltn an immense aemana
A RemnrLalile Specimen.
frrm the Washington Star.
"What Is there in that interview to get
so excited over?" asked the coldblooded
citizen
"Whj-, don t jou see, it's one of the
most remarkable productions of its kind
ecn in months. The man who gave It out
hasn't denied a word or it."
Parental Enconragement.
From the Chicago News.
"I," said the university youth, "Intend to
bo a stump speaker; or, in other words, a
stump agitator."
"All right, Jecmes," said his hornj hand
ed parent, "jou'H find the grubbing hoe on
tho porch. Just step out and agitate a few
of those stumps in the back lot,"
Death of Heaviest Womnn.
Coldwater, Mich., Special.
Mrs. Frank Whitlock. who died at her
home in Batavia township to-day. was
reputed to be the heaviest woman in the
countrj-. Her weight was 640 pounds. Her
coffin is forty inches wide and twenty
seven Inches deep. Mr. Whitlock was for
merly a Chicago policeman.
TRAVELING THROUGH TEXAS.
And the Parching, Withering Thirst
Endured by a. Man "Who
Tried It.
In tho New LIppincott for September,
Albert BIgelow Paine thus describes his
sufferings from thirst, while traveling
alone through Southwest Texas, having
lost the trail:
My thirst had become torture, and sud
denly remembering that I had once heard
of Indians finding moisture In the heart
of the niggerhe.id cactus. I strove to up
root one bj- kicking it fiercely with tho
heel of my heavy boot. The cactus grew
everywhere In profusion, adhering to tho
soil with great tenacltj". while Its long,
horny spikes made it difficult to handle
even when uprooted. Still I managed at
last to get one loosened and cut open
There was a pulp within that contained
some semblance of moisture, but I could
not see that it allajed mj- thirst. Per
haps I was not accustomed to its use. My
hands were torn by the thorns and my
feet wounded in many places. I was suf
fering and weary, and my thirst was be
coming unbearable.
It was getting late by this, time, and If
I was to reach Pecos before dark I must
push on In spite of pain and weariness.
My clothes were becoming tattered and
my hands were bleeding, but all other mis
fortune was forgotten now In the fierce
blight of thirst that had fixed Itself upon
mo like a withering demon. When at last
It began to grow dark I uprooted more of
the niggerhead cactuses, and, tearing the
hearts from them, chewed and sucked as
one might chew and suck a sponge from
which the last trace of moisture has been
all but pressed. I ate a part of my last
sandwich, and then, thoroughly exhausted
and mad with thirst, I sank down upon
the hot. sandy earth and stared up at the
darkened sky.
Looked Splendid.
From Spare Moments.
Entering a music shop the other day, a
Welsh miner, who had lately come Into a
considerable sum of money, asked the price
of a grand piano. He was told it was 2M.
He bought It, A fortnight after he re
turned for a music book, and the shopman
asked him If the instrument gave satisfac
tion. "Man," he said, "but yon wouldn t know
It now. It just looks splendid! My old
ooman has painted ait yeller to match the
chest of draw ers."
Its Final Isc.
From Allr Sloper.
It Wmk vf
BUI "Now, I call that hat of jours a real
sensible one."
Em "I'm glad jou like It."
Bill "Yes; it'll come In mighty handy aj
a bed when it gets outer date.