The Leon reporter., January 04, 1900, Image 4

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RESTING PLACE.
In the Missouri, Where Tbe*
Meet Twice a Iwr,
Pelican bend, in^fche Missouri river,
St. Charlesj/Mo.^ls the scene of
great gathering of pelicans,^ says the
bpuis RpjSublic. There is a big
flat bar in/the river which has en
dured beyond the usual span of a
bar's exffltence in the treacherous,
shifting curtejD(t of the Missouri. This
bar is the semi-annual stopping place
Jot vast flocks of pelicans that migrate
-from south to north in spring and
from north to south in the fall. Per
sons who have observed their habits
claim that they invariably arrive at
Pelican bend Sept. 4 and remain until
COtu
weather sefids •'.them south. The
Pelican is not ah attttigtive bird. But
he isjbmmendably reg^Jgr in his hab
its. Re parent birds catCh fjSl*, aj*
lating t&ein
A,
both
deposit the oth-
Aheir pou4 sunder their bills
elr young.
Joricr©
r-
the
Jffrnder tfjjpfrfg bflT
Bgs are short and
nd its feat have larpe webs,
it a fast swimmer, nor a rapid
but it is practically tireless In
air and water. On land it is
aWKward and unwieldy. Its feathers
are pare white, exeept for a fluffy tuft
of brown plumage that is seen on the
top of the head for about six weeks
in the summer. This tuft disappears
In August. The pelican skins and
plumage are largely used In women's
garments and hats.
Bo^iley'i Affidavit.
From the Omaha World-Herald:
jAdge Beasley has been a Justice of
tXie peace in a northwest Missouri
'township for so many years that the
memory of man runneth not to the
Only a few individuals in the mon
gfrnmg crowd which saw Adpiiral Dew
tp when he* was to Boston. had the
(Benorable pleasure of tallQljag persoj
with blm or evi
Among th
T7XTTNOWK TOET, w, at Iniit,
«w filcmwa en} by (Iti htlti)*
L. J.
O. D.," hac written wait irvvjr bo e*11ed Jwttly the Mt poem IMI
the w« In Scatk Attic* kit luulrttlyct. It l%ren&rk«bl« thattbUre&My
•ceeUedl ptecc of vlrl bat not been cliculalol wrfrtj brfora thta, nfMltlly
•laoe ti* British Batten t« Kun«rj
tor
*ood war porlry. of which K'i» M(
(cttiaf a»iKt, if enjr. Tfi\* po* wax printed 'n the Telephone, a weekly pa*
per published tn Capo Town* Africa, on September Ik The word liil
baa tie." uitd by the poet*, refers to the ted-coated Britlab Mldien
Lay my rifle here beside net set my Dible oa ay knuV
For a moment let the wall la* hucim ceaae
A* tW century la cloning, I am gotapr to my retU
Lord. tetteet Thou Thy servant RO In peace.
Bat lows through all the bugle*
ring*
a eadeoee I* t»Sae eat*
And ci the wind* my hopes of peace ire stowed
Tbe winds that vraft the voices that already I can heal*—
Of the rooMwotJo tlnfing ou the road
Te*. tbe red«ooata are returning can bear the steady tramp.
After twenty jesrs uf walling, lulled to sleep*
Since rook and Ale at IVneliefst room we beamed them la tbeir^najt
And cat them up at Bronft*r»prult like bbeep
Tbey shelled us «t lotfopo, but we galloped into ranee.
'And we shot the UriiUh (rnincn where tlicy showed
pttiwd they would return to it*—I knew the chance must change—*
llarkl Tbe rooibaatje tintfng on the road!
Bot now from anow^wept Canada, from India's torrid plalia
From lone Australian udtpoMi. hither led
Obeying their eommtntio, a* they beard the tmflrt strata*
Tlie men In brown hare Joined tit* men in red.
Tbej come to find the colors at Majubo left and loot.
They come to pay ut hack the di bt they ewtO.
And I hear newsto!ees lifted, and see atranfc colors tossed,
•ilid the rool-boatja siuging on tbe road
The eld. old fatvbe must faker the old. old CTeeda must fail—
1 hear it in that dut*nt murmur KM
The old. old order changes, and 'ti* rata fot us to rail.
The great world doe» not want us—we tnu*l go.
Aad veld, and spruit, aod kopje to the stranger wit' belong
No more to trek before him we shall load
Too well, .too well I koow »t* for 1 heae it In the son#
Of tbe rool-beaije slogis? ou the rokd.
contrary. A few years ago Beasley
was personally interested in a lawsuit,
being a party thereto. It was neces
sary for him to make an affidavit, and
he deprecated the idea of making it
before another justice or a notary and
depriving himself of a fee. So he filled
out his affidavit, swore to it before
himself, signed it as justice and as
witness and awaited developments.
He was sure that he would win and
thus be able to tax the costs up to the
otUer side. When the case came up
before Judge Kelley the affidavit was
offered in evidence. and promptly ob
jected to, the reason being given that
a justice could not swear himself. "Let
me see the affidavit," said Judge Kel
ley. It^'was handed up to the judge,
who scanned It carefully for a few
monab^and then asked: "Mr. Beas
lQ^HH^fciL_kindly tell me how you
^yourself when you
lentifled your own
ras very easy,
Through thTTorWpSr and went
BeaSey jjJF'- before it."
"^^gjjMWB^Tewhat astonished
wiSSh Judge Kellyy. sustained the ob
jection.
II«ad of the Hnn«*.
McSwatters—Where is your mother
in-law now? McSwitters—We are liv
ing with her. McSwatters—What! I
thought you owned a house? McSwit
ters—I did till she came.—Syracuse
Herald.
Wtiat Won't 8he Say*
Brown—What will your wife say
about your being out so late? Jones—
Everything.—Ohio State Journal.
When a man brings his wife an un
expected present it makes, her fear he
has bought himself something extrava
gant—Chicago Record.
SHI WAHID 10 SHAKE HANDS WITH DEWEY.
word with the great man, but who
could not induce him to shake hands
with her.
I'Will you shake hands with me,
(miral?" queried the girt, approach
tg close to jthe side of the carriage.
"I'm seoity, little one, but my hand
THIS*! 7EON RE
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SSKSSSBKS
THE SPITTING HABIT.
Correction of the Practice Should Begla
While Yonnff.
Boys should early be taught the
heinousness of the offense of spitting,
both from the basis of decency and
danger to public health. It is much
easier to prevent the formation of ai|
habit of thi^ kind in a boy than to
correct it in a man, and herein lies tho
mother's part in the warfare against
spitting. No extension of woman's
rights is necessary
jib
make mothers a
power in this neglected realm. All
that js required Js_return toi_ a duty
once faithfully discharged—but in the
rr.sh of modern life neglected—the
vigilant maternal supervision of boys
during the years in which their habits
are formed. The boy who is taught
that to spit on the hearth, the steps—
anywhere about the house—is an in
fringement upon the rights of the
family that will not be tolerated is not
likely as: a man to infringe upon the
rights of the public by spitting upon
the sidewalks, on the floors or steps of
public buildings, or in the cars. In
the meantime, however, there is a gen
eration of full-grown, active spitters
to be reckoned with in the interest of
the public health, and it is in the opin
ion of those who have given careful
attention to the matter that these can
be reached more effectively by the dis
semination of knowledge upon the sub
ject than by city ordinance or state
law.—Trenton State Gazette.
Visiting Cards Made of Iron*
Visiting cards of iron are popular in
Germany. The name is printed in
silver. The thickness of the card is
one four-hundredth of an inch.
After a man has made a fool of him
self he realizes what a fun-loving lot
of acquaintances he has.
is so sore you must excuse me," said
Dewey.
Just then the girl's father stepped
from the crowd, and, taking his
daughter In his arms, said she h*d
better come away.—New England
Home Magazine.
"EE, TH:lfRSI)ICM
A TAGAL FUNERAL.
GRIEF IS THE SAME ALL THE
WORLD OVER...
A Pathetic Sight Witnessed by Ameri
can* on the Road to Imui—A Queer
Death Cortege That Slowly Weudod
It, Way Through Bain and Bind. '1^
'Vf Wfiti
3 (Matila Letter.)
Bacoor is a squalid town, twelve
miles from Manila. It was captured
in the fierce fighting last June, which
culminated in the hard struggles at
Paranaque, Las Pinas, Bacoor, Zapote
Bridge, and Imus. The big church at
Bacoor stands down near the bay.
There are great holes in it made by
the shells thrown by the navy in the
fight for the town. The Americans
have a hospital in it now. There were
so many sick that tents were put up on
on the pl^za in front of the church,
and they, too, were full of the sick.
A battery of the Fifth artillery was
parked in the street along one side of
thp church. The gun wheels were
coated with mud, and the cannoneers,
looking tired and jaded, squatted on
the ground around their guns and
talked and smoked. In front of the
church was the road to. Imus.
Gen. Grant, whose headquarters
were at Bacoor, had just come in from
Imus. There had been four days of
fighting, which had culminated the
day before Jn the capture by the Amer-,
icans of Binacayan, across the river
from the Iipus road. The fighting had
been begun by the insurgents firing
from the other side of the river on
small parties traveling the Imus road.
Larger forces had gone out as rein
forcements, and hard fighting had fol
lowed.
We decided to go to Imus. It was
growing late In the day. A cold rain
was falling and the afternoon was be
ginning to grow dark, when we started
down the road. There was the sound
of a band playing a dirge. Out from
A FUNERAL PROCESSION.
a cluster of bamboo houses in the
town came a mournful little proces
sion. Three boys marched in front
wearing black capes and carrying
wooden crosses. Behind them came
the band, or perhaps twelve instru
ments. The players were Filipinos,
dressed in white shirts and trousers.
Behind the band were four men carry
ing a red-covered coffin on their shoul
ders. Behind the coffin was a man cry
ing like a little child. Another man
walked with him, w'th his.arm around
the mourner and talking to him in a
low tone. Behind these two were a
group of women, one of whom at times
would scream and then sob piteously.
Some men and boys followed along in
the rear of the procession.
"There goes a iod nigger," said a
soldier who stood watching the pass
ing of the funeral. He said that the
man who was being buried had been
killed in battle along the road to Imus
the day before. His relatives had
brought the body into town during the
night that it might be decently buried.
The man who walked behind the body
was tlie dead man's brother. The
woman who was crying and screaming
was the widow. The cortege came
walking slowly down the road—the
road to Imus. The rain beat in their
faces, but they did not heed it. They
splashed along in the mud in their
bare feet without even looking up.
Tbe band was playing a funeral
dirge. It was a shabby looking band.
The white clothes of the musicians
were wet and limp and splashed with
mud. One of the players was blind
and was being led along by a boy.
Some of the band walked in a little
group in front. The blind man and
two other players followed a few
yards behind, while the drumqjpr, who
was an old man and could hardly keep
up, followed along fast.* A gust of
wind blew one of the musicians' hats
off and carried it scurrying down the
muddy road. The owner gave no sign
he noticed the loss of bis hat He
walked on bareheaded in the raln.play
ing as before. Tbe little procession
splashed on in the rain and mud In
the direction of the cemetery.
A company of the Fourteenth infan
try, who had be6n out fighting along
the road to Imus for three or four
days, came swinging back to Its quar
ters at Bacoor church. The funeral
procession huddled over against the
wall on one side of the road to let the
soldiers pass. 'The sturdy men, with
ttfeir rifles swung on their shoulders,
swung by the Bttle brown men with
the battered ol^horns, standing In the
rain around tfre gaudy red enffln. am
1900.
the thre^^F0°den crosses. The pro
cessioS on down the road The
band w&^^wing a ,wild, barbaric mel
ody that
ln
keeping with the
cold, cheer^^kraln. the heavy black
clouds acrosD^Bf sky, the dark, sullen
afternoon. tl^BaiUng of the winds
in the bambw^H^ the poor, little
procession of E^^kpoted mourners.
The procession ^Bppsared through
the open gate ofl^BppIne'®ry. Wo
kept on along
the
i^^wo Imus.
COST OF THE Bf iH NAVY.
.Been Kx
Elnee 1889 SSOO.OUO.OOO
pended Upon Ii
An English writer, with^raHHp of
figures, has been computing tMppjprc
gate money value of that coW||j|P in
stitution, the British navjJPPl^ng
back to the beginning of the cefl^fy
he finds that the fleet was then
barely £10,000,000 or $50,000,000—vi
little more than the SUQI that is to be
spent this year on entirely new war
vessels. Since the passing of the naval
defense act in 1889 the amount ex
pended on the building of British war
ships is close on $300,000,000 if other
expenditure connected with the navy Is
taken into account the total would be
nearer $800,000,000. Keeping, however,
strictly to the cost of the vessels at
present on the effective strength of the
navy the total is £108,000,000, or more
than $500,000,000. Of this huge total
the sixty-four battleships, costing
$260,000,000, make up nearly half, the
next in order being the 119 protected
cruisers, with a total cost of $145,185,
000. The only other eight-figure cost
is that of the twenty-two armored
cruisers, on which the government ex
pense, is $56,635,000. It will thus bo
seen that the armored cruisers cost
more than a third as much as five
times as many protected cruisers.
These totals do not include the ves
sels now in progress.—Kansas City
Journal.
SOCIETY FROWNS ON HIM.
Washington society is somewhat du-
Ws.
bious as to the receptions to be accord
ed to Prince David of Hawaii, who now
lives at the capital. His aunt.ex-Queen
Lilioukalani, has never gotten beyond
the fringe of the haut ton. Prince
David's case is different. He is a young
man of color, but he is the fortunate
possessor of $10,000,000. It has been
gravely discussed in many drawing
rooms that it would be only civil to
give the young man an opportunity.
His blood mantles darkly in his fea
tures, it is true, but the divine elixir
of 10,000.000 golden dollars charms
many. It is said that since the nation
has expanded and taken in these dark
races it is only fair that they be treat
ed with courtesy at the capital of this
great government. Cosmopolitanism
is keenly discussed, and it is an even
wager that Prince David, backed by
his millions, will find a key to. many
I
PRINCE DAVID.
drawing rooms which were rigorously
closed against his aunt
Prince David has more than his for
tune to recommend him. He has a
good education and excellent manners
'ki
Military Motor Cycle*
The new military motor eye'e is a
terrible engine of war. The machine
driven by an automatic petroleum mo
tor and mounts a twenty-seven pound
automatic Maxim gun, capable of dis
charging 600 rounds per minute while
traveling along at the rate of fifteen,
miles an hour.
Many a man with along creqA sells
iC*.
SANG ER MEN'S SOULS
THE LATE DR. LOWRY'S HYMNS
ARE WORLD FAMED.
The Author of "Shall We Gather at the
Rl*er," and "Where I* My Wandering
Boy To-Nlght," and Other Saored One*,
Ha« lately Paaaed Away. .Ijjp'ifW
Yes, we shall gather at the river.
The beautiful, the beautiful river
Gather with the saints at the river.
That flows by the throne of God.
Another song that is sung outside
of religious circles probably as much as
any hynn ever written for religious
use is "Where Is My Wandering Hoy
Tonight?" Strangely incongruous as
it may seem, there is no song to which
drinking men—men who have wan
dered far away from the holy influ
ences of good homes—will listen more
attentively. Many a bartender can tell
of seeing young men push away un
touched their glasses of liquor on hear
ing some chance companion sing:
Then go for my wandering boy to
night,
Go search for him where you will
O, bring him to me, with all his blight,
And tell him I love him still.
Dr. Lowry was born in Philadelphia,
in March, 1826. He received a com
mon school education and (engaged in
secular business for a time but In
1848 he entered the university in Lew-
II
Jessie
-.atn
S
Barl«tt.
heard. Herjsingfl
fascinated her, bl
seemed to delighl
gregatioh. Immeu
mon an old man,
showed great inted
turned with a satisfl
"I knowed you at ol
of them opery singel
show last night in the
thought so. Well, thi
the singing, she's my dail
the best all-round singerf
And, say, if you know
wants music lessons, sen
She gives vocal and pel
for a quarter apiece. Y|
to take no lessons, do|
great on trills."
Wf
Throughout the Christian world,
wherever gospel songs are sung In the
English tongue, the name of the Rev.
Dr. Robert Lowry, whose death took
place a few .days ago at Plainfield, N.
J., is known. Dr. Lowry was the writ
er of many songs, and though he was
known as an able preacher his great
est reputation rested on the merit of
his musical compositions and verses.
All the songs written by Dr. Lowry are
marked by the expression of human
sympathy, giving voice to that side of
:e]lgion which answers to the common
y&arnings of the human heart—hope
fo\ a life beyond the grave, wherein
thoȣ who have been friends on earth
shallVie
still united trust in a greater
poweryto supplement the frailties or
human mature. From this it has come
about tntot many of the songs written
by Dr. Dowry have become popular
among mew of a class to which few
religious songs appeal, while in the
SundajTschool, the church, the prayer
meeting, an|d the Christian home all
his best hyinns are firmly fixed as
favorites. Hqw many grief-stricken
families, mourning the loss of a dear
one, have been \consoled when beside
the open grave t|iey have heard the
sure answer of faith in Dr. Lowry's
perhaps most noted'hymn: "Shall We
Gather at the River?" when the chorus
rings out:
MAY WED HOLLANI
If the story from BerllJ
Wilhelmina of Holland
Crown Prince Frederick
Germany turns out to bl
will get a husband who,
cessity, could earn a go
his wife as a carpehter. l|
Hohenzollern princes he
to learn a trade, and moil
ago he presented his fl
chair made with his own
the empress mother reel
stool as a result of her el
PRINCE FREDERICK
dustry. Like his father
young prince, who was b^
now a student at the
Bohn, where he mingles fij
other boys in the work
of college life. Prince
the emperor's second sonj
goldsmith's trade, while
helm himself is an expert
The Cunning of a|
A gentleman whose wo|
doubted and who is no
PR. ROBERT LOWRY.
lsburg, Pa., as a theological student,
and was graduated in six years. After
a short pastorate in West Chester, Pa.,
he became pastor of the Bloomingdale
Baptist church in New York City in
1858. He remained there three years
and then went to the Hanson Place
Baptist church, in Brooklyn, where he/
remained eight years and increase/
the membership of the society more
than 400 souls. Dr. Lowry became fne
professor of belles-lettres in the Jlnl
versity in Lewisburg in 1869. In Addi
tion, he filled the pulpit of the Baptist
church there. He subsequent^ was
elected chancellor of the unnrerslty.
Uppn the organization of /ne Park
Avenue Baptist church in PJtinfield he
became Its pastor. He saythe society
safely housed in a. $40,00tyouilding arid
then retired.
It was during his Brooklyn pastorate
that Dr. Lowry first ame into prom
inence as a writer /f hymns. Once
known, his reputatyn increased apace,
so that when he l/t the professorship
In the unlversltyyfe intended to devote
the remainder o^ils life to hymnology.
Her nMlnenm to T- arh.
Davis, who has been
prominetly /before the music-loving
public ein/e the days of the Church
Choir "gnafore" company, has made
it Vwa^1®8 to attend church services
o& gur^ay whenever possible, relates
th R&turday evening Post O- she
Jlli^to a local revival meeting. The
was led by an angular young
Ln, astonishingly clad, and gifted
Ith one of the most stridently dls
irdaat voices Mrs. Davis bad ever
tells the following:
ly (toe morning he saw a f(J
most wistfully a number of
fading in the rushy end of
ke. After a while the
Cvindward of the ducks put^
the lake several/"bunches
rushes or grass which floated
amongst the ducks without causliil
least alarm. After watching th*
fects of his preliminary fleet .for
short time, the fox, taking a good
sized mouthful of grass ln his jawl
launched himself Into the water
quietly as possible, having nothing
the tips of his ears and nose ab
water. In this way he drifted
among the ducks and caught' af
mallard. Though- this story seems
traordinary, it must be reaTemt
that the fox manages to capttM|
ducks, wood pigeons, hareB-and
berless otjier animals sufficient
himself and fair 'ly, and It Is pS
be seen that ln doing so he must*:
tice many a trick that would seen
probable if delated, and quite b|
the instinct of animals.
Japanese Paper Shlnrfe*.
Paper shingles have been int
into Japan by an enterprising-jj
firm as substitutes for the wooj,
tlcle. Tbe new ideb is a slab ofl
tarred pasteboard, more easily
aged than ordinary shlpgies,
ing only half as much.
When a woman meeta anothe
an ln the stpeet car and Insists
lng the fare for both of them
always hate her if she lets herl