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FIGHT FOR A BRIDGE
DESPERATE * RATTLE ,- BETWEEN
AMERICAN AND FILIPINO
FORCES NOW RAUINU
REBELS DEFIED WARSHIPS
SouKlit to Secure Control of the
River /.npote, Which Is the Key
to Cavlte and Manila— American
Force** Drive In- v Enemy- Back
After DeMperute HeMiMtauce—
4 L% ported. Death of Urn. Luna., -
fj' MAN LA, June 13—The .most desperate
battle of the war In the Philippines is
now . on. It has been, raging, for fully
twenty-four hours, and only by desperate
during did the Americans gain an advan
tage. The rebels sought to secure control
of.the bridge that spans the rive Zapote,
tin key to Manila and Cavlte. Once in
undisputed possession of the approach
the Filipinos might cause the Americans
serious embarassment. The lighting, as
described In reports from the front, has
been the most sanguinary of the war.
The Filipinos seem to be making a final
effort to gain a foothold. Their defiance
gof the warships In the bay was a surprise
to everybody. Never before have they
shown such desperate determination.'.-' '
IN A HORNETS' NEST..
Gen. Law-ton unexpectedly stirred up one
of.the liveliest engagements of the war
south of Las Pinas, this morning, upon'
which occasion American field guns were
engaged In the first artillery duel against
a: Filipino -battery, concealed in the
jungle.
Companies F and 1, of the Twenty-first
Infantry, were nearly surrounded by a
large body of Insurgents, but the Ameri
cans cut their way out with heavy loss.
The United States turret ship Monadnock
and the gunboats Helena and Zafirl train
ed their batteries on Bakoor, and the
rebel trenches near Las Pinas all the
morning. Bakoor was once on fire, but
the natives stopped the flames. The in
surgent cannon was fired three times at
the Americans on the outskirts of Las
Tinas. Gen. Lawton this morning took
a battalion of the • Fourteenth regiment
to .locate the rebel battery, and then two \
guns of the Sixth artillery and four moun
tain guns were planted against it at
<*"- yards distance. The rebels had a large
gun, from which they were firing home
made canister, loaded with nails, and
two smaller guns. Their shooting was
most accurate. The first canister burst
directly in front of Scott's guns, and
another shattered the legs of a private
in the Fourteenth infantry. Several shots
struck the edge of the town.
The country traversed wag as bad as
it is possible to imagine, being covered
with lagoons, mud and water,"* fringed
with bamboos. - .-:.7
DESPERATE FIGHTING.
As soon as the fighting opened the
Americans were attacked by Filipino rifle
men on all sides, the Amlgos (friendly na
tives) In the houses of the town shoot
ing Into their rear. The companies of the
Twenty-first regiment, skirmishing "along
the beach with Amigo guards, found, ap
parently, a handful of rebels, who re
treated. The men of the Twenty-first fol
lowed, and suddenly the rebels opened a
terrific fire on the troops from both sides
■ and the rear. The soldiers withdrew to
the, water's edge, finding what shelter
they could, and were picked, off rapidly.
After their ammunition was nearly ex- -
hausted the companies of the Twenty^
first retreated, but Gen.' Lawton dash
ed down and rallied the men. A little
group made a desperate stand, Gen. Law
ton, n M- Starr and Lieuts. Donovan and
Donnelly taking guns from the wounded
men and firing at the "enemy, bringing
down some of the rebel sharp-shooters
from a tree.Finally their cartridges were
all gone, and they were forced to break
their way through the enemy's "flank,
bearing their wounded to the main body
of troops. Lieut. Donovan, whose leg was
broken, floundered for a mile through
a bog, after leading his men in the face
of a greatly superior force. ' ' '
Gen. Lawton ceased fighting until rein-.'
forcements could be brought up. Two
battalions of the Fourteenth regiment
and one battalion of the Ninth regiment
were hurried to the front, and in the
afternoon the battle was resumed. The
Monadnock anchored up to the shore and
her heavy guns pounded the rebels con
tinuously while the smaller warships,
steaming along the shore, poured bul
lets from their rapid fire guns at the
enemy. '• • -■
The Filipino force engaged appeared to
have been the largest and best organized
body of men which has met our troops,
The Americans were compelled to ad
vance along narrow roads and numerous
small bridges commanded by earthworks
ten feet thick.
The only means of crossing the Seapote
was by a small bridge, which the Fili
pinos commanded with trenches, spread-
Zt c I m Whlch the >" concentrated
their fire on the bridge. They also had
the-, advantage of the trees and jungle, as
the Americans could hardly see ahead.
RESISTLESS ADVANCE.
When the battle was resumed, at 10
clock with the reinforcements, our ar
tillery having silenced the enemy's guns
the Americans, wading waist deep in the
mud of the salt flat*, slowly, and pour
ing steady volleys of musketry at the
rebels, drove their opponents beyond the
river. Then the two armies lay facing
each other, across the deep stream, with
the enemy practically out of sight, while
the men In blue and kahaikl lay In the
m*_ir%bushes, many of them without shel
ter. Iter nearly three hours, without a
moment s cessation in the firing, pouring
bullets at the enemy, as fast as they !
could shoot. The thousand rifles, blended
Into a continuous roar, was vastly differ
ent from th- intermittent skirmish-like
rattle of past engagements.
One battalion after another. Gen. Law
ton summoned the reserves from Las
Pinas, until only enough troop* were left
in the town to prevent the Filipinos from
attacking the Americans in the rear
which was feared, as they were creeping
around our left through the woods, deliv
ering a flanking fire, which put a great
strain upon the Americans, who were
floundering in the ' mud across "the river
while on the right the Filipino sharp
shooters, hidden in the trees, £ were pep
pering our men. But, thanks to the poor
marksmanship of the rebels, our los*» was
not as great as It would have b-en If the
Filipinos had shot straight. An army
however, has seldom fought under a
greater handicap, or more courageously
than did our regulars, a ' majority "of
whom were, comparatively speaking re
cruits who could have been pardoned for
retiring, In the face of such a fierce fire
from their exposed positions.
FIGHT. FOR THE BRIDGE.- "'
..:. The. Fourteenth . regiment lav -to the
right of the bridge, and In front of them
. was the Twelfth regiment, with the
Ninth on the right and the Twenty-first
up the road facing the bridge, which was
the key to the situation.. On the:bridge
: ■; "were the bodies of two Americans who
..' had attempted, to rush across, and J many
-wounded men were carried from the open
ground before the bridge.
After firing in volleys for a short time
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the Americans were .ordered -,to fire when
they .could see an -enemy, j It was every
'man for himself, and. the best' our men
could do was to aim at the faint mists
.arising from the rebels' smokeless pow
der. ' '.*"''"" ' . .•"' *"'"^": '*;■""'.;:;77* ' ■"*" *"■'. ... ";*"
Gen Lawton," though exhausted by the
morning's fight, rallied by- sheer will
power, and was a commanding figure in
the battle. He went along the, lines di
recting and encouraging the troops. "Gen.
Wheaton and Gen.'Ovenshlne were equal
ly courageous. In fact, the generals
were among the few men on the.battle
field who refused to take shelter under
the hottest fire.. The only approach to
the fighting ground was by a narrow,
winding road, where"- the rebel bullets
dropped thickly, wounding several of our
men. '"Z~\'ZX^ZZ '' "'
At 4 o'clock there was an hour's lull' In
the- fighting, " and an artillery j sergeant
galloped back to where two guns of the
mountain battery were waiting In re
serve and shouted: .7~-."
"Bring up those guns.**
he sergeant then tumbled 'exhausted
from his horse. •>;,:;•.= ..* * f-j-r.C- Zy-X
Twenty wounded, .men were carried to a
enscoe (native 'boat) ! waiting on the
beach, which was rowed to Paranaque.
■ - It Is impossible at present to estimate
the number of Filipino dead.. There are
many dead bodies in the fields that the
Americans traversed.
This battlefield, incidentally, was for
merly the scene of several of the great
est struggles between the Spaniards and
the Filipinos. The Zapote was consid
ered Impregnable, and hundreds of Span
iards and Filipinos have been killed
fighting over the same bridge in former
contests for its possession. In June,
1597, Gens. Pio del Pilar and Trias turned
a scale of war on the side of the Filipi
nos by deserting the Spanish army there
on the eve of a decisive battle, carrying
native militia' with them, and thereby
breaking the chain of defense around
Manila.
SEVEN WARSHIPS ENGAGED.
At daylight today the rebels at Cavlte
Viejo dropped two shells from a big
smooth bore gun mounted In front of the
church in the navy yard. The only dam
age done was splintering the top of the
huge shears on the mole. The gunboats
Calloo, Manila and Moquito then proceed
ed to dismount the gun. After breakfast.
the- rebels opened-fire along the beach
Bakoor. . 'ZZ.'■'-:
After - silencing the big gun at Cavlte
"Viejo the gunboats ran close . along j the
shore, bombarding the. rebel position. The
rebels replied with a rifle Are and with
the fire of some small pieces of. artillery.
So vigorous was the enemy's fire that at
9:20 a. m. the gunboat Helena joined the
small gunboats already named, and the
Princeton, Monterey and Monadnock,
from their anchorages, also dropped oc
casional big shells among the rebels." This
apparently only served to Incite the reb
els and they kept up an incessant fire of
musketry and artillery near the mouth
of. the Seapote river, two miles north
of Bakoor. . The fire of all seven war
ships was concentrated on this' point
; shortly; after noon, when :the. upper r bay
■ presented the -appearance* of being -the.,
scene, of a great naval battle. - The'in
surgents were: eventually, forced to aban
don their guns, after ' holding ' out for
about four hours, only to be confronted
by Gen. Lawtoh's force *on 1" land and .--in.
their rear, where there -was. heavy fight
ing. Beyond the destruction, of several
buildings- along the water front the ef
fect of the bombardment is not known. '•'■
' . j "WASHINGTON CONCERNED. '
Intense. Interest in Manila Kent: at
"- hl \ XXu.-i th«" Capital. *'~
WASHINGTON, June 13.—The news of
the heavy fighting, almost in sight of Ma
nila and adjacent to the navy yards at
Cavlte, where Admiral Dewey landed his
forces more than a year ago, was receiv
ed with intense interest here. It is evi
dent to the officials that the insurgents
either are stronger than had been real
ized, or that they have nome to the end
of their course and are making their
last stand. Otherwise it is hard to un
derstand why they should come down to
i the shore of the bay and fight the war
ships. Adjt. Gen. Corbln steadfastly main
, tamed his confidence In the success of
the present movement in Luzon, and said
today that he felt encouraged at the ad
vices received from Gen. Otis. He had
particularly in view Gen. Otis' statement
that Gen. Lawton had driven the enemy,
with heavy loss, and that the latter could
not be reassembled in force. Still, there
Is. great concern exhibited over the con
ditions that confront the American troops
in this campaign, and there was renewed,
inquiry as to whether or not there is to
be further reinforcement of the. troops
or another call for volunteers. The state
ment was made in reply to this that
Gen. Otis has, or soon will have, all the
men he estimated, and the opinion of
Gen. Otis in. these matters, it can be
said, is to determine the policy of the"
president in the matter. ' -ZZZZzZ
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Gen. Otis and Capt. Barker Cable
Results of Battle. -
WASHINGTON, June 13.— follow
ing cablegram, has been ; received from
Gen. Otis: ...
"Manila, June - I&—Adjutant, General,
Washington: Lawton's troops had se
vere engagement today with • enemy in
strong entrenchments at crossing Zapote
river, near Bacor, Cavite province; has
driven the enemy with heavy loss; our
casualties some thirty. Insurgents in tnls
southern* section ,*not . molested until
threatened attack In strong force on.Ma
nila; now scattered and In retreat; doubt
ful if they make further stand. - •" 7
• ■•■*;-, ; - -"Otis." ' i
The secretary of the navy this after
noon received the following' from Capt.
Barker, commanding the squadron in th*
Philippines: . „*_-.: - ,; * . 7-. '-:■.•".
"Manila, June 12.—Secretary of -the
Navy, Washington: On June 10 Monad
nock, Monterey, Wheeling, *? Princeton,
Helena and *•**.* rendered impor
tant service shelling ' position •.* »-•
resulted in capture of Paranque and Las
Pinas. —"-Barker.'?
The stars in the foregoing dispatch in
dicate" undeciphered portions of "the ca
blegram: ••.-- ■- -•. zZ:Zyz-zi-ZZ*Xy
Manila Victim From James to
FARGO/ N. *■" D., - Jane- 13.—The - cable
from Manila that John B. Killlan. had
been -.killed aroused . a-riot of.-anxiety-, in
Fargo. There Is no such- name -in -the
roster of - the regiment at the time tha
boys left Fargo. It has since been learn
ed that Killlan . was from Jamestown and
enlisted at San Francisco. »•"■■ ••
GOLD DEMOCRATS.
Said That Henry Watterson Will
Call Them Together.
CINCINNATI, 0., June 13.—1t is said
that Henry Watterson. has telegraphed
leading gold Democrats whoremained with
the party to meet in New York," Jura
14-17, for conference. It is added that th©
meeting will be of Importance. ■ -<;••;-
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THJE ST. PAUL GLOBE, WEDNESDAY,
WRECKS m CAUSES
MANY DUE TO SOME ONE HAVING
BEEN ASLEEP AT POST
OF DUTY
LACK OF REST BY THE MEN
Not Always the Fault of the Com
pany — Engineer. Grown Reminis
cent Over Heading Accident
Billy Gardner;., Awoke J out , In
Time to Prevent a Bad Smash-Up
.—A Very Miraculous Escape. •
"I have been reading carefully the evi
dence regarding the terrible accident at
Exeter, Pa., on the. Reading railroad, the
ether day, and,. while It Is contradictory,
I. believe that the verdict of the coroner's
jury will be that some one of the em
ployes was asleep while on duty," says
the Washington Post, 7 ' • -
The speaker was one of the oldest rail
road engineers In the country, who, after
twenty years In charge of the throttle of
a locomotive, voluntarily resigned to" seek
other pursuits . not so dangerous or ex
citing. When, the Pennlsyvanla railroad
was completed to Plttstmrg, nearly fifty
years ago, he took the second locomotive
over the Alleghany mountains, with the
late Thomas L. .Scott as his conductor.'
At that time the Pennsylvania j railroad
named all of its, locomotives after .-rivers
or creeks along, the line, and .this engi
neer was known as "Billy Gardner, of.the
Blacklog," the latter part of the title be
ing the name of the locomotive and the
former the engineer's name. Resuming,
the engineer said: . " r ■
"There Is. something about railroading
that -conduces 'to sleep. It may be the
rumble that causes drowsiness, it may
be the long hours on duty, but it many
cases, in my judgment, it is the failure
of the employes to secure needed rest
when they have the opportunity. During
my twenty years' experience as,a driver
of the iron horse. I knew of hundreds of
severe wrecks due entirely to someone
being 'asleep on the post of duty.' Even
the responsibility imposed on the man
would not have the effect of causing him
to keep awake. Sometimes it Is the fault
of the higher officials in compelling the
men to work too long without sleep.
TOBACCO JUICE IN HIS EYES.
"I remember. one occasion during the
flrst year of the Civil war all the mem
bers of my crew, including myself, were
required to work seventy-two consecutive
hours without sleep and then were dis
missed because we "declined to make an
other trip before seeking repose. During
that . period there were . times that the*
only way I could keep awake was to rub
tobacco juice Into my eyes and the pain,
of necessity, banished slumber for a time.
However, when the -superintendent was
told of the facts leading up to the dis
missal he not only reinstated all those dis
missed' but gave them two weeks' leave
of absence with pay. At the same time
the master mechanic, who made; the dis
missals, came' in for a severe scoring at
the hands of the superintendent. ".'"'■
"But once. In my railroad career did I
turn my engine over to my fireman and
go back to the caboose for a little rest,
and : the narrow escape that I then had
from a- severe wreck and the killing
and wounding of hundreds of sleeping
passengers taught me a lesson that was
never forgotten. The incident occurred
in Illinois in February, 1870. At that time
I was running an engine pulling a fast
freight on the Illinois Central railroad."
My fireman was a young man named
House, whom I had instructed In all that
he knew about railroading. My health
.was not of, the best at that' time; as I
had been an annual victim of the ague
that pervades Southern Illinois, and my
system was. shattered from the 'shakes.'
In . addition, there was some ' sickness
among .the members of my family, with
the result that my. nights at home would
be broken up In looking after the com- ;
fort of ; .the loved,ones. - Business on the
railroad was brisk and there was a heavy
passenger traffic, due to the annual Mar
di Gras celebration in New Orleans. - < /-l
PREMONITION OF DANGER.
"On the night in question my train was
running south. I had a five and a half
foot Rogers engine and 'was hauling for
ty loaded cars. Along about 10 o'clock I
found that I could hardly keep my eyes
open. The road ahead of me was clear
of trains for an hour or more. About
the only thing of importance in view
was to meet and pass the Chicago ex
press at Makanda, which was twenty
fcur miles away. I then yielded to temp
tation. Placing my fireman in charge
of the throttle, with the head brakeman
to do the firing, I went back to the ca
boose to secure a little -rest. I should
not have taken this step if I had not
reposed every confidence In my fireman,
and I believed that he was thoroughly
competent to run the engine.
"How long I slept I do not know, hut
I' woke with the premonition that some
thing was wrong. As I regained my
senses I realized ■ by the swaying of the
train that it was running much faster
than It would have been had I been In
charge of the throttle. - - There was a
heavy down grade for five miles to the
point where I was to meet the express
and my first, thought was that we had
struck the grade and gained the Impetus.
Springing to my feet I hurried out the
front door of the caboose and climbed
to the top of the first freight car. The
sight that met my eyes nearly paralyzed
me. There in full. view I saw the head
light of the heavily loaded express train
waiting at Makanda for my train to
take the sidetrack and permit it to pass.
How I got over that train to my engine
I hardly know. But I did. Jumping
down on the tender I sprang into the
cab to shut off the throttle and took other
means to reduce the momentum. • ■-, .
FIREMAN WAS ASLEEP. .
"I glanced at the fireman. He was
sound asleep on the seat; the head brake
man kept him company on the other
side. I realized that it ..wa.< utterly im
possible to stop the speed of the train,
and ,I" had visions of the awful'- wreck
that would follow. My engine was mak
ing forty miles an hour, being propelled
. by. the heavily, laden cars In the rear,
-and certain destruction seemed to face
the express . car and the . hundreds of
sleeping • passengers. As the rules re
quired that "I should stop, and, after
the head '_ brakeman had opened 'the
switch, should pu11.7 by the passenger
train,- there seemed to be no "way 7to
avert - the - disaster. AH. these ' thoughts
flew through my brain in a•*" twinkling,*
and as I expected to meet death at my
post, I wondered who would care for my
two boys who would become orphans.
; "Fortunately, the siding was a short
one, and that fact, coupled with my rep
utation as a careful engineer, prevented-,
the disaster at the critical moment and
saved, the lives of many. The engineer
of the passenger train divined from * the
rumble made by my train that something
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unusual had .happened. He told -me af
terward." that--he knew . I would ; not have
approached that '- meeting place at such
a high rate of speed if everything was
all right. " ;. ..--.: •-.-.
', . - : MIRACULOUSLY . SAVED. , -v
v "When my";'train, was about 300; yards
from the express ,L saw a man run from
the engine _of the - expreai-i and throw | the
switch for me.! At' the same time I could
see. by the swinging of a lantern in the
express train that j the .a—fitch at the oth
er end the siding nad also been' open
ed. The disaster had ' been - averted.- My
train dashed onto the side track, past
the express and',.then'*"__t on the main
track again at thei_rate of . thirty-five
miles an hour, and ,L. cquld not bring It
to a standstill • until I was more than two
miles' past the station. Yiou r can . imagine
the effect upon the express .if the .en
gineer, had not .acted 'as he did. It is"
needless for me to add that '* during the
remainder of my career;* on • the rail I
never left my engine again in .charge of
.that, reman .or , any other fireman. One
such lesson was- enough t /tor ; me. . -V.77 ■
I '"Naturally, my. fireman was much cha
grined over his act, tfut'l never had con
fidence in him afterward. He had been
tried in the balance; and found --wanting.
A few years later he was promoted ;"t_»
be an engineer, and ..had been running
his engine but a short time when It ex
ploded, killing him, his fireman and a'
brakeman." .- " Z-ZZ7- -'■■■"•'■ •..' •
QUEER HOTELKEEPING.
Extraordinary Thin That Hap-
Z-Z' pened In a Nebraska Town. .**.-
Baltimore Sun.-' - •;•
A traveling salesman for a well known
Baltimore, firm . has just returned from
a six months' business trip through the
West. Last night he was invited'to' join
some of his friends,' and during the even
• ing told of many inclndents that had hap
pened to" him during his' trip. '>-.
■' "The greatest man for anecdotes that
I ever heard of,"i,said the salesman, "was
a hotelkeeper In Julian, ifeb. He kept
a small place, but there certainly had
been a number of strange incidents with
in its walls, if" yOu were to believe the
proprietor. I don't say the man lied, but
he certainly did some remarkable tricks,
with the" truth. The first night I met him
he nearly knocked; my eye out, his talk
being . somewhat as follows: • *"
" 'Hotelkeeplrig is ,: a Strange.:. life and
we have to put up. with a great many
things to please our guests,. I remember
one night an old fellow with a bronzed
complexion came Into- the ; hotel and ask
ed for a "room;. He;: was ' accommodated,
but stayed upstairs : only a few - minutes,
after which he came down and said that
he was a sea captain ; and could hot sleep
In such a quiet room. Don't you know
.that I had to put bin. -Into a room next,
to the bthroom and Seed' the water turn
ed on full all niglft*Ho that he could
sleep? -* 7*-.- -a "j* 7- " -
" 'But that's nothing *o the trouble I
had one day when -an (Indian medicine
show struck this town.-They had a troupe
of performers, ' some 'animals and a real,
live Eskimo. That feU'o^Sf"Was a bird. They
said he was ; from, Greenland, but he
.wasn't so green, I can tell you. He was
all - wrapped 'up in | furs, although J the
weather was warm*.!,jput-him. into a
nice comfortable ro^m; -find he kept the
bell ringing continually ordering absinthe
frappe every few minutes. Finally the
manager of the ■; show, who went up to
see why the Eskimo' was drinking .so
much, came down tmd'told me that the
little fellow was trying Ho ■'■- get cold and
couldn't sleep In that hot room. Don't you
know that before we could get that fel
low comfortable 7we 'had to put him to
bed in the refrigerator! "-* - •<
"'That was a fearful night and I'll
never forget it. They had a trained bear
with the show, and that animal was train-""
ed, let me tell..you. About an.. hour after
supper (the bear ate In the' dining room
Just like the other :i folks, sitting in a
chair) the 'bear tips 'ahd=- walks into the
bar, The man who trained aitMtold: _is to
give the bear some bottled beer. "Well,, the
bartender made a mistake, and put up
ginger ale and lost an earjjby his fool
ishness. You wouldn't believe It, but that
bear drank twenty-seven bottles of beer
without turning a- hai-r. It didn't even
make him talkative.--^ -i : .-- -.;- T - „,,,...,-.,
-"-^ SJL* aid _before' was a- fearful
night. The other things were bad enough
but when one of the small snakes got
loose and crawled up the* speaking tube
we were nearly ont of Our senses. The
bells kept ringing and the tubes whistling *
fhe «-°„?" (4 , hRd 'th*" "erve -to'^nswer
the „A; A man **° hi ß "ear ; to ;
one of those tubes * was- liable to have
the snake come out and bite him We
never did US the tubes any more but
Put in electrlct bells next week.' "
HOMING SENSE.
Interesting- Results From a Sorles
of Experiments' With Pl_reo__s.
St. Louis Democrat '
:. A well-known breeder of pigeons has
been experimenting to find out how these
birds are.able to reach their homes safe
ly after being released /many miles away
.In the first experiment a blind pigeon
was taken Into an'^operi7 field about ten
minutes . distance from the loft and there
released. The bird, -evidently bewildered
flew straight up* into the air, and when it
reached a considerable • height/wheeled
around . for some minutes, finally going
In a direction; directly opposite to its
home. It was neve}- again. On an- -
other day ; when the Weather was cold
and calm and snow covered the ground
and the roofs of ■ the houses, six pigeons
were taken about 1 twenty miles from
their loft in a southerly direction and
were set free about 10 o'clock In the
morning. They all mounted to a great
height and flew round and round for
awhile, evidently looking for signs of
home. Finally, two struck the right di
rection, a third flew' to a strange loft and
the three others returned to the spot
where they were released, it was noon
the following day before the two that
had pointed for home" returned to their
loft. They were very tired. . Next day
two others came home, almost dead from
hunger. The fifth remained in its new
home and the sixth disappeared. After
this, strong and experienced birds were
released on a . foggy day. about twenty
miles from " their loft. One flew out to
the westward instead 'of 7 going straight
for home by a northerly line and arrived
in three hours and twenty-one minutes.
Two others took four hours and the rest
did not reach' the "loft until J much later
and after.he fog had melted away. The
same ten .pigeons .were released a few
days later at the same placed the weather
,being clear and' the wind; favorable and
almost .all returned to the loft within
•forty minutes. On a dark night when
a strong north wind was blowing five
birds were set free about a mile" away
and in. a southerly direction. Not one
came home during the night, four return
,ed in the morning. and the . fifth never
carrie. back. In the final experiment six
old birds were released In. the dark, first
at 600 yards from" the'loft, then at three
fourths of a mile and finally at a mile
and a half. 7 Each" time they quickly and
easily found the iort.' It is concluded
from these ' experiinerit8 r that carrier pig
eons > are greatly; fh'ttebted 7 for their
.'strange power to ihe^'wonderful develop
ment of their sense of-sight as well as' to
their faculty of remembering localities. It
is still !; thought >*Jsr£. scientists, - however,
that 7 other factors - enter into..- the true
explanation of the"characteristics; of the
:homing pigeon, and".Mr. Rodenbacb,. a
Belgian rauthorityobh"plgeon; lore, is now
engaged in folio wing up the subject. "p "'■""'
■' " ' . ' nA I "' '"-— —""'XX-
A RHAPSODY! OF JUNE.
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The wondrous das"s'June are here.
And gorgeous blooms (the chanticleer. W.-J' 1.
The ruby-breasted asymptote
Doth supersede the*bil)y-goat; .. :'-'~cii)
.While from the distant shimmering hills
We hear the caroling Sarsaparllls. " ;--,.
Across the way the violet hues •
Of snolleygosters'do enthuse ; '" ,',
The roadscape, as It winds Its way ■
'Twixt gutter-kerb and roundelay. ".'-'*••".
And listen—in the garden-patch '•;', -•
The, hired man doth gayly snatch s ;
His. grand sonorous restful sleep* „-.
Regardless of. the glowworm's peep, .
Or: of the pink-cheeked angle 7 worm; *■;,.
Who on i the lilac-bush doth squirm. .
And O, the scrumptious -clouds, that- rise .
And thunder through the saffron; skies ".
r ;:;;■-. -„■— ; ->-{--.* —Harper's -Bazar.* '*■
The while the lightning strikes the root. '7
.And gambols like an opera, bouffel "
JUNK 14, 1899. x
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- NATURE'S FREAKS 7!
As Developed In 7 the Antlers .of
Moose and Caribou, .y. r..-. .'•„;.'.'
New. York Journal. f:
Among 7 the trophies exhibited in the
window of a Broadway;'gun ; shop is a
moose head with a curious development
.of the antlers. Instead of the usual pair
of palms this head bears three palma
tlons— on the right side and one on
the left. -; .' .*-. .
a ßy what mischance of nature this freak
resulted no one seems to be able to say.
"Usually a. deformity in the horns of a
moose, deer or caribou is due to an.in-
Jury. Iv the case of this moose, how
.ever, there is no appearence of a hurt.
It seems to be a freak in the growth
'purely. ZXZZ
A curious' feature concerning It is .that!
during the same' year it was klled an
other moose with a similar deformity.was
shot within a few miles of where it fell.
This, was In Nova Scotia:. 5 .'•--■•. --.:-.•:•■■- -„
Still another 7' moose head with curious
antlers fell to the gun" of a New Yorker
a year ago In Quebec. This bull was shot
on the Upper Ottawa, and has the dis
tinction of having four palms, or flatten
ing of the .antlers. : ' /
-Two are the usual upper palmatlbns,
the other twobetng broadenings 7of the .
brow pieces—a rare, development. 7 Dr.
Parker Syms was the lucky sportsman
that shot this bull.
The prize bull moose of all those shot
by New Yorkers, however, was the one
killed by "W.L. Pierce on Hamilton Lake
a year ago last September. The right
hand horn, through som*» cause, had
grown down over its eye, so that the bull
was virtually blind upon that side. In"
other respects the animal was sound and
vigorous. Zy~y.' -v-~x '~z.-:
In the way of caribou horns the head
exhibited by John W. Hunt, of Louis
ville, Ky., In the last sportsmen's show,
is a marvel. The right hand horn is as
flat and wide as that of a full-grown
moose, while the left hand one Is round
and tapering.
The bull that bore this set of antlers
was shot last October on the head waters
of ;the Little Toblque, In' New Bruns
wick.
RUSSIAN CUSTOM
Of Placing an Inscribed Sliver Plate
on Her Warships.
Washington Cor. New York Sun. ; /;
A Russian custom, which has prevailed
since the earliest days "of her " naval
power, of firmly rlvltlng to some part j
of a now warship a silver plate, bearing
inscriptions and with a fac-similie of the
craft engraved In the center, is to be car
ried out at the Cramps ' shipyard next
week on one of - the new battleships
building there for the Russian navy. The
-plate is always placed on some part of
the vessel, generally below the water line,
where It is little liable to injury, and
where it Is expected to remain as long
as the ship Is in service. Those built '
abroad for Russia's navy are not except
ed, although the same elaborate cere
monies, such as prevail in a home ship
yard, are not observed. There the placing
of the plate it attended with much cere
mony, priest being present to conduct
religious exercises and. a detachment to
fire a salute. Other plates similar to -She
one fastened to the ship are made, and
one is presented to the emporer,. another
to the empress and others to the members
of the admiralty.board; high ranking na
val officials and other dignitaries. . -?_**•
- Cramp, who Is now building a battle
ship and armored crusier for Russia, has
arranged for an observance of the cus
tom some time next,week, when he will
put near the magazine of the. ship a silver
plate, suitably inscribed with the name of
the ship and the date, of her launching,
and bearing a beautiful engraving, of the
craft as she will appear when In commis
sion: Twenty additional plates have been
made for presentation to the royal family
and the leading Russian naval officials.
J The same practice .will. be. followed short
ly with armored cruiser, although in both
•instances .the religious ; exercises' will 7be
omitted. ';-.':•-■; *"£f -'•*■ ££■ :"-:' •*!'■" '-"'' .*"■ - -.7 '
X i 'X "ANTT-DIATHESIS.'."' : ;
Dootor Investigates the Peculiari
.} „'. „---ij,, ties of the Faddist. *■ -':•<
•London -Globe; '"•••*■ -'- Zi. "•' "'-'-."
It is stated'that an American physician'
has been making some investigations into
the peculiarities of rabid teetotalers, . big
oted vegetarians, confirmed opponents' to
tobacco;, haters' of the theater and all its
works and, in fact, of;" all those whose
GIVE THE CHILDREN A DRINK
Called Grain-O. It is a delicious, appe
tizing, nounshing food drink to take the
place of; coffee.' Sold by. all grocers and
liked -by. all who '" have used it -because
when properly • prepared' it' tastes like the
finest. coffee, but Is free from - all .- Its . In
jurious .properties.-*,*• Grain-O aids 7 diges
tion and •* strengthens *• the nerves. It ; is,
not a stimulant, but a health builder, and
children, as <■ well 7as adults, can drink it
with 7 groat ' benefit...; Costs - about 7*£ a*
much as coffee. 1* «nd 85. cents.:
chief characteristic is. an unreasoning
hatred of something which is much ap
preciated by the average man. His la
bors appear to have had - some rather
novel.results. Without" going into scien
tific details, we may say briefly that he
lumps together all the vagaries of the
aforesaid individuals aS due. to the: pos
session of what he terms the "anti" dia
thesis, which he claims is just as charac
teristic as the gouty or scrofulous di
athesis. -Without expressing a decided
opinion one way or the other, we may
say this idea Is borne out by one's every
day experience. - It Is perfectly true that
the out-and-out vegetarian is a vegeta
rian not so much from conviction as by
reason of the fact that he canot be any
thing else—from, temperament, in fact.
Also that the man who hates beef with a
hate of hates likewise b-lleves that 'death
lies in the cup, poison. In ; tobacco and
Utter perdition in dancing • and kindred
forms of amusement. I The theory enun
ciated by the medical man across the At
lantic is no new one; It is, in fact, as old
as the Atlantic itself, but to him. If the
information be correct, must-be given -the
credit' of first . investigating it! upon a
scientific basis. If the peculiarities of the
faddist are due to a physical cause* it is
possible that by proper treatment they
may. be remedied, if not altogether eradi
cated.' We have ;; certainly been on the
"wrong tack in jeering at him and taking
him gravely to task; instead of which we
ought, perhaps, to have been giving him
quinine and iron. ■
PLAGUED BY RATS.
Rodents Make Life Almost Unbeara
hie In an Ena-llsh Town.
London- Mail. -....-
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is badly
needed in the parish of St. Laurence,
Birmingham. ..The vicar. Rev. T. J. Bass,
and the.parishioners have long been try
ing to close a horse-slaughtering estab
lishment which .filled the air with disa
greeable odors. The yard Is now closed,,
but the rats, who grew fat on the horse
flesh boiled for London's cat meat, re
main. ..Up; they, swarm In multitudes
from the drains and out of the knocker's
yard, looking for something to devour.
They are large, fierce and cheeky. One
o'clock in the morning is the hour when
they swarm the thickest. -
They climb the walls of the houses and
run along the roofs; they descend into
the cellars and find their way Into the
shops. The passing policeman at day
break looks through the chinks of the
shutters and beholds the shop window
alive inside. Everything is eaten—bill
heads, account books, brown paper—
are not particular to a trifle. One busi
ness man, thinking to improve his Sun
day, killed on the morning of that day
16 In two hours. They are being caught
alive and sold at •3s the dozen. It is
easy to take five dozen at a catch.
. Some of the dwellers have thought to
protect themselves with cats, but one
householder lost eight cats In a short
time, and is now looking for another
abode. ZZZX-Z-'' ■ '--7>> '•.■:--;-
Windows dare not be left open at night.
Even chimneys have to be stopped. Bad
as the plague is the inhabitants would
rather suffer it than endure the old
trenchant smell which permeated every
thing and made the streets of this part
of the city a by-words. _..'..-.
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Ports In Cuba. -;:ZZ.
• There are fifty-four ports In the island
of Cuba, but only fifteen are open to the
world's commerce. • ■
k- ZJm^^^aX *"'" * MAN "__• "'~
L^l HAN I
J *V_T^\ Where Is
ap^l___P^T_->^l x HHwl <D' aw
w .33*23-* Your
gr Strength ?
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"rZ Where Is the vigor given you by nature? Where is vorii manly bearing.-your-hearty
grasp of the hand? Have you wasted It In .excesses arid dissipation"' .Is cone? is the
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nights in restless tossing? -: . . ■ :*-. -.. -
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yX. PLAGIARISTS SUICIDE.
Killed Himself on . LearninK That *
.His Theft Had Been Discovered. .
New York Times. . /'".'-
. Literary circles in Paris and Toulouse
are much " concerned over the suicide of"
Capt. Cassagnade. which occurred in
Beida a fortnight ago. He killed himself
on learning that the real author of a
poem for which the Academic dcs Jeux
Floraux had just crowned Cassagnade
hade made known the* theft and de
nounced the plagiarist. Capt. Cas
sagnade, who was stationed at the garri
son at Toulouse, was well known in Paris
Ss a writer of descriptive articles Of
travel In Mediterranean Africa that have
appeared from time to time in the jour-
nals and reviews, and asa writer of pas-'*
toral verse. It seems* that at/the spring
•union, of .the Academic the Golden Ama
ranth had been bestowed on 'the officer
for the excellence of -a poem'-that he had
submitted as original verse. The poem',
which comprised-120 stanzas, was entitled
"Conquete dcs Ames." The Oblden Ama
ranth had not been bestowed for fourteen
years. The day following the' publica
tion of' the decree awarding the prize to*
Capt. Cassagnade, M. Larlvand, an in
structor In the Toulaouse Lycee,.hap-•
pened to step Into a book store, and while
turning over the volumes he picked up
one containing the crowned poem. He at
once recognized "Conquete dcs Ames"' as
his own work,-with the exception of "the
first and last stanzas. He had published
the poem in a bordeaux review In 18!t0.
M. Larlvaud, after having consulted with
friends, caused the Golden Amaranth,
which had not yet been sent to Cas
sagnade, to be detained at the Academic.
The papers Immediately published the
circumstances of the case, and the sui
cide of the plagiarist followed.
Unique Violin.
A unique violin has been made by a Mis
souri man. The back is of cherry from a
table more than a century old, which for
merly belonged to the Howard-Payne
college. In the center of the back are
Inserted twenty-one pieces of wood from
the Holy Land, one being from a grape
vine that grew in the garden of Geth
semane. Around the margin are set in a
row * small pieces of wood, diamond
shaped, gathered from all over the civil
ized world. In one end of the back is in
serted a horseshoe made of castor wood,
and in the other end Is the Image of a
rabbit carved in cherry. There are, in
all, over 130 pieces of wood, and the only
tools used In the manufacture of the in
strument were a pocketknlfe and a half-
Inch chisel.
Women at University of Mlchlitan.
During the college year now closing
there have been. 683 women connected
with "the University of Michigan as. in
structors or students. The number of
women In the university faculties, in
cluding one full professor, Is ten.
, +* .
Increase In Price of Horses.
An extensive dealer in horses In Mis
souri says that he now finds It necessary
to pay $80 a head for animals that two
years ago he could have had in unlimited
numbers at no more than $50 each. • .;■.;"
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Niagara Falls. Further information call
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Paul.