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Speaking about centralization of power, the janitors of New York City have formed an association. The tongueless man and the man without a stomach are news features, but the heartless man and the man without brains are too common for notice. Mr. T. B. Grierson recently read In London a paper In which lie expressed a conviction that "unless steps are taken immediately to prevent it. Eng land's steel trade will become an in dustry of the past." The supreme court of Massachu setts decided the other day that the use of voting machines at elections is not illegal and there is a good pros pect of their early adoption by the cities and towns of the state. It is not customary to wear mourn ing for a very considerable time, but a regiment of British soldiers have worn it for over a century. They are the old 47th, the Loyal North Lancaster regiment, and their mourning is worn in memory of General Wolfe, killed at Quebec. Tills is an honor that no other man has attained. During the year ISC9 no less than 24.C21 human beings were killed by the bites of venomous snakes in India. The number was larger than in several preceding years because, it is thought, of the floods, which drove the snakes to the high lands, where the home steads are situated. Wild beats during the same year destroyed 29G6 human lives, tigers being responsible for 899 of the victims, wolves for 338, leopards for 327, while the remaining 1402 were killed by bears, elephants, hyenas, jackals, crocodiles and other animals. The destruction of cattle amounted to 89,238 killed by wild beasts and 9449 by snakes. These statistics are from the government report of India. There is a social crime that is grow ing rapidly in this country and which calls for the interference of severe enactments. Reference is made to family desertions, which is now re ceiving some attention by social inves tigators and judges of municipal courts, as well as state legislators. Obligations of marriage do not detor men from deserting wives and chil dren dependent upon them for sup port, and this is done without legal separation or seeming cause other than an unwillingness to care for the family they have sworn to protect, j This great evil, growing greater every year, should be taken up by our leg islature and a remedy applied to ade quately punish the deserters of families. So lax is the enforcement of soma of our own municipal laws and ordi, nanc.s that it is of some interest tq observe the Englishman in London making similar complaint as to the smoke nuisance. It is pointed out that though the sanitary authorities have ample power to prevent the smoke nuisance, no action has yet been j taken. The smoke nuisance is held responsible for much of the gloomy and foggy conditions so common in London, and it Is as serted that the nuisance is "rapidly j becoming a menace to health as well as to the appearance of the metropo lis." The evil has become so great and the public authorities have been I so lax in dealing with it that now a private society has taken upon itself to attempt to abate the nuisance. , Fifteen bushels of flax from Argen tina, South America, were sown as an experiment In North Dakota last year, and ttie result was so satisfactory Hint li.bill) bushels will be sown tills year on about 12,000 acres of land. This flax is larger, plumper and is sai.i in contain several per cent more of oil than I lie native flat. The seed used In Argentina came originally from Russia. TWO TOILERS. I. "With weary brain and aching heart I greet another day; A hasty bite, and I must start Upon my weary way; The sun may 6hine above my head and soft, sweet winds may blow, But what are fair, blue skies to me? With tired feet I go To labor where no sunshine falls, Shut in by cheerless, dingy walls, Estranged from all but woe. "The day is done, but what have I That it has brought to me? The sinking sun may gild the sky- Why should I stay to see?— I that am doomed to merely rise and toil all day and then. Lie down to troubled sleep awhile and toil away again?— Day after day the same old round Until some day the welcome ground Shall hide my face from men?" iff § The j(ris the Plain IJafidlc. § I $ By Frederic Coleman. \/+\s+\y+ \/ \/\/*s/\/4\/i\/i\/♦\/*\/*\/\/\/ \/"\/*z'*a\/♦ \ t'pon my return to Manila in the spring of 1000 from a four months' so journ in the Southern Philippines I ■was reminded by my friend Feldman that I had promised, before starting for the sonth, to purchase for htm a fine kris, a weapon much in evidence among the savage tribes of tho islands of Mindanao and Jolo. I accordingly asked my friend to drop into my quarters and select a weapon to ids liking from my store of 200 or more krises. Feldman lost no time In calling on me, and after some hesitation, owing to his Inability to de cide between a beautiful "snake-krls" from tho Lake Lanao country, which had a flue ivory handle, and a Jolo I weapon, the handle of which was cov | ered with leaf-gold, hammered from ! Spanish coins, he selected the former, as Lake Lanao curios are extremely | rare. Before Feldman left tho room, however, he spied a peculiar kris with n plain wooden handle wrapped with strong black thread, which was lying on my writing desk. The blade of this weapon was inlaid with silver, and tbe curves at its base began in wide sweeps at the hilt, and ceased alto gether at the centre of the blade, leav ing tho point straight lor at least a foot and a half. "I say, old man," said my friend, picking up the kris with the plain ban die, "I didn't see this one. It Isn't very elaborate as to finish, but It cer tainly has a sinister look of business about it. If you have no objections, I think I will take it in preference to the 'snake.' Do you know, I wouldn't wonder if that knife had a history. Where did it come from?" Feldman was right in Ids surmise. The kris with the plain handle had a history, and that a pretty exciting one. Tho odd thing about it was that no one knew that history better than my j self, for I saw the keen, cruel knife sating its lust for blood one day, and could give direct testimony' to the ef fect that it had tgken the lives of at least five hfirafl" beings, besides Wounding and'riiaiming as many more. It was early Januaiy Tn Parang-Pa rang, a town oh the south coast of Mindanao, and the day of an event of tile greatest interest to the inhabitants. The company of American soldiers which had been detailed to garrison Parang-Parang had arrived in the morning, and the vertical rays of the fierce tropical sun at noouday were bpating down as if bent on showing the newcomers how hot they couiil make a day along tile seventh parallel of latitude. The people of the town were enjoying their siestas after the excitement caused by the coming of the first Americans they had over seen —with the exception of Major Brett, Governor of Cotta-ltato, and myself, who had visited Parang-Parang a few weeks before. Tho landing of the troops had keen effected in the most satisfactory mannet, and the soldiers were quartered temporarily in the ce ment church of the town, as tho old Spanish barracks were in a most un sanitary condition. Parang-Parang bears rather a bad reputation. As a post of tbe soldiers of Spain it caused the Dons nearly as much trouble as all tho rest of the great, unruly, unexplored Island of Mindanao put together. Nearly r.OO Spanish soldiers were killed in and about Parang-Parang during tho scant eight years that Spain maintained a garrison there. One day I was standing in tho main street of Parang-Parang, unmindful of the heat, engaged in an earnest en deavor to induce a big, ugly Moro to place a price oil ids kris, the blade of which was of uncommon pattern, al though the knife bore a plain handle and the sheath was devoid of orna ment. As was frequently tho case among the Moros, the owner of the kris (lid not caro to part with it, and would not consider auy offer, no mat ter bow extravagant. In reply to my question as to why so line a blade should be fitted to so plain a handle ho answered, in a surly tone, that lie kept his weapon for use and not for sale. The remark was one I bad heard frequently before, in reply to similar questions, but I had good cause to re member it later in the day. When the cool of tho evening began to replace tbe heat of the day the en tire population of Parang-Parang turned out to see the "Americanos." The Datto Uttnmnma Baqui, the chief among the Moros, who lived in the vi cinity of the town, was standing in tho main street, not l'ar from the cliurcli where the Americans were quartered, surrounded by a large group of his re tainers and followers. Suddenly a commotion was notice able a few hundred yards up the street. n; "The smiheans play across my way. The wind blows soft and sweet; The sky is smiling down to-day, And I, with dancing feet, Speed onward to the duties that still claim my faithful care Ayt to the pleasures that arise from faithful service there— And in my heart I'll bear along A little of the West Wind's song For those I love to share. "My tasks are done—a golden glow Spreads out across the sky. And still the sweet wind whispers low. Still sings the song that I Have, with a haunting gladness hummed through all the blissful day, And all the world seems happy as I hurry on my way To smiling lips and loving arms— My path is through a land of charms Where pleasing fancies play. —S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Kecord-Herald. Attracted by the sound of cries wc at once centred onr Interest on the stnl wart figure of a man who came run ning toward the little group, in the centre of which stood the Datto and myself. As the approaching figure drew near I noticed with surprise that It was the fierce-looking, surly Moro whose plain-handled krls I had en deavored to purchase from him earlier In the day. The weapon, unshathed, was in his right hand as he ran rapid ly toward us, and we could see blood upon his sleeve and upper garments. When the Datto heard tho clamor and saw the man running toward him with the naked Weapon he supposed that the participant, or possibly tho survivor, of some Moro altercation was coming to him, either in search of jus tice at Baqui's hands or else protection from Ills enemies. If such was the supposition that the Datto placed upon the case he was soon proved wofully In error. The Moro had been engaged in altercation, true enough, but, as we subsequently learned, he had little thought of seek ing for justice or protection. The events which had transpired a few mo ments before were of such a nature that the Moro knew his part In them deserved little else than death. More over, he knew that It was Ills fate that his life should be forfeited should his townsmen be able to take it before he escaped from their midst. For the Moro had the blood of two women of his family on the krls with the plain handle, and by tho Moro law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth Ills life was already declared forfeited to tho members of the family of the dead women. , ' .V; . The commencement of the trouble and Its cause will ever remain un known—as is often Uiij case ia an "amok." The Moro Became enraged with Ills wife for sonic reason known only to themselves, and in the heat of his' anger adopted a course not uncom mon in Moro-land. He attacked his spouse with his keen U.rls, add, driving her before liim to the front 'part of the house, finally overtook and killed her. They were alone In the house at the time, and as the building was some what Isolated several minutes elapsed before those who heard her screams arrived on tho scene. By that time her cries had ceased and her troubles were over. That her struggles must have been frantic in the extreme was proved by the condition of the dwell ing. Leaving her mangled form, the Moro ran towards the stairway at the rear of the house, and met another woman of his family as she was ascending the stairs, attracted by tho screams of her neighbor. By that time tlic vengeful blood-lust which filled the maddened Moro's mind had gained complete con trol of him. Swinging liis krls over his head he cut liis second victim from the shoul der-blade to tlie waist, leaving her in her dcatli-agonies where he had struck her down. By tills time half-a-dozen people were at the foot of tha stair way, but the murderer jumped down the steps and ran by them so swiftly that they had 110 opportunity of learn ing the extent of Ills crime before lie had passed around the corner of the house and was at some distance from it. In an instant, however, two or three of his townsmen discovered the mangled form at the top of the stair way, and started off on the trail of the fugitive, crying, 'EI Moro, el Moro!" words whose significance were that someone had "run amok"—and calling upon anyone who had the opportunity to assist in capturing or killing him. As the Mdi-o, now become a renegade, passed the first house on liis way tow ards the centre of the town several lances were hurled at his retreating figure, though none of tliem found their mark. It might ocera peculiar that the rene gade should make for the centre cf the town; but that was his shortest route to the shore of the bay, where he could obtain a boat and suou place himself In the hands of a rival Datto on the opposite shore a few miles distant. This was no doubt his Intention. As Datto Baqui stepped from out tile crowd about him, and walked toward the approaching Moro, he put up his hand as If to stop him, at tho same Umo inquiring the cause of the distur bance. in answer, however, the naif crazed man swung Ills krls at full arm's length around Ills head, and, without doubt, had the weapon landed where tho Moro intended, it would have severed the old chief's head from his body. But Uttamama Baqul was a Moro himtelf, aud won his way to power iu Moro-land as much by the strength of his good right arm as by his powers of diplomacy. Although sixty years of age, he was still agile, and the scars of combat, which cov ered him from head to foot, were evi dence of his years of experience. He had learned that to evade a blow was far better policy than to met it. He saw the deadily gleam of his assail ant's eye and the evil intent it bore before tiie krls was fairly on its way! By a clever duck of his head he es caped what seemed for a moment to be certain death. The weapon fell, but its razor-edge missed the Datto. cut well into the neck of the servant fol lowing closely behind him, and added a third to the list of Its Victims. An other stroke of the cruel krls ended the life of- one of the Datto's hench men who stood In the path of the mur derous Moro's escape. So suddenly was the whole affair concluded that scarcely another weapon was drawn before the list of deaths to be credited to the krls with the plain handle had been swelled to four. In cutting his way through the crowd, most of whom had made a wild break-away from tlie affair, no fewer than five of his fellow-townsmen wore wounded by the renegade. Incredible as It may Beem, the fleeing Mora gained tlie farther edge of the crowd and obtained a good start, unscathed, before the Datto's warriors had gath ered their scattered wits and given cliase. A shot was fired at the re treating figure; but the Moros are no luarksinon, and he stood iu no danger from tlieir guns. It seemed for the moment as though the man might make good his escape. Indeed, such might have been the outcome had not the desire to take human life been so strong within him. As he was running down tho road he met an aged and Infirm Moro who happened to he pnssing, and although the old man was too weak to prove a fit antagonist for a mere child, the murderer censed Ills flight long enough to bury tiie liris with the plain han dle from the crown to chin, straight through -lie head of tho old patriarch of tiie village. The blow that robbed the old man of his life, however, proved tlie Indirect means of the assassin's death. Be fore tlie maddened Moro had time again to raise the dripping blade the campllnns and krlses of tho avengers had struck deep into his head, neck, side and back, and the spark of life loft his mangled body before ho could emit a single groan. When I arrived at tho depot a mo ment later the krls with tlie wooden handle was lying unnoticed In the long grass a few yards from tho corpse of its former owner. I picked It up, and subsequently obtained the permission of Datto Baqui to keep It as a souve nir of the lurid event. All this went 011 in the very midst of the, town, jjn £ jjJrSjjjjgt within i stone's throw of the American troops'as .they were lounging about their quarters, It hen tho Moros scattered in every di rection, crying "El Moro, El Moro!" at the top of their lungs, Captain Gillen wator, the commander, drew liis corn panf qiilcltly and quietly into line,'not aware of th§ nature of the excitement, but resolved to he prepared to meet whatever developments might ensue. The whole affair was over, however, la far less time than tt has taken to tell It, and tlie Americans breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that the Moro who "ran amok" would run no more. That is the story of tho kris with the wooden handle which now forms the gem of my friend Feldmnn's collec tion.—The World Wide Magazine, A FUNSTON STORY. Tlie Gallant Kansau's Exciting Experi ences With a Co\rboy. This Is the season for the Funston story. Some of tlie anecdotes told In reference to the captor of Aguinaldo are more or less apocryphal, but until the gallant general comes back from the Philippines to deny them they will probably pass unchallenged, which lias been the case with a yarn that originated somewhere in the West. After Funston's brief but exciting experience In journalism ho became a conductor on the Santa Fe line, and In this capuelty found himself In al most daily association with various tough tilings in the cowboy line. One. day a cattle puncher who had Imbibed more whisky than was good for his nerves boarded Funston's train at a way station, and Immediately began to make trouble. Itefusing to pay his fare and shooting holes In the celling of tho car proved to be among liis spe ellatles. He was a deal bigger than FunstOn, but the latter did not hesi tate to emphasize his authority by kicking tho fellow's pistol from Ills hand and throwing niui off the train. The cowboy grabbed a chunk of bal last and smashed a ear window; then he fled down the track, with Funston in hot pursuit, and flinging gravel af ter the fugitive as he ran. Finally the cowboy got away and his pursuer, tired and breathless, returned to his train. The chase had occupied some thing over half an hour and Funston's train was just so much behindhand at the end of the run. The divisional su perintendent made an inquiry and Funston explained. "You did right to fire him," said the superintendent, "but what did you chase him for?" "Because I was mad," replied the conductor. "You would he mad, too, if anybody flung a rock through your window." "Probably," said the superintendent, "but I wouldn't do It again if I were you."—Brooklyn Eagle. Berlin Has Too Many I-adleg. According to the census recently tak en In Germany, there arc 952.31G fe males in the German capital, and 901,- SO3 males, the former thus exceeding the male population by SU.OII. THE TROOPS IN CHINA WHAT THEY EAT AND HOW THEY ARE LOOKED AFTER; Til* Camp Arrangement* of tlie Different NatluA* Were All Dlaslmllnr Our Trooj 0 Pali! Small Attention to Dress —ltutalnn* Unci the Best Cooking. The report of Captain Thomas Franklin, of our commissary corps, al ready referred to in these dispatches, Fives n very interesting account of the way the various troops were fed and cared for during the campaign of the allies in China. The Japanese has rice bread, dried fish and tea, which tlioy supplemented by the use of the sheep and cattle the country produced. They also had American canned meats, hut these were not used freely, and seemed to be more in the nature of a special or emergency arti cle of their diet. The British white troops had a ration similar to ours in duality and quantity, but not so varied cr flexible. They used tea in stead of coffee. The British Indian troops had about three-quarters of a pound of four, about one pound of rice, one gill of vegetable oil, rait, and once a week a pound of fresh meat, bone and all. The Siliks ate only meat or goat, but the Mohammedans ate everything except pork. The ltus sluns had little besides a biack bread and soup. They were given quarter pound cans of some sort of meat preparation at Intervals, much in the same way as the Japanese used American meats. They had the finest cooking arrangement, though, of any. On a sprlugless wngon was mounted a iron furnace under a semi-spherical boiler, water-jacketed. The boiler was fitted with a tight cover and the whole was very strongly and compactly built. Into this they put all the ma terials for a soup or stow that they possessed—and nothing came amiss— screwed down the cover, lighted the fire, anil away Vent the perambulat ing soup tureen with its company. •When they made camp all they had to do was to "stack arms," and then march past the soup machine, the cook opening a faucet, and each man receiving his ration of hot, well-cooked thick soup; the assistant cook in the meantime was cliopplng up a loaf of black bread with an axe, and each man got a liberal chunk. The camp arrangements of the dif ferent nations varied as much as their nations. The Americans appear to have kept the cleanest and best po liced camps. All garbage was prompt ly removed and buried in pits at a distance, and other offal lime (J or coh ered with dry earth daily. The British kept fairly cleap camps, but In a Spasmodic'why. They would let them get dirty and tpen turn a thousand coolies loose anil do a week's cleaning Tfl t\vo hours. The Japanese kept their lmme3lat£ quarters clean, hut_ wore not at all particular concerning their surroundings. The Russians and French paid little attention to camp sanitation, and but for the cool weath er In September would probably have had a hard time. On the other hand, the Germans kept their camps very clean and guarded the health of their then by the most stringent rules, but withal had the biggest sick report of any . . : ;>•• ' The American transportation ar rangement seems to have surprised the foreigners. We used light wagons, loaded with from 3300 to 4000 pounds, so as to defy the muddy roads. One man cared for lour mules, and each mule hauled from 700 to 1000 pounds of stores. The other armies depended on carts which carried loads of only 300 pounds per animal, and cacli ani mal required one man to care for it. The way our mules followed the bell mare excited general interest; a herd of fifty mules would be turned loose and kept under control by two or three men, and when in harness they could he driven without any change of speed over a crowded road or through the layhriuthiue streets of Chinese cities. The Japanese had many little stal lions Ty'lth shaggy manes anil bulging eyes, serving as pack-horses with panniers, each led by a soldier. Be sides these they had a multitude of small one-horse carts, consisting of a light platform, with neither sides nor ends, mounted on two small wheels. The Russians also had carts larger than the Japanese, witli flaring sides and ends and drawn by Mon ehurlnn ponies of great strength. The British had a number of active, vicious little pack mules, led tandem, three in a bunch, a coolie lending the head mule. The burdens were held in place by an ingenious apparatus with loops and hooks, but the load did not stay on If the mule trotted or acted fool ish. The same army lind also at first a number of cares with wooden axles and solid wooden wheels, which proved too cumbrous aud were cast aside all along the road. Afterwards some very good carts, steel built, ar rived l'rom India and proved service able. The French, Italians and Aus trians had no transportation except what they picked up In the country. The Germans were similarly lacking until late in the season, when a large number of military baggage wagons reached them. These wagons were not nearly the equal of ours In shape, capacity or strength, and required two teamsters to our one. All the foreigners appear to have paid more attention to the appearance of their uniforms than our troops did, but to have been lessi sensibly dressed. In hats and shoes our men were bet ter off than any, and their blue flannel shirts were greatly admired. The Japanese marched with very light equipments, but seemed to have all they wanted. The British troops were also lightly loaded. But both these nations tool; along a small army of coolies to attend upon their men. The Russians carried little. Their rough blankets were rolled and the ends tied together, niul stuck into their soup cans and a wooden water bottle and a canvas haversack completed their outfit. The French and Italians car ried very heavy packs. The Germans were heavily laden and seemed to have a pelt and a pouneli for every thing from a pair of hoots to a meer schaum pipe. All the armies except the American revelled In color and gold lace In their winter uniforms, and had to spend much labor in keep ing themielves presentable.—Boston Transcript. repairing Wntclie* an Eay Task. "Repairing watches is an easy task now compared to what it was when I learned the trade," volunteered a watchmaker to a reporter. "As far as American-made watches are con cerned, there is practically no necessi ty in making anything any more, for all parts are sold by the factories and can he replaced instantly without any labor, excepting, of course, that re quired m taking the watch apart, re placing the injured or broken part and putting I: together again. This is an advantage in favor of the American watch, and is what is slowly, hut sure ly, driving the Swiss watch out of our market. The Swiss watch manufac turers will not sell parts by the quan tity to the trade. The result is that when new parts are needed to repair a Swiss watch it has to he made out right, and the watchmaker necessarily lias to charge considerable for the work. I got a bunch of wheels a few days ago, about 150 in all. In the regu lar trade way, for thirty cents. Any one of those wheels, if I had to make them by hand, would take at least a day."—Washington Star. Hawk and Huzzard Fight. The Observer saw a fierce aerial battle recently between a buzzard and' a hawk. The hawk had a nest in a giant sycamore along the Olentangy and the buzzard in flying over the tree had evidently gone too close to the nest of the hawk. The female bird loft her home and gave battle to tho sailing buzzard. The hawk would soar up above the buzzard and then come down with the rapidity of a stroke of lightning. Every time silo landed a few feathers would fly and tho luuo - ZiTrd "would croak out a protest. Final ly the "skeleton cleaner" evidently learned a little wisdom, and dodged •he hawk as she made her downward plunge. Then the ijjed the side attacks, and for'a time' the buzzard was powerless. Then he got oil the curves again, hut as far as the G'~ server could see the combat kept up. Tho buzzard's mate paid no attention to the trouble ids companion was in and calmly sailed along about a quar ter of a mile from where the tight between the welter and the heavy weight was waging. Columbus Dis- Phtc' l - , "" " Why the Chinaman iDifferent. lie shakes his own hand iustead of yours. . ... He keeps out of step when walking with you. He puts his hat on in salutation. He whitens his boots instead of blackening tbcin. He rides with Ids heel* in his stir rups instead of ids toes. His compass points south. ~ Ills wbiuen folks are often teen in "trousers, accompanied by men .a gowns. i Often lie throws away the fruit of the melon and eats the seeds. He laughs on receiving bad news, (lids is to deceive evil spirits). His left hand is the place of honor. He thinks it polite to ask your age and income. He says west-north Instead of north west, and sixths-lour Instead of four sixths. His favorite present to a parent is a cofliu.—Tit Bits. A Mechanical Answer. The well to do patron of the place had been attentive to the cashier for some time, and now, lnisiucss being slack for a few moments, he deemed the time propitious to speak. "If you will be mine," he urged as he leaned over tho desk, "every com fort that you may desire will lie yours. True, I am no longer young, but I have money, and I can provide for you as few young men could, and surely the material side of the mar riage question Is worthy of some con sideration." She said nothing, ' hut gently touched the cash register, and the words "Xo Sale" sprang Into view. With a sigh lie left.—Chicago Tost. Everybody Happy. A gentleman who had been in treucned behind a newspaper in a crowded car happened to look out of the tail of his eye and see a lady standing whom ho knew. He rose and was about to offer the lady his Beat when a colored man,, who thought lie was vacating ills seat, slipped into it. "Look here," said the riser, "X was going to give that sent to this lady." The colored man instantly arose with a profound bow. "Suttlnly, sah," he said, "I'm some thing of a lady's man myself, sah." And the lady was bowed into her seat amid smiles all around.—Pitts burg Chronicle-Telegraph. Slow Recruiting of the English Clergy, The steady and Increasing diminu tion in the number of candidates for holy orders in tho Church of England is a painful symptom. At the last ad vent ordinations only -lUS deacons and priests were ordained as against 510 . t the previous advent The seriousness of this condition of atfairs rises out of the fact that the population of Eng land is still increasing at the rate, it is said, of 300,000 per annum.—Church Eclectic.
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