Exeter Times, 1898-11-3, Page 7Wollien Guides in Berlin.
• .113erlin has now women guides for the
pity. They axe partly elderly, partly
raiddleettged ladies, with a certain am-
ount of knowledge of the world, &cane
aciquaintaricie wita languages and an
assured and amiable demeanor, to
lvhose care lone female travelers or the
_lady travelling parties recently im-
ported, fro ne Scandinavia and Ameri-
ca intrust themselves. Most of these
resolute persons are Russians or A.ue-
trians. They also do shopping and oth-
er business for people living out of
town.
Squire Clover listeaed in silence,
but with a quiet smile upon, his lila,
to his old cronies' yarns of their var-
'ous haps and mishaps in their young-
er days in trying to get possession of
the girl of their choice.
But after they had all sleeken he
knocked the ashes out of hie pipe, and,
proceeding to fill it, said:
"Ay, neighbors, y've told some pret-
ty queer stories, but 111 warrant I
can tell one that'll match aem. I rath-
er guetis 'twould astonish those ac-
quainted with my quiet, modest -look-
ing wife, yonder, to know how it was
that I thought of takin' her for bet-
ter or worse."
"Now, David," expostulated Mrs.
Clover, both reddening and smiling as
she met her husband's quizzical look.
"Why will you tell that silly story?
If you hadn't cered, to take me, you
could, have left me alone." .
".A.h, sure, it's easy talkin'," said
the squire,shaking his bead with de
mare gravity. "But when a girt—an
especially sich a preety one—flies di
redly into a, fellow's arms what else
can he do? That's what I'd like t
know I" (.
Mrs. Clover gathered up her work'
and ran away, and her husband, aft-
er shaking his jolly sides with silent
laughter, gradually recovered himself
- and proceeded to satisfy the curiosity
he had aroused, thus:
' "I was a poor boy, as perhaps ye
know, with nothin' but a pair of stout
arms an'. broad shoulders to push my
way in the world with.
"The summer I was twenty-one I
went to work for Sue's father. Mr.
Bean was a well-to-do farmer, and
Sue his only child. He wasn't any -
ways stuck up about his property, but
he set a great store by Sue, an' as he
knew that some day she'd have as
good a farm as there was in the coun-
try, nat'rally expected that the man
who got her would be able to give as
much as he took.
"So I had no more idea of ever ibein'
Sue's husband than I had of flyin',
• yit the fast time I set eyes on
her I knew, as well as I know now,
t t wonnther woman would ever be
to me what she was. ,
"They were real nice sort of folks,
who treated their help like their own
family, an' I soon began to feel at
home.
"All but with Sue; I couldn't seem
to say two or three words to her
without blunderine an' was always
doin' some awkward thing or other
when I went nigh her.
"I don't think I'd have felt quite
so shy if I'd have known her opinion
of me, for I wasn't a bad-lookin' chap
in my young days.
"I hadn't been to Mr. Bean's long
afore I found out that Sue had
beau. His name was Silas Peterkin,
son of the storekeeper down at the
village.
"He was a white-faced, slim -waisted
feller, with little hands an' feet, that
I'd been ashamed to own but which '
he seemed to feel mighty proud of. .
"Sue never seemed to act as though
she• had any partic lar Won' for Silas,
• but 'twas easy seen that the old folks '
met great store by him, an' was mighty,
pleasant at the idea of his steppixe up
• to their darter.
;
"So matters went on until Septem-
ber, when Mr. Bean give a huskin'
party. We young fellers set to work
with a will, an' afore sunset the corn
was all husked, an' piled, away, an'
the barn floor swept clean for the
dance an' supper he was to have in
the evenin'.
"Pretty soon the women folks be-
gan to flock in, but Sue was the pret-
tiest of the hull lot; dressed ill her;
white frock 'th the pink ribbon tied
around her waist.
"Silas Peterkin, he was there, of s
course, an' as soon, as I saw him I
went to the house.
As I was standin' on the back t
steps, out of sorts with myself an', I
everybody else. I heard a voice say: a
"'David ' g
'An' turnin' round I saw Sue,
lookin' as snailin' as a basket of chips, In
" you comin' down to the s
barn?' says she. r
" 'I rather guess I ain't vvantede na
'"Ooltn batik to the house, I shut ev-
ery door an' winder.
"Then tbinlein' of the folks in the
barn: I ran claWn through the gar-
den toward the Madder where it
Stood.
"But I had hardly gone two yards
before it came--lif tin' me off nay feet
itee laurlin' me against an opposite
fence
"/ picked myself up an' hurried on.
As come in sight of the barn—or,
rather where it once stood—the air
was filled with dust an' flyin' shin-
gles an' timber.
"As soon as it cleared away a bit,
saw Sue standin' in a most perilqus
position right in the midst of it I I
shouted to her to come away, and just
then the wind thole her uP, as if elle
was but a feather, bearire her direct-,
ly toward me. I opened my arms, an'
she came right into them:
"As she did so, one of the flyin'
sticks hit one of my arms, malein' it
useless, but holdin' her tight with the
other, I took her be some low bushes
in the little hollow between two
hills.
"Sue escaped without a scratch. Ma
arm was broken, but, considerin' who
nursed me, you needn't waste any
Pity on me for that l"
WHAT BLIND NEN DO.
Hide latencies end Horses and Lf sub Menu'
ah Taos.
One is sometimes almost inclined to
doubt if seeing is, after all, so neces-
sary a sense as it seems to us who en-
joy it. Blind people can, if they will,
do so many things which we are apt
to regard as reserved for men and
women with eyes. One of these is a
beind gentleman of Pais who has
taken to riding a bicycle. He does
ot indeed attempt to ride entirely
lone, but is accompanied by a friend
who touches him or his wheel from
' rom time to time in .such away as to
_ ssure him that he is getting in no
ne's way, and his way is clear.
e Other blind persons have clone things
ico, as remarkable as this. Mr. Edgar,
a. blind man who founded a
museum for the blind, was able to ri
tt horse, swim in the river, go abo
alone through the streets of Pari
and even to explore without a gui
through the precipitous mountain r
gion about Cauterets, in the Pyr
nees. He also wrote and published te
volumes of poetry—not so remarkab
an achievement for a blind perso
since poetry and blindness are ofte
found, in company. A still more r
markable blind man was Vidal, th
sculptor, who indeed learned his ar
while seeing, and, lost his sight at th
age of 28. Be was not discouraged b
this calamity but became a aculpto
of animals. He was so proud of h
triumph over misfortune that he sign
ed all his blind work "Vidal aveugle
—Vidal the blind man.
HER EXTORTIONS AND CRUEI0TIES'
.DESCRIBED BY A SPANIARD.
S )(trees of Weykaos Farninic—'1 he 'll'ax-Iture
leetives—Olinneo's Punishment of
a tentactone Murderer -Neogene' of hr.
ilebtai-autetia Eguo mintehol by Itattlatia
Dia Pinto de Guintares, a Spaniard
and resident of Manila, prints in the
Revue des Revues of Paris an article
on "The Spanish Reign of Terror in
the Philippines." In it he says;
"No stranger can form any ,idea of
Vexations, formalities and regulations
so ruinous to private and public in-
terests as thoee which the Spanish of-
ficials have invented and put in force
in ta Philippines. These gentlemen
have but one object in life, to make'
as large a fortune as possible daring
their terms of three or six years in
the archipelago and then return to
Spain to escape the curses of the un-
happy natives. The notorious Gen,
Wenler was Governor-General of the
Philippines for three years and was a
shining model of well -regulated econ-
omy. His annual pay was $40,000.
Out of this custom compelled him to
disburse large sums for his personal
expenses' and to subscribe generously
to various public works and charities.
Not -Withstanding all these demands
upon his purse Ellie prudent General
contrived to economize and depd'sited
In bank, at London and Paris, an
amount which his own compatriots es- '
for his cruelty, kicked him downstairs(
The General knew taat if he bad
court-martialled this. °Meer the latter
shocking
sen waccjiti4bteed. tate of Dr.
Itizal. This eatnueiastia patriot was
an Intelligent, learned man, who had
been educated in Spain and Prance.
For writing a hook against Spanish op-
pression he was exiled to the island of
1)apitan. There he met a young wo-
man of Irish 'parentage, with whom
he fell in love. They were engag-
ed, to be married when, on some pre-
text, the doctor was brought back to
Manila, sent to Madrid to be tried, and
from Madrid sent back to Manila. The
GuahntaellpsY tgirl resttowehfOmt hekestwoArs: betroth-
" `RVery one knew that Dr, Rizal
was innocent, All that could • be
brought against him was the publica-
tion of his book, and the Spanish of -
read ' itroNetvreierathehtiets,hahde never
°Croenn-
:lame )d to deatb. I then asked per-
mission to be married to him, and
they granted my request, thinking to
add- to .the horror of his martyrdom.
The marriage was celebrated by a
friar the same day on winch he was
sentenced. I passed that whole night
on my knees in prayer before the pri-
son door which shut my husband from
me. Wheh morning dawned' the doe -
tar came out surrounded by soldier's,
Ins hands bound behind his back.
'they took him to the -Luneta, the
fashionable promenade of the city,
where all military executions take
Place. The Lieutenant in command of
the firing party asked "my husband
where he Would prefer to be shot. He
replied. "Through the heart." "Im-
possible." said the Lieutenant. "Such a
smf:elvdnoitre is granted only to men of rank.
you will be shot in the back," A mo-
rasftsehraunityedhusband was dead. The
timated at from $2,500,000, to 0,000,-
000. The conduct of his successor, Des-
Vijol, gives a clue to the mystery of
the General's economics. On the day
pf the arrival of this new Governor-
alen-eral at Manila one of the richest
;Chinese merchants of the city offered
de
ut ym a present of
sa $10,000 AS A TRIBUTE
e_ of respect and esteem and was struck
e_ in the face for his pains.
vo "The officers composing the central
he Government at Manila are many and
n well paid. The islands are divided
e_ into military, civil and mixed provin-
e cia,1 Governments. Each is compond
t
of a Governor and. a numerous
y staff, all paid, from the revenues of
✓ their Governorships. This system gives
is ample opportunity for fiscal rnalver-
,; sion and oppression which fall upon
the unhappy natives. Under Spanish
law every inhabitant of the colony is
compelled to carry a personal card
which answers the purpose of a pass-
.- Port. No one can travel without one.
o Its cost varies from $2.50 to $25 and ,
✓ it must; be renewed annually, Those C
1 who pity less than a3.50 are compelled f
e to give their personal labor to the
, Government for fifteen days or pay an
f additional tax of $7.50. As the daily
h wages of workers ranges from 5 to 50
y cents, the severity with which this
A PEASANT WEDDING.
Mrs. Alec Tweedie, in her journey
bags through Finland, appears t
have displayed a happy aptitude fo
forming friendly relations with al
sorts and conditions of people. At on
peasant cottage of the poorest sort
where she stopped tea buy a bowl o
milk, she fell into conversation wit
its mistress a clean and apparentl
aged woman, clad in a short serge skirt
a loose white chemise and a stripe
apron of many colors—these simple gar
mants being all of her own weaving
Over her head she wore a black cash
mere kerchief.
Her face might have belonged to a
woman of a hundred or a voitch of an
cient times, it was so wrinkled and tan
ned; her hands were hard and horny
and yet, after half an hour's conversa-
tion, we discovered she was only about
fifty-five!'
Hard work, poor food and life in dark
ill -ventilated, Smoky cottages, age the
peasants fast; at seventeen many a
girl begins to look Elee an old woman.
The old, or middle-aged, woman was
a cheerful and friendly soul and was
soon beguiled, by the visitor's com-
ments on a woven band banging in
sight, into narrating an episode of fam-
ily history. It had been one of the
presents given by her son, on his mar-
riage, to his groomsman. He had
marrie,d a girl of another village—ask-
ing her hand in accordance with im-
memorial Finnish custom, through a
puhemies, or spokesman, a kind of
preliminary best man, who must do all
the talking while the suitor himself
sets dumb, Being accepted, he .ex-
changedtings with his betrothed, and
gave her father the usual kihlarat.
"What is that ?" the visitor asked.
"Way, it is a sort of deposit given to
e girl's father to show he really
means to marry the girl—a cow or
omethiag of that sort."
A two years' engagement, during
which the young people were earning
heir household equipments, was fol -
owed by a grand wedding, celebrated,
a usual in Finland, at the bride -
room's house. -
"It is a very expensive thing to get
=led," said the mother, "and my
on had to give many presents to the
ather-in-law, mother-in-law, brides,
aids and groomsmen. To all the
ridesmaids he gave stockings, that
tang the fashion Of oar country: to
"HURRAH FOR SPAIN,"
and L "Hurrah for the Philippines
and death to Spain." I asked for the
body. It was refused me. Then I
swore to avenge his death. I secured
a revolver and dagger and joined the
rebels. They gave me a Nfauser rifle,
and the Philippines will be free."
"An execution at the Luneta was
considered in the light of a spectacle.
It usually took place in the cool of the
early morning. , Hundreds of women
of the upper classes were Present.
The spectators stood up in their car-
riages and drank champagne while
waiting for the appointed hour. When
the officer in command of the firing
party 'lowered his sword and the shots
rang out the women waved their
handkerchiefs and sunshades joyously.
The firing squads for these barbarous
executions were each made up of five
men placed about ten paces from the
condemned and were at first com-
posed of native troops. It was found,
however, that their sympathies were
with the insurgents: not wishing to
inflict mortal wounds on their fellow
countrymen they aimed at the arms or
legs of the victims, thus adding to the
horror of these scenes. On one occa-
sion thirteen men were led out to be
shot at the same time, all members of
secret revolutionary society called
he Gatapanan. Not one of these un-
ortunates was killed at the first fire.
lest of them did not die until the
lard or 'fourth round. When all was
• , my band played live
airs,
"After learning these facts no on
1 be surprised at the manner i
vhich the natives have welcomed th
access of the Americans. For ce
uries Spain has treated the natives -o
hese unfortunate islands with sue
erocity that she can never mak
dequate atonement. The 'Unite
totes may not annex Cuba, but sh
11 find envie compensation in tak
g possession of the Philippines."
In Dr. Guimares's description of th
otYrthoi nMotanhinilga. one of its industries i
"DuCks are very industrious in al
he islands, especially in that of .Lu
zon, where thousands of them are t
e seen disporting themselves in th
ver Pasig. The eggs of these duck
re not hatched by female ducks, bu
y Tagal Indians, many of the male
thing it their sole occupation. Th
gs are placed in large nests of woo
hes and the Tagals sit on them fo
PEEPS INTO THE FUTURE.
or Teem.
Forecasts or Noted men and What Meanie
Just previous to the assassination pf
the Empress of Austria the emperor
was heard repeatedly to remark, "I
fear something awful is about to trans-,
pire. I wish the jubilee year weee
afe-
ly over," This brings to Mind Other
tialiseatEnteasonofmafeur,etiaets fulfilled, says
Just over thirty years ago a visitor
to Edinburgh was being shown over
the High Court of Justiciary. He
made some remark concerning the dock
and its. duties, and in reply the official
jokingly said the visitor might one
day, be sentenced to be banged in that
very room. The sightseer was the no-
torious Dr. Pritchard; two years had
barely passed when in the dock he had
death for poisoning his wife and moth-
esro-icni-olseewly. inspected e was doomed to
To many watchers of the Political
weathercock the rapid rise of Mr.
Asquith to renown as a statesman was
little short of miraculous; to the late
home secretary himself, however, it
was but the natural outcome of hie,
own resolve. When a youth at the
city of London school he informed all
and sundry that he meant to take high
honors at Oxford, enter the house of
commons, and become an influential
member of the cabinet.
The Earl of Rosebern so it is histor-
ically. recorded, while passing his boy-
ish years at Eton, foretold that in the
coming years he would win the Der-
by, and more important still, be prime
minister. Both Lord Rosebery and
wMire.rAeesfqutkitehy knpreowphesied • the things
A gentleman conceived, the idea that
he would only live a certain time, so
he made a nice calculation of his for-
tune, which he so apportioned' as to
last just the same period as he guessed
his life would extend to.
Strangely enough his calculations
came correct to the letter, for he died
punctually at the time he had prev-
iously reckoned; he had so far ex-
hausted his estate that, after his
debts had been discharged, a' solitary
pprasirpeorftyslihpepelresftxepresented the entire
His relatives buried him; and a re-
presentation of the slippers was carved
on the tomb; to -day in a churchyard at
Amsterdam his grave may be seen, the
only inscription on the stone being two
Flemmish words: "Effen nyt," e.,
"Exactly."
The late George Moore came to Lon-
don from Cumberland a poor, friend-
less boy. He entered a great commer-
cial house, and from the beginning de-
clared he would eventually marry his
employer's daughter and become his
employer's partner. He accomplish-
ed both ambitions, became very weal-
thy and a man of whom his genera-
tion might well be proud.
When Warren Hastings was a lad Iris
13, great grief was that his family had lost
their paternal estate at laylesford,
and he was constantly heard to say:
e "I will bu it back." grew up to
n make both history and a famous name,
e and he died at Daylesford.
n- Among the many records of Harrow
f school is that of a boy, the son of a
h poor local tradesman in a very small
e way of business. His schoolfellows of-
d ten taunted him about his family pov-
e erty; their thoughtless jeers, although
- hurting his feelings, drew from the
lad the retort: "I intend before I die
e to ride in a coach and four."
s The years slid by and lo and behold 1
the poverty-stricken youngster of
1 Harrow had developed into Dr. Parr,
- the greatest scholar of his time, whose
o customary and favorite means of lo -
emotion was a coach and four.
The seventh child of the German
mperor and empress is a daughter,
heir six being sons. The house of
oheneollern has a tradition that in
ne year three emperors of that house
will reign in Germany the third will
tax weighs upon the masses can be e)
imagined.
"Throughout all the islands the tax -le
es are uniform and innumerable. , f
Every native who keeps and fastens an a
animal for food •is taxed; if be has a s
horse or some cocoanut trees ben.-- is we
taxed for each. If he wishes to make in
cocoanut oil he is again taxed for the
privilege. There are taxes op weights ' ct
and measures, on stores and shops; a w
; tax on land, on all kinds of manatee --
tures and on alcoholic spirits. Native t
tax collectors are made responsible for
the colletcion of the total taxes in
their districts. At Siquijor batty -lour rf
of these native functionaries were
exiled to Bohai after their houses, b
land and petite had been confiscated, m
because they..had, not been able to ea
make good the arrears due by their a"
says I. I b
"'Oh, yes, you are,* says she; 'I Jr
want you.'
"She looked. an' epoke so aweet that ILL
he groomsmen he gave shirts; to
I was enamost am d g. just er
then I beard Silas callin` her, an' h
rautterin' somethin' about havin'
some tools to grind, I walked off. ca
"I was most sorry for't, though, lb
-when caught a sight of her face as a
• she walked away with Silas, an' saw di
how sober it was, fe
"Sittin' down on the back steps, 1 th
went to work, the raspier' of my file m
soandin' a deal pleasanter to my ears
than the fiddlin' that floated up at
from the barn down in the Madder: an
"It bad been uncommonly hot for a et
riumleer of days past, but this bad ea
been the hottest Ohe- of all. Thai's was be
stratige look to the tticy$ ten3 it
Ntms streaked overhead with put)* ate,
vi let, with sort of yellow glare
in the, west,
T "ViTherf T...ivent to fodder the cattle
s rnother-in-1,'' a dress ; to the fath-
an-law a belt, and to other trioxide ,
ead-handkerohiefs."
In short, she confessed that the oc--
sion was a very serious drain upon
e family resources. "But, oh, it was
lovely time I" she added. "A wed -
ng is a splendia thing. We bad a
ast all one day and. the next, and,
en the priest Cagle and they were
arriod. '
"Every one we knew wane from miles
ound. Some br'ought a can of milk,
d seine btotigat corn -brandy, and
hers brought porridge; and Johan-
n had been to town, so he brought
cle with him some white bread. Aye,
waa a grand feetet I We danced and
d,iid Safig and made Merry tor twee
days; and then we all walked with ray
son and his bride to that little cot-
tage on the other Side of the wood and
left them - there, where they have
need ever sinee."
fatind the poor 'critters huddled to-
gether, in eue corner of the aerd, ut-
terin` law bell f.
ows o tei ror and dis-
infoniiy is the. root of the naa.nni
tilting plant.
fellow countrymen.
THIS; IS THE PRICE
which the natives of the Philippines to
pay for their Government on 'Chris- c
tian principles.' ti
"And yet, owing to the marvellous eg
fertility of their soil, the oppressed, fi
tortured, ruined islanders manage to 111
exist. A primitive system of cultiva- In
tion has' prochiced, in one year, eight of
millions of dollars' worth of hemp, six be
e c
e
S t
e
do
r
hours. The 'banks of the river ar
lined with these queer human incuba-
rs, who eat, drink, smoke and pla
ards, but always hatch out their set
ngs tuccessfully without breaking an
g. During the last few years arti
cat' incubators have been introduced
d are now rivalling the pict utesqu
diens in Manile, hut in the -interior
the island, the Teeple are preferred
cause they cost less."
e have seven sons and will bring ruin to
the nation as well as the empire to an
y end.
- This direful prophecy has seen the
' fulfillment of its first part; whether
- • the arrival of a seventh son will bring
the calamities predicted the future will
e show.
of sugar and four of tobacco! Gold,
iron, copper and coal are found on the
islands. The exactions of Spanish
functionaries and the vexations of th
fiscal agents so hamper all foreig
merchants and, those who come to en
gage in business that they giv
up the attempt to do any profitable
trading and leave the country.
"Such was the state of the colon
when as eueldealy as a flash of ligh t n
ing, the insurrection of 1896 came.
was the reSult of speeches made b
Spanish officers at an army reunio
and banquet:, who then and there pro
posed to 'exterminate the savage nit
lives in their lairs,' and declared tha
'they would give no quarter',' bu
slaughter these rascals to the las
man.' At first the insurgents were
checked by want of arms and supplies
but the first detachment of Spanish
SPEAKING CLOCKS.
In Switzerland they have conamenc-
n ed making photographic clocks and
e watches ;which, it appears, leave any
thing heretofore accomplished far in
the shade. By merely pressing the
3'
button of the new timepiece, it pro-
1101111COS the hour distinctly. The
y alarms call to the sleeper, "It's six
n. o'clock; get up." There arc some
- which even add dwords, "Now, don't
- go to sleep again." The form can be
t changed to suit the buyer and make the
t warning more or less empathic. This
t application of phonographic principle is
due to a French watchmaker settled at
, Geneva. He introduces into clocks and
watches little slabs of vulcaiaized rub -
en which the desired words are
cad in grooves corresponding to the
urs and tractions of hours.
A MEAN ORCHESTRA..
Uncle Waybeck (at Metropolitan con.
cart)—I can't make head er tail out o
that teine the fiddlers is playint
City Niece (whispering)—Itts a sym-
phony.
It don't seem funny a bit Who writ
it
!Beethoven.
AWhgoresatheGlerman &imposer, uncle.
Oh I No wonder can't understand
it. But considerita the price they
charge for tickets, think they might
play it in English.
VA.LCABLE
I wonder Irow Tredeatty became such
a success as a writer of fiction?
I think that it was his college prac-
tice that did it.
How was that?
"When he used to write home for mon-
ey told.the /nest ingenious fairy'
TWO NARROW BUILDINGS.
rhiladclohla has a Faur,Stary Structure
44444 y Five Feet 'Wide.
Philadelphia may not be able to
boast the tallest buildings in the
world, but she surely has her share of
_
the narrowest. On the corner of
Chestnut and American streets is lo-
cated a building that at first glance
would seem to reflect seriously on the
sanity of the projector, but the multi-
tude of prosperous tenants form a
monument to the financial shrewdness
'of the owners. From outside to out-
side of the walls the structure is ex-
actly five feet wide. It is 150 feet
deep, and there are four stories.
Every room in it is occupied by a shop
of some kind, or by families, who seem
to be contented with their lot. The
walls are over one foot thick, and this
leaves less than one yard for the in-
, side space. Therefore, it is a physical-
! impossibility for the tenants to occupy
I anfull-sized bed. If they desire to
!slap it must be on a Cot, and the
islealaer extends his body from north to
I soup. Anaoag the numerous ludas-
. tries in this contracted building' are a
taller -shop, a restaurant, a printing
office, a sign painting establishment
end a cigar store. Another narrow
b tiding it at Market and Letitia
f et three inches wide. In its original
t
s reets. It is five stories high and. six
state this building wee six feet wider
than at present, but a city improve-
miint out it down to the present size.
troops which opposed them were so few bet
and, behaved in so cowardly a fashion tra
that they were easily cut to pieces, ho
and the rebels secured several hund-
red rifles and thousands of cartridges.,
"The memory of the Death Hole at
Manila will never be effaced while the
present generation of natives end
their children live. The Death Hole
was a nOisesorne dungeon, built
in the foundations of the rampart, on
the "River Pasig side of Manila, This
prison had been unused for mote than
100 years. It was half full of foul
water, the home of rats, makes and
all kinds of vermin. One handred
natives were shut in it. During tae
night they were beard shrieking and
begging to be knooked on the head or
taken out, The Spanish Lieutenant in
charge annoyed by their groans and
Complaints, stopped up the only Open-
ing by whieb fresh air could reach
them.
ALL WERE POUND DEAD
in the Morning. Gein Blum, was
hen Governor-General Of the Philip.;
'arty : I hair itetinets warnitta them, as
ell these signs dia rae, of the torrtedelcc Ii
ithat
was' approe,cal.na.
L'a A
Ines, When he heard of this atroeity
e summoned the butcher Vette emelt
before libel, and, after upbraiding bins etea
-tee iinagina
dis
A TIMELY INQUIRY.
The time is past:, said Mrs. Meekton,
oratorically, when man can assume to
lord. it over his family like an Asiatio
potentate. ;
Henrietta, said her husband, gent-
ly, Might I ask you whothee when yeti
allude to Asiatic potentate you have
in mina the ethperot of China?
WHEAT CROP OP THE WORLD,
Et Irki ienititated at e,010,o0o,000 itinitiells, th
.......--
tamest an Record.
The estimates , of produptioa given
in the tables coraPiled by the United
States Department of Agriculture
make tae wheat crop of dui' world for
1898 the largest Da record, lthough
this is somewhat offset by the wall-
ness of "the reserve stocks. Official
figures on area show an theme° of
689,172 acres in France, of 218,080 in
the Uaited Itingdom, 163,860 in On-
tario, Canada, and 147,350 in llaanitoba,
in areas under wheat,
The Hungarian Ministry of
tune arid and the several commercial auth-
orities have issued their estimates of
the world's wheat crops of 1898, The
Beerbohm estimate is equivalent to 2,-
640,000,000 bushels of sixty Pounds, in beaky, or at the butt end of a ;cigar,
the grand, total Varying but little froin If a bore comes in to his offie' che can
' I
the Hungarian official estimate. The plead urgent business, and get rid of
wheat crop of India for 1898, as efficie him, or at the anerst he can facilitate
ally reported, amounted to 242,921,280 his exoaus by a judicious application
bushels, that of 1897 to 182,667,483 bush- of the toe of his boot. But if a evomatt
els, while the annual average for the sameld forget her sex, and utter a sul-
previoue five years was 226,446,080 phurous word under such circumstance
bushels. es, she would be ostracized from
, The French area under 'wheat was society.
about 41-4 per cent, greater in 1898, If the woman whom she "hatee, and
and, taking wheat, rye and maslin al- despises, and loathes, and abhors, and
together, the area increase amounted detests," comes in and spends the
to 793,179 acres. The average yield of afternoon, and -worries her to the, very
wheat this year was nearly 22 bushels verge of madness with her prosy ac -
per acre against less than 15.2 in 1897. counts of how her son Jelin is getting
An official estimate ,for Hungary on in the city, and how elegant his
puts the wheat crop at 119,000,000 bush- wife is, and how fine their house is and
els, against 89,924,000 last year; rye, how fast his horses are, and what a
38,154,000 bushels, against 36450,000 last crush of people .attend their parties,
year; barley, 61,446,000 bushels against
41,475,000 last year; oats, 84,041,000 and what an angel child they have,
bushels against 59,881,000 last year. why, the woman who is being visited
The wheat crop of Roumania has must pretend to be deeply, yes, vitally
been stated in English papers, on the interested in it all, and she must be
authority of an official estimate, at careful to eat in the "ale and the
56,800,000 bushels, but some reports , e'.. e
from that country report that this "ohs!"
and the "whys!" i
n the right
lion bushels. The offers of wheat from tience, and an appearance of delight,
Roumania and Bulgaria are described of how that visitor's' .
estimate is toolarge by several mil- place. And she must hear with pa -
daughter, Arate,
as "rather extraordinarily restricted."
The preliminary °Meal estimate as
lie, i3 admired, and how the men are
statet othei t Partu ye bcursohpeliss, as agiadi ntsot ambasnoylutperloyp ocsaralzsy sheet) olu.stsehi veerd, tahned ihiroswt
223,200,000 last year. The German s
die of September as a full average. d h(h mother) is'
season an ow she (her
potato crop was reported in the mid-;
w hIena t , Austria-Hungary r iaa en Ha unnagt 'I determined that she shall never ifiarry
asryarethreepocrrtoepds as , tilTlhzelevismitaerrdieswaomfoarntunhaes.
to bear it,
quality, while maize, on the whole, is needles of pain are running through,,
very satisfactory, Barley is merely
average in quantity and deficient in no matter if ten thousand darning
not a good crop. her head, and her nerves are strained
Reports from Russia are .quite con- so tight that they seem on the verge
flicting. Supplies of new wheat for
and considerable quantities ef grain of bursting; and she has to look pleas -
export come forward very sparingly,
ed, and to exclaim in the proper places,
are said to be moving toward the prow- though she feels as if she would like
incus which suffered soaeverel
through the failure of the crops last . a -
Y. to strangle that inexpressibly weary -
year. mg caller, and fling her remains to
At the beginning of September the the antipodes.
crops in Argentina were reported to And when at last the caller goes,
be in fine condition, but about three 'she must tell her how charmingly she
weeks later they were reported as suf-
fering for want of rain, and threaten- has enjoyed her visit, and kiss her,
ed by locusts,
and ask her to come again soon.
Accounts from Australia report It least once a day a woman must
the crop outlook there as excellent. ;
has been delayed by drought
The sowing of fall grain crops in go through with the purgatory of curl-
Europeing her front hair. In hot days she
in a number of countries. Complaint must manage to look cool, and in cold
on this score has been quite serious
and widespread. days she must try and not look blue.
Why She Looks the Oldest.
It is a well-known feat that when
woman is fifty, she looks older than.
her latieband who is of the same age.
It is a. generally accepted fact that
weinati grows old fatter than a man.
Well, it is' no wonder that She does
when you come to take into coasiderae
time the difference in the lives of the
sexes,.
If you are a woman, you know all
about it; but if you a,re a man, you
are in primeval darkness concerning
it.
A woman is expected always teloole
pretty and amiable rimier all circum-
stances. A man may get mad and
scowl all be wants to, and be man
work off his nervous irritation in pro -
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
"She must keep her hands white and
delicate, no matter what work she
has to do. She must have a small
. foot, even though Nature planned her
like their portraits. I on the No. 7 size. She must be slim
But few women have time to look
in the waist, even if her corset steels
'
Gossip is always short lived unless fashion, and her
ribsndalteSrhemustalIherkbeiegp sleeves
itit is properly ventilated, into little ones. She has to worry out
Wise is the famous man who doesn't the Problem
overwork his popularity, of three hats ant two boa -
The present is the child of
the pad She has to plan expenses nets -a year, on a limited capital, and
and the father of the future. have something left over for neckties.
'When the king loses he I , fords and the Bumfords. She has to
ses so that her
ch
comes within an ace of winning. children will look as well as the Mum -
It's never too hot in summer or too
la -ways
peat
forthbirlele enal eafalraea tdeeay 0, fatnedn.notfsrhee-
cop in winter for the iee man, must bear in mind that her husband
he more vanity some people possess d s not like onions in anything, and
t leasieritveirs tomake
of
jollying
them happy'. tha his mother who lives with them,
tanne
Plae ties. they are prize tishefy elnofbeoniinonsusrpinnraetveedr_thiitnhg that
le who imagine
e may be a success as a wound- her of her family, and well-done for
must . have the steak rare for one item -
her f
it s Id another, and lamb chops for a third,
scars' petites of the entire family. And she
An old. bachelor says the average has to manage the hired girl so as to
wait of women is until they are asked bring her into active co-operation; and
to marry. this is about the hardest job she has
because of the interest they derive
Money brings happiness to soraemen to tackle. It requires more diploma-
t
therefrom. tic skill to run the average hired girl
We never heard of husbands
. and than it does to plan campaign.
wives quarreling about winch loved thin
A woman must know where every -
about the house is, and be able
the other most. to .1And lost things at a moment's
The bigger the bore a man is the notice. The peace of the household
smaller the hole he leaves when hi a depends on expedition in finding
things that are missing. aler husband
days are numbered.
would go into convulsions if she
Beauty may be only skin deep, but should be a, minute longer in finding
it invariably manages to get a seat in his clean cuffs than he thought she
a crowded ear. . aught to be.
at 's eIways tough on the tight rope A woman must never complain. She
walker when he steps from the straight must never fret. She must never weep.
and narrow path. A man doesn't like it. The racket of
Some actors OTC like some eggs— tears can only
they go upon the stage when they before marriage—never after it.
be worked successfully
It is no wonder that women grow to
are no good for anything else.
look old. They have to stay at home
It is said that sunlight is of less great deal, 1 t bth
benefit to a growing crop of wild oats same weary chain of duties. They
and o a slaves to e
thrranhstsboeuretliencgtrioci, alinghhte.iress is a busi_ have nothing to bring them out of
'themselves. They think too much.
tress suit, but the courting of a flirt And they worry, and borrow trouble,
is merely a masquerade suit. and expect sonaething dreadful to hap
-
Probably the happiest day in the pen. And then they develop nerves,
average farmer's life is when his best ,and they Wade beyond their strength,
nig takes a $8 prize al, the county and they take too little time to rest.
They get up in a hurry, and go to bed
.
r
thi t drives 90 per cent of Mankind
that in a harry, and grow old in a hurry,
Eicientist has discovered
and at, last die in a hurry; and, genes' -
to ink. Science is a wonderful ally, their hn-sh'ulds .1n.m.ry again in a
,
thing. hurry.—Kate Thorn.
henever a girl begins to lecture a.
yo g man on financial economy, he!
can safely ask her to name the happy;
dia„y 4
Many a man who wouldn't, think of !re
making a wife of his cook has no
Scruples about making a cook of his town lately.
heal
e and so on through the varying .ap-
A N1EA.N MAN,
rs, Suburban—I'm afraid to stay
alone all day, So many tramps
been seen around thepart of
wife. I Mr, Suburban-a:Well, if any of dean
TOL; e, 5. '.'1:1"yt136315ebse.1:;t9S-tewtb°11i;e1431:114-8.°'°114ttet srpdpooefe. tthheieun
That fortune-teller said if I paid j decline to Inane
her ae he weld reveal 'to me. why e; Mr. Suburban—Oh, well, if the
don't get rich, evatst, comes to I he worst, just aele
Did you give it to her? ' I them" ihr and give them, some of your' ,
tee, land she told nrc I had a great ; eagei calte—a hen telephone for the
weeikileini: for fooling aViray money, undertaker. •