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A PRISONER OF AGUINALDO
TELLS STORY OF HIS EXPERIENCES
(Corporal Scheu Id
To the Journal Editor: I have Just
got your cable, asking: me to tell my
story of two months as a prisoner of
the Filipinos.
Well, it was the worst mishap I ever
had. and I've been In the regular army
lor twelve years.
I was captured July 27 and released
with thirteen other prisoners Septem
ber SO.
Most or the otners were regular jjus- i
ner of war. 1 was a bushwhacker's
...... a .1,1. . uil naj-t of
Most of the others were regular pns
captive and a slave a good part of
the time.
What I went through shows Just how
wild the country is around here and
how savage the roving bands of Insur
gents are.
list July I was stationed with com
pany B of the Third Infantry, at King
wa This is a little village about fifty
miles north of Manila.
On the 27th I got a three days' leave
and a pass to go to Manila, for that's
about the only funwe boys have out
here.
When I got to Malolos that aftaraoon
which is the nearest rallruad atatlon
I found the train had left for Manila.
This was hard luck, but I wasn't go
ing to lay over a day there waiting for
another train.
Five other men were at the depot. In
the same fix as I was. We gut togeth
er and made Ui our minds to take a
boat and row down the river to Bu
lacan. From there we could find some
kind of a sailboat that would take us
down the bay to Manila-
The country that we would have to
C through was "pacified," as we say,
t we knew it was full of bushwhack
ers all the same.
There is a saying out In this country
that if one man wants to get to a cer
tain place five must start, to allow for
four being killed or captured on the
way.
1 hadn't been soldiering twelve years
for nothing and I guesaed six men
could fight their way thrpugh.
We started down the river about sun.
et. Myself and Charles Wilander, ot
the Third artillery. Private Dunlap ol
the Third infantry, and a fellow named
iangford, agent for an American brew
ery. were in one boat. The two othet
fellows were in another boat, behind
as.
We hadn't gone but a mile or two
When the other boat sprung a leak,
nd the two boys had to head back to
Malolos.
Our party was now down to four. But
we three soldiers were well armed with
rifles and pistols. Langford, the brew
ery man, had a double-action revolver
hat he said had carried him all thro'
Texas and Arizona, and he allowed he
eould look out lor himself.
We put him In the stern of the boat,
and Private Dunlap sat in the bow.
while I and Wilander did the rowing.
It waa a moonlight night, and that
ride down the river with its banks
fringed with tropical foliage was beau
tiful. No one who has not been In the
Philippines can understand how brill
iant such a night is. almost as light
t bn it was lust the
kind of a night to be on the outlook for
red Filipinos, so we waan i majiius "j
tore noise than we coiua neip.
lore noise than we couaa, neip.
About 2 o'clock, as we came out into
nf the river.
A U"UL tt J w.m, -
mo of a hnil of the river
two shots were fired out of the deep
Shadows on the left bank- Poor Dun
lap, who had Just brought his gun Into
, WnO D&Q JUSl. UlUUgUl uin
iltion to fire, Jumped up like a man
-j i-j a -.11 h m.a A ?rra.tn n .t IntO the I
bar
hard hit and fell headforemost Into the
''ter- , j. ,
The other three of us had fired .i
Hind volley. But I saw that the Fili
pino devils had our range to a dot, and
Hwas no use shooting when we couldn't
see a head.
"Overboard, boys!" I shouted, and w j
three Jumped into the water and swam
toward the opposite bank. The bullets
pattered all around our heads as we
warn. My boat was floating near me
when a bullet hit it and splashed, the
ester all over me. That's the way
Filipino sharpshooters hit the bull's-
"Thia wasn't very comfortable, but l
night have got away if they hadn't put
ut after me in a canoe. The fellow In
the bow hit me over the head with a
tick when he came up.
I kBew my game was up then, - .a
let them pull me Into the canoe. My
two comrades, Wilander and Langford.
had disapepared on the opposite bank.
The mad Filipinos beat up and down
the stream for half an hour, trying to
nd them. Every now and then they
weuld give me a whack or a kick and
tell me In filthy Spanish to call out to
mr men. to come in and surrender
I gave them back a mixture of Gei -man
and Spanish swear words thai
meant they could send me to a hoUei
place than the Philippines before I d do
"Then they took me ashore Into a nlpa
hack house and robbed me of J40 in
money and most of my clothing. That's
the kind of soldiers they were and the
ort of war they were carrying on.
They weren't regular Insurgents, tho ,
but Just bandits or bushwhackers.
In the morning I was surprised to s.
Wilander and Langford brought up to
the camp where I was. They had been
eaptured a little after me. robbed and
tripped, too.
We three were together only a little
while when they led me away alone to
another village in the Jungle. I was
guarded night and day. When I lay
down to sleep two of the dirty scoun
drels would stretch themselves over me
one with his legs across my body and
.ui. Vila lec over mine.
ire oiner miu " ' -----
That's their way of sleeping when a
risoner does, and being darn sure to
wake up when he does or when he tries
e get away. All they gave me to eat
'as some rice ana raw cru. m
reek I got desperate and made up my
mind I d make a orean.
nve the fellows a run but I was
hrought down by a rifle ball that hit
me In the foot.
Then they thought I was as good as
chained and couldn't get away, so only
ne guard stood over me. One evening
I managed to fool even him and Jumped
mto a dark pool In the river.
I could swim if I couldn't walk, and
I truck off down the stream. As 1
wm I could see the flash of the
searchlights of Uncle 8am I warships
stown the bay.
When I got to the opposite bank of
the river I dared not go ashore, but
hulked (long under the shadow of the
wrerhanglng palm, landing waist
4sp in the water, for the moon was
sen Lag up and. I knew the wood was
fall of the bloodthirsty ruiptao hound
wanting for me -
As I stood like thli for fcowr In the
water I watched tha white ahafts of
ght from tha warsnips.
00, how aggravating thU wta-aj-
sssssatwH WHtHP WTI ww-
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thought they could guard us all to
gether better than separately.
About ten days after that Comman
der Pedro Herron, of the Bulacan In
dian company, came to the village on
some business. I managed to attract
his attention and begged hi mto either
Kqva iia WharatA r.r turned over ELS
prisoners of war to the regular Insur
gent authorities-
iumi uj
whackers tied us three together
hounds and out packs on our b
The next day half a dozen bush
like
V.n.,nH ami r.tlf refill All llllf OAC k A
They would not tell u where we were
going. They drove as like came. i ney
considered us nothing more than their
slaves.
For three weeks we tramped this way
over mountains and along rivers till
we came to the town of Tarlac. It
.,..,., .i. 1 1 1 h that wi were fifettinfir SO
deep In the tropical wilderness that w e
should never get out
We didn't know what fate was being
prepared for us. We half expected to
be torturea ana eaten, ine o.uy iw.r
tht cave iia anv hone was that as we
were so lean and fever worn our cap
tore would. at think us fit to eat.
You must remember that while we
were taking this trip through the Jun
gle It was August, woen me uuvki
haat Im tha moat tMirchlllP We had
nothing to eat but a handful of rice a
day apiece, which we had to eat raw,
with sometimes a little nsn ana o
nanas whenever we came upon a clump
of that kind of trees.
W hile on this march we passed thro'
the townj of San Miguel, Santa llosa
and San I&ldro.
At this last place we found the
names in the prison and where we were
l,a,.r nvur niirhT rxt 1 .1 e 11 1 tn Tl t fiilmore
and eight other Americans who had
been confined there at some time.
We wrote our names on the wall, too.
In place of a hotel directory, to en
courage other poor fellow countrvmen
of ours who might be lodged mere
later.
I rMnk it was t he first day of Sep
tember when we reached Tarlac. This
is quite a place, and here tor ine nrsi
time we saw some of the regular in
surgent officers and soldiers. They
looked enough sight better tnas uui
ragped, dirty bushwhackers.
We were taken on to Victoria. v
were put Into a sort of bull pen, and 1
heard our captors Dickering ana quai
... i A3 TWi
Beara our capxo --'
renng wiui me mui:' u...v.c..
bushwhackers evidently wanted more
t . w -i tn thin th in.
f, Ki-4nu-iri0- i in in thJLn the In
uuuukj ivi e " o
surgent officers were willing to give.
The bandits got to raving and curs
Ing in regular Spanish style.
This sounded very much like auction
ing off slaves, lor we naa icku
enough Spanish to understand about
in nff alavea. for we had picked up
When the quarrel got hottest thf
leader of the bandit Jerked open th
door of our pen and rushed In with hi.-,
gun raised to shoot. If he couldn't sell
his prisoners for as much as he wanted
he was going to get even by shooting
us. .
We three men bound together b
ropes tying our arms together stood
up against the wall waiting to be shot
down like dogB.
ai tnai msiajn.
darted into the pen, sword in hand, ana
hk tha .lajih of a practiced fencer
At that instant an lnsurgeiii. i
W1U1 inn - ,
knocked the rifle out of the munderer t
hands.
,
out in Spanish.
TViot u- u IvTT
"Senor, these are my men, ne cri-u
That was Emllio Aguinaldo.
t i , ih,r a r1 deal has been
X o
said against Aguinaldo, and I suppose
he has done a good deal of wickedness,
but we three men loked upon him as a
hero as he dashed into mat amiu y'
n.ir livM We knew him at
the first glance from the pictures we
had seen or mm.
.m.. t.. nf no called nut his name
X liB U1IDC V" .
and tried to thank him tn very bad
Spanish. Mine was very oaa mami, '
, . wh.nover T trv to talk Soan-
tsh I get my mother tongue mixed up
with It. . . .
n,inSMn. .miled as he dropped his
sword back into its sheath. He made
a polite bow to us, like a epanin oiu
cer, and motioned one of his aides to
take charge of us.
From that moment our conuu"i
proved.
We were allowed to bathe and were
given clean white coats and trousers,
such as the best equipped insurgent
troops wear. .
The officer in charge of us gave each
of us a peseta a day to spend. This
means about ten cents In American
money. With that we were able to buy
fruit tobacco and other little things.
We were well fed. having bread, coffee,
pork and even chicken occasionally.
We were even given a fair amount of
it. .. ir, ik. viu.ire thourh always at-
tended bv a guard. We were told that
we could write letters to our folks If
we chose and that General Aguinaldo
rKilrt rinVa thrill forwarded to Manila.
u.nii.mhlr s I wrote a letter to
.t... in xlowr Tnrk and took it
to Aguinaldo myself. One of his aids
translated U to tne general, aou
oMo then O. K.ed it by writing hi
i.ni.i. it. a in one corner. He then
gave it to an aide to put with his own
letters to go to .Manua.
A few days after this there was
hi.. Diihrlnr of insurcent officials
rr., ...... in frnm si 1 1 directions to
1 urj i.a-11115 ' "
i -..i.nMn'a ViflHn narters.
I found that these were the Insurgent
cabinet officers. There was the secre
tary of war, Ambroslus Flores; secre-
rv.,io-r. .ffaim F"ellDe Buen-
camino; governor general. Franclsc-
K,.i,,. U.iiman' mmmindante . of
olKauu'u" . .
the staff of General Macabulus, Artur
Dancel; colonel ana aajuiani oi pie
.i i.. t dvKn ' oretarv of the in-
. i. - Ala.- secretary of pub.
WTIIUI, ncTci.i. -" ' - , a rv
lie affairs, Maximo rucmu,
. ,.,. i ..n rinerrero-. secretary
of Instruction, Aguedo Velarde, and
president ot tne insurgem tw..
urv i .ici mw.
When our guards told us these Big
names with their nign win '"
ninnv tn us Americans,
It srcnicu ' ' J ' - .
I wrote them down Just to amuse tne
fellows, and wnen we wn '
would read off the whole rlgamarole of
names and offices that meant nothing
After a meeting oi tne i;i
three comrades and eleven other Amer
ican prisoners who had Just been bro t
In to town, were al taken before it
mittee of these high Insurgent officials.
ihnx nf them. General
Aguinaldo, Secretary of War Flores
. m lot mI ne A 1 B
and secretary ot me
awr Flnrea did the talking, as he
spoke English. ,,.
When we were nneu v K"'"' . " "
committee a thing happened that as
tonished ua all. Each of us Amerirsni
wsa neatly clothed In a clean lnurgenl
uniform axcept one man. Private iraui
Bpillane, company C, Mlntt 'nf"trr,;
He had a ragged Unite. tee army
khaki coat
Plorwa, with astiwsM vontaaasw.
pollad off
hta aw ooa sjm otww
to
Tha oMior
of
tkat w
tuM awtr agsVS Uka
Ua mmummm. I swiiii
sn-pwil
I tlssl I sM'IMH
teat at my companions were regnlarl! j
ronnra soldiers uq were ihuwt wi uci
from our government, so we could not
make such a promise.
U'a thn ftukMl tn iika nil our In
fluence to Induce our country to stop I
fighting the Filipinos, w e saw at om .
that this was why we had been treated
m. -a11 hnl u-ero e-rMteflll tn AfcTUin-
so well, but we were grateful to Aguin-
aldo Just the same.
After making this speech Flores took
out a writing which he asked us all to
sign. It was a sort of parole. A the
men signed it but myself and Spillane
Aguinaldo then made a little speech
... in m ItirtA ttf h ntHtun thftt WiiA
v.a4 tn imiirfltun He said that the
iu ue u - -
Insurgents were in good fighting order,
and he put up the bluff that they could
keep right on fighting for three years.
In a day or two we were told to get
ready to be taken to Manila. We were
marched down to the town of Angeles,
and there were turned over to General
Otis on September 30.
HOW SOCIETY
IS HUMBUGGED
As the social season is once more
in f..n niin; no Is the social marau
der again in evidence the man or
man w ho aspires to tne sweucni i
New York functions and goes to ine.u
boldly, though he or she has no Invl-
laiiun. How society is humbugged sei- ;
tertainment givers had their fill of this
sort of imposition last year and they
will be more on their guard against
the so-called social straggler's intru
sion than ever.
"You would not think." said a well
known society matron, "that there is
a set of people in New York who mak
it their especial business to appear in
person at every afternoon reception
where they can push by the butler. No.
e don't yet know who they all are.
but we have been able to stamp a few
of them as social frauds, who come
into our homes. They come when the
crush is too busy with friends around
her to see them, and when the hum
of voices is too loud to distinguish the
name as the butler announces It in he
doorway. But we do see them at the
refreshment tables helping emves
to all that falls under their hands and
airly gorging themselves. The punch
bowl is a like attraction. It la awful
the way society is humbugged and
something must be done.
.. ..o av that Mrs. tu-
fiiim eeis iniu i'hih, mui ..
. : . k.. tha lu ro-e en-.
vesant Fish should give a Urge . recep-
, . -About 5 o'clock a
u - j" wkh a gentle
hansom may dve up w n g .
rr l.ilv or both. Itiey OrUHIl I
man or lady 'or both. They brush ,a,t
he butler with an Imperious air. mum
lie a name, and elbow their way Into
the crowd. They are elegantly ' dressed
.nd their manners are acceptable, but
ru.... re stranire. The nosteBM
meir men """"' ,hm
notice them ""
1," or 'two' whom a friend has asked
permission bring. lf a y
purter u preseni. , ... - -
thlrtr .names nnu ... '7 ,
guests the nextaay
themselves lngenioiu..
"xor'l. "the field of operation of thes
people in the reception alone. It
ted that at one of the Astor balls
some time ago a gloriously nanuso...
woman, elaborately gowi.eu " ''-'
L , oii l.red. eained admls
slon on the arm of a fine looking es
cort. The woman appeal iwiv-c -
ed universal admiration, anu
Mrs. Asur was asked who her gueM
was. Mrs. Astor did not know.
couple danced three dances together
and paused a moment to talk with a
society woman and her daughter, w h .
thinking them nonoreu " ;
. . ttn a .anVI-rtla.llOIl. W I'm
out any one noticing it, the couple d,
appeared, ana to ui u, "
-- . ik.ir irieniitv. The wo
puzzle . ,, -; 1 P
man was not more than 30, of regal CJr
rlage, dark hair ana eyes, aj.u n".-.-hi.
Mtin and point lace, and wat.
strikingly handsome. Her escort ap-
Several days ago mere
-j.. at ThnmajT churcn a
crush affair-where society largely at
tended, and where every k. ...
church was accounted for by the ticket
jf admission which each guest was
compelled to present before gaining ad
mission. These iicaeiB vc. 1
size of a lady's calling cara. ne..
the tickets were loonea over a. it. -
., . -a . nf tun women were
tne cam. ia a - -
found among them, handed In by sume
lmposters to the usner, ----them
in the rush. One was the card of
Mrs. William K Vanderbilt. an old
calling card, one can Instantly see as
that lady is now Mrs. -
.t ik.r that of Mrs. Kan-
dolph. the charming lady who became
Mrs. William c wniiue,
from an unfortunate acciaeni mn,
spring. This Is only one of ?"
of frauds, ana u i upi" " ? .V,
wm.ld-be social cheats who boldly
presented these well-known women
names are entnusiasiieanji
friends of their fraudulent success.
EMPEROR WILLIAM
AS A PAINTER
There Is nothing that Emperor Wil
liam will not attempt. He has been
an author, an actor, a poet, a cru
sader, a censor, a designer, an engi
neer, a military strategist, a naval ar
chitect, a cook, a translator and aboii;
everything to be found In the history
of this advanced civilization.
He has hunted and fought and sailed
and walked and climbed mountains an.i
dived tn the sea. But Just at present
he Is in the business of scene painting
and play writing. The Koyal theater
at Wiesbaden was the place of the first
performance of the play In which a
crowned bead is known to have taken
1 -r, int.re.t tn outline the
play, probably write much of It, and
certainly prepare .iru.c vi... ...
costumes the first dramatic drawinge
ever done by a king.
The play Is called "Elsen-xahn,
("Iron Tooth"), from the nickname glv.
en to Frederick II.. elector of Brin
denburg. In the fifteenth century (Uu),
..n 1. the hero. Ftederick Is a fa-
1.- i.m with the oresent kaiser, on
. hi. H.tarmlned dealing with
the rebellious miriranMin . .
Berend Kyke. The author (Lauff) does
not follow history precisely, .-
. xr.miiiin frwt. Instead of
letting Hyke flee from the royal wrath,
he has him slain oy me ' ".
land, in Berlin. Up to 1442 Berlin and
Cologne had claimed! certain rights
and Hbertle. for their cltln . and
a.k. was the embodiment of this free-
dom-lovlag pint. Hla contest w in
Frederick, in wnicn m .vw.
dues tha rebellious subjects, commends
Itself especially to the kaiser, who ha
totely refused to ratify the I
Merr Klrchner as mayor of Berlin.
The loading feminine character In th.
aiar Is Eva, tne nium.r, -----s
eaaga hatred of her now, Uw
A NEW IDEA
An innion Faulk county & D.)
farmpr Mmwi A j. Wakefield haf
d U3e Ior threshing engines
... . -1. . I
irmer named A. J. WakeneU ba ffood profit for the owner of the thresh-
..- v.-Kir.o- MnLr pninna
m-omlRea to revolutionize th
present method of transporting frail
rom the farms of Dakota to th.
learegt market Wakefield i
I Qr two conceived the Idea tha
bjg thre8her .nfrtne wou)i .enre th.
e of haulng his to aTulk
. . w i
uln to aniiK-
nearest his I
ton, the railroad point
farm.
Accordingly, as an experiment, he
hitched five wagons together, one be-
hitched five wagons together, one be-
hin.i h. th- on.i after loading them
with an aggregate of VM bushels of
wheat, coupled the thresher engine to
the string of wagons and started on
the Journey to Faulkton. The trip of
nnJn Tt. made In six hours,
Wakefield had but one assistant. One
of the unique features of the innova
tion Is that the thresher engine is the
same one which threshed his grain.
Thus it serves a double purpime, that
of threshing. a well as furnishing the
motive power for taking the grain to
oiarket after it has been threshed.
Wakefield conceived the Idea from
reading a newspaper article, stating
that farmers In Koberts county. South
iiiiai iai iiitio ii j.im. .... - j i
' i.i.ntn ,,tlli?lr,cr thr -h.r entrines
fltr powinfr raw r ral.-ie land. If the
en(flntB could be used f"r plowing on
unbr,,kt:.n ttndi why ne asked himself,
, . ,h , rtr B,m i.ettr In haul-
. i -
ing wagons loaded with grain over the
ciinparatively smiKith country roads?
Hy his experiment he has now proven
that such a use of thresher engines re
sults successfully.
Iiuring the passage of the curious
procession along the country roads the
farmers living along the route tem
porarily abandoned their work in order
to watch the strange siKht. Kvery
where on the Journey the greatest In
terest was evinced In the experiment,
and when the unusual procession enter
ed Faulktnn it attracted the attention
of hundreds of townspeople. Wakefield
carefully noted the manner In which
ihe engine hauled its load, and Is satis
fied that the capacity of the engine Is
sufficient to haul double the number of
loaded wagons transported on the ex
perimental trip.
It Is, therefore, his purpose to haul
about 1.000 bushels of grain on the next
and subsequent trips. Several good re
sults are noticeable from the exiieri
ment. Notwithstanding the consump
tion of coal, the employment of the
thresher engine makes. In Wakefield's
opinion, a considerable saving, both In
time and money, over the usual meth
od of hauling grain to market with
horses. Fifty bushels of grain is an or
dinary load for a team of horses. Thus
the 430 bushels hauled by the thresher
engine on the experimental trip would
have required ten trips If hauled by
team.
Counting alone the time consumed
would mean a gnat saving In utilizing
the engine over the old method of
ti-nnnrtf.rtinir bv team. Another favor-
able feature which Wakefield notes is
that the employment of the thresher
uhlo feature which Wakefield notes Is
engine renders unnecessary me
from the neidt or me ori-e m 11 mur
when, owing to the probable early set-
ting-ln of winter and th consequent
Mopping of fall farm work, every hour
they are employed in ian plowing in 01
the utmost importance.
The thresher engine can be used for
hauling grain to market without Inter-
ijaumift Fi ...
ferlng In the least with the work of the
fut-m fur If It not thUB Utilized It
would be standing idle until the next
crop whs harvested and ready to be
threshed. Wakefield believes that out
side of hauling his own grain to m
i... .nuMmLlA rniinev collli! be made
r. I, . wuri'4v . wh... v -- .
by hauling, by means of the thr-sh-r t
engine, the grain ot omer iar.ners io
market. Charges w ould necessarily be
fixed at such a figure as to make a suv-
. ... . c..i 1. i.k. XiaAAUi
jLremer s umu"", -
"y?:!" zv 1
. ,.; ..i Hut in a rerlod oi
hlrty-one years Joshua Heddlk had
ininy one ye ,.if,tlv
not laKer. n. u. V - .
nor nao u i'"". "".".""..'.'"....-
bath. There van a feud between water
and Joshua, pathetic In Its inception.
Reddlk was one 01 me nmi ociv.- .o
In this section. Long before the rail
road came he was here, ui j-nnsji-vanla
German stock, he trekked across
the country In a prairie schooner
schooner about the time mat 110.
Greeley advised young men to follow
the course 01 tne mar 01 r...n...c. ....
had a strong, self-reliant wire wnen,
he reached these parts and went Into
laager, so to spe-ak. Later In life lie
went deeper Into lager.
in H11 .-nurse of t me a young josnua
came to the family of Heddlk. He was
likely youth, who couia piougn a
straight furrow when he wan eleven
years old. The family prosired ex
ceedingly. The few acres that old
Joshua had acquired swelled until ne
had a title deed to a large percentage
of the township. During the civil war
tie entered Into partnersmp n n......
f rianelers down along the Mississippi
river and cornered the hay market. 11
is a niatetr of tradition r.ereao iui i.i
t ... ....1.1 ir, ih irnverniiient at a
me) pij... r
p. lee approximating nine gold dollars
1 i.uind and welgneo 11 oil men "
(..).s.
A few miles from the Heddlk home
stead flowed a placid river. In thb
I ream Kedldk and his son were a - us
t..me.l to swim. They went swimrn.ng
one day in July. IM. and youi.i
Joshua was drowned. The body was
never recovered.
Mrs R. ddlk, prostrated by the shock,
died. Standing by her coffin, Joshua
Heddlk swore that never, so long as hi
lived, would he drink water or volun
tarily come In contact with It. Thl
oath was taken in the presence of u
score of people who remain alive to tel.
gbout it, and today they tell In awed
r.f hum well he kept It.
lr.hiii Refill Ik had to
drink something. He decided that
. otw.nt far away from
w.ll.ey " - . . .
water ss he could get. and he stocked
. , . .ih u-M.irev. He bought it
nis nou.r Li
by the barrel, and as time went on his
Mrt Increased.
It happened that Reddlk's oath kept
t,.m from traveling. He was virtually
surrounded by water. His oath would
not allow him to cross wier, ....
he might fall In, so he was condemned
to spend his life In a territory about
three miles square.
Rain and snow were the bane of his
existence. He became an expert In
prognosticating rainstorms, and was al
ways able to avoid getting wet, but In
winter he was compelled to spend most
of hla time In his lonely house. He
would stock It up with provisions In
the fall, have a few barrels of whiskey
rolled In and prepare to hibernate. No
body cared to associate with him. and
after some years old Inhabitants mad
annual pool on whether be would ap
pear In tha aprlng or not.
Whiskey a a steady beverag palltd
NO WATER FOR THIS MAN.
FOR FARMERS.
Iln to the farmer and still eave
good pronl
er engine.
11 -
r engine. 1
He says he also expects to see the
. ... . , v , v.
nwnr. nf threahinir enfi-lnes which are
each season taken from the towns Into
each season taken from the towns into
the country districts, to do threshing
. - , . ., ,.. 1
for farmers, employed at the comple-
for farmers, employed at the comple
tion of threshing In hauling grain te
market Instead of being taken back tc
.. ... ... i 1- I
muiei insieaa oi oeing u.fn uu.. i-
the homes of their owners to remain ir,
Idleness until the following fall, as it
now the case.
A good result which is expected to
come from the employment of thresher
engines in the transportation of grain
to the market points. Is that the con-
slant passing of the heavy engines,
having as they do unusually broad tlrei
over the country road will pack, and
over the country road will pacK. ano
smooth, and otherwise Improve them
. . . , 1- .
to sucn an extent as to piace uicm ... .
.... - ,, .uj
condltlon of excellence not
equaled
anywhere else In the world
WHALING INDUSTRY REVIVED.
Dundee, Scotland, is electrified with
the unusual success which has this yeaj
attended the operations of the Scottish
whaling fleet.
At the beginning of last year almost
every newspaper in the kingdom had
a paragraph announcing that the last
of the Dundee whaling fleet had been
sold for other uses, and that as an In
dustry the Hrltish whale fishery might
be said to have expired.
Ail reportB of whaling captains from
the arctic pointed to one conclusion,
that the great mystlcetus or right
whale of those seas had either been
practically exterminated or, what
amounted to the same thing, had re-tir.-d
to some inaccessible fastnesses in
the far north where It was impossible
to follow. Not only was this the esse
In what, for convenience sake, may be
termed the Atlantic Arctic, but from
the 1'acific coast of the United States,
where the last embers of the once
mighty American whale fishery still
glow, the same gloomy tale had been
brought.
Much regret, of course, was felt at
the final cessation of a business that
hod lasted so many centuries, the in
fluence of which upon commerce and
navigation had been Incalculable, and
whose romance has permeated Anglo
Saxon literature. Then information
waa forthcoming that the largest of
all the British whale ships, the Es
quimaux, of 3 grow) tonnage and S5
horse-power nominal, hd Ix-en pur
chased by Mr. Harclay Walker of Liv
erpool, and fitted out most handsomely
for the purpose of being used as a
whaling yacht.
Hut a fortnight ago the Diana arriv
ed in the Tay with a cargo valued at
over JSO.0O0. and telegraphic informa
tion was received that the Nova Zem
bla had reached Ix.ughope in the con
dition dreamed of by all whalemen a
-- uiated to yield 120 tons of
haks, eaj
full shin. Her eaten comprises einn.
--- u.e
At tha undent r.rlee of twine and Oil
this catch will also yield about $r.0.'0.
- r,un(1(.e fleet, and all re-
' X ftovW the produce of whales on
The Nova Zembla spoke several ou.-
.orted hovlng the produce of whales on
board.
This news pointed to a sudden rx-uer-
ing of the conditions of Arctic; whaling
that was none the less gTattfylng be- 1
ause unexpected.
rt..tveon twenty and thirty whales
iave been captured this season In Da
Is straits by the Dundee fleet, whose
trength is seven ships.
Far from being abandoned, the Arc
lc whale fishery has Ireen so success
,,1 thi. war that the corning season
will sire an Increased activity in the In
dustry. nn the old man after a decaue or in-
. 1
--- --- , Km.., .. . .hnri
r-rz hr b,ls x
of the brewery was a pond, and to
avoid the pond in reaching the brewery
ihe old man was compelled to make a
. . f,Mour and .HAe OWT1 a bluff. A fl
,., k. ,.f I r made for
special brand of beer was made tor mm
In the brewery and a. nignt 01 stairs
was built down the bluff for his benefit,
nt (Via V.reu-nrv HHV It wan
not unusual for iteauiK to arms, a s.-g
r.f ruier In B rfftV.
He retained his business sense. Hit
land increased In value and he collect
ed his rents and paid his taxes regu
larly. Old friends assisted him In in
vestments, and Instead of becoming
bankrupt he got richer and richer. His
e:ie tndiiv Is valuable and so far as
known there is no claimant for It, al
though there Is a rumor that he ha
relatives In Pennsylvania.
RAN THE SAME TRAIN M YEARS.
William 11. (lordon of Millstone, N
f ..V... -..ntlv !....! hlu r.th t.rlh.
r iir ic...i,nj 1 .......
day and thereby attained the distinc
tion of being the oldest locomotive en
gineer engaged in active service in tne
1'rilted Stales, if rmt in the world, Is
of a railroad engineering family. U
near relative of the old throttle puller
being eiiKaged in the same vocation,
(lordon was born in .South River, Mid
dhex county, N. J., October 2, 11:4,
his father being tiamuel Cordon, wh":
ran the first rttaniboat between New
iirunswlck and New York.
(lordon commenced his railroad llff
In the employ of the Pennsylvania rail
road May 15, lMfi, as a fireman, but
In a year's time he was made an en
gineer and assigned to a run between
J.-rsey City and Millstone. That war
!iriy-tlir-c years ago. and ordon ha
never handled any other "run."
In this fact Gordon probably posses,
es another distinction, as there Is prob
ably not another railroad engineer In
the country who has been employed
continuously for so long a time In
running one train. The company made
hlrn many offers of faster and more
responsible runs, but he has always
asked to be allowed to let well enough
alone.
I V .... m.n Iia Kllltt Vllm.elf a COZV tlt-
1 rni. m'i "wo. -- - ---
tie home In Millstone, and the fact
that the old run allowed him to be at
home every night has wedded him to It.
Gordon lives there with his . second
wife. He celebrated his silver wedding
anniversary with his first wife, and In
another year or two will occur the
silver anniversary with his second
wife.
Gordon was one of the engineers of
. l -1 jt vKn Hull on. Ine ami tin re.
tne oiu j...... " --
cently visited Washington to see the
old machine that Is now a historical
relic. He aspects to retire from act
ive service January 1. under the new
Pennsylvania company' pension sys
tam. In Germany, one man In 111 goes to
college; In Scotland. ;
tha Unltad Btatts, one In 1,000, and m
Bn gland, on In l.tM.
Talk About Women.
Jennie June Croly. known the world
pver m ; a clever u 70
the advancement of her se.
" --
years old last Tuesday.
vf Uneth Ffc Warden
earn om it. x ut Di
ii u,1Pfion o real daujen-
jnrs. oni 1 11 i-r. . .
ter, was admitted to the Paul Jones
ter, was aamuieu 1,, .... ,
chapter, Daughters of the R!ut''
1 uminn th zither dav. Her rami r
. . 1 u.r father.
in uosion me omer .
Klcnaro. eeawaru wu the Bon
marines on Paul Jones ship, tne Jon
Ll,.rv,ltt mr..rr1
ni.i -
Homle Richard
1. irY.uhii.ri bv the re-
ported reectlon from the select "ow"
and Gown club of Mrs. '
v heeler, wire oi me """": ,- ..m
University of Cal'Jorma. D..
to have been Ml l g l0 many
faction who object hv4 ers.
unlvereity people among the me
Many of the nurses who we.
Many 01 w.c lu, "' ,, ,roor,s
South Africa with the Canadian trwM
,f tiro t known lamnies ...
..c .... . , ... .
.v, nn,ininn Tho head nurse, for e-
ine wiinin.'ii. ..c - .
ample. Is the youngest sister uf J"ifP
IJope, under secretary 01
been a nurse In at least three Lulled
States hospitals. Another ot u: vi
dian nurses Is the daughter of Judge
Forbes of Halifax? .
The ex-Empres Eugenie Is in gooo
health, but greatly depressed by the
death of Mme. Lebreton, her reaotr
and constant companion ever
flight from Paris. In referring to rier
the other day the ex-empress said.
She was so cheerful and gay. and
used to make me laugh and now I can
remember hes as the sweetest and most
devoted of my friends."
Mrs. Roy Levereux of London, who
Is visiting friends In Cincinnati. Is the
author of "Hide- Lights in South Af
.. 1. frin,l of Cecil Rhodes
and' considers him the most remark
able of living Englishmen, as c..e
tha i.nrinn Post she spent
a year In the Transvaal and says Kru-
ger is regarded by tne oesu 01 ... .
trymen as Ignorant and a fanatic.
Corn would still be standing In the
fields of Marshall county, Kan.. If tne
women had not turned out and helped
to gather it. The crop was unusual y
large this year and help was not only
scarce, but was not to be secured at
any price. The women, seeing that
men pould not be secured and that the
crop was going to waste, turned out
and husked the corn themselves.
Among those who turned their atten
tion to corn husking were the two ac
complished and college-bred daughters
of Charles Mulhern, a farmer living
near Ileattle, Kan. Majnie is 20 years
old and nulte pretty, a splendid I-tln
and Creek scholar; her sister Kate Is
18, a high school girl, bright, vivacious.
Intelligent and good looking, but they
harnessed their own teams, drove to
the fields and gathered corn until their
father's crop was safely housed. This
was their flrBt experience at corn husk
ing. Miss Elsie Reasnner, the celebrated
war corresjKindent and only American
woman who witnessed the coronation
of Queen Wilhelmlna, Is the recipient
of new honors, as she Is the youngest
member of the Paris commission, being
the Chicago representative of the As.
sociated Press at the French capital.
The New York and Imdon offices will
be represented by experienced men, but
this young girl with twenty summers
to her credit was unanimously chosen
f..r tHI. r-e.ncinHllil rwisftlnn bv the
manager of the three departments, as
fh(? hnf fu,)y. ,.(.m0nBtraU-d her ability
correspondent. Miss Reasoners
as a correspondent. Miss tteasoner s
"luck" Is proverbial, but when analyzed
It Is the legitimate outcome of an al
most occult power to foresee a possi
bility, an unerring Instinct to grasp an
opportunity and a Napoleonic spirit
that defies defeat and commands sue
ress.
Frills of Fashion.
Te combination of mink and ermine
appears among the novelties In fur
neckwear.
The cIbsIsc and graceful chatelaine
r" -
r. , . f .. 1 u ra atran nmnno- in. nrrnunr im nr
artist c even n attire ana tne smartest
. , fl.gra
Ith small varl-colored real gems.
TnniiAi ulth .nlilo cri-ktvn. .nd Hrlmii
f mirror velvet, trimmed with muslin
Inu-era am a feature cif mltllnerv
Koses are tne Bpeciaj tunn anu ine
Roses are the special kind and the
smaller sizes are muon un-u, a. wreain
of white ro- being the only trim-
I miner rin a. ffAlitp hat.
mlng on a sable hat.
The warmest thinks In skirts not
flannel are made of a soft elastic silk
material, a sort of matel.mse cloth, and
edged with embroidered silk ruffles.
They arw very pretty, but in the
French underwear they are not Inex
pensive. Effective evening gowns hav net
overdresses worn over contrasting silk
foundations and small silk flow.-rs such
as are us-d In millinery are tacked t
the net. They are In color to match
the goods beneath or In a contrasting
color, as red flowers on black net over,
white ea'ln.
The most appropriate of the extensive
array of hats for holldny wear are the
graceful little French toques of dark
moss-green velvet, trimmed with holly
berries, mistletoe sprays and n cluster
of shaded green ostrich plume.
The old-fashioned box plaits are (o
be seen as the trimming of underskirts.
A box-plnlted rulHe Is four or live
Inches wide. There are one or two-Inch
wide plaits separated by n eu;il
space and the plaiting Is stitched to an
Inch or so below the uptwr edg snd the
top of each plait Is caught down.
Nearly all the new house gowns hv.
soft, pretty collars covered uHh
muslin ruche's, the bands cut much
higher on the sldc-u or Bt the bdrk than
In front. In the holiday exhibit of fiin-
cy nec-Kwear, net, in varl.us duln'y
weaves and meshes, Is quite as f.ish-
lontinie as enmon or silk muslin.
A handsome gown of tan velvet ha
the over-dress outlined with a design
In cut cloth applique, stitched on with
gold thread, the design edged with
tiny gold braid. The body of the over
dress Is covered with a smal all-over
pattern of the rut cloth, each dnlgn
set some distance apart and stitched on
with the gold thread. ,
Long coats of velvet, a half fitting,
loose sacque. In shapes without aa
n Ik. .(Ml. . . L. - I .
Mil. ... ...rr ini.j..irj w. ine .wit, ar-one
nf thi fltieclHltlp. In wlnla. - . . ...... M
Wide bands of stitched panne are the
trimming, and distinguishing feature
In this style of garments, whether of
cloth of velvet, are triple revers, one of
rtl,.lr lltra I . a r , . I . . . . ...
v.wii. "- v.v, ,rn i; Willie SSUI1
embroidered with lace on the edge and
one of colored cloth covered with
stitching.
A pretty gown Is mad- of alternate
larrow strips of accord'on plaited
crepe de chine and lsce. The plaits art
set close together at the waist )ne and
gradually widen to the lower edae (.1
the skirt. The narrow pesebj of lace
are lightly narrower at tb yalst and
also widen gradually to th'e of the
skirt. The bodice Is made of kltarnata
nonsontai rows or the lac anil plaited
ersno also. 1
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