8
Carpenter's Letter
(Continued from Seventh Pago.) .
but It thoro aro quartz velnn thoy ara prob
ably in tbo mountains om" dlstanco back
from tbo coast. It would, lor tho present, at
leant, bo best (or men to go In companies ot
a dozen or moru, well armed and ready to
fight. In companies thoy will bo ablo to go
almost anywhere and can easily maintain
thomsolvcn, both against tho savages and
tho ladrones or Filipino bandlto. They will
And tbo cllmata ot tho mountains healthful
and bracing uud tho country In tho winter
at least a delightful ono tor traveling and
prospecting.
I am not yet prepared to wrlto ot tbo coal
resources hero. Thoro aro, I am told, largo
bods of coal on many ot tho I'hlllpplnt, and
that both anthraclto and bituminous. Tho
depcnltn exist chlelly on tho Island) which
nro. nearest tho cast, but tboro aro nlso
ovldonccs of coal near Znmboangn, In tho tar
south.
Captain Ilatcholcr saw many Indications of
coppor and somo evidences of petroleum In
tho Cngayun valloy. Tho Ncgrltce and
Igorroteo frequently ohow Bpcclmens of lead,
antimony and othor mlncrnlR, but It Is Ir.i
posfllblo to get them to say where thoy find
thorn. Tho lead usually carries gold and
silver with It.
Tho coppor of North Luzon was worked, It
Is Raid, by tho Igorrotra long before iho
Spaniards onmo. Thoy' softened tho rocks
by building fires ljpon them. This enabled
OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE.
April 1, 1000.
band's political interests by making his mo. I'm no spring chicken, and I'll tell
friends thrlco welcome at their homo In you right now that you'ro making It hard
Birmingham. Bho Is ao tond of roses as her tor him. I'll maka him feci as though he'd
husband Is fond of orchids, and tho High- Jumped from a Turkish bath Into a snow
bury rottary Is quite as famous as tho mar- drift."
volous collection In tho orchid houso there. "Him! Who?"
Tho Chamberlain town residence at 40 "Oh, drop that Innocent air. What do
Prlnco's Gardens, Is supplied every day you tako mo for? Do you think I havo to
with flowers from Highbury.' Bot tho help ot an expert to add two and
Mr, Chamberlain has been three times two? Ho came last ovcnlng and you said:
married, and his holr, Auston Chamborlnln, 'Why, how do you do, Mr. Brown?' When
is his son by his second wlto. Tho younger h loft It was 'Goodnight, Qcorgo, dear,' and
Chamberlain Is now 37, wears a monoclo yu punctuated audibly after each word.
Ilko his fathor, Is a mombor ot Parliament You cnmo.up stairs singing, and when 1
and is civil lord of tho admiralty, thanks n8j0'1 yu what tlmo It was you said It
to his father's political pull. seemed too sweet to bo truo. Now will you
Klnnllv. Mr. nhnmhnrlnln In Ihn crnnfrl tell?"
admirer of the United States In tho present
English government. Ho has persistently
boomed tho Idea ot an Anglo-American nit 1
nnco nnd got himself Into troublo not long
ago try speaking ot It in public as If it
.... , u. pnporB crUlclB0d blm for B0 d0nK, A fow
iui .... . iii;iuiib uuinui null. iuu uil.ivu
States government, und consequently get-
"I cannot. You'll never know a thing
about it till ho buys tho ring."
"Mr. Decchor ono day," relates Major
Pond In tho Philadelphia Post, "attended a
match gamo of billiards, and sovoral nowa
days later, whllo ho was sitting on tho
edgo ot tho platform In his lecturo room, a
young church ofllcor said to him: 'I don't
bcllovo there Is nny'harm In billiards, but
don't you think you Injured your influenco
by attending tho gamo?'
"Mr. Bcccher tucked ono of his legs under
tho other, and, nursing ono knee, said
slowly: 'I've noticed all my life that
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Bunch of Short Stories
In his recontly published "Recollections"
Sir -Algernon West tells a Btory of Marwood,
tho cxocutloner. who prccedod Dlillngton,
which will bear rotolllng. Ono of tho ofllcials mlnistors who nro always taking caro of
at tho colonial office had occasion to consult their lnfluonco nover havo much influence to
Marwood as to tho moat rapid way of putting take caro of. Very early In ray ministry I
n man out of cxlstonco. Marwood expressed rondo up my mind to tako caro of my work
and lot the Lord tako caro ot my lnfluonco.
Thoso mlnistors who keep looking behind
them to see what has becomo of their in
fluenco remind mo of nothing so much as an
old cat chasing its own tall."
FHOM NORTHERN LUZON.
than to break ou,t tho oro and thoy then
roasted It again and again beforo smelting.
Tholr smelting was dono In little clay fur
naces not much bigger than a tour-gallon
crock, bamboo blowers being usod to mako
tlio requisite? drnught. Tho Spaniards lntor
on tried to work theso sanio nilnon with
machinery nnd fnlled.
Tho editor of tho Manila Times, who has
traveled considerably ovor Luzon nnd who
Is thn author ot a numbor of guldo books
nml maps relating to that Inland, tells mo
thoro is an Iron mountain within less than
fifty mllce ot Manila. It Is near mineral
nprlngs nnd "not far from tho best settled
part of tho Island. Iron is also said to exist
In other parts of Luzon and In Cobu nnd
other Inlands. Somo of tho ores nro very
rich, thoso ot Angat, in tho nulacan province,
not fnr from Manila, containing from 75 to
S5 per cent of puro iron. Nono of tho mines
Is worked nnd tho Incontlvo undor tho
Iniquitous Spanish government has been to
let them lto undeveloped nnd untouched.
FRANK O. CARPKNTKR.
Wear of War on
. Joseph Chamberlain
(Continued from Sixth Pago.)
scalo. Tho War olllco had bungled and tho
colonial secretary was blamed for that, too,
becauso It tho colonial secretary had not
gono to war tho War olllco would not havo.
had a chanco to bunglo. Uut two weeks
after Parliament Iind opened Mr. Chamber
lain got up .ono night, put a llttlo ploco ot
papor In front of him with a faw notou on
it, and, In his calm, clear volco, sailed into
his critics. It was a strong, adroit aud
audacious speech, in which hu defended tho
government and himself bo well that ho
saved tho situation. A boom for tho pro
inlorshlp was started then, for Lard Salis
bury Is to old nnd so tired of political life
that ho only nwalts an opportunity for stop,
ping down and put. .If ho does it betoro
England gets over tho noed ot a strong and
daring man nt tho helm Mr. Chnmborlaln
has n good chanco, for tho place hated
though ho Is In tho conservative party bo
causo thoro Is no ono clso available who
-flllB.tho bill;
It Is sato tu say that tho colonial secre
tary has a strong supportor In tho prince
o( Wales, who, according to goueral gossip,
was refponslblo for calling oft tho Investi
gation of tho JumoBon raid, whllo Mr.
Chamberlain has bad to bear all ot the crit
icism of that peculiar proceedings. Tho
queon seoms to bo rather tond of tho Illr
mlnghnm politician, nnd eho has shown
particular attention to Mrs. Chamberlain,
who, na you know, Is tho daughter ot W. C.
Endlcott, formerly socrctnry ot war In the
United States cabinet, airs. Chamberlain
does not care inuoh for smart socloty, how
ovor, though eho looks well aftor her hus-
hlmsolf In favdr of what bo professionally
called "tho long drop," nnd drovo homo his
nrgumcnt by remarking: "Thoro wns a Mr.
Peace, now, a small man; I gavo him a six
foot drop, nnd I hassuro you, sir, ho passod
hoff llko a sunimor hovo."
Whllo a mombor ot tho Nebraska legis
lature, relates tho San Francisco Wave, C:
M. Shfador, a populist leader, mado It a
rulo to opposo every bill that had to do
with corporations. Whenovor he arose to
speak on ono of thoso measures ho Invaria
bly said: "I know thoro's 'boodlo behind
this bill, Mr. Speaker. I know It bocauso I
havo boon approached." This sort of thing
wont on for somo tlmo. Ono day Represent
ative White, lender of tho domocratlo side,
aroso whllo Shrader was hinting at boodle
and asked permission to ask tho populist a
question. "I am perfectly willing to answor
any quostlon the gchtlcunnn may ask mo,"
doflantly announced Shrader. Whlto leveled
a long lend poncll at tho populist. "Will
you plcnso tell this body, Mr. Shrndor, what
thoro Is about you that caiisos all those
follows with boodlo to approach you?"
A copperhoad correspondent who had
mado hlmsolf ohnoxlous to General Rawlins
applied to that lcador at VIcksburg for
news.. To a member ot his staff tho gem oral
consigned tho Journalist, with ardors that
ho bo taken to tho trenches within n stone's
throw of tho enemy, and, If possible, lost
thoro. Tho two sot forth, but tho moment
tho nowspnpor man's hat nnd his mulo's
cars showed ovor tho rldga which ho had
climbed to got a view thoro camo a volloy
ot muskotry ton yards wldo, which shlod the
top ot his hat off. Ho sllppod to tho ground
In safety, but tho mulo wns literally flllod
with lead. Whon tho two men returned
to hondquarters Rawlins hailed his aid: "1
thought I told yon to loso'that copperhoad
reporter somowhero?" ho snld. "I did tho
host I could," was tho roply. "Ho camo
bnck, but I havo tho honor to roport his
mulo a total loss."
After thoy had. tholr broakfast and he
was preparing to go to tho ofneo, reports the
Dotrolt Frco Press, ho called tho oldest
daughter to ono sldo and whispered: "Any
thing special to say to mo this morning?"
"No, pnpa. Hopo you'll havo a pleasant
dny."
"Is that all? Nothing you want to tell
ma about, no advloo to ask, or favor, or
anthlng of that sort?"
"Only to wenr your muffler and not take
cold."
"Very well," his volco hardor and louder.
"I was conceited enough to think that you
might think somo consideration due mo, nnd
confldo in mo. I didn't know that I might
havo established somo claim, but tho fate
of tho married man Is to pay bills and keep
out of the road."
"Why, pnpa, dear, I don't understand
you."
"That's all right. Don't try to soft solder
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