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bauulx> op bovnt KtOHUl* nU 4?t k MMtihr ni> tUnwM at ? tooek. ? 21*17?!!^^ tLMES;? SMnm ul ilrift witki inbt! fttie tkm, it tW |irdn (Mt. i ?Mpa good-bye 'awtk s fueM akjr that btrw witk tW stars of istsl fcs wkiapars: 'Dear, I tow tkaa. Br tka pain aid the grief foryat " eka iwritfc cstr aa aeko tkat inm: ^1* tores Uwt Mfti" _ tnsat-tora tkat tor Hit Mtatifol mi coi Hs katk givsa ker tif?'s Baft ska wiaaowa Ike t! Bat Oh* tjiaatto^s tkat tortana a Ilia witk tboras sad { (orsrsr witk smiles aad tears! tks lilisa aaall bs ker tot: tkara Iraaa tka rwsa leaf aad wasps tkst ka torse ksr not! Aad as tkay twaia ?o ligMaf 'aigktaf tks world stoat. Wkara faith ia a lower aadyiag aad lova ia a deathleae soag! Aa analsita paia tkat ia swsstly rata still tkrobs at a toaek?a sound; Aad'fls tores thss aot, Osar heart," aks saith, witk tka arum of tore aitxmdt ?Frank L. 8 tan ton, ia tka Atlaata Caaatitutioa. - A Lazy Lover. %y Hat ft!* W>itn?y. HEY were out ?n the lake, ; Roy Adams and Ruby I Lane. paddling about > among the water lilies. He had Just come as near pro poo.u* her, and she to refusing him, as it was possible to do and miss, this being their customary daily diversion. Now he teas watching her lazily." That was what Irritated her so?his inordi nato lariuess. , He was Isrge and blond, with placid blua eyes like a sleepy baby's. She wa? little and trim as waxwork. ?nd her grsy eyes were clear and keen. The exciting point of the day's program over, Roy hsd settled down to his usual comfortable nonchalance. "1 don't know what kind of a fellow you want;" he grumbled, amiably, with an Indolent movement of one oar, and somehow his laziest motion seemed to accomplish a good deal. ?'I know," said Kuby, positively. "Let's hear about him." Hoy pro- J posed. "He's brisk," Ruby replied, "and en ergetic." ? "Think I've got him in my mind's eye." Roy gave the other oar an easy touch. "Small and bustling?and chip pery, like the little cock sparrow who sat on a tree." "He isn't like that in the least." Ruby ?at up prim and stiff, aud rosy with in. dignation. "Oh. isn't he? Bog his pardon. Where is he now?" "At work." Ruby replied, promptly, her tone Implying a 'comparison be tween a man thus profitably employed and one who idled his time away at a summer hotel. "Perhaps he has nn object in view." Boy Insinuated. "Perhaps," Ruby admitted, demurely. "And?um?Is the object to be at tained soou?" Ruby let her eyes droop toward the top ruffle of lier blue organdie. "I?(Jon't know exactly; not before next spring." She was dabbling her hand in the lake, her eyelashes still slanting downward. "Ah! Congratulate him. and every thing. Shall we row over to that bunch of willows, or down to the little cove?" For an lnstunt Ruby wished she might tip the boat over, just to see if his exasperating equuuiuiUy would be disturbed even by such an emergency. "I don't believe it would," she de cided, In disgust. "He'd get us out if he could conveniently, and If be could not he'd drowu with that contented smile on his face, ns serenely ns if he were a wooden Sbem out of a toy Noah's ark." ? ?????? Mrs. Albert Loyd was peacefully cro chetlng a pair of bedroom slippers for Mr. Albert Loyd. chanting such incan tation as: "Chain two; double in sec ond double; turn; live singles in loop; chain two," when hw sister Ruby whirled In npon her, c.i3t liorself into a rocking chair, and rocked tempestu ously for three uiiuutes. Mrs. Albert viewed her quietly, suspending her crochet hook for a moment. "Three singles in loop; chain two? been fencing with Mr. Adams again?" ?be queried, mildly. "Yes," Ruby answered, "but I hardly think he'll care about fencing any more." "No? Why not? Tnrn; five singles." "I practically told him I was?en gaged." "Dear me! chain Ave?and to whom? Turn." "A person I invented." "You unprincipled little wretch! What did you do It for?" "Just to see what effect it would have." "Two singles?and what effect did it r "None at all. You couldn't stir him op to move an eyelash, whatever you did; ho's too sublimely laxy even to lose his temper." Mrs. Albert shook her head geutly. "You're off the track," she comment ed, unwinding more scarlet wool; "be may perhaps be guilty of always keep ing bis temper, and, let me tell you, a married woman would consider that a very good failing, but as for beinjg lazy ?Albert's friend, that little Mr. Hig glnson, who knows blm well, says be works in bis office like a galley slave ten months of the year, and although he has that laxy way and looks as If he were letting things go to smash If they want to, lie has bis eye on every thing, and every move he makes counts. I shouldn't wonder if you've put your silly foot In It for once with your Invented man. Albert says there isn't a more whole-souled fellow living than Hoy Adams, but just because be doesn't bop around and fuss over everything like a banty chicken?n* you do?you must get scornful and snub blm. You've done it all summer, you know you have, and he's been as faithful to you as the needle to the hay ?tack, or whatever It Is a needle is hup posed to be faithful to. You always ware a fractious child, and you aren't a whit better now than when you were six years " Mrs. Loyd erased her lecture as she found herself talking to a dissolving view of bine organdie rur fies and a couple of whisking sasb ends, and returned to her chaining, doubling and looping. Roy appeared before Bob; early the next day In his usual calm frame of mind and his boating rig. "Think he'll object to your going oat on the lake wltb me Just once more?" he asked. "I'm going away early to morrow morning." "What for?" she asked. "Have to." he responded; "vacation comes to an end to-night. Can you go?" She ran out and slipped her boating hat on In silence. She was reflecting dismally that she must either confess her little romance of yesterday an un founded one, or bid good-bye forever to this exasperating man, and she knew now that the latter was some thing she could not do and retain any shred of happiness. She waited, how ever, until they were out on the blue, soothing bosom of the lake. Then she rushed Into it. "He couldn't object, you know." she said, reverting to his remark of some time before, "because he's only fiction." "A dream-man?" he asked. She nodded, blushiug uncomfortably. He hummed a bar of "When a Dream Catne True." and settled back easily. Ruby looked Cown in silence. She waa waiting for him to say something else ?and he was careless!y moving an oar now and then, and apparently thinking of nothiug at all. She noticed for the fr*i time how strong bis brown hands looked; they were not the hands of a lazy man. They drifted along aimlessly. "It was a silly story to tell." Ruby said, at last. "Ob. I don't know." he answered. In dulgently. "I rather thought you were fabricating. But you might realize him yet, you know." I don t want to." Her voice was i little uneven. "Poor dream-man; sympathize wltb him, I m sure. Like to have that pond lily?" "Thank you. I don't care for It; let'# go back." He agreed amiably. "I ought to get back early." he said. "I promised Klngsland to come over and go fishing this afternoon, so we may not see each other again. Caesar. Isn't this a day for fishing, though!" Ruby's cheeks tingled as she walked silently beside h!ni through the liffht, dry grass on the way to the hotel, while he stalked cheerfully along, mak. Ing lrrltatliigly pleasant remarks about the scenery. They came to a standstill at the sum mer house on the lawn. It was empty and Ruby did not want to walk into the crowd of people on the hotel porch. "I'm tired." she said; "I'll rest n while, and we can say good-bye here." He held out his sunburned hand and clasped hers closely for a minute "CJood-bye," he said. "It you should coine to terms with the dream-man, don't forgi?t to let me know." She watched him going across an ad joining Held, as she fell into the big willow chair and began to rock. Then she looked off dismally toward the misty h.lls. They were dimmer thun the light summer haze warranted. "Only a summer flirtation?only a summer flirtation," creakcd the chair maddeningly. She turned her eyes to the field again. She could still see the tall form loiter* ing along. >Vhen it should disappear, the end of things would have come. He stooped, seeming to pick up some thing; then he turned slowly and be gan his easy stride back toward the summer bouse. It seemed ages before lie reached the door and looked In, holding toward her a flower on n stalk, Just a fringe of pale lilac petals u? curling from a tawny golden centre. "See, I found the flrst aster, and came back to bring it to you," he said She accepted It silently. He looked curiously at her eyes. The rims were decidedly pink. He folded bis arms and leaned against the door casing. "Suro you aren't going to marry the dream-man?" he asked, after a casual survey of the landscape. "Didn't I tell you there wasn't any?" "I thought you might be fibbing again. If there really Isn't " "Well?" ' Couldn't you reconsider things ana take me, after all?"-Xew York News. Cardinal of York W?> ? Bore. Henry Stuart. Cardinal of York, British prince as he was, and descend ant of the lovely and witty Queen of Scots, was himself but a dull and prosy man. He had all the good things of this world?honors, wealth and po sition. But while all respected him, many were greatly bored by his plati tudes. Pope Benedict XIV., who was his best friend, once expressed the general opinion. lie had listened to the cardinal's prosy talk for an hour and a half on n day when he was more than usually busy. He remarked, with a sigh of relief when the audience was over, "that It did not In the least sur prise him that the Kngllsh should wish to be rid of the race of Stuart, If they were all dull and tedious as the Car dinal of York."?London Modern So clet af I Filipino Dainty. The Filipinos ent large quantities ?f I drlpd grasshoppers, and also prepare I the? In confections. .... ?? How to Listen to Music Br ARIJ1 BRADLEY. Tbwt are many subjects and?r music which we iD are to ? certain extent familiar with, ma the "btographera of tta mastera," "the development." or "mediaeval music;" bat not many give the subject of "hm to listen to music" mnch thought. Maybe because It does not seem aa though this is one of any treat importance, taking it for granted that "to listen, ia to heat.** However, the proper capacity to listen to music la better proof of musical talent than skill to play upon any Instrument or to sing acceptably. It does more for that gentleness and refinement of thought and action, which it is the province of music to promote. Of all the arts, music Is practiced most and thought about least. One ressen is. that a sweet mystery enshrouds the nature or music, and that to master it technically alone costs a vast amount of time, patience and Industry. Music is dual In It? nature: It Is ma terial as well as splritusl. The mater ial side we apprehend through hear ing, comprehend through Intelligencer but the spiritual side we reach by fancy and imagination. A true mu sician will recognise In every selec tion the three decisive elements of music?harmony, melody and rhythm. Simply explained, harmony Is a well ordered series of tones; melody, the ordered tone of series, and rhythm, the symmetrical grouping of the series. Beyond doubt, melody Is the moat im portant of the three. The master is the one who bay the genius to put fire, passion, poetry and expression Into his compositions?to make them seem living things. Of all those who have been able to do this, Beethoven has led. Like Goethe, this genius has secreted many a mystery in his master pieces. but divine talent shows itself in every tone, and the secret only charms. To listen to imislc, to appreciate It, we must first know something of Its divisions. Of these, there may be said to be four: chamber, programme, classic nnd romantic. The first sec tion represents pure thought, lofty Imagination and deep learning. Com posers find It the finest field for the display of their talents, because their own skill In creating Is to be paired with the trained skill in hearing. Prop erly speaking, the programme music Is applied to descriptions, emotions and poetic inspirations; and in a high sense this class is the purest music In the world. Schumann. Beethoven. Mendelssohn and Liszt were lovers of the programme. But. among all terms In music, are words of no vaguer mean ing than classic and romantic, although all havp a general idea of each. Summed up very briefly, we may say that the classic is that style of music strictly adhering to all the established rules of harmony and counterpoint, re gardless of poetry or expression of tone, and that the romantic Is merely the progressive and creative principle of the classic style. As the highest type of Instrumental music, we have tl^p symphony, a term taken from the Greek (symphonia). This, If it be written for a solo instru ment, becomes a sonata, or if written for an orcfcestrs. a concerto. The sym phony is made up of four parts: (1) the allegro, a quick movement, which may be preceded by an introduc tion or prelude. (2) the adagio, a slow movement, (3) the scherzo, a playful. Jocose movement, the tlnale. usually called the rondo, which repeats the chosen them?* several times, and which may be introduced by a trio. Another interesting form of older instrumental music is the serenade, which is simply a group of short pieces, arranged agreeably. This style belongs to the "days of chivalry," when gallant knights serenaded their fair ladies. This form of composition was followed by the Glgue. the Minuet and the Gavotte. ^Vitb the old mas ters. as Bach. Beethoven nud Chopin, came into existence the prelude, etude, nocturne and the symphony. Later, another style of composition be came famous, known as Liszt's Hun garian Uhapsoilies. These works will always live, on account of their weird, dreamy and romantic construction, as well as the technic and skill required in their execution. A few short years and grand opera reached a state of perfection, through the wonderful genius of Gounod, Mo zart, Verdi and Meyerbeer. Who has not heard of Gounod's "Faust," Mo zart's "Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni," Verdi's "II Trovatore" and Meyerbeer's "Huguenots" and "The Prophet?" These grand works will nev?r perish; they are too great. In choral music, the names Bach, Handel and Haydn stand first. What could be more beautiful than "The Messiah," "The Creation" and "The Passion Music?" Surely the poet who said "music Is the gift of heaven" was correct, for what art Is so pure, so true, or so magnificent and sublime as music? What can be as beautiful as its master pieces whon performed perfectly? Yes, surely music is divine, for it Is the highest of all things. An Oil J Cailom. ft In an old fact In modern history that the toinbs of the Kings of Sar dinia and the cradle of their destiny. Savoy, are now in the hands of France. Only Kings Victor Emanuel II and Ilumttert I. are burled !n Italy. The rest, from the thlrteent hcentury, and numbering twenty-eight. He in the Abbey Church of Halite-Combe, near Clmmbery. which the pcace of Villa franca, lu 1H?M), transferred to France, with the rest of the provinces. In re turn for French aid against Austria. By a strange oversight, the toinbs of the kings were not "extra-territorial lied.'* Convex Knartway*. They are discussing In England n new systsm of road building, which would save a large percentage in the cost of construction. Instead of tho present method of convex surfaces, with a gutter at eaeli side, It Is pro posal to build concave roads, with ? wutter In the middle. ..... .. . ?- . .. , EARLY EXPftESS SERVICE. a? nomas Hhrr? aayi that In eighty years California want through tha mum progressive (kaofn that la Una land required 1000 years to accomplish, says London Oacessa. tha history of tha last half of these eventful years of tha Pacific coast would In no small part be the history of the great Wells* Fargo Express Company. After Its es~ tabUshment In 18B tha company rap* Idly absorbed all other lines of tha State, and was the banker, mall car rier and errand runner for every city, camp or cabin la California. Henry Wells and William G. Fargo were veterans of the express service before we find their names coupled In that union as clossly Identified with the West as are the quarts and granite of her hllla. Weils was Harnden's agent In Albany In the .first branch estsbllsh rnent there, and la 1834 he, with oth era. plsnted the first express office of the "West.** This waa at Buffalo?an outpost then four days and three nlghta from New York, almost as far aa California Is to-day. Fargo waa ex. press messenger for Wells on this Buf falo line. In 1815 Wells, ever lured to ward the West, ever tracking the fron tier. pushed out his express to St Louis. Chicago and Cincinnati. On ac count of his fine tact and iron resolu tion Fargo was chosen as manager of this unique and adventurous enter prise. Here in this unjostled space, with his convoy of bosts and wagons, he won a large experience In his work. Wfclls. ever fertile In ideas and quick to give them shape, now set on foot a letter express at one-fourth the price charged by the Government?six cents Instead of twenty-five. Immediately the Government was hot upon his track. He was haled Into court again and again, but was always victorious. Then the audacious expressman pro posed to the Assistant Postmaster to take charge of the entire mail service of the United States. "Zounds, sir!" cried the zea'.ous post master. his ear to the ground, "such s proceeding would throw 10,000 post masters out of office. It would never do." Wells' request was declined by the wary officer, but his protest against high postage went on sounding through the nation, and the next Congress, by the leverage of public opinion, was forced to divide the Government rate by four. So to Henry Weils, leading the host of reform, we owe one of the great forward steps In our civilization. To For*toll Waatbar. There were weather prophets before the Weather Bureau. Once when Dud ley Leavlee, for many years the maker of the New Hampshire A'manac, was driving northward througn Nottlng ! ham, he encountered a farmer hoeing by the roadside. "A fine mornlug." said Leavltt. "Yes." was the answer, "but It's going to rain before long." There was no hint of rain In the summer sky; but before Leavltt had got through North wood Narrows ? heavy shower came down upon him Wishing to tin dout how the farmer could predict so exactly, be turned back, and found him out in the field again, after the rain. "I should like to know,** said the as tronomer of Winnepesaukee. "how you could tell so exactly what the weather was going to be." "Well," said the sage, "when my old ram scratches his ear with his left hind foot in the morning, I'm certair 'twill rain before night. Besides, if that old fool of a Dud Leavltt says Ip bin almanac, 'Fair weather may be ex pecteil,* I know 'twill be Just the con trary."?Springfield Republican. " Kit Caraon'a Klfla. it Is perhaps not known to all th? world that the rifle of Kit Karson, th? great Western hunter, scout and ex plorer. Is carefully preserved and may be seen by those who know its where a bouts. At the time of Kit Carson'f death he left this rifle to Montezuma Lodge. F. &. A. M? of Santa Fe. N M.. in whose charge It has remained ever since, an object cf grenf Informs' and very highly prized by all memben of that society. Montezuma Lodge Is one of the old est organizations of that nature wes' of the Missouri River. It was organ ized as long ago ns 1840 .at which tiiu* the ancient town of Santa Fe was Jus* beginning to take In part the color o' the western bound Anglo-Saxon civil ization. Fremont's first trip to thi Rocky Mountains was made In 1842 There were few white men In all tha' part of the West at the time of thf founding of Montezuma Lodge, bu' Kit Carson was one of these early members. To his brothers of the so clety lie left what may have been oni of his most cherished possessions. Field and Stream. r*Mr?|I^i,?Vn 8on|h American CI tie* I hlladelphia turns out, on an aver age, over 300 dentists every year/ suld a young member of the denta} profession. "Of course, a great man) of them come here from all ovfcr th? country, and even from foreign coun tries, and when they are through wltb their studies they return to tbeb homes. For my part, I've about mad? up my mind to migrate to Soutb America, where the opportunities ar< practically unlimited. Take the city of Buenos Ayres. It has a population of over 1,000.000, with only about fifty dentists. It is a cosmopolitan com' inunlty, too, English, Germans and Italians having locnted there In grea* numbers. In fact, few of the South American cities have a full quota of dentists."?Philadelphia Record. Th? Talk of th* Vmy. A school for dogs Is the latest devel opment of the educational movement It hns been established In Paris, wltb the object of teaching, not letters, but politeness. The schoolroom Is fur nished with chairs, tables and rugs to give the necessary "local color" tt the surrouudlngs. The dog pupils art trained to welcome visitors by Jump ing up, wagging the tall and giving a low bark* lien the visitor leAves. the dog accompanies Mm t;- the doot nnd bows his farewell by bending his head to the floor. He Is trained like* wise to pick tip a Handkerchief, glove or fan that has i*en dropped and re turn It to the owner. lie is taught further o walk with "proud nnd j prancing slops" ;>1jou out with bi? TIE PEOPLE, THE PtOtUCTS AND THE PICTURESQUE FEATDIES OF THE PHILIPPINES. J. WB?T. HE Philippine Islands are ?boat 900 In number, and are about 8000 miles dis tant from tlie United States. Area. 140.000 square miles. 81tuated between the China See and Pacific Ocean. Popula tion estimated at 7.000.000. Magellan 1* credited with the discovery In 1321. The United States paid Spain $20,000, 000 for the Philippines. The chief lsl ands are Luzon. Mindanao. Samar. Mlndora, Pa nay. Leyte. Negros. Cebu. etc. Manila Is the capital and chief port, and has a population of 250,000. The climate is the best known In the tropics and the soil wonderfully fertile. The principal products are hemp, to bacco, sugar, coffee. Indigo, cotton, corn, bananas, oranges, pineapples, co coanuts, mangos, etc. Straw and chip hats, togethei with hides, form the chief exports. Vast forests of the most valuable timber exist all over the isl ands. The timber Includes ebony, san dal. camphor, teak, sapan, etc., while rich mineral deposits exist In various parts of the archipelago. Gold and copper have been located In Luzon. Petroleum and coal are being worked in Hollo. Cebu. and Leyte is destined to become famous for sulphur. Asiatic cholera was prevalent on the islands from March. 1902. to July. 1902. Dur ing that short period there were 131. 817 cases, with 83,282 deaths, showing a mortality of sixty-three per cent. In the city of Manila 4080 cases and 3171 deaths. The six tribes which have shown the most adaptability and intel ligence are the Tagalogs, Macabebes. Vicols, Ilocanos, fagayans and Visay ans. The Tagalogs are the most nu merous of any of tlie tribes, and were the principal ones iuvolved In the past Insurrection. They live principally in the provinces of Bulacan, Rizal and the city of Mauiia, part of southern Luzon and also on the Island of Mindora. Their language Is known as Tsgalog, and is spoken more extensively than any other native tongue. Tbe Maca bebes do not beloug to a distinct tribe, as is supposed by many. They are Pampangans. and live within a small section of about thirty square miles in the Province of Painpanga, near tbe mouth of the Rio Grande Klver. They occupy only two large towus and num ber about 40.000. The origin of these people Is somewhat obscure, but in some old archives in possession of the Spanish friars it is recorded that about 200 years ago there was a religious up rising in Japan, and that many of the Japanese were either killed or com pelled to leave the Island. It says that about 400 of these exiles came to the Philippine Islands and settled at the town of Macabebe, where they re mained. Intermarrying with the na tives. Tbe Macabebes have served as soldiers on expeditions with Generals Lawton, Young. Bell, Schwan. Wheat on, and assisted General Funston in tbe capture of Agninaldo. They have always shown loyalty and great quail lleatlons as soldiers. The Vicols are from the south, Ca marines Province and Sarsogon, and have their own Ian guage. The Ilocanos nre larger in stature than any of the other tribes, darker In color and not as smooth In appearance. Tlioy are hard workers and make ex cellent soldiers. They are considered loyal to the American Government. They have shown themselves In battle to be conquerors and are amenable to discipline. They never forget a wrong done them, and will avenge themselves at the first opportunity. The Ilocanos live mostly in the Province of Ilocas Norte and Ilocas Sur. These provinces are on the extreme northwestern coast of Luzon, on the China Sea. The Ca gayans inhabit the Province of Caga yan, which is u most fertile section l?? northern Luzon, and produces large quantities of tobacco. They are peace ably Inclined and are extensive farm ers. The Vlsayans inhabit the Visuyan Islands, which are south of Luzon. They are Samar, Leyte, Panay, Negros, Cebu and Kahal. They also have their own language. The Filipinos arc u pe culiar class and hard to understand. They belong to the Malny race. There are eighty-five different dialects spo ken on the Islands. Spanish is spoken by the educated class, which is very small. The most Interesting scene Is the vol cano Mayon. Towering 8IW0 feet above the level of the sea, Mayon Is the loft iest active volcano in the Philippines and among those of greatest altitude In the world. To the timber line It Is covered with dense tropical vegetation, and thence to the summit Ik a tortuous distance of almost Impassable gorges, here of broken rock and there of vol canic sand and pumice gorges, some hundreds and others thousands of feet deep, above which hang cruiublltig masses of rock and sand, death traps from whose depths constantly rise pale* columns of dust, the residue of ava lanches hurled Into the depths below. The ascent of the nearly perpendicular sldrs to the summit was for centuries considered an impossible feat. Hut this was accomplished In March, by two Americans, Lieutenant Barton, Ninth United States Cavalry, and Mr. Rubar. The next previous attempt was made by a German sclentIwt who, vis iting Legaspl, a town at the base of the mountain, declared his intention of making the ascent. The Spanish com mandant sent u sergeant and two sol diers with him. Through field glasses they were seen In the fading light of the evening far above the timber line. They never returned, and It Is sup posed they were overwhelmed by *7. avalanche. Mayon volcano possesses a grltn history. It Is situated In the Province of Albay, Island of Luzon, and from a distance presents a beauti ful symmetrical form, in appearance a perfect cone. The eye follows the ae curate lines with pleasure to the point where the summit Is lost In the clouds ?r mantled In the vapor that ever rises from the crater. I>esplte the ruin It hits wrought, around Its base are sev eral towns and villages, the largest of ivliicU is Albav the canital of <h? nra? low. Among others are Camilla*. Uallnao. Tabico and Caguna. The volcano Is constantly active and frequently in violent eruption. In 1709 two towns and several villages were demolished, while ashes and lava were thrown out during a period of two months and destroyed property within a radius of twenty miles. On Febru ary 1. 1814. without warning, it burst forth with great violence, and there was frightful destruction of life and property, more than 2200 being killed and many wounded. A slight eruption took place in 1887. This was followed by oue much more severe on Ju!y 9. 1888, by which several villages were destroyed. In May. 1897. there was a frightful outburst. Showers of red-hot lava fell over a radius of tweuty miles, and in the Immediate vicinity over 401' persons were killed. Tot::l darkness? prevailed At Tabaco aud tlie earth opened. Houses were buried at Ba cacay. and the villages of Sau lloque. Mlserlcordla and Santo Nino were completely covered by debris and tbeit population destroyed. At Lubi more than 100 people perished In the ruins The last eruption took place in l'.HM). For three days the sun was obscured by dense volumes of smok?, and dur ing that time gray ashes were falliug. When the light returned it was discov* cred that the south side of the crater, that had previously been pyramidal In form, had been thrown down. Sixty seven natives lost tlu?ir lives. But there is no seeming of danger at pres ent.? (Jeorge F. .1. West, Manila City. Philippine Islands. INDIAN MOUNDS. In Korthwrit May Have lt??n Built by Sioux. Warreu Uphain. Secretary of th? Minnesota State Historical Society, in an address at Indian Mounds Park yesterday before the Minnesota Con gregational Club, expressed the belief tliat the lO.OtH) mounds scattered throughout Minnesota are not the work of the so-called prehistoric mound builders, but are the handiwork of Sioux Indians who created the mounds as receptacles for the boms of their dead. He cited as authority for his belief J. V. Brower, of St. Paul, and X II. Wlnchell, of Minneapolis, men who have spent years in the fascinating work of delving into the history of the long forgotten past. Mr. Upham's address was the feature of the twenty-sixth annual meeting and outing of the Congregational Club. It was in part a formal address, but Mr. I'pham included in his talk inter esting data relating to the mounds in Indian Mounds Park and also informa tion as to the mounds so thickly dot ting certain localities lu southeastern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio. . He declared that there are not less than 10.000 of these Indian burial mounds In the North Star State, while Wisconsin and Ohio are credited with an equal number of the silent wit nesses of the existence of past genera tions. On the Cannon River in a dis tance of ten miles east from Ited Wing there are not less than 1000 of the aboriginal mounds, and one square mile contains not less than 7?00 vf the mounds. The park where the outing was held originally contained eighteen, but the works of man have reduced the number to seven. He said that unquestionably the mounds were erected by the Sioux In dians on the Indians who preceded them in the occupancy of Minnesota as burial places for their dead. There were no enclosures such as exist in Ohio and Wisconsin, the Minnesota mounds being simply heaped up earth In a conical Khape.anil in th>se the bones of head men of the Indian tribes were burled. Investigations had shown that ofte-i the mounds contained bones of human beings, and the speaker expressed a be lief that these were not deposited In the mounds until the elements had de stroyed the flesh and the hones more easily dissolved by chemical action. The Investigators have found in some mounds Indian arrow heads, mussel shells, ashes and charcoal. Ilecent ex ploratlons had been made by T. H. Lewis and Alfred J. Hill, the latter now deceased. Roth these men were residents of St. Paul while engaged in the work. The most notable mound in the country, Mr. Upham said, was near St. Louis, and World's Fair visitors would And th's an interesting spol while at St. Louls.-St. Paul C.lobe. Woman Shot lh? Lynx. The ranch of W. It. Cook on Willow Creek was visited on Thursday night last by au unusually large lynx, which met Its fate at the hands ot Mrs. Cook. About midnight the yelping and howl ing of the dog led her to think that there were things doing with him, and she started to Investigate. In the bright moonlight she saw a strange looking animal of ferocious aspect in hot pursuit of the dog. and evidently bent on taking his scalp. The dog took refuge under the house, while Mrs. Cook, instead of fainting, secured a gun and killed the beast. Mr. Cook will have the hide dressed, and in the future the skin of the erstwhile mid night marauder will serve as an orna ment to his home and an excuse for splnuing u yaru.?Prinovllle (Ore.) Re* view. I>afir? to Tnkr Strain Out of NflWlrt, I>r. 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