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PIONEER IN OIL DISCOVERY. OW well volunteers Lave borne the brunt of battle since the war with Spain began is now a tnat- ter of hlslory. A recapitulation of the main exploits of our armies in Cuba and tlie Philippines shows at once how splendidly this contingent has upheld the name of America. When the Maine was destroyed in Havana barlsir the people eagerly clamored to be led to the front, and when war was actually declared the response to the call to arms was ten-fold greater than the needs. Twenty-live thousand regulars — no matter how brave, skillful and well-disciplined could not be ti match for ten times that number of trained regulars lighting under the banner of Castile, and. from the beginning of military operations to the volunteer bus come a glowing share of tlie glory of daring, patient, i ffeetlve work well done. The first fierce fight of Las Qunslmas was engaged In by Western volunteers in conlunetlon with negro regulars. These men were practically without experience cavalry, but dismounted and forced to plunge through a Cuban Jungle in tlie face of a hot tire. Wood's rough riders led the tierce charge. The men were away from home in an tm- ■ friendly climate, which in itself was I ' sufficient to enervate them. But they fought and won. Regular army of ficers, who scorned tlie national guard and hastily organized volunteers, open ed their eyes in wonder to see tlie “min ute men” conscripts of tlie West give tlie truculent dons their “trimmings" in approved measure! The men who went to Porto Rico with Mlles were of the same class with no previous ex pel-let.... tinder tire. Yet all the fight ing that amounted to anything was done by Illinois and Ohio men, not of tlie regular at my. Bennitt's Third Illi nois had never said much, but It fought, qnd wept that peace was de clared Just as they had things nicely ”lo smash tlie dons!" ' The Philippine situation is worth go ing over In detail to analyze the light ing mettle lluit has been shown by our new men. Dewey won the first tight there so easily that nobody thought there would lie another battle. As the disordered enemy took heart, however. 38 OUTCLASSED DcWEY IN LOVE. The Hpnnlah Duke Who Did It Now Minister to H-hin«ti n. Spain's m-W ambassador to the Uni ted States, the Duke d'Arcos. Is a mall in whom Admiral George Dewey once found a successful rival. Twenty years or more ago D'Areos, then a poor Count, but a handsome, dashing fellow, was in Washington as a legation at tache. Dewey was also there In a subordinate naval position, and was equully poor. Both men were popular favorites. They were In society a great deal together, and were well liked. Among their Intimates Dewey was always “Gcorget” and D'Areos, whose family name Is Brunetti, was called "Jack." Dewey ntid D'Arcos both fell In love wjtli the same girl, the beautiful Vir ginia Woodbury Lowery, of Washing ton. Archibald Lowery, who Is rich p ’ ahcos aso uis wire. ■ nd proml and patriotic, did not like either suitor, lie thought bls daughter could do better than marry l>< wey. As for Brunetti, he was not an American. In the father's eyes he was luqsisslble. I I’erhap« that was one reason why the beautiful girl preferred the hand some Spaniard. She gave him a vow that she would wed no one else, but she j told her father that she w ould not mar j ry without bls consent. She kept both 1 promises, but there was a long ami weary waiting For years the father win otslurate; the lovers were sunder ' *>d. In the meantime Dewey had mar- | ried another girl. She was In her grave j twenty years and more tu-fore the guns at Manila echoed around the world. After many years the old Duke died ■ nd Jack Brunetti Iwcnme the Duke , d'Arco«. He was named Spanish mln- toter to Mexico. Mr. Lowery finally i tne President and General Merritt made up a force largely of volunteers, with a lenvcn of regulars to steady the lump. It was supposed that there would be only a summer picnic for the former, with the latter needed only for brief garrison duty until the ball was over. So it came about that the army of occupation of the Philippines was made up of 75 per cent, of volunteers. Of sixteen regiments of those only one was from the East and South respec tively. The others were all Western, representing California, Kansas, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, Colorado. Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, Iowa, and Utah—all from west of the big river. These men had only that train ing at arms that comes from having a pistol as a regular article of toilet. Ninety per cent, of them had never been organized ns regiments. Without being drilled, within two months after concentration many of them "were aboard transports and on their way to Manila. Five expeditions, with nearly 17,000 troops, reached the capital of Luzon by the middle of June. No drilling could be indulged In on the troop ships, but little time was given after debarkation for such things. But they were there to oust the Spanish, and ten days after arrival this raw ma terial was engaged In a deadly strug gle. Under the most terrifying condi tions of nljrht ami a whirlwind of tem pest and tain they repulsed the enemy and covered their States with glory. No denial of the innate lighting qual ities of these men of the nation hail ever been made, but all regular officers held Huit much training was necessary to render them steady under tire, and enduring In a sickly climate. Yet these raw levies, fresh from counting house and fa-m, accustomed to all kinds of good things to eat mid drink, buckled down to army rations in a land 10,000 miles from home, took the good with the bad, mid lacked not one wlilt of the steadiness of regulars. The first sortie of consequence by the Filipinos was on Feb. 3. It consisted of a preconcerted attack at a dozen dif ferent places on Utls' lines, mid was as skillfully planned as any tight ever made, but It was soon turned Into a disgraceful rout. Our volunteers did not know that under the rules of war they were licked at the start. lienee It came about that Instead of ret rea t- Ing these hardy Westerners llopped over the fronts of their trenches mid imide for those occupied by Aguln- nldo’s men, three times their number. They simply took them. They wanted the waterworks, mid from the vicinity deliberately and unkindly kicked the Filipinos out. In this instance hot headed determination set aside all rules of warfare. Viewed in a regular way, the assailed were beaten, but Irrepressible pltchlng-ln defied all mar tial strictures, and the day was won. In like manner, when Anderson was .attacked by August! on Aug. 3, thick weather prevented the regiments from knowing that in a tactical point of view they were as good as wiped out. But they pressed on diligently, fought their way past obstacles, half realized at the time, by sheer force of pluck system ami scientific skill out of the question. When Miller.landed at Iloilo with bls handful of Iowans he seemed to have committed suicide, lie faced a bunch of Filipinos teu Jlmes his num ber, and well armed and well disciplin ed. Yet he kept tlie town, and when the Tennessee regiment was added to ids force, with a part of the Third artil lery, be went into the country looking for a fight. He found one, and, to the chagrin of all military strategists, from Charles Martel down to Kitchener of Khartoum, lie won It. He had no right {o <lo anything of the kind, but be did, and there is an end to tlie discussion that red tape and ironclad rules have anything to do with real enthusiasm and victory. What is aimed at here is to express what “Teddy” Roosevelt, “Joe” Wheel er and others affirm: the volunteer of America is a fighting machine who im bibes practical skill with salt pork, bean soup, black coffee and bad bread. He does not need a course of sprouts at any school of technical war Instruction if he can get tlie real thing in front of him. Lacking regular training, he does tlie best lie can, coolly realizing all ills advantages and marching up to the point where he can do the most effec tive shooting. He makes use of what skill lie has, and then drops the whole science of war to find out who is shoot ing at him and bow quickly be can slioot back. A great deal of Jungle skirmishing has marked the Filipino conflict. Here the work of the Western volunteer lias lieen such ts to excite wonder and ad miration .«a fhe part of trained officers of foreign lands, who never dreamed a force of raw recruits could behave so like steady regulars. SmokleSs pow der In bamboo wildernesses could not daunt these men. They wrestled with tlie undergrowth as they would with a patch of sunflowers at home, they wriggled through right down upon the guerrillas, and the sturdy regular grin ned with approbation when he heard these lighting wildcats yell. concluded that further opjiosltlon was useless and gave sanction to the mar riage, which was carried out very quietly. The new minister from Spain Is an Important man In Washington, and Ills wife a great lady. But there are people In Spain as well as the United States who think Miss Lowery missed a great opportunity when she said “no" to I >ew ey. scorn. Her classic head was lifted in anger. “Merciful heaven!" shrieked the young man. “Tell me, dearest girl, what Is the matter?" But she stepped back. and. striking the attitude that she luid learned at the Solm Amateur Dramatic Club, she pointed her finger at him and said in tones that would wither a load of liny: “All Is lost. Clarence Wheeler. You are sitting in the pie!”—Pittsburg Times. HE LOST ALL, Including that Winsome Creature, the Lovely llirtly Jones. It was the first perfect day of the glad springtime. The warm sun bright ened the country landscape, ami the odor of opeuing apple blossoms came upon the laden atmosphere. The lazy clouds floated dreamily in the sky over head. chiefly because they could not go afoot nor on the trolley cars. The rural roads were smooth under the hammer of Innumerable wheels, and Clarence Wheeler had stolen ltlrdy Jones from her haughty Soho home for a ramble on Ills '97 tandem among the highways of the townships. Stop ping from their run, they rested l»e- m-ath a great oak tree which overhung a wayside spring. Cowliells tinkled In the woodlot below the meadow, and lit tle lambs with wabbly legs three sizes too big for them gamboled on the short green grass. Ou a broad, flat stone that looked down upon the crystal water ltlrdy spread tlie lunch they had car ried In the tandem box. nml Clarence brought water In a romantic tin can that he had found hard by. The soft winds toyed with the girl's bleached tresses, which streamed over her face like a photogravure picture of the west wind to illustrate Longfel low's poems. Her cheeks flushed with the vigor of exercise and robust health, and when the young man approached her from the spring his whole thought was centered upon the winsome beau ty of the divine creature. He sat down by her side. Ills soul drank In the charm of the picture. She looked up from the can of embalmed beef that she was opening, with a smile of confi dent approval vU her young face. Sud denly her eye kindled and the rosy flush of young womanhood gave way to a ghastly pallor. Her lip curled in A Model Town. “Three miles from nowhere, in a lit tle backwoods village over In North Carolina the other day, I found the one town In the world where everybody works, and no loafing is permitted." said a well-known traveling salesman. “In this hamlet there's no Idleness that Is not voluntary or vicious, nml this privilege Is not allowed even to the wandering Willie out of a Job. On a sign nt the postotllee In Beechland Is this Injunction, from which there Is no appeal: -No loafing allowed In this town. We work, and so must everybody else who expects to reside here for any length of time. Idleness breeds crime, ami, as we never liml a robbery or a murder here, we have determined to strike nt the root of all evil. Tramps will be given one hour In which to de part. and honest men out of employ ment will be given work If they desire It. If not, they must git, and git as quick as tlielr lazy legs wil carry them away from our village. This means | you.'" Exempt from Itegiit it ton». Au Italian physician, rushing on his wheel to the bedside of a patient, was arrested by a policeman for scorching, and notwithstanding the urgency of the case was compelled to go to court. When the doctor was finally released, on ariving at the home of the patient he found that she had died for lack of medical attendance while he was In the hands of the law. The circumstance led to the exclusion of physicians from the regulations regarding scorching. In the lighting that has taken place In the Philippines the difference l>e- tweeu the methods of regulars and vol unteers has been strikingly manifested. The former move forward persistently and doggedly in silence;'tlie latter go to the front with yells and enthusiasm, but both go to the front. When Wheat on was opposed by a river, the other side of which bristled with rifles, he halted for the pioneers. Tlie regulars did the same, but the Oregon boys, be ing good swimmers and not liking to wait for bridges under fire, swam the river. When Otis met the Marilao River Colonel Funston and a score of his men swam over and took some trenches which were manned by the Filipinos. Some of the Washington boys saw a blockhouse flag. One of them volunteered to go and set it on fire. lie did so under a heavy fire, and his comrades rushed up, in possession while the Filipinos gave in, affrighted at such foolhardiness and bravery. Like Grant's army in the Wilderness, the volunteer contingents have made a showing no nation on earth can match —not a man lias advanced backward in all that gallant army. Bullets fired from old rifles in the hands of supposed ly raw troops have done as much dam age as bullets sent from modern guns by men wearing sharpshooters' badges. They have been kept constantly at the front, the reason assigned being that they nre hardened to the climate, and better thru any freshly arrived regu lars. It took General Otis less than half a year to reach a conclusion that all the precedents of the army and the science of war were useless in the face of the Indomitable bravery, the match less aptitude and speed, the unbound ed enthusiasm of the American volun teer. Lacking skill ns pioneers, they swam rivers; knowing nothing of skill ed clearing work, they cut the jungle; not supposed to be full-fledged soldiers, they camped on the trail of the sullenly retiring enemy with bulldog tenacity. Our regulars in the Philippines have proven themselves marvels of steadi ness and machine-like precision, but the volunteer—all dash, spirit anil pluck—has shown that the true Ameri can fighting vim cannot lie repressed, and, given expression, carries all be fore It to victory. W bite or Brown Bread. The oft-repeated debate between the advocates resiiectively of the white am! brown In breads is again being car ried on In the columns of the London Illustrated News. Dr. Andrew Wilson takes the side of the brown, while Dr. Lauder Burton writes in praise of the white, and he is supported by several other contributors. These latter pro fessionals are firm In the belief, after having made investigations into the question, that white bread is more nu tritious than the brown variety. Tlie latter has its merits, of course. Il tends to remove the torpidity of the digestive system, which too often oc curs in persons of sedentary habits, and supplies also mineral matters— especially phosphate of lime—needed for bone-building. But the white bread also supplies mineral items, and as re gards fat it Is said to afford a larger proportion of this important food than the brown bread. The great point our Investigators lay stress on. however. Is the Importance of Judging the value ot a food by a physiological rather than by a purely chemical criterion. It Is one thing to say that any food shows under analysis a large proportion ot this or that nutriment, and quite an other thing to assert that It can be easily assimilated, or. In other words, that its nutrients can be easily obtain ed by the body for the ultimate pur pose of nourishment White bread overtops the brown in this latter re spect and so we may rest content to know that in the ordinary loaf we have a typical enough representative of the staff of life. Formed by Baptista to Establish Foi eign Missions. Recent publication of statistics pur porting to set forth in orderly array estimates of the vealth already accu mulated by John D. Rockefeller give reason to believe that should Rocke feller live another quarter of a century he will have become easily the richest man the world has ever known. The upbuilding of his fortune by mere natural accretion would, it appears, ac complish such a result, for no longer does he reckon his annual income by millions, but by tens of millions, and so vast are bls holdings that it is doubt ful if he could himself compute with in $50,000,000 of Ills actual possessions. And yet the man to whose patient sa gacity, unresting energies and perfect faith in himself and nature this tre mendous massing f capital was due— the man whose get us was the corner stone upon which rose tlie imperial fabric of Standard Oil and its asso ciated tenets—that man died obscurely, in poverty, stricken with palsy and rent by a broken heart. This was Edward L. Drake, who after years of-struggle. of discouragement in his endeavor to interest capital in his theories of sub terranean reservoirs of oil in the rug- ged creek country of northwestern Pennsylvania, at last trimphed over doubts, indifference and sneers and forty years ago sunk upon an island in Oil creek, a mile below the present city of Titusville, the first producing oil well, the pioneer in an industry now encircling the globe. The drawing illustrating the appear ance of this quaint derrick and engine- house is a reproduction from a photo graph taken upon the spot in 1803, when already “the Drake well” was hastening to decay. The bearded and beaver-hatted figure in the foreground is that of Colonel Drake himself. It has been deemed remarkable that this first producing well should have "struck oil” at a less depth than It lias since been found by any other well of whose drilling there is a record. At A new mission society has been or ganized among Baptists. Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer, of Tremont Tern- ale. Boston, is one of its organizers. It rims to put Into foreign mission effort ■ new idea—that of mission stations, which, after having been given three ar four years to get started, must lie self-supporting thereafter. Tlie field secretary of the new society, Rev. Charles 8, Morris, a grandson-in-law af Frederick Douglass, starts shortly BAG LIKE A HOUSE. Hunters, prospectors, and persons compelled to move from day to day have found the sleeping bag the most convenient form of bed and these are now In general use among this class of people. They are extremely comfort able and at the same time offer abso lute protection from the elements, as they are generally lined with some soft material and have an outer covering of leather or rubber to keep out tlie wet. Their form is generally well known, but what seems to be a great improve ment in these has been recently pat ented in this country by Aiieriard Lapierre of Montreal. His invention consists of a rigid frame, collapsible when not in use, and covered with some material adapted to withstand the weather. The whole top Is removable on a hinge to admit of entrance, while at the upper end of this lid is a smaller opening, also covered with a similar THE DRAKE WELL. sixt.v-nine feet the well began to flow and the pumps thereafter yielded tlielr oleaginous treasure at the rate of 1,000 gallons a day until the old Drake well went dry. after giving up through Its crude appliances 7,000 barrels of oil, worth in the neighborhood of $5 a bar rel. Nowadays the drill seeks and finds patroleum hundreds and hundreds of feet beneath the surface of the earth. With Ills imperfect tools it is doubtful if Drake could have reached such depths as are now considered usual in the Pennsylvania region. He himself always clasped to his heart an abiding belief that the hand of Providence had led him to the precise spot which he selected as the one upon which to pros ecute his derided enterprise. Drake was a New Yorker, born in Greenville, Green County, In 1819, and he was 40 years old when as the Co lumbus of the petroleum industry he made his great discovery. Within the forty years which have followed the trade in petroleum has attained propor tions of which not even the sanguine fancy of this pioneer dared to dream. The fortune—a modest one—he reaped from Ills success was swept from him in Ills age by the dishonesty and rapa city of kener-minded men. and he died, as has ben said already, a victim of ill health and poverty. Indeed, his very name is now almost forgotten, except In that region his sagacious mind en riched, but none the less is it true that upon the foundation of his foresight nnd earnestness of purpose has been erected that extraordinary fortune which promises to become the wonder of our times. AS GOOD AS A ROOF. hinged lid. This latter may be closed entirely in cold weather, while in milder temperatures It may lie fastened at any desired point When the top is closed a means of ventilation Is pro vided through holes under the protect ing edge of the larger flap. Ft<hing Interest in Four States. j I 1 I | i Must Wcnr Bloomers. Women bicyclists In St. Petersburg are ordered by the police to wear bloomers or “rational dress." as tlie 1 wind blows too capriciously in Russia's capital for skirts to be worn with de- I ceucy. ■ ■ Siberian Horsehair. ’ A'ast quantities of horsehair, which Is chiefly used for upholstering furni ture. comes to this country from Si beria. It is taken front the manes and I tails of horses ridden by Cossacks. Ixintlon s Population. It Is estimated that at the present rate of growth London, which now has a population of 5.857,000, will in 1941 have over 13.000,000. The less important a man really is the more Important he thinks he is. 1 for upper Liberia. He takes a party of ten men with him. At that point—the gateway to the Soudan—a mission sta tion is to be planted. It is to be al lowed $4,000 a year for four years, and liter that it must not only pay its own way, but start a new mission further inland. Part of the missionaries are to be preachers. The rest are to be.school teachers, carpenters, physicians, fann- •rs. blacksmiths, etc. The industry is to be that of raising coffee. It is said 1 general desire exists on the part of many colored young men and women in tjur own South to go back to Liberia. Efforts are making now to raise money to buy two ships to sail between Sav- tnnah and Liberia and provide cheap transportation. Portable Shelter thattiields Hunter» from Storms and Cold. Curious Sight. ' , j REV. Dll, GEORG« C. LORIMER. SLEEPING Rather a curious sight was seen on Water street. Pittsfield. Me., early on a recent Sunday morning. A large buck deer strolled down the main thorough- fare in rather a leisurely manner, as though especially desirous of becoming acquainted with tlie place, and after reaching nearly the center of the vll- lage swam the river, passed across Elm street, up Grove and then made for the wood«. France’» M itch Monopoly. The manufacture of matches is a very strict state monopoly in France, and a fine of 1 franc per match Is ruthlessly Impoocd on all contraband Imports of the kind from abroad. Forgetfulness ■ of this lately cost an English traveler the sum of $100 at the port of Bou logne. where he had to pay a fine of 500 francs on a box of wax lights, value 9 A married woman's tears excite curl- I cents, which the custom house officers oslty ofteuer than they excite ayrn ! found among his luggage. pathy. When a man diets he eats oatmeal. Satan probably originated the saying In addition to everything else be usual- "Mau wants but little here below." I ly eat«. NEW MISSION SOCIETY. Edward L. Drake, Who Made Rock efeller’s Fortune Possible. Distance doesn't lend enchantment to ouc's view of an expected inherit«nee. The magnitude of the fishing inter ests of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania appears In the facts stated in a bulletin recently issued by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. In Maryland the industry gives employment to 42.812 persons, exclusive of those engaged in canneries, packing houses, transporta tion, boat building, making nets, and other implements. The total amount Invested in property used in taking fish nnd oysters in Maryland waters is $5.- 821,1110. Virginia employs 28.210 per sons and has $2,891,536 invested in the business. The value of the product in Maryland in 1897. including 7.254,934 bushels of oysters, was $3.t>17.3os. nnd in Virginia $8.167.80<l. In Maryland 17.139.459 pounds of nlewlves was caught. 1.321.280 pounds of perch. 5.- 799.303 pounds of shad, and 9.500.000 pounds of crabs. The largest item in the Virginia catch was 178,658,382 pounds of menhaden. The Delaware nnd Pennsylvania fisheries are natur ally smaller in extent, but the invest ments of the latter amount to $1,001,. 528, and of the former $4o7.409.—New York Evening Post. An Allurement. Mistah Most-—1 tell yo. dat Pompey’s pergressive! Jes' look at him putUn* all his ground in flowah tieds! Mistah Smiff—What's pergressive ’bout dat? Mistah Mose—Why. he won’t hab tub go aftah chickens now! Dey'll com« to him.—Kansas City Independent. A parrot's talk is a good deal like a baby's; only the owner can understand » **