New York Gets First Air Mail From San Francisco
/ .
Scone at Curtiss field, Long Island, as the first all-air mail lro .?a Francisco was transferred to the
postal truck to be taken to the New York post office, just after Pilot C. Kii? ne Johnson had arrived from Cleveland,
his leg of the trip across the continent.
Young Funston and Aguinaldo
Are Students at West Point .
Military Acarie.'nv.
I
Wes Point, N. Y. ? That time makes ;
queer changes is once more Illustrat- j
ed in the case of two boys who are 1
now students at West Point Military i
academy. One is the son of Aguinaldo,
the former leader of the Phil'ppine
insurrectionists, who .gave Uncle Sam
many uneasy months before he was :
captured, and the other is the son of j
? the officer who captured him, the j
brave, fearless fighting man of Kan- j
sas ? Gen. Frederick Funston. Both ]
are plehes at West ^oint and both are
manly young fellows who, one of these (
days, may be called upon to unsheath j
the sword in defense of their common
country ? these youngsters whose fa
thers were enemies and the leading
actors in one of the thrilling dramas I
In American history.
Story of Aguinaldo's Capture.
The story of how Fred Funston cap
tured Emilio Aguinaldo has been read
probably as often as that of Washing-,
ton's stand at Valley Forge or the sur
render of Lee to Grant at Appomattox
courthouse; but it will never lose its
thrills, and It stands as an episode In
United States history that never fails
to make the most tired schoolboy
turn to his lessons with vim.
Spain ceded the Philippine islands
to the United States after the War of
1S98, but the Americans found that
their troubles Just were beginning;
that the natives in the islands con
stantly were rising against the United
States, fighting Uncle Sam's soldiers,
killing them, making it impossible for
-the troops to come home.
The prime mover of this continual
trouble was Emilio Aguinaldo. He
had fought Spain's rule in the islands,
so ardent was he in the cause of Phil
ippine independence, and he fought
the United States' rule. The natives
rallied enthusiastically to his cause.
He was not a military man in appear
ance and one never would have pic
tured him as a soldier, but he held
absolute sway over the natives; they
. called him "general," and would live
or die for him at a word.
"Get Aguinaldo and we have broken
up the insurrections," the American
army men used to say, but the diffi
culty was to get Aguinaldo. The man
and his followers were elusive. Aguin
aldo became almost a myth, he was
rumored to be in so many different !
places at so many different times. The '
United States knew that with him at
large there never could be hope of
peace in the Philippines.
Plan for Rebel's Capture.
Gen. Fred Funston was In charge
at San Isidro when one of Aguinaldo's
runners was brought before him. The
man had been captured in the up
country, had gone over to the Ameri
cans' side, and promised to disclose
where his chief was hiding.
"The dictator is in hiding at Pala
nan," he told Funston and proved it
to the American's satisfaction by a
letter he carried.
Palanan was a hamlet eight miles
from the coast, on the east side of
Luzon. It was one of the hardest
places in the islands to go to, but
Funston's mind was made up. He was ;
going t.o get Aguinaldo. j
He thought over every available
plan find finally hit on one. He nnd
a group of fellow officers would travel
to Palanan in the company of a band
of natives loyal to the United States.
He would pretend to be a prisoner and
the natives to be insurrectionists. It j
was a daring ruse, but It was the only j
plan that looked at all feasible. To
capture Aguinaldo it was necessary
to come upon the man by surprise, arid
he must lie captured, not killed. Ilis
death would enshrine him as a martyr
In the eyes of the natives, and the in
surrections would go on and on in
terminably.
Funston had a conference with Gen
erals McArthur and Wheaton in Ma-'
nila. They told him he had a good
plan, but that he was going to certain
death. He went ahead, however.
Some native Macabebes were given
second-hand rebel clothes and guns.
Funston got some bogus letters signed
by Lacuna, one of Aguinaldo's cap
tains, and th^party started out March
-0, 1901 on the United States steamship
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| Man May Sacrifice
Life to Save Dog j
New York. ? Dogs that give |
| their lives for tlieir masters are |
| not uncommon. A master ready \
| to lay down his life for his f.
| dog's appeared at Coney Island
| recently Frank St ravel, eighty
1 nine, was out for a walk with
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| Prince, his Newfoundland pal. ? |
1 ^Prince stepped on the car tracks, ? j
| apparently oblivious of an ap- | ]
I proaching car. Like his master, I
J he was old and a t ri fie deaf.
Stravel rushed in front of the ^ !
| car and pushed Prince to safety, j !
| But he was struck and his skull ? !
i fractured. At Coney Island lios- a j
I pital it was said he probably i j
| would die.
Prince tried to follow the rush- i
| ing ambulance which took his |
| master away, hut was quickly g
| left behind. Somewhere on the ?
| island he is trying to pick up ? !
| a scent which lias gone cold.
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Vicksburg from Manila. It contained
81 men. All of them knew they were
risking their lives in a venture in
which all the odds seemed to be
against them, but they were deter
mined either to capture Aguinaido or
to give their lives in their most des
perate effort to do so.
Fire at Aguinaldo's Guard.
Everybody knew by heurt the story
to be told. That was that the Mac
abebes had captured an American
scouting party, after killing several
men, and were bringing in "six prison
ers." The "prisoners" were Funston
and his fellow officers. One wrong j
word from a member of the native j
band and the Americans would be
shot down.
The party landed March 14 at
Casiguran bay under the cover of
darkness and disembarked. Aguinal
do's hiding place was about 100 miles
away. A day was spent at Casiguran
and Funston's story was tried on the
natives there. They took it in com- 1
pletely and gave his men food to take
wlm them on the tortuous route from
Casiguran to Palanan.
There was a week of marching.
Torrents of rain fell without ceasing,
the food dwindled, the men grew weak
and it seemed as though Funston's
great effort was to be blocked by
starvation. The last day's march was
made on empty stomachs, hut it
brought the invaders close to Palanan.
The Macabebes were ahead, with
Funston and the other "prisoners"
close behind. Aguinaido was still in
Palanan, in a house in the village. He
had an escort of about fifty men, in
cluding his military staff. The sup
posed "rebels" called on him and told
him of their capture of the Americans.
The Macabebes outside of the house,
unable to restrain themselves, opened
fire on Aguinaldo's escort and killed
two of them.
Aguinaido believed the shots were
from Ills own men, by way of cele
brating the arrival of American pris
oners, and be called to them to stop
it. At that moment Ililrtrio, one of
the rebels, leaped upon him, threw
him under a, table and sat on him.
The door' opene ' and a stalwart
American entered. I
"I am Frederick Funston of the
United States army." he said quietly.
"You are now a prisoner of war."
Aguinaldo could not believe it.
"Is this not some jok^?" he de
manded.
He was assured it was not. lie and
his hand were led down to the coast,
put aboard the Vicksb.urg, and taken
to Manila. There he was nominally a
prisoner, but the United States pave
him very liberal treatment, and on
April 19 he issued his famous declara
tion which brought the two-year war
of the insurrectionists In the Philip
pines to an end.
"He was the bost Filipino I was ever
brought in tontact with," Funston
said, in speaking of him. And A'gul
naldo congratulated Funston in writ
ing on the success of the American's
daring enterprise.
Now his son and Funston's are com
rades at" school, and have pledged
their lives to bear arms and fight bat
tles of the country Aguinaldo opposed
so bitterly.
General Funston is dead, while
Aguinaldo is leading th# peaceful life
of u farmer Just outside of Manila.
Missionary Refuses to
Leave Head Hunters
Sydney. N. S. W. ? The story of the
zeal of u lone missionary on one of the
uncivilized Islands of the Solomon
gronp, who was rescued from the
hands of head-hunters, hut refused to
he taken away from his chosen station,
has just heen brought to Sydney by
an island schooner. Men aboard the
schooner, nearing the island, saw a
number of natives in war paint dan
cing around a blazing fire, according to
their story.
The captain, believing that some
person might be In danger. arm^d the
ciew and sent them ashore. They fired
a volley over the heads of the natives,
who ran into the bush. The crew in
vestigated a European-built house and
found a white man Inside praying on
his knees. He said that he was a mis
sionary and had been on the island for
a year.
Sickness had broken out among the
natives and he had been blamed for
the loss of life. The natives had sent
their women-folk into the bush and
started a war dance. As that was a
sign of future (rouble, he had locked
himself in the house. ,'j
The missionary was importuned to
abandon the idea of staying among j
the natives and invited to come aboard I
the vessel for safety. He refused, how
ever, and the ship sailed away, leaving
him at his lonely and dangerous post.
Cloth in Back 43 Years.
Golden City, Mo. ? T. J. Denny of
this city Is exhibiting a piece of cloth j
taken from his back after a period of 1
43 years, when he was shot. Recently
his back pained him and an examina
tion revealed the piece of cloth, which
was extrticted. Twenty years ago the
bullet was removed.
Break Noses for Beauty.
Paris. ? In their craze for beauty,
Parisian women are even having their
noses "broken" and reset in a different
shape.
Brought in the First Deer of Season
When Emmett Tanner, aviator as well as hunter, made a bet that he
^vould bring the first deer of the season into San Francisco, nobody figured
be was going to fly In with it, but that is what he did, and he won his wager.
IMFROVHD UN1FOJUI INTERNATIONAL
Lesson
,'By REV. P. B KITZ WATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(?. 1923. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESStiaJ FOR SEPTEMBER 23
I TIMOTHY A GOOD MINISTER OF
CHRIST JESUS
LESSON TEXT? Acts ]**-*'?
2-19-22- II Tim. 1:1-6; II Tim. 3.14 15.
GOLDEN TEXT? "Be thou an e"?;
pie of the believers, in word. In con
versation, in cLarity, In spirit, in faith.
lD PR nilAR Y TOPIC? A Boy Who Loved
the Bible.
JUNIOR TOPIC? Timottiy. Paul s
"Intermediate and senior TOP
IC-?1 Timothy Trained to Serve.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP C
?The Christian Ministry as a Lire
Work.
' I. Timothy'# Parentage (Acts 16:1).
His father was a Greek and his
mother a believing Jewess, On his
mother's side at least, he had a godly
ancestry. Usually the mother makes
the son. Two generations of maternal
pious grandmothers were back of
Timothy. How thankful we ought to
he to God for a godly ancestry.
Christian heredity and training con
stitute the essential elements for a
Christian life.
II. Timothy's Training (II Tim.
1:5; II Tim. 3:14-15).
His wise and faithful mother and
grandmother carefully nurtured him
in God's Word. He knew the Scrip
tures from his childhood through their
training. The faith *hich came to
h i m from his grandmother through his
mother did not come through the laws
of heredity, hut through careful train
ing and teaching. Grace is not rea
soned by the laws of heredity. The
factors involved in his training were
godly ancestors, a Christian home, and
a diligent study of the Scriptures.
III. Timothy's CaH (Acts 16:1-3).
White on Paul's secoad missionary
journey In company with Silas, Tim
othy was found at Lystra near Derbe.
Perhaps he had been converted on
Paul's tirst missionary journey, but
hearing a favorable report of him by
the brethren, Paul took and circum
cised him so as *ot to offend the
Jews, because his father was a Greek.
This was not contrary to the decision
of the Jerusalem council. It was a
case where conciliation could be made
without compromise of truth. From
this time to the end of Paul's life, he
and Timothy were boon companions.
They were as a loving father and a
dutiful son.
IV. Timothy's Character Reticent.
1. Of a Retiring Disposition. II
Tim. 1 :G. Timothy had received a gift
from God at the hands ot apostle,
ittt It needed to be stirred up, that is,
fanned into a flame. Such a tempera
ment would mature in touch with a
great personality like Paul. It is high
ly important that everyone store up
the gift which God has given unto liltu
2. Courageous. II Timothy 2:l-o
Having been stirred up, he was freed
from the spirit of fear and deliberately
identified himself with Paul in his
sufferings and trial. Courage is great
ly needed in doing ?he Lord's work.
3 Faithful. He tarried in the diffi
cult field of Ephesus through many
years. He was the only man of the
needed fidelity to minister to the Phil
ippians. (Philippians 2:20). The se
cret of his faithfulness in such a posi
tion was his fidelity to the Word of .
God.
>V. Timbthy's Ministry.
As a fellow-missionary with Paul. :
(Vhll. 2:22)./
jj-As pastor of a church at Ephesus. I
Here he labored for many years tact
fully1 meeting the difficulties of that
great church. The Christian minister
should believe in the Scriptures as
God"S Word and be able to rightly di
vide it so as to meet the needs of
those who hear him. This is the only
way to meet the difficulties that arise
in the pastor's labors. !
All Due to Christianity.
We live in the midst of blessings,
till we are utterly insensible of their j
greatness, and of the source from
which they flow. We speak of our j
civilization, our arts, our freedom, our
laws, and forget entirely how large a '
share of all is due to Christianity, j
Blot Christianity out of the page of I
man's history, and what would, his
laws have been? ? what his civiliza
tion? Christianity is mixed up with '
our very being and our daily life; j
there is not a familiar object round j
us which docs not wear its mark, not f
a being or a tiling which does not
wear a different aspect, because the
light of Christian hope is on it, not
a law which does not owe its truth :
and gentleness to Christianity, not a
custom which cannot be traced, in all j
Its holy and healthful parts, to the j
Gospel.
Responsibilities.
Responsibilities gravitate to- the
person who can shoulder thera and
power flows to the man who knows
how.? Hubbard.
Avoid Making Enemies.
Those whom you cannot makt
friends of, avoid making enemies.?
Epicurus,
The Weak.
The rany Joked out of any
thing but their weakness.? Zimmar?
tnann.
III.
LIVESTOCK
FACTS
6
Iowa Testing Law Aids
Fight on Tuberculosis
One of the most encouraging factors
In the fight against cattle tuberculosis,
according to those in charge of the
eradication work for- the United States
Department o? Agriculture, is the ac
tivity of state legislatures In passing
laws to facilitate the widespread test
ing of cattle In specified areas, a
branch of the work which in the last
few years has become of greater im
portance than the testing of Individual
herds at random. A state law which
contains many points of excellence is
that passed last spring by the Iowa
legislature.
Briefly, this Iowa law provides that
on petition of 51 per cent of the owners
of breeding cattle In a county, the live
stock sanitary authority of the state
must proceed to eradicate tuberculosis
from the county as provided in the law.
Or the game result may be accom
plished in another way: Upon petition
of 15 per cent of the voters a proposal
to eradicate the disease must be sub
mitted at the next general election tc
levy a 3-mill tax upon all property to
help supply funds for the purpose,
these funds, together with those from j
the state and federal governments, tc ,
be used largely for paying for animal?
slaughtered. When 75 per cent of the
owners of breeding cattle petition for
county testing, all of the herds In the
county must be tested and a fine and
Jail sentence are provided as penalty
for those who refuse to submit their
animals to the test.
In case the county 3-mIll levy and
, the state and federal funds are insufli
i cient to pay indemnities, the law pro
vides for a tax of 25 cents a head on
all cattle and 5 cents a head on all
j hogs In the county.
University Farm Tests
Rations for Baby Beef j
About two hundred Minnesota cattlfl ,
j raisers at University farm recently
had an opportunity to see six lots of
pure bred Shorthorn steer calves, ten
' calves to each lot, which had been
! fed different rations for 217 days.
They were also given the records In
! gains made by the various lots of
1 calves. Farmers everywhere will be
j interested in' the results of the experi
ments. The rations fed were as fol
; lows :
Lot 1 ? Shelled corn, GO per cent;
! whole oats, 30 per cent; linseed oil
meal, 10 per cent; corn silage and
clover hay.
: Lot 2 ? Ground shelled corn, 60 per
cent; ground oats, 30 per cent; linseed
oir meal, 10 p et cent; corn silage and
clover hay. **
Lot 3 ? Limited grain ration for the
first half of the feeding period, corn
silage and clover hay.
Lot 4 ? Ground ear corn, 90 per
cent ; linseed oil meal, 10 per cent ;
corn silage and clover hay.
Lot 5 ? Ground shelled corn, 6G 2-3
per cent ; ground oats, 33 1-3 per
cent ; corn silage and clover hiyr. (No
protein supplement.) N
Lot 0 ? Ground shelled corn, G6 2-3
per cent ; ground oats, 33 1-3 per cent;
clover hay. (No silage and uo protein
supplement.)
Crediting at $0.30 per hundred the 1
gains <>n hogs which were kept In the j
lots with cattle, the profits shown by
the feeding experiment were: Lot 1,
$1S.02 per head ; lot\> $15.97 ; lot 3,
$3.G9; lot 4. $18.30; lor&$13.Gl ; lot
C, $13.10. ? -N
No Difference Between /
Lard and Bacon Types
Little difference between lard and
b^con types of swine was noted in a
test recently conducted at the Mani
toba Agricultural college In Canada
In which Poland Chinas end York
shires were compared as to gains and
production costs. Pigs of each breed
were fed a ration of- equal parts of
barley, oats and shorts for a period
of 140 days. Corn was substituted
for barley during part of the test.
The Poland Chinas made 100 pounds
of gain on 415 pounds of feed and the
Yorkshires made 100 pounds on 428
pounds of feed. On the Canadian
market, which pays a premium for
choice bacon hogs, the Yorkshires
sold for $9.90 per hundred pounds and
the Poland Chinas brought $9.
. LIVE STOCK NOTES
Trucking and hauling about of feeds
is not required by a silo.
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Scrubs can multiply just as fast as
pure breds, but they never get the
right answer.
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It is a good plan to place oil In a
hog oiler so that the animals may
grease themselves.
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The first few weeks after weaning
Is a critical time in a pig's life. Proper
care and management will m^an
profit.
? ? ? ?
The age at which to wean depends
upon the size and vigor of the pigs,
and the feeds and their amounts avail
able.
? ? *
Hogs have thelf ups and downs like
everything else. Don't be discouraged
because hogs happen to be low. They
will come back as sure as fate ? and
possit'y sooner than you think.
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WEAK, TREMBLY
NERVES_SHATTERED
Lady Says She Was in a Desper
ate Condition, But "Now in
Splendid Health" After
Taking Car&ui.
Dale, Indx? "About three years ago,"
says Mrs. Flora Roberts, of this place,
"I had the 'flu,' which left me In a des
perate condition. I had a bad cou^h. I
went down in weight to a little over
one hundred pounds. I took different
medicines ? did everything, but nothing
seemed to do me any good. I hurt so
badly in the chest at times I would have
to go to the door to get my breath.
"I would have the headache and . . .
was so weak I felt like I would just
have to sink down and stay there.
"My nerves were shattered. I looked
for something awful to happen? I
would tremble and shake at a noise.
"My mother said, 'Dp try Cardui,'
and my husband insisted till I began
its use. I used two bottles of Cardui
. . . and noted ia big improvement in
my condition. I kept up the Cardui and
weigh 180 pounds. I am now in splen
did health ? sure am a firm believer in
Cardui for I'm satisfied It did the work."
After-effects of debilitating illness
often are as alarming as the illness it
self. For women, Cardui, as a tonic, is
especially indicated. Thousands of
women who have taken it after seri
ous illness have found Cardui bene
ficial in toning up certain functions,
so essential to bodily reconstruction
and good, sound health.
How He Came In.
"I'm right proud of my son at col
lege. He's one of the most popular
young fellars thar," said Fanner
Hicks proudly.
"Yer don't say so?" exclaimed a
neighbor.
"Yep; he recently gave a big dinner
dance in my honor at one of the most
fashionable hotels."
"Wuz you thar?"
"No, I wuzn't."
"Wal, where do you come in'
"I paid for it"
Important Guest.
Hubby came home and found :in ar
gument going on. I lis wife was try
ing to give a bridge party.
"What's the row?" he demanded.
'One of the guests is
threatening
'-'"C VI I..V .
to walk out," explained his wife in 8
whisper. "I must conciliate her."
"Conciliate nothing. I.et h?-r walk
out." -
"Can't be done, hubby. She'll walk
out with six chairs and f??ur bridfre
tables I borrowed ^rom her." ? Louis
ville Courier- Journal
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