PEACE TREATY HERE.

GIVEN OVER TOPRESIDENT M'KINLEY.

Commission Formally Presents the1'aris Compact to the President Ke-port from the Klondike IndicatesGreat Increase in the Gold Output.

The American peace commissioners ar-

rived¬

in Washington from New Yorkshortly after 4 o'clock Saturday after ¬

noon. They were driven in carriages tothe White House , and at 4:40 o'clock werereceived by President McKinley in theblue parlor , together with all the attachesof the commission. All the commission-ers

¬

were , present : William II. Day , Sen-

ator¬

Cushinarn Davis , Senator William P-

.Frye.

, Senator George Gray and White-law Reid. Accompanying them , besidesthe attaches were Mrs. Day , Mrs. Davisand Mrs. Fryc.' The peace treaty was brought in a sep-

arate¬

carriage by John Bassett Moore ,

Secretary of the commission , and Mr-

.iMiihael.

, ' chief clerk of the State Depart-ment

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, who met the party at the Pennsyl-vania

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railroad station. Few persons wereat the White House when the commission-ers

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and other members of the party arriv-ed

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, except a number of newspaper corre-Epitndcnts

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, who stood on the porch of theexecutive mansion when the party droveup. The commissioners stopped to shakebands 'A 5th the newspaper men , and re-

mained¬

in conversation with them forseveral minutes while one of the guards atthe door- announced to the President thearrival of the commission.

There wa no formality in the receptionby thf President. The commissioners re-

mained¬

half an hour , President Day ofthe commission presenting the treaty ,

which was brought in a good-sized satchel.President McKinley congratulated thecommission on the result of their missionin Paris , and for each one had a specialword of commendation for the successfulmanner in which the delicate negotiationsleading to the peace settlement were con ¬

ducted.

GIRLS DYING OF LEPROSY.-

J

.

> read Scourge Claims Two Victims inOhio , Near Columbus.

Two Ohio girls , Ilattie Garry , 32 yearspld , and her sister, 12 years of age , areBlowly dying of leprosy in a remote partof the Perry County hills. Dr. CharlesO. Probst , secretary of the State Board ofHealth , has investigated these cases. Hefound the girls to be genuine lepers. Hat-

LABOR-SAVING SUGGESTION HOBSON.

tie , the elder , has the disease in an ad-

vanced¬

stage. Her right hand has beeneaten a vay bone by bone and joint byJoint , until now nothing is left of it. Hertoes also have begun to slough away.

Not until long after the red marks hadbecome -white, scaly patches , did the moth-

er¬

suspect what the trouble was. Thenshe secreted Hattie , and later little Han-nah

¬

also developed the same symptoms ,

and she , too , was kept a close prisoner at-

jthe Garry cottage. With the utmost carethe mother hid the children from susplj-

pious-

eyes and concealed the disease fromlithe public.-

Mrs..

. Garry , with all the rest of her.trouble , had to struggle to make a triple

giving. Finally she could not contendagainst her straitened circumstances long ¬

er. She told her story to the county au-

jthorities.-

. New Lexington became a panic-ptricken

-

town. Then came doubts of the

\ disease really being leprosy. But expertsTvere summoned and it was found to be)only too true. Then the case was report-ed

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to the State Board of Health. Thei mother , in going with her children to therefuge , agrees not to leave the lines setiabout the place or to mingle with the out-

side¬

world. The township authorities willkeep her supplied with the necessaries oflife , delivering them near the house.-

Mrs..

. Garry is a soldier's widow , and,the leprosy in the children is hereditary ,

the father having contracted it in theSouth while a soldier in the civil war.

FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER-

.fobn

.

Henry Collins Said by a Jury toHave Killed His Father.

John Henry Collins was found guiltyof the murder of his father in Topeka ,

3Kan. , May 13 , 1S98. Every juryman saidguilty. The vote was unanimous for mur-

der¬

in the first degree. When the verdict,tvas read John Collins showed no signsof surprise. He was perfectly cool andpmiledyhen one of his attorneys ap-

proached¬

him. Attorney Godard immed-iately

¬

filed a motion for a new trial.The crime for which Collins was con-

ivicted-

is pu jishable by death , but the lawrequires that the Governor shall sign thedeath warrant. This was never beforedone by any Governor , and persons sen-

tenced¬

to death spent a lifetime in thepenitentiary. The Collins trial lasted justfour weeks and was full of interest andsensation from the start.

COST OF NICARAGUAN CANAL.

Commission in Its Report Estimates It-at 133000000.

The preliminary report of the Nicara-cuan

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canal commission , consisting of Gen-

.iSames.

, Admiral Walker and Prof-.Haupt

.( , has been com The reportgives as a conservative of thejentire cost of the canal $13 ,000 , thuspearly agreeing with Gen.report of 1S9G. It is estimated theexcavations necessary will be 125 , LOOO

cubic yards , exclusive of all dams andi> ankments.V-. .

.

BANK'S VAULT IS LOOTED ,

IJurarlaro at .Lima , Oho , Carry Off$18,1 G8 , Gold and Paper.-

At.

Lima , Ohio , the American NationalBank was robbed Sunday night of $18-1G8.

,-. The bank is located at Main and

High streets and was considered fire andburglar proof. When the janitor went tothe bank Monu.Ty morning he discoveredthe outside door of the vault standingopen. The officers were notified and aninvestigation was made , which disclosedthat the other doors were locked , but thatthe vault had been entered and all thecurrency and gold coin taken , while sev-

eral¬

hundred dollars in silver was not mo-

lested.¬

. There were two doors to tkevault , the outer one being operated by atime lock , .while the inner door was se-

cured¬

with a combination lock. The innerdoor was opened.-

A.

large rack containing $1,000 in silvercoin was found on a chair , where it hadbeen left. Sacks containing several hun-dred

¬

dollars more in silver were found in-

tact¬

on top of the bank safe , while.n pri-

vate¬

safe was also found not to have beenmolested. Saturday night about $10,000-in paper money and gold was deposited inthe vault , but it. as well as about $2,000-in paper money, which had been thrownon top of the safe after it had been lock-

ed¬

, was missing Monday morning.The directors of the bank held a meet-

ing¬

, at which an assessment was levied tomeet the deficiency. Other banks of thecity offered whatever assistance might beneeded to help the bank open business.The robbery is shrouded in profound mys-tery.

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RIOTOUS TIME IN PANA.

Nonunion Mincra Undertake to Ter-rorise

¬

the Town.Monday was terrorizing day in Pana ,

111. It was observed by both union min-

ers¬

and non-union miners. The minesdid not work , and the non-union miners ,

principally negroes , becoming intoxicatedparaded the streets. AK a result of theSaturday night riot David McGavie , unionminer , is in a dangerous condition , antltwo negroes who were badly cut withknives are expected to die.

Negroes arrive daily in companies ofsix and ten and openly defy the whites ,

but the presence of the militia serves toprevent trouble. The provost guard ar-

rested¬

twenty persons. Chief Kiely ar-

rested¬

two negroes armed with hatchets.Two negroes fought a duel with knives inWest Plains Sunday evening , both beingcarried from the field of battle. JamesMeyers , non-union minor , was aspaultcc-by unknown persons. His injuries arereported fatal. A negro miner uaniecSnyder attempted to shoot his wife. A

TO

-Detroit Journal.

bystander turned the gun , and the chargeentered Snydcr's right breast , making afatal wound.-

AN

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INDIANA LYNCHING.

Murderer Token from His Cell andHanged to a Tree.

George Tyler was taken from the ScottCounty jail at Scottsburg , Ind. , about2:30 o'clock in the morning by an armedmob and hanged to a large tree in the jailyard. On Nov. 2o Tyler shot his wife andafterward attempted to end his own lifeby putting a bullet through his brain. Hisattempted suicide was checked , however ,

and he was arrested and placed in theScott County jail , where he has been con-fined

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since. The attempted murder of hiswife was considered by the citizens of thecounty to be the very height of brutality.

The mob broke down the jail doors andforced the sheriff to hand over the key to-Tyler's cell. Tyler was draiged from thejail and a long rope , which had alreadybeen drawn over the limb of a large tree ,was slipped over his neck. Tyler soonbreathed his last and the mob , which wascomposed of about 100 men , quickly de-parted. .

SOUTH DAKOTA DIVORCE LAWS

More Stringent J-cxislution to SidState of Matrimonial Uligfits.

Among the measures which will comebefore the North Dakota Legislature dur ¬

ing its session will be one providing for a-

more stringent divorce law. A large ele-ment

¬

of the people are ashamed of therecord gained by the State on account ofthe laxity of the present law on this sub ¬

ject , and are anxious lo shut off the ex-cursions

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thither of matrimonial misfits.

Prefers Garrison Duty , i-

At Atlanta. Ga. . Captain J. K. Camp ¬

bell of the Ninth Illinois volunteers , whois a member of Congress from the Twenti-eth

¬

Illinois district , declared he would ac-company

¬

his regiment to Cuba regardlessof the effect of his action would have as-to his position in Congress-

.Plaiu

.

for Home Inle.John Dillon , the Irish leader , announces

that a new measure of land agitation willshortly be engineered through the UnitedIrish League conference. Uo says theprospects of unity among the factions inthe conference are bright and declaresthat home rule is eventually assured.

Against Chicago JJauk.The Supreme Court of Minnesota the

second time handed down an adverse de-

cision¬

in the suit of the Fort DearbornNational Bank of Chicago against theBank of Minnesota for ?G,000 , claimed as-

i balance due the Chicago concern on ac-count. .

For Scientific Research.The Jenner Institute of Great Britain

las been notified of a gift of 250,000 byLord Ivcagh , who will expend a likeimount improving sanitation in the Bull

|lley district in Dublin.

WAE WAS EXPECTED.O-

RDEHS

.

NOW MADE PUBLICPROVE THIS TO BE TRUE.

Preparations Begun 12arly In Januaryfor the Conflict Which Seemed Prob-

able¬

if Not Inevitable An UnusuallyDisastrous Season on the Lakes.

Despite the vigorous denials made atthe time , it is now a matter of public rec-ord

¬

that the United States Governmentbecame convinced at least as long ago asthe lirst day of January , 1S9S. that warwith Spain was probable , if not inevita-ble.

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. During all the period from the meet-ing

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of Congress in December until theactual declaration of war the Presidentand his advisers , in spite of their reiterat-ed

¬

belief in a peaceful solution of the diff-

iculty¬

, were steadily preparing for actualhostilities , and this , too , long before theMaine was blown up. Official dispatcheshave been made public which establishthis fact completely. In January Ad-

miral¬

Selfridge was in command of theEuropean station , and on Jan. 11 , 1898 ,

he was instructed to retain his sailors inspite of the expiration of enlistment. Fivedays later the gunboat Helena , at Fun-shal

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, Madeira , which had been ordered tothe Asiatic station , received orders mark-td

-' 'secret and confidential ,

' ' to delay itsdeparture , and the next day it was or-

dered¬

to Lisbon. At the same time Cap-

tain¬

Chester , in command of the SouthAtlantic squadron , received a confidentialdispatch directing him to announce unoffi-

cially¬

that the cruisers Cincinnati andDastine would go to the northern bound-ary

¬

of his station for drill and exercise ,

then proceed to Para , Brax.il. "withoutcausing comment. " The same day , whichivas Jan. 17 , the Wilmington , at Guadc-loup , received instructions canceling itsardors to go to South America , and re-

taining¬

it in the Windward Islands with-out

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touching at Spanish ports. Commo-dore

¬

Dewey , at Yokohama , as early aa-

Ian. . 27 was instructed to disregard en-

'dstuients-

' and keep his sailors. The Mainewas blown up Feb. 15 ; ten days laterTheodore Roosevelt sent to Dewey thefirst warlike dispatch , which read :

"Secret and confidential : Order theiquadron , except Monocacy , to HongKong. Keep full of coal. In the eventof declaration of war with Spain your3uty will be to see that the Spanish squad-ron

¬

does not leave the Asiatic coast , andthen begin offensive operations in thePhilippine Islands. Keep Olympia untilfurther orders. " '

The Monocacy was practically uselessand the Olympia was under orders to re-

lurn-

home. At this time Secretary Longvas giving out interviews daily affirmingthat the Maine was destroyed by accidentind that there was no danger of war. YetUie day after Roosevelt's stirring dispatchto Dewey Secretary Long sent dispatchesto Chester in the Barbadoes , Miller atHonolulu , Howell at Lisbon , Dewey atHong Kong and Sicard at Key West , allof which read significantly : "Keep full ofreal the best that can be had. " Marchr, six weeks before the declaration of war,In ordering the Brooklyn to HamptonRoads to leave the flying squadron. Secre-tary

¬

Long used the unusual expression :

"The situation is getting worse. " AprilT , a little over two weeks before the dec-laration

¬

of war , Commodore Dewey wascabled : "Land all woodwork , stores , etc. ,It is not considered necessary to have foroperation' ' an order which , of course ,

contemplated nothing less than an attackon the Philippines. Three days before;hat Admiral Sampson at Key West hadbeen instructed to be ready at any timeto take possession of the Key West cableoffice , and assigned an officer to stop thetransmission to Cuba of any telegram re-

lating¬

to the action of the President or-

Congress. . The destruction of the Mainehurried things along , but the UnitedStates , it appears , was preparing for a-

ivar without exciting comment long beforethat terrible catastrophe.

HEAVY MARINE LOSSES.-

An

.

Unusually Disastrous Season foiFresh "Water Navigation.

Marine losses during IS'JS were mate-rially

¬

greater than during . r.y previousseason on the lakes. Up to the middle ofJuly insurance men were congratulatingthemselves that they were doing well.The losses had been few , and there was alarge margin of premiums to cover thelatter half of the season. Along in Sep-tember

¬

the trouble began , and it did notcease until the last boat was in port at theclose of the season.

The trouble was not confined to any onecause. Fire contributed an unusual num-ber

¬

of big losses , but straiuliugs were pre ¬

eminent. The collision item was muchsmaller than in previous years. As to thegrand total of losses from all causes , notwo underwriters make estimates withina half of a million dollars of one another.-A

.general average of statements made by

people who are in touch with the businessplaces the aggregate loss at about $2-000,000.

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. Vesselmeu , who are fearful ofhigh rates next season , protest that thesefigures are too high-

.In.

a list of 5G9 losses the causes assign-ed

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were as follows : Ashore , 123 ; agroundin protected channels , 120 ; fire , 40 ; col-

lisions¬

, 00 ; ice , 1C ; storm-beaten , 9J( ; foun-dered

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, 8 ; miscellaneous causes , 116.

News of Minor Note.Owing to protracted drouth , many peo-

ple¬

in Monterey County , Cal. , are on theverge of starvation.

There are over 200 creameries in SouthDakota , the annual output amounting tonearly 3000000.

The United States Government willprobably arrange for the raising of theCristobal Colon and the Maine.-

A.

man snored so soundly in court at-Govington , Ky. , the other day that thejudge gave him thirty days for contemptof court.

The best managed dairies in Minnesotahave reduced the cost of manufacturinga pound of butter to 12Sc. The prevail-ing

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price in other States is about 3c.

The terra cotta monument marking thespot where Lafayette was wounded onthe Brandywine battlefield , was blowndown by the recent high winds and badlybroken.

Dwight L. Clough accidentally receiveda 900-volt shock from a dynamo at Lock-port , N. Y. , and survived. He says thatthe electricity so paralyzed him that hefelt no pain-

.It.

is said that Mrs. McKiuley will em-

ploy¬

acolored woman known as "Aunt-Martha" in the White House kitchen forher kindness during Mrs. McKinley's re-

cent¬

visit to Atlanta. -

There is no mistaking the fact that sen-timent

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is growing in Congress against theMorgan proposition to buy the conces-sions

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now held by the Maritime CanalCompany and build a ship canal acrossNicaragua according to the conditions insuch concession. A great many sincerefriends of the canal cannot bring them-selves

¬

to b ieve that it would be the bestthing for the Government to go ahead un-

der¬

this particular concession. They con-

tend¬

that to do so would be to commiethis Government to the expenditure ofanywhere from $40,000,000 to $75,000-000

, -

over and above the actual cost of thecanal proper , and they do not see the ne-

cessity¬

of assuming any such responsibili-ty.

¬

. They honestly believe that it will notbe fatal to the canal project to allow theconcession to the American company toexpire and begin negotiations direct withthe Government of Nicaragua for theright to construct a water way across that ,

country.

The American peace commissioners andtheir assistants have been obliged to payall their personal expenses out of the com-

pensation¬

allowed them by the President.The expense which the Government de-

frayed¬

included office rent , stationery andgeneral expense. The hotel bills of thecommissioners were not defrayed by theGovernment. As the personal expensesof the commissioners were very high , acomparatively small amount was left toeach commissioner and each officer of thecommission out of the President's allot-ment

¬

of salaries. Each commissioner willreceive about $17,000 for his services , andout of this he must pay all personal ex-

penses¬

contracted on his trip abroad. Sec-

retary¬

Moore will receive half the amountpaid to each commissioner , and as hispersonal expenses were as heavy as thoseof the members of the commission he willfare worse than his superiors.-

Of

.

the 1,700 letters which PresidentMcKiuley received one clay last week oneof the most interesting was from a Chi-cago

¬

man named Dougherty. He offeredthis suggestion : "The United States wentto war to set Cuba free. Now we have it-

in our power to liberate another countryof far greater importance and interestwithout going to war. That is Ireland.-We

.

have on our hands the Philippine Isl-

ands¬

, which we may offer to England as-

a compensation as well as to relieve our-selves

¬

of what may turn out to be a whiteelephant. McKinley's ancestors wereIrish and his great-granduncle , FrancisMcKinley , was shot down by the Britishsoldiers as an Irish rebel after a farcicalcourt martial about 100 years ago. "

Under the provisions of the bill for theincrease of the army the regular force willconsist of 3,942 commissioned officers and90,815 enlisted men , making a total of100,757 men in all. There will be onelieutenant general , six major generals ,

twenty-four brigadier generals , 114 colo-nels

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, 156 lieutenant colonels , 447 majors ,

1,053 captains , 1,401 first lieutenants and740 second lieutenants. The total enlistedstrength of each arm will be : Infantry ,

53,220 men ; light field coast artillery , 20-

598, -

men ; cavalry , 15.840 men ; medical de-

partments¬

, 8,750 ; signal corps , 630 ; ord-nance

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department , 605 ; engineers , 1,862 ;

Subsistence department , 160 , and tb.6quartermaster's department , 150 men.

The President says the idea of placingthe graves of Confederate soldiers undei!

the care of the Government first occurredto him twelve years ago , when he visitedthe city of Frcdericksburg , Va. He foundthe Confederate cemetery in a deplorablecondition , while under the care of thequartermaster's department the graves ofthe Federal dead were nicely trimmed andkept In perfect order. He resolved thenthat he would take the first opportunityto bring this matter before the attentionof the country , and he thinks the time hasnow come when the dead of both armiesshould be looked after by the Government.

The Canadian high joint commissionwill soon reconvene in Washington. It isnot true , as widely stated , that the con-ference

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is a failure and that indicationspoint to a non-agreement upon a treatybetween the United States and Canada.Directly contrary is the case. The Cana-dian

¬

and American commissioners aregradually getting together upon the Impor-tant

¬

points of difference , and there Is lit-tle

¬

doubt of an ultimate agreement._ *

Before the end of January 50,000 volun-teers

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will be mustered out of the service ,the preliminary orders for this having al-ready

¬

been drafted. Present plans arethat the troops which have seen foreignservice will be let out first , but the con-dition

¬

of some of the Southern camps Issuch as to cause apprehension of an out-break

¬

of typhoid fever , and before themustering out program is finally arrang-ed

¬

it may be deemed necessary to break-up those camps.

All of the soldiers in the Cuban armywill be taken care of. If they want wagesthey will be given employment upon thepublic works. If they prefer to remain Inthe army they will be organized into ruralpolice , the intention being to keep themtogether and prevent them from scatter-ing

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idly like tramps throughout the coun-try.

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.

Champions of an extra session of theFifty-sixth Congress for the enactmentof monetary legislation do not hesitate toAdmit that they are having a hard timeconverting weak members to their way of-thinking. . Still , they are keeping ever-lastingly

¬

at it.

Robert P. Porter says the customs col-lections

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at the port of Santiago are al-ready

¬

twice as much as they used to beunder Spanish control , and that when theinternal revenue system is adopted therewill be plenty of money to support theGovernment and construct much-neededpublic works.

Secretary Wilson has already begunplanning for agricultural schools In thePhilippines , and advocates such institu-tions

¬

as Booker T. Wr.shington has found-ed

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at Tuskegee.

MEN OF THE NAVY.

Arduous Study and Drill a NecessaryPreliminary to Good Service.

The average person , after reading ofThe recent glorious aehtevenieii.ts of outnavy , is iitrllnetl to take it as a mattei-of < wn i that AVC should have won , and ,

perfhanre. does not realize ol' whal-sicrlin ?: stuff our naval heroes arenade. nor how many lonir ami tiresomelays imt t have been spaut at study andilrill before mou can be rounded outinto u tfood , fighting naval force.-

At.

the same time , it is not to bf won-

dered¬

at tli.'it the averagt- person knowsvery linie of thf difference in rank of-

ottiier < . of their duties , of their modeof appo'ntinent. of their rigid training ,

:url of tiiMiurd <hip ol" the service be-

foiv-

the world evi> r knows of their mod-{ -- i rflwts in the performance of thep u-il monotonous daily routine of duty.-

TIH.I'.

arc also many interrtinir de-

.a'V-

. and poinrs of interest in connection.vhlt the life of the members that con-

the more numerous part of theof the ship's crew , viz. : the

tile of the navy.The commissioned officers who con-

stitute¬

i-he braios and the directingpower of the ship being for the presentUnregarded , the rest of the crew cou-

> i < t mainly of seamen , marines , ma-

chinists-

carpenters and landsifen.The ia <t named includes all nurses ,

messengers , and all boys or men whoare employed at duties that can be per-

formed¬

by men without previous train-ing

¬

on seagoing vessels. These men areenli-teu for a term of years , and re-

ceive¬

usually the smallest pay of all on-

board. .

The duties of carpenters and machin-ists

¬

need no explanation , and these menaNo go an under enlistment , after hav-ing

¬

passed a searching examinationcovering all details in the departmentsin which they wish to serve.

The marines are what might be calledthe "infantry of the navy , " and act asguards on board ship. "Laey are usual-ly

¬

not more than lift ;, of them on anyship in regular service. They wear auniform very much similar to thatworn by the men of the artillery branchiruards on board ship. There arc usual-of

-

the ship's crew lo make a landing , in-

case men are needed ashore from theship. Popular Monthly.

The Smallest Boole in the "World.The smallest book in the'world is pre-

cisely¬

five-eighths of an inch long , sev-

ensixteenths¬

of an inch wide andthree-eighths of an inch thick , says theNew York Journal. It contains twohundred and live pages of the very fin-

est¬

type imaginable.The point of a pin would cover a let-

ter¬

, and a magnifying glass is neces-sary

¬

for anything like reading. CharlesSeribuer's Sons have a copy of thiswonderful little volume , which is keptin an envelope in the safe to Insure itssafe keeping. It was printed In Padua ,

Italy , in 1896 , and is a reprint of anItalian article on Galileo , printed orig-inally

¬

in 1659. It is only a curiosity , butas sucli it outdoes all previous attemptsat making small books , "thumb books"-as they are called , for they are no long-er

¬

than your thumb.This little book has nine lines printed

on each page , with from fifteen totwenty letters on a line , that is , one ,

two , or at most , three words. Yet it is-

so carefully devised Avith margins thatthe letters do not seem unduly small ,

and you rub your eyes , wondering w byyou can't read it. Unless you see thebook you can hardly form an idea ofits size-

.It.

is so very smallthat it will not cov-

er¬

a dime. When placed upon a coppercent it leaves much of the cent uncov-ered.

¬

. Two such books placed on a sil-

ver¬

quarter will not quite cover it, andthree of them seem to make a curioustriangle on a half dollar. You could cut-

three leaves for this book out of a two-cent stamp. All of the paper in thetwo hundred and five pages could becut out of about one-third of a squarefoot of paper.

When Ice Will Burn.Most people are aware that a piece of

ice roughly hewn into the shape of adouble convex lens will , if placed inthe drect sunshine , concentrate therays of the sun io such an extent as tolight an object placed at some distaucobehind it ; but the fact is not generallyknown that it is able to produce materi-als

¬

for supporting the fire tints pro ¬

duced. Ice taken from marshes , andother localities where vegetation oranimal matter is undergoing decompo-sition

¬

, often contains bubbles of olefi-ant gas. Some of these cavities in theice are of considerable dimensions , andif pierced the gas escapes with greatforce and may be lighted , burning fora few seconds with a bluishwhitei-lame. .

Novelist with Four Million Readers.The most popular novelists are those

who are least known to literary people.Who lias beard of Emma Jane Wor-boise.

-

. or of the late Sir. Smith , of Fam-ily

¬

Herald fame ? And among Frenchmidlists. Zola , and Daudet , and Ohnet-v.c know, says the London News, butv.'ry few have beard of Itichebourg-

hos,

\ .- ? deatb was announced recently.-Yer

.

Kichebourg "the king of feuille-tonists.

¬

. " as be was called bad prob-iMy

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: more readers than any novelist..ilhjor dead , and made as much mon-ey

¬

by < .ne novel as any other novelist

/ two. He bad. it was calculated ,

fi r million readers for every story he-

y.p > rf\ and be received $20,000 for the- . ! ! : > I risrhts alone.-

Liike

.

11 is Papa.-T.

.

. ! visitor ( viewing the new baby)

! > o vou think he is going to resembleliis father ?

'I li mother I shouldn't be surprised ,

H keeps me up every night

! isaid'thut the whisper of a beau-Iu

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1 v/yinan can be beard farther tb.au-

ih'_ iondefet yell of duty. ,

Chicago seems to be getting very hot jS

under the collar over the doings of her al-

flermen

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, despite the cold weather. BostonGlobe.

Admiral Sampson says he is neither aRepublican nor a Democrat. Possibly he ,

considers himself a stand-off. Washing-Ion Post-

.If

.

the stock of American heiresses holdsout the alliance between this country andEngland will be a condition , not a theory-

.Pittsburg.

Post.The Chicago aldermen are getting into

the doubtful list , preparatory to Mr-

.Yerkes'.

next hot dash for philanthropy.Washington Post.-

A.

Chicago man was sent tre jail for""

stealing tombstones. Gracious , is a bodysafe any way in that wicked town ?

Philadelphia Times.Bob Fitzsimmons , as becomes the cham-

pion¬

of the world , announces his willing-ness

¬

to fight Chauncey M. Depew. Mem-phis

¬

Commercial-Appeal.One of the reforms that is not tobe

looked for at this session of Congress isthe abolition of the ' 'leave to print" nui-sance.

¬

. Philadelphia Ledger.Among other important improvements

already secured in Havana is the chang-ing

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of the name of a street from Weylen-to Obisko. Milwaukee Sentinel. - ** . .

Now that the treaty of peace has beensigned , it is time for Don Carlos to rushacross the stage with his wax impression''of a resolution. Pittsburg Pobt. '

It is a wonder it never occurred to Paulflu Chaillu to explore the fastnesses olSouth Clark street , Chicago , if he is reallyin search of excitement. St. Paul Dis-patch.

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It is hoped that Gen. Shatter is notianxious to be classed by posterity among!

those warriors who do their principaqfighting with their mouths. PhiladelphiaLedger. i

An Ohio man had a surgical operationperformed upon his mouth with a view to ?

making it larger. It is safe to say he wiJBhave no feminine imitators. ClevelandPlain Dealer.

England has seized the opportunity thatoffered to assure Turkey of her friendly !

feelings toward her. There it is again. '

England is always seizing something.Boston Herald.-

Mr..

. Croker must really feel enviouswhen he learns how Gen. Wood electedhis mayoralty candidate in Santiago. Thegeneral's was the only vote cast. Cleve-land

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Plain Dealer.Now that Spain yields everything we

shall soon have some iutimatiou of whatEurope proposes to do about it. The bestthing to be done is to make for the "open-door. ." Boston Globe.

The reports of Senator Quay's indict-ment

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and arrest have thus far failed toshow that John Wanamaker rushed inand affixed his name to the bail bond.Kansas City Journal.-

In.

thinking of pistols and ropes forthose alleged boodle aldermen , Chicagogives the world an apparent intimationthat she has outgrown the use of thesandbag. Philadelphia Times-

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the French editors will permit them-selves

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to think over the peace terms whichFrance accepted from Germany , our re-quirements

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of Spain may not seem soharsh to them. Milwaukee Sentinel-

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would seem that it took the UnitedStates minister to Turkey to succeedwhere the ministers of the other powershad failed , in bottling the crusty oldPorte. Wire the cork securely. BostonHerald.

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The French newspapers would haveGreat Britain believe that we will swal-low

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her next, and that Europe would en-

joy-'

the performance. John Bull is not to-

be scared by that sort of talk. Washing-ton

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Post.Kisses Sivamp a Hero.

Fie , fie , Hobson ! The country will losaIts good opinion of you. Boston Globe.-

As.

far as Hobson is concerned , mistle-toe

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is a mere mockery. Cleveland Leader.Hobson wears a rose in his buttonhole ,

but tulips are his favorite flowers. Pe-oria

-Herald.

Hobson sunk the Merrimac , but a lot offoolish , sentimental women have comewell nigh sinking Hobson. BloomingtonPantagraph.

Hobson is now a shattered idol with thegreat majority of the American people ,his foolish fondness for indiscriminate os-

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having hurled him from the ped-estal

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on which the public had placed him.Peoria Transcript.-Lieut.

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. Hobson has thoroughly disgustedthe people in his efforts to make a recordas the champion kisser. On every occa-sion

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he has slobbered over shallow-patedwomen , and so conducted himself as toleave the impression that he is the cheap-est

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kind of a snob. Galesburg Mall.

The Chicago Fight.-Mr.

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. Yerkes' pet theory ascribes vastquantities of ulterior motive to the Oh-icajo

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editors. Washington Post.-

So.

far as could be learned at the hour ofgoing to press , Chicago's Board of Alder-men

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was still unhanged. Kansas CityJournal.

The Chicago aldermen can put in thelong winter evenings by discussing thevenality of the public prints. Washing-ton

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Post.Those Chicago councibnen , with their

$100,000 votes , are likely to raise the prica-of "concessions" in Philadelphia. Phila-delphia

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the dander of Chicago keeps on ris-ing the only safe place for an aldermanwill be in the penitentiary. MemphisCommercialAppeal-

.If.

Chicago should turn in and lynch afew aldermen , public condemnation wouldDoubtless be indefinitely suspended.Memphis Commercial-Appeal.

The disappointed Chicago aldermenwill never forgive those men who h'avetarnished the fair name of the city andincidentally killed a real good thing.Washington Post.

The people of the country at largshould rejoice that this result has beenreached without the Chicago public be-

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provoked t that pitch of public re-sentment

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which might have ended in vie¬

lence. As the matter now stands , thepeople have triumphed ovec the boodlers-by the ordinary and legitimate processesof municipal legislation. St. Loa'm Re-public

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