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the Gillian Government and inquire
whether there were any qualifying facts
in the possession of that Government,
and whether it had any explanations to
offer for its failure to inquire into the
matter and punish the guilty persons.
The reply, as stated above, is q most de-
faint one, and may call for speedy action
by the United States
In view of the trouble that seems to
hn imminent Secrntaru Tracy has re-
ported to the President that the follow
ing war vessels can be made ready and
equipped in ninety days:
The Philadelphia, of 4,413 tons, is
315 feet long, 1O.5OO-horse power, and
can steam nineteen knots an hour. She
carries four 8-inch and six 6-inch .breech'
loading rifles She also has torpedo
tubes
The Kearsarge is wooden vessel of
1850 tons. 822 horse power and can
carries two 8-inch 8-ton and four 9-inch
4-ton smooth bore5 and one 60-pounder
breech-loader.
The cruiser Concord is of LOO tons
burden, $50 feet long, 3, 400 horse pow
er, and car. make sixteen knots an hour.
Her ARMAMENT consists of six 6-inch
breech-loading rifles and several rapid
fire guns.
The Chicago is 4, 500 tons burden, AS
feet long, and mas 1000 horse power and
can cover fifteen knots an hour. She
carries four 6-inch, eight 6-inch and two
5-inch breech-l loading rifles; also several
rapid-fre guns.
The Newark is of 4,O83 tons displace-
ment $40 feet long, $500 horse power,
and makes eighteen knots an hour.
Twelve 6-inch guns of five tons each,
and four SIX FOUNDERS (rapid fire. con-
stitute her equipment
The Petrol is of $50 tons burden and
only IT'S feet long. She has 1900 horse
power, and can steam thirteen knots an
hour. Her guns are four e-iRch
breech loading rifles and several rapid
fire guns.
The Baltimore, already at Valparaiso,
is of ALB tons burden, 315 feet long,
has an indicated horse power of $50
and can make nineteen knots in an or
binary sea. She carries four 6-inch
11&-t ton breech-loading rifles. six O.
inches and number of-smalIer guns.
The Yorktown is 1,7OO tons, $50 feet
long, 3.4OO indicated horse power and
can make sixteen knots. She carries
six e-inch breech-loaders and several
smaller guns.
The San Francisco is sister ship to
the Philadelphia, and is similarly
equipped.
The Miantonomah is 3,s15 tons dis
placement, 249 feet long, and has Z
inches Of armor. Her turret is liz
inches thick, and behind this is all an
s-inch backing. Her horse power Is
LEGO, and she can steam TO- SO knots an
hour. Her armament consists of four
1011-inch 25-ton breech-loading rifles
and several rapid fire guns
L he new steel cruiser Detroit has Just
been launched, and could also be made
ready for the fray.
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A Record of His Children Cost.

I heard yesterday of practice of a
man of this town that should be brought
to the attention Of all who are seriously
interested in questions concerning the
education of the young This man has
o large family of children, boys and
girls, and the eldest is about eighteen.
Whenever child has been born unto
him he has bought blank book. He has
written the child name upon the cover,
and he has entered upon the pages in a
firm, precise handwriting, all sums of
money spent upon the child from the day
of its birth. He can tell at glance the
cost of its food, its dress; what he paid
for the services of nurse and doctor; the
price of its schooling; the money value
Of its amusements. And he proposes
when each child is twenty-one to give it
a birthday feast, and after the cake is
cut he will present the book to his Off
spring saying: Here, you can see what
you have cost me-" The expenses of
tho feast will be included in the sum
total. | have forgotten to state that this
gentleman is of Scotch Descent Bos
ton Post
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Odd Sport In Provence.

When we had seen the last boat-load
of pretty girls rowed briskly away, we
hurried down the white road to where the
crowd had collected. Far on the other
side of the lake was circle of gray hills;
the black fishing craft had anchored in a
long line about half way across; and be-
tween it and the shore were the two boats
the two water steeds of the Knights
of the tournament. From each boat two
long beams rose in an inclined plane
away out beyond the stern and above the
water, and placed on them, at their ex-
extreme end, was marrow board, on
which presently stepped man in shirt
and brooches, with big wooden shield
strapped TO him, and covering him in
front from the neck to the knees, and a
wooden lance in his hand. There were
twelve rowers and twelve oars in each
boat in the stern stood the steersman,
his hand on the filler; and in the PROV
were trumpeter and drummer.
At the first blast of the trumpet, the
first roll of the drum, the two boats took
up their position about two hundred
yards apart At the second, each COM
petitor waving his little banner as il vic
tory were already his, the rowers dipped
their oars together, pulled with all their
might, the steersman encouraging them,
and the drummer beating louder than
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ever, and the two boats drew nearer and
nearer with ever-increasing force, while
an expectant silence fell upon oil the
waiting crowd. As the two bows crossed,
the oarsmen stopped rowing in order to
steady the boats, which, however, by
this time had got up such speed that they
passed each other at a tremendous rate.
At the moment of meeting, each of the
combatants, who had long since dropped
their banners and lifted their lances,
aimed at the target on the others shield.
There was crash of boards that could
be heard mile away, and, head over
heels, shield and all, one man went into
the water, and great shout rose from
the black line OF fishing craft and from
the crowded banks. Then in the blue
lake a shield was seen floating in one di-
rection, man swimming vigorously in
the other, and on the winning boat the
victor stood high above the oarsmen, his
arms extended, strong and athletic as
young Hercules Cen ury.
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Accepted the Challenge.

During Bishop Newman's missionary
trip around the world, a while ago, he
spent some time in India. One day lot
Of native pastors were called together to
hear the Bishops views on the best
methods of carrying on evangelical work.
Native converts, according to the mission
aries, are apt to think they know just
what to do and are perfectly qualified to
get along without advice. Bishop New
man began his talk, but was constantly
interrupted by the native brethren, who
jumped up one after another to remark
that they thought this or that would be
preferahie Nov, look here" finally
exclaimed the Bishop, losing his patience
a little, IF any of you think you can
conduct this meeting better than | can
will you please rise?' There was silence
for moment as the Bishop glanced
around the room. Then four of the
brethren gravely rose and waited to be
counted [St. Louis Star-Sayings.
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Dark Clouds Rising.

Thu Gillian Government has replied
to United States Minister Egan's de-
mand for reparation for the recent at
tack upon the United States steamship
Baltimore'S crew. 1t is a refusal to &C
cept responsibility for the affair. Min
lister Egan has notified the State De-
partment at Washington, and decisive
action is looked for very quickly. The
authorities of Valparaiso have gone so
far as to refuse to guarantee the safety
Of market boats coming to that city
from the United States war-ship Balti
more, or the safety of officers of that
vessel coming ashore at night Minister
Egan has notified our Government that
the crew of the Baltimore are practi-
cally boycotted and no American sail
ors are permitted to land at that port.
Much surprise is expressed at the very
strong Language in which the Gillian
Governments reply is cOuched
The attack on the blue jackets of the
cruiser Baltimore occurred in the streets
Of Valparaiso on Oct 16, and was, in
the opinion of the officers Of the Balti
more, due mainly to the feeling of hos
tility entertained by the mass of Chilians
toward Americans. The police of the
city, as the investigation of the affair
of the Baltimore showed, assisted the
mob in it's assault upon the sailors.
The Chilians were armed with knives
and pistols, and the blue jackets had no
weapons.
One of the hlue-jackets, Charles Rig
gin, boatswain's mate, was dragged
from street car by a mob and shot to
death. Five moro men were danger
ously wounded with knives and bay
onets.
One has since died of his wounds.
That the police joined in the attack on
the sailors was evident by the bayonet
wounds many Of the sailors received.
Thirty-fve sailors were arrested by
the use of much unnecessary force,
dragged through the streets and locked
up. The report of Captain Schley indi-
Gates that the assault on the blue Jackets
was premeditated,
By order of President Harrison dis
patch was sent to Mr.. Fgen, the Ameri-
can Minister at Santiago, ordering him
to bring the matter to the attention Of
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The Star JOkers.

A BUTTON on your shirt is worth
two down the back of your neck
Richmond Recorder.
The poet says @The stars are peep
ing" They are probably sizing up the
audience through slit in the curtain.
-Binghamton Leader.
A DOG out in Idaho turned into bone
and died. He died hard. Yonkers
Statesman.
THE author who is seriously de-
pressed by unfavorable notices of his
work may be said to be critically i'll.
Lowell Courier.
AN "intemperate home" is probably
one that is always full.-BostOn
Transcript.
BANKS of clouds are often broken
by heavy drafts of wind. Baltimore
American.
THERE are compensations for the
want of riches. When a man is
obliged to be his own valet it is his
own fault if he hasn't the services of
gentleman Cod Item.
A TOUGH" tender: The offer of
slugger's hand in marriage.
Courier
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SHADOWS.

Shadows of night have driven the light
Out of the bright autumn sky;
Low through the lines of towering pines.
Signing a breeze rustles by;
Signing,
Dying,
Down where the meadow-lands Iie
Shadows and gloom have darkened the
room,
Save where the Pickering fame,
Throwing light now dull and now bright
Never one moment the same,
CHANGING,
Dancing,
Sinks in the dark whence it came.
Shadows years have driven the tears
Back from sad eyes that won weep;
But through the mist of tine, sorrow
kissed,
Mem'ries awake from their sleep;
Gladly,
Sadly,
Out of their shad Jws they creep.
Shadows of time have driven the chime
Out of Lies rhythm and rune,
Bat through the hush and faint fire-fush,
Floats forgotten love-tune;
Throbbing,
Sobbing,
Dies with the dead afternoon.
Unheeded fall the lights on the wall,
Gone is the darkness and pa n
And through the gloom of the darkening
room,
Old loving eyes speak again:
Family,
Quaint y,
Echoes the tender refrain.
-EE. Adelaide Copp, in Boston Transcript.
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FIRST AMERICAN ANARCHIST.
James FeW's Uprising to Overthrow
Government in Colonial Days.

There is general impression that the
\larchist is foreign Importation, and
lit Johann Most IS the first Of the An
archists Of this country. AS matter Of
fact, the first Anarchist in the United
States was an American of English an
cestry, and he lived O very long while
ago as we Americans reckon history.
James Few was his name. He was a
thrifty, industrious carpenter, born in
South Carolina about the middle of the
last century. His parents were simple,
honest people, and he was their only
child. As he grew up he became their
support. When James Few had grown
to manhood there came a new Governor
to the Colony Of Carolina. He was
Governor Tfyon.
He had way of clapping on extra
taxes upon every pretext, which was
something the simple people Of the
colony could not appreciate. In fact it
became very difficult for them to get
enough to eat, and drinking was out OF
the question if they were to pay the
taxes. Now, you may sometimes reduce
a mans rations and he may not hurt
fully object, but wiseacres let q mans
propensity to drink severely alone, or
else prepare for squalls.
To james Few the conduct of Tryon
seemed an outrage. He had no book
knowledge of any sort, but few years
later great many others, who did have
o great deal of knowledge, agreed with
him and started the great Revolution that
founded the United States.
p,,+ +I,o FIRST o,1o,.oI, want furfbar II
seemed to him that law was the cause of
all the trouble He thought if all the
Governors were abolished the people
would get along very nicely by them
selves. They needed no government to
collect taxes; in fact, there should be no
taxes. He did not stop with thinking.
He talked to his companions at his work
bench until he had won over great many
OF them.
One day friend Of Governor Tryon's
was brought before him accused of
several heinous offenses. The Governor
made farce of his punishment by order
ing the prisoner to pay fine of one
penny for each ofense. This was the
last straw. The good loyal people be-
came indignant. James Few and his
come to test their theory. They armed
themselves and set about capturing the
Governor. But rumor Of the proposed
uprising reached the Capital. Summary
measures were taken. The troops were
called out and the followers of James
Few fell like the summer grass. James
Few himself was captured, and without
even the farce of trial was hanged to q
forest tree.
The people at once dispersed but the
seeds of the great Revolution were sown,
and a few years later grew up and over
turned the old form of government.
But poor James Few was not the only
one who suffered from his unselfsh de-
sire to, help his fellows. The little prop
erty which his domestic virtues had en-
abled him to accumulate was confscated,
and his aged parents were obliged to end
their days in an almshouse.- New York
World,
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A Wicked Parrot.

Every man who has parrot is al
ways telling what a wonderful bird is
his. A lawyer in New York owns
one of these talking devils" a
friend went home with him to dinner
recently, and when the two men were
approaching the house the lawyer
said:
"My parrot can recognize my foot
step as soon as it falls in the hall.
When [ open my door he always cries
out from back room, Halo, Will;
come in here Now" added the
lawyer, as he slipped his key into the
latch, "just listen"
They listened, and this is what
they heard: Halo, Will, you old
bald-headed fool; come in here. "
The lawyer, for one minute, looked as
if the house had fallen oh him. And
it was all the fault of one of his
brothers, who had heard the lawyer
boast so often of his parrot that he
taught the bird to insert the "bald-
headed" part. Now he can't be
broken of the habit.-New York
Tribune.
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The Horse that Paid HIS Tou.

Many of the older residents of this
section remember the late DR.. John
Warner, of New Milford, and will APP
preciate this little story. When DR..
Warner was a student at Yale he
used to come home Saturday nights
and return to New Haven Mondays.
That was before the days Of railways,
and as stage-coaches did not leave
New Milford Monday mornings for
New Haven young Warner used to
mount his fathers horse and ride to
Yale on horseback. There were sew
eral toll-gates on the route, and at
each Warner would pay the return
toll for his horse. Arriving at Yale
he would affix to the bride card
bearing these words: "Please not
stop this horse" The sagacious ami
NAL would jog along homeWard, in
variably reaching his stall at New
Milford all right. The toll-takers
got to know the horse and he was
never interrupted. Fridays the horse
would be started alone to New Haven
with a small pouch attached to his
saddle, in which was the exact
change for the tolls. Each toll-taker
would take his toll and the horse
would trot along, reaching Yale in
the evening. This practice was kept
up until the young doctor was gradu-
ated.-Danbury Conn., News.
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wild maraudfng folk, no police or
military escort is needful, and the
flag carried by the leader of the party
commands sufficient respect. The
letters and newspapers, so acceptable
to many English officers at lonely sta
tions, are packed in baskets, forming
a moderate load for each man. The
carriers plod on silently from one
group of huts to another, discharging
part of their burdens as they proceed.
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The sign of Equality.

Mathematical readers will be inter
ested in the following quotation from
Robert Recorde, who introduced the
sign of equality into algebra.
Recorde was the first English au-
thor who wrote on the subject of al
zebra. In his treatise called @Whet-
stone of Witte, published about 1867.
he says:
ITO ayoide the tediouse repetition OF
these words, is equalle to, | will settle
rs / doe often in worke use, paire Of
parallel lines one lengthe, thus, =,
because no thynges can be moro
.quallo-s
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LETTER CARRIERS IN INDIA.

In the hill country on the border Of
Burmah,. India, annexed not many
years since by England, the mail is
carried on the backs of sturdy pedes-
trian coolies, usually of the Chin
tribes. In settled districts, free from
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LEARNING is like mercury. one of the
most powerful and excellent things in
the world in skillful hands; in unskill-
full, the most mfschievous.
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COOP manners is the art of making
those people easy with whom we con-
verse; whoever makes the fewesJ per-
sons uneasy is the best bred man in COM
pany.-SWift
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We consider ourselves as defective in
memory, either because we remember
less than we desire or less than we sup
pose others to remember. j ohnson.
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He fancies himself enlightened, be-
cause he sees the deficiencies OF others;
he is ignorant. because he has never re-
fiected on his own. -B1lwer
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is READY FOR THE FRAY.
CHILL INVITES WAR WITH OUR
UNCLE SAM.

Blunt Refusal to Make Amends-An Re-
sponsibility for the Butchery Of Ameri-
cans at Valparaiso Denied-The State
Department. NOtified-Decisive Action
Expected quickly.
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PERSONAL NOTES.

Ex-Sherif a. j. Meany of MERGED is at the
Lick.
DR.. w. E. Fisher of Denver is at the Occ-
dental.
o. A. Hale, merchant Of San Jose. is at
the Occidental.
Judge K. A. Garfield Of Santa Barbara is
visiting in the city.
o. McCrayen editor OF the Lakeport Ava
lanche, is in the city.
Stanton l.. Carter, leading attorney Of
Stockton, is at the Lick.
August W. Ruiz, well-kgown capitalist
OF Chicago, is at the Palace.
Joseph Enright an extensive foundryman
OF San Jose, is at the Grand.
w. j. Goepel and II. X. Pryor, prominent
merchants of Victoria, b. c., are at the
Palace.
DIR. c. A. Ruggles of Stockton, and
member of the State Board of Health, is at
the Grand.
Railroad Commissioner William Beck
man arrived from Sacramento yesterday and
is at the Grand.
II. w. ByingtOn, Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Northern District of Cali
fOrnia, came down from Sacramento yester-
day.
Patti Rosa, the weIl-known actress, ar
rived from New York yesterday and regis
tered at the Occidental. She is accompan-
led by her mother
Ii. b. Shackelford, who gained quite a
reputation as a civil engineer through work
al Senator StaDford's extensive vineyards
AZ Vlna, was among the arrivals from Red
Bluff yesterday.
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PUGILISM CONDEMNED.
The Evil Influence Of Physical Culture
in This Age.

The Evil Influence Of Physical Culture
in This Age.
At the Metropolitan Temple, last night,
the Rev. John Gray. of the Church of the
Advent, spoke upon the evils of the prize
ring and deployed its effects upon the boys
and young men of the present day. He
claimed that physical culture is an unmiti-
gated evil, and that while there are occa-
Slons where man may use his fists to great
advantage, yet the young men of the day
take more delight in the brutal exhibitions
of the prize ring than in the use Of their
strength for the Wel-belng of their fellow
men. The young men and boys on our
street corners, lie said, knew more about
sullivan, jackson, Dempsey and the Marine,
than they do Of Lincoln, Grant and other
great and good men Of the age.
The reverend gentleman was somewhat
acquainted with physical culture on the
college campus, and was panied to know
that by its abuse men put themselves on a
level with a rooster or bulldog in their
training and in their efforts to batter and
injure their fellow man. There is something
grand in the lion, tiger and the elephant
God gave them their strength and directs its
use. But that men should stand IN the ring
and for sake OF gain batter each other out
of all semblance to humanity, was a lasting
disgrace to this country and the age we
live in.
One of its greatest evils, said he, is the
tendency 1t has to make gamblers of our
boys and young men, and gambling leads to
the saloon, leads to stealing to obtain money
to gamble with, and finally leads to the
prison cell and the drunkard's grave. 1t is
no use closing the pool-rooms while there is
something to bet on, for if tile betting-pIaces
were closed tomorrow hundreds and
thousands of young men and boys would
still bet on brutal prize-fshts like that
which occurred in New Orleans few days
ago.
Physical culture must be led into the
right paths, just as we see it in the gymna-
stun OF the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. We want more of them, and under
the care and instruction of noble men and
women, that the tough and the hoodlum can
be taught to use his strength for the glory of
God and the we'll being Of his fellow men.