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ST. Louis. March 1.-THE state Demo-
cratic central committee decided upon the
time and place of holding state conven-
tions as follows: For electing delegates
to the national convention, at Sedalia, on
Nav II; to nominate the regular state
ticket, at Jefferson City, on July 10; to
select the judiciary ticket, at st. Louis, on
I,,i
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English Miners to Resume work Monday.

LoNDoN, March l7.1At meeting of the
today il was decided to permit work to he
resumed in ten mines on Monday. The
decision affects 10000 men. The Miners
Federation has advised miners to resume
work on Monday.
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TIL. Missouri Redistric,inr Bill.

JEFFERSON CITY, March 1.-THE con-
gressional redistricting bill has passed
both branches of the Legislature. 1t d.
vides the state into Nfteen districts, four
teen Democratic and one Republican.
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81. patrick,s Dav AZ CorL

ConK. March IA hall in which pub
lie lecture was being given in North Cork
tonight was the scene of factional fight
between Parnellites and anti-Parnellites.
Many persons were injured by missiles.
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Louisville LOTTERY onices Closed.

LOUISVILLE KY, March i7.-All the lot
terry offices here. including the general
offices. were closed today, permanently, 1t
is believed
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MrSxEAPoLIs, March 1s.-At 2:30 a re-
port was received from Clear Lake, Wis,
that the business portion of that town was
on ire and would be totally destroyed.
There are no further particulars.
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PORTLAND. Ne, March IA movement
is on foot looking TO the formation of
societies all over the state to agitate for the
re-submission and repeal of the rohibitory
L.
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survival Of the fttest. For the course
HleTc IS tremendous and the discipline j.
SUPERB. anC what perfect gentlemen. what
splendid gong fellows those cadets are
nat very Hover OF the nation that
academy contains" drifting on. | say in
SA-l conversation, We arrived bv slow de-
EFees at 4 consideration OF the soldier a.
Ne Is displayed in the witness Of such close
observers Is John Strange Winter and
;.a-E 3ri hlpling, especially thi, last. Nj
't'.-rFs ~aNei eloquent on Rudv.rt. and
mere Is what lie haI 10 say concerning that
l1ec'c'ons, hut c!eyc- and wonderfully OBJ
servant young gentleman: "hiuling an
la.ealty AZ t.r>t seems severe on the Brit
'>-i >'+t4ieF, uuf lie always speaks the truth
ao9G, ann. ! can see that IN his heart ne
mas iAe greatest rs-pec; and admiration
10y Atr Ftl' a. II = only really the cues
Lon 81 .leir youth and want OF experience
f'T instance, IN that delightfully."- true
teI4 sSe.ch OF The Dreams of the Fore
ana All he mentions an incident which I
..@'S seen more than once myself occur IN
I''~se ..tl.e lights we had up IN Afghanis-
"a. ESpect3..E his aIUlation Of the sol
t%4eF-Y quantities ~ the t'ooTkha | remem-
oes during our advance in the Bazaar val
Iry. AFTER Gays unsatisfactory lighting.
wien orr butchers bill, though not heavy
vas quite bad enough. Tommy Atkins
the young Tommy Atkins mean
showed = considerable amount of
depression. especially IS the comnany's
cooEs had only half rations 10 deal with.
'--.2 L. plum aQu ehaseYer, / used 10 get
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work, - sketch. etc. bat the nuisance
Is Il tie ordinary soldier or ignorant
officer lnterieres with Won. For
II You attract their attention by using ton
large sketch book YOU may be arrested
and then there = no cad OF trouble an!
delay n setting your material home
Sometimes 1 have s6etchcd on nv thumb
nal AMI other naLs / remember one diff
tcait occasion during the Dobitztr!on Of
the Russian troops on the koumauiau
frontier, 10 avoid observation / te-au
sSetcaing on nay thumb nail. which of
course necessita;et nv taking of NV
gloves, ! forgot x was several degrees he
low zero. and nearly hai the misfortune
- lose my thumb, sketch and all, by tr1,t-
bate. / ouiy anew tAss when arrived AZ
my aoyel and began drawing Iru:a the
thumb Not til ttsa dI& | discover the
INJURY. and the pain IS i began 70 thaw
Wa eXcrGciatins.
'tan Won set good cljmrsa oftae bat
tie as hole .' j asked. ell. FRS, ofa.l.
. battle Is most pGz1,lnE thJHs. You se.
HOOPS marching hltaer and thl;Acr guns
brought az ecsGltory Sao:s here and .nere.
ans theA tAe booming @. guns. You have
pto2&o.y been marching W3th = regiment
az G3Sa. wondering how on earth YOU are -
ges picture z The utter confusion OF tte
moment. " hen YOU see tie briEaIier
rlte bv with his staff. then the best thing
Is u follow ham, and presently you arrive
a. some point Of vantage. The brica3ier
"a rein up, and = front of him you viii
ses lie mass ~ CONFUSION gradually taxing
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leader of the future. Let me give you an
instance. | knew Skobeleff we'll. Now,
it is my firm opinion that this idea. which
was secuted by my colleagues in Black and
White, but which was suggested to me by
a well-known English officer of engineers,
this idea which | will put before you would
have been adopted by Skobeleff. A night
attack and the enemy in front only to be
recognized individually by spirits of ire
down the ranks. He would arm num-
Der OF mounted infantry with the good
old-fashioned long lows, which should
harass these men continually with the
terrible shafts which won for us the
victories of Crecy and Agincourt. 1t
sounds absued, but it is an idea that Sko-
belief would have acted upon without hes
itation. The warfare of the future will be
greatly matter Of hand-to-hand fighting,
as we have already shown in this forecast
of ours. 1t will also be question largely
of night attacks. Night battles will re-
quire missiles of this description-swift
silent, an air gun; mlssive which will
not discover itself. There will be no firing
with rifles at two-mile range. Night
fighting will necessarily be at close quar-
l closed the interview with a question as
to Mr.. Filliers' opinion concerning the
war which is surely imminent in Europe.
His reply is worthy of note. ''In the East
the great backgrounds of the future
will be the Euphrates valley or in that
neighborhood.
Germany and France will probably set
tie their differences in Belgium and the
field of Namur will once more be drenched
with the blood of the Teuton and the
Gaul.' RAYMOND BLATHwAYr.
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some settled, definite form. You begin
sketching Immediately, not knowing how
soon the troops will be engaged, or
what incident thus early in the
fight may be the most important one
of the day. The result is, you are
always at work. There is rarely
any central point in battle. You never
know what position will be the hard nut
to crack, the turning point of the whole
battle. For instance, in the march on
Plevna, when out of the early morning
mIsts which had been hanging about the
valley of the Vid, huge mound doomed
up on our right flank, and Kradner was
pounding away at il with his artillery.
We at first thought the Turks had evacu-
ated the position, and then some of US
thought, rs it a position at all?' for not
puff of smoke replied to the Russian
guns. yet that became the great Gravitza
which was the bone of contention for
months and months between the Turks,
Russians and also the Roumanians. In
fact, the first troops of Roumania encircled
it with their dead bodies for weeks and
weeks together"
Don't you find that the summer days
rather intimidate you. or are you stimu-
lated to special fervor?" "Well," replied
Mr.. Nilliers, with smile, "there is always
a tendency TO duck your head when you
hear the ping of bullet 1t used to pass
off with me, for would at once take out
sketch book. Then l forgot all. 1t is as
good as fighting. But you never realize
what battle is until you see some poor
devil carried off the field wounded TO death.
Then you know what it all means and
what you are in for.''
"What is the most striking scene, Mr..
Villers, that is most indelibly photo
graphed on your mind 2" "Well, the ones
that appeal to me most are what have
seen after the battle 1t is that that brings
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10 the false and wicked Establishments of
free silver they were at last driven TO
poverty and shame. and gave up one after
another the different states called doubt
tui I'LL at last they were driven TO Mexico
and were succeeded by Pocahontas and
Columbus
The Aztecs obtained a good many good
ideas from the Toltecs. some say, before
they went to Mexico, and others after.
At any rate. they were well advanced In
some of the arts and sciences, though
they were idolatrous and often sacrificed
human beings to their gods. Here they
also used very poor Judgment. If instead
OF Offering up their most attractive young
people, girls especially, they had used the
politicians as far as they would go, the
Aztecs would have been on deck today no
doubt, and the Montezumas would have
been giving pink teas on Pennsylvania
avenue.
1t is estimated that the Aztecs sacrificed
over 20. 900 people annually to their gods,
Notwithstanding the fact that these gods
had repeatedly shown their total ina
bility to attend to things. History tells
nowhere OF more inadequate set of gods
than those employed and paid by the
Aztecs. The Aztec god was also a COM
psete artistic failure, being excessively
plain. He was also very unsuccessful So
cially. All that he could do successfully
was to accept the bleeding sacrifice OF in
nocent school children, look pleasant and
scare the farm horses.
The fortress near Newark is only one Of
several peculiar earthworks regarding
which We have no authentic history.
They may have been erected by the Az
tees, the Toltecs or the Woodtecs. No
man can tell. Only few have tried to do
so, and they did not know.
Newark has the most desirable jail in
the state of Ohio, and possibly in the
United States. 1t is built of cut stone, in
a modern and artistic manner, with a
beautiful porch handsome lawns around
it, and in every way resembles the dwell
ing of a wealthy merchant instead of the
calaboose of city.
Criminals come here for hundreds Of
miles to be incarcerated. Men contem-
plating crime try to arrange it so that the
offense may be committed in Newark and
themselves also. 1t is certainly one of the
most neat and attractive jails that have
ever seen, and have made jail life close
study for years. While in France | visited
a fac simiie of the old Bastile, which had
been reconstructed exactly by French
architect. The Bastile was built in 1870 by
Charles Y. 1t was the state prison. The
stones of the old Bastie are now used IN
paving the streets at the forks of the road
in Paris, called the Place de la Bastile, or
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away from the silent part of the camp.
where these poor fellows sat so depressed.
and lighting my pipe / would wander into
the Goorkha camp and listen to their
bright chatter, look at their lively, grim
ming faces in the ticker of their camp fires,
and afterward retire to my tent with the
feeling in my heart that all Things might
go well on the morrow, and ifthe Goorkhas
were sent to meet our commlssarlat cara
van we should be certain of their lighting
their way back to camp. Such comfort
would one gather from our iight-hearted,
brave. undaunted Indian allies"
Now, Mr.. Villiers," said |, what
about the warfare of the future? Moltke
has passed away, and with him, to great
extent, that special scientific system which
he introduced, of which he was so fond.
What kind of man will the general OF the
future be?"
"As you suggest" replied the expert
enced war correspondent, "things are all
changed Everything Is altered; what
with modern arms of precision, smokeless
powder, etc, firmly believe that men Of
the Skobeleff type will be the successful
men of the future. A man who is not a
mere book general man with very
active, imaginative mind, who may be con-
sidered more or less mad that is the man
of the future. Skobeleff or Gordon. They
upset all the cut and-dried ideas of modern
conventional strategy"
swell, bus Mr.. VillIers, l can imagine
mad brave hero like Skobeleff or Gordon
leading horde of religious fanatics like
the Russians to sudden victory, but would
not a calm, quiet Moltke best suit the
phlegmatic, thoughtful German ?"
cit isn't question:" said Mr.. Villiers,
'of mad general leading his troops i'm
petuously on to some forlorn position. But
it is the man with mad ideas and yet with
power of sane execution who will be the
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home most to you all the horror of it. 1t
is the misery the wounded suffer a few
days afterwards. One thing that always ap-
peared to me the most terrible and the most
dramatic, was the march Of the Turkish
prisoners through an ice-bound country,
through Romania to Russia after the fail
of Pleyna. That was horrible sight, fell
lows dropping down through sheer starva-
ton and weakness by hundreds daily.
Outside one village one morning counted
sixty bodies that had been picked up out
of its streets and collected round the
mouth of a disused grain pit. l knew
Skobelefi well. He was wonderful figure
of romance. Tall, fine. well-knit figure,
ruddy complexion, flowing yellow beard,
blue eyes, rather fine nose. During the
campaign he would shave his head like
a Mussuman. He was in the habit in
the open field of taking off his helmet
as though to cool his head, fevered within,
a very incarnation of war. He was avon
derfully well-informed man. For in
stance. he knew every move in the civil
war between North and South. He had
always on a little table in his tent Schuy-
ler's 'Turkestan' and a life of Sherman. I
told this to General Sherman few DAYS
before his death, how much an admirer
Skobelotf was of his, which | could see
pleased the old gentleman vastly, or as the
Americans would say, 1T tickled the old
man some. had many talks with ShO-
belief when | was his guest for twelve
days outside Constantinople. He used to
say he loved the English, and he would
long TO meet them in battle to see what
they were made Of He spoke English
perfectly. A brave, dashing, almost mad
fellow like that was the very man TO stir
up the phlegmatlc Russians and lead them
on to victory. But he proved himself
very willy general in Asia years after"
Drifting on IN a very interesting CONVEX
sation, during which Mr. Villiers ex-
pressed himself as perfectly enthusiastic
about the training of the cadets at West
Point. Why" said he, there you have
carried to perfection the doctrine of the
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where the Place runs into one the Rues.
Paris is the greatest town for Rues that |
have ever seen. Here literary people who
had written pieces for the papers over the
signature of 'Veritas" were incarcerated
for weeks and months and years, only TO
be at last beheaded by the light-running
and noiSelesS guillotine. Those who
sasSed the administration were gathered
in by means of the Letter de Cachet, and
that was sufficient. We should be glad
and proud that we live in land where
one can have not one trial Alone but
seven or eight, together with an arrest of
Judgment and executive clemency.
The Bastile was destroyed by the French
revolutionists July IA. 1889, and now it is
the great national holiday. July Il al the
French yeomen and alliance people throng
the streets, bringing their lunch with
sour wine, with which they fill themselves
in wild and Intellectual effort to get in
tOxicated.
On this day also the beggars and cripples
of France are permitted TO invade Paris,
and one will see a greater assortment of
excrescences and deformities than in
New York hospital in lifetime Remun-
are brought out on the beau
tiiul boulevards, and the Champs
Elysee swarms with beggars whose
limbs are SO crooked that they seem to
be trying to climb up their trunks. Cd
and whimsicsl wens start out from Ties
people on the slightest provocation, and
curious wounds are utilized TO rake in the
centimes. One man had n bullet hole in
his trachea, or windpipe. By closing his
mouth and nose and inserting the mouth.
piece OF bugle in this hole he was able to
play tune pretty well, and he seemed TO
have a crowd around him most of the
time. He told me that he was very thank
T,,i l.
vided him with such convenient slot, as
it were. for people to put their francs and
centimes into.
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pressing himself in wonderfully beautiful
language, some of which conveyed ideas
Every one was pleased and delighted
In the midst of the speaking there was
4 slight noise heard overhead and bows
leg was seen TO suddenly burst through
the ceiling and agitate itself through the
brilliantly lighted atmosp here. The incl
dent attracted great deal ofattention and
made success of the entertainment 1t
was heartily enjoyed by one and all, with
the exception OF the boy, who will have to
get another pair OF trousers, il Is thought
Newark has one wonderful feature. 1t
consists OF an ancient fertilization and
numerous Indian mounds OF uncertain
age. The fertilization must be many CEN
turles old, as there are trees growing in the
embankment and IN the mOat which are
several hundred years old, no doubt Inside
the fortress there is now race track, and
the whole Is used "a an Enclosure for a fair
ground or agricultural exhibit each year.
Some think that this fort is the work Of
the Aztecs. OF course no one can tell ac-
curateiy, though a great many scientific
men come here, look wise and 90 away To
write the whole thing up and settle il for
time. presume | have just as good a
right 10 my theory as any one else. I am
the author of the Aztec theory, | have
made study OF Aztec people, and the
MonrezGma family is as familiar 10 me as
my own.
My theory is that the Aztecs once owned
and operated the entire country now
known As the United States, but yielding
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THE LAKE WASHINGTON CANAL.
Skagit County People Think 1t Shou
BE Constructed.

MOUNT VERNON, May 4.-TSpecial, J.
The Chamber Of Commerce last evening
had up for discussion the subject of the
Lake Washington canal. and although no
vote was finally taken, it was found that
Mount Vernon is almost unanimously in
favor of the project. Some two weeks ago
a communication from the Aberdeen
Board of Trade was received, asking the
Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce to
enter its objection TO the canal project. A
regular meeting occurred day or two aft
erward, and on account of another meet
ing the same night il was VERY SHINY
attended, no quorum being present. An
tlClpatlng favorable action upon the re-
quest. the president and secretary signed
the blank protest inclosed and forwarded
1t 10 the Aberdeen board. Last night the
action came up for ratification, but the
sentiment was very strong the other way
ana the chamber refused 10 act upon it,
and out OF respect 10 the president, ii was
allowed to drop where il was.
DR.. b. u. J. Conlin, Major August N.
Moore, +. c. Million and others of this
city spoke for the canal. and Jesse W.
George, of the Great Northern railway, of
Seattle, also made stronge defense of the
measure proposed in congress. He said:
Seattle has never asked Tor dollar before for
river and harboT improvements in its ncighbO
hood. There IS the Dlwsmish river, which mas
had steamboats, on il for many years, and yet the
government has never spent cent in improving
it It is conceded that the Lake Washington
canal will BE- Of great value, not only to Seattle,
bus to the whole Sound country. and Mount
Vernon certainly cannot afford 70 pa. itself
acaiusti..
Mr.. Georges speech was roundly ap-
plauded, and his sentiments were Endorsed
by 4 large majority of the citizens
The objection 10 the canal scheme came
from the feeling. almost universal in
Skagit county, that Skagit river has been
neglected by the government mig
gardly appropriation is allowed By con-
gress semj-occasionaliy always coupled
with the Snohomish and St;llagQamish
river appropriations. Captain jefferson,
who runs the government snag boat
which Is expected 10 expend the appro-
priation, rarely visits the Skagit river, and
he never does il any appreciabIe good
whatever. The >kaglt river is the largest
one that lows into the sound. and the
people are unanimous in declaring that il
has been neglected.
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SPOKANE. Wash. July II. 1891.

Dr.. J. Eugene Jordan. Seattle Wash.
Ny Dear Doctor-This day 1 come IA
you in an important matter and requsSS
you to attend 10 1T at once My grae.
daughter aged nine years had la grippe a
few months ago and although recovered,
is very weak. exceedingly nervous and has
slight attacks OF St. Vitus' dance. We are
very much worried abou, it She can
hardly cut meat at the table, her hand,
and fingers treInble in trying to button her
shoes. etc. 1t is impossible for her TO 90
TO Seattle and would like to know IL You
could treat her after the short above dss-
cription. She is also very fond of playing
the piano and likes to read and to learn.
Every time she plays now a few minute,
only or reads, she is utterly exhausted and
must quit. Now what shall we do about
that7 Expecting answer by return mail,
Yours truly,
PAUL STROBACH.
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REV. DR.. BRIGGS
OPINION.

The controversy arising from ''the highe,
criticism" of Rev. DR.. Briggs who hA6
been tried for heresy, wiz, change thsI
complexion of the interchangeable" creed
In the very nature of things every humn
device is prone to change. Pray ~
should medicine be the exception toSS>s
rule? The Histogenetic system is thsl
newest change and is head and saouider,I
above the old and effets systems" Ravs|
you progressed mentally sufficiently toJ
appreciate . fact?
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No Head for Business.

Levi Jr.-Faader. lie shentemans vat
PAYS te diamond engage nl-nt ring yester-
oay comes py K store today aud paw ned i.
lev. Sr.-How Yes lie i0ok
Levi Jr.--AN proke III,
levi Sr.-ViI yen meier learn - take
intezsst in ts biznessl Wy didn't you trv
- ss!l u sheatleIa2ns , plsgoll
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CASCADE LAKE HOTEL,

ms motel IS al the base OF Nj. Constitution IN
orcas lsIAni one Of the icveiest tina, dot P,Irs.
sound GOOD IA BILE; hot aud COLI w.fa- 80
ntthroom; pleasant rooms; boating and tathic1.
+ Ms ftA>pNABLE Upen Nav -
further Information aIdre,s MRS J. + COY
Hewhalis san Juan county Wash - NNN'
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SPOKANE, Wash. March n, 1892.

DR.. J. Eugene Jordan, Seattle. Wash.
Dear DIR. Jordan-Your letter and med.
cines for my wife received; thanks for
your promptness.
was under the impression that I wro:s
you about my granddaughter. She il
perfectly well and had no relapse what
ever. Yours truly,
PAUL sTRoBACH.