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WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Corres pondent)
WASHINGTON D. c., Aug. II, 1913.

From Our Regular Cores pondent)
WASHINGTON D. c., Aug. III, '93.
President Cleyeland's message
10 congress has been as closely
studied as any similar document
ever was by members OF congress
and it is evident that it is going to
be a powerful factor in the financial
LEGISLATION of the session. 1t appa-
rently opposes the ideas OF many
democrats of both house and SER
ate. lust az his celebrated tariff mes
sage of 1887 did, but honest and
conscientious belief is conspicuous
in every sentence of it. And the OPP
position to what are known as Sill
yer democrats Is more apparent
than real, for they all agree with
the Presidents recommendation for
the repeal of the silver Purchasing
clause of the Sherman law, only
differing as to what shall be substl'
tuted. The message recommends
the repeal and leaves the question
of a substitute to the wisdom of
congress, and e.-tenths OF the
democrats are certain that the rec
ommen dation as to repeal will be fol-
lowed, and that other financial leg
lslation, which will be equally sat
isfactory to the silver democrats
and President Cleveland, will be
agreed upon by the democrats in
both house and senate and that the
persistent efforts of the republicans
to split the democratic party on the
silver question will fail.
Acting on the maxim quoted in
the Presidents message-"He gives
twice who gives quickly"-the dem
ocrats in the house, both silver and
anti-silver men, are trying to reach
an reementto take up and decide
the silver question without waiting
for the appointment of committees
and the adoption of rules. 1t will
be easy to take the matter up with
out an agreement, only majority
vote being required, but if an agree
ment can be reached upon just
what is to be voted upon and how
much time is to be given to discus
sion much time will be saved that
would necessarily be wasted If no
agreement IS made, to say nothing
of the possibility OF endless fi'hbus-
tering.
The silver men have in caucns de-
cided to vote for the repeal OF the
purchasing clause of the Sherman
law, if the bill tor it's repeal pros
vides for the free Coinage of silver
on such a ratio as will provide ard
maintain the parity between gold
and SILVER. The fact that no par.
ticular ratio is mentioned is signifi~
cant. 1t means that the caucus OF
silver democrats did not believe it
possible to succeed in maintaining
the present ratio of 16 to | and that
they are willing TO increase the
ratio.
The bitterest pill In the Presidents
message, for the republicans to
swollow, was the plain statement
that he expected congress to obey
the will Of the people and proceed
to reform the iniquitous tariff as
soon as the finances have been look
ed after. Because the troubles
brought upon the country by re-
publican financial legislation have
SO consplcuously forced themselves
upon public attention of late, repub>
licans have allowed themselves to
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The Power OF Charming Snakes.

I'm India and, to a certain extent. III
other Oriental countries, the profes.
sion OF serpent charming is said 70 be
hereditary, and has been practlced
from remotest antiquity. The serpent
charmer possesses p power beyond thes
of other men Of knowing when Ec is
within close proximity to a concealed
reptile, longpractice having. probably,
given them p fine sense Of smell which
enables them 70 detect the odor emitted
by the serpent, even though IL be so
faint as not to attract the attention Of
the novice. These Willy fakirs usually
ascribe their powers 20 some constltu-
tional peculiarly. but it has been
noticed that they generally pull the
fangs and extract the venom glands Of
the reptiles handled in giving exhibit
tions. What power the human voice
NAV have in controlling the actions Of
these venemous creatures is uncertain;
however, it has been noted that ser
pent charmers continually talk, sing,
whistle or Rave an attendant play upon
some shrill musical instrument during
the time exhibitions are being given.
That these sounds have their influence
there IS not the least doubt. The
"charmer" also exerts an influence
over these creatures with his eye, some
travellers declaring that they
have seen fakirs control and govern
their poisonous pets by merely fixing
heir eyes steadfastly upon those Of
The serpents st. Louis Rcpu bic.
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How Many Stars in The Flagl

It's remarked rs singular, and pos
sibly an indication of lack OF patriot
ism, that the average American, always
excepting school children, cannot tell
oA-hand how many stars there now are
in his country's flag. If any reader of
this desires to try the question on ten
Of his friends, he will probably find
that only three or four can give the
correct number, even after a minute
of hard thought. The ordinary reply
will range from forty to forty-two
stars, instead of the correct forty-four.
The admission within four years Of
North Dakota, South Dakota, Mon
tans, Washington, Idaho and Wyo-
ming has brought the list mp to the
last mentioned number. The shape of
the union has been changed from a
square to a rectangle, and the stars are
arranged in six straight lines, the mp
per and lower ones containing eight
stars and the remaining four having
seven stars. -Phil- hia Times.
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South and West.

AT Denver. Col. the Peoples Savings. the
Rocky Mountain Dime and Dollar and the
Colorado Savings Banks have closed their
doors. At Kansas City, No.. the Missouri
National Bank has suspended payment also
the Grand Avenue Bank. a private institu-
lion. The assets are S20O0O0; liabilities.
/ $4,000.
/ Four people were killed and several in
! iured in collision between a Grand Trunk
train and horse car in Chicago. III.
TIE foreign exhibitors at tho Worlds
! Fair are getting ready 10 Ale claims against
the National Government for damages.
claims to the amount OF 10000 having
already been prepared.
TIE First National Bank at Ceiartowa.
Ga, closed its doors. The suspension was
caused by inability 10 realize at once on co..
laterals.
SECRETARY MoHLER has issued statement
saying that IL the conditions continue favor
able Kansas will have the largest corn crop
In the States history, with the exception OF
that OF 1889
Miss EMaA GARRETT. OF Philadelphia who
with her sister, Miss Mary $. Garrett, had
charge Of the Pennsylvania blind children's
exhibit at the Worlds Fair. committed sui
eide by leaping from window at the Briggs
House.
THREE Denver Col National banks the
Union National, the Commercial National
and the National Bank OF Commerce closed
their doors, owing TO the heavy demands Of
excited depositOrs. The Mercantile Bank. q
small private institution. also suspended,
owing TO the closing Of the Union Bank.
URUGUAYs exhibition in the Agriculture
Building, Worlds Fair. was thrown open n
the public view, and was visited by large
crowds
The drouth. which exten led over An ares
OF 30 900 square miles in Western Texas, has
been broken by good rains.
AT Denver. Col, the German. State ami
Peoples National Banks closed their doors
to forestall the heavy demands that it was
evident would be made. The list Of closed
banks in Denver is now thirteen. Of which
six are National, five savings and two private
institutions.
Two men were mortally wounded and ona
instantly killed in a pitched battle between
tramps and citizens near Sheffield. Ind.
AT Green Bay. Wis, Rear-Admiral Melan,-
ton Smith. United States Navy. died after a
two-days' illness. He was born in New York
City. May q, 1910, and entered the navy as
midshipman at the age Of sixteen.
The Brazilian Building was delicltsi at
the Worlds Fair.
TIE Commissioners Of Agriculture OF the
Southern States. in session at Atlanta. passed
resolution calling for the adoption OF
uniform system of control and regulation Of
the manufacture and sale OF commercial
fertilizer
SwEDEN's day at the Worlds Fair was
celebrated by big procession and a con.
cert Columbia's Building was opened onthe
same day.
A NUMBER Of striking miners. with their
wives. attacked the strip pit miners in one OF
the mines near Weir City, Kan. ferce
fight ensued, in which clubs and firearms
were used. About 100 shots were fired and
a number on both sides were injured. No
one was killed.
1t is estimated that ten thousand persons
in Denver, Col, and twenty thousand out
side OF it have been thrown out OF work by
the cessation Of silver mining. They are In
great distress.
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The Press in China.

NJ. Imbault Huart, the French Con
sui at Canton, has recently been Civ
ing some interesting particulars CON
cerning journalism in China. The first
of the non-official Chinese newspapers
appeared at Shanghai thirty years ago,
and was succeeded by two papers start
cd at Tientsin and Canton. These
three papers were nominally started by
Europeans, who, however, only lent
their names TO tho lettered Mandarins,
who were their real proprietors and
conductors. The French Jesuits have
also founded paper, which now APP
pears twice week. Tho Chinese
papers arc nowread in the most distant
part of the Empire, and the Shanghai
News, which has for the last seven
years published an illustrated weekly
supplement, has q circulation of12, 600.
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When Italian robbers vent theil
feelings in song, it is generally giver
rs banditty. Puck.
IT takes nine tailors TO make 2 man
but ninety-nine lawyers cannot alwayf
collect the bill Puck.
Don't sit in draught. If you do,
the doctor will in all probability be
the one to cash it-Troy Press.
Arthur May [ see you home this
evening, Miss Edith?' 'No, thanks,
I'm invited out. Arkansas Traveller.
"What is house without baby?'
asked lady writer, and an old bac he
Ior editor replied; 1T is compare
lively quiet "-Tit-Bits.
He Cpassionately)-'I love You
above all others on earth" She-"I
never though you would go back on
yourself like that. The Club.
Katie-"Oh, dear, l wish 1 was as
old as Miss Century Why do You
wish that?" "Well, I don't suppose
there was such thing as ancient his
tory when she was little.
Exacting Father-"James, how are
You getting along with that job Of
wood splitting?' Rebellious Son
"Tm making about three knots an
hour. Detroit Free Press.
"How do you like your new music
master?' "He is very nice, polite
young man. When | made a mistake
yesterday, he said: Pray, Mademoi-
selle, why dy you take so much pains
to improve upon Beethoven? lie
Figaro.
eyes, said the man with the yellow
diamonds, "there is a heap more
chance for graft in the ice business
than there is in selling coal. " "Why?'
asked the man with the straw-colored
vest. "Cause the ice business comes
in hot weather, when the people are
too lazy to kick about the prices YOU
stick them for. "-Inlianapolis Jour
nal.
"Poor Lilly, he's down on his luck
said Dawson. "His tailor has turned
on him. Billy always paid him on the
instalment plan, and the other day he
bought dress suit, and the tailor
said he'd send it home on the install
ment plan, too. Coat, when Billy had F.
paid for it, then the vest, then a leg of .
the trousers, and SO on. Harper ,
Bazaar.
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Washington.

The absence OF the President an 1 his fan d.
lily at Buzzard's Bay is being taken sdvsn.
tage OF thoroughly renoyate the White
House. and 10 make some changes in the ar
rangement Of the Interior.
IT was reported that the wlrship Mohicaa
was disabled on June % by shot from the
seal-poaching steamer Alexandra passing
through her machinery the story was dis
credited in Washington.
TIE Navy Department formally accepted
the cruiser Detroit AMI authorized the pay
ment 10 the builders OF reserved funds
amounting to about s22j, 900.
The manufacture OF the new army riha
(the Krag-Jorgenssn) Is being pressed ylgor-
ously, and large number OF special cutters
and sharpers have already been procured.
1t is believed that the first lot OF completed
arms will be ready for delivery and issue 10
the service about September /.
THE Department Of State has just issued a
register containing some new features. One
Of these is a historical sketch OF every Secrs-
tary and Assistant Secretary. Another IL a
record OF the persons in the diplomatic and
consular service.
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seen at the Fair, which is fully the
equal Of any of the American type.
The chief feature of the Armstrong
rapid fire is its calibre, its lightness,
and the rapidity with which it can be
handled. It has n six inch bore,
weighs six and one-half tons, throws a
l00-pound projectile with seventeen
pounds of smokeless powder, and is
fred by electricity. The best trials OF
this gun show speed of five aimed
shots in ffty-fve seconds, four of
them striking the target at range of
900 yards The powder used with THE
gun is known as cordite 1t Is hi b
power explosive. This, therefore, may
be regarded as the very highest type
of modern rapid-fre ordnance. The
Americans are improving the Hotch-
kiss, so that soon that gun will equal
the British.
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us a Nap You Need.

A room without couch OF some
sort is only half furnished. Life is
full Of ups and downs, and all that
saves the sanity of the mentally iaded
and physically exhausted fortune
fighter is the periodical good cry and
momentary loss of consciousness on
the upstairs lounge or the old sofa in
the sitting-room There are times
when 50 many of the things that dis
tract Ms could be Strengthened ont and
the way made clear if only one had
a long, comfortable couch on whose
bosom he could throw himself, boots
and brains, stretch his weary frame,
unmindful of tides and tapestry, close
his tired eyes, relax the tension of his
muscles and give his harrassed mind a
chance. Ten minutes of this narcotic
when the head throbs, the soul yearns
for endless, dreamless eternal rest,
would make the vision clear, nerves
steady, the heart light and the star Of
hope shine again. Halls Journal of
Health.
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the American S-inch rife These Arm
strong guns in their various sizes anC
weights form the heavy batteries ol
England's new battle ships
There arc several curious relics in
the ordnance exhibit of the navy. One
Of them is old Long Tom, the
famous bowchaser carried by the
priyateer General Armstrong in the
days Of the Revolution. This vessel,
after capturing British frigate in the
English Channel, and subsequently
carrying destruction to the British
marine was finally wrecked on one Of
the Azores. The gun was subsequently
fshed up, and for more than eighty
years has been mounted on one of the
forts in the Azores islands.
Not many months ago the King Of
Portugal, thinking it would be q grace
full net to return the old gun to its
native country, presented it to the
United States, and last summer IN
American man-of-war brought it home
1t is now at Jackson Park and attracts
scores of visitors. 1t is of bronze OF
the old-fashioned type has n bore of
about four inches, and it threw a shot
weighing eighteen pounds. In the
days when such guns were built the
length of the gun was the only known
way to secure long range, and so
"Long Tom" rs he lies there on his
back is almost as long as modern five
inch high-power rifle.
OF the curious old Mexican field
pieces captured in the Mexican War
there is an unusual display. Some of
these are very interesting because of
their antiquity. Many of the old
brass pieces bear date in the Seven
teenth Century, and were unmistak
ably mounted in Mexico at the time
of the Spanish conquest. The most
curious of all this ancient display is
what is believed to be the oldest
breech-Ioading gun ever conceived |
since the invention of gun-pow Ter. 1t
came from China, aud for many years |
has been in the naval museum
at the Washington Navy Yard. !
The breech-loading attachment con-
sists chiefly of cutting out sec
tion Of the powder chamber, inserting
n charge of powder, stufing in plug |
and letting her go. 1t is curious
and shows that the prin-
ciple Of breech-loading guns was
among the earliest ideas of civilized
man. The gun is said by some to be
ever so many centuries old Contrast
ing this little piece with the rapid-fre
ordnance of to-day displayed at Jack
son Park by every Nation is well cal
culated to impress the human mind.
Modern rapid-fre ordnance has at
tained its highest growth and develop
ment within the past hve years. In the
artillery display of every country
there is something marvellous and
novel. What the old thirty-two-pound
cannon did to win victories for Nelson
and the galaxy of American commo-
lores, who in the early part of the cen
.ury did so much to glorify the Amer
can flag, the light rapid-fre artillery
If to-day is able to accomplish ten
old The proved inventions in this
inc of artillery are so numerous that
hey almost become wearisome The
americans have four types of equal
'alue. These are the Hotchkiss, the
'riggs-Schroeder, another type in
'ented by Ensign Dashiell, of the
iayy, and yet another whose name is
lot now recalled. England exhibits
be Armstrong rapid-fre gun to be
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csting and varied an exhibition in
modern artillery as is now on view
in Jackson Park. The very latest in
yentions in the way of ordnance, heavy
and light, in all the Nations of the
Garth are there to be seen and what
makes the display more interesting is
that each new invention or improve
ment is accompanied by its antetype
Of many years ago. For instance, in
the British display, contiguous to some
ripe old smooth bores of the days Of
King George-guns taken from Mel
sons flagship Victory appears the first
attempt in rihed artillery. The Whit
worth breech loading rife was n crea-
ton ofthe Crimean War. 1t was effec-
tive while it lasted, and for some uses
was r valuable accession to field and
naval ordnance. But with the advent
of steel armor plates and the intro
duction of heavier and powerful ord
nance the old Whitworth rifle ceased
to be manufactured in England. Near
this obsolete specimen are several types
OF the Armstrong steel high power gun
of to-day. The English government
has ceased to manufacture any larger
gun than what is known rs the 65-ton
Armstrong, but no gun as large as that
is on exhibit The largest is Bottom
gun which corresponds in type with
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In the French exhibit is shown the
Canet rapidhre gun. The largest gun
of that type is five and half inches in
caliber and II, 900 pounds in weight.
1t uses twenty-four pounds of smoke
less powder and throws seventy
pound shell. In rapidity of fire the
French are ahead of both British and
Americans, for at a trial of one of these
guns at exhibitions two years ago seven
unaimed shots were fired in flfty-four
seconds, and at another trial of q small
er one Of the same type five unaimed
shots were fired in twenty-four seconds.
The Russian naval authorities have
adopted the Canet type of rapidfire
gun for their service.
Then there are other types OF such
ordnance on display in their depart
ment by the different nationalities.
There is a Danish gun known as the
Finspong and Dutch gun known rs
the Gericke, the invention of Captain
Gericke of the Dutch navy. Then
there is the Gruson, which is the in
vention of a Prussian officer. This gun
is lighter than either tho British or
American type, but it fires an average
of thirteen shots in thirty seconds.
Then there is the Krupp rapid-fre gun
on exhibition in the Krupp pavilion.
This is a heavier gun than any except
the Armstrong but it is not so rapid.
The largest type carries seventeen
pounds of powder and a seventy-six
pound shell, but its highest speed is
seven aimed shots minute.
In the transportation Building are
several rapid-fre guns manufactured
by private English firms. In this same
exhibit is perhaps to be found the most
effective machine gun of any of the
smaller calibers. 1t is known as the
Maxim automatic gun. There are two
Of these guns on exhibition. One of
them, which weighs only fifty pounds,
has attained rate of600 shots minute.
The other is larger piece, weighs 364
pounds, has n powder charge of three
ounces and throws n little baby she'll
one pound, but it throws
them at the rate Of 250 minute. Then
here is gun shown rs the Skoda
-apid-fre gun, which is to bo seen iu
he Austrian exhibit. The details OF |
his guns capabilities arc not at hand, |
)ut it is in most respects similar to
hose already described,
When it comes to the display Of pro.
ectiles the mind becomes dazed The
,rojectiles range in size from ono
,ound to 1900 pounds. The latter is
he proiectilc for the big Krupp gun.
t is as big as a barrel and M tall ~
no average man. The average ser.
ice projectile, however, weighs from
90 to $50 pounds. The biggest
lmerican shell Oh exhibit weighs 100
ounds, and is for the big twelye.inch
un on exhibit in the War Department.
he ancient and obsolete prof jeetiles
re also displayed in great number.
hey include everything from what is
nown as the old "bar shot" md
chain shot" down to the ingenious
xplosive proiectilos invented during
no war by the Confederates, some OF
hich are very novel. The "bar shot"
as made by splitting q cannon ball in
yo and connecting tho two halves by
n iron bar; their purpose was to cut
gging and ship spars. The chain
lot was on a similar principle, except
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MiIIinq. Bus Forqel iul.

An electric launch was approaching
the landing at the Woman's Building.
"The next landing will be the
Wimmen's Building-the Wimmen's
Building
1t was the guard who said this and
his pronunciation was exaspcrating.
Guard" said n middle-aged wo-
man, 81 have a favor to ask of you.
eyes, msrm, said the guard.
"You will have to say that same
thing more than a million times this
summer, and l suppose You would
rather be a million times light than a
million times wrong, hadn't you?'
eyes, marin.
"Then, you will please say 'Wo-
mans Buildingr Now don't forget
woman's Buildingl"
Eyes, marm.
At the Woman's Building landing
the middle-aged woman got out. just
before the boat reached the next land
ing a passenger said to the guard
"Ah, guard, what is this landing
ahead of us?'
"The Transportation Building"
al see. And that one we just left I"
"Thc Wimmen's Building. Eh-er
I should say-the Woman's Build
ing"
Then the passengers laughed and
the guards face was as red as the
building he was approaching. Chi
cago Tribune.