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soldier. Defeated by Bees.

A German detachment operating
in East Africa was recently routed by
Il swarm of bees They-the soldiers.
not the bces-werc reasoning with a
native chieftain by the means OF
grenades. The native levies fled,
but swarm Of bees, terrified or ex-
asperated by the blaze of fire, sailed
out to avenge the honor of the flag.
Their stings drove the assailants in
all directions and nearly killed an
unfortunate sergeant who had been
left behind.
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'gery Much Astonished.

After a decision of tho house OF
parliament on a motion OF Mr. Fox,
Sir George Young, who had been
deinking all day instead of attending
to his parliamentary duties, insisted
on addressing the house; but. begin
ming with 81 am astonished." could
proceed no further. When he had
repeated these words seven times,
Ne house was convulssd with laugh
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"Bidd,nx Weddings"

Among the Welsh "biddlng we'd
dings" wero formerly the custom,
tho bride and groom sending out
notices to all their friends announc-
ing tho wedding a ID soliciting
presents. All married persons to
whom either made present on the
wedding occasion arc expected to
return an article of the same kind
and value, and tho bidding paper"
promises that new gifts shall bo
faithfully recorded and scrupulously
returned when the donors are them
wives married. n
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ter. The baronct appealed 20 the
speaker, who pleasantly inquired
what he would have him do Sir
George grew very warm at this, and
declared that he would not give up
his favorite word. for" said he. 81
really am astonished. Mr.. Speaker ="
By the advice OF friends, however,
he was presently prevailed upon,
after repeating the word about q
dozen times more. to change it to
surprised" after which. "having
entirely forgotten what he intended
to say" he sat dowr. .-Argonaut,
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To Purify Mecca.

The world. greatest pest hole is at last to
be cleansei The Sultan Of Turkey has re-
solved TO put Mecca into something like u
healthy condition. The decision Is the effect
OF an lntlmation from the British government
take means to prevent the annual plgrImages
from India. The Sultan has decided not only
10 cleanse the town but to erect at his person.
al expense great lodging house, capable OF
containing 5000 persons.
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GOOD CHANCE!I

odon so Typewriter for $40 IL cash With or
der IS received before Nov ist, ls9a. The
famous Odcll Typewriter is used by Lawyers,
Ministers, Doctors, Merchants, Editors and
nrint rfmpltcity and manifold copies. No
tcacher required. 1t will do your work In ono
hours practice. Order now AID take adNant
aPe of This pXcentjonnlly
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The reason the Tories hate Gladstone so
thoroughly is because he has plan for set
Ting the Irish question without killing OF the
IrL.h
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The old axiom that 1.-TWO parallel lines can
never come together has been knocked To
flinders half dozen times during the past
summer.
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should see the Worlds Fair. Railroad fare
is now a small object, only about cent per
mile via the Union Pacific.
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A good name may be better than precious
ointment, but the latter is the better remedy
for channel hands
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A Chicago scientist believes that man ought
to 90 on all fours. There is no doubt about
1t il he is working his way out OF a melon
patch.
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Repealed

"a good name is better than riches, )" as the
forger remarked when he attached the name
OF millionaire to heavy check.
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Every Patriotic American

POINTS, in the stock market are probably
so called because speculators generally get
stuck upon them.
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Talking about poultry exhibition, what's
the matter with a woman throwing stones at a
hen
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iirrnlnr NiiIk I.rnsl,.

Hore is little device which has
been invented to keep milk fresh
several Gays Il consists essentially
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1hl.NsG

was the attendance at the Worlds Fair Chica-
20 day About cent per mile takes YOU to
Chicago via the Union Pacific.
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Hnnson's Magic Corn SaIvc."
Warranted to cure, or money refun iei. Ask
your druggist for 1t. Price Is cepts
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fthc Urby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use th6t ad and well tried remedy. Ifa
Wtsslow's SuoruIsG srhpr for Children Teething-
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rhn Inst rhuur..

Ifthe devil were to take OIL his hat every time
he mct hypocr.tc he would long since have
died from exposure
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A four-ycar-old child aptly described imag-
inati:r rs looking at lhipg- sou cannot see.
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clevcland las n very good voice, but It has
not got silsery ring
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BEECuAM'- PItf.- arc painless and efec-
tual remedy FOR all hili1us and nervous dIsor-
Gers. Fol sale by NIL druggists.
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ShtIoh's Consun ptton Cure
Is sold on guarantee. II cures lnclpicnt ConslmTs
ton Is the best Cough Cure . cts. Oct slGl
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rates nrc now about J cent per mile 10 Chicn-
90 via the Union Paedc. Ticket office 1908
l.ariinnr ST
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high rates to Chicago The rate Is now
about cent per mile via the Union Pacific.
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1t seems little singular that n mans face
is the longest when he himself Is the shortest
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Icure Dyspepsia and Constipation.

Or, Shops Restur1uyc Nerve Pills sent free
with Medical Book 70 prove merit, for &c stamp
Druggist8, ,2ac DIR SuouP Boz W. Racine WIS
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nh" Last ChHuc''
Only n few days more of the worlds Fair
Rate shout cent per mile via tie lUIon
Pacific
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1 Told You 81.

SEQ Colchester spaaus roo,,aa,, in other eo'.rt,a-
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There E. ono love thst never dies, and 1t IS
The love for money
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The star-eyed goddess Of reform seems to
have a beard under muller
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Tho Exchange Of Prisoners.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: ] attended
the EDcampment at Washington last Fall, and
came home by way of Richmond. In CONVEX
sation with q rebel Colonel he said our Govern
ment and Secretary Stanton in particular, was
to blame for the starvation of Union prisoners
at Andersonville and other prisons, by refusing
to exchange. Is this true?-G. w. CALM,
Bowling Green, o.
I'VE have frequently explained this matter
of the prisoners of war in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. 1t is not true in any sense that our
Government was responsible for the treatment
of the prisoners of war. This assertion is ON
par with that of the murderer claiming that if
his victim had not been in the direction he
intended to shoot he would not have been in
jured. From the first our Government stood
ready to carry out the original agreement Of
the exchange, man for man; but it steadfastly
and very properly refused to parole the rebels
for the reason that they knew by experience
that the rebels would not regard this parole
but would put the men back in the field, as they
had those who were captured at Vicksburg, and
whom We had to aiterward fight at Chicl.a-
manga Even had our Government been in tho
wrong in refusing to exchange, this was not
an excuse for the cnormties practiced by the
rebels. They were obliged to treat their pris.
oners with humanity, which they did not do.
Nor will the fact that the Confederacy was
short of supplies be an excuse, since the pris-
oners suffered as much from being crowded
together on little piece of ground without
shelter as they did from lack of rations. There
were certainly enough trees in the Confederacy
to have furnished shelter, and the prisoners
would have only been too glad to have con-
verified them into such if the rebels had allowed
them the opportunity.-EDIToR NATIONAL
TRIBcNE.l
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They Cut Their Way Ont.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your issue
of Feb. %, in answer to the question " How
many or what troops were captured at Harper's
Ferry. Sept Is, 1862" you named the 18th
Ill. Cav. and 9th N. Y. Cav. was captured
there, and friend of mine who belonged to
the 18th III. Cav. says the 18th Ill. and 9th N.
Y, or some New York cavalry, cut their way
out. and were not captured. Which is correct?
Answer in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and also
say what day in the week the 18th of Septem-
Der, 1862, came on.-J. F. MCCALL, Co. E 65th
ILL.,, Buda. Ill.
I'VE only answered tho query what troops
were captured at Hsrper's Ferry, and Is the
list of casualties showed that the 18th III. Cav
lost four officers and 1853 men, and the 9th N.
Y. Cav. ive officers and 81 men captured, we
included them in our answer. AS matter of
fact, however, Col. Davis. 9Th N. Y. Cav, with
1900 of the cavalry from Harpers Ferry, con.
sisting of the 18th III. Cav, under Col. Voss,
the 9th N. Y. Cav. Col. Davis, and two COM
panies each of Rhode Island and Maryland
cavalry, cut their way out of Harper's Ferry
and captured Longstreet's ordnance train of 40
wagons, and brought in 40 prisoners The 18th
of September 1862, fell on Monday.-EDIToR
NATIONAL TRIBUNE.]
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RECENT LITERATURE.

CHAMBERs's ENCYCLOPEDIA psssssaasy
Of Universal knowledge. Vol. K sw.sstka =
Z5rfanovsk and Index. Published By J. =, LIP.
piueott Co. PIiiladelp hia, and for sale a Isss.
tano's. Washington. Price So.
This volums com pletes the American edition.
Begun in 1888 the work has been going steadily
forward at the average rate of two volumes
each year. When the immense am ounk Of labor
connected with publishing q comprehensive
encyclopedia of this character Ia taken into
consideration the time that mas INTERVIEWED BE-
tween the appearance of the volumes has bssa
remarkably short. Each book averages BE-
tween 800 and 900 pages reset from new typs
Every article has been thoroughly revised or
rewritten, and large number of entirely new
ones have been prepared, embracing recent
events in history. biography, ETC., and the adj
vancements in geographical, scientific, and other
similar departments of knowledge. The Illus
trations specially engraved, are Of superior
excellence while the maps have been prepared
according TO the latest geographical surveys
and represent all the countries on the globe,
including maps of sll the States and Territories
of the United States. Articles on American
topics written by American authors are Iibsr-
ally inserted. and the edition is thoroughly
up to date. For general reference Chamberss
Encyclopedia Is unsurpassed by any other work
of like nature.
Magazines and Notes.
The Arena for March contains: Rslision
for All Time The Social Quagmlrs and Way
Out of It; The Farmer, Pilgrimage and
Vision; Women Wage Farmers; Present Wage
Rates in the United States; Bacon Shakespers
Case; Defense of SHAKESPEARE; Does Bi-Chlorid
of Gold Cure Inebriety? and Christ and the
The Magazine of american History for March,
under It's new management, keeps up the prom
ise OF the February issue. The first article be-
gins series, setting forth the attitude of sew
eral of our great cities towards the contest Of
the Civil War. Gen. T. F. Rodenbough presents
very fully the military advantages Of the
sympathy of the great moneyed center of New
York with the movements at the front.
The Engineering Magazine for March contains:
Americas Need of the Nicaragua Canal; Ship
Building on the Great Lakes; Is the Climate
Changing2 Prof. II. A. Hazen The Increase
Of Speed on Railways; Valas of Long Distance
Telephony The Glass Making Industry In
America; American Annexation of Hawaii
The March number of Table Talk in now
ready, and in It's columns the housewife will
find enough to convince her that in table man.
agement as well as in other matters every day
brings something new" The magazine Ii pub
lisbed by the Table Talk Publishing Co.. Ills
Chestnut St., Phila. 81 year; single copies
10 cents.
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The Ignis Fatuus of Public station.
Philadelphia Ledger

There is q glamour about place-holding
which is irresistible to many of the "outs."
If placement would open their hearts honestly
the great majority would confess that they had
been happier and more prosperous in spending
equal efforts in the attaining and possessing
of private employment. Republics are m
grateful. and politicians are tickle. The career
of the average officeholder, particularly the
man in the humber walks, is precarious and
unsatisfying at best. not to make mention Of
the moral side, the blunted conscience which
frequently obtains, the extraVagance begottsn
of keeping "the boys" in humor and the in
ability to lay by penny for the rainy day.
1t is little wonder that womenfolk are losth 70
have their husbands and sons embroil them
selves in politics-as politics now go. With an
ideal public service. with an honest enforce
ment of fair and intelligent Civil Service rules.
the conditions would be vastly improved, juss
as with proper attention to the primaries and
vigilance at the polls the elective officers
would grade higher. But this road IL ali up
hill.
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Andersonyille Prison.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I. About how
many Union prisoners at any one time were in
the stockade at Andersonvills Prison before
they enlarged the grounds, and how many st
any time afterward. ETC.?
e. How many raiders. so-called, were hung as
once, and by whom were they hung?
8. How many guards were there2
4. How big were the grounds as different
times ?-PRIvATE, Co. ID. 21st Mass.
n. Our personal remembrance ID that The
stockade was enlarged about the middle Of
July. The highest number of prisoners re-
ported inside the prison in July was 81. 679.
The highest number reported for August was
80, DUG.
2. There were six raiders hanged.
8. There were aboat 5000 guards.
4. The stoekads was originally 1,o1o fees
long by 779 feet wide. Deducting the space
occupied by the dead-line and the swamp, the
space inside was about II acres. The enlarge
ment heightened the stockade to 1920 feet, but
made it no wider.-EDIToR NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE.l
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Coming.
Boston Courfer.l

Tho the buds are not yet on the bust,
Nor crocuses started to croak,
Tho the globe has glacial crust
And the lavenders yet are in soak"
Aud there's something, we wot,
Being dropped in the slot
That'll ting-a-ling ting
OF the advent of Spring
EYe old Winter il laid in the dust,
Or his vertebra's finally broke.
TITS the ooze of the Spring sonneteeR
That has already started to gush,
And before we can dam il, we fear.
II will sweep with q netrical rush
Thro' the newspaper realm
And the sanctum o'erwhelm
TIL the waste-baskets jut
With it's infinite glut,
And the editors rant
And impatiently pant.
And with blood in their eye
They for Nemesis cry
And beseech her to get on her ear"
And the dosgerel vendors to crush.
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WEATHER FORECASTS.
Valuable General and Local Predictions fsz
tho United States.
Copyrighted. 1898. by W. T. FOSTER, 81 Joseph. Ne


My last bulletin gave forecasts Of . Storm
wave to cross the continent from 18th TO 18th.
and the next will reach the Pacific Coast abo1s
the 18th. cross the Western Mounts by close
OF the 18th, the great Central Valleys from
10Th to 2Ist and the Eastern States about the
22d.
This viii be 0 dangerous and destructive
storm, and will develop tornadoes in the gress
Central Valleys. The storm will probably b.
gin to increase in force soon after leaving he
Pacific Coast, and will continue with uess
energy till il has passed off onto the Atlantic.
The center Of its path will lie, and the terms
parallel. The earth being ut its eqainox n
that time is not the principal cause saigns1
for this disturbance
The cool wave will cross the Western Mount
aims about the 20tb the great Central Valleys
about the 22d, and the Eastern States about she
Gath. The last 10 days of March will average
colder than usual. On the front and rear of The
cool waves of March the weather will Be more
cloudy than usual, with frequent showers and
SHOWS. according to latitude of places.
Weather changes move from west 30 east
across the continent. and each local forecast In
made for within $50 miles east and west Of the
magnetic meridian mentioned for all shs soun-
try between % and so degrees Of north lati-
tude These local weather changes win eeslr
within "a hours before or after sunses Of NE
dates given below.
Los ANGELES AND BOISE CITY MERIDIAN.
Mar. 12-Storm wave on this meridian.
13-Wind changing.
14-Cooler and clearing.
15-Fair and cool.
l6-Moderating.
I7-Warmer.
I6-Storm- wave on this meridian.
SANTA FE, DENVER, AND BLACK zrLLs m.
RIDIAN.
Mar. 12-Warmer.
l3-Storm- wave on this meridian.
A-Wind changing.
15-Cooler and clearing.
16-Fair and cool.
17-Moderating.
18-Warmer.
GALVESTON, KANSAS CITY, AND MINNIE
APoLIs MERIDIAN.
Mar. 12-Moderating.
13-Warmer
14-Storm- on this meridian.
15-Wind changing.
16-Cooler and clearing.
17-Fair and cool.
18-Moderating.
ATLANTA. cIScINEATI. AND LANSING NJ
RIDIAN.
Mar. 12-Fair and cool
12-Modersting.
14-Warmer
i5-Storm wave on this meridian.
16-Wind changing.
17-Cooler and clearing.
l8-Fair and cool.
rEw YORK AND OTTAWA MERIDIAN
Mar. 12-Cooler and clearing.
13-Far and cool.
14-Moderasing.
l5-Warmer.
16-Storm- wave on this meridian.
l7-Wind changing.
1s-Cooler and clearing.
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President for q Day.

EDITOR NATIONAL TIBUNER: The following
clipped from the Courier des Flats Unis few
years ago. answers one of Hugh J. Edwards's
questions in this weeks issue of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE:
"Mr David Atchison formerly United States
County, at the age of 49, He was born in Fay
ette County, KY, and settled when quite
young in Missouri, and was q Representative
from that State In the Federal Senate from
1843 to 1855. On two occasions he was made
President pro tenn of this assembly, from 1s43
to 1S49 and from 1852 to 1854.
at was in 1S49, when Mr.. Atchson was Pres
ident of the Senate for the first time, when the
incident occurred which caused it to be said
one day. President Folks term expired on the
Sd of March. The 4th of March was Sunday,
and the President-elect, Gen. Taylor, being
very religious, would neither take the oath nor
enter upon his duties on that day. The Inau.
guration of Gen. Taylor did not take place until
Monday at noon. Mr.. Atchison being Presi-
dent of the Senate. and consequently, by tho
terms of tho Constitution, being called to take
Presidency of the United States in case there
was neither President nor Vice. President, it
was said that he was, in fact, President of the
United States during that Sunday.
"Mr. AtchisOn one day said to journalist:
Some Of my colleagues had considerable fun
with me on the 4th of March, 1849, on the SUBJ
iect of my Presidency, and sent in applications
for the positions of Ministers. I recollect that
Senator Mangum, of North Carolina, asked to
be made Secretary of State. As for myself
simply went to bed. We had had In the Sen.
ate for the three preceding nights great deal
Of work, and Ipassed the greater part of Sunday
in bed. To tell the truth, the United States
had no President on that day.'"-J. E WHITE,
Greenville, o.
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I'D you ever cruise
among the West In
dies? ," asked my
friend, Captain PEN
dleton. after l had
lighted a cigar and
he had reillei his
pipe and lighted it
10 his salts ia c.
ton.
] shook my head
in the negative.
/" It's not a very
pleasant place at
certain seasons of
the year, for there
are cart h gu a k e S
and hurricanes and
Gains and rains in
abundance. A man
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A Brake In His Speech.

tBro,oning, King 4 Co.'s Aonthly.1
How indistinctly Burkins talks. Hes got
some impsdiment in his speech, hasn't he2"
Yes; he used to be on the elevated road."
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Edwin D. Foster, Smithland, Iowa, writes:
"Hon. Lafayette Sabine Foster, Senator from
Connecticut, WAS at the time of Lincoln's assas-
sination President of the Senate, and during the
interval of Andrew Johnsons arrival at the
Capitol was President of the United States.
He was my uncle and direct defendant Of
Miles Standish."
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-10-24
THE RAILROADS.

The conductor, engineer or brakeman
who allows tramp to ride on his train
into Ell Paso will hereafter be ject to
fine of 500 or imprisonment or both.
The city council of that town has passed
an ordinance to discourage the tramp
nuisance by making the employs Of rail
roads running into the place guilty Of
an offense for not kicking all vagabonds
off their trains, before they get into the
border city.
Despite all reports to the contrary, the
Deming Headlight asserts that John w
Young, who seeks to build new road
from Deming into Mexico, is now oper.
ating under All entirely new agreement
with the government, the terms of which
are even more favorable than the one de-
clared forfeited.
Judge Waldo, solicitor for the A., To s
F. in New Mexico, has gone to Topeka tt
attend the annual meeting of the A., 7.
s. F. company which takes place on Thurs
day. The annual meeting of the Director
in the A., 7. & s. F. Interpretations il
New Mexico, ten in number, will tax
place at Santa Fe on Nov. 2.
The Cameron railroad survey part
were in Taos on Saturday last. They ar
very reticent as to what their bushes
really is or what company they repre-
eank
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-10-24
THE ARMY.
Condition of Affairs in the Department
of Colorado as Shown by Gen.
McCOOk's Report.

The annual report of Brig. Gen. A.
Mod. McCook states that the change of
headquarters to Denver is very beneficial
as it saves often ten days in the transmits
sion of official communications and or
ders. The department covers Arizona,
New Mexico, Utah and Colorado, with an
area Of 424,495 square miles, S22,O26
white people and 40,784 Indians. To
oversee all this are thirteen posts and
about $500 soldiers. He recommends
that the Fort Union, N. NJ, and Fort
Verde, A. T., reservations be turned over
to the interior department and opened
for settlement.
The number of assertions in the depart.
ment during the year is reported at 80
against 40 for the previous year.
There were 166 enlisted men tried by
general court martial during the year
from the different organizations serving
in the department, including deserters
etc, and from other organizations, al
against 1872 reported for 1892.
There has been noticeable decrease il
the number Of trials by general cour
over last year. marked improvement
in discipline is also indicated by the re
duction of over 300 in the number o
cases tried by inferior courts, the aver
age enlisted strength remaining about tn
same.