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public, shows that speedier vessels are being constructed on the other side of the Atlantic than here, This ship in run of six hours kept up an average speed of 292O2 knots, with only about two-thirds the power required to drive the Minneapolis 23,o7S knots. She is ten feet narrower and built upon a model which goes through the water like a fish. It is claimed that In making her long and narrow her fighting qualities have not been impaired. In fact it is alleged that she will carry in her pri- mary battery twice as many guns as the largest American cruisers, and third more in her secondary equipment. Her guaranteed horse power Is 17O00 to the Minneapolis 21OO0, and in making her trial run she used only 14,00O units of her guarantee, while the American ship used 2o.366 units of her power.
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NYUsTC.

Papa gave me two pennies to put in the plate in church." 'Do you know who those pennies were for?" Course do; for the organ man. heard the music. Life.
 She-I should think you would get yourself into trouble by being engaged to two girls at the same time
 He-I did. One of them thinks her ring isn't so handsome as the other's.- Town Topics.
 McSwatters-I always said that Jags- on would come to the front.
 cSwitters-What, that worthless fellow?
 Mcswatters-Yep. He's bellboy in a hotel now.-Syracuse Post.
 Customer-Can't you wait upon me? I've been here for nearly an hour. Two pounds of liver, please. Butcher Sorry, but there're three or four ahead of you. Surely, you don't want your liver out of order? ?'-San Francisco Chronicle.
 T think I felt meaner from stealing a watermelon than from anything else I ever did" ''Pshaw, that was noth- ing" Wasn't! crawled 200 yards with that 40-pound melon, and when I cut it it was as green as grassr-Chi- cago Record.
 Bronsonhurst-As you are living cut in the suburbs, I wish you would tel me something about chickens. What kind of food do they like best? How som Eott-Mine seem to prefer the flower seeds my wife planted in the garden.-Judge.
 Feminine auditor Cat the amateur theatricale)-I beg pardon, but do you know it seems to me the gentleman who has the leading part does his making in a very tame and split less manner? Wife of leading actor Gntently watching the performance)- He won't put any more spirit in it while I've got my eye on him, madam, let me tell you.-New York Dispatch.
 Judge (to plaintifD-You accuse the prisoner of having stolen your pocket handkerchief? Plaintiff-Yes, your honor, and the proof is that here is another exactly resembling it. Judge That is no proof My handkerchief is just like yours. Plaintiff (with the air of a man convfnced)-Thar's very likely; two were stolen from me.-Happy Days.
 It is said there is voter living near Hagerstown known as "OId Uncle Zeb.' g He does not decide who to vote for until he has met the representatives of each candidate and had a conference.
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YESrERDAYlS MORK.

Considering that New Haven Is a Democratic town and that this is an off year the Republicans did well enough yesterday They elected four selectmen, and though Mr. Baldwin did not have the largest number of votes he will be town agent, as he was named for first selectman on the ticket.
 Tn city matters the Republicans have quite as much cause for joy as in the town contest, and perhaps more, for the fight against them there was fercer and more complicated. The chief in- terest was of course. felt in the fate of MT. Ullman, the candidate for Police commissioner. He was triumphantly elected, as he deserved to be. He will make a good commissioner. and will act sensibly and uprightly.
 The Republicans lost a few council men and held their own in the alder manic contests. They will therefore have a majority on joint ballot and will be able to elect the assistant city clerk and the sealer of weights and meas ures.
 There are threats of contest and legal, or illegal, attempts to nullify the will of the voters. But in fairness, and in consideration of the mistakes made by both sides in their tickets, 1t viii be reasonable if there is no further squab- bling.
 The election of MT. Clancy was a triumph for MT. Clancy and pure De- mocracy.
 And, by the way, how about the rise of the Hon. James H. Macdonald?
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is at once becoming and quite In mode. Such crowns are applied to some of the biggest sizes, but in the large, round block felt hat that the artist sketches here, there is a stiff moderately high crown and wide brim turned up in back and faced with black velvet, the velvet coming well over the edge on top. A series of violet satin ribbon loops are placed on the edge, start from large bow on the left side and extend from there to either side An upright loop or two rises in the back toward the right side, and at the left a white pompon with full aigrette com pletes the trimming.
 Little mob bonnets are made of seve- ral knots of black velvet that stand up perkily at the back end of the parting of the hair, and from under them two wings of lace come softly forward and downward till they almost reach the tops of the ears. The lace makes a lit- tie stand Up frilling just in front of the velvet, and at the back two ends of it hang prettily against the hair. The general effect is as dainty as can be- and it makes a young face positively infantile, but somehow the effect is not nearly as good in color as it Is in black and white. FLORETTE.
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diate and large contraction of our cir culating medium. and a shrinkage in the real value and monetary efficiency of all other forms of currency as they settled to the level of silver mono metallism. Every one who receives Q fixed salary and every worker for Wages would find the dollar in his hand ruth lessly scaled down to the point of bit- ter disappointment If not to pinching privation.
 We do not find in the message any elaborate and powerful defense of the tariff for deficit, nor do we discover anything of farewell nature.
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 THE' 1fESS 1GF

Iile PFeSlueHL message IS as long as usual, but it is not as dry as some of his messages have been.
 The report that tho President had turned "jingo" and would in his mes sage make things hot for foreign rul- CTS does not appear to have been true. He does, however, say that Great Britain has been told in the vene- zuetan matter that the traditional and established policy of this government is firmly opposed to a forcible increase by any European power of its terri torial possessions on this continent; that this policy is as well founded in principles as 1t is strongly sup ported by numerous precedents. that as a. consequence ,the United States is bound to protest against the enlarge ment of the area of British Guiana in derogation of the rights and against the will of Venezuela.
 Some said that the President was go- ing ito let himself loose on the Cuban situation. He treats that matter care fully and quietly, but he does not hesi- tate to say that whatever may be the traditional sympathy of our country men as individuals with a people who seem to be struggling for larger auton- omy and greater freedom, deepened as such sympathy must be in behalf of our neighbors, yet the plain duty of this government is to observe in good faith the recognized obligations of interna- tfonal relationship. And he adds that the performance of this duty should not be made more difficult by a disregard on the part of our citizens of the ob- legations growing out of their al1egi- ance to their country, which should re- strain them from violating as individ- uals the neutrality which the nation of which they are members is bound to observe in its relations to friendly sovereign states. This is both true and sensible
 The President advocates official resi- dences" for the ambassadors and min isters of this country at foreign courts There is no doubt ,that they need a little more style in order to keep up with the procession, and 1t may bene- fit the country if they are allowed to have it.
 The strongest and most interesting part of the message is that which re- lates to the financial condition of the country. The President handles this matter boldly and foreibly. He says he is convinced that the only thorough and practical remedy for our troubles is found in the retirement and cancel lation of our United States notes, com monly called greenbacks, and the out standing treasury notes issued by the government in payment of silver pur- chases under the act of 1890. He be- lieves that this could be quite readily accomplished by the exchange of these notes for United States Iong-term bonds of small as we'll as large denominations, bearing low rate of interest. He evil dently thinks there IS still a silver ques- ton, for he has much to say about bt. And he well says that an attempt to carry out the silver scheme would be the signal for the complete departure Of gold from our circulation, the imme-
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Yagaries of the Memory.

The case of the woman who has baen found at Brighton suffering from, it is said, an absolute inability to recol- feet her own name or any of the events
 of her life, is by no means so rare as some of the newspapers seem to imag- inc. The woman may be an imposter; but many genuine cases of the kind are known. Complete loss of the memory is 8 well known. disease, and very curi- ous examples of it are on record. Dr.
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A local Hurst politician met Old Uncle Zeb the other day and said; "Well, Uncle Zeb, who are you going to vote for?' "I dunno, l dunno" the old man replied. T need double-harrelled shotgun mighty bad. l calo'late t1 do a lot of hunting this winter, du1ao who I'll vote fer,"--Baltimore News.
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They are getting down on the trolley dn Chicago, and there appears to be some reason for 1t. It is said that for- ty-six persons have been killed and 336 seriously injured by the trolley wires since their introduction into the city eighteen months ago. The chief of the fire department says these wires great- 1y interfere with the lifting of the lad ders at fires and endanger the lives of his men, as is shown by specified cases. The city electrician calls the overhead trolley prostitution of electrical sci- ence," and declares that only the extra cost of S5,000 a mile stands in the way of substituting the underground con- duit system.
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There will be bicycles enough by and bay, and they will be cheaper. A col is to be made by the Referee of Chica- go. So far 759 different wheels have been reported, and there are evidently a large number not mentioned in the list So far.
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The latest story of a wondrous gold find in Alaska is of lake whose bed is literally paved deep with gold dust as ponds are fioored with mud Hans Christian Pande, an old sea captain told the story of his find on his arrival in Seattle few days ago. The lake is 1000 yards long, 400 yards wide, and 150 feet deep. It is fed by water from glacier, and its only outlet is little stream two feet deep. but of incredible swiftness. According to MT. Pande's theory, based on assays of some sand from the shores and bottom of the lake. the glacier has for centuries been bring ing down gold from the mountains and depositing it in the cup-like basin of the lake. The assay showed sS to $1O a cubic yard. and on this basis man could alone take out s1O,0O0 a year MT. Pande proposes to blast out the side of the lake. drain off the water, and dredge out his gold.
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General Annenkoff, Russian geog- rapher is preparing an atlas on new principle. The places on the maps will be put down not according to actual distance from a standard point, but ac- cording to the cost of transportation. New York, for instance, will be nearer to London than Rochester in Kent, as it costs less to ship food across the At lantic than to send it twenty-eight miles by rail to London.
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New York is proud in the possession of the largest mirror in the world, which is soon to be set up in the new dining room of the Hotel Savoy, at a cost of $5,000 for the glass and $500 for its car riage, only two steamships on the ocean, one of them the Freisland, in which it came, having room in their Rolds to stow away so large a package. Tt is little more than thirteen feet square, and is nearly half an inch thick. To get this perfect plate five different glasses had to be cast. It was made at the St. Gabain glass works, in Paris, the oldest plate-glass factory in the world, and is so far it's chef doeu- Nre in that direction.
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FASHION NOTES.
1am Efreets in rlaIded velyet.

Winter millinery comprises hats of all sizes and shapes, and the display of fashionable headgear was never more varied. Tam O'Shanters and effects that suggest tams are plentiful. The former are much seen in velvet, there seeming to be an especial craze for tams of plaid velvet. Some of these little affairs are hardly more than puffs of velvet set away at one side of the top of the head, with a cluster of dropping feathers restoring balance. Many of the caps are rather Henry VIII. caps than the tam, but they are all becoming, and when matched to the overgarment, to the lining of the cloak, or, as they in many instances are, to the gown itself, the effect is most hap py. It is unpleasant to see such a cap worn over any but a fresh face of some piquancy of color and expression.
 The tam effects enter into many of the prettiest of the picture effects, coming usually in a soft crown. This crown is pushed up, that a bunch of graceful plumes may be caught under on one side, and that is all, but the hat
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The Prince of Wales is not like some Englishmen and some limitations of them. At the Marlborough club one evening an intimate friend of the prince asked him how he liked the idea of having relatives in business-an allus- ion to the two brothers of the Marquis of Lorne, one of whom is stock dealer, while the other is in the tea trade. 'If
 would have me-" answered H. R. H., mentioning a shopkeeper on a huge scale, T would go into partnership with him myself tomorrow"
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IA ,Scotchnan with a curious claim to distinction has just died in Edin- burgh. His name was William Cairns, and he had read through every line of the twenty-four thick volumes of the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica" He was a brother of the late Principal Cairns, lege of Scotland, and after devoting the best years of his life to teaching he set brother, and found congenial work in preparing an index for the "Britanni- line in that ponderous work.
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The trial of the cruiser Buenos Ayres, built in England for the Argentine Re-
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1t Is said, sometimes find it difficult to recall proper names. Drunkenness is a we'll known cause, and there is the very curious case of man who mislaid a package while drunk, forgot where he had put 1t when sober, and had to get drunk again to find it.--St. James's Gazette.
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-16
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
Among tho soudanese Sounds Are Often
Used Instead OF Words.

Used Instead OF Words.
The Soudancse tribes have a curious
way of expressing affirmation and de-
NAL. Sometimes, in replying to ques-
tions, they answer with sounds, instead
OF words. If they wish to give an af-
firmative, they will emit a sort of
"click," the kind of noise that tells a
horse TO move on.
Should the subject be deemed of no
great importance, this would be done
simply and at once, but If they become
excited, or wish to make their assur-
ance emphatic, shower of "clicks"
will fall in loud and rapid succession,
reminding one, as mentioned before, of
the manner of speaking to horse, or,
as it becomes sometimes rather guttur-
al, of something between that and call
ing chickens.
a negative is expressed by the sort of
noise sometimes made when vcxation
or annoyance is indicated; 1t is their
natural or very frequent manner of
saying "no." The tongue is placed
against the upper part of the mouth,
just behind the front teeth, and swift
ly withdrawn, when, IL It can be spelt
at all, sort of Itch" is produced.
This mode of conveying affirmation
and denial certainly seems less trouble
some than words, and recommends IL
self to the notice of the inhabitants OF
civilized countries, where verbosity is
increasing at such an alarming pace.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-16

ever since. My fathers name was Wal
ter Stout, and my mother was a Gra-
ham. Her given name was Jane.
There isn't the slightest doubt in my
mind that am the son of Walter and
Jane Stout"
well, what is the point?" asked one.
Just this, my dear sir-am | George
William Stout or somebody else?'
Don't you know who you are?"
81 am no more certain of my legal
identity than any of you. That's what
has been bothering me for the last five
or six months, and the question is not
settled yet. My friends say am George
William Stout. A certain lawyer says
may or may not be. In other words,
in order to come into possession of
few hundred dollars left by an aunt
in England, | have been trying to
prove my identity. thought it a big
joke when started out, but 1t wasn't
week before | discovered that had u
tough job on hand"
ut ought to be dead easy" remarked
the little man with the red necktie.
ut seemed that way to me-" con-
tinued the other; but let me convince
you to the contrary. My parents have
been dead for many years, As they
were not church members, was not
baptiscd or christened. They were
married in Iowa, and in proper and
legal way, but had lost the marriage
certificate, like hundreds of others, and
only because they had lived together
Is man and wife was the law satisfied
that they bore that relation to each
other. Right here and now I'll bet five
to one that none of your parents have
document to prove marriage"
There was general hitching about
on chairs, but no one seemed DESTROYS
OF pursuing the matter further.
"My father left two brothers and my
mother one brother and two sisters"
said the victim, land, of course, one
and all declared that | was George
William Stout, only son of Walter and
Jane Stout. To swear to it was i;f-
ferent matter, however. 1t SO hap
pened that none of them saw me till 1
was six months old. How did they
know but was founding who had
been adopted? They couldn't be sure
of me. INVENT to men who had been
boys with me, but when asked to
swear TO my identity, the most they
would do was to aver that TO the best
of their knowledge and belief, and SO
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-16

William Stout, but the English law
isn't going to hand it over to me and
run the risk of another chap by the
same name bobbing up later on to
claim it, and raise great row. If l
get it IL will be because the court is
morally and not legally certain of my
identity. You may think it funny, but
when it comes down to legal matters
doubt if any one Of you can prove your
identity. Any time you want to try it,
or any time any of you think you can
make out an honest list of speaking ac-
quaintances, come around to the under
signed for an even bet of ten dollars.
We have over sixty million people in
this republic, but the chap who knows
two hundred Of them by name can pat
himself on the back as being some
pun kins. Detroit Free Press. -,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-16

George william Stout. owned prop
erty and paid taxes as Stout My wife
| married me as Stout. Nevertheless
who could say that was sailing under
my legal name? When the lawyer
limited that George William Stout
might be dead or in hiding, and that
had taken his name. could call him
an ass, but could not bring forward any
proofs to smash his theory. A bank
will permit you TO deposit and draw
money under any name You wish. l
bought house and lot under the name
of Stout, but that didn't give me le-
gal right to the name. When they
asked my wife how she knew my name
was Stout, she had to reply that was
introduced to her as Stout, and she had
nothing in legal way. I'm telling
you straight, that though plenty OF
people are ready to say that my name
is so and SO, not a single one will swear
to 1t out and out. It's simply to the
best of their knowledge and belief, and
that is founded on hearsay."
The victim paused, as II expecting
somebody to say something, but as all
seemed occupied in trying to figure 1t
out he heaved a sigh, and went on:
There's another very funny thing
about it. When was asked how many
people knew I put the number at
5000. When asked to make list of
them, how many names do you sup
pose jotted down? To save my neck
could not go over 2o5, and the list in
cluded women as we'll as men. 1t
wasn't how many people l had spoken
with and could remember their names,
but how many could call friends and
acquaintance. l had been travelling
about and doing business for years,
and thought had thousands of ac-
quaintances, but that list knocked me
out. have lived in Toledo upward of
twenty years, and yet l could name
only 60 people there whom knew even
passably well. Some of you may be
able to make list of 200 speaking ac-
quaintanccs, but doubt it. Indeed,
I'm willing to make wager on it
But how about identifying your
self?' quericd the little man with red
necktie, who seemed deeply interested.
~ haven't done it yet. and have
about given up trying to. ! believe /
am George William Stout. The next
thing is to satisfy the lawyer that / am
he. My wife hasn't gone back on me
yet, but catch her looking ut me in
puzzled way as if wondering when l
let go the name of Smith. What gets
me lis the way am treated by most
to say: Good-morning, Mr.. Stout
but now they stop Mt the Mr. as If
fearful of committing themselves.
There's eight hundred dollars in cash
over in England to the credit of George