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American Meats in China.

United States Consul Fowler, at Ningpoo,
China, has cent TO the State Department clip.
ping from the China Gazette, published OF
Shanghai contaning article which was evil
IDENTIFY first printed in the Medical Press and
Circular, as it is accredited to that pu b.cation
The article says that no care is taken in the
preparation of canned meats. and that fire.
quently flesh from diseased animals is used.
Tho preparations Of extracts of beef" is said
TO be even more revolving. az the dainty cans
contain the sweepings and DRAWINGS of the
6osr. The article also says: 1.-The tanks of
this extract CT filth are left open and the
bodies of dead rats in al advanced state of de-
composition are from timo to time withdrawn
before the delicious and nourishing compou nd
lie put into the jars aforesaid" Mr.. Fowler
suggests that the clippings DO handed to the
Secretary Of Agriculture for such action as no
may deem proper, and adds: Tho animns Of
snch articles is hot hard TO divine, for IL is
we'll known that the market for American
canned meats. otc., is q large and constantly
Increasing one ia the Orient. conseq uently the
demand for the products OF Europe are fast
diminishing. The newspapers Of the whole
East ara entirely in the hands of the English
and they never let an opportunity pass where
by they can make some dIsparag.ng remarks
upon America. Americans and American pro-
ducts
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at 216 William street. New York. Price 10
cents. or 81 . year.
The lssdinx srsi Mes in Outing for July are
intercollegiate Athletics and Faculty Control.
by Pref. Eugene L. Richards; The Lake Yacht
story Of Oxford. It has handsome picture of
the yacht Ailsa rs frontispiece. Published at
239 Fifth Avenue. New York. Price 25 cents.
Table Talk for June Is as usual 4 delight to
the good housewife. The recipes for new and
old dishes and the menus for the mouth
will be relief to hes in planning for meals
these Summer days. The talk of the White
House china. A Cup Of Tea with Carlyle, Book
Chat aud Fashion Notes are all written about
most snteTtxinipeiy.
Lies Calendar for July is rs fresh and fair
to look uso.. as the daisy pied field after glad
rain. and hss world moro fun in IL. Pub
lished at New York. Price 10 cents.
archaeological Journal and Science Of Health
An illustrated magazine of human nature
Published at 81 East Twenty-frst street, New
York. Price Is cents.
Fenimore Coopers Literary Offences as
shown in the plot and general construction Of
his novel. the Deerslayer. together with the
opinion of various critics upon Cooper'5 works
in general, form the subject of a dangerously
satricsl article BY Mark Twain in the July
number of the North American Reriec. A
thoughtful and important paper on Contempt
rsry Egypt. by the Hon. Frederic c. Pen field.
u. s. Diplomatic Agent and Consul General to
Egypt in the July number of the North Ameri-
can Rerie,r. gives an mp. to-date account OF Ma
tional and social progress in that Old World
land.
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dom. II names Thomas Jefferson as executor.
and directs that all his property in America
should be sold at his death and the proceeds
applied TO the purchase and liberation of
slaves In bis name. lie also wished that they
should he given instruction in the trades and
otherwise. and in the manner to preperiy con-
duct themselves as moral and upright citizens
There was proviso in the document that
ali this should be done unless be should make
other disposition of his property before his
death. As matter of fact. he did make two
other wills, and his will which be left in
America at his sailing away in 1T9S became
the subject of a legal contest. In 1906 he made
a codicil 20 this will ia Paris. by which he be-
ouaatea 81 eco To = friend Later i,e wreie
will at Soleur, in Switzerland, which seems TO
have been the result Of his friendship for a
certain family with which he came frequently
i'm contact, and from whom he recei we'd many
assurances of regard.
This instrument was written in French. and
an exact copy in that language is on file in the
Registers Office. There was much difficulty in
establishing the legality of the document, as
the laws of France differ from ours those
matters. When the instrument WAS executed
Kosciusko was a legal resident at Bervile This
last will give 5000 to his educator, French
man, and 10000 francs each to the two lovely
daughters Of Pierre Joseph Zelbeur.
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The viii of Dolly p. Madison. the wife of
the President, who reigned Washington
first social queen, is stored away with the docn-
ments for the year 1Sg9. DIR. J. NJ. Griffith,
the Deputy Register. said that she must have
been very sick when she signed it. for her
signature is very feeble She had S20,0 to
give away, the amount which Congress had
Appropriated for the purchase of her husbands
papers. 0ne-balf of this she gave TO her son.
John Payne Todd. by her former husband and
the other half 10 her adopted daughter. This
sum stood invested at the time of her death IN
the name of James Buchanan, who afterwards
became President of the United States.
The last will and testament OF Chief Justice
Salmon 7. Chase is bright aud shining ex-
ample of the saying that lawyers make poor
wills for themselves. His will is brief and to
the point. but it was defective because it de-
vised certain real estate to the District of Co
lumbia, and had but two witnesses The law
demands that there shall be three witnesses.
He had followed according TO the Ohio law,
which requires but two witnesses This called
forth the remark from the most celebrated wit
before the District OF Columbia bar at tue time
that there was high law, higher law, and an
Ohio law.
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As remembrance Of the days OF bondage
Che will Of "0ld Hick Org" is curio. 1t was
made at the Hermitage, where he passed his
declining years 1t required nearly all bis
earthly possessions, saving few slaves, 20 pay
the debts which his adopted son, Andrew Jack
son, ir.. had contracted, and he States at the
beginning OF the document that he made this
will on account of the Change in his affairs
necessitated by the Obligations he bad assumed
for his Every member of his immediate
family, including his grandchildren Of tender
years, is remembered with at least one slave,
40 be owned absolutely. These requests are
made in language expressive Of the great aiec-
tion which he possessed for all his kin.
Probably the old pictures Of Jackson which
represent him as always walking with a cane
are true 10 life, for in his will he has several
Requests of his favorte walking-sticks These
appear rs dear 10 him as bis swords. He pre-
SCENTS the latter with the patriotic request that
they never be raised except in the defense OF
The Nation. Indeed. the language of the will
patriotic to the core, and thai he had the
highest welfare OF the Nation at heart.
In striking contrast to the will OF Jackson is
that OF John Quincy Adams. They are as un-
like were the two men. Adams Uni
tartan Of the Boston school. and his will con-
fsins none of the usual references 10 religious
matters. but deals strictly with the topic in
hsBd-the disposition of his property. He
saws nothing Of his belief in God, as does
jackson. nor Of his hopes in the hereafter
Adams lost his original will and wrote the
one which stood At the time Of lis death in its
stead. IL is a lengthy document and is more
like the will Of Washington than of any other
President. he, too, was fond Of his walking
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Bicycles Cutting Railroad Earnings.

The passenger earnings of many roads are
not only being cnt into locally by the trolley
lines, but by the bicycles. Since the warmer
weather set in, people living out few miles
from their places of business, who have been
patronizing suburban trains, now ride the
bicycle. Where there arc cities but few
miles apart, the passenger men say that, be-
tween the electric roads and the bicycle COM
petition, their local earnings are showing
marked decrease.
A passenger official who has just returned
from Boston states that within radius of
eip bit to 10 miles hundreds now come in on
bicycles on pleasant mornings and return in
the evening in The same manner, and hun
dreds more find the electric car quite an at
traction, 50 that altogether the Boston steam
roads are losing quite heavily on this par
iicular portion Of their income. He saws
that Boston passenger men told him that
trains that Were formerly crowded are now
only fairly well filed, and in some instances
number of trains run for suburban bust
ness have been taken of, and those kept on
are hauling fewer coaches.
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"Hands to ISathe.n,
fHarper's IEoei.ly.l

Nothing is more insisted upon on board 4
man-o' war than absolute cleanliness in every
thing, animate and inanimate, and as much
water, SOAP sand, and paint are used day in
and day out as would keep an ordinary house
bright as brass pinnacle for year. Did
anyone ever see a dirty man-o' wars man-at
least in our service?
Opportunities to indulge in a plunge over
beard and royal good time in the wafer are
frequently furnished to tbeerews of war-ships
when at anchor, and Inc sight of hundred
or Two stalwaIt fellows foundering and
splashing about in the water. as full of pranks
and tricks as so many school-boys, is one not
soon TO be forgotten by anyone privileged TO
witness it. With few exceptions, sailors of
the navy, both officers and men, are expert
swimmers, although there are some among
them, old tshell-barks' principally. who.
thoroughly at home on the water. would be
helpless as eats in it--a fact that calls 10
mind the old saying as to the exception and
the rule. BE that as it may, Jack dearly
loves a swim, and viii sometimes resort to
the most reckless expedients for a few mo-
ments' plunge in the water On hot day.
when general permission to battle has not
been given.
An amusing story, in this connection, is
told Of a pretext for a swim on the part of
three middies one sultry evening during a
practice cruise, when, although the ship lay
at anchor, the privilege of swim had been
denied them by the officer of the deck for rea-
sons best known TO himself Bafiled in their
attemps 10 secure a bath III the regular way,
the three youngsters resolved that one of their
number should fall overheard. and that the
two others should spring TO his rescue The
scheme was no sooner concocted than exc
cuied, and Mr.. Jones promptly fell out Of
convenient gun port, and had hardly touched
the water when Messrs. Brown and Robinson
were alongside Of him. The startling cry,
Man overheard! rang out from the Quar-
termaster Of the watch the life-boat was
called away, the three Midshipmen were
picked up, and duly appeared, in their drip
ping clothes, on the deck before their com
manding officer. Very careless of You. Mr.
Jones: very gallant rescue, young gentle
men, said the officer Then, pointing to the
deck, with its white planking outlined by the
long, straight, black lines Of pitched seams:
DO YOU see that scamp Toe it. all three of
y0G-toe it, You must be uncomfortable in
your wet clothes; let 'em dry" You may
be sure that the boys were not kept standing
there long enough to do them any harm, but
no more attempts of a similar nature were
made TO outwit the officers during that cruise
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sticks, and gave particular directions as TO the
disposition OF those which had been presented
10 him in honor Of his labOrs for the right of
petition. One of those canes. in accordance
with his wish, is now deposited in the Patent
Office.
Adams lied a wealthy man for his time. He
owned considerable amount of property in
Washington. He had house and some land on
j street. and d store and house on Pennsyi-
TRBis avenue. Besides these be had many
possessions in Massachusetts, of which some
were IN the city Of Boston. and very valuable.
peculiarityof his will is that he mentions
bis own name rs John Quincy Adams. Doctor
of Laws de was very proud Of this distinc-
ilon, which was given 10 him as a graduate Of
Harvard College. where all the men of the
Adams family have attended for generations
IL was like a sword through the plates of his
srmoT when jackson. his arch enemy, visited
the haliowed precincts of old Cambridge aud
received this honored degree from the college
authorities.
The brielest of oil the Presidential wills In
the vaults Of the District of Columbia is that of
James Monroe lie had little 10 give and he
gave IL without the lse OF AIRY unnecessary
language. lie gave So GOO 10 sech Of his two
daughters. Elizabeth and Marin, and his
works, Oh which he was engaged at the time
OF his death. TO his son-in- law. The will was
made up in New York. aud had one witness
WHO resided there, aud one whose home was in
Washington.
One Vf the most remarkable tesiaments that
tSe finds stored away la the dusty archives is
that Of Ihaddeus hoscuskO. the Polish pat -iot
lis original viii. which was executed when
he salcc from America. ut the close Of the
lsevo ution, is here. and shows how thor.
~nghiy lie was imbued with love of irye-
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HISTORIC DOCUMENTS.
Wills of Presidents That Are Filed In
Washington.

Tn the great iron vault in the basement of
the City Hall ia Washington there are thou
sands OF legal documents. One only needs 10
enter the vault with the Register to realize
what wealth of historic manuscripts and oil
Quaint fo,sotteu eccentricities IT, contains.
There was provision in the early law by
which wills once deposited. could not be with
drawn; so that the Register has IN his keeping
all the legal instruments OF this character since
the wear 1900 Many men known 10 history
and Identified with the development oi the
Nation have lived and owned property in Wash
ington. and their wills, or exact copies thereof,
Fepose ia the great iron receptacle.
The will OF George Washington is perhaps
the most famous OF all the documents. 1t was
recently copied by order Of the Register INTO
record book where ii could be consulted with
facility. The original is somewhere IN Nir-
Rinia; but Washington had same property in
ferests i'm the Capital city, and n copy WAS de-
posited with the authorities here. While the
earthly possessions of the Father of His Coun-
try-though he was one of the richest Ameri-
cans at that time-were by no means as extern
sive as those of many modern miliionaires, be
prescribed with the greatest minuteness how
they should he disposed Of
The most famous provisions in this great
document which Washington declares to have
written with his own hand, are those in which
he deviscs so shares OF stock in the Potomac
River Company for the founding OF an Amerl-
can university. and that in which he provides
for the liberation Of his slaves The shares of
stock were presented TO bin by the Virginia
Legislature, and were at FIRST declined; but the
gift was afterwnfd so arranged rs not 10 conflict
with his notions of propriety in receiving pub
lie gifts. The provisions for the gift TO the
proposed university are couched ia patriotic
language characteristic OF the man. Washing
ton was not only patriotic; he was public
spirited. he made many gifts in his will which
were intended to he public benefactions.
1T is the slave clause that reads most curl
ously TO the child OF the last generation. Ii
is, in fact, an excellent abolitOnist docu-
ment They were not to he released till the
death OF Martha Washington, his wife. He
stated that il was his earnest wish shat they
should he emancipsted before. but he thought
this would be accompanied with insnrmouHt-
able difficulties. The chief of these was the
inter.marriage which existed with the dover
negroes. he says that he should be glad to
emaucpate both, but il Was not in his power
90 do so. They were to be taught 10 read
and write and at Mrs. Washington's Gecease
ali his directions with regard to their freedom
were relgiously carried out without evasion or
ne@rect.
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SHERIDAN'S RIDE.
BY T. BUCHANAN READ.
by request.)

Up from the South. Mt break of day.
bringing To Winchester fresh dismay.
The nffrightcd air with shudder bore,
Like herald in haste, To the cliieftain's dos
The terrible Rrnmbie and rumble and roar
Telling the battle was once more,
And Sheridan twenty miles away.
And wider still those pillows of war
Numbered along the horizons bar.
And louder yet Into Winchester rolled
The ronr Of that red sea- uncontrolled,
Making tho blood of the listener cold
As he thought of The stake la that fiery fray
And Sheridan twenty miles away.
But there IS n road to Winchester town.
A good. broad highway. leading down;
Aud there through tise flush of the morning light,
steed. "a black MS the sieeds Of night
Was seen TO pass will, eagle light;
AZ IL he knew the terrible need,
He stretched away with bis utmost spec
HI rose aud fell but his henri was gay,
With Sheridan fifteen miles away.
Still sprung from those swift hoofs, laundering
south
Or the trHH Of n comet. sweeping faster aud faster.
ForeboanE o traitor. the dooai Of disaster;
The heart OF the steed. and the heart Of the master
Were beating. like prisoners a--aul,nn .heir walls.
Impatient 10 be where the battlefield calls.
Every nervo Of the charger was strained to full
play,
With Sheridan only ten miles away.
Under his spurning feet the road
Like an srrowy Alpine river flowed;
And the Landscape sped away behind
Like ocean flying before the wind;
Aud the steed, like bark fed with furnace Ire,
Swept with his Wild ey % full Of fire.
But 10 he Is HoariuR his hearts desire;
He IL snuflng the sBoke of the roaring fray.
With Sheridan only five miles away.
The first that the General saw were the groups
OF strngglers, and then the retreaiing troops.
What was dons-what 10 de-a glance told him
both;
Then. striking his spurs with terrible oath.
He dashed down the line mid q storm oil huzzas,
And the wave Of retreat checked its course there,
becau~e
The sight Of the master compelled IL to pause.
With foam and with dust the black charger was
gray.
BY the fash OF his eye and his red noslrs' play,
He ssemsd TO tho whsle gresi army to
Il have brought you Sheridan. all the way
From Winchester down, to save you the dayt"
Hurrnh hurrah for Sheridani
Hurrsh, hurrah for bOr~e and man!
And when their stntues are placed on high
Under the dome of the Unisn sky
The American soldiers Temple Of Fame
There, with the glorious Generals uame,
BE IL said. in letters bo;h bold and bright:
"Here is the steed that 81 we'd the day
By carrying Sheridan into the fight.
From Winchesierr twenty miles away
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Railroads Built This Year.

The RailDdg Age for this week contains
statistics showing that the total miles Of rail
way track laid in the United States from Jan.
10 July J. 1895. were Gal miles on e. iDes
sRains; 525 miles on 81 lines for the same period
OF 1894. In % Of the 40 States and Territories
no track has thus far been laid this year. In
IL OF these construction work is in progress or
about TO commence upon one more lines but
in SIX Of the States Conneciicuc Delaware.
Nevada, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and R ode
Island, not mile Of new line now appears
likely TO be built this year. The total new
track for 1895 is estimated at 500 miles
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Scott S Emulsion

VIII cure stubborn cough when
all the ordinary cough remedies
have failed. Try it for yourself.
We are putting up a ffty-cent
size chiefly for that purpose. A
cough is usually the telltale of
weakened physical condition.
Correct that con dition by the use
of a proper remedy and the
cough will soon disappear.
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod-liver
Oil and Hypophosph:Ies acts in
two ways. 1t nourishes, strength
ems and builds up the system, at
the same time allays the irrita-
ton AID heals the inflammation.
1t gives immediate relief at.
night from the choking sensation
SO Ten accompanying cold.
Don't persuaded 10 take substitute!
Ssss & Bo~ne, NY. hl Druggists. DC. and 81.
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Free Silver Victory In Prospect

Grumpkins-Spoonamore how are you
going to vote on the silver question?
Spoonamore with some hesitation)-I
think / shall not vote at all, Grumpkins.
I'm all right on the question, myself, but L
l expect to be paired off at high noon next
Wednesday with q free silver girl.
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Magazines and Notes.


!scribaer's Magazine for July will open with
an article on Athletic Clubs by Duncan Ed
wards which will contain nearly 40 illustra-
tons Of the great clubs IN this country, such AS
the New York Athletic. the Crescent. the Chi
cago. the Olympia of Ssn Francisco. and the
Boston. THIS is the most comprehensive arti-
Gle that ever has been published on the subject
Two articles by Herbert Spencer are TO be
published In the July Popular Science Monthty
One is devoted TO tho Dancer and Musician. IN
his series on Professional Institutions: The
other is an occasional article under the title
Mr.. Balfour's Dacctics, IN which he discusses
some of the claims concerning things super
natural made in Balfours Foundations of Be-
lief DIR. Andrew ID. White will have an arti.
Gle on Beginnings of Scientific Criticism in
tho Popular Science Monthly for July. 1t will
tell how the first few scholars to turn scientific
investigation upon the Hebrew Scriptures were
suppressed they arose. and how wider and
wider acceptance has been won for their results
by the increasing uusnber of their successors.
The tariff discussion, which is now so COM
plsteiy ovsrshadowed By the debates on the
money problem, will probably be brought to
the front again in the nart cam paign. A valua-
able addition TO the literature on the tariff is
the paper contributed by DIR. s. b. Harding to
the July Annals Of the American Acudemy. 1t
is discussion Of The lsiiDimnm Principle in
the Tariff Of 1923 aud its Recent Revival, and
adopted and its results. This number also con-
tsips a Note on Economic Theory in America
Prior to l778 by DR.. C. w. Macfarlane, in which
are SGT forth some Of the economic doctrines
held by prominent writer's at that time Phila-
dolphia 81
The prediction made by those who were fa.
milisr with Prof. Sloanes historical methods,
that his Life of Napoleost wonld be judicious
and unprejudiced analysis Of the character of
the man, seem to be abundantly verified by the
full the wonderful genius and adaptability of
command Of men and opportunities. Prof.
impulses. In the july Century he calls him
"the great deserter" IN leaving his troops in
Egypt for the sole purpose of seeking his own
shriveed conscience" that could abandon
latter's assassination with the heartless excla-
nation: "Ons rival less!" Prof. Sloane also
brings out In strong relief Nspocon's suggestion
to the Surgeons that his plague-stricken vet
erans who were 10 be left behind in Egypt be |
poisoned by au overdose OF opium.
Home and Country for July has for its leading |
article an excellent sketch of Gov. Levi Z. |
Morton, with Gle portrait 1t has also some |
charming pictures in an article on Types of |
Womanly Beauty, and the whole issue is fine. |
Published at 149 Leonard street, New York. |
Prico 10 cents.
Recreation grows better and better with each |
number 1t has splendid illustrations, and n |
most entertaining variety of matter relating to
ell outdoor sports and passtimes. Published