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4 CRIME or cnMEoRr

There are so many things that one
can catch from books in public libraries
that it is comforting to be told that the
danger of catching tuberculosis from
them is small. The statement that a..
librarian of Omaha, Nebraska, has re-
Gently died of tuberculosis contracted
from books which had been infected by
consunlptive patients has caused a re-
newal of the discussion concerning the
degree of danger from contagion in
this way. A Boston physician who was
interviewed on the subject said: "I
have never known an instance where
there was any ground for believing
that contagious diseases were carried
by books in circulation in the public Ii
brary. Throughout the year 1872 a Sc
we're epidemic of smallpox prevailed in
this city, and it was my official duty
to see every patient and to trace, if
possible, the history of the disease. In
no instance was I able to connect the
Infection with the use of books from the
free public library" The circulation of
the Boston public library is more than
100000 volumes a year, necessitating
the handling of many times that num-
Der of volumes by the library employees.
yet in the forty-three years since the
institution was established not a single
case is known of disease being con-
veyed by means of the books from pa
tient to library attendant. OF similar
import is the finding Of the American
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He Prontoed.

There is an anecdote told of an Indi-
ana man who was presenting a letter of
introduction to merchant in the Ec-
uadorian capital, Quito Ecuador is
famous for its earthquakes. All the
houses there are but one story in
height, and the windows and doors of
the thick walls are the universal inches
for safety. The Indiana man had just
finished an elaborate pantomime in an
attempt to convey without words his
joy at meeting the Spanish merchant.
In the middle of it came an earthquake
shock. Like flash, the merchant shot
into one Of the window-niches, yelling
to the stranger "Pronto! Prontov'
CQuick! QuicknD
The traveller was narrating it subse-
quently, when earthquake stories came
up:
II didn't know no Spanish, and
didn't know what 'pronto' meant, but
you bet prontoed," said the Indiana
man.--San Francisco Argonaut.
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or hurting against each other nations
equipped as modern nations are for
death; considering, however, that arm
ed peace is more and more tending to
crush production and is leading Europe
TO bankruptcy, the national congress
OF the French Labor party joins the
German Socialist Democracy in declar-
ing peace between peoples TO be it's sole
foreign policy. 1t charges the deputies
of the party. moreover, TO bring imme-
diately before Parliament a bill tend
ing TO the reduction. by International
conventions, gradually and simultan-
eously, of the time Of active service in
European armies" 1t was also decii-
ed to carry into department councils
and municipal councils the same spirit
of obstruction which has been so effee-
tive in the Chamber of Deputies, and
never to lose an opportunity of putting
forward Socialist candidates for any
and every office which might become va
cant from one end of France to the
other
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THE NEW yoRK DEuoCnay

The New York Democrats had hot
time of it in their convention at SYRIA
cuse but they got through without
breaking anything but the peace. And
that was badly broken. The most in
teresting part of the performance was
the construction and adoption of the
resolution concerning Sunday. 1t was
a most ingenious sneak, and it shows
what can be done when there is need.
The resolution declares for equal and
honest enforcement Of all the laws;
a proper observance of a day of
rest and an orderly Sunday; modi-
fication or repeal of laws unsup-
ported by public opinion; no I'M
just sumptuary laws; no blue laws; rec
ognition of the fundamental American
principle of freedom and conscience;
home rule in excise as in other matters
within reasonable limitations establish
ed to protect theiinterests of temperance
and morality-and an amendment of the
excise and other laws by the legislature
of the State which shall permit each
municipality, expressing it's sentiments
by a popular vote of majority of its
| citizens to determine within such prop
er legislative restrictions as shall be re-
quired by the interests of the entire
State, what may best suit it's special me-
Icessities and conditions.
This reminds us of the attempt made
! in this state last-winter to introduce the
greatprinciple of local option into gamb-
ling. And it deserves exactly the same
fate that that attempt met. The Re-
publican party in New York, in spite
of Boss Platt, took the right attitude in
| this highly important matter. And it
will not be surprising if it finds the
path of duty the way to glory.
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PLACEMENTS.

He-Here, darling, I have brought
you pet monkey. oh, you dear boy;
how like you.-Memphis Scimitar.
4 have loved and lost" did you get
back your engagement rfng?" "No;
that's what troubles me."-Truth.
Yes, see you're new woman, Eve -
said Adam, ''but I'll take the risk.
You haven't any past.'-Chicago Trib..
une.
The Best of Reasons-''Do you re-
member, Julian, why they shot poor
Saint Sebastian full of arrows?" ''Cause
they hadn't any gun."--Life.
Manager Ito boxkeeper)- Well. they
call this piece a frest-but [ call it a
thaw Boxkeeper-A thaw, sir? Man
ager-9es, see how the audience have
melted away.-Fun.
You say you came up from FIiroda
by boat and rail without change. How
is that possible?" Easy enough. I
came by boat, but more than half the
time was on the rail. Life.
From each the solemn statement comes
From highway and ON byway;
There's but one way to run this earth,
And that, of course, is my way"
Washington Star.
In Boston, of course: Hicks-But.
really, what kind of a looking girl is
Miss BeelSon? Wicks-Well, L can hard
ly say; you see, she didn't have her
glasses on the day I saw her.-Boston
Transcript.
''That racehorse of yours seems we'll
broke said the man who stands
around and looks on. EYES," replied the
melancholy owner of the animal. "but
he isn't as well broke as I am. ''-Wash-
ington Star.
Hoax-I just saw Wigwag running
down the street like mad. Joax-No:
there was a man a block ahead of
him who owes him $40 and I suppose he
wanted run for his money.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Can you tell me, professor" asked
Grigsby, what an 'extempore pianist
is? see that the performances of such
a pianist are advertised" Certainly"
said the professor. Eek, out of tempo,
time; an extempore pianist is one that
plays out Of timep'-Boston Transcript.
Punster-I say, Munster, you take
excellent care of your books; thew
seem to be your best friends Munster
They are. 1 can shut them up with
out giving offense.-Washingt Times.
I wonder" said a young lady, why
Hymen is always represented as car
rying a torch" To which her bachelor
uncle sneeringly responded: 'gTo indi-
cate that he always makes it warm for
people who marry. It'd Bits.
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DE LEssErs anEAr sonNlIE.
The Great Promoters Project for North
ern Africa,

The Great Promoters Project for North
eTn Africa.
The late Count De Lesseps was a
one time engaged in a daring and at
tractive engineering scheme will
which the public is not generally famil
lar. It's object was to create a new sea
and thereby restore to fertility and civ
ilization a large part of northern AT
RIGA.
Max De Forest. now of Nutley, N
j., former officer in the French army
met his famous countryman at thi;
time
Il met Count De Lesseps." he said
in 1881 at Cabes, in southern Tunis
where had been ordered with a squad
ron of cavalry. Shortly after my arri
val he came with a surveying party tc
make soundings for the proposed inte'
rior sea. l had orders to place AT his
disposal both men and horses, and the
discharge of this duty brought me into
almost daily communication with him
until his departure.
'The interior sea at that time
aroused all his enthusiasm. He
brought to bear the same persuasive
powers that he used when promoting
the Suez and the Panama canals an6
enterprises. To skeptics he always re-
piled, 1T can be done, and it will be
done If the government will give me
the money to do it with
tits proposed area embraced the en-
tire plain lying to the southwark of the
boundary line drawn from Cabes via
Gafsa to Tamerza. The practicability
of the scheme was supported by many
facts. 1t was proved that an inland
sea had covered in ancient times the
area which it was intended to flood
The level of the land was generally be-
low that of the Gulf of Cabes. Innu-
merable underground streams of fresh
and salt water are found in the south
ern part of Algeria and Tunis,
1.-THE water was to be supplied tothe
inland sea from the Gulf of Cabes.
The tides would have a minimum
depth sufficient to allow Of the passage
in all directions of light boats. But
the most valuable result of the scheme,
it was held, would be to restore the an
cient fertility of the country and to OPP
pose a barrier to the sirocco, the dead
ly burning wind which piles up the des-
ert sand about the GASES and finally
buries them.
IN. De Lesseps dwelt on these bene-
fits with boundless enthusiasm and i'm
agination. Buried cities would be un-
earthed, and the coliseum of FL Jemm
now a crumbling ruin, but once APP
preaching that of Rome in size, would
be accessible to admiring tourists.
IN. De Lesseps left the work in the
hands of the general staff of the
French army, by whom 1t is now sup
posed to be carried on. Whether any
progress is being made do not know
New York Advertiser
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lace from a. low frill about the neck
fills in above the stomacher or vest, and
adds still more to the grace of the per-
pendicular lines.
Coat and jacket bodices vie with each
other for first place in favor the former
coming out ahead generally in the more
elaborate costumes. But if Jacket
bodices are often relegated to the rear
ranks of simplicity, it is not always the
case, the jacket bodices that are as or
nate as that in this sketch are not un
common This one is made of silver
gray India cashmere, and has a. short
basque and a narrow vest of moss
green satin studded with small steel
buttons. Basque and edges of the
front are bordered with sequins. Over
the shoulders are tabs, Of green satin
heavily embroidered with spangles, and
a big bow finishes the stock collar in
front. The sleeves are trimmed with
ribbon in the manner shown. The
skirt is trimmed about the bottom with
gray silk galoon and Is lined with moss
green silk,
Steel buttons make a very tasteful
ornamentation for gray goods, but for
elaborate dresses the rule is for buttons
that are so costly as to fairly rank as
gems. A sort favored now simulate
miniatures set around with rhinestones.
These are very handsome but some wo-
men forget that they are suitable only
to gowns planned for elegant occasions,
and that they have no proper place on
street dresses. FLORETTE.
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Library association, which has twice in
vesugated this subject, and IN neither
instance was able to trace the spread Of
disease to- the circulation of library
books, Perhaps the experieAce of the
Boston library is due in part to the pre-
yentlve measures adopted by the diree-
tors, They have ordered that all books
returned from homes known to be in
fected with contagious diseases shall
be promptly destroyed. Even the pro-
cess of disinfection is not used, except
in the few cases where rare books that
can hardly be replaced have suffered
the danger of infection.
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situations. Wants, Rents and other small adj
vartisements. One Cent Word each inser-
lion Five cents word for full week Cseven
times)
Dispiay Adyertisements-Per inch, ono in
sa,,tinr Ii 20: each subsequent insertion, 40
cents one week, $3.50; one mouth, $40; one
year, $40.
Obituary notices, in prose or verse, Is cents
and Funerals, so cents each. Local notices, II
cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited TO their own
tionableS. and their CONT acts do not include
Wants. To Let, For Sale, etc.
Discounts-On two inches or more, one
month and over, 1oper cent; on four inches
or more one month and over, 10 per cent.
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plead with papa or Uncle Tom to try

You try it again." and this time you
are not scared bit, just simply delight
ed. AS you are being padded over to
the shore after the last violent plunge
OF the ride, you take look at the boat
and notice that it is very strongly built
of hickory and oak, the boatman says,
and costing over hundred dollars. 1t
has long slope upward in the prov,
less sharp than a yachts bow, and thus
the danger of getting wet is almost en-
tirely done away, with. Each boat has
four seats, seating eight people alto
gether, besides the man who steers.
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FASHION NOTES.
Accentuatinr aHsirht Lines. ;.

Very handsome reception, tea and
house gowns are being made for the
stately matron and elderly woman of
striped and Dresden brocade. They
are cut princess with sweeping train
and plenty of fulness at the back to re-
lieve the too full outlines. Such a
gown opens over stomacher and petit
coat of the same or contrasting materi-
al, and a cascade of lace, sets from over
the shoulders down to the hem of the
dress following the edge of the over
gown. Corresponding cascades from
the waist outline the train. A fall of
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HE MAY GET HERE.


An attempt is to be made to transfer
the street pavement matter from a
committee of the Court of Common
Council to the committee of the whole
in the shape of a public meeting which
is called for this evening. 1t will be
an interesting meeting and long one
if all those who have the public inter
est at heart are present and speak
their pieces.
1t is possible that the wild man of
Winsted will reach this city in time to
attend the meeting. He has left South
bury, and has been seen on the road
to New Haven by a reporter of the
Hartford Times, who took photo
graph of him and sent it to his paper,
wherein it was published last evening
The picture shows very active, earn
est man, clothed in hair and carrying
a crow in his left hand. He knows that
many who will take part in the dis
cussion will be obliged to eat crow,
and he is going to have a hand in pro
viding it. When the Times man took
him he was logging it, rapidly and
if his zeal and strength hold out he
ought to make Warner Hall by this
evening. If he does his appearance will
certainly command attention, his zeal
for the public welfare will command
respect, and his thoughtfulness in
bringing along some crow will COM
mand appreciation.
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The Supreme TEST.

Johnny-"rm four feet six inches
tall, and weigh ninety-seven pounds"
Willie-"Humph! can lift two hun
dred and seventy pounds on the
scales"
Danny-"That's nothin'. I had to
pay full price to get into the circus."-
Chicago Record.
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Al correspondent of the Washington
Evening Star calls attention to the
popular mistake which credits, Presi-
dent Lincoln with originating that fa-
people, by the people, and for the peo-
pie" 1t has been proposed that the
part. of the immortal address of Lincoln
at Gettysburg, in which this quotation
appears, shall be perpetuated upon the
bronze tablet which is provided for in
the act establishing a national military
park On the battle field This CORE
spondent hopes that in case the SEN
tence is thus perpetuated, quotation
marks will be put around these famous
words, to show that they were not
original with MIR. Lincoln, and were
not intended by him to be SO under
stood. They belong, he says, to Henry
Wilson of Massachusetts, once vice
president, who, in q letter addressed
to James Redpath and others in Bos-
ton, written before Mr.. Lincoln's in
auguration as president, and three
years before the Gettysburg address,
said, "ours is a government of consti-
tutions; government of the people, by
the people and for the people," This
letter was dated November 81, 1860,
and Lincoln's address was uttered No
vember 10, 1853
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Colonel Van Henpenser, of Dixbury,
New York, has managed to get himself
called eccentric by driving an eight-in-
hand, made up of a splendid Spanish
mule, two Attorney bulls, a Hambleton-
ian mare, a young camel, two piebald
Indian ponies and tame moose. These
he drives to sulky, to the edifcation Of
the small boy.
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The Springfield Republican feels oblig-
ed to allow that thirteen thousand new
fourth-class postmasters during the last
fiscal year wasn't exactly the acme of
civil service reform.
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Marshall Field, the great dry goods
merchant of Chicago, says that liberal
and honest advertising was the making
of his fortune. 1--WE have one rule in
advertising" says Mr.. Field, never to
advertise anything but the solid truth"
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The peace resolution adopted recently
by the French Socialists in their con-
gress at Romilly is interesting in its
reference to Germany. Considering
that peace is the indispensable condi-
of Socialism, and that no one hut a
madman or criminal would ever dream
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Emperor William frequently goes
about his capital in disguise, mixing
inccgnito with all classes of his SUBJ
jects. In the guise of a sailor he passed
a day and "a might in visiting the sa-
looms frequented by sailors and common
soldiers, discussing with the men whom
he met the hardships and difficulties
of their lot. He listened attentively
TO the stories and asked numbers Of
questions. He did mot close his investi-
cation until late at night in a low
saloon he found himself among COM
pany Of drunken sailors who insisted
on his dancing with them. His majes-
ty drew the line at this and abruptly
quilted the place, guarded by a couple
OF men who until that moment had ap-
peared to be his Northumberland COM
panions.
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Notice,

Wecapnot accept anonymous or return re-
iected communications. In all cases the name
Of the writer will be required. not for publica'
ten but as puarante good faith
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II has been discovered in Massachu-
sets that the State laws regarding in
cendiarism do not cover freight cars.
1t is strictly no crime, it is said, to fire,
a freight car. The law specifies about
everything else except steam cars, and
as the word ''building" was held not to
cover cars in case of breaking and
entering, and the law on that score had
to be extended accordingly, so it is held
necessary now to extend the statute
against incendiarism in the same way.
The State fire marshal will ask the next
legislature for a special act covering
the defect.
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Queen Sophia of Sweden, whose fifty
ninth birthday has just been celebrated
with much pomp and ceremony at
Drottningheim Castle, Emperor Will
liam proceeding thither for the express
purpose of rendering his congratula-
tions and good wishes, is one of the
most enthusiastic friends and promot-
ers Of the Salvation Army, distinction
which she shares with her niece, the
Queen Regent of Holland
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C0LIMA NOT LOADED RIGHT
THAT rs THE REASON GTTEN FOR
LOSS OF THE STEAMER.

Steamers win Hereafter be Inspected
Reports That a Raft with Three Persons
on Board Had Been sighted-One Body
Has Been Washed Ashore.
San Francisco, June 2.---A City of Mexi-
con special says:
The following dispatch was received
to-day at the war department from the
FORT of Acupulco: Colima disaster was
caused by the heavy deck cargo All
Of the ships of the Pacific Mail company
are loaded in this manner, and other
Mexican boats have the same custom.
beg of you future Instructions on this
point"
Orders will be issued to all port in
spectors on both coasts to detain in
future all national or foreign boats
touching at Mexican ports in which
cargo is not properly loaded entirely in
hold. Ships will be held at ports Qacts
being reported to war department and
navy Department. until the cargo is
restored or the matter otherwise ar
ranged.
The correspondent was told to-day
that this is the second wreck occurring
in Mexican waters within the past few
months from this cause. The schoon-
er Tobasco was lost in the gulf from
careless loading.
San Francisco, June 2.-Steamer San
Juan is due at San Francisco June r.
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STYLED A cRrEn WBoNe.


| President Debs Out II IA Letter on the Su-
| preme Court Decision.
Terre Haute, Ind, Jaune 2.-E. v.
Debs, president of the A. r. IT,, has adj
| dressed circular letter to the members
of that organization in relation to the
The circular says:
"a cruel wrong against our great
and beloved order, perpetrated by VIII
liam A. Woods, United States circuit
Judge, has been approved by the United
States supreme court; but though pris-
on walls frown upon myself and others
whom you chose as officers Of your or
der, I assure you that neither despon-
dency nor despair has taken place. of
course, which has characterized us and
our order since the storm of persecu-
tion first began to beat. We have not
lost faith in the final triumph of truth
over perjury, of truth over wrong, how
ever exalted the station of those who
perpertated the outrages."
President Debs then reviews incl
dents leading up to and the result of
the great railway strike and says:
"In Russia the victim of autocratic
displeasure is denied trial by jury of
his peers. William A. Wood carries
out the Russian practice. In Russia
the doomed man or woman Is arrafgnad
before the supreme despot or one of his
numerous satraps. Truth, justice,
mercy are forever exiled. Age, sex,
character. innocence, name and condi-
tions count for nothing. 1t is enough
to know that the brave soul yearned
for freedom and the penalty Of exile
imprisonment Of death is inflicted, and
1t has come to this at last in the United
States that the law Of injunction is the
will of a despot and by the exercise Of
this Russian power American Railway
union officials go to prison and the
hope is that by the exercising of this
power the American Railway union will
be crushed. In this supreme juncture
call upon the members of the Ameri-
can Railway union to stand by their or
der, in Gods own good time we will
make the despot's prisons, where in
nocent men suffer, monumental"