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of the republic might be decided by the
Indians Of Mexico, Further away are
the republics Of the Isthmus of Darien
and of South America, The perpetual
wars between these nations, ANA the
constant internal revolutions and feNds
which have characterized them, have
left that part of the western hemi-
sphere, at the end of 800 years, though
its climate, soil and resources are as
attractive and great as those Of the
north, with a scattered population Of
fewer than 2O,O0O,000 two-thirls of
whom are Indians and half-ITecds, We
have no fear ofthem. And now look at
Europe.
1t is 5000 miles across the DC aan frIm
the nearest seaport of any European
power to any seaport of the United
States. Our country has 100000 of
people and $4,000, 0oo, 900 of accumulated
wealth. SO great has been our prosper
ity, because of the 102 years of peace and
only five of war, so free have we been
from strifes which have exhausted the
resources of Europe, that the taxing
power of the government has not yet
touched for any purpose the real and
personal property represented in these
$40 600, 900 900 of accumulated wealth.
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| These be troublous times. Although
the willy Indian OF our own free land is
no longer on the war path. no longer
seeking for scalps, Uncle Samuel has
the Venezuelan question and the Mon
| roe doctrine constantly before him at
| present. and threatening chances from
glowering Spanlards directed toward
him. There is the constantly diminish
| ing supply of gold in the treasury, the
bowling of the handful of Populists and
Silyerites, who, holding the balance of
power in the Senate, hamper and control
this great nations financial policy at
present by preventing sensible action
in regard to our finances. The presi-
dential contest is looming UP and selfish
politicians are shaping legislation not so
much for the immediate needs and well
fare of the country as for the best in
terests of their respective parties.
There is great agitation also on the
| subject of having proper sea coast de-
| fences and adequate protection for our
great seaiboard cities from any foreign
| invader--a matter which should have
| long before received the attention it de-
4 serves. Then there are the bears of
| Wall street professedly struck with dire
alarm over the possible destination of a
British fleet, their panic lasting only
long enough to ensure their reaping of
much coveted profits.
| Outside of our country, Spain has q
mighty contest on hand in her attempt
to down the Cuban patriots, who, made
desperate by long years of oppression
and hopeless of any amelioration of
their condition, are fighting for free
| dom, and to throw off the calling chains
Of the oppressors. England has her
eastern question ever before her. and
| Salisbury has various international
complications to untangle. Then the
\ Armenian nlassacres still thrill with
horror the Christian world. Altogether
in these piping times of peace there is
much to disqulet and unsettle.
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ltrom the Hartford Courant.I
Yale University gets about $155,00C
out of the arbitration and the state OF
Connecticut pays the money. The very
ingenious law, by which the contract
With Yale was broken, provided that, if
Storrs won, Storrs kept the money
and, If Yale won, Storms still kept the
money Heads win; taiis Connections
loses--and tails it Is.
To our thinking, the worst of it all
isn't that Connecticut must pay $155,000
1t is the conclusive decision that Con-
necticut has broken an honora Bile con-
tract with Yale University, one of the
noblest of Conneeticut's own children,
an institution so dear to her people that
the Yale charter was made a part OF
our state constitution.
Money doesn't clean up any such rec
ord as that The shabby fact stands
there. That it will cost the state d
pretty sum Is a mere incident of the
discredit Nor Is it to be forgotten that
this breaking Of contracts, begun with
Yale, was followed at the next session,
by the vacillating and patchwork
bridge legislation, which also broke a
contract that the state had made. The
example seems not ito have been over
looked. There is nothing to prevent the
state from breaking a contract except
its own honor. But this sort of thing
Is a new business for Connecticut.
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this lightning, as YOU call it, make you
feel? Young Man-It makes me feel
like thunder-Harlem Life,
Said Sam Spooner to the object of
his affections; Miss Fannie, have
time and again tried to tell you what
my feelings We're towards you, but you
invariably told me to stop. | now take
advantage of your having such sore
throat that you can't talk to tell you
that love you. Texas Stftings.
Dealer in Antiques-Here are two
very rare revolvers,
Customer-What is their history?
They We're carried by Columbus"
What! Revolvers weren't invented
In Columbus time
Il know. That's what makes them
so rare, N-Philadelphia Record.
II Wasn't Corrected l. did
think you had more education than
that said Mrs. Joobus, airily, to the
grocer 'N-o-t-isc' doesn't spell notice
1t comes nearer spelling no tick" than
anything else"
Yes" said the grocer that is what
it means"
Mr.. Joobus concluded that he could
get along that evening without any APP
ricots.--Cincinnati Tribune.
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TH AT .DAFIS RESOLUTION

1t is quite generally the impression
| and glorious country that the Senate
stopped over considera bly, in reference
to the very splurgy Davis resolution
which 1T is hoped will be pigeon holed
for a century or two. A few of the
| wise heads saw at once its irrational
and absurd character. and altogether
it had "a cool reception. From the re-
liable republican, press, independent
journals and newspapers radically DEM
ocratic, comes condemnation of the
aforesaid resolution. The New York
Tribune remarks that the Senate will
do well to relegate this pragmatical col
location Of words to obscurity" Proper
spirit on the part of this country if
assailed is highly nleritorious, but 'the
ridiculously worded utterance now be-
fore the Senate has no excuse for ex-
istence. The New York Herald re-
marks: There is no earthly reason for
a Monroe doctrine pronunciamento
from Congress- z The Times saws:
There is no necessity for passing this
resolution" The Press says: ut is
not necessary to the efficient mainte-
| nance of the Monroe doctrine that we
should go to work challenging our
friends and neighbers to attempt its
violation In other words 1t is ridicu-
lous for this nation to assume the at
titude of belligerent and stupid boy
| marching around challenging somebody
| to knock a chip off his shoulder. The
| Springfield Republican remarks: 1.-THE
Monroe doctrine has just been affirmed
with exceptional vigor by the executive
department In a particular case; and
while the nation against which it was
especially directed Is engaged in trim
ming its sails accordingly, modifying
| its attitude and plainly seeking a
peaceful way out consistent with its
assumed dignity, is it good policy for
| the United States Congress gratuitous-
| ly to fling ait Europe a sweeping legis-
lative declaration of the doctrine in
a form and manner more unusual and
apparently emphatic than have hither-
to ever been adopted? Is it calculated
| to help ito a peaceful issue of the pres
emit controversy"
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CURRENTS.

CustomerA-Why do you call this cleo
trio cake? Bakers Boy-I s'pose b'cuz
1t has currents in it.-Phi1adelphia Rec
ord.
There are some men who act accord
ing to their lights, and there are more
who act according to their livers.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
He-Were you at the Harlem opera
house last night? She--Yes; did YOU
see me? He-No, but I recognized your
voice.-Harlem Life.
Jaggers, weakly facetious-,rh-thip
1 was burglar M dear? Mrs. Jaggers
No! A burglar wouldn't have taken
half the time to get in.--Puck.
Mamlna-What do you think your pa
pa would say if he had heard YOU
swearing? Robbie-Just about the same
thing as / said.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Mrs. Cawker--It is said that the Falls
at Niagara are wearing away rapidly.
Mr.. Cawker-I don't wonder at that. A
great many people thake hack at Nj
agara Falls.-Harper's Bazaar
How pleasant it is in the morning
To notice the frost on your breath,
IL Sieepity GAZE DIT TIE CEILING
And find all the flies froze to death.
Detroit Free Press.
The Indiana Man-How in the world
did you get beat out of that office. Jim?
The Kansas Mantle vile opposition
started @ riFnor, too late for me to con-
tradict, that l wore these long whiskers
to hide a silk necktie.-Indianapo
Journal.
Young Lawyer-Thank heaven, At
last I have d casa young rascal who
has at least half-a-dozen thefts on his
conscience. Wffe-How kind of him to
choose you for his counsel Don't you
think we ought to invite him TO dinner?
l-Fliegende Bitter.
Stranger Ito young man)-You are not
looking well this morning, my young
friend. Young Nian-No. sir; I toyed
with too much Jersey lightning last
night. Stranger-Ah! and how does
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A High Diving Horse.
(From the san Francisco Examiner.)

I
They have a strange attraction at one
Of the popular pleasure resorts in Seat
tie. A horse leaps thirty feet down into
the deep water of Lake Washington and
swims to the shore. Thousands Of peo-
pie congregate to witness the wonderful
and amusing performance.
A high platform is constructed on the
edge of the wharf, which is just wide
enough for the horse and two men. AS
| the horse ascends to the platform he
seems to be in his delight, and stand
| ing at the top he tostsss his head around
| to look at the crowd with very proud
air, and one can almost imagine him
| saying in his egotism: Look at me
| / am the only horse I'M the world that
| can perform such a feat.''
4 Every one holds his breath as the wore
! Go" is said until he reaches the water
4 Down, down he goes, and when he
rises to the surface a cheer from the
crowd goes up, and he at once begins t.
swim toward the shore, and as he
reaches it he leaps up among the crowd
glossy black, beautiful animal. His
master, who is waiting for him, grasps
his bride and immediately starts him
OH ON a run, nd keeps MIN moving unit
he is thoroughly dry.
1 When the water is very cold he Otter
| shows evident signs Of weakening, ant
needs a great deal of urging before he
| will make the leap. At such a time ont
| cannot help but feel it is a cruel sport
| The cold water somewhat hewildere
him, and he does mot seem to know II
which direction he will swim, and otter
| finds himself under the dock. AT such
| times a man rows out in a boat and
leads him to shore
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EEL STORI Els.
Queer Notion About Their Origin-Ripe
Spawn Never Seen.

Spawn Never Seen.
(From the Pail Mall Gazette.)
In the midst Of much dry-as-dust in
formation and many drier- than-dust fig
ures relating to the larval or post larval
development of the brain of the lesser
sand eel, to hermaphroditism i'm the cod,
to the spawning period of the armed
bullhead and the vitality of it's eggs,
and to other topics Of a similarly hair
raising character, the third part, recent
ly issued, of the thirteenth annual re-
port of the fishery board for Scotland
contains papers on two or three points
of interest to others besides biologists.
| Valuable as tending to the calculation
| of a subject wrapped very much in
| mystery is Mr.. Fl. G. Williamson's elab-
crate paper on the reproduction of the
common eel. Mr.. Williamson gives a
! very full account of the reproductive
organs, both as described by other nat
uralists and as observed by himself in
i a number of specimens examined at St.
| Andrews; and the paper includes a de-
| scription of the migrations of the eel
| and all that has been ascertained about
| its spawning.
| 1t is a remarkable fact that the ripe
! egg of the eel has never yet been dis
covered. Some funny beliefs have been
held at different times as to the genesis
| if this very slippery creature. Aristotle
| said it sprang from what he called the
''entrails of the earth" Pliny the Elder
said: "They rub themselves against
the rocks, and their scrapings come to
| life" Gesner thought the opinion as to
| their generation in the putrid carcasses
of dead horses was quite rational one.
| A German sage forty years ago stated
| seriously that they owed their existence
| to electrical phenomena. People are
| still found in England who believe they
are 'evoluted" horsehairs; and not long
| ago one pretentious gentleman gave
| this recipe for their manufacture: "Cut
up two turfs severed with May dew and
FAY one upon the other, the grassy sides
inward, and in this way expose them
| to the heat of the sun; in a few hours
there will spring from them an infinite
quantity of eels"
| In Sardinia the fishermen cling TO the
| belief that the so-called water beetle is
| the progenitor of the eel, and an Eng
! glishman has written a small book to
prove the same hypothesis. There can
be no reasonable doubt, however. that
this fish is oviparious. and spawns just
as other fish do. Plentiful though our
lack of knowledge is regarding it, this
much at least We have learned. The
| notion appears to be very widespread
| that the eel, like the lamppey, only
! spawns once and then dies.
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BR4VE and True.

Chauncey Depew, Our Chauncey,"
struck the keynote regarding our pres
ent attitude to England and other for
eign powers in his admirable address at
Albany Tuesday night in opening the
nineteenth session of the New York Bar
association. He said: NOW is the time
for the profession to perform a great
work upon the lines of the lawyers of
the centuries in promoting international
arbitration" Proceeding, the inin1it-
able Depew added: 1.-THE United States
is the only nation so situated that it
can with honor and safety move upon
the pathway of peace for an interna-
tional court of arbitration North of us
lies Canada, with it's vast territories
larger in area than the United States
but with a, sparse population of some
5000, 900 of people. 1t seeks no war. It
wants no hostilities and no disagree
ment with our republic. 1t is anxious
for commercial union. Political union
will follow whenever We desire to ex-
tend the invitation. So there is no dam
ger for Canada. To the south OF us is
Mexico, with only 12,OOO.OOO of people
of whom 100000 are Indians, unedu-
Gated and degraded. We need fear
nothing from Mexico; nor do we want
her. That population, incorporated in
to our political system, would corrupt
our suffrage. The presidency of the
United States and the political control
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more wearsin them than in any other
style of hat put to street and every day
use. Then the weather makes no diff
| ference to the looks Of the hat, rain
| does not tarnish nor custom stale-just
like Cleopatra.
The hat of the accompanying picture
| Is Of the intermediate type between the
| tiny and picture sorts. This one was
made of black velvet, its moderately
high crown encircled with full ruffle
of black chiffon edged with narrow
cream lace. The chiffon was punched
UP here and there and the openings
were filed with loops of black satin
ribbon a large bow Of the same coming
in back. In addition, the bows were
held in place by buckles and buttons Of
pearls and rhinestofes, three moderate
| ~ long plumes and an aigrette compile
ting the garniture .s.
The bonnet is made en-suite with the
neck affair in many instances and dear
little bonnets that are just band Of
| lace over the head with bright ribbon
and bows at the back, 60 with front of
corresponding lace and ribbon and a
wide neck ruche that Is also in the set
Every one is wearing bordered wells
which is an excellent reason for not do
| ing so. Only a very narrow border Of
very fine lace is becoming, and plain
veil is in better taste. Whether the big
demand for plumes for hats has had
anything to do with 1T or not is aues-
tion--fashiens rules usually work the
other way-but the beautiful ostrich
plume feathers so long the haildsomest
thing for fans are no more the right
thing. and little silken affairs of empire
model and covered with spangles are
| now more correct FLORETTE
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FASHION NOTES


There's not much change in hats ex-
cept that fur is more used than ever Oh
them, 1t would, indeed, be no easy
matter to say just what shape, trim
ming or color was the present favoritc
in millinery. Little velvet toques, of
the tam-o'-Shanter order continue to be
worn, and, tipped rakishly over a fore
head that is barred, as is now the fash
ion, the effect is at once prim and dar-
ing, which is an effect worth attaining,
but the woman over thirty positively
must not attempt it. Tourist shapes
abound because they have this strong
point to recommend them; there is
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Advertising Rates.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small
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cents; one week, $3.50; one month, Slo; one
year, $40.
Obituary notices, in prose or verse, is cents
per line. Notices of births, Marriages, Deatss
and Funerals, so cents each. Local notices,
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Yearly advertisers are limited to their own
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Discounts--On two inches or more one
month and over, 10 per cent; on four inches
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lima $llOOO,oOo. Georgia and Tennessee
each $1o,4OO,OOO, Alabama $9,2oo,OOO, Ar
kansas $S,ooO,oo0, Florida $7,9OO,oOO, Mis-
souri, $6,6O0OOO, Kentucky S5,soO,OOO.
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Twenty five sarcophagi have been dis
covered near Angouleme, several of the
skeletons in them measuring feet Z
inches in length. They are believed to
have been Gauls.
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The Jacksonville R'la) Citizen says:
Recent reports in regard to the acquisi-
tion of property by negroes are surpris-
ing to many who have not carefully
watched the march of events. On
Emancipation Day the statement was
made in a public address at Memphis,
Tenn, that the negroes in the thirteen
Southern States, including Missouri,
and leaving out Maryland and Della
ware, pay taxes on s136, 800. 900 worth OF
property, the largest amount being
owned in Louisiana, to the value of
$4,000, 900, and the smallest in Virginia,
to the amount of S4,9O0.O00 Texas
shows SIS, 900, Mississippi SIS, 400, 900,
South Carolina s12, 800, 900, North Caro-
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Alfred Austin is entitled to draw the
accumulation of salary due to the Poet
Laureate since Tennyson's death in
1892.
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IN the death of Bishop Atticus G. Hay
good the colored people of the South
have lost one Of their wisest and most
helpful friends.
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The many words of praise for our ire
departments splendid service at the re-
cent fire are well deserved.
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Notice.

Wecannot accept anonymous or return re-
jected communications. In all cases the
name of the writer will be required. not for
publication, hut as a guarantee of good falth
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Germany loves the Transvaal folks
although the language of the Beers is
much more nearly allied to that of
the English than to the German. A
curious story has just come out which
shows that Germany's affection for the
Transvaal Republic is older than some
persons imagined Tt appears that
twenty years ago, and previous to the
Najuba surrender, the German Govern
rnent made a big present of war ma
terial to the South African Republic.
ut comprised eight field pieces, thou
sands of needle guns, and q, mitrailleuse.
These supplies could not be got through
British territory at first, but finally one
Colonel Macdonald, an American, aided
by a bold band of volunteers, got the
arms up country ito their destination
on OK wagons So that after all the
KAISER was only carrying out the ira
tlitional policy of his house.
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Bishop Potter delivered an address on
Monday evening at the opening of the
Episcopal Diocesan Library and Read
ing Room in Philadelphia The idea of
having such a library was first conceiv-
q ed thirty-ave years ago by his father,
Bishop Alonzo Potter.
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the apparatus in this form over the
frozen waters of the beautiful Enga'
dine district.
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Fl q +
The Partisan wits are reviving am old
story about the wonderful cure from
deafness of a patient who was recon-
nended to go to hear 4'Lohengrin. :"
and TO sit near the orchestra, by the
trombones. The doctor accompanied
hts patient, and sat beside him. All of
a sudden, while the noise of the in
struments was at its lol1dest, the deaf
man found he could hear. Doctor" he
almost shrieked, Il can hear" The
doctor took no notice. II tell you, doc
tor" repeated the man, in ecstacy, l3'you
have saved me. I have recovered my
hearinJg. Still the doctor was silent.
He had become deaf himself!
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From the discovery of the remaining
fragments of the Hymn to Apollo at
Delphi, inrploring the protection of the
Roman Government for Adelphi and
Athens, the date is fixed as being not
earlier than the taking Of Corinth by
Menrndus in the year 146 B. C.
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Prohibition does not appear to pro-
hfbit to any great extent in Iowa, either.
Cerro Gordo county is said to be one of
the strongest prohibition counties in the
State. There is not saloon in the
county, and every effort to establish one
under the Martin mulct law has been
overwhelmingly defeated Yet during
1895, according to the official report of
the State Auditor, 6,12l gallons Of liq-
uor were sold in the county at a vatua-
tion of $4,000, and of this only six gal
Ions was credited to doctors.
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The Tribune remarks: New Jersey
is to be congratulated on having for its
new Governor a man like John w.
Griggs; and Governor Griggs is to be
congratulated on the opportunity offer
ed him a give the State the best gov
ernmeI | has had in the memory Of
the present generation.