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rnIuKED by AN AGENT
American Pumps Sent Abroad for Sal
Merely Used as Patterns.

American Pumps Sent Abroad for Sale
Merely Used as Patterns.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IA consul in
Germany reports that firm of Oswe-
go, N. Y, pump makers gave the
agency for the sale of their pumps in
Germany to what they supposed to be
reputable man and filled an order
for six of their finest pumps to start
the trade. The German agent, it was
later found, was engaged in the same
line of business and had taken the Amer
lean pumps apart and, using them as
patterns, was making duplicates for
the German market There is NO way
to reach and punish this character of
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We regard the three cardinal principles
emphasized in our national platiorn. VIZ:
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GENTS
Furnishings At
MUS2,\N>SS

WE WISH to present to the men two reasons
wv only (but convincers, both of them) why
W they should buy their furnishing goods
at Martins: First, We sell below everybody
Our styles are the latest, our goods the best and
we guarantee satisfaction or refundy your money
Wequote few convincers below to demon
strate the truth of the two above statements
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HUTCHINSON, KANSAS THURSDAY NOON, AUGUST 49, 1896.

adopted without debate and without
dissenting vote:
We, the republicans of Kansas IN conven-
tiOn assembled, heartily indorse the nomina-
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beneath the glowing sky Of the isle OF
France, on the shores OF the Rlver des
Latanier. in the Alice des Pample-
mousses? Why is not Madame de La
Tour, or even Marguerite, not my
mother? Where are the cabins in which
Paul and 7 were raised? TO have run
barefoot since childhood IN those very
paths with this chosen brother, to have
gone astray innocently in those vast
forests, to have been shielded from the
storm by the same skirt turned up over
both our heads, to have crossed the
streams carried in his arms without
fear, rocked by the gentle rise and fall
of his breast, never to have seen the
face Of any other young man, to wonder
together at the meaning OF those de-
liehtful and indefinable emotions which
they increased by questioning eacL
other as to their cause; finally to have
but one roof, one bower, one grave, ono
eternity-such, such is the dream Of
every young girl, isn't it, dearest
Blanche2
Why may it not be realized? Why
must we be satisfied with these society
Pauls who have been in love with
whole string of Virginias before they
met US? Well, as men and marriage go
nowadays, N. de Eillelong seemed to
me to be a very desirable catch, and
several of my girl friends made haste to
tell me, which naturally set him up IN
my estimation not little. I soon be-
came accustomed to seeing him, yes,
even longed for it! I got in the way OF
expecting him on the days he was to call
and il l was to meet him in society
had him in my thoughts while was dress
ing.
One fine day I said to mamma: After
thinking it we'll over, I'm convinced I
love NJ. de Villelong, and I should be
perfectly satisfied to marry him!" You
know mamma. Blanche. She abomi-
mates eagerness in anything. You
love him, do you?" she replied. Love
is big word Well talk about it in a
month or two. That will be time
enough. I suppose, Of course, that he
is in earnest. You may continue to
meet him, but I have entered into no
compact with him or his family. Let
things 60 Of their own accord. He
hasn't proposed yet. Wait till he does,
and then we'll see about it. The happi-
est hours of married life are those in
which we long impatiently for it to
begin!"
From this time on, however. I consid-
cred myself Us engaged, although [
didn't pronounce the actual words, and
more's the pity. fused often to discuss
marriage with Casimir-that's his first
name, and I don't like it any too much.
But mine were glittering generalities,
such as: 1T would appear to me-" # I
should marry, I would insist" ETC.; or
Il should indulge the hope" took
good care that these elastic views
should be very vaguely expressed. He
always agreed with me; he does still.
No more to-day, little mother. Low
ingly, ADRIENNE.
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Kearsarge, are considered. The con.
struction of these battleships has now
been begun, and is to be folio we'd by
that of others.
They are not ships at all, but i'm
mense fighting engines, upon which
an old-fashioned sailor would be al
most useless. The problems which
they involve belong to engineering,
and not to seamsnship. With every
such ship which shepossesses the United
States can reach out and strike ter
rife blow with quickness and certain
" under conditions undreamed of by
Nelson or even by Farragut.
The Kentucky and the Kearsarge
are to cost 50, 2,25O, 900 apiece. These
two new battleships belong to the
class of the Massachusetts and the In
diana. The Kearssrge has been
named by special order of Congress so
as to perpetuate the memories of the
ship that sunk the Alabama.
The Kentucky has been so named as
8 tribute to the South, and because all
the vessels of her class are to be named
after States. New England now stands
sponsor for one ship of this kind, the
Massachusetts, the Middle West two,
Indiana and Iowa, and the Pacific
Coast one, the Oregon.
The Kentucky, however, will pos
sess many features that differentiate
her from these ships, and make her
with her sister ship really the first of
new and improved type, and finer
than any battleship in Europe. Among
these are double turrets, a new con-
ming tower and thirteen-inch guns.
There is no battleship aaoat to-day
and hardly any feet that could strike
q single blow so terrific as the Ken
lucky or the Kearsarge. The reason
for this is that each carries on the for
ward and after deck double turret,
each turret carrying two thirteen.inch
guns. No European Power has placed
guns larger than twelve.inch on any
new vessels.
The Kentucky, therefore, can con-
CeutIulS luc ulC VI WV Villa eSSh iASh
guns and two eight-inch guns stimuli
taneonsly upon any antagonist. This
is a blow which all ordnance authori-
ties agree in stating no ship aaoat
could resist.
A single blow of this kind would
disable, if it did not instantly sink,
the greatest warship on the seas. No
armor now made for. naval purposes
could protect o ship against these four
guns simultaneously fired, the impact
of whose shots would, it is thought,
be even greater than direct blow
from the heaviest ram. Either from
bow or stern the Kentucky or the
Kearsarge could deliver this irresistible
force which nothing could withstand.
The contract for building these
ships was recently given to the New
port News Ship-Building Company.
Although the contractors have three
years in which to complete them, it is
not probable that it will require that
length of time. WSfk will be car
ried Oh simultane ously on both the
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A Red. Headed Mummy.

.. 80 ?. . p ~ z
A number of mummy remains from;
the mummy pit at Msnroloot, Egypt,
have just been received at Professor
Wards natural science establishments
on College avenue. There were mol
bodies in this particular assortment, but,
on looking over the invoice discovery
was made recently by Henry L. Ward
and reporter which viii set Profess
sor Howard Osgood and the rest of
the Psychological Exploration Fund
Society to thinking. 81,
A skull was being, examined and it,
was suggested that the inspectors re-
move the incruststion over the top Of
the head and discover what colored
hair was possessed by the deceased.
The crust was removed and straight
bright red locks were discovered be-
meath. Ared-headed Egyptian ! Who
ever heard of such thing? Every
one imagines nFgyptian as Of swarthy'
complexion with straight, black
hair. The red hair Was straight when
found, but certainly it has gone
through enough to spoil the effects of
the last crimping. Of course it does
not follow that because this skull was
found in a mummy pit it is the skull
of a native Egyptian. Some noble.
scion of Egypt may have married some.
red. headed Northern, beauty Tor the
party may have been q Greek-but
the fact of the red hair remains.
Rochester Post-Expresa. =,
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Kentucky and the Kearsarge, and it is
probable that they will be ready for
launching at nearly the same time.
Each of the ships will carry a compile
ment of 900 men and officers.
In general appearance both ships
will seem rather short for their great
beam, their length being 368 feet. ex-
treme beam seventy.two feet two
inches, freeboard forward fourteen
feet three inches, freeboard aft twelve
feet four inches and mean draught
twenty.three feet six inches, which
means displacement of II, 500 tons.
One OF the requirements laid down
by the Secretary was that these ves-
sells should draw less water when fully
loaded than any other frst-class bat
tleship either in this country or else.
where. The largest foreign ship
draws about twenty-eight feet, while
the ships cf the Indiana class will draw
but one foot less. The new ships,
however. have been designed to draw
but twenty-five feet, with 1900 tons OF
coal aboard. They thus will be en-
abled to reach all of the principal
navy-yards and ports of the country
and can be docked with less difficulty
than those now building.
The feature of the vessels which
makes them notably different from
other bsttleships is the new form OF
turrets, about which there is still some
difference of opinion. Their advsn-
tages are said to be large saving in
weight, which permits of more guns
and more powerful machinery for the
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PROFESSOR MooRE'S SCHEME.
Will Use Kites to Assist in Predicting tho
the Fall of Rain.

Will Use Kites 10 ASSIST III IFeuActiHs eiic
the Fall of Rain.
The weather bureau at Washington under
the direction OF Professor Moore, is now en-
gagged in experimenting in the management
of aeroplanes, or kites, that promise to be ol
high scientific value For some time past
these experiments have been made in small
wav, but preparations were made to have u
test on a larger scale Of several forms OF kites
at the Fort Myer military reservation, and q
COMPANY of scientists were on hand to wit
ness the experiments. which. however. were
postponed because Of the prevalence OF an al
most absolute calm.
1t is the purpose OF Professor Moore TO de-
wise system Cf kites that can be relied upon
10 carry a considerable weight six Or eight
pounds, perhaps two miles above the surface
Of the earth. The kite adopted for the pur-
pose is Of cellular construction, without tho
old-fashioned tail, and has remarkable
power for lifting. 1t is intended to carry up
to this great altitude various observation In
struments, barometers, thermometers, hy-
grometers and other like instruments, which
will automatically record the conditions %
the atmosphere above.
Professor Moore feels that the weather se:-
vice has now reached satisfactory state 81
far as concerns predictions o! winds, their
violences and temperatures, but tho weak
spot that remains is in the prediction Of rain
falls. According to his theory. Il vast i'm
provement in accuracy in this respec. can bo
obtained by a full knowledge Of wha. is 60
ing on in the air far above thu earth, and
this he expects to ascertain by CIeGn5 Of his
kites.
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Social Aspects of Colorado Lille.

The residents are Eastern people of
considerable wealth, in spending
which they strive to please themselves
at least, and their scheme of life is
intended to take in such means OF en-
joyment as they have been acous-
toned to at home. 1t is Eastern life
in q Western environment. They,
therefore, have built country club
house called the Cheyenne Mountain
Country Club, at Brosdmoor, three
miles from town, so as to have some
place to drive to. It is an unpreten'
tious but attractive house, with large
grounds there seems always to be
more ground stretching away in every
direction in Colorado than elsewhere),
in which are set up all the appliances
of country club sports. There 1f
pigeon-shooting on many afternoons,
and polo when the team does not play
nearer town. There are meets" un'
der club direction, to chase the coy
ote, or live fox, or sometimes an ami
seed-bag only. Races and some native
horseback sports are held at certain
time in the season, and luncheons and
dinner-parties are popular. .-scrib-
ner's.
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MIGHTY WARSHIPS.
IMMENSE FIGHTING ENGINES
FOR THE NEW NAVY.
The Kentucky and the Kearsarge
Will Have the Biggest Guns
Af1oat-Finer Than Any Eu.
ropean Battleship.
THE United States. says the
~, New York World, has the
greatest seaboard of any Ma

THE United States, says the
Ni, New York World, has the
| greatest seaboard of any Ma
ton. The American people,
in their numerous large and flourish
ing cities, have more wealth directly
upon the edge of the sea than any
other.
An invasion of this country by any
European Power or combination OF
Powers being out of the question for
the same reason that the United States
could not invade European country,
there remains for the American Navy
the main purpose of defense, With
this object our new men-of-war are pc
culiarly constructed. They are de-
signed more for protection of the sea-
board cities than for offensive war at
long range, and coal carrying capac.
ity, which 80 reduces the power oi
British vessels, has in many of them
been utilized for increased destruc.
tiveness. Additional guns. armor and
ammunition take the place in an Amer,
lean battleship of Thousands OF tons OF
mere coal ID her Br tish counterpart.
At the same time our battleships,
whose appearance has convinced Eu-
rope that America is not mere name,
have an immense steaming radius,
great speed and a latent aggressive
power that commands respect.
There is another feature of the
American Navy that gives it superior
ity. That is the fact that every
American officer is a scientifically
trained naval fighter, graduated from
Annapolis, where, under rigid disci-
pline, he must have spent the forma-
tive years of his life.
The British naval officer, following
the traditions of Nelson's day, goes to
sea, where he is supposed to pick up
his knowledge. The American naval
officer, in accordance with modern
conditions, goes to a naval academy
and then to sea, being not a mere
sailor, but a scientifically educated
sea fighter.
The significance of this will be ap.
preciated when the two newest vessels
in the navy, the Kentucky and the
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propulsion, better concentration o.
fire, and the ability OF the vessel to de
liver all four guns in either forward,ol
after turret almost simultaneously,
with the result of hitting terrific
blow to the target.
No battleship, the ordnance officers
contend, could Withstand the blow i
every shot took effect. The introduc
tion of the double turret system wa!
opposed by the constructors on the
ground that 1t was too great depar
ture in the methods of mounting guns.
and that there was danger of both tur.
rets being placed out of action by 6
single shot hitting either.
The objections advanced, however,
were met by the Ordnance Bureau,
and Secretary Herbert finally decided
to place the new tulrets OIL
the two ships and have them
mounted with the heaviest guns made
for the navy-heavier even than the
rifles adopted for the battleships now
building for other Governments.
The coming tower, from which
point the ships will be, fought when
in action, will be protected by ten
inches of armor, and inside will be q
tube with seven inches of armor, lead
ing down to the armor deck, for the
protection of voice pipes, telegraphs,
steering rods, etc.
The Kentucky and the Kearsarge
will carry their full coal supply of 1910
tons with the greatest ease, their
bunker room being so ample that the
coal can simply be dumped into it
without the labor of trimming. This
quantity will be ample for all ordinary
contingencies of cruising and for SER
vice in time of war along the coast, as
at cruising speed of ten knots it will
enable them to steam 6OO0 miles, and
at thirteen knots nearly 1000, or at
full speed to cross from New York to
Queenstown.
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objections. suppose It isI absolutely
necessary to get married, and the
younger the. better. I'm speaking Of
women. I wouldn t like to marry a
man Of my own age. A difference in
ages Of six or seven years seems to me
to be called for. Papa has been dead
two years, and mamma left off mourn
ing the beginning Of last winter, and
grays, yet she had her afternoons at
home and her evenings. She was quiet
ly bringing me out. Everybody under
stood it. I'm in the market and some
what Of catch. too. I'm neither ugly,
poor, stupid, nor consumptive. My
parents are Of good family and stand
high. There's nothing Of the fortune
hunter about me, nor shall l be intiu-
enced by vanity in making choice of
husband. Our securities are all gilt
edged; there will be no danger of
crash. haven't the slightest ambition
to move in any higher grade Of society,
to hear myself announced as Duchess or
Princess at receptions to which title
would be passport. Besides, my GEAR
Blanche, haven't we a de" already!
Am I not Mademoiselle Adrienne de
Marias? How old it is I don't know,
but it's quite sufficient to distinguish US
from tradespeople. Everybody treats
us as il we were entitled to 1t; no
holding up of hands, no sly grimaces.
Now as to my notion as to what hus-
band should be, let me say that I have
no silly ideals, no schoolgirl dreams. I
don't want any phenomenon, any hero.
I want him to be in good health and
with something to occupy his time up to
dinner hour. After that he must love
me, must be mine, And my idea of mar
rage, too, is that the wife should have
much more liberty than is usually ac-
corded her. Wherever I 60, when
mamma isn't with me, my governess is
at my heels. It's beginning to be lit
tie tiresome, this business! would
take an airing all alone by myself. I
hear certain books talked about. want
to read them. Ihear them pronounced
to be masterpieces and they hide them
away from me. How can book be mas
terpiece and yet young girl Of my age be
forbidden to read it? Perhaps one Of
these books might enlighten me as to
my peculiar situation! I don't think
ask too much. In fact, I think I'm very
reasonable person, and I should have
succeeded very easily in being quite
happy if something which was quite as
unexpected as it has become complica-
ted hadn't happened to me.
IL! tell you about it in another letter,
dear Blanche. Meanwhile, little mother,
bye-bye. Wholly thine, ADR1ENNE.
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useful to the owner of very extensive
lawns. Ordinary mortals will be more
interested in the invention of an in
genious Yankee who has succeeded in
turning hard work into a pastime.
Henceforth the boys and girls will
compete eagerly for the privilege OF
cutting and rolling the lawn with the
bicycle lawn mower. This machine,
which is shown in the illustration, is
reported to work very easily and to be
about three times as fast as the ordin-
ary lawn mower. The idea is said to
have been suggested by a lazy boy
who fastened common lawn mower
to the hind wheel of his bicycle and
completed his task to his own salts
faction and the mingled disgust and as.
tonishment of his irate parent.
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LETTER NO. 3.
SAME TO SAME.


Fancy our surprise, dear Blanche, at
this juncture to receive letter from an
aunt of mine, or rather from the sister
of the husband Of the sister Of my uncle
do you follow me?) a letter announcing
her return to France after sojourn Of
several years in Algiers. and asking i
it would be agreeable for her and her
son to spend few weeks with US. She's
a charming woman, and had been very
fond of her. The son is a young officer,
and having had an attack Of fever had
been granted furlough and was to
spend it in France. His mother was de-
lighted to get back to France to see her
old friends and to show off her boy,
who wears a decoration of which she
is very proud. But he has no title and
no de; he's plain Rene Caulon, lieu
tenant of the Third Zouaves. remem-
bered him as a chubby-ch checked boy. not
very wide awake, awful bashful, in fact,
quite ordinary.
Well, I was Medusaed! In walked
tall, slender, graceful fellow, very thin
and pale from the attack OF fever,
Drowned up by an African sun, with
large, sea-green eyes, black lashes,
black eyebrows, black mustache, black
tuit of beard, cheek bones sticking out,
Adams apple in bold relief, the head OF
defiant consumptive, for he had the
shoulders OF Hercules. But all this
pallor and this emaciation were the
effect Of a mere accident, few weeks
rest would cure them. With the con-
tiding and expansive manner Of person
who feels sure of her happiness, well
coined my aunt with hearty kiss and
held out my hand to her son.
How do you do, cousin?" said with
unaffected gayety.
How do you do, my dear cousin?" he
replied. kissing my hand with a charm
ingly easy grace.
iro NJ C0rrrNURpi
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One of Germany's Fine Institutions.

Among the most interesting institu-
tions in Germany is that at st. Chris
chona. At one time it sent out mis-
sionaries, especially to the Soudan,
but OF late years it has confined its
work to the training of mission work
ers for home as well as foreign fields.
At present it if full, having seventy
two students, mostly Swiss and Ger
mans, though there are seven Russians
and two italians. Sixteen left last
year, most of whom are engaged i'll
active work as pastors, evangelists,
etc. A considerable evangelistic work
is carried on chiefly by the graduates
in Slavonia with gratifying results. -
New York Independent.
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TOO MUCH HOPS.
Growers Sell for S4D6 What 1t Casts $1,000
to Produce.


to Produce.
The unusually low price Of hops is excit-
ing attention here and abroad. Matters are
worse now than they were month ago. ana
the growers are suffering heavy losses. Ex-
ceptionally fine hops bring only eight cents
a pound, while other hops range rs low as
two cents pound. Business is being done
anywhere from 81 to So cents. or on an
average of Az cents Il pound, rate that Is
less than one.third the cost OF production.
But growers on tine Pacific Coast and in New
York are making preparations Tor even
larger crop. Some growers have sold their
crops for five years TO come at about nve
cents pound. Dealers in New York City
are much exercised over the situation. and
are urging their principal shippers to reduce
their acreage. Why growers in New York
State and on the Pacific Coast should con-
tinue raising full crops is an enigma to deal
ers. The crop of 1885 was twice as large as
the demand for consumption, and the stock
of ole hops carried over was large, too. It is
estimated that afterthe next crop is harvested
the accumulation Of stock will be the largest
in the history of hop growing.
The Pacific Coast produces mere hops than
are consumed in this country. A factor in
hop raising which prevents any shortage in
crops is the vine washing machine. and the
records of previous years, when the aphis
blight destroyed the vines. Short crops used
to give dealers an opportunity to get rid OF
old stocks. Growers are selling Tor T4o0
What it cost them $1,000 to produce.