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Genghis Khan's Dominions.

Mrs. Mary Sh>als Roberts, in her Sc
ries of Historic Dwarfs'' in ST. Mich
olas, writes Of Casan, who was in the
service Of Genghis Khan. Mrs. Roberts
says:
After the great Mongolian had con-
quered Chlua, Persia and all central
Asia his eNiIre became one Of the most
formidable ever established. 1t extend
ed from the P,~!itic ocean Oh the east to
the river Dniepel i'll European Russia
and was Il wider realm than Egyptian,
Greek CT Roman conqueror ever knew
The kings uf Armenia and Georgia, the
emlls OF Persia, the grand dukes of Rus
sla and numerous other potentates were
compelled to pay tribute to Genghis
Khan, and they We're all obliged to
make the long journey to Karakorum in
person OF by their representatives.
This town, the capital Of the largest
empire that ever existed, was little
more than d city Of tents. 1t afterward
became the residence Of the famous
Kublai Khan, as Marco Polo tells us,
but every vestige of it has disappeared
Genghls Khan at last retired from
active SERVICE TO lead quiet life in the
enjoyment CT the wealth he had ac-
quired at the expense Of so much toll
and blood. The numerous khans and
generals were commanded to return,
and they came back incumbered with
the spoils of war. They all assembled
on vast plain some 20 miles in extent,
and, according to one historian, even
hJS. E,Nl1 I
all the tents of the countless hosts. The
emperor's quarters alone were six miles
around. An enormous white tent capa-
BILE OF containing 1000 people was
spread over his throne, Oh which was
carefully placed the bit of black carpet
used at his coronation.
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Baseball Terms,

81 mentioned the other day as base,
ball term that had fallen into decay,
said Mr.. Bitterly, "the goose egg
This term, time honored and once COM
monty employed, is now no Longer
heard. Two other terms, once as famll.
lar and almost as commonly used, ou'
now put away Oh the same shelf WIN
the goose egg, are the 'redhot grounoet
and the daisy cutter.
1.-The daisies grow now just as they
did then, for which let US be duly gra'e.
full, but the baseball is daisy cutter
no longer. The balls are heated nov
as redhot as ever-if anything, ll',i0
hotter-but such ball is no longer ",
scrlbed by the phrase, once familiar L.
'redhot grounder The extreme Wafn'i'
of the sphere is now referred to III soin0
other manner.
1.-The fact is that in baseball as -,
all things else, fashions change anu .aI
phrases that today seem to glo" N'..
descriptive fervor may tomorrow seeln l,.
dull and spiritless indeed ''-Ne" '04A
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Skirt Trimming.

Many Of the models for summer
gowns, says New York fashion writer,
have flat bands of velvet sewed On the
skirt or lace insertions set in about four
inches apart, some of these showing a
color contrasting with that of the dress
set beneath each row of insertion. Tiny
ruches of silk outline the skirt seams,
and wider ruches trim the extreme edge
OF the skirt, adorn the sleeves and finish
the diminutive shoulder cape, and Oh
other eowns accordion plated frills rip.
pie all over the dress from the neck Of
the bodice to the bottom of the skirt
The sleeve tops are mass of the plat
lngs and the little Marie Antoinette
tichu OF French pelerine is edged with
single, double OF triple rows of the trills.
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Cost of House Building.

There is mistaken idea very preva.
lent that small house that shall be at
tractlve enough for man of taste can
not be built for less than 81, 600 or
vs., 900. Less than half that sum is snf.
hclenJ If it is judiciously expended.
Any amount of money can be suuander.
ea Ill honessentlals and in decorations
that are as useless as inartistic. In the
main one only requires from a house, as
from a man, that it perform its duty
Well, and do the things it was intended
TO 40 Ill the best way and be pleasing
and graceful i'll doing it. A model
nome, If 1T be skilltully planned, can
Dc erected for surprisingly small sum
III these days.--CLicugo Kecu,d.
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THE MOST ICY spor
Werkojank. Siberia, Is the Co,a,.
of the GlOha hesi


The coldest region of the globo -,
of Werkojank, i'll Siberia, where Je, tha That
est temperature of 80 degrees s'r = low ,
been observed, and the mean Of of = l has
is is degrees F.. is inhabited bp bTl,safy as
10000 persons of the Jakut and : a0oot
races. In large part of the reuion nanat
cording to the representation 9,vH' os az &C.
Sergius Kovalik, in the bulletin y, =. Mr.
Geographical society of IrkutsL th y, lae
is so dry and winds are so rare thas ,as an
intensity of the cold is not fully ,a",: 'a: 'as
Farther east there are sometimes lasa' leu
BILE storms. In the summer t;,n. Ntl
temperature sometimes rises to ls SO IN me
grees f. i'll the shade, while if fro. ro ue'
at night. The latter part of this aosAts soa
is often marked by copious rains ,na ,uasOn
tensive foundations. ''liu tx
Vegetation is scanty. There arc y,
trees, only meadows. The peonla iv In, III
fur bearing animals, fish and raise ~I.' na.
tie and reindeer. 1t requires abou. va,.
eight COWS to support family. fonr pa' ba
ing milked in the summer and tmo W. ::
the winter. The cattle are fed bsv v ~ !;
the winter and are allowed to 90 ont a. IL
casionally when it is not too cold tbo;. ";
teats being carefully covered m ,r;.l S1l
felt Milk is the principal food oooa esA
sionally supplemented with hares wbiob
are quite abundant. The houses arc It %
wood, covered with clay, and consist ~ "
one room, i'll which the people and tbe;r i,
animals live together, The wealtbiar
classes are better provided with lodging
and food. The people are very hospjtae'
BILE, but excessively punctilious concern
ing points of honor, such as the place .,
table. Popular Science Monthly.
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a CoElDariSOn.

No." said Mr. Cumrox pensively,
1T isn't the amount of time that a
thing takes that regulates its impor-
tance. -
What makes you think of that?" in
quired his wife.
Our daughter. When graduation
day comes, it'll only take her 10 or 20
minutes TO stand up and inform the
public about The Inconsistencies of
Modern Thought and the Ultimate Des-
tiny OF the Human Race, but it'll take
her half an hour or more to make up
her mind as to what kind of sirup she
wants i'll her soda water. "-Washing-
ton Star.
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A Physician on Long Life.

"How to Live Longer and Why We
Do Not Live Longer is the lengthy I'll
tie of an interesting little book written
by j. r. Hayes, NJ. D., physician and
surgeon of long standing. DR.. Hayes
quotes German philosopher of 200
years ago who wrote that "our natural
lifetime has been shortened since the
advent of civilization. The invention Of
beverages of every imaginable descrip-
ton, hot and unwholesome table dishes,
premature marriages, indoor life and
sedentary occupations, high pressure
schools of learning, sleepless nights and
the fight, fret, worry and dirt of our
daily lives are the causes of it,
Dr.. Hayes thinks that by proper liv-
ing many can overcome all those condi-
tlons which are true of life today and
live to the natural age of man-from
100 to l20 years-and die ripe and Wig
orous rather than of the infirmities Of
ooa -
Snakes III South Africa fear the Sec
retary bird and will even crawl away
from its shadow. This bird can easily
thrash bird twice lis size.
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A Profitable Speculation.

One copy Of CaXton' S de Cornerstone
Amantis, - or "The Confession OF
Lover" was the most profitable speed
lation ever made in books. a Dublin
bookseller of the last century bought
number of volumes at secondhand, as
he supposed of no great value, paying
for .hem one and sixpence, and found Ill
the package this rare work of Caxtons,
which he afterward sold for over 81, oOO,
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yhe World of GLITTER

Mr. Dinkelstein-AIlow me to cen.
gratulate you. You have celebrated
your silver wedding, You received
many NICE presents, hope.
Mr.. Dunkelheim - Oh, my guests
seemed to be all mistaken. Judging by
their presents, they must have thought
I celebrated my silver plated wedding
From the German.
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Chickens Reared ON Milk.

A special breed of chickens, known
as the poulet de lait sr poulet mlsnon'
has been reared in France for eating
purposes. The fowls are hardly larger
than pigeon and when cooked are sad
to appeal particularly to gourmets. Ihe
chickens themselves are reared on diet
of boiled milk and barley flour, when
makes them plump aud gives their flesh
particular delicacy New York World
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-25
knights of st, Lazarus

AT very early reriod in the history
OF the Christian church a special order
OF knighthood was instituted, having
for its object the care and supervision
OF all those afflicted with leprosy of ev-
cry nationality, and, as its headquarters
had originally been located in the vicin-
ity OF Jerusalem, the order was gener-
ally designated knights of ST. Lazarus,
or OF st. Lazarus and st. Mary of Jeru-
salem.
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A Slayer.

Aren't you getting gray about the
temples?'' he yawned after sitting there
till after midnight.
81 presume So, she smiled wearily,
though there was not silver thread
in my hair when you called. Detroit
Free Press
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Natspows FOR the Stage,

a mort novel and ingenious metbo,
Of adding the representation of a rain,
bow to Stage realism has recently been
discovered, the effect which is producpa
being as beautiful as the means employ.
ed are 81 npie. The apparatus consists Of
an ordiua.y box having semicircular
opening in front to give the shape of a
rainbow, within which are two canda.
]abra pr:sms, mounted on supports, 50
that they can be revolved by means Of
handles fixed outside To work the ap.
paratus = strong light is projected
through the prisms and through the
opening, across which strips of wire are
fixed III order to break up the rays, and
thence Oh TO Il back drop scene When
the prisms are turned in opposite direc.
tions, it is asserted that the most beau.
tiful and vivid color effects are produced.
London Public Opinion.
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Dwarfs have been known to i've ~ ~
the age of 80, and to the patrlarcn,ai "S 9;o
OF SO years, whereas giants usuallS u'o
while comparatively young. But, q, sor -
general rule, tall people are the lopS''
lived.
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on an average each Eno1;shx.o,
man mas % ~ letters a year, each Scotch
araro am oo ana each Irishman l6 The
average a Italian only posts 6, and the
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Professor 1owelrs Dante examination.

Professor Lowell still lad a few
courses i'll Spanish and Italian. I re-
member going up to his house i'll June,
1876, to be examined i'll Dante. I was
candidate for the degree of Phi. D., be-
ing one of the earliest applicants for
that degree. My course of study for
three years had been i'll English, Ger
man and Italian literature. AS it hap
pened, 1 was very we'll up in the elm
ferno'' and the "Purgatorio, but I was
a little weak Oh the Paradiso," espe-
cially the later cantos. l took counsel
with myself and made up my mind that
I would not be caught mapping in case
treachery should be practiced on me.
Consequently, the night before made
myself thoroughly familiar with canto
80, the last canto. In the presence of
two men like Professor Lowell and
Professor Child who was to sit with
him i'll judgment OH me, naturally felt
little nervous, but my opinion of my
own talents rose considerably when
Professor Lowell in an offhand manner
told me to begin at the last canto.-
Judge Robert Grant i'll Scribner's.
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at Least One Other.

"When l was first married, I thought
my wife was the only woman on earth -
How do you Tee! about it now?"
''Well, there's Our cook. Chicago
Eerora
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sn;dars ID Aus,ralla , there are bird entrappinp
faat s !hat spin webs sometimes 20
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NAVEL ORANGES.
Explanation of Their Origin That Doesn't
Quite Explain,

They wanted to know about navel
oranges in the store, and the inquisitive
man asked of the market man the same
question that the little boy asked his
mamma. In vain the little boy awaited
the maternal response, but not so he of
the inquisitive mind, for the market
man revolved the quid of thought in
his brain, eyed chicken and turkey and
juicy slices of beef, lifted an orange
and fondled it and said: II can tell
you all about it. They come this way:
You see they import the seedless navel
orange trees from Australia. They don It
do we'll in this country, so they cut
down the California orange trees when
young and ingraft slips of the Austria
liam tree into them, and they grow up
big and strong and perfect into the
juicy, applause compelling, mouth wa
tering California navel. That's how
the navel comes Z"
A silence fell, and the inquisitive
man said: "Once a niger asked the
deacon about how they made man in
the creation, and the deacon asked the
dominic, and the dominic said, 'Dey
ives brack man and er brack woman
on Gle earf long fore dey was ever any
livin, movin thing, an de brack man he
took de brack woman and put her in de
sacred spring and leaned her up agin de
fence ter dry, and de brack woman took
er brack man and dipped him in de sa-
cred waters an she leaned him
Hol on,' said the niger. Dis
yeah was fore de Lord knowed any
thing about it, er dey was any earf or
anything
eyes
" Well, I asts to know where dey git
dat fence?' and l want to know where
they get that Australian seedless navel
orange tree. "-Lewiston Journal.
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The smell of finely scraped horsefaa .ar
ish is said to be an stfectuHl cure ~
headache.
The times., 1897-07-03
Consistency

cui.ccInin gthe proposed antitrust amend
ncnts 20 the tauff bill. we have hadlittle
t. say i always las been evident enough
70 US that the people and Influences who
could force through Congress a bal frankly
admitted t. be for the benefit OF the trusts
and nothing else. also wouiI be able Il
feEd off ANY attempt TO destroy or limit
the operation Of its benefits 60 their mas
ters by imposing pains aud penalties upon
trust commodities
Therefore, ii is quite natural that we
should hear that the Republican leaders
have determined 20 defeat any such at
tempt They are entirely consistent, and,
from tte:r own point OF view, quite right
in reaching such conclusion. If any
effective antitrust amendment could be
Imposed upon the HANNAH -HevemeveT bill,
all the u,ue t'lat its makers and finishers
have speGt over It's advocacy and advance
ment, simply would have been wasted.
The tanff bill is singly for the advantage
Of tire trusts It via go through become q
Law. and come into operation on that basis
and FOR that purpose. The country expects
nothing else
The times., 1897-07-03
Turninp the Other Check.

Senator and Dictator Marcus Aurelius
Hanna is good man and we suspect him
of being good Christian. At i-sst his
latest acton is a little bit Rihlicsli In
suPpresslng the Cuban resolution ia the
Ionse he has offered one cheek TO the
couB;Ey. Now he turns the other-and he
possesses more Of that admirable quality
than any son of mankind that ever was
born-in the nomination OF William Wood
VILE Rcckhnl to be minister 10 Greece,
and several other things connected with
that mission. Nothing could be more ap-
prcprate and consistent, from the point
OF view OF Hannaism-
Mr. RockiIill is the surviving representa-
tive IL 1sle State Department pf the cleEe-
land-Qlney y-Ie-Lorre Cuban policy. he it
is who has been accused of directing
American oo1suls in Cuba not 20 send their
reports OF Weyler's outrages officially, but.
IL they should refer 70 sDeh things. TO do
50 in a private manner, 30 that their COM
InuTlsatieus could be suppressed if called
for ty the Congress.
II If just and fitting that man who
80 faithfully ana fearlessly has backed the
CIerelanc- Ciney alliance with Spain d gaiasr
the hospital inmates, aud the women and
children Of Cuba, should be rewarded 10y
an Administration adopting that policy
as its own We dare say that the friends
of liberty and humanity in the Senate,
possibly some members OF the Committee
on Fanei=A Affairs, may object 70 his
corfirniaiioa The indignation Of peo-
PIE generally, outside OF the Congress, may
be eEcIted, but aM this Eonld not change
the fact that william wo0dyilIe Rockhi1
Is d fitting representative and exponent
OF tie fUneign policy Bnd departmental
methods OF both the past and the present
regimes
AT time when il appears probalde that
Greece is TO become practically Turkish
dependency. it is wise and proper to send
Just such a diplomat To the scene he
ought 20 be persona grata" TO the Turks,
however the Greeks may regard him.
However, before he finally is con-
firtned. perhaps it would be just as well
TO Investigate the truth, or otherwise, OF
those Cuban letters
The times., 1897-07-03

A peculiar physiological fact has been
unearthed by Ignatius Donnelly. Mr.. DON
nelly has discovered number of these
things in his brief term of existence on
this planet, and most of them are things
which nobody else ever would have dis
covered or tried to discover, SO that ME-
DonpeIly's genius is a distinct benefit to
the world. This particular seintiilation of
his genius is the result of being called
names. he had little fuss with st.
Paul newspaper; the newspaper was not
polite to him. and as result pimples have
appeared On the back OF MT. Donnelly's
hands. Mr Donnelly is now trying to get
$50 .0o0 damages out OF the newspaper,
Dot for the pimples. but for the injury to
his feelings and the mental agony he ex-
perienced when he saw what the Dewspa-
per said about hinl. The occasion of the
controversy, by the way, was that Mr.
Donneuy made a speech accusing MI
The times., 1897-07-03
I.,ol,ing to a Settlement.

The senBe in the suppressed House Of
Representatives on Thursday when Mr.
Settle. If Kentucky, took tbe Autocrat
to task Tor defying the Constitution OF the
United States. win not easily be forgot
ten, either by members or the country
Thomas Bracket Reed has been fearful
of socae such manifestation for q long
time. ann has resorted to every pneea ution
TO avert it 1t was only IN consequence
OF Nr Settles shrewdness in getting in
ahead wit IA a written amendment providing
for correction of the journal that. for
once, the corner was turned on the Auto
Graf. koilliDe better conld have happened.
Mr.. Settles exposition of the facts In
the Case WAS lucid and logical With calm
force he showed the utter disregard Tor
tile Constitution involved In the Auto
CRAFTS assumption of power TO declare the
Eoase adsourned for periods OF three or
The times., 1897-07-03
THE caIrPUR RIOT.
II uas Been Suppressed. but Much
In-Fef.i.px Exists.

Calcutta, July 2.-The riot which broke
olt on Wednesday betw cen the Mohamnie-
dams and Hindoos, the trouble having IT'S
origin in the alleged PROCLAMATION OF a
mosque by the lutt er, has been suppressed.
hut there is still much i'll feeling between
the TWO sects, and another outbreak is
not Improbable. The fighting continued
at intervals until today despite the efforts
OF the authorities TO restore order. The
mob Were turbulent today until tise police
patrol fired into them. This had the effect
ofoverawing the rioters and they dispersed.
AT one time the northeast portion OF the
town was held by force of over 5000
resolute men Twenty four native police
We're surrounded by a large Gro wd of the
rioters, who set upon them and clubbed
them SO severely that they are not ex
pected TO recover.
Ii as known that many of the rioters have
been wounded, bul as they were removed
by their friends ii is Impossible to estimate
their number
The times., 1897-07-03
NEWS OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
Easy Day for Mckinley Prior to
His Departure for Canton.

IL was comparatively an easy day for the
President yesterday officeseekers were
few, the Cabinet meeting was extremely
brief, an d the balance OF the time was de-
voted by him to making preparations for
his trip tn Canton.
SeuAtor Hanna, who is always admitted
&c the President, made an early call 10
talk over the OHIO situation and lnGl-
GeHtahy the tariff bil.
Senator Platt was also one Of the very
few to obtain an audience. lie consulted
the President about the appointment pf a
United States judge for the eastern dis
trlot of New York better known aS brook-
Ign The Senator has a big fight On his
hands oyer this position. He is supporting
Asa W Tenuey. who is indorsed 10y former
Secretary benjamin +. Tracey and the
Platt faction OF the party, while fUruer
CorpoI alton Counsel Mcdonald as Sup
ported by the anti rlatt men, A pres
eut the indications point To the victory uf
the Senator, but a MT. Platt SAID him
self, ''no one is certain OF getting an
office Until he 5 in it,
Senator Piatt urged the appointment OF
e Il Burnett TO tie United States district
attorney for tie Southern district pf New
York Former Congressman John S Wise,
formerly OF Virginia. is strong candidate
for he appeic iuieilt, ana ~ i,eing aF.,r.l b Y
the anf1Pl2tt men, but inasmach as Mr.
Burnett Is very popular with both factions
the opposition to him viii not be strong
enough. IL is said, To secure the place for
Mr. Wise
Secretary Porter and Capt. Wood went
last night TO NiInrod Hall, near the Toi
SpnRG:;, Va, for a fishing trip. They
win return Monday or Tuesday.
The meeting OF the Cabinet was un-
usually brief Yesterday, the greater portion
of the time being devoted 70 discussion
of a batch of appointments submitted by
the President An application OF the vet
eran soldiers and sailors employed by
tiIe Government in the city of Buffalo for
leave of absence OF one week in August.
when the encampn,ent Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic takes place there, was r,--
ferred to Attorney General McKenna for
oeinion IT he decides that rhc leave may
legally be granted with salary, the Buffalo
veterans viii get it
Cuban and Hawaiian matters were laid
over until next week, when it is expected
Liihb etDile IhidliDE
them VIII come up.
George A. Black, Of Washington; Will
iaui Ryan and Thomas A Davis. of
Idaho. rave been appointed by the PreS
deLt members OF tire Coeur 'Alene dis.
trict, ldalio, commission TO examine land
grant limits of the Northern Pacific Rail
way.
Ross Guffin, of Missouri, has been ap-
pointed special agent TO make aIIptInents OF
lands to Indians, under act of February 8,
1887
Charles II Heyl has been commissioned
ads5taTlt general, with rank OF lieutenant
Colonel 0! the District Militia
Rev. Byroa Sunderland, former SuTgean
General Francs NJ. Grinnen T. 5. N, and
Surgeon General John Moore, L S A.,
| have been appointed visitors to the Gov
ernnient Hospital for the Insane at Ana
costa.