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He Was Successful.

did my predecessor reach the hearts
Of your people?" asked the new mis-
sionary of the King of the Cannibal
Islands.
HE did, sir" answered the dusky
monarch. Il can say truly that he did .
Il am glad to hear it,
You Occidentals have a saying, I
believe" the potentate went on, that
the way to a mans heart is through his
stomach. New York Truth.
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A Liberal Physician.

You have appendicitis" said the
physician, after thorough examina-
tion," and 1 shall have to operate upon
you"
But what will you charger asked
the patient, who was a poor man.
LAS for that, / have known you a
long time and you have been a good
customer. So I'll make a cut rate for
you. New York World
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Slayldered Him.

$50 many people tell me that you are
fast. Lionel she declared. III dulcet
tones, but know better
How good of youi'
Its only the truth, Lionel. for You
are positively slow. It's two years
since you began devoting yourself 10
me- and yet you have not reached a
definite proposal. Detroit Free Press.
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Significant.

Smokers" said Cawker to the we'll
known humorist, "do you think that a
persons diet has much influence on his
actions and thoughts? ?'
Yes, I do, Cawker. I think that
what a man eats determines his pecul-
iarities. Why do you ask"
II have noticed you eating a good
many chestnuts lately.'-New York
Tribune
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Good as a Coat-of-Arms.

Irate Customer-See herei That suit
of clothes l bought of you yesterday is
full of moth holes.
Dealer-Dat is all recht, mine frient.
Moths neffer eat cotton, an ven ladies
an shentlemens see dose holes dey
knows you wears only high priced all
WOOL goots.-New York Weekly.
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When the Trouble Began

Judge-Were you present when this
quarrel first began?
Witness-Yes. your honor That was
three years ago. l was one Of the
guests at their wedding.-New York
World.
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The President of the Transvaal.


All there is of Boer history for the
last eighty years is a struggle for per-
sonal liberty. The Boer is the embodi-
ment of republicanism without a repub-
lie. The Boer ideal is to live upon a
farm so big as to conceal from view
his next neighbor, and to be exempt
from all government interference, par
ticularly that of the tax collector. His
constitution is framed on the theory
| that every Boer capable of bearing
arms has a right to be heard in the
National Assembly, and if his view
does not prevail it is in his tradition
to secede and establish a government
for himself, even in defiance of a pop
ular majority. The history of the
Beers is one-third war against Eng
land, one-third war with negroes, and
one-third civil war. So natural is it
that the Boer should take UP arms
against his own government that in
past years the penalty for technical
treason has been about the same as
that for stealing a horse, or being
drunk and disorderly overnight. The
Boer by no means surrenders any of
his own personal rights when he elects
his representative in the Volksraad or
garded merely as a. Peoples Commit
tee, and the President as it's moderator
or spokesman. The people expect their
President to visit them with the regu-
larity of family physician or minister
of the Gospel and they exercise the
right to catechise him as to what he
has done, and to ventilate, each in turn,
whatever grievances he may entertain.
Even in the United States the Presi-
dent has never, least of all in the earli-
est days of the republic, represented SO
intimately the people of every corner
of the country. To be sure George
Washington presided over a population
of three millions against President
Krugers little burgher band of per-
haps one hundred thousand souls
From British and Boer Government"
by Poultney Bigelow, in Harper's Mag
aZine.
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Tarpop Fishing.

eft is the uncertainty that makes the
sport so fascinating, says a writer in
The Badminton Magazine" It'll the
fish is high and dry at your feet you
must never make sure of him. There
are so many things against your kill
ing him. For instance, it is most diff
cult to find the sort of hooks that work
best there; a large hook seems to sue
ceed one day, a small one the next, SO
one can never rely on either. We tried
triple hooks, double hooks, bass hooks,
tarpon hooks of all makes and sizes;
the last generally seemed the best all
round. Then, if you do get your fish
to shore, just as you think you have
safely secured him, he gives jump
and spits the hook out. That is about
the most aggravating thing of all. The
boats have been safely cleared, the first
jump, generally the most tickliSh of all,
Weathered; you may have been work.
ing him for ever SO long, and you have
begun to congratulate yourself on haV-
ing at any rate hooked him fast enough,
when away he goes! 1t is often ex-
tremely difficult to get clear of all the
boats and lines, however quickly the
others may reel up, in the turmoil,
splashing and confusion of getting the
buoy out, etc. For instance, one day
had on a very large fish, which made
wild dash up stream, then suddenly
turned around in his tracks, met our
buoy on the way back, took three
clean turns round it, and went straight
on toward the Gulf. 1 concluded that
the fish was lost, but Santi began row.
ing like mad; we reached the fatal
buoy; Santi said: Let out your line
n n 1nC Nr1t, 4 Iavr.1 c-tp flya IF
genius 1 managed to unloose the tangle
and clear the line; all this with a tar
pom tearing down stream and the boat
swinging wildly without the oars to
steady it. We killed that fish; he was
d very big one
Another fish that I killed never
swallowed the bait or hook at ALL He
had gone off with the line, and hav-
ing worked him right up to the boat [
noticed, to my astOnishment, that the
bait was trailing some fifteen feet be-
hind him. / pointed it out to Santi,
who was just as much puzzled as [
was, and we then saw the line was
wound somehow around the tarpon's
body and had become entangled in his
scissors, which accounted for the curl
Gus way in which it kept slip
ping as 1 reeled up or paid out line.
1t required rather careful handling, and
it was difficult to tire the fish, but I
managed to bring him up to the gaff.
and he was a particularly good one.
Six feet ten inches, and over $50
pounds. Now and then a tarpon will
regularly jump at you in his leaps;
we often had them come nearly into
the boat, an they are alarming-looking
antagonists when their gigantic mouths
are open.''
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All Right at Times.

"Does your wife object to your play
ing poker?"
mot when I win and she gets the
winnings. ."-Chicago Post.
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Glass windows (colored) were used in
the eighth century.
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Handkerchiefs are quite apt, in warm
weather, to come through the weekly
laundering slightly yellowed This is
due often to their free use as absorbers
of perspiration. To whiten them they
should be soaked before being washed
in salted water for half an hour, rinsed,
and then washed. If in addition a
little paraffin oil is added to the water
in which they are boiled, a half table,
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BELLA'S MR.. BORWiCK.

All. sweet, 1 wonder do you know
How lone and cold. how sad and drear.
Was | little While ago:
Sick OF the stress. the strife. the stir;
But l have found you. CHRISTOPHER.
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Pinapples viii, it is said, keep much
better if the green crown at the top is
twisted off. The vegetation of the
crown takes from the goodness of the
fruit The crown may be temporarily
restored if desired, as an ornament
in serving the pine whole.
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JAPAN HAWAIIAN DISPUTE.
THE FORMER ACCEPTS THE Of
FER OF THE LATTER.
Is Willing to Refer the Immigra-
tion Question to an Ar
bitrator.

WASHINGTON, July 30-The Japa-
nese Government has accepted the offer
made by Hawaii to arbitrate the dis
pute between the two countries. The
State Department has been informed
of the offer and the acceptance. The
subject of arbitration will include not
only the difficulty over the landing of
the Japanese immigrants, but also will
include other disagreements between
the two countries, the most important
Of which is the sake tax imposed upon
a Japanese liquor largely imported and
consumed by the Japanese in Hawaii.
The acceptance of the offer of arbi-
tration, brief synopsis of which has
been cabled to the japanese Minister
here and given to the State Depart
ment, states that the Japanese Govern
ment accepts arbitration in principle,
and is prepared to enter upon the terms
for a settlement of pending disputes
The formal letter of acceptance has
been sent to Hawaii and the conditions
of arbitration will be contained there
in. Those conditions are not known
here. Pending the arrangement of de-
tails, all other proceedings looking to
a settlement will be discontinued
he sake LAX, OF which the japanese
complain, is an increase of the duty on
this liquor from - cents to 81 per gal
Ion. The tax was passed by the Ha-
waiian Legislature and vetoed by Pres
ident Dole on the ground that it was
unconstitutional and in violation of
the treaty with Japanese rights under
the most favored national clause. The
tax was passed over his veto almost
unanimously, only one vote being cast
to sustain the President. The pressure
for taxing the sake was from the sa-
loonkeepers and the manufacturers of
liquors, as the Japanese use this liquor
almost wholly. to the exclusion of other
beverages.
1t is not expected that the State De-
partment viii make more than a formal
acknowledgment Of the latest commu-
nication from Japan upon the subject
of the annexation of Hawaii. the un-
derstanding being that all future ne
gOtiatiOns will be conducted by Minis
ter Buck and the Japanese Foreign Of
fee at Toxic,
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LOYALTY OF FRENCH-C CANADIANS.
SIR CHARLES TUPPER'S VIEWS
ON THE SUBJECT.
Says It Is Due to knowledge That
That Annexation Would Cur
tail Many Privileges.

LONDON, July 80. The Daily
News this morning publishes the re-
port of an interview with Sir Charles
Tupper in which the ex-Canadian
Premier said the French Canadian 10y
atty to Great Britain was largely due
to the knowledge that the annexation
of Canada to the United States would
result in the abolition of the privileges
to laws, languages and religion under
the Quebec Act
Dilating upon the benefits of fedora
ton, Sir Charles said he regarded Sir
Wilfred Laurier's plan for the forma-
ton of a great imperial parliament as
hopelessly behind the times and i'm
possible Of success, because such a body
must include in its powers the right
of taxation for imperial purposes.
Therefore, its membership must be
framed somewhat upon a population
basis, which would mean that in a few
years the people of these colonies would
utterly swamp the voice of England,
who would never submit thereto.
Secondly, the colonies would never
submit to surrender of their auton-
omy, nor would they hand over large
part of their powers to a body thous-
ands of miles away
My idea" continued Sir Charles, "is
that framed by the ottawa conference
and afterwards supported by Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain of preferential
trade within the empire Under a 10
per cent. duty on corn and meat Can
ada would supply England with all she
needs. / believe England would restore
the duty ON corn and that the opera
tives woud be the most ardent sup
porters OF the plan, seeing that thereby
they would enjoy to a greater extent
the great growing colonial markets.
regard Sir Wilfred Laurier's preferen-
tial tariff as an absurd scheme alto
gether misunderstood by the English
press and the people, 1t is not prefer
entail to England over other lands,
and under the present treaties. Eng
land cannot accept. The offer, now
that they cannot be accepted, seems to
me an insult rather than a compliment
The Canadian Ministry's course in de-
clining to be bound by the Belgian and
German treaties, is little less than a
declaration of independence. 1t has
been already proved that the colonies
are bound by these treaties. Had Sir
WiIfred Laurier offered England pre-
ferential trade on reciprocal terms af-
ter the denunciation of the treaties,
believe that England would have ac-
cepted. At any rate Sir Wilfred would
have kept his pledges, and have
gained great kudos.''
In conclusion Sir Charles Tupper de-
clared that under a low tariff Canada
nearly went into bankruptcy.
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BASEBALL.
Results of Yesterdays National
League Games.

PHILADELPHIA, July 80 - Orth
pitched superbly to-day, and had Bos-
ton at his mercy until the eighth in
ming, when the visitors jumped on him
for four singles and a triple. which.
with base on balls, netted five runs
Attendance, 4,974. Score: Philadelphia
3, hits 4, errors 2; Boston Z, hits 10,
errors 3. Batteries-Orth and Glenn
Umpire-McDonald.
WASHINGTON, July 30-The game
to-day was lost through poor pitching
and fielding, Mercer being hit freely.
The feature of the day was Browns
home run with the bases full. Attend
ance, 1,S00. Score: Washington II,
hits IA, errors 4 Baltimore Is, hits 16,
errors o. Observation-Disclosures Swain
and Farrell; Maui, Hoffer, Clarke and
BOwerman. Umpire-Emslie.
CHICAGO, July 30.-Stupid fielding,
base running and inability to hit at
the right time again lost a game when
Attendance, 1000 Score: Chicago ),
hits y, errors 2; Pittsburg Z, hits IA,
errors /. Batteries-Briggs and Kit
tredge; Hastings, Hughey and Sugden
and Merritt. Umpire-Sheridan.
NEW YORK, July 30-Joyce's ball
tossers downed the Brooklyns to-day in
a well-played game. Attendance, 500.
Score: New York 3, hits 10, errors 2;
Brooklyn l, hits 4, errors l. Batteries
-Rusie and Warner; Payne and Bur-
rell. Umpire-O'Day.
ST. LOUIS, July 30.-A single by
Grady in the ninth inning won the
Browns the game from Louisville to-
day. Attendance, 1,5G0. Score: Lou
isville 6, hits u, errors 3; st. Louis Z,
hits IA, errors f. notwithstanding
ham, Evans and Wilson; Donahue and
Murphy Umpire-McFarland
CINCINNATI (O0, July 30.-The
Reds defeated the Indians easily to-
day. Attendance, 6,000 Score: Gin
cinnati s, hits l, errors 1; Cleveland :,
hits 6, errors f. Batteries-Breitenst
and Peitz; Powell, Wilson and Criger.
Umpire-Hurst.
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FRED GRANT RESIGNS.
VIII No Longer Act as Police Com
missioner of New York CITY.

NEW YORK, July 30.-Colonel Fred
D. Grant to-day gave out a statement
in part as follows:
4 have forwarded to Mayor Strong
my resignation of the position which
now hold as a Police Commissioner.
will not recede one step by acquiescing
in the methods Of obtaining evidence
against disorderly houses which the
majority of the board favor and have
decided upon. 1 believe firmly that
these methods must eventually make
sneaks and liars of men, who, to be
proper guardians of the life and prop
erty of our citizens. should be trained
to do only what is honorable and up
right. L decline to be a member of the
board as an obstructionist. neither will
l remain as a dissenting minority, when
methods are enforced to which L am
conscientiously opposed"
Mayor Strong this afternoon an
nounced his acceptance of Colonel
Grants resignation, which takes effect
at the close of business tomorrow.
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INDEPENDENT JEWISH STATE.
DR.. HertzFs Scheme to Form One in
Palestine

LONDON, July 30.-The representa-
tives of the Baron Hirsch charities
here seem to take very seriously the
scheme of DIR. Theodore Hertzl of vi
emma for the formation of an independ-
ent Jewish State in Palestine 1t is
stated that the Hebrews are organizing
in all parts of the world.
The Doctor intends first to send an
exploring expedition to thoroughly
overhaul the land from end to end, and
to establish telephones, telegraphs and
other modern scientific conveniences
before opening the territory to general
settlement.
To obtain sovereignty over Palestine,
he says, viii be easy, as the Turks will
be glad to let it go. H points to his
decoration by the Turkish Government
as evidence that it thinks favorably of
his scheme If Turkey should refuse
to give Palestine up he says that the
Ottoman will surely disintegrate and
the Jewish company can obtain Pales-
tine when the Powers divide up the
Turkish Empire territory.
If it proves impossible to get Pales-
tine he will turn to Argentine.
To confer on this point a congress
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CoUNTERFE1TER CAPTURED.
A Complete Outfit Found in His
Possession

CHICO, July 30.-At a late hour last
night officers here captured N. j..
Griffith a counterfeiter who has been
operating throughout the northern
part of the State for some months past.
A complete cOunterfeiter outfit was
found in Griffiths possession, also some
bogus coins that were too imperfectly
made to pass.
When first arrested Griffith stoutly
denied that he was a counterfeiter but
when the bogus coins We're found in
his possession he admitted that he had
on several occasions made spurious
coins.
When his wagon was searched 1t
was found that besides being a coun-
terfeiter, he was a thief. His wagon
was loaded with goods that are known
to have been stolen from farm houses
in this vicinity.
Griffith also admits that he stole
these articles. The prisoner is known
to have had an accomplice, and the
officers are now searching for him. He
will undoubtedly be arrested during
the next two days.
Griffith is supposed to be the man
who, while resisting arrest near Sac
ramento two years ago, shot and killed
young TOdhunter. He is the most des-
perate criminal ever arrested in Chico,
and is being closely watched to pre-
vent his escape.
CONFESSES ANOTHER CRIME.
CHICO, July 30.-W. J. Griffith a self
confessed cOunterfeiter, now held in
Chico JAIL confessed to the officers this
afternoon that it was he who committed
the criminal assault on Mrs. John Allen,
near Chico, on February 9th. At that
time a diligent search was made for the
guilty man, but he succeeded in eluding
pursuit
N r. Harris of the United States
Secret Service of San Francisco will ar
rive on to-night's overland with war
rants for both Griffith and his accom-
plice If the latter has not been cap
tured by the time Harris arrives, he will
assist in running down the fugitive. Of
ficers are now securing the surrounding
country for the other counterfeiters.
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ANGUS-CRAVEN CASE.
Attorney Lloyd Testifes as to the
Fee He Is to Receive

SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.-When
the trial of the Angus Craven case was
resumed to-day Attorney Lloyd was re-
quired to produce his contract with the
daughters of the late Senator Fair,
which was introduced in evidence for the
purpose of showing what interest the
witness had in the estate
The document merely set forth the
fact that the firm of Lloyd & Wood
was employed to act as legal representa-
tives of Theresa A. Oelrichs and Vir-
ginia Fair in the matter of the estate of
the James G. Fair, deceased, on per-
centage basis of ) per cent of what
ever sums the daughters received from
said estate.
1t was sought to show by the witness
that he had insisted that the pencil will
and deeds were genuine long after they
were produced by Mrs. Craven, and that
he had expressed his determination to
probate the will. But little headway
was made, as Lloyd's colleagues OBJ
jected to each and every question On this
point.
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Tom Hynes Killed During a Drunken
CarOusaI at MaySVille.
Generally Supposed That His Wife Commit
ted the Deed.
A Counterfeiter and Thief, Who
Has for Some Months Been
Operating Throughout North
ern California, Placed Under
Arrest at Chico.

MARYSVILLE, July 30.-A man
named Tom Hynes was stabbed to death
this afternoon in a very mysterious
manner.
Hynes and his wife have been occupy
ing a house in the suburbs owned by
Edward Quinn, a blind inmate of the
County Hospital. On several occasions
lately the pair have sent after their
blind landlord to join them in drunken
carOusal
Yesterday While her husband was out
of town the Hynes woman sent for
Quinn, and they put in the day drinking
beer This morning Hynes returned
home and took part in the debauch.
Late this afternoon the neighbors
heard loud screams coming from the
house, and upon rushing in found Hynes
dead. A small cannery knife lying at
his side had pierced his heart. The
woman and Quinn were too drunk to
give any account of the affair, but it is
generally supposed that the woman did
the killing.
Hynes and his wife resided at Sacra-
mento before coming here about a
month ago.
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GEN. WADE HAMPTON.
The u. S. Railroad Commissioner
on a Tour of Inspection.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.-General
Wade Hampton, United States Com
missioner of Railroads, is here on his
annual inspection tour of the Govern
ment-aided lines. General Hampton, in
the course of his official duties, endeav-
ors to make a thorough inspection of
the physical condition OF the railroad
properties in which the Government is
interested.
Thus far he has found the physical
condition of the properties to be fully
up to the standard, and after the Ac-
countant of the Commission makes his
annual inspection of the books and ac-
counts of the companies, General
Hampton will make his report to Con-
gress and recommend such measures
as he may deem wise for the protection
of the Governments interest.
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The Mason injunction is creating
widespread comment and nearly every
one agrees with Governor Atkinson
that it covers more ground than comes
under the courts jurisdiction.
Boggs Run miners in the Wheeling
District who went back to work this
morning will be followed by another
800 strikers. The break is only a blow
to sentiment, however, as none of the
Wheeling District mines ship coal that
Will help to relieve the famine.
SECURING SIGNATURES.
PITTSBURG Pa-), July 30.-The coal
Operators Committee, appointed at the
true uniformity conference to secure
signatures to the agreement, were busy
to-day revising and correcting the
proofs of the contract which is being
presented. AS soon as these papers
are received from the printer they will
be placed in the hands of the members
Of the committee who will at once be-
gin an active canvass of the coal op-
orators for their signatures.
Members of the committee are posi-
tive there VIII be no difficulty in get
ting the required number of signatures.
| They think their work will be speedily
accomplished. Despite denials from
some quarters it is asserted the river
operators are as anxious for an agree
| bent as are any of the others.
Some of the most prominent river OPP
orators took part in the conference,
| and assurances have been given that
river men will not hold aloof now.
MINERS CONVENTION.
SPRINGFIELD Qll). July 30
James NJ. Gallon of O'Fallen, State
President of the Miners Association,
has issued a call for a State conven-
ton Of miners to be held in this city
/ Thursday, August 9th, to adopt a un-
/ ion scale for mining coal in hand and
machine mines and a corresponding
rate for day work The representation
will be one delegate for every 100 min
/ ers or fraction thereof Local unions
viii be allowed an extra vote.
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BICYCLE RACING.
Winners at the International Meet
at Glasgow.

GLASGOW, July 30-Fifteen thou
sand people gathered at Celtic Park
to-day to witness international bicycle
racing. The weather was all that
could be expected. The riding at the
start was slow. but most of the con-
tests were finished at terrific pace.
The one mile professional champion
ship contest, in which four riders from
each country took part, was won by
England, who captured the trophy with
nine points. France and Denmark
tied for second place with eleven
points. Scotland and Ireland tied for
third place, with seventeen, and Hol-
land was next, with nineteen.
The one mile championship was won
by Arend of Germany, with Barden Of
England second and Nossam of France
third