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an awful bother and they were as likely
to bite the messengers as they would
train robber. Well. one day Weldy came
running down the street bareheaded ana In
his shirt sleeves. yelling IKE MAD Two o.
three of us met him. We thought he had
'em. SO we tackled him and yanked him
into his brothers shop Dee. we called
him, I don't know why. Weldy was trem-
bling all over, and we had to hold MIN. Tor
he wanted to shoot himself. We got Gut OF
him at last that a package that had $3.50
in 1t was missing. He'd checked 1t up all
right but some one had come IN after-
ward and grabbed it, andZWeldy coull
only see he was out that $3.50 and was
booked for the pen sure. Dee walked up
and down the floor a. kind a cussin to
himself.
I'm not. You give me thirty-six hours be-
fore you make your report and I'll skip to
the territory.
'sYou see the scheme. of course. Dee. he
his traps up and come around In front o.
the Office. We were standing about trying
to quiet Lee so Deed have time to get over
the border. Boys says Dee. I'm going to
take a look around before CO.
mo USE we told Kim. because we'd
gone over the shop a dozen times and nary
sign Of that package did we see. Dee
got an iron-toothed rake and twisted the
prongs around the collar of the dog. that
had been trying to get at US all the time
He tied him outside. and then he went
right through the shop. but he couldn't
find a thing. The money was stolen-there
wasn't bit of doubt of that. Dee put
things back in safe order-he'd dumped Il
out on the floor so as not to miss any,
thing. As he picked himself up off his
krees he gave the sack the dog slept on a
vicious kick. And there was the package
right under it. The dog had snatehed 1t
when Weldy's back was turned and hidden
1t under his bed.
"But what I remember best about the
affair was the celebration that followed.
euess Weldy had to mortgage his home to
pay for it,
And the old man walked away, his shout
ders still shaking.
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meters. The rifling of the barrel is MOI
deep enough, which diminishes the pre-
cision and force of penetration. The USE
full range Is not greater than that of the
lebel, and the initial speed is only go
meters per second.
Curiously enough, 1T is not the great
European powers which possess the best
rifles. but Holland. Denmark and Norway.
The two latter use the Krag-Jorgensen,
which is very superior weapon though
some authorities consider the caliber O.:
millimeters, too small. The projectile only
weighs ten grammes, and is nickel plated
The Dutch weapon is a Mannlicher. of
great precision and long range The ini-
tial velocity of its bullet is the highest yet
reached, being 40 meters per second.
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THE NEW FRENCH MILITARY RIFLE

1t In Said to He Far Superior to That
Now Used.
From the London Morning Post.
The national small-arms factories have
received orders to be ready at moments
notice to begin the manufacturing Of rifles
of a new model. Two new weapons have
been tested by the chief officers of the nor
NAL firing school. and have been found su-
perior to the modified Lebel rifle now In
use. Their ballistic qualities are. 1t at
pears, marvellous.
The publication of this item of intelli-
gence Is probably due to the announcement
that the German infantry 10 to be rearmed
with a new rife Of six millimeters caliber.
Tar and away superior to the present weap-
on Of 70 millimeters. It is not, however,
believed in Paris that this change Is likely
to be made In the immediate future, as 1t
would cost at least 5000 900, but 1t b
thought to be as well to show that atten-
ton e being paid to efficient armament on
this side Of the Rhine az well as on the
other. When Germany begins manufactur-
ing 30 will France.
The present French rife fs considered
to be slightly superior to the present Ger
man one. The Lebel weighs four kilo-
grammes $50 grammes, and throws fff-
teen gramme proJectile 1900 meters with
an initial velocity Of 688 meters per &c
Oni. The cartridge contains 2.75 grammes
Of powder the smoke from which Is In
visible at 40 yards. The trajectory Is
nearly straight for the first $50 yards. The
German weapon IL Of slightly smaller cal-
Tier Go millimeters instead Of eight MIN
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TELEPHONES FOR ALL LANGUAGES,

Mr.. BlatE Ordered German Annuncia
tors for His Dutch workmen.
From the Telephone.
j. G. Nolen, who is an oldtimer in the
electrical construction business, tells q
good story on "vaT Blatz, the millionaire
brewer of Milwaukee
Mr.. Nolen says: Our company had had
Some correspondence with Mr.. Blatz regard
ing the putting in of a telephone plant in
his big brewing establishment, and I was
sent up to try to close a deal
Il took couple of our phones with me
In order to make a practical demonstration
should one be required. and went with the
intention of making sale.
Il got to talking with Mr. Blatz and
showed him the advantages of putting in
our intercommunicative system through
out his establishment. He listened atten-
lively, and finally said:
Yes, that is all SO: very true. But"
ana he spoke with the conviction of one
who was putting a poser. but my men
houses and cold storage are all Dutchmen.
Il, myself. though q German, and a
graduate of the universities of Leipsc and
Heidelberg, can speak English. but what
good would your telephones be to my
Dutch workmen, who cannot talk English
at alp
We'll. saw how the land lay. Old var
could not get 1t through his head that the
the language Of America. / was bound
to make the DEAL as said before, SO re-
marked to Mr.. Blats:
"T can put on some German receivers
IL you so desire. / have some with me-
Il connected up the phones. made q
show Of changing the receivers. and in
half an hour Mr.. Biats was talking to
one Of his 'Dutchmen' down In the malt
house. He was delighted.
You may put them in.' he said and
shall want ono German one In the malt
house, one German one In each warehouse.
English ones In my ONCE and the business
Office, and German one In the cold stor
age house
I'VE closed the deal. and Mr.. Blats was
glad to pay e extra for each German an
nunciator We put In When the phones
were shipped from the factory had them
labeled German and English. respectively,
and the big brewer was perfectly salts
fied.
TT was Eve years before I saw Blatx
again." concluded Mr.. Nolen. He recog-
mixed me at orce. and said, with q hearty
German laugh, You are the aocommodat-
ing gentlen an who put In the German and
English telephones for me- Well You are
. COED one.'"
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Late Naval Orders.

Passed Assistant PaymAster p. ". No
hun has been detached from duty at the
Washington navy yard and ordered to-duty
at the navy yard. Pensacola, and the naval
station, Key West. relieving Passed Assist
ant Paymaster H. e. Jewett, who IL or
dered to duty on the monitor Puritan.
Passed Assistant Paymsster T. w. Rey-
Eolds, from the New York navy yard to the
Montgomery. Lieut.. +. e. Lefayor, from
the Adams and placed on waiting orders
Lieut.. A. NJ. Beecher, from the torpedo
station. Newport. to special duty ct Brook
lyn.
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VIII be Auxiliary Cruisers.

A contract has been awarded the Amer
lean Mail Steamship Company Of New Jer-
sey for carrying the mali between Boston
and Philadelphia or New York and Port
Antonio, Jamaica. The contract price "a
90 % cents per statute mile for each out
going voyage. and the company, to meet
the requirements OF the specifications,
promises to build four new steel twin screw
steamers, capable OF running fifteen knots
per hour, and so arranged as to be prompt
ly and economically converted into auxil-
larry naval cruisers.
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might secure a good Fte~ of him. After
the trip through the eaiee-she indicated to
the witness that Jones was the man. He
then as,os spoke Of the up t1 the typewriter
Mr.. Bishop said the blank first reached
the office some time in March, 1897, COM
ing In as an unused blank, which, for some
haa nst % ;ss
files of the department, and later came in
as having been paiifak fIavre de Grace.
Evidence was given by Mr.. Bishop concern
ing the method of checking and stamping
such blanks, and he identified certain
check marks on the BdsfM blank.
Deputy Auditor LaHeheuwas recalled to
identify certain type used in stamping the
words, Identification Of payee. idorsee or
attorney waived the last word being
spelled waved" Mhtsd1awshe produced
the style Of type used in the auditors office,
showing that the blank was stamped with
identically the same type. He also sub
l., post office and fraudulent seal of the
same office.
Held for Grand Jury.
When the government closed its case
Commissioner Mills said. III his opinion
there was sufficient evidence upon which to
hold the accused to await the action Of the
grand jury.
How much will be required as bonds ?'
asked Representative Shattuck., Che COM
missioner named the sum of 5000 when
Mr.. Shattuck said he stood ready to give
0,O00 if needed. The bond was given,
when the accused was permitted to go at
his pleasure as before. Jones insists stout
ly that he is innocent, and says the fact
Will be established.
Chief WiIkey says fraudulant orders have
been traced to Philadelphia, Wilmington,
Harper's Ferry, Havre de Grace and Bal
timore. There is one unused order still
out that has not been located. Further
har thn chto U,QQ fno n
speak Of the frauds discovered in the money
order department.. T1t't'~'
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single-breasted coats:
skirts: new sleeves; line
excellent quality OF bla,
suit made 10 order wo
Wen guarantee the fit
uo1 for ST so.
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Vases.

About so richly decorated
Vases, consisting of Royal
Worcester, Adderley, Bonn,
Limoges, Italian, Teplitz and
Rudolstadt reduced to half
price.
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Beverages, 1915 F st.
Beveridge's


Fitting reductions to
usher in another month
of bargains. You'll find
all these goods dis
played on OUR second
floor.
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Crimes md Grimm lis.

A telephone message from GlendOra.
Miss. says Joe Hopkins. murderer OF
two men was captured by Il mob this
morning. hanged by the he is and
burned to death in that posture.
The wife of Jacob Pcycr. who had
qlarreled with Ter huSlanG ut Park
River, y. H., poisoned her four It'll"
chilren with strychine and then took
poison herself All are dead.
Men who plotted to kidnap DIR. T. ID.
Porter. Il wealthy citizen and cX-mayor
of Memphis in order to force him to
sign Il check for $4,000. are prisoners
at police headquarters in that city.
Mack Clayton and jefferson Parks.
both Of the Upper Alton, near Cincin-
natl, fought Il duel ut the lattcrS home
last evening over II woman. Clayton
used Il pistol and Parks Il knife. Both
will die.
Herman +. Dale. Il young man of
good family and member Of Il fire in
surance firm, committed suicide ut his
home M fashionable apartment
house in Grammercy square, New
York, by swallowing carboEc acid.
Fred Talsted, a well-known young
farmer of Creston, H., was murdered
by Edward Brown, IL former hired
man, who threw the body in the hog
pen. He then walked to Rochelle and
gave himself up. He said he killed
Talsted in self-defense
Mary +. Reynolds. who had been for
six years illegally drawing Il pension
ut New York, was fined $1,000, which
she was unable to pay. A similar sen
tence was given to William +. Vince
Ter. who was found guilty OF being inn
plicated in a pension fraud.
AS q Christmas present. Gov. Pin
gree of Michigan pardoned Henry
Howard, who, under the name Of Irar-
ry Dale. was convicted last May Of
| criminally asSulating Maggie Leon
| ard in Detroit ard sentenced to Jack
son for life. This action was recon-.
NEEDED by the pardon board
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Casualties.

The NJ. ID. Harter C0mpany'S Touring
mill ut FoStOria O., one of the largest
winter mills in the country. The loss
is $4,000.
The earl of Crewc. while hunting
with the Cheshire hounds. was thrown
from his horse. sustaining 4 fracture
of the collar bone and serious injuries
about the head.
Arthur Brown of Clear Lake. WIS.
had one eye cut out and his temple
fearfully cut by the kick from horse
near Cumberland. He will live if his
skull is not fractured.
James and Samuel Lyle were killed
on the Erie railway. near Greenville,
Pa. They were sdriving To a relatives
house TO spend Christmas. While
crossing the track Il train struck their
carriage.
Marshall Newell. the well-known
Harvard football player. for the past
year employed rs assistant division
superintendent of III" Boston X Al
bany railway. was instantly killed in
the freightyardS ut Springfield. Mass,
ii. y. Kleinefelter of Hawarden. To-.
was thrown under Il wagon hy run
away team and suffered n compound
fracture of leg. His father lies with
a fractured skull caused by his trying
to escape from the running wagon.
Miss Jennie Edwards. aged nineteen.
and Arch McMasters, twcnty-four.
children of wealthy parents residing
near Hopkins, Mo-, were killed i'll Il
runaway near there. Miss Edwards
skull was crushed by striking post.
The Russian bark Paul. Capt. lo-
hanson. from Hamburg for Savannah.
while anchored off Altenbruch. about
four miles southeast of CuXhayeN, lost
bowsprit. anchor and stem from col
lision with the British steamer Loeb
LOmond.
Postal Clerk Hoffman was killed in
a wreck at Clarh's Summit. Tenn. his
body being ground to pieces under the
second-class coach. which had teleS-
COPIED two cars. Other trainmen were
seriously, and some perhaps fatally.
injured
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SQUADRON INSTRUCTED TO EN-
pOSTI LATE WITH CGREA.
Great Britain Disposed to Resent
the Discharge of McLenNy brown
The Squadron Will Eyasuntc
wi"ter-Fr'"'h "V"p"''"" OF
Hai-Nau Denied.

London, Dec 31.-Thc Daily Graphic
asserts ION authority" that the British
squadron was definitely instructed 10
assemble off Chemulpo 10 support Il
strong British cXpostulation with
Corea on the dismissal of McLeavy
Brown british superintendent or
Corean cuStomSl, who. under the ad-
vice of the British consul has twice re-
turned the notice of dismissal served
upon him. With regard Ia Port Ar
thur the Graphic asserts that there Is
every reason IL believe the Russians
will adhere to their pledge To evacu-
ate ut the end of the winter. and there
is therefore. no ground for complaint
on the part of England. Neither does
the government regard the occupation
of kiao Chau as calling for action be-
cause British interests are not threat
ened. According 10 the Graphic both
the foreign Ottic" ard the admiralty
agreed upon this point
A dispatch from Shanghai to the
Daily Mail says: \ British fleet of
eight ships and four torpedo boats has
arrived at Chcmulpo uhe port of
Seoul. II is reported that there are
two Japanese cruisers in the Yang
tSe-kiang river. Japan * working
night and day preparing for war. 1t
is believed that the british and Jap
ancse fleets are in close touch.
A dispatch 10 the Mail from Toxic
says Marquis Ito is forming a cabinet.
According TO n dispatch to the same
paper from NagaSaki it is believed
that Marquis Ito will aim TO maintain
peaceful attitude.
The Mail has received kilograms
from Hongkong and Tonquin denying
the report Of French occupation of the
Island of iiainau. bnt il regards il rs
morally certain that Hainan was Oc-
cupicd about Il fortnight ago when
Port Arthur was occupied 10y the Rus
slams. the coincidence forcing the SuS-
picion that France and Russia were
| acting in concert.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-06

The pig as a swimmer was the sub
feet OF one of Stevenson's most delight
full passages, which recent happening
in the South Seas proves to have been
we'll founded. A steamer running from
Eden to Sydney struck on a rock a
hundred and fifty yards from shore. In
the absence of rockets, lines were at
tached TO the hind legs of several pigs,
which promptly swan ashore; and
then every passenger got ashore, also,
by means of a travelling cage. Per-
haps the pig is awakening to he in
Justice which prorounces him more
useful dead than alive, and is preparing
to score even" with. the historic goose
that rescued Rome. Already he can
claim that, even IL he has never saved
a city, he has greatly advanced the in
terests of several cities.
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james s. Warren .one or the leaulnS
wall paper manufacturers of this coun-
try. died at his home in New York.
He had been in poor health for two
years. He was president OF the wan
Paper Manufacturers association.
James Noble. who was private secre-
tary to United States Senator Thomas
COrwin. died mt Cinnati OF the inilrnll-
ties of old age For the last sixty years
he has been the condential bookkeeper
of the Longworth estate in this city.
William Besley the famous brewer
of ale and porter died ut Waukegan.
H.. as the result Of Il fracture OF the
hip caused by fall about month
ago Mr. Besley was ninety years old,
Il native of berkshire. Eng.
w. w. Andrews. an attorney ana the
head of one of the most distinguished
families in the Western reserve. was
found dead in his chair in his office IN
tne Society for Savings building at
Cleveland. He had been afflicted with
heart disease.
Mrs. Woolsey G.. Sterling of Bridge
port. Conn. is dead, aged cighty-two
years. She was prominent abolition
list. and her home ut Bridgeport was Il
station on the Underground railroad.
She founded the first sanitary society
for soldiers during the civil war.
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Foreign Notes.

The Russian government has entered
into communication with the govern
mcnt Of New South Wales. with the
object of procuring shipments OF meat
TO Vladivostock.
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Telegraph says the Czrchs
made an attack on Il German school
ut WerschOwitz. a suburb Of Prague.
and began to demolish the building.
The police fired upon the rioters. kill
ing one.
AS the Green gunboat Actium was
leaving the gulf of Ambracia. Greece.
a shot was fired ut her by the Turks
at Fort Prevesa. on the north side O..
the entrance TO the gulf The Actium
and several other gunboats which
were following her were compelled to
return TO their anchorage.
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Does anybody know of any white
man who, sentenced to death and CIV
en- liberty pending his execution, would
voluntarily go to the place set for
that event when his term of freedom
expired? That is the ecstasy Of hon
or, and two Indians have had the ex-
perience recently, a Choctaw and a
Creek, one of whom was shot and the
other reprieved. Possibly the stoi-
cism OF the red man has something to
do with the honor, but the white man
is not SO constituted as to be stoical
when his life is at stake.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-06

The evils resulting from ovcrwosk
in the public schools of Switzerland
have attracted the attention OF the ed
vocational authorities, and a series of
propositions for combating these evils
have been under consideration. The
proposed changes were submitted un-
der the authority of an eminent physi-
clan, who is also an expert in school
hygiene. One Of the recommendations
is that children be not sent to school
until they have passed the age of Z.
Other propositions are to limit the
studies in the primary schools to read
ing, writing, arithmetic, drawing,
singing and gymnastics; to do away
with home study; to give the pupils
frequent intermissions and vacations,
and TO mitigate greatly the rigor OF
examinations. The tendency in every
enlightened country is TO call halt
on the crowding of young pupils in
their studies.
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days ago. Spain's was wrecked lit
tie earlier and Frances seems to be on
the eve of a crisis, while if the liber-
ais had strong leader the Salisbury
ministry would have been overthrow
on the Greek question "a few months
ago, Notwithstanding that $50 major
ity which Salisbury's side got in the
parliamentary elections of 1895. These
are turbulent times for most of the
sentative institutions.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-06

A microbe is willing to travel third
class, as in chewing-gum, though it
may prefer a firstclass trip, as in
cream. A Philadelphia paper gives the
history Of several cases of diphtheria:
A child with a piece of gum in her
mouth met child who had just been
taken i'll. She divided the gum with
the family when she reached home.
The momentary contact, with the gum
as vehicle, gave the disease its OPP
portunity. Eternal vigilance is the
price OF health.
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An expert in educational matters
says that country children remember
longer than city children. 1t would
be we'll if their superior memory in
variably retained the story of fail
ure of boys and girls who rushed into
cities when their country home offered
them sure, If moderate, success. The
examples of occasional good fortune
are never forgotten; the disappoint-
ments become indistinct in the recol-
lection, largely because the mind wishes
to put them out of view.
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Elopcs ut EIghty-Ouc

Kansas city Journal: OF al the elo3ements
ever recorded in Kansas the oldest one Is re-.
ported from lndeps ndence. where A. Hager-
man. aged eighty-:hr and Elizabeth Mooney.
aged seventy-threc. fed their homes In the dark
watches Of the night ard were secretly mar
ried The wedding had been arranged for
month ago, but the relatives of both the bride
and bridegroom found II out and kept them
apart. Finally Mr.. Hagerman went away from
town ostensiby upon a visit to friends at a DIS
lance, and the watchfulness OF the two fami-
hes became relaxed But hs did not go far.
ana "hen darkness came he returned TO indie
pendence When the family had retired Mrs
Mooney made her escape from the house,
joined her aged lover. and the pair hastsned
away TO justice OF the peace. who performed
the ceremony.
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A young carpenter, working on a
high roof, suddenly began slipping to-
ward the edge. press hard on one
heelw came the cry Of his brother,
above. why should press on one
heel" whimpered the boy. obey Or
ders!" was the stern reply. The boy
did so, found his course arrested ut
the very brink. and was soon rescued.
Today, as one of the prominent ora
tors and evangelists of this continent
he attributes his success largely 10 the
lesson of obedience learned on that
sloping roof.
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An lniuur Case.

Sioux City. Iowa. Dee. ;l.-On the
ground that Capt. William Sinnock,
commander of the local branch of the
Salvation Army. held him up at public
meetings rs IN awful example"
Henry WOOlSy has commenced suit
against SinnOck ana the Army for
5000 damages. Woulsy is himself a
former member Of the organization.
Sinnock is alleged To have charged
Him specifically with immortality.
Lawyers say the ease is unique.
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Death Came SudIeEIy

Philadelphia. Dec. II. - Edward J i.
Scranton. general manager of X. G..
DUN y Co.'S Mercantile agency in this
city. died suddenly AT his home. He
was apparently in the best OF health
when he arose this morning. but when
Il servant went 10 his room TO call him
Tor breakfast there was no response
The door was opened ana Mr. Scran-
ton was found dead. The cause was
heart failure.