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"A Handful of Dirt May be Houseful Of Shame
Keep Your House Clean With
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When Fitz- Hugh Lee Ram For Governor.
General Lee has been handicapped
by great name. It has, stimulated his
pride and ambition, but it has not in
spired any vanity. When asked him
if this heritage had helped or hindered
him, he said:
cit has been al heavy load. have
had the reputation of a lot of ancestors
as well as my own to look after. What
ever good I have done has been credited
to them, and whatever of evil has been
charged to me and magnifed, because
people said they hadsa right to expect
much better things; of a man Of my
blood and breeding. n
"When was. running for governor
Of Virginia, john Wise said that If my
name had been Fitz-Hugh Smith new
er would have secured the nomination.
replied that had known good many
good men named. Smith and would have
been as proudtof that name as of the
one, I wore. Inthat way got the votes
Of all the Smiths in Virginia and a
letter from a. man who told me never
to forget Captain John Smith, cur first
settler, whoh killed Pocahontas. 49,
Chap Book.
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him and stopped to pick up something
glittering in the moonlight 1t was a
tap from the heel Of shoe and was Of
solid silver.
ssCivilized, y he said, holding it out
to his companion, 'sand of the very
highest order of civilization. Who ever
heard of people rich enough to wear sill
yer heel taps?n
"Are you sure it is silver?" asked the
Englishman, examining it closely.
.'Pure and unalloyed. See how the
stone hes cut into it and feel its
weight.
.'You are right I. believe, " returned
Thorndyke as Johnston put the strange
trophy into his Iocketbook, and the two
adventures paused moment and looked
mutely into each others eyes.
I'VE haven't the faintest idea Of
where we. are, /" said Johnston, his tone
showing that he was becoming more
respondent. 1--WE don't know how long
we were unconscious in the balloon, nor
where we were taken in the storm. We
may now be in the very center of the
pOldT SCdS-tulo hAob nay VIC tuO
very pivot on which this end Of the
earth revolves.
The Englishman laughed. mo dan
ger; the sun is too natural. From the
poles it would look different. =
ST don't mean the old sun that you
read SO much about, and that they
make so much racket over at home, but
another, of which we are the original
discoverers- sun that isn't in old
Soils beat at all, but one that revolves
round the earth from north to south and
dips in once day at the north and the
south poles. See?"
The Englishman laughed heartily
and slapped his friend on the shoulder.
st think we are somewhere in the
Atlantic. but your finding that heel tap
does puzzle me. !"
eve are going to have an adventure,
beside which all others of cur lives will
pale into insignificance. Ifeel it in my
bones. See how evenly this road has
been worn, and it is leading toward the
center of the island. /" "
In few minutes the two adventures
came to point in the road where tail
cliffs on either side stood up perpendic-
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CHAPTER IL

The two men watched it for several
minutes. All the time it, seemed to be
growing larger and brighter till, after
awhile, they saw that the light came
from something shaped like ship,
sharp at both ends and covered with
oval glass. AS it slowly nose to the sur
face they saw that it contained five or
six men, sitting in easy chairs and re-
Ginning on luxurious divans. One Of
them sat at sort Of pilot wheel and
was directing the course Of the strange
craft, which was moving as gracefully
as a great fish.
Then the young men saw the man at
the pilot wheel raise his hand, and from
the water came the musical notes of a
great bell. The vessel stopped, and one
Of the men sprang up and raised an in
strument that looked like telescope to
his eyes. With this he seemed to be
closely searching the lake shores, for he
did not move for several minutes. Then
he lowered the instrument, and when
the bell had. rung again the vessel rose
slowly and perpendicularly to the SUR
face and glided to the shore within 30
yards Of where the adyenturers stood.
could they have seen us?" whis-
pered Thorndyke, drawing Johnston
nearer the side of the cliff.
think so. At all events, they are
between MS and the outlet. We may az
well make the best Of it. =
The men. all except the pilot landed
and a dazzling electric searchlight was
turned on the spot where Thorndyke
and Johnston stood. For moment they
were so blinded that they could not see,
and then they heard footsteps, and,
their eyes becoming accustomed to the
| light. they found themselves surrounded
by several men, very strangely clad.
They all wore long cloaks that covered
/ them from head to foot, and every man
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Johnston aras bloqping his punk into q
fame.
ularly. It was dark and cold, and but a
faint light from the moon shone down
to them.
II don't like this" said Johnston,
who was behind the Englishman. Eve
may be walking into the ambush of an
enemy
t'Pshawr' And Thorndyks plunged
ON into the gloomy passage. Presently
the walls began to widen like letter
Y, and in a great, open space they saw
a placid lake, on the bosom Of which
the moon was shining. On all sides the
towering walls rose for hundreds Of
feet. Specifies with wonder and with
quickly beating hearts, they stumbled
forward over the uneven road till they
reached the shore of the lake. The wa
ter was SO clear and still that the moon
and stars were reflected in it as If in a
great mirror.
s'Look at that exclaimed Thorn
dyke, pointing down intot the depths.
what can that be?''
Johnston followed Thorndy IS finger
with his eyes. At first he. thought that
it was comet moving across the sky
and reflected in the water, but ON glanc-
ing above he saw his mistake. 1t look
ed at first like great ball of fire rolling
along the bottom of the Lake, with a
stream of flame in its wake. st,
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One Minute Cough Cure, cureaH
Thet q Whst Il was made 1oss
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in the correction of the abuses and
the reformation of the law that we will
join any portion of the community, leg
islative, executive or judicial, and de-
stloy the law, root and branch" Up-
roarious applause in the galleries)
Mr.. johnson (Rep., Ind, one of the
ardent defenders of the law, followed
Mr.. Grosvenor with an extended argu-
ment in support of the merit system.
In enumerating the evils of the spoils
system, Mr.. Johnson said it made cow
ards of legislators, stormed the White
house, interfered with the depart
ments; that it reached into the capitol
ard shaped legislation; it exalted the
office broker and attacked, vilifed and
calumnied the cconscientious man.
Words, he declared, could not do jus
tice to the infamy of this prolific evil
which had debauched the civil service.
1t seemed incredible to him that men
could dare advocate a return to this
saturnalia. He took up the criticisms
of the opponents of the law, one by
one, and answered them, frequently
eVoking applause from the friends of
the law on the floor The talk of a
civil pension, he said, was a bugaboo
designed to frghten the defenders of
the merit system. A proposition for a
civil pension could not command half
a dozen votes in either house or secure
the executive approval.
Speaking to the Republican side Of
the house, he told his colleagues that
the merit system was a Republican
child. While George H. Pendleton
was it's author In inception it was
Republican measure. Every Republi-
can senator, and all except seven Re
publican members of the house voted
for it. 1t had been indorsed by state
and national conventions. Cities and
states were adopting it. The American
people were behind it.
Mr. Johnson attributed the present
"discordant and disgraceful scene"
now being enacted in Ohio, with its
'Visions of senatorships going glim-
mering," TO the scramble for spoils,
state and national, and said that the
surest way to put Bryan in the White
house in 1900 would be for the Republi
can party to be recreant to its trust
and to slap in the face those who be
lieVed in an honestly conducted SerV-
ice Without designing in any way to
reflect upon the present occupant Of
the White house, Mr.. Johnson said he
was convinced that there could be no
genuine civil service reform until by
constitutional amendment the presi-
dent was made ineligible for re-elec-
ton. AS long as he was eligible for
reelection he must necessarily be more
or less under the domination of ma
chine politics. After expressing his
confidence in President Mckinley, Mr.
Johnson concluded with an eloquent
appeal to him to stand by the principle
upon the perpetuity of which the per-
manence of our institutions depended
Mr.. Johnson was given an enthusi-
astic demonstration Of approval when
he concluded.
At 40 p. m. the house adjourned.
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Broadsides Fired by Both
Parties to the Civil Service
Fight in the House.
RIG GUNS
- BELOW.

WASHINGTON, Jan! 6.-The friends
and enemies Of the civil service law
exchanged broadsides in the house to-
day. The heaviest guns on each side
were brought into action. Mr. Gros-
venor, of Ohio. and Mr.. Johnson, Of
Indiana, each made exhaustive
speeches, and kept their respective
sides in a constant furore The inter-
est in the debate was much more live
ly than yesterday. The crowded gall
leries, which were plainly in sympathy
with the opponents of the law, became
so very noisy in their demonstrations
Of approval at one juncture that the
chair was compelled to call them to
order. Mr.. Johnson. was warmly sus-
tanned by the friends of the law on
the floor, but he got very little ap-
plause from the galleries. Mr. Gros-
venor did not define his attitude in de-
tail, but gave his adhesion to the bill
agreed on by the opponents of the law
in caucus last night, and warned his
colleagues that unless there were mod
ifications in the law he and his friends
would, by cooperation, find a way to
completely destroy it.
In opening, Mr.. Grosvenor disclaimed
any leadership of the anti-civil service
reform forces, or any purpose to speak
for any officer of the government, ex-
ecutive, legislative o. judicial. Mr.
Grosvenor proceeded to pay his re-
spects to the National Civil Service
Reform league, and to Carl SchurZ, it's
president. His eXcoriation Of the latter
was the most scathing that has been
heard on the floor of the house in
months. He denounced unsparingly
those who sought to rid the Republican
party of those who believed in the re-
peal of the civil service law. With Wit
riolic language he sketched the politi-
cal career of Mr.. Schurz, which he
characterized as the "checkered, spot
ted, leprous career Of one who betrayed
every party and every duty to which
he was bound, and whose betrayals
had been his only stock in trade in
the arena of politics. He traced Mr..
Schurz's political history, and defied
any one to point out a spot In the
trail which was not tainted with politI-
cal corruption. Yet, he said, this was
the man who. with other foul political
demogogues," at Cincinnati, under the
name of the National Civil Service
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Germans More Than Pleas
ed With Themselves Over
the Outcome in China.

man Gazette, ir a semi official article,
says: 1.-The development of affairs in
East Asia is becoming more tranquil
The tension was caused by the political
antagonism of Great Britain and Rus
sia, but behind the political antago-
nism now appears an economic one,
which, however, should be arranged
with little difficulty. There is no rea-
son why one state should exclusively
undertake the Chinese loan. Prudent
considerations suggest the advisability
Of an International arrangement" In
another article the North German Ga
zette says: 1.-The main purport of the
Chinese agreement shows in full light
the German objects in Eastern Asia,
which are free from all violence. Ger
many does not seek to force her way
into Chinese territory as conqueror,
but she will use, as peaceful co-opera-
tors in the prosperous development of
her affairs, those powers which the
Chinese government conceded her. AS
in all Germany's trans-marine enter
prises, further action is subordinate to
moderation. and the arrangement has
strengthened rather than prejudiced
the German relationship. More
over we have, from an economic and
commercial point of view, secured an
advantage which we could not re-
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Spain Compelled by Circum-
stances to Ask the Good Of
fices of the United States.
INVITATION
TO INTERVENE

CHICAGO, Jan. GA special to the
Tribune from Washington says: Spain
is considering a formal request to the
United States to use its good offices to
stop the fighting in Cuba. Intimations
have been received at the state depart
ment that the Sagasta government had
become convinced that the only way to
save Cuba was to accept the often prof
fered good offices Of the United States.
Canovas repeatedly replied to President
Cleveland declining these good offices,
and Sagasta did the same last Novem-
Der. Now the prime minister has be-
come completely disheartened over the
evident failure of autonomy. All eff
forts of Spain to bribe the subordinates
of Gomez to surrender on the basis OF
heme rule have proved futile. Blanco
has completely failed in his efforts to
open up communication with the insur-
gents, and Pando has likewise been oe-
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league, had denounced him and those
who thought with him on this ques-
ton.
Mr. Grosvenor, IN replying to the
charge made against himself and his
colleagues that they We're betraying
the Republican party, adverted to what
he called the list of traitors among the
high priests of civil service reform, at
the head of which he placed George
William Curtis, who abandoned the
Republican party in 1884. He reviewed
the platform declarations of the Re
publican party to show that the pres
ent position occupied by the majority
of the house was nor inconsistent with
these declarations. For 1 give the
members of the civil service committee
notice." said he, that we have ma
jority on this floor and you cannot
strangle a majority in the American
congress-" (Applause.)
He argued that when the st. Louis
platform was adopted the extensions
contained in the Cleveland order of
May, 1896, had not been understood 1t
was not until November, 1895, that the
enormous scope of that order, covering
5000 officials, was publicly declared.
The Republicans coming into power on
a platform adopted before these vast
extensions were not in honor bound to
agree to them, and it was proper that
the president should announce in his
message to congress that there We're
portions of these orders which never
ought to have been made
One Of Mr.. Grosvenor's statemnets
which evoked an enthusiastic outburst
from the galleries was in the nature of
a warning that if members refused to
listen to the voice of the people in hos
.tility to this law they would not be
members of the Fifty sixth house of
representatives. He argued that the
people were Overwhelmingly opposed to
the law and said that hundreds OF
thousands of Republicans felt a secret
sympathy with Mayor Van Wyck, of
New York, who announced that none
but Democrats would be appointed to
office under the new city government
Gov. Black had said a few days ago
that when the Tate unlamented' Re
publican government of New York
came into power there were $4,000 Tam
many men in office, and when it expired
there were still $4,000 Tammany men
on the pay roll.
The Republicans, Mr.. Grosvenor said,
had been justly punished for keeping
these enemies in their camp. Mr.. Gros-
venor professed his adherence to the
principle of the merit system and to
the theory Of examinations for Office
within certain limitations. But" he
exclaimed in conclusion, addressing the
defenders of the law, II want to serve
notice on you that unless you join US
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feated in the field. The Spanish minis
ter now feels that the only thing left is
to accept the good Offices of Uncle Sam
in spite of the humiliation involved.
They hesitate only because they feel
that public announcement of this fact
would result in a revolution in Spain.
Secret negotiations with the state de-
partment are now actually in progress
The Spanish government has lost the
confidence of the loyalists in Cuba, and
it recognizes the fact that the island
itself is lost entirely unless this coun-
try will at this late day negotiate with
the insurgents for some basis of peace
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- CRUSHED.

VIENNA, Jan. THE Deutsche Zei-
tung, echoing German feeling, says:
ENGLAND has suffered a crushing de-
feat. but there is no fear Of war. The
British lion roars, but he does not bite.
All civilized nations ought to be CRATE
full to Emperor William for having de-
stroyed the myth Of Great Britains
universal domination"
BERLIN, Jan. 6.-The German press
is indulging in a tone Of eXtraVagant
self satisfaction over the success Of
German diplomacy in China. The fact
that Emperor William personally con-
ferred the Order Of the Red Eagle upon
Baron Won BueIow, the German foreign
minister, for his share, indicates that
the emperor is delighted with the out
come of his policy. The newspapers,
with the exception Of the Vossische
Zeitung. are full ,of sneering remarks
at England's expense. The Vossische
Zeitung, however, points out that there
is plenty of room for, everybody and
even suggests that the time has ar
rived for a better understanding be-
tween England and Germany. The
rather apologetic tone of the North
German Gazette in its semi annual ar
ticle yesterday seems to be a refiec-
ton of the feeling in some quarters
that the acquisition of coaling station
is hardly the realization of the great
colonial enterprise which the blaze Of
Prince Henrys departure foreshadow-
ed. and the suggestion Of the possibili-
ty that Kiao-Chou might prove insult
able leads many to ask whether Ger
many after all has taken a leap in the
dark.
LONDON. Jan. 7.-According to
special dispatch from Shanghai, Rus
sia is endeavoring to obtain terms
similar to Germany's for the occupa-
ton of Port Arthur and the Kia Tong
peninsula from a point considerably
north of Talien- Wan. 1t is believed
that the attitude of England and ia
nan will frustrate her designs. The
Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily
Chronicle says: '9Fhe Russian occu-
patton of Port Arthur completely
blocks the entrance to Pekin, and it is
iuperatiye that the court should be
transferred to Nankin (the southern
capitaD.
BERLIN, Jan 6.-The North Ger
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nounce- without self Interpretation"
1t Is now discovered that if Ger
many moves north she is bound 20
clash with Russian interests; If further
south. then with England's interests.
Already it is proposed to establish a
branch of the German-Asiatic bank at
Kiao-ChCu and postal regulations Will
be issued. The government is order
ing the preparation Of maps and charts
of the district and the principal banks
propose to begin the exploitation of the
coal Eeds of the Shan Tung peninsula
Immediately.
Various rumors are current as to
conference of the powers to settle the
Chinese question, but none can be re-
lied upon Herr Richter in the Freis-
innige. thinks an unnecessary noise has
been raised for what he calls an ON
lette, and he says he cannot perceive
any commercial advantage in the &C
QUESTION Of Kiao-Chou.
LONDON, Jan. 7-According to a
special dispatch from Shanghai, the
existence of an AnglO-Japanese alli-
ance is openly asserted there in well
informed quarters, an alliance to
maintain the status quo in China and
Corea, and to declare the independence
of Corea under the joint guarantee of
England, Russia and Japan. The
Daily Graphic publishes dispatch
from Baron Hayashi Tadasou. Japan
ese ambassador to Russia, to the Jap
anese government, intimating on the
authority of the German ambassador
at st. Petersburg, Prince Won Radofin,
that no underst anding existed between
Germany and Russia with reference to
the occupation of Kiao-Chau.
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The health department, in placing
the population of this town at 215, 900,
is so plainly talking through it's hat
that it is being roundly laughed at
everywhere. The population of ST.
Paul may now be $4,000, but it isn't
any more than that, and the health de-
partment ought to know it. Even bas-
ed on a population of 10000, the
death rate. of st. Paul is far below the
average of American cities. Figured
on the basis of 215,OOO the death rate
is SO low as to excite only ridicule.
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BULLETIN OF
TIE ST. PFUI GLOBE
FRIDAY, JAN. z, 1898.
weather for Today
SOutherIy Winds; Fair.

PAGE 4.
Hanna Calls a Mass Convention.
Durrant's Last Day.
Spain Wants Uncle Sam to Intervene.
Civil Service Battle.
PAGE 2.
William Dawson Jr. Acquitted.
Suicide Of {. NJ. Smith.
More Charges Against Bahc.
PAGE 3.
Minneapolis Matters.
RambIin Testifies in Times Case.
New Banking Bill.
Fatalities in an lee House Disaster.
San Francisco Theater Burned.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
Farmers Alliance Meeting.
PAGE ..
Deal for Brown Hangs Fire.
Days Sporting Events.
Civilization of the Reds.
PAGE 6.
Activity in Stocks.
Bar Silver, SO Use.
Cash wheat in Chicago, 3O lac.
worlds Ma 'itets Reviewed.
PAGE z.
Affairs in Society.
Cass County boundary Restored.
Supreme Court Decisions.
Railway Gossip.
News of the Northwest.
Wants of the People.
PAGE 8.
Olympic Gets It's License.
Council Proceedings.
Flaws in Como Park Title.
DispOsitiOn of Beet Seed.
f, Marion Crayyford's Lecture.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.

NEW YORK-Arrived: Southwark. Ant
werp; Mohawk London; Teutonic, Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL-Arrived: Belgenland, Phila-
delphia.
ST. MICHAEL's 's-Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm
IL, New York.
QUEENSTOWN-S Britannia. New
York.
York.
Observation-Disclosures Amsterdam. New
York; Rotterdam, New York.
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Robert T. Lincoln has set his son-in-
law, Warren Beckwith, to raising sheep
iii Indian territory. After a few months
Lincoln can go "wool gathering" in
either private or political life.
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Gen. Gomez has laid his plan before
the president of the United States. He
will accept nothing but the flag of ac-
tual independence or a good old-fash-
iCned licking
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Mr.. McKinley's record so far is the
pardon of one bank wrecker every
three weeks. He can't keep this rec
ord up, as he will soon have the wreck
erS all out.
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Gen. Grosvenor yesterday charged
that George William Curtis, high
priest of civil service reform, was a
traitor to the Republican party" How
Grcsveror grows in greatness! He even
attacks the dead.
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Let it be understood that the fight is
not against pensions at all, but against
the rascals who are drawing money
from Uncle Sans treasury on the false
plea that some time or other they have
done the country a service on the bat
tie field
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N;kola Tesla claims to have invented
a light which will penetrate fog. No
body in London is going to believe
that, Mr.. Tesla, until you prove it.
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Richard Croker is finding good
many points about himself every day
that he admires.
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Ohioans are tired of bossism.-Gov
Bushnell. Right you are. But Ohioans
are unable to see much difference be-
tween Hanna bossism and Bushnell
toSsism.