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PAX britannica

with lev scattering apologies TO Mr., Alfsd A uItin.
The everlasting yeArning of Great Britain
To be forever and forever gittn'.
And never any sense at all Of q%uittin',
Packs Britannica.
What care she IL the other folks be Jealous?
Her folks are only that much moro the jealous;
The power to give the othe chaps the yellows,
And strength 10 keep 1t on the other fellows.
Packs Britannica.
Serene, q. d. gets round with little hustle,
She never has much need to hustle.
because she makes the other party rustic;
A wealth OF brSlny, brawny British muscle.
Quite ready for most any kind Of tussls,
Packs Britannica.
Each beautiful and noble AyocAtiOn
OF Peace il fostered by the nation;
So long as there ia Peace. the invitation
goes out to every Que OF every station
To catch rIghton. Meantime the nrm determination
To own with Uncle Sam the entire Creation
Packs Britannica.
". J. L.
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white Uniforms In Manila.
From the Independent.

FT0Hl nc THdtpeNdtHT.
The fashion OF white clothes goes with the Amori-
can ofhoers, Gen. Merritt. Gen. Greene, Admiral
Dewey and Capt. seabury of the China. Just as that
ship was about to start for Hong Kong. formed a
handsome group, all in Snow.white linen. coats.
trousers. caps and shoes; a few gold buttons and
eords. shoulder straps and cuffs. tho only relief on
figures that seemed cut from marble without flaw or
stain. When i called on Gen. Aguinaldo and no
came in. his name softly announced. he was in white,
his coat buttoned. his trousers newly ironed. So far
as our officers are concerned in the Philippines, they
are not boys in blue. but boys in white.
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The Iovest Railway Station on Earth

TorHE EDITOR OF THE sUE-Sir: I observe a news-
paper article sfost to The effect that the lowest rail-
way station On earth Is on the railway near Port-de-
Bouo in the south of France. the depression below
the level of the Mediterranean being something moro
than forty feet This article has been going the
rounds Of American newspapers. and 1 would Like to
ask II the editors who pass It on ever heard of salton.
CAL. on the line of the Southern Pacific. which 10
nearly 200 feet lower than the French lowest point.
When 1t comes to high things or low the United
States mustn't be overlooked. NJ. B.. F. 8.
NEW YoRK. Nov, "a.
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An island for 3 cents seems an. ahsurdity.
but one situated in the Straits Of Mackinao
was sold for that price Tuesday Of last week by
the, register and receiver OF the Marquette
land Office.
The island in question is Rock Island. i,
was put up in a bunch with. Goose, Eagle and
Haven islands and sold TO the highest bidder,
IGnacc. None Of the islands contains an en-
tire acre. Nj. 81. james bid 81 2 an acre for
the property. As Rock Island contains Just one.
tw"nty-nfth OF an acre its purchase price was ,
cents.
Green Island, another tiny bit Of land which
was put up at the same sale, was purchased by
Thomas Dwyer Of this city. The same price
WAS Uaid.
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Little Harry's Fire-King Act.
From u. Cincinnati Enquirer.

CHICAGO. Nov. 22.-Little Harry Berman was
showing his playmates how to be a great m a
giclan with the aid Of mouthful Of gasoline
and a parlor match, That Is about as far as
IL years old Once he went to u circus. where
a man greatly astonished him by eating fire.
Afterthat a big boy at school told him that the
man didn't really eat fire that he Just filled
his mouth with gasoline and set on fire,
He wanted several boys to see him do his act
to-day. He does not remember. however, what
really did happen after be squirted the gaso-
line at the match blaze. The other boys do not
recall very much about il, either. They thought
little Harry had exploded.
oh, it was an awful sight" said one Of the
little boys. He was JuS' dom the great act
lovely when he blewod mp"
He will recover In a few days. and has prom
tsed never to become a great magician again.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUR-Sir: I was much
pleased to note in this mornings Issue an article
headed :" Ticket Scalpers Win" not because l am at
all interested in their business. nor have ] ever
pAtronized them. but simply on the high grounds of
equality and justice as laid down clearly in Judge
Parker's decision.
ITO enable transportation companies to keep 9TH
ers with which they may enter into pooling arrange
ments from secret violation" was the whole reason
for pushing the enactment Of the law now declared
unconstitutional. although Of course TO the public
many other plausible reasons were given. 1t really
amount ted to this, that the power of the great State
Of New York was to be used to whip into line recall
citrant members of a pool formed in direct viola
ton Of law.
at 10 not contended that the business of ticket
brokerage is in itself of a fraudulent character"
says the learned Judge, but "the most that is as
s Snsine. Is a thss t hsHs impo ss%' ON @e ths sn SaSiiei in the the
same ssoe9sation can DO made with equal truth of
tainiEy common sense. what@yer r%aiiroad lawyers r may
say. law doing away with all "oontract tickets
lm riSsnsSia upon . SSald a: save aSlt Fl P Ps a]nStf tfHR I S Rna%
a. Il: T m",s sh "S = q ND tickets aas sold 81 should ID. have mn;
passage between A. and B-.i used on or
tue when they tried i" to do away with atpoi im nPeS% n V on
the public by CLOSING. up sGAlpers, Offices. The pub.
would get together and appoint brokers OF their own
N every ~ , city and an TOM gnr wa9 nSr spsSsit Adjust Snsin !. :, would
rates, less. say. 3 per cent. or some small percentage
for the immediate accommodation. This thing Of
having to send tickets to some far.of office for collec-
ton and unwindinR unlimited red tape is only ono
Of the many annoyances, and financial inoonve-
Coming down to foundation principles I have
issued by a railroad company should not be Just as
valid in the hands of any holder to matter for how
same corporation would be collectble by any
holder. teven II shaved ~; and / hope to see the
time when railroads will be taught. by law IL neces-
hary. that . ticket entities the holder to Transports
ton within a reasonable time limit without any
ifs and "buts' about 1t. W. "A. L.
New YORK, Nov. 20.
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A Hash Dessert for she FriendIess.

From tie Philadelphia Press.
Here is . ample Of provisioning. from one Home
for Friendleas Men:
Four hundred pounds of turkey and $50 pounds
NJ chicken, = dozen punches each of sage and thyme.
four dozen lunches Of celery, four barrels Of po-
tAtoes. ten barrels of turnips. three barrels OF apples
a buAhel OF onions. two bushels of crsnberries, hal
q barrel OF salt pork, two boxes Of oranges and Ib
mince pies. rrtohwtidhWnh Two sihthirtypl. 90
FIp
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From hs BdHin0re Herald.
Among the new statesmen elected 10 the Fifty-sixth
Congress In the Hon. Abraham Lincoln Brick from
the Thirteenth Indiana district, Mr.. Brick. a. his bap-
tismAl names would probably indicate to most
people. is . hns specimen brick Of Hoosier Repub-
licanism. and the country will confidently expect to
seq him advance Valiantly TO the bat in defence Of
the old party. as we'll as in behalf of the Constitu-
ton, the tag. and the usual pro rata % appropr.
atoms for Indiana. Tho Hon, Abraham Lincoln
Brick 10 all grit and dead game. kiln burnt. polished.
and proof against Democratic Are.
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The Motto of the Maearegors.

To THE EprroR OF The suN-Sir: I notice in an
article on the Hon. Amass Thornton In your paper
to-day that the motto Of that statesman 10 given az
follows: when You start to do man you want to
90 him. Keep At him. and never let up on him until
Now, tho motto Of the MsoGregor clan IL zen do
thiml and spare not" Is Amasa ono Of usf Is he
other hand, would like to know II Thornton " ia
one Of the variants Of our honored "MscGreRor.'
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=
OSA HORTON
Stage driver meets all trains and
fairy Boat And
Rates reasonable In
The County.
Highland


To THE EDITOR OF TEE suH-Sfr: Isn't it odd
that while the British arc keeping their eyes on The
Mad Fahir of Swat In India. here the Associated
Press is regarding THE Sun as The Mad swatter of
Fakes? Z. Z MORSE.
MADISON, N. J.. Nov. "a.
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From tie Chicago journal.
1t is extraordinary that = neWs-gathering agency
Of the magnitude Of the Associated Press should
have been unable TO guard itself against a trick that
would have failed with the private service OF any
stock broker.
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The Advantages of Slow Ferry Service.


To THE EprroH OF TEE sus-Si, Probably the
Union Ferry Company's answer TO the arrange crit
cisms OF III. W. p" and others respecting the
Roosevelt street ferry service. particularly with re-
gard to waiting for boats at the Brooklyn terminus.
would be something like this:
Hurry?
Why huny?
stop . while.
And Wow the mile
Or so Of River East,
And do not worry.
See the ships. and tugs. and things.
That ride majestic
On waves domestic;
Onward to the sea they 60
NO charge extra for the show.
Such air!
Nowhere
Can you and
The like or kind;
It's all the same,
Blow high or low
Gree also.
There's time
To promenade,
Enjoy the scene.
Enjoy the air.
And wait for friends.
All this
Lends bliss
To the
Missed"
What
DooAcdf
Laid our
Discharged
Very sorry!
DEooKLYS, Nov. "a, +, NJ, TERRE,
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Domestic Diplomacy.

Froa ne RoEbUry Gazette.
Mistress lsnGrilyl-See, Bridget. | can write
my namo in the dust on this mantelpiece
Bridget tadmirinGlyj-rhere'S nOthlu' 10
eddicatiou, after all, Is there, U
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PAus-Kiosaue No. II, near Grand Hotel. and
KiosGue No. 10. Boulevard des Capucinos.
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Leather Coats.

Leather coats are made of sheepskin.
of horsehide and of dogskin. They are
lined with corduroy, with flannel and
with sleeps wool. The corduroy-lined
coats are made reversible, so that they
may be worn either side out. The coatg
Of sheepskin are usually finished black.
the horsehide and dogskin coats russell
colored. A leather coat of sheepskin.
corduroy lined, costs about S5; horse
hide coats sell for $12 to SIS. and dog.
skin coats for S1S.
Leather coats are worn in the West
by truckmen and policemen and hunt
ers and lumbermen. The leather coat
Is serviceable and warm, without great
bulk. The duck shooter, lying, per-
haps, for hours in a battery waiting
keeps warm in 4 leather coat. The
sportsman after big game wears a
leather coat. 1t keeps the wearer warm.
without impeding his movements.
A leather coat is sometimes worn I'M.
der another coat for the sake of its
warmth, as, perhaps, by a policeman
And thedeather coat may be worn with
the corduroy side out, so that more
leather coats are worn here in cities
than might be supposed
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Natures Gardens in Alaska.

The most expensive, least spoiled, and
most unspOilable of the gardens of the
continent, says John Muir, in the At
lantic, are the vast tundras of Alaska.
Every summer they extend smooth,
even, undulating, continuous beds of
flowers and leaves from about latitude
62 degrees to the shores of the Arctic.
Ocean. And in winter, sheets of snow
flowers make all the country shine, o4Ae-
mass of white radiance, like star Nor
are these Arctic plant people the pitiful
frost-pinched unfortunates they are
guessed to be by those who have never
seen them. Though lowly in stature,
keeping near the frozen ground as if
loving it, they are bright and CHEEKY,
and speak natures love as plainly as
their big relatives of the South. Ten
derly Mapped and tucked in beneath
downy snow to sleep through the huge
white winter, they make haste to bloom
In the spring without trying to grow
tall, though some rise high enough to
ripple and wave in the wind, and dis
play masses of color-yellow, purple
'A OiO 'O iiNH 'hoy loOh line DeuS OL
rainbows, and are visible miles and
miles away. And in SeptemT
Der, the tundra glows in creamy golden
sunshine, and the colors of the ripe
foliage of the heathworts, willows and
birch, red, purple and yellow, in pure,
bright tones, are enriched with those
OF berries which are scattered every
where as if they had been showered
down from the clouds like hail; their
colors, with those of the leaves and
stems, blending harmoniously with the
neutral tints of the ground of lichens
and mosses on which they seem to be
painted.
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FROM THE FRONT.

The battleship Oregon is the first war
ship that ever rounded Cape Horn.
The Queen Regent of Spain has asked
the Pope to bless the Spanish arms.
The harbor of San Francisco has been
thoroughly mined during the past few
weeks.
The railroad men in California have
started fund to build battleship for the
Government.
A heavy rainfall at Key West has filed
the cisterns and averted a water famine
among the troops.
In Havana meat is 50 pound and cof-
fee 25c a cup. First-class restaurants
are guarded by troops.
Food is getting scarcer every day in
Havana and the insurgents threaten to
cut off the water supply.
Weyler and the Carlists and Republi-
can leaders are deliberately planning to
bring on a revolt in Spain
The Spanish defenses at Caimanera.
Cuba, consist Of an ironclad wooden shan
ty and an ancient cannon.
The recruits for Secretary Roosevelt's
rough riders include football PLAYERS.
steeplechasers, clubmen and policemen.
The Minneapolis lodge of Jewish or
der, in memory of the expulsion of the
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ALPnoNso BETRoTHED.
He Is Only Twelve Years DID, ani
His Fiaucee Is Fifteen.

A cable dispatch says that Francis
Joseph, Emperor of Austria, will short
" announce the betrothal of the Arch
duchess Elizabeth, his little grand
daughter, to Alphonso Kill, the King
of Spain.
The Archduchess Elizabeth seems to.
have been born to trouble. Her little
life has been often clouded. Tragedy
has chased scandal and scandal trag-
edy. Her father was the Crown Prince
Rudolph, whose tragic death, murder
or suicide, at Meyerling, after life Of
escapades, was one of the most extraor-
binary stories of his generation. Her
mother, the Crown Princess Stephanie,
is the daughter of the King of Belgium,
woman erratic as the wind, whose
acts have frequently given rise to scan-
dals, and who has never shown q motil-
er's love for her child. Were it not for
the affection Of the aged Emperor, who
has been not only father but a COM
panion and playfellow of the little heir
ess to his throne, her life would have
been far from happy. But the Empe-
rOr and to less extent the Empress,
have played the parts of father and
mother and shielded her to the best Of
their ability.
She was born-the child of a loveless.
marriage-on Sept. 2, 1888, and was
named Elizabeth Marie Henriette Ste
phanie Gisela. She took her first COM
munion when II years old in the chapel
of the Imperial Palace at Vienna. At
the conclusion of the ceremony she gave
her mother the cut direct, and walking
up to the old Emperor, of whom she
was passionately fond, was clasped in
his arms and covered with affectfOnate
kisses.
The Austrians and Hungarians, both
of whom were very fond of goOd-na
tured but profigate Rudolph, ''Unser
Rudi," as they called him, gave his
place in their hearts to Elizabeth,
whom they called Our Little Lady"
By Rudolph's will she was made the
ward of her grandparents, and nobody
was surprised or displeased, unless it
was Stephanie herself, who never show
ed any signs of anger at this pOst-mor-
tenn evidence of the Crown Princes sen
timents regarding his wife.
Should she become the consort of the
youthful King of Spain, VINO is three
more trouble awaiting her in trying to
rest easy upon that tottering throne
New York World.
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PANIC REIGNED IN cIENFUEGos,
Bombardment by the American Ships
Terrified the People.

by the American Ships
Terrified the People.
Information has been received at Key
West from Genfuegos giving graphicac-
count Of the excitement in that city when
the encounter occurred between Spanish
soldiers on shore and the cable cutting
expedition which resulted in the death of
two and the wounding of FIVE Americans.
The Cuban city was panic stricken, the
church bells were rung and the alarms
We're sounded on all sides. Atsthe Hotel
Sieryo de Orc there was riot and fight
between Spanish volunteers, who refused
to serve on patrol duty for the defense Of
the city, and the Spanish authorities
who We're trying to force them to serve
When the Marblehead began shooting and
knocked the lighthouse to splinters men,
women and children fled to the country
many families leaving their houses open
and abandoned in the haste Of their ight.
Since then many families have moved to
Santo Quintera and Rodas, small towns
near Cienfuegos. The Spanish govern
ment is unable to control the exodus.
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Dons Didn't Get Her.

Washington special:
Secretary Long gave out the welcome
information Wednesday that the battle
ship Oregon, the second largest craft in
the American navy, had successfully COM
pleted her long trip from San Francisco,
ca, and was safe. The rigid secrecy Of
the navy department was relaxed only
enough to make known the best news the
navy department had received since the
battle of Manila, as it meant not only
the Oregon was out of harms way from
a concerted attack on this one ship by the
whole Spanish squadron in southern
waters, but also that her great fighting
strength would be added to Admiral
SIMPSONS force.
The Oregon left San Francisco before
the war had opened, and at that time it
was not admitted that she was to join the
ships in Atlantic waters. She stopped at
Callao for dispatches and then went
round the Horn and up the east coast
of South America. In all the trip COW
cred 1900 miles. The last stretch, from
Bahia to the Windward islands, was fol-
lowed with anxiety by naval officers, for,
by a strange coincidence, the formidable
Spanish squadron of armored cruisers and
torpedo boats approached the Windward
islands at the very time when the Oregon
was due there. 1t had been suspected that
the Spanish admiral would try to inter
cept the battleship with his superior force,
and before leaving Bahia Capt Clark of
the Oregon was warned to keep a close
lookout for the Spanish feet. In reply
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I2S,OOO MEN READY,
Great Volunteer Army Mustered in
for the Cuban War.

Washington special:
Nearly the whole of the 12S,OOO volun-
teers have now been mustered in. There
will yet be slight delay in filling out some
of the quotas, but the great volunteer
army is substantially complete.
The army is not yet in condition for an
immediate forward movement, however.
Not all of the volunteers intended for the
invading army have gotten as far as
Chickamauga, and fewer have arrived at
Tampa. The war managers have found
the national guards woefully deficient in
arms, ammunition, uniforms and other
equipments, and artillery batteries are
reported without guns, carriages, horses
or harness. The war department is BEND
ing all its energies to remedying these de-
ficiencies, but it takes time. 1t has es-
tablish a supply depot at Chickamau-
ga, and will probably have another at
Washington.
The war department finds the country
is short on the modern arms adopted by
the regular army. 1t finds difficulty also
in getting rations promptly because of
the unexpected emergency. Some Of the
Chicago packers even went so far as to
reimport cargoes Of provisions that had
been sent to England. IN foreign coun-
tries, where large standing armies are to
be counted on all the time, there is am
pie provision for meeting the demands of
the soldiers.
There is q tendency to criticize the
President and the war department for the
slowness with which the volunteer army
is being organized, but neither of them is
to blame. The President will insist On
having the raw recruits properly equip
ped organized into brigades, divisions and
corps before ordering movement on
Cuba. Military men say this may take
two or three weeks, but the government
is applying Yankee energy to push the
work as rapidly as possible. This frank
statement of the unsatisfactory condi-
ton in which the national guard has been
found must not be taken as reflection
on the patriotic militiamen. They have
given their time and money to the SER
vice and are now offering their lives, and
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Told in a Few Lfnea

At Marysville, Mo-, man recently sold
hog for $37 and with SIT bought a good
horse
Many people at Pine Bluff, Ark, were
driven from their homes by the breaking
Of the levees
Many stowaways are coming to this
country, under the impression that the
war will boom work.
japanese naval officers have arrived in
San Francisco to command the two cruis-
ers being built there for Japan.
The States of Pennsylvania. New York
Illinois and Alabama have more popula.
ton than Spain, and vastly more wealth.
Three hundred persons have been exc
cuted in Porto Rico on charge Of treason.
Many families are fleeing to the interior
The restoration of Independence Hall.
Philadelphia, has progressed so rapidly
that it is expected the formal opening of
the historic structure can be held on the
Fourth of July.
The Queen of Greece has the un11sual
distinction of being the only woman adj
miral in the world. She holds this rank
in the Russian navy. The appointment
was conferred upon her by the late Car.
because her father held the rank of high
admiral.
At Sailors Rest, Tenn, Jane Allen.
aged 1S, jumped from a fast travelling
passenger train and was instantly killed.
It was her first ride on train. and, when
the brakeman called the station, she left
her seat and, not knowing that the train
would stop or realizing the danger, leaned
to her death.
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CYCLONES KILL SEVENTY.
Devastation Wrought in Illinois, Iowa
and Wisconsin.

Cyclones which whirled over vast tracts
In Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin early
Monday evening killed, it is now reported.
about seventy persons. The names of all
of them could not be ascertained, as in
every instance the damage was wrought
in farming or village districts and tele-
phone and telegraph connection in the
afflicted sections was badly broken. The
list of those injured will never be COM
plete, only few of the more serious cases
being reported by name. A careful esti-
mate fixes the number injured at about
$50.
Such havoc was wrought upon farm
buildings, out Of door stocks and orchards
and upon live stock that the money loss,
in wide belts of territory, in several cases
clear across counties, will reach hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars. The damage was
SO great and widespread and means Of
communication so interrupted that it will
be some time before accurate estimates
can be made.