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ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.
The Terms of Members OF the Board
Expire August

The question of the appointment of a
new board of assistant assessors for the
District of Columbia will soon be taken
up by the District Commissioners. The
terms of ;he old assessors expire on Au-
gust l.
The term of service is four years. The
members act also as the excise board
The salary is 5000 a year.
There have been but few applicants for
the positions up 10 the present A few
applications which were placed on file four
years ago will be considered. Daniel Muir
ray, colored, is said to be strongly in
dorsed for the position. Ex-senator
Pinchback of Louisiana and Oscar a. Ste
Vens are applicants.
The personnel of the board is as follows:
James A. Bates, chairman; S. T. G. Nor
sell and J. Harrison Johnson.
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Blue Jackets Win

The Blue Jackets won pitchers battle
from the o. G. A. C.'s at the Monument
Lot on Tuesday by the score of to l.
Proctor won his game by a home run
with the bases full in the eleventh in
ming. Score;
R.H.E
Blue Jackets .OO000OO0O044 /
o. G. A. c. 100000 0000O1-1 6 s
Two-base hits-Proctor 2; Gorse and
Moore. Three-base hit-Moore. Home
runs-Proctor and Gorse. Triple play
Hill and Hourske Bases on balls-Of
Proctor. /: off Hourske, S. Struck out
BY Proctor, 4; by Hourske. II. Umpires-
Messrs Truesdale and Estrumply. Bat
teries-Proctor and Moore, Hourske and
Gorse.
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FREDERICK HANNEMAN DIES.
He Succumbs to Injuries Sustained
by Falling From a ScaffoId

Frederick Hanneman. who was injured
Monday afternoon by falling from a scat
fold at the Raleigh Annex, died at Emer-
gency Hospital yesterday morning at 10
o'clock.
When Hanneman was taken to the hos
pital it was seen by the surgeons that
his injuries were fatal. His right arm
was broken and he was severely cut
about the head. Death was due to in
ternal injuries.
Coroner Carr was notified, and late yes
terday gave a certificate of accidental
DEATH
The body was removed TO the under
taking rooms of Geier Brothers.
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and Mcfarland. Two games will be
played tomorrow.
AN EVEN SPLIT.
Bucks Reds and Watkins's Pirates
Each Win "a Game

Pittsburg. July 26.--Each club won
game in the double-header today. The
first game was close until the seventh
inning, wnel both pitchers were hit hard
er. Gardner, who was subbing at third
for Gray, missed a chance TO cut off
three runs, and before the inning was
over the Reds had victory elinched.
Hoffer, the discarded Baltimore pitcher
downed the Reds in the second contest
and saved himself by catching Vaughn
at the plate in the ninth inning. Nc
Creery scored the winning run for Pitts
burg on a line drive TO the left field fence
for four bases in the sixth inning. The
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PAYS THE PENALTY.
Perrin Bond Is Fined for Carving
Gun

Gun
Perrin Bond. colOred, was before Judge
Mills yesterday afternoon, charged with
carrying concealed weapons.
The policeman who made the arrest
claimed that Bond aimed pistol AT
man and fired. a colored boy who saw
the shooting testified when cross-exami.,
ed by Attorney Moss. that the men were
bout two yards apart"
How many feet are in yard?'' asked
the attorney.
Don't know" answered the boy
''Well, show the judge how far apart the
men were"
Bout de length of de court room."
explained the witness
a fine of $50 was imposed. the defendant
having already been fined $40 for shoots
ing in the street
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First base on errors-Louisville, /. Left
on bases-St. Louis, 6: Louisville. 3. Three
base hits-Clements and Stencil. Two
base hit-kittridge. Home run-Clarke.
Sacrifice hit-Kittridge. Double play-
Clingman, Ritchey and Davis. stolen
bases-Quinn. Hoy and Decker. Struck
out-By Taylor. 1; by Fraser, t. Hit by
pitcher-Sullivan. Bases on balIs-Ofs
Taylor, I; off Fraser, 2. Umpires-Emslie
and Hunt. Time-2 hours and 30 minutes
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First base on errors-Boston, l; Brook
lyn, !. Left on bases-Boston, S; Brook
lyn, p Two-oase tits-Long, Duffy and
Bergen. Stolen bases-Long ~ and Duffy
%. Sacrifice hits-Stafford and G. Yea
ger. Double plays-Lewis. Long and c.
Yeager; Hallman and LaChance First
base on balls-Of Lewis, /; off Yeager. 3.
Struck out-By Lewis, /; by Yeager. 2.
Umpires- Swartwood and Wood. Time
l hour and 25 minutes
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First base on errors-New York, /. Left
on bases-Baltimore. 6; New York, 6.
First base on balls-On Maui. 3; off
Meekin, !: off Gettig, 4. Struck out-By
Gettig, / Three-base hits-Tiernan and
Van Haltren. Two-base hits-Gettig and
Joyce Sacrifice hits-Grady, Warner and
Jennings. Stolen base-DeMont Double
play-Joyce unassisted). Umpires-Lynch
and Andrews. Time-2 hours and 55 min
utes.
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THE TRAILERs TRoUNCED.
The ColoneIs Score Their Sixth Con-
secutiVe Victory.

Louisville KY, July 26.-Louisvflle won
its sixth straight victory today by per-
feet fielding and by punching hits for a
total of ten bases off Taylor in the sec
ond inning. After the third inning the
Browns only had one chance to score a
run and then lost it by bad base running.
The score:
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Stolen bases-Steinfeldt Two-base hit
Donovan. Three-base hit-PeitZ. Sacri-
fee hits-McBride. Smith and Steinfeldt.
Double plays-lrwin, McPhee and Beck
ley; Padden and O'Brien. Struck out-By
Hastings l; by Dwyer, / Bases on balls
OFF Hastings, 4. Hit by pitcher-Irwin.
Umpires-Gaffney and Brown. Time-1
hour and SO minutes.
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To things of sale sellers praise be-
longs, and ii Is our praise when we claim
that we have the best brewed beer in
the United States. Phone Arlington Bot
ting Co. for case of Maerzen. Senate,
Extra Pale, and Lager Beer and Spark
ling Stock Ale
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NATIONAL ENTAIL PARIORS
COG F ST. N. w.

Oto II 81. ". w.
Gold filings and bridge work speciality a.
the lowest price; arnalgam filings, soc; tlf sst,
of teeth on plates IS; extracting either bv gs.
or local spray. absolutely painless. SOC; with
out, 25c; all work done by experts and guar.
o'clock. mh22-tf-ern
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CHAMPIONS WIN EASILY.
Lewis Allows the Trolley Dodgers
Hnf On. Clean Hi

Brooklyn, n. Y. July 26.-Sheckard was
the only Brooklyn player who secured
a clean hit of Lewis today. The home
team barely escaped a shut-eut, Collins s
tumble and high throw allowing Ryan TO
score. The score:
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Mrs. DIR. RENNER

In Obstetrics gold medal awarded for the scis,r.
of Obstetrics from the University of Munich Rs
varia, treats successfully woman's complication,
and irregularities; private sanitarium for ladies'
before and during confinement Infants adonts5
Office hours to p. 6l9 Pa ave- NV. Metro
politan Block. Washington. D. C. ieIo-tf
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week-End Excursions via II. & O.

From Washington to Annapolis juno
ton, Frederick, Charlestown, and inter-
mediate points at greatly reduced rates.
Tickets sold Saturday and Sunday dur
ing the season, valid for return until Mon
day following. je10-wSf
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whereupon Han,on said If this was done
he would carry the matter before the
League and demand the forfeit.
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THE RANE OF BASEBALL
The Deadly Blight Of Friedman
Upon the Game.
WRITES ANOTHER TELEGRAM

IA Is Addressed TO the Newspaper
Men and Read I'm the Press Box
at Bnltfmore-AEIzs HanIon to Re-
turn Check. and Being Refused,
Threatens TO Stop Payment
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1nf1 nm Drink and Drug Inebristes re.
1uU.uUu stored by the Kelley Cure Au-
Shorized Institutes, e05 Z st. NV.
Washington. D. c.; l4ls Madison Ave, Baltimore
Nd. and Greeosbore. D. O. Write conhdentially
ix7-u
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DIR. CZARRA.

SPECIALIST in the cure of all Private Blood ana
Skin Diseases, Hemorrhoids Structure. impotence
and Syphilis positively cured Consultaticn and
advice Tree and strictly confidential 70 both
sexes. Hours, TO 0. Closed Sunday, $40 Pa
ave. NV; Metropolitan Block je1stf
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Bay Ridge and Return via B. & o.,
5D Cents

Salt water bathing. fishing, grabbing
and boating. Trains leave at $3.50 a m.
and 4:90 p m. week days. 9:S5 a. m, I:30
and 3:15 D. m. Sundays. jy27-5t
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Two-base hit-Bowerman. Three-base
hit-SteinfeIdt. Home run-McCreery.
Sacrifice hits-McCarthy and Steinfeldt
90. Struck out-By Honer 3. Bases on
balls-On Hoffer, 5; off Hill, 2. Umaires-
Gaffney and Brown. Time-2 hours
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EASTERN LEAGUE.

At Buffalo r. H. r.
Buffalo 323OIOIO-IO is 3
Ottawa ............1 / 90 01 % II 5
Batteries-Grady and Urquhart; Horton
and Boyd.
At Syracuse r H F.
Syracuse ...........0 O3O04 II 3
Wilkesbarre .......0 0 u 8 0-6 16 2
Batteries-Voorhees and Lake; JamisOn
and Smith.
At Toronto r. II. Z.
Toronto .............0-01 9210G-5 S l
Providence .........02 2 90 0000-2 5 4
Batteries-Williams and Lipp; Egan and
Noblit.
At Montreal r H e
Montreal .....201OO05 50O01-9 16 3
Springfield ......1 2 0 0 3 0O2 0-S 13 2
Batteries-Abbey and Butler; Pappalau
and Nichols.
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PHILLIES IN THE LEAD.
But Rain Stops the Game in the
Fourth Inning

Philadelphia, July 26.-Two men had
been retired in the Washington's half of
the fourth inning yesterday afternoon
when rain began falling heavily and play
was stopped. In the first inning the Phil
lies scored three runs on Douglasss dou-
BILE Delehanty's single, and McFarland's s
triple. Gettman made a great effort for
NcFarland's hit, and but for the high
wind the chances are that he would have
captured it Only one hit was made off
Orth, but ii was a corker, a home run
drive by Anderson over the right field
wall. This was one of the longest hits
ever made on the grounds, and that goes
Anderson was deprived of another hit in
the fourth by a great catch by Dele
hanty. The summary:
RHE.
Washington ................1 0I ]
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81 .25 baltimore and Return VIA
III & q

Saturday and Sunday. July 30 and 81.
good for return until following Monday.
Tickets good on all trains. jyZ7-5t
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"Lake batted for Hastings in the ninth.
E'Killen batted for Gardner in the ninth.
Pittsburg ........O o o 0 0 0 3 0-3
Cincinnati .....t.0 o 0-6
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COLONIAL BEACH.

War restrictions removed No danger Of the
mines. Five % hours at the Beach Leaves y
ST wharf daily except Monday, o'clcck a. m
sharp; Saturday $50 p. m,. returning 10 o'clock
2. m. Salt water bathing fishing and Grabbing
For stateroon tickets apply to GUZAAS, in Z F.
Droop's Music Store 925 Pa. ave. NV. Adam
T. Wurach, Manager. Telephone II0s. iyI6tf
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Gnmes Yesterday.

Gnmes Yesterday
BALTIMORE 4; NEW YORK, 3.
BOSTON, 6; BROOKLYN, ].
LOUISVILLE, ;; ST. LOUIS, 2.
WASHINGTON PHILADELPHIA. Rain.
CINCINNATI. 6; PITTSBURG, 3.
PTTSBURG, 3; CINCINNATI, 2.
Today's Schedule
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16
ERECTING MILITARY TELEGRAPH LINE.

OF the second station, where o pole
was going up, before I had time to
make a photograph. The men with
the crowbars were now far away and
going further all the time. That row
of bristling poles seemed to grow like
magic and one could almost see them
run. In an incredibly short space of
time-but little longer than it would
have taken me to walk to the edge of
the timber-the line had disappeared
among the trees. While I was won
dering what would be done next, the
instrument in the battery wagon began
to tick and message came in over the
newly constructed line asking for
further instructions. Orders were
flashed back and the line was. con-
tinued all the way to the foothills.
At times, in actual warfare, it is not
only desirable bnt necessary for COM
manding General to get instant news
from the very front. OF course field
telegraph line like the one just de-
scribed could not be maintained there
long. To overcome this, however, the
field telephone can be used, and, in
case its instruments are out of order
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81 -

from any cause, telegraphic messages
may be sent back from the front over
it to the rear, whence they may be in
stantly transmitted over the military
telegraph line as described.
The telephone wire may be cd
vanced just as far to the front, even
in actual battle, as brave men are able
to carry it. It's wire drags on the
ground and is, of course, thoroughly
insulated. 1t is Of sufficient strength
not to be injured by the passage of
troops over it. The wire is carried on
q little steel cart, drawn by hand. 1t
is wound upon reel that works al
most without friction, and wire can
be laid as rapidly as man can run.
The operator in charge of the field
telephone carries set of diminutive
vet perfect field instruments in O
leather case at his side. These field
instruments are attached to the wire
by q flexible wire and communication is
possible Mt all times, even while the
wire is being laid. Messages may be
sent and received with as much facil-
ity rs if the instruments were at
tached to solid wall in o comfortable
office.
Eminences, hills, bluffs, or other
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WISE WORDS.

The head is more q skeptic than the
heart.
Salvation is more than q moral refor-
nation.
The pruned limb is seldom the one
that dies.
He insults his nobler self, who mocks
at prayer.
Only the boor thinks it unmanly to
say "thank you
If our eyes were brighter, the stars
would be brighter.
Utilize even the thornsin your path,
but not for apillow.
A wise mans mistakes are the capi-
tai of his experience.
Disposition is the mint that coins
our comforts or their counterfeits.
Monopoly throws gold dust in the
eyes of politicians, to blind them.
"To err is human" That is sound
doctrine; nor is it hard to live up to.
Some people are baptized simply to
hear the world say, go, how pious!"
Any demagogue can talk patriotism,
but it takes q man to live it and vote
it.
The greatest deeds are done by those
who are the least conscious. that they
are great.
The man who will do good as vften
rs he has opportunity will be busy
every day.
The man who knows nothing except
what he has learned from books, is
poorly educated. Rams Horn.
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be totally unintelligible to him, as

be totally unintelligible to him, as
everything is sent in cipher.
.An exhaustive system of signaling,
by means of flags and heliograph Icy
dag, and at night with rockets, bombs,
fash-lanterns and electric searchlights,
lis in vogue. Messages can be sent,
under any and all sorts of conditions,
and in the face of seemingly insur-
mountable obstacles, SO that CON-
mander may at all times be kept fully
advised of what is transpiring in any
OF all of his commands.
Military ballooning has also ad-
vanced to such state of perfection
during the past few year that it will 5e
perfectly within the range of possibil-
ity, in case of war, to accurately photo
graph an enemys position, obtain ac-
curate maps of his fortifcation, etc.,
without sending any one within his
lines. There is at Fort Logan, fully
equipped balloon field train, ready for
service at any moment.
The balloon train consists of three
wagons, similar in construction to
those described above, and which
transport the field telegraph parapher-
MALTA. The balloon ITSELF a huge affair,
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BALLOON HOUSE AT FORT LOGAN, COL.

elevated portions of land, when so To-
Gated as to be in view of headquarters
in the field, serve MS admirable sites for
heliograph' stations. Of course, unless
an uninterrupted view of the country
is to be had, no photographic signal
ing can be accomplished. The system
in vogue now in the Signal Corps is
the latest and most improved, in the
matter of instruments procurable, but
the method which provides for the
transmission of messages by light
flashes, is old. 1t Ill astounding, how
ever, to note the fact that telegraphlc
messages have been flashed with this
little instrument distance of almost
200 miles. The system of dots and
dashes of the telegraph code is re pro-
duced by means of long and short
flashes of reflected sunlight. While
it is true that any operator may read
the words spelled out in this manner,
yat the information thus gained would
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16

had received her worst burn while try.
ing to ward off q great blazing branch
from my head, after I had become .un-
conscious. Ofcourse, she was lonized
for her bravery-''when I didn't do
anything brave at all, she afterwards.
said to me, with q bright blush. l
didn't say anything and what 1 did! IS
scarcely worth recording.
The doctor says I will bear no per
manent evil effects of my adventure
save several deep, ugly scars on my
head and arms.
But when take my youngest boy
on my knee and pour into his never
tiring ear, again aud again, the story
of my escape from fiery death, and
then look over across the table where
sits my sweet-faced wife, I shudder at
the recollection OF that night of horror
and marvel at the strength of true
woman's love.--New York Ledger,
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A Likely Tale, This.

Pulpit Harbor is wondering how q.
gull brought down by B. K. Carver
came to his death. The bird was shot
at with forty-four-calibre rifle and
picked up dead fifteen minutes later
with not drop of blood on it and not
q feather ruff ed. The local wise men
of the place scorn that he CAME down
like Davy Crockett's coon, "because
he knew 'twant no use, to do any
thing else, although Mr.. Carver is
esteemed a mighty hunter, but are
divided in opinion as to whether the
bird had his mouth open and the bull
let went straight down his throat, or
whetherit went so near that it. stunned
him and he fell and was drowned
Lewiston (Me. Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16

The wagon train iogs along at fair
rate of speed after leaving the post,
and no one knows, except the officer in
command, just where or when the line
is to be put up. The order for "dou-
BILE time" was given, and after the
men had trotted short distance, the
order to halt was sounded. The Off
Ger in command had selected his i'm
aginary line and directed the battery
wagon TO be placed in certain posi-
ton when halted. The men ran to
the wire wagon and swarmed over it,;
others of them attacked the pole, or
lance truck, and in M instant stream
of poles was issuing from that wagon
that could only be approached by nm
army of circus employees dismantling
big tent.
The general direction of the line was
indicated by the officer and the men
set to work. Two of them, armed
with huge crayh1's, t,otsnd of II >a'
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has place in the forward end of the
wagon. At the rear end there is q
large reel, upon which are carried sew
eral thousand feet OF stout cable. In
a middle compartment to the balloon
wagon, room is reserved for the basket
and netting. In the secoad wagon are
stored the hydrogen gas '3ubes needed
for initiating the airship. These tubes
are constructed of steel and are as
light and as strong as it is possible to
make them.
There is generating plant for gas
at Fort Logan, and it is there that the
tubes are filled. They are shipped, in
such quantities as may be needed, to
various points throughout the country.
A supply sufficient for several infa-
tions can be carried with the field
train, and if larger supplies are needed,
additional wagons are pressed into
service. The balloon itself is con-
structed of the finest and most costly
material, gold beaters' skin being used
for this purpose. The heavy wagon is
of sufficient weight to hold the balloon
captive, and if q change of base is
necessary during an ascension, the
wagon has simply to be moved in the
desired direction, Telephone COM
munication is maintained through the
cable which holds the Balloon the
= : n . m n T,eI.a of fTe SfonaI CI0rDs
are also typographical engineers it is
a simple matter for them to prepare
accurate maps of the country beneath
them, while suspended out of harms
way above an enemy's camp. The
adoption of teleophotographic lenses
also gives them means by which as
accurate photographs can be made as
if the artist were actually in the
Notifications.
Statistics show that it is almost i'm
possible to hit q captive balloon with
musketry fire when at an elevation OF
1000 feet. The balloon is kept NOV
ing almost necessarily, and in that
lies great measure of its safety.
Nearly all the standing armies OF the
world are now equipped with balloon
corps, and the value of this sort OF
aerial surveying in time of war is in
calculable, at least it is so admitted by
the military experts, and they ought
to know.
Whether or not experiments have
been made in the use of explosives
dropped from balloons, I have not
been able to learn, but, from what one
can SEQ of the use of these aerial
monsters at Fort Logan, it would not
be strange if the widest dreams OF
moderns may soon be realized aud the
terrible death dealing airship may soon
evolve, rs did the Holland submarine
boat, from Jules Verne's "Twenty
Thousand League Under the Sea-.
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PREcsPT AND PRACTICE.

Nv grandmother used to say to me,
My grandmother used say,
'sNow, don't run after the boys, my girl,
But stick to your sewing, prayl
For men who want wives will hunt the
dear,
Care not to be met half way;
For the longest chase is the fairest SPORT
My grandmother used to say.
My grandmother used to say.to me, ss.
My grandmother used to say,
"Now, stop your dreaming and baste your
hem, -
Dreams never were meant for day.
Don't hurry, my girl, to find a lad,
Maids never have will nor way
Till sorrow and twenty are come and gone"
Ny grandmother used to say.
But I'd heard some tales and said one day:
"Now, Granny, you dear old thing,
You met, I've been told, your lover at
The gate at the meadow spring,
And, though scarce eighteen, you rod be-
hind
To the village 81 miles away,
And were married and all by Parson Phipps
Now, what have you got to say?"
And grandmother smiled demurely, then,
Above the hurrying thread;
"'Twas not for the lack of precept, dear,
Things happened as you have said;
For, stop your dreaming and baste YOU
hem,
For the men won't run away
And 'Wooing will keep for good two
year.
My grandmother used to say"
Richard Stillman Powell, in Puck.
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American Method the Best.

Germans are adopting American ma
chinery for their manufactures and
American ideas as well. The English
manufacturer proclaims boldly-prob-
ably for the effect it may have upon
his workmen-that if he cannot adopt
American machinery and methods in
Great Britain he will have to shut up
shop. The German and English may
be able to compete with each other
with the did of American machinery,
and they may be able to excel all the
world save this great country from
which they are drawing new inspira-
tions. But they cannot 60 the Amer
lean pace. Having caught up with
them we will pass them-distance
them, perhaps-for in all the world
there is no such combination of ex-
cellence as in these United States OF
America. Pittsburg Dispatch.