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domesticated animals are notified and

domesticated animals are notified and
totally irregular. This is the curious
result of domestication. Wild animals
are, as rule, marked with beautiful
regularity. Look at the stripes of the
tiger, the spots of the leopard, the abb
solutely even streaks on the zebra's
coat, and dozen other similar in
stances. There is very little doubt
that all these animals colors could be
changed if they were tanned by man
and kept in captivity for a few genera
tons. Fancy black-and-tan tiger, or
leopard with the irregular markings
Of a tortoise-shell cat.
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Eighteen Were Lost.

Baltimore, Md, Dec. 15.-Eight add
tional survivors of the crew OF the lost
ship Londonian were brought into this
port Wednesday night by the North
German Lloyd steamship Maria Rick
mers. These with As previously rescued
nv the Johnston line steamer Nedamore
complete the list of survivors. Is hav-
ing been lost in an attempt to leave the
disabled ship in one OF her small boats
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Ther Post Diff ces.

Chicago, Dec. 16.-Chief Post Office
Inspector James F. Stuart has cele-
brated his return from Cuban battle
fields by causing the arrest of four men
who for some time past have been loot
ing post offices in the smaller towns of
Illinois. At Central station the pris-
oners confessed that they had robbed
six post offices. the aggregate of their
plumber amounting TO several thou
sands of dollars. The offices robbed
were Hammond, Ind; West Chicago,
Morgan Park, Danforth, H.; West
Pullman and Winnetka.
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Train Kills Eight.

Buffalo, N. y, Dec. 14.-Eight men
were killed and four injured at
Winspeare bridge, near Corfu. on TIE
New York Central railroad, Tuesday
They were Poles, with the exception Of
John Warner, their foreman who IL
among the killed. The men were en-
gagged in shoveiiug snow. All were
frightfully mutilated. The men
stepped from one track to avoid an APP
preaching train right in front of fla II
express train running in the same d.
rection as the first, and were literally
Ground 10 pieces.
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An Awful Disaster.

New York, Dec. IA wagon con-
tanning eight persons was struck by
train on the Pennsylvania railroad FRI
day night at the Allenwood crossing a
few miles from Manasquan, N. D., and
four were killed. two fatally injured
and two others seriously injured.
The dead are Mrs. Ellen Allen, Bes-
sic Allen, her daughter; Mrs. Allie Al
ger and Jennie Crammer
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DEATH OF CALVIN S. BRIcE
me ES-tnited States senator from
ohio and Noted Financier EN-
pircs In New York.

New York, Dec. l6.-Former United
states Senator Calvin S. Brice died at
1913 o'clock Thursday at his residence
IN this city of pneumonia. He con-
,racted a severe cold one week ago. On
friday last he took TO his bed, and on
MONDAY morning his physician said
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VIII He Isreserycd

Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 16.-Gen.
Wood, governor of the military depart
ment of Santiago, is determined to pro-
tect what is left of the surrender tree"
the tree beneath which the Spaniards
consented to the capitulation of San
tiago-and has had it enclosed with n
wire fence, issuing an order imposing
a fine of 500 or Imprisonment for 100
days as a penalty for mutilating the
tree, which is already not little in
iured by relic hunters.
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AguinaIdo Wants the Cash.

Madrid. Dec. 15.-There Is great lrri-
tation here at the continued refusal OF
the Filipinos to release the Spanish
prisoners, who are said TO exceed io.ooo
in number. The insurgents are now
lena nding that Spain pay as a ran
som for these prisoners the s2o.ooo'ooo
which she is to receive. according to
the terms of the peace treaty. from the
Tinted States.
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THE KHALIFA'S BLACK FLAG.

terror and curse TO the whole Soudan
1t was the emblem of a tyranny that
in this century is without parallel.
The cowardly khalifa fed, and so lost
his one chance OF dying like a man. lie
might, by dying upon the field, have re-
deemed his courage at least. His fight
proved him not only a monster, but a
craven
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Passed i'm a Hurry.

Washington. Dee. 16.-The house on
Thursday surpassed all previous rec
ords in the expedition with which t
passed the pension appropriation bill.
This bill in days gone by has feen one
of the most fruitful themes of acri-
monious partisan debate. but Thurs
day, although carrying 100000 more
than the act for the current year. y
was passed in 20 minutes without a
word of criticism
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RELICS OF THE KHALIFA.

In addition to the celebrated black
flag the illustration shows character
istic dervish weapons and war mate
rial. Among these the great war drum
of the khalifa is well in evidence; so,
too, are the broad-bladed spears used
by these warriors.
The shields and armor suggest medic
val Europe rather thar nineteenth cen
fury Africa.
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Washington, Dec. l6.7sCapt. sigsbee,
of the Texas, has been ordered to Ha-
vana by rail and steamer to take COM
mand of his ship there. The order is
the result of the hasty departure of the
Texas under recent orders. Capt. Sigs-
bee was at Albany at the time and the
orders to sail were obeyed SO promptly
that Capt. Sigsbee had no time to reach
his ship and in the nautical phrase he
and other officers were left on the
beach,
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Touches OF NATURE.
Observed by Traveller Who Shaped
Himself to Idleness.
,,,ue incidents which Occurred
Here, There and Everywhere
Most Are Peasant, and but
One Has, sting.
rSneaial Chicago letter.

The young woman who wrote to
her uncle, tell us something about
,our travels, something about the
oueer little things aid the queer
people you saw, not about towns
ard their Buildings" was no
f,oI For Is cents you can buy guide
book of any large city which gives more
valuable information than the casual
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visitor could pick up in month. Every
city in our lend has, to use technical
phrase, been written to death" But
The quaint things you see in the streets
aid on the cars. provided you have any
sense Of humor or can appreciate the
lathos Of life, are always of deep human
interest.
VI all the nuisances on earth the sys-
tfmatic sightseer is perhaps the most
offensive. lie has no eyes but for this
pnblic library or that government build
ing, and on his or her return has learned
nothing but what can be found in any
encyclopaedia or reference book. How
much wiser is the traveller who fol-
lows George Eliot's advice and who,
upon returning to life's duties and the
d2ly grind of business or the house
io!d, can say with her:
I'm travelling
SNAPPED myself betimes to idlenHss
And took fools plea sure"
mat reminds me of a little incident
winch happened in Toronto, the charm
ing metropolis of Ontario, not so very
'ong ago a Chicago man, who, in his
own opinion at least, is pretty we'll in
'oFhed concerning street car etiquette
1Iu The duties of street car conductors,
was enjoying an early morning ride on
ming street car and had just entered
i,'O very exhaustive description of
'ne Cleanliness of the vehicle and the
fo"'eness Of motorman and conductor
aneh the latter individual poked a
.ti"nSeIy-shaPed, nickel-plated ma
.N'Ne under his nose and uttered, in a
.eep and threatening bass: Money,
l rs"se' The Chicagoan, firmly con-
nHeed that 1t was a case of "hold-up,"
W." va, on the verge of physical collapse
a''u preparing to hand over his travel
+s, money when his somewhat more
st"'possessed better half made the
,;n s'iiui discovery that the strange de-
was neither a gun nor a dynamite
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Ended Its Session.

Kansas City. Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE an
,,al convention of the National Build
ing Trades Council of America came 10
an end Friday after the convention had
elected officers and decided to hold the
next convention in Milwaukee during
the second week of December, 1899,
Edward Carroll, of Chicago. was elect
Il ..nridenf
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Fish with an Elastic stomach.

The good old rule that receptacle
must be larger than its contents finds
apparent refutation in The case of the
chiasmodon, fish popularity known as
"the black swallower." 1t is noted for
its voracity and for the enormous dis
feasibility of its stomach, which per-
mias it TO swallow fshes larger than it.
self.
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fight was ample evidence of the

fight was ample evidence of their splen-
did courage.
The khalifa's black banner rallied
around it the stanchest and brayest
of the very flower of the army.
Time after time the black banner was
borne on to the attack. and it fell only
when its last living supporter fell un-
der the hail of Kitchener's bullets.
For years this black flag has been u
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with their faces uncovered. These are
proba bly, the new women" of Africa a.


First Weather Prophecy ON Record.
The first attempt at scientific fore
casting of the weather was the result
OF storm which during the Crimean
war. November IA, 1854, almost de-
stroyed the fleets of France and Eng
land. AS storm had ragged several
days earlier in France, valiant, the
French minister of war, directed that
Investigations be made to see if the two
storms were the same, and if the prog
ress of the disturbances could have
been foretold. II was demonstrated
that the two were in reality one storm
and that its path could have been as
eertained and the feet forewarned in
ample time to reach safety.
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r,,,~ r.e...na Treop. Needed.

Washington. Dec. 15.-Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin stated at the hearing before the
house military affairs committee
Wednesday that the Cuban evaeuati n
commission, Gems Wade and Eutier
md Admiral Sampson. had recommend
d that an army of $4,000 was requisite
o. maintain order In Cuba.
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Advance of Science.

81 see you've got your lightning rod up
for office again" said the friend Of the can
ddate.
The lightning rod" replied the candi-
date, who was a matter-of-fact sort of man.
sis one of the exploded humbugs of the
past. What I'm trying to do is to get my
trolley poles up for the office Chicago
Trihune
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The Worlds supply of Wheat.

An English expert prophesies a universal
dearth in the wheat supply. He claims that
the wheat producing soil is unequal to the
strain that will be put upon it. Even now
when the food supply of the world is ample,
thousands die because their disordered stom-
achs fail to properly assimilate the food they
en- and tone up the stomach and digestive or
gans, and enable them to perform their
proper functions. This great remedy cures
dyspepsia torpid liver, nervousness and fe-
yer and ague.
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Are you troubled with letter, alt-Rheum,
Eczema Ringworm or any skin disease! Tet-
terine is sure cure; tryit. SOC. at druggists,
or by mail for cash or stamps. j. T. Shup-
trine, manufacturer, Savannah, Ga.
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When q man concludes he is too smart to
work he comes to the conclusion that has
made more thieves than any other thing Oh.
earth.-Atchison Globe.
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BIack-an dian Tigers,

Glance at your family cat or your fox
terrier, or the COWS in the field. All
their markings, and those of nearly all
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Washington. Dec. 1.-THE national
BARD of trade met here Tuesday for iis
seniy-nintb annual meeting Fred
-lek Fraiey. OF Philadelphia. who has
an The president since the boards
was reelected.
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Fire In Chieago.

Chicago. Dec. 1.-THE warerooms OF
The Johnson Chair company burned
ruesJay afternoon. Loss. 100000: in
surance. $4,000.
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The great trouble in this world is too
many fools. Fools have always been nu-
merous, and there is no prospect whatever
that the supply viii diminish.-Atchison
Globe.
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The Climate Forbids II.

Biggs-Is it true that Smith, the iceman,
is dead?
Boggs-Yes, poor fellow. He cuts no ice
noW-Life
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The Girl I'm Love,

She's timid and believes in peace,
She shrinks from wars alarms;
Yet, womanlike. she'll never cease
To love the call to arms.
-Jud0e
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The only place where chronic kicker may
be useful is IN football CAMEL. A. w.
I.ulietiu
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Some people are so skepticai that they
even doubt their own doubts.-Chicago
Daily News
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Keeping Dogs Quiet i'm Japan.

When dog banks at night in japan
the owner is arrested and sentenced to
work for year for the neighbors
whose slumbers may have been dis
turbed.
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A play is never satisfactory il there is a
man or woman left over when the pairing of
occurs in the last act.-Atchison Globe.
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THE MARKETS.

A good mans son inherits poverty.-Span
ish Proverb
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Some people seldom lend helping hand
unless it is to help themselves.-Ram's Horn.
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When eyes snap, it must be the lash
that crack.-Golden Days.
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To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinino Tablets. All
druggists refund money II 1t fails 10 cure &c.
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Trouble gets into many home by means
of night latch keys-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-16
WHY DID THEY STAY AT HOME.

After canVassing the respective de-
merits OF Lewisism. single tax. silver
and certain disgust and dissatisfaction
with fusion by the fusionlsts. popuiisi
press and statesmen have reached the
sapient conclusion tina. the stay-at-
home vote Is wholly responsible for
their defeat All this is merely another
way of saying that they did not get
votes enough.
Examination Of the returns discloses
that the total vote east In the state on
last Tuesday was $4,000 or 5000. az
against $4,000 in 1886. a falling off of
T.ooo or 1900. In King county two
years since IL 0o0 votes were poIled as
against 1900 this year These figures
show that the inevitable decrease in
al off-year was only a little larger than
usual, the loss In 1894 from The prcsi-
Dental year In 1892 being $4,000
The Republicans this year east just
about the same vote as in 1896 Before
election astute political observers all de
ciared that the aggregate vote was Ger
tain to show IA decrease Of about Il. 900.
and Republican managers confidently
declared that of these the fusionlsts
would number at least 10000. Here
was net gain of 5000 votes. and the
problem was. therefore, 10 overcome
the remaining 5000 votes 4 change Of
A.oo0 would achieve Republican victory.
II WAS successfully done and the result
Is history.
But Why did the stay-at-homes stay
at home?
When the fusionists are able To find
a satisfactory answer to that question.
then they will have developed the vital
reason for their great defeat
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The United States government may
seem to the Spaniards t. be harsh in
its demands for full surrender OF the
Philippines: but what can the United
States do otherwise?
II such a thing were possible, in view
Of public sentiment, and the United
States forces should be Withdrawn from
the Philippines. the condition would be
no better. The Insurgents would renew
the rebellion and the Spaniards would
be unable to resist them. The interests
Of Germany would afford an excuse for
the Intervention of that country and
England would promptly land a force
II order To protect British interests on
the islands. which are greater even than
those Of Germany. The result would
be a division of the islands and Spain
would lose them entirely.
We should gain nothing by such re-
suit. bat we should have lost tremend-
ously in the estimation of the rest of
the world for our abandonment of the
ISLANDERS after having led them 10 be
iieve that We intended assisting them
to attain their liberty. and for our weak
ness in Withdrawing before the clever
diplomacy Of SO weak power a Spain
Painful though 1t may be to have to
seem to be- memorable 10 a vanquished
foe, we have no alternative but to stand
firmly in the position We have taken
We may be patient with Spain while
she gees through the motions of being
stubborn and fighting 10 the last. in or
der 10 save her credit with the bond
holders. but in the end Spain must yield
If she refuses, that means a renewal Of
hostilties. because the people of this
country viii never consent now to give
up villa, they realize is a most impor-
tant acquisition.
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Phoenix can now migrate to Dawson and
do some pretty active rising from that hot
town.
Judging from results in Nebraska. Col
Bryan would better have stayed 1900 miles
away.
An angry woman and a lighted lamp can
accomplish some surprising results when
they set about 1t.
The Tammany tiger and the single tax
cat have lately discovered that they have
much II common.
The fusion oracles are now jumping onto
the stay-at-home vote. The stay-at-homes
are willing 10 be It.
Next time the kicking fusion orators dis
cover an administration hat in the middle
of the road, they will walk around il.
The Filiplnos are at all times ready to
dispose of the fruits of Deweys victory.
and permit Uncle Sam to hold the sack.
Citizens of Juneau will now endeavor TO
convince Collector Ivey that it is unwise
% emulate the example of the justly cele-
brated parrot that talked too much.
X =
The stick from the James Hamilton
Lewis rocket iescen4s with the proverbial
dull thud," suggests The Washington Post.
But it continues 10 do considerable sizzling
around
Senator Stewart wants i understood that
h. has not been beaten in Nevada. The
legislators were simply inclined to he a
little risky un,u offered the proper induce
ments Electlng senators is Nevada's most
remunerative industry.
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DIR VAST FIELD FOR TRADE.

Those who are pessimistic about the
future and ,inid as to the expenditure
of money In enterprises. need 10 be re-
minded of the marvellous growth Of the
past twenty-five years and OF the won
derfui development Of new means To
meet new demands. In the matter Of
Geographic connection with Japan and
China. there is a hesitation about lay
ing one cable. Thirty years ago one ca
BILE vas thought TO be sufficient across
the Atlantic. but it was a very short
tine before tive were needed. and then
The invention OF the duplex system
doubled their capacity. Now. propor-
tionateiy 10 the service. there are forty
cables in capacity.
A man does not need to be very old
to remember when the telegraph first
came into use. yet we have now in this
country alone about 1900 900 miles Of
system. more than half that of the en-
tire world. In the years 1895 and 1856
the number Of messages sent in this
country was 10. 0oo, 900. larger than that
Of any other country by many millions
except Great Britain, which reported
nearly $4,000. 900 messages. The tele-
phone Is very recent institution. and
only short time ago was a luxury
Now the number of exchange connec-
tons daily in the United States is near
~ 1900. 600. or about 1885 000. oo0 a year
These figures are almost startling, but
they are only IL milestone on the wa
to a VOLUME of business almost meal
culablc
The new business IF the world is ia
be done in the Orient. The days of lona;
ocean voyages have passed away. The
nation which puts on fast steamers and
transacts it's business rapidly is the one
which viii outrun all others. This coun-
try has within the past two years
hanged from an importing TO an ex-
porting country. The volume of bust
ness is outward, and We are confronted
with the remarkable condition that.
even before We have realized it. a tariff
an imports has abolished It's reason for
being by the sheer success Of the policy
which established it, The protection If
growing American Industries has result
"a In making this country the master
81 the situation The warning that
protective tariff would kin oar foreign
crously absurd by the marvellous stride =
of our commerce
The Orient is now our field and it is
still as exporters. and not aa importers
we shall command It,
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The fusion forces in California are hav-
ing a merry I-told-you-so time among
themselves. The Examiner says the defeat
was caused by the Democrats antl-expan-
sion policy. and attributes the general re-
suit throughout the country. as well as In
California. 10 the disposition of the leaders
Of that party 70 cry imperialism" when
imperialism means Patriotism. The Oak
land Enquirer attacks this position Of the
Examiner s2vasely and declares that
Hearst. individually. ia the cause Of the
disaster 10 the Democratic party. The En-
quirer says Hearst claims 10 have hasten
Il the declaration Of war. IL he was not
actually responsible for the breaking out
of hos'ilit!es: tke VAR having been success
full beyond expectations what more nat
ural ,aan thar the people should sustain
the administration? The result OF the
Democratic attempts TO embarrass the ad-
ministration by Fastening declaration Of
war have been to more securely in.rench
The Republican party in power. The Sac
rameu.o bee tSu. RepD says Magu!re was
defeated because the campaign was made
solely on the railroad issue. As the Bee
puts a. a campaign which would nat
uyaily lad an outsider 10 believe tha. the
government - this grea. state OF Califor-
MIA WAS a Choice between c T.. Huntington
aud ,he San Francisco Examiner" OF
course there is trouble IN tse populist wing
of she fusion PARTY and taey are whaclinx
H. T Democratic allies as fresfv ne che
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silver candidate for congress. apparently II
emphasize the fast that Hitcheock's cam
aaign was IN a great measure his personal
campaign Rehabilitation OF David H.
Mercer. Republican sound money candi-
date for congress. by = rousing Old ma
.5orlty. From Omaha Col. Bryan Mastered
10 his home AZ Lincoln AMI sized the light
Of his presence an5 the glitter OF his brass
buttons and shoulder straps IN behalf Of
the free silver candidate for congress in
the First district Rehabilitation of E.
j. Burket, Republican sound money caadi-
date for congress in the First district We
can only sa-mIse that il the gallant colonel
had been In the thick Of the fray all
through the campaign Nebraska would
have gone solidly Republican.
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situated. We not only have practically
three railroad lines, but hy water CON-
naunication with Portland and san
Francisco ve hare two more. We COM
rnansi the Great Northern. the Northern
Pacific. the Canadian Pacific. the
Union Pacific ard the Central Pacific.
We need have no fear Of excessive
rates. and the business-like manage
nsenf Of al least two Of the roads at
fords US every assurance that they ara
conducted on the principle Of making
money out OF a great volume Of bust
ness and not, as one company is said
10 do. by making the charge ali that
the traffic VIII bear"
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The assurance that Dreyfns IS alive
comes as a great relief. The refusal Of
the French government TO allow his wife
% send a telegram and the reading 10 her
Of letter in which he seemed 70 indicate
a suicidal intention made Il look as II
they were only preparing the way for
later announcement of his death. That
would have been a crowning tntamy, for
even if he took his own life. the French
government could not escape the odium 10
which ii would be subjected.