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Daily camera., 1899-01-12
Germany win Get coA,iug station.

London, Jan. IA despatch from
Berlin to the Standard says that the ne.
gotiations between Germany and Sp in
for the Caroline islands are not vet con.
cluded. Germany may get only one of
the islands.
Daily camera., 1899-01-12
Democrat. Oh ooss Murphy.

Albany. Jan. l2-Ed Murphy. Jr., was
the unanimous choice Of the Democratic
caucus this morning to succeed himself
In the United States senate.
Daily camera., 1899-01-12
Dinrley Growing Better.

Washington. Jan. I2-Representative
D;ngley passed a good night and de-
sired change for the better has set in.
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siiver quotation.

New York. Jan. I2-Silver is quoted
at 5o4 today.
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Measles in the Army.

1.-THE fear that some parents ex-
hibit when measles is prevailing" re-
marked well-known army surgeon,
"is past my understanding and GER
tainly against my experience, both in
and out of the army SERVICE In my
Judgment, while measles cannot be
called blessing, it is certainly bet
ter that children should go through
with it while they are children. With
anything like careful nursing and
watching measles is harmless dis
ease, especially in summer time. The
only thing that is necessary is that
there shall be no sudden changes in
the temperature of the room iu which
those who have it are located, and
that everything that can be done shall
be done to bring the eruption cut.
The old-fashioned treatment Of
measles. hot saffron tea, hot lemon
ade and hot haxseed tea and all the
other hot drinks, it is true, made
measles rather disagreeable, the
treatment being worse than the dis
ease in many instances. All this is
changed now, and cold drinks and
even crushed ice have taken the place
of the hot drink treatment, 80 that
the little ones do not have such bad
time of it. While I would not go as
far as some who advocate that chill
dren should be exposed to it as much
as possible and actually forced to take
it, I am sure it is much better that
they should have it as children than
grow up without having it and then
running greater risks latter they have
grown up. In the Civil War my e1-
perience was that more men died from
measles than almost any other dis
ease.
"The same proved true during the
Spanish American war, and to-day
there ore more soldiers suffering from
measles in the Philippines than from
any other disease. Measles is q very
serious thing when it prevails in q
camp, for the facilities for treating it
are not the best. "-Washington Star.
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as swiftly as the electric cars OF to-
day, will take the place Of street rail-
ways. Having already conquered the
rail, electricity will then have made
itself master of the highway as we'll.
Rapid transit for long distances being
supplied by electric trains in clean,
cool, brillantly-lighted subways, the
elevated roads will be no more. The
removal of the horse from the streets
will not only make them noiseless,
but will practically solve the problem
of street-cIeaning. and greatly improve
the sanitary conditions of urban life,
reducing the amount Of street refuse
to q minimum. With clean, smooth
thoroughfares, through which swift,
air-shod, easy-riding vehicles dart
noiselessly. it will no longer be neces-
sary to seek the country for rest and
quiet.
Once the horseless age is in full
sway, every man will have his own
automobile, and the bicycle, which
has already, to some extent, supplant-
ed the horse, will in turn be shelved,
save for purposes of sport. With the
universal development of sources of
supply of electricity, the electromo-
bile will take the place Of all other
forms of traction, and plugs will be
provided in the streets from which
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versatile and useful thing. In some
respects it has threatened to supersede
the horse, that faithful animal which
has so many times been turned ont to
1ie, only to be resurrected to career
Of prolonged usefulness. The horse
Is still with US, and the automobile
promises to occupy very large place
in the activities of men, but there is
40 warfare between the two. 1t is not
possible that the horse will disappear
or revert to the FIVE .toed thing he was
in remote periods of the worlds life.
There will always be field for the
horse, at least to browse in, if not for
many of the uses for which man has
found him indispensable. So that in
celebrating the vogue of the automo-
bile there is no reason to chant an
slegy Of the horse. There are many
who will take to the new form Of pro-
pulsion: there are others who will
never forsake the horse.
Some conception of the marvellous
expansion of the automobile idea may
DE gathered from the casual announce
ment that contract has recently been
made for the manufacture of 4200 elec-
trio vehicles, OF automobiles, involv-
ing an expenditure of over IS, ZOO, 900.
That is large amount for investment,
especially in new enterprise, but If
it proves anything, it proves that the
automobile is no inconsiderable factor
in modern life, and that the making
and using Of electric cabs and carts
have assumed vast proportions.
A motor carriage is expensivet TO be-
gin with; but, taking into considera-
tion that there are no horses to be
bought with it, the extra cost is more
apparent than real. An electric cab
costs some fifteen hundred dollars to
build, and the more delicate and ele-
giant private vehicles run up into the
thousands. But the expense of opera
tion is slight. A charge of electricity
for one run may be had for sixty cents.
The gasoline for an eleven hundred
mile trip, made by motor-carriage
from Cleveland, Ohio, to New York
recently, cost less than six dollars;
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Wages and whisky.

The young man who thinks he can AFFORD
to take two or three glasses OF beer or
whisky each day and never miss the sum
be spends would do we'll to reckon up how
much these drinks would amount to in the
course OF year.
Some years ago three young men ID
Columbus. Ohio, carpenters by trade, en-
gagged to work for builder, promising to
stay with him until certain piece OF work
was completed. They we're to receive the
same wages, and were to draw them as
thew chose. The work lasted from spring
until Christmas. On the final settlement.
one OF the young men, who frsquented
the tavern, and was pretty hard drlnksr,
found balance to bis credit OF S2oO. Ile
second. who was somewhat more mod.
crate drinker, had $11; the third, who was
\ teetotaler, had $3.50. The first and sec
ond wore very seedy clothes, and were IN
iebt. Surely total abstinence pays!
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Tho Crusade in Brief.

n the liquor traffic Is not wrong, ther
lothlng is wrong.
American women selling American
drinks at an American bar In charity
bazar is one OF the sights London has re-
Gently been treated to.
In last months pleblscte on the semlach
or local option, in the Norwegian capital,
Christiania, women cast two.thiros OF the
votes against the sale OF drink.
Carroll D. Wright says: 'Ten thousand
nsonle starye to death each year In Greater
Nsw York, while nearly 100000 day
masses over the saloon bars OF that city Tor
liquor"
II Ia contended that eiyht-tenths OF the
drunkards OF to-day began to drink when
they were young.
five church members worked rs hard
for God as the saloon keepers DO Tor Satan
more results might be seen.
One OF the protests addressed to Presl'
dent Mckinley against the Grigss nulilh-
,ation OF the anti-canteen law comes from
the missionaries Of the American Board III
Turkey.
The Temperance Cause is responsible Tor
the statement that "the craw OF the new
Columbia are from Deer Island, Me-, a
home Of prohibition which is never tG-
peached by the press, and every man Is Il
totul abstainer."
sNever enter barroom, nor let the con.
tsnts of 4 barroom enter yOu," is one OF
the rules for young men, laid down by one
Of Americas most successful men.
In England, after a fourth conviction
for drunkenness, tue inebrlate Is 10 DO
treated as a hnbitual drunkard and con.
ilned In reformatory at the expense OF
himself or his friends. If they are able to
nav or at the cost Of the State, II neces.
sary.
How long will the American people be
,leluded by the revenue" phase Of the
liquor business? Gladstone's answer to
every man OF the nation. He said: "Giye
me a sober nation and Will take care Of
the revenue" Intemperancs to-day In
Germany is giving the German Govern :
mont the vary grsvest concero
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New York CITY (SpeciaD. .-The
roretold time when carriages wi fh-
but horses shall 60" has come apd
the end of the century finds the sAlf-
propelling vehicle an established fac
tor of everyday life. This is demon
strated by the organization of the Au-
tomobile Club of America for the de-
velopment OF the motor-carriage aa q
source of sport and pleasure, the for
nation of a gigantic trust for the COM
mercial exploitation of electric street
traction in this country, and the lay
ing of plans for an international race
between French and American auto
mobiles-all events of the past few
weeks.
So quickly do the new things be-
come old, and so readily do people
adapt themselves to the marvellous
contrivances which modern inventive
ingenuity has devised, that the auto
mobile, but brief time ago unknown,
no longer arouses more than a pass
ing curiosity. And yet it is one OF
the most interesting of latter-day in
ventions of the annihilation of space
and time. In spite Off comparative
youth, it may be found everywhere
in Paris, France, and in Paris, KY. 1t
adapts itself to multitude of needs.
for it may be my lady's victoria or the
butchers cart. It hauls packages
and passengers. 1t runs over ooun-
try-roads and city asphalt. It diversi-
fies life by the sea and it makes the
city streets more interesting than ever.
1t may be bought, hired or borrowed.
It eats no oats or hay, but it may sub
sist on electricity or feed on petroleum
or gasoline. 1t is good at sprinting or
at long-distance travels. 1t climbs
hills, speeds over fat surfaces and IT
may even turn fip-aaps, as the recent
experience of q young experimenter at
Newport has demonstrated. Altogether
the automobile, in its various mani
festations and uses, is an exceedingly
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the automobilist may take his suppl.

the automobilist may take his supply
of power by a nickle.in-th -the-slot de.
vice, while along rural highways
power stations will be established so
that journeys of any distance may be
undertaken. Even on the farm, auto
wains will do the heavy burden carry
ing. The horse may still be harnessed
to the plow, may still furnish sport on
the race-course and riding exercise for
the few, but no longer will he be the
chief bearer of mans burdens. Who
will say he has not earned rest?
The General Postoflice automobile
mail carts are being subjected to q
severe test by the postal authorities
of London, and it is believed that
they will be put in general use. Those
who have watched the new vehicle
say they are faster than any that have
yet been tried. Their appearance is
up to date in every way.
Imagine a wagon, not unlike the
mail wagons of New York with an I'M
mense hood over the drivers seat,
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SECRETARY OF WAR GALLIFFEr.

Mexico, and the French say he car
ried his entrails in his hat until he
found surgeon. The present coat
for his stomach is a silver plate, and
he firmly declares that he experiences
all the violent fluctuations in the value
of the metal. Senator Chauncey NJ.
Depew says that "his conduct after he
defeated the Commune in 1871 is the
one incident indelibly impressed with
all the horrors of the time upon my
memory. He corralled large section
of the population of Paris. AS these
men and women were driven before
him he seized the ends of the fingers
of each and bent back the hand. If
the palm was black they were shot,
the men as participants in the fig ghting,
the women as guilty of incendiarism
with petroleum. To the appeals Of
the old, he answered, you have lived
long enough and of the young, it is
o mercy to saw you from the dangers
of liyino'"
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A Cooking Feat.

During the building of the Tower
Bridge one of the workmen wagered
to cook big pudding ten feet under
the surface Of the Thames. Need
less to say, so impossible o feat
lead to a deal OF money being
laid that he couldn't. On the
appointed day the pudding was tied
in sack and sunk to the required
depth, the assembled crowd being
greatly amused with the careful man
ner in which the performer handled
the sack. At the end of three hours
the pudding was drawn to the surface
and was found to be thoroughly done,
the only fault being that it was lit.
tie too we'll done. The sack was half
full Of lime. London Tid-Bits.
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For the future, the automobile holds
out the promise of city practically
free from the maddening street noises
that make modern urban existence more
or less a torture. Cobble pavements
are laid to resist metal tires and the
pounding of steel shod horses. With
every vehicle motor-driven, and every
wheel pneumatic tired, all pavements
can be of asphalt. Not only will the
rumbling of heavy trucks and the clat-
ter of hoof-beats disappear, but there
will be no more tracks to cut up the
streets, since electric omn'buses,
carrying as many people and moving
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The Spacious irrnalnent.

The immensity of the universe is
aptly illustrated by Astronomer New
comb in a current magazine. We re-
fer to it because it is one of the most
comprehensive illustrations that we
have seen. He says that if an express
train running sixty miles an hour
day and night without stopping kept
it up for $50 years it would just about
complete the diameter of the circle
made by the earth in its yearly jour
ney around the sun. Now let this
immense circle be represented by a
lady's lingering, and taking that as
the standard of measurement, the
nearest fixed star would be mile dis
tant and the furthest visible through
the telescope at least twenty miles,
Pat .rson IN. J.) Call.
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1t Sounded Horrible.

Mary Alden had lived all her fifteen
years in the country, far removed from
railroads, and when her father accept.
ed O position in the machine shops OF
the great railroad corporation at g.,
and settled his family in O house over.
looking the switch-yards, her life was
filed with terror.
On the first occasion of her crossing
the yards, long train of cars was be-
ing disconnected and distributed. To
her horror. she heard o man at one
end shout to another, "Never mind
that jumperl You can't wait. Cut
her in two, and throw the head end
down here"
. Mary fainted.-Youth's Companion.
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Schoolboy Won the Prize.

"Now," -. said a schoolmaster, as he
displayed a bright fve-shilling piece
between the tips of his finger and
thumb, "the first boy or girl that puts
riddle to me which l cannot answer
will receive this as a gift
"Any more?" he asked, as soon as
silence was restored, and no one had
claimed the coin.
eyes, SIR" sang ont little fellow
from the farther end of the school.
"Why am like the Prince of Wales?"
s'The Prince of Wales" said the
master, thoughtfully. "The Prince
of Wales?" he repeated to himself.
"Really, Johnny, see no resemblance
in you; I'll give it up.
because, cried the lad ioyfully,
"I'm waiting for the crown. ."-London
Tit-Bits. ~ -..-.
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winding lane between lines of other
wagons and drays that makes the new
motor cart valuable.
Automobiles in this country are
greatly interested in the attempt OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Davis to make
the run to San Francisco in q motor
carriage. Their automobile resembles
O road phaeton. The motor is con-
cealed under the seat. The driver
sits on the left of the seat. With his
right hand he controls the direction
of the vehicle. Two levers on his
left regulate the speed. The automo-
bile must be supplied with gasoline
and water every few miles.
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Society, of New York, when he said:
"No matter what the parents may be,
if the child is taken away at an age so
early that it has not understood the
wickedness about it, and is placed in
a country home, it is almost certain to
do WE'LL" Wines, Davis. and numbers
of other sociologists unite in declaring
that fully eighty-fve per cent. of the
crimes in cities is due to evil environ
ment." A good way to stop the in
crease of crime is to remove the chill
dren, wherever possible, from the in
fuence of vicious surroun dings and
example. st. Louis Republic.
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A TEMP GRANGE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS,

Tho Man Behind the Bar-How q Young
American Surgeon Observed His
Pledge Under Extraordinary Circum-
stances-A Toast Drunk in Water.
gou have heard Of "The man behind the
Gun,"
And "The man behind the plow."
One gets. his work from the Captains
bridge
The other Is working now.
But one who works both night and day
Mans happiness to mar
The deadllest foe our land can know,
Is "The man behind the Bar"
Rams Horn.
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SHAMROCK Is FORMIDABLE.
The Race Shows Her to Be Great Wind
ward Boat.

New YORK CRY (speciaD.-The Sham
rocks race against the Britannia Is In
structive because the latter cutter was
thoroughly tested against the Vigllant,
whose ability Is well known here on ac-
count OF her meetings with the Defender
In her races With the Prince Q: Wales's
yacht the Visilant lost ten out OF fourteen
races, her Victories being generally in
light winds with eased or free sheets. It
was generally admitted that In British
waters and with British conditions tho
Britannia was the better boat by from
three to FIVE minutes.
In the nine races between the Vlgllaut
and the Defender next year for the honor
OF defending the Americas Cup against
the valkyrie the Defender won all that
we're flnished-fve-and showed an aver
age superiority OF about six minu:es on q
thirty-mile course.
Assuming that the Columbia IS five min
utes better than the Defender, which Is
fair estimate, taking account OF the effect
OF improvements In the new boaE during
the season, 1t will be seen that the resul. of
the trial race makes the Shamrock de.
,idedly formidable competitor for the cup.
The most important fact shown by the race
was that the Shamrock Is a great wlndward
boat, very dangerous quality.
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Environment Moro Than Heredity.

Lecturing not long ago in Chicago
before literary club, distinguished
jurist declared that ''the doctrine of
heredity of crime is true. Statistics
prove it." Hardly. Many learned
students of criminology hold a differ.
ent view. Weissmal ard many other
eminent authorities maintain that "the
acquired characteristics of the parent
do not pass to the child by inherit
ance."' This opinion was reaffirmed
by Mr.. Brace, of the Children's Aid
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Frances Most Picturesque General.

General the Marquis de Galliffet, the
French Secretary of War, shot 35, 900
Socialists in 1871. General de GAL
liffet is the picturesque figure of the
Cabinet. He captures the imagina-
tion of the country. He is admitted
OH all sides to be the ablest and most
brilliant cavalry officer in Europe.
Hale and handsome at seventy his life
is one long series of daredevil adven-
lures in wars and in love. An explod-
ing shell tore open his abdomen in
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A Conspiracy in Cuba.

The truth regarding the recent proela.
nation issued In Matanzas, Cuba, shows
that regular revolutio ary party has
been established, with headquarters il
Havana, its object being to incite Cubans
through the entire country. All this Il
we'll known to the authorities, aud nc
manifesto comes off the press without the
Government receiving copy OF 1t,
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and William 6. Tiffany relates that
the fuel for a two days journey through
Touraine cost him but three dollars.
NJ. Charron, of Paris, who was shall
lenged to an international automobile
race by Alexander Winton, recently
proposed stake of one hundred thou
sand francs, the object beingto demon
strate the possibilities of American
and foreign made machines.
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and back Of it another case of hand
somely polished wood, which is used
for the supplementary mails.
The front wheels of the wagon are
small enough to swing under the body
of the vehicle. They work on pivot
and the wagon can be turned almost
in its own length. It is the facility
with which these wagons can be sent
around q corner or worked through a
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Camarines Want an Amerlc an Alliance
The natives OF tho Provin ces OF Albaye
South CamarInes and North Camarlnes, ir
the Philippines, are endeavorlng to throw
off the domination OF the Tagals. They are
willing to declare Allegiance to the United
States when troops are sent to protect
,ham
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SOME HINDU FABLES EXPOSED.

The Magical Mango Trick Seems Vory
Tame at Close Range.
In the days of Marco Polo the mango
trick may have been marvellous feat,
but when I first saw the Indian Jug.
gler beginning the preparations for
it, writes J. T. McCutcheon, in
the Chicago Record, I was half
prepared by the travellers tales
to see a graceful tree spring
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Your Girl or the Saloon Keepers Girl
Which?

Which?
"Papa, will you please give me fifty cent:
for my vacation hat? Most all the academy
girls have theirs"
"No, May; I can't spare the money"
The request was persuaslvely made by o
sixteen-year-old maiden as she was pre-.
pariug for school one fine morning. The
refusal came from the parent in curt, 10.
different tone. The disappointed girl went
of business. On his way thither he met a
friend, and, being hail fellow we'll met, ht
invited him into Macs for afrink.
As usual. there we're others there, and
the man that could not spare his daughter
fifty cents for q hat treated the crowd
When about to leavs he laid half-dollai
on the counter, which just paid for the
drinks. Just then the saloon-keeper's
daughter entered, and, going behind the
bar, said: "Papa, want afty cents for my
hat" GAIL right" said the dealer, and
taking the talf-dollar from the counter
he handed 1t to the girl, who departed
smiling.
NAYS father seemed dazed, walked oui
alone. and said to himself: II had to bring
nv fifty cents here for the rum-seller's
daughter to buy hat with, after refusing
1t to my own daughter. I'll never drink
another drop"
This Is specimen OF the wholesale rob
berry OF the home which the saloon Is prac
tIcing everywhere. And there are thou
sands OF men whom such an object lessor
as this man saw that day would not in.
huence to give up the habit OF drink; Ane
1t Is not only hats, but winter clothes.
shawls, shoes and stockings, and daily
bread, and fire to warm the family hearth
that the saloon is stealing from three mill
ion families In this land.