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LACK OF FOUNDATION. !
For Many Complaints Filed Asaanse'tI :
Pension Bureau.

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WASHINGTON, July 13.-The pension
committee Of the g. A. R. finished It's
inquiry here this afternoon and most OF II
members left the city tonight The COM
'mittee has been here three days and DUR '11
iEg most of the time has been accom-
panied by Senior Commander in Chie1
Johnson. Commissioner of II -2stons Evans
and /, orps Of the most experienced EN- EN-
Sployes o. the bureau have given the most
thorough cooperation to the committee.
placing themselves and all the official files
atsits disposal. s.sfs;44sll.
81 Headed by Chairman Brown, the COM
mittee called at the White house TO-DAY
and for an hour and half were engaged
in conference with President Mckinley.
During that time they threshed over Inc
whole pension policy, the discussion COM
pretending the laws governing the system,
the rulings made both by the interior de-
partment and the pension bureau tor their
execution and changes desired in the In
terests5of the government and for the
pensioners.
4 The president paid unusual attention 10
the delegation and gave free expression
to his views on the subject. Later the
body returned to the pension bureau where
they spent most Of the afternoon talking
over matters informally with the commits
s.oner. All the old soldiers widows em-
ployed in the office were called together
to meet the committee, before whom they
passed in line and exchanged friendly sal-
utations. s.. ss
Late this evening a final citing Of the
committee was held in the hotel parlors
when individual Views and recommends.
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tions were presented and an informal
consultation held as to the nature of the
re port to be made. This document will[be
presented to the Philadelphia annual en-
campment of the G. A. r. in September.
: Pending the report Col. Johnson, the
committees spokesman and his colleagues
declined absolutely to discuss their work
or the results of the inquiry. 1t was
admitted, however, that much has been
printed concerning the action of the bur-
eau which: has been found untrue. The
examination of the files has shown lack
of foundation for many complaints that
have formed the basis for criticism. It
was learned before the committees de-
parture that when it arrived here, 1T
had a memorandum of about 80 cases in,
which the ruling should be criticised The
papers in these cases were sent for in
regular order and disclosed substantially
ro foundation for the attacks upon the
official action upon them. So. -
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!, ~ N ,,,o, 70 OOn 4n,,c
sy 1or From - Rraz;l @ Ill Peru Java and SUI.
1matra. Ceylon.7 India. Africa, the Phil
llipines, and the islands of the trop-
ical seas, bags, bales and barrels pour ,ll,
INTO INTO NeW hork. cry every year = s.ne
hnndreds OF 11nousanos. : roii NeWl
YORK Oh they are dlstrlDuted I[ g an paris
OF the country. /. 5.5@5
But the greater portion 81 ene cones' s'
imported ls retained y fNesY hork ~
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% - = In Il u NE.sag
The French people do things il il "a, a
hurry much so, in fact, that they
often are obliged to revise their .sa' ac-
5tior as in the Dreyfus case. They
probabl made no mistake, however, yer,
in sentencing Baron Christiani, the The
who saulted Presid lent Lou Lou
bet with cane at the races Chris
tiani wasstried before the correct tional
police court. The jud ges1= de liberated TED
thirty five minutes O and delivered RED
Judgment saying that according to
the: articles of the penal code under
which Christiani was sentenced he l''
was liable to from two to five years
imprisonment. There was general
exclamation of surprise when the
prisoner was sentenced to four years
imprisonment and also to pay the
costs of the trial.
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DEWEY GETS a GEYsER.
New Spouter Named After the Man-.
lin Hero. sSss

New spouter Named After the MaH-.
lila Hero. ssss
ST. PAUL. July Is. The new geyser5
which recently broke out before the
Fountain hotel in YeMbwstone National
park has been named Dewey" in honor
Of the hero Of Manila bay.
4 Dr.. L. B. sperry Of oberain college. Ohio.
who recently passed through 81: Paul
with large party Of, tourists for the Yel-
lowstone park. has teaegraphed General
Passenger Agent Fee OF the Northern Pa
citlc regarding the geyser as follows:
The new geyser is a sumner, second only
to the Excelsior. It plays an hour and a
quarter constantly. and throws great
volume of water LEO feet high. The old
Fountain geyser has resumed action on
grander scale than usual go
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ism and constant endeavor to pene-
trate into the mysteries of spirit life
our absolute knowledge is just where
it was in the beginning -.
'.To follow up the circles, the trance
mediums, the materializations, and
physical manifestations is interesting
for a time; but for the purpose of
learning where friends may be in the
spirit world, what they are doing, or
how they are situated all investiga-
tion Of that subject is so much waste
time. z.s.s3... :ts$z.<ls: g:
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LoNGING.

szs5,g LONGING. ss2 2:4E
o, for the meadow-lands, warm and
sweet, = - -
8 Where the tall grass whispers the
whole day long, 4
And the meadow lark on the old rail
e fence a
Floods allithe e silence with exquisite
.... song; i. ..s.ssa.. .ass} .zl3za s.5
To lie on the south hill slope and
Q, wonderful dreams that never come
Then home to the kitchen, cool and
wide, s:s=}
Where grandma's caraway cookies
II grew. ], .5 Il
O, heart of mine, 'tis weary way
From the ,city's streets to the mead
ows wide,i ss:55
From the. clearer vision of manhood's
years 5s5s:
To youths sweet dreams on the
south hillside;
So far from the ways that; bruise the
feet ~.
To the grassy paths that my child
s hood knew, f:5:s=3 f:5.:5s* s s.5,s
From crowding walls t to the I kitchen t'dl'
Where grandma's s caraway cookies e
grew.
u ~ IL
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I-..-%I HE hOrseless carriage seems tc
'@be attracting more attention than
= any other recent invention, and
| the possibilities of the automible seem
to be beyond calculation at this stage
of its manufacture. IN spite of the
opposition with which it is in many
instances, greeted, the undoubted ad-
vantages it offers over a vehicle drawn
by horses are so apparent that it is
bound to occupy a prominent place
among the great inventions of the CEN
turyE now closing.
This is especially true in large Cities:
!, where horses require nearly as much
space in the crowded streets as the
wagons and carriages to which they
are attached. One of the great draw
backs to increase the aautomobi loco
motion lis the saost Of the vehicles,
which place them quite beyond the
reach Of fsthose s ho are now employing
horses. Not only must the animal be
ldisposed Of On al oyercrowded market,
but all the carriages, large and s. small, al
which the owners possess, for the
|automobile repl both. The latter tt.
[diffculty, howeASer may now be over YER
come. For some time inventors have
been ende with varying success
sto construc q motor which may be
attached to the vehicles now il use. use.
All those chs have TO be .hitched''
to& "a carriage ami operated as horse
are cumbrous aid possess one of the
great disadvant ages Of the latter-7oc-- -
cupying too much space:
But recently II French firm, Messrs.
Arniot e Penea1s seems to have met
all difficulties ana is placing upon the
market a moi d ttachedss to- q pairssof
front wheels ~ hiich may be substituted
for the ordinary Front wheels Of q car IF
rage. The wheels serve 3sat the same
time .;a.ssSboth as steefers and drivers, any
variation Of thei position TROLLING
the direction of carriage without
Iindep dependent move ements Of the naptha
motor with u rtical cylinders
which propels - eonve q ) yaance: s.
There is y tlsas1s hief 81 serves SEE 's
as a pro1onga Of the I motor axle$on II on
each side. The ifferent nech chanis~ms SIMS
Ito effect change Of speed are. carried
on the front axle. The naptha and r
water reservoirs are susp pende tbehind
and the motor fur ther forward. a
strong metallic band fixed to "a sleeve
fitted to- the real axle connects this his
axle with the motor, as the weight OF
the latter would cause too great 9
strain on an. rdinary carriage. a
solid whole is thus formed Of the front
and rear wheels SO that the motor
moves the carriage by both pairs OF
wheels. Any wagon ortscarriage.Ecan
in Is minutes be changed from its or or
dinary form to an saut tomible and vice
versa, the only expense being for the
motor and one pair Of wheels, which =
may be. used alternately on = whole '
series Of different vehicles, as may be
done with a horse.
The case ! containing the motor is
decorative, and when electl icity is pre-
ferred to naptha as g motive power power
will contain storage batteries.
The invention has passed the expert. psrl.
mental stage and has been operated
with great success. It is likely to be
Of great practical service and will meet
popular demand.
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Mrs. Thatcher Dead.

CHICAGO July 13.-Mrs. Solomon
Thatcher, Jr., who as parliamentarian
and speaker was the acknowledged leader
Of the lady managers of the worlds fair.
fdIed todayof heart failure, superinduced
by acute asthma. She was IS years Of age
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scarlet Fever scnre,

WEST POINT, NJ T., July l3.-The
scarlet fever scare has abated and dress
parade was resumed this evening. No
new cases were reported today.
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-sSl -,tl
Washington and is preparing a report
for5 the department on the work Of
congress. DR. Boyd thinks the results
of thescong gress will be important. The
chief question now interesting the pro-
fession is the preparation Of an effect
i've serum .,to comba t the disease. The
most promising work in this gconnec-
ton is that Of DR.. Behring, one of the
most prominent of the European spe-
cialists. '.3Ss.s=s 81; 5;A5.. I; H. q )
The results obtained by DR.. Behring
have attracted the attention of the
medical world and are being pushed
as rapidly as. consistent with careful
scientific work. The profession sees
no reason why the velopment of q
tuberculosis serum should not revolu-
tionize. the mortality rate in consump-
.tion as much as has the development
of; the anti-toxin of diphtheria. The
development of consumptive sanitapr- I
iums in Europe is another matter that
has attracted much interest among the
profession on this side of the ATLANTIC.
Tt is now assured that the disease in
its earlier stages can be checked. With
the building up of the patients gem
eral condition he. is less liable. to a
recurrence of the disease after leaving
the institution, even if the lung tissue
already destroyed cannot be replaced.
Even in advanced stages the disease
can be so checked that an individual
may with care and good climate live
out his allotted span with only a frac-
ton of the lung area possessed by a
normal subject. 8:5zs .s=s @.ssz
Preparations are now being made for
the establishment of a consumptive
ranch in the high and dry region OF
the sonthest for the benefit of the mer-
chant marine. There is a large pei
cent of consumptives in this service,
though there is but little trouble with
it in the navy, the: physical eNamina+
ton there wedding out practically all
the suspicious cases before they enter
the service. The chief objection to
the location as now planned for the
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marine: :sanitarium is the long distance
inland, making the transportation Of
invalids difficult and expensive. Good
results are expected, however, from
the new venture.
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FIFTY MILLION COFFEE DRINKERS
IN AMERICA.
Why the Famous Firm Of Arbuckle
Bros. Control the Bulk of the
Coffee Trade
Mullen (Idah0) Mirror a

II is estimated that there are fifty
million coffee drinkers in America.
We, have long since passed the mark Of
being the largest coffee consumers in
the world, one-third of the entire cof-
fec grown being used in America. This
proportion has been steadily growing
since 1861 when the total amount OF
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:T HE first practical test has been

~ HE first practical test has been
f. made of powerful new electro
magnet recently added to the
equipment Of the Manhattan Eye and
Ear. hospital, J, in New York city. The
in Instrument, which is known as {: giant
,magpet, is so powerful that it will hold
$50 pounds of steel clinging to it and and
will seize with a vice-like grip a bunch
Of keys thrown at it. .57; s7;
The first test was made when a man
was brought into the hospital with a
we'll cut at one side of the eye
ball, made by a silver of steel flying
from a rapidly revolving lathe. The The
bit Of sharp steel had cut almost
through the entire eye. into the pos
terror chamber. in the yitreous fluid
where no surgical Instrument could
ever reach ii without destroying the:
eye. !. .sf*= ~ -r-45is
DIR. Frank Parker, who performed
the operation, turned the. electric
power into the magnet, and then, with
the patient on an operating table,
moved him gradual toward the mag.
net. AS the eye came nearer and
nearer the magnst, attracting the bit
of steel, drew the eye far from the
socket. The pain was almost sunbear-s
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-. HIRTY-TNO Ogsq quare inches OF cutiTs
@ Gle were the other day taken$by
ysicians Of ~ aterloo + "a ], from fro 4.
the armsaof eleven volunteers, one Of.
whom was. q woman, and succ ssfullyy;;
plant ted to The bod E,of q young
man, Will Barrett, in order to save
his. life. s..
Barrett was severely burned ina fl fire Z,
several weeks ago and his wounds
would not heal. The woman who vol
llnteered to make the sacrifice for him:
was Miss Lydia Hinman, principal Of {
the high school, and the, unfortunate
young man was one Of her favorite E
pupils. The other volunteers were his
former schoolmates. III .=, 5ss: H
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LAW AS INTERPRETED.

An exception as to change of occu
pant without increase of hazard" in
an insurance policy prohibiting change
OF interest, title or possession, is held.
in Herman Bros, l.. & Co. VS.. Kata
Bros. tTenn.), II l.. II. A. 700, to be an.
plicable to personal as well as to real
property.
The presumption against suicide is
held in Johns vs.. Northwestern Mutual
Relief Association wis.,, Al l.. r.
0ST, insufficient TO sustain a cause OF
action for accident insurance, where
the insured went TO bed as usual ,yos
found next morning in an underground
cistern back of the house. with under
clothes, pants and stockings on, but no
coat, and the opening TO the cisteru
was Is by 20 inches
The implied duty of the owner TO use
reasonable care in inspecting and re-
pairing n CRATE in a sidewalk in fronh
of his premises is held. in Cauandaig,a
vs.. Foster IN. ~, II l.. K. A. 554. IN
continue, Notwithstanding his lease OF
part of the structure on the AUDITING
land and its occupation by Il tenant. al
though the tenant has. by implication.
the exclusive right to use the CRATE.
The burden of proving an alibi is held
in State VS.. Thornton IS. d., IL l.. K. A.
03O, TO be upon the defendant-at least
to the extent of raising Il reasonable
doubt of guilt-after the State kas
made a prima facie case. The great
contrariety of opinion on this subject
is shown In note to this case, in which
the different rules are clearly defined
and the authorities of the different
Jurisdictions Analysed with reference
TO them.
The loss of the services of a minor
child killed by the fault of another il
held, in Gulf. c. Il S. +. Co. VS.. Beall
(Iexas), Al l.. Il. A. S07, to give the
parents no common-law right of action
against the party in fault There has
been difference of authorities on this
question, the preponderance of which
supports the present decision, but the
cases which reach this conclusion do
50 on different grounds, as appears
from the note to this case
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JIMMIE . AnD HRG.
y eVsexsexeexsexeNVe,xsex s,xeexs extexkexeJ

His own boat happened to be near at
hand, and few rapid strokes brought
him as near the eddy as safety per-
mitted.
Here. he cried. grumblng as he
threw out Il rope. "ketch hold of that,
II You don't want to drown"
Miss Jane had been so occupied with
her fears and struggles that up to this
moment she was una ware that assist
ance had arrived. At the sound of his
voice she turned quickly.
'Merciful heavens. Jimmy Bradford
of all men. femme drown"
Don't be tarnation fool. Jane
Green! Ketch hold of that rope an
I'll pull you out"
"Never! cried Jane, squirting out a
stream of water from her mouth, and
padding desperately with both hands
to keep atloat.
Then I'll pull ye out, anyhow ejac-
ulated Jimmy. Il never knew any liv-
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snow De careful an see that you
don't take cold after yer duckin'." said
Jimmy. as they reached the woman's
home. You'd better make you some
hot ginger tea at once. An II you'll
agree to 1t I'll drop in tomorrow an
see how you are"
Jane agreed to it coyly, and Jimmy
turned away. with new and strange
feelings lingering in his breast
''Blest if she amt pluclly one" he
said to himself. 81 never seen a woman
before that had any sense. She'd make
a good wife for teller that liked
women folks"
But month later found her the wife
of "A man who did not like women folks,
and that contented individual was M
other than Jimmy Bradford.
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Only once in n while, it seems, do the
people wake up to the fact that they
are masters and not serfs For much of
The time they go along bowling and
scraping to their magistrates and their
mayors and their Governors and their
Legislators and their otfice-holding fell
fows in general. For practically all of
Ghe time they are under sense of
hopeless subserviency to tue persons
not at all above their own status In citi-
senship whom they have themselves
clothed with official authority.
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to let out scream an scare the fish

to let out a scream an scare the fish
away"
Help! Help! l shall DROWN
screamed the woman.
There was no question about 1t, Miss
Jane was In great peril. Her boat, an
old leaky shell-was twirling about.
the rapid, rotary motion causing at fire.
quent intervals foamy waves to splash
over Its sides, and it babe fair to sink
In short order.
'Let her DROWN growled the wom-
an hater. savagely. ''Therell be one
less woman-gosh! she will go down as
sure as fate. Bein' sort Of human
critter. s'pose I'll hey' to pull her
out. er the neighbors IL lynch me-"
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While the Legislatures of several
States were lelsurely debating bills
making 1t a misdemeanor to deface by
advertising or otherwise the State or
National flags, a French garrison expe-
rienced the mordant of practical appli-
cation. A drunken soldier, having In
suited the French flag. was reported.
and all the troops of Toulon were form
ed IN hollow square on the parade
ground. with the flag in the middle.
Then the general called the luckless SOL
der by name. He fell out of the ranks,
marched to the flag, saluted 1t, and ut
tered faltering apology. ut is WELL"
was the brief comment of the general:
and even the United States, whose flag
Is defaced with such impunity by its
own people, echoes well"
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in woman had such grit. You're too
plucky for fish bait, an I'll save ye,
whether or no."
Despite James gurgled protests, he
hurriedly hauled in the rope, formed a
slipnooSe at one end, and hurled it over
the half-drowned woman's shoulders.
Then he exerted his strength in Wig
orous pull, which Jane resisted with
all her waning powers. and succeeded
i'll lifting her into the boat.
"Oh, dear!" she gasped. "And to
think that l should owe my life to
Jimmy Bradford" and then, too much
exhausted to bear up any longer, she
closed her eyes and tainted away.
"Wuss and wuss" cried Jimmy. did
ever man hey such luck? What in
the world am goin' to do with faint
in half-drowned woman. I'd like to
know? I've half mind to leave her
here in the boat an start for home"
He drew the boat up on the sloping
shore and after carrying Miss Jane to
sheltered spot beneath widespread
ing willow tree, proceeded to restore
ed her eyes the first thing that met her
gaze was Jlmmy's face.
ooh, my SOUL she gasped. feebly.
Gam | In the power of the EVIL OneW
DRAW it little mild, Jane Green.
amt the EVIL One, nor no kin to him,
as l knows on. An you're shown
mighty little appreciation for hayin'
your life saved, can tell ye."
wall, said Jane, after moments
thought perhaps | was little TOO
harsh. | s'pOse there are wuss beln's
on the face of this airth than you be.
reckon you'd set all the tongues o.
scandal Vaughn against me"
You're too plucky woman to feed
fishes on, an too good-looklng. too"
James pale face changed IN a mo-
ment to deep carnaton hue, and her
tone might have indicated either real
or pretended reproach as she replied
Same on We. Jimmie Bradford. TO
make fun OF a misfortunate an de
fenseless woman. I'll go home this
minute"
She arose, trembling and weak. and
attempted 10 walk away, but staggered
and was obliged to grasp branch of
, tree for support.
You're too weak to go home now,
Jane" said Jimmy. approaching.
You'd better stop Il while longer"
so you could make more fun of me.
s'pose," said she tartly. NO. thank
| you, Mr.. Bradford"
IL didn't say more'n meant, Jane
Green. nor mOre'n I'd say another time.
| never knew before that women had
SO much gumption. But If you're bound
to go, I'll give you a boost, for you
couldn't get there alone. Here, take
my arm"
AN set the hull town to talkin'."
cried Jane.
"'Tain't best that they talk" re-
torted Jimmy. "The first one that saws
word ag'inst you will feel that" ex-
hibiting hard and formidable fist.
After considerable persuasion. Jane
was at last induced to take his arm.
and of they walked, a most singular
looking couple.