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Held 4 Tiger at BAY.

The shah is a mighty hunter, good
shot and an enthusiastic sportsman.
Big game is his delight. The king, like
all the sportsmen Of his country, uses
smooth bore and a bullet. A strange
incident Of eastern life, but true one,
occurred some years ago at one Of
these royal huntings. AS usual, a
couple Of regiments accompanied the
shah on his hunting party. The men
acted as heaters, a tiger was wounded,
and was making off under the kings
eyes. The royal second barrel was dis
charged, but did not kill the wounded
animal. Fearful Of losing his quarry,
the king was reloading (muzzle- leaders
are still preferred by Persians) !, when
o private soldier seized the tiger by.
the tail and detained him long enough
for the shah to dispatch the animal.
His majesty made that soldier q captain
on the spot.
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MEDAL FOR MISS GOULD.
Will Show Their Appreciation
!. Of Her Patriotism.

Toledo, o., July 17.-During the war
with Spain, Miss Helen Gould, of New
York, furnished number of cots for
the soldiers in Cuba, part of which
were received by the Sixth Ohio regi-
ment, of this city. The boys fully APP
preciated the generosity and patriotic
gift of Miss Gould, and they at once de-
cided to show their regard for her.
The corporals of each company COM
menced the raising of funds among the
men, and with this money magnif-
cent medal will be bought and pre-
sented to Miss Gould. The design for
the medal is miniature canteen on
one side of which will be engraved:
Presented to Miss Helen Gould by the
enlisted men of the Sixth Ohio,' and
in recognition of the patriotism of an
American woman" On the other side
of the medal will appear miniature
tent showing the cots instead of the
usual bare floor tent.
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position demand his presence at the
crematory early in the morning, and
the sunrise usually finds him at his
post, and in the discharge Of his duties
he is model of fidelity.
Mr.. Sweet is now 80 years old. He
was born in New York state, and as a
boy worked in his fathers Touring mill.
In 1912 he came to Michigan, built mills
at Ann Arbor, Dexter and Delhi, and
finally in 1916 he came to Grand Rapids,
where he purchased mill and engaged
in business for himself manufacturing
flour and buying and selling grain. He
made money rapidly, invested in city
real estate, engaged in numbering, was
interested in banking and had model
farm, which he stocked with Holstein
cattle imported direct from the old
country. He was active in promoting
agricultural interests and was foremost
in the affairs of the West Michigan and
of the State Fair associations. He was
one Of the organizers of what is now
the old National bank, and ten years
ago held 100000 stock in that institu-
ton and had been its president from
the start. In 1860 he was elected mayor
of the city, but it was his only partici-
patton in political affairs. a
What became of the substantial for
tune which years of shrewd manage
ment and hard work had accumulated
cannot be explained even by Mr.. Sweet
himself. It is certain, however, that
the good luck which had been his con-
slant attendant for half century sud-
denly deserted him, and every venture
he went into proved a new disaster.
He was the chief promoter of what was
known as the Lowell & Hastings rail
road, and lost money in it. He engaged
in furniture manufacturing and it
proved a failure. He was interested in
various other enterprises and was in
dorser for various relatives in business
deals, and losses sustained fell upon
him. The crash came about five years
ago, and the bank and other preferred
creditors took all the property he had
left, and even this came far from salts
flying the debts that were outstanding
against him.
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SOUTH SEA NAI'IV ES.'
TO Be Studied BY Anthropo logists
from the United States.


The United States steamer Albatross,
on her scientific trip to the South seas,
will take along one or more anthropolo-
gists, who will make a special study
of the queer and little known peoples
which inhabit various groups in Poly
nesia. A first landing will be made at
Tahiti. in the Society islands, where,
partly by reason of the extreme fertility
of the soil, which furnishes subsist-
ence without labor, the inha bitants are
idle and dissolute. They fatten their
noses, and bore hole through the mid.
die partition of that feature to accom-
modate ornaments of flowers or feath-
ers. Their ears are bored also, and the
teeth of sharks and of human beings
are inserted. Chiefs are distinguished
by large circular markings in tattoo
over the whole body, while common
folks are tattoed only about the loins.
Another queer custom requires all
women, except those of the royal fam
lily, to cut their hair off short.
All over Polynesia the practice of in
fanticide is quite general, but in Tahiti
it is particularly prevalent, young chill
dren being commonly strangled. Some
mothers on the island are known to
have done away with as many as ten
of their children in this manner. Pigs,
on the other hand, are greatly pam
pered. They are stuffed like capons
with breadfruit dough, and are slaugh-
tered at festivals. Weapons made for
midable by the attachment Of sharks
teeth are used by the natives, while
small instruments of q similar descrip-
ton have been customarily employed
for torturing and cutting up prisoners
of war.
From the Society islands the expedi-
ton will go to the Tuamotu archipelago,
where studies Of the character already
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indicated will be continued. So IA.
nous have the inhabitants of this group
always been as warriors that the chief
tains of Tahiti formerly fetched nu-
merous mercenaries from there
Next the Albatross will sail for the
Tonga or Friendly islands, far to the
west, whose people were ferocious can
nibals up to a century ago. On one
island of the group the natives until re-
Gently used for ornaments the iron nails
brought by the famous Capt. Cook for
trading purposes, one nail being reck-
oned as equal in value to hen. One
Of the insignia Of the king is a fly whisk.
The early Tongans were the Phoeni-
clans of Southern Polynesia, being the
greatest of savage navigators.
The Fijians, whom Prof. Agassiz and
his party will visit after leaving Tonga,
are great catchers of marine turtles,
whose skulls they hang up in their.
temple as offerings. They prize whales
teeth beyond everything, the chiefs
wearing ponderous necklaces of them.
In the department of state at Wash,
Ing IOA3 w lAC way ID tAS IOOlA VI d.
whale, which was sent to the United
States as treaty number of years
ago by king of Fiji.
The natives Of Fiji nowadays practice
cannibalism only occasionally and on
the sly, but in former times they were
habitual man-eaters. They ate pris-
oners of war as a matter Of course, and
certain weaker tribes on neighboripg
islands were compelled to supply q
stated lumber Of human victims period
ically. Cannibalism was always fea-
ture Of every festival, long wooden forks
being used at such grisly banquets.
Some Of their customs are very Curl
Gus ind Iced. The mot her-in-lawis avoid
ed as muck as possible, and custom de-
mands that she shall avoid looking at
her son-in-law.
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The Beet Sugar Factory.

Work has already been commenced
at the beet sugar factory at st. Louis
Park and a force OF about seventy men
is now employed. The entire forty
acres of land included in factory
grounds will be filled in. A new arte-
sian well 1000 feet deep has just been
completed. Two large tanks with a
capacity of 1900 gallons each will be
erected to store the refuse syrup until
it can be shipped east to be used in the
manufacture of alcohol. The company
hopes to build a distillery of its own
next year so that all the by-products
can be made use of at home. The
plant will be given thorough over
hauling and will be put in frst-class
shape by the time the beets begin to
arrive in sufficient numbers to warrant
its operation. The prospects are
bright for big crop this year and it is
expected that the factory will be
started by the first of September and
run until midwinter.
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Odd Discovery In paris.

An odd discovery was made when an
old house in the Rue Gallon, Paris,
which had been closed and boarded up
for twenty years, was opened, the prop
ierty having reverted to the state by the
death Of the owner, countess, who
left no heirs. 1t had been supposed
that the house was bare, and the Off.
Gals were astonished to find it sump-
tuously furnished from top to bottom
with furniture Of the last century in
excellent preservation, magnificent
tapestries, paintings by the great mas
tiers Of the eli hteenth century, a library
of valuable books and remarkable
collection Of china and bric-a-brac, all
thickly coated with dust.
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WITHOUT PROTOTYPE.
Some Personal Traits Of President
John Paul Kruger.
His Early Training Has Made Him
What He II To-Day-Simplicity OF
His Hubits-A Man That
Knows Not Fear.

The state historian of the South Afri-
can Republic, Mr.. Van Oordt, has re-
Gently published a history Of the Trans
wal, which contains the biographies Of
ats nota bilities, among the chief Of
whomis president, familiarly known
as Dom Paul.
The founder of the family was GER
tain Jacob Kruger, who arrived at Cape
Town in 1713 as a youth OF II, in the
service Of the Dutch East India COM
.pany. Jacob Kruger was German.
"A descendant of his, Caspar Kruger,
married and settled on the Bullock
farm, near Colesburg, in Cape Colony.
It was there that Stephanus Johannes
Paul Kruger was born on October 10,
1925. While still quite child he had
to help his parents, in his ninth. year
sometimes acting as shepherd, and
even leading the oxen yoked in the
wagon. Later, when yet too small to
handle the heavy musket of the period,
he went after game with bow and ar
rows, and returned to the farmhouse
with many hare and partridge. So.
Then came the trek into Natal, and
he went out into the wilderness to be-
gin life of toll, care and danger. That
was the school in which he was reared
and in which he was trained to be what
he is. He received his baptism of fire
in battle with the Matabele before the
occupation of Vechtkop, and took part
In the repulse of the Zulus in the attack
on the lager which followed the mas
sacre at Weenen, in Natal. At 10 he be-
came assistant field cornet, and two
years later attained full rank. Later
mandant general, was one Of the trium-
virate during the war of independence
I'm 1sso-s3), and has been president
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CHINESE TYPEWRITER.
Complicated Machine Invented by
Rev.sD. q. shefneld, nm Amer
lean missionary.

An American missionary in China,
Rev. DE-. Sheffield, president of the
lung Che college, has invented re-
markable typewriter, capable Of print
ing the 1000 characters the Chinaman
finds absolutely necessary for transact
ing his ordinary business affairs. The
Scientific American, from which our IL
lustration is reproduced, gives the fol-
lowing description OF the machine:
The 1000 characters are grouped in
alphabetical order according to their
accepted spelling in English, a large
number Of those most commonly used
being placed in q separate group re-
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BANDITS USE DYNAMITE.
senger Train Near Folsom,
New Mexico.

Trinidad, Col, July 13.-South-bound
passenger train No. I on the Colorado
& Southern railway was robbed by four
men five miles south of Folsom, N. NJ,
at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night. The.
robbers stopped the train, initmidated
the crew with guns and blew open the
sides of the express car with dyna-
mite. Wells-Fargo express officials say
that nothing was secured by the rob-
bers, who escaped. There were but few
passengers on the train and they were
not molested. Some persons here say
the express contained a large sum Of
money.
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MARTIN {. SWEET.
He Was = Capitalist for Years. INT
Now Il Working for TenDol-
lars Per Week.

Martin Z. Sweet, q former mayor of
Grand Rapids and ten years ago looked
upon as one of the wealthiest men in
western Michigan, now holds the po-
sition Of garbage weigher at the city
crematory at q salary of ten dollars .
week. he still lives in handsome old
stone mansion on Fulton street, but
the title and the property are not in
his name. he has some income from
other sources, but the humble position
he holds under the city government is
his main dependence. The duties of his
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WILLIAM E. GOEBEL.
Democratic Nomineefor Governor Of
Kentucky Was the Builder
of His Own Fortune.

William p. Goebel, the democratic
nominee for governor of Kentucky, was
born in Sullivan county Pa, forty years
ago. He is unmarried. When a boy
he removed with his parents to Coving-
ton, which has since been his home.
He was educated through his own en-
orgies, and made the friendship of Gov
ernor John w. Stephenson, who took
Linn into his law offices.
So marked was his ability that he soon
became q partner, and on Governor
Stephenson's death became executor
without bond, and still holds in trust
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News in Brief.

~ . e. II
John Dahlgren, convicted of robbing
dental Offices in Minneapolis, was SEN
fenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
An express company carried through
Minneapolis $4,000 pounds Of cigar
cites for Japan.
The school house of st. Johns parish
at st. Paul was struck by lightning
and sustained Sc, 900 damages.
Herman Goth, st. Paul boy, died
of lockjaw, the result Of injuries re-
ceived on the Fourth.
twill cost $50, 900 to bring the Thir-
teenth regiment home from San Fran
cisco.
Three houses in one block in Winona
were entered by burglars in one night.
Inc. w. Miller's house they secured
s1s, but they missed a roll Of several
thousand.
A young man named Edward Glenn
ems fell from a freight train near the
railroad bridge at Hastings and had
his right arm severed by the car wheels.
Wind destroyed several buildings at
Hayfeld.
Lester Carpenter, the three-year-old
son Of Lester A. Carpenter, a member.
of Engine Company No. l2, was kid.
mapped from the home Of his CRANE
mother in Minneapolis. He was aft
erward found with his mother, who
had separated from her husband.
A factory for the manufacture Of
wire cables has been started at Winona
IN L
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Sugar bounty Law Void.

Lansing, Mich, July Il. Attorney
General Oren Thursday advised Aud.
itor General Dix that the one cent per
pound beet sugar law is unconstitu-
tional. Under this opinion, the auditor
general will refuse to allow the claims
Of beet sugar factories for $4,000
claimed to. be due for sugar manufac-
tured in January and February of this
year, and the question of constitution.
ality will be settled by the supreme
court.
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Intricate Machine Invented by an Amer1-
sE.s can Missionary
CARELESS of spelling. The type are cast
on the under part Of the large wheel,
the upper side of which is covered with
printed characters, each one exactly
over the type it represents. The car
rage moves freely to the right or left,
and projecting from it there is pointer
which is used to locate the characters
to be printed. In operation the wheel
is revolved with the left hand until the
group or line in which the desired char
lacter to be found is opposite the car
rage, and the carriage is then moved
with the right hand to the right or left
until the pointer covers the character
sought for. To the right will be seen
Q little crank, one turn of which inks
the type, while small hammer forces
the paper against the type, leaving a
clear impression. The type wheel
locks during the printing and is auto
matically corrected if slightly out of
place, the characters being brought
into perfect alignment. The mechan-
ism performs the operation of spacing,
ETC., as in other machines.
At first thought it would seem even
with this machine the writing of Chi
5nese would be slow and tedious, but
when it is considered that the written
character consists of from two to TWEEN
ty-five strokes, which even the best Chi
nese scholar writes slowly, as they
handle the brush delicately, and that
"a character signifies not a letter, but
a whole word, it will be readily seen
that DR.. Sheffeld's machine saves a
great amount of both time and labor.
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Are the Hoppers Coming?

Prot. Otto Lugger, entomologist of
the state agricultural school, who has
just returned from the Turtle noun
tains in North Dakota, fears an inva-
sion of grasshoppers this season. The
ground is infested with them IN that
country and the season has been a
favorable one with them he says.
They are now Matching and will short
~ be on the move. 1t is probable that
they will spread through Manitoba
and North Dakota and there is
chance that they will sweep down on
the wheat fields of Minnesota. Prof.
Lugger advises the farmers to get in
readiness to meet the enemy by con-
structing ''hopperdozers," the plans
for which he will furnish on applica-
ton. Where hoppers have reached a
community he also advises farmers to
pillow furrow around their farms and
saturate it with crude kerosene oil.
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Must BE Returned.

Washington, July 15.-C Commissioners
Wilson, of the internal revenue, has is.
sued circular absolutely prohibiting
banks from affxing stamps to checks
unstamped when presented and requir-
ing them to return the same to the
drawers. This action was taken upon
information that certain banks had
adopted the practice of not requiring
stamps, as an advertisement, to secure
patronage as against rival banks.
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since the retrocession of the territory
of the republic by Great Britain to its
own government. By his people he is
spoken Of as the Lion of Rustenburg.
The personal habits of President
Kruger are extremely simple. He never
takes strong dring himself, but has said
that he belie-ed God gave man strong
drink to use, and that there is no harm
in its moderate use. Although fairly
wealthy he lives the ordinary life of
well-to-do Afrikander, indulging nei-
ther in ostentation nor festivities.
To poor burghers he has lent money
without any security, knowing, as he
said, that they were honorable men.
In character Dom Paul is stiff-necked-
obstinate some say-and full of hardi-
hood. This quality he has displayed on
many occasions.
While still a youth his gun, which he
had overloaded in order to make sure
sof rhinoceros he was hunting, burst
and shattered the top of his left thumb.
Before he could get assistance the
wound began fostering, for he was far
distant from surgical help, and threat
ened modification. He thereupon am
putated the thumb at the first joint
with pocketknife, but, finding the
first operation insufficient, he cut off
the second joint, after which the hand
healed. AS his biographer says: "The
be easily frightened" Many stories are
told illustrating his strength of will
and endurance, of racing contests with
Kaf6rs lasting whole day, and his per-
;sonal strength in struggles with ami
mails.
AS to his place in history, Mr.. Van
sOordt says, Paul Kruger has been COM
pared with Washington, with Lincoln,
and even with Ulysses and Butcher,
and many other Industrious historical
personages. It sounds well, says the
state historian, but the fact remains
that he can be compared with no one.
The circumstances of his bringing up,
those in which he has gained his in
fuence and ruled over his people for 16
years, have been so exceptional that
Paul Kruger can be compared with no
sother historical character. To the
Dutch of South Africa he is simply Paul
Kruger, man of themselves, born into
their troubles and tribulations, who has
contributed to their triumphs, and is
now, in his last years, steering them
through new dangers.
Mr.. Van Oordt, in concluding his
sketch, thus apostrophizes him:
s'All peaceful lies the Lion of Rusten-
burg, his eye fixed on God, his paw upon
the flag of independe You mark emo
ssigns Of attack; only the Lion takes a
watchful protecting grasp. But, take
scare! At the first approach of danger
he erects his name and rises up. And
woe! woe to him, however mighty he
be, who dares touch the flag of Trans
vaal independe The Lion then will
fight; he will defend himself to the
last drop Of his blood; and if he must
fall dying and conquered, then shall it:
be enwrapped in the yreiklem, which
shall make The shroud OF Stephanus
Johannes Psul Kruger
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Executions In France,

In France, when convict is sen
fenced to death by the gull tine, the
day of his execution is not named in
his presence, and he knows not when he.
rs to be led fort h IN til wit thin Is minutes
of the fatal moment. &
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attraction for the lnskilled rider with
the result Of a collision. &.
Probably the saddest case Of this.
kind lately recorded was, according to
the Chicago Daily News, that Of stout
lady who was practicing on Michigan
avenue last Friday afternoon.
She was evidently beginner and
more than half afraid Of the BICYCLE
and when in attempting to pass a
sprinkling cart the wheel steered itself
toward it she yielded to the bike and
rode directly against the rear Of the.
cart. Notwithstanding the fact that
the sprinkling apparatus was in full,
play and that she was almost enveloped
in the miniature fountain she held on
and pedaled, meanwhile screaming
loudly for help.
A park policeman OWNED her predic-
.ament and rode to her rescue, but not
before her bicycle suit and temper had
been completely spoiled.
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Blown Down.

Ringling's circus tent collapsed dur
ing a heavy storm at Crookston. Ow-
ing to the threatening weather only
small crowd was present. The grand
entree had just been concluded and
only a few performers were in the
ring. It seems a miracle that no lives
were lost. J. P. johnson Of Mcintosh,
Miss Adams of Crookston, Erick Berk-
man of St. Hilare had legs broken, and
fifty others were slightly injured.
The property loss to the show people
was $1,000. Ringing Brothers per-
sonally looked after all injured citi-
zens. The menagerie tent remained
in position. The animals were frantic
but none escaped.
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college, President Dead.

Lexington, Va, July 17.-Col. VIII.
liam Preston Johnston, president of
Tulane university, New Orleans, died
at the home of his son-in-law, Hon.
Harry St. George Tucker, Sunday. He
died in the same bed in which he was
born 81 wears ago.
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the large estate. For several years Mr..
Goebel was q law partner of John g.
Carlisle. His law practice is said pay
him $4,000 a year.
Twelve years ago he was elected to
the state senate from Kenton county.
and has served continuously since. He
was member of the constitutional con-
5vention, and was once candidate for
Judge Of the court Of appeals. He il
worth, perhaps, $25O,OOO.