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chartered by Bougainville, matter of a century ago. Nearly ever wear for a generation or more there has been a crisis in Samoa. Either kings. were warning against kings or consuls were wranglimg against consuls. ,,sT
 When anything particularly serious has happened big warships have sailed silently into the harbor and have lain at anchor as powerful reminders of the fact that watchful eye was ever open. And this in fact has been the basis of the trouble with Samoa. The people have always been un- der the watchful eye of one nation or an- other. They have not been permitted to rule themselves and they have objected to this method of treatment.
 When the white man came to the island he found happy, careless get of people who had no Ambition beyond that of fish ing and surf-ridlng. Since then he has taught them nominally to be Christians, singers of hymns and church-goers, but in spite fthis they are the same children of nature that they were years ago. A vis-
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citizen received the liberty and justice to which he was entitled. This was sufficient, however, and today there is scarcely an unbiased person in France who does not believe that he will do his duty in such 0 way as to insure the peace and prosperity of the republic.
 In doing this however, M. Loubet will not resort to the artificial ceremonials that M. Faure believed added so much to the dignity of his position. To begin with, such ceremonies and the hidebound observ- anee or court of etiquette cost money; and M. Loubet has no fortune to throw away in this manner. It Is more than probable, therefore, that he will revert to tho homely regime that was followed dur ing Jules Crews term of office.
 Rich as he was Pere Grevy was of most domestic habits. He loved his home and he proposed to be comfortable when at home, however greatly he might offend those who were insisting upon his observ- ance of the official dignites. He, too, wore felt slippers and was often seen walking in the garden of the Elysee with a pipe in his mouth and a much worn smoking Jacket on his back. Between this mode of life and the rules introduced during the last two years of the presidency of M. Faure there Is a great contrast, for 1t has been recognized that there was greater degree of ceremoniousness, formality and etiquette at the Eysee Palace than at many of the foreign monarchical courts.
 M. Loubet has already shown that he does not propose to be bound by the rules laid down by his predecessor. On the evening of the election, M. Crozier, the
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chief of the protocol, insisted that the new president should stop at the foreign office the family of the late president not having left the Elysee. To his despair M. Loubet refused to be guided by the suggestions of the etiquette marker to the late president and positively announced that he was going home to his wife and children, ''state eti- quette or not"
 Again on the day when the new presi- dent moved into the Elysee he took a de- cidedly roundabout way in order to avoid the pomp and ceremony that M. Crozier had planned as welcome for him. As the result of the chief of the protocol is at a loss what to do in order to earn his money Under the late president his office was a busy one, but from present appearances M. Loubet will manage things to suit him. self, which will give the commissioner of state etiquette many idle hours for con- temptation upon his lost grandeur.
 One of M. Loubet's most striking charac- teristics is his love for tobacco. While M Faure loved good cigar and smoked oc- caSionally, his use of tobacco was modera- tion itself as compared to that of the new president, who smokes like a. volcano He is seldom seen without pipe or a big black cigar in his mouth, and his favorite corners of the Elysee will reek with to- bacco smoke as they did in the days of President Ferry. M. Thiers hated both to- baceo and those who smoked it. M Car not never used the weed and M. Casimr- Perier seldom took more than a few whiffs at cigarette in order to put the smokers among his guests at their ease. M. Ferry, however, smoked continuously, and during his regime there were rooms in the Elysee that always were redolent with an odor somewhat like that of stale garlic. s.
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suffered with blackheads and pimples for two or three years. until 1t became chrcnic tried everything imaginable, but 1t did me no good. CUTICURA SOAP cured me.
 L V. GILLIAN, Oak P. O.. Va.
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 In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP Go. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid limitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.,
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A Hard Worker

From Puck.
 "What a hustler Mrs. Buzfuz is about her church work"
 eyes. she acts as if she had to raise that s2O, 100 for Spain."
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Before using CUTICURA SOAP. my face and hands were just as rough as they could be. and my face was all covered with pimples. l was unfit to look at, but afte- using CUTICURA SOAP three weeks my sce was equal to velvet.
 PAUL DJJPRE Chaler La
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I suffered two years with Acne. I have tried all kinds of medicines but they did me no good. I used nine cakes of CUTI- CURA SOAP and my skin is now as smooth as any baby.
 LEE L. FISHER.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29

Invention by the Marquis of Lorne.
The marquis of Lorne has taken out a
patent for brake &c be applied to the
back wheel Of bicycle.
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ToRNApo-FRoM A PHOTOGRAPH.

value of not less than $4,000, 900 by tor
nadoes. The greater part of this, o.
not less than S23,O00,000 was lost by
three storms which passed through re-
gions of dense population. The storm
of March 81, 1890, destroyed propertl
to the value of 100000 at Louisville,
The loss from the storm which visited
St. Louis on May 81. 1896, was not les.
than $4,000, 900, and the storm which
passed over the southern states from
Cedar Keys to Washington on Septem
Der 20, 1896, caused a loss of at least
$7,00o,000. This last storm had the fea
lures of both hurricane and tornado,
but was more of hurricane type. Pre-
vious TO 1889 the record shows that
there was an average of three destruc-
tive local storms for the preceding Is
years.
1t is estimated that the rotary veloci-
ty of the st. Louis tornado was not less
than IT'S miles an hour, and the pressure
upon the buildings which it struck with
full force was not less than from 60 to
90 pounds per square foot. 1t is claimed
that buildings should be able to with
stand a pressure of not over 40 pounds
per square foot, applied laterally, but
there is nothing which can be built that
will withstand the vortex of tornado
when it operates in full power.
While it is impossible to build build
ings which will withstand this terrible
power, it is equally impossible to stop
it. There has never been any practical
way devised of warding off these storms
when conditions are favorable for theiI
development. The terrible tubes resist
all efforts at breaking them. Cannon
balls fired at them are as ineffective as
marbles, and, while there seems to be
no perceptible increase of them, we are
seemingly destined to encounter a GER
tain number of them each year.
BERNHARD BRISTOL.
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s DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES. 3
Observation-Disclosures

the rainfall is usually heavy. With the
coming of the vortex of the storm is the
destructive tempest carrying death and
destruction TO all within its path. Then
after a brief respite the storm passes
away in the revers to the way in which
it came.
Tornadoes are caused by the interior
of the country being heated and the
ocean districts being comparatively
cool both along the Atlantic and Pacific.
Between these, in the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys, these warm and cool
airs encounter each other. The meet
ing of these air currents causes physical
features which are easily distinguish
able. There will he Gains at intervals,
local pools of stagnant atmosphere into
which these air currents have not pen
etrated. The intense heat of the sun
superheats the air near the ground and
so causes an unstable equilibrium of the
atmosphere, and so assists in producing
the dreaded storm.
There are some portions OF the Unit
ed States which are free from lorna
does, such as the Rocky mountain pla-
teau, while in the central valleys they
are of annual occurrence. and are like
IL to visit any of the states east of the
Mississippi river, as well as those west
of that stream.
The months of May and June are the
tornado months, more occurring dur
ing that time than at any other.
Each year sees about 25 of this class
Of storms, the frequency being quite
uniform from year to year. But those
of great violence which have become
historical have numbered not over "a in
the past eight years. From 1850 to 1896
there was property destroyed to tho
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
QUEER POSTAL SERVICE.
That of Havana When the united
States Took CbarGc of
Its System.

Under the Spanish system the letter
carriers received their pay by charging
from three TO five cents, and sometimes
more, for every letter they delivered.
1t took only day or two to have that
system abolished in HAVANA, much to
the relief of the merchants. The ear
riers were put on salaries equivalent to
that which they were supposed to earn
by the assessment method they were per-
mitted to use under the former regime.
The carriers under the Spanish sys-
tenn not only charged for the delivery
of mail matter, but they rified letters
freely, and made money by stealing
stamps from mail matter and selling
them. The letters and other grades OF
mail matter would be forwarded with
out stamps, and the carrier at the other
end of the route would collect not only
for delivery, but for the stamps that
had been stolen. There was simply an
unparalleled looseness in the conduct
of post office business, and every man
seemed to have license to steal wherever
he could. Even newspapers would be
stolen from bundles and sold for what
ever could be got for them.
Another form of corruption was evil
dent when the salary lists were eX-
amined There was no scale of salaries.
In one city a postmaster would receive
twice the salary that the postmaster of
a larger city received. Salaries seemed
to be arranged on the pull plan. with
the possibilities of division with the APP
pointing power afterward Places that
under the liberal payment of the United
States would rate at 81 500 year were
worth frequently as much as $4,000 a
year.-Harper's Weekly.
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gulf. They originate in the Caribbean
sea and travel in a curved track to the
northwest, then change to the north
and northeast, and finally follow the
track of the cyclone through the New
England states.
Cyclones are often 1000 miles in di-
ameter, and the hurricanes usually in
the neighborhood of 600 to 500 miles,
but the tornado is only mile or SO
broad at the top and at times but a
few hundred feet at the bottom. Local
conditions are not the cause of cyclones,
while all of the conditions producing
the toruadoes are of local character.
OF tornadoes, Prof. F. II. Bigelow,
professor of meteorology of the wealth
er bureau, says:
THE tornadoes of the United States
occur most frequently in the Mississip-
pi and Ohio valleys, though there are
few states east of the Rocky noun
tains which do not receive occasional
visits from them. They form in all
parts of the temperate zone under diff
ferent aspects, being known at sea as
waterspouts, in deserts as sandstorms
Small tornadoes are called fair-weather
whirlwinds when they happen in fair
weather on the lakes or on land under
suitable conditions: white squalls in a
dry atmosphere, only a small white
cloud high up being visible. Bull's-eye
squalls, which occur near the west coast
of Africa, are quite similar in origin TO
the white squalls. a family OF lorna
does may be produced at the same time.
coming down from the same cloud, as
many as IS tubes having been observed
at once. Spouts are sometimes noted
in clear and calm weather, when they
are apt TO be very small. Generally in
this country tornadoes are formed in
the southeastern quadrant of cyclone,
and they move forward with about the
same speed as the larger storm. 1t
may be noted here that there are many
minor whirls in the cloud region which
have gyratory motion, and that these
are perhaps the first stages of the de-
velopments likely to grow into move
ments of large dimensions"
OF the second class of these three de-
structive storms, hurricanes, the phys
ical features are well understood. The
approach of such storm is usually in
Dictated by long swell on the ocean for
aperiod of two or three days before, and
so forewarning those interested. The
usual fall of the barometer which these
storms produce is preceded by faint
rise and then the gradual fall; fine
whisps of tendril clouds are seen; the
air is calm and sultry, and then gradu-
ally increases TO gentle breeze. Then
the breeze increases 10 gale, the sea
becomes rough, the clouds matted AND
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
A RACE OF DWARFS
Peculiar People That Live at the
Eastern End of the Pyrenees
Mountains.

Prof. Miguel Marazta has made what
seems curious anthropological discov-
cry in the valley Of Rebas (Gerona), al
the end of the eastern Pyrenees. There
exists in this district a somewhat nu
merous group of people, who are called
Nanos (dwarfs) by the other mhab~
stants, and, as a matter of fact, are not
more than four feet in height. Their
bodies are fairly we'll built, hands and
feet small. shoulders and hips broad
making them appear more robust than
they really are. Their features are Sc
peculiar that there is no installing
them among others. All have red hair;
the face is as broad as long, with higt
cheek bones, strongly developed jaws
and fiat nose. The eyes are not horizon:
tai, but somewhat oblique, like those of
Tartars and Chinese. A few Struggling
weak hairs are found in place of beard.
The skin is pale and flabby. Men anG
women are so much alike that the sen
can only be told from the clothing
though the mouth is large. the lips dc
not quite cover the large, projecting
incisors The Nanos. who are the but.
of the other inhabitants. live entirely
by themselves in Rebas. They inter
marry only among themselves, so tina,
their peculiar.ties continue to be re-
produced. Entirely without education,
and without any chance of improvin G
their condition, they lead the life of
pariahs. They know their own names,
but rarely remember those of their par
ents, can hardly tell where they live
minuham Post
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FIRE SERVICE IN ENGLAND.
The Force Employed in London In
Only Half as Large as That
of Paris.

The British towns seem to have the
cities in Europe and America, says Mu-
nicipal Affairs. The London fire brig
ade has about 500 men, about the same
number as Berlin. which has only a
fourth of the population, and less than
one-haG the size of the Paris corps.
Glasgow has but 100 men to 10000 pop
ulation; Leeds but 33 to 400, 600 people,
and Sheffield % men to a population of
100000. Liverpool Bristol, Cardiff,
Norwich, Bromley and other towns
have no separately organized fire de-
partment, the work of suppressing fires
being performed by the regular police
force. The expenditures for fire protec-
ton are on similarly unimportant
scale. Thus Leeds spends less than
$4,000 year, and Sheffield less than
$4,000 a year: Preston. with a popula-
ton of $4,000, reports only 81 500 spent
for its fire brigade, and Norwich, with
100000 population, only $3.50 year. 4
few towns, however. show 4 somewhat
larger range of expenditures. Glasgow
and Liverpool each annually eNpend in
the neighborhood of SIS, 0O0--ahout ten
cents per capita-and proportionate
amounts are expended by Edinburgh.
Dublin. Belfast and Stafford. The Lon
con brigade costs about $950.000. or 20
cents per capita. But even these excep-
tonal instances are below the per cap
ita expenditures for fire protection in
other European cities of the same size.
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THE REPORTORIAL SCOOP.
How 1t Was Worked on a st. Louis
Scribe by Constituencies
Contemporary.

A reporter named Jones on a daily in
governor of another state, who had
slipped into the city on a secret political
mission, says the San Francisco Argo-
naut He learned to his disgust that
jackson, the star reporter of a rival
sheet also proposed to call in an hour.
Acting on inspiration, he sent up card
bearing Jackson's name and was
promptly admitted When he had
learned all he wanted he asked, with
gross intentional impudence, whether
the information was really true.
The governor turned purple. by
question my word ~ he asked.
"Oh, don't get gay!" replied Jones
airily; common governors cut no ice
with my Office
The old man foamed at the mouth.
"You insolent scoundrel," he roared,
"get out of my room!" That was eX-
actly what Jones wanted and he went.
Presently Jackson showed up. Here,
boy" he said, pompously, take my
card to the governor" When the old
man looked at the pasteboard he nearly
expired. THE blankety- blanked in
famous vilain!" he spluttered. 81
never heard of such blankety-blanked
etfronery in my life! Tell that mis-
Reant if he or anybody else from his
internal paper comes up here I'll Kill
'em." The word was carried to Jack
son, who went away raving. Next day
the paper intimated the governor was
in town on bender. Jones paper had
capital interview and big scoop"
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4 Faithful Dnu

The Paris Figaro relates touch
ing souvenir of the poet de Musset. as
mentioned by the poets governess,
Nine Adele Colin Martellet, who has
Just published her memoirs. The poet
ha' small dog named Mario. After
the poet died. the dog. supposing him
absent. continued 10 await his return
at the same hour every evening for pc
Rod of seven years, when il also died.
Nine. Martellet's husband took the dog
to Auteuil to be buried. and found some
workmen engaged in digging out new
street. The faithful dog was buried by
the men. and the street in which the
animals remains were laid is called the
Rue de Musset.
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Plant That Eats Insects.

The sundew is one of the most curl
GUS plants in natures great collection
of queer things. If an uniucky fly
lights on one of its leaves that leaf
closes right up, wrapping tightly
around Mr.. Fly and staying closed
for days until he is all eaten up. a
bit of meat or some of the white of
an egg dropped on the leaves will make
them do the same thing. But the
queerest thing of all is that these
leaves will pay no attention to a peb-
BILE or a chip of wood that may be
dropped on them, and will not close up
at all. If a moment later little worm
should drop on one of these same
leaves ii would curl shut at once. Now.
how does this plant know what is good
TO eat and what is not?
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J YCLONES, hurricanes and lorna
does. We place them indiscrim-
2 inately in the same class, and

No does. We place them lndlscrlm-
~ inately in the same class. and
yet they are as different as it is possible
for great storms to be. To the average
observer every destructive wind is a
cyclone, and yet it is seldom that cy-
clone causes the great amount OF de-
struction attributed to them. The de-
structive storm of the central states,
the storm which carries away towns,
which claims hundreds of people for
its victims, which produces the funnel
shaped clouds that are feared by all,
is not the commonly called cyclone,
but the worst of all storms, the tor
nado.
Science divides the great storms into
three different ciasses-cyclones, hurrl-
canes and tornadoes. Each of these has
certain characteristics which distin-
ruish it. The cyclones are the ordinary
storms which move over the United
States, coming always either from the
northwest or from the southwest, and
always passing off toward the Gulf OF
st. Lawrence. They occur at all sea
sons of the year, the blizzard Of the
winter bringing with it the great
masses of snow which blocks the trains
and causes untold suffering, is as much
cyclone as the windstorm of the sum-
mer with its rain or hail. In fact, the
cyclone of the winter season is usually
the most severe of its class of storms.
The hurricane that carries terror to
a al, och II
afloat but seldom visits the states of the
Mississippi valley and farther west. I'm
like the cyclone, they originate always
In the southeast, but, like the cyclone,
they pass away over the ST. Lawrence
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Airs.

Some people put on airs while others
merely whistle them.-Chicago Daily
News
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