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swarming into Aldershot in unher-
aided patches and reshouldering their
rifles as if the transformation from
civil to military life were merely an
everyday occurrence.
The huge mobilization at Aldershot
is now IN charge of Major General
Thomas Kelly-Kenny, Inspector Gen
eral of Auxiliary Forces and Recruit
ing, who has succeeded General Sir
Redvers Butler. All the work is new.
It is the first time that anything of
tie kind has been attempted since the
short-service system went into effect.
A visit to Aldershot produces the i'm
preston that everything is going like
clockwork, but it is too early yet to
express definite opinion regarding
the British mobilization.
For the reserves themselves, who
are obliged to leave their wives and
families on a pitiful pittance from the
Government, much public sympathy
has been aroused, exemplifying the
truth of Rudyard Kipling's jeer, IA
special train for Atkins when the band
begins to play"
A number of reserves who were not
called ont have asked to be allowed to
serve in South Africa, and a similar
spirit of spontaneous, practical patriot
ism is seen on all sides. Sir Redvers
Buffers force includes the flower of
the English nobility.
Sir Redvers Henry Butler is an old
campaigner, who has served his time
in the country to which he is going,
and who is regarded in London as the
most capable man for the command.
Sir Redvers has been soldier since
he was nineteen. At that youthful
age he was a commissioned officer OF
the Thirteenth Rifles, and on pure
merit, combined with dogged deter
mination, hard service and remark
able bravery, he forged his way ahead
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Stole From Queen WiIhel,nina.

An extraordinary case of theft is re.
ported from The Hague, the victim
being no less a parsonage than Queen
Wilhelmina herself. The culprit ap-
pears to be the person to whom the
safe custody Of the young Queens
valuables was intrusted. The stolen
articles consist of very valuable gold
and silver toilet pieces, and seem to
have been abstracted from Her Ma
jesty's dressing room. Their disap-
pearance was the cause of inquiries be.
ing made, and when the bulk of them
were discovered in the possession of q
silversmith, he stated that he had
bought them from the official in ques-
tion, who has now absconded.
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METHODlSTS' RADICAL MOVE.
Wisconsin Conference viii Elect Bishop
For Four to Eight Years.

The Wisconsin Conference ofthe Method
list Episcopal Church, which was held ir
Milwaukee, took radical action in thu
adoption OF series OF resolutions declar
ing in favor OF electIng Bishops for tern
OF four to eight years, and assigning then
to tue same field OF labor for term OF foul
years.
A plan was adopted providing for th'
election OF Presiding Elders by the annua
conference, removing the time limit OF tn,
pastorate, reducing the number OF Churct
pnpers, and providing that the Steward:
and Trustees be elected by the members o
Al, o.l,,
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Ono Kind of Record.

"A remcrkable old gentleman" says
the indianapolis Sentinel, "was a quest
at the Occidental Hotel yesterday
Mr.. Robert Watts, of Connersville.
He is seventy-eight years old and one
of F.. .yette County's oldest and most
respected citizens. In all, fortyseven
STATE fairs have been held, and Mr..
Watts has attended forty-six of them.
This undoubtedly beats all other rec.
ords. He is hale and active and haa
never been i'll in his life with the ex.
ception of slight indisposition from
the grip last winter. He is sweet
tempered. sunshin.Y and genial"
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of DR.. Uhle is the kipu, a collection
of knotted strings of different colors
which were used by the peoples of the
ancient civilizations of Peru, Ecuador
and Bolivia for the purpose of keep
ing accounts. They had no written
language and no system of figures.
Their arithmetic consisted solely OF
little knotted strings. Among the
primitive villages of the Andes, the
descendants of the Incas depend up
on the kipu for keeping accounts, and
DR.. Uhle was so fortunate as to dis
cover them in the hands of Indian
herdsmen, who used them so skill
fully that they are able to make rec.
ord for every animal, every bushel of
feed and article of property that is in.
trusted to their care. The colors OF
the different strings represent differ
ent articles, such as barley, corn,
sheep, rams, ewes, lambs, horses,
etc., while the knots, by their size
and distance from each other, express
hundreds, tens and units, in such a
manner as to accurately include the
decimals.
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The Missionaries and Temperance.

Tno MiaotonafleS ana Iohporancos
The fact OF the advance OF total abstf-
nence among the missionary body In India
received striking confirmation at q dinner;
party on the Queens birthday, given BY,
che collector OF the district, when OF the
nine missionary guests present all drank
to the health OF her majesty In cold water.
The circumstance occasfoned surprise, and.
was the subject Of much comment by tho
kind host and his civilian friends. It is
rare to find q missionary OF any nationality
form. except for medicinal purposes. Even
the German brethren, who indulge In their
beer at home, do not make a practice. We
are told, OF using 1t In India. The change OF
sentiment In this matter during the last
quarter of century has been most
marked. It Is noteworthy that the Amerf-,
can missionaries had the honor Of being;
the pioneers In bringing about so desira-:
BILE result. There was time when they,
were looked upon as extremists and fanat-'
les by the other missiG narles OF other ma
tionalltles, and were subjected to no little
rldIcule. A firm, uncompromislng.at g.attttu de:
has had It's effect. The influence, on the
native church has likewise been wholS-
some. The vice Of intemperance has un-
doubtedly decreased among native Chris
tians OF Madras during the last twenty-five
years. when we consider their numerical
growth during the same period. Not that,
the drinking habit has by any means been
entirely abandoned; but 1t Is not the re-
proach OF the community that 1t once was.
1t Is q matter OF rejoicing that our own
mission has taken an un6lnching stand
from the first on this questlon.-Mangla
Yasanam ([ndia).
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BRITISH FIELD ARTILLERY ON THE NATAL BORDER.

Press that the arrangements are grave
ly inadequate for such corps. In this
connection the. Naval and Military
Record says: :, ,
"It is quite clear that, if England had
to provide second or third army
corps for foreign service, these, or
either of them, would have to 60 out
without full equipment. That this
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fierce fighting ofthe British on land in
vaded by their forces. He took part In
the actions of Tel-el- l-Keber and of kas-
sassin during the Egyptisn war of 1882,
and served with distinction under
Wolseley in the Sudan expedition of
1884. 1t is the opinion of good judges
that, with the exception of Wolseley
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to the high position he now holds. In
the war in Zululand he won the rare
Victoria Cross in the retreat Inh!o.
bane. On that occasion he saved the
life of a brother officer who was rehr-
ing on foot hotly pursued by the Zll@s.
This gallant deed was only a sample
of his conduct. Since that time Butler
has been o conspicuous figure in the
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Gave Them Fair Warming.

A Vienna paper relates that not long
ago three soldiers were drowned in a
military swimming school in that city.
A few days later an officer harangued
his soldiers as follows: II want you
all to be careful not to get drowned,
because that creates no end of bother
for the Colonel and the Captain. Be.
sides, it is in your own interest, too!'
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DON'T Treat.

The Omaha World Herald breaches an
editorial sermon on "non-treRting clubs"
and says, among other things:
"The treating habit is irresponsible gor the
bulk OF intsmperance In this country. No
one has ever yet been able to explain why
1t is considered the rlght thing to line up
to bar and drink on Invitations merely
because some friend has extended the in
yitation.'
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Malo an Armenian Priest.

The Rev. Garabed Martongesian, former
" Protestant minister OF Providence, r
l., and who after~nrd abjured Protestant
ism, has been ordained u priest by Bishop
Sarajiano, OF tho Armenian Church, ~
Worcester, Mass. This is the first time thai
n priest OF the ancient Armenian faith eveI
has been ordained IN the United States.
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Science Must Not Claim Too Much.

It Is we'll that science has come to the aid
OF temperance. But science cannct win the
battle alone. To say that alcohol acts so
and so upon the body makes no impression
upon the average mind. He needs the ap-
peal to the heart. He needs the burning
words Of women who have felt and. the i'm
passioned appeal OF the reformed. He
needs the recital OF the sufferlngs OF
those whom the drink traffic has damned.
The country needs u new campaign OF soul
stirring song and speeches freed from
everything save the need OF immediate de-
cision against the whisky devil-The Ep-
worth Herald
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; still the cause of considerable abuse

SGIII IH6 CHU5e UI CVHofuof "UK0 "Oo1e
of che Adm iralty.
The most remarkable point in con-
nection with the transport arrange
ments is that about eighty ships can
be taken into the Government service
without materially disturbing the ship
ping trade.
The weakest joint in the whole mob
ilization seems to be the Army Service
Corps, corresponding to the United
States Commissary. The various sta
tons have been Quilted to obtain the
necessary officers and men, yet many
line officers assure the Associated
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THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE
VICE. OF INTEMPERAkcE.

For sale"-work Of Americ can Mission
aries in Combating tho Drink Evil In
India-They Have Wrought 4 Note.
worthy Change In Public Sentiment.
"For salel A good saloon-fne business
place
Good will included too. its worth to laudl
Here's rare snap-lf wise you'll catch 1t
up;
Reason for selling out go abroad"
A "good saloon"-whencec came this aspect
rare?
"Fine place for business"-aye, tits on the
The toiling masses pass, when homeward
bound
A trap, devised to, make the weak its
prey!
"a snap9", for whom9 Who gathers up
this pelf
Through daily traffic OF this daily wager
Is It the suffering vile and helpless babe.
Or sorrowlng mother, bowed by griet and
age? ,
Going abroad" To seek luxurious ease,
With Golfers filed, regardless OF its cost
To countless lives, by base trafhc
And countless souls, perchancs; aorever
lostl
And yet. "the powers that be"sh6ld slack
ened rein,
Nor check the rum -Aend that enslaves ths
low
Robs homes OF want-builds up the bloated
base,
And mocks at sIghs and tears Of helpless
woel\-
"For sale" Can gold thus gotten move
that load
The prayers, groans, curses OF the hearts
1t broke?
Can foreign scenes efiacs sln-cursed
past,
Or heavens just retrbuttve laws revoke2
Il. 8. Harris, In New York Observer.
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The railway mileage of Russia now
amounts to $4,000 miles, which in.
cludes the great Siberian extension.
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HE whole of Eu-
rope is watching
Great Britain at
this crucial mo-
nent in her mill
tary affairs. For
eign statesmen
and military ex-
perts regard the
result of the war
with the Beers as
q foronOpa pOO-
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$3.50, 900 For Missionary Purposes.

Charles A. Aitchlson, OF Glasgow, Scot.
land, has by IL trust settlement devoted
$3.50, 900 for tho education OF Bible women
missionaries and religious tencbera.
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BOOKKEEPING BY KNOTS.
How the Natives Of Peru Use the Kipu
Instead OF Figures.

DR.. Max Uhle, distinguished Ger.
man scientist, has been for many
years engaged in archaeological ex-
D lorations in Peru.
Among other important discoveries
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made tho mistake OF trying TO fight them.
Somebody meanly attacked you, and you
attacked them. They deprcciated you, and
you deprecated them, or they overreached
you in q bargain, and you tried, IN wall
street parlance. to get Il corner on tIem.
Or you have had 4 bereavement, anu In
stead OF being submissive yon are lighting
that bereavement. You charge on the doc
tors who have failed to OBJECT cure, or
YOU charge on the carelessness OF the rail-
road company through which the accident
occurred Or you are chronic invalid,
md you fret and worry and scold and WON
der why YOU cannot be we'll like other peo-
pie, and you angrily charge on the neu-
ralgin or the lurynglts or the ngue or the
sick headache. The fact is you are a deer
at bay. Instead OF running to the waters
OF divine consolation and shaking your
thirst and cooling your body and soul in
the GOOD cheer of the gospel and SWIM
ming away iuto tho mighty deeps OF Gods
love, you are fighting whole kennel OF
barriers.
Some time ago SAW 10 tho Adirondacks
4 dog living across the road. and he seemed
uuabla to get up, and said to some hunt:
ers, "Whnt is tho matter with that dog:
They answered, "a deer hurt him. and l
saw he had q great swollen paw nnd but
tered head, showing where the nhtlers
trllEh DlW. hHil lub pIUuhpii'ty - t"ht
sono of YOU might give II mighty clip to
your rursuers. You might damage their
business, you might worry them into Ill
lealth you might hurt them as much
ls they hurt you; but, after all. it Is
lot worth while. You only have hurt
found. Better DO off for tho Upper Sara
lac, into which tho mountains OF Gods
eternal strength look down and moor their
shadows. AS for your physical disorders,
The worst strychnine you can tax" Is fret
lulness, and The best medicine is religion.
know people who were only n little dis
ordered, YET have iretted themselves into
complete Ialetudinariumism, whilo others
,ut their trust in God and cam" up from
:be very shadow OF death and hnvo lived
.om fortabIy twenty-five years with only
,ne lung. A man with one lung, bat God
With him, Is better of than godless man
With two lungs. Some OF YOU have been
Evening capital., 1899-10-12
nav Fever A..ocIntion.

The American Hay Fever association,
so far as known, is the only society in
the United States bound together by the
ties of disease. There is no diphtheria
club or pneumonia circle, or independ-
ent order of rheumatics, or other or
ganizations where a common malady
forms a bond of union. Only members
of the American Hay Fever association
blow their noses and wipe their eyes in
unison. The Hay Fever association was
first heard of good many years ago,
when Henry Ward Beeches was a lead
ing spirit, and the gathering ground
of the organization was said to be the
White mountains in New Hampshire.
Later New Mexico was proclaimed the
sneezer's Mecca, and Captain Philip
Reade, U. S. A., appeared as chief
scribe. Now it is given out that Mar
quette, Mich. is the head center in
place of Petosky, originally selected,
and it is said that the fall meeting of
the association will see a thousand
members in observation-disclosures City
Star
Evening capital., 1899-10-12

According to the London Chronicle,
the Kaiser has been learning to yodel
His sons picked up the accomplishment
from an old peasant on the shores of
the Tegernsee, and when the Kaiser ar
rived he was fired with "a fine spirit of
rivalry, sent for the old warbler. and
asked to be taught "the only thing do
not know" no doubt libelous embel-
lishment of the story. But the prospect
Is too awful. Next time the Kaiser has
to raise his champagne glass We may
lave a full-throated yodel turned loose
the end instead of the customary
Hochi hochi hoch," How in the world
;ill Reuter- represent that in telegraph
ing the speech? Perhaps the Kaiser
viii. mercifully reserve his yodeling for
kilograms. But. for the peace of the
nations, the Germans at The Hague
must net follow their emperor's exam
pie.
Evening capital., 1899-10-12

When 50O-pound shells charged with
Lyddite tumble over a bank with the
mules which are drawing them and the
men who are driving the mules, and
men and mules regularly survive, the
Lord may be said to be good to man
and beast AT Gibraltar new battery
was being constructed on the highest
part of the rock. The shells are placed
separately in small barrows drawn by
a mule with a man holding the han
dies The pathsare narrow. and in some
places not more than three feet wide,
with deep ruts in them. Many acci-
dents have happened, and in some
cases mule. man and shell have fallen
over the side, but explosions seem not
TO have resulted.
Evening capital., 1899-10-12
TIE cApoY.
ssff. . Rsa-Heasaea Girl, and q Casa
nins Factory.

ss6ff. . RSa-HeaAe0 GIRL ana q CanA
ning Factory.
Golf Is q game known only on the re-
rort OF enthusiasts whose biased critf-
eism Is printed. But they must employ
The unelect an caddies. and the opinions
OF these. though so long unheard. is
an expert judgment. too.
Three OF them. ragged barefooted
urchins. burned brown on the links.
were sitting on the wharf at summer
resort that has, with other attractions,
golf links and a canning factory. The
native youth of the village earn pocket
money by picking fruit for the latter
when Il opens in the early autumn. In
midsummer they are caddies.
Say. Jimmy" eaid one. how much
dye maker"
Eighty five" said Jimmy, inspect
ing his bare heel.
"Wot, Who'd We go round with?"
''The red-headed girl"
Herr" contemptuously. "She amt
no good"
"Ain't she?" Jimmy answered proud
ly. She's a pippin. She can't swine
nothin'. but she pays the price. Got
dime fer running to the clubhouse Ter
her cape"
Com"
An 25 cents fer onct around"
The other eyed him enviously. Il
went round with Whiskers." he said.
yep"
Hes a peach. don't think. He
learnt one feller to play. an now he
kin beat Whiskers all holler himself.
Wot we got?" That referred to jim
my's foot
"Fissels." Jimmy grunted. "Whis-
kers. he can't teach" he added.
The three were on bench that had
been set up for fishermen at the edge
of the wharf Jimmy, in the center.
had drawn up his thistle-wounded foot
on his lap for inspection. The pair,
one on each side, assisted at the clinic.
Dye like goff. Jimmy?"
Jimmy spat in the water. "Rats!"
he said expressively.
Dye wish the cannin' fact'ry was
open?"
bet yer life"
Jimmy looked up to find a stately
young woman coming toward them.
He dropped his foot and nudged his
comrades. Here she is," he whisper
ed,
1t was the red-headed girl, one OF the
acknowledged beauties of the place.
Her hair was a fashionable auburn.
She smiled on the three boys with a
maternal kindness, and they made
clumsy attempts to remove their caps
"Tell We wot." he said, impressively
"goff'd be somethin If they was all like
her. She's a pippin." Then. after a
moments thought, he added: Wish
the cannin' fact'ry was open."-Ex-
change.
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How a mandwriting E.pcrt Reasons.

When a piece OF disputed or suspect
ed handwriting is submitted to an ex-
pert, his first care is to note its gen.
eral appearance. He observes what
seems to be the characteristic habits of
hand in the writer, the style. shading,
and connection of letters, their rela-
tion to the base line of the writing, and
other significant points. The same pro-
cess is applied to specimens of the al
legged writer's genuine hand.
The next steps is to disintegrate the
writing so that letters repeated in
both specimens may be compared In
detail when placed side by side. In
this way divergences or resemblances.
which might not appear to the eye in
the body of paper, are made perfectly
clear. II any of the letters show
signs of hesitation or retouching, as
frequently happens in forgeries, they
are photographed through the micro
scope. BY this enlargement retouches
or tracings are brought out so that
they can be seen plainly by the un-
trained eye.
Having made his examination of the
whole writing, step by step, the expert
summarizes the results, numbering
corresponding parts, and calling atten-
tion to discrepancies or resemblances
as they occur. BY this process his
conclusions are made perfectly clear,
in all ordinary cases. to anybody who
reads his report. In exceptional cir
cumstances, such as court trials, he
may go before jury with blackboard
and pencil and show exactly how a
forger wrote a certain letter as well as
the way in which the persons whose
writing was initiated habitually form
ed it. If his deductions are accurate,
the results. presented in this graphic
manner, usually are convincing to all
intelligent and unprejudiced observers.
1t is one of the advantages of graphol-
ogy that, ordinarily, its conclusions
may be made as plain as the nose on
a mans face.-Ainslee's Magazine.
Evening capital., 1899-10-12
Methnselahs Of the Fore.t

The greatest longevity assigned to
any tree is perhaps credited to the eele-
brated taxodium Of Chapultepec. in
Mexico. III feet in circumference,
which is thought to exceed in age the
baobab of Senegal, inferred TO be 5,150
years old In Lombardy there is a
cypress tree which Is said to have been
planted in the year of our Saviour S
birth. There is even an ancient record
julius Caesar, & Near. Near the ruins u Of palen
to be from 1000 to 5000 years. The
mammoth tree has been estimated to
live 1000 years in California.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
Evening capital., 1899-10-12
letter. Salt -Rheum and ECZEMA

/. The intense itching and smarting Incl
dent to these diseases is instantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. II
is equally efficient tor itching piles an !
a favorite remedy for sore nipples, chap
ped hands. chilblains. frost bites and
chronic sore eyes. 25cts per box. For
sale by Feldmeyer Bros. City Drug
Store
Evening capital., 1899-10-12

Dr.. Cady's Condition Pos0ae,y, are just
what horse needs when in bad condition
Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge
They are not food but medicine ard the
best in use to put horse in prime con-
dition. Price IS cts per package. For
sale by Feldmeyer Bros. City Drug
Store.
Evening capital., 1899-10-12
A Remnrkahln Instrument.

One of the most remarkable instru-
ments on record has been recently COM
plcted. and actually measures one-mil-
lionth part of a second. The instru-
ment is necessarily very complicated,
but the vibrations of a very sensitive
tuning fork form the basis of the meas
uring process.
Evening capital., 1899-10-12
Volcanoes and Electricity.

In certain conditions of the atmos-
phere electricity is SD abundant on the
top of the big volcanoes in Hawaii
that an English geologisi found that he
could trace electric letters with mia
fingers on his blanket.