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FREN en- MTNT RAPPORT
Output Of Gold mud Silver in the Last
Fifteen Yenrs-Most of tho Gold Coined.


Fifteen Years-Most Of tho Gold Coined.
wAsuISGTnN Dec. l0-The State Depart
mcnt has received a letter from Consul Covert
OF Lyons. giving the contents Of a report issued
by the French Mint.
The quantity Of gold produced during the
last 0,teen years" the Con~u saws. is placed
at 1900. GEO 900 francs. or. In round num brrs.
s2.jJOUOuuOD. ~ which amount the Trans
wal IA credited with II production OF 2.OuO.-
OOOO,O francs tS3S,iOOOOOOl II is believed
that not less than 100000 rounds have been
used IN tho arts The weight oi gold struck
annually into coins varies between tbD.uOO
Is TO lie added 10 this. But ia srita Of tho in
crease In the output. n we'll known economic
writer declares that m. war In the TranSvanl
will cause scarcity ui IN" metal in many COM
msrcia centres. the result h"lug "a great falling
on IN the quantity used In the arts
The report nuteI a constant increase In the
output 81 silver The production ~ silver has
ri.en from 1000 tons in lSHS tod,upp tons IN
lSi'S Ui this. I u estimated that = go 900
pounds are absorbed in tn" arts and general
industry, divided among countries a. follows:
In the lut-i Siat"s. JNOiNO DOunds; in
France. 10000 pounds: IN" same In Germany
and Enghnt: in Russia. noe u mounds: and
in ria-Hungary, ll5,NO pounds.
1T " asserted III III" French economic jour
mails that carGo"s ot silver go T. The Orient every
year. whore tie. In al PROBABILITY, boarded In
being closed To- Il. Sprciu s'a esiima'" the
amount thus disposed ~ AZ about 2.2iO.OOO
pounds. The celebrations leave 100000
pounds to be accounted for"
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viici for whom distribution was made. II the
resolution fails they will Ind themsel yes still
occupying the Malthy building. fc.lIng some-
wat ~ II they had purchased u gold brick It
was Speaker Reed laNorite plan. in which he
had the encouragement of many Senators and
Representatives. t. convert the o Il library
rooms with their high re lings an broad win
dows ovcrlnokin h" marble terraces. Afford
ing charm'n g view OF the mall. river. monu-
III. White House. into a caf6. TO be
used Jointly by the senate the House Of Rep
rescntat'v's and III" public. 80 that the pres
ent dungeons where the statesmen take their
MONDAY refreshments could, he abandoned.
But Mr. Reeds plan has evidently been ahan-
donei. nm whether tho statesmen take ths
Old library for committee rooms or for ready
reference library, eating AMI drinking mus
10 on in the basement NJ present.
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The Plague In New Chwang. China.

WAsuINGrON. Dee, 16.--A report on the ex-
istence Of tho plague at New Chwnng. China.
has been received Mt tie State Dcpartm mt
from Mr. C,ngsr. the United states Minister
TO China. IL" srvS that while the danger may
not he entire over. the disease Is believed to
lc ubating, aud the measures taken by the
TaOthi ~ cooperating with the foreign Consuls
toward tn" IMPROVEMENT a. san tnry condi-
distinction Il injected home shou Il. within
the course oil the whit r. ntirely stamp /
tho disease and very materially lessen tie
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HEARING ~ oUAY,s CASE.
Tho Question OF His Right to q Seat Argued
Before the senate Committee.


Before the senate Committee.
WARRINGTON Dec. 10. The Senate Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections this morning
heard legal arguments ON the rights Of Gov.
Stone al Pennsylvania TO appoint Matthew
s Quay Senator u the United
States from that State The merits 81
the case were not touched upon in
this hearing the only question taken up being
the power OF tho Governor to appoint Senator
after the Leg stature had failed Ia elect Tho full
membership % the committee was present and =
sprnkliug ut other Senators also listened
90 tn Arguments .AttUfncN General John
T., Elkln, representing the common calth OF
nld the rght oi the Governor TO appoint, While
former Senator Geo VI Edmunds had charge ~
tho case for the opposition lie represented,
lie said. tho Tcmuns trdntS, the krpub.iran
members ~ tho PcnnS lNania Legislature who had
voted against QUAY, and had q - tiptri with him
HAMPTON l. IGr-,n and Go, " hart n Pepper II
philad lPhlIL ) Brennan Of pi,tshurg and James
\ Stranahan, repre- cniuE the DrmuctauC mem.
hers 81 the Leg ,laturc El~" appeared IN upp tlun
Ia QUAY Chairman handler announced the de.
cISiun NJ I'll" committee 10 allow Attorney General
III Yin one and one half hours IN al Gang AMI one
half hour to close. N.'. EdmundS bclns given con-
troll II the two hours for the opposition Mr.
Elkin then addressed III" committee,
Mt Carson and Mr. Edmuuds followed in oppo-
situn 81 QUAY, and Mrsscrs brennan and Strana-
han fled briefs Tie case WAS closed by Attur.
adjourned As the next regular meeting day u
the committee, Friday, falls within the holiday
recess II is probaD." uat the matter will go over
10 The first meeting in January,
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Army Orders.

WAsuISoroN. Dec. 16 These Army orders
were isSuol to-day;
Cart James q. sanford Of tho Corps Of Engineers,
from wash ng on 10 Charleston y. a., as engineer
q, the SiNtn Llg lthOuSe dIst"ct. 1890
First Lieut. Elmunl l., Bu IL Firth Infantry. to
Governor Island fOr examination for promotion.
Major Charles Mcclure. plymas'er. from San
Franc SEQ to WASHINGTON. w
Cat. Eaton 4. FIwnrds, Twenty. NTH Infantry.
from Rochester TO Fort Sam Houston and Join his
company.
Second Lieut.. Clarence y. Jones. recently APP
70 nt,d assigned Ia tho Ionth infantry. and to
Join his company in Cuht.
Acting Assistant SURGEON r. +. oeddlngs, from
Charleston, \. q, TO FO.t Wood.
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A Veritable
Worlds Exposition
of all
That is Rich and Rare,
in One Store,

and that particular store is the American Speciality Co.'S
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel where an mn,nSe display of
novelties and oddities in fancy goods now ready for
Holiday buying Search the world over and you will not
find another store to equal this display.
At every turn there is fascination instruction and
pleasure. The magniticence and magnitude of the COL
lection beyond the power of the ordinary imagination.
The beauty of the articlesthe diversity the immensely
and the unquenesS of the display almost overwhenl-
ing and beyond description
Here is the store where discriminating BUYERS do
not have to think--that has been done for them by
trained minds and eyes, Here is the veritabe feast of
beauty novelty and variety that fosters in the purchaser
consciousness of duty we'll done for himself and the
others.
The striking afterthought of visit Of inspection is
the alpevadng sense of utility tint each article pos
Sesses aside from its apparent beauty unq leness and
effect. Each article carries with it an individuality
expressive of appropriateness and thoughtfulness
A cordial invitation is extended to the public to
inspect this unequaIed stock of fine Fancy Goods,
without entang upon them any obligation to purchase
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TRAIN FOR mr. MiiNL's DIAN
Cars Contracted For to Transport Them
From Newport News to Washington.

RIcuMoNp. Va. Dee. 10 The War DEPART
mcnt cont acted with the Chesapeake and
ono Railroad to-day to move from Newport
News to Washington the Mnino dead, number
ing about ono hundred and sSty-six bodies.
which will reach Newport News on the Texas
from Havana. The TO lies will loo in sealed
metallic = ,-k It's and SIX or, seven baggage cars
will be- provided to nova them. The cars ara
70 he handled by SPECIAL train, and are to reach
Washington about I 4. NJ. from whence they
will DO moved at once TO RoSslyn, near Airing.
ton Cemetery
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CLEVELAND. Ohio. Dec, lG.-Ths engnGemen Mt
Of Miss IEnrrir'ts Wright % Conn, Alexander
Mcrca'i 81 Greece Is announced here to-day.
Miss Wright is the eldest dnughtor OF Mr.
Herbert Wright. the Cleveland broker and
granddaughter ~ the late Mr. John 7. Park
hurst Count M"rcutl T. the son ~ the presi-
cent OF the IOnlnn Bank uf Greece. Miss
Wright IL Mt present residing with her mother
IN New York. She Is II years old. Tho Count
IL 20
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Naval Orders.
wAsnxGroS. Dec lG-Thess naval orders
were issued to-day

were issued to-day:
Cant e. NJ Thomas 10 command tho Brooklyn.
slant PaVma-tcr d. NJ. ADDISON. from Bureau
~ Supplies and Accounts TO Sciniia. Commands
JOHN l.. Ford. adj tional duty MS inspector Of ma
Chlu"'Y, SparruNs PIint
Lieut.. John j knapp. former orders revok cd.
Dr,arhcd Navy Yard, Washington, aud to duty In
Navy Department.
L. cut l. IT, Leonard. from Boston to Asa;io sta
tirr,
Lent. Charles A. T. King, from Bureau Steam En-.
giurrrinu H. As I'll station.
Fassri As. ) ant PAvmaster Edmund W, BonnAfon.
from tn" Yosemite to san Francisco and wat orders
Assistant Pawn stcr 4 W. pelano. from tho Va
bash 20 the Nus mite.
CommaudorJ d, j, Kelley. from the Resolute pro
coed home and wait orders.
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Til. New secretary of Legation Mt Seoul.

WAsHINGroN. Dec lG.-Edward Vernon Nor
gan. who was nominated by the President yes
tcr,lny to bo Secretary of Legation at Seoul.
Ccrra, ~ resident OF Aurora, y. Y
He il II grandson OF the late Edward
b. Morgan OF Aurora, iinancer and phil
Giy th9 Cayng" district ' in con
grrSs. II" was graduated from Harvord
and was attached to the history department Of
the University after taking his VI. A. degree
He was professor - h story at hdclDori Col
lrgc Cleveland. Ohio. and was reccn ly Sec
rotary to tha samoan Comm SsiOn
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. ~ the Raltimor.

The The,,e ienth south Western Halfway WI
and 0hlo soon as the frost is out o.
begin a. md in the spring. Just oeior'
The grounu uent mi into the hands OF he
the line ,,srmon and Robinson a iarse
ceivers ha material was purchased
quantiGsy, G,ll i be Immediately dslivereu we're q
This wa W." to the best advantage. rory
and used IONS of S5-pound steel rails
thousanou, anu, purchased. and enough WI
have peen nd on March 1st to enable
be on a;Ters nave to begin laying 1t a;
Eve dlSe track will be carefully rebai-
mile ., md placed in first-class condi-
lasted !, Nv will take 101. 900 pairs OF CON
tion II rail Joints for the forty thou
tinuous aa Of rail. The two thousand
sand tohs box cars and five hundred
standala, cars recently ordered will be
steel od cod' in March. Additional motive
deliveitir n the shape Of forty compound
power, III engines, weighing 1o6.O00
freign. ond five ten-wheel compound
pounos, a engines, weighing 135,000
passenger u now being built by the Bald
pounaso. so.cmnmotive d Works. 1t is expected
win .U1h -" the time the property is re-
thai .ed w and becomes the southwest
orsaairii airision of the Baltimore and
ern aiR ipailroad that it will be in a
Ohio nd condition fully equal to the
ppal,;more pnys,r and Ohio Railroad.
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
Oueer Beliefs About Seven.

So numerous are the queer beliefs
concerning the sumber seven that a
narrative of them all would fill vol
ume, but we may mention few of
them. From the very earliest ages the
seven great planets were known and
ruled this world and the dwellers in
it. and their number entered into ev-
ery conceivable matter that concerned
man. There are seven days in the
week, seven holes in the head for the
master stars are seven," seven ages
both for man and the world in which
he lives. There were seven material
heavens, and in the under world de-
scribed by Dante the great pagan dead
who we're not good enough for heaven
or bad enough for hell-reposed in a
seven-walled and seven-gaited city.
There are seven colors in the spectrum
and seven notes in the diatonic octave,
and the leading" note Of the scale is
the seventh. Be it noted that the sew
enth son is not always gifted with
beneficent powers. In Portugal he is
believed to be subject to the pow
ers of darkness and to be compelled
every Saturday evening to assume the
likeness of an ass.
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
BEES FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
Will BE Brought to America to MAX
Honey for Us.

Will BE Brought to America to MAX
Honey for Us.
There is one race inhabiting the
Philippines which will be a welcome
addition to American citizenship, and
will be afforded every facility and in
ducement to immigrate to the United
States and engage in the skilled labor
IN which it has no peer. This is the
giant East India honey bee, and in
vestigation of it's work and immense
capacity for making honey wax
has interested the department of ag-
riculture in a consideration of an
early effort to introduce it into the
United States. Secretary Wilson said
In connection with the proposed i'm
portation of these bees to the United
States that special appropriation
would be asked in his coming report
to congress for the investigation OF
the bees of the world, and a swarm
of the big Philippine honeymakers
would be brought to America as soon
as the question of their value and the
possibility of their acclimation have
been fully determined. There will also
be an appropriation requested for the
study of the agriculture and kindred
products of the newly acquired terri
tory of the United States, and even
under this head the great honey bee
of the east would be introduced by the
department to this country.
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
An Improbable Hope.

In looking into the future we find our
selves staring at a blank wall; for. with
the exception of the phonograph and the
typewriter, no recent advance has been
made in lessening literary work. The
ide al method of composition would be the
use of some. machine into which the .op-
word reproduced at once on paper as the
written word; but, unfortunately, like
printing photographs in colors each sue
ceedng advance and discovery in the
world of invention seems to make this
hope more and more improbable. The in
surmountable difficulty lies in the fact
that there is no connection between the
sound of word and its appearance on
paper. We will never reach this ideal
state.-From Labor Saving Devices in
Literary Work" by j. Howe Adams in
North American Review.
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
Super titiouS Italians.

The "evil eye is as good as an article
of faith among the Italians. who take
every imaginable precaution to counteract
its baneful influence. The syndic. or head
of the municipality. of Leghorn has been
arrested Tor transportation of funds
olena, was named to value the turnit ure
of the syndic. Banelona set to Work with
a will, but after a few hours he felt sick,
went home and died of apoplexy. An
other appraiser was named to continue
the valuation. a Sig. Ctrri. who after a
days work went home to dinner. and
strange to say, died of --iexy during
the night. There is now strike among
the appraisers of Leghorn; no one will
get into the shoes of the dead men and
iuuicial proceedings have had to be sus-
pended until they can find third man
who will risk apoplexy for a considera-
tion. The stout-hearted man has not
been found as yet.
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
oiaLs' FEET GETTING LARGER.
Athletic Exercises Arc Not Wholly
Blame, 1t Seems

Athletic Exercises Arc Not Wholly
Blame. It Seems.
Since the world was young n foo
has always been considered as a sisp
OF dominion, says the New York Trih
une- TO put ones foot upon it, 1T,
subdue all things under his feet" "To
walk over, ITO stamp it out" "Tn
trample it under foot" ETC., are expires
sions in daily use, and denote suprein-
acy. Is 1t to be taken as a sign. there
fore, that the twentieth century is to
pe under the rule of gynocracy that
The feminine foot has increased so
much In size of late years? 1t is no
SO long ago that she who could boas-
OF small foot wore No.2 as the maxi
mum, while No. l and even No. 12l.
were not at all uncommon sizes. Nov
NO. is considered small and No. I
and No. are nothing unusual. "In
ordering number of shoes this win
ter for gymnasium class composed of
young girls from Is to 49," said So
clety woman commenting upon this
Aact, Il told the shoemaker to send u
quantity to choose from. 'Wha,
sizes?' he asked. From four tn
sevens, l answered, thinking these
would surely cover all requirements
but / found l had not considered the
children of this generation, for fully
a third of the class required large
sizes.
1t seems almost incredible to me
when l was a girl l felt that my No
'oR'S' were disgracefully large. and
that l was so sensitive about the size
of my foot that l would never tell any
one my number, while my brothers
were continually making jokes about
1t, to my untold misery The men il
those days thought everything of a
small foot, but now they do not seem
to care whether feet are large or small
so that they are well shod. l know
several stately young beauties who
wear tens and do not hesitate to avow
1t. Increased exercise on the part of
women has Undoubtedly much to do
with the present conditions, but that
Is not the only reason. | know one
FAMILY of athletic girls, who are great
sports, who are comparatively short
and have hands and feet smaller than
the average, while their cousins. who
do nothing, are young giantesses and
wear their brothers shoes. Probably
the next generation will have to have
pressly for their size, for certainly the
shoes we used to wear would be i'm
possibilities nowadays
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
Electric Lights In Eeyp..

Lighting the pyramids of Egypt with
electricity and the installation of 1900
horsepower plant. to cost some S40o, 900,
is plan now under consideration by the
l-ritish government, and the Westing
house Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany of Pittsburg is reported as likely to
receive the contract, says the Engineer
ing News.
AS outlined. the plan includes the gem
GRAFTON of electric power at the Assouan
falls. on the Nile river. and its transmits
sion distance of 100 miles through the
cotton growing districts. where. it is be-
neved. the cheap power Will permit the
building of cotton factories. 1t is planned
to use the power to illuminate the int erior
corridors of the pyramids and also OPP
crate pumping machinery for irrigatng
large areas of desert along the Nile
Cairo tEgypD Sphinx.
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
Nubian Clothing.

In times past the Nubians wove. their
avn clothing. but of late years, owing to
~ lntroduction of Manchester cottons
ahich II. are more easily and even cheaply
nbtaned, this industry is dying out, being
Sonfned almost entirely to the parti-col-
ootton grows wild in the alluvial deposits
sIong the banks of the rivers, but the best
Ind comes from the Abyssinian valleys.
This is spun into yarn, the Nubian spindle
hsine an exact counterpart of that used
by Greek and Roman women many CEN
t1ries ago. while the rude hand-loom with
which the thread Is woven into cloth re-
sembes in every particular those depicted
IN ancient Egyptian monumentS.-Har
per's Magazine
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
THE ALcorr o,RLs.
Merry. vivac ous THO Were tn. Famou
AMI hnraxs ,ansi Her S.sfers.

a Merrys Nivac Gus THO were tn. Famous
AufhoreSs aud Her SISTERS.
1.-The Alcott girls. elf-helpful. kindly
and bright came among the young people
of Concord and made themselves felt at
once wries Edward W. Emerson. a
friend of the Alcotts, of when Louisa
Alcott was a Girl" in the December La
dies Home Journal. But they helped
their good mother and did their part at
home, and however little the girls follow
ed their fathers philosophical flights or
grahamite and vegetarian practices
(which after they grew up they abandon
ed). they were a loving and loyal family.
Louisa was fine-looking had the most
regular features of the family, and very
handsome. wavy brown hair like her
mothers. She had always a rather mas
culine air and twinkle woke constantly
In her eye at the comic side of things.
Arna. the eldest was plain, but so friend
~ and sweet-tempered a person that the
beauty of expression made up for the
lack of of ii in her features: but she had
quick sense of humor. Anna had a
wonderful dramatic gift. May. the young
est. the darling of the family tAmy of the
stories). was tall. well-made blonde. the
lower part of her face irregular. but she
had beautiful eyes and brilliant yellow
hair. She was Overlooking with spirits
and energy. and danced we'll"
Hobson wasn't so silly. after all"
What do you mean?" He got out of
the country before Valentines Day."
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
Rromus Inermis Grassi

r. the sIehaihsSs sThis grass yields ! to tons
sa,,s- ssys III nav than timothy in dry. rainless
sseuntries; sstisa e Yields even more than that in
vno. Nebr.. Mont, yes in every state
!, nafss ~ Union! salzer warrants this! Po-
'lsend' send this notice to JOHN A. sALzER
ELL s.n,s nostage and receive their great Seed
Tistalocue and sample Of this grass seed
"a nine other farm seed Rareties
sl eno "'' lw.n.l
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
. Bell Ringers Monopoly.

r,o village bells of Potzbach, Ger
Inc have not been ringing since New
many, Ha dav and the people have awak-
Years NJ fact that the mana teacher
ened 70 has as done the work hitherto has
who oaid hds only 81. GA a year and has struck
M seeh h,Ppber Pfug wages. The people of the town
for hisn,bIed for they have discovered
are uvhI ~ he'll rope hangs in the teacher s
ihat Ine aIhsmber and that he will not allow
bed aa,, cnait 70 disturb his early snooze by
ahspyi aih,saying and pulling the rope. 1t is said
enter,hs enc .hs man for the last year has been
lhat u ane habit of ringing the bell while
ll,ng ID %" in bed in the morning
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
Tongues Of theCat Family.

The tongues of the cat family are
covered with recurring spines. In the
common domestic cat these are small,
but sufficiently well developed to give
the tongue a feeling OF roughness. But
in the lion and tiger the spines are
strong enough to enable the animal to
tear away the skin of mans hand
merely by licking it.
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
DR.. Guns,Uar Mnx.r.

Dr- Frank w. Gunsaulus, pastor of
plymouth Congregational church in
onicago, has accepted call to fill the
pulpit OF Central church in that city.
ne succeeds DIR. Hills, who has re-
Gently accepted the pastorate of Ply
mouth church, Brooklyn.
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
Aged Woman Rides a Bicycle.

The oldest bicyclist is a woman aged
93, who is an adept rider. Most people
could enjoy health until old age il
they took precautions to prevent dis
eases of the digestive organs by tax
ing an occasional dose of Hostetter's
stomach Bitters. Even after dyspep-
sia, indigestion and constipation have
secured foothold the Bitters will af-
ford relief.
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
STATE or ou1o CRY or roLEpo, :.

STATE OF Oulo CITY or TOLEDO, l..
LUCAS COUNTY,
Frank j. Cheney makes enth that he 10 the
senior partner Of The firm OF f. J. Cheney q Co,
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day OF December, A. d. 1854
(SEAL.) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public
Halls Catnrrh Cure Is taken internally, an6
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Send for testimonials. free
+. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo q
Sold by Druggists. 7hc.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
shonId he n Great Success.

"PIl make a fortune out of my new
music box. You put penny in the
slot and" "And the thing plays a
popular air?" mo, it stops playing
one."-San Francisco Examiner.
The silver lance., 1899-02-17
The Arab Cavalry at Omdurman,

The Arab mode of attack was quaint to
degree Formed in a line, each tribe
advanced against a part of the village.
When about 500 yards from the mud
houses they halted and commenced to
dance, brandishing spears and swords in
he air and firing off rifles. After a few
moments they resumed the advance,
dancng and firing all the wilhelm the
rushed at the houses, and. having effected
an entrance, they slaughtered every one
vithin.-From with the Sirdar.' by Ma
jor Edward Stuart Wortley in Scribner's.