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MORE TROOPS TO GO.
United states Changes ~. Policy In Re
gard to Troops IN China.

gard To Troops Ia China.
Washington. June l5.-Eothing has
come to the state department from
Unite States Minister Conger at Pelin
since last Tuesday evening and the ofii.
cials have settled down 10 the belief that
not until the foreign relief column
reaches the Chinese capital will Min.
lister Congcr b. able 10 resume the use Of
the cable It is ominous that nothing
has been heard from the United States
consul at Chin Kiang since his first
official appeal for sending warship 10
that point and il may b. that he has
been isolated The consul NJ Che Foo is
In better position, for a cablegram re.
ccivcd AZ the navy department an.
nouncos the arrival Of the gunboat York.
town NJ that point The vessel proba.
bly, will lie at Che Foo awaiting orders
Il Is within fcw days sail uf Taku and
can be- summoned by Admiral kemph II
NV i'N't0 l''ihANlN'ilAiAt1 ~ nhNtN hNtANHs
It Is probable. however, that the York.
town will will serve a better purpose by
remaining in the vicinity Of Che Foo rs
the boxers are reported % be- active in
that section Of Shang Tung Admiral
Remcy cabled the navy department as
follows
"Cavite. June lj-At Kempff's re-
quest shall send the Iris about the Goth
with coal and stores for 900 for three
months
The Iris is big collier and distilling
ship Nine hundred mentioned is the
complement make mp the personnel OF
/ the flagship Newark and Monocacy now
on the way to Taku and the Yorktown
at Che Foo with the marine contingent
ashore in China
The significant feature Of the message
was in the indicated opinion Of Admiral
KcmpG that the disturbances in China
may be- expected 20 last several months
At least.
It seems probable that all tho troop.
in the Philippines will be called upon q
furnish n contingent 10 assist In the res
cue Of the foreign missionaries in China
aud in the protection OF the foreign cm
bassies and legations. ~ a great change
has comet over the administration in this
regard. for as late as Thursday ther,
was firm determination not 70 60 be
yond the employment Of the marine
and sailors.
II is now realized that the small fore,
now engaged is entirely disproportion
ate, when compared with the foreigl
contingcnts 10 the interests and duty o
J the United States. The newspaper re
port that Chinese imperial troops whi
are opposing the passage Of the relic
column has given great concern AN
without doubt had As much to do wit
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bringing about the determination 10 in.
crease the United States contingent a.
has the direct appeal Of the friends of
the missionaries in the United States.
Three official dispatches were received
in diplomatic quarters giving the latest
direct information from the information.
al expedition now seeking to reach Pc.
kin. One Of the official dispatches said
that great difficulty was being expert.
enoed in securing sufficient water foi
pressing needs Of the international par.
". which is now stated 70 BE- within %
miles Of Pekin.
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THE TERRIBLE SAILS.
She Goes to Tien T.in and WIN Land
naval Gun. There.

naval Gun. There.
Hong Kong, June 10 The British
firstclass cruiser Tqfirse. with troops.
has sailed for TIA Trim NCap,aiu Per.
cy NJ. Scott oflhe Terrible, previous 70
sailing arrpaged TO land a l2.pounder
and 2the' Of the ships guns for land
Service.
The British iirstclass armored cruiser
Undaunted was suddenly ordered north
under sealed orders and she sails imme.
diately.
Trouble is brewing near West river
riots have broken out at Punchow,
whence over iOOrefugees from Flu Chow
on June ~.
About 5000 rebels have assembled al
Kwei Ii Sien. Bodies OF troops passed
through Wu Chow on June / ON their
way % meet the rebels.
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Al Legations NepoTted HnTned.
London, June l6-Special dispatches
from Hong Kong says AL the Pekin le.
cations have been destroyed and the
German Minister. Baron won Ketteler.
has been killed
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: "And,' he added, with a supercilious
smile, A'you are at liberty to fix the
limit of time in which the wager must
be decided"
Hear! heart" exclaimed a young
broker. "This is becoming interesting,
and promises some sport for those of
us who are giddy enough to enjoy stalk
ing something on this novel contest.
1, for one, am willing to lay reasonable
odds on the side of law and order, as
represented by the enlightened press,
in the person of our clever friend Stur-
gis. Come, Chadwick, will two to one
against the scientific criminal tempt
you to champion the cause of that APP
parently unappreciated individual?"
every we'll, Fred" answered the man
addressed; 'I'Il take you for a hun
dred.'
A few similar bets were laughingly
arranged and copy of the Evening
Tempest was sent for.
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ORIGIN OF SCUTAGE.
A FeudaI Tax That Was Exacted in
the Time OF Henry IL.
of England.

The tax or feudal payment known
as ''scQtage" is in all our books de-
scribed as device introduced by
Henry Ii. in 1156 or 1859, by which
his tenants in chief, the feudal mobiles
of England, were allowed or required
to pay a fixed sum in money in lieu
of the fulfllment of the military re-
quirements of their tenure, that is, to
serve the king in the field with a GER
tain number of followers. This, saws
the international Monthly, was sup
posed to have had the twofold advan-
tage-indeed, to have been introduced
for the twofold purpose-of providing
the ambitious king with money with
which to hire a more mobile and eff
fective military force, and of weak
ening the military habits of the great
vassals. 1t appears, however, on close
CT investigation. that scutages had
been collected before the time of Henry
H., and that they were not so muck,
combinations of military service as
special form of feudal imposition
scarcely distinguishable from the aid
or the donum, though, it is true. col
lected when otherwise a summons to
actual military service might have
been expected. This is not the only
instance where a closer study of the
records has recently deprived famous
rulers of the traditional credit Of ini-
tiating far-reaching lines of policy.
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was characteristic of the man. The in
soIent irony of his words was empha-
sized by the calmness of his bearing
Il say, DOCTOR" laughed Sprague
you have missed your vocation. You
should have adopted the profession of
scientific criminal yourself. You seem
to possess the theory of the science as
it is, and a little experience would no
doubt have made you an adept in the
practice as WELL
A look of mild amusement passed
over Murdock's countenance.
Perhaps you are right, Mr.. Sprague
At any rate, l think may affirm, with
out overweening conceit, that if l had
followed the course you suggest, L
could have prepared for your friend
Mr.. Sturgis some pretty little problems
on which to sharpen his wits. l feel
that l could have been an artist as well
as a scientist in that line"
You might console yourself by writ
ing an interesting and valuable book.
under some such title as Hints to the
Young Criminal or Crime as a Fine
Art. At all events, your CRIMINALS OF
genius have a stanch advocate in you.
But what on earth have the detectives
done to you to call forth this whole
sale vitueration?"
Nothing. But, as disinterested OBJ
server. like to see fair play. If l am
mistaken in my estimation of the mod
ern detective. l am open to conviction.
l have 5000 to wager against 500 that
l can pick up any daily paper and from
its columns select an unsolved riddle,
to which no detective on the face of the
earth can give the answer. Have any
takcr, gentlemen?"
As he spoke, his eyes met Sturgis' and
suddenly seemed to flash with an earn
est defiance, which instantly melted in
to the calm, cynical smile of the man
of the world.
Done" said Sturgis, quietly.
"Very well, Mr.. Sturgis." observed
DR.. Murdoch, indifferently. Il shall
confine myself to the columns of your
own newspaper for the selection of the
problem upon which you arc to work.
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THE DAYS WORK.

DO thy days work my dear,
Tae2gh fast and dark the clouds are drift
lag near.
Though time has little left for hope and
very much for fear.
Do thy days work, though now
The hand must falter and the head must
bow,
And far above the falling foot shows the
bold mountain brow.
Yet there is left for us,
Who, on the valleys verge, stand trem-
bling thus,
A light that lies far in the west-soft,
faint, but luminous.
We can give kindly speech
And ready, helping hand to all and each,
And patience to the young around by smil-
ing silence teach.
We can give gentle thought
And charity, by lifes long lesson taught,
And wisdom, from old faults lived down, by
toll and failure wrought.
We can give love- unmarried
ny selfish snatch of happiness, unjarred
ny the keen aims of power or joy that
make youth cold and hard.
And, if gay hearts reject
The gifts we hold, would fain fare on I'M
checked,
On the bright roads that scarcely yield all
that young eyes expect,
Why do thy days work still.
The calm, deep founts of love are slow to
chill;
And Heaven may yet the harvest yield, the
workworn hands to fill.
All the Year Round.
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some light on the mystery of the piston
Shots
When Dr. Murdoch had finished read
ing, everybody, except Dunlap and
Sturgis, looked disappointed. The
former settled back in his chair, the
muscles of bis face relaxed, and the
anxious bank president once more be
came the genial aEd polished man of
the world. The reporter sat gazing
thoughtfully at his wineglass.
well, Mr.. Sturgis," said Murdoch.
what do you think of my little prob
lem?"
81 have already been assigned to
work up this case for the Tempest, an
swered the reporter. quietly.
Indeed? Perhaps you are the au-
thor of this very article? No? Then
are you willing to make the solution
of this little mystery the subject of
our wager and the test of your theo-
RESP"
Hold on, DOCTOR" exclaimed
Sprague; 'you are doing Sturgis an
injustice. Why pick out, as test of
his ability, problem which, to all in
tents and purposes, has already been
solved by the policn? Give him some
truly knotty question and he will be in
his element; and then, at least, some
interest will attach to your wager
'Ah! you think the problem has al
ready been solved?"
ssrTO ha
read us started Out as if it were going
to prove interesting; but, instead of
that, it ends in an anti-climax. What
is the crime here? The confessed, theft.
by petty sneak thief, of a satchel
worth, with its contents, perhaps eight
or ten dollars. And where is the mvs-
terry? The ownership of a few pieces of
unmarked linen of so little value that
the owner does not care to take the
trouble to claim them"
81 cannot agree with you. Mr..
Sprague. While the crime in this case
may be petty theft, it contains, to my
mind, interesting features, which you
appear to lose sight Of in your disdain-
full summary. The problem, it seems
to me, involves a suitable explanation
of two rather mysterious pistol shots,
to say nothing of such minor details as
lighted gas jets behind securely locked
gates. AS Mr.. Sturgis has informed us.
in his earnest and lucid way, every eff
feet has a cause. I should like to know
the cause that lighted the gas in the
Knickerbocker bank"
81 shall probably find out that cause
the day after tomorrow" said Mr..
Dunlap, smiling, "and I shall give the
fellow talking to for his carelessness
in forgetting to turn out the gas when
he locked up"
''Mr. Dunlap's suggestion" contin-
ued Murdoch, sis plausible in itself,
and we might even assume that the
same careless employee, after locking
up the bank, forgot to close, the outer
door on the Wall street side. But even
then, we have not disposed of the own
ership of the satchel nor of the two pis-
tol shots. The police theory that these
shots were fred by bank robbers seems,
l admit, very far-fetched. Profession
al cracksmen would hardly be likely 20
fire unless cornered; and then they
would fire to kill or at least to disable.
If their bullets failed to hit the mark.
they would at any rate leave some
trace"
ITO Be Continued
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every detail, of his failures, whenever
there is any possibility of so doing.
You can cite, [ know, plenty of cases
in which, even after the lapse of years,
the crime has been discovered and the
criminal has been confronted with his
guilt, but"
In my opinion, piped the shrill voice
of an elderly man of clerical aspect,
conscience is the surest detective,
after ALL
'Conscience!" retorted Murdoch,
calmly; 'the word is a euphemism.
Man gives the name of conscience to
his fear of discovery and punishment.
There is no such thing as conscience in
the criminal who has absolute conf
dence in his power to escape detec-
ton"
"But where is the man who can have
that superb confidence in himself?''
asked Sprague.
"His name is probably legion" an
swered Murdoch, quickly, "He is the
author of every crime whose history
remains forever unwritten."
"And are these really so numerous. %
LET us see how the case stands in
one single class of crime-say. for in
stance, murder. Whenever the solu-
ton of a sensational murder mystery
is effected by the detectives, or by their
allies, the gentlemen of the press, like
our friend Mr.. Sturgis, we, the gullible
public, vociferously applaud the
achievements of these guardians of
the public safety, and forthwith pro-
coed to award them a niche in the tenn
pie of Fame. So far. so good. But
what of the dark mysteries which re-
main forever unsolved? What of the
numerous crimes of which no one ever
even knOws?"
ooh! come now, DOCTOR" laughed
Sprague, isn't it rather paradoXical to
base your argument on the assumption
of crimes of whose very existence you
admit you have no knowledge"
Murdoch smiled grimly as he replied:
Go to the morgue of any large city,
where the unrecognized dead are eX-
posed for Identification. Aside from the
morbid crowd which is drawn to such
place by uncanny curiosity, you will
find that each corpse is anXiOusly
scanned by numbers of people, each of
whom is seeking a missing friend or
relative. At the most each body can
furnish the key to only one mystery.
Then what of the scores, a., the hun
dreds of others?"
After short pause. he continued:
"No; murder will not Out-at least
not when the criminal is what might
call a professional, a man of genius in
his vocation, educated, intelligent, dis
passionate, scientific. Fortunately for
the reputation of the detective, anna
teur and professional, the genius in the
criminal line is necessarily of a modest
and retiring disposition. He cannot
call the public attention to his ingenu-
ity and skill; he cannot puff his achieve
ments in the daily press. Not only are
his masterpieces unsigned, but they re-
main forever unheard of. The detec-
tive is known only by his successes;
the criminals reputation is based sole
ly upon his failures"
DIR. Murdoch delivered this parting
shot with the cool deliberateness which
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ATTENTION FARMERS.

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PARIS, KY.
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

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on. Those Dear Girlr.

poor fellow" she said. He pro-
posed, but l Rad to refuse him"
All" exclaimed her dearest friend.
Then that explains it"
Explains what?"
Brother Tom said the men at the
club were all congratulating him on
something or other last night. Chi
cagO Post.
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How Com.aerce works.

GrOcer-Broomcorn has gone up.
Clerk-What's that for?
Groee1-Why stupid. to keep up
with the way we've raised the price of
brooms.-Chicago Record.
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SPRING, 1900.
TREES. PLANTS. vINEss

TREES! PLANTS! VINESl
Everything for Orchard, Lawn and
Garden. The largest stock in Kentucky
of Fruit and Ornamental trees, Grape
vines, Strawberry plants, Asparagus,
Rhubarb and goods ordinarily grown
in such an establishment. General
Nursery end Strawberry catalogues to
be had on application to
III. f. HILLENMEYER,
feb2O-3m Lexington, Ky.
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So They Do.

DO people ever have corns any.
where except on their feet2''
why, yes; farmers have corn in ths
ear. "-Philadelphis Bulletin.
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II you want pure white lime leave
your orders at my Office on Main street.
All orders promptly attended TO.
JACOB SCH WARIZ
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Cause and Eject.

81 hear the tenor is laid up with a
sprained ankle" said the church choir
baritone.
Eyes, " giggled the soprano. she
slipped up on an organ peal" -Phila-
delphia Record.
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Myagency 1nsures against fire,
wind and StOrm-besS old reliable,
prompt paying cOmpanies-nOn-
union. w. o. HINTON. Agent.
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RAILROAD TIME CARD.
L. & N. R. R.

II. % N. n. De
ARRIVAL OF TRAINS
From Cincinnati-10:5S a. M; 5:3s p.
M; 1910 p. m.
From Lexington-5:11 a. M; 7:45 a. m;
1888 p. m; 6:27 p. M.
From Richmond-5:05 a. M; TAO a. M;
$685. m.
From Maysville-7:42 3. M; S:25 p. m.
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS:
To Cincinnati-515 a. m; ISL q. m;
$40 p. m.
TO Lexington-7:47 q. M; HOS a. M;
5:45 p. m; 1914 p. N.
To Richmond-11:08 a. m; SAB p. M;
1915 p. m.
To Maysville-7:50 a. M: 6:35 p. m.
f. B. CARR. Agent.
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CHAPTER III.
DIR. MURDOCKs PROBLEM.

DIl. MU NDOON IINODIII11I,
Spargue's stag dinner was virtually
over when a servant brought in a copy
of the Evening Tempest. The dessert
had been removed, the coffee and
liqueurs had been served, and the guests
had lighted their cigars. The host
passed the newspaper to DR.. Murdock
who proceeded to glance leisurely
through its columns.
''Ah! this will do he exclaimed, at
last. Here is something which will, 1
think, answer our purpose"
MYSTERIOUS SHOTS IN WALL
STREET
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My agency inSures against fire,
wind and storm-best old reliable
prompt paying companies on-
union. w. O. HINTON. Agent
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WEST BOUND.

Daily except Sunday.
a Connects with L. & NJ; b connects with @.
& c.; connects with KY, Central
Evening journal., 1900-12-12
EFFECTIVE REFORM WORK

Scranton ought to be proud Of its
Municipal League. Few reform bod
les organized in cities have their ef-
forts crowned with such complete
success as has attended the work in
our sister city in Pennsylvania. The
members of the League decided
among themselves that the city Off
cials were crooked In a thoroughly
practical way they set about obtain
ing positive and circumstantlal evil
dence to warrant them in institutine
legal proceedings. When they had II
in hand, they swore out warrants foi
the arrest of fourteen councilmen for
accepting bribes in connection with
city contracts Indictments were
found against all Of them. and the
Municipal League was prepared tc
push them to trial. when all but three
Of the offending officials went on their
knees to save themselves from prison
They signed agreements to resign
their seats in Councils not to seek re-
election to any public Office for five
years and to contribute 5000 each to q
common fund, which is to be distribu-
ted among various charitable institu-
tlons. The other three men indicted
will be prosecuted and, IL is believed
convicted.
We congratulate the Municipal
League upon the good work 1t has per-
formed in Kidding Scranton Of such
unworthy public servants.
Evening journal., 1900-12-12

school which has done more 10 lower
the tone Of politics, TO debauch voters
and to bring our State into disrepute
Than any other faction or party Della
ware has even known. The editorial
comment In his paper, should preclude
the possibility of any public reward. In
the last issue of the sheet edited by
him there are more than two columns
of untruthful abuse Of those who love
decency more than they crave office.
In his public utterances, in his paper,
in his political methods he has exhib-
tied the talents of the ward boss. and
ever has he had a ready tongue and
pdn to berate those who have stood for
common honesty in politics, as imprac-
tical idealists and hyprocrits. We did
not expect the appointee to be a Regu-
lar Republican necessarily, but we did
expect that a man would be selected
who would command the respect and
conndence of the community. not a
mere spokesman. The secretary OF State
is very close to the governor, and usu-
ally has great influence in controlling
his official acts; in a sense it is a per-
s0nal appointment. and we suppose If
this is the kind Of men Governor-elect
HUM wants-why, that is the kind he
wants.
Evening journal., 1900-12-12
FERRIS BARNS COMPLETED
Description Of the Buildings Constructed
by Bows Of the Institution

AT the Ferris Industrial School, in
Chrstiana hundred. the barn recently
destroyed by fire has been replaced by
two structures. One OF these Is for the
cattle and other for horses. Both
have been completed
The first is 39x1OS feet in dimen-
sions, and is surrounded by a stone
wall 60xl08 feet Adjoining is a milk
room, in front of which is a shed 2Ox26
feet. In the barn for the cattle there
are thirty-two stalls for COWS and four
box stalls. The building has been so
constructed that provision has been
made for water in every stall.
There are ten small stalls and two
box stalls in the stable, which is 3Ox-
5l.6 feet. A carriage house adjoins
and under this is a pen for hogs. On
the second floor of the carriage house
hay is stored. All the buildings are
occupied. ,,
The work of construction was done
by the boys of the institution, having
only the assistance of superlntend-
ent.