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CLIFFORD REsBNTENoBD.
Wan Who Shot Superintendent Wat
son 10 Die Feb. D.

'Dh " hf1t tDs Os
Jersey City, Jan. 19.--Edward Clifford,
who shot aud killed William Watson,
superintendent Of the West Shore road.
on March ;, 1896, has been resentcnced
1y Judge Lippincott to be hanged on
Feb. o.
In reply to the question whether the
prisoner had anything to say why new
.date. should not be fixed for carrying out
lhe death sentence the counsel for Cliff
iord said that il the same evidence
brought out Mt the lunacy proceeding
had been presented ut the trial Clifford
would have been found insane by the
jury. Counsel claimed that Clifford was
insane at the time he shot Superintend.
ent Watson and that he was still Of un.
sound mind and irresponsible.
Judge Lippincott said that all this had
been ruled. upon by the court and that
there was nothing to do but to fix an
other day for the carrying out of the
death sentence.
Clifford, as he was taken back TO his
cell. had vacant stare and did NOT seem
TO appreciate his situation.
Cliford's counsel subsequently caused
some surprise by making application for
another stay OF proceedings pending ar
sument on writ of certiorari with a
view Of obtaining new trial. Counsel
urged that there were good reasons why
Clifford should not pay the death penal
~, among them that ii physicians had
testified that Clifford was insane at the
time Of the shooting and that there had
been no change in his condition. Judge
Lippincott said he would hear argument
rs TO the application on Tuesday next.
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President Refuse. Pardon.

Washington. Jan. 19.--The president
has denied the application of Joseph
wilkins and Howard Butler for pardon.
These men We're convicted of violation
of the olemargarine laws and sentenced
in the United States district court at
Philadelphia March II, 1898, the former
10 Imprisonment for six months and to
pay fine Of 1,500 and the latter to i'm
Drisonment for four months and to pay
inc of $500 and costs. After long legal
light they were committed in November
last TO Moyamensing prison. Philadel.
phia. Applica tion was recently. made for
pardon, and the papers were referred to
Attorney General Griggs.
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Local Quotations.
Ariel Clubs Boxing show.

The first boxing show of the Ariel
Athletic Club will be given at Pyle's
Cycle Academy ON January 90. The
date has been changed owing to the in.
ability of obtaining the Academy 81
Music on January %. Jack DAILY, ofthis
city, will meet Jack Burke, OF Texas, in
a - round go at lao pounds. The men
will weigh in at 5 O'Clock in the after.
noon, Kid Howard, of Philadelphia
will meet Gus Gardiner. There will be
6 round 20 between two local men, III
addition there will be two battle ROYALS.
Five men will participate in each one.
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TO rntertaln Or. Won noiIeben.

tLl.ase. ..n. -. In. ypn lioneDcn,
German ambassador 10 The l'nilcd States.
will be the guest Of the University Of Chi
cigo next Wednesday afternoon. Prcsi-
dent Harper wrote TO the ambassador a
Jew weeks ago asking him to visit the
university in an unofficial capacity. Great
preparations are being made 10 greet the
visitor. At o'clock Wednesday after
noon Professor j. Lawrence Laughlin,
head of the department of political econ
omy. will deliver the welcoming address
IN Kent theater. ambassador yon Hol-
lcbcn viii answer. after which he will be
escorted To the Quadrangle club. where
i reception iii his honor win 10 held. At
$50 President Harper and the universitT
senate win entertain him at dinner.
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wenI,by nJd Ucrmit III.

Reading, Pa, Jan 11-Lewis huech-
leL the aged hermit II Mount Penn, was
discovered seriously i'll in his tiny hut far
up on the mountain side Kueohler is
wealthy, hui Le prefers his hut TO all the
luXurios his money could buy for him in
town The hermit Of "Kuechler's Roost,"
as his cyric is called, is a man with a his
tory. Forty years ago he held high social
position in Germany, and when he chat
ted of his past which was rare. he boast
ed Of his exploits when hunting with The
royal hiehnes sse5 OF the period
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Moe pI,aye =, HoroInIp.

San Francisco. Ian ~ Tho steamer
Doric has arrived from Asiatic ports via
Honolulu From Honolulu comes news
Of fresh outburst of the plague, six
dratl, having occurred between depar-
tArr 81 the steamer China. which arrived
here nu Monday. AND the departure OF
thc Dolir. which lft liunolulu,Jan. 13.
This brings The total number of deaths
from The plague for the present outbreak
mp 10 Is, and it is understood that there
are 2G ,eases ia the hands Of the health
nuthntttioa
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ro End mlrhhindcr wnr.

San Francisco, Jan. 19.-Through the
influence Of Consul Ho Vow the Chinese
Six Companies OF this city have agreed
TO assist the police in terminating the
highbinder war which has been raging
in Chinatown for some time past The
Six Companies subscribed $17,500, which
will be offered as reward for the ap-
prehension OF the murderers. Chief of
Police Biggy will guarantee the mem
bers of the Six Companies protection
from the vengeance of the highbinders
Tor the action they have taken.
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nis Request.

Husband-SIy dear, / want TO ask
you one favor before you go off on
that long visit.
Wife-A thousand, my love. What is
It?
Husband-Don't try TO put the house
In order before you leave.
Wife-It Isn't hard work.
Observation-Disclosures not. but think Of
the expense OF telegraphing to you eve
cry. time want to ind aaythi1g.-Coi-
ller's Weekly.
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The Sew York Legislature.

Albany. Jan. 19-In the house the bill
3f Mr.. IIill appropriating 1000. the
ineXpcnded balance appropriated for the
anal advisory commission and authoriz-
'ng the same to be expended by the su-
1erintendcnt OF public works, was pass
ID. Mr.. Aids, acting for Mr.. Fallows
as chairman Of the committee on con
csted seats, offered the usual resolution
which permits the committee to sit in 9TH
II counties of the state outside Of Albany
county. There are two contests-one in
New Yorl; and one in Onondaga county.
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smnIIpnx t,pidemIe In fnaiaoa

indianapolis, Jan. 19.-The state board
OF health has received word that 15;new
cases of smallpox have appeared in Clay
county. The board has received reply
from General Wyman, director of the
United States marine hospital service,
saying that the pcstotfice authorities
will, disipfcct all mails going out ef the
inoints where smallpox preYailss Nine
spsw cases are reported from est5aniag.
stlpFg county. Aeeortsne to rebc:ts 70
the health board, the disease prevails
Tn 1k counties Of the state.
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indian Fnniinr cosiIy.

Calcutta, Jan. 10. The council consid-
cred the famine situation The official
estimates show thet.cost to the govern
mcnt Of the relief works. etc. to the end
of March will be 10. 0.GOO,b00 rupees. About
- 100000 persons ARE now afrecfdd in
British territory and about 27000.p90 in
the native states. The vicero5,. LordeCur-
zon of Kedrston, said the fnminetarea
had cxphnded, surprising the worst fears,
and thoS were now facing cattlc, water
anN food scarcity Of terrible character.
About 3,2500n0 fpns, he continued.
waFc already receiving relief
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Lesacies to rriestr rsxsbIe.

Port Townshend. Wash, Jan. 19.-Ac.
eording 10 the ruling made by the com
missioner of internal revenue. a report of
which has been received from the treas
ury department. bequest Of money 10 a
priest for the purpose OF saying masses
for the rcpose of the soul is liable to leg
acy tax. The case came before the COM
missioner from Illinois, where bequest
had been made for that purpose.
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rhIIaaeIphIa,a JuaIeIary EIeetlon..

Philadelphia. Jan. I9.--The Municipal
league, an organization of reformers. has
nominated ten candidates for police mag
istrates in opposition TO the Objectionable
slated" candidates Of the Republican
and Democratic parties, and as u consc-
quence there is every Indication that a
hard battle will be fought at the polls
IN next months election. The league
eandidates are James Il. Neal, J. NJ. II.
Jermon, William Esenbrown. Albert III.
Ladur, John III. O'Brien, Horace L..
Henderson, John NJ. Patterson, Fred NJ.
Rogers, II. n. Willetts and George A..
Drown. Neal and Jermon are now Re
publican magistrates and Eisenbrown
and Ladur Democratic
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Marty nergen.s Double crime.

Worcester, Mass, Jan. 10. ~ Martin
Bergen, one Of the catchers of the Bos-
ron baseball team, shot 'and killed his
wife and two children and then himself
1T his home in North Brookfield Bergen
was one of the most noted catchcrs in
the National league. lie played ia IL
games last season. with n fielding per-
tcntage Of .030. and stood seventh on the
list Of catchcrs. lie acted 1ucerly all the
season and was probably mentally unbal-
1nCCd
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section Men rSiIlea

Buffalo. Jan. 19.-M. Daily. ]. Kelley
and NJ. Palmer, New York Central sec
tion men, were run down at Crittenden
during heavy fog and killed. The
train which killed them was running at a
high rate Of speed. The men evidently
did not hear the whistle that was sound
cd by Engineer Frazer. Neither did
they see the train in the dull light.
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had Get Rich ouicl. sch.n,.

st. Louis, Jan. 19.--The Post Dispatch
says: Numerous complaints against John
A. Baker, the broker who is charged with
using the mails to further get rich
quick scheme, have reached Chief Post
office Inspector Dice. DIR. Dice declares
that the firm of which Baker was the
acknowledged head had hundreds Of pa
irons throughout the south and west,
whose combined losses exceeded $780,
mn ''
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Nor So BAD

Critical Husband-This beef isn't fit
to eat.
Wife-WelI. told the butcher that
If It wasn't good would send you
round TO his shop to give him thrash
Ing, and / hope you'll take some one
with you. for he looked pretty fierce,
md didn't like the way he handled
his big knife.
Husband-H Humph. Oh, well, | will
say I've seen worse meat than this
London Fun. -
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New Haven Loan Awarded.

New Haven. Jan. 19.-The loan asked
for recently by the city Of New Haven
hns been awarded to s.. s. Moseley &
Go. of Boston at 3.745 per cent. Other
bidders were: New Haven Savings bank,
4 per cent; Harvey Fiske & Sons, New
York, ~, per cent, and Dunscomb a
Jcnnison, New York, 4.35 por cent. The
bid accepted is / per cent. higher than.
the city paid for similar loan last year.
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Chartered a. Dover.

Dover, Jan. 19.-The following com.
panies filed their certificates of incor-
poratlon here today: The Phoenix In
vestment Company of New York CITY,
capital stock, 81, 900, 900. y.
The Mexico Commercial Company OF
New York City, capital stock, 5000, 600.
The Leighton Extract Company OF
scranton, capital stock, $25, 900.
The Capital Trust Company of Della.
ware, capital stock, $4,000.
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10 wntch coInrnao 1nnlnns.

A'easo, Jan. TO- A special to The
.4i from Denver says: Further dep
'Aghs by Indians in western Colora-
WV he prevented by the cooperation
'h" war and interior departments
'sihpr Thomas recently made a vigor-
appeal for relief. and he has receiy-
i'itcrs N reply from Secretary Hitch
, ana W. A. Jones. commissioner OF
'al affairs, both of whom promise
y assurance that tho indians will be
" carefully watched in the future
" lht have been in the past.
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southern popuIists' pIanu.

Raleigh, Jan. I0.-The Popuist state
committee met here aud called the state
co aution for April is at Raleigh. II
was practically decided to continue the
fusion ,arrepgements with the Republic
nmendtnent and aeno,lncing the election
law ENACTED By the last legialature.
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Two Women seai,Iea 10 pe.,h

\ 'yslsr, aS Pa, Jan, 10. Mrs. Mary Biz.
- years old, wife Of Joseph Biz.
l,a va The mother OF six little children,
'ilss Ida Sibble died in the hospital
ss'er' sl' The two women were scald
talilng into an immense vat OF boil.
a'er, which stood IN the South
manufacturing coinpany's mill.
N;aI. Iaa visited the. mill in company
o,,' uSnolas Thomas, who is unable TO
'" tue accident hapnened. -
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f7ound Moman,s PooIEethoo,.

officer Sherry Yesterday found an al
most new lady g pocketbopk on Market
Astreets The poct etbook was wrappes3in
hardk kerchfef, and coussineS, bSsides
ga cents IN money, q return ticket to
Conpahy's line.
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rurn A;,e,ut.

Airs. Weeds --ph, syau- remilid mo- so
,pueh Of my FIRST husband. - j.. +
AIR.. eWeedsc-i'm glad. u hear it.
l'You've bcep reminding me Of Lin so
ItotteptAP bilad delphiR YTqss.
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N-iorIn Ricn mnrtrnre.

sg'on, Jan. 19.-Secretary Root
IA T'd IN order extending the time
Y I'fecl1vsre Of mortgages on prop
'ofio Rico six months on the con
=. however, that such extension shall
4. 8I1I Il contrary to legislation en-.
~ congress IN The interval. The
."I the payment Of mortgages under
/, PIe'ions orders Of bhc war depart
n9S expired. Tho sccretary's ao-
-. ne result Of conferences with res
's,f n forto Rico. representing all the
AZ ,ai interests ~ the island. and Is IN
Aeial straits
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Financial and Commercial.

New YORK. Jan. ~.
Money on call nominally at 2a3 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, Ja6 per cent. Ster-
ling exchange easier. with actual business In
bankers bills at S4.s5a4.s1l4 for demand and
at st.S35saisI for 60 days. Posted rates. S4s41E
a4s5 and Sl.ss. Commercial bills. S4.s3a4. .s3jI1.
Silver certificates, 59aG0c. Bar silver, 59Ssc.
Mexican dollars. 41I4c. Government bonds
irregular. State bonds firmer. Railroad bonds
strong.
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The Business People

annot afford to ignore the newspaper medium through which
attract the peoples attention And having attracted at
non It not enough to rest oars but keep their
xed you bv
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Farnd

The statem
roiect for tH
. West CHG
he farmer
dubious pr
bsolutely &C
THE SuN d
tot be built l
liarge fabulo
1thority of Y
Prominent pr|
{ harged fabul
vay, or show
the road, tnas
MIR. LAwton y
lished in The 81
m x,aofarfia o
ue and exa4
porter.
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0s0SSsSSSsSsS0
THE SUN

shines in hundreds of the best homes every news
stand in the public reading every club every hotel and the
public lbraresn fact every place where intelligent thinking
people are found.
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A T1
what rrospel

What rrospe
One of the
York city in
stated that it
the opening d
gains In BUSH
and by bulk
And the ntate
single month m
grade ia combriso
Ing previous record
What startling stat
ce that the New "
Established only th
does not seem so re
The store was ID
grteF the repudIatio|
iandl and his freel
Fro1n that time on v
ing up hill. The exz
IS only an exam1
soing ION throgh
\ typieai cas-
what il has 4
terests & t3
sound. geo6
Americanl sys
in the admir-
fairs.
Bdpon
The Austsra
only users of
hey the first
Egyptians AzI
they seem tc
erything else.
boomerang Is
Indian tribes
races of the
risslle used b
II, that 1t is
scrm and does
er. The retu
he 20 the a.
siHpe or tie 81
In witch It's
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ELECTED'
Tenth Anp
orDsr>

! The tenth d
lot Directors ON
| as held at u
| I.den Nail last
ere re-elected
ice president, |
I Try, ]. NJ. Wiz
trreen. 4
THE TREASURED
s3mpany . 10 be
{ ALLY.
After the meet
/ zen in numbeS
riffs cafe,
\ as held. -
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Lecture by

Prof. William III
University, gave "
ginter course Of
echool, Fourth AM
day afternoon. I
Months in Green
ingly interesting
lustrated by
photographs I
besides havin
Of the Peary
years ago, q
simmer in th
expedition sc
similar purp
vas present a
with the iecti
Whr
Thomas Ed
Tesla workiI
near Paris.
cay asking ID
needed help.
man, named
the young foI
ne would wo
three days an
his eyes. At
ilight he had d
gogether, and
made him tai
he young NJ
strain they
Lad better b
According
student wei
ON one Of Il
Of the bigge
gible. 1t W
% be oyerw
he garnishI
was enough
however, II
1rything di'
;urning to
,7as anythin
You're out
whatever you
Tesla locke
minute. as II
hen hesitatin
gou don't mil
steak. ."--San
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West 1

The West
! leated the Oh
elphia last 7
asium ROOM
he West EN-
lelphia and J.
'ebruary 10.l
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Minesl

Alter tha
/ urned to
ag room, IT,
! arly hours
After the
ratulated ell
retty arran2
/ xcellent sei
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12

peS p!aEln CE haip the very first
thing? If it is. then dunno as l
want to lie. | never could a-bear hayin
folks laugh al me. And the singin,
Samuel the sin. in, NY voice is crack
ed, and sing through my nose, and is
that goin to do up there? | s'pose l
could walk around with a robe on and
talk and visit, bet | can't sing nor
play, and they needn't expect it. Sam
uel. shall we talk about whether you'd
better take a second wife or not
Sometimes think you had. and some
times l think you hadn't What do
you think?'
Mr.. Gallup turned from the ham,
mock article to one on natural gas In
Ohio, and he extended his legs again
and prepared to digest it thoroughly.
1t might have occurred to him that
Mrs. Gallup was il the room and that
she or some one else was talking to
him, but he answered not Ten min
utes had gone by when he finished the
article and looked up and around as If
he had suddenly missed something.
Mrs. Gallup lay curled up on the
lounge fast asleep. and in the cor
ner of each eye still glistened a big
tear NJ. QUAD.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Compiled With the Law.

"a certain we'll known Mobile law
yer, who was lame and had something
of a reputation as a fighter" said q
southern gentleman. was at one time
attorney in a suit that caused much i'll
feeling. He won the suit for his client,
and the loser vowed vengeance. In
pursuance of that same. in the Ian
guage of Truthful James, he one day
went into the lawyers office and sub
jected him to TRADE of abuse that
would have caused salt water cap
tain to die from pure envy. such was
his talent in vituperation.
"The lawyer answered him nothing,
to the surprise of two or three men
who were present. but, getting out of
his chair, began to hobble backward.
His enemy, thinking he was retreating,
followed him up, with more abuse and
threatening gestures.
"The lawyers foot finally struck
hgainst the wall. when he suddenly
Strengthened up and saying. Gentle
men, call on you to witness that, on
account of this wall, ] have, retreated
as far as possible the general law of
hOmicidel. drew out a derringer and
shot lis opponent.
"At the trial he was acquitted, his
witnesses being the men present at the
time of the killing. who testified to the
lawyers having retreated as far as
possible. New York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Cold NIghtIn Canada.

The sky at night is a deep dark blue,
and the stars are like dropping balls Of
fire, so close they seem to be almost
within reach. The northern lights look
as if titanic paint brush had been
dipped In phosphorescent flame and
drawn in great. bold strokes across
the heavens.
AS you pass the electric lamps you
see very fine particles of snow caught
up by the wind and glittering high In
the air like diamonds But it is a cold
night, and you are not sorry to get into
your room. First of all. you take a
blanket or so from the bed. for there
are people In Canada who sleep all the
year round with only a sheet over
them, to such pitch of perfection
have they brought the heating of their
rooms.
After you have tucked yourself in
the stiffness of the night is broken oc-
casionally by report like a cannon.
Have you ever been inside a bathing
machine when mischievous boy
threw stone at it? And. if so, do you
remember how you jumped? When the
walls of wooden house crack in the
bitter cold. the effect is similar, only
magnified. But you know what 1t
means here, so you only draw the
clothes closer round you. thankful that
you are snug and warm. And so good
-Blackwood's
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
Better to Hnve Wnited.

The other morning Jones turned up
at the office even later than usual.
His employer, tired of waiting for him,
had himself set about registering the
days transactions. usually Jones' first
duty. The enraged merchant laid his
pen aside very deliberately and said to
Jones, very sternly indeed. Jones, this
will not dor
mo, sir" replied Jones gently, draw
ing off his coat as he glanced over his
employers shoulder, "it will not. You
have entered McKurkeu's order in the
wrong book. Far better to have wait
ed till cameT-Pearson's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
NIGHTMARE.
The Sensation Tl,-t AIvnys Makes a
Man Coward.


Strange that we are always so cow
ardly in nightmares. remarked New
Orleans lawyer who has a taste for
the bizarre. 81 don't believe ANYBODY
ever lived who stood up aud made a
square stand against the amorphous
horror that invariably pursues us In
such visions. When | have a night
mare and the usual monster gets on
my trail, my blood turns to water, and
my conduct would disgrace q sheep. I
am beside myself with stark, down
right fear, and | have no idea left in
my head except to run like a rabbit.
All pride, self respect. dread of ridicule
and even the instinct of self defense
are scattered to the winds, and l be-
lieve, honestly, would be capable of
any infamy in order to escape. 1 have
no hesitation in confessing this, be-
cause. as far as | have been able to
find out, everybody acts exactly the
same way in the throes of nightmare,
and l feel certain | would not make
such a pitlable spectacle of myself in
real life, no matter what might befall.
81 think that the explanation of the
nightmare panic is to he found in the
fact that the dream is almost invari-
ably accompanied by sense of suffo-
cation. 1t is well established that
choking-the shutting off of ones
wind to use homely phrase-has an
effect upon the mind which is entirely
distinct and different from that pro-
duced by any other form Of pain or
peril 1t fills the victim with such hor-
ror and distraction that he is for the
moment insane. He will do anything
to get relief This has been brought
out on more than one occasion In the
defense of men who have been choked
and killed their assa ilants. and judges
have held that the circumstances of
such an attack should be given special
consideration as eXtenuating the deed.
In dreams the entire nervous system Is
relaxed, and it is natural to suppose
that the mental effect of suffocation
would be intensified. At least, that is
the best apology have to offer for my
sprints through nightmare land."-New
Orleans TimesDemocfat.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-12
The Future Of Our Legs.

Professor Nung of the University of
Guef, Switzerland, entertains great
fears concerning the future Of our
lower limbs. This sage is of the opin-
ion that within the next thousand
years human beings will have forgot
ten how to use their legs, and that
these limbs, if evolution will not do
away with them, will serve as mere
ornaments to the rest of the body.
Professor Yung states that at the
present age human beings show a de-
eided aversion to personal or physical
locomotiOn, and this is more manifest
every time a new automatic travelling
instrument is invented and rendered
practical. Steam, electricity, cable
power and the different velocipede ma
chimes all bear an influence over us
and create a dislike for walking, and
the future generations will likely have
the convenience of Steerable airships
at their windows and electric auto
mobiles at their doors, and these con-
veyances will be SO cheap that almost
every one can own them, and this
means the doom of our legs.
The latter will he regarded as super
fluous appendage ges. no use will be made
of them, and who knows but that they
may disappear altogether? But so
much more will our arms develop In
length and strength. These are the
cruel laws of evolution. and it will be
due to their praDks that future gen
erations will again resemble the apes.
There will come another epoch of short
legs and long arms.