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BRITISH AND AMERICAN GOLD.
Not Much Ground for an Old Complaint
 Cane Nome

l Cape Nome. M .s | One of the prominent western mining lawyers in speaking yesterday at ths Waldorf Astoria of some of the legal
 aspects of the recent gold discoveries | in Alaska said: "The comments that
 the American papers have from time to l time made over the strictness of the l Canadian mining laws are interesting
 in view of the fact that an alien on 1 American soil may not take up min ing claim at all, and therefore, under | the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread, the Canadian laws, no
 matter how stringent or grasping they
 may be, are far more generous to the alien than are our own.
 There seems no matter of question
 that the discoveries at Cape Nome will | call to Alaska during the coming sum-
 mer a far greater number of people | even than did the originafs discoveries | in the Klondike, and all sorts of legal complications and controversies will be likely to ensue The present yjufisdic-
 tion of the Territory of Alaska is at
 tached to the State of Washington. and
 case have heretofore been tried in Seattle, which has been an additional reason for bad blood between that city
 and Tacoma, which latter town feels
 thta she should have percentage of the Alaskan cases tried there. This at taching Alaska to the State of Wash ington has been solely for convenience, as otherwise the only way to have tenn
 porarily secured laws at Cape Nome
 and the other points of discovery, under the United States statutes, would have been to take advantage of the miners district regulations, which pro- vide that in what is known as an un- organized district the people can get to gether and adopt rules and regula- tions which become the law for the time being. A bill is now before con- gress to provide Judiciary for Alaska, and if it passes Alaska will be legally sui generis, and no longer attached to the State of Washington.
 There is another bill before con- gress which bears directly and impor- tanty on large portion of the gold bearing soil of Cape Nome. As you doubtless know, the gold has been found there in paying quantities in the beach sands lying between high and low water markk. This strip. beyond any question, belongs to the govern ment and no shadow of legal claim to 1t can have existed in any of the num- berless persons who toiled on it during the summer of 1899. That they were al- lowed to do SC was simply an act of toleration on the part of the govern ment. The beach sands of Cape Nome have heretofore been worked daily on the first -come-in-t n-tbe-morning- first served idea. According to the bill now under consideration all thia will be changed. and not only the beach but the bed of the ocean itself out to the three-lnile limit will be placed under placer mining regulations, and the claims staked out will be permanent. At the same time all dredging permits will be revoked" "-New York Tribune.
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overland around dams or other obstruc-
 tions. These efforts are trivial conn pared with those of some fishes found In other parts of the world.
 These are the lung fishes, or dipnoi as naturalists call them, and the &C., counts of them seem to border on the marvellous. In one group of these anil malg the "swimbladder' Is a kind of lung, instead of a mer float as it is in most fishes, and in some strange fishes in India there is a hollow space in the skull that acts as lung, the walls of it having clusters of blood vessels about it, just sa the vesiclea of our lungs have. These fishes can bury them selves deep in the mud when the dry f season comes on and live through it til lthe rains fill the rivers again. A fish in the Gambia river makes a cocoon of mucus and mud, in which it has been brought from Senegambia to London where the cocoon was gently washed off and the fish found to be living The naturalist, Matterer, discovered simi- lar fish in the Amazon. but this one, the LepidoSiren of science, is one of the rarest specimens in museums. In the United States there Is a fish, the bow fin, that can be drowned by stretching a let below the surface of the water so that it cannot get to air!
 Dr. Hector, the government geologist 'of New Zealand, reported finding some | fish about five and half inches long I among the roots of trees at depth of four feet in stiff clay. The place where they were found was some thirty seven l feet above the Hokitika river where there had been a back water during time of flood The mud fishes are com mon in New Zealand and the early set tiers were surprised to dig up fish with their potatoes, as farmers on Long 1 Island are said to be in doubt whether their spadea will unearth potatoes or clans.
 | The most famous of the lung fishes is the climbing perch of India, that has often been found several feet up the mangroves. These animals migrate overland when their own streams fail and are captured in great numbers by i the natives, to whom they are great delicacles. Ceylon has several species of them. The island is dotted over with bogs of thick, chocolate colored mud, covered by sod of reeds and grasses, and this mud teens with fish, The Gin galese clear off space and wait till the fish come UP to fill up their air bladder when they catch them in strong dipnets.
 Sir Jokn Browning says that some lung fishes in Siam go as much as three miles from water, and that they have been seen Tapping along dusty road.
 The lung fishes constitute wonder full and interesting group of animals, and show the wide range through which nature can adapt creatures to their surroundings Biology is full of such instances, but few are more striking than Washington Evening Star.
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of my skill in dealing with lions he presented me with an armlet of gold Set with precious jewels. It represents 1 an order equivalent to your Knight of the Garter, and is only presented to the most redoubtable of his warriors, and has to be returned to him at their death.
 Lion hunting is my favorite sport. Some few years ago, during the visit of MT. Harrington, the British representa- tive, I went out in company with a couple of gentlemen on lion hunt, but for three days we did not even catch sight of one Abyssinia will always be nursery, owing to their being regard ed as almost a sacred animal; and on certain ground especially mountain situated some twenty miles from Adis, it is death to the sacrilegious slayer of lions.
 q always christen my lions. Their names are Leo, Waldemar, Pasha, Lui, Sultan, Abdullah, Menelik, liz, Grassmacht, Kainas, Machts, WaId- mir, Mustapha, Romeo, Mishel, Kasper, Negus, Emir, Patti Natti Frank and Baron They are all males The last two mentioned are fresh arrivals, and Frank is the young kitten which at the end of the performance I carry out on my shoulders. It is very expensive business to carry on, and the transit of my lions, in the three large cages, to my next engagement will cost me a little bill of 800 sovereigns. l value my, show at G30. 900.
 q have had many adventures with my lions The most serious as well as the most comical happened in Paris in a grand spectacular performance called Nero It was scene in which the early martyrs were supposed to be torn to pieces by lions. All the Martyrs were stuffed but myself. One of my lions took mean advantage of this fact, and one particular night coolly strolled up to me- sniffed at my right leg and grabbed me in most earnest fashion by his jaws just below the knee. I persuaded the animal that he made a mistake, and I must say he has been a model of good behavior ever since the short discussion over that particular episode. ."-London Globe.
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! TALK WITH A LION TAMER
Herr Seeth's Methods And Some Acci-
 dents He has Had

Herr Seeth's Methods And Some Acci- dents He has Had.
 | Stalking" a lion trainer for the
 purpose of an interview is no easy mat
 ter. The modesty of the lion tanner is
 almost Yproverbial. Have not the
 artistic wags of America and our own
 country illustrated this from time to
 time in many a witty sketch--the main
 motive being in one picture the heroic demeanor of the terrorizer of the king Of beasts in the lions cage, and as comic contrast his crestfallen de-
 meanor in. the privacy of his own particular domestic circle? This does
 not apply, however, to Herr Seeth, who is a man in every sense both in the physical and mental meaning of the word Our wholesale trainer of lions, a very masculine man of feet 1la inches in height, and some seventeen
 stone odd in weight, at first entirely declined to be interviewed And in
 this condition of mind a man of Herr
 Seeth's stamp is very difficult to deal
 with. However, with the help of the
 press representative of the hippodrome,
 I ran him nearly literally speaking to
 earth by the devious passages that run
 under this magnificent building, and
 discovered perhaps the greatest lion
 tanner that ever existed in the privacy
 of his dressing room.
 He was reclining back in his chair in the easy manner of an athlete. His greeting was of the cheery type. What do you want me for? What can I tell you? I have not my birth certi- Ia r,it Ap1 IIar regarded me in quizzical fashion from under his eyeids and thoroughly en- joyed my discontinue. T know what you are going to ask me. Well, my age is thirty-six, and was born in the village of Kolimar, in the province of Holstein, and I have just three minutes to dress myself in"
 "One fact I should like to know" murmured. You are the first trainer of lions that we have ever seen turn his back on a lion"
 The massive frame of Herr Seeth shook with merriment. "Ah my friend, the secret is to find out on which animal you can turn your back with safety I do not show my back to every one of my twenty-one lions When my animals growl and paw at | me, do they mean 1t? Sometimes they do,." remarked Herr Seeth, enig maticaly, "and sometimes they don't. Whenever they do drop their paws on | me, you will notice that I never move. | They are big cats of the feline species, | and their habits are almost identical. | You try to move quickly, and at once they uncover their claws And a scratch from a lion is no light matter.
 1T carry two whips? There is a good | reason for this. One hand is always and the whip is used in a manner. I assure you that persuasion enters more into the busi- ness of lion tanning than force I have not the slightest fear of one of my animals. I have my accidents, but any injuries are generally given in a playful spirit. All my lions are from and mostly are presents from the Emperor Menelik, with whom [ am an especial favorite. On account
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DWIGHT PLACE CHURCH.

Dr. Leete divers the fourth dis course in the Lenten series tomorrow evening at the Dwight Place church the subject being Washing the Disci- pIes Feet" The course is, being well attended and will close Easter night. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings of next week there will be special services at this church, the pas tor being assisted by Rev. J. Lee Mitchell Wednesday evening, and by Rev. T. B. Wilson Thursday evening. The church quartet and the Choral so- clety will each lead the singing one night.
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QUEER FISHES WITH LUNGS.


An Interesting Group of Animals That
 Live on Land or in Water.
 Every ore knows that most fishes breathe in different manner from that of tho greater number of animals, and that they get the oxygen necessary for their life from the water, and not di- rectly from the atmosphere. Water dis solves a certain amount of oxygen, and the gills of fishes take this out of the water as our lungs take it from the mixed air we breathe. The gills are bundles of fine blood vessels, covered by a delicate membrane, that permits oxygen to pass through it to the blood so long as it is moist, but usually when a fish is taken out of water the gills dry and saffocation follows.
 The sJlls are very thin, and may be torn oc injured by slight violence Mud, sand. saWcust or any of the many simi- lar impurities in water may lacerate or irTitatc lem, SC nature has put Alters, like comhs, just in front of them to strain such foreign matters out of the water before reaching the real gills. ThoEe filters are called 'gill rakers" and act as do the gratings put over gutters tb iNsu odth tiesii tidt iHtSHl DOCK them up; but the gutter gratings get cloegeL sometimes. and so do the gill rakers, When this happens the fish must die, and it is well known that the in our streams has been chief factor in the destruction of our fresh water fishes.
 KlGt all fishes are not dependent on their gills. Some of them, like our common carp and goldfish, come to the surfoce now and then to take in draughts of air, and eels can travel
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trained observer, and there is consola- tion in it for English ears, after all the trials and humiliating surprises of the opening months of the campaign. .-Lon- dom Correspondent of the New York Tribune.
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TO CURE A COLD QUICKLY. Take Crown La Grippe Tablets, the great cold cure George D.. Farovid, 644 Chapel street, City Drug store. If
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Easter Lilies

that will decorate your table are no more artistic in their stately beauty than the exqui- sitely shaped Vases in Pot tery and Cut Glass that we are showing in many, designs.
 The family China Closet and Sideboard can be en- riched just now with far less than the usual strain upon the purse.
 Look at our HaviIand Chi na Dinner Sets and Cut Glass which would make a uita ble gift for Easter brides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-07

SohShu0tnE SESSION. I0Oay OF the W.
G. +. Z. Convention.
. The twenty-seventh annual convention of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
which began In this city last Sunday after
noon, will be brought to close this evening
in the Lafayette Square Opera House. The
final meeting will be what is known as
Platform Night" and will conclude with
the singing of God Be With Us TIL We
Meet Again."
The convention was called to order this
morning at $50 o'clock by the vice pres.-
dent-at-large, Miss Anna A. Gordon. the
president Mrs. Stevens, having been in
Vited TO the Capitol to appear before
congressional committee Mrs Stevens re-
sumed the chair. however before the noon
recess was taken. Prayer was offered by
Mrs. Alice Gordon Guiick president of the
w. c. Z. u. of Spain
Reports were received from q number of
departments Mrs. Ella NJ Thatcher of
New Jersey, superintendent OF work among
soldiers and sailors, concluded her report
with a resolution which stated the belief
that the canteens or beer halls in the ma
tonal homes for disabled volunteers, are n
detriment to the old veterans, and declar-
ing that the w. {. T. L. will abats no ef-
fort to procure legislation necessary Ia
abolish the canteen. Other reports re-
ceived, were from Mrs. +. n. Graham Of
Maryland, superintendent of work among
railroad employees; Mrs. Jane NJ. Kinney OF
Michigan. superintendent of penal and re-
formatory work: Mrs. A. +. Carman of
Illinois. superintendent of medal contests;
Mrs. Minnie B. Horning of Illinois. superin-
tendent of press work; Miss Mary Hadley
OF Indiana, superintendent of department Of
w. {. T. L. institutions.
Representative Littlefield of Maine was
introduced to the cnnyention and made a
brief speech to the ladies. The press medal.
gold star, was awarded to New York
that state having accomplished the best
work in that line during the past year.
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VICTORY FOR COLUMBIA GOLFERS.
Washington Club Defeated on It's Own
GH0undA.

Warrington Club Defeated on It's Own
Grounds.
The latest club organized for golf honors.
the Columbia, has pushed itself forward
with rapid strides, and yesterday had the
satisfaction of scoring its first victory as an
organization. The Washington and Column
bia players faced each other on the Rossyn
links yesterday in team match, and when
the final scores were handed in it was found
that the latter had won out by the score OF
% to Ii. The course was in fine condition
and the playing unusually brilliant. A re-
turn match will be played shortly, the CO.
lumbia players having the Washington golf
ers as guests, and as the course is a new
one several surprises will probably be forth
coming.
Yesterdays scores were as follows:
Mr.. Horstman defeated Mr. Arnold by one
hole, Mr.. Boardman was defeated by DR..
L. L. Harlan by six holes, Mr.. Gray was
defeated by Mr.. Edison by six holes. Mr..
Riggs was defeated by Mr.. H.: N. Reed by
three holes, Mr.. Taylor was defeated by DIR.
N. s. Harlan by five holes, Mr.. Dalzell de-
feated Mr.. Mattingly by two holes. Mr.. Hell
len was defeated by Mr.. Bennett by one
hole, Colonel May was defeated by Mr..
Woodward by one hole, Mr.. Finley defeated
Mr. Delano by six holes, Mr.. Keferstein de-
feated Mr. Parker by four holes. Totai-Co-
lumbia %; Washington. H.
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COL. JOHN s. WILLIAMS DEAD.
He Was at One Time Third Auditor of
the Treasury.

the Treasury.
Word has reached this city of the death
Of Col. John s. Williams at his home IN
Lafayette, Indiana, where his funeral took
place yesterday. He third auditor of
the treasury under President Clevelands
first administration.
Colonel Williams attained considerable
eminence as a lawyer and In politics He
was successfully mayor of Lafayette for
two terms. city attorney, collector Of in
ternal revenue. and, for a number Of years.
exerted a powerful influence in democratic
councils. His active political life was con
temporaneous with Thos A. Hendricks, Jo-
seph E. Mcdonald and Daniel w. Voorhees,.
He was powerful a political campaigner,
being a ready and logical debater, and n
man OF unimpeachable character and mag
nificent presence.
Colonel Williams commanded the $40 In
diana volunteers in the war of secession.
He was a member of the Loyal Legion, and
Army and Navy Club of this city, and was
elected to membership In the John A 10
gan Post, No ). G. A r. He was born in
Lockport. N. Y, in 1925. A brother and Sis
ter survive him In this city, General George
B. Williams and Mrs. John E. Bates.
At the time of his decease, Colonel VIII
Jams was senior editor and publisher of the
Lafayette Sunday Times. AS writer he
was forceful, and exerted wide influence
In his state.
Colonel Williams had a large acquain-
lance in this city, who will long remember
his positive, but kindly nature, and his
conspicuous abilities.
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Germans Must Learn English.

A dispatch from Berlin says: Emperor
Williams decree regarding the reform of
the higher schools provides that, in conse-
quence of the Importance attaching to the
English language special attention shall be
given hereafter in this branch of the gym
nasia, where 1t is made equal with Greek
In the under classes, and shall displace
French an obligatory study In the upper
three classes, French being made optional
in the latter.
Special emphasis is laid in the decree
upon the Importance Of speaking the mod
ern languages taught, and the reform con-
templates also more attention to Latin In
the Oberrealschule.
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CARRIco. On THURSDAY, December 9, 1900, at
BLANCHE KATHLEEN, the daughter Of A. r
and Agnes G. Carrico.
Funeral private
CARROLL. On Thursday. December Q. 1900, at
lege Park Md CHARLES O'DEII. CARROLL,
In h s,1sv nsesSeeT q ats
HARyEY suddenly o. Tav5sSay Des &c NIB s.
william C. Harvey.
Funeral, Saturday, strictly private.
MILES. On Friday; December ls.o a, s,sls.tt
Mary Miles. aged five years.
Funeral private. from the residence Of her aunt
Mrs. George Schofeld. No. u II street north-
east, On Saturday December 8, at 10 O'Clock
an.
MURPHY. On Friday. December 7. 1860 JOHN
II. MURPHY, after n long and painful illness
late residence. 40 LIST street southeast. tal-
bany, n. Y, papers please copy =
NoEDLNGER ON December 1 1909 at his s mi
LINGEt. aged sixty four years.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
PERRY Near Baltimore, on Thursday, DECEMBER
6, 1900. at half-past 3 O'Clock pm, WALTER
SCOTT PERRY. son Of Mary Jane and the late
Augustus Emory Perry aged forty-six years.
residence: ZIG "a street northeast sDWAI,
PAsTEUR RIDGELY, In the eighty -hfth year
of his age. Formerly OF hOW6ru county MI
Funeral from his residence Saturday; December
pm ntermsnt private ni Relatives ana
Md, papers please copy9
residence. 1888 street northwest, JOHN SIN
CLAIR in the seventy fourth year OF his age
Inte nm private at L0uden Park Haltim s
1900 a. the resitence OF her nephew, Edward J.
Becker. 1s4s Sd street northwest NARY JANE
Al, s,f Ira ahefh Rp,Ea
Funeral services at St. Patrick's Church SATURDAY
December 8, at pm. Interment private. y
swAYzE On Dsee% ns 1900 at osloe I, m
F. and Lizzie l.. Swayze, in the twenty frat
year Of his age ..
Funeral services private. -
WARD. On Wednesday December 5, 1860. at .
ness Of typhoid fever. WILLIE J., beloved
daughter Of 1. b. and Elizabeth Ward
Funeral from the house. Saturday. December s. at
II an. Interment at Rockville cemetery.
8:s5, JOHN r.. husband of Sarah E. whsley.
northwest, on Saturday, December s, at 2 pm.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to
papers please copyD y
wHEATL.EY. On Thursday. December 8, 1900, at
ms EfiiSs1ss T. n the Seventy
Funeral services at st. pauls NE. Church, Ken
sington. Md. Saturday, December 8, at 1880
pm Friends and the congregation Of the Con
gress Street NJ. p. Church invited IDterment
private. Please omit flowers.
WILLIAMS On Wednesday. December 5. 1900. at
her residence. 1854 street northwest. SARAH
Funeral took place Friday, December Z. ct $50
pm.
In Memoriam.
e szas d$
three years ago today, December Z, 1897.
Rest In peace.
/. BY HIS PARENTS, SISTER AND BROTHERa
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Holiday Silverware.

Gsn~ Mn Gut st Gsss s Sss aRs Pep 38c
Genuine Cut Glass Puff Jars, with 02f-
heavily carved sterling silver tops. |OSs
Heavy Sterling Silver Polishers, L2<,
worth Csc, for. ............... 9OSe
Sterling Silver Hat Brushes; A2C
handsomely engraved. Special 80. 1OS'
Sterling Silver Brush and Comb Sets, IN
white satin-lined cases. Special 6 n OK
We carry a large assortment OF BRASS anu
Oxidized Clocks and Jewelry, stamped free.
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John L. Hughston, clerk, has filed a pc
tition In voluntary bankruptcy. His sum
mary Of debts is stated to be $,593.s7, witt
no assets.
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Holiday Dolls.

Dolls for the Children.
Thousands Of Dolls 10 make thousands OF
little ones happy. Some are so true to ma
ture that they do everything but talk Here
are some holiday specials:
Our Santa Dolls
viii be a revelation. They're well made
and strong: eyes made TO open and close;
and all Santa Dolls are ball jointed. They
come in three sizes, at
@8c., ST. 90 and S2.98,
respectively. and these prices are at least
25 per cent less than the exclusive stores
charge.
9th ST ANNEX FOR DOLLS.
Dressed Dolls. Our price for these -tOSs
They're 75c. values.
The prettiest Dolls in town, at. yCS.
Daintily dressed In satin. silk and lawn.
Worth every penny OF Ups.
DOLLY CAN GET HER OUTFIT HERE.
We stock dresses, little worsted sacQues,
Tam O'Shanters. stockings, shoes and bootees;
also skirts, drawers, &c. In fact, every
thing that dolly requires, in both outer and
undergarments, are here. Bring the chill
dreD.
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In Criminal Court No. 1 yesterday
charge of HOUSEKEEPING against Clarenc
Tucker was nolle pressed.
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Racing at Benning track tomorrow. clos
ing day, over In time to allow early evening
dinner.-Advt.