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, 1900-06-28
South African News.

London. June 24.-Ihere was almost
II total absence of war news from
South Africa last night. and The tele.
grams received lack interest and fail
to add 10 the facts already known.
According 10 II special dispatch from
Cape Town 1t seems that In the recent
light mt Iand river the Beers captured
1000 mail bags, containing n three.
weeks accumulation of letters for Lord
Roberts army. and 10000 worth of
stamps Intended for the use of the
troops.
Trains ought soon to be running he
tween Durham and Johannesburg.
According to n Pretoria dispatch.
General BOtha Possesses fun powers
to conclude peace, and 1t is reiterated
that he is willing to surrender. but. il
seems, President Kruger remains oh.
durate.
The fact that n deputatlon from Piet.
ersburg. in northern 1'ransyaal. has
approached Lord Roberts with an invi.
tatlon to send II force to receive the
submission of the town, is regarded as
important.
, 1900-06-28
AN AMNESTY PROCLAMATION
Rebellious F%llipinos VIII he Given n
Chnnce to Come In.

Chancs to Come In.
Washington, June 2O.-Secretary
Root said tonight that the text of the
an nesty proclamation would be pub
!ished tomorrow in Manila and Wash
ingtGn simultaneously. 1t will be is
sued by General Macarthur iu1 is
done by direction of the President. The
proclamation gives a free pardon TO all
Filipinos who have participated in the
rebellion against the United States. the
only condition being that they take the
cath of allegiance II acknowle lge The
sovereignty of the United States. 1t
excludes no one, except those who
have violated the laws Of war. The
proclamation, the secretary said, will
speak for itself II will 20 into effect
Immediately. The time. considering the
facilities for communication in the
Islands for acceptance of the Inc
proclamation by those still in rebellion,
is limited, being only thirty or sixty
days.
Manila, June 2O.-General Macarthur
will tomorrow formally announce
President Mckinley's order of amnes-
ty. Buencamino, Palermo and other
prominent Filipino leaders are greatly
pleased, rs they believe that under the
amnesty they can bring about the sur
render of A%guinaldo. who. they de
clare, is ready and willing to consider
the peace platform adopted by the
Filipino leaders, with Il few insigniti-
cant exceptions.
Several meetings of the leaders were
held quietly in Manila last week. They
are encouraged by the progress they
are making with the natives and the
authorities here. Tomorrow an i'm
pOrtant meeting will be held. Mt which
the American decree will be read. 1t
is the concensus of opinion of the for
eigners, the better class of the Fill
pinos and the Spaniards. that Aguin-
aldo will appear in Manila shortly. rs
IL result of the decree and the negotia-
tons of "Buencamino.
, 1900-06-28
TALK FOR A MINING BUREAU.
international Mining Congress Considers
Resolution Asking For It's Estib-
IN

Milwaukee, Wis, June Gothic ques-
ton of permanent organization and In
corporation Of the International NJiu-
ing Congress was discussed among the
members at the session of the Con
Rress today and the general feeling
appears to be that the proposed or
ga%nizatiOn will be defeated.
Resolutions We're introduced today
by Ex-Governor Prince providing for
n call To Congress to establish n bu-
. a Of mining. This is the first open
move for recognition of the mining
Industry, and is the nucleus for wide
and extensive campaigning by the mIu-
ing men of the country to secure Il gov.
ernmental bureau of mining.
The resolution says: THE magnitude
and Importance of the mining industry,
which has now reached over SOO ,OOU,-
900 of annual product, call for the es-
adjustment of II national department
of mining, the chief officer of which
shall be n member of the cabinet"
w. j. Morgan of Milwaukee is talked
of for president, in opposition TO Pres
ident Montgomery.
The feature of the session was n pa
Per read 10y Ex-Governor Bradford l..
Prince, Santa Fe. New Mexico, ON Il
Department of Mining"
, 1900-06-28

Springfield, ILL.,, June 22.-The Sill
preme Court to-day affirmed the de.
cisloh OF the lower court which con-
victed a. v. Booth of Chicago of I'm.
lawfully contracting in writing with
the Weare Commission Company an
opfion to buy 100000 bushels of corn
ute. '"'
The decision is important in that #
declares the Illinois law regarding nuts
and calls TO be valid. The defense
was based on constitutional grounds
The court does not hold that n contract
TO buy grain for future delivery is nm.
lawful, but holds that the Booth
Nenre contract did not bind Booth In
lake the corn on delivery day and was
merely a gamble ON the price of corn.
, 1900-06-28
BOXERS cLAMoR FOR BLOOD.
Report. Of Severe FRAMING at T,en rsin.

Reports of Severe Fighting ut Tien Tsin'
London, June 23.-Reports from ma
tive sources continue to reach Shang-
hal of anarchy in Pekin. According to
these tales the streets are filed day
and night with Boxers, who are Who'll
ly beyond the control Of h Chinese
troops. and who are working them
selves up to a frenzy. and clamoring
for the death of all foreigners.
The English consulate at Shanghai
is said to nave received from infiuen-
tial natives reports of a tragedy in the
palace at Pekin, though precisely what
is not defined.
The consul thinks that Admiral Sey-
mour. commander of the international
relief column. was mislcd by informa-
ton from pekin and consequently un-
derestimated the difficulties in his way
and the Chinese power of resistance
with Maxim guns and Mausers.
The consuls Mt Shanghai still believe
the foreign ministers at Pekin safe. al
though the japanese reports received
at Shanghai allege that up to June 10Th
100 foreigners had been killed in Pc
kin.
-Four thousand men of the allied
forces We're having sharp defensive
fighting in Tien-Tsin Tuesday and
Wednesday with a prospect of being
reinforced Thursday. This is the stu
alton in China. as set forth in the Brit
ish government dispatch.
Eight hundred Americans are tax
ing part in the fighting at Tien-Tsin,'
says the Shanghai correspondent of the
Express, cabling last evening. "And
they apparently form n part of n sup
Elementary force. arriving with Ger
mans and Unfrf41 nftn,. tI,n aA,Itnt
started. 1t is impossible to estimate
the lumber of the Chinese there; but
they had n surprising number of guns
New York. June 22.-News from var
ious official sources this morning shows
that Thursday the international force
in Tien-Tsin was in desperate straits,
but Rear Admiral Bruce hoped hat 1t
would be relieved that night.
According to Il Berlin official dis
patch the allied troops had beer bonn
barded for three days when the French
officer left Ticn-Tsin. Wednesday, and
that they We're even then short of am
munition, though reports by other
assert hat they We're engag
ed later than that. undergoing bonn
bardment from heavy cannon.
This dispatch states that Il relief col
umn, comprising 240 German marines,
~ III uhi I.bDb INlSSlIu troops.
was on its way to Tien-Tsin and that
the railway from Taku was open to
within about nine miles of thai point.
According to an official Italian dis.
patch, Il relief column composed of
British, Russian and Japanese troops,
started from Taku for the relief OF
I1en-Tsin Thursday morning.
Admiral Bruce reports hat on Sun.
day the Chinese shelled the foreign set.
tlement. and hat 1T5 .Austrians, Brit
ISL, Germans and Italians captured the
Chinese military college, burned it, de
stroyed its guns and n considerable
amoun of ammunition which it held,
and killed its defenders. He adds that
repeated attacks We're repulsed on
Monday.
Meanwhile there is still no official
word of the condition of the refugees
III Pekin nor of Rear Admiral Sey-
mour's movements for their relief.
, 1900-06-28

1t is well known that Mrs. Emmons
Blaine has made munifcent provision
for establishing the Chicago Institute,
with the twofold object of providing
ideal educational conditions from
kindergarten to college and Offering to
teachers the best advantages for pro-
fessional training. One feature of the
enterprise which is not often men
toned is of much Importance, After
the staff of instruction was appointed,
the twenty-six men and women who
comprise the stan were placed under
salaries and were allowed a year for
maturing their own qualifications be
fore being called to their respective
chairs. Most of them are now pursu-
ing special studies at universities.
, 1900-06-28

A very large attendance has charac-
terized the Paris exposition ever since
the formal opening. The American at
tendance is much larger than was an
ticipated. President Loubet of the
French republic, attends every dedica-
ton made necessary by the delayed
completion and throwing open to the
public of the various buildings. The
two palaces of fine arts were opened.
with pictures by several hundred Am
erican artists prominently displayed.
American sculptors have a fine dis
play, while architects, ~engravers, and
miniature painters have a separate
section. 1t is claimed that America
excels in all the arts except sculpture.
, 1900-06-28

The studies of the zodiacal light
made at sea lead Mr.. f. ]. Bayldon,
formerly of the British navy, to re-
mark that the air over the Pacific
Ocean appears clearer and better
adapted for celestial observation than
tina lying over the Atlantic Ocean.
Honolulu is admirably situated for
clearness of air. and it may become an
important outpost in astronomy. 1t
has already beer selected as one of
the chief points for the study of the
vibrations of the earth.
, 1900-06-28

During the past winter, which has
been marked by uncommonly high
temperatures in the Northern Hemis-
phere, a similar elevation of temper
ature appears to have occurred in the
Southern Hemisphere, which, of
course. has its summer when we have
our winter. In South America, South
Africa and Austria exceedingly hot
weather was experienced while our
part of the world was enjoying a mild
winter.
, 1900-06-28
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Lima. Peru, June 24.-rhe ignorant
%peasnntry of the province of Hunn-
cayo and other parts of the Interior are
greatly excited owe the recent destruc-
ton by fire, evidently of incendiary
origin, of the celebrated convent of
OcOpa. This fire and another they at.
tribute 10 the efforts and propaganda
of the american missionaries in that
section.
, 1900-06-28

A military expert says. in Harper's
Weekly, that the number of wagons
and animals required to supply an
army increases in geometric ratio with
each days march from the base. The
statement makes it easier to under
stand why forces can be moved so
much more rapidly in the offices of
sensational newspapers than in the
field.
, 1900-06-28

Lillian Russell Indignantly denies
that she is engaged to William C.
Whitney. Miss Russelrs denial was
the first news of the matter that got
into general circulation.
, 1900-06-28

The establishment of International
telegraphs and telephones has made
possibly direct dialogues between the
foreign offices Of different govern
ments. A writer in the National Re-
view sees herein a tightening of the
Guties of diplomatic functionaries and
a possible diminution of their import
ance. The world is becoming one
neighborhood.
, 1900-06-28

Heavy is the burden of poetic ances-
tors which weighs on the little son re-
Gently born to the Hon. Neville Lyt-
ton, heir-presumptive to the earldon
of Lytton. Through his father he is
grandson of Owen Meredith and great
grandson of Bulwer Lytton. and
through his mother great-grandson of
Lord Byron and grandson of Wilfrid
Blunt.
, 1900-06-28

Vancouver, b. C., June PA party
of miners says the China Mail, have
succeeded In locating several promis.
ing fields of gold and other minerals n
the northern provinces of the Philip
pines, aud several British firms in Chi
ma are becaming Interested.
, 1900-06-28

In a little western town, originally
settled by Quakers, stands a church IN
which the practice of seating men and
women apart still prevails. A few
wears ago, a newcomer mustered cou-
rage to cross the aisle and sit beside
his bride. The second Sunday another
man committed the same offence, ana
the third Sunday saw n generous
sprinkling of, barred heads alongside
spring bonnets. The aged minister.
with outraged sense of propriety,
chose for his text: Let destruction
come upon him at unawares; and let
his net that he hath hid catch him
self" and minced no words in eXposi-
ton, The men who a dared to stray
from established custom rebelled at
being eternally doomed for sitting be-
side their wives. and left the church in
a body. The result is that today in
that little town stands two church
buildings. side by side, counterparts in
size and paint and outlook; but In n
the sexes are divided by a middle
isle. while in the other "promiscuous
sitting prevails. The trivialities
which hinder Christian comfy may
travel far for an apter illustration.
Fire insurance experts report that
the last year mas been one of great fire
losses. They him the moral haz-
ard as the risk of people burning
their own property to get the insur-
ance money Is called, was probably
smaller han usual IN account of the
good times, When buildings are pref
ty well occupied there is less tempta-
ton to commit the offense than in a
period of stagEation. Just now, cleo
triclty comes in for a good share of
the blame for fires. AS n cause, it
operates for the most part out Of sight.
behind walls and under floors.
Envoy Fischer, in 9 recent speech,
placed the Boer strength in all at be
tween $4,000 and 10000 men. That
such a small army az this should hold
the greatest empire In the world At
bay for eight months will hereafter
rightly be regarded as one Of the most
brilliant and notable exploits in the
annals OF patriotism and heroism.
An Arizona man Is only half para
lyzed from the bite OF a ella monster;
which bucgegts that the creature 10
, 1900-06-28

The latest story sent out by the
Shanghai gossips is that Prince Tuan,
president of the Tsung II Yamen. has
burned the imperial palace at Pekln
and murdered the Emperor, and that
the Empress Dowager has committed
suicide.
, 1900-06-28

An Arizona man Is only half para
lyzed from the bite OF a ella monster;
which suggests that the creature is
just half as poisonous as four or five
passed a decade rice ffrem scurcI,y
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

In the Rock of Gibraltar there are sew
enty miles of tunnels.
Stammering is practically unknown
among uncivilized people
Nearly so per cent. of the people of
France and Germany are engaged in farm
ing pursuits.
The average charge for tuition fees In
American colleges is SO a year. while the
cost TO colleges is Sis.
Irrigation work in Mexico is making a
heavy demand for iron pipe. dredging, ex-
cavating and pumping machinery.
The largest real-estate owner of all
American institutions is the University of
Texas. which holds over two million acres
of land
Millions of acres of fertile land in Haiti
remains uncultivated. Sugar, tobacco and
oranges OF the first quality could be pro-
duced there.
Manaos. in Brazil, one thousand miles up
the Amazon. has population conserva-
lively estimated at between 1900 and 5000.
and Is the depot for all the rubber gath
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the transgressors were expelled from para
disc. Adam through the gate Of Repent
ence, Eve through that of Grace, the pea
cock and serpent through that of Wrath
and Eblis through the gate of Damnation.
The unhappy pair found themselves alone
in the midst OF awful silence; the light
had gone out and darkness brooded upon
the face of the earth and in their anguish
and remorse they thought that God had
withdrawn the light from them forever
and that they were doomed to wander
in darkness and solitude until they per-
ished with famine and despair. But after
many hours a light began to shine over
the eastern hills. The rosy dawn touched
the clouds with crimson and gold, the sun
uprising in all its glory dried up their tears
and lightened their hearts. and then greet
ing it with cries of gladness, they said,
''Heaviness may endure for a night, but
JOY cometh in the morning; this is a law
that God has laid upon nature" But this
belongs to the story of Adam and Eve
after the fall. JOHN r. MILLER.
Greencastle, Ind
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varicocele and Associated Diseases have
wrecked the lives of thousands of men.
Varicocele is the direct cause of Nervous
Prostitution and the early Loss of Mental
and Physical Powers. which in turn causes
business failures and domestic unhappi-
ness. The farm. the workshop. the learned
professions, the business office-all have its
victims Men of all ages suffer from its
effects. 1t may not appear to be rapidly
growing worse, but nevertheless IT Is SLOW
ly and surely undermining your general
system, and will sooner or later cause you
the most depressing Mental and Physical
agony possible. In other words, ii is never
dormant 1t is not only filling our ceme-
teries with our promising young men, but
il is also crowding the capacity OF our
public asylums for the insane with pitiable
objects, who were formerly proud of their
physique and their mental powers. Vari-
cocele is responsible for nearly every
Nervo-vital Disease, Apoplexy, Paralysis.
and Diseases of the Kidneys are common
results of Varicocele. Some Of the most
agonizng conditions of men are due to the
exciting presence of Varicocele. Yeti In
the face of all these dangers you are vast
your life by using Washes. Suspensories.
Electric Belts, Supporters, Developers, etc.
Sooner or later you will discover that they
fail to cure you, and then, aside from the
fact that you have prolonged your misery
you will be conscious of other troubles
| that have been developed by this improper
treatment. You might as well stop treat
ments of all kinds at once and neglect your
disease as to go in the same old way.
You should not allow another day to pass
without consulting DR.. Hanslmair, his
| ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD is the only
| treatment that does all that is required.
| and he is the originator and the only one
who can successfully administer ii.
| VARICOCELE is disease which other
| physicians know but little of. DR.. Hansl-
mair has made IL special study, and is
| perfectly familiar with all its peculiarities.
| He has treated thousands of cases and his
| treatment is absolutely painless and with
| out the loss of a drop Of blood. He has
| hundreds of patients who are prominent
| men in Indiana. who have asked him to re-
| fer to them any man who is suffering as
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LONDON Daily news.
Mr.. Ruslxin, it has been calculated, wrote
more books than any three of our leading
thinkers. They number over seventy. The
entries in the most recent photography
Including various editions, letters, etc.
reach nearly twelve hundred. But the
books he wrote were only a small portion
of those which he projected. His drawers
at Brentwood must be full of manuscripts,
and his letters will one day make a most
delightful volume-or rather series of vol
umes. II is said that he appointed as his
literary executors Mr.. Charles Eliot Nor
ton and Mr.. Alexander Wedderburn, Q. c.,
the oxford pupil who edited his ar
rows of the Chase
Mr.. Ruskins art treasures will presum-
ably remain at Brentwood. They have
been much reduced by gifts to public gall
leries and museums, but still include a
splendid collection of Turner's drawings;
countless drawings by Mr.. Ruskin himself;
a set OF Durers engravings, and many
drawings by Burne-Jones. Rossetti. Will
liam Hunt and others of his favorite ar
lists The Brentwood collection of min
erals. formed without any regard TO cost.
is probably unique, and Mr.. Ruskin was
also the possessor of many valuable mis-
sails and manuscripts Some years ago he
made over Brentwood and it's contents to
his cousin. Mr.. Arthur Severn. by deed of
gift.
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And
Associated
Diseases
Safely and
Permanently
Cured.

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A man who has method by which he
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A Song of the West.

A meadow lark sang as the sun went down,
He sang in the dying glow:
He stirred up my heart with his artless art,
And his song Of the long ago.
Refrain
He set all my feelings aglow
He brought back the days OF my youth with his
His song of the long ago.
A COYOTE howled when the light gone
A voice on the wind from the east
My horse turned his head from the place where
He heard but hated beast.
But he sang me song Of the West. the West
etc.
A Sioux in his teepee away in the night
Drummea chant of the buffalo days"
Till the men with me swore at the savage up
And cursed him. his drum and his race.
Refrain
But he sang me a song OF the West. the West
etc
The moon in the morning was stliSn the sky,
But the mountains in day aelow
And the girl by my side-the biue-eyed. my
bride
Sang, but not Of the long ago.
-Refrain-
She sang me a song OF the West the West.
Swept and worry away:
She stirred up my heart with her tuneful art,
And her song OF the strong to-day
Ernest Seton Thompson
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