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A Uold Bug.

The cook at the Jail has discOv-
cred an augury of republican sue
cess this fall and is willing to
stake everything on Mckinley at
the November election.
A yellow backed spider has
woven a web in theNjail yard, and
in the center of the web is au oval
shaped piece woven almost as
closely as a piece of lawn. At
each end of this centerpiece is a
narrow extension less closely
woven and very much resembling
coarse briar stitching. In this
coarse stitching the cook has dis
covered outlines of the letters w. h.
NJ, which he says indicates the
name of the next president.
To re-enforce his Interpretation
of this symbol he asserts that in
1896 the same spider. or one just
like it, appeared at the same place
just after the nominations for pres.
ident were made and :wove the
same kind of a web with the same
character in it. and that after the
election it disappeared and hal
never been seen since until sine'
the nominations were made thi
year. when it returned unexpect
edly with the result above stated
Few. if any, democrats coul,
trace the characters in the web an,
make letters of them, but t
the Jail cook and probably to othe
republicans the legend in the spi
der's web is as clear and full o
prescience as were the Rracles Q
Delphi to the ancient Atheniaps
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Pardon Came too L.te.

A special from Washington says:
The arrival of the pardon of Har-
rison Suekey, from Canton, Ohio,
with the signature of President
Mckinley hardly dry upon it.
brought to the atteation of the de-.
partment of justice an unusual in.
cident, in which there was a bit of
pathos. Suckey is a full bleoded
Indian, who was sentenced at An
tiers, I. T.. to, the Fort Leaven-
worth military prison for a period
of two years for introducing liquor
into the Territory. He was sen-,
fenced April 16, and since then has
been confined in the Jail at South
McAlester. r. 7. On June %
movement was started for his par:
don on the ground that he was in
failing health. 1t was given i'm
mediate attention and in the regu-
lar course reached President Nc
Kinley, who approved it. Upon
its arrival here and the notification
of the territorial authorities, it
was discovered that Suckey had
died in the South McAlester Jail
July 8. In noting the fact a tele-
gram to the department closed
with, The pardon came too late. "
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LATEST FROM PEKIN.

Chicago, July 18.-A dispatch
to the Record from Che Foo,
July Is, via Shanghai, July IS,
says:
A communication was received
today by the Japanese consul
from the Japanese minister at
Pekin dated June 20. 1t said
that all the ministers were in
the British legation, short oi
food, hard pressed and unable tc
hold out many days.
This is significant, for iti the
latest dispatch from Pekin, aside
from those through Chinese
sources, since Sir Robert Hart's
message OF June 25, when hs
said the guns were trained OF
the legation-)
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CHINESE FOREIGN GUNNERs.

CHINESE FOREIGN GUNNERS.
London, July l9.-A Tieu Tsin
special says:
With reference to the fumOTs
that Europeans were seen work
ing the Chinese guns in Tien
Fsin, it is learned that eight
Russian military instructors,
forcibly detained by the Chinese,
were compelled to work the guns.
One escaped and reached the
Russian lines with his hands
bound.
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souARRLE OVER COMMANDER.

SOUABBLE OVER COMMANDER.
By SesApps- -AcRae Press Association.
Washington, July 19. - The
squabble over the commander
of the allied forces in China is
one of the most interesting top
les today.
Japan wants the honor. and
Russia, Germany and Great
Britain object.
After a reasonable delay this
government will modestly sug-
gest General Chaffee as a solu.
ton of the difficulty.
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TuAh OpDtQ5A GENERAL UPRISING
An Army of . Million rlen to War
Z CiViIization-Where Russia Has
Gained Precedence by Chita's
Declaration of War.

ANO" IN, cdAJ Us "A 0io
patch to the World from London
quotes the Express Shanghai
correspondent as cabling:
"Prince Tuan has issued an
edict to fix a date for a general
uprising. What the date is 1
cannot ascertain, but tits doubt
less an early one, for Prince
Tuan is stated to have ordered
all dispatch in view of the arri-
val of more foreign troops. A
large body of Chinese is report
ed TO be moving from Hupel in
the direction of Shanghai. The
situation here grows more
threatening every day. The
.cityis without means of defense
and all the forts are being held
by Chinese.
st. Petersburg, July 16.-A
dispatch from Che Foo says:
"Prince Tuan has modified an
army of $4,000 men, divided
into several different army
corps. The northern corps
has been ordered to expel the
foreigners from Amur. The
Pekin army, which is divided
into four corps, is to be the first
to begin operations"
London, July 1S.-If the news
of Chinese invasion of Siberia
proves true it will, of course,
Immediately complicate the sit
I.uation from the international
point of view. AS stated in the
Associated Press ST. Petersburg
dispatch of July -, the Chinese
had already peremptorlly or
dered all Russians to quit Man
churia, but no one imagined they
would be audacious enough tC
break out of their own country
and attack Russian territory
Such an attack, if it has beer
made, of course constitutes in
itself a declaration of war, rem
derIng formal notification need
less.
A separate attack by the Chi
nese on Russia means giving
Russia, according to The views
expressed in Europe, additiona
excuse for an isolated descent
on Pekin and an additional claim
to assert greater influence thar
the other powers and obtair
greater compensation when the
time of settlement arrives
Hence extreme uneasineSs ha!
been created in the chancellorie4
by this latest development. A!
to the latest Chinese assurance
of the safety of the European
legations at Pekin, they are no
credited here. On the contrar y
it is believed these assurance
have been dictated by a desire t
save the native city of Tie
Tsin.
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TIEN TsIN CASUALTIES.

London, July ia special
dispatch from Tien Tsin distrib-
utes the number killed at the
capture of the native city as
foil )ws:
Russians, 100; Japanese, 81;
British, 40; Americans, 81.
The correspondence asserts that
thousands of Chinese were
killed and that fighting was still
in progress.
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HEAT CASUALTIES IN NEW YORK.
BY scripps-McFae Press Association
New York, July 19. The tenn
perature is from to II degrees
lower than it was yesterday.
The total number of deaths
yesterday due directly or ,indi-
rectly to heat was %.
At 10 O'Clock this forenoon the
temperature stood at 78 but up
to that time nine deaths were re-
ported to the police.
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SPANISH GOVERNMENT ACTS

SPANISH GOVERNMENT ACTS.
BY 'scripps-McRae Press Association.
Madrid, July 19.-The Span.
ish government has refused to
receive the Chinese minister who
recently arrived, and it is stated
he will be asked to leave Spain
if the reported massacres in
China are confirmed.
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CoLLIDED IN FOG.

By scripps-McRae Press Association.
San Francisco, Cal, July 49,
The Norwegian steamer Tellus
was run down in a fog by the
transport Belgian King off Point
ARA Tuesday.
The Telh.s with an immense
hole in her side was towed here
by the transport last night.
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REPORT THAT ALL EUROPEANS
ARE SAFE IN LfiINo'S PALACE.
RUSSIA GUSTS (HMq dHEItl
Ister-Tiea TsIu In Fiames-casu-
sities Of the AiiIes-StbertaaI In.
vssIon-Freneh General Dead.
STARTLING, IF TRUE.

BY scripps- McRae Press Association
Brussels, July 19.-The for
eign Office this morning received
the following from the Belgian
diplomatic agent at Shanghai:
ssAdvices nov confirm the re-
port that all Europeans are safe
in Prince Ching's palace.
'The report of the massacre
is centradicted.''
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GREAT FOREST FIRE.

BY scrIpps-McEaae Press AssociatiOns.
Placerville, Cal, July ia
great forest fire is raging north
of here in the pine belt.
A lumber chute containing
three million feet of logs valued
at $50, 900 was destroyed and
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been ordered to leave all ports
along the Yang Use river.
Rioting has occurred at Po-
yang Lake; several missionaries
have been killed and Christian
chapels burned.
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THE SIBERIAN INVASION.

BY Scripps McRae Press Association
st. Petersburg, July 19.-Cer-
tain portions of Amur district
in Siberia which has been in
vaded by Chinese has been Off
cially declared in a state of war
since July 18th.
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TEN TSIN IN FLAMES.

BY Scripps-McR Press Association.
London, July ia special
dispatch from Tien Tsin under
date of July Is says: "The ma
siye city at the time was in
flames.
Another dispatch describes
the city as destroyed and says
the loot amounts to a million and
a half taels.
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many square miles of timber is
threatened.

Pops WILL NOTIFY BRYAN.
By scripps-McRa Press Associstion
IAncoln, Neb., July 19.-Mr.
Bryan will probably be notified
of his nomination by the popu-
lists in this city after the Indian
apolis notification.
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ORDERED OUT OF RUSSIA.

ORDERED OUT OF RUSSIA.
By scripps- -McRae Press Association.
: New York, July 19 "A paper
here prints a London dispatch
asserting the Chinese minister to
st. Petersburg was gwen his
passport today and ordered to
leave the country. -
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HOT TIME IN WASHINGTON.

Washington, July 19 Official
records show that Washington
yesterday and today is the hot
test spot in the country.
There have been many pros
tratlonS from heat but no deaths
yet reported.
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ONLY A PRACTICE CRUISE.

ONI11 "A FhACIICE ChUIoE.
By Scripps- -MeRae Press Association
Portland, Oregon, July 19.-
The alleged departure of the
cruiser Philadelphia for the
Orient, under secret orders,
proves to be only practice
cruise of the naval reserves.
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FRENCH GENERAL DEAD.

BY scrIpps-NcRae Press Association
Faris. France, July 19.-Gen-
eral Borguis des Bordes, com
mander in chief of French Indo.
China, is dead.
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THE OREGON IN JAPAN.

BY Scripps-McRae Press Association
Washington, D. c., July 19.-
A dispatch from Commander
Wilde announces that the Oregon
and Nashville arrived at Kure
safely. There is universal re-
joicing at the safety of the
Oregon.
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IfiE OREGON REACHES JAPAN IN
SAFETY-TO BE DOcKEO.
DtAT6 IRON HEAT NJ INV Iolk
w..AIas,oa /. hoe P.ses-wm seas /.
Special Agent te chiea-sasabbIe
Over CommAnder-Forese Fire
COlIfded On = Foa.
BITTEN BY MAD DOGS

BY Scripps-McRae Press Association.
Chicago, Ills, July 19.-Two
children were victims of mad
dogs yesterday. Both of them
were seriously bitten and it is
thought will die from injuries in
filcted.,
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AMUR'S CAPITAL NOT TAKEN.
BY scripps- McRae Press Association.
! London, July ia dispatch
from st. Petersburg says the
report of the town of Blagovest-
schenck, capital of the Amur
district, being captured by the
Chinese is now emphatically de-
MED by the general of staff.
The town was bonn barded for
two days, but not captured, ac-
cording to the report.
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GERMAN TROOPS TO CHINA.

BY scripps-McRse Press Association
Berlin, July 19.-The an
nouncement is made that Ger
many will send 10000 troops to
China forthwith.
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To COMMAND BRITISH FORCES.
BY scripps- -MeRae Press Association.
London, July 19.-It is stated
that Sir Fracuis Grenfell, COVER
nor of Malta, will go to China to
command the British land forces.
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ORDERED TO LEAVE.

BY seripps- McRas Pre.a As.ociatson.
Shanghai, July 19.-All for
eign women and children have
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scenes. indeed, which were calculated TO probe
to the quick her hatred of Russia The mas
sacre of Praga was not a thing be forgotten
By the girl who heard from across the river the
groans of the victims and the cheering of the
butchers. Nine thousand helpless creatures
persisted that night, when through the smoke
and flame of the burning town the COsSackS
rode with poised lances and the hOrrifying Kisses
that intensified their murderous excitement
large part of the Countess's "reminiscences
are given up to Napoleon, of whom she saw a
good deal during his stay in Poland. and after
ward. The great man talked all round the sub
ject OF Polish independence. but made not
promise. There must be devotion and sacri-
fees and blood" he exclaimed. Otherwise you
will never come to anything!" 1t is piteOus to
read of the response made by the people he
plundered. Everything in reason was given up,
and the little retained the French took by force
says our fair author. When the money was
exhausted we sent our plate to the mint" The
cherished silver did not always 60 it appeared
to pay the EmperOrs campaign expenses-wit-
ness this story: "a rich gentleman who had
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wished to do the magnificent to one Of the most
famous marshals was net Il little surprised to
hear the next day that his silver had disap-
peared with the hero's vans. This was cOnsid-
cred too much of good joke, and reported to
the Emperor, who. indignant at such conduct
in friendly country, at once ordered the resti-
tuition of the plate and put the abstraction
down to the account of the people of the mar
shal's household. who were quite unused to
being reckoned with in this manner" In the
intervals of warike preparation the Emperor
cOndescended to amuse himself How do you
think 1 dance" he smilingly asked the Countess
Potocka. Il suspect you have been laugh
ing at me-" In truth sire" responded the
lady. for great man your dancing is perfect"
To Italian music Napoleon seemed to be pas
sionately devoted. 1t could not but be admitted
that it soothed him when in his most savage
mood and his applause was discriminating. a
feature of his entertainments in Warsaw
the whist table, to which he always called one
OF the oldest and two OF the youngest ladies in
the company. After the game came supper
Napoleon never took a seat at table but
walked about so as to chat with the la
dies, divertug himself with asking a thou
sand questions which sometimes We're en-
barrassing. considering the extremely pre-
else answers he exacted. He wanted to
know what you did. what you read. what you
thought about most what you liked best. one
day, or one evening. rather. when leaning on
the back of my chair. he amused himself with
examining me in this way to my reading,
he talked novels, and told me that of all which
had come into his hands the 'Comte de Com
hinges had interested him by far the most.
He had read it twice. and each time had been
moved to tears. Only long time after
that conversation did I succeed in getting a
copy. and too shed tears!" Mime. de Stasrs
"COrlnne' was published while the Emperor was
in Poland and the copy sent to him arrived in
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ADVENTURES IN PEKIEG.
From The London Mail.

From The London Mail.
The for the honor of the first book OF.
The Siege Of Picking has begun.
At least three first class publishers have ca
bled large offers to Sir Robert Hart and DR.
Morrison for their chronicles OF adventures be-
fore and during the siege. while il is understood
that Mr. Couger has had tempting offers, reach
ing far into the thousands. 10 go upon the lect-
stage in the United States.
Mr. COnger WILL most likely. be called to
Washington 10 give the Cabinet a personal aC-
count of his experiences at Picking. but il is
doubtful if he will avail himself of the OppOr-
tunity of going upon the lecture platform. Z
There Will, of course. be perfect Hood OF
siege literature a soon the mails frOmDthe
Chinese capital reach this and other Countries
but il is doubtful il the world at large Will rake
up with aVidity any accounts based diplO-
matte negotiations and DEGREES ON the other
hand. stories of assaults. counter assaults fndi-
vidual heroism and other incidents usually
found in long sieges Will be read with wide
spread interest.
There are number Of people In the various
legations fully capable OF giving vivid pen pict-
ures of the thrilling and terrible days in the iSo-
lated capital. among them being Or. Morrison.
NJ PiChOn the French Minister: Mr. Detrinss OF
the British Embassy. and Miss COnger.
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candid as most feminine diarists ever are. She
tells how she tried to awaken vehement
Election in her merely polite and amiable nus
band by casually dropping in his way ardent
love letter. which. in a disguised hand. she had
written TO herself; she dweIls again and again
upon the platonic passion which bound her to
the fascinating Count de Flahaut pretty gen
tleman, who appeared to be irresistible to the
fair of the NapoIeonc era. Her sentimental pas
sages are amusing. but she is most attractive
when she deals with the notable personages
who made serious history in her time.
Countess Annals royal blood came to her from
her mother; her father was that Count Louis
TysZkiewicz of whom a neat, if conventional
story is often told. He of a deputation
of Poles sent to st. Petersburg with a petition
for the retention of the Ltewski Statute. The
Empress Catherine received these noblemen
most graciousiy, ard invited them To appear at
all the Court festivities Count TyszHewicz at
tended as rarely his business permitted. and
the irate Empress took him to task The Pole
bowed as If he accepted this rebuke as a mark
of favor. and answered coolly that considering
the situation of his country n Pole could hardly
disscmble his painful reflections. and, according
to his opinion. sparkling festivities ought never
to be darkened by any one bringing in irrepres-
sibe sadness What other pose could Catherine
take than that of admiring nothing so much as
Independent and elevated sentiments? She took
it, at any rate, and added AS a woman l feel
misfortunes which the severity of politics pre-
vents from forestalling as a sovereign As
the festival ended she drew a beautiful little
watch from her belt and begged the Count to
accept it as a special token of the esteem she
bore him and. better than this. she cancelled
the sequestration imposed his property in
Poland. This is fine story for school
reader-and it is not the worse for that per-
haps. The little Countess brought up to
feel lively patriotism and she passed through
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30
B4LZAC'S TELESCOPE.
From The Pail Mall Gazette

From The Pail Mall Gazette
Balzac, it appears. once possessed a telescope
One does not very readily see what he wanted
with such a thing. His habits OF life were
such that he could but very seldom have had
occasion to turn telescope upon anything but
bailin. However, he had so much that he did
not want, and so little that he did. that the
uCle is probably authentic. Nine. De BalZac.
veuve, vOUcheS for it, anyhow. II was annexed
Ey the PrusSians when they took over her house
at NnleneuVe-St. Georges in $50 They no
doubt had something better. for they returned
it subsequently To the Ministry of the Interior
Paris Nine De BalZaC refused TO receive the
contaminated relic. and in an impassioned
letter foTetold the impending sUrcease Of the
pTehenSile nation which had appropriated il.
The BalZaCi1n telescope was then put away by
the authorities, who still hold it. 81 de Spool
berch de LOuvenjOul Will be glad to know this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 80. 1900.

Mr. Kipling has a new story in the current
number of "EverybOdys Magazine" 1t Is
raIled "A Burgher of the Free State, and 1t
is one of those pieces of fiction in which 1t
Was expected that the author would abandon
the -YearsOmC tone of his news letters from
SoIGA Africa and treat his material in his usual
begIliling manncr AS Il matter OF fact this
story is far from illustrating a renewal OF MI
KILLINGS grasp. But its merit as story Is
not what most Immediately concerns us. The
Interesting thing j. the force it gives to the
contention that WI D art and patriotism meet
art must keep the whip hand. We think of a
great poet or prose writer as drawing inSpira-
ton from a matter Of great public concern, but
whatever he does with it we demand that he
shall remain the prose writer or the poet-he
must never sink ir-J the mere partisan. In
Mr.. Kipling's case we are grievously disap-
pointed He has not dropped the shril, scoldlng
note Of his journalistic contributions on the
South African question. "A Burgher OF the
Free State" pretends to be a story, but 1t Is
really one more anti-e0er tract, so venOmous
and so jeiune that it completely fails of its
effect. 1t provOkes a spirit of dissent and
rouses feeling of deep regret for the authors
departure from those paths to which he must
adhere. If he is to gain further legitimate laurels
and preserve the respect hitherto gladly given
to his genius.
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MEMOIRS OF a POLE.
COUNTESS POTOCKA'S "REMINISCENCES
OF NAPOLEON AND OTHERS.

MEMOIRS OF THE COUNTESS POTOCKA Ed
tied by Casimr Stryiensk Authorized Transa-
ton by Lionel Strachey. illustrated. SvO PIP
25S Doubleday & Mcclure Company.
The sprightly author of these memoirs was
the greatniece of Stanisaus Augustus Ponia-
towsl<i, the last King of Poland; one of the
vivid memories of her childhood was of the
monarch's noble face, his dignifed manner his
gentle and melancholy gaze, his svery hair
and his beautiful slightly perfumed hand Born
when the eighteenth century was i'm it's last
quarter, she witnessed the dying struggles of her
unhappy country. and shared the brief moments
of hope which Napoleon, for his own purposes
inspired in its people. Her "reminiscences, which
were not published until thirty years after her
death, are full of piquant anecdote and of char
acteristic strokes of description. Her comments
are often shrewd and humorous. and she is as
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OPAL.

BY ARTHUR sYMONS
Opal have l not been variable as you?
But cloudy opal. flaming green and red and
blue,
Are you not ever constant in your varying,
Even as my soul, o captive opal of my ring?