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rHe BEST SELLING BOON
Not One that Is Mentioned in Monthly
Literary kepOrts.

Literary Reports.
Several Of the literary magazines
publish lists every month of the most
popular books" said the representative
Of large Northern publishing house
who is in the city looking after the
Southern trade. These lists are COM
piled from data furnished by dealers
and public librarians at different cities,
and the volume that usually occupies
first place is, of course the novel that
happens to be the fad Of the day. As
a matter Oh fact, however, none of them
have ever printed the name Of the book
that is really most popular and actually
the best seller, not alone for this month
or last month but for every month of
the year That book is the Bible. 1t
may surprise you to know" continued
the speaker, that the Bible is selling
better to-day than at any time since it
was first printed. Last year from Jan.
], 1899, to Jan. l, 1900, the American
Bible Society alone issued nearly mil
lion and a half copies. The exact fig
ures are 1, 426,S01. OF course the so
ciety is an immense concern, but there
are several others in the United States
and a number in England and Europe,
all turning out nothing but Bibles.
They publish them in every conceiva-
Bile shape, from the beautiful Oxford
editions in flexible covers at $25 apiece
down to the little cheap volumes in
fine print that retail for Il nickel. Now
adays very good, serviceable Bible is
sold for 80 cents. 1t has all the latest
and best notes, several colored maps
and a very useful index. The sale of
that edition has been enormous and has
run into the hundreds of thousands
The wars on both sides of the water
have had very marked effect in in
creaslng the demand for Bibles You
can make n calculation of the total
force in the field, both English and
American, and then count on at least
one Bible for each soldier. Some Of
the boys who went to the Philippines
got upward of a dozen, and most Of
the soldiers Bibles were handsome,
substantial copies. / think, seriously,
that the old stories of Bibles that have
stopped bullets have influenced many
mother, sister or sweetheart in the
selection Of good, thick volume in
preference to one of the thinner and
lighter editions. Yes, the Bible is de-
cidedly the most popular book Its
copyright for six months would make
man rich beyond the dreams of ava
rice. New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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FIGURES FROM PHILIPPINES.
Interesting Fncts Relative to Our New
Bnaaeaalnua In. III. L. EnaE

Interesting Fncts Relative to Our New
Possessions in the Far East.
Manila, with Its $40,0O0,00O trade, Its
10000 population and its position as
the metropolis Of Luzon, will require
larger force Of officials. In this island
alone there are l23 cities having a pop
ulation Of from 1900 TO 10000 each, in
addition to 1S5 cities having popula-
tiOn of less than 1900 and more than
1900 each. TO administer the govern
mental affairs Of this single island,
with its 3,jO0OO0 inhabitants, will re-
quire on a conservative estimate the
services of $500 officials, at an annual
cost of $3,500,0O0 This assigns only
one official to each 1000 of population,
which official must be a sort Of COM
pOslte postmaster, revenue collector,
judge and clerk of all work, and he
must be satisfied with an average sal
airy Of $1,000 a year. In MindanaO, with
its 100000 population, there are only
eight large and eighty-fOur small cities,
but in Cebu there are twenty-fOur cities
over 5000 and sixty cities under that
figure, with total population in the
island of $4,000. The island called
Panay has GIL, 900 souls, with thirty
four cities over the 1900 mark and
sixty-One under that figure. These are
not savage shacks, but centers of In
dustry of agriculture and Of commerce.
many of them with cathedrals, schools,
palaces telegraph and post offices. Be
tween 100000 and 100000 people
occupy the Philippines.
The market reports Of Manila are In
teresting as showing the cost Of sus-
tanning life in the luxuriant tropics.
The prices are quoted in Mexican sill
yer, which is about half the value of
American gold. Potatoes cost 5 cents a
ponnd onions 10 cents. Cabbages
sell for 20 cents a head and pumpkins
are worth so cents apiece. Fish is
cheap, but strange to say, fruit Is high
Bananas sell for 20 cents dozen and
oranges for 80 cents dozen, while one
large Chinese orange costs % cents,
and cocoanuts are worth cents each.
Some of the fish are unknown to our
markets. There are the dorado, the
dapa, the bOcadulce and asasa, which
will be news to AFRICANS. The boca-
dulce is the most expensive fish on the
list and sells for 40 cents each. It ought
to be good, for its name translated
means 'mouthsweet." A first grade
hen in the Manila market sells for
$1.10. The regulation of the markets
in Manila seems to have been the OBJ
ject of several experiments since the
American troops have occupied the
city.
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are used by the ling-chee eXecutiOners.
Sometimes they are hundreds OF years
old and have records so long and bloody
that a person with nerves might wen
shudder to touch them. The execu-
toner does not shudder. lie knows
what depends on his delicacy of touch.
Swiftly he swings the great weapon
around his head till it whistles. Salts
fed that It is ready for business. he APP
prOaches the victim slowly. First he
feints at him and withdraws. Then he
makes believe again. Suddenly the
sword shoots In wickedly. and one OF
the victims eyebrows is sliced Off so
neatly that it scarcely draws blood
Now begins wonderful work-wOnder-
full and devllish. 1t may be that the
condemned man has been the subject
Of great imperial mercy. In that case
be may have been blessed beyond com
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Hands Were i'm His Pockets.

There was a garden party for char
liable object out in the suburbs one
evening recently, and for the space of
one long minute in the latter part of
the evening l thought | was about to
witness what they call on the stage a
thrilling situation. l went to stroll in
the grounds with Il young girl who
wanted to ask my advice about what
she had already made up her mind, and
we wandered where Japanese lanterns
were few. She was telling me all about
Charley-Or, perhaps it was Dick
when suddenly In the dim light before
us we saw the young man himself. His
back was toward us. and he was walk
Ing somewhat closer than was entirely
necessary to a girl in light organdie
frock. The gown looked almost white
in the faint light, but about the waist
of it was a wide band Of something
dark. The girl beside me stopped short
and drew a deep breath.
"Ohv' she gasped.
Just then the couple in front of us
stepped into the bright light of a Ian
tern. The wide black band was still
about the girls waist, but both Dicks
hands were in his pockets. My com
panion drew another long breath.
"Ohl" she said again.-Washing
Post.
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cd its elimination Of pain quickly His
victim must suffer little more, and a
little more, and then little more, each
hour. In that way lie makes his de-
light last long and can keep a whole
string Of wretches to charm him by
their slow dying for months. If lie
killed them at once his fun would be
over too soon.
The cangUe, then Is formed to keep
the agony of the penitent up for
months, till madness or death end his
sufferngs 1t Is IL delightfully."- simple
thing-so simple that there is nothing
at all terrifying about IT at first sight.
IT merely IL a large frame Of wood,
with collar in the middle. 1t weighs
about fifty pounds, and is so made that
It can be locked around mans neck.
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Slow Torture,

When ling-chee is to be long opera.
ton, and the victim is to die only after
long torture, the slicing sometimes is
done so slowly that half day elapses
before the condemned man dies. The
eXecutioner knows just what to cut
without killing, and he goes to work as
carefully as would a surgeon. Muscles
and tendons and flesh are stripped
from the body with the razor blade of
the sword. until only a dreadful frame
work remains that still has awful life
In It. And at this terrible spectacle the
Chinese gaze stOlldly. without an ex-
preston either of pleasure or loathing
Another ingenious torture that is
much used Is to suspend the condemn
cd man with his head down in pit. Al
the bottom are snakes, tOads and all
kinds of lOathsome reptiles, which
writhe within a few inches of the vic
Tins face. Here he is left until the
torture of the position. hunger thirst
and reptile bites Kill him.
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When It Is so locked it rests directly on
the muscles Of the neck and on the
bones Of the shoulder, and it Is so con
structed that 1t cannot be shifted even
a tenth of an inch, nor can the weight
be relieved with the hands. In addi-
ton, the collar has a sharp rim under
meath. At first the victim does not
suffer much. except from inconveni-
ence. He IS turned loose as soon as the
cangue Is locked on him, and for an
hour or two he waddles around in fair
comfort. But gradually, as the sharp
edge OF the collar cuts deeply into the
flesh OF his neck and all his muscles
are drawn more and more tense, pain
begins to conquer him, and in a week
the torturers have the felicity OF see
Ing a maddened wretch stumble and
fall around bllndly, weeping and yell
Ing with anguish
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TOLD BY FOOTPRINTS.
Tell-Tale Shoes Worn by a Man in a
Searching Party.

Tell-Tale Shoes Worn by Man in a
Searching Party.
"The part played by footprints in
the frightful tragedy near Biloxi re-
minds me-" said a New Orleans rail-
road man, 'Of a most remarkable affair
which happened a good many years
ago in South Georgia. The keeper of a
little store near the Florida line was
murdered one night and the place set
on fire. Several negroes were suspect
ed and the whole countryside turned
out to search for evidence. In the rear
of the burned store was marshv
place, in which the footprints Of the
murderer were plainly discernible.
showing that he had worn a pair of
heavy brogans, the right heel of which
seemed to have been split in a very
peculiar manner directly across the
middle.
Among the searchers was a well-to-
do young farmer, and as soon as he
saw the footprints he was Mortified 10
recognize the marks of his own shoes
which he had on at that very moment
The split heel was the result of A
chance blow with an AK while cutting
wood, and the impression in the
marshy soil was absolutely unmlstak-
able. The crowd was worked up to a
pitch bordering on frenzy, and realiz-
ing his extremely critical position. the
young man had presence enough OF
mind to make some excuse and sim
away. He went straight home, put on
another pair of shoes, hid the old ones
and rejoined the party.
1.-TWO or three days later the crlme
was traced by certain circumstantial
evidence to a negro who worked on bls
farm. The follow broke down and
confessed and incidentally cleared nm
the mystery. On the night Of the mur.
der, according to his story, he had no.
/ ticed the brOgans on the porch Of the
farm house, and appropriated them. IN.
tending at the time to merely rob the
store and fly the country. After KIN.
ling the storekeeper he changed h,s
plans and came home, thinking to al.
vert suspicion by remaining quietly at
work. Consequently he returned the
shoes where he found them.
After he had made this confession
the farmer told his own story and pro.
duced the tell-tale fOotgear. Heaven
only knows what might have happened
had he been caught with them on bIs
feet the first day of the search. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
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OF all races on the face Of the earth
the Chinese are the most cruel, the
most devoted to fearful torture OIL those
In their power ana the most ADEPT IN
dcvslng ever new forms OF martyrdOm
for tue objects of their hatred. In their
almost simple cruelty they are lower
than the anlmals. II they merely 0e-
lighted IN torturing, one might say It
was peryersion. But they do not
merely delight in 1t. They torture hY-
ing creatures, from rats to man, as u
simple matter of course, and the native
victims accept It equally as matter
OF course. There Is something supreme
ly terrible In the matter-of-fact, stohd
way in which they subject a prisoner
to demoniac pain with as much readi-
ness as magistrate would sentence Il
man to spend ten days IN Jail.
10 begin with, there Is the whipping
aud scOurgng with bamboo rods. This
is so common a method OF preparing"
u victim for trial that It Is hardly con
sidered punishment, much less torture.
Yet the bamboo Is laid on hard enough
TO bring blood at cash stroke, and, es-
pecially when It Is applied to the soles
Of the feet, the victim often faints
from pain ard loss of blood combined.
one hardly can enter a Chinese court
of Justice" without witnessing dog
ging.
The mildestpunishment that Is known
10 the simple and kindly official Chi
nese soul is the cage or cangue. Its
principle is that Of all Chinese punish.
ments-slow torture. A Chinaman
would take no artistic pleasure in any
thing that killed quickly or that reach
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now piece of the breast, now an arm
Suddenly the last cut is made. 1t is
straight at the heart. and the weapon
cuts it out and ends the sufferings OF
the wretched man. But the spectacle Is
not ended The executioner now has tc
dismember the corpse. and this he does
with passes of the sword. each careful
~ studied and done accordingly to reg.
ularly laid-out rules, till there is abso.
lutely nothing left on the cross and
only pile of terrible fragments lies al
It's base.
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pressmalsers and Bad Fits.

The dressmakers are meeting with
such disaster in their attempts to col
lect through the courts bills for dresses
for which payment is withheld on the
ground of bad fit that there is talk Of
a dressmakers' trust OF some sort Of a
protective association. The advocates
Of this movement say it Is impossible
for an ordinary man judge to tell
whether a gown fits or not if the wear
err wants to make IT appear otherwise.
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pare by having his sentence committed
so that he is to be killed in only twenty
slicings, whereas hardened offenders
might have been sentenced to die only
after seventy-five cuts or even more. II
the victim is very lucky, the sword will
beat him so swiftly that the eye scarce.
ly can follow it, At each stroke some
part of the poor bound body will fall to
the ground. Now it may be a shoulder,
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One firm in Austria uses ten tons of
phosphorus a year, and turns out over
25,OOO,OOO,OOO matches. Another COM
pany, an English one, uses 100000
pounds Of sulphur, 100000 feet OF
choice white pine timber and $50 tons
Of strawboard for boxes in the same
time.
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Trying to Restrict the Franob,s.

A proposed franchise act in Manitoba
prohibits voting by persons who ara
unable to read and write the English
language. This provision is aimed a,
the newly arrived Galacians and Don't.
hobars, who are disposed to retain
their former language and customs
and who are said to be undesirable citl'
Gems In other particulars
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NIodels of Inyentions.

r. C. Gill. superintendent of models
in the patent office at Washington, has
charge Of about 100000 models of Uni.
ted States inventions granted during n
perlod Of something over a hundred
wears.
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OLA Peddier of Mexico.

This picture represents a native Mex
lean ola seller peddling his wares. The
ola IS water cooler. 1t is made from
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The man who always speaks the
truth is sure to have other virtues.
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pottery, and the water remains cool a
long time in this earthen vessel. which
IS in universal use in the households OF
Mexico and in many sections Of the
Southwest.
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ARE HUMAN FIENDS.
CHINESE PRACTICE DEVlLlSH
FORMS OF TORTURE.

or All Peoples on Earth They Are the
most Cruel and delight in Long
Drawn Out Punishment - some OF
Their Systems.
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All is not gold that glitters. Some.
times it is a diamond.
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The most tireless followers Of forum.
are a mans creditors
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-02-09
BRUSHES WITH INSURGENTS.

First Battalion of the Forty-fifth At
tackled Near Niac-DetaiIs Lacking.
Manila, Feb. 6.-The insurgents at
tackled the First battalion of the Forty
fifth infantry near Mac. A major and
a captain were wounded and one SER
geant killed, but details of the engage
ment are lacking. Ships arriving from
Legaspi report that the insurgent
General Pana concentrated a large
force at the top of the town and made
sharp night attack on Major Ship
toms battalion of the Forty-seventh
infantry, which occupied large con-
vent as a fort. One battalion and a
battery have sailed as reinforcements
for Shipton. The casualties are un-
known.
A corporal and four men while pa
trolling the railroad near Mabacalat
recent disappeared and are supposed
to have been captured. A searching
party looking for them was ambushed
and q corporal killed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-02-09
THINK HE is A TRAIN BOBBER.
Police Arrest "Pat" Crow for the North
western Express Bandit.

Police Arrest "Pat" Crow for the North
western Express Bandit.
Chicago, Feb. 6.-"Pat" Crow, des-
perado and eX-convict was arrested
here on suspicion of being one of the
bandits in the Northwestern train rob
berry near Maple Park last October.
The arrest was made in the lie Grande
hotel, in KinZie street, opposite the
Northwestern station, by Captain Law
in of the stockyards police and Spe-
cial Agent Riley of the Northwestern.
Grow was locked up and his place of
confinement was kept secret Inspect
or Hunt telegraphed to Chief Ripley,
who is in New York, that he had Grow
"dead to rights"
Grow once held up train near st.
Joseph, Mo-, and served five years in
the penitentiary for it. After the
Northwestern robbery last fall In
spector Hunt ran his finger over the
list Of train robbers he knew and was
able to place them all, with the eX-
ceptlon of Crow, who he knew was at
large. Later he learned Grow was in
Omaha, and sent Captain LAWN after
him. Martin White, then chief of po-
lice in Omaha, sent several detectives
out with LAWN, and Grow was picked
up in South Omaha. He was exam
ined by White, who was convinced
that Crow was innocent, and refused
to hold him until LAWN could take out
requisition papers,. 1t is said Crow
proved to White that he was in Den
yer at the time Of the Northwest
ern robbery.
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Probate Order.

State OF Michigan. County or Shiawassee. 90 -
AT session OF the Probate Court for the
county OF Shiawassee, holden at the prohasS
ONCE In the city of Corunna, on Fridav ~
~ day o. January In the year one Thousand
Present Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate
10 the matter Of the estate Of Martha p.
On reading and filing the petition duly veri-
ned OF David r, Salisbury praying. ar1onest
otner inings, Tor the probate OF the insTrumenx
now nleu IN this court. purportipp to he the Iast
Will ana testament OF said Deceased
oe, uhnear s II Is ordered that Monday, the
s se Gay OF February next, at ten o'clock IN
s sae iorenoon, be assigned for the hearing Of
Saiu pet,tion, and that the heirs at law of said
@ ~ easeu, and oil other persons interested In
s so estate, are required to appear session
H ~ sau court then TO be holden In the Probate
a. v,lce IN the City OF Corunna, and show cause
! Any mere be- why the prayer Of the petitioner
shouio not De granted.
Anu ~ Is further ordered, that said nett.
svner give notice to the persons intere ted IN
s esss estate OF the tendency OF said petition.
anu anu tn- nearing thereof by causing a copv az
.n,s order to be published In The OWosso
sa,S MS, newspaper printed and circulated IN
saiu county or Shiawassee, three successive
weeks previous to said day OF hearing.
!. MATTHEW BUSH
nv r .r,r, Judge OF Probate.
Probate Register.
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A PER|LOUS VOYAGE.
Michigan Hunters Have a Mar
row Escape on an
Ice Boat.
ARE THROWN INTO THE WATER.

jackson Man Sues for the Value of His
Labor While I'm Prison-ValuabIe Min
eral Property sold-American Ceramic
Society I'm Session at Detroit-Carncgie
Company Purchases the Sampson Iron
Mine Mt Humboldt.
Menominee, Mich. Feb. GA party,
consisting Of o. M. Hanson Joseph
Erdlitz, Paul Nowack, Moses Landre,
Willie Landre and Charles Sieman,
had a. narrow escape from drowning
in the icy waters of the bay. They
were on their way to Green island on
the ice to hunt rabbits. A mile off
the north point of the island, when
sailing at rapid rate, the boat ran
on skim ice, and all were thrown into
the water.
All Are Finally Rescued.
Willie Landre and the Sieman boys
were in the cock pit, and managed to
reach solid ice. With the aid of coats
tied together they first hauled Erdlitz
out, and finally all were rescued. Han
son was under the sail, and was taken
from his perilous position exhausted.
The party is being cared for at the
lighthouse. The boat and guns were
lost
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-02-09
Notice of Hearing Claims.

State OF Michigan, County of Shiawassee, S.
Notice Is hereby given, that by an order Of
the Probate Court for the County Shaw assoc,
made on the Goth day OF December, A. ID. 1899,
six months from that date were allowed for
creditors to present their claims against the
estate OF George w. Tyler, late of said County,
deceased, and that all creditors OF said deceased
are required to present their claims to said
Probate Court, at the Probate ONCE. in the
City OF Corunna, for examination and allow
ance, on or before the Goth day of June. next,
and that such claims will be heard before said
Court on Monday. the 26th day of March, and
on Tuesday, the Goth day OF June. next, at ten
O'Clock In the forenoon of each OF those days.
Dated, Corunna, Jan. 3rd. A. ID. 1900.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-02-09
TAYLOR DECLINES TO TALK.
VIII Not Discuss Agreement Until OficiaI-
ly Informed of Text

Will Not Discuss A greement Until OfficiaI-
ly Informed of Text.
Frankfort, KY, Feb. 6.-Governor
Taylor had just received telegram
giving the results of the Louisville
conference when seen by CORE
spondent Of the Associated Press. He
declined to discuss the matter, saving
1t would not be courteous to him to
do so until he had been officially in
formed of the text Of the agreement.
He said, however, the passage of an
honest election law for Kentucky was
all that he asked, and no personal am
bition Of his should stand in the way
Of securing 1t.
The news of tie agreement reached
In Louisville was received with great
relief In Frankfort. The strain of the
last ten days has been very great and
any lessening of tension was most well
come to the members of both parties.
Not single member Of the legislature
Democrat or Republican, Is In the city.
and none are expected here until late
in the afternoon.
At 11:30 o'clock Governor Taylor
acknowledged that he would make no
public statement regarding his attitude
toward the resolution of the Louisville
conference before Wednesday.
"A legal proposition has been sub
mitted to me-" he said. II wish time