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Miles Will Not Reply.

Washington, Dec. 30.-General Miles is not yet prepared to make any for nal statement in reply to the pub lished article of former Secretary All ger regarding the use of canned and embalmed beef during and after the Spanish war.
 One hundred thousand soldiers have gone home from the Spanish war and told the same story, and the proper officers have condemned the ac- tion of certain persons" saId General Miles, ''so that I -quesetion whether it is necessary to say anything further about the controversy
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Charming Princess Louise.

There are many stories of the Prin- cess Louise, and one in the Young Woman tells how a boy on the Bal moral estate, when asked which mem- Der of the royal family he liked best, said: q think I like the Princess Louise best, because she's so jolly to talk to-" Even Carlyle, we are told, found her fascinating, for, after meet ing her when she was about 21, the sage of Chelsea wrote of her to his sis ter, Decidedly a very pretty young lady, and clever, too, as I found out in talking to her afterward."' West minister Gazette.
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Education adds light to the mind and skill to the hand of its possessor. Other things being equal, the man who reads and by reading keeps in touch with the advance of Improvements in his trade or art will do more and better work than the man who has no learn ing. In the almost miraculous work of amalgamating the tide of foreign immi- grafton and transforming the hetero- geneous materials into something like a homogeneous people, the free school system has been, still is and will con- tinue to be a great and indispensable factor.
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Huntington's California Holdings.

San Francisco.-The will of Collis P. Huntington was admitted to probate by Judge Coffee.
 The petition was presented by At torney J. B. Foulds who stated that the only property belonging to the estate of the deceased railroad mag nate in this city consisted of a mort gage interest of real property in the value of $5O,OO0. Aside from this there was no personal property of any description, the mansion of California street standing in the name of the widow.
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The Gap is Closed.

San Francisco, Dec 2S-Today was one long to be remembered in the his tory of the Southern Pacific and in railroad progress in California, for it marks the completion of stupendous undertaking that has been many years in course of construction-the closing of the gap between Santa Barbara and Surf, completing the coast line be- tween this city and Los Angeles. This accomplished, California can boast of the greatest shore line in the world.
 Of course, there is much ballasting to be done yet before trans can be run over the new line-it may take forty days to do this-but in so far as the laying of ties and rails is con- :erned, the work is finished.
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Secretly Names New Emperor.

London, Dec. 29-"Private advices from the province of Shan Si,'' wires the Shanghai correspondent of the Standard, says that while the court was sojourning at Fay Yuen Flu the empress dowager secretly appointed new emperor, with the title of Ting Hsu. He is a 15-year old Doy, who was taken to Sian Flu in the imperial yellow chair. This explains the per mission given to Emperor Kwang Hsu to return to Peking.
 Emperor Kwang Hsu has notified the members of the reform party that he is returning to the capital and will need their assistance"
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Not Sensitive.

Sophy (who accepted MT. Charles Fleetwood the night beforel-Does Mir Fleetwood strike you as being sensi tive man. Pauline?
 Pauline (who doesn't know of the en agement)-t,racious. no! A man who has been rejected by IA girls within six months and gets fat on 1t cannot be sensitive. Why. Sophy, what's the matter2q-g
 She hadsfainted.-Lon Fun.
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Two Ships On Fire.

Victoria, B. C., Dec. 3O.-The Brit ish ship Melville Island and Almora, on their arrival at Sydney, had a tale to tell of their narrow escape from de- struction with all on board. Fire broke out in the Melville Island on October 2S, as she was bound for Syd- ney and for days her crew were kept busy fighting the flames.
 The fire on the Almora started on August g, but two days later she was caught in a heavy gale which sent seas on board, and t9 this fact, the captain says, the ' ssseI owed her salvation. for the fire as soon .ex- ti..zsrsned after the gale.
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A Parson's Pun,

A writer in The Cornhill Magazine credits the late Canon Bingham with the following bit of wit:
 He was driving one day with other clergy ro a clerical meeting. when the conversation turned upon the meaning of the two places they were nearing Wool and Wareham. in the county of Dorset.
 How do you account for the origin of these names. Canon Bingham" ask ed one of the party.
 Don't you know this Is sheep coun- ty.'' replied the canon. and at Wool you wool the sheep and at Wareham you wear emp
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Apaches On The Warpath.

Phoenix, Ariz.-A message from Chihuahua, capital of the state of Chi huahua, Mexico, states that Apaches are on the warpath in that state, and that the inhabitants of Granada have organized to meet the redskins. The Indians, it is stated, are hidden in the mountains, and are robbing the isolated ranch houses and stealing cattle. It is likely they belong to part oi the tribe which escaped from the White river reservation, several years ago.
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To Manage State Institutions

San Francisco. Governor Gage has in contemplation a plan to get rid of all the boards of management now directing the insane asyIumns, refor- matories and penitentiaries. His sec retaries are preparing a bill for sub mission to the legislature. It will provide for a state board of control to consist of three members who shall have full charge of all public institu- tions.
 The governor claims that the ex- pense to the state of the public insti- tutions will be much less If all are placed under the supervision of one board.
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awful work to continue.

awful work to continue.
 q appeal to the people in the East to stop such abuses of the law. I ad- init that my method of wrecking sa- looms mas been rather out of the lounds of the general custom, but something desperate is necessary.
 1 will make the saloon men sorry and in three months there will not be one joint in the State. I point with pride to what work have already ac- complished in Medicine Lodge and Xii owa. Both towns are devoid of joints because of my work, and no on9 T-- deny it.''
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Paid For The Lynching.

Chicago.-Mrs. Lulu c. Jenkins, now of Chicago, has just been awarded $4000 for the lynching of her husband in Ripley county, Indiana, three years ago. The money was paid by the eight bondsmen of former Sheriff Henry Bushing and is the result of a private settlement of the indemnity suit instituted by the widow three months after the murder. This puts an end to a case that has aroused at tentiOn all over the United States.
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Made a Long Voyage.

Tacoma.-The British ship Ben Lee, Capt. Hunter, has arrived, siXty-four days out from Santa Rosalie. The Ben Lee has required over two months for a voyage that ordinarily occupies but little over two weeks. Reports have repeatedly reached here that she had foundered in the storm. At the time of her arrival she was quoted at 35 per cent.
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Women Raid a Blind Pig.

Mattoon Qa.,) Dec. 31.-About twenty women of Longview last night raidea a blind pig that has been running for some time in spite of the officers of that little town, broke in the door, gathered up all the bottles and jugs they could find, carried them 10 the street and there smashed them spilling the contents on the ground.
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it as the sight for a coaling station. The price paid for the island was $500 in American gold. It is 130 acres in extent, is healthy, and it is believed will make an admirable site for the proposed station.
 The island was owned by several prominent natives of Guam, who, the officials say,( will live in affluance as result of the sale.
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Another Island Bought.

New York, Dec. 29.-Secretary Long has purchased for the United States government another Pacific island ayers the Washington correspondent of the Herald.
 This island is under the American flag. and-dies in the harbor1 of San Luis .D'Apra, Guam. It is proposed to use
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linnaX.

ing to the census returns the 5pulation of the United States : 267, 300, and experts say that re probably as many or nearly Indians on the continent now were when it was discovered. Indians are slowly increasing Imber and, according to Prof. -, the rest of us are becoming In- dians, the next adventurer who dis covers America will find the red men very numerous.
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ger car can be reserved" by the de posit of piece of baggage has been de cided by the New York court in favor of the right to so reserve. It may be remembered that the case Was Vne ill which passenger placed his valise in a seat and then went forward to he smoking car to enjoy his cigar. When he had finished his smoke he returned to find the seat occupied and his valise in the aisle. The intruder was request ed to leave, but curtly refused. A con troversy on the subject of reserved seats was followed by a personal en- counter in which the passenger who had jumped the claim of the other was yanked out and left to find an- other seat-if he could. The law was appealed to and the case turned upon the point whether the first conner had established a right to the seat by de posting his baggage in it. The court decided that a claim to a seat is estab- lished by the placing of personal be longings in it and that if a second conner jumps the claim" he may be
 
 suit are men of means and determina- ton, it is possible the case may be carried farther, and the highest court in the land may have to pass upon an exceedingly important point in inter state commerce. Evidently the decis- ion of the New York court is open to exception, because it leaves some diff cult questions untouched. For instance, if the first occupant of the seat, when he left his valise in possession, went forward and occupied a seat in the smoking car, was he not holding more than he had paid for? Would passen- ger No. ?, finding the only available seat in the ordinary car taken up by Valise of passenger No. 1 be justi- king the owner of the vslise
 in the smoking car?
 titled to one seat and
 for two seats. In
 ~ceat in a full car
 discs, and pas
 to car trying
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 owner of the
 the smoking
 mt sat in the
 he had kept
 course jus
 clsion? Evi-
 rr had not
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An Army Guards the Sultan.

When the Sultan of Turkey attends the Friday midday prayer at the mosque in Constantinople the garrison of 3OOOO men are stationed along the route in such a way that he shall be safely guarded from the moment he leaves his palace until he is on his car. pet in the sacred edifice. |
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Inaugural Ceremonies.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-It was an- nounced today that the $5O,0Oo guar anty fund authorized to be raised for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the ceremonies attending the sec ond inauguration of President Mc- Kinley has practically been compl
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"Is Woman Retrograding" asks an esteemed contemporary. We know one VAvho was thirty-two three years ago, q md is now only twenty-eight.
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The Chinese Minister at Washing ton in his "Plea for Fair Treatment" !" in the Century, adverts to the easy readiness with which credit was given to the lying reports and hideous mis- representations that came from Shang- hai during those trying days when Ps- kin was the center of the worlds dire ful apprehensions. MT. Wu Ting-fang laments the incredulity with which Minister Conger's famous dispatch, an nouncing the safety of the legations, was received. He suggests that since charges and suspicious so degrading tc Chinese character and so harmful in results were thus absolutely disproved the fact should ''teach a lesson all should heed-not to be too hasty il forming, conclusions" and that "justict and consideration for others should be guiding principles upon all occasions Trussms these remarks may be, bu worth remembering for all that.
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Keen business ability was shown by the train robber who forced the sleep ing-car porter to collect from the pas sengers for him.
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As to the Prince of Wales taking to eyeglasses, it's quite natural that at 60 a man looks out on the world differ entity than at 20.
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Is there no rest for the weary? The magazines are publishing the stories of the siege of Pekin.
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NThe Tennessee woman who killed son for smoking cigarettes possibly %that the only sure way of re
 M from the burning evil.
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That was a queenly deed done by Amelia, queen of Portgual in saving the life of a man the other day. The queen is athletic and a fine swimmer. She saw a man drowning. He was not a scion of noble blood, but plain boat man. The queen did not scream or ap- peal for help. She plunged into the water and helped to hold the man up until her attendants could reach him. It is reported of Czar of the Russias that he got off his horse took wound ed man to his saddle and brought him off safely, crying as he came to his camp, "I've saved a man." He had been victorious in battle but more royal than all the killing of men was the royal act of saving one. So 1t may be said of the Queen of the Portugese. She will never do a more royal act than when she saved a subject. Queen Amelia is a French woman by birth, a daughter of the Compte de Paris. She is about forty years of age and the mother of two children. No one out side of Europe had scarcely heard of her until she did this queenly feat
 Here is an opportunity for the un- known royalty of the effete monarchies of Europe to make themselves known outside of o'clock functions" Let them do something worth the telling.
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HE HILLS.
Has Become a hout Italy.

Has Become a
 hout Italy.
 .ssolino by name, mountains of Italy. e trail. He started twelve men. If he the stock of his rife count five of them now, q have met death at his himself condemned to $ present mission to kill. en-not one of whom must way of resolving-made up
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Let the "mashers" beware. The fem mine fad of carrying a cane is growing.
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>srs wrote so il- >pOstofice au- heir letters. ITS wrote he
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The case Involving the question whether seat in an ordinary passenr
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DTS wrote so il- postofice au- heir letters.
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HIS GUESTS ALL "SKUN."
Johnnie Invited the "Gang" to T
BirthdaV Partv

Johnnie Invited the "Gang" to His
Birthday Party.
A 10-year-old boy, whom it will not
harm to call Johnnie Joy, living in Her
kimer street, Brooklyn, on his last
birthday had a party. 1t was a party
that stands out fresh and sharp in the
memories of the entire family. John
MES sister had had birthday parties,
where all the girls and boys governed
themselves strictly according to the
rules Of decorum. Johnnie's party was
made up entirely of boys living in the
immediate neighborhood.
| Il just want the gang play with"
said he to his mother, according to the
New York Tribune, and the gang" 1t
was that awkwardly surrounded the
table in the basement dining room and
looked with cleaning eyes on the boun-
tiful supply of goodies. Noticing their
restraint, Johnnie's mother tactfully
withdrew, after noting that there was
plenty for every one to eat. She had
scarcely reached the floor above be-
fore her nerves were thrilled by q ter
/
sound of breaking crockery and glass
ware, and the jingle of spoons and
knives striking hard substance. There
were excited EXPLANATIONS and q sour
rying of feet outside the basement door.
Then suddenly all became silent as the
grave. Wonderingly, the mother OF
Johnnie returned to the dining room,
where three minutes before We're II
hungry little boys. The tablecloth and
dishes were on the floor in a heap
Johnnie's head was buried In his arms
and the scalding tears were trickling
down his nose.
why, Johnnie. dear. where are your
friends?" asked the mother.
Observation-Disclosures all - al
they wuz on-on-the table an'-an
skun!' said Johnnie, breaking forth Into
a fresh torrent of tears.
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THE RICHEST AMERICAN CITIES.

Baltimore Is Fourth, Following New
York, Boston and San Francisco.
There is no way in which the diffu-
sions of wealth among the inhabitants
of American cities may be gagged with
absolute precision, but the amount of
personal property held in each fur
nishes one test, for it includes general
ly bonds, cash, money, furniture, jew
elry, equipages, stocks and money in
vested in business.
1t is a fact well known, of course,
that the general taxation of all such
personal property is impossible, that a
considerable portion Of it escapes taxa
ton and a considerable portion Of it,
too, is exempted by law, but the rela-
ton which personal property Of one big
city bears to that of another furnishes
fair guide to the wealth Of each.
By this standard New York ranks
first among American cities, but not
very far in advance Of the city of Bos-
ton, one Of the oldest and most opulent
of American municipalities, and one in
which personal property bears the re-
lation Of one to four of real estate val
ue; in New York 1t is only one to six.
Following New York and Boston,
which are at the head of the list of the
richest American cities, comes San
Francisco, with S12O,OOO,OOO of taxed
personal property, a condition of afflu-
ence due to the vast property which
has come from the Pacific coast mines,
the chief owners of which, or their de-
scendants, have an actual or, at least
a legal residence in the Golden Gate
city.
Following San Francisco Is Balti.
more, one of the most substantial mu
inequalities of the United States, with
larger amount Of personal property
taxed than San Francisco, but with g
much larger population as well.
| Following Baltimore comes Chicago
and then Detroit, st. Louis, Provi
dence, one of the wealthiest Of Ameri
can cities; New Orleans and Indianap
olis.-New York Sun.
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By Rail from Egypt to China.


Consul-General Richard Guenther Of
Frankfort, writes that an English en-
gineer has worked out a plan to con-
meet Alexandria, in Egypt, directly
with Shanghai. The railroad, which
will be about 6,4O0 miles long, will
have three divisions. The middle one,
of 2,125 miles, is already in existence;
it is in the railroad net of India. From
Alexandria the road will run east
southeast over the Isthmus of Sinai to
Akaba, the north end of the Bay of
Akaba; from there, almost due east to
Kurvelt and Bassorah, thence through
Southern Persia to the frontier of Ba-
luchistan and across this State, which
is under the English protectorate, to
connect with the India railroad net.
From Shanghai to Chunldng the road
will run along the Yangtse Kiang,
touching all important trade centers
such as Nankin, Hankau, etc. Then II
will run by way Of Shan Tung, Yunnan
and Talifu to Kunlog the most eastern
terminus of the India roads. A road
will connect Mandalay and Calcutta.
Karache, at the mouth of the Indus,
will become one of the principal sta.
tons.
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Ant-Catchinr Thistles.

Many flowers have the power to form
for themselves a contrivance which an
swers the same purpose as the fly pa
pers which are sold in shops and by
hawkers in the streets. Among these
plants is the common thistle. Ants
manage to climb the stem as they are
eager to obtain the sweet juices in the
flower, and they struggle their way
through the close frill of small leaves
thickly set with thorns, which nature
throws around the blossoms. The ants
then find that they are caught in a
trap. On each scale of the green cup
in which the flower is set, there Is a
streak of gum. The moment the insects
touch it they are fast prisoners. The
more they struggle the more helpless
their case becomes, for every move
ment causes them to get more entan-
gled. In little while the gum stops IN
the breathing holes in their sides. and
then all is over. They are literally
smothered to death. A score of dead
or dying ants may be often seen on the
head of thistle growing just above
their nest.
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The play" of the intellect, to use a
vacation pun, constitutes the delight of
learning, and is often its truest inspira-
ton. A. young girl at a hotel table,
some years ago, undertook to quiet a
restless child by making for him little
figures which she modelled from bread
crumbs rubbed between her fingers.
The rapidly growing procession of
Noah's-ark animals attracted the at
tention of a gentleman opposite. 1t
was the sculptor Thomas Ball, who af-
terward told the girl she had unusual
talent, took her to his own studio, and
taught her to model in clay and after
ward to work in marble. An interest
ing side-light on the pretty incident is
that the young girl had nodded her fig
ures undisturbed by a tableful of wit
nesses, and, on the other hand, Mr.. Ball
seated her in the studio with her back
toward his own chair, because he
could not possibly work while any
body looked on
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Now, the Meadow Hunt Club is made
up OF extremely fashionable New York
ers. Its conventions are as rigid as
those that prevail in the smartest draw
ing rooms. And one of them happens
to be the use of side saddles and riding
skirts for women. These prejudices
Mrs. Hitchcock dared to defy. She rode
astride once. People gasped. She con-
tinued her practice. People began to
compliment her appearance. She now
announces that cross-saddle riding will
be her custom henceforth-and there is
even a hint that riding trousers may
become the fashion.
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In the long continued discussion of
the negro problem no solution has been
offered that is more fallacious than that
the negro will gradually die out. The
census reports show that during the
last ten years the negro population has
increased by 81 per cent. Another
theory on the race question advanced
by Booker Washington to the effect
that the tendency of the negro is to re-
main or migrate to the farm, has been
exploded by the late census. 1t shows
that the negro has a growing fondness
for the town.
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Sailors and Bath Tubs.

The days Of the old forecastle, hung
away in the dark hold under the for
ward mast, are gone forever, no matter
what flag the vessel may carry. The
forecastle ON new steel ships is deck
house, we'll forward. On American
ships it is ventilated like the shippers
cabin in the stern of the ship, has a
skylight and apparatus for heating.
The men used to eat with their plate
on their knees; now they have a mess
table with racks to hold the dishes in
place in rough weather. Tanks on top
of the house supply running water, and
the reason modern forecastles do not
have bath tubs is that the sailors would
rather take their baths on deck by
throwing cold water over one another
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do you approve of women taking an
active part in politics?" asked the idle
person.
Certainly" answered Mr.. Meekton.
Let them go ahead. If they want to
stay away from home and take the
chances on mans walking right in on
the best carpet with his muddy boots.
that's their lookout, not ours" wash
ington Star.