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Oranges have hurried In from California and Florida.
The Golden Gate State also sends fine Museatel
Grapes. But read the list.
and IN rnrdaxc anxl,,
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Sunday Washington globe., 1901-12-22
BRIEF HISTORY OF scHLHY.
interesting Career Rounded Out by
Victory Won at Santiago.


Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley is a
native Of Maryland and 62 years old. He
entered the service of the United States
navy at the age of 2I and has been in it
continuously since In 1861 he served in
the various naval engagements which led
TO the capture of Port Hudson-a battle in
which Lieutenant Dewey, now the admiral,
was engaged Schley was promoted to a
lieutenancy in 1867 and subsequently saw
active service with the Asiatc squadron.
In 1874 he became a commander. In 1888
he was made a captain and became commo-
dore ten years later by right of seniority
Schley attracted the attention Of the world
in 1894 when he was plac ed in charge of the
expedition sent TO rescue the Greedy arctic
exploration party He rescued Greedy and
six survivors at Cape Sabine and returned
with them to this country, where he was
received with great houors.
Congress awarded the commander a gold
medal for this service, and as a further evi-
dence of the appreciation of the services
rendered, President Arthur gave him a
position as chief of the bureau Of equip
ment and recruiting, in which capacity he
served with credit until 1880 While chief
Of this bureau Lieutenant Commander
Schley was promoted to a captaincy and
given command Of the Baltimore. He was
the officer in charge when that cruiser
carried the remains Of the late John
Ericsson, the inventor of the monitor to
Sweden The king of Sweden presented
him with a gold medal upon this occasion.
When the complications arose with Chill
in 1891 Schley's prompt action and good
Judgment again brought him a vote of
thanks from Congress
In acknowledgment of the services he
rendered to the Greely party he was pre-
seuted with a gold chronometer watch by
the state of Maryland.
When the Spanish-American war broke
out Commodore Schley was placed in com
mand Of the celebrated flying squadron,
with the Brooklyn as his flagship. At
Santiago de Cuba July 3, 1895 he immortal
lied himself by destroying the entire
Spanish feet under Admiral Cervera, which
was trying to escape from the harbor
Sunday Washington globe., 1901-12-22
A Modern Hercules.

Some Of the fabulous feats which ancient
mythology record Of Hercules and other
muscular demigods are not so incre dible in
the face of certain astounding performances
Of modern professional athletes.
There are men who exhibit feats Of
strength nowadays which would seem be-
yond the power Of human endurance.
Nino is the brief name of the twentieth
century strong man who has recently started
on a tour Of the capitals of Europe He is
at present in Vienna, an object Of admira-
tion Of all Turner's and athletes and the
idol Of the sporting public
Nino towards the close of an interesting
programme balances on his chest a Ferris
wheel in which six men, comfortably seated,
are revolved slowly by means Of an electric
motor connected by wire with the apparatus.
The contrivance, including the passen-
gers. weighs over 800 Kilograms. Nuo is
an Italian. He is a native Of Cremoua,
only IS years old. He received his training
from the Societa di Forza Corraggio in
Milan The most remarkable feature Of
Niuo's performances is that his face does
not betray the least distress even during
the most difficult feats.
Sunday Washington globe., 1901-12-22

blows had been struck. II IS said that when
Patkul, the envoy Of Peter the Great, was
put to death on the wheel by order Of
Charles XII Of Sweden, the latter cashiered
the officer in command of the guard for
permitting the head to be stricken from
the mangled body of the victim before life
was extinct. Breaking on the wheel was
abolished in France during the revolution.
Boiling in oil was another favorite mode
Of torture during the middle ages. The
victim was placed in a huge Caldron Of oil,
under which fire was lighted and the oil
slowly brought to a boiling point Other
barbarous modes Of execution were pouring
melted lead upon the victim, saving him
asunder, pressing to DEATH tearing to
death with red-hot pincers, quarteriug
alive, tearing to pieces by horses and inn
placement on sharpened stakes, which mode
of execution is so vividly described by
Henryk Sienkewicz in his trilogy Of Polish
romances. Under Charles OF Spain i'm
palement was effected by driving pointed
stake through the heart while the victim
was being buried alive.
Burning at the stake and the application
of FIRE in every horrible manner that would
add to the agony of the victim were ever
One of the darkest chapters of Russia's his
tory is that containing the record Of the ter
rible tortures inflicted in that country by
logging with the knout.
There is scarcely mode of torture that
the mind OF man could devise but what has
been practiced upon countless thousands of
hapless victims in the past.
The usual mode of capital punishment in
still is hanging. This method has been
adopted by and is in use in this country
except in cases where in the interest of hui
manity electricity is employed. In the
middle ages in England every town abbey
and the important manorial lords had the
right of hanging and the gallows was to be
seen almost everywhere. In some of the
earlier reignslittle regard was paid to human
life and victims were hanged by thousands.
It is recorded that during the reign of Henry
VIII 72,ooo criminals were executed. In
that age the Draconian law that every Of
fense merted death was closely observed,
and offenses which are now treated lightly
were then punished by hanging. Many
victims were hung in chain, some alive and
left to die but usually after execution.
Beheading, which was once quite general
in Europe, is still in practice in France, and
the reign Of the guillotine during the revo-
luton was one of the bloodiest periods Of
modern times In England and Scotland
beheading was popular for time and the
Scottish Maiden" of the sixteenth century
figured prominently.
Later on minor offenses in England we're
punished by mutilation branding, whip
ping, exposure in the pillory and stocks.
Some of these modes were brought to
America, but happily are now obsolete.
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the qualifications required by the post.
His lordshipis is now playing Juvenile Lead
with Mrs. Laugtry on tour, and proving
boom and a blessing to his understudy'
social engagements, study of 'tente-et-
quarante," preparatory TO breaking the
bank, aud lete suppers interfering some
what with the regularity of his stage ap-
pearances. Personally, Lord Rosslyn is
handsome tall and we'll built, with thick
brown hair, and having the grace of manner
that comes from training at Etou and Ok
ford. incidentally, it is declared that he
can swear more picturesquely than any
other British peer. which is saying good
deal.
If Lord Rosslyn succeeds in his latest
and most picturesque enterprise he ought
in all decency to take over the support of
an extraordinary lot of religious and be-
nevolent institutions that are a little-known
feature of the great gambling house. The
list Of M Blan's enforced civic virtues is
rather surprising. None of the citizens of
Monaco 'AIonagasques" they are called
has to pay any taxes, simply because the
casino defrays all the expenses of the gov
ernment The company by which it is
owned makes an annual appropriation Of
S2oo.ooo to the government treasury, out
of which sum the council Of state, the
mayor and municipal council and the
board of public works are paid. From the
bank if it is known the governor Of the
principality and the commander-in-chief OF
the army also draw their salaries. as do the
members of the army itself This force
however, is not as large as might be sup
posed but consists of a special staff and
guard of honor to the prince of Monaco, ar
rayed in uniform of bright blue, resplend-
ent with gold braid together with so car
bineers who watch over the peace Of the
little principality,
Besides making large grants every year to
charity and to the schools, the bank sup
ports the clergy, the cathedral, and even
two or three converts. To think of a cathe-
dral, to say nothing Of the holy retreats, %
being maintained out of the takings of a
gambling den seems rather inconsistent.
The bank oherishes no grudges, it will pro-
vide you with a first class ticket to any con
tinental city and pay your expenses on the
iourney-that is to say, if your losses have
been $500 or over Performing this kindly
Office costs the bank $40 900 year and sup
porting Of pensioners" costs it s25, ooo
more. The pensioners in question are
folks who at one time or another have lost
their entire fortunes on the green cloth.
Some OF them are allowed as much as ST. So
day, notably Scotchmau, now a familiar
figure on the promenade at Nice who quail
ifed for his present position by losing over
81 900, 900 on the red and black.
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The "CeItio fringe

An exact definition Of the Celtic fringe
win be welcomed The number Of people
in Brittany and the British Isles whose
mother-tongue is Celtic is 3ooo,o 600 accord
ing to statistics quoted the other day by
Prof Magnus Maclean, Of Glasgow Univer-
sity They are distributed thus. Gaelic
asa, 600, chiefly in the Highlands Of Scot
land Irish, 6So,ooo west Of li1e in IRE
land from Duugarvan Bay to Lough Swilly;
Manx, 5000; Welsh, 9oo,ooo, and Breton
], 100000. These fag-ends are a sadly
dwindling minority Of a once mighty race
Modern industrialism, says Prof Maciean.
is wooiug the Celts away from their native
strongholds, and the separate units get
absorbed in the common national life and
the common civilization
Sunday Washington globe., 1901-12-22
Beautiful Blue Danube.

Austrian poets who are fond Of singing
the praises Of the beautiful blue Danube"
were recently very much surprised and
disappointed TO hear Of the investigations
Of a certain German scientist This man
watched the big river for a whole year
giving 10 his studies an hour every morn
ing. The result Of these observations was
that he found the water to be brown II
times yellow %, dark green SO, light green
As, grass green IS, greeuish gray %, other
shades Of green TO- and that It never had
anything like the hue with which 1t is
crediled by lhe Dards.
Sunday Washington globe., 1901-12-22

a heather was originally dweller on
the German heaths, the last localities ia
Germany 70 accept the Christian religion
Sunday Washington globe., 1901-12-22
FIENDISH TORTURE
Inflicted by Our Ancestors in
the Good Old Times.
BOILING in OIL oNLY

One of the Barbarous Methods to
Make the Passage Of Life Excru-
ciatingly Agonizing The Various
Devices For Extracting InfOrma-
tiOn and Putting Criminals 10
Death-Petty Crimes Punished by
the ScaffOld
Sunday Washington globe., 1901-12-22
A BRITISH PEER
About to Break the Bank at
Monte Carlo.
LORD ROssLYN HAS A SYSTEM

which He is 60 Try This Month with
Six Expert Assistants-stockh holders
in His Enterprise and Millions in
the Scheme The Noble Lord Can't
Lose, He Says.
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New York Journal.
We all know how the canteen has been
treated by the modern ideas of virtue. The
old soldier is forbidden to get what he
wants, with his friends. at reasonable
price and under cheerful conditions. He is
forced TO buy villainous rum in villainous
dives. Instead of fair treatment he gets
delirium tremens. and the Prohibitionists
are happy. We should like you to read the
following extract from the autobiography
OF Benjamin Franklin and compare ii with
the present idea: 1--WE had for our chaplain
jealous Presbyterian minister. Mr.. Beatty,
who complained 10 me that the men did
not generally attend his prayers and ex-
hortations.
when they enlisted they were promised.
besides pay and provisions, "A gill of rum
a day. which was punctually served out to
them. half in the morning and the other
half in the evening. and | observed that
they were punctual I'm attending 10 receive
il. upon which l said TO Mr.. Beatty:
1t is perhaps below the dignity of your
profession To act as steward of the rum,
but IL you were only TO distribute 1t out
after prayers you would have them all
about you.
"He liked the thought, undertook the
task, and with the help OF a few hands
TO measure out the liquor. executed IL TO his
satisfaction. and never were prayers more
generally and more punctually attended"
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The anniversary OF Lees surrender was
celebrated by Union veterans in this city
last night. and probably in many other
places We do not understand that the
celebration was in a spirit OF exultatioa
over a defeated foe. but rather i'm a spirit
OF rejoicing over an event which was TO
contribute so largely to the unihcation of
the country and to it's future greatness and
prosperity There We're two heroes of APP
pomattox-Gen. L. S. Grant and Gen. r. f.
Lee. II the victorious general were alive
ne would approve q spirit of patriotic cele-
bration but not OF eXultation. mo man
could have behaved better than Grant did
under the circumstances. said General Lee
10 a friend I'm Richmond day or two after
sword: the usual custom is for the sword
TO be received when rendered. and then
handed back but he did not touch mine"
And Gen Fitzhugh Lee in a biography of
his uncle. adds: Neither did the Union
general enter the Southern lines to show
himself or TO parade his victory. or go TO
Richmond or Petersburg TO exult over
fallen people. but mounted his horse and
with his staff started for Washington" II
is well TO recall these facts to show how
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SMART TOM JOHNSON.
How the New Mayor Of Cleveland
Once "WOrked" the Government.

washington Letter in New York Post.
Tom L. Johnson. who has just been
elected mayor Of Cleveland. was in Con-
gress for four years while the tariff oues-
ton was agitating the country. Mr.. john
son was known then as a millionaire street.
railway owner and trust promoter. He
would always admit with perfect frankness
that he was profting by the laws which
the Republicans were enacting. He main
tanned that as long as they would persist
in their courses it was well that he should
be one to profit by them
He used to do many things which were
regarded as cratic but his eccentricity
usually turned out as well as that of the
man who reaped a fortune by shipping
warming-pans to the West Indies. One of
his most notable performances was getting
the government to print the whole of
Henry Georges Poverty and Progress as
part of the Congressional Record. and then
sending it out, post free, to farmers and
workingmen in all parts of the country. He
enlisted the help of his fellow-Democrats
and some Poprlists In this scheme. At his
instigation ore of them would say. in the
course of his speech: II have some printed
matter here. which, instead Of sending to
the clerks desk to be read. | will ask to
have inserted in the Record as a part of
my remarks" The printed matter was a
few chapters of Georges work little
more chapters into speech. Then john
son exercised his right under the rules to
take such parts he desired from each
speech, and collect and print them in
pamphlet form. He selected a cheap paper
and large type. and had a million copies
struck off, at a cost of about n cent and
half q copy.
Mr. Johnson lived in house on X street
near Sixteenth. and his neighbors tell how
he converted the entire lower story into a
depot for distributing books The Congress
sional folding department was drawn upon
for force of workmen to wrap them and
send them out; and for weeks these clerks
toiled day and night He used to say: at
is all seed. / am sowing the seed Some
day it will come up. and what an overturn-
ing there will be!'
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WANTS ZELAYA'S SEAT.
Cardcnas said to he After the Nicn-
ragunn Presidency-Tnx on Women.
orrespondence Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
MANAGUA. Nicaragua, March 81
Rumors have lately been current that ex-
President Cardenas. of Nicaragua. is or
ganizing at Panama, with the assistance
OF Colombia. an armed expedition 10 enter
Nicaragua and attempt 10 drive President
Zelaya from power. Zelaya once led a
revolution against Cardenas when the
former was president OF Nicaragua. The
two men have long been political enemies
and have opposed each other al the head
of armed followers. Zelaya had Cardenas
imprisoned in 1896. Cardenas escaped from
Nicaragua 10 Costa Rica in 1897 and en-
tered NIcaraguan territory with armed
men that same year. Zelaya drove him
back to Costa Rica. The persistence OF
these rumors of impending trouble has dis
turbed business ard President Zelaya has
doubled his palace guards. The supporters
in Nicaragua OF the Cardenas movement
are apprehensive Of confinement by Presi-
dent Zelaya.
member OF "A local committee charged
with keeping the public parks OF Managua
in order offered al the last meeting OF the
committee n resolution 10 collect a monthly
tax Of from 80 cents TO s. on the women
and girls In the city OF Managua. the
money thus derived TO be applied 20 the
ornamentatiOn OF the city parks. This
resolution has aroused a storm OF protests
from numerous married men. who are now
taxed very heavily.
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biographical directory of the Illinois
Legislature is very suggestive OF the COM
posite character of the population in the
middle Western States. Out of 2Oi mem
bers Of the Legislature. III, a few more
than one-half. We're born in Illinois. New
York is second with 10, Pennsylvania and
Germany a tie with s. Ohio claims Z.
Indiana 6, Canada, Missouri and England
4 each. Wisconsin. Virginia. Ireland. Ohio
and Kentucky each. were born in Po-
land Sweden and New Jersey, ! each came
from North Carolina, Isle OF Jersey, Isle
of Man, Minnesota, West Virginia, Bo-
hernia, Connecticut Denmark, Norway,
Michigan, Iowa, Maine. Maryland, Massa-
chusetts and Vermont. 1t is not surprising
that out of many strains of blood there
should come a distinctive American prod
uct 1t is probable a roster of the legisla-
lures of Kansas or Of North and South
Dakota would show a larger proportion of
native Indianians than that of Illinois does,
as emigration to those States in recent
years has been larger.
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first-class city improvements This indi-
Gates extensive building. Farm indebted
ness has been largely reduced and farmers
are not borrowing as much as formerly.
Money is now loaned freely at per cent
on first-class city real estate, and from
that TO AZ and per cent on suburban and
farm property. Farmers are getting the
benefit of good times in the reduction Of in
terest on mortgages from and per cent
TO 5. 1t is mentioned as a curious fact that
the rate of interest on first-class real es-
tate loans in several Western cities, in
GLIDING Indianapolis. is from 4 to q of
per cent less than II is in New York.
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Words of Treason.

Boston Advertiser.
Mr.. Andrew Lang is persona non grata
in Boston. II he ever had any admirers
I'm this city he may rest assured that
i'm their homes his picture hath been
turned toward the wall. He has dared to
say that Browning is poet because
he has not the gift OF lucid expression -
This observation shows that Mr.. Lang
is as far below the Boston standard as
the freezing point OF hydrogen is below the
melting point OF platinum III anybody and
everybody could understand Browning tina:
poet might do Tor Chicago. or kankakee or
kokomo. or Kalamazoo. but he would not
do for Boston Boston demands q poet Of
the infinite. one whose words must be con-
s.dered upside down. criss-cross and I'm
all other possible positions before they
car he understood even by the most re-
fined and intelligent. MIR. Lang does nor
know beans. nor Browning, nor Boston.
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The issue OF peace proclamation by
Aguinaldo is an event OF considerable i'm
\portance. His capture ended his power for
iarm. but by taking the oath OF allegiance
y the United States and issuing a mani
down their arms he becomes a positive
power for good In some previous transac-
tions he has proven very untrustworthy.
but he WIN hardly dare to risk the penalty
that would follow treachery in this case.
Those who are on the ground. the officers
I'm command and the commissioners. are
the best judges as to how far he can be
trusted.