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TO INCREASE THE ARMY.
Germany Is Preparing IA Add $4,000
Effective Men

BERLIN, Aug. Is-There seems to be no
doubt that the government, under the i'm
pulse of the Emperor, is determined to ask
the Reichstag for an increase in the per-
manent military establishment by about
$500 men to be organized into two army
corps, thus raising the standing army 10
about $4,000. officers and men. The in
creased annual charge is estimated at So
100000. exclusive of equipment
The first consideration leading the gov
eminent TO propose what is certain to be
an unpopular measure is that the military
resources OF the country are not fully
utlilzed by the existing establishment
Nearly 100000 men. morally and physically
NJ Tor service reach the military age year
ly VINO are not taken into the standing
army because of legal limitations AL
though these men who shut out by lot
undergo short periods OF drill i'm the re-
serves. they are regarded by the military
admln lstru ton as being unequal to the two
years service unit. The general staff.
therefore, asserts that since the national
hnances are able to bear the expense a
portion at least of these 10000 capable men
must receive full training or else the en-
pire VIII not be in a state of full prepared
ness.
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was conlmendable for her pride. She was
barefooted and walking along King street
cigarette on the sidewalk. Not for an
instant would her little ladyship think of
STOPPING down and picking the thing up
in presence of the many passers-by. She ap-
preached ii in the most Indifferent manner
you please and covertly placed one of her
small brown feet on il. 1 was watching.
She stood half minute looking around
while her toes seized In a crab-like action
the object OF her desire. 1t was but a few
steps then into a nearby Chinese fruit
store. where she secured the cigarette in
her fingers, borrowed match of the store
keeper, and then emerged upon the side
walk putting at the castaway weed"
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RICHES IN LIBERIA.
Diamonds, Rubies and Sapphires
Found i'm the Negro Republic.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-The republic of
Liberia which. as an experiment on behalf
of the negro, has not been much TO boast OF
may have better times in store, as new
field for white enterprise, says a Herald
dispatch from London. 1t is officially stated
by Mr.. Hayman, consul general of the re-
public i'm London that diamonds have been
discovered in the country and following this
ii is now announced that a prospecting
party sent out by the West African Gold
Concessions Company, limited, has returned
with fine specimens of corundum, in the
form of both rubies and sapphires.
This news is of interest in America and
in France, where a fair proportion of the
stock of the company that owns the min
ing rights in the republic is held.
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MADONNA FACES IN DEMAND.
New Uses for Religious Pictures Now
Rdays.
New York Sun.

New YORK Sun.
A big business is done i'm religious pic
lures now, and girls whose features and
expression will do for illustrations OF the
sort are in demand as models.
The banners and posters of the temper
ance societies and evangelical revival meet
ings are customarily made attractive with
pretty feminine heads in devotional poses.
The calendar makers and hymn illustrators
also want faces OF this kind. Quantities of
ideal heads used for lantern-slide pic
lures of Biblical scenes and for pictures
given as prizes in Sunday schools and
elsewhere
Formerly a few stock heads and faces
were used for these purposes. Now the in
creased facility for photographic reproduc-
ton and the extensive use OF pictures OF a
sem-religious character for trade purposes
have brought about a demand for original
and exceptionally pretty models
The girl who has delicate, regular features
and a pensive expression. or who can enter
into the spirit of the artists design and look
calmly renunciatiye or radiantly happy
will be kept busy posing She will be pic
tured on wall tapestry for public halls and
class rooms. will form the central figure on
the frontispiece OF sheet music and maybe
will do duty for the morning star" or
other device on the programmes and ban
ners used at great tent service or prohi-
bition reunion.
The girl having naturally the Madonna
look is a serviceable model. but the one
who has besides this the actresses capacity
for changing her facial expression Is a
prize 10 the illustrator of religious subjects.
There is dark-eyed girl OF this mobile
tyne who by a slight alteration OF garb
poses for the ancient heroines OF Israel
and for the penitents and peasant women
modern subjects for household notices.
Many religious pictures with distinctly
modern heroines are sold The average
packwoods church has pictures OF present.
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Exchange Of scared Londonere escaping In
boats from the horrors of the great fire OF
vessels Of a type which. il Is said, the
Thames has never known: and another art
list of repute armed tho children OF Israel
with guns. presumably for seif-protection.
while they were occupied In gathering
mamma
Continental artists are no less prone TO
slips Of this kind than our own wielders OF
the brush In the Louvre there is famous
painting by Gros, which represents Napo-
leon amid the Arctic SHOWS and frosts of
Russia. clothed in light pelsse, open at
the front, which would certainly have ter
minated his career within a week from
pneumonia; and i'm "A recent Salon picture
Louis Seize Is equipped with a revolver mod
ern enough 10 have seen service In the Boer
"
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EXPERIMENT WITH NORWOOD.
New Crop Successfully Raised i'm
Northern Indiana.
Elkhart Qnd) Truth.

tJnu-t
In the wormwood plant a product has at
last been found which is peculiarly adapted
TO the sandy soil of this vicinity and south
ern Michigan. IT has been experimental
with and proved a very profitable product
Many acres OF the plant can be seen near
Elkhart thriving in the light sandy soil
where other plants native 10 this region
would almost refuse to grow. But the
days are past when corn. wheat and oats
were the sole products. and although the
soil is becoming degenerated. farming can
still be made profitable on account OF the
variety of crops.
The seed for the plant. which is so small
that IL can scarcely be seen with the naked
eye, is planted during the fall I'm the open
main there over winter. This is really the
secret of raising NORWOOD. the raising OF
the plants.
Mr.. Charles Fisher, four miles east OF
Elkhart. raises the plants at SO an acre or
three acres for So. and IL requires 5000
plants to make an acre. In the spring the
plants are replanted i'm rows. three feet
apart. plant being placed at each in-
terval of three and a half feet. After be-
ing planted the NORWOOD is easily taken
care of, which tends To make IL still more
profitable.
The first year only one crop can be taken
which is harvested about the first OF
September. but after the first year. two
crops can be taken annually. one about
the first OF August and the other the first
OF October.
The plant becomes very profitable after
the first year, as " is not necessary TO re,
plant IL. IL being perennial growth and
cold weather having no ef1ect on even the
smallest plant
An acre usually Yields about ten pounds
at each harvest, which sells AT from s. 10
S. pound.
Mr. Charles Fisher has now twenty acres
under cultivation aud has constructed
still where ne distills the oil At ~ cents
per pound. Other land is being prepared In
the same vicinity where the NORWOOD
will DE planted
The oil Is used IN making whisky. lima
ments and for medicinal purposes, and II IL
claimed that a ready msrke; can be found
for il at Mishawaka. White Pigeon and
Three Rivers.
Men who are raising the plant like ~.
not only because il is profitable. but be
cause II is very interesting pursuit. aud
they expect to see the industry grow with
great rapidly
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KIDNAPPED A WHITE Girl
NEGROES WHO ARE SURROUNDED
BY AN ANGRY POSSE.
Island i'm the Arkansas River May He
the Scene of Great Tragedy
One Man Already Killed.

FORT SMITH, Ark, Aug. 1S.-The kid
mapping of a young white girl and the kill
ing of one of a posse that tried to rescue
her are the crimes charged against a party
of eight negroes tonight. fortified oil
Bruce's island, sixteen miles west of this
city. 1t is feared their capture will lead to
a bloody encounter. The negroes are said
to be well armed.
A few days ago two farmers. living near
Wilson's Rock, landed on Bruce's island in
search of plums. and accidentally ran into
a camp in which there were two negro
men and a white girl about twelve years
old They made some inquiries about the
girl and the negroes said she was the
daughter of white man who was travelling
with them and who had gone to Fort Smith
for provisions. The negroes would not let
the girl take part i'm the conversation and
this aroused suspicion. a watch was kept on
the negroes for two days, but no white man
appeared. Monday afternoon a party of
farmers decided to investigate the case
and as they neared the island were fired
on by the negroes and one of the party,
named Roland, was killed. A sharp fight
was kept up for some time, during which
the girl escaped from the negroes and ran
TO the white men. She was so excited that
she could not give any intelligent account
of herself She said. however. that her
father was not travelling with the negroes,
hut that she had been stolen from her
home near Fort Gibson. 1. L. She has been
taken to Muldrew.
Roland. the dead man. was n compare
tive stranger at Wilson's Rock. Bruce S
island is in the center OF the Arkansas
river contains about twenty-five acres and
is densely covered with timber and thick
underbrush.
scene of the trouble, from Fort Smith
Sniro Muldrew and Fort Gibson. There
is much excitement around the island. One
or two of the negroes are known TO be
char
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HE TOOK SfRYCHNINE.
Young Memphis Man Found Dying in
ST. LOuis Hotel.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. ia man thirty years
of age. giving the name of Victor Fasset.
of Memphis. Tenn. took dose of strych-
nine at a small hotel here to-day. and later
was found in a dying condition by the clerk.
He had rented room an hour previous.
He was taken to the hospital and may die.
Easset would give no information concern
ing himself beyond saying that he recently
returned from Germany. and was engaged
i'm the lumber business in Memphis.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. Aug. 1S.-yictor Fas-
saf was recently employed in this city by
fhe Kern Lumber Company: He left here
about a week ago. Nothing is known of his
antecedeuts
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day life to enliven its plain walls. In one
picture perhaps girl is seen breaking
in on a card party of young men and hing-
a beautiful girls face looking In at the
window. pleading and anxiety depicted
upon il, may be the subject OF second.
girl may be exhibited Wrestling wine
glass from her lovers or husbands hand
and dashing it to the ground
Sometimes the pTivati0ns of the circuit
riders wife or daughter are illustarted IN
series OF pictures or the hardships OF worn
an missionary workers In foreign lands. All
the heroines are represented with earnest.
plump, attractive type.
The pictures sent out as gifts by the
makers of agricultural implements are
most frequently OF semi-devotional, ser
ious character IL has been found that such
subjects are more generally appreciated 10y
the average household than the gayer types
would be-
fields will be given 20 the purchaser of
reaping and binding machine. calendar
illustrated with Scriptural texts and girls
faces with rapt or serious expressions is a
New Years present from the big fertilizer
company or a bid for custom from the
nurseryman or from the dealer in hoes and
rakes.
At one time the girl OF pure Jewish type
of features was the stock model of Biblical
illustrations, but OF late the modern Ameri-
can girls face is preferred If IL be OF suit
able cast. The average recipients OF the
typical religious pictures are not troubled
about lapses from historical accuracy OF
this sort.
The fair. unworldly looking girl is utilized
I'm illustrating catalogues sent out by the
tombstone dealers. The illustrations for
the year-books Of the great charitable socie-
ties and religious monthlies are always on
the lookout for appropriately attractive
girls faces to 1e used in photograph illus
trations of relief or rescue work. And these
publications are got up at considerable
expense for the illustrations. since the more
inviting they are the better they will arouse
interest and create a desire TO contribute.
There never so much activity I'm the
matter of religious illustration now.
and the young woman of suitably pious
mien never had such good fortune in her
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TOM kEENE IS BEATEN
EAyoRiIE LOSES TO FRANK YOA-
hIM At BRIGHTON BEACH.
Large Attendance nj the Grand Cir
cult NeetInE-Crovn Princess
Takes Good Rnce

NEW YORK, Aug. IS-There was a large
attendance at the Grand Circu.s meeting at
Brighton Beach to-day. The weather was
perfect and the track fast.
The 2=l5 trot was the curtain raiser. and I'm
q field OF ten the black gelding Masetto was
the favorite at to 1. The talent made no
mistake, as the favorite won in straight
heats, tho first BY two lengths and tn
second pulling up b. the same distance.
The $500 Brighton stake for 2:1O PAGERS
was fast race. but this time the talent
failed to pick the winner. Tom Keene won
so easily at the Empire track in 2:04i< that
he was the natural favorite at 500 to $l2O
for the field. but he could not show his
speed and Frank Yoakum won in straight
heats. I'm the first and second Albock was
a close second. In the third the favorite
made an able effort but was defeated by a
head
Ten met IN the 2;2i trotting class. and
Crown Princess was the choice at $500 TO $50
for the field The favorite won in two very
close finishes by head and a neck from
Kamares The $3.50 Kentucky Stock Farm
stake for PAGERS was n very easy victory
for Matte II. the favorite. which dis
tancsd her field. Summaries:
The Brighton $500 stake, pacing, three
IN five:
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MISTAKES OF ARTISTS.
Queer BIunders i'm Noted Works of
Famous Painters.
LondoA lid Bits.

1-otuuA III Bits.
IL is surely one of the eccentricities of
genius that great artist. i'm painting a
picture which he has perhaps been elab
rating in his mind for months. will occa-
sionally make slip which il scarcely re-
CURES the disceIamcnt of an uncritical
schoOIboy To- detect It is not long since a
well-known artist lowered the hand of "A
figure ia one OF his pictures with five fing-
ers in addition 10 a thumb; and there is a
story that "a Academy exhibitor once
painted a frisky lobster the beautiful led
color which i usually considered a post
norton acquisition
Even painter So careful as MIR. Goodall.
r. n. narrowly escaped a paIpabie bl,,nder
in one OF his Egyptian canvases. lie was
engaged on = picture portrayi a number
OF men dragging huge monoIf;h across
the desert, when a famous man of science.
a friend of his. entered the studio After
looking intentiy at the canvas for a Few
moments re said: y say. Goodall. IL YOU
want those fellows To pull that stone YOU
must double their number. IL would take
Just twice a. many 20 move IL The AGA
demician took the hint added as many
men again. and the picture was unim-
peacha bic from scientific point
But our modern painters even when they
make the most grotesque mistakes. as they
rarely do, can plead that they err i'm GOOD
company Did not Albert Durer. i'm one of
his immortal pictures. that Of Peter DENY
ing Christ. represent one OF the Roman sol
derS i'm the act of enjoying a pipe. an in
dulgence which was. To say the least pre-
mature. and in the canvas portraying Adam
and Ewes expulsion from their naradise
n decked Eve I'm pettcoat with fiounces
Two years ago there was exhibited i'm
London beautiful picture by an n
of an eighteenth century interior perfect
in every detail but one. for on a wall of
the interior was a small picture of very
uD-to-date locomotive; and I'm the same
year the writer saw among the academy
pictures n presentment of a caviler. evil
IDENTIFY waiting impatiently for his lady 10
keep the tryst. consulting a watch which
would have done credit TO a twentieth CEN
tury matchmaker; while on another cam
vas Pen;nsuiar veteran. who was fight
ing his battles over again for the benefit
OF admiring rtlstfcs at the village inn was
wearing unmistakabie Victoria cross
about forty years before this badge of yalor
came into existence.
The late Mr.. Frank Holl was as pains
2 taking he was clever in his art, but on
one occasion he put his foot I'm IL grievous-
~ when i'm portrait Of naval ON
Ger he Introduced the union jack painted
upside-down. 10 the amazement and hor-
ror Of service men,
Even the great Turner made some lu-
dicrous mistakes. as when ne made rain
bow rub shoulders with the sun. instead of
taking up reepec tful position opposite "a
that luminary. and In other pictures he has
painted his sails black and has gone wo-
fnny wrong over his rigging -. -,
IN his magnificent picture IN thu Roya'
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DOCTRINE OF PROTECTION
Supported by Speaker i'm Transmits
sissippi Congress.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 1S.-The four
teenth annual session of the Transmits
sissippi Congress opened in Seattle to-day
under the most favorable auspices and the
leaders say the meeting promises to be the
largest and most productive of good since
sion to-day was occupied largely with the
various subjects which they called forth.
One Of the must striking addresses of the
day was that of +. Il. Thurber. president of
the United States Export Association. He
supported the protective idea of President
Mckinley and urged the necessity of wider
markets. He declared that the grea
theater of commercial activity i'm the future
is destined to be the Orient and spoke of
transportation one of the pressing prob
lens. He said that the organization of
trusts is the inevitable result of develop
ment and that their present evils will in
time be righted by the same growth.
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New York Evening Sun.

New 1Ork ENetfns ouh-
The hale and hearty tomcat sidestepped
the water pitcher and resumed his song
But Stebbins's blood was up. He loaded
his big double barrelled gun and took care
full aim.
.aPshawr" we remarked What good will
that do? cat has nine lives.
True enough" replied Stebbins- But IL
the neighbors have been doing their duty
10 that COMPOUNDED quadruped I guess tx
hasn't such a superiority left by this time -
Stebbins thereupon shut his eyes aud
pulled both triggers The deafening re-
port was only drowned by the tomcat's
uninterrupted paean Of triumph.
Stebbins turned to US with a hageard
face.
Dye know where 1 can get a good ma
chine gun cheap" he inquired. In hoarse
whispers.
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RAWLINGS. Wye, Aug. 1S.-James Will
lams a convict. was shot to death i'm his
cell in the State Penitentiary to-day by
Ernest Goodsell. night turnkey. Rea ching
through the bars. Williams seized Goodsell
After a struggle Goodsell succeeded i'm
drawing his revolver and shot the convict
in the head. Williams, who was serving "A
sentence for grand larceny. escaped from
the prison June last, but was recap
f,rro
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1t Is silly.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

PhiladeIphia Rec0ru-
1t may seem silly to think of men wear
ing gloves with the thermometer up i'm the
90's. but such a condition prevails among
those who like to be considered heavy
dressers This is on the assertion of Il
Chestnut-sfreet haberdasher who caters to
the fashionable set. According to this au-
thority men are now buying gloves made
road Journeys TO protect their hands from
the stains Of travel. The gloves are much
lighter in weight than those usually worn
bv men, AS fad. they seem to have
gained a considerable vogue. for many men
who formerly used the suburban trains
wear them, and Il is no uncommon thing to
see men wearing them the street. even
during the hot weather.
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dia, from Vancouver July q and Yokohama
Aug. 10. for Hong-Kong. collided near this
port to-day with the Chinese cruiser Huang-
TAI. The warship sank an hour after the
collision. The Empress of India saved 40
OF the of the cruiser. The captain of
the Huang-Tai, who refused 10 leave his
ship, aud thirteen of the crew were drowned
The Empress of India was badly damaged
amidship
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German Ship,s Fa.t Run.

NEW YORK. Aug. B.-The North Ger
man-Lloyd steamer. Kaiser Wilhelm III.
arrived to-day from Bremen. Southampton
and Cherbourg. after fast run OF five
DAVIS fifteen hours and ten minutes over
the short course of 1852 miles at an aver
age speed of %. IS knots an hour. The best
previous western record of the Wilhelm III
was made in May last. and was five days.
twer1ty-one hours and forty-eight minutes
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PARIS. Aug. 1s.-It is proposed to extend
to primary education the system of ex-
change of pupils which now exists between
Columbia University and the educational
authorities here. The scheme, which has
been officially approved, provides for send
of the Ecole Normale Primarie at Auteuil
to New Paltz School. New York, which will
reciprocaliy send a pupil teacher to Au-
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Rabbi. discus. zfonism.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug S.-The last day
of the session of the Orthodox Jewish rab-
bis of America was devoted principally to a
discussion of Zionism. The question was
brought up BY Rabbi Shereschefsky, of Bos-
ton. and after lengthy debate the matter
was referred 10 a committee with instruc-
tons to bring I'm their findings ut the next
convention. The conference adjourned to-
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Washington Star.

Washington Star.
There was a vengeful look in the disap-
pointed poets eye
II wish I were pusiiist.' he said. be-
tween his teeth. I'D walk up 10 the editor
and see IL 1 couldn't secure little polite
ness, at. least
my dear sir answered his worldly
friend. Iii you were 4 -pugilist you xouldp't
have the slightest dimcuity N eettlng -
thug you wrote published"
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VICTORIA. B. c.. Aug. 1s.-The Chinese
Reform Association of this city to-day sent
a dispatch to the British ambassador at
Picking. congratulatine Emperor Kwang-
Hsu on his thirty-third birthday to-mor-
row ard hoping that he will take over the
control OF China's government and insti-
ftste reform
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DENVER. Aug 1s.-The sixth convention
sd iourned sine die to-day, after electing the
Soiiowinx officcrs: President. J. 8. Maloney.
of Chicago: first vice president. James Gal
laeher. Hudson county, New York; general
secretary treasurer. IL. w. Steinbeiss. st.
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RACING At sAUGUs.
Two of the Three Events Won by Fa
vOrites i'm Straight Heats

SAUGUS. Mass. Aug. 1S.-A large crowd
turned out at the opening of the Saugus
races to-day. Two of the three events on
the card were wcE- by favorites i'm straight
heats. The judges fined the driver OF Major
Wellington $50 for his lack of persever-
ance behind the son of Lord wellington:
Summaries:
= PIG Pace: purse $50: