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60 Ale and I.o

The frequent misuse Of the pronouns
"I' and me" is not confined to the ig-
norant alone. People Of education,
graduates of universities. who boast
of their culture, are often as badly
tangled as the aged darky, who tried
to teach the children the Bible from
memory, came to the passage where
Christ says, "Be of good cheer, it is l;
be no. afraid. This is the way he de-
liyered it: "Brace up, boys; it's me;
dom git skeered." There was once a
rapping at a cabin door in the wild
woods. "Who's there" cried the in
mate, reaching for his gun, and voice
called back, 1T is l." "Who in blazes
is 4" 1 don't know you" Its me;
let me inw "Oh! certainly; come right
in and quit your foolin'."-New York
Press.
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Dan Anthony's RejoiIider.

Old Kansas story: Many years ago,
when Web Wilder lived at LeaVen-
worth, he had misunderstanding with
D. +. Anthony. One day they met to
talk their difficulties over. "Dan,"
Mr.. Wilder said, you haven't better
friend in. the State than I am. When
you die no one will write kinder ebit.
uary than will" This made Anthony
mad. "Yes, that's the trouble" he
roared; "you are so anxious to write a
good obituary about me that you do
nothing to help me now."-Atchinson
Globe.
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DYNAMITE m A GOLD MINE
Labor Trouble in Cripple Creek Costs
Two Lives.
Superintendent and a Miner Killed While
Going Down n Shaft-The Descend
ing Cage Shot on Revolver.

Cripple Creek, CoI.-Charles McCor.
mack, Superintendent, and Melvin H.
Beck, miner. were killed by an explo.
sion in the Vindicator Mine Officers
Of the Vindicator Mining Company as.
sert that the explosion was caused by
all Internal machine, and 400 militia.
n en- have been placed on guard around
the company's properties.
Superintendent Mccormack and Mi.
ner Beck were descending into the
mine in the cage. They were the only
passengers. When the cage reached
the sixth level the explosion occurred.
wrecking the cage and shaft and in.
stantly killing both men,, The explo.
sion, at the surface. was at first be-
I-eved to be an earthquake. '''~'"
The engineer hastily reversed the
hoist. but could not pull up the cage.
and the bodies were recovered only af-
ter several hours work, being brought
to the surface through the second com.
partment Of the shaft.
After q thorough examination of the
shaft it is positively asserted by off,
GERS Of the mining company that the
explosion was caused by an Internal
machine.
They assert that the Internal ma
chine, containing many pounds Of dy-
nimite, had been placed in the sixth
level, which is part of the abandoned
workings of the mine. within a few
inches of the shaft. Then loaded re-
volver was fixed in the shaft with its
muzzle pointing directly toward the in
fernal machine. To the trigger of the
revolver was attached a string which
was thrown across the shaft in such a
manner that the revolver would .ex-
plode, the bullet striking the dynamite.
Pieces of this revolver have been re-
c,vered from the bottom Of the shaft,
but not a yestige Of the Internal ma
chine can be found.
Major Naylor and detail of fifty SOL
diers were dispatched from Camp Gold
field to the mine, and took charge OF
the property. No one was allowed to
approach the mine. Shafts on other
properties known to be connected with
the Vindicator workings were guarded.
After receiving news Of the explosion
Governor Peabody ordered the troops
In Cripple Creek, who were to proceed
to Telluride, to remain in Cripple
creek.
Superintendent Mccormack was one
of the best known mining men in the
Cripple Creek district. He leaves a
widow and several children.
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FIERCE BATTLEW|TH NOR0S
Qn!y Five of Our Men Wounded 10
Encounter.
REBEL FORCE Is WIPED OUT

Yankee Soldiers Led Into Ambush After q
skirmish-First Trouble with the Ma
tives of That IsIand-other Outbreaks
Had Eeen on Mindanao-General Wood
Reports 800 Natives Slain.
Manila, P. I.-Three hundred Moros
are known to have been killed and
many others were carried off dead or
wounded as result Of five days fight.
ing in Jolo between the American
troops under General Leonard Wood
and the insurgents.
Major II. L. Scott. of the Fourteenth
Cavalry, and five American privates
were wounded.
General Wood landed near Sjet Lake.
in Jolo, Oh November Il. The Moros
were soon located. and fighting began
Immediately and continued until No
vember II.
Major Scott was taking Panglima
Hassen. the Moro leader, who had been
taken prisoner. to Jolo. While ell
route HasSen asked to be allowed to
see his family. His appeal was granted
and he thereupon led Major Scott into
an ambuscade. where the American de-
tachment was fired upon. Major Scott
was shot in both hands. Hassen sue
ceeded in escaping during this uneX-
pected attack, but is supposed to have
been killed the following day.
The fighting took place in country
covered with swamps and rocks. The
MOroS were driven across the country
from Sjet Lake to the town in which
Hassen had made his headquarters.
and where it was reported the A1oros
were 1000 strong.
The rebel position was attacked on
the flank by the American troops, who
occupied the town and inflicted loss
of fifty killed on the Moros. Hassen,
with a small party. surrendered The
rest of the Aoros went into the
swamps, out of which they were driven
on November 16, leaving seventy-six
dead behind them.
On November II the American forces
renewed the attack on the remaining
Moros. Of whom forty more were
killed. The rebel forces have been lit
orally destroyed by the operations, and
General Wood says the indications are
that there will be no extension of the
uprising, which was handled without
difficulty.
General Wood has under him two
battalions of the Twenty-eighth Regi-
ment, one of the Twenty third Regi-
ment. a platoon of Captain George s.
Sattley's battery, two troops Of the
Fourteenth Cavalry and detachment
Of engineers.
Major Scott assisted. with force
composed Of three companies of the
eventeenth Infantry, a platoon of
Captain D. J. Rumbough's battery and
a troop of the Fourteenth Cavalry.
Washington, D. c. - Maior-General
James F. Wade, commanding the Di-
vision of the Philippines. has gone to
Jolo to investigate the cause of the
outbreak there and to direct the oper-
ations personally, If necessary.
This is the first time that the aathori-
ties have experienced any serious
trouble with the Jolo. or Sulu. Moros.
All other Moro outbreaks have oc-
Cured in Mindanao, a much larger ISL
and. ninety miles north of the Sulu ar
chiDelagO
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With Cap and Gown.

CITY Attorney Joseph w. Folk, Of
:, Louis. Mo. has been invited to de-
lynr the grafton ut the commencement
dav exercises of Harvard, on June
80 next.
Citizens Of San Diego, Cal. have or
ranized for the purpose of raising
!unds to present the University OF Cal
ifornia with q marine biological la:
boratory.
A portrait of DR.. Francis l.. Patton.
President of Princeton Theological
Seminary, has just been hung In tile
Princeton University Library. 1t was
painted by John W. Alexander.
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A Lucky Drive.

A strange story of the discovery of
an unsuspected art treasure comes
from Canada. A Montreal art dealer
was playing golf, and drove a ball
through the window of cottage. 1t
struck a picture on the wall. The
dealer paid handsome compensation
and also acquired the injured picture.
It turned out, after cleaning and ex-
animation, to be Dutch interior by
Teniers, Of the value Of S2500. Half
OF this sum the dealer gave to the orig
inu1 owncf, to her great surprise.-De-
troit Free Press.
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FOREIGN.

The draft Of the general arbitration
treaty has been communicates to
France, and Holland has opened arbi-
tration negotiations with other eoun-
tries.
Russian troops have been praised in
4 military order for defending them
selves only with the butts of their ri.
fleS when attacked by Hebrew mob
at Orsha.
A collective answer to President
Marroquin'S appeal for aid will be
sent by the Presidents of the Central
American States.
President Palma. discussing; lie NE-t
lands resolution, said that the time had
passed for change jpstae Cuban Gov
ernmenr. -
AS result Of the storm eleven deaths
have been Eeported in the streets of
Birmiugh2M, Upton and Helensburg,
in EngL&fd. the victims having been
LILY by falling walls or chimney pots.
Austria is becoming indignant at the
steadily increasing price of oil. Since
the formation of the Austro-H -Hungar.
ian petroleum cartel prices have been
advanced fifty per cent. ~
The leading painters and sculptors
OF st. Petersburg have promised to
Cooperate in organizing a Russian art
exhibit at the st. Louis Exposition.
Croatian peasants of Nagylak, in
Pennsylvania. armed themselves with
pitchforkS and at night stormed the
Magyar houses and dragged the in.
mates into the streets. beating one
farmer 10 death and injuring many
others.
A FienDesc doctor, named Loewen.
bach. while snowshoeing on the Rax,
near Vienna. was killed by an ava.
:anche. Others in the party escaped.
President Woz Y Gil, of San Domin.
so. offered 10 retire and. let the coun,
try be governed by four members Of
his Cabinet. the arrangement to con.
tinTc pending Il permanent settlement
of The affairs Of the country.
The people of Miquelon. who have
had thr worst fishing season in the
islands history. are ready to welcome
any settlement OF the fishery dispute
hat will insure them prosperity. and
The feeling ia favor of annexation to
The United States finds much favor.
The Chinese who were guarding tee
passes of the Great Wall between
Ferg.Tien and Kagan. it is reported,
hayH 9|s i,cen renGced by RVasians,
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David Meekison. s.>~~@@~>->~~. .~~,<
DR.. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in. the United
States, was the first man to formulate Pc
runa. 1t was through bis genius and per-
severance that it was introduced to the
medical profession of this country.
If you do not derive, prompt and satls'
factory results from the use OF Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The exports Of Porto Rico for tho
past year exceeded its imports by S8S7. 4
069.
1t has come to light that two Of four
murderers who were garroted in Anna
lag. Province Of Cegayan, p. l.. and
who were declared to be dead are
alive. j{
Judge Gear, of the Circuit Court ut
Honolulu. H. L., has instructed the Ter
ritorial Grand Jury to investigate the
reports Of repeating and voting in the
names Of dead or absent persons.
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Personal Mention.

John Morley's compensation for Writ.
ing the biography of Gladstone is SAID
to be $4,000.
With the recent death of the Duke
of Richmond passed away the last OF
Wellinston's aide-de-camp.
Lord Cromer, the real ruler OF
Egypt, has recently issued volume OF
translStiors from Greek verse.
An obelisk of unpublished gray granite
has been placed over Virchow's grave
IN the old Matthai graveyard. Berlin.
Pau, Loubet, son of the French
President, lives in the Elysee, where
he acts as private secretary to his
father,
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Newsy Brevlties.

Seven million persons in the Pun iau
are being vaccinated against the
plague.
Yellow fever cases at Laredo. Texas
so far number S66, with eighty-two
deaths.
Fighting the Adirondack fires MSt
spring cost the State of New York
some S65,000.
brain fag," according to a speciaI
cable dispatch, is becoming malady
Of modern life.
Sovereignty has been assumed by
United States over the Guantanamo
naval station at Cuba.
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CATLINc GUNS IN HIS HOUSE.
Indiana Editor, Fighting the Saloon, For
titles His Domlcile.

titles His Domicile.
Indianapolis. Ind.-Fred Bohrer, the
editor of the Berne Witness, who was
mobbed by saloonkepeers and their
friends because of his determined fight
on the saloons. has converted his home
into an arsenal. In addition to revoiv-
ers and shotguns, with which he sup
piled his home and his Office, two gat-
ling guns were received by express.
and these have been added to his al
ready we'll fortified home. e.
Mrs. Bohrer, who has refused to
leave her husband. even when worn
out with watching, has been practicing
with the revolvers and guns. and has
become as proficient in handling them
as her husband. Bohrer says that he
will not be driven from the town, and
Mrs. Bohrer, who is a devout Chris
tian, encourages him in his purpose to
remain and continue his fight against
the violators Of law. She says she
does not want to kill any one, and
would not do so except In defense OF
her husband and herself.
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The Sporting World.

Winthrop E. Scarritt was elected
President of the Automobile Club Of
America.
Anderson will play in Lefty Davis
old position in the outer garden for
New York
Bobby Lowe will be back in the
game next season, possibly with the
Chicago Americans.
George Foster Sanford, of Yale, was
denied reinstatement as an amateur
by the Amateur Athletic Union.
The first football game between Har-
ward and Pennsylvania was played In
New York twenty-five years ago.
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Equator Not Round

A startling fact which has recently
been demonstrated is that the equator
is not a perfect circle. If You could
drop a plumb line from Ireland through
to New Zealand it would be somewhat
longer than another which cut the
earth at right angles to it. The differ
ence has not yet been ascertained'with
absolute accuracy.
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ITALIAN WORKMEN PERISH.
Twenty-sere Men Burned to Death in
ShantY Fire.

Twenty-seven Men Burned to Death in
Shanty Fire.
Johnstown, Pa.-While more than 100
italian railroad laborers were asleep
in a shanty near Lilly, Pa, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, the building
caught fire, and before the men could
escape twenty seven were burned to
death and a score or more seriously in
jured.
The men were employed on the Penn
sylvania Railroad improvements be-
tween Lilly and Portage. and 125 were
in the shanty which burned.
The. fire is supposed to have started
from an overheated stove in the eastern
end. The building burned like finder
and the flames were upon the men be-
fore any OF them were aroused.
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DOMESTIC.

General Fitzhugh Lee was the orator
at the unveiling of the monument to-
the soldiers of the war Of independe
a: Paulus Hook, Jersey City, N. j.
The State Bank. of Bessie. o. T., was:
dynamited and robbed Of $500 by un-
.-nown outlaws. q.
With Major Edward T. Glenn, y. s.,
e., in command Of the Fifth Infantry
aboard the transport Sumner returned
to New York from the Philippines.
Learing 1852 dead.
After receiving letter from his wife
saying that she was going to leave.
him, Fred n. Mckee, Of New York
City. blew his brains out tat Grand
Rapids. Mich.
Southeast Texas, Southwest Louis
lana and Western Mississippi are COW
cred with dense smoke from extensive
forest fires. .D ~
Having lost $50, 900 in the stock mar
ket, Roy Torrance shot himself three
times at Plttsburg, Pa.
The suit Of Lille Belle Pierce, of st
Louis. Mo-, against the estate Of the
late, Colonel Luther E. Smboden went
against her, the jury decfding she was
not his wife at the time Of his death.
A general increase of wages D train,
men on the Big Four Railroad wa
cided upon. -.
The suit of J. E. Hunt against Geo.
". Vanderbilt for $4,000 for injuries
received while blasting at AsheVfller
n. c., has been decided against Hunt /.
An official list given out shows sew
enty-four concessions granted by the,
Worlds Fair management, at St,
Louis, Mo.
The partial closing Of the Minnequa
Steel Works, the plant of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company, at Pueblo,
Col. threw 5000 men out Of work. ~
Nashville, Tenn, has been selected
for next years reunion Of the United
Confederate Veterans.
By the arrest at Ogden, Utah, OF
George Wells, it is believed the ring
leader Of a gang Of highwaymen and
murderers has been caught.
Andrew Young. head Of the sanitary.
bureau Of the Chicago Health Board,
has been removed for lax methods and
corruption among inspectors.
Internal revenue receipts for October
were S21. .021 ,5S4, an increase over last
year Of 1891, ,125.
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TRAIN. RUNS AWAY.
Engineer and Brakeman Killed and Three
Others Injured.

Charlotte, N. C.-After descending
Balsam Mountain ct a terrible rate OF
speed, an engine and twenty freight
ears were dashed to pieces at the
foot of the mountain OH the Murphy
branch of the Western North Carolina
Railroad. Guy Moore, the engineer,
was literally torn to pieces. His body
was found beneath the wreckage of his
engine. one hand still clasping the
throttle. Charles Porter, brakeman,
was horribly mangled, his body being
found beneath the wreck of lumber
car. The conductor, fireman and flag
man were all very seriously injured.
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Convict,s Loyalty Wins Freedom

Alexander Robertson. former teller
of the Wells-Fargo Bank, who was
serving time at Salt Lake, Utah, for
stealing 100000 from that institution
has been pardoned. In the recent out
break at the State prison he risked bis
life to prevent the escape of five con-
demned murderers, and his freedom
was his reward.
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EsMELTERS FOR MEXICO.

Mining Men to Start Opposition to Plants
of Americans.
Austin, Texas. Steps have been
taken by wealthy mining men Of Mex
leo to erect two large independent
smelters in opposition to the smelters
which are operated by the American
Smelling and Refining Company.
One of these new smelters is to be
located at Monterey. and is to cost
$3,OOO,OOO. More than one-half this
amount has been subscribed. The
other smclter is to be located at Parral,
in the State of Chihuahua.
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Longest Bridge in the World.

The longest bridge in the world is the
Lion Bridge, near Sangang, in China.
1t extends five and quarter miles over
an arm of the yellow Sea. and is sup
ported by 300 huge stone arches. The
roadway Is seventy feet above the
water and is aaclosed in an iron net
work.
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Disb Washing in Winter.

Housekeepers naturally dread dish wash;
ing in winter. owing to the fact that Il
chaps the hands and renders them bard and
rough. Much Of the injury, however, re-
suits from the use Of impure soap. II iVorJ
Soap is used in washing dishes and the
hands are carefully rinsed and dried, they
WI not chap.-ELEANoE R. PARKER.
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Beware OF Oiutments For Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

Contain Mercury,
az mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halrs Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.. contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken IN
ternally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by r.
J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per pottie.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Bit or His Tongue; Bled to Death.
George Willis, Reading Railway
conductor, met death in peculiar
manner. He was seated in his train
when an engine struck his car, the
jolt causing him to bite off his tongue,
and the loss Of blood caused his death.
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sevENTY.FVE moRos KILLED.

Stronghold Captured With Loss OF One
Man and Two Wounded.
Manila, P. I.-General Wood cap
tnred the Moro position in the hills
OF Jolo, north of Taglibi, on November
"A. and destroyed the earthworks they
had thrown up there. Private Martin
Brennan, of the Fourteenth Cavalry;
was killed during the engagement, ana
two privates were wounded, one serl-
ously.
The loss on the Moro side is knoWp
"a have been seyenty-frG.
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Colorado Miners, Strike Called OF.

Colorado Miners Strike Called on.
The strike in the northern, or Ignite,
coal district of Colorado has been
called off through the efforts Of officers
of the United Mine Workers, the de.
mands of the men being conceded by
the operators.
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NEELY CANNOT GET MONEY:
Judge Lacombe Refuses to Vacate Govern
ment Attachment.

New York City.-Judge Lacombe, in
the United States Circuit Court, hand
ed down an opinion declining to dis
miss the motion made by Charles F.
W. Neely, who was convicted in Cuba
nf appropriating S45,3Tj of its postal
funds while acting as chief of the
Department of Posts during. the mill
tary occupancy of the Island Of Cuba
by the United States. to vacate the at
tachmant filed by the United States
against $4,000 in cash deposited by
Neely ms bail with the Register of the
United States Circuit Court in this
district.
Neely was arrested in this city in
1900, and deposited $4,000 in cash bail
for his appearance in Cuba.
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Antarctic Explorers Rescued

Tho Antarctic. which carried the
members of the Nordenskjold Antarc
tic expedition, was crushed in the ice
and sunk in the Gulf of EreDus an,
Terror. All the explorers escaped anu
have been brought back by the ArsHh'
tine gunboat Uruguay.
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Cut Finrers to Get RINGS.

Burglars entered the home of John
Shippey, a lumber merchant of Marion,
Ind. and attempted to cut off the
fingers of Miss Edith Shippey to get
her diamond rings. The girls screams
when she awakened caused the burg
lars to flee.
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Death Too Extensive.

1t is q significant fact that with the
phenomenal increase in the price OF
coffins has come marked decrease
Of mortality among local Chinese. The
natives just simply cannot afford to die
at the present undertaking rates, and
that's all there is to it.-Shanghal
Times