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THE WAR IN AFRICA. NO SPEEDY END OF WAR EXPECTED. London, March 4, 4 10 a. m -ic j's evident that a strioc censorship is being exercised over the news ac the seat of war, as the eight has DOC added any thing to the scanty dispatches received daring ihe dav, most of wbiob. referred to matters preceding the recent stirring events. London, March 3.-President Kru? ger is said to have left Pretoria with the intention of meetiog President Steyn. Tbe place where they will meet is not mentioned, bat it is believed to be somewhere in the Orange Fre State Those io South Africa wno are conversant, with the effect the recent reverses have had on tbe B.-ers express the opinion that the meeting of. the two presidents is preliminary to a sugges? tion of negotiations fer peace. Bot the closest observers do not anticipate any sudden cessation of bes- ? tilines and, certainly, tbe reports from the theatre of war do not tend to encourage the advocates of immediate peace. The Boers are apparently rallying with their accustomed ability to repair a temporary reverse, and Great Britain has yet to test their force as a defensive power under the new j conditions of warfare SPENCER WILKINSON ON THE WAR SITUATION London, March 4 -Spencer Wiikin sen, reviewing the situation io South ?frica for The Associated Press, at j midnight tonight says : "Gee Buller seems to have been surprised to find that he had beateo the Boers on Tues j day. Nothing is commoner in war than for an army, after hard fighting, , to be doubtful of the extent of its j success. Few generals "learn, as Grant i did in bis first oommaod, 'that the j enemy was as much frightened of me as I was of him/ "The question now is as to the future course of events. There cannot -be much doubt as to the issue pro ?ided no foreign powers or power j interfere. "Lord Roberts can either order Gen Baller with the 40,000 men cf the j tJoited Natal army to advance on Pretoria, whiie he himself moves by Bloemfontein ?nd the Free State rail- j way, or he can bring round most of BolierV force to reenforee his own army. In either case the Boers strate gists will have a hard task to make a promising plan of campaign. "The best Boer plan is, perhaps, to leave the rear guard to cover the passes from Natal and to concentrate all the rest of their forjes to resist Lord Roberts. In this way they might in a week from now meet Lord Rob eris, with, perhaps, equal numbers, but Koberts will be reenforced from wees to week, while the Boera oaonot be for ?the moment. "Tho position seems to be that there are BIS thousand or seven thousand j Biers within striking distance of Rob? erts at Osfontcin If this is the case be wili either disperse or capture the small Boer orce unless it retreats rapidly until reenforced. .'Lord Roberts will probably contrive to posh forward a small force on che Mafeking line and raise the siege while be is drawing the principal Boer army on to himself." AT ABRAHAM'S KRAAL London, March 5 -A dispatch to The Times from Osfootein dated March 2, dilates upon the "increasing dim* ealty of telegraphing as the army advances through the enero v's coun try." The correspondent says : "Forage for horses is almost unobtainable on tbe journey. The whereabouts of the en | erny is not exactly koown bot the mo? bile commandoes are hoveriog around I oar army. We anticipate opposition at Abrahaiu's Kraal, 30 miles east of Paardeberg, where Gen Jourbert is reported collecting a rorce from the whole of the Ladysmith fores with the northeastern Free Staters "President Steyo arrived at the Boer oamp at Abraham's Kraal on the morning of Feb 27, and harangued tbe burghers, exhorting them to remember Majuba and to deliver Cronje. REPORT FROM ROBERTS London, March 4, 11.45 p m - The war office has received the fol lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Osfootein, Sunday March 4 : "Gen Cronje, on behalf of his party and Commandant Wolrnarans, on behalf of 4.0U? other prisoners, who have all now left Modder river asked the British officers to thank me for the consideration aud kindness with which they.have been treated "Gen Clements reports that his advanced troops hold Achtertang and that railway communication would be opened to Joubert's siding today The enemy is 6till in force at Norval ? Pont bridge "Gen Gatacre telegraphs that the number of Boers at 6tormborg ie> daiiy diminishing "Col Baden Powell reports that ail was well at Mafeking on Feb 15, and that the enemy's activity was being met everywhere by equal activity on the part of the defenders "The position is unchanged at Os? footein, except that frequent heavy showers have materially improved grazing, to the benefit of the horses tad transport animals " ! FIGHTING ATLABURCHAGNE'S NEK. Dordrecht, Cape Colony, Sunday, March 4, 9 a m.-Gen Brabant's ! colonial division, after a night's j march, is now attacking the Boers in ! a strong position at La Burchagne's ; Nek, on the road from Dordrecht to ! Jamestown I Later-The engagement is pro j ceeding with great vigor and the ! Boers are gradually retiring before the British shell fire from three posi? tions A heavy rifle fire is being ex? changed where the British are en j gaging the Boers on the right flank j So far the Boers have had no big I guns in action i Evening-Gen Brabant's advance I today was most satisfactory. Alter ! marching and bivouacking over night, ; the force reached the .strong en ! trenched positions which occupied j and now hold, the Boers being on j the opposite hill The British will remain tonight in the captured positions although the Boers brought two guns into action and mace determined efforts to re? take them The British losses are 6 killed and 18 wounded. j ENGLAND M A? ACQUIRE A PORT Lc "^n, March 5.-The Standard says We beiieve that negotiations for England's acquisition of a port in Portuguese, East Africa, giving easy access io Rhodesia, are on foot and are likely to succeed in view of the turn the war has taken." BOERS MAKE REPORT. Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Friday, March 2, via Lorenzo Marques?, March 3 -The feder?is j have resolved to abandon the terri I tory around RenBburg and the retreat ha3 been effected under the protec tion of mounted burghers lt is officially announced that on Feb 27 Gen Cronje, with from 2,000 to 3,000 men, surrendered, owing to the scarcity of food and ammunition The president (Kruger ?) is issuing a stirring address to the burghers in Natal, who are falling back on Big garsberg The president will return to Pre toria Sunday. ARMY OF THE TRANSVAAL Berlin, March 4 -The Post as serle, on the authority of a private letter from the Transvaal received at Hamburg, that the Boer republic on Jan 15 bad issued altogether 46,000 identification cards to Boers in the field The writer of the letter claims that these figures represented the total federal forces at that time FRENCH FINDS ENEMY IN FORCE London, March 5 -The Morning Post has the following dispatch from Osfontein, dated March 3 : ' Gen French made a reconnoissance today and encountered the enemy in force They were occupying a table? shaded kopje Shots were exchanged, a Boer gun replying Af TEMPT TO CUT OFF BOERS. Durban, March 4 -Yesterday a number of horses were sent into Zululand with the object of marching ' a British force through Zululand and intercepting the Boers north of Big jsSsberg A complete system of heliographic communication ?6 established be? tween Weenen and Ehowe. : Australian Bushmen Called Out to Hunt Down Boers. London, March 6, 4 a m.-Ma I feking is to be relieved as soon as { the British force already on the way from Kimberley eau raise the seige This force is described vaguely as "strong.'"' The Kimberley Light Horse is mentioned as a component ! In view of the fact that the Kimber? ley Light Horse ie under the control of the Debeers company, Lord Rob erts' visit to Kimberley probably had to do with the arrangement with j Cecil Rhodes to use this compauy of { troops ? Mr Rhodes and Col Kekewich have had differences of policy, it appears, ? which did not end with the relief of j Kimberley "What shall I do with him ?" Co! Kekewich is caid to have wired to Lord Roberts, who half hu . morously replied, according to a ! story circulated at the dubs : "Put him in chains " Fresh intelligence as to what Lord Roberts is doing has ceased again. This silence is taken to mean tLat Bometntng oas happened or is about to happen Boer raiders are uncommonly ac; ive in the northwestern section of Cape Colony, where they are stirring up me Dutch Martial law has consequently been declared Mr Chamberlain"s request for 2,500 additional Australian bushmen ie un derstood to be explained by the fact that the wsr office requires this force for the pursuit of irreconcilable Boers who, according to the intelligence department, have been quietly col lectmg great quantities of ammuni tion and store?* in the mountain fast nesses of the Zoutpansberg district in the north of the Transvaal, where they are preparing to cany on goer rills warfare. The mobilization of a powerful fleet began yesterday evening at Torbay. Fifteen battleships arrived A dispatch to the Standard from Osfontein, dated Sunday, March 4, says : j "Lord Roberts' army now occupies j a most " tageous position. The j Sixth ivi?ion, u?der Gen Kelly j Kenn". is posted on the right and ! hoids all the kopjes for a distance of j five miles south of the Modder The I Seventh division, under Gen Tucker, i is in the centre, immediately south j of the river, and Goa Colville, with j the Ninth division, is on the north ! bank. The cavalry brigade, under ! Gen French, ie posted on the left j front, and the mounted infantry, under Col Ridley Martyr, on tbe right front "Tue country around consists of wide, grassy plains, broken only by ridges and isolated kopjes "A body of the enemy has taken np a position on one of the latter, a flat topped hill to the north of the river, five miles beyond Gen French, who today took out horse artillery and shelled them Another force 4,000 strong-holds an isolated group of kopjes south of the Modder and in front of the British mounted in fantry. Their poeitiou ?9 surrounded on ail sides by level plains over which the Boers must make their way io order to reach the river. "The veldt ie now in beautiful condition Water ia plentiful, sup? pli?e being obtainable uot ooly from the river but also from numerous small epringB The health and spirits of the troops are excellent The British cavalry and mounted infantry have been reconnoitering the ene? my's positions There has been little fighting V A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from OsfoDtein, dated Sunday, says : j "The Boer front covers 18 miles to the south of Modder river " MILITARY LAW DECLARED i Cape Town. March 5 -Sir Alfred Milner has issued the following proc? lamation : "Whereas the enemy's forcee have invaded to the districts of Prieska, Kenhardt, Britishtown and Barkley West ; and, whereas many British subjects have taken up arma, and whereas it ie necessary to repel in? vasion and suppress rebellion, now, therefore, martial law is hereby pro? claimed in these districts " BULLER'S CASUALTIES London, March 5 -Gen Bnller's casualties from Feb 14th to Feb 27, were killed, 72 ; wounded, 708 ; missing, 24 London, March 5 -A special to The Times from Lorenzo Marques, dated Sunday, March 4 says that persistent reports contiue io prevail that the Transvaal government has opened negotiations looking to the securing of peace On the other hand, it is asserted the Boers will make a stand at Glencoe and Laing'e Nek and that in the meantime the ?ntrenchmente at Pretoria are being extended in anticipation of a seige. A conference between the Boer presidents, it is asserted, and the general commanding of the Boers in northern Natal was hurriedly arranged on receipt of the newe of Gen Cronje'e surrender Until Thurs day night official confirmation of the surrender was withheld from the public President Kruger sent a fervid religious appeal, with ordere that it should be read by all the officers of the burghere, urging them to etand fast and strive in the name of the Lord, for unless they bad faith in Him, cowardice would set in and their position would be hopeless the moment they turned their backs on the enemy Their pa6t victories, he declared, showed that the Lord was on their side. The president be seeched the burghers not to bring destruction on their progeny Continuing, the special says that a high authority in Bloemfontein de ciares that in the event of a repulse of the Free State forces the latter will retire toward the Transvaal and unite with their brethren there, main? taining the struggle to the last. The Boer casualties at Colenso dun'ng the week ending Feb 25 are reported to be 31 men killed and 130 wounded. ?t has been asserted by Gen Wheel? er's friends that Gen Otis and bin advisers were jealous of Wheeler and contrived to kot-p bira away from ?ghtiog ground while 6ghting wa? g;>iog on There seems to be nome mistake about this view, how. vcr. The Memphis Appeal says : "Nor is this (he worst. There is not wanting evi? dence to prove that Geo Ots sought ro hfiV: Gen Wheeler C3piured by rbe insurgrnts Ho was given a handful of wen ro defend a soa?? town ca l<'d San Ri a. and thi? place was attacked eleven nights in huccessien ny a 7as;iy sup -rior force and no effort was mad-* by Gen Otis to aid the beleaguered city in driving iff the insurgents Had Gen Whecier bren taken prisoner iheic would have bern joy in the Otis canap, where tbe gallant ex Confederate cav? alryman is bated because of his known fighting qualities." But only think what a chance for "fighting" was thus throwo in bis way. He oouldo't bave bad a better.-News and Courier. I WASHINGTON LETTER j Washington. March 5 -Two viola ? tions of ?he constitution io a singlo ! week is the record of the republican ! majority to the hou?e-a record that sbouid drive ?be repablioan party frcoi power It does not mitigate the offense against constitutional government (bat one of these violations should have been an attempt to partially right the wrong crmmirted in the other. A rightful thiog wrongly done is often as bad or worse than ??; wrong Wben the republican majority, driven by the party whip, parsed tho bill levying a 15 per cent du.y on the products of Porto Rico for a period of tvro vears, a grievous wrong was i r: fl ; r^fed upon the Porto Ricans and the consriturion of tbe United States was violated. Later, when tho republicans became alarmed at the vigorous protests from ail sections of ail the country against, the proposed robbery of the helpless Porto Ricans, they again violated the Constitution by. doing a thing right in principle in the wrong way. passing a bill placing moro than ?2.000,000, already in the" Trea? sury, and ail future collections ur:d?r Dingley duties under Porto Rican pro? ducts, at the disnosal of the President, to be expended under his discretion for the benefit of Pcr?o Rico. Ir is perfectly right that, every dollar of this roooey sbouid be spent for the benefit of Porto Rico, buf, as Representative Bailey so forc;b!^ pointed cut, ic/is everlastingly wrong, ro turo over io tho discretion of one man money io the Treasury of tL3 U S , when tbe Con? stitution expressly gives the right to dispose of money in the Treasury to Coogress, and not to tbe Executive But good may come oat of evil. These things serve to accentuate in tho minds of the people the attitude of the two great political parties towards the Constitution, to make plain that there is only one Constitutional party and that is the democratic party. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, said of the attitude of the democracia sentors toward the Porto Rico bill : "The democrats accept the issue? tendered by the republicans. Porto Rico bas been I annexed to the U S. It is an integral part of the country. The flag pro? claim? our sovereignty there, and the Constitution follows tbs flag. The republican position that we can enact discriminating legislation against the Porto Ricans and Porto Rican products is monstrous Wo will fight it be? fore tbe peopie from now untii the bal? lots are cast IQ November." Senator S'ewart, who h?s been oouctcd as a countenancer if cot an actual supporter of imperialism, said in a speech against the Porto Rico tariff : "I don't want any territory in which the constitution does not follow the flag. Wc cannot discriminate against any section of their own country It our principles of free government are ! not broad enough to cover any terri tory under the fli?, rheo we would bring back the flag " Instead of avoiding thc collision of j imperialism and protection, as the republicans who fa'bersd it intended the Porto Rico tariff bill seem likely to precipitate tee collision, and the repub? licans to be called oo to say whether the country shall give up the Philip? pines or the protective tariff If the supreme c^urt decides, as many believe it will, that all territory owned by the United States is coc^ituflonally speak ing, a part of the United S ates, the choice will have to be speedily made and Senator Foraker has openly s-aid OD tbe floor of toe senate, that he would favor giving up tho Philippines. Junketing is catchiog Secretary Root, accompanied by three members of his family is officially junketing io Cuban waters, aboard a government transport ; Secretary Long is arranging to take the house oaval commitree to Newport News, on a government vessel, and there is talk of a congressional jooketiog party to Porto Rico, msde up of the joint house and senate committee and their families. There seems to be trouble ahead for tbe administration bill providing fha? the adjutant general of the army shall have tbe rank of majjr general. The senate bas adopted a resolution, offered by Senator Pettigrew, direotiog the secretary of war to send to tbe senate the record of the court, martial of Get; Corbin, who was then a lieutenant colonel, dur.og the civil war, and a copy of a roport made about the same time by Colonel Thomas J. Morgan, relating to the first colored brigade, and Lieut Col Corbin's relations therewith Corbin was court martialed upon the charge of cowardice, one of tbe speei fications being that whiie under fire he got off his horse and bid behind a tree He was acquitted, but the record, as well as tho report of Col Morgan, is said to contain matter which wili cause senators and representatives to do some hard thinking before they vote to make ruch a man a major general. The republican ieaders of the house are preparing for some sort of a politi cal pcrfortnr. ncc during the presen? week, as fh"7 have issund order* t: every republican member to be in bi? seat every day during the werk. CASTOR ?A For Infaiits and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of White lok and Conn of Empire paper. Ask to set tbe latest styles in paper 'Jot fash irnabie correspondence.-H. G. Osteen &Co AS TO CUBA American Visitor Talks for tbe Press. j Nashville, Tenn., .March 4 -Col i Frank M Gardenshire, prominent j citizen o? Cbatanooga, weil known ! over the .State, has jost returned from ! a trip to Habana Gerdenshire in an i interview predicts an uprising on the j day of the Habana municipal election I this month lie says: '*In my j opinion there will be serious trouble ! in Habana on the d?y of ejection I j have several persona: friends in Habana, and this seems to be the j impression among them According i to a late r?gulation promulgated by ! Geri Wood and other authorities, SO j per cent of the voters will be disfran chised. Under a recent order of qualifications of a voter are that he must be abie to read and write and own $250 worth of property This rule was advocated by the Spaniards and the more intelligent classes in j Habana The regulation almost shuts out the average run of natives, and many of them declare that if they are not permittted to vote in the election there will be some throat cutting on e'ection day ' The peopie from the outside country are moving into Habana and all want offices Some of them are fighting for piaces on the police force, while there are just 12 candidates in the race for mayor ''The natives seem to hate our sol? diers even worse than the Spaniards, but the impression prevails among the officials at Habana that the Cubans will engage in rows among themselves the momont our troops are withdrawn The Cubans appear to be doing little work in fact, 60 far as I con ld see. the gardening and farm work is being doue by China? men r GEN" WILSON'S VIEWS. Matanzas, March 4 -Gen James H. Wilson, miiitary governor of the department of Matanzas Santa Clara, in the course of an interview today regarding Cuban affaire, said to tue correspondent of the Associated Press : "Trouble is absolutely out of the question The future depends largely upon agricultural prosperity and where work is plentiful, wages are good and a country is prosperous, no sensible man wishes to alter conditions Ii sugar goes to the Uuited States free or nearly so. there will be such an influx of capital and of immigrants as would render Cuba ere long one of the rich est and" most prosperous places in the world "The cattle industry yields enor mous profits, particularly as respects working cattle, which can never be replaced by muies, because the peculiar conditions are better adapt? ed to cattle Coffee, timber and fruit also offer great inducements to capitalists and tobacco planting yieids almost immediate returns. Destroying the Point. Every one knows the man who is notorious for so telling a story as to destroy its point. An English noble? man. Lord l\. was noted for his suc? cess in thus ruining the prosperity of a story. The author of "Collections and Recollections" exhibits a specimen of his lordship's peculiar art. Thirty years ago two large houses were built at Albert Gate. London, the size and cost of which seemed likely to prohibit tenants from hiring them. A wag christened them "Malta and Gib? raltar because they can never be taken." Lord P. thought this an excellent joke and ran round the town, saying to every friend he met: "I say. do you know what they call those houses at Albert Gate? They call them Malta and Gibraltar because they can never let them. Isn't it aw? fully good?" Some one told Lord P. the old rid? dle, "Why was thc elephant the last animal to get into the ark?" to which the answer is. "Because he had to pack his trunk." Lord P. asked the riddle of the next friend he met and gave as the answer, ''Because he had to pack his portman? teau." The Center of Population. "Census experts estimate," says the Chicago Post, "that the center of popu? lation will be found next year to be in Indiana, close to the Illinois line, at a point not far removed from tho town of Vincennes. The last census showed 'the population center to be between Columbus, Ind., and Cincinnati. Thc increase in the population of Georgia. Texas, the Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Xew Mexico and Arizona during the last ten years has been sufficient, it is thought, to offset any increase in the northwest and to possibly pull the cen? ter somewhat to thc south of the 1S90 parallel. The wealth center is thought to be in the neighborhood of San? dusky, O." Animal Criminals. A writer in rarest and Stream says that the criminal tendency is manifest? ed to a greater or less extent by all the lower animals, und he has com? piled .'i list of ls crimes which ure comm? lily committed by birds, beasts or reptiles. The indictment includes murder, parricide, fratricide, suicide, theft, k?dnapiug. highway robbery, polygamy and drunkenness. Age is not to l>e for?.red. The older a good and healthy person grows the greater becomes his capacity to enjoy the deeper, sweeter und more noble kinds of happiness which the world affords. i RAN A RACE WITH DEATH. j Narrow Margin l>y "Wliicn a Man cn a Railway Bridge Won. A high trestle bridge more than a j quarter of a mile long, supporting the I single track ol" the Nickel nate rail I road, spans the velicy of Grand river. ; east of E'ainesville, O. Tho bridge is I little vider than the distance between j the rails, and the ties are placed eight j or ten inches apart, thc space between j being open to the river below, j A young man who crossed recently ! had a thrilling experience on the j bridge. Ile had just passed the center i when a fast train rounded the curve j beliind him. As the engine whistled he quickened his pace. With every step the train was rushing nearer, and ! there was -not a moment to lose. Once tho young man stumbled and seemed about to fall, but quickly re? gained his balance and hurried on. As he reached the place for which he had j started the train was close behind, and ; he had just time to swing himself over i the side of the bridge as the locomotive j thundered by. The ends of the ties were slippery with grease from drip I ping axle boxes, and his foot slipped i wide as he left the track. His right i hand, stretched blindly out before him, j touched a round irou bar. bracing two parts of the bridge, and, with a grip like that of a drowning man, his fin? gers clasped around it. For a moment he swung in empty air. In another his left hand had found a place beside his right, and his feet touched the wel? come edge of a brace below. With bleeding fingers clutching the slender iron bar that vibrated widely from side to side, moments seemed hours. At last the train passed, and the young man was able to climb slowly to ; the track above. Unnerved by the try? ing experience, he lay for a moment stretched across the rails and, then rising to his feet, with blanched face and unsteady limbs, made his way to firm ground.-Cleveland Leader. A Dinner In a Serasrtio. We seated ourselves ou cushions, and each took possession of the flat piece of scone Milich supplied the place of a plate during ibo meal, those articles j not being considered a necessary lux I ury. lu the center of the table stood a I la^ge bowl full of white soup, from j which everybody ate, taking as niany spoonfuls as they chose from the com? mon tureen with the long handled wooden ladles provided for each guest. When this was removed, a large piece of meat boiled to rags took its place and was speedily diminished under the violent treatment it received from us all, each one pulling a lump of meat j from the joiut with the fingers and ? eating it off with lier own fiat scone, i We then had a curry of vegetables, fol? lowed by the Zagazig pudding, fruit and rice, called so from a native of that village having brought the recipe to the harem. Our meal was concluded by coffee, made in a corner of the room over red hot charcoal in a copper pot and pour? ed thick into small glasses fitted in gold filigree cups. The lady who made this rather disagreeable beverage was the same who had removed the eenter? dishes during dinuer. She was black! as a coal and bore the delightfully de-l scriptive name, translated to us. of[ Lily in the Desert.-Good Words. ? Table Talk. Rather curiously Roxane in "Cyrano de Bergerac" belongs to the modern type which dates from the days of the Hotel de Rambouillet and has al? ways had its votaries in France. To those preciouses mere conversation was une betise. They liked declama? tions; discussion, not on the right of woman to the ballot, but whether she should be held a little higher than the angels or consent to be beloved. This phase of preciosity led up to the Freuch salon, where that hothouse fashion of preparing an intellectual bill of fare for guests found its most ac? ceptable phase. Mme. Campan, whose advice may be said to have formed a whole genera? tion of charming women, used to pre? scribe the subject of talk for dinner tables, just as certain coteries of wo? men prescribe it today. This was her system: "With 12 at table, talk voyages and literature; with eight, the fine arts,' science, invention; with six. politics ot philosophy; with four, sentiment, ro-, mantie adventure; with two, talk of yourself; egoism belongs to the tete-a tete." - Ellen Olney Kirk in Lippin cott's. -? . A Race With the San. 1 The Loudon Daily Mail says if an aerial machine were capable of travel? ing at any rate up to 1.000 miles an boura traveler in it. starting westward from London at a speed of G60 miles an hour, would arrest the progress o? time. If he started at 10 a. m.. it would always be to him 10 a. m. ifould he find his unending day mo? notonous, he could reverse his direc? tion and get a quick succession of 6hort days and nights of some six hours' duration, but he c^uld regulate the length by the speed of his ma? chine. Suppose he traveled from Lon? don one night at 10 o'clock westward at a speed of 1.000 miles per hour. He would soon experience the sensation of seeing the sun rising in the west where it had set a short time before. "The young man who gets cheated/' said the corn fed philosopher, "thinks the other fellow wonderfully smart, but the elderly person who goes up against it admits himself to be a fool." -Indianapolis Journal. When old bachelors kiss babies, the babies don't like it any better thau do t!ie obi bachelors.-Chicago Record. Our sentiments, our thoughts, our words lose rectitude on entering cer taiu minds, as sticks plunged into the water look bent. After a woman has reached the age of 30 she wonders how many years will have passed before she is 31. Chicago News. j