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wwwwwwww* f? The Marveloi of thi Fulfilment of Mother S "Carriages Withou New Yoek Citt (Special).?/the Toretold time when "carriages wthj out horses shall gu" has come, Jpd the end of the century finds thfe smlfpropelling vehicle an established factor of,every-day life. This is demon* } fltrated by the organization of the Automobile Club of America for the development of the motor-earriage aa a source of sport and pleasure, the formation of a gigantic trust for the commercial exploitation of electric street traction in this country, and the laying of plans for an international race between French and American automobiles?all events of the past few weeks. ! So quickly "do the new things become old, and so readily do people adapt themselves to the marvelous contrivances which modern inventive ingenuity has devised, that the automobile, but a brief time ago unknown, no longer arouses more than a passing curiosity. And yet it is one of { the most interesting of latter-day in; ventions of the annihilation of space , and time. In spite of its comparative youth, it may be found everywhere? in Paris, France, and in Paris, Ky. It adapts itself to a multitude of needs, for it may be my lady's victoria or the butcher's cart. It hauls * packages and passengers. It runs over ooun' ? < v -u Ti : try-roads aua cuy aspnaic. j.i< ui verifies life by the sea and it makes the city streets more interesting than ever. It may be bought, hired or borrowed. It eats no oats or hay, but it may subsist on electricity or feed on petroleum or gasoline. It is good at sprinting or at long-distance travels. It climbs hills, speeds over Hat surfaces and ?t may even turn flip-flaps, as the recent experience of a young experimenter at Newport has demonstrated. Altogether the automobile,*in its various manifestations and uses, is an exceedingly champion automobile stoker alexander winton and his manager, 0. b. shanks, in a racing carriage. Tersatfle and useful thing. In some respects it has threatened to supersede the horse, that faithful animal which lias so many times been turned ont to '^ie, only to be resurrected to a career af prolonged usefulness. The horse Is still with us, and the automobile promises to occupy a very large place <n the activities of men, but there is qo warfare between the two. It is not possible that the horse will disappear 3r revert to the five-toed thing he was in remote periods of the world's life. There will always be a field for the horse, at least to browse in, if not for many of the uses for which man has found him indispensable. So that in 3?lebrating the vogue of the automobile there is no reason to chant an slegy of the horse. There are many who will take to the new form of propulsion; there are others who will Bevor forsake the horse. Some conception of the marvelous expansion of the automobile idea may be gathered from the casual announcement that a contract has recently been made for the manufacture of 4200 electric vehicles, or automobiles, involving an expenditure of over 88,000,000. That is a larce umountfor investment, especially in a new enterprise, but if it proves anything, it proves that the Automobile is no inconsiderable factor in modern life, and that the making .and using of electric cabs and carts iiave assumed vast proportions. A motor carriage is expensive to be gin with; but, taking into consideration that there are no horses to be "bought with it, the extra cost is more .apparent than real. An clectric cab costs some tifteen hundred dollars to build, and the more delicate and elegant private vehicles run up into the thousands. But the expense of opera tioa is sugut. A cnarge ot electricity for one run may be bad for sixtj cents. The gasoline for an eleven hundred mile trip, made by a motor-carriage from Cleveland, Ohio, to New York recently, coat less than six dollars; ( [AuaplPii I y 'J. Daril.olji AN OBJECT LESSON . and William G. Tiffany relates thai the fuel for a two clays' journey through ^Touraine cost him but three dollars. M. Charron, of Paris, who was shallenged to an international autoniobiU race by Alexander Winton, recently proposed a stake of one hundred thouaand francs, the object being to demonstrate the possibilities of Americas and fcre'gu made machines. is Vogue H 3 Automobile. @ 5hipton's Prophecy That t Horses Shall Go." (|j| For the future, the automobile holds out the promise of a city practically free from the maddening street noises that make modern urban existence more or less a torture. Cobble pavements are laid . to resist metal tires and the pounding of steel-shod horses. With every vehicle motor-driven, and every wheel pneumatic-tired, all pavements can be of asphalt. Not only will the rumbling of heavy tracks and the clatter of hoof-beats disappear, but there will be no more tracks to cut up the streets, since electric omnibuses, carrying as many people and moving auTO^OB.U* STYLES OF WAGONS a3 swiftly as the electric cars of today, will take the place of street railways. Having already conauered the rail, electricity will then have made itself master of the highway as well. Rapid transit for long distances being supplied by electric trains in clean, cool, brillantly-Hghted subways, the elevated roads will be no more. The removal of the horse from' tbe streets will not only make them noiseless, but will practically solve the problem of street-cleaning, and greatly improve the sanitary conditions of urban life, redacing the amount of street refuse to a minimum. With clean, smooth thoroughfares, through which swift, air-shod, easy-riding vehicles dait noiselessly, it will no longer be necessary to seek the country for rest and quiet. Once the horseless age is in full sway, every man will have his own automobile, and the bicycle, which has already, to some extent, supplanted the horse, will in turn be shelved, save for purposes of sport. With the universal development of sources of supply of electricity, the electromobile will take the place of all other forms of traction, and plugs will be provided in the streets from which "touring cart" for the transcontinental tour. (The automobile in which Mr. and Jlrs. John D. Davis started for San Francisco from New York City.) the automobilist may take bis supply of power by a nickle-in-the-slot device, while along rural highways power stations will be established so that journeys of any distance may be undertaken. Even on the farm, autowains will do the heavy burden carrying. The horse may still be harnessed to the plow, may still furnish sport on the race-course and riding exercise for the few, but no longer will he be the chief bearer of man's burdens. Who will say he has not earned rest? The General Postoffice automobile mail carts are being subjected to a severe test by the postal authorities of London, and it is believed that they will be put in general use. Those who have watched the new vehicle say they are faster than any that have yet been tried. Their appearance is up to date in every way. Imagine a wagon, not unlike the mail wagons of New York with an immense hood over tbe driver's seat, mew from Harper's Weekly.1 \T A GRADE CROSSING. : and back of it another case of handl somely polished wood, wbicb is used for tbe supplementary mails. Tbe front wheels of tbe wagon ar? > small enough to swing under the bodj ' of the vehicle. They work on a pivoi ~ kft fnrnoH olmnal ttiiu tuo W tt^UU iau kJKJ H . in its own length. It is the facility i with which these wagons oan be senl around a corner or worked through t -winding lane between lines of other waeons and drays that makes the new motor cart valuable. Automobilists in this country are greatly interested in the attempt of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Davis to make the run to San Francisco in a motor carriage. Their automobile resembles a road phaeton. The motor ia concealed under the seat. The driver sits on the left of the seat. With his right hand he controls the direction of the vehicle. Two levers on his left regulate the speed. The automobile must be supplied with gasoline and water every few miles. Environment More Than Heredity. Lecturing not long ago in Chicago before a literary club, a distinguished jurist declared that "the doctrine of heredity of crime is true. Statistics prove it." Hardly. Many learned fctudents of criminology hold a different view. Weissman and many other eminent anthorities maintain that ' 'the acquired characteristics of the parent do not pass to the child by inheritance.'! This opinion was reaffirmed by Mr. Brace, of the Children's Aid $7) TK.V/C.K l/fo. - trL&CfWC * DBUV&R.Y ? S IN PRACTICAL USE. ' Society, of New York, -when he said: "No matter what the parents may be, if the child is taken away at an age so early that it has not understood the wickedness about it, and iB placed in a country home, it is almost certain to do well." Wines, Davis, and numbers of other sociologists unite in declaring thet "fully eighty-five per cent, of the crimes in cities is due to evil environment." A good way to stop the increase of crime is to remove the children, wherever possible, from the influence of vicious surroundings and example.?St. Louis Eepublic. The Spaclonn Firmament. The immensity of the universe is aptly illustrated by Astronomer Newcomb in a current magazine. We refer to it because it is one of the most comprehensible illustrations that we have seen. He says that if an express train running sixty miles an hour day and night without stopping kept it up for 350 years it would just about AAmrvlof a IIaa rl i n m ofav n f UVUi[/IVbU DUO UAUUIWVWt Ul fUW made by the earth in its yearly journey around the tun. Now let this immense circle be represented by a i lady's finger-ring, and taking that as the standard of measurement, the nearest fixed star would be a mile distant and the furthest visible through j the telescope at least twenty miles.? Pat arson (N. J.) Call. France's Most Picturesque General. General the Marquis de Galliffet,the PrannU CJam-ofrnrr f\f Wor olinf OHO X iCUWU MV/W1 giUi J V/* VTU&f OUUV VWJV.VV Socialists in 1871. General de GalIiffet is the picturesque figure of the Cabinet. He captures the imagiua- ! tion of the country. He is admitted on all sides to be the ablest and most brilliant cavalry officer in Europe. Hale and handsome at seventy his life is one long series of dare-devil adventures in -wars and in love. An explod- j ing shell tore open his abdomen in j SECRETARY OF WAR GALLIFFET. Mexico, and the French say he car- i ried his entrails in his hat until he ! found a snrgeon. The present coat for his stomach is a silver plate, and : he firmly declares that he experiences | all the violent fluctuations in the value j of the metal. Senator Chauncey M. | Depew says that "his conduct after he j defeated the Commune in 1871 is the j one incident indeliblv impressed with i all the horrors of tho time upon my I memory. He corralled a large section j of the population of Paris. As these j men and women were driven before j him he seized the ends of the fingers ! of each and bent back the hand. If | the palm was black they were shot,' I the men as participants in the fighting, j the women as guilty of incendiarism j with petroleum. To the appeals of the old, he answered, 'you have lived j long enough,'and of the young, 'it is i .. e | U iutjl l'j' u? fiuv c tyuu ii um iuc uuu^vio i of living.'" Schoolboy Won the Prize. "Now," said a schoolmaster, a3 he j displayed a bright five-shilling piece *1 between the tips of his finger and . thumb, "the firstboyor girl that puts | a riddle to me which I cannot answer will receive this as a gift." "Any more?" he asked, as soon as silence was restored, and no one had ; claimed the coin. "Yes, sir," sang out a little fellow j from the farther end of the school, j I "Why am I like the Prince of Wales?" "The Prince of Wales," said the i master, thoughtfully. "The Prince r of Wales?" he repeated to himself, i "Really, Johuny, I see no resemblance t in you; /.'ll give it up." ' "Because," cried the lad joyfully, t "I'm waiting for the crown."?London i i Tit-Bits. SOME HINDU FABLES EXPOSED. The Magical Mango Trick Seems Very Tame at Cloie Range. ' In the days of Marco Polo the mango trick may have been a marvelons feat, bat when I first saw the Indian jng* gler beginning the preparations for it, writes J. T. McCnteheon, in the Chicago Record, I was half prepared by the traveler's tales to see a graceful tree spring 1.. I WONDERFUL MANGO TRICK IN STORIES. quickly into life and subsequently see somebody climb it and pick quantie3 of nice, ripe mangoes. Nothing of the kind happened, as will be seen by the following description of the mango trick as it is really performed. The juggler, with a big bag of property, arrives on the scene and immediately begins to talk excitedly, meanwhile unpacking various receptacles taken from the bag. He squats down, pipes a few notes on a wheezy reed whistle and the show begins. From his belongings he takes a little tin can about the size of a cove oyster can, fills it with dirt and saturates the dirt with water. Then he holds up a mango seed to show that there is nothing concealed by his sleeves; counts "ek, do, tin, char," or "one. two, three, four," and imbeds the seed in the moist earth. He spreads a large cloth over the can and several feet of circumjacent ground. Then he plays a few more notes on his reed instrument and allows che seed a few minutes in which to take root and develop into a glorious shade tree. While he is waiting he unfolds some snakes from a small basket, takes a mongoose from a bag and entertains his audience with ? Ualwaan flm mnnnrnnao an/1 a tUUiUfti UOl rr \j\jix mv ujvmqwwmv ^ one of the snakes. "Ek, do, tin, char; one, two, sree, four?jlenty fight?very good mongoose?biga snake?fonr rupee mongoose?two rupee snake?mongoose fight snake. Look?gentlymans? plenty big fight." The snake, spiritless and not at all in a fighting mood, is held up by his tail, and the mongoose, whose only object in life is to get back into the snug bag, is "sicked" on the snake, and the thrilling contest begins. They don't appear to notice one another, and for awhile it looks like a draw. Finally the mongoose snaps the neck of the snake and hanga there like grim death, while the startled snake j wraps around the mongoose in Laocoon folds. After a moment or two I the snake unkiuks and the mongoose | is dragged off. The magician dis- j plays the defeated snake, which still j wriggles in his death agonies. Some j Bkeptics are cynical enough to say I that the snake is afterward resuscitat- | ed for future gallant battles with the j mongoose. All Ikio />! nfli AU lUiO ItUiC VUV UiVVU 4U4MM?MVV* I peaceful and quiet, aud there were no I uneasy movements of its folds to in- J dicate that the mango crop was flourishing. The juggler now turned his attention to it, however, poked his hands under the cloth, and after a few seconds of mysterious fumbling ! triumphantly threw* off the cloth, and j lo, there was a little bunch of leaves ! about as big as a sprig of watercress j sticking up dejectedly from the damp ! earth. This was straightway deluged with some water and the cloth again thrown^over it. Once more there was a diversion. This time an exhibition of a I shell j game, in which the juggler showed considerable dexterity in placing the little ball where yon didn't think it would be. Still the cloth revealed no disposition to bulge skyward, aud a seeond time the juggler fumbled under it, talking hurriedly in Hindustani and making the occasion as interesting as possible. After much poking around he finally threw off the cloth with a glad cry, and there was a mango tree a foot high, with adult leaves which glistened with moisture. When his spectators had gazed at it for a while be pulled the little tree up by the roots, and there was a mango } seed attached, with little sprouts i springing out from it. The trick was over, the juggler's I harvest of rupees and annas began, and soon his crowd faded away. A j few minutes later, from a half-hidden ^ J 0 U U t WONDERFUL MANGO TRICK IN REALITY. | | seat on the hotel veranda. I saw the wizard over across the street, beneath the big shade trees, folding up the mango tree and tucking it compactly into a smali bag. A Cooking; Feat. During the building of the Tower Bridge one of tbe workmon wagered to cook a big pudding ten feet under tlio Hnrfnr?A of the Tli'imes. Need less to say, so impossible a feat lead to a deal of money being laid that he couldn't. Ou the appointed day the pudding was tied in a sack and sunk to the required depth, the assembled crowd being greatly amused with the careful manner in which the performer handled the sack. At the end of three hours the pudding was drawn to the surface and was found to be thoroughly done, the only fault being!that it was a lit tie too well done. The sack was half I full of lime.?Loudon Tid-Bita. ' MYSTERIOUS ISLANDS, Little Sota In the Pacific That Are Herd to Find. Much attention has been given of late to what we may call the strange case o'f Clipperton Island. It is not more than three miles in1 circumfer * ' ? At- x. "n ;z? _ ence, ana it lies in ine western racmo something like 800 miles west of Mexico. In the wide expanse of the Pacific Ocean it shows like a mere speck, so small as to be of no value, seemingly, save as a refage for a few of the army of beach combers "who have bnrst all bounds of habit and have wandered far away" in the course of their downward progress. But the ownership of Clipperton Island has of late been claimed by no fewer than four countries?Mexico, the United States, France and Great Britain; and when it is added that the island is a favorite haunt of sea birds, and that many tons of valuable guano are waiting to be picked up, the reason for this unwonted solicitude, even in an era of land-grabbing, will be apparent. Clipperton Island is of interest in another direction. It is oae of those numerous stretches ofjand set in the midst of the seas, sunny and otherwise, which, after their first discovery, for manv years elade all endeavors to locate them again. It has now been, as it were, nailed down/in one particular spot in the ocean?that is to say, its exact position has been finally determined by warships sent out for the express purpose of searching for it and settling all doubts as to its existence?and the only thing remaining now is that the question of ownership should be settled. It happens that there is another islaud about 400 miles southwest of Clipperton, and rich in the same deposits that make that place worth possessing, for which adventurous miners are at this moment looking. As late as July last a vessel named Moonlight left Altata, Mexico, on a voyage in search of this latest mystorious islaud, and spent fifty-two days of fruitless labor toward this end. Her captain failed to find the place, and, fearing that his provisions and water would run short, returned home to report that either the rough charts of old Captain Martin and his associates were at fault or else tuat some strange seismic phenomenon had caused the lost isle to disappe&r years ago, perhaps, lor all that mortal soal knows. Spice is added to this romance by the fact that another 'Frisco captain located the place definitely a year or two before, and fonnd a small colony there, which colony is still on the island, shipping guano in their own schooners, manned by numbers of their own party, to the leading ports of the Pacific slope of North and South America. Quite a number of expeditions have of late been made with the object of wresting thin valuable secret^from the handful of men in whose poseasion it is, and of participating in the spoils; and one of these days we will, no doubt, hear of a sanguinary fight for the supremacy between the present colonists and a party of mauraders. Although the stories told about the unknown island vary considerably, t!<ey all agree that it exists somewhere about 400 or 500 miles southwest of Clipperton, in a low coral atoll covered with the richest phosphates. The place also ha? its legends of pirates' treasures, which may or may not have any foundation in fact. One of the expeditions of recent dote, which have been fitted out to look for the island, was the Vine expedition. That vessel's owner claims to have secured his knowledge of the place from the old sea captain named Martin, above referred to, who died some years ago, and who left an old chart among his belongings, which told of a small island in the South Pacific, not down on the regular charts, onormously rich in guano. Measle* In the Aruoy. ~"r* "The fear that some parents exhibit when measles is prevailing," remarked a well-known army surgeon, "is pr.st my understanding and certainly against my experience, both in and out of the army service. In my judgment, while measles cannot be called a bleseing, it is certainly better that children should go through with it while they are children. With anything like oareful nursing and watohing measles is a harmless disease, especially in summer time. The only thing that is necessary is that there shall be no sudden changes in the temperature of the room iu which those who have it are located, and that everything that oan be done shall be done to bring the eruption out. Tlie old-iasnionea Treatment oi measles, hot saffron tea, hot lemonade and hot flaxseed tea and all the other hot drinks, it is true, made measles rather disagreeable, the treatment being worse than the dis ease in many instances. All this is changed now, and cold drinks and even crushed ice have taken the place of the hot drink treatment, so that the little ones do not have such a bad time of it. While I would not go as far as some who advocate that children should be exposed to it as much as possible and actually forced to take it, I am sure it is much better that the? should have it as children than grow up withont having it and then running greater risks [after they have grown up. In the Civil War my experience was that more men died from measles than almost any other disease. "The same proved true during the Spanish-American war, and to-day there are more soldiers suffermg from measles in the Philippines than from any other disease. Measles is a very 6evious thing when it prevails in a camp, for the facilities for treating it are not the best."?Washington Star. It Sounded Horrible. Mary Alden had lived all her fifteen years in the country, far removed from railroads, and when her father accepted a position in the machine shops of the great railroad corporation at G., liiafnmilv in n. ImilSfl over auvi ncuutwvfc ? - __ looking the switch-yards, her life was filled with terror. On the first occasion of her crossing the yards, a long train of cars was being disconnected and distributed. To her horror, she heard a man at one end shout to another, "Never mind that jumper! You can't wait. Cut her in two, and throw the head end iown here." Marl fainted.?Youth's Companion. A. TEMPERANCE COHJMJN. THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IHI 1*1 AM T WATS, o die Man Behind the Bar-Row a Tonne American Surgeon Observed His Pledge Under Extraordinary Circumstances?A Toast Drunk in Water. fou have hoard of "The man behind the Gun," And "The man behind the plow." Dne gets his work from the Captain's bridge? The other U working now. 3ut one who works both night and day Man's happiness to mar? The deadliest foe our land can know, Is "The man behind the Bar." ?Ram's Horn. "Dare to Be a Daniel." Th<* ?nn of a nrnsldnnt of ono of out old. S31 and most prominent Eastern colleges was about leaving bis native town foi Paris :o enter upon a special course in surgery, tie had just attained bis majority, and the tlmpllclty and freshness of bis boyhood itill lay upon his soul. Man7 of his comrades had gathered at the depot to wish I aim bon voyage, among whom was his iweethnart. The last good-bys had been lttered when, obeying an Impulse, she iprang to his side upon the platform and, bidding him hold his ear to her lip, whispered: "Charley, dare to be a Daniel!" "Only that old saw," said he, while a look )t disappointment shadowed his face. I "That only, Charley, but it may mean nuoh to you," was her answer. The bearer of a letter of Introduction to i distinguished nobleman and scientist in Paris, tie young Anaerican was soon revived with marked kindliness. In a few days he was tb? recipient of an invitation to a small banquet at the count's residence, at which were present some of ;he savants of the great city. Unaccustomed to the table etiquette of the cul:ured Parisians, and "the cynosure of all ayes" when seated at the right hand of his aost, Charles was mentally disturbed. He >oon noticed that before ?-ach plate were grouped four wine glasses, the colors of which were, respectively, ruby, purple, pale amber, and white. In vtirlou3 dejanters were wines of a corresponding hue, 3f which eac'i guest Indicated to the waitsrs his or her ohoice by simply touohlng a jlass. The white ones, alone, aod those before Charles were left undisturbed. During the progress of the Wast the host, filing his ruby-tinted glass (an example which his gues:s followed), proposed a roast, "To the wives, daughters aod sweethearts of America," to which he Invited a response from his youthful guest, motioning a servant meanwhile to All his glass with the red wine. 'What followed can best be told in the young man's own words: "Mother!" (he wrote) "for a r&omentl was in an agony of trepidation. I would rather have faced a :annon. All had risen, and in the band of sach was the cup of wine, which I had been pledged from my childhood not 'to touch, '.aste, nor handle.' My head swam. Suddenly I heard the words, 'Dare to be a Daniel!' They shot through my brain like an electric flash. Instantly my resolution was taken. Touohlng my white glass, a servant lilted it with water;- Rising, I said as well as I oould for the-.gre?t lump In my throat: " 'I-.beg leave to say that to the typical wife, daughter and sweetheart of America the purity of this, nature's own beverage, Illustrates the lives they aim to lead and the dangers whloh they seek to avoid. Permit me to use It in their dear name.' "Following the example of Count B?, every whlta glass was instantly raised and the toast druuk."?New York Voice. Tour Girl or the Saloon Keeper's OlrU Which? "Papa, will you please give me fifty cents for my vacation bat? 'Moat all the academj girls have theirs.'7 "No, May; I can't spare the money." The request was persuasively made by o sixteen-year-old maiden as she was preparing for school one fine morning. The refusal oame from the parent in a curt, indifferent lone. The disappointed girl went to school" The father started for his place of business. On his way thither be met a friend,.aud, being ball fellow well met, b( invited him into Mac's for a frink. As usual, there were others there, and the man that could not spare bis duugbtei fifty cents for a hat treated the crowd When about to learn he laid a half-dollai on the counter, wialch just paid for tb< drluks. Just then the saloon-keeper'* daughter entered, and, going behind tlu bar, said: "Papa, I want fifty cents for mj hat." "All right," said the dealer, and taking the talf-dollar from the counter he handed It to the girl, who departed smiling. May's father seemed dazed, walked oul alone, and said to himself: "I had to bring my fifty cents here for the rum-seller'* daughter to buy a hat with, after refusing It to my own daughter. I'll never drink another drop." This is a specimen of the wholesale rob bery of the home which the saloon is prac ticlng everywhere. And there are 'thousands of men whom such an object lessor as this man saw that day would not influence to give up the habit of drink. Anc? It is not only hats, but winter clothes, shawls, shoes and stockings, and dally bread, and fire to warm the family hearth that the saloon is stealing from three mill ion families in this land. Wngea and Whliky, The young man who thinks he can afford to take two or three glasses of beer or whisky each day and never miss the sum he apends would do well to reckon up how much these drinks would amount to in the course of a year. Some years ago three young men in Columbus, Ohio, carpenters by trade, engaged to work for a builder, promising to stay with him until a certain piece of work was completed. Thoy were to receive the same wages, and were to dr'aw them as tbev chose. The work lasted from spring until Christmas. On the final jettlement, one of the young men, who frequented the tavern, and was a pretty hard drinker, found a balance to his credit of $2.50. The second, who was a somewhat more moderate drinker, had $11; the third, who was i teetotaler, had $150. The first and secood wore very seedy clothes, and were in lebt. Surely total abstinence pays! The Crusade in Brief. If the liquor traffic is not wrong, then aothlng is wrong. American women soiling American Irinks at an American bar in a charity Lazar is one of the sights London has recently been treated to. tv to*.* mnnfh'a on thesonjlacb. or local option, in the Norwegian capital, Christianla, women cast two-thirds of the votes against the sale of drink. Carroll D. Wright says: "Ten thousand people starve to death each year in Greater New York,. while nearly *400,000 a day passes over the saloon bars of that city for liquor." It is contended that elj[ht-tent!is of tho drunkards of to-dny be^an to drink when they were young. If we church members worked as hard for God as the saloon keepers do for Satau more results might be seen. One of the protests addressed to President McKinley agalust the Griggs nulllfljation of the anti-canteen law comes from the missionaries of the American Board iu Turkey. The Temperance Cause is responsible for the statement that "the craw of the new Columbia are from Deer Island, 5Ie., a home of prohibition which is never impeached by the press, and every man is a total abstainer." "Never enter a barroom, nor let the contents of a barroom enter you," is one of l - S.I nna tllO rules lor youun iuni, i.v.. of America's mo9t successful men. Ia England, after a fourth conviction for drunkenness, the ineoriate is to be treated as a habitual drunkard and conllnod In a reformatory at the expeuse of himself or his friends, if tbey are able to pay, or at the cost of the State, if necessary. How lonsr will the American poople ba deluded bv tbe "revenue" phase of the liquor business? Gladstone's answer to tills sophlstry.snould.be the answer to every man of the nation. He 3ald: "Give me a sober nation and I wrtl take care of the revenue." Intemperance to-day In Germany is giving the Gorman Oovej-flmont the vary gravest coacera , 4 " Xl> t f K i Uii ' ' ' cop (mum ran , u x % Shamrock Easily Defeats the Britannia in a Forty-Mile Course. THE YACHT'S OWNER IS PLEASED. The Challenger Wat Sixteen Minute# and I Tw?ntJ-^Tf Seconds Ahead at the Finish ? Shamrock * sailing: rowen Were Not Exerted to the Utmost? Her Chances to Win the Cap. Southampton (By Oable).?The flrat trial raoe between Sbamroolc and Britannia resalted in a victory for the oup challenger, whioh won easily, beating Britannia by sixteen minntes and twenty-Are aeoonds. Both yachts were bandied with admirable skill. The ocnrse sailed was aboat forty miles. Th? Prlnoe of Wales was aboard Britannia. A? There was muoh excitement on the 80lent over the raoe. From early morning. crowds watched the preparations on board both-.yachts, while tho whole fleet from Southampton, Cowes and other points made for Byde. The scene at Byde Pier was most animated. Long before the start crowds of fashionable visitors bad arrived. As the starting gun boomed Britannia Immediately crossed the line, sbamroolc following in a way to give the impression that she had no objection to giving Britannia a slight lead. The latter, however, .did not long maintain the advantage. id was a dead heat to windward, and little distance was covered before Shamrock, whloh started on the short leg to f>ort, overhauled her, and on the following ong leg to starboard Shamrock forged ahead rapidly. It was at once noticed that she was SAiliog nearly half a point nearer the wind th/m Britannia. 8bamrock was carrying ber mainsail Jibheaded, topsail, jib and foresail. Britannia carried the yme canvas, but, in addition, her clubtopsail. Shamrock was half ? mile ahead'passiug Warner. Hogarth was at the helm of tbe cap challenger. The boat held np admirably, and there was not a drop of water adeok. She proved extremely quick in patting about, only taking ten ana one-half seconds. On rounding the Nab Lightship both yachts se: their spinnakers for the ran back. The only mishap of the day was that when Shamrock's sail began to fill the top caaght in tbe crosstrees. The hage can- ,< vas flopped flat, and then suddenly burst, like a'balloon, and a big rent became via- 7 ible in the upper part, where a long strip had been torn out, leaving a bole biff enough for a man to crawl through. Shamrock's speed naturally suffered somewhat from tbls accident. Both boats soon set their topsails, an& later their balloon foresails. Tbeyaohts jibed to port near Byde. They were then traveling at such a rate that the press boat, ' v? golDg at a-epeed of eleven knots, was anable to keep tbe pace with Shamrock, thongh the wind lightened considerably after leaving the Nab Liglifehlp. , Britannia appeared to be holding her own for a short spell before she reached Byde, but Sbamrook again crept slowly ahead widening tne gap. The scene at this time wag an Inspiriting one. Both yachts, under a cloud of oanvaa, > were gliding on dVen keels. As^ tbe Shamrook rounded Old Castle Point and came Into full view of tbe crowds on the Cowes esplanade, she bad all sails fun set, showing an immense stretch, of canvas and affording a splendid sight, whloh drew hearty cheers from tbe i assembled spectators. The wind freshened after passing Cowes. and both boats took in their spinnakers ana started on the broad reach to the Solent buoy. After jibing around tbey reaobed baclc, finishing with a short tack to make tbe home mark. The oorideted times at the finish were: Shamrock, 3.43.50; Britannia, 4.00.15. The . times passing the buoy on tbe 8olent bank were: Shamrock, 3.15.4&,- Britannia, 3.25.04. Both yachts were admirably handled, but* the Shamrook had a dear advantage throughout. The result is considered most satisfactory to Sir Thomas Lipton and others who are anxious to see the America's Cup return to this country. Mr. Fife and Mr. * Jameson were on board Shamrook, but Sir Thomas Lipton followed on board tbe Erin, ,, whioh, with a few yachts and one solitary but crowded excursion steamer, escorted the raoers around the course. xOu the actual difference in the times of Shamrock and Britannia at tbe finish of tbe race, it does not appoar that Shamrock has a great chance of winning the America's] Cup. These signs, however, may be deceptive. It was the opinion of those who closely watohed the race from the steamer following the yachts that Shamrock was never pushed to her utmost in the trial, and that Mr. File, the designer of the yacht, who practically engineered the contest on behalf of Sir Thomas Lipton, merely desired to ascertain whether Shamrock could show Britannia a clean pair of heels. He had no desire, however, to let every one into the secret of tbe actual merits or best speed of the challenger. SHAMROCK IS FOBHIDABLE. The Hace Showi Her to Be a Great; Wind- t ward Boat. New Yobk City (Special).?The Shamrock's race against the Britannia is instructive because the latter cutter was thoroughly tes'ed against the Vigilant, whose ability is well known hero on account of her meetings with the Defender. In her raees with the Prince o! Wales 'a yacht the Vigilant lost ten out of fourteen races, her victories Dejng geuerauy iu llgbt winds with eased or free sheets. It was generally admitted that In British waters and with British oondltlons the Britannia was the better boat by from three to five minutes. In the nine races between the Vigilant and the Defender next year for the honor of defending the America's Cup against . the Valkyrie the Defender won all tbat were finished?Ave?and showed iin average superiority of about six minuses on a thirty-mile course. Assuming that the Columbia is fi ve minutes better than the Defender, which is a fair estimate, taking account of tlie effect of Improvements in the new boa!; during the season, it will bo seen that the result of the trial race makes the 8hamro:k a decidedly formidable competitor for the oup. The most Important fact shown by thoracis was that the Sbamrook Is a great windward boat, a very dangerous quality. When Dreylus Will Be Triad. The Dreyfus court martial ut ltennes. Prance, will not begin its sittings until August 10. Camarlnea Want an American Alliaue* The natives ol tho Provinces of Aibnyt South Camarlnes and North Camarines, Lo cbe Philippines, are endeavoring to throw Dflf the domination of the Tagals. They are (billing to declare alloglauco to the United States when troops are sent to protect :hem. Fighting Strength of the Transvaal. The Boers are engaged in making dynanite mortars at Johannesburg. The lighting strength of tho Transvaal, including Ihat of the Orange Free State, is estimated it about 37,000 men. The Outlauders are sstlmated at 80,000 men. A Conspiracy In Cuba. The truth regarding the recent profanation issued in Mataszas, Cuba, shows :hat a regular revolutio ary party has ieen established, with headquarters ic Havana, its object being 10 incite uaDnni through the entire country. All this i* ivell known to the authorities, and nc manifesto comes off the press without th? 3overnment receiving a copy of it, Detroit Municipal Ownernlilp Defeated. Municipal ownership of street railways In Detroit, Mich., was practloally defeated !7hen the Aldermen tabled all ordlnanew jrtder which the olty would be authorized to purchase and hold the roads. i