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I |r |! RamesesColossns|u By ALBULTA FIELD. jg! *?WMl?w?WwWWWwWWwWiw jr MONO the many colossi with /\ which Iiameses II. adorned * the different temples through- > oat hi* kingdom there Is no e bow characteristic rppres^ntatlo^of c "this mighty ruler of the denert. accord- c ) ing to oar own ideals formed from oar f 9K n 4 Ti r ???????????? historic knowledge of him. than the a nighty colossus of Memphis, which ti __50jy_bglong? to the British nation, w Pitted from Its Nile bed within the last i> . few years, where It hss lain face down- d ward for centuries, reposing calmly d beneath the waters of the sacred river n are at the dry season, when It be- V , ?ame visible-until the Inundation again a: buried It, It now rests high and dry ci j above all dangers of high water, on m f henry pedestals of stonework. Orig- b family this figure stood on one side of tl the deors of the magnificent Temple tl f Pthah, the ancient god of Universal gl life or Artisan of the World, as he k i Is cal)ed by Jambllchu*. whose temple a Barneses 1L further enriched with the l* ' colossi The companion figure, how- ft iever, jrhlch supported the opposite f< portal is absent, snd Its representation ai Is shrouded In mystery, the mute but ft * * A# A ft uoprmiTe upe oi ue recuunwui ?i??ue ? holding firmly the secret thereof. In a fact, there to bnt little evidence remain- tt tng of this temple, save great mouuds le Oi decaying and crumbling granite and 1c conglomerate. ^ There Is a marked facial resemblance pi I among all the stone representations of w j Harness** IL which to curiously notice- tt I able on aeconnt of the difference of h< I period and place of construction. The al A Vdrarsal likeness predominates among si g the numerous bass-reliefs and colossi; m from the youthful outline at Bayt-el- es K Welly to the older representations st H A.bydos, and to on to the caryatid to M colossi of the temples, the fallen statue m nlf Bedreshayne, and the crowning P* BJ glory of the magnificent colossus of m 1 the Ramessenm. The same boyish E Bf grace of features to followed In matur- al K&^Bir lines developing Into the completed n< HE physiognomy of the older represents- w R ttons. The Illustration falls to thrill h' 0K <ooe with an appreciation of the magnl- e| jKff tad* of this colossus, the estimated Hf feelg ht of which la Shout fifty feet, the K|: besdcsp or helmet alone measuring fig about nine feet, and which Is standing B| 4m a pedestal at the left of the UlustrsBitlon. The symmetry of the right srm jfHhs noticeable, as Is also the firm grasp KHpf the hand, which Is characteristic llf power.?Scientific American. flk A Mew >m>a? r?r Overall*. Hp Jk patent has Just been granted to HS Mr. Eugene A. Holston for a new form of overalls which can be quickly ap|K plied, allow perfect ease of movement HI to the wearer, and prevent crumpling tt?f trousers over which this Improved BBgarment is worn. The gsnnent, as 11SRlastrated, covers completely the front ^B?f the body and legs. It Is held In BBplace by portions passim? over the HMgHboulders snd by flsps attached which j^Hcxtend around the bsck of the trunk KBand lacs of the wearer. The garment EM 3? uof fitting orer the trunk, but fits njH loosely orer tbe legi Owing to the Mftct that the rear portions of the knee* nH and hlpo are not corered. perfect free3n?om of movement i* allowed at these ES JHm yH # IH A ggg^Bitata, and since the fsrmeut fits loose- 1 H Brorer tbe lower portions It allows tbe 1 MLoaen beneath to bang properly and n H^s not crumple or father them In gRHpcbe*. The readiness witb which a finllkls improved overall can be slipped on r WSSnT the ordinary trousers and but- t I. Id place it a feature which t Kid appeal to all workmen.?Scien- r > American. - f u rti?iny Johnson (with Inflated bag)? j -h! See me bust this bag by my c udma'a ear.** Grandma (after the ( loaion, placidly laying her knitting L her lap and looking toward the . in."?Tit-Bit*. igllsb bequests to charities dur1002 amounted to 122.900.000. The act bequest was by W. R. Sutton [7,500,000 for the establishment of Id dwellings. I* man who Is proof sgainst dUaptunent doesn't even expect the un This Elephant Lived in Texas. atfhvt of Barnum's Jumbo. Higher Tban Thai Immense Circus Brute. [N the basement of tbe American Museum of Natural History stands tbe skeleton of Jumbo, once tbe central attraction of Barnum'a Die hnw Ever since it was placed on xblbltion tbe bij; frame of Itone ban wa one of tb?* popular show pi??-es f tbe Institution, but a rival for public avor was added to tbe Fossil Mam* ail S^^ySkU J? COLOSSAL STATUE OF RAM&?| ' ' lal Hall In the form of a skull and oak* of an aolmal of the same family rhlch was much larger than the cele- I rated circus elephant and lived bun- 1 reds of years before Jumbo made his ] ebut in the sawdust ring. The speciten was discovered in the sands of : restern Texas many years ago by an I mateur collector, and was only rc-j sntly secured by the American Mu- j ?am. The upper portions of the skull are been reproduced in plaster, but ie entire lower portion of the skull, le large pair of grinding teeth and the iganuc iuhs iwoiru uic mi- uuuiu>gues of the Incisor teeth in man) are >uipiote. The latter fall little short of elng the largest elephant tusks thus ir described among either living or >ssll members of this family. So far i preserved they measure thirteen set six Inches from the base of tlitisks to the tips, and there is at least foot broken away from the eud of ie tip, making the total estimated ngth fourteen feet six inches. Ou aving the skull, the tusks (which ere undoubtedly used for fighting arposes) curve downward and outurd, then upward and Inward, until ie tips almost meet each other. The ight of this animal must have been : least thirteen feet; thus he was con derably higher than Jutubo. A scientific description of tbe Interting exhibit states: Tbe single molar or grinding tooth distinguished from that of tbe mamoth of the extreme North. Elepbas Imigenlus. and that of the Columbian ammoth of tbe Middle United States. lephas columbl, by Its very large t te, and by the comparatively small < imber of Its enamel p' tee. which are t t widely apart and surrounded by J oad hands of cement. In tbe grind- i * of the Northern mammoth the on- t mmL ESflft t . ^HUHgRn BBMml - ><7?Hy BHBHkL , ^ qsHSW^' > tfi^SSw >WK *W ffimWOH|^B| i . Hn muhrHUB'' In HMBDM^gBRM^KKi^^K!-';'^...'.- J' n .Hg? SKULL OF IMI'E r'ound in Texas. Recently mounted and Museum of Natl mel plate* are extremely numerous d closely oppressed, and there Is i Ittle or no cement. This specimen. I herefore, adds greatly to our knowl- i dge, and, together with the giant fore Imb which will shortly Ik? placed on xhibltlon. gives an Impressive Idea of he enormous size attained by the early 'leistocene or pre-glaclal elephants of his country.?New York Trlbuue. Why Hewitt Dnln't Retire. The fact that some rich men. who 1 re amply able to retire from busiues*, emuin in the harness simply because hey can't get out. was Illustrated in 1 he continuous business career of Abaiu S. Hewitt. "Why dou't you retire roiu active business?" he wan asked me day. This referred more partlcu ui i> in ins iruu iiuumtis. i i uu i ^ i >ut," be answered. "At least I can't jet out ou terms which I feel It would >e honorable to accept. I had a chance ;ome time ago to sell out our Trenton vorks, but the condition was that they ihould be closed down permanently, rhis would have thrown about 5<J0 of tnr mnn Aiit r\t u'nrb ruuinln xvlm luxl >UI ???v " vu% vt n vi n | |/vup(v if uu iiuu >een with uh for years. mid many of rhoin bought their little homes in rrenton. 1 could not accept ?ueh eruif, so here I am. with the hurdcu ret on my ghoulders, and 1 suppose leatb alouc will relieve me of it" _ .. . ROSY CLEMATIS. Exquisite Sorts That Have tb? BrBKanf vv K>f iftgft. A very charming rcbeme In som? English bouses is to have growinj vines In glass-Inclosed porches. This it the very thing for half-hardy beauties that cannot live out of doors. and stlE do not require the beat of tne hothouse Here we sometimes sec glass-Inclosed porchs. but almost never the vlnci growing inside. Even vines that art nearly hardy will bloom earlier tbui protected. One English favorite for this sort of culture Is the clematis Fairy Queen. IBM BM W iiW'mriwBr^ ; KS. ^ rho Queen'g best feature is her color, I.. ..1^.1. mill Imr oU.< La mmense. She shows gloriously in any ight. which cannot be said of our pur)ie clematis. In addition to this pink TBS CLEMATIS 7AIBY QCKHN. he great flowers are shaded to a leeper color. 8he is a hybrid; most of he big ones are from the Chinese and apanese species of various sorts. The llustratlon shows the exact form of his pretty pink vsrferv. Qmm JHRrnH R w- tMmt [W^M|MK^Mggj RIAL MAMMOTH. placed on exhibition at the American irxtl History. Bui. when It come* to color, we hnve n native scarlet clematis thut is a gem. It grows wild lu Texas, und. according to Joseph Median. is hardy in Pennsylvania. springing up every year when young and later not only maintaining Its position, but addiug eight or ten feet annually. Utilizing a Mad T?ri!e. A fent which In ingenuity equals that of Solomon, who. tradition says, threaded an intricately pierced stone by means of a living worm. U rei>orted by au up-State engineer. "A long sewer in an up-State city receniiy neniine cioggc;i, - ne sjivs. "The problem ??f clearing it was solved in tills way: A hall of twine wis tied to the shell of a mud turtle; the little animal was put into the entrance of the sewer, and a stream of water was turned on. The turtle hurled his way through the refuse, was 'watered on' at each manhole, and emerged victorious at the outlet. A rope uttuched to the string, a swab, and strong arms accomplished the rest swiftly and .i....ii.. tlmna Mnn'? Mlirorlna*. A woman's fare is her fortune and some man's misfortune.?New York Tress. ..... Vi. IINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK I WASHIXOTOS ITEMS. Important changes will bo made In i the personnel of the steamboat inapoci tion service and in the rules for 1mi migration. Secretary Root asked the aid of flov! crnors of Southern State* In completing records of the Confederate armies <o lx> included in a huge roster of both the Blue and the Gray. Dr. William Shaw Bowen was nominated by President Roosevelt as Consul to Valencia. Harry A. Barrows, formerly disbursing officer of the Census Bureau, who was dismissed some months ago for embrzxPment, was sentenced to tnree years In tho penitentiary. General James A. Dumont. Chief of the steamboat Inspection service in the Treasury Department, resigned, and the service Is to be thoroughly reorganized. Recommendations were made by Rear-Admiral Bradford for the fortification of American naval and coaling stations. OCR ADOPTED ISLANDS. A report on cacao culture in the Philippines showed high quality and abundance of the plant. The Interior Department torwaruea to the Governor of Hawaii bonds aggregating $328,000. which will be Issued for the payment of the Are claims of Hawaii. William Crosier, editor of the American. at Manila, was convicted on the charge of libeling General Davis. Commander of the American troops. Bartlett Sinclair. Treasurer of Rlzal Province, took poison In the office of fhe Attorney-General when Informed that the Government Intended to prosecute him for neglecting his office and permitting the peculation of funds by bis subordinates. A warrant was issued for the arrest of the captain of the Sewnrd at Manila on a charge of smuggling. DOMESTIC. In fenr of his life because of threats. Theodore Shuster killed Charles At hey, nt McMecban, W. Va.. A they being the aggressor In th? culminating row. Sis men were iciueu in rour rnuroau collisions. occurring respectively In Virginia. Missouri, Texns and Ohio. Republicans of Cleveland. Ohio, nominated Attorney Harvey D. Goulder for Mayor. With a brief committal service the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pennell, of Buffalo, N. ?.. were Interred at Brunswick, Me. Two boys. Fred Wilson and Carl Remington, were arrested In Denver. Col., charged with holding up drug stores throughout the city. While trying to save his six-year-old son, after rescuing bis Invalid wife aud two-day-old baby, John McLaughlin and the boy were burned to death at Ulbblng. Minn. A new trial was denied to former Vlco-JVesident Frank C. Andrews, of wrecked City Savings Bank, of Detroit, Mich., now serving a Ja'1 *entcnce for hit crime. Experts were examining the condition of the Consolidated Lake 8upenor Company in Philadelphia. Pa., and upon the result was said to depend the future of the $100,000,000 corporation. The Louisiana Supreme Court ha? decided that the Jim Crow Street Car law, which was put in operation In November. la constitutional. The law has been vigorously opposed by the negroes, who resent It greatly. Cornell will lend the Ithaca Water Company 1150.000 for the construction of a filtration plant to prevent the recurrence of typhoid. Three hundred students of Purdie University. Lafayette, Ind.. were artested for rioting. Dr. Friedrich Mueller, assistant to Professor Lorenz. arrived from Europe and will make Chicago his home. William J. Lee. a fugitive from the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane. returned to his home In Trenton and. armed with a revolver, declared he would let no one molest him. Archbishop Quigley reached Chicago, III., to take charge of his new archdiocese. Tup rljrht or Helena, Mont., to duihi and operate Its own water works was affirmed by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. As a result of a qunrrel J. M. Webb, a prominent farmer, was fatally sbot by his son near Richmond. Va. Foi an attempted assault upon the ten-year-old daughter of Porter Kceno. at Paris. Fla., Henry Thomas, colored, was lynched. When Mm. Ella Russell tried to cross his land, which she had been forbidden to do. Daniel Richardson killed her at Orange. Texas. FOKKIGX. Italy will participate officially in the St. Louis Exposition, appropriating $100,000 for the purpose. Germany will ask for identical privileges from both Cuba and the United States a* soon as the reciprocity treaty Is ratified. A commission headed by Minister Ton Plehwe was appointed to carry out the Czar's reforms. Irish members of Parliament, in addresses at meetings In Great Britain, said England's policy of coercion had been changed to one of conciliation by the Irish Land Furchase bill. Rioting at Colmbra. Portugal, was developing Into a revolution, the tax collectors havlug fled, and the city mob being reinforced from the country. The requests of monastic orders for authorization were causing a bitter debate In the French Chamber. In asking for about $180,000,000 for the British Navy for a year the Admiralty Secretary explaiuod that international naval rivalry makes "this enormous and unproductive expense necessary." Si^nor Ilovle. tlie leader of tho Republican parly in the Italian Chamber, is (load. Tho Reichstag oommlttpo on tho Gorman naval budget reduced several of tho appropriations. Count von Kornsdorf. Chief of the Potsdam police, jjave thr- Kaiser a report of his reo??nt three weok#' visit in iir? 1UIA V-HJ. The French post of Libreville. oil the Congo. was attacked by Tuareg Arabs, who were repulsed with loss. It is officially announced that a division of the Austrian Navy, consisting of three armored cruisers and a torpedo boat, will proceed to the eastern Mediterranean, visiting the ports in the Greek archipelago and Asia Minor. Negotiations werp l>egun with the Vatican wltfc a view to securing the placing on exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition of Pope Leo's jubilee present* _ -a-A.ni j STRANGE MURDER CASE A Philadelphia Woman Arrestoi After the Lapse of a Year. A Darcctl va Kangtil a Herb Doctor U " Oct Rlit of m Woman Yor 9tOU -HenMtion l'rou?lM<l. Philadelphia. Pa.?What promises to be one of the greatest criminal si-usaI tinns Piiilnili-lnliln linn known since the Holme* ease bad Its first airing before Magistrate Kochersperger. Mrs. Catherine Danz. a middle-aged woman of hitherto unimpeachable reputation, who lives with her two children and her mother in North Fifth street. was held to await the action of Coroner Dugac, on the charge of murdering her husband. William Ci. Danz, a butcher, I more than a year ago. George Hoss'-y, an old negro herb ' doctor, was held as an accessory to the murder, the charge being that he had " sold the "slow doses" to Mrs. Danz and [ instructed her how they were to be 1 used In order to kill without exciting suspicion. A $.#>.000 !ife insurance policy which i was paid to Mrs. Danz by the Mutual ; Life Insurance Company, of New York, j will 1gure in the case. Danx's l>ody was exhumed Thursday. I and the viscera is now in the hands of | a chemist for analysis. i A pivate detective told of three visi lir he had paid to the herb doctor, and i onl.l tlmt n.mtov lind nntproil Intn nil ! agreement with liitn to kill a woman tho private dectcclive Had expressed a ! desire to "get rtil of." Tin* price for | the Job wag lo be *100, and was to be paid in installments. | WELCOME TO CHAM9ERLAIN. j Scene* of Eittia?l??n> Attend Retara of KnrlUh fltnteainan. London. ? "Southampton Welcome* ! Home Britain's Empire Statesman." in huge letters, surrounded and Intertwined with Union Jacks and St;irs and Stripes, was the motto that first greeted Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and Mrs. Chamberlain on landing ar Southampton from South Africa. The travelers had a magnificent greeting. After landing a procession was formed, with the Mayor and Mrs. Chamberlain leading, and Mr. Chamberlain and the Mayor's daughter coming aft^r them, and walked through cheering crowds to the reception hall. Mr. Chamberlain was bronzed, but looked very thiu and appeared to have aged considerably. The Colonhl Secretary showed evident pleasure at lhe heartiness of the welcome. me pnrty tnen entered carriages and drove through the thronged and decorated streets to Hartley Hall. There an address of welcome was presented n Mr. Chamberlain. who. In the course of his reply. warned the country not to ovcrstimate the results he had actually achieved. He was hopeful and i even confident that the Dutch of South I Africa would hereafter loyally take I place as members of the empire to which they now belonged, hut It could not he expected that the long record of vacdlntion and weakness which led to the war would he wiped out in the twinkling of a?i eye. Sulwequently Mr. Chamberlain and his party took .1 train for London, where a large crowd awaited their arrival. Premier Balfour and practically the whole Cabinet were present at Waterloo Railroad station to meet Mr. Chamberlain. Tho greetings which he received were everywhere most cordial. Two Fishermen Drowned. Six fishermen attempted to breast the heavy seas In a yawl at Indian River Inlet, near Laurel. Del., to reach their fish pounds, about one mile distant. When about !>00 yards out a heavy wave struck the boat, precipitating the men into the water. No help was at hand, and Captain Veasey Hall wat i cirowneu. ft'rprainii uavis uxpimi suuu ; aftor reaching nlioro. Fhnt Enemy Df?d la th? Srr??t. A. C. Mt-Laughlin, a leading capita!* 1st. of Pari*. Texas. was shot dead In tlx? street by R. H. Moore, a cotton buyer. The two men and their families w??r?? neighbors, but bitter feeling hnd existed between McLaughlin and Moore for two years. McLaughlin was unarmed and Monre had a shotgun. He s~nt three loads of buckshot into his victim. Thirty PonnH* of Fl?h, 00. For a loss of thirty pounds in weight a St. Louis (Mo.) special jury has awarded Miss Alice Latsnn *.0000 in a verdict against the St. Louis Transit ' Company. The loss In weight, as Miss Latson convinced the jury, was caused I by injuries which she received in a col! lisiop between a transit car and a buggy in which she was riding. Coat Optrajor*1 Provocation Filli. Judge Chetlain. at Chicago. has In* structrd the lury in the trial of tlio Indiana coal operators to bring in a verdict of not guilty. The court hehl that if there was any violation of Ian* by ihe operatorx It was a violation of the interstate law and not of the Htatctc* of Illinois. Woman Killed br llfJwtM *nltor. Miss Julia Toombs was shot and j killed by William Stevens Morse, a reIccted suitor, at Providence. R. I., who in the past three months has been twice in an Insane asylum. Mnr* Klflo* la China. Five thousand rifles. ready for eon veyatiee into the interior, wore seized at Hong Kong. China. llodai Vlrmiill Krnrweii. The Newfoundland Legislature has renewed the French Shore modus Vivendi. Capital Increased br 9150.000.000. The stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad voted to Increase the cnpl'nl by Sl.'si.ooo.iNM). tonkins the total authorized capital fjno.uoo.ouo. Pnpn ltrr?l?o? Nlen P11 r r I iti g. The Pope received In the Hall of the Consistory a number of pilgrims from Nice, headed by the Rislio|? of Nice. The Rritisli Postofllce authorities granted to Manmii the rlirht to eonneet lliii tft'itiiiti nt Pnlillm U" I v 11 tli t* iu>nri>?t telojrrn pl? niflii'. Sporting Hr?*ltin. Tin- dork of tin* immv tit-fender will be of nluiitiiiiuiu. The British Lawn Tennis Association lias formally challenged for the Davis Cup. There's little likelihood of an American pc.lo team visiting France this year. King Kdward's Ambush If. was l>eaten for the Hohl Cup steeplechase at Sundown Park. Holier polo is having quite a boom in iUiio, and a big league is bring formed. Ineluding the several big cities of the State. GflYEBHOR DAVIS ACCUSED; The Arkansas Executive Must Answer | Formal Charges. SOME OF A CRIMINAL NATURE t Th< Atteraijr fltRml U;i Them Before | m Commute# of the L?(laliUrr? j ttnnhl* Chanrt for Klpintet and ! Other Pilfering Alleged la tb? Coin- [ plaint?Governor to Ran ? Htirlnr. Little Rook. Ark.?Attorney-G* nem! George W. Murphy tiled with the Leg- ; {stature'sinvestigation committee tweu- t ty charges of gross misconduct in | office against Governor Jet' Davis and j the committee decided to take tea!I- . uiony in support of them. He charges the Governor with frc- i quent violations of the criminal laws J of the State in borrowing money from ' the State treasury and drawing twice for the same Items of expense froui * his contingent fund. The most serious of the charges are j that the Governor has been in the : habit of accepting and receiving gifts ! from those who obtain contract* to | furnish supplies to the State charitable i institutions. It If. alleged that early In the year : lf?U2 he made an arrangement with the j Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone ! Company whereby he was to receive a I reduction of fifteen per cent, on all ! long-distance telephone eommunica- 1 tlons. and that thereafter be bad the j vouchers made out for the full amount. ! and sometimes even larger, and instead ! of giving the State the benefit of the j reduction, made use of it in paying for ; the private telephones in use by him- . self, his private *erretray and others at their homes ami elsewhere. It is charged that the Governor ac- j cepted the use of special cars free of , charge from the Memphis and Choctaw , Railroad Company and the St. Louis ! Southwestern Railway Company for ; the transportation of himself and par* ties of his friends, knowing that the I cars were furnished for the purpose of I influencing his official conduct. The charge is made that the Governor has twice collected $35 as ex- 1 penses of the same trip to the Unlver- | sity at Fayet eville, once from his con- j tlngent fund and again from the treas- , iter . f the university. The Governor is said to have under- 1 taken to act ns the agent of Mr. Althemer in the sale of a farm at from $30. XX) to $50,000 above its value to the Penitentiary Hoard for the State of Ar- j kansas. for a convict farm. It is al- i ieged that he tried to foree it upon the ! board and became angry Iwcause the [ iHiard declined to buy it. "In this." says the Attorney-General, "I ?harge that he was actuated by imptoper motives. The Governor from April 29. 18TO. to January 5. 1001, In- I elusive, for the alleged matter of stcno- . graphic work alone, violated the crlm- j inal law. Section 1373. In Sandel and fllll's Digest, twenty-nine different times by obtaining the Auditor's signa- < ture to as many warrants on the treasury by means of false vouchers for ; aald work, and also violated the same sectlcn many other times on other accounts. the false accounts for stenographic work amounting In the aggregate to $720.73." PROMOTER WRIGHT ARRESTED. j AbMMdtr, Who Kntaed Nanr, Caachl ea a Llaar at Xmw York Ciir. Sew York City. ? Charged with fraud through which millions of dot* lars have l>een lout to hit* alleged vie- J tims, J. Whitaker Wright, the London ' promoter, the failure of whose London 1 and Globe corporations ruined thous- ' nnds of its shareholders. Impoverished the Marqulc of Dufferln and is believed to have been largely responsible for his broken health and death, was arrested here on his arrival on the French lint* steamship La Lorraine. He was taken before Magistrate Bar- 1 low. to wiiom the request for Ids arrest I cabled by the London police was shown, and. after havinc been turned i over formally to the United States authorities. he was lorked up in Ludlow ; Street Jail. It Is believed no opposition will be offered to his immediate extra- J (11Tion. even snomu ne sn-n 10 mauunu his contention that lie is an Americas citizen. Wright was accompanied by a cood looking young woman, who said sh< was hia niece. Both she and her com* panion took the action of the defectives who rn.i<U the arrest philosophically. : He r ?fusM to say anything for publication. 900 n?M From Philadelphia Mint. Systematic stealing of money from t!ic L'uited States Mint at Philadelphia brought about an investigation which is likely to result in the arrest and dis- : missal of one or more of the employes. Tb? stealing covered a norlod of four ; months, and the investigation so far : has revealed a shortage of about $!>on. I The money stolen consisted of old coin* which had been stored in one of the big vaults. Mexico No Befog* For llrlb?r*. j Th? I.'nited States Senate Committer : on Foreign Helations ordered favorable . reports on the extradition treaties with I Mexico and Guatemala. The Mexican treaty Ik an intendment to the existing | treaty. milling the crime of bribery to tin* list of extraditable offenses. The i Guatemala treaty is new. I i Nnlcaa Bandits Cuptnred. At a i?!aca near Villa I'nion. Mexico. \ four bandits have lieen nrrntnl bv the j troop*. Thejie men assaulted a stage i roach nearly a year ago. and stole | S4'K)o from tho passengers, whom they treated in a brutal uauner. China'* 496,447,000 Population. The Board of Ucvcuue has com- : pleted a census of the t'hiuese empire. ! The total population is given at 4*2<i.- { 4-I7.000. l :i it is pointed out that Man- j rhiiria. Mongolia. Tibet and Turkestan | an- tr rely estimated. Ki-Maror Amu r.on to MInneapolla. I>r. Ames. the fugitive former Mayor of Minneapolis, has refused to accept bail for that was offered to him aim will go hack from Manchester. X. II.. In Minneapolis with the Sheriff at once. Prominent l>opU. S. H. Crockett. the novelist, is addicted to t!?? serap-liook linliit. (icncral Samuel W. Price. a wellknown Louisville iKy.i painter. has lost his sitflil. In the evening of his life as a states man Lord Salisbury regrets i hat he* ?Iid not make a l aiciT as a chemist. v <'ommoii fcnso of the plain variety is said ( ? In- ilw i|i?tiu-4uishiuu possession of Senator Ankciiy. of Washington State. Mir Inlin i*f fit viit'iitill* itlti> itf It he youngest looking men in the House I of Conimoiix. lie spends aim* hours iu > twenty-four in bed. ? 4 >1 n j y , r - THE GREATDETntOYER _______ . '< SOME STARTUNC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Porta: Th? R??r Saloon?A Low OroseW Owaad by a Chlccco AI4?rmu,W)iMl Coat *400. and Yields FroSU ?f SMWOOC a Tear?Tilbata Fran HI* ??? Where doe? a wine man upend hit time? Not in the beer saloon. Where are we *?fe from vice and crime? Not tn the beer saloon. r?at one'* podding their fatal way. \ Trace their sorrows to that dark day When they were tempted first to stray Into the beer saloon. Where is the role of duty learned* Not in the beer saloon. Where is the right to manhood earned? Not in the beer saloon. Only the slave of the pewter pot. The lover of rag* and a wretched lot The idle hand and the hopeless sot, Go to the beer saloon. Where would yoti *eek a faithful wife? Not in the beer saloon. w here wouM you look for a blamelett liter Not in the beer aaioon. Many a wife and maiden rare. Knew no wrong till they entered there; Many a reputation fair Lout ir the heer ailoon. Where can oM age iU nolacc find? Not in the beer saloon. ^ Where "mav our youth improve the mind? Not in the beer italoon. Man and woman and lad and laaa, Strive the?e temple* of *in to paaa, Danger lurk* in the fatal elaaa? Keep from the beer uloon. ?National Advocate. A Fta* Baal . t'nder thia head the Neif York Witne*? editorially ?ay?: "PLint worth MOO: nrofita. ?50.000 a vear ?that in the apparently authoritative'record of the business of Alderman Michael Kenna. of Chicago, popularly known a* 'Hinkv Dink.' Mr. Kenna ia a saloon* keeper. Hi* plant consist* in the ulooa fixtures, valued at $400, and the brewerr which supolies him has presented him witn a diamond badge in recognition of the fact that he has disposed of 39,000 barrels of beer in five year*. It seems that Mr. Kenna pavs $5 a barrel for the beer and gets 300 glasses out of each barrel, which he sells at fire cents a glass, leaving him $10 a barrel profit. His expenses are said to be $1000 a month. This, at least, ia the statcir.ent of Mr. Kenna'a business presented by a new* item in the Sun.' Fifty thousand dollars per year profit from a $400 investment is certainly doing pretty well considering the ease from a financial point of view. Such enormooa profits oiisht to Mtisfy the most avariciooa man. "nut," say* the Witness, and that ouite appropriate!*-. "Mr. Kenna and all the rest of us will have -to look over our life's balance she?t a^ain by and by. from a point of view from which the biggest fortune will look much less than 'thirtv eenta* when contracted with love and faith and obedience, and from which all profits dorived from the injurv of .mother?whether bv cheating or by gambling or by selling him tnat which does him harm?will be seen to have been lo*6e< and not gains. All such profits will be found charged up against those who receive them when 'the books' are opened?the books in which the world's accounts are kept. (See Rev. 20: 12.)" In that day the significance will dawn in full and awful reality upon all who ?hall have been in complicity with the oul-destroving liouor traffic, of the "woe" pronounced hv Jehovah on him "that putteth the bottle to his neighbor's lips.'' Appeal to Younc M?a. Think oi your 'ospons'hil^ifa and prospects. In a few year*. tho?* on whose shoulders the hurdeti* r-t State and Church now chieflv rest, will reogn ?w*;r charg? to vou. The public cffiirs of thi* nation will soon be in your liand?-'.he whole mi ;hinery of life, political and reltgiou*, social and private, will b* und^r vour control. Tbe country mint look to you and your contemporaries vt liil her *eal.? of ma;i*tracy. legislation and jiutice?to mv? her pulpit* and supply her learned nrofea?ion* ?to carry forward her great industrial operation!, and maintain ber prnperity at home and her refutation ahmad. To meet *uch re*non?ibilities you will need head* clear and cool, heart* warm a?d tru?. and hand* *?rong and *tcady. Will vou bare tbe*e. think you. if you are in the habit of tarrying long at the wine? Are bar room* and strong pota'ion* nnd midnizht revel* to educate you for p!a?*e? of public trust and nower. I* it no* high tune to awake to the grave and weighty diitie* on which vou are entering, and hcncefor?J? "play the men for your neople" nnd tor the inheritance of vonr father*? Your country need* the best service of all ber aon*. O that yon would awake to the full significance and the imnre**ire demand* of vour day and generation.?National Advocate. rtnm and Inmraace. Actuarie* of in*urance comnanie* in thi* COUntrv an* now Miming uieir aiir:iu<ra to tln? qiicuhon. One foreign expert caution* the companie* against miking inf allowance tor even moderate drink in*. Tin*. Ii" MV4, m?v eaaiiy lead to exceaa. He ndd?: "The out'ook for a man who idiould fall ill with pneumonia, typhoid fe; ver. dv*enterv. nephriti*. heart di?ea?e." diabet** and affection* of the liver in had enough under the he*t circumatanc.*. but if th? patient i* an intemperate man hi* hope for recovery u reduced vrry materially. and the fight for life is dtM' crate, if not hopple**. The (juestion of heredity m alao being chn?idered. a* it i* found that the children of heavy drinker* are personally noorer ri?k* than tho*e whose ancestors led temperate and pure 'ivea. PralM For thr W. C. T. IT. "To the fjuiet. dignified. ner*i*tent. fiithfn!. Ood-fearine work of the Chriatiaft women of the Woman'* ("hnatian Temperance Union i* due the rrcdit bnth for the maintenance of the rentunent that inasire* aystemntic temnennee teaching in our >?unday-?choo!? by mean* of regular temperance le*^on? and for the only *v*tematie. pnin*-'akin?? gathering of vcte* tront Sunday-*chooU to give positive ej:pre#?ion *- ?? ' " <iA < ? lip Sunday IO I III* N-IIIIIIU MI. .-.r ? - .... 0 School International Evangel. Lord Kobarta* Praoarattoa. "My lord, for nineteen year* I hare led an abatemioua life in the hope of thin day." i? xairl to have been Lord Roberta* reply to I.ord Laiudowne, when the Litter *uramoned him to go to South Africa. That is, from the time of Majitha Hill he had foreaeen the ultimate dash of the Rrituh and Dutch in South Africa, and hid lived hi* life no a? to In* ready to nerve when the cla*h came. Moat u.en of foresight are temperate. Tha Crnaade la Brief. It in not at all rare for in entertainment in one of the bent families ill New York City ta be given without any intoxicant* at all. Student* nf *ociil condition* hav.- !*??t alarmed at the imnaM' in the dr'?-k li ihit to l?o observed .miotic society women ir.<l .miotic the ynunK of both *exe? This i? a new feature of the evil th.it may noli arte* t attention A leading electrician, ?|?enk:r.g of the competition hi electrical production between (ormanv and America. said lii.it if Germany was to hold her own apnnut America, she must lirst of .-ill banish intoxicants from the workshop.. Charles I Denny, the millionaire bfnvr. of St. I.oui.. Mo., has liceti eoiivii-teil of |H'i inry ami sentenced to two years m the TIi.il ,ri" 'Inui!* in Aim tum ' -i?"wn ,,v ,W (irt ,hu , I niicil ^'aw> ?;.hi?i? imfinn >ii iih- M>n ol n.itHiii- hi in the ci?n?'uii|iii(?n it ;i!ro!ml j?.t li?m?l. <irrtiuny wit.i a -t?n* niimptioii alui'Wl <!<>ub!<\ takiti^ MXtfc jilaoi'. Siiiot* the wliioii* wore .ilioii-Iii <! in la'bnlliill, Trlili.. till' merchant 4 uf flu* l-.iin ili.n tra.le l'a< iiutc.i?',iI irom twenty-live t-? i't:tv xven ami a h.tl: per <-i*n?v aiitl km] e?t.tte has itierea?cil hi ?.i!ue twenty per ft lit.. while llir Mayor report* that only ntu' lhiril a? main taxi'j ire tried, before him .t# before I b? c!o?i;iiC.