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II THE MAKING OF THE FLAG. Sow did we make the flag By rule? -1*"" Br compass, and square, and une' With pattern and thread, and the aenipiter's tool, To follow the plain design7 Was it only the lore that the draftsman knew Phat gave us the red, and the svhite. and Sow did we make the flag? Not all Br measuring stitch and eeanu For part of it came from a country call And part of it is a dream? [ft a. vision that led brave souls arighK And gave us'the red^ and the blue, and '"white. How did we make the flag? In peace We fashioned it fold on fold; fn war it was blent with a grim caorice The drums jn their summons rolled. Twas the courage alike of the quick and dead Ill'lsat pave us tne Diue, ana trie wmie, dua I red. ? FTi?w did we mate the flag? 'Twas thus Tfc came to its grace and wortn; [Through all that 19 the good in the souls r* of us The banner has had its birth: Twas the holier strength of the purpose true That gave us the red ,and the white, and blue. (Tim.? have we made the flag, Ah, no! By colors that will not fade, 3y sinuous sweep and by deathicso glow, 1 Tis us that the flag has made! &jid it whispers to-day to each siar-told "i'ou must hold me high and must keep me great!" ^ ?Chicago Tribune. ******** ^ ^ THE GOOD * OLD DAYS OF ELOPEMENTS. Ordeal of a Vounp; Freuch Couple ^ Who Finally Were Married and Lived Happily. ^ * # ^ v From the French. ' "Ah," sighed the Duchess. lithe good oltl dnvs of elopements are dead." I "All tlie better," said the abbe, severely. "Monsieur," replied the Duchess, "you aon't know what you are talking kbout. I tell you that the end of elopements is a misfortune for this country. I will not seek to convince you by argument, bnt by stories. .j "You know that elopements have been a tradition in our family. All the daughters have eloped. It has been handed down from generation to_ generation. Alas! My daughters and granddaughters have all married withbut any silken ladders and without any po st horses! "To return, however, I will choose |>ut one of my honored ancestors. Do you see that little round portrait betw een the windows? Such a pretty little lady, with sparkling black eyes and curly hair. I "She was a Ilardincourt, and she eloped with that .splendid gentleman that you see next to her, in his long perruque and armor. He was Ferraille Latour, and he became a Duke una Aiarsiiai r ranee. i "He was a splendid looking fellow,and he met my charming ancestress it a ball at Rennes, when the King returned from one of his journeysT jtle was then eighteen and not very jfcnII, but, so far as fighting blood went, |he was more than worthy of the name he bore. j| "'She was sixteen, and although her jftame was Angelique, and in spite of clie fact that she was an abbess, and pad been from her cradle, she was the profst little mischief that ever lived. F?, >e brief, they met each other and fell deeply in love at once. D ' The two families were equally hrealthy and equally noble. Ferraille asked for her hand. They told him (that he was too young. He grew furious and drew his sword. jt "Finally they calmed him and said jlhnt his love was not repulsed, but that Iruch a sudden sentiment could only pe a fire of straw, and that time alone teould prove its permanency. fi "'A fire of straw!' cried the little Ferraille. 'You shall see!' [< "He was right. It was not a mere )bla/.e. quick to die away, but a regular conflagration that tilled his heart. Not la night passed but he stationed himself beneath her chamber's balcony, watching for a chance to send her a note. | "Oir? beautiful evening Angelique, Hlone by chance, s?w a stone fall at ftjer feet, with a piece of paper tied to jit. 'Do you love pie?' read the note. *If you do, I am ready to undergo any. thing to win you.' '| "The abbess was not one to hesitate, as you may see l'rom her eyes. She feuswered letter for letter, 'I love you.' 'i "Two hours later Ferraille scaled ithe balcony and eloped with AngelIque, according: to rules, with the traditional ladder and post horses. But jtho news soon became known and a (warning was sent out. The fleeing lovers were caught and separated. * "Angelique was brought to her room tind her windows were barred with iron. Ferraille, punished by his father. who was a inan of stone, was honored with a letter de cachet. ' "He had not been imprisoned six months before he discovered a way of {escape. You can imagine the astonishment of the Count de Hardincourt fwhen one fine day his carriage was stopped by a troop of cavaliers, with [Ferraille, whom he thought still in prison, at their head ! "On this occasion Ferraille showed Jhimself to be an audacious, decided but Courtly nobleman. He respectfully bound his future father-in-law, utterIhig a thousand apologies as he did so, {which did not, however, prevent the jlcnots from being very securely tied. flThen he sent him back to his castle. !As for Angelique, he took her upon his own horse and rode away with her. ;But it was their fate to be caught, laud they were." "When?" inquired the abbe. '"The next day, or the day after. Then followed a ye.tr in a dungeon of Ithe Bastile for the poor Ferraille. ,They thought so long an imprisonment twould cool his fiery blood, and at the <end of that time he was set at liberty. JHardincourt, warned of his freedom and acting like a prudent father, con $ siderea it advisable to multiply Ms precautions. "Angelique never wont out alone. Even when sht wont to church or waited in the park, she was constantly guarded by two footmen, armed wit.li formidable swords. But Ferraille was not to be deterred by ;?o little. " "There are only two of thorn.' h<* said to himself. 'I don't nood any help with them. And*alone, like a lion, he threw himself upon the bodyguard, severely wouuding the first and killing the second, and for the third time he rode away with Angelique before him. The father started in pursuit, and, as before, found them, for they wore not people who could pass unnoticed." ' Did he catch them the next day?" inquired the abbe. "No, not for several days. Then -Angelique and Ferraille were brought back to the chateau and to the assembled family council. "What punishment could they indict upon these incorrigible young people? The father maintained that it should be something terrible, but Angelique had a grandmother very much like herself, whom age had rendered indulgent toward the follies of youth. "She observed that two years had now passed since Ferraille had made his first proposal for tho hand of Angelique; that he had reached a man's 1 l*.~ -i ^Uv liit* / mirlnpt' ir ctgB, anu UilU suvoli u,j mu W-U..V., regular to be sure, but certaiuly convincing, how much lie loved Angelique; and finally, in all his adventures he had shown himself a brave ami perfect gentleman. "She concluded by saying that her advice was to marry them. Al! the ladies were of the same opinion and the men were not slow in agreeing with her. Fferraille married my ancestor. "Now, do you see any tiling immoral in this elopement? Do you not see that the tradition of elopement was a good one. forming and extolling as it did, the two great virtues of cQiistaucy and tfravery? It celebrated love, which is a virtue almost divine." "r how before your excellent rea sons. Truly, there is nothing immoral in the story you have just related to me." "Just what I thought," said the old Duchess triumphantly. "I tell you it is a great misfortune for this century that the days of elopements are dead." Carions Fact. "It seems curious to me," said President Foster, of the California Northwestern Railroad, at the New Willard, "that the great places of historic interest in the immediate vicinity of Washington are so poorly advertised. "Unless a man^knows the history of the nation from Colonial day%dowu to this era he can form no conception of what attractions there are almost at the doors of the National Capital. He may, indeed, as I came near doing, visit Washington without visiting either Arlington or Mount Vernon, not to speak of Gettysburg or Fredericksburg. I am glad to say that I got information of these places, but it was more the result of accident than anything else, and so I made the pilgrimage, greatiy to the joy of my family and myself. "The point I want to make is that people here, and likewise the railroads, seem to tak?? it for granted that strangers who live thousands of miles away know all the scenes of interest in and about Washington and therefore make no effort to induce them to go there. This is a serious error, and can't be remedied, too soon, xne uiuer uu.? when I journeyed to Gettysburg and noticed ho*- few -were my companions on the journey to one of the greatest battlefields of history I could not help but think that there was some local fault With the multitudes who visit Washington there should not be a day in the year that trains out of the Capitail failed to carry loads of sightseers to this memorable spot."?Washington Post Reading in the Dark. "It wa.s ghastly," said the undertaker. "As we returned to our cabs from the cemetery in the black darkness of the evening, the man read out loud to his -wife, the same as if it hiwl been daylight. "I sat opposite him. It was intensely dark. I could see the man's face, a vague whiteness, and I could see the book he held on his knee. Everything else?pitch black. And mumble, mumble, went his voice. He read fluently. Cold shivers ran up aud down my spine. Finally I interrupted. "'Pardon me.' said I, 'I am the undertake! Would you mind telling me if you really read in a light like this?' " 'I certainly can.' said he. 'I can see more clearly in this darkness thau in the sunlight.' "Then be explained the matter to me. lie said men every now and then were 1 - ?.:*u .-r.fr aroi! fliot -a/nrl-prl hfttPt" UUL1L VVXiu i.at to ? v.?v?. ~ by night than by day. He said Juiius Caesar had been one of these men. Caesar Lad been able to read in tbi dark up to the age of twenty-three; then the pi ft had left him. Joseph Scaliger had also had the gift. He said all pure albinos saw clearly in the dark, but in the sunlight their '-eyes grew dim and painful* "Then the cab stopped and we got out. As the man passed under the arc lauip I saw that his hair and his eyebrows and his skin were white and horrible, and his eyes were pinker thau corah t bad never seen an albino so perfect."?Kansas City Independent. Fial? T>let. Fish is excellent food either in summer or winter. But the notion that it specialty "makes brain" or is particularly a "'nerve food" is erroneous. It is true that it contains phosphorus But it does not contain it in a free state. The notion that fish contains ex -* ? 1 *- - 'I t> n ilnn l?f *f s CCSSLVe pnuspuorua uuu "U uvuwi. >1.; origin in the glowing phosphorescence of fish in the dark. This phosphorescence is due not to phosphorus at all, but to micro-organisms. But fish offers the best of diet ond cannot be too highly recommended both on account of its constituents and its digestibility.?Boston Globe. Italian Cottun Industry. The cotton industry of Italy increase* in importance, and is distributed amon# 730 factories, employing mora than 13T>,000 hunds. More than half the factories are operated by steam, the remainder by electricity and hydraulic power. "I Out of 80,000 looai4 employed 60,000 are mfchauical. A Wonder m.. . ^ j GREAT BRONZE STA Kamakura, | T~~ ? pll I GLASS BOUSES les FOR CONSUMPTIVES X I m( 1 ,j*0>4> HE originator of the idea of ^ V the scientific treatment of G rr o consumption by sunlight, ^ A X Dr. Biggs, the chief resij 'WOIT dent physician of the Philadelphia Hospital, has inj duced the municipal authorities to erect I six pavilions, at a cost of $114,000, for j the express purpose of giving the plan ; a thorough trial. The buildings are flow completed and will be furnished ; and ready for occupation within a few : days. Each pavilion is separate in itself, | with walls and roof of glass, and only sufficient metal work in its construction to support the framework. The floors are of cement, so as to be as smooth and nonabsorbent as possible. Each pavilion is twenty-seven feet wide and thirty-six feet long. Running around the building Is a six-foot porch, also surrounded by glass, The glass is arranged in frames ten feet in height. By means of an automatic device one | side of the building or all four sides aw ; may be thrown open. The glass above coi the doors is worked in the same way, po i so that in warm weather each tier of wn glass frames may be opened, turning lea the pavilion into little more than a sei shed with a glass roof. The inside soi glass Is ribbed sufficiently to make it fe? opaque. The glass of the porches is sor transparent. oui ! The buildings are intended for use in both winter and summer. In the win- wfc ter they will be heated by warmed air be j Sun Parlor in the New Hosp j in PkilaAel forced In through metal conduits at a height a little above a man's heatl. T | When cooler It finds an exit through sis | ventilators raised a foot above the ma flnnr Rohirul on?h nnvUinn. find (V.U- be< | nected with it by the glass-covered aft porch, is a building of glazed brick, tin j containing the kitchen, bath and toiiec ly rooms, and in the basement the tna- uo i chinery for heating the air, also the I sot blower, run by electricity, for forcing ma ' It into the pavilions. In the auxiliary do; building, as In the pavilion itself. ail fro the surfaces are as smooth and 1:0:1- ma J absorbent as possible. Fa Johnny's Anavrer. Hi Johnny came hon^e the .other day ia nil | high glee, wearing the arithmetic rned- _ I a-J. "What 15 that for?" asked his *> mother. "That's the prize for doing examples," said Johnny. "[ did this one: If our new baby weighs eleven and a half pounds, and sains an ounce a day,?'cause you told Mrs. Smith j she did yesterday?how much wifl she weigh when she is twenty years oid'r ?? And the answer was four hiviiLred and ei.vy-stx pounds. And teacher I said I earned the prize."?Chicago j Post. ! ? A FLOWERING nr/TERT, | | Central Asia now puts in a claim for Iho most remarkable of all tin* 'fbulbous plants. It bears lae imperial ; title of "ilonarch of the East." Iti ; fb j L-oior anil appearance me uiit;> r?*n?u;- >. bles a large potato, nnd its extriordinary property is that it flowers with- ? out the aid of earth, sand, s'oiuvs fjj* water, or anything eise. The * coverer of this phenomenon mj's: & 'The flower sheath sometimes rea lie-. 0 a length of nearly two feet, is of a i-Mbrown color, tipi>ed with red and fc? low, while the inner parts of thv dowr are equally brilliant." He aiso aildt ' that the bulb of this extraordinary of Japan. TUE OF BUDDHA, , Japan. mt needs only to be placed in. i ucer, without water, in a warn am, when, without showing eithe! tves or roots, the flower makes iti pearance, usually early in the year riving entirely upon the nourish ?nt contained within the bulb, is soon a3 the flower h*s fade( rs ray, and a .growth appears to bi uing from the bulb, it should tx tted up in good soil and freel] itered. Later on an urabrella-shapec if is formed on a stout stalk re nbling brown granite in color, anc netimes reaching a height of threi ;t. In autumn this leaf fades, and a: >n as it has died off, the bulb is liftec t of the soil, cleaned up, and placec a Mry condition in a warm room len the previous year's display will repeated.?New York Times. ^ ''' . ^ ^ ^ iltal For Consumptives Iphla. . Modern Wiir Doc*. ?he "dogs of war" in these days ast in held hospital work. In Ger nT mwl Thilv St. Rprnard doers have ?n trained for years so as to aid, er an engagement, bearer parties iu Mr search for the wounded, especialat night. Russia, apparently, has canine corps, and Major Richard1 of Carnoustie, England, who has ide a specialty of training ambulance ;s, has received a communication iiu St. Petersburg asking him how iny he can supply for service in the r East.?New York Tribune. MB OF THE METROPOLIS Hon. GEO. B. M'CLELLAN, of New York, vr- - K" Money la Growing Beef. Many of the agricultural papers are urging farmers to raise beef for market, claiming that the demand exceeds the supply. This may be so to a certain extent, but there are several other conditions to be met before this industry can he made profitable to farmk crs generally. As a matter of fact, the ! farm and its adaptability has everyJ thing to do with success. There are i many farms, even in dairying sections . not at ail suited to dairying, but emii nentiy .fitted to raising cattle for beef, and with such *i farm and a propor ! knowledge of the work the results ! would probably l>? successful. The j question is but. one of many which | should be decided entirely on local con j ciu.ons ana oy each man lor nimseir. i i It ia folly to generalize ou som?? tilings, j and this is one of tiieni. Look Out For This. ! In several Ker-tions of the country j agents are offering what the? claim ! to be trees budded <m four-year-old seedlings. If they deliver what they claim, the trees are likely to he nearly worthless, declares the Indianapolis News, for a seedling four years old is loo old to bud and make a good tree. It could be grafted, of course, but even then would not be superior in any way [ to the regulation root-grafted trees ! generally sold by nurserymen. There are so many reliable nurserymen in the country that it seems incredible any one should be victimized by any such absurd claims, much less a farmer who is more or less familiar with - fruit growing. 3e on the safe side. I and if an agent comes to you with an i otter of trees grown in some.manner r j out of the ordinary, refer the offer to 3 j your State experiment station before > I nlns-nsr it. Nine times out of ten you { will find 3'ou have saved motley by d?in? tilis. 1 : A Tjpjrliorn "Kir?r Machine. The above illustration, taken from the Feather, shows a protul and preI cocio.is puliet of the true egg produc j tng type of confirmation. ? ! Poultry Note*. 3 j An elevated site k> desirable for a j ! poultry bouse. I See that the poultry house is well ' . ! ventilated. [ j Leg weakness comes from hijjb f$edi ; ing and forced growth. j j Sprinkle the.pluces most frequented j by the fowls with slaked lime. I 1 A sole diet of corn produces too much ( j fat. when given t? hiying hens. I i AIix a little powdered charcoal with i the soft feed and it will assist diges. j tlonWith poultry, as with other products, : it is a safe rule to market as soon as ; ready. The turkey is one of the best pay j ing fowls the farmer can fcrep, -when J the surroundings are favorable. The egg shell Is porous and any filth | on it soon affects the meat. Eggs ! should be cleaned as soon as gathered. The breed of fowls to select from is ; the one you like the best. This has a I great deal to do with which is the best , fowl. j Fresh, eggs are more transparent at i the centre, old ones at the top. Very j old ones are not transparent in either j place. Tho ISee Colony. It should be as far away from public j Highways as possible, and, if convenient. in a quiet place, sheltered from high winds, where the bees are not likely to be interfered with by men or animals. The hives must be securely fenced off, if situated on land.where cattle are accustomed to feed. They should also be not so far away as to prevent those engaged about the dwelling house from seeing when I swarms are in the air. If. the hives can be so placed as to afford a i free bee flight toward tho open coun, try, while the beekeeper has room to I wuriv at mt% siutf ur m icm ul lucm . without interfering with the flight of i the bees, it is mutually advantageous to them and to the beekeeper. i One of the most reliable arguments i in favor of combining agriculture with i small farming lies in the fact that the beekeeper can time his work so as not i to interfere unduly with the attention ' needed for harvesting his ordinary agricultural produce. Moreover, much [ valuable help can bo rendered by a farmer's wife who is so disposed, and many instances are recorded in which women make most successful beej keepers.?Massachusetts Ploaghman. j One Farmer's Method. One of the best farmers we ever I fcuew kept a slate hanging up in the [ barn and on this slate made eutries something like these: Weak place in the west tiell fence; Joe repair it at one*. < J Take cultivator shovel* to shop uext i time buggy goes. ; Repair Jack's harness .icd Bob's bridle first wet day. Frank, see Smilh and tell him to j brins log chain horn* Two s"o\v? due to farrow May 10; keep sharp lookout. Bunch of red sorrel in south field near shade; for self. nilrt miist tip. warPhed: haul so mo first chance. "When any job Hke (ho one.\ noted . was done, the rnle wus to erase the memorandum about it. and the man j, who kept the slate told us that there ' was always a friendJy rivalry betw"hiinscJf, his sou and tlt^e hired man in the way of keeping the slate clean. The rule was to scan the state whenever any one came to the barn, and v --. \ I it be was calle& away and there was some worlc of bis own to be done, instead of telling bis wife "to tell tbe boy." a simple entry was made covering the work to be done and all weut well. Forcing Fowls to Monlt. Many poultrymen have tried the socalled Van Dresser plan of forcing fowls to moult early and have met with varying degrees of success. The plan consists of placing tbe fowls iu a run of rather limited dimensions and j giving them as little food as possible, and yet sustaining life for two weeks. The writer tried the plan for the second season last year and with satisfactory results in the case of Leghorns, ivui. viiiy luiit results Willi jrijr iliuuiu. Rocks. The plan of feeding was to scatter in the runs some small grain like wheat, mixing it with a small quantity of oil meal. The quantity was sufficient to give each fowl about the equivalent of a teaspoonful of grain, provided she got her siaare. At the end of two weeks the hens were again fed liberally and on the usual variety of rations. The experiment was made in August and in four weeks most of the Leghorns had their new stock of feathers and were beginning to lay. The Plymouth RockB dragged along for from six to ten weeks before all of them were Laying again. There is enough in the plan to warrant trying it, and if the results obtained with the Leghorns could be generally brought about it would give poultrymen eggs much earlier in the fall thau now. Good Milking. Tests at the Storr's Experiment Station show conclusively that the amount of milk given by the cows and the purity of the product both depend greatly upon the method adopted by the milker. One young man, who said he could milk, was given charge of the milking of six cows. At the end of a week the quantity given showed a shrinkage of twelve per cent In another experiment, in which five boys, previously taught as to proper methods, were tested as milkers, four increased the flow seven, ten and five per cent., respectively. The following instruction in regard to miHiiug are in use at the-station. The milker should milk regularly, thoroughly and quietly. He should" wear clenn clothes, wash his hands before beginning to milk, and never wet them while milking. The cow should be brushed before being milked, and her flank and udder wiped with a damp cloth in order to minimize, as far as possible, the number of bacteria floating about in the vicinity of the pni!, and likely to get into the milk. To the same end the foremilk should be rejected, and the milking done into covered pails, with strainers arranged for the milk to pass through. Rejecting the first few spurts of milk from the teat removes the milk containing objectipnable germs. The cleaner the milking is dbne, the fewer the germs.? American Cultivator. Care of the Horse. Our farni horses, should have the very best of care that the farmed can give them. They are faithful animals and deserve to be kept right They should have plenty of good hay, corn, j oats, bran, etc., the year around. We should strive to give thorn a variety of j food, as they like it better and will j thrive better upon it. In beginning j the spring work do Hot work the team | too much at the start. Their muscles J are soft and will blister easily," for j they have been idle much of the time | during the winter. Go a trifle ,8low at j the.st^rt, aud then, after getting used to it gradually, the farmer will have a team with tough, hard shoulders, capable of standing the heavy work of the entire season. The team should be thoroughly brushed and- cleaned every day. This will help in keeping them in the proper condition. Give them a good dry stable in the winter and do not be afraid of turning them out at night during the summer when the pasture is good. ' . .*?!n;n-?-hni>cjc climiM he fronted v/ui uiJi.ri"w -? "with the same consideration as the work team. Give him good care and do not overwork him by driving him too fast. 'Be kind to all the animals, arid quiet when working with them. Make their duties as light as possible, never requiring them to do more than their strength will admit. Horses well cared for and treated in a humane manner will prove themselves the best servants a man can have about the i farm.?-Cor. Farmers' Guide. Corrj Life h> the Soil. A recent observation of importance to the agriculturist would seem to indicate that tli^ enrichment of soil which is observed in forest-covered lands is not altogether due to a conservation of the moisture and the addition to the soil of needed elements by the decomposition of the fallen leaves. Of probable greater Importance is the fixation of atmospheric ni- j i trogen by dead forest leaves when these rest on h moist substratum of ; soil. In effect this phenomenon is similar to that which is produced by the tubercle growths on the roots of the legumes and allied plant families. A similar observation has been made in regard to- the mountain pine, which, j if verified, will account for the liardi- j ness of this tree and the ease with which it maintains itself in soils thai: i-ontain comparatively few nutrients, j It lias beeu. fouiul by the Danish , Heather Improvement sociery, which Ls interested iu planting trees on bar- : ren sandy Htretches on the western) coast of Jutland, that spruce and mountain pine, when planted together in pairs, mutually lvelp each other to thrive; the valuable nitrogen-fixing functions of the pine serving to provide nourishment for both trees. It has bceH repeatedly observed 1 hut where such trees are planted in proximity on barren lands, if Lhe pine is cut down whde the spruce Is stiS young, the latter will die. or else makd a sickly growth. On the contrary, enrioi.. iy enough, if the pine is not cut down until after the spruce gets a good start, the latter will make betted progress than if the pine had been al-t lowed to live.?kulunapofis News. , v - v ,, ' ' . ; ' ' ' '" ? " / 1 > WrarspEira WASHINGTON. President Roosevelt cordially greeted at the White House a delegation of Igorrote aud Moro chiefs, who assured him of their support of the American Government in the Philippines. Tentative designs will be drawn In the NSvy ^Department for a battleship carrying at least twelve- guns, each larger fhanten-inch calibre. It was announced at the Navy Department that Captain George P. F. Wilde, Commandant of the Navy Yard at Boston, and Captain Chatles J. -f Train, President of the Board of Inspect!^ and Survey, have been promoted to the grade of Rear-Admiral. The Cabinet discussed plans for ft Government telephone service in Washington. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. " A report received in the Navy Department lately from Commander Underwood, tlie American naval Governor at Tutuila, announces that the native chiefs of the Island of Manua have acknowledged the sovereignty of the Unlted'States over that island. Governor Wright has issued an executive order directing the concentration of the inhabitants of Banos, Cathalogan and Gandara River districts of the Island of Samar, P. I., ordering the island authorities to quell the disturbances there. N F. L. Dorr and B. F. O'Brien, formerly the publishers of Freedom, a: paper published in Manila, P. I., were sentenced to six months' imprisonment and to a fine of $1000 for libeling H. Tavera, a member of the Philippine \ Commission. This sentence having been confirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States the prisoners have/ been committed to the prison at Bilib!4. * DOMESTIC. k The Korthfield Conference closed. Dr. A. B. Simpson, at Old Orchard, Me., took up a collection amounting" to $44,800 for missions. A rendezvous for river pirates, at which were the remains of a number of stolen launches, was discovered by; the Yonkers (N. Y.) police. , j Secretary Taft spoke on the needs of the Philippines at the Manila Day exercises at the St. Louis Exposition. An old man was burned to death in a fire at 5 Howard street, New York City, in spite of desperate efforts of the firemen to rescue him. Mount Vernon, N. V., warned the New Haven Railroad Company that unless it stopped using soft coal within forty-eight hours engineers would be arrested. , . {> The postoffice at Indianola, Miss., which was the scene of race trouble last year, was reduced from the Presidential to the fourth class, on account of diminished receipts. So great was the friction caused by the launching of the gunboat Dubuque that the ways were charred, and in the confusion the sponsor did not christen her. J, Suits brought by the Goelet estate# : i 1.1, ~ H 1, ? i/i... ~ T)n lln.r.T* agiuusi iutr iuituuuLiuu x\un w <xy ^umpany, of New York City, as a result'of the building of the elevated lines, which affected real estate holdings, will be compromised for $12.r>,000. Mrs. ?arah Hall Doremus, of Parsippany, In. J., celebrated her 101st birthday anniversary and said ambition and outdoor life was the secret of her longevity. By a unanimous vote the Building Trades Employers' Association, of New;. York City, adopted a resolution which declared for an open shop policy unless the striking unions surrendered at an early date. While talking over a telephone during a heavy thunder storm, Miss Clara Bourland, the sistcen-year-old daughter of W. I?. Bourland, of Dixon, Ky., was killed by lightning. Heavy forest firos were reported to be raging about Bonita, Missoula' County. "Mont. The New Haven (Conn.) Manufacturing Company, employing 100 skilled men. will shut down on September 1 for au indefinite period. Tht1 Government cable, from Sitka, Alaska, to Cape Flattery, will be com- < pleted in a few days. Robbers dynamited the Woodmere (L. I.) nostothce and shot at a woman. Former Governor of Illinois Joseph VY. UlC^. un u >vei puvcuiau ai. Charlevoix. Mich., and broke his arm. A gas v?*eil was struck at Huntiugtoii. \V. Va., at a depth of 900 feet. capable of producing S,000,000 feet daily. FOREIGN. The Czar's son has been gazette as the atauiau or chief of all the Cossack forces. The Archbishop of Canterbury saiL1! on the Celtic from Liverpool for New, York City. Revolutionists were reported to be marching upon the capital of Para- . guay ti> attack it. Emperor Nicholas, in a decree, ap- * pointed his brother, the Grand Duke Michael, Regent, in case of the infant Prince coming to the throne as a miri vr. and the Empress guardian. Great Britain insisted that the sinking of the Knight Couimnnder was uu- ? justifiable and will look for Russia to pay an indemnity. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria visited King Hdward of England at Marienbad, and the greeting of the two sovereigns was of marked cordiality. After a British Cabinet council the emphatic statement was made that Great Britain felt it absolutely essential to her own interests and those of Mit? world that both belligerents should observe the neutrality of China. King Edward, in tho speech proroguing Parliament, said that Great .Britain would energetically support its subjects "in the exercise of rights recognized by international iajv as belonging to neutrals." Germans attacked and defeated the Hereros in a battle lasting all day, but lost live oCicers, iucluding Count vou Ajnim. L;i Vilb? do Caint Maude. a sleerable airship. intended to compete at St. Louis, Mo., i special cable dispatch says, was in Paris. France, satisfactorily by its pilot. Captai i dWrtois. Sir a -niiahl Palgrave, late clerk of the ilouse of Commons, L*as just died. He was paternally of Jewish descent. His fnlher. Sir Francis Palgrave, the historian. was tho only son of u London stock broke'.-. A Russian commission has been appoint <vl to settle the .status of the volunteer fleet. Forest tires in Ravelli County, Canada, got beyond the control of rangers. and threatened liitter Creek Reserre. On receipt of n strong note of protest from Russia in the Ohefoo incident, China demands of Japau the return o? the Czar'.s destroyer. 1 ti