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[5 THE RUNNERS. $gj| * * * For I run not alone, There run with me the Silent Three, Through fields the dead have sown. SB One uith a sweet and piteous smile? BMr.The tireless Past?ah. he will last - f-.i. ' l. geggji-vt' many a lootsore mne. Hm. And one?theNow?with stern, white gane? MK&Who gives no heed though I do bleed Along the thorny ways. jgHV-'ne with a masked face, lips dumb. flsBftteckons my soul to some blind goal? fi^HThc wraith of Things to Come. * * * Xay, I run not alone. ffln| There run with me the Silent Three, fll Through fields the dead have sown. E&l Emery Pottle, in Everybody's Magazine. 1 nni I ARHDATinM IUULLfltlUlin IIUI1I i "I want to know exactly how to , vrrite this story." began the Girl. The Author regarded her a moment meditatively. with the tips of his fingers j pressed lightly together, after the man- , uer of Sherlock Holmes. He was tall aud thin, yet (which seems strange (n an author) elegantly attired. His . face was clean-shaven and of a classic. \ interesting type?the forehead broad, the nose straight, the eyes deepset and , fathomless, the mouth sensitively cut yet firm. The Girl was inclined to ( think him handsome; she knew he was ( auceessful. She conceived him to be , clever. The last of the three characteristics appealed to her the least. , (The Author (in his profound way) was j not thinking of the Girl's story, but ( of the Girl. The Girl, he suspected. < ,wau interesting; the story be was not ( ?o sure of. Besides, he had twenty . guineas per thousand words, so that, naturally, he came to be rather sparing j - * S\P rw->lir 5P in his fUL WViUd CAV.C^/1, V*. W, ? stories. I "Before writing a story." he said, after a moment's thoughtful pause, j 'there are two things for the writer | to determine." , "Only two?" said the Girl, in a tone of relief. "Well, two main things " he correct- H ed, gently. "One is. whether his story '< let worth writing." "Mine is certainly worth writing," ( broke in the Girl, impatiently. The Author wared l:is hand with a , mild, protesting gesture. , I "Of course." he observed. "The , Other is, whether the writer can write { "But," said the Girl, drawing her eye- j i brows together, "that is just what I , have come to you for." "What?to ask me to write it?" ex- , claimed the Author, in some perturbation. i "Dear, no!?that is, not exactly, but , to find out how it ought to be written. And then 'r "And then?" he inquired. , "Well, if you like." she remarked, kindly. "I don't mind if we write it together." "But," objected the author. "I have . never collaborated!" . "Nor have I," said the Girl, proudly, j ! "Yet you propose " he began. "No!"- she interrupted,* Lastily. "I . should1 leave that entirely to you." "Leave what?" asked the Author, pleased to find Jiis original suspicion verified, for the Girl was certainly in- \ teresting, and remarkably pretty. "The ? the collaboration. I sup- , pose " she explained. "Ah. the collaboration! But the ] ?tory?" . "Is all about a girl." she said. "So far, then, it is likely to be good." remarked the Author judicially. (It was odd. he mused, that he had never \ before noticed the wonderful delicacy of the Girl's'complexion.* "All about a girl," he repeated, mechanically; ''embracing no other characterV" "She might be made to embrace some ] one," replied the Girl, reflectively. "She?? Bnt I mean the story," the Author corrected. , "Oh. the story! I was thinking of , tbe jjirl." ? - ? t ?? nm T enlH tha infhnr AUU W Ulll Jk* ouiu iuv ' You see, she van away." explained " the Girl, leaning forward on her elbows and speaking in a confidential tone. "Oh! She ran away? From school?" ! "No. From her husbaud!" "Bless me," said the Author, "what a very wicked young lady!" "She merely did it for a?well, a kind of lark," explained the Girl, apologetically. "That is some slight , condonation. Of course," admitted the Author. "Then," went on the Girl, "there was the Other Man." "Naturally," sighed the Author, with weary recollections of Adeiphi melodramas. "She ran to him?" "Nothing of the sort!" exclaimed the Girl. "The Other Man didn't even know her." uTKaf cimnlifr mnttcrs hr far is the girl is concerned." "But she knew him." went on the Girl, nodding her head- sagely at the author. "How long had she known him?" asked the Author, with resignation. "Oh, ever so long! You see.. her school friend's cousin had introduced her to him when she still had long hair " "You mean before it was cut off?" "No. no. when it was down her back. The man was the school friend's cousin's brother-in-iaw. and. naturally, wouldn't remember her." - 1 ?' A A llfflAP ""i>aiuraiij, sij^ucu wc huluui again. "But," put in the Girl, triumphantly. "she remembered him! What do you think of that?" "I think it does her great credit," Teplied the Author, diffidently. "And BO? ?" f "And so, in her hour of need, the girl " "Excuse me. but what was she in need of?" "Oh, that doesn't matter! We can settle all minor details after the story Is written. As I was sayiDg. in her h'our of need sh<? bethought her of her old friend." "Yes. Her oid school friend. I see." "No, no! The Man. But on her way to him she met the Man's sister-in-law ! ?the cousin of the school frlenu?ana she told her that her school friend was dead:" ... **JDrar ilp?rT'? said the Aftthcr "And I ' that decided her to return home to her | husband. of course?" "Really," exclaimed the Girl, "I think you have a very poor idea of plots, considering you write stories yourself?" "Occasionally." admitted the Author, i "But I'm sure I be? your pardon if I ' anticipated your climax. What did j she do. then?" "Why." said the Girl, '"'she put herself in her school friend's place!" "Great heavens!" cried the Author. a "Do you mean in the coffin?" ( "Of course not! I mean she assumed her dead friend's name and? j b and personality. I think you cai! it?? i and pretended she was her." "She." suggested the Author. "With " the connivance of the cousin?" sn "No. She told the cousin nothing ? about .it. She left the omijibus and 0 drove straight to the .Man's house in 0 a cab. and rang the bell and walked in. The Man was standing on the ' hearth-rug alone in the room, and she ran up to him?remember, she hadn't seen him for ten years?and. with a j wild gesture, exclaimed. 'Save me!' " "Yes." observed the Author, "you bave hit upon a strong dramatic situa- | tion there. What does the Man say, j though?" "The Man replies. 'I will proclaim ?our innocence with my last breath!'? or something of that sort?and she falls into his arms. After soothing her for i few moments, he inquires who she is. She tells him that she is her dead friend, his sister-in-law's cousin: but the Man replies that there must be some mistake, as he has no sister-inlaw. The girl fixes her eyes upon his face intently f&r several minutes be- | Porp rpinnrkinar. 'Then you are not j Tames de Vere?' Tlie Man answers, i 'No: my name is Jones'?and the girl liscovers that she has come to the I svrons: house." "Ah! that. too. is a fine situation." murmured the Author?"for the girl." "Yes. I do not think it is bad. But ^ the strange part is that Jones and DeV'ere are both members of a club where _ ladies can be taken as guests, you ^ know? there are such clubs in London, ain't there?" j, "Oh, yes. several." said the Author. "So Jones offers to conduct the girl to this club and hand her over to De Vere. and they drove off together. t) Meantime, the girl's husband has dis- n covered her flight and starts in pursuit. k Having heard her once mention the ^ name of her dead school friend's ^ cousin, he first seeks out this lady. !ind from her learns that his wife and a ? - rr jn o r\ AmTll. sue Ulf L lliai vnj UlUllllUg, 114 UU V1UU4 jj bus. This reassures him, and he goes e; home to dinner. Jones and the girl j reach the club, and Jones finds De Vere taking afternoon tea with?whom J S( Jo you think?" j ej "I am at a loss to conjecture." said : the Author, permitting his eyes to ^ Swell dreamily on the Girl's flushed face. 10 "Why, with the school friend!" ex- j a claimed the Girl, clapping her hands, i jf "The school friend?" I a ' Yes. She wasn't dead, after all. j rt turned out to be merely a malicious gl ind unfounded report. On the con- 0( trary, she was engaged to be married to De Vere." ^ "Ah! Lucky De Vere. And is that : rj all?" j ? "No. That concludes the first half of i fj the story. The rest is principally ex- | tj plana tions. I want to know how it j [r aught to be written?" .said the Girl. I "It's too exciting for me to give an I CJ opinion straight off." rejoined the Au- p thor. "You say the girl knew the Mau j ? for ten years?" 8. "Yes." "But the Man didn't know the girl?" ; jj "No." \ . L "It was his loss!" murmured the Au- | [{ thor. "Pray, how long ha^e you known j ?< me?" * j a "Oh, ever since I was fifteen?or 5, thereabout," answered the Girl, exam- j Ining the pattern of the Author's car- | u Prt-; ' . IP "And it seems only within the last S( half hour that I have known you!" I ft ejaculated the Author, rising from his 1 tl chair. s ! p "What on earth do you mean?" de- j c< manded the Girl. j [t "I mean." said the Author, "that we j h will xi'ritd vftnr stnrv toirether. if TOO ' rr will; but on one condition." ,'a ' And what is the condition?" ! a ''That, unlike the girl in the story, i u yo\i will promise never, never to run ! ji away from me?not even for a lark!" fi "Oh!" said the Girl. | fc And : _ ,:Ab." said the Author, putting hi? j arm round the Girl's waist, "but I love i you. I love you. I love you!" And the Girl didn't run away.?Em- j eric Hulme-Beaman. in the Sketch. An Unexplained Distinction. The present Chinese Minister, Sit Chentung Liang Cheng, li. C. M. G., | is as witty as his well known prede i cessor, Wu Ting-fang. In June last j Sir Chentung was an interested spectator of the marriage ceremony of certain ! young friends in Washington. At the j conclusion of the wedding, as the min- j ister was leaving the house, lie made i some inquiries of a friend with respect j to the origin of the custom of throwing : rice after the newly joined couple. "Oh," replied the friend, "that's by way of wishing them good luck. L sup pose." "In that case." suggested the Orien tal. with just a suspicion of a smile, wny is u nor tue custom 10 mr??w i rice after the hearse at a funeralV"- ( Collier's Weekly. The Capture of l>ewey. 1 ? Admiral Dewey's peace of mind has ^ been greatly disturbed lately by "sight k seeing automobiles." each carrying c thirty or forty people, which stop ir ; ^ front of his home three times a day, in ^ the effort to get a glimpse of the Ad ^ miral or Mrs. Dewey. Even more an- e noying than the stare of forty pairs ^ of eyes is the witticism of the guide t %vho shouts througli the megapliom ^ in a voice than can be heard a blocl) away: "The red house to your riglit- ? given i>y the American people to Ad ( miral Dewey, who destroyed the Span ? ish fleet in Manila Bay and came t( j, Washington to be captured by s Q woman."?Saturday Evening Post v Tibet Snow-RlindneM8. ' To prevent snow blindness the na * tives of Tibet grease their faces anc * then blacken the skin all around theii 1 eyes with burnt sticks. Most foreign 1 er3 when exposed to the snow in Tibe! r wear colored glasses. * IEW ANTELOPES AT THE NEW TORN ZOOLOGICAL PiSK BY J. CABTER BEARD. 3T is by no means an easj matter to assign tlieii proper place in the anima kingdom or to determine what really constitutes at nteiope. No better opportunity has ver been given iu this country to see or one's self the different members f this family, from the pygmy Duverbok antelope to the ox-Uke eland, nd from our own aberrant type, the imerican prong-horn antelope, to the till more aberrant giraffe, than is now iven by the incomparable colleetior f antelopes at the New York Zoologial Park. Among the most singular types in Dme respects are the water antelopes. 'here are five allied species, of which * ' ? v ^ jITTLE ANOA BULL OR ANTELC ZOOLOGIC tie Sing-sing antelope, a One specilen of which is to be seen at the park, t a representative. It scarcely carries out our idea of ac ntelope, being a rather heavily-built nimal, which, instead of presenting ae sleek, glossy appearance of othei lembers of its family, is clothed witfc coat of long, soft, loose, and floccuienl air, lotfger upou the neck than elsewhere, but not forming a mane. The Dior la grayish brown. The males lone carry horns. These in the adull idividual are lyre-shaped, and cov red almost to the tips with bony rings, he animal exhales an odor, and the esh Is so powerfully scented and of o bad a flavor as to be entirely unatable, a circumstance which will gc ir to preserve the species from becomlg exterminated, long after its conener's have disappeared forever from 3e lace 01 tue eariu. xue uauves, we re told, tame these antelopes, and al>w them to run with their cattle (In luch the same way as we keep a goat 1 the stable) because the animal is upposed to bring good luck and ward Ef disease. Sing-sing antelopes abound in marshy istrlcts oil- the bauks of lakes and vers in central and western Africa, f disturbed,..they invariably make for le water at full speed. Il this way ley escape lions and leop;?rds, who i common with other cats are relucmt to take to the water, but they innot get away from the natives, who ursue them in boats, which they padle faster than these autelopes can svim. In view of the fact that the curious ttJe anoa has been adopted, along rith the other inhabitants of the Phil>pine Islands, as a citizen of the ijreater united s:ares,'.ine specimens t the New York Zoological Park asjme an additional Interest. Although the anoa is .ranked among ngulates with the oxen, and more articularly with the buffaloes, it has ) many features lu common with the ntelope that it is sometimes called le antelope buffalo. It Is a veritable ygmy, being wlim full grown, acjrding to Mr. Hornaday, two feet nine iches high at the shoulder*. "We ave," says the last-mentioned gentletan in writing to me. "three specimens t the park, two full-/rown males and female, the latter immature. Those ttle creatures take kindly to captivity 1 zoological gardens, and breed witL lir regularity. Two of these that we ave are quite docile, but the third, a . < S< l_ ' Ti 1 j * '< . . : ' .: - . :' ; A S *' ^ ^ j*~ " - 'Iff THE SING-SING ull-grown male, was once so savage hat for nearly u year be was bent on llling something or somebody. The reature is quite cow-like in form, bul :s horns most nearly resemble the orns of the harnessed antelope oi ifrica, except that they are not twist d. The color is a rich chocolate brown ecoming dark with age. Celebes is he home of the specimens which wt ave." The specimens which inhabit th( 'hilippines (Bos mindorensis) is callec amarao. "It stands," writes Richard jydekker, "three and a half feet ir leight. The horns, though massive ire comparatively short and rise up vard in the plane of the face with : yrate curvature; they are distinctlj fiinnrtnlnn *-i? J A ln?(*AC<4- fn 5* LiUUgUiUl, n 11U IUC LiX L I LttlC ront, and are somewhat roughened n its massive form, thick legs, ant iniform coloration this species come! learer to the Indian buffalo than t( he auoa." . ",vv, " .. It may be added that, as far at least as the anoa of Celebes is concerned, the animal seems to occupy a place [ almost exactly half way between the antelopes and the oxen. >MIt approximates to the antelopes." writes Lydek ker, "in its slender build, th? structure of the hinder parts of Its skull, the [ upright direction and the straightness > of its horns, the spots on its head, back i and limbs, and-its email size."?Scieni titic American. mo xu muiiin'c ncn i \ run ?n iniHkin ? ubui Will Permit of Any Possible Posl[ tlon of Occupant. > Among the patents recently granted ' was one for a mattress, which is cali cukited to make the life of the invalid . easier and to permit of a variety of changes of position without submiti ting the patient to any distress. It , will be readily seen how this is aci complished. PE BUFFALO AT THE NEW YORK "AL PARK. i Formed in the mati. .?S9 at one end , thereof is a framework consisting of two parallel rachet rods, having downi wardly extending parts and the guide : braces. Hinged to the rachet rods is ; the adjustable framework section of ' the mattress, to which arms are plvi oted, the free ends of which engage : and operate in the ratchets. This arrangement forms a bed rest,i ! which is always available with, very ? MATTRESS FOB INVALID'S BED. 1 little trouble and with little disturbance of the patient. On the other side of the bed is a similar arrangement, bj which a collapsible chair is called up 1 as desired as if by magic. ' Anyone who has ever been confined to bed by a long spell cf sickness will 1 recognize the beauties-of this arrange1 rnent. Likewise will also the nurse who has been compelled to move a helplessly bedridden person during one of these spells.?Philadelphia Record. George Arte as a Farmhand. Judge Saunderson, who is practicing , law in Everett, Wash., formerly lived . in Iventland, Ind., the boyhood home of . Geotge Ade, the humorist. . "Ade was a peculiar character in his younger years," said the Judge. "He i made my office a sort of loafing place during the little time he spent in loaf> ing. He was employed on a farm owned by a banker. One day he i walked Into the office and said to me: > " "That man is the best I ever worked i for.' mmi ---VV .' . * ; - """' "'^ V- ., ... OR WATER ANTELOPE. > Sew Sponge and Soup Holder. i A new combination sponge aud soap r iolder is liere illustrated. It is made 1 of brass wire, polished and nickeled, and-ls designed for use against a wall 1 Tk wainscoting. The sponge bolder is *i 6 inches deep and 5Vz inches in dlam i| eter; the soap bolder above it, by I 3 inches.?Philadelphia Record. V ! 1 j HOUSEHOLD ? * * j| ;i 9 9 9 9 MATTERS \\ Cheese Rounds. Cut stale bread into rounds, butter and set in the oven to brown slightly, then spread with tinely'grated cheese, dust with salt and pepper and set in a hot oven until the cheese is melted. Cabbage Salad. Cut off the outer leaves from a firm head of cabbage and soak it in slightly salted water for an hour. Cut out the stalk and then sbave very tine. Mix with a boiled salad dressing and pile in a mound on a plate. Mask or cover with a' little of the dressing, and garnish the edge with some long shreds 3r straws of the cabbage without dressing. Boiled Dressing. Cream a rounding tablespoon of butter; beat two tablespoons o? vinegar witb the same of hot water. Put a saltspoon of salt, a few dashes of pepper and the yolks of two eggs together; beat slightly, add the vinegar and water, and when cooked thick add the butter and stir. When hot add a halffup of thick beaten cream. This makes mough to serve two people. Salsify Fritters. Wash and scrape the salsify and drop into cold water as fast as scraped, for Lhis vegetable turns dark on exposure to the air. Cook in plenty of boiling salted water until nearly tender, but not soft. Grate, season with salt and pepper, a rounding tablespoon each of Hour and butter and two beaten egg /oiks to two cups of salsify. Drop in spoonfuls into hot deep fat and crJok until brown. Frait Ice Cream.1 Soak a slightly rounding tablespoon af gelatine in one-haif cup of eold milk, strain into two cups of rich milk or one ! cup of milk and one cup of thin cream. Dissolve seven-eighths cup of sugar in one tablespoon of hot water, and when hot and melted add to the first mixture. Now add two cups of beaten cream, two teaspoons of vanilla and freeze partially. Stir in one cup of cut preserved or candied fruit and finish freezing. Drain oft' the water, repack and let stand three hours. More fruit may be used. Tripe a la Lyonnaiae. Italians are extremely fond of tripe : and prepare it in a variety of appetizing ways. It is most digestible and is . usually served with Parmesan cheese. /Wash in cold water two pounds of the /honevcomb triDe and nut it in a sauce pan with two quarts of .boiling salted water. Simmer gently for ten minutes, drain and dry with a clean cloth. Cut into long, tine strips about an inch in length. Put in a saucepan three tablespoonfuls of olive oil, and when hot add two tablespoonfuls white oni5ns cut in thin slices, and cook until a golden color. Add the tripe, cook slowly for fifteen minutes, season with salt, pepper, a dash of cayenne, a tablespoo"nful of parsley and a tablespoontul of tomato conserve. Serve with grated cheese. Both the cheese and the conserve can be purchased in any Italian store much more reasonably than can be procured elsewhere. The conserve comes in little tin cans, fiv6 cents a can, and lasts indefinitely, since a spoonful is quite sufficient for seasoning. New SagfeaiJons. i A cloth-covered broom will wipe the dust from papered'walls and ceilings. A little powdered borax will make washing look extra glossy when ironed, If thrown into the starch. A scraping of raw potato, laid upon a soft cloth and bound over 'sore eyes, will cure them. A coarse brown wrapping paper soaked in vinegar and placed on the forehead and eyes is good for sick headache. Powdered borax strewn over places frequented by ants, cockroaches and other vermin will drive these pests away. One teaspoonfnl of pure, sweet oil, taken three times a day, after meals, will cure the worst case of dyspepsia. Hot lemonade is one of the best remedies for a bad cold. Crushed cubeb berries, smoked in a clay pipe, will cijre catarrh. A preparation of fat oil varnish and rectified spirits of turpentine, if applied to iron, steel and otMer metal articles will prevent them from rusting. The dullest scissors can be sharpened it' you try to cut. as it were, a coarse ~ naaHia wiHi them. St? ? ILlfm, I1CCU?V w v A layer of sugar over preserves, jellies, etc., will prevent them from gathering mould. A pincb of salt will Improve the flavor of apple sauce. Slices of bread toasted in the oven until a golden brown a re* far more wholesome than those toasted in a toaster before an open tire. A teaspoonful of burnt sugar will Kive an amber color to soups made from white meats. A diet of tomatoes will ward off a bilious attack. 9 i" It is true economy to begin the dinner with soud of some kind. Germany's Textile Schoolu. Beginning with schools to teach spinning by hand in the eighteenth century, Germany has continued to improve the instruction in textile industry offered to its people with every advance of practical science as applied to weaving and spinning. Textile schools, where the manipulation of most intricate machinery is taught, are now found all over the empire, and it is held by some persons that they constitute the main pillar by virtue of which the German textile industry maintains its competitoive power in foreign markets. The courses of instruction are frequently revised and everything is kept up on a sci^niihe basis. Bedroom Suite of Solid Silver. An extraordinary suite of furniture has just been made in London. Cor^ structed throughout of solid silver, ii is destined for the Eastern palace ol an Indian prince. A massive fourpost bedstead, which has absorbed n ton of silver: twelve dining-room chairs, four tables, two divans, a lady's 5infi si fahineh made uc UlC90mt)-uk?/?w ....... ? the suite, which took nearly a year tc make. Weighing altogether over foui tons its value is estimated at $73,000. \ * Y : ' " . - ,\'*rS'-4v IpEuiW THE WEEK WASHINGTON. The Omnibus Claims bill was passed by the Senate. The resolution providing for holding the inaugural ball in the Pension Build mg was adopted by the House. It was learned that the Hay-Bond treaty with Newfoundland was likely to be revived. An attempt to blow up the statue of Frederick the Great in the War College grounds here failed. The nomination of William D. Crum, a negro, to be Collector of Customs ai Charleston, S. C., was confirmed. The Forestry Congress adjourned after adopting resolutins urging more stringent measures for preserving the timber on the public landS. President Roosevelt called a council of leaders in Congress to discuss what legislation shall be undertaken. Admiral Dewey and the General Board of the Navy recommended more compulsory retirements and promotion of officers at earlier ages. ? " A bill to abolish the Isthmian Canal Commission was introduced in the Wrmcn \ OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. News from Manila told of an attempt Jf about 500 convicts at Bilbid prison ;o break jail. It resulted in the killing >f sixteen of tlie prisoners and tbe wounding of forty others. ? * Lieutenant P. J. Jewell and a prirate. of the Fourteenth United States 'Cavalry, were killed, and three officers and three privates wounded in the capture of an outlaw fortress In Jolo. A civil service system similar to that in operation in the Philippines is to be instituted in Porto Rico. One hundred ladrones raided the town of Taal, a place of 33,000 inhabitants. thirteen miles from Batangas,,in the Island of Luzon, killed'two persons and disarmed the local police. 4 In the Island of Samar. where the Puiujanes recently massacred Lieutenant Hayt and thirty-seven native scouts, the scouts and constabulary are driving the bands of fanatics on the east coast, converging upon them in small, lightly equipped columns. There are frequent skirmishes, in which several of the Pulujanes have been killed. LOMESTI.C. Raids were made on fifty sweatshops in Elizabeth street, New York City. Rodman Waft&maker carries $3,200.lHX) life insurance, it was reported, a larger amount than any other man in America. . Charles F. Murphy announced that Mayor McCIellan, of New-York City, will be renominated on a platform promising a "liberal" enforcement of laws. Ten inches of snow fell in Memphis, Penn., seriously impeding traffic. James F. Tdppan, the Standard Oil i man, died ia Chicago, 111. Through the aid of a ten-year >ld boy > Jersey City police hoped to break up , the alleged "Black Hand" gang. Captain David B. Mulliken took the stand in his own defense at the courtaiartial at Fort Shacidan and told of his marriage tangles. . ' An endowment fund for Tuskegee Institute was planned as a memorial for W. H. Baldwin. Admiral Dewey and Mr. Morton, Secretary of the Navy, reviewed the assemblage of warships at Hampton : Roads, which was the greatest ever known in the history of the United States. j Thomas D. Robinson, of 'New York City, aged eighty-one, and his wife,, seventy, were charged with burglary. The cruiser Chattanooga was tested^ for speed off Newport, R. I., exceeding the contract speed on a four hours', run. The body of Leonard Mandeville, a 1 clerk, nineteen years old. was found in1 a trench in Newark, N. J. It was announped.ythat part of the Cathedral of St. John the .Divine, in New York City, would be finished in three years. .Governor Frank W. Higgins was inaugurated in the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol it Albany, N. Y., in the presence of a distinguished gathering. Andrew Carnegie has given $268,000 to the Maryland Institute of Art and Design. The annual report of F-. D. Kilburn. New York State Superintendent of *-v K1 i in A IKontr was JLuauc uuuuw xu awau;. \ Many changes In the banking laws of the State were recommended. Agents of the chief Chicago (III.) packers were arrested i#i Montana, charged with conspiracy to fix meat: prices. Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, husband of the alleged swindler, arrived in Cleveland. Ohio, and had a pathetic conference with his wife in the jail. *> 4 , ______ FOREIGN. The sessions of the board of Inquiry Into the North Sea incident were resumed in Paris, France. Queen Helena's birthday, a Presna special cable dispatch stated, was observed at Rome and in other cities of j Italy. A special cable dispatch stated that the Veronique, Earl Fitzwilliam's ship, was safe at Panama, and will be taken home by the crew,"the Earl and his party having started for Southampton from Colon. MoVe than fifty persons were frozen to death in the Provinces of East Prussia. West Prussia and Posen in the recent cold period, including two letter carriers, the driver of a post wasron, a policeman and fifteen fisher men. It was learned in Paris that Japan has sent an ultimatum to Chile, threatening to bombard her ports should the proposed sale of Chilean warships to Russia he effected. The Frenclx Chamber of Deputies elected Paul Doumer president, to succeed M. Brlsson. The treaty of peace and amity between Chile and Bolivia vras signed. Alonzo H. Sylvester, Emperor Willlam's private dentist, committed suicide in Berlin. Signor Tittoni, the Italian Foreign Minister, was stricken with apoplexy. By the expressed desire of the Sultan of Morocco a French mission started for Fez to propose reforms for the country. Lieutenant-General von Trotha reported to Berlin that a strong German force had defeated a body of Hereros ~ Aauaa A? fCrxT,t Tlo T lii a UC1UT u^ul vii xiai o , The agitation of various reform bodies in Russia increased to such an extent that observers in St. Petersburg believed that internal affairs might1 force her to conclude peace. The Italian Government, according to a special Brescia dispatch, becamd alarmed over the increase of the Aus4 trian sarrison on the frontier. 4 I POVERTY IN NEW YORKCtry l ' Misery in the Metropolis Greateff Than Ever Before.; 1 Philanthropist Writes CommUiiott?r-w??i eral Sargent, of the National Bare ah ?f Charities. About Conditions. New York City.?Surprising statements concerning increasing proverlj] in New York- City were made in a letter from a New York City philanthropist of national fame to CommissionerGeneral Sargent, of the Bureau ol! Immigration at Washington. D. C. ; This letter, the name of whose author is withheld by Mr. Sargent, declares that 100,000 men are without work in Greater New York City, that the'hospitals are overcrowded, and that 50,000 school children, because of the empty purses of their parents, have to trudge to school without breakfast every; V morning. ? , . "Fifty thousand children go to school breakfastless, which means idle fathers," writes the philanthropist. So" overwhelmed is the Department of , Charities with tens of thousands of applications from men out of work that it finds itself unable to cope with ? the situation. Itt short, the metropolis this winter is facing a problem with regard to the unemployed such as never has been known La past years. "The cause of this state or airairs \e f of less moment now than the immedi' ate problem of how to deal wfth the multitudes of the unemployed. Noi has the question here to do -with the ultimate relief, such as Congress can provide by restricting immigration and" scattering immigrants. "xbe immediate question, then, 1st What can be done with the great armj ofyioe unemployed at once? This question eliminates the unwilling and the ^unable, whom we always- have with u?, giving only th* able and wil!? . ing?the honest idle?mostly unskilled labor, of course. How are we to give relief to these?" Mr. Sargent announced that this letter has strengthened his belief that immigration not only should be sCat tered, but restricted. New York City, t he believes, suffers more Iron* lmmi* j gration, proportionately,. than, any Ave i cities in the country. A ! "My principal suggestion in my re- 3 ; ply to this letter," said Mr. Sargent? "Is that applications coming to this brireau daily for work be published i? 1 v u monnai* Q Tiff* IN0W Xyrv^ny iu oviuc iuuuu?, wm?? the influx^ relieved in that congested and evidently proverty-stricken cityThere 1st.* a great deal of work to b* had in tibte South if we can draw the labor here from New York City and other embarreseed cities."" , J. McKee Borden, secretary of Pub* 11c Charities, said: "Since I have held this position I can safely say that I have never seen such widespread destitution calling for immediate relief. It has been made more pathetic by the fact that new ele* ments have entered into it?men wilfc ^ \'V$ ing. able, anxious to work and support their families are unable to get work* perhaps because of industrial con? ditions. "When the snow storm visited ua we managed to engage the interest not only of^fhe city, but of the traction companies and thousand? of men were put to \$rk shoveling snow. I do not think there ever were so many deserv ing applicants. I believe that 50,000 school children are under-fed. Man? ' * ?- - ?(tK WHO suouift ire lining uicu. uuuu? ?.?.? knowledge too, are- helping to fill th* family lardV-* > ' COCKRELL ACCEPTS OFFICEL ] Will Succeed Yeomans on Interstate Commerce Commission. " ^ V;|| Washington, D. C.?Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, has decided to ao cept the position on the Interstate Commerce Commission offered binr aome time ago by President Roosevelt. He will succeed Commissione* .Tames D. Yeomans, of Iowa, whose term expired. Senator -Gockrell has indicated bis decision to the President, but he expects before assuming his new duties to complete the term for which he wat elected to the Senate, .which ends . March 4. ' TRIBUTE TO CHOATE^ English Comment on His Tact and Dignity as Ambassador. London, Eng.?The Times printed an editorial apropos of President Roose"aaiffntHrtn nf veits acceptance vi Ambassador Choate. It pays a tribute to the tact and dignity with wbidh Mr. Choate has filled bis office, which, vrtth. "his- sympathetic interest in all that is best in English life, have earned for him a widespread popularity which will hardly fall to the lot of any other foreign representative than the American." ,? i \ ! HONORS NOG I AND STOESSEIL "i Kaiser Confers the Order of Merit oo Both Generals. Berlin, Germany.?The German Emperor lias conferred the order "Pom v ' le Merite" upon General Nogi, who commanded the Japanese at Port Arthur, and General Stoessel, who led the defenders of the fortress. Currency Bill Amended. The House of Representatives has amended the Hill currency bill so as to nmrirto that National banks shall pay interest. 011 Government deposits, which, shall be awarded to the highest bidder. ' The Year's Records. The 1904 crop of rice promises a yield of 900,000,000 pounds?300,000,.000 more than ever before. Horses and mules reach the highest point this^ . year, with an aggregate value exceeding SI,354,000,000. On the other hand, cattle, sheep, and hogs all show a slight decline. Herring Fishing Fails. Winter herring fishing on the Grand Banks has proven r.lmost a total failure. Brr.ss For the East. While domestic brass founders and other users of copper continue to buy their supplies in limited Quantities from producers and their agents, tue heaviest tonnages arc. being taken by; the Chinese and Japanese consumers, who art? buying in even larger lot? tban German and other continental manufacturers. Buys Forepaugh Circus. James A. Bailey, fourth owner of , the Sells-Forepaugh sbows, bought the entire show at public"sale in Columbus, Ohio, for $150,000. Nearly every sho\?? man la the country was at the sale. I