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\ ? . THE MAN AT THE- TOLL-CATE. ^ I BT JEANNIt PKNDLETON EWIKfl. The white road climbs a stubborn bill. But where it dip# to reach th* plafn? 'And horses bear with scant gcod-wjll The jarring brake zad tightened rein? The toll-gate 9 wooden arm in laid 'Across tne way, and wheels are stayed Till hobbles out that homely king To whom the tribute must be paid. 'A king of "patch." but not of "shred!" - For well his years of singleness Have taught the trick of shears and thread And how to clout his clumsy dress. Of any time he has to spare His tidy garden gets a share, Vet, at the first faint buzz of wheels. The toll-gate is his only care! He nods and chats in friendly way: The sweating teams, their weight or speed, The threatening cloud that dogs the hay? These furnish gossip for his need. His guests jog on; but still he sees Some little tiling to move or picosc, ... If but the sparrows' brawl, amid " The toll some hay-rack left his trees. 'And when there falls a wintry night . v When toKs are scarce, or early paid, He sets his hickory logs . alight, ^v And plies, forsooth, another trade. . His mattress-needle works apace, iWhile, stretched against the chimney-plnce, The purring mother licks her young, Soft-blinking in her master's face. "A lonely life," the careless say, But find their pity ill-bestowed; Do not the legions come his way \ And bustle up or down his road? He feels a king, and looks it, too, For all his kind old heart and true, Who, if he pleased to hold the gate. Might balk the world of passing through. ?Vouth's Companion. -The Tree iof Death i ? ? ?-? By Arthur L. Meserve. WO men stood side by side in the heart of the "P Q forest one autumn after? K "oon as the sun was going Jdown. They were uearly of the same age, aud in the rery prime of life. Their garments wei*e of similar make, such as are worn by the early settlers of the country. t Each wast armed with,a long rifle I ana a snue. Upon their faces was a mingled look of sorrow, and stern determination. which plainly showed that some ill fortune had come to them, and that their minds were made up to aveuge it if possible. And. indeed, ill luck had come to one of them. All that he possessed in this world which was dear to him had fallen beneath the hand of the red destroyer. His wife and children had that very morning been slain by the savages, <and the cabin which had been their happy home given to the flames. He had been hunting in the forest *t the time, and knew nothing of the terrible misfortune which had befallen 3him until he stood upon the edge of the clearing. and saw the work of devastation which the red hands had done. % The friend who now stood by his eide had been with him. and as soon ae they had recovered from the spell .which the sight cast upon them, they hurried to the spot where the ashes of the cabin smoldered, only to find their worst fears confirmed. Wife and children were gone, slain t>y the red fiends, or perhaps cast into the flames of the cabin while yet hliye. I Simon Hart looked upon the scene, and his brain turned as though his reason wag about to forsake him. One thing lone seemed to prevent it, and that pc3 thought of vengeance. He would live and work for that while life and Strength lasted. Dick White, his friend, stood by and cheered him as well as he could in ibis, his hour of need. He seemed to Divine what was passing 'in Hart's mind, and he said: I "We cannot help them. They are past our aid now. But there is one Ihing, Simon, flint we can do. We can live and work for vengeance. Let us follow the murderers, and not give Iver the search until they are wiped Irom tke earth, or we have fired our B8t shot." I '"You are right, Dick," answered the lettler, grasping him by the hand. "I Irill live for vengeance. When that las been had. there will be time enough lor me to think avlint mv fnte will ha I moment a?o I had more tlian half a iml to ond my days on this spot I y y own haiul. Oh. my wife! my chil en! shall I never see you again?" For the spaee of n minute he gave ay to his anguish, then he exclaimed, idtlenly: "Come, the trail is plain before us. et us take it and follow on at once, never before thirsted for the blood ; a redskin. Now I would wipe out ._ ^ i '- ^ Ie wiioie iici uiMUd race at oc.e diow )i but had tbe power 1o ilo it." Thoy lost no more time about the tins of tbe cabin, but started off at ice. The trail was easy to follow, id they had gone on until they had ached the point where we see them anding in the heart of the great silent rest, with tbe sun going down here them. For a lew minutes thoy had been anding motionless, without a word |ssicg between them; but now Dick [hit? broke the silence by exclainiI'Simon, we are almost upon them." rWhat makes you think so, Dick?" Ijuuuk. uo jou doc see now rresn trail ifr? It cannot have been made lalf horn- ago. There! Did you see t twig spring up there? It would : have done so had it not just been tssed down. "They are not a mile ay now, and I'll bet they're going camp about the Hollow Oak. It is 1 of their camping grounds, you 1W." I hope that you may be right. I g to be dealing blows of vengeance )n them. It does soeiv as though I ild not content myself much longer." But you must be patient, Simon, r hour of vengeance will surely be. It cannot now be long delayed, e savages are near at hand. Bele midnight comes we "W ill be strikblows for your dead (nes. Come and let us get as near to them as w;?. ?au whlle'.thei daylight',lasts. W cannot follow them when the darknes has hid the trail." Simon Hart made no reply, but th stern, determined look upon his cour tenance deepened, telling of the fee ings which animated his breast, an how he longed to commence the wor of avenging his lost ones. Swiftly, yet cautiously, they glide along the trail, while the sun wen down behind the western treetop and the shadows of the evening begai to gather thickly about them. Crowning an eminence, they coul< see through the twilight the hollov oak, beneath the branches of whid they felt sure of finding the savages The trail led directly thither, and ther was little need of keeping upon il they thought, so certain were they tha they should find there those the; sought. The'night'was'come wlien-'at lengtl they stood close-to it. and saw shinin through the trees the light of a cam; fire. One' portion of their 'task wa over; their work of death was soon t begin. Silently they crept nearer and neare until at last they stood as close to th tree that they could couut the savage clustering about the fire. They wer i?i mimhar 5KVC11 111 UUUiUCi. Simon Hnrt was so impatient for Li vengeance that he would have sprun npon them at once, had not his corr panion held him back, and at the sam time whispering in his ear: "Keep quiet, if you would not rui all. Wait until they are asleep, an then our task will be an easy one, an our vengeance sure. To strike no-* might ruin all. No one of those re fiends must on any account be suffere to escape." , Simon Hart saw that his-friend wa right. He must possess himself wit patience as best.he could. As-motionless as statues they stoo there, with their eyes fixed upon thei enemies. Slowly the minutes went bj T' J ~ AtVl + ic seemea mat me nine iui uicm ?. strike would never come. The light of the camp fire greT paler aud paler, and at last only faint glow remained. The savage huddled about it, and to all appeal ance each and every one was burie in slumber. The hour of vengeance had arrivec Noiselessly the two hunters crept to^ ard their victims. In one hand the heid their rifles and in the other thei knives. A few steps brought them t the side of the. nearest savages. "For my wife, my children!" e3 clainmed Simon Hart, in a whispei as he buried his kufe to the hilt in th heart of a savage. The blow of Dick White was no les an^ oiiro nnrl two nf tllf* Sfn ages lay weltering in their gore, thel career ended forever. So silently and surely had the blow been struck that neither had uttere so much as a groan. Their comrade still slept on, unsuspicious of th doom impending. After the knives of the avenger were raised, and true to their ail they did the work assigned to them. But three of the savages now r< mained. "Another blow for my raurdere ones," shouted Simon Hart, in a ton of triumph which rang out like trumpet through the stillness of th night. , The remaining savages sprang t their feet, but before they could ris and arm in their defense a couple o bullets ended the career of two c them forever. The remaining savag turned to flee, but he had hardl quitted his tracks before Simon Har was upon him, and one blow con nl<?M tho Wnrk nf venere.mce. For years thereafter the Hollow Oa was known to the settlers of that re gion as the Tree of Death.?New Yor Weekly. Voices of Animals. There is a chapter in the natural his tory of animals that has hardly bee touched upon as yet, and that will b especially interesting with refercnc to families. The voices of animal have a family character not to be mi* taken. All the canidoe bark and howl!?th fox, the wolf, the dog, have the sam kind of utterauce, though on a som< what different pitch. All the bear growl, from the white bear of th Arctic snows to the small black bea of the Andes. All the cats meow, fror our quiet fireside companion to tb lions and tigers and panthers of th forests and jungles. The last may seem a strange assei tion; but to anyone who has listene critically to their sounds and analyze their voices, the roar of the lion is bn a gigantic meow, bearing about th same proportion to that of a cat as it stately and majestic form does to th smaller, softer, more peaceful aspect c the cat. Yet, notwithstanding the dil ference in their size, who can loo nf tlif? linn whpfrhor in his- mnrp slow mood, as he lies curled up iu a corne of his cage, or in his fiercer moment of hunger or of rage, without being r< minded of a cat? And this Is nc merely the resemblance of one cai nivorous animal to another; for no on was ever reminded of a dog or wol by a lion.?Prof. Agassiz. Even the Barber Sneered. James Johnstone, the noted baseba umpire, was the guest of honor at a n cent banquet of baseball "fans," banquet that was a protest again; Mr. Johnstone'3 proposed retirement. "A health to square Jim Johnston the bravest umpire that eveL* called strike," the toastmaster said, and Un pire Johnstone in his aeknowiedgmei talked about bravery. "I am square," he said, "but I don pretend to be particularly brav Squareness by itself will make a ma a successful-umpire. He lias no grof need of bravery on the diamond. Wh indeed, needs bravery overmuel Even the soldier doesn't. Obedient and -a sense of pride will carry ac soldier through." "Sometimes I doubt if soldiers ai ever brave. I am like the barber wl once shaved Sherman. "This barber, in shaving Sherma cut him, and Sherman, as he buttonc his collar at the operation's end, sa: with a good deal of bitterness: " 'You cut my ear. I won't cou here again.' "The barber sneered. " 'And they say,' he muttered, 'thi you fought through four campaigns.' ?Minneapolis Tribune. : IN THE Pi V d GEORGE BEF d . The Irish drama ? AN EARLY TYPEWRITTEN. n ^ ' So widespread and general is tbe use v of the typewriter in nearly every phase 7 of the world's activity to-day, that it is 0 difficult for us to realize that it is strictly a modern invention, and thai v the first practical commercial writing a machine was placed upon tho market _ little over a quarter of a century ago Notwithstanding ihat the main e!e ^ inents of the mechanism had beeu iu vented by the early sixties, they were j not practically embodied in one ma r\ chiue till the first Sholes typewriter appeared in 1S73. Curiously enough Mr. Sholes collaborating later witL 0 usiuuen mm ?>uuit?, w<i? iuuuwu iu ?.?. tempt tbe construction of a typewrite! by an'article'iu the Scientific Ameri^ can, describing an'invention of Johr ^ Pratt, called the "pterotype," a curious "but-, rather1 useless''form ot' writing 3 machine. The accompanying engrav ing is of one of the earlier forms ol ^ typewriter, broadly a predecessor o( the present day machine. It tfas con strueted by R.' T. P. Allen; who was . granted a patent covering the in voir tion in 1870. " In Allen's machine the carriage is moved back for a new line by means of a cord, pulley and weight, the Iasl named sliding in a suitable casing al a the inside 6f the frame, and in the other direction, by a coird and button the weight serving in connection witli a double pawl to move the paper laterally, with each marking of a type 0 while the button Serves to bring tbf a carriage and paper back to admit; the e ?.'> 10 A TYPE Wit! r. forward feeding of the latter for the c\ next line. The types are arranged in :i d . circular "basket" so as to strike i cornit mon centre, and are connected by e curved type rods and level's with keys s disposed in a manner similar to the are rangeraent in (he ordinary typewriter ,? of to-day. The movable carriage and f. paper feeding mechanism is arranged li at the upper or top part of the-framey work, while in front of the same the r keys are disposed in the step-shaped 3 maunpr shown. The keys, arranged j. according lo frequency and eon veilit ience of use, are connected by downf. ward descending wire rods with a corresponding number of parallel levers [f that are fulcrumed to cross pivots of the frame and extended backward, carrying at their rear ends the type-rods, which are curved in an upward and 11 inward direction toward a common e- centre, being guided by suitable guide a plates.?Scientific American. 3t -Eastern Col.'eccn and Wcntern Critic*. e, I have always had nu idea that the n undergraduate bodv r.t Harvard and j. the other big Eastern colleges was ol it a sort different from that with which I had been brought into familiar con*t tact in the fresh water colleges of the e. West. But the Harvard bunch had a ,u strangely familiar look. They were :t coming on every trolley car the day o. we were in Cambridge, and while the i? proportion was not so great as ai ?e Washburn, for instance, there were a iy goo'l many who looked as though they naa yet to take tlieir first lesson 11: :e sleeping in a night shirt. And I con 19 eluded, after a careful scrutiny of the bunch, the Bud Hickses do not all mat a, riculate at K. U.?Topelca Capital. id [(j A Really I! ucie Bull. During the bull fight at Santa Mon ie ica a savage animal kicked a gentecv matador in the stomach and otherwise was real rude to him. This is an out aft rage and Ihe bull should be given r hard slap with a shingle.?Los Angeles (Cal.) Times. ^j V \ < JBLIC EYE. tNARD SHAW, list, in bis library. MUST SE ON PEACE TREATY. ' Tim treaty of peace between Japar and Russia was not officially complete ? until tlie signature and seal of Emperoi ; r ? . i i I J j THE MIKADO'S 3EA.L AND SION^TUBE. : Mutsuhito, tbe Jnpanose Mikado, was ; affixed thereto. > In tbe reproduction of tbis signature , aud seal tbe-signature of tbe Einperoi i is placed at tbe top in two symbols It is simply tbe word "Mutsubito." , Tben comes tbe great seal tbat ba: ! been used for centuries, and is writ > ten in tbe old Chinese characters. Tbe :TKIt OF 187C. 1 symbols in this square, freely trauslated, would read: "Supreme Ruler of Great Dai Nippon." i Formerly Japan was known as Nippon, which is the name of the largest of the Japanese islands; and Great Dai Nippon would mean the entire Empire of Japan. The last time this signature and seal were aliixed to a great international treaty as the result of a war was at the conclusion of the Chinese-JapanrvCi\ tvnr in 1 ?0*". wlinn T i T-Tntxr Ohnnnr Cor China, and Marquis Ito, for Japan, concluded a pence treaty At Shimoneseki.?Philadelphia Record. Titled Vegetarian*. Vegetarianism is becoming very pop ul.-ir in English society circles. Ladj Windsor and Lady (Jv/endolin Herbert ' are both rigid vegetarians. Lord and Lady de Meyer eat nothing but nuts and vegetables at thoir dinner parties and Lady Essex imputes the recovery ' of her health to her strict vegetarian | diet. Lord Charles Breseford and Lord Buchan are also converts to veg 1 etarianism. and in many of the great houses, too, fruit luncheons have beer, : a popular feature during the last year 1 ?North American Journal of Hoineo ; pathy. The EverlwstljiE: Hoodoo. Tit? desperate man. weary of life , opened an upper window in the sky l scraper and ttirew Himself out. He landed on lop of a load of mat , tresses with which a teamster hap pened to be driving along at the mo ment. "Hang the luck!" he exclaimed, as he rose to his feet, shook himself, anc . found he was practically uninjured [ "I might have known this would have ? been the result of jumping from thf . thirteenth floor!"?Chicago Tribune. i 3 Twenty-five per cent, of the student at Finland's university are women. It is a remarkable fact that blind horses never make a mistake in choosing their diet when grazing. Professor Cook, of Northwestern university. has shown that there is sufficient radium in pitchblende to make it s possible for a photograph to be taken Niy it directly. caves whose average annual teinptt^ture i3 above the freezing point s*/ ^frequently contain ice the year rouutt-^3 the subject of investigation w a German scientist, Prof^sor, B. Sc.walbe Hetfinds this lo be iue to .therrvo^ggrationiof Water seeping through poi ,ls strata. SupeAeating is being 1 rCed to 554 leg. F.?n the Prussian '-tate railroads. ihen steam is superrivated tc 000 deg. '1. a saving of i6 per Cvnt in steam aifl 12 per cent, in fuel cat- b obtained, Jw? compared with similar k. comotives yfcing saturated steam, tin greater sawug in water than in fue being due iWstly to the prevention o losses causal by condensation. The alligato^ cannot long escap practical extermination. Aiready the; are becoming scarce and the price o hides has gone up enormously in th last few years. The alligator is char acteristic of tbe.i'.ustroripariau region ranging from tforth Carolina to th Rio Grande of Texas. It has neve been seen in tli^ Mississippi Rive north of Rodney, Miss., which is abou latitude 32. ,v 1 THE SMOKLNUISANDE How the American t\tl?en Han Endnre Tills Abliorence lor Years. The American citizei. is more tolei ant of public nuisances than any othe civilized being. This' may be on a< count of the fact that' lit believes th constitution guarantees Everyone th : right to create a nuisance regardles I of his neighbors, so long'as he dos j not kill or rob or commit a similarl ; grievous crime. Whatever' the caus j the fact remains. We endure the ti I hnrn tho fantorv whistle th(> nushcar the builders' dirt pile and the adve: tising sign, or, at least, we feel ths there is no way. of^ stopping Ihen Similar sentiments have left us s long inactive?or,, at least, unsucces: ful, in our sporadic-activity?cOnceri tng the smoke nuisance. Everybody, it is safe to say, coi cedes the smoky chimney to be a nuii a nee, but the view is a passive on Formerly, and to some extent eve to-day, thfe argument was: "We can stop our chimney from smoking.'* Tb . technical advance and commercial velopment have made combustiqfl more manageable procedure, anc tJ day the old argument is replaced ^ ' ''What arc you going to do abou^t' ' You can't expect me to spend a lo> 0j ) money putting in fancy devices tc prevent smoke!" This latter a^u. 3 ment can be met only by fact?the f%| [ that the law says he must prevoj 1 smoke. This work, a function of m) uicipal governments, is in successfi progress, and will ultimately lead to general1, recoenition that smoke is n< only not wanted, but also that it nee not be suffered. A relatively few, bi yet a slowly growing number of An orican cities, bave entered on a figl against smoke, and a far larger nuc ber of individuals and civic organiz; tions are now engaged in the struggl ?Engineering News. A Quaint Bath Character. I myself used often to meet in Bal a little queer plinth of a man, who: nationality I could not make out. bi every inch of whose five feet was su; gestive of Dickens. His face, toppe by a frowsy cap, was twisted in sort of a grin, and his eyes looked di ferent ways, perhaps to prevent an attempt of mine to escape him. E carried at his side a small wicker b,o: which he kept his hand on; and as 1 drew near and halted, I heard a. seri< of plaintive squeaks, coming from i "Slake you perform the guinea pig' he always asked, and before I con! answer, he dragged a remonstratin guinea pig from its warm berth witl in, ana strercneu it out on uie eug holding It down with both hand "Johnny, die queek!" he commandei and lifted his hands for the instant i which Johnny was motionlessly gatl ering his forces for resuscitation. The he called, "Bobby's coming!" and b fore the policeman was upon hin Johnny was hustled back into h: warm box, woefully murmuring to il comfort of his hardship, and the que* little man smiled his triumph in ever direction. The sigh of the brief dram always cost me a penny; perhaps could have had it for less; but I di not think a penny was too much.?V D. Howells, in Harper's Magazine. Batter Mould Fashions. "I see/' said the man who goes 1 market frequently, "that the acorn in style again as a decoration for bu ter molds. Last spring the field dais , was the flower most frequently printe . upon pats of butter. Before that tt [ chrysanthemum was the favorite. , never could understand the necessit for changing the fashion in butt< I molds, but they do change with tl seasons almost as regularly as women [ clothes. Even big dairies that mar all rolls of butter with a special trad . mark, vary the floral trimming of the ( inoias iroui iiuit; ivj nine. Amuug hj favorite decorations acorns and oa [ leaves have their inning most frequen Iy. Chrysanthemums rank next in po] ularity. "Some old-fashioned- butter makei there are, however, who scorn the orm > mental butter molds. The-tip of tl' ' ladle is their implement of art, an with that they carve figures on a ro " of butter that make all floral and hort ' cultural designs look, commonplace." New York Press. * Odd Errors. ' An English druggist gives the follow * ing list of blunders made by his poore ; customers: "Catch an eel," for coch neal; "prosperous paste," for phosphoi ous paste; "grease it," for creosot< "fishy water," for Vichy water; "gu i tar," for catarrh; "everlasting," for e: fervescisfi. . ' ' '* v " 1 SULTAN -- DEFIES ..ROWERS Threat That Ports Will Be Seized Doesn't Move Him. International Fleet at the Piraeus iM Ready to Carry Ont Plan of tho Karopeann. Constantinople, Turkey.?Tlie Sultan lias refused to comply with the demands of the Powers regarding Macedonia. This decision was taken at a council of the Ministers, the Sultan' approving, and a reply to this effect was sent to Baron de Calice, the Austrian Ambassador, who as dean of the Diplomatic Corps, had presented the , joint proposals of .the'Powers. It is uwjjerslQod that the-Porte's note. k demurs-. toi&JfeYtM&eme as an interfer- , Cence wlth^Ji^Sultan's prerogatives and as calculated to offend public opinion, which would certainly oppose it. , It is further stated that the Porte will not sanction an extension of the mandates of the foreign agents, who ' are superintending the reforms in ' i Macedonia, beyond two years. 1 Athens, Greece.?The warships 1 \cted by the Powers to make a demf o^fcratioii against Turkey have arriv?^ at the Piraeus. The usual *alutess>in(j visits Were exchanged by their ct^manders and the Greek au? e thorities. ships are awaiting furs' ther orders: f London, Enj^nd.?As foreshown, the q Sultan, accordi^ ^.0 Constantinople .. dispatches, bas rejected the deraands of the "^^s, and the com' bined" fleets now at tu^ pira(>Ug, under e Admiral von Nipper 01 +he Austrian r Navy will presumably for^^j^ carry r out measures -which are sup*s?e(j t(> be t *intended^to' bring tbe Turk to Knees.. ur me ei^pmrve^vs* v*\their *t ''action' doubt 'is widely express*. 7*' 'Europe, although their course of \ tion as yet can ouly be speculated d upon. Among the other difficulties to be foreseen in blockading the Dardanelles, ,r assuming that such, a step is part of the International scheme, is the lack of ' homogeneity among the vessels of the combined fleet. The British crulsei e Lancaster is the fastest among them, IS she having a speed of twenty-four is knots. The speed of most of the others y ranges from twenty to twenty-one ;e knots, but the Russian vessels are obu selete, and are only capable of making t twelve knots. It is said, however, that the iuterna' tlonal squadron is able to land nearly 3000. men and-twenty . guns if desira 1* ble, biiteit is upt's^Sgelted wliat such a 10 force would be able to achieve, s- The reply whioh the Sultan has now l- made, appears to be virtually a reiteraa# '4-K/v lirv nroxra 1 r* TillV UVU \JJL UiC icuioaii] uo b AM w ??Y j. nud October, slightly altered to meet g. the modification made by the Powers in their latest demand. Judging from recent dispatches, the " Sultan is justified in appealing to pub1 lie opinion, so far as it exists in Tur'e key. The correspondents have made b- it clear that the educated Turks greatly ib resent the attitude of the European L Cabinets. Even sincere reformers are I hoping that the Sultan will resist to m the utmost. " \ The Turks are especially bitter at ^ I seeing Russia, while in the throes of a revolution produced by centuries of t. A oppression, taking a leading part in t forcing reforms on Turkey. It is sart Mastically suggested that the Powers f ^Brould have been better employed in 8?nding their fleets to Odessa to stop massacre of the Jews, apd- it is agfced why Europe is so excited? ovprf , j^Mcedonia and so indif?erehT~.to events \ m^the Caucasus > apd, P.olanff,k The Vh#e thlrrfieems to an Q- 'ugt?nce Ox Christian fanaticism, it rpjSe retort of the Powers to such q- lew? and Question is that the Macea <onla^n disorders threaten the peace ot e uu.opw?. wnne uue nussmu uiaurucro ai> onVit'ely internal and concern only b?selfl S>me\f,eport8 from Constantinople by waj of\ Vienna represent the Sultan Ji as fetilL Wavering, liaving personally, je hut vainVy, appealed to the Austrian jt Emperor y and tlie Czar to procure ~ further dulny. This is not confirmed :d from any trustworthy source. On the ^contrary, every important consideratio'n indicates the opposite. f" The Sultan knows he will have the en'y thusiastic support of his subjects in [e defying Europe. Moreover, lie realizes x, that soorter Sr. later he, wilt, have to ie fight to keep Macedonia, andHhat such ig a good opportunity as the present', with Russia powerless, Austria weakened and Germany believed to be lukewarm, ' is not likely to recur. ^ ; S RIOTOUS PEASANTS. e. Uprising is Spreading and Butchery s- ( Feared. Moscow, Russia. V? The excitement n among the peasants\in the central and southeastern provinces is spreading n rapidly, and it i$ feaned that it will be e- impossible to suppress the movement, which promises ?o develop into a genIjj :ral uprising, brirtging Vlevastation, and / untold horror to tne whplc country. The revolutionists among the peas>r ants are industriously spreading the y story that the imperial Veform mani-' a? festo really decreea\ a diVision of the I lands, but that the nbbles,,intelligencia J n ii- on,l\|.nnl. oil fhft IL fiuu. ifcno uioiui itu uuu ivwa **.?* [r. freedom for themselves, aiid the peasants, therefore, have \the right to possess themselves of the lands which the Emperor granted them.\ I-Iearst Wins Point.' *s W. R. Hearst won his fight for a '* count of void and protested ballots in ;y the recent election for Mayor in New id York City, and Justice Glegerich was ie appointed to supervise the coiiut in I New York County. \ \ y \ ;r Cherokee Chief Deposed. ' . le The House of Kings concurred in the 's impeachment proceedings of the House k of Warriors in the Cheroi;ce Council, and Chief W. C. Rogers was officiary , deposed. Frank J. Boudlnot was elected to the chieftaincy. It is no\V ie for the Government to decide, whicii k of the two claimants it will recognize, \ t- ? \ Canals of Venice Flooded. * High tidesiiave flooded the canals of Venice, a special dispatch says, \and l~ the Fiazza San Marco is inundated, ie ? (1 Quinine Saved His Crew. \ II The British ship Riversdale has art _t J ^i. o n p., ~ a t a" nvt'U ui vicLuii?i| d. yj.t iiuui Aiupiu* ? co with half of her crew down with fever. Captain Porter reported that had he not constantly dosed his men with quinine some would have succumbed. T Duel on Shipboard. Two sailors of the barkentine Manr nle Swan were brought to New York, s; one badly wounded and the other a I- prisoner. They had held a duel on f. the masthead of the ship during a tornado at sea. BITSINEWS WASHINGTON. r s The President promised the Insor ance Commissioner of Miunesota tc assist in a plzn for reforming life eurance. General Crozier, in his report on the Ordnance Department, recommended that smaller charges be used in big guns, thereby increasing (he-life of the rifling. . * Soomitopv Show aril! tinf orlhoro <Y? his announced intention of retiring from the Cabinet in February, but will remain until the end of the session'of Congress, and perhaps longer. President Roosevelt declares himself emphatically in favor of football, vjhile , M decrying brutality and foul play. . { Governor Higgins was a guest at dinner of President Roosevelt, and matters relating to the political condition in New York State were under discussion. Postmaster-General Cortelyou issued an order grouping the postal departments under the charge of the Assistant Postmasters-General. i The President has requested less letter writing among department head?7 and chiefs of bureaus. Less work is being done at tlie Government Printing Office at present than Tor six years past. Twenty-six cases involving the Michigan State law for the ad valorem taxing of corporations were docketed in - \ the Supreme Court. There has been an increase during the year of twelve per cent, in the cos of army buildings and thirty-six per ceut. more than three years ago for the i same class of work. \v The Japanese legation has received , llift 'nAO rtft < fAft t*T /VlirVKACOA^ A f Trtlfl/k luc I I ClllJ.i, KTU&l VOOCU U U JLirmv, [ \vbt<^uia|to A^excUidnged for the elaborate iin^cm)eTvT?llum copy made by, th&State'Departuient. ... , ? The President summarily removed B. West, register of the land office ' Ajj\vi8ton, Idaho. till emu1 Samuel Mills, chief of ar defense^ ^at ?or'n*n"lc* ?>e coast consisting.. ^eU'iited States a force enlisted rn&i offlqersand 41.8& has at presei^S??^?*}; v'2eu ivS" 744 men. ^5. 523 officer's and lJf.r A delegation <5& , T ing business wlth\f?^,*n. Z' ment are in this city^uteri01' ,PeiL* ritory and will remaii^ *n?jan >? opens. They are Chitte^'1 V?DiP^? ' batabagoh, Satulkeemico*f?Hillips *' OUU -ADOPTED iSL/k^g Business throughout the PhK ' -MBM y and especially at Manila,-is to revive with Japanese ports ?inceff,J '?}. close of the war. ' The first of the winter season visit^^B Drs to Honolulu are beginning to aiTiveSngH from "the States," and the increased business activities are again comment- 'fRtmt ing to be noticeable. Orders have beeu given by (be Navy W?kO| Department for tbe retyrn of the battlesbip Oregon from the' Philippines to the United States at ad early date. DOMESTIC. ?' |?B Secretary Taft spoke on "The Pbil- .' .$1 ippines" before tbe Commercial Club, j.S of Kansas City. . Believing that be and bis brother Ludwig were a burden to the father, Fritz Kafitz, at Los Angeles, Cal., killed both. - / $gl An electric train ran down and killed , WOfrrt vil Je - Prenltrig, a prominent law4yra^f ,New; York, t}t Jamaica, L. i. ,?yidence'of ^election frauds in New .^Xj^k City, gathered by the Citizens' Onion, was presented to the District Attorney and the Attorney-General. Admiral Prince Louis of Battenber^r, commanding H. B. M.'s second cruiser squadron, sailed for Gibraltar, from New York City. The breaking of an elevator cable in tlie Court House at Indianapolis, Ind., allowed the car to fall thirty feet, bu{ only one person was hurt. ? rians were filed for Mills Hotel No. 3, which will be at Thirty-sixth street and Seventh avenue, New York City, and will have 1900 rooms. The Association o merican AgrI cultural Colleges and Experiment- snttions has elected as president M. H. Buckinan, president of the University of Vermont. v f President McCurdy, of the Mutual' Life Insurance Company, announced that at his own request his salary had been cut in half, to $75,000. YV. R. Hearst's campaign expenses were over $67,000, according to his affidavit filed at Albanj*, N. Y. t J. P. Sevener, Fred Robert, A.I Linderinan and T. S. Gorman were hanged at Carson, Nev., for the murder of Jack Welch, in Humboldt County, in August, 1903. The body of Joseph Bitticher, of Clinton, N. Y., who had been missing a week, was found by searchers in the woods three miles from home. FOREIGN. The Japanese press is jubilant over ' tjie completion of the new treaty with Korea. The Porte has not yet replied to the ultimatum of the Powers regarding .Macedonian reforms. The embassies are preparing for a naval demonstration. A witness of the rioting at Vladivostok reported that GOO of the garrison were killed and nearly half the cityMas burned. The damage is estimated at $25,000,000. Russian officers called on the Japanese to quell an incipient mutiny among returning Russian prisoners of war. . . On the return of the Mikado from worshiping at the Shinto Temples of Ise tho crowds in the streets of Tokio cheered him enthusiastically. Korea accepted Marquis Ito's four demands, but the Emperor is still hostile to Japan. The commander of the German forces hi Southwest Africa announced the death of Hendrik Witboi, leader of the ? Hottentot revolt. \ The St. Petersburg workmen, having* \decided to abandon the strike, are deviating whether to demaud an eight nAiir <1MV i^VU4 U1V. Vrbe latest reports showed that onlj; oiie, a seaman, was saved from the Hwda, wrecked in the English Channel. 'jVie Count of Flanders, heir presumptive to the Belgian throne, died at the age V>f sixty-nine. ThP French Council of Ministers, at PariA decided to inflict fifteen days* urrestt011 General Brugere, commander of theVrmy? for m?king public details of his conference with the Minister of War \ The oVman Federal Council adopted the XiivV Increase bill, providing for the consnFuct,on oC six new cruisers at , a cost of ?'i.750,000 each, to- be laid before the RVlcbstaS< at Berlin. \ I ' * v \ ,.< ? j ?