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fm THE SILENT LIFE. 3?ppy the man who has the poet's hear E'en though he lack the poet's go'.de tongue! . Happy is he who having never sung And nopeless e'er to sing though but sma part Df those fair visions that before him st^i Still lives within a world forever younj i Still walks high fancies, noble thought among, And feels the influence which the planet dart. ^ His life is fed from pure unfailing springs And silent flows, a stranger to unrest, ; Like some deep stream that finds it voiceless way Amid the timorous haunts of all wil things, Anrl thpir iin^nnsr-imis hp.nifci* dav b dayMirrors within the quiet of its breast. ?Lewis E Gates. * 0*0*0*Q*0XQ*0*Q*QX0 xoxol His Free Ticket By MRS. F. M. HOWARD. i*o*Q?oxo*o^.o*a*o?Q*o*Q*o1 THE bill-boards of the couiiu: circus were unusually showy aui aggressive. It was small wonde that Mr. Patten, a lifelong de .votee of the circus, fell before th glaring temptation. "I expect that is just the way Jacol looked in old times, when he went 01 a journey," he said, his eyes wanderiu: off and lighting on a pictured train o camels. "Much you care how Jacob looked:' Bniffed his wife, resentfully. "Pretty fine old gentlemau, just th same, with family enough to last hia iwhen he wanted to take them any jwhere," observed Mr. Fatten, wit! mournful humor. He had patronized every traveling Bhow which had come to town in th. past fifteen years, under the ready pie; that the children wanted to go. "Children won't be children bu once." he had said only last year, no realizing that the children were chil idren no longer. But this season th< last shadow of an excuse was removed ifor Jennie was married and Johunj (was engaged, and Mrs. Patten "put hei Ifoot down" with alarming vigor ant Snaistanr>A . "It is perfect nonsense, Jerry Patten Spending money and time every yeai to go and see the same old perform fence and hear the mine stuff we'v< heard for years! The children an grown now, and can go by themselve: Sf they want to, but we are too old." "I never saw a giraffe, and they saj this is the last living specimen," sail > tMr. Patten, imploringly; but his wif< shook her head. i "We'll live if the last specimei fioesn't," she said, conclusively. ; "I caught ma looking at one of the <circus bills," observed Tohuny, uex iday at dinner.. Mrs. Patten colored guiltily. She bad opeued one just before consigning It to the kitchen stove, and^ it hac proved so interesting that she hat lingered over the description of the igrand display of Oriental splendoi [which was to dazzle the eyes of towi: and country. Then Johnny had come dn. and she had hastily stuffed the (whol^ array of elephants, tigers, lions and acrobats into the hottest of the ire. "I guess we'd better go, hadn t we. ma?" Mr. Patten looked up hopefully, "You hadn't been anywhere thi; summer." . "Dreadful concerned you are aboul me. Jerry," said Mrs. Patten, grimly ''We'll go on that excursion week after next, since I'm pining so to go someiwliere." Mr. Patten groaned. The thought of substituting the excursion which he bated for the glittering, gilded circus ithat he loved was too painful. It completely took away his appetite, and pushing away his pie, 'ie rose and took his way to the barn. "0 mother, don't keep pa from going ito the circus!" pleaded Johnny. "There's p- sense in J!s being such ia baby, i'd be ashamed. A man of his age!" Thof ie -{net it- h i ie nliT nn.i hr lias been to shows .ill his life, and that's why he's so attached to 'em," ?rgerl Johnny. t Mr. Patten said no more about the [mutter. He went about with a reBigned expression upcn his usually icheerful. ruddy countenace. The morning of the ventful day came, and Mrs, Patten, by way of compensation. pos sibly. prepared an unusually emoting breakfast. "You're going down to see the par ado. ain't you, Aun Eliza?" he ven tureu. ' "Well, I. don't know. I need so nit calico, and I suppose I may as well get it to-day as any time." Johnn\ nudged his father. "It's amazing, so it is, how uiauj [women need a spool of thread or a yard of calico on circus day." he said "They don't care a straw about seeiiif. the parade, but somehow they don'' go home till after it passes." "I won't get the calico to-day. then.' Mrs. Patten looked reproachfully a tlie men, who tried not to laugh. "Oh, yes. you will." Mr. Patten said seeing her hurt look. "Don't mind Johnny." The parade passed, and Mrs. Pattei went home with her calico, but witl 110 signs of weakening, and Mr. Pattei .wandered around the scene of the de parted glory, a disconsolate, wobegoni expression upon his face. "Hello, Uncle Jerry! What is tin matter? You look sort of down, (join: to the circus this afternoon?" "I guess not, Reub. Mrs. Pattei allows that it's foolish for U' old folk: to bo spending money that way." "Well, maybe it is. I always go anyhow. Why don't you go up t< John's and buy something? He's giv 5ng a ticket for the show with ever' l six-dollar purchase to-d:ty." "Is that so?*' A rainbow of liopi lighted up the gloom of Mr. ratten"; ftir-e. "I'll zo up ana see about it." There it was in the wirdow, tin {luaouuccmcut, together with a tempt ing display of dress goods, ribbons au< laces, while in another window a var iety of linens were displayed. . "Ann Eli?.. wou't care 4or anothe new dress." Mr. Patten said to himself as he stud.ed the placard. ''She hasn' made up the one I borght her fo Christmas yet." lie stepped inside, and leaning ove the counter, beckoned to the brisl j;oung prcrrietor. "John, what havi .vou got now that would just t imp to about six dollars, that Mrs. Patten would be likely to fancy? To tell the n honest truth, John, I want to go to that show the worst way. but somehow 11 Ana Eliza is bound that I shan't. Got her ideas so firm I can't move 'em. ; I told her I wouldn't buy a ticket, but s she can't say anything if I have oue given to me." s The good-natured proprietor comprehended the situation at once. "How I ; would she like a new shawl? I've got some handsome ones." Mr. Patten s shook nis head< His '.7i!'e did not like j shawls. "Most ladies are always pieased with y a new dress. No? Well, how's the lin^n department? Just in, and the finest assortment of table linen ever shown in this town." He uufolded a - beautiful cloth, tine and glossy. "One - of the most expensive c'oths T've got; and seeing it's you. Uncle Jerry, I'll make it an even eight dollars. It's marked eight-fifty, you tee." Half an hour later Mr. Patten j marched into his sitting-room, a satis- | _ fied smile upon his face. He had not I >5 looked so h^ppy in a week, aud his ^ wife noticed it at one?. ' "What is it, Jerry? What's in tuat | bundle?" "Open it," be said, affably, throwing it into her lap. "It's for you, and if I L you don't say it's the prettiest thing you ever saw?" ''Why. Jeremiah Benijah Patten, what under the sun ha e you bought ^ me another table-cloth for?" Mrs. Patten exclaimed, as she unfolded the , beautiful linen. "I've a new oue now that I've never used, and this is?Land _ sakes alive, Jerry Patten, did you buy this to get a show ticket with it?" She had read the placard when she went in to purchase her calico, and a suspicion of the truth flashed over her. oil T "Yes, I did," replied Mr. Patten, ius ' stoutly, "and you can't say a word J against my going if I go on a free f0i ticket." . ho "A free ticket!" repeated Mrs. Pat- tul ten, expressively; then she leaned back in in her chair and laughed till the tears ? ~ came. "Well, Jerry, if you want to go to tliat sliow as oaa as au mat? ' she said, as she wiped away a tear perhaps not all due to the laughter, j "It's a mighty pretty table-cloth, now isn't it?" asked Mr. Patten, anxiously. | "Yes, too pretty, and too fine for ! plain people like us, Jerry." [ "Not a bit of it. Nothing is too good/ 't for you, Auu Eliza. You'll come along 1 to the show, won't you?" he added, s coaxiugly. "Things don't seem half so , pleasant when you ain't about to share ^ 'em with me." When the performance began Mr. and Mrs. Patten were on the top row t of the middle seats ac usual, and one would never have gathered from Mrs. Patten's interested face that she had objected to coming.?Youth's Companion. TTaste of the Cliefe. The great chefs of this extravagant ' age seem to have tak?n for their motto, * "Get the smallest portion of food out j art i < f the most costly bird or beast in such ecr " a way as to effect the greatest possible the 1 waste." A dish created by a famous tar ! Paris chef as the piece de resistance is } of the dinner given to the beautiful dej 5 Le Bargy, who is, according to recent noi 1 news from Paris, to marry the son of , I ex-President Casimir-Perier, consisted j tire of the most delicate portions of thirty i thi: geese, ten turkeys, and several wood- j ? 1 cocks, served in a sauce made by stewiug the tender meat of four sirloins of 1 beef, and leaving only the turkey ele ment to be served up with truffles. The cost of this one course was $400? not because of what it consisted, but because of all that was wasted in its preparation. On this principle of ' "waste as much as possible to prepare 1 a fashionable dish," truffles will soon " be as unfashionable as onions, as they 1 can almost always be obtained for | about $3 a pound, and no c-bef has as yet discovered that any part of them ' is much better than any other part, to excuse wasting half and double the price. i Company Insured Glory After Death. i Any Austrian believer in a postI mortem glory, provided he is not a con' victed criminal and can pay the subscription to the "Universal Memorial > Insurance Society," may secure the erection of a monument or mural tablet ] to his memory after his death. Thia novel insurance company, which has , just issued its prospectus, provides me- j moriais to its poncynoiuers wuo uie ; after reaching the age of tifty, in desirable sites in Vienna, the prominence of - position being graduated according to - the amount of the premium. Thus, by paying on the highest scale, one may ? insure a statue in the Stadt Park or I other public garden in central Vienna; . the two next classes of policies provide monuments in less honorable posi. tions: anil the fourth class is for mural I tablets. A policyholder dying before he is fifly forfeits his premium. On ; the death of an insurer a committee t meets and decides the character and site for the monument, taking into > account the class of policy held by the deceased. To provide data for their decisions, the insured have to send in annual reports specifying anything noticeable they have achieved. Landed. ! 1 A .vomig girl sat in lier bedroom with I 1 a novel. Her hair was down and her | 1 feet were in red slippers. Now and | ? then, extending her white arms she I - yawned. It was very late, and downstairs in | q15 tlie parlor her elder sister was enter- i 0j ? taining a young man. She naturally rea felt a deep interest in the entertain1 ment. She was waiting to hear how 5 it would terminate. And at last there was a sound in the hall, a crash as of a closing door, and 5 it was plain to the impatient girl that ' the young man had gone. 7 She threw down her novel, and, running forth, peered over the balustrade 5 down into the hall's intense blackness. s "Well, Maude," she said, "did you land him?" s There was na immediate reply to Jier question. There was a silence, a peculiar silence, a silence with a certain strained quality in it Then a masculine voice replied: fr "She did."?Argonaut. t The rhinoceros is the thickest skinned r quadruped, its hide being tough enough to resist the claws of a lion or tiger, r the blows of a sword or the balls of J an old-fashioned musket or an ordinary s rifle. I ! Residence of U. S. Con NON-EXPLOSIVE^OIL CAN. A/dtoxobilists and insurance r 11 be interested in the ncn-exploi can shewn in the accompanying Jtration. The feature of this lich renders it non-explosive is a ] ated zinc tube, placed in the fill le. Inside this tube is a sma oe, of the same material, and trea the same manner. Wire ijauze i Non-Explosive Oil Can. ites the two tubes. The tube ewed down at the top. Betw > cap, which secures the tube to ik, is a suavity or sarety vaive. this little valve which docs a gr il of the work in rendering the < l-explosive. n tlie ordinary can when the pre i of the gas is so gre^t that soi ng must give way, there ir an Two Visws of San F; riorvj.: ?rxk* when GROti: liUINS OF FiIi.S" FISH TRAP. 'be genuine lisbernian tbinks m( getting "bites" than be does lly landing the bsli. He may For Catching Eels. t isul iu Port=au=Prince, Haiti. plosion. Witli the tube inserted in tbe can, tbe power of tbe grs is overcome, nen As soou as tbe gas begins to rise, over5ive coming tbe pressure on tbe outside of r |i. tbe can, tbe safety valve rise3, permitcan ting tbe gas to pour out. Tbere is igniper. tion, but no explosion. Tbe tube, with ling it;s perforations, of course, concentrates Her tbe flame, preventing contact of tbe Lted flame witb tbe oil in tbe can.?Phiiadel3ep. phia Record. IN THE PUBLIC EYE. |rg?p;r: r^.rrvj it : ?S3- V . >... ^-r.-a< . . j aeex KING AND QUEEN OF ITALY? rancisco Earthquake Ruins. N'D OPEN ED IV EARTHQUAKE. 1' LJAL'TIST CHURCH. on the bank of the stream all day and not a fish to show for the day's sport, )re but if he has had a few dozen bites he ] of will be satisfied. To this class of fishsit ermen the trap shown here will be _ of little interest. The inventor has i utilized the principles of the animal traps and adapted them for use in i the water. There is little chance for the fish getting away once he is impaled, and the latter is easily accomplished. The trap is suspended in the water on a dipsy. the bait being on the end of a line in the centre. When 1 the fish pulls on the bait a spring is I released, bringing the sections together and impaling liim. It was designed particularly for catching eels and cat- ; fish, effectually preventing their escape. * The City's Del>t. On March 31 the total gross funded debt of New York City was $G18,79G,? 337.07. The sinking funds amounted to $171,244,?47.SS. The temporary debt (revenue bonds issued in anticipation J of taxes) was $48,283,000, making the net bonded debt $49G,835,089.19. \ ; ? - - ^ - - , Food For the Plant* Do not be afraid of getting too much i commercial phosphate under the crop, < except nitrate of soda, which should 1 be used as a top dressing on all pul verized plants. 1 * Stray Tool?.' If some farmers would just calculate ? the time they sometimes use up in i hunting for tools that have gone astray : there would very shortly be a "place < for everything and e7erything in its < place." It doesn't pay to use up a dol- < lar's worth of time to hunt for a fifty- ( cent tool that has been lost or mislaid, i ???? i Now Tliat Ton Are Prosperous. | There is no getting over the fact that ] at the present time the greater major- ( ity of the American farmers are prosperous and fairly well fixed financially. ] This being the case, isn't the present a ( most opportune time for you to send ( your son, or sons, to some good agri- , cultural college or school? By so doiug f you can assist liim in his pursuit of knowledge, which will, in after years, 1 be of untold assistance to him in ad- ^ vancing the business of agriculture and making himself independent of oth- ^ ers, so far as this world goes.?New ^ York Witness. I Alfalfa as a Hoc Food. At one of the Canadian institutes a 1 speaker said that "in no way will alf- ( alfa yield a larger/return than as a ( pasture for hogs. A great many of the ( farmers are doing this, and are getting ' very large returns. I know one who * kept ten head of hogs to the acre of alf- 1 alfa, and they were not able to keep it 1 down, and he cut it for hay once and 1 got a ton to tiie acre, it is possible to grow good large bogs on alfalfa with- 1 out any other food, but the best results * have been obtained from feeding a 1 small amount of some other food along 1 with it, such as corn. I would feed 1 about two ears per day to hogs pas- ( tured on alfalfa." < ???? c A Cau?B of Poor Separation. 1 From experiments in Sweden to de- ( termine the cause of the unsatisfac- f tory results occasionally noted in the j 'sparation of milk, it has been shown 1 that when the milk has been strongly i agitated (as in certain methods of pas- t teurization), before separation, a lower j percentage of cream is obtained. In e the skim milk, when separated under \ good conditions, the percentage of fat f should not exceed 0.1 per cent.; if the s milk tins been previously agitated, this i amount may run up to 0.5 per cent, c The explanation is that during the ngi- tation some of the large fat globules I are broken up into smaller sizes, although some may increase their volume. Very minute globules are separated with difficulty; the smaller they 8 are .the more effect has the stickiness e of the milk upon them. The same dif- v Acuity is also noticed when dealing f with the milk of cows that have been s long in milk, the fat globules of their milk being much smaller than when newly calved. The conclusion, drawn s from the experiments, is that milk intended for butter making should not n be subjected to any violent agitation 11 previous to passing it through the ^ separator. Why Plowing: Kills the Bag*. Q On most soils fall plowing lays the ground open to the action of the elecnents, rendering fertility available, loosening and fining the soil and de- ? stroying insects and vermin. Another , J it.i t-?-- c fl fluvauiuyu iuai n euuuies uju luruuer ~ to sow his grain enrller than he other- a_ wise could, for at the first thawing, be- ? fore plowing is possible, he could sow G his wheat Besides, if It should be a bug year he gains on them by early P planting, and the grain is out of the a way before the chinch bug becomes uu- 11 onerous. The harrow cannot be used too much for surface fitting. The roller is a danjjerous implement except on light sandy soils. If used on heavy lands it should al generally precede sowing and at least P1 Dne harrowiug. rollow it. Ou fall u plowed lands disking and harrowing in a' the spring is sufficient. Plowing may S( safely be omitted when the wheat fol- sl lows corn or some clean-cultivated crop P' but on grass lands or where weeds or ei ither growths are prevalent it is best T< to plow to a depth of five inches, turn- w mg under all green growth, then pre- tl pare with disk and steel-tooth harrows. Dou't skimp tbe harrowing, it is the important part.?Farming. ^ Kohlrabi For Stockft. This root is cultivated much in the P same way as Swede turnips, but is somewhat more hardy?tbat is, bears a b little more roughing it in a general way. Manure at the rate of sixteen C! tons of good farmyard dung to the acre, work the ground to a line tilth, and drill on the flat as soon as the ground is ready. It is a characteristic of the crop that it may be varied in ils time of sowing from early in April 1111lil after mid-summer. It is really of the cabbage family, and, like the cabbage, may be transplanted, if it is 1" found more convenient to rear the Sl plants on a nursery bed. Unlike the ol Swede, it flourishes on clay land. If sown directly in Held, drill in rows cl twenty inches apart, four pounds of cr seed per acre, lightly roll to cover the di seed and to leave a level surface to the ground. Top dress as soon as the j,; plants appear with some active dress- V( ing?say, guano?at the rate of 400 i pounds per acre, or it may be sown as soon as the seed is drilled, or even with . cl the seed. Single the plants out in due . time. Store in precisely the same man- a ner as mangel or Swedes, aud serve to m stock in a similar manner. It is claimed for kohlrabi that when served to dairy cows it does not make the biU- us ter strong, as Swedes are so apt to do. iU There are only two varieties in use? s* tho "short top" and the "hardy green." Both are suitable for field or garden. nni*,* i<a flit* oarltor lmfr flu* Inttoi* A! suits sheep anil Iambs quite as well? A probably a bit better.?Boston Cultiva- so tor. ta PI Ifenovntlnc Horne. Farm horses generally liave a hard spring, as arrears of work have to be isl caught lip hurriedly, and the soil is nn exceptionally heavy to work. The Tl horses will, undoubtedly, enjoy and th benefit by a rest or less work, and be- no jug out at the grass is a great ease ment in many ways. The buggy or riding horse on the farm is not usually overworked, and unless on extra duty, the grass alone should keep it in condition. Any partial cripples that have been made as much use of as possible? and an old horse or two are often very useful on the farm?should be given a complete rest on the grass to recoup against haying time. When there is a milk run, the milk cart horse is the ?ne which has as much hard work to do as any one on the farm. He Is at it daily, Sunday included, which sooner sr later generates weakness, mostly in the legs, and a rest on the grass is not only well merited, but highly advantageous, especially if given in time, and before the horse has become a chronic :ripple. When these horses are put out and rested a month or so?and this is none too long?they should have their shoes taken off and run barefooted. Hacks which have been much employed during the winter, but are now not so lliUUIi U5KU, ?UUUIU UCVCl U C ucpi ill the stable, as a run at grass is much, the better way of either resting or improving them. If the winter work has )een hard and the horses are run down, the sooner the rest and grass cure is begun the better. To run them on till the fall will only increase their ailments, while a rest in time will often luite cure deficiencies, which, if let go >r aggravated by, further cause, may ;nd in serious loss or permanent flaws. 0. horse that really needs a rest should lave nothing short of one month. Two would be better in many cases, while three months will rejuvenate most mlmals in a satisfactory manner. If possessed of any ailments which 10 veterinarian can relieve or remove, :his attention should be given when jrazing begins, or grazing should folow the treatment closely, if it cannot )e accomplished when on grass and >ut. The most favorable land for recruiting horses is that of a marshy ?uaracrer. l^eg ana ioul aniueuis are he most common, and soft ground is lesirable as a remedy, but it should ilways be associated witli good grass. I good water supply should invariably )e a condition of horse grazing fields, vhlch should be' absolutely free of jarbed wire, broken rails or sharp proections, which are likely to enter >ither foot or body. Shade in hot veather is also enjoyed, and if not suficiently supplied by trees, an open ihed should be erected. In that case ough, strong posts and any kind of ool roof answer the purpose perfectly. -W. R. Gilbert, in Massachusetts | ?loughman. Egg-Eating Habit. "The egg-eating habit is laid to a ood many causes. However, in my xperieuce I have seldom noticed it rhere plenty of oyster shall or shellorming material was at hand. It enerally has its beginning where owls get to laying soft-shelled eggs, 'here are two reason for this?a softhelled egg is an invitation to a fowl o help itself and also if they did not eed the shell element they would j ot lay soft shells unless in the case j r'here the fowls are over-fat," says C. l. Stone in Poultry Standard. "There i re a good many remedies, but I have I ever run across any that were abso- i itely sure every time. The most praccal way I have ever struck is to catch ! le leader, if possible, at the very beinning, before the flock has learned le trick, and apply the hatchet cure, ir where the habit is universal supply II the oyster shells they can eat. [eep thorn hustling for their feed, father the eggs as often as possible; on't leave any in the nest if you can osslbly help it. Also supply a liberal mouut of animal food, a piece of raw j leat hung up where they will have to imp for it will detract their atteuon, as with other habits. Then stock p with a number of loaded eggs, j ake a few eggs and ciuck them j f-hnll no XTtIiaIo O O I [Ml 11, JVCCpiLJjJ IUC OUVI1 uo IT uuiv u. . Dssible. Then make a paste, mixed ! p with a liberal supply of red pepper, j Itogetber too much, for comfort, or i )metbiug similar; now by filling the jells we have an egg which, if suplied liberally for a few t'.ays, will gen ally discourage the egg-eatiug babit 2ry soon. This remedy combined ith keeping the nests in a dark loca* on will almost always effect * cure." Farm and Garden Note*. Tbere is no soil too good for tbe gar- j en. Poor seed in good soil is making a ; oor use of a good thing., For the best and most tender vegeta- ; les the ground must be rich. Every orchard that is well cultivated : in ue maue 10 pay uiuiusumei;. Keep the stables clean; standing in i et manure tends to make the feet of ! le horses tender. Systematic training is of value iu indling young colts: teach them one , ling at a time aud barn it thoroughly. ' With poultry, as with other farm < roducts. one secret in being able to ! (cure good prices lies iu the offering j ' good stock. The proper way to feed corn to young lickens is to give iu a crushed or acked conditiou, aud it may be fed j :y or scalded. In breediug for color, always select | rds a shade darker than the color j mi want to breed, as fowls are iu- I ined to breed lighter. The crowding together of young | licks is productive of more evil than most an}' other form of mismanageent, and especiallly so in summer. Catch the first toad you see and ace it in the garden. Aside from his ! sefulness iu catching insects he is j i amusing creature, for when he ands he sits aud when he runs he >ps. Seeds of all vine crops may be sown i inverted sods in the cold frame, fter danger of frost has passed, the ds and plants should be removed inct to prepared hills in the garden. nice rour jmimo iu mc uiu. 8 In the mountains of Tanay and other a lids of the southern Philippines otlis can be scraped up b.v the quart, lie natives have learned to prize em as an article of food, and they iw collecf and eat them iu large mutities. BITS iNEWSi WASHINGTON. . .;J| President Roosevelt told correspond-' |jj ents he ought to liave $25,000 a year ^ for traveling expenses, and a bill providing for it was introduced. Tbe Senate passed the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill, carrying an aggregate appropriation of $3,154,504. In the discussion of tbe Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, Mr. Bruudldge, of. 'ji Arkansas, criticised tbe expenditure* in connection with the maintenance of J tbe White House. President Roosevelt was visited by' -M Rev. Thoiuas Patrick Hurley, of Atble- . M ton, Ireland, >vbo comes to tbls country ;s on u special mission from the Bishop . v| of Elpbin. Seven committeemen signed a report" /:?| to the Senate favoring tie ousting of Smoot, and five filed a dissenting report. The President lias decliued to appoint American inspectors for the elec- ;'rJi tions in Panama. The House passed 357 pension bill* ';'M in fifty-three minutes, which estab- ' lishes a new record. John Sharp Williams, minority lead- /l er in the House, is considering quitting \ politics for a university professorship ?:M paying $4000 a year. President Roosevelt continued hit ^ war on the Beef Trust by transmitting to the House Agricultural Committee Jg a report of Government officials corrob- :M orating the Neill-Reynolu.-. report OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. j.uere whs u ueuiuusuuuuu vy people of Lucena, P. I., against the /;>2 Capuchin monastery. Governor Ide was met by a delegation which pre- ' :;?| sented a petition asking for the expnt- '/*jJ sion of three Capuchin friars from Sariaya. j Americans won't stay in the Philip- ?j| pines and Goverr ov-General Ide's secretary notes, too, that cierks goinfr now are below par. The public schools in the Philippines "I were opened; it was estimated that 'dM half a million natives attended the .X31 sessions. j The gunboats Alba, Mindanao and Maileno, captured by Admiral Dewey; & when he destroyed the Spanish fleet, have been sold as junk for $6606 at Olongapo. , ^ The naval tug Piscataqua has bee? ^ ordered from Manila to meet the floating dry dock Dewey at Singapore and . ,^3 assist in towing It to port. The police force of Manila is reduced .31 to 500 men, of whom 200 are Americans and the remainder Filipinos. As . a result lOj American policemen are -J slated for dismissal. Three slight earthquake chocks were t$| felt in Manila on June 5 a ad 6. The shocks were severe on the Island of ':^3i Samar. r\rv**wc!Trr? .wSM The 300 egg candlers of Chicago bar* v )*|g gone on strike for a nine-hour day. * '|a A movement has been started In I)en* ver to bring to that city two year* ijl hence one of the great National polit- ? ical conventions. The great bronze statue of the late .'</ President McKinley to be erected on the Capitol grounds has reached Columbus, Ohio, from Providence, B. L Thonins A. Edison said he has discovered large quantities of cobalt in ^^9 North Carolina and will be able t# yja reduce the cost of electrical traffic by; ^ half and to cheapen electric automo- v^j biles. The National Synod of the Reformed ..J Church closed its sessions at Bellefontaine, Ohio, and will meet next year at Allegheny, Pa. Women of prominence in club work t from all over the country assembled |s at St. Paul for the General Federation of Women's Clubs. While hunting bear in the Montana .M mountains, N. C. Artm'an, a Great 'J] Northern agent at Troy, N. Y., became separated from his party and perished. Police lire" on striking miners at In- ; diana. Pa., killing two meu aud wouuding six, after strikers had opened Are J .iwiju icwnct ouvw nV.-j-ph Investigation by Commissioner Bill- ': 'j$ son revealed a new system ol secret taps of New York City's water mains in Brooklyn which have cost New York j| $150,000 in the last ten years. President Raymond, of Union Col- >: lege, in his baccalaureate sermou at Schenectady, N. Y., told the students that the corr'ption against which so great an o ry has been raised was' ':;-3 not new, jut that there had been a change in the world's ethical standards. After twenty-one years of silence, Louis Mendelsou, of Chicago, suddenly; .j recovered his rower of speech and remarked to his brother; "Is It hot rvj| enough for you ?" FOREIGN. Notice was given that the packing house disclosures in the Uuited States ' would be brought up in the British House of Commons. .n The University of Sofia, Bulgaria, | has added instruction in English speech and literature to its curriculum. - : 1 Two German officers and eight men were killed and ten men were wounded , * in a fight with Hottentots between ,t "Warmbad and the Fish River. ^ The Spanish cruiser Extremadura enHp/i frnin Ferrol for Kiel carrying King Alfonso's yachts, the Monricot and Giraldilla, to participate in the In ternational regatta.' The American meat scandal figured in the voting on the new food inspection law, which was approved by a . 1, large majority, at Berne, Switzerland. The formation of a new party in the Russian Duma was announced and reports from the interior of the Empire showed fresh disturbances among troops and peasantry. Emperor Francis Joseph complained to Austrian delegates that he needs rest. A regiment of Russian iufantry In Poltava revolted and attacked the police. William J. Bryan lias accepted an invitation to make a speech in London at the American celebration of the " i' uuriii ui u ?i,t. Conflicting news was received from Guatemnln, both the Government ti'oops ami tlie insurgents reporting success in hard fought actions. Owing to the falling in of the crater of Vesuvius toward Ottajano, n thick rain of ashes fell at Naples, Italy. The Theatre of Arts has been destroyed by fire and twenty-one firemen were injured at Barcelona, Spain. Henri Brisson, the ex-Premier of France, was elecled president of the Chamber of Deputies. John D. Rockefeller was offered by the Mayor of Couipeigue, France, the same sort of homage he would pay to a. visitiusr monarch.