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r < i/D. OLD STORY IN' NEW FORM. r><; Mmdred thousand league. I guess, Our weary earth has bowled through snacc. !And fifty thousand miles, r.o less. iUe pallia moon lias re;a :?er liicc. The careful clock has ticked awav, Full eighty thousand moments drear; So long has been the lagging day Since last I saw you. Nora, dear! ?Woman's Home Companion. Oft ee>ao<?O9?Qft?0M?oe? ?? ooftoa?oee*9? *?? ft 0000 ft *? ? SHAN ADVENTURE-::: HH OF MYSTERY Hi: 009 ftftftft ? By HAYDEN CARRUTH. ZIZZ << est oct ? ?# "Speaking of mysteries, supernatural happenings, and that sort of k thing," said the Major, pulling a very long face, and not observing that his cigar had gone out, "I had an experience last night which convinces me that we stand vtery close to the unknown, and that the vaunted modern science has no more completed its la. bors than had Hercules when he went out and sized up the Numean lion, and asked a bystanding farmer if he thought the critter would bite." "You had been sampling that Louisville man's peach-blow cobbler, eh?" returned the Colonel, suspiciously. "I had- not," replied the Major, stiffly. "That it was after dinner I do not deny?make the most of it! I had had wine with the meat, as becomes a gentleman in my position ?do your worst with this fact also! ^ I had accomplished my dinner in company with two or three old college \ friends, and we had revived past memories, and given Good Cheer a chance to spread her wings?gloat over this also if you will! I am prepared to defend the statement that I was not intoxicated. What I am about to relate is plain fact, and tomorrow I shall lay it before the Society for Psychological Research." "Oh, dear me," said the Doctor, soothingly; "we didn't know the thing was so serious. Of course you were sober. Take your facts out of cold storage and blaze away with 'em!" "Thank you," returned the Major, completely mollified. "You will think it a serious matter when you hear about it. As I said, I had dined with some old college chums. The door was opened to Conviviality, but rigidly barred on Excess. I left the table without assistance. True, an officious waiter hovered near, out wnen i od-i served the superfluous scoundrel, I Bpoke to him in a rolling voice, and bid him begone about his business, if he had any. Judge Doty and I passed out on the sidewalk. Two cabs drove up. We were at first puzzled which to take, but at my suggestion we took the one that we could feel. Something already told me that it was a night of phenomenon, but I knew that the sense of touch is never to be deceived?as you ; shall again see later on in my narrative. We accordingly rode away in the tangible cab. I blush to say it of a friend of mine, but the plain fact is that the Judge was not master | of himself. He sang, and sang exej crably. He looped his feet up in. the arm-rests. He also called for some i annamed lost love of his youth in a tearful tone. "But we arrived safely at the ! Judge's house, and set him down. I was both shocked and relieved to see chat his butler had deemed it necessary to await his master in the vestibule. As you know, I live at the Empress of India, the large uptown Tamily hotel. There are several entrances; the cabman drove me to one at the side. As I alighted I noticed that the street was deserted; the hour, I- confess, was late.. It was a cold, clear, frosty night. I dismissed the cab and turned to enter the hostelry. Now, gentlemen, the matter for the attention of the Society for Pyschological Research begins here. As I went up the. steps, I saw distinctly through the glass door, and down the long corridor within which leads to the office off at the left. The corridor was also aeserted. I placed ray nand upon tne brass rod across the middle of the door, and started to push my way in. The door yielded in a perfect natural manner, and I saw nothing out of the ordinary. I pushed on, but to ray utter surprise I did not gain the corridor. The door continued to swing back before me as I pressed against the rod, but though I was constantly advancing, I remained continually on the outside? a very peri at the gate of Paradise. I soon observed that the corridor was appearing and disappearing in a most extraordinary manner, but when , in Bight its aspect was perfectly nor?ma1 on/? if oAAm a/1 lvii f O nf V? r\ f A r? rw iLi<3.i, auu li accrncu uui a oicp uciuir me. It was as if I were pushing door and corridor ahead of me, or as if I were on a treadmill instead of the firm tiles, which I distinctly felt beneath my feet. Gentlemen, I am not without perseverance?call it stubbornness, if you will. I determined to push on into that hotel or die at my post. I set my jaws firmly and struck a regular gait of what I suspect was about two und a half miles an hour. Refusing utterly to recognize that I was, so to say, up against a power beyond the ken of mm, I continued to forge ahead, the j door, the corridor and I know not what else before me. Gentlemen, for how many weary hours I thus stood up aft-3 battled with the unknown ana the unknowable I have no idea. This much I do know, however, the darkness of night had given place to the *arly gray of morning, and a porter had come to extinguish the lights in the corridor, before I escaped the clutches of the awful mystery and found myself within, the porter apparently grasping my arm. He was real, for I heard his ghastly, insolent laugh, and rebuked him for it. I then went to bed. Now, gentlemen, I am no student of the occult; before the hidden I stand a bowed figure. But so much I know?that this all happened as I have related it. Proof, too, is not wanting; I found my shoes in the morning witli the soles quite ' worn through, though I had bought them new before going to the din- | ner. I hope the Society for Psychological Research can do something ] with mv experience." "Come, come." said the Doctor, i softly; "throw away that cold cigar I and have a fresh one. Don't go and J take up the valuable time of the Psy- ! chological Society with your story; j you simply got caught in one of these ( revolving storm-doors, and circulated ' all night like a merry-go-round. At I the dinner you may have barred the ' door on Excess, but I'm afraid she , got in at th9 window."?Harper's ! Magazine. COMMERCE- <VND PEACE. I The Victories of Peace Outlast the Victories of War. International peace is best preserved by satisfactory trade relationships. War means disaster even with victory. Large fleets of battleships and great standing armies may have their value in preserving harmony among nations. But the increase of commercial relationships with a foreign country and the weaving of an intricate net of international interests is a much better way to keep the peace. These are the sentiments expressed to his American countrymen by the Italian Ambassador at the close of a busy week in Chicago. They are words of truth and soberness. They are supported by many illustrations in the history of the United States. Thev nrf? snlendid sue^estions in con- | nection with the work of the newly j formed Italian Chamber of Com- i merce. The clash of arms plays havoc ' with commercial interests. The men who will lose most usually are slowest in their' advocacy of resort to war. That this feeling can be made a powerful factor in international peace was declared in striking sentences by the Ambassador from Italy. Where solidarity of interests exists between representatives of the commerce of different nations the chances for arbitration of disturbing questions are far greater than those for war. The conclusion follows that the more general and involved the lines of trade become, the less danger there will be of armed conflict. From this point of view the consular agents of the United States are doing a splendid work in the interests of peace. The great manufacturing concerns of America which are reaching out to all parts of the world may prove more effective forces than the steadily developing fleet. Such agencies are friendly. They leave no bitterness for years to overcome. They work quietly, and every contract or new business connection is just one more element against war.?Chicago Tribune. Note on the Black Snake. I have never seen a black snake over seven feet long, and much doubt if they grow to a greater length. They are not hard to catch, though in an open field they can run about as fast as a man can. When caught they struggle desperately until they find there is no opportunity to escape, when they win give up ngnung ami may be handled with impunity. Last spring, when I was walking over the Brandywine hills, a black snake stuck his head out of a hole in an old apple tree about six feet from the ground. He dodged back out of sight when he saw me. Then 1 lighted a piece of newspaper and dropped it into the hole. In just about a second the snake started out again, and just as he poked his head through the hole my companion grabbed him around the neck. I took hold of the tall as it appeared and we stretched him out to full length and measured him?five and a half feet. He did not fight much, but this may have been caused by his just having shed his skin. He was turned loose, and went wriggling off into the swamp. Farmers in that part of the country do not like to have the black snakes killed. One day a few weeks later I was walking through a laurel thicket and heard a great commotion in the leaves. A black snake had been disturbed by the noise I made. He rushed toward me until he saw me fix my feet to stop him, when he turned and ran off in the other direction into a clump of chestnut sprouts. Up these he climbed for about twenty feet, gliding from one branch, to another, but not at any time encircling the trunk or a limb. As I went toward him he would go off from the top of one tree to anoth er, stopping now and then to look back at me. I brought his skin home and it measured just six feet. I have never found these snakes to be vicious; they can be handled easily, and their bite is harmless. They can squeeze pretty hard if they get a turn around your wrist, but not hard enough to break a bone.?Forest and Stream. Meeting Hard Times. Times are hard. We cannot change that fact; but we can change our mental attitude towards it, and hope to find peace in the adjustment, if we will. We can make up our minds to do without the accustomed luxuries, just as our mothers did of the generation before, ana nna peace in that sacrifice. We can resolve that a pleasant house is better than a show at the club, and the decent children in the Sunday-school better than the extravagant hat in the congregation. We can hope that decent men will curb minor expenditures, that are large in the aggregate, and bring home the economies for the comfort of wife and children. In other words, if we wil. we can accomplish, measurably, t degree of contentment that is not conspicuous in the present day inanifestatiou.? Meridian Star. Not a Nature Faker. The class was discussing animals? how they walked, got up, etc., etc. After she explained the cow's method of rising to her feet, the teacher asked: "Do you know any other animal that gets up like a cow?" Silence reigned for a moment, then one little girl timidly raised her hand. "What is it?" asked the teacher. "A calf," was the whispered reply. i Champion I f""" ,, . A USEFUL AND DISTINGUISHED Since 1904 she has been the char January she gave 2954 lbs. of milk in duced 34.32 ids. or Duuer. Life-Preserving Chair. One of the principal causes of great ,! loss of life in accidents or disasters i occurring on the water by reason of j the collisions of vessels or from simi| lar circumstances results from the fact 11)uL the life-preservers provided for the use of the passenger^ are usually placed in some inaccessible po j sltion where they cannot be obtained quickly by the exdited persons. This is especially true on the usually crowded excursion steamers that ply between coast resorts. Instances are known where many lives would have undoubtedly been saved if each passenger had had at hand a life-preserver at the time of the accident. It is manifestly inconvenient for each passenger to carry a life-preserver. Realizing the above conditions, a New York man has designed and patented a combined steamer chair and lifepreserver, shown here. The steamer chair is in all practical respects similar to the ordinary camp stool, but it is constructed to serve as a life-preserver as well. The party using the chair will have always at hand a buoyant support in the event that it is necessary to thrust himself in the water. The chair is light and can be foMed and readily carried from place to place, while as a life-preserver it CHANGED 1 The Coquette?"Really, Mr. Bagg simply had to yawn; twit, of course, I t Mr. Bagg?"No! You don't mean tc little hand could hide such a?er?sue! weath-er, isn't it?"?Sketch. Coffee-Making Device. Heretofore in coffee-making devices nsorl in pnnnortinn xi/ifh an ordinary I 8 Q J j | His*- I coffee pot an open-mouthed bag, in which, the coffee has been placed, has tatter Cow. i ' ' ' ^>'r- ' W W $$$*?' " ff2WV$$n^ I II II' mttmmmumamMWMWWW?*a CITIZEN OP MASSACHUSETTS, apion butter cow of the world. Last 30 days. Once, in 7 days, she pro?From Collier's Weekly. is always at hand for use whenever the emergency requires.?Washington Star. Novel Garment Holder. A New York inventor thinks it would be advisable for every man to _ J- 1- - ? U2m carry a coat ana nac nuu& m mo pocket. If thus equipped he need never worry whether or not he will find all the available hooks in the restaurant occupied when he goes to dine. This novel folding pocket coat and hat hook is shown in the accompanying illustration. When not in use it can be quickly folded up and carried in the pocket, without inconvenience to the owner. When emergency demands it can be as readily brought into commission and attached to the molding or wall or any other I W> Vf/ {Iimur I convenient object close to the owner. In addition, being a private hook, the owner is saved the nuisance of having half a dozen other patrons of the establishment piling their hats and coats on top of his.?Washington Star. Electric haulage has supplanted animal power in the Comstock lode and twelve of the mules which were brought to the surface had not seen daylight for twenty years. ?HE TOPIC. , I was so dreadfully bored that I lid my mouth with my hand." ' ) say that such a dear, sweet, tiny 1 a great?that is, of course?lovely been necessary. These bags, being i made in the fcu-m of a pocket, are hard to clean ana vY^iaot be kept in a ! 3anitary condition. An Arkansas man | overcomes these objections :n a j cofFee-making device which he recently designed. This coffee-maker ' is made of sheet metal, as shown in i the illustration. It is dropped into | the coffee pot. It has openings in the sides, allowing free passage and circulation of the water in the coffee pot. !r. the centre is a wire handle for inserting and removing the device from : the coffee pot. On one side of the . casing is a resilient plate to which i i? Vilnrrnr^ o finer tllli lalt.Or Slif?htlV 1 larger than the easing. The ground coffee is then poured on the lower cloth and the ring holding the remaining cloth lowered until it springs down over the rib of the casing. The ring grips both cloths firmly, it being impossible to displace the ground coffee and cause it to be mixed with the liquid. Brazil is using an immense amount of ccment, but none of it is from the United States. . J jffto? joO Married men of Belgium have two votes, and the single ones but one. Priests and some other privileged persons have three. Kingfield, Me., hasn't had a town pauper in fifteen years. Contrary to the prevailing opinion, there are more persons injured in boarding the street cars in New York ffty than in alighting from them. The monthly average during the last year has been about eighteen per cent, more. , ? . A potato gr.own near Santa Maria, Cal., weighs twelve pounds. The haddock has a superstition attached to it. On each side of the ahoulders, near the gills, it has a dark spot, raoiea to De tne impression made by the finger and thumb of St. Peter when he took it up and found the penny in its mouth to pay tribute to Caesar with. According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Bellingham (Wash.) mills have "cut lumber enough to make a twelve-inch boardwalk around the world." A railroad in Nigeria, Africa, will be constructed by the British Colonial Government to develop .the resources of the country, and in particular to stimulate the cotton-growing industry. The road will be about 400 miles long. Among flowers the chrysanthemum Is said to live the longest after being cut. A pair of sandals for use in Masonic ritualistic work, costing $4500, has been made at Lynn, Mass. The sandals are made entirely of gold leaf, and weighs less than three ounces. The Ohio yearly meeting is the only organization of Friends that does not claim membership in the Five Years' Meeting, it not having accepted the discipline adopted by twelve yearly meetings. New specimens of grass and white orchids never before known to exist in this country have been discovered in Cape May County, N. J> Mrs. U. S. Kistler, of Salina, Kan., is a sort of syndicate woman. Over 1700 pieces of flesh were grafted on her body when she was burned in an explosion. Francis Bacon was plain in his habits of eating. While providing elaborate and splendid banquets for his guests he himself ate only one or two simple dishes. A jade mine in Siskiyou County, Ca!., is said to be the only one of its kind in this country. Six months ago the Tendring Guardians decided to keep pigs and to feed them on the waste froC\ the workhouse. At a meeting recently It was announced that the profit from the sale of the pigs amounted to ?65. The World Drying Up. We are to die of thirst. Comparatively few persons know the suffer * i- * ?UUK ings involved in. a tmrst ior w uiuu there is no help at hand. The- consuming thirst, more than the pain of any wound, makes the battlefield a hel!. Yet death by thirst is the doom forecast for the race by grim scientists. Geologists find that the fresh water supply of the globe Is failing. They have data which point to the gradual withdrawal of the streams and other bodies of water from the surface. Both in Africa and Central Asia, and, indeed, in all the great levels, the water beds are drying up. A great number of lakes, well known in the historical age, have entirely dl?fnpeared. For example, Lake Chiroua, In Africa, has vanished within the past twenty years, as has also Lake Ngamj. discovered by Livingstone. Lake Tchad is more than half dried up. For centuries bodies of water in Central Asia have been evaporating and the deserts extending. Where 2000 years ago great cities stood in East Turkestan, there are found only vast and depressing stretches of sand. The River Tarim, once a principal Asiatic route, is almost .gone, and Lob-Nor, formerly four times the area of Lake Geneva, Is now but a shallow marsh. The same sad conditions are noted in European Russia. Novgorod, the most pushing city in the Czar's distracted realm, was surrounded by water in the Middle Ages. While we may be sure that the fate which the geologists suggest for humanity is very far away, the facts recited to show the drying-up process are convincing proofs of the need of preserving our forests with more tare.?St. Paul Pioneer Press. A Patriarchal Gnll. It would he interesting to know how long a herring gull will live in captivity. In the year 1S86, twentytwo years ago, I brought, from Cornwall a young herring gull to London. This bird is now iu excellent health and plumage. He is very fond of mico and small birds, the latter he catches for himself. I have never known him to eat a worm or snail. Ciieose is another food he never reiuscs and oal.r.hes vary cleverly, when to him.?Loudon Field. Fads and Frills. An admiring friend was question ."it; the sm.'VII Ooy as 10 nis prusiea& au *?:iinoI. ami asked: "Fifth grade nc::t year, Johnny?" "Yes, sir.'' "Ah, you'll be in fractions or decimals then, no doubt?" "No, sir; I'll be in bead work and oerforatod saunres." b ' - ThP. HOUSE /uxf HOME I Roly Poly Pudding. Take a half pound of shredded j suet and mix it with three cupfuls j lour, sifted with a teaspoonful baking powder and a saltspoonful salt. Mix with water to a stiff paste, roll jut, then sprinkle with a pound of seeded raisins. Roll, folding in the ends neatly. Tie in a scalded and well floured cloth, plunge into boiling water and cook steadily for two and a half hours. Serve with a plain, tweet sauce or cream. Baked Rhubarb Padding. Make a suet crust with three-quarters of a pound of flour, six ounces of suet, half a teaspoonful of salt and a little cold water. Roll it out thin. Wash and cut up in small pieces two large bimdles of rhubarb. Line a buttered mold with the cnist, ail it up with the rhubarb, sprinkling sugar through it or sweeten nicely, and cover with a layer of the crust. Pinch the edges well together, perforate the top in a neat pattern witb a Cork, and bake in a hot oven for one hnnr. Turn out and serve hot with cream and sugar.?The Housekeeper, j Almond Wafers. Beat to a cream a quarter cup of | butter, then rub in one-half cupful powdered sugar. Add, drop by drop, a. quarter cupful of milk, then, gradually, seven - eighths cup of sifted flour- Flavor with a half teaspoonful of vanilla or pistache, and Bpread very thinly over the bottom of an Inverted dripping pan and cut in three-inch squares. Sprinkle with chopped "blanched' almonds and brown delicately in a very slow oven. Take from the oven, turn the squares over one by one with a knife and roll loosely. Take up and spread on a waxed paper to cool and dry. If the squares harden before you get them all rolled place over the fire a moment to soften. Serve with cocoa, afternoon tea, ice cream or preserves.?New York Tribune. Baked Potatoes. Select oval potatoes having a smooth, unmarked skin, and of uniform size. Scrub until perfectly clean, then rinse and drain. Put In an old baking tin, kept for this purpose, or on the clean oven grata and bake in a hot oven. Forty minutes is about the time required for the baking! Serve as soon as done. Sweet potatoes should be boiled until almost tender, before baking, then put in the oven to finish. To test whether potatoes are done, press with a cloth. Cold baked potatoes may be warmed up so as to be almost as fresh ones, if they are dipped in hot water, then put into the oven and allowed to remain just long enough to get perfectly hot but not long enough to harden. Contrary to general opinion, cold baked potatoes ? *%? <-??-? *v? a/1 fwJrtr! /intf a a a nof_ ma/ uc uuauicu v/i liicu i^uuo uu d?v- i isfactorily as the boiled ones.?New York Telegram. Creole Danube. A recipe prized by the Creole cooks of New Orleans and seldom divulged by them is for a dish called danube. The materials required are four pounds best cut of round of beef, onehalf can of tomatoes or three small ones, cut fine; one onion, minced; one small red pepper, three cloves, three peppercorns, one tablespoonful lard. Score the meat top and bottom and dredge with flour. Melt the ' lard in pot in which meat is to be cooked and brown the meat to it. Cover the top of meat with tomatoes I and onions. Add the spices, cover | slosely and cook slowly on back of range four hours, turning meat at 2nd of two hours. Strain the liquor, thicken with browned flour and serve the danube with gravy poured over it. This makes a delicious dish of a iheap cut of meat.?New York World. jHints for,, the 1 Housekeeper,! A rug that twists can be flattened by damping the edge and pressing it ,>n the floor with a hot iron. Men's worn linen collars, cut into narrow strips, furnish convenient substitutes for the wax tapers used (n gas lighters. A bit of raw onion will remove fly specks from gilding. White spots on a varnished surface will disappear If a hot flatiron is held over the place for a minute. The globe on gas fixtures and lamps should not be screwed on too tightly, as the heat, when the light is burning, will ecpand the glass, for which sufficient allowance shc#ld be made. To save continual stooping to turn down rug corners sew a piece of stiff :anvas, buckram or haircloth to the under side. These pieces may go just across the corners or can be sewed entirely across the end. It is well to have hanging close be- | side the refrigerator a long, slender rod, on which i3 fastened a spoiP.e .)r rag. This can be run down the drain pipe every two or three days, and is of great assistance ia keeping it clean. According to a dealer most of the . fashionable country houses have the J majority of sleeping rooms clone in ; nretonnes, nnd the leaning this sea- j ! son is toward gav colors, the walls i corresponding iu tills respec: wun me | I furniture. To clean brass pans, rub them with ' powdered bath brick moistened with I I vinegar. Afterward wash them, and j | when dry polish with a little whiting I I in a leather or soft cloth. Parsley can be kept for winter use in soups and sauces by plunging - * - C ' * - ?:~"U 4-1,r ! I'resli nuncnes oi n mtu sn^uujr sailed boiling water and boiling for three minutes. At the end of that time it should be removed and dried quickly ay the fire. FREIGHT RATES IIP,' UP," OP New York Central Gives Notice of General Increase. I : . '#! Southern Roa&i Also Join in an Increase on Sugar and Coffee?To Take Effect Augnst 1. ' . $ ' f ' *? New York City.?As a forerunner "'y{: of the general increase of about 10 per cent, in freight rates to be made by the Eastern trunk lines in the near future, the ,New York Central Railroad has filed with the Interstate, Commerce Commission a new rate on sugar and coffee between New York and Chicago. This means an 11 per cent, increase in the present freight rate on coffee botween the two cities, and a 7 2-3 increase in the present rate on sugar. The railroads which haul the two commodities from Southern ports northward have also published a sim- .... j.; ilar increase. The new rates will go into effect on August 1, instead of October 1, as at first intended. The present rate on sugar between New York and Chicago i3 26 cents per 100 \ I pounds. The new rate will be 28 cents per 100. The present rate on coffee between the two cities is 27 i cents per 100. The new rate will be 30 cents. Officials of tho New York Central say that these two commodities are the only ones on which any definite action has been taken relative to an Increase of rates. They say that, while a general increase all along the line of bulk freight may com? later, the average increase will hardly be 10 per cent., and may not be more than 7 or 8 per cent. ? VfV; INSINCERITY OF CLAIM ABOUT GENERAL AND CONSTANT REDUCTIONS New York City.-?An inquiry Into the history of changes in railroad ' rates in recent years has disclosed the fact that accuracy is disregarded by those railway men vho are telling of general and constant reductions. The truth is that in hundreds of cases rates are much higher than they were a few years ag?. There have been instances of reductions, of course, and the railway, men have put these forward with . : "j'i painful care, omitting to mention the ? increases. " ./.& '! The Manufacturers' Association, in' Its recently publisl^ correspondence with Vice-President Brown, of the New York Central Railroad, showed a suspicion of tho truth by saying:: "We feel that the claim of the railroads, viz., that rates have been constantly reduced, is insincere." \ It is a fact that since the Hepburn rate law was passed, only two years ago, making it necessary for the railroads to be mowt careful in publishing changes in freight rates, hundreds of cases of increases may be found in! the . records. The transportation charges on such commodities as groceries, canned goods, drugs, lumber . f. and building materials, condensed' milk, machinery, flour, coffee, sugar and practically all other commodities are to be increased in the near future. WASHINGTON FAVORS INCREASE IN RATES V* ?????? Old Methods Toward the Railroads Apparently Abandoned. ^ Wns'hlnp'tnn T) f!. ? Tt can be stated on the very highest authority. that under existing conditions the Government does not contemplate offering any opposition to a just and harmonious increase in railroad freight rates. It Is recognized that the cost of railroad operation has in-. creased to a point where some suchf' action by the roads is necessary. Especially is it necessary if capital is to be found to extend the present railroad mileage, and this extension is regarded as of the greatest / importance in this era of increasing commerce. There is a remarkable disposition shown in Administration circles not to question the right of the railroads , to raise freight charges on certain commodities. This change of attitude is due in large measure to the gradual dying out of the popular In dignation against the railroads -which was aroused during the Rate bill hearing, which naturally was reflected here. It is also due to the recog- , nition of the fact that the railroads are arteries of commerce, and if they 1 are stricken the entire country must suffer. PARAGUAY REBELS WIN. After Days of Fighting in Asuncion Ministers Fly to Foreign Legations. Buenos Ayres, Argentina.?The rebels have won in Paraguay and have set up a new government, with Dr. Emiliano Gonzales Navelro, who was Vice-President, as President. Fighting had been going on In the streets of Asuncion, the capital, for days, and many of the public buildings have been seriously damaged. o 1 nf <Viq L-illor? JT1 CV1UUD COllUiabCO VI. buv nftMVMp and wounded, running as high as 2000, have been exaggerated. It is now believed that the number will not exceed 500. Dr. Zeballos, the Minister of Foreign Affairs here, has received a dispatch from tho Argentine legation at Asuncion, officially notifying him that the revolutionary party has overthrown the old government and that several Paraguayan ministers of Stats have taken refuge in the legation. All the old ministers fled to foreign legations for safety. POLES PLOT TO KILL THE CZAR. More Than 100 Men and Women Arrested at Sosnowice. Berlin.?A dispatch from Sosnowice, Poland, states that more than 100 men and women have been ar 1 ~ i-;ii restt?u lur cunipiivjitj iu piui iu the Czar. Other arrests are impending. It is stated that the conspiracy, which centred in Sosnowice, is widespread in Poland. Sosnowice is now overrun with. trocp:->. CATHOLIC PRIESTS DROWNED. Were Fleeing From the Mission at Chippewyan, Which Was Burning. Winnipeg. Manitoba.?The Romaa Catholic mission at Chippewyan. Lake Athabasca, northwest of here, was totally destroyed by fire, with all the supplies and twenty dog teams. Whiip in flight from the burning! building two priests, Father Poitras, iri charge, and his assistant, were drowned at Smith's Landing, on the Athabasca River. Vtn/r- 1. tL