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SELF-RELIANCE. Myself lid make my yesterdays, And ihis I truly know. To all my morrows I shall bring . Their store of joy or woe. Each oup these lips of nune shall drink, ! It shall be tilled bv me: For every door that t ~.vnuld pass. I These hands must mould the key. If e'en on yonder shining height A larger life I own, Thouph throb mv brain, though ache mv Its slope I climb alone. No more alone a darkened way I. doubting, blindly grope: No^more I shame my soul with fear, Xor yet with yearning hope. But knowing this that I do know, And seeing what I see. I rest in this great certainty? All may be well with me. ?Janet Yale, in Harper's Bazar. IA PAYMASTER'S FLIGHT. 1 ? n I 3 By ALEXANDER ELT. UJ .. <5iSHSH5aSESHSH5H5H5ESaSHi? When I was a sergeant in the United States cavalry in the Far West I was detailed one day to command eight men acting as a guard to Major B., who had paid off the force at our post and was going to pay those at the next. He was a small, baldheaded, lean man, except a round stomach, which begins to protrude upon some people after they pass forty, with a crafty eye and a silent tongue. The only words he spoke were directions as to handling his safe, a small affair that could easily be lifted by two men and for which a place was ar- j ranged on a buckboard wagon which the major always used to transport | the treasure. His clerk drove the horse, while the paymaster sac Deside him, the safe between his legs. The country through which we escorted the paymaster contained a wild and lawless people. I thought at .the time that eight men, though drilled soldiers and well armed, were a small guard for such a purpose. Whether the major thought so or not I didn't know at the time, for he said nothing about it. I learned afterward that the colonel commanding wouldn't give him any more, and the paymaster entered on the trip under protest. We were crossing a part of what is called the Great American desert or alkali plains, with nothing there higher than a man's waist. I rode a couple of hundred yards in advance, keeping a sharp lookout in every direction. For more than half a day not a living thing except the mem uers 01 our party ctuu gupueis \>aa in sight. But suddenly in turning look to our right and rear I saw on a rise far in the distance a mounted figure looking at us. I judged from the general outline of horse and man that he was an Indian. After what appeared to be a careful survey of us he disappeared on the other side of the rise. I felt a bit uneasy. Turning, I directed each man to see that his arms and ammunition Were in order and notified the paymaster of what I had seen. It didn't seem to trouble him much. We joggea on for a few miles and when emerging from low ground suddenly heard a mingling of yells and saw on our right a motley crew .several times as large as our own coming down on us. They were evidently a mixture of road agents and cowboys, with a sprinkling of Indians. Their leader rode in advance, a revolver in each hand, the only one of the lot who was not yelling. I had just time to draw my men up In line between the oncomers and the buckbcard before they came within close range, and I told cach man to pick one in front of him as nearly as he could estimate. My men were armed with repeating rifles, while the attacking party had some guns, but mostly revolvers. I waited till they came within 300 yards before I gave the order to fire. Nearly evary one of my troops brought down his man. The gang hesitated, and I gave a second order to fire. This halted them; but rallied by their leader, they came on, bringing us within range of their revolvers, and my men began to get 11 ul l l vi owui^ uuuuivo g nu?i u continued firing on both sides, several of my men being put out of the fight, though but one was killed. My effective force was reduced to four men besides myself, Major B.. and his clerk. It began to look as though the robbers were going to get the 'safe. Suddenly I was astonished to see Major B., who had stood in the buckboard using a rifle, jump down from the wagon, cut the traces, spring on the horse's back, and away he went Jike an arrow. The act demoralized my force so that they broke. I failed to rally them, and we were all soon | tumbling after the paymaster. His clerk mounted the horse of the man who had been killed and joined in the flight. Never have I 1)een so incensed In my life. The paymaster, a commissioned officer, by his cowardly act had cast discredit on me and my men. I had the mortification to oee the bandits ride down on the safe and caper joyfully about it. All I could do was to help the wounded men of ray command along, supporting them by turn in their saddles. But what surprised me was the fleetness of the major's horse. I am no judge of horseflesh, and I had mistaken the animal that drew the buckboard for a mere beast of burden. | Looking ahead. I could see the paymaster miles in advance, fleeing as lor dear life, and in time he disap| peared altogether. For once in my life I placed money before human life and wished he were in the safe and the funds were on his horse. I thought with some satisfaction how I would prefer charges of cowardice against him as soon as we reached the post we were making for. The bandits, having secured the safe, paid no further attention to us, and we rode on to our destination. What was my astonishment on riding into the garrison to see .Major a. sitting coolly smoking before an extemporized desk with heaps of bills before him paying off the enlisted men His belly was goue. It was plair that he had taken it off and placed it?a heap of money?on his desk. "Thanks, sergeant," he said, "foi ? I your fine defense. I have reported you for gallantry, and you'll hear from it. The robbers got the safe with nothing in it. I'd rather rely any time on that mare of mine than a safe. Sorry any of your men got hurt. Next!" And, having paid off the man before him. he devoted himself to the next in line.?New Haven Register. 2000 ACRES OF FLOWER GARDEN Something About the Town Which ! Ships Beans to Boston. Writing from Weimar. Consul William L. Lowrie says that Erfurt, a thriving commercial city of Southern .Prussia, wun more xnau ivu,uvu mhabitants, is known throughout German}' as the "flower dity." ' It has. a world-wide reputation for flower and farm seeds and plants, the trade in which the Consul portrays as follows: "The declared exports of these pro- : ducts to the United States in the last ten years amounted to $561,741, last year's shipments being worth $53,SS8. "The origin of the industry dates from the tenth century, and it wa9 developed by the monks of the Peters monastery. The growth to the present large proportions is of much more recent date. Since 1SS0 the business of raising flowers and garden seeds and plants in Erfurt has increased rapidly, until it is now five times as large as it was a quarter of a century ago. When the land failed to produce good wine grapes the people turned their attention to the seed industry as a mean of saving their j waning fortunes. In former years j the hills about Erfurt and Jena were famous for their vineyards. The wine was sold mostly at Weimar, about half way of the distance between those two cities, giving this place its original name of Weinmarkt, which was changed later to Weimar. "The soil about Erfurt is especially adapted to the culture of vegetables and plants. It is deep, rich and well watered. The annual rainfall is heavy, and the surrounding hills afford good protection from the cool, winds which sometimes sweep down from the Thuringerwald. There are 108 concerns engaged in the seed industry, also thirty-five seed exporters J and twenty-four florists. An idea of the extent of this business may be j gained from the area of gl^ss em- I ployed. The total is 113,735 square | | rreters (square meter equals 10.764 I Square feet), of which 30,867 squarct meters cover propagating houses, an& S2,S5S square meters are used over specially fertilized beds. Nearly 3000 people are employed in various i capacities. "While there are no statistics available in regard to the total annual output of the Erfurt seed and plant concerns, a single firm produces each year 70,000 to SO,000 cyclamen, 400.000 lilies of the valley, 60,000 apple sprouts (in pots), 20,000 pear sprouts, 10,000 plum, apricot, peach and quince sprouts, 30,000 strawberry plants, 300,000 short stemmed and 40,000 long stemmed roses. "About 2000 acres of land in the -city and the immediate vicinity are devoted to gardens. This land is owned by the Crown, the city and private individuals. It is leased to the various concerns at rentals depending on the location and on the productiveness of the soil. Owing to the rapid growth of the city, which rivals the percentage of a Western boom town in the United States, quite an area of the best garden land has been plotted into city lots and is fast ! being covered with fine villas and ] houses. "The cultivation of the gilly flower in Erfurt dates from 1S10. It first appeared in the window of a citizen, and from this one pot hundreds of thousands of these flowers have been promulgated. The estimated annual production is 680,000 plants. To the j same extent, or nearly so, is the cul- . tivation of the calceolaria, verbena, J petunia, gloxinia, zinnia, pansy, car- j nation, balsam, phlos, hollyhock, pe- j largonium, fuchsia, azalia, etc., in j almost endless variety. It is estimated that the annual output of ' flower seeds is not much under 1,000,000 marks (?23S,000). "Vegetable and farm seeds are cul- i tivated in large quantities and in ! great variety. Among them are in- ; eluded 101 kinds of peas, 168 of I beans (700 bushels shipped this year I to Boston to help make up the deficit in its staple food), 2 69 varieties of j j kitchen herbs, thirty-four of onions, j etc., sixty-five of grass for fodder, thirty of clover, 320 species of pota- | toes. There are 1542 varieties of ! vegetable seed cultivated in Erfurt, i ?Washington Correspondence Milwaukee Sentinel. Saw a Red Sea Serpent. Long Lake has a serpent. Upon the authority of four women and nne man the word has gone forth that the placid little lake is the home of a monster about as long as a good-sized street is wide, with the head of an j alligator, the neck of a turtle and a ! dark red skin. The serpent made its first appear- ! ance at the lake a week ago, when it I was seen by William Delevan. of this I city, a fisherman. As Delevan re- ; turned to the city minus his bait after i seeing the sea monster, his story was scoffed at until Sunday afternoon, when the monster made its appearance again. This time four women?Mrs. Clara Wheatley and her daughter, Elise, of No. 702 Grace street, and Alma and Ellen Arnold, of No. 704 Grace street, had an experience on the lake. According to the women, the serpent appeared less than five feet from their boat, raised its head above the water, blinked at them two or three times, and then, apparently frightened by the screams of the women, 1- ~ ~ InU /ISttA LUUtt. a 4UIV-IV unc iu 111c uunuiu ' the lake. It has not been seen since. ?Kalamazoo (Mich.) Correspondence New York World. Try It on the Dog. 'Cultivate a pleasant tone of voice by practicing on the dog," says a [ Kansas man. "He doesn't care so [ much what you say, but he is very particular how /ou say it."?Kansas City Journal. Clean the Chimney. Where wood is much used as a fuel, according to Suburban Life, consid- j erable soot collects in the chimneys, and it is a source of many fires. The | chimney should be burnt out once a i year, at least, and the work done on a damp day?or it may be swept out. A chimney is burnt out by placing a bundle of straw or similar material j in the bottom of the flue and firing it. i To sweep out a chimney, a small met- i al ball, about four inches in diameter, is hung on a thin rope and pulled up and down in the chimney until it is cle^n. When it too high, the chimney can be cleaned by a brush on a jointed pole. TlniraM Vallc To have pretty finger nails it is necessary to keep them properly manicured. The nails should be filed in a curve which follows the shape of the end of the finger. After the nails have been filed the finger tips should be held in hot, soapy water until the cuticle is soft, when it may be easily pushed back from the nail by means of an orangewood stick. To give the nails a delicate rose tint they should be polished by applying some good ointment or powder. In the interest of pretty nails it ia a good habit to rub cold cream into the cuticle every night, always rubbing the cuticle away from the nails. Another little habit is to always, when drying the hands, rub the cuticle back with the towel. These little habits help materially to keep the nails in order and greatly lighten the weekly manicuring process.?Indianapolis News. Varnished Floors. When varnished floors have become blackened in spots and there arc numerous heel marks, they need a standing finish, and must be treated with extreme measures. The old finish must be first removed, and when the floor is revarnished see that the liquid is of good quality, and that several coats are given. A waxed floor needs only another coat of wax and a thorough polishing. Grease spots can often be removed with turpentine. It is best to remove spots from rugs or carpets as soon as they are made. Spots made by sticky substances may be removed by sponging them wi<;h alcohol and salt, a pint of alcohol to a teaspoonful of salt. Grease or oil spots should be covered with wet fy> ler's earth, and allowed to stand for two days and then brushed off. French chalk will remove fresh grease spots. Cover the spots well, then spread a brown paper over them and apply a moderately hot iron.?New York Evening Post. M / Mahogany Furniture. When mahogany furniture is in a .very bad condition the only method of restoring it Is that of first removing the old finish, and the old method of scraping and sandpapering is the best one. After this is done, elth, .er wax, varnish, or oil may be applied. Dents in hard wood may be filled in with colored wax. White enamelled furniture may be cleaned with a cloth dampened in warm water and a little whiting if necessary. At the end it should be thoroughly rubbed dry with a soft cloth. Gilt furniture and gilt frames may be cleaned with a paste made of whiting and alcohol. This should be rubbed , off before it hardens. Natural-colored wicker furniture can be scrubbed with a brush and warm soap suds. Painted and enamelled wicker should be treated like white enamelled furniture. This sort of ware, however, is quite unsatisfactory because the enamel chips and the paint wears off. i?New York Evening Post. CI S5 laS^ *? ?Steamed Steak.?Take about two j pounds of round steak and cover with a dressing as for a chicken, then roll the steak up and tie it with a good string. Put it in a lard pail and cover tightly. Set this pail in a kettle of water and steam for about three hours. Take from pail and thicken Very little the, gravy in bottom of pail. Japanese Sandwich.?This is made of any kind of left-over fish, baked or boiled. Pick out every bit of skin or bone and flake in small pieces. Put into a saucepan with a little milk or r*room fr? mnisten. add a little butter and dusting of pepper. Work to a | paste while it is heating, then cool and spread on thin slices of buttered bread. Salad Dressing.?One egg, one teaspoonful of mustard, one teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of pastry I Hour or cornstarch, one-half cup of sugar, piece of butter the size of a i walnut. Add these to a cup of boiling milk, then add one cup of scalded viuegar. When stirring in vinegar stir in gradually. If lumpy, beat with part? bpater. Add a pinch of cayenne pepper. Stuffed Peaches.?Wash and stone [ medium sized peaches, cover with ; salt, and water, let stand over night; ; fill each centre with grated horse; radish, celery seed and ginger root. J ! Tie two halves together with a string, | j pack in jars. Turn over them a syr| up made of one quart vinegar, one j pound sugar and two teaspoons each of whole cloves, cinnamon and all i spice (in cheese cloth bags). Uaked Apple Tapioca.?One-halt : cup (granulated or farina) tapioca, one quart boiling water cocked in a j double boiler about fifteen minutes, j Add one cup sugar, one tablespoon butter, little grated nutmeg; butter an earthen pudding dish; pare, core and quarter six or eight tart apples, put in dish; pour the cooked tapioca over them and bake in oven until the apples can be pierced with a straw, when cool, eat with sugar or crsam. mcioiiDr nnat tui nuouiil uu/ti hi/ THE DOWAGER EMPRESS C In a lake in the Summer Palace i form of a ship. The vessel is built o pleasure junk. It belongs to the Dow; HARNESSING THE WINDS. The utilization of the wind for doing, a portion of man's work is as .old, figuratively, as the hills. At least, the ancient Dutch windmill, with its four great sweeps, carries one back as far as it is necessary to go.. Windmills were used in France and Italy in the twelfth century for > grindfng corn and in Holland in the fifteenth century for pumping water over the dykes into the sea. In the United States the windmill has had several seasons .or spells of prosperity, when it looked as though everybody was getting a windmill, and likewise several periods of depression whed it seemed as though everybody was down on and discarding the windmill. Americans are apt to go to extremes. When a thing Homemade Windmill. becomes popular, it becomes awfully popular. It is in danger of being looked upon a3 an actual revolutionizer. As a matter of fact, the windmill has a great deal of worth in many locations and its use is constantly increasing. If the old Dutch mill was, and for that matter is today, effective, certainly the high type of American article is a power generator on the farm of great value, if the conditions are right for its use. It is foolish, yet it has been done in countless cases, to order an expensive windmill plant for puinping, before finding out that the watQf supply is a good one. The difference between supplying a house and farm stock with water, nowadays, to say nothing of watering the grounds on the garden, and that ul uarryiug waier uurn me ui& spring" in buckets, as in the old days, is as great as is the difference between the civilization of to-day and that of one hundred years ago. The "big spring" undoubtedly did have a country-wide reputation for never going dry?in fact, in several years of great drought, when ail the other wells and springs dried up, all the . k$BBBCSK$1RS j OPPOR Alarm For Fire Escapes. It is usual for fire escapes to terminate in a ladder, which is hinged I Alarm For Fire Escapes, IT DOES NOT SAIL ! )F CHINA'S MARBLE SHIP. at Pekln is a garden house in the f marble and resembles an elaborate ager Empress. neighbors got their water from thd blue ' depths of the fine old "big , spring." Nevertheless, the "big spring" would likely last about sixty minutes if its waters were pumped to supply a good-sized tank. So that the first thing in considering a wind? mill for pumping is, have you"fc good, water supply to pump? A fine water supply should certainly be recognized as a most valuable asset, and the question then arises as to its. fullest utilization. In many cases nothing more economical than a windmill can be found for getting the water to the surface and forcing it into a' tank high above the surroundings. Of course, there are power windmills for grinding, etc., as welLas those rigged for pumping, and an immense amount of hard work can be accomplished by these former. It is an inspiring sight to travel through portions of Kansas and Nebraska, and see the thousands of windmills, all spinning merrily in the crisp western wind. Many a farmer in the western part of these States, through his few acres irrigated by wind pumped water, has bridged over periods of drought on his new farm ] and been able to stick it out until he could get more thoroughly established. Some of the mills improvised by the early settlers are.crude enough j but picturesque, nevertheless serviceable under the strong prairie winds. They may have been constructed -en* tlrely of dry goods boxes, resembling the paddle wheels of old stern wheeler river steamers. Others look like big pin wheels, and some have sails of old kerosene cans hammered out flat. In the Arkansas Valley in Kansas, one private pumping plant erected about five years ago at a coat of $8000, supplied water from the overflow of the Arkansas River for one thousand acres, and paid for Itself the first year. The writer has a small, eight-foot windmill on his Virginia place, and this, under a good head of wind, fills a nine hundred gallon tank in the attic of the house in from two to three hours. Continuous pumping does not lower the water in the well, and with the average run of wind this tank could be pumped full daily. With a clay or other retaining reservoir of sufficient size to take all the waterfrom the windmill, enough storage' could be provided by this small plant for the irrigation of from three to four acres.?Guy Elliott Mitchell, in the American Cultivator. Churches of the Christian denomination throughout the country are making unusual efforts to liquidate all their indebtedness before next year, which will be the centennial of ,i the church. FUNITY. to the lowest landing and which Is normally raised clear of the ground, so as to prevent unauthorized persons from mounting the fire escape. A recent invention provides an alarm de vice which is attached to the hinged ladder in such manner that should it be lowered,the alarm would be sound! ed. The device comprises a cable atj tached to one end of the hinged lad- j | der, which passes over a pulley secured to the second landing of the fire escape, and terminates in a counter-weight. The pulley is mounted between a pair of bells, and the pulley shaft carries a clapper, so that as the pulley is rotated when lowering the ladder, the clapper will turn with it. In one of the bells a number of projections are provided, and these contacting with the clapper serve to vibrate the latter and sound the bells. ?Scientific American. Some of the hotel keepers In Switzerland?presumably not the best? are making war on the stars of commendation in the Btfedeker guide books. I I J ft HUM I SUICIDE RESBRT State Authorities Alarmed by Frequency of Self-Slaughter There. Eleven Known Deaths in the Falls or by Shooting on the Islands Since July 1. Violent Deaths at Niagara Since Jnly 1. Women. Men. Plunged into cataract... 3 * 2 ! Found drowned in gorge ? 3 | Found shot on islands... ? 3 | Total known deaths by suicide | or accident, 11. I ri Niagara Falls, N. Y.?To the grave alarm of the Reservation Commissioners and the horror of the people of both the American and Canadian cities, Niagara Falls has gained notoriety as a suicide resort more rapidly this season than'its fame as a nionn /->f nioaourd has grown in vears. Vx Vt pivMWW* v ? ?? Q. . Eleven violent deaths since July have caused the State authorities to consider seriously what further measures may be adopted to prevent despondent persons throwing themselves into the fascinating whirlpool or seeking the entrancing beauties of the isle-dotted cataract as the scene for taking their lives by bullet or poison. The suicide of Mrs. L. D. Draper, of Saginaw, Mich., by eluding the vigilance of the guards and throwing herself headlong over the rail into the river above the American Falls, impressed the growing problem on Superintendent Perry and the commissioners. The woman's strange actions j caused the guards to suspect that she was contemplating suicide, and when she started to cross the bridge to Goat .Island at 7 o'clock a. m., an officer turned her back, giving as excuse that the reservation was not yet open to the public. Other officers were warned of the woman's peculiar actions, and she was watched closely, although none was impressed with her grim determination to throw herself into the river. Throwing off suspicion by hiring a carriage, she returned to the reserva tion after the guards had directed ner toward the city. She concealed her long bltfck cloak and was able to drive past the guards without being recognized. Near the river's edge she told the driver to stop. Leaving the black cloak in the seat she started to walk around toward Prospect Point. Five officers were within sight, but-none recognized Mrs. Draper as the woman of the long black cloak until she started to run toward the protecting railing. Then an officer shouted to her and started in pursuit. He was too late. At a point where the railing is at the cataract's edge she threw herself headforemost into the river and in an instant was carried over the precipice. Relatives in Saginaw telegraphed a reward for; finding of the body, but no sight of it had been obtained by nightfall. Since July 1 five persons, three women and two men, have been seen in their death plunge, and three other men, whose suicide was unobserved, have been found drowned in the gorge. SLA. MUKti U111U uuunxuio win. Only One County in Seven Voting on i Prohibition Geres Wet. Columbus, Ohio.j-The Prohibition forces carried six of seven county option contests in Ohio. The liquor element won out in Defiance County. This is their only victory in twenty-nine county elections held thus far. In the city of Defiance the vote against the drys was almost three to one. There are in the city two large factories making steel casts for beer bottles, employing several hundred people. The wets saved twenty-four saloons by this election. The drys easily carried the six other counties in which elections were held. The majorities and the number of saloons voted out were as follows: Union, 1803, eighteen saloons; Champaign, 2000, twenty-five saloons; Madison, 3177, twenty-seven saloons; Pickaway, 199. twenty-seven saloons; Wood, 1600, fifty saloons, and Losan, IS47, eighteen saloons. TRIPLE TRAGEDY. Alan Kills His Brothcr-in-Lnw, Tries to Kill Wife and Hangs Himself. Johnson City, Tenn.?L. A. Bayless. a magistrate, attacked his broth er-in-law, Berny Bayless, while tlie latter was sleeping in bed at his home in this city and almost chopped his head (off with an axe. He then attacked Bayless' wife with the weapon, latally wounding her. He then turned upon his own wife, who was in the house, and struck her several blows, breaking her arm and probably fatally wounding her. He was arrested and half an hour later was found dead, having hanged himself in his cell at the jail. MADE FOUR ORPHANS. Mother Love Causes Wife Murder and Suicide. Scranton, Pa. ? Enraged upon learning from his wife that she was preparing to sue for a divorce. Andrew Zadura, a hotel keeper, of Jes? 3 t 1 e T> ~ + sup, snot ner a.na mm sen., jduiu died. Several weeks ago Mrs. Zadura left her husband, but was unable to take her four children with her, and returned to her home in Jessup a few days ago, love for her children being the main reason for her returning. Austria Annexes Bosnia. Tfca Emperor of Austria-Hungary assumed sovereignty over Bosnia and Herzegovina, following Bulgaria's declaration of independence of Turkey. An international conference will consider these violations of the Berlin treaty. "Woman Dies of Rabies. Mrs. Harvey M. Day. of X. J., died of rabies, but two other persons bitten by the same do? have not shown symptoms of the disease;. About mnreu rcupic. A life of Sir Henry Irving shortly will be published. Andrew D. White is visiting Berlin for the first time since his retirement as Ambassador to Germany. Lord Northcote, Governor-General of the Commonwoalth of Australia, who is en route from Sydney to China, arrived at Manila, P. I. Btigadier Scott uirara, neaa 01 iue Iowa Anti-Suicide Bureau of the Volunteers of America, who had dissuaded many from ending their lives, attempted to commit suicide with strychnine taken from one of them. T.4TOST MF.WS " a .a. uw jb ai>ui?v BY WIRE. , To Prosecute After Twenty Years. . jfin Boston.?Carrying "with, him the ' - $ necessary requisition papers and'a copy of a dust covered indictment twenty years old, Inspector Waite, of the local police, left here for Columbus, Ohio, ^o reclaim John H. Thorpe, who is wanted here for a number of ' larcenies, anegea 10 nave oeen committed in 1888, of property valued at several hundred dollars. , Thousand Shbe Operatives Strike.* \ fgi Lynn, Mass.?Between one thou- , 'y' fl sand and twelve hundred lasters in local shoe factories struck because of an alleged violation of a contract by the Joseph Caunt Company in discharging fifteen union members. The company officials assert that the installation of machines made the em- ployment of the fifteen men unnecesKnapp Approve Bill of Lading. . i Chicago.?The Traffic Bulletin has a tetter from Chairman Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission to C. C. McCain, chairman of the uniform bill of lading committee, approving the draft of the new uniform bill of lading, which is to go into effect November 1. Raise Quarantine Against Cnba. * Austin, Texas.?The State Health ' ' Department, through J. H. Florence,' ,' v*la acting State health officer, raised the ' yellow fever quarantine against Ha* vana and other Cuban ports. i . Y''rj3js?| Auto Accident Kills Two. Detroit, Mich.?Paul B. Feys, a commission merchant, who was inlured in the automobile accident i* which Mrs. Albert Bemer, of Kalamazoo, was killed, died in a1 hospital. ^ Feys and Mrs. Bemer wer<- driving OSS down Jefferson avenue in an automobile with L. H. Turnbull antf Mrs. Emma Emeterio, of Kalamazoo, When the machine came in collision with a street car. Turnbull and Mrs. Emc * A' ' terio escaped with bruises. Robbers Take Victim's Hat. Pottsville, Pa.?James Malloy, of Blackwood, was held up in broad daylight by three foreigners wearing masks at a point between York Farm and West Woods, en' route to Potts- , ville. They relieved him of $18 and jewelry at the point of a revolver, and even took his hat. _ . Roosevelt Removes Two, N Washington, D. C.?As the result of a report made by the Civil Service # Commission, President Roosevelt removed Lincoln Avery, Collector of the Port, of Port Huron, Mien., ana aiso Y?t'? directed the removal of Charles H. Dailey, Special Agent of the Treasury at that place, on charges of "pernicious activity in .politics,* , , " Admiral Evans' Son Accused. Washington, D* C.?Lieutenant Frank Taylor Evans, who, according to a dispatch from Manila, is to he court-martialed on various charges, is the son of Admiral Robley Evans, who took the battleship fleet from ( V 'Hampton Roads to the Pacific Coast. No report of the charges- affecting young Evans has reached the Navy, Department IT RV rARLCl 1 . Plague Now in Morocco. Paris.?The Tangier correspondent J of the Matin telegraphs that an epiJ demic of what is supposed to be the > \ * ; bubonic plague has broken out at Rabat. Thirty deaths from the disease were reported and a large number were ill. Discharge Leper as Cured. Wellington, New Zealand.?A great i 1 degree of interest has been aroused here by the discharge of a Maori patient from the leper station with a clean bill of health. The man was - -h at the station for only eleven months. The chief health officer, Dr. Mason, I declares that the patient was cured ; by injections of cultures of the leprosy bacillus. Plowed Up Grecian Coin. Rome, Italy.?While plowing av Monteleone, Calabria, a peasant found recently a Grecian gold coin weighing two grammes. On one side of the | coin is a female head, it is supposeu I to be the rarest and best specimen j known. ::MI ?t j Ail Pious Men, Says Shah. * London.?The Foreign Office has yV received the text of ,the rescript of | the Shah of Persia convoking ParliaI ment. The date of convocation is j fixed for November 14. "The assemI bly shall be composed of pious, up| right men," says the rescript. "It shall once for all remove all vestige of the disorder produced by the political club." Hyderabad a Vast Graveyard. Bombay, India.?The correspond! ent of a newspaper who reached Hyderabad, the capital of the flooded district, describes that city as a vast grave. The streets and bazaars have . been transformed into a grewsome | mass of stone and mud and decomj posed flesh. Six hundred corpses I were taken out of the mud at one j spot. The funeral pyres burned day i and night. The damage is estimated ! oaa aaa nnn mhlps. ! Lord Dudley Boycotted. j Sydney, N. S. W.?The last levee * ^ ; held by the Governor General, Lord ; Dudley, was boycotted by all the for! eign Consuls. The reason for this I was the withdrawal of the right of ! private entree to such functions. Captain of Craft Condemned. I Kingston, Jamaica.?The owner ' and the captain of a small coaster j were heaviiy fined in the lower court j here for a breach of the Marine Board ' law in having smuggled nine Chinese I 1I1.U V^uua icv^cuu;. j Congo Exonerates Leopold. I Erussels, Eelgium.?The Congo Independent State, in an official docu| ment replying to the attacks upon ! the administration of the State, says that the charges that King Leopold j enriched himself in the Congo are ; untrue, and deprecates and protests ! against the '"falsehoods and legends" i circulated in England and the United I States with regard to cruelty and abase in the Congo. Brazil Signs Treaty With Argentina. , J TDrtnno hoo Kio Janeiro.?rresmcui * cuuu. signed the general arbitration treaty., with the Argentine Republic. 1