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? # How to Bring By Kate Thorn. by considering bim tl I jTJ tiful child upon the face 1 'eighth wonder of the wc kwg them so until he is big < HRrprfin should not be suffered tc Stuff him with sugar to cry more, that he may get more sug; ties son in causes and results. He 01 cry and it is healthy to listen to them, early consumption. Always let him have his own way. and what is a boy good for whose spi Solomon's head was not level whei wvnj " !>*^KnV1v .Mo hroin woe ^nf VI11IU. X. IVUftUlJ UIO W?WiM "MM Shing. Ask him to do it if he pleases im to. It might rouse his temper, a: gestkm. If he should become disobedienl children are liable tc?consult a doct well, he will tell you that the child activity; a mind of unusuai precocity," lor you to hear, since it will give you t into the world. He will tell you tha must be careful how you deny him 1 angry. Lei him have his way. After he gets older, he will be 111 Canity and the gentlemanly accomplis Well, youthful spirits must be ri outlet Say, as thousands have said two knaves than one fool in the famil it, and consoling, too. Make much of his bright sayings, don't see wit in them, it is because th anything. Let them begin young to order tl Cive him all the money he wants to s tie him to his mother's apron strings a If he calls you "governor," and h him. It is cnly young America cropp the free and the home of the brave?" Get him a revolver by the time 1 emergencies?a watch, and a-revolve seed a fast horse and a betting bocl Peraevere in this course, and by will have heard from him at the end foresee which. In this domestic country who can &4 The Folly of B By Addison Fox. Ji is guilty cf much that is Tk Jm 1 taste. He is miserably I | reasonable to expect frc Lhmj| and prescience. But the: ' plays his folly to a great He is apt to excuse by asserting that it is non are used to bolster up his vanity. P< love of money is the root of all evil, and ward the horny-handed son of toil, as i trf beings. Inwardly, however, he de that careless abandon that comes witl when he hates himself fcr his own lacl The worst of the matter is that tl poor are the very ones fitted by nati have kind hearts and generous dispc eminent degree. They deprecate men tt fcr what it will bring. Undoubted! tkms in its proper dissemination. Th< who, under any circumstance, could e the contrary, one of the principal use they only had k?would be to have th It certainly seems a cruel perverse be cut off from what they are most em On the other hand, with respect CU1 IMS WJ WUUl uuai iuc; oic fecuv. undeserving of their kit. It would s genius up0n being born rich, there wai ttse of their possessions. They are to with them more or less an art in it maintain the illusion that one is intei own personal gratification is the only t likely to be dissapated, and somewhat sympathy. These are the miscreants, who 1 rich, now rest upon their oars, while alavee of injustice or our own folly. We have made a fatal error, and And so. to those yet to come, w that the family you are bcrn into, no 1 may be, is more than comfortably off liope to reach its highest ideals.?Life m I The Guest in By J. R.S. Sterrett. Up & Child. i ie finest, and brightest, and most beauof the earth! Look upon him as the irld! Tell everybody so. Keep telling enough to hear and understand, for htJ grow up in ignorance cf his own implums when he cries. It will teach him ar plums. It will give him a suggestive lght to cry. Healthy children always Crying develops the lungs?wards off If you do not. it will break his spirit, rit has been broken? n he said: "Spare the rod and spoil the ning. Never command him to do anv; but if he doesn't please, never oblige ad give him an attack of colic or indi: or impudent, as perhaps he may? or at once. If you fee this gentleman 1 has "too much brain; large mental etc., all cf which will be pleasant he idea that you have brought a genius t the child mustn't be crossed. You vhat he wants. Must not let him get cely to learn the manly science of prohments of drinking and gambling, jn off in some way?must have some before you. that you would rather have y. That is a very nice way of putting Repeat them to j*our friends. If they ey haven't brains enough to see wit in le servant, so as "to get his hand in." ~ 4 ? ' ? T\^k T> ' f pend. Let him go cui eveuiugs. wu v ;nd make a milksop of him. is mother, "the old gal," don't teprove ing out and isn't America "the land of ?e is ten. so that he may be ready for r, by all means. At eighteen he will It the time he Is twenty-five the world of a rope, cr in Congress?nobody can predict results??New York Weekly. eing Born Poor r. i incompetent and stupid and in bad unskilful In places where it would be m him a certain measure of acuteness re is, perhaps, nothing in which he dister extent than in being born poor, himself from this lamentable weakness L his fault, and by various axioms which >verty, he asserts, is no disgrace. The 1 he assumes a respectful attitude toIf that individual were the most exalted spises him. He longs for luxury, for i moneyed ease and there are moments c of forethought. hose who permit themselves to be born ire to enjoy wealth. They invariably ? 1* ? 1 In on >sitions. rney nave scuwuuui m ? ey for its own sake, and only care for !y they possess extraordinary qualiflca?re is never a snob among them, a one ver go back on his former friends. On is they would make of their money?if eir friends enjoy it. ' ness of Fate that all these people should . inently fitted. to those who are born wealthy, there alb' unfit, incapable beings, extremely ?em as if, having expanded all their b none left to help them make a proper very likely to be snobish; selfishness self?an art in which it is necessary to rested in 'others, when, in reality, one's :hing one is striving for. They are also cruel, and to betray a strange lack of laving seen to it that they were born we, the real people toil on, the galleyare new Daying for It. e would give fair warning. See -to it natter what their natural unintelligence Only in tbis way can the race ever & m the Orient. n the 8tranger in their houses naturto talk to them, for thus cnly can he ey anticipate for their hospitality. As accept no remuneration for the fcod it they do expect payment for the feed i has to carry ton with the host and the d pay their respects to the stranger is ng as one is a novice in the country, uch as one must have heard in Europe >pic is the rotundity of the world, the ilways defended. They cannot believe why should they disregard the evidence that it dees move across the vault of tribute your countrymen pay to their i n), whose foct is upon the neck of all inquire minutely into your business at their country, &c. They handle with i and revolver, your knife, pen, pencils, men can never have enough of feeling ore evenly and closely knit than thedr tion of this hind -wherever one stops, rt palls on th.? traveller, unless he is from that m <ment he tries to avoid for such avoidance is the fact that the ;ers makes it impossible for the traveller tes of the day while matters are still traveller cr the archaeologist this is cf rks writing in the house of your enteri boorish return for the hospitality, but or draws as a spy, and will not permit Society Is all very well in its way, but what do these people' care for us, and we for them? Here I was just congratula:ing myself that I would be able to get a good night's rest; and now the dream is ever. I've got to sit up and exert myself to be. pleasant to a lot of idiots that I wish were in Halifax. Ifs just my luck?tired cut, all broken?Halloa! what's this: A note! Vmph!?Ah, yes, of course! Where are my boots? Not a moment to lose. Show him into the parlor, Dinah. W ire * "Who it, dear?" asked Mrs. Von Blumer. "Wh(. ; it?" repeated her husband, as he rushed by her?"who is it? Hooray! It's Dimpleton, with two tickets for the theatre!" BHE villagers who enteriai ally enough expect him give them the return th< a general rule they will and shelter they give, bi of the animals. The conversation one other villagers who drcp in to see an entertaining and even amusing as loi because it is unsophisticated prattle, s in the Middle Ages. One unfailing t< negative side of the question being .< that the sun remains stationary?for of their own eyes, which shows them heaven? They ask you how much 1 Padishah (whom we wrongly call Sulta nations, as they firmly believe. They heme and your reasons for travel in childlike joy and amazement your rifle your helmet and clothing and the wo and fondling your socks which are m backwoods, home-made article. One must submit bo an examina often several times a day. Finally i nrith the Datience of Job, and Tillage hospitality. A further reason acceptance of the hospitality of villag to put into durable form his road nc fresh in hie mind. For the scientific the utmost moment. Now, among Tu tainer wonld simply be impolite and a the Arabs regard the man who writes it at all?Harper's Magazine. Robbed of His Rest. "There!" As the doorbell rang twice in succession, Von Blumer jumped up from his seat with a look of intcmse annoyance, and turnea around swiftly to face his wife. "Have you been shopping again?" he inquired. anxiously. "No, dear," said Mrs. Von Biumer, "I haven't been out cf the house today." "Then," said Von Blumer, throwing down his paper with a gesture of impatience, "it's '& caller. No sooner does a man come nome from his work at the cHlce, worn out with the day's struggle and prepared to t ettle down to a quiet evening, than his peace Is disturbed by some confcunde'd here. THE Jtt'CUE TRIAL | famous Case Brought to Trial and Venire Summoned ALLEGED WIFE SLAYE? COMPOSED i Only Nine Jurors Obtained Out of ^ the 50 Veniremen From Petersburg and an Officer Sent to Richmond For 50 From That City?An Essential ^ State's Witness Absent Without Explanation?Prisoner Affectionately Greeted By His Children and Kissed Several Times By His Brothers. CharlottesTllIe, Vs., Special.?Ths tase of former Mayor McCue,accused of wife murder was called for trial Tuesday. Soon after the opening of ths p court it was announced that W. O. Du- j rette, an important witness for the ^ Commonwealth, was absent from the 01 city. Captain Micah Woods, who Is T assisting the prosecution, said that Mr. Durrette was an essential witness. It . d< was stated that Mr. Durrette, when last is heard from was in Ronceverte, W. Va. it Mr. Lee, of counsel for the defense, ^ stated that they were anxious to go on with the case and that if Captain R Woods cared to disclose what he ex- ^ pected to prove by Mr. Durrette he c aVmifyki U nrnVvoKlo tha Honfavea IUUU6UL iw ivi; yawtscaisiw vu? , I would agree to admit. Captain Woods did not make this disclosure, but said Ci that he had sent several telegrams after the witness and would like a little ^ time to ascertain the result of these ^ messages. Without disposing of the ^ question, the court took a recess until afternoon. u A large crowd was in attendance ia \ the court room when the case was called. The special venire from Petersburg, n from which a jury will be drawn to tl try the case, was present Mr. McCue, G when he came into court, was affection- R ately greeted by his children, all of I, whom were present except Samuel. His a youngest daughter cried bitterly whils . seated in her father's lap. Comment was made on the fact that s Mr. Durette, the chief witness, should si have gone to Ronceverte, where thi r( children of the accused were taken several weeks ago and from which city lthey returned. The afternoon session S of the court was consumed in the ex- d1 aminatlon of the fifty veniremen from tj Petersburg, and out of the fifty only nine Jurors were obtained. A number p of the Petersburgers declared that they s wrrmlH nr>? pnnrlct nn Hrpiimstftntial ci evidence. At the conclusion of the ses- g sion the city sergeant of Charlottesville left hurriedly for Richmond, 11 where he will summon fifty more ? veniremen to serve in these cases. a The striking feature of the trial was the fact that several of McCue's brothers, who were in the court room with n him, kissed him a number of times, b The prisoner is said to have gone to ^ jail this evening whistling a tune. f] Resigns Missionary Presidency. Des Moines, Iowa. Special.?Rev. Washington Gladden, of Columbus, 0., ^ resigned the presidency of the American Mission Society, perhaps the great- t] est home missionary organization In ^ the country. The new duties of moder- (] ator of the Congregational National ^ Council forced Mr. Gladden to give up t] the less important ofTice. Prof. W. E. DuBois, of Atlanta Universitv, (colored), created a sensation f by a statement in his address that the & rise and education of the ambitious ^ young negro student is a menace to the tJ security and class superiority of the b rich, the well-born and white. He said c< the negro problem is only a phase of . the greater problem of class distinction. The greatest crime of the United States ri he said, is stealing, which is manifest- ti ed in the arrogation of special privi- d leges by the well-to-do and the whits over the poor and the black man. 11 Served With Summons. Huntsville, Ala., Special.?Sheriff A. D. Rogers, against whom impeachment proceedings have been instituted in the c< Supreme Court for alleged neglect of L duty in allowing a mob to lynch Horace Maples, was served with a formal sum- a mons today to appear before the Su- (i preme Court November 24. The sum- u mons was served by Coroner E. B. o Stewart. h Tobacco Factory Burned. Richmond, Va., Special.?The R. A. Patterson Tobacco Factory No. 2, was practically destroyed by fire Tuesday u night. Loss, about $100,000, which is a covered by insurance. The lire is G thought to have been due to spontane- t( ous combustion. It originated in the tl granulating department About 250 g< persons were employed in the plant. %v Attack British Steamers. v Shanghai, By Cable.?The British . steamers Pak Kang and Hoi Ho, were attacked by pirates in the west river near Canton Tuesday night A British v gunboat has been dispatched to the r< scene. k Accepted Invitation. Washington, Special.?Senor Don Kmilio de Ojeda, the Spanish minister, r' has received authorizat'on from his v government to accept the invitation of e the governor of Florida and the mayor d of Jacksonville to attend the celebra- * tl tion of the reconstruction of Jackson- e ville after the disastrous fire. The min- o ister has advised the Florida officials a I tf his acceptance. s i PROGRESS ON iter Heavy Slaughter Both Sides The UROPATKIN IS PLANNING A BLOW ; * c Report of the Concentration of 20,- r 000 Rusians Northeast of Lio Yang c Gives Rise to the Belief That His c Attack May Take That Direction? Port Arthur Fleet Said to be Out- ( side the Harbor?Cold Causing Suf- 1 fering Among the Troops. ( So far as the dispatches from tbo ( ar East show, there has been no fiange in relative positions of the i ostile armies confronting each other i i the line of the Shakhe river. ] hero is an unconfirmed report that 1 Russian force of 20,000 men have een concentrated at Keuta Pass, 20 dies northeast of Liao Yang, which lay be indicative of the direction in . hich Kuropatkin is tc strike his ext blow. Upwards of 20,000 of the ( us3ian soldiers wounded in the bat- . e of Shakhe have reached Harbin. ( old weather is causing suffering to ( le armies in the field, although it i as wrought an improvement in the rnditions for the movements of ( oops. A report has reached St. Pe- | ;rsburg, but lucks confirmation, that ic Port Arthur fleet has left its an- ] borage in the harbor and has taken ) p a op3iiion in the roadstead. 1 Kuropatkin Will Try Again. St Petersburg, By Cable.?There is \ o change in the relative position of < ie armies on the Shakhe river, eneral SakharofT telegraphs that the 1 ussians have been bombarding \ amuting and the Buddhist tomple i t Linshinpu, while the Japanese have een shelling the Russian position nt hakhe and near Lindhinpu. An As- ^ ociated Press dispatch from Mukden , sports that the Japanese aro forti- ? ring an important height south of hakhe, and that neither side shows a i isposition either to advance nor rcre. Another Associated Press disatch from the Russian front says the < ituation is not yet ripe for the re- ' umption of the offensive. This mea- ' re but significant admission, all that { lie censor allows to pass over the j ires, doubtless indicates that Gener- * 1 Kuropatkin is maturing important lans and distributing his forces in j e-adiness for another attempt to j reak the Japanese resistance. The i inds are now dried by the winds and j rost; the cold is intense and flooded , elds have been frozen. Thus miliiry movements are facilitated though t the same time it rtlll be more dif- j cult to carry on intrenching work. An Associated Press dispatch from i te Russian front gives a rumor that le Russian forces made a detour to ] le west, arriving abreast of Liao j ang, but there is no confirmation of i lis report. Great irapoitance is at- 1 iched to a report from Tokio that 200 ( Russians have crossed the Taitse riv- } r east of Bensihu and that 20,000 < re concentrated at Kauta Pass, 20 1 liles northeast. This may indicate be direction of Kipropatkjin's next low, or possibly it is intended to dlsoncert the Japanese and compel ] bean to weaken their force on the ] ailroad. Whatever Kuropatkin's ill- 1 Imate object may bo, thero is no j oubt thai he is desirous of obtaining < be most reliable information as to < Fire in State Office. Columbia, S. C., Special.?Fire in the eller of The State building Saturday ight destroyed $8,000 worth of paper i tock, on which there was practically o insurance. The cause of the fire was defective furnace pipe. The fire was iscovered at 11:30 o'clock. The fire:en, about finished their job at 1 'clock, most of the damage having i cen wrought by water and smoke. Shot and Killed by Mayor. Savannah, Ga., Special?L. G. Barron, hite, was shot and killed Saturday , fternoon at Lovett, Laurens county, a., by N. A. Thompson, mayor of the iwn. It is said that Barron had been ireatening all the year to kill Thompsn. and attempted to draw a pistol hen he was shot by Thompson. Yes?rdav, it is said, Barron was at Lovett, ery disorderly, the killing today grow- ( ig out of that affair. Thompson was < jrmerly connected with the Central & < /rightsville and the Tennille Railsads. and stands well with those who now him. Lottery Tickets Confiscated. New York. Special.?In a series of aids, representatives of District Atorney Jerome's office seized $100,000 forth of lottery tickets here are arrestd six men and one woman, all resi- , ents of the lower East Side, charged rith selling lottery tickets. Most of hem ostensibly sold "steamship tickts," though one advertised his place f business as a real estate office, and nother was proprietor of a dry goods tore. ^ < EASTERN WAR ? i and Hard Fighting On :re is a Lull ( he number and disposition of the I orce opposing his left flank. The Cossacks may be relied upon to harass the Japanese line of communi:ation, besides reconnoitering. Gen:ral Ku^opatkin is with the centre of lis army. On October 21st he per ;onally conveyed the congratulations )f Emperor Nicholas to Count Pouoff aud the Nineteenth Rifles for the :apture cf Lone Tree Hill. The Japanese estimate that the Russian loss in the battle will reach 50,000 is not confirmed here. < A telegram from Harbin reports the ] passage north of 26,000 wounded. The ( emainder, who are quartered in hos- 1 pitals at Mukden, cannot exceed a rew thousands. i 60,000 Russians Dead. Tokio, By Cable?Manchurian head- 1 juartors, reporting by telegraph yesterday. says the number of Rus^on lead found on the battlefield and interred up to October 22, makes a total of 10,565. Upon thts total, Russian casualties are estimated to exceed 60,000. The Japanese captured i total of 45 guns during the Shakhe pperations. The report of the Manphurian headquarters follows: "The enumerated spoils, etc., of the battle of Shakhe follow: "Prisoners, about 500; enemy's dead left on the field, 10,500; guns, 35; 17 ammunition wagons; 5,547 rifles; 78,000 small arms ammunition; number swords, shovels, axes and tents. Besides the enumerated property, the uncounted property, extending over a territory of 25 miles, will reach an enormous quantity. "The enemy's dead is being interred with military honors. "According to the number of dead, the Russian casualties are estimated it over 60,000." Captured 14 Japanese Guns, St. Petersburg, By Cable.?General Kuropatkin, in a dispatch to Emperor Nicholas, under date of October 21, >avs: "The Japanese retired from the viiage of Shakhe at nightfall, October 20. Thursday night passed quietly along he front." Lieutenant General Sakharoff, in a lispatch to General Samsonoff, says: 'The retreat of the enemy was precipice. We found in the village arms, nunitions and provisions which had reen abandoned by the Japanese, who ilso left behind in our old artillery portion one cannon, four limbers and a vagon full of instruments they had previously captured from us. Since the p.attle of October 16 we have captured ^together 14 Japanese guns, including .ine field pieces and five mountain guns ind have retaken one of our lost guns. ? ? 4J? 91 on mere was nu iiguuu^ wwu... ? he front of the Manchurian army." Japs Capture Guns. Toklo, By Cable.?A telegram revived from Manchurian headquarters jays: , "On October 21 there was no change reported In the front of all our armies. "Further Investigation shows the lumber of guns captured by our left irray to have been 43, the left column aking 27 and the right column 16. The wagons, munitions, etc., which have Seen captured have not yet been counted. "Scouts dispatched from the left irmy on the night of October 20 discovered the corpses of 200 Russians aest of Chaung Ling Pan." Killing in Barber Shop, Atlanta, Ga., Special.?In a fight in ;he barber shop of the well-known lotel in this city, W. R. Hopen was killed by Sam F. Ring, by being stabbed through the heart with a pair of scissors today. Both men were barbers. King asserts the killing was done in *elfdefense. He has surrendered to tbe sheriff. Telegraphic Briefs. John T. Smith, a hospital orderly at Fort Mott, married a Maryland no gress, and when asked to resign appealed to Preside&t Roosevelt. An article of James G. Blaine published In 1892 Is quoted to shor/ that the expression of views of candidates differing from those given in party platforms is not new. President Roosevelt dismissed Rob ert S. Rodie, supervising steamboat inspector at New York. Chairman Babcock. of the Republican Congressional Committee, says the Republicans will have a majority in the next House. An attorney for Belgium declares an attempt is being made to make the United States a cat's paw in the Congo afTair. The Woodworth Orphan Asylum was destroyed by fire Wednesday. Two chil Ifon nya bnnuin tn hnvp DPrishcd and athers injured by jumping from win3ows. The Episcopal House of Deputies, at Boston, passed the proposed compromise canon on divorce. Senator Culberson attacked President Roosevelt's Panama policy in a speech in New York. Prof. J. H. Hollander, of Baltimore, spoke before the Indian Conference at Lake Mohawk, N. Y. The American Tobacco Company absorbed the Continental and Consolidated Tobacco Companies at Trenton, N. J., forming a company with $180,000,000. It is said Secretary Taft will go to Panama as a sort of deputy president, the situation demanding the most delicate treatment. s . -r%^yT"?gl-*^ga ' ' . ' ' *{i t . *mi THE TWO NOMINEES' m - \ -i Sraphic Pea Sketches of Presidential Aspirants CLEVELAND AND LODGE WRITE In Magazine Articles the Ex-President and the Massachusetts Senator Paint Rival Portraits of Parker and Roosevelt. .. Respectively?Peculiar Qualifications of Each for the Presidency Urged ? Parker's Guiding Trait His Constant and Unswerving Devotion to Duty*?Roosevelt's Vip? tues Innumerable. New York, Special.?Former Presiient Grover Cleveland in McClure's for November gives his personal estimate jt Judge Parker as a candidate for President. He says of him in part: "We sometimes find features of char^ icter so prominently visible in a man's mental organization that, like the features of hi3 countenance, they need no proof of their existence. This is preeminently true of Judge Parker's intent deliberation in reaching conclusions and his inherent judicial conservatism. These qualities of his mind are so distincly apparently that they * are at onj?e seen and known by all who gain the slightest knowledge of the man. This should make it thoroughly understood that those who love presidential pyrotechnics must look elsewhere. "I have known Alton B. Parker for more than twenty years. He impressed jjic oil uur nisi atiiuaxuvouw ?u a e*Mcere, honest and able man, and this impression has, with, time and observation, grown to clear and undoubtlng conviction. I am sure that I venture nothing in making the positive assertion that the guiding trait of his character is his constant and unyielding devotion to duty. "Judge Parker's experience in judicial investigation, added to his natural aptitude in the same direction, cught to satisfy the most cautious and exacting of his abundant ability to discover in the light of constitutional requirements, and in the atmosphere of enlightened but conservative . Americanism, the manner in which a President should best serve his. countrymen. "I am persuaded that the American people will make no mistake if they place implicit reliance in Alton B. Parker's devotion to duty, in his clear perception of the path of duty, in his steadfast persistency against all temptation to leave the way where duty leads, and in his safe and conservative conceptions of presidential responslhllties." In McClure's for November, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge gives a glimpse of President Roosevelt as h?^ soes him. He says of him: "No man has lived the life of his time so amply as he; no one has shown humanity in so many phases, no one has wider sympathies or so many interests. It would be worse than idle for anyone, no matter how intimate his knowledge, to fancy that he could depict a character so manysided, so tried and tested in such ?? '???m within thrt muiuiurm cApcucuvw, space allowed me here. His daily life does not differ in any respect from that of any other very busy man of great energy, who finds rest and relief not only in active out-of-door life, but in a wide and constant reading of books?a habit, by the way, quite as characteristic as an yother, but of which the newspaper critics and humorists tell us little. "Theodore Roosevelt apprehends very quickly. When he has thought a subject out thoroughly and knows what he means to do, he acts promptly. When, after full consideration, he has made up his mind as to what is right he is unbending; but no man has been in the White House for manv vf>ar? who is so ready to take' advice, who has made up his mind more slowly, more deliberately, and after more consultation than Theodore Roosevelt. "Every nation, or rather every historic race, has certain attributes in addition to the great and more obvious virtues which it believes to be peculiarly its own, and in which it takes an esDecial Dride. We of the United States like to think of the typical American as a brave man and an honest man, very human, with no vain pretense to infallibility. We would have him simple ia his home life, democratic in his ways, with Che highest education that the world can give, kind to the weak, tender and loyal and true, never quarrelsome, but never afraid to flght, with a strong, sane sense of humor, and with a nrlvpnture in the blood IH1 CUU V4 ? ? which we shall nveer cease to love until those ancestors of ours who conquered a continent have drifted a good deal further into the past than is the case today. These are the qualities which all men admire and respect, and which, thus combined, we like to think peculiarly American. As I enumerate them I describe v Theodore Roosevelt." v Telegraphic Briefs. General Kuropatkin has made good his stand at the Sbakhe river and is protecting his line of retreat. The Infanta Mercedes, sister of King Alfonso of Spain, died the day after the birth of a daughter. There is a reaction against mob rule in Itlay and calm prevails in anticipation of the general election. Republican national campaign managers gave out a table, claiming 290 electoral votes as certain for Roose? relt