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Kitchener Thought He Was hi the Soudan When He Ordered British to Charge Boers at Paar deberg. Loodoo, March 26. 4 15 a m - Bxcept for the "occurrence " as Lord Roberts calls it, which resulted io the killing of Lieut Lygoo and the wound? ing and captare of Lieut Coi Orabec. Lieut Codrington, and Capt Trotter, the campaign presents no new features Tbe mishaps to the Guards officers is a -testimooy te their bravery bot not their discretion. They met a party of five Boers, whom they tried to capture. Tbe Boers took refuge on a kopje, where three of their comrades were bidden, aad within five minutes every member of the British party was hit. Apparently t little progress is being in ade toward tba relief of Mafeking A private telegram fr em a lieutenant at Kimberley dated Wednesday, March 21? announces that he 'was on the point of starting for Mafeking. Presumably with tbe relief column Geo Sir Forestier Waiker and Priooe Alexander, of Teck, have left Cape Town for Bloemfontein. It is reported from Ladysmith tbat Yan Reeoen's pass bristles with goos. Maii aocouots of tbe capture of Gen -Cronje, jost received, bring oot inter ?sting points as to tbe rapidity with which Lord Roberts changed bis plans when be foood tbat Gen Cronje bad ?soaped from Magersfooteio, where it uss originally intended to attack or elote ic oo bim. Lord Kitchener was ?ont forward to intercept bim and at the battle of Paardeberg Lord Kitchen er seems to have shown that he is better as au organiser than aa a fighter, for it was at bis order that the British infantry repeated the blooder of other -generals, attacking intrenched Boers, j who allowed the Britishers to get j within a thousand yards before openiog fire. As the British bad absolutely no cover they lost heavily and uselessly tod were compelled to fall back momentarily with some amount of con? fusion and to withdraw their support to a distance. This fact makes a signi? ficant commentary upon the rumors that have beeu in oiroolatioo of some coldness between Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts, which is said to have accounted for the former being sent to Prieska to suppress the rebellion. THE BRITISH LOSSES London, Maroh 25.-The total Brit Ith losses exclusive of the invalids sent borne are 16,418 in killed, wounded sod missing. NOT CHEERFUL FOR BESEIGED London, March 25 -The Daily Mail publishes the following from Mafeking dated Wednesday, March 14 "We are still being heavily shelled There have been several casualties j Skirmishing continues in tbe trenches The native food question is becoming a | difficulty. The Boers have brokeo the arrangements to respect thc Sabbath by not firing and have se:z-d the oppor tnnity to extend their trenches " j 8TRONG BOER FORCE MOVING/ London, March 26.-The Times has the following from Rouxville. dated Saturday : .'Commandant Olivier, with a strong force and fifteen goos is moving north of Lady brand *'A iarger Boer convoy has been seen from Basutoland proceeding toward 1 Ciocolao. Gen French may intercept i it." There's a pointer for some of our busy men in this 'little story of child life : "Mamma," asked little 3 year old Freddie, "are we going to neav en some day ?" "Yes, dear, 1 hope so," was the reply "I wish papa could go, too," continued the little fellow ' Weil, and don't you think he will ?" asked the mother. "Oh. BO," repiied Freddie, "he couldn't leave his business." Views have been taken of the orchards of Messrs Millar and Pan cake, in the vicinity of Rodney, W. Va, for exhibibition at the Paris ex? position These orchards are the largest iu the world, and contsin 250,000 peach and plum trees The owners plauted 181,000 trees last year, and cleared for plantiug 1,735 ?cree of timber land. The first sea son their orchards begac to bear they shipped 100 carloads of peaches and j plums Dr. Cady's Condition Powders - j ?re just what a horse need* when in b;.*..i c-n j dition. Tonic, blyod purifiai an i vermifuge* They are not food but medicine, and toe best to use to put a horse ia prime condition. Price 25 cents per park age. For s.?!e by Dr A. J China. Der: 30-o Tett< r, Salt-Khcum and Eczema. The inten*? itching and smarting incident these unease.0, ia in-t;>! riv a: 'yei by app?ytug Chamberlain'.-: E\ .n : Skin Ointmeot. Many very bad cases have t.c-:. perm anet ly csred by it. It is equally efficient f->r itching piles and a favorite remedy for f -re nipple.*, chapped bands, chilblains, iro?t bites ami chronic soie eyes. 2?ots per box. For sale by I>r A. J. China. ^ Dec 30-o Nothing is Being Done For Mafeking. General Methuen's Force is Halted. Loudon, March 27, 5 15 a m - Militar* observers here, aoc even those in close affiliation with the war office, are considerabiy confused as to what is bsi':?T ri-ine for the succor of Mafeking Some 5,000 or 6,000 naen are engaged with Lord Me'hueo at Warrer>too and i Fourteen Streams, and now another ? column is ab out ieaving Kimberley, if it bas rot already started for Griqua tows, 106 miles westward. Its osteo sibie purpose is to drive out the Boers The force is desoribed as "a strong one," and the expedition as "likely to attract much attention " Gen French is reported from Bloem? fontein Sunday as retnrning from Tbaba Nebo, without apparently having beaded off Commandant Oliver with his 15 guns and miles of baggage. Boer horsemen are in oootact with the British outposts from Biggarsberg to Warrenton Gen Baller's patrols bad a sharp skirmish Suoday at Waohsbaok. Lerd Roberts' infantry has now been quiet for 14 days, and news of an advance is hourly expected at the war office Messrs Wolmarns, Fischer and Wes seis, the peace envoys from tbe federal forces, are doe>ai Naples in a few days After visiting two or three European capitals, they will go to New York by way of Antwerp It is understood at The Hague thar they are invested with large powers and are prepared to agree to aoytbiog looking to intervention. The Times prints a statement from Cips Town to thc effect that the Boers, after deducting heavy losses, are prob ably unable now to put more than 30,000 men on the fighting line. REBELS IN HERBERT DISTRICT I REJOIN BOERS Barkley West. March 26 -A oom mando of 400 Boers has reoccupied Papknel, foroiog tbe rebels io the Herbert district to rejoin the federal flag Extensive looting is reported io that direction j THE HALT AT BLOEMFONTEIN. London. March 26, 1 45 p. m -The continued absence of agressive move ment on tbe part of the British is be*r explained in a dispatch from Bloemfon tein, dated Sunday. March 25, and published in the seoood edition of The Times today It says : "The conditions existing in the occupied territory render imperative the somewhat prolonged hair ai Bloemfon tein If is necsssary tbat the effect of the proclamation shonld bare time to make itself felt It is declared that danger of aoooyanoe to the line of communication may be apprehended unless the territory behind the advaoo ing forces is rendered absolutely s?cure Tb? accuracy of this view is proved by the fact that the enemy is breakiog up into isolated groups scoh as that which a'tacked tbe Gutrd officers on Friday The adjunto. T.r of fi ancial and muoi ?'cipal Hatero in tb^ Free S:&re is now ob'efly occupying the affection of rbf* governor and his iegal aod fioaooial advisers "The military regiment, is bein conducted with great smoothness. bur reoeot investigation sbows that caution must be exercised io dealing with persons apparently loyal " The summary from headquarters is probably an aconrate explanation of tba frequant appeeranoe and disapp?araooe of Boers aod insurgent?, upon \vhieh the reports are so confl'ctioe and wbiob 60 puzzle the British military critics. Geo Metboen appear* to be awaiting transportation, and wiro Coi Plomer *. forces on half rations, there DOW seems little likelihood of the immediate relief of Mafeking, though neither from tbis quarter nor from L rd Roberts or Gen Buller is there any direct news today. The government buildings at Cape Town narrowly escaped destruction by fire last night The S'ate papers, after being moch damaged, were removed. A Lorenzo Marques special says the Transvaal authorities are evideot?y re emiting aotively, as large numbers ot French, Dutch aod Belgian volunteer" are constantly pushing through tbat placo to join the B'>er forces Shanghai, March 26 -The British second ciass cruiser Ilermion has been ordered to proceed immediately to Takau The country around Tien T8in is greatly disturbed an J, ac? cording to reports in circulation here, ! the powers are making arrangements for concerted action. It is further i reported that a British missionary has j been killed New York, March 20.-Five well dressed men enter? fi Hcaly's restan rant at the corner of Sixty sixth street anc* Columbus avenue today, ? and while one of them en^.*i?^ed the | cashier in conversation one of the ! companies went to the safe and got away with $1:300 The other men then quietly withdrew, and the rob 1 bery was not discovered for fully five minutes afterwards Part ol the j amount, which way in checks ??id cash, was subsequently returned to ' Mr Healy by mail The restaurant ; ie a fashionable one About forty J guests were at breakfast at the time | i KENTUCK ? AFFAIRS. ; Quiet Was Maintained in Frankfurt Festerd3y, Frankfort, Ky', March 25 -NV ! withstanding that troops rec goizmg ! roe dual governors were quartered w; h ! in rwe -ouares of each other, tho j publican troops ar toe rva'e boase under ! ordere from Republican Governor Tay lor and the D.iruccr;?tic troops at rb court hous-3 guarding prisoners Powert?, Galton ard Davis, under orders fr ri? De m ocra rio Governor Bokham, ti;c day was quiet The republican adjutant general. Collier, and Democratic Assistant Gen erai Murray, were together some time this morning Gen Coiiier called to disclaim responsibility for tbe minc which some of tbe soldiers made a pre tense of laying, but it is understood their talk took on a a wider sen" and that they discussed and matually agreed upon plans to avoid possibility of any sort of a clash between the rroops It is believed that tbe examining trial of Powers will be completed either Tuesday or Wednesday, and that if Powers is held ever the otber defend aats will waive examination Wharton Golden the s*ar witness for tbe commonw abb, whose illness on the stand yesterday forced an adjourn ment of the ooort twice, is reported by his physician as very muoh improved tonight THE POWERS' TRIAL Frankfort, March 25 -If Witness Goiden really goes on tbe sfand fur cross examtnatio tomorrow morniog the defense hopes to conclude the examio mg trial oo Tuesday. Golden is the last of tbe proseou'ion's witnesses, so it bas been underwood Sines bis it loess in (he court room be bas completely recovered aod yesterday afternoon and this morniog bf has beeo better I? was stated today (bat he weot te Georgetown If is tboogbt tonight he will be able to go on the sraod again tomorrow lr is tbe geobral impression .b* defense mav make no effort to controvert Gorden's statement in tbt examioiog ?rial An examining jodge t.eedn to have only a reasooable suspi etoo to b-nd a prisoner over to the graod jory and it i? evident Jadge Moore bat. ir.U I? would be telly tot the defpose to show its baod in the real trial. Tbe wfaole of Golden's tes ti mo n y tended to throw suspicion oo "Tallow Dick" Combs, aoolored barber at Beattyville Combs say be cao prove bis innocence aod 19 willing to g? ioto custody if he is wanted Harlon Whittaker. white, Dick t'ombs, colored, aod eumerous orber person*, have ar various rirjjfs bee? *uspK5tfd t firing the icatal t-hot Bu he pro?? cu ii? bavc nor yet identifi?e tb? murd rt r A surpris- in y be f :tuog 'Goorro*: by 'he pr' e-o soo io the intrrduc'ioi of Mrs Who? --fi G ?lo- ti a.- a witoes? ic a* muco ?+? .! nas ;.een ?he ironressi ?. from rep(?r'^ M-- r out (rom Barbour ville, tbat Mrs G->!deo W2f aojjrv ? b r basbanc o:< accoar;? of Dis coo**** MOO . A pet monkey belonging to a 6on j of the Rev W G Herbert, pastor of ; the Caroiine Steer \iethodist church j of Balfmore got into the study ofi the clergyman tb*" other evening; j opened a volume of the Eocyciopa? | dia Britannica, and tore out 16 pages : of the article on Darwin'6 "Origin of Species " Then it turned to Butler's : Analogy, and it was examining it j with great apparent delight when the ! ciergyman returned and put a step to ! the proceedings ---^ Rare Relics Unearthed. Four of the most remarkable relics ? discovered have just been found in the j western Egyptian oasis of Theba and sent to the Louvre in Paris for exhibi? tion. They are plaster casts busts. 1 These busts originated during the brief era of prosperity at the close of the ?Sec? ond and the beginning of the Third cen- . tury of our time. They are not, as it j would seem, detached pieces of statues, but are complete in themselves. They are masks used for a special class of mummies, and like most of the Egyp- i tian curiosities come from the grave. The departed members of wealthy families ! were provided not only with sepulchers, : but with a sort of armor composed of j several pieces, which completely incased '< the dead body. The feet were thrust into a pocket shaped affair like a car- j riage foot warmer, and separate pieces J were made for chest and neck, as well ! as the hair, with a mask fur the face, ? which often resembled the features of j ti:e dead.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch. - 1 A Var? from Red Bluff. A few days ago James R. Holt went I for a quail hunt along the banks of the ; Sacramento river. Under a cover of brush he discovered a nice flock of birds but when be raised his gun to have -\ j shot they disappeared. He felt satisfied : that there were (mite a number under a '\ particular bush and he blazed away Tije noisy fluttering which followed told him the result and he ran lVr his prize. ? and just as ii was reaching out his ham! | to catch a wounded quail ie; was sud de;xly shocked to discover an eno-mous \ rattlesnake in the line <>f the bird. He approached tia.; birds again with iii.; gun co< ked and ready for a sudden shot, and learned thal tie- snake was dead. When he fired at the birds lie tilled tilt; snake and six quail, although none of the birds or tie- serpent wen- in view. The snake bad eight rattles and I a bulloo and was :>' . feel in length. - Red Bluff (Cal.) News". PERSONALITIES. j Ex-Governor Hogg wears a 22 inch i ?ollar. j Judge oliver Wendell Holmes is said I to inherit much of his father's wit and j conversational powers. Marshall Field is to build and prc j sent a (ino library building lo his na ! tive town. Conway, Mass. The king of Sweden travels ns Count ? de Hava. Ir. was under this tili?,' that I he staid at Cannes last season. ! General Leonard Wood is partial to cigarettes, rarely smoking cigars, a fact which commends him to the Cu? bans in his province. General von Rock und Polack will succeed General Count von Schliffen as chief of the general staff of the Ger? man army after the autumn maneu? vers. Herr Riggenbach, who introduced the cogwheel railroads that have en? abled tourists in Switzerland to do their mountain climbing without effort, died recently. J. B. Frye, one of the oldest resi? dents of Virginia, died recently and was buried, according to his wish, in a walnut coffin made with his own hands from an old tree on his farm. Guthrie, O. T., has a 15-year-old law? yer. His name is Frank H. Burford and he was recently admitted to prac? tice, though he has not yet been gradu? ated from the Guthrie High school. A Washington friend of Admiral Dewey says the great sailor is a splen? did wit and story teller. He can also spin a yarn of his own experience which would rival the wildest fiction. John Ruskin has not had his photo? graph taken for 30 years, and John Hare has allowed himself to be caught by the camera once only. This was at the express desire of Queen Victoria. General Julio Rengifo, for many years secretary and charge d'affaires of the Colombian legation in Wash? ington, who is on leave in his native country, has been appointed minister of the treasury. William Wither Bramston Beach is regarded as a comparatively young man to occupy the position of "father of the house of commons," to which he succeeded on the death of the late Sir John Mowbray, for he is only 72. Albert C. Hopkins, who, during the Messiah craze at Rosebud and Piue Ridge agencies in 1S00. attained no? toriety by appearing among the ex? cited Sioux and announcing himself their Messiah, has been adjudged in? sane. Governor Powers of Maine, who owns timber lands in the North Woods, was asked by a Bangor Commercial man the other day If he thought the pulp business was destroying the Maine forests and promptly answered: ''No. That's my answer to you-No! Let them cut all they want." ITEMS OF INTEREST. Not one drop of intoxicating liquor is allowed to be sold at any of the military camps of Canada. A club is nov?- being formed in Paris the members of which swear never to shake hands with any one unless wear? ing gloves. Fifteen years ago native Christians could rarely find employment in India. Now they are preferred by contractors because they do more and better work than the heathen. In honor of the four hundredth an? niversary of the discovery of Brazil in May. 1000, there will shortly be a spe? cial issue of stamps as follows: Dis? covery of Brazil. 100 reis: independ? ence, 200 reis; abolition, 500 reis; re? public, 700 reis. The earldom of Dartmouth is the lat? est peerage to be threatened with a '"claimant." The "rightful heir" is to be found, it seems, in William Legge, au emplee of the Capital Planing works, Ottawa, who has served his ap? prenticeship to a gardener. A newly married couple in Portland, Me., who are both deaf and are trying housekeeping without a servant, have devised an ingenious substitute for a doorbell. When a caller presses the electric button, all the lights in the house flash up and his presence is made known. Had More flinn Ohe'Reason. Anxious Motlier-Why don't you drive that bad boy away from your playground ? Good Little Boy-lt wouldn't be , right. "Wouldn't it?" "No. ma. You see. that playground is public property." "Oh, so.it is."' "Yes. ma: and it would be selfish and I dishonest to deprive any oilier boy of the right to go there." "So it would, my angel. I didn't j think of that." "Yes, ma; and. besides, he eau lick me."-Pearson's Weekly. Mo'lent Mun. "G'wnn an talk f verseif." "If Oi did. bedad. (?i'd b<- ta Ik in to : a sinsible num. au Ofd bc heariu a sin- } sible mau talk!"-NJiinrets. FACTS IN A FEW LINES. The number of Buddhists is comput? ed to be 455.U0?'.<;<)<>. In Italy tiOO.Oon people lind employ? ment in raising silkworms. Ir is estimated that one crow will de? stroy "OO.'Kji) inscris every year. Among birds the swan lives to be the oldest, in extreme eases reaching 300 years. More than 3.000 persons are buried annually ia the paupers* cemetery of Berlin. En the south within thc last five months $17.000.000 of new capital has been invested in cotton mills. Ir is calculated that the shareholders of the united Kingdom outnumber the railway employees by about 40,000. There are s.S silk plants in Pennsyl? vania, and the output of silk ribbon in the state has been doubled in three years. It is estimated that at the beginning of the new century England wi il have 82,000,000.000 tons of coal still unused and available. The most costly parliament in Eu? rope is that of France. The senate and chamber of deputies eat up an? nually $1,500,000. The average number of horses killed in Spanish bullfights every year ex? ceeds 5,000, while from 1,000 to 1,200 bulls are sacrificed. During the fiscal year of 1897-8 the United States sold $29,000 worth of typewriters in Mexico and $1S,000 worth in Argentina. Of late there has been a noticeable Increase of tourists* travel to Ireland. People are discovering it ls a fine place to spend a vacation. Kamchatka may soon become as popular a resort as the Klondike, as gold has been discovered there in promising quantities. The average weekly wages of the men employed in the cotton mills of Maine are $7.88, of the women $5.60 and of the children $2.73. There are 1,170 paper and pulp mills in the United States, producing annual? ly 1,000,000 tons of paper and more than 000,000 tons of pulp. Paymasters and commissariat offi? cials of the German army receive spe? cial training in examining the quality of food supplied to the army. A German army officer estimates that in the century just closing no few? er than 30,000,000 men have been kill? ed in war in civilized countries. The results of recent drillings in Bor? neo have caused many persons to think that Borneo will prove to be the rich? est petroleum field in the world. The latest thing in company promot? ing comes from Paris, where a dogs* cemetery has been floated with a capi? tal of $70,000. The promoters are la? dies. There are in Boston 44,207 persons born in British America, including On? tario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfound? land. The largest mass of pure rock salt in the world lies under the province of Galicia, Hungary. It is known to be 550 miles long, 20 broad and 250 feet in thickness. The giraffe was thought to be near extinction, but Major Maxse, a British explorer, has found great herds of them along the Sobat river, a tributary of the White Nile.. lie Wa? Considerate. Ciuchly- Look here, old man, why ! don't you offer me back the $10 I let ? you have a year ago? Harduppe-Oh, I would if I hadn't been afraid of hurting your feelings. "In what way;" "Why, I didn't iike to-give you the impression that I thought you needed tue money."-Philadelphia Record. Kept His VOTT. The Lady-1 don't believe you would work if you could. Dismal Dawson-Fd do any kind of wort that didn't interfere with me principles. I had a chanst to be a waiter oncet, only I'd swore a solemn oath to never wear a spiketail coat Indianapolis Journal. An Article of Lnxnry. She-I'll grant that your income would be enough for us to marry, if only you didn't have such expensive fad's. Ile-I? Expensive fads? What ex? pensive fad have I? She-Me. for one.-Lustige Blatter. Machine Politics. First Citizen-I see the idea of vot- | ing by machine is gaining in populari? ty. Do you think the mass of the vot? ers will easily learn how to work it? j Second Citizen-1 hope so. Hereto? fore the machine has always worked the voter.-Ohio State Journal. He Knew lie Would. Spacer- T believe that if Shakespeare were alive at the present time and try- ? ing to live by his pen in London the j comic papers would reject many of his ? best jokes. Humorist -1 knew ii. I have tried j 'em all.-Boston Traveler. Site Knew Him. "I'm going wesi for a little vacation ? willi a lot of good fellows.*' ?ie said, j -What book will be of the most service to me in our ramblings about the conn- ? try?" "Hoyle." was the ready reply.-Chi cago Tos;. < 'ondit?nnn!. Litt!.- Eilgar Pa. is the a in ('olor.! do pronounced ns in maiden ns in ; gladden? Pa !; .-..ll depends -?ii whether yee. 1 want to make Color do . lyme with ciado o;- shadow, 'hitago Tinves-Her- ; al 1. The Prisoner"** Retort. "1 .'.?..(? villainy in your face.*' s:i ii I a judge to a prisoner. "May ii please your honor," said the ' latter, "th.it is a personal reflection." - j metropolitan. ? CRAZED BY THE COMET. The Prospective Arrival of l?ie?a*? Orb Left Its Iuiiacnce Behind. There are wise people to-day who be ievethat the proximity of a comet to ;he earth brings'with it various diseases, mental as well as physical disturbances. "I never took any stock in this comet business." said a practical friend of mine. "I've seen several comets in my time and read all sorts of rot about them, very little of which I believed. But this comet" He paused and drew me away from, the crowd. Having glanced about him j Queasily, he continued: \ '"This comet nearly drove my wife i crazy I Yes, sir; fact! And she's nearly i driven me crazy. Do you-have you seen anything queer about me lately?'-' I told him ? bad not-that he looked as sane as his average fellow mortal. '.Well," he resumed. "I've Fun a mighty narrow chance, 1 tell you. But she's cured now. If this infernal comet hadn't gone away just when it did 1 should have been locked up by this time. "My wife is ordinarily a quiet little woman and takes no particular interest in the newspapers except when there is a mysterious murder case like the great Maybrick poisoning case or the Carlyle Harris case, or something like that something mysterious, you know. Then she grabs the newspapers and reads up on it, and thinks about it, and talks about it, and advances theories about it, and thoroughly masters it, hanging the de? fendant every day. She can find more clews than the whole metropolitan po? lice force. She pounces down upon me at breakfast '.vith her theories and clews and suspicions, and as these are changed ; after reading the evening papers 1 get i another dose at night. "But this comet! She has been stricken-yes, sir, stricken-by the mys? terious influence the comet is said to have upon the human mind! lt was manifest in her the very day she read the dispatches and the differences of learned opinion as to whose comet it was and its probable orbit, its distance, the number of sparks in its tail, etc. If it had been a straightforward comet and come right out where everybody could, see it and where everybody ex? pected it, she would have been all se? rene. But the mystery of the thing, the uncertainty, the disagreement of astron? omers-that settled her. She began reading np on the comet from the news? papers. As every newspaper differed, and every authority in every newspaper differed with every other authority in that or any other newspaper, she found herself suddenly plunged into a whirl of excitement. "She sprang comet on me every hour in the day and swept the heavens with a 2-inch opera glass every night. She had a sort of idea that redhot chunks of iron were liable to drop into our flat. She went up on the roof to see the me? teoric shower and got locked out up there by the janitor. If I hadn't missed her she'd have been frozen to death. She got up ten times a night to lookout, and once she said she smelled sulphur. She slipped out of bed the first thing in the morning and read what the papers said about the comet, then went back to bed again. When I sat down to breakfast with my paper she was loaded for me. You could see a hazy red light hanging over the Jersey horizon from our win? dows, and she had those windows open so much at night we all got colds and snuffles. On Sunday night the sky over there was bright red at intervals. Well, she was just wild. Then she smelled the sulphur in the air. I never saw a woman get so excited. She scarcely slept a wink. "Tho next morning, when she found that it was the Jersey meadows on fire and that site 1 -dn'r seen the comet at all, she was tue most disgusted woman you ever saw. She won't touch a news? paper now. She says the newspapers are the biggest liars-next to the astron? omers-on earth. If I say 'cornet' at her now she is as mad as a hornet. "In my opinion, it's been a confound? ed fraud ali along. This man Biela, or Beely, ought to get six months on the island."-New York Herald. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. rive good citizens were sitting on a roof near one of the docks, enjoying their cigars and the river breeze. They all had more or less to do with marine interests and the fact impressed itself on their conversation. One related ex periences from his single whaling ex? pedition, time and imagination having added greatly to their original attrac? tion. Another told the story of a phan? tom ship, but did not vouch for it. A third told a late sea serpent story th.it he blamed on some newspapers, aud then Captain Blank acfcnowlodged that It was up to him. "People troubled with insomnia." be? gan the captain, "try all k.nds of schemes to propitiate Morpheus. Last summer I courted sleep by walking up and down the river at all hours^of the night. This came off at midnight. I was strolling along above the bridge, when a little way ahead some anii al dashed swiftly toward the river. It made no noise, but. as well as I could make out during its swift, long leaps, it lind th?' head of a dog. while its lank, yellow body looked like that of a jaguar, lt plunged into the river, dis? appeared for :i time and eamo up 30 feet from the shore with a wheezy, gurgling bark, followed by a deep grow! as it caught sight of me." "Must have eseaped from some me nagorie." suggest M <. e. "You had gone loo loi g without sleep, irtiptaiu." said :IP.<>;!! T significantly. "Sea li<?:;." laughed a third.. "Don't you think s.>. captain?" "Hardly. I knew all thc rime that it wa-; that big St. Bernard of mine, ile w.-:s alway.?: with mo on those sleep seeking cruises. Detroit Prce Press. By the aid of mechanical instruments human beings eau do many wonder? ful things, but to save his life no mau could cut such a perfect circle without a pair of compasses as the parasol ant does out of a leaf with nothing but her jaws.