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Cuban Matters. Habana, May 7 -The special oom mission of rbe Caban constitutional convection which re urned h^re irooj Washington oo May 5 will not mat any recommendations to she coDventioo Although the majority Gt the cotn:nij ?eiooers are io favor of accepting the Platt amendment, the report will c ?ver only the facts of the conference at Washington. The convection held a secret session this afternoon. Tbe radical element admits that the contention will accept the amendment. The commission, at the secret ces? sion, presented an extensive report of their conferences with President Mo Kinley and Secretary Root., and a glow iog account of the bacqaet and recep tioos tendered them Senor Giberga objeoted to incorporating an aocouot of the social programme m the report, but the commission insisted upoo this poi ut In reference to the third clause of the Platt amendment the report stated tbat the United States would not interfer unless Cuba were attacked by a foreign power, or unless there existed in Cuba a conduct of affairs similar to that which existid under Spain at the time of American intervention. Regarding coaling stations, the re? port set forth that the places so desired by the United States were Capes Maysi and San Antonio and another point -commanding the entrance to the Guif of Mexico ; these would be definitely determined upon when drawing up the treaty and that the object of these sta tioos would be the maintenance of the independence of Cuba as weil as the protection of the United States. The report also said that the United ?States would in oe way interfere in the looa! government and that President McKinley had promised to appoint a .committee to meet a Cubao committee to discuss the economic questions ?id to draw up a commercial treaty aa soon .as the republic is established and that he advised the Cubans in the meantime to study the situation io this respect. 'The report announced that Secretary Root had/said that there was nothing in 'the Platt amendment to prevent Cuba having diplomatic representatives in foreign couotries The report bas evidently made a good impression and only a few radicals will continue to oppose its acceptance. The convention will meet Thursday and is expeoted to take definite action 'Saturday. Attacked by aa Alligator. . Beaufort, May 6 -A most remark abie encounter with an alligator occur red in the Salkebatchie river near "Yemassee yesterday morning. According to your correspondent's 'informant, himself an eye witnese to the incident, Mr Eugene Walker, of Yem assee. who is a man weighing over 160 pounds, weet io the river for a swim, - leaving bis companions, four in noms ber, on tb? shore, from which point 'they watobed the antics of the expert swimmer, for a considerable length of 'time. Suddenly Mr Waiker raised his left band high io the air and bis friend on the shore were horrified to see a hage alligator fastened thereto The swimmer, who is descended from a loog line of fighting ancestry, none of whom ever lost a fight or paid a for feit, was nothing daunted by the fact tbat the Silaurtn bad him somewhat at a disadvantage, and he soon succeeded in landing the latter It was found necessary ?o completely -severe the reptile's head from its body before Mr Walker's hand could be .released from its cavernous jaws by -meaos of pryiog them apart witb a ?stout stick. The 'gator was ascertained upon actual measurement, to be 5 feet and 8 inches io length. Mr Walker's hand, while consider ?bfj laoeratd by the reptile's hage teeth, is not nearly as badly injured as it would very naturally be supposed would have been the case. Washington, May 6 -Inquiry here confirms the report that the Uaited States is working, and finds supports in its effort, toward the opening of ali China, inoluding the provinces, to the trade of the world This does not mean the abolition of customs duties, but would make every Chinese city a mart of toe world's good* instead of iimitiog foreign commerce to the few existing treaty porta Th" projeot IP one that appeals temptingly to the ?om morotai interests nf others of the grear powers than the United States, and if lt should oommand the support of rbe necessary number hope is entertained that it will indirectly aid in the set-.le ment of the troublesome ?indemnity questioo Colombia bas at last been selected as tbe place for the annual meeting of the Southern Education-aii associa? tion which is to bp held between Christmas and New Year's next Nashville. Tenn, May 7-The board of education of the Methodist Episcopal church, sooth, met here today, Bishop Galloway presiding. Dr J D Hammond, recording secre? tary, reported that $1,500 OdO order ed by the general conference as a thank offering for the Twentieth cen tory bad been raised S??ES WHERE ?U E^^A?S. ""^P Best Cough Syrup. Taste? Good. Use Pg in time. Sold br droggists. _f*f Way She Did lt. "But I don't love you!" objected the young woman. "Then why." howled the indignant youth, referring hastily to divers mem? oranda in his pocket diary, "did you eat a total of 05 pounds of GO cent candy I brought you during the closing year of the nineteenth century if you didn't love me?" "Because," she said, with a rapt ex? pression on her lovely features, "I do love candy!"-Chicago Tribune. Then He Saw Star?. "By Jove, that's a fine star!" chirped Timkins. "Have a look. Tomkins." And Tomkins had a look, but unlucki? ly he banged the gentleman at the side with the telescope -with the result that be saw not one. but a million, very tine stars indeed. He's in hospital just now. Cossacks Are Remorseless Soldiers. The Russian authorities have always been aware of the usefulness of their Cossack soldiery in quelling outbreaks even in European Russia. Forty years ago these wild soldiers of the steppes were seut to quell the insurrection fa Poland. The horrible butchery which has ensued in Warsaw and other Pol? ish towns forms one of the blackest pages in the history of Russia. Only IS months ago the Cossacks were let loose in the streets of St. Petersburg to restore order among the disaffected students of the university. Riding straight into the bands of students the Cossacks lashed right and left with their long erne! reins loaded with? lead, and the students were literally driven into submission.-Paris Messenger. His Legra! Fare. Cabby-'Ere, what's this? Old Gent-Officer, will you kindly tell him what that is?-King. Perpetuating: the Stripes. "Professor Bingle is an awful crank on the theory of prenatal impressions. Isn't he?" "Yes. he attempts to account for nearly everything by it. Did you hear how he explained to the class about his laundress?" "Nop. How was it?" "His laundress has a son In the penitentiary for burglary, and the pro? fessor said the boy was doomed to wear the stripes because his mother had been scared by a Bengal tiger when she was a little girl."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Couldn't Understand. /'That man declares that during his entire service in public office he never took a valuable consideration of any kind for his influence." "Well." answered Senator Sorghum, "the natural inference is that he wasn't of enough consequence to bv approach? ed. I don't see why a man should go around advertising his unimportance like that."-Washington Star. And So Sae 'Fired Him. Sue-Oh. yes. I just had to tell him not to come any more. He's too much of a calamity howler for me. I like people who prefer to look on the bright .ide of things. Bessie-Why, I didn't know he was that way. Sue- Yes. Whenever we got to sit? ting near each other and conditions were favorable he'd begin to ask if I didn't think papa might come in at any moment or if mamma wasn't on the stairway listening. - Chicago Times Herald. Every woman loves to think of the time when a soft little body, all her own, will nestle in her besom, fully satisfying the yearning which lies in the heart of every good woman. But yet there is a black cloud hovering about the pretty picture in her mind which fills her with terror. The dread of childbirth takes away much of the joy of motherhood. And yet it need not be so. For sometime there has been upon the market, well-known and recommended by physicians, a liniment called MtffeCf$ MtM which makes childbirth as simple and easy as nature intended it. lt is a strengthening, penetrating liniment, which the skin readily absorbs. It gives the muscles elasticity and vigor, prevents sore breasts, morning sick? ness and the loss of the girlish figure. 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