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PAR-AMERICAN SCHEMES.
The Pan-American Railway and
Pan-American Bank.
Mexico City, November 23.-Now
that the Pan-American delegates have
returned from their excursion they are
. getting down to serious work. In addi?
tion to the resolution adopted by the
committee on banking and monetary
exchange the Pan-American Railway
committee, of which Senator Henry
C. Davis is chairman, held an import?
ant meeting this afternoon. Senator
Davis presented a long and interest?
ing report. While no definite action
was taken by the committee, it is
understood that the consensus of
opinion of the committee is in favor
of giving every possible encouragement
to an inter-continental railroad. The
practical action which in all prob?
ability the committee will take will
be, first, to create a commission with
headquarters in Washington, in which
all of the American nations are to be
represented, and which will keep the
project alive by preventing it from
falling again into abeyance; second?
ly, to empower Senator Davis to inter?
est American capital in the project to
the extent that may be necessary;
thirdly, to secure a pledge from the
interested Government of substantial
aid to the project, either in the form
of pecuniary subsidy or lands for
colonization"; and fourthly, to pledge
the more prosperous countries to aid
the construction of a railroad through
such of the American countries as
might not be able, on account of the
condition of their finances to do their
share of work unaided.
The committee on Pan-American
banking and monetary exchange, of
which Martin Garcia Meron, of the
Argentine delegation, is chairman, at
its session today approved the follow?
ing resolution, which will be sub?
mitted on Monday morning :
"Resolved, That it is the opinion of
the committee on banking and ex
change of the second Pan-American
Conference, that a large banking insti?
tution, located in New York, devoted
to the commercial interest of North,
Central and South America, with
agencies or correspondents in the prin?
cipal cities of the different republics I
of America, and doing business upon
the same principle, charging the same
rates pf interest and exchange and
allowing the same credits would he of
great commercial value and advantage
and welcomed by the people of Cen?
tral and South America, and we
recommend that a bank of the charac?
ter referred to be established in New
York, and that it be encouraged by
the people of Central and South Amer?
ica."
CHAMBERLAIN IN TROUBLE.
Criticism of German Army An?
gers the Kaiser.
London, November 23.-Once more
?as Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial
-scretary, proved his right and title to i
be the most thoroughly hated British I
statesman. The storm now raging in
Germany over his animadversions on
the Prussian army has had a powerful
reflex in Great Britain, where, regard?
less of party ties. Mr. Chamberlain
has been severely criticised for useless?
ly "putting his foot into it." On ail
sides can be heard irritated expressions
of opinion by English business men
and politicians, who, while they
perhaps believe Mr. Chamberlain was
corrcet in what he said, denounce the
uttering of such sentiments. It is
recalled that Mr. Chamberlain's utter?
ances regarding the Czar and the
Anglo-American-German alliance have
been the causes of the only serious
outbreaks of Anti-British feeling on
the Continent in recent times.
It is no exaggeration to say that the
financial world of England would be
blighted to see Mr. Chamberlain
muzzled when intending to speak on
England's foreign relations.
As might be expected Mr. Chamber?
lain himself takes the whole affair
with his usnal cynical indifference.
He is staying quietly at Birmingham
and is not exhibiting any particular
interest in the storm which be has
raised.
At the colonial office a representa?
tive of the Associated Press was in?
formed that Mr. Chamberlain does
not desire to enter irto any con?
troversy and stands by what he said.
If the German papers continue to mis?
represent him (this is Mr. Chamber?
lain's point of view) why it cannot be
helped.
As at the other Government depart?
ments, the belief exists at the colonial
office that the whole agitation will die
a natural death and that everything
will come out all right.
There is no doubt, however, that
by this latest break Mr. Chamberlain
has seriously, perhaps irreparably,
damaged his reputation with the bet?
ter classes in England.
HARVARD'S GREAT VICTORY.
22 to Nothing the Score-Immense
Crowd Witnessed the Game.
Cambridge, Mass, November 23.
Vengeance never sweeter and victory
never more decisive came to Harvard
this afternoon when her eleven defeat?
ed Yale 22 to nothing. Three touch?
downs, two of which were converted
into goals, and a goal from field, of a
brilliant execution, were Harvard's
portion. For Yale there was nothing
but a whitewash. The Harvard men
required about five minutes in which
to start their superb football ma?
chinery. After that Yale was never
in the playing. In scrimmage tactics, ?
line plunging, punting and drop kick?
ing the Yale men were completely out?
classed. The Harvard players gave
also a demonstration of uniform play
that was remarkable, and as a result
the colors of the crimson waved in joy
during the greater portion of the two
hours occupied by the contest.
Thirty-six thousand spectators, a
greater number than ever before
gathered at a foot ball game, watched
the battle from the mammoth stands.
Three-quarters of the enormous crowd
cheered Harvard, while 9,000 sym?
pathizers tried to encourage the over?
whelmed wearers of the blue.
i- mt a>
With the exceptions of the first two
"world's fairs held at Paris, all other
like expositions have been financial
failures, it is said.
WHITE O?MP VICTIMS.
Dead Bodies of Rescuing Party Dis
covered With Arms Clasped
Around Each Other.
Bluefield, W. Va., Nov. 24.-The
dead bodies of the lost party of eight
well konwn mining men who entered
West mine of the Pocahontas Collier?
ies company on Friday morning last
at ll o'clock, were recovered at 12.45
o'clock today. At 7 o'clock this
morning a rescuing party numbering
forty persons went in the main en?
trance, bratticing the mine as they en?
tered, in order to improve the circula?
tion of the air. They had reached a
distance of 3,500 feet from the en?
trance when they encountered such
quanties of white damp that it was
impossible to proceed further. Re?
tracing their steps .they decided to
make another attempt froin the Tng
river entrance, some six miles across
the Flat Top mountain. They went
in this entrance about 10.30 o'clock
and after going a distance of some 600
feet found the dead bodies of A. S.
Hurst, chief inspector; Bob Odham,
sub-inspector, and Frasier G. Bell,
mining enigneer, ail huddled togeth?
er. From their positions they must
have met death suddenly and without
dain. All of them were lying face
down, with no signs of a struggle.
Hurst had made a<pillow of his coat
on which his head rested. The bodies
of the other five members of the party,
Superintendent of Mines "Walter
O'Malley, Joseph Cardwell, superin?
tendent "of the Shamokin and Coke
company; R. E. St. Clair, second as?
sistant inspector; State Mine Inspec?
tor Preece and Maurice St. Clair, sub
inspector, were found several hundred
feet back in the mine, three of the
bodies lying some little distance apart.
Bob St. Clair and Joseph Cardwell
were lying with arms clasped around
each other, cold in death. The bodies
of O'Malley, Maurice St. Clair and
Preece were discolored and bruised
about the face, showing signs of a
struggle, it being very plain they
made a desperate effort at retracing
their steps to better air, but already
had advanced too far into the deadly
white damp to escape alive.
UNITED STATESliKES CHARGE.
The Isthmus is Now Controlled
by Dur Government.
Washington, Nov. 25.-It is pretty
well understood here that there is to
be no bombardment of Colon by either
side. While Commander McCrea was
given wide discretionary power and
nothing was said to him about stop?
ping the bombardment directly, never?
theless the State department establish?
ed a precedent in these matters last
year when it instructed Mr. Gudger to
warn some insuregnts at Panama that
they would not be allowed to bombard
that port. If the government troops
on the Pinz?n should persist in their
purpose it is said that the command?
ers of the various warships at Colon
would require that ample time be
allowed for the withdrawal from the
town of all foreigners and the attack?
ing force, to escape restraint, would
be obliged to direct their bombard?
ment with such rare precision as to
destroy the insurgent defenses with?
out harming the railroad property, and
even without endangering the passage
of trains, conditions probably not to
be met.
The secretary of the navy today call?
ed Capt. Perry of the Iowa to assume
full command of all the United States
naval forces on both sides of the
isthmus, in order to assure harmon?
ious operations. Consul Gudger's last
dispatch which came at 1 o'clock
was about as follows :
4*Our troops have arrived at Mata?
ch?n, one-half of the way across the
isthmus. . No obstructions and Colom?
bian government seemed to be victor?
ious over the insurgents."
Colon, Colombia, Nov. 25.-Transit
across the isthmus has been stopped.
Marines from the United States
battleship Iowa at Panama have been
landed to protect the railroad and are
now on the line where the fighting is
going on.
Washington, Nov. 25.-Mr. Herra,
in charge d'affaires of the Colombian
legation, today received the following
cablegram :
Panama, Nov. 25.
Colombian Minister, Washington.
Rebel army completely defeated at
Culebra and Empradcr. Governor
marched last night upon Colon.
Traffic interrupted yesterday, but will
be reestablished today.
Arjona,
Acting Governor.
Washington, Nov. 2r>.-The State de?
partment has received a confirmation
of the reported defeat of the Liberal
troops by the Colombian government j
troops. This came in a cablegram I
from Consul General Gudger, at ?
Panama, this afternoon, in which he
says that the railroad is now unob?
structed and that the government
forces have been victorious over the
revolutionists. He further reports
that the blue jackets from the*Machias
have gone inland and now occupy a
point midway of the isthmus.
GROVER CLEVELAND SICK.
Princeton, X. J., Nov. 24.- Thc con- j
ditien of ex-President Cleveland, who !
is suffering with a cold, is very much j
improved.
Dr. WikofT, Iiis physician, gave out i
the following statement for publica?
tion tonight :
"Mr. Cleveland is getting along very !
nicely, and to all appearances is
entirely out of danger. He passed a
restful night and has had a very com?
fortable day."
Mrs. Cleveland made the following
statement to the Associated Press cor?
respondent tonight:
"Mr. Cleveland is very much im?
proved and we are encouraged to be?
lieve that he will be fully recovered
within a few days. Ile is still in bed
but is resting quietly. At times he is !
somewhat distressed with a cough, j
caused by the breaking up of the
cold."
Themost intimate friends of the j
family have expressed their confidence
that Mr Cleveland will be well again I
in a few days.
MRS. BOWNE ON TRIAL.
Alleged Murderer of James Ayres
at Kenmore Hotel.
Washington, Nov. 25.-The trial of
Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine for th? murder
of James Seymour Ayers at the Ken?
more hotel last May began in real
earnest today. The preliminary de?
tails as to the finding of the body, the
location of the furniture, blood stains,
etc., were all in with the conclusion
of the testimony of J. F. Drew, the
capitol policeman, who was on the
stand when the court adjourned last
Friday. Baker, the man who saw
Mrs. Bonine descend the fire escape,
Hopkins, who roomed over Ayres and
raised the first cry. Miss Woolums,
who roomed tinder Ayres, and Miss
Lawless and Miss Minas, who roomed
on either side of him, testified today.
The two latter were regarded as star
witnesses, but they testified to no
facts not developed at the inquest.
Drew testified that there was room
enough behind the door of Ayres' room
for a man to have been there while
the door was opened to admit another
preson, a contention which the
prosecution deny, and also that
there were empty cartridges in the
slop jar in Ayres room before the
pistol with which the shooting
.was done was emptied by Officer Brady
after the tragedy. This would tend
to establish the theory of the defense
that the pistol belonged to Ayres. Mrs.
Bonine throughout the trial today,
when witnesses described the cries,
groans and throat gurgling of the
dying man, remained unmoved.
J. Frank Drew, the capitol police?
man, who was on the stand last Fri?
day when the court adjourned, resum?
ed his testimony. He swore that he
had several times seen the defendant
come out of Ayres' room. The last I
occasion was about a week before the j
tragedy. It was at night, about 9
o'clock. On cress examination he j
testified that there was space enough
behind the door for a person to have
stood there while the door was opened
to admit another person, also that
there were empty cartridge shells in
the slop jar upon his first visit to the
room, which was before Officer Brady
broke the pistol and took the shells
out. He testified that he had seen
Mrs. Bonine come out of the rooms of
others in the hotel, among them those
of several single men, and her
demeanor was in no wise different
from that when he saw her emerge
from Ayres' room.
Thomas M. Baker, an employe of
the fish commission, who resided in
the buildingr adjoining the Kenmore,
was then called and testified that on
the night of the tragedy he was
awakened by the reports of pistol
shots. He jumped out of bed, went to
the window and heard a voice from
above inquiring what was wrong
below. He replied that he had heard
pistol shots. Then, while standing at
his window, he saw a figure on the
fire escape just outside of Ayres' win?
dow. The figure walked the length of
the fire escape in his direction and
then descended two flights to the floor
of the veranda, where it disappeared
into a window* It was the figure of
a small woman, clad in dark, tight
fitting clothing. The woman wore no
hat and as he did not hear the fall of
her footsteps he judged that she was j
in her stocking feet. He described the
manner of her descent, which he said
was very deliberate and without emo?
tion. He did not know the defendant
at tho time of the tragedy, but saw
her about 1 o'clock the afternoon of
that day. She was at that time being
questioned by Detective Horn. She
was smiling and he heard her say she
knew nothing about the cause of
Ayres' death. Robert P. Hopkin?,
a clerk in the war department, heard
three load reports and looking out
saw something which looked like a
skull lying on the fire escape just out?
side the window of Ayres' room.
JUDGE HALL ENFORCES ORDER.
Baoked by Soldiers He Moves Strik?
ing Miners-Captured Men in Jai!.
Madison vi lie. Ky., Nov. 24.-The
camp of the striking union miners a
quarter cf a mile from Nortonville, in
the southeast part of the county, was
marched upon today by County Judge
Hall, Sheriff J. H. Hankins and two
deputies, ?fdjt. Gen. Murray and his
aides, Capts. Ellis and Gordon, and
two companies of the State guard, the
Mad ison vi lie company commanded by
Capt. Powers, and the Hopkinsville
company, under Capt'. Strang.
Of the 200 men that had been in
camp, defying the order of County
Judge Hall to move, only 25 remained
when the officers and the militia de?
scended upon their stronghold. Most
of these were taken prisoner, though
a few escaped.
Four large tents and all the camp
paraphernalia, except the arms and
ammunition which had been removed
before the officers appeared, were con?
fiscated and were loaded on a freight
car brought a lon sr for the purpose and
brought to Madison ville.
The captured strikers aro now in jail
here, charged with a breach of the
peace. unlawfully assembling and
banding together, thereby making the
camp a menace to the public peace."
The move against the camp followed j
the refusal of the striking union j
miners io break camp after an order j
commanding them to do so had been
issued by County Judge [?all, who ?
commanded that the union camp at j
Nortonville be disbanded by daybreak ?
Saturday anti that the campers assem- j
ble no more in the county.
Judge Hall issued the disbanding
order after receiving sworn statements ?
from mere than J?>0 reliable men ;
residing in the southern portion of j
bis county, whoswore that armed men i
went forth from these camps and were ;
responsible for th.?' nightly attacks on
the mines and property and homes of
those who were peaceable, law-abiding
and hard-working citizens and that '
the union camp is an unlawful assem
bly of men banded together for tho '
purpose of destroying property and
intimidating men who persist in work '.
ing independent of the United Mine
Workers of America, who have had ?
representatives of their organization j
in Hopkins county for more than a
year trying to persuade and force the
miners employed in the mines to join
their organizations.
WATTTS CASE SETTLED.
An Order Will be Asked for-The
Judgment to be Paid.
Columbia, Nov. 26.-A settlement
of the celebrated Watts case has been
agreed upon, and today Mr. W. H.
Lyles will in the supreme court move
to have the case remanded to the
circuit court in order that judgment
may be marked satisfied. This is a
case which excited much feeing at the
time it was in transit from court to
court.
George W. Watts, a young white
man, alleged that he fell into a deep
cut on the Seaboard's line in this
city. He was found at the foot of
the cut in a pretty bad condition.
There was some difference in the evi?
dence of the physicians, some claim?
ing that his back was hurt by the fall,
others declaring that he had "Potts'
disease" of the spine, an incurable
malady. However, the jurv gave a
verdict for ST, 500 out of the 820,000
sued for. The suit was brought
against the South Bound Railroad
company.
The question of fact having in this
way been settled by the jury, Watts'
attorneys, Messrs. G. Duncan Bellin?
ger, Jno. P. Thomas, Jr., and P. H.
Nelson, endeavored to collect the judg?
ment. Failing to do so, they evi?
denced an intention to levy on the
property of the South Bound Railroad
company, but found that that com?
pany had no property. Therefore
Watts' attorneys moved for a receiver
to be appointed for the South Bound,
asfit was insolvent. They also prayed
for order restraining the South
Bound's interests from being taken up
by foreign corporations. The matter
was heard by Judge Gage who appoint?
ed Mr. Wm. D. Melton receiver for
the South Bound railroad. Mr. Lyles
then appeared before Chief jus?
tice Mciver and had Judge
Gage's order stayed until the
whole matter of receivership
could be brought before --the supreme
court. Judge Mciver granted the stay,
and the matter has been in statu quo
until a few days ago when the judg?
ment was bought by Mr. W. G.
Childs. Mr. Lyles decided to discon?
tinue the fight against the judgment,
and he asked Judge Watts to let the
matter be settled and the judgment
marked satisfied. The latter suggest?
ed that as the case is in the supreme
court, that tribunal must remand it to
the circuit court before it can be !
recorded as paid. There is still some
little disagreeing as to costs, etc., but
the whole business will be wound up
today.
This practically settles the policy of j
the Seaboard in regard to paying |
judgments found against the South ;
Bound, which is that part of the Sea- i
board from Camden, S. C., to a point '
on the Georgia State line near Savan- j
nah.
The Day of the Automobile.
In an automobile race over the j
Coney Island boulevard last Saturday j
three of the chauffeurs made a mile in !
less than a minute. Henri Fournier, j
the French professional, rode the mile !
in 51 4-5 seconds : and two amateurs j
made the same distance in 54 2-5 and I
56 2-5 seconds, respectively. These i
feats were performed in racing, of ?
course, but their demonstration of I
what can be done with these machines j
is so complete that their future seems I
assured. The use of automobiles would j
work a revolution in city streets by '
banishing the horses, which not only '
take up a great deal of much-needed j
space, but keep the streets unclean \
in spite of regiments of sweepers. The ;
day of the horseless vehicle is evident- j
ly coming, and with it there will be
all sorts of economies and conveniences ;
aside from saving the feeding and the !
care of the horses that now furnish so :
much of every-day motor power. '
When the automobile is produced at I
the same reduction of cost as the sew- ?
ing machine and the bicycle have i
shown, they will come into general '?
use, even if they should cease to be j
playthings for the rich, though that is ?
scarcely likely. It will be another1
step in the progress of the world that
puts the luxuries of one age among ?
the necessaries and every-day con- j
veniences of the next. May it come ?
speedily.
DUfiL MURDER.
Robert Williams Shoots His Wife
and Kills His Father-in-Law.
Marietta, O., Nov. 25.-A dual mur?
der under most distressing circum?
stances took place near here yesterday.
Three miles north of Beverley, this
county, near the little postoffice of
Hackney, Robert Wilkin, a prosperous
farmer lived with his wife and child.
All day Sunday Wilkin remained
around home and much of the time
was put in drinking hard cider. By
evening he was ready for any kind of
trouble. His little son came into
the house and was seized by the
drunken man, who beat him terribly j
w:th a board. The wife and mother :
protested at such treatment and Wilkin '
threatened to kill her if she did not
go away and keep quiet. With a rush
the mother caught her little one in her
arms and started for the home of her
father. Jacob Stokes, who lived but a
short distance down the road. Wilkin
caught up a gun and followed the flee- ,
ing woman, shooting after her as she
ran. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes heard the
noise and came out to the front porch
to see what the trouble was. Wilkin
saw them, and pointing the gun at
them fired. The charge struck Mr.
Stokes in the side of the head and lie
staggered to the side of the porch.
Mrs. Stokes was shot in the face and
her nose and ears wen? shot off.
Stokes managed to stagger through
the doer, close and lock it. Wilkin
then shot the lock off and rushed into
the house, screaming like a mad man.
lie was met by an IS year old son of
Stokes, ami aimed Iiis gun at the lad
with murderous intent. Young Stokes
secured a gun and (ired the charge into
Wilkin's head, blowing out his brains,
killing him instantly. When the man
lay dead on the Moor young Stokes
came to town and told, of the tragedy,
offering to give himself up. Kescuers
went to the house and the injured
were cared for. Young Stokes is being
applauded for Ins act and has not been
arrested. The elder Mr. Stokes will
die before morning and Mrs. Stokes is
dangerously ill from the result of the
shock. The Stokes family is very
promnent and wealthy.
Dickens and His Titles.
Charles Dickens had great difficulty
in choosing titles for his various pub?
lications, says The Golden Penny. The
following is a list of no fewer than 14
suggestions given by the author to his
adviser, Foster, for the title of one
book, out of which, need hardly be add?
ed. No. C was chosen:
1. According to Crocker.
2. Prove lt. ..
3. Stubborn Things. -SrJ?
4. Mr. Grandgrind's Facts.
5. The Grindstone. . r'.^?>
G. Hard Times. ' ?5*
7. Two and Two Are Fonr.
8. Something Tangible.
9. Our Hard Headed Friend. i&
10. Rust and Dust
IL Simple Arithmetic. T
12. A Matter of Calculation.
13. A Mere Matter of Figures.
! 14. The Grandgrind Philosophy.
Sure of a Visit.
As a rule, said a prison warden, 8
man is in a despondent mood daring
his first week's imprisonment. There
are exceptions, however, as this inci?
dent will show.
One Saturday about dinner time 1
was suddenly accosted by one of the
new arrivals who had served the first
week of his sentence.
"I say," he remarked, "has a lady
been asking for me at the gate?"
I told him that if he had been want?
ed the governor would have sent for
him.
"Oh, very welL Keep cool," he said.
"This is the first time for ten years
Fve put in a full week's work, and the
old woman is sure to be at the gate for
my wages."
And with a grin the cheerful one
passed on.-London Answers.
A Little Too Faithful.
A thief in Paris, being chased by the
police, threw away during his flight
the purse he had stolen and was in a
fair way, after being taken to the po?
lice station, of being allowed to go free
for lack of sufficient evidence to hold
him when his faithful dog, which he
had trained to fetch and carry, trotted
j toto the station, wagging i?s tail, with
? the missing purse in its uouth.-Paris
I Journal.
The Gentleman's Psalm.
A reader of the Scriptures empha
1 sizes the Fifteenth Psalm as the gentle?
man's psalm because it describes as
j among the many who are entitled to
be considered as gentlemen "one who
i leadeth an incorrupt life, speaketh
i truth from his heart, doeth no evil to
his neighbor, is lowly in his own eyes,
keepeth his word e?en if it be to bis
own hindrance."
Cleaning: Furniture.
Where a piece of furniture is very
! much soiled and requires to be cleaned
! and polished, first wash it thoroughly
with warm soapy water, washing only
! a small surface at a time and drying it
! quickly by rubbing it hard with a flan?
nel. Mix together one pint of linseed
i oil and a haif pint of kerosene, wet a
flannel with the oil mixture and rub j
the cleaned furniture. Rest half an
hour before taking a fresh piece of
flannel and then by vigorous rubbing
polish the wood until it shines like
glass. This will not injure the nicest
wood and is an easy method of keeping
furniture bright. The odor soon disap?
pears, if the windows are left open.
. Where He Drew the Line.
YYou don't like walking very much, !
do you?" inquired the farmer's horse. J
*who was grazing near the canal.
"Oh. I don't mind it under certain
conditions." replied the eanulboat mule.
"You don't appear to like your exer?
cise on the towpath."
**NOJ That's where I draw the line."
Philadelphia Presa.
An .Eolian Harp?.
To make an aeolian harp construct s
box of very thin pine, cedar or other
wood, five or six inches deep, seven or
eight inches wide, with a length equal
to that of the window in which it is to !
be placed. Across the top. near each
end, glue a strip of wood half an inch
high and a quarter of an inch thick
for bridges. Into the ends of the box
insert wooden pins, like those of a vio?
lin, to wind the strings around, two
pins in each end. Make a sound hole
in the middle of the top and string the
box with small catgut or first fiddle
strings. Fastening one end of each
string to a metallic pin in one end of
the box and carrying it over the
bridges, wind it around the turning pin
in the opposite end of the box. Tune
the strings in unison and place the box
in the window. It is better to have
four strings, but a harp with a single
string produces au exceedingly sweet j
melody.
A Queer Frontier Experience.
In narrating the frontier experiences
of "The First White Baby Born In the
Northwest" in The Ladies' Home Jour?
nal W. S. Harwood tells of a queer ex?
perience that befell the family in the
first year after settling on a farm far j
removed from the settlements.
The winter had been unusually long j
Riid severe, and their stock of provi- j
'..ions ran low. It was a long distance to j
the nearest base of supplies, and com- I
munication with the outside world had j
been cut off. Indians in the neighbor
hood one night broke into the granary j
where tlie wheat was stored and stole
a quantity. In doing this a large j
amount of broken glass became mixed ;
with the wheat which the Indians left i
so for many days, amid much morry
story telling and many a joke and .
laugh, in spite ol' the serious situation. ;
the family gathered about a large table
in their living room and spent the
short win,er days picking over the
wheat, kernel by kernel, in order to I
free it from the pieces ol' glass.
I'm- this wheat stood between them
and starvation, and none of its pre?
cious kernels must be lost. Their stock
ol' flour had long since wasted away,
as had most of their food supplies, so i
they boiled and ate Oe wheat without ?
grinding. Reiief reached them just in
time to prevent a sad ending to the ex?
perience.
Makins It Clear.
The London Spectator tells a funny
story of a definition given by a well
known public speaker in an address to
children.
"Now. children," he said, "I propose
to give you on the present occasion an
epitome*.of the life of St. Paul. Per?
haps some of you are too young to un?
derstand what the word 'epitome'
means. 'Epitome,' children, is in its
signification synonymous with synop?
sis."
Having made this simple and clear
explanation to the children, the speak?
er went on with his story.
Going; All ?he Time.
"I see a Wisconsin man claims to
have solved the perpetual motion prob?
lem."
"That's nothing. I have a model of
a perpetual motion machine at njy
house now."
"Does it work successfully?"
"From the standpoint of perpetual
motion, you bet it does."
"Have you given it a name?"
"Sure."
"What do you call it?"
"'Jimmie.' acd it was f> years old its
last birthday "-Chicago Post
Is lt a Sin to Play Chess?
Chess, which of all games has been
considered intellectual and scientific,
has come in for a rap in Pittsburg,
where the mission committee of the
Methodist Church has been in ses?
sion. The average man votes chess a
bore, but to some minds it is peculiar?
ly attractive. Alexander H. Stephens
was a man who liked chess, and as
he spent a long life in public office
and was counted an honest man, and
as he gave all his earnings to the
poor and deserving, he was considered
a pretty good type of Christian,
whether he was a member of a church
or not. No one in Georgia was ever
heard to censure him for the occasional
evening which he spent in a quiet
game of chess.
But they look at things differently
at Pittsburg. Among those who were
drawn to Pittsburg by the meeting
of the Methodist committee was Bish?
op James N. Fitzgerald. There were
a dozen other high church dignitaries
in the City of Smoke, which is said
to resemble Hades with the lid off,
but they all behaved themselves ex?
cept the bishop.
j Bishop Fitzgerald indulged in a few
games of chess with prominent Pitts
burgers and the fact became known.
Persons who did not know the differ?
ence betwen chess and poker, and who
did not know a pawn from a crap
game, were shocked. They showed it
in their faces and spoke their senti?
ments in tones loud enough to be
heard. They must have thought the
bishop had been roped into a gamb?
ling joint, for some of them compared
chess to poker and other vile games
designed by the Evil One.
When the bishop heard of these' ad?
verse comments on his represensible
conduct he put the wicked game aside
but he must have drawn a very deep
sigh and to have thought some unut?
terable thoughts about that time.
Atlanta Constitution.
FRANCE'S GREATEST DANGER.
France is in financial straits about
as severe as those that are now putting
British statesmanship to the test.
The condition of France is without
the easy explanation that may be given
for that of Great Britain, and we
doubt if France is as capable of meet?
ing it.
England has bad for two years a war
that has been immensely expensive,
having cost many times over the
highest estimates that were proposed
when it began, while France has not
now and has not had in the recent
past any such extraordinary draft
upon her resources.
France finds herself in a position
where she must cut down expenses or
increase taxes. It is probable that
she will do both, but the latter alter?
native will be called into exercise
much more largely than the former.
The French government is now
searching for new objects of taxation,"
and threatens to pounce upon many
of them.
Among the likeliest new levies are
taxes on gardens, the most fertile
source of competence and comfort
among the peasantry, on books, furni?
ture, pianos, and even upon every
wardrobe that has a mirror in it. The
mirror is more highly esteemed in
France than in any other country, and
a Frenchman without his looking glass
must be miserable indeed.
The proposed tax of 4 per cent on
every book will be ruinous to many
publishers, if we may believe their
representations, and will operate as a
deterrent to the education of the
masses.
Against every additional tax that is
being considered protests are being
raised. There are those who predict
that grave dangers to the republic are
threatened by this raid of the tax
gatherer.
The French revolution, like the
British revolution, the American revo?
lution and most of the great w i rs of
history, was provoked by what was
considered unjust taxation. Human
nature is unchanged and causes that
have flamed it to desperation so often
are still liable to produce like effects.
There is a limit beyond which no
people will endure taxation, and
France is believed to be approaching
dangerouslyxear that point.
The French people cheerfully took
up the enormous load that Louis
Napoleon's fool war upon Germany im?
posed upon them. They discharged
that debt so rapidly that all the world
wondered at it and sent an influx of
money into Germany that worked for
France a sweet revenge by bringing
on a period of speculation and extrava?
gance that eventually cost the Ger?
mans far more than the war indemnity
they had extorted.
But sacrifices to maintain the honor
of their county and become indepen?
dent of a hated creditor are quite a
different thing from privations to
carry on th?' schemes of a government
that is regarded by a great part of the
French people as wasteful and incom?
petent, if not actually corrupt.
The greatest danger before France
now is not threatened by Germany or
any other foreign power, but by her
own hard ridden irascible and im?
patient people.-Atlanta Journal.