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THE N?YY OEP?RTfflEWT IS STILL AGAINST SOUEY. Majority Report Approved and Dow? ey Criticised by Secretary Long. Washington, Dec. 21.- Secretary Long today issued the following order, dissolving "the Schley court of inquiry. The order was communicated at once to Admiral Dewey, president of the court, who acknowledged its receipt and said that in conformity with the order of the secretary, he had an? nounced the dissolution of the court. Following is the text of :ho letter sent by Secretary Long to Admiral Dewey this afternoon dissolving the Schley court of inquiry : "'Sir: The court of inquiry of which you are the president, convened by department's order or July 26, 1901, for the purpose of inquiring into the conduct of Rear Admiral (then Com? modore) W. S. Schley, U. S. N., retired, during the recent war with Spain and the events connected there? with, is this day dissolved. You will inform the other members of the court and the judge advocate accordingly. Very'respectuflly, " etc. "HISTORIAN MAGLAY" LOSES HIS JOB. Washington, Dec. 21.-The follow? ing was made known this afternoon by Secretary of War Root: "Navv DeDartment, Washington, D. C., Dec. 20.-Rear Admiral A. S. Barker, Commandant Navy Fard, New York. Sir: I am directed by the presi? dent to ask Edgar S. Maclay, special laborer, general storekeeper's office, navy yard, New York, to send in his resignation. (Signed) Very respect? fully, John D. Long, Secretary." SECRETARY LONG'S ACTION. Washington, Dec. 21.-Secretary Long has disposed finally of the Schley case so far as the navy department is concerner}, by acting upon the findings and conclusions of the court of inquiry. He approves the findings of fact and the opinion of the full court : he ap? proves the majority opinion where there is a difference in the court; he holds that the court could not have entered into a consideration of the question of command at the battle of Santiago and finally he accepts the . recommendation that no further pro? ceedings shall be had. The secretary also has declined the application of Admiral Sampson's - counsel to enter ripon an inquiry into the question of command and has no? tified Admiral Schley's counsel of that fact as a reason for declining to hear them on that point. Secretary Long's approval of the majority report was as follows : "The department has read the testi? mony in this case, the arguments of counsel at the trial; the cotfrt' s find? ings of fact, opinion and recommenda? tion ; the individual memorandum of the president of the court ; the state? ment of exceptions to the said findings and opinion by the applicant; the reply to said statement by the judge advocate . of the court and his assist? ants and the brief this day submitted by counsel for Rear Admiral Sampson traversing the presiding officer's view as to who was in command at the bat? tle of Santiago. "And after careful consideration, the findings of fact and the opinion of the full court are approved. "As to the points on which the pre? siding member differs from the opin? ion of the majority of the court, the opinion of the majority is approved. '"As to the further expression of his views by the same member with regard to the questions of command on the morning of July 3, 1898, and of the title to credit for the ensuing victory, the conduct of the court in making no finding and rendering no opinion on those questions is approved-indeed it could with propriety take no other course, evidence on questions during the inquiry having been excluded by the court. * "The department approves the rec? ommendation of the court that no fur? ther proceedings be had in the premises. "The department records its appre? ciation of the arduous labors of the whole court. Yours respectfully, " etc. THE CORRESPONDENCE. The text of the secretary's letter to Admiral Sampson's attorneys, Messrs. Stayton; . Campbell & Theall, New York city, is as follows : "Gentlemen: In view of the depart? ment's approval, this day, of the rec? ommendation of the court of inquire in the case of Rear Admiral Schley, that to further proceedings- be had, of the fact of the question of command was excluded from consideration by the court, the department will take no action on the brief by you in behalf of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson. Very respectfully," etc. The following is Secretary Long's communication to Rear Admira Win? gfield S. Schley, U. S. N., Retired: "Sir: Referring to the depart? ment's letter of the 13th inst., you are advised that action has today been taken upon the findings opinions and recommendations of the court of inquiry in your case, and upon the minority opinion cf the presiding member, and a copy of the endorse? ment embodying such action is here? with transmitted for your information. "In response to your request cf the 18th instant, heretofore acknowledged, that, if a protest should be filed by Rear Admiral W. T. Sampson relative to the question of command of the American naval forces during the bat? tle of Santiago and credit for the vic? tory won in that battle, you be accord? ed an opportunity to present, through your counsel, oral argument against such protest, you are advised that a brief on this subject has this day been filed by Messrs. Stayton, Campbell ?: Theall. counsel for Admiral Sampson. "In view, however, of the depart? ment's approval of the recommenda? tion of the court of inquiry that no further proceedings be had and of the fact that the question of command was excluded from consideration by the court, no action will be taken upon said brief and reply to that effect i copy enclosed) has this day been made to counsel for Admiral Sampson. "A copy of the report of the judge advocate of the court and his assist? ants, upon your communication of the 18th instant objecting to the approval to the findings of the court, is also herewith transmitted. Very respect? fully," etc. GEH. MILES GALLED BOWK. He Receives Severe Reprimand for Commenting on Schiey Case. Washington, Dec. 21.-A determina? tion on the part of the administration to absolutely terminate further discus? sion of the Sampson-Schley con? troversy took shape in the publication today of some remarkable correspon? dence that has passed between Secre? tary Eoot and Lieut. Gen. Miles, rela? tive to the latter's interview, publish? ed in a Cincinnati paper, commenting upon the Schiey case. When the interview appeared it at? tracted considerable attention official? ly bat after the lapse of two days with? out any sign of official action, the con? clusion became general that the inter? view would be ignored. Therefore the publication this afternoon of the fall correspondence on this subject created a sensation in army and navy circles. It is seldom that so servere a repri? mand is administered to an officer of high rank in either service. What the result may be cannot be foretold, al? though it is assumed that Gen. Miles will submit without further comment. The nearest parallel to this case of late years, excluding the incidents connected with the celebrated beef in? quiry, was that of Rear Admiral Rich? ard Meade, who, upon returning from a cruise in Venezuelan war waters with the White Squadron, accorded an interview to a Xew York newspaper, severely criticising the administration for its lack of vigor in dealing with the Venezuelan question. The out? come of that case was the early retire? ment of the rear admiral from active service. GEN. MILES WORRIED That Gen. Miles appreciates the sit? uation is shown by the deep concern he manifested today and his freqaent visits to the office of Secretary Root. It was necessary for him to write two letters to meet the demands of the de partment, and even then there was no satisfaction on the secretary's part at the second explanation. However, Secretary Root himself regards the in? cident as closed. At least, he does not propose to take any further action unless obliged to do so. GETTI?THETR "TO WAR. Argentine Republic Has Decided to Suspend Negotiations With Chile. Washington, Dec. 22.-Information was- received here today by Senor Garcia Meron, the minister from the Argentine republic, that his govern? ment had decided to suspend negotia? tions with Chile in regard to the dis? putes existing between them and to refer the whole matter to th? arbitra? tion of the king of England for settle? ment. This news was received in a dispatch from Dr. AJcorta, the minis? ter of foreign affairs of the Argentine republic, as follows : 111 communicate to yoar excellency the fact that all efforts made by this government to reach an arrangement in the diplo? matic relations presented before the Chilian government since the begin? ning of the present year having proved useless, and after having exhausted all the formula of an honorable solu? tion to both governments, we have resolved to suspend all negotiations with Chile and to refer the matter to his Britanic majesty's government, without altering the state of peace which exists with the republic of Chile." Bennos Ayres via Galveston-The international situation with Chile re? mains unchanged. The Argentine government has resolved firmly to maintain its rights until such time as Chile makes a full explanation of her attitude in the matter. It is calculated, h ere that 80,000 will answer the first cali for soldiers. These men are ready to undertake any duty.. There is, furthermore, a' measure of 30,000 voung men to the foregoing SO, 000. Throughout the entire republic to? day men are practicing at rifle shoot? ing. The energetic stand of the gov? ernment is enthusiastically supported by public opinion. WIFE KILLS HER HUS8?NB. HORRIBLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IN HAMPTON. Hampton, Dec. 21.-Near Varnville, j about a mile and a half from Hamp- j ton, was enacted a shocking tragedy j last night at a late hour. Mr. John j Phillips who has seen very few sober ! hours since he became a man, came home crazy drunk and picked up an old musket, saying he intended to "clean out the whole family'"--his wife and a son about 12 years old. He fired the gun at his wife but missed her. He ordered the son to reload the gun and chased the mother into the yard with the gun in his band. The woman seized an axe in the yard and with this she defended herself in the struggle which ensued. The gun was broken and Phillips' skull was crushed in several places by the axe in Mrs. Phillips' hands. He died instantly. The coroner held an inquest today and the jury found a verdict in ac? cordance with the above facts. Thc only witnesses were the wife and the son. Phillips was about 35 years old and had but the one child. He has b.'cn a neaw drinker. The Boer War. London, Dec. 23.-Telegrams receiv? ed here from South Africa still refer to the probable decision of the Boers to surrender, but a dispatch to the Daily News from Volksrust today de? clares that the Boers are determined to continue the war and that their re? cent conferences have been with the object of planning a summer cam? paign. A* dispatch to the Daily Mail from Sydney says Joseph Chamber? lain, the colonial secretary, has tele? graphed to the Right lion. E. Bar? ton, the prime minister of the com? monwealth of Australia, that the British governent would be glad of 1,000 men for service in South Africa. This will be the first federal contin? gent to go to South Africa, Premier Barton having previously declined to offer men unless the government asked for them. ANOTHER BOILER DISASTER. Three Killed, Many Injured and ; Great Destruction of Property. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 20.-Three dead, one missing and 12 injured is the result of a terrific boiler explosion at the Black Diamond Steel works of Park Brothers, on Thirtieth street, this morning. ; The dead are John Welvilla, aged 31; Patrick O'Connor, aged 28: an un? known man is missing and is probably ; among the killed. j Rueben Miller, Jr., superintendent I of the plant, states that the boilers ; were examined last week and pro I nounced in excellent condition. No i known cause can be given for the ex I polsion, but a thorough investigation ? is now in progress. The explosion occurred at 4.15 a. m. I Four boilers exploded at once, reduc? ing the mills to ruins. The boiler works of James McNeil adjoining were also injured. Some parts of the boiler went through the Park Bros. mill and crashed into the McNeil plant, almost completely demolishing it. Another of the boilers went through the roof of the bar mill, soared through the air i across Thirtieth street and crashed j into the residence of Robert Price. It j went through the front wall and fell into the cellar, completely wrecking the house. Price and his family were asleep at the time and had to rush to j the streets in their night clothes. [ The other two boilers were blown to j I pieces and it was these that caused the complete destruction of the mill. Just what the extent of the less will be to. the Park Bros. company and McNeil's is not known, but it i ; variously estimated from 825,000 to ! S100,000. Both plants will have to be rebuilt. The force of the explosion was great on Thirtieth street, opposite the mill. For almost one block there is not a whole pane of glass in any of the houses. Twenty-three blocks above the mill, on Fifty-third street, is the residence of Wm. Curley. A lamp was knocked off the table in Curley's room by the force of the explosion. A row of six brick tenement houses in Spruce alley, opposite the mill, occupied by Slavs principally, was badly damaged. Every window in the house was shattered and some of the walls are cracked. The inmates, when they heard the explosion, jumped from their beds and when they felt the Houses moving rushed to the street shrieking and shouting. For at least 15 minutes the entire number of occu-^ pants of the houses stood in their .bare feet and in their night clothes in the snow until they found that their homes were not going to collapse. THE P?N4MERICSN CONGRESS. SGme of the Matters Discussed in Mexico City Friday. Mexico City, Dec. 20.-John Bar-1 rett ^f the United States delegation to f the Pan-American conference, who is leaving for Washington, today made a farewell speech at this morning's ses? sion. He begged his South American colleagues to remember the conditions under which the United States dele? gation had to work. The discussion of the conference as far as the United States was concerned, were dependent for approval of the action of the Uni? ted States senate and that body had to consider the varying interest? and feeling of 5 independent States, where? as it must be remembered that all the Latin American delegates to the con? ference put together onlv represented 18 in 60 States. . . The American delegates have real? ized, continued against some degree of opposition, not on the part of the Mexican people, but the clerical press. Mr. Barrett went on to correct the statement made by Senor Anad?n of Argentine, that the United States was surrounded by a Chinese wall in the shape of its tariff. The tariff, ex? plained Mr. Barrett, was to come of the necessities of the American people and the expression of the result and interests of 45 different States. At present nearly 30 per cent, of the United States imports come in free of duty, and we hope, said Mr. Barrett to be still more liberal in the future. Mr. Barrett alluded to the rumors that had been circulated of the with? drawal of certain nations from the conference if this or that thing was left undone. He exhorted all the delegates to remain until their labors were concluded. The St. Louis Show. St. Louis, Dec. 20.--The governors of four Louisiana Purchase States Minnesota, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas-and members of congress , and world's fair national commissioners and other invited guests, among them Gen. John C. Bates, commanding the department'of the Missouri and Col. John B. Oglesby, representing Gov. Yates of Illinois, were present and particpated in the ceremonies attend? ing the breaking of ground today on the site of the world's fair in Forest park. The exercises at the site, where the thermometer registered i around zero, consisted of an invoca- j tion by the Rev. Dr. S. J. Niccols, addresses by the chairman of the com? mittee on ceremonies, Corwin H. Spencer and President David I\. Francis, and the breaking of ground on the site of the education building, by the officials of the exposition com? pany, municipal authorities and in? vited guests. Ti.rc;', historic shovels were used in the ground breaking. The first was one of iron and oak, loaned by the Massachusetts State arsenal, Boston, where it had been placed in 1805 as a relic of early American workmanship. An exact reproduction of that shovel, a manu? facture of the Louisiana Purchase, made of ebony and steel, silver plated, was next put into use. A veri ta ide relic, an old wooden shovel thought to have been one of the tools employed by the two hundred white miners from France andthe?OO African slaves from San Domingo brought over by Francis Renault, in 171S, to work in the St. Genevieve (Mo.) mines, was the third used. Speaking by President Francis, Congressman James A. Tawney, of Minnesota and Gov. Jefferson Davis of Arkansas and music by Seymour's famous sixty was the programme at the coliseum where several thousand persons were present. PERSONALITIES. - Thc neckcloth worn by Louis XVI on the way to the guillotine is owned by ? Archbishop Fechan of Chicago. General Leonard Wood has boen made a member cf the Academy of Science of Havana, a most exclusive society limited to fort}* members, ail elected for life. Mrs. Boland, the Boston novel "st. is very fond of flowers and so fixed in her belief in their beneficial influence thar j she never writes but with a pot of some j sort of flower on her desk. Edwin Ginn, who is to build several j model tenement houses in Boston, has made a long study of social conditions In that city, where he is one of the largest real estate owners. A man who played in the first Ox? ford and Cambridge cricket match 74 years ago is still alive. He is Mr. Herbert Jenner-Fust, who practiced in doctors' commons and is now 03 years of age. The Rev. H. T. F. Duckworth, who has been appointed professor of divin? ity in Trinity university, Toronto, is a graduate of Merton college. Oxford,, and is rated as a brilliant scholar in England. Joseph Chamberlain at G3 is slim and alert and looks ten years younger. He has never indulged in exercise as a practice or a fad. Perhaps that is one reason why gout gives him an occa? sional twinge. Henry P. Davenport, Jr., of Clay Court House, Va., has a set of Black? stone with Washington's autograph.on the' first blank page of each volume. Presumably the books were in the library of the first president. Mark Twain was recently calling on a friend who, to show him the good training of a horse, fired a gun under the animal's nose without the beast's moving. "What do you think of that?" asked the host. "I think the horse is deaf," said the humorist. Yu Kong, the Chinese embassador at Paris, is quite as adaptable a Celestial as cur own Wu Ting Fang. His wife is only half Chinese, having had an American father. His children speak perfect English, and the family takes, ir. western style, to excursions, ama? teur "photography, private theatricals and other fads. THE GLASS OF FASHION. Fine tucking and accordion plaiting are used extensively on handsome silk petticoats. Chinese and Japanese embroideries are well placed upon waists of dark blue, poppy read or beige colored silk. A large monogram embroidered on the back of a glove or at the top of the Jong gloves worn with elbow sleeves is a recent fad. Fashion prophets say that feathers arc to be worn more than ever the coming season, especially the long, handsome ostrich plumes. Hosiery must match the gown, say the arbiters of fashion, no matter what the color of the latter. Some of the r.ew green hose are .striking, but at? tractive. A graceful trimming is made of rows of narrow velvet or satin ribbon put together with herringbone stitch in heavy silk twist of the same or a con? trasting color. Guipure and Arabian laces and mock jewels will be employed extensively lor trimming this winter. Embroidery on the fabric has returned, and a charming effect is produced by an ar? tistic arrangement of leaves and blos? soms.-Xew York Tribune. ORC-HARD AND GARDEN. The budding knife should be sharp. Put a quart of soot into twx) gallons of water and use it as a liquid fer? tilizer. Among all the wasted matter on the farm bones are the most valuable as a manare. The d wa ri: r.g of a tree occurs by the slight disagreement between the scion and the stock. i The pear is dwarfed by several dif ? feront stocks-the quince, the moun [ tain ash and the thorn. I If strawberries are grown without much attention, the weeds and grass are certain to assert themselves. No farm is complete unless ii has or? chards. Not only should the apple be i given a place, but all other fruits. The small fruits should be grown, especial? ly for family use. There are two points of danger in J manuring trees. One is too much ma- j nure and the ether not enough. Too j much manure induces too late a j growth, not giving time for the wood j j to 1'uUy mature before cold weather ? I sets in. ! BETRAYAL. Out of th? chilling: rain ard fog Thai hid thc m ?untair. from our sight A cusky ci ?;:.! currw Coating down At carly dawn bi light. Thc c?cc 1 droppe ! s< ftty to the lake Amid a S'>-::::? of whirring w::;gs An?I sprea : :r.t . a graceful linc A hos? ? f living things. Wc d this hurst cf j' yous life; The sunless day - cmed dark no more, When suddenly a shoi rang out Arid echoed rourvi the shore. The waterfowl wore nature's guests. But they were doomed, and all that day The shots pealed forth, and on thc waves The dead and dying lay. At last :n*r> the brooding mist There vanished, softly as it came, A hroken flock, with plumage torn, After that day of shame. ~-Mary Thacher Higginson in Youth's Compan ion. AFTER THE QUARREL. A single smile fron her rosy mouth, A sudden glance from her seit oyes S3nt, Ann he turned, as ll e wind veers north cr south, Arid followed whither her light feet went. Did she linger and look fer a moment thea? Did siie lift her face and smile again; Nay, not so! The heart of a girl, ah, who may know? With every pace of his swift pursuit Uer step siie quickened nor looked behind. Eyes were speechless, an:l lips were mute; Never a glance or cold nr kind. As if she cherished nor thought nor care For the eager foo i fa i ls hurrying there! Was it so? Tm heart of a girl, ah. who may know? Did she love him n:ore when look and smile Silently bade him to follow her? Did she love him less when she wove her wile His heart to trouble, his hope defer? Nay, read you this riddle, strange, but true She loved him most when she most withdrew! Even so! The heart of a girl, ah, who may know? -Blanche Trennor lieath in Atlanta Constitu? tion. VIEWS OF LONDON. City of pleasure, and city of poor. Ouida. Horrible London.-Xew York Police Captain. A stony hearted stepmother. - De Quincey. The ugliest bar Madrid. - Richard Whiteing. The city cf the pea soup colored gown.-Grant Allen. Absorbed in bargains, busy in the mart. We see thee blind to beauty, deaf to art.-Punch. That great foul city, rattling, growl? ing, smoking, stinking, a ghastly heap of fermenting brickwork, pouring out poison at every pore.-Ruskin. Unselfish. "So you proposed to .Miss Chillers?" "Yes," answered Willie Washington. "You must have known she would reject you." "Of course. But it is an old saying that women can't keep a secret, and I was afraid she would get to comparing notes. I had proposed to all the other girls, and I didn't want her to feel slighted."-Washington Star. The Legend of the Snotvdrop. An old legend gives the following as the origin of the snowdrop: After Ad? am and Eve had been driven from the garden of Eden Eve was disconsolate. One day as she sat silently grieving an angel appeared and sought means to comfort her. She longed for the flow? ers, but the fast descending snow was wrapping the barren earth in a robe of white. As the angel stood and spoke words of hope to the weeping, repentant wom? an he caught a snowflake, breathed gently upon it and said: "Take form, pure snowflake, bud and blossom and be a comfort to humanity, now and forever." In a twinkling the snowflake changed into a beautiful flower, as white and pure as the snow itself, and when Eve beheld the newborn blossom gladness and hope came to her heart, and she smiled through her tears. Having fulfilled his mission of love, the angel departed, but where he bad stood there immediately sprung up a circle of perfect snowdrops. Turkish Rbobcrb. Possessing a savor ail its own. we come on scores of large cases full of big. irregular blocks cr* a bright yel? low colored root. "Rhubarb." says our guide, indicating it. "Ahl Then it comes from Turkey?" we cry joyfully, glad to display our learning for once, but our friend smiles contemptuously. "There is no such thing as Turkey rhubarb," he says. "and. what is more, there never has been." All the rhu? barb of commerce haiis from China, reaching us through Russia for the most part, but because iu olden days it made its journey by way of Turkey it became known as Turkey rhubarb, and Turkey rhubarb it will remain be? cause of the conservative tendencies of the British public-Good Words. The BIood*tofc?. Bloodstone, which is really green chalcedony spotted with jasper, is ac? counted for by the following legend: At the crucifixion a piece of chalcedony lay at the foot of the cross, and on it dropped the Saviour's blood, from which time the stone is said to have borne red spots, which are supposed to in? crease and to deepen in color when danger is near. It is also ?aid to revive the spirits and to inspire to great deeds, to check excessive bleeding and last, but not least, to render its wearer invisible at will. This Will Save Your Ice. There are many people who from a false idea of economy fail to get the best results from the use of ice in re? frigerators. A common mistake is get? ting a small piece of iee every day or every other day instead of filling the ice chamber two or three times a week. The small piece of ice cannot reduce the temperature sufiiciently. and the result is tiiat each nev* piece melts rapidly, ami the food cannot be kept long. It will be found at the end of the season that the cost of icc and waste of food have been much greater than if the ice chamber had been kept filled.-Pittsburg Dispatch. Hov; liv Knows. Fogg says that he has noticed that women never wear veils io protect their complexions or to make their wrinkles less assertive. They invari? ably wear them to keep their hair in place, lie knows, because he has al? ways been told sc.-liosioa Transcript If people want to talk about you. it is easy for them to m**?nt a story. The point is not to enjoy talking about peo? ple.- Atchison ("?lobe. A Chinese plow is a light affair, made of a crocked stick, with a steel point fastened to il :vud is pt:fed by a water bairn JK ~ Case? of Queer Rev?ase. In England, where men have more time for everything, including revenge, some queer methods of playing even have come into the courts. Albert Bewdley of Leeds had a dog that howled at night. A naturalist next door did not like it, but had no legal recourse. One day ants of the minute red vari? ety began to overrun Bewdley's house. Nothing that could be done headed them off. They grew worse and worse. Ile had made up his mind to break his lease and move when one night he heard a noise in his dining room. Slip? ping down, je found the naturalist emptying a bag of ants on the floor. In court tl?p naturalist paid damages, but he did it smilingly. Rowley, the late English violinist, was hard to beat cn his perseverance against one who had incurred his ill WilL Rowley had a quarrel with a horse dealer named Brant. It was a trivial matter, but Rowley took the next house to Brant, set up a piano, bought a cor? net and proceeded to make insomnia for Brant. After one or two assault cases in court Brant moved. Rowley bought out the next door neighbor and follow? ed with piano and cornet. Brant, went to law, but found he could do nothing. Failing, he took a detached house. Then Rowley hired brass bands and organs and assailed him. This was actionable? and Rowley paid ?1,000 for his revenge. -Chicago Tribune. The Golfer*? Pan. At a recent auction sale one of the paintings had for a subject a gayly at? tired golf girl making a long drive. The bidding on this opened very brisk-$60, $03, $70 and finally $72. "Seventy-two, two, two, two!" cried the auctioneer. "Fore!" shouted some one in the i rear. With the exception of the golfer in the front row, who immediately "duck? ed," the joke passed unnoticed. "Four," repeated the auctioneer. "Do I hear five?" He did not hear "five," and a cold sweat broke out on the brow of the last bidder as now, for the first time, the possibility of having to buy thai picture occurred to him. Seventy-four dollars for making a pun! He made a solemn vow then and there that he would never attempt another as with a sickly grin be thought of unpaid bills. The attendant was standing at his el? bow; the auctioneer had raised his hammer. . "One-two-th" "Five!" The ordeal was past. The auction proceeded, with the crowd unaware that the punster had received proper punishment. For the benefit of those who do not play golf a /diagram of the pun is fur? nished. "Fore" Is the warning shouted by the player when about to^ drive New York Mail and Express. Pig?. After figs have been collected they are dipped in boiling brine and then dried on trays for from two to four days, according to the weather. The dipping is supposed to bring the sugar to the surface and hasten the drying. After being dried the figs are placed in "sweat boxes," holding 2,000 pounds each, where they remain for two weeks. Then they are washed in cold salt wa? ter to remove all dirt and are packed by women and girls in half pound, one pound and ten pound boxes in layers, being split preliminarily ,vith a short bladed knife. Not Alike. The Professor-Don't use that phrase? my dear. It is grossly unscientific. His Wife-What phrase? "As much alike as two peas?" The Professor-Yes. Examined na? der the microscope, two peas will pre? sent startling differences.-Puck. A Fifteen Minute CInb. New York has a unique organization In a Fifteen Minute club. It Is com? posed of newspaper mea. They meet every night at 10 o'clock sharp and promptly adjourn at 10:15. Its objects are purely social. No set papers or speeches are permitted. Japanese Story Tellers. Professional story tellers roam from i house to bouse in Japan to spin their yarns. In the city of Tokyo there are about GOO of these professional ro? mancers. Their pay averages 20 cents an hour. When the story teller discov? ers that his romances are becoming dull from frequent repetition, he moves into a new district. Mental Qnieseence. "Haven't you any positive opinions on auy subject?" "No. By not having positive opin? ions, you see, a man doesn't have to j wear himself out backing them up." : Detroit Free Press. A Delusion. Willie-Those goldfish you sent home are fakes. ! S?mson-How do you know? j "Why. I took them out of the water. I and they turned brown in 15 minutes." ! -Life. * \ Mystery. Ch0llv-Yaas, 1 do get some very stwange notions in my head C^wnt fawncv what makes me tamk mern. Miss* Sharpe-Nor I. Brains ina*? most people think things. Crane Island. In Lake Minnetunka. Minnesota, there is a picturesque island which takes its name from the fact that it is unin? habited by man and given over to the cranes. Generations back these birds decided upon this spot for a summer resort. As times went on and the sur? rounding islands populated no man had the heart to disturb them, until now Crane isiand is pointed out from passing boats as one of the curiosities of the northwest