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itlnm EL The Greats Store In Ui m ' lB?irii?iid'n nor ciioir?. Jultan Ralph, writing of "The Choir Boy a of England," in The Ladies' Home Journal, says: "Small hoys are much preferred, for the reason that they develop into manhood later than [ big, stalwart children, for it is at the coming of manhood that their voices break and they are obliged to stop singing until their adult tones are reached?a matter of years. A boyish treble Is as delicate as tlie bloom on a peach, and its possessor must lead an orderly and innocent life, which is why j so many choirs are made tip of boys taken from their homes and boarded and taught In church institutions. These, sometimes, are able to sing tintil they are 17 or 18 years of age, though between 14 and lo is the usual period when their voices break." ? Her l'rofensor. "Mabel always said she would never marry any but a professional man." "Ami has she fulfilled her desireV" "Yes. Her husband Is Professor Tliid- j dleton. He has an educated goat and :i , trained monkey that he exhibits on the atage."?Chicago Tlmes-IIerald. Not Vxril to tlie Motion, "Who Ih that man so violently sea- j alck?" naked the captain of the ocelli j steamer. "I don't know his name, sir." said the | supercargo, "htit he's an ollieer ??f a , revenue cutter on a vacation."?Cliica- , go Tribune. Mnntn't <;?-t 'Km Mixed. "I notice that a household econoinie association in the east offers to check and care for babies for 2." cents a day." "Well, I hope they'll be mighty careful thnt the little tootsie wootsies don't eat their tags."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Modern Wny. g | Shade of Nero \Vlint's th? matter, ' I.tierexln. You look blue. Shade of Luerezia Ilor^ia 1 was Just j Thinking what an idiot i was not to; - demand a Jury trial and get a vindication I?Cleveland 1'laln Dealer. ; ' 4 !St nion. Honest Tre* Satisfaction ^:t/??= l - ? Entirely. X (P> ^ wm jjih Jj& J%\ n\ few] J Ifpi J?L jj ?< v 7wi..l &&&* ! rM^m'> e"r ! "So you arc experimenting in botany? Well, <*1111 i remember that 'what you few you : hall n.'.so reap.' " "Well, Tabler, that rests with your neighbor's chickens." Sni.t mill N'otpx. Yale will be the t'.rst university in the country to establish a school of forestry. The new school will be started next fall. According ?o the la ^t e.t'r.: atrs. there are about 11>,<) >.< ' >a:r< - . f la:: ', in the lie statt 1 '.. ring the gulf of Mexico well suite ! to ri ctdti atio'.i. The amount which can be irrigated by using the available surface and artesian Hows dees not < xeeed U.OOO.hOO acres, and as be*t r> tilts re juiro rotation of erojis. only one-half that nmouut. or l.,"iu".n"0 aert s, would be in rice at any one time. According D the rej/* t < f Statist!- ' chin Ilyde. I hi re rcinaim .1 in the farm- J ors' bands on March 1 about l."S.7d'\<'<mj bushels of v, !: :!. 77-..? int -h- / els of corn an ! bushels of oats. Ami these iigaivs rep reaeiit respectiv< ly h".l per cent. !!7.- i?er? cent. and "> ; i u: of hist year's Wheat, corn and oats crop . sis < >?! ed with per c at, -ltd! per cent and I>S.7 pet* cent of the crop.; for ISPS, remaining in the farmers' hands on March 1. Ihitoniol. :et .1. It. Smith i f New .Tertoy Btnti'rt thai arsenate of l ad must he used in h; - n proporth n than other arsenical poison-, for spraying, hut that when used at the rate of two pounds to Pin gallons <f water it may he em ployed willi entire safety to the plant and lis an In .-feticide \. !1 t!i ;i c? j t::*. I paris jfrreti or l.ondm pt.rp'e used at the rule of one pound to 1 Jo gallons. "Chops." for which there is i ad I sale for import | .upases, are mm j from lit" lower tirade apples !>y c!:-?j pimj tie- v. !rd" fruit into coarse pie-< , and evaporatiic. them. lie sure your : prnyitt'X formula ! riyht and tlien f .'! -v It e! - ly Half i^ tteii man.tie is i . .re \ai.:n! . | than well ntted. hecau.-e the lot tun contalus a larger amount of ultratee. ' u I ^ 4 | M J 1 r | af any Cost'. \ ) V , I \ I \ V A Model OfllelnJ. A rhyming correspondeirt. writing ol n retired justice of a Cleorgia county says: He did 1 > M court i:i litis here town For twenty y.-ar an mere. An all Ms rulin s every man Fid piously adore. To read the law he did net fail. Though prisoners would 1 eg; lie one time rent two men U jail Who shot him in the leg. Ko man from Jury in this town Was any time exempt; lie knocked a six foot lawyer down An lined him for contempt. Rut, lest of all tilings raid of him, lie, in his j >y an pride, What time his fight was gcttin dim. Resigned before he died! Surely such a man as tlmt deserved In an eminent degree the celebration of the rhyme above, and it is well he had so appreciative a poet to celebrate him.'?Atlanta Const it ut ion. Expensive l.axnry. "1 tell ynh," said Brass Knack Bill. ,4il iw! ? n x ?o ?? lllll ti lIVMiill IJV.I yuh want tu snooze right bad." "it cost tuc a lit :ip inorc'n that t-i sneeze wiinsi," remarked Crib Crack In dak". "I tried to keep it back. Imt it li.nl to conic, an it woke up the t'ambl.v, The titan bad a gun, an lie got the df";' 011 in -. That sneeze cost nie four year.' in the pen."?Chicago Tribune. Too OrtKliinl, "It's the same ohl story," said tie. gloomy young man. "The world b against anybody who wants to get out of the beaten track." "Wlint'.s your trouble?" I "Too much originality." "in literature?" I "Yi-s. T! y wot.'t i t l ie sp -11 word* t lay own way."--Washington Star. ( <; t-io.si (y Snlixftril, ltiirly Tramp Wot's th* good of a little dog like t liat V :11S. 1:1?To keep off (rntnpM. 'ili'. lie! Wit kin. that iiitl-.- critter e.nn I nil;; that will wnko up the I.:.',' dri's under t!:t* porch." "V-cs, muni. flood dny, mum."? New York Weekly. Too Hi;;": l-'iir (Sim. ' I sec l?y do papers." said Ilrotkor Iiickoy, "dat dose railroads in ffwlnw tor yive excursion ; tor do eclipse or do sun. Now. do trouble 'bout dnt is. of you should happou lor fall oil ntter you i;ot uu d ir. you'd never know Jest whar tor Haiti!"- Atlanta Constitution. A SiK'pimcn of Ciickilfy Humor, It ooii' i ts i.ioroly in iunorini: the lior rible or tragie side of a funny situation. Everybody knows tlie old story of tlie coeknoy laughing after a lire. " Mump, yer silly fool!' I snys. 'Me an niy mite's got a blanket!' An 'e did .lump, an there warn't no blunket, an 'e broke 'is blooinin neck! Laugh? 1 'aven't laughed so much!" ? BlackwooU' ~ [FOREIGNERS r; SAFE JULY 9 Chinese- Minister Wu Is the Recipient of an Important Dispatch. WERE GIVEN PROTECTION Tills Wus Twj Days After the Deported Massnere? Pispateh Is Authenticated ?;, <" li J ?i r?st* OIHclals. Minister Wu lias Laid the Message lie ore Secrelarv tin v. Wasiiint.tox, .Tu'y IT.?The Chinese ! minister lias receive I n dispatch from the minister ut L ?mlou, authenticated by Cheng, imperial inspector of ports' nud telegraphs at .Shanghai, and by the two viceroys declaring that the foreigners in Peking were sate on July U aud were receiving the protection cf the government. jp ;j|r '**'1 /" ;p ^ j| "'-'y UHKi. < i KX. K. I). (I It ANT. j This is two days after tho reported niassuere. Minister Wti litis laid the message be fore Secretary Hay. The text of the dispatch is at follows: Theirm : c IT.?; ?- have been made to proto *t t'oreiga ministers who were well July ! ">. (Chines.- ealeialtir ei.rresp.mdiug to our.luly U). L l ien Tsin city should be ds'roy.d i would be diflleult t>? re-tore th 1 same in 101 years. 1! '([iiest t!ie po.v r.s t > preserv. it as the eonst queiiees wi-nld nli'eet Chinese and foreign e mimeive. L-vl Li ITungChang is transferred as vie ray to Chi Li. Please tran-niir this dispatch to the ministers at or'.or eapif -Is." This dis .a:en. which is dated July 10, was signed by Viceroys Liu Kan Viand Chung Chi Tung of-Nanking and Wu Chang respectively, and also by Slicug, - director of posts and telegraphs at -M.. ? NEWS CONFIRMED BY CABLE. Li Hung Chang (iocs to Pelting to Assume Minrcmc Command. London", July IT. ? William Pritcliard Morgan, M. P., f r Methvr Tydvil, has received by call' positive assuraucos from a souree up .a wbieh ho relies that the Lritisli legation at Peking was still standing July and silso that Li Hung Chang lias left Canton to take supreme command at Peking. LI HUNG CHANG DEPARTS. lie JSails For I long-Kong?Trouble Is Feared at Canton. Washington*, July IT.?The state de partment tins iruicttneil tiie following: "The s.'cn tary ?.f .state lias received a dispatch l'roni (J m ail M ;Qua<le, at Canton, informing liim t'nat LiHungOhaug has sailed l'nv Hong-Kong. "lie received nit edict last night appointing him viceroy at Chi-Lin and commanding his immediate presence there. ' 'v *;ars are entertained at Canton that his absence may give occasion for disturbance of the p\te.\ French gunboats have arrived at Cant m." MINISTER WU READY TO GO <''?Jne,o (Vm-ii! at Sail Franebeo Is tti Ileeeiv e 15I-. I'a.-s|?oi*ts. Sax I'ltAXcisco, July 17.?Tfo Yow, the imperial consul general of the Clii, nose empire, is officially preparing to . reet ivc passports for him -elf and his attaches. In nu interview ho mill: "I understand that M:n -ter Wu at Washington is ready t > leave tit. any time. 1 hav - n.-t as yet received detinite orders front him." Ho Yow added: "The l/iiiae e in thi state are, to a I I ....a ...t T? ... .1 -J , 1111*1 Hi" liOXeiil and rhcir actions. I leave just attended b meeting of the Chinese merchants of Ban Frnneiseo at whi"h it was decided that slicy would im.no lintoly close their business hero ii' necessary and otl'er their services to the A'nitcd States to go t" China and fight under the 1 nitod Btutos j flag with tho alliod powora." To Host ore the Young Kinporor. Hoxoi.ri.i', July II, via San Fkanj Cisco, July 17-?Lung Chung Tso, t'n j Chinese reformer, on whose head *G">,OOJ j is placed by the i mpivs-' dawager, has returned to If >n dulu from the Island of Maui. The reformer has boon in tho island about three months organizing the J low Wong movement, whieli hit.- for its obj. ct the ovciahrow of the empress dowager's regime and tho reinstatement of tin* young emporor. Societies have been organized here and a largo amouut I or monoy raised. t'onvrntioii lias Adjourned. , Axi.anta, July 17.?Tho Universalis! convention which has been in session in this cify for tho past weok bus conic tc a oIqso and tho del -Kates aro leaving for their homes in tho north and west. In every way tho convention, although comparatively small, litis been remarkably successful in its work and harmonious throughout. I ANDERSON AGAIN ON STAND lie Give* Some Damaging Testimony Against Caleb I'mvi'rs. Gwiifirrowv, Ky., July 17.?Finlay Amlorsou, who was in tho witness box, testifying in tho Powers raso when the court adjourned yesterday, resumed his testimony this morning. In the course of his testimony tho witness said that 011 Jan. 21 Caleb Powors told him that the crowd of mountaineers which was being organized were going to Fraukfort to intimidate tho legislature and, if necessary, to kill enough Democrats to give the Republicans a majority. Ho said: "Powers told me Goobel would never live I > b > governor, and said ho (Powers) would kill him if nobody else would." Tli-> conversation to which witnoss referred was on the day preceding the advent of the 1.230 mountaineers upon Frn!tk!?>:t. Witness said lie heard Powers and oilers talking about Goebol wearing a coat of mail, but some of them said that he coultl be killed anyway. Powers was in conference with cx-^eeveiary of State Charles Fiiiley. Wharton ( olden, Robert Noakes and ot hers. The defendant did not lose his composure during the damaging testimony against him, except for a moment when hi.- fa showed signs of agitation. Judge Tinslcy conducted the cross examination end extracted from tho witness the fact that ho had called on Colonel T. C. Campbell in Cincinnati. The witness became badly contused and could not recall who took him to Colonel Campbell, though he claimed several people were with nun at tiro tune. tie denied that either Justus ov Arthur Goebel assisted him in getting employment in Ciin iiiiiati and denied that his trip to Cincinnati was for tire purpose of becoming a witness in the Powers case. Howard Willing to Surrender. Minw r.sitoKO, Kv., July 17.?Berry Howard has written a letter to It. C. Ford, in whi'di lie states that ho is anx ion-, t > Mirr.-mler to the authorities, ami will do > any time if the commonwealth will grant him bond. I7*} further says lie is p enaivd to give bond in any sum from sJIO.O r:> to $?Oh,OJJ. PLEAD GUILTY TO LARCENY, Delegate to the World's Christian Eu leaver Convention Arrested. London, July 17.?Caroline B. Koycs has plead gaiify in the Mary Bono courl to the charg > of stealing a gold watch, r bracelet, hair brush and articles of elotli rug of tli aggregate value of ?22 fron rooms i:i Norfolk Mansion hotel, wli rt she ha.l h n staying. When the rob bery v. a , reporte I the p dice int'rro gated Mi I\--yos. who, alter a series o denials t > the ipiestions with which sin was plied for two hours, finally opener her trunk and displayed r'ae missing ar tides, ller explanation was that sin had been drinking brandy, and wlril' under the influence of tic liquor tool the pro;jeit;.\ When sin? realized tin enormity her aa: tho next morning she tri"d to lepl te > the stolen property hot was v.nilrl* to gain access to tin rooms she had robbed. In th.- e.iurso of tho hearing Mis \Kovo3 .-ail she wat an American, am V^orM's (ihristiau ^tiicleaver canventioi as a delegate from a church in Minuc sotu. INVESTIGATION FALLS FLAT Council llcfti es (?? Hear Keports oi the Mayor's Conduct. Atj.vnta, July 17.?The invostigutioi into the all-gal misconduct of Mayo James (!. Woodward was brought to ai apparent close when council laid tie majority ami minority reports on tin table without having either documeu read. Tito majority rep >vt, while it does no vindicate the mayor, rcqu vsts that tin city attorney ho asked to give an opin ion as to whether there arc grounds foi the institution of impeachment proceed ings. Ir decl.tr that some of tin charges were proved by sworn-'tosti mony, but there was a difference o! opinion a^ to whether the clinrgos con stitnti d grounds for itnpeaehmeut. pro coed ings. The minority report is one of tho ntosi sensational pap is ever prcscutod t< council and consists almost entirely o extracts from sworn testimony atu states there are suflieient grounds foi impeachment of tho mayor. IMPORTATION OF BIRDS Instruction-; l?'or K.vroiilliig (lie Ijav] Law Issued. Washington*, July 17.?The depart ment oj." agriculture has issued regulu tious for thu proper execution of tlu Lacy law for the protection and impor tution of birds. A circular containing the regulation has been published. I explains that (lie department morel} purp ises to supplement and not to liani per or repine (lie work hitherto done l>j the state commissions and organ iz di ms Attention is called to the fact that whih i tlio act provides for the purchase auc j distribution of birds no appropriation was made for that pnrpasc. The do ! pnrtmcnt, therefore, has 110 pheasants, i quail or other game birds for distribn , lion. I a struct ions iurfiutaii art! given ai to what is prohibited by the act. Winners of Small Prizes. London, July 17.?Among tho win nors of small prizes at tho meeting o! I tho National Rit'o assaciatiou at Bisloj ; were tho following Canadians: In the premier competition for tho wing, Smitli with :! "> and llaylcss, Serimmon anr Corrigan with 81 out of a possiblo 85 In the Golden lVnu.v competition Ogg, i Buy less, F1 -ming, MoVittic and 131n.ii with 51 out of a possiblo 85. In the Bart r-.mpetitioii Bloss with 87 out of n possible 50. To Import Xegio Labor. Honolulu, via Sax Fkancisco, July ' 17.?K. Faxon Bishop has lxnn commissionoel by a numbor of plantations tc pr??C(!i d to Porto Rico to enlist plantation lal>orer? there among tlio plantation laborers of that island, lite project ol importing negro labor, or labor in which there is a?i admixture of negro, is something not very popular, but the planter! seem determined to make the experiment with it. WILD TALK OF THE EUROPEAN JOURNALS * * Stated the Powers Will Hang Tuan and the Em press. TO LAY PEKING- IN ASHES These and Many Other Sensational Stories Are Published?Only Thonght of the Powers Is How llest to ltench City of Pelting. London, July 17.?Europoau journals are indulging iu a great deal of wild talk, crediting t-lie powers with having decided to lay Peking in ashes, remove the capital to Canton and hang the empress and Prince Tuan, bat the writers fail to take into account the difficulties which would attend such undertakings. However the chancellories fully recognize the magnitude of the task confronting the great powers. As a matter of fact, as has already been pointed out, the only thought for the moment of the .powers is how to best roach Peking. ^ Once there they can bo depended on, according to the best official information, to exact wliatover penalty appears to bo 1 the most striking and effective. The news of the snccoss of the allied forces at Tien Tsiu, though that success has been dearly bought, appears to clear | the air somewhat. This victory over the Chinese, it is hoped, will enable the allies to resume preparations for an advance, especially since it is announced that the Japanese force of 33,000 will all bo disembarked by July 10 at the latest. The suggestions of scattering the iorces throughout China in pursuit of ' the Boxers emanate wholly from irresponsible quarters. In official circles there is a full realization of the uoces' sity of having the coast towns occupied and secure before proceeding to Peking. The only course open to the powers is to remain in thO'/tapital until fanaticism wears itself out 4ud the elements of am <\??ilovUT iifitii'A- Kn f*i?? WIU* i IJ IUH * 1 V i^wviuu?vuv wvgts* wr emerge. i According to a Shanghai dispatch . 100,000 Chinese troops, armed with Mauser rifles and modern artillery, are encamped at three points within 40 miles of Shanghai, ready to hum the town in the event of an attack by the Europeans upon the NVoo Sung forts. According to a telegram from Che Foo 170 of t lie allied troops were killed in the assault upon tlib native city of Tien Tsiu. 1 GROSVERNOR INTERVIEWED. 1 Ohio Congressman Does Not ^See the Need of Undue Haste. New Youk, July 17.?Congressman , Claudes IL Grosvcuor of Ohio states ? that he knows of no particular necessity u for President McKinloy'ij return to s Washington. I "Do von think thorc will bo an extra a a.oai.,? *? wmgMsuV" t ion oral Grosvouor 1 was asked. !* "No," he answered, "I seo no reason for undue haste. Sereuo Payne, chairman of the committee on ways and means, John Dalzcll of tho committee on rules and about JO other members 1 ere in Europe. Then wo need more light on the* true condition of affairs. i That is bound to conic soon. I guess r everybody is reasonably sure that every foreigner in Peking was killed, so nothing is to bo gained by marching on that B city now, because there is nothiug there 0 to save.'' 1 "What of tho couditiou of affairs at Tien Tsin?' t "Tliore again," replied Gouernl Gros3 veuor, "is room for donbt. Some say tho allies began tho attack there. It f was a great mistake if they did. Every . day Minister Wu, at Washington, is issuing soihe kind of a statement, but in every one of them there is some purpose p cnnniuirlv nresented to throw the re ! sponsibility ou the foreigners for the present stato of affair.?." "The Chinese soein to fight desper- . t ately," the reporter suggested. , "Yes," General Gtosvenor replied. C "For some inscrutable reason the Ger1 mans hnvo for years been drilling tho r Chinese and furnishing them with arms and ammunition. The war department has long been aware that China is well equipped with modern armaments. Now she is using it against Germany. While I believe the government will act promptly an I efficiently, I do not see how matters can bo iinprovod by undue haste." i WANTS TO GO TO CHINA. Governor General of Cuba Desired ! Service In (lie Orient. t New York, July 17.?Geuernl Leonnrd Wood and his family have arrived r hero from Havana. General Wood wllj procoed at once to Washington. Wlieq ' seen at Quarantine ho said: . "I have nob boon called homo bo coqsult about tho removal of tlio troops , from Cuba to China, but to talk ovor general matters in relation to my post * in Cuba. I wonld like, however, to gq to China. I don't know that I will bo selected for a command, but I want to go." Troops Sail For China. San* Francisco, July 17.?Companies ABC and D of tho Fifteenth rogiment | 4invo arrived in command of Colonel Edward Manic. They were inimedii ately put on hoard tho trutisuort Sumner, which is scheduled to sail for Na gasaki. Tho transport Hancock has , been ordered to return to Nagasaki. She k will go diroct to Nagasaki and carry 500 marines and four battalions of artillery. , Republican ('labs In Session. St. Pact., July 17. ? Tho National ! Loaguo of Republican clubs was called to order by Governor Stone at 10:20 o'clock in tho auditorium. Secretary . 1). II. Stino read the call assembling the league in its twelfth session which was "^0 followed by tho rolleall of states. AoU i ing Mayor Gregg made a short address of welcome. Governor Roosevelt was then :I introduced and lauds a brief speech. V "