SHAPE WAS HIS FORTUNE. may be used In place of the cup, but la not so satisfactory. In serving, the coffee put the sugar ,and cream In the cup and then pour on . the coffee and the result will rival the famous Vienna coffee. To make good coffee from package coffee take a tablespoonful for each per son, add one egg;, mix well and add a cup of cold water for each spoonful. After boiling add a cup of hot water to replace what has steamed away, Cof fee to be used for dinner should be pre pared in cold water In the morning. Gen. Macias, Captain General of Porto I 1 Rico, Favored by Isabella. One of the Interesting personages whom the Porto RIcan campaign has brought to public notice Is Capt. Gen. Macias. Ills life story is romantic. Away back in the '50s a young soldier enlisted In one of Spain's Basque regi ments of remarkable physical pulchri tude. Six feet In Btature, with fine dark eyes, he was the perfection of a good-looking youth, whose mental en dowment was not equal to his personal attractions. As he was trained lu mill- i j t If this method Is tried It will be found a great Improvement on the old way of boiling at the precise moment the cof fee Is wanted. GIRL THAT HOBSON KISSED. SAMPSON'S FLAGSHIP, THE NEW YORK, FIRING A NATIONAL SALUTE OPPOSITE GRANT'S TOMB. J3 If fl "V ' f a A Jl r4 I I 1 ' I ' - ;) ! :i . it 1': j i i 'I :' : I v j j i i i 1 ji i ; i. : j H I I '' : ! I " - t '"' !' i V. 1 j- ' ' 1 .) k 1 V 'I 1 j 'I' I ' k . k -i .-..r-?.-T-jr-x-.w-.. mm SAMMON RECEIVING. NO PEACE IN IT. War's Death Belt Which Girdle the Earth with a Fighting Zone. Our wnr with Spain brings out the remarkable fact that all of the battles fought In the world for the past twenty years have occurred In one fatal, nar row ione of the earth's surface. Thnt Eone runs Just above the equator. It Is enly fifteen degrees wide, extend ing from 8 degrees north to the Tropic of Cnncer, and yet the belt does not cross a slugle continent or large group . of lslunds-whlch lias not beeu literally strewn with the dead mid dying. Cuba Is In that zone, aud Spanish olliclul rec ords prove thnt lu recent years 400,000 people have been killed by Jimiger or the sword In that unhappy island. All told, the dead lu the many battles In the Philippines, ut Formosa, at Khar toum and Santiago number 450,000. All of the engagements In the Spanish war, though fought on buttlellclds some 20, 000 mlk-s apart, are almost ou n direct line with one another. The battle of Saultago and the uavnl victory of Sampson and Schley, with their ac companying loss of life, occurred on latitude 20 north. Cardeuas. Matanzas and Havana all lie just uorth of 20 degrees. Manila lies almobt under the latitude of 13 north. It la estimated that during the vari ous rebellions which have arisen In the Philippines during the last few years fully 20,000 soldiers have met tbelr deaths at the bands of the Span ish soldiers. Just before the opening KILUD! 10,000 WW$A.m;f(iniim!jini DU1I IDOtttF llllli!l!l!!l!!i!HIiiKi :1 Iflfl XT vmmm MvUMWHi ft Vt -AMM WAH. 450 $fNtA01 HflieO yixi of the war between the United States and Spain no one Imagined that an American force would ever be engaged In this out-of-the-way spot, and yet the first great battle of the war was fought at this great distance from the contin ent and within the bloody roue. The Lad- rones, which witnessed several engage ments between the Spanish forces and ho natives, are well within the fatal (one. The fighting In central Africa, In Which the British soldiers have been engaged, has all occurred within the limits of this zone. So too have the various buttles In Sierra Leone, result ing lu the loss of 100 lives, beeu wlth lu this boundary. Many engagements have also beeu fought around Khar toum, which U just south of the six teenth degree uorth. The loss at Khar toum Is fixed by the English govern ment at 5,000. In Central America the bloodshed Is almost entirely confined to the narrow (trip of land crossed by this fatal belt. Only a few months ago such au upris ing occurred, ending In the assassina tion of Barrios, In which 150 lives were sacrificed. All the fighting was done between the degrees of 14 and 15 north. The Japanese fought the Formosan rebels this year uuder the Tropic of Cancer, which Is 23 degreei north. It THE recent demonstration at New York In honor of the Sautfa fleet was a tribute well deserved by the officers and men of the navy. The army has done well, but the uavy has gathered the lion's share of the glory. And it may be confessed, now that Dewey and Schley and Sampson have taken their places beside Decatur and Perry and Farragut, that the triumphs of the United States navy were as surprising as they were gratifying. It is safe to soy that most people were decidedly uneay wben the war began as to the effectiveness of the navy. Our warships had been running aground, smashing their machinery and jamming their turrets every time they left port. The mishaps of the Texas had become a subject for humorous comment and the mud bank misadventures of the Dolphin constituted a stock topic for the newspaper arngraphers. The country was distrustful and with some cause of the fighting and seagoing quali ties of the untried battleships and cruisers. But with the first clash of arms the navy redeemed itself. There was no more machinery smashing, no more turret jamming, no more running aground. The once "hoodooed" Texas quit her can tankerous tricks and went through the war without starting a rivet The Oregon sailed around the Horn, fought in the battle of Santiago and sailed for New York four months at sea In as good condition as when she loft San Francisco. The Dolphin dodged all the reefs in the West Indies and gave a gallant account of herself in half a dozen fights. There wasn't a screw loose in the North Atlantic ficet and Admiral Montejo can testify that Dewey's squadron was up to the high est stcadard of eQicicncy from first to last. Hence it is that the American wel come to Sampson's fleet was doubly warm. The vessels composing it went to sea under more or less of a cloud. , They returned in a blaze of glory and victory which shed its' radiance over both ships aud sailors. The United States navy is all right. Long may it rule the waves! will be seen that on no continent or group of Islands where this fatal" belt crosses has there been peaco, while the battles fought within Its boundary have been fierce and accompanied by much bloodshed. GOES THROUGH AS IF GREASED. Boft-Polnted Projectile Will Pierce the Hardest Armor. The present superiority of shot to nrmor Is largely due to the simple exped'ent ot placing a soft metal cap over the point of the projectile. It Is a matter of history that, just at the time when armorplate makers were discouraged by the ease with which the gun-makers were able to penetrate the toughest nickel steel, Mr. Harvey pro duced his brilliant Invention for giving an Intensely hard face to the plate, and succeeded In smashing up the projec tiles at the moment of Impact. Shots which theoretically should have passed clear through a Harveyized plate failed to do so, because their points could not hold together long enough to break In through the highly tempered face, which was made so hard that It could cut glass like a diamond point Subsequent to the appearance of Har veyized armor the makers of projectiles had been trying to produce a shot which should combine the necessary hardness and toughness to enable It to split open the hnrdened face and hold together until It had wedged Its way through the body of tho plate Itself. Previous to the year 1800 a few of the jo. coo nun ' I ! I I I nn" HHt Itfl DHUuti:a PORTO Hit i n r - i .... -v s WAK'S PEATII BELT WHICH GIRDLES best makers had met with partial suc cess. The Holtzer shell lu Europe and the Sterling-Wheeler In this country had succeeded In breaking up the face; but the effort proved too much for the shell, which lapsed before It could get entirely through the plate. This has been the case almost Invariably when Improved, reforged Harvey plate has been attacked. For many months the reforged Har veyized plate held Its superiority, and It looked as though the final victory In the long coutet between shot and armor was to rest with the armor. The fife! BOKT-POINTED SHELLS. --" (55- -J-j- , next move on the part of the artillerist was of a very extraordinary but very successful kind. He placed a cap of soft steel over the point of the shot to protect It, and the soft cap enabled the shot to get through. Coder His Nose. She's a tender little maiden, With nut-brown hair A witching little body, Wjth a charming air; I love her, though I never Yet have' told her so, And there'll be a big explosion Some day, I know! She smiles upon me sweetly When our glauces meet, Tueu she pounds her keys and blushes And becomes discreet, And the "old mnn" vainly fancies That she loves him oh, But there'd be a big explosion If he could knowl -Baltimore Herald. The Krnpp Gun 'Works. Ilerr Frederick Alfred Krupp, of Es sen, Germany, Is the largest employer of labor In the world. On the pay rolls of the great Krupp establishment are more than 25,000 men. Thirty-four Governments have made purchases there. Herr Krupp, the son and worthy successor of the great Krupp, Is only 42 years old. His employes live In "model houses," have schools, baths, libraries, hospitals, and pensions under his direction and co-operation. The present head of the establishment has IMHSH-ArttRICAH Vl. KlUIOiArKKKANI. 3 smniakos : a Aai CUCan f Simon. KILLCOt 400j009 CTaTAU TtC IfnifTTniffTTHIIIMIIIifnillMIUHIIIltll rininn.n ''11' ' "' ", Ak nciyuns THE EAKTH WITH A FIGHTING ZONE. been a member of the Reichstag, but, like his sturdy father, has always re fused to accept a title from the Govern ment. Receipt In Full. There Is a passage In the following paper which might strike the observer as somewhat facetious, but he Is as sured that no such effect was In mind when the sentence was indited. The paper referred to Is a receipt originally given by an enterprising firm of Har risburg druggists, and the form used was In common vogue at the time. Thus it runs: "Received July 21, 1795, of Mr. David Scarlet tho sum of 200, lu' full of all sects since the year One, when the Devil was a suckling baby, up to this day, being after the celebration of Iudependency. (Signed) "KENTON & HUNT. "Longevity t to Washington aud God save the Congress." Philadelphia Ledger. Greateat of Known Forces. The greatest force known to science Is that produced by the contraction and expansion of metals, resulting from the action of beat and cold. When the paper announces that a woman has gone to visit Indefinitely, It means she will stay as long as her hostess will ataud It 7 uins . Atmm&j&MM. f IRItif n ...4, w - StTTii TOta JJyBk flJl.l BCnLEY ON THE BB1DOE. EARL AND COUNTESS OF MINTO The New Vice-Regal Representative! at Ottawa, Ont. . The Earl of Minto (Sir Gilbert John Elliot Murray, Kynynmonnd), appoint ed governor general of Canada, to suc ceed Lord Aberdeen, comes of an an cient family. His ancestors have been THE EARL OF MISTO. statesmen and soldiers, and he has fol lowed In their footsteps. He was edu cated at Cambridge, and won fame In the Northwest rebellion In 1885. He married the daughter of the non. Charles Grey, a famous beauty, and they have four children. The Earl of Mlnto is restlned to be popular. Twenty-five years ago, as Lord Melgund, he wes recognized aa one of the most brll- llant cross-country riders In England, and owned many first-class steeple chasers. Lady Mlnto Is still one of the best lady skaters In England, a recre ation which she practiced and gradu ated In at Ottawa. The family resi dence at Warwick, Roxburgshtre, Is among the best known of the great places In the lowlands of Scotland. Al- COUXTESS AND HEB DAUGHTER. though Lord and Lady Minto are eml nent society people, he Is a man of great euergy and activity, and he is sure to make every possible endeavor to do what he considers to be his duty in all parts of the dominion, from the Atlantic to the Faciflc. The little green apple la alway. rrpei enough for mischief I 7 31 rflftfni?fnTTin(Tllf1TnillTfflilTt,f rTri yiTTiTTnirmIlfTrT?ki3PTTirrnTT1iTT.T 8 IllSIi 11 li.,l,,1,(,0.lH;il,J,;:,!u1,:,V.a.,:,:,,.l.l;!,Vi,V,,'J,1 i K.ito 5 ooo r I CAPTAIN GENERAL MACIAS. tary exercises, well set up by his drill, he soon became the talk of the femlulue part of Madrid. The Queen, Isabella Sequondo of Spain, was a good deal like her ante type, Catharine of Russia, In at least one respect. "She liked a fine figure of a man." One day It happened that the young Basque recruit was among the detail drawn for guard duty at the palace. The Queen saw him. She dis tinguished him by speaking to him. The honor so disconcerted the Basque recruit that he forgot to present arms at the proper time, and was conse quently told off for heavy punishment drill. But It never came. Two weeks thereafter the recruit, whose name was Francisco Caesar Santa Ana Macias, "because of extraordinary capacity," was gazetted to be lieutenant of the Cazadores Royal de Bascaya, one of the oldest regiments and most honor able In the service' of Spain. "Who the devil Is this fellow Ma cias?" swore Cupt. Gen. Concha, the honorary colonel of the Cazadores de Blscaya, "and who recommended him for promotion?" The old courtier to whorniahis was addressed did not an swer. He looked his friend In the eyes and slowly winked. In six months Macias. was a full colonel, Macias made no enemies. He studied to Im prove himself. He had masters In all branches of culture and became one of the first scholars In the army and the first swordsman In Madrid. He went up step by step until he was captain general' of Madrid, the youngest to hold the honor. Subsequently he was made captain general of Porto Rico. NAPOLEON OF SOUTH AMERICA. Wonts to Unite All the Republics! with Himself as the Head. Nicolas de Plerola, President of Peru, Is called "the Napoleon of South Amer lea," Plerola recently called the atten tlon of the Lima Congress to the dis pute between Peru and the United States, which began in 1885 and has lasted ever since. Then along comes Commodore Carlos Ferryros, of the Pe ruvian navy, on his way to France to buy war ships for his country. Plerola Is known to be a man of boundless am bition. His one desire Is to unify all the republics of South America under one central government with himself at its head. This man, like so many others who have risen to prominence in South America, came In on a wave of revolution. That was In 1879. His reign as dictator was short and he was swept out of power wheu Peru was de feated in the war with Chile. Three years ago Plerola once more struck for NICHOLAS DE PIEIIOLA. lupreme power and won. He organ ized an army in the mountains, over threw the government, and marched to the palace over the bodies of 1,200 slain men. The President at that time was Justlano Borgono, who assumed the role on the death of President Ber mudez, April 1, 1S94. Plerola Is a son-in-law of the late Emperor Iturblde, of Mexico. Coffee Which Is Good. To very many people a cup of coffee means the whole of one's breakfast and If that cup Is not perfect half the day is spoiled. There are several different ways to make splendid coffee. One method Is to. have a tinsmith make a cup of perforated tin about the size of a coffee cup with a securely fit ting cover Into which Is soldered a ring by which It may be removed from the pot before the coffee is served. Into this cup put a small tablespoonful of pul verized coffee for each person and let It stand all night in the coffee pot with one cupful of cold water for each spoon ful of coffee. In the morning place it on the stove and let it come to a boll and then keep It hot on the back of the stove while breakfast Is put on the ta ble. Before serving remove the cup AAntntnlna tha (rpnnnHi nnri adil nun of boUlng water and yon have coffee wbJch ,s perfect A thIn muslln gack Miaa Emma Arnold, the Heroine ot the Summer Reaort. Miss Emma Arnold, of St. Louis, Is the heroine of the Eastern summer re sorts. The story of how she kissed Lieut, Hobson, of Merrlmac fame, has been telegraphed all over the world and now she dally receives scores of let ters asking for her photograph or a lock of hair. In New York they have a new drink called "Hobson's Kiss" In honor of the event Miss Arnold tells the story thus: 'I did not ask Mr. Hobson for a kiss. Ho had just kissed a little girl and I said to him, 'How I wish I was a little girl again!' He said, 'Would you like to be treated as one?' I answered Yes,' and he kissed me." Miss Arnold is the daughter of a wealthy St Louis man and is a belle In society there. Miss Arnold made her debut two years ugo at the big ball of the Columbian Club, and her beauty bedazzled all who were fortunate enough to see It. Her face and figure are simply perfection, and while every body is congratulating her on having been kissed, by Hbbsbn there are those MISS EMMA ARNOLD, who think the young lieutenant should come In for his share of the handshak ing. Water Pow r. The large plants for the utilization ol water power In our country now fur nish 72,000 horse-power, with the pros pect of an Increase to 150,000 horse power, when all are completed. In ad dition, there are a vast number of smaller ones used In mines or in light ing towns. Switzerland comes next with 48,000. France will have 18,000 when the plant on the Rhone, near Geneva, is com pleted. Germany and Italy have less than 20,000 horse-power each. Norway and Sweden each have about 15,000, with possibilities of great development England comes last with only 4,000 horse-power. Some 15,000 of the power credited to America belongs to Canada, a country which abounds In undevel oped water powers. These water powers are made to do ' all that coal can do, except raising a smoke. A coal bed Is exhaustible, and every ton taken from It brings It near er Its end; but the energy of waterfalls is Inexhaustible and will be available for man's needs long after the last pound of coal Is raised from the mine. Not the least remarkable feature of this new departure Is the size of the turbines employed. One hundred horse power used to be regarded as a large amount to be given by a single wheel. Some of the turbine at Niagara develop fifty times as much. The next great movement may be the utilization of the tides, in which there is an Immense re servoir of power. We may see the day when the great amount of water power In Alaska is brought down to a tem perate region and Is more valuable than the gold under Its frozen soil. Hart ford Courant Already Drilled. Mrs. Teque There seems to be a preference for unmarried men for the army. I don't see why that should be the case. Henry Peque Neither do I. Married men might not amount to much for ag gressive fighting for their own part, but they would be just the fellows to stand without complaining any number of sieges or constant harassing from th enemy. New York World. Practical Information. "Say, pa," asked the little son of a railway conductor, "what's an ex chequer?" "An ex-checker!" exclaimed the tick et puncher. "Why, that must be a re tired baggageman." None Whatever. Flustered Old Lady Does It make any difference which of these cars I take to the bridge? Tollte Pedestrian Makes no differ ence to me, madam. Brooklyn Life. Poets are born, but some of them manage to live it down.