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, United States Officials.
President G rover Cleveland
Vice-President. Ad ai Stevenson
Beoretary of Htate Walter Q. Gresham
Secretary of Treasury John G. ('arliale
Secretary of Interior Hoke Smith
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FRENCH SOIL IN GERMANY.
Bistorts Spots That Did Not Uo with Al
sace and Lorralae
It is not generally known that the
French still retain two little pieces of
German soil one in Alsace itself and
the other in Kaden. The monument
which Xapoleon created in loiKI in
honor of (Jen. Desaix, who fell at Ma
rengo, stands in a small garden near
the bridge of boats over the Rhine at
Kehl. Desaix had defended the bridge
with great bravery against the Aus
trians. The monument and Garden
were declared by the peace of Frank
fort to be French property, and they
remain unto this day.
Till eleven years ago, says the Pitts
burgh Dispatch, . this little piece of
French soil regularly had a French vet
eran as sentinel, who lived in a little
house in the well-kept grounds; but at
that time the German government of
fered to take charge of this piece of
France, and the offer was accepted by
the French government. The place is
now prettily laid out and is guarded
by a sentinel trom the garrison at
Strasburg.
The property of the French republic
in the duchy of Baden lies in the par
ish of Achcrn, which has a station on
the Uaden State railway. It is the site
of the Tnrenne monument, a granite
obelisk, with a medallion and inscrip
tion. The land on which the monu
ment stands has been French property
since 1675 till the present day, and it is
still guarded by a French military pen
sioner, who lives upon the spot.
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war in 1870, a party of Itaden fire
eaters proposed to reclaim this small
piece of land, but the Uaden govern
ment; with a chivalrous international
loyalty, put a stop to the attempt.
A WISE ROBIN.
Tha Little llirri Cot a Drink In a Very
Clever Manner.
That was a charming object lesson
which was noticed in the yard at the
"Hickories." up Windsor avenue, in
Hartford, and it was an instruc
tive lesson in helping oneself oas
well. Midway between the house and
barn Is located a large cask as a drink
ing place for the horses.
Usually, of course, this tub is nearly
full, but at the time referred to, the
water lacked quite a little of reaching
the top. Along came a robin, spinning
over the ground like mad, only stop
ping for a moment, as is his wont, to
listen. Reaching the tub he quickly
vaulted to the edge. A look of disap
pointment was visible when he arched
his pretty neck so that one eye could
look down at the water. It was too
far away and the bird trotted around
quite ill at ease. The faucet was leak
ing just a trifle only a drop at a time
- dropy-drop, drop-and the robhra eye
finally caught the crystals and the lit
tle fellow almost shouted for joy as he
danced around to that side of the tub.
Placing himself directly underneath
the outlet, he threw back his head,
opened his beak, and thereafter each
drop landed in his parched throat.
More than a dozen drops disappeared
down the narrow channel; then the
robin bowed his head just a little, so
that the cooling drops landed on the
top of it, and trickled down on either
side. Then it flew away to a neighbor
ing tree, as content and happy as if at
peace with all the world.
CUNNING OF THE COYOTE.
Not Afraid to Be Near a Man Whom He
Knows to He Unarmed.
The barking habit of the coyote is
very doglike, and his old name of bark
ing wolf is very appropriate. When
collecting mammals in Wyoming, says
a writer in Wt. Nicholas, it was a very
common thing for us to hear the coy
otes around our camp set up a great
barking in chorus at the first sign of
daybreak, just when the roosters be
gin to crow on the farm. It is a wild
and uncultivated kind of bark, ending
in a falsetto howl, and resembles the
cry of the jackal of India more nearly
than any other sound I ever heard.
But 8ir Coyote is cute. He knows ex
actly the distance that constitutes fair
rifle range, and he knows just aa well
whether the stranger is armed as doe
the stranger himself. When hunting
in the Shoshone mountains in 18H9, I
wanted to kill a coyote for a special
purpose, but never once succeeded in
getting a fair shot, even at two hun
dred yards. . For ten days we banged
away industriously at every one we
saw, but never touched a hair. Finally,
at Corbett's ranch 1 left the expedition
and started north by stage, leaving be
hind me rifle, revolver, knife and even
scissors. Just two hours after I had
said good-by to my Bhooting irons and
taken the buck board "stage," we saw a
coyote ahead of us. close to the trail.
Seeing us coming, he selected a soft
spot, sat down within thirty yards of
the trail and waited for us. We drove
up, stopped as we got opposite him,
and still he did not run. That villain
sat there coolly without moving a mus
cle, but with a leer that plainly said:
"Now, don't you wish you had your old
gun?" When we got through making
faces at him and wishing for a gun or a
revolver or even a common stone to fire
at him. we drove on, and then he got
np and went htinting for jack rabbit.
To this day I have been puzzling over
the question; "How did that crazy
rascal find out so quickly that both the
driver and I were totally unarmed?"
That he did know it perfectly well I
have no doubt whatever, for no coyote
ever waited like that for a autn with a
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. ST. NICK IN 1 ROUBLE.
The Queer Experience of Santa Clnus at
Sundtty Srlmol.
There was to be a "Sandy Claws" at
the Boonville Baptist church for the
Sunday school scholars, and elaborate
preparations had been made for the
event. There had been Christmas trees
at the church since time out of mind,
but there had never been a Santa
Clans, and old and young alike were
all agog over the expected treat. The
announcement had gone forth that St.
Nick was to visit the church by way
of the chimney on Christmas Eve and
hang presents on the tree for the chil
dren, and as a consequence expectation
ran high among the small folk of
Boonville.
A certain 3'oung man who was some
what popular on account of previous
performances was selected to imper
sonate Santa Claus. For the purpose
he had provided himself with white
whiskers and wig and coat and cap
trimmed with fur. With these and
his face reddened with carmine he
made a very presentable figure of the
jolly old saint.
In one corner of the Sunday school
room an imitation fireplace had been
constructed, with a chimney extending
nearly to the ceiling, which was about
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twenty feet high. The whole affair
was made of boards, covered with can
vas and painted to resemble bricks.
At last the auspicious evening came
round and the church was crowded to
the doors with eager Boonvillians of
every age, denomination and hue.
People were not going to stay away be
cause they belonged to other churches.
Santa Claus wasn't billed to appear at
any other church, and all were wel
come. The mysterious-looking chimney was
the center of observation, and it was
hard work for the superintendent to
gain apy attention n t nil when he pro
ceeded with the opening exercises.
He spoke briefly of tue expected guest
of the evening, and there was a song
or two, but his words were received
with manifest impatience and the
songs were rushed through in double
quick time.
At the appointed moment for the ar
rival of Santa Claus there was a faint
jingling of bells, as if in the distance.
The merry jingle grew louder and
louder, and stopped apparently just
overhead with a final jingle accom
panied by a shrilly-shouted: "Whoa!"
Then there was a commotion in the
chimney and suddenly a fuzzy white
head popped up from the opening at.
the top and a gleeful "Ha, ha!" issued
from the make-believe Santa as he held
aloft an armful of toys. In another
moment he emerged from the fireplace
below and went capering about the
Christmas tree, hanging the contents
of his pack upon its branches.
The audience was in a tumult. Every
neck was stretched and twisted to en
able its owner to observe every move
ment of the wonderful apparition be
fore them. The men and boys "Haw
hawed" and shouted and the women
and girls "Oh, myed!" and giggled de
lightedly. In a few moments his pack was
emptied, and with the squeaky an
nouncement that he had a good many
more chimneys to climb that night St.
Nick bade them good-by and disap
peared In the fireplace.
The room became suddenly quiet and
every eye. w as raised to the chimney
top in the expectation of getting a
parting glimpse of the jolly old saint,
but he did not show up at that point.
He came to view lower down and in
anything but a jolly condition. Just
before reaching the top one of the
boards inside the chimney on which he
stepped gave way and down came poor
Santa Claus, chimney and all.
It was rather an unhappy wind-up to
a very clever performance, but there
were no bones broken, and the bogus
Santa Claus joined in the laugh at his
own expense and jocosely remarked
that he "never could go up a flue very
gracefully anyhow."
Frank B. Welch.
Fixing- it 1 1.
Young Tutter 1 just dropped in to
say that I am getting np a little straw
ride for Christmas, Miss Maud, and I
thought perhaps you would like to go.
Miss Maude Twickenham (doubt
fully) Well, I don't know. Mother is
a little particular about my going on
straw-rides, Mr. Tutter. You know,
she has some very strange notions. I
presume you will drive as usual?
Tutter Yes. I expect to.
Miss Twickenham (brightly) Well,
I guess perhaps I can arrange it. I
will promise mother to tit oa the sam.
eat with the driver. Life.
On Z-mas Mora.
Tommy Isn't this called tha horn
of plenty, mamma?
Mamma Yes; don't you think it a
pretty title?
Tommy No, I don't; because I hev
eaten all the candy there was In It,
and there wasn't half enough. Puck.
Inexpensive (,IR making. 1 1
Mrs. Jamesy Have you ten dollars, :
Dick? I
Mr. Jamesy Here It is. What do ,
you want it for?
Mrs. Jamesy I wtat te giv yon I
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A HATED EMPEKOli.
Ill Feeling Existing Between the
Chinese Ruler and His Subjeots.
The Speedy Downfall of the Present Dyn
asty Prophetically Annonneed The
. Country to Be Divided Into
Three Kingdoms.
Reports of a serious revolt against
the present Chinese government in
Manchurin and the issue of proclama
tions by the rebels declaring that the
Manchu dynasty is near its. end have
created a great deal of interest among
the foreign colony in the treaty ports,
says a letter from Shanghai. News
that bears directly upon the reported
disaffection in man)' provinces of China
comes from Nanking. It appears that
all up through the great valley of the
Yangtse a finely written prophecy of
the approaching end of Manchu rule is
being circulated. It is almost impossi
ble for a foreigner who has not lived
in China to understand the importance
that is given by the gentry to anything
which is well written or , carefully
printed. If such a document does not
strongly violate the probabilities it
will be accepted as Gospel truth.
This prophecy, says the Chicago
Tribune, appears to be firmly believed
by all the Chinese who have read it. It
purports to have been written by lluan
Pell-Shan, who in a vision describes
the downfull of 'the present govern
ment. It shows considerable Uterary
ability, but anyone who is skentical
may readily see that the author has
thrown in local detail to clinch his
prophecy.
The sketch of the emperors of China
is very well done, but this historical in
troduction appears to, have been writ
ten merely to lull the suspecions of the
reader and to induce him to accept the
sensational statements about the com
ing ruin of the Manchu dynasty. The
prophet declares that the great prov
inces of Yunnan and Kueichou are the
first that will abandon the empire.
After this China will be divided into
three kingdoms, but this will not take
place and permanent peace will not be
secured until the woods are cleared
from Purple mountain and the waters
of Lotus lake are dried up. The
specious nature of such a prophecy may
be seen when it is stated that about
all the forest has been cut off of Pur
ple mountain, while in dry years one
may walk over the bed of Lotus lake,
which is converted into solid ground.
Any season of drought may therefore
be taken by the conspirators with the
assurance that the two main items of
this prophecy will be found fulfilled.
in Hunan there is deep feeling
against the present dynasty because of
its favor shown to foreigners. Hunan
is the seat of a set of fnnatius who
would rejoice to see every European
thrown out of China. In this province
have occurred the worst outrages on
Christian missionaries, and anyone
journeying up the Yangtse retains
vivid recollections of the showers of
stones and obscenity that descended
upon his house-boat from the neigh
boring banks, Intercourse with
foreigners seem only to intensify the
popular hatred of the' European inter
lopers, who, they think, are encouraged
by the young Emperor and his advis
ers. The worst feature of the situa
tion is that the central government
does not dare to rebuke the insolence
of the Hunan people. This has been
shown repeatedly in recent years, but
the most conspicuous instance was the
failure to punish Chou Han, the author
of the Infamous Hunan tracts against
Christianity, which caused all the peril
and sulfering of missionaries, in the
Yangste valley. This man was proved
to be the author of these tracts incit
ing people to murder Christian mis
sionaries, and the very blocks on which
they were printed were found in his
house, but he escaped on tht sneclous
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of Chung Chu, that the man was insane,
and therefore beyond the reach of the
law!
Again in the recent Suneku massacre
of two Swedish missionaries the
viceroy of Hunan was first insolent,
then procrastinating, and finally,
when forced to act, cunningly made
scuoegoats of some of the best native
friends of the missionaries. He then
dilate.il on the thoroughness of his
work and the impartial punishment
dealt out. Everyone recognized the
mockery of the thing, but as no
European could follow out an investi
gation his report had to be accepted.
Since then elaborate protests have
been filed with the Taung-li Yamen
against the injustice of the proceed
ing. In any other country than China
such nets would have resulted in the
degradation of the guilty officials, but
the governor of Changeha and the
viceroy of Hunan are both in. office
and complacent! defy their foreign
critics.
It is from Hunan therefore, that we
may expect to see the first uprising
against the present dynasty. There
are already rumors of serious trouble,
but no one can ascertain the facts, be
cause the province is closed to Euro
peans, and the few native Christians
dare not tell wlint. th.v lmr,,,.
of the vengeance of the otlicials. . .
QUARRY PRODUCTS.
Some BtittiHttrs on the ltnildlnr Htone
allies of the ('ouulry.
A report on the valuation of building
stones produced in the United Stales
during 1803 has been compiled by Dr.
William C. Day, special agent of the
United States geological survey. It
shows an aggregate valuation of al
most (KI'.OOO.OIX), a decrease of over
81 .VWO, 000 from that of 1 Hitt. The val u
ation during the first half of the year
was larger than for the similar period
of 1802, owing to pending government .
and private contracts. The large de
crease which in the latter half took
place is attributed to the financial de
pression. The valuation of blue Atone Is esti
mated at SI, 000.000. The marble prod
uct was vnlued at Si',4U.O!)2. Ver
mont alone had a product valued at
1,021,000, more than six times that of
any other state. The states having the
next largest products were Georgia,
8201, im, and New York, $200,92(1. The
production of granite in the country
was valued at 8N,Hlft,M4. Of this
amount that produced in Massachu
setts was valued at 81,0.'U,204; Maine,
81,274,0.14; New Hampshire, 8442,424,
and Vermont, 8778,450.
Slate produced during the year was
valued at 82,523.173, of which 81,472,.
275 is credited to Pennsylvania. The
product of Vermont was valued al
8S35,732 and of New York 82O1.0B2. Tht
valuation of the product of other statei
is given as follows: Georgia, 811, 250
Maine, 8139,200; Maryland, 837,884
New Jersey, 83,0.r)3; Utah, 8850, and Vir
ginia, 8117,347.
The sandstone production has a val
nation of 85,195,151. Of this amount 82,
101,932 was from Ohio and 8022,552 fron
Pennsylvania. Limestone productioi
was valued at 813,920,223. The state
having the lnrgest product were
Illinois, 82,305.000; Ohio, 81,818,040; In
diana, 81,484,095; Maine, 81,474,095
Pennsylvania, 81,552,330, and Nev
York, 81,103,029.
A curious detail of Napoleon Bona
parte's costume was the religious care
with which he kept hung around his
neck the little leather envelope, ahaped
like a heart, which contained the poison
that was to liberate him in case of
irretrievable reverses of fortune. This
poison was prepared after a recipe that
Cuban is had given to Corvisart, and
after the year 1808 the emperor never
undertook a campaign without having
his little packet of poison.
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