DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL
'Saturday, February 3.
Washington, Feb. 3. Various phases
of the railroad rate quest'on were
threshed over in the house today in the
course of nine speeches which occupied
ix and a half hours. This concludes
the fifth day ot the discussion, but the
nd is not yet. Many members on
both sideB of the bouse desire to record
their views and general debate will be
allowed to continue.
Representative Randall today offered
a bill that he will offer as an amend
ment. It makes stringent provisioi
against the giving or accepting of rail
way passes or franks by senators, con
gressmen and judges. He proposes a
fine of not less than $1,000, or impris
onment for not less than one year, or
both, and disqualification from ever
again holding public office. The agent
or official of the company giving the
pass or frank, upon conviction, is to be
fined not less than $100, nor more than
41,000, or imprisoned for not less than
six months nor more than one year, or
both. v
Friday, February 2.
Washington, Feb. 2. Oratory on the
railroad rate bill held the attention of
the house for six hours today. The
speeches of Burton, Ohio, McCall,
Mass.. and Rsssell, Tex., were features,
while Thomas, N. C , Burke, 8. D.,
and Goulden, N. Y., took up particular
and specific topics.
Before proceeding to consideration if
the rate bill the house passed a bill ex
tending the public land laws to a tract
of land ten miles square in Wyoming
ceded to the government in 1897 by the
Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians.
Washington. Feb. 2 There was for
a moment today a prospect that the
statehood bitl would receive its first
, formal reading in that body, always the
initial step in the consideration oi any
measure reported from a committee.
The senate took ud the calendar imme
diately after disposing of the routine
business and, as the statenooa diw oc
upied the first place, the secretary had
begun to read it before any of its oppo
Dents realized the situation. He had
covered but a few pages when Teller
put a stop to the proceedings tor the
time., . s
The shipping bill wbb made the basis
of a running debate between Patterson
in opposition and Gallinger and Per
kins in support.
At the conclusion of this debate a
bill authorising the treasury to investi
gate certain Missouri slate war claims
was passed.
Thursday, February I.
Washington, Feb. 1. The discussion
of the railroad rate bill was taken up
and prosecuted with vigor throughout
the day. So many speakers have come
to the froDt on this measure that the
house agreed to meet at 11 o'clock
hereafter until the debate is ended.
The feature of the debate was the
lengthy speech of Sibley, of Pennsyl
vania, who arraigned the legislation
with arguments of varied character,
all of which tended to give his reasons
for being unalterably opposed to the
bill.
The resolution of Burton, of Ohio,
looking to the preservation of Niagara
Falls, was agreed to without discus
sion. The resolution calls for informa
tion from the International commission
on that eubjctct.
Washington, Feb. 1. The senate to
day passed 30 or 40 miscellaneous bills
and gave several hours to the consid
eration of the shipping bill. Among
the bills passed was one providing for
a delegate in congress from Alaska and
a number providing for light houses,
revenue cutters and fish culture sta
tions. The greater part of the time
devoted to the shipping bill was con
eumed by Penrose in a speech in sup
port of the measure.
Wednesday, January 31.
Washington, Jan. 31. Discussion of
the railroad rate bill.continued in the
house today. Incident to it two
speeches, the efforts of Campbell, of
Kansas, and Martin, of South Dakota,
took a wide range and Bwpt the hori
zon of "trust evils" generally. Bart
lett, of Georgia, a minority member of
the committee reporting the bill, made
a two hours' epeech, in which he dis
cussed the legal and constitutional
questions involved and advocated the
passage of the bill as a proper remedy
for an intolerable condition. The first
speech in opposition to the bill, which
concluded the day's discussion, was
made by Perkins, of New York. He
Offers to Build Railroads.
Washington, Jan. 31. Willard Reed
Green, of New Yofk, representing a
syndicate of capitalists and contractors,
has filtd a bid with the War depart
ment for the construction of the pro
posed system of railways in the Phil
ippines. Mr. Green and his associates
contend that there has been no com
petition, and that the matter is still
open, although the department has
practically accepted a part of one of
the bids. The b'd presented by Mr.
Green proposes the construction of a
minimum of 1,000 miles of railroad.
May Compromise on Rates.
Washington, Jan. 31. There was
some talk about the Benate today of a
railroad rate measure compromise, the
suggestion being that either the Elkins
or the Foraker bill should be made a
part of the Dolliver bill, so that two
courses of procedure could be opened to
the commission in regard to the com
plaint regarding rates, one by the com
mission itself and the other by recourse
to the courts. In this way, it is
thought a rate bill could be passed.
BODY OF LAWMAKERS
based his opposition to government
control of rates on an inherent aversion
to government control of business en
terprises. . Red tape and fixed condi
tions, he said were an inseparable part
of government action on any matter.
A bill was passed granting a Federal
charter to the Carnegie fund for the ad
vancement of teaching. The fund con
sists of $10,000,000, the income of
which is to furnish pensions to retired
educators. . -
Washington, Jan. 31. In the senate
today Patterson strongly endorsed tne
position of the president In Santo DO'
mingo and in the matter of the Moroc
can conference. He said that he was
sorry to differ from his Democratic col
leagues, but that he felt'it Lis duty to
do so in these matters. He also ex
pressed absolute confidence id the pa
triotism of the president and in nis
good faith in announcing his determin
ation not again to be a candidate for
the presidency. The remainder of the
session was devoted to a debate on tne
shipping bill.
Tuesday, January 30.
Washington, Jan. 30. Members of
the house evinced a more general in
terest in the discussion of the railroad
rate bill throughout today than in any
other topic of legislation for sometime.
The debate throughout was listened to
attentively and many questions were
asked of the different speakers to bring
out either obscure points in the meas
ure, or evils complained of, which no
attempt bad been made to include in
the bill. The debate was opened by
Townsend, of Michigan. Adams, of
Georgia, representing the minority, fol
lowed in commendation of the measure,
and in praise of President Roosevelt's
stand on the question. Hinshaw, of
Nebraska, depicted the benefit the leg
islation would do to the great trans
Mississippi country, and Richardson,
of Alabama, dioiussed as a Democrat
things don and left undone in the
measure.
The senate today passed 40 bills,
many of them of considerable import
ance. The list included a number of
measures for light houses, fog signals,
revenue cutters and public buildings,
and also the bill providing for the re
organization oi the consular service.
The shipping bill was under consid
eration for a time. It was amended so
as to relieve it of constitutional objec
tions and Lodge delivered a speech in
support of the bill, in which he gave
the details of a combination of the
owners of foreign sailing vessels for the
purpose of controlling the freight rate
in grain shipments from the United
States. There was also a discussion of
the bills making common carriers, lia
ble for injuries to employes. . which
arose over the question of their refer
ence to committees, ratterson gave
notice of a speech tomorrow on the Mo
roccan and Dominican questions.
Monday, January 29.
Washington, Jan. 29. The Chinese
boycott and the administration of the
forest reserves divided the attention of
the senate today. The Chinese ques
tion came up in connection with a reso
lution of Tillman, directing an investi
gation by the committee on immigra
tion. Tillman modified the resolution
by omitting the major portion of the
preamble, and, after considerable dis
cussion, .it was referred to the commit
tee on contingent expenses.
I ley burn raised the question regard
ing the reservation of forests. He
sharply criticized the methods of the
Forestry bureau and charged it with
maintaining a press bureau for the pur
pose oi attacking him. He declined,
however, to hold the president respon
sible for this course. He said that the
course was calculated to retard the de
velopment of the West.
Washington, Jan. 29. What ifl con
sidered a strike at the railroads was
taken by the house today in the adop
tion of a resolution calling on the pres
ident to furnish information as to the
existence ot an agreement, in violation
of the interstate commerce law, among
the Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio,
Norfolk A Western, Chesapeake &
Ohio, Ohio & Northern Central and
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington
railroad companies. Opposition to the
resolution did not develop until after
it had been declared adopted by the
speaker. At this point Dalzell, of
Pennsylvania, moved to reconsider.
This motion was laid on the table.
Light on Boycott.
Washington, Jan. 31 The senate
will begin the week with the considera
tion of the Chinese boycott. The quesj
tion will come up in connection with a
resolution offered last week by Senator
Tillman, directing the committee on
immigration to investigate the reports
concerning Chinese oprtositionto Amer
ican manufactures. When the question
was presented Mr. Tillman asked for
immediate consideration, but Mr. Aid
rich objected. It is understood that he
and other Republican senators dislike
the preamble to the resolution.
Will Test Dry Farming.
Washington, Jan. 31. While the de
partment of Agriculture does not deny
three is merit in what is known as the
Campbell system of dry farming and
while it is willing that all credit for
that comparatively new system shall go
to its instigator, there is a strong belief
in the minds of irrigation officials of
that department that the system should
be carefully studied by the government
in order that its limita ions as well as
its benefits may be discovered.
MINERS WILL STRIKE.
Every Mine In Country To Be Tied
Up Till Better Pay Is Secured.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb 2. Ibe re
lection of the counter proposition offer
ed bj the coal operators of the central
competitive district by an almost unan
imous vote of the National convention
of the United Mineworkers, and the
adootion of a resolution offered by Sec
retary Ryan, of Illinois, placing the
miners on record as a unit in refusing
to sign an agreement for anjr district
until an aareement was signed for all
districts under the jurisdiction of the
United Mineworkers, nas created a
situation which, in the opinion of the
officials of the miners' organization,
will result in. the disruption of the
joint agreement and probably' one of
the greatest strikes of organized labor
the country has ever known.
Immediately after the rejection of
the operators proposition tne conven
tion set abont to Drovide means for ac
cumulating a strike fund of $6,000,000
in addition to a like amount now on
deposit in the international, district
and sub-district treasuries oi tne min
ers' organizations. To provide for an
emergency Secretary Wilson moved
that a ner canita tax of SI a week be
voted and that all districts take care of
the dependent miners within their
jurisdiction tor at least six weeks
He said that after that time he believed
the international organization would be
in a position to take care of the miners.
After the motion had been amended to
substitute ten weeks for six as the time
during which the districts should care
for their dependents, the matter was
referred to the international executive
board with power to act.
RIOTS AT CHURCHES.
Catholics Resist Entrance by Officers
of French Republic.
Paris. Feb. 2. Everywhere in
France the actual putting into opera
tion of the clause of church and state
generation bill which provides for the
making of inventories of the property
of the churches has aroused a storm oi
protest. In several provincial parishes
Catholics have gathered in the churches
and made such strong resistance tnat
the government commissioners were
unable to enter the edifices.
In Paria today violent scenes took
place in several churches, notably that
of St. Clothilde. An inventory of the
Drooertv of the church of St. Roche has
not yet been made, owing to the op
position of the congregation, Dut me
WnrWs nf the church of St. Clothilde
succumbed before the acsault of an
armed force which acted on the avowed
intention of the srovernment to use
every means at its disposal to compel
obedience to the enactment.
In the chamber of deputies this after
noon Premier Rouvier replied to an in
terpellation on the subject Dy a tsociai
ut deDutv. The government, however,
secured a vote of confidence by 384
atrainst 166. after the premier 'had
assured the chamber that the govern
ment was desirous oi using tact ana
moderation in carrying out the law,
hut that it was fullv determined to per
form its duty, no matter what the coat.
A dispacth from Dijon says fresh dis
turbances broke" cut today in front of
the church of St. Michael. The equare
was closed only after the free use of
re hose and the efforts ot mounted
gendarmes. Many arrests were made.
TURN LIGHT ON HARRIMAN.
Democrats Propose an Inquiry Into
Southern Pacific Combination.
Washington, Feb. 2. The Post will
say tomorrow :
The minority members of the house
committee on Pacific railroads got to
gether and agreed upon a plan of action
through whicn they hope to throw the
searchlight upon an alleged combine of
the Southern Pacific and its tributaries,
which they assert is on all fours with
the Pennsylvania, Baltimore A Ohio,
and Southern in the Eaet.
A resolution will be introduced in
the house requiring the president to
transmit to congress all information
that may be in the possession of the
Interstate Commerce commission or
any other division of any department
of the government bearing upon the al
leged fact that the Southern Pacific
Railway company is the holding com
pany of the Union Pacific, the O. R. A
N. Co. and the Oregon Short Line.
Gale Breaks Up King David.
Victoria, Feb. 2. The steamer
Queen City, which reached Clayoquot
today, reported that the British ship
King David, which was wrecked on
Bajo reef December 13, and abandoned
by her crew while standing high and
dry at low water on the reef, broke np
during the gale on Monday, January
23, when the steamer Valencia was
wrecked. Captain Davidson and crew,
excepting the chief officer and eight
men, who were lost when goiug to
Cape Beale, to seek assistance were
saved by the Q ueen City.
Caucasus Again in Revolt.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 2. It is report
ed here that the village of Saluaordon
has been bombarded by the artillery in
consequence of the refusal of the inhab
itants to give in to the organizers of
last month's disorders. The Caucasus
is again in a state of rebellion. Mobs
are plundering in Kutals Shnsa and
Elinbethpol, and there have been
many fierce encounters between the
Mussulmans and Armenians. The
troops are unable to quell them.
Let People Elect Them.
Columbus, O., Feb. 2. The honse
today adopted the senate joint resolu
tion nrging congress to submit a consti
tutional amendment providing for the
election of United States senators by
direct vote of the people.
ASK ROOSEVELT
TO INVESTIGATE
Action of Seattle Chamber of Com
merce on Valencia Wreck. '
Stories Told b Survivors at Investi
gation Conflict, but It Is Evident
There Was a Great Lack of Dis
; cipline Among the Crew of the
Lost Steamer.
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Seattle, Feb. 1. The positive declar
ation made by Frank Richley, a "fire
man aboard the Valencia, that he had
refused to risk wearing a tule life pre
server; the statement of T. Brown, a
passenger, that the preserver he found
ashore immediately sank when thrown
into the water, were the sensational
features of today's inquiry into, the
Valencia wreck.
Supplementing these sworn state
ments, and equally important, is the
peremptory demand of the Seattle
chamber of commerce that President
Roosevelt send from Washington a
com m in it tee to make a thorough inves
tigation of the wreck.
Fireman Richley's declaration that
no officer went off in command of No. 6
lifeboat was the other sensational fea
ture of the day. Richley's statements,
though, are not worth much, for be
was badly mixed on the stand when ex
amined, and later the sailor Joslyn
contradicted him flatly on points where
Richley had wavered under cross-examination.
Joslyn testified that after the No. 6
boat had gone he went to No. 5.
Contradicting the testimony of H. A.
Hawkins, who yesterday said the for
ward fall on this boat had broken, Jos
lyn said it was all right. He stated
that the after fall had been cut. When
the last boat was lowered from No. 5
falls, he said, it had become necessary
to take the fills from No. 6 qver and
rig them on the No. 5 davits.
William Dougherty, a fireman, stated
the lifeboat's tackle was in bad condi
tion. He said that when the order was
given to lower the boat it was difficult
to do so, because the ropes holding
them to the davits were entangled. He
heard some one order the boats low
ered, but does not know who gave the
order. He helped lower one of the
boats.
When asked what chance the pas
sengers bad of getting into the life raft
he gave the significant answer:
"They had as much chance as the
crew.
CORBIN LEAVES ISLANDS.
Transfers Command to Wood with
Public Ceremony.
Manila, Feb. 1. Major General Cor-
bin today relinquished command of the
military division of the Philippines to
Major General Wood and sailed for
Hongkong, accompanied by his person
al staff. The transfer of command was
made with impressive ceremony at Fort
Santiago. Army and navy officers,
clergy and business men and others
from civil life were present. For the
first time in the change of commanders
there was no parade of the troops.
In giving over the command to Gen
eral Wood, General Corbin said:
"It has been my aim to make the
army here an honor to the country and
a credit to the military service. Com
ing here, I placed myself in touch with
Governor General Wright, and he met
me in the same spirit in which I ap
proached him. As a result there has
been a total disappearance of the last
vestige of friction and jealousy between
the military and civil government."
Maj-r General Wood and Governor
Ide made brief speeches expressing the
universal regret over General Corbin's
departure. All classes of business men
declare that General Corbin has dons
more to aid commerce than any pre
vious commander. There was a popu
lar demonstration when he embarked.
General Wood has announced that he
will continue General Corbin's policy.
Patterson Takes Hand in Smoot Case
Washington, Feb. 1. Some signifi
cance is attached to the change made
today in the membership of the senate
committee on privileges and elections.
Clarke, of Arkansas, has never attend
ed any meetings, nor was it known how
he stood in regard to the Smoot case,
pending before the committee. It is
known, however, that the substitution
of Patterson for Clarke is satisfactory
to those who have been opposing
Smoot. It is also known that Clarke
has been dissatisfied with the commit
tee assignments given him.
Flood Swallows Money.
El Paso, Tex., Feb 1. Laden with
bullion valued at $100,000, a train of
donkeys was on its way to Mazatlan
from the Guadalupe de los Reyes mines
in Sinaloa, Mexico, when the roadbed,
high above the river, caved in as the
result of heavy rains. The burros and
their precious cargo were swept away
in the flood waters. Several drivers
perished with them. Search was im
mediately begun for the precious metal,
which was in bars of gold and silver.
Revolution in Colombia. I
Panama, Feb. 1. Private advices re-'
ceived here from Cartasena are to the
effect that General Gonzales Valencia, i
ex-president of Columbia, and General I
Nelospina have started a revolution in
the province of Antiquia against Tresi-j
dent Reyes.
How to Make Steam Engine,
An easily constructed steam engine
may be made by any boy with very
simple materials. An old baking-powder
box will do. for the boiler. Fasten
its lid to it with shellac varnish, and
punch two boles In the side of the box,
one about the size of a pin hole, the
other as large as a slate pencil. The
larger hole must be fitted with a wood
en plug or a cork.
, Your boiler Is now complete, but it
must be fastened at Its two ends be
tween two upright posts that are at
tached to a baseboard, so that the two
holes will be a the top of the boiler.
The side posts should rise at least two
Inches higher than the top of the boil
er, and should be connected at the top
by a piece of stout wire, which will
serve as an axle to a stiff wheel, like
a water-wheel, or the paddle of a
steamboat.
This wheel Is made by taking a large
pill box, making silts in Its sides, and
slipping In pieces of stiff cardboard,
which project at least half an Inch
on each side of the box. When these
are In place, fill the box with damp
sand to steady the slips and keep them
from moving, and then put on the lid
of the box and fasten It by glue so that
it will not open. Arrange this wheel
on the wire axle so that one side of It
comes directly above the pinhole in the
boiler.
Now remove the plug from the larg
er hole, and" fill the boiler with water;
then close It, and light ' an alcohol
lamp under the boiler. When the wa
ter boils, the steam will Issue from the
pinhole In the boiler, and striking the
paddles of the wheel, will cause it to
spin very rapidly.
A grooved wooden wheel may be
glued to one side of the paddle wheel,
and a string run around the groove
may be connected with any of the
toys that are to be set In motion by
miniature steam engines. You may use
for the grooved wheel a small spool
such as buttonhole Bilk is wound on.
This engine will serve for your
amusement as well as a purchased one,
and an Ingenious boy can Improve on
it and elaborate It as much as he likes.
People's Home Journal.
The Moon's Wives.
In Bulawayo, South Africa, the na
tives have a curious belief concerning
the moon. -These children of nature
say the man In the moon has two
wives, one of whom treats him well
and the other badly. During the first
quarter he goes over the hills to the
Zambesi and lives with his first wife,
whom they call Keep the Door Open.
She feeds htm so well that he gets
fat and full and round. But on his
way back he stays at the hut of the
second wife Shut te Door Tlgtit
who starves and Ill-treats him, so It is
a very thin and woe-begone moon that
finally returns to start his travels
afresh.
A Snow Map.
Lowell and Caroline live In one house
and Elsie and Lloyd In the next, and
the four play together In the big back
yard that stretches behind both houses.
One day, when the snow was soft
and sticky, Lowell, who is on Europe
and Asia in geography, fancied a spot
of untrampled suow looked like the
continent of Europe, and he began to
6hape it more perfectly.
He told Caroline if she wished that
6he might make an Africa to go with
the Europe and Asia he was making.
Caroline hurried into the house after
her geography, for she did not remem
ber all about Africa.
Elsie chose to make a map of North
America, and said she wuld help Lloyd
with South America, for he had Just
liegun geography, and was not yet out
of the United States.
The eastern hemisphere is the hard
est to do, because It Is so Irregular ; hut
Lowell and Caroline modeled It In the
damp snow, and Lowell helped Elsie
and Lloyd.
The next day they added Greenland
and Iceland and Australia and Japan,
and other Islands. Another day they
mnde mountains and mountain ranges,
and since Lloyd had learned about vol
canoes, he was allowed to make those
and to sprinkle ashes on the tops. They
tegan to find geography more Interest
ing than all their other studies.
When a snap of colder weather came,
the children filled the rivers and lakes
with water which froze; and since
they had made the land high, they ac
tually flooded that part of the yard
one night, and the next morning the
continents stood out of frozen oceans.
Hays and gulfs and straits glistened,
peninsulas ran out in the ice ocean,
and the Islands were real Islands.
Although the snow was now too hard
to handle and model, the children could
mark the boundaries of the countries
with twigs, put in capitals with brass
buttons, large cities with big buttons
A HOME-MADE ENGI5E.
of different kinds, and small cities with
shoe buttons.
. They learned the school geography
lessons on this snow map in half the
usual time and with much more pleas
ure. Whenever one heard a new place
mentioned he put It Into the country
where it belonged, and one morning
Lowell hurried out before breakfast
to make the Philippine Islands, which
had been forgotten.
They sent chip steamers across the
ocean, worked on the Panama Canal,
explored the frozen north, and wher
ever, all over' the world, a war was
going on, they planted a small red
flag On that spot on the snow map.-
Youth's Companion. ,
House Hade of Paper.
We have all heard of the ice palace
of Canada, but here Is an account of
a paper house, built in the town of
Savlnoroska, in Russia. The struc-''
ture Is made throughout of blocks of
papier-mache, even the foundation and
roof being of that material. So, too,
are the chimneys, although the paper
used In their construction was first
mingled with a fireproof material. The
tent and will. In the oninlon of lt
architect, outlast such as are built of ';
stone and brick, was erected at a cost
of more than fortv thousand dollars.
Am to "Gallery Gods."
jiacK in oia Lionaon tne urury Lane
Theater, a venerable playhouse, gave
an origin to the phrase. The ceiling.,
or dome was painted in representation
of the sky. The artist placed In this
celestial setting numerous cuplds and
clouds. The gallery of the theater was
built 1nnt helow this celling and to
persons seated below the occupants of .
the upper tier looked to be part of the
heavenly ornamentation. In time these
spectators were referred to as "sit
ting among the gods," and finally were
dubbed "gods."
ELECTRIC PLANT FOR PEAT.
Product of Boars Disintegrated, bat
Retains Heating; Power.
An electric process for the treatment
of peat has lately been adopted in Eng
land at the Johnston & Phillips works.
The peat Is transformed into a hard
combustible, which is well adapted for
use under boilers. The operation la
said to last two and a half hours, and .
the material costs less than ordinary
coaL The combustible which is thus
produced has a high calorific value and
gives scarcely any smoke.
A plant on a large scale is to be in
stalled in Ireland and if successful it
will be an important move in the direc
tion of utilizing peat as fuel under the
best conditions. In the present pro
cess the peat as it comes from the bogs
is placed in cylinders, which revolve
at a high speed, while a set of air fans
is used to drive off the water, which
forma about 80 per cent of the totaL
A set of electrodes is placed in the
cylinders and connected with a
dynamo. The circuit is completed
through the mass of the peat between
the electrodes. The resistance which
the peat offers to the current causes a
considerable beat and the latter breaks
up the peat and pulverizes it, but with
out causing it to lose any of its prop
erties. In order to increase the conductivity
of some kinds of peat they add cer
tain chemical products. After this
process the ieat Is treated by a Bet of
kneading rollers, which give it a plastic
consistency bo as to enable it to take
any desired form. From here it passes
to an automatic press which forms it
into briquettes. It is then ready for
use and is taken to the storeroom.
ft is to be remarked that although
the passage of the current through the
peat gives rise to a heating effect the
results obtained in this way are quite
different from those which another
method of heating would produce. By
fire heat the particles of the peat lose
their different constituent matters,
while the electric heating causes them
to disintegrate, thus freeing thel? cel
lular material and distributing it
throughout the entire mass of the pent.
Thus all the particles become adapted
for combustion.
To obtain a harder material the d'
aggregated pent is given a larger
treatment with the current The air is
kept out by a tight cover, and the inns
Is then treated with an adhesive solu
tion so as to unite the particles. The
exjierlments have been made with th
process on a largo scale and at a gr.?at
expense, and It is said to hare beo
greatly improved In the details and can
now be applied commercially.
Fair Warning;.
Henry had been so continuously and
persistently naughty that, says the
New York World, his aunt, who had
charge of him In his mother's absence.
did not know what to do with hlnu In
despair she said, weakly:
"If you will not behave. I shall put
you in one of grandpapa's hen-coops.
"Well." said Henry, sturdily, "before
you put me In, I want to tell you that I
will not lay any eggs.
Saw Her and "Ducked."
Xpps Yes, I saw May Gaddle at the
reception last night
jess Why. that s strange: She told
me to-day that she didn't see you
there, although she was looking for
you.
tm Of course, stupid! IMdnt I
Just tell you I saw her? Philadelphia
Press.
A a-lrl will believe anything a mart
tells her during courtship, but after
marriage well, that's another story.
If a sick man can't keep anything
else on his stomach he should try a
porous plaster.
There Is often a superior air about
an Inferior person.