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,lftIBBBClIBBSH The ASTORIAN has the largt LOCAL El ji circulation) the largest GF.NERAL clrcula- S tlonj and the largest TOTAL circulation of to all papen published In Astoria. Si TODAY'S WEATHER. 4 Forecast for Oregon and Washington, fair t weather, cooler- 9 .,.1.1 U.-ifc . "T"l! , fc... ! - ' ' - EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASTORIA, OREGON SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1895. NO. 230. VOL. XLLV. j j i i 1895fM 00 Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Umbrellas, etc., at the very lowest prices. I. U OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. 506 and 50 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. School Boold At Greatly Reduced Prices. A Fl'I.L, LINK OF Oregon Books Slates Pencils Tablets Pens Erasers Sponges Everything Necessary for School Use. GriffirTReed. THREE LOTS. In a desirable location, 2 blocks from High School. A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN MILLS FIRST ADDITION. Oa the new Pi pa Line BuulevarJ-JtuMhe place for-a cheap Lome. A Block IN ALDERBROOK. STREET CAR LINE will be eitemlei this miinmsr to within D minutes walk of this property Will p II ot iieniitoil bargain. ACREAGE. In 5 or 10 ao;e tracts insula the 'ity limit', also fttlj 'tiling Flavel. GEORGE HI LI-,. - -471 Bond St., Occident Block, HILL'i REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. OUR AUCTION, w . Draws the crowd because our custo ;:ers can get any and every kind of merchandise that we carry in stock at their own price. We are not soiling odds and onds, but new and clean goods the best in the market is put up and sold un der the hammer. THIS SALE WILL CONTINUE Until the required amount is raiseJ to meet our present liabilities. Therefore, take advantage of the present opportunity and purchase your DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS,' BLANKETS, UMBRELLAS, etc., f AT OUR AUCTION -f Sales, afternoon ot a p. m. Evenlnns, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday and Friday afternoons reserved for ladies, and every other time for every-body. OREGON (boo Commercial Street. ROSS HIGGINS k CO. Grocers, : and : Butchers Astoria and Upper Astoria Ine T$ nd Coffwi, Table Dellcce. Dsmeitlc end Tropical Fruits, Vegetables, Sugar Cured Hunt. Bacon. Etc. Choice Fresh and - Salt Meats. rVERT ONE NEEDS A BUSTNE8 B EDUCATION. Many young men an4 women can spend but one or two years at school-why not take a eoursothat can b completed In that time? The college lnclnd a short ENGLIHH COURSE b aldas a BUSINESS and SHORTHAND COURSE. For catalogue address. 114 TAJCfflJ. SL - - HOLMES BUSINESS COLLEGE, - - MKTLAlTO.'Ofc WlflTEHm4896 The long round and square cut frock, and the one-button and three-button medium long ' Dove Tail" frock suits, the fly button and the bng ulster overcoats, the long cape and the box coat mackintoshes with velvet collars are now in, as well as all lines of Men's and Boys' Clothing, Fur nishing Goods, Hats, CO, hSTOHlA PUBLIC MBfpVl READING ROOM FKKli TO ALL. Open every day from 3 o'clock to 5 :30 and 6:30 to 930 p. m. 8nbecription rates 3 per annum. Southwest cor. Eleventh ud Duane St. TRAD NG Mi WELL POSTED Say That Hill is Working Harder Than Ever. DEUTSCH BANK WILL SUPPORT If His Scheme for Northern Pacific Reorganization is Good Sena tor Sanders on Warpath. Tacoma, Oct. 11. Letters have been, re ceived here IProm St. Paul men, weM post ed in raWiway affairs, who etialte that President Hll'l, of the Great Northern, Is working hard'sr than ever to consummate hiu con-solll&'Ulon plan. They say tlhfllt the Deutsdh 'bank, of Berlin, representing a majority of the bondholders, Is ready to advance the money necessary for -the morgan Izaiulon of the Northern Pacific, about $15,000,000, If It Is convinced that the Hi-lil scheme 1s the right one. It Is given out here today that ex-United asaites Senator Sanders, of Montana, has gone on 'the wlarpaliflu against the consoil auiUion isdhaoue wLtTm the Intention W fighting It to a finish. Judge Bcaltty, of the Idaho federal court, tela set thie hearing of Ihe appM cuitilon for Burllalgh's appointment and on the nesSgnaitlfons of the o'.d receilvars, for Monday, Out. 14. .AOAINT THE N. P. Land Commissioner Decides In Favor of Settlers. Oliyttnpla, Dot. 11. A decision against h Northern Pacific rallr-otad, company In a- case Invol ving over a million dollars worth of agrioulturii and tlmibsr lands In itihe Gray's hairlbOr country, north Of Aberdeen, has been rendered by She com mOsisl'oner general of the Hand ofllce. On June Skh, 1895, the NoWlwrn Pacific raiKrooii Belleated the lands In question, but prior 'o Bhat date they had ibeen set t&ed upon by twcnty-eig'hi; bona flde set tlers. On June 20t,h, 18?5, the Olympla otllicers were Inatrutrted to noiflfy these settiteira Whnlt thby mi'.d be aliowed thirty d'lys In wihOdlu to enter the landa covered by 'their respective cllalma. AU of the twmty-igtht applicants failed Hx make tlhis enitrtets as atowred and John F. Soule and ortihwB made application to file upon llhe llamlls, llhe limits of tho others hav ing been ftrf3Ked. - The rallrciail com pany cliallmed th'at as it had selected the .Vanvla prior to the njp'.lcaitlon9 of the second llist of sebtlera It was entftled to the Hand In the event of the original apipMicainltis losilng their righto. The comlmllsaioner holds thuit (he rights of the flrat opplfeuvts did not expire until July of tlhlis year and that the lailroad's seC'cciMon imade prior to that daite wouid not hold. The commlsaioner awar to SouEa land' otlhetrs the riglhlt to prove up on it he land. DON'T LIKE MIXED SCHOOLS. Will Not Send Their ChMrere With NegrO'Srt. Perry, O. T., Oct. 11. Judge Brierer has granted an aUtennative -writ of man damus oompelCing the Perry school board to ladimlllt negirc chiil'diren to all th'e sc'hioo'B. "The matter has caused much excitement. Nearly all of the whites of the city deolure they wf.'l not send their children to 'mixed seh'ooDs, The lows of the territory provide for separate schools by popular vote, but otherwise mSxed eahooja. T.0 RELT3A3E A MURDERER. Plot Discovered by a Depui'.y Sheriff. MlnnvaptoMs, Oct. 11. Taie county au tIhlott.iL.1es ladmltted today that they had discovered a plot to effect the escape of Harry Hay wurl, the condemned mur derer of Oathne Ging, from tho coun ty JaD. Duplicate keys hiad Leen made iwh)icllii IWited hits cell dloor and the outer doors. These keys wieca found by one of 'the sheriff's deputies. A bribe had been offered to one of h!s deputies to aid in the escape, a fact wliloh Ute deputy promptly reported. HERMAN IN M'MINNVILLE. McMlnnVlEe, Or.'., Oct. 11. Congress man Blnger H3rmin arrived here today from Yiajulna. He was given a reception tlhlis evening at the courthouse by the LlncoCn Republican club. He wlH address tihie Veterans Asoclaition at the Coluinbus day exercises tomorrow. YAKIMA RIACES. North Yakima, Oct. 11. Roxy, a Yakima horse, ran a quarter of a mile today in 21V4 seconds, winlch Is only a quarter of a second below the world's record, made by Bob Wde at Ilutte In 1890. Blue Jay 'Was a close se:ond. RECOU"") 1SROKEN. Council BluffJ, la., Oct. 11. The na ttijormt drcult mit today saw one record broken. In the half mile open, cfons B, Bald finished tot, In 1:00 Hat. Owing to some mtsuTid-vf.'tandlng p.t the ftart, In wWichi Klsor and oth?rs were left, tt i iaa fjedlared no race, and In the run over til.- lime was given as 1:01. Each, time the 1iai3t quarter waa made in 27 seconds. TIGHTENING THE COILS. Spain Will Surround Ciibi with Gun boats. Waa'idngton, Oct. 11. The wet season In OUba Was prevent.; the movement of troops and the maintenance of an asgres- dive ca.mp.ilgn by Spain against the Cu ban Insurgents. But the dry x aeon be gins t'fvrej weeks hence and this will be ithe Signal, it Is said, for an extensive movement. A cordon, consisting of a double line of gunboats, will surround the lBiiml to prevent tfie ianrling of arms for the Insurgents, and without aid. from ou'lde soujoes. it is believed they soon will be Mrrfess. The new boats about to arrive in Cuba will not b; fur short of twenty, Several of thvn were recently sen from the Unltei ScBtets. About fourteen built in England .m on their -way. Several more wre constructel in Spain. They are vry null, not m jcli larger than a euvum yaflht, but weM armed and of such light drtaift that can run In the keys timX urroundi Cuba. They wlfi form an inner cordon around the Island. Tihle outside cordon will be composed of Oairge tMi, which. Spain has In Cuban waters. With, the island thus cut off from without. General Campos will look after the fighting .within. . DUN'S WEEKLY. New York, Oct. 11 R. G. Dim & Co's peeklr review of trade tomorrow will try: Th prlco barometer gives Indications that are not entirely favorable. Cotton j-ool go up with Increased evidence that U.s rop of cotton to short. The prices of other manufactured products of wool, Wide and leather all dhow some decline, a general abatement In now orders be ing the principal cause. WlUh Bin Immense volume of busiireru not much exceeded In the largest month, of the exceptional year of 1802, and "With, evidence that in several branches the vol'mme hois sur pasaed thalt of any. previous year, there la a growing unoefliaJniy about the near future of Industries. Money Biarketa are neither strained nor threaitenlng. Foreign exchange no ioiTReir raises apprehension. AH tfears olbout the great northern crops ore past. There have bejn few advances la the wages of labor wilhln the month, and only a few works have been closed by strikes for an advance. The produdtton of pig iron. In October wbIs the teirgeslt n the history of the coun try. The IfaWures for the week hive in cluded two banks and soveroJ concerns of tsome size and there have been 208 In the Unlited. Stalbes agixlnst 231 lost yoar, and 52 In Canuxia, aga,ln.Jt 43 last year. THEY MAY CONTEiiT. Hl.'-br d Sons Disfcuas Oeneral Kaulz" Will. Tacifi, Oct. 11. Nugent Kautz, a half breed .ndlan, and the oClest son of the lalte BrJgi.id!er Generul A. V. Kautz, in rpJy to the qucBUon as to wlhat Iruth there iwaa dn the story thult he and his 'brother Augustus were about to bring suit o content tho will of General Kautz, staid: "I do not know hoiw Wills BSory ritai'ted, wc ave not commeoiced any suit to con test the general's will, and I do not know aa it alvi'..;. Tie last time failher waa here he told us that as oon n he had arranged iw:no of. his matters lie would provide money to carry on a project whlldh iwe Ihaxl of ten idll5ici.'a-ol' and tut that time ho stuted that in caso anything happensj that he shouli die. that he had made provision for us. We think there is another win that iwtUl thaw up lalt the proper time. We recognize our rights in the matter and. the rights to which our monfliie.r la entitled. She was General Kautz's llrst wife. MARKET RETORTS. Porliand, Odt. 11. Whjot, val'y, 4950. WaCto Wal'lia, 45V,16. Liverpool, Oct. ll.VVhsit. quiet; de mand poor; No. 2 red winter, 5s Ud; No. 2 red apring, stocks, exhiaiisted ; No. 1 Ihlaird iMiamlitwba, 5s 2d; No. 1 CWIfornJa, 5s 2Vjd. New York, Oct. ll.Hops du'A. London, Oct. ll.Hops, Paiaiflc coast, 1 pound 15s. PERSONS AND THINGS. Mr. Cassel, a Pennsylvania Berman, has a library composed entirely of Bibles. The collection comprises nearly all the old and curious editions. Paul Bourget is said to be the first "young man" who lias succeeded in win ning a seat among the Immortals of tho French academy. His age is 40 years. Burns gave little indication of his genius In tola features, which were those of tho typical Scottish peisant. The only good point In his face was his eye. Max Alvary, the tenor, whoso real name Is Achenbach, speaks five languages, and In his time has been a photographer, blacksmith, carpenter, electrician, archi tect and soldier. Excise Commissioner Haibarger of New York has been In politics for 20 years and has never taken a drink. But he has the reputation of being the most liberal man on the board. A -man who once saved the life of the Emperor of Germany when the latter was thrown from his hor9 has applied to the Denver poor authorities for as sistance. His name is Daniel Scheewe. "Brownies," a new species of the hu man kind, have appeared in Topeka, so ciety. They are described aa "dudes grown old," and their mission In society seems to be to play the fiddler for others to dance. Prof. F. V. CorvI'lo of the United States department of agriculture has found on the summit of Mount Saddleback, Maine, whose altitude Is 4.400 feet, many arctic Alpine plants, unusual for the latitude. The Danish painter, Tuxen, has gone to tit. Petersburg at the request of the czar, to finish a painting representing the wedding of the emperor and mpress, which Is to be presented to the Queen of England. Consul Do Bellet at Rhelms, France, his Informed the department of state, through an official report, of the discov ery of a new process of keeping fruits fresh, which consists In treating them to ai vapor from water and alcohol. David B. Hill took In the Ashbury park wheel races. He was not only a specta tor, but mingled -with the racers and learned many fine phrases, which he will perhaps use when he sees a cyclist In his audience of the future. L. E. Chittenden, who Is spending the summer with his son, Horace H. Chit tenden, at Bhelburno bay, Vt., Is cor recting the proof sheets of a book to be entitled "Selections from the Writings and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln." Professor Garner will he sent back to the wilds of Africa with his Iron cage to learn more of the language of r.pes. A company, Including Professor S. H. Peabody, of the university of Chicago, will furnish the funds necessary to the expedition in the Interest of science. Snow Salltlbury, of Canaan, Me., who Is 81, skipped the age of steam almost entirely. His sole experience with steam propelled vehicles was one ride orf a steamboat some fifty years ago. He never stepped a foot into a steam car, but has had a ride In an electric car this summer and pronounces It a great insti tution. The archbishop of Frlebury has Issued a circular to the German bishops, call ing upon all Catholics to assist in the establishment of a university at Frle- tourg, in Breisgau. The university will be the only purely Catholic institution of the kind in Germany. The pope has given his hearty approval of the plan. It's In town. It's the best; Won't burn nor roughen the skin; Won't "yeltow your clothes.',' You w!H be agreeably surprised, Sorry you drdn't know tt sooner. Tonwon's Soap Foam, large packages. Scene of Excitement During the Durrant Trial. PRISONER RETAINS COMPOSURE Attorney Barnes Reserved a Climax Which Missed its Fire-Tha Envelope. Special to the Astorlan. Sam Franclsvo, Oct. 11. District Attor ney 'Barnes today continued the "rots- exaimliiiiitJon of Durrant. The defendant became aomei.vhat confused over the ques tions asked about his notes at the medicau lecture. Just before District A.Jtornty Barnes finished hLa cross-ox a ml nation of Theo dore Durrant thfia afternoon ho put to hltm U few questions which indicated that the prosecution hus still some amlmunl- tlon to uise when the time for Introducing the rdbuititaC evidence arrives. After an hour of tedious and monoton ous rwnalngfling, District Attorney Barnes 8irdklenCy asked DuTrunt If, In conversa tion with a reporter hold In his cell some days ago he had corrobonatcd the rumior that he h'xtrd noises, while he was re- yailrilnff the s'as burnnrs, on the floor be low htm, and that on looking down the stairway he eaw Blondho Lament's bc ly on the floor btL'ow. It was an unexpected shot on the pant of tho prosecution, but It dl'l not dcore. Durrant contnadCeted It emphatlci-ulty. This portion of the croas exulrrtlnation provoked much excitement. It was evident thut the prosecution had reserved It as a eort of climax to 1he Cong cro!B-exa.nln.v:lon. Women In the back seats rose In their seats and craned thdlir necka to Cavai every movement and gesture the prisoner maje. Judsre Mur phy iraippsJ slharply for order. After further quotations about the lec ture nates and bromD-soltzers, Barnes changed nils pliin of attack. Ho cald: "Did you eveir, Mr. Durrant, ud'dress an envelope to your counsel, Messrs. Deuprey and Dickinson, marking on It, "To be opened In eai-ia I am convicted?" "The languor of the Hpectaltors van- Ulhed In a second. Every eye In the houue wias turned on the prisoner, but he was as BtJcflid as ever. Dickinson roared an objedtlon. Judgo Murphy ordered Dur rant to reply. The reply caime with, i snaip, "I did not." "Did you not address such an envelope and did you not have It In your posse elon in your cet'l on September 22nd?" "I addressed no suuh envelope.' "And did you not," continued Barnes, Hippairentfly oblivious to the Interruption, transfer this envelope to a lairger enve lope on September 23?" "I ulild not." "DM: you not have In your possession on Whose days a stuitciment of your doings on April 3rd?" Wo, sllr," EUtld Durrant. He 'was watch ing his lnterrogaitor with a catlike Inten sity of gaze. "Did you not on September 23 at the county Jail, In your ce.ll, have such an en velope so addres.wd, purporting to be a dtalteimenit of your doings on April 3rd, and did not you have this envelope In a arger envelope, and did you not nana batlta envetapcuL between the hours of 7 In tltna evening and mldnlgnt to Miss Carrie Cunnlnghiim?" Barnes hot! the advantage. Durrant stowed tracea of Impatience, lie ges ticulated with his hands ws if the ques tion 'ivvrer rtdlcutous as well as imper tinent. A thriill of cxeit.jmen: swept over the women as Dickinson ra'sed his vohe In pnolteflt. Amalln Durrani's ;oss of compasiure was only momentary. 'I did not," replied Durant. DAUGHTERS OF J1APAN. They Are Said to Bo Victims of Mis representation. Nothing In Japan appeals mbre charm ingly to the stranger man or woman than sweet and graceful maidens In their beautiful and picturesque costumes ot bright colored sll-ks. The Japanese claim and not without reason that nine tents of what has been published about the sweet daughters of Nippon Is abso lutely untrue, and was written by men who know but very little ot japan ana nothing at all of Its women, says A. de GuervlUe in the Illustrated American. We laugh at Japanese women dressing In foreign clothes. Certainly they are not as graceful as In their own costumes, for they do not know how to wear the Occidental dreses. The wearlntf ot un familiar garments cannot be learned In a day. Let American girls try on the Japanese dresses without the help of a competent costumer and see what they will look like to Japanese eyes. A few words about the moral of Jap anese women, it as generally ueiievea In Europe and America that the morals over there are very Vow. It Is undoubt edly due to the ridiculous and most unre liable stories which, globe trotters dc Hght In telling their fnlends. There is not in the world a more moral people thn the Japanese. These globe trotters know absolutely nothing of the Japanese women of the middle and upper classes, and during the few weeks they spend in Japan they only meet the geisha girls, whose business It Is to sing and dance and sell their smiles. But such a class of women Is to be found In every country, and they are far lets dearraded in Japan than they are in raris, London. New York or Ban Francisco. There can be no comparison. These women In Japan do not lead the life of dirt and misery, the disgustingly vicious life of the unfortunate women of the Ouartler de Batlgnolles or Dupont street. They are well dressed, well fed, well taken care of, well treated. They are conriDaratlvely well educated, and aro all Kood musicians. They could not be come geisha girls unless they knew how to play on the aamlsen, sing, ana uint-e. They all have excellent manners. To have a "past" does not prevent a woman from getting Into society, pro vided she. actually behaves well. Even the women of the low class, whose morals are loose before they marry, become hon est wive as soon as they belong to a hueband. Japanese women do not care much, for :ove-pailonate love as It exWtts In our country. In fact, it seems unknown to them, and I have come to the conclusion at is is on account of all of them ha I I -r uniformly dark skin ana nair. it w I a ..ell known fact that a man with light j hair will most, naturally fall in love with a brunette, 'but seldom with a blonde, and vice versa. In spite of the many stories circulated In their clubs and other places by men who have loft a great deal of money in Japan, I can affirm that the women of that country tnorougniy aiswKe loreign- era, and have never heard yet of one of them being in love with one of us. Strange as it may appear, a Kiss is an unknown thing in Japan not unknown to the ay. maidens of . Yokohama, Kobe, or Nagasaki, who have so much, to do for the amusement of forelgnera-iiut un known to the Japanese 4n general. A lover never kisses his sweetneart a mother never kisses her child, we maae a great mistake, the man who wrote thai 'a kiss Is nature's VolapuK, me universal language of love." You can kiss any Japanese girt. She will not Object, for sho cannot possibly understand what you mean, he .will only think "what queer people these foreigners are." Japanese women nave tnree recreations smoking, singing and dancing. They smoke most gracefully, as they do every thing. This habit was Introduced Into Japan by the Spaniards some 150 years ago. Japanese girls, however, do not smoke cigarette like the belles of Anda lusia, but pipes, the daintiest little pipes, beautifully ornamented, and holding Jus, enough tobacco for one or two puffs. And now-Jvhat of that reputation lor beauty which the Japanese women are enjoying again, thanks to tne stories of globo trotters. The fact la that there are fewer pretty girls there than in America, and I have not seen one that was beautiful. The most ono can say of a Japanese beauty Is: "How pretty she is!" or "How cute!" One could never think of Faying: "What a beautiful woman." And yet the Japanese girl' charms every one. She does not charm oy ner so-cauea beauty, but by her originality, her grace fulness, her gentleness, her Kindness, ner sweetness. She Is tho best natured wom an In the world, the most affable, the most polite, and the mots amiable. DRILLING THE FLEET. IntoreeiGIng Spectacle lln 'the Navy. The drilling of a fleet Is a fascinating spectacle, suggesting as nothing etoe can the subordination of great force to the Control of a HlnglLe iwliCl. A 'fti-v gaily colored flaws fluuter to the main track of the flag SWip, remain tlliere two or three minutes, and ore suddenly hauted down. Instamaly the huge ships begin to turn, to sweep aitound! in. great curves, and to rearuirepe ithwmse.vas 'in a neiW' tformiitlon. Or sdairteredi crullscirs nctuQy hull dlown on the horizon respond to a usunvmors, and In half an hour come flying back to the fleet, take up their appointed ptatlons, and oortfotlm ito t imbvements. The eUBe with which the 14,000 ton battleships swing round to theJlr hefjms, ithe speed with which they take up their new emotions, the quick retspoiise and the regullaDty of movement are extowardinairyHy Impres sive. For a shore-going parallel ot this fleet, one must Imagine twenty-one regi ments maneuvering at a canter, individ ual responsive to orders rapidly trans mlstble over Hong dfcJtainces. But on shore It .would be Impossible, except from a balloon or a commanding hill, to take In ithla imovwmentls at a1 gfiaroee. At sea one wain. IfloMow Ithe evolutions on ach ship. A mistake, a loss or g'ain of dis tance, a superfluous or an- Inadequate turn, 4s imimedflately seen, and Buch sig nals ats "R'dtallla'tton Ibailly executed," or Clytemnestra. keep Wlaltlon," quickly fly from the flagship to be read by the whole fleet. Unquesltlonttbly an oJdlmCirail iwleJda a powVr for iwlhllchi a general cannot hopo. A pu'bHc rebuke is a thing to be avoided, and even If this Is not coming any small lapse will be noted' by a hundred pairs of eyes. Moreover, a comparatively small mts'take may cau-e disaster. We may club our cavalry wilthout real tininm, but the conlOacIt of two of these great iCilpa moving at ten knots may mean the less of one or bothi . The Aif.l ot ku fleet Is an emlnent'jy serious undertaking, and) the accuracy of this drfll 'Is the .measure of the maneuvering power of tlhe whole as semblage Of the shllps. All turns, there fore, upon the oalracWy of the captains and iBhelr training. Merely to keep sta tion In orul'ding formation, following In the wake of a loader, Is Iby no means eaay. lAUtterttlon never for a moment re laxed and tlhe Judgment which comes only with long experience are alike required HeJlm and speed med perpetual altera tions, land .the requls5te changes muit be carefully estimated, or the ship 'Will con tinuously osdlllalte to starboard or port, In advance or astern of her station, fn evolutforiB, however, many more qualities must be brought Into play. The tllieorlst talks gfllbly of ''turning dlrcles," and af fects to believe thalt the handling of a ship can be reduced to mere geometry, The tunnllnK circle of each sthilp ere of counse recorded in every chart house, but a variety of other conditions arise. Tho evotulttonary qua'Ji'tles of other fihlps must be observed. Wind, tiiro, fipeed even the eTaalng of the (wake of another verted materially affects the turning clrnio. Here Is no mere question of referring to the signal book and giving certain definite words of command. Alt' tlhe con ditions constantly vary; Judgment Is needed alt every moment; the education of th'e eye In esltamaiting distances and exact knowledge of the caipatilHtlea of the hlp are aliike Watted for. The mere theorist Will, In fact, 11 nd ihlmlself hopertaisly In competent, and tire efficient handling of a shiip -implies qualities Whklh It Is not given to everyone to acquire. It is an art iwher than a science, and Ills possession JargeJly determines, the flislhlUng capabili ties of a navy. London Times;- Laws have been enacted In Belgium prohlditlng the hunting of frogs. The Belgian hunters, however, 'have found It easy to continue their occupation in the neighboring country of Holland. Recent ly, In one day, these hunters sent as many as 20,000 frogs' legs to Paris. As these delicacies bring from fojr to five cents apiece, the calling Is a paying one to some of the hunters. Moiry (Anderson Navarro is riald to be Inclined toward fleshiness. It Is tol'l of her that during her engagement In New York she would eat a "smothered Venus" (fried steak and fried onions) at 3 o'cCdek in the afternoon, shortly after her usual light luncheon. r rt will be orfly a WtKe while now bifore Kiamaiici Full! Is Wghted by eetftrlclty. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Govl Report i-i 1 C7 Pre-natal Cultnre Applied to Improvement of Race. GENIUS. . VICE AND CRIME Why we are What we are-The Cause of Natural Criminals, Inventors, Poets, Mnscians. The M. E. church was crowded last night 'Wlulr a "Jtxrge and appreciative audi ence in attendance at Prof. N. N. Rid dett'a lecture on "Heredity and Prenatal Culture." The profesuor is one of the pioneers on the American platform In .handling this theme before mlzcd audi ences and is doing much (rood in popu larizing a subject on which knowledge iu Of BJ3hj vltai imnwr'iance. , Thie spcukeir In opening dwelt on the, grtult jmponiance of men of science turn- . ing their attention to the study of hered ity as applied to man. It is the opinion Of reformers thiU. we will never be able to dealt 'WitKh crime and Insanity until we turn our attention to the study of those yaws thult tend to mike main better born. By going through the prison pens It Is po&UbCe for the skillfull, master of human science to detarmlno the crime of la per cent of 'the Inimvua from an examina tion of the brailn, thus It will bo teen tlvat the majority of criminals are born with a tendency to crime. Every poison is what they are because of tiwo main causes; first, from inherent tendonWes, and second, from education and force ' of -environments. These are both, of Vital importance and neither can take 'the pLDtce of the athfr. To be well , born Is Ito receive the greatest gift wilhln the power of man. Great mon are born So or 'they never become great. A wclsntldc explanation was given of tna gruduaij unfoLlmont of the child's brain from a single coll up to tho complete brain. Tula active, -strong chiaraciterlstica of the parents become the native marked trullus In the chill's character. This law Idas revived careiftfl attention by many, with tre3.Ji.ts moyt satisfactory and have Driven nil nadta. mtibl!eUn,3 and orators. who are born so. If men would only give more study to these subjects -we would nuMf t,..iu a.- n.n.ntr i'Vl H ran 4ivaf .ra mfrtt - clthers with, the rims rubbed out. Many apt Ittjuiltrut'lons were given shewing why people wore Iwh'utt they were. CoQ. Robert IngeflsoU is the naturtul skeptic that he Is from an inherent pre-natal lnflence from tho mother. Thomas Edison was born an KnveiUor, previous to Ms birth Wis imother spent the greater part of her Wine in tlhe study of mechanism and tCec-trfe inventions, and thus to Invest and experiment In these lines wast trans mUtted to her son. The mother of Na poCeon had a strong love for boittle and went Into the thickest of tne fray in tne trtldat of tlhe mtcet bloody conflicts, and before Napoleon was JO years old wa And ham on tho balttileflietl. Italian beau ties all conform to one Ideal of art and it to because the Madonna occupies the wtiCs of nearfy every home In Itafy and has imade Its Impression on this mother's brain. Tlhe grat value of a knowledge of the taws of heredity was dwe'Jt on at length. If things were ui they should be nono -would be ailowad to marry u-nt'li tlhey were educated) in these I'lnes, ncbJhcr iwouCd any be granted this prlv Hiewe wWo hod crlmln'al' or Miotic ten dencies. . In tflortlng the speaker urged the Import ance of a life of social .purity as equally blndllng upon, man as -woman. The young imltn goes astray and when he Iws dlnnaieed everyithlng thuit Is pure and .holy in hl!a manhood, then toe can become tired of his life of sin, repent and tihien Dead to the aH'tar the tpuitest girl dn tho land. Can woman do this? No! Let her make but a single miilstake and the doors of the churchl nol the (Hands of society enoiwd her down. Is this juirt? If tiwo sinners have gone artray hit theimi Buffer a like condemnation at the hands of society, as they must at the Judwmont bar of ilod, until the kind fcumd of mercy shall reclaim them both. Tonight the Cect-ure wilt be on "From N.iture to Nature's God," and contains ihe '.tut est scientific thought In the line of itiUK'ioiis Investigation. This lecture ihtas received the hlgh::t enconiums from the loading pcilontiilo thinker of the Bge. BN'AKE PILOT. GMdcs Ahead of the Rattler to Warn It of Danger. Pittsburg 'Dispatch.' The raiW.tsnuke has a pilot. Tha pur pose of this pilot has never been satis factorily explained, but It undoubtedly serves to protect him In some way. It la well known that the rattlesnake Is a sluggish' reptile, ow of movement and short-sighted. He can strike only to the distance of his own length, and Is not of the constrictor species, fighting -with his fangs. Ha 1s not, therefore, dangerous, and can be easily -whipped by a blacksnake, or any of the constrictor family. Even a dog can get the mastery over a rattlesnake without much danger of Demg injureu. The pilot appear like a rattlesnake, ex cept that he has no rattle, and Is some what darker In color. He is also of much quicker movement, and when other rep tiles or animals appear that possibly might prove dangerou to the rattler, the pilot, which Is not so near sighted, con ducts the latter away to a place of safety. Singularly, the pilot has received but scant attention, except among the na tive people of the district where It is found, and but little is knorwn about him. . The only species of rattlesnake having ih-ni:rt ears for a guard is that found in the mountains; the prairie rattler has ' to too out tor ) ) ), f? 4 L, I i KzJ v w s IT