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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
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ASTORIA, OREGON SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1895.
NO. 230.
VOL. XLLV.
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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
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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
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