I IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS I
i i
1 hit! nd.iy,
el.
Iiiu.iiy l.
iinhiiigtiiii, I
'll. I fl. Till' HiflU'e
lllllliy pltSMed ( l t'OllH llllTltl I III nf the
joint HiiIi'Ihi'kI lill and (or hii I r
iiml it dull linlfiii-d In a speech hy link
in support til the hill hm - ii ir t I from
llit it 1 1 ti 1 1 1 1 1- mi territories.
The h II prohibiting the onaiit hori.c d
wearing n( the insignia of tlic i. A. It.
uimI nt Iter soldier orgiuil.allons kiih
passed .
Bills Were pS'SI'd establishing light
houses iiml fug signals mi Cllpc 1 1 1 fit 1 1 -liilirimk
islam', Willlitin K'iiiihI iiml
I'll Ml SpOIICCr, ClOSS HI M I 111 I , ill A I H H If H .
W'ukIi injf t.in , Feb. 15. "Morning
Iiuih" prevailed In I hit liiiurtit tnilny
until after 5 o'clock. Tin-ni t r-n 1 1
was tint pais.igo nf n lij II to increase In
lil.OIKI h yi'itr Hm Federal appropr ia
timi In i-iti Ii p t a I hii'I territory fur tin
fnipnirt il agricultural experiment
stations and H bill repealing the present
law grunting A mcrlcan rcgiflor lo for
eign ships wrecked iiml repaired mi Urn
A 1 1 1 r i r i 1 1 coast ill till' discretion of tin1
feci ("tin y ( llm depart incut of dun
incrce uml l.itli'ir, mnl mpiiring it spe
cial m l n( congress tn grant biii li regis
ter. The fca'ure of the iluy was 1 ln nl -t
t 1 1 I nf Pay it", rlnirinitn nf tin- waH
mnl ini'iiiiH i"iiiiinitl', to get lii lull
for Hi" coliSol lint inn nf cUhIoiiim eollce-
I lull il isl rill . A ItirlnilN nimiitiii
developed nml by h ml I nil I a large iiih-
jnrity Vnll'il HgHillst c 1 1 1 H i . I c r 1 1 1 n tllti
dill. Again, when the cx it! ment nl ii
tinii liill came up, l)ii debate reverted
into tlx' 1'itviif dill, mnl it was with
ditlicultv that It could l.e brought to
mi I'llil.
All Indirect rninpliliirlit will pil l In
I .nig nrl Ii by n vntn tn adjourn today
until Mntiilny, although nothing will
appear in t!n record nf itn purpose.
Wedm vl.iy, February 14.
Wednesday, I f'i. I -I . At ii few
minute after ii iiix k today tin' Pi-n h t
nt its llniil I'ltllnt on tin subsidy nti i -puig
lull, which was passed by it Vote
nf IIS In i!7 . All Hut Voles f'.r tin- lull
ui'N' liy ICepnbl ican senators, mnl live
L pllllli' llll M'llltt'irH Viltf 1 Willi tin
I ll'lIinrciltH ill Opposition. 'I III')' W CM'
I'.nrktlt, Oollivcr, lit lollctte, Spooiicr
nml Warner. Tin' vntn on llit' lull was
preceded I )' Hl'tinll I'll H number of
amendments, ami this I y mi entire day
nf debate. Many important amend
ment were iti'i I'pti-il, I'M! nnlv in mil'
rif huh a mod I Ileal ton agreed In tli.it
Mux lint in sicordaucc with tin- wishes
of till' managers nl tlic lull. The cxccp
li.ui huh on nn mnvmlini'iit offered hy
.SpiMiiier eliminating the provision ni-
IIIK IIHlf pity tn lllt'llllnTIt nl till' IIHVlll
ri-Hi'rvit wlin IiKvii 'ivtl U'i-h tlinn nix
llinlltllN.
Wlii-ii (lie fliippiu llill WIIH H.
IMIHI'll of tlllt NtHtl'llOOil lllll WHH lllltllt
till' lllllilliclll'll 1llMllll'hH.
'Hliini:t'in, l-'fli. 14 After iprn'l
nlninHt tlic rutin' iluy in li-lili' on
tl.f furt i llialioti lull, tlmt incitHurt' hh
jiiiHfi'il liy tlio linil!-i tnilny.
Tuosd.iy, Frbruary 13.
Wiicliintnii, K'li. 1H. Tin (nrtillca
t imiH Hpprnpi in! ion dill In-ld tl.f iitlcn
thill nf llit ImiiHit tn.lltv, mid WHHtiif
trxt fur iiiurli lii-nti'd nrxniuriit , lirt
ovt-r tint lux HH't liud nl fxpi'iiilitnu of
Hlilif minify mid Hi-rnnd ovrr tint ln-
ut i. .11 of tint prnpuft'd $ 1 -r ,0i 10,000
niiviil ftnliiiii ,'ur the i'l.ilippiiitH.
WaHliintnn, I'fli. I .'I. Siuntloi Kl
kiiiH today int mdiu'i'd 1 1 i m lull fur rail
tiiy ratit ri'j;itliit inn. Tin ini'ifiirii pm
vidt'M tlnil wlii'iii'Vi-r Hiiy rate, fart' or
fliHi'i' n-ta'diHlit'd liy any couiinnn iitr
ritr fl.all lt r.njuHt and unri'iiHunnlilc,
lint I ntiTHtiitt" ('onilntTrtt - 1 1 1 1 1 1 i - h i )i I
flmll liavt puwrr, after (ninpl.uiit nml
licitriiiK, tn make an ordi-r niuirini;
nu ll rate to In' modified, ho far an nluill
In ni'ct'i'Miiry in ordi-r tn rt'innvt' llit un
ri'HHonulili'iirHM ami unlaw fuliicHi. 'J'lif
ordi-r elutll taktt i fTi-ct on and after a
date to Int Ppei'illed not leHH tdail '.M
tlityi after n"iviie upon the earrier, and
1ihII eontiniie in ffeet for one yeur un
leHH ifhtriiini'd or net tu ide liy lawful
order or deeree of court, or unit hh re
voked or inuililled I y a Hiipplemeulary
Girder of tlitt (nnimipHion, wliii h may Le
iiiiiiIh upon applieatimi or after notice
to tlie cp.rrier defendant in the prnceed-
Senator Fulton today offered an
amendment, tn I tut cundry civil lull ap
propriatiux $400,000 for prntectinK ami
prefcrviiiK work done on I lie jetty at
tlic moil t ti of the ('ulnniliiii river. Mr.
'Fulton Iiiih toncluiled, after repeated
t'onfcieni'im w ith Chairman liurt ;n, of
Spanish Trade Growing.
WiiRliiiiKton, Fell. Kl. Tiade of the
I'nited StHleB with Spain and rortujral
amounted in the Ureal year 1IKI5 to
over $51,000,000, accordiiiK to a, renoit
iHHiied hy the ilfpart ineut of Commerce
and 1-ahor. Of thiH, f 15,000,000 wah
imports ami $1(1,000 000 exports. Of
the imports, $11,500,000 was from Port
ugal and $H 500 00.) from Spain. Of
the exports, $2,000,000 went t Portu
gal and $17,000,000 to Spain. Imports
from Portugal have unfitly increased
vliirin the last fow years, w hihi the
t'Xporln to that country have declined.
Reserve Policy Live Issue.
WashiiiHlon, Fob. 1H. Senator Mey
lmrii's throe hour spiedi in denuncia
tion of PreHident. KooHttvelt's forest re
serve policy will probably have the
t'ffect of making forest reservea a live
issue which must be met and disposed
of by congresB at the present secsion.
The epeecb of the Idaho senator waa a
lull and complete argument on the side
of the opposition; it was severe in its
arraignments; it was caustic in ita
critiviama.
HI'lllltll
wiiy of
Ht'HHinn
h dy nn
mni'iidmenl to the sundry civil bill.
There in alisnluUdy nn hope of pHMMiiiK
a Hp'i inl bill, nor ih there any hope of
putliitx IIinhikIi an I'ltierency river and
Imrl.or bill to provide for a limited
number of deerv i nil prnji-cls, as was nt
nne lime contemplated .
Mond.iy, Fi'hru.try 12.
WasbiiiKton, Feb. II!. The fenato
today adopted a joint resnlutinii re
polled hy l'lllmni) frnm tint senate
committee on inlerstatn commurce,
whirli directs the luterntnte Commercit
l ouiminiiinii to invest iate the chnryre of
iliHcriminntinn and comlniutt ion in re
straint n trade nut. I HKtiiu-t the rail
rnnds. It was a joint resuiutinn, and
militt be pane I hy the hoiiHe Hlid
signed by tint president befure il b
cniiies cfln live. The ndnpti iu of the
resolution was preceded by a speech by
Tillman, in which he practically
chiirtfi'd thai the nd in i n int rat inn was
not prncei'diiig in koo. I faith Insecure
railroad legislation, becniisit he was not
1-HtlMlii'd with the presideiil's ndvisers.
Arnnii these he ineiitinned Secretary
IT.int and Senalnr Knox.
I .od o also spoke nt Icnpth on the
railroad oiiistinn. lie delivered a
carefully prepared speech, in which
h tim! a poHtmn for guveriiiijental
rc(iihit ion of rat.-s, but adviMed the ut
m .st cant inn ayainst Iihi radical ai tion
lie expressed th opinion that the Riv
Um of retiates was practically the only
evi I ex int iii in connect ion with the
railroad systems of the couutiy.
Washington, Fed. 12. The hnue
toil. iv bud spmt wi'h the bill providing
for tlie w hi ppi ng-pnet for w.fedealers
ill the l. strict of Colilllihia, and then
laid It on the tabe, i ftecllvely dispos
ing of il, by a vote of lj.'! to iO.
A new Kitvcl was dedicated to the
mctnory nf Lincoln, by Speaker Cannon
in opening the house, mid the birth
day o! the martyred president was re
meindered in the prayer of t lie chap
lain .
P.uilic Const Protests.
Washington, Feb. I'l. Scrioui op
position from Piici lii.' cmtst interest has
develuped to the Cll-lilmtn lull prov 1-
niif tor new li-liing regul.itions lor
Alak t. The house cnmmiltee on ter
otori"4 is now cunsidi'i mg the bill and
today six Pactlic cuasl senators and a
nunider of representatives apprart d be
fore it and asked that the hearing be
kcl't niien until parties interested eim
leach here from the coast to be beard
in i p posit ion to it .
Tin' principal point ofohjection is
that the bill gives to the depa-ttnent of
Commerce and Labor power tn make
suitable regulations. It is claimed
the department would be absolute in
this matter, and that any changes in
the existing regulations would work
hardship, if in t ruin, to the salmon
lisliing tmlustr.es.
Why No Statue of Lar.iyette'
Washington, l ed. Id. The ntteiit ion
o' Secietary Knot das been called to the
delay in completing the bronze statue
of (ieneral Lnfayette at Paris, for
which a large sum of money was raised
in td h coun'ry, to take the place of the
plaster last placed on the pedestal dur
ing the exptisit ion of l!Hi0. It is un
derstood that Mr. Knot has s'arted an
investigation. The Daughters of the
American Revolution are interesting
themselxes in the matter.
Northwest Graduates at Annapolis.
Washington, Feb. 14. Kaleigh F.
Hughes, Portland; hrcderiek N. Per
kins, Salem; Carroll (i. Craven, Spo
kane; Kaudiilph P. Scudder, North
Yakima; Hubert I., (ibormley, Mis
cow, and Vestal P. Collin, Poise, grad
uated from the Annapolis Naval acad
emy yesterday.
Last Hearing on Yakima Land.
Washington, Feb. 14. Land Com
missioner linns today had a hnal hear
ing on li i h light for the approval of the
state Carey act selection of 55,000 acres
in the Yakima valley. The cape will
probably be decided in a few days.
Lighthouse for Resurrection Bay.
Washington, Feb. 14. Senator Piles
today introduced a bill authorizing the
construction of a lighthouse at the en
trance of Resurrection bay, Alaska, to
cost $25,000.
Railroads on the Islands.
Washington, Feb. 14. The bid of
So. omen A Co, Cornelius Vanderhi'd,
.1. (i. While A Co., all of New York;
Thomas F. Swift, Detroit, with whom
is associated the International Hanking
corporation; II. 11. Wilson and lleidel
hach, Ii kelheimer & Co., baa been ac
cepted by the Philippine government
for the concessionary c.mtracta or
grants for the construct ion, mainte
nance and operation of railroads in the
islands of Negros, Panay ami Ccbu.
Their bid provides for full government
guaianteo authorized by congress.
Will Act On Exclusion Law.
Washington, Feb. 14. Chinese ex
clusion legislation was one of the sub
jects discussed today by the president.
Itepresentative Perkins, of New York,
told the president that the matter soon
would be taken up by the committee
ami that be had no doubt that action
would be taken. He said it would be
the effort of the committee to satisfy
the objections, now made by the Chi
nese, without admitting to this country
Chinese cooliea.
I he Ihiiihi! ci'lnmit lee, nml lint
b'ltderi, that the only pnHHihht
yi'tlintf an npprnpr iut ion Ihin
for Hie In. mill nf the Cnlninhiit I
CHINA IN FHHMfcNT.
H.ilred Spreads to Al Foreigner, In
(.loding, J.ip.vii-ne.
Victoria, 11.1!., l ed. 14. According
loiidvees dy Idn steamer Pleiades,
which si the I today, ('himse newspa
pers are daily devoting more and morn
space tn foreigners, and strong anti fnr
eigu feel.ng was being shown. Japan
ese coi respondents in Pikin, in noting
this, stated that the lint I .Jsp inese feel
ing is also growing in China, mid con
siderable feeling Is displayed by promi
nent nllicials because of (hit continued
influx of JapHtiesn into Manchuria,
Mongolia, Hhinkimig and Klaugsi with
in the last few months.
CantoueHit literati recently spread
a mnn i festo t hat the real menace of
China's integrity tame from Japan and
this, augmented hy the reports of t he
recalcitrant students who have returned
lo Shanghai from Tnkin, as well as the
sent iinents of politicians who detect in
Japan's act ion in Corca the germs of
mi extensive ngressive policy, has
fanned the anti-Japanese sentiment.
Fverywhere the feeling of aggressive
ness against the foreigner is being
fostered, the boycott being but an inci
dent, mid I'.ussiaii activity was borne
passively befori. feeling of Chinese na
tional spirit came into being. China
is now demanding indemnities (rim
Itussia for riots which involve Chinese
losses conseijuent on the war and i's
I'ffcc's. Meanwhile Japanese corres
pondents nt Pekin jtecuse Itussiafis of
having secretly furnished arms to Mo
hammedans at Sinkiang and in Mon
golia, with a view ol Inciting rebellion.
ASKS NATION TO AID.
Roosevelt Recommends Contributions
for Famished Japanese.
Washington, Feb. 1 4 . President
llimsevclt, in an appeal today, ts k
ntlicial cogni.aiicn of the famine, which
has grown to serious proportions in
Northern papan. The appeal follows:
"Hm famine situaiton in Northern
Japan is proving much more serious
than at first supposed, and thousands
of per"oiis are upon the verge of starva
tion. It is a calamity such as m.ty oc
casionally befalljany count ry. Nations,
like men, should stand ever ready to
aid each other in distress, and I appeal
to the American people to help from
their abundance the suffering men of
the irreat and friendly nation of Japan.
"1 recommend that contribution!) for
td is purpose be sent to the American
National Led Cross, which will forward
such funds tn the Japanese Med Cr s-i,
tn he used as the Japanese gi vernmeiit
may direct. Contributions can be made
to the local Ited Cro"H treasurers, or
sent direct to Hon. Charles liailam
Keep, Ib-d Cross treasurer, I'nited
Stales Treasury department, Washing
ton, H. C."
DELEGATES STILL HOPEFUL.
Admit Deadlock on Questions of Po
lice and Finance.
Algeciras, Feb. 14. The reports
current in Kuropean capital that a
crisis has been reached at Algeciras are
not warranted hy the actual conditions
here. The negotiations upon the po
lice and finance questions are proceed
ing unintet ruptedly, but have reached
n bedrock point on w hich neither the
French nor the (ierman delegates show
any disposition to yield. This firmness
on both si les has caused some appre
hension of an eventual deadlock, but
the tlelegatte, so long as the negotia
tions font inue, will not admit that a
crisis has been reached.
BIG ORDER FOR CARTRIDGES.
Government Getting Ready to Supply
Troops for China.
Philadelphia, Feb. 14. An order for
4,000,000 ball cartridges has been re
reived from the Ordnance department
at the Frankfort arsenal here. They
are to be of HO caliber and of the Krag
Jorgeneii type. Although no informa
tion could be obtained at the arsenal
as to the reason 'or the order, they are
intended for troops in the Philippines.
These t roops, it is understood, us the
Krag-Jorgensen ritle exclusively, and it
is intimated that the increased order
is in anticipation of possible trouble in
China.
Beef Trust Trial Dragging.
Chicago, Feb. 14. I5ntJtwow itneses
were on the stand to.'ay in the packers'
trial, both of them empolyea of Swift &
Co. Their testiinniy waa simply a re
hash of what othero have told relative
to the mutter for which the agents of
the government asked for at tlie ollices
of the packers and of bow they received
it. When the court met pursuant to
the noon adjornnment, Judge Humph
rey arked the attomeya if they could
not agree to bold longer sessions, say
ing that the trial was dragging and that
he dcBired to expedite it.
Vesuvius Spreads Destruction.
Naples, Feb. 14. Mount Vesuvius'
eruption ia assuming alarming propor
tions. The funicular railway track l a
been damaged at six points, nn I the
principal station ia threatened with de
struction. An iff or' ia being made to
save the btation by the c instruction of
masonry reinforced by embankments of
sand. Streams of lava are (lowing with
considerable rapidity. The authorities
are taking precautions to prevent loss
of life.
Cement for Irrigation Work,
Washington, Feb. 14. The secretary
of the interior lias called for proposals
for furnishing 8,000 to 10,000 barrels
of Portland cement for use in connec
tion with the Klamath irrigation pro
tect. Bids will be opened at Los
Angelea.
REVOLT IS AT HAND
Army and Navy fiatlierlnfl forces
in tlie Philippines.
MAKING READY TO FIGHT CHINA
American Boycott and Reform Move
ment Against Manr.hus Stirs
tmpirelnto Ferment.
Washington, Feb. 15. Though there
is no abatement in the warlike prepara- Plowing hl'sdy fonm from bis mouth,
tion by this government to cope with the hear rhnrgisl straight ut Itiosevclt
conl ingeiicies in China, a tendency isT waited until he en me to a fallen
apparent at the State department to . tree," wrote the hunter, "raking him
counteract ihe inferences baed upon lis he topped It with n hall whl'-h en
sta'ements of ollicials of that depart- J ten-d his ch-t nml -went through the
ment and the War depar .merit that ! cavity of his body, but he neither
there is danger of a general outbreak in avverv.-d nor Illm-hed, and at the mo
the empire. ment t did not know that f had struck
V 111. . I -.l-f.. ...il.. . . ... .
.M'VIB Ol uieuisna.cn Ol irOOOS V) Uie
Orient has caused the receipt of many
telegrams and letters of inquiry from
persons having relatives in commercial
or missionary pursuits in China, while
one or two missionary boards ii this
country have informed the department
that their advices do not indicate tlie
presence of conditions there warranting
the reported action of the War depart
ment. Several business concerns have
written that their cable aril mail com
munications from certain points in
China contain no news of threatened
uprisings.
The most conflicting statements
emanate from sources apparently
eipi;illy infjrmed and competent to
judge of the tru'h. Home authorities,
whose views have been presented to the
olhcials here, bold that a masterplay is
being made by the Chinese toward the
removal of restrictions to Chinese im
migration to this country. Others hold
that there is nothing to warrant these
government activities arid that influ
ence are at work to obtain a display of
force to overawe the Chinese govern
ment into a real suppression of the
boycott.
CoiiHilar reports from China on the
effect of the boycott show that only
certain American interests have been
damaged. Chief of these is the oil
trade. The Standard Oil company is
the dominating factor in the Chinese
American oil busineFS. The American
Tobacco company's exports to China
have fallen off greatly. A certain sew
ing machine company's business in the
southern provinces has been a special
object of lioycott orders by the mer
chants' guilds, for what reason nobody
knows.
In this latter case the boycott has
been so tffectively worked that at Sing
apore it is worth a Chinaman's life to
be seen entering that company's store.
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.
Features of the Measure Approved
by the Senat.
Washington, Feb. 15. As passed,
the ship subsidy bill establishes 13 new
contract mail lines fand increases the
subvention to the Oceanic lines running
from the Pacific coast to Australasia.
Three leave Atlantic coast ports, one
running to Brazil, one to Cruguay and
one Argentina and one to South Africa;
six from ports on the Gulf of Mexico,
emharriug one to Brazil, one to Cuba,
one to Mexico and three to Central
America and the Isthmus of Panama;
f uir from Pacific coast ports, embracing
two to Japan, China and the Philip
pines direct, one to Japan, China and
the Philippines via Hawaii, and one to
Mexico, Central America and the Isth
mus of Panama.
The bill also grants a subvention at
the rate of $5 per gross ton per year to
cargo vessels engaged in the foreign
trade of the United States and at the
rate of f " 50 per ton to vessels engaged
in the Philippine trade, the Philippine
coas'wise law being poetponed until
1IH10.
Another feature of the bill is that
creating a naval reserv force of 10,000
ollicers and men who are to receive re
tainers after the Britisti practice. Ves
sels receiving subsidies are required to
carry a certain proportion of naval re
serve men among their crews.
Dare Not Buy American Goods.
Washington, Feb. 15. The general
purport of the advices to the State de
partment is that there has been great
inte f rence with American trade in
China by the boycott, but that there is
luck of tangible evidence of an uprising.
American petroleum, condensed milk,
tobacco, sew ingiiiaihines and the like
have been placed under the ban. Even
as far Bouth as the Straits settlements,
outside of China, it is reported a China
man would jeopardize bis life if he
affeied for sale or purchased an Ameri
can sew ing machine.
Agree on Rate Bill in Ohio.
Columbus, O., Feb. 15. At the
meeting of tlie bouse committee on rail
roads today, announcement was made
by W. S. Thomas, of Springfield, presi
dent of the Shippers' association, and
T. I.ivesley, attorney for the Pennsyl
vania railroad, that the ehippers and
railroads bad agreed to the enactment of
a law creating a State Hailroad commis
sion. The Wertz bill, introduced in
the bouse, baa been agreed upon as the
basis for the proposed law.
Hawaii to Raise Tobacco.
Washington, Feb. 15. It liai been
arranged that Hawaii shall send a rep
resentative here to Btudy tobacco grow
ing, and Secretary Wilson lias promised
to assist him in every possible way.
ROOSEVELT'S BIGGEST BE4 R.
How llir rrriMen t lllbr1 III II fit
(. n I nmr l.rlirl).
ft wim when ranching Unit hU fead
IncMH with m gun In the fnee of n
barging hear wn.i proved, snys Mr.
( lure's Magazine. It wa then that he
gnt his hlgiri'Ht grl.zly, whoso skin N
now prized im (,n. (,f ,U bott trophic
lis well as n souvenir of n very excit
ing Incident In his life, lie was ramp
ing nlone In the f's.thllln of. the Uock-Ii-h,
ii ml had wandered off with hi. 4
rllle In search of gnm-. f'nmlng sud
denly on a huge grizzly he woun b-d It,
n nd thr hear retreated to rover In n
l. ear dy thicket As Roosevelt wan en
deavoring ti locate the quarry from
the ojen the lenr suddenly npis-arcd
lie fired, but the bullet did not stop
tin: rush it the inii'i'lerntl nrilmnl.
mm. lie cnnn. ati.nr v nn nn1 In nn. .
other Sf'ntid was almost upon rne. Ij
fired for his forehead, hut rny bullet j
went low, entering hli open rnouth. ; KT,nH""' '"''P lo bring on nn at-
einashlng his lower Jaw and going l:ito,nrl "f 'ryslK'lns In those who nre sus
his neck. I leaped to one side almost j T'tlblw to It. This susceptibility la
lis I pulled the trlj.'i;er. and through "',n rtaln families or Individuals,
the hanging smoke the first thing I
saw was hU paw ns he made a vicious
side blow nt me. The rush of his
charge carried him past. As he struck
he lurched forward, leaving a f ofiw'" rinve reeenny undergone surgical
bright blood where his muzzle hit the ! "I'Tntlons. ns they nre peculiarly sus-
ground ; but he rei-overed himself and
made two or three Jumps onward, while
I hurriedly Jammed a couple of enrt
rldges Into the magazine my rllle
holding only four, nil of which I had
fired. Then he trlwl to pull up, hut
as lie tilil so his muscles si-eme-1 sun.
denly to give way. his head dmpi-d
n ml he rolled over and over like a, shot
rabbit. F.ach of mv three bullets had
Inflicted a mortal wound."
The President has well earned the 1'ifeetM nnd fumigated before It Is oc
distlr.ctlon of U-Inu n successful hunter I C'l'led by others. Any one nurslnjj
He has kllksl every kind of North
American big tame. And yet there Is
far more dismission of the habits nnd
characteristics of wild animals in writ."11" a" "i """ " '
lugs than there Is re-ord of the kTlilug treatment everything must be done to
of game j maintain rerfect hygienic conditions
On Just one occasion when living In r,Jllni1 tf,e I'tlent There must to an
the west wns Ibmsevelt in danger of abundance of fresh air and sunshine,
serious molestation. He was threatene 1 Pure watfr n,ul scrupulous cleanliness
when that phvslcnl vigor for which ln direction. Much relief Is af-
he had striven had come In full mens-. locally by compresses dlpried la
ure. "A big brawler, mistaking him for "lie px'1,n lotlon nnd RAoil tj the
o t.n,wr..nt ,r,.,i ,!, m,in,iir ml I Inflamed surface, and there are many
Iiointlng two revolvers nt him, orderel,
him to buy the drinks. HoosevelL per-,
fectly composed, made ns If to comply '
with the rfHinest. I5ut ns he sat within
reach of bis tormentor, with a rush Aftera prolongs! attack of erysipelas
torn of hU cleverness In boxing, he convalescence Is apt to to slow, nnd
deliver a blow on the man's Jaw that,an enfeebled condition may persist for
stretched Llm full lengrn on the floor lonS tlme- treatment at this
Meantime, the pistols had gone off.!ltaB 6houM tonlc nnd snng.
the bullets penetrating the celling nnd nnJ reat care houl'i. Le .tai?en to
.i.. i,n,. n,,vi)v u-hrm th0'avold undue fatigue. louths Compan-
bruwler oponeil his eyes he was ready
to surrender his guns nnd to cry for
quarter. Wherefore, be It said that,
true to his laterday prencnment, Roose
velt, was never spoiling for a fight
hut would not suffer an Insult A man
of his type Is not often Insulted.
Facts About Erie Canal.
Some taxpnyers still associate the
Krle canal with a mule. These erring
citizens forget the steam consort, says
Leslie's Weekly. It was by steam
consort standard, upon which the
people of New York State two years
ago based their vote sanctioning the
expenditure of $101,xi0,00 for an Im
proved Erie caual, a practically new
canal, known officially as the Erie 100
Ton Barge canal.
What does ?101,0X000 mean? It
means that the new Erie canal Is to
be the most costly artificial waterway
ln the world. It means that the Erio
canal is to cost $l,0u0,0(X) more than
the one at Suez. It means that the
Erie canal Is to cost twenty-five times
ns much as the Soo the greatest ship
cnnal on earth ln point of tonnage. It
means that the Erie canal Is to cost
more than the Manchester ship canal, j
which cost a trltle of $75,000,0(10. It
means that the new Erie 1.000-Ton '
Barge canal Is to cost even more than 1
the world's most colossal engineering
feat tlie Panama cnnal. It means '
that $:2.000.000 spent in the past and
flUKKUHH) spent in the last decade
must be added to the $101,000,000. nnd
hence, that the new Erie canal, when
finished In 1013, will have cost, old
nnd new, n matter of $101,000,000, or
some $11,000,000 more than the esti
mate of the total cost of building Un
cle Sam's Panama canal.
Fiilli fontiiln a I'olnnn.
Paragraphs have been extensively
published ln the dally papers dealing
with the researches of M. Lolsel, of
Paris, on
the recurrence of poisonous
principles In eggs. It seems that the
yolk of the eggs of hens, ducks nnd
tortoises contain n poison which. If In
jtvted Into the veins or otherwise In
oculated into the nnlmal body, causes
death from its effects on the nervous
system. The white of the tortoise's
egg also contains a toxic substance.
Why eggs are not poisonous as ordi
narily used or even when eaten raw
may lie explained on the ground that
the notion of digestion niters the com
position of the egg or at least modifies
It so that 111 effects are avoided. In
deed, it Is easy to show that certain
foods at n particular stage of digestion
are "poisons." It is the action of the
liver on such foods which robs theuj
of their power to do barm.
2 pipjuY ACTfiR
- i&t
U....-,.Jl 'J h ' .
I'.rr prla.
F i-'' I' bn I nn mute contagion
llscnse cnusi-d hy n specific kittii calliil
tin' streptococcus of Fehl'lten, after
the man who first described Itn nnturo.
The chief symptom of this disease Is
n 1-emllar spreading Inflammation of
the skin, which Is ncrompanled by
fever, headache, and general 111 feeling.
The fever Is preceded hy n chill, some
times slight, hut often very severe. In
ordlnnry simple case the Inflammation
ntfjuka imly the surface, of the skin,
hut In severe case the deeper struc
tures are attacked.
Although eryslsdns Is one of the
contagious diseases, It Is not one to to
mii'-h feared hy jiersons In robust
health; hut anything that tends to
weaken the resisting rnreeti of the con-
Hnd these persons may sulTer an at
tack on the least exjmsure to It.
Crent care should te taken to
shield from this contagion all those
ceptlble to Its poison, and It Is one of
the most usual cases of blootl-polaonlng
and wound Infection.
Kryslpelas Is riot often found In the
very young, nnd In oM age It Is still
more rare.
An erysipelas patient should be
strictly Isnlnted, nnd all dressings or
articles which have enme In contact
with him should te disinfected or
hiirner. The sl-k room should to dls-
such a case should to scrupulously
enreful not to go near a person who
has undergone an otieratlon or who
t . . a i . r . i r . . .
other alleviations which can to Indi
cated only by the physician In charge
of the Individual case, as the symp
toms call for them.
Ion.
SPIRITED BOY WAS CARNEGIE.
A Schooldar Anecdote of
the Great
Iron Master.
A broker sneered at the recent story
of Andrew Carnegie's reputed declara
tion that his epitaph was to be, "That's
d d white of Andy."
"Mr. Carnegie is a wise man, not a
fool," said the broker. "It is true that
he has done in his time odd and re
markable things. All those things.
though, had a wise purpose behind
them. The purpose of such nn epitaph
as 'That's d d white of Andy' could
only be to evoke ridicule.
"I once visited Dunfermline, Mr.
Carnegie's birthplace. They told me
there a story about him that Illustrat
ed the tenacity and perseverance of
bis chlldhood-hls bulldog determina
tion to ride rknvu every obstacle ami
reach his end.
"It seems that at the little Dun
fermline school the master called An
drew up one day and asked hlirkhovv
much seven times nine was. The boy,
unable to hit on the answer Immediate
ly, began to go over the entire table:
" 'Twice nine Is eighteen, thrice nine
Is twenty-seven, four times nine ia
thirty-six, five But tlie master
Interrupted Impatiently.
" 'No, no,' he said. 'Give me the an
swer straight off.'
"After some thought, the boy began
again:
" 'Twice nine Is eighteen, thrice
nine Is twenty-seven, four times
" 'No. Straight off,' repeated the
master.
" 'Hand j er gob, nan. the boy cried,
passionately. 'Ve've spoilt me twice,
an' do ye want to spoil me u third
time?' "
A Tribute to HcikIIiik.
The president of Hamilton College,
In nn address to some publlj school
touchers, said In effect that the knowl-
edge he had gained by rending was
more valuable than all the rest he
possessed, and declared that If school4
failed to give a lovo for reading, they
failed In the most Important part of
their duty. St. Nicholas.
t'liunit Kerelo. ,
"How much Interest," said the man
of leisure carelessly strolling alonjj
with his Wall street friend, "doc that
Uttlo dog of mine take in that cut
chase !"
"If you're asking me," returned the.
financier, I "should say I purr scent."
Baltimore American.
Lightning very seldom strikes twice
lu the siiuie phu-e prohuhly U.cuut
the iluco Isn't there.