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DOINGS OF THE Tueaday, March 31. WwhingtoD, March 31.-The alleged tendency of the general government to override the pjwers 0, th ttate ol the Lnion and to Ignore the restrictions of marka by Teller, ol Colorado, in the senate today. Ma declared that there had grown up a practice of atu.ror.ting to justify any act by the Federal author, jtlee, whether there wm authority for "or not, so long aa it wa ascribed to the public interest. The remainder of the day was devot ed to discussion of the Benton dam bill on Ita merit. Heyburn and Borah, both of Idaho, took opposing aides. Heyburn oppoelng and Borah favoring. Heyburn declared he would maintain hii position, even if sat if fled that by to doing he would imperil hii teat in the senate. No vote had been reached when the senate adjourned. Washington, March 81 After hav- ing undergone many changea, the para- urn reiaung to tne bureau of forestry waa Anally pissed by the bouae of rej- caeuiauvea. An amendment by Humphreys, of Wisconsin, to increase by $163,480 the apppropriation for soil investigations provoked a long debate. After many five-minute speeches had been made fur and agaluat the proposition, it was car ried, 100 to 88. The bill was laid aside less than half completed, and the house adjourned. Monday, March 30. Washington. March SO. The Oojec tion of the president to the construc tion of dams across navigable rivers by private companies, eicept when the publio Interest la fully guaranteed, fig ured in the consideration of a house bill in the senate today. This bill pro- pott to authoria the Benton Water oompany to construct .a dam across Snake river, in the state of Washing ton. The urgent deficiency bill, appropri ating $2,000,000 for armor, etc., for vessels heretofore authorized, was paused. On motion of Warren, $60,000 waa added for mileage of officers and contract surgeons of the army when au thorized by law. A bill regulating the sale of liquor in licensed Uveins in Alaska was passed. It forbids gambling in places in which liquor ia sold. Ferkins said that in the dayi of prohibition in Alaska there was much smuggling and illicit selling of liquor. Washington, March 30. Charge of a serious nature against Gl fiord Pin chot, chief of the forestry bureau, were made today In the house by Smith, of California, and Mondell, of Wyoming, during consideration of the agricultural bill. Smith accused htm of entering into a secret understanding with the city of Loa Angeles, with a view to se curing to the city valuable water rights In the Owens river valley, as against the Interest! of private parties having prior claims. Mondell denounced him lor. as tie charged, illegally paying me expenses of forest omclals in attending conventions in me vv6ti, in wuicn me government had no part, and alao for spending government money to boost bis bureau in the newspapers. Mr. Pincbot was defended by Pollard, of Nebraska, and Ncott, of Kansas. Smith, of California, denounced the forestry service for attempting to ac quire the Owens valley in California. Saturday, March 28. Washington, March 28 But little progress was made In the house today in considerlngg the agricultural bill. The dismission dwelt mainly ujKin the proposed esahlishmentof Federal stand ards of cotton grades and Fedeial in spection of grains. Mr. Crumpacker and others opposed a section providing for the establishment of Federal labor atories for examination of samples of aeed or grain. The clause of the section providing that the report made as result of such laboratorical examinations "shall aerve an a basis for the fixing of definite grades, aucn grades to become the offi cial standards for the grading of grains' was stricken out on a point of order after a lively debate. The section was then adopted as amended. Friday, March 27. Washington, Mar.ih 27. The Aid rich bill was paatd by the senate to day by a vote of 42 to 16, in the main rarty vote. Previous to the taking of the vote on the Al.lrich bill, a vote was taken on the Bailey substlute au authorising the government, instead of the national banks, to issue the emer gency circulation for which the bill provides. The vote on the substitute stood 42 to 13, and thii vote was en tirely pcrtisan, even I Follette east ing his vote with the Republicans. The till has been tefore the senate since January 2. The vote was not reported until after 6 p. in. anil the galleries were practically empty. As passed, the bill provides for not more than $500,000,000 of emergency ourrency to he issued to national banks Fleet to Visit New Zealand. Washington, April 1. It has prac tically been decided by the Navy de partment that the Atlantic battleship fleet shall make a short visit to Auck land, N. Z., on its way from Samoa to Sydney, Australia. There is an ample supply of good coal at the New Zealand port, and a stop there would afford an excellent oppoitnnlty to fill the bunk ers of the ships for the long trip to the Philippines and Japan, and also to ahow the appreciation of the United States government for the prompt and cordial invitation received. Test Commodity Clause. Washington, April 1. The govern ment will not prosecute for failure to comply with the "commodity clause" of the railroad rate law, ponding a de cision of the Supreme court. The pres ident has directed the Department of Justice to bring a test case as soon as possible after it become effective, the law forbidding anyrailroad to transport any article or commodity other than timber produced by euch road, or in which It is Interested. SIXTIETH CONGRESS upon the deposit by them of state, oounty and municipal bonda to be an "j um secretary of the treasury. The ourretrv ia to ha Imhi -.ok . view o: secaiing an equiublt distribn- uu ul uim currency over the United mates, ana In accordance with the nn impaired capital and surplus of bsnks in each slate. Hanks are to pav for iuib emergency circulation oi.e-half of one per cent a month during the brut our months it is circulated and after ward three-quarter of one per cent a month. The bill provides that national banks nail not pay less than 1 per cent on government funds deposited with them am amenueu UKiay, me Mil carries an important change in banking laws relating to bank reserves. Ibis amend merit pro? idee that of the IS percent reaerve required to be kept by banks not in reaerve cities, four-fifths Is to be kept in the vaults it the banks, and of that amount one-third oan be In the form of securities of the kind required. Wahington, March 27. The house parsed 360 piivate pension bills, at the rate of ten a minute. An urgent deficiency appropriation bill appropriating 13,000,000 for carry ing on the work of the Washington naval gun factory was passed. Thursday, March 28. Washington, March 28. Although the senate met today with the Inten tion of devoting the entire time of the session to the ourrency bill, the cre dentials of Senator-elect John Walter 8 nith, of Maryland, early became the subject of a discussion that consumed nearly four hours and destroyed all bepe of disposing of the currency bill before adjournment today. The result of the delate on the pro priety of swearing In Mr. Smith was a vote of 34 to 39 in favor of receiving his credentials and leaving the regu larity of bis election to be considered by the committee on privileges and elections, and by the senate later. Washington, March 26. More shafts of sarcasm and invective were aimed at President Roosevelt In the Ihouse of representatives today. In one of the most scathing arraignments of a public officer ever heard in that chamber, lieall, of Texas, charged the president with having been guilty of "a disgust ing usurpation of power," not only toward the national legislature, but the judiciary as well. When the agricultural appropriation bill was read for amendment today, Macon, of Arkansas, endeavored to have inserted as a new provision his bill prohibiting the dealing in futures in agricultural products, but the chair sustained a point of order against it. Scott, of Kansas, in charge of the bill, expressed his entire sympathy with the proposition which, however, he insist ed should be acted on independently. On a point of order the several new stations were stricken from the bill. These stations were proposed to be lo- ciated in Texas, Ksneaa, Virginia, Michigan, Vermont, Missouri and Iodi- Wednesday, March 25. Washington, March 25. A good deal of progress was made by the senate to day in disposing of proposed amend ments to the Aldrich currency bill. It was evident throughout the tension that the bill will be perfected in the form approved by the finance committee, as no proposition that failed to receive the sanction of the committee received any snlietantial support. The amend ments repoitsd by the committee were all adopted without opposition and then one senator after another offeied additional amendments which, except in the canes of one proposed by Dupont and one by Lodge, were voted down. Washington, March 25. In the course of a bitter denunciation of the president, on the floor of the house of representatives today, Stanley, of Ken tucky, compared him with Alexander Hamilton, whom he designated "an obcnre adventurer," and both of whom, be said, had profound con tempt (or the constitution and display ed everlasting impatience with its re straints. The president was a man who relished glamor and who liecame intoxicated by applause. On the other hand, he said, Mr. Bryan had the re spect of the country as a statesman and was trusted as a man. When Scott, in charge of the agricul tural appropriation bill, today sought unanimous consent to limit to five hour further debate on the bill, Sui ter, of New York, objected. That ac tion forced the house to a vote, and it was agreed to confine general debate to four hours instead of five. The remainder of the session was de voted to brief speeches by Griggs, of Georgia, who gave notice of an amend meont increasing by $100,000 the ap propriation for the Investigation of soils; by Bell, of Georgia, who favored governmental aid to publio roads; K.I lerlie, of South Carolnia, who also fa vored i.vcreased appropriations for soil investigation. Bourne Awards Pnxe. Washington, March 26. The prize of 1, COO offered by Senator Bonrne, of Oregon, to the author of the best writ ten argument on the subject, "Why Roosevelt Shnnld be Chosen for a Sec ond Elective Term," has leen awarded to Frank II. Notcrost, associate justice of the Supreme court of Nevada. The announcement that Justice Norcross has won the big prixe was made to-lay. Senator Bourne says that Justice Nor cross' argument is an excellent piece of work and tat it will be circulated and widely published. Favor Country's Ships. Washington, March 26. The bouse committee on Interstate and foreign commerce agreed today to report favor ably the senate resolutions to restrict to vessels cf United Slates register the transportation from the Unite.! Stale to the Panama Canal tone of material for the canal. The resolution author itea the Isthmian Canal commission to purchase or chart and operate vessels of the United States for the transporta tion d Cut Baotial and of canal mil. .HELD FOR MURDER. Formal Charge Filed Against Slayer of Stevens. San Francisco, March 27. In. Whan Chang and Ming Wun Chun, the Co rean patriots who elected to kill Dur ham W. Slovene fur what they believed to be treachery to the Hermit Kingdom, were this morning charged with mur der. They must face trial for their ,A In thi) fMl'tl oftHacltV. Held in detention pending the struggle for lile which the coursgeous diplomat made, the two men were charged ou the police blotter as soon as news of the end waa conveyed to police headquar ters. In Whan Chang, the Corean who fired the shots which proved fatal to Stevens, when Informed last night st the jail of his victim's death, re- eivJ the news without surprise and with manifest delight. Since the day of the shooting Chang has been ex pressing the hope that Stevens' wounds might prove fatal. Laet night, when asked if be waa sorry for what he bad done, Chang said: "No; I am glad. He was no friend of Corea, and lie ia better dead." There ia a movement on foot among the Japanese to erect a monument to rttevens. Japanese commenced going about among their fellow oountrymen tbia morning broaching the idea and suggesting that subscriptions be forth coming. The proposition ia still in the tentative stage, but, judging from the feeling the Japanaee ahow toward the dead American, there will be no difficulty In bringing it to aooomplUh ment. Whether the monument ahall be elected in this city, in Tokio or in Seoul, the theater of Stevens' services to Japan, has not yet been decided. CITY ROBBED WHOLESALE. Immense Frauds Discovered In Chi cago Water Department. Chicago, March 27. An amating system of robbery and graft, involving city employes and big business firms, and extending back through several years, has been discovered in the water department. Two employes, inoluding a division bead, were removed, and 38 subordinate employes wtll be dis charged. Some of them may be in dicted. Thinnuh tamnerint? with meters and tr!e ooTinivance of city employes, seve ral large corporations have defrauded the rlty of hundreds of thousands of dollars in water taxes. City employes have sold meters to junk dealers and bartered materials for drinks in sa loons. Supplies never used by the city were purchased ostensibly for the water de partment and then ueed by plumbers in private hnsinesse. The payrolls were padded with idlers and incompetents. The force, which originally numbered 200 men, was re duced by Superintendent W. J. Mc- Court, of the wster bureau, to 50. TROOPS ORDERED OUT. Striking Alaaka Miners May Deatro) Properly. Seattle, Wash., March 27. Troops have been ordered from Fort Seward, at Haines, Alaaka, to preserve order at the Treadwell mines, on Douglass Island, where 800 miner have gone on a strike. Tlte troops are due to arrive at Treadwell early tomorrow morning, and serious trouble is anticipated. United States Marshal Shoup, who has hist returned from Waiihington, lelt for the scene of the trouble, on receipt of dispatches from his chief deputy. Tl e miners have threatened to blow up the works If troops sre landed on the island They stole 10 kegs of dy namite today from the mine stores. Colonel Grfen, In command ol one company of the Tenth infantry, left Haines tonight with a gatling gun, and should reach the mines at an early hour this morning. The other companies stationed at Fort Seward have been or dered to be in readiness lo reinforce the first company if needed. Just before his departure for Juneau at 9 o'clock last night, Marshal Shoup received a message from hia chief depu ty that no serious disturbances have oc curred, but trouble of a serious nature is anticipated when the troops are land ed on the island in the morning. Bribery Charged. San Francisco, March 27. Tonight it was learned that the new grand jury which today heard the testimony of many of the witnesses who appeared before the Oliver grand jury, when Pat rick Calhoun, Tirey L. lord, George M Abbott, ex-Mayor K. K. Scbmits and Abraham Ruef were indicted on many counts for bribery In the granting of the United railroads trolley franchise, have voted to bring three joint indict ments for the same offenses against Cal houn, Ford and Ruef. SchmlU is left out of the new indictments." Claims Right In Senate. Pan Francisco, March 27. Superior Judge Seawell today granted the Com mercial Union Assurance company of Great Britain a peremptory writ of mandate against Insurance Commission er E. Myron Wolfe, who has withheld from the company a certificate authoris ing It to transact fire and marine insur ance business in this state. Mr. Wolfe based his refusal on the ground that the Commercial Union had illegally trans ferred suite filed against the company from the Superior court of this state to the United Statea Circuit court. Does Not Want Hill. Berlin, March 27. The German gov ernment has Informed President Roose velt that Dr. David J. Hill, at present American minister t The Hague, It not acceptable to it aa ambassador at Berlin. Charlemagne Tower, the pres ent amhasaador, declined today to eith er confirm or derv this statement. From other sources ,t wa' learned that the grounds are that Dr. Hill is not rep reaentstive enough for the United States to send to Germany. More Wsrships to Haytl. Washington, March 27. Two addi tional war vessels were ordered to Hay tl today following a conference of offi cials of the State and Navy department. The Des Moines already h 1 been sent to the scene of the recent outbreak. The two vessels dispatched today are the gunboats Marietta and Paducah toth of which have been at Guantana, no, CnO, prtjio lor target practice. CITY 18 DESTROYEDIHINTS TO CONGRESS Heavy Earthquake Followed by Fire la Mexico. I'O OF L!! !S orrtnoTrn lit J Thirty-four Ehcck Recorded Within Twenty-four Hmrs at Mexican National Obitrvatory. Mexico, City, Marrh 2S.-Chilapa, a town of 16,000 inhabitants in the state of Guerrero, ha leu shaken by an earthquake and bcrued. The shocks, two in number, occurred early lant evening and were followed by .fire, which originating in a doten places among the tumbling buildings, joined In a conflag'ttiou that iwept the town. Governor Pamlan Florea, chief exec tit.e of the stats of (inerrero, lm t at present in this city, bad at 9 o'clock this evening just received the first offi cial advo -s frm CI, i la pa. The mes sage says that, althoigh a number of the buildings of th town weie leveled to the ground, no lives were lost. The polioe quarters and the mayor's office were destroyed and the jail badly dam aged. Great fismres were made In the streets and open fields. In the neighboring town of Ometepec the jail was destroyed and 30 prisoners made their escape. Troops are guard ing the public buildings that are stand ing in Chi laps, but perfect order pre vails. Later returns from Chllapa thow, howevrr, that the dispatch received by Governor Floret wai ultra conservative. The town was practically destroyed, though no lives were lost. Most of the buildings that wert leveled were resi dences. Thirty-four shocks have been record ed during the past 24 hours by the seis mograph at the national observatory at Tabuyaca. Most of these shockt, how ever, were Imperceptible except to the delicat needle of the instrument. NORTH POLE IS SHIFTING. Making America Warmer and Siberia Colder. Victoria, B. C, March 28. That the north pole ia shifting and the climate is changing, making the Northern terri tories of this continent warmer and Norther Asia colder, the theory to support which Most B. Cotworth, of York, England, nas been gathering evi dence in Alaska, from where be has re turned on his way to England. A curious effect ' this change, it ia said, may be a number of boundary difficulties between Canada and the United States, especially in the Eastern port'on. This boundary is fixed by latitude, and if the north pole is really moving, the latitude change also, ten dering it advlrable that the boundary be speedily marked everywhere by nermanent monuments, where it baa not yet been so marked already. The movement, Cotworth says, is caused by the Immense accumulations cf ice along the Canadian shore of the Arctic ocean, and especially in Baffin' land and Greenland. MINERS HELD IN CHECK. Peace Committee Restrain! Strikers From Rioting. Juneau, Alaska, March 28. Although there has been no violence as yet at the Treadwell mines, the 800 men on strike are only prevented from making an outbreak by the commission of 20 men from the union who have been called the peace committee. The tension is so bign that the least word will bring about trouble. The union leaders have tked the men to refrain from drinking, but Idleness la irksome and the men are chafing nnder the delay of a settlement, especially in view of the fact that the oompany has declared that never again will there be any of the present leaders employed by tne company. Cannot Deport Bignami. San Francisco, March 28. Paul Big nami, the anarchist arrested yesterday for inciting to assassination and to de structioo of the fleet, when examined before Acting Commissioner of Immi gration Crawford, stated hat he tame to this country from Italy in 1904. If thlc ii a fact it will plae him onteide the Fedeial deportation laws relating to anarchists. Mi. Crawford has wired to Boston to see if there Is any record of him there. More anarchists will be arrested in the tint few dsys in the Latin quarter ensrgea with vagrancy. Find More Gold In Alaaka. Seattle, Wash., March 28. A special cable to the Times frm Valdet, Alas ka, states that men just in from the Gulkana diggings, towards which the latest stampede i directed, report an other big strike there. The claim own ers have been working a tunnel all winter, and they sre now In ground said to be running 120 to the pan. On the strength of this newt, Peter Mona hsn, original locator of the New Gol conda, and owner of Its best claims, spent 11,500 for loe, treating, when be herd the report. Tourist Rates to the Coast. 6t. Paul, Minn., March 28. The passenger ofTicislt of the Northern and Pacific and Soo roads will make special summer tourist ra'es of Q0 for the reg ular trip from th Twin Cities to Seat tle, Tacoma, Portland and other North Pacific Coast points. This puts the northern line on s par with the south ern lines, which hate granted special rates to California points. The regular trip from Chir(r to North Coast cities via the Twin Cities will be t72.60. Great Strike it Ordered. Kansas City. Mrh 28. Thirty five thousand member of the United Mine workers of Awerct, employed in dis tricts Noe. 4. 21 I'l 25, comprising Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, will go on strike April 1, following a decin reached at meet ings of division vice president held bare today. 1 President Says Certain New Laws Shrold Be Passed. utter cm Elllff TO Allow Traffic Agreements Among the Railroads Amend Anti-Trust Law Revise Tariff. Washington, March 26. Insisting that certain important measures should tie passed by the present congiess, Pres ident Kooeevelt Bent a special message to both houses yesterday. The message in part follows: Chlid labor should be prohibited throughout the nation. At least a model child labor bill should be passed for the District of Columbia. I renew my recommendation for the erg' liability law, drawn to conform to the recent decision of the Supreme court. Within the limits Indicated by the court the law tbould be made thor ough and comprehensive, and the pro tection it affords should affect every clasa of employe to which the power ol the congresa ran extend. In addition to a liability law protecting the em ployes of common carriers the govern ment should show its faith by enacting a further law giving compensation to its own employes for injury or death inourred in Its service. I also nrge that action be taken along the line of the recommendations I have already made concerning injunctions in labor disputes. No temporary restrain ing order should be isaued by any court without notices and the petition for a permanent injunction upon which such temporary injunction has been issued should be heard by the court issuing the same within a reasonable time say not to exceed a week or thereabou I again call attention to the urgent need of amending the interstate com merce law and especially the anti trust law, along the linea indicated in my last message. The Interstate commerce law should be amended so aa to give railroads the right to make traffic agreements, subject to these agree ments being approved by the Interstate Com mere commission and published In all details. In addition to the reasons I have al ready urged on your attention t has now beome Important that there should be an amendment of the anti-trust law because of. the uncertainty aa to how this law affects combinations among laboring men and farmers, if the combination hat agiy tendency to re strict interstate commerce. All of these combinations, If and while exist ing for and engaged in the promotion of innocent and proper purposes, should be recognised as legal, as I have repeat edly pointed out. The time haa eome when we should prepare for a revision of the tariff This should be, and Indeed must be preceded by careful Investigation. It is peculiarly the province of the house of representatives to originate a tariff bill and to determine upon ila terms and this I fully realise, yet it aeema to me that before the close of this session provision should be made for collecting full material which will enable the congress elected next fall to act iuanie diately after it comes into existence. Ample provision should be made for a permanent waterway commission with whatever power is required to rrake it I ff active. The congress should reali e in fullest fashion the fact that the subject of the conservation of our natuial resources with which this com mission deals ia literally vital for the future of the nation. Numerous bills granting water power rights on navigable stresms have been introduced. None of them gives the government the right to make a reason' able charge for the valuable privilege granted. Nor la any definite time limit set, as should always be done In such cases, and I shall be obliged therefore, In accordance with the policy stated in a recent message, to veto any water power bill which doe not provide for a time limit and the collection of a just and reasonable charge. Many Traitors In China. Pekln, March 26. Seven men arrest ed recently charged with trafficking in governmental tecreta have been found guilty and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. This punishment is aenerallv considered to be worse than death. It would appear that the con spiracy against the government is fairly widespread, and the revelations nave considerably alarmed the court. No lees than 30 important persons are now being held in custody and it is reported that the chief of police of the forbidden tlty it among them. Hayathi Explains Csse. Tokio. March 26. Foreign Minister HaTashl mad a atatement today in the diet in reference to the Tatsu Maru in cident. He wished to say emphatically that the Chinese central government bad shown a friendly attitude toward Japan and a desire for the continuance of friendly relation by conceding an ample reparation. Concerning alleged anti-Japanese feelnig by the central government of China, he said he was unable to discover the slightest evi dence of unfriendliness and dcubted ita existence. Cannot Dsport an Anarchist. San Francisco, March 26 Joseph Zaboskl, an allege.! anarchist arrested by Detective Goff recently, baa been given liberty by the Immigration com missioner. The Inability of the depart ment to find the date of bis arrival In this country was a bar to denortalton. The poiice claim to have located the headquarters of the foreign anarchist in the Italian quarters snd sre contem plating a raid that will cleanse the place before the fleet arrives. Kill OrT Anarchist Papers. Trenton. N. J.. March 26. A bill waa Introduced in the house today mak ing it a misdemeanor to publish anar chist newspapers. The bill is aimeo at a Peterson paper recently excluded from the mails. BEVrV'ES OLD TilEOBY. rrrru ( Ulna t'.arfa I Hollow a ltd lukabtlrtl ul th laaldr. t'ud-r our feel, a few t!i"U.no utiles, more or le. there's a Imp! where tltt-re are no Itm-he Mlrr. rallroiid reluite qui'Ktlol.a mid no hnsc htl full einlera. ip-tiordiiig to I'r r ville Livingston I-eipli, arlt-ntlst Hiul luveHtlgator. of Aiil'iirn, 11. I. To ft to tlila pluce, wtiL-Ii la u bind of grc.i' u4ttUl, JfU li..tV I'Ui i' ft.ll IO .Hit' '. the other of the polea. and quite w'l!t- tut knowing It. your khlp uiiiy pi Into an o'iiliig na If Into a tf.i-IiL'lit til"1'1' and come upon a connive Inn, I. iiihv tliere, It limy lie tlmt you'll iieer conic back. The profi-Kor doesn't any much about Unit. Arctic explorera who have never re turned from the bind of Ice, mil) Imp, are now tailing around In the aea th it llltea the luiu-r aide of the earth. Th-'Y may have found a port und droin.l nchor ami gone ONhore. 1'rof. I.euch la very sincere. lb- talka earnestly and with eiitliuluMi. "The powilhirttle of a land limlde the earth waa first brought to my atten tion when I picked up a gwxle on the ahorea of the great hikes. The geode 3 Ti the?:!, it! .ftj.-pn"' !'. ' atone but when broken ia found to lie hollow and coated with cryatala. The earth la only a larger form of a geode and the law that created the geode hi Ita hollow form, undoAhtedly fnahloued the earth In the same way. MIr." Kane, the Arctic explorer, found evldencea of animal life that could not le accounted for. These, I am convinced, came from the unex plored country, reached only from tl-.r polea, whence come the northern lights." Undergraduates of Brown Univer sity, with a scientific turn of mind, find time to drop In at Prof. I.eacb'a. They are always cordially rc-elved and sent away with something to think about. Aa a matter of fact, this Inner world theory a exploited by Prof. I .each la an old one. It came Into particular prominence early in the present cen tury, when a mau named Slum, or Sliiima, a resident of Cincinnati, pub llcly advocated It so peralatently that It mine to be known and ridiculed nt "Sims' Mole." "The Crulae of the Port Kingston,' by V. Kalph Hall ('nine, in addition to describing the great earthquake and tolling something of the history and literature of Jamaica, deals emphatical ly with such ijui-Htloua ns mixed mnr rlages In the Weal Indies, the auggext ed f jHton of white and black racea. the negro marriage, the "goddesa In choco- late," the pagan and Hiis-rtltioim be I left of the negro, and the strong cast' feeling annum the people. In au article on "The Art of Conver sation" In Ilarver'a Weekly the writer tells this delicious anecdote of Carlyle Slid Tennyson which nut never he told too often. All those literary pUgi'liiM who have wandered through the Car lyle house on the Thames embankment will remember with what pleasure the old Scotch keeer retells day after day: "In this room It waa that Mr. Carlyle snd Mr. TennysoD spent a long even ing, each ainoklti' his pipe and neither of them HHitklu' a word. And after tbreo hours, when Mr. Tennysouv rose to go, Mr. Carlyle said to hltn. it's a grand evenln' we've spent, Alfred, a grand evenln',' mid Mr. Tennyson he Just said, too, 'A grand evenln',' and went out." A book by Ir. John Imuran yuncW euboa upon hypnotism ns an agent for reforming character and curing certain Ilia of ta' flesh Is to be published soon. This Issik will recall an experiment tried some year ago in one of the large universities In which a erfe-tly lion eat man was hypnotized nod the exeii mentors tried In vain to -oiiisi him to commit a forgery. This and other e pertinent tend to confirm the view which Ir. Qunckenlioa holds t lint the determining factor In hypnotism la not th will of the operator but the char acter of the aiibJot. "It Is not the 111 of auother that rvfortna and regen erate. It Is not ,K compelling wor thy action. It la the free man come to Ida own assistance." 'The Hoyal Family by Pen and Cant era la a suinptiioua record or rue r.n- gllsh reigning house extending over period of forty-two years. One of the prettiest portraits of the Queen Is that In which she la holding the prevent yuen of Norway In her anna aa a baby, the cap the Queen I wearing In accord with the customa of the day rul ing ewiieclally lfomlng. The thing that la esjieclally noticeable all through the aeries of portraits Is that the Queen has changed so little with the year. Aa one of her bridesmaids de scribed It, calling at Ma rlbo rough House on the silver wedding day of th then Prime snd Princess of Wales. We were all middle-aged women, but the Princess looked aa young and pret ty aa ahe did on ber wedding day." I had a really scientific man to aee me tbe other day, snd In the course of our Investigation of a point we hail In common It wa necessary to waan out a bottle. The bottle wa empty It wa a round, wabbly vesel, and h bad to hold It under the water a long time so tflat It might get full enough of wster to hold It down. I ssked him why he did not fill It with water first, and be laughed and a!d lie did not think of It- And that (ears out my con tention that It I not because a nun Is as "clever ss paint" that he there fore grasps "the common sene of com mon things. " G. H. It. Iiabbs In Fry'i Magaxln. rsiMl la Lla.lt. T purchased these sliow here lai month, and I want to g-t them ex changed," began the mau In the de partment store. "You'll notice that fJ, petent leather haa cracked." "Oh, yea," exclaimed the clem woen he bed xamlnfl tbe V-ee. "They r old Stock. Tbe pstent fits prohub. H-lreA" Harper Weeki. A writT In the Atchison Globe tella of his experience aa a tyiottcr to a Mlasourlaii editor back In the sixth. At first a circuit rlil. r In the bit. k wissla, then a preacher who built mid paid for his own church, tula unlntie iiuu Una..) (Hiu.nt u p,'ij.!.:u '..!. r. from which he issued a nit called the L uou of States. It waa to this establishment that I ami Iny brother were taken one day, to I made printers out of. for at '. and I- we were gel ting too old to be longer idle. In the cirurse of time the one c-oiiim- tent printer was ills, barged, the er.br Is-lng of the oplu.on that he and we two ho) a could niaiiiige the establish ment very well. It waa a large, eight- column paper, and for month we were Irlveu to tyix-M-ltliig aa alave were Irlveu to oottou picking. The 1'nloii of States waa horribly printed, ami we hoya blushed for Ita npxiirance. Our regular tusk wita two column a day. If we fulled to accomplish this, wr er.ti.r-t rt v-,;:! -y It? it;?- tf two niKllea. I luring the long summer, when boy should have been In swim ming bole instead of printing nffliv. we frequently tolleil until midnight with the weary task. Jim, Is.lng an Industrious lad. gener ally finished by (I, and then he I si I out his lazy brother. Hornet I mea be would read copy, at other keep away the filea wllh a fan. and frequently he would finish th work himself and al low tin? laggard to go to tied. Politic were very warm In those dsys, and the editor often worked the hand press with a pistol atrsiiwd to bla person, tin several invasion shots were tired Into the office by passing deaperadoe. and the editor always ap peared promptly at the front door to return them. line day a circus cnine to town, and tho ed'tor refused a flfty-ilol'ar cash advertisement, lie vigorously attacked the allow', and advised Ills readers In the name of decency to keeit away. Itnt an linn se crowd greeted the -lrcus. and among the most Interested -ta-twra were the two young romiNtaitor from the I'nlon of State ollh-o. The clown iniide great sport of the pnHT and Its editor, and when the audience cheered loudly at bla fuu, we felt crushed. If It I a credit to a man to be a slave to hard work, we rheerfuly hear testlimiiiy to the greatnes of the editor of the I'nlon of States. To our knowl edge he never bad an amusement In bla life, nor sn idle hour. In the fnll he went to the tiinlMr and cut hla own wts)d. lie alway bad a stable full of horses, and more (s-k than many of the farmer. These were fed by the comsisltor of the pajier. If a sol dier' widow needed help to husk her rorir, he sent u lsy to do It Once or twh-e a year he tisk us to camp meet-. Ing to take care of the preacher' horse and help him sing. lnirlitg the busy seasons on his farm we dropped corn or rode horse on file th reshlng flisir. Hurliig these time the I'nlon of State olfU-e wa closed, and when the force returned there was great crowding lo get the paper out on time. It waa a busy life, with is) leisure and no fun. 'I all anil Their t'ne. cat never actually wag Its tall. Why should It when It can purr 7 Hut, nevertheless, It seem to aerve the same piirsise lu n-rmlltlng a tempor ary expenditure of ex-esa nervous energy l.en the animal is under great almln. l-'or Instance, when carefully stalking a bird or a man, aa In the case of a kitten or a lion, the tip of the fnll I never still for a nionieiit -ever curl ing and uncurling. We may compare thl to the nervous tapping of tbe foot or fingers In a mint. When an angry lion la roaring It loudest, bla tall will frequently lash from aide to aide, giv ing rle among the aliclenta to the ts llef that he scourged bis body with a hook or thorn which grew from the end of the tall. When a Jaguar walka along a slender hough, or a bouse cat ieram hulntes the top of a hoard fence, we perceive another Important function "f the tall -that of an aid In balancing. A a tight rope performer away hi h., so the feline shifts It tall to pre serve the center of gravity. The tall of a sheep weins to lie of little use to Ita owner, although In the breed which I found In Asia Minor and on the table lands of Tartary this organ function a a storehouse of fat, and sometime reachi-a a weight of ,10 pound. When viewed from Is-blnd. the animal wern all tall, and when this stiis-ndagrf reaches Its full slr.e It Is eltlier fasten ed between two sticks which drag on th ground, or It Is suatieiided on two small wheels. Australian f 'arloaltle. There are some nirloii thing In cen tral Australia. Ike Ainadeiia In the dry season la merely a tie-t of a:t. Ayers rs k, alsuit five mile round, rise abruptly from the deaert. For merly vast rivers flowed here, snd the (flprotodon, a wombat like creature worthy of It name and four times a large as s kangaroo, fhshrlahed on the plain. Now there are hardly any ani mals to be seen. The fish live In water hole of the hills until the floods wash them down to the valleys. At the end of the wet aesaoo the water frog fill theniaelve with water, roll themselves In the mud and He low till the next rains, which may not come for two year Meanwhile the provident frog, like the "iiiousie'' of Itols-rt Hums, may have the misfortune to furnish a drink to a thirsty black. The natives also get water from the roota of tri-. They sre In the "totem" stage and revere certain plants or animals whl h protect them. Men of one group can only marry women from another single group. Esrllrairat. "Hera," said the drsmatlst, "we here a butband who love bla wife and a wife who love her husband." "Welir "How am I to v,ntrtH't a drama from (uch material!" LuIivUle Coif rler-Juuraai.