HIGH AND BUOAD UA MPARTS GUARDED BY FOKTS SURROUND TUB IMPERIAL CITY, BUT THE
ALLIES FORCED THEM WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.
HISTORIC OLD FORT.
A LINK BETWEEN THE PAST AND
PRESENT.
St. Atiiiiixtlno Fortress Fell Into Our
Hands by Vlrtne of the Florida Pur
chase In IBltt-NoteJ Indian Prison
ers Con lined There.
Fir many years old Fort Marlon, sit
uated at St. August.lue, Flu., has been
unocjiipled save by a merely nominal
garrison of regulars Since the Span-l-li-Atueiicau
war u few military pris
oners, convicted of Infractions of dis
cipline, have kept the soldiers company.
Ever since Florida became a part of
the United States by purchase from
Hum I n In 1810 the fort has been used
chiefly as an arsenal.
The structure Is a link that connects
the United States with an age but dim
ly remembered, for It was first built
In l.'i(iT), 3:15 years ago, and Is the oldest
on the coutincnt. Since Its transfer to
the United States some famous Indian
chiefs have been prisoners of war In Its
dungeons, among them Osceola and
Wildcat, tho Seminole leaders confined
pi.-1 i
FORT MARION, OLDEST MILITARY
there In 1&17; lending chiefs ami head '
men of Comanche, Arapnho and other
Indian tribes who were captured on the ,
AVestern frontier In 1875. me nenu
chief of a baud of the Apache nation,
Chihuahua, and Geronimo, Natchez,
Magnus and other chiefs of that nation
were sent to the fort In 1880, and were
there for thirteen months.
The broad terrepleln of Fort Marlon
Is a very beautiful promenade, com
manding the same magnificent view of
the ocean as lu the feudal ages.
Through the summer months the place
Is alive with excursionists from all over
the South, aud at night occasional
promenade concerts and dances are
given ou the terrepleln. While all about
are signs of Joyous, abundaut life, a
peep Inside the dungeons where were
practiced all the horrors of the Spanish
Inquisition will chill the heart of the
must Indifferent aud a recital of some
of the fact and traditions connected
therein wll! awe the most frivolous,
i Persons of, rault and power were cou
lined within the gloomy walls of these
dungeons, where death wai certain
within a few hours; others were sub
jected to the cuuulng atrocity of their
persecutors.
Fort Marlon was thrice named, flrst
as San Juau do Plnas and later as Sau
Mario. Tho first material used at the
commencement of the fort, lu 13d5, was
logs piled high and earth filled In between-
Coqulua rock was later used
In Its reconstruction and enlargement.
The walls are twenty-one feet high aud
about them Is a moat nearly forty feet
lu width. The fort was strengthened
liom time to time, and though twice
long l eslcgcd and several times attack
ed the plan of defeuses was such that
the fort was never taken. Shot and
shell were Simply Imbedded to an In
significant depth In the walls three feel
thick, so that no considerable breath
was ever made. On the walls facing
old ocean are seen the marks of thou
sands of murderous bullets. Prisoners
condemned for execution were brought
forth at sunrise and stood up agalust
the wall, and, as the sunlight of a new
ilny stole across the waters, and with
their faces toward the east tbelr lives
were forfeited, many of thein for no
crime.
PROOF BY EVERY BABY.
Fitid to Offer Evidence that We Are
l escendel from Monkey-s
Ever since Darwin tropouuded his
aoudiiful theory of tie descent J
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THE FORTIFIED WALLS OF PEKIN.
man, scientists ami anturopoiogims
have been trying to improve on Darwin,
and the baby is to furnish the last con
clusive proof that men are descended
from monkeys.
A cold blooded English doctor It was
who flrst startled an already astounded
world by the publication of the result
of many years' calm, critical study of
Infant life.
In the flrst place he proved that the
arms and legs of a new-born baby are
very different to what Is evolved later
In life. The legs are In an undeveloped
condition, and the arms are far more
perfectly formed and stronger propor
tionately. Not only that, they are
longer.
The doctor, having noted this, pro
ceeded to make experiments. The child
upon whom the flrst experiment was
made was little more than an hour old.
The result of the test was astonishing.
A small stick, three-quarters of an Inch
In diameter, was put Into the tiny,
grasping hands. The baby seized bold
Instinctively. The doctor slowly lifted
the stick. For ten seconds the baby
supported the whole of its weight by its
fingers and arms, exactly like an aero
bat on a horizontal bar.
The next baby experimented on was
four days old. The precocious Infant
POST IN THE UNITED STATES.
sustained Itself In the same way for
half a minute, aud so the doctor contin
ued his experiments, until he at last
proved that the prehensile faculty at
tained Its zenith when the child was
about fourteen days old, w hen It would
hang u for about a minute aud a half,
though one unconscious record-breaker
succeeded in hanging thus for two mla
tues aud thirty-five seconds!
Here Is, Indeed, food for reflection. A
baby only a few days old can accom
plish without effort a feat that taxes
the energy of many a full-grown adult.
For you have only to try hanging ou a
horizontal bar for two minutes to know
how tired the muscles will get.
What Is the explanation of the mar
vel? Why do new-born babies possess
this faculty, and yet, as they become
older, gradually lose it? A six-mouths-
old bnby could not hang on it at all.
Here Is the doctor's explanation:
Thousands of years ago man was a
species of ape, a mere aulmal, who was
being continually tamed and hunted by
beasts of prey and the Inimical mem
bers of his own race. Taking this for
granted, the first thing necessary was
the existence of strong, lithe arms
arms that could seize hold of a hanging
bough and swlug their owner out of
danger; arms that could seine, and
grasp, and strangle; arms that could
work In unison with a quick Instiuct
and sharp eyes.
And so slowly man as we know him
was evolved. He ceased being a tree
climber, and gradually his short legs
grew longer, and his arms lost their
original faculties. But nature has a
loug memory. Hence we find that the
head and arms of a young Infant are
almost abnormally developed when
compared with other parts of Its body.
This Is nature's reminder, and explalus
the force of the doctor's discovery.
There are other small traits that show
the young Infant to be possessed of
habits similar to monkeys. For In
stance, 00 per cent, of children sleep In
a curled-up position. No ape will sleep
flat ou Its back as a man will, and chll
drcn very rarely.
R EAL HEROES THES E.
They Ik-fled a Storm of Bullets to Oct
Water for Their Com ra Irs,
William McMasters, who recently
died at Glasgow, Mon., won a medal of
honor awarded by Congress for a con
spicuously brave deed In one of the lu
i.'.in w ars. In 1S70 he was la the do
tachmciit under Reno, which was op
erating with Custer at the Little Big
Horn. The fighting bad been desper
ate, and the plains all about were
swarming with Indians. The wounded
under Iteco suffered Intensely for
water, which could be obtained only
from a stream that lay In the range of
the Indian tire, To go to that stream
was almost certain death. Neverthe
less the wounded must have water, and
the commander called for four volun
teers to go and fetch It.
Four soldiers Instantly stepped out
of the ranks. One of them was Will
iam McMasters, a veteran of the civil
war, and another was a young man
named Dan Sullivan, who had enlisted
from Illinois. The four men were
laden with canteens, and, gripping
their muskets, they started for the
water.
They had gone but a little way Into
the open when one of them fell dead,
pierced by an Indian bullet, and lay
dead on the ground. The other three
ran ou, with the bullets whistling about
them, and succeeded In reaching the
stream. They filled their canteens and
started back.
The bullets were whistling now worse
than before, for the Indians had con
centrated ttoelr fire, and were deter
mined that not one of the soldiers
should get back. Another man fell,
and McMasters and Sullivan kept on
aloue.
Very soon a bullet struck Sullivan,
but he ran just the same. McMasters
helped him as well as he could, but he
knew that he was sent to bring back
water, and not to save a comrade. All
four men had practically offered up
their lives when they started out.
Sullivan staggered on, mortally
wounded, but he brought his water to
the command before he fell. McMas
ters brought his, too, and he was un
touched. Sullivan was cared for by the sur
geons, and possessed so large a fund
of vitality that he survived to be sent
home to Illinois. There he died, and
the musket that he had held so valiant
ly was placed in the museum of the his
torical society at Springfield, where It
remains.
McMasters' bravery was not forgot
teu. A medal of honor was awarded
lil in by Congress. His service over, he
went to work at his trade, which was
that of a mason, and passed the re
mainder of his life peacefully.
A Strange Bicycle.
There Is being manufactured by the
American Bicycle Company lu Hart
ford a wheel which is apparently des
tined to meet with strange adventures.
It is being made to order for C. A. Ste
phens, the noted cyclist, who rode from
Seattle Into Dawson last winter, there
by performing a feat thnt had been
generally declared impossible, and Is
Intended for a trip across the Sahara
desert. Stephens has been experiment
ing on very sandy roads, aud as a re
sult of his discoveries the bicycle will
be built with a wider frame aud a
larger fork than the ordinary wheel,
providing a wider tread to allow the
use of a big flat tire four Inches wide.
Stephens believes that such a tire will
preveut the wheel from sinking deeply
Into the sand, aud will enable him to
make good time across the desert. The
wheel will be a ehaluless one, and with
the exception of the changes In tire and
frame will be the same as the one with
which he beat all transportation rec
ords over Chilkoot pass. Stephens will
make the trip In the rear of a camel
train, so that If he finds It Impossible
to finish It ou his wheel he can take to
a camel.
A New Pacificator.
The artesian wells of Eastern Al
geria have reconciled tribes whom mil
itary terrorism failtd to pacify. The
first appearance of the rock drill ma
chinery merely provoked their banter,
but when unfailing fountains of cold
water burst forth and tilled tauks and
refrigeration canals their Jibes turned
to silence and finally to grunts of ap
proval. Now they are besieging the
tents of the government engiueers, beg
ging thein to try their luck here aud
there and promising their political sup -
port In case of an aquatic treasure
trove should restore the productiveness
of their parched out fields.
"To Yell with Hale."
Dean Brlggs tells the story of a fa
mous doctor of divinity unnamed
who was once seen going toward the
foot-ball field In Springfield In com
pany with Rev. Dr. Edward Everett
Hale. "Are yon going to the game?"
somebody asked him. "Yes," came the
answer, enthusiastically, "To yell with
Hale!" x
If a girl Is ill tempered and shiftless.
her family will encourage every young
man wiio calls, though they would U
too holiest to beat a man In any othe( fwtw t abroad wit&out travel-trausaotloa-
'.ui t ng Is fair iu love 1 In." Washington Star
LET US ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA
RIOUS HUMORISTS.
Pleasant Incident Occurring the
World Over-Saying that Ara Cheer
ful to Old or Young-Fanny Selec
tion that Yon Will Enjoy.
Gump So you have gone out of poli
tics? Slump Yes.
Gump Retired to private life, I sup
pose? Slump Oh, do, not quite that; we
live in a flat.
Seemed Fit.
They were talkiug of Pittsburg's
census statistics at the breakfast table.
"Mamma," said Sammy Snaggs,"who
Is it that takes the census?"
"Why, the censor, of course, Sammy,"
replied Mrs. Snaggs, without a mo
ment's hesltatlon.-PIttsburs Chronicle
Telegraph.
Why Willie Stay at Home.
Mother Why don't you go out, Wil
lie, and play with Sammy Jones?
Willie I played with Sammy Jones
yesterday, and I don't s'pose he's well
enough yet to get out.
Just Like Other Men.
She Which would you rather marry,
the prettiest woman In the world or
the homeliest?
He The prettiest, of course. Why
do you ask?
She Merely to find out If you were'ut
Just like all other men.
Concerning Fuel.
'Here's an Instructive article oo
'The
Preservation of Forests.' "
"Oh go 'way, what I want to see Is
an Instructive article en 'The Preserva
tion of Coal Piles.' "
Lucky.
"You have a cheerful room In which
to work," said the visitor to the ma
chine typesetter.
"Yes, sir," replied the latter. "Our
lines aie cast In pleasant places."
Kcho from China.
"The Japs seem to have made some
wonder.'ul charges."
"Yes; I paid $0.09 for that Satsuma
teapot." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
She I Taking Risks.
Towson Is your daughter a finished
musician?
Yorkrode Not yet, but the neighbors
are making threats. Baltimore Ameri
can. A Tip Kxclusviely for Married Men.
Mrs Henpeck I have no control over
my husband at all any more.
Mrs. Wunder What's wrong?
Mrs' Henpeck He secured a certified
copy of the census enumerator's record,
showing that I had given Ills name as
the head of the family. Baltimore
American.
Gtiylnn the Guileless.
Fimny Man (suddenly) It looks like
thirty cents, doesn't It?
Innocent (guilelessly) What does?
funny Man A nickel and a quarter.
Unwritten HUtory.
Christopher Columbus Aha! Discov
ered at last! Yonder behold America!
First Mate But where, Crls, are the
famous skyscrapers of which we have
beard so much?
His Pessimism.
"Our boss won't let us offer any ex
cuses when we make mistakes."
"Why not?",
"He says It hurts his feelings to see
us waste time lu which we might be
making more mistakes." Chicago Rec
ord. The Innocent Victim,
Funny Man (suddenly) He
cut any Ice, does he?
Innocent Who?
Funny Man The coal man.
doesn't
Strategy.
"Oysters are in season now, aren't
, they, Mr. Bllftr
"About now, I thiuk. Miss Flint
I There is some doubt about it, you know.
i but there is never auy doubt about ice
cream soda. Will you indulge in
glass?" Cle eland Tlain Dealer.
An Accomplice In Love.
"Does your sweetheart call you pet
names, Billy?"
"Yes; she calls me 'pal.'" Chicago
Record.
Precise, but Disagreeable.
"You have traveled abroad?" inquired
the well meaning couversatioualifct,
Aud the man who worries about words
answered stiffly: "Possibly you wiU
t Inform me of some way In which I
Wrinkle.
in.. r0rYes. and when he pro
posed, I tried to pretend that I didn't
care for him at all. I tried tiara no. .
let him read any eneouragerseni u
face, but he did.
Miss Peppery-Ab! I suppose he couk.
read between the lines.-Pbiladctphla
Press.
Geonto' Little Joke.
"No, George, I don't care to bulin
here. I am too much In love with the
spot we first selected."
'Caseof love at first site, eh?' -Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Ilich Jink Expoee'1. (
"Harry, we must go right home.
"What for?"
"Why, that clairvoyant says tlose
people who rented our house leave our
best parlor rocking chairs out on the
lawn all nlghf-Indlanapolls Journal.
All Hhe Had.
Husband-How much did you spend
to-day?
Wife-Seventy-six dollars and seven
teen cents.
Husband nronlcally)-Was that all?
Wife (with an Injured aIr)-That was
all I had.-New York eemy,
Time Knouirh.
First Attendant at the Kestaurant
That's a funny-looking duffer that Just
rump In.
Second Ditto-Yes; all things come to
those who wait.-Boston Transcript
Outclane I.
Mrs. Upjohn-I felt really sorry for
poor Mrs. Hopperdyke afterwards, but
she has been so stuck up lately that I
had to take her down a peg.
Mrs. Hlghmore How did you do It?
Mrs. Upjohn-I happened to know the
exact size of the legs of her new dining
table, and when she was here yesterday
I showed her our dining table, with
legs nearly half as large again. You
never saw anybody so mortified In your
life.-Chicago Tribune.
More Like It. "
Tess-She's doing very well on the
stage, I hear.
Jess Yes, she says she's making rap
id strides In her profession.
Tess-Rapld strides! 1 guess lie
means high kicks. Philadelphia Tress
Actor and Audiences.
Courtney Just now society has two
absorbing diversions. .
Stickney-What are they?
Courtney Playing golf and making
fun of people who play golf.
Their First Quarrel.
Mr. Youngwed I wish I could get
some bread like mother used to bake
for me.
Mrs. Youngwed I wish I could gei
some clothes like father used to buy
for me.
The Great Trouble.
She stood in the doorway and ' her
glance swept the remotest corners of
the room. The lady In the wicker rocker
watched her over her book until she
turned and went back through the hall.
"Ah," murmured the lady then,
"Would thaf her glance were a broom!
I'or she had found It harder than
usual to get this particular maid to do
any material sweeping. Philadelphia
Press.
Not Essential.
Miss Flyrt Your engagement
ring,
eh? From whom?
Miss Summergal From Biffany's.of
course.
Miss Flyrt Yes; I know. But who's
the young man?
Miss Summergal Why er My gra
cious! How odd! I can't recall his
name just now. Philadelphia Press.
Not a Promta'na- Pupil.
Uncle (giving his nephew a few hints
on politeness) isow, why, for In
stance, do I make it a point to turn my
back as little as possible to the ladies?
Johnny (promptly) So they won't see
your bald spot. Meggeudorfer Bluet
ter. Suburban Nerve.
Subbubs (sternly) Bridget, didn't I
tell you that If anyone came to borrow
my lawn mower to say that you didn't
knew where it was?
Bridget Shure, that's Jist phwat Ol
towld th' gintlcmln.
Subbubs And what did he say?
Bridget He said he knew, an' wist
down In the clllar an' got It. Puck.
Difference in Perspective.
Across the street and down the hill,
And by the chestnut tree,
("A skip, a jump, and I am there,"
Says Tom, "it seems to me!")
When he has pennies five to spend
For cakes and taffy without eud, '
Or top or ball or pipe of clay
With feet that do not stop or stay
Across the little bridge he runs,
And by the willows four,
And just a step or two away
He sees the village store.
Across the street and down the kill,
And by the chestnut tree,
(And "Things are really very queer,
Says Tom, "it seems to me!")
When some one wants a spool of thread.
Some needles or a loaf of bread.
And when they send him from hi plav
Ana leu mm uui iu stop or stay
Across the little bridge he goes.
And by the willows four,
Aai miles and miles and miles away
He sees the village store.
Woman's Home Companion.
Not Dangerous.
Most spiders are possessed of poison-
fangs, but very few are dangerous to
human beings.
sIARnTElN
Wlf..fG.r.-V'.M
M An American C.lri.
. i. i . vinepn. now Bar-
Maud KOOseveu i
w" o -..onctPin. whose bus-
oness von Mln.
hand has been receuiij bff-
fater from Germany to China, was on.
of the belles of Washington three win
?erl ago She Is on American wom
Mbe highest type-beautiful, welled
ucatedandwellborn She.abbonde,
whose bine eyes are the glorr of fact
that Is delicate of feature. Her figure
to .lender and graceful. A member of
1 BooseJelt family, and a second
ousln of Governor Roosevelt .h.
after her debnt In New lork U j. a
conspicuous beauty In the . '
elusive sets, but she was truly "a penni.
Lss lass in a long pedigree," and her
face was her fortune. She spent her
winters with her mother's cousin, Bar
:Z von Orendorff. in Washington
with whom she frequently went
abroad. The acquaintance with Baron
hwarzensteln began in
Washington, when the diplomat was at
BARONESS VOX SWABTZBSSTKI5.
tached to the German legation, lhe
Baron was also principal of an Interna
tional school of languages, for Germans
do not think It beneath them to turn
their talents and accomplishments to
account, even though they may be pos
lessed of wealth. The handsome young
Baron was 35 years old when he first
met the beautiful American girl. They
fell In love at first sight. When the
Baroness von Orendorff took her niece
abroad, the baron, followed, and their
little romance had for a background
many European countries. There was
t wedding by and by In Germany, and
the bride said to her friends: 1 wouiu
have married my dear German fiance
If he had been plain Tom Smith, with.
ut a coat to his back."
ABLE TO SKATE ON WATER.
How a German Pea Captain More li
Bhoe Thirteen Feet Long.
Capt. Grossmann, a German sailor, Is
the Inventor of a pair of shoes for walk
ing on water. He recently gave an exhl
bitlon on the Rhine at Worms near th
new and Imposing bridge across the
stream named. The shoes are made ol
tin, weigh twenty-two pounds each, and
:ogether are capable of sustaining a
GROSSMANN ON WATER BKATKS.
weight of more than 220 pounds. They
are about thirteen feet long and are
provided with three-hinged metallic
flukes, which admit of easy movement
forward, but retard movement back
ward in the water. Capt. Grossmann
uses a paddle to assist him In bis
watery promenade, and finds it espe
cially useful In turning. It is said he
has saved twenty lives by the use of
these shoes.
A Summer Ice Hole.
Near Coudersport, Potter County,
Pennsylvania, Is a hole In the mountain
from which flows freezing air. A man
was sinking a well for mineral wealth.
At the depth of twenty feet he was
compelled to quit or freeze. About May
Ice begins to form In It, and continues
to freeze until October. There Is no
Ice In the hole in winter. The warmer
the day, the more Ice there Is In the
mine. The air becomes more frigid the
closer one goes to the cavern. There
Is no water In the bottom of the shaft,
but the water dripping down from Its
sides freezes. The Ice begins to form
less than a foot from the top and coats
the sides of the shaft several Inches
thick. What causes the Intense cold
and where the air comes from are ques
tions that have not been satisfactorily
answered. Philadelphia Press.
Diamonds Said to Be Alive.
A diamond is as much alive as a man.
Thus declares Professor von Schroen
f the Naples University. According
to him the so-called Inorganic bodies
possess quite as much life as organic
ones. He also claims to have photo
graphs of the chief events in the life of
a crystal, from its birth Inward. Ona
of the most curious of these Is thus de-
scnoea: "ine crystal meets another
one from a different mother. The two
strike at each other; they fight, strive
and clasp with each other. It Is war
to the death. It Is a case of the survi
val of the fittest. One must die. Rm
no two crystals from the same motherl
eTer ngnt, no matter when they meet."
In which particular crystals seem to bs
superior to human beings.
In seven cases out of ten, when i
woman starts lown town to transad
business, the law ought to stop her.
USE UNHACKNEYED WORDS,
"United In Marriauc" Better ti
"the Holy Bond of Matrlmoa,""
We read wP.h interest that certti,
young and hopeful persons are to b!
"united Ir the holy bonds of tatt?
mony," aud tbla not altogether no
announcement suggests the lujUea"
of the marriage ceremony upon thmu
of language. Trains start at 12 o'cm
and then somebody Is said to be ma,
rled at that hour, but. as a rule. thon.i
It may be 12 wheu the cars utart, l
"high noon" when the clergy,,,,,
makes his declaration to aud about tW
waiting couple. Nobody has W lt
plained what makes the noon "high;
but the fact Is accepted as an lueldeu
of the occasion. Just so, whli, not
and theu some people are "married," t
Is expected of thein either that t'tiej
hull be "united In marriage" or In thj
"holy bouds of matrimony" or else bt
"Jolued lu wedlock." And Wcddlnn
are not alone in their stilted phrase0.
ogy. Take funerals.
Generally we are told that the "r,.
pmn burial service" of the Episeopjj
church was used. This Is alwayn
lief. Friends might have selected thi
humorous service of some other church
or have had service for baptisms o( in.
fants, and, when It is made clear thnt
they had a solemn and a burial erv!
at a, funeral you realize that they hirj
done the proper tiling by the one hi
has "passed away."
That phrase recalls the story thej tell
of the late aud much-esteemed Judji
Pardee, of the Supreme Court and K
Hartford. Some lawyer, speaklni
in expected witness, said he had passed
away. "Died, sir," said the Judge. "U
this court people die, not pass away."
Similarly, meetings are "hohlen" and
wills are "proven," and people whooie
those terms seem to think that addi
tional weight is given thereby to the
statements they have to make. The
fact Is that the simplest language It
the clearest ana the strougest.-HarV
ford Courant.
BERLIN, CITY OF MONUMENTS.
Outdo: All Other In Th is Partlculir
1 orm of Decoration,
Of all the titles of the world the rich
est in monuments Is probably Berlin,
even now, and If there Is another cltj
which can boast of more mouumenti
than Berlin's sixty-three It Is destined
to be distanced by the German capital
within a few years. For when the
Avenue of Victory shall have beta
adorned with all the statues In contem
plation aud when the uiommuuu to
Bismarck, You Moltke and the Emper
or Frederick shall have been completed,
the "Athens by the Spree," as the Ber-
liners love to call their city, will p
sess not far from 100 monuments to de
ceased worthies. - As might be expect
ed, tlie nnninsv ou some of the monu
ments would have fallen into oblivion
but for thero. A few of the really great
men have two monuments apiece, aid
one of them, Frederick the Great, li
honored with three monuments In dif
ferent parts of the city.
It Is worthy of note that the scleutlst
Helmholtz though recently dead, tin
already had two statues erected In bli
honor, one In front of the university,
the other on the Totsdam bridge, la
view of the military traditions of Prui
sia, it Is rather surprising that of tlit
completed monuments thirty-two ire
of.clvillaus and only twenty-nine f
military men. The remaining two are
of women, Queen Louise and Empren
Augusta. Schiller was the first civil
ian to obtain a monument. An Inter
esting statue 's that of Jahn, the father
of turning and turuverelus. The figure
stands or a mound, the stone of which
were scut from nil parts of Gcrnianj,
and even from America.
Among the others to whom Berlin
hns erected monuments are Goethe, Lu
ther, the two Humboldts, Lcsslng, the
scientists Siemens, Gauss and Roeol-
gen (the discoverer of the X-rays), m
the poets Chamisso, Uhland and to
ner. New York World.
JUDGE SILAS M. DOUGLASS.
The New Chief Justice of the OhloCIf
cuit Courts.
Judge Silas Marion Douglass, th
new Chief Justice of the Circuit Court!
of Ohio, has been a lawyer hut seven
teen years and has attained to lilf P
eut eminence upon stepping stones laid
by his own efforts. A farmer boy uiw
1 Ol tin Vvorron fit that ft
teach in country schools, paying for j
college education with the money i
earned. In 1883 he was gnto f
from the Cincinnati Law School,
in the same year be opened an oro t
In Mansfield, Ohio. He was dw j
Mayor, then City Solicitor, and j
Circuit Jude. The new Chief Jwo
is a native of Richlaud County, n"
47 years old. ' j
Not Ashamed to Own It.
Judge Ed Jared, In his recent espen
enee as a census enumerator m
freesboro, bad to get a "cullud bdP
census, and the following dialogue w
called off: v,
"How old are you, Maryr
"Oh! Lordy, mister, I dunno,
"Were vou born In Tennessee.
"No, si I was bawn in Saleffl.
"Where was your father born.
"He bawn dar, too."
"Where was your mother horn f .
"She bawn In Eagleville."
"Can you read?"
"Yes, sah."
"Writer
"Yes, sah."
"Speak English?"
"No, sah." MurfreesTwi) M;"
ner.
Baggage smashers are to be foUS"
very trunk line.
JUDGE DOUOLASSs j
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