Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — Page 6

WILL HOLD TO LUZON

(■UNITED BTATES TO KEEP THE WHOLE ISLAND^ SB' I it « < Cabinet Decides Upon Policy Resard* M ins Philippines , Peace Commissioners Arraagad- ■ lowa and Ores°u to Go to Dewey. _ » Washington special: J The American peace commission will leave for Paris instructed first, to insist " on the retention of the island of Luzon; . second, to see that special trading privileges for Americans in the'other Philip* ' pines are accorded on the same basis as t Bpauish merchants; third, Spain must t promise a government in her Philippine possessions that will free the natives from < Itartmrons oppression. No burd and fast rules will he laid down for the commission. Cuba and Porto Rico will not be i subjects of negotiation except incidental* . ly. They were disposed of by the armistice, and the future government of Cuba I ,will Im* established by the United States without reference to Spanish demands or wishes. The Philippine question will only be open to partial negotiation. Manila bay, with the capital-of'the island, Cavite, and the Corregidor Islands, must !. remain absolutely as the property of the United States. two weeks will elapse before iiftjji date for the meeting of the joint coin* mission in Paris, and it may take two Weeks more for the commission to arrange preliminaries and get down to business. In tha't four weeks the situation may I Aangc radically. Intervening events may Nad the Pfeiident to demand all the islands in the Philippine group. American sentiment or foreign intervention may s force the issue. ■>, A statement attributed to (Jen. Wheeler • roused mqcU excitement in Washington. ?fie is alleged to have said the President ; Mtpected Spain to refuse to surrender the Thilippiues and that hostilities might fol- ’ Nw. An inquiry developed that the series condition at the Philippines is nppre*|ated in both army and navy circles and Reparations to meet any ohatruction to the American jwdiey are being made with alacrity. The Oregon and lowa, which gre to join Dewey's squadron at Manila, would hardly he sent, it is said, to meet Insurgent opposition. Their going is plain tiotice that. While negotiating for peace, the United States will firmly maintain her Claims and tolerate no long or tedious delay. TWO SHIPS TO AID DEWEY. lowa amt Oregon Arc to Be Sent to the Philippines. The Washington administration is preparing for trouble in the Philippines.~T|io Oregon and lowa, which arc to sail to the Pacific, bound ostensibly for Honolulu, •re really going so as to bo in position t<* re-enforce Admiral Dewey should he need help. » As it is known that Admiral Dewey’s ships can give but II life assistance in the suppression of Aguinaido and ltis Insurgent army, it is evijenj, that, the administration fears foreign eompljeations. Germany's intrigues are still lading closely watched, with special reference to her seizure of anything in the Philippines that may be unlawfully ceded to her by Spain, such as a coaling station in territory which the peace commission may award in its entirety to America. A

SPANISH COMMISSION TO ARRANGE FOR EVACUATION OF CUBA.

Washington correspondent asserts that the inside history of the strengthening of Admiral Dewey’s fleet the dispatch of the Oregon and lowa to Honolulu is resistance to German interference. SIIAFTER MAKES HIS REPORT. Entire Contents Will Not Be Given to the Public. Major General Shatter has handed to (fl the adjutant general of the army at Washington his official report of the military • operations leading to the capture of Snn- ! tiago. He deals with the Santiago campaign in the most exhaustive manner. Having prepared his report after ail the reports of brigade and division commanders had been made, Gen. Shatter was able to profit by the statements made by these officers. The result.is a valuable composite of the minor reports, although a large amount, of original and independent mate’s rial is contained in the statement of the Iff commanding general. THE PRESIDENT'S DIFFICULT*. Hard to Secure Sultuble Men for the EKl' Inquiry Commission. 11, President McKinley is having trouble t ln making up the commission to inquire H Into the treatment of the American soldier during the war. White House offifa, rials refuse to tell which of the nine men i'£; have accepted or declined, but from other sources it is learned that ex-Secretaries j of War Robert T. Lincoln and Daniel H. W I-tmont, Gen. John B. Gordon and exit Senator Charles F. Manderson have de- |' dined because of ill health or business en■EygnjgOSients. Col. dames A, Sexton of & Obicago, commander-in-chief of the G. A. gr. IL, and, Paniel C. Gil'man of Johns Hopfeilns University are reported to have ac[fj; WOT MOVING FA 1 T ENOUGH. mt H? ftupreMfoa that Spaniards Should Be Jlui-ried Out of Cuba. S'V The Spa Wards are not evacuating Cuba M|| foot to many people in this country ! wftffi them top ft-ls claimed by those who HtMli ntai»Hrffcg‘<xoeermneiit to take vigoratepstOifrardfiecOloCatihg the retirt- ; Went ts 'tUt’Hiwmlards from the island JBit the Gdveftoßetit at Madrid is trying gaSE’to^'*Mtie Gdbtin customs duties | to’ long as possible. If this be true It is £ m reason that all thrifty merchants can ••• -• ■ ' '

SOLDIERS IN CAMP RECEIVING GOOD THINGS FROM HOME.

NO MOKK VOLUNTEERS TO QUIT. War Department Announces the Mua-ter-Out Is Complete. Tremendous pressure Is still beidg brought to bear on the War Department to have more troops mustered out of the service. Efforts in this direction, however, are of no avail. It is announced with increased emphasis that there will'be no more troops mustered out. The pur]M>se when tin* muster-out began Was to muster out 100,000 volunteers. A littje over 0(5,000 have already been mustered out. The retention of the volunteers now in the service and the efforts to improve Hie inornTe Iff the army has in view the Philippine situation more than that of Culm and Porto Kieo. Wants Names of Heroes. The War Department has issued an order directing the commanding officers of the military departments, army corps and detncliqd commands to send ty the adjutant 'gmcfn I hs ‘soon as practicable the names of such officers, both in the regular and volunteer service, as may be considered entitled to brevet commissions for “distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of (lie enemy.” I’riklo Denies It. Gen. I’ando denies that he criticised uu- ’ favorably < Jen. Shatter’s qualities as a soldier, and says interviews ■credited “"'t* huh are not true. -Gen. Piiindo declared that he thought Gen. Slmfter an able general, and he doubted if any other man could have brought ihe Santiago campaign to such a speedy close with so little bloodshed, Spaniards Sell War Relics. The Spanish prisoners at Senvey’s Island, near Portsmouth, X. H., are getting good prices for relies. Half a dollar is demanded fora common naval button, 75c

for a hat button and $1 for au officer’s cap button. The Vizcaya and the Cristobal Colon hatbands sell for several dob lars now, and the price is steadily going up. _____ Powerful Pneumatic Guns. The Dickson Manufacturing Company, Scranton, Pa., is constructing for the Government two segmental pneumatic guns, each to be fifty feet long, with a bore of fifteen inches, with energy to hurl a dynamite cartridge of 1,000 pounds a distance of 2,700 yards, and projectiles of 000 pounds four miles. , Historical Bouvenlrs. The bullion dealers who purchased the Spanish gold, silver nud notes found on tlie Infanta Maria Teresa, after the battle of July 3, propose to dispose of the whole lot to the public at a premium over the face value, as interesting historical souvenirs. The coins are tarnished by fire and water and the notes are stained. Fever at Ponce. Yellow fever has appenred among' the troops at Ponce, Porto Rico. There has tmen one death, and four cases among the troops were officially acknowledged as such a few days ago. A strict censorship was immediately imposed, and the censor has refused to permit any news whatever to be cabled from Ponce. Antics of the Cortes. The Spanish Cortes is spending its time in recrimination, which looks ns if there might be some delay in appointing Spanish members of the peace commission. War's Estimated Cost. It is estimated that the war will cost $238,000,000. The War Department has already spent about $78,000,000 and the navy $70,000,000. AUTOGRAPH OF HERO OF MANILA Irasi inuij A . ,y,Com*»l#ion In . afffSse&s* insurgents are disposed to come into the city, but simply as citizens, they affirm. ‘ . " i .".i . 1 if A ..V • X* • i

GOMEZ HAS RESIGNED. 5 General of the Cuban A noy Opposed to American Occupation. ‘ | A report from an'excellenf - sotfra* Jiff# reached Gen. Lawton a I Sa-ntiago’jk* Cuba igifatiou as gctieral-in-chiet Cuban forcbv and that t»> Culxi'p GdyeUtment at Camague.v haiUuccebteu it*. i.Wt ;is un-' derstood that the reason! Guinea tesigued. was that he did not approve the passive submission of the to the exclusive occupation by fbe Americans of the provine# of Santiago. The report created a gA'fli stli'ufrftffigi'tbo' baus, Gomez’s Santiago fFiends.say that hr* ha* always favored the"absolute iitth* j pendenee of Cuba, and is credited with having said that the Cubans should try. to expel the Americans by force if they should attempt to hold the island permanently.

NEWS OF THE TROOPS.

'flic Second Kentucky and the Secant, Arkansas left Camp Thomas. The transport Vigilaneia carried the last of Shaffer’s army from Cuba. The Twentieth regiment of regulars has gone to, port Leavenworth,. Kan. The-Third regiment of regulars passed through New York City Tuesday night, bound for Port Shelling, Minn, All the troops except u lew regulars have left Chiekamuuga, but quite a large number remain in the hospitals. Chicago’s adopt'd regiment of regulars, the gallant Fourth, lias returned to the snug barracks of Fort Sheridan. The Fourth Wisconsin volunteer infantry. which lias been at Camp Douglas all siiiUmor, is to lie moved to Anniston, Ala. The Government transports Roumania, Chester, Berlin, Mohawk and Mississippi, at Montank, can move 5,000 troops in one day. The general movement of regulars from Camp Wikoff began Tuesday, under direction of Co!. Kimball, deputy quartermaster general. The army hospital boat Relief left Montauk Point Monday with 250 sick soldiers for Boston, and they will lie placed in hospitals in that city. The first barge load of Spanish prisoners left the Groely cottage landing on Seavey’s Island, Monday, to embark on the steamship City of Rome. The Minnesota hospital train bearing the sick soldiers home from the South arrived iu Chicago over the Big Four, and left immediately for the North. It is the policy of the President to remove the troops from Montauk Point as rapidly ns possible. A large number of sick men are in the hospital there. Company I of the Fifth Illinois volunteers returned home at Jacksonville and they were accorded a greeting which vied with that given their fathers in ’OS. 'between three and four hundred sick were sent to New York and Brooklyn hospitals from Camp Wikoff on Sunday on the steamer Shinnecoek and by rail. Illinois’ Sixth regiment is home from Porto Rico, having arrived at Weehawken, N. J., on the transport Manitoba Tuesday afternoon, after a five days’ voyage from Ponce.

Tho third battalion of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment sailed from New York Wednesday afternoon on the transport Berlin for Porto Kieo to join the regiment for garrison duty. Three regiments of regulars left New York Wednesday. The Thirteenth goes to Fort Porter and Fort. Columbus; the Seventeenth to Columbus. Ohio; the Twenty-first to Plattsburg, Vt. Crack eavalry organizations from New York and Philadelphia comprised the great majority of those who reached New York on board the United States transport Mississippi, from Ponce, Porto Rico. The transport Saratoga arrived Tuesday from Santiago. Two hundred and fifty colored laborers and sixty signal corps men were landed at Camp WikofF. The transports brought about 9,000 Spanish rifles. The transport Vigilaneia. arrived Monday morning from Santiago with 320 passengers, of whom 22 were nurses, the rest being officers nnd soldiers of various regiments. The Vigilaneia bad seventyeight ill on board. , The mustering but of the rough rider* at Camp Wikoff Tuesday gave an opportunity to-Col. “Teddy” Roosevelt and .His boy* to exchange compliments. The men presented, tbtt colonel with a bronze, replica, “The Burking Broncho,” purchased am)Scnptlon.' ", f ’ ' " ;T The 158th ■ Indiana in/antr# arrived home at Indianapolis Tuesdays and Mi* t*<*»*»*4* thy stessls were turned loose, and the din Was earsplitting.

A MILLION FOR OUR SAILORS

War Will Sennit in the DtvWyn qfa Fortune Among Them. Jr At least *1,000,000 prize n|oney will be distributed among American sailors as m~ result' of the war with Spain. More than one-half of this sum will be paid in accordance with that section of law providing for the payment of a bouDty for persons on board of vessels of war sunk m action. From tl\e official report of Admiral Montejo, cqgmianding the Spanish fleet sunk at Manila, there were LSTS persons on board the ships under bis command. The Spanish fleet was of inferior force to the American squadron and Rear Admiral Dewey’s men will therefore get only SIOO for each person. Roar Admiral Dewey, as communder-in-chief, will, however, be $9,375 richer than he was before the war. Rear Adtnirul Simpson hgs realized a snug little fomfim as the result of the war. As commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic fleet he will get onetwentieth of every prize taken in North Atlantic waters, and one-twentieth of the head money allowed for the vessels destroyed off Santiago and in Cuban ports. It is estimated that he will finally receive about $40,000 as his share of prize money. The amount of head, money the f}get will consequently aggregate s£49,**), j SEVENTH ILLINOIS IS HOME. Thousands of Citizens Welcome Them and Ue Naval Reserves. The Seventh Illinois regiment, United States volunteers, arrived home in Chicago Friday noon. Thirty thousand persons gathered at the Grand Central depot and the immediate vicinity, and five times ♦hat number welcomed the regiment on its march from the depot to the armory. The regime**, under command of Col. Kavanagh. hlter. |>arnded through the down town sfcree(p|nnd was cheered by thousands along the way. Addresses of welcome ™ delivered Ixv Prendergast, »i*|op fciffumrl .fidge ruthill, Col. Kayunagh respondingj tw fTnj.Jla*Wd mmfmPmmer members ,of th*V> jllfnois naval reserves, who fsrftleipatett in the terrific smashing" of Admiral Cervera’s fleet off Santiago July 3, were welcomed; home in Chietujo Friday. A committee composed OTpfdminent eitkrtls ujet tlje honiecomers at Hobart, IntL, and formally extended to them the congratulations of their fellow residents. CUBANS READY TO WORK, .. a /■"•*■ r .. At vyvi*v^ They Are Laying Down Arms to Get Something to Eat. The first voluntary surrender of arms on the part of the Cubans tinea the Americans occupied Santiago occurred last week, when 200 men belonging to Gen. Cebreeo’s division turned their arms over to Gen. Igiwton. The men said they were' hungry and desired |o. go do work. The baud was composed 6f whites and negroes. Gen. Lawton put the men to work on the water front, paying them in rations. He told them he could not pay them in money. Hunger, as well as inaction. was having its effect on fins Cubans. They have no commissariat, forage is scarce, and living off the country which another army has picked clean is no easy task. Gen. Lawton has sent word to the Cubans that he will issue rations to all who surrender*their arms, but he will not consider applications from men with arms in their hands.

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

Roosevelt's rough riders are to be mustered out of service. Maj. John A. Logan is seriously ill with Cuban fever at his residence in Ohio. Howard Gould sent a check for SI,OOO to the Seventy-first New York regiment. The American postal system is to be extended to Porto Rico as rapidly as possible. Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler will continue in command of the'reguStr cavalry Under Gen. Shaft or. Gen. Brooke is in command of American troops in Porto Itico during the absence of Gen. Miles. Six new eases of yellow fever have developed at Santiago in Col. Sargent's Fifth immune regiment. Capt. Sigsbee lias been detached from the command of the St. Paul and ordered to command the battleship Texas. Secretary Alger and Gen. Corbin have asked the President to order a thorough investigation of the War Department. In an address to the rough riders at Camp Wikoff Col. Roosevelt urged his men not to |>ose as heroes and martyrs. On taking command of tha North Atlantic squadron, Commodore Philip was saluted with eleven guns at the Brooklyn navy yard. Unless his regiment can go to Cuba William J. Bryan lias signified bis intention of resigning his command to take part in the fall campaign. Eggs are selling for 25e each in Havana, and provisions generally are very scarce, notwithstanding that vessels now arrive daily with supplies. The real objective point in Gen. Merritt's return to the United States from Manila, it is rumored, is to get married to a lady in Chicago. Before his departure for Spain Gen. Toral visited Gen. Shaffer at Santiago and bade him farewell in a cordial and impressive manner. The attitude of the Philippine Insurgents is daily becoming more alarming and more troopa iVil! bo sent to Manila to the aid of Gen. Otis. About 500 American Hebrew families are preparing to emigrate to Porto Rico as soon as the United States Government will permit them to do so. Japan is anxious to buy the Ladrone Islands, whidh the United States captured from Spain recently. She wants them on account: of their fishing resources. A Manila dispatch says that the cruisers Olympia and Raleigh have goue to Hong Kong to lie docked. Admiral Dewey has transferred his flag to the Baltimore. The Auxiliary cruisers St. Louis, St. Parti, Yale and Harvard have been transferred by the Government to their owners, the International Navigation Company. , ,i , The United States iron cruiser Alert, noiv dn the Pacific const, is to be modernized and made thoroughly servieeabto at FraI * • *£fljf ni£h bwinfi"s"of Havana fovor she ahneifntion of Cuba to the United Siatei |*tort than the setting up of an independent government under the Cubans.

BRITAIN IN THE SOUDAN.

Afiene of G*«fUons of Gen. Kitchener . aq| Hi* Troop#, £ The map shows that part of ifce Soudan In Which Geo,' Kitchcner-Ji.mthtcrtroopq-are operating! ' Wadi Hfmt is 6(m miles from the city of Cairo. The British forces, supplemented by troops from the native army, have marched up the Nile ft»r two y,ears and have foHght several, battles with the Mahdists, The advance was made through the cities Ohown on the map, strung along the Nile. At Ferkeh

SCENE OF BRITISH GPERATIONS.

the dervishes received a severe defeat from the Egyptian army. The British captured Suarda and passed on to Absa- ■ rat,/but their progress wn#v delayed by storms, which destroyed the newly laid railroad. Dongola was occupied on Sept. 22, 1890, and the British loss was little. The army pushed, to Khartoum* along the *.greCn borders of the Nile or over the dessert "routes indicated by the black lines. fFrojn Cairo to Ouidunnan, which js built on the haqks of the Nile opposite the ruins ,of Khartoum, the distance is about 1,000 miles. The country all about, except the border" of the rivet, is desert.

SEXTON IS COMMANDER.

Chicagoan nt the Head of G. A. R.—. Next Encampment at Philadelphia. ' t*or. James A. Sexton of Chicago is the new commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, He was elected in the national encampment at Cincinnati by a vote o% 424 tOv 21410% hL,only rival, Coi. Alberfth Fhhw At* WntiMown: N. T.

COL. JAMES A. SEXTON. New Commander-in-Chief G. A. R.

lt was a fight between the middle west and the middle east on one side and the extreme border sections on the other, and the former won. The victory carried with it the selection of Philadelphia over Denver as the place for the encampment next year, the vote resulting 395 to 295.

FATAL HEAT IN NEW YORK.

Over 230 Deaths in One Week in the American Metropolis. There hare been over 200 deaths traced directly to the heat iu New York City the past ten days. At this time of the year the city never underwent the tortures that the sun inflicted upon her as reflected in the mortality tables. Sunday morning of last week it seemed as if the metropolis was to be turned into a vast crematory and her millions roasted out of existence. The hospitals were tilled to overflowing, doctors and nurses were exhausted from almost ceaseless labor and the miserable occupants of the tenements fairly gasped for breath. The rush out of town was unprecedented, Coney Island alone absorb* ing 200,000 people.

The Comic Side of The News

Aguinaldo should join a Don’t Worry club. One truth is clear; the "hero of Santiago” is plural. This year will be a record breaker in our exports of Spaniards. The civilian won’t cut much of a figure at the dances this winter. The yellow fever germ, however, is not a party to the peace protocol. Gov. Gen. August! now takes his place among those who “also ran.” Spain now has on her hands a large line of army mules—including Blanco. The Vesuvius has been pronounced a failure and will bo sold, Cough and all. It is apparent that Admiral Dewey hasn't yet learned the art of back pedaling. . Blanco should sue Spain fo* absolute divorce on the ground of desertion and failure to support. It Is- non* believed that the terrible Temerario bas penetrated to the interior of Brazil and climbed a tree. Spanish soldiers in Cuba who return “Pence k»*Q jhpl ivigtS'rtes,” said the farmer, ns hwUjfctffrteMWest the biggcs£ back and write a few more lattara.

MR. DOOLEY.

The Dreyfua Case. “I see be th’ pa-apers,” said Mr. Dooley, “that Col. Hinnery, th’ man that sint me frind Cap. Dhry-fuss to th’ cage, haa moved on. I sup-pose they’ll give th’ Cap a new thrile now.” “I hope they won’t,” said Mr. Hennessy. “I don’t know annything about it, but I think he’s guilty. He’s a Jew.” “Well,” said Mr. Dooley, “ye’er thoughts on this subject is inthrestin’, but not conclusive, as Darsey said to th’ Pollack that thought he cud lick him. Ye have a r-right to ye’er opinyon an’ ye’ll hold it aanyhow,. whether ye have a r-right to it or not. Like most iv ye’er fellow citizens, ye start impartial. Ye don’t know annything about th’ case. If ye knew annything ye’d not have an optayon wan way or th’ other. They’se niver been a matther come up in my time that th’ American people was so sure about*as they or-re about th’ Dhry-fuss case. ’JCh’ Frincb ar-re not so sure, but they’se not a polismgn in this couuthry that cia r t tell ye jus’ where Dhry-fuss was whin th’ .remains iv th’ poor girl was found. That’s beeause tli’ thrile was secret. If ’twasmn open thrile an’ ye heord the tisti-mqpy an’ knew th’ language an’ saw th’ safe afther ’twas,blown open, ye’d be puztnbd an’ not care a rush whether was naked in a cage or takin’ tay with jpis uncle at th’ Benny Brit Club. haven’t made up me mind whe%er th’ Cap done th’ shootin’ or not. He was certainly in th’ neighborhood whin th’ Sre started, an*’ th’ polis dug up quite a lof dv lead pipe in his back'yard. But it’s wan thing to sus-pict a man iv doin’ a job an’ another thing to proye that he didn’t. Me frind Zola thinks he’s innocint, nn’J»e raised th’ divvle at th’ thrile, I’ve heetd. Wbto th* judge rmtte tip on-th’ bench Sra’ opined th’ coort, Zola was settin’ down itelow with th’ lawyers. ‘Let us pro-ceed,’ says th’ impartial an’ fair-minded judge, ‘to th ’thrile iv th’ hayuious monsther Dhry-fuss,’ he says. Up jumps Zola an’ says he in Frinch: ‘Jaekuse,’ he says, which is a hell of a mane thing to say to msiny man. |a|’ they thrun him out. ‘Judge,* says* In’ attorney fr th’ difinise, ‘an’ gintlemen iv th’ jury,’ he says. ‘Ye’er a liar,’ says th’ judge. ‘Cap, ye’er guflty an’ ye know it,’ he says. ‘Th’ decision iv th’ coort is that ye be put in a cage an’ sint to th’ Divvle’s own island fr the r-rest iv ye’er life,’ he says. ‘Let us proceed to heariu’ th’ testi-mony,’ he says. ‘Call all th’ witnesses at wanst,’ he says, thim have it out on th’ flure,’ he says. Be this time Zola had come back, ah’ he jumps up an’, says he: ‘Jaekuse,’ he says. An’ they thrun him out. “ ‘Befure we go anny farther,’ says th’ lawyer fr th-* difti*, ‘f wish *° aarve notice that Whin this thrile is over I intind,’ he "says, *to wait untside,’ he says, ‘an’ hammer th’ hpn’rable coort into an omelet,’ he says. ‘With these few remarks I will close,’ he says. ‘Th’ coort,’ says th’ judge, ‘is always r-ready to defind th’ honor iv France,’ he says, ‘an’ if larned counsel will eon-sint,’ he says, ‘to step up here f’r a miayit,’ he says, ‘th’ eoort’ll put a sthrangle hold on him that’ll not do him a bit iv good,’ he says. ‘Ah,’ he says. ‘Here’s me ol’ frind Pat th’ Clam,’ he says. ‘Pat, what d’ye know about this case?’ he says. ‘None iv ye’er business,’ says Pat. ‘Answered like a man an’ a sojer,’ says th’ coort. ‘Jaekuse,’ says Zola fr’m th’ dureway. An’ they thrua him out. ‘Call Col. Hinnery,’ says th’ coort. ‘He ray-fuses to answer.’ ‘Goo3. Th’ case is clear. Cap forged th’ will. Th’ coort will now adjourn f’r dools, an’ all ladin’ officers iv th* ar-rrny not in disgrace alrendy will assimble in jail an’ com-mit suicide,’ he says. ‘Jaekuse,’ says Zola, an’ started f’r th’ woods, purslied be his fellow editors. He’s off somewhere in a three now hollerin’ ‘Jaekuse’ at ivry wan that passes, sufferin’ martyrdom f’r his eounthry an’ writin’ now an’ thin about it all. “That’s all I know about Cap Dhryfuss’ ease, an’ that’s all anny man knows. Ye didn’t know as much, Hiunissy, till I told ye. I don’t know whether Cap stole th’ dog or not.” “What’s he charged with?” Mr. Hennessy asked in bewilderment. “I’ll niver tell ye,” said Mr. Dooley. “It’s too much to ask.” /‘Well, nnnyhow,” said Mr. Hennessy, “he’s guilty, ye cau bet on that.”—Chicago Journal.

Musical Mice.

That mice and rats have a fondness for music is well known, and an eminent musician tells of his experience. He declares that while he was playing one evening, three mice came out and began to caper about on tlie hearthrug, apparently delighted at the music. Upon the entrance of the musician’s wife two mice ran off, but the third was so absorbed that it had to be driven away.

Electric Contribution Boxes.

The minister of a progressive church has recently Introduced an electric contribution box. By pressing a button several small silver cars lined with velvet along a minature railway placed at the back of each pew. As they pass along, the members of the congregation drop in their offerings. All the cars concentrate at one point and the collection is taken out.

Ships.

French ships usually benrjtho names of French provinces or towns, or of abstract Ideas, but no personal names, except those of great men of French history. German ships bear the names of German rivers, poets, princes, statesmen and characters in German literature. ‘ Spanish Bhips, like those flying the Stars and StrlDes, .are almost .Invariably nanisM^l|fc ! ft?M»V<4t commanders of history.

Exemptions in turkey.

, It Is unlawful In Turkey to seise .a man’s residence far. debt. end audkkn t land to'Support mis IHHiI exempt from seizure.