Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1899 — Page 7

WARSHIP TO SAMOA.

CRUISER PHILADELPHIA ORDER* ED TO THE ISLANDS. Harried Trip to Be Made to Protect American Interests-Action of Ger* many’s Consul Resented at Washington—Demands Explanation. Advices from Apia, the seat of the Samoan government, indicate that the American and British representatives there seized with force and ejected the German consul from the seat of the Samoan government and threw him bodily into the street and then reinstated the chief justice Who had been arbitrarily deposed by the Germans. Emperor William’s representative had taken advantage of the reign of anirchy which existed there, and presumably exists yet, to declare himself dictator of the islands, in defiance of the tripartite agreement made at Berlin between Germany, Great Britain and the United States. The State Department at Washington took immediate steps in the matter. An inquiry as to the meaning of Germany’s conduct was cabled to Berlin. Secretary Long telegraphed the commander of the cruiser Philadelphia, which had arrived at San Diego, Cal., from Acapulco, to proceed at once to Apia. The Oregon, which will soon land at one of the Pacific stations, will probably be dispatched to Apia as soon as a message can reach her commander. ♦ The sitnation at Apia Is said to have as-, Burned a serious phase. It is feared that the German and British gunboats stationed at Apia may clash before word can be sent to the island. Meantime the authorities, both at Berlin and at Washington, view the affair as being one that will ultimately lead to a quarrel and probably war between the two powers. If the

KING MATAAFA.

reign of terror should prevail and Germany shows further aggressiveness it is pretty certain that President McKinley will order a part of Admiral Dewey’s squadron to proceed to the islands. The London Times says it would not be surprised to see these islands the theater of hostilities between Germany and the United States. Briefly stated, the Government understands that Germany has done an act so hostile as to call for a heroic remedy, even though it might ultimately be a declaration of war on Germany, in which Amer-

UNITED STATES CRU ISER PHILADELPHIA.

ica would be backed by England. Germany Is charged with violating the tripartite treaty of Berlin, which makes any action relating to the Samoan Islands depending on agreement of the three powers. She is charged with openly encouraging Mataafa in his efforts to overturn the Government constituted by Chief Justice Chambers. Germany Becomes Aggreaaire. Germany, it will be recalled, brought Mataafa back to Samoa on one of its war vessels and practically instigated the revolution against the constituted authorities. The present anarchy has resulted. Germany has taken advantage of the situation and presumably directed her consul to proclaim himself dictator. The critical situation lies >n this: England and America must either assert their authority or surrender the islands to Germany, a policy which was advocated by-Presi-dent Cleveland. The State Department

U. S. COXSULATE AT APIA, SAMOA.

has acted on information received from the American consul at Sydney, Australia. Auckland is 1,800 miles distant, and this lack of communication makes the situation more perilous than it would be otherwise.

MISSION HOUSE IN JAPAN LOST.

Mrs. Alexander UuaMe to Kacadte from Flames. News has been received from Hirosaki, Japan, that the mission house of the general missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in that city has been destroyed by fire. Mrs. Alexander, wife of the Rev. IL P. Alexander, who Is in charge of the mission, was burned to death. Her husband, as well as Miss Otto and Miss Hewitt, who are working under the auspices of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, escaped.

FARMERS’ GREATEST YEAR.

Figures Which Show that 1898 Beat All Records The farmers of this country, made more money in 1898 than ever before in its history. The statistical reports from the Department of Agriculture show unprecedented crops and unprecedented prices. The corn crop in 1890 amounted to 2,283,875,165 bushels, valued at $449,276,030; in 1897 it was 1,902,967,933 bushels, valued at $501,072,952. In 1898, according to present estimates, the vdlume was not only largely increased, but the farm value of corn throughout the country averages 2.4 cents a bushel more than in 1897. The wheat crop in 1896, at 72 cents a bushel, was valued at $427,684,346; in 1897, at 80.8 per bushel, it was valued at $428,547,121. The increase in 1898 was 1,411,692 acres, the largest in history, and the crop was unprecedented in quality, quantity and price. The barley caop in 1897 was worth $25,142,139 at 37 cents a bushel. The figures for 1898 are not in yet, but the price is 41.4 cents a bushel and the preliminary report shows a crop slightly above the average. The same may be said of rye, which is quoted at 46.3 cents a bushel, against 44.7 in 1897. The farm price for oats in 1898, according to the official figures of the Agricultural Department, is 25.6 cents a bushel, against 21.2 for 1897 and 19.5 in 1896. The totals are not in yet, but in 1897 the crop was valued at $147,974,719. Potatoes are now worth 41.4 cents a bushel on the farm, which is a large falling off from 1897, when they sold for 54.7 cents, but it is said that the difference will be more than made up by the Increase in the vol-

time of the crop, which is believed to be 21 per cent greater than in 1897, when the total was valued at $89,643,059. The hay crop of the United States in 1897 was valued at $401,390,728, with hay selling at $6.62 a ton. In 1898 the crop was the best on record, and it is selling at an average of $6 a ton throughout the country. ' During the calendar year ended Dec. 31 the value of the breadstuffs sold abroad was $317,000,000, provisions $174,000,000 and cotton $233,000,000, making a total of $724,000,000 worth of farm products exported and sold at better prices than were ever known before.

The Comic Side of The News

With beer selling at 40 cents a pint In Havana it must take a lot of money to accumulate jags enough to. raise a riot It begins to look as if the insurgents in the Philippines were going to settle Aguinaldo's career without the help of willing allies. Ex-Queen Lil wants $60,000,000 for the loss of her crown, and in spite of her complexion she is not keeping dark about tt, either. / • In taking home the dust of Columbus the Dons, impecunjous as they are, have proved that there is more than one way to “raise the dust.” Hall Caine says he loves America and wants Americans to entertain a like feeling toward him. And yet he purposes writing a book about us. The eager air with which the Spaniards are hunting for the man who they wrecked the Maine is not indicative of a desire to find the man who wrecked the Maine. An Omaha judge has decided that poker is not a gambling game. If that august official has a system sure to win he can add to the gaycty of this nation by making it public. Gideon Marsh, the bank wrecking president of the Philadelphia Keystone Bank, has been sentenced to twelve years in the penitentiary. There areothcra who ought to join Gideon’s band.

“LESE MAJESTE.”

Col. John F, Welton Reported to Have Been Selected. Whatever may be the outcome of the Eagan court martial, it may be confidently said that Eagan’s career as commissary general of the army is ended, says a Washington dispatch. His successor, Col. John F. Weston, has already been selected. He is ultimately to take charge of the commissary general's department. He cannot be nominated to the Senate to succeed Gen. Eagan as commissary general until the latter has been dismissed or relegated to the retired list. Col. Weston is one of the best known officers of the subsistence department. He was the chief commissary officer during the Santiago campaign. He has been in the subsistence department since 1875, and previously served in the line of the army. He entered the volunteer service as fint lieutenant of the Fourth Kentucky cavalry in 1861 and served throughout the rebellion. At its close he was appointed to the regular service.

Senators Cockrell and Gorman Have White House Aspirations. In a leading editorial the Kansas City Times, heretofore a warm supporter of Bryan, urges the candidacy of United States Senator Francis M. Cockrell for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1900. Senator Cockrell is put forward as “an old-fashioned Democrat, who stood for what the Chicago platform contains long before that platform was promulgated, a Democrat of experience in national affairs, whose record has .stood the test of time.” The Times asserts that “the sole objection which could have been urged against Cockrell, that he fought with the South, has been answered by the action of ex-Confederate soldiers in the war of 1898.” Senator Gorman of Maryland is a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1900. He will make his campaign on anti-expansion and opposition to the ratification of the peace treaty.

Will Take Action Against Jurance to Protect Sugar Growers. The British cabinet has decided to inaugurate a policy of trade retaliation against France if the latter continues to cripple the British sugar growing colonies by her bounty system. This will be the first time England approached anything like a protective measure. Germany, Austria and Holland have consented to reduce their bounties a certain amount yearly till the system is wiped out. France alone has held out against it. England’s colonial sugar growers have been almost ruined by competition with the bounty-fed sugar of Europe.

IN A NUTSHELL

Parrots recently from South America are said to have introduced typhoid fever among visitors to a bird show in Berlin. The revenue cutter McCulloch, which sailed from Manila recently, will make a tour of the world before coming home. Smith Edwards, aged 70 years, who for several years bad lived a hermit’s life at Smithton, Mo., was found dead in bed. A report that a plan is being formulated to control the tobacco leaf industry at Havana is not credited in. New York. It is said that army circles in Washington will be a long time recovering from the shock of Gen. Eagan’s criticisms of Gen. Miles. It is officially stated in Washington that no railroad company has been given permission to run through the Chickamauga National Park. The Filipino representative at Berlin declares that the natives could hold out In a guerrilla war against the United States for several years. The utilisation of grain elevator waste for sheep and cattle food has given rise to a new industry in the Northwest. The waste sells for $7 a ton. Pennsylvania Commandery, Military Qrder of Foreign Wars, unanimously voted to present Admiral Dewey with the gold insignia of the order. The Alaskan Commercial Company of San Francisco has presented to the University of California its fine collection of mounted fossils and ethnological specimens. \ A New York woman caused the arrest of her husband in Baltimore for desertion, and in justification he pleaded that she offered to sell him to a widow for $l5O. • Several of the smaller army posts in the West will probably be abandoned after the withdrawal of their garrisons for service in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip.jdum.

SUCCESSOR TO GEN. EAGAN.

WANT TO BE PRESIDENT.

ENGLAND TO RETALIATE.

PUTS SPAIN IN A HOLE

ACCEPTANCE OF AGUIMALDO*S PLAN WOULD MEAN WAR. • Offers to Release His Prisoners on Almost Prohibitive Conditions —No Anxiety Felt in Washinaftoa Over Proclamation of Philippine Republic. Having failed to secure any consideration in the Uhited States, Aguinaldo is now trying desperately to secure the formal'recognition by Spain of the republic of the Philippines, which he publicly proclaimed at Malolos, and he has managed affairs so shrewdly that Premier Sagasta finds himself in an awkward fix. Advices from Manila say that Aguinaldo now offers to release his Spanish prisoners on the condition that Spain will recognize the independence of his selfstyled republic and become its ally. He has also demanded recognition of the Vatican and has invited the Pope to send a commission to the Philippines to negotiate for the release of the priests who are held by the insurgents. Greatly as Spain would like to see the civil and military prisoners of Aguinaldo set free, she has no desire to stir up any more trouble with the United States, and recognition of the

AGUINALDO.

FILIPINOS MAKE THREATS.

General Burmese Says 30.0J0 Arc Under Arms anil Will Fight. Agoncillo, the Filipino representative in America, has received re-enforcements in the arrival of Jose Ixizaro, Juan Luna and Capt, Marti Burgo.se. who expect to form a Philippine junta with Washington as headquarters. Capt. Burgose says the delegates are under sealed orders f com “President Aguinaldo of the Philippine republic, the great patriot and statesman.” He deciares that there are 39.1MM1 Filipinos under arms, that they will not submit peacefully to the United States forces, and that their ability to resist is unquestioned. Spain could not conquer them, nor can the United States. Mr. Lopez called at the State Department Tuesday afternoon and delivered to Secretary Hay the ultimatum recently forwarded by the Filipino chief. It is stated in the comm unication that unless this Government recognizes Agoncillo within ten days as the I*hilippine minister to the United States Aguinaldo will break off diplomatic and friendly relations

SAMPSON AND SCHLEY.

Long Wrangle In the Senate Over Their Proposed Advancement. The contention between Sampson and Schley stirred up the Senate to smh an extent on Monday that the peace treaty was forgotten and the Senators fought anew the great battle of Santiago, touched upon pending scandals in the army, deplored the opening of similar sores in the navy, and i>ostponed all action on the President’s advancement of Sampson and Schley for a period of twenty days. This conclusion was not reached, however, until the Senate, by a vote of 37 to 17. or exactly two to one. over the protests of Senators Chandler, Hale and Lodge, ordered the Secretary of the Navy to send to the Senate all the papers in the case of each of the commodores who had been advanced on account of conspicuous conduct.

CUBANS FIRE CANE FARMS.

Disgruntled Natives Try to Destroy Property iu Cuba. Col. Ray reported in Santiago that an attempt was made to buru the cane on the San Miguel sugar estates near Guantanamo. The property was saved by the arrival of two companies of the Third immunes. Reports from various quarters show that all the cane fires are the work Of disgruntled Cubans, soldiers who have failed to get desirable offices. Bad feeling exists among the negroes in the Cuban army over the evident intention of the white Cubans to occupy the official places to the exclusion of the blacks.

GRAVES WILL BE DECORATED.

Maine Martyrs Will Be Remembered Feb. 15. The anniversary of the destruction of the Maine will be appropriately observed in Havana. The graves of the Maine martyrs will be decorated; flags will fly at half mast; one over the wreck of the Maine. Captain Sigsbee will deliver an address; Gcu, Lee will march at the head of a parade, and high mass will be sung in the cathedral. The American women now in Havana arg arranging the details of the program.

LODGE SPEAKS FOR EXPANSION.

WMurkaulll Seaaftur Rarer* the RatiAcatsre ass the Treaty. Henry Cabat ihr jrefim mnwat ata live in the swirr S»«nse off ttu State of Massachestffits. addressed tihr

SENATOR LODGE.

prepared with g«at care, and att neeeinred the undivided interest off a large sstaiahn of Senators. He wars gj<pla>uGe*d Swretmn ly. Senator Teller of C<Mlan»s*» ah* Areg, ed the question off <sih<atall jiossessiimrs. contending that the <<<xßsWnwiß«n apply to gay of the tejritories tmnfil expressly extended 4»y law off Oargmtsss. aun£ quoting from spt<ech<*s off Websaetr t<*. that effect. He crt<*d tbe «r-gauß®iiKg th» territory of Orhians ars jcwidinig a uial rather than a Tc'rrrt.oriail ffwmi gjwvernment. and recalled the Satt ttlkatt ttta adt had lesn signed by Thtanas Jlt«likirew<a. Senator day of Gewgia Savwjefl mattifyiiig the treaty, wnd iJmss h-s-o-c tto FSBpinos in es: ahlWhing a goveraimjcnit. w Uw independence should 1h- ree.-giEiaed Jtrttc as soon as it as fosmd •capalfie <cff jicrffvcntiaiKg all international tftiligataons. The Senator thought there should be a 'detftainaajwai of policy now. He «kkS*A«4I Sy attention to Gen. Lesmard Wo-dTs sffaftement lieforc the military eraaniimiee riat: it would require s;ij<h«rs and said: *At this ratio St 400.960 soldiers to gover® the B'fiiiffijucnU' Islands as an American jwrete."’

CREAMERY MEN IN SESSION.

Makers of Butter HrJl National tre ventioa at Swant Fart*. The annual c«uv<mt><a> .es ttie* Noririwarsl Creamery Association opened in SKi»atx Fails. Is. It., with L'W'iui ptresemir. M - K. Hoard man <rf !>iwa stated as pevsiident at the opening scssmai.. Addmesscs of welcome were dolrivwfl by 11.. IlSmith, C. S. J'alm-T and 11. II . Koittlh, red the rcs]H>nse was made by W.. W_ Moirdk. The secretary's report shewed m exjwtnditurc of alw»in and -stgaed thtaß the finances <hke asswniaitiwa were* ns good sha;w. W. S. Mo< xre < iTtCliitage gave a lut-tto<ry of the association, exqftiriuisig fcs fbpectw and pnrjwstes. There was -same <dasrnn»sion over a pajwr <<n 'The Hamflfcsg <*f Milk and Cream.” and etf oibtr tudswffiane<ms subpsts. participated in B<y <S_ W_ Louthan of lowa. J. M<<rdh lewa_ I-. F. Howe* of Ne4«raska- and S. HatcsdaW of Minues<rta. A st h‘rial train brattgUin the Governor and the metmlers <ntf nite* Ijegislature from ISerre t« am»n>d the *cssK<ns.

TO GO TO RORTO RICO.

Tish op McLim Will Make a revsoaal Visit -rs InwslisalwaL Right 'Bev. Risbtqf WjHliian E. M-Lair-cn -of the Eiuscopal dioix-se -ttf CThiiaagw hns Is-on appointed T* make a visit of investigaTitni *• Port* Kicw am nine interest of mission work in the u-s ttetnritory of the United JStates. Tin- gjqiOiaJt-

BISROP W. F. M'LAREW

ment went le him fr»<m a spt««al «o<manuittee selected by The genetrall waiwuiTw<n the Episctqtal Church, wthidh anrt sb New Y ork recently. They decided u?»r<n Kishqp McLaren as the man i«est tfisted tt-e -exannine the field newly opened, and omikie valuable rmaimeniatjtiib for -rxTunsntai of the church's missionary aheme_

MINERS AND OPEHATORS AGREE.

Chicago mftftaF— md ftaMazq titm FrwvMe*. The joint conwmtaHU -rmai! auuaiHrs ami operators adjourn*Bl in Phttftagg. Ts*. after having adjnst-ed teunnMUDomdy mill existing diffr-n-n-rs. The CTisicjipe otpnocment of last year nnmttns izn Stc-oe 5a tfltae four com]>eriTive States, ffinwns. Inj&nnm. Ohio and Pennsylvania, -ex-cupt Ikan in Illinois the rmwrf-xiune. «r grttss-wwiicftig system alone prevails, and Ske -»prt»«s there have agreed to fr'ltrtraiw- tfoe -qinestion “whether or not the various -&*Bowft« of Illinois are entitb-d Tr> any meAndtoMß sb Springfield pick and maeliine luuning Atfferentials. as atiarnst T*snvSDe, ttihe bursting rate. and. if so. kww imtck” This is S* be done in ease the Queftrion -canmot be adjusted at the niintus State -etmvwritai.

NAMES COLONIAL ADVISERS.

Curtis Gsiiii Gtwrd KcmaaAy mi Mayer Wattcima te'ecW. The Secretary mg War reangAtttM the colonial advisory <>onnni«ri»«in fcy trthe reiketiem of Curtis Guild of Bosts*. Tfaerthnmembers are Gt*. K. P. Ktvmndy Ohio and Maj. George C_ Wwtftfins Grand Rapids. Math. They miffl csMitute an advisory board ®e the Bnoitttuy of War for the ■cmsidtiiwlS** <«ff aS xywse t ions regarding the civi] ataraMsas* «f Cuba, Parte Rice and the TWBogßara.

Eoys Would Go to Manila.

Four stowaways were put mthme ftm the transport Grant just it raiilrd from New York fw Manilla. They had stolen their way IWtni Chilimdaiu, Oh*, with the Seventeenth reguiairs and warted to make their f (attunes m the

Red-Bearded Man found.

In New York, a stain with a red hraadl who. physically, fits pcrfectily the dewcriiption given «f the man wha bought the with the Adams jHiiatuxing case, has Urt* found.

STATE LAW MAKERS!

By a vote- of 45 to 4tt the bill uwdM whish rbe State authorities hoped to psW| cred successfully oguhßst the Roby rtUM people ami the persons and ccjj mw wasting natural gas was deffRMH ua t&e House on Thursday. The frienM bf rib* measure say the elerks made a afl Bake Em tßu> roll call, ami that later the M| wiSt 6e passed. Mr. Mull and Mr. Mani® Mi gsave notice that they would ask t>M the rrcred be corrected, and if this is noka •firne- tuiey wffi ask for a rcconstderaWM the- vote. Five men who are record*™ ats vwtiffig against the bill declare theM v»Ced! for it. The chief argument agaiatjfl the bill was that it was too drastic. 1M makes any repeated violation of ft peWM stativte- a niiisanee and authorizes aafl poAffie officer to bring suit for injunctioM winhoazt giving bond. | The itnCß-Itoby race track bill was killed! ih House on Friday. A ttiioai o-f the vote by which the bill was di® treated bhe day before was moved by Mr.l MandtToM and the motion was lost by al vrte of i3i> to 35. The House by a vote of! S 3 ta « advanced the bill for the estabtl !&&ment of a county council in everjfl eeurnty in th- State. The third act of the! House was to kill the pet bill of Meomt for the teaching of agriculture ml the pubiiie schools. I Boch bcauw-fees of the General AssembljM hiad haiff-dsy sessions Saturday luorninffl o.®d adjrMirned at noon. An attempt waM »£!«&*• Em the llou.se to revive the bill in-| tnwdhwred by Mr. Barlow, at the suggestion off Ger. Mount, providing for the studyl off agruemEtiire in the public schools, which! was killed in the House a few days be-i ffoce. Nr. Neat introduced a resolution! IjcwvullEng for “nature studies” in sehootal for a Eiiaiited amount of time a week; and speeches were made in favor of the resOffi taiwoi by all the h*uding speakers for the! <SorersMc"s agricultural ideas. The reflffl Ihtriiua. was referred to the t'ommittee obl HAeretwa. A resolution introduced byl Mr. Hayes off St. Joseph County, caused eonwiiferuble friction in the House. It eX*l pewssed the epiulon that the nest Repub4 bu maitionat eetirentioii should declaflfl fesefff opposed to trusts ami Mose off rhe Republicans voted to table the! BtfswltvtEwn. The motion to table prevailed by a rote of 43 to 26. In the Senate the! tfwaistitnitf.on.il rules, were suspended and the- btf:l: fixing the term of the A[>pell«til t"o«m was passed. It fixes the end of tbd tterux in. March. 1903. I Sk IL Niefeofewn of Kokomo, chairmad off the ewmsiittee representing the allied tfhutirvhes «d th *- State, brought to Itiiiian-1 apo&M. on Monday a bill for changes in the! di.vwtee law. and it was introduced in eacM breach off the Legislature. It simply pro! wiAts that a divoeved person shall not re-1 rnturry wirhiw two years after being diJ w<txe«L The new anti-Roby race trac l] biTli was afeo intro«lneed in each house. Id tfomfevs ">u the Attorney General only tbd aißtth».>city to bring injunction suits with™ eat giriing bond. ■ Tib.?- IbgisLiticu for reform in county aifl township, businsess was pushed along ocher netch ro Tuesday, the house accepM Eng the commattee report favoring rH tfuss'szge wff the bill to establish a conafl i® every county in the State. ThM •oHEßity and township bill will now go® a J.'.rnf eonmittee. which will report batfl R-®* fur the consideration of the ica<ni rewrtßK I

Senate Tairfq W>«u amtdeoi. HiS views a*Er»rtte<d the Bnecte atttvnt tian betatnw- wd the raSraH Aflfar<u»tvs bettwwwoi Has «■ tdhi subject and tt&Htse «f has icsffieucgw, Sxtsa ter Hoar. Setaa tar Sffcetfc bad been,

Th- bill r»> prohibit Licensed saloons it- n.-~ mot with favor in tIMH EB-u: Wednesday. A majority of • .. . T.-mi»-ran--v reeomiuendlM® rfcrt rib- bill be indefinitely TU- report was r,-je<-ted and the bill —-B ..>oi Elbe calendar. Northern is.- ml-u-fs brought forward a bill vtijeffaac for rhe draining of the reswarative Knotts. It provides <rogg.ry eoiiimlssioners may make age ..Lastriets ..a petition of the owners Etamfis to- he drained. The B-ity let tike- work of drainage to the ■•■ st i.t-L-h r. or -hey may purchase the essary ma- hinery ami do th,- work selho-s. Any land owner in the its to- be permirr- d to do work at the fcbi. The Eioaey needetl to construct is- to be coutribated by the -ewtier.

His Feet.

The ptease- “small vanities” doesno® seeoa xarxite until one has asked severs® people- &■> say what they would mean® by tt_ IH.ek.ens- liked a red necktie. o-rlter eeieb-rated men have l>een fe&Hy dle-vwted to- certain articles ()■ b-tit that might only indieaaH ttetcr having a sense of the beautiful® T&erv ils. however, a kind of precal® iw* ever personal detail which seen®® n-> peweee*! from vanity and from noth® mg e&e. ■ Manclise. the artist, once did a full® Ibogrli poctratr of Sir Edward BulwN® Lytrteu. ami a sorry rime he had of tt® Fer the atirhor was hard to please; MR® nhrs was ns right ami now that. I® “icwm.pdexiwn of the hand” was to k® espe-.-iaiEly no-tel. and the painter W very purtteniar about the feet. The® tf-ceti. in-nJeeJL eattsed no end of annoy® aa»cv_ Enfwer insisted on having tbM® very small; but Maclise painted thti|H rhe narirraE size. Then Bulwer cauM® see them, and would hare thedj® The artist yleMed. perforce; but M® 1.-sil wee resource, varnishing day. whet® piknnmts can be “retouched” so long ft® tfinne- will admit. Then and there b® am:e*By painted in the feet again of th® p-cMper siae. and the author bad to them, thus wa the day of exhibition. 3 ® H

Origin of Playing-Card Marks.

The marks on playing cards are sajjM 8* tare their origin in a symbolic repreM sentariwa of fear different classes of go-M Hearts represent the elergj|B qwhs the sitrihr • derived from Inaffitan word “spuds." meaning <hb« rfc- serfs and diamonds the cigM

Fish that Shoots His Prey.

TW arehtr tfsh can shoot a draft hfl water tire or six feet, striking bugs fes that it flmfe resting on ahaxe the water or flying in the aliß The Nb.w is- *» sharp that the prey iO uffiHsibfeJ and knocked ilown, when tfe-li. ioaniediately captures it.

Huge Workhouse in Liverpool.

The krrgest workhouse in the WffigH its at LivvrpeoL and it has mvommuljO naom for fewer than ."kiMMi inmatrtH It rt BMC Wwever, often filled. j|