Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1902 — Page 6

“The Match of the Season.”

HE is no daughter of mine; a madcap, a changeling, an unbroken colt who threatens to kick over the traces at any moment. What have I done that such a misfortune should befall me.” Thus lamented Mrs. Gainsborough over her coffee one sunny winter’s morning, to her husbahd immersed in the dally news. ‘‘Eh! what’s the matter now, Mollie?” with easy good nature. "Laura was a model,” she sighed, "she never gave me a moment of uneasiness from first to last. The belle of her set, bhe married advantageously in her first season; and ns for Dorothy, she could be led by a silken thread. But Theodora ” and she threw up her hands In horror, as though the subject beggared description.

“Come, come, Mollie”—he pleaded; "let the child grow up in her own way; they can’t all be alike it stands to reason. There was a good boy spoiled In Teddy, frank, fearless and honest as the sunlight; it would be a sin and a shame to cut, prune and pare her down into a doll of fashion like the rest of them.” "Oh, you men ”In accents of pathos. "What can you know of the heart of a mother, the awful responsibility resting upon her shoulders; the sacred charge entrusted to her bauds. All depends upon her coming out; by that she stands or falls; the verdict Is final. And when I think how ill prepared she is for the occasion; how willful, untralued and careless of the consequences, l tremble for her future;” and, with an air of tragedy she returned to her breakfast with renewed appetite. At that moment the door burst open, and a young girl, in rough skating costume, with a mane of red-gold hair like a shaggy pouy, entered in whirlwind fashiou, rosy, panting, radiant with health, spirit ami abundant vitality, "a sight to make an old man young.” “Just In time for breakfast, and hungry ns a hunter, too, I promise you!” in clear, ringing tones, and without ceremony she seated herself at the table.

“Skating at such an hour, Theodora?” protested her mother, In reproving tones, “when you should be abed getting your beauty sleep, in preparation for the great event before you.” "My beauty must care for itself,” was the careless retort. “Must I coddle myself all day because I’m to come out to-uight? Come out!”—ln scornful tones. “What does It mean, anyway, daddy?” and she turned to her father with a look of hearty comradeship and affection. "Well, Teddy, with most of you it menus beaux aud clothes, so far as I understand it; vanity and vexation of spirit, and ultimately marriage, when the right fellow comes along.” “Then I’ll have none of it,” and with an air of decision she turned to her breakfast with the vigor of seventeen. No mother hen was ever more dismayed at the duckling in her brood than this punctilious leader of fashion at the daughter now- on her bauds to pilot through the shoals and quicksands of society, aud at last anchor safely in the harbor of matrimony. Yet she was but a frank, high-spirited girl, who despised forms and conventions with all her heart; rebelled at maternal counsel and discipline, turned sentiment to ridicule with tlu> careless mockery of extreme youth. But she proved a pretty handful to the proud, scheming mother, whose aspirations soared high in (lie matrimonial line; a knotty problem to solve, which would tax her wits, temper and endurance beyond their limit. Yet her debut promised well, and maternal criticism could find no Haw in the radiant vision presented to her view in all the costly simplicity of a Worth gown, imported to grace the occasion. She had never realized her loveliness before; the piquant elmrm of Titian eoloriug and laughing dark eyes, the sylph-like grace of her buoyant figure, the childlike ease of her bearing. which sustained her well throughout the trying ordeal.

Aud Teddy—though she might rebel lu advance at maternal authority, M-as she proof against the pleasure of the moment? tlie dangerous knowledge of her own beauty borne in upon her for the first time, tlie Incense of masculine homage, the gay inspiriting music, the novel charm of the occasion? Though Mrs. Gainsborough trembled •for her perilous frankness, originality au<l possible gaucherles. It might be that an odd bizarre character, such as this, Mould go doM’ii, iu social parlance, even create a sensation, for a time. Beyond this she darinl not look or scheme; one Hint of matrimonial Intentions. such as she cherished, Mould .rouse the Mildest antagonist]!, cause the doMul'all of her fairest hopes and droa ms.

So the season sped on, and the girl was caught in the current of events and whirled away; in tlie excitement of bnjl, reception, theater, opera, the awakening knowledge of her own power, she. was gradually changing duy by day . Into a striking, if unconventional figure in social circles. And Mrs. Gainsborough, thopgh shocked, startled and confounded In a thousand wa'Jri by the racy wit and audacious freedom of the daughter she so little comprehended, congratulated herself that •be was safely launched at last, with every prospect of a fair and prosperous voyage.

Where Teddy sat, talked, or walked, was the central point of gayety In any assemblage; her speech was punctuated with laughter, her dancing robes torn to tatters. The young enthusiasm with which she entered upon any occasion was an antidote to dullness and monotony, a rejuvenating draught to the most Jaded beholder. She seemed to have the gift of universal popularity; even her rivals liked and would have copied her if they could, and with the* men she was a prime favorite, they hovered about her like pioths about the flame. But here maternal criticism came in, aud feared for the future. To the men Teddy seemed more like a good comrade than a beautiful girl to be wooed and won; a divinity to be worshipped. Sentiment shrank from her frauk presence and pitiless laughter, and more than one foolish swain had cause to regret the expression of his admiration. The lover who passed the Rubicon with Teddy must needs be a valiant one.

To tills free-hearted maiden the stately Gerald Massey, the most eligible match of the season, the cynosure of all eyes, the target for all matrimonial darts, was but “Jerry,” a “Jolly good fellow,” and the best waltzer In society. That she liked him was manifest in word and act, though it must be confessed that his lack of sentiment and "nonsense.” as she termed it, seemed his chief attraction in her eyes. And the liking was reciprocal. It was many a day since this well-bred gentleman and invincible baohelordiad revealed such interest in the most beautiful ot debutantes; many a day- since lie bad encountered such a refreshing bit of femininity. But The best-laid plans o’ mice and men Gang aft agley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy.

Mrs. Gainsborough was a wise woman in her generation, and held her peace; the time for counsel, scolding or entreaty had passed; one scene of the kind with her rebellious offspring had taught her the wisdom of silence on forbidden subjects. Only the most winning dlplomnoy, such as bad ruled her household for years, could avail, but that this chit of a girl could elude her influence In the end seemed incomprehensible. Time brought its changes, and Teddy scarce realized the transformation she had undergone In these winter months that flew by as on wings. Still frank and freehearted In thought, word and act, she bad gained In social grace and tact until she seemed another creature from the careless hoyden of a fetv months ago. The season was to close with a bal masque, and then came the Lenten period of retirement, prior to further dissipation at mountain or seaside resorts. This was the event of the season, a grand finale to the lighter amusements that had gone before; and society was stirred to its depths in anticipation of the coming spectacle, in which beauty, wealth aud fashion would play prominent roles. As by a touch of the enchanter’s wand, the noble mansion was transformed into a scene from fairyland, In which the rarest exotics exhaled their fragrance, the most ravishing music eloquently discoursed, w'bile the gorgeous pageant streamed hour by hour through stately hall aud gallery, shifting and changing like the visions of a dream.

To Teddy it presented all the charm of novelty; and in a rich Venetian costume of tlie olden time, her lovely faee hidden ’ueath the mystery of the mask, she had a strange sense of losing her identity in that of another. No longer the daughter of prosaic modern Gotham, she Mas a creature of another race, age and clime, M'ith Iter pulses attuned to love aud romance, her heart throbbing to the passionate Hungarian music that swept through the corridors.

A stately gallant of the sixteenth century, bravely attired in velvet, silken hose and slouched hat, Mas her faithful cavalier throughout the evening; together they danced, strolled in the Mondrous gallerips of art, played at sentiment, yet, as If by tacit consent, preserved the mystery of tlie masquerade. But at last, in the still, dim-lighted conservatory 'neath the shelter of shadowy palm and trailing vine, with the low plash of a little fountain in their ears, the gallant lost command of himself, ami spoko to her In a language that startled her to a sudden realization of the truth the language of love. For one breathless moment she listened spellbound; then she tore the mask frontier face M’ith hasty band; her cheeks were aflame, Iter great dark eyes sparkled ns M’ith tears.

“Tills from you. Jerry?” she protested, In the sorrowful accents of “Et tu, Brute’ “No, no—l cannot listen.” But he would not be Silenced, and, unmarsklfig, revealed a face pale with a resolution that frightened her. “Teddy, child—is It so strange that I should love you? Have you not divined It In all these months, when I have followed as your shadow, lived upon your smile, your wit, the sunshine of your presence? Another had seen It long ago.” “But we were such good comrades, Jerry,”- and she caught her breath with a sob.

“True, Teddy, and can lie still; but, child though you are, 1 have fallen under the spell of your enchantment,

become entangled la the net you never threw. Dear,” caressingly, “hare you no word of kindness, of pity for me? I will not ask for love—now.” “"?f—‘ “I—do—not—know,” sbe faltered, while her beating heart belled her speech. “It Is all so strange, so dreamlike, so unreal; a part of the hour, the scene, the mask—in a moment I shall awaken.”

“To a reality more beautiful than the Illusion. Trust me, my child, and it shall be so.” And, shy in the presence of her newborn love, Teddy, the careless hoyden, the scoffer at sentiment, surrendered to the. enemy like the weakest of her sisters, while the stirring music of the Hungarian Czardas filled the silence with passionate meaning. When the engagement was announced in the spring, to the consternation of social circles, Mrs. Gainsborough bore herself proudly, as onq who took no smlall credit for the felicitous termination of the season. Yet to this day she has never understood how It came to pass; how this strange girl made the match of the season, alone and unaided. It remained to the end an unsolved mystery of the bal masque.—American Cultivator.

Dynamite in Coal Mines.

According to United States Consul Brunot, at St Etienne, a local Inventor named Albert has produced a success ful apparatus for exploding dynamite with safety in coal mines where gas is present In dangerous volume, wlttiout the use of electricity, the installation of which is always costly and subject to disarrangement. The Instrument seems to cover the exposed end of the safety fuse, to fire it aud to receive all flame' and sparks thrown off without allowing any communication with the atmosphere. A copper tube receives the end of the fuse to a depth of several Inches. At the other end of the tube is fixed a percussion cap, similar to those used in toy pistols, and lying against the side of the tube, which is pierced in Its turn by a small hole. The distance between the extending end of the fuse and the percussion cap is only .07 Inch. The end of the tube with the percussion cap is introduced into another cylinder, also of copper, which contains the firing mechanism. To operate the apparatus the tube containing the fuse is held in the left hand, while with the palm of tlie right a sniart blow is struck on the button of the percutient, when the cap explodes. The gas produced by the fuse fills the cylinder, says the Black Diamond, blit cannot escape outside, unless extinguished, as the holes in the cylinder are Covered with metallic gauze. In practice, the tuhes are prepared outside, in the daytime, by the lamp cleaner, so that no stray percussion caps may be brought into the mine.

Waited Twenty Years.

Twenty years ago a minister in a certain mission church married a couple who had decided on matrimony after a very short acquaintance. The man was a sailor, very much down at the heels, who had just shipped for a long voyage; the girl was a thrifty servant in a good house. The sailor called the parson apart in the vestry (for it was a church wedding, although with only the witnesses required) and confided to him that he was literally reduced to his last cent, which he proffered as a marriage fee, saying that if all went well with him he Mould return some day and pay more. He Mas to spend a few days with his bride at.her mother’s, then snil for a three years’ voyage. He had told her It Mould take his last cent for the minister, but sbe did uot know that this Mas literally true. Tlie parson bad forgotten all about the Incident when, the other day. he received a call from a happy, prosperous second mate of a vessel of a big freight line, accompanied by his wife and a flock of five youngsters. The call M-as made for the purpose of thanking the minister for his politeness about the one-cent fee, and requesting his acceptance of a tueutydollar gold piece. “It’s Morth more’n that,” said the cheerful husband, “but perhaps that will help out on marrying some more folks on the installment plan, a cent down and a dollar a year!”— Neu’ York Mall and Express.

Why Mountains Never Grow Smaller. The mountaius are always moving down Into the valleys. When springtime comes every stream M ill run muddy in Its course. At this rate all the soil from tlie hills M’ould soon be gone Mere not this soil being constantly replaced. Water soaks into the crevices of the rocks, and when it freezes it swells M’ith almost irresistible force. That a very little of It can crack an Iron pipe most of ns have found to our cost. Thus the rock is split, and the pieces made In this M’ay are again broken Into finer and finer fragments until neu' soil Is made to take the place of that Which is so rapidly moving down to the lowlands.—lndies’ Home Journal.

Pert, but Patriotic.

“Sir Thomas Llpton Is going to keep trying for'the cup,” said the young Englishman. “Yes,” ansM’cred Miss Cayenne; “your country Is going to keep on trying and ours in going to keep on succeeding.”—Washington Star.

An Illuminated Bird's Nest.

The baya bird of India spends Its spare time catching mSiumoth -fireflies, which it fastens to the side of Its nest with moist clay. On h dark ulgbt the baya’s nest looks like an electric lamp.

What lui* become of the old fashioned woman who said: “Oh, now you hush!"

GARDEN AND FARM

COST OF PRODUCING PORK. The cost of producing pork depends upon the kind of foods used. Experiments made demonstrate that by feeding cornmeal the cost of one pound of pork is 4.3 cents, requiring 6.3 pounds of meal. The same amount of shorts, costing 3.7 cents, produced the same increase, and 3.3 pounds of meal and shorts gave the same results. The cost also depends upon the prices of the foods.

SAVING VALUABLE LAND. When ditches or streams are crooked they do not cause inconvenience in the pastures, but where the land Is cultivated they are an annoyance when plowing or mowing. By placing tile or pipe in the ditches, and covering them, much valuable land may be saved and field work rendered easier. DEMAND FOR REGISTERED BULLS The demand for registered bulls of the various beef breeds ought to remain good for years to come. Breeders of registered cattle have it largely in their own hands to maintain good prices, and this they can do if they Mill make steers of the medium to fair bull calves, although they are from good families and subject to registration. Nothing will hurt the registered bull trade so much as selling inferior animals for breeding purposes. No matter how good the herd, there will necessarily be some Inferior animals and breeders can ill afford to sell such except for slaughter. Breeders should work to create a permanent demand for bulls, and this can only be accomplished by selling animals whose progeny will show up all right.—Live Stock and Wool Growers’ Journal.

RENEWING OLD ORCHARDS. The question how to renew an old orchard is again taking up its annual round in the agricultural papers. Some growers recommend top grafting, but, in my experience, this is one of the most uncomfortable, disagreeable jobs in an orchard. To get up Into the top of an apple tree with a basket of tools, Max and scissors, standing on a limb of the tree, or on a ladder, is downright torture. Then,, when one has sawed off a limb and undertakes to split It, he finds that, while the bark splits straight, the grain of the wood is winding around the stock, hence the split of the bark and that of the wood do not correspond. Then the bark has to be cut away an one side to adroit the scion, and the chances are that by the wind of the wood the bark has been so far separated from the wood that a union with the scion is very doubtful.

Again, think of the time it requires to go through an orchard and top graft every tree! Having had experience M’ith that method, and suffered from such irksome work and failure of scions to form a union, I have adopted a very different, and, as I believe, a much better, cheaper and more certain May of renewing an old orchard. I cut the trees down close to the ground, cover the stump with a little earth, or place over it a fresh sod. This should be done late in the fall, or in the winter, as stumps sprout better when you cut at that time of the year. The next spring the stump will throw up many sprouts. I allow them all to grow the first season, then, in the fall, I select two good ones and bud them, or wait until the next spring qnd graft. or grafts, M’ill make a very ra®l groM th and will be growing better every year, and will come into bearing as soon as the top graft, which will fail in a few years All surplus sprouts should be removed the second year. If a low head is desired, the first year’s growth of bud or graft should be cut back to four or six buds, leaving but one scion to grow after the first year.—N. B. White, in American Cultivator.

THE SOURCE OF ANIMAL FAT. A disputed point among scientific investigators and even among practical feeders has been the role of the different food constituents in fat formation. Some have- held that the fat in milk for example, must come from fat in the com-’s body or from that which has been formed by plant growth and is included in her food. Others have thought that the fat, both in the animal's body and that in milk might be formed in part by breaking down the nitrogeneous matters of the food, the proteine, aB well as by change of vegetable fats into animal fats. Still others have believed that the carbohydrates as well might be utilized in making fat.

This last has been proved true of body fat in case of some animats, and In experiments recorded in Bulletin No. 197 of the Geneva Experiment Station, It seems set . - d beyond dispute that starch and similar bodies in the cow's food help to form the butter fat she produces. In the tests recorded one cow in fifty-nine da'ys secreted 18.4 pounds of butter fat mo;;e than she could have secured from the fat consumed or protelne broken down; another cow in seventy-four days produced 39 pounds of fat similarly unaccounted for. and a third cow In four days one and one-quarter pounds. As these cows gained In weight, and thhs could not have drawn on stored body fat for milk fat. and as two constituents of the food were insufficient to account for the fat formed, the third constituent, the carbohydrates, must have formed part of the fat secretpd In the milk. Other points of value concerning the utilisation of food by

milch cows are discussed In the bulle tin. It should be In the hands of every farmer who believes that knowledge of principles has anything to do with success in feeding. STOCKING UP WITH GOOD POUlj TRY. There has yet not been a single year that there was enough good thorough-bred breeding stock of poultry to go around, and as a result many can not get their orders filled, and have to go without. The wide awake always buy their breeding stock in the fall, or during the forepart of winter. Most fanners who keep good poultry, and frequently order soma breeding stock to Introduce new- blood In their flock, put off doing so until spring, which is a mistake on their part. Breeding stock in spring has always been very scarce and prices double that of early winter, so that the best time, anil the cheapest time to lay in breeders is either fall or fore part of winter. Poultrymen are catching on to this fact, and each year the fall demand increases, while the spring demapd diminishes, but yet, there is a grand rush for stock in spring, and as there has not been enough to near fill half of the demand, the most have been disappointed in not getting the stock they desired. During the summer is a good time to buy next rear’s stock, when the chicks are not fully grown, and the weight of the same is not half what it will be in spring, hence the cost of transportation is but half of what it is in spring. Breeders sell summer chicks at less than half the price of winter chicks, and the saving is considerable.

Many persons ask the question, ‘‘What is the best and cheapest M’ay to get into a good stock of poultry?” This may be truthfully answered by saying, that a breeding pen is always the cheapest. While a breeding pen of choice, pure-bred birds of any variety. costs more than eggs for hatching, yet they are the cheapest. To get into a good flock of foM-ls during one season, a large number of breeders is not required. A cockerel, and four or five hens is sufficient to produce as fine a flock of choice foMis as almost any farm will want, if they are purchased during winter, and thus are ready to furnish eggs for hatching during March, April and May.—A. H. Duff, in Farm, Field and Fireside.

THE FARMER S PROBLEMS. One of the principal subjects discussed at farmers’ institutes is that of cultivating the soil at certain seasons. It has been claimed that too much cultivation is injurious, u-hile it is also maintainel that cultivation admits air, warmth and moisture, the deep plowing permitting of the greater retention of moisture. Unfortunately, so much depends upon the location of the farm, the texture of the soil, the kinds of .crops grown thereon, the depth of the surface soil and other matters, that it is impossible to formulate any system that would be applicable to all farms. Some of the most progressive farmers have strongly advised deep plowing, but were promptly disputed by those who had Jound shallow plowing more advantageous. The fact Is that each farmer who has been sufficiently interested In the general Melfare of all as to make known his experience referred to his own farm only, and the result is that there have been a great many methods of cultivating the various crops promulgated that tend more to confuse than to educate. Every farmer should experiment for himself. It is not expensive or laborious to use a small plot for experimental purposes, and the knowledge gained will be valuable for the reason that it applies directly to the farm upon which the farmer grows his crops. Farmers who purchase fertilizers are frequently perplexed as to the proportions of plant foods to use, and the are thus frequently at fault in their selections in that respect. The reason is that M’hen purchasing fertilizers they must take into consideration not only the prospective crop but also that grown the previous year, as well as the amount of manure No knowledge of how to purchase fertilizers can be de- ’ rived by observing the methods practiced by a neighbor. Each farm is a world to itself, so far as its management is concerned. When a field that Is fairly fertile refuses to yield a satisfactory crop, when cultivated properly, and with the conditions favorable, there is a cause therefor. This cause the farmer must discover himself. He cannot ask for assistance elsewhere without giving full details regarding his farm and hlsl mode of management. His farm may require drainage, may be deficient in lime, contain but little humus, has not been properly rotated, or even the system of cultivation may be wrong. Usually, however, when a crop fails to satisfy the expectations of the farmer there is a lack of pome particular plant food, to determine which the farmer should experiment by groMing sample crops on small plots, side by side, and applying different kinds of fertilizers or combinations of fertilizers, which will give him demonstration of their effect on the crops. An analysis of the soil will be of no value, as the very portion selected for analysis may be Trom a few Riches of soil previously manured In some manner,.and which may, not represent the condition of the .entire field, Just as soon as the farmer thus tests his land, and learns by observation the results from the use of certain fertilizers, he wiU be able to feed his crops intelligently, and thus save hundreds of dollars in the purchase of plant foods and also gain In the yield of crops.—Philadelphia Record.

The man who lives to nr purpose Uvea to a bad purpose.

QUEEN MARIE DYING OF A BROKEN HEART.

Marie Henrlette, Queen of the Belgians, is said to be dying from a broken heart,

due to King Leopold's escapatles. Marie Henriette is the daughter of the Palatine of Hungary and a sister of the Archduke Joseph, has bornag>the kingly miscqPuucts with much outward condonation. For some time there has been talk of the King paying a visit <o America, but that visit will surely be postponed if the present report of Queen Marie Hen-

QUEEN MARIE.

riette’s condition is not exaggerated.

OLEO BILL IS DRASTIC.

Imposes Stringent Regulations on tha Sale of Batter Substitutes. The National House passed the oleomargarine bill without division on the final passage, the real test of strength having been made on a motion to recommit, which was defeated by k majority of thirty-four. The provision to require the inspection and branding of renovated butter, which was adopted in committee of the whole, was retained on an aye and nay vote. As finally passed the bill is somewhat modified from the form in which it M’as reported from the committee on agriculture. It makes oleomargarine, or imitation butter, or cheese r transported into any State or territory for use, sale or consumption therein, subject to the law's of such State or territory—notwithstanding that it may be introduced in original packages—and imposes a tax of 10 cents per pound on oleomargarine made in imitation of “batter of any shade of yellow.” When not made in such imitation, tlio tax is reduced to one-fourth of 1 cent per pound. The second section is intended to prevent dealers, hotel proprietors and restaurant and boarding house keepers from coloring the uncolored article by making any person who colors the product and then sells or furnishes it to others a manufacturer M’ithin the meaning of the act. Penalties for violation of the act are a fine of not less than SSO nor more than SSOO, and imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than. ~Bix months.

The new section relating to the inspection and branding of renovated butter is as follows: “That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and required to cause a rigid sanitary inspection to be made from time to time, and at such times as he may deem necessary, of all factories and storehouses where butter is renovated;'and all butter renovated at such places shall bo carefully inspected in the same manner aud to the same extent and purpose that meat products are now inspected. The quantity and quality of butter renovated shall be reported monthly. All renovated butter shall be designated as such by marks, brands and labels, and the words ‘renovated butter’ shall be printed on ail packages thereof in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall be sold only as renovated butter. No renovated butter shall be shipped or transported from one State to another, or to foreign countries, unless inspected as provided in this section.”

RT. REV. BISHOP ROWE.

The Noted Episcopalian Divine Now in This Country. The noted Episcopalian divine. Right Rev. Dr. Peter Trimble Rowe, bishop of Alaska, M-ho is now in this country, is one

of the sturdiest figures in the church work of the Northwest. His labor has been among th< Indians of ou; northland territory and he has me with many adven tures and accom plished much good He has won th love and confideuc' of the natives ' many of whom are

RT. REV. ROWE.

practically unknown to n-hite men. The bishop’s life in Alaska is arduous and exhausting, traveling, as he does, hundreds of miles by sledge, drawn by dogs, visiting miners’ camps, woodohoppers’ huts nnd ministering in every way to the natives of the country. lie has established eight schools nnd tM’o hospitals. besides fourteen mission stations, and has eight clergymen, fifteen lay readers and five lay women as helpers. His last report to the Board of Missions shoM-ed that during the year he had traveled 10,552 miles and had held 175- services

M’CLAY’S SUCCESSOR.

John A. Kearney, of Cohoes, N. Y. Secretary Look’s Successor. A position made of national interest by the acts of its most recent incumbent is that vacated, upon order of President

ltoosevelt, by E. 8. McClsy, the “his-torian-laborer. It was his history of the battiq of Santiago which led to the Schley inquiry and subsequently to his own dismissal.Secretnry of the Navy Long hns appointed as hig successor John A. Kearney of Cohoes, N. Y. 'The latter

J. A. KEARNEY.

has begun his duties at the Brooklyn navy yard. lie was employed by the Cohoes Iron Foundry and Machine Company as a stenographer.

Presbyterian committee on creed revision declares the doctrine of predestination is held in harmony with God’s love lor all mankind, and that no man is condemned, except on the ground of hia sin. It also asserts that Presbyterians do not teach that those dying in infancy are lost The committee denies that the church ever taught toe doctrine of Infant damnation. - .

Owing to the widespread prevalence of smallpox in London Ambassador Chokts and the staff of the American embassy have been vaccinated. ,