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ol . HER GLADNESS. ' My Darling went g ‘¥into the seaside long ago. Content . ¥ stayed at home, for oh! I was so glad ©f all the little outings that she had. ¥ knew she needed rest. Iloved to stay At home awhile that she might go away. ' “How beautiful the sea! How she enjoys The music of the waves. No care annoys ¥ier pleasure,” thought I. ‘“Oh! it is so good ' That she can rest awhile. I wish she could . Stay till the autumn leaves are turning red. “Stay longer, sister,” all my letters said. ‘=ff you are growing stronger every day, .X 2m so very glad to have you stay.”"” My Darling went “FTo Heaven long ago. Am I content “Te sfay at home? Why can I not be glad € 31 the glories that she there has had? She needed changé. Why am I loth to stay 4And do her work;-and let her goaway? "Fhe land is lovely wheré' her feet have been; 2 "Why do I not rejoice that she has seen - ¥&s beauties first? That she will show to me "The City Beautiful? Isitso hard to be Happy that she is happy? : Hard to know She learns so much each day that helps her so? : WWhy can I not each night and morning say: ““I am se glad that she is glad to-day?” : -—Julia Harris May, in Chicagsé Advance.

OUR EXPERIENCES WITH PIRATES By Wardon Allan Curtis

€ ¥ WAS reading in the paper the other day,” said the storekeeper, “that piracy was by no means extinect in the east. The article said that piracy s quite prevalent among the Chinese, Malays and other eastern races, and that— many native vessels and a few Fuaropean ones are plundered = every Jear.” sk = ‘ 1 had some experience- with those pirafical fellows while in the Arethuse an the Tonquin station,” said the Rhode Islander who had been in the French wavy, “and but for me one of our finest wessels wonld have been lost.

““It was on a beautiful spring afterxeon that our fleet came to anchor off the mouth of the Gumchew river. where we had been sent to investigate pirati«al outrages reported to have occurred in that vieinity.

“*We bad heard that the head man of the district had been killed by the pirates, so we were glad when a whole firet of little boats came out of the viver bringing messages from him and presents of all kinds of fruit, vegetables and poultry. 1 don’t know why, but when [ saw that procession of natives eame up over the ship’s side, with their baskets; ] couldn’t help fearing treach&ry, and I said as much to the admiral. “ “There isn’t a weapon to be seen,’ #aid be. ‘Observe, not a man has on.a «titeh, of clothing except a thin linen brvfll:lNut.’ : :

““The patives ran around the vessel, handing fruit to the crew and making friends. but I wouldn't have anything to do with ’em, and stood by ahe foremast talking to the admiral, who. was eating a banana. All-of a #ndden there was a chorus of yells. ths ship was ablaze with flashes cf glistening steel, and every one of those matives stood with a long snaky knife, a creese, they call it—pointing at .a saxilor’s throat. The creeses were made

<f limber steel, and those cusses had wound ‘em around their waists inside their breech-¢louts. :

““I'he admiral and I skipped up into the eroess-trees of the foremast at the first alarm, and there we sat and watched the natives bind the crew and stow ‘em below decks.

. “The admiral hoped the rest of the fleet would notice that sonlethin‘g was wrong. but it didn't, and, when night #ell. the natives hitched on their little boats and the Arethuse began to creep slowly to the shore. Omnly two natives stayed aboard, and they stood side by side on the forecastle beneath us. to keep us from getting down.

*‘We must attack them at .once, said the admiral, ‘and, if we overpower them. discharge all the guns and alarm the rest of the fleet.’ :

“ SJust let me arrange it said I

““There was a coil of rope on the cross-trees, fastened around a - little

roller-and-erank arrangement used far raising ammunition. 1 took the end ef this rope and put it through a pul¥ex high above us. Then I tied it .@round my body. : 8 ' “**l want you to set me and this rope swinging like a pendulum across the ship,” said I. ‘Let the rope out a foot every time I get to the end of the swing, and when I yell let it out six feet. “Gradually I neared the two men di- : xreetly under me. Swish, swish. swish, swish; still they didn’t hear me. “My feet swdng by within two feet of their heads7and, as [ completed the end of the swing and was high in the air. I gave a yell, the rope slackened and 1 came, back with terrible force dust on the plane of the two natives. “The blow swept them off the forecastle '~ into the séa. : “In two minutes we had the Gatlings " -working on the little boats ahead, and in a few minutes more the water red«lened and the air shook with the diseharge of the great guns. As a reward the admiral ordered me a lieufenantey: but 1 was already -« leu- : fenant in the Rhode Island militia, and : was only in the French navy to learn . Freneh, so I declined. Then he said I ~«gonld have all the jewelry on the na~#ives we had shot, and they all wore Aig pold earrings.” i e “Did you make much cut of that?” '~ -msked the storekeeper. : “*Crocodiles ate all but one of the . matives, and his earrings were plated ones. and were made by a Connecticut : firm,” said the Rhode Islander who had ~ been in the French navy. ~ “Pve met them ’ere Malay pirates, . 400, said the ex-sergeant of the Devon- - shire Blues. “I wasn’t in the army ~ then, but belonged to a little theatrical - and circus company what ’ad been ~_phayin’ in Australia. We was bound ~ for Injy in a little sailin’ wessel and - got becalmed in Torres straits. The ~ sailors at once begun to talk about Wagfitm and sure enough about four - Im the arternoon along come a mess of _ Tem and attacked the ship. We fought ifi‘g{” ggmll as we could, -but WerTy soon ~ they boarded and drove us into the g&%w:;avd shot at 'u« wdenever they %M:chnnce, and we tx2zted them the A"“%fl was one of 'em who could He*agi;s‘};,,and he 3ot our clown . gerrible ‘ot by makin’ fun of our fat Y g ; : [ Who was engagud to be mar . “Arter awhile we ‘eerd ‘e pirates S w%&%r%

blowed off the pirate's 'ead what looked in to see ‘owit worked. = = oo “*Can’t scare ’em fightin’,’ said the captain. ‘Them fellers believe that the time for 'em to die is all arranged by fate, and they ain’t afraid to die: but if you could work on their superstitions—* i

“‘I can. said the clown. “There’s that helephant we ’ave in the show. I'm the front legs and Smith the ’ind legs.’ ! ' ““Them fellers "ave seen ’erds and ’erds of helephants,” said the captain. “‘Well, they never saw a devil. Johnson can put on his devil’s rig. I just want to get 'old of that Henglishspeakin’ willain that sits there on the ladder goin’ up the mast, makin’ fur of Sally Jane. -

“Johnson put on his devil’s clothes and he was hawful. The clown and Smith got into the helephant, for the clown wanted something to do, and with a big burst of red and green light we opened the cabin door and out pranced the devil and the helephant. “Some of the pirates leaped overboard when they see the devil, but most of ’em stood their ground until they see that there helephant take arter that Henglish-speakin’ pirate, climb right up the ladder arter ’im, and knock ’im off the cross-trees. Then, with yells of wild fear. they took to their boats and flew for ‘'ome.’” “My first and only experience with eastern pirates—" said the book agent. “Selling books to the pirates?” asked the Rhode Islander who had been in the French navy. “Sunday-school books, I suppose.” i “I was selling books. It was the ‘Lives of the Three Mrs. Hudsons/’ which the board of foreign missions recommended as an excellent thing for eastern trade. But as the heathen hardly ever read more than the title théy imbibed the idea that Rev. Gehosaphat Hudson was a polygamist, and so contracted an erroneous opinion of Christianity. In the end I was ordered to stop selling the books, and was left stranded in Siam.

“I naturally began to look about for some way of making money. It wasn’t long before I hit on a scheme. It was to smuggle a lot of fine diamonds into the United States. Diamonds are cheap: in Siam, which is one of the principal dfamond countries of the world, and, by avoiding the 33 per cent. revenue tax on 'em I would make a big profit on ’em in the United States.

“We purchased a peck of uncut diamonds and a féw quarts of rubies and emeralds, and disposed of them around inside a collection of stuffed birds, and snakes in alcohol, and plaster-of-paris images of heathen gods, made by the merchant’s oldest boy on Saturday. Then we chartered a schooner, and, with six Lascars and one American beside myself, set sail for America.

“We had kept our doings a secret, though the merchant had told his wife, and, as we left the land, I didn’t suppose there was a person in the kingdom of Siam outside of his family who knew anything about our little project. DBut to fool anybody who might think our vessel wasitoo lightly loaded, the hold was full of empty boxes and barrels.

“But we hadn't gone far from iand when I discovered that the merchant’s wife had blabbed; for 64 of the empty barrels contained pirates. They had smuggled themselves aboard at the wharf—an old trick of eastern pirates —and, as soon as we were.away from land, out they swarmed; tore open all the stuffed birds, drank the. alcohol the snakes was in, ripped open the snakes, smashed the heathen gods, and got the peck of diamonds.and the several quarts of rubies and emeralds. “The crew and I were expecting to be killed every minute, but the pirates were only common land-thieves, who didn’t know anything about running a ship, and so they didn’t dare kill us: They gave us orders to 'bout ship and land them at a little village on the coast. and then we could go where we pleased. We were about to do this when we perceived an American man-of-war not-far away. - "In spite of our efforts, however, the man-of-war overtook us and sent two boats’ crew aboard.. I wasi scared as I could be, but was quickly relieved by seeing those pirates swallow the diamonds and other precious stones. The sailons carefully searched the wvessel, but there was nothing wrong, besides; they had been looking for a vessel with a crew of eight, and this one had 72 aboard. It wasn’t the one they were looking for. so they went away and we were out of danger. :

“While we had been running away from the man~of—xyar. we had gone so far that the pirates had lost all reckoning of whgre we were, so instead of turning around, we just yawed a little and went on, my project being to put in at some port in the East Indies and turn the pirates over to the authorities. But the pirate chief smelled a rat. 7

~ “‘lt's about time we saw land, isn’t it?” asked he, suspiciously.. * ‘I reckon so,” said I; and just then I perceived a dim. bluish cloud lying fow on the southern horizon. “That looks like land dead ahead.’ said I. * ‘So it does,” said the pirate with a relieved sigh. ‘I was beginning to think You were playing a trick on us and were going south instead of north.’ “I was glad that the chief had caused me to notice the cloud, for I could see that a big storm was brewing. As it was, we didn’t get the sails in any too sooy. In half an hour we were in a regular typhoon, and the schooner was dancing and jumping like mad. In no time at all those poor landlubber pirates were deathly sick. and the chief and a couple of others rushed to the side of the vessel. The bsst diamonds I had were gone. : ; “‘Let the vessel rip,’ I shouted, calling all the crew except the man at the wheel. ‘Tie those pirates and throw ‘em in the cabin. The diamonds will all be in the sea in ten minutes.’

“We had no trouble in binding the pirates, they were so sick. and wheh the storm ceased, which it did in half an hour, I had all the diamonds in my possession—except those the chief and two others had swallowed—and the pirates were in the barrels again with the heads nailed on tight.” - . “What became of the pirates?”’ agked the storekeeper. . i “I sold 'em as slaves to one of the .i%ja hs of Borneo,” said the book agent. *I didn’t want to bother with kaving

lnlmeimaimalmelm | RUNNING OUT OF IDERS 1] ; SADIE MERRITT SAYS PARIS FASH!ON MAKERS ARE NEARING THE LIMIT IN POSSIBLE NOVELTIES SIS TG C~GE I(P e T T

The makers of Paris fashions are running ‘'short of ideas as a natural sequence to the vast number of novelties offered the public for the spring and summer seasons. But the demand for novelties and exclusive styles has mnot been abated in the least, and to supply this demand it is broadly hinted by the fashionable producers of women’'s costumes thatit will be necessary to search through old designs for something with which to meet this demand. The styles produced have been startling in the extreme, although some of them have been very pretty, and now comes the prediction that the remainderofthespring and the summer season will witness a return of the quaint designs of 1830 and 'lB4O. Whether a return to the fashions,of these days will prove popular or not is as yet only a conjecture. Some of the

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leading dressmakers predict an immense demand for this style of gown, and insist that even the intimation of what might come to pass has flooded them with inquiries regarding them as well as orders for gowns made in these styles if they are to be deemed fashionablg. Others whom one would think equally well posted.are not so certain of the success of the proposed venture, and assert that. their patrons are not desirous of seeing it take place. Still they will tell you that such gowns would be worn if fashion so dictated, for the French woman would at all times rather be dead than out of style. The recent attempts at changes by the dressmakers have been confined almost exclusively to the technical details of trimmings, ete. Some of the . 22 . (aBl B ) : Uy 7l fi\@ : . o . 2 et ELN 5% . AR /Y PR € / ' 2 / A | }// 'i At ‘ - AR S~~ OF PALE MUSHROOM CLOTH. variations offered in the way of ornamentation are certainly unique, and many of them very pretty. : But the innovations that are predicted are not yet to be seen, and it is in the fashions in vogue that my readers are probably most interested, and so I will write of things as they are, and not what they may be. Of all the lovely and becoming hats are the extreme novelties in the pompadour and the marquise. One of the most beautiful ideas that I have seen in a marquise is one made of a smooth braid in cerise with a pretty tricorner shape. Around the crown is a band of Nile green velvet, and at the right side a big rosette of velvet with cream chiffon and a plume of aigrette in black. ~ Another marquise was of rough straw in blue, turned up at both sides and in the back with two white velvet bands around the crown, and a rosette of blue chiffon on the right side, with a bird of paradise in front. A pretty pompadour that is also extremely showy is of black tulle. The slightly full erown is spangled and embroidered in gold; the narrow brim rolling at the left side is covered with the tulle, shirred. A coiled gold braid is in a seroll design around the brim; a drapery of the tulle, shirred, extends across the rolled brim; several white paradise plumes sweep back over the left side, fastened with a large bunch Sl TSR S T R S ey | T S R Ve MR RS DRk S ST

more elaborate, and more heavily trimmed. The popular trimming for afternoon gowns at the present time is buttons of elaborate and handsome desigrf. Theré are cut steel buttons, gold buttons, and even some are seen set with gems." They are used in every conceivable way, and some pretty effects are produced. : -

One of the prettiest afternoon gowns that I have seen is made of a pale mushroom cloth. The long polonaise is scalloped down the front and around the bottom, and piped with black velvet. Each scallop has a cut steel bufton on it. The underskirt is of the pale mushroom cloth with several rows of stitching. It has a plain sleeve with scallops over the hand, piped with the black velvet with the cut steel buttons. The vest is of rich guipure lace with an inner vest of tucked mousseline ‘de soie

strapped with turquoise velvet, and cut steel buttons down the front of the vest. 1t has a high. collar of four straps of the turquoise velvet. The hat intended to be worn with this costume is a pompadour of black velvet with two rosettes of cream chitfon in front, with a black ostrich plume falling at the side, and pink roses at one side resting on the hair. f One of the new half long jackets that is distinctively Parisian is of white broadcloth, made tight fitting in the back with a half-loose front. It hasa scallop front and arcund the bottom of the jacket, with a piping of black around the scallops, and an all-over scroll pattern in black and gold braid. It has a tight sleeve with a circular cuff with the black and gold braid on; a high collar entirely covered with black and gold braid, and fastened down the front with small gold buttons. All of the new short capes that are seen are made to come just to the waist line and fit tight over the shoulders. The flounces around the 'capes are brought up the front and widen at the top so as to fall back in the form of a revers. ¢ . o For cape collars shirred chiffons are being used. and the collars are also elaborately trimmed with laces. ) SADIE MERRITT. LIKED BY THE FARMERS. Popularity of the Rural Free Deliv= ery S)'stenn Is Constantly Growing. E

i The post office department is con- ‘ stantly receiving a large amount of ev_idence tending to show the popularity of the rural free delivery system where iit. has been tried, and the desire for the extension of the service to other territory where it is not yet in opera- ’ tion. The original appropriation by the last congress under President Cleveiand’s administration for the trial of ! the system was $50,000, and the Fiftyfourth comgress fellowed this with an appropriation of $150,000 to continue the experiment. The congress just ended increased this amount to $300,000, and the system is now considered practically a permanent feature of the post office department. It is said by the officials that great satisfaction has been expressed throughout the country. and those familiar with the subject say that in populous sections, where the country is thickly interspersed with’ farmhouses and correspondence naturally is considerable, the system will be self-sustaining. The only persons, it is said, who are opposed to free rural delivery are the fourth-class postmasters, who lose not only their revenue from stamp cancellations, but also the privilege of doling out provisions of various kinds to the patrons of the office, who. naturally, in a good many cases, ‘deal with them in the grocery line, the fourth-class postmaster usually keeping a store. . The service has now been extended by -the departmert to nearly all the states and territories, and in such states as have made application the department is now considering the most advisable systems to introduce. In some of the sparsely-settled regions where the farms are large and the distances between houses is great the experiment is being made with a biweekly and triweekly system, instedd of a daily. A Charitable City. Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke estimates that New York expends $25,000.000 a year in charity, Of this amount $4,000,000 is raised by taxation, and tkLe remainder represents voluntary contributions, of which $10,000,000 is distribA 0 avah ihechussha B sl

THE ANOINTING IN BETHANY.

Sunday School Lesson in the Internatienal Series for April 9, > 1898-—-John 12:1-11." - [Based upon Peloubet’s Select Notes.] GOLDEN TEXT.—She hath done what she could.—Mark 14:8. THE SECTION includes only the lesson, with the parallel accounts and a broad view of the rest of the chapter, which includes all that John tells us of the five days from Saturday, April 1, to Wednesday, April 5. 1 . EXPLANATORY. I. . Jesus Entertained at Bethany.— Vs. 1, 2. The rising of Lazarus from the dead. as described in our last lesson, produced so much excitement and awakened such bitter hostility that Jesus left the region of Jerusalem and spent a few weeks in retirement with His disciples at Ephraim in the mountainous district north of Jerusalem.

As the Passover drew near, Jesus went across the Jordan and descended on the other side through Perea to the fords opposite Jericho, healing and teaching by the way. Thence he went up toward Jerusalem and reached Bethany on Friday evening. March 31, “six days before the Passqver.” Here He spent Saturday. the Jewish Sabbath, doubtless with the family “that Jesus loved.”

2. “There they made Mim a supper.” In the little town of Bethany Jesushad become popular, and since the raisieg of Lazarus He was regarded with marked veneration. The supper was on Saturday evening, gfter the Jewish Sabbath was ended at sunset, and at the house of Simon the leper, probably one who had been cured by Jesus. “Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table:” What had been done for him by Jesus made him an honored guest. 11. The Flask of Precious Odors Poured Upon the Feet of Jesus.—V. 3. “Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard:” By the cintment we are”to understand rather a liquid perfume than what we commonly know as ointment. “Very costly:"” worthiabout $3OO or $4OO in our time. “Anointed the feet of Jesus:” She first “poured it over His head” (Mark), but John notices only her pouring it upon His feet, for it was common to pour it upon the head. and expressed the usual sentiments of honor to a guest; but anointing the feet. was unusual, an:l expressed the tenderest, most humbleé, most reverential, unutterable affection. “And wiped His feet with her hair:” This, too. was unusual. She tcok “woman’s chief ornament,” and devoted it to wiping the travelstained fest of her teacher. )

111. Boxes of Money Versus Flasks of Fragrance.—Vs. 4-6. 4. “Then saith . . . Judas Iscariot:” He looked upon this as a waste, and his mutterings convinced some of the othesr disciples so that they joined with him in his condemnation of the act. 6. “Not that he cgred for the poor:” He was acting under false pretenses. ‘“Bare what was put therein:” rather, took away, as R. V., stole. Or his bearing the money bag gave him the opportunity to steal.

IV. The Two Answers of Jesusin Defense of Mary’s Act.—Vs.7.B. 7. “Then said Jesus:” If we conbine the reports of the three evangelists, it will appear that Christ’'s words were substantially as follows: “Let her alone. Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me; she hath done what she could; against the day of my burying hath she kept this, and is come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.” ‘“Let her alone:” Spoken chiefly to Judas. It was the language of sharp rebuke. Jesus was indignant at the hypocrisy of Judas and the dull perceptions of the others. The first defénse of Mary’s deed was that it was a high act of a noble soul expressing its noblest emotions. The second defense was that the act did not interfere with gifts to tlte poor. = 8. “For thepoor ye have always with vou:" They would have plenty of opportunities to aid them; and the more they did for their Master, the more they would do for the poor, for the poor are left in His stead, and through them would be expressed the increased love of the Master.

V. Conclusion.—More . Opposition and More Faith.—Vs. 9-11. 9. “Much people:” The R. V., uses a Greek text which inserts the article so that it reads “the common people,” in contrast with the rulers. These, incited by curiosity, went to see the wonder worker, and the man on whom he had wrought this marvelousavork. )

10. “But the ghief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death:” This standing public proof of Jesus as the Messiah must be put away at any cost, .

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.

The first condition of ali really great moral excellenceé is a spirit of genuine self-sacrifice and self-renunciation.

A curious writersays: “If my friends have alabaster boxes full of fragrant perfume of sympathy and affection laid away. which they intend to break over my body, I would rather they would bring them out in my “?'eary and troubled hours, and open them, thatl may be refreshed and cheered by them while T need them. . . . 1 would

rather have a plain coffin without a flower, a funeral without a eulogy, than life without the sweetness of love and sympathy. . . . Flowersonthe coffin cast no'fragrance backward on the weary rovad.”

- IN VARIOUS PLACES. To salute with the left hand is a dead1y insult to Mohammedans in the east. Experiments to - reproduce .dead men’s features from their skulls are being made in Germany. 3l There is a disease peculiar to Japan ealled the kake. Itis believed to be the result of eating too much rice. Japanese workmen are obliged to wear on their caps and backs an inscription stating their business and their employer’s name, : It is considered that Japanese men are among the best needleworkers i the world, their only equals being‘the women of Russia. Coco is Spanish for bogie, and it is said the cocoanut was thus named for its resemblance to a distorted human face. ; : ~ In China, which has long been known as “the land of opposites,” the dials of clocks are made to turn round, while the hands stand stil, 'o J‘ ': —.‘i«fi‘ ‘;?lv.\‘ wf\:%"’%';“w#‘?@’; #‘““*fl;‘?‘f;“’; \,:%:; ’Ffi o T ) fo”"l

CANAL COMMISSION.

Names of the Men to Be Selected to Study Both the Isthmian and Nicaraguan Routes.

Washington, April 3.—The isthmian canal commission, recently authorized by congress, will be appointed by the president this week. There will be seven members. The names definitely fixed upon are: Rear Admiral Walker: Brig.-Gen. Haines, Prof. Haupt, of the Nicaraguan canal commission; Civil Engineer Noble, of Chicago, a member of the Ludlow canal commission; Maj. Frank Symonds, corps of engineers; Civil Engineer Voigt. The seventh member of the commission may be Civil Engineer Morrison, of New York, whose name is under consideration by the president, and who has been in Washington during the past three days.

Under the terms of the. act of congress the commission will examine both the Panama and Nicaraguan rohtes, The president is anxious that it shall begin its work immediately, as he desires it to submit its report to the first session of the next congress in order that an appropriation may be obtained from that body for commencing the work of construeting the canal. Rear Admiral Walker is expediting the work of preparing the report of the Nicaragua‘n canal commission, and it will be ready for submission to the president within the mext ten days. There will be seven routes estimated upon, but the commission has determined not to change its recommendationinfavor of the Lull route, though some small'changes in the route on the eastern side will be suggested. Immediately upon the appointment of the new commission it will assemble at the state department, where it will receive its instructions from the president through Secretary Hay. . Secretary Tl.ong will be requested to place a warship at the disposal of the commission, and the vessel will convey the body to Colon, where it will make an exsamination of theé Panama canal. Upon the completion of this examination. which will take a short time, Rear Admiral Walker and his associates will proceed to Nicaragua, where they will make an examination of the Nicaraguan route. :

TEE BEEF INQUIRY. More Evidence Is Brought Out at ' Saturday’s Session in Wash- . _ington. : Washington, April 3.—The military court to investigate the beef question held only one session Saturday, but nevertheless examined an unusually large number of witnesses, including several army surgeons in charge of hos-, pitals. The testimony was generally to the effect that they had no experience with canned beef and that as far as. they knew the health of their patients had not been affected by its use. The court also heard the testimony of Greenleaf W. Simpson, of Boston, now engaged in furnishing beef on the hoof to the troops at inland points in Cuba, who stated that he had had several interviews with Gen. Eagan prior to the letting of bids for the troops at Santiago and had urged the impossibility of satisfactorily supplying beef to the Cuban troops in any other way than on the hoof or on the block. He said .that he informed the commissary general that the beef would not keep 24 hours;” infact, that it would begin to spoil within two hours after issue.. Gen. Eagan, Mr. Simpson testified, later told him that he had decided to purchase refrigerator meat and spoke of experiments with preservatives, then being made. ‘While Mr. Simpson was undergoing examination Maj. Lee sought to draw out. information concerning his present contract, but was stopped by Gen. Wade, president of the commissicn, who said that this was outside the line embraced in the inquiry. Another witness told of meat spoiling on the ship while being transported to Sampson’s fleet. Large quantities were. condemned, but considerable of the meat, although tainted, was issued to the vessels. » DEATH OF A JURIST.

Judge Silas A. }Pinney. a Former Member of the Wisconsin Supreme Bench, Passes Away. -

Madison, Wis., April 3.—Former Justice Silas U. Pinney, of the supreme court, died at his home here Saturday night from dropsy. He had been:seriously ill for eight months, and his health forced him to leave the suprente bench November 9 last. Since that time he was confined to his home nearly all the time and to his bed for the last four weeks. The funeral willi be held Wednesday, and the supreme court will adjourn over that day. .

} [Judge Pinney was 66 years old, and went ' on the supreme bench in 1891 to succeed 1 Orsamus Cole. On the bench, asat, the bar, "he had a brilliant career. He was a man of great dignity and of remarkably strik"ing appearance.. He came to Wisconsin in 1846, and began to practice law in 1854, From that time on he was a prominent figure in .the courts and in politics.: He was associated at different times with three of the leading lawyers of the state—l.evi Vilas, father of former Senator W. F. Vilas:J. C. Gregory and A. L, Sanborn, the latter now a partner of Senator John -C. Spooner. Juwdge Pinney published the first three volumes of supreme court reports of Wisconsin, and from the first was easily a leading member of the Wisconsin bar.] : Early Shipment of Flffiit. & Vacaville, Cal.,, April 3.—The first shipment of cherries for this season was made Friday, a box from the ranch of J.T. Ough going to Chicago. Last year the first cherries were shipped on April 15. This promises to be a record-break-ing year for apricots, which, with fuvorable weather, will be in market by the middle of April. : i Grant an Advance. - v Joliet, 111., April 3.-——Tl;‘e--Jolie;_ Stove Works company posted notices granting a ten per cent. advance in wages to all its employes beginning Monday. About 60 will be affected. - i Debt Shows a Deere@qe-; + S ~ Washington, April 3.—The monthly statementofthe public debt shows that at the close of business March 31 the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1,149,505,563, which is a decrease during the month of $8,398.828. This decrease is accounted for by the net increase in the cash on hand.. ' .. To Outdo Jaggers, Lonidon, April 5. — The Evening News says a district messenger left London afurday elteiuiim for Californin. da lival uhe TeColit Wip o 6 Jaggers, -the

THE SAMOAN AFFAIR. :')‘. Suddenly Assumes P op ortions - of a Startling Nature. : Mataafa Becomes Defiant—Upheld by German Consul — Coast Tov : " Bombarded—Commission » ". to Settle Trouble. . : . t - Apia, Samoan Islands, March 23, yia ‘ Auckland, N. Z., March 30.— The .troubles growing out of the election of | a king of Samoa have taken a more se- | |'rious turn and resulted in the bom- | bardment of native villages along the ‘v shore by the United States cruiser Phil‘adelphia, Admiral Kautz commandings®® ’ and the British cruisers Porpoise and | Royalist. The bombardment has conE tinued intermittently for eight days. [ Several villages have been burned, tfx’xd { there have been a number of casualties | among the American and British sailors {.and marines, As yet it is impossible to | estimate the number of natives killed or ( injured. : | Provisional Government Dismissed. l As Mataafa and his chiefs, constitutting the provisional government, con- | 'tinued to defy the treaty after thear- | rival ‘of the Philadelphia, Admiral | Kautz summoned the various consuls and the senior naval officers to a conference on board the Philadelphia, when the whole situation was carefully can- | vassed. The upshot was a resolution to | dismiss the provisional government, and ‘Admiral Kautz issued a proclama- ‘ tion calling upon Mataafa and his chiefs |to return to their homes. Mataafa | evacuated Mulinuu, the town he had ! made his headquarters, and went into ! the interior. ) . 1 l Upheld by German Censul. f g 1" Herr Rose, the German consul at Apia, issued a proclamation supple- : menting the one he had issued sevéral ; weeks before, upholding the provisi 1 ‘ government.” As a result of this fthe | Mataafans assembled in large force 2nd ' hemmed in the town. The British ! cruiser Royalist brought the Maligtoa ! prisoners from the islands to whHich | they had heen transferred by the pro- | visional government. The Ameri(%ns ! then fortified Mulinuu, where 22/000 ‘ Malietoans took refuge. The rebels—- | the adherents of Mataafa—barricatled i"the roads within the municipality and | seized the British houses. { A " Mulinuu Bombarded. E I An ultimatum was then sent to them, ;»ordering them to evacuate, and thréat- | ening them, in the event of refu#;al. ; with a bombardment to commencé at } one o'clock in the afternoon of March | 15. This was ignored, and the regyels i commenced an attack in the direction (of the United States and British don- | sulates’ about half an hour before the | time fixed for the bombardment. The [ Philadelphia, Porpoise. and Royalist. ‘opened fire upon the distant vil»l_agesg ] There was great difficulty in locating {'the enemy, owing to the dense forest; | bnut several shore villages were sooi in . | flames. i E' Bombardment Continues. f : | Berlin, March 31.—A brief official dis- | patch from- Apia, Samoa, dated MaFch’ r 20, says: ‘ 4 | “The bombardment contirues. In pur- - i 'suance to military orders the wpites l'iave i evacuated many houses. The chiefs of/the | Tanus party, who were exiled to other isi lands, have been brought back from Upolu. 4 | The firearms and ammunition taken from { Tanus. on January 2 have been returned.”

‘ : Opinion in Washington. | ~ Washington, March 30.—The news from Samoa that the United States cruiser Philadelphia and the British crtuisers Porpoise and Royalist had .bombardeéd the towns held by Mataafa, who has thus far had the official support of the German government, came with startling suddenness to ofl‘i(jals here, and displaced for.the time beaing the attenticn given to the fighfing around Manila. The shelling of I}\lataafa was looked upon as of secondary importance. but the deepest interest at“taches to the attitude of the German government. At-first apprehonsiéons ’L were felt that grave international complications might ensue. But those n;)osi intimately familiar with the latest| official exchanges between Washington,London and:Berlin did not take su¢h a gloomy view of the outlook. = | Commission to Settle Trouble. " Washington, April I.—A joint High comumaission to settle the entire Sampan trouble has beeén practically agrneed upon by the Uhnited States, British and German governments. Lord Salisbuly’s absence from London .alone delaysithe formal acceptance by Great Britain, though in his absence Sir Thomas sanderson and Mr. Villiers, who are un¢ler- - stood to be specially familiar withithe Samoan question, have approved [the plan for a.commission. The Unlted States has informally expressed its{approval, and the formal acceptance, it is. ‘learned from the highest quarter, ‘vi}l : follow speedily. As the proposition emanates with Germany her apprivaL of course is assured. This high commission, it is felt, affords a pacifie sglu—‘tion to the whole trouble at the moment when Samoan affairs begin to look|the most -threatening. : : : ] _ Is Home ‘Ag'aln. : -~ Washington, March 20.—The speeial train © bearing President and Mrs. McKimnley, Postmaster-General Smith. and members of the presidential ‘party, reached its destination here at ex tg' five o'clock Tuesday afternocon. They were met at the depot by Acting Se i%«: tary of War Meiklejohn, Gén. Corbin, Secretary Porter and other officials. | = ] Gen. Fragler Dead. :’;j Washington. March 30.—A dispatch received here' from Old Point, Va.,l that Brig. Gen. Flagler, chief of z : nance, U. 8. A., died at the Hygeia hotel at five o’clock Wednesday a g. noon. Gen., Flagler was born in New York and was appointed to the military academy in 1856, from which he graduated in 1861. . e | Bodies of Soldiers Arrive. | New, York, Marech 30.—The - United States transport Crook, Capt. We. , arrived Weege’sdqy morning i Porto Rico and Santiago with 306 passengers and 682 bodies of soldiers who died or’wére killed in the battles in Cuba and Porto Rico. One hunfred and twenty of the bodies are from Pprto. . Dicdat the Ageotiid | 4