Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 34, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 March 1896 — Page 3

TUE CRISIS IX ITALY.

EXPEDITION AGAINST MENELIK ALMOST ANNIHILATED. l:ir cT;ii:ini(l Soldiers Said to Have I'.ilkn I'esentmcnt Against the ((vi-r:iiiu'iit Material Intercut Which This Country llus in Cubaliontcd in A !.vsiifiia 1 :..! N'itai::"i :t daggering h'ow in ! i- perari..ns Abyssinia, t Mie re- !.. ii!- I7 that (" lite Italian sIüiT- wiv killed, ami t ;i a t among them w Gens. Alhesri. and Dnrbarniii i. u !m commanded t v.. i!ie thrt' M coit :n!i. Another ruay that Gen. 1 ir.i : ieri. when he !i..t;iiii- aware of the f :'.! extent of tho !:sa wrote a letter r. !i". n ii c cess or. Cit. PaidUsera. and !' :i .iiunit ted sui- . "! Iy shoo; i:ig him-'liroii-'i f!n- h ::rr v : : I a ivvnlvrr. I"- .1 !-rai! of t't- 'i:t 1 1 .-1 1 it t been , . . t . . . . .1. : . ".' - vi 't ;ii Koim- a t u ir.vr uu is i'.'t it appears t'aat t h defeat of ! it:. hat: v.as .-. :n;.;. The Italian f:i.v va divided t'ln-e -Iniiiti- unit . . ..: i: .... it... ! 1 l h . ' '.i 1 o .'!. . 1 "Ti :', - iii" i'i i aii'i iai..ata. -AitM a 'nr'.'.i nnder Gen. EI- :. -. reserve. '!!. Italians jt n r 1 j,a.t-v i.-adir.g A ! - a a. the pltal Tigr-. ami Gey.. Ale-Tone's column advanced on A ' o :t ri'iia. It was a I 't-rw a r.i :i:;;nUI hy the S!i-an a;ii:y at ! nijn'.- i f retreat. Tin- nth'uis.H' were i::a''.'' ? render any as--:.:u-e. tlicy .vr- -li. ft ! afhTwanl; .fTi-J i'. '! i"i'tiit;::z t'o-ati'lv f; a'.aitist df t a." vi.-iny anil v,nt ttally tir.-2 i !i:n-I r..-::.xi. Half tin' Italia;. ar;ii! ry ami all t'a.' a:tianiiiiiini atxl . ' isit.il. u-r' l-s. Orln-r advifos rorr that :'.." of t'a Italian .MiT. en-ira-.til in llo- h.ittl" '! killfl an. I that m:v.. t! tlj' :m art' (:. AI''rtnii and Dar- ' i;ida. Tlo- tn::ii'r -t' wmindod i.-s not : .vtat'-i. lint ire Army Kcmerrc to lie IMohilizcd I: is .-.iH.rf-l thit t!i'' fiitin' army ror f t!s- !;;sh of 17'J is t- !' proinptly :!a)oi!i.-i and that t!i- Ivrinn'nt is iak:a x?c.m :., rh-ir'r a nitinhiT of oxt :; sttMTi.fil; to s-'ii i n-inlorconn-uts to M : vsov. a !i. Trr- jr.ia KiliTy ':ii- t 1 that (len. It:; ;lis. r w ill h.iv.- r-t u-ind i'rai. i -i ir '..in.- tint.' uisüi- awaiting reinr-. iii-ii- !rMii Ialy, altlioiizh. itn hidVj .h- t-iM.j. kill. 1. tin I;a!ian forces ir 'he -i.al of Italy in that part of A''" i-a ;,..v al.oii. thirty ial tai'::i-t of Mt';.'ttry. tiv.. hattali.nis of tho faniotis i: :r,li-rl r t! tn':i pro1.! i.ly tin' host infa :.:ry A !1 ti 'I 1! !!.- Italian army). al.nt I.imn) !:!.. mi. aii ;;r 1 . h n i ordiaary rih.itt.Tis ..t' artiil'Tv. making a.-- i -iity ni.'irs a:il smiio L',HN hum!, i itt;.-k-ir'tt:ir hattiT:. t w Ivo pins and !'' nil-!' : '. v lii .rtar. wiili L'ix mon; thnv t jt.i f nuiiic'r. tSir.-o hairai:' 'a''i ahoiit 1. "' nn ii. or ahout j.i.i n !): a in all in a l i.lion t tin- nativ? f. ;.-. ?';i!i.!'iM in aii oj; i;.i:m ntMi. which i -i ll t In- . 'it f.n t- .n:o -I M m nicn. : -..,., 1, t.'i f t'. Italians liad in ! ::.. ah -at ll.'Xf Arah scmi;s. A rr.Mi. id tl-.a; ! !). Haratiori ho- ... i' :: -.v.-i ..t' tho fü'.i oMtMit of tin disa'.T, v. " a h'ttor t- "ticiTSsur, (Ion, I'.' Ii-.': i. and tit-M: niniittcd saicido ., I - t i : . lii:ni-i :' t!ir-.u!i tin' ln'art w - i a r.-v.-iviT. A: th.' .Ministry of War. ..c. th" rumor was .li-i.-n-ditcd. As i i.- o'.-M;1'. wore o:j and tin- very worst I ., vs ' !, Italian di lo it was coiilirincd. r... iiiij; . f despair iii. ii first seized !; ) t: tdiahitar.ts avo wav to one of i"- :it.-: iie'.:ieu; and raire against ; Hands of yo'jn men -.a:i ; i '...va rid';!' t!:e 4 roe is .shouting ;!U I'rispi!" hut they were d li-tief-eij 111'' p'lllet. LI IS COMING TO SEE US. The liist itiuUhed Cliinainan Writes that !!. Will Vif.it America. Wl. i '.. -as annonni ed some days aso 1.1 Hiiu' rhan. tho famous Chinese . a ; csfiKta. ai.l f.r many years Viceroy, lias I en appointed to represent the Kmpe..r a! tie- eoroiiatiott of the Czar and i' irv.a ''' Kussia. at Moscow, in May, II "ii. .I-'hr. V. Foster, of Washington, v':.f was assoi iated with Li as counsel i i t iie i: rotiations with Japan last 'mm:-. -, invited him to visit the United ras II III 'Mi ( IIAMi. States ' i route to Kussia. .Mr. Foster has re.-, i v - I a eahh-rain f.oin Li, aeknoA i ;!g:ng the re. eipt of the invitation, and stating that he 1 ad decided to return t t i "liiua Irofn Ii:v' hy way of Fnrope a;.d Ihe United Srati . . No date was fixed for his coining, hut a visit to this country 'nay 1 -. peeted from the distillilislid 'iiieiiinan some time during the .stiminer. L'eut. CI. IM win 1. Dow, of the lieutenant general's staff, military order Knights of the Coldeii Fagle at Itnston, has confessed the embezzlement of alnnit S.").rf) from tin- Martin V Prother com pany-, rubber a eh manufacturers of Ohel .-.!, uiio-se i otitidcnlial hookkeepT he v;;s-. 'l'h.- i.ioiiey. he says, he expended in ad v.ne-.'i.g himself in the order. Th" si.rike of the painters and decorators of Pitf-duirg and Allegheny for uniform w ages of JflJ per day, nine hours a day and cents an hour for extra work, yaakvj virtually won.

HAD NO USE 5TOR MONh'Y. Uiifv a Texas Farnu-r Preserved the itct:rity of Hi? Chicken Cooj. A fantiof uli( lives about four miles from Houston uoticoil a stniuiar iü Iiis front yanl one iiftennMii last week, ac-tiui; in a rather unusual manner. Hu wore :i pair of dnekinjr trousers stuffeJ in his boots ami had a nose the color of an Klin pressed brick. In his hanA he held a sharpened stake aliout two feet Ion;:, whieh he wouM sMck into the ground, aii'l after siy;htinir over it at various objects would pull it up and '' through the same performance at another place. The fanner went out of tho house and inquired what he wanted. Wait just a minute." said the stranger, squinting his eye over th. stick at tho chicken house. "Now, that's it ti a T. You si'e, I'm one of advanoo corps of engineers what's runnin' de line of de new railroad from Columbus. Ohio, to Houston. See? Dat's what I am. Ie other fellers is over de hill wid do transit and de ba.iras. Dere's over a million lollars in tie com

pany. SeeV Iey sent me on ahead to locate a place for a bi.v; passenger denor. to cost ,27.Htn. I),, foundation will commence rijrht by your chh-ken house. Saj". you charge "em hitr'a for ilis land. I frives yuti a pointer. SeeV Iey'll stand titty thousand. 'Cause why? "Cause ley's jrot de money and dey'-s pt to build de depot rieht w here I says. I has an uncle what ain't doin nothin' but buying ttp all de stock in de road that he can. Say. he's over do re w id d surveyin jrani; now. lie's a bi man wid a diamond riiur on his left hand. See? Say. I've jrot to go on to Houston to record a deed for a rijjht of way and I never thought to pet .") cents from do treasurer. He's a little man wid liht pants. You might let me have do fiO fonts and when do boys come along in de inoruin' tell 'em what you did and anyone of Ym'll hand you a dollar. You might ask 'em lifty-tivo thousand, ir you " 'You throw that stol over tho feno and got tho ax and cut up exactly half a cord of that wood, stove length, and Jil give you a quarter ami your supper," said tho farmer. "Does tho proposition strike you favorably?" "And you are goin' to t'row away do opportunity of havin dat depot built light hero and selling out " "Yes. I need tho ground for my chicken COOn." "You refuse to take $,"0.000 for de ground, then?" "I do. Are you going to chop that wood or shall I whistle for Tige." "Cimmo dat ax. mister, and show mo dat wood, and tell de missus to bako nn extra pan of biscuits for supper. When dat Columbus and Houston (Ira ml Trunk Kail way runs up against your front fence you'll be sorry you didn't take up dat offer. And tell her to lill up de molasses pitcher, too. and not to mind about puttin' the dish of ooküf butter on de table. See?" Houston Tost. Tamerlane. The beginning of the fifteenth century witnessed the beginning of tho military operations of Tamerlane, or, more properly, Timour Lenk. Ti:no;:r the Lame. I'urope in 1 loo was rather more disturl od than usual. Icing in tli3 midst of war between Mngl.tnd and France, this conflict being known as the hundred years' war. There were also wars in Italy and the empire, but of no great consequence when compared with the struggle between the Knglish and French for supremacy in Western Europe. All these conflicts, however, pah into insignificance when compared with the unparalleled devastation wrought in Asia by Timour. To profound military abilities he joined the bloodthirsty disposition of an oriental savage. 1 lis only idea of war w as the massacre of all who opposed him; he offer ted conquests only to destroy every living thing in the boundaries of the provinces he entered. He did not establish a State, he simply went to and fro on the earth as a destroyer. At Damascus, by his order, the entire population was put to death and a pyramid of 70,(mo human skulls was built as a memorial ol" his victory. After the storming of Pagdad by his nnny, one pile of po.ooo human bodies was made in the great marker place, and others, having smaller numbers, in other parts of the city. No such human scourge had visited Western Asia and to this day In many rural districts In Asia Minor, l'ersla ami Mesopotamia his name roinaii.s a t error-virl with which mothers frighten their children. His career of conquest began in ."'.).", continued for many years, and was suc--H'ded by series of destructive though hss extensive wars between Iho rival chieftains who. after his death, aspired to emulate his example. Not 'Mipliiii'iitai-y. A lady looking at a painting in an art gallery was observed by a very small. "homely" man who stood mar. to Inno ft beetle crawling oil the bark of her dross. Tim small man stepped up from behind the ladv and said, quite abruptly: "Peg pardon, ma'am, but you have a little animal at your bark." The lady jumped, more at the man than at the beetle, and then said, apologetically: "Oh! 1 didn't know you were there!' (.ood Advice to 'orrespoiiilrntN. When 3'oti make a mistake in the manuscript you send to the printer do not correct it by writing directly on top of the error, for when the ink dries one is just as plain as the other and it results in many mistakes. Write dates and proper names so ihey can be easily read, use pen and ink, writo on one side only and use as ginul paper as when addressing a friend, for It Is aii to be made public in print. Hhc Knows Her Pte'jness. Queen Victoria has never fefused her assent to a bllL

SUPPOSE AYE SMILE.

HUMOoOL'S PARAGRAPHS FROM IriE COMIC PAPERS. Plraant Inrlilonts Occurring the World Over-Saying That Are I'lircrfut to the Old or Voting: Funny S'lotiou That lit crj body Will Ilnjoy Kradin. O.T witli tltc Hound. The lbn. MiUieeni--Poor Charley Oxer had a bad fall with the hounds yesterday. I hear. Capt. r.ulltincli- Yaas, poor chap. 5roke his wishbone or something. 1 hoar. Detroit Free Tress. Al"ay the Way. "Plenty of presents up at your house. I suppose? What ones did your boy like best?" "Those that our neighbor's boy re- ( cei v eil ."-- K x 1 1 a u ge. tjueer. "Papa." said .limmieboy. "you are the nicest man in the world." "And you are the nicest boy in the world." said his father. "Yes. I guess i hat's :;o," said .limmieboy. "L'ift ii queer how we both managed to get into the same family;" Harper's Pound Table. Its Chief Merit. "Y'our new automobile carriage Is very swell. Put they tell me it does not go?" "Yes. It is the only one of its kind which is absolutely safe for passengers." LT 11 us trat ion. A ok I'apa. George (nervously.!-I'd like the best In the world. Kitty, to marry you, but I don't know hi w to propose. Kitty (promptly and practically) -That's all right. George. You've finished with me; now go to papa. London Fun. A Cheap Duke. In her impotent rage her grace could only scowl at the duke, her husband. "This." she bitterly exclaimed, "is w hat n woman gets by buying what sh doesn't want just because it's cheap." Detroit Tribune. Horse Talk. Wickwire There can he no doubt that the horse is rapidly passing. Mlldgc Mebbo. but tho um s I bet Oil lon't seem to pass anything very much. -Indianapolis Journal. Hadn't Askcil Her. "Er I want some sort of a present for a young lady." "Sweetheart or sister?" "Er -w hy she hasn't said which she Tvill be yet." Cincinnati Enquirer. Moisture. "Did the missionary bring tea fa to the eyes of the natives?" "No, but ho made their mouths w a t e r." I e t ro f t Tribune. The lirnte. "My dear." said a wife who had been married three ii-ars, as she beamed across the table on her lord and master, "tell me what first attracted you to me? What plear-ant characteristic did I possess which placed me above other women in your sight?" And her lord ami master simply said: "I give it up." linden Tit-Pits. ihr Men to Illume "What makes seme girls look young so long?" "The man are to blame. They won't propose." Ex clia nue. In Society. "What tiresome .1 Hairs those are at Miss Oldoud's:" "Yes, I umlorstand she is pri vinir a series of afternoon tease." Detroit Free Press. There Aro Others. 3? He Of course, ladies ar. much handsomer than men. She- Naturally. He-No. artificially. Victim of Kallonii Sleeves. Miss Kittish-Well, Stel'a had togie up her elaborate church wedding after nil. Miss Gaskett-Why? Mi sü Kittish They measured the church doors and found thev weren't wide enough to let her In with her going-away gown on. New York World.

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For Wom.in' 'Jiutit Tramp I aiu't lazy. Fm willing t work, but 1 ciou'l tind anything to do in my line. CeMlomrin-What is your Hue? Tramp-- 1'unning for ollieo on the woiean-.sulTrage t icket. Judge.

Made Him Her Fool. Ceorge You would marry the biggest fool in the world if he asked 2 on, wouldn't you? r.thel Oh, leorg", that is so sudden. Tit Hits. His Winter Girl. xsV0" "He is my warmest friend." "Yes. I heard you wen wrapped up in him." Their Christum Present. Sho-W'hnta beautiful salad-bowl! It would look well on our table, would not it ? He It would look very well, indeed, bit it is too expensive for us. She-We might club together and buy it for a Christmas present, to each oiIkt. Harper's P.azaar. It Depended. Wilson I suppose they make it very lively for you at college, don't they? Stilson Yes; it all depends on how much you owe of course, the more the livelier. Exchange. Strictly Iliz. Miss Astorbilt Have you spoken to papa yet? Lord Forgivuz In a matter of this magnitude I file sealed proposals in d u p 1 i ca t e. E x el t a n go. Tot Loud. "What do you think of these trou sers. Parker?" "Simply ilea foiling, my dear boy." Harper's Pazaar. A IMetnre System. "Old man Pliggins must be awfully fond of his wife. I have often noticed him taking her picture out of his pocket and looking at it as he rides along in the cars." "Yes. that's a system he has. It re minds him to stop in and order the gro ceries." Indianapolis .journal. A Modi lieat :on. . . Husband i furiously I lore's my best meerschaum pipe broken! How in the name of sense did that happen? WilV 1 don't know, except that when I got up this morning 1 found your inerschaum pipe in the front hall and voer overshoes on the parlor mantel pi ere. 1 1 unhand (müdlv; -Oh. weil, atci 'e wiil happen. I presume there has been an earthquake or something. New York Weeklv. English Sport French Sportsman shiii Hector Aehille Ah. he 'ave sat down Now watch me kill him. London Pick Me-Up. Surety an Ivrror. "That's a curious printer's error.' said Mrs. Partridge. "The title of this new book is printed 'The Viking Age. "Well, whv not?" asked Part ride. "What ought it to Ik'?" "Wliy-'Piking Age,' oughtn't it?"Poston Globe. Half Pay. "Will you please give mo a penny?" said a tramp. "I'm blind." "You can see out of one eye as well as I ran." replied the gentleman importuned; "von are only half blind." "Then give me a halfpenny." said the tramp. London Tid-PPs. i'.x peu-i vc. Treetop- I wanted to stay in New York two days longer, but I eouldu't. HayricJ; Why not? Treetop Forgot to mortgage the farm before 1 started.-Truth. lteiiMon llnotigli. Gossipy Fm weary of your eternally referring to woman as the "gentler sex." Gutter Well, since the bicycle bloomer craze set in, they're more like gents than ever! Exchange. A Stayer. She Uoking nt the cloek)-Dear me! He (tenderly) Are you surprised to find it so late? She (yawning No. I am surprised to find that it Is so early. Detroit Free Press. Hin llver.v-Iay I'xcreise. "Are you going to celebrate New Year's day?" i mini red the sultan's confidential adviser. "What do you mean?" "Why. are you going to reform, you 1 know; are you going to swear off ?" J "Oh! Not any more th usual." I WusL'iustou Sur.

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STILL-HUNT FOR BUFFALO.

Indians. Disguised in Wolf-Pelts, Crept on the Herd. It was the next morning after this hunt that the chief. Little Pear, came to my tent, just as I had finished my steak, biscuit, and eoü'eo. He brought two wolfskin disguises, which I had before seen in his tepee. Each was 1-t.t.i.. ...... ..I- ... i. . .i . with mounted nose and tail, and then- j were am. -holes with short skin sl"CVes. I and leggings for the thighs, whirl, came nearlv down to the knees, the! whole coveting fastened to the body with d"erkin thongs. j lie had before promised to take me ; o .t eoM-i.um ;..,ei nun. no. ami no , .. ....... -i, ... .i - i now put on i ne largest ol I lie co eraigs. and maneuvered about in front of mv ieni. showing the various attitudes of i ho wolf, in shambling along, in i -- ting and in sneaking upon its prey. His squaw, who was wielding her wevajab.i ule.Jaing-knife upon an upfurnecl buoulo-pelt pinned to the ground w ith wooden pegs, stopped In r work and grinned approval. He reri.iinly mimicked the wolf well: and the disguise, excepting the legs and the si.e. was perfect. '1 loogh!" he s::id. when he had shown me how to art in era w ling up to game, "we go hunt um tewan that way:" pointing to the northwest up the neck. 1 was glad to go upon a still-hunt; for. to tell the truth, the mixed hurlyburly of the usual Ponca method, and its useless dangcis. did not reroinnietid it to me when I had had time t ret'..-.-: after the excitement was over. When Little Pear and I mounted our ponies and rode out that morning, tho camp was in an uoroar, as usual in the preparation for a hunt. A scout had come in with news of a big herd to the eastward, and the Indians were running in ponies, saddling and cinching them on all hands, and there was much bucking and plunging among the wild and skittish ones, as usual. Sipiaws were hustling about at the command of iheir lords and masters, and young lads, in half-loggins and short shins, wore rushing to and fro. making a

great parade of helping to get the hunt- ' eis started ' u' young ouoon came out into . i ... . i l t t . i . .. - i 'he balronv from the window of tin Little Iiear must liave told his leaders I i .... i i . ;i . .. . . 1 Presence Chamber at St. .lames palof the proposed hunt with me. tor no , . i .i . ... .. i ace. between Lords McllMjurne and one paid the slightest attention to our ' ... Lans.low ne. and was hailed with thungoing out. , ... . , i .. .... ., .-..I ..... ... dermis rlieers bv vast rowds of her N e jogged directlv Up the Iinle valley j - . . ' ... . f pcoi de: and how she was observed to for an hour or more; andiheii. in round-, 1 1 ' .... . ... .... , .,, : , . i . l I shed tender and wisttul teal's at the

in. a point oi uic inn. siiiicii a iai,- ; band of buffalo feeding among the ravitn s. and upon the slopes on the opposite side of the valley. There was an immense number in sight, but. as the high grounds were mvered as far over j as we could see, we knew there must j be more beyond. I Little Pear grunted with huge satis- j faction, and gave me to understand in i i hurried words of Poii. a and pigeon Enuiish that the big herds were coining down from the north. We hustled our ponies into a ravine near ::t hand, and tied then to some buil-b"rry bushes. Thou, carrying our disguises and guns, the chief with Iiis j bow and arrows at his back, we slipped down the ravine into the rreek channel, keeping entirely out of sight of the herd. The wind was fairly in our j favor, and we kept along the bed of the J stream, in whieh ran a little trickling! -i i i .took at the bottom, uniil we reached , , he mouth ot a dry run leading across b , , .. i ii .- Hie valley ami im ougn i or in oi ; th' herd. There were such runs and j ravines rutting back into the hills evorey half mile or so. Fp this gully we went at a jog-trot, bending low. until it became so shallow j that we could begin to see the buffalo i upon the hills above. Tho chief then squatted and motioned me down. We put on the wolf skills, he taking the largest; for. despite his name, lie was a large ami powerfully made man. Adjusting the eye-holes so that we could see plainly, wo crawled out upon the open ground upon our hands and knees. Almost the first thing that happened to mo was to get one of my knees idled with cactus spikes and while I writhed about trying to puil them out. I heard Little Pear growling under his breath, "lloogh! tewan heap plenty we kill heap!" Nicholas. At Lightning Speed. "Sixty new citizens made in fortylive minutes." That was a head line in a city paper recently. To be a citizen of the Foiled States is not a small privilege. The naturalized alien becomes the equal of the native-born citizen before the law. lie votes on the same terms, lias the same share in determining the policy of the government, and with two exetptions there is no otlice to which he may not aspire. All the powers of government must be put forth in Iiis behalf if lie is wronged in any part of ihe globe. Yet a Enitcd States judge gives only three-quarters of a minute to ronsidering the application of an alien for this high privilege. The fault is not in the laws. They require the applicant to satisfy the eourt that he has resi.h 1 l ontinuously in the Fnited States live years, and one year in the Stat' or territory w hen' his application is made. Also he must showthat ho "has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the Fnited States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same." Can these things be established in three-quarters of a minute? If not. instead of treating the "naturalization mill" as something for reporters to jest about, fdiouhl not the moral sense and patriotism of the community hold to a strict accountability judges who make naturalization proceedings a farce? Youth's Companion. Tlie Sixteenth Century. The early days of the sixteenth century did not lack much of being as warlike as those of its successor. In lo0." there broke out a great war between Turkey and Persia. The Turks

then wctss what They always were before and have ever since been, very tioiiblesomo neighbors, and as the Persians had not the grace of forbearanre, frontier dillioulties were of almost ron-

I staut occurrence. The war which arose j from their mutual animosiiies lasted j for many years, raging along the Tigris ; and Euphrates, on the frontiers of Ar i meiiia. in short. frm the Caspian Sea lloth Ma les were i,y v,tl.ll-,n,.(l ,,v . sln!!f.t Tur. , .".nh-nlarlv sö s,s dorm- the u hole t ime of tin - Persian war the Of. ..,, . i n V.l.. : V. II II 1 ' 1 , 1 1 ' I 1 . ilUil.ll 1 .ll'U I IM V iil I'.l I . v.. , ... ,MU,.V,.;. Ullllf.n. L, by the Turks in .-,.,.,... while the Persian war Went on. I but the front ie-r ineur.-ions were unj era du g. and. in some respects, were, j worse than regularly organized expodij iloiis. Put. aside from lie frontier i wars with tie- Turks. Europe was far 1r.cn being at peace during the lust ft,. yc-rs for in 17.lt t!:e Ibdy Lr:(:,n.v.lS ,nilod against iheF.ench. : resulting in a severe rontliri. while the t j war between England and Scotland j culminated in iho -n-at victory of I I'lodden. in which the Scotch nobility j was almost exterminated. Nor should i it be forgotten that in iho rarly days ! of the rrntlii'V t li' Mi-ds Were planted j of much future strife by th;- Gentian j Ib'formatioii. which bean in iölT. and , at once )ifockeil a war of words and j n.i' roversy as noisy if rot as deMrue- ! live as rontücj in the imted fnM. A TOUCHING INCIDENT Connected with the Coronation of Outen Victoria. A very pretty incident is toll of i vc. n.c.a .... U1e or,.,s.o:, ,,i ,ur ! : . .i : 4 i . . coronation in 1s.".7. The writer is Sir j Edwin Arnold w ho at the time that Vic toria ascended the throne was only a little lad. but with this incident he prefaces an interesting article in the Forj um on "Victoria. Jueen and Empress." "Of the famous doings in London on that great occasion." says Sir Edwin, "little or no echo reached our quiet town at the time. I did not know and .-k ,.. a .n i.i ...... .i i . ... ... . i moment of that great spectacle. When j she retired to her mother's apartments. ; being proclaimed sovereign, she held I that conversation and made that rei quest of which the world afterward heard with so much sympathy. "I can scarcely believe, mamma, that I am really tjueen of England, t'.in it indeed be so?" "You are really ueen. my child," j replied the Duchess of Ken;; "listen j how ym.r subjects still rheer your I name in iho streets and cry to Co d to ! bless you." ! "In time." said her Ma jest;. . "I shall ! perhaps heroine accustomed to this too great and splendid state. Put. since I I am sovereign. let me, as your Oueon. ! have to-day my first wish -let me be quite alone, dear mother, for a long time." And that day Victoria passed the first hours of her reign on her knees. i praving to heaven tor herself and her - ' ... ... ! people, witn supplications innocent au1 1 ' . 11 I'ouie. v.iiicu jiae s;irei nern lieani. It was not wonderful, indeed, that a reign so eommcnor.l has been followed by happy and famous years. t'liirago to the Sea. If plans fail not. says the Chicago Times-Herald, the coming of summer will bring to Chicago's grain-carrying trade two fleets of live barges each, the capacity of each boat to be lH.umi bushels of wheat. It fs the plan that those boats shall carry their cargoes through unbroken from Chicago to elevators in New York or Prooklyn. Each boat will be rigged with polo masts that ran be unstopped readily on reaching Puffalo. in order to let the boat pass through the Erie -anal. These masts will admit of the boat carrying enough canvas during tlv lake trip to help herself should the necessity arise. The lo.-it.s will be towed by a powerful lake tug from Chicago to Puffalo in lleets of live and through the 'anal by a regulation steam canal boat. Ample capital is said to be back of the project to build and operate a largo licet of boats should the experiment prove a success. An agent of the syndicate which purposes making the experiment is in Chicago to secure an estimate on the contract for building th.' fust fleet. Figures have already been secured from Cleveland and De1 roie rompa nies. The building of these boats oineident with the improvement of the Frio ! and Champlain canals in New York will bring on a new era in ihe grainrarrying trade between Chicago and the seaboard. Man as an Individual. Theories are automatic machines which allow for no vagaries; but humanity in its physical, mental, and moral nature is ever a variable and uncertain quantity, and he will have greatest surress citln-r as physician, teacher or spiritual guide who treats the human material upon which he works as individual units, and not as a grand whole; whose theories are the result of his experience: and who recognizes the truth that man as a sum ii made up of man as many units, each differing in its expous-nt of power. -Womankind. Tom I'aiae'.-. lira in. A section of Tom Panic's brain is on exhibition in London. The Pall Mall Gazette says that it Is quite blaek, and "looks like a chunk of iron pyrites." When a man firmly makes up his mind to do a thing he usually doesn't do iL