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m m MK 111 N I II Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. KED CLOUD. NEBRASKA Can It lie possible that nobody li going to dinmntlzo Mary MneLano? Plorpont Morgan might make a 111 now by assuming control of those vol rnntios. The farmers need not sliirvo so Ion; ns tln beef trust compels them to keoi their rattle. It Is considered no feat at all for t Chicago root pud to walk otT with t. wOO-pound church hell. A good many people- thlnl. that Gor don Ford wax primarily rcsponslhU Tor tlic murder or IiIh yon. The porterhouse steak Ik now th( piece ile reHlHlaiice to all who klcl UKitlnst the heel trilHt prices. There are ho many schools, hut iinnr of them loaches people how. to know when they are becoming bores. Potatoes command such an cxorbl tant price this year that they cannot he used an corks for gasoline cans. If those volcano manifestations In t'entral America continue Texas stands a r.how of losing the rest of Its oil. It in suggested as a proliahllity that the French do their voting on Sun lays to make their culling ami elec tion Kitre. The travel In airships will ho tem porarily depressed by the unfortunate accident to Sonor .Severo, the Brazilian ncioiiaiil. Veneuelan rebels are about to be come the government and thus allow fie other fellows to he tho rebels lor a change. With a cannon I bat will throw two toim of metal ninety miles at every effort. (Icrmany ought to be able to keep I he peace. If a iiitm'H greatest joy is in anticl pat Ion William Waldorf Astor Is cer tainly lielni; allowed to not the full hencllts of that peerage. Even If .Minister Wn Ting-Fang confesses publicly that he doesn't like ping pong, but eoiiHlders It a "child it h Kame." there are ot tiers. There Is enough mischief cooked up on top of the earth without the Inte rior of the pesky thing cutting In with volcanic eruptions to add to the sum total. Life in New .Jersey is Indeed strenuous. The farmers are not yet skilled enough to dodge automobiles and tlie niosiiuito season comes on apace. Hob Fltzslnimoiis will attend the coronation festivities In London, and expects incidentally to land a few eiown punches where they will do the most good. The Ancient Order of Hibernians Ins stai ti. I a crusade against Irish u medians. Not as patriots, hut on behalf of playgoers, we take pleasure in enlisting. At last accounts the Ancient Order of United Hayseeds had not formally protested against the further cutioa luring of Iteuben on the stage and in the pictorial sheets. Vnlverslty of Chicago girls have i;ri to knocking one another senseless while playing basket-ball. Why not avoid the danger by letting them have Ihu use of the gridiron? The delegated to the federatlot meeting In Los Angeles will return tc their respective homes with Improve plans for the future and about lilt in w varieties of (lower seed. .Steel Magnate Schwab gave to hh associates at lMttsburg a dinner whlcl cost "$100 a plate.' It isn't likely however, that the chief expense wrii In the stuff they got on thulr plates. Somebody shot at the Emperor o China the other day, the bullet golnj high above bin head. The einpuro might learn something to his udviui 'age by searching the empress dow ager. Andrew Carnegie bus landed safelj on his way to his castle In Scotland Tlie only wonder Is that during hit voyage he did not evolve some sehenu lor Heating libraries to circulate be tween ports. The last surviving pensioner of tin war or 1S12 celebrated his one bun tired and second birthday at. his honu In Avu. N. Y., a day or two ago. Evi dently he has felt all along that he had something worth living for. Many medical authorities Insist t ba the undue i-insumptlon of meats it the cause of much disease, ,'u tlili view the beef trust may be regardec by vogeiisiinns In the light of a ben efactor or humanity Instead of ; scourge. A New York paper calls attention tt the fact that It is felony to stamp ,i piece of lead a nickel or a qii'Uior while it Is not a crime, to stamp wh'te sand hh sugar. This Is perhaps lie cation (be crime In taeh case eonsi-.u in being found oat RENEW THE PACT Friendship of Unitod States and Franco Lives on. UNVEILING Of ROdlrtBEAU STATUE Hprrrli rf Wilt nine In licni li Atnliimii dor Mini OumM ,lilr-Ki'i h.v Oili er ItUtlngnlnhi'il I'lirllrlpmilN Other Ni'it .if Intercut. A Washington. .May 21. dlsjiatch says: Amid the enthusiastic demon strations of a great concourse of peo ple, the superb bronze statue of (Jen. Count de Itochamhcau. who brought the forces of France across the sea at tlie hours of greatest peril In the American revolution, was mi veiled to day. For the llrst time in its history, Hie national capital witnessed the sight of rami on rank of French sea men swinging through Pennsylvania avenue and mingling their cheers with those of the American blue jackets and soldiers, while at the same time the French trl-eolors weie entwined with the stars and stripes ami the sound of tlie .Marseillaise was heard along with the "Star Spangled Ban ner." The ceremony or unveiling occurred at the southwest corner or l.a Fayette square, almost directly opposite the White house, where the massive figure of the French general had been erect ed. Surrounding the llgiire were great stands to accommodate Hit; iiiuny dis tinguished otllcials and guests Invited to take pint in tllie exercises. Within the amphitheatre were gathered rep resentatives of eery branch of Hie government, Including Hie president of the United States and members of his cabinet, the chief justice and associate justices of the United States supreme court; the lieutenant general of the army and the admiral of Hie navy, seiintors and repicsontntlves. Not less distinguished was Hi" representation of France, designated by President Lou bet and including General Hrugere, the hlgest Held ollleer in the French army; Vice Admiral Fouruler. Inspector gen eral of the French army; the venera ble tleneral Count Chulendar, Hie de scendants of Itochamheaii and m Fay ette, and others distinguished in French military, otllcial, literary ami artistic life. Willi them were the French ambassador. M. Canibon. and the entire staff of the I'rench embassy, all In brilliant diplomatic uniform; while the diplomatic corpsp was repre sent! d by the Herman, Russian. Ital ian and .Mexican ambassadors ami the ministers from many foreign countries. President Roosevelt and the mem bers of the cabinet were escorted from the White house by a file of minute men dressed In the uniform of conti nental days. President Roosevelt de livered the address of welcome. Ile spoke in strong voice and with great earnestness, pausing frequently ut the outbursts of applause. As the president concluded his ad dress, the Countess de Rocbainbeau caught up the chords to the Hags en veloping the statue and the mnsslve bronze llgiire emerged through the folds or red. white and blue. At the same instant tlie "boom," "boom" of an artillery salute came from a battery or heavy guns nearby, and the strains of the French national hymn, "The Marseillaise," came from the marine band. It was an inspiring moment, and. led by President Roosevelt, the entire assemblage joined in cheering. Another demonstration occurred at the close of General Brugere's address, when, with characteristic French ve hemence, he nave this pledge of un dying Franco-American friendship: "Entre voiis. cut re nous; a la vie, a la niort!" "Between you. between us; In life, in death." 'I he ceremonies were the culmina tion of the efforts or M. Jules Boenfve. of the French embassy, extendglng over the last two years. He has sought to strengthen the bonds of friendship between the two countries, and to this end has urged to the successful con clusion the legislation by which th. statue was made possible. Chilli 1'Hlnfiill.r Injured. Little fiertle Booker, aged two years and six months, daughter of Mrs. W. A. Booker, who keeps house at Fred Lee's farm northeast of Fremont. Nob., had one linger of her right hand broken ami two others crushed. While at a window she pulled a stick out rrom under the sash, which fell on her hand. The child's mother heard her scream, and on going to see what was the matter round her in a faint, hang ing by the injured baud. lull llfHil on Sim'. (iriii. Tuesday afternoon Bartholomew Xoiibck and his wife went to a coun try graveyard near their home, nhout twelve miles northwest of Wilber, Neb., to tare for the grave of a son who died many years ago, While thus engaged Mr. Zoubek fell forward over the grave and died instantly of heart disease. He was seventy-two years of age. and had been a resident of Saline county for about twenty-seven years. Unit storm nt CIiIimkii. A thunderstorm or marked severity passed over Chicago Snturdav night. The iiilnfall was one inch In a little less than forty minutes. In the down town district the sewers were unable to tarry off the water with sufficient sieed and a number or basements were Hooded. In the suburbs and parks manv trees were blown down. Hit of ChI Surhiiip.. Tlie bite or a cat came ncur to cost lug Mr. Short or Wayne, Neb., the loss of a hand. When ho came to have the Injured limb operated upon It was bad ly swollen with Infection which was spreading to the bones, Mr. Short took the cat from the hands of a little girl n few days ago. not knowing it was vicious and It sank its fnnks into the knuckle of Hie second linger of the right hMid. Nothing wuh thought or the bite till the hand began to swell and be was adylsed to go to Sioux City for treatment. It is not thoulit nmnn. j tatlon will now hn nccessnry. TWISTER IN DODOE Toir Hum In lilt Hut MlMri llnoia Hem Nrnrhy. A Hooper, Neh .May 21, dispatch says: Four funnel-shaped clouds passed north of Iiere lnte this after noon, going In a northeasterly direc tion. All were plainly visible from town. The only serious damage bo far reported done was the work of the last twister. A gang of telephone rami were working live miles north of here when (hey saw It coming. It rose In the north and descended agnln several times. Heorge Langninelr'H farm was directly in (he path of the storm. The barn was completely wrecked, not n vestige of It being Ml standing. Tho house, sixty feet away, was not In jured. The lornndo seemed to play n path wenty led or more In width. Several trees were twisted and broken. A collide of wagon boxes were carried quilt- a long distance. The first whlr' wlnd passed along about fi o'clock and the others followed within a half hour. The upper portions of the clouds were white and the lower part black. A hard shower of rain, lasting live min utes, accompanied the atmospheric disturbance. Information received Is that tho whirlwinds were seen near West Point earlier in the afternoon. The one which did the damage is thought to have broken up before getting far from here. So far as known no one was Injured. GIRL KILLS HERSELF Olji'iirilcil Ip.v Her l.mrr Ciium-n Her to llrroini. Irniniiilitit, Elizabeth Roberts, twenty-three years old. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Roberts, prominent people liv ing nine miles south of Wymore, Neb., was missing from her homo and when a search was Instituted her dead body was found In a Held. It was presumed at Hist that the girl hud been waylaid and murdered, but no marks of vio lence were found on her body and a few Iiours later, when the coroner ar il veil, rrom Beatrice a letter, written to her parents, was found In her room, which explained everything. The exact contents or the note has not yet been given out. hut In It (he girl said she had been discarded by a faithless lover; that her future life had been blighted and that she had de cided to end all by committing Biilcble and had taken poison. It is said that the mini in Hie case has bis home in Wymore, hut that he is now some where In Iowa. PAUNCEFOTE IS DEAD HrllMi Aiiihu'iiiilnr mill Until of lllplnnmllc Corp 1'iiHi'in A urn jr. Lord Paiincefote. rBltlsh ambassador to the United States, died at the em bassy Saturday morning at 5:30 o'clock-. At the bedside when the distin guished diplomat passed away were Mrs. Paiincefote. Hon. Maude Paunce lote, Miss Sibyl and Miss Audrey. Dr. .lung and Mr. Radford, one of (ho clerks attached to the embassy. No arrangements of any kind have been made lor the funeral. As soon as it became generally known that Lord Paiincefote was dead Hags were halt'-ninsted over (he dlf ferent embassies and legations. cniiiiiii't ;! it. Several responsible Berlin papers re assert that .1. Plerpont Morgan, during the negotiations with the navigation syndicate, tried to get the Herman lines to merge their Identity therein, offer ing Heir Ballin, the director-general of the Hamburg-American Hue, a sal ary or a million dollars a yenr to act as president of the combine. Herr Bal lin. It Is again said, refused to con sider the proposition on any terms. The above rumors were current In Hamburg shipping circles a month ago. Inrrt-ii Whk Voliiiitury. The .John A. Roebllng's Sons Wire company of Trenton. N. .1., announced an Increase or wages to its 1.000 em ployes averaging 10 per cent. The In crease Is a voluntary one and was made, as explained by Charles G. Roebllng. "In consequence or the In creased cost ot living to which our em ployes have been subjected." lluliy lliirueit t Dentil. Milton Peterson, a little fellow three years old and son of Peter Peterson, a farmer living live miles northwest of Valley, Neb., died this morning from burns received Saturday morning. The child had obtained matches and in playing with them set his night clothes on lire. Clillilrt-n I'liUum-il. The two youngest children of D. F. Luenlg, West Point, Neb., were acci dentally poisoned by eating parla green, which was left lying on the floor. The discovery was made by the mother who saw (he green color on their lips as they were running around complain ing of being sick, and knowing at once what had evidently taken place, med ical aid was summoned and at present the children seem out of danger. HERE AND THERE Joseph Pearson, a horse Jockev of Pittsburg. Pa., was shot and killed by his wife Louise. He was on the point or braining her with an axe when she tired. The transfer house of the New York Central railroad, nt Buffalo, burned, causing a loss roughly estimated at $000,000. hours. President Roosevelt, Friday last, was (he guest of Ambassador Cambon, on board the French cruiser (Jnulols. The ceremony was preliminary to the un veiling of the Rochambeau monument. Hilling a heavy rnlu and wind storm Harvey Plckrel, proprietor of the Em pire, stock farm, near York, Neb., lost live bead of Hne bred colts, valued at $1,000. They took u stampede and ran Into a wire fence. Count Mntsiiknua, Japan's minister of flnance. is In the United Slates, seeking to negotiate a loan of $100,000, 000. The money will be used to build ships nnd railroads, and carry on min ing operations. TALK TO CONGRESS Cuba's President Gives Message to Legislators. CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S AIMS ARE HIGH i:iprrr drill It ml), to t, siute. mid llielnrm Cuhnn !iiipriiiriie Du In Alii of Northern N.lcMlM.rn IMiiiiilliin Hn. Krvnntc. An Havana. Cuba. May 27. dispatch Ktatcs: President Palma's message in published here tonight and will be de livered to the Cuban senate tomorrow, riio message opens by giving thanks to the Almighty for His assistance In carrying out the work of obtnlnlng Cuban Independence, nnd nsks divine aid in Hie establishment or a llrm and stable government. "Never did a people light with more perseverence," says the message, "and sacrifice more for liberty than have the Cubans. No people, therefore, are more entitled to see their Just efforts crowned with success. Together with our own heroism Is Hie attitude of the great people who were Impelled by "wii mve oi iinerty to put them selves on our side In our tenacious light for the Independence of the coun try. Their motive was one of generous sentiment, pure and disinterested in origin. Impelled by this sentiment, the powerful republic or the north recognizes. through Its Illustrious president, the republic or Culm. The promise formally made has been car ried out. In this moment, when we feel our right as an Independent na tion. It Is Impossible to suppress our gratitude to (he United States. To recognize this debt of gratitude to the great nation Is an act which exults us and which makes us worthy of the con sideration and respect or the other nations or the world." President Pnlnin recommends the en couragement of the agricultural Indus tries or the Island, the raising or cat He, the establishment of agricultural stations to Improve the culture of sugar cane ami tobacco, mid the In troduction of varied agricultural In dustries. "While the question of reciprocity Is still pending." the message goes on. "It Is Impossible to state now what measures should he adopted to meet the pending crisis. This crisis is due to the ruinous price of sugar caused by excess production or beet sugar In Europe. An Immediate remedy would he the reduction or the American tariff on sugar, to obtain which the executive will at once devote his ef forts and will negotiate a treat v In order to obtain hencllts for the Cuban sugar product." The president says that the ofllce of judge in (Julia should be permanent and to continue this principle ot im movability should be one of the llrst duties of congress. President Pal ma declares it Is Hie purpose of the government to devote its attention to education, and espe cially to primary schools, lie says the government of Intervention de serves great credit for the educational system It has established, but that there Is a need for sit 111 more schools, as the future of the republic depends upon education. It will be the duty of the government to encourage the con struction or railroads In the island and to protect the capital uLeady invested in railroad enterprises. The executive says be realizes the obligation which the government con tracted with the Cuban army and that if means are not now taken to make good this obligation it is because or the bad economic situation of (he country. President Palniu says he does not yet know how the ordinary expenses of administration are to he met. Herbert O. Stpilers. the llrst minis ter of the United States to Cuba, was formally received by the Cuban gov ernment this afternoon Mr. Squlcrs Is the first minister to present his cre dentials to the Cuban government, and he will be dean of the diplomatic corps in Unvana. ROLL HIM IN A MUD PUDDLE Kliiilrnlitiit Ktuimtmi Mutt I'ny for Their Kn.llc. Sixteen or the most prominent stu dents ot Northwestern university nt Evanston. III., were arrested, charged with disorderly conduct, assault and battery and resisting tlie police. They were released on bonds to appear be fore a magistrate. The warrants were sworn out by officers of the alumni or the Sigma Alpha Upsllon. Some or the men were arrested while on their way to thtdr classes. The trouble started with the hazing Friday night of Heorge Tlirose. a junior, who had criticised the athletic ability of some of the Northwestern's brsl men. He was regarded as a popu lar man. but when the crowd of in dignant students, many of them masked, got hold of him he was rough ly handled. He resisted stoutly, but was easily overcoine ami rolled In a mud puddle. Peder JoJiansen of Kearney county is a victim of a little matrimonial ad vertisement which be Inserted In a Chicago newspaper, nnd now objects to paying Augusta Modahl $!0l). She al leges lie promised to marry her. nnd didn't; while he contends he didn't like her style or wanting him to deed to her all his property. Hence the trouble. A.OOO Men (in Out. Five thousand union men employed In the building trades nt Denver went on a strike Monday morning, causing practically n total stoppage or build ing operations In that city. The strike was Inaugurated by order or the build ing trades council for the purpose of aiding the woodworkers In their efforts to secure an eight-hour day. The woodworkers have been on a strike for the last two weeks. Their demand for an eight-hour day was granted ut the smaller mills, but the owners of the large mills Insist upon nine hours' work a day. CHICAGO STRIKE GROWING Trmnntcrn .Mny Cull On! S;nimthlr.lng Yfiirkiiini. As results or the teamsters' strike nt the stock yards business In the pack ing (own mny be paralyzed, and (lit among wholesale butchers and down town restaurnnts mny be seriously crippled, says n Chlcngo dispatch o"f May 27. Unless concessions are made or nn agreement reached tomorrow tho union stock yards tind transit com pany is likely to And Itself In the tolls of the strike. The strikers will de mand that the company refuses to transport to the uptown district meats heretofore hauled by the teamsters. If refused a general strike of railroad men will bo ordered. This will call out all engineers, fire men, brnkemen and other union labor operatives or the company. IT the strike shall come not a car can be moved either In or out of the yards. "We are in this movement to win and If the bends or the big stock yards concerns continue to Ignore us. we shall teach them a lesson," said Secre tary (1. F. (lohlen of the tennisters' national union or America tonight. "We nsktil for n conference with the superintendents, but up to date none or them has evinced n desire to tulle the matter over with us. We shall surely stop all the team business by Wednesday. It they undertake to use the short line railroad system Instead, something new may be heard. The railroad union is pretty strong. It will not stnnd Tor oppression, and things mny he lively in a day or two." OPPOSE DIRECT ELECTION Hnmlnrft IteKcnitv !'itliiiM Dprliiriillon AciiltiHt i:irclli.n h,v Direct Vntc. A Washington. May 27, dispatch snys: In the senate this morning Bur rows, chairman or the committee of privileges and elections, announced that he was authorized to report ad versely on the house resolution pro viding for amending the constitution to provide for the election of United Stales senators by popular vote. The committee had no formal report to make, he said. Ile announced Hint a majority vote had rejected the house resolution. A majority favored the resolution as amended by the Depew resolution calling for the federal su pervision of elections in the United States, hut on the resolution, as amended, a majority was opposed to It. he mnde this statement for the In for mat Ion of the senate. Tlie verbal report was greeted by laughter and a spirited colloquy was precipitated as to whether the report was a formal one adverse to the house, resolution. Wellington moved that the committee be discharged from further consideration of the resolu tion and (hat It be placed upon the calendar. Finally, upon motion of Hoar, consideration or Hie motion to dismiss went over under the rules, mil-rows remarked that the committee had striven diligently to reach a con elusion, but had not been able, and, in his belief, would not be able to reach one. CRIME OF JEALOUS YOUTH SIiimiIh lii Turn SncHtlirurt, Itluil inul lllniMfir. Frank Robinson, aged twenty years, shot and killed his sweetheart. (Jertie Rawlins, agrd sixteen years; shot and fatally wounded bis rival, Albert II. Ferguson, aged nineteen years, and shot and fatally injured himself in an apart meiit house In Kansas City, Mo. Shortly before Hie tragedy was com mitted Robinson wrote a note to his niotlur In which he said that as Fergu son had supplnnted Iiini in the affec tions of the girl lie loved he proposed to kill I hem both and then kill him self. Ile proceeded to the room where Ferguson nnd the girl were and upon being admitted drew his revolver and opened lire on the couple. The girl was shot near the heart. She rushed screaming into tlie street, where she fell dead. Ferguson was shot in tho abdomen. Robinson shot himself in the left breast mid his death Is momentarily expected. Robinson is from Nevada, la., where his mother still lives. The girl's mother lives in SI. Louis. FRENCHMEN AT THE FALLS liiMpri-t tlm NIkIiI mill Di'llghloil Willi NliiKura. The members or the French commis sion who participated in the ceremo nies Incident to the unveiling or the stnt lie of Count de RoehnmbeRii at Washington, arrived nt Niagara Falls Monday morning. Besides tlie mem bers ot the commission and the mml llej. of Lafayette and Rochambeau. there are In the party Ambassador Gumboil. Mine. Cambon and meinbprs of the staff of the I'rench embassy and the president's commission. Carriages were awaiting the arrival of the train and ten minutes after It reached hero the members of the party started for a can luge drive to the points of Inter est about the falls. All the members of the party thoroughly enjoyed the scenery. At 1 p. m .the party left for West Point on a special train. Sunllnn Carliullc .clil. News has reached Fremont, Neb,, of nn attempt made by Conrad Hlntz, aged about fifty years, to commit sui cide by drinking hnlf a pint or carbolic add. He was round nlmost dead lying In a room nt the house of D. Tobln, a farmer living north of Arlington, where he had been working. Ills stomach was almost burned away and he has been In Intense agony ever since. HERE AND THERE Chief Arthur will be re-elected ry the locomotive engineers. President Loubet has reached France from Ills Russian visit. The president has signet! tho Indian appropriation and omnibus claims bills. In a 1 1 eight wreck on the West Pennsylvania railroad at Porter's curve, James Couch, engineer, was crushed to death under the engine and Fireman E. E. .James was pinned down ami scalded to death. CHILDREN WITH ORIGINAL IDEA& VoouBKlrr tllvr Tuhlrnu of dmrilcn of IMn, "In ('in timir." This story Is told by a Phlladel phlnn: ' "My friends In Santa Barbara, Cal ifornia, that land of perpetual sun shine, have tliree most Interesting nntl originally minded children, ono girl; and two hoys. They were quite, accus-' turned to roaming around thnlr fath er's place very scantily dad, so we were not much surprised, upon re turning from a drive ono very warm morning, to Hud nil three, clothed only In Nuture's garb, nt play In thiyjir-1 chard back of tlio house. Tho two younger children, Walter and Kath urine, were seated under the branches of a tree totally naked looking like Raphael's cherubs, while a few yards away, the eldest boy, George, a man of about seven years, stalked solemnly up and down with an old high silk hat of his father's perched on his cuily head. Calling Walter to her, the mother saitl: "What are you playing, darling?" "Oh. (his Is the Garden of Ktlen." responded r.-ycnr-old Walter. "I'm Adam and Kathys Kve." ' "But v.iint on earth Is George doing with his lather's hat on?" questioned the mother, too well ncc.ustomed to the children's mode of illustrating Bib lical truth to be very much surprised at anything. But even her composure was shaken when, with a most solemn look on his cherubic fnee Walter re sponded, "Oh, he's God." WISHED HE HAD THE STORY BACK ruuuy Talf I.int on Non-ApprerlntUe (lernian Auillencr. Col. Adolphus Busch, wiio has been doing some booming as a member of the St. Louis Imposition exploiting committee, tells (he following story: "Lust summer when 1 wont to Ku rope 1 took nlong my head brewer, whose admiration for his adopted country Is only equaled by his tlesiro to appear thoroughly Americanized. Together we visited his native town in Germany, whore ho was made much of. Of eoui se they had a 'kommors,' and my companion took the oppor tunity to endeavor to mnke a speech after the American style, but In tho German language, of course. Ho start ed out boldly, though ho is no public speaker, and got along fairly well un til he attempted the funny story which lie knew should accompany every American speech worthy the name. It was funny, I assure you, as ho told It, but his hearers were too well-mannered to laugh at their fcllow-tovvns-nia.ii. and so It fell fiat. Discouraged and disgusted by this lack of appre ciation of American humor, lit drop ped heavily Into bis chair, and, lean ing across the table, whispered hoarse ly to me: " 'I'd glf ten tollnrs ir dot story was pack into me.'" New York Times. The World'! Greatest Problem. An organized effort to conquer the greatest problem of the age Is urged by I'ror. John Perry. Tho world's present comfort tlepends upon coal, but our steam engines are wasting from !I0 to 09 per cent of their fuel, while the store of coal is vanishing nt such a rate that in another hundred years tho Fngllsh hamlets of content ed working folk that have become cities or luxurious people will decay again Into hamlets, Inhabited by a dis contented, poverty-stricken popula tion. Taking tho value of human la bor as the normal value of energy, Fngland Is wasting M00 times its na tional debt every year. The voltaic cell wastes less than 10 per cent of its fuel energy and paths have been opened that seem to load to a conver sion of tho energy of coal Into me chanical work through electricity with like small loss, hut tho efforts of scientific men are discouraged by (h difficulties ami (ho small prospect or persona! reward. Tho Investigation must bo national or International. "I feel sure," Prof. Perry concludes, "thnt If one or two ciders like Lord Kelvin or Lord Raylelgh were entrusted with tho expenditure of a million a year for two or three years, with power to Impress tho services of all scientific workers likely to bo of use, they would bring tho inven tion within tho reach of tho ordinary engineer." I'ansniH lint llrlnc l'eace. According to S. P. Uogran. son of the late President Bogras of Hontlu las, the republic Is enjoying greater prosperity than for many years past simply because J'anama hats arc in fashion, Honduras and tho Stato or Panama are the only two countries where Panama hats are made, and tho revolution In Colombia h.'is kept peo ple In Panama too busy to bo manii facturing hats. So Honduras has plenty or business in this lino. The Honduras government has round the new industry so advanta geous that it is giving It every encour agement and extending special privi leges and exceptions from taxation to the factories manufacturing Panama hats. As long as the fashion keeps up Honduras vvil be prosperous, says Mr. Uogran, and the prosperity thus us sured has done much to glvo the coun try peace. AttHCka Daruln' Theory. Darwin's theory of tho origin oi man has been attacked by .Mine. Ce line Renoof, n Fiench scientist. In n lecture recently 'delivered hoforo a woman's dub In Paris tho argued In a vastly plausible way tluit man Is or vegetable origin and doptnot des cend from the monkey. w The bcsl way to win on n horse race Is to forget in tnH- any money to tho pculinem with yet. trrewBWMsajivrjtU" -.