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tf d Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. BED CLOUD, NEBRASKA Japan proposes to expand her nnvy. Rah for universal pence! Remember that the IIiIiir to do In liot weather Ir to keep cool. Hctwcen tlio incut trust nml tho con) strike no in Ji ti need illo disgraced. Alfonso will now be obliged to spend thi rent of IiIh days looking for tin (irchlstH. It would seem that t lit real nlrnltlp genius In tho airship genius who hires UKVCIIHlolllstS. Thn hoarclty of policemen In London Indicates that thn Irish question has reached an acute BtaRc. Thn man who succeeded In selling that pistol to Mrs. Hetty (ireen wan no slouch of a financier, cither. It doesn't take an energetic volcano Ioiir to put all thu existing geogra phles and atlases out of date. Scientists whoso after thought la better than their foresight aru now predletliu; another eruption of Mt. Po- Joe. If llnytl had the business luatlnct Fhe would hulld a fence around homo of her lovolutlons and churgo ndinls hIoii. If the czar cannot tlud wny and means to feed the sturving peasants of Russln, he may expect trouble and lotu of it. If the formation of the kodak trust reduccH the number of tump-shot fiends It will bo balled ub u public blcSSlllg. Unfortunately the neronaut who falls cannot even have, the satisfaction of drivliiR a hard compromltiu with hid creditors. lluilyard KIplltiR baa returned to Kugliind, the muddled onfs IicIur too busy RottliiR ready for tbo coronation to think of lit in. In vlow of tho fact that his rent hr.s been Increased, ltusRcll Sngo flnilB It ImpoHslblo to ro on mnkliiR lavish RiftH to charity. Now that bnggngo smnshcrs havo formed n union trunk manufacturers can ngnln look forward to a future of prosperous trade. Commencement ilny Is nt band, nml wo shall soon bavo a larpo nnd varied stock of rendy-mndo solutions of press ing problems to draw on. Most of tho delegates to the bankers' convention nt Kansas City were near sighted, but not enough bo to cause them to overlook anything. Many a man who thought yesterday that nil was lost has a more hopeful vlow of life this morning. Tho world will bo normal by tomorrow. "Fish will do singular things," says u local contemporary, lint nobody ever henrd of a fish's lying about the elzu of the mnu that caught It. King Alfonso need not think tbo cor Dilution tho most trying ordeal of bis life. Some nay he will bavo to oak nn eligible princess to marry him. The prune crop was never better. Thus Is nnother discouraging feature ndded to tho case of tho man who la up against the provision proposition. New Jersey Is to carry on organized war against tho mosquito this season. Now Englnndors In tho Infected dis tricts will continue to slnp and bear It. Carnegie finds it "easy to got money nnd hard to spend lt."Those whose ex perience coincides with his will havo to stand up if they expect to be count ed. Tho astute college professors nro beginning to tell us just how the vol canoes act and why they act. The college professors aro great hind slghters. The throne room nt Madrid cost al most as much as a modern battleship, but It would have been much better for Spain to have used tho money in strengthening her navy. President I.oubet at the fresh ce menting of the ties between France and Russia bald regarding the czar's army: "This Imposing force menaces .no one." How about the taxpayer? Tho latest quotation for a scat In tho New York Stock Exchnngo Is $75,000; yet some may purchase nt that price who wouldn't buy a seat In u church at a thousandth part of the sum. Until New Jersey's nntl-mosqulto campaign fund Is raised to more than the f 1.000 limit there will be no dan ger of wire screens nnd tly nettings 'losing their places In tho homes and hearts of tho people of tho state. Tho wild story to tho effect that tho Texan oil wells suddenly ceased to How at tho very moment tho Marti nique catastrophe began suggests that It would havo been a great blessing If tho spouting Texan promoters could havo had their supply of gas turned off at the same time. THE PEACE TERMS Boor and Driton Sign tho Fateful Document. THE SUPREMACY OF BRITISH RUlC ArkiHiirli-ricMl liy tlin Unrulier Con- ti'iiilliiR Wurrlorn Alllrm AKrcemi'iit nml Co ulllrl In Snulli Africa Cornell to ii Clono. A London, Juno 2 dispatch says: Tho following tire tho terms of the agreement which concluded tho Ilocr war: "Their excellencies, Lord Kitchener ami Lord Mllner. In bchuir of the British government, and his excel lency. Mr. Steyn. (Icneial Hremer, Oen eral Christian It. Dcwct and Judge llerlog, acting as the government of the Orange Free State, nnd General Schalkburger. General Kelt., (lenernl Louis Hotha and General Delarey, act ing In behalf of their representative Mirghcra, desirous to terminate the present hostilities, ugrce to the present nrtlcli'H: "Tho burgher forces In the Held shall forthwith lay down their nrms and sur render their ammunition and desist from further resistance to the author ity of Kink Kdwaril.who they recognize as their lawful sovereign. The man ner and details of the surrender will be arranged between Lord Kitchener and Commandant General Hotha. as sisted by General Delarey anil Chief Cotnmnudnnt Dcwct. "All burghers In the Held, outside of the limits of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony, nnd nil the pris oners of war outside of South Africa, will, on duly acclaiming their position as subjects of the king, be brought back to their homes ns soon as trans port can he provided. Means of sub sistence will be assured. "The burghers surrendering will not he deprived of their personal liberty or property. "No proceedings, civil or criminal, will be taken against the burghers sur rendering or returning, for nuy acts In connection with the prosecution of the war. The benefit of this clause docs not extend to certain acts contrary to the usages of war; all such cases to be reported by the eominander-ln-chlef to the lloer generals nnd to be trial by court martial Immediately after the close of hostilities. "The Dutch language to be used In the schools when the parents desire and In the courts when necessnry to the better administration of Justice. "The possession of rllles to be nl lowed on the obtaining of n license. "Tho mllltnry administration at the earliest possible date to be succeeded by civic government and as soon ns circumstances permit, representative Institutions, lending up to self-government, to bo Introduced. "The question or the granting of thn francblso to rebels will not be decided until nfter the Introduction of self government. "No special tax to be imposed on landed property to pay the expenses of ho war. "'Ah soon ns possible n commission, on which the local inhabitants shall bo represented, shall be appointed In each district under the presidency of n magistrate for the purpose of restor ing the people to their lioines and sup plying these, who. owing to war losses, are unnbln to do so themsulves, with food nnd shelter nnd thn necessary amount of seed, stock nnd Implements for tho resumption of their normal oc cupations. For this puriiose the gov ernment will place in the hands of the compijssloners three million nounds sterling nnd will also allow all notes under the law of lilOO of South African republic nnd all receipts given by olll cers In tbo Held to be presented to the Judlclnl commission, who, if they tlud they wero given for n vnluahle consid eration will honor them. In uddltlon to the grant of three millions, the gov ernment will be prcpnred to make ad vances on a loan, free of interest, for two years." Freomnn's Journal, Dublin, com menting on the end of the Ilocr war. says: "The lloer cause has yet to be guarded on a field where Ireland has some strength. They can command our eighty uncompromising represen tatives nt Westminister. It Is Ire land's duty to see thnt there be no Juggling with this new Ilocr treaty." Dr. I.eyds. the liners' Kuropean ngent. Is in Paris. When told or tho surrender of the Doers he was dazed, and at llrst doubted tho correctness of the news. J Killed ltjr h Trulll. Tho Denver express or the Chlrngo tf Alton railroad struck Jesse Hughes, aged twelve, and Willie Hughes, uged nine, sons of Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Hughes, who were standing on the trustle at Petersburg. 111., watching nn other train which wns passing under the trestle, nnd who did not notice the nppronch of the Denver express, which wns running at a high rate of speed, lioth boys wero Instantly killed. lloinrt-krr' Kirumlnn to Huron. S. I)., Tuesday, June nth. Round trip from Lincoln, $12.30. Money refunded If you buy. Free tourist sleeper. Choice farming lauds. Im proved nnd unimproved. $10.00 to JS.VOO per acre. Write or call. Green, Hell & Co.. 121 So. Tenth street, Lincoln. F. S. Clinton, salesman. Annual Soring l'arinlc. The annual spring parade of the gar risons of the Rerlln mllltnry district wis held Friday. The weather was suberb. The shnh or Persia was pres ent in an open carriage drawn by rour horses, and the crown prince of Slam, Chowfa Maha VaJIrnvudh. attended on horseback. Emperor William led tho second regiment of tbo guards past the shah who acknowledged the compli ment by standing up In bis enrringe. News of a fresh uprising In Venezuela against President Castro is coming from nil quarters. SCORES A TRIUMPH I'rof, Wrllprln A)inl to Top of Mount I'elcn, A Foit I)e France. June 2d. dispatch says: Tho national geographical so ciety has scored a great triumph. Pro fessor Angclo Hellprln ascended to tho top of tho crater or Mont Peleo this morning In company with two guides nnd Mr. Lendhetter. While on the summit several violent explosions oc curred, but. notwithstanding tho thous aml dangers Btirroundlng him, Profes sor Hellprln spent a long tlmo taking raroful observation. Looking down me crater, he round a huge cinder cone. The crater opening Is a vnst crevasse r0( rect long nnd 1G0 reel wide. Whllo engaged In this tnsk tho lives or thn members or thu expedition were continually In danger and one par ticularly violent explosion covered Professor Hellprln from head to root with the viscid matter. He persisted, however, nnd round, ns hnd been suspected, that there were three separate vents tor tho volcanic matter, Meanwhile Mont Pelee, seeming to reseut the Intrusion of man Into her awful territory, belched out huge vol umes of steam, nshes and boiling hot1 mud. Professor llellm-ln tmuin Hi., i...- portnnt discovery that the crater of Fnllalso had an eruption nt the same lime us the summit crater nnd ejects pieelsely the same mutter. Iloth cra ters showed a new phenomenon dur ing the professor's visit, when mint was thrown up In high columns, while, heretofore the mud has bubbled or boiled out and llowed downward in huge streams. There Is reason to fear that great damage may result from the outbursts of this mud. to the rich plantations still uninjured. Tho ns cent wns nindo on mules to an alti tude of 700 metres. Mm llm nf vmmin. Hon. There leaving the mule thnt had carried him, the professor proceeded on foot to the site or Lnke Pnlmlste. He round the lnke completely dried up and crossed the bed. passing up a slope to the crater's edge. This, which had formerly been u high bluff. Professor Hellprln found, had rallen Into the crater. This Is the llrst Important verified topographic alteration noted. Professor Hellprln remnlned at the summit crater over two hours. ELEVEN BUILDINGS BURNED Ilii4triii t'oulliiRriilliiii nt Koikinriiy lli'iicli, Ni-iv Yurie. Max Kasten. thirty-two years old. and Mrs. Lydln McKrow. the same age. lost their lives In n lire which swept away many buildings nt Roeknwnv Reach. Thomas S. McKrow nnd his llve-year-old son Frank; Martin Hnn son. twenty-eight, nnd Morrison Kas ten. seventy-live, were injured and taken to n hospital In Long Island City. Several hours later young McKrow died und the father was reported to be dying. The fire started In the frame dwell ing occupied by the Knstens. In a short time It sprend to nu unoccupied brick building and then in succession levelled the following structures: Knsten's hotel. The Collonnde hotel. The Casino. Wnltcr's hotel. Sagamore hotel. Rums' hotel. Seaside Museum. The Annex hotel. Ono story frame hotel, unoccupied. Peterson's hotel. Tho Mousctte hotel. Other stuctures dnmaged were: Harry Genette's store. Heir Rros.' store. The Morrison stnblcs nnd Drennnn'a hQtCl. The buildings for the most part wero of the rriuno type usunl nt the seaside resorts und the loss Is estimated at about $120,000. NEBRASKA CROP PROSPECT llurllngton riililli-iitlun Milken Outlook (loud. The Corn Relt, published by tho Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy railroad, in Its Issue Mondny, says: "Corn-planting In Nebrasku was done mainly between April 10 and May 2, but some ns late ns May 10, nnd re ports rrom ten localities put the end of planting as May 20. The condition of the ground nt the tlmo of planting was better than last year, nnd the present condition of stnnd Is excellent. i slight decrease of acreage Is report ed owing to a corresponding Increase ot winter acreage. All reports show the condition or winter wheat In Ne brasku good. Out of 203 reports on the condition or the oat crop, 05 said good, 110 ralr uud 87 that the prospect wns poor." THE NEWS IN BRIEF Mnjor Hrugeie or the French mission broke his leg by tanking a misstep nt the Huston navy yards. The synod or the Reformed Presby terian church decided to meet next year In Mny at Hopklnton, In. Field Marshal Lord Wolsoley un veiled nt London n memorial tablet to Archibald Forbes, tho wnr correspond ent. Five prominent Cnrllsts, Including tho Marquis iJicour. nlde-de-cnmp to General Moore, thn Cnrllst leaders ami Father Matat have been arrested. Olllelnls of tho Hnwthorne race track, whose grandstand burned, said no lives hnd been lost In the fire. Tho stable boy. who was reported killed, bad gone to Hnrlem track before thq fire. Detectives are working on the theory thnt the tiro was tho work of Incendiaries. Chou Foil, trensurer of the province of Chi Li, has been appointed governor of Shantung province. Ho is able and progressive and 1ms pro-foreign views. Governor Taft of the Philippine Isl ands Is suffering from tonsilltls. Con sequently his meeting with Cardlnnl Rampolln, the pupal secretary of state, was postponed. Manlto-Jlln. Ont reports from which wero missing, has elected a conserva tive. The new houso will stand fifty one liberals and forty-seven conserva tives, giving the government a majori ty of four. The government hnd a ma jority of eleven In the last house. fLOOD AT JOLIET Heavy Rains Causo Death and Damage There. WORST OF ITS KIND IN CITY'S HISTORY Ntrruin llurnt Iliiiiku mid KhRiilf tho Tumi Three lire lliwitl hiiiI Several II. ue Aro 8u,'it Awity In tlio llml HiihIi or Water. A Jollrt, III., June 2, sppelnl sayn: A cloudburst struck this city nt mid night, causing a loss of nt least three lives and Incalculable damage to prop erty. Almost every railway track en tering the city wns washed away nnd no trains have arrived since 11 o'clock lust night. Mills and factories have been forced to shut down und business throughout tho city is practically sus pended. The eloudbiiist c.ime while the popu lation was asleep and before the peo ple could get out of their beds and lien from the raging waters that swept down rrom Hickory diim, which had buist, they were penned in their homes. An alarm was quickly given and the work or rescue wns begun. Scores were taken from their homes In boats, but at daylight many were sun water Hound. The enst side of tho city wns bit the hardest. Cass street, the principal residence thoroughfare, was live feet under water nnd ninny line houses were bndly damaged. The railroad tracks running through the city wern four feet under water nnd In some or the lower laces the curs were completely submerged. Many cattle were drowned and thousands of dollars worth or merchandise ruined. The Rock Island bridge, n big steel structure, across the cunnl. settled two feet. A canvuss or the city at 0 o'clock shows the rollowlng probnble deaths: Eddie McGovern, nged II. Mabel Kennedy, nged 1.". Lizzie McGraw. aged 20. The property loss Is roughly esti mated at a quarter or a million. The penitentinry was partly Hooded, but the conditions did not Interfere with the work of the convicts. A BUMPER CROP riii- Condition of the Wlirut Crop la No tirutlm l'M-HHgr One The winter wheat crop in Nebraska, according to the weekly bulletin Is sued today by the weather bureau, bl'.3 fnlr to yield an abundnnt hnrvest. The past week has been dry, n condition which was needed because of previous tains, to mature the grain. Wheat Is heading out nnd much or it wil be llpenlng within two or three weeks. All other crops arc mnklng favorable progress. The bulletin follows: The past week hns been dry, with about normnl temperature. The dally mean temperature has averaged 2 de grees below normal in eastern counties and 2 degrees above in western. The rainfall has generally been too small to measure. A very few local showers, with a rainfall exceeding hnlf an Inch, occurred, but covered very smnll areas. Winter wheat and oats have grown splendidly the past week. The heads or wheat are ot good size and seem to be filling well. Oats have Improved to normal condition In some localities, but generally the condition Is below normal. The temperature has lieen too low tor rapid growth of corn, but the btand Is good and the plant healthy; cultivation Iiob progressed rapidly the past week and corn Is gen erally quite free from weeds. Alfalfa cutting Is Reneral nnd In most parts of the state the crop is Rood. Potatoes are In unusually good condition. Pas tures are fine and stock is doing well. Cherries will be a poor crop; apples are dropping some, but promise much better. THE GARROTE GOES I.HHt i:i-rn t loiin ITuiIrr Old Snitnhili I.uw TnkrN l'lnro In I'onr,'. The last execution in Porto Rico un der tho old Spanish law occurred nt Ponce on Tuesday last when four men were gnrroted. Never did men meet their fate with such docility. Only one. Jose Torres, caused any trouble. He raved about religion and Insisted thnt the executioner kill him with out placing a black cloth over his face, saying he wanted to meet God with uncoered face. All four confessed their crimes. The execution occurred In the court yard or the Jail. In the henrt of the city, but was witnessed only by n few persons. Thousands, however, thronged the streets nnd bus iness wns suspended. The doomed men were tied to posts at four corners or the siaffold. clad In black robes and their races covored. They were exe cuted one at n time. The Instrument or death was placed around their necks and fastened to a post. One shnrp turn of the screw broke the necks of the doomed men. There was no sound or evidence or pain and In three min utes they were pronounced dead. The executioner was a prisoner who wns granted a pardon roi his work. There Is much opposition to capital punish ment there. Alter July 1st hanging will take the place ot the garrote. C'hllil l Drownc.l. By the overturning of n raft In the Monongnhela river above Fayette City, Pa., the eleven-yenr-old son of Theo dore Booth was drowned. Several chil dren ere on the raft nt the time, and ns three have not been accounted for, It Is thought they also were drowned. Bids for a city bond Issue of flvo millions In aid or the world's ralr wero opened at noon Tuesdny by the mayor and comptroller of St. Louis. Tho en tire Issue was awarded the Mississippi Valley Trust company nnd Whltnker & Co., who bid Jointly at a premium KITCHENER'S WAY WON liner l.lkeil III ttnconvrntliinnl Stylo of Trrntliifr Tlicm, A Liverpool, June 3, special cable gram says; The Post lenms thnt the settlement In South Africa was due pre-eminently to Kitchener, whose In fluence with Dewet persuaded the lat ter to accept the Urltlah government's terms. Kitchener, the paper says, discussed matters with the Roer delegates with n freedom and uuconventlonallty which they fully appreciated, while Mllner nt one time telegraphed the government complaining thnt Kitchener was un dignified. It seems on one occnslon, while discussing with Devvet. Kitch ener slapped him on the buck and said: "Now, Dewet. don't bo sulky." It Is stated here, says a London ca blegram of June 3, ns the prevailing view or the house or commons that on Thursday that It will authorize n vote or thanks to Kitchener accom panied by n vote or 100,000 pounds nnd nn earldom. Mllner also will be raised a step in his peerage. The king will attend a thanksgiving service tor peace nt St. Paul's on Sunday. In the house or commons today Chancellor of tho Exchequer Hleks Ileach again denied thnt the corn tax would he abandoned. Replying to n question. Secrctnry Forward Rrodeiiek sold there are 2f,rSi prisoners or wnr In South Arrlcu and elsewhere. Of this number 781 are under sixteen, nnd 1,025 over sixty. The detulls of the signing of tho peace terms Saturday night reached London In dispatches from Pretoria to day. The signing wns without par ticular ceremony. Tho signers met In the dining room of the house occupied by the Roer delegates. Without delay the Roers attached their signatures. After the paper was duly signed It wns handed to Colonel Hamilton, Kitch ener's mllltnry secretary, who now Is en route to England with It. When the rnct thnt pence wns se cured became known In tho concen tration camps the occupants became hysterically Joyful and Bang psalms. IN LOVE WITH THE COUNTRY Countcni do Itiii'liiiinliriui WNhfM She .MIkIiI Stay I.omcit. After a brief rest In New York city, several members of the Into Rocham benu mission went west to Philadel phia on their wny to St. Louis. In speaking or her Impression or Amer icans, acquired during her brier visit, Countess de Rochnmbcau said: "1 have been told that Americans nro materialists .but formeily have had only n sentimental side. "The rcgaril in which everyone I have met seemed to hold the namo Rochnmbcnu has Impressed mo most deeply. Then the memory of whnt you liuve done for stricken Marti nique will live for all time nt home. . "How splendid your women are, how lavishly they entertain nnd how genu inely tncy are In their welcome. I should like to remain In the United States until fall." Cain Itonrti Army .Strcnctli. By direction of the president. Secre tary Root has Issued a general order decreasing the strength ot our perma nent military establishment and chang ing the ratio ot its make-up, as pro vided In the general order or last May the total strength or the nrmy wns fixed at 77,287 men. The order Issued reduces this figure to 00,497 a reduc tion of 10,790. Konr Miiiiy IIhtc Drowned. A messnge from Wlldman, Okln.. says that torrents of water rolling off the Wlchltn mountains have swept away many prospectors' shacks, and it Is believed that some of their occu pants perished. The river Is so high that it cannot take tho surplus water ot the swollen streams, and hence they are over-spreading the country nnd do ing much dnmage to property and crops. HERE AND THERE The flood danger In southern Knnsns Is over. The supreme court ot the United Statc3 has adjourned to meet October 13. John Henry Barrows, president of Oberlln college. Oberlln. O., died Tues day morning. The machinists, plumbers, gaslltters and steamfltters or Des Moines, In., have struck for shorter hours. The pope has ordered that a largo mosaic, made at the Vatican works, and representing St. Peter, be sent us a gift to President Roosevelt. Mrs. Carrie Nation, recently sen tenced to the county Jail, at Topeka, ror ono month, and to pay n Hue or $100, was pardoned by Governor Stan ley. The election in Oregon Tuesday re sulted In the election or the repub lican ticket with the exception or gov ernor. The democratic cunilldnte wns elected. J. F. Stevens, chief engineer of the Great Northern railway, and the fa mous builder or tho Cascade tunnel, hns been appointed general manager or the road. The Mexicans nnd Ynqul Indians nro at It again. A battalion or Mexicans rought a desperate bnttle with !100 of the Indians nnd forty of the savnges were killed and double thnt number wounded. FIro stnrted Friday night In the cooperage house nnd stnblo owned by the South Omnha Brewing company In South Omaha. It spread to the Ice house belonging to Mr. Daell, nn Omnha confectioner. The co-operago and stnblo wns almost wholly burned. The total loss is about $20,000. F. II. Freeman, n lnborer. fell rrom the second story of tho Funke opera house Into the cellnr while at work remodeling the Interior. Ills Injuries nro severe, but not fntal, K. Louis Smith, who rnn establish ments in Chlcngo tor mnklng bogus postal cards, has Wen sentenced to to years in the penitentinry. Smith succeeded In putting millions or his cards on tho market. President Roosevelt nnd the lenders In tho house and senate had n con ference, nt which ponding legislation, principally the Cuban reciprocity bill was discussed. A decided opposition to tariff revision wns noted. ON THE WRONG TRACK REBUFFS MET BY MAN WHOWANTED TO BE AGREEABLE. Variety of Tonl.e Chmen for Condona tion of No AtH Attempts of New Yorker to 1'lntter Knnnn Uosteit Meet with ItUnnil Failure. "It Is not nlwnyB necessary to th uouquets when you nro out dinJ said a New York traveling man. 1 was in a Kansas town not lone oi was invited to tho homo of a custo: to tllkn dinner. A trnvntlno tnnn nni'jm DcrmltR himself in tnlRtinrlnrntnml mW. Invitation to ent n homo dinner. "My customer's wlfo was ono thoso mattcr-or-fact, common-senso women to whom n primrose is a prim rose, whether It grows by tho river's brim or In the barnyard. Soon nfter I was seated at her daintily spread ta bio I began rumbling nround for some thing of a gracious brand to launch which would show my appreciation of her hospitality. "I opened on butter. It was worth traveling miles to tnsto such butter ns thnt on her table! I said a few nice things nbout Now York, of course wo all do that hut I admitted that thcro wns no such butter In Now York as I found on her table. "She couldn't understand that, for the butter 1 wns tnstlng was from a firkin sent her by express by her aunt In Herkimer county. Just then I hap pened to think of a story nnd tho but ter Incident wns relegated. "Wo hnd got down to peas and I al lowed that there wore no peas like tho homo-grown kind. It added to tho Itisclousness ot tho pea to watch It grow and cull It rrom tho vino. "She thought otherwise. Her peas had been a fnlltiro over slnco tho grasshoppers did her gardening Inst year, and George Hint was her hus band's name had bought canned peas ever since. I had been throwing tu lips nt canned pens! "I think I snld something about the weather, Just then. Thnt's whnt a man coughs up when ho goes ngnlnst tho rocks. You would think after a throw-down or two such ns I have mentioned thnt I would bnvo confined myself to tho monosyllabic; and I would hnd not tho little woman spoken of tho wild goose sho served. " 'At least, sho said in n splendid way, 'wo can offer you in this some thing you don't often havo In New York.' "Of course. Allowing much In New York's favor I must say thnt tho gooso wo get in the metropolis Is a pretty tamo bird. I admitted this. And then I cut looso on the delicious meat of tho fowl that honks. "I could conceive of no sport like that of hunting tho wild goose. Then I quoted something from 'Hiawatha' about tho wawa Longfellow for wild gooso, you know. "I said her husband must bo a mighty hunter. Of courso it is only In the great open country that tho wawa can bo hunted, I said. I got a second round ot wnwa, nnd felt quito satisfied at last that I had hit tho right trail. Then the little woman, looking at mo with her gray eyes, said: '"I think wo aro Indebted to Mr. Edison or somo ono of his school for the dish wo aro enjoying. Recently, quite recently, our modest little city has been lighting tbo streets with electricity. " 'In tho night when tho sky Is over enst theso lights seem to attract tho great flocks of wild geeso which pass this way, and when they got Into a radius of tho lamps they becomo con fused, nnd even tho boys kill them with clubs. " 'The wild goose wc havo this cvo nlng is quite modern. It was indirect ly killed by electric light.' "Well, It wns time to laugh. Thero was nothing elso to do. I didn't fool Ilko It, but 1 laughed. And so I lifted my goblet and proposed tho health of my hostess In tho puro, sparkling liquid which only Knnsns could produce. '"From Blank Springs In tho stato of New York,' said my hostess. "Then I laid down; tho tlmo left on my hands nt thnt houso wns devoted to n discussion of Infant baptism, Cuban reciprocity, tho Philippines, tho beef trust nnd Cnrrlo Nation." EXPLANATION OF RAINS OF DUST tmlle Alirimil of I'liennmrnon Which YViift Olnervnl Here. Just n year beforo tho dust rains which occurred last month in Massa chusetts, New Jersey nnd elscwhoro thero wero similar occurrences over a largo part of central Europo nnd In a lessor degree over most of tho conti nent. In fnct the phenomenon was very remarkable for its extent, it hav ing been observed from Sicily in tho south to tho Danish Islands of Falstor and Lnaland In tho north. Tho largest amount of muddy rain, however, fell In northern Italy, Austria and Ger mnny. This fact Is very well understood now that dust ruins nro caused by tho driving of clouds of dust raised by a hurricane or strong wind into a rain storm, tbo dust thus bolug changed to mud by tho tlmo It reaches tho earth. Such storms nro cnlled blood rains In Sicily nnd somo other regions where superstitious people hold them In much dread. Scientific men of Europo mado a careful study of tho dust rains which occurred tnero a year ago, nnd tho facts they ascertained nro Interesting Mr. Stunlsinus Meunlers nnAjvzcd a sample of tho dust coUcctedfut Pal ermo which ho found to consist of Rand (50.1 1 per cent) nnd enrbonnto of Imu (23.01 per cent, together with black particles of tho naturu ot char coal. Now York Sur i m m Skim WVB mnkm Kyire H M H otfaM