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Oom Paul Waiting for a Declaration or : i . . . an AttaoKt MASSING DOERS WITH ARTILLERY British Hoservep Will llo Summoned to Bring tha Iteglmcnts Up to War Strength Authority for the Statement That nn Army Corps I to Jo Mobilised Rt Once Tho Outlook In General. LONDON, Oct. 7. There has been almost a complete dearth of news from South Africa today. Tho fow dis patches received recording military mpvomcnts at various points nil tend to confirm tho belief that Presi dent Krugcr will restrain any forward movement by tho Doors unless they aro fired upon or war Is actually de clared. It Is now practically certain that parliament will meet on October 17 Reserves will bo summoned tomor row In sufficient number to bring up to war strength tho regiments warned to hold themselves In readiness for scrvlco In South Africa, or about one sixteenth of tho total reserves. Tho Dally Nows assorts that an army corps will bo mobilized tomor row. A dispatch from Mafeklng an nounces that Commandant Cronjo of tho Doer forces has been promoted to the rank of genoral and is massing 0,000 Boors, with artillery, near Rn mathlabah, north of Mafeklng. Tho dispatch adds that General Cronjo has flont a mossngo to tho camp of tho Imperial troops that ho will cross tho border at tho first shot fired In Na tal. It Is stated that lit. Hon. Harry Escombo, formerly premier of Natal, la going to Pretoria In the Intorcst of peace. II. M. S. Philomel sudden ly left Durban today for Delagoa bay. The Dally Chronicle Homo corre spondent Bays that tho British gov ernment has nppllod to Slgnor Mar coni wltb a view of omnjoylng his system of wireless tolcgraphy In tho Transvaal campaign. London Tho Capetown corre spondent of the Dally Mall snys: A sensation has boon caused hero by tho statement that tho Frco Stato government hus seized 800 tonB of coal belonging to tho Capo colony, which had to traverse tho state. J. V. Saucr, commissioner of public works, when questioned In ''tho assem bly rogardlng tho matter professed ignorance, but I learn that tho report was telegraphed to tho capo ministry early in tho day. I learn that tho Transvaal's threat to put Drltlsh sub jects over tho border would necessi tate tho withdrawal of Conynghnm Orcono. Somo surprlso Is fanlfcstcd over tho report that a largo numbor of British troops aro to bo landed hero instead or Durban. This Is to signify that tho Tjnnsvnal will bo Invaded from tho .west. Johannesburg Thousands of na tives havo Invaded tho town, and tho authorities decided to march them un der escort out of tho country. Last night two natives entered a clothing Btore kopt by a Jow and ctabbod tho proprietor In tho nock, severing his wlndplpo. Two Jewish toroUoopors havo boon murdorod. by natives and tho Knfllra aro radlng all tho plages whero thoy think liquor Is stored. Tho war commission, acting undor tho government's instruction, will today Issuo advlco to shopkeep ers to romovo tho barricades they have eroctcd on the ground that the government's guarantee of protection ought to bo aufflclojU. , GRANT MAKES AN ADVANCE. Olinrge the fniurg-enU nml Drives Thorn llnolti MANILA. Oct. 7. Gonral Fred Brant, with throo companies of the Fourth Infantry, two companlos of tho Fourteenth Infantry and a band of scouts, attached to tho formor regi ment, advanced from Imus this morn ing, driving the lnsurgontB from tho entire west bank of tho Imus river. Throe Americans woro wounded. It Is estimated that ton of tho Filipinos woro killed. Compnnlos O and II, with tho scouts, crossed tho IUver at Big Bond and advanced westward In tho dlroctlon of tho Blncayan road, tho Insurgents fir ing; volleys but rotlrlng. Twenty Fil ipinos woro discovered entrenched at the Blncayan church, about midway between Bacoor and Cavlto Vlojo. Thoso woro routed, six being klllod. Riley's battory of tho Fifth artillery made an offectlvo sortlo about a mile south ot Bacoor and shelled tho west bank ot the river at closo rango. That bank 1b now hold by tho AmorlcatiB, IVArcos on Dewey. BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 7. Tho Span ish mlnlBtor, Duko do Arcos, who has just left his houso nt Manchester, Bald with regard to tho receptions bolng given Adralrnl Dowoy: "It docs not surprlso mo In tho least. Admiral Dewey Is a bravo aud noble man. and for tho extraordinary Borvlco ho has rendered his country no honor that can bo shown him In return Is too groat. Ho has aroused tho ndmlrn- tton of tho whole world by tho gallant ry ot his conduct, nnd ho would bo a small man, indeed, who coulu not rec ognlzo his morlt nnd glvo frco oxprcs slon to hia admiration for Dewey's valor," Wjrnn lu Two Ktatrs. COLUMBUS, 0 Oct 7. Bryan's tour of Ohio will bo confined to tho democratic countlos in the northwest orn part ot tho stato. Ho will loavo Kentucky on tho ovonlng of October 18, coming directly to Ohio, whoro a special train will carry him through tho counties ot uueiuy, vanwort, Mar cor, Paulding, Defiance. Honry, Otta wa. Miami, Harding, Soneccn, Ban dusky, Wyandotto, Marlon, Crawford Auslalzo. Hancock and Putnam. Ho will, make six speeches a day, tho first being at Greenville at 7 a. m. on oc tober 19, and the last at Sandusky City on the evening of October 21, LARGER NAVAL ESTIMATE. For Next Year nn Increase of Somo Twenty-Four Million. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Acting Sec retary Allen has prepared tho full statement of estimates, which will bo submitted to congress, for tho main tenance of the naval establishment for tho next fiscal year. Theso nmount to $73,045,183, which Is nn Increase over tho appropriations for tho cur rent year of 124,537,187. Included In tho lncrcaso for the next year aro ap propriations of $12,268,474 for public works nnd navy yards and stations. Thoro is nlso an estimate of $2,021,000 for tho now naval academy. The Item for tho navy Including ar mor guns nnd machinery Is $22,083, 101. Tho cstlmnto for tho bureau of construction and repair is Increased over tha current appropriation about $3,000,000, for steam engineering $1, 000,000 and for pay of tho navy about $700,000, whllo tho estimates for ord nanco arc decreased about $700,000. Tho estimate for public works nt tho New York navy yard Is $1,009,000, including $300,000 to begin tho work on tho new $1,000,000 granlto dry dock and $300,000 to repair dock No. 2. Tho Horns for tho Boston navy yard aggre gate $1,498,300, which Includes provi sion for a general enlargement of tho construction of tho yard. For Leaguo Island, Pn tho estimates for now pub lic works nggregate $1,395,092; for Nor folk navy ynrd, $1319,000; for Maro Island, Cnl., $092,500; for Puget Sound station, $210,005, nnd for Washington, $875,017. DEWEY ACCEPTS THE HOUSE. ItcccWcs It nn it (lift From 0er Torty Thousand Americans. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Admiral Dowoy has elected to accept a houso In Washington, already constructed, Instead of having one built for his oc aupatlon. In compliance with tho Invi tation of tho commltteo which has In chargo tho Dowoy home work ho called at tho omco of Acting Secretary Allen In tho Navy dopartmont at 11 o'clock today, to Indicate his preferences In tho mnttor of a rcsldonce. There were present, besides Mr. Allen, Assistant Secretary Vanderllp, Assistant Post master General Heath and General Corbln. Tho admiral was officially Informed of tho purpose of the peoplo of tho United States to present him with a homo In Washington. Ho frankly ex pressed his gratification at tho tender, which ho Immediately accepted. Ho said, had tho proposed homo been tho gift of n fow wealthy men, ho should feel Indisposed to nccept It. But ho understood tho fund had over 43,000 subscribers, Indicating thnt tho homo was really to bo tho gift of tho Amer ican peoplo, and ns such ho would ac cept It with as much plonsuro as ho had tho Bword bostowod upon him by congress. Ho then talked upon tho location of tho residence. M0RELY ON THE SITUATION. Accuses Hot Heads nnd tho Illunders of Causing Trouble. LONDON, Oct. 7. Addressing a peace mooting at Carnavon this even ing, John Morloy asked tho country to roallzo tho predicament to which It had been brought by unhappy di plomacy and tho bcdlamlto counsels of tho war press and tho war party. "If," said Mr. Morloy, "ProBldont Krugor had accopted tho Jtranchlso proposal of Soptembor 8, with rollanco upon tho convontlon of 1884, ho would havo been planted behind diplomatic ontronchmonta which by fair and rensonnblo means could not havo been forced. Even nftor that refusal there was still room for friendly settlement, uut just as tno Transvaal made a mis take cur government f apned It '.by wlthdruwlnft tho franchise nronosnls.T' wr. Money uwelt unon tno season. ablencsu ot tho recent speech ot tbe duko or Dovpnsnlrt, wnlch proved that Great Britain did not deslro to interfere with tho Transvaal's Inde pendence. 'VOLUNTEERS" ABOLISH DRUM. Ualllnsrton Ilooth's Organisation Takes 11 Step In Advuuce. NEW YORK, Oct. 7. At tho open ing session of tho Grand Field Council ot tho Voluntcors of America, con Yonod at Blue Point, Long Island, nnd composed, of tno omcers of hlghost rank from all parts ot tho country, presided over by Genornl Balllngton Booth, tho following resolution was unnnlmoualy adopted; IlCBOlvod, That In vlow of tho con flict with tho civil authorities on tho part of other organizations, nnd In view ot our strong doslro to respect nnd uphold tho munlclunl laws, wo authorize that tho uso ot tho drum bo abandoned both outdoors and In, In connection with tho whole move ment, oxcopt with a .brass band, a parado ofllclally authorized by tho sec tional officers. It 1b recommended, howovor, that In plnco of tho drum a cornet, small organ, concertina, gui tar or other stringed Instrument bo used. Blnughlurlng Houth Dakota (In me. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Oct. 7. A numbor ot Luvcrno (Minn.) sportsmen are engaged lu the wnnton nnd whole snlo sluaghter ot ducks at Lako Thompson, northwest of hero In Lake county. In addition to violating tho now gamo law by not taking out hunt ers' licenses, they take out ot tho stato more than tho specified number ot ducks. On a recent trip thoy smug Klod Into Minnesota a whole wagon load, a total ot about 350 of the fowl. Their arrest la expected momontnrliy. Dewey With tho Veterans. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Admiral Dowoy rccolvcd an ovation today nt tho United States Soldiers' homo, about two mllcB bqyond tho city limits. Ho drovo out thero during tho afternoon, and Gonoral Ruggles, tho govornor ot tho homo, Introduced him to tho vol ornns. Tho admiral told tho veterans in a brief speech that ho had never learned to nppreclato tho truo valor and tho noblo qualities ot tho Amorlcau soldiers till ho had seen them fight In tho Philippines. Ho had nothing but the highest esteem, ho said, for tho American soldiers and would al ways treasure their friendship. ronn President of Transvaal Anxious to light Against English, READY TO GO TO THE FRONT Chafes at Itefasul of Ills Council to Al low llliu to Do Ho War Preparations of Iloth Governments Continue and Outlook Is Not 1'romlslns:. LONDON, Oct. C Nothing import ant has developed in tho Transvaal situation since morning. Tho Daily Telegraph's story of this morning an nouncing that tho Boers had Invaded Natal and Bclzed Lalgnck, now seems without foundation. Tho government has received no such reports, although a movement on tho part of tho Boers would naturally cause ltttlo surprise. The British position In Natal was considerably strengthened today by tho arrival of Indian transport with about 600 Infantry, cavalry and artil lery, all of which will probably be sent to tho front by trnln, nnd with tholr arrival at Gloncove and Lndysmlth to morrow or Saturday the British ad vanced camps anu lines of communica tion will bo practically safe-guarded against a dash across tho frontier by tho Boers. Tho military authorities apparently no longer fear tho massing ot tho Boers along the border and In fact It has been provldcn that tho Boors shall not make n sudden rush Into tho coun try. Tho Nntal people aro pleased with this, because they arguo tho tension of watting will tell aovcroly on tho Boors' discipline, and, moreover, will coon exhaust what llttlo forage there Is near the border and bo compolled to fall back on their baso, becauao, In vlow of tho defectivo commissariat, thoy arc unwilling to advanco Into Na tal leaving behind thonv a foragcless voldt. Advices from Aldershot convey tho Interesting information that General Sir Redvers Duller, who Is to assumo the chief command of tho British forces in South Africa is opposed to a largo number of wnr correspondents with his forces and wishes to limit tho correspondents to twolvo from the leading British, Indian and colonial agencies and nowspnpors, including in this number tho forolgn correspond ents. A dispatch from Perth, capital of West Australia, announces that tho government of tho colony has decided to dispatch a West Australian contin gent to tho enpe. Oencinl Sir Redvers Bullor arrived at Balmoral castlo tonight ns tho guest or Queen Victoria, to bid her majesty farewell on his departure for South Africa. Rt. Hon. Sir Gcorgo Trevelyn. speaking at Halifax, Yorkshlro, said ho belloved Mr. Chamberlain had mado n terrible mlstako In rojectlng President Kruger's offer of a five yenrs' franchise, but thought war might yet bo avoided If a mediator should bo sont to tho capo. Advices from Capetown received last night nssort that J. H. Hoffmelr, tho Africander, nnd tho chief justlco have exprcssod tho opinion that tho Impe rial government acted in tho intorest of pcaco in demanding tho suppression of the Transvaal agency In Brussels and tho recall of Dr. Leyds. Sir Al fred luilnor, tho British high commis sioner, has alroady reported in this sonso to Mr. Chamborlatn. Activity Is bolng shown at Wool wich and provision Is bolng mado to Bhlp supplje. EX-SENATOR HARLAN DEAD. Noted Iownn 1'ussc Away, Succumbing to Complication of Lung; Disease. DES MOINES, la., Oct. 6. Tho doath ot ox-United States Senator James Harlan occurred at his home in Mount PloaBant, la., at 9:35 this morning. Tho end was not unexpect ed, a collapso having taken place last Sunday. Tho Imraodlnto cause of doath was congestion of the lungs, complicated with liver trouble. Over exertion in attending tho sessions ot tho Iowa Methodist contcronco last week, aggravated his maladies and caused prostration. His daughter, tho wlfo ot Hon. Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago, was summoned from Now York city and was present at tho bedside. Othorc present woro: Jnmes Whltford and Mr. and Mrs. Crawford and son. No arrangomontB havo boon mado tor tho funeral, but It will probably bo hold In Iowa Wesleyan unlvorslty chapol, In Mount Pleasant, on Sunday nftor noon. James Harlan was born In Clarke county, 111., August 25, 1820. Ho grad uated at Indiana Anhbury unlvorslty in 1845 nnd beenmo superintendent ot public Instruction ot Iowa In 1847; was prcsldont of Iowa Wesleyan uni versity at Mount PleaBant In 1853. Ho was United States senator from 1855 to 1805; was sccrcotary ot tho Inter ior in Lincoln's second cabinet, 1805 CO, nnd was again United States son ator from lown from 18G0 to 1873. lllnw u Hank 8afe. FORT DODGE, In., Oct. C At an early hour this morning tho bank at Rlppoy, la., waB robbed of $1,700. Tho Bate Is a total wreck. Tho robbers havo been traced as far as Grand Junction, going north. Thoy had rubbor heels on tholr shoes and were driving a ono-horso buggy. A rownrd of $100 has been offered for their capture Wrecked Hvamen Ticked Up. 8ANTA MONICA, Cal., Oct. 0 Captain Bowon of tho ship Arctlo Stream, from Hamburg, roports that on August 11, whllo oft Staton Island, near tho Straits ot Magellan, ho saw tho British thtp Glfford rescue flvs membors ot tho crow of tho British steamer Tekon, which had been wrocked on Staton Island sovcral days beforo. Tho men wcro exhausted and suffering from sovoro frost bites. Tho Kokoa was bound from Now Zealand to London with a numbor ot passen- gera and a cargo jot refrigerated beet. 'ILL LE SOME BATTLEFIELD STORIES Titles of tiie Bit Buttle of lapote Told an Eye-Witness. 'At times tho fighting on tho island has progressed very slowly, It eeoms to mo, writes tho Sun correspondent, but business was taken up with vigor and dispatch south of Manila, after tho capture of Las Plnns and Paranaquo. It had not beon Intended then to go ahead as fast as wo did, but thero wero unexpected developments, nnd Genoral Lawton la not tho man to loso any ad vantage simply becauso It comes to him when ho isn't looking for It. Our outposts had been established pretty well down tho road below Las Pinna, perhaps a mllo or a llttlo moro from tho center of tho town whoro tho church Is. Ono evening when Gen. Lawton wns out n llttlo beyond tho southern outposts somo Insurgents hid den in tho woods a fow hundred yards nway took a fow shots at him. That sot him to wanting moro thnn over to know Just whero they could bo found, nnd ho started out tho next morning with two companies, C nnd F of tho Twenty-first, to mako a reconnolssance on his own hook. It was called a ro connolssanco In force, but tho forco wns mighty small for tho work that devel oped for It to do. As Gen. Lawton said, after It was all over, ho started out to find tho enemy and ho found them by a largo majority. Tin Hottest Ilattlo of the War. During tho big battle that followed, when tho main body was bro'ught up to support tho two lone companies, our men wero without protection of any sort most of tho time. They wore con cealed a llttlo by a frlngo of bamboo and Bcrub that ran along tho river bank and that lined tho road. But thoro was nothing In any of this stuff that would stop or even hinder very much nny kind of a bullet tho insur gents had to flro. Our only protection wan tho old nnd woll-trled ono of a woll-dlrccted and hot flro of our own. Tho roar of tho guns was Incessant, and all tho afternoon tho people of Ma nila, ton miles nnd moro away, know that tho expected battlo of Zapoto was on. In a single ten minutes, out of about fifty men lying In a road behind tho approach to tho bridge, threo wero killed on tho Instant, ono wns wounded so Bovcroly thnt ho did not live to roach tno hospital, and six others wero hit moro or less sorlously. It looked for a llttlo tlmo as If nobody was going to got away unscathod, and tho ono ci vilian non-combatant thero does not hesitate to admit that ho wished most heartily to bo out of It. He oven yearned for tho hummocks of dirt ho had left for tho last rush forward and "ivondored why ho was fool enough to got out of such a good placo when onco he had It. The Men Got Angry. Strangely enough, too, you could see tho men getting moro nnd moro nngry. They talked among themselves moro thnn beforo thoy had lost so much. It was "That was Jones," when a man waB hit, or "That wa3 Smith," or 'They'vo got Brown," and every tlmo . ... '- i. RECONNOISSANCING. (From a Photograph.) "Ho started out tho next morning with two companlos, C and F, of tho Twenty-first, to mako n reconnolss anco on his own hook. It was called a rcconnolBsnnco In forco, but " It mado thoso who woro loft moro eager to "got" a Filipino. It dovelopod Into a rago that found expression onco In n whllo In a wild yell at tho men behind tho fortifications ncross tho narrow river. In tho midst of tho rumpus Lawton enmo up the rond with Capt. Sewell of his staff. Sewoll Is al most ns big a man as Lawton, and they did mako a mighty good target for somo Filipino as thoy camo along, ap parently unconscious thnt nnybody was firing a gun In that neighborhood. Gen, Overshlno went out to talk with Lawton, and tho threo stood in tho rcwid and talked for what seemed at loast ton minutes, but probably was npt flvo. Tho flro did not slacken for ait Instant, and I lny at the side of the road whoro I had been trying to hide since getting Into tho beastly place, and watched Lawton as ho stood thnro absolutely unmoved, expecting evrry second to seo him hit. Ho woro his usual big white helmet and made him an extra fine mark. Tho only thing to show that ho know ho wns whero a battlo was going on was that ho had dismounted. Perhaps that was be causo ho wan afraid of losing his big black horse. Surgeon Ilnsy with tho Wounded. As the two generals stood thero tho surgeons wero as busy with the wound ed as thoy could be, and tho men in chargo of tho coolie lltter-boarers wore having a hot tlmo getting their LAWTON'S COOLNESS. From a Pho tograph. "They stood thero and talked, apparo ntly unconscious that anybody was fir ing a gun In the neighborhood." "Chinos" up Into tho mess to tako tho wounded to tho rear. It Is a good deal to ask, oven of a coollo, for 50 cents a day, and that Mexican. As tho doc tors worked Lawton stood and looked nt them curiously. Thero wero dead men lying nt tho sldo of tho road and another dying. Tho surgoons could not work fast enough, and their as sistants woro all busy putting on tho first aid bandages nnd getting tho men who had been hit in shape to tako back to tho hospital. Thoy would no sooner get ono man fixed up than there would bo another hit and needing their attention. Finally Lawton went away, walking slowly down tho road toward Las Plnas, and I wondered as ho wont what sort of Antlng-antlng tho Fili pinos must think ho has. Only some supernatural charm of very groat power can keep so largo n man from serious Injury, In their bellof. Tho Ilcbels, Noisy Old Cannon. About tho only diversion wo got was onco or twlco whon tho insurgents shot at us with a cannon they had poBted somewhere In tho woods direct ly In our front. That was a thing to strlko torror to tho henrt of a wooden man, that cannon. Whatever It was they shot, you could hear It coming boforo tho gun went off. Thoy say tho "scream of tho shrapnel" can bo hoard only after tho shell has passed, and that Mr. Remington's sympathetic picture Is based on a theory which is not borno out by tho facts. However, I saw a man this morning throw up both hands and fall flat on his face long beforo tho shell got oven with him and it never did get near him. Tho first shell tho rebels let go at us camo just over tho heads ot tho men of Konly's battory, who had stationed two three-Inch guns and two of tlte mountain guns Just at tho left ot the road at tho outpost, and burst a tow feet behind tho guns. There was euch a row when it burst, ID SCENES. and so many things fell to the ground, that at first wo thought they woro fir ing cobblestones nt us. But whon wo looked for tho stones wo found that they were Iron balls about an Inch and a half In dlamoter. Then wo romem bored that thoro had been vast plies of such things in tho old navy yard at Cavlto, and that was probably whero the rebels got their ammunition. Thoro could be no doubt that tho thing thoy wcro shooting was a smooth bore, and Inasmuch as In tho first days of tho row with Spain last year thoy wero permitted to tako as many such old relics ns they wanted from tho yard In Cavlto, it becamo apparent what manner of ordnance thoy wcro using. Tholr aim was all right and thoy had tho rango down vory well. Tho main difficulty with their execution wns that tho shrapnel woro so old that tlio pow der had all gond bad and tho bursting' chargo didn't work worth a cent. Whon tho thing blow up Instoad of scattering thoso llttlo iron balls all over a ton acro lot, thoro was hardly enough force to separate them ono from another, and they fell all togethor. Millions lu Mlnlnc Stock. Colorado Springs excels nil other cities In this country ns nn oxcluslvo market for gold stocks from a single camp Crlpplo Creek. For tho fl3cal year ending with Juno, 149,304,207 BharcB of Crlpplo Creole gold Btocks wero sold by tho Colorado SprlngB mining-stock exchange. Tho caBh valuo of theso shares was $23,5G6,827.64. As compared with tho year provious, tho number of shares sold showed a gain of 111,020,376, whllo tho cash valuo in creased $16,979,135.22. Tho cash han dled by tho clearing-house in settle ment of differences only was $8,979, 631.69, against $2,744,327.49 tho year previous. This record does not Include tho sales of tho board of trado, which was revived during tho year. Crlpplo Creek's exchange on a Blnglo day ro ccntly sold 16,000 shares, and Denver exchanges 9,000. On tho same day tho Colorado Springs mining exchange sold 380,215. Tho stocks traded in repre sent twenty-four producing mines, twonty-ono dovoloplng mines, and elghty-flvo unlisted. Tho total num bor of public companies doing business at Crlpplo Creek is about 400. Tho Now Gorman Stamps. Tho Issuo of a now scries ot Im perial stamps Ib nnnounccd for tho be ginning of tlio contury. Thoy will bo oblong In shape, Uko tho American Columbus stamps, and, at tho sugges tion of tho emperor, thoy will lllus trato tho history of the Hohenzollorn family. One of tho designs represents tho union ot North and South Ger many. In tho center thero aro two warriors, a Prussian and a Bavarian, grasping hands, with Gormanla hover ing over them. Tho wholo Is en circled by a landscapo representing tho Fathorlnnd from tho Alps on tho south to tho Island of Rugen In tho north. Other Btamps ropresont tho national monument to tho lato Dra per William and tho oponlng of tho first Reichstag of tho present reign by Emperor William II. They will bo Issued from the Imperial Printing of fice Tho postmaster general, bolnff unablo to find a natlvo artlBt capable of designing tho stamps, engaged tho servlcca of an Englishman, who stayed In Berlin for about six months, nnd re ceived a remuneration of 10,000 marks. Dish for Cut Flowers. A very protty dish for cut flowers Is a sllvor bowl with perforated cover. This Is particularly sultablo for long stemmed panBlcs which should bo ar ranged on n bed of feathery green, nnd In such n mnnnor that tho blossom lt RClf docs not touch tho water. Matrimonial Dlfllcaltles. Too many wives' will soon spoil tho best laid plans. Anyone who doesn't bellevo has only to ask William Arm strong, nt present sojourning In n Deattlo Jail. Chicago Post Hubby Agreed. "Beforo marriage it's all billing and cooing; after marriage It's all blll-lng' and cutting," said the observant dress maker, as eho signed a receipt ri