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1- The Semi-Weekly Tribune. IRA I BARK, Proprietor. TKRMBl tl.ig IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE - NEBDA8KA. BRIEF TELECnAMS. Tho president has ulgnoil the Ha waiian bill. Tho big rush of gold seekers to Capo Nome has commenced. England will Bend aid to tho fire sufferers at Ottawa, Canadn. The German torpedo flotilla will go up tho Ilhlno as far as Strass burg. The Armenians want tl.s govern ment to insist upon claim against Turkey. Horman Erlf, Jr., former mayor, committed sulcldo nt Appleton, Wis., by shooting. Baron 8aurma Von Dcr Jeltscli, former German minister at Wash ington, Is dead. It Is reported from the Kiowa and Commanche agency that the Indluns nro starving for foad. Dr. Cramllng of Atlanta has mado a Hcvcn years' contract with Prof. Koch for collaboration. James S. McKcan, prosldent of tho Union Trust company, of Pittsburg, died on tho 30th tilt. MIbb Fannlo Burnett foil dead of heart troublo nt Bontloy, 111. Hor weight wus 317 pounds. Tho enso of U. H. Itoberts, charged with unlawful cohabitation, has gone to tho Jury at Salt Lake. Mrs. Bessie Hoss and Miss Leo Itogors of Kansas City attempted to put an end to their live? by Inhaling Kas. At Watscka. 111., Bert Underbill fatally shot his sweetheart nnd then Kent a bullet Into IiIh own breast. Doth nro dead. Senator Foster hns reported a bill appropriating $38,000 for topograph ical and geological surveys In Hawaii and Porto Hlco. Investigation dovolops tlml Mrs. Bucnn Vista, despondent over her separation from hor husband, shot herself nt Plntto City, Mo. Cnptnln Knnncnburg, who was chnrgod with having committed a number of cruel deeds In German East Africa, has arrived at Berlin to bo tried by court-martial. Princess Frcdorlclm Victoria of Schaumbourg-LIppc, a sister of Em. peror William, has been elected a patroness of tho floral festival to begin at Cologno on Mny C. Chief Army Surgeon Pnnnwltz, In tho Mllltnir Wochenblntt, reports that successful tests havo been mndo in tho Ono Hundred nnd Flftyslxth regiment with "tropan" ns a strengthening food. Intelligence Is received of tho np polntmont of W. Leo Capps, of Spring Hold, III., as Inspector of customs, captain of tho. port and collector of lntcrnnl revenue for Pnsacas, Luzon, Philippine Islands. A bill reported by Mr. Lacoy of tho committee on public lands reserves 20,000 acres In Eddy and Lincoln countlcB In Now Mexico for a term of twenty years as a reservation for "Buffalo" Jonos to rnlso buffalooB on. Luther H. Tltue, prominent bb a turfmnn and stock breeder, Is dend nt his home near Pauadonn, Cnl. Ho was 77 years of ago. Ho raised Direct, tho crack pacing stallion, nnd sold him when a colt to Manroe Salis bury. Thirty thoiuand persons took part In tho pnrado of tho Socialist Lubor party and tho Contral Fodorntcd union, at New York. Aftor tho pa rado there wns a Mny day demonstra tion In Union Square undor tho buh pices of tho Mny day conference. Four of tho stool trusses for tho frnmo of tho Kunsns City convention hall havo been flnlshod by tho Gil-lotte-Herzog company nt MlneapollB, nnd six cars havo boon secured to transport thorn to Kansas City. Each of tho trusses weighs forty tons. At Pars a bomb was thrown through a window of the residence of Alfred PIcard, commissioner general of tho Paris exposition. It did not explode. A lady who saw two men light the fuso and who gave tho alarm was at tacked and severely handled by them. Thirty Cherokoo Indians will at tend tho Confedorata reunion nt Louisville, Ky., May 30. John Addison Portor, formerly pri vate socrotary to Prosldent McKlnloy, is reported to bo sorlously ill in Now York City. Ho wont there to undergo n surgical operation. The 1000 poach crop will bo larger than for sovernl years unless "frost comos ulong to Hpoll tho present splendid prospects. Adolph Spltzol, known In nil sport ing centers of Amoricn, died at Hot Springs, Ark., from concussion of tho brain, and It 1b believed ho wns mur dered. Tho Porto has not yet responded to America's Indemnity claim. Hormnn Erb, Jr., former mayor of Apploton, Wis., committed sulcldo by shooting himself tn tho head. Ho had JiiBt returned from a Milwaukee sanitarium, wiioro ho had beon un der treatmont for mental troublo.. Two fatal cases of what is bellovcd to Do bubonic plaguo hnvo bocn oftl dally reported at Port Said, Egypt. Charles Ingorsoll, of Ithacn, N. Y. was arrested at San Frnniinn nni on tho charge of embezzling 15,00U of public fundB bolonclnir tn Tnnm. kins county, Now York, of which ho was treasurer. United Stntes Consul Genornl Kaon at Berlin Is preparing nn oftl clal report of tho German trusts. Groat damago has been cnusod by r violent cyclone in tho province of Huelvn. Snaln. Twolvn h ntiflAn hnvn fallen nnd sixty othora threaten to fall. The democratic stnta convention of Colorado will meet in Denver, July 7th. Mrs. M. I. Warfleld-Olay, dlvorcod wire 01 Hon, CoasJua M. Clay, sugo of Whitehall, Ib dead, 86 years old. She was tne motner or uruius j. clay United States comlsslonor to tho Tarla exposition. m J Roberts' Forca Has Advanced Over Half a Hundred Miles Nortb. THE BOERS RETIRE OCT OF REACH tint l.lttlo Opposition nnd Tlmt From IrUh-Ainerlran llrlgnde Report Tlmt the Irish Lost Soteroly Mounted In fantry Una Picketed It Homo on tho Vet' Itniikd. LONDON, May 5.-Thc War office Is sucuMho following from Lord Itoberts, dated Drandfort, Friday, Mny 4: "Tho mounted Infantry has gone on to tho Vet river. The rest of tho forco will mnrch there tomorrow. Tho railway has been repaired to thin point. "Hunter reports very satisfactory news that tho passugo of tho Vnal has been carried nt WIndsorton without opposition." Lord Roberts reports to the War of fice as follows, under date of Bloom fontoln, Mny 3; "Wo occupied Brand fort todny without much opposition and without, I hope, mnny casualties. Tho FlrBt brigade of mounted Infan try covorcd the left flank of tho Four teenth brlgndo of tho Seventh division and tho right Hank wns supported by tho Fifteenth brigade. Pole Carow'u division advanced directly on Brnndfort. Tho Boer army, which was undor commnnd of Delnrey, re tired In a northeasterly direction." Tho mounted Infantry, with Lord Roborts, among which nrc tho Cana dians, hns picketed Its horses on the banks of tho Vet river, eighteen mlle3 north of Brandfort. Tho head of Lord RobortB column hns ndvnnced thus, In two days, fifty-two miles north of Bloemfonteln. Little power wns spent. The Brit ish work was bard nvuchlng, 'tho Doom retiring out of reach of the British shells The correspondents supplement Lord Roberts' plain state ment with a fow details. As Gcnoral Hulton, with the first mounted Infantry brigade, drew near Brandfort ho caw n khakl-clad body of troops ahead of him. Ho was sur prised, but thought thoy must bo lirltlBh. Soon, however, Lucy oponcd flro on the British, who replied heav ily. They were the lrlsh-Amoriciin brigade from Lourenzo Marquee, and It Is roportcd that tho Irish lost so- voroly. Tho Boer flag wns flying ovor Brand fort ns tho British entered tho town. Scvornl British woundod worn found In tho hospital. Tho Boer postmaster gavo up tho keys of tho public build ing to Captain Ross. Lord Kitchoner nrrlvcd at Drand fort at noon nnd Lord Roberta nt dusk. General French's cavalry Is swcoplng tlio country northwnrd. Tho expecta tion Is tho Infantry ndvanco will be continued townrd Kroonstnd immedi ately. Although no prisoners wore taken nnd no hot pursuit was undor tnkon, tho nows has cheered London. Novortholoss It has not been received with tho fine rnpturo that attended Lord RobortB' first successes. Genornl Huntor's crossing tho Vnal at WIndsorton brings the relief of Mafoklug, 105 miles beyond, almost within n calculable Interval. It Is now rognrded sib qulto posslblo that Mafoklug may bo s'lccouled botoro tho queen's birthday. Tho Boor army, which wns nt Brandfort, commanded by General Dc laroy, Is proiiuinably retiring on Win burg, which will possibly bo tho nest Immediate omacll?e of tho BntUh. nrandfort. thlrty-ftvo miles nenrer tho Transvaal capital, Is .now Lord Rob erts' hoadqunrtorn. CABINET DISCUSSES ISLANDS. Much rlntu (Ilvou to New llawnllnn and l'orto IIIchii Arts. WASHINGTON. May C At tho cnblnet meeting cousldornblo tlmo wub consumed In discussing tho now Ha waiian and Porto Rlcan ncta. Al though tho tronty under which Ha waii was annexed to the United States providod that tho United States should nssumo tho debt of tho Inlands, amounting to about $4,000,000, there was some doubt an to tho right of Socrctnry Qago under tho Hawallnn net to pay off tho dobt and It is prob able that a bill will bo Introduced In congress, with a vlow to settling the matter right. Nomination hy the I'rmlilcitt. WASHINGTON, May 5. Tho presi dent today sent tho following nomlna tlons to tho sennto: E. C. Hollows of Washington to bo consul general at Yokohama, Japan; Lieutenant Commander Samuel C. Lemloy, United StutoB navy, of North Carolina, to bo Judgo advocate gon oral of tho navy, with rank of captain, for tho term of four years from the 4th of Juno, 1900. Tmtlmniiy In All In. WASHINGTON, D. C, Mny 5. Tho taking of testimony In tho Conor d'Alono closed tonight nftor having continued uninterruptedly since Feb ruary 19, n period of nearly thr'eo months. Cnptnln LyonB closed tho testimony for tho defense nnd nftor hearing somo rebuttal evidence both sides rested and tho committee excused alt witnesses. Monday tho arguments of counsol will begin, probably con cluding that day. GENERAL OTIS IS RELIEVED. MucArthur to Kuuceed In Unmiunnd of DlvUlon of rhlllpplnei. WASHINGTON, May 5. In Record nnco with Gonoral Otis' request to bo allowed to return to tho United Stntes, tho War department Issued orders to day rellovelng him, to tnko effect to morrow morning, Mny 5, tho duto fixed by General Otis for his sailing. Tho orders designate Major Gonoral MacArthur to succeed Gonoral Otis In command of tho division of tho Philippines. TO AN IMPERIAL TRIBUNAL. llaert Will Snlnnlt Alt Qtuitloiu of Gnnr mitrm nnd In leinnlty. LONDON, May C Tho Dnlly Ex press publishes an Interview with Abraham Fischer of tho Boer peace commission given ono of Its repre sentatives at Boulognc-Sur-Mcr. Fis cher said: "If wo nro nt war with tho British It Is not becnuso wo wish or ever did wish to quarrel with them. Wo be lieved tho British wanted to quarrel with us. "Our ultimatum was Issued under tho belief that our destruction had been determined upon. Wo bellovcd all our concessions had been rejected nnd Hint nothing we could offor would prevent them from seizing our terri tory. "Since then your prime minister hns declared that you want no territory and your colonial socrctnry told Par liament that ho Intended, in his Sep tember dispatch, to nccept nine-tenths of our conditions. "If theso speeches had been made In Soptcmbcr Instead of October and No vember wo would never have formu lated an ultimatum. Thoroforc we come, In tho light of theso belated assurances, to sec if tho war can be stopped. Thnt is tho object of our mission nnd Its object only. Wo will glndly consent to submit nil questions of guarantees nnd Indemnity to the decision of nny Imperial tribunal. Grant us thnt nnd wo will lny down our arms tomorrow." LODGE TO BE THE CHAIRMAN. DcImIIk for the Rt'iiitmlimtlon of Trent dent Mckinley. NEW YORK, May 5. Joseph H. Manlcy of Mnlno was nt tho Fifth Avonuo hotel todny and had talkn with soveral local politicians concern ing the seating nrrnngemcnts of tho Philadelphia convention. Somo of tho locnl lenders who talked with Manley snld that It had been prac tically settled by tho national repub lican manngors that Senator Wolcott of Colorado will bo temporary chair man and Senator Lodgo pormnnent chairman. It hnd been settled thnt Senator Forakcr of Ohio should make the speech roifomlnntlng McKlnloy. Han na'H plan, It wns further stated, was to bring Governor Roosevelt forward to second tho nomination, but tho governor had not yet consented to mnko the seconding speech. Ho will ceo President McKlnley tomorrow, It wns said, nnd this part of the pro gram will bo then settled definitely. FURNACES MUST BE REBUILT. HtrlUeri I.ruvo Tons of Copper to Cool In Them. NEW YORK, May 5. Tho situation nt tho Oxford Cooper works, nt Con Btnblo Hook, is unchanged. The strik ers gnthorcd at the works at an early hour today and Becmed .to bo in nn ugly mood, but tho presence of tho police nnd tho deputy shorlffs pre vented nny outbreak. There are fif teen policemen and about sixty depu ties on duty nt tho works. Tho strik ers number nbout 500. Tho men wero all discharged yesterday when they wero paid off, but It 1b stated that they will make another effort to Induce tho. company to mako concessions to thorn. Tho copper workB will probably not start up again for soveral weeks. When tho mon suddenly quit work thero wero 350 tons of copper In tho furnaces. This wob not run off and Is cold In the .furnaces, which will havo to bo taken npnrt and then rebuilt. Tho loss caused by the stoppage of work Is placed nt $35,000. DEDICATES THE CHAPEL. Kdlflrn In I'nrli to Cnminemornte llu-rmr fire. PARIS, March 5. Cardinal Richard, tho archbishop of Paris, today per formed tho coromouy of tho dedica tion of tho chnpol In tho Ruo Jean Goujon, elected to tho memory of tho chnrlty bazaar victims by Count nnd Countess Cnstollnno. Tho monu ment Is nrcultecturnlly n fine piece of work nnd Us sculptural decorations nro singularly appropriate to the role of a commomoratlvo chapel, A colos sal statuo of tho Mator Dolorosa, with face upturned and armB outstretching toward heavon, Btands on a marble and bronzo altar. The cdlflco was hung with sable trappings for today's ceremony. Owing to tho size of tho chnpel only two representatives of each family which Buffered by the disaster wero Invited. Tho dedication cere mony consisted of a low requiem mass. Thoro was no singing. Tho cardinal recited tho profundls and finally blessed tho chapel. GRISCOM WINS HIS POINT. Neoures Uelcnie of Armenian! Detained hy Turklih ontelale. CONSTANTINOPLE, Mny 5. Tho situation regarding tho Amorlcnn In demnity claims Is uncbnnErpil! Ab n result of representations by uioyu u. uriscom, tlio Amorlcnn chnrgo d'affaires, two Armoninns who hnd been prevented from ombnrking by tho nmnonucB at Aiexnndrottn, as sus pects, hnvo been allowed to lenvn nnd tho lncldont 1b closed. Tho statement thnt tho United States vlco consul nt Alexandria wnB maltreated by the po llco thoro Is untruo. 1MK I.lbvl Suit IHimUned. NEW YORK, May 5. Justice Free man in me supremo court lias, on request of tho plnlntlffs, ordered tho discontinuance of tho action for al loeed libel Instituted In lRfl7 w At Havmnn. Chnrloa Frnhmnn F. Nordllnger, J. Fred Zimmerman, Mario Klaw and Abraham L. Erlnngor, forming n co-partnership for cnrrylng on numerical enterprises, ngalnst Har rlson Groy FIsko, editor of tho Dm matle Mirror, claiming iinmnron i, $100,000. The defendant served his answer In tho suit on January 6, 1898. RATTLESNAKE KING, A MAN CONDUCTS A tlEPTlL- IAN FARM. Abner Dodge of California !! Fol lowed the l'ecoltar lluilneii for Twenty-Fire Yean CharaoterUtlot of Rattler. A great deal has been written about cattlo kings, horse kings, copper kings and money kings, but tho distinction of being tho rattlesnake king bolongs to a queer did character named Abner Dodge, who Uvea In San Bernardino, Cal. Ho served In a New York regi ment during tho civil war and nfter- ward sought his fortunes In tho west. For some yenra ho was n trapper and hunter, but nbout 12 years ago ho suf fered a severo fall in the San Antonio canyon and haa Blnce devoted his en tire tlmo to tho hunting and cultiva tion of rattlesnakes. He lives In n nmnll cubln near tho headwater of Lytlo Creek Canyon on the San Ber nardino spur of mountains In tho Sierra Madro range. Ho la a bachelor nnd his only companion is a green, lunky lad of 14, whom Dodgo has adopted. The old man dresses In Belf mado clothing of sklnB and rough woolens of nil hues and flt3 and Is nl- wnya a subject of keen Interest to the many travelers in thnt sectiori of tho country. Ho is well Informed nnd evi dently received n good education In his youth. His long life among tho wilds of tho mountains nnd canyons have had their effect upon him, and he Is now a typical mountain charac ter. Abner Dodgo nnd his boy assist ant got their livelihood from the sale of rattlesnake oil to the druggists In tho mining regions of California nnd Arlzonn, and nlso by selling the dry skins nnd rattles from the snakes to the dozenB of curio shopkeepers In southern California towns, where east ern tourists flock every winter. Tho old man roams over tho mountain sides, searches through Irrigating ditches and nrroyo3, climbs up and down In canyon3, nnd travels tho country for miles nround In search of rattlesnakes, with now then n shot at somo game. Ho has been In the rattlcsnako business nbout 25 years and In that time, hns handled perhaps 4,000 snakes. Ho gotB about 40 cents worth of oil out of each snake. Tho oil Is In pure, whtto fat that lies In tho strips nlong each sldo of tho rat tler's intestines nenr the backbone. Tho fat is tried out carefully In earth en pots. Tho snake, season opens In April and lasts until December. Dur ing this tlmo Dodge and his boy as sistant nro kept very busy searching (or tho venomous reptiles. Owing to his long experience with tho snakes he Is considered an authority on them. As ho says "I havo lived next door neighbor to tho critters for 25 years and I ought to know something nbout them." Ho says there is not a wiser or moro curious specimen of life In tho bruto creation than the rattler. Al though he is attached to them in a way, he would not trust one for a mo ment If It was in striking distance. They want to bo left alono and never show any disposition to become fa miliar. Dodgo has a pot rattler which he calls "Doctor." Ho raised him from the time that ho was 2 months old, and from him has learned many characteristics peculiar to rattlers. Tho old man's observations havo also Bet aside many theories regarding tho habits of rattlers. Thoy do not Btrlke unless they arc hungry. When a rat tler has killed and swallowed enough for one meal, anything that Is left can crawl on him and tumble him around and he will not offer the least objec tion. Pcoplo all over tho world be- llove that when a rattlesnake is shed ding his skin ho gets blind. Thero Is no mistake that his eyes do get cov ered with a bluish film at that time, but Just put a mouso In his cage and he will coll up and send for It and hit It in the neck every tlmo. A rat tlesnake always strikes his proy be fore ho eats It; but you may All his cago with rats or mice or frogs, or unythlng clso ho likes, nnd ho'll novcr touch ono of them unless he's hungry. A mouso ovory other day will mako a rattlor fat In a very short time. When a rattler Is taken Into captivity he will often not cat or drink anything for months, and somo havo been known to continue the fast for 14 months. The old snako farmer has never been nbia to ascertain how the snakes get their old skin off. Ho says that ho has gono to bed at night and left his snakes without their showing any moro signs of peeling themselves than sticks of wood, but In tho morning their old clothes would bo lying in ono corner of tho cage and the snakes would bo ns bright In their new togs as bright patchwork quilts; Tho Cal ifornia rattlers change their aklnu twlco a year, In July and In September, Tho venom of the rattler acts dif ferently upon various animals and upou different people. Somo animals and birds will keel over dead as bowl dots as soon as they were bitten; others live for hours and days, and. Bomo fully recover. Last summer, near El Monte, two mules wero bit ten, and both died within two hours. Dozens of mules havo been bitten and wero well again In a day or two. Hoga are impervious to tho bites of rattlers. Tho venom has no effect upon them and thoy aro great hunters of the makes. They grow fat on them as a diet. Dodge onco had a hog that he used to help him hunt for the reptiles. When the hog would scent or aenro up a snako, Dodge would rush ahead and kill It before the hog could reach and devour It. The effect upon human beings depends to a great extent upon temperament and physical condition Dnm A n.nnl. Atn In a Inn. htl-a nfl.n I suffering Intent agony unless r lleved by whisky or ammonia, wall, others will show only alight signs of tho poison for pcrhnpa a day or two. It Is best on all occasions to follow tho advlco of Mr. Dodgo and not get within striking distance of tho rep tiles. AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT. Why the Arkanin Mat Kicked II I m elf Down Stilt. Many years ngo nn Arkansas youth on leaving tho homo of his sweetheart late nt night, received n severe kick as he stepped out of the door. His be loved had not responded definitely to his proposal of marriage, but had as sured him that she would soon let him know what she could do for him. lie, unfortunately for two tender henrts, took tho kick for on answer and de parted for a far and wild country. Hero ho brooded over his wound and his broken henrt until Ills beard grew down to his knees and his noso becamo Roman. As fate would have It, ns fato always has It, he turned up lato one sad, sad evening when tho straw neck hens wero quarreling on tho roost and the brlndlo cow was low ing mournfully for her hungry off spring. A young man some nix feet tall met the lonely visitor. It was ono of seven tons, born from time to time, unto his old love. Explanations fol lowed. It wns not the girl who kicked him thirty years before. Oh, no! If was her angry father. Sho loved him It was nil clear now. He went out to tho horso lot, cut off his bsnrd with the sheep shears and kicked himself down the hill. SPEND MONEY ON PHOTOS. At a meeting of prominent photog raphers somo tlmo ngo It was agreed that tho actresses of this country spend from JG00.000 to $750,000 n year fot photographs. An actress who is at all known must scnttcr her pictures with a freo hand. They arc needed for the newspapers and advertising posters, for the theaters themselves, nnd for Innumerable friends and admirers. Lillian Russell, It Is said, can not have spent less than $25,000 for photo graphs since sho began her stage ca reer. Hundreds of persons she hat never met wrlto her for pictures. It Is not vanity that makes tho actress haunt tho photographer It Is neces sity. Until a few years ago Miss Russell always responded to requests for pho tos, but Anally determined the cost was too much and gavo her photographer permission to sell prints. A few yenra ago Miss Russell spent ?500 at one tlmo for a stock of photos and a month later did not have one left. Calvo has spent a great sum of money on hor photographs. Sho has given sittings to tho prominent pho tographers In almost every big city of America, England, Italy, Germany and France. It Is said Nordlca could have bought a sealskin with the money sho spent In one month on tho photogra pher. Actors spend Just as much, If nol moro, on their photos as the actresses. Ono leading man In particular squan ders about $CO every month this way. Ho poses regularly and there are many more like him. Chicago News. Where Ltllee llloom. Cape Colony, Natal and tho Trans vaal aro flower-decked lands, and many of the flowers have perfumeB subtle and refreshing. In Cape Colo ny, for many miles between Paarl and Cape Town, the lino Ib bordered with so-called "plg-lllles." Near Ceres there aro great fields full of these snowy white blooms with their orange-yollow pistils. In Pretoria roses aro prolific; In fact most of tho streets aro bounded by rose hedges throughout their length and the flowers bloom with a frail pink monthly rose blossom for three-quarters of the year. Tho wild orchids of Swaziland aro famous. There aro at least twenty different kinds, and al though thoy arc no longer rare or valu able, they are extremely curious. Ev erything grows in the Transvaal, it tho trouble ia taken to plant it. The soil being all practically virgin and naturally rich, tho smallest amount of attention Is required, nnd the results obtained In a few months are simply marvelous. A well known English tenor, traveling in the Transvaal, once remarked that he believed that if you planted walking-sticks you could reap umbrellas In a fortnight. Little-Known Vnlntlnr. Rosa Bonheur painted ono picture which Is little known and which has never been exhibited, says the Boston Globe. It hangs on the wall of a ranch near North Platte, Neb. During tho Paris exhibition of 1889 Buffalo Bill took tho Wild West show to tho French capital for tho entlro season. Ono of the most constant visitors to the exhibition wns RpBa Bonheur. Sev eral mornings eacU week she would appear nt tho camp with easel and color box nnd make studies of the horses, buffalo and Indians, afterward lunching In camp and making friends with "all hnnds." To the working up of these Btudleu the Inst years of her llfo were largely devoted. Ono of hor pictures of Indian life was sold In Lon don for $05,000 JiiBt prior to her death. At this time Rosa Bonheur mado Btudtes from life of Col. Cody and bin famous white horso Tucker, from which she painted the picture hero re ferred to and presented It to tht doughty colonel. Blah Annie Fire. High angle fire is that from guns at all elevation! beyond 15 degrees. A JAPANESE NOBLE. talks of the AmftljcaniBtlen of tir Itellg tons. Tacoma (Wash.) Special Now York . rimes: Some of the leadors of reli gious thought in Japan nre endeavor ing to choose between Buddhism. Shintolsm nnd Chrlstlnnlty as tho fu ture religion of tho cmplro. Othen . would amalgamate tho best features of " tho several religions. Ono of these is Count Okuma, ono of tho heads of tho Japancso government. In an Inter view reported In a Japanese newspaper ho says: "Tho fundamental Idea of Confucianism Is benevolence, that of ' Buddhism Is compassion or mercy and that of Christianity love. Theso feel ings form the basis of all religion. The founders of the different religions knew their own people and their own part of the world only, and hence could not dovlso any system of teaching that.. should suit all countries alike, but they did an Immense deal In the way of drawing attention to tho Impor tance of certain principles. For tho multiplication of sects their disciples aro responsible. Their Interpretation), of tho meaning of the words said to bo used by tho founders differed wide ly, nnd each variation waB perpetuated' by special forms and ceremonies. What Is moat desirable now Is to get rid of tho superstructure nnd lay baro tho foundatlon. Benevolence, compassion and love! Cannot Buddhists, Chris tians and Confuclanlsts come together on theso principles and work in har mony? This union may not bo wit nessed In my time,, but it will come somo day." Somo of tho Christian churches in Japan are taking steps to open a new divinity school to take the placo of tho Doshlsha Divinity hall, which has been closed owing to a dis agreement with tho American Mis sionary board In New York, which sup ported It. Hitherto tho Amorlcnn Board of Foreign Missions and the Japanese churches have been acting1 separately, but slnco tho object Is the same, efforts will be made to unite the two classes of workers. A NINE-CENT MEAL. Prince and 1'rlncem or Walee Dine f the Peopta't Itettaurunt. A touching Incident, simple In Its . character, but Invested with almost historical interest, marked the opening, a couple of weeks ago of tho first of tha poor men's restaurants which the Prin cess of Wales has succeeded In estab lishing in London. No formal cero mony inaugurated tho opening day's, business at tho establishment founded by tho Alexandra Trust In the City road, London. Something much mora telling than prosalo speeches, moro impressive than votes of thanks, oc curred to draw attention to the cooked meals which are served at a cost bo low anything previously attempted Im London. Ono day tho Prince and Prin cess of Wales, accompanied by the Hon. Sydney Grevllle, drove down, to tho City-road on a surprise visit to the Alexandra restaurant. Luncheon tick ets were bought In the ordinary way nt: 4Vd. (9 cents) each. Whilst thou BandB of toilers, workmen, factory girls, shop boya and needy clerks were constimlng tho luncheon provided In tho big dining halls, the royal visitors Bat down to a similar meal in an nd Joinlng room. Thero wore six In the royal luncheon party. Throo courses wero served. The bill for the wholo party came to 2b. 3d. (54 cents). Need less to say, the presenco of tho helr npparent and tho princess in tho res taurant was tho occnslon of a singular ly Interesting demonstration on the part of the people. Ily a Frofnior. A man's Ideal of womanhood is gen erally worth knowing, nnd for this reason tho following sentence from an article In the Humanitarian, written by Prof. Mantegazza, will bo read with Interest: "In order to approach to tho perfection required In the future, wom an should try to Improve herself phys ically, morally and intellectually three adverbs which represent the great human trinity, three gods In ono god, tho god of happiness, who is tho perfect equilibrium of all our ener gies, who Is a being who answers to all our necessities, who Is a being who does not forget tho body by giving everything to the soul, and who does not reduco man to tho level of an an imal, which eats and drlnkB and sleeps. Woman has always been and always will be, powerful all powerful on ac count of her beauty, and wo poor serv ants of nature can neither dethrone her nor mako her movo by unaccus tomed ways. Only wo ought to ex tend tho physical beauty of a woman to her heart and thought. Farm Loft, Htrnyed or Stolon. Tho Bangkok Times announces that a largo floating Island on tho Mekong or Cambodia river, In Slam, recently slipped Its moorings, and has not been seen or heard of since. Thero were a number of trees three feet In diameter on the islnnd, and tho land was undor cultivation, Tho owner has been hunting diligently for his property, hut has not been ablo to hear any tid ings of It. It undoubtedly went down tho river with a freshet and has either stranded or gono to pieces. Mnt FurnUti Clean Car. A railroad company which under takes to carry cattlo is bound to pro vldo cars that aro not Infected with contagious cattlo diseases, and If It furnishes cars In which cattlo that had "Texas fever" have been hauled, with out properly disinfecting thorn, it la liable, for the value of any cattlo which the shipper may lose by reason of that fact. The Supreme Court of Illinois ao declared In the case of the Illinois Central Railroad company vs. Harris.