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THE FRONTIER. rUBLIKItr.!) KVKUT THURSDAY BT TUB KHuNrita niixTJNO cowrANr. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Kansas City’s fifth annual horse show opened most nuspicuously. Miss Helen Gould and party paid a brief visit to Omaha on the 23d. Ex-Governor Altgeld of Illinois will make several political speeches In Ne braska. Ex-Governor Saunders Is critcally 111 at his home in Omaha, lie is over 80 years of age. Montana volunteers testify that Gen eral Otis is competent though over burdened with work. At St. Louis Tommy Hogan knocked out Jack O’Keefe in the seventh round of what was to be a fifteenth round bout United States Minister to Argentine ■William I. Buchanan has resigned and William Lord of Oregon has been com missioned his successor. United States Senator Mallory of Florida, a member of the industrial commission Is ill, suffering from en largement of the liver. Andrew Carnegie has offered to do nate $60,000 to the city of Duluth. Minn., for a public library, provided a suitable site Is furnished by the city. Emperor William of Germany will exhibit the Frederick the Great collec tion of curios, literary treasures and French paintings at the Paris exhibi tion. Prof. Paul F. Rohrbacker, one of the most prominent educators and musi cians of Western Pennsylvania, died at his home In Sewickiey, aged 73 years. Vandals have defaced the newly cre ated monuments in Sleges-Allee, Ger many. The nose and hands of seven of the kaiser’s ancestors have been de molished. The German minister, Von Mumm, and Mr. Eliot, the British member o£ the Samonan commission, held Inter views separately with Secretary Hay, touching Samoan affairs. Among the passengers who arrived on the 24th on the Ward liner Havana from Cuba were Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and Col. E. G. Rath bone, In charge ol the postal system in Cuba. At a meeting of the board of direct ors of New York Central railroad an order as given for an Increase of $15, 000,000 In the capital stock, which will make the total capitalization $115, 000,000. The premier, the Marquis of Salis bury, was present In London at the private dinner given to Benjamin Har rison and Mrs. Harrison by United States Ambassador Choate and Mrs. Choate. The scarcity of seal and sable, fur riers In Chicago declare, Is the cause of the big advance In the price ot all furs. The $60 sable of last year Is now worth $150, and ayed furs are up trora 20 to 7o per cent. The comptroller of the currency de clared a third dividend of 10 per cent In favor of the creditors of the First National bank of Nellgh, Neb., making In all 40 per cent In claims proved, amounting to $98,464. The wind which has been blowing a gale for several days Is now abating, and It Is thought the forest fires In Wisconsin are under control. Several thousand acres of valuable timber land and much cordwood were burned. The navy department will not send a man-of-war to any of the Columolan ports until further advised as to the revolutionary movement there. The Marblehead is within a day or two of the cable station if she should be needed. A body of a young lady was found tn the Dos Moines river at Des Moines, and identified as that of Mabel Scho field, of MackBburg, la. She was 21 years old, and came to that city a few days ago to visit at the home of J. W. Thomas. The body of Lieutenant Colonel Mll ey was brought home on the transport Senator under escort. He was Gener al Shatter's chief aide in Cuba and fell a victom to fever In the Philippines. (His widow and children reside in Cal ifornia. Frank Spaulding and William Browning, who are alleged to have been memoers of the party which fS robbed the bank at Frankfort station on the night of September 15, have been captured and are now in jail at Havana, 111. The Prince of Wales received Former President Benjamin Harrison in audi ence at Marlborough house. Mr. Har rison visited the house of commons, accompanying A. J. Balfour, the gov ernment leader in the house and the first lord of the treasury. Martin White, chief of police of *, ,■ Omaha, died suddenly at his rooms 1 i in the Merchants hotel of heart fail ure. Chief White had been confined to his rooms for three days with an attack of catarrh of the bilial ducts. The disease was undoubtedly brought on by close and continual application to work. Mrs. Michael Aukenbrand was killed at Kilchen’s bridge, near Albion, 111., by Mrs. A. McKone, neighbor, as the result of a quarrel. Mrs. Aukenbrand was returning from church when the quarrel started. The two women were in front of Mrs. McKnoe’s house and Mrs. Aukenbrand had a child in her arms when her neighbor brained her with a hatchet. Twenty girls escaped from the State Industrial School for Girls at Mitchell* ville, twenty miles east of Des Malnes, la. They were pursued and captured, and those remaining in the school, about 100 in number broke out into violence, kicked the windows out and destroyed property generally. Through information imparted by one Donald, Sheriff Layne, of Ogden, has captured one of the parties con cerned in the holdup of the Union Pa cific train at Wilcox, Wyo., on June 2, when a large amount of money was taken from the express company* safe. Donald says there were nine men in the gang. ft/' Torn by One Insurrection, Anothar Is to Be Faced. PRESIDENT ANDRADE IS OUSTED. "El Moclio” Hernandez Proclaims Against Caatro—Caracas Is Kicltetl and ‘•Criti cal” Expresses the Condition of Affairs in the South American Republic — Diffi culties That May (Income Very Serious. CARCAS, Venezuela, Oct. 30— (New York Herald Special).—“El Mocho" General Jose Manuel Hernandez, started a revolution this morning against General Castro, who ousted President Andrade and assumed con trol of the government last week. General Hernandez, with an army of 2,000 men left the capital for Ocu mane, which he will make his first headquarters. General Castro counts upon the support of the liberal party. There Is much excitement In Caracas, and the situation Is regarded as crlt- J leal. ; General Jose Manuel Hernandez, j who Is known as “El Mocho,” the maimed, because in one of his fights ; he lost three of his fingers, has had a checkered career In Venezuela. He j is the son of a carpenter, and has j always been very popular with the masses. General Hernandez began his military career nearly thirty years ago. Also Venezuelaans prize him for his bravery. During his campaign j against Guzman Blanco in the early j seventies, he established a record for j strategy and personal valor. He has 1 been wounded in battle eighteen times, has been twenty times captured by the enemy, and for several years was an exile in Cuba. Hcrandez was at one time a candidate for the presidency in V'enezuela. He has been engaged In at least two revolu tions. He has sought to overturn the government under Auduza, Rogaz Paul, Agrespo and Andrade. General Clpriano Castro, who Is the present dictator of Venezuela, was for many years prominent in congress and long familiar with governmental matters. He showed considerable military skill with his army of 15,000 men, which he pitted against President Andrade. At the head of his army he fought and won a bloody battle near Tacuyo on September 16. He seized the towns of Vienna and Puerto Cabello. and promptly established a new gov ernment. Castro's revolution was planned and organized in Colombia. The better part of his army was com posed of Colombian cowboys, mounted on ponies and armed with rifles. Cas tro crossed the frontier and marched rapidly to the coast. He swept every thing before him, and the ranks of his army rapidly swelled. After tak ing Valencia he sent an ultimatum to Andrade, demanding that Caracas be surendered within ten days. It was accepted. The United Statqrs cruiser Detroit , was sent to Puerto Cabello to protect j American interests. SHORT RATIONS, HARD ROADS. That 1* Lot of Americana Advancing on CnlmnatiiHii. MANILA, Oct. 30.—General Young, with the infantry, is advancing upon Cabanatuan under difficulties. The country is furrowed with rivers and deep ravlneB, the bridges over which have been destroyed. The mud is deep, rations are short and the transporta tion of supplies has been delayed by low water and the poor condition of the roads. There are sufficient stores, however, to keep the brigade. The in surgents for a long time have lived off the country, impoverishing it. The American horses arc not yet accus tomed to the native grass and a long bullock train has left San Fernandino, carrying hay for the cavalry. The Spaniards report that there are no insurgents at Cabanatunn. The gunboat Lagua de Bay dispersed a force of rebels who were engaged in constructing trenches behind Santa Rosa. The gunboat was fired on by a party of insurgents bearing a white flag. She is not grounded. Hundreds of Chinese are going to Angeles from Tarlac, paying the insur gents for the privilege. It is reported that Agulnaldo and the Filipino congress are still at Tarlac. There are about 500 Insurgents be fore Angeles. They have been quiet for the last week. Two thousand rebels are at Bambnn, five miles to the north. General Bates has been recalled from San Fernando and ordered to sail for the southern islands as soon as possible. I.ee's Sun a l.leutcnint, WASHINGTON, Oct. SO—George M. Lee, son of Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee, has been appointed first lieuten ant in the Thirty-ninth volunteer in fantry, has been ordered to accompany the Forty-seventh infantry from New York to the Philippines, where he will join his company. Young Lee was at one time a cadet at the military acad emy, but failed to graduate. Soliley Cnent of Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga„ Oct. 30—An invita tion will be telegraphed tomorrow to the First regiment of Maryland mili tia, the first battalion naval reserves of the state and the Baltimore drum corps to be a special escort of honor to Admiral Schley in the big parade, which will attend the admiral's recep tion here next Saturday. Admiral Schley will be the guest of Atlanta November 4 and 5, going the day following to Birmingham. rortorlcans Grateful. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 30.—The secretary of war has received a copy of resolutions adopted by the munici pal council of San German, Porto Rico, saying that the municipality takes pleasure in signifying to the American people through Brigadier General Davis, the military governor of Porto Rico, the gratitude they feel for the generous work of charity which is be ing done for the poor people of the island. LEE ON CONDITIONS IN CUBA. I Former Consul General People Are Improving. WASHINGTON, Oct. SO—General Fitzhugh Lee who arrived in Wash j lngton last night from New York, in | an interwiew today said that the peo I pie of Cuba are steadily improving un der the existing protectorate of the United States and are slowly, but sure ly, rebuilding their war-wasted homes and repairing their crippled fortunes. Life and property are secure in Cuba, owing largely, he said, to the salutary restraint exercised by the American military authority. He thinks the time not yet ripe, however, for a purely Cu ban government. “Cuba,” said General Lee, “is im proving. The Cubans are tractable and quiet and the revolution has given them self-respect and self-reliance. Their impulses are generally in the right direction, but, of course, both in the theory and practice of self-gov ernment they i re wholly without expe rience. There is among certain Cubans a deep-seated prejudice against some men, who the Cubans think, oppressed Cubans under Spanish rule and if giv en free rein the Cubans would make short work of them. "The United States government is pledged to grant independence to Cuba after the island has become ns.cifled and I believe that promise should be fulfilled Just as swiftly as we can In reason and Justice. The industrial sit uation is improving and money is grad ually-going into Cuba, but nothing like as fast as it would if investors were sure that property would remain sate for years to come and be protected by a government strong enough to enforce law and order.” TO DRAFT NEW SPANISH TREATY, NegollntluiM Will Soon Be Opened at Mnlrld by Minister Storer, WASHINGTON, Oct. 30— An under standing has been reached by which it is expected that negotiations will be; opened soon at Madrid for a new treaty between the United States and Spain. This v/111 be the last step to ward completely restoring the friend ly relations between the countries. The war with Spain swept the old treaty out of existence and the only international agreement in existence is the peace treaty, which is confined to the events growing out of the war, has no reference to commerce, navigation, extradition and other manifold rela tions between nations in times of peace. The coming negotiations will be for the purpose of forming such a treaty of commerce, amity and friend ship. Both sides expect that the new treaty will be a great improvement on the old one, which was an antiquated document dating back to 1795, with many of the provisions devoted to the boundary between Florida, then a pos session of Spain, and the United States. Save for the Cushing proto col, it had been impossible to frame a new treaty satisfactory to both sides, and it remained for the war to dispose of it and thus open the way for a mod ern treaty. SLOSSON-SHAEEfER MATCH. Tliree Mays' Milliard Tourney Will Open at New York Tonight. NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—The big Slos son-Schaeffer three nights’ billiard match will open hero tomorrow night in Mudison Garden concert hall. Both the "Wizard” and the "Student” have been hard at practice for over two weeks, and both have shown excep tional form. Using Ora Mornlngstar for a trial horse, Schaeffer has been averaging night after night better figures than the world’s record at cushion caroms, and in one game he went out with an unfinished run of 116. The best match run on record is 165. Slosson, too, has been showing splendid form against McLaughlin, with whom he has done most of his practice, and repeatedly averaged above the record, while one or two of the best runs have been very close be hind Ives’ record figures. The conditions of the match call for 900 points at cushion caroms, 300 each evening, and the stakes are $500 a side. Kerepllon to Twentieth Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 30.—Elaborate | preparations are making for the re ! ception to be accorded the Twentieth ! Kansas regiment, which is due to ar | rive here next Thursday from San Francisco. Excursion trains are to be : run into Topeka from all points and j over 40,000 visitors are expected in the city. Chief Justice Doster will be mas ! ter of ceremonies of the main exercises ; at the capitol grounds Thursday, when | Colonel Wilder S. Metcalf will return j the regimental colors to Governor ; Joseph K. Hudson will present Briga , dier General Frederick Funston with the thousaml-dollar sword purchased by the citizens of Kansas. Henry's Remains nt the Capital. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—The funer ! al train bearing the remains of the late General Henry arrived here from 1 New York at 6:10 o'clock last night, j With a platoon of light artillery as an | escort, the body was taken to Sr John’s Episcopal church, where it will lie in state under a guard of honor furnished by the Guy V. Henry post of the Loyal Legion, until the funeral ! tomorrow. All Quiet nt Ladysmith. LADYSMITH, Oct. 30— Everything has remained quiet here today and the water supply is being renewed. A number of resident civilians have been ordered to leave the town under pen alty of arrest. Lieutenant Miklejohn of the Gordon Highlanders, who was wounded at Elandslaagte in the arm, is improving after amputation of the member. . Steps Into Schley’s Shoes. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 30.— Rear Admiral Cromwell, who has had command of the naval station at Ha vana since its establishment in Jan uary last, has been detached from that duty and ordered to Washington with a view to assignment as president of tie naval retiring board, an office just vacated by Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, the new commander-ln-chlef of the South Atlantic station. IMS OF THE WAR It Is Said McKinley Will Meet Them in Forthoomin j Message. PROMPT AVOWAL Of HIS POLICY. •He Desires That There He No Temporis ing: In the Philippine Question— Natives to De Given to Understand What They Are to Kxpect—AU Infor mation Is at Hand. ! _ __ NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: Prompt declaration by congress in iavor of assertiug and maintaining complete sovereignty over the Philip pines at whatever cost and in favor of the most liberal kind of self-govern ment when the insurrection ends is what the president wants. It is also what the Philippine commissioners want. There is a great deal yet for the president to do on his message and for the peace commissioners to do on their report, but this one important conclusion is certain. Your correspondent has excellent authority for the statement that the president intends to make specific rec ommendations to congress in favor of holding the Philippines permanent ly and as to the form of civil gov ernment to take the place of the mili tary as soon as the Tagalos now in rebellion surrender. It is authori tatively stated that there will be no half-way measures suggested for the purpose of sidetracking the Philip pine question until after the next campaign. The president will face the issue suqarely and give congress the best information from his com missioners and other sources to sup port the position he has assumed. Although members of the Philip pine commission are not talking for publication, there is no doubt they will lay great stress in their report upon the desirability of a prompt and emphatic declaration, on the part of congress, which will convince those now in rebellion that all branches of the government are united on the question of permanent American con trol in the Philippines. Such action, in the opinion of Admiral Dewey and Prof. Schurman, will be almost as effective as guns in ending the war in the Philippines. It is now only a question of the specific kind of government the presi dent will recommend. He will be gov erned in his decision by the views of the Philippine commissioners, whose final decision will be the result of the deliberations they are here for now. The first meeting of the com missioners will be held in the State department tomorrow, but they will probably not begin the actual prep aration of their report before next Monday. DEWEY RETURNS HIS THANKS Admiral Acknowledges Girt of Home and Enters Into Possession. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Frank A. Vanderllp, chairman of the Dewey home committee, has received the fol lowing letter from Admiral Dewey: “WASHINGTON, Oct. 26—Dear Sir: I acknowledge the receipt this day of the title deed to the beautiful house presented to me by my countrymen. My heart is full of gratitude to them for this overwhelming expression of their regard for me, and I request that you will also accept and couvey to the committee my heartfelt thanks for your and their efforts. Very sin cerely yours, “GEORGE DEWEY.” ARMOR EOR WARSHIPS. Government Factory Could Not Supply the Maine, Ohio and Missouri. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27.—The Navy department has made public the report of Rear Admiral O’Neil, chief of ordnance. It shows a satisfactory condition of affairs in all departments save that of armor. The question of a government armor factory, he says, should have no bearing upon the sup ply of armor for the Maine, Ohio and Missouri, as it would be impracticable to obtain armor from such a source in time to complete these vessels. Vanderbilt's Will. NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Senator De pew tonght gave out a statement of the terms of the will of the late Cor nelius Vanderbilt. It shows that the fortune is estimated at $70,000,000. Al fred Gwynn Vanderbilt will get about $50,000,000. He thus becomes the head of the family. The will gives Corne lius Vanderbilt about $1,500,000. It gives to each of the remaining broth ers and sisters about $7,500,000. Al fred, of course, not included. Out of a spirit of affection and for the purpise of satisfyng all the mem bers of the family, Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt gives his brother Cornelius enough of his inheritance to make his fortune equal to that of the other members, namely, $7,500,000. Vncle Suin'* lands. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27 — The annual report of Commissioner Hermann of the general land office, made public today, shows a grand to tal of 929,308,068 acres of unappropri ated and unreserved public lands in the United States. The disposals of public lands during the fiscal year show an increase of 728,516 acres as compared with the aggregate of the previous year. The total cash receipts of the service in creased $792,142 over last year. Orig inal homestead entries showed a de crease of 28,970 acres in area involved and final entries an increase of 39,132 acres in area. -- u Will Shoot American Shot. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27.—Ad miral Watson at Manila has informed the Navy department that the Spanish gunboat Arayat, sunk May, 1898, in the Passig river, has been raised. Her hull, boiler and machinery are in fair condition and she will be repaired. DEATH OF GEN. HENRY, New Commander of the Department of the MImoctI Succumbs to Pneumonia NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Brigadier General Guy V. Henrry, U. S. A., late! military governor of Porto Rico, died" a few minutes before 4 o’clock this morning at his home, 13P Madison avenue, of pneumonia, aged 60 years. He had been unconscious for several hours and his end was peaceful. At his bedside were all the members of his family except his son, Captain Guy V. Henry, jr., who is in the Phil ippines. When General Henry was taken ill ten days ago Dr. Smith, a specialist in pulmonary troubles was summoned, and he later called in consultation two other physicians. The patient commenced to sink yesterday and in the afternoon became unconscious. Oxygen was U3ed last night in the hope of carrying him through the crisis, but it was of no avail. His wife, his son, Seton, and his daughter. Mrs. Bentoh, the latter of whom ar rived from Newcastle, Va., late in the evening, were with him when he died. Lieutenant P. E. Frank of his staff was also at his bedside. General Henry’s remains will be taken from his home on Sunday and will be placed on a special car and the car attached to the Washington express, which leaves at 12:55 p. m. Arriving in Washington, the body will be taken to St. John’s church, where it will lie in state with a special military guard until 11:30 o’clock Monday morning, at which hour the funeral services well be had. The body will be escorted from the house to the train in this city by the national and state troops. Of the lat ter there will be the Seventh, Sixty ninth and Seventy-first regiments. CORNELIUS, JR., NOT A BEGGAR. Says His Father Had Agreed to Give Him 810,000.000. NEW YORK, Oct. 28—The World to morrow will publish the following: Cornelius Vanderbilt, at his home at 608 Fifth avenue, at 10:46 last (Fri day) night made this important state ment to a world representative: “The agreement by which I receive $6,000,000 from my brother's portion of the estate has been made to appear as a mere gift. It Is no gift, but the re sult of a compact entered into before my father’s decease. By this compact I was to receive no less than $10,000, 000. “The truth of the matter is that an agreement or an adjustment was made from the beginning. Yes, I may say from the beginning to the end. There was an understanding between us that my share should be no less than $10, 000,000.” WOMAN'S WORK AT MANILA llospltal Aid Society Formed With Mrs. Lawton at the Head. MANILA, Oct. 28—A hospital aid society has been organized here by the ladies of military circles. Mrs. Lawton, wife of General Lawton, has been elected president. Mrs. Liscomb is to have charge of the work for the first reserve hospital. Mrs. Page for the second reserve hos pital, and Mrs. Starr for the third re serve hospital, each selecting a corps of assistants from ladies in the mili tary circle. Contributions from Daughters of the American Revolution and from the Manila Aid society of Detroit are to be distributed. It is the intention to supply to the sick and wounded, first, clothing, slippers and periodicals, and to visit them personally. CECIL RHODES SEES EIGHT. Diamond King Kevela In the War He Drought About. CAPETOWN, Oct. 28—According to further advices from Kimberley, the Boers removed their killed and wound ed in carts. No reliable estimate of their losses has been made. Mr. Rhodes rode out and watched the fight. The townspeople, includ ing the women, mounted the trenches, watching eagerly for the return of the troops. Mr. Rhodes is cheerful and gives dinner parties daily, at ^which luxuries are abundant. Illinois Central Expanding. CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 28.—The Record .will say tomorrow: Before many months have passed it is confidentially said the Illinois Central will be a com petitor-on-the-spot for Nashville busi Iness. In local railway circles yester day it was persistently rumored that the road had practically completed ar rangements for entering Tennessee’s capital, and the plan would be carried out as rapidly as possible. It was said that an extension of the line would be made from Hopkinsville, Ky., to Clark ville, Tenn., a distance of about thirty miles, and that the projected line of the Tennessee Central would be used from Clarkville into Nashville. Show Hornes Sold. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 27.—An incident of the Kansas City horse show was the sale of a 2-year-old sad dle horse today for $3,000. The horse is Rev Blee’s, shown by John Donovan, jr., of St. Joseph, Mo., and the pur chaser was George Bernard of Colo rado Springs. Another notable sale was that of Queensberry, an 8-year-old chestnut gelding, shown by George Pepfier of Toronto. Kirk Armour of this city paid $600 for the horse. In the high jumping contests to night Mr. Pepper took urst and second prizes with Queensberry and Sardonyx, by clearing hurdles six feet two inches high. In the four-in-hand class, horses only counting, A. A. Busch of St. Louis took the honor from his townsman, * John S. Bratton. -- British Force From Manila. Manila, Oet. 28.—An informal meeting was held here this evening of men proposing to proceed to South Africa to fight for the British. More than 100 Englishmen, Australians and Americans decided to go. They organ ized a party and believe they can se cure 200 men. The volunteers include ex-soldiers, frontiersmen, Englishmen familiar with the Transvaal and com mercial clerks. Lived on Ills ‘•Or.sve-Creen” Money. A California exile from New Jersey has been living for the last score or more of years on the credit of having T* been dead. Shortly after his departure from home his relatives at the East ivere advised of his dissolution and sent money to bury him, forwarding subsequent installments year by year to keep his grave in suitable care and decoration. On this original fund and annuity he has managed to eke out a tolerable living, and to an outward seeming is worth a dozen dead men yet. 44 Duty Feed Man and Steed ” Feed your nerves, also, on pure blood if you <would hs.’ve them strong. Men and women who ate nervous are so because their nerves are starved. When they, make their blood rich and pure with Hood's Sarsaparilla their nervousness disappears because the nerves are properly fed. We&mPiSiipDdffi7 Only Dangerous for Ills Friend. “Shell curtains” are the newest fad in New York. It comes from the sea shore resorts of Long Island, where shells are found, but it has broken out in the city with marked virulence. Some ingenious person has found that it is an easy thing to pierce the shells that are picked up along the beaches, and that when they are strung on wire they make dainty ornaments. Lamp shades, hanging baskets, portieres and window curtains are made of these shells, and the effect is both novel and brilliant. The light shines through them, bringing out the delicate trans lucence and discovering new beauties in a very common object of the sea shore. 8ea Shell Curtain Fad. The Chicago Law Journal says that a certain doctor had occasion, when only a beginner in the medical pro fession, to attend a trial as a witness. The opposing counsel, in cross-examin ing the young physician, made several sarcastic remarks, doubting the ability of so young a man to understand his business. Finally he asked: “Do you know the symptoms of concussion of the brain?” “I do,” replied the doc tor. “Well,” continued the attorney, “suppose my learned friend, Mr. Bag ing, and myself were to bang our heads together, should we get concussion of the brain?” “Your learned friend, Mr. Baging, might,” said the doctor. At the Old “Fislie Shoppe.” Simpson’s restaurant in Bird-in Hand court, Cheapside, London, which recently announced that all French wines were off its list because of the Dreyfus case, was established in 1723, and is known as the “Old Fishe Shoppe.” It has a daily ritual as fam ous as the pudding at the Cheshire cheese at the table of the Fathers at Carr’s. The Simpsonian rite is the guessing of the cheese. Daily a new * cheddar is put on the table and to each diner is given paper, on which he writes his guess of iis height, weight and girth. Then, with reverent cere mony, the president weighs and meas ures the cheese. Monument to a Horae. William C. Whitney is erecting at his country home in Westbury, R. I., a costly monument over the grave of his favorite horse. The horse was burned in the fire in Mr. Whitney’s stables early last spring. The stone of the monument was bought in Eu rope while in a rough state at Roslyn last week, and from there taken to Mr. Whitney’s place. It will be beau tifully carved, and when completed will have cost $1,000. The “Pocket Monkey." A pet so tiny that it can be carried in a woman’s muff is the “pocket mon key.” This little creature has a face the size of a 10-cent piece, with small, even teeth, which he displays when uttering the soft, birdlike sound called forth by excitement or fear. His body is only a few inches long, but his plumy tail is *long, and he curls it around his neck when sleeping. Too Many Want Charity. The State Charities Aid^ssociation, of New York, has received a report from a special committee saying that the number of children placed in in stitutions at public expense as desti tute has risen far beyond the normal ratio, and the evil is thought to be growing rapidly, due to the increasing tendency of people who do not need public charity to avail themselves of it. Alcohol for Automobiles. The majority of motor cars are now driven by petroleum, but a French enf incer recommends the use of alco ho. instead of it, and motors are being altered so as to consume it. There is no fear of explosion with alcohol, and it is said to be less costly than petro leum. A Had Case. Corcoran—So you've been to Bos ton, eb? Did you find the streets crooked ? ,’Borcherling — Crooked! Great [snakes! Every time I went out for a walk I met myself coming back.—■ New York Press. Well, Hardly. Mother—Why did you let him kiss you? Daughter—How could I help it? He was holding both my hands, and I couldn’t kick him, could 1?—New York Journal. The Daughter’s Gift* The gift to Admiral Dewey while In Boston of the Massachusetts Daughters of the Revolution was an immense bouquet of 150 American Beauty roses standing five and one-half feet high. The great man’s greatest discovery is the greatness in other men.