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t ry. . Na , f. . V. N0. i Hu K.ti, lülhj i-d, 2 14. pr 8h,-ri rlbs. idea, f lled houldrl. rlmr -.., Hon.' flnlKhul '. 11:1 huniy.it -eelpi. STiipmenta. II. HM IS.0W IM.uW MM 441. um 34MP II.' SS2U i.mi ßjto iat.tu tü. mg inday tb lau. . ciriiWery. I.'.sie; ,tly ; II-. 1. I.-Wheat-J .yKi,.-: No. :. !.. 2 red, i'-i-c: TMiTli !. eak; No. S mlxid. grncrally 1 .war; about tcady; ,-alrle, K IM il. Vhat-l.wcr: X. r. 3V: trm-k. :'.'. flfSike; Deci tiilK-r. i,?!,. 7V: Pivrm V aaked. h an i elV itlW, No. -' wlui.-. So; 4 Wiicat-Firm; Oetober, SBV- De- No. 2 mlxiil. 29c. Ixed. !-'. teady. primc c nh. KlllH. t. t.-Wheat-B'. i-mlii r, Hi',i . M.iy, 87V: No. 1 north H4 . arS innl. --Corn-Spol Amor. :. lid; ii. il. teadv; 1(1; November, Ja I, K. Com Steady ; hitc. avisc No. Market. -Butter Firm; of I , 23c. OCK. inhi. !t. 4.- a'tle. Hog. Slir- 1.81! 5.777 1.050 1.52 k;.i 124 übt ... . 51 .,744 .,70 -E. :d heof trado wer ng and tho trada roc llnally, was a cattle. First blda lea were genenilljr last weck with tha srs ihowini; tha retgn markets all i whlch was tho n tho market for woakness at other sing tlemeni In .i (des and welghts. ere slesirable for iglneiing purposea er as maln pur- comfnoner klnda this competitlon a itnble. Thu trada day, bin the wind ! the lupply out ol he eow and helfe enty-live or thlrty was madn np al irers. Hoth good Iter elasa of feed n denmnd at füll Ad was any lower innen whieh wer here was good In 'ell OK thlh huila hge In prlcoi; and r at last week's of fooding catlla ;nty of demand to il the more desira t arid ht-avy eattl ronger frequently. trvlng lo cheapen r kinds. of whieh lany on sale, but passn? owlng t pen buyers. Spec f rleaned out Sat ler ehipments and o about 17.000 cat- to Islad up as In. ly as large an out- Av. Tr. 11S4 4 H 1252 4 00 1120 4 65 1I3S 4 90 Av. Pr. . .1073 f-i 40 ..1230 3 50 ..1(123 3 05 Av. Pr. . . 776 ?3 73 . . 828 3 S3 .,1010 4 23 Av. Pr. . 780 ZI Ot Av. Pr. : 126 5 75 FEEDERS, o. Av. Pr. 6S4 4 45 usainr.t aelling In ? reportiug lower belhg indifferent eral sentlment of iriah. First aale, riay'ä weak c.oaa I 6,V,l3 90. Gond 0 Bcaroe to awak. 'a; and after the kcd ip the best 1 off, the elose be lower than ear.y, Hing. Provialona lei.ed. it $3 60fl:j W with nting common to icking hoga while äented thu bette? 'he bnlk of all tha nsainst $3 75,3 K on last Monoay. . Av. Shk. Pr, ....307 3 72H . ...0.... 40 3 7;. ....265.... SO 3 77z, ....21 3 80 218 SO were not at all Chicago and the from that Centra . H)ü20e redaetion c uit as itio!eJ market and local a reduction hei a p big end of tl-.e avy of ler. whicli id ät present, and ty. t. 4. sattle - P ateady; othera ! SSH4 10; 'lex, ateer'. Z5 5o5 2: KI 25', 4 0: a'toek 4 40. bnlls, 2 00 larket üilflc low 5; heavica. $.1 VJ SO; mixed. 3 Hrtf ; Y ol her?. $3 tWS lief d, market mnttona, J ivtf -Cfittlo-Reeelpta k: fair to fancy 34 25(!5 40; äght , ad.es, 3 50s, 4 75: !5Z!4 A: eows and ;s and Indian .uid hei fers, 2 14 ttatket 5c lewarj T i i t t FACIS ABOOT THE BKAIN Exptrt Eviiev! That Opoiqm May B Ucread in Koiabe;. PROr. HCGE GIVES ßA0N8 Dlaeovfry or Trnm Fnavetlnaa of so callej " ,, eil - 1 iprlmfnta Miowlnn üiat Uraln Poor I'ep, lao, t Artlvltx 11 e ecr bo abla to tum ,' Sen Juara. a iurdln lo the ncade at aoeu-y. Jjy . leiitillr methudaf Fntt. C. F. ilOile. of Clark unlverslly. one of the very b Ehest uthoHlte on ihe physlolay of the bratn, euy that he ha roni hopta tbat tho pruportion of Keniuaf can be tnaterlally lncreastd whet. rnongh ha been learned of ihe ronditlon inv.'lved. No braln jt a gen lu he derlare hal vor been anulyxed by irietly modern netoio,,eal mtttio1. l'o.s bly. luwever. I.fre wo are mueh older. it will be knowii hat aort of phva bal and ihemleal actlon I takln p.atv it) the bratn while ,!,.. m!nd 1s prwlueliig thoiiKht; for :t ha now been eatabllsb il beyond a doubt that for everj' thought emotlan a oorreapondlng physleal and ehemieal aetio takea plaee in Nie bratn It i trau that the channela of nerve tmpulae through the simples: braln have not yet been traced. and ihe A H C ot the human braln h ,a not yet been mas tared. Neverthele.ts enough bas been o uired to enable us t grasp the ubjeet the Maat latereetws wanü. tt wi ' TU lioara that tha battoe of aUMaia fouud that n atai f I.z r n-ot" are x .: s out w re antnat pidanata, aciouaBaaa i-vy cot of tise iatva i.a ( and i na t aetm f - : er peenftailty la Ute ! I,, ..jir.vte-l. Tm mtiment ar ) l! atruc ture jt :ho uraia bas lr ital.-.l taro of Umm um eonnertid. elMnav ! H'hy no tie y. t knar. But kmmV takln !lar in hclr protoplaam and neui-.vus wtre uotptt whU'h bowwd tha a nrv. imi uise eirtruit bad been opeiwa. And II ras wm that th s ein it was produced by the etntaet ot the dendrons of a BeisThborlng !!. Why the connecüon la Interrupt! be t ween two cells durtnf ii,K-oneloune-, und why eomplrted durtiig eonsclouarnws. ha been partly diecovt-ed and partly r-'mJeLturel. The imiil eells knowu ae ITl! wilsaltiiated ulong thu nerv llbies and dendron were dlatln, :ly aeen to e p.md diirniK sle.p. ihr. Inst out feaihery wing whk-h eetned to Interpoee beiwt-eu ine dendron and nerve tlbres. br.,kin the eonneetlons. The Moment the bratn was i.nxjjed the reiht contratted and fore! a Wbneetlon brtveen the dendron and nerve bres. Sctentlat are not yet agreed w he her the aotlon of theae cell 1 only rneehankvl or both ehemieal and rarebanlcal but they are fuily areed that they are of the reateet importanco to the functlonlns of thoughi In tha braln, Prof. Hodge b, of ib., oplnlon that the amall eeüa also furulih uptiort and nour lahment to the laut reib from thalr con-:a.-t Willi ihe blojd vease!, Investlga tlcn has not yet frone tar etiongh to de terrnlne what effi-e; the deatruetion ot on or more of the? conneetive eelu ould have upoti the giant cells; but the braln. of ouise, would be as wort hiess wlthout thum as rlthout their b.g nelgrh bora, What we already know of the funetlon f theae cell helps to explaili somo of the mystertea af ihe braln and at the Käme time kverturnj aome populär ideaa. The Iosh of memory may be du to on or two event-the Impalrment of tho In t, th! laust .hool of neuro.Jical at-tntlU, , rlM as well as ;naanlty is t nvrvoua disv., ral gen Ina a mrvous t'ondi.lon that may paasibly be systemati--nlly ;roduvJ; and If we can pnHtoi- eniuses. as Prof. Iludge h. irs, we ean ceralnly by tbe same niethods reform ."Im als and eure the lnsane. AMEBICA'3 AUXILLIAEr SHIP3. ItU oultl ltenilre 1 wo enrs to MnUo '1 Kein Arnn-d Crutarra. Emperor William of Uermany 1 under ttood t regard the "Kaiser Wilhelm der (iroäse," the great new eteamshlp tha; has Juat Kone into eommlssion on tlte tranaAttantlc route with great thust asm. Thla 1s partly due to the faet that tbe veaael haa been named for bis grand father. and pnrt.y becauae It la a credit to Germany that the blggest paasenger boat afljut ahould be bullt at a Qermun yard and salled by a German llne; bu: more than all It Is beeause. In case of tho breaking out of a maritime war in whlch (i.imany ahould U. involved. the bi h.p would at once beoome an integral part of the German navy. LUx the auz Hlary ahlp, of th Liritlah navy, wbl.-h dnring the queen s juhllee wem elianged fron, merchani and pa?senger ahina to armed erulsers In a aurprUlngly ahor; time. thla new auzlllnry of the German war tleet could be maile av.iiiable for the home navy In fiom twenty-four to thlrty alx hours. There is an astonSah'.ng contraa- be tween the Situation with regard to the auxlllary boats of the German navy and Nie Hrltlah navy and the auxlliarlea of our own tichtlng fleet. Bear ng In m lad the rapidlty with whlch l'oreun veaaata ran be ihanged over, the wrlter, a few da y ago, aaked Mr. t'lement A. Grls com of ihe American llne. how long it would tüke to convert one of the snlp of bis I ne Into a flghting boat In case ot need. Mr. Grlseom tiiought a Moment and ihen aaid. "About two years!" THE FAULT IS UNCLE SAM'S. This is true of practlcolly all the ves 5eia i-irtiiosing iur auxlllary lleei. mire !ban acore and a half in ntimber; and the fault lies, not wltn the merch.int and passenger llne, to whlch the teamers belong, but with the governrnent it. elf. parisiai) preas 19 ilrnbreila j-ladles Oüeer Jeueied Bea8t5. 'is v-i TH' 3 zWZT C'- :C?J ' 'rj X M M MMH AM SÄ iWOn ST-ä , .... -JJ i H I s 8"I1Ck tC s'.-.. x ' Warn r ffi9Hiwi( W I bJhwMf- r77- WkWWWMWWVSW WKx mKtßmStrm m wMSmlw-" X -f , JWilZ r ' ' r i; Vijr fl ') , r oVfsitvt ' u v x tsw? ' -Vi sW Ti ' . MHsFvWWi MMB sSrSJm -w -iV'T 1 (tli-v -W.- . ff Kfla ! TÜC DßAINoPÜ MÜALTÜY CflILD p ABSS Mm&k Ävi öHM MMUWF WÄMM jj TtUr BPüNo riAN DYIN0 , AT 94 YtAßS - ' MM, V xSA Ä?HfMMp f ' JX..r Mii V ' -ß-Sf 1 In a fl iah when once a livlng human brain can be examined. Only in the very low est Orders of Ilse haa tt been pozaibie to study the cella In tho livlng braln ander the mlcroscop with any degree of satls factlon. A Professor of tbe un.versity of Virginia Is reported to have opet.ed tha skull of a man under ihe Influence of et her and looked at the braln In acilon, but the cella under such condltlons, were eo nearly dormant that he loarned no moro than he micht have nsv-ertained from a aection of dead hrain. Whpn aome man la Philanthropie enough and haa nerve enough to öfter bis cranlum to the knlfe and aaw wlthout taking anaeathel ics to render hlm un, onacloua. the hu man braln cella may be aee In action that Is if auch action can be traced wlth out atainlng. Sine Golgl, the Itallan, a few yeara ago discovered how to slaln the bra.n cella and their connectiona, It haa been learned that all bralna are eaaentially allke in their phyaical aapect, The dlf ference in mental. ty la du to difference in the numher and aize ot the cella, their connectiona, etc. There la doubtlcs also a chemical difterence; for the blood of no two apeciea of anlmaia la exactly the ; eamo chemically. But the generai p pearance of tbe cella and their connec tiona have ao many poln a of reaemblance that much may be learned of tbe hlghly j organlzod braln of man by tudylng the I braln of a littlo transparent crustacean i belonglng to the emb famlly. Golg.'s metliod of atainlng haa enabled ; the obaervers to trace the oella and their i connectiona In all their complieatlons. j All the larce cella of the braln called i neurons. are connected with on another i by nerve flbres and dendron. as they are called. The nerve flbrea are more or less strlngy looking, reaembllng the roots i of a radiah. At the other end of the b.g Ml) are the dendrons, whlch look i little lllte the tops of the radish. Throughout tbe braln a large number of small cella . may be seen oonnectlng tbe nerve, nbre? and dendrons. Theae cella show a great varlety of form. Throughout theae complieated chalna of cella and the net work of strlngy Obre, the nerve Impulses are eonatantly paa?ing and repaaaing with lihtning rapidlty. while the braln is active. The neurons. or big cella, eape ially In the cortex ot tbe braln. are fjund to be the seats ol i memory the storehousea of the braln. Prof. C. F. Hodge has proved this con- i luslvely by tudylng tbe braln of the ! above mentioned cruataeean, II haa also ; noted the effect of fa igue and aleep upon the braln of this little creature. Aste.- j the crustacean bad been kept under tho j mlcroacope long enough to fa lgue il, j Kolca beg.tn to appear in the protoplarm ! of the big braln cella. and the nucleua j and it core began to abrink, The crea- ture waa then allowed to sieep, and the i cella soon resumed their normal shape. To show that theae big cella are eloaeiy connected with pach other and yet are ; Independent unlta, Prof. Hodge aubjected the little anlmal to long and aevera fa- tlgue. The nucleua In aome of the big , cella shrunk away to tiny partlolea, and ; the protoplasm divided, Th two lllus tratlona. one repre?entlng a healtay chlid's braln nd tbe other th braln of an old man, dying from old age, make plain theae two eondiiiotia In the cells, The crustacean waa now allowed to rcat. but real was no loner ablo to reatore the extrmely ahr'Nlken eelis to their original phan. and Prof. Hodge pereeived 1 that the creature bad in consequence lost ! part of Its rnernory, This fact shows why ! ao many men lose their Memory, and yet i retain their other faeul lea. Th above Is given as an Introduction ' leadlng to the great probiern of b'aln physlology. whlch has been partlaliy I olved wlthln the last few montha, bu; whlch rnuat be fuily claaned away before ' any great ndvance can be made. The j aecret to be revealed Is how theae glant 1 cells in the cortex of tue human tirain are connected, end how the conneclion la Interrupted, What Prof. Hodge ha learned abom the braln of tbe crustacean ha recently been taken up by auch hlstologlcal mas 4er as Rarnon Y. Cajol and Goigi with DIAGRAH8 BHGWIXG "OIANT CELLS" AND TII1C SMALL CONNBCTINS CELLS ON Vv'HICH THE POWER OF THE I3RAIX IS SA1D BY UR. HODGE TO DEFEND. piant memory cella from overwork, !o?a of leep, dlaeaae, etc., or th fa.lure of the small cella to perform their funetlon as conneetive agenta. There la a sink lng number of cases of persons whose mlnda auddenly go blank wlthout any knowu cauae. There waa the rematkablo case of the Rev. lr, Holmes, a New England clergyman. who unaccountably lost hia memory a few montha ago, so be had to relearn everything be bad ever known, After a few weeks' effort In Icarning to read and apeü. all h:a foriner knowiedge came back to turn. In this case, the memory cells had evident ly lost conneclion on aecount of the tanure ot tb small cells to do their duty. Why are we unable to remember at timea, while at other timea our mlnda are over whelmed with crowding memoKea? The lnactlon or the intense activity of thtae connecting cells explains it. Tbe funetlon of the amall cells may a'.ao explain why there la so aurnr.aing a mental difference between men poseasing nearly the same braln volume, number cf gray cella. etc. Tbe bralna of men of geniua ar no larger, aa a rule, than the bratns of men of averaje ability; the gray cells are little if any greater in number. and are much the same n s!i.e and appearnnco. They may poaslbly be of slner structure; the aubatanc of tbe cells may be a bester electrlc conductor; but the rcason la prohably to be found U more perfect connectiona and a greater number of cireuit for nerve Impulses. The Impulse moves faster and is more ompletely regiatered aa a picture in the gray matier. The complete connectiona furnlahed by the activity of the small cells cauae all the glant cella to aot as ao many statlons on a cireuit. Of course the greater the number of glant cells and the more complete the connectiona, the larger will be the head ar.d the great er the inteüeet. Prof. Hodge and bis sehool have com pletely abandoned Lombroso's anatomicai generallzatlon anout atigmata, degenera tion etc. The anatomicai structure of the braln of many crlmlnnls reaemblea that oliservcd In perfect ly honest, upright people. Prof. Hodge declarea that the real difference are functlonal, not atruc tural; and he hoids out more hope to the degenerate tban Lombroso doea, 1t de pends much more on what sort of action la taking place In the cella than on tbe shape of the eara or the conformatlon of Ihe, skull, aa to whether a man will com mit crime or not. "For example," he remarks, "in the case of a young man who had commi ed aulcide Prof. Wilder pores over the brain for three montha, and Claims to lind 'a rernarkable confiquratlon of the convo lutiona. I should feel like atudylng the Physiolog! -al condltlons of tbe man be fore the Commission of the act, hl di gestlon, aleep. nervoua tone, conditlon of muscles etc. It sierna pretty safe to as sume that tbe functlonal ieads and rnolda the atru?tural rather than the revers. At any rate, practieally the func'ional :s to a irrealer extent wühln our controi, and we shouid exhanat all the possibi! l'iea on that ride before rettllng down to the more rizbl anatornaal relationa," Weigart haa reeently analysed tb breath of a number of crimlnala. and found that It contained more polson tban that of men In regulär, lawful pursuits. The fact la that while each of the navi gatlon companies in o.uestlon haa d.mo its part, Uncle Sam has neg.ected to pro vide tlte necessary guns, and wlthout theae the auxtliary veaael would be of no value whatever to the navy, These shlps wiiich are wlthout armor and would have to reinain thu unpro tected, would act aa commerce deatroy era in caa of war, They ar all fast boats, and could easlly overhaul and de atroy rnoat merchani .xnd pasaenger ves sels now afioat. In case of a Meeting be tween a hoallle batfle ahlp and an Ameil can commerce deatroyer, the latter would very promptly show tta heels and wou.d undoubtedly be able to escape from niiie tentha of the real flghting shlps now in exislence. Wlthout guna, however, It would be out of tho queation to cail Ihe auxiüarlea into Service, and It behoovea Uncle Sam to haatpn the conatruotion of plenty of naval ordnance unlpss he feela certa n that there la no poasihl.ity of a rupture with a great marine pjwor. THE AUXILIARY LIST. There are thlrty-two vesaela whlch are entered as auxil.ary cruisers. Four of theae belong to the Atyerican llne, the "New York," "Paris," St. Louis," and "St. Paul." If ever piessed into the naval Service the "Paris" will carry 12 six-inen rlüca. 6 inaehine guna, and 6 SlX-pounders; the "New York" will carry 12 aix-inch riflea. 4 macitine guns, and 6 six-pound-era; the "St. Louis" and the "S:. Paul" will carry, each, 8 lx-lnch riflea, 4 ma ch. no guns, and 4 six-poundera. The lasest uddlllon to the auxlllary fleet is tho Plant llne steamahip, "La Grande Duchesse " whicli was iaunched last year. She is 404 feet long over all, and she ha been buüt to anawer the government rcquiteiuents aa an aux.li ary cru.-ier. Other vesaels in the a-ixlliary Hat on tho A.lantlc coaat include four belong, ng to the Pacific Mail Company, three to the Red ü llne, and nlne to the New York and Cuba mail linc. On tho Pacillc coast there are nine, besides several on the great lakea, Although tho guns neces sary to render theae shlps effective are not now ready, they are being manufac tured In a leisurly sort of way at the Washington ordnance shopa. Aa fast a pieces aro flniaiied they ar stored at the Brooklyn, Boston, Norfolk, San Fran cisco, and other navy yard, ready to be mounted on the auxlllary veasels at the bortest notlce. IN CASE OF WAP. It is not at ali clear just what the de falls of procedure would be in case of emergencyl Only once alnce the close of the civil war haa tbe United Statea gov eminent feit the need of auxlllary ahipa. Tliat occaaion aroae in the Harriaon ad m,niatra:lon while our little quarrel with Chile was on. The ecretary of the navy promptly uottüed a certaln Navigation Company owning auxlllary ships that one of them mlght be wan.ed. She waa of fered at a certaln vaiuation, whlcb was accepted with sorne modlficat.ons. For tunately the trouble b!ew over and the ahlp waa turned back to her ownera, who reeeived proper oompenaatlon for the time she was idle, Theae fact were kept aa quiet as poa slble at the time, and few peraona knew that tho government had gone so far In ?"äU sVA-wrav. llk -'; H FÜ ' m -ik-. 't&issngmr. . " T WDW ;Wi -llh W1 s rt eJ k ,i'i .i.v .-10 r WM v "Jf-' -T I V . la tJ-'-TeW ' k , ifb f ' L ,lTt -je -ja wSi M r 'i l 'fSp fF Ti ff (ny ZOÜLOGIUAL UMBIIELLV HANDLE.-? A NEW PAR18IAN KAM V. 1'AItIS. Sept. IS The w omen of Paris are i,ig with ach other to see who can secure the Most novel looking and at the same time rnost ezpensive handle to her parasol, and designers who get thelr livlng by introduclng uovelucs in this llne, ar doing thelr best to make hay while the un blnea. for the eraaea of Parialan femininity are never long llved. Sine cf ihe rtesigns ara exlremciy odd and exeeedlngly coatly. One cf these bandle recently observej was formed of a ellver Nah, with eyes of rnby. It made a very hatidwme, but rather awkward handle, and cost the owner no less a um than 7ä for the handle alone. Another des gn consists of a awan'a nvk und head fashioned out of green nietal. the twist of the neck form lng the handle; and tbe value of the ,1 sign, whlch. of Course, has to be br-iught up to a high figure to ault the vanlty of tbe owner. Is enbanced by the Inserüjn of two glittering and flawless dlamondt wher the eye of the swan would be. A row of dlamonda l Inserted In th lutndl tust where th neck of the sw,n nds tbe cost. dlamonda and all. be.ng ii. A slmil.ir deaign conalsta of a hake In gun metal, tha green eyes of tb rtptlle b lng repiesented by emeraid. The cost of the sn.ike handle is 1.5. Gun metal is in high favor Zuat now with th damea of Paris who carry para sois, and many handles ae made of this Material. A gun metal deaign that la useful as weil as ornamental, consiats of a knob with a watch set in the top. I with a row of dlamonda, ruble end sap ! phlres around the bas. Tlif cos; of thla j dcalgn is fluO. I Aniinals are in great favor ns umbrel 1 la handle nvellties. One that atlracted much altem Ion r , ntly was made to rep resent a mule's had It waa don In oxy dlsed sllwr. th. harne being of gold et wlth dlamonda. This handle cost $iiV but for th mere luagatell of $50, handles can be aecur d In almost all vari lies cf anlmal d signs. The favorltea are those that represent cats, dogs and rabblts rearlng on their bind less or in an attltude et angry deflanc, with thelr diamonil, ru',y or sapphlr yea , iaahing. The cost. of cotirae. depenila cbiefly upon the value of the gern that represent the anlnii!' eyes; but 50 is about tha cheap est rate. A lady who bad a parasol handle da slgned after an original ide,, of her own Was th, envh d f all feminine observertl on th boulevarda not lang alnce. Thla unlquo article was made t r ,eet A dnll'a (Htasl. Tb Um waa of Usiu, aiirmaumed by a poke hoimet of sllwr, whlch was tled ender the chln wlth fcow of ttne silver work, atudded will, dianion Is, It aa learned that the loy cost 1U, th dlamonda holn exceptlo. ally Nne, Ot, aome umiireüa handles carried by men, th illamond orname! Idea taka th form es the name or Initials of tho owner in dlamond seroll work in thi handle. These may ho nny pr'.ce yo dease, for a mall for' ttne can be et in th bandle of ,, man 's un breitn If on w lab es to go for extrn dlsplay. the preparatlon for ror. This little ex perlene, , of course. did not settle the queation of the government's rtghls in the cruisers, and whether the seeretary of the navy would negotiate for their purchase or for thelr rental, or would slmply sieze them, la n matter ta be do term.ned when the emergeaey arlses. It would not be dlfflcuit to man the auxlllary ships qtliekly In case of need, in splte of the fact thut th 11,000 enlisted salicrs now allowed by law are lr.sufii cient for the ships of the regulär navy, so ine of willch are going out of Commis sion for that reason. There would be of iicers enoutjh to conuruitid all the aux lliary, as well as the regulär ahlp, :f thoae now dolng clerical duty In Wash ington and eise where were put in activ Service. And as for seumen and otiier enlisted men, there are several timea 11,000 sallora in the United States who have sei ved three years each In the navy; and there are also several thousand apprenUces, weil sohooled in seamanahlp and gunnery, from whose number, no doubt, there would be voluuteers enough to handle the guns on all the auxlllary shlpr If they were called iaio Service. JOB FOR A FAINTER. Georgle Explains to lila Uncle Fred the Accldent That Cauae the Detnand. (Clevelnnd Ieader.) Dear Uncle Fred: Paw pjlnted part of our stabie day Before yistady. He would a painled it all if it Hadetit, a Bin for a ac cldent. When II got About three Boarda paint ed maw corne out to see Ho he waa g-itten along and when she looked at Hirn, she aays: "I thot you was ?o!n to paint the Sta hle." ' Paw was up on a iadder and he stoppet and looktd -at Her like if He dlden't no What she nient. Then He says: "Will, aln't I painten it? If you Dont like bis Here Job, mebby you Better take Hold and Hnlah it yuurst'H." "Oh, you'ro dein ,I rite," saya maw, "only it see ;ns to ite it would Be a little Better if you'd git mr paint on the Bani and not quite so mutch on yourself." "Huhl" paw growled, "I s'pose you Think that B am funny. don't you. Why I seen that old gag in Tha papera twenty years ago," "Oh, not that long ago," says rnaw. "Why not?" paw ast. "Becos yju never r. ad the P.-pera then," says niaw. "it's only alnce we Got rnarrie 1 and I want to Be Sociable or they's sorne thln you ougtu lo Do around ihe House that you git so Blzzy realen papera you Don't Have no Time for anythlng eise." "Tliat's What Thanka a feiler glts." Paw aays, "for tryln to Dr thinga. If you told the truth, How does It Conto Im, Up Hero now?" Paw waa tickled b;' that ahot and IIo kind of Whlrled around on one foot to see How maw was ag in to Take it. But the Iadder glve a slldc, and Down she Went wlth Paw hollerln ter Maw to ketch the Biame Thing. Maw she .Hat yeHed &nd run away, and paw Conie Down kersruash cn the Paint Bücket, and npset It. and the stuft run all vr Hia neck and nearly smothered Hlm Before He Could git unlangled out of the Iadder. We was all pur:y seared. Bue il Did nt Hurt bim much, so when we waa leaden Hirn into the House tho saya to maw: "Well, I Hope you', Happy now. You Coulden't a stayed in the House Where you Bei, nged b. cauae they wasen't nubedy In there to make your longue. waggle. I s'pose the enly thlng you r Sorry about is that I dlden't Git my neck Broke." Maw she Dlden't say a Word. I Gess She muat a Been purty füll of remorst. They's a Job Here for some palnter now. GEORGIE. STREET GAR LETTER BOXES FAMOUS LATAKIA TODACCO. It Is Cultlvated by Membera of a Sect of Assassina of Crusading Käme. This month la the harvest time of the famoua Latakia toliaeco. It takes its name from a small seaport in northern Syrla occut'.vlng the Site of the anelent Laodlcea. but th port has been blocked up with and. so that only small, Lghtly laden boats can enter. Behlnd the town extenda a vaat plain to the south be yond Jlbleh as far as the ränge of hüls In whlch live the Ansarieh. the decend ants of the sect of assassians ao tamous in the timea ot the Crusades. This trlbe is apecially engaged In the cultivaticn of Latakia tobaoeo. At tho end of December the ground is irrigated, and the sowing takes place in January, tea or twelve seeds being placed in a s.n gle hole made with a stick. As soon as the sprouts appear above the ground they are covered wlth mtata, whlch are raised only wlien the un la up, The wo men and ehildren are employed in keep lng off tbe blrds and in weeding out the weagilnga. In Februrary the sprouts are tranapianted to another Neid, where the earth ia plled up well nbout them; in Maich they are kept well wate red, and in April the harvest commencea. The rat leavea form what is called tho new tobaceo, and is smoked with deltght by the fellabs themslve. tt being stronger than that obtalned subsequently. Krem April to August the pianta rnust lie wate red aecording to tbe atate of tbe weather, and rnuat reeeive generai alten tion. The harvest sornetlrnes bcglna in Au guat. but generally last through Sep tember. Th plant is cut, the leavea re moved. tied in budlea, and placed on mala to dry in the aun. In November this pro cess la linlabed. the tobaceo la placed In horsehair sacks. and put on the market. The merchanta Subject the leavea to a new drying, and then sort them out ae cording to color. perfume. and generai quality. There are in all three qualltles, of whlch the Anest is obtalnable only from the more elevqted plantatlons of the Ar.sarlehs. -. "" Dr. Ramaehandravya a cotiverted Hin doo priest, i preaching in Tremont tm ple. Pofton, and Is attraciing considcrable attentlon. 4 t-iiff!, Sisc; ! '3a rktt "ft:'ä n I, rm.Ainf&Art . . i7'msSsi I - wtfä'i üP. OMAMWWW MWzB' ; flw PlfeÄi1 ', WrME 'KtM fliftw w&w-4y- . dwsSw jjjl ' " Osjv UNCLE SAM'S EXPERIMENT WITH STREET CAR MAIL BOXES. In their ceascleas esforts to leaaen th labor requlred to transfer a letter from the liands of the wrlter to the mail b.igs of the iws-tofflce, the postai authoritles have devlaed a plan, now in the experi mental stage in western towns, whtch if uccessfui will b introdticed all over tho United States. This lasest plan for im proving the postai Service is to have Ist ter boxes attached to street cars, so that p.issengera can oonfide their misaives to Uncle Sam's Charge while en route for business, on a Shopping lour, or returning home, and have the satisf.iction in many instances of knowlng that they will be eoüected at a poInt that will bring the letter with'n a. block or two of the place ol destination. The letter boxes are to be conaplcuouily dlspiayed on th cars, so that any sorget ful man who has lest home with a batch of letters entrueted to hlm by hia trusting wife lo mail in the city, will Und a re minder of bis Mission starlng hlm in th face when he steps aboard the car to go down tosn. After the remlnder, Inatead of bavlng to walk severul blocks out of bis way to drop the letters in the maillng box, or at the postoflleo, I will oniy be necessary for hlm to Step to the end cf the car and deposit them in tha receptacie placed there for bis convenience. The scheme at present outiined, Is to have at regulär Intervais along the llne of travel of tlie varlous street ears in eitles, apeeial statlons for the reception of the mail eoüected on the cars. At theae statlons collectora ar to be on duty, whose business it will be to board the cars aa they bowl past th doors, and colleot th contents of the mail box. The letters will ihen be taken to tho sub-statlon. where they will be quiekly sorted and trnnamitted to their destination In the uauai way. The postai authoritles hope that it will de posslble. at any rate with passengers who are capable of being edu ented, to foliow the workints of a sy-tem. to have letters m.illed on the car whlch goee in the direction In whlch the letf r ia deatined to travel for delivery a letter nddressed to a down town man on a car that travels down town, etc., tliua savlng a great deal of time and trouble. By this rnena, if the new Idea 1 found to work moothly, It will be posslble to mall a, letter on a street car, and have It deiiv ered at its destination wlth the cflerlty only obtalned In the present state of af fairs by affixlng a pecial delivery atamn to the envelopo at an xtra cost of 19 Cents. Th letter boxes used In the pxperlments are painted red, and ao labelled that there can be no mistaking the purivi.-e for whlch they are intended, Only a person In an advancd stage of Inioxication could make the mlstake that one in. in mad when these street car letter boxen wer , II rat Introduced in hia town. Thla man depoalted bis far in the letter l'X, under the impreaa'on that It was on of the re ceptacles for cash in tue on bob-talled cara. 1 IXUS TO KATE, Thore's somothlng in the name of Kate Whlch many will condemn. But listen now while I relate Tho trat s of some of them. Communi-Kate's intelligence, Aa we may well suppose Her frultful mtnd ia ever bent On teiltng wiiat she kiows. There'a Intri-Kat, she' so obseure, 'Tls hard to find her out; For she is Osten very sure To put your wita to reut. Prevari-Kate's a stubborn maid. She's sure to have her way; The caviUing, contrary Jade Objects to all you say. There's altor-Kate, a porfect pest, Mach given to d spute; Her pra.ti'.ng tongue can never rcat, You cannot her refute. There's diaio-Kate, li quite a frei, Who falla to galn her polnt. Her caae la quite unfor'tinate, And sorely out of juint. Equlvo-Kate no one will woo. The thlng would be absurd; She is so fai. hiess and un'ruc You cannot tako her werd, There's vlndl-Kate, she's good and true, And Btrives wltn all her might Her du y faithfully to do. And baitles for th r gbt. There's rustl-Kare, a country lass. wuite fond of rura, scenes; She like to rarnülc thronn tbe gras?, And through the evergreens. Of all the maidons you can find, There's none like edu-Kate; Beeause she elevates the mlnd, And aiin at somothlng great. New York Weekly. INCREA8E OF LUNACT. (New York Medicai Record.) Public oplnlon has decided that thla Is a neurotte, age and that iuaanity is ever on the increase. This generai Impression however. appeara to be erroneoua, and the trouble 1 proba.viy more relativ than actual. Yet that there Is an in crease can hardly be denied. A bot and bitter dlsousston haa been nrevailmg on the Subject for many yeara in Great Brltain and still contlnuea wlth und! mini? hiil vlgor, The lunaey departrnent there hold that the increase ia oniy ,,p parent; while those taking the eppoaite View contend that the tncreaso is oniy too real, Regarding th queation from 0, statistlcal polnt of vlew alone. the con ciuaion arrived at by most peraons would be that th latter are rlght, but. aa an old-tlm Glasgow Professor was In the habli of lelllng bis das, "Statistics are like sausages. 1t all depeuds on tbe old wornan wlio makea them," In the Wea! mlnater Review is a slashing article at tacking the argurnenta of tho lunaey comrntssioners whlch they bring fot ward in support cf thelr eontentlon that the Increase la only apparent. The wrlter of this article saya that there is a real sub tantial and progressive increase, and backs up bis words with figurea. In 1S62 In England ther were 2.02 lunntlca In very 10,000 Population: in 1895 there were 3.15. Where there were In 18ti2 1.S8 In every 10,000 of th population. In 1895 there were 3.96. In 1SG2 In Scotland there were 2.01 iunatica In every 10,000 of the Popu lation; in 1S95 there were 3.39. Figurea ao startllns aa these will tuke a great deal of explainlng away, but to a largo extent they are rn.sleadlng. tKatlstlca In lunaey rnust be dealt wlth very broad ly and cau iously, One reason for tho great Increase in the population of hos pltals for the lnsane Is the fact that Iunatica are looked upon with disfennt eyes than forrnerly. In the early part of tbe Century inttanlty was regarded with Horror or scorn, and w.th little feel lng of plty or aympathv. Ttie truth that it was a disease posslble to eure had not entered nien's mlnda. An asylum was a prlson, the inrna es of which were treated more harably than erlminais; now that asylum are reeogniüed as bospitals, they contaln inrnntea who forrnerly were not eounted as lunatlca. The advance in England in tbe number ef tb lnsane hns been almost wholiy in the pauper lass, and donb leas ia du to tlie improved ao cominodation and treaiment and the Con aequent enhanced appreciation of the benetlts of being an inmate of a hospltal Tb. state of affalrs appeara also In thla country; still tbe fact that there is some increase is more or less seif evident. THU CriANGING YEARS. WEATHER NOTES BY CIPHEP. All reporta, cornrnunlcatlons, and mal ter p rtainlng to the wiather bureau are sent by wir in elpher. Econorny and not seorecy however, is the reason for its use Though Very conct.se, the elpher is r.ad at s ght by any observer in the land. ; A füll report from any Station may b ern lodied In five wor,s. In gencr.! tbe flrsl word of the elpher gives, reduced. the : barornetic pressure and the dry thermorn I eter the socond the wind dlrectton. the state of weather and he preclpitaticn: tlie tb rd the veioclty es wind, the rnax ! Imuin lemperalure in the rnorning; th fonrth. the- dew pr nt, the lix-al pre ietion. ' fair or foul; th (If th, the kind, arnount, j and directioa of clorn's; tbe sixth, tbe i maximurn wind veioclty and dlrection, It can easily be so, n w'uu a s iving the elpher makef. Coon cat farms are operated near Lew Ist on. He, Old letters and portralta I found today, Old soags of mv youth s fr.'sh rnorning; And I glance at them here in tbe twilight gray Wlth a smile half ad, half scornlng. I la id them n'aide long years ago Times cbangs, and we ehange with them E'en those poor old songs that we uaod, to know MwffljäwHiasl Seomed perfect once In thelr rhythm. But now to the shades of oblivlon eold The onee-loved strains are banlshed; The fadinj letters are dlm and old And th portraits' cbaims have van ished; Th faces tha. once wo deemed so fa r Today are prlzed but lightiy. And Wft ehange the gold for the ravea hair. And tlunk that It gleanis more brightly. Yet a; tlmes an echo may reach our eara And a p.iinful mem'ry daunt us, Or a fac come back from the huried years, Wlth a wan sweet smile to haun: us; And tlie leitet that dead colj band . have traced Seem ritten In llne? of tire. Though those Idols by others have been dlsplaced And Beetlng is ach dsire. O. dlm, pale links with the vanished past, Wlth he day that have gone forever, O.dreams and Vision that hurried so fast To the desolate land of Never. I needa niust bury you far away From thu .igln of Ilse's sunshine beam ing. In a t.ll dark world where day by day No sound shali diaturb your dreamlng! Maud E. Bargent, In New York Weekly. SIMPLY IRRESIST1BLB. (Indianapolis Journal.) Suppose starvatlon ia an Incldcnt of th seai cli; suppose th bonea of the unsuo cesaful strew th mourtai passes. ho,a will "arrlve." When adventurous Amer Vans hav set about an achievement of fU kind they have always w on : they will win now. Many will fall by the way it Is the hiatory of such und. rt.ikinga but mre will go on. Science, enterpr se and akii! will go with them, and present ly Into that bleck reglon will corne rallroads nnd rnachinery and the coinfort, If no; to the luxuries, of ci"ilaat.on. A high price will be paid for them in tb tonn of human li'e and niferin?, but taat is th hlstory of the advance of civUlaa t ..n everywhfre. At all event s, it Is not worth while to try to stem the tide that la ettjng toward the Klondlke. Though It may waste Itaeif on a bitter höre. U eurrent now is Irres. tabb. Dnring lStB the United States exported to Mexico JlT.IW.OfHJ werth of goods, ar.d n tbe succeeding year $21,000.000 worth. P !" I O ci tt o U V -.'I' ' ) i , ... 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