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Am Jajpurlaat Battle.
London, Jan. 11. The Lisbon corre
spondent of the United Press forwards
the following mail advices brought from
Brazil by the steamship Clyde.
Bio Janeiro. An important battle
has been fought in the state of Sao
Paulo, in which the government troops,
under General Argallo, were defeated
by the insurgents. There were 10,000
troops engaged in the battle. Five
hundred of the government forces were
taken prisoners. Among the captured
are Geneials Sih a and KUas.
On December 22 an unsuccessful at
tack was made on Ilba Graude. The
only means of communication wi'.h
Rio Janeiro is by a naval escort. Fir
ing between the government and the
insurgent forces is going on all the
time. The government intercepts all
inland communications Santos has
been blockaded since the beginning of
December by the Kepubiiea and other
insurgent warships. The troops under
the insurgent general, Saraiva,are eight
or ten days march from Sao Paulo,
making a movement to the west.
Lisbon-. An American merchant
and an ollicer who were passengers on
the steamship Clyde, from Brazil, were
interviewed last evening. They said
that the government warships Nicthe
roy and A merica were at Pernambuco
on December 31. The torpedo boats
Teiscen, Javali and Desteroy were be
ing towed to Pernambuco and were ex
pected to arrive about January 10.
The United States cruiser San Fran
cisco entered the harbor of Pernara
buco December 31. The British and
French residents ot Pernambuco favor
the insurgents, the Americans are on
the side of I'eixoto and the Germans
remain neutral.
Paris. La Liberie published a dis
patch from Rio Janeiro stating that
President Peiioto has resigned. The
statement contained in the dispatch is
Dot credited here.
Washington, D. C. -Minister Men
donca is inclined to regard the dispatch
from Paris reporting the resignation
of President Pexioto of Brazil as a
mere echo of a familiar dispatch sent
tome time since from Pernambuco.
He says there is not a word of truth in
it.
Hex pa of Aehre
Chicago, Jan. 11. The fire at the
fair grounds was nuder coutrol at 3
o'clock Tuesday morning. The scene
at the east end of the court of honor
was one of utter desolation and des
truction, where, at sunset last night,
gleamed the white columns of the per
istyle, flanked by the music hall, casino
and capped and ornamented by the
imposing quadringo over the central
arch and the rows of figures along it
cornice. The peristyle is no more and
he music hall and casino are heaps of
ashes.
The manufactures building, both
within and without, presents a sight
not desired by either artist or exhibitor.
The lattice work beween the top roof
and the curved one covering; the cen-J
trai aisle on the east side was burned
away from a point above the southern
end of the United States section south
to one above the Russian section. On
the west side the burned portion of
similar lattice works extends over the
British section to a little distance be
yond the south extremity of the Ger-j
man pavillion. L pon the tin and glass
arehed roof lie half burned the planks
'which formed a part of the lattice, and
.which wben loosened by the fire slid
downward.
. Chief Allison was on the ground to
ascertain the extent of the damage
done in his department and to give
necessary instructions to his employes.
Customs officials were busy looking
after the interests of the department
and exerting themselves to satisfy the
desires of exhibitors so far as possible.
Killed Kach Other.
West Bajdkn, Iud., Jan. 11. Will
iam Mahan and Samuel Morgan,
farmers aged about thirty-five years,
living on adjoining farms about four
miles from French Creek, met in the
road and began quarreling overs set
tlement of some business affairs. Hot
words ensued and Morgan drew a re
volver and fired two shots at Mahan,
both of which took effect, one in the
hip. Mahan, although fatally wounded
drew his gun and tired at Morgan, the
shot taking effect in the left side near
the heart and inflicting a mortal wound.
The wounded men, both lying on the
ground, continued shooting until their
revolvers were emptied. They were
taken to their respective homes and
medical aid summoned.
Oi'Eiai n Little.
, New York, Jan. 11. A receiver for
the Union Pacific says that the Decem
ber earnings will show an improve
Mat over the November report, but
will be very unfavorable as compared
with Deossaber, WU2. Reorganization
matters an progressing slowly, a. A.
II. Bsisssvan will arrive from Aauter-
i ettber today or tomorrow. It ia
I be will have the views of toe
feral; boners as to the reorgantta-
. Oj3i Jafeny, hev
ere yat do
Warid'a rair KaUdlaga Marar
Chicago, Jan. l . Before the gaze
of a vast throng Monday the beautiful
peristyle of the world's Columbian ex
position met an inglorious end and the
magnificent column sank to ashes in a
fumeral pyre. With if, went the casino
and music hall, flanking the peristyle
at either end. The great manufactures
building, containing S2,0uj,000 worth
of exhibits packed, and ready for ship
ment, was on tire in a half dozen places,
while brave uretnen, with heroic energy,
were risking life and limb to stay the
destruction. Fifty thousand people
atched the desperate fight and cheered
the efforts of the men, who, on the
roof, 2j0 feet or more from the ground,
were struggling to beat back the flames.
It was a grand contest and was waged
for hours without apparent gain on
either side.
The blaze played in the woodwork of
the roof, gradually eating through and
dropping buring brands amidst the
costly exhibits on the floor below. Three
other detachments ot firemen were
sta'ioued to extinguish the brands as
they fell, and inside the building fire
engines were plating streams to soak
the floors and make them less combusti
ble. Among the exhibitors a semi
panic reigned and frantic foreigners
were using every effort to remove the
goods to places of safety.
At 5.40 a park policeman saw a glow
of light in a second story winbow of
the casino building. As the police
man watched the flickering light it
spread and before he had time to
realize it the glow had resolved itself
into a tongue of flame, which burst
from the window and crept np toward
the roof. The officer ran to the house
of engine company No. 71, which has
the Are boat Fire Queen, and is located
but a short distance from the casino.
It was but a few seconds run, but be
fore a lead of hose was carried to the
burning structure the casino was a
blazing shell. Every nook and corner
seemed to be ablaze and before the
stream was tamed on the roof to a dis
tance of thirty feet the west end fell
and from the space thus opened the
flames shot up to the sky. It was an
urgent call, to emphasize that already
sounded by the fireboat company, for
extra help. The summons was sounded
at the bouse of engine company No. 63
at the service, and as Marshal O'Meilly
left be ordered a general alarm. This
had been anticipated by Sergeant Boyd
of the Columbian guards and Olficer
Rafferty of the Chicago force, who had
reHched the scene a moment earlier.
As Mie evening advanced 50,000 peo
ga' hered around the spot and as the
pyrotechnic shower froai the burning
roof seemed to signal the destruction
of the greatest building in the world,
a groan went up from ttie multitude.
Down on the lake shore from the north
end of the huge building, within 10)
feet of the blazing hall, the crowd
watched the destruction.
Ridii. Operations.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Jan. 10. The
Valley mills resumed operations in all
departments for the first time in eight
months. On account of a misunder
standing about the lease, the Hubbard
co-operative mill will not be started at
present. The Brown-Bonne) company
shut down Saturday night until orders
are received that will warrant running.
JIartford, Conn., Jan. 10. The Bar
bour Silver company, which shut down
three weeks ago, will start up again
January 15, with a full force of 150
hands. Wages have been cut 15 per
cent in all branches.
Winstkd, Conn., Jan. 10. The
Greenwood Cotton company at New
Hartford, which shutdown indefinitely
two weeks ago, started up again.
Killed Hia Oonela.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 10. The
coroner's jury has been in session in
vestigating the murder of Sergeant
Eugene Walker of the United States
army, from Fort Niobrara, Neb., wbose
body was found in the woods. A com
plete chain of circumstantial evidence
was established showing Eugene Byars,
his cousin, to be the murderer. Many
witnesses testified ibat Walker had
over 1,000 before he was murdered.
Bars, who was last seen going through
the woods in the direction of the scene
of the murder, with Walker, Saturday
night, was noticed to have a large sum
of money in bis possession after the
killing.
Tba Star Wlttneee.
Chicago, Jan. 10. Frank Bardeen.
was the star witness In the trial ot Dan
Coughlin . He is the electric light em
ploye who claims to have seen thecon
spirators driving away with the trunk
containing the body of Dr. Cronln on
the night of May 4, 1889. Wben the
Wagon came along he turned an elec
tric light upon it. He saw the accu
pants of the wagon and toe trunk
plainly and was positive that the
prisoner, Dan Coughlin, was one of the
party. Bardeen 's testimony was con
siderably weakened on cross-examination
by Attorney Wing. He appeared
in the light of a man who had a faulty
memory, who said one thing one day
and another the next
High Wandad Bokhara.
Chicago. Ill, Jan. 10. Three
entered the pawnshop of Stanley Green
borg at U West Kandoip street, at 8:10
and boa ad and gagged Greening's
nephew, who was la charge of the
store.
Tbea tat rohtW" tea eefe easl eaow
ease, and, it la elaimed by Oreeabarg,
.eared abewt C1O000 worth ofpttm4w.
The eaitae ekeim toww, that tt
Ta Slaw ea tba Capitol at Malua.
Des Moinis, la., Jan. 8. Oeorse
Rl 'enour, a private detective of this
cit told a thrilling story of a plot hi
cla ms to have unearthed to blow up
the state capitol and other buildings in
Des Moines wrb dynaini e.
To prove bis assertion he showed the
fo. losing letter, which . s says he re
ceived through the mails yesterday:
"George Ridenour: If you follow
me any more you will be sorry, for you
have gone far enough with us and 1
you get any more of us in trouble youi
days will be ended. You ain t afraio
but we will get you and get you when
yon ain't looking, for your gun will not
sto it, for we have got something that
beau guns all to pieces, and now I hope
you will take warning and kep your
nit uth shut, and if you do hear any
th. g keep it to yourself. Take warn
inj from this or death."
l.idenour has been a private detective
for some time and has done good jobs.
He gave the police information which
led to the arrest of William Kenna.
aha Frank Doty, and Charies Robsou
for safe blowling ai d poi.,ihce robber;
He says he has overheard he con vers:,
tion of the plotters, two of whom,
lea.st, are from Chicago, and he think
they are anarchists. He ays they a
manufacturing dynamite bombs at
are preparing to blow up the feder
building and courthouse. The latter
but d:ng, he says, Is to be blown up to
libt ate Robson and Doty. The blow
ing up of the capitol is to be done, h
say: while the legislature is in sessioi
I- denour evidently believes he tel
the truth, but the city and federal
offii ials say there is nothing in the
stoiy.
The Keaolulloaa Ailnptrd by tba House
Washington, Jan. 8. Thejadoption
by the house of the resolution offered
by Representative Catchings instruct
ing the sergeam-at-artns to arrest mem
bers without leave caused no little ex
citement in and around the hail of the
house. It is not expected that anv
serious penalty will be inflicted upon
absent ones when they are hauled be
fore the bar; at least all previous ex
perience goes to maintain that asser
tion. But it has been proposed in ths
instance that a fine shall be imposed in
each case which will reimburse the con
tingent fund for the amount expended
in bringing the members to Washing
ton. This suggestion was received
with favor and it may be enforced by
the house when it comes to deal with
the delinquent members. The warrant
of the speaker has been issued for the
arrest of the following representatives:
Democrats Allen. Barnes, Boatner,
Bron, Bunn, Cadmus, Cobb, Cooper,
Davey, Fielder, Fithian, Gebenhainer.
Lock wood. Magnor, McLaurin, Sickles.
Stockdule. Strait, Talberr, Turpi u,
Woodward.
Republicans Belden, Bingham,
Broderick, Clnlds. Gardner, Grout,
Helner. Lefevre, Louddenslager, lian
dall, Ray, Sherman, Weaver, White,
Woomer. Silverite Newland.
Commuted tlie Senieace of Drain.
Washington, Jan. 8. The president
commuted the sentence of death to
that of imprisonment for life in the
case of George Hardy and Edward
Norris, two colored boys couvlcted of
the murder of Peter H. Young, an
elderly merchant, in this city, inJu'y.
1812, and sentenced to be hanged Jan
uary 12. In making the commutation
the president says: "It has not been
easy for me to see my duty in relieving
these convicts from the doom the law
has pronounced upon their atrocious
crime. 1 have concluded to save their,
from the extreme penalty ot the law on
account of their youth and because
there is a pltusable probability thai
tbey were led into the crime by oik
older than they, and Jfor the further
reason that they may not have deliber
ately intended to commit murder."
A Blf Knee.
Madison, Wis., Jan. 8. Thirty
eight iceboats participated in the re
gatta. The biggest race ever sailed had
only twenty-uine, that being on the
Hudson river in 1S5K). Conditions were
perfect and at times the boats made the
furious rate of more than seventy
miles an hour. The course was virtu
ally twenty miles around and was made
in 32.51 by the h err and Mosely boat,
with Bert Answonh at the rudder.
Much time is always lost beating up
into the wind, but coming down
diagonally to it the speed seems almost
limitless. William Bernard was se
cond and the others followed.
A Terrific Kaploali.n.
New York, Jan. 8. A special from
Poughkeepsie says: The Lallin & Band
powder mill at Hilton, Ulster county,
twelve miles from this city, blew up at
1 o'clock Sunday morning. Four men
were Killed and several badly wounded.
The ex'plosiou occurred in the glaze
department, and where the powder is
dried after it has gone through the
other processes of manufacture. The
explosion shook the nearby country
nd in the village of Hosedale, two
miles away, many panes of glass were
shattered. The shock was distinctly
felt in this city and the fire department
was called out.
Tfciaka Iba Eagllehrta Rlaaaa.
Paris, Jan. 8. The journal Des
Da bats says It declines to believe that
the French were responsible for tba
Wariaa affair. It oom plains that the
French war never officially notified of
the departure of tba Britten force lata
the interior.
La LtberU says it baa reason to be
Neve tba KngHsa were wholly ta blame.
Tha Tamps expresses the opinion tbat
tka aCair was anbeabtecly the result of
Walla Cape Oat la raraa.
LouibTlLLK, Ky, Jan. 9. A special
to the Commercial from Harrodsburg,
Ky., aays:
The regulators and whitecaps who
have for the last two mouths been te
runziug not only the west end of tb i
county, but also the adjoining countit
of Washington and Boyle, were out i.i
force, numbering not less than fifty
men. After these midnight mauraders,
marked and armed to the teeth, had
visittd quite a number of county res
idences and called out the men, whi
ping very severely some and reading
the riot act to others, warning them to
mend their ways, leave the county or
take the consequences, they went to u
point six miles from this place and sur
rounded the village of Leeshurg. Keep
ing guard, they lorced open Uie cabi.i
door of Jim Mitchell and lorcibly drai
ged him from his lied and carried him
about fifty yards from his home and
tnei him before Judge Lytch. as
soon as Mitchell took in the situation
ana was convinced I hat, they iiieant to
do him great bodily harm he broke
through theliue and niuile haste for
his cabin, where he had a loaded sho
gun. His wile had go: ten up and
lighted a lamp, and jut as Mitchell
was Bearing his door his body, out
lined by the light, was perforated ty
not lets than twenty-five buckshot and
the bleeding corpse fell prosirate on
the doorsill.
Immediately alter killing Mitchell
they attacked the residence of A brain
Bottoms and forced open his door.
They made his wife strike a ilght, bi t
could not find their man. His wife de
clared that be was atx-nt from home,
but this 'hey did not believe, tor the
children kept begging that they would
not kill their father.
DRAGGED FROM HIS HIDING I'l.ACE.
After making a thorough search ana
wben about to leave one of them per
ceived some soot falling down the
chimney into the smouldering fire and,
looking up the chimney, saw Bottoms,
wh had been frightened by the shoot
log when Mitchell was killed and hs.d
climbed up the chimney for safety.
Dragging him down by the heels, they
carried him oft and gave him fifty
lashes cn his bare back, lacerating the
flesh at every stroke and causing the
blood to flow freely, while his piteous
cries for mercy rent the air. Bottoms
had been dragged from his cabin by a
rope slipped around his neck, but the
pitiful cries of the little children and
the earnest prayer of the grief-stricken
wife aroused a feeling of svmpathyin
the hearts of the persecutors and they
relented a little and concluded instead
of hanging to give him a severe beat
ing, and this they did with a vengeance.
Their next attempt to take the law
into their own hands and to punish a
man without a fair and impartial trial
was frustrated. Casper Reynolds had
beeD two week since warned to leave
the country, but he publicly proclaimed
that he bad done no wrong and vtould
stand his ground and make his house
his castle. They visited him and find-
lug his doors so strongly barred that I
they would not give Hi to their heavy
pressure demanded bin) to open tl.e
door. lie refused, as he had l.eard the
shooting dad the mud and piteous
cries of Bottoms and was ready for
them. They conceded to postpone
their marauding and mounting their
hur&es rooe away. There is great ex
citement in the neighborhood.
Found Itcad in I am Wonda.
Biuminghan, Ala., Jan. 11, A United
States officer's dead body dressed in
full uniform, was found by two boys in
the woods in the western outskirts of
the city. He is supposed to have been
murdered. There are two bulletholes
hi the necK, just below the left ear. A
fbrlough in the dead man's pocket
identified him as Eugene Walker, ser
geant of the Sixth cavalry, stationed
at Fort Niobrara, Xeb.
Beveral hours after the finding F.
Eugene Byars, a cousin oi the dead man
and a desperate character, visited the
undertaker's shop and identified the
body. Byars was drunk and did so
much talking that lie wai at once ar
rested on r.uspiciou. He said Sergeant
Walker vis ilea litre Friday and was en
route to Eldreoe, Ala., to visit his
father, who is a prominent citizen of
Walker county, lie said he was with
Walker all day yesterday, both drink
ing, and left him in the evening.
WKRE 8KKH TOGKTIIKR.
Later on a street car conductor told
the officers that two men went out on
bis car about 7 o'clock in the evening
and got off at a point opposite the
scene of the murder, lie identified the
dead man as one and Byars as the
other. It was shortly after 7 o'clock
that residents in the neighborhood of
the scene heard two pistol shots fired In
quick succession. With the arrest of
Byars, who wan placed in the county
jail, the excitement increased and there
was talk of lynching, but the talk did
not develop into action. Byars denies
his guilt and telegraphed the dead
man's father, who arrived soon. Sev
eral years ago Byars was arrested for
the murder of Charles Ware, whose
body was found at the bottom of Mur
derer's gulch, on Bed mountain. After
a long trial he was finally acquitted. He
is now under indictment for assault to
murder.
Sergeant Walker was about thirty
years old and had been in the army five
years. No pistol was found near his
body, thus dispelling the theory of sui
cide. His watch and money were miss
ing. NatMatlaUoV
Chihuahua, Mex., Jan. 9. The party
af Mormon converts from Indian Terri
tory who arrived at Santa Rosalie,
where tha new Mormon colony south of
barb is located, are not satisfied with
thatr now positions and several of them
nave already left for their old home In
tba United States. One of the dlesatis
laa oeaverts bait reached here and
fUtes that Instead of being provided
with namber of wires, as tbey ware
laa to mtm tnay woum receive, tbey
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF IN
TERESTING ITEMS.
,ala aaa t'rtueaaaaa Haae tp"
e Hee.niB( ut tar Daj Ui.uu.aJ
aja4 Mewa wta.
I an autograph Ixtok: ' I con
sistent Never acept advice. Not
even tbis."
Kmi'krou William w uncertain
whether he'd rather have a new kind
of gun or a cure for boil.
No MAKiiiAoK engagement should
be more than six months long: the
most ardent lover g-XA tirel of living
tip to his girl's ideal any lonuer tr-an
tbuU
. Anv city could make its own gas
cheajicr than it could buy it if it
could manage to keep dirty ,olltics
out of its retorts and parli-an gas
out of IU receivers
Sir Chai'.i.kk 1ilkk wiy thai En
gland is the most unpopular of all
great jxiwers. Trobaby the man
ners of the nation arc the sum of the
manner of the individuals who com
prKe it.
Thk New Town Dispensary, of
Edinburgh, Scotland, reports ". 1;"C
vaccinations made during five years,
with oniy two deaths resulting, one
from erysipelas and one from blood
poisoning. If it is a fair and square
record It indicates pretty careful
work for a public institution.
Dr. Graham, bacteriologist of
Sterling Medical College, obtained
thirteen colonies of two kinds, r bac
teria from one dirty bank note but a
British luicroscopist reports 1,000
micro!, including those that arc
responsible for tuburculosls, diph
theria, and scarlatina, on a piece of
paper money. It looks as though
money "must go" well, let It pas.
An inventor of a wave motor is go
ing to try his machine In the break
ers at Long Beach near Los Angeles
soon, anil expresses the utmost (NintJ
dence in Its practi liability. Millions
of horse power of force are going to
waste every tuinutc along the Pacific
coast, and the man who can bottle
up a fa r percentage of it for use
when needed, should be hailed as a
benefactor of his race.
Ai.krki) John Mon.hon, In whose
case a Scotch jury rendered a verdict
of '"not proven," will henceforth le
a marked man. in the British Isles at
least. This form of verdict is fortu
nately known only in Scotland. It
leave the accused at liberty, but
with a shadow forever hanging over
him. It is a cruel, antiquated and
unjust proceeding and will no doubt
lie abolished sooner or later in favor
of the English finding of "guilty" or
"net guilty."
M. S.vium, an eminent literary
critic of Paris, ha become a "mod
erate vegetarian;" that is, he eschews
meat, but eats of eggs and milk pro
ducts. Hp finds remarkable improve
ment from the change, in clearer
mind, more elastic limbs, )cs desire
for stimulants, and even greater re
sistance to fatigue. He is quitting
coffee and tobacco also. "His expe
rience ha become a very prominent
example in app ariog as It has under
telegraphic cable news in many
dailies.
Aoainht such crimes as the Iwnib
throwing In tbe theater at Barcelona
and in the Chamber of Deputies in
Paris society has absolutely no
shelter. Modern explosives put it in
the power of anv man to carrv a hun
dred deaths in his coat pocket. The
most vigilant police cannot afford ab
solute protection. Tbe danger Is an
ever-present one, and must lie ac
cepted as an inevitable menace to
life fiom which our forefather were
free, a they were free from grade
crossing, sewer gas, "live" wire,
and tbe other perils incident to civi
lization. '
Iiik young society belles have a
new fad,. To hear about it will en
lighten not a lew of the young men
who have teen mystified since the
fall liogan over the despoiling of their
new hats. Tbe fad is to take the
little bow that fasten the lining of
a man's hat and wear It thereafter
bidden In tbeir shoe. By some sub
tle influence the eiiperstitlon I that
without fall tbev will have an offer
of marriage from the young man In
question within the month. It must
be taken without the young man's
knowledge or the charm will not
work, and young ladle are resorting
to all sorts of subterfuge to obtain
tbe bow.
In one of hlr letters to Elizabeth
Stuart Phe ps, a given in the Cen
tury, tbe late poet Whltt er says:
"What a pity it is that' we cannot
shut down the gale and let tbe weary
wheel rest awhile! For myself, 1
hje to work hard to be idle; I have
to maae It a matter with Mnipie
lories, play with the dog and cat
tle, and talk nonsense as If I were
not a Quaker. Dr. I'owdltch says
that a man of active brain ought to
mane a fool of himself occasionally,
and lend at all hazards to bis dig
nity. But 1 1 some of us life Is too
serious, and IU responsibilities too
' a ful, for such a remedy. The un
! solved mystery presses bard upon us.
! A rrriTioN weighing ix hundred
j pounds was rolled into the United
States .to ate on wheels tbe other
day. It asked for a department of
public roads, which, if It bad ex
tended powers could Jo more for the
farmers, for obvious reason, in five
year than the Senate could accom
plish in a hundred. The Senate was
in a sportive mood, after v ewing
Senator Hoar' tragic comical wa'k
aroiind. and it 'vuyed" tbe poor
l-Ution unun rcirully. Senator Cock
rell pre e ii ted a bill for promoting
aerial nav nation, which he said
would render go I road tin necessary.
But we are a long wav from airships
yet whde god roads can be got by a
little hard work.
Modkiin science show tbat our
niot innocent and amiable amuse
ment are attended with danger. Dr.
iiappin, a distinguished Rpcciali.st of
Nantes, has discovered, for example,
that ordinary playing cards are cov.
ered with bacteria no fewer than
0, loo specimens of the HtaphyltKOCcus
pyogenes aureus having been rounded
up on a square ccntluietcrof one card.
This is a serious matter. There will
be very Utile satisfaction in sitting
behind a full hand if the holder
thereof realizes that he Is likely to
till hi system full of staphylococcus
pyogenes aurcuScs. No man will feel
comfortable in drawing to a flush if
he knows that the desired card is
loaded to the ednes with staphylococ
cuses and as for slamming a stack of
checks into the center of the table on
the strength of a bob straight fairly
alive with loathsome, creeping, crawl
ing pyogetiescs. One-armed Shlni
ruel himself wouldn't have the nerve
to do it This man llaiipm ba aimed
a tap at our national game.
1 r will le rememlicre I that wncn
some time ago Professor Garner went
to Africa to study the monkey
language there were many newspaper
joke perpetrated at hi expense.
But Paul du Chaillu, who has spent
much of his lire in Africa, believe
that Garner Is right In his theory of
the existence of a monkey language,
although he doc not com m It. hitn
sel f to t he notion that It i pos-lble
for a man to acquire that language.
When there ;ire so manv instance of
horses, dog, and other animals learn
ing so much of human language as to
promptly obey command given. It
would be unreasonable to suppose
that they had not some kind of a
language of their own. The warn
ing note of danger that a ben give
to her chicks when a hawk is near,
the warning that some snakes give
to their young, ujion which the latter
take refuge down their mother's
throat, and many other instances
prove the existence ot an animal
language, but that doe not prove
that man can acquire it
Making prize fighters the object
of hero worship Is one of tbe most
disgraceful and discouraging freak
of nineteenth century civilization.
In the old day of the prize ring the
pugilist wa In the same category
with the bulldog, the dancing bear,
and the lighting cock an object of
curiosity but not of admiration. The
curled darling of the English aris
tocracy betted their sesterces upon
his brawn, but they had no use for
him except a a fighter. We havo
changed all that The modern slug,
ger is a bigger man than a cabinet
nilnistcr. Correspondent hang on
his lip and record hi ecry utter
ant. He travels like a prince of the
Mood royal In a special train and at
tended by a numerous suit. His
very clothes and peculiarities are imi
tated by some of the most driveling
Idiot who worehlp hira The path
to fame lie through the twenty-four-foot
ring. To thl complexion- are
we come in an age which has seen in
ternational arbitration substituted
for war, and which ha seen a uni
versal parliament of religions engage
public attention for weeks at a time.
yui-er Name for Mt reels.
A woman, lately returned from
Hrail, tells of the curious nomencla
ture of the streets of Para. They
are Biblical or commemorative of
some event in the Bra. Ulan history.
Itfsecms to her quite Irreverent to
be f ild that a desirable locality wa
"at the corner of St. John the Bap
tist! and St. John the Evangelist
street." She went with her uncle,
who wa on business, to dine at the
hous ; of a wealthy merchant.
Everything wa very gorgeous and
lavish, In .-outh American style, but,
on leaving, she was amazed to have
h r hospitable host say to ber:
"If you bare any washing, send It
h re.
It i the custom there, It seems,
for wealthy household to take Id
laundry work as an employment for
their large retinue of servaota.
"It did. however," said tba relator,
"give me a turn at the end of a form
al dinner party to be asked for my
to led linen."
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