SIOUX CO. JOURNAL
By OBO. D. CANON.
HAMMON, NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA NEWS.
Knox county has been getting plent)
f rain. For two nights it has beet
a steady downpour. Oops are lookinf
ut medium; small grain la a gooi
stand, but a IMtle backward. The sam
la the case with corn. Potatoes anc
other vegetables are looking fine.
Boyd county has an artesian well
The firm of Ulna & Tomek, proprietor!
of the mill at Lynch, struck a flow a)
the depth of 743 feet They have been
digging the well for more than tw
years, and have had all kinds of bad
luck, but they have at last succeeded,
and they and the citizens of this place
are rejoicing.
Thursday morning, between the hours
Of 7 and i o'clock, sneakthievea entered
the howse of a Mr. Baker, who reside
In the outskirts of Beatrice, and took a
'gold watch and $4 in cash. At noon the
officers were notified of the theft, but
up to a late hour In the evening no ar
rests had been made.
While switching in the yards at
Wayne, Brakeman W. 8. Kenyon met
with a frightful accident. In attempt
ing to step on the beam at the rear of
the tender of the engine, his foot slip
ped and he fell just outside the track.
the hind wheels of the tender passing
over the ankle of his right foot and a
portion of the leg, crushing It. The
leg was so badly mangled that ampu
tation will be necessary-
TO REINFORCE OTIS,
WILL HAVE AN ARMY OF 4-O.OOt
WHEN RAINY SEASON ENDS.
SHOOT NEORO MINERS.
jvsrnmsnt Recruiting Station!
will Commence the Work of
Raising the Army at Once.
Washington. D. C (Special.) A defi
nite decision has been reached to con
tinue recruiting men at all the recruit
ing stations for service in the Philip
pines, and Secretary Alger said when
he left the White house, after the conr
ference, that General Otis would hav
40,000 men when the rainy season closed
for a resumption of active operations.
There are seventy recruiting station!
in the United States, and enlistment!
are to be taken at ail of these at.
tions.
No organizations, as such, are to b
accepted, if sufficient recruits can be
obtained by regular enlistment. Gen
eral Corbln said the enlistments would
be for three years, although the law
for the creation of the provisional army
Whites Concvcloti Themselves In
a Freight Car,
Birmingham, Ala. (Special.) The
deputies have the situation in hand at
Cardiff and Blossburg, where the bloody
race riots occurred, although the negro
miners refuse to work and continue to
carry arms. Sheriff O'Brien says he has
no right to disarm them, and, with few
exceptions, they are prepared for any
sort of trouble. An additional force of
men has been placed on duty for fear of
an outbreak during the night.
A coroner's Jury held an Inquest over
the remains of Ellis and Samuels. A
physician's sworn testimony was to the
effect that both negroes were shot in
the back. Ellis' body was pierced with
twenty-flve buckshot from a double
barreled shotgun, and Samuels was
killed with a Winchester rifle.
The postmaster at Bloasburg testi
fied that shortly before the killing he
heard the negroes talking to their
comrades in regard to a speech made
to them by the sheriff, saying If they
would disarm they would be protected.
Ellis claimed this was a lie, and de
clared he would not return to work
until his Winchester had been emptied.
of 35,000 in excess of the regular army The Jury came to verdict that the ne-
Or,e of the heaviest rains that has vis
rted Callaway for several years, and
In places there were cloudbursts, oc
curred Monday in Custer county. One
party lost ten head of horses and fifty
head of hogs by not being able to get
(hem out of the barns in time to save
them from drowning. Several spans
f the railroad were washed out and
Mttzens are shut out from the outside
world for the present. The wheat in
this part of the section will not make
ver half a crop; corn is excellent, the
test showing had for some years.
A fine rain In Jefferson county Mon
lay night made the farmers feel Jubi
lant. Vegetation never looked better
dian it does now. What little winter
heat that was not plowed up Is ripen
ing up in good shape and will be ready
'jo cut next week. Oats have improved
ronderfully and will make a fair crop.
With several more seasonable rains
"3s! locality will raise the largest corn
trop over grown, as there is at least 54
tor cent more ground planted to corn
Jbsva was ever planted before. Pota
'o4 will be a good crop.
flans for the new 115,000 auditorium
(or Lincoln have been adopted by the
JCectors of the Auditorium association
vnd work on the structure will be com
menced within the next few weeks. The
uildlng will be constructed after the
rtyle of the coliseum at Bloomington,
(XL, but with a larger seating capacity
tnd as many improvements as the peo
le of the ctty are willing to pay for.
file plans were adopted after much
wrrespondence with architects in Ne
raska and after many completed au
Jltorlums had been visited by a com
nlttee. The building will front 100 feet
n Thirteenth street and 150 feet on M
rtreet. The new building will be
wned by the Auditorium association,
comprised of residents of Lincoln. No
llvldends will be declared nor will any
f Its officers be permitted to draw sal
aries. All state and national conven
:lons that are brought here will be
dven the use of the building free. When
used by any local organization rent
b-111 be charged.
The finance division of the committee
m the reception of the First regiment
aas issued a letter to the members of
Jiat body throughout the state, giving
them full directions as to the work of
obtaining subscriptions to the reception
'und. The letter suggests the appoint
ment of a committee in each city and
town to gather subscriptions and to
spread the idea of the movement among
the people. It Is not expected that any
great amount of soliciting will be nec
essary to raise the fund, but that every
rttisen will be anxious to give what he
can to help swell the amount when he
understands what Is to be done. No
amount, the letter says, is too great or
too small to be received. The commH
tee baa not yet received the subscrip
tion lists from the printer, but already
subscriptions to an amount not far
from 11,000 have been offered. These.
hare all come from member of the
general commHtee or persona who have
been present at Its meetings, aa the
movement has not been under way long
MMmgh to be familiar to the genera'
. public.
GENERAL NEWS.
The preident appointed Charles C.
Dcwstoe postmaster at Cleveland, O.
'The wages of the employe of th
Ohio river railway were Increased 1
per cent
Twenty-eighth annual session of the
Chautauqua assembly opened at Chau
taaqaa, N. T.
Mount St. Mary college at Emmetta
bwrg, lid., conferred the honorary de
dree of LI D. on Major General An
AltfMML U. S A.
Cacera raided the home of Phllfp
Canlck. at Healyrllle, Fa., captured a
MMJfaiCXtiag oatflt and arrested bis
tMCtar far passing the cola.
" flntr a, CaSawny was ferns gamy
J ttMfUr to) the Brat degree at St.
tax. Cwr kit wilt on April
,f kurv 4trtMtU stor
.-I Ct wis ewlafaJ.
of 85,000 provides only for such a force
until 1901. Arrangements are to be
made at once for Increasing the trans
portation necessary to get these addi
tional troops to the Philippines.
The decision to reinforce General Otis
by the end of the rainy season is inter
preted to mean that aggressive cam
paigning wil! cease until the bad
weather ends.
OTIS MAKING READY.
Until that time our operations will
probably be confined to occasional ex
cursions to places in close vicinity to
our lines, where the Insurgents may
have congregated in force. By remain
ing quiescent under good shelter during
the rainy season It Is hoped the health
of our troops will be conserved and the
danger from climatic fevers reduced to
a minimum.
General Otis has cabled the war de
partment that he has the skeleton or
ganizations of two or three regiments
which it is proposed to raise in the
Philippines. At the war department
this was said to mean that General
Otis has the officers for these regiments
elected and that they are ready to be
filled with enlisted men. , How many
of these can be secured from the vol
unteer regiments now In the Philip
pines is not known. It is stated at the
war department that the recruits now
being enlisted at the rate of 1,000 a
week cannot be used for the volunteer
army provided for in the act of March
!, authorizing 35,000 men, although it
would be an easy matter to transfer
these men with their own consent to
the volunteer Bervlce if It should be
letermined to raise additional troops. -WILL,
ENLIST VOLUNTEERS.
Later in the day it was definitely de
cided to begin the enlistments for the
rolunteer service under the ace of the
last congress. The reports to the ad
jutant general, based on the reports of
the recruiting officers and on close esti
mates as to the number of soldiers in
the Philippines and in each command In
Cuba and Porto Rico, show that the
regular army is up to its full author
ised strength. The additional soldiers
seeded must be obtained under that
action of congress authorizing the en
Jstment of volunteers. The only ex
ception will be In the case of the few
nlistments that will be made from
time to time to fill gaps In the regular
irmy caused by casualties and by the
expirations of enlistments.
The officers scattered among the prin
cipal cities of the country who have
jeen enlisting regulars only will be in-
tructed immediately to prepare to en
list volunteers. The present Indica
tions are that about 10.000 men will be
wanted.
Volunteers will not be accepted in
arganisatlons.
Secretary Alger Is determined to ad
here to that rule. Looking over the
let of congress he has concluded that
the authorisation to raise these volun
teer troops "at large," indicates a pur
pose on the part of congress to follow
ut the plan successfully operated In
the case of immune regiments. It
Is the present purpose to disregard
state and local lines in securing the
recruits and welding them Into organi
sations. Regiments will be designated
the First, Second, Third, etc, volunteer
United States infantry or cavalry. No
llffleulty Is anticipated In securing the
men needed. It is believed that the
1,000 men who are weekly offering them
selves at the recruiting offices will be
even more willing to enter the army as
two years' volunteer than a long
term soldiers.
PLANS FOR GOOD OFFICERS.
Officers for these volunteer regiments
will be obtained by promoting officers
3f the regular army, and by commis
sioning many of the best officers of the
volunteer organisations which saw
lervlce. The war department has care
fully preserved the records of these
officers and has at hand a long list of
tuch of them as exhibited soldierly and
executive qualities.
groes came to their death at the hands
of unknown parties.
Shortly after this two white men, one
nrmed with a Winchester and the other
with a shotgun, were seen walking
down the road to the gin town. Ellis
left shortly after them. It was but a
few minutes when shots were heard.
Ellis was found lying on his face in the
road, and his body was beaten by a
drenching rain for several hours.
Adam Samuels was killed while go
ing to succor Ellis. When he was with.
In seventy-five yards of the prostrats
body of Ellis a Winchester ball brought
him down. Two negroes then ran to
Samuel's assistance. He told them ha
had been shot by white men. They
stooped to pick him up, and while In
a crouching position they were fired on.
The negroes then fled In every direc?
tion, and the three bleeding negroes
were left in the road for an hour. A
white man with a shotgun met a crowd
af miners further down the road.
"I have killed the meanest negro in
Blossburg," said he. "Look out for my
family, boys." He has not been seen
since. , I
It is said by the negroes that th
white men who did the shooting were
secreted In a box car on the railroad
track. A physician testified that the
ihootlng was done at close range. The
joroner. Just in from Blosburg, says It
is Impossible to get at the guilty par
ties. He says that both sides are sul
'en, and he predicts further trouble.
THE SOCIAL CONFERENCE.
Meet to Oeolde Upon trie Next Star
Toward Reform.
Buffalo, N. T. (Special.) Mr. Meade
In his address beore the social confer
ence here, declare dthe gathering wa;
not one of pessimists, not a convenlior
of despairers, but a meeting of tjeliev
ers, "an assembling of people who be
lieve that this government is great anc
glorious and will be still more grea
and glorious; who come here to discusr
the questions of the day and decidt
upon the next step In reform."
Mr. Nelson, who is one of the leading
exponents of the profit-sharing Idea,
declared that the co-operative method
showed great advantages over the com
petitive method. His speech was an
argument for co-operation In manufac
luring, industrial and financial enter
prises. Other speakers were Willis J
ADbott of New oTrk, on "Industrial
Monopolies," and President George A.
um.es oi jowa college on the same
ubject; Transit Commissioner Gaigan
of Boston and John W. Bieidenthal
bank commissioner of Tonr-ka Knn
on "Transportation." and Frank C
wane or me statistical bureau at
Washington on "Currency." Therf
were discussions on each of these sub
Jects, limited to five-minute speeches.
AN ENOLI6H BANK.
HAS A NEW CERM KILLER.
Jr. Loew Finds a CreatureThat Can
""""-Cure Diseases.
Washington, D. C (Bpectal.-Or.
,'ar Leow, one of the expert vegetari
pathologists of the agricultural depart
nent, has developed to what he be
'ieves a. point of practical use a new
treatment for germ diseases which
oromises to supersede the serum treat
ment now. in use in diphtheria, fevers
ind many other diseases. Dr. Leow'
ork has been carried on for severai
ears In collaboration with Dr. R. Em
nerlch. The experiments have been
conducted In the laboratories of Mu
aich and this country. The results
lever have been such as to warrant In
troduclng the treatment Into actual
aospltal practice.
The treatment is similar In some re-
pects to the serum treatment, but de
sends on a different principle, the basic
idea by the presence of a class of fer
ments known as enzymes, which are
produced by the same bacteria that
produce the disease.
Dr. Leow and his colleague, Dr. Em
merich, have studied and cultivated the
enzymes of various diHeases, and it is
:!aimed have found that enzymes of
:ertaln bacteria will kill not only their
parent germs, but also the germs of
cholera, typhoid fever, anthrax, diph
theria, black plague, staphlococcl and
probably gonococcl. An enzyme that
will be fatal to tuberculosis Is being
(ought, though the bacillus of tubercu
losis seems to be incapable of produc
ing an enzyme that Is fatal to itself.
This Is also true of the black plague
and for this reason the serum of black
plague was applied without success In
the cases recentlyd eveloped In one of
the laboratories in Vienna.
The ensymes are very unstable pro
ducts, and for this reason quickly de
teriorate, but Dr. Leow believes he has
found a method of preserving them la
shape for use. The further development
of this form of treatment isawalted
with interest by scientists.
Girl Join tha Strlka.
Chicago, 111. (Special.) The latest re
cruits to the strikers at the stock
yards are forty girls, who hare been
drawing 71 cents par day In th but-
teriae and egg department of Armour
It Co. They asked an Increase to $1
and a poo refusal walked out.
ft to estimated that 14 men were
Nt today, Jt la claimed by th men
that the raise la vat which caused
lay to r an work to oaly tempo
rary, aad that there to a strong uader-
rrewt of itoeostaat raanlng through
Dm atlr m wptorad at th
Five Soldier Drown.
Victoria, B. C (Speclal.)-Detalls of
the drowning of five men of company
O, Twelfth infantry, U. 8. A.. In th
Paslg river June i were brought In from
the orient by the steamer Empress of
China.
A number of soldiers' under the direc
tlon of an officer were crossing the
river on a small raft made of bamboo,
lashed over small boats. The men were
crossing In regular squads, but at the
time of the accident the raft was over
loaded and rapidly filled until It sank
about ten feet from the bank. Th
water was full of struggling men, fight
ing against the swift current and heav
equipments, and before they could br
rescued flvt had gone down for the last
Urn.
Four bodies have been recovered, ai
follow: Corporal E. Hermann, Jaspei
L. Whims, Mela Anderson and Joaepl
Nunerlll. They were buried In th new
aatkmal cemetery adjoining th ol
Spaatoh cemetery, since February I
M Midler la all have been burtec
there. Within each coffin I placed s
corked bottle containing details an
Spaniards Leave Manila.
Manila, (Special.) General Jaramil
(os, who Is settling Spain's mIMtary af
fairs here, has received a cable mmag-
from the minister of war at Madrid,
Genera Polavieja, announcing that the
pay of all soldiers who are In the hands
of the Insurgents will be continued dur
Ing their captivity. The families of
many of these officers and soldiers are
In Manila, without means of support
here, are on their return to Spain.
The new Spanish consul here, Renor
Luis Marinas, says his foremost busi
ness is to secure the release of the pris
oners. The Spaniards are fast leaving Ma
nila. The steamer Isla de Luzon sails
for Spain soon, taking several hundred
persons, civil and military officials and
their families.
The Spanish commercial men are sell
ing out and some of the largest inter
ests here will soon pass Into the hand
of English capitalists.
Captain Gales' squadron of th
Fourth cavalry embarked for Morong
Monday. The gunboat Napldan, which
accompanied the troops, visited the
town of Muntlulupa, on the west shore
of the lake, and found a small body of
rebels entrenched there. The entrench
ments were shelled by the Napldan and
when the rebels began to retreat the
cavalry was landed. The Filipinos, in
firing a final volley, killed a cavilry
private.
A Bright American Woman Inter
view On of th Officials
Th subject of respectability bring!
to mind the experience of an Americar
woman In London, who found that th(
bank with which she had been dealing
was inconveniently far away, and con
eluded to transfer her account to an
other one, which was, by the way.
branch of the first bank. So, not being
versed In the ways ot banks In gen
era I, and English banks In particular
very particular, one might say she
went to the branch bank, said sh
wished to open an account, and handed
bver a largish draft by way of begin
nln. The bank gentleman had her In
dorse it, put It carefully away and then
said:
"Now, I'll kindly trouble you for references."
"References? I did not come here for
a place as a cook."
"Ah, quite so, quite so. But, ah, you
understand we shall be obliged to hav
some references."
"Well, there's your own bank, the
main one. I've been having an ac
count there for a year or two; you
might ask them about me."
"Ah, quite so; but we would prefer
a personal reference. '
"I don't understand."
"No; but It Is customary when a new
customer comes to the bank"
'But I'm not a new customer."
Comes to the bank, that there should
be some er guarantee offered."
You have guarantee enough I think.
Tou have an indorsed check for all the
money I have in London."
"Ah, yes. quite so; but aside from
that what is wanted is a personal guar
anty from some one we know, as to
the respectability of a new client."
"The what?"
"The ah respectability."
"You want a guarantpe of my rcspec
lability, is that It?"
"Quite right."
A painful pause ensued, broken by
the American woman asking with dan
gerous sweetness. "Is this the
bank?"
Yes, the street branch of the
bank."
FOLLOWING CUSTOM.
Best Soldiers In tha World.
Chicago, III. (Special.) General C.E.
King, who commanded the First brig
ade, First Division.'' First army corps
In the Philippines, arrived In Chicago
tonight,
The general discussed the various
phases of the Philippine situation
freely, and among other things de
dared that if General Otis had had
60,000 troops at his command at the
outbreak of hostilities, he would have
practically stamped out the lnsurrec
tion by the beginning of the rainy sea-
Ion, He expressed the opinion, how
ever, that warfare of a guerrilla char
acter is likely to be kei up for some
time after the close of organized oppo
sition. He also said that General Otis
should have from f.0,000 to 60,000 men
wnen active nostuilles shall be re
sumed, with the return of the dry sea
son. He reiterated .his farmer state
ment, recently made, that the Filipinos
are capable of self-government, and
paid a tribute to the wtstern volunteer
soldiers, who, he declared, have proved
themselves to be the best soldiers In
the world.
We Will Rule the Wave.
Chicago, 111. (Special.) Sir Moreton
Frewen, the English publicist, who.wltb
the party of Sir Rivers Wilson, is in
Chicago, said In an interview: "Ger
many, with all her marvelous science Is
minus a rich soil or superlative mineral
wealth. Nor has she great possessions
over seas to lend her strength nor any
reaonable hope of getting them. The
necessity of her position on the conti
nent forces her to keep up a great mili
tary establishment. But she cannot at
the same time create and keep going
a vast naval establishment. The dou
ble burden would crush her.
Consequently England and the Unit
ed States alone can think of controlling
the seas. It is their destiny, America
has Just begun to expand and Is fast
growing conscious of how strong she is.
New York. Genera! Master Workman
John N. Parsons, Knights of Labor,
said that the newly organized associa
tion of the employes of the Metropol
ian street railway had merely present
ed various grievances to the company's
officials for the purpose of obtaining a
peaceable settlement. If possible, and
mat ir tnat railed there would be an
appeal to the public. The employes, he
said, were not seeking the official rec
ognition of any labor organization. He
anticipated no trouble.
I begin to understand; It is the bank
that let Itself be robbed of Mrs. Lang-
try's Jewels, about three years ago.'
"Er ah well, yes, it Is."
"So, then, Mrs. Langtry is a customer
of this bank?"
"Yes, quite right."
"well, I don t wonder now at your
bank asking for outside guarantees of
respectability; It eldently doesn't
know it when It sees IL"
"Ah, mailam, come; that remark Is
a bK of a hasty one."
"I Intended it to be. Under the cir
cumstances, I would much rather have
my respectability vouched for, and by
really competent Judges. You will be
good, enough to Inquire of " and
here the American rattled off a goodly
string of high and mighty names,
which the bank gentleman assured her
more than satisfied him; he would open
her account at once.
No, I believe not. It would have
been all right if you had made your
Inquiries first, bcfor you took my
check and had me Indorse It, and put
it away safe and sound. But you se
cured the check first and then began
your catechism, and I think I'll Just
trouble you to let me have the draft
back again."
"But, madam, this Is most unusual."
"I hope It is; at any rate it Is most
disagreeable. You don't know that I
told the truth about knowing those peo
ple whom I Just mentioned as my ref
erences, i may be a perfectly dlsrepu-
Odd Hablta of Man and Beast whtoM
Neither Seems Inclined to Discard,
Why does a man wear two button:
on tbe back of his coat? This Is not s
companion riddle to "Joe" Miller's cel
ebrated canundrum, "Why does a hen
cross the street?" But it Is a pertinent
Interrogatory. Habit that the an
swer. Unquestioning, unreasoning cus
tom. Your father wore two button in
that same position. So did his father.
So did your earlier ancestors. So do
you. Adam didn't. There wasn't
much call for sartorial splendor In the
Adam period and Eve wasn't the au
thor of the "nine tailors to make a
man" theory. About the time men be
gan wearing clothes ana aeveioping
differences of opinion In which the
sword was the usual arbitrator the
two buttons came to be in evidence.
They held the sword belt In place.
When the coffee and pistol fad super
seded the rage for rapiers the custom
of wearing the two buttons was con
tinued. Ever since then the buttons
have been worn. No use to anyone.
No advantage except to the button
manufacturers. Yet your tailor ud
mine had better not leave those but
tons off, or we'll start ah account at
another tailor's.
Ixmk at the hairdresser's shop. This
sn't for baldheaded men or Infants,
There's a pole that looks like a s la
in na ry pousse cafe, or half a hundred
rainbow colored serpents all climbing
up and down in differed directions ac
cording to your condition. In the good
old days when the giants were on the
earth there were also barber sur
geons seeking whom they might en
tice. The vari-colored sign was the
Ign of their profession. We don't have
barber surgeons nows. The surgeon
iives In a fashionable quarter.and if you
planted one of those poles In front of
an office the owner would have you
locked up. The barber hangs onto the
old custom. The pole means "Hlood
letting done here." Come to think of
It, the pole is not so Inappropriate after
all. But If I were a barber I would
not advertise my specialty In that way.
When you write a business letter why
Jo you write the name of the person
who Is to recleve It at the top? Haven't
you written the address and name on
the envelope? When the world was
younger the scribes and pharlsees were
not acquainted with envelopes, and
;onsequently knew nothing of the mys
teries of the "envelope game" as It
flourishes today. The address wa
therefore written on the letter Kself
ind the sheet was then folded In such
i way as to bring the superscription
only to view when the sealing wax was
applied.
The window custom Is one which al
most every builder knows by heart.
These gentlemen are In the habit of
putting up houses with windows on all
Ides, and this Is all right where there
your ordinary builder doesn't confine
himself to the utilitarian. When he
Jtrlkes a corner house where there are
s a use for these apertures. But
not so many windows required as in
Dthor localities, he does the best he
;an to give that house the appearance
if being nothing but windows. Look
t al Ithe corner houses you pass. Mest
if them have "blind" windows. Im-
glnatlon windows are placed on the
lde walls, with lintels, ledges and
llls and the builder feels he haa done
his duty.
Ever notice your d'g walk round and
round In a circle before he lies down?
Yes, of course. Why does he d- that?
Know of i ny reason why he should go
through that unvarying form? No.
Will, that dog's forefathers and tha
forefathers of al the dogs, big and lit-
table Impostor, and I think you would
feel safer If you Just returned me the tle- la"el that practice. They had to
heck ." beat out a "ole ln ,n,J 'now or grass
c! -u- ....I.... .. , v ... P''ore thpy could get a comfortable
mr niiu i uiuhi I L in lier K,t,ve u u I i,,,. T-u . . ....
I Oen. Then inn vmif .tt. -liv k).
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much so as when an hour later a mes
senger came saying that the manager
of the bank presented his compliments,
and could she make it convenient to
him. Of course It turned out that
It was the assistant manager who had
been so elementary In his way of re
ceiving the American woman and the
deposit. It always is one's assistant
something, or the deputy somebody
that malies these mistakes.
He Couldn't Speak French;
Of the many amusing experiences
Englishmen have ln France the one of
provincial alderman who recently
crossed the channel Is most novel. He
could speak only English, and de
scribes his troubles thus:
"1 went to Paris and put up at the
Hotel Lille et d'Alblon. I lost
way and could not get back to ,7iy hotel,
nose on his paws. You don't know
why. Neither does your dog. But he's
lmply following Instinct. His dog par
ents away back in the dim dg ages
had to keep their noses clean for the
scent and they never let them touch
the dual or snow.
There's the cat. Clean beast, the cat.
Always washing herself. That's be
cause cleanliness runs In the cat fam
ily. The first cat had to be a mighty
Immaculate feline physically, or her
prey would have scented her and kilty
woum nave gone hungry. And so It
goes throughout. The man and tn
brute beasts are on an equality in th
matter of following blind custom.
El Paso, Tex. The trial of Mrs. Mat
tie Rich has begun before th United
States commissioner here to determine
whether or not she be surrendered to
the Mexican authorities for trial at
Juarez, on the charge of murdering her
husband, John D. Rich, an American
citlsen, there last April. Klch'i horns
was formerly at Fort Dodge, la., and
his father, a banker, resides there now.
At one time Rich lived at Ban Antonio.
Pari. Tha Venesuela arbitration
commission resumed Its sessions and
Sir Robert Webster, th British attor
ney general, continued his prsssntatlon
of the case of Qreat BrKaia.
Pretty Hands.
Girls and women In general do not
understand the graceful manlDulatlon
m of the hand. They are apt to use their
! han1 mfir nak uvnr.liu Ai.
because I did not speak or understand part of the body. Th because It Is
French. I asked several stranger in aDt to recplve mn . ' '
English .to direct me, but met with no ,uffer. from ,.,, - '
.ucces. So I bought a large card and flnKeril and gv1 lelUc, '
wrote on It: "Please tell me the way to cIe, one ,houl(1 practice regularly a
the Hotel de Lille et d'Alblon.' rnllr.. ,., h nA .P . r'T ..'
. B, uiiiuua, especially
"I walked along the street aad showed If on has much writing to do will th
y card to a dosen or more men. Fin- hands appear stiff and awkward unless
ally a man read It and beckoned me io "ell cared for. Thin hands can be
follow him. I did so silently for about made plump, by rubbing them with a
a mile. He pointed to the sign on m good tissue builder. A hnm.i. i...wt
hotel, and I broke the silence by thank- " that cannot be made pretty by an
contrivance, may be made half-way
presentable By sleeves which droop
Ing him.
" 'What,' he exclaimed in apparent
surprise, 'are you an Englishman? Si
am I, but I took you to be deaf and
dumb.'" New York Press.
"Why don't you begin?" Inquired th
excited prise fight patron.
"The police!" aald th manager
hoarsely,
"t don't see any here. You're not
afraid of them, are you?"
"Not afraid! Why, they'd never for
fir m If 1 started this show up befori
they got here. They want to thi
whol butns."-Washlngton Star.
conveniently over IL To keep th
hands smooth us a few drop of tnit
lotion after washing: Four ounce ol
orange flower water, one ounce of gly.
rine, ten drops cardollo acid, twenty
grains borax.
There la a remarkable application
for a pension on record In the Pens! of
department at Washington, In whtcl
a widow give a pathetic pletur o4
her husband sufferings, and add, to
a postscript; "When my husband cam
back from th war I NpporUd fcka of
tor heedl tUI h died."