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Talk About Women. Mrs. K. M. Laferriere. a teat her cf Freni h in Minneapolis, has been select ed by the governor of New Mexico to go to the Paria exposition to exploit that regions turquoise mines. She la a sister of A. Damenies, the "turquoise king,' who was killed a short time ago. Miss Clara Bett Martin's recent suc cess in winning two imoortanl cases, opposed bv the ablest lawyers in Can ada, is a rerhuke for the lawyers who held out against her admission to the bar until the women, headed by Lady Aberdeen, forced them t yield. Mr:;. "Jic!:" Gardner, the 1 ioaton so ciety lead r, laughs at the report that she intend!: to bring over the .arts of an old Italian palate and rebuild them i the liub. ' liven if I found such a buildi!:g i:i Italy." fays Mrs. Gardner, "1 should always have be-n prevented by our ridiculous tariff laws from car rying out a plan of that kind. Italy makes you r-av to take art works out of the country; America mak-s you pay to bring them in. How foolish we are :-an readi'r be seen." Mayor Phelan of fcan Frdm-is.-o lias appointed a woman on the board of education Mrs. Mary V. Kincaid, for merly principal of the girls' high school. The appointment gives (Treat satisfac tion to the women of San Francisco. I 'rider the new city charter, the board of education, which used to consist of twelve unpaid members elected by the voters, will consist of four members ap pointed by the mayor with salaries of f.l.WO a year each. "The Chatterer" In the Boston Her ald scouts the idea broached by cer tain doctors that the high collars worn by men and women are producing dire physical results by throwing forward the head to relieve the back of the neck, thus narrowing the chest and, decreasing the lung capacity. "Rub tilsh!" says the Chatterer. "The high Mocks worn by women have done mora to Improve their 'lift' of head, and. con- sequently to open their chests and in crease! their lung capacity, than can be realized ly these doctors. No girl who wears a high collar ever runs her chin lut. If the chin is kept down, the head :nmt up and the back straightens. Urns live the high collar. It Is the only sensible thing in a long dreary cata logue of silliness." Amelia Karr, the novelist, has started x crusade In New York in favor of the employment of men house servants, not only as butl.-ra. footmen, etc.. but '.r do the housework, make the beds, do 'he cooking, scrubbing and sweeping. She avers that men are handier than firle: that they are cleaner, quicker and nore reliable, and th y don't stand in :he kitchen door ami flirt and gossip with the butcher and baker and grocer; that the man servant is not so prone to be impudent; that he Is nt: onger and not so liable to illness. She also Maims that housework offers a splendid .ield for young men. and that Ce time will come when a young man will be come a man of all work with some reliable family rather than a ticket ?hopper or a street car conductor. FRILLS OF FASHION. Autumn leaves and grapes are used ti millinery. Tretty little negligees are made of ane velvet, plain, loose-fitting little Jackets with lace trimmings. The use of chiffon, choux and rosettes .m hats of fur or velvet is becoming iore and more fashionable. Kilts, plaits, tucking and folds will 3e used In the spring on every garment ;o which they can possibly be applied. Buy a tulle hat trimmed with crepe uses If you want to have som. -thing which will be of us.f and in style next lummer. A novel penwiper of chamois has a wishbone of silver gilt fastened there in. A large Imitation amethyst is set it the Intersection of te prongs. A great deal of luxury and a touch of ?lamic. grace are characteristic of the lewest prlncesse house gowns and more youthfully made negligees. A novelty is a scarf pin of gold rep enting a serpent in green enamel, coil id around a larg pink pearl. Diamonds jerve as eves for the serpent. Dainty handkerchiefs in pale colors mbroidered with white are prettv tri les which are exceedingly effective II ;hey match the prevailing color In th Toetume. A handsome brooch of gold represent i bee. The back is set with a largf sapphire. Diamonds and emeralds are 'reely used in the wings, while two iu jles represent the eyes. Kvenlng sllpiwrs, it they are really well, match the gown this season, and ire embroidered in pearls and rhine. Hones. However, the black satin am. aatent leather slippers are always Ir. food taste. A handsome cigar case of silver gilt las a finish which resembles pigskin, 'he case Is slightly curved, so as tc it the pocket snugly. Rubies are free y used in ornamenting the case. Crocheted beaded silk bags are un earthed again In great numbers and th ld-fashioned shapes are copied despite :he fact that they have been rejegated :o the treasure chest so long. They are tilver or gold mounted with a chain ind hook to fasten them at the side of :he belt. Silver, gold and steel beads ire used and the silk is either gray or lack. Boer hats are on the way to us. as night be expected, the political condi :lons of the world being always more or ess represented In feminine dress. But :hcy will not reach here before spring. Bhen they will come in straw. They ire tall, sugar-lonf crowned hats, with wide curling brims. A distinctive fea ture will be the bl-color ribbon band slth a long curled feather fastened with a buckle in front. A beautiful gown worn at a receni eceptlon was made of accordion-plait-d black net, embroidered in cut steel Seads, over a prlncesse slip of gray atln. The black satin slippers and lack kid gloves were wrought with tteel beads, and the low-cut bodice wa I raped with black chiTcn stl fringe ind In relief were shoulder sprays of mft pink La France roses. I The latest flat of fashion allows thr rld to omit gloves on completing th Tilnnr accessories of her wldding toilet At one Mm when elbow rloves wer ,n irreater vo:ue this would have beet very singular omission. Now, how ver, the wrist portion of the sleevi rgtend so far over the hand that thi ibsence of itloves Is hardly noticeable Womtl who like the effect of velvet trimming will be glad to know that this rich fabric, in many shades and varlrtle, will b In marked demand in the- tiftwatlnn of smart spring to .s. Black will unodubtedly take Itl usual prscedence. but there will als he generous; use made of handsomi tfisdes of vert, russet, damson, orchk purple thf superb tint with a glow m trmson a becoming tone of sumac red rtsrautlfu! shade of Bngllsh cherr) sMI. befomlnt alike to fair and darl omen, and a complete grade of th perennial sprinir browns. Including thi heather, Havana, cedar, chestnut, rus let and the golden marquis and red fee Titian alkadM. iTHEcaptain'Swife I I ain't mlndln" other folk's business, nor never was." said the third sergeant as lv !iaa .1 skillet of baeoa on ik Wiuter-hut fireplace, "but I'll go as far as to Bay tha it don t loog right .fT course it don t said ilvs second cerffeai.t :i3 he rut his coffee to boll and I ;.'.uess there II be a row about It before long. It don't look right, end 11 am t military discipline." "What you tellers blow in' about ttji.e'i u:e wiueny sergeani as he came n for ;ire to IikIU his pip?. "Vi u eouldn t sti'-'-w in four yea.s' lime, and 1 won t keep ye r.hiverin' and trenblin.' The captain's w:f:- has come "N-o-a !" es. sne r.:i!. tome down to rtay the winter in quarters with him, and company 1) In lest talkin' Itself hoar: about it. Did ye ever hear of ch c thing in ail yer torn days'." "Durr.cd if I ever did: Mighty funny- he r.i ver said anything to me about it. Wa l, "'ail!" "And v.e wan ssyirx" Raid the eec. end sergeant as he lifted his eyes from the coffee cup "we was savin 'that It wasn't disciiline and didn't look right. "Jest think of a woman down litre! And I tell ye what's goin' to happen. She's goin' to poke around unl talk and Interfere and break this company up. They say she used to twist her hus- oana arouna ner tnumo when she was home, and why shouldn't she do it ncrer it sne nappens to git down on ye or me or Jim what's ffoln' to save us rrom oetn broke?' ny gosn. wnispered the orderly c he sat down to his smoke "Wall, what ye goin' to do 'bout it?" asked the third sergeant after a pause. "Dunno." "Better find out purty quick. I gufga. If you don't want to see trouble. Can't no Woman be down here without want In' to run things, and Captain Hhat tuek. "Pears to me ye might go and t".; him how we feel about it. The disci pline of the company is in yer hands, so to say. and nobody hain't got any right to break It up." "Yes, mebbe I ought to speak to the captain," mused the ordenv, "but I'll wait and think It over. I ain't fur havin' women down here, but I'm in no hurry to lose my stripes and go back Into the ranks. I guess we'd Letter shet up and wait and nee what happens." That closed the talk in the Htrgea-U's quarters, but there was talk among the corporals and among the privates. There was tho army in v.inl -r q :ii lers, sure of a rest for three or fou: months, and there was the captiia of company D with a fine lari- hut to himself. His colonel and bis brigadier had given him permission to send for his wife, but from orderly s,i.-rgeant to the last private the men were down on th scheme. As for the lieutenants, one was away on furlough and the otht-r on detail. There was soon a great ehinge in the men of company D, but the captain il j not notice it. It was the orderly ser geant, who was virtually in command, who noticed the glum looks and heard the mutterings. He had made up his mind to stand neutral and ncith r en courage nor discourage. Unce in awhile, when the talk li-cirnc too strong, he felt it his du'y to hhi su perior officer to say: "Now. then, hang on to that pab Mebbe the captain's wife is goin' to tip set the bar'l and mebbe she ain t. It's our business to wait and Re?. She ain't tried to run things so fur." A month had passed and no caiu'nl ties had occurred. Some of the men be gan to breathe easier, and to wonder if they hadn't misjudged the klnl-fa'-ed and smiling little woman who was sa riftcing a good deal to be with her hus band for a few- weeks, but triers were firm in their first ideas and soberly shook their heads and replied "You jest wait. Women aln t fools to show their hand all t-o once. She's lyin' low. and when she gets ready there'll bi a sudden and awful bust-up. It was a cavalry command, and every pleasant winter's day the captain and his wife had a gallop over ;he high ways. One day an engineer was dis patched to tee about repairs to a nrldKe spanning a creek flowing throun the neutral ground between the arml. and the orderly sergeant of company D was detailed with ten men as an es- c ort. The bridge was reached and in specied. and the engineer and his is cort were ready for their ride ba -k when there came a sudden alarm. Half a mile down the road, where Caption Shattuck and his wife had debouched from a crossroad while taking an after noon galloo. they had run full tilt against a confederate cavalry scout. The enemy had shouted to the cap tain to surrender, and ss he wheeled his horse to get away a bullet brought him out of the saddle. His wife wi.uld have pulled up her steed, but he took the bit In his mouth and was beyond control. As she went flying uo the road the scouting party followed. They knew of the small detachment of federal; at the bridge, and were hoping to makf a surprise. "It's the captain's wife and the John nies are close behind her!" siiotited the sergeant a the woman cane Into view with a great clatter. "p.-n ranks and let her through, and then c lose up and give 'em hall Columbia! With a rush and a clatter the hcri" of the fugitive passed the blue-Hud troopers, but came to a dead bait a few rods bevond and turned about. A volley from the carbines checked the pursuers for a moment, but It wav seen that they were strong enougn io break through and the sergeant gave the order to fall back to an oband ined log house a quarter of a mile, in the rear. "Men. exclaimed the woman, as she looked from man to man, "do y.u know thut your captain is back there wounded and a prisoner? Are you going to leave him there-'" "It's too bad ma'am, but they are three to one." renM-d the h-rgant. We'll be lucky If we nln't allied or gobbled up before help com"." "But I'm going t ride back!" she cried, as her ''ale face f1uhd and he' voice had a thrl'l to it. "If yu won't go with me to rescue your cr.ritaln I'll let them take me rrisoner md go to Richmond with him"' "Gnd. but she's a brave one!" whis pered the sergeant with admiration In his eyes, "but we'll have the captain or die. How far down the ro-id was it " "Not ovc-r half mile." "And how many rehs In ;he party?" "Not over fifty.", "Fifty rebs. and ten of u! We'll never do It, but we'll die for the rap tain' Into yer saddles boys! Ye'll tide on toward camp with the engineer ma'am. , "Not a foot! I'm going with you! Some one give me a revolver!" "By twos right wheel!" shouted the sergeant as he handed her bis heavy navy and drew his saber. "Now. then, ride throush or over them ond d.m't Mop this side of the cap'.aln or hell:" It was a curious spectacle Ihe gray clad soldiers witnessed a woman rid ing at the head of the charging squad rona woman with white face and glittering eyes, who held her reins tn one hand and used the pistol with deadly effect with the other. Through the thick of them aha went it ", through the thick of them f,,nv , the ten. and fearing that th aim might have already leached thsfed-ri camps the confederates dlsapp.-j lnl the woods instead of pursunur lewn there beyond th hrilr. n captain was lying on the groim.t .-i i lu'.U'i in his shoulder und ihr.. Kuardii.fr him. The cavalcade irent .,, ... a.iu nunxuoueu tneti. am lime nr miee prisoners lag-.', t. three ruards. luu, sir, out excuse me, i, but i -i n:e ia;oain g WW? wno oM.l it ,. said the sergeant as he renortel e .., ' f ii'iiei. .-me not on v fivt -.... band from Libby prison, but v rr,i' .- all have been wined out if wo ii . . a -Kin mr n ui me oia pnut That evening ai the second md thl-i ergeants ate their evening- mh ".'i. third s-rant looked nn nn.l "Well. I ain't mindin' othee ev.'i unless, nor never v. as. hut 1 11 far as tt sny " go a. ay, now, interrupted the s -elm sergeant. "If It hadn't bin fur ynir gal the biys wouldn't have made fools a themselves about the captain's wii comln' down:' "You scid on much es 1 Old." "You're a liar" "Whit yj mad about? Didn't v.e -i s-ty " 'Didn't v.e all say what?" naked Cn orderly sergeant as he came int tN hut. 'Didn't we all say that a wonn i hn no blzness down here, and that the cat tain's wife would bust the compa.iv al to smash?" 'look here, you fellers!" i-d11.k tie sergeant In menacing tones, "yon war ter quit yer gabbin', and see that nl otners do the same. This nornin there was ninety-one fools in ompanj D. This evenln' there ain't over one and I'm lockin' around to u-et my paw: on him and break his neck!" 'Lord, but I alius knowed the cai tain's wife was a dalty!" casned thi third sergeant. "You bet your sweet life:" edd 'd thi cecond sergeant. , Tnen you finish your grub and rou out the boys, far we re poms jp tj heerj swing our hats and give three and a tljer." Wireless Telephone fc ossible. Lexington, Ky. (Special.) The ex perlments being conducted in wireless telegraphy at the state (ollcge of Ken tucky by Prof. Chfii-lc- II. Sturdevanl ana fnl. John hulg ;:re developing some wonderful results. Instead of us. Ing the high potential current neces fary In the Marcor.i system they usi an ordinary dynamo to make the cur rent that is transmitted through space b or a receiver they use an ordinary Bell telephon" re-clver. thus simplify ing the process of telegraphing withou' wires. Prof, fcturdevant writes hp folio vi concerning the subject of wireless tel egraphy and of the experiments foelnj made here: Since cctric space telegraphy. 01 wireless telegraphy, as It is usualb called, has been brought Into suci prominence by the recent visit of Signoi Marconi to our country, it might not bt inappropriate at the present time u call attention to systems of space teleg raphy other than that which bears hit name. There are two other systems, thi general principles underlying which arc fairly old and well understood. The first and oldest of these, known as the earth current or leakage system, util izes the earth as a conductor of elci . trielty. The current In passing from one earth plate or electrode through thi earth to a distant electrode spreads oui over a broad area and causes an elec tric pressure between two other well separated electrodes included anywhere In this area. Ordinary telephonic crosi talk may be attributed to these phe nomena. The second method, which has beer used for purposive space telegraphy depends upon the magnetic Induction 01 mutual induction between two Insulat ed conductors stretched upon polesit. parallel lines, one being located at iht transmitting and the other at the re ceiving station. This system has been In actual reg ular use for some time at a point near Cardiff. England, and has been develop, ed largely by Mr. W. H. Preei e, of the British postofflce department. During recent experiments with the Marconi system of space telegraphy, conducted by thi- mechanical and elec trical engineering department of the state college of Kentucky, we were led to experiment also with the magnftle induction system in order to determine its comparative efficiency and practica bility. This system, in Its present stage of development. Is probably not capa ble of suc h general appll' ution us the Hertzian telegraphy, yet It has several compensating advantages which make it more desirable for short distances at least. It employs magnetic '.vaves, the laws of which are simple and well un derstood. These waves are of very low- frequency as compared with the Hertz waves of the Mare-unl system, snd. con sequently, are inaepenneni 01 an oosia- lc-s except Iron, and are only sngntiy weakened and deflected by conduc tors. its distinct advantage, however, lies In the fact that the apparatus neces sary for transmitting and receiving are not to remote from standard tyws or elynamc s and motors. Any generator that will produce a pulsating current, together with a suitable key or switch, whic h will make ordinary Morse sig nals, and a pole line grounded at eac h J, constitutes all the apparatus re quired at the transmitting station. At the receiving station an ordinary Bell tlephone, plac ed in a corresponding pole line, is all that Is necessary to receive signals over short distances. As a further advantage this system is to a certain extent selec tive as com pared to the Marconi system, for It will transmit me ssages only In two di rections, perpendicular to the Inductive plane. To my knowledge messages have been sent farther than thirteen miles by this method, yet there is llttls doubt in the minds of those who havn worked upon this system that with more delicate receiving apparatus than tins vet been constructed the distsnof c an be Increased very greatly. A hi"h school git I said to her fat he. ihe ether night: "Daddy, lv'e got sentence he-re I'll like to have yot punc tuate. You know s intcthini about punctuation, elon't you?" "A little," said her cautious parent, as hi took the slii'.f paper sh handed him. This Is what he read: "A five dolla bill flew around the corner." He stu died It carefully. "Well," he ilnally said, "I'd slmtily put a period after It llk this." "1 wouldn't." said the high school prlrl. "I'd make a dali aftc.T it!'1 If you tind htm pb-ase send hjm home, us we are worried about him." The cleverest daughter rec ently made a be-autiful shade for the piano lamp from a link evening dress and trimmed It with roses from her last summer's, t.at. relates Collier's Weekly. That evening a young man called on her and to low-toned music they chattel. "How do you like our new lamp shade?" she asked demurely. He studied it for a moment. 'The laat time I saw it," ha replied, "I wtr dancing with it." i RICH CAMP IX (iOLUKX ALASKA. I e The richest gold tamp In Arctic Al lska is only two months old. This wonderful lamp goes by th name of Nome, situated on the icy toast. It. has already, despite its ex treme youth, fully S.OoO Inhabitants ;hough only about 3.500 remain in th place to brave the rij?or of an Arcti inter. The rest sought safety and comfort jn the outside to escape a famine if provisions, which was then feared, but .8 not likely to occur. Less than one year ago the place was not known. It was discovered by threi prospectors I.I ndt loom. Brent jenser ind KJellmann ho found rich placet iaims while unwillingly wintering it that region. Gradually, but Burely, the news ol their find spread to St. Michaels ami ither portions of Alaska, and at lH!jvhlch 1 few daring men ventured over thi;aj,,.n ice fields to the new diggings. When George I.Iebes. of the Al isk I Exploration company, arrived h"re- lune 18, last with a party of expert tninrs and explorers on the steamer Al bion, the first vessel coming to the beach from the outside world, he founc 120 men, who had been there durinf the winter, and a few men wno nao ome all the way from St. Michael Just ihead of his party. The town proper runs along the beach for fully two miles, facing the water, and In such close proximity tc tide water that the tents and shackt ire In danger of being carried awaj when the Ic e breaks up. During the last two months some pre tentlous wooden structures have beer erected. Iits which sold at a few hun dred dollars only two or three month! ago, tiow find ready sale at from 10,00 to $15.00 eae h. Lumber is held at 1200 to per 1.0f and Is pretty scarce at that, while car penters are a rare artirle and earr from $10 to $15 a dy. The season, however, lasts emly foui months In the year; during two months f that time the days are twenty-foui hours long, and mechanics and inlne-n work In three eight-hour shifts, so E! to utilize the whole of the time. The straight beach and Ihe tow r built on It have no protection against the strong winds coming from the Ber ing sea and from the heavy surf lush ing the beach close to the tents anc i-hae-ks. The landing of merchandise Is ex tremely difficult, and much of it, witr the lighters and barges, g.-ts swampoej in the rough surf and washed tip or, the tteai'h. -iiitly to be destroyed by th rough waves. Of course saloons those advance: agents of civilization are abundant but most of these are extremely crude. A few glasses on a botrel head consti tute the outfit. Two churches, one Congregation' and une Presbyterian, are. however, ir 11 thriving condition. The only hospita ls the one improvised In the warehouse of the Kxplotatlon company, though lhr-re is muc h need for a good hospital There Is not a hotel in the town while the Immense floating population fUKgests the need of a good hostelry. The whole beach Is taken up wltl !each diggers and the coming spring may see a population of fully HO.WO l the new town. FEATl'IiKS OF LIKE. When Mrs. Pauline Mullaney of Jer ey City applied for letters of admlnis- iration of the estate of her husband Michael Mullaney, deceased, questlor is to whether she had really been Mill iiney's wife was raised and to prove icr marriage she introduced a photo- raph of a tombstone which had beer rw ted ejver the grave of her son. Pari f the inscription on the stone was ai ollows; "Our little Mlmey Himon K. n of Mlchae-I and Pauline Mullan'-y )ied March 23. 1K73." While Deacon Mervln Miller of the baptist church of Montowesc, Conn, was in attendance at a meeting "of the ihurch trustees some one painted on the back of his shay In which he had driven to town, a large whisky bottle. There Is scandal In town, es pecially be-rause Deacon Miller accuset the Montowese Literary club as being responsible for the painting, and be. cause, he declares, the picture shai: day on the shay hs long as It lasts. A new "religion" has been Inventee! in ItiK-kmart. !a., by n Mrs. Huberts, une of the tenets of which consists !ii nfferlng animal sac rilicc-s. Mrs. Hub erts is high priestess and she now hat eighteen followers. Hhe was former!) n member of the Baptist church foi thirty years. Converts to the new faitt are mad-- "by force and fear." and th ommunity is being terrorized. One ol the beliefs of the faithful Is that al. who ride bicycles will be damned. James Kgolf. of Hm-iia Vista. Va. who is short of stature, broke througl the fee while skating near the shore 01 the North river. Theater was ove-i his head and he had gone down for the eoond time when a man over six fee; tall stalked Into the hole and, standlim in the river bottom held Kgolf up unit help e-ame. The rescuer's name coulc not be learned. He was submerged tl he iie-e k while aiding Kgolf. A DEVIL FISH, When a youngster, says a writer Ir he Pittsburg J)lsati h. I was hme ard bound from Hanta Anna with f argo of mahogany, and when oft Cape 'ampei he was one calm afternoon lean ng over the taffrall looking down intc he blue profound on the watch fm ish. A gloomy shade came over the bright vater and up rose a fearsome monster, lome eighteen feet across, and in a teneral outline more like a skate ot -ay than anything else; all except the lend. There, what appeared to be two eurl ius horns, about three feet apart, rose n each side of the most horrible pa it if eyes imaginable. A e hark s eyes as he turns sideways nider your vessel s counter and looks ip to see If anyone Is turning, are thastly, green and cruel, but this hlng's eyes were all this and much nore. I felt that the Book of Revela lon was Incomplete without him, and lis gaze haunts me yet. Although quite sick and giddy a he sight of such it bogey, I could not move until the awful thing, suddenh wavlnk what seemed like mighty wings eoared up out of the water soundlessly o a height of about six feet, falling igsln with a thunderous splssh that night have been hnrd for miles. 1 must have fainted with fright, for he next thing 1 whs conscious of was makenlng under the rough doctrine of ny shipmate. Hlnce then 1 have never seen one leap Jpward In the daytime. At night, when here Is no wind, the sonorous splash s constantly to be heard, although why hey make that bat-like lean out of .heir proper element it not easy tc understand. REIBEL'S COKE OVENS UNIVERSAL FUEL CO. PROPOSES OVENS IN FIVE TOWNS. One Is Intended for Council Bluffs Along With Gas Work Cost ing: About $200,000; Council Bluffs, la. (Special.) Mr. Seibel made an address before the I Commercial exchange of ihls city, in :hlch he gave cossiderable Interesting nformatlon regarding the plans of his company. The intention, Mr. Selbel pays, Is to erect a battery of 100 ovens I n each of the cities named, in this or Ser: Dttumwa, les Moines, Council I (Huffs. Davenport and Dubuque. The I irst plant will be erected at Ottumwa js a recognition of the great interest the people of that city have Is the enterprise. The cist rectlng 100 ovens will be about $5, (00, and each oven will coke about five :ons of coal every twenty-four hours K battery of 100 ovens will employ Ihout forty men. In addition to the establishment of 1 plant for manufae-turinir exike Mr 5eibel eays his company stands ready o bring into each cltv where such lant Is started, an outside company to reel gas works costing about f-'OO.'lOO. These plants are to take the gas made n the process of coking, and prepare t for distribution and sale to tnanu 'acturlng plants for fuel. The gas thus jroduced is said to be about four- eon candle power, and will be sold for !uel purpose only. The liquors nnd ther by-products of the ?oke manu 'acture. will be shipped east, and Mr. Jelbel is confident that a ready market will be found for the coke produced by lis company, and that the Introduction )f cheap fuel gas will revolutionize nanufactures within easy reach cf it FIERCEST NAVAL FIGHT IN HISTORY. Kaiser's Designs on South America Will Psovoke It. Commander Crutchley, one of the leeneet experts in the progress of 'vents In the British navy and founder f the Navy League, said to a Journal orres'iondent : "Admiral Beresford is a cannnle ria al expert, but he takes rather ten iptimistlc a view when he s.iys Kng- and's navy Is In a, position to face the omblned fle-ets of France, (lermany ind Hussia. The fac t are against lim. "The British admiralty and most na 'al e-xiie rts agree with the deduction nade by Captain Mahan from the Ilib lano-Amcrlcan war. that to be :euo- 'e-ssful, a nation must have five battlr ihips for every three used by the nemy. Kngland has slxt y-thr-e l aitle, dilps, forty-seven of th-se !n every espeet fit to go Into ac tion il any mo nent; sixteen almost wholly equipped .vlth mirzzle-loading guns, which are lut of elate, as hreech-loadin? is absce utely nec-essary. The Britii-li admi ally holds the opinion that the M-s-cels being old the expense of refitt ng hem would be greater than expedient. "Assuming, however, that all lxty 'hre battleships are perfect, they vould b- utterly Insufficient to Iw-at "ranee, !ermany and Hussl.i. As a natter of fact the nurnlM-r we have vould not insure a victory over 1'rnnc-e. "I spnk the opinion of many leading xperls when I say It would require-Ixty-six to fight France alone. n the inllkely event of France combining vith Germany and Itu&fia we would equlre eighty at leHst. 1 only deelt vith battleships, because cruisers do tot count for much in actual warfare They are necessary as scouts, but bat leshlps settle th" differences. "America can be scarcely 1 lassed as t dangerous naval foe alone yet. Slu ms but twenty-six battleships, twelve if these small ones, but I have little loubt thHt when any serious n.tval Ightlng tie done America will be found ly Kngland's side. We are woeklnt on Kith sides to that end. Whn the e rit- cal time arrives an Anglo-Saxon cm nonweallh will be no mere sentiment "Japan won't play that important lart in any great fight for nival u iremai y t'-.at Is certain to com" a;; nany Imagine. (he will have to be wkoned with in far e-astern questions, nit the greatest dlfferene3 will r.ot irise in the fur east. "'Jermany wants to cxt -nd lu r n!o liis to South America, one of the c'l ei Cons In w hich she Is looking. Wl en ih" begins to go further thin v irdies vhe-n sh" stretch's forth her hand to ake the land. 11 s she Is likely to de icfoie veiy loner, It will lie 'he com nencen -tit of the greatest naval fight he world h' eve- known. "Kliellend ne.-ll;s 'o s--e lil.ll -f 11 Tl V lag t'ii i - v- th' ivh'd- f S..oth ?retca i! be tl St.ns ,.-nd M:lrt.-. vl.i-h cartbs with it the -a:n- ueed'Oii J d pii grc-f" .! the Cnl in .I n !;," TI'.AIM.VC A 1 ilK.BS W ILL. ttl- pood inn come of being crbl- I. rary v.iili a child, by making htm do ne vl-b. without first getting Bt th' nii"c ef l.! v lllf ulii' ss. A child's vo ' tions rii- transient. The nd. avr hell, mils' be t i gt nt his fl e'lng vo-iio- :e-il trai'i each one iirlnht. until le can bo s::id to luive a goi-eniince .ui pose. Vo ice put implicit f:il!h In i-as- nitig v ith a c hild. Well, H sliowr e-'iit for 1 hlld nature, and occasion lly : ;n hes him; at lean it may eff-ct lon.e In cievi-lo lug Ills reasoning pov- m. and certainly ptenilscs confidence eiv .-fin .'irert and child. If his reason ve ie uln Mdy developed t lere would bt :i ehf'Seully in tialnlng the will, but hue It Is rut we must train the wil. I, rough other avenues, snd his feei ng, h.s eir.otleti.il impulses, foim the est of t!ie In order to Hrenglhe-r 1 nil train his will a child mut lie al oxeel to exercise It by choosing foi ilmself as far as practicable, The pa int or teai-hir must advise the child Kfoie the choice Is made, or when lie suffering as the result of sn unwise hope he may well reflect on them for lot giving him Ihe benefit of their ti ,1 rienoe: but after both sides sre made lain the e litld must lie left a free inotal tger.t. If there Is a choice lietween a Hie ke t knife and a new pair of trousers 1 hoy will almost surely choose the irrf". When he feels ashamed of his lutehed knees It will he a means of nit ure to bis Judgment through th" motion of shame, and his next willing nay be on Ihe line of reason. But it akes more than one lesson to learn hat "we c annot eat our cake and have t, too." Itobetlson says: "There are wo wavs of reaching the truth-by easonlng It out snd by feeling It out." child must feel his way to truth. A hlld lives In his feeling, and through hem he Is rescheel for good or evil. Woman's Home Companion. The modern woman type flourishing n New York drifts toward the oppo lite sex as naturally aa a duck takes o water. A sample of the class who let the faahlon of going out between the acta tartlr replied when asked why, Went out to aee a mem" The Inquls tor did catch a whiff of clots or coffee iowa 11 fx mmm. Interesting Points of HlatoJy Culled From Old Newspapers. The following "points of history" re lating to this subject were compiled by E. L. Sabln from the newspapers of that period on file In the historical de partment and publishel In the "Annals of Iowa." When, In the spring of 1S46, war be tween tho United States and Mexico broke out, Iowa territory wa on the eve of becoming a state. James (.larae was governor. With the beginning of war the presi dent was authorized by congress to call for .0,000 volunteers. When he did this he asked for a regiment frcm Iowa territory. June 1. 1848, Governor Clarke, from the executive office at Burlington, is sued a proclamation to Iowa people, stating that a regiment of volunteers was wanted.. This proclamation Is to be found In the papers of that period; among others in the Bloomlngtoti Her ald. Bloomlngton Is now Muscatine, The territory was aflame with excite ment and In Bloomlngton a mass meet ing was held at which resolutions sup. porting the government were adopted. A patriotic song is published In one of the jor issue of the Herald. On June 26 tne Herald states that al ready twelve companies' had been raised two in IJes Moines county, two In Van Buren, two in Lee, one In Mus catine, one In Ixiulsa. one in Washing ton, one In Dubuque, one in Johnson and one In Linn Only ten companies were wante-d. The Herald remarks that probably the first ten supplications will be the ones granted. There, si far as the Herald appears to show, the record of the twelve com panies ends. Reasonably careful In vestigation of the data of the times does not throw- any further light on the subject. Mies' Register for 1M6 says that Oovernor Clarke offered or at letixt paid a visit for the purpose cf offering the command of "the Iowa regiment" to ex-tJovemor Chambers, but that the former territorial executive was too feeble to accept. This seems to bo the. only mention Niles' Register makes of the Iowa regiment." However. Mies' Register of about this time says that an Independent company of volunteers ha been mus. tered In at Fort Atkinsn. la. T., and will probably be statlond there. This company roll Is given in the first vol ume of the Historical Record (Iowa 'It y. 1 !!. The company was mmtlered In July 16, 1X47, having enlisted, like re-glment, for twelve months unless sooner discharged. 1 he names of the organizations of trocis that took part In the operation on Mexican soil, and published in one of the histories of the war. In the li brary of the state historical depart ment, have no representation from Iowa save the Mormon battalion and ompany K of the Fifteenth United tales Infantry. While the Mormons were crossing the territory Captain James Alien of the First dragoons was sent by the gov ernment to enlist a battalion from them. He appe-ared at Mount Plirah. Mormon station. In June, lHfl. From there he went to the site of the pres ent city of Council Bluffs. Having conferred with the Mormon leaders he not only secured their cfins-nt to the nllstmcnt, but obtained even n warn ing from Brlgharn Young to iht Kalnts thut if they elesired to worship Hod as they pleased they must furnish a bat talion for the war. Five hundred mn were speedily en rolled and July 20 they left the Misnourt river for Fort Leavenworth. The Mor mon battalion did good ork In the war. Tr Fifteenth Cnitevl States infantry as recruited from the central I'nlted States. Ohio furnished, six compan'es, Michigan two, Wisconsin one, Ic-wn one. The Iowa company was company K. Kdwln f.'uthrle of Fort Madison was its aptaln. Isaac Griffith "old Chitru- busco" lately e.f Ie Moines, but then Fort Madison, wa a sergeant. The company re ported at Vera Cruz, July 1". 1S4.. and served lit a nuinter of en gagements. Captain flufhrie died from wounds received. Frederick I). Mills of Burlington was major of the regi ment nd was killed in the t.Uaofc on San Antonio Jacinto, Mexl-.i, august 2m. 1M7. Ke-rgeant Uriftlth lost an arm in the- buttle of Chur jbuicn. Thine queries now naturally e-ise: What became of the twelve cinpanli-s that rushed to form the regiment nsked for by the president? Was the regiment ever organized? Th" regiment was never organized. The following letter from the tnen sec. rc-tury of war shows that the Iowa vol unteers, like those of these later times, ere eager ta be organized and go t-t ih front, but that th'-y were not needed Iowa had !hi-n 'it .1 small 0011. uiauun, ami ciouiitie-ss t aptaln ciulli-rl'-'f coinimny was its fill quota. Wtr Iicpartment, Wtahlngion. Nov. -:.. IM. Hlx Kxcellency Jum-u Clarke, Hovornor of iowa. Burlington. lau tur: I have the honor to Sc kuo.vleilg.. th" lee c ipt of your excellency s ltt"r of the l!Mh instant, suiting that th" regiment if Iowa volunteers ure anxious to be Hilled lntc active service, rtnd lo in form you that their palriolle- wishes cannot now be gratife) c-onslietenlly with the claims of other Mat s. Very reseiict fully, your uKtllnt servant, W. 1.. MAUCY. Secretary, of W ar. Purt cf the Mormon bc..;i lo.i was niiisteted out Nt Is Angeles. Cul.. In. luly. IS'.T, nnd the remsliel-r n' t-'an' IMeg-i th" following Marc.i. This bat. tallon neve- took rur! in .my Inlll", The record of Its losses shows but nine deaths, under the heading "Ordinary." omething ouite iinusuiil vlth a bnl- of men on suc h a long man h. It Is n natter of tegiet Him th letters of ejovernor Clarke have not yet luen found In the war dc-partm. nt! I'nlteo States Senator John H. Hear has lately asked that careful seatch bee made for I hem, CAPTAIN PAI.MKR RKPoltTH. Omaha, Neb. (Special.) -Capluln H. K. Palmer has returned from Wash ington, very Jubilant over the prospects of the bill now- pending before the house which provides for establishing a sanitarium for the national soldiers' home at Hot Kprlngs. H. Il . and carries with it an appropriation of tlM.Oon At present It Is In Ihe hnnds of Ihe house military c ommit lee. snd will probably lie acted upon by that body February' H. By persistent effort Captain Palmer believes that It rsn be gotten through the house In good season, and little fear Is fell for the senate for similar bill have already twice passed that body, and It Is not believed that the senate will go back on a measure It has twice endorsed, especially when the member ship is practically the same now as It was then, "The principal thing Is to get lh sanitarium established at Hot Hprtiiga, even If ve get an appropriation of only 15,000," said Captain Palmer. "The amount named by the first appropria tion doesn't limit the amount that will be aepnt, If once we ran get Ihe work started. The national aeidlere' home bill originally carried an appropriation of 120,000, and now l,00,OM hag btra pent upon It." 7