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UNGLE BILL 1 01 Q$jt0 7 rsiC ha charms ter soothe the savage breast anil make the pensive one savage." re marked Uncle Bill, as he threw a book of instructions on the rr;an'!f.lin. upon the editor desk and 8K!r!. "1 tiat'ti a relic, as fur as I'm eon- cerrcri." "What have you been doing with this book?' atkfd the editor. as he picked It up a iv; examined the contents. "er k.n always put it . down as a fact, rt.at a durn fool'U do some fool ish things, an- I ain't no exception ter the rtaie." replied 1'ncie Bill. "I went an' Jined the Mandolin school. A fel ler cAd.f o;it to Shake Rag an' pot up a club where all a feller had ter pay was $18.00 with a $12.00 mandolin thrown in. Say, gee whizz, that wa the snap I d been lookin' fur, 'cause I've been a musicker all my life." "Yes. music is heavenly," said the editor, and "I suppose you have taken to it on mat account. "Rome on 'em when they sing an' play roll up their eyes an' gaze up ward an' at one time I thought that it was sublimity, caused from the music in their win Is, but I've changed my mind an' now think it was caused from water on the brain, instead uv eny heavenly effect what the music had on 'em. while they was singin," said Un cle Bi'l." "I do not quite understand yon," Raid the editor. "What makes you be lieve that it was water on the brain?" "It' plain ter be seen that music Is a stranger ter yer." interrupted Un cie Bill, '"cause a feller what's had eny music in him. hag had the prob lem solved when he was serenadin' his girl, while the ole man would dash a bucket full uv water down on bis brain. That's why they always look up when they are a singin' or playin. It's out ut force uv habit, from gittin' wa ter on the brain, but I must return ter the mandolin question. Now if there's eny kind uv music that a person '11 go deify over, it's the chills an' fever mu sic uv the mandolin." "I do not care for It. unless accom panied by some other Instrument," re marked the editor. "Wall, there wag 'bout 50 uv us old 'geeaere' jined the school an' paid our 118 00." "Did you pay in advancer asked the editor. "We paid when we took the first lesson." mid Uncle Bill. "He started In by teachin' on us the 'scale.' .We started in with Do. ra, an" so on up ter do agin, an then we went down ter do. an' then the teacher said we'd better 'dough up' ter him. so we all paid our money an' had that off uv our minds, an' tried ter git the music on. Instead, but somehow or other every note I d strike sounded like plunk, an' Cry Wj .'J. Sounded Like Piunk. I couldn't furgit the $18.00 I'd paid, so there I was a pound in' away, eight een plunks, eighteen plunks, on til I got dizzy a hearin' uv it. but I was bound ter learn the durn thing, if I broke a leg a doin' uv It Helen said Fhe could throw dishes acros the room at the dish pan and make better music, hut I didn't care fur that, I wanted ter git fo'st I could stir the mush clear from the bottom, like the professor did, when he was finishin' a piece, but 1 aw like a buckln' brortcho, I had ter be broke far It first an' so I went out side uv the hrme an' played an' sung ontil Helen broke cross Iota fur Wid der Baxters, an' the dog give me a sort uv a pitiful look an' scooted out the gate with his tail between his legs, an' the hop come up ter the fence a sqnealin'. It put me in mind ur 'Boy hood's Happy Home Down on the Farm.' when every one waa a trrap pin. I was Jest m'l.ln' things Jingle when my fale teeth fell out an' inter the hole uv the mandolin, an' that seemed ter bite off all uv the music there was In my soul fur the time beln', 'cause I couldn't rattle the durn teeth not spite nv all I could do. I waa thakln' away at It as Helen come bark. She give me a sympathetic look, an' aid: 'Play with that awhile an' I will ami John np town after a rattlebox vtth a whistle on It' " A kill to make voting at elections eompalaory. which It to be iatrodaced Into the Preach ekambar by ML Georges Larry, provides Oust car parson ab raiaing from rottac at eltctloms shall h kits masse displayed oa the door ti ta tova kali, pay a tea of from I ti M Arms, tad be dtafraacklaed aad r J fttM for aay pabUe of- ':t- f ewtmta Mat 2t u r:-ra3 tsa- ; wft-n J K-X l JO t few saw- i f i S u 2 I "That tu a hard nib." remarked the editor. "How did you get your teeth out?" "Busted the top off a the durn box, an' since that I bin usin' uv it fur a swill dipper. It's a good thing ter fee !l W iSTSJJf : ! W 4 3 v e r s Good Thing Ter Feed Hogs With. hogs with. ' I got my teeth an' I ain't goin' ter bite on eny skin game with 'em agin, 'cause I've learned that a feller can git a mandolin like that fur a dollar-an'-a-half, an' it's high even at that, for I can git a Jewsharp fur two cents an' make more music on our uv them than I ever could on a manda lln, besides. Helen says, an alarm clssj has the right kind uv git up an' g" music fur us, an' 1 guess she's 'DOi right; at least I'm goin' ter tie ter V clock an' jewsharp fur a few years yet" TESTING A DIAMOND. How to Ditingtiieh a Good Specimen of the Gem. Philadelphia Record: "No," said the dealer, "you don't need to he an expert in-order to be able to tell a good dia mond from a poor one, Tou nd only to have common sense and good eyes and a magnifying glass. First you ex amine the diamond's table. The tmble Is the surface, and it should be per fectly octagonal. Then examine the circumference, and if that is round the gem is. at least, you may be sure, well cut. v , "Now. for flaws, you look Into the diamond, using the glass here, for tk reason that a flaw imperceptible to tk naked eye will often lower a gem's vara 50 or 60 per cent. Flaws in diamond n semble those little feather marks In k that we so often see, though scratrk on the surface are lso flaws. If none are to be found you study next the col or, remembering that the steel blue, be cause It is the most brilliant, is the most desirable and costly hue. and that the white comes next. Yellowish or off-color stoneg are practically worth less, but a perfect violet or amber, or rose diamond brings a fancy price. "Study finally the depth and weight, and if the depth Is good you won't be cheated If you pay $150 or $160 a carat for your stone. Before the South Afri can war you'd only have to pay $100. but $150, thanks to this war. and to the diamond trust, and to the heavier cus toms duty, is now the market price." Right Side Wears Most. Kansas City Journal: "The Journals in street ear trucks always wear out on the right side first." said an expert In traction mechanics, the other day. "That's because the majority of people are right-handed. This sounds funny, but it's a fact'. Right-handed people involuntarily choose a seat on the right-hand side of the car. and most people standing tip reach for a sf cn the right side. "Any conductor will tell you that 1 te right-hand seats always fill up beft t the seats on the left, and if you ma : it a point to count the number of pr sons occupying seats in a crowded car you'll almost invariably find that there re more people squeezed into the right-hand seats than In the left This, with the majority of standing passen gers holding on to the right-hand straps, throws most of the weight on the right wheels, and the extra friction grinds the right side Journals down be fore those on the left are much worn." Breeding: Cavalry Horses. Dr. Ieonard Pearson, the state veter inarian and dean of the veterinary school of the University of Pennsylvan ia, in his report from the Committee on Animal Husbandry to the annual meet ing of (he P&inaylvania State Veterin ? rv society, spoke very favorably of the bill pending before Congress which pro poses a system of breeding horses for cavalry under government Inspection, the hope being that this would lead to a more general scientific breeding of horns. The bill proposes a govern ment inspection and certificate for stal lions favorable for the breeding of cav alry horses. In tbls way It Is hoped tz educate the general public up to the Im portance of the subject In forelgr countries it Is found that this com has rapidly Increased the value of ttr horse stock of the nation. Dr. Pearswu intimated that if this method were adopted, "mere horses" would no long er be found In the markets, but horses bred and specially fitted for a purpose. The matter was referred to a committee with a suggestion that they favor the bill In Its broadest scope. William J. Bryan has given to West Virginia university at Morgantoww, W. Vs.. 1260, the Income of which la to be awarded annually to tb student of the on! r entity who arisen ta the beat orig inal essay oa "The Science of Govern ment." . Oaa of taa baaks of the town has takes the money and sroortaed to say tar esat tatertat oa It , . C'BMf'l Uoyd Wbeatoa la my aop mLjt x Vkm soldiers la ma Phlllp atect, t.l r-naft of aim among tatm sstva u J Cat" ft m a Csvertto t dt ta $z:t suar, awasm h PAKir row xovrmm. Polemics Over Statues to Balzac and General XcXahon. Paris Correspondence Pall Mall Ga leae: After 5o years, Balzac Is to have his statute set up in the streets of Par is. The announcement has been mad'? many times before, but now there reems "no possible probable doubt" The difficulty, all along, has been the site. Naturally, the proper one was at the corner of the rue Balzac and the avenue Friedland, the spot nearest where his bouse was, but the town of Paris would not hear of It But the prefect of the Seine has interposed and has gives, hia -authority ,ao that . the work of erecting this presentment in ftone of the author of the "Coinedie Humaine" may begin at once. The statue should be in its place on the birthday anniversary of Balzac, in Au gust. There are people who find that the selected work of the Immortal por trayer of human sentiment and hu man phases is extremely ugly. Indeed, it was much criticised when exhibited in the Salon three years ago.. It repre-f-enui Balzac sitting down, and in its massiveness and lack of expression con trasts, say the critics, with the living beauty of the marble of Rodin, whose work was passed by the official adjudi cators. There is always the qnestlon of a statue to agitate artistic opinion in Paris and to excite polemics in the newspapers. For instance, Victor Hu go's Is still wandering In the wilder ness siteless though a month hence they will be celebrating the centenary of his birth by an Imposing fete to which the government has lent Its countenance. Meanwhile, the bimt of another fa mous man has come to enrich the Army museum. It is that of MacMahon. giv en by his son. It Is presently to be followed by the marshal's portrait by Horace Vernet These gifts have serv ed as a happy pretext for reviving the story of that celebrated mot, "J y suis. J'y reste." said to have been uttered by the French general at Sebastopol. Did he really say It. or has It no better foundation than that other utterance of Cambronne. which he never could re member having said? Unfortunately. MacMahon recollection with regard to bis raying was equally, at sea. Howev er he did say it; it is established with out Ionbt by Sir Michael BIddiilph. the black rod of the English house of lords. M. Germain Bapst. who is a well-known authority on military history, and lec tured with much acceptance during the exhibition, wrote to Slr Michael, who was on the English commander's staff at Sebastopol. to establish the facts. 1 his leter, which is a long and Interest ing one, is now published for the flrt.'t time. It was in the hottest part of the battle; MacMahon had launched his division against iialakoff. The Eng lish had advanced from their trenches to the assault of a redoubt, but It look ed, from the fierce resistance of the Russians, and from their being no shel ter from the fire, .that they would be forced to retire. The writer of the let ter tefls us that he ran 'round in the trenches to see what was passing on' the French side. He penetrated to the outer trenches, and there, where the balls rained hottest, sat MacMahon on a cross-bench directing the resistance. It was a hand-to-hand fight. Biddulph suggested to MacMahon that he should be allowed to warn the English gener-al-in-chlef of his situation. The gen eral, who remained superbly calm, said: "Vous pouvez dire au generale. An glalse que J'y suls et que J'y reste." It is comforting. Indeed, to have one of our traditions so well supported. FALSE ANTIQUES. More Fraudulent than Genuine Spec imens Sold in Paris. Century; In the way of carved fur niture, I am afraid that there are more fraudulent antiques than genuine In the Paris shops today. There Is one deal er In particular who, when closely questioned as to the origin of certain LouIb XV. sideboards and tables he has for sale, will tell you they come from the chateau of Chenonceaux, the fa mous little palace where the fair Diane 4e Poitiers once lived and loved; and in proof of It he will show you a bill of sale, duly stamped and authenticat ed, of a certain lot of furniture sold to htm in 1863 from the chateau. Hun dreds of persons, doubtless many Americans among them, have bought those Chenonceaux tables and buffets, and have seen that precious document, which, no doubt, is good as far as It goes. Unfortunately, according to a rival dealer, that bill of sale covered only two sideboards and three tables from Chenonceaux. notwithstanding which. Chenonceaux tables and chairs have been pouring forth from the little shop In a steady stream for the iast 20 years enough to freight an ocean steamship. The widow's cruse of oil wi nothing to It I do not doubt that if I were to order 50 Chenonceaux ta bles tomorrow the proprietor of the shop would agree, with a twinkle of In telligence, to fill the order within a reasonable time. Some time ago the neighbors of a certain petty furniture dealer In In don romplalnea of the constant pistol shooting In the tradesman's back yard. Hauled before a magistrate the man tes tified that he was a reputable manufac turer of "antique" oak chests, and that It was necessary to fire bird shot at his new chests In order to give them a worm-eaten appearance; which anec dote recalls to me that I once saw In the window of a brlc-a-brae shop In Ptraaburg this announcement: "The Newest Things In Antiquities." Xa Mew York. Father What ar your prospects? Suitor I have suits pending against the tunnel, subwsy and hotel managers and four automobile owners. Father Take her, my boy, and be happy. Alexander H. Rice baa been appoint ed to tahs charge of taa Latla depart ment of the OoHagc of Arts. Bostoa. Ha Is at araatat Js Soma, Italy, where as has fessa stadylac dartag Us last yaw at the iannasa icasel for DRAMATIC INCIDENT IX TBS POLITICAL AFFAIRS OP SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC. President of Paraguay Compelled to Reiigu at Point of Revolver and Then Locked Up. Asuncion letter: The little republic of Paraguay has been recently engaged in a revolution of a very surreptitious character In which the press has been the principal sufferer, the reporters of each of the local papers having fallrn In tbe fusillade of bullets, which fol lowed the attempt to depos- Pretident Aceval. The-coup d'etat wsH-brought bct in a somewhat remarkable manner, strongly savoring of the tricks of the Venetian politicians of the Middle Ages. A number of the political opponents of Dr. Aceval. the president, formed a secret plot to depose him. Intending to smuggle him out of the country be fore his supporters could rally to the rescue. These enemies, by means of a fale decoy letter, obtained posses sion of the president, whom they took In a closed carriage to the home of one of the revolutionists. A paper con taining hix voluntary resignation was then lain before him and he tras per suaded to sign it before his brains were blown out for causing delay in the mat ter. He was finally promised his free dom and sufficient caah for his imme diate wants upon his arrival In a for eign country if be would sign the doc ument and go without trouble aboard the first ship for Europe leaving Asun sion. which place he would leave prac tically as a prisoner. The signature to the document was secured from him. but an attempt to get him aboard the vessel or to induce him to carry out his promise to the ex tent of formally resigning proved fu tile anu it was found necessary to con fine him In the barracks. This was followed by a lively scno In the house of congress. Upon hear ing of the forced resignation of the president a number of his partisans op poped the action about to be taken by congress, declaring that if the govern ment or people were dissatisfied with the president the proper course was to summon him before the bar of the hoiiFe and Impeach him openly. During the heated discussion that followed' the members of the revolu tionary party became very aggressive and were on the point of putting the matter to a vote when a young lad who It is said was related to Aceval, dis charged his revolver. Weapons were promptly produced and dodging behind desks the members commenced attempting to pot one an other. When the military arrived a stop was put to the scene of confusion. General Cahallero threatening to blow the place to pieces by means of ma chine guns unless the fusillade ceased. The general himself was wounded and with Dr. Insfran, a member of Aoe val's government, and the two report ers, were the only persons seriously Injured and killed. Many of the members and persons In the house were found to be wounded slightly, including a number of citizens who had unwittingly got mixed up in the fracas. Dr. Aceval was elected In 1808 for a term of six years, and therefore had only two years more to serve. The new constitution, under which tbe present congress acts, was passed In 1S70. It is modeled on that of the Argentine confederation, the legislative authori ty being vested In a congress of two houses, and the executive in a presi dent elected for six years. Paraguay was. until 1S76, virtually a province of Brazil, being occupied by 'Brazilian troops. The United States interests here are comparatively small. The central de partment, in which the capital. Asun cion, is 8ituat1, contains nearly one third of the whole Inhabitant. The capital Itself contains about 30,000 and the entire country 600.000, or about half thj number there before the war with Argentine, Brazil and Uruguay. The exports of the country were !n 1S00, $21 m.m and imports $20,977,419. Tbe last president Gonzales, was surreptioiisly deposed a few years ago and deported on an outgoing steamer In the same manner that It was In tended to dispose of President Aceval BERNARDO SA VILLA. AFTER HUGO, 8ILEHCX. The Great French Author's Immense Appreciation of Himself. Boston Herald: It was a quarter of a century ago that the writer of this paragraph first saw Victor Hugo, the centenary of whose birth was recently celebrated. It was at a congress of European authors, assembled In Paris to discuss the question of International copyright. Nearly all the distinguished authors then living were present at this Cxingitf. -- !;;go presided. Cn his right was . M. Leon, then French Minister of public Instruction, and on his I'-ft was Turgenleff, the great Rus sian novelist It was the opening day of the congress, and Hugo delivered an address of welcome to the delegates. At the conclusion of hjs address, a delegate arose and began to discuss tbe question before the congress. He had not spoken a dozen words when the presiding officer rapped him to order, "p'llence:" said the president, "nobody tlnl after Hugo. Tbe congress is adjourned until tomorrow;" There wss no dissent from this ruling of Pres ident Hugo, and the delegates dis persed. It was an Impressive demonstration of Hugo's tremendous appreciation of himself, as well as of the profound re spect In which he was held by bis liter ary contemporaries. Grateful. Clerk I would Ilka to get off early, sir, as my wife wants me to do some odd Jobs around the house while It la light enough. Manager Can't possibly do It Clerk Thank yon, air. You are very kind. Puck. "You aay O'Haansgjui leaves the or phans' horns a 'large legacy r "Bed ad. It's purty large." "How much?" "Twelve child ran, as' a goat, bsgorra." Tit Bits. Religion is taa bast armor la the nr 14. bat tfcs worm THE "HEALTH" OF IMDIA. It is Large in Aggregate, but In dividuals Are Poor. Txndon Times: At a meeting of the Roval Statistical society Dr. Cinsburg read a paper by Mr. F. J. Atkinson, giving "a statistical review of the iii come and wealth of British India." Af ter referring to a remark made by Lord Cmzon. in a speech on the Indian budget for 1901-02. to the effect that there had been an Increase in the mean income of the Inhabitants of India be tween 18&0 and 1&98 of no less than 11 per cent, and to a statement made by Mr. W. Digby. who criticised Lord Cur zon's flenres and argued tnat there had been a diminution of average income of no less than 30 per cent between the years 1S90 tad IftOOMr. Atkinwn dis cussed the question with the view of Inding out the true facts. He sain that this could not he done with any great exactitude, because there were no statistics of cultivation In some pu-ts of India before 1892-93. and there were difficulties In regard to the esti mated yields. He divided the popula tion into three classes agricultural, nonagricultural and those of sufficient or ample means. Having examined the position of the various sections In cluded In the first class, Mr. Atklncon came to the conclusion that the agri cultural Income of Brltisn India in creased from 2C.4 rupees per heed In 1875 to 25.9 rupees per head In 1895, this being an Increase of 39.8 per cent. A similar inquiry, the results of which were set forth in great detail, convinced htm that the nonagricultural income went up from 28. 8 rupees per head In 1S75 to 34.1 rupees in 1895, or an In crease of 18.4 per cent. As these two clawes of persons comprised 97.6 per cent of the entire population, it mignt he taken that the average annual in come of this great mass of people rose from 17.3 rupees in 1875 to 35.2 rupees in l9ri. an increase of 28.9 per cent. In exnmlnlr.g the incomes of the third section, Mr. Atkinson gave rea sons for dnnhtlng the triwt worthiness of the Income tax returns, which he was unable to acrept as a full olwlosure ol the pof-ltlnn of the people, and he made his calculations on a more ex tenced lais. In the result he put the Inrome of this claps n a whole at 74 foie of rnrees In 1875 and fit 113 1-3 crores In l.95. Summarizing the three sections, he arrived at the conclusion f!'a during the 20 years under review the average income rose 2.5 per cent thhl Is to say, from SO. 5 rupees per head to 39.5 rupees per head. Alluding Ji the wealth of Brit'h India, he riis ci.'fed the monetary situation and the amount of hoards md ornaments which the people had put by and gave an interesting historical survey for the purpose of forming an estimate of the stock of precious metals which the va rious conquerors h.tfi left In the coun try after surfKsfve raids and of the amount which from time to time had been imported and allowed to remain In tbe hands of the people. He reck oned that the amount of the totals of the two stores were, in currency. In 1876. 116 crores or rtipres, rising to 223 crores In lftilO, and under the second head (hoards and ornaments 6 crores in 1&75. increasing to 8 1-4 crores In 18'"i. In one of the numerous tables avppIeTientttr? 10 the paper there was set out. a balance sheet of India which fP"m"i to show that the actual capital vralth. a distinguished from income, per head of the population. Increased from 703.8 rupees in 1875 to 9S6.6 ru pees In 18S."i, or no less than 40.2 per rent. In conclusion, he gave figures to chow the great rise In capital In viUmcntB of recent years. In 1875 the amount was 201.370.000 rupees, in 1R94 530.C51.000 rupees and in iS9 7G2.2';9. OGtl rupees. Mr. Atkinson described this increase as a eatiKfactory Indica tion that the rise in the exchange value of the rupe had stimulated the supply of the capital, the greatest porion of which came from England. A FELINE ROMANCE. Did This Cat Perpetrate Suicide Be cause of Jealousy. New York Times: We have no such affection for stories about cats as for those about dogs, but a cat story that reaches us from Brooklyn is at leant as interesting as a third or fourth rate flog story, and Is therefore worth print ing. The Brooklyn cat In question had received a large amount of attention and affection from the members of the family with whom she lived they might better have given both to a dog. but it's a Brooklyn story, remember snd the creature had come to regard herself as of much Importance an ab surd mistake, of course, but never mind that, either. The other day an amiable child vis ited the cat's family, and received much petting. This the rat observed 1 with a Jealous and angry eye. and man ifested displeasure in several sulky fe line ways. Later the hosts and the lit tle guest betook themselvm to a sort of roof garden with which the house Is equipped. The, cat followed, watched for a while the' continuance of the con duct to which she objected, and then disappeared. An hour or two later she was found on the ground close to the house, and her owners declare that she committed suicide out of grief over the n"i!le"t n which she bad been sublcct ed. Nobo ly saw the animal Jump from the roof, po It may have been an ac cidental fall. The chances that a cat would fall from a roof are minute, but so are the chances that she would com mit suicide, lust what bapnened will never be known. The problem is not very Important If it had been a dog, now, the matter would have been worth earnest and laborious Investiga tion. Colonel Jere Baxter, president of the Tennessee Central railhosd, Is trying to carry out the plan of a reproduction of the Tennessee state rapttol In sawed block coal at the St. Iul fair. Prescience. Tlck I say, Hsrry, Suppose you haven't a dollar you want to lend me? Harry By Oeorge, you've guessed right! Dick, with your a.dllty to see Into the future, yon ought to be worth yotir weight In money. Boston Trans cript The volcano Vesuvius rises on the mainland, about 15 miles from tbe roast It Is encircled by a railway at the base and tin to the hit i ui Z i. ... i , inn feat Is covered with cities, villages farmhouses and vineyards. At least I 10.000 people live la ths midst of con tlaaal danger, to which they aasm an tt lv indifferent. . PEACE TERL1S ARE ACCEPTED. i Biii Miii ciiisHtt Kin Aircsnn tor --I - Mikiag til AiHiuxtit. British Offer Altsroatlva of Aooap in Conditions Laid Down or Bisaking off Nsgotlations. London. (?peclal -The Iily Mall ciiln.s tn have authority to announce that the basis of peace has been prac tically agreed upon at Pretoria, but says that some little time will elapse before the details of the plan can be perfected. The paper adds that upon finding that the Hiilish government refused on Wednesday to modify Its terms with renird to amnesty, banishment and a rrrponslble government, the Boer drle gftt'es met attain on ThursdHy. The Hiltlsh dec ision, practically leav ing them the alternative of accepting th Urilish trms or breaking up the ronf renre was then communicated to them and the delegates proved moro reeonable. When Lord Milner. the British hiKh commissioner In Houth Africa, promised the delegates one or two seats In the executive council, sub ject to the approval of the govern ment and pending the restoration of ft responsible government, they practical ly agreed to accept the liritlsh terms. Koioe d tails, continues the Dally Mail, which are not likely to create dlfllcully, Mill remain to be settled. Lord Milner has summoned from Jo hannesburg an Australian expert, who is to assist in estimating the cost of re building and resto kirn ib Hoer farm". The debates, conclude the paper, have ni fa- acted ot)ite independent of their representative in Holland. Hans Saner, a loyalist Afrikander, speaking at Bradford, was not optim istic concerning the peace negotiations. He said he thought It quite probable that the Boers Houltl ask t!reat Brit ain for IWi.ijot'.'iflO or HjfMMti.WiO and In turn aRree to clear out of South Africa altogether. ' Herlous differences, it Is said, hsVfc arisen between the Transvaal and Free Ftate delegates who are discussing peace terms at Pretoria. General Bo tha and Acting President Schalkburger it Is reported have given the Free State representatives until April 12 to come to a dh tsion. threatening that thereafter the Transvaal delegation will continue the peace negotiations In dependently of the Free Stale deli gates. It Is further declared that Botha and Schalkburger had practically agreed upon terms for surrender prior to their visit to Klerksd'irp, but that out of loyalty to their allies they insisted on a conference, though with slight hopes that their views should be shared by General rvwet and the other Frea State leadets. FILES A BOND FOR MR. RATHBOKE. Havana. (Special.) A Fidelity com pany has filed a bond for K3.(HK) with , lhe court s hull for the Hoiearan(&. of K. G. Jiathlione, the former director of posts, on his apiical. This company's bond was refuser) when offered for the appearance of Mr. Bathbone when lie was first arrested, but his lawyers now insist that, according to In and in the Interests of justice, ball should be ac cepted. The company has rlks amount ing to W.ooo.iwu in t'lilm, mostly on ac count of government employes. The president of the court has con sulted Governor Wood, concerning the matter of accepting the bond, but no decision on the subject has been reached. The court has not yet decided to ac cept the bond of the Fidelity company for the appearance of Ituthbone. If this bond Is not accepted, counsel for Itathbone probably will apply for a writ of hubeo corpus. SHORT TELE6RAPHIC NEWS NOTES. Th Anaconda Mining company ha declared a dividend of 50 cents pej share. The iast dividend was $1.25. The Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Scoviiie, assistant pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, is dead in Philadelphia. Superintendent William A. Bassctt ol the Arkansas City Land and Improve ment company killed himself by hang ing. At Wallln. Mich., Mrs. Walace E. King and her two young children wer burned to death In a fira that destroy ed their borne. Father M. O'Carroll, one of the best known priests In Jowa, and for twenty five years stationed at Oskaloosjt, died In that city last week, Henry Lord Moody, father of Con gressman Moody, recently named as secretary of the navy, u dead at till home in Haverhill, Mass. Booker T. Washington has been en gaged by the trustees of the University of Iowa to deliver an address at ths coming June commencement. Andrew Carnegie has offered t3O,0O4 4 . 1 1 I . 1 1 , . t . m . city will provide a suitable site and raise $3,000 per year for its mainten ance. Kalph Clark, William Beacon and Joseph Wblte, the latter colored, wero killed by tbe Koyai Blue flyer on th Philadelphia A Heeding tracks neat Itilladelpbla. t R. Moore, a retired capitalist of Kansas City, was stricken with heart disease on a, train at Hprlngfleld, Mo. He waa on his way borne from Florida, where he spent the winter. Fire caused by sparks from a pass ing engine caused I25.0UO damage to th-j Adams Express company warehouse In Chicago. Tbe building used as the freight office ot the Pennsylvania Unea was also damaged, many express and freight bills being consumed. Miss Lrydla Mans, aged M, waa shot and killed by her uncle, W. H. Hans, aged M, In the house where they lived together at Henrietta, I. T. The unck was infatuated with the girl. No one know of the murder until Mans sur rendered himself. War la Ovsv. St Iuls, Mo. Special. ) 'The real war In the Philippines is over," awys Oovernor Taft, speaking In connection with the surrender of afalvar. "Thlrtr of ths provinces are now under civil rule, and In only three la there any trouble. Civil government la a sao cess. Among the most difficult qaes tlons to come up for settlement Ur taa Islands Is that of ths aomplete sever ance of the church and ths stats. Ther were closely allied during the gaaalifc regime," TlMBsrOs of truth Its ataf to ta fc V
