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TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE 8ELECTION OF INTER ESTING ITEMS. CabbciU aa4 Crltlciaaaa Baaed Upas the Happaataga of th Dajr Hlatari cal and Nawa Notes. I-ove Is a disease that a preacher very often cure. It look as If a dispensary would do a good business In the oatlou'g eapitol. France in organizing a north pole expedition, ..It. ia still, two .-to. one on tin Mile. I'roffHHor Dclitscli lias come up for another round and has landed on the Kaiser lu a new place. Gen. Leonard Wood way induce the Filipinos to change their religion, Imt nobody lielievea that he can make them work. Hetty Green call her dog Dewey. People who think Hetiy has absolute ly no hfiiliment may be partially luis takeu after all.' Seven hundred different dialects are spoken by the natives of Africa. That will be a great place for the dialect poet Home day. Jose I'a lnui's elopement will) a New York girl demonstrates the fact that not fill Cuban treaties are balked in the United States. 'Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch" Is to be dramatized. We know a few nctora who could play the part of the cabbages all right. Gunners shoot through yellow spec tacle with 30 per cent more accuracy than without. Yellow politics and yellow journalism are not ho accurate as yellow gunning. A national organization of dressmak ers has declared nguinst the shirt waist. lint anything as smart and jaunty as the shirt waist will not mind little thing like that. A Minneapolis lady In Chicago faint ed when somebody mentioned $700 as the price of a gown she was looking at. perhaps she knows now how fath er feels alsiut these things. The Chicago alumni of Augustana "College has declared that "we must take woman as she Is." That's what most of us have been doing right along, and we have been glad to get her ou her own terms. "How the wind and reap the whirl wind' simply means that if you per lst In talking to that girl three nights In the week at present, later on she will talk to you every night of your life unless you stay out all night. The wonl chaffeur will goon have a special meaning-one who runs down and runs away; one whose disregard for others' safety Is In direct propor tion, to his regard for his own; one who lacks the courage of bis destruc tion.' A young man who received $1,000, hi as a wedding present a few days ago took It Into Wall street for the purpose of finding out how the busi ness Is done. .Money was a good deal easier when be walked back to his bride at the libtol lu the evening. Various contemporaries In the Unit ed States are belittling the Oar's re form ukase with the assertion that It will amount to nothing unless the re forms are properly put Into effect. They have not, however, gone so far as to claim that the ukus Is no more Mmling than a platform pledge of our own happy land. A millionaire who died recently In New York left an account book filled with his "sjtcculatlons" as apart from bis legitimate Investments. The total purchases and sales for the last three years approximated two million dol lars. Two hundred and sixty dollars' profit remained to the financier's es tate. The wonderful part of the story Is not that the profits were so small, but that they were so large. Say, when a fellow Is eternally af ter something, and runs or Is run by others, for every little picayune, tup penny thing going, doesn't be remind you of remnant scrap of soap? It is too small for use; you can't lather with it; It slips and slides around in the dish like a drop of mercury. The only thing to do with It Is to chuck It Into the slop pall. So, also, Ore the chronic candidate. Or give him a hot Move and let lilm make off with It and slay put. .Natural woodlands are better regu lators of water supply than are dams, reservoirs and ditches, and, besides, they are much cheaper. Moreover, In telligently cultivated forests can be made steady sources of wealth, where as Irrigation works and levees are per ennial causes of expense. There are men who cannot understand that more crops can be raised if ft proper propor tion of land Is kept In forest than If It Is nil cleared and cultivated; there lire others who do understand, but who prefer quick profits to slower, though more permanent, gains. For aucb per versity there Is no cure other than leg islative assertion of the greater rights of the whole community or the re-i-trnl nt of Individual selfishness tod ig-i.-rnnce by law. Nothing Is more omlnona than the tj ady Increase In the number of defal- .u ,o is and breaches of trnat. These always coma with changes and altera tions In the conditions of business. When expenses Increase faster than gross receipts and the margin of profit fhrlnk owners and managers inevitably begin to Investigate leaks, to look Into the corners, to examine books and ac counts and to find just how things are. When this la done irregularities are sure to be uncovered, dubious practices are laid bare and defaulters find them selves suddenly discovered or so near discovery that they flee. A fulling mar ket plays Its part also at such a time. Speculation ceases to be profitable. Losses replace past profits. Men who have risked their employers' uiouey lose it or are tempted to pilfer on a large scale or small to save some ven ture near collapse. These various causes are all now operative. "War is an anachronism a relic ot the stone age, when prehistoric man, adopting the only mode of argument known to him, fought for the posses sion of eaves. When It is made too horrible to contemplate It will cease tc be the resort, of civilized nations." Ir. Ki.-iiard (Jailing, im died IV!). 20 lu New York, wrote that opinion to a friend many years ago. lir. Gatlinij was the Inventor of the famous Gat ling rapid-fire gun, the iirst "pepper box" designed for wholesale slaughtei of troops, lie was once a clerk In a St. Louis store. Witnessing the suf ferlugs of wounded soldiers coining from the front during the Civil Wat led him to wonder if a remedy could not be found for the great World evil When he took up the construction ol his machine gun In 18T4 his life wn threatened by people who considered liliu a "public meua.-e" and a whole sale murderer. General Butler used two of the first Gatliug guns in tin famous James Hiver expeo.nou, Abroad the Invention was taken up at once and many similar mechanism! sprang from bis Idea. The case of Mrs. Maybrick Is un. doiibtedly one of the most celebrated In the annals of crime, and, like that ol Elizabeth Canning and others of sim liar character, will long be discussed, though doubt will never be entirely cleared from It. One reason why sin has had the sympathy of so many peo pie on two continents is because It win felt that she liiid not had a fair trial The Judge who tried the case Sii James Stephen though he had been l very able man, was known for his so verity In such cases and was undoiibt cdly then In the decline of his powers A year or two biter his mind became s Impaired that be was retired from tin bench. Notwithstanding the brllliaa defense made by Sir Charles Uussell subsequently the Lord Chief Justice ot England, the Judge charged so strong ly against the prisoner that the jurj was compelled to return a verdict ol guilty, and Mrs. Maybrick was sen fenced to be hanged. The outburst o; Indignation lu Kuglniid at such a sen twice In a case admitting of so uiucl doubt was so strong, however, That tin home office commuted the sentence t Imprisonment for life. Since then, now thirteen years ago, a persistent an well organized movement lias been car rlcd on both lu Kn'gland anil Amerlci to obtain Mrs. Mayhrick's pardon. Tin petitions sent forward from the Unite! States were presented through our am basiidor In London, though it was no a case lu which our government couK Interfere. Although there have beci three or four changes In the ISrltlsl cabinet since Mrs. Maybrick was con vlctcd, and at least four different sec retaries of the home office, all of then able lawyers, none of them until now seems to have been Influenced by tin doubts that had been raised, but be lleved that she bad been properly con vlcted. 'DIABETIC FLOUR" FRAUD. In Most Cases It la Not What It Pur ports to Ha. According to a Massachusetts Stall Hoard of Health reort, of thlrteei samples of diabetic flour, or flour pre pared for the use of diabetics and pur porting to lie free from starch, onl; three samples, the product of one man ufacturcr, were found to lie free fron starch, the other ten, or nearly SO lei cent of the sample collected, wen found not only to contain starch, bin that In large quantities, seven beiii found with (JO per cent or more ot starch. These were, In reality, but lit tie better than whole wheat flour, am were sold at prices varying- from 11 ti 50 ceuts per pound. There are prob ably few of the better Informed general physicians who would not say "All the better for the patient, so fin as his health Is concerned," becausi bread that does not contain stare! doubtless Injures him more than tin best-made, well-baked "crusty" whew bread. There si-ems to lie a deal ol IndcflnltcticKS and a vast deal of dif ference of opinion among physicians ai to these questions of bread and diet foi diabetic patients. Those, dlfferencei do not show themselves so much In tin tcit books, where there Is general unl fortuity of advice. Hut when It comci to getting his bread the poor dlabctli finds that the physician knows little o nothing aa to the chemic and dlgowtlv qualities of the breads he can buy The matter Is left without, oversight ti the bakers and commercial agents, pre clsely where II should not be left, ant much to the perplexity of the patient No wonder that the diabetic's healtl falls wlien he trie to digest some the "bread" he Is advised to get: Afte trying It he can but think, If he don not know that this disease Is a nioden ooe, tbat the orlgli of the Kcrlptura Injunction against giving a atone whet bread la asked for anise from the ex perlence of bis poor ancient brethrei In trying to live while conforming ti the scientific diet Hat of those days -American Medicine. POSSE GETS HIM VrrOtKD SLATER Ot JCDOE MAR. CUM CAPTUBED Taken Without Bloodshed. ALLEGED ASSASSIN RtTRATKO Bl MIS lifrLATIYKS Uncle Swares Out Warrant. Five Wltneain Ready to Testify to till Guilt Irtaonir an Athletic Youug Alan of twenty-cltf lit Vear Lexington, Ky., May II. The cap ture of Curtis Jett, charged with tin assassination of J.B. Marcum In Jack son Monday, was accomplished with out blood shed at 3 o'clock Sunday morning, lie is now in lb?. Clarif county jail at Winchester. Bearing a warrant which had been sworn out by Sam Jett, uncle of the accused, HlimilT McCoid and a poaw of seven left VMurliestci at midnight Saturday, They proceeded to the home of Mrs. A. Ilaggln, Jett'i mother. Jett made no show of re sistance. Jett's stepfather A, Ilaugin, charges tbat when Jctt reached Lis house last night from Jackson he pro ceeded to draw his pistol on bim (Ilaggln) and oidered him to get out of the neighborhood, Huggin went to Richmond and swore out a warrant charging Jett with breach cf tha peace by assault with a pistol. In the jail today Jett was com municative on ail matters save the killing of Marcum. "I'll get out ol this all right." was the only state mcnt be would make that could bo construed as a reference to the charge, lie said he wanted to be tri ed in Breathitt county. He was bit ter In denouncing his uncle, who had bim arrested .md said ,that the score would be evened up when he was at liberty. When asked in reference to the statement that live men would testify that he killed Marcum he simply sneered and replied, "What's that to you?" To sheriff McCord he was equally non-commuDicalhe as to the Marcum tragedy. Jett Is twenty-eight years of age, athletic In build, with deep-set, keen eyes and has bushy red hair. Tbat he submitted to arrest was an agree able surprise to the oilicers who fear ed an encounter. Jett denies that he drove his step father front home. Ha will be arranged .Tuesday and It is supposed will be transferred to the Jackson district for trial. BROTHER WAS NOf WILLING Beatrice, Net. Ma.y 11. Jimmlo Walsh, of Lincoln, temporally resid ing in Beatrice, had all arrangements made last evening to get married when bis hopes of matrimony wen, rudely shattered and the wedding was declared off, all because of the Inter ference of an unfeeling btother. Jim mle came here a few days ago to en gage In the picture business of some kind. He met and became madly In love with a young lady of the city !who reciprocated the feeling, it was a sure enough case of love at first sight and every thing was running smoothly until tbo brother, Thomas F. Walsh, also of Lincoln, filed an Objection. Jlmmle was so elated ovei his good fortune that he had to con fide In some body so he wired his brother that he was going to htf mar ried. And right there was where the brother got busy. He wired the county judge warning him n- t to issue the license, saying that Jim 'mle was a minor and tbat be was his guardian. Jlmmle had gone so far In his prep arations for the wedding that he had called on Justice Ininan who was to perform the marriage ceremony. Just before the county Judge bad closed bis ofllce fur the day Jlmmle reminded that to get married it was necessary to have a license, appeared ibefure the Judge and announced his terrand. The Judge Mashed tha tele gram on the young man and regret fully told bim that lie could do noth ing for bim. And then the balloon iwent up. "My guardian Indeed. Bay .that brother of mine Is only eighteen years old while I was twenty one several months ago. If there was fiolng to he any guardianship In our family I rather guess I'd be 'It." It w ,s several minutes, before the young man could realize what bad happened, It was all so sudden and unexpected, when he left tlio court house to go and announce the sad news to his Intended wile. A DESPERATE STREET DUEL Yazoo. Miss. May 11. A desperate street duel took place here this after noon between T. A. and K. M. Kelly on one side and II K. Itlrdsa'l. editor of the Yazoo Seminal, and bis two brothers-in-law, Ulhlw and Doyle Doner on the other. T. A. Kelly was Instantly killed by a bullet through his heart and his brother was dangerously wounded. Doyle Enrscy waa fatally sbot and died ter, The trouble grew out of poll- KlT. A. Kally waa circuit clerk of count. SWEPT BY FIRE Ottawa Has Kep-titiva af Calamity a) 100 Barns Om SaBM DUtrlot. Ottawa, Ont, May 12. A fire sua. pected of being of incendiary origin, Sunday afternoon and evening des troyed hundreds of bouses and mill loos of feet of lumber in this ol ty. John White, wbo has Just been re leased from tbe penitentiary aftei serving a term of imprisonment foi arson, was caught near where tb tire was first discovered. He wai taken to tbe police station and will be charged with starting the confla gration. The fire originated within a stonet throw of where tbo great Hull fire of April 26, 1000, was checked. Two hours before the principal fire started two smaller bla.es were dis covered and quickly extinguished In the lumber yatds near the CanadiaD Pacific railway. It was 3::i0 when the third was discovered. When the bri gade arrived at the scene it was found that the water main bad beet, damaged and oo water could be ob tained. When tbo hrigade did get water the fire was utterly beyond control. It swept along over tbe same ground thi t the former fire had gone, the only difference being that it was go ing In tbe opposite direction. There Is a large cliff which extends from the Ottawa river into the corner of Margaret and l'reston streets. 1 be fire area was on the fiats below the cliff. At two or three points it came very near getting over the cliff, and had It done so nothing would have saved the city. At 9;30 last night tbe tire was under control and was c in lined to the following area: The Ottawa and Parry sound rail way on thesiiuth; iMvlson street on the east; First avenue on the west and the Richmond road ou tbe north. From the Parry Souud road to the Richmond road is about one mile and from First avenue to Division street is about one-quarter of a mile. While the tire was burning fiercely among the lumber piles the whole brigade of the city whioh bad been summoned were forced to remain Idle. For an hour not a drop of water was thrown into the flames. After leaving the lumber piles the flames swept over Pine street, which runs east and west, down Willow, Pop lar, Anderson, Kckles, Son.erset, Spruce, Kim, Maple, Albert antl on to the Richmond road or properly speak ing, Wellington street, where it was stopped, 'a short distance from the Canadian Pacific railway depot. At 9 p. m. it was feared that the fire would get over the cliff, on the top of which is St Jeanne liaptist church. The firemen, however, succeeded in keeping back the flames. Fifteen million feet of lumber were destroyed. The loss on the lumber wid be about .'i()0,000. The buildings burned were principally dwelling houses and stores. They were all built since the last great tire and were eith er solid br c ; or r ck e eered as the city o 0 not permit of any other kind being erected. The loss on the buildings was estimated at various figures at nlghf Mayor Cook said tbat there were from five hundred to six hundred families homeless or about 2,000 MOlvlduals. All the parties are supposed to be well insured. The mayor said the city would op pose any aid being asked from outside Canada and personally he thought that the city should grapple with the sit uation without any appeal for outside hslp. Mayor Cook estimsted the loss on tbe bul dings at .K),000, making a total loss of t"00, 000. Mra. Lillie (Iranted Slay. Columbus, Neb., May 12.Judge Sullivan signed an order this afternoon suspending the sentence of Mrs. Lena Lillie until her ca-se can be reviewed by the supreme court which will pro bably be In September, in the mean time she will be con lined lu the Hutler county jail. Injuries Prove Fatal. Nebraska City, Neb., May 12. Herbert Meyer, a 7-year-old son of Henry Meyer, tried to cross tbe track of the Missouri Pacific ahead Of the passenger tram from Omaha at noon and was caught on the pilot of the engine and thrown some dis tance. His body was so badly bruis ed that he died three hours after wards. He and a companion were coming home from school, and while they could see the train coming they thought to cross ahead of It. The other boy escaped unhurt. Remains Brought Back. Wahoo, Neb", May 11. (Special.) The remains of Alfred T. I)avls, who died last September while serving as t soldier In the Philippine Islands, ar rived today for burial. Deceased en listed from this county two years ago and waa the son of James N. Davis. The funeral will be held from tha Methodist Episcopal church In Weston, Warinflarliv. at. 2 n'nlmlr n m flhan. lain Mallley Is ci pected to be present auu prcawu ujo miKrai aeinuiij. DEAD LIE IN HEAPS BRITISH DKKKAT TRIBESMEN i STUBBORN BATTLE PROPERTY IS CROWNED DECISIVE VICTORY MEAINS CHANGE OK POSSESSION THOUSANDS ARE KILLED Invailiiie Force Out n umbered by Ilia Native, Who Fight With Fanai. kbI Kury But Badly Ke pulsed London, May. 13. Colonial Secre tary Ciamberlain anuoi u :ed in the house uf commons today that as a result of the British military opera tions in the gokoto and Kano dis tricts, ending with the capture ot th j emir of Kano, 100,000 squan miles of territ ly had been added t. northern Nigeria, and would be ad ministered by tbe government of that territory. Interesting details have been re ceived here of the capture ot Sokoto March 14 by the British commanded by Cclonei Norland. The engage ment lasted two and a half hours. The British numbered about OOJj men, with four quick-tiring guns and lour Maxi J3. The enemy's horse and, foot was estimated to number 6,000' men, their ritleruen being armed with modern rifles and using smokeless powder. The British camped dur ing the night of March 13 one and one-half miles from Sokoto, after a hard march of 100 miles from Kaura, with but little water and having through a ditliculc country. At daybreak March 14 the British! moved out in squaie formation towards the valley in wtich Sokoto: lies Immediately after the British: appeared over a ridge the Fulanis charged with fanatical bravery, un deterred by a withering Maxim and rifle fire. They had no proper leadership, but the isolated bands continued to advance over heaps of dead and dying, often only Indi viduals reaching within a yard of the square, where, refusing quarter, they were shot down while shoutiDg "allah" with their last breath. The main body of the natives were finally routed, leaving only a remnant of ;ib mt thirty chiefs around the emir's white flair. These chiefs were de fiant to the last, and their corpses were found hedging the standard when the British entered tbe city, which consisted mostly of thatched 'houses. Its semi-ruined walls ex tended seveu miles around the place anl were pierced by eight gates. A few days iater tbe populace re turned and the Fulanis tendered their submission to Commissioner Lugard, who arrived March 19 and installed a new emir. The British then retired towards the coast leav ing a garrison of two companies of infantry, Panama Canal Company not Worrying Washington, May 13. William Nel son Cromwell, general counsul of the new Panama Canal company, made public a stuemeut regarding current reports affecting the company, in cluding that emlnating from Panama that the company had offered the Colombian government 12,000,000 of the $10,000,000 the company Is to re ceive from the United States. The Statement is as follows: 'The new .Panama Canal company has not made a proposal to pay $12,- 00.000 nor any sum whatever to tbe Colombian government nor to anr parties whatsoever for or in con nection with the ratification of tho nendins treaty. Statements to tbo contrary are absolutely without tbe slightest foundation. "Up to this hour I have no confir mation of the report that President Marroquln has resigned, but If it were trne the obligations of Colum bia to tbe United States under tbe nendlnir treatv neuotiotlons would Inot be affected." San Domlnfo Newt Not Satisfactory Washington, May, 12 Orders were issued today for the Nashville to pro ceed south to relieve the Atlanta, which for some time has been watch ing American Interests In 8an Domin go The Olympic already has started to relieve the Nan Francisco In Cuban waters. The latter vessel will make a tour of inspection througb the West Indies before starting for the Euro pean station. Strike Begins In Denver. ' Denver, Col., May 13 Efforts to avert the threatened general strike of different trades have been fruitier, and it is expcrt"d that strikes will bi'gin tbat will Involve 15,000 men. At midnight the joint executive com mittee of organised labor rejected tbe proposition of the cltlzons' alli ance, for a perroaoent board of arbi tration, declaring tbelr belief that It wits not made In good faith but was glmply to gain time. EVOLVED A DRAWING ROOM. Conain-io-Law Makca Boaaa Chaaa. aa in the Apartments of Her Relative. My eousin-ln-law, Clara, has done much for us In the "hnrt time aba has been with us. For one thing, she has given us a drawing-room. This is the apartment which was formerly the parlor. The furnishings of wiia room are not costly. To be vulgarly confidential, a reference to the re minders sent out by the installment firm of Avenue A whose cleverly worded announcements you may have uotleed Tn the elevated cars shows that it waa a $27.50 parlor. Now, however, it is a drawing-room which is a source of much gentle joy to all of us. Clara said "drawing room' the very first day she came to us. When one of the family spoke of going into the "parlor" Clara regard ed that one with an air of well-bred reproach that was more effective than argument. And so. one by one, we all fell into the use of the smarter term. I do not think the maid approved of this revision of title. By the way, we had been calling our serving woman "the girl," but Clara's advent changed nil that, and she is now known, and properly known, as "the. maid." As I said, I do not think sh looked kindly upon the change in designation. In fact, I am sure slia did not. She made believe to misun derstand and peered ostentatiously around the room for easels and palettes and mnlilsticks, and when questioned s;iid she was looking for "them draw ing things" Miss Clara saiil was ia there. The maid listened politely when Clara suggested the use of "drawing room" as a term, vice "parlor," re tired. She seemed to understand per fectly, but she never applied her un derstanding, taking an obviously keen though repressed delight in speaking of the "parlor." Of course this could not go on. The upshot of it was that one afternoon when all the rest of the family were enjoying the matinee, Clara .stayed home, she and tho maid being ths only occupants of the apartment. We shall never know just what hap pened that afternoon, but when ws came home the maid said "drawing room" six times In five minutes. Clara made a well-bred effort to conceal he triumph. I could not understand the capitula. tion until next day I met the maid on the stairs it being her afternoon oni gorgeously head-dressed in one ol Clara's most fetching hats. It was a very costly hat, as I happen to know, but Clara doubtless felt that the price she paid was none too high. Gets Car Seats for Many Women. He was a little old man with a "left over from last year" appearance, bu when the crowd of shoppers entered the Sixth avenue elevated at Twenty third street the female contingent ol strap-hangers found they had an ener getie friend. He wore an old silk ha and a bright pink rose fastened in thi buttonhole of his shiny frock coat There was a look of amiability in nil gray eyes which did not find its inspira. tion solely with an evident acquaint ance Willi the flowing bowl. t. row of men cliaracteristlcaH oblivious to the line of feminine man iom-ttes dangling buck and forth it front of them occupied tho seats. Tin defender of the fair sex promptly arosj and with a courtly how offered his seal to an elderly woman, who, lurchhn madly back and forth, was vainly en deavoring to keep possession of a mini her of bundles she carried. Then th entertainment begun. "Sure, and It's a pleasure, ma'am,' the little man replied to the woman'i thanks. "It's no more than any gentlemaj would do." He eyed the apparently unconsciouj row of men before hkn with an exprea sion that raised a laugh In his cornei of the ear, and by good-natured guyhij he made them, one at a time, give u his seat to a woman. One man bel out a long time, but finally relinquish his seat. "(iood boy, good boy," cried the little man Joyously. "Now, we're all right I've gone clear past my station, but I was bound to see you give up that sent When a man smiles, though, I knon he's got a soul. Good-by to ye all. I cai always get along with the ladles, but once In a while I have trouble with l man. You see, I'm married and I navi been well trained. I'm glad you're a comfortable. Now, don't worry. I won't get off till the train stops." The little, old man, with bis good-na tured smile, his pink rose, and silk hat passed out Into the darkness. Chlcap Tribune. . A Mere Myth. "Welcome," cried a voice, aa Chap on's boat grounded on the trans styglan bench.' "Who are you?" Inquired tbe newlj arrived shade. T can't see you at all. "No wonder," replied the voice. "I never had even a ghost of a chance ti exist. I fn the man under tbe bee that the old maids are still looklnfj for." Philadelphia Press. Large Cork Pine. A cork pine tree measuring aeveg feet In diameter waa recently felW In Turner, Mich. Seven 10-foot logt were cut below tbe first limb, toe last being 27 Inches In diameter. Two lav dlan tomahawka were found bnrled 1 the second log from tbe bettom. When a woman Is tough, the cm make a man ashamed of himself. 5 a: it 4 ! J, ;' i . " .. . r . : ji i H i. , i- i - -
