THEY PLAN A BIG COUP
HOLD PING YANG
WLL HOLD THE fokt CASE ABOUT ENDED
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RUSSIA POSSIBLY HAS SURPRISE
FOR JAPANESE
"', lint Inkling of Wkil
in Kapact butt al
L Petersburg
WtR UKtKIOrMMTI,
Ao inkling of Hie piobahle juncturt
of I tie Unsnarl loit Arthur and
Vladivostok' fleets is given at St.
Petersburg, with Hie statement that
Japan rimy wake up some morning to
find it h s been c fleeted.
The CmU d Matts is using its good
OfTces in Ik hair of stranded Japanese
iu hikn i ia.
Umnois have reached Clip Fro of
bat;l i ii tie y.ilu in m hi' li tlx
liussians clilm to have captured
eighteen bundle) ru.).,i is.
Kussia has forb.-t.icn the sending
tf ndit g of cl 1,,-r n.csiaees-.
From I'-.il Arthui tin' Japanese
fleet rim n . asioinl y b sighted,
fch'iwiffl t j, st 1,1 in tl i- vicinity.
The, at Itii'le of China conlliiue
to b.tli puzie at, 1 wuiiy II iSsia.
ST. l'K'i i;t:I;! T.i;.-1iie where
abouts Of the Vladivostock quidrop
18 a profound oil), ial s-mt, but
there are ih"e ht re who odieve
that tin JaiaMS" may wake up
some morning to tind tliat the to
divisions i f Uussi i's Pacific sijuad
cod iiave effected a Juri'Mure.
It Is tu t raying no confidence to
HHie that both Hie admiralty and
Vice Admiral MakatofT, In f ire lie
left for the far east, regarded the
fact that the divisions weie separa
ted a most unfortunate fur Russia's
chauct s of siic-tss at h a. Iteallzng
that Olfi-n-iv'i: naval operations are
liupUMiibh; under r resent rcirid 1 1 icn-.
It Is hi lewd thit no opportunity
will he ri'g'ected to repair tils
initial misfoi tun", even should it
tuvulve cniisiderahl j risk.
What Congress will Do.
WASHINGTON'. The P' Stofflce,
the military arach my and the sundty
civil apptoprlat Ion bills constitute
the work mapped out for the house
this week. On Monday the house
will adjourn e itly owing to the dcaih
of Representative Thompson of Ala
bama. The p.iofilee hill I- pending
end several k nelly questions, such
as rural free delivery, salarleg, rail
way mall subsides and railway mail
lervlce, ar likcy to prolong Its en
lderalioo for several days. Ttie
military academy hill Is not expected
to consume much time. The sundry
civil bill probably will be ready the
latter part of the week, and Its con
sideration will extend Into the fol
lowing week. President Indi'-atlons
re tnat no otner matters of Imp ir;
tance are likely to c .uie up during
the week.
The present week In the senate will
be devoted almost eutlrely to appro
priation bills, beginning on Tuesday
with that Tor the District of Colum
bia and following with the Indian
and pension bills. Neither the dis
trict nor the Indian Dill both ara
promised early in the week and they
will take precedence over the pen
ilon bill notwithstanding the latter
is now on the calendar. The pen
sion blil is hi Id for possible addition!
made necessary by additional legls-t
laton, but Its consideration will no
be long delayed.
Dewey ia Set Free.
NORTON Kas. Cbuuncey Dewe)
and his two cowboys, Clyde Wilson
a od William J. McBrldc, were ac
quitted tonight of the charge of
murdering Burchard Berry by a Jury
which had considered the casa
twenty-eight bours.
j Chauncey Dewey, a young million
'aire ranchman, went to Cheyenns
county. Kansas, early In 1900 to
nuniiia the Dewey ranch. Soon
after bit arrival there he became In
volved in trouble with the Berry
family, who were also prominent
cattlemen. Trivial misunderstand
ings grew Into serious differences,
which culminated In the killing ol
Burchard Kerry lo June. BX)3, at tin
home of Alpheus Kerry during a fight
In which Dewey and ten of his cow
boys were pitted against all of tha
Beriys. Dewey and his cowboy!
wont to the Horry lanch to get a
tank that Dewey had bought lo at
a sheriffs salo. The feud had grown
i bitter before this time, and when
the Dewcys started to lake the tank
iawaT the Kerry hoys rono up and a
(battle took place between t lie two
factions.
Insist oai Reform Scheme.
OONSTAHTINOl'LK The Rua
Ian and Austrian emmssiea today
renewed tbelr pressure upon tbt
jporta to accept uoiltered the Austro
Baaslan scheme of reforms In Mace
donia. The Itusso-Austrlan n it
pointed out that tb oounter pro
poaals of the port mad on March
VfTwhlCB) nb)cted to the placing ol
Jorelgn offlceri In command tf tba
L1.4ata-4 In MaitfMlOlllA. did BOt
Esilf wltk Turaay'a ortloai aeap.
KAJBM w aa
JAPANESE BUSILY FORTIFYING
NORTH KORcAN CITY.
RUSSIANS NOT FAR AWAY
MO NEWS OF DISASTER RECEIVED
AT ST- PETERSBURG.
"... X
fit-port of Havy Jipaaa I-om i
Juntl Fight I tn-oiiDi uid mad
i'rubtibij t'ufuM-ii with
- f J'OgtjB Jtuiuor.
.;.
Sl FErKBSHt.'KG. Under to
day's date Vi-t-ny A lexo-H c.il.l.-s id"
M;- ivii'rft' frit'fj T k ''pfi ;iS fMfiAS:
"(ieiitial Mi.si.lih- i.tn rrpi rts t hat
I'if'g Yii I g is ( .(' o;.. ( t.y J.ipalK"e
infant ry w th kon.i- uos ai.d that
!v tiii I'.uis ui'1 e.. ir.ii',! th'irsup
1 it's. The temi-- cavuirv is nolj
Kil ie in laine ii (li s, ai.il i ly
i . ; i a d I:o si-ins n are s -cc. Tiu ir
i.-'- s are pour.
'):. r puiinis f:iiv v T',rl the pres
( !:'- of tlie 1'iicmy'a intantry oo the,
h-r.Ui i f the Ciieii t'iit-jij riv -r, tin;
.iis's (a I' nl tli'i e and oue-tl)!r'l,
mile) Iiu:jj Aojti. ilie enemy
i,i-iud lire and kil e' (ioe of our
horses. "
The admiralty has no confirm ithm
of the reported loss of the lotp'-dd
bjut destroyer hkoii olf Tort Arthur.
The mini-try of m irine h is i ' r-f-ted
the Institution of prize touils
at S-ba-top I, L'.ba, 1'ort Arthur
and Vladivostok.
'J'he emperor visited the new ad
miralty doek yard I' day. He was
baking pile, hut wasrh-eifulai.il
siollliiKly greeted the YUM fht-k
wuikeis who turned out to wdc ui'5
him. The. emi ror wuit on hoard
the transport Kamtrh.il ki and in
spected the vissiK' an -inuniienis
for aeeommod itim l,0o0 men. Sue
will he ready in a few months. This
emperor then hoarded the liisf class
prUeeted Viulser Oleg. The Oleg's
engines are ready, but her turrits
arid conning tower are not yet ar
mored and her un"S are not In p sl
tlun. H s majesty k (1 a number
of questions and looked leaded at
wliat he had sten.
VII1 Continue Friends.
PARI."). It Is assorted po-ltlvely'
in authoritative quaiters that both
the form and substance of the Hgnc
mcnt between France and (ireat
Killain concerning Newfouodlaod
fisheries have been concluded.
Much signltlcance Is being at
tached to the settlement or tbe-o,
dilferences at the piesenre times H
is considered to be a practical realU
idtlou of the friendship estahlslied.
under the pale c f the French aroi
tratloo rreaiy, and a'si as an assur
ance that the effect of disturbing
the relations between the allies of
the two belligerents.
Conditions at .San Domingo.
HAN DOMINGO. -The Unltet
States gunboat Topeka, which res
turned yesterday from San Pedro
DeMacoils left today for Agna, to
protect Ameilcan interests. There
has been no flghtlng;iaslde San Pedro
De Macorls.
Upon the receipt of n urgent
roquest from the consular agent at
Sanchez, United States Minister
Powell sent warship to protect
Americao and Kngllsh Interests there
which were threatened by the in
surgents who appeared Id force.
Tue German cruiser Gaieiie aiflved
this rooming and left lo the after
uoon for San Pedro De Macorls and
Sanchez. The French cruiser Jullen
De La Graviere arrived here today.
The city is quiet and the situation
remains unchanged.
Strike Vote Is Counted.
INDIANA POLIS-Secretary-Treas-inrer
W. U. Wilson of the united
mine-workers announced today that
the tellers had finished the coooi
of the referendum vote of the miners
on the operators' compromise prop
osition, which provides for a reduc
lion of B.yS per cent from the pres
sent wage scale, which resulted in i
majority of 31,141 in favor of accep
ting the two years' contract with
the reduction.
The total vote cast by the miners'
local unions in Indiana, Ohio, west
tern Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ken-,
jturky, West Virginia and Iowa. was
ilfl5,887, of which 88,614 voted In,
favor of accepting the reduction,
white 67,373 voted In favor of
strike.
Bride and Doctor Arrested.
SIKESTOS, Mo. The ooroner'
Juiy today completed Its Inveatlgat
tlon of the recent death of Hairy
Miller, the bridegroom who aeveraj
days ago suddenly died urder clroum
a lances that led to the suspicion that
ha had been nolaooed. and bald Dr.
Warren SmIMi guilty of havlog ad.
ministered morphine to MWior, aod,
iMra Lydla Miller, tba ride aa ac
oaaaorr. "Tba Motive It uknowo
to Um JUf," oncladad Um fttdlwa.
RUSSIA HAS NO THOUGHT OF
ABANDONING PORT ARTHUR-
Farirard Mrmn ttf JiputM
Kur Iadlrat by Ordrra I-
atd mt K&ii u 1 - Abaufluu-
ST. PhT F KS Ii U RO. From the
highest fficial quarter the Ass-ici-a
ed piers has rereived I u hi mat Ion
mat theie Is nhso.ul.ly io founda
tion for the rum' r persistently sent
tut from T-.kln tliat the Itus.-.lri
ar ab iii(l"hitig Port Arthur.
"Itlsthe vc'us ronsvi se," sa'd
Uieotli in ififnrii.af.t of I he Ass k"
ited pi est. "N'i'h m has occurr-d
t ii- te to wanaiit s h reu .its. Th
.1 p.i.iS) I'.-c; I..;1, i. .t tctrj seen
een f r fo tv fl.-oi 1; i . rs. "
'1 ',)i.' ne spa p rs In le manifest th
era I est in i '.alion over the r-port,
t .'! It-if-rsi-d.iz. tte cliiiiaeferi'i.tf it
.ii .1 ml'i- "is and a Unllsh ut n
' on.
'iene'al Km ,i f in e;r ets to
'i a h M i lid. ii 'i neli '1 :,. Kery
t t,i will ii..: so tra.ked Irj order
; . et li I in ti t o' !r"it or, S'-liedulfl
time. I'lie g'-ni-r I may prueei (I on
a tl.lng visit lo I'Ht Arthur, hot h-;
J u. ore lurl," t i ei t r a' o e up li
io duties as i "iiinnnOi r-in-oilef of
ie- Maucuhrhin mmv.
. (ii-nei.il Kiir- patKin bad his p'an
of earupilj" pr ictle.i'ily perfi-ct o oe.
cie h - left here for the far e t-f.
lie return' d to t. IVtershing (juile:j
t oai hii co ,iii try seat and his ere-s'-nce
Ii :ie wis not "uiOn for fiur
iiays. Th'-se four ri,t s he div.ot'd
to the el ib 'ratioti of his pi inn In
e ii ji n tlon with his stall and li :i
1 'e aid of ail the Inhumation In
p S-.I sslo i i f the ministry of war ui
i.eli g (fiiie special reports fr in
th theater of war.
O-i account of the dlfflculty of
housing th" vast nil in her of trooyj
(Hired lulu Ml'cden. 11 000 have
le-i-ii -it fuwirl within tlie last
f, w d is t'wa:rts the Yalu river, b
ri I'lfon-e.-neni s for tins 7,0o() troops
ulreidy at Kisin and Anju, and tha
sire.m if -ol de's from Kunrpean
Kiii i Is oo lift i g held at Har'oln.
Tin' lioii-iing proi'U m will disippe: r
vnth the advent of warm r weather,
b t in the meantime the governni nt
I-, liurrvlng forward Inge numbers t
porta; le coll.ipsihla wooden quarters.
Close la a Fall.
LONDON. Premier Hairour's gov
ernment today was defeated In the
boost: of commons ty the combined
liberal and nationalist vote. 'Ibis
r -ie.se was due to the prohibition by
Mr Wyndihim, chief secretary f r
1 'i land, on the ti aching of U at lie in
ie junior grades of the Irish
,itioii.illsl S'hools. Mr. Kalfour,
ti o:igl) defeated by a rrajorlty of
eleven on this qOrstfon, does not
regird the vote as one of want ol
court leneo, and he will not resign
on this account. His determinatiou
not to reslttn was strengthened by
the fi-ct that shortly after the fore
goimr dt feat he was able to secure a
rn jo. i ty of twenty-five.
The failure i f the government to
cany the huis - with It on a question
'of purely administrative policy lo Its
Ir.sh department Is generally admit
ted to gieatlv weaken Its already
4 anlng prestige with the couhtry,
although it is not thought probable
that any Immtdlate developcment
will et'sue.
Favor A nti -Horn-ion Party.
SALT, LAKE CITY, Utah.-Xon
Monnous who are lidignant at the
it-suiijouy ui i itaiiiiiu v.-,-,! r.
Sin i r h and the admissions mada
bifore the Smoot Investigating com
mittee, met here tonight with Ibq
avowed purpose of forming an anti
Mormon party. A committee o
twenty-five citizens was appointed ta
fiame a plan of political action and
a mass meeting will te held next
week to ratify the action and perfect
the organization. A protest against
the statements of Piesldent Smittj
was unanimously adopted and wa
at once signed by about 20 citizens,
Tne protest will be forwarded l
Chairman burrows of the investiga
ting committee and copies will b
cl'culated for further signature It)
Utah and adjoining states.
The resolutions declare that tba,
law-abiding citizens repudiate cm.
phatlcally the statement of Piesldnt
Smith 1 hat his offense of living Is
open polygamy is condoned; that
on the contrary the disclosures iu ii
bv him at Washington were nowhen
received with greater amazement,
indignation and disgust than io
Utah.
No Education For Negroes.
J ACKKON. Miss., Governor Var.
daman this afternoon acnt to th
house bis veto of the bill appropria
ting 12,200 for the support of tin
klollr Springs normal school, a color,
ed Institution. Tba governor In bit
veto message takes ground against
negro education, staling that It U
not the beat thing for the negroes.
He advanced this view during bit
iampalgo fur governor. It U eald.
that a atrong figbt will ba made ti
paa tte bill over bit rata. 1
DIETRICH COMMITTEE HAS BUT
ONE MORE WITMESS.
WILL BE HEARD SATURDAY
TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENSE
OF LITTLE INTEREST.
ht lutiiiiMt iwn to Wlira Hport Ic
!'iiat Mill 1! Mad - I'.urkrlt
ftii-li,.w May Nut
4 (mi i!wiua
U ASH I NT, 'il t S. The I'l'trleh
a ting prten.-ally enoeiuii-d
I d .y, Sals i. 'ay I'.
Il hicr of
Hi-tinjr-i wi.l testify, and then the
i -ii,ite eo na; ; 1 1 -I- can d ireiateou
llif ij.e ..Mile ol 1 1,.-m oa! i r's w rorig
lioiot! ol the t nt 1. 1 ! w Inch his re-
i.t.iMo., ii is h. I, (l.
Tl.e he iiiiij .vi-, , -,i!ne,-1 ;-t. 13,:!0.
'. li ' .'I. hi. of I.. i- i:i.-, a i ii itur
III t !) (i st I.:'.:, e t le te ill, I FfbrU-
Ii 'i , 1 r 1 1 h i iv a ii n - r a od f- rn.er y
J iliitoi (f the ( , r ran N'll jonal
l-iiil.. -s.is fii I !-.!. S n itur Iharreiirl
ti h-tt! r f ,om I'l.ited : t. s Attorney
t-i miner-, ao i it t he ', ; ; v ,u lier f -r
luo v lug t be p ist-, Hi, e I x ,ire.. .1 udt
I.itty fxpla.ii'-d t il it th': Slid c-U-lr.'
t was made l.y ex-p si mast er
11 ho aiiil In ( .'- it had no rtltlluu
to Senator lhetrleli. In it O. N.
ritanley contiaeted to move the Dz-l-in-s
tr' m the (i. A. II. buildinu to
Dii-trleo's building. The witness
knew nothing of the contract of toe
vou her.
Senator Hoir parsed theletterot
Attorney u i.iu rs on to the other
liiemhers of thee mini t.l ee. Senator
Matt (Oiild not s e thai any Impor
tan e alU'-hcd tu the letter.
The witness krev of no attempt
at fraud In coiinecilon with the
Hastings postoilice in any wiv.
JilOKe Hatty askeil the witness ab ut
tlie envers it ion with Mr. 11 aim.
The wilne.s sal I afier Fisher was
made putsioast, r, II iim sil t to wit
ness t iai, he win, Id gi even with
Hiher arid Iheliiea II it cost blui
10,000.
lhe attorney asked permission to
read the iillidavits t f Dr. J . -tin Cooke,
win died tli-ee weeks ago, and of
Alexander Campbell, who Is ill.
thalraiati llu.u said Attorney Sum.
ineis had si nt to tlie committee the
h antes of Dr. C i k : and Aler Camp
bell, saving that one had said to
toe other cert, .In thlnus prejudicial
to Dietrich Tha couim tteu with
drew to cousldir the ailldavits a nd
later Senator Hoar anuounc d that
Mich athilavits w,mld not coustitutti
vidence In court, but as It was tin
committee's' duty to investigate the
documents would be admitted ic
evidence. They were not read.
Judge Batty recalled Senator Die
trich and cited the statement madi
y Wilnescs Dutton, who said Dietrlct
had said hu thought Fisher ought K
take lhe tixtutes off his hands. Tba
witness denied that such statement
had been made, hut said Duttoo
Krst suggested that Fisher buy the
post fllce fixtures and later Dietrich
sent for Fisher. Also wherein Dut
ion spoke of tha attempt of the
state central committee to have
Adam hreede appointed postmaster
Dl trlch denied that the state cen
tral committee had endorsed Itreeda
nt postmaster. Dietrich asked per
mission to put his wiittcn statement
in answer to the charges in their
Indictment Into thu record. It was
ran ted.
More Liberal In Pensions.
WASHINGTON. Commissioner ot
Pensions Ware, with the approval ol
Secretary Hitchcock, has Issued an
order making the following change
In ago consideration In pension
ratings:
Ordered: Io the adjudication of
pension claims under said act ol
June 27, 1890, as amended, it shall
be taken and considered as an evi
dential fact. If the contrary docs
oot appear, and If all other legal
lequirements aie properly met, that
when a claimant has passed the age
nf sixty-two years be Is disabled one
halt bis ability to perform manual
labor and Is entitled to be rated at
0 per month; after sixty-five years
at 8 per month; after sixty-eight
years at 110 per month, and after
ieventy years at 112 per month, and
ifter seventy years at $12 pur month.
"Allowance at higher rate, not
exceeding 112 per mot th, will con
tinue to be made as heretofore,
where disabilities other than aue
ihow a condition of Inability to per
form manual labor.
May Go to the Jury Friday.
NORTON, Kaa Arguments lo
the trial of Chauncy Dewey, the
millionaire ranchman, and bis cow
boys. William McBrlde and Clyde
Wilson, charged with the killing of
burchard Berry, oo Berrye ranch, In
Crawford county, wet trtgun today.1
It was agreed tbat eacb side should
irgua for a day each and It U be
Ueved that tbta will bring Mm
to tba Jury k o
Dr. and Mrs. Kerr tendered a re
ception lj the college facuty and the
S'-r ior class at Lelltvue. There weie
tlty present.
Mrs. f'.elle stotsenheig lectured oo
"The Life- tf Christ io story and
Sole." at she Jrirat Presbytrain
church at PlattsoiOuth.
The Papillion social cluti give
i. ii elaborate dancing uariy. It il
expected that Omaha wi;i oe tll
rcpi evented.
A t oot four inches of snow cov
ered (be t-iooid at Table liock.
1 artnt is say lhe w inter wheat will
ee much bene tiled by lhe snow.
.M.-. lAore Howe f l'lat t smoot h
il ed ;.t htr home after a lit er-ring
i-ii.t-.ss. lhe t u nt I -t 1 si vices were
h-hi at the German Lutheran chrueh.
An otiliiteitk of M.iilel fevei his
Mi el I h-.; sec.il 1.) close at Sjitilu
1; 1 i. 'II: is ii t'.e Sf'-oiltl t-1 .i-ioic
'i ;ho disease witoln a sliui I time.
i.'; iiries "I'. .i- k an cmpioyee io the
1; .iii,.-;..u, l.injljer vaids at Plat is
li mj jih, li. dtlie hone In his I. fl i'.'g
1 i i. ii Toe-.d.iy hy siwib luiuh-jr
I I I IU HH)il It
Dr. L. Hei.j.iiiiin A ndre s. chan-
iii.r 'if the 1'iiivi riily of ehiaska,
who his b en sick at a hspiial In
ti lie.iu for sever il rias, left fur
Line ill), iiitv in; recovered.
John M. KaptTiuan, a pioneer citi-t-r.
i f Leatiice and a vclcau of the
civil war, died at bis home in that
city, ajed "M years. A wife and
n'tit children survive him.
Al-xmilcr Smith has been arrested
on complaint of nun support made
bv his wife, Medoia Smith. It Is
tne first suit tiled lo ileatrice under
Itiustilute making wife desertion
1 crime.
i'eter Hsnsen, Jr. was killed in a
nna.vay a;, lirunswick, Neb. He
wis orivirg riuithwest ot town.
The team broke away and smashed
Hie rig ana lhe boy was badly mang
led. The fune-al of Dewltt C. T.ese,
a member of the Soldiers Home,
w.is held Tuesday afternoon. This
Is ilia ninth death since the first of
tlie month. The membership is
now about 4I0.
Hoy Hughes of Kearney has heen
arrested charged with forgln lhe
twine of George Harvey to a 820
check which he tendered In payment
upon the purchase of a pair of shoes
3f -Stock & Overlander.
a prairie fire, which raged in Pine
cinyon and which had not got from
beyond lhe control of the men who
were fighting it, was extinguished by
a storm. A great deal of hay and
some live stock was destroyed by the
lire.
Four Omaha men bound for a Kant
at Piatt river drove through Papil
lion. When just a short distance
nutsldo of Papillion an automobile
frightened their horses, causing a
runaway. Heyond the breaking of
the wagon no damage was done.
Judge Hollenbeck decided the
mandamus case of Mrs Sarah Dlm
mlck aaainst the Fremont school
district lo favor of the relator. The
school district Is now obliged to
admit to the schools any bona-tide
resident of school age whether or not
the child's parents live in tne dis
trict. A crowd of town boys snowballed
a Fremont noimal student because
he was dressed as a cowboy. He
was compelled tu retreat. A short
time later be appeared on the street
and was again attacked. This time
he pulled a six shooter and the boys
Ijnof. a hnatv rpt-.rputt.
It is probable that the state will
buy the bond for Douglas county
bearing 7 per cent Interest, at 3-2
per cent. The bonds were Issued
to take up the warrant indebtedness
of the county. Treasurer Mortensen
stated tbat the state would buy the
bonds.
While attempting to remove the
lid of a teapot Miss Ida Mlsney of
Beatrice was severely scalded about
the face by escaping steam and hot
tea. At present the extent of her
Injurlse Is not known, but It Is
feared ber eyesight will be Impaired.
A bad wreck occurred In the Bur
lington yards at Crete, when freight
No. 77 ran into an open switch and
smashed ioto a portion of freight
No. 71 completely demolishing the
engine of No. 77 and several box
cars loaded with produce. Engineer
Best and Flremn Snead of the
through freight saved their lives by
Jumping and escaped with a few
bruises and sprains.
An ordinance granting a right-of-way
to the Sioux City, Homer &
Southern Railway company over cer
tain streets and alleys in the village
of Dakota City has been presented
and paaaed Its first reading before
the viliaae board. The board will
meet again March 21 to give the
matter a seoond reading. This ia
the proposed electric Hoe runnlog
from Sloui City, Ia., to Homer.
Neb., via Dakota Oily, eeveral miles
f which have already bean con
structed aod over all of whieb tba
rlgbt-of-waj baa baa aeowtd
lii I-.Nij iw .South had but "JO,f00
mi!e nf railwiiv. in VJK) there were
over lifts- four (boasand mil", repn--wiitin;;
a new influx of capital to iti
amount of 1 ,500,ooO. 100.
'I liev cut an o u-iiitic pine down iu
SaiiKrville. fe. rcently The Crew
was 147 feet 1:1!!, six fct-r through at
tin luise, auii iun up rixtv fee! before
there was a iinili It will m- ii"sed for
a iii.-tnt.
Although the sei, covers three
fumtlii, of the earths nirl'uce, it dws
nut provide in the same propm tiou for
inaii'ts wants. Only about thrfe per
cei.l of the pi-mile in lhe world jraio
their lKin' direct!y from the Kt-u.
I, rher.-s iu I lie Antic rivum are
i, eii!.: r v,, u i,-- ki, numerous an
!!,',-Ih'-y
t:ttll
M-.ll
lie II-
.111
in the .'. il.i ret ! K"!iS. hut
r.i'.'y Soil i r noil move heau-
v-
i:l
mil-
When
iiil ,h,.i
ii fairy i ity.
I. :'::.- mi-j
f .-'-a m! in- c?
i :i. :u l.i 1 !:-!i trap,
l i" ii 1 . . k -1 1 in a N.i:;.
;i ii'l on! ! I'ei i jit ,y v i i
ii- the li In r.i.i'ii we'-"
tn.t.v. :i iiway,
nil;: v. ai'e of tlio
pries i !: ho. ii
i.v i r :.: ,n i - brought in
V.i-Ui : liiirs a barrel
for tl.i-in.
ly li:;t!-!.ets.
is a n
I'lo
1:0
" li-
"a.,
t hills: ..in iu tlio
V ol al
years.
is Man.i.-l hiii-i.i, now aattl UH
lie bus trii en up te:n loii and
lives in a
His mi-mi
villa in northwest IiOiidon.
y is stili CMi'llent. his wit
spark lo a.', und he is proud of having
recently learned how hi p!;sy -hride."
A riiiii!i.illier's clock was brounlit
to ii Wiih liniaker's shop in I'cterstown,
N. V.. a lew weeks iio for repiiirs. the
lirsl thai Iiave Ih-cii made upon it since
tome trilling ones in 177H, which were
due to he raid of the Indians under
lira nt and the tory liutler at Cherry
alley, in November of that year. The
clock was brought from Knirland to
tin's country in 1710.
II. li. Itobinson. who 1ms spent two
years in scientific investigation in Hie
.Malay peninsula, recently exhibited lo
the zoological section of .ae British
Association a specimen of a fish
known as tlie '"mud hopper," which by
means of strong fins under its body
is able to move about on land for dis
tances of at least twenty yards from
Its watery nests in the Hwiunps.
Tulare lake, in California, once nav
igable by steamers, is now perfectly
dry. A man on foot can cross it safely
ut any point, and in some places the
ground is bard enough for a team to
drive over. Tlie cause of till- condition
Is the draining of Kern and King riv
ers of their water by irrigation canals.
Tlie farmers are using till the available
supplies and keep the streams dry.
COLO AND INSECTS.
The tifiwe.t nf Law Temperatures
Doe Not Kilt Mor Inj ire 'litem.
The severest cold has no terrors
for insect life, it has been shown by ex
periments tliat Insects may be artificial
ly or naturally frozen, subjected, indeedv
to very low temperatures, without kill
lri4' or even injuring them. Kggs,
lurvae, and pupae, the stages in which
most insects pass the winter, arc per
fectly immune to cold.
It Is n common idea that cocoons
of Insects serve as a protection against
cold, but this is entirely erroneous.
They, like the summer webs of web
worms,' arc a protection against birds
nd insect parasites, but not against
cold. The cocoons of summer brood
tire as stout and thick as those of the
generations that pass tlie winter.
Moths, butterflies, and other insects
build stouter and more compact cocoons
In tropical and torrid -countries than
they do In those climate?, where they
are besieged hy winter. There are
tunny insects, allied to the builders of -cocoons,
that make no such covering,
the pupa or the chrysalis being left en
tirely exposed. And so little bent is
maintained by the pupae of insecU
that no matter how thick the cocoons,
they are always too slight to repel
freezing cold.
Certain degrees of frigidity seem to
have vastly different effects on differ
ent species of insects. Gnats and
midges dance in the winter sunshine;
butterflies, Vanessa, Orapta, and some
times Collns, skim over the snow;
wasps and bees wind their way through
the leafless woods; ground -beetles run
quickly over the cold earth; crickets
peep from beneath stones and rotting
logs; while other species, the vast ma
jority, in fact, are locked in the lethar
gy of hibernation. One of the
commonest evidences of this hiberna
tion is to be seen when firewood is
carried into the house and placed near
the warm stove. It takes only a short
time to bring out a swnrm of ants that
rvore sleeping in beetle-borings, their
ominoii retreat. St N'lcholas.
His Kinging Speech.
"They say you made a ringing
jpecoh. senator."
"Yes. Being In with the ring and
realizing that the man who bucks
against the ring may as well get
ready to retire to private life, I
wouldn't very well make any other
kind." Chicago Jtecord Herald.
One Joli at a Time.
Tlie talk of signaling from Mars tins
oeen revived. Better get through with
the north nolo and the flying machine,
says the Washington Star, before tak
ing up thla proposition seriously.
Wants a Monopoly.
The more a man bas to any about
limself tbe less be likes to hear otherr
'alk of themselves. Chicago Dally
News.
When a German swear, he baa to
take a mile to do It In.
