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SITUATION IN SPAIN. DISCUSSED BY THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET. All the I .culling foreign liorernmenU liiHlrurl Their Washington Hrprv n matliri to Keep Them fully Advised of Hevelopmrote— Attitude of Austria. ■ _ ., ... , ——— v I* Ull f , Woodford's L'ltlmutuni. W’asiumotos, Hot. 1.—The Presi dent had scarcely reached the White house this morning before secretary Nhermun called to see him. He was closely followed by Assistant Secre tary Day, and, although It Is under stood that the latter's visit bad large ly to do with Department of State ap pointments, It Is not doubted that there was a discussion of the latest Madrid developments, though no .offi cial advices had coma from Minister Woodford In the absenca of the Spanish min ister Mr. Du hose is the senior Spanish official here, but he has not callad at the blata department and has not, aa far aa can be learned, received official ndvicus from Madrid. Tbs cable reports from various liurofiesn capitals that United States ministers Abroad had learned that Austria was favorable to an alliance with Spain, and that Hermany and Prance were considering what action Kuropean power* should take in tha event of American intervention, lias given the Cuban question a new and liroad significance to thu foreign rep resentatives here. At least one of the embassies has beer directed to keep its foreign offices fully advised of ail developments and this, It is believed, applies to all the leading foreign es tablishments. 1 here is a general desire to get the i xact text of Minister Woodford's In si ructions. As to these tho state dc part merit maintains the same reticence to diplomatic officials Ihut it does to the general public. The general con clusion among diplomat*, and the one which they are conveying to their governments, Is that the Woodford in structions do not embody an "ultima tum.” At the same time these officials taho the view that the I'fitted States but taken an advanced position, al though not one Involving any present critical Issue. In commenting on tho situation a diplomat from one of the countries forming a triple alliance said that the report of Austria'a attitude was of interest, owing to Austria's being a member of the drlebtind. made up of Germany, Italy and Austria, hut added that It was generally understood the alliance applied only to continental questions, and to Is- mutually defen sive rattier than offensive. For this reason lie did not believe it would apply if Austria became the ally of Kpaiu. i ,1 A COLORADOAN’S REWARD l >-I'linarsssiriuii TowimsiuI .Vsimil si NtiiirNior to His tote .1 u11 xs Kilgore. WssuiNoro.v, (let. 1. The presi dent lias appointed cxCongrcsiiimn I lose a Townsend of Colorado to be judge of the United (States court for the tinntliofu district of the Indian territory..to succeed the late .tudge Kilgore. Kx-Congressmau Townsend wft* an advocate of free silver before the licpubiican national convention, lull, refused to bolt with Senator Teller and supported the Uupublican national ticket during the campaign. a I, cue, ouo nuzit III W«'liliietan. t^AfiiiiNCiTow, Dot. 1 Fire broke *»ut in Hits central power * tut ion of tho i a pita 1 Traction company a few mi:i wU,» before 11 o’clock last night and in thirty^ftiinutcs the magnificent Mix story structure was doomed. Approx imately the loss is about 8«00,ooo on tho building, about 8100,000 on ma chinery and stored cars, while tho loss * •stained by tenants will amount to 8700,000, making the total damage 81, 000,000. •u£*r ltr«*V« In MUKHin W'aMiiiNOTOx, Oct. i. -The rojjorU Hint specimens received in conneatloi. with the experimental licet su^ar cul ture in Missouri are of so conflicting H character tliat tlio itgrlcuil ,-al de partment will withhold it* opinion ns to the practicability of the work until Homo later |ierlod In some counties ■ the beek attained n very satlsfnctor. dcve.iipinrat, while in other* the re *\ilt amounted iiructlcaltv to failur • twin nl lUtl t rack Warrants. MlatiHIKK, I 'I. tt»l. I —After • on^rcss had appropriated tf.l t i.bnu to | pay the (reek nation's debt* warrants for over ll >o,on were certified to the secretary of the Interior as giaul lie ua imiuedialeU unfitted that a frutnl bad been perpaiiruted nu the treek • Itteials and J. 11 /evety amt brurgii i. Uoss are ou tlieir wa.i to tiklabioua In Iuvcstnrata tbs tlaalilaal lu W aib'u«luu tt tililiutiit, ikt, The IVe.l Acaiia (Mfi» arrived here at id .-clock tin* iti-oning Mr M- K aley I had hardly readied the Mbit - houae . ta-fura Me- tetan slieruiiu appeared and held a br-ef ceuaultat not with '••Mb |tf*niuia>-l) In reference le the • lit til the Spanish - abotet , NIOTINU IN IttiNOIM Siam a* thsw w», u Sturt t< *■« sai-Uillla •Hashed b> a Wets ht tail ta Mia, llet. t ta the aatahr* it the Mad-tow i uai > *wta« > * | •hafta Uf K4wa*d». die. lit were gs , awte ewh Ibit ocnwiag tha t were ati<* •> • hi • hk»h <*« hers a *g.-t v* hy thirty at aw« wants** «y a»p* ’ thiear* the alrlhe. - threw tkwrt sad e*jentw> paapsr aad beat their jMl——*• with eiaha. t.»t aw T**av Mr*d «ad k-lhdl tk It k -ilk l — in ■ —«3———— SOCIETY CIRLS INDIGNANT. The lllchard Mansfield Hi. Jo.apS Halt Delayed — Tha l.awyers Obdurate. 8t. Joski’H, Mo., <b>t. !. — The hearing of the Itirhurd Mansfield suit against 1C. 8. Itrigham, manager of the Crawford theater, was not liegun yesterday, a continuance being agreed upon by the lawyers until October 111, much to the disgust of half a hundred society women, who hail been sub poenaed as the result of the shrewd work of Mansfield's attorneys, and who wore In court In a decidedly fiery frame of mind. Half of the patrons of the house will testify that the company with Mans field was composed of actors and ac tresses and the other half will swear that many members of the company were people who knew nothing at all about acting The society girl* ob ject to testifying, however, and their fathers will try to Iwg off for their daughters, hut the lawyers declare that they will he Inexorable. "The society girls may as well testify In this case as anybody else," they said to-day. "They attend the theater a great deal and nearly all of them are good judges of a play. They are not outside the jurisdiction of the court.” HOC OR HUMAN. That I* (be Issue In tbe l.usrgsrt Case •lust Non Chicago. Oct. 1.—Hog or human? That is the issue iu the l.uotgcrt esse at present, and on the view of the case adopted by the jury hinges the fate of the defendant If hog, he will in all probability go free; if humau. there 1* no telling what will ^isppeu to him, or, rather, what rnay not hap jm iv Him The defense proved yesterday that the bone which Dr. Dorsey, the oste ologist of the Columbian museum, de clared was the femur of a human being, of a woman, and or a woman of delicate physical struct lire as was Mr*. I.uetgert Is nothin# hut the bone of u ho#. The witness who declared all this for the defense wo* Dr. W. II. Allport, professor of descriptive and comparative anatomy in the North western university. HAS A BIRTHDAY. Nsnta Irs Ielrbrstes Its Sllvtr Anniver sary In Topvks. Topkka, Kan., Oct. t.—The Atchi son, 'I'opeka and Manta Fe railway, twenty-live years old and 10,000 miles Ion#, celebrated it* silver anniversary In this, its birthplace yesterday. Five thousand employes and '-'00 floats from four states occupied two hours and fifteen minutes iu pussio# the review ing stand In front of the company's general ofllees. The parade was re viewed by President K I’. Ripley and all of the general ofllcer* of the road, former president VVriiIHtrn II Mtrong, and former general solicitor Oeorgc It. Peek. (iovciTior l.cedy and Mayor Fellows wore also on the reviewing stand. it was by far the greatest day I Topeka lias ever known, and the most . Kvcssful demonstration of its kind in li story. it Is estimated that the (•vent brought AO.u.iO visitors to the Kansas capital. New lure tip r » u.ivdii.ptldii. (ii.ui in, (let i Professor I.anil •rer of .Stuttgart, who has been ex perimenting for years in the treat ment of tuberculosis, has treated 400 patients with a soluble salt of cinna iiile acid, lie believes Dial almost all the patients so treated have been permanently cured 4 I'llIHliiW (ill (I||l7 St loti. t rrv or Mi:xico. < let, i. Captain Reynolds, representative of the Choc taw tribe of the Iridiuu territory, after traveling over und making u full in vestigation of certain lands in the Mlchimcau district for colonization purposes, has returned to the states greatly pleased with the lands in question, and will make a fuvornblu report to his tribe. If ft II kill II It* • HI t<» JtlHlIjfll. Toi-icka. Kan., opt 1. I uitcd States District. Attorney Lambert amt his Democratic assistant, Bankin Ma son, have reached au agreement whereby Mason i-s to resigu on Decem ber 1. Harry Hone of Clark county wlil succeed Mason Will Aik for %|ur« wtoitnjr. W a in i Mi 11 in. Oot. I. Sevn* l str^ Wilson of Hit agrioiiltiiral department will, iu his annual report, uaU con gress to :uak« a material Increase in the appropriation for the hureaii of animal industry, tlic farmers' ImllcLas ami the weather bureau A.OIII sillier* strike 1‘msai ho. I’m . Oct. t owing t< a disagreement as to tin* differential t» tween the rates for utmiug thick ami thin tcin coal. aUuti It,non river miners refuseil to g*» to work tester In'. sgrluc ' «!!•» sinkers tins .‘ catSo V ll.llk, III . IS'I, I He. I vf Was given out to pm families at tk« comniissarv to day. m»i o*« lilt* #" a miners arc imire determined Ilian ever. Mas Mime Is WUtstilk* I iil'l k I. Kan , tk I | It, pt, s* it tat'Ve toic Iktvis of Wilson esanty ha> gone to Klondike, sml towernot Irolj will probably writer an election there tto» Is l to ml the vacancy I stint | ssMstslt tstssSMct II kl HI I H , II I | t m *e.c •md day of tin t nil*it t **nIcilmata V sterna* assist* ! by a »lis its, brought to this city laity I ■ mlo ps *ple At 1 iiniwA a grand |nis4*> i.s.h pia* e> tt the pn<h tol.usnl John t doom mndn a wkulttl) ad > tresis The Dkttgliters ut the »onfn-tesa* , Inn dnrnd a big recepiles* U* Iks stain and ciatMp smdtwws and th» maid* of h>*n**r A great sttm remathahin tatrannai rssnisai ham tnhnn p aen an t t*«i ****** intnresOng < »•*. * *<«•# hsMMt nnnntnd POLITICAL ALLIANCE. HENRY GEORGE FOR M AYOR OF NEW YORK. Cold Iteiaim-rats Spin on the Tammany Ticket—Kx'l'imyrmni.n *l»hn II. tVItt Warner Head* a Unit to Math I.ow —The Hit mat Inn Compiles tad. Henry George Tor Mayor. New Yoiik. Oct. 2.—Tlia Democratic alliance, ma le up of free allrer organ izations, will mart to-night anil nom inate Henry George for mayor, A loiter from Mr. George will be read. It la announced, accepting the nomina tion. Members of thn alliance have in terviewed Mr. George and they aay he promised them he would acespt At a meeting of the I’oputlst leaders It was agreed to Indorse thn candidates of the alliance. The gold Democratic city conven tion, led by cz-Mayor Grace and Scott, will meet In Cooper t'nlon to day and Indorse thn Tammany ticket In consideration of t.he nomination by Tammany of Francis M. Scott to suc ceed Justice Andrews on th# supreme court bench, and oilier places for the organization, but there wilt be resist ance to the Indorsement in the con vention and a bolt will follow and the strength of the National Iteinocratlc organization on election day will go to Seth Dow. Kx-Kepre sentatlve John Dewitt Warner, who has been a leader in the council of the National Democratic party, will head the revolt. In an Interview he said: •Tin afraid the national Democracy may aupport Van Wyck so far as thn New York county delegates are con cerned. The vote will not be unani mous, but 1 doubt If there will be elionurli to tirevent it. TRIPPLE STAGE ROBBERY. Two tsllforuls HamtlU Halil Cp Thrar *la|M Wltlila a If* Minute*. Mn/foJf, Cat., Oct. ».—Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, three stages traveling from Angel's Tump to j this place were held up by two masked highwaymen and robbed. The first stage, a two-horse vehicle, was slopped by the robbers in a narrow defile, and its passenger*, two men and a woman, I compelled to dismount and hold up their hand* while they were searched The robbers secured about 875. Fifteen minutes later the second stage, the regular four-horse vehicle, came along and the driver was or dered to halt. As he did not pull up fast enough, the robbers shot one 01 the leaders and killed one of the pole * horses. The robbers fired one shot with a rifle into the hood of the stage. | The bullet struck one of the male pas- | sengers In the arm unit passed on into the side of unothor man who sat be- , side him. The only other passenger, l a woman, escaped Injury. The trio j wore compelled to band over their ' money, about SiO'i. The robbers then disappeared Into the brush, hut emerged n few bun dred yards distant and held up the third carriage. After relieving the passengers and driver of their purse* i tlie robbers decamped wilb Well*- I Fargo & Co.'s box, which, however, contained nothing of value A BRIDE ENDS HER LIFE :.?r*. f.i-int Klphijr Wilier* of HI. I.inil-. lliiiilli IfY-reelf —A ratlietlc Xiilii Sr. Lot ts, Mo., Oct. r>. -Mrs. Lena I Klpley Waters, n bride of three months, committed suicide to-day by bunging herself at the home of her f.ister She left a note reading: "May heaven forgive me, us I never meuul to do wrong. IJoodbye to kind brothers and sister*. My watch to] Lou Lee.'' • Lena Itipley was married to Kdward Waters the iutter part of last dune. The bride had a number of relatives aud friends in St. Louis and the wed ding was a large one. The eouple had not lived together since the mar riage. Further than this no reason is know u for the deed. DRYEST ON RECORDl No Hood Mitlnt In MUtourl Kluco .July tS3 »n<l \eic«tntli»n la Urlrtl I'p. COM MIMA, Mo., Oct. J'l The monthly report uf tlie Missouri weather service shows that August mid September combined liave ben u the dryest luoullis In the record in the stat«. There hus not been • good ralu since July All kinds of vegetation hus dried up. stitl.tls-tif'ltis-llosilsr* tgaliist tlllrh A rill Isos. Kan.. i*ct Uobert Tompkins, lilck l.mc nud other Audi* Ison I’upulUts who are against fusion, wilt start ii pa|ier to tight eg-taovernor llwiife W tilick, fusion caudidaU* for stale senator from Atuhlson and Jack* sou counties The auti fusion Popu lists have been turned down at every Populist meeting Jseiet I Hauumiosil Mss«l **t l,oiis, Mo, let y.—Jaiues T. 1 aril mill. .11.1 a .r, .lotus ol and wealthy cttteeu aud preeideut of the l>ruui m..ud l.ilacsi coutpauy of thla city, died lu re yesterday at the result si a earn.p.iesturn uf h duey and other troubles resutltug front grip Mr ttruiuuiotid * wealth, aside from hi* to bacsi p sut. is estimated at Id.istn.iMuy IS. Mare* el Vests** Hssigss M*t. s M.. twt Ms*or It t I ‘l.si *u tendered Hts reslgaattua to th« euaaetl this musing and tt all! Ithi 1 he a* spied at the east meet tag II* ta aa assistant la ths state Uew.u.wi • ••#!.* ta Je#»rs**« t'lty Vwt tShtisee Isvllsd t* at. lewis lisity has 1st • Miss Mbit net ha* a 'espied an lesilatto* to at Is lot the belled Prophet* hall ta St Ismts a* the guest of the general som a* dr* THE GATES CLOSED. the llrnlnt fair In tkr licit ary of Ne braska I* Over. The greatest state fair in the history of Nebraska Is over, says the Omaha World-Herald. In many ways It was also the most successful fair ever given. In exhibits it far surpassed any of its predecessors; never did a state fair hove more perfect weather, and from a financial point of view, while the balance on hand may not tie so large as after some fairs, the board of management Is confident that after settling up all bills and paying the big premiums of the. present fair, and pay ing off the 13,000 deficit left by the ISM fair, that there will be a small balance in the treasury. There was only a fair crowd on the last day. which In point of weather was lolly up to the standard of the preceding four daya. All had a good opportunity to see the exhibits, as nothing wan allowed to move until 4 o’clock. Then the exhibitor* of Jive stock going toother fairs were allowed to begin moving. Hhortly afterwurdi the gates were thrown open to tin dozens of wuiting moving vans und express wagons, wTileli after ft o'clock formed a long procession moving city ward. The office of the secretary was moved back to the Millard hotel, where lie will be for several days straighten ing out the odds und ends of the fair business. President Doolittle was asked, while the fair was >n.-lng moved away, for mi opinion on it. He said In substance: “It has been the most successful and the largest state fair since 1 have known anything about slab- fairs. Kverybody knows what big exhibits unit whut tin* weather we have hod. and In every way the fair has moved along very smooth ly. We cannot yet tell exactly, but I Ihlnk ft whs also a good success finan cially. If we pay off the the deficit left i»y the im'i fair I think tvr. should be satisfied." Chairman Hiu-moro of tile board of rnunugers said. "We have never had a fair where then- was so little kiChlAg In all department*')here has 1-i-cTi Dcr r.-ct harmony. nml instead of the con dderablc amount of kicking and (•one plaining which have seemed U> tie nee I'ssnry to a state fair, there ha- beet very little It ha>- been a big and kite ;ex*fu) fair in nil particulars." Secretary Furnas said ‘ I can tel you the rcrciptr. very soon, but run no tell you the expedditure* for some little time. It will take 11 eon pie of weeks to figure out just how much we must pay in premium*, and bill* of ull kind will be coming In for the next si;, weeks. Hnt so near us we can llgurc tout now, wo believe that, after pay tig up the deficit left bv the lust fair, that we will have a little money left," When the gates closed Thursday the number of paid ndmis .ioiiH was within i few hundred of tin; total paid adults dons for the six day* of tin; fair last year. I tut notwithstanding till* fact die report of the superintendent of /ate* shows that the crowd Thursday wait greatly overestimated by almost veryone. It failed to reach the high water mark of last year hy nearly 5,000, Put, as previously stated, the attend mec on every one of the other days was considerably larger t han the cor responding day in 1 soil. An unusual thing for Friday of state fair week, more people were arriving n the city than were leaving, and the tremendous press of Thursday was only relieved in a meiiMire. The Cup „f Ks-Aiiflttor Moore. The attorney general has till’d u civil ’use against Kugeue Moore ami hi* bondsmen for the recovery of the money •mbczzlcd by the cxaudiUu', also for lamagi's to the state from the unlawful ssiniti 'e of the $1*1,101.75 warrant b> Hartley. It it set forth in the petition dial hy reason of tint isiunnce of t hi - warrant the state 1* damaged in tin mm of 9201.Mf.05. To this i. added the 2US shortage from the auditor's ittlee, and interest ut. 7 per cent, on Jlo.17it.bo from .lunuary t;, Isit5. nml on 912.72*. $5 from January 1. IHtK), mid on 9201.8Hl.05 from January 2, !S07. The (Uit calls fora judgment against the bondsmen for $7<0,000 and against Moore ’or t he I,a 111 lice. Will Testify In it Murder t use. Ueorge Wood and his son Albinos, of jsccoln, have gone to Wenterset. .Mo.. :o testify in u murder ease. About two I'ears ago they sserc driving near It in erset when they lieard two men ijuar reling about a line fence and lieard one >uy to the other, "l told you if you put, hut fence there I would kill Volt," Ulld lie up with his shotgun and killed the nun on the s|h>i. In the excitement ihe murderer got away and bus jusl been caught, A Hernril llrraltvr, r.incoln douriial: This is n record breaking year in state fair annals. Sot only is the ngrlcult iirnl dlspluy rur in ai.vuneeof those of former years, but It Is the ti-sl time in the history of the stute fair that It has ever hud a full week of fair weather without In lerruptlon by rain or ilu»t storms or both tin top of all of this conies the inprceellcitted attendance of today [Tharadayh which swts estimated at ill the way from 43,(MM) to (to.ooo. state linsril li • ■■ J>1. The Nrliraska Telephone ..pain made upplleatioli to .liulge Holmes for s teui|s>rury lajuellon agulust the state Istard of trans|Mirtutiou to prevent any further act ton In the rune brought by iohu li Yelser i lie appltealiou was granted and uotiee was itersed on Mo ment is-rs amt m urutartc* of the Isstrd ltd* evening, titular the slaute* Mies Wilt have three svevk* to tile au answer flu Mu tiler lie. Ttse supreme court melon thefts* Judge* ISsI ami Mortal nit the taineh the court enntwdiesluurr i Were also present In the Itartlev •'**•» tile ill fvttdatii tea* orttervd to Hie hi* brief within thirty day* I tyoM • ewtpaur n»i|***««i*le The rwsllwtwnu tsi seuger Irwin ww* held up the other ,1*1 hy the ihtiiIf of Molt routs end a lutrrvl ul prwirie dtirk ew* (when front the espte** cat The* were UiM to t hiewao swd stem ship (Wl’tl (fttiit ^itohWttf th it I* l lit (lilt’ll i Utti u( th# oili ttU Ui i»niw»iU» the VlKlVtl < MlHtHIM \ In ill# fall **l lU («h Ilf th* *%!•*#»* mr* Ill Mh*4**? « kltf (m »** ^mi*l hnit •I that III# >t(P<#fl i AHlVtl him i«h( ht t#$» ak4 Ainw Arv*! •» fiH%i ttWHlf |4(Wf. M'MlWfil f 4lUm i*4 *«• Um*«t *•*## t*» th# 4U i«(#| t »Mft u Ih AH Ml v*f #’ «•* HOW FLIES DO IT. DO NOT WALK ON CEILING BV SUCTION. A Simple Ripluiatlon of Thla Puiitllng Problem—A Kell ml mu Theory l(l» proved After Investigation Kevealeil by Mlcroerope. T la a curious fact how our under etandlng of many common and appa r « n 11 y simple things is modified by further Investi gation. The expla nation of how fllea walk on the celling, aa given In some of our old readera. little fly-foot la miniature ulr pump a the ory that Is sow proved to be fallacious. It waa supposed that the bottom of the fool adhered to the glaaa by auction, all air beneath It be ing pressed out, so that It waa held In place by the preaaure of the air with out, but fllea have been knowu to walk on the inner aide of a glaaa receiver after all the ulr had been exhausted, which shows that they do not need the pressure of the air to uphold *hem. A microscopic examination of a fly's foot clearly disproves the "sucker” theory, for the foot cushion la covered with hairs, which prevent a close con tact of the foot with the glaaa. A Inter theory, propounded by Hooke, waa that (Ilea stick to the gloss by means of a vlscoua fluid aiihatance which exudes from the halra in their feet. This the ory waa thoroughly Investigated twelve years or so ago by f)r, Rom bout, who * uitii ii wan mu/ j.iinj aouud, for, though tho*e iialr* >lo ror tttlnly exude un oily fluid, the fluid I* not util ity and Much not harden when tilled. It I* to Dr. Flam bout'* exp.>r 1 riK'in* that •c’lencc owe* what I* now regarded a* the true theory of the walking of Die* on amootli *ubxtance*. that they hung on hy the help of capil lary adhe*lon the molecular attrac tion between Molld and liquid bottle*. Hy u aerie* of nice calculation* *ucb aa weighing hair* and meaaurlng their diameter*, and lmmer*lng the cut. end of a hull' In oil or wuter to make It adhere when touched to gla** Dr. Kontbout proved tliat caplllury attrac tion would uphold a fly were It four ninth* u* heavy again a* It I* at pre* ent. It I* true that the fool hair* are very minute, hut a* each lly 1* *ald to he furutxhcd with ten to twelve thou *and of them, we need not he Mitrprlacd at what they can do. Kca*oulug front till* theory, wc might conclude thu< tile* llnd it dlfllctilt to mount a gla* Hlightly dampened, bccatiae of the re pubdun between the watery aurface and the oily liquid exuding from their feet, and wc miiMt HkewUe expect them to be Impeded by a *llgbt coating of dual, becauae the *pace* between the Iialr* would be tilled with duet. Careful ob nervation *eema to confirm theae In fei'cncca, When we *ee u lly making til* toilet, he I* not, a* we might *ifo poae, cleaning hi* body, but. hi* feet. *o that they .may the more readll) adhere. Everyone hu* noticed how quickly a fly take* flight, even when be ha* been dozing half an bom in the name poaitlon. Thl* new theory malt' It eaalci to iinTleratund ho-.v be can ho readily detach hlmnelf; for the air picHHun theory and the “gum” them? byth implied more or lea* effort In re leaalng hi* feet from their involmitat v hold. Our Animal Friend*. WOES OP THE MOSQUITO. Ilrugon Kiln mill KnIUers Kujoy Cut lug thn Cunning Cute*. From the Washington Star: There are two natural enemies of the mos quito the dragon fly and the spider The latter, us we know, wages constant warfare upon all insect life, and where mosquitoes are plentiful they form the chief diet of their hairy foe. The dra gon lly Is a destroyer of mosquitoes in at least two stages of life. The larva dragon lly feeds upon the larva ntosqui - to, and when fully developed the latter dines constantly upon the matured mosquito. The dragon tty us a solu tion of the mosquito pest question is not wholly satisfactory, for while there Is no serious difficulty to be encoun tered in the cultivation of drugon tiles in large numbers, yet It Is manifestly Impossible to keep them In the dark woods where mosquitoes abound, the hunting ground of the "darning needle" being among the flowers and dry gar dens where the sunshine prevails. For this very liuportut reason the scheme of hunting otic kind of insect with an other must lie abandoned as Imprartl cable. Am aiMtosul tort's t ueinstttois A little school girl in the rural dis tricts of (leorgls wss assigned a com position on “Temperance." and the following Is the result "Temperance Is more I tetter than whisky. Whisky Is HI cents a drink sad lots of tl. My pa drinks whisky. He has beea full 111 tunes One night he came home lale ami my ma went mil and eat sonic hickories end walloped him good Then she ducked his head In n ink of soapsuds and Imbed him up In ike barn And the nett morning mr pa eatd he reckoned he'd swtar uff " IssSsi SssttsStssts "lie 1 liven a burglar kaa a lend** remembrance of early aaauclalhMta Mbe “How do *oo know*" % I "Wky they got Into Mr. Hing a hoMae Ike other atgh- ate some of hta wife a pies and left a rude In vlkk ■key dated that they were not Itkn the pies mother need Is wake ''% I fankers dial* stusu THE SERPENT SYMBOL. WMely Eaipto^od In All P*rt» of »!»• Am«*r|r,tn Continent# An Interesting paper was read re cently before a convention of anthro pologists In session at Iietrolt. Mlcb., by the Rev. Stephen l). I'eet, entitled "The Serpent Symbol In Nicaragua and Yucatan." He laid In brief: "The serpent symbol Is prevalent all over this continent. It appears in effigies In Canada, Ohio, Illinois and Minnesota. There are many serpent myths among the Iroquois ami Algonquin*. These represent the serpent as coming out of the wafer und fascinating men and turning them Into serpents, taking them below the water, thus reminding us of the temptation. The serprnt, al so, I* a water god, who antagonize* the chief god, and produces a great flood. The story of the flood Is nl - ways associated with the serpent a* the eauso. The serpent, 111 fact, Is the source of ' 0 I. "In Nicaragua und Central America the serpent Is, on the other hand, a source of good. He Is In reality th« symbol of the raincloud, und the crops und the scusons are dependent upon his uppearaaee. Instead of antugofilt lug the chief divinity, he seems to he sailing thiough the nlr hearing the chief divinity on Ills back. Sometimes there are vases held In the folds of the serpent that are emptying water or *». rain upon the fields. In Nleuragua th* serpent appears In the architecture highly wrought and sculptured with great force. There are serpents guard lug the balustrades to the pyramids, and other serpents covered with feath ers which form the piers by the side of the doorways to the temples. The Idea Is that they are coming down from the clouds, along the fronts of the temple, to the ground, symbolizing lain clouds, The sacred hook of the Mayas have many serpents colled up. with collii on the oases and heaps of corn In the latter, Kven the hlero glyphs of the Mayas have serpents up "ii mein, me serpent running one part of tlie glyph, suggesting that a pho netic alphabet grew out. of the picture graphs and the symbols. The serpent Ityolf gives one of the elements. Among the Pueblos the serpent figured In a very Interesting wuy. When the chil dren were Initiated, and ware to re eefve the hreat.fi of the divinity through the sacred plumes, they »or« prepared to enter the suered city, which Is un der the water of the sacred lake, Hut the serpent must also lie carried to the upper door of the place of worship where the children are, and Its mouth placed near the entrance. Wuter and seed were poured through the serpeiit efflgy. The priests below caught the water in a sacred vessel and the seed in sacred baskets, and presented them to the children, teaching them that both water and seed canto from the serpent, which was the symbol of the ralneloud," Another 4.Ill terms Scheme. Capitalist 'Well, sir what can f do ior you?” Inventor twlio lias been waiting an hour and a liulf for ad mittance)-"! will occupy your time only a few minutes, I have a plan for making a fortune in one season with the outlay of only a little money, Everybody recognizee tb" fuel tbut the rush to Alaska and the Klondike le gion next spring and summer will be tieincndouK. Kverv man, woman and i-liflil wlio goes there will have some money to spend. Very good. Now. mark me. My scheme is to start a 'shoot the chutes’ company up there, lease or charter one of tin biggest glaciers, shave it smooth for about a mile buck from the ocean- the ocean being the pond at the foot of the slide, nf course tin lit vour boats mi to the starting point by a wimple end lews chain arrangement, load them with pasjMcngerw, who will he standing in line waiting for a thrilling ride down this grand chute provided by na lure, and will cheerfully pay the trifle of jo cent* for " Capitalist (to office hoy i "James, *how thl* man out." Chicago Tribune. limit Alligator* for * I.UIn*. "There ure men In the swamps of the Mouth who make their living by huntlng alligator*/' *ald a umn who ha* Just returned from that region "Their mode of hunting the saurian* I* very Ingenluu*. a* well u* aucceaa ftil. In the Mtimmer, when the Hwanip* dry out. the alligator* which abound there In large number* live In hole* ten or more feet deep amt Inclined cm slanting. The weapon of warfare lined upon these creature* I* a long pole, at the end of which I* a sharp steel prod uud hook Thl* I* run down Into the hole and the alligator I* prodded null! he become* mad, then he »uap* the hook tike a tt*h and I* imundlaii ly taught lie I* then drawn up to the mouth of the hole aitil I* »hot through the eye until dead The teeth are extracted Mini the hide nu ..it llntli are mild at *»ute Dear by plate Hotiie part* of the alligator are eaten If tt t»e toting Chhago lime* Herald. tw OpilmUl w "And.” were the non hiding wued* of the prufoaworii lecture it. the inch, at »t intent*, "do not promt** tun ncu. h I knew a physician of real ability who covered liiwwll wtih i Wh ale and oh l.mur by promt* lag a pwtlenl «k.m i«a* he had heat amputated, that h would have klw tan hi* few* within two week* * ITnctnnaii Kn.iuher f mnt.ly A'hat a pMaUlanmnnu . kap I on let ta1 ll« • the auiwt h*«pe» bed is** In town and In as* how even hi* . klltlirk Ikb rough eh.at liter him In ■ *ally dugt a. • fut Ihiddi ’ f .tgler* oh yen. the hnaa bah umpire yea ha ta g little when he a tdl dwlr '* • | lb.*i><a ftaaeup