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Famous Nebraskan and Wife. Recent Portrait of Man Who May Again Lead Democratic Host*. TO INCREASE OUTPUT. COSTLY MINE IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR KLONDIKE. Indications Are That Dawson Will Be Center of World's Largest Gold Dredging Fields—Value of This Year’s Product. Dawson, Yukon.—The gold output of of the Klondike tor the season of 1906 reaches the total of $5,697,942. This figure is based on the average valuation of $16 to the ounce. By (he Klondike is meant that area of placer producing streams within a ra dius of 50 miles of the city of Daw son. The total output of the Klondike since the discovery of the camp in 1896 is $112,786,572. These figures are based on the roy ally collections by the Canadian gov ernment, which controls all the big camp. The figures are from the office of J. T. Lithgow, comptroller of finances in the Yukon. If anything the amounts here given are very conservative. They are well under the mark, particularly Tor the earlier years, because it is believed that many then evaded the payment of the royalty exacted by the govern ment. Now evasion is impossible be cause all dust attempted to be taken across the boundary before it has re ceived the stamp and certificate show ing that the royalty is paid is con fiscated. The indication is that the output for the future will be greatly increased as soon as the many big streams now be ing acquired by the Guggenheims of New York, Sigmund Rothschilds and associates of Detroit, Colonel Wil liams of Paris, Tex., and associates. Dr. A. S. Grant of Toronto and N. A tOOOOOOOBOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOtOei Fuller of Michigan are fully equipped with dredges, hydraulic and other means for working of low grade as well as high grade grounds at a profit. The Guggenheims alone have se cured hundreds of claims and are spending millions in improvements in the Klondike. It Is believed that with all the improvements that these big companies will make a heavy pay roll will be maintained here every sum mer and that Dawson will always be an active mining town and the center of one of the largest hydraulic and | dredging fields in the world. MURDERER HAS PRIVATE JAIL. : His Precautions Will Cost Him Double Term of Imprisonment. Rome.—A wealthy land owner. Ra: mondo Pace, was ia 1S9S condemned ' by the criminal courts of Roggia. in Italy, to ten years' imprisonment for having murdered a servant of his. Judgment was passed in default, and it was surmised at the time that the man had escaped to some distant land under an assumed name. Quite recently the police heard that he was in Foggia, and raided his house. They were very much amused in finding him safely locked up in u cell which he had built for himself in the basement of his house. One of his servants was paid by him to act as jailer, and by order of bis master supplied him once a day with bread and a jug of water. During eight years Pace never stirred from his cell, and he told the police that after completing the full term of ten years to which he was condemned he intended petitioning the king for a royal pardon. As it is. the unfor tunate man has to start his punish ment afresh, and in the end will have served almost twice his time. aoooooaoooooaoooooooooooooo GOLD LEFT BY EMIGRANTS. Attacked by Indians In Early Days, ( They Buried the Treasure. Topekft, Kan.—We have heard of buried treasures, but did you ever know of a case in which one was found? Well, Joe Prentice, of Heb ron, Neb., formerly of Sabetha, some time ago found a buried treasure. Prentice formerly operated a hard ware store in Sabetha. Prentice traded the store to John M. Evans, now a resident of Ohio, and got, among other things, a farm near Heb ron, Neb. People laughed at Pren tice a good deal because of the farm. That country was not considered much of a farming country then. When Prentice got hold of the farm Evans told him the following story: A party of immigrants were traveling over the country in the early days to seek their fortunes in the far west. One night near the present site of Hebron the party was attacked by Indians. A man named Wilcox or Wilson ;was wounded. The Indians were routed. The wounded man was taken to Fort Kearny and his brother was sent for. When the brother ar rived the wounded man told him as nearly as possible where he had buried more than $2,000 daring the night of the Indian attack. The wounded man died, but the brother could not unearth the gold. Later the land where the money was sup posed to be buried passed into the hands of Evans. Evans tried but could not locate the gold. Prentice paid no attention to the story. Some time ago while he was grading down the road near his house he uncovered on a steep incline a rusty can such as tomatoes and apples are put up in. Opening the can. Prentice counted out |2,136.50 in gold and silver, la addition to this the farm which people joked Prentice so much about is now a very valuable property. PLAN WORLD'S HORSE SHOW. 1 International Exhibition at London Projected for 1907. New York.—A meeting of prominent hoisemen called together by James T. Hyde, assistant secretary of the Na tional Horse Show Association of America, to discuss the question of the proposed international horse show to be held in London June 7 to 13, inclu sive, next year, took place here, the other day. A committee consisting of Alfred G. Vanderbilt, John Gc-rken and James T. Hyde was appointed to select a suita ble! committee which will have charge of the arrangements so far as Ameri can exhibitors are concerned. Mr. Hyde said that the American di rectors of the international horse show syndicate were Clurence H. Mackay, Alfred G. Vanderbilt and Reginald Van derbilt, with Adam Beck, M. P„ as the Canadian director. The show will be held at the Olym pia, which is in the West Kensington part of London and which Mr. Hyde described as being “twice as big as Madison Square garden.” Men who took part in the meeting predicted that the United States will send 100 or more horses to take part in the show and that Canada will send at least 30. iBoooGooooeooooooooooooooooooaoooooeaoiaoooooooooooooeo Soldier Loves His Rifle. - I Negro Sheds Tears as He Gives Up Gun Carried Twenty-Two Years. El Reno, Okla.—"All right, sir; all right, sir. Lieut. Higgins, here it is." Charles Dade, an, old negro soldier of company D of the Twenty-fifth infan try, madp this remark as he turned in his rifle at Fort Reno after the gen eral order to disarm the three dis graced companies of negro soldiers had been read by Maj. Charles W. Penrose. Dade handled the rifle care lessly, and as he i>assed it over to the officer he turned his face to hide his tears which fell upon the shining barrel of the gun. “I can’t Just help It.” he muttered apologetically to a comrade as he turned away. "I’ve been in the serv ice 22 years, and it’s hard to give up a gun teat's, almost like my own kin folk.” "That was the most unpleasant duty I’ve ever been called upon to perform,” said one of the'officers who had charge of the disarming of troops. “To see the pathetic appeal in those old men’s eyes was enough to melt anyone. I feel sorry for them from the bottom of my heart. I know they are inno cent of any wrongdoing, and it looks hard to them.” Execution of Chinese Pirates. When Chinese pirates are caught and convicted they speedily pay the penalty of their crimes. A newspa per of the fur east publishes this bit of news: “Seven of the pirates who took part; in the attack on the river steamer Sainam were beheaded in Canton at noon, September 10. The prisoners were brought on to the ground in baskets, from which they were immediately released. They were then made to knel in a row. Promptly on the stroke of 12 the ex ecutioners took up their positions in front of the doomed men and cut off their heads in very quick succes sion, to the accompaniment 9# loud shouts from the Chinese spectators..’’ — ...—*——- ■ » Men who stop to Consider whether it is worth while seldom do anything. 5. ■' It.*!# v'w WILL BREED ZEBROID NEW YORKER TO EXPERIMENT ON A LARGE SCALE. Financier Claims Cross Between Horsq and Zebra Greatly Superior to Ani mal Now in Domestic Use —His Purpose Explained. Xew York.—From zebras which he has imported at great expense Wamei M. Van Norden, president ot the Van Norden Trust company of this city, entertains great hopes that the ze broid (as the hybrid offspring of the horse and zebra is called), will come to be generally and favorably known in this country. “The zebroid,” explained Mr. Van Norden the other day, “makes an ex cellent all around animal for domes tic use and I hope to introduce it in this country. It is already used in South Africa, where it has given sat isfaction. I cannot say just how speedy the zebroid will be but those I shall raise will be from the finest stock, especially suited for driving purposes. These animals are much more strong and vigorous than the horse and live about twice as long. They will rank with any of the horses in genera! use to-day and in valu% will range from $800 to $1,000. They will be very tough and able to endure twice the hardship the average horse can stand." The parents, perhaps, of genera tions of American zebroids yet un born arc now contentedly munching hay in the barn at Mr. Van Norden's country place at Rye, N. Y., In temporary quarters in one barn are three zebras, said to be among the finest of their species ever brought to this country. One of them is de-. dared to be a genuine lirevy s zebra from Abyssinia and this animal alone is valued by Mr. Van Norden at $5,000. The other two zebras belong to what, is Known as the Bohimii class. Two more, equally as valuable as those now in Rye, have been captured for Mr. Van Norden and will be shipped to this country early next spring. These animals are about six years old and. inasmuch as the life of the aver i age zebra is about 50 years, they are as yet mere babies and are full of more life and tricks than young colts. So much tor the zebra parents of, the zebroids. Their parents on the, other side will range from a full blooded Arabian mare down to little, burro jennies, through a list of horse flesh including piebald, hackney and mustang. The zebroids will owe their appear ance in this country, however, not so much to Mr. Van Norden's desire to raise them for themselves alone as to his determination to solve the problem of telegony. He is determined to demonstrate whether it is real, as breeders of blood stock assert, or whether it is a vagary of the breeder's mind, as scientists declare. Kxplalning the ob ject of his undertaking. Mr. Van Norden said: “All breeders believe In telegony. It has always been their claim that if a female animal is bred to one of a different species but of the same family and is afterward bred to one of her own species the second offspring will show resemblance to the first sire. Opposed to the claim of the breeders is that of the scientists, who say there is no such thing as telegony and that the breeders are mistaken in their diagnosis. rv wuu muiiu? ucai me utrau of the scientists in their contention that there is nothing in the breeders' fear of ttlegony is Prof. W. Ewart, of Edinburgh university, and for years he lias conducted experiments to sup port the correctness of his theories. Prof. Ewart is now experimenting with pigeons and rabbits. He asserts that no one has ever gone into the subject of telegony in such a manner as clearly to demonstrate the truth or falsity of the many claims made concerning it. The experiments of Prof. Ewart and others have thrown some light <m the subject, but there is still much to be learned.” STORK 'DRIVES FATHER MAD. Leaves Home and Acts Strangely Whenever Child Is Born to Wife. Portland. Me.—A case that puzzles not only his family and townsmen, but, the physician, is that of William D. Trescarten, of Limestone. Aroostock county, who acts strangely and then disappears from his home either just before or every time his wife gives birth to a child. The Portland police were asked to look for Trescarten. who left his home a few days ago just previous to the birth of his fourth child. Grand Chancellor Willis P>. Hall, of the Knights of Pythias, ,pf which or- ’ ganization Trescarten is a prominent member, has notified the members all over New England to be on the look out for their brother. Although undei ordinary circumstances a clear-headed, well-balanced business man, Trescar ten seems to change his personality entirely a? soon as or just before the stork comes. Prince's Fight with Wild Boar. The prince of Schwarzburg-Sonder hausen has had a severp hunting Ad venture. While out in the forest of Sonderhausen he and his party shot at ai^d brought down a fine wild boar. Thinking it dead, the prince incau tiously approached too near, when the beast suddenly sprang to its feet and made a lunge with its tusks, seriously wounding him in the leg and again in the bod.v after he had fallen from tue effect of the first lunge. Thera was a ten-minutes struggle before the beast was finally disposed of with shotguns and hunting knives. Ages of Five Aggregate 435. Chester, Pa.—The ages of'five m,H*> bers of the Rush family aggregate 435 years. Their names and ages are as follows: Margaret Rush, 100 years old; Jacob Rush, 88 years old; George Rush, 82 years, and Samuel Rush, 80 years. Margaret and Henry reside in Philadelphia. The others reside in Delaware county. All are in the best of health. The eldest daughter, who Is dead, lived to he more than 101 years. For longevity the family holds the record in this county. . Our Washington Letter President’s Son to Go on a Maine Hnnt'ng Trip—Government Scientist Risks Life for Farmers—Boom in Shipbuilding—Other Interesting Gossip from the Nation’s Capital. WASHINGTON.—Kermit Roosevelt, son of the president, will go shortly on a hunting trip into Maine, where William Sewall, President Roosevelt’s old Maine woods guide and western ranch superintendent, has lately erected three new camps, making six in all that he owns at that attractive resort. Some time ago Mr. Sewall invited the presi dent to come to Maine on a hunting trip, but thus far the head of the nation has been too busy with bigger game—canals, revolutions, etc., to accept. Kermit, however, accompanied by a cousin, is to visit the Sewall camps, which are situated on a “horseback" on the shore of Mattawamkeag lake, nine miles in from Island Falls, and are reached — auci a uuve ui iwu miles, it iive-uiuc uauuc uip down the beautiful Mattawamkeag river, and a two-mile trip in a gasoline launch over the lake. The camps are situated on a bluff on Hook Point, which overlooks the lake. In one direction it is possible to tramp 25 miles without striking a settlement. Sewall is now C3 years old, straight as an arrow, strong and alert as a man of 40. One afternoon recently he paddled a canoe 24 miles without fatigue, and when it comes to shooting his eye is as sharp and his hand as steady as of old. As collector of the district of Aroostook he has a staff of 15 men, and they say up in Aroostook that he makes a first-rate official. For a few seconds the other day Quentin, youngest son of the president, created an uproar in one of the classrooms of Force school on Massachusetts avenue, where he is enrolled as a pupil. It is said he assumed the preroga tives of his teacher for a brief period while she was out of the room. The teacher had been making an effort to impress upon the pupils the evil of overindulgence in certain beverages. “All those who drink coffee for their breakfast may stand," she said. A large portion of the school rose and then the teacher said: “Now, all those who take tea, either in the morning or evening, may rise." Again a part of the school rose. Just at this moment the teacher was called from the room. As she dis appeared through the door Quentin jumped to his feet, held up his hand to command attention and said: “All those who take champagne for their lunch may now stand—on theii heads." PROF. HANSEN FINDS ALFALFA IN SIBERIA. After twice risking his life and once nearly losing it in the interest of agricultural science, Prof. N. E. Hansen, of the South Dakota experi ment station of the department of agricultural, has found in northern Siberia an alfalfa suited to the arid lands of the northwest, where the win ters are extremely cold. Prof. Hansen got on the track of the alfalfa a year ago, but was so late in searching for it that he was badly frozen in Siberia. Despite this experience he made an other trial this year, and he has informed Secre tary Wilson that he has been successful and is on his way back with seed. Through the bureau of plant industry Ute de partment of agriculture has been engaged for a number of vears in encoii racing the erowth of alfalfa in various parts of the United States. Owing to the wide differences iu soil and climate in this country, great difficulty has been experienced in pro [ curing a variety suited to all conditions. Introductions of new alfalfas have been made from time to time from foreign countries. Several years ago the department brought some from Turkestan which has been tried thoroughly and proved valuable in some sections. Before going to Siberia Prof. Hansen visited northern Norway and Sweden with a view to finding new crops which might bo of value in the cold, arid lands of the United States. The alfalfa he has discovered has a yellow flower instead of a blue. It is a native of the dry steppes of Siberia, and grows well where the mercury falls to 30 or 40 below zero. The country is exceedingly dry, and yet the new alfalfa is an excellent forage plant. Prof. Hansen has obtained seed, and it will receive a thorough test. GREAT BOOM IN SHIPBUILDING. Should the present rate of shipbuilding in the United States continue the current fiscal year will record the greatest output of shipyards in half a cc-ntury, according to the report of Com missioner of Navigation Chamberlain. A summary of the report says: “The year's construction was 1.221 vessels of 418,745 gross tons. Only three ocean steamers were built. On the great lakes 40 steamers of 232,366 gross tons were built. The tonuage built during the cur rent fiscal year up to November 19 aggregate 203,000 gross and if the present rate of construe tion is not checked by strikes or delays in fur nishing structural steel the output of our ship yards will be the largest in half a century and will be close to the outnut of 583.000 tons in 1855 the year of our greatest construction. During the year only 12 per cent, of the exjiorts and imports of the United States were carried in American vessels.” The report states that on July 30 the documented merchant vessels of the United States numbered 25,006 of 6,674,909 gross tons. The report urges the enactment of the merchant marine commission bill which has passed the. senate, Including the provision for American mail lines to South America, and favors the bill to abolish the discrimination against coasting vessels in pilotage charges in the states from Virginia to Texas. * Quoting the resolution In favor of approved steamship communications adopted by the pan-American conference at Rio de Janeiro last August, Commissioner Chamberlain pub lishes a full list of all the vessels in trade between the United States and South America during the first six months of this year. The report says that of 126,754 men shipped 37,676 were natives, 23,456 naturalized Americans and the remainder aliens. POSTAL TREATY WITH CANADA TO END. The post office department will be guided by congressional legislation in dealing with the issue raised by the Canadian government in abrogating the provisions of the postal convention between the two countries relating to-second-class matter which, according to Canada’s notice, will expire May 7, 1907. This provision permits the transmission through the mails of periodical publications, including newspapers, at the rate of one cent a pound. A joint commission of the senate and house, of which Senator Penrose is chairman, has been engaged since October 1 in taking testimony cov ering the whole subject of second-class mail mat ter, and as an outcome of the inquiry the general expectation is that some legislation wm uc Should no legislation be enacted then the two governments will fall back' on the international union postal rates when the provision in the existing treaty expires, unless in the meantime Canada comes forward with a new proposition for the consideration of this government. The international postal union rate on second-class matter is one cent for two ounces. TAFT PLEASED WITH WESTERN ARMY POSTS. Secretary Taft recently returned from a trip of inspection to some of the western army posts. The business of Secretary Taft’s trip was to as certain their fitness for brigade posts. He found Fort D. A. Russell. Wyo., amply provided with all the land necessary for the ac commodation of a full brigade and with ample room for exercise and maneuvers. Fort Robin son, Neb., also will be suitable when more land has been purchased. Fort Sheridan, near Chi cago. 111., cannot properly be made a brigade post. ' At Fort Leavenworth the secretary believes it will be possible to purchase additional ground ' at a reasonable price, making the post large enough for a brigade. The secretary was particularly pleased with Fort Riley, with its 20,000 acres at the post and a fine plant, already accommodating a regiment of field artillery, a regiment of cavalry, and a battalion of engineers, so that the place is already on a brigade basis. At Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the secretary found the largest array reservation, save one, namely, Fort Assinniboine. Fort Sill has 5,000 acres at the post, and the troops have the use of the 40,000 acres comprising the adjoining Wichita Mountain forest reserve. Fort Sam Houston* Tex., was the last post inspected, and with this Sec retary Taft was also greatly pleased. Money has beeu allotted for the pur of additional land, and there is already a full infantry post there and a cavalry regiment, so that tt is well along toward a brigade post. California s mm Gbft/eu Harvest as _✓ /. dii' J MULE TEAM ]_HAT>VE<5TE£. » - RA/6/N DRY/MG -- STEAM COMB/MED HARVESTER win we ever weary or tne story or California’s golden harvests? In the state’s 150 miles of breadth and her thousand miles of extent are to be found very nearly every conceivable product of the soil. It is some 50 years since the whole world was ring ing with the startling tales of the great gold discoveries in California, and at that time the country had little other industry than pastoral pursuits. After the first gold fever had some what abated immigrants began to rec ognize the immense fertility of the soil, and the era of the great wheat farms commenced, many of them be- j ing from 10,000 acres to 50,000 acres j in extent. Some of these still remain, 1 though the tendency now is to divide these big holdings and invite settle ment by small farmers, fruit raisers and cattlemen. On such big areas as these wheat farms wholesale methods are imperative, and harvesting can only be accomplished by the aid of ma chines. drawn by as many as 30 horses or mules, which cut and thresh the grain, delivering it in sacks ready for shipment. Large gang-plows, haul ed by traction engines, are also em ployed. But great as was the produc tion of gold and wheat, it was soon to be surpassed. by that of the or chards, for which the state has earned such world wide fame. Although 20 vears ago California production made but little impression upon the fruit markets of the United States, last : year’s shipments from her orchards, i vineyards and gardens to points be yond the state aggregated some 1,000, 000 tons! California is, above all things, a land of horticulture—of or- j uucvo, *v uivuo, ftiapr mm, apriUlla, j peaches, pears, olives, prunes, quinces, ; guavas, bananas, loquats, nectarines. I pomegranates, cherries and plums, j It. is a land of many products—gold and silver, fruits, vegetables, flowers, wool, hay, cattle, cranberries, walnuts, 1 almonds, sugar beet, melons and wine. : This is not to be wondered at when the fact is grasped that the climate gives ; 300 days of sunshine every year, and that no rain falls from June to Novem ber. Tn the northern part of the state you may stand beside a field of 1 corn of as fine growth as can be found anywhere in the world, which has never had a drop of rain since it was sown, has not been irrigated, and will, in all likelihood, be harvested without i having been touched by any moisture 1 whatever. Although the climate of ' the northern, central and southern por < dons of the state are substantially the ; 1 same—i. e„ agricultural and horticul-1« tural products being found in latitudes j t 700 miles apart—the rainfall dimin ishes as you go to the south, ranging < from a total rainfall of some 40 t inches in the north to some six inches < in the south, the temperature difTer- * ing but little. In the locali- f ties of least annual rainfall < irrigation has been resorted to, and at s the present time something like 2,000.- < 000 acres, comprising 35,000 irrigated 1 farms, are thus being watered. The canning and sun-drying of fruit 1 are big industries, and the products * are known the world over. The proc- f ess of sun-drying peaches, apricots s and prunes proves the dryness of the t climate, as were there much moisture 1 in the atmosphere it would be impos- S sible for the sun to abstract, as it does, i the whole of the moisture from the 1 fruit. t The lack of labor is the most serious r trouble in California, especially to the i orcnaraist; at narvest time mere h work for every man, woman and child in the country, but the demand is greater than the supply. Every va riety of soil and location is at the dis posal of the farmer, so that if he has any hobby in agriculture there will be no difficulty in selecting the right spot for its exercise. Tf he prefers to pur sue any special lint;—grain or fruit, grapes or vegetables, stock or ixmltry —the proper conditions are to b« found, or if he prefers to pursue them all combined he may do so. Livestock raising is very largely and successful ly engaged in, and stock growers are now supplied with the finest breeds of cattle for all uses, extensive herds be ing met with in all parts of the state. The foothill and mountain districts furnish rich pasturage—the highe mountain elevations in summer and the foothills in winter—and a large area planted to alfalfa during the last few years has added greatly to the livestock interests in the valley dis tricts. Perhaps the most remunera ive, and certainly the most attractive. )f California's harvests is that of the Jrange; in some districts the country 'or miles round is almost one con tin - ious orange grove. The justly-cele jrated navel orange, seedless and per 'ect in flavor, may lie accounted as the irst in importance of any citrus prod lct, and with its good keeping quali ies is easy of transportation. No ruit tree is more delicate in its com nencement or requires greater care, jut no other becomes more robust at Maturity. ('. EAGLE-BOTT. FINE SPECIMEN OF WHALE. skeleton of Finback Sixty-Three Feet Long Mounted in a Museum. Its enormous jaws agape as if in i menace to the hardy intruder, the skeleton of a finback whale, said to >e the largest and finest in the United States, lies in one of the galleries 'behind the scenes" at the American duse'um of Natural History, says the 'Jew York Tribune. It has just been required through an agency by Dr. -lerman C. Bumpus, the director of he museum, and will be exhibited to he public as soon as it can be pre >ared and put in position, it is an mportant addition to the institution’s :oUection of the remains of mon itrous creatures, which includes skel ■tons of a "chambered dinosaur" 7t* eet in length, of a long-necked plesi isaur more than 40 feet long, and of . had roeaur almost as large. The bones of the catacean just ac uired are those of a full-grown spcci nen of the finback and are practically omplete. The total length of the keleton as it stands is 63 feel. It has 1 vertebrae. The length of the long st rib is nine feet two inches. The kull weighs over half a ton. its eir umference being 20 feet and its ength 3 6 feet 2 inches. This species of whale, the common orwhal, is met in almost all seas nd attains in the flesh to a length of rom 65 to 70 feet. It is next in ize to the “blue whale." the largest f all known animals, which reach a ength of 80 feet, and sometimes even 5 feet. It is also the fastest of /hales, being of slender build and ossessing thin blubber. For the lat er reason it is not of so irjch com * iiercial value as some of ?!ie other pecies. All Cats Given Salute For 25 Years Soldiers in India Paid •• Honors to Pussy. In Poona, at the government house for more than a quarter of a century, every cat which iwssed out of the front door at dark was saluted by the sentry, who presented arms to the ter rified pussy. It seems that in 1838 Sir Robert Grant, governor of Bombay, died in the government house, Poona, and on the evening of the day of his death a cat was seen to leave the house by the front door and to walk up and down a particular path precisely as the late governor had been used to do after sunset. A Hindu sentry observed and re ported this*to the sepoys of hiB faith, and they laid the matter before a priest, who explained to them the mys tery of the dogma of the transmigra tion of souls. “In this cat," he said, “was reincar | nated the soul of the deceased Gov. Grant, and it should, therefore, be treated with the military honors dne to his excellency.” As, however, the original sentry could not' identify the particular cat ho had seen on the evening of the day of Sir Robert’s death, it was decided that every cat which uas9ed out of the main entrance after dark should be saluted as the avatar of his excellen-i °y Thus, for over a quarter of a cen tury, every cat that passed out after sunset had military honors paid to It. not by Hindu sentinels only, but— such is the infection of a superstition —by Mahommetan. native Christian and even Jewish soldiers.—South China Post. Coffee Sold on the Street. Men go about the streets of Alex-, andria selling drinks. In one hand they carry their cup basket and in the other a can filled with coffee.