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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. TALK FOR TKACK NOW SPANIARDS REALIZE THEIR 4, DESPERATE SITUATION. A Strong ('oinimn lul Unity I'lcniN fur tlic ''Kiil Ion of llir lilMtitrmiH One ultleil htriiCRli In I'ulillnliril In u Siuil OnUI.il fiipcr. IN FULL CON f ROL OF THE BAY. Ni:w Yoiik, .luno 20. A dispatch tt lliu New York Ik-raid from MadrW lays: An allocution to the government by the powerful council general of Cat a Ionia, which it-presents the niercnntilc '.ntelllgcnee of Spain, calling for p.aec. nas created a deep impression lure, all the more on account of the logical and practical reasonings with width the council advocates a cessation of hos tilities. It states that alt hough the council considers America's conduct unquull lledly unjust, yet that does not justify Spain in continuing an unequal com bat, which Is bound to result in over whelming ruin. "It Is better," it says, to submit to an amputation, painful though It be, than to carry on a ter rible war with its thousands of disas ters. The matter will not be any more glorious after wo have been ruined and the blood of thousands of our soldiers shed." The allocution :nds with a call for immediate peace. The cndlcj-s objections raised in the cortes to the taxation necessary for the continuation of the war are met by the governmental organ. Kl Dia. It says: "The country neither asks for nor wants war. It understands neither its origin nor Its issue, and on that ac count shows neither enthusiasm of any kind nor on that account does it re spond by its attitude to the responsi bilities which the situation imposes upon the government. It refuses sac rifices which would willingly be ac cepted under other eiieumstances. With such a sentiment existing it is impossible to ask the government to prolong a war for which the country doesn't seem Inclined to pi otitic the necessary resources. Without 11101103 we cannot have war."' The Kpoca, whose seriousness is alxivo question, says: "Jn our opinion CI Din rcllccts with thorough exacti tude the position of the government. The Kpoca cannot understand how the government can vaellate as tow hid) course to take. It says: "There can Ikj little doubt, according 1o the con census of matured opinions, which have been gathered, that peace at the present moment, when the entire world gives full recognition to Spanish valor and bravery, Is highly opportune un der the circumstances, which may not be 8o good again." t MAimm. -dune 20. Ther is consid erable comment hereto-day over a long conference which has just taken place between the British ambassador to Spain, Sir Henry Drummond-Wolff, and the Spanish minister for war, den tral Corrca. The newspapers of this city to-day publish the text of a manifesto from the inhabitants of Catalonia, of which Barcelona is the capital, in favor of peace between Spain and the United States. London. .Tunc 20. I'nder the head ing: "Is the Hank of Spain Solvent?" the London Statist lengthily discusses Spain's condition, saying: "Upon the bank's ability to finance the govern ment depends the continuation and duration of the war. Practically the Spanish government is now reduced to the expedient of using the printing press to meet its war outlays and the longer that printing press is in oper ation and the more notes are issued the greater will be the depreciation of the value of the paper peseta. If the war lasts much longer we may see the paper peseta, which is now at a dis count of 50 per cent, depreciate as did the assignat of France, at the close of the last century. The for awl t i.spen ion of specie payments cannot long be delayed. Indeed the suspension has prncticully occurred." The Statist then presents an array of figures showing the exact position sf the bank, with a note circulation of 3tJ3, 000,000 without any coin icserve available for Its redemption, and fur ther pointing out that such note circu lation may be increased to SM10.000.000. Finally, the Statist says that In three y.ars the Spanish and Cuban govern ments have borrowed S200,000,000 from the Uiuui of Spain. THINK MANILAHAS FALLEN, Yahins1Mi Ilt-Hetm Tlint Dewey Hum nri L'ticlrrNtHiiUltti; With tlio Iimirgt-nU. WAfiu.soTOX, .lune 20. Dewey's re port, taken in r-onuection with the press reports, would seem to indicate that Manila probably has fallen by this time. One phrase used by the Ad miral, that "they do not intend to take the city at Hit present time," war rants the Ifolicf tli.it he has reached a perfect understanding with the in uirgont leader, and that the town is not to bo attached until his own troops arrive. For some reason it is extremely desirable that such should be the ens. and that Dewey should re ceive the surrender of the town in per con, rather than force the Spaniards to surrender to the insurgents ami thereby afford a possible, pretext for the interference of some of the Euro pcan powers, whose ships arc gather ing in suspiciously large number! lu Manila bay. PURISIMAC0NCEPC10N LANDS, Maimifrd In r.luilt tlm AiiiiTlriiu War Mtilptt mitt Arrlten. tit Mmiztnlllo. KlxeisioN, Jnuv.lca, .lune 20. A dis patch from Mam-nnillo, ptovlnco of Santiago do Cuba, announces the ar rival there of the Spanish steamer l'urislma Conccpcion, which Milled from Kingston about 2 o'clock Thurs day morning with food supplies for the Spanish troops and carrying, it is uu derstood, 8100,000 gold. THEATRICAL TOPICS. No More sji.hiKIi ItrnUtiint c to American In tin niliiu.iino. Ktvfieiov, Jamaica, .lune CO. The week's campaign in Eastern Cuba has resulted in the practical demolition of the outer fortilleatlons of Santiago tie Cuba, In anticipation of the arrival of the troops and the occupation of the line harbor of (luantanaino, In which to-day are anchored such magnificent ships as tlic Oregon and Hie St. Paul, together with the Marblchead, Dol phin, Suwauce and eleven other aux iliary gunboats, colliers and press ills patch boats, in an average depth of seventeen fathoms of water. The military resistance to the tie Unite occupation has practically ceased since the bombardment on Wednesday. An intercepted ollleial report of the Spanish military coinmanihr. indi cates that ills riilltarv resoiiiccs arc exhausted. His soldiers are now on half rations. There are supplies only for the remainder of ,1 tint. The com mandant lias already seiz.d all the private drug supplies for the soldiers. The close cordon maintained by the Cubans about (iuantanamo is illus trated by the fact that ollleial Spanish communications, sent in duplicate by laud and water, have been intercepted and tlu Spanish messengers in both cases have been shot by the Cubans while attempting to pass the lines. For the last three nights there has been comparative quiet in the camp of the marines on the crest of the hill near (iuantanamo bay. At dusk vol unteers from the warships iro ashore anil camp near tlio hill to be at hand In case of an emergency, and the Cubans go far out in the chaparral in order to prevent the Spaniards from stealing a march on the camp. (icneral Pare., commanding tlic Kastern division of the insurgent army, called tin Captain MeCalla of the Murblchcail yesterday ami reported that he had a.000 men, of whom 1.200 would reinforce the marines in a few days. Many bands of insurgents are now gathered along the coast, west ward to Santiago tie Cuba. The warships have done no llrinp since Wednesday's bombardment tit the fortifications of the inner harbor and the town of Caimanera. The Marblchead and Texas struck contact mines w ithout e pIodiug them. Each mine contained forty pounds of gun cotton, sullieicnt to destroy any vessel. The bombardment of (lunnatanamo bay was not so heavy as at Santiago. The Spaniards fired only five shots and then lied. Three shots struck near the Marblchead. but none hit her. The ships steamed within 3,fiuo yards of the fort before opening fire, and then fired with deadly accuracy. The Texas stopped in the narrow channel to avoid grounding, but tilt; Marblchead steamed ahead anil swung around the south side of the, harbor. Her first shots went wild, but the lit tle Suwauce, which was following her, found the range and sent shots straight into the foundation of the fort, hurling into tlu air bricks and dust. The Teas finished the business, two of her 12-inch the) Is reducing the fort to a picturesque and useless ruin. The Marblchead then turned her at tention to the barraeks and breast works southwest, of the harbor nnd speedily demolished them, sending the Spanish garrison Hying for their lives. As the Spaniards ran down the mainland the M. Paul's ft-lnch guns were trained ou them, unci several of the soldiers were seen to bill. The number of Killed and wounded is not known. The bombarilmeiit lasted an hour and u quarter and in as for the pur pose of preventing a movement of Spanish troops from t he town to the fortifications. Thu Insur gent forces, which have been armed and equipped by Captain MeCalla, not only prove to be during scouts, but turn out to be bruve lighters and good shots with the Lee-Metford rifles. HOME SAYINGS AND DOINGS IN STAGIiLAND. the "I ret of Know It'll Ki-" l Hit VI. y Spoil, il li tlie I'M'M'iicc of it t'liiinit'tt-r - some of the lllitloKiie ijiiotnl Vtirloni -Vott-H mill C'Hiiiini'iitK. T has been n noil ret of point. surprise that 'The Tree of Knowledge" has ? ?L-r-A Tr. Ill l-ll"l""h' '" , fPyvf ' III nt been rated for 3f f ft II ".iialltlcs wh I f li . ' j lc ivcic termed vl- w l&Ei JW fil If) 0 Gl clous by some east ern aiUhorlticH. In the West there Ii.ih hi en an Intent to nccept the piece as A good sample of clever pla -writing: there has been no dcslio to examine into Its uninornls. Where then arose n crv over the wickedness of the drama thou was an eye only to the single character, llelle, the advontincss, who seeks the ruin of nearly all the men in the play. Hut it was evidently for gotten that the author hud made this woman such a monster of enmity and depravity as to be an utter Impossl bllity in the minds of most theater goers, save those few whose sad ex perience has taught them she in a true typo. "The Tiee of Knowledge" as suredly is no food for the young pcr Ftin: hut It Is not immoral because Its atmosphere Is pweet, though spollcti at times by one Iriedceinabb charac ter. And as for the way that single role is handled, a bit from the dialogue will determine that the dramatist hlm- I might h.ne lovtil ".mi there In a thought to put blood Into nur veins, and a tinge of color into our dreams - I might have Until oit! Hut the time Is none, the t haute with it, and so out of my way. Nlgll You shall not go. llelle- Would ou rrnll kill nio' Oh. no. Nlgll. you couldn't do that. Could you bear to tighten your grasp on this pot-r white throat that you have kissed so often wo often'.' Kenietnlier what I was to ,ou once. I am ready to lis ten to you will-you-lower that lamp'' The light hurts my eyes. NlBll -Devil! That lamp Is a sli;nu to our loer. You knew It woulq bring him to ott. De'ile Let mo go. Nlgll No. llelle You're mud! N'igll Mad! yes perhaps I am! llelle Take your cursed hands nwa. wiiy, uti poor miiisioue mm 1 shook oir long ago. do you think there Is weight In ou to hold me hack? Woishlp at the shrine of St. Monica -or Htaiul aside and let her console Hrlaii. by-and-by. when you've tired of her, he might take your place; It wouldn't be for the llrst time. This cowrs the much debated scene of the play, and in the Hues tpioted you have all that caused New Yoik to hold Its hands In amaze, the wondeimeiit sprung mainly fiom the fact, though, that the piece should he done at the Lyceum, "Hie home theater" of (hit ham. which had been built by the watery ilelasco-De Mllle society plays. "The Tiee of Knowltdgc" is splen didly written, and It Is a model that asplilng dramatists might place side by side with "The Princess ami the Hutterlly" as an example of careful writing. NIK OKADliV MAXIM. I fines si:: HUNnrtCD shots in THE SPACE OF A MINUTE. Hum It tViiH Iti-Riiii tin Wntpon In Ciipntile or Aiiiillillittlin: Armlet stij; gevtfit liy tin- KlrU of u SltlnUt-t No Army Cmi WltiirMnil It. y ii?' riioi:nu DAVIRS. (Special Letter.) Nil of Hi" most lie strurtlu of modern digitus of warfare If. the automatic gun, Invented by Hiram S. Maxim, nnd k n o w n the wot hi over as the Maxim gun. It Is call ed automatic b e ea u s e all the functions of load ing and firing ate performed by energy derived ft tun the burning powder. The opirator anus, pull-t the trigger and the gun does the itst. The terrible effect Iwncfis of this wepon will be understood when It Is known that It Is callable of llrlng something oer COO balks a minute, ami can be aimed so as to mow down the lanks of an ad vancing foe. ien as Hie siekb of a i caper (ills down grain. The gun should nut be confounded with machine guns, such as the (J.itllng. the (hirdtier, etc., which nn usually operated by means of a crank tinned by the hand. The automatic gun had Ita origin when. In ISM. the fattier of Hiram S. Maxim, then living In Ornevllle. Maine, con ceived the idea of making a gun to be Hi oil by machinery. This was before the time of the metallic cartridge, and Mr. Maxim's idea w.m to load short sections of steel tubes, each provided with a common percussion cap and to fasten them together In the form of a chain. These were to he fed to a sin gle batrel and llred by the drawing back of a lever. Mr. Maxim was con fident that such n gun could be made to lire 100 loiinds a minute. 'I Ills, so far as known, was the Inception of the machine gun. Hlrntn S. Maxim, his son, although at this time not 10 year old, made drawings and models of his father's gun. and took th'-ni to a guti luuker at llangoi, who was well pleas ed with the gun. but told the lad that It would take a gieat deal of money to make one. The money his father did not have. Hiram, however, with the Instinct of a gieat Inventor, knew hi had hold of a valuable Idea, anil con tinued the Investigation. He made Im provements, and tried to Interest those who had money in the Invention, but without pueet-ss. Now enmo tho civil pvety ount. of th world, nnd for eurv eoiiri'lvahle m- mis of firing nm t hint ("ins I powder derived from tho burning of powder. This done, he be gan Ihr making of automatic guna, and mm produced a weapon, weighing for ty poinds and capable of firing 2.000 rouiidii In a little over three minutes. The operator sits nn a seat In the rear of the gun. hU head slightly protected by a small metal shield, pulls the trig ger, and, as the gun pours forth Itst deadly hall of bullets, he swings tho ban el hack and forth so as to sweep down the rank of an advancing foe The lightness and mlr.pliiblllty of tho Maxim gun makes Its use possible In all departments of the nervier. In " mountainous country It can bo car ried on the backs of mules, or. If need be. by the men themselves. It may bo mounted on a ttlcycle, or placed on wheels dinwn by horses. The military inaMs of a battleship are usually arm ed with these weapons; and their decks are prnteeled against boaidern by uMaxIm guns. Uatlonul where they could get In their deadly work to tho best advantage. Nor Is this gun con lined to darrein of a small calibre. It Is pnislble lo make an automatic gun weighing 1.V) Ions, with scentrcn or elghtem Inch lore, capable of firing from two to three shots a minute. Mr. Maxim Is confident that, In the near future, the autoniallc system will bo applied to ne-nilj all styles of ll'earmH. Such Is the terrible weapon known as the Maxim gun, probably the niopt de Ktrucllve arm In xlstenec. Annie' will fall before ltd hot blasts of death, like grain before a sickle, and the men who will he called upon to face tho (laming missiles of these guns Will muich "Into the Jaws of death, Into the mouth of hell." In a tense even more terribly realistic than did the hero-rldera of ISaluclava. DROADENING EFFECT OF WAR MlU'on of CAUSE OF THE DELAY. Ilwllroail Official Sny It Wim the flrnm Inruiuprtt-iir.r of Army tjintrtermanterit. Cincweio. .lune 20. A prominent railroal ollleial who returned from Tampa to-day said: The delays attend ing the transportation of troops from Tampa were caused by the lack of ubility on the part of army quarter masters, who seemed to be utterly unable to properlly elischarge their duties. Many carloads of provisions for the troops were not handled promptly and their conduits, in conse quence, spoiled, and hail to bo thrown into the sea. The magnificent military system of tlu I'nlted States is defect ive in the quartermaster's department. There is apparently a lack of quarter masters who have a thorough knowl edge of up-to-date rail as well as ship transportation. It seems that the remedy for it is to give instructions at West Po.nt in transportation, so that army otliccrs can supervise the work of this most important department and see that it is properly done. elf holds out little for her, even If he declines to let us into tho secre't of her ultimata fate.. Further than that, he puts into her mouth such utterances as are hound to alienate all sympathy. In one passage she says to Nlgll: "Come, come. !eFs be honest. Why discuss what I mlgbt luive been? I am what I am; virtue Is a question of tempera ment, whatever tlic good people may find It convenient to say. You remind mo I may still have a husband tD maunder and drivel children I hato children! Jo cling to my skirts. Are these the elements of the 'moderate' comfort you promise? Look at me, Nlgll. You knew me well enough once, and I'm not the kind of a woman a mnn forgets. Look at me nnd find your answer." To which Nlgll makes retort; "I am looking at you; and I can see far on into tho future, -when the beauty that men has bought will no longer have a price; when the auction-room will be deserted; when death will be Tho ncrew of an costa about -1,000. Atlantic steamer Vrlnt'i HUniurcli'8 llt-itltli, IJiMti.i.v. June 20.- Prince lllsmarck's health is causing renewed anxiety, lie Is reported to be, suffering great pain from Inllamniatlon of the veins of his right leg, I !s daily drive has been sus pended, anil his sleep id broken. llnnull In thu ht'iiHtt. Wamiinoton, .lune St). The foreign relations cominltteeyesterday reported favorably to the Semite tho "Newbiiuls resolution for the annexation of the Hawaiian islands. Debate will begin Monday. The Democrats will maku vigorous opposition to tho bill. I.trj.-o U.itlroiil Ki.'nlnzJ. Cnicoo, .June 20. dross earnings 1 1 1H2 American railroads for the firjt live months of the present year show an Increase, as compared with the cor responding period of IM'7, of 520,002,. SltO. The aggregate gross earnings of these roada was "5221,701,111. w SSs"v I&4 Pmpk Aw i.. Warn war "r . 'I v?Vi r&suL; i t fmo i i. ;.if7 -j--, m A. I iomrf a . atfB ft iffrti.J f A s.itiin published by the Italian professor, (i. Lanzone, under the title of "Thorny Flowers," and directed against the tendencies and writings of tlnbrlele d'Annuiu'.lo, has urotiBcd the .inger of this Italian poet to such an extent that he considers It necehsnry to wipe out tho Insult with blood. He has challenged accordingly Professor Lanzone, who has aicejited the duel, which will slim tly be fought near Florence, unless the affair Is previously arranged amicably. 18-V "BELLE." fho only bidder left, and tho hammer will full for the last time." This dia logue follows and brings about the actual climax of the play, a ell nax, by tho way, as stirring as any noted this tenson: Belle Well, wc must all dip some time. Meanwhile, I shall have lived. There! I have listened patiently. Help tne on with my cloak. Nlgll if you mako a movement to ward that window, I kill you. Bel!e-.A man at last, Nlgll! Ah, you biiohju navo rounu your courigo In tho old days, and not cringed at.il groveled like tho rest of theu. Fooi! Phnobn Davles was horn Cardigan, South Wales, in but was brought to San Fran cisco, Cal when a child. Her father was a sea captain, employed in gov ernment service. She made her first appearance upon any stage In the Baldwin theater, San Francisco, on AugiiHt 0, 1881, appearing as Marie In George M. Clprlco's play of "Adolphe Challet." In the cast were such skilled players ns Osmond Tearle, Gerald Eyre ami Jeffreys Lewis. From Inge-nut! roles Miss Davles inpldly advanced to the position of leading Indy, and a great number of Importnnt paits were Intrusted to her. She was the original Nadla In "Michael Strogoff;" she play ed the women of Shakespeare; she Hup ported such stars as Hossl and Win, E. Sheridan, and lieforo she was eight een she wan selected to create the title Kile in Clay M. Green b "Chlspa." Her hiiecesa was so great that slio wan utgptl to (omo East, but her patents would not cmifcnt. When Chas. H. lloyt'H "A Midnight Bell" was origin ally produced with n sprclal east, In San Francisco, MIjib D.ivlrs was the Dot. An leading lady of Joseph It. Crlstner'n company her name bei-amo a household word upon the Pacific coast. William A. Brady was then tho comedian of this company. When ho hecatno manager ho brought Miss Dnvies EaHt, anil she was co'nsplciiotis In such productions as "Humanity" and "Tho New South." But It was re served for '"Way Down East," Mr. Brady's eunent production, with width ho inaugurated his skillful manage ment of tho Manhattan, to enable Miss D.tvlea to worn her greatest triumph. "'Way Down East" Is essentially a woman's play, and Plioeho Davles a womnn's favorite. She has the tt-ai ((impelling gift, and has become n very cor.qilcuoiiB flguro upon the metropolitan stage. mTmMM Indian oak, ono of the hardest of woods, will sink In water, I1IHAM MAXIM, .var and with It metallic cartridges. Renewed efforts were made to have the gun given a fair trial; but tho govern ment had no confidence in it, and no private Indlvldiml or company could bo Induced to undertake tho testing of one. When the war was over Hiram Maxim went south and while there was kicked, not by n mule, but by a Spring field musket, which he was firing at a target. Tho forte of the kick surpris ed him it did more. It suggested to him the idea of utilizing the energy of a military rlflp to more purpose than the making of black nnd blue marks on Innocent shoulders. This waste en ergy was just whnt was needed to fur nish n gun similar to his father's ma chine with motive power for feeding, firing and ejecting the cartridges. Ho returned home, elated with the possi bilities of tho idea, and showed 1i!b father his plan for making the energy of the kick of a military rifle perform all tho functions of loading and firing. Ho believed that, If the cartridges wore fastened together, on n belt, It would bo only necessary with such a gun to pull the trigger and the recoil would continue to keep the gun going ro long as the cartridges lasted. But his father thought the mechanism would bo too complicated nnd expensive to make tho gun a practical military weapon, and advised him to hold f'ist to tho original machine gun. In the meantime, how over, other Inventors had brcn nt work nnd tho Gntllng and similar guns wero placed on tlio market. This dis couraged tho Maxims. During 1881 to 1883, while In France. Hiram S. Max im again took up the subject of tho au tomatic gun. and thought out ono that ho was confident would be n practical success. Ho now wont to England, hired suitable qtiarteis, provided him self with tools and besran a series of o::-porlme-nts. In his first experiments the recoil action was confined to the breech mechanism and tho cartridge case, the barrel .remaining stationary. But this method was not entirely sat isfactory, and subsequent experiments convinced him that It was necessary to allow tho barrel to recoil with tho mechanism. Ho made an enparatus. holding seven cartridges In Its maga zine, all of which ho wns nhlo to flro in less than one icconil, or at the rate of about fifO rounds ner minute. This wns tho first successful mm that would load nnd flro Itself. Mr. Maxim knew tho value of his discovery, and ho now wIrcIv set about securing patento In II IIiih Aitiiki-iiril Sin nil y Atiglo-Siiinim, Eveiy proce-Hof our national thought and ad Ion bay been niarveloiisly quick ened, Just iih the Boman Intellect win fired when Borne was expanded from u miinltlpallly Into an empire. Through out the length and breadth of this land petty polities is losing Its wonted savor for the average American. Why should ho trouble his held about parochial af fairs when he Is confronted with quen tlons affecting the fate of great depend- tneles either at our own iloors or tit the antipodes; why should ho llenwnke about tin niylncs and doings of locnl politicians when any hour may bring news decisive of the fate of an aimy tr of a lloct of battlchips on which thu hopes of the country rest? This wart shown by u tirgrnin addrc-'td to tho TlmeH-Diniocnit on Sunday last from a little village in Mississippi. The tele-, gram read as follows: "Please wtru-. iui Immediately, at out expense, the-exact situation in the Philippines and tlio whereabouts of Sampson's and Schley's lleitti; nlbo what attitude Franco la as suming In the execution of the neutraV ty laws In Martinique." It required iia vivid Imagination to realize tho sconiw when the telegram was sent. Evident ly then had been along and thorough discussion of all the tremendon". ques tions that confront the country and at last rnxlety to know tho Int'-st develop ments became uficontiolinble, r.nd tho u-legraph was Invoked. The mental at titude of this Mississippi hamlet Is tinf-M-rsal, from the Atlantic to the Parltlo,. and from the lakes to the gulf. It nn huh that 70.000.000 of Anglo-Saxona have awakened to tho fact that theru Is other business In life besides rain ing cropii. manipulating stocks and" "scalping" markets. We have some times forgotten that nations arc not so great boeauso they are rich, and that in the eternal order of things they can only be pcnnanently rich becnuso they are gieat. The lesson will not bo for gotten In our time. The real basis of our abounding prosperity In recent years must be found In the limitless de votion with which millions of Ameri cans, In the four terrible years, laid ev erything on the altar of their political principles, Now once more tho foun dation of our national life is to be wid ened nnd strengthened, not by war be tween brother and brother, hut between tho lounlted nation nnd a power that stands for nil the most reactionary methods and policies of the Bourbon, school of thought and action. New York Sun. Aluminium Slinm for C.-tvlr.v Horse ItiiBski hns tiled experiments with, aluminium shoes for cnvnlry horses. A. few horses In thn Finland Dragoons weio shod with one aluminium shoo and three lion shoca each, the former being on the fore foot In some cases, and on tho hind foot In others. Tho experiment lasted six weeks, and Bhf.wed that tho aluminium shoes last ed longer nnd preserved the foot better than the iron oneti. Not Tliut Kind. A lady who advertised for a girl "te do light housework" received a letter from an applicant, who said her health needed sea air, and asked If tho lady would kindly Inform her where tl light-house was situated. Tit-Bits. rooiuh. Tho burro wan disgusted with the Mi tics of his hop. Tie shook his head for a long tltpc and then said to his wife: "That boy of ours is n natural fool. I never saw nn use make such a man of himself an ho has." Hurt llr FeMliiGH. "No; my wife fcelB worse since shr went to teo Dr. Blunt." "Indeed?" "Yes; ho told her there wns little tho matter with her, nnd there was no rea son to mako such a fuss ubout it." Puck. 1