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IiULElt A "SUICIDE."
CONVENIENT DEATH OF
CHINA'S EMPEROR.
AMlnUoa IlolUr.d o IIr Seen
Retorted To bjr the Doxrarar Etnprett
How th Toblla W. Prepared A
MlnUter'e RAnlihrasnt.
Loxdon, Oct. 3. A dispatch from
Shanghai siys telegrams furnished by
the Tao Tul, or local governor, to a
Chlneso paper there, allege that tho
omperor of China committed sulcldo
September 21, after signing tho de
crees which placed the dowager cm
prcsi at tho head of affairs in China.
This, it is added, Is undcrotood to
mean that tho emperor was assassin
ated. All tho English-speaking secretaries
and tho principal members of tho
Chlnesn foreign ofilco, It is further an
nounced, huvo been seized and ban
Uhetl. At the tlmo tho resignation of tho
emperor. Kuang Hsu was announcod a
dispatch from Shanghai announced his
death. This report was dented from
Fckiu, but as the emperor is rarely
seen except by a few inuuediato at
tendant tho matter haa been in
doubt. It win announced In the decree
that in view of tho complications of
the hitnatlon in tho cmplro tho dow
ager empress, tho emperor's aunt, had,
at his earnest request, assumed con
trol of tho government. At tho samo
time guarded btatements were given
ont that tho emperor was in poor
health and that he could not livo long.
These, it was generally believed, wcro
to prepare tho publlo for tho nowa of
lib sudden death.
Among tho reform? advocated by
tho emperor that led to his downfall
were his determination to allow a free
press and to introduce European dress.
Ho had ordered all newspapers brought
to him so that he might find as direct
ly as possible tho condition of public
opinion. lie had also appeared in
public in European costumo. It was
suspected that ho had designs against
the sacred queue.
Two or threo days before tho dow
ager empress came into power, it is
Mid tho emperor informed Knng
Yuwci, one of his chlof advisers, of the
plot, and urged him to escape, tolling
him that ho himself would be assassi
nated. According to a dispatch to tho Lon
don Timos from its I'ckin correspond
ent, the Imperial decree issued yester
day dihinlssing from ofllco and banish
ing to 111, Ciiinesu Turkestan, Chung
Yin nouan, Li Hung Chang's oppo
nent in the foreign ofllco, and former
minister at Washington, '"acquits the
dismissod official of complicity with
Kang Yuwcl, the Cantonese reformer,
but convicts him vaguely as crafty
end treacherous."
The true reason for his dismissal
and banishment, the Times' corre
spondent asserts, ia that Chang Yin
Ilouan was a powerful supporter of
the emperor's party.
Kuang Hsu, the emperor, was born
twenty-seven years ago, and ascended
tho throno In 18S7. Ills nunt, tho
dowager empress, was regent until he
was proclaimed emperor. Since that
tlmo oho has been tho power behind
tho throne. Tho empress la C5 years
old. Sho was cold as a slavo by her
parents and was bought by a viceroy,
who cent her to the emperor an a pres
ent. At that time the had tho reputa
tion as the most beautiful woman in
tho empire. Tho emperor fell in love
with her and made her queen of hi3
harem. Their son ho proclaimed heir
to the throno.
As tho emperor grow old he allowed
his young wife to control tho affairs of
tho empire. His ministers despised
her as only a woman, but when they
expressed tholr dislike thoy lost tholr
heads. It became unpopular to criti
cise. After the' emperor's death her
son came to tho throne, but died in a
fow years. For sixteen years sho waj
tiie real ruler of China.
The present empcrur never succeeded
In escaping his aunts control. When
ha selected his wives hia aunt vetoed
his choice and mado him marry an
Ugly nicco of her own. It Is anid oho
feared the women of his cholco would
deprivo her of hor influence.
Tho assumption of power by the
dowager empress is believed, In epito
of ofliolal ChJheso denials, to moan tho
restoration of the roaotionnrg party to
the ascendancy and tho domination of
Russian instoad of British Influence.
CHINA GETTING INTO TROUBLE
KacIUhtneo. and Americans Astanlted
by a Mob la PeLln.
London, Oct. 3. Tho foreign ofllco
to-day received rt dispatch from tho
liritish minister at Fckln, saying that
Mr. Mortimer, a member of tho lirit
ish legation, on returning homo yes
terday with a voman, was insulted
and attacked by n mob, which stoned
him and coverod him with mud. Later
In tho day, tho dispatch udiht, soma
American missionaries wore similarly
attacked, aa was the Chinese secretary
of the United States legation. Tho
lattor'a ribs were broken. Steps havo
been taken to call tho attention of tho
Chinese government to these outrages.
New Klug of 84m o a.
Wasiiinoto.v, Oct. 3. Tho stato de
partment gives confirmation to tho ro-"
port that It has given its assent to tho
return to Samoa, after on exile of ten
years, of the former king, Matanfa.
It is assumed that this chief iu to be
mado king to succeed the late King
Malietoa, who died about a month ago.
No liajer at DavU'a Tile,
Pamu, Oct. 3 It is rumored that
Dreyfus has already been transferred
from the Isle do Diablo to Cayenne,
whore ho awaits a steamer to bring
Vim to a French or an ALjerlau port.
GETTING READY FOR CUBA.
Iu Ik Tow Day All Northern Camp Wilt
be Ahaudoneri.
Washington, Oot, 3 If tho present
plans are carried out it is expected
that tho evacuation of Cuba will havo
been complotcd by December 31 and
tho new year will seo tho American
colors raised all oror the island. It In
now believed tho plans will bo carried
out because advices to-day from tho
military commission in Havana indi
cato that Spain will no longer contend
for delay. It is said tho transports
which took the prisoners from Santi
ago will promptly return to Cuba to
facilitate a opoedy evacuation. Thcso
transports have a capacity of 25,000.
It is not likely that moro than 00,000
or 73,000 soldiers will return to Spain.
Tho other 30,000 or 00,000 will remain,
lay down their arms and becoma cltl
xens of tho island. This, it is consid
ered, will bo in no wico objectionable
to this government.
Secrotary Alger has said that 50,000
or 00,000 United Stato troops will bo
ntationcd in Cub.i at points which will
probably bo decided upon within the
next few days. It Is tho plan of tho
administration not to concentrate any
great number of troops iu nuy ono
place. The army of occupation will
probably consist of four infantry di
visions and ono cavalry division. Tho
plan of keeping tho Seventh nrmy
corp together will doubtless bo aban
doned, and on this point Gcucral Fit.
hugh Leo has bson in confercuco with
Secrotary Alger.
Colonel llceker of tho quartermas
ter's department, who has been in the
South for tho past two wcoks looking
over points most suitable for embark
ation, has recommended Charleston
and Savannah. It has been decided to
abandon Camp Meade, Camp ltlack
and tho camp at Lexington, Ky. Sec
rotary Alger has bald that tho troops
there would bo sont to camps in tliq
South not yet settled upon, but that
tho winter camps will nil bo within
tho limlti of Georgia and South Caro
lina. Orders will be issuod very boon
for tho movement of troops, so that
they may not bo exposed to tho hard
ships of tho Northern climate.
When n&kcd as to tho disposition ot
tho whole army Secretary Alger said
that with 12,000 men in For to Rico,
20,000 in the Philippines and from 50,
000 to 00,000 in Cuba, there would not
be moro than about 50,000 loft. Thcso
would cither bo in tho southern camps
or assigned to stations.
"How Ion? will they remain in tho
southern camps?" Secretary Alger was
asked.
"As long as they aro needed in tho
service," he replied.
TRAIN ROBBER ARRESTED.
W. V I.ovte, a Railroad Man, Iu Ctutotl;
at Kansas City.
Kansas Citt, Mo., Oct 3. Tho po
lico havo in custody William W. Lowe,
n railroad switchman, who, they de
clare, is one of tho men who held up
and robbed tho Missouri Paclflo train
near Leeds tho night of September 23.
Tho officers claim that between state
ments mado by Lowo and his wife
they havo enough ovldcnco to convict
him of tho robbery and to warrant tho
arrest of bcvcr.tl other man.
Sensational developments will doubt
less follow the arrest of Lowe. The
pollco assert that ho had letters in his
pocket from Jesso James, jr., son of
the notorious bandit, and John Ken
nedy, tho man who is belioved to havo
been implicated in half a dozen train
robberies around Kansas City.
Lowo has been under tho survcll
lacco of tho detectives sinew the timo
Kennedy was arrested for tho murder
of Miss Schumacher. He and young
James were almost constantly at Ken
nedy's trial and aro known to have
been ou terms of frlendbhlp with him.
Young Jesse James has borne a good
reputation. Chlof Hayes admits llnd
lug the letters from Jesse James, jr.,
and John Kennedy in Lowe's posses
bion, but ho will not divulge their
contents, nowovcr, ho acknowledges
that the letters will form very impor
tant evldenco when tho gang has all
been captured and brought to trial.
Tho police proceeded on tho train
robber rnso on the theory that Ken
nedy's friends had planned and exe
cuted tho job. Lowo was among tho'
number who testified for Kennedy at
his trial, no is a railroad man and
was reared in Cracker-Neck. So there
was no surprlso among tho pollco
when a woman who lives near tho
Lowes in West Sixteenth street gave
information that Lowo had told his
wife that ho had a hand in tho last
Missouri Paciflo robbery. Detectives
Harbaugh, Sanderson, Ilryant and
Kcshlcar wcro at onco sent to arrest
Ijowe. Ho was taken to tho Savoy
hotel and "sweated." Mrs. Lowo was
also examined by the pollco and bhc
gavo sufficient evldenco to warrant
holding her husband.
Tho officers tried to keep Lowo
under cover until they could forgo a
solid chain of evldenco ulout him, hut
they decided this morning that it was
useless to keep tho arrest a soerot any
longer.
There are not fewer than twenty
fivo detectives working on the train
robbery caso now. This morning six
new detectives came la from St. Louis.
Aotor Commit! Sulcldo.
Nnw Yonic, Oct 3. Scott InglU, an
actor in Julia Arthur's company, shot
himself through the heart lust night.
Inglia was dismissod from the company
a fow deys ago for failure to attend a
rehearsal and had been refused ro
instatument by Miss Arthur, llo wo
without funds.
DIM Over Her Dead rrUni'e Roily,
Chicago, Oct. ;t. Minute Budelnkl,
while leaning over tho casket contain
ing tho body of her girl friend, fell
forward on the coffin and died. Th(
two irlrls will be buried sldo by side.
THE ILLINOIS IS AFLOAT.
Itlit Letter chrUtrnoil the Second of 111
Sinter 81il.
NiswroiiT Nkws, Va., Oct 5. Tho
nattleahtp Illinois was launched from
the Newport News company's docks at
12:33 p. m. Miss Nancy Loiter of Chi
cago hroko n bottlo of wluo over tho
ihlp's prow and christened her. Tho
crowd of visitors iu estimated at fully
20,000, and It is believed that fully
XOOO persons witnessed tho launch
ing. Tho Illinois is tho second of tho
threo great sister ships to bo Inunchcd
this year. Tho first, tho Alabama, was
floated from Cramp's yards May 18.
Tho Wisconsin will leave tho ways in
tho yards of tho Union Iron works in
the latter part of November. Thcso
three ships will be the most powerful
In tho nuvy until 'the still liner trio,
tho Maine, Missouri and Ohio, shall be
tunnelled.
Tho layman who doesn't know a
mlzzen mast from a bilgo keel will at
nnco nntlco 11 vo peculiarities of tho
Illinois typo:
Tho forward deck is considerably
higher than tho decks of tho Oregon.
Tho after deck, with Its heavy tur
ret, Is eight fcot lower than tho for
ward deck.
Tho smokestacks aro sldo by Bldo
Instead of one in front of tho other.
Tho ships fairly brlstlo with 0-Inch
guns.
Tho turrets nro elliptical, not circu
lar. Tho added height of tho forwara
deck, which gives twenty feet "free
board" against twelvo feet in tho Ore
gon, will ennble tho Illinois to light
hor guns from their great elevation
above tho water in seas so heavy that
tho guns of tho lower vessel would be
submerged and useless. Splendid sea
going powers nro expected to result
from this increased freeboard, by
which is meant thu height of tho hull
above tho water line.
Tho Illinois typo carries heavier
guns and heavier tinuor for a given
displacement and speed than nny ship
In tho world. Tho Majestic, of tho
liritish navy, has n displacement of
lS.Ot-O tons, 2,500 moro than tho Illi
nois. Yet the Illinois will carry four
13-lnch guns to four 12-lnch of tho
British ship, and fourteen C-lneh to
twelvo 0-lnch of tho Majestic. Her
side armor will bo 1 )i inches thicker
than tho Majcstlc's, nnd her turret
armor eleven inches thtokor. A
Bmaller ship, slio offers n smaller tar
get, and, drawing four feet less water,
Bhc can navigate harbors and channels
where her bulky unlagoulbt dare not
inter.
In tho Illinois tho 6-inch guns arc
abandoned and a battery of fourteen
C-inch rapid lire guns aro substituted
for them. Thcso will bo moro effec
tive than tho eight 8-inch guns of tho
Oregon. Each of theso guns will bo
capablo of firing 103-pound shells, pen
etrating 15.0 incites of plate. Light of
thcso guns will bo enclosed within a
central battery on the main dcclt, pro
tected by a wall of steel & inches
thick. Forwnrd, in tho bowa of tho
samo deck will bo two moro 0-inch
puns, similarly protected, and four
other 0-lnch guns will bo mounted,
two on each side, on tho "tpar" or
upper deck. Thcso will havo 0-inch
steel protection nnd may bo fired dead
ahead or dead astern.
Larger by 1,000 tons than the Ore
gon, larger than tho Iowa, now tho
biggeat battleship in service, tho Illi
nois is still so designed that sho will
bo able to enter any harbor open to
tho smaller battleships, while in the
raattor of speed sho will rank with
nuy of them. Her nominal bpeed will
bo Id. 5 knots. With all stores on
board alio will displace 12,323 tons;
her normal displacement is 11,525 tons
to 11,410 tons of tho Iowa. Sho is 'Mi
feet long and 7- feet 2-; inches wide;
tho Iowa is 300 feet long. Tho Illi
nois will draw 23 fcot 0 inches. Whilo
her normal coal supply Is 800 tons,
sho can carry between 1,400 and J, 600
tons. She will carry forty officers and
440 men.
Tho first keel plate of this vessel was
laid February 10, 1897, not quite twen
ty month ago, and tho percentage of
work complotcd to this date, based on
tho vessel littcd out and ready for bca,
is botwucn 53 and 51 per cent. Tho
contract price was 32,505,000 nnd the
date of completion is stated to bo Oc
tober 5, 1890.
CUBANS NEED PUNISHMENT.
Aruorlcan Troop Bent to Manzanlllo to
Etnp Dltorilera.
Santiago, Oot. 5. -In consequence
of serious disorders due to tho insur
gents in tho vicinity of Manzanlllo,
General Lawton is dispatching thither
tho steamer Itelna do Los Angeles,
with ono battalion of four companies
from the Third immuncs under Coloucl
Hay.
Tho Cubans havo plundered the
iugar estates and have committed such
depredations that It beenmo necessary
for tho planters to appeal to General
Lawton for protection. Colonel Kay'..
instructions aro to deal with offenders
with tho utmost severity, putting
down lawlessness with a firm hand.
Ho has full powers to act in a num
mary manner and to order that the
death penalty be meted out for theft
or attempted violence.
Colonel Kay, who has just returned
from Guantanamo, where he was in
command, reports similar trouble
there with tho Cubans.
In Defeiuo of lilt Motlie.-,
Modiijj, Ala., Oct. 5. Francis V, O'
Connor, 17 years of age, a mouldcr'a
apprentice, stabbed John Kitchen to
tho heart in defenso of his mother at
their home this morning. Kitchen
died Instantly. Ho had served two
terms In tho penitentiary. O'Connor
surrendered to tho police Immediately
after tho Btabblug. It is not expected
bo will be prosecuted.
TREATIES OF PEACE.
IT
TOOK MUCH SKILL TO AR
RANGE first PHOTOCOL O
Jolin Hull lLtr.t to Let Wwrtl
Ilia llmt Xitvliratort with the II irlmry
Btaten Department Cleric Conducted
I trull UK Which Kiutcil Mrslcnn War.
Spain's dlplonmtlc representatives
Mil havo to exorcise all tho craftiness
thoy run credited with possessing If In
tho ticaty of peaeo thoy help to forum
Into thoy eectiro nny practical conces
sions beyond tho terms of tho protocol
tholr government ban assented to. So
far ns the United States Is roiieeriied
it will bo a wibo of "I win, you loso,"
nnd all Spain can hopo to uecotupllflh
In the negotiations Is to huld on to ns
much nn hor Into antagonist's generos
ity will permit her to rctnln. ttvon It
tho ntU.utttigo wcro not nil on tho
American sldo history bIiowh Hint your
Undo Samuel has usually been nblo to
drive n pretty fair bnrgnln when It
tomes to trcftty-iunklng, notwithstand
ing ho Is credited with being nwkwnnl
at diplomacy. Hut sometimes It Imb
been ti great deal easier to nogotlato
a favorable ticaty than to get tho other
party to keep It.
13chidlng our Indian relations from
consideration, tho United ut.itco luifl
Icon party to many Ecorca of trcatlo'i
treaties of "nmlty nnd friendship,"
making commercial nnd navigation
regulations', defining boundaries, pro
viding for the extradition of criminals
and for other purposes. Hut tho trcnt
Ich of most timely Interest are thoio
which rmmmed up the results of tho
arbitrament of tbo sword in our Inter
national quarrels.
When John Hull gavo up an n bnd Job
trying to bring the recalcitrant colonies
into lino ho hated mlchtlly to lot go of
un. The revolution was practically
over with tho surrender ot CornwnllU
at York town, Oct. IP, 1781, but Mr. Hull
didn't realize for j-oinc time that ho
had been properly licked. Ho wnnted
to quit fighting there was no doubt of
It but ho didn't like to pay our prico
for peace. So It was 'way in November
ol thu ne.t year before llngland finally
sent Klchnrd Oswald over to Paris to
agrco to piollmlnary urtlclen for n
peace treaty. Tho provisional treaty
wn signed Nov. .10, 17K2. During tho
Interval there had been ft gicntdeal of
negotiating nnd palavering under "un
ofllrlal cover nnd In other diplomatic
ways of beating nbout the biwli, nnd tho
colonists woro beginning to wonder if
they would havo to do more fighting to
mnko King Ocorgo own up that wo hail
earned tho right to govern ourselves,
Hut this doubt was set nt lent by tho
provisional treaty, which gnvo full ac
knowledgment of our Independence,
though tho king and snino of his cab
inet didn't lllio that concession a little
bit .and It was not at all popular with
tho English people.
It wnim't very long, as tlmo went in
thoso days of milling vessels and stage
coaches, before an armistice was signed
which ofilclully suspended tho war,
though It had practically ended sixteen
months before. The document bora tho
signature of John Adams and Ucnjti
niln Franklin for the United States and
became effective Jan. 20, 17S3. Adani3
nnd Franklin stayed In Franco and, to
gether with John Jay, agreed with
Hartley, tho British representative,
upon tho definite peace treaty, which
was signed Sept. 3, 17S3. And did John
Hull then let go? Oh, no! According
to tho seventh nrticlo of the treaty he
was to call all his soldiers homo from
tho United States territory at onco, and
they wcio not to break tho furniture,
to allow nn thing that didn't belong to
them to stick to their flngeia or to wall:
off or sail awny with nny of our
slaves, whom wo did not wlEh doprived
of the blessings of a frco country. Hut
when tho English troops evacuated
New York 3,000 negroes, It Is snld were
taken with them or had been sent
ahead. Eleven yenro later British
troops still occupied Detroit, Mnckln
ww, Fort Erlo, Niagara, Oswego, Oawc
gatchle, Point an Fcr and Dutchman's
point. Can you Imagine Spain occupy
ing Cuba eleven years after she agreed
to evacuate? Well, the United States
of 1791 and that of today aro two qu'to
different subjects to trifle with, And
thcro is a misplclon that Spain has held
tho hot end of the poker In Cuba for so
long that she is really glad to lot go.
When Great Hrltuln's attention was
politely called to theso failures to ob
servo her agreement she replied, In
subBtance, that wo were another; that
wo ourselves had ignored ono of tho ar
tlclea of tho treaty which had to do
with the collection ot dobto by British
aubJertB and tho restoration of confis
cated property. Mr. Jefferson prompt
ly entered a disclaimer and somo right
saucy rcmnrks were Interchanged.
Meanwhile tho Hritloh troops were
holding Detroit nnd tho other frontier
posts and giving tho Indiana fathorly
advlco an to which side they should
tako if thcro happened to bo rt fight.
All tho Indications pointed to nnothcr
conflict and President Washington had
sounded a noto of preparation, when
tho news tame that John Jay had sign
ed a treaty with Lord Orcnvlllo on Nov.
19, 1794, which wns to Fettled all tho
trouble. And so it did come very near
doing, though England didn't altogeth
er glvo up trying to bulldozn us until
wo hnd got Into another tusslo a fow
years later.
About this rame period wo woro hav
ing several varieties of troublo with
Franco, whilo she was at tho samo tlmo
having nil kinds of troublo herself for
theflo wcro tho days of the comtnuno
und tho directory. Our affairs with her
wcro amicably adfaated by n treaty on
Sept. 30, 1800, after we had got warmed
up to neaily fighting humor.
Thon tho Hnrbary states began to
oother us. Wo had endeavored to in
duce tho king of Franco to protect our
Interests there, but ho would do no
moro than promise his good offices to
porsuatlo tho dusky sovereigns to bo
good to us, At first we tried to hold
them to frlondly conduct by tho pay
ment of stipulated tribute, but they
soon begun to object becauso they
didn't got nn occasional "voluntary
present" of n warship or two. Finally
wo did sond several warships but not
ns proscntB which at various tlmoa
used their persuasive powcra In a very
undiplomatic but cffcctlvo way to bring
about tho signing of treaties with Trip
oli, Tunis, Algcrln nnd Morocco guar
anteeing penco without tribute. Ono
ot tbo agreements was signed on n
United Stales war vessel after repeated
picas for delay had been poremptorlly
denied by the Yankee afllctuls.
Our second war with Great Britain
had scarcely begun when President
Siadlhon, In n mcesugo to congress, an
nouncod tlint ho had "conveyed to
Great Britain tho terms upon which
peace might bo brought nbout." Then
the crar of Uuosla offered his media
tion, which w.i8 accepted by tho United
Stntes, ami James Huyiud, Albert Gal
latin and John Qulncy Adams woro
sent to St. Poternbiirg. Tholr mloslon
proved n failure, nn Great Britain de
clined to accept the crar as a poti
maker. Lord Castlercanh, however,
wioto to our state department propos
ing direct negotiations for peace. Tho
commlHclon, to which Henry Clny had
been added, proceeded to Gottcnhurg
nnd later to Ghent, tho first conference
being held nt tho latter plnco Aug. 8,
1811. On Dec. 21, 1811, tho treaty wns
feigned by Adnms, Clny and Gullatln
In behalf of tho United States nnd
Frederick John Hoblnson, Henry Goul
Inn n and Thomas Adams for Great
Britain. Thus was tho hatchet burled
between John Bull and Uncle Sum
never, lot us hope, to be resurrected.
For In thcso days England hi glad to
court au alllanco with tho nntlon she
onco appeared to think not worth both
ering to keep faith with, while fair
Columbia seems not to find Albion's
ndvuncoH distasteful.
'I ho treaty of peace which endod our
war with Mexico was negotiated by u
subordinate of tho stato department
pattly In defiance of Instructions from
Washington.
Whilo the conflict was going on Nich
olas P. Tiltt, chief clerk In tho depart
ment of state, was sent to Mexico to
rccclvo nny proposals for pnaco which
might bo forthcoming, provided thoy
Included tho cession of Now Mexico nnd
California. Mexico couldn't Eeo her
way clear to such an nrrangoment and
on Oct. 8, 1817, Trist was ordered to
come home. It there hnd been a cablo
to cut no doubt Trlst would havo cut
It, for ho wahn't ready to return and
didn't come till ho got ready. Whon
ho did como ho brought tho treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo, which he had con
cluded with Louis a. Cuovas, Bcrnnr
do Couto nnd Mlguol Atrlstaln on Feb.
2, ISIS. Tho agreement wn ratified
on Mny 80 and proclaimed on July 4
of tho samo ear. New Mexico and
California wcro ceded nnd Arizona
enmo to it In n aubsoqucnt treaty.
There was, of course, no treaty of
pcaco at the conclusion of the rebellion,
so this brings us to tho negotiations
which will put nn official end to tho
Spanish wur and which, In tholr pos
siblo rcs'ulta, are second in lmportnnco
only to tho treaty In which King
Georgo acknowledged tho Indcpcnd.
enco ot the United Stutcs.
arandrar nt Character.
The best thing in this world is a
goad man. The grenlofet thing in this
world la n groat good man. Tho most
blessed thing In this world Is a blessed
good man. Tho first thing that a hu
man bolng should recognize about hltn
loK in that his character Is his distin
guishing feature, it iu not tho amount
of money, tho amount of power, the
amount of brains that a man has that
is his distinguishing feature, but his
character. Whatever fellow-men may
temporarily say or do to tho contrary,
this Is a fact, that what separates him
from otbeis and gives him bis individ
uality Is his goodness or lack ot good
ness, according to its degree. Money,
power and brains hnvo tholr place, nnd
thoy exert nn Influence in temporarily
deciding a man's position and recog
nition, but the standard ot tho ages,
by which nny ono and every ono Is
tried, Is gbaractcrj and in God's sight,
which Iu the final and determining
sight, men aro what they aro In wishes
and purposes, it U not, Uien, too much
to eny that the Mipremo ambition of
a person's life should bo to securo a
worthy character. Everything elso,
however important, is merely aubsl
dlary. Beauty of person, brllllunty of
achievement, ncuteness of Intellect,
sway of authority nro secondary, wnlli
goodness Is primary.
Mollrrn'A Tait liny-
It Is told of Mollcrc, that on the
morning ot tho day on which he died,
his vlfo and friends, seeing how weak
ho wns, Hied to .prevent him going
down to play that night, but in vain.
"A man," said he, "suffers long ere ho
dies; I feel that with me the end is
at hand; but there are fifty poor work
ingmen who havo only their day's
wages to live on, and who is to give
rhem bread tonight if I play not " So
ho wont down, and played his great
composition, tho "Malado Imaglnalre"
dying all tho while, then went hoist
to bed, and died.
A Powerful Drnrclt Light.
Tho largest search light In tho world
was exhibited t tho Columbian expo
sition, In Chicago, Tho icflcctlng Ions,
CO inches in diameter, weighs 800
pounds, and Is mounted In a brats ring
which weighs 7C0 pounds. The re
flected light from tho great electric
lamp Is equal to that ot 375,000,000
candles. A newspaper could bo read
by its Ught a huudred miles away.
0U11 BUDGET OP PUN.
SOME aOOD JOKES. OntdlNAt.
AND SELECTED.
A Varlrtjr of Jokra .Ilhft and IrotllM
Orljjlnnl ntul Hclrctn.l Floltatu an4
tvttam from the TltU of Humor
Hure Thine
Tho lcnr(llct' I. intent.
Uackwnrd, turn backward, O Time, In
your flight;
Make mo n "bach" again, Juat for to
night; Fix It so Hint I cun come homo ones
moro
Without catching fits as I cntor tho
doorl
l'nhc from my neck tho sad yolfo that
I wear;
Oh, lot mo come In without losing my
hair
Tho boys havo Invited mo down to the
club,
But Tlmo won't turn backward, and
there Is tho rub I
lUcrtllng I'atlnnU.
BfS&fc
"I had supposed, until yesterday,
Doctor, Hint tho days of tho blooding
of patients weio past."
"And so they nre. Hut what changed
your mind?"
"Tho bill you rent me."
A Nmnrt Iloj-.
"Mamma," raid Benny Bloobumpci,
'Mr. Trlvvot Bent his llltlo boy on an
r i rand to get n hundred things, and
Hmmy dtdn't forgot one."
"That's tho right kind of a boy to
have," replied Mrs. Hloobumpcr. "I
r.-lsh you wcro like hlni. I can't send
ou to the store for halt a dozen things
lint you forget ono or two."
"But I can remember all tho things
Mr. Trlvvet told Jimmy to get."
"What wcro they?"
"A hundred postage stomps." '
IllH liuprcMlan.
"Hiram," said Mrs. Comtossel, wh
lad been rending u Latin quarter nov
sl, "what's n lay-figgcr?"
"Well," replied her husband, after
long nnd serious thought. "I couldn't
3o no moro'n make a guesi nt It But
fggs Is only bringing us 12 cents a
iozen now." Washington Star.
Ono of Miiuy.
Thompson You look palo and thin,
Johnsou. Why will you peiBlst in klll
ng yourself working night and day
itch weather as thlfl7"
Johnson I am trying to earn money
noiigh to pay tho expense ot a week's
fCBt In tho country. New York Weak
ly. Unite l'oMllilc.
"Do you think I wear my heart on
aiy Bleevc?" alio asked, scornfully.
"I don't know," was his humblo re
My. Then ho looked nt her.
"There's more room in tho Blcovoa,"
tic added, "titan thcro Is in any other
part of tho waist, any way."
A Definition.
Mrs. McLubbcrty (looking up from
scr newspaper) Fhwot is an epigram?
McLubbcrty Hear thot, now! It's
molghty llttlo good yuro r'adln' Is
ltthcr doln' ycz. Slime, an epigram Is
l feller thot Is partlcklcr about phwot
c ntes. Puck.
A Record.
"Did your Comedy Co. make n good
Kfcord last season?"
"That's what they did. From
Miony to Finch's flats In four hours.
No other company ever walked It la
less than six."
Knre ThlnR.
Ho "I met Mrs. Sneerwoll. Friend
o' yours, isn't 6he?- J She told mo peo
ple at tho hotel think you and I are
brothor and sister."
She "N no; she's no friend of
mine." Pick-Mc-Up.
lVrfert Htrmicrr.
Gluco&e "I say, who is this fellow
flops, who is mentioned In the' pur
beer bill In the legislature?"
Corn Menl- "I agjpy, I havo been
In this brewer) JHkrars and I have
never seen hIm,Mfcrd his nam
mentioned befdjVYr-k World.
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