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HAS A FAMOUS MADSTONE.
A Chicago telegram mys: Thoro
arrived In Chicago toilay, In tho vest
pocket of an ox-soldlcr of tho Spanish-American
war, an Insignificant lit
tle porous stone, with which tho own
er declares war ngalnst hydrophobia.
This "little Jewel" caino to AMorman
(Icorgo Newmnn of Kankakee when ho
was with Col. Hcnnltfs Third Illinois
regiment lighting on the canst of
I'orto Itlco, near fluaniea, Tho I'orto
Klcaiis didn't want It becauso they
couldn't eat It.
Newman stubbed
his toe on the llttlo
heritage of the sea
1 while bathing, and
I he picked It up ami
put It In the pocket
of his blouse. Ho
THE NEWMAN hnil promised to
STUNK. take homo some
stones and seashells, nnd he B3J-3 If It
hadn't been for tho Injury to his too
he never would have been reminded of
his promise. Thus ho came by tho
queor llttlo spongy stone about tho
slzo of a hen 'a egg. When ho received
a fresh wound ho nppllcd tho stono
and It worked Ilko magic. Thon ho
says ho began to make Inquiries nnd
ascertained that tho llttlo stono ho got
mad at and swoic nbsut in tho sea
that day was really a madstonc. New
man says there havo not been enough
dog bites In Kiinkakoo, so ho brought
it to Chicago. Within the hurt year
the stono has been nppllcd in thlrty
flvo CU3C3.
BRYAN AS A FARMER,
Col. William J. Ilryan's farm near
Lincoln, Ncb Is nttraeung consldcra
blo attention. Tho presidential candi
date can bo found there any day do
ing manual labor like uuy other farm
er. Next to chickens, Mr. Ilryan takes
an interest in tho garden. He planted
It, and has done the must of the cultl
rating. Ho gets out about 9 o'clock In
tho morning nnd works for an hour
nnd a half nmoug tho onion beds nnd
bean rows. It has supplied tho Brynn
household with some of its early vego
tablcs, but tho lettuce came to grief.
Mr. Uryan's white Wyandotte nnd Leg
horn hens played havoc with his let
tuce. He knows bettor now, and will
BRYAN UN HIS FA KM.
bulla a wire netting around Ills lettuce
lied when next ho essays to cultivate it.
Not only will ho r.ilso enough vegeta
bles for homo consumption this sum
mer, but there nre potatoes enough to
last all winter.
Ton acres of tho Urynn farm aro In
wheat, live in oats and live In corn.
Part of each crop was sold last year,
and tho stables In town, as well as the
one on tho country place, are supplied
from tho crop raised on tho farm. The
orchard constats of sovonty npplo trees,
twenty of peach and a fow cherry trees',
none of which Is yet largo enough to
bear fruit. Thero Is a bed of straw
berries big enough to supply tho Ilryan
family nud tho tnbles of several neigh
boring families in Lincoln.
l'np'ct of tin) Whi'iit l'ri.
Ever since tho necessity of plowing
np n considerable portion of tho land
sown In winter wheat Inst fall became
apparent, moro or less gloomy fore
casts have been made concerning the
amount of wheat that would eventual
ly bo harvested. From tho govern
ment crop report recently Issued it is
learned that tho deficiency thus pro
duced will bo much greater than had
been anticipated. Previous reports
bad shown a marked diminution In tho
productive field, but tho Juno report
brought tho totul figures of tho aban
doned acreage up to fi.240,000, equal to
17 1-3 por cent of tho territory sown In
wheat last fall. Not only was thoro
this lnrgo reduction In tho field, but
after the plowed-up land had been tak
en out of tho computation tho condi
tion of tho remainder was found to
have fallen from S8.9 on tho 1st of Inst
May to 82.7 on tho 1st of Juno. With
an ncreago remaining that Is far bo
low tho avcrago of tho fields of winter
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wheat usually harvested, niul with n
conilitlnn also hclow the average, tho
outlook for winter wheat does not ap
pear very encouraging.
ST. LOUIS STRIKE FIGURES
Strlko commencod May 8. Number
persons killed, 13; number wounded
by bullets, C5; number otherwise in
jured, 00; estimated business loss, por
day, $100,000; Ions of strikers In
wages, $27.",000; cost of posse comlta
tus, $32.ri,000; number In posse comlta
tus, 1,500; number pollco on duty (reg-
A MEMBER UF POSSE CUMITATUS.
ulars), 1,000; number special police,
GOO; men on strike, 4.000.
THE CHINESE MINISTER.
Tho most popular oriental over ac
credited to the capital at Washington
Is without doubt Vu Ting Fang, tho
Chinese minister. It has been said
that Mr. Wu was to have been called
homo by his government and bo sue
ceeded by Chang
Yon Hunn, former
representative hero
of tho celestial
kingdom, but LI
II u n g Chang
wished Mr. Wu re
tained In office,
anil ho was. Mr.
Wu nroncses. how- : j?
ever, to start soon
for Peru, where
and at tho cofirt of V
Spain, ho nlso rep-WU TINC5 FANG,
resents his government. He will not
bo accompanied by his wife, who has
planned to make an extended tour
through the west In company with
her son and nephew during his ab
sence. Mr. Wu Is a diplomat of tho first
order and he carefully looks after his
country's interests. Ho is accredited
with being cnormoiihly wealthy and
stands well with tlioso In power In tho
"land of the Boxers." His relatione
with tho Washington ofllcla s aro most
cordial, and he fulfills his mission here
far better than his predecessors hnvo
done. He Is considerable of n wit
anil after-dinner speaker and society
courts his company.
A STRIKE HEROINE.
Maud Thomas, who has leaped Into
fame as tho Joan of Arc of the St.
Louis street-car strikers, Is the 17-year-old
(laughter of a motorman, liv
ing at 2(517 South Twelfth street. She
addressed a crowd of union men In
South St. Louis, and then, when they
had gone wild with enthusiasm, she
led them on n march to the Carondelot
power-house. Some of her followers
oven procured her a pony to ride, and
the marchers toolt up tho air of her
"Chorus of Liberty" with such vim
that several detachments of the posse
comitntuB arrived In short order. Tho
strlkeis found their progress blocked
by a solid phalanx of nrmed men, and
their Joan of Are was promptly taken
Into custody. She was returned to tho
caro of her parents, who nre Inclined
to deprccnto her deed as tho prompt
ing of tho ringleaders of the mob. Miss
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Thomns Is a comoly school girl nnd a
favorite among tho residents of tho
worklngmen's section of tho city.
Thoro hnB boon found n wlmlo with
a harpoon In its body which, by its
mark, showed that It must hnvo boon
hurled nt tho whalo at least thlrty-slx
years ago.
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Have Come Into Prominence
As u Result of Boxers
Kcvolt.
Tho city of Tientsin, which ha3 come
into sudden prominence ns n result of
tho outbreak of tho Boxers, Is located
upon the Pel-Ho river, about thlrty
threo miles above its mouth by land,
nnd almost twice that distance by wa
ter. It is tho second-large3t city of
northern China, having an estimated
population of nbout 1,000,000, and Is
the port of Pekln, the capital of
China.
The meaning of Tientsin is "Tho
Heavenly Ferry." The town Is an Im
portant center of trade, and Is tho
terminus of tho Imperial canal and of
n railroad, Tung-Chau, which was
opened a dozen years ago. It Is ex
ceedingly dirty, as
aro nil Chlneso
cities. Its streets
aro unpaved, anu
aro always covered
w Ifh garbage,
which seems to ho
never carried
away.
Tho dwelling
houses nre con
structed of sun-
dried brick nnd nre very poor,
but tho business buildings are moro
pretentious. Tho United States con
aulato Is one of tho best examples of
Chlneso architecture in its highest
form to bo found In tho city. Tientsin
hns n public garden, which receives
very good caro.
In 185S a treaty was concluded be
tween Chlua. Kussla, England, France
and the United States at Tientsin, and
at the convention of Pekln In 1SG0 tho
port wns made un open one.
In reaching Pekln from Tientsin tho
bonts ascend the tortuous river to
by a broad stone road and by a canal,
either of which may lie used by tho
travelers or by merchants In trans
porting their goods.
Pekln Is better known than any of
the other Chinese cities whose names
have crept Into print since the out
break of tho Hoxers. As is commonly
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ORIGIN OF THE BOXERS
The Iloxera are still a mystery to the
Chinese minister, who says they were
never heard of In China up to the time
of hl3 departure from the country,
three years ago. Hut a Chinese-American
named Sun Yow Pang ventures
an explanation of their origin. Ac
cording to this nuthorltytho present
troubles may be related back to tho
disputes between tho progressive par
ty, which hud the emperor for its
figurehead, nnd tho conservative party
of tho empress dowager. It will bo
remembered that tho emperor blos-
TRIAL OF
THE PK1SCNER IS KNEELING IJEFUUE THE JUDGE. THE MAN AT
THE RIGHT, WITH A HELL-SHAPED- HAT. 13 THE PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY.
somod out n3 n reformer and Issued
soveral edicts which made the repre
sentatives of old Chlnn shuddor with
aversion and dismay. Competent crit
ics snld at the time that his methods
wero so crude and arbitrary ns to bo
utterly Impractical, though they wero
Inspired by correct motives. Events
Justified their predictions. Supersti
tions, long-established customs and
abuses could not be overcome at a
word, and .tho reform movement
played right Into tho hands of tho em
press. Like most of her countrymen,
sho hated tho foreigners. Tho re
formers wero tho foreigners frlonds.
Hence China for tho Chlneso wa"s tho
Import of a counter-revolution, nnd
such of tho reform loader.! who did
not havo their heads cut off were glad
to escape to distant lands. After tho
empress was restored to power tho
Yee Ho Chuan (righteousness, har
mony and fists, hence "Hoxers") or
ganized their secret society to assist
known, It is the seat of tho Imperial
Tung-Chau, ninety mllea distant by
water and sixty by land. There tho
passengers laud and tho freight Is
taken off.
Pekln Is cloven miles distant from
Tung-Chau, nnd is connected with it
government, and hns been such for
nbout COO years. Here the foreign min
isters aro stationed. Minister Conger,
for tho United States, Sir Claude
MacDonnld, England, and M. Do Gicrs,
Russia. The population Is estimated
to bo about 1,500,000, which may be
wrong by several hundred thousand,
us no census has ever been taken.
T!ie citizens of both Tientsin nnd
Pekln are very hostile toward foreign
ers, and the travelers for pleasure who
visit either are not many. Their at
mosphere Is so foul, owing to their
dirtiness, that a foreigner, accustomed
to clean streets, can hardly breatho It.
Tho "Thcmple of
Heaven" is In Pe
kln. The Poi-Ho river
empties into the
Gulf of Pe-Chl-Lo.
As a rulo bonts drawing moro
than eleven feet cannot enter
it, and tho Nawark, Admiral
Kompff'a flagship, cannot get nenrer
than seven miles to Its mouth. At its
entrnnco are tho Tnku forts, and across
tho gulf are tho fortifications of Port
Arthur.
Doats drawing more than ten fret
touch tho muddy bottom of tho stream
almost all tho way to Tientsin unless
they travel only during high tide and
re3t when the water Is low. The high
est tldo Is ten feet nnd the neap tldo
seven and a half feet. As .a bar ob
structs tho entrance to the river all
but very light draft boats must wait
until high tide to got In.
At Tientsin the river Is about 20G
feet wide. Cnly boats that draw from
two to three feet can go on to Tung
Chau, as tho stream is formed by the
confluence of thu Pekln and the Yuen
Ling rivers Just above Tientsin.
ln the work or discouraging those re
formers who wero not discouraged
enough already, and to help check tho
foreign devils, among whom, in spito
of tho contradiction In terms, were tne
missionaries. As time passed check
ing becamo murdering, nnd the wick
ed old woman either abetted or winked
at tho crime. This Is why the Impe
rial troops have made no headway
against tho so-called rebellion and
why the powers have united In self
protection. Apparently China's creacest necJ is
A BOXER.
tho deportation of tho baleful Gno Ls
Sho.
Tho Sun .! nit n l'rhoii Hot olt.
Tho outbreak in tho San Junn ponl
tentlnry of 5'W inmates who mutinied
becauso they snld their breakfast was
not fit to eat Is proof that the manage
ment of tho Institution does not un
derstand modern Ideas of penology.
Thero Is not a prison In the United
Stntes whero somo effort Is not mndo
to givo tbo prisoners satisfactory food.
At a recont mooting of tho NntlonnI
Conference of Charities nnd Correc
tions tt wns said by ono of the speak
ers that tho question of food had beon
responsible for moro trouble at tho
prisons than anything clso.
Tho dny of bread nnd wntor diet and
of food not fit for animals has gone
out of fashion with the offensive pens
In which prisoners wero confined leas
than a century ago.
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Miss Grace Howard, daughter of Joo
Howard, Jr., tho New York Journalist,
Is the cattle queen of South Dakota.
During tho past five or ton years South
Dakota has developed n number of
men who have become wealthy by
lulslng cattle, but It rcmnlncJ for Miss
Howard, a former New York society
belle, to prove that a woman of good
business Judgment and energy can
hold her own with tno most expe
rienced cattleman and reap a fortune
from the Industry. Miss Howard's
property, "Grace Ranch," Is one of tho
MISS HOWARD'S HOME,
finest In South Dakota. Miss Howard
la well known In oillclal nnd social
circles In Washington and New York.
She went to Dakota In 1SS7 and estab
lished nn Indian mission school sev
enteen miles north of Chambarlaln, on
tho Crow Creek and Winnebago Indian
reservation. After the first two years
this school, which hail been named
Grnco mission, was transformed Into
n government contract school. In the
enlnrglng and expanding of the school
sho always received every encourage
ment from the olllclals of the Indian
bureau In Washington. Her contract
with tho government did not expire
until June, 18U7, but eaily In that year,
nt tho solicitation of friends, she de
cided to withdraw from the manage
ment of tho school. Tho bitter fight
waged In congress nt that tlmo ngalnst
contract schools had considerable in
fluence in lior decision. She informed
tho Indian ofllco that if the govern
ment wns willing to buy her school
she was willing to sell. Special Agent
Slater of the Indian department was
sent to Investigate, and as tho re3iilt
of his report the government paid Mts3
Howard a satisfactory price for her
interest In tho school.
Shortly nfter retiring from tho
school Miss Howard purchased a em
tio ranch on tho White rlvor. and has
since been engaged In cattle raising.
In addition to looking after liar ranch,
Miss Howard has established n store
near her dwelling.
INVENTIONS OF AN INSANEMAN
Ono IH'oIkii f n l.utmtlr llrntiglit Him
a lliiiiilmiiiiu I'nrtiiiii1.
Until quite lately there lived a luna
tic In Wellesley asylum, who turned
out n round dozen of Inventions dur
ing his ten years' stay in the plnco, nnd
somo of them wero really good and
useful, says n London paper. Ono was
n now style of ship's anchor, which
holds twice as fast us the old kind, nnd
can bo trusted never to foul Its chain
or otherwise go wrong. Tho Inventor
had been a tailor befoie losing his
balance, and knew nothing of shlp3
nnd anchors. Hut ho drew tho dia
grams and mndo tho models for this
fruit of his disordered brain, nnd out
day a man who visited him and saw
tho plans wns greatly taken with them
Ho obtained permission, patented and
put the anchor on the market. It was
favorably received and nt tho end of
two years tho Invention had brought
him $10,000. Half of this tho capital
ist who had markoted tho anchor gave
to tho two daughters of tho madman,
who wero allvo nnd sane. During tho
rest of tho Inventor's life tho anchor
brought In enough to pay for his
maintenance nnd keep his two daugh
ters in easy clvcumfitances. Ho in
vented other useful things, Including n
now kind of corkscrew and a folding
chnlr.
inlrr 1'nrrUx it ml o, Crhp.
Col. Crisp, when In the Missouri leg
Islnture, was one of the central figures
in a scene which promised bloodshed,
which ended In a hearty laugh, and
which wns tho cause or un nBtoundlng
remark from Hon. John W. Farris, the
thon speaker. Crisp prid another bel
ligerent son of Anak got into a debate
which grew Into a quarrel. They shook
their fists ut each other and roared
llko a pair of Numldlan lions. Every
body expected and many hoped to seo
a regular old-fashioned knock-down
and drag-out fight, which expectations
and hopes wero frustrated and dashpd
to tho ground by Speaker Fnrrlss re
marking: "If you gentlemen do not
quit fussing and take to your seats I
will order tho chaplain to tnko you
Into custody!" which so amazed tho
bellicose legislators that they stood In
a state of Ungual paralysis, while tho
spectators laughed till they wero red
In tho fnce. Humor saved tho day,
Champ Clark, In Denver Republican.
Cunning (lull.
An example of the cunning of gulls
wns observed at Tacoma, when sevoral
alighted on a bunch of logs thnt had
been In the water for a long time,
with the submerged sldea thick with
tinrnnclcs. Due was a big gray fellow
who seemed to ho tho captain. Ho
walked to a pnrtlculnr log, stood on
one sldo of It, closo to the water, and
Rancher
then uttered peculiar cries. The otiipr
gulls enmo nnd perched on the s..mo
side of the log, which, under thoir
combined weight, rolled over a few
Inches. The gulls, step by step, fcppt
tho log rolling until tho barnniUs
showed abovo tho water. The binlg
picked eagerly nt this food, and tiit
log wns not abandoned until -iv
barnacle had been picked. Golden
Days.
TURKEY'S RESOURCES.
Tho Oltiinmn I'tnplhi Ono of II. o ICIiIiim
L'niiulrk-4 In tho World. -4
The Ottoman omplro Is, In potential
resources, probably tho richest country
in tho world next to tho United States,
says Collier's Weekly. For years
American nnd Turkish statesmen h.ve
been endeavoring with till their power
to foster what llttlo trudo their conn
tries have, nnd to create now tradf
channels to commercially connect the
republic nnd the empire. These en
deavois havo already boruo good fruit,
and tho future possibilities In that di
rection aro infinite. The mutual rela
tions of commerce amount already to
millions, and It would bo most unfor
tunate that nn untoward event should
disturb In their growth these promis
ing shoots of trade, and bring nbout a
distrust which would cause the orig
inating of new branches of trade to b.
mndo Impossible for many years to
come. Tho feeling of fellowship among
nntlons Is to n lnrgo extent sentimen
tal, especially when thero is no possi
ble point of hostllo contact Thu
Turks hnvo been educated to know
thnt thero Is n great free nation far la
tho west, foromost in all tho endeavors
of commerce, industry nnd technical )
Invention a nation to whom they
could without any fear entrust tho
development of their magnificent re
sources.
WHERE BYHON WAS BORN,
The remarkable dllllculty of identi
fying with certnlnty the houses at
which notable men of letters have
lived In tho metropolis Is very well
lllustruted by tho fate which has over
taken tho lesldonco In Hollea street,
where Hyron was born. Tho poet saw
the light at No. 16, and Peter Cun
ningham, In his "London." was con
tent to state that fact. Hut tho No. lii
of his time was not tho right house at
all; the original No. 10 had then been
renumbered 24. It was, tlurefoie, to
the number that admirers of the bard
should havo directed their pilgrimage.
But "Byron ivas bom at 24" itself be
comes inaccurate, for this house, long
marked by the tablet of tho Society of y
Arts, hns now been demolished. Tho
ground on which it stood Is covered
by a great drapery establishment
which hns swallowed up tho numbers
of a dozen houses In Oxford and Holies
streets.
Happily the proprietor of tho estab
lishment, John Lewis, has shown him
self ready to do everything thnt was
possible to remind passers-by of By
ron's Intimate connection with tho
locality. The lino memorial, of which
we aro able to give a sketch, has beea
THE MEMORIAL,
erected in tho wall of tho new No. 24,
nnd recently tho canvas which had
hidden It from vlow was taken down In
an informni unveiling. Tho bust (de
signed after tho family plctnro In
Nowstend Abbey) Is In bronze, tho ma
sonry work in Portland stone. Tho
artist to whom Mr. Lewis gavo tho
commission for tho memorial wns Mr.
Taylerson. it Is to be hoped that tho
example of Mr. Lewis In so ndequatoly
marking tho plnco of Byron's birth will
find imitators In other mercantile firms
whoso "improvements" havo destroyed
houses with historical associations.-
Westminster Budget.
Iliillniiil'n Quran mum Funning.
Queen Wllhelmina, of Holland, has
a miniature fnrm, tho products of
which go to nsslst In rellovlng tho
poor. It wns at this farm that sho
learned to keep houso nccordlng to tho
best Dutch methods.
Wo are tuado great or small by oui
own acts.
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