. t I ' 1 ft : COMMISSION EXPECTED TO SETTLE DISPUTE OVER : -.. The Al.isknn botindry trlliunnl. which will endeavor in Kettle the ter ritorial disputes to the satisfaction of both Canada mul tin- United States, 1i:h held Its llrst meeting In London. Ah the members of the coiuiiiIhsIoh took their seats Senator Turner was on the extreme rllit. then Prof. Sir Louis Jette, formerly of tho Superior Conn of Quebec. Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec, and profes- am wor j&wc&xxsrl era zcsmSbp United States Commission. Map Showing Alaskan Boundary Line in Dispute and Commissioners Whc Met In London. sor of civil law; Mr. Hoot, Lord Alvor stone, Senator Lodge. A. H. Aylos woith, who succeeded in tho late Jus-tl-e Armour of Canada on the commis sion; Mr. Foster and Clifford Sll'ton. Vuundinu Minister of the Interior, FROG IN HER STOMACH. The More Mro. Goldsmith Ate, the Thinner and Weaker She Grew. Mrs. Harry Goldsmith of Hempstead, fi. I., was In iho mountains of northern A New York some months ugo nnil with some friends spenC a day in the woods. Helm; thirsty sho leaned over the.cdgo of a stream and drank from It. She noticed that she swallowed what, ap peared toHic.n'smafl piece of grass. In a day or "so she had entirety forgot ten the circumstance. Mrs. Goldsmith has been having an increased appetite for the past sl. weeks and has been constantly thirsty. She was also attacked with Ills of diz ziness. Doctors' remedies all failed and she continued to'become wonkor and lose weight. Her hushauil. who Is a druggist, do- j elded to study her case himself and tlnally concluded to administer an emetic. To his surprise a large Vrog was dislodged from his wife's stomach. It had been there for months, was In a perfectly healthly condition, and after being placed in a jar swam around. She swallowed it as a tadpole. Her "oudition .shows marked Improvement Milllonaires'as Writers. William Waldorf Astoi: recently bought Hever castle and in so doing he came In possession of an idea for a story, which he has since printed in the Pall Mall Magazine. It Ih an mi- usually good story ami Mr.' Astor is getting credit for having done a piece of thoroughly good literary work. That other eminent millionaire, Mr. Car negie, has limited himself of late years to founding libraries, instead or writing them. It Is said that when Mr. Gladstone read n book by Mr. Car negie ho remarked that he admired the courage of a man who, without knowing iiow to write, wrote on a sub ject of which he knew nothing. Mineral Matter In Food. The base of nutrition In all living nulngs is oxygen, water, salts, carbon anil nitrogen. Korster tried to feed dogs on organic substnnces deprived of nearly all their mineral matter. DoUh from starvation occurred soon er thnn If the dogs hail been com pletely without food. M. Herrera says in Revue Scientiflqno, Paris: "Living beings are but aggregations or mlnoral substances and biology is but a chapter In mineralogy." Salisbury's Scientific Views. Although tho late Lord Salisbury was much Interested in science and -as a fellow of the British Royal so ciety, he never approved of tho ex treme views or some of his associates. He was particularly opposed to tho theory of evolution ns taught by Her bert Spencer and of the descent or man as enunciated by Charles Darwin. Kept Him Working Hard. John Duller of Rockland, Mass., though but 65 years old, is tho fattier of thirty-nvo children, the oldest of lA-hom Is 45' nnd tho youngest '1 yearH old. Ah ho has reared his numerous progeny respectably while working at his trade tho chronicler will be be Ileveil in hla statement that ".Mr. Hut ler Is a hard-working man." ' Pigskin to Supercede Rubber. A Scotch firm Is authority for tho fitatjynent that rubber tires for vehl elciTof all kinds will soon bo dis placed by pigskin. The firm has a process lor tanning tho sklnB which renders thorn bo hard that whon ised ns tires they will wear longer than rubttev and give equal satisfaction In lother respects. ALASKA BOUNDARY Lord Alverstono. after foiniail uii noutinlug that tho commission was In session, stating that he had been so lected as president, an honor which he highly appreciated, ashed counsel when they desired to begin ornl nrgu meiits. The commission decided to sit flu Two members of llrltlsh ConimlfcRlon. days per week, commencing Sept. 15 and excluding Saturdays, and to be In session from 11 a. 111. to t p. in. daily, and granted permission lor a limited number of representatives 01 the proxy to attend the sittings. DE WITTE'S RISE TO POWER. Russian Statesman Started With Man Disadvantages. The career of Scrglux De Wltte, Russian minister of eoninierce and 'lnunce. resembles that of mtmproiit Americans who bnve attained high place in public or semi-public life. Ills parents emigrated from Germany to Russia, which rnct was not at all in the young fellow's favor. He .so cured a lowly position In the freight department of a Russian railroad and crept up slowly but steadily until at 40 hu was a director. His reports to the gocrnmciit attracted attention in St. Petersburg and he was invited to enter the department of finance, of which he became chief in a few years. One of his sayings is: "Only death can steal a man's brain." NOW THE BAREFOOT BOY. His Mother Takes Him to the New York Horse Show. Three ladles, hnndsoniely gowuei' and accompanied by a hoy or 7, he barefooted, were the sensntlon of tho Fashion show hibt night at the .Madi son Square Garden, says a Now York dispatch. Tho circumstance was so unusual that visitors for the time be ing rorgot their Interest in gowns. The child was apparently uncoiibclous of the excitement he created. The mother of tho boy said she was Mrs. Charles Ilrooke, or Nashville. Tcnn., and Hint for the past year and a half her sou had gone barefooted upon the advice of her physician. The little follow, sho says, was addicted to croup, but ho has not had it since he abandoned .shoes. Strange Attempt at Suicide. A Turin young man has Just made what Is probably one of the most singular 'ittempts at suicide that has ever been recorded. First saturating a cigar In corrosive sublimate, ho let it dry, and then smoked It literally to tho "bitter end " Death did not. en sue because the agony was too long drawn out, which enabled the doctors to apply effect Ive antidotes. Tho youth, however, suffered long torture from Internal pains and convulsions ' Dies Aged 117 Vears. Andy Montgomery, a colored man, aged 117, died at a homo for aged col ored people at Atlanta, Ga on Wednesday last. His ago Is verified by the records. For many years be fore the civil war he was a slave in the Montgomery family, prominent in Georgia history and never wearied ot praising tho good qualities of his old master and mistress, to whom he wni devotedly attached. Novel Reunion. There was a touching lounlon the other day at Frlck's Locks, Pa. Tho venerable schoolmaster rang the hell of the old schoolhouse, when there trooped In, not the children or the vil lage, but sfxty-two middle-aged men and women, former scholars. All tho old lessons were gone through and" then the class adjourned to tho play ground aud romped through the old games, Hetty Green Avoids "Cranks." Mrs. Hetty Green nover lives long av the snnie address. This Is chiefly be' cause she fears to be annoyed by ''cranks" who want her to Invest lu harebrained schemes. When sho moves sho keeps her now hiding placo secret from even her closet friends. Just now sho Is somewhere lu the, country not far from Now. York and only visits tho city at wide Intervals. 1 rsnspj RT. REV. THOMAS MARSH CLARK. J OLDEST EPISCOPAL BISHOP, IS DEAD I ... ..- - -- - -- Rt. Rc. Thomtis" Marsh Clarke bishop of Rhode Island, and by vlrtuo of his seniority presiding bishop of) the Episcopal church In 'this country, ns well as the oldest bishop In the Anglican- communion, if not In tho world, died suddenly at Jls liomo In Mlddlctown, R. I. , Hlslinp Clark had been in the epjscopntiv nearly :ilfty: years. He was a remarkable jiri'iioh;. or. On one occasloiijio proncbfsilTori Rev. llr" Washburn uL'Cavalry'liiuVh; Now York'. A. stranger, was jlejily Impressed, and golug out of jje.ehuro.li he asked the sexton the, .name, of the preacher. 'Die sexton, sahl,"Ijfsb,-, op Clark, sir." The ..s'tj'nngor under stood him to say "ClurUsonV' ... He Jookcd.luto the church aliqanac .and Jfotiud that Robert H.,' jfjlnrksou 'was 'missionary bishop, of Nobrnqka and GET EVEN WITH BLACKMAILER. SwainG Band Together to Punish Man Who Annoyed Them. Summer loveniaklng has been hnzi anions hereabouts during the closing dnys of the season, says a dispatch from North Dcrgen. N. .1. Frequent ly couples hi rolling in tin moonlight would be confronted by a man, cry ing: 'I've caught you! Kissing, eh?" Or: "Tnke our arm from that girl's waist. That's disorderly conduct, I arrest you!" Then the ninn would display a badge and prey on the young woman's fears by describing the horrorK of the sta tion liouso and picturing tho shame of the publication f tier name in tho newspapers. Always the rellow de manded money to release those whom no preloaded to arrest, aud usually he got It. Last night several young men hand ed together to punish tho pscudo po liceman. John Ring, disguised In his sister's dress, basked in tho sunlight of Peter Sheehan's smiles, while tho pair strolled along Hudson boulevard. Suddenly in their path appeared a man who proved to be John Carney. "Spooning! Hugging! Actually hugging!" exclaimed Carney. "I ar rest you!" "Oh, my! What will mommer say?" cried Ring, as shrilly as ho could. This was the signal to two husky companions close, at hand. Tho four fell on Carney and thrushed hliu with in an, iuch of his life- Nor did Hingis dress hamper his blows. Carney ha.d his ussallants arrested. Their pun ishment will bo light, Cost of His Nomination. Chief Justice Sullivan of tho Ne braska (supreme court sometimes takes occasion to make expression of his keen sense of humor, as may be seen in tho statement 01 his nomination ex pense, filed the other day In the of fice of the secretary of state. Tho following, written in the (lowing hand 01 the chief Justice, tells the story of what it cost to get the nomination: "Authorized local cnmmlttco to call on mo, if necessary, for $U5 to holp de fray tho expenses of the convention. Thoy have not yet called on mo, hut I am apprehensive." Chlcngo Chron icle. Mammoth May Be Alive. Dr. J. V. Krizzclo of Snn Frnnclsco, & government employe, who has been In tho arctic regions a number of years, said recently thnt whllo ho did not wish to maku himself ridiculous to tho scientific world by stating that at least one living specimen of tho 'supposedly extinct mammoth family (is still roaming at Inrgo on tho Ameri can side of the arctic, regions, yet It jwaa a fact that he had seen compara tively frcah tracks In the Island of .Untak, about four miles from tho mainland. -- -----" . --. - Dakota. He said: "If such a man ns that is missionary bishop lu the north west 1 will send him my check for $l,(iiiO to belli hint in his work." For some time after, whenever these bishops metoHishop Clark would say playjtully to Ulshop Clarknon: "Dis gorge," IJIshop Clark's mother was a descendant of Rev. John Wheel wrlght,?n graduate of Cambridge uttl't verslty, ,Hiu;land, w.ho urns an early minister In the Massachusetts colony, I nun who was nanisne-u iwircirom. iws-t .ton lor heresy-,, Jilshop. Clark wns a gradpato of Yale college, Ho-recelv-ed the degree of 1). D. from Union college, S. T. D. from Drowji univer sity. Providence, R. L. and I,U D. from (jambrldgo university, Kmiland-, Ho was tho( moving spirit. Jn Uui work-of tho saiitary, couiHilssjou" during .the civil war.. OLD WHALING CAPTAIN DEAD, , 1 1 - ,' - After Life Filled- with Adventure, .Meet End on Land. Cnpl. William Henry Hall, an old time New Uedford whnler, with' an ad venturous career, is dead. Cnpt. Hall was born at Oyster Day. I, l seventy-two 'years ago, and took to the. life or A sailor when a youth. He rose rrotu a man bororo tho mast to the command of a whaling vessel, putting out from New Iledrord. and his adventures in tho years he fol lowed the sea covered all quartern of the globe, racJnK death a score of times.- As a whnler ho penetrated far Into the arctic regions, and as tho commander of merchant ships sailed four times around tho world. Ho was onco cast among cannibals in tho South Paclllc. hut escaped death by winning their friendship. On one of his trips he wns ship wrecked and with members of his crew wns thrown upon a small desert island. For forty days thov main tained llfo with birds' eggs nnd such sea food ns they could get. Finally Capt. Hall nnd three ot the crew volunteered to row to New Zealand, 500 miles away, lu a rowhoat. After a perilous trip thoy reached New Zealand und returned to tho Island In a schooner for their mates. Sad. End of Family. The end of n family Ib involved in the deuth of Susan Schcuk In tho Klnga Park Insano asylum at Hemp steud, L. I., Wednesday, penniless nnd n.ondloHH. Her brother Selah. who wns oncq a prosperous lawyer, is now In the homo for nged.men at St. John land, hi yenrs old, and in tho same destitute condition ns his sister, w.ia was only 71. Neither of them lnui mnrried. Thoy were wealthy only a few yenrs ago, hut sudden misfortunes In investment swopi away their for tune. Tactful King Edward. King Kdwnrd hns become exceed ingly conservative In mutters of dress since his accession to the throne of Great Urltaln. Ho knows that his sub jects will follow his Inltlntlvo in their raiment and consequently ho Is sel dom seen In new or expensive raiment. Ho brought somo now felt hats rrom Marlenbad, which ho rocently visited, but will only wear them when walk ing In tho highlands, lea they be come the fad of London. Proper Burial of Bodies. Prof. Charles A. Llndeley of Yale medical school and secretary or tti Connecticut stnto board, or health In a recent lecture opposed tho embalm ing of dead bodies, except In special cuses. Ho said it would bo moro in nccordanco with tho teachings ol science If doceasod persons were not bo tightly Incased In Impermeablo cov erings, but put In tho ground In mich, a manner as to have free contact with surrounding earth. 1IM l t wiiiii mil in MMmrjN.f MIC W ' WWBV pouLigyl Raising Turkeys. From Farmers' Review. It seems to mo that our western rarmers do not glvo enough nttcntlon to this grand variety of rowls. So many think, I suppose, that they are hard to raise, and that the price which they bring In the market Is not comifien stirato with the bother and work no ceBsary to raise them, but too many of thorn go at It tho wrong way. My way or raising turkeys la as rollows, and I have always met with good suc cess : Attcr a few warm days an spring approaches, tho turkey hen will begin to think of nesting, and where early turks are desired mnko nests near somo or the outbuildings, In a deslr ahlo plnce, with bnrrels having both ends out. With both ends out of tho barrel tho hen can go on and lenve her nest without disturbing her eggs In the least, for If Hho should by any mlstnko or accident break an egg she would ho very apt to acquire tho habit of eggeatlng, which Is very-had In n chicken, but doubly so In a turkey hen. After she has laid somo twelvo or fifteen eggs, she will ho wanting to sit and If you want largo turks nnd heavy weights In the fall regardless of tho numbers, set. her. Hut If you wish moro eggs, and a larger nunibor of turks, lot her chooso her own nest; thrown upon her own resources Bhe will sometimes wnnder qulto a dls farce hunting n snltnblo placo to de posit her eggs. You should keep watch of her and dally romovo tho eggs lest they be come chilled. Substitute a uest egg of somo kind, nnd nearly every time yon get a turkey egg plnco a Iich'b egg In tho nost. After sho has laid n number of eggiTnnd thinks or set ting, remove all tho nest oggB and break up lwjr nest. Taken by surprise sho will soon mnko herself another nest, not'far from Iho former, nnd begin laying again. A turkey hen can bo mado to lay thirty or forty eggs In a season by following up this plan. I allow fifteen 'eggs, as a gonornl rule, to a turkey hen, although hn old ono could probably cover moro thnn that number. ' After (hey have hatched I allow 'hem frco range, but keep them In a field whero tho grass la short, nB Iho tall grass on dewy mornings Is hard on tho young turkH. After thoy are two weeks old "I allow' them to go whercvor they plenRC. When-thoy are able to- fly well, I drive thoth home to roost, keeping this up until they come without it. ' ABi'turkeyit' are of a nomadic dis position, tho only true way to ralBO them is with the' turkey hen. Sho will tako them out Into tho meadows, teach them to cat grass and clover, and that natural food of nil rowls, grasshoppers, hugs nnd other insects, ami tho sooner they are compelled to subsist principally on them tho health ier they will become, and tho bettor It will bq ror.tho-farmcr, as thcydo strpy the Inseqts which somo years play such sad havoc with his crops. Of this great American breed of fowls thero are mnny varieties, tho Narragnnset, slate, whlto nnd mam moth bronze being the most popular. Each of those varieties has Its friends, but I bellovo tho mammoth bronze to bo tho most desirable, as It combines vigor, size (I having had ono once that reached tho remarkable wolght of fifty-two pounds), nnd beauty above all varieties. It Is not an uncommon things for a hrouzo male to tip the scales at forty pounds. Young birds will weigh, with proper care and feed ing, mnlcs twenty to twonty-flvo pounds and femnles from ten to fif teen pounds by Thanksgiving, and, taking Into consideration care, feed, etc., I bcllevo thero 1b nothing tho farmer raises that will not him as much clear money as a flock of tur keys. No domestic fowl Is more easily de generated by Inbreeding than tho tur key. This In a great mistake, too often mndo by our farmers and be cause of this many meet with failure and declnro that tho turkey is a hard fowl to raise. They should procuro a male every year not akin to their turkeys. These can be bought from our best breeders nt from jn to ?5 each, according to quality, size, etc., which Is very reasonnblo when you consider tho cost of advertising, cor respondence, crating, etc. I believe that tho time is near at hand when poultry of nil kinds will not ho con sidered by our fanners as n secondnry mntter, but will iccelvo the enro and attention It deserves.--J. u. McAllis ter, Linn County, Iowa. A Bargain. It was In tho lasphorry-scason, and a freckled, barefooted llttlo girl In a torn bluo calico gown oamo to tho door of a country boardlng-houso to soil some berries sho had gathered. "How much are your berries?" asked the. .mistress of tho liouso. "Thoy nro llftcon conts a quart, ma'am. But," Bho added, Jn ' tho samo breath, "If you don't want thorn, you can havo them for ten." "I don't want them, bo you may g!vo mo three quarts," replied tho lady, merrily. Womau's Homo Com panlon. For Repairs. A llttlo boy had brolcon hla raho. Whon asked what he would do now, he replied: "I'll takolt to tho dontlBt, he can put In a now tootht" Llttlo Chronicle. IIOPTiguLlliPC Xterm?Z&& FBfflMjaaffi . f3T5yGV; r?yXi' XV3JNV--ai-i7!r,V;t,yVf Vi ?( jOiM Good Trees for Smalt Lots. From Farmers' Review The Cut leaved Ulrch Is of rapid growth, nnd very hardy, and makes a v ry bcnnll ful small trco lu a short time. Jt'n beauty Is not apparent, however, dui lng Its earlier period of growth. It must bo live or six .venm before the many slender branches sent out alonr. Its larger branches begin H 'diow lis drooping or "weeping" ohnraeter Then It Is very nttracllvi inpcciall lu fall, when Its foliage turna to n! rich yellow. I do not km w how It is' elsewhero, but with us gnat injury. Is likely to bo done to It each year, by a wood-pecker which drllhi a row, of holes, sometimes sever.il rows, about the trunk. Ho doc? thle ns sooir ns tho sap begins to how At Unit bin object may not ho e.mlly undei stood, but n llttlo careful investiga tion shows that ants uscend tho ref ill great numbers, nttrno'od by the sweel sap exuding from the boles the blid hns drilled, and ue.ii which be sits In waiting to make a meal off them. Tho bird works In silence, and your treo may bo seven ly injined bororo you suspect hhi piescnce. If, Is a good plan to till the holeii wllH paint, ns soon ns you dlstovcr them. If tills Is done, tho hnrk noon heals, about them. If not done, water gets' Into them and ilocay mon results, I havo for tho Inst five or six yearn wound tho larger branches of my birch with wide strips of cloth to keep the bird from working on It. Tho Jnpanese Mnples, especially tho cut-leaved sorts, nro rapid growers and extremely hnrdy. They are not offee live, however, unless ghen an open location whero their beauty can ho readily seen from ail Hides. Ono tret of this kind Is qulto enough for tho average-sized lot. Tho Mountnin Ashes nro favorite" becauso of their hardiness, their prc ty foliage, and tho!r extremely orna mental fruit. Nono of them become very lnrgo,. thoroforo they nro ild;' mlrnbly .suited to small grounds. ' ' Tho Soft Maplo Is very popular oycrywhoro for Bovoral'good rcasoiiK. , It In easily trnnspjnntod, grown with great rajihjjty, forjnB. a ,tJtt,nip,..ra.ther low head composed of. many; branche.s. Without requiring much uttonifoii fh tho way of-pruning, and ha a partlc-' ularly graceful rgencrab habit whtefi admirably adapts It to grounds or limited, space. IIb follago Is always beautiful, hut especially eo lnfalr, whcii-its summer green' gives plaeu'' to' gold nnd scarlet. It Is a treo thnt seenm to flourish In almost all local ities. Of all trees I havo over had any cxpcrlonco with It Is tho sureti to grow, tho most graceful In dovttop- , mont, nnd tho bcBt all-around sort for general use. ' 4 ,' Many peoplo wnnt something, that.' will grow to good sizo In five nr rx: years. For these I would ndtlso lho Dox Elder, or Sycamorc-lcared Maple.t Young trees often make n growth ,t six, eight or ten feet In a nnnrwv.W Whon they begin to branch, growth li loss rapid, hut It goes forward moro rapidly than thnt of nhy other treo I know of. It is true thnt In genernt? appoarnnco" tho treo Is somoWhatt , conrse, but not disagreeably fo. This1'' peculiarity ono can afford to overlook becauso of tho certnlnty of iti reach- . lng a satisfactory stylo of dovcToif nicnt In a very short time. So far, I havo never known It to bo attached by any Insect or dlsense. This Is a' good deal In' Its favor, and ought to off-set somo of Its shortcomings. Ebon E. Rexford. Rosebud Curculio. Wo lllustrato tho Rosobud curculio. all parts being onlargcd. Tho Insect is about one-fourth of nn Inch long. At a Is shown tho adult hectic; b. larva; c, egg; d, sldevlow of heart ot bcctlo; e, bud injured by tho beetle; f, mouth parts of tho larva; g, month parts of tho beetle Reproduced UoirS bulletin of tho Montnna experimental station. , This Insect hns licen llttlo studied and Us hlhernntlng hablta aro not. known. It occurs In many" parta C tho United States, and Hocnw'to find tho wild roso Its natural ally. Tho beotlo Is sometimes found eating tJih raspberries and blackberries, bilt dopy no pattlculnr damago to tho roso buili 1 ?i and foliage. Tho damngo Is done n tho rosebud In which It deposits Its egg. Tho grub, on hatching, foods on tho seeds of tho roso applo, and- attains full slzo In its birth ulnce: In October it cats its way out and dlsapjiears Into tho ground, Tho damago In done to tho'roscs by tho holea bored In depositing the eggs, a good many buds so puncture, drying up and dropping. 8omo, how over, live and bloom, and In Gave tho larva grows. , Tho remedy Ib tho hand picking of tho roso npplcu beforo the grubs omorge. These affected buds can bo told by tho discolored nrca on tlm sldo of the a,plo in which tho punc turo was mudu when tho egg was In- I $k w& r i'ij' . - I w' l I " I- J eertod. . .wrr-'-rpoT'f'rfty'j ";? T,yiTi - ,-r iwm "3 -vto A