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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , JUNE I , 1906. New Bath House. A number of Falls City capital ists interested themselves in this Manitou enterprise , which is now being pushed to a rapid comple tion. We find the following in the Manitou Journal which will be of interest to them : "Mr. D. N. Hitchcock arrived in Manitou Saturday of last week , after an extended absence and was shaking hands right and left , everybody seeming delighted to see him and to learn that work would begin on the batli house in a few days. Early this week men and teams began the work of grading and excavating for the basement and foundation of the splendid new structure which will be , when completed , the finest and most perfectly arranged bath house in the United States. The bath house will be of white enameled brick , two stories high , 153 feet long , 70 feet wide , and will have a capacity to bathe 3,500 people daily. It will have every modern convenience and luxury and will be finished in white enameled brick and glass on the inside , making the condi tions and surroundings perfect from a sanitary point of view. Everybody in Manitou rcalix.es what a magnificent site the com pany have for their bath house , both as to view and convenience to the bather , situated as it is on the car line at the junctions of Navajo and Manitou avenues and opposite the Palmer Park. No guest coming to Manitou but will pass the house and the structure will be one that any city in the United States might well be proud of. Realty in our town has already advanced 25 per cent , and with the completion of this enterprise it will show a still further rise. The following men represent the board of directors : D. N. Hitch cock , president ; Dr. Horace T. Dodge , vice president ; and Jesse M. Crook , treasurer. Mr. Hitch cock needs no introduction to our people. He has been amongst t you for over a year and is a stay er and one who makes good what t lie promises. Dr. Horace T. Dodge is one of the faculty of the Homeopathic Medical college of Denver , and stands high in his profession. Mr. Jesse M. Crook comes to us from Falls City , Neb. , his native town , where he is highly respected by his neighbors. Both of these gentlemen will move to Manitou and make it their future home. Mr. Alexander Borg , of Denver , will have charge of the building , . and will occupy the position of engineer when it is completed and doing business A few words here as to our climate , situation and railroad : facilities will not be amiss and will call the attention of our readers to possibilities that have heretofore been lost sight of. In all the years that have passed , Manitou has been known as strictly a summer resortwhere people from the burning and con gested east and south find a cool spot in the hottest summer , and this has led to the supposition our climate must of necessity be yery cold in the winter , but evcri'body who has spent a win ter with us realizes that we have one of the finest if not the finest of winter climates in the world. Then , too , we have the best ol railroad facilities , and , situated as we are at the foot of Pike's ' Peak , the Mecca of the tourist t , and just outside the ramparts of the backbone of the continent 1 with dozens of bubbling springs of all kinds of health-giving waters , 300 days of sunshine every year and the inspiration ol the ever changing hills we have a combination that cannot be ex celled anywhere. Manitou now becomes the first competitor in the United States to Hot Springs , Arkansas , but ' as the company's prospectus states , will cater to a higher class of invalids than visit Ho Springs , because the water at Hot Springs is owned by the United States and the bathhouses are more or less under the con trol of the government and are patronized by the poor as well as the rich invalid. Besides this , Manitou has a superior climate to Hot Springs , both in winter and summer and is entirely free from malaria which infests Hot Springs. Our springs have a higher yer cent of solids , too than the water of Hot Springs and our town is known throughout the length and breadth of the and. Manitou has ahead of her a future second to no town in our state. Hot Springs , Arkansas , has her eye on this new health resort and are fearful lest the public be drawn to this invigorating cli mate. FARGO Leu Walter of Corning Mo. , was over to look after his two stores hero the first of the week. Kvu D Scott closes her second year of school xvork In Fort lla/.el next Fri day. Louis Plumb of Uulo visited at the homo ol Daniel Zimmerman Sunday. Mary Wtltse has boon elected to teaeb In her old room In tbu publie schools of Salem for the coming year. .1 F. Young closed a nine month's term of school here Friday last. Several oral visitor xvcro present and a pleas ant , afternoon spent by all. Mr Voting Infr. Saturday for his home in an ad joining county. Frank Oskey bad business in Ktilo Saturday. John Gentry and xvlfe were Uulo visitors Saturday. H. L. Kloepfel xvas looking after business matters in Uulo Saturday. Mr. Kruscr xvas in Rule on business the first of the xveek. Andy Thompson xvas In Uulo one day last xvcck. Lloyd Thompson Is at homo again for a visit. C. Nltzche of Winnebago Creek xvas transacting business in Uulo the last of thu xveek. Kate Kloepfel , Martin Zimmerman and wife xvere Rule visitors the last of the xveek. Goo. King xvas in Ruin Monday. Milton Zimmerman xvas in Rule on Saturday. John Wissman and H. .1. Kloepfsl I xvere business visitors in Rule one day this xveek. GrHlln Wright xvas so unfortunate as o get his leg broke in a runuxvay re cently , but is getting along axell as jould be expected. lOlmer Schock and xvife visited at the ionic of C. ,1. Thomas Sunday. H. L. Kloepfel finished assessing In he extreme northxvcstern part of \rago township Wednesday of la t veek. Barney Voegloy xvas transacting msincss in Fort Ha/el one last week. Mrs Schoek xvas in Rule too last of . .he xveek. Albert HaolYele of Preston and R. D. Waggner xvas here one clay last weok. Thomas Manderville and A. J. Santo xvere in Rule one day ! a t xveek on business. Mrs Lucetta Schock is staying , t. the home of her son Elmer this Mini- in or , John Thlltges and Klmer Arnold were Rule visitors this xveek. James Mooney xvas in Rule one day ast week. S. M. Randall and .vife xvoro in Rule the last of the xvcek , Mrs Henry Fischer and son Fred were transacting business at the coun ty seat one day last xveelc. A.1. . Thompson and James Sella were in Falls City one da > last xveek. Mrs Gco Koenig and children xvere Falls City visitors Thursday. JohnF. Paul hauled two loads of fine hogs to the Preston market. Misses Anderson and Freel were pleasant callers horn this xveok Godfrey wacchtcr xvas attending to business near Ilulo last xveck. Auyust Deeklnger and waiter Baker xvere county seat visitors Friday. Hd Frederick xvas at the county seat Saturday. II. J. Schcitcl was In Rule Saturday. > Daniel Zimmerman and son Milton 1xvere transacting business at th'e Pres ton mills Saturday forenoon. John Cunningham xvas in Falls City Sunday. J. C. Wallrall delivered his corn to market at a fancy price the last of the xxveek. . Walter and Ben Bautnan had business - ness in Rule one day this xveek. 1s Joseph Bauman and wife xvere transacting - acting business in Rule last xveek. Chas Jondroxv was in Rule on busi ness this week. Paul Schmidt was In Rule the first of tbe xvcck. J. H. Recter hauled corn to Rule market the first of the week. Carl Wolnert transacted business In Fort Ilaxol the tlrst of the xvcek . Alois Dauneoker xvas In Rule Mon day. .lohn Hatiiniui and wife xvoro Rule visitors the llrst of the week , Mr Klcoklnycr xvas In Rule Sunday. C. IIWiltso and family visited rela tives In Falls City Sunday. Fred Krnst disposed of some hntvy porkers \ in the Preston market Mon day. day.A A team of horses belonging to Mr Pcrrlsh living near the Kansas Hue , strayed along the road Friday night until they reached the homo of Robt. Voegle xvhoro ho shut them up. After searching all day Saturday ami Sunday Mr 1'errlsh xvas Informed as to their xvhoreabouts. John Bachman was transacting busi ness near hero the llrst of the weok. Ida and Ollle Xtmmerman visited at the home of Mrs CJeo. 10 Taylor tbo first of the week. Fort Hazel is making arrangements for a Fourth of July cclabratlon. Hill Dudd Is farming tbo10 aero farm formerly owned by Mr Votter. Frank Durfee and Caroline Russell xvcro united In holy matrimony recent ly. The groom is tbo son ol A. K Durfee a wealthy farmer and the bi-ido resides in Rule Their friends w'.ph them all the happiness that matrimon ial 1'fo can afford. Republican State Convention. The lopiihllciinsof tin1 slalo of NVbiasku an-heieby ealled to meet In eon vent Ion at the Auditorium In the eitv ol Lincoln , on Wednesday , Auirnst 22 , HKKI , at two o'clock In the alternonn. for thu purpose of placlni ; In nomination eamllduteq for the following olllei's , xl/ : Ono fulled Stales Senator , Ono Co vet nor. Ono Unutemmt Governor , Threu Hallway Commissioners , Ono Scctulnry of State , One . \udltoi of 1'nb.ItAccounts , Ono TiciiBiircr , One Superintendent of 1'ublle Instruction , Ono Attorney Ooneral , One Commissioner of Public Lands and HtllldlllKS , And lor the transaction of such other btmi- ness us may properly come bolero It. The paid convention hhall bo made uiof | ileloKntPfi chosen by tin ; ieilibllcanB | of the ; respective counties of the state , appoitloned unc dalcKiito at lingo for each county and one. lor each ono hundred tuenly-llve votes or major fracllon thereof cast tit the last election for lion. Clias. II. Lotion , ropub- llcun nominee lor Jud e ol the supreme com I. Said apportionment entitles Itlchard - i-on county lo a tepresentatlon In said convention. I tli also recommended that the t lo t-ald convention bo Instructed \otolor or against the ondoisc.iionl of the conslllli- llonal amendment iclatlnir to the creation of a State Hoard of Kalluay Commissioners , to the end that the action thus taken may ! determine the attitude of the party relative i to Paid amendment and may ho made apart ol the ballot It , Is further iccommended that no proxies lie allowed uml that the delegates piesent from each ol the rcspcctlvo counties be atithorl/ed to cast the lull vole ol their deleKation. Tim various odd numbeied senaloilal ills- , 11 lets are also notified thai they will at the same time by their delegates choose membeis loiepiisent them on tlioslato eom- mllU'o for a term of I wo yc-ars. It Is Impoitant that the uniform ciodcntal ! blanks which will bo tninlslioit by the Man committee to each county chairman be used Tor luinlshlnK credentials ot the delegates tosalil conxi'iitlon , anil thai the name of each delegate , his poalolllco addiess , anil piecinct Inhlch lu > lesldes , bo plainly wtittcii thereon Credentials should be prupait'il Immediately alter adjournment ot the dlller- iiit county conventions , iliily ceitilled by their oIllceiH , anil foi warded ut once , teState State llendiUaiteiri | at Lincoln. Hy order of thu state committee : \VM. I1. WAHN'KK , Chilli-mini. A. It. ALI.r.N. Secretary I D.ited at Lincoln , Neb. , Mays , . Lejjal Notice. first iniblloatlon May 2T > , ] W\\ \ ! Notice Is hereby given that 0. W. Co.haa filed hS petition nil May 21 , IIKVJ , signed by I the lequlslto number of freeholders ol thu i ! Village l Stella , Hlchardson county. Ni > - brasku , as-klnjf tliat a license as a saloon keeper be Kranted to him to sell imdt.spliil- uons and vinous liquors on lot il , block 11 li said village foi the municipal year June 1 , K Y , ami ending .May 31 , l'X)7. ) J. ( ' . KIIMIIIS : : , Village Some of our merchants told through Tlie Tribune's advertis ing columns last week how they j are competing with the catalogue house prices. The simile truth of the matter is that you can buy better Koods for less money riffht here in Falls City than you can of any catalogue house in the land. If you doubt this state- I merit 3'ou at least oxve it to your self to investigate. Land Merclmndise Aloney. I I Wanted , 80 to 240 acres bottom land for Hay it Pasture. Cash buyer. Wanted SO to H.u . acres Jwell improved well located- $7500.00 stock Clothing & Fur nishings for land. Can pay some difference or assume. $0000.00 stock general mer chandise fbr land. tOO acres , Nctnaha county Kan sas for Merchandise. 320 acres , Madison County , Ne braska , for Merchandise. Money to loan on farms. Mortgages - gages bought. HKNRV C. SMITH. UNIQUE DISCOVJM11Y. CHANCE FINDING OF POTASSIUM SUBSTANCE ON SEAWEED. California Chemist Picks Up Kelp Containing Deposits Strong in the Preservative Element. ix)8 AiiKelt'S , Ciil. I'IHHI the i-haiu-o which lud : i clu'inlHt of nn lnvostlii\- tlve turn of mind almost Idly to analyze - alyzo a Binall lump of sediment cling ing to ti Moating bit of Keaxvecd cast up by the high lido on tin- bench at San Diego , may hang thu lemiltH of thu most Important of the teed supply of tbu world. David .Moore Dalch Is thu chemist's name , and the discovery through an experiment In his laboiatory a fwv weeks ago may provide a substitute for the falling nitrate supply of the saltpeter beds of Chile. | Hie aged savant happened to betaking taking his early constitutional uixm the sand , following one of the early equinoxlal storms. At his feet he no * tlced a mass of seaweed torn from Its mooring upon the submerged rocks and cast upon the shore. IJnlch Immediately recognized the weed as a spceies of kelp , a broad leaf tucold seaweed. To It already had clus tered and crystallized In the mm de posits of what he naturally supposed to be simple salt from the evaporated sea water. The deposits liicrusted on the leaves oi the kelp .so attracted llalch that ho carried ( the seaweed back with him to his laboratory. There to his utter surprise , he discovered that In place of the simple salt of sodium the sub- Btauce was In icallty rich In potas sium. Hat It remained lor Deorgo 11. Alay- nard , llrst vice president of the Amer ican Institute of Mining Engineer ing , to recognize the full commercial value of the discovery. Mr. .Maynard , who Is well known In Los Angeles , learned of Halch'8 dis covery during a visit to Coronado. Necessary steps were Immediately taken to protect themselves In the processes for the extraction of the val uable salts and sulphates , and the three associated themselves In a part nership to exploit their valuable dis covery. INDIAN WEDDING IN COURT Bride Pays the Fee When the Bride groom Fails to Produce the Cash. Sionx Kails , S. . Capt. Seth 1ml- lock.perbonal friend of President Koose- velt and United States marshal lor South Dakota , acted as master of cere monies at an Indian wedding. The principals In the wedding were David Charging , a Sioux warrior be longing on the Pine Ridge reservation , and Nellie Little Ulrd , a belle of the I'ine Hldge icservatlon tribe of Sioux Indians. The bride Is not yet ICyeair of age , while the bridegroom has not attained his majority. The ceremony was performed In the federal courtroom In this city at the conclusion of a ses sion of court and Is the only Instance in the history of South Dakota in which an Indian couple was married in a federal courtroom. The ceremony was per formed by Judge \Vheelock. The bridegroom was financially em barrassed and the bride was required to pay the fee charged for a marriage li cense. The other expenses of the wed ding were paid from a fund contributed by witnesses attending United States court. A largo number of the society women of Sioux Falls were interested specta tors at the wedding. VINDICATES SIRE'S NAME. Last of Banker's $700,000 Debts Paid Off in Ten Years by Loyal Son. DCS Mollies la In vindication of his . father's name James G. Whitney , ot Atlantic , completed liquidating an in debtedness of $700,000. His had been a labor of love extending over a period of leu yealri. During the llnanelal stress of ISDo OC his father , Franklin H. "Whitney , be came a bankrupt and died , and the Hank of Atlantic , which lie oxvned , xvent Into the hands of a receiver and the I $700,000 which has just been repaid to the creditors was realized by his good 1 management of the wrecked estate. Franklin H. Whitney xvas the founder of the city of AtlanticHe laid out the town blto and established the National 1 IJank of Atlantic , which hcKubHuqucni- ly converted into a prixatc institution. Ho became a millionaire Eventually he speculated too heavily in Kans.m City and IJirmlmham ( Ala. ) real estate and his business collapsed. The shod , killed him. It was not bdi' * ! his estate xvould pay 50 cents on the dollar , but his son took a solemn vnxv to &ee that no cred itor lost a ct-Jit. and he has kept his word to the letter. High Up in the Air. The highest kite ascent was lately made at Llndenberg , Prussia , 21,100 ; feet being reached , with six attached kites and 1C.OOO yards of wire. The . temperature fcN * rom " degrees at the surface to 13 degrees below zero ; the wind 18 miles at the surface- was 5 < J miles an hour at highest point. Portrait in Print. A pretty young woman of Uoston re cently had the honor of seeing her portrait In print In a newspaper. The result of this must haev been a source of considerable embarrassment to her , for she had 800 letters offering mar riage within a lew days. She IB still single. PHOSPHORESCENT RODENTS Hats from Cuba Drive Ship's Cat Cinzy During an Electric Storm at Night. New York. The phosphorescent rats of Cuba , well known to science , drove a cat cra/y In the little British brlgantlne Venturer , that arrived at pier No. II , Kay I river , thu other day from Santa Cruz , Cuba. Two years ago Mr. Chandler thu mate . , procured a 11 mi big eat named Pedro , as big as a water spaniel , and the ( vessel was kept free of rats. After the ship had come through thu Straits of Florida on Its last trip Capt. lluniH found aboard the biggest rats lie had over seen. They paid no at tention to anybody and walked right around the cat , which seemed power less. less.At At night ( he rats gave out streaks that looked like green lightning. Their uncanny appearance terrllled Pedro , which would run for the galley and Jump Into the cook's lap for protec tion. The more sulphur and poison the skipper fed the rats the fatter they seemed to grow , whllo Pedro dally be- amo thinner. One night In an electric storm the rats seemed to bo greener than over. Pedro went mad at the sight of the phosphorescent rats and Jumped over board. Then the skipper and the mate de cided It was time to put up a Job on the scientific rodents. The crow smoked them all mil from below , aft and for'rard , stulllug up every nook and cranny Udhlml them. AH the briftniitlno was thumping In a yeaxvay the skipper aided matters by putting Its nose to the wind and then veering so as to catch the swell. Over careened the schooner and over wont all the green rats with the wash of the sea. DOCTOR'S PAINFUL MISHAP Breaks Vial of Vaccinating Lymph and Inoculates His Own Eye. London. By a slmplu misadventure a doctor practicing In a town near Manchester has become the victim of u peculiar and painful inoculation. Whllo breaking a tiny vial containing lymph for the purpose of vaccinating an Infant a particle of glaus How up and struck him on the pupil of the eye. Ad hering to thu glass fragment was an al most microscopic quantity of calf'.H lymph. The doctor realized the danger of vaccination to which he was exposed - posed and Immediately bathed his eye. So tender , however , Is the skin of the eye that the glass made a minute scratch and a day or so afterward the usual symptoms which follow Inocula tion gradually appeared. The pain and discomfort which or dinarily arise from the operation In this Instance are acutely aggravated and he Is going through exactly the same process as If he had been vaccinat ed on the arm. ThopatientcannotHlccp and In consequence the eye is never at rest. The eye is bandaged up and the doctor Is forbidden to read. When It is dark he walks abroad under the shade of the trees and away from the g lamps. The accident occurred a few weeks ago and it is the llrst of If H kind in England , though It is said two such cases liavn happened in Ccrmany. It Is not likely that the eye of the un fortunate doctor will be Impaired. CANINE CARRIES MAILS. St. Bernard in Idaho Makes Daily Trip of Twenty-Eight Miles. Uolse , Idaho. Lucifer , a big St. Hernard employed In carrying mall from Halley , Idaho , to Corral , an In land town , is six years old , and it M-enm likely that he xvlll have a "steady job" In coming winters drawinghlssled oxer the snow on the L'S-mlle round trip he Is making dally botxvccn the points mentioned. The white mantle Is very deep In mldxvlnter In that section , more thai xvo feet noxv remaining on the ground It xvlll probably be some xvecks before the roads are open for travel , am Lucifer xvlll continue to assist his master - tor , C. A. Floyd , official carrier foi Uncle Sam , until the snows are gone Mr. Floyd's contract proviTlcs penalty In case malls arc not delivered on time each day. Lucifer has saved many del lars by aiding his imter In transporta tion of mails on aClcd fitted with Knit able harness. The faithful St. Barnanl has had no dlfliculty In drawing the sled , and often has more than N"i pounds of mall on the load. NEW KIND OF DIVERSION. Snake Shooting Is Now in Vogue in the River Lowlands of Illinois. Alton , III. Residents f Calhoun county , 111. , have found .1 nexv diver sion to entertain travolcis in the form of snake shooting. SJIKO the Illinois river Hooded the lowlands it has driv en from their homes rattlesnakes , black snakes , wan-r moccaslna , and bull snakes , and the reptiles have taken lodging In trees. Betxveen Kampsvllle and Kldrcd the route of the old stage coach is noxv covered by a man in a skiff , who carries a rlno with which his passengers are allowed to shoot the snakes from the boat. The snakes arc found celled up In the branches of the trees , sunning them selves and waiting for the xvater to go down Charles B. Johnson , of Alton , claims to have shot 15 snakes In a ride of four tnllcH , not one of which was un der five feet long. Home of the Palm. Malaga exports 4,000,000 palm leal Lats to New York annually. LAST ROUNDUP OF HORSES Wild Equities of Washington Plains Will Bo Corralled and Branded , Seattle , Wash. Thuro Is to bo a roundup of 10,000 wild horses which roam the plains south of the ( Iretit Northern tracks In the Columbia river basin. They will be branded and many or them sold. Betxveon fiOO and 000 rid ers will take part , starting from 12ph- rata. rata.This This will bo the last great roundup In the northwest , for the settlement of eastern Washington has made It Impos sible for stockmen to raise range horses. Thu big stockmen will continue In the business with their inclosed pastures , but thu majority xvlll gradually go out of business. Toby Richards , probably the heaviest oxvnor of these horses , claims -1,501' ' head. Other groxvers have humhods of horses on the range. Some of them have been branded , but most of the horses have never felt the sting of the Iron. Iron.As As the horses are driven Into corrals , located at convenient points on the prairie , each of the oxvnors xvlll have to cut out. his own. It Is customary In these roundups for thu unbrandcd horses to lit ) sold at auction uml the proceeds divided pro rata. This plan xvlll probably bo folloxved In the Kph- rala roundup. Thcro are thousands of woll-brctl horses running wild In the eastern Washington ranges. The original herds xvcro of common cayuscs , but stockmen and settlers have for years been turning loose thoroughbreds and highly-bred farm horses to roam with the wild ani mals. The result has been that the class of horses baa boon rais'od rapidly and It s bolloved hundreds of horses xvlll bo onmlod up that will bo fit for any work .vhcn broken. A big parly of Seattle men will go to Kphrata to taku part In the roundup. A party of railroad men Is forming , and n addition Dr. Ilartnaglo , 13. 0. Jones , ot the Lloyd Transfer company ; Arthur Bennett , editor of Speedway and Kou- lel , and others xvlll make the trip. HENS WORKING FULL TIME. Fowls in Eight Counties of Missouri Lay Eggs Enough to Cover the Country. Jefferson City , Mo. The state bu reau of labor and statistics has com- ilctcd thu compilation of returns from 'our more counties , shoxvlng the ship- nonts of surplus products during 1905 , n preparation for the bureau's forth coming annual report. These four lountlcs are Adalr , Andrexv , Bates and Benson. They contribute materially loxvard maintaining thu glory of the Missouri hen , shoxvlng shipments of 79(1,000 ( pounds of dressed poultry , vlOIG2S pounds of live poultry , and ! 2,31,1-IO ] dozens of eggs , or a total of 27,073,080 eggs. Within thu four-counties of Audrlan , Cooper , Callaxvay and Cole , xvhlch had previously been leported , these figures xvould be changed In this xvay. Dressed poultry , 5,832,1102 pounds ; live poultry , 17,7-11HOG pounds , and a total ship ment of poultry from the eight coun ties of 23,571,108 pounds. Combined , the eight counties shipped 0,9G3,802 dozens of eggs , or a total of 83,500,311 eggs , xvhlch Is something like 21 times the population of the state of Missouri , or 7,202,957 more than the population of the United States by the census of 1890 , and the excess over that popula tion In Itself xvould give to each man , woman and child In Missouri more than eggs. The Missouri hen evidently Is spieadlng herself. Besides all this poultry and eggs , these eight counties shipped 8-1,999 pounds of feathers. FINDS $50,000 PAINTING. Rare Work of Art Discovered by New York Woman While Dusting- . Nexv York. Mrs. LouisaMacNamara , xvho lives In the Bronx , a foxv days ago xvlpcd the dust and grease off the pic ture that had him * ; over her kitchen range over since she had possessed ono , and found that she had a great master piece thai has been lout to the art world for many years. There has been excitement In the MacNanmia household over sliitu the discovery xxas made That It is a masterpiece is assured by the decision of an expert named llenzinger , xvho de- dares It is xvorth about $50,000. Mrs. MacNamar.i has thought the matter over and decided that , as she lives In a frame house , and the great xvork might bo lost to flio xvorld of art if a sudden fire should occur , she xvlll ac cept the price If anyone < omes forxvard to glvo it. The painting is supposed to bo by Levera , French artlm , who painted iu the beglnlng of the seventeenth cen tury. The subjcd of the painting is "The Fortune Teller " If cracks and the general appearance of ago count foi anything , there can bf llttlo doubt that the picture that Mrs MaeNamara poss-i'sHcs is old. Honor to Renan. Tintamoiis French theologian Krn- est Kenan , is to have his memory pre- serxed by a Hrst-class armored cruiser to IK- named after him This cruiser has just been launched at St. Nazalro , and forms ono of the group of 12,410 tons displacement , of xvhlch tbo Victor Hugo , the Leon Qambetta , the Jules Ferry and the Mlchelet are already members. Japanese Nature. Capt. Sakamoto , of the Japanese bat tleship Katorl , said at Liverpool 'the other day that If Englishmen would study the true nature of Japan and learn to understand the Japanese , the alliance xvould last forever and would Insure the peace of the world.