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jbA' '"Tr "Sw - 1 Cdumfr fif ES VOLUME XXIX.-NUMBER 14. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 13, 1896. WHOLE NUMBER 1,470. t ' r .. II ' b o o o o o 4 o. c o h N I - '- Ik?- II - r r. Ill EH. Santiago Given Twenty-Four Hours Wore in Which to Capitulate. TO CONFER WITH MADRID. llairn Borrn.i a Taiacraph: Oaccmtar raai th Aairim iraj to TUk Wbk m Svytttan If SaatJaca EsUi Oat Saa pan rtafwr WHI C-Op(ntt hi atoeaeiae; Clay. WASHrsoTos. July 9. The War de- has posted tae foUowiaf Gassy Hear Santiago. July 7 Per fect gwet to-day. At the request of Spanish gwneral es"tpioyes of English eabe company were sent in to him to telf -jfcS hi forriBnt as to sar- 3fec in food spirits and are maWiwy taeatselvea more secure every hoar. Gonads are much less danyerows than similar wounds made by caliber 43. AaKmg- the large number wounded there are few amputations. Perhaps ten will cover it. Gaceral health of command L good. Oae hundred and fifty cases of fever, which will run their course in four or five days, but none serious. I am feel ing szaeh better Shaftcr. Maior Gen eral. With aHArntn' Ah-st. July 7 The armistice has been extended till noon Saturday in order to allow General Lsaarea to communicate with Captain "General Blanco and with -Madrid. "Geaeral Linarefc informed General Shafter that he had no telagraph op erator and oae was ant into the eity accompanied by the British consul. F Samsden under the British nag l"ot a shot has haen fired recently on either side, but wcrfc is poshed on the batteries and entrenchments. Our po sition has been greatly strengthened during' the last forty -eight hours, the Asiertaen lines? advancing to within 400 yard." of the enemy and our hill side batteries, overlook and command the city General Lawtou's division adraneed 5") yards, to the great surprise of the enemj" The dynamite gun of Colonel Wood's "Rough E'ders.- in charyeof Sergeant Haliett Aisop Borrow, has been beautifully placed, hidden in a snug pit. The streams have been bridged over. allowing the transportation of heaTy artillery with facility and the roads hare been greatly improved. The general health of the soldiers is good. The armistice is affording a long Heeded rest for our men and they are ow ia good shape to resume nghting General Linares is evidently weak ening, and the mediation of the bishop cf Santiago and the consular com panies may persuade him to surrender. In case hostilities are resumed, the plan of aaesult is for Hear Admiral Sampson to bombard the forts at the mouth of the harbor, driving- the men away frees the guns, and then land a thousand men and occupy the forts, while men. with grappling irons, go in and countermine the harbor The fleet will then eater and bom bard the eity supporting the land assault. General Garcia, the insurgent com mander. receiTed orders yesterday, no to attack the Spaniards while the ne gotiations are on foot. The Spanish cruisers are still filled with charred bodies and the buzzards are holering about the wrecks. The Cubans, by Sear Admiral Sampsons orders, have buried the bodies of over 100 Spaniards, which were washed ashore. THEIR BRAVERY RECOGNIZED. far Ha a. W4 aal Waswdtgto-"'. July 9. The President to-day sent these nominations to the Senate War Vciunteer army Brigadier generals of volunteers to be major gen erals. EamGton S. Hawkins. Henry W Lawton. Adna S. Chaffee. John C. Bates. To be brigadier general Colonel Leonard Wood. First regiment United Sta"e volunteer cavalry ("Rough Kiders"); Lieutenant Coloael Chambers XcKibbin. Twenty -Srt infantry First regiment volunteer cavalry .To be coJoneL Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Eoosevelt. First regiment TTniTed States volunteer cavalry. All of these omcen were engaged is ( the fighting before Santiago. General Hawkins is well known in the West. "During much of his army life he has been stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. SHAFTER'S OFFICIAL LIST. AH o Pjlata. ar.. Est. July 7. In camp "sear Santiago. July 6: Impossible so far to get returns, but there has been treated in hospital at Siboney 1.052 wovsded. and there are still 300 in hospital here. Is Lawton's division there are killed, fbvr officers and seventy -four men: wounded, fourteen sfiKcrs aad 317 men: misaimg. one mas. In Kemt's diviaiaci Kffled twelve cmesrs and eighty -seven t""" wound- ad. thirty-six officers and 562 ;! r "j'i atxty-two tt-7 In Bates' brigade Killed, four men: :cec two omeers and twenty-six :: missing five men. Signal corps Killed, one mas: wounded, one man. General Wheeler's report sot vet re- -Shafter A REGIMENT FOR HAWAII. TCS. July 9. As a reiatt af he eabimet mrrfrmy to-day, it was de cided te suaamtcxi a regiment of trocmt to Hoaoialm immediately, aad the . at tke Fresco. Csu.. smtiaaaamwithto evaHaaie TO SAIL WITH SEALED ORDERS "W-iemnrsrwr. July 8. After a sion of the War board yesterday Sec retary Long announced that he had ordered Admiral Sampson o detach from his own command immediately the Teasels to he in Commodore Wat son's Eastern squadron and to direct the commodore to proceed on his mis sion. The vessels of the squadron Trill not be the same as those originally se lected, for the reason probably that the recent engagement with Cervera squadron necessitated some changes. The new Eastern squadron will consist of the battleships Iowa and Oregon, the protected cruiser Newark, and the auxiliary cruisers (carrying side ar mor) Dixie. Yankee and Yosemite, the colliers Aberenda. Cassius. Caesar, Leonid and Justin, and the supply boat Drimonico. The order prorides that each ship to a marine rerdtsTuus. which wQI be designated in sealed orders to present its exposure to the slightest possible danger from the enemy, and the most that is known is that it will not be long after that before the American squadron will be in full pursuit of Casaara and his remnant of the Span ish nary. Meanwhile, the gathering of the American fleet ofi the Spanish ports is expected to have a sobering effect upon the inflamed people. The war department admitted for the first time that two expeditions. one on the Florida, and another on the Fanita. had successfully proceeded from Florida ports to points in Central and Western Cuba, where large quan tities of arms and supplies w-re land ed for General Gomez's command. PERCENTAGE OF LOSS URGE. Gaaaral Kesf Dtvtalaa safferea SevcratT la SmaUaso Flxhs. With Gexehai. Kelt's Dmsio-f, July 6. The following is the loss by regimeats in General Kent- division cf the Fifth army corps. This division sustained the heaviest loss in tne fight ing of July 1. and lost more men in the deadly charge on San Juan hill than aav other organization engaged in the Geaeral Hawkins" brigade. Sixth in fantry Killed Four officers and 13 men. Wounded Seven officers and S9 men. total, 123. Sixteenth infantry Killed. One of ficer and 14 men. Wounded Five cf noers and 104 men. total. 125. Seventy-first New York infantry Killed No officers and 13 men. Wounded One officer and 60 men; to tal, 74. Pearsons brigade, Second infantry Killed- No officers and 6 "men. Wounded Four officers and -.7 men; totaL 57. Tenth infantry Killed; One officer and 3 men. Wounded Five officers anc 35 men: totaL 44. Twenty-first infantry KHied: No officers and 6 men. Wounded One of ficer and 32 men. totaL 39. General Ewen's brigade. Ninth in fantry Killed. One officer and 3 men. Wounded No officer. 27 men; totaL 3L Thirteenth infantry Killed; Two officers and 13 men. Wounded Five officers and 5 men; totaL 10s. Twensy-fourth infantry Killed: Two officers and 11 men. Wounded Six officers and 74 men: totaL 93. Grand totaL 633. Total number en gaged. 5.100. In this division the per centage of loss is 13i" BUNCO TO HIS PEOPLE. CaUa rpoa Thesa to Flgfet to ta Last far netr Ccactry. Eavajta. July 9 Captain General Blanco has addressed the following proclamation to the people- To the Inhabitants of the Island of Cuba. Fortune does not always ac company valor The Spanish fieet. commanded by Admiral Cervera, has just accomplished the greatest act of heroism recorded in naval armalf dur ing the present century. Fighting against the American force, three times its strength, it had yielded glor iously at a moment when it was con sidered safe from the peril threaten ing it within Santiago's harbor The blow is a heavy one, bat Spaniards should not be dismayed before this misfortune, in spite cf its gravity. On the contrary, we must show to the world that our courage will not yield before reverses, and that we have the eaergy to calmly meet adversity and fight against it until we conquer it. "We have forces enough to defend our just causes and bring- us out tri umphant in our right, if we are united is the sacred love for our motherland. We must consecrate our lives and our pi opei t. to the common cause in the hcur of adversity The virtues of our country are being tested: let us surely prove the worth horded up among the Spanish people, and let us be in readiness before the peril which con fronts us. "Let us have confidence in God and in our right to uphold our country's honor and integrity. This is expected of you. Be ready for victory or to die at the front for Spain's honor and the integrity cf our paternal soL NOW ITALY WILL WIX IN. Two Tfcim-Claas Ci lii Orsered to Go ta tt fTUHoptai I ! Home. July 9 The Popolo Eomaao says the Italian government has or dered the third class cruisers Piemento and Db Gali to proceed to the Philip pine island. HAWAIIAN BILL IS SIGNED. XeKmlev Al caee af Hia Wife. WASHrsrsTO-r. July 9. It was by a ceremony of the simplest character that the resolutions annexing the Hawaiian islands to the United States last eveniag were enacted axaliy into law. It occurred in the cabinet room of the executive mansion asd only six 5:rsons besides President and "ara. cKxnley were present. cam. yra- Yok. July 9. A dispatch re eereed here frcsn Valparaiso. Chili, says: A financial panic has been oc- r . .. .. here bv the withdrawal of eold. which has caused the """ government to officially clsae all the beaks in Chili amtil die 12th iaac Durisar this ssmaeasibii tme government will consider the aility of asmisg H0BS0N TELLSJIS SHI. A Broken Rudder Made the M em mac's Sinking t Failure. STRUCK BY TWO TORPEDOES. ! Cmers Cmr Was la the Water far aa Xhaj Wra "rlefced Vp By the Admirml C I Nra- Yomc. July 9. A dispatcn to the New York Herald from off Santi ago says: Your correspondent saw Mr. Hobson after he had made his report to Admiral Sampson. He spoke in glowing terms of the courage and bravery of his crew. "We have been thirty-three days is a Spanish prison." said 3fr. Hobson, aad themwre 1 think ..aboat it the more ami nTnm it seems that we are alive. -It was about 3 o'clock in the morn ing when the 3Ierrimae entered the narrow channel and steamed in under the guns of Mcrro castle. The still ness of death prevailed. It was so dark that we could scarcely see the headland. We had planned to drop our starboard anchor at a certain point to the right of the ehanneL reverse our engines aad then swing the Mer rimac around, sinking her directly across the ehanneL "This plan was adhered to. but cir cumstances rendered its execution im possible. When the Merrimac poked her nose into the channel our troubles commenced. The deadly silence was broken by the wash of a small boat ap proaching as from the shore. 1 made her out to be a picket boat. "She ran dose ap under the stem of the Merrimac and fired several shots from what seemed to be 3-pound guns. The Merrimac's rudder was carried away by this fire. That is why the collier was not sunk across the ehan neL "We did not discover the loss of the rudder until Murphy cast anchor We then found that the Merrimac would not answer to the helm and were com pelled to make the best of the situa tion. "The run up the channel was very exciting. The picket boat had given the alarm and in a moment the guns of the Yixcara, the Almirante Oquen 6a and the shore batteries were turned upon us. -Submarine mines and torpedoes were also exploded all about us. adding to the excitement. The mines did no damage, although we could hear rum blings and could feel the ship tremble. "We were running -crithout lights and only the darkness saved us from utter destruction. When the ship was in the desired position, and we found that the rudder was gone. I called the men on deck. While they were launching- the catamaran I touched cfi the explosives. STRUCK BY TWO TORPEDOES. "At the same moment two rjrpedoes. fired by the Beina 3rercedes, struck the Merrimac amidships. I cannot say whether cur own explosives or the Spanish torpedoes did the work, but the Merrimac was lifted out of the wather and almost rent asunder. "As she settled down we scrambled overboard and cut away the eatamaraa. A great cheer went tip from the fcrts aad war ships as the hull of the col lier foundered, the Spaniards thinking the Merrimac was an American war ship. "We attempted to get out of the harbor on the catamaran, but a strong tide was running, and daylight found us still struggling- in the water Then, for the first time the Spaniards saw us. and a boat from the Eeina Mer cedes picked us up. "It was then shortly after 3 o'clock in the morning and we had been in the water more than an hour We were taken aboard the Reina Mercedes asd later were sent to Morro castle. "During the first four days we were prisoners of war we were confined in Morro castle, and I can assure you those were extremely uncomfortable and disagreeable days. The Spaniards did not exactly ill trsat us. but it took them some time to recover from the shock caused by what most of them considered our Yankee impudence in trying to block their harbor. "As a rule the officers and men who came into contact with us were gruff in speech and sullen in manner For Admiral Cervera I have nothing but the highest admiration. "His act of informing- Admiral Samp son of our safety I regard that of a kind hearted, generous man and a chivalrous officer. I expressed to him sincere thanks and the thanks of my men for taking this means of relieving the anxiety of our shipmates and our friends at home. He repeatedly spoke to me of his admiration of what he called one of the most daring acts in naval history, though I am sure we were not entitled to the commendation we received, for there were hundreds cf other men on our ships who would have bees glad to undertake to do the same thing. HEARD THE VESUVIUS COUGH. -While we were in Morro castle we were naval prisoners, but at the end of four days we were transferred to the jurisdiction cf the army and were re moved to the Reina Mercedes hospital on the outskirts of Santiago, where we remained until to-day. We knew lit tle cf what was going on in the city, though, of course, we could always tell when our fleet was bombarding the shore batteries asd we could easily distinguish the terrific explosions caused by the Vesarius throwing dy namite ati"1 Scleral times at night we were also fully aware that the land batteries were ftxhting outside the J fcitv. Las Fridav and Saturday it would be difficult to explain how aax- icus we were Jar sews of the success of our side iurlag the exurageaest. The little Tafia iiatTrm the Spaniards I "wouic give us eosdd not be relied upon. "One thing that I found out in the hospital 'was tmst a large number of Spanish oassers weie -wounded in last Friday's fight, for many were brought to the hospital to be treated. Num bers of baly aisaesl bullets w into thehnnwifiT imiuaiiou Friday, but I ili i nut In Tii h j imi was injured by taesn. Our quarters there were very dean and comfortable aad the food mas fairly good. In fact I have no reason toeom Xi7jj.ii iiT mn liailjM ! as pruosvers oj war. The prejudice which the S lards showed agTirnT as during the first for days soon wore away. "We conducted ourselves properly ami simply forced them to treat as welL Food is scarce is the city, asd I was told that we fared better thaa the Spanish officers. "We kaew aothing- about the deatrao tics of Admiral Cervera's fleet ustxT told by oar own people to-day. Of course our confinement feij irksome and I cannot tell yen how great was the relief we felt to be frea again. I cannot caicss my gratitude to our soldiers who gave us sseh a welcome when we came into the lines. All of us are in excellent health ami glad to get back to our posts again aad see the war through to the end." DEWEY WANTS MORE TROOPS. Xo Attack rasa tao Secaaa gaffltt Antra at "-Tn Chicaso, July 9. A dispatea to tie Chicago Record from its eonmmassV at, John T. MeCHSeiwee. "with Ad miral Dewey's fleet. Manila baY. July 4. via Hong Kong-, says: The Ameri cas troops, under General Anderson. which have reached the Philippines. are now comfortably quartered in the Spanish military barracks at Cavite and are busy preparing for active ser vice against th Spanish. No attack on Manila is probable before the ar rival of the second detachment of troops under General Greene, which is expected soon. The present force of soldiers asd marines is considered in sufficient to protect life asd property in Manila is the event of the capitula tion of tnat city. The soldiers, liow evcr, are all eager to beg-is the fight Captain General August! has desired to surrender Manila for some timcand for that reason the Spanish council, which is conducting- the defense, trans ferred the military leadership from him to the senior colonel of artillery. Governor Marina, whom Captain Glass brought as a prisoner from Guan, the seat of Spanish government in the Ladrone islands, declines to ac cept parole from the American pre ferrisg to remain a prisoner at Cavite rather than run the risk at being shot in Manila by his countrymen for sur rendering when mesaced by the guns of the Charleston. To-day the warships in the bay are dressed with a brave display of flags is honor of the Fourth of July, Th troops held a military review at Cavite. The health of the American foaces cots tinues good. The 5naniard3 are confident that as ample force from Cadiz will arrive soon and annihilate the Americans, and they tiil hope to conciliate the natives. In the meantime they de clare that they will endure patiently whatever comes and resist to the ut termost. FLEEING FROM WAR. Thousands of Kefagee Ilava Left saa tiaao Dastltara aad 9tarriax ElCa-vet, July d. Between 12.000 and 13.C00 innocent victims ai the war have fied here ia wild panic to escape the terrors of the threatened bombard ment of Santiago and they are now confronted by the horrors of starva tion. In their helpless confusion they are appealing to General Shafter for succor. Most of them are foreigners, principally French, or with a mixture of foreign blood, and their interests are being looked after by their consuls. "iVhen they were informed that Gen eral Toral refused to consider the question of surrendering- they swarmed out of the north gate of the city all day, and trudged through the blazing sun over the road, which, is places. was ankle deep in mud. Tottering old men and women were supported by children, and mothers with babes at their breasts struggled on toward El Caney. San Luis and other towns. They were not allowed to bring food with them, and thoe who have moser are a destitute as those who are" without. Rich, and poor, cultured and ignorant, white and black, are hud died together, choking the passage ways between the houses, all with gaunt despair written on their coun tenances. The ignorant desire only to be fed. and the cultured wast to get away, anywhere, anyhow, away from the war which has driven them from their homes. Pathetic sights are witnessed on all sides. There are women cf good birth and education, supported by frail girls who hide their faces from the vulgar gaze of others who surge about them. In the eyes of both mothers aad daugh ters is the haunted look which wild animals have when driven to bar. DEATH IN A MISSOURI FLOOD. Terriae Rain la orthwestera Cewtias Caaae Grca: Dasaaee aa Laai af Ufa, Stasbexkt. Mo.. July 9. The north western counties of Missouri were visited by a terrific rainstorm yester day evening about 9 o'clock. The rain fell is torrests for several hours, swellisg- creeks aad rivers into rsajiag torrents. West of this place there was a cloudburst. The water advanced ia a wave almost fifteen feet high, sweep ing several houses asd their occu pants before it. Four people are knows to hare per ished. The bodies of the following have been recovered: John Shermaa, Mrs. M. Smith. Charles Smith. The entire family of Mr. J. Davis is also missing, and all are supposed to be drowned. There was an immense loss of live stock among the farmers of vi cisiTy and in the Grand river bottoms. TWO HORE PRIZES TAKEN, Tighter W Washctgtox, July 9 The War de paatmest has received a telegram from General Shafters headqaarters. stating- that the auxiliary cruiser Osceola has easstured a fi-paah lighter loaded with proeiaions and valued at f50.000. Kxt Wsx. Fla., July 5. The small Spanish schooner GeJlito loaded with lumber, hardwood, ehiekema, sags asd provisiows of various leads has bees captured by the auxiliary gunboat "fcyrle, and was brought is here to day. CAMARA ON HIS WAY BACK. Pass, July 9. A cia maHi says the Spanish i re-esxerec toe easai on its wav i Spam atch from Is- HMktc DOMING PIGEONS FOR WAR. Experts Say Birds Could Not Be Got Ready In Time to Be of Anv Effect In a the War vith Spain. One cf the first things discussed Wren war was sees to be inevitable as the use of hosung pigeons Is the xaval service. Stcries have bees writ ten of the lofts stationed all along the Atlantic coast aad the expected great results from the service. But, accori icx to the statement of Charles H. Jacea. secretary of the National Asso eiatlom of Homing "Pigeon Fanciers, the lofts already established would be of little use is Cuban matters. Mr. Jones rays that the navy department has asked for birds and that fanciers all over the land have offered their champions. He and the president of the association have been is constant rcmmiraJcaticn with the navy depart ment since war was declared and have sent out hundreds of circulars. Ht says the responses have indicated the parrictism of the owners in a marked degree. The owners love their birds as men love thoroughbred horses and that giving them np to possible death is a sacrifice unknown to the laity. The birds go into inexperienced lands, run risk3 on land and sea from hunt ers, hawks, "etcL. run the risk of being eaten abroad ship, and the mes who bred and trained them feel an agony in thus giving them up. Many per sons seem to think that all that is reeded is to put a pireon is a left, get it accustonmed to this left and then turn it loose anywhere to get good re sults. The instinct of the bird is to get back to its home, the loft where it was bred and lived all the time before re covaL It is essentially a domestic bird and will persevere to death to re gain its first home. Birds from lofti on the northern coast would be avail able for coast duty with ships cruising there, but for Cuban and Porto Rican news would be useless, because they would return te New England if bred there and their dispatches would be useless. Lofts for use in the expedi tions no- under wav must be estab 'ished in lower Florida and Key West. They cculd be established in the Care- i - I CA JKK L ssstt smrnV " i aBBaaaBaaaPk)m "' M mmSlmmmBmimBiliRBU, SOME WELL KNOWN MESSENGERS Unas and Georgia aitd do good service, bat Philadelphia birds already trained would net be available, oins to ths great distance of travel and the cer tainty cf death before the birds could rsach home. Mr. Jones does not think the lofts la the scnthem states still to be established would be c any service under a "ear, a time so long as to prob ably make them useless in the present war. He says it is very difficult to train ycung birds. They can never cake a record of five miles until they are cue year old. They are never use ful even for short distances before tiev are four months old and then their tralniae must be by short stagss. Mr. Jcnes estimates that it will be next summer before any of the scnthem lofts "sin d ' an advantage to the war cr navy department. He says 2 homing pigeon ts be trustworthy must be tcugh. particularly if he is to fly over the ocean. Ee says carrier pigK-a is an incorrect name, fcr it the bird's absolute love of home which indicates his nature and name. Fanciers have received heart-breaking accounts of the treatment of -igeons by sailors in the navy. They have heard that the newspaper men have been served with baked pigecn on the ships and that the opening of the little aluminum capsule containing the message has been a species of zrace before meat. It has been reported that birds have been shot without discrimi nation and that their service therefore has been rendered void. Inexperienced men have sent them abroad at night fall, so that they have become exhaust ed before they haT been able to reach their lofts. Some authorities have said that the war department could handle 3.000 birds right now if it had them. Mr. Jones says this is not possible. He puts the effective limit at 300. He says it is not such an easy thing as one might think to ship a homing pigeon service. The lack of aa orgaaixed service in the haads of iaexperieaced men would make it impossible to care fcr any considerable number of birds. He calls attention to the fact that the pigeons are petted and caressed by their mas ters from the time they are squabs un til they die. On a ship it would be nec essary to have separate lofts for the birds from different cities to prevent putting thea; cut cf temper. If a green horn should plunge his hand into a loft filled with birds from different places to pick out the oae wanted he would cause all to become so exhausrpd and out of temper as to spoil them for ex ertioK. The training of a homing pigeon is aa lata eating pursuit. As soon as the bird ia old enough to try its wings it is take away is a covered basket about are miles from heme. There the trainer ties a tag to the leg indicatiag -ae time when tie bird was liberated! It is then loosened and drives at oace for its owe. loft, and the time of the arrival is recorded. No special train ing is seeded to impress as the bird what is wasted. It has the same desire the trainer has to get hoar as slick ly as possible aad it never fails. Grad nally the distance is ertended until the bird can make 300 miles ia a day. Then it "a temffj Bh" sywln. The one thing to be looked after In the training is to keep the bird ia good condition. Jest before it is liberated, especially if the trip to be made ia a fairly long one. the bird is fed. Cana dian peas and seeds and occasionally rice are placed before it. Thea when it is prepared for a fast for it will not stop for food it is sent out on its mis sion. Birds should not be left im th lofts over ten days at a time, as they become too fat and grow laxy with good Iivinr. The accompanying engraving shows phoagrapic pictures of four well-known pigeons now ia the service , of Uncle Sam. PARROT INSULTED HER. She Broacat the Owner of the sUv Tp ia Coart. Can the voice of an educated parrot be mistaken for that of a human voice? That was a Question that Judge Fer reil had to decide in the Butte police court recently, says the Butte Miner.. The judge decided that under certain circumstances a parrot talking might be mistaken for a person talking, and Arthur Powers, who was accused of disturbance and calling Mrs. Nellie Thompson names that were not at all polite, was allowed to go free because the parrot was to blame. According to the testimony given daring the hear ing. Powers, who is a next-door neigh bor cf Mrs. Thompson, was making a good deal of noise the other night. Mrs. Thcmpson steed It aa long as she could and then asked tne Powers fam ily to be stilL The noise cuntinned. however, and she again asked for peace. Instead of getting it a volley of oaths several yards long was fired it her cut of one of the windows. Sfce started back in amazement and. think ing Powers wis to blame, promptly baa him arrested, nls defense was that he had not said a word to Mrs. Thomp son, but his parrot had. and of cour.-e he had no control over the voice of the bird. The green fellow he said, had been educated by "Scctry" Orr. who had taught it many things better for it not to know. When Mrs. Thompson called to him the parrot began talk ing aad he could not prevent it say ing the things that insulted Mrs. Thompson. The bird was not In court. and it is probably a gCcd thing It was net. Fanny Toothache C: ' Before the dajrs cf dentists, and when , people generally believed in the value cf charms, there were ever so many mysterious way5 0f prewentiag tooth ache. One cf these was to dress the right side of the body first right stock ing, right shoe, right sleeve, right glove. A favorite plan in Scotland was to draw t a tooth, salt it well aad burn it ia full , view oa glowing coals. Ia Cornwall t maay save their teeth by biting the first young ferns that appear. The custom of catchiag a common ground mole, cutting off the paws while the little creature still lives, and wearing them, is traced to Staffordshire, England. Some people who are fond of exercise believe that walking twelve miles so more, no less to get a splinter of, the toothache tree that grows particularly , well ia Canada and Virginia will drive away the worst ache and pain that ever ! tortured a poor tooth. The belief that toothache is caused by a worm at the roots is prevalent in many parts of the world, hence this cure- Rednce sev eral differeat "dads of herbs the greater variety the better to a powder. Put a glowing cinder into this powder ' and inhale the incense. Afterward breathe into a cup cf water, aad the worm win ne gone forever. Th Evotstiae. of Taakc. First a Yankee was a New Eagiand- er thea a soldier cf the union arsv aad aow the term is applied by the foreiga press to all citizeas cf the Unit ed States. The Orraa. Taking the average depth of the oceaa to be three miles, there would be a layer of salt 30 feet dep if the water would evaporate. The goldfish is a great coward, aad a. tiay fish, with the-courage to attack it, caz frighten. L alatoax to death. BALD-HEADED WOMAN. Word cases fram the artaatlsts ad physicians that womam are gradaally becoming the eauala sf Im yet aa other direction; that we are, J akorc. more sroae to baldheadesaeaa fi used to be. The rapture af tlse rasbcI" t sack goad sews may well be iaf iaed. But few wossem have hltherts enjoyed the areroiatiTe of losing their hair to any marked degree, aad al though not so mock ashrertised as some other defects ef the sex. we may he sure that it has been aeealy fett- Tkat being bald-headed ws aa attrfat5 which the privileged sex wold them selves just as Here forgo had otai to do with the case. It was the " a! principle, not its particular applica tion to the front row at the theater, that allured. Tour rampaat women's rightster cares not whether a distiac- ctherwme; what she wants is to maxe mes. aad women upon the same plaae Bahi heads may act intrinsically he acceptable, but mea, as a rule, become bald-headed, while woaea. as a rule, do aot; therefore, bald heads are to be desired. Such is the logic of the wo man's rightster aad the cogent thins about it is not strikingly different from the logic of all womea. The fact that men may wear their hair short, while women mast wear it long, has long rankled in the hearts of the rampants. Most women radicals generally cut the Gordlaa knot, so cuaalngly tied by custom, by cuttiag their hair. "Long haired men aad short-haired womea' has loag beea the accepted way of de scribiag a conapaay of cranks. Ia such a case, to be sure, the pendulum had swung so far as to result in noth ing more than a reversal ef normal conditions, but, whatever its aberra tions, they were always more sigaifl caat of the revolt amoag womea thaa among men. It is doubtful if aay mas was ever fool enough to wear his hair long unless some greater fool cf a wo man incited him thereto. But merely cutting her hair short and persuading men to leave theirs uncut ia a thing easy for woman to accomplish. What she could not do was to Induce nature to let up with regard to her scheme of suffering mea to become bald, while womea did aot. Oae reasca for men losing their hair more readily thaa wo mea s said to be because they wear their hats more, which. If true, prob ably accouats.for the tenacity with which the clubwoman clings to her headgear. If bonnet wearing will brias about the desired hirsute equality, thea bonnet wearing it shall be. and nc matter how naturally distasteful the process. Some scientists and physi- I ciaas hint, indeed, that to the women clubs, with their atteadant devotion tc milliaery, is chiefly due to the physio logical change now taking place upon the feminine poIL Othera likewise hold the clubs responsible, but declare thzt the millinery has nothing what ever to do with it. It is because wo men have begun to think more that baldness is more prevalent among thm, say these. So long as mea did most sf th thiaklag it was mostly mea who became bald-headed, but new that the brain ot wemsn is being cud geled, that which thatches thn brain ot woman is being thinned out." -Organized effort,- it is needless to stat" does not accept either of these theo ries. It is even said that, pleased z the few are at the prospect cf enjoy ing the privilege of baldness, -just Iik men.- there is a large majority whe are quite worried over losing theii hair. "All else aside.- sj these "what shall we pin our bonnets u when we became baldr Italy' Crashing Taxea. F. Marion Crawford, the novelist who has lived much in Italy and cwni property there, points to the crush's weight of taxes, as cne of the causes cf existing discontent among the Ital ian people. Taking national, provin cial and commercial taxation together he himself pays upon the assessed In come upon a few acres cf land M p-Ji cent, upon the assessed rent of his house 23 per cent, aad if he paid In come tax in Italy the government would exact 13" per cent more. As there Is no limit of estate, real cr personal. &e iow which taxation Is not applied he finds it easy to understand the enor mous emigration which of late years has crippled Italian agriculture by seasibly diminishing the farming popu lation, while leaving upon the haads cf the government an immense area cf farm land ccaflscated for overcn taxes, which no cne could be induced to take under the present condition; ven as a gift. Such a condition ot things be regards as simply an in cipient form cf national bankruptcy. Utica Press. Henries' on the W V """Then the civil war broke out, sair. the old inhabitant. I lowed that it would last thirty days; then I set ? stakes farder an said three months, after that I give her a year, an' when th? year inn cat I jest let her take her own course, an' yoa knew whar ; fatched up at? Well. I ain't runaia this war like I rua the Iapt cne I'm lookiag fer six loag years of it. as' j T-r Sgr-itr fr onr Thar f Jnhn mtiH; horn $10 a month fer six years well be Trh 0rmrt9h tr car off rb rrtnrmr paint the "tcuse aa' buy a pianaer fer the gals. 'Course, that's ef John keeps I hia health aa doa't git kilt. It all de- pends oa that!" Atlanta Constitution. Flaats Csaide Dowa- It is a curious fact that the recti and braaches cf a tree are so alike ia their nature, that if a tree fce uproot ed aad turned upside down, the under ground braaches will take uato them selves the fuactioas of roots, and tne exposed roots will, ia time, bud aad become veritable braaches. Coaoaerrtf. From the Indianapolis Journal: She If you dare to write me while I am in the country. I shall return your let ters uaopeaed. He Very well, then: m have to use postal cards. And you know a country postmaster's wife has a good deal cf spare time. Tab Truth: Tommy I wish I hadn't eaten so much turkey. "Mother Why? 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