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r 'jzs '?--. - -T ' -- . ' i- 1 ,jr r&rjt, i. j i- : -. ' . Ki ByiiPffl! -MflA a8Pa nk-MU af Um Free. Flag of the free heart's hope and home! ' By angel hands to valoi given; - The stars have lit the welkin dome, 'And all thy hues were born In hea .,. . ven. " ". Forever float that standard sheet! ; . Where breathes the foe but falls be- .-. fore us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming ' o'er us? ' . Joseph Rodman Drake. - Hulif at Wat Peht . " . .There are many traditions and tlme '. honored customs at the West Point '' 'military academy which are held sa- '."cred by the cadets of that Ideal school " for soldiers, but it is doubtful if there is another custom as religiously kept ' : as that of hazing, writes WiUiam E. '. . Curtis In an article on the military .. academy. There has always been more " ' or less hazing at West Point and there always will be as long as boys will be . boys, although Col. Mills, the present superintendent, has succeeded in sup pressing the practice which has pre- ' . ' vailed there for several years of com pelling the freshmen to undergo phys ical exercises at the orders of tne sophomores and upper class men. It is difficult to find a cadet of any class who in his solicitude for the welfare , m of the institution does not defend haz "ing as necessary for the proper train ing and discipline of new cadets when they enter the academy. They claim ' I that it promotes the esprit du corps and " the democratic spirit of equality; that -. . it tames bullies, develops the cour . age of the timid, restrains those who : are too active, stimulates those who ' "" lack energy and corrects faults that " . cannot be cured In any other way. It is principally applied to those who are y. vain or "fresh"; those who assume airs of superiority, and those who are .; careless about their dress, uncouth in ' " their manners, slouching in their pos tures and indifferent to the welfare of others. The military academy Is a little -republic where the doctrine of equality . is enforced with more care and zeal . . than la any other Institution I know. A cadet who presumes upon the fame : of his name, the wealth or social posl- " tlon of his family or his own talents.ls . . toned down to the level of the average, ! while those who come from the soil and the slums, as cadets have come.are toned up to the standard of gentlemen. I These results are actually accomplish- . ed by comrades who sometimes allow . their enthusiasm and zeal to obscure ' their judgment and lead them Into ex . cesses. Then we hear of it through the . newspapers. But the transformation of " , an awkward, uncouth "plebe" into an T. erect and graceful soldier is generally . . accomplished quietly within the quad- rangle and the barracks, screened from public observation, and Is due quite as . ". much tothe training of his comrades ' . . as the teaching of his Instructors. The ; result Is apparent to everyone who has had the opportunity to Inspect a squad of plebes at the hour of their entrance and afterward at the grand review at . the close of their first year at the acad- !. . emy. There are two kinds of hazing, . physical and moral The latter is 'known here as "devlling,"and although . It is not forbidden by the regulations it ; generally tries the soul of a cadet more than the physical exercises ordered by his tormentors. When a boy comes ' ' here fre6h from the farm, with hayseed . .' In his hair, timid and trembling, or from some famous preparatory school, .'conceited and confident, his comrades ' of the upper classes take his measure , as accurately as the tailor who makes his first uniform or the director of the ' gysanaslum.who after a physical exam- lnation tells him how he can expand his chest or broaden his shoulders or . strengthen the muscles of his arms; and there Is always sufficient ingenuity In the "yearling" class to suggest the proper corrective. This Is the first test . . . of a cadet's manhood, the first battle of " the soldier. There Is always a great difference in the manner in which the . boys stand their hazing. Thus, some of the newcomers at the military acad emy sail smilingly through the ordeal while the souls of others are sorely tried. When, however, a freshman be .. . comes a sophomore and passes into the pper classes and later receives his . commission In the army and becomes .. useful and sometimes famous, he al- ' ways admits that the "deviling" to which he was subjected did him good and was as much a part of his traln- ' lag as the Instruction he received from . taa faculty. Hew a Dell Averted a War. A western Indian agent tells this story of how a doll averted an Indian war: On one occasion Gen. Crook was trying to put a band of Apaches back on their reservation, but could .not catch them without killing them, and that he did not wish to do. One day his men captured a little Indian girl aid took her to the fort She was quiet all day, saying not a word, but her beady black eyes watched every thing. When night came, however, she broke down and sobbed, just as any white child would have done. The stea tried in vain to comfort her, until . the ageat had an idea. From an car eer's wife he borrowed a pretty doll . that belonged to her little daughter. and when the Apache was made to un derstand that she could have it, her ceased and she fell asleep. When .caste the- dolly was still claaped la her ansa. She played with It all' flay, and apparently all thought of getting back to her tribe left her. Several days passed, and then the little Apache girl, with the don still ta her possess ion, was sent back to her 'When the child reached the with the pretty doll in her chatty hands it made a great sensa- ttesm. aad the next day the with the child to the past. She was kindly received and hos pttaMy treated, aad thromgh her the to amove back to tttt ia the set w-rpoae aad apaaot . af war? t amy own knowledge, for Chare, dwell aad toil, tn uw ac Daaasrawge. awauy MMk From task arc Lcsatlvely selected, daring the French war, say thirty able-bodle men. Damdrudge, at her own ex pense, tag suckled and nursed them; she has not withoutjdifflculty an sor row, fed them up to manhood and even trained them to crafts, so that one can weave, another build, and another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois; Nev ertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are selected; all dress ed in red and shipped away, at the public charges, some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain; and fed there until wanted. And now to that same spot. In the south of Spain, are thirty similar French artisans, from a French Dam drudge, in like manner wending, till at length, after infinite effort, the two parties come into actual juxtaposition; and Thirty stands fronting Thirty, each with a gun in his hand. Straight way, the word "Fire!" is given; and they blow the souls out of one an other; and in place of sixty brisk, use ful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcasses, which It must bury and anew shed tears for. Carlyle, in Sartor Resartus. Wheeler" Betara. When Gen. Joseph Wheeler arrived at Washington on his return from ser vice in the Philippines he looked none the worse for his experience in the archipelago, and while he appeared to have lost some flesh.he seemed to have improved in health, says the Chicago Tribune. In speaking of the soldiers In the Philippines, Gen. Wheeler said: "Our soldiers have done wonderfully well. Strong, sturdy, fearless boys they are, and not a man fears to obey an order. Under the conditions existing in the Philippines the work of the troops has been more than praiseworthy, and these same volunteers could winin any battle against any foe. I enjoyed splendid health all through my cam paign and have experienced no ill ef fects. I was favorably impressed with the Filipinos. They are. In the main. Intelligent, courteous and kind, and will make splendid citizens. Only one sixth of 1 per cent were Induced to carry arms against us. I think they are capable of self-government under certain restrictions. They could be given the power to make laws under such a system of government as has been adopted in our territories, and I believe they could get along without friction. There is a wonderful future for the Philippines. The islands are rich and In time of peace, with proper cultivation and with American enter prise, they will prove immensely wealthy. It seems to me that there Is no limit to the possibilities before us, and there is prosperity in store for both the United States and our new possessions. The School Mistress aad the Soldier. Everyone wants to do something foi the boys in blue, but not every one is as practical and self-sacrificing in the effort as the young teacher of whom The Youths' Companion tells this story:. A sick soldier who was ordered to a sanitarium on a mountain sum mit found on arriving there that but one room In the house was unoccupied and that so shut in that no one would take it A young schoolmistress had the best room in the house, having en gaged it long before because' of the grand view from, the windows. When she heard of the poor fellow lying in bed all day with only a dense wood for a prospect, she had the clerk ex change the occupants or the two rooms, bargaining that her little plan be kept a secret If your walls are so narrow You cannot see far, Knock a hole in the ceiling And look at a star. The little schoolmistress did better. She knocked the hole in a brother's ceiling, and opened up to him a whole constellation of happiness. Oat They Came. The boys in gray had fun yesterday telling jokes on one another. Said a Tennesseean: "During an engagement our company, In charging the enemy, ran into a masked battery. You bet it made things hot for us, and we lost no time in getting to the rear. As we went flying back the colonel of a Mis sissippi regiment saw us, and dashing forward and waving his sword, while he glared scornfully at us, he holloed, 'Make way there and let Mississippi in.' We made way without explaining, and the Mississippi boys rushed on the battery. You bet they started back too when they found the break they had made, and then It was our turn to laugh. As the colonel and the boys sped past with the sparks flashing from their heels we yelled, 'Make way there and let Mississippi out" Louisville Times. The National Eacaaapaeat The thirty-fourth national encamp ment of the G. A. R. will be held in Chicago during the week commenc ing Monday, Aug. 27, and there are many indications that there will be a great gathering of the survivors of the defenders of the union, and that the reception given to the Grand Army by that city will make the occasion a very enjoyable one. The general commit tee are about mailing to every post in the United States a circular giving full Information of the plans for our en tertainment Predecessor of Old Glory. The colonies had no easy time se lecting a national flag, it would seem, from the various designs that each of the thirteen colonies sported before a decision was actually reached. By actual count, sixty-four different flags had been in use before old glory was born, and of these thirteen of the de signs showed a rattlesnake in various attitudes of coiling and striking. Array Xews Note. The pay of a British commander-in-chief while in active service is 75 a week. Under favorable conditions of peace the death rate of soldiers is about five In 1.600. Tbe death rate of clergymen is 11 in 1.003. It Is intended to make the reunion cf the Roosevelt Rough Riders an an nual affair, with exhibitions of horse manship and other accomplishments. The British government owns 25, camels, several thousand of which are used in India to carry stores aad equipment when the regiments are changing quarters by line of march. FAKM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Ca-to-Date Cal- UsaUea of tha YUleati Hartlealtaral Oaaui latleaa. Whether, in making new strawberry plants by runners, it la advisable to pull off the first runners is a dis puted point A Wisconsin grower says that this practice is a mistake, and that the first runners are strongest and moreover they will not set too many plants in a row if permitted to grow. a Summer pruning always means a losa of foliage,' and that in turn means a loss in the development of root In cluding its vigor. While some advo cates of summer pruning say-the tree will survive, yet it is hard to under stand why it is not better to do this work at a time when all growth is at a standstill. It Is rather surprising that the secre taries of horticultural societies do not show more enterprise in advertising their meetings. The horticultural so ciety of one of our large western states has just held its summer meeting, and not only were no notices sent to the agricultural press, but not all of its members received notice of the meet ing. This Is an inexcusable blunder. It not only lessens the attendance on the meetings, but Is exceedingly an noying to those that wish to attend and receive no notice. A horticulturist advocates a hedge of the Amur barberry. He says it is "perfectly free from rust is a dark green, occupies but little space, is a very strong bush and spiney enough to turn stock, dogs, cats, rabbits and boys." That may be so, but what do we want of such hedges anyway? The day of the hedge as a boundary is past Wire fences are more serviceable and can be made more beautiful In appear ance. A barberry hedge Is something to keep away from. What advantage is there in surrounding one's self with a wall of thorns? a In preparing the land for grape vines, plow the ground deeply, and. If possible, subsoil. Then pulverize the ground thoroughly to give the small roots all the chance possible to develop. It Is best to set the vines not nearer to gether than 8 feet The holes in which the vines are set should be each 2 feet square and from 18 to 20 inches deep. If a large number of vines are to be set, the land should be previously marked off, so that the rows of vines will be straight both ways; as this both improves 'the looks of the field and makes it easier to cultivate. One grape grower advises to keep the sur face soil separate from the subsoil when digging the holes, and to put back this surface dirt first when filling up the holes. This will give the roots a good medium In which to develop. Onpe well rooted and growing the vine can send its roots into the less con genial soil, without experiencing a back-set In the fall, in regions where winter protection Is needed, this may be obtained by plowing a furrow on each side of the row and throwing the dirt up toward the vines. In the spring this dirt must be leveled to admit of even culture. The vines may be staked and tied to the stakes till they are two years old, when they may be fastened to wires strung between posts. The Daal Parpose Cow. There appeared In a recent bulletin of the Minnesota Experiment Station some interesting figures that bear on tbe dual purpose cow, and up to this time her advocates have not had many figures to draw from, as few experi ments have been made in which either dual purpose breeds or types have had a place. In this very practical por tion of the bulletin which deals with "Feeding Dairy Cows" it Is conclu sively shown that the average farmer's ccw may be lifted out of the unprofit able list and placed on the profit-making side simply by good care and proper food.' This does not mean that scrub cows can be made as profitable as select cows of the dairy type when handled rightly, but that their milk production may be so increased that they will make money instead of losing money for their owners. If this is true, it may be readily admitted that cows of the dual purpose breeds, or of dual purpose type, such as the care ful farmer who does not wish to make a specialty of dairying would select would make fair profits as milk pro ducers, N besides adding something to earnings by calves of the same type as their dams, or perhaps better adapt ed to feeding for beef than their dams. There Is one other point however, bearing on the dual purpose cow which Is important The cow which by heredity, form and habit uses a por tion of her food to add to her weight (taking it out of what a cow of dairy type would give to milk production) may be profitable when feed is low In price and unprofitable when feed is high. The reason for this is plain. The Increased cost of the food that she consumes to add to her own weight (a waste from the dairyman's stand point) when bought at high prices, eats up the net profit of her milk pro duction, which profit Is reduced by the. greater cost of the food consumed. The Xerthwaatera Giaealaa-. Coadeaaet treat Vanaers Bartow Steao gnpbic Report at Wlacaasia Horttcaltaral CeareBUoB.) Mr. Kellogg made a sharp attack on the Northwestern Greening, saying that In his experience it is not a good keep er, though the tree is hardy and all right Mr. Adams I planted about a dozen Northwestern Greenings ten years ago. They began to bear three years after planting, and bore up to two years ago. I had no difficulty at all in keeping the fruit till spring, even till May; and I kept them in an ordinary cellar. Mr. Chappell My experience is that It is not a good keeper. Mr. Tarrant I have had a limited experience with this fruit; It has not kept very well with me. Dr. Loope I think the fruit is bet ter than what we have been hearing about from the southern part of the state. Ia some sections of my county the trees were injured the previous year, and' some of the apples they bore last summer broke open, while on other trees the same apples were perfect Those poor apples will not keep, but the perfect apples keep weO, Yon do not want to select for keeping those apples witk a yellowish cast to them, bat yon want to select the ones that are greea ia color. The tree is very good, and so Is Its fruit, and I think very mack more of it than I did a few years ago. R. J. Cos Ib the fall of 1898 I was in Omaha. It was the end of Novem ber and the apple exhibit had been ex posed to weeks of hard coalition; aad the Northwestern dressing was tha best-kept apple on oar tabtaa. if the Northwestern Greening la carelsiy handled It will rot, bat when It in free from bruises it will keep till spring. In that It differs from the Wealthy ap ple, which, when braised, merely' leaves a hard spot Mr. Barnes The tree reqalres a won derful amount of pruning, and it takes a great deal of moisture to mature Its fruit The fruit will keep well it It Is properly handled. Last season I Lad 1,400 bushels of Northwestern Greenings, and got $5 per barrel for the best of them. .In planting these trees be sure and put them on the oat side of the orchard, where they win get plenty of free air. Quite a number of others testified to the long-keeping power of this vari ety, some having kept it till midsum mer. The testimony was so strong that Mr. Kellogg was apparently con vinced that the men that did not suc ceed In keeping It had not treated it properly. He said that be was re-' joiced at the-direction the testimony had taken, because the tree itself Is hardy and a!! right Orchard Grass. Orchard-grass (Dactylis glomerata) Is widely diffused, being grown all over Europe, from Norway and Russia to Portugal. It Is also found in north western Africa, in Asia Minor, and even, in India. It Is now extensively cultivated in the United States east of the Mississippi river. In this country ik' l Fig. 3. Orchard-anst. it is called orchard-grass because It thrives in the shade as well as in the sun. In England it Is called cock's foot It grows well in pastures that are quite heavily wooded. It will grow upon every soil not too wet but prefers a loam fairly sandy in texture. Heavy soils are not suited to it as in such soils it roots so lightly that it Is easily thrown out by the action of the frost On suitable soil it is a vigorous grower, and in this respect Is surpassed by but few. It is nutritious and makes good growth after being mown. For this reason it Is said to stand grazing remarkably well. It will also stand a good deal of tramping. This grass will be found to be very serviceable in a good many locations. Mexleaa Cattle Iadastry. Consul Griffin of Matamoras, undei date of March 23, 1900, says: Mexico contains a great many haciendas ad mirably adapted and almost exclusive ly devoted to the raising of cattle. A fact which is attracting general in terest here is that every season shows an improvement in the care taken of tbe animals, and also In the class im ported. The stockmen throughout this country are taking such an in terest in this direction and have im ported so many pure-bred cattle from the United States that on many ha ciendas one may find animals which compare favorably with those on noted breeding farms in the north. In former years, they consisted exclusive ly of the old, long-horned, Spanish and Mexican types, which have large bones and frames and long legs, but are deficient in flesh. This deficiency Is certainly not due to the country, for the climate, grass, water, and gen eral topography are decidedly favor able to animal growth and comfort and, while it is a generally recognized fact that Mexican stock is inferior to United States animals, it is the pre vailing opinion that a cross between the pure blood of the north and the cow acclimated here produces a large, healthy, vigorous offspring, with an unusually compact muscular develop ment iBspeettoaa far Taberomlesbv In the Elgin district Illinois, the state inspectors of cattle are having a hard time enforcing the law requiring all cattle brought in from other states to be inspected and to be declared free from the disease. Recently a number of stockmen in the section mentioned combined to resist the law. The result was that one of the state inspectors was ejected from the premises of a man whose cattle he went to inspect The matter was taken up by the grand jury and indictments were returned against five of the stockmen for im porting cattle from other states with out the customary and required inspec tion. It is certainly to be hoped that it will be made as hard as possible for stock owners in other states to palm off on Illinois farmers their dis eased stock. Illinois Is making an at tempt to find out the tuberculous cows, and prevent their milk and meat being used for human food. This inspection will be of little value if the state is to be made the dumping ground for every herd outside of the state that Is found to be in fected. The danger is greater in the Elgin district than perhaps any other In Illinois, for the reason that most of the dairymen there buy a good many cows to take the places of the ones they are constantly sending to the butcher. Peach Telloi Yellows Is a highly contagiosa. In curable disease of the peach. Trees affected with it should be destroyed at the earliest possible moment by uproot ing and digging them oat and burning roots, trunk- and branches, including fruit on site. No remedy savs that has proven successful. Dragging diseaasd trees or branches through an orchard will infect healthy trees. Latesammer and fall are the most favorable times for detection of yellows by symptoms of fruit and twigs. These are: 1. Pre mature ripening of the fruit, which Is highly colored and spotted and has the flesh marbled with red. 2. Pressatare unfolding of winter bads. 3. Abnor mal development of new baas 1b the trunk and branches, which grow late slender, sickly-looking shoots A Basra Wer!ds CeagTesa. The Pan-African congress, to be held in London in July, will assemble delegates not only from all the civil ised districts of Africa, but from both Americas, the West Indies and perhaps a representative or two from the sparse and scattered negro population of Australasia. It will in fact take 1b negro representation all around the globe, and give the black man a new notion of his importance and of his social and industrial progress wherever his surrounding circumstances are favorable. The Plnkham a Record H la a rmoord of mmrm, of constant oom ajeswsf ." obstkurtm Mis of womom; ills thmt domi out tfoopmlr? muffoHmm: thmt mmmy m to thmt Lyaw E. KakhmVs Vcjetssfc otrumtiomofftoti HowommmmcodbowkM mmt tmo omfoot mmtt omroot odvloo, for Mrs. Pmkhmm oommsoto womtom froo of ohmrmom Hor mduroom tm Lynn, Mmsom Omm mmy womam afford to ffmorothomedksmm amtt tmo atvtoo thmt has DEUCIflllC 6etYtirPtisiM rCllulUllO DOUBLE QUICK Write C APT. O'PARRELL. Pension Ageat. 1435 New YarkAveaaw, WASHINGTON, p. C. Difference la Child Valuation. It was a judge in New Jersey a few months ago, who declared that the life of a child, killed by a trolley car, was not worth more than a dollar. In con r.sst with that estimate a jury in the New York supreme court the other day awarded 820,000 damages to a 6-year-old boy who was partly paralyzed as a consequence of being run over by a brewery wagon. Children seem to be worth more In New York than in New Jersey, at least in the courts. shortage In the Salmon Pack. Advices from the Columbia river sal mon packing industries indicate the probability of a deficiency in the total pack. The scarcity of fish now in the river is pronounced abnormal by all engaged in toe spring and summer sea son. The one redeeming feature is the fine quality and size of the catch. PIso's Care cannot be too highly spoken of tm s cough cure. J. W. OBkien, 323 Third Are,, N., Minneapolis, Minn.. Jan. S. 1900. Steam may be a good servant, but it occasionally blows up its master. Use Magnetic Starch it nas no equal. Wise is the individual who backs his friends and faces his enemies. If you have not tried MagneticStafch try it now. You will then use no other. When the mist turns to rain the urn biella is very -often missed. For starching fine linen use Magnetic Starch. Your deposit in the savings bank is an object of interest. Your clothes will not crack if you use Magnetic Starch. Better throw stones at random rath er than idle words. Mrs. Wlnslow'a Soothing Syrap. For ckf Idrea teething, softens the garni, reduces far flsmrasUoB.BUayspain.cureswlodcoljp. ZScabottla A soft corn is nearly always a hard thing td bear. Hall's Catarrh Care Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c. The golden rule must be a pure one, as it Is seldom made to work both ways. Ladles Caa Wear 8fa Onesise smaller after usingAllertfs Foot Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot,sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. All druggists and sboe stores, 25c Trial package FREE by malL Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeBoy, N.Y. Some men have no taste, but if the color is all right they take chances on it Care, worry snd anxiety whiten the hair too early. Benew It wtih Pasmr's Hair Balsam. II1XDKECORX8. tbe liest cure for corns, iscta. Teplitz, a small watering place in Bohemia, claims the honor of being Gen. Cronje's birthplace. Throw physio to the dojrs if you don't want the dogs but if you want good digestion chew Beeman'R Pepsin Gum. "Filthy lucre" doesn't mean gold. It means bank bills after they have been in circulation for a dozen years. Are Toa TreaMed with DaadraaTT If so, get a bottle of Coke Dandruff Cora. All druggists and barbers. $1.00. Don't be too critical with other people, that is to say. You can't be too critical with yourself. When buying a package, of "FaalUaas Starch" ask your grocer for tha book or humor that goes with it f re When a baby cries without shedding any tears It Is generally reasonably safe to spank him. IRON BEDS -Z iuTiu?iii mS iZwa troubioo of romo mom rnBrtoa1.tXxlIX.conaaW T . MKsaTr SUPPLY MME, aWWIaUPOUtf afJIWa. SaasSSar' t.HbL BOtwrra' swiy house. mmXEFoum, mm. The poMcsmsB of PeWB are, or at least wars, armed calefy with small drams, which they teat loudly la or-. !der, it is presumed, to let burglars kaow they are comlag. All Bight loag the watcamea teat their way around the streets, aad as a aataral coase queaee are said to make few irrosts. The pfgeoaa of Peklag 'have each a light whistle tied to their talla, which give forth a loud souad as tney fly. The blind also ase drams to announce their coming and wan other people to get out of their way. Sunday m a day of strength; the other six are week days. Asa Taa Vaftaa; AUasra Vaat-muaT Tt ta tha onlv cure for SwoUeau Smarting. Burning. Swcatiag Feet Coras and Bunions, ask ror Aliens Foot-Eaaa. a nowder to be shaken lato the shoes. At all Druggists sad Shoe Stores, 28c. Sample seat FKK. Ad dress Alien & Olmsted. LeKoy. N. T. Aa Aerolite la Soak. Pawnbrokers take some curious pledges, but it is not often that they receive one from another world. A London pawnshop, however, exhibits in its window as an unredeemed pledge a magnificent earolite, a mass of fused metal that fell, as It were, from heaven to provide a poor man with his beer. A ticket bears the statement that it was brought from the arctic regions by a sailor." Reached tha Tea Frosa the Banks. The United States navy is not the only one whose chief constructor rose fronr the ranks. Sir William White, who has just resigned from that post In the British navy, began life in the uevonport dockyards as an apprentice shipwright. He has designed all the ships of England's navy. His successor, Mr. P. Watts, is similarly a self-made man. Cloads Height FiRarcd. To determine the height of clouds an observer at each of two stations a mile or more apart measures the an gle and altitude of some point of a cloud, the identity of which is ascer tained from conversation by tele phone, while synchronism in the ob servation is" secured by the beating of electric pendulums. This is tbe meth od used at the celebrated observatory at Upsala, in Sweden. Boatea's Free Baths. Boston has already opened its free public batns, and will keep them open until after Labor day! The bath trus tees asked tne city authorities for 1106,000 for the proper maintenance of the baths, and got only $70,000. They decided that summer bathing is the greater public necessity, and will spend most of the money for that, making no attempt to keep open the winter baths. Began HI Career at Age of Eight. J. C. Monagban, ex-consul at Mann helm and Chemnitz, who has ueen ap pointed proiessor of commerce In the new school of commerce established by the Wisconsin state university, be gan work In a cotton mill at Salem, Mass., when only 8 years old. He at tended night schools and after many reverses managed to work his way through Brown university. Tha Bevrrldjres Met at College. The late Mrs. Beveridge, wife of the Indiana senator, first met her husband while she was a fresh u::n anl he a junior at Du Pauw university At col lege she was a member cf tbe Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity, and in after life vas well known throughout Iu Jisna for her large charities. Faster as a Historian. Ex-Secretary of State John W. Fos ter has just completed writing a work on American history, which is to ap pear next fall. Theory may be well enough in its way, but lawyers and physicians pre fer practice. A maemy Mafc . 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Major Esterhaxy has returned to Paris, and is again appearing In puit He. He seems to be well-to-do, yet he is not engaged in any business, so ruiror says that he gets a government pension. Mich Beatal far a Hotel. The Park Avenue hotel, at Fourth avenue and Thirty-third street. New York, has passed into new manage ment It was leased last week for ten years for nearly $1,000,000. This ren tal Is 25 per cent more than was paid for the last ten years. The edifice was built by Alexander T. Stewart, who intended it for a woman's hotel. It has been a quietly, fashionable hostelry for a numebr of years. Hoeefnl as to Kesalts. Withara, the Georgia banker, and his party of cashiers and pretty girls, left New York for the south the last of the week. There have been no marriages as tbe result of the trip, although it is understood that matri mony was one of the objects of the junket. 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