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WANTS TUM FACTS. Tillman Asks Pointed Questions About Some Hank Trnnsnetions. Senator Tillman Introduced a res olution calling upon the Senate com mittee on (huinee lo conduct au in vestigation and answer some pointed questions bearing upon financial legislation. Among the questions asked are as to whether the national banka of New York York are in tho habit, under the guise of commercial loans, of furnishing permanent capi tal for spec-illative or other enter prises; whether the Treasury D?part mont had knoweldge of the loans by the National Hank of North America of New York, which are the subject of a suit by the receiver against C. W. Morse, and of other similar trans actions in other national banks; whether the national banks are en gaged by themselves or through oth er organizations in attempting to control or dictate Hie legislation of Congress upon Hie currency ques tions. * SHOT FHO.M AMBUSH. Three Men, All Prominent, Shot From Convent Grounds. Dr. Glovonnl Crana, a prominent physician; his brother in law, John Oro fl no, and a friend, Alfonso Mole, were shot from ambush in Y bor Olly, Fla., by four men, who had secreted themselves in the grounds of St. Joseph's Convent. Mole will prob ably die, the others being only slight ly wounded. All are Italians, and the shooting is believed 1o be the re sult of u Clack Hand Clot. F?vo thousand dollars was demanded from Dr. (liana several weeks ago. and he had ulso boen warned lo leave tho eily. Demands have also been made on other prominent. Italians, and much alarm has prevailed in the Italian colony. The police have ar rested five Kalians on suspicion. Defied Superstition. Defying superstition the Herald of Sta ti u g ton, l'a., began publication as n weekly on Friday. September I".. Tho first copy was taken Hom thu press at bl minutes lu bue ."i o'clock, in the pt cst ncc of I? witnesses, Scheme to I Irrigate Sahara. Proposed schemes to irrigate tho Dosert of Sahara are said to be im practicable because of Hie great dapth of thc overlaying deposit of saud. IT? who is not af rs ld tn Hin t? Cosmos, Carls, as the best means Of raining sunken vessels, and the jour nal says the obi methods should be abandoned. |{ points to a number et big boals which have been rescued from the deep this way. The Ka var ian, wrecked on the Canadian coast, is the latest example al home. Pickled Eggs Eggs of China. Tim famous pickled eggs of China aro preserved with a pickle made of common mud. salt, sill!peter and soy bean same, all mixed together The eggs aro coated with a plaster of ibis mixture and laid away until "ripe," when they an ready for the table, prepared in this way (hey will keep several months. Denmark H re a Rat baw. Denmark has a rat law. The Na tional flovernhieni is to spend ui.fJOO a year and borough councils its i'd per loo persons pet year to exterminate the pests. Kai li rat is saul to cost a farthing a day.Ill the material it (|eS troys. In is weeks the pipil rats des troy cd amounted to lO.'I.OOO Polyglot Dattery Park. Battery Park in New Vork City ls a school of languages, A French visitor in the <it\ who cnn speak In nine tongues heard every one of them there one dav last week. Boston Leads in Te!ephon?s. Boston is the greatest telephone user In Hie world, according to tim annual report of the New Kugle nd Telephone and Telegraph Con pa ny EJVory day in New F.llgiflnd th. is "" in average ?>f 9!lf?,858 t?l?phone < en versions. In Posten there is a phone for every 11 persons. Kin to the Frog. The salamander looks like a lizard, but Hs character, is that of the frou The old story that thc salamander can endure lire is unfounded. Tho wurst (bing a Lon t failure is Ibo kind ol sympathy that goes with it. A DISPATCH from Los Angelos says a plan for defeating Bryan by bringing out candidates from many sections of the country is being worked hy the so-called Democrats who really want a Republican elect ed President. Tino Republican Supreme Court ! of Ohio luis decided that tho convic tion of tho Bridge Trust magnates ia unconstitutional and turned thom lose. Of course these gentlemen are expected to contribute liberally towards the Republican campaign fund. Gen. Le? mt tho Wilderness. Ther? ho etood, the grand old hero, great Virginia's god-llko son, Second unto none in glory-oquul to her Washington; Gazing on his line of battle, as lt wavered to and fro; 'Neath tho front and flank advances of tho almost conquering foe, Calm as was that clear May morning, ero tho furous death-roar broke From tho Iron-throated wa?' lions crouching 'neath tho cloudy smoke; Cool, as tho' thc battle raging ?vas but mimicry of fight, lOach brigado an Ivory castle, and each regiment a knight; Chafing in reserve beside him, two brigades ol' Texans lay, /ill Impatient for their portion In the fortunes of the day. Shot and shell aro 'inong them fall ing, yet unmoved they silent .stand, Looking, cager tor Ibo battle, but a walllng his command. Suddenly he rode before them, as tin forward line gave way. Raised his bat. with courtly gesture. "Follow mo and save the day!" Hut as tho' by terror stricken, still and silent stood thal, troop, Who were wont, to rush in bailie with a fierce avenging whoop, lt was bul a single moment, then a murmur IhrU' them ran, Heard above the cannon's roarng as it passed from man to man. "You go hack and we'll go forward!" now Hie waiting leader hears, .Mixed willi deep impatient subbing as ol'st ron;', men moved lo tears Once again he gives t,lie order, "I'll lead yon on I be tye! " Then thru' all the lino ol' battle rang a loud determined "No!" Quick as thought a gollan! major, with a linn and vise-like grasp, Seized tho general's bridle, shouting "Forward, boys! I'll hold bim fast!" Then agaa the bat was lifted "Sir I the elder man ; Loose my bridle, 1 will lead them," in a measured lone and calm. Trembling with suppressed emotion, with intense excitement bot In a quivering voice the Texan, "No by Cud, sir, you shall not!" Hy them swept ibo charging squad ron with a loud exultant cheer; .We'll take tho salient, General, if you watch its from the rear. ny mis uno spontaneous toaeu 01 ni? soldiers child-like love! A man doesn't mind being fouled if ho does it himself. The next popt thing to wealth is a dsposltion lu Smile under a cloud of debts. Another .Scandal. Another scandal is browing in Congress, hut that is nothing hew for a Republican Congress. It gen orally has ono or moro on its hands. 1 In 1902 lhere were charges made! and evidence produced that tho same Holland-Electric Boat Compa ny that is now under charges was mixed up in dubious transactions, and thos? eminent Republican .tatesmcn Lemuel li. Quigg and Congressman Lossier were toasted over the lires of investigation, but wore whitewashed by a considerate Congress, At that time Congress man Lossier said he would not trust but ono of tho Republican members of the committee on Naval Affairs and now Congressman Lilley says he j luis evidence against (ive of thom | This time they have Kx-Sonator M.! 0. Butler, ol'tbi; State, mixed up it the scandal, and that gentleman im mediately went to Washington t< face his accusers when he hoard ol his name hoing connected with j. shady transaction in connection will tho Holland-Elec'ric Company tha' is now under invention. Tho Kx Senator was real ?vind To Probe for Graft. Chairman Wanger of the House Committee on Expenditures in the Post-office Department proposed to investigate that department on the ground that. "Some of the expend?* tures appear lo have been made in contravention of law." No doubt ho has in mind thc payment of the salary and expenses of Assistant Postmaster General Frank Hitch cock while engaged in influencing Southern postmasters to wo'-k for Taft's presidential boon. The Com mittee on Expenditures in the war Department would do well to follow Mr. Wanter's example, and inquire into the payment, of Taft's own sal ary and expenses out of the Treas ury, while he is'engaged in traveling and speaking in the advancement of his own boom. Such graf t?rig ought to he exposed and punished, even though it is countenanced by Presi dent Roosevelt. MOVING P1CTURE8 IN ITALY. Thc Resldento In That Land Are Sur feited With Dancing Women. Milan, the centre of Italy for tho moving picture machine trude, luis al ready about forty such theatres. Bvory available hall is bel?g turned into a moving picture show, while nearly every second and third rate theatre and "cate chantant" linishos the evening's performance with a few cinematograph pictures. During tho dull summer season even the larger theatres arc used. Dramatic ?md tragic scenes, natural .-scenery of an Interesting nature, and comical fart es arc sure to lill thc hall at ?my time in Italy. Tho Italian loves to sic living scenery; lei- i? stance, a moving picture view ot Ni. agara Palls was a hugo success here a short lime ago. The Italian also like*? to sec typical scenes of national life, such as for Instance, hull lights in Spain ami winier sports on the snow and ice In Switzerland, Rail way scenery is very uoeopinblo, a? ?re views of lurge iowas. Pictures of Hm larger towns of the United states would he ?i huj:e success in Milan. Occasionally typical scenes from Am erican life have b0( ti thrown on the sheeting, such is cowboy life and train wreckers. The Italian is dis gusted, If not already surfeited, with pictures of singing and dancing wom en, neither does he like fantastical scenery from fairy tales. Plentiful Game in Germany. Half a million sportsmen in Ger many, kill annually .pi,nan head of red and fallow deer, -jen.nan roebuck. 4,000,1100 hares, 4,000,000 partridges and 400,000 wild duck, lil all some 25,000.000 ki Inc ra ms Of wild ga ino Ot n value of 2fi.000.00n iinirks. or $">. 000,000, form Inf? m arly I poi- cent ol tho total meat supply of Germany. Tobacco In the Philippines. ? ob.?cc ) ls tho fourth largest ex pori <>l the Philippines, while lu point of total cro|i value it is only exceeded by hemp and rice Thc main tobacco bell is embraced In Lu zon, ('cha and Panay. thc famous Capayan Valley, in Luzon, producing the hulk ot tin- fl net grades. Con. i sidered as a manufacture tho making or cigar? and cigarets is the largest I lld tildi y in t In island today. 12.000 Miles For $15. j What is probably the cheapest rate for a sea Voyage ever offered is that now made available hy the Govern- ! mont of New South Wales, Australia,! to young women who aro prepared to far behind thy ICu rc pen ii countries in the matter ol aerial navigation is t he opinion of Major Henry ll Hwy, chief inspector of Hie Government Meteorological Service. lb- orROs that au aeron?utica] department be established hy tlx Government lo keep pace wit li the ICu ro pea tl Pow crt:. There Wore Other Pockets. Nallian Straus wa s driving his mare Ida Highwood, on thc New York speedway. A company promo, ter. noted no less for Ills wealth than his unscrupulousness, .lashed hy and Mr. Straus said- "There is Plank. When he caine lo Ww Yon, in (he seventies ho had only a iloliai Iii his pocket." Mr Straus paused am! smiled. "However," he said, "(hore Were ethel pockets." BUrdctt's "Owl Nest." George A, Purdon, thc noted neston com po.-, i ?o?d organist* and dean ol the Ni ;V Pa, kimi chapter ol the Am erican Organists' Guild, does all his work in ;. lint, room at iho top of his house ?hu)i he calls "dwi nest," In which i- H piano and all sorts of thors calculated to appen] to the musically inclined. Cr?mation In the Alps. Cremation make? groa I headway In thc A! ; Geneva takes the bad. both ?ti )<" i o| number and equipment, I ?! /lil ii h, \ar< n. lb t ne ami Ullis. ?i'1'" ? each building a second cro mato : lin. Pi ve other town? aro do me hk.''whe; lt not generally known that a spot . il of ox gall in one gall?n of wai.- will rel the colors of alrr-"?--' any ?.ls which an1 soaked In lt fore washing; also, that a (eacui of ly in a pail of water will impr the color ot' any black goods. Vi gae in the rinsing water will brig I'll pillk or green calico, ami soda \ do Ile ame u r purple er blue calk Failli I'Mre Damp. At 1 ?arl mound, Prussia, live n w.ie killed in the Lukas mine, the result of an explosion of i damp Thirty miners were onion ed hut they WOre resuced by th comrades after several hours heroic work. Delegates Ihinstmeted, Pennsylvania's delegation will to the Denver convention uninstrui eil," was (he pointed remark made Colonel .lames M. Guffoy, Democrat leader. The public had better got ready l hold its nose, as tho Thaws are aboi to ventilate their matrimonial ?nfl licities in the divor?c i Sty Henatorwhip." inj ; eld Republican says f the Kentucky sen t furnishes another tt for the election of ? senators directly hy ?plo. ' e legislature wah De it ballot by eight vot ng to the ordinary political game, the Dem ocratic party was entitled to the sen atorship. Four Democratic mem bers, however, refused to be bound by the verdict of thc Democratic primaries of the State in favor of Former Gov. Beckham, and thus a deadlock was created. ? "The final election of a Republi can, Mr. Bradley, was brought about under circumstances that do not reflect favorably upon the pre sent system. Two Democratic mem bers fell ill and wore absent without pairs, while another had died. Tho four Democratic bolters then voted for the Republican candidate al though, when their purpose was fi nally disclosed, Beckham released al of his followers from their primary pledges ?nd offered to Fupport tho releection of Senator McCreary or any other Democrat upon whom the party could agree. For thc Demo cratic bolters to persist in voting for the Republican candidate, under such conditions, was, from a party point of view no doubt, political treachery of an exceptional nature. "No such action was ever taken in Delaware by thc Republican opon ents of Addicks even, in the years of ins malodorous struggle for a place in the United States .senate, although there were many occasions when a ^combination would easily have sent a decent Democrat to Washington. 'Thc fact that these four Kentucky Democrats were willing to deprive their own party of a senator, and at thc same time increase the Republi can majority in the United States senate, reveals again the progressive demoralization of the Democratic party and the extreme bitterness of its factional feuds. "These legislative contests over senatorsbips arc vicious to an excep tional degree if they result in ii State being misrepresented. Wheth i have chosen a Democrat to the sen ate had they been given the chance of voting directly on the senatorship question. However the electors might have decided as between Bradley and Beckham and other can didates, (hoy would at least have set tled the issue beyond further dis pute. Ami the popular choice would have been made clear. But now Kentucky has a senator elected through an cxtraordinaay complica tion of accidents, feuds and deals; and no one knows whether or not he s the real choice of the people." Blames the President, Some Republican papers, especial ly those of the independent kind, are giving their readers information of the sorry pass the Republican party has brought thc countrv to. Thus thc New York Sun declares we are now indebted to President Roosevelt for: "Private confidence and credit shattered; decreasing business; emp ty freight ears and empty pay envel opes; railroad employees and indus trial workers laid od* by the hundred thousand; disaster made entirely Re publican: the Constitution kicked one side like a broken teddy bear; the courts insulted; capital persecuted and frightened; suspicion and hatred sown sedulosly among classes whose prosperity or adversity is insepar ably mutual; half veiled, sinister I iironhoeioe of riot; the army demor voritism, the navy cm i a mysterious and dan nture; currency reform civil service reform ord." night have added that heeti fined but no trust wovor guilty, is,yet in rriman, that malefactor il th, is at large and is ain likely to be a delc tcpublican national cort? e Trusts are still selling HU- than nt home and is larger than ever American people. Ser : in Congress, to say ?iuds being widespread, e is the Bandera box he people inherit from lo avt,: "lt you do not of the candidate you MOM B v CHANGERS KNOW A LOT Indeed They Have To, to Keep Track of European Co itu, and Coun terfeits. "I never realized until today," Haid a man who liud Juni returned from Europe, "what na undertaking lt ls to be a money changer. "I came bock with about $20 lil forolgu money, principally Kreuch aud Itullun. This 1 took to a money changer's to cash in. "Ho lookc. over tho coins rapidly, throwing them into little piles and putting down notes oa a slip of pap er. When he had cleared up tho lot he said I had $10.26 coming to ino. "At first 1 thought he wa? doing mo. But he was not. He showed nie a dozen or so Italian coins that had boon demonetized and were wort!) about 10 cents on the dollar. There waa u nice little pile of counterfeits that were not worth a cent, and altogether only about a third of tho coins that 1 brought home were worth their full value. "Tho only consolation I had was that I thanked by stars I am In the Insurance business and net in the ex change business for ni > poor little brain could not fairy half the things that those fellow? have to remem ber." The man with the ?oins did not ex aggerate. There are thousands of different coins flouting uuoul that a money changer has to know. He has to keep in mind ever> demonetiz ed coln made within th? last buudrod years. In addition to that there are conn forfeits. The Immigrants bring over heaps of bad coins. Many of them buy up counterfeits cheap with the hope of exchanging Hum at Killis ls land. Then there are the coins of the South American countries. They are worse than thoso of tho European countries. Brazil for Instance has a scheme all its own. Certain notes are good for ten years, altor that time for every year they lose 10 per cent, of their face value until tho whole value is used up and they are worth only the paper they are print ed on. As one man expressed it yon have to know the history of the world to be a money changer A peculiar part of the business ls the reshipment of coins back to the countries whence they came. Often during the rush season one firm sends back a million coins, while lt is estimated thal In the course of a year $10,000,000 111 ibr eign money is reshipped to Europe and a million to the rest of the certain price just as you buy eggs and cigars. CLO*^H I* LOM IRON AM.' STONE. A Wool Made in Electrical Furnace Fabric From old Ropes. Cloth of gold the fairy books des cribo; cloth of iron is a real product of the mills. Iron cloth is used largely today hy tailors foi nial.nu; tho collars of .oats set fashionably, it ls manufactured from steel wool by a new pro? ess and has the appearance of having been woven fr?iii liorso hair. Wool which luvet saw the bael; of ? sheep is being largely utilized on the Continent foi making men's sui:s. li is known by the name of limestone word and is made in an electric fur nace, powdered limestone mixed with a certain chemical ls thrown into the furnace and after passing under a furious blast of air is loosed out as Huffy, white Wool, After com ing from the furnace, the wool is dyed and finally made into length- of (doth. A pair of trousers Ol a coat made from this material caa he burn cd or damaged by grease and is as flexible as (loth made Hom t?io sheep's wool. SOUK* time ago an English clothing manufacturer succeeded in making a fabric from old ropes. He obtained a quantity of old rope and cordage mid unravelled them by a secret process into a kind of rough cloth A suit of clothes made from n and worn by the manufacturer himself proved strong in the extreme and kept its color well. lt is said that a number of goods sold by some of the best I Olldotl tailors at low prices are made of old ropes. Goose on Michaelmas Dav. The origin of eating c- - on Michaelmas Hay dales fron he lime of Queen Elizabeth. Oi way to Tilbury ''ort on s?"-' i5$9, she dined on roast go nj Burgundy wine. Wiih lin ' class she drank "Destruction li punish Armada." As she dra M glass news came of tho lb u ion Of the Spanish Heel io nu. Thereupon she or deret' iO.lSt goose should be sei \ i ber every year on that c; ..I the custom soon became gi i ral among the people, Quite True. "Tho best laid plans-" "Yes. go an." "I was going to say that the host laid plans <>f grafters are sometimos discovered." Tall persons live longer than short onon, and thoso horn in the spring havo sounder conidltutiouB than thone born at any other minnon. MQTHliK .o CHICKENS. "?*.. . Wot 1er?b^About the 8tormy Pet The stormy petrel, alias Mother Carey'? nilckou tPurcoiiaria peiagh cu,) or v<J'?.. lites oeuanlcus), ac cording as .<. reference to tho specks ol tito casi?, i a o, ?vestortt At luntic. ha? not got tho epithet ol "stormy" tor nothing, says Korcsl and Stream. As already stated, the bird appears to revel in a tumult of tho winds anil wu ves and actually does so for a go .0 and SU?loioUt reason. This ls that its food supply is very much moro abundant when tho ocean s agitated than whoa it is at rest. Then, the petrel has a decided habit of following ?hips, which has really nothing to do with Impending storm. No, lt seeks the ship, not because it is afraid or lonely, hut simply be causo the ship agitates th?' waters. Very likely as il fohows a storm may spring up and Hum, seeing the hird HO obviously delighted, poor super stitious .lark no! unnaturally thought there was some connection between them. From this lo a bc?lif In a companionship iu evil was Only a ate]). The queer notions about the stormy petrel did not end here, lt wrns be lieved (and the naivete or this belief is decidedly raey ol" poor Jack) that lt curried Ks eggs Hilder ils wing and hatched them on the water. li was also believed thai it could appear at will in the neighborhood of a ship anywhere about thc ocean. All tnia certainly pointed tu necromantic or uncanny power, and it is not to ho wondered at that the bird became such an object of liar and aversion to the poor man before the mast. Thc poet Coleridge has left us a fitiu plctun ol' thu terrifying Ir.flucnco or the albatross on the Ancient Mar iner, but no poe! s ons to have awak ened lo tin' possibilities of the stormy petrel as ti theme. However, we read much about it ott ami on in old chron icles or tales of the sea. In one of ! these li is recorded that the sailors, seeing the herald of storm join tho ship too near land as, they supposed, mutinied and refused lo proceed. JUST KICKED A CAT. Cure for Rheumatism Discovered by a Jersey Freight Clerk. A clerk in the Pennsylvania Kail road freight office in Jersey City, suffered from spasmodic twinges in bin right leg, which he attributed to rheumatism. ll" consulted a physi cian and spent a good deal for modi oine, but continued to grow worse. hM lef> and H .? iv l WOUUKU IMII. t A few minutes later he gritted his teeth hard and arose, j le shook his leg and feebly smiled. Then ho walked like a druin major across tho floor and boisterously shook hands with himself. The sharp twinges had disappeared and there has been no recurrence of pain. The clerk's doctor corrected his di agnosis when asked for an explana tion of the sudden cure and said that what he mistook for rheumatism was probably caused by a twisted ligament. Tho kick at tho cat straightened out tiho twjst and removed the cause Of tho trouble. What Glim Arabic Really ls. Cum arabic, which forms one of thoi more import,mt minor exports of Egypt, ls really the sap Irwin a spechV) kind ol tree which grows from three to five yards in height, whole forests of which are found in thc K?rdofan Province, and also near GCu.u, in tho White Nile Province. The natives aro free lo colled the gum. The season during which tho trees yield their sap runs from December to May. Pri or to gathering the crop the natives prepare the trees by slightly cutting the bark in numerous places. Tho sap then exudes, solidifies In the shape Of large and small lumps and is af terward gathered by hand, such gath ering being done before tho rainy season csomnieiiccs. There are two main classes of gum ambcr-llko and bleached. In the latter the gnni is merely exposed (o the strong action of the sun generally in Omdurman While in the former instance it is al lowed to retain its natural amber color. The confectionery trade if? perhaps the principal purchaser of gum arabic, though a Very larg? number of other Industries chemical works, printing and dyeing mills, let terpress printers and so on-o? \ In terested in this product of tho . lan. Dead Bacteria Dangerous. One retail I of bacteriological re search is the distinction between hi red ive and intoxica!ive diseases. In Uni former tho general multiplication of micro-organisms in the body of the pal lent is thc Salient feature, While in the latter poisoning is the cause of the malady. Thus, stales a well known authori ty, thc dead bodies of typhoid bacilli, Although destitute ol all infectivo properties, arc yet toxic when Intro duced into animals in VlrtUO of tho intracellular poisons they contain. Accordingly, in the ?ase of many dis eases formerly regarded as purely in fective, it has now become apparent that, in addition to the Infective, tho poisonous properties of tuc Invading bacterial colls must be taken Into ac count.