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Mr. Bret Harte's literary popularity
In England shows no sign of wavering.
His new book of short stories Is an-
mounced there as one of the notable
publications of the coming spring.
Vittorlo Bersezlo, the Italian dramat
ist and novelist, who died recently at
the age of - sixty years, wrote among
Other things a history of the reign of
,"Vlctor Emmanuel II. In five volumes.
Mr. Leslie Stephen has been seriously
111, but has. now recovered sufficiently
to finish his forthcoming three volume
work on the English Utilitarians. It
will probably appear about two months
hence.
Germany sends out a post card on
which is printed a red strawberry.
"When the strawberry Is exposed to
heat the color of the fruit blanches and
'disappears. It can be brought back to
Its original red color by blowing uport
it.
German railway authorities are con
sidering a proposal to abolish return
' trip tickets, holiday excursions and all
' special rates, thinking by this means
that they -will be erfabled to reduce thfe
regular fares one-third with no result
ing Toss,
A new Johann Strauss Is in the field.
He Is a eon of Eduard Strauss and a
nephew of Johann II. and has already
composed an operetta. He Is going to
etart this year on a trip around the
world with a "Johann Strauss Vienna
Orchestra." . ,
In Russia women are employed as
apothecaries. In the State and munici
pal dispensaries women prescription
clerks stand on the same footing as
men, while in the large cities like St.
petersburg, Moscow and Kiew there are
pharmacies in which the business is
conducted entirely by women.
"A Larned woman whose husband
hires the family washing done is re
ported to be the most economical wo
man in Kansas," says Austin Neal.
"When she feeds the baby she puts an
apron on over Its dress, then a bib over
the apron, a clean rag around the baby's
neck over the bib and then holds one
hand under the baby's chin while she
feeds It with the other. By practice of
this sort of economy she has enabled
her husband to save $9,000 In the last
Beven years." At this rate her husband
Should be in time a multi-millionaire.
In addition to the known wealth of the
Philippine islands it is pointed out in a
monograph Just published In Germany
that they are among the few places on
earth where the trees from which gutta
percha is procured will flourish. This
material ia indispensable for covering
submarine cables and electric wires and
for many other ues, says the Army and
Navy Journal. No substitute has been
found, and the supply drawn from Su
matra and Borneo is almost entirely ex
hausted through the wasteful methods
employed In gathering it.
The Nicaragua Canal' is estimated to
cost less than $150,000,000, but no care
f ul man will regard the probable neces
sary expenditure as lees than $300,000,
000. Canals, with the possible exception
of that at Kiel, have never been built
Within the official estimates. As exam
pies, the estimate for the Suez Canal
was $50,000,000; actual cost, $99,000,000.
Estimated cost Corinth Canal, $5,000,000;
actual cost, $13,750,000. Estimated cost
Manchester Ship Canal, $46,000,000; ac
tual cost, $75,000,000. Estimated cost
Panama Canal, $120,000,000; expended to
date, $277,000,000; estimated to finish,
$102,000,000. Total, $379,000,000.
A marble slab with a suitable inscrip
tion is to be placed on the wall of the
little house in Venice wherein Ruskin
made his longest sojourn. This little
house on the Zattere is known as La
Calcinl. Professor Bordiga, a distin
guished Venetian, prpoed tb' com
memoration at the last municipality
meeting, declaring in the course of his
admirable address that Ruskin "ele
vated the art of criticism wellnigh to
the height of a religion, uniting such
austere vigor with such refined sim
plicity of thought and of form as to giva
England the right to salute him as one
(Of the most glorious representatives of
modern literature."
"What makes that new magazine cost
so much?" "I don't know; maybe they
have to pay people not to write war ar
ticles for It." Indianapolis Journal.
jfor ripisn times of vkacf..
There are times when It Is well to look
around and "consider a bit." The ener
gy of man is ceaseless in the temperate
zone countries, and in no department of
activity Is Jt greater, despite the peace
council at The Hague, than In devising
the most murderous things possible for
the object of killing one another. One
can but feel the Justice o General Sher
man's remark that "war is hell" when
reading of , the pandemonium which
relfns, and has reigned of late, on the
South African battlefields, and particu
larly for the last few days with Roberts
dealing out death and destruction
among the Boers with his 120 guns
belching Are and flame and all sorts of
Satanic explosives over the equare mile
Where Cronje's heroic forces await ap
parently either annihilation or reinforce
ments. The awful scenes at Ladysmlth
and at Kimberley when people, many
half-starved, had to become, most of
the time, "cave dwellers," to avoid the
terrific missiles of war rained upon
them, speak also eloquently of the truth
of General Sherman's graphic remark,
Evidently . the time when the swords
shall be beaten into ploughshares Is yet
In the dim and apparently distant fu
ture. Immense standing armies and the
building of scores of new and great bat
Oeshlps are the order of the day,' and
Just as the Israelites went out to slay
the Amorltes, the HIttltee, the Jebuattes
and various other brethren, thousands
of years ago, so do the nations of to
day wage war and fight and slay. But
the times are they not tending to the
day when at last "Peace on Earth" shall
reign?
PROSPERITY OK THE JtAIhltOADS
The earnings shown by many of the
great railroads of the country are sim
ply enormous. , In many cases they
are far ahead of those of last year,
wnicn was considered a banner year
for railroad earnings. The railroads
in the South and Southwest are just
now doing amazingly well. On this
subject the Kansas City Journal re
marks: "The railroad business of the
country is generally regarded as an
unerring thermometer of trade. It un
questionably records depression or pros.
periiy with considerable accuracy. The
story told by the railroads these days
Is an agreeable one; they tell of
growing trade and steadily bettering
conditions throughout the country.
"An authority on railway affairs has
been collecting statistics of the earn
ings of the railway companies for the
month of January, and the result is
gratifying in the extreme. The 109
railroad companies reported, operating
100,000 miles 'of road, show an increase
of 15 per cent, in average gross earn
ings over January of last year.
"The increase was made up entirely
of domestic traffic, and the resources of
the roads are taxed to the uttermost to
handle the goods consigned .for ship
ment. More people rode In the cars in
January than In the first two months
of last year, and 15 per cent, more goods
were shipped. Last year, it will be re
membered, was hot a bad year, even
in the early months. It was far better
than the average of the last five years,
or than any other one of them. This
comparison, therefore, is more sign!
flcant than the figures Indicate."
VOKVOUXMCn.
Within the memory of almost every
body old enough to vote, the theory has
been tenaciously held and argued about
that the increase of labor saving ma
chinery in this country would prove a
disastrous thing for mechanics and la
borers, would result in throwing count
less thousands out of work and bring
untold misery in its train, , This theory
years ago had many very intelligent
and able supporters and thousands felt
alarm on the subject and even to-day
there are multitudes of devotees to the
theory. But the world goes right along
all right and there is more work now
for people to do than ever despite the
vast Increase in our country's popula
tion. The New England Statist well re
marks on this subject: "Of all theories
perhaps this Is still more largely and
more tenaciously held than any other.
But really its confounding took place
some time since; and the great Indus-'
trial interests in various sections of the
States completely attest this truth. At
the present time there is great lack of
neded help in the iron manufacturing
establishments of the country; and it is
practically impossible In many depart
ments to obtain a sufficiency of skilled
labor to keep all their machinery In full
working. The reason for this is that
the provision of improved and labor-
saving machinery has tremendously in
creased the capacity of these establish
ments for production, and with this in
crease has come a greatly enhanced de
mand for their manufactures in every
part of the world; so that, actually, the
Increased nted for men to work in con
nection with the new machinery creates
a d?mnnc! fr iannrers vastly In excess
of the number who were displaced by
the outcome of the Inventor's brain. It
ia simply a fact that there are more
persona employed to-day in making
watches by the use of labor-saving mi
chintry now in vogue for the purpose, j
than were employed In watch-making :
in the entire world before tlrese ma-
chines were invented. When watchea :
were hand-mada and difficult to pro- j
duce only the few could afford, own and j
cany them; but now every man and I
woman, even every school boy or school
girl, may sport a watch. In no depart- I
mcnt of busy life has the confounding
of theory so eompletetly taken place as
In that of productive enterprises."
Tnlle Hum Hold Ovi-r.
The openings have disclosed what
milliners are ready to furnish. Women
themselves are settling by their pur
chases what the spring styles in head
gear are to be. Plainly, tulle hats are
to continue, for they appear attractive
ly in the new displays, and a majority
of women will welcome them. Appar
ently there Is to be very little change as
to shape from those that have been
worn all winter. The Spanish turban,
with Its Equared-up, all-around brim,
has proved becoming to almost every
one, and the same shape scarfed with
fold on fold of tulle, a great choux of
tulle set at the side or near the front,
remains a fashionable design. A newer
and more spring-like model is the upper
one of the two sketched here, "It was
violet tulle made on a wire frame and
turned off the face in a rounded brim.
Sprays of white flowers, foliage and a
knot of heliotrope velvet trimmed it.
With greater or Jess modification this
type is abundant. Chiffon appears, too,
and some of its combinations with fan
cy straws have both beauty and novelty
to recommend them. The other hat of
this picture was an example of this
treatment. The straw . was a biscuit
shade, the chiffon corn colored, and
large bunches of nasturtiums and ton-
age trimmed it.
Fashionable women are getting their
hats earlier than they usually do; in
deed, all winter long their millinery has
had more or less of summery sugges
tion. Now their resort to tulles and
blossoms doesn't seem a long stop. Here
is one use of these trimmings that is
downright new, nevertheless. It ,1s for
theater wear right away, and for gar
den use later. First there is a wreath
of flowers, preferably roses. A slight
scarfing of tulle seems to bind the flow
ers into a wreath, a pair of soft rosettes
of the tulle are set at each side, and
from one rosette a tulle scarf is passed
about the throat, the end hanging free.
The tulle should always match the
flowers. The notion will be charming
on the ngnt person.
FLORETTE.
A WK WA m.
A colony has been formed to lead
"Looking Backward" lives. It will be
awkward if success turns their heads.
St. Paul Globe.
Mrs. Teast They say nothing i
wasted; are fish tails any good? Mrs.
Crimsonbeak Well, yes; some that my
husband tells are jimdandlea! Indian
apolis News. ,
I am so afraid of lightning," said a
handsome coquette during a thunder
shower. "And well you might be," re
plied one of her victims. "You have a
heart, of steel." Chicago News.
What," she asked the man who had
written a famous poem, "Is your great
est pleasure In life?" "Getting others
,to understand what a miserable lot they
are," he replied. Chicago Times-Her
ald. '
The Guest Isn't your little boy rather
nervous, Mrs. Blmm?, Mrs. Bimm No;
think not. Little Boy Yes, I am,
ma; when people wno come nere stay
too long it makes me wriggle around
and kick my chair. Chicago Record.
Competent Testimony. "How shall I
prove the sincerity of my devotion?"
asked the young man, who had been so
long coming to the point that doubt had
begun to accumulate against him.
'Call the parson in as a witness," sug
gested the young lady. Detroit Free
Press.
For Good Reasons. Miss Askew So
your marriage is put off? Miss Crum
myYes; papa is not at all satisfied
with his position; mamma doesn't like
his family connections; auntie thinks he
is too careless in his dress, and I think
Miss Askew Yes, what do you think?
That is the important thing. Miss
Crummy I think I ought to wait till he
asks me. Brooklyn Life.
THE YARNER OF YAKMAT.
He was too young a boy to be quite
alone in the streets of the great city.
Not but that he was capable of caring
for himself in the face of ordinary per
ils, but this boy was confronted by no
ordinary peril. It was acute poverty
that faced him. He was homeless and
hungry.
Jimmie Sturges had coma up to the
city in search of fortune, and, inciden
tally, of fame. His home life had been
unhappy. He was a sensitive boy, and
an aunt with a chronic temper and a
asping voice, had made life wretched
for this orphaned lad of seventeen.
The glamor of the city appealed to him.
There was wealth there and chance to
rise. Other country boys had con
quered their way to fortune, why not1
e?
He came, and the glamour faded.
There seemed to be nothing in that
oisy wilderness tor a new boy to uo.
His few dollars rapidly disappeared.
He was hungry and roofless.
As he slowly strolled down one of the
fashionable thoroughfares, dully won
dering what was to happen to him, the
clcx.r of a handsome residence opened
and a man came down the steps. Ht
was a big man with a fresh looking face
and grizzled gray whiskers, and he had
an extremely well-to-do appearance.
As he reached the sidewalk he caught
sight of Jimmie, and they both stopped.
"Come here." said the big man slow
ly, and though his voice had a peculiar
rough burr to it, Jimmie instinctively
felt that its owner was a safe man to
approach. Ha stepped forward.
"How's business-with you?" inquired
the big man.
"Very bad," said Jimmie.
The big man eyed him keenly.
"Know any stories?" he suddenly In
quired. Jimmio was a little startled by the
suddenness of the query, but he thought
he grasped the big man's meaning.
"Lots," ho answered.
"Any new ones?"
"Brand new."
The big man caught him by the arm
and led him up the steps and into a
most beautiful hall. But Jimmie had
scarcely a chance to look around, for
the big man hooked his big Angers un
der his chin and held up his hand.
"Let me see your tongue," he said.
Jimmie thrust out that useful member
and then the big man murmured,
"Hump!" Then, he brusquely added,
"We can't take any chances on strange
story tellera You must have a bath."
He drew the passive Jimmie back
into the interior of the house and pres
ently pushed him through the door of a
small room.
"Take a good scrub," he commanded,
"and when you are through rap on the
door." ,
It was a wonderful little room, all In
white, with a noble bathtub and gleam
ing mirrors and many silver fixtures.
Jimmie stared admiringly about him,
but he didn't forget what he was there
for. In a moment he had discovered the
hot water faucet, ana presently was in
dulging in the luxury of a thorough
personal scrub. When he had scram
bled back into his clothes; and brushed
them and his hair, he rapped on .the
door. It was opened by a tall gentle
man with a gray mustache, who smiled
down on him pleasantly.
"The doctor is up stairs," he said,
"and wants you to join him there."
They went up the broad stairs and
then Into a handsome rooni. There was
a bed at one side, with somebody lying
In it, The big man was standing at the
bedside, and he beckoned to' Jimmie.
Then he stooped down.
"George," he said softly, and it was
quite wonderful how the burr seemed. to
leave his voice. "George, here's the
story teller you wanted."' He reached
back and drew Jimmie closer. The boy,
looking down, saw another boy lying
before Sim, a boy of about bis own age,
with a thin, white face and deep set,
burning eyes that rolled towards him
from the pillow.
"Your title?" cried this strange boy In
a thin, querulous voice.
"The Yarner of Yakmat," replied Jim
mie with great gravity, recalling the
name he had given the hero of one of
h.'s own romancing creations.
"Good. You are welcome. From the
East?" .
"From the far East." 1
"You are also the grand vizier?"
"Later on I become the grand vizier."
"True. Now for your first story, and
do not forget the fatethat was prom
ised Schehezerade.'
"To hear is to obey, most Illustrious."
And thereupon Jimmie, with the most
profound gravity rested himself and
plunged into, one of the stories with
which he had of ten lightened his lone
liness. The .boy 'Was a born romancer
and the solitat'j? ilfe'he had led and the
absence of hutnhft sympathy had sharp
ened and added to his' gift. . His mind
was peopled w'it'h knights and ladles,
with genii and fairies, with Sinbads and
Aladrllns. He Knew' he was expected to
humor . the, strange fancy of the sick
boy and he did hist best. ;..
He told the; lhd the fanciful tale of
"Plgeoritoes," 'which was a favorite
creation of his own, and he told it well.
It was the story of a Chinese maiden
who wandered avay into the woods and
came across a witch with whom she
took a marvelou$;ride on a fiery broom-,
stick, with divers remarkable adven
tures. As Jlrrirriie went on, .full -of the
tireless zeal of the born story-teller, he
noticed that the restless head was still
er and presently the tired lids came
slowly down and the sick boy slept.
Then Jlmmle's Voice dropped to a mo
notone, his own tired head dropped low
er and lower,, arid presently it dropped
to the bed beside the sklc boy's and re
mained there.
The light had faded from the sky, the
street lamps shed their flickering rays
and a softly shaded lamp burned In the
chamber of the sick boy, when Jimmie
Sturges awoke. As he Stirred uneasily
a firm hand caught his arm and drew
him gently from the bedside and out of
the room, and down the stairs. It was
the doctor's hand, and the doctor faced
him in the great reception hall.
Jimmie stared at him half dazed.
"It's all right, my boy," said the doc
tor, kindly. "You're not dreaming.
This is the home of i Banker Jordan. I
am Dr. Grace. The boy up stairs Is
Richard Jordan, the banker's only child.
He is suffering from a brain trouble
that slightly unbalances him. Do you
understand?"
"Yes," , said Jimmie, faintly. He
swayed a little and put out his hand to
the nearest chair.
"What's this?" whispered the doctor,
coming swiftly to his side.
"Empty stomach," said Jimmie, with
a wan smile, "Nothing In it since last
night "
"Idiot!" said the doctor, but Jimmie
knew he wasn't addressing him, "Idi
ot! And you pretend to some knowl
edge of a diagnoais. Here, you. hungry
humlliator of overweening conceit, come
this way," And presently Jimmie was
served a meal the like of which was
quite beyond the wildest limit of his
dreama The doctor went away softly
while he ate, and when ho was through
the tall man appeared In the doorway.
"Are you quite finished?" he asked.,
"If so. come this way," and he led him
into a cozy sitting room whose walls
were lined with books, more books than
Jimmie had ever seen in all his brief
lifetime,
"Sit down," said the tall man In a
gentle voice."I want to have a little
talk with you. Are you so situated that
you can remain here?"
"No one has any claim on mo," said
Jimmie. "I am my own master."
Tiia tail niau simieu,
"And how would you like to drop your
independence and play grand vlziefto
the sultan of my. Dickie?" he asked.
"My independence brought me to hun
ger and the streets," said Jimmie. "I
think I'd like the change."
"I am greatly pleased with you," said
the tall man. "You seem to be a youth
of honesty and intelligence, you have
health and strength, and you can rest
assured that anything you may do for
I my motherless Dickie will be greatly
appreciated. For the present I must
ask you to net both as companion and
nurse. His wants are few, but some
one must be withhim. He manifested I
a violent prejudice against all outsiders !
until you came, and while clear a
nuise's place I want your mind clear
regarding your responsibility and its
financial equivalent I will pay you a
nurse's wags, thirty dollars a week."
Jimmie thrust his finger nails into the
palms of his hands. The pain told him
he was awake. "The recompense for
your admirable works of fiction will
have to be settled upon later. But I
can say to you that if you can retain
my son's good-will and 'all goes well
with him, I can promise you a . trip
abroad in his company next summer."
Before Jimmie could pinch himself
again the doctor entered. He was
slowly rubbing his hands.
"The sultan is sleeping beautifully,"
he said. "I believe he Is good for an all
night nap, and I'm going home. You
have arranged with the vizier, I sup
pose, Jordan? Yea Then first, young
man, I'll piit you to bed. Come along."
Jimmie assured him that he was, and
they went up to the room of the sick
boy. Here a broad couch had been pre
pared for Jimmie, and at a signal from
the doctor he rapidly undressed. The
big man pointed to a cooling drink on
the table at the bedside, and to the
slippers and dressing gown at the foot
of the couch. Then, as the boy's head
touched the pillow, he stooped above
him and gently whispered:
"Good-night, grand vizier.",
The boy lay for a few moments with
his eyes roaming about the dimly light
ed apartment. He- noted the quiet ele
gance of the appointments; the daln?y
decorations, the costly pictures and
vases, the soft blending of many colors,
The very air of the apartment seemed
charged with the aroma of luxury.
Once more his finger nails bit Into the
palms of hia hands.
"No," he whispered to himself, "It
isn't a dream." I
. Then as his head sank a little lower
and his eyes closed, ho murmured
brokenly:
"It beats the 'Arabian Nights' all
hollow!"
And he was asleep. W. R. Rose in
the Cleveland Plain Dealer. . :
TALLIES FOR GAMES.
There is a charm about the progres
sive card party ' which never grows
stale. As a means of entertaining It is
too easy and pleasant to ever become
old-fashioned. All are striving to have
a bit of originality prominent at those
they conduct. Frequently this desire
finds vent In the tallies that are neces
sary at such affairs. In fact, the regu
lation cards with stars to paste . uport
them and which have passed through
so many vicissitudes are now seldom
seen. Other things have been devised to
take their places. Recently at a smart
card club in New York bracelets and
keyrings were made to do service for
tallies, The idea was quite ingenious.
A good-natured jeweler had ben taken .sul-General Land Consul for the Nether
into the scheme, and for the women had lBnd8iU8nd the JKt Sta,te- lt ,h?f bee"
simply bent heavy copper wire into the "at Transvaa Consul-General
shape of bracelets. At the ends they
were twisted in a similar way to hooka
and eyes, and so fastened about the
arml For the men keyrings were made
also of copper wire somewhat lighter In
weight. When the party began, there
fore, the guests were respectively pre
sented with these trinkets, and as the
game progressed little bells were passed
about to be hung on those of he win
ners, while those that Vere so unfortu
nate as to lose the games had given tq
them small brass charms in the shape
of clawns and little pigs. They ' were
also slipped at once upon the rings.
Throughout the evenin the Jingle of
these little things made a merry sound.
Nor was the idea an expensive ons to
carry out. Over ssventy people were
present at the mentioned party, and the
wholo of iho tallies only cost a little
over ten dollars.
THE PINCUSHION SCHEME. '
Another pretty Idea is to make pin
cushions for tallies. Those for the wo
men ar3 fashioned of bright-red cloth
and are in the shape of hearts and dia
monds. They should be quite four inch
es long and suitable to do after-service
on the bureau.' Clubs and spades are
used as models to be made Into small
flat pincushions for the men. For them
b!ack cloth is used. Good-sized china,
headed pins are then passed around to
record the games. White ones .are used
for those that win and black one are
given to the losers. After an exact pat
tern of these cushions is secured they
can be quickly and simply made ' at
home, nd their cost is very small in
comparison to their prettiness.
, It is also known that neck and watch
chains will be used a little later for tal
lies at fashionable card parties. They
need not of necessity be those that are
expensive. Light-weight silver ones are
wise to choose, or dainty gilt ones. But
it is essential that those given to the
women for the neck should have good
Btrong clasps and only reach about
three Inches below the collar. Upon
them very large and brilliantly colored
Venetian beads are strung every time a
game Is wen. Equally large and opaque
white ones are given to those that are
unsuccessful. For the men to Btring on
their watch chalnB rather deep-blue and
black beads are chosen, or even coral
ones. Any selection of them can in
fact be made, so long as two distinct
sorts are used to record the games.
TAMBOURINES AND BANJOS.
Miniature tambourines and banjos are
again in favor to be used for such pur
poses, and become before the close of
the evening gayly decked with bright
ribbpns, usually red and yellow, which
denot? the successes and failures of the
players. The custom seems to be to
give the tambourines to the men, and to
have broadly painted upon them fantas
tic pictures of ballet girls. The banjos
are given to the girls and are often dec
orated with wreaths and cupids. Both
of these tallies have attached to them
long loops of ribbon, that they may be
slipped over the shoulder and worn. It
is always a nuisance on such occasions
to have to carry things about in the
hands. Chicago Record.
DOMESTIC TOPICS.
The thpnry thnt bovine tuberculosis is
communicable to human beings through
the consumption of dairy products has
been rapped lately from many quarters.
Dr. Theobald Smith of Harvard Uni
versity, who fias been making experi
ments in this matter for several years,
declares that certain differences exist
between bovine and human tubercle
bacilli, 'and that thus far he has not
found the bacilli identical in any in
stance. He was one of the authorities
consulted by the special investigating
committee of the New York assembly
on bovine tuberculosis, whose report, it
will be remembered, took the back track
in relation to the tuberculin test by
recommening that hereafter the state
"only force the condemnation, quaran
tine, and slaughter or such animals as
are found to be tuberculous by physical
examination," leaving the choice as to
the use of tuberculin with the dairy
man. "Evidence taken by the commit
tee," to use further words of the report,
"would indicate that very rarely, if
ever, does a person contract tuberculosis
from meat or milk of animals," and this
led naturally to the conclusion "that the
etate can better use its funda along the
lines of educational work, rather, than
following the present policy of destroy
ing all animals showing a reaction un
der the tuberculin test." It was point.
ed out to the committee by a veterinary
surgeon that where cattle tuberculosis
Is plentiful human tuberculosis is so
rare as to have no relation with It.
Much the same position in relation to
bovine tuberculosis is taken by the
dairymen and stock-breeders of Illlnoifl,
These, to the number of several hund
red, met recently In Chicago, and de
clared that the tuberculin tests of the
State Live-Stock Board were failures.
They adopted resolutions condemning
the testa and appointed a committee to
request the Governor to raise the quar
antine with reference to tuberculosis
aiiu, io recommend to me next , .legis
lature such action as would bring re
lief. . "It has never been proved," they
said in their resolutions, ''that tubercu
losis is transmissable from man to bo.
vine or from bovine to man; neither has
It been shown that the disease has ever
been communicated .through, the pro
ducts of the cow, either in beef, butter,
milk, or cheese." On the contrary, they
declared, . .".statistics .prove that con
Sumption In ,the human family Is de
creasing, indicating that the human:
family is not contracting the distase
through the use of dairy products. No
other class is so free from the disease
as the farmer, who is much of his time
with his cattle, and who eats freely of
the products of the dairy." The con
demnation,, by the New York commit
tee, of the compulsory slaughter of cat
tle under the tuberculin test was noted
with approval, and a recommendation,
like that in New York, was made that
the application of tuherculin be restrict
ed to cases where the owner of the ani
mal applies fo It. New York Evening
Post.
KING POTT OF AFRICA. 1 ; :
1 The town of Lourenco Marques for
some time past has been chosen as the
head centre of the Transvaal secret ser
vice. The spies and Informers of that
notorious gang come end go with all
the liberty, swagger and self-assurance
as If they were In 'the suburbs of Pre
toria. Delagoa Bay is a so-called neu
tral port, with a dally train and postal
service direct to Pretoria and Johan
nesburg. There is also a telegraph ser
vice; which apparently is at the com
mand of Mr. pott, the Transvaal Con-
nectlnp Lourenco Marques with Komatl
Poort, and It Is well known In Delagoa,
Gentlemen's
GIovqs.
In all the leading styles for the ,
season, j v i . s . ...
Driving. Walking, Riding, Golf
ing and full dross Gloves, at at
tractive prices. -
Reindeer, Mocha, Antelope,
' Onpe. Suede and Glace'; also com
plete lines of Woolen and Lined
Gloves for Winter.
Umbrellas of Twilled or
Taffeta Silk, with handles, of
English natural wood, close
roll, steel rod, eight rib
frame ; sizes 26 and 28 inch,
suitable for Ladies and Gen
tlemen usually sold at $3. ?o
tO $4.50, f ;
$2.50
gbapti; corner State $fr.
Unequalled for esse and elegance,- com
bined with perfect-fitting qualities.
"T H It" Corsets are
MAUli TO MEVSlBlfi
from a large variety of materials at reas
onable prices. . ,
HENRY H. TODD,
. 282.284 York Street.
a: little;
Light Reading Matter
' on the subject of
Lanterns.
Every household needs a lantern.
It's handy, convenient and aiso-
lutely safe just the thing to tend
the furnace or the horse with. A
good one costs little more than a
poor one auu is lmuiueiy belter.
We have most kinds, both for can
dles and kerosene, but the most
popular is the so-called "Square
Lift Tubular" a large size lantern
for kerosene.
.The price, in first quality
is 50 cents.
Bay that Br. Pott la possessed of tha
most reliable information of Boer 'suc
cesses" many houra earlier : than any
man In Africa. .This is extremely detri
mental to British interests in South
Africa. Mr. Pott is the direct intermed
iary between Dr. Leyds at The Hague
and the Boer-cum-HolIander regime in
Pretoria, This worthy Hollander 009
a perfect knowledge of English, Portu
guese, French and German. He is Con
troller of Transvaal Customs and Rail
way, director of the Transvaal National
Bank, and head of the Dutch East Af
rica Company. By virtue of his long
residence in Delagoa Bay Mr. Pott Is a
persqna grata in all Portuguese official
circles. Some two yearn ago the Portu
guese newspaper, "O Futuro," publishd
in Lourenco Marques, dedicated a speci
al article to Mr. Pott, in which he was
eulogized as "King Pott of Africa."
The Cape Times. ...
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shapely time-
keepers of ; an
appearance and
mechanical ex
cellence thatN
"wre-uld make
any oWner
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Previous to Removal
ON ALL SALES KNTIRKLT FOR '
CASH, WE ALLOW
2D per cent. Discount
Pianos.
(SPECIAL PIIICB.)
A. B. Clinton,
17 Center St.
All the Home
Comforts He
V?rth buying, lejbt to
pay,. On Easy Terms,
A Wealth of CAttPETS.
A Wealth of FUHNIXURB.
A Wenlth of RANGES and STOVES.
The 11AR1.EK and ALUMINUM OITi
STOVES defy the "COLD SNAPS" and
save the cast of tons of coal.
This 19 a practical store for
sensible people. .
P. J. KELLY Hi
Open Evenings except' TUESDAY, and
THURSDAY. .
Grand Arc, hurch St
NECKWEAR.
SPECIAL ATTENTION IS CALLED
TO OTJR LINE OF NECKWEAR.
JUST RECEIVED, AT FIFTS
CENTS, FOR THIS WEEK.
MOST OF THESE GOODS AR0
OUR REGULAR 78 CENT LINE.
757 CHAPEL $T
For a few days more,
while we are laying new
floors in . our shipping
room and putting in a
new elevator and making
other improvements pre
paratory for a brUk
spring's business, we offer
inducements in every de
partment. CHAMBER SUITS.
DINING ROOM SUITS,
PARLOR SUITS,
and Odd Pieces for any room, at
prices to urpriBO you.
Unsalable