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After Many Years Prisoner of
Devil’s Island Is Reinstated.
10 BE MADE LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Voiiff Flfrlit For Jimtlce limN in Vic
tory For the .IrtvfNli Artillery
I'niitulii, Who In Proved Not
a Traitor to Franco,
PARIS, Dec. 18.—The council of the
I war office has decided cm Captain Al
fred Dreyfus* reinstatement in the ar
my aial that he he given the rank of
lieutenant colon°l. It is said that n
determination has been reached to deni
rigorously with officers who express
disapproval of Dreyfus’ reinstatement.
The reinstatement of Dreyfus in the
French army will be the last chapter
in one of the most sensational ro
mances of the nineteenth century. Ills
arrest and condemnation as a spy, his
T
ALFRED DREYFUS.
Imprisonment on Devil's Isle, Ills re
patriation, retrials anti pardon, were
the theme of the world's conversation.
His friends have never rested in their
efforts to clear his name, and now they
are rejoicing in the victory of a long
Sustained fight for justice.
Spies of the French secret intelligence
department had been at work in the
► German embassy in Paris and in Scp
■- tember, 1804, discovered the now fa
mous bordereau on which the convic
tion of Dreyfus was apparently based.
Count Munster was then the German
(ambassador, and Lieutenant Colonel
von Schwarzkoppeu was the military
nttnehe. The bordereau was found in
fragments in Schwarzkoppen’s waste
basket. General Merrier turned it over
to Major du Paty de Clam, who pieced
it together and affirmed that the hand
writing resembled that of Dreyfus.
teen ill artillery, then attached to the
general staff, was arrested in Paris on
Oct. 15, 18f)4. The arrest was made on
the order of General Mercier, minister
of war, and Dreyfus was taken to the
Cherehe Midi military prison, where
for fifteen days he was kept in igno
( ranee of the charge against him. The
fact that Dreyfus was a .lew added
bitterness to the popular feeling. Gen
eral Merrier announced that there was
overwhelming evidence that for three
years the accused had been in commu
nication with the agents of a foreign
* power.
General Mercier had the letter before
the court martini, and it is alleged that
in reading it ns a last resort to secure
the conviction of Dreyfus he deliber
ately changed the letter “D" to
“Dreyfus,” though it plainly did not
refer to the prisoner. Colonel Fiequart
at once denounced it as a forgery.
Shortly after came the confession of
Lieutenant Colonel- Henry, who was
then head of the secret intelligence de
partment, that he had forged the let
ter. Ills suicide soon followed. De
cause of this exposure M. Cavaignac
resigned, as did General de Boisdcffre,
chief of the general staff.
Trteil to Save Her Servant's I.ife.
ST. LOTTS, Dee. IS.-Mrs. II. II. Mc
Kay Wilson, whose residence is in the
heart of the fashionable section here.
Was dangerously burned about the face
and hands while trying to rescue her
servant, Annie Crete, who died in ter
rible agony from the effects of fire.
At the risk of her life Mrs. Wilson
tried to put out flames which fearfully
burned (lie girl, whose clothing had
ignited from a furnace.
Sccon'l Torpedo Fleet Goes South.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.—The see
oml torpedo boat flotilla, consisting of
the Truxtun, Whipple, Worden, Law
rence and Stewart, left Hampton Bonds
under convoy of the battleship Texas
for Charleston, S. C„ on their way to
Key West, Fla., which will he their
base of operations for the next few
weeks.
Protest From Isle of Pines.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The sen
f" ate In executive session received n
j number of petitions, submitted through
k Senator Penrose, relative to protests
from Americans in the isle of Pines
against the ratification of the treaty
between the TTiited States and Cuba
> : giving, the island to Cuba.
China Prepares For War.
SHANGHAI. Dec. 18.—According to
orders given to local mandarins, the
Peking government lias again warned
tlie provincial authorities to prepare
for immediate hostilities owing to the
offensive action taken by Russia and
her allies regarding far eastern affairs.
Three Years* Sentence For Onutler.
RALEIGH, N. C„ Dec. IS.—W. A.
Gautier, the desperado of Sampson
k comity who shot two Cubed States
l deputy marshals who weut to arrest
him, lias been sentenced to three years
In the Atlanta prison for destroying
rural mail boxes.
CARDIAC PHYSIOLOGY.
rhe Heart May Properly He fteirar<l?d
an nu Intricate Hydraulic
Apparatus.
Everybody knows that the heart is a
Jollow muscle, situated in the breast,
between the lungs and placed in the
center of a pocket known as the peri
cardium. Formed of two equal halves
back to back and joined one to the
other, it may be roughly described as a
cone, the summit of which is the point
if the heart, says the European edition
of the New YoN Herald. Betw . n the
base of the cone and its summit Is a
transverse strangulation, which sep
arates the halves into two parts,
distinct, but communicating by the
falling of a valve. The cavity nearest
the base Ib known as the auricle, the
ither the ventricle. \
The black of venous blood flows
from all parts of the heart on to the
right auricle, depresses the valve and
passes into the ventricle on the same |
side, whence it is driven out and con
veyed to the lungs by th: pulmonary
irtery. From the lung, where it ia
revivified and becomes scarlet, the blood
pas.-es Into the left auricle; ther.ee to
the corresponding ventricle; then, rale- j
Ing the mitral val4e. It goes into the |
lortlc artery, whence it is projected all 1
through the system until its vita! prop- j
erties are exhausted; it then flows
back through the veins into the. right j
side of the heart.
Thus, by its repeated contractions, the
heart constantly drives the blood. And
this organ works without ever stap
ling. It begins its labor long before
birth, and only stops at death. It
acts like a pump, hut a pump the piston
of which is replaced by a contraction
of the walls. These, drawing r.rart r
together, drive the fluid with which they .
are filled with a perfection which cutr j
apparatus with its rigid walls imitate;; j
by means of a piston, but cannot 1
equal.
The human heart, then, is practically
a numn Firm, in hrielit hv wide.
It works on an average, 70 times a min- j
ate. 4.200 times an hour. 100,530 times !
per day. 36.792,000 times a year, am! j
2,575,440,000 times in 70 years!
At each heat it projects 100 grammes 1
of hlnoel Into the system; seven liters i
a minute, 420 an hour, or ten tors i
i day. All the blood in the body, i
which weighs about 28 pounds, passes j
through the heart every two or three j
minutes. So that this little organ
exercises every day a force sufficient
to raise 46 tons a meter high.
During the 70 years of the life of
i man this marvelous small pump,
without a moment of respite by day or
by night, sends out the enormous j
mass of over 250,000 cubic meters of
flood.
HORSES TAUGHTTO SWIM.
riiey Are Put Throuarh n Ite'-rnlnr
Course of Instruction in (lie
Dritisli Army.
The British army at its Aldershot
training camp maintains a swimming
school for horses, where a good deal of
attention is paid to this branch of their
education before they are finally fitted
for cavalry service. Horses are "on
listed” on reaching their third year,
but it is generally two years more be
fore they are taken for their first swim
ming lesson. The veterinary officer
and riding master of the regiment super
vise the work, and only experienced
men are allowed to assist.
The great thing is not to force or
alarm the horse during his training,
tut rather to lead him by easy stages
to enter the water quickly, fearlessly
and as noiselessly as possible. If t rri
(icd at the start, the horse would be like
ly to fight shy of deep water ever after.
So on the first day the man who has
charge of the horse walks bis pupil
about on the edge of the water, just per
mitting him to wet Ids hc»fn and fet
locks. Tb^ next day the horse is Intro
duced a little farther into the water,
perhaps up to his body, and allowed to
splash round as hf* pleases. In this waj
the liorso is gradually token farther and
farther In. until at length he loses his
footing and starts swimming quite nat
urally, the man in charge swimming by
his side to give him. greater confidence.
Then the horse is taught to swim in
company with others, beside a boat,
by way of training him to cross rivers
i ith his regiment en masse. The horses
ere divested of all saddlery but head
collars end head ropes. The men of each
lcoop get into a boat, and by means of
lha hcadropes bring their horses into
I he water alongside. Then the boat is
battled across the river by a rope
manned from the opposite side, and the
horses necessarily fellow.
At tltr-es the horses are exercised !r
bearing' their riders across on the.ir
ilacks. ’Ihe horse wears only the head
ollar et\d bridoon, and the rider strips
himself and throws his legs tip along
I he horse’s flanks so as not to impede the
animal's movements. As the horse nat
urally swims very low in the water, the
rider’s weight pushes him down until
inly his head is above the surface. But
lite animal soon gets ever the uneasi
ness this causes him at. first. Then the
horse’s tuition is complete and he Is
Massed in his regiment as "proficient.”
lie has. In fact, passed his “exam,” ns
much as any eadet at Sandhurst.
Soup Not Xceded.
In the valleys of California grows
a tall, slender-stemmed plant of the
lily family with purple and white flotv
?rs, which played an important part in
he economy of the Spanish population,
tnd is still more or less used by the
omtuon people. It is the amole, or
soap plant. It rises 1'rom a subterra
nean bulb, which Is egg-shaped in
form, two or three inches in diameter,
tnd enveloped in a thick coating of
black, mattcd-hair-like fibres. This
' ulb lias the cleansing .properties of
-an, cleaning the hands or clothing
piite as well, ami much more pleasant
ly than the coarspr Kinds soap.
MISSPELL V,rIMX>W fclC-IIS.
?>1V Trick fn Hvprtklux V.U -ill n }
Kviv Vork ilerriitmt Suj a
Horkx Wonder*.
"One of the ::i' Its of •..to trade during
the in.:: ye r.’ •..uj the •..:.:iio .v d:. .
lor a big departmt at store, accord fug
to t Netv York Sun, “is go!
fit® ml tint cl \ irt'3 « .... <
eigne. i toa ■>. umcifuily. Vim
mow, tt one time, a groat tr:ii. v. .to
put a picture in your window, up. hie
down. People would eomn in dto.es
to t.il pi,,i uboul ::. ■ ‘arlstal i .'
gave busluts . a boo j lor a tit :e.
"But ;his it.i. •. i i 1.;j a of v.crd3 1
all thn other old dcvii::;. Why? it:.- |
cause it i:: human nature to love m < o:-- 1
roct other lulks. it's the snnie - pirlt ;
that animates the man, woman and !
child, who i':i blocks smt i 1 their v.v.y ,
to show a stranger \vl me h. wwitts to
go.
"it plermrs people to know that they
know eomethii.;.; you «1 - :i ;. and t-i t r r |
they Imve corrected you th.-y go on.
their way inwardly pleated with them
selves, or th e they are so brim lull <:f
geniality that you can sell firm goods
that they never dreamed of buying.
"We tried the now trick two vveckh
ago. l had a sign made to go in our
’white’window. It read: Thank re iven
/
I. -'.,t in *lio Wire a - IP minutes li( f<,re
a srsy-httired mar w» iritiK spt ■
stepped in. Tin- i:. .,• waiter r.* that
licaught him. ti: v;v■ U'ar'iis.
l*e bad noticed at ete: i ror ::i :\• IF. a*
i:t the windor--, t.v] if :) i floorv/al!-'t
iid only aus
i; *11 him.*
fttl : • out of rrjr’-r.
With ’ . ' d 1 , ;
hi t taho a. ti; <■ •< . - . f , i:
sign. The (too. • - -. d . d
profanely and r y chain-! r;.-n »;,<>
e,d ehr.fi f at e •. :. .-! • 1
pri <! of some < • hr &'• ,;- t3
•ho window. ’J". n • ■ ,
him inside ant! ; ■ j.ir.t cvr oc ;.c
of tho courier t ;
iliT that tin. ore ii. v.-i fast.
In two hours tlr
tno and said he i ■ : ' it i'e
V.T n’l ftif Iffd t . stir;. . - r.
is dy’d fcayi ■•> I n tho jc.1 :
u/RloetinK his If ,r. :'i wo : < a
man to d> n tthir ;. a: f:"i i; ;■ t
misapplied sign.
"It worked well . ... ,
wee!:, tau. Pen . .1 • l no.
‘while goads* got in ■ in i**yi:;-.: t. cor
rect that ThtU.it! a; • n• r. red : v
something tIt* !!••.• in ro: •. <1 them, so
if was jv.st tho san; . I
“But last Frit : we tan!: the Firm
down and spelled i , an!;:,. ivin; in the
Bond old-fashiou: ■! vaty. Fr-i’y soon
i ps;j«ct we’ll i^ve to fy.-int; aa?>U)'r I
fine. Ther'-'p no .f":;ym why w. : 'luuld- j
n’t ''i!<e all in.-r.. rt ctTvantp.;;'. of tho ,
frallt!e3 of the hi;: nc rai -t."
THE SLY OPOSSUM.
* ' <> f!r:t!-i Jokm ni»P - Ji n« Ida
Aciiui i ;ij
I ::«!!<• ate.
To fho casoal observer \be epa,---'i.-n i
l ?. brainless. f»!ov/-r;oin£ In/- b a t I
viJ’i scarcely enough mercy to r at Ms !
food, says a writer in ’.V m-i:' i
Companion. I fancy that . • 1
a good dcM more of the i n:*.-, than
!h foe! abcixT him, and th. I.is aj.**
parent st* pidi-y is but a armt of In
bi: :;2c:s poll y. Hc^pdcss a'» !e ofi<*
senns to be. he uriM.’y has n sn'icjholt i
to era ! into v/hen ho wm . •: *• ie: ; j
and he - in nouA hungry when !
i" a ay food to be had. AJth lx hr? is
slow, he* a per tv Tiny;, aud j. au-.;y ‘
;t, : !:fis to rapmre many ani! ala'
vble'a have ro::,,h ;.--.ler omd. Pe: ir
reh-. for ins u.o • i." ?' • ■ n ir.-y p
bin. in the »*p*n '. *•! •. ao:v . v’.ti I
I left '• ti op*o~.si*rn "or ;? M.*: .. u -- n :
1 ha S3 Jr.* room with sorr.o red :rj*:* r
rel*. be V I < xpoxr d r nd *:vf de
vour'd ere before I re amed. Jin •
mice ar.ij rabbit* h? al.o ". nor-a
probably Ip lyiny lit a .•! f -r • • - v'
Inserts pr. obtain': io v* i
Bird-’ et-ys he re'-art.s cvi-h mneh fa
vor. anti h< find- a yreat me::- , both I
on the ■ rt-vad tind in the tr. d'lr'an]
the ties'!:,-.-T'-son. Vott'tg birds, to
nr: hv.r.tP.d Tor 1 devour'd, and c a
Kifitift!:}' t’jp t bt birds themselves (all
to -e-ipo him.
Ti b he is no? tirp-n-ipc "i "birr':!
food. ft.r ab !:• rr; • 'vhl ■ i corn*-- to hi:
mid. Ho in fond tf marly all the ’vild
ir.ibs rrd 1 -rrirs lie in
v.-.ywls anti fieltht. arid *V!I rvcn come
into IT." orchards grid vine; *r-3* to
sample the er'dlva1 d v-tr'-■ :e.t.
Unfit- I>u!»J*a Saysi
I: 'n : •«;;•.* Vj .70 V J int of VlCW.
If yo've hr.il ..or i:'n«oo;> rob); (1 of
:o u fat tl b.cr.K, yo' Hu i:>t town
: •• <
v. iciitU u:-> ii : to bt &n‘ Browin'
v.i })*. ry (!;:y; if yu've I f'- vrj'r
v.iKClViir r t.:: in t’r alloy -ober n • bt
i ; one ha:; let/f .i j*. yo* 3.in
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**' . - ■ : ’J-I
Cain hilled Ab; troll Fret; F • - a
I »• fT of '• r XJ
I.: tv :i! i: ■ • .' '!:■ t •: ua -pots
on '.!.■■ rr.r:n. SIM-..-, t! the Vale
t,l -r.rinry. . ni : "They produce no
. : 1 :v iistu! nnc-s or
i h: :>■?. Tin if •' ■ , lb' s;;t/V: is t-n
ii’].i it. 1-. ii'.ts a. -.cry eyesJ
l.ive CO .. ' r. h. hP'p rd t r.t
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studying how wo can nil you the best groooriosatlho B
lowest j irii'es. We do it, but it takes a lot of tllink- ||
jng sometimes. Wc won t sell anything hut the |
best, and we sell it honestly. Full weight and 1 est g
quality, at the 1 west ] wires and you can always get |
vour nwuiev bark on anvthmg that don t sub. Ym_* g
rt ’
also give you liberally of Blue Exchange Stamps. gj
I STORK CLOvSKD ALL DAY CHRISTMAS. ^ |
I SPECIAL SALE AT |
|] .—PEICES EOE- - ■ |
Si p. A TTTIEJD A.IT sxxd. AAOTsTID^A.'X". %
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The Ralston
are too well k nown to need hi itch boosting.
We have a great stock just in that is up to
the Ralston standard of purity.
Purina Pan Cfike Flour, pkg.10c
Ralston Hominy Grits, pkg.iPc
Ralston Breakfast Food, pkg.I4c
Ralston Barley Food,.pkg.14c
Ralston Health Flour, 24)2 lb. bag... 75c
$1 In Stamps
with each of the following :
1 Package Celle’oid Starch .Gc
1 can Red Seal Lye. 10c
1 pkg. Black Peppers.IPc
1 Box Korn Krisp. !5c
1 bottle Gold Medal Olives.i?C
1 can Pumpkin.12c
1 can Early June Peas..10c
1 can Deleware Tomatoes.IQc
1 box Superative Corn Starch .7c
$5 In Stamps j
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We want you to know that we are sell- !
ing the Best Tea grown at 60c a pound. It’s
fragrant and delightful. To g e t you to try
we offer 50 Stamps with every pound at 60c
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Holiday Combinations. t|
7.00 IX STAMPS WITH THIS ORDER 5 00 IV STAMPS WITH THIS ORDER.
i pkg. Currants . 10c 1 doz. Oranges.2„C i
i pkg. Rnisens, i 11> full weight. i?c j lb. White Grapes.i2c 1
';lbi Rest Mixed Tea.SOc x p,. Mixed Nuts.. 15c ||
i Package Mince Meat.IGc j, Mixcd Candy.10c, 1
i e lb. Citron. 2c ... I
1-2 lb. Favorite baking Powxcr . 43c 1 .1 _ 2
Total.33c Tot3'. 77c I
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2.00 in Stamps I 50c. In Stamps j 2 50 in Stamps j
with - cans National pride with one can Manhattan with 1-2 pound of Favorite 1
B aud Tersely Tomatoes; . _ L „ - t
Condensed Milk. Full very juicy. Regular price I owder at 13c. Bes. Bait- 3
weight cans, 30c 12c, this sale, lie ing Powder made.
i.GG in Stamps 3.00 In Stamps J
Coffee—Particular people are invited i
to get acquainted with our coffee. We H
sell only the best and if our Coffee donit with every pound of our Mocha ;UXil E
suit you, you get your money back. i.oo ,1-ivi Coffee, put up incur
in Stamps w lb every pound Santos 15c, toils, lb. .&1JC: si
Blend 19c, Maricaibo -'5c. HI
FOOTBALL STAKING.
lavndun ttnnofaeterc-r (litre Soane U*
(rrenliKiw Information Aleut
the UufttueM.
Yes. sir. remarked a well known
maker ol footballs, it is surprising how
; v. people, even veteran footballers,
liav any idea of the amount of labor
aim m il that is expended in making
this n- ssary adjunct of the national
win • r game, says London Tit-Bits.
Tin lea;her we use is “split" cowhide.
Ordinary cowhide is too thick for the
n • till, .on v eight, so it has to he split
in j two pa ;:. The outer, or hair side,
is Vi hat v. e make the best halls with.
Pr ,-ious to splitting the leather has
been soaking in the tau-pits for 10 or
Ik months, iiome makers cure their
hid' in six weeks by “faking” with
chemicals, hut leather so treated won’t
make a good ball.
The “spill” hide is well softened with
dubbin ar.! lien passed on to the cut
ter. who cuts out the various section*,
whirl win n sewn tee ether, make aper
fec’V round hall. The method of doing
this is kept a trade secret by most
makers; but I don't mind telling you
that in my factory I use tin plates the
exact sire of the sections required. Ail
the cutter has to do i3 to place one ot
these on the leather and cut out the
shape with a sharp knife. These
sbupc-s are taken in hand by expert
sewers, and soon the outer cover is
ready for the bladder.
This is made of the best Para rub
ber. and involves even more care in its
construction than the leather cover
. itself. Il is of immense strength, and
is an expensive item, representing near
, ly half the cost of manufacture. The
next operation is ihe inflation of the
I balk This is done in a second by ma
! chinery. and then the hall is laced up.
1 However, even yet it is not complete,
|. for it still has to pars through the
i hands cf the shaper, w ho pats down any
irequalities in the seams or contoui
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by ir.f—Jti'-: inherited from a long line I]
■ , . ^ .1 , y are fishermen and bun- J
rers, but by contact with the Caucasian
they arc makers cf curios and traders.
In their new avocations they have be
con. dependent to a great extent upon j
the white people. ]
Bn: the higher race is not responsible
f< r .aii their bis. The unsanitary state
which ilive is not conducive tc
Icii.rr-vity. 'i’he impure air in the na
:•••• wlnt'T huts, the lack of personal
■ -p and much of the food the na- j
live eat? would shorter, the cays of the
hardiest people.
The Esquimau has some qualities oj
ch.arat *< r to he admired. He has often
slier- : his lest bit of food with starving
pro nr wrecked sailors. He It
l- an I incestous, simple minded as a *
chii’. with a happy disposition that
ta’-es r.o thought of the morrow. He is
t:..i whei»B',u*-c the influence ol
liquor. 4
The government should mal e
for the Esquimauss4lC_
be made self-supporting, possibly a con
tri1 the wealth of the worlds, fey
r a I" inir hint in a line of work for which
r..r-’.r-' ;:a? fitp-fi him. Provide him with
r u'.c:-r, arph-.'.ices for fishing ar.d whai
- ar.d with proper management he will ?
become a producer of wealth. m
Snake Killing Cate of Cairo.
A native woman living in old Cairo
was entering her house when, to h~r
great terror, she perceived a snaluvcf
ft rr.'iduhle dimensions which had taken I
possession of the hearth during Jh«
nrttt r’s absence. The woman fled,
leaving the door open. Her cat kbeg
| ap; ar<,! on the scene, entered, saw the
cobra, put up its back and taJl,,sagJ
and otk rwlse manifested its hosfUj^L j
and in turn wen! out. A few minute*
I afterward it returned in company with ,j
! a second cat. Aft- r a similar exhibition
both went out and returned with a
third, and similarly went away, return
ing finally with a fourth. Considering
that, sufficient force had betu recruited
to kill the snake, the four at cnee fell
on the reptile, and after a short hut
fierce stiuggle the latter was literally
! torn to pi-.ces.—Egy ptian Gazette.
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