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Hennessey Clipper.
L. O. MILLER. Editor and Publisher.
C. H. MILLER. Proprietor,
HENNESSEY.
OKLAHOMA.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
Thk Iegi>.ativt
Australia ha> pas
ing women.
council
*-d a I.ill
>f \V«
i-ufiai
The total number of lo.v f«-ver
cafces iu Havana this year i* of w I it
12 proved fatal. This is eousid« r«-«i a
retntriable record.
Reports from southwest IJus^ia said
the recent drought in tint portion «>f
the country had rau^nl the utter loss
of the winter and spring wheat crop.
Thk board of health at Altoona, Pa.,
lias ordered all cats, dogs and pet
animals to be killed because they are
suspected of spreading smallpox in that
city.
A Havana paper said that the "union
of the Latin races of the American con-
tinent i* necessary in order to counter-
poise the growing power of the t inted
States.'*
SlKGKoN (ilNKKAI. WvMAN. of the
marine hospital service, does not think
there is any reason for alarm in the
I'nited States on account of the out-
break of the bubonic plague in Portu-
gal.
NEWS OF THE WEEK. "
was shaken by the explosion of 15J .
pounds of giant powder in a vacant lot ;
WlTHIN* the borders of Oklahoma ter-
ritory there is not a single poorhousc,
it is stated. There are no paupers in
Oklahoma, so that the territorial legis-
latures have had no occasion to make
provision for thi.- class of unfortu-
nates.
Bishop Samtel Fallows, of the com-
mittee on religious exercises of the
Chicago fall festival, stated at a meet-
ing of the general committee of the
festival that, if plans he had formed
were carried out. the world's most
famous pulpit orators will preach in
Chicago on October 8, when the festi-
val will close.
Sknatok W A. Harris, of Kansas,
will present in the senate at the next
session a measure proposing three
amendments to the constitution of the
I'nited States. First, making the pres-
ident elective for six years: second,
making the terms of congressmen four
years instead of two; third, to elect the
I'nited States senators by a direct vote
of the people.
Thk greatest steamship the world
has ever seen, the White Star liner
Oceanic, is preparing for her maiden
voyage from Liverpool to New York.
The vessel has three pole masts and
two enormous funnels. If one of the
funnels was placed horizontally on the
ground, tracks for two cars could he
built in it and the ears could run
through it at the same time. The
Oceanic is 704 feet long, < K feet \\
inches wide and 40 feet deep. Put
down in the street the Oceanic would
cover three ordinary city blocks.
G. Hoyt and James H. McNecly, In-
dian commissioners, and Indian Auvnt
J. K. Edwards, of the Crow Indian
agency, have concluded a treaty with
the ("row Indians at the Crow agency
in Yellowstone county, Mont., whereby
the Indians have agreed to sell to the
government 1,100,000 acres of their
8,000,000-acre tract at 81.50 per acre.
As soon as congress ratifies the treaty
the land will be thrown open for set-
tlement. It is situated in the Yellow-
stone valley and is the finest agricul-
tural and cattle-gra/ing land in the
west.
Bishop IIolsky. of Texas, discussing
the solution of the race question at the
session of the A fro-American council
at Chicago, said: "There is but one way
to solve this problem, and that is sepa-
ration and segregation. That is, the
negro race must occupy a state or
states and hold tin* territory to them-
selves. To make this movement effect-
ive, 1,600,000 voters should sign a peti-
tion to congress to set apart a suflicient
area of the public domain with proper
legislative restrictions by which a state
or states may be erected which will be
distinctly negro states."
Thk first assistant postmaster gen-
eral said the other day that rural free
delivery was now in operation in up-
wards of 200 towns in the I'nited
States. Every state has had a trial of
it. In every instance the amount of
mail delivered has been greatly in
creased after the establishment of free
delivery. In nearly every instance
has doubled: in most it has trebled, in
many quadrupled and in some quin
tupled. Another feature of the sys-
tem is that the cost of delivery to the
rural population is not more per piece
than it is to the urban population.
Thk state department has received a
note from Ambassador Cainbon to the
effect that an international congres
of public assistance and private beneti
eence is to meet in Paris from July 3"
to August0, 1000. The French govern-
ment is to beotlieially represented, and
foreign governments are requested to
send delegates to the congress. The
congress will comprise four sections
(1) Childhood; (2) the sick, the infirm
the incurables and aged; (3) the able
bodied poor, other relief than that of
assistance by furnishing work, general
questions: (4) works of assistance by
furnishing work.
By way of experiment the war de
partment is sending to Manila 25,000
pounds of a new kind of emergency ra
tions. It is stuff that comes in one-
pound cans, and is understood to be
composed of meat and vegetables, dei
located so as to be extremely coinpac
and highly condensed. When wanted
for eating it is crumbled in a pint of
cold water and boiled five minutes, the
result being a thick and very nutri-
tious porridge. The latter, when cold,
may be sliced for frying, like mihli.
Prof. Chittenden, of Yale, and Prof. At-
water, of Wesley an, have analyzed the
i ubstancc and commended it strongly
Gleaned By Telegraph end Mail
person \l and political.
"\Yk propose to continue recruiting
til Aguinaldo is captured," said Sec-
retary Hoot when asked if the provi-
sional army of men would I** en-
listed. Secretary Hoot telegraphed the
governors of all states, asking them to
recommend officers who had served in
the Spanish war. with a view to ofli-
•cring the additional 12 regiments
which will be organized.
prksidknt Mi Kin lev delivered an
impromptu address at the Catholic sum-
mer school at Lake Champlain. V \.,
on the 15th.
Sknator M. L. Hayward was
tricken with apoplexy at Brownville,
Neb., just as he was going to deliver an
address at the Modern Woodmen picnic
on the 15th. The doctors reported him
in a very precarious condition.
Mrs. Lily Lanotry, the actress.,
was recently married at the island of
Jersey to Hugo Gerald de Bathe, the
eldest son of >ir Henry Percival de
Bathe, Bart. The ceremony was pri-
vate. The prince of Wales is said to
have been in the confidence of the pair
and sent a telegram of congratula-
tions.
Bolting democrats from every coun-
ty but nine of the 110 composing the
state of Kentucky met at Lexington
and nominated a full state ticket,
headed by John Young Brown for
governor in opposition to the regular
democratic ticket, headed by William
Goebel, which was nominated at Louis-
ville in J une.
The democratic state convention at
Des Moines, la., nominated a ticket,
headed by Frederick E. W hite for gov-
ernor. The populist state convention
also met and indorsed the democratic
ticket. The only populist on the ticket
is W. II. Calhoun for railway commis-
sioner.
Heprf.skntati vk Warner, of Illi-
nois. at Washington on the lfith ex-
pressed his belief that Thomas B. Heed
will stay in congress, although he will
not be speaker.
Without heralding his policy Secre-
tary Hoot has practically placed Maj.
Gen. Miles in actual command of the
army and amicable relations now exist
between army headquarters and the
war department at Washington. Offi-
cial documents, orders, recommenda-
tions and suggestions are daily sent to
the major general commanding and
Gen. Miles responds and co-operates in
every official detail.
Admiral Dewey, who has been suf-
fering from a fever, was better on the
10th and in the morning he remained
on the deck of tlieOlympia at Leghorn.
Italy.
A sharp engagement between Gen.
MacArtliur's command and the insur-
gents was reported to the war depart-
ment by Gen. Otis on the 10th. 'I he
enemy's intrenelinicntson the outskirts
ngeles were attacked and the
rebels, estimated at '2,500, were driven
north with a reported los-. of 200 killed
and wounded. The American loss was
two killed and 12 wounded.
An order was issued by Secretary
Hoot «*it Washington on the 17th di-
recting that ten additional regiments
)f infantry volunteers be organized for
rvice in the Philippines.
Eight hundred Filipino insurgents
Attacked Angeles on the 17th. but the
Twelfth regiment drove them into the
mountains. Three ditched loco mot ives
were captured. None of the American
troops was injured. The insurgent
loss was not known.
Hecenti.y a statement was published
that Gov. Roosevelt, of New York,
would be McKinley's running mate
next fall. The governor was shown
the statement and he said he could not
be induced to take the nomination for
the vice presidency under any eonsid-
ration.
The SutTragio Universal at Havana
the other day said: "When the I nited
States government makes Cuba a state
of the American union, then will be
fulfilled the solemn promise declaring
that the Cuban people ought to be free
and independent. This would be in
accordance with the American consti-
tution. under which each state is, with
respect to its own affairs, independent
of the others. *'
The
MISCELLANEOUS.
Diver William Wai.hwin was killed
near Tacorns, Wash., while trying t<>
reach the sunken British ship Ande-
lana, lying at the bottom of the har-
bor with IS of the crew. He was 150
feet below the surface when the pump-
ing gear broke.
The National Sociological conven-
tion opened at Lake Bluff, 111., the
other day, students of sociology from
all parts of the country being present.
The autopsy held on the remains of
Jim Franey, the pugilist, who died
after having been knocked out at San
Francisco by Frank McConnell showed
that his vital organs were diseased and
that he had been beaten to death by
McConnell, who was arrested on a
charge of manslaughter. A similar
charge was also placed against the pro-
moters of the tight, the referee and the
seconds of both men.
The arrest of T. H. Freeman for the
murder of James Wcstbrook in Butler,
Mo., October 1 C , 1800, was accomplished
by Sheriff E. C. Mudd and Deputy Mar-
shal Lindsey at a small town named
Fanshawe, about 100 miles east of Ard-
more, I. T. Freeman was sentenced to
be hanged on December 17, I860, but es-
caped two days before by pulling the
boards off the ceiling of his cell.
Armistead Taylor and John Alfred
Brown* were hanged at Hockville. Md.,
on the 18th for murdering Louis Rosen-
stein and his wife at the little town of
Slidell. Md.
P. H. Mokrisey. grand president of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
announced definitely that the head-
quarters of the order would be removed
from Peoria, III., to Cleveland, O.
Jack McCormack. of Philadelphia,
knocked out Kid McCoy in the first
round at Chicago on the 18th. The
bout was to have been six rounds and
it was generally thought that MeCor*
mack stood no show at all.
5th street. New York, the othe-
night. The powder was stored in a
wooden box in the center of the lot.
Three small boys built a tire on top « f
the box and the explosion followed.
The boys were saved by a policeman.
who. seeing the tire, warned them to
run for their lives.
News was brought to Jacksonville.
Fia., on the l*th that the town of Red
Bay, on the island of Andros, iu the
West Indies, was swept away in the re-
cent tropical hurricane and about 300
lives were lost.
Ahout is,000 acres in the Crow Creek
reservation in South Dakota has been
opened to settlement.
By an explosion in a colliery in Gla-
morganshire, Wales, 25 persons were
killed and 00 others were in danger.
Pathetic scenes at the mouth of the
mine were witnessed as the bodies were
brought up.
Pi.ai krville, Ida., was wiped out by
•i tire the other night, all the business
portion and most of the residences lac-
ing destroyed. Most of the people lost
everything they had. The tire was
started by the overturning of a lamp.
I ss, estimated at 8250,000.
The recent hot and dry weather has
affected the Oklahoma cotton crop.
An explosion of oil in the five-story
brick building at 2020 and 2001 Dear-
born street, Chicago, gave the fire de-
partment a hard fight. The big struc-
ture was filled with paints and oils
from top to bottom and before the
I blaze could be extinguished it caused a
loss of $300,000.
An Omaha, Neb., dispatch of the 18th
stated that Gov. Poynter has abandoned
the project of providing a special train
for the First Nebraska, and the dis-
banded volunteers will be forced to use
the traveling allowance granted by the
government. The governor issued a
proclamation in which he stated that
he resorted to every possible measure
to secure the funds without result.
A pike which started in North Fort
Worth. Tex., destroyed the stables and
a portion of the pens of the Fort Worth
Packing and Provision company.
Some six or eight horses were burned
up, along with buggies, harness, feed,
The fire was believed to have
been started by a tramp.
A carriage containing six persons
was precipitated into White river, near
Washington. Ind., the other night as
it was being driven aboard a ferryboat
and all were drowned. The deail are:
Mrs. Albert Hensel. four Hensel chil-
Iren and Miss Amy Dillon. The horse
had just stepped aboard the ferryboat
when the hawser parted and the boat
swung out, dropping the carriage with
its occupants into the river. The swift
•urrent carried the victims under tin-
boat instantly and all were drowned.
Walter Wei.lman and the survivors
f the Polar expedition led by him ar-
rived at Tromsoc, Norway, on the 1Mb
m the steamer Capella, having success-
fully completed their explorations in
Franz Josef Land. Mr. Wellman has
liscovered important new lands and
many islands, but while leading the
party he fell into a snow-covered
•rcvasse and will probably be perman-
ently crippled. No trace was found in
Franz Josef Land of the missing
leronaut. Prof. Andree.
Tin. Colorado volunteers reached San
Francisco on the 10th from Manila.
A Bio Fori: freight train was wrecked
three miles east of Tower Hill, 111., the
Dther day. Six ears were piled up and
the tracks blockaded six hours. W. II.
Wcddington and T. H. Weddington.
brothers, of Golden, Mo., stealing a
ride in a car of coke, were badly in-
jured.
George C. Starck. president of the
Stonehill Wine company, Hermann,
Mo., the largest wine making concern
•ast of l alifornia, and his son.Ottmar G.
Starck, the secretary, were arrested by
the United States marshal on the
charge of defrauding the government j
by making and disposing of brandy on I
which the revenue tax had not been
paid and the immense distillery, wine
•cllars and plant, valued at §250,000
,vere seized.
Two attempts were made the other
norning to burn the Protestant Or-
phans' home at West End. near San
Antonio, Tex., with its 50 little or-
phans.
Eight hundred more cloakmakers
u New York joined the ranks of
the strikers the other day, increas-
ing the number on strike to a total of
3,000. The strikers demand better
wages and a reduction in the working
hours.
After an enforced idleness of three
weeks all the south side brickyards at
Chicago resumed work on the 10th in
accordance with an agreement drawn
up the previous day between representa-
tives of the manufacturers and a com-
mittee from the strikers. The work-
men secured no new concessions and
returned to work under precisely the
uune conditions that they left.
Franklin Hassler and two young
ladies, Hilda and Gertrude Fleischman,
with whom he was driving, were killed
by an express train near Werncrsville.
Pa., the other day.
Lightning struck the large bank
barn of Abraham Shrock. near Middles-
bury, Ind,, burning it, together with
five horses, a large quantity of grain
ind hay and many implements and
vehicles.
At Brantley, Ala., Charles Hurt, a
negro who attempted to assault Mrs.
Stephen Battle, a widow, was taken
from the Brantley jail by a mob of 100
lien and shot to death in the woods half
i mile away.
Tiie third congress of Zionists as-
sembled at Basle, Switzerland, on the
15th with 300 delegates present, inelud-
ntf a number of Americans and Enff- roa(,8 hay(,
ish. In his inaugural address Dr.
Ilerzl, who presided, declared that one
}f the primary objects of the movement
•vas to acquire a charter from the Turk-
sh government authorizing settlements
n Palestine.
The Scneca Point hotel on Canftda-
fua lake. New York, was destroyed by
ire on the 15th. The structure was
valued at $05,000. There were about
10 guests in the house at the time and
ill escaped, though many of them lost
their effects.
Ihree Regiments to Be Taken to the
Presidio and Instructed in
Target Practice.
NEW OFFICERS ON RECRUITING DUTY,
iroi Ten llegimenlft of Volunteer*
Complete and There In a Surplu* of '4,-
OOO Men fur Itegiuient* in the Philip-
pine* Large Number of Application*
from Missouri for Appointment*.
Washington. Aug. 20.— The follow-
ing dispatch was Saturday sent by the
adjutant general to the commanding
officer of the Twenty-seventh, Thirty-
first and Thirty-fourth volunteer regi-
ments of infantry:
Orders of to-day will direct that your re*!-
m^nt be placed en route for San Francisco us
Mjon a- transportation can be provided by the
quartermaster general. On arrival at San
Francisco your re/lment will go into camp at
the Presidio, r.ni its instructions in target prac-
tice. etc.. continued until transports are ready
to taUc your command t > Manila. Acknowledge
receipt with any remarks you may have to
make for the information of the war depart-
ment.
The Twenty-seventh is at Camp
Meade, the Thirtv-tirst at Fort Thomas,
Ky., the Thirty-first at Fort Logan.
Col.
The quartermaster's department has
directed that the Glenogie and Tacoma,
of the Northern Pacific steamship line,
be chartered for carrying troops to
Manila. The Glenogle will carry 800
and the Tacoma 0* 0 men.
Orders were issued from the war de-
partment placing all majors, captains
and lieutenants appointed for the new
regiments on recruiting duty. They
will assist the nearest recruiting officer
for a period of about one week and
will then conduct their recruits to the
rendezvous.
The first ten regiments of volunteers
are complete anil there is a surplus of
about 2,000 men for the regiments in
the Philippines and the next ten being
raised. The enlistments yesterday
were 236, making a total of 14,005.
Speaking of the orders issued to the
three regiments to proceed to San Fran-
cisco. Gen. Corbin said that not only
would the other regiments follow soon,
but the ten recently ordered would be
sent to Manila as soon as they could be
organized.
MiftaourlauH Apply for Appointment*.
Washington, Aug. 20.—According to
the statement of (len. Corbin. Missouri
will be allowed 12 officers for the new
regiments. This arrangement provides
for two officers for each regiment the
state had in the Spanish war. Those
applicants who saw service in the
Spanish war anil made good records
will be given the preference. There
are a large number of applicants from
Missouri for military appointments.
The applications of the Missourians,
with their indorsements, have been
filed at the department from time to
time by Assistant Secretary of the In
terior Davis and Congressmen •!oy and
Pearce, Congressman Bartholdt being
in Europe.
STRIKING WAITERS ENJOINED.
Circuit Judge Ilenry, of Kaima* < Ity, D«-
cidc* \i;aiiiMt the Men Who Were
Boycotting a Keataurant.
Kansas City, Mo., Aucr. 20.—Tin
striking waiters at McClintock's res-
taurant were enjoined by Judge John
W. Ilenry, of the circuit court, from
boycotting McClintoek or his busiuc
in any manner whatsoever; from in-
terfering with McClintock's employ
or any person who might desire to (
tcr his employ: from using any illegal
means calculated to prevent per-
sons entering McClintock's employ
from interfering by intimidation,
threats, boycotting or molestation with
customers of McClintoek; from congre-
gating in front of or about McClin
toek's place, or picketing, patrolling or
loitering around there to interfere
with McClintoek or his business in any
way. The injunction was directed not
only against the striking waiters, but
against all members of their union and
against any ot their associates.
A Bridge Cilve* Way.
Pawhuska, Ok.. Aug. 20. -The Block
er Cattle company, which is grazing
large number of cattle on the Osag
reservation, lost SO head by the falling
of the steel bridge across the Caney
river, near Elgin, on the Kansas line
The company was driving about 300
head to ship from Elgin. They crowd
ed onto the bridge and began running
when about 800 feet of the structure
gave way and fell 75 feet with tin
tie into the river. The two men who
were driving the herd went down with
the bridge, but escaped with no serious
injury. The horses they were riding
were killed.
Fx-State Trea*urer Hamilton Stabbed.
Kingman, Kan,, Aug. 20. — James
Hamilton, ex-state treasurer, was
stabbed while aiding a conductor to
suppress two young men who were
throwing tomatoes in a car on the
Wichita & Western railroad. One of
the men had been knocked down by
Hamilton. When the train reached
here the man slashed Hamilton across
the head with a knife.
Will Transport Them Free.
Topeka, Kan.. Aug. 20.— Gov. Stan
lev has issued a proclamation calling
upon the people of Kansas for con
tributions of money, food and clothing
for the sufferers in Porto Rico. Tin
Santa Fe and the Koek Island rail
(1 to transport all sue
donations free and similar concessions
arc expected from other linesoperating
in Kansas.
T. K. Freeman, Who Wa to IIa*e Been
Hanged for Murder at Butler, Ma, lu
1 Sti9. Arrested in the Territory.
Butler, Mm. All it. JO.-The arrest of
T. K. Freeman for themurderof James
West brook, in Butler, October 10, 1S09,
was accomplished by Sheriff E. C.
Mudd and Deputy Marshal Lindsey at
a small town named Fanshawe, about
100 miles east of Ardmore, I. T. Free-
man was senteneed to be hanged on
December 17. ISM. but escaped two
days before by pulling the boards « ff
the cdllsf of h;.N cell. Sheriff Mudd
learned that Freeman was passing
under the name of Spottswood and
was living at Fanshawe. The infor-
mation came through Leopold Hart, a
traveling salesman. Hart had former-
ly lived in Butler and was well ac-
quainted with Freeman. \Mien Hurt
accosted Freeman the latter threatened
him and told him he had better not say
Anything about it to anyone. Hart re-
ported the matter to Sheriff Mudd, at
Ardmore, several months ago, but no
action was taken. \\ hen Hart again
saw Freeman he was so sure of his man
that he again notified Mudd and the
irrest followed.
The crime is a familiar one to resi-
dents of western Missouri. Freeman,
ho was a young man of 30
ars, became infatuated with
Mrs James Westbrook. the wife
:>f a well-known citizen of Butler. Go-
iug home one night Westbrook found
man at his house. He ordered him
away. On his way home Freeman
passed several citizens to whom he re-
irked that he was "going hunting
or some one." He got his gun and
going to West brook's house he called
his victim to the front gate and sent a
load of buckshot into his body, killing
him in a few minutes. Freeman was
uptured. tried, convicted and sentenced
to be hanged December 17, 1869.
THREE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
urn of Bed Bay, l*lan<l of Andro*, Was
Swept Away in the Hurricane Thai
Vl*ited the West luillen.
Jacksonville. Fla.. Aug. 20.—Accord-
ing to a Miami dispatch to the Times
Union and Citizen. Capt. Dillon, of the
steamer Cocoa, states that the town of
lied Bay, on the island of Andros, 20
miles southwest of Nassau, was swept
away in the recent tropical hurricane
and about 300 lives lost. An eye wit-
ness of the storm estimated that the
loss of life on the island was fully 000.
Scattered through the wreck of houses
it Red Bay after the storm subsided
he said he saw hundreds of corpses of
persons of all ages and classes. Capt.
Dillon says the wind blew at the rate
of 00 miles an hour at Nassau with oc-
asional gusts which reached a velocity
of 105 miles an hour.
Evading the Quarantine Law.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 20.—The state
live stock sanitary commission has just
discovered a system which Indian ter-
itory cattlemen have been working to
get cattle into Kansas in violation of
the quarantine regulations. The cat-
tlemen tirst drive the cattle into south-
ern Missouri and then drive them north
through the woods to Joplin anil bring
them into Kansas from that point.
•etarv Kiddle caught a big herd be-
ing brought in that way and quaran*
tilled them.
i.'oiibl Not Balse the Money.
Hnaha, Neb., Aug. 20.—Gov. Poyn-
ter yesterday abandoned the project of
providing a special train for the First
Nebraska, and the disbanded volun-
•s will be forced to use the travel-
ing allowance granted by the govern-
ment. Over Si5.000 had been pledged
by private subscription, leaving 820,000
still to be raised. The governor issues
a proclamation in which he states that
he resorted to every possible measure
iecure the funds, without result.
Pico della Mirandola, a learned Ital-
ian of the fifteenth century, was elo-
quent in 22 language*, and M. Fulgence
Fresnel was familiar with 20.
In the seventeenth century Nicholas 1
Sehmiil. a German peasant, translated
the Lord's Prayer into as many lan-
guages as there are weeks in a year, and
in the next century Sir William Jones
could converse in 28 different tongues.
Uhe fame of £lihu Burritt, the
'•learned blacksmith," who died some
20 years ugo, is Ktill fresh in memory.
Burritt mastered Latin, Greek and
French while plving his hammer at the
forge, and he made as light of translat-
ing Icelandic sagas as of shoeing a
horse.
Of men who have mastered between
ten and twenty languages the "name
is legion." Chief among them are Pos-
tel, a French scholar, who was fnmiliar
with 15 tongues, and J. J. Scaliger, an-
other Frenchman, who spoke like a na-
tive in 13 strange tongues. Claude
Duret was master of 17 languages, and
James Crichton, a Scotsman, could
dispute learnedly in a dozen.
It is only a few months since Dr.
Gottlieb I.eitner, the. most famous
linguist of this generation,died at Bonn,
in Germany, Dr. Leitner, who acted as
interpreter to the English army in the
Crimean war, could speak with equal
facility in no fewer then 50 languages,
and many of the more abstruse eastern
tongues he knew as intimately as his
native German.
Sir John Bowring knew every lan-
guage and dialect of Europe, and Solo-
mon C. Malan, an English clcrgvman,
when a boy of 18 could preach in 13
languages, and In later years added to
his store such widely diverse tongue*
as Arabic and Welsh, Svriac and Chi-
nese, Japanese and Kussian. His facil-
ity in mastering a new language was so
great that within a fortnight he learned
Armenian sufficiently well to be able
to preach in it. and a month's study en-
abled him to preach in Georgian to a
native congregation in the cathedral of
Kutais
To Form a Spiritualist Colony.
Liberal, Mo., Aug. 20.—The seventh
annual encampment of Spiritualist
began here Saturday. It is proposed to
form a Spiritualists' colony, dividing n
tract of land into small properties to
be held by the annual payment of a
small rent. The land is not to be sold
unless the colony proves a failure.
Made Short Work at McCoy.
Chicago, Aug. 30. Jack McCormack,
of Philadelphia, knocked out Kid Mc-
Coy in less than three minutes last
night. The bout was to have been for
six rounds, and it was generally thought
that McCormack stood no show at all.
The tight was so short and so quickly
over that there was almost nothing to
it but the punch that put McCoy to
sleep.
Want to Keep Bryan Away.
Lexington, Ivy., Aug. 20.—Efforts
will be made by the anti-Goebel demo-
crats to keep Bryan out of the cam-
paign. The fact that he was indorsed
by the convention here will be used as
an argument why he should not take
sides in a factional fight when both
parties profess loyalty to him.
Boy Carried Off by Tramp*.
Fort Scott, Kan., Aug. 20.—George
Fetters, a 12-year-old boy from this
city, has been carried off by four tramps
and the last heard of him was from
SoutV McAlester, I. T., where a note
was found signed by him saying that
he was held in captivity and that the
tramps threatened to kill him if he at.
tempted to escape.
Coolidge. Kan.. Swept by Storm.
Cooliilfff. Kan.. Aup. 20.—A heavy
rainstorm followed by a liigh wind
visited this plaee yesterday. The
Methodist church was completely de-
stroyed and the water works damaged.
Much other damage was done all over
the city, causing much loss of property.
Want Damage* for Los* of Hiiftbanrl.
Joplin, Mo., Aug. 20. — Mrs. Lon
Menasch brought suit against the city
of Joplin for 85.000 damages for the
loss of her husband who was killed in
a cave-in while digging a sewer last
spring. Three other men were killed
at the same time.
Fell Eighty Feet to Death.
Galena. Kan., Aug. .20—Abe Nelson,
of Aurora, Mo., was overcome bj* bad I
air and was hoisted from the mine I
where he was working, but when he
reached the top fell back 80 feet and
was killed.
At Plattsburg, N. Y., on the 18th,
President McKinley reviewed the
Forty-sixth regiment. Mrs. McKinley
presented the regiment with a silk
flag.
ROYALTY AND TITLE.
George IV. was prince of Wales for
over 57 years, but Alfred Edward has
passed that record.
In the king of Saxony's museum at
Dresden there is a cherry stone upon
which, by the aid of a microscope, more
than 100 faces can be distinguished.
The duchess of St. Albans owns what
Is probably the most interesting col-
lection of Victorian autographs in the
world. Besides the royal family and
the nobility represented, there are
words especially contributed by Ten-
nyson, Browning, Gladstone, John
Bright and Chamberlain, and verse
written exclusively for the duchess by
the best-known verse-makers of tho
day.
Queen Victoria always admired* the
works of Dickens, and when the great
humorist was honored with an inter-
view with her, her majesty, with that
tine tact and courtesy which have
marked all her life, handed him an au-
tographed copy of her "Leaves from
the Journal of Our Life in the High-
lands," with a graceful reference to
herself as the "humblest" of writers,
and Dickens as ' one of the geratest.''
JOTTINGS ABROAD.
The empire of Morocco is the most
important state that is absolutely
without a newspaper.
The disproportion of the sexes is
still very great in Australia. In West
Australia there were only 54,000 wom-
en in a population of ICS,000.
Prof. Lombroso declares that China
is the only country in the world that
has succeeded in avoiding the four
great social evils—feudalism, militar-
ism, sacerdotalism and capitalism.
London's General Omnibus company
runs 1,300 omnibuses, which carry llJ0,-
000,000 passengers a year and run 2(j,-
000,000 miles. It owns 15,351 horses
and employs 5,000 men. The annual
receipts are about $0,000,000.
Germany turns out a hundred new
picture postal cards a day, according
to the British consul at Frankfort, and
the yearly output is over 30,000,000,
which arc exported to all parts of the
world. Since the collecting mania be-
gan the increase in the number of
postal cards handled by the German
post office has been 12,000,000 a year.
INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE.
The first silkworms raised in the
♦vest have been produced by Mark
Chiesa, an Italian, at Dcs Moines, la.,
from eggs imported from Italy. From
ten silk-moths he got 8,000 eggs, and
of these 4,000 hatched. It is his inten-
tion to produce silk on a large scale.
Compared with the enormous cap-
ital of some of the English banks the
largest American institutions dwindle
into insignificance. The National Pro-
vincial Hank of England has $79,000,-
000; Bank of England, $73,000,000; Lon-
don and Westminster bank, $70,000,000,
' For the Sake of Fun
Mischief is Done.
A vjut amount of mischief is done,
too. because people neglect to keep their 1
blood pure. It appears in eruptions, [
dyspepsia, indigestion. ner<i>ousness, ,
kidney diseases, and other ailments. I
Hooa s Sarsaparilla cures all diseases I
promoted by impure blood or lo*w state j
of the system. Remember
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