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Sicilies nU TJransWhatever naay be thought of the ad-

ministration of the Pension Office byCommissioner Evans all should regret

to the controversy between him andGeneral Sickles The question whetherMr Evans snWld be reappointed seemsto have been made an issue in the lastPresidential campaign and to have hadarilmportant beming upon the result ofthe election

According to General Sicklesthe pensioners to the number of

about a million were bitterly opposed-to Mr Evans and the votersthem were unwilling to support Mr Mc-

Kinley unless assurances were giventhat the present Commissioner shouldnot be This assurance theGeneral he gave in his speechesthroughout the country particularly inOhio Indiana Illinois Kansas and Nebraska and he expresses the belief thatthe assurance was instrumental in

the election of the Republicancandidates The General further says

sioners upon the authority of theCommittee of the Kepublican

party of which Senator Hanna isChairman

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erals statement KatlonnlCommittee And the pensioners in a badlight The country will not hesitate tobelieve that Mr Hanna stood ready tomake any land of a political promisethat seemed necessary to insure Eepublican success and there will be nodisposition to doubt the truth of whatthe General says upon this

Fut the statement thaters would not have supported ME

without this assurance will nothe so readily accepted If that is truethen it follows that there are hundredsof thousands of old the coun-try enough change anyPresidential lection who do not votefrom any political conviction out solelywith reference to the facility withwhich pensions can be secured Thecountry desires to think better of theUnion veterans than that and it does

Speaker Hen lcr on and the KingSpeaker Henderson may be assuming

a little too much from his re-ception by King Edward thesmooth generalities that the Britishmonarch would be likely to utter uponsuch an occasion

3lr HSnderson assures hisfriends that England will bupon In any ordinary controversywhich may arise between the UnitedStates and the rest of the world ThisIs a rather broad it maywell be doubted is entirelyJustified by anything that King Edwardsaid For him to use language that isfairly to such an interpretationwould be in the highest degree injudi-cious Even though he did in feel

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that would by their nature invite thehostJHly of other nations Mr Hiderson puts the King in the attitude vfsaying that England would stand withthe United States against the rest ofthe world regardless of the merits ofany controversy that might arise

No doubt the King does feel kindlytoward the United States There is noreason why he should not The twonations are akin in blood languageand to some extent In thought More-over their Interests are closely interwoven At the same time it is certainthat Edward Tt does not especiallyadmbre the republican form of govern-ment His interests and feelIngs are with kIngs and emperors notwith presidents and governors

But apart from all this everybodyknows that the British sovereign Is lit-tle more than a figurehead and nothingthat he could say would justify theconclusion that England would

be our friend in a controversy withthe rest of the world The ministry willLave something to say about that andwhere England will be found in such anevent will depend entirely upon circum-stances

However we need not worry mucheven if Mr Henderson probably is mistaken ia lila iBterpretAtion of the Kingslanguage A little good common sensewill keep ws front having any seriouscontroversy with the rpsi of the worldand under ordinary cireumaiiiiStresshall probably be able to take tare ofourselves although the friendship ofEngland as well as that of all othernations is of course to be cultivated

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About twice a week there Is a reportln the New York papers that a childias been run over by a trolley car andthat a wildeyed crowd gathered about

spot crying Lynch the motormanare two deplorable features in oc

j rrences like these One is that richvnd powerful corporation cannot or willnot prevent such accidents and theother is that there is such a lack ofJawabiding spirit among Utethat instead of quietly and strenuously

to work to force the company toremedy the defective arrangement they3SU6h from their houses howling for the

j lood or the motormanNobody runs over children for fun

ip2iere Is probably net one motorman orrailway in a thousand whowould not rather suffer death or serious

jinjury than have the death of other hu-man beings on his conscience throughcarelessness A good many railroadDen have been incapacitated for theirwork for life through one experience ofthe kind The remembrance that they

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have through fault or carelessness orfatigue caused a disastrous accidenthas broken their nerve and forced themto give up railway work altogetherThe motorman is not likely to be care-less enough to cause the death of achild unless he is overfatigued or un-less the arrangements of the road aresuch that he cannot stop his car Intime

It is possible for electric cars to be soequipped that power brakes and fenderswill prevent the death of any humanbeing under the wheels unless some ex-traordinary combination of circum-stances occurs Now and then one seesan account in the papers of somewauldbe suicide who courted death bythis menus but was prevented frontrolling under the carwheels by the

or by the prompt action of theMen fit to be trusted with the

responsibility of running a car generally can and will stOD it In time toprevent loss of life or injury if the machinery is properly arranged

There are two things which should benoted In this connection however asresting with the people One is the useof their voting power It is futile ferthem to form mobs and maltreat themotorman when things like this occurWhat they should do is to make an organized determined effort to preventaccidents by forcing the company toremove the possibility Another matterwhich ought to receive attention is thedanger of allowing children to play inthe streets where motor cars are running Some youngsters seem to fairedelight in trying to get across the trackas near the car as they can without

knocked over This is what turnsthe motormans hair grey The factthat many children multitudes of themin New York have no other playground but the streets is one of thestrongest arguments in favor of publicplaygrounds In the model city perhaps it would be forbidden to usestreets on which electric lines run asresidence streets at all These wouldbe reserved for shops and factories andthe intermediate streets and the suburbs would be used for dwelling housesBut New York is not a model city andowing to its cramped position on theisland of Manhattan it is not likely everto be

Writing In SchoolA writer In the July Forum dis-

cusses the question of writing as taughtand practiced in school and hints thatpossibly the amount of it required outside the regular writing exercise is re-sponsible for some spinal and oculardiseases which are to be found amongschool children He also comments onthe fact that from onehalf to onefifthof the lime spent by the child in schoolis usually occupied with written work

To the thoughtful observer this givesa clue to two or three undesirable traitsnoted in the schoolchildren of todayOne is carelessness in writing TheGerman schoolmaster who comes to thiscountry is horrified at the illegible andcareless penmanship of children andadults The educated German writes ahand like copperplate The educatedAmericans writing 1 apt to look morelike a hens tracks in the mud

It should be remembered that to do athing carefully and well for one hour ismore improving than to du it carelessly

six hours In the one case the handeye and brain are taught to work cor-rectly in the other they all three getInto bad habits and habits of inaccu-racy in spelling grammar penmanship-or composition are desperately hard toget rid of It Is unreasonable to requirethe child to be absolutely accuratewhen writing is as yet an unfamiliarart to him and he is compelled to writeIn a hurry and to attend to ttif correness of his information as well as ofspelling punctuation and grammarThe sensible teacher will overlook inaccuracies In these minor matters rather than deficiency in knowledge of thesubject or clearness of thought but thefact is that children ought not to be

to write papers in a hurry untiltheir penmanship is practically beyonddemoralization They should learn towrite rapidly and clearly from dicta-tion before they da much writing of ex-

amination papersAnother fault which may possibly be

the result of the same system is lack ofclearness and accuracy in speechWhen writing is substituted for recitingthe child loses a kind of training xrhichis a valuable part of education Thereare many people who can think quicklyaccurately and sensibly but cannoteasily express their thoughts This isoften noticeable in those who are calledselfmade who have got

ten much of their education by solitaryreading and have not been accustomed-to express their thoughts because theyhave not been associated with peoplewho were interested in anything intellectual School training should removethis it is a

course it is better to have Ideas andnot be able to talk than to talk withoutany ideas The child who Is taugftt toexpress himself clearly in recitationwho is not allowed to use the words ofthe book like a parrot who In translating from Latin Is not permitted touse a word derived from the one whichbe translates if another can be foundwho is trained to think as he speaksand command his selfpossession in thepresence of an audience has received-an education which will be valuable tohim almost anywhere The man who isa thinker and cannot talk Is like a full

with the cork driven in hard theone who is fluent but has no Ideas islike an empty jug without any cork atalL The former is intrinsically themore valuable article but unless thecork can be extracted the value of thetwo Is about the same In an emergency

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Ulntrlmonlnl AdvicePerhaps nothing more surely Indi

cates that the silly season has begunthan the fact that some of the

selected to make addresses at commencement exercises have undertaken-to advise the callow youths in graduat-ing classes on the subject of matrimony It seems as If years of experi-ence with the ways of young men mighthave taught them that if there is onething in which human nature will surely and certainly have its way it is inpicking out a matrimonial partner andthat nobody on the top of this greenearth can predict with certainty whatsort of person any given other personwill select for the experiment

But it appears that the professors andpresidents In question could not or didnot understand this truth and one ofthem even went so far as to assure hishearers at the beginning that there

that their grandmothers were By thisit may be inferred that the speaker was

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I at least fifty years old Adam probablymade the same remark to Enoch whenthat godly youth wished to take untohimself a wife The fact remains thatwhether the girl today Is equal to hergrandmother or not she probably suitsthe youth of today better than that re-spected lady would If this is not soany man who is really anxious to find agirl of the sort his paternal ancestorcourted and won can probably discoverher in some of the less progressive com-munities of our land

A whimsical sketch in one of the current magazines entitled The Steel Engraving Lady and the Gibson Girlcontrasts these two maidens in a wayunflattering to the latter Itends with-a picture of the oldtime grace-fully reclining on a couch with a gal-lant lover kneeling at her feet and toy-ing with the rose fallen from her hairwhile the modern maid is sitting on afence beside a youth who calmly

her to get down and stand infront of him to keep the wind off whilehe lights his pipe

There is a considerable amount offancy sketch about both these picturesand if the obverse side of the pictureshould be shown tire advantage mightnot be altogether with the past Forexample the Steel Engraving Ladyafter marriage gracefully retired fromthe table each evening to allow her lordand master together with the othergentlemen to get intoxicated It wasnot always a matter of a social glass ofwine it was often sheer absolutedrunkenness The Steel EngravingLady was not supposed to know aboutit but did she not know The GibsonGirl may enjoy a glass of champagneor sauterne after dinner with her

but one glass will do neither ofthem any harm

The rose and guitar business is allvery pretty but the Steel EngravingLady did not spend all her time in be-ing adored She was expected to en-dure without a murmur things whchno selfrespecting human being coldbe expected to tolerate nefjvadays Iheman of today may not spend quite somuch time saying pretty things to themaiden of his choice but jhe has put itout of the power of himself or any otherman in most of the United States todeprive a woman of her dowry herearnings her clothes and her childrenafter she has once entrusted herself tohim in marriage There was a timewhen the married woman had absolute-ly no right to anything of her own noteven her neWborn child The modernman does not confine his chivalrousfeeling to the woman whom he recog-nizes as his equal Headmits the factthat other men may not be willing toconcede any rights to their wives andbe intends that women shall have de-cent treatment because intelligent andrightfeeling men want them to have itwhether the minority of brutal and un-feeling husbands like the arrangement-or not That Is the direction which themodern mans chivalry takes and theGibson Girl probably likes it best

The invitation to Minister TTu to speakIn Philadelphia on the Fourth of Julyhas led to a protest that is more amusingthan interesting If certain PhiJadetphians wish to meet Graft resolutionsconaemnatory of the Asnbridge

of the city that is their privilegeand there seems to be abundant groundfor such action But it Is hard to seewhat connection Minister Wu has hadwith the misdeeds f the ring that islooting the City of Brotherly Love orwhy those misdeeds should be invoked asa reason or objecting to him as a Fourthof July orator Neither does it seem

abettor of the Bxers while the statef mint that the chairman of the committee

which invited 3fr Wu isia candidate forMinister to China to displace our pres

47it true and noble Minister Con-ge is not only Irrelevant butcrois in its sentiment and phraseologyThe whole thing is a tempest in a

It Is reported that the British havefive hundred and forty Boer men

and women The significance of the capture would be more apparent if the despatch had stated specifically how manyof the total number men and howmany of the men belonged in the fightingclass Various other captures are reported by British scouts The loss of the Brit-ish as stated up to the latest accounts wasone man killed From this It Is

to infer that those captured werechiefly noncombatants The fightingBoers have not been n the habit of beingcaptured by hundreds without hurtingsomebody before surrendering

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clined cordially to unite with the Russian-in the belief that Secretary Gage does notknow any more about foreign sugarties than he does about the American Tar-iff law Two out of the three members-of the Board of Appraisers have

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The Ohio PlatformFrom York World

The Ohio Republicans reaffirm all deviationsheretofore inside by the Republican party invor of reciprocity

Tile trouble is that the bujUprotcci itmists arein favor of reciprocity in resolution but againstits adoption in practice Reciprocity betweennations means siring and taking rights or bene-fits for a mutual advantage But the RepublicanSenators want a jugbandied treaty with all thebenefits on one side Ml take and no sire istheir idea ef reciprocity

What is the use of resolooting in favor ofreciprocity when the campaign contributors andthe voting victims of the hightariff delusion willnot grant any reciprocal benefits to secure it

From the Xew York TribuneThe role of leadership which the Buckeye State

has played so Ion in national politics has girmthe utterances of its platform makers a breadth

timeliness not to be looked for from otherStates where enj ossment in national interests isteas keen and where political lire is les ineefcantand strenuous In off years especially thekeynote struck by an Ohio convention l s theunqwcstioaexl value of measuring with come degreeof accuracy the shames groat or snail which a

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State hs delighted to honor him Is it possibie that its declaration in faver of vindicat-ing the rights of the colored citizens of theSouth is intended a a rebuke to him for his in-difference to the of the colored heath

Hevlsiiijf the TnrllTFront the Birmingham Jib AgeHerald

The Republican party is trying to slip fromuarfer the ptotocratism it has fastened upon tilecountry it is trying to revise the tenS aad ifthe tartS protected trusts do not interfere theywill be apt to go Uirou h the motions of tarilfrevision That any honest indireettaxation can come at their hands is impossiblebut it is becoming every day more probable thatin order to themselves JIM the iructs theywill reseat some scLeie of tariff revision

Frosn the Cbaitenoaga TimesThe tariff mongers of the Republican schooly Mr Babcocks proposed revision of the iron

steel tariff is too drastic ami is not10 be thonebt off Very perhapsmore drastic titan Babcock pragraiome willbe presented by the people later

A Jveiituclcy OpinionFrom the Xooinvillc Courier Journal

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The intense heat has brought forth theusual gaudy assortment of horse bonnetsand while some of the equines resembleclowns the idea of the bonnet is a goodone as it keeps the brain centre cool andprevents collapse A casual glance at thehorses passing along Pennsylvania Ave-nue will that the ordinary wagonhorse and draft animal has to coutenthimself with an old straw hat such as isworn by at the seaside Some colcrest drivers have rigged up old derbiesand soft felt hats so as to afford shelterand many of the effects are ludicrous OnF Street where a still better class ofhorses congregate the prevailing stylesare wire frames over which cotton hasbeen stretched Further uptown oil

Avenue Wie stylish horses havebonnets of wicker covered with silkOthers hive Tiandsome designs In duckand white leather But after all none ofthem have any more Comfort than theanimal driveYi genius who ob-tained an old and much frayedsponge and tied this ofor the head of his

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Attorney General Krios has had sent tothis city his famous team of trottersWert and Dr LeeK which he paid512WO The splendy teipn will be one ofthe sights on the uptorrn avenues thissummer While Mr Knox has manyother blooded horses none themwin be brought here uctil fall The teamnow here is the coantry as having broken the pole recordestablishing new figures which have notyet been equaled Mr Knox takes pridein the fact that he trainvl the animalshimself He drove the record mile atBrunot Island Park and lowered the timefrom 212 to 210

The usual summer beverage with thefeminine patronymic has arrived Lastyear it was the Mamie Taylor but thisseason brings out the Helen GrandeeThis is a mixture of Irish whisky limessweet soda and ice and is warranted tomake Miss Taylor taste like lemonadeIt is having quite a run and was broughthere frbm New York

A story is going the rounds of the ho-tel lobbies and is causing much amuse-ment at the expense of Senator HannaWhen the Ohio statesman left the Capital for his homein Cleveland about twomonths ago he had the reputation of

one of the shrewdest men in thecountry The story of his undoing is saidto be absolutely true however and iavouched for by Mayor Johnson of Cleve-land and others It is related that oneday last week a trill Southerner called atMr Hannas office and sent word Jn thatMr Bailey of Texas would like to see

him Mr Bailey was at onceand swooped down upon the bland

Republican leader with the announce-ment that he Ir Bailey was a brother of Senator Bailey of Texas and as hewas passing through Cleveland en routefrom the Buffalo Exposition h had con-cluded to drop in and shake hands SirHanna did not know whether SenatorBailey had a brother or not and gave thestranger the benefit of the deubt Thelatter at once swung into a general dis-cussion of polities and politicians andshowed himself thoroughly familiar withboth The South Texas politics the oil

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Doom other matters were gone overand Mr Bailey showed that he was wellposted His Southern drawl and his

about Southern statesmen de-lighted Mr Hanna and when the Sena-tors private secretary Sir Dover en-tered he was at once

You remember Baileys brother dontyou Dover This is my secretary AirDover said Sir Hannallr Dover did not remember ilr Bai

leys brother hut h would not admit thisbeforeSentor Hanna Then he with-drew WithIn a fetr minutes Mr Bai-ley explained that Ws had spent more

exposition than he shouldhave and that he yofs rather short liethen asked if Mr Hanha could obligehim with a smalL sum until Tie got badehome lie would return it Mr Hanna was quite takes with the Texan andsafd could He then passed out

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Mr Hanna later learned that Sir Bai-ley had into MrHogg of Texas 8OTI Of the old Texasstatesman and obtained loans from anumber of other citizens Later he became Mr Wise of Virginia son of Rep-resentative Vise The Ohio Senator real-ized that for the list time in his life hehad been he victintof a confidence manand has been trying to suppress the storyever since The police are now looking

Mr Bailey but as yet have been unable to find him

The Capitol has hud itf its guest duringtime past few days a venerable man whois issuing free samples cf his wonderfulcureall He calls himself a doctor andisis mission he says Is to relieve the residents of the District of all disease Thisis done by taking a white powder whichhe puts up and which is guaranteed tocnre all ills of both mind and body The

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doctor called at the White House a fewdays age and left two of the powders forthe President stating that if Mr JIcKitley took the medicine when Indisposed hrwould be made sound and healthy at onceAfter leaving the powders the doctormade his way to the local newspaper of-fices and left a written statement whichreads as follows

Of the remarkable works offered bythe city of Chicago that of the professionof therapy appears to be the most unIqueInteresting and efficient and as much soas can well be conceived Offered by theDispensary of Chicag and now represent-ed in Washington it affords the inhabitants of the the rarest of treatsThe Executive alone proclaimsits merits in no less than three dozen individuals any one of which affords ampleevidence of its marvels sad so much thatshould anyone be found did not slugits praise he would be supposed to hearno music in his soul and would Immediately remind one of the expression Soulsoul why persecutest thou me

The to the PeopleFrom the Cleveland Leader

One of the leading newspapers of Philadelphiaestimates the increased cost of fuel to tbeAmerican in consequence of thecombination among the railroads and other finan-cial interests which control the production andtransportation of anthracite at more than4000000 a month That is to y the saving

which might be counted upon if there wereeffective competition in the sad distribu-tion cf the only kind of coal desirable for Oamestic use in stoves and furnaces would be about

a 3eOOO a ycaar Yet there are men who tryconvince themselves that the fruits of mo-

nopoly are low prices to consumers and theof the general welfare

Mr Rockefellers GenerosityFrom the Augusta Ga Chronicle

There is an audible grin all anxuwl the circleat the aertk R of XT Rockefeller that theard Oil Company baa paid set certain millionsin wages daring certain years that this is

the bet form of giving WJSB on tie lastsof these wages raiilHHuirc owners have reaped 4S per east dividends sail Mr Rockefeller hareceived individually more in ten yeses than allthe hand employed by the company have receivedin twenty years it is hardly fair te speak fthese wages as ivtn-

jExpeetlnsr Too MuchFrom the Johnstewn ra Daaeent

The Boston Transcript says it is the duty ofthe nation to agree with the Supreme CourtHut how tan the nation agree with the SupreaeCourt whoa the Supreme Court does rut agree

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From the St IUH Gk beD iflocratSince Mr OerelaBd never said that he is

opposed to a third it is quite naturalaoiac i lois friends are stttiae ready

to present his same at Democratic

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NAVAL STATIONS IN CUBA

ArceThe surveys of harbors in Cuba by the

Navy Department to ascertain the bestlocations tor United States naval stationsin the island have been practically com-pleted antI ttoe gunboats Vixen and Yankton which have been doing most of thesurveying have left Gibara on the northcoast the former for Hampton Roads andthe latter for San Juan They will pro-ceed to Boston for repairs

The data at hand is sufficient to justifythe selection of the strategics points InCuba to be used as naval stations andthe Government will negotiate with theCuban Government when it has been

for transfer to the UnitedStates of four sites These are locatedon Nlpe Bay Guantanamo Bay Clenfuegos Harbor and Havana Harbor Carefulattention to the geographical and strategical importance as well as the depth ofthe water at these places was given TheIdea was to select points at the extremeeastern and western ends of the islandand on the north and south coasts butthere was no suitable harbor near CapeSan Antonio on the extreme west com-manding the Yucatan Channel or nearCape Maysi on the extreme east com-manding the Windward Passage and thisbrought about the determination to havestations on the northern and southerncoasts as near to the eastern and westernends of the island as possible

Havana was naturally selected for theeastern station on the northern coast butit was not easy to find a good harbor nearthe eastern end of the southern coastCienfuegos although a considerable distance from the eastern extremity of Cubaand near the centre of the southern coastpresented the location

All the intervening water close to thecoast between that point and Cape SanAntonio is shallow Cienfuegos wasregarded as the best base of operationsagainst an enemy attempting to reachthe United States by means of the Tucatan channel Its harbor is landlockedand has plenty of water and this

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of the southern coast but the entrance tothe harbor was not suitable for big shipsGuantanamo fffffy miles east of Santiago which the Baited States ships usedas a coaling bass in the operationsagainst Torsis army and Ccrverassquadron better harbor and wasconsidered an Ideal location for a navalbase For the station on the easternend of the northern coast Kipe Bay waschosen without question It is

and can be connected by a canalwhich the Government Intends to buildwith JLevisa Bay also landlocked

The Havana station is admirably situated for the base of a fleet engaged inguarding the Nicholas channel and theSantaren channel which unite with theold Bahama channel close to the coastof Cuba

Xipe Is wen situated for guarding theeastern end of the old Bahama channelnd as a base of operations to guard the

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CONSTRUCTION CORPS WORK

Msissncliiixetts Institute of Teclinolemery Selected for Naval Cadets

The Navy has decided thatii future the officers of the ConstructionCorps of the Navy shaB be educated atthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology Instead of abroad For many yearsnaval cadets qualifying for the Con-

struction Corps were sent abroad for acourse of two years at the Royal Naval

at Greenwich England and prllate Institutions at Glasgow anti ParisThe the authorities of the Englishschool declined to admit any moreAmerican studentsTs iM the Navy Department two

years ago to make enquiries to ascertainwhether there were any educational in-

stitutions in the United tates competento give thorough iastructioH in naval

aehitecture The fes lt was satisfactorybat the department decided to defer action in the hope that such a course couldbe established at the Naval AcademyDuring the period since the Royal Schoolat Greenwich declined to receive Ameri-can students the young constructorsgraduated from the Naval Academyhave been sent to Glasgow and Paris

Recently the matter was again broughtforward and in consequence of a furtherenquiry the Navy Department has de-cided to favor the Massachusetts Institute cf Technology Naval Cadets William McNamee and William Fergusonnow at sea winbe the first constructorssent there Later two more cadets willbe sent to take course

MEN IN NEED OP CLOTHING-

A List of Article Demand

Thomas H Norton the United StatesConsul at Harput Armenia informs theState Department that there is a growingdemand at Mezreh and Harput for bootsshoes and mens furnishings such asshirts collars cuffs neckties suspendersunderwear etcx

The leading local retail firm engagedin this business be says is desirousof receiving pricelJsts catalogues andsamples from whotesaJe houses in theUnited States The catalogues etc maybe addressad to this consulate The money for all orders forwarded may be deposited at this consulate until invoicesshall be received The temporary pres-ence here of some hundreds of formerresidents si the United States who havebrought their taste for wares of Amer-ican make as well as the gifts sent backto their families by emigrants from thisvilayet all contribute to cultivate amarked demand for goods

Comparison with similar wares of European Cilgin in the bazaars of Harputhas abundantly demonstrated the

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is no apparent demand tor femaleaopareL The fact that but few womenhave emigrated from this region to theUnited States is the possible explanation

AMERICAN SHOES FAVORED

the Cape Town ConsulateJames G Stowe the United States Con-

sul at Cape Town South Africa in acommunication to the State Departmentadvises United States manufacturers ofboots and shoes to export to South AfricaAmerican styles only and not to attemptto duplicate the English product Englishshoes art of good material and are wellmade but style and symmetry are lack-ing A merchant who has lately sold alarge number of sample boots und shoesfrom the United States says that theAmerican styles sold vapidly while thecopies of the English makes are to beput up at auction The American shoe islonger than the foot which Is an advan-tage

Tile consul general adds that the sat-isfactory imports of leather mentioned inone of his recent reports have practicallyceased owing to the demands of theAmerican market an 5 expresses regretthat the trade in this article with SouthAfrica should have been allowed to lapse

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HONORS FOR BRAVE MEN

Baltimore Clinnil er Cj CommerceItoco ularCM Act of

BALTIMORE June 27 Iir recognitionof their bravery in rescuing lives at therisk of their own Pipeman Marion LSundfirland of No 1 Engine Companyand Tillerman Frederick W Johnston ofNo 2 Hook and Ladder Company havebeen presented with Merchants mtdalsby the Chamber rf Commerce

The presentation was made by MayorHayes The regular members of No lEngine Company led by Capt Joseph TDunn and of No 2 HooTc and LadderCompany under Cap Emil Heise attended They marched from their quarterson Paca Street near Fayette and at theFire Board rooms were met l y Fire Com-missioners Cathcart Sirich and ParrishActing Chief Engineer Emerich DistrictChiefs Branan Lucas Burkhardt andShipley and Acting Chief Lind The pro-cession then marched to the CouncilChamber where Mayor Hayes escortedby a large delegation from the Chamber-of Commerce soon arrived

Charles England on behalf of theChamber of Commerce made an addressrecalling the valorous deed of the twofiremen and handed the mayor the med-als

We have nil recently read that theKing of England has presented medals tosoldiers returning from South Africasaid the mayor Those men won fameamid the excitement and stimulus of bat-tle There are heroes however who nev-er saw a battle or led a charge When aman goes bravely and voluntarily intodanger to save life at the risk of his ownhe is as truly a hero the one who winsrenown on the battlefield The act ofthese two firemen teaches beautifully thebrotherhood of man They felt that fellowbeings were in peril and withoutwaiting to count the cost to themselvesquickly went to the rescue of human life

The mayor then pinned the badges onthe coats of the two firemen who ex-pressed their thanks in a few simplewords and returned tothelr places in theranks Among the interestedwere several members of the families ofthe two men

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J J Corner was chairman of the com-mittee in charge of the presentation Timedeed for which the medals were given

rescue of Peter Brogdon and Thomason the morning of June 5 from a

manhole at the corner of Paca and Fayotto Streets that had become filled withgas The men with A T Scott inspectionforeman for the subway commission wentinto the manhole to investigate a leakageof gas rend were overcome Scott wassuffocated but the others after severaldays Illness recovered The two firemendescended into the foul pit and got outthe unconscious men

Other firemen who have received theMerchants medal are

Capt G TV Foxwell No 3 Truck Com-pany Capt Andrew W German No 5Engine Company Tlllerman LouisNo S Truck Company and liaddennan SJ Disney Xo 1 Truck Company all forsaving life at the collapse of a buildingon South Gay Street May SO 1SSL

William C McAfee then district chieffor the rescue of Mrs Roscoe Heath fromburning dwelling on Mount Royal AvenueMarch 24 liPS

Joseph Daley laSderorran in No 2 TruckCompany for the rescue of W L Stahlfrom 310 West Pratt Street November 21-

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Lieut Franklin A Teal No C TruckCompany for the rescue of Watchman JH Brattan from burning building at Ostend and Race Streets

SETTEES AS A XIETJTENANT

Enviable Record of Chief GunnerCharles H Venhble

Chief Gunner Charles H Venable U SN has been placed on the retired listwith the rank of lieutenant junior gradein accordance with a provision of theNavy Personnel act for the advancementor retirement of officers who served withcreditable reoerds In the civil war Thenaval register shows that Mr Venablewas at one time a midshipman but

rant grade He became a midshipman inSeptember 1SJ4 and resigned in Septem-ber 1S6S The same year he was warranted a mate and resigned his warrantthe following year

He again became a mate In 1SS9 and waswarranted a gunner in 1S7L In 1S99 he wasappointed to the new commissioned gradeof chief gunner having served ten yearsunder a sinners warrant As

he ranked with but after ensign Henever served as an enlisted man He wasbom In the District of Columbia rind entered the service from Pennsylvania

No other warrant officer or formerofficer on the active Sat of the navy

who obtained a commission as chief boat-swain chief gunner chief sailmakec orchief carpenter in warrant grades everserved a 3 midshipman or in any commis-sioned Sade

Two warrant officers served under tem-porary commissions as assistant engin-eers

CURRENT HUMOR

Prom the Kansas City TimesMamma Come right here rind be washedBebby I aint dirty enough yet

Up to JOntcFrom the Cleveland Plainjust look at the moon She seems to lavelost all her cinrc

Perhaps shes cultivating the straight front

From the Chicago XeaiI took the manuscript of my Old Oak Tree

down to that irritable editorWhat did he say

Advised met to rat it 4oim I thought he wasmaking jofces at my expense and told him bedidnt know IIi business

What happened thenThere was a storm and you could see tin

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Succeed-I wonder if it will be a successIt ought to be Jenkins lisa tailed at

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From the Buffalo CommerciaLA little girl called as a witness in a New Jer-ey court was asked wHat became of

who told liesWhy sir they po to Hell slip answeredAnd where is hell questioned the lawyerI dont think the counselor could answer that

I know where it is sir eaUl Hie girl Itsup somewhere near Schuetzen Park Union IHH1 know its there I beard a man Sly oncethat he was

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From the Minneapolis TribuneWho li that dfetinRHishedlookinj man over at

your table ewprfrwl a commercial traveler ofa waiter over in the Hotel PSt r at lunch time

That big fellow what has the bald spot anthe top of his Insult

You j uessed it first time tryingThats Jim CerbettH fatherThe waiter had fe as eoriens as

iBtMxlal travels a few niiwites before and hadgathered his information from another man tclto

on tattleThe man sheet whom the enquiry was made

vpae Edward Kverett lisle the great Unitarianminister from JTostea

Jlnril LuckFrara the Indianapolis Press

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New Yore has now ffil tetahoae rtatwaa-whWi rank It a Ute largest f wWrWs dttelephone nystems

The amount of coin in eircafatiOR feOreatnritain is 5 ia GenMmy the same hat inAustria only CO tensA Sand Barbara CW man bee IJOK

tarUen with which he expects to etfek a ritBitloranch in that countyGermany now has W000000 more iabaWtanta

than 15 0 thangary 22fl CO nore Ulan ItalyThe Malay p fc n Ja ib SwrtfcSwa-

t softer than tfcfltalian sad is saio te be totallyunlike any other known language

It xra on the day of Queen Victoriaa ithMay 2J ISIS that the first tmiwAttantic steamerstarted from for Livcrpo

The Aztec in use in Mexko at thediscovery of America lacked the seandhi our 1 d f gv r i j and T

Every year relatives of Robert Loots Stevensonin Scotland send a crown and croas oJ heatherfrom that country which are placed b graveJn Samoa

The largest pawnshop in the isthat aa the Uontaartre P rfa wMchit is said receives in pledge over 3000 watebcaevery

The lowest tide ia any sea is in theTediterraneun At Ttraten there is about fourinches wkiefc is the areragff far the wholeMediterranean

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every inhabitantOne of the curiosities of Cuba is a Qafeer

meetinghouse which has erected at Cibaranear Santiago The congregatioTi of Friends itsaid to number tOO

The actual immber nnnriranfeCanada lest year was about 59000 75 per centof these people being of the anniai class andmoving directly to the Dominion Jandi

The appeal lot lands ta rehabilitate theschooll of Galreston after the storm inthe aura of i 033 the buB i it eontnfaottdby school children the county

Last year the value of the coffee importedinto the United States was about 60099000and that was less than for several years becausethe import price of coffee has fallen about onehalL

In Kansas m8itaran bows to agriculture Theannual target practice of ef the State regi-ments was indefinitely postponed last tweak bamoor the raemfcers were too busy in the sugarbeet fields

Canadian agents are now found in nearly maylarge American eity They are advertising in allthe leading Ametwan newspapers sat twentynine States have contributed to this movementto the northward

In a recent talk at St Charles Seminary iaPhiladelphia Cardinal Martmelll explained whyalthough an Italian he speaks English with anIrish accent The language had been taughthim he by a Galway monk in Boas

Viennese hair dressers have held a mass meeting-te protest against the prevailing masculine rash

artistic and unnaturaL A certain length totthirty mUIhurters they aver sb uki be main

Unable to find the proper tools with which tobore boles thromli an iron bar an operationmade necessary by a breakdown at sea a marinaengineer marked the spots to be bored withchalk and then fired a 30calibef bullet throughsash with a rifle

The Dowager Empress of RussS Is theof the finest collection of sables inworld One f her mantles which she wears inwinter sledge drives and in traveling lies alining worth MOOd It was rustle ol skins gathcurd for lier by the Governor of a polar primacewhere taxes are paid in kind with furs

strikes prevailsin Austria Holders of the policies are indem-nified if strikes an in hifT establishiaentswhether leaned or apathetic Thesnot ef a policy is S or 4 per cent f the annulpayroll The indemnity is SO per cent of ifaewages for the week precelin the aspen

of wwkOne oi the longest and direst sentences ever

pronounced upon a criminal is probablyin a decision of a judge ia Xape3 who in

fiicted recently upon an Italian adventurer whopleaded guilty to and was convicted of Si3dyf irseparate focgeries The judge Ssarcd ap thepenalties and o6tialfy acnteaend prisoner ioLASS years of solitary eonfinenwnt-

ESgfaiynine years ago the EoLhscMld wesennobled at Frankfort by an eeciesiastkai PrimaDalber ArehbisfeepI eetor f Jlaycnee derscendant a greatgreataepbew is Lord ActonThreescore and thirteen years alter life promotionof his ancestor to the Germany barony

the new co rt reaeiv d an EnghshJpeerage from a Premier J Gladstone

peters that nrra the 1900 there were 1S10foreigners naturalized in France being 4S3 lessthan the preceding year Italians were thetReat numerous being liB Thesubjects thus naturalized nsabcred sixteen infinitely less than those of any great Europeanpower Xo Americans became Frenchmen lastyear

American company coastraetiiig two ele-

vators ordered for King Edward to be placed In-

Bnckingcam Palace and Wiadser Castle Theelevator cars will be the rao t costly ever madeit is said AnotHer elevator has jest beentiered for clarence Howse Jams StreetLondon which is to be the home W the Deke f

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In Abikae Kan there is a woman who Insnot been 3of into the badness part of t wnfor more than twenty years She has never seeneither of tbe raiinMd depots or a train come inThe Presbyterian Church of the town is more thanststeen bat the has sever seen it Sheis not aa iavalid or blind hot only a home bodywho makes the limits of her yard the limits ofher werid

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tatijns were laidarid Katais The results have been thatplantations will b laid out in the districts ol-ilingreHen and Seatum Plants and seeds havebeen collected for purpose from the best teaprovinces of China

A singular lire occurred at a dwelling boose inNelson England Underneath the parlor windowwas a dresser upon which was a glass globewhich it is scftfteeed became so heated by thesons rays that it iGnited the window curtiiinsthe dames extending to the drKser ditch withits contents and the curtains destroyedbefore the fire was extineHisijeil There was naIre in the parlor grate nor was any person in

room where Ute fire originatedThe Russian suemarine boat designed by the

Sakevenko which espects t be aWe tocross the Atlantic from England to America in

and a hail 4ays is bei ff leaSt with the tmost secrecy in a French part says a St Petershas ttHTeb ndeiit The secret of the eastraar-dHwrr i need of this boot lies its peculiarly

mstr screw Tbe boat itself is IB theshape of a JoubJepoiirteJ cigar It expectedtint ate win be ready in next

According to z Vienna correspOBaeat a See reeenUy broke out at lienHaansreoib an AustrianviltaR the Bararias fraatitr A Bavarianre brigade wttkfc was stattened oriy three

miles away hastened to the but the An-tmn custom bow authorities refoeeti to anewUse fin engines to pasa tile frontier

tax on machinery paid TheBasariaa Seamen turned beck Had kajfthe village burnt down before the n ere t-

A jfitrian fire brigade was on the moose

ItMeet accurate oJtserratioBs at Pceriea4North Britain doria a rterw in Wfciohwind lied a velocity of from 30 to roths sirboar have shown that the height of big navesfront rou h t crest about 4ft feet The werecrests feet above the stiUaater levelwith period of from 13 to 17 seeeads If tinetroughs had been a far below the stillwaterlevel as the crests were above it the total heigHtwould havi Ian feet but there were indiesUons that the Je tn a wave truush is nuteqvul to the height of the crest

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