Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 16, 1899, Page 3

WORK OF CONGRESS Washington, Dee, 6.—After an inter- esting debate of thtee hours yesterday by a vole of 302 to 30 the house adopt- ed the resolution offered by Mr. Taylor of Ohio for the appointment of a spe- cial committee to investigate the charges against Brigham H. Roberts, the Mormon representative-elect from Utah. Previously the house had re- jected a substitute resolution offered by Mr. Richardson, the leader of the minority, to allow Mr. Roberts to be sworn in and to send the whole cage to the judiciary committee. This. sub- stitute resolution, however, by no me commanded the full Democrat, ie strength. Only 57 members voted for it. Of the 30 who voted against the Tayior resolution all were Demo- xcept Mr. Loud of California, 1d Mr. Newlands of Nevada, By the terms of the resolu- tion Mr. Roberts is not only excluded from all participation in the proceed- of the house until the committee vorts and the house passes upon his ease, but he is denied a seat in the hall. Whether this will be interpreted to deny him admission within the cham pending the disposition of his ca s yet to be decided. uding of the president's mes- was completely overshadowed by atie proceedings which re- in the action of the house. The Ss were thronged with specta- »stly women, who sat patiently gh the three weary hours that led the debate and then waited on three hours more until it was con- cluded. 2¢ most remarkable feature of the debate was the fact that Mr, Roberts’ presentation of his own case, which lasted almost an hour, beeame so im ive that he wen the sympa- thies of any in the galleries, and he was several times showered with ap- ». It was apparent he realized the house vas overwhelmingly against him, and at times he spoke fiercely and defiantly. Mr. Taylor conducted the » upen his side. Mr, Richard- son championed his resolution. Dur- i the debate Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio to indignantly repel an insinua- tion of Mr. Rober hat the president had knowingly appointed men guilty of pel my to federal office in Utah. In the Senate. Yesterday's session of lasted two hour the senate nd forty minutes, ed in the reading of the president’s >». The reading was largely per- few senators according it ntion, announcement of the death of + Munro Hayward of Ne- received by the senafe sere regret. Although he was not officially a member of the body he was well known to many of the sena- tors and by them was held in high re- |. At the conclusion of ‘the read- g of the message the senate adopted olytions of regret presented by Sen- ator Thurston of Nebraska, and as a mak of respect adjourned immediate- y. Washington, Dee. Nearly 800 bills. and joint resolutions, several impor- tant concurrent resolut'ons and_peti- tions, numbering hundreds, were pre- sented to the senate yesterd: jority of the bills w few A ma- old s ers. A were of a national interest-and Aldrich had the honor of intro. the first measure in the senate, s the financial bill drawn up by the scnate committee on finance, of which Mr. Aldrich is chairman, and probably w the most important measure introducededuring the day. olutions were’ offered providing for an investigation by the judiciary committee of all phases of polygamy recently presented in connection with what is known as the Roberts case; expressing the sympathy of the senate for the Boers in their war with Great Britain, and declaring that Senator N. B. Scott of West Virginia is not en- titled to a seat in the senate. Mr. Harris, Pop., Kan., was appoint- ed a temporary member of the com- mittee on privileges and elections. The appointment is important and signifi- eant because the committee has under covsideration the Quay, Clark and Scott contests. Washington, Dec. 8. — The session of the house lasted only half an hour Mr. Overstreet (Ind.), in 2ch an agreement for its consid- ration next week, but Mr. Richard- son, on behalf of the minority, rejected all proposals on the ground that a bill so important as this should go through the regular channels.. ‘The speaker thereupon appointed a committee on rules which is to include himself, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, Mr. Grosven- or of Ohio, Mr. Richardson of Tennes- see and Mr. Bailey of ‘Texas. They will hold a meeting to-day and decide upon a rule for the limits of the debate which undoubtedly will consume the whole of next week. Mr. Roberts, the Mormon representa-, tive, despite the adoption of the Tay- Jor resolution, which in terms deprives him of his seat during the pendency of his case in committee, was in the hall throughout the session and occupied the seat he selected on Monday, Routine proceedings of the senate In the Senate. yesterday were enlivened by a collo- quoy between Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire and Mr. Hale of Maine over a bill introduced by the former to promote athletic sports at the military academy at West Point and the naval academy at Annapolis. Both senators became fecetious and at times sarcas- tic over the growth of athletics at the Americau colleges, and Mr. Chandler anced the proposition that the cul- tivation of such sports as football and similar sports at the government acad- emies ought to be given the sanction of Jaw. ‘The senate will hold no further sessions until Monday. Washington, Dec. 9. — The house adopted a special order for the consid- eration of the currency bill, beginning Monday. The general debate’ will con- tinue until Friday; on‘ Saturday amendments may be offered under the five-minute rule, and on the following Monday the vote will be taken. The Democrats, Populists and Silverites presented a solid front against the adoption of the resolutions and every Republican voted for it. Mr. Richard- son, leader of the minority, taunted the majority leaders at the change of front in coming out flat-footedly for the gold standard, but Mr. Grosvenor and Mr. Cannon good naturedly replied that they had learned something with advancing years. The former said the Democratic party was the only living demonstration of the survival of a great organization which refused to learn anything. DREYFUS WILL NOT GIVE UP. His Friends Hope to Prove His In- mocence and Secure His Complete Vindication From Treason. Paris, Dec. 12.—Those who are work- ing for the rehabilitation of Capt. Dreyfus are making strenuous and, it seems, successful efforts to get hold of Cernuski, the witness who swore so.di- rectly against the accused toward the close of the Rennes trial. It is assert- ed that he swore falsely and* was in- duced to do so by Quesnay de Beaure- paire, and that he will admit having given false evidence. Dreyfus, him- self, his brother Mathieu, and all Drey- fusard newspapers are now directing their energies toward the captain’s re- habilitation. Cernuski furnishes new facts, but the ministry is trying to push the general amnesty out of the Drey- fus case and make the people forget it. A majority of the senate is opposed to amnesty. This gives a good fighting chance to the Dreyfusards. Aes VEL eR (9 POSSE CAPTURES TWO THIEVES. Men Suspected of Robbery Near Springfield, Ill, Seek Refuge in Schoolhouse Near Pawnee. Cpringfield, 1l., Dee. 12.—Two bur- glars who entered several residences at Pawnee were eaptured by ex-Sheriff Baxter and posse in the Rinzie school- house, four miles northeast of Pawnee and were taken before Justice Galyen and held to the grand jury in the sum of $500. When Baxter and the posse veached the place they found the men barricaded in the school building. The door was forced and the robbers sur- rendered. When searched seyen gold rings, a necklace and several diamond pins were found on the robbers. TRIALS OF THE NARVAL, Submarine Boat Again Per- Well—Do Not Want the Hol- Dee 12.—The submarine boat Naryal underwent new trials at Cher- bourg, again giving great satisfaction. The ad ‘alty officers say there is no truth in the statement that the French government intends to buy the Holland patents, Experts here consider the French submarines immensely superior to the American. Tau-Tauriec Is a Double Star. Chicago, Dec. 12.—Prof. G. B. Hough, of the Fort Dearborn observatory, Northwestern university, has discov- ered Tau-Taurie to be a double star. The companion star is one of the ninth magnitude and was discovered while tion of the moon. The discovery of the double star has been registered with the astronomical society. Prof. Hough claims the distinction of having registered more double stars with the tronomieal society than any other astronomer in the world. Rearreste don a New Charge. St. Louis, Dee. 12. — Arnold Tuch- schmit, the cashier of the internal rev- enue department, who was out on bail awaiting trial on a charge of embez- zling $7,000, has been rearrested on a charge of additional shortage in his aecounts of $2,000. He was unable to furnish $5,000 bail and was committed to jail. Collector Gruener swore to the information on which the warrant was issued. It is intimated the shortage may aggregate $40,000. To Rebuild Tehauntepec Railroad. London, Dee. 12.—The Westminster Gazette says Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, M. P. for Colchester and head of the firm of Pearson & Son, limited, contractors for public works, has com- pleted negotiations with the Mexican government to take over the Isthmus of Tehauntepec railroad on a fifty-year lease. It is said that he will recon- struct the railroad and construct a harbor at eithér end. The harbors are to cost $10,000,000. Captured Stolen Property. Chicago, Dee. 12.—In avraid by the police yesterday on two houses in West Van Buren street, property, the value of which is estimated at $12,000, was recovered. The property consists of sealskin garments, dress goods, silver- ware, laces and cut glass, supposed to be the proceeds of burglaries in resi- dences and stores not only in Chicago, but in other large cities by an organ- ized gang of thieves... i A Plea for Intervention. Washington, Dec.«12.—Senator Bur- rows of Michigan presented to the president yesterday an elaborately pre- pared petition asking that the chief ex- ecutive tender the good offices of the United States in the settlement of the difficulty between Great Britain and the two South African republics. The petition was signed by a committee representing a large number of Hol- landers in Michigan. Detroit Sails for Santa Marta. Coion, Dec. 12.—The cruiser Detroit has sailed from here for Santa Marta, a point on the coast of Colombia about fifty miles east of Carthagena. Not- withstanding the reassuring report re- ceived a few days ago from Command- er Hemphill as to the termination of the revolution in Colombia, the situa- tion in the eastern part of the country is so threatening as to demand the presence of an American warship. Two Lives; Lost. ~ Philadelphia, Dee. 12. — ‘A fire at CHoucester ‘destroyed the Green ‘Tree hotel and stables and the Clifton house. 'rwo lives were lost. The financial Joss is $25,000. ® Freeing Spanish Prisoners. Madrid, Dec, 12.—An afficial dispatch from Manila says that 229 Spaniards who were formerly phisoners in the hands of the Filipinos, have arrived there. Prof. Hough was observing an ecculta-_ \Rews of the Northwest TERMINALS IN CHICAGO, The Wisconsin Central Will Make the Change To-day. Milwaukee, Dee. 10.—President H. F. Whitcomb, of the Wisconsin Central, has issued a circular announcing that, beginning at 9 o’clock p. m. on Dee. 10, the Wisconsin Central will use the Illi- nois Central Passenger station at Twelfth street, Chicago, as its passen- ger terminal. President Whitcomb stated that the lease covers a period of ninety-nine years. NEW TRIAL FOR BROWN. Jurors in Murder Case Were Not Careful as to Their Company. Wabasha, Minn., Dee. 10. — Judge Snow granted, the motion for a new trial in the case of C. W. Brown, con- victed cf murder in the second degree. The principal ground of granting the motion was that the jurors during re- cesses of tlie court had visited places of public resort where expressions of extreme bitterness had been made against Brown. _ Under the Prohibition Law. Jamestown, N, D., Dee. 10.—C. A. Edwards of Courtenay, this county, was helt under $200 bonds to appear at the January term of the district court under a charge of selling and giving away intoxicating liquors contrary to the prohibitory law. Mr. Edwards conducts a livery and sale barn at Courtenay and denies the charge. The violations of the prohibitory law at Courtenay are becoming so general that certain citizens are petitioning the court to call a grand jury for the Janu- ary term of court to deal with such cases. Enlarging Its Plant. Milwaukee, Dec. 10. — The Illinois Steel company is projecting improve- ments and additions to its B: Ww plant in this city that will cost $3,000,- 000 or more. Supt. Ries said that the company intends to build new blast furnaces, rolling mills and immense converters. The plan is to make steel here right from the ore by the Besse- mer process. It will take about two years to complete the improvements, when it is expected that 1,200 more men will be given employment. Hockey Players Organize. Mintezpolis, Dee. 10. — About fifty hockey enthusiasts, most of them ex- Canadians, met in the board of trade rooms last evening and took the pre- liminary steps toward the organization of a hockey club. Clubs have been or- ganized in Stillwater, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Duluth and other cities in the state. A committee was appointed to arrangements for ise. There are upward of twenty tried and experi -enced hockey players in Minneapolis. Help for the Starving Finns. Lead, S. D., Dee. 10.—The Finns of this city and of the Black Hills have made an appeal to the generosity of the public for money with which to relieve the suffering of their country- men in Firland. That little country to-day suffering one of the worst faim- ines the world has ever seen. There was no crop this year whatever, and 500,000 persons are subsisting wholly on ground moss, fir bark, straw chaff and a little ground meal. fe ELSES Would Make Him Out Insane. Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 10. — The wife of Dr. Woodward has petitioned the board of insanity commissioners to commit her husband to the insane asylum. She claims that the doctor's reason has been affected since 1894, when the doctor had a_ severe fit of sickness. The doctor has_ practiced dentistry in this city several years. He is new in jail, charged with grand lar- cen, Option on a Water Power. Spokane, Wash., Dee. 10. — former Senator Warner Miller of New York and James F. McNaught of Seattle have taken an option on the water power at Kettle Falls, on the Colum- bia, north of here and contemplate the building of an electric railway from the Spokane Falls & Northern railway to Republic cam} Tuberculosis in Cattle. Davenport, Iowa, Dec 10. — An im- portant test of diseased cattle was held here by Assistant State Veterin- arian J. Griffith. Twenty-three head of fine state orphans’ home herd, con- demned for dairy purposes on account of tuberculosis, were slaughtered ‘and reinspected 9s beef. Thirteen were re- condemned. Minnesota Tobacco. Pine City, Minn., Dec. 10.—A gentle- man named Blihaudle of La Crésse, Wis., has purchased land east of Pine City and proposes to cultivate tobacco plants on five acres next summer., He has studied the soil and ¢iimate here and says they are well adapted for the culture of the weed. i Sudden and Mysterious. | Jamestown, N. D., 10.—J. G. Fisher, who has been living near Pingree, this county, has very suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. It is feared some accident has befallen him. He owned a section of Jand and was im- proving it. His father and family live in England. Ran Over and Killed. Hudson, Wis., Dec. 10.—A. P. Line- han>a young farmer of Kinnickinnick, was run over by the cars and killed here. He was the son of the well known pioneer, Thomas Linehan. The accident happened while Linehan was on his way home from Stillwater. Cape Nomers Agitated. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 10.—Cape Nome miners have held a series of meetings in this city and employed counsel to defeat what they claim is an attempt on the part of certain corporations to withdraw in their favor the famous Cape Nome beach diggings. . Committed to the Asylum, Elysian, Minn., Dec. 10.—Mrs. A. R.- Zelin:er was adjudged insane and com- mitted to St, Peter. She brooded over the death of her husband to such an fostene that her mind became affected. PERISH IN A MINE. Thirty-two Lives Lost at Carbonado, Wash. ~ Carbonado, Wash., Dee. 12.—About noon Saturday this coal mining village was stunned with the first report of a terrific subterranean explosion in the mine of the Carbon Hill Coal company, the tunnels of which run for miles under the town. There was an enor- mous rumbling, smothered sound for a few moments, and then it ceased ab- ruptly. The people who had been accustomed to gain a livelihood by minjng knew at once what this meant and stood around with blanched’ faces. Apprehensions of some fearful disaster were con- firmed in a dittle while with informa- tion that the’ morning shift in. tunnef No. 7 had been caught in an explosion of fire-damp. Seventy-five men were at work in the mine and the meager news conveyed the information that all must have been killed as there was no chance of escape. Rescue parties were immediately organized and put to work, ¥ Sunday’s advices; giving later details of the disaster, say: Stunned by the suddenness of the mine horror the people here seem too dazed for any expression of grief of a demonstrative nature. Thirty-two is the number of dead. As by a miracle two men were rescued at 5 o’clock yes- terday morning after suffering an aw- ful night entombed in the dark cav- ernous chamber of horrors. Gov. Rogers will conduct a searching examination as to the cause of the ex- plosion. He telegraphed State Mine Inspector Owens, now at Spokane, to attend the inquest and examine wit- nesses himself. The question of insuf- ficient yentilation of the mine in ac- cordance with the state law will be thoroughly gone into. It has been found impossible to secure an impar- tial coroner's jury in the mining dis- tricts and Coroner Hoskel has gone to Tacoma and will select his jurors there. The theory of Supt. Dayis is that a small pocket of gas was opened, be- came ignited and caused the terrific ex- plosion of dust which resulted in the damage and loss of life. The total number of men in the un- fortunate shaft was seventy-six, of whom forty-five are alive, having es- caped or been rescued. ROASTED THE COURT. Irate County Attorney Roasts Dis- trict Court Judge. Butte, Mont., Dee. 12.—A sensational and remarkable scene was witnessed in Judge William Clancy’s department of the district court, when County At- torney C. P. Connolly made a bitter at- tack on the court for his action in turn- ing a number of criminals loose under strange and remarkable rules of law established by himself, and from which the state had no appeal. _ The county attorney roasted him for five minutes, charging him with ignoranc@ and dishonesty, while the judge took it meekly and without making a reply. Kight-Year-Old Hero. Deadwood, 8. D., Dec. 12.—Earnest Hornberger, the eight-ye: son of a merchant in this city. is the hero of Deadwood. A number of little chil- dren climbed into a sleigh of a milk- man while the driver was delivering milk. The team became frightened and ran away. Some of the children managed to jump out, but others didn’t, and the team was making for a steep precipice at the head of Taylor avenue. This little boy jumped upon the runner of the sled and, grabbing the lines, held to them until the team stopped, which was not more than 100 fect from the precipice. Making More Towns. Cumberland, Wis., Dee. 12. — The town of Turtle Lake was divided at the recent session of the county board, the new town thus created to be known as Almena. This increases the number of towns in the county to sixteen. An application will now be made to have the town of Cumberland divided into either two or three towns, as at pres- ent it contains four townships. Says HeShot Rev. Mr. Cheney. Racine, Wis., Dee. 12.—A man giving his name as George Dardis was ar- rested yesterday after making a state- ment in a saloon that he was the man who shot the Rev. D. B. Cheney and wife on Thursday. Dardis says he shot the minister because of his A. P. A. belief. It is not believed Dardis knows anything about the affair. South Dakota Chicken-Raising. Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 12.-A new industry, so far as South Dakota is concerned, has been inaugurated near Parkston by a farmer named Oliver, who will start a chicken farm on a larger scale than ever before attempted in the state. New and Thriving Industry. Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 12—The Stand- ard Food ‘company has made a ship- ment of a car load of desipota to Hous- ton, Tex. ‘The enterprise is proving a complete success and the firm finds it difficult to fill orders as fast as re- ceived. ~ i Mangled Body Found. Rice Lake; Wis., Dec..12.—Olef B. Olson of Downsville, Wis. was found dead on the railroad track four miles porth of Rice Lake. He is supposed to have fallen off a freight train. The re- mains were scattered for a mile. Dangerous Frolic. Miller, $. D., Dec. 12—While skating Friday Henry Strickler, while buckling on the skates for a young lady, was lassoed with a rope by some boys, and in eutting the rope she accidentally stabbed Willie Tamblyn; inflicting a dangerous wound. Arrests followed. Rural Free Delivery. Cumberland, Wis., Dec. 12.+Senator W. J. Conger has been here and laid out a route for a rural free delivery. A petition for a second route is being circulated. MINNESOTA ITEME |. Correction of the Practice Should Begin While Young. Minnesota is sending hay to the Phil- | Boys should early be taught the ippines for the army. heinousness of the offense of spitting, The Minnesota Valley Medical associ- | both from the basis of decency and ation met at Mankato. The Minnesota State Historical soci- ety met at Minneapolis. The St. Paul team won the North- western whist trophy from Duluth. Deputy committed suicide at Le Sueur. William Kirwan, a brakeman, was run dewn in the yards and killed at St. Paul. Clarence Olson. seven years old, fell from the porch at the city hospial and | terral supervision of boys’ was killed. uel S. Eaton, pioneer insurance man, died at St. Paul, in his seventy- fifth year. The capitol commission reports sub- Stantial progress on the new capitol building. The Twin Cities, it is rumored, will be represented in the new Western League of Professional Base Ball clubs. The flour and feed mill at owned by Foster Bros., was destroy: by fire. Loss, about $5,000, with small insurance, Mrs. Shea’s building, at Montgomery was partially destroyed by fire. The millinery stock of the Misses Fields, located in the building, was destroyed. Loss, $800; insurance, $600. Shelving in the drug store of J. W. Cook at Pipestone, gave way, com- pletely destroying the stock of liquid, and Camaging a Jarge smount of Christ- mas goods. The loss is about $1,000. The three-year-old son of Roderick MeDonald of West Duluth was burned, probably fatally, while playing with matches. His clothing was burned off, his right side was cooked, and if he lives he will lose his right arm. A Duluth iron man has figured out that the amount of iron ore sent for ward from Minnesota this year—aBout 8,250 gross tons—would cover an area of eighty-five acres forty feet deep. 1t represents about 330,000 car loads and about 11,000 ore trains, -A petition. signed by about 500 Pol- ish residents of Winona, was presented to the library board, in which they ask the board to purchase books printed in the Polish language for. cir through the public library. It is un- derstood that the petition will be granted. Hundreds of tons of freight, destined for the lumber camps and settlers on the tributaries of Red lake have been unloaded at various points along the route during the season just closed, and will have to be hauled overland at an enormous expense, owing to the low water in the stream. The corps of government surveyors that has been making a survey of the Red Lake region of Northern Minneso- ta, under the direction of Chief Engin- eer Fowble, has completed its work, andthe reports are being made out, with a view of their submission to Maj. Albert, chief of the department. The city tax levy of Fergus Falls has been certified up to the county auditor, and the latter announces that the tax rate for the ensuing year in that city will be 4.57 per cent. ‘The rate last year was an even 5 per cent, but the current expenses of the city have been materially reduced in the past year. The Fergus Falls fire department, by a unanimous yote, has decided to dis- band. There has been more or less friction between the department and the city council for some time, owing to the use of the firemen’s relief fund for the purpose of supplies and the reject- ing of bills for answering false alarms. Miss May Sear, eighteen years old, living five miles southeast of Dawson, committed suicide by shooting herself through the heart with a revolver. She rose early, before the rest of the fam- ily, and left the house. Going about ten rods from the building, she fired the shot. While undoubtedly premed- itated, the cause of the deed is un- known. The ministerial committee having the matter in charge has decided to locate the Swedish Lutheran college at Fer- gus Falls. That city gives $2,335 to- ward the construction of the first build- ing. It was at one time voted to lo- cate the college at Alexandria, but there was a hitch, owing to the condi- tions attached to that city’s offer, and the school goes to Fergus Falls. ; St. Joseph’s hospital at Mankato, which has been in course of erection during the past year, has been formal- ly dedicated. The building and grounds have cost $50,000. There are thirty fooms besides the wards. Six operat- ing rooms and twenty sisters will look after the needs of the afflicted. One thousand invitations were issued, and the reception.and banquet which fol- lowed the dedicatory exercises were quite elaborate. The grand jury has concluded its work at Owatonna, having brought in the following indictments: Frank Mc- Connell, assault in the second degree; Vincent Miles, grand larceny in the second degree, pleaded guilty; Gus- tave Brown, grand larceny, second de- gree, burglary, third degree; Frank Coddington, larceny, third degree and purglary, third degree; John Zimbrick, larceny, second degree and burglary, third degree. : While Mr. and Mrs. Matt Scott and son, living three miles sout heft Lu- yerne, were returning home by car- riage, the horses became frightened and ran away, throwing the occupanis of the carriage to the ground in such a manner as to render Mrs. ‘Scott and the boy unconscious, in which condition Mrs. Scott remained several konrs, the boy not regaining consciousness for twelve hours. Mr, Scott sustained a severe wound on the head. The recoy~ ery of the mother and son is uncertain. Bankruptcy cases continue to pour in to the United States court at’ Fergus Falls. The latest filed are those of 1. F. Smith of the town of Western, who places his assets at $350, $150 of which is exempt property, and his liabilities at $2,768.11. W. S. Brannon, a Beltra- mi county farmer, who places his as- sets at $420, all exempt, and his liabili- ties at $13,646.79. H. N. Nelson, an Erskine, Polk county, Miller, who re- turns his assets at $800 and his liabili- ties at $2,982.81, and E. T. Hutchinson of Riverton, Clay county, who places his assets at $300 in exempt property and his Mabilities at $3,184.67. - danger to public health. It is much easier to prevent the formation of a habit of this kind in a boy than to cor- rect it in a man, and herein lies the mother’s part in the warfare against Revenue Collector Dressel | SPitting. No extension of woman’s rights is necessary to make mother a power in this neglected realm. All that is re- quired is return to a duty once faith- fully discharged—but in the rush of modern life neglected—the vigilant ma, ring the years in which their habits are oats, The boy who is taught that to spit on the hearth, the steps—anywhere about the house—is an infringement upon the rights of the family that will not be tolerated, is not likely, as a man, to in- fringe upon the rights of the public by spitting upon the sidewalks, or the floors or steps of public buildings, or in the cars. In the meantime, however, there is a generation of full-grown, active spit. ters to be reckoned with in the interest of the public health, and it is the opin. ion of those who have giyen carefill at- ; tention to the matter that these can be reached more effectively by the dis- semination of knowledge upon the sub ject’ than by city ordinance or state jaw.—Trenton Star Gazette. Here's the Whole Winter Problem. “There is one sound piece of advice that should be repeated from Maine to Oregon every year when winter ap- proaches, and that is—if you want to go through the winter without catch- ing cold, wear rubbers.”—Churchman, An Insect Calculator, There is a little insect found in New Caledonia called the “insect whick counts,” and which seems capable of counting at least six. It is found on the leaves of the banana tree, and, when the moment is favorable, it maz be seen to turn around, with its head as a center, in describing rapid circles At first it executes six of them, not one more or one less; then it reverses the movement and makes the same number in an opposite direction. It stops a moment and begins again, but only makes five this time, always alternate ly in opposite directions. Another stop then double rotation in alternative ways, the turns this time only being four, and so on, diminishing constantly is such a way as successively three then two, and at last one single turn. © After these gymnastic exercises which are at the same time mathemat’ ical, the insect remains absolutely mo possession of it and it gives itself ug to its complicated calculations with ar exactitude which many people might envy. Florida, As to why Ponce de Leon gave the name of Florida to the territory now known by that name, the Florida Farner and Fruit Grower quotes from an old book published in 1763: “Gave it the name of Florida because it was first seen on Easter, called Pasqua de flores in the language of his country men, or, as Herrera alleges, because it was covered with flowers and the mos* beautiful blossoms.” And the Farmei adds: ‘Those who have seen the East er season in Florida and the wealth o! flowes which still commemorate and adorn its return, can well believe that both these reasons influenced the giv: ing of its name.”—Mcehan’s. Monthly A Bewildered Filipino. The prisoner looked around. “Those soldiers are white, they?” he asked. “Yes,” replied his captor. “And thoge are red?” “Yes. They are Indian scouts.” “And those are black?” “Yes. They are the colored troops.’ “And those inen over there? Whai are they?” “They are yellow journalists.” “Say, we give in. There’s no use try: ing to hold out against a nation thai can set up a human rainbow.”—Cleve land Plain Dealer. OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA Tells How He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Peruna. aren't Mr. Isaae Brock, ‘the Oldest Man in the United States. “Mr. Isaac Brock, of McLennan coun‘ ed_ the it Tex., has attain: t age of years, Banos been born in 1788. He is an ardent frit to Peruna and speaks of it in the following terms: ‘During my lor 4 vas 1 pei shes a great man: Femedies for co colds, catarrh and diarrhea. I bad leave su] posed these affections to be different dis- eases, but I have learned from Dr. Hart- man’s books that these affectio-s are the ‘same and are properly. called catarrh. “As for Dr. Hartman's remedy, Peruna, Ihave found it to be the best, if not the only reliable remedy for these affections. “Peruna has been my stand-by for many years, and I attribute my good health and my extreme age to this remedy. It exactly meets alk my requirements. “T have come to rely u it almost en- tirely for the many little for which I need medicine. I believe it to be espe- cially valuable to old people.” - Isaac Brock. Catarrh is the greatest enemy of old age. A (tebe entirely free from catarrh is ive sure old age. A free book on catarrh sent by The Peruna Medi- cine Co., Columbus, Q. : tionless, until its agitation again takes. { | | 1 | | j { } } 4 ae {