■ELL IN A TBAP. Boera Capture Two Regiments of English Troops. <i(o< Jouhcrt OiftjEdirralu lll»Oppon' ents at Lad jmiillli and Kn»l»n<l la Agliaot at (lie IMaaaler—itl»le» kln« ttufuao* tu Surrender. London, Nov. 1. —The wnr office yes terday received a dispatch from Gen. White, commanding the British forces at Ladysmith, reporting that the Royal Irish fusileers, No, 10 mountain batter}' and the Gloucestershire regi ment were surrounded in the hills by the Boers and, after losing heavily, were obliged to capitulate. There was a continuous stream of callers at the war office until a late hour, everybody anxiously inquiring regarding Monday's casualties, but the war office declared that nothing had been received since Gen. White's dispatch communicating the news of the capture of the Irish fusileers and the Gloucestershire regiment. This delay in getting further intelligence is attributed in part to the break down of the east coast cable, but it stands to reason that the war office must lie possessed of further news, which it is probably not thought advisable should be published as yet. The disaster haw caused a feeling akin to consternation and in Glouces tershire and the north of Ireland, where the captured regiments were recruited, the blackest gloom prevails, families awaiting with beating hearts the names of the ltilleiT and wounded, which are expected to reach a high figure. Many homes are already in mourning in consequence of the losses sustained by these regiments in pre vious engagements. Public anxiety was increaseil by a special dispatch from Ladysmith, published in the !ate editions of afternoon papers, to the effect that Monday before dark the Boers reoccupied the old position held by their heavy artillery, which Gen. White had reported silenced by the guns of the naval brigade, and had opened fire again. The dispatch fur ther says:"The enemy it again closing in and the situation is one of grave anxiety. Beyond doubt the Boer retirement was a ruse to draw Gen. White into a hilly country and away from the British camp." This last sentence is significant and confirms the opinion of military ex perts here that Gen. White is allowing himself to be outgeneralled by Gen. Joubert. From the scanty advrees received it seems tolerably certain that the disas ter was a repitition of the battle of Majuba hill, though on a larger scale. The two regiments were al lowed to march into a trap set for them by the Boers. It is simply a case of the Boer spider and the guile less British fly. In fact the whole engagement of Monday seems to have been brought on by Commandant Jou bert, who skillfully conceived a gigan tic trap, out of which, as the official dispatch shows. Gen. White only es caped with difficulty. Gen. White advanced with the idea of driving the Boers from the hill •seven miles out which Gen. .loubcrt made an ostentatious show of fortify ing 011 Sunday. The Boer command er left a force sufficient to draw Gen. White on, while with the mass of the Boers he moved stealthily around the British right to deliver a flank attack and to endeavor to cut off Gen. White from Ladysmith. The British com mander succeeded in beating off the attack, but only with great difficulty, and during the turning movement his troops suffered from a flanking fire. Harsh things are said in military circles of the British tactics, which have made possible the ambush of the Eighteenth hussars at Glencoe and "now the loss of two fine regiments. It is feared that Gen. White is no match for the Boers in cunning, and it is pointed out that if the British commanders continue to lead their men into obvious traps further disas ters must be looked for. About 0,000 fresh troops will arrive at Cape Town on Sunday next from Fngland and will be available to re inforce Gen. White. Transports will arrive there daily after Sunday until by the end of next week 28.000 troops will have been landed in South Africa. These men are intended for Gen. Rul ler's army, but they will undoubtedly he sent to Xatal if the situation there should become perilous. The British army will eventually reach the huge total of K9.034. London, Nov. 2.—The breakdown of the Delagoa cable route, combined with the monopolization of the avail able telegraph lines by the govern ment and British staff officers, is re sponsible for the fact that nothing further has arrived from South Africa. London. Nov. 4. —Special dispatches from Ladysmith, dated Tuesday, give further details regarding the renewal of the bombardment. The Boers, hav ing reoccupied their old positions, re mounted big guns. Their firing was accurate, but almost harmless. Some of the troops were slightly injured by splinters. Lieut. Egerton and his men from the cruiser Powerful did splendid work and quickly silenced the Boer guns. The Boers acknowl edge having suffered heavy losses in men and horses in the prevous battle. Little light is thrown on the actual situation by the news at hand to-day. The magnitude of Monday's tit,lit, however, is more than ever evident. Virtually three actions were rngiiuj simultaneously, but it is obvicus that the intention to roll back the Orange Free State troops was not achieved. Gen. White has cabled the war of fice that in the engagement on Far quhar's farm near Ladysmith on Octo ber HO, when Lieut. Col. Carleton's col umn was compelled to surrender, six officers were killed and nine woundtd. Among' the non-commissioned officers and men ihe casualties were 54 killed ail 231 wounded. The News has a dispatch from Lady smith. dated Tuesday at 10:30 a. m., which gives the first independent ac count of the cutting off of Lieut. Col. Carleton's column in the engagement at Farquhar's farm. The correspon dent says:"The column was sent out Sunday night, made a wide detour and reached the spurs of the Drakonsberr before dawn. Lieut. Col. Carleton stormed the heights with the bayonet and maintained his position against great odds until his ammunition was exhausted and surrender had be ome inevitable. Nearly 200 had then utui killed and wounded." The real question now for the Brit ish public is, can Gen. White hold cut another ten days or two weeks until the army corps arrives? Less anxi ety would be felt on his account if it was not that every day seems to bring a tresh list of casualties, proving that much has been concealed as tu the real state of affairs. London, No\. 4.—There is very lit tle fresli intelligence to-day, but it is believed that the Delagoa Bay route, if not already restored speedily will be, thus giving quicker communieafio" with the Cape. The situation is still hopeful. The accounts that continue to arri\* regarding the fighting on Farquhar's farm only confirm its serious nnt ui* and the narrow escape Gen. White had. On this point, the Morning l'ost re marks: "Nothing tells such a tale of battl eas the list of the missing. When the missing exceed the killed, it is almost safe to write defeat across the story, because 'missing' means abandonment or surrender." It now appears as if it were only the arrival of the naval contingent from the Powerful which prevented a worse disaster. It seems that when it was seen that retirement was im perative, two .Natal cavalrymen con cluded to convey a dispatch across the lines to Maj. Adye ordering him to retire, but the risk was considered too great and the flag signalling was em ployed instead. According to dispatches filed on Tuesday, defensive works were being constructed on the hills around Lady smith, and it was expected there lhat the big' naval guns would be mounted the following day. The Boers were threatening to attack the town in force on Wednesday and Thursday and the women and children and other non-combatants were sent to thesouth- Ladysinith is provisioned for two months. A dispatch from Colesburg dated No vember 1 announces that six police who were stationed at Colesburg bridge were surrounded and captured. This is probably the origin of Ihe story that the Boers had occupied Coleslurg. Colesburg and Berlin continue to supply statements'of British reverses, the latest being that Mafeking has fallen. The Standard publishes a dispatch ■from Luxembourg which says: "Until within a very few days Mr. Leyds has been ill telegraphic communication with Pretoria through an indirect diplomatic channel, by means of which he has been able to inform the Trans vaal of the supposed British plan to advance through the Orange Free State. With a view of anticipating this movement tin l Boers will endeavor to capture or isolate Ladysmith and then to press onto Durban, where they would be able to prevent a Brit ish debarkation, while the mala Boer army would hastily retrace steps to defend the line of the Orange river." The special correspondent of the Daily Mail at Mafeking, under date of October 22, says: "Gen. Cronje's bombardment of Ma feking was monotonous. The Boers tired 02 shells, but did no harm, the whole town, even the ladies, laughing at the affair. lie threatens to bring a 40-pounder from Pretoria. Cronje sa.vs he is sorry, for the women's sake, that lie shelled the town, but that it was not playing the game to send dynamite trucks among his men. fif teen hundred of his command have since departed to the southward. Small parties of our garrison issue forth nightly and harrass the Boer outposts. I hear that the Daily Mail's correspon dent at Lobatzi is a prisoner in the hands of the Boers." Cape Town. Nov. 4.—The Cape Times says it has reliable information that there have been no casualties among the British at .Mafeking since October 13. After the heavy bombardment Gen. Cronje asked the town to surren der. Col. Baden-Powell was asleep when the messenger arrived, but on being awakened received him hospit ably and politely replied: "I will let you know when we have had enough." 1 nele Saiu'a Army. Washington, Nov. 2.—The annual re poTt of the adjutant g-encral of the army, Brig. Gen. Corbin, was made public yesterday. Gen. Corbin sums lip the military forces now in the serv ice of the United States as; Regular army 04,.150, volunteers 34.574; total 90,100. The regular establishment consist: of ten regiments of cavalry, se\en of artillery and 25 of infantry. The volunteer establishment consists of one regiment, of cavalry, 24 of in fantry and a Porto Kico battalion. The distribution of these Troops up to October I was as follows: In the United States 34.229, Porto Uico 3,363, Cuba 11.1*7. Philippines 32,315, en route to the Philippines 17,009, Alaska 199. Hawaiian islands 400. A recapitulation of the casualties in actions and dealhs in the regular and volunteer armies between May 1, ls9S, and June 30, 1899, shows a total of 10,- 070 men. The casualty lisf alone ag gregates 3,454. of whom 35 officers and 458 enlisted men were killed and 197 officers and 2,704 enlisted men were wounded. The death list, number ing 6.019, was made up of 224 officers and 0,"T)5 enlisted men. Of this total but 38 officers and 458 enlisted men •were killed, the remainder of the deaths resulting from various causes. A fierce SSuttle Willi Culltllbalk. London. Oct. M. -Mail advices from the Congo announce that ('apt. Mo liun, formerly United States consul at Zanzibar, who is commanding the Bel gian Tanganyika-Congo telegraph ex pedition lias reached the Congo Free State and was engaged, at the end of July, in a fierce battle at Sanguii, where the force consisted of ten Euro peans, with ('apt. Molmn command ing. Shortly after the attack com menced Baron Dliumis, the Belgian commander, s«"tit three companies of soldiers to assist Molmn. and the enemy, consisting of cannibals, were finally repulsed. The enemy num bered 1,500 men and lost 300 killed and 000 wounded. The Belgian force lost nine men killed and 07 wounded. CAMERON COUNTY PRESvS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1899 NOT FIT TO RULE. Filipinos aro Not Ready for Seloi Government. A Preliminary Itcport on the Slain ol Airaiin ill llip lalnmla la tladr to Ibr I'rcnitlnil by llix .Tlrmbria ol I'lillliiplno < ouiiuiaalon. Washington, Nov. 3. —The Philip pine commissioners yesterday submit ted to tin- president the preliminary report, which they had promised to prepare. The report appears to be a compact summary of conditions ou the islands as the commissioners left them; of the historical events which preceded the Spanish war and led to the original Filipino insurrection; of the exchanges between Admiral Dew ey nd the other American command ers and the insurgents; the breaking out and progress of the present insur rection, and finally a statement of the capacity of the Filipinos for self-gov ernment. A notable feature of the re port is a memorandum by Admiral Dewey explanatory of his relations with Aguinaldo. Upon the arrival of Dewey's squad ron at Manila it was found that there was no insurrection to speak of and it was accordingly decided to allow Agu inaldo to come to Cavite ou board ihe McCulloeh. He arrived with 13 of his stall' on May 19 and came on board the Olympia to call on Dewey, after which he was allowed to land at Ca vite and organize an army. This was done with the purpose of strengthen ing the United States forces and weak ening those of the enemy. No alli ance of any kind was entered into with Aguinaldo, nor was any promise of independence made to him, then or at any other time. The report states tTiat Aguinaldo wished to attack the Americans when they landed at Paranaque, but was deterred by lack of arms and ammu nition. From that point on there was a growing friction between the Fili pinos and the American troops. "There were no conferences," says the report, "between the officers of the Flipinos and our officers with a view to operat ing against the Spaniards, nor was there co-operation of any kind." The commission in concluding this chapter says:"After the landing of our troops Aguinaldo made up his mind that it would be necesvary to fight the Americans, and after the making of the treaty of peace at Paris tlii sdetermination was strengthened, lie (1 id not openly declare that he in tended to tight the Americans, but he excited everybody and especially the. military men by claiming indepen dence, and it is doubtful whether he had the power to check or control the army at the time hostilities broke out. Deplorable a.s war is, the one in which we are now engaged was unavoidable by us. We were attacked by a bold, adventurous and enthusiastic army. No alternative was left to us except ignominious retreat. It, is not to be conceived of that any American would have sanctioned the surrender of .Ma nila to the insurgents. Our obliga tions to other nations, to the friend ly Filipinos and to ourselves and our flag demanded that force should be met bv force. Whatever the future of the Philippines may be, there is no course open to us now except the prosecution of the war until the in surgents are reduced to submission." Concerning their intellectual capac ity the commission says: "As to the general intellectual capacity of the Filipinos the commission is disposed to rate them high. But excepting in a limited number of persons these capacities have not been developed by education or experience. The masses of the people are uneducated. That intelligent public opinion on which popular government rests does not exist in the Philippines; and it cannot exist until education has elevated the masses, broadened their intellectual horizon and disciplined their faculties of judgment. And even then the power of self-government cannot be assumed without considerable previous training and experience under the guidance and tutelage of an enlight ened and liberal sovereign power. For the bald fact is that the Filipinos have never hud any experience in govern ing themselves.'* The report shows that this inability for self-government is due to the old Spanish regime, which gave the Fili pinos little or no part, In governing themselves. After reviewing ihis Spanish system the commission sums up on this point: "This is all the train ing in self-government which the in habitants of the Philippine islands have en.ioyed. Their lack of education and political experience, combined with their racial and linguistic diversities, disqualify them in spite of their men tal gifts and domestic virtues to under take the task of governing the archi pelago at the present time. The most that can be expected of them is to co operate with the Americans in the ad ministration of general affairs, from Manila as a center, and to undertake, subject to American control or guid ance (as may be fcrtind necessary) the administration of provincial and mu nicipal affairs." The report concludes - "Our control means to the inhabitants of the Phil ippines internal peace nnd order, a guaranty against foreign aggression ad against the dismemberment of their country, commercial and indus trial prosperity and as large a share of the affairs of government as they shall prove fit to take." The report is signed by J. (J. Schur man, George Dewey, Charles Denby and Dean C. Worcester. ( Cornfrftl tl«c llarkef. Chicago, Nov. 3.—The corner in broom corn which has recently more than doubled the price of that com modity was, it is learned, engineered by W. L. Kosenboom and A. .(. Klein, dealers in this city. They control 2,- 000 out of a possible 2,500 tons, worth about $1,200,000, and expect to realize $1,000,000 profit on the coup. Kxit Sliaiiiroi k. New Yo.'k. Nov. 3. —The defeated cup challenger. Shamrock, followed by Sir Thomas Upton's steam yacht Erin, left this port Thursday, home ward bound. THE PEOPLE ARE WITH HIM. President MtcKinley Ilrtnrnn to \Yu mlilnit t o n Convinced of Popular Approval. President McKinley and party re turned to Washington from their west ern trip a few days ago. Tliey had trav eled 5,000 raiics and the president made more than a hundred speeches in nine states. The president shows no signs of wear or weariness and Dr. Rixey re ported Mrs. McKinley as having gained in strength and spirits in spite of the fatigue incident to so leng and exciting a journey. The remarkably full and exact pro gramme was carried out without seri ous hitch or break, and members of the cabinet say the president returns to his-dutiesgreatly fortified by the knowl edge that he lias the sympathy and support of the plain people in his im portant policies. President McKinley's western trip was planned primarily to honor Chi cago with his presence at its notable fall festival. When it was proposed to have the Minnesota and Dakota volun teers back from the Philippines about the same time he promptly acceded to the request that he extend his journey to take in those states. The president has a high regard for all the men who offered their lives for their country, but he has a particularly warm spot in his heart for the soldiers w ho loyally remained in the Philippines after they were legally entitled to discharge. Overwhelmed with petitions to visit cities and towns en route, he gracious- A MARKED MAN. PRESIDENT M'KINLEY RETURNS TO WASHINGTON INDORSED. ly taxed his strength and robbed him self of sleep in an endeavor to meet ihe expectations of the people. This brought him into close contact with the people of the great northwest, and friends who saw him this afternoon re port him as exceedingly happy over the reception given him everywhere lie went. He is an adept at sounding the sentiment of the masses from such touch-and-go contact, and he comes bftck to Washington assured that the people are with him heart and. soul in his programme to conquer a peace in the Philippines. When he made a similar journey to Omaha a year ago the president was in some doubt as to the wisdom of claiming all the Fhilipi>inearchipelago, but he came back an expansionist. When he started on his recent trip he had no doubt as to the policy to be pursued in the. Philippines. His duty became clearer and inexorable from his viewpoint the moment the treaty of peace was ratified by the senate. He took the position that he was bound under his oath to establish the sover eignty of the United States over those islands, and he determined to use the army and navy to uphold the honor of the flag. No matter how much mist and uncertainty others dwelt in, to his mind his course was fixed and unalter able, and for as many months he has been as true to it as the needle to the polar star. The enthusiastic approval of the populace has been highly grat ifying to him. Political opponents prophesied that the president's trip was an election eering jaunt, but they can point tonoth ingof a partisan character in his speech or conduct. The president spoke to all conditions of men on the highest plane of patriotism, and there was no discor dant ring in the responsive demonstra tions. Everywhere he spoke it was ap parent the president but gave voice to the patriotic fervor of the people. So convincing were the demonstra tions of popular approval that the pres ident, according, to his friends, is not merely willing togo to the country op the expansion issue, but is eager to have it pushed to the front in the coming campaign. Their conclusions may be inferential, but there is no doubt ad ministration officials are now con vinced there is no danger to be appre hended from what they term the "little Americans."—Washington Specjal, in Chicago Times-Herald. I"^"Americans wluJ/liave become un duly embittered by discussion of the policy of expansion into the old world should get a new grip on their patriot ism. As yet there has been no Ameri can movement in the Philippines de mantling American condemnation. The American flag raised in the suppression of the Aguinalflo outbreak must re ceive earnest and unanimous American support.—St. JLouis Republic (Dem.), FAILURES ARE DECREASING. Fa«'t> Which Arr Dmlrucllve In Tlie (iriex nml I'lnn* of the Sil vcrltCH. In the first nine months of the pres ent year the business failures in the United States, us reported to Brad street's, numbered 7,07 a. In the cor responding |)iirt of 1898 there were 5,555 commercial wrecks. The rate of de crease was about 20 per cent. In the first nine months of 1897 the failures numbered 9,833. In 189G, up to the lirst of October, there were 11,280. As com pared with that year of doubt and de pression, the decrease this year has been at the rate of 37 percent. It is necessary togo back to ISS2 to find so small a list of failures in the first nine months of any year as have been reported in 1899. Even then the total liabilities were greater than they r have been so far in the' present year. In 1593 the failures of the first nine months showed total liabilities five times as great as those of the wrecked business concerns of 1899. To understand the full importance of such figures it is necessary to bear in mind the great, growth of the country. In 18S2 it had. only about 54,000,000 in habitants. Now there are nearly or quite 74,000,000. In IS9G the failures ought to have been fewer by at least six per cent, than in 1899, to keep the same proportion to the population. On the contrary, there were over 4,000 more in the earlier year than in the later. Such facts are utterly destructive to the theories and plans of the silverites. They make the arguments of the-Bryan campaign ridiculous. They will abso lutely forbid the pushing forward of the silver issue by any sane body of inflationists in the grea't- struggle of next year.—Cleveland Leader. DRIFT OF OPINION. C3-Bryan has nothing to offer Ne> braska in the way of principles, and it is nonsense to ask the vote of the state as a personal favor.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. CThe, free silver plank has been dropped from the platform of the Illi nois State Federation of Labor. Work ingmen are up with the times.—Cleve land Leader. lE?"The anti-imperialists have formed a national league. The articles of or ganization do not tell what nation is responsible for their existence.—Chi cago Inter Ocean. ID'lt is always ihe way with the deni ocratie party never to get on the right side of a question until three or four years after it has been settled.—Ne braska State Journal. P"Mr. Bryan has been traveling through Ohio in Candidate McLean's private car, telling the people what a wicked thing it is to have money.— Chicago Times-Herald. E?"Perhaps the most difficult task in political love-making ever attempted is the effort of the Louisville Courier- Journal to cuddle up to Hon. William Jennings Bryan.—N. Y. Sun. <C7" Chair man Jones is disposed to take up right where he left off in 1890. The gentleman from Arkansas overlooks a little progress the country has made during his absence.—Washington Post. Bryan told the Ohio farmers that they cannot afford to belong to the republican party, but they don't seem to think he knows as much about their business as they do. —Chicago Times-Herald. C7"fhe democratic party ought to know from its performance in Hawaii that the American flag doesn't stay hauled down. The recreant party goes out and.the flag goes up again.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. tCThe silver people owe Col. Bryan an enormous debt of gratitude. If it were not for him, the phrase "sixteen to one" would probably be as far out ofdate as "where did you get that hat?" and some other playful products of the vernacular. —Washington Star. CBy an act of the republican legisla ture of Nebraska voters, if they choose can give the name of the party whose ticket they propose to vote. In Lincoln and Omaha such registration the first day showed large republican gains which so alarmed the Bryanites thai they have considered the advisability of securing an injunction to prevenl the question of party preference beiotf asked.—lndianapolis JournaL PERSONAL AND LITERARY. 1 Jolin Oliver Ilobbes (Mrs. Craigie) is said to be the cleverest musician of all living novelists. The shah of Persia has one of the finest, private libraries in Asia, and spends much of his time with his books. Jane Austen's novel, "Nort hanger Abbey," was at first cold for $.">U to a Bath publisher who did not bring it out. 'l'he writer bought it back, and it did not appear till after Iter death. According to the London Bookseller, the average annual production of books in Hi countries is 70,000, Germany lead ing the list with nearly 24,000, while Great liritain produces about 7,000 and America 5,000. It is stated that Miss Adelaide Ever hardt, who painted the life-size picture of ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp for the Georgia state capitol building, has been engaged to paint a similar portrait of the late Congressman Bland. Miss Alice De Rothschild, who was recently naturalized in England, was sincerely devoted to her brother, the late Baron Nathaniel, and inherited a large life interest in his immense for tune. The lady is very clever and a social success. Thomas Bain, the speaker of the Canadian lower house, is of lanky build, six feet two inches in height, and looks a typical rustic. This has gained him the nickname of "Farmer." He speaks in the nasal sing-song way of Maine and Vermont farmers. Charles Laurier, a brother of the Ca nadian premier, is traveling salesman for a cigar firm of Calumet, Mich, lie settled in upper Michigan a number of years ago. Mr. Laurier is about 40 years of age. The Canadian premier has a sister, Mrs. Lamaraehe, living in the same city. The late Judge Charles F. Daly, of New York, was a charming conversa tionalist as well as a model citizen and an accomplished jurist. Tie met the duke of Wellington some 50 years ago, and the duke remarked to him that he seemed too young to be on the bench. "I owe my position," replied Judge Daly, "to one of those accidents of for tune to which your grace owes so little." "I recall my criticism," said the duke, grimly; "you are doubtless where you belong." GAR'S MANNER OF FIGHTING. Habits of n KBI-RC llntvnllnn Siieciot That Mutlp Kin hi nil' Exceed ingly Unnnerou*. This is a fish story, but it is true if the writings of a man who signs "F. R. G. S." after his name count for fact. We all know the "gar," a long, thin gentleman like an elongated pickerel that often occupies a stall in our fish markets. They rarely attain a length of over 12 inches here, but at Aru, Fiji, and thereabouts they grow much larger and the bill, armed with sharp teeth, is a weapon to be dreaded. The fish bask habitually at the very surface of the water and become extremely excited and in the larger specimens vicious at the slightest alarm. The gentleman who describes the in*- cident was collecting specimens of shells along the reef in the Aru islands, natives towing the boat along the by ways, tossing the useless specimens and bunches of coral overboard again. In doing this he noticed that almost in variably the large gars that were in the vicinity would start out of the water and dash away at headlong speed, glan cing in and out of the water like a shot. One of the fish corning near the boat, he observed that as soon as its direc tion could be determined the native lifted up a peculiar flat basket that he carried and held it as a shield, at the same time raising his club. The idea of using a basket as a shield seemed a comical one, but was never theless a good one, as a few moments later a native some 300 yards to the left lifted up a huge branch of coral, and, finding nothing in it, hurled it back again. It fell with a loud crash and almost instantly four or five gars darted from the water and rushed away with incredible speed. Two of the largest came flying toward the boat, clearing the water and glancing out again, and the native had barely time to utter a warning er.v when one of them passed directly over where his head had been a moment before. The other came full at the native. For a second it was under the water, then out with a bound, flashing in the sun light like a meteor. The quick eye of the native, however had followed it.and, stepping back, he raised the thick basket shield and re ceived the flying gar full upon it. The blow was so heavy that for the instant the man staggered and was nearly thrown over, while the fish, evidently stunned and confused by this sudden arrest of its progress, lashed the water about him into foam. A spear was soon put into it and the dangerous living ar row thrown into the boat. —Hawaiian Weekly. Kins of Rrlelnm n Speculator. The king of Belgium is a born .specu lator. From his parents he inherited three quarters of a million sterling. With this capital he began to specu late. and showed his masterly skill as a financier in his dealings in Panama canal stock. By judicious buying and selling he is estimated to have made four millions. Then he was seized with the Congo Free State hobby, which ob tained such a mastery over him that his financial acumen was overpowered, and he sank his private fortune in it. Whether it will ever return good value for the money remains to be seen.—• N. V. World. ' Scotland** l.lncoln Statue. Seotland seems a strange place to find a statue of Abraham Lincoln, and yet there is one there. It adorns a rnonu» ment erected in old Calton burying ground. Edinburgh, to the memory of the Scottish Americans who fought in the American civil war.—N. Y. Sun. 3
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