——————— a c—. —— . - Americans are said to eat more than any other Nation. The trolley has invaded the land of the Pharaohs. Cairo, Egvpt, is to have a system. Mr. Selous, the celebrated English traveler and hunter, says that the great curse of the British Empire in Africa is drink. Steam street railways are mors common in Italy than in any other country. There are now nearly 2000 miles of such lines. Captain L. 8, Hinde, of the Belgian service in Africa, writes that in spite of their slave trading propensities the Arabs, during their forty years’ dom- ination, have brought the Manyema and Malela country to a state of high prosperity, ‘‘the landscape seen from the high hills of Kassongo reminding one strongly of ordinary arable Eng- lish country.” One of the proposed two-wheel ‘““hieyele” or railways from New York to Washington promises a speed of 120 miles an hour as a result of the use of electricity and the minimizing of frie- tion. No doubt such speed is entirely within the range of what will soon be practicable, but it is still very ques- tionable, declaresthe New York World, ‘‘whether sane people will ever be to ride on any railroad will- The whole population of the United States could be concentrated in Texas, estimates the New York Sun, without bringing up the density of her popula- tion to that of Massachusetts. In fact if an area equal to that of Indiana were cut off from Texas the State would still hold the entire population of the United States without crowding us as the people of are crowded. Delaware would have more than room for us all could the whole population be crowded as are the habitants of New York City. Massachusetts ia- A plea is being made for the observ- ance of a “bird day” in our schools, with the hope that it will create an en- thusiasm and love for birds, and a love of nature which now has its begin- ning sod ending in Arbor Day. It i are 00 busy to make that | TRA Ra, ers AD © ion ncdessary for a sucoessful a a * ————— Outlook suggests, shed their sweetness and light on the school children ocoa- sionally, and end the hour or two de- voted to the work by a simple after- noon tea to their little guests? This surely would be a practical work, in the New York Post, quite worthy their effo the estimation of ts At J well as of the Sunday-schools, and an ocea- as sional sermon from the ministers on "n im land | os —- arnt ortant chapter of human con- Aa prominent New York physicians were recently interviewed A number of in regard to the use of hypnotism in their They all admitted that they resorted to hypnosis when practice. other means failed, and that by this means they often cured obstinate insomnia and of dipsomania. e ot the drink habit by hypno- no new thing, but it is a nov elty to find lea ing to it. mous ling physicians resort- In the same way some fa- hypnotize who object to anmsthetics, and in this way perform operations while the sub- ject is uncons The sub- and de- spite the study made of it by many surgeons sious of pain. ject is a very interesting one, experts in medicine no one has yet is an easy subject and another a diffi cult one. A curious case of dual brain action is described in Brain. An insane pa- tient varied considerably in his men- tal condition; in one state he was sub- ject to chronic mania, spoke English, was fairly intelligent, and was right banded; in another state he was sub- ject to dementia, was almost unintelli- ble, bat what could beunderstood was Welsh, and he was then left handed. In his English intervals he remem- bered clearly what had happened in previous English periods, but his memory was a blank to what occurred during the Welsh stages. He pre- ferred to write with his right hand, and then wrote from left to right, but if asked to do so, would write with his left hand, and then the writing was from right to left. Mr. Bruce, who observed the case, infers from it that tho cerebral hemispheres are capable of individual mental action, that the one mentally active at any time can control the motor functions, and that the patient lives two separate exist ences during the two stages through which he passes, the mental impres- sions in ench existence being recorded in one ocrebral hemisphere only, | go before a court and make against a publie « | duty. | greater than | of the Christian | been kept down since { pullin the dark at this question. | can patients | Iron | California, Belgium is the only European coun- try which has no navy. With a population of hardly 2,500,- 000 Greece has a debt of 8§164,000,000, or about 875 per capita. An electrical plow in Germany turns up an acre of ground in an hour at one-half the cost of animal power. In Mexico two substitute jurors sit near the jury box ina trial. If one of the regulars falls ill a substitute takes his place and the trial proceeds. There are 88,210 acres of land in Great Britain devoted to market gar- dening or truck farming, as it is called on this side of the Atlantic. Miss Willard announces in a recent letter that the plan of a special round- the-world trip with the Polyglot Peti- tion will probably be abandoned ns it is thought that taking up the work more gradually will be better enited of the tries to bo visited. to the interest various ocoun- The petition will this summer be presented to the Gov- of Great Britain, ernments Norway and Sweden, and probably Denmark. The Illinois Legislature has passed a law providing that any citizen may affidavit flicer for neglect of m On the first complaint the offl- cer is warned, and the second brings the case before a | he finds cause, im i the case. The be a fine varving from or imprisonmen loven © eleven m is no earth is far greater a century than it wi the ¢ more tury since probably than twenty it was at the igh then, ers, measure, by war, | bad government. | men and Germans who like to There t bow many e no harm in guessing people may be iz it is the world when There may be betyeen 2, 000,000,000 and 3,000, yssibly : 1805 years older. i . - A BI S——————— —— { 000,000, with plenty of room for more, dr fashio= oes USP Dera, | to grow in vogueis that of writing let- | ters in pencil rather than with pen 3 | and ink, and when once it is fairly es- tablished, it is doubtful, lanta Conmstitution, whether documents and but legal papers that must be preserved will yver be prepared in the old style. Let- ters are generally shorter nowadays than they formerly were, are more hastily written, more frequent and sel. dom worth keeping fe of They ef- forts of by-gone days, that were often for any length time, are not the elaborate cherished for their intrinsic worth, encil, which is far more conveni- , is, therefore, taking great mass of casual The I busiest writers in the world are news the co in yondencs and 8 greatest paper reporters. They write with pen cls, and they ace in the swim with the | fashionables, In deciding the case of the Risdon and Locomotive Works against Philip Medort, appealed from the Cir cuit Court of the Northern District of Justice Brown, in the United States Bupreme Court, com: | mented at considerable length upon y | what constitutes a patentable article, vn al y : : been able to explain why one person | “There is,” he said, “somewhat of the same obscurity in the line of demarka- tion as in that between mechanical skill and invention, or in that between a new article of manufacture, which is universally held to be patentable, and the function of a machine, which it is | equally clear is not. It may be said in general that processes of manufac. | ture which involve chemical or other | similar elemental action are patenta. ble, thongh mechanism may be neces sary in the appliestion or earryingjout of such process, while those which consist solely in the operation of a machine, are nob Most processes which have been held to be patentable require the sid of mechanism in their practical application, but where such mechanism is subsidiary to the chem. jeal action, the fact that the patentee may be entitled to a patent upon his mechanism does not impair his right to » patent for the process, since he would lose the benefit of his real dis covery, which might be applied in » dozen different ways if he were not entitled to moh patent. But if the operation of his device be purely me: chanical no such considerations apply, since the function of the machiue 1» entirely independent of any chemical or other similar action.” ENGLAND 13 APPEASLY. Nicaragua's Indemnity After the War Ships Withdraw. SALVADOR TO THE RESCUE. That the Money Shall Be emitted Within a Fortnight Guarantees Is Glven as Agreed Final Settlement of the Con- troversy Between the Two Countries— Opening the Port of Corinto, The Nicaraguan the British ocenpation of C« practically and happily settled, through the good offices of the Salvadorean Minister to Great Britain arrived in London from Paris, interview with Lord Kimberley, the Foreign Secretary. It is understand that Amba was present incident, growl rinto, has seaminiy, and France, who and ha ian jritish ador Bayard although the House had not at this meting, statement of Sir Edward Grey in the ns that the United States av] terms foran an i that Mr feate present in a friendly cape The conference and Mr. Modiz resulted in a de for the sattiement « hot wee , the Minister Anite arran f the acrtnry Gresaharr *h Mr. Bavard said that Great sted tl) Ru 3 a meant pa it Arantes Im tha British Gover soon as Nicaragua to pay and inf chArgs {f the that fact, the to withdraw which, m1 re ler o Captain Fre: now hold possession a Castom H and other G f ings at Corlx but also to rex r harbor Tha v Assletant Sa ary of Biat ness. of Secs The Presid fthe y whara lispateh The Rtntes cabled them to Ambassador Bay upled with a request that they be bro : ention of Lord Rigs ah | Telieved oO ha to Present the as to secure Lord Kimbe Lord Kimberley notified CATAZUA'S DIO] thus terminate pr LEN beet resul WILL RUN BY ELECTRIC POWER. Locomotive of a New Type Completed at the Baldwin Works, An bean Transsontine exis srost raliway ar interest in Milwaukee intended for l handling heavy ror It rome RLV purposes — iA ward Yard 1 w riiend Al ar subserimi at Ven President Monroe D Aras, OS TURNEY DECLARED COVERNOR. End of the Gubernatorial Contest In Ten. nesses After Debate. The Senate and H { Rey of Tennessee met in joint Nashville, and resumed the ntest Peter and Henry Clay Evans pf norship At the © l oasior : a erated quring th who took text, The nmryament © the roll was called, The majority report pre sented by the investigating mumittes i favor of Turney was adopted, the v 71 to b7, The announcement « iit waa greet ed by loud cheers by the Turney cannon were dred ou Capitol Hil, rescntatives onveatl nsideration of the o bet wean Turney (D it the Gove ne was the pen 11.40 p. m., te being fthe r Will Graduate in Calicoes, The senior literary class of the Ann Arbor (Mich.) University had its cap and gow: “swing out” st chapel exercises before an immense audience, whieh cheared loudly as over 100 of the class marched In with their mortar boards and sable robes, Slightly over nall of these wore “'co.ads The sen sation of the day was enused by the adlrouis tion of a pledge among ths “eownds’” in the class to gradusts ln calico or other cheap dress #0 aa to subseribe the more Hberally te the “co-ed” gymnasium fund, ILLINOIS CRIES “ENOUCH™ Titled Sonsdn-Law Cost Money and There Are Worthy Americans, In the House at Springfield, II. Mr, Mo Carthy obtained unanimous consent 10 In troduce the following resolution: “Resolved, That the members of the Gen. eral Assombly do hereby request the daugh ters of Illinois not to accept the hand in mar riage of any person not a citizen of the United States Ly right of birth or naturaliza. tion, as we are of the opinion that the daughters of Iilinols should be patriotic io their views and should disregard the title of any foreigner and marry none but a citises of Uns United States,” | followed | Cardy, | against Governor Morton Relerred n at ‘ Bales, | a) Ane | SCHOOL DIRECTORS KILLED. Three of Them Shot Down by One Man. Woman's Gossip Said to Have Caused It. Three school directors were killed in the Como (Col) District a few days ago. The slayer and only survivor of the duel, “Ben” Radcliffe, was taken to Fair Play after sure rendering, but declined to make any state | ment, It is said that Mra. Joseph Orockett wrote a letter to Radeliffe informing him that Same uel Taylor had made the statement that Rai- cliffe’s daughter should not be allowed to go to school with decent children. This was a0. companied by a broad {nsinuation. Radcliffe armed himself with a 1 revolver and an Winchester rifle and repaired to the | place where the school election wns in pro- gress. What oocurred is not known, {or of four men who took part Radcliffe is theonly survivor, It is supposed that he aseused Tavlor of writing the jetter and in the argument that Ge D. Wyatt and L. F, the other parties killed, t him. Wyatt's statement lod to the door is rather ino it throw any light upon the quarrel, '1iffe bas the reputation of always going ed, 1 during the past has had oro and d year he | severnl quarrels with the 8shool Board and the Buperintendent. Wyatt sur hours, but at no time was he socount of the occurrences vived four able to give an CLOUDBURST IN NEW YORK, A Fierce Hall Storm, Terrifle Thunder and a Brilliant Fleetric Display. rts of a fron terrifis cloud! ived PRINCELY CIFTS TO A COLLEC Columbia Gets 81.000.000 From Seth Low and 8300.900 From W., C, Schermerhorn. BUCHANAN'S RESPITE. the Wife Fol. soner's Case to the Attorney-General, C. P. HUNTINCTON WINS. Judge Brown Denled the Writ to Remove the Case Against Him , In the United States Distriot rk City, denied the applion- tion for a writ of removal to Calif in t} of Collis P. Huntington, President { the Southern Pacific Rallroad Mr. Huntington was arrested ou a { violating the Int mime issuing o Pass on Road, In his decision Judge Brown sald: “The application for removal must ba denied on the ground that the indictment is fatally do fective in not averring that any nse Was ever made of the pass, or that any transportat was ever furnished under it Mr. Huntington was indisted by the Grand Jury of the Northern Distriot of California for a violation of the Interstate Commerce law by having issued a free pass to Frank stone over the Southern Pacific Rallroad, "ia raia, 0 CRs rsiate the Southern ¥ 3 i Hooker Reunion at Hadley, Mass, The Hooker reunion was held at Hadley, Mass. in the big canvas tent on the green opposite the farm house where General Joe seph Hooker was born. The military pasate wis witnessed by 4000 persons, and the tent where the the exercises were held was crowd. eo to ita fullest capacity, The platiorm was filled with distinguished men, Perished In a Leaky Boat, Five persons were drowned in Carsrude’s fake, Colorado, The dead.are Ray Badger, of Denver, aged nineteen; Robert Craig, of Fort Collins, aged twenty; a son and two danghters of H. C, Carsrude, The party went out fishing in a leaky old craft, Drowned With His Sister, In attempting to eros the Clineh River at Clinton, Tenn., Thomas MeGuire, a jeweler A optician, of Atlanta, and his sister were owned, and their team of horses and $3000 worth of jewelry wore lost, | | | | i of the Chinese indem The Full United | JAPAN YIELDS 10 EUR4PE She Gives Up Her Clim: on {he Liye Tung Peninsula in China, | PORT ARTHUR ALSY ABANDONED fhe Concedes | This Mach of to the Wishes tussin, Germany and France. « China's Emperor Signed the Treaty of | Yeace-~Foreign Fleets Assemble at Che-Foe For Peace Hatifleations, Japan, in conformity w | vice of Russia, France end Gerry | dertaken to renounce } session of the | tory in China. Mr. Bone Arasuk to France, inforr of F to the friendly ad reign Aflalrs ars, had ren of the rt Art! | possession eluding P unite in » the g Le nity 1 guarantees regular Japan HEARCU States Supreme Court Hears the Case. . r the first time in several mor hers of the Sanreme ( 0 be custon and it wy that anlly left Att {the law ihe National Game, Washington has a prise in Pitehpr Mercer Meekin is outshining Ruste as New York's star pitcher against ( I'he fielding of the League t has #0 far been inferior The 1 will pay t imposed on Pleffer by the | Cat Ryan, of Boston thr like a oa apult this Burkett, of Cleveland, i= ta and leading the League in bh Lively legitimate conching is the life the game without it the sport will languish of New York, thinks he the all ope irve pit eYelA i octive amsas awhole ulsville Club $500 A Fg her wing Manager Davis, has secured a wonder in pitcher, Boswell Old "Longest « hit ever -made- on «the. Grounds” has taken his cane and started on his annual rounds, Umpire Bette expresses ths opinion that Lawley, of Pittsburg, will lead the League pitchers this season Clingman has settled down ns the Pitts. burgs’ regular third baseman, Niles will be retained as utility man, MePhee, Cincinnati's second baseman. has actually dropped a fly ball already, It is rarely he does such a thing in a whole seas on, The Paltimores are experimenting on caps with transparent visors, which will allow them to look at the sun without affecting the eyes The triple play of the Bostons was the first made this season, the first ever made on the Washington grounds, and was, therelore, » record-breaker, Pitoher Wilson, of the Dostons, was ongi- nally a oatoher, who simply went in to piteh one day to help out his team, and did #0 weil that he made a spaaialty of pitching ever a | Receipts | 40,000 heaas of {| Kansas Oity oe | | time is « THE MARKETS. tats Wholesale Prices of Country Pro. duce Quoted In New York, 19 MILE A¥D CRIA, A far demand has heen reported the past week, with the market generally active Che average prica received for the mrplus was £1.20 per can of 40 quarts, of the woek, fluid milk, gals .e Condensod milk, gals Cream, gals, BUTTER. rate w, 9 I Asparagas, ¥ doz, q > 5. i 4 bunches Beets, ¥ doz, : Pens, KX. C., ¥ basket dishes, v bhi “pinach 0 BUY LARGE Cattle HERDS. Dealers Negotiating in Vera Cru: they } i th ax actness but from none cattle « ean any considerable amount of shipped to the United States market The State of Chihuahua, which is the largest producer in Mexico, has sent over steers to the St. Louis and markets since the change in the tarifl regulations regarding Mexican oats tie and the oulput i lated by the feeding con been put into effect at Ei {the Northern Mexican has any surplu k to now and the entire « iris wk be has been further stimu. essions which have Paso ately, None cattle companies peak of on hand pat &t the present nly about forty car loads par week. Many telegrams have been received from United States buvers making inquiry regard. ing the supply of Mexican eattie, bat no ma terial relief can Le apparently given from aM | this country. Injured at a Bull-Fight, During a bull-fight at Barcelona, Epain, one of the animals jumped across the bar riers and wounded many persons, three seri ously. Newsy Gleanings, Oho has 10,153 saloons, Texans has 8.782.000 shop, Londoners employ 10,800 cabs, Chicago had 111 suicides between January 1 and May. The Board of Agriculture of Kansas re ports half the wheat crop killed, Attorney General Olney directed that the rult for $15,000,000 against Mrs. Stanford, of California, be pushed. On May 1 Ephraim IL. Prothi com- leted fifty yours of service in the Boston
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