— ——————-———— 2 In the high schools of Japan the study of English is compulsory. Chicago has only twenty per cent. of its population of native birth, the rest being foreigners or their chil. dren IMs i HNN The sheep raisers of Terra del Fuego are making It is in with a plenty of money. said that a man who starts good outfit and 1000 thould in ten years have an income of £10,000 a year, ewes Wheat is now carried from Duluth, Mirn,, to Buffalo, N, Y., adistance of over 1000 miles, for two cents or even less per it from three to five cents a carry it from Baffalo to City, only 405 miles. bushel, while still costs bushel to Naw York At Blane, maltreated a private so that death ensued, has been sentenced Rome, who Cavalry Lientenant to three months’ imprisonment and to pay an indemnity of 835000 to parents of the The 1 | dragged through two years and the he victim, case defense cost the doughty Lieutenant 816,000. Twenty-five vears ago the great battlesof the Franco-Gern That 1850 days cost Germany, in dead and pwimed 6055 110,701 neredible IAD War were fought. war of only It that officers and men, appears almost i few and now 21,5 Ih 702,048 French within a months French officers Jldiers were made prisoners or compelled to disarm, A church in Washingtor 1 arum Corps, announces Things h Wve ng and hia Record of the ‘hina and Turkey iderable parts of the e€roment worl Gov- alan been apporti ned twenty vears as China in the next twenty. “How much longer the Unspeakable Turk is likely ] " ueati i to last is a question, bat only a ques- tion of time, The Norwegians have adopted a very practical and business-like way of making King Oscar comply with their demands, bi is a Am fine a mot t 18s simply to eut down It re Nati n to s royal allowance if he refuses new ‘AD ae Baltim rican, are probably accomplish more thar can afford better to than Norseme n his allowance nave made able use practical fact. People who have tried to learn other languages than their own will wish success to that young German philo- logist, who says he has invented an- other system by which it is possible to As the result of a challenge, he has prom- learn a language in three months ised to submit his system to a practi cal test, He has undertaken to learn twelve languages in three years, name- ly French, Italian, Spanish, Portu- | guese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Nor- wegian, Polish, and He started on the task on inssian, Czech Hungarian. and finished his work July 13, will, therelore, have July 15, when he will undergo an examination on by a committee appointed for the par- pose. This man certainly fidence in his invention, has con- - The person who was asked to point out the most popular book of last year | based on the circulation of would bardly be likely to hit upon the right answer, It is not to ““Trilby,” the graceful, nor the brave ‘“‘Gentle- man of France.” nor the Zenda,” “Prisoner of nor ‘‘Coin’s Finanoial Behool,” nor “Merrie England,” nor | g ' any of the books of the day that hold the record, All these, ith their culation, are far in the year. The leader in books last year, as for all the years, was the Bible, shows that this single organization printed and procured in the twelve months 1,058,674 copies of the book, and of these 845,905 were circulated in America and the rest in foreign lands. The Ban Francisco Examiner believes that “‘a work that sells st the rate of over 800,000 a year in the United Btates after some centuries of circulation is not exactly to be oon. sidered as laid on the shelf.” of a | 1808, | copies | | fraction of the total gain in popula The report of the American Bible Sociaty for 1804 | | The “bicycle cocktail” is the latest, | Tt consists of a spin before breakfast, | explains the Washington Star. Berlin has the reputation of hand. | ling street refuse with more profit to the municipality than any other city in the world. Bicycle weddings are increacing At the close of a wedding ceremony re- | cently the bridal couple started off on | their honeymoon on a ‘‘bieycle built | for two." in popularity in France. War correspondents who have come in personal communication with An- tonio Maceo, the Cuban revolutionary leader, have been impressed with the courtesy and elegance of his manners, says Frank Leslie's We kly. He isa mulatto, but has had the advantage of the His M Ceo a veteran of the last Cuban rebellion, a good education, and he has learning of a man of the world. dress is scrupulously neat, is and a well-trained soldier. Just think of a young French wo- man, only eighteen years of age, who has just passed an examination for the ] phil and 18 now a lecturer on the of mind in the Colle professor of licentiate in sophy, science ge of Rouen. She I RENErally, an 1 men ais ) property 1s to go ma- ha bie r's his that to him at jority, bul only on eonditi hi alives, mn lives continuously with # mot HON family and blood rel was not drawn made It will be to be or f the exchanging heliograp! ssages be tween Pike's Peak and Denver, a dis sh New wonderfully this sys tance of ) miles ws to the York Sun how tem has been developed in our army. That it is a practical appliance in war- [are was shown during General Miles's :ampaign against Geronimo nine years '] be news oi WO, when ment of the hostil 108, AND 1 even si EVery move- gus of moven woint to so3sibie qirrors from j poit nessage traveling 700 miles from sta- non to station of there were no in four hours. method communication, telegraph wires, not snly proved most valuable to troops pe, but, it is said, disheartened biles when they learned of ita 1 is 1 Says the Springfield Republican: A of from the sities back into the country is noted movement population n Minnesota. The State census now eing taken will show comparatively smaall gains by the larger cities, ex- sept Daluth, during the last five years, waving to the country a considerable sion of 300,000 to the State. I'he Minneapolis Tribune regards this 500,000 which sensus will show for the whole recession in urban growth as an en- sonraging sign, and so it probably is g ’ } We shall be much surprised if our | own Massachusetts census does not ex- | 26,000 and 50,000 and 100,000 of ecir- | hibit a similar population movement in progress here. All over the coun- try the drift to the cities has been too | general and extensive for a deeade and a half past to meet the demands of'a natura sod healthful adjustment be- tween populations eugaged in agriecnl- ture and populations engaged in man- afaoturing, transportation, and pro- fessional ard poracnsl services. The Intter avenues of employment have been terribly overcrowed, and the coming on of ha:d times has com- pelled something of a halt in this re- markable march of the population to the cities, | tions almost without | her guests, | ort W. Inman, of Inman, Swann & Qo.. New KNIGHT TEMPLARPARADE The Twenty-sixth Triennial Conclave in Boston, Mass, A GRAND STREET PAGEANT. | The Metropolis of New Engiand Flabo- of Parts of the Line rately Detorated In Honor All Kir Knights Drawn From Land---Twenty-five Thousand in «Visitors Lavishly Entertained, Seven hundro | saw the parad { Templar Tries at the and grandest were | Heroes the chears and salutes gathered near the starting Agt Amert reat Fasd great bos an rn Hight aide Sir Arb rn ft Sir Fie spooinl ons 1 Master Hug! » Grand Encamp. pre of the Grand nd the following inder the Grand am ington Pot fn Muskeges MeAlister, In Ferritory, and Olivet, Orlando, Fla beside Chief Marshall Lawrenos rode Mayor urtis, 8ir Knights Charles Pierce and Hans. com, De Superintendents of Police, and Sir Knight Abbott Horton, as bugler. This was by wids the greatest con clave of Knights Templar that the sountry | has ever known, Never bel in this gon- | eration were such Immense throngs of peo ple ssen upon the highways, There were only a few business sessions of the sonclave, and the week was given up mainly to pleasure, Excursions and recep | nam had ar ranged, and it is estimated that Boston epant over half a million d entertaining dian ties one re ad 4 hoon ints in A Yacht Run Down, The sloop yacht Adelaide, owned by Robe York City, was run dowa by the Perseus, of the Iron Steamboat Company, opposite Nore ton's Point, Coney laland, and Mr, Inman's party were thrown into the water, All were rescued and accounted for except Mr, Inman himself, Panishment at Kocheng. A despatch from Shanghai, China, says advices have been received there from Chengtu that the Viceroy has already caused the execution of four of the leaders of the attack recently made by natives upon the Christian mission at Kucheng, Eight Women Perish, The convent at Ribordone, a village in the provinee of Turin, Italy, has been partly de- stroyed by fire, Eight women perished and four others | Twenty-third Regiment Ban | Tennessee marble, highly polished, sixteen { fest high, surmounted by | porta. were severely injured. ALFARO HOLDS QUITO, ECUADOR, His Victorious Columns Enter the Capital, Welcomed by Thousands, Quito, the capital of the Republic of Ecuador, 18 in the hands of General Alfaro's forces and the citizens have prociaimed in his vor. The greatest enthusiasm was manifested fn Quito when the new order of MARYLAND'S FOUR Wha Fell at Hattle Honored. the Island rogylend ration wa f Ben H ad 4 in charge of nites in Marviar ord {eredith, singin a, presentation + Maryiand Society tion, Colonel Wi unt ent, ar 1 Nohjeren, wh Park ( ™ fhe loely the acceptans confided it to the mmissioner Squire latter made a #8! hich an address was ree OO, Pacrre, of the s of the Revolution, y General H f the Sons rt res; after jelivered by ( } Maryiand Bociety The ration was rase Porter, Presi. f the Revolution, Frank Brown, of replied to by Lieu. nae Hyere lent General wed by G Maryland, which were tenant-Grovernor Saxton I'he exercises were brought to a the selection, “Auld Lang Syne,” by { Vernor lose with the The monument which was unveiled is the form of a graceful Corinthian solumua twenty-seven feet in height, The shaft is of a bronze cannon orpamenta’ brones sup which this shaft The whole rests the base resting on The tie rests is of polishad granite, ii & motind twelve fest high, It fs on what ix known as Lookout Hill, Battle Passe, The sone of the desperate fight in the battle of Long leland, in which the Maryland soldiers feil while holding the British army in check in order to allow the American troops » chance to retreat, was at Third avenue an Eighth street, a mile distant from the site o the monument unveiled, ploek on Japanese Leaving Port Arthur, The Japaneses are evacuating Port Arthur China, and dismantling all of the fortifiea tions there, Frominent People. Yachting costs William K. Vanderbili $160,000 a year, President Diaz, of Mexico, goes out on ¢ brief duck hunt once & year, Max Nordau began to write at twolve and was earning money with his pen at fourteen, Hohenzollern 18 not the family name of Emperor William, His true name is William Zollern, It will surprise many people to learn that Adoph d'Ennery and Pog ne Cormon, join suthors of “The Two on ans,” are still dv. ing in France, Each of them is eighty-seven yoars of age. Cotton States Exposition, Are Thrown Open Various The of the Southers “Midway.” ment Houses Heady The work national Exp ved nounced that n the ( sition at Atle that it may be « ton 8B advan it will be thr publie on B & more presentable fore attained by th AMglous enterprises nittes on thst Presider ATLANTA'S CREAT FAIR, THE PRESIDENT WILL START IT. The Exhibits Will Be in a State Approxi- mating Completeness When the Gates Am une Attractions Ywootens and cloth, Coventry cycles, panos, wemical products, terra cotta models raliway appli books, ete, { furniture, statuary, ances, and are taking sure and struoe approaching co # mame of the German V nese Village the Maze, au 6 Palas nirasts were lot for th rish Pa ~ op ace, Jt i= t ariis- i EAB, mujolics and RETR LAD Riassware, artistic dmnlitar Ir - ). » { Masnantn lt bb 5 RESO A rT -— Fed fr AGRICULTURAL BUILDING one of the towers of the Moorish Palace will be a dancing girl set in incandescent lights | and it will be of a most ingenious design, | scintiliating in Jota, In the naval exhibit of the Government Puilding there will a host of implements of naval warfare that have never been in this part of the country before, The five and six-inch guns have arrived and are being fw in place, The cutter which arrived from Norfolk Navy Yard sometime ago, is attract. ing much attention, and its passage has oo- casloned much amusement among the at. taches of the exhibit. The boat was sent to | its destination in charge of & quarterman, Johnny MacDonald, and the care with which he looks after it is convincing of the fact that no harm will come to this part of Unole Sam's possessions, The European exhibits cover quite a broad range of important articles. Commissioner General Antonio Macchi gave the following summary: Great DBritainArtistia pottery, slectro- piate and silverware, cut orystals, Sheffield cutlery, Birmingham goods, Bradford The Labor World, Every 100 miles of railroad gives employ ment to 5156 men. The fron moulders of Doston and vicinity have asked for an advance in wages, The Bt. Louis street car companies employ none but total abstainers for conductors and motormen., The miners o! Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky are preparing to organize a trie Btate combine, The workers in the jute factories in Dun dee, Bootiand, went on strike to enforoe a rejected demand for an inorease of ten oent. in their wages. Over 7000 - - wenn | life in ducati ment Board, who spent many vears of hie pal work, holds that this is the greatest educational opport inity of the generation, and Government exhilit alone, when properiy studied, will be better than a school term. Prinoipals of academies, seminaries and colleges, complain that their schools will be demoralized by the Exposi. tion this fall, and to meet the case, an on ganized effort will be made to get all such institutions to giveons week's vacation, and bring their schools in a body to the Exposi. the | tion, #0 that afterward the pupils ean go on with their work without interruption. A number of schools have already decided, on their own accord, to do this, If it can be done upon a large scale, quarters may be secured at a very moderate cost, This will be done in case of the boys, by providing tents, For the girls, batter accommodations willbe secured, either in boarding bh vuses of in hotels specially constructed for the pur pose, Jusough the co-operation of the De partments of Publicity and Promotion, Pub fe Comfort and Education, the matter has been started, Mr. Spofford Turns Over Ossh, Librarian of Congress A. R Spoflord de posited with the Treasury of the United States $22,000 to settle the discrepancy in bis accounts as Libracian and Registrar of Copyrights, The amount, it {4 sald, was placed to his eredit, but the pa; ment was not scoepted as & pettiement of the matters In controversy, An Educational Oalamity, It is extimated that at least 50,000 children of New York Qity will be unable to attend #ohool this beaause of a lack of year acoom-
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