| Show 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 0 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 jr 4 I 1 I 1 4 I 1 N t ii a a af V R R EIT TO 0 va vf T I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 11 7 1 I 1 I 1 k I 1 ENGLAND IN IH great britain tri russia Pus 5 by sending eroding a led fleet ot at adf aup ships from rom ch che e foo I oo under vice ad 1 sir edward JI it seymour to make demonstration at tien tsin maln and I 1 a taku raku forts orts the fleet la Is strong both the 1 number and I 1 in mettle and it need oc I 1 in caston saten no surprise it if tile the british corcos sciny permanently the towns which amand V Hinni cupy Mm and the approach to pekin from rom 5 the gulf of 0 lechl salisbury has long wanted them 1 nad I the present P situation alon me to furnish a sufficient excuse for III ar seizure 1 1 ji I 1 t m 1 11 ll III be b e called led that when the niu chuang railroad concession was under I 1 dipoto england gave china the alter ati 0 of protecting british interests in that affair or bi nitting to the occula I 1 tion of 0 TienT alen tsan gln and taku by english OT kotees the railroad concession uns ana adjusted end and salisbury bolth ith adew from rom his hl stand regarding dinu the tha I 1 hogns mirns still he c needs el them with them in the possession slon of 0 his fore forces great fritkin would mould command both banks bank 9 of 0 the th great yellow river besides cantrell jr air the lh whole ou bouthern thern side ald of 0 tho the gult gulf of f from wel hal haj worl to tilka the importance of the taku forts Is tul rely as i they command com majid the approach to the city of tion maln the latter laller ja the port ot of pekin and only benty rolls miles roll s distant from rom it it Is 15 the lip city tor for wt furs uni spices and I 1 afir I 1 luxuries U ure that hat lire are required for or tho the imperial court it la Is destined to become the grat crat railroad rall roAd and shipping center I 1 of northern china it if all the conte concessions solons panted granted at pekin axe are carried to com ion it will drain all the country porth perth to niu chup rig it will control the trado of 0 the vat sha sl 51 mining list tn on the west and will draw a full mea 1 a li tre lre of commerce from the yellow tellow a and n d rivers on the tha south it IU III bo be readily sen seen why great britain wants marts these towns town ii and w why by she will ultimate ultimately ly pet get them vice ad miral symour Ey nour may not take final steps to annex thorn them now but the recent step of et it would seem but natural that great britain should take hike them as a quid guld pro quo philadelphia inquirer WHY TSE SOLDIERS STARVED the commissary department which was made responsible for the feeding of 0 an army amy of 0 men scattered all over the united states slates and jn in cubit cuba and porto ditico illco Is composed ot of only twenty to tito regular ammers one ona Is disabled by age and one on by illness leaving twenty men inen fit for duty who have bavo distributed ed thia tip dp to this date dale rations thew regular officers were assisted by vol un tetra of 0 whom only fifteen were regular rec army with any experience tn in military niHl tary affairs the remainder were political appointments most of th them young men at 0 good character and a above b a vm a the average Intel intelligence licence but wit without hout the slightest knowledge or experience to fit at their tor for their duties amons among others were ver john FL earl who was recently governor ot of south carolina richard W thompson jr of terre terra haute warren C fairbanks the rating son san of I 1 senator fairbanks of oe indiana and sons aona of f t ex x senator brice representative fa vas voorhees rhee representative catchings representative milliken governor Lar larrabee rabes of at iowa a gandion of 0 jay cooke a nephew ot of vice morion a non n ln in law of potter clifford arrick formerly private secretary of attorney general miller end and tte the huts hubband band of 0 his daughter and other young men ot of similar ollar nr political and social connections the regular officers say that many of these young gentlemen lemen have shown an ability nl t tal ral al which fully justified Justl fled their appointment but the majority comparatively help helpless lers and in the midat of 0 the most important duties were scarcely able to look after them tats delves gelves if Sreta secretary rY aleer alcer were going to open it cotol hot it la Is not probable that be h would select tho the sons of 0 senator brice and senator fairbanks or the dephew of alc president morton to act as tt wardi ards all three are estimable and ana promising young men but are come somewhat what oat of place in the grocery alia abd pro provision vison batni but busl ni A similar num ber ct f rs from rom the regular army 1 ho he are arc familiar with tho the duties of 0 the comal ary T have made a strong I 1 anil and c chap tant comps if the selections ael collona rod bad been rr klo tor for eln effle cleocy lency and not for politics chicago record washing ton toll letter MATTER OF ALLOw A AnuL sty MY dear whispered tho the young man as AB we ara so soon to be married we should take a practical view of 0 life and by the mistakes ol of others for instance there Is the subject ot of a regular I 1 la allowance every week tor for depending money you know I 1 oh ive thought or of that all she replied sweetly have you artes tea indeed hundreds and hundreds 0 ot tarr times m and lately I 1 thought i much a th eh I 1 tes your income Is 2000 it Ys Y and I 1 ft nant ant it to go fro as far its toward your happiness of 0 course well ive talked it over with in amma and sho she thinks an allowance I 1 alce of 11 31 a week will be plenty I 1 indeed oh yes you can walk to the office you know and carry jour lunch you know and eo 60 you can uso use the whole collar or cigars anil and neckties and things new york weekly I 1 T THE NE naw W TELESCOPE I 1 we WB from an article in la nature that st it gautier Ga the well known optician Is making good progress with the th construction ot of the giant clant telescope intended tor for tile the great exhibition at paris in 1900 the ali ape aturo win will bo b 0 ls MS 1 incurs In chrs chos and the ocal focal length CO meters feet 10 in inclines inches Inch clies ps I 1 while the eftim abed coat con t Is francs ancs an eq equatorial mounting mount loff and I 1 doine for or such a gigantic instrument 0 I 1 lahy well be considered dered impracticable and accordingly the t he telescope itself will L be i rigidly fixed I 1 in n a horizontal po 1 ton supports of masonry and wi will 1 i receive the light of 0 the heavenly bodies 1 after ter reflection renet llou from pom a movable piano mirror 2 meters in diameter tho the plane mirror Is ia 13 inches thick and w weighs let fill 00 kili grammes and it Is curious curio Us that if it of t taa elve disks cast tor for the th purpose the I 1 first on one turned out to be b th the abt bet this I 1 ras jas been in of grinding tor for fiven seven months and Is not yet finished 1 there will be two objectives one i photographic an and d ons ong visual which will i k 0 et easily at t will vh it is I 1 ported that it magnifying power of 0 0 two will boo bi usefully use tully employed and that I 1 occasionally it a power of 0 rny may be used bed As the highest power available in the largest clarcent existing telescope does not exceed th fit new instrument it S ll it bo be the success that every one will 1 ilish ash should have it a wide field cr of usefulness DUTY DUTT TO F however Ilo wever had bad may have been the tha parish colonial government in thu the however hv oever enormous onon its crita it as aa a government says hor Us N fisher in the th october atlantic I 1 1 11 it did give a certain degree of pe peo acice o and order both in tho the fast east indies and the iho west welt indies it was C certainly irta better than anarchy probable better than any bar barbarae baric government within the power of tho the insurgents to establish without our protection prote tion and supervision for a a period at least and in cuba perhaps better than the cuban can establish at the present time without our friendly assistance it therefore seems our duty duly however un de alred to continue tor for the present in control of whatever territory may be ba taken from spain an aa tho the fruit of our Nic victories tories and to administer the th same came for the benefit of the inhabitants until wo we are sat lined of at the willingness and ability of the inhabitants to maintain therein a reasonable degree of peace and order law and justice we vo have no right to substitute anarchy and revolutionary violence in the place of 0 even an imperfect measure of government we are yet to learn or the insurgents in cuan or the philippines are capable of forming a civil government and mill conduct it aith due regard to peace law and justice so ao ns fig to assure the confidence and support of the th inhabitants we as trustees and guardians cuard lans over several millions 1 of people of different races from our onn have become the political arbiters of their destiny and axe bound to provide against civil war therein BETTER DAYS bettor better to imil the violets cool than to sip alp tho wine better to hark a hidden brook than to natch match a diamond shine th love ov of gentle hearts than beautys favors proud r oud botter the roses ropes 11 lulng f peed than roses in a erd batter to love lov in loneliness thin than bask baak in lovo love all ahm day better tho the fountain in tho the heart than the fountain by tho the way botter better bs be fod fed by mothers hand bands than eat ilono at III bettor to trust in god than say sar my goods roy my storehouse nit nil better to be a littin wise than lot la knowledge to abound bolter better to teach a child to love than nil r round und better to fit at a feet than thrill it lit likening ening state bettor better suspect that thou art proud than be sure that thou aro great crat better to wake in the realm unseen thin than watch tho the hours aveni ent better tho the dono done at the last than tho the aar with oh outing rent better to arv to a quiet grief than a burry I 1 ng delight B botter ito r tho to 0 I 1 twill flight cht of the dawn than the ills noonday burning bright defter better a death T ft hen work Is dono than earths most meet favored birth be better cr a child in gods great house than a king of all the earth macdonald THEY NEVER D DIE some women do not want tint to be widows under my any two were or on a train headed for or alexandria tour four or live days ago that husband of yours Is the w i ort I 1 ever saw said the elder w lah a voice and manner indicating somo some degree of 0 relationship which bestowed peculiar gez upon her there in no news in that statement responded the other with bitt bitterness erness yet not such but bitterness erness that there was no sweet in it what I 1 have been wondering won derins for or the last ton ten years Is 13 why did you ever marry him you were young and pretty pr et and have hae to marr marry or for or a home and lie he have money c to justify your family in making your home so disagreeable that you would have hae to marry in relf defense there anything like ilka that in any ot of it I 1 suppose I 1 might have had any one ot of a dozen men more than he was it indeed he could have been considered eligible ellel bla by any ajay one except mi self then what under the heavens did you ever marry him tor for 1 I had such a perfect horror borror ot of becoming widow why I 1 did it 11 the eldor woman was waa rendered quite helpless by this strange admission goodness gracious that got cot to do with it she ehe exclaimed Every everything thino dont you know as well ell as anything that as good fo for forn r at hing a fellow us as hs he Is ne er w III die washington star orri cEns no one today doubts that it a share and a very large larce share or of the illness of 0 volunteers in camp was due to the inexperience per peri lence ence of who knew nothing no aa to the care needed when 1200 men are brought together Oge lher in a limited frace it 1 illness is id to be avol avoided ded Cor it la Is i well ell to remember had taken care that there should be no experienced perien perlen ced officers cs the law creating the volunteer force provided that thai there should be only ono one regular officer to a r egli nent the selection election and appointment ot of all tho the officers was placed in the hands of tho th governors Go vernora of tho the states regular army officers distributed through tho the regiments menta would woold have given each organization some men trained to tho th s business of at camp life congress Con cresa excluded uch such the natural and inevitable result was that nearly all of the volunteer rel regi ment not only had inexperienced Inexperience ol otal cors cers but among the th off lepre in most of 0 the volunteer regiments there was no one ho he could teach the inexperienced inexperience members of the many a regiment suffered cruelly because its regimental commissary and quartermaster fronio er officers did not know their duties aate and nere ere ignorant how to lo ask for what as needed rations are not rallied rained like marine manna on regiments until any military system tho the officer deta detailed fled as 03 had to ask tor for them ono one pennsylvania organization grot got olt off to porto rico provided because its commissary and quartermaster did not nol know what waa expected of 0 them tho the in many regiments were aso altogether untrained in camp precautions the regular army had it a large force ot of contract surgeons Bure orr fa familiar with army lire life who might have been detailed to this work but cong congress drevs revs and tho the governors of the states bean between een them barred the way philadelphia ph 11 add phi la a press TILE THE PONT I 1 I 1 F r bailey contributes to the october CarY century turY an article on oa the pony express between SL joseph mo ito and san ban franchok Fran Francl cHoo soo mr lorr dalley bailey says ay at first art tho the schedule mas MJ fixed it at ten days laabi in an average of oc eight miles an hour from start to finish was cut down to elect dayle day requiring gut aji average spend ot of ten miles tho the quickest kest trip made n in carrying president lin coins inaugural address nelch was 1 done don e in n beven ell dy days and seventeen hours hour fin ra e S deed of miles per hour tho the fastest time of 0 any one rider being I 1 emilw iol from rom smiths creek to fort churchill Chuo Chil chill bv tony pony bob in eight I 1 hours slid ten finues or 21 7 antl mills per hour considering the distance and I 1 difficulties encountered such buch as a hostile I 1 indians road agents hoods floods and aad storms and accidents to hars and alders the schedule dulo was maintained to an degree decree the service created the greatest enthusiasm noti not only timing among the employees but also alao in the ranks of stage employ employees eM freight ere and residents alons along the route to aid a pony in as as a privilege and woo ho be to the man who would so co much as throw a stone in the th way ANTIDOTE r FOR OR SNAKEBITE an infallible antidote has been dig discovered for snake venom dr calmette of paris having succeeded in demonstrating to the medical world that his anti venine idill be the means ot of thousands thoua ands of human lives annually in countries abere death from snake bito la Is moro more frequent than tho the fatalities oc caslo casio ned from a scourge somo some years ago a surgeon con connected necked with tile the british army in india became interested in the poisonous snakes ot of that country ile he published EL a work en cn titlow 1 I 1 e c the death I 1 serpents and brought to light most appalling conditions sir joseph ray fay for tt it was ho he who entered into thil ihl work stated that on fin an average 20 |
