Show PERSONAL AND GENERAL Judge Thomas Breen Dreen of Michigan who served during the tho Civil war has just received received received re re- his discharge papers after they had been lost in the tho archives of the National National National Na Na- Capitol for many years What makes the document particularly Interesting interesting interesting Inter inter- esting Is the tho it bears the signature signature signature signa signa- ture of the late President when then he was William Villiam McKinley Jr Captain and actIng actIng acting act- act Ing assistant Adjutant The Roman Catholic cathedral in London London London Lon Lon- don now In course of erection Is feet long and feet wide Apart from the cost ost The m material material ma ma- site It has already used Is red brick with Portland stone courses and its Oriental decorative features suggest a a. mosque rather than a cathedral The he Axtell Ian Han Anchor recently printed print prInt- ed the following unique notice We wish to bring to the notice of ot the of-the the friends of ot A. A L. L Gilland that his physician has cautioned cautioned cautioned cau cau- him against any sudden starts or jerks It has has been the custom many times when greeting tho the old gentleman to tal take e advantage of his extreme ticklishness Tho The surgeons say a man manof of his nature after undergoing such a critical surgical operation would woud be liable to be bo badly In Injured injured injured in- in by a sudden start starL Therefore his friends should not greet greet him In the old way by poking by-poking poking their finger fins in his ribs N. N Y Tribune Spanish annals declare that between 1600 and 1700 the Tapa a mines in Mexico produced and that after that the Indian slaves employed in them murdered murdered murdered mur mur- dered the Spanish owners and the mines were lost On old Spanish maps they appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear In Sri Northwestern Mexico about fifty leagues agues from the sea and near the tho town of Dos They have now been re rediscovered rediscovered rediscovered re- re discovered explorers who have returned from reporting that they have found the old stone atone smelters and other works belonging to them with all the holes in the ground still In good running run ning order As a basis to float a new company company company com com- pany on the find is ia not so bad but it t might be worth more If the Spaniards had n not t taken h out of It N N Y Tribune A correspondent correspond nt of The Living Church Episcopal of Milwaukee hopes there will be a general observance ance on January of the anniversary of the execution of Charles I. I of England whom he terms our own royal saint May God speed the day he lie adds when there shall sha l larise arise In many parts of the country churches dedicated dedicated- to the name of St. St Charles the Martyr I Will the coming coronation evolve a anew anew new comic poet asks the London News If It so his work will ill have to stand comparison com corn parison with Mr 1 Barney MaguIres MaguIre's A Ac Account count of the Coronation 1 of Queen Victoria Vietoria Vic Vie toria written by the Rev R R. H. H Barham of Ingoldsby renown Although sixty five ye years year rs have passed at least feast one one of the numerous personages mentioned In this r rollicking effusion is still with us Speaking of the charges of cruelty made against the British army so widely current cur cur current rent In Amsterdam the of that city says War Var always breeds excesses but the behavior of To Tommy my Atkins in South Africa up to the prese present t has has- not been of a character to Incur these terrIble terrible terri tern ble charges The The English English trooper as as' as an Individual has repeatedly shown that war has not destroyed his better nature na na- na- na ture During the last y year P Paris ri consumed consumed tons of snails The animals are bred In Burgundy and Savoy where they are kept In J inclosure Ct Sur formed e lo of tarr tarred pal pal- Ings which h thy they cann t Climb over over andare andare and andare are fed upon pine leaves It Is said that they thus acquire the delicate flavor of ofa ofa ofa a superior Burgundy 1 dY wine but the flavor flavorIs Is i in practice gen generally rali rally overwhelmed by byan byan byan an extensive admixture of chopped garlic garlie gar gar- lic lie A traveling In the Northwest Northwest Northwest North North- west drops a a. friendly line to the Commercial Commer Commer- cial as we wish more of Its friends would do telling of a paralyzing announcement he saw made by a Minneapolis l firm As iAsI AsI I passed a grocery store on a prominent corner he writes I saw l big Ig piles of paper-covered paper pla plays plas s of Shakespeare In Inthe Inthe inthe the window acc accompanied by this this' No Notice NOtice NO- NO tice A Shakespeare book wl wi with h e every ery of or 15 cents' cents worth of Gum Gum Gum- Buffalo Commercial I The Southern Cong Congregationalist ega righteously righteously right Tigh- zealous for the purity of the ministry min mm- is made by the types to o say something csome- csome some thing it had not intended intended to sa say in in the the following sentence When a. a paStor or oran oran r ran an evangelist is guilty of Immortality and especially of impunity expose expose him and let him hint suffer the penalty John Drew Is a great social favorite in Washington and during the eng engagement gement which closed last night he re received many attentions from friends In official and social life Mr Drew t rew and his daughter were among the guests at Mrs Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's tea Friday afternoon Among other honors showered upon the actor was an an an- Invitation from Sp Speaker aker Henderson to occupy occupy occupy oc oc- oc- oc cupy a seat beside him at the presiding officers officer's desk during the proceedings of the House Owing to a matinee and other engagements previously made Mr Drew Drew- was obliged d to s send nd his regrets and the members of the House missed th the treat of seeing an actor behind the Speakers Speaker's kers desk which I believe Is unprecedented unprecedented- N. 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