The Syracuse Republican from Syracuse, Kansas • 2

THK REPUBLICAN MAUSOLEUM OF A VOOIXJO PRIEST. KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS. OKLAHOMA BRIEFS. George Taylor, a prominMit tarm'T ent size. One Is very large and la struck regularly and Mowly ail through the chant.

Another is small and has a flat sound. The third, a medium-sized drum. Is played with both hands and feet. The player moves his feet up and down the sides of the drum in produce either a high or low sound. They end the ceremony by drinking the blood of a freshly killed goat.

There are still many adherents ol Voodoolsm In Haytl, which dates hack to the time the Spaniards brought ne-prons as slaves from Africa to the West indies. Iapglade. TIaytl, has a mausoleum covering the remains of a Voodoo priest. The ntructure Is made of clay, the same kind that the people use for tho construction of their huts. It Is 15 feet high and 2t foot long.

Curious faces and palm trem have been painted on the sldeH of the tomb. The representation of tho coffin is also made of clay and Is about twice the sizo of an ordinary one. The priest who Hps buried under thp mnusoleum was the chief "Papa Ivol" in President Solomon's time, 1SS7, and the Voodoo worshipers imve frequent gatherings around the torib. They used THIS PLANT A 4 3 hzAKMj tu 1 f.llllKIl REPUBLICAN PUBLISHING Co. PiiUlilaxi 'I'll ii rsilnyri SVKACUSIi.

KANSAS. lELEGIUPdlC BREVITIES, The Durhons of Mnrllwirmish Inuu New Vink for I'iuslaml oil tau BUiamslily Teutonic thin week. Dr. C. Mclvn.n haa bot-n appointed a pension examining Burgeon at At-wood, aud Dr.

(J. F. ul stj.1. water, 0. T.

Charles M. KIiiskmI, of Krcba, I. Allmu minify, of MaiiHtteid, and G. o. T.

Ilimtim, of Memphis, have apMviiu'd railway mall clerks. Klihu KcK(, secretary of war, returned to Washington thiB week from his trip to Carlbbad ami hits reoiiimil charge of uu.iiru at the war Ueiia. t- Ult'llU I'oatolThes established: Dimhyhead, Ehoiuhoe nation, (, with William L. bailey a postmustor; Bandy Hunk, ioinieau county, with AuKii.it Iloriurlh ua postmaster. Cltarles II.

Duck has been appoint' a substitute clerk in the Ottawa, Iiostollice; Edward VV. House, a substitute letter carrier at Manhattan. and James A. Koberts, a clerk at 1-ouialalia, Mo. Civil service examinations will held on November lit, at Nevada, Mo Wichita, and Topeka.

anil on November 22, at Kanwis City, and Kansas City, Kas, for the position id clerk and letter oarili-r In the posi-oiuees in those places. A sixtoen-Inch Carnegie plale, representing the last group of armor for tho tmllleship Missouri, underwent a successful test at. the Indian ilea proving ground this week. Three were tired. The penetration in 0a4.ii ciise wan three Inches.

I-azard Freres, of New York, has been informed that the lxndon, Tans and American bank of San Kraneise.u, has increaseil its shipment of Austin )lan gold from 75.i)(K) to l.a.'io.oi.o. The gold is due at Kan Francisco in lati wu-ly part of ue.xt month. Mr. Yerkes, conimlssioner of lutei-nal revenue, decides that butter containing boric acid preservative la not subject to tire tax of It) cents a pound as adulterated butter, provided it is used only for the purposes of preventing natural changes In the butter. Speaker Henderson, finding that his views In respect to the treatment of trusts by reducing the tariff In who or in part are not in accord with tiu-vlews of many of Ills part, in Iowa, nas declined to accept the nomination for congress, and has withdrawn from uib race.

The suffering in Now South Wab attendant upou the recent drouths resulted In the passage through both houses of parliament of a bill appropriating a year for flvo years to bo expended in the conservation of water and the irrigation of the country districts. The president has appointed the following postmasters: Indian Terrltoiy Ooalgato, Walter S. Mellor; Marietta, William K. Hagnn. Kansas At wood, Jonas E.

NMioIIh; Indopendenee, William A. Hamilton; Jimetion City, J. 11. Callem. Nubraska Schuyler, Amanda Russell.

The UritiHh admiralty has ordere 1 nine additional torpedo boat destrove. from private tirma. Only one of have turbine engines, and all oi llieni will he more substantially but Kian are the Iwyits of the exhti.iA jypea. Thoir speed will be and one-half against the present Uni ty knota. About IliO young aspirants for -polntments in the navy have repoit i in Wauhington to the board of Those who are fortunate ei.oai; to pass the.

rigid examination will the aeadcim- on Oi lol 1. 'I h. -datc-s fiom Kansas City ate T. C. tin sand Cornelius AltNulty Misi.ami E.

iiail and Arthur 0. Muyrrs. RrewHter Cameron has been to represent the Phiiippinu ct tommereial Interests ut Washiur.iu-end will, during the glerts, sek to obUl.n taI for I'hllippine reduei the i'hlliplne tarirr and that tli" C.i ted Htalca lonitiiiiiHitm be g.aute.l horlty to deal with imuiibit.oii 10 Ui islands. Cumso -1 wonder what maki Snooper always look so sheepish Cawker Wtdl, there aie his muiloi chop li inkers, you kuow. Pi eba.

The annual unrst has seized Loon the human gi.wmi The man lliat kicks ut summer heat; W'iil grumble at the They say be fell at her fi ft the fir. i time he ever saw her." "No the poetic version. Tin fact Is fell over theiu." Jtecord-ilerald. "Somehow," said the girl iu blue, "i can't help wishing I had acavtf tl bim." "Why, d4ir?" asked the girl in "Why, lie swore that he never be happy again, and 1 ui afraid he is." "Ah, yes," commented tlie girl in I gray, reuectivoly. "As matters aie no you can't be sure that he isn but you many nun you could make sure of "it." Chicago Evening Post.

i The "Wi.ar i of Oz'' played a four- teon wtHjks engagement at (Tilcago, piaylng to pwjple aud taking in feibU.uuu. Young Monkey bad, I'm going to be tiie id honor at a dinner givn i 1 bo.nt- 1. a.IciU of liie "4uo" tonight. Old Monkey Well, for heaven sal try to control your fi-eliuga! Hon look any moie bored tliau you can poi-l ibiy help. Puck.

Kai'ivaui't', a full-blooded Sioux In dian lrom i'oit Shaw, Montana, hat- juHt htm elected leader of the Muni, al Eaud of L'arliic, and thus en thn ii im tion of being the flcsi ii nan to asiMime dictatorship of a 1 1 ii i rnnlzatiou oompowjd 11 tiic'y of i I i a i i I living near Mnihall, was se-ihh to Senth as the result of a linrvhing ma chine engine breaking a bridge itr the Skelton river, 'lay lor jumped save Ills liie, but broke his leg and was unable to move. The en gine fell toward him, the boiler hurt ind the scalding water poured over his 5ody. N. E. Ehy, a prominent or Kremlin, wss killed by a Rock Inland (KiKwenger train in Reno.

Tuesday flight. In attempting to leave the train fie fell benruth the cars and was pround to pieces. Tim wheels 5vor It is body just above the hips. The body was horribly ninnplod, the arms ind head also being crushed. The Osnge Indians, of whom there are about 2.000 left, are receiving their gular qiiHrterly annuity pavment from 1 1m govern in tit al Pawhuska.

The agent has painted a sign, which rads: "The slightest sign of Intoxication or of liquor about an annuitant will be deemed sufficient to withhold he payment of annuity to sm person." John T. I.ogan wa almost Killed liwton Wednesday nipht by Weslle Frennie, who struck hirn In Mi lwfut with an ax. l.ogau went Into a tout where Frennio and Ixignn's wlf were Rnd Fronnie at once attacked I-oan, cutting a hole In his head. Loran will recover and Frennie Is at large. All the parties were negroes.

INDIAN TERRITORY BRIEFS. A postofrice hns been established ot Redhird, Creek nation, with Alexander White as postmaster. The South McAlester city council, at a special meeting, has ordered a special election to be held. Saturday. October IS.

to vote on bonding tlie city lor for tlie construction of water works. The plan adopted provides tor the building of a large reservoir Purkers' ci'fk, a mile northwest of town. The comptroller of the currency has approved applications of the following pt-rsous to organize national banks in Indian Territory: First National bank of iioynton, with capital, C. Vnimbo. A.

Patterson, Clay Allen, R. N. Eggleston and N. Hancock; the Boynton National liank of Hoyn-ton, with capital, H. A.

Rand)e, J. L. Dabbs, John F. Coad, and J. I.

O'Connor. Cattlemen who have been feeding their stock In the Indian Territory arn much worrleil over the shortage of atock cars. Many are now eady to ihip and are unable to get cars. At Davidson, one of the principal loading piarantine points for Southern cattle, was not a car to be had Wednesday, and there were more than enough rattle ready for a train shipment, rlhe cars are all in use and have been carry-lug the great numlwr of cattle that have recently broken the receipt records at Kansas City and other markets. Pleasant Porter, frovemor of the Creek Indian nation, haa called a meeting of the governors of the flva civilized tribes to be hold at Soutta MC-Alester on September 'IU, for the pur-pot of formulating a general plan fjr bringing Indian Territory into statehood at the expiration of tribal government in lltofi.

Governor Portor says the Indiana are opposed to statthoo.i with Oklahoma. Tho other governors, are Mosely, of tlie Chickasaws; Green M( ('iirtiiin. of the Choctaws; Uuutng- ton, of the Cherokees; ana jodinson, oi ii.A Ki.niinules. The meeting will to-: die most Important ever held on Indian soil, since live Indian governors will form Plans to dissolve their govern ments to adopt that of tho white man. George G.

Tyson, vice president of the hrm of Tytioii Ul who own ne.a stands In the Waidorf-AsUula and oik-er leading New York hotels, ban been arrested on a warrant sworn out by Internal revenue oilicials, ciiaa-ging the linn with bavin red I led imported cigar boxes with cheap cigars known to Ihe aradu as "stutters." A second oom-plaint wns also made against Air. i'y-lion, charging the linn with having failed to cancel the revenue stamp, as miuired by law. Mr. Tyson was held under ball iu the sum of JuuO. Six additional cases of cholera.

Including one death from that disease, have developed on board tlie United toiaies transport tohermau at Naga-sai, Japan, fium Manila. All tho bii.loieis are enlisted men. General Chaltee haa omcred the Sherman to continue in quamutine for Use days. Cholera is light in Manila, and bad in the provinces. Tho touils to dale reported the islands are casus and deaths.

These are unoiiiciul ostimateB. She There goes a lucky young mue. Some philauUiiopibt scut una turoinih college. lie That's nothing. I'vo tin tmgh collco.

SbeVcs, but he got him a job as carpenter auer ward, idle. Professor Kdmund Ue Vemio of Kansas City, is one of tlie greatest linguists in tlte country. Ho speaks and roads seventeen languages, and rea.u, but dot.a not speak, eighteen. Before giving others advice sample of it yoiirll. try "I'm afraid that she has discovered that I have a 'iuut "Then it's all up with you.

She'll marry you now, any way!" Puck. Brigadier General Kohbe, commanding the department of the Hukottt, bis been ordered to Fort Uiley for duty In connection with the army maneuvaia there. Baltimore has been chosen as the convention place of the sovereign grand lodge of (hid Fellows for net year. Hot Springs and Kureka Springs were candidates, but lost out. Albert von Kollker has lwn Professor of anatomy In the Uuivurslty of Wuntburg, Ummuuy, foe the paat tilty-five yeum.

Church You know French who keeps the rwdaurunt? (olmm Ob, yes. "Well, he wants a new typewriter." "What's the matter with the ood-looking one he hau?" "Oh, the other day he told her ta write and get the price of frogs' lr And the addressed the letter to the Hop Givwera' awoi 1 1 tiou," uukia Joneph A. Zongiu ha been appoint-, a substitute iu tho postuffhe it lxttvenworth. Albert C. Struban, of Etnm, lias hern ippoiuted a guard in the United otat' a ft-ultontiary at Fort Leavou worth.

Contractors and workmen have arrived to build tho sewers in dist i i No. Abilonea first sewers. The woik will 16,000 and have a outlet into the Bmoky ilill river. All tho business portion of town will be covered ay the new district. Two Bohemian boys, Frank Zateck ind Timothy Kimdus, woid killeu by lightning near Belleville.

The boy i were two miles apart at the time, but both, wore killed at the name instant by being struck on the forehead by the bolt. E. W. Wellington and Perry are hunting for gflue hoi sea lor the officers of the national guard to ride at the Fort Kiloy maneuvers. They want a of the best saddlers in the and showy.

Abilene will furnish two of them. Owners get a day per horse aud the animals have the best of care. The ministers of Topeka hare held a meeting and have refused to accept the suggestion that union services be held in the Idg auditorium on the Sunday which President Roosevelt will spend in Topeka. The princial reasou assigned by the ministers for their action Is that the audience assembled won id he a crowd of curiouaily seekers, not an assemblage of worshippers. The first step toward testing1 the constitutionality of the new anti-fusion election law has been taken by the fusion state committees.

Judge S. ii. Allen, their legal representative, presented an application in mandamus to the supreme court asking it to compel Secretary of State Clark to certify down both the Populist and Democratic state tickets to the various county clerks to go on the official ballot, At the meeting of the board of trustees of Ottawa university Wednesday night, it was uuauimously agreed 10 go ahead and rebuild the buiMiug duet royed by fire last week. The new building will be built on the lines of the old, as much of the old walls and foundations being used aa posmble. President Riegs was excused from his school duties aud given charge of raising the necessary funds.

It is esLiutat-ed that citn be rained in Otiaw.i, $10,000 more in the state and more la the East. Edward and Clyde Rookoy, Charles Glaspy and Clarence King have bom indicted in the federal court at Wien-ita on a charge of counterfeiting. Tu.s quartette has been traveling about that part of the state In a wagon, stopping few days or ww-ks at various town, a here, It is alleged, they gained an un certain llvinie bv wiit'orinK and naming small counterfeit coin. They were ar rested at Caldwell about two months for stealing chickens, and when their outfit was searched the officers found several crude molds for maiiif nickols and quarters and also Unuid some ut tlie counterfeit money un them. Titus Mauch, a youns man at Talmo, Republic county, te.u miles from Concordia, tho vhiu of a murderous assault hunday that will probably prove fatal, tie ha-t lnen calling on a young lady neir tovu and on his way home and whilo on a bridge near Talmo, he was shot j'iiil above the heart by a man whoi lai was concealed by a handkerchief.

II assailant, after liring. dropped -j olver and run. Aiden Jeweii, a resiiiing two and a i.iws fjom Talmo. has en anei fx ti) crime aud the eWiii ine against him stiong. Jealousy or Maura atictio.

to Hie wtunuu is alleged to h.Vf Inspired the crime. Iteputy Hank 'ominis9ionei Knr; liavis Thuihilay took ci.ai;e ul iln; Liii.aion Stale Lank, an uu-iiiaiiou into Die contiiiiou oi lis au.o. s. 'Hie banu has hnuv.n to i.e in i.n biiajto since ia.st juuu, wiH'ti aa cjv. was made and its boiKS wav-loand lo be badly kept, iae oi.icei!, mo bank weie notined at that tm.

iliut they la Hot o.it i. ailairs. The deputy coaun.s.-mm.T in on ihe-a Weuuct aud louud i.auirs as badiy taui.nd uj tin wnc beiore and th li-nii. C. T.

i is pitMucut of the biii.k and A. S. ai ner catau i '1 lie banu boo a cap.iui Block of stu-pius I aao 1'isits amounting to hail i i which belong lo resid. nls of county. It will not be known for week or ten duys whether tho bank ii) boivent.

Joan of Arc was reviewing the situation. hiraiitf'V she murmured, "they ta about the licet' and yet hi-aii-; to get tiie atuke." lenau -aiiif tliat this was pi tty Swift, she tuen pioctcJed to polish ui her Armour. M. the popular French nctor, is the iiosbchbor oi a curious laiiwiy paws. In accordance with i i u.ige, the i)Us con wins the hoesn portrait for purporus of tneatiiuaiuu but in this case M.

Huron is shown the character of Alephlstopheics. "Yes, I always do my thinking when walk." "it's a pity you gave It up." "Have up what?" "Walking." -Cleveland Plain Dealer. Judge Still, Miss Kbarpsonfiat declares she has a good ear or inucic Fudge So haa a mule; but he don't use his ears when he bray-J. iluilimoiO Herald. There are four dally newspapers at Eawton, tlie new town establisiud a year ago In the Klowa-Apehe-Com-auche country in Oklahoma.

Madame Charlotte Cardinal, tho oldest person In Belgium, will shortly celebrate her 104th birthday at the little village of Herrhlea. She has been a widow since 1850, WITH SOOTHING, BALMY OILS, Cair, Tmow. Catarrh. Ptlen, Kittiultk Dlc-n, KuxonutBltUtiinikBa f-'eaa Dlsuvxt WrUA fur iliMtrabd fiik. Sut in.

A0drta W. (1. Unwell, UnsHell, has beeu appointofl a in Uie geological survey service. State Oil Inspector Spencer turnrj into the state treasury, foes col levied for August. The expenses of th deptirtmeut were 4ro.

Btate Grain lnl sjrt-clor Nortlirup turned in August fees nmuununa to exponaeu, Tho Galena Dally Time, which hai heretofore been published aa a Democratic paper since its ewta liliwhment, six years ago, has declared itflt-if inde-pputlent. 1 iie 'limes was formerly run as a weekly paper six years prior tc the establishment the daily, The business portion of the town oi Abbyville, the third in size in Item county, was destroyed by lire Tuesdaj night. Seven stores wei-e burned tu the ground. Timse were all tho towE contained, although it had a population oi about ouo people. The loss it with insurance, It.

J. Morrison, postmaster and storekeeper at Pawnee, was murdered anil robbed some time Tuesday night. HU body was found Wednesday morning, the thi-oat cut from ear to oar. Fi hundred dollars he had in the store ait missing. There is no clue, but th theory is that someone acquainte.

with the hiding place of the money committed the deed. Spider MeCrery, a bapeball p'ayn Willi hiradiiuai ters at Oswego, shol and seiiuusiy wounded nitiht by John Uraine, night clerk the Osiwego house. Spider was intoxicated and got into an altercation wilt one ot Die dining room girls at tin hotel. Liruine became involved ant finally shot Spider iu the lower part the bark. liruine was arrested on charge of assault wttli intent to kit and was released on bond, "Washington city is preparing to hav the laigetit crowd ever assembled it the city on any previous occasion.

The citizens have arranged for a mammou street lair tlicie Iwur days, October 7 9 and 10, and it is being extensively advertised ail over the county. Wa-sh lngtou has never had a street lair, ami her citizens are very enthusiastic ovei it. There will be itauds of music, par-adefl, vaudeville shows, exhibitions ol various kinds going on all tho time and the visitors will be royally enter tained. Nothing hut bad weather Wii make the fair a failure. Miss Emma Garrett, of Muscotah was instantly killed about 1 o'clock TiiuiBiu-y morning, wnile return iu from the night penormeuce of a circus pon reaching Atiirtcoiah, Miss Garrttt her sister unit brother-in-law totk rheii team out of the livery barn and sairtei, to drive to their home, a few miles did taut.

Mhe hordes were fractious ant became haid to manage. Miss arret; wtis fi'iuhreiied at tlieir artiuns am jumped lrom the buggy, striking oi her head and rupturing a blood vessei Aiit-s Ganett wa.i lo hae iiuuiut to a Mitchell, of Ukia noma. Miss Gurrvlt was burled in hei wedding cress. The opening of the Kansas State Ag ricnltural coilege Wediiesday markot the bi ui its fortieth ycai is weie better for alajg' stimeais have boon ar r.vji,;, tlte v.e uad many an tlh ie who htinided goin to OtUlWl tins year. 'liie ail tlicie and a meeting of tin b'-Lui will be la id next week to e.ectf ui' ol" ai'i'lruiittre.

Capttaiu Aiv ol liie Allietif'iitn Uhitei r.iie- li.i'anli y. has detai.ed i in military hri- nee and tactic. htintas b-'ai ment. HuWiii v. I it-un-nan I d-'iailed liy the to'iiy mi ssage to to me v.

at the state ilr ul niihiiu 'I pa', 1 all v. Tln-re v. ere paid ad wi'h downtown piaci'i leporL. Tlie K)ii arity of tin 'S ail- in another way. 'i v.

ho are tluse w.il us suiit'-ii a meat fr a fail held annually in lluiehiiison an un from the le oi the iiuthmal i' bic ders of cattle nidel the f.di mi' wilh t-inall contributions tc un-t well a ar wiili this lair under privait a that (h ask the iif-v r.u annual I mi bin. -on. '1 be rcatial loc.iii'.Ul city ma it he most di-ssra Idi in the Hiate ior such an Instnn ill i the i( ihe Urst twt tliai the men til b.tvo ihe enterprise to cote a fUite lair in a jiruper manner. ciai.LiS tli, he a a self-maut puU It 1 ill. ti iiv willing tc should any om lor Ciilcat i Slmw cabinet Spiff ill and Hoot ui i iu Cliica of the president'! Mjked for poliiUa i next weok.

The nau.e of Yi.scount Tiverton, s.i of the Earl of ilaibury, haa been added to the list of Uuiihli peers who art set fctaaj aud income iu the theat piote.Dsiou. All the fas companies of Ureatoi Uomou are to be taurged. Adj ut (i tit Gt oral Damcnm baa an oiuer lor the organization of a ucv conip.iuy at Jackson, in Cnpe Oirai'dcui county, to be known an Company i' and atUiched to the Sixth battalion. Chief I'M ward F. Croker, of the New Yoik City lue department, haa aeer.

elected picridcnt of the lnttunatlonit Society of Five Fngineers, without up-poHitlon. '1 he convention decided upoi Atlantic City as the next place of meet-lug. Sven Iledlu, the explorer, will need at least two yeais to put Into booh form tho result of his recent Afncui explorations. was In the kitchen of a Fifth avenue palace, and Mary, tiie cook, wai bewailing her hard lines. All work, ni've-r any fun, nothing but stick iu Iht kitchen from morning till nlht "Then why dou't you go out for i walk with AllnuleV" mt-oated tht laundress.

"Why, do you suppose I'd be walking with a laundron?" KiurU4 Mm itsw Yirk Tribuu 1 I to sacrifice children during thHr religious rites, but this custom died out, or rather was stopped by the authorities, and they now are content with killing goats in connection with their ceremonies. Few white people have succeeded In attending Voodoo festivities, but I gained a close account of how they are carried on through an old negro. The ceremony is a long chant. Each singer keeps on one chord, and as they all sing In a differont key the chant has a weird and unearthly sound. The song Is accompanied by three tambours (drums), each of which is of a differ WATER BARREL.

6 i Into hooks at the end, yet so strong an springy that if a large rock be thrown againHt them they remain uninjured If the spines he burned off, one may, by long and tedious effort, cut through the rind with a stout knife; otherwise nothing but an axe will enable htm to get at the interior of this well-armored plant. When the top Is removed and a hollow made by scooping out some of the soft inner part It immediately (His with water cool and refreshing though a blistering sun may have been beating upon the tough skin above It all day. The water when first obtained has whitish or smoky tint, but when settled is as clear as crystal. VOLCANO'S QUEER FREAK. During the recent volcanic eruption at Martinique a strange phenomenon was notied at certain mineral springs near Prague.

Tne water first turned brown and then red, retaining this latter color for a fu. hour. Scientists are unable to account for this sudden change In the water, but those who reside near the springs are certain that It was caused by tlie volcano and do not full to point out that a similar phenomenon was observed in 17rr on the day when there was a terrible earthquake in Lisbon. Aimer Dunton. who claims the championship In athletics at Lineolnvllle, although 95 years old, offers to run a race, walk or whestle with any man of his age for money.

He is lively an a cricket In spite of his great age and can cover a mile as fast as most men. Another hale and hearty Yankee is F.ll H. Bean, who has served as Justice of the peace (n Brnwnlleld, Oxford county, for R4 years. Mr. Bean Is 81 years old.

He Berved In the civil war as captain and asisstant quartermaster and was breveted major. Henry P. Blaekwell says that there are in Boston 18.500 women taxpayers, who, last year, paid taxes on real estate in that city valued at "hut who are not pertnited any voice or vote In city affairs." About one-sevpiith of all the taxes collected in Boston, he adds, are paid by these unrepresented women property owners, while, on the other hand, some fia.OnO men, or more than two-thirds of the city's present voters, pay no tax whatever not even the poll taxes, for which they are legally liable. Nutmegs never grow so largo that there is not a nutmeg grater. Ch'nese Minister Wu Ting Fang has conditionally accepted an Invitation from the Central Labor Union to deliver an address at Binghamton on Iabor day.

"I appreciate highly the friendly spirit that prompted this kind invitation," he writes to the committee, "and I will endeavor to see my way clear to accept, it. It Is specially gratifying to mo to find that there are union men who hold such enlightened views of exclusive legislation, and I assure you It will be a pleasure to meet and address such broad-minded num." Do not judge a man's character by what his enemy says of him. VERY RARE ORCHID. Odontoglossum crlpsum pittianum Is the stately title of a rare orchid, Let connoisseur look closely and he will fl, that the specimpn differs widely from tho normal white orchid of thbj mi up. For this reason It Is one of the floral curiosities of the day in England and Is esteemed so highliy by Its owner that he recently refused an offer of $4,000 for It.

Amateur orchid cultivators are trying to account for this abnormal specimen, but though various theories have been advanced not one has been generally accepted. STATISTICS DO NOT STATE. More than once the unreliability of statistics has been commented on, and now, in the face of all the oft-repeated stories, of many deaths from snake bites In India, comes an English eler and Bays that the figures nrev' treme exaggerations, yet he aconfe. for their existence on very plaualt i grounds. This man Is George F.

Cloake of Ixm-don. who was in New York last week on his way home. He says In India the law requires that when there is a sudden death a detailed report of It must be made to the civil surgpona, and as there are many such deaths far from the civic otllees where the report, should be made, the under officers perform their duty with the least possible trouble. To save the annoyance of transporting dead bodies, or vital organs, and the loss of time In getting evidence on the facts of the cases which may be plain murders, hv poison or otherwise, a report of death by "snakebite" Is made. This sort of a report Is very convenient, and makes interesting statistics.

ODD PRAYER FOR KINO. Ono of tlie most picturesque flgurps in London during the coronation week was the King of I'ganda. A notable potentate he la, and he fancies himself the most enlightened in the world, because he rides a bicycle, and, when at home, lives in a two-story house, which is furnished with electric bells. Of King Edward VII. he has a hitih opinion, and while in London he said: "All I hope Is that His Majesty will never be attacked with berl-berl.

A terrible disease It is. which kills you while you are asleep. Forty thousand of my subjects have already been carried ofT by it. I cannot wish greater good luck for King Edward and his subjects than that they may never be attacked by beri-heri." If the average man who unlucky In love spent half as much energy In hunting up some other desirable girl as he does In chasing the girl who Is unkind to him, he would soon be a gfd deal happier. Somerville Journal.

A Blow at Science. "And the voltaic current," continued the lecturer, "was the discovery of Volts, and Us development is a comparatively recent achievement Of sclciiCP." A still, final! Individual hoisted himself to a chair in the rear of the hall. "Hold on there, professor! What about tho earlier discoveries of Noah?" "I don't understand you, sir." "Then brush up! Didn't Noah make the arc light on Mount Ararat?" Baltimore News. It Is hard for some young men to tell which Is tho more difficult, to pop tho question, or question "pop," Tho International mining rongresa is to hold Its fifth annual meeting In Butte, Sept. 1, continuing In session five days.

The objects of the congress ire to obtain reform which It re-gar as needed In the mining laws of the western state, to meet the changed conditions of the times, and to advocate the establishment of a mining bureau by the general government, to be represented by an additional member of the president's cabinet The new Maas dock, at Rotterdam, will be the largest in the world. It covers meres, and will be li foot deep. 4 J. Many a traveler In desert lands, when In danger of dying from thirst, has been Kaved by the plant known as the water or fishhook cactus. I During the moist season It stores up a large uuantity of water for the subsequent dry one, when all the ground is parched with heat and only channels filled with stones mai'h the course of former rivulets.

So well this cactii3 provided for the aafi ty of its previous liquid that it Is no eay task to obtain It. The exterior skin Is more Impenetrable than the tonehest leather and besides it Is protected with long wiry spines curved INDIANS FORMING A TRUST. Lo! tho poor Indian doesn't propose to remain poor any longer than Is necessary, and though experience has taught him to be very slow In trusting his white brother, he has learned enough of pale face methods to form a trust on his own responsibility, to the end that he may control the output and prices of relics. The Omaha and Winnebago Indians of Nebraska have learned of the advantage in a "corner." so they have organized themselves into a grasping monopoly for tho regulation of trattlc in Indian goods. The leader In th combine Is Great Thunder, a Winnphago, who is an expert In the manufacture of bows and arrows, and his active lieutenants are Green Kainbnw and Prairie Chicken, chiefs in tho snakes in belt Industry, and John A.

Logan, manufacturer of phl'Ip feather head dresses. The combination proposes to settle the supply and the prices that shall be paid by the white purchasers of Indian goods "for the purpose of reducing the hours of labor and increasing the amount of profits. Tho Paris correspondent of the In-1 don Morning Post writes: With a view to developing a taste for travel in the French colonies a special trip to Indo-China Is being organized In connection with the exhibition which Is to ho held In the autumn at Hano. The arrangements are being made by tho French Asiatic committee. A special steampr, used as a hospltalshlp during the fighting In China, haa been obtained and luxuriously fitted up, and It is hoped that Frenchmen will take advantagp of the opportunity, at fares ranging from 104 to IK4, to combine instruction, enjoyment and patriotism.

a member of the Sixty-seventh English artillery has roturned home and tells how he lost a small fortune at the battle of Wagon Hill. He fouud a bag contulning 50 sovereigns In gold and 14 pounds of silver, and, for safety, hid It in the magazine of one of the guns, i-lve mlnntes later a Doer shell struck the gun, exploded the magazine and blew it to bits. Jarring' to Gates. That Colorado has succeeded In giving John W. Gates a jar.

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