text: fW.xivr £. vi '&£<•.. f, •. WmSwm, ihiri Pi'.hW: I WLMfsWi SJ1 t-SfStA V- W tjtiity JSSRI -y ftilL h. -r vV fiiraw ®o. gferxtt. W. BROWlt, PubliBlier^^^ Portuguese residents. i. 1-* Kerschdorf, lively ninety- mm Ft lit" -1 V. -.JM "am $ rt* ill SSffv 1 & 8. DAK. If a man lias chronic dyspepsia it Is Sari to, convince him that the world I* growing better. 1839, by an ac^of Parliament, the tilij of dogs in London to drkw carts as .beasts of burden was abolished. A man usually laughs when he io miised a woman usually laughs when ,, she thinks other peopjle ought to laugl^^^jH think .T-rT she Prpf. Emll Yung, of Geneva, Switz land, has counted the ants in five nests- Their number's were 53,018, 67. .jl70, 12,933, 93,684, 47,828. New York city has 1,622 polling place*, only 51 less than the whole state of Nebraska, and 9 more than are in North Carolina.. Owing to the iblg vintage and the scarcityof casks wine to selling at one cent a quart at many vineyards in the Bordeaux district of France. No matter how poor a native of the "Hawaiian islands may be, he is never seen begging. The only beggars there, are chiefly the impoverished near Heidelberg, has a bin«ty-one-year-0'id blacksmith ud church warden who recently limbed to the top of the church steeple and tied a new rope to the bell after the younger men in the village ,-had refused to risk themselves. Profc, Kolthoff of Sweden, who re cently returned, from Greenland with pair of musk oxen, on® sf the ob jects of lils travels, believes these in teresting animals can be acclimatized in the north of Sweden. In matter of food, he says, they are as easily pleased as the American goat that di gests oyster ca^s, 'A full-grown Ox will weigh between 1,400 and 1,500 founds, and its flesh is good eating. Recent lmprovett52*8 in telephoto eras are said to'yhaVk obviated the difficulty which, Quired long ex posures, and have rentored it possible to take pictures with-ev\ch cameras as qnicklyas with those of ordinary con struction. 'The improvement "has been Effected by placing a tulK^pntsining a positive lens at one end and a nega tive at the other, in front of the or dinary Jens of the camera. "2K&^«leclri& fairway to" be COTt Jtrooted betwepn Liverpool and Man 'ohester, intended especially for the iwlfi Jjsaaspdrtatlon of passengers. It is aald that th«„£ystem adopted will be 4httt of the jingle elevated rail, th6 being wupeivded from the rail, projectors talk of sending trains rom~one city to the other, a distance of1 abofit twenty-nine miles, in fifteen mbnor, or at the rate of 115 miles an According to the results of studies by iPfot, A. B. Veprill the beautiful Ber muda Islands are merely the remnant of an island, very much larger Chan th* present entire group, but which •faa« sunk In the ocean, The original j^and had an Area of 300 or 400 squat-ft pUlee. whereas th^Bermudas today are '{Only J&Out twenty square miles in .Within a comparatively recent period, Bays #-daa J- 1 ":T if it' trof. Verrlll, the Bermu- have subsided at least 80 or 100 i-fetot. Their base is the summit of an ancient volcano, while their surface composed of shell sand drifted into bills by thQ wind «md Consolidated,, by "ifllUiitlon." .. 1 1 I'!'.1... j'ly 1 'J Captain 6. P. Ihumerson, who has .'. Just died in Denver, was distinguished !the leader of a company of irregular Confederate forces, commonly known jfts guerrlllaa, who hoped to capture or destroy Chicago. Captain Smmerson escaped capture on that occasion by Stealing a horse' and riding away. Many of the exploits of his 'command: were as daring as those of the Qu&n trell, Morgan 'or Moseby raiders. He 4nraa n&c» captured in Kentucky, but Oscaped by cutting a hole in the rpoi .pt his prison. Captain Emmereoii waa warm friend to the James boys. He never recovered from the grief caused toy the fall of the Confederacy. '•8 The Censirf^Bureau has made public the returns of the population in Ala bama. The population of the state in 1900 lB 1,828,697, as against 1,518,017 in l$fo, repreeentlpfr an Increase since 1890 of 315,680, or i0.8 per cent. This cat* of Increase Is slightly greater than that for the denade from 1880 to 1890 when it was 19.8 per cent. Th? popu lation in 1900 la more than fourteen tlOMs as large as that given for 1820, the first census taken after Its organi sation as a atate. In 1819. The total jjand snrfa^A of Alabama Is approxi mately 51.540 aquare miles, the aver number of persons to the aquare at the censuses of 1890 and 1900 jytfetQ9 «9t* in 1890 and ?5.4 In 1 taf wlthf som« surprise that one In a rebent report of the director Mi^ki»V^er^a%I7 at Athens t^ taking area into a«5couut, earth are about twice as frequfebt in reece, as ^t«y are in J^pan., The lat atry has beep looked upon elidioe thje land of euthquakai. -woptd appear that its earthquakes ^^pn Qte-wbol*, more seveire°.(han iWs Qreece, although theg^jft ar ,.u,—,—ep^s -OfvGrwfe'have lehraUipdiBtUri^ MW Prom Wuhlncton, Postmaster General Smith has con cluded a parcels post convention with Venezuela. The collections of internal revenue for October aggregate $27,464,495, against $26,147,446 for the same month last year. Postmaster General Smith £ave an unqualified denial to a public report that he Intended to resign next month. President McKinley has taken under consideration the appeal of Lieut. Col. Bussell Harrison to be allowed to re main In the army. The postoffioes at Eagle Bend and Elbow JLake, In Minnesota, have been assigned* to the presidential class and the salaries Increased to $1,000 a year. The secretary of the United States legation at Lima, Peru, has sent to the state department a copy and trans lation of a new monetary law passed by the Peruvian government. MaJ. William G. Taylor, Sixth infan try, appeared before the retiring board In Washington. He had been under orders fair Manila, but that assignment has been' revoked and he will go upon, the retired list. The United States stipreme cburt has rendered l/a- declslon In the case of William Av^tln vs. the State of Texas, upholding toe validity of the state law regulating the sale of cigarettes. The law was attacked as an infringement of the right of congress to regulate interstate commerce. The navy department has received a report/from Commander B. P. Tllley, the commandant of the naval station at Pago Pago, on the Island of Tutlla, Samoa. Peace and quietness, says Commander Tilley, prevail everywhere among the natives, and they are obe dien$, ^actable and industrious. Caa*alltlt*. jW A section of the Minnesota ^e So6kS at Bualo collapsed, killing two boys. About seventy lives were lost in the recent topjado ,ln Tennessee and Mis sissippi. n, Three porsoiis were drowned by the capsislng of a boat on Uetta lake, Washitigton^c.. James Lynch and Robeift' li. King of Salt Lake were sentenced by Judge Booth to murder be* shot on Jan. 11 for the of qoMrey Browse in Septem­ ber laSt| j. 1 /V rfj At phlfippl, W. Va., a fire broke out In the Valley hotel and destroyed a large portion of the business area of the city. The .loss ^w.111 approximate $100,000. Harry 'C. Moore, nineteen' years old, a freshman at the Massachusetts In stitute of Technology, Boston, was killed in a cane rush .at the South End baseball grounds. Hemlock row, which occupied the entire west side of Brooklyn square, Johnstown, N. Y., was burned to the ground together with the grist mill of Campbell & Curtis. The loss is $76, 000. Fire in the Alabama Compress and Storage company's warehouse at Montgomery, Ala., destroyed one of the four sections of the building with 800 bales of cotton. Loss, $70,000 fully Insured. The plant of the Hughesvllle furnl ture Manufacturing company at Hughesville, Pa., was destroyed by lire, together with its valuable mar chinery and a large quantity of manu factured goods.. Loss, $75,000. Several near-by residences were damaged. On the Lehigh Valley railroad near Plttston, Pa., One freight train' collided: With the rear of another and an en gine and several cars were thrown over a^» embankment. One of the cars contained explosives, resulting In a fire which consumed the derailed cars. The loss Is estimated at $100,000. tin and ilancn. William and Thomas Haldermcn, brothers, were hanged' In Tombstone, Arts., for the murder of Ted Moore. William Sullivan, the murderer of Spencer Gaylord. the watchman of a Tuolome county gold thine, was hanged at San Quetln, Cat Three convicts mftde a daBh for liber ty at the Kansas penitentiary recent ly. |ne was killed and two escaped, but are being pursued by a posse. The stories of a wholesale graveyard robbery Ik Spring Brook cemetery^ Ne wago county, Mich., prove to be utter ly false. The officials deny all know ledge of the robbery. R. E Parrlngton was arrested In Chicago on the charge of obtaining money on false pretenses from T. J. Gist* of Falls City, Neb. Farrington for ten years was a broker in Falls city.) -ja In the United States district" tSurfln" Chicago John R. Roney pleaded guilty to charges of extensive .frauds in the sale of oleomargarine. Rbney has been conducting a lucrative business for years. .. A gang ot robbers and hold-up men eOmpceed principally of ex-convicts, whom the polled believe have been re sponslble for the reign of crlme on the North Side, Chicago, was captured by the police after a lively fight. Farllga 'Jtotes. The Congo Free State boundary dis pute has bpen settled In favor of Gesr- m*ny- The relchstag at Berlin contemplates Increasing duties on imports from the United States. The Italian goVehiment (opened another prosecution for selling works of art to foreigners. The Russian budget for the first seven months of 1900 shows an increase of 25,000,000 roubles In ordinary receipts over 1899. ,i" An ofllclal of the German foi-^gn office says» that punitive expeditions against the Chinese.will soon cease and no-ether beside ths^ present ope wo^ld he-ordered. "Even those who sympathlwi wlth the movement that led to the Hispano Amerlcah congress," says a dispatch from Madrid, "will not be satisfied with the results of the congress,'1"7^ Bapiard, an Italian anarchist, recent ly an-ested in Sweden and transported to the Italian frontier, where he wa3 delivered to the Italian" police, turns out to have at one time been intimate with Bread, the assassin of King Hum bert. Mrs. Toba Goldberg, after searching for her husband through Germany for ten years and spending five years more in the quest in the United States, has locRted him in Peoria, 111., and had him arrested on the charge of bigamy. There is considerable dissatisfaction in Canada over the fact that practical ly all the gold produced In the Klon dike and other British-AmeriCan ter ritory comes into the United States. Efforts are being made to have a mint established at some point In British territory where gold can be received and coined. Penple Talfce^r Abont Former Gov. George A. Ramsdell of New Hampshire, died of apoplexy, aged sixty-six years. Gen. Schalkburger, acting president of the Transvall, died of wounds re ceived in battle. Baron Oranmore and Browne, a rep resentative peer for Ireland since 1869, is dead. He was born June 8, 1819. Mrs. Seroslna C. Patterson, widow of the late Admiral Patterson, U. S. N., is dead at her home on Staten Island. Frederick W. Royce, widely known as an inventor, electrician and veteran telegraph operator, dropped dead from apoplexy In Washington. Robert C. Briskell, ex-chief justice of Alabama and for many years one of the most prominent jurists of the Soujh, died after a short Illness. Capt. Peter Everett, who servejTun der Gen. Morgan, Confederate, in the Civil war, is dying of erysipelas In the insane asylum at Lexington, Ky. Mrs. Annie Dunmire, formerly wife of Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, took out a license in Chicago to marry Enoch Allen. Rev. David Walker Dresser, D. D., St. D., rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church, Champaign, and senior priest of the diocese of Springfield, 111., is dead. Attorney General Griggs, upon his re tirement from the cabinet, will open a law office in New York. It is said that he Will also have an office in Washing ton. '-fr. Col. Charles Caughlin, who rwas' a member of Commander-in-Chief Van dervoort's staff, and has been editor of the Toledo Bla.de thirty-six years, is dead. William George, a farmer living near Wooster, Mo., died of hydrophobia, foaming at the mouth and snapping at his attendants.. He was bitten in the hand last September by a terrier. Lieut. Francis Joy Haeseler, U. S. N., died at the naval hospital i,n New York of typhoid fever.' Lieut. Haeseler wag eminent as an electrician and was ap expert in the application of compressed air In mechanics. Charles R. Tyler, the oldes.t letter carrier In the United States, died ol heart disease in Brooklyn. Mr. Tyler, who was born eighty years ago, ha been in the employ of the postofilce de partment about fifty years. Father Rosarlo Nasca of Milwaukee, who became generally known in con nection with the Italian colonization in Louisiana, Hawaii, Central America and other countries, died in New Or leans. He recently visited Alabama and was preparing for a trip to Spanish Honduras. ft Otherwise. Statistics show that the manufacture of oleomargarine, is increasing. intense cold prevails in the State of Washington and British Columbia. An enthusiastic welcome was given the returning members of the Chicago Boer ambulance corps recently. Portland, Maine, was selected by the National Grange, Patrons of Husband ry, as the place for the next conven tions It is said that the British gunboat Pheasant has been sent to Colombia to see about the seizure of the steamer Taboga for a transport. Benjamin J. Hamm, formerly a prom inent commission merchant and known as the "Turkey King" of South Water street, Chicago) has become insane.-. Tobert J. Stell, treasurer of the Mon ad nock Land and Investment company of Chicago has disappeared. It Is said his books show a Shortage of $25,000. The dividends on the preferred stock of the American Linseed Oil company has been passed, and the concern, it is said, is to be "amicably" reorganized. All efforts to purchase the Rogers locomotive works at Paterson, N. J., have failed. If the plant is not sold by Dec. 1 Mr. Rogers says he will cjoee It. •Chicago Is facing a coal famine. The early closing of lake traffic and/ the shortage of Cars on the railroads threaten to reduce the fuel supply to the danger point. Thomas Arder of Hardin county, 111., established a record In matrimony by marrying his stepdaughter In less than a week after being divorced from his wife, the girl's mother. The big Btrike of the cotton mill op eratives In Alamance county, N. C.. has been declared off. The strike has been in force about three months, and several thousand hands were Involved*. The labor troubles^ In Tampa, Fla., wHich culminated in a riot Thursday, and has sir.Ce been kept in check only by the heroic efforts of the citizens to bring about &n amicable agreement be tween the belligerent I gar makers' unions, is renewed again, and more ^rouble la feared. Miss Phoebtf Meeks, the famous re cluse, ls dead at her home in Brock ville, Ind,, aged eighty-five. Sixty years ago She and she made was disappointed in love, a resolution to cut her­ self off from the icorld. From that day she never left her home, and no one but a servant. saw MR. KRUGEfi IN PARIS F^PJISOH OAPITAIi U1VKS HIM A ,J WARM GREETING. So Semblance of an Or«^»liel neuonntration Agolnit Great Britain Starred the BnthoiiMn of the Reception Kriger and Wnbet Exchange Formal Call*— Street* of the City Filled All Day With Great Multitudes Cheering tor the Hero of Africa. Paris, Ncv. 27.—Paris, while giving full vent to her pent-up feelings of sympathy with and admiration of the Boers in its reception to Mr. Kruger Saturday, comported herself with wis dom and prudence. While a few iso lated instances of anti-British vocifer ations were unavoidable, never once throughout the day was there any semblance of an organized demonstra tion against Great Britain to mar the unrestrained and enthusiastic but es sentially reassuring character of the reception. By the time the train was due to arrive all the places of vantage about the railroad station and hotel were packed for a distance of about a block. The crowd on the platform pressed so closely about Mr. Kruger's saloon car that for a time he was un able to alight, and stood on the foot board bareheaded, acknowledging the plaudits of his admirers. M. Crozler, chief of the protocole, advanced and bid Mr. Kruger welcome In the name of President Loubet and the French government. Mr. Kruger bowed his thanks. Mayor Grebauvol then greeted Mr. Kruger in behalf of the municipality of Paris and the pres ident of the pro-Boer committee and others presented the aged traveler with" addresses of welcome, to which Mr. Kruger replied. Upon reaching the hotel Mr. Ktoger was taken to the first story in an ele vator. Ihe crowd Immediately in sisted upon his coming upon the bal cony. Mr. Kruger appeared bowing, accompanied by his great granddaugh ter, dressed in white and waving a little Boer flag, which brought forth a storm of cheers and a responsive wav ing Of Boer flags by a group of stu dents who wore cockades. At this moment several persons shouting "Vive Kruger!" attracted attention by their English accent. The bystanders turned Uward them, looking ugly, when one of the men cried, "We are Americans," and the attitude of the crowd changed like magic, and they exclaimed "Vive Amerique!" Later in the day Mr. Kruger and President Loutiet exchanged formal calls. Mr. Kruger's secretary an nounces that his chief will remain in France only a short time, going thence to Holland, where he will make an equally brief stay, after which he will return to the Mediterranean for the benefit of his health. Mr. Kruger passed Sunday with hla family at the Hotel Scribe, observing the Sabbath in accordance with the customs of his fatherland. His apart ments were closed to visitor's and.he remained within. Indulging, himself with perfect rest. AltWough the boulevards at a late hour last night were alive with merry makers singing songs the Hotel Scribe was cordoned and the revellers did not disturb Mr. Kruger's rest Yes terday morning found him free from fatigue. After an early breakfast he conferred with Dr. Leyds. There be ing no church of his owh denomination In Paris he held a private service in his apartments, surrounded by his en tourage. INSURGENT FORT IS TAKEN. Filipino Stronghold Thought to Be Impregnable Talcen by Col. Thomp •on. Manila, Nov. 27.—The fortress of the insurgent chief Geronlmo, at Plnauran, which the Insurgents boasted was im pregnable, was taken and destroyed on Thursday by a picked force of the Forty-second, and Twenty-seventh in fantry and Troop of the Fourth cavalry, under Col. Thompson, Ge ronlmo and most of the rebels escaped. His position was considered the strong est in Luzon. It was a stone fortress, surmounting a steep hill, surrounded by canyons. The ascents were steep and the men climbed them by grasp ing the shrubbery. The enemy's force, numbering several hundred, fled be fore the attackers reached the top. The Americans destroyed a thousand Insurgent uniforms, scores of buildings and large quantities of supplies and seized a barrel full of documents. Private Hart of the Twenty-seventh and Private Koppener of the Forty Second and two native scouts were killed and twelve Of the attacking force were wounded. The Insurgent casualties could not be ascertained. It is unofficially reported that Gen. Torres, the Insurgent commander at Bulucan, has been captured by Gen. Grant's Scouts. Gen. Grant wired Gen. Wheaton that the entire garrison at Sanv Jose had, been captured, but Gen. Torres was not among the prisoners. OFF FOR AKBRICA. Duke and Dacheas ot Mancheatei •all for Bew York:. London, Nov. 27. No notable per sons bade farewell to the duke and duchess of Manchester: (formerly Miss Zimmerman of Cincinnati) when they sailed from Southampton for New York on the American line steamship St. Louis. The steamer carries a large number of' passengers, including Gen. Herbert Eaton of the Grenadier guards, Mrs. Jess^ Seligman and her daughters and Mile Mllka Ternlna. The latter Is to sing at the Metropoli tan opera house In New York. Fire Takes Their Jobs. Tiffin, Ohio, Nov. 27.—During a h£avy storm fire destroyed the Tiffin woolen mills. For a time the entire center the city was threatened. The loss will reach $100,000. One hundred and twen ty-five are thrown out of employment. by Fire* Beatrice, Neb. Nov. 27.—Fire which started In Hhe general merchandise store of Begole Van Arsdale, de stroyed the brick block In which the store was located, together with stocks involving a loss of $$5,000. J'.IpiTHB KARKJBTS. £V' Latest Quotations From Grata and ... LIt« Stock Centers. St. Paul, Nov. 27. Wheat No. 1 Northern, 751-4 76c No. 8 North ern, 731-4@74c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 89 9 40c No. 8, 381-2 39c. Oats No. 8 White, 24 3-4 & 25c No. 3, 24 S41-2c. Seeds Timothy, $1.75 2 clover, $5.20@6 flax, No. 1, $1.6601.58. Minneapolis, Nov. 27.—Wheit—No. 1 hard, 761-2c No. 1 Northern, 74 l-2c No. 2 Northern, 72 l-2c. Corn sr- No. 3 yellow, 38 3-4®39 i-4c No. 3, 38@38 3-4c Oats—No. 3 white, 23@231-4c No. 3, 231-4 24c. Rye No. 2, 44 3-4 45C. Barley—No. 5, 4t@46c no grade, 41@44c feed grades,' 35@42c malting grades, 40@49c. Duluth, Nov. 27.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, cash, 76 i-2c No. 1 Northern, 74 l-2c No, 2 Northern, 70c No. 3 Spring, 641-8c to arrive, No. 1 hard, 751-2c No. 1 Northern, 73c May, No. 1 North ern, 771-8c oats, 23 23 1-4c rye, 46 l-2c barley, 40@58c flax, to arrive, $1.60 cash, $1.62 November, $1.62 De cember, $1.61 May, $1,611-2 corn, 38c. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 27.—Flour Is dull. Wheat firmer No. 1 Northern, 76@751-2c No. 2 Northern, 71@71 l-2c. Rye dropping No. 1, 49@491-2c. Bar ley dull No. 2, 59c sample, 45@57c. Oats quiet No. 2 white 25 l-2@26c. Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 27. Cattle Beeves, $4.60 6.25 cows, bulls and mixed, ,$2@3.65 stockers and feeders, $3.25@3.75 calves and yearlings, $3® S.75. Hogs, $4.65@4.75 bulk of sales, $4,671-204.70. Chicago, Nov. 27.—Cattle Good to prime steers, $5.30@5.80: poor to medi um, $4.35@5.25 stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.40 cows and heifers, $2,65@4.75 Texas steers, $3.25@4.90. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $4.60@4.95 good to choice heavy,, $4.75@4.?0 rough heavy, $4.60@ 4.70 light, $4.60@4.90 bulk of sales, $4.70@4.85. Sheep, $3.60@4.15 lambs, $4.40@5.10. Chicago, Nov. 27.—Cash Wheat—No. 2 red, 711-2@73 l-2c No. .3 red, 681-2® 71 l-2c No. 2 bard winter, 681-2 70 l-2c No. 3 hard winter, 67 l-2@70c No. 1 Northern spring, 70 !t-2@73 l-2c No. S spring, 65@72c. Corn—No. 2, 42c No. 3, 41c. Oats—No. 2, 22 l-2c No. 3, 21 i-2@22c. South St. Paul, Nov. 27. —'Cattle Good to choice butcher steers, $4.65® 6.25 fair to good, $4.15@4.60 common to fair, $3.60 & 4 good to choice butch er cows and heifers, $3.50@4.15 fair to good, $2.75@3.50 thin cows and can ners, $1.50@2.50 choice corn-fed bulls, $3®4 fair to good butcher bulls, $2.75 @3 bologna bulls, $2®2.75 good to choice veals, $5@5.75 fair to good, $4® 6 good to choice feeders, $3®3.60 good to choice stock steers, $3@'3.40 fair to good, $2.70@3.10 common, $2@2.60 good to choice stock cows and heifers, $2.50 @2.75 fair to good, $2 25@2.50 common, $1.7502.25 good to choice steer calves, $3,25@3.0 fair to good, $2.7503 good to choice heifer calves, $2.50@2.75 fair to good, $2.25 2.60 stock and feeding bulls, $2 2.40 good to choice milkers and springers, $35 45 good to fair, $30@35 common, $20@28. Hogs—Good to choice light, $4.50@4.60 mixed and butchers, $4.45@4.60 good to prime heavy, $4.45@4.55 common to fair, $4.30@4.40 rough packers, $4.20 4.26 boars, $1.76 2.50 pigs and skips, $3@3.75. Sheep—Good to choice butcher lambs, $4,4004.60 fair to good, $4.25@4.40 good to choice fat wethers, $3.50@3.65 fair to good, $3.25@3.50 fat ewes, $3.25@3.50 good to choice stock and feeding Iambs, $3.75®4.25 fair to good, $3.25@3.75 feeding ewes, $2.76® 3 thin sheep, $2@2.50 buck lambs, $2.75@3 killing bucks, $2®2.50. j:. POWERS NOW AGREE,4 A Preliminary Treaty Haa Been Finally Framed. Pekln, Nov. 27.—At a meeting Sat urday of the ministers of the allied powers an agreement Was reached upon the terms of the preliminary treaty. Nothing now remains except to secure the approval of the respective governments before definite measures on the Chinese peace treaty are begun. The terms are believed to be in sub stantial agreement with the French note to the powers, namely,' punish ment of guilty, indemnities to govern ments and individuals, retention of strong legation guards and the ocqupa tlon of certain places between Pekln and Taku. M. de Glers, the Russian minister, persisted In his refusal to agree to the provision tha.t China should agree to pay an Indemnity for the Outrages committed by the Boxers ana give guarantees against their rep etition. The British and German gov ernments had made no change in the Instructions to their ministers, and it appeared as though- no agreement could be reached. A Compromise Was Suggested In the wording of the point. This was adopted and a satisfactory agreement was reached. It is understood that the change Is simply in the wording and does not' affect the meaning of the pro vision. The ministers determined the future boundaries of the legation grounds. The matter was discussed and settled so far as the ministers are concerned. Their decision, however. Is subject to the approval of phe military authorities, who will look -over the limits agreed upon and decide If the gfounds as proposed by the ministers will be easy to defend. If they decide that there are military objections the "boundaries Will be changed. A party of American cavalry went to disperse a band of bandits In a village, sixteen miles from Pekln. The village jyas found strongly fortified, but the Ameri cans attacked and captured it, killing seven Chinese. Looks lake Suicide. S-.-X-iKK' Pagosa Junction, Colo., Nov. 27. Citizens of Pagosa Springs discovered the body Of a man In the hot spring, the temperature of which is 160 de grees. The man Is a stranger. It Is supposed that he committed Suicide. BOT KILLS GIRL PLAYMATE. Lincoln, 111., Nov 27.—Eleven-year old Leona Matheln, daughter ot Henry Mathein, a cigar manufacturer of this city, was shot and killed by a neigh bor's son with a target rifle which he thought was not loaded. The ball en tered her forehead, killing her instant ly. James Moran,' the eleven-year-old son of ThOmas Moran, w&s shot in the back and Seriously wounded by his brother Harry, who was shooting at a target with a rifi^^, W: A PROMINENT LADY -&K .fkiv Speaks la Highest Terms of Penmp A' Catarrh CtireAh Mrs. M. A. Theatro, member R©-' necea Lodge, Iotai Lodge also member of Woman's Relief Corps, writes tho' following letter from 1838 Jackaoa •treet, Minneapolis, Minn.: Mrs. M. A. Theatro, Minneapolis, Minn. Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. Gentlemen—"As a remedy for ca tarrh I can cheerfully recommend Pe runa. I have been troubled with chronic catarrh for over six years. I had tried several remedies without re lief. A lodge friend advised me to try Peruna,.and I began to use "it faith fully before each meal. Since then I have always kept it In the house. I am now in better health than I have been in over twenty years," and I feel sure my catarrh Is permanently cured." Peruna cures catarrh wherever lo cated. As sooh as Peruna removes syBtenjic catarrh the digestion becomes good, nerves strong, and trouble van ishes. Peruna strengthens weak nerves, not by temporarily stimu lating them, but by removing the cause of weak nerves—systemic ca tarrh. This Is the only cure thfet lasts. Remove the cause nature will do the rest. Peruna removes the cause. Addnu Ttm Peruna Medtciae Com paay, Columbus, Ohio, tor a book treating ot Catarrh la It* different phases and stages, also a book en titled "Health' and Beauty," written especially tor women. HOW, WHOM, WHEN TO KISS. Vo Longer Good Form to Kiss on the. Lips, It Is Said—The Duty of Mothers. Andf now even kissing is being re duced to a science! Once upon a time when people wanted to kiss, they Just kissed, and that was all the fuss there was about It. Now all this is changed. The woman who wants to be absolutely "correct" in kissing, as she is in the selection, of her hats or gownb, stoc.kings or petticoats, must kiss ac cording to rule.. "It is no longer good form," we are assured by one of these newly-fledged authorities on polite osculation, "to kiss even your dearest friend on the lips. That kiss is sacred to lovers and to husbands and wives. In polite so ciety, the kiss upon each cheek is now the accepted form of greeting between friends and relatives.^ "When women are about the same age, either one may offer the caress, but between a young woman and an older woman, the younger must proffer her lips and the older will gracefully turn her cheek to receive the kiss. Then, if the older woman desires to be exceedingly gra cious, she may, in turn, kiss the young er: but there is no discourtesy If she turns the other cheek and becomes the recipient of .the second kiss. "Under no circumstances must the younger woman turn her cheek for the first kiss. This Is a pretty little act of deference on her part, but to force her senior to give her the kiss is distinct rudeness. The well-bred woman is al ways cordial, but never effusive In her caresses. She Is also ,. chary of them. Promiscuous kissing is in bad taste. Of course, to kiss even one's' nearest relative in- the street is not per missible. A woman who is the posses sor of self-respect and dignity will take care that her kisses are not mean ingless. 'There are several reasons why the kiss upon the Hps has become obso lete, the principal one being that It Is unhygienic. Especially is it bad for children to be kissed upon the lips by their elders. Mothers who study health never kiss their own children In this \vay,~and Is careful that the nurse does not thus show her love for her little charge. Kipses may be pressed upon a child's cheek, brow, eyes chin or neck, but never on the mouth. A hurried kiss is always an insult. Some women put off the good-bye kiss until the'last moment, and then give it in a peck on. the cheek. The proper way to' give a kiss is t6: press your lips lightly but firmly/against the cheek, and let them rest there for an Instant. There must hot be 'anything suggestive of a smack. —Philadelphia, Times. •fj 'Mil Identified. 'Max Muller is dead," remarked the Literary Man. "Who was Max Muller?" gruffly in-? quired the Sordid Politician. "He was a brother to Maud Muller," answered the Literary Mart, with a pained expression on his face. "O, I see!" said the Sordid Politi cian, "the girl that raked the hay?" "Yes," said the Literary Man, "he drove the horse-rake while Vaud was flirting with the Judge. He was the one for whom she was figuring-on buy ing a broadcloth coat If Bhe had caught..the Judge."—Buffalo Express. r, Amnse the Horse. A Paris hacknmn, hailed by a coun tryman-who was dressed In a style welt calculated to make the city chaps laugh, shrugged his shoulders, and was about to drive on, when the country man shouted to him: •What) you refuse to take me, al though you are not engaged!" '/Well, no," said cabby, "111 take you, just to amuse the, poor old horse,"—Ex change. rnmtf', Perseverance often accomplishes more than power.. 