TO PRESERVE BEAUTY OF YOUTH.
An Invention by \Vhioh Tesla Thinks the
_Skin Can be ~l\Iade Like a. Baby’s.
Has the secret of eternal‘youth been
discovered by Nikola Tesla in this new
electrical apparatus? If it has—if a wo-
man by its means can really retain
the pure, sOft, pink-white skin of baby-
hood, why, then, quick, quick! Tell
us all about it.
Well, then, Mn Tesla, you must
know, first of all, experimented with
q the most. powerful microsc0pe ever
built, which he turned upon the, hu-
111111 skin. He found—physicians and
'rhcmists know this of course—that it
is 111actically never clean, that in the
cities especially, it is not only covered
with inorganic waste constantly set-
tling down upon it, like coal Smoke,
.Ecr instance, but that it is the play-
ground of minute microbic organisms
that drop upon it from the polluted air
and live and multiply.
”hen Mr. Tesla experimented with a
big globe covered With paint. Through
this he ran a powerful electric current,
which caused the paint _to scale ofi,
leaving the globe clean and fresh.
That’s precisely-what the wizard of
the wire preposes to do with fair wo-
men to make her more fair.
:He has devised a recliningchair up—
:1n which the subject lies, perfectly
nude. Two wet sponges are applied to
her feet, two to her arms. The cur.-
1en‘t is turned on; it thrillshtingles and
weakens the skin, and then, as~the
paint flakes fell from the globe, so fall
. from her all the dirt which covers the
skin, so flutter away also,-the hideous
microbes, fairly shocked into quitting
lheir hold. '
The skin becomes as the skin of a
babe. It is as the fresh skin which re~
_ :.laces that-which sloughs off from a
«:car or a burn. This is the discovery
1:1 a nutshell. .
So far as external appearance goes,
{here will be no more old men and old
women if the use of this electric chair
becomes general.—New York World.
51111161ch View.
“Physicians, as a. rule, are bitterly
down on hard times.”
.“For what special reason?”
“They say people have had to eat
such plain food that they are too
healthy to be ‘ interesting.”——Detroit
Free Press. ~
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f ing an inspection, said:
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_THE QUEEN’S DAlLY LESSON.
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She Studies Hindustani and Speaks It
, Quite Fluent”.
Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, is 91.
energetic old lady. She: did not: give
up studying when she left the school
room and became mistress of her own
destinies, and of late years her zeal
in acquiring knowledge .s as remark—
able as that of her intellectually ac-
tive and acquisitive subject, Mr. Glad—
stone.
For instance, the Queen studies H111-
dustani. She has been studying it for
ten years, and she is said to speak it
with a fluency which somewhat“ dazes
her occasional Indianguests, who do
not expect to find her an erudite per-
sonage.
The Queen’s :tutor is the Munshi
Hafiz Abdul Karim. He went to Wind-
sor in 1887, and very soon began giv-
ing, lessons to Her Majesty. She not
only speaks it now, but writes it: with
more than average correctness in the
Persian characters—New York Jour-
nal. '
The “meal lof'the Constitution.
The Constitutionfiiwas a beautiful
ship, and wherever she went excited
the most favorable comment. After
the war she was’visited by an English
oflicer of high rank, who, after mak-
“T‘his is one
the finest, but I must say that her
wheel is clumsy and ugly and unwor-
thy of the vessel.” The, Yankee cap-
tain ieplied: “Sir, that wheel is the
only English thing in the ship. Dur-
ing her action with the Java her own
wheel was knocked to pieces by a
shot. After the Java was captured we
took her wheel and fitted it to the Con- »
stitution, and, although we think it is
as ugly as you do, we have kept it as
a tr~ophy.”———Argonaut.
The Good Not Always Beautiful.
“To be good,” remarked the offhand
philosopher, "is to be beautiful.”
“Wal,” replied the man who was try‘
ing'to sell him a mountain farm,
Mebbe it’s the exception as
proves the rule.”
“What do you mean?”
“I was thinkin’ ’bout a ' ’possum.
There’s no denyin’ that ’possum’s
mighty good; but ye can’t never make
me think it’s 'purty.”——Washington
Star.
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Progress of the Negotiation With
the British Government.
IN DOUBT 'AS'TO CANADA.
Probable that England \Vould Like
All Her Colonies Included in the
Benefits, but the Seal Mutter Com-
plicates the Situation.
Washington, Dec. 30.—Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British Ambassador,
has just recovered from a. long and
painful attack' of rheumatism which
has kept him in 'bed for a good part of
the last three months. -The fact that
he was able to call at the State De-
partment Tuesday led to reports that
coincident with Lord Salisbury‘s declirfi
ation of the proposition to stop pelagic
sealing Sir Julian had renewed recip-
rocity negotiations. His call, however,
hadno significance, as Sir Julian did
not know of Lord Salisbury’s answer
at the time he visited the department.
As to the reciprocity negotiations,
they have progressed steadily through
Mr. Adam, First Secretary of the Em-
bassy, and Sir Julian will now be able
to give the mater personal attention.
The main desire of the Bri ‘Jsh W’est
India Colonies is to secure the 20 per
cent. reciprocity reduction on sugar.-
VVhat will be offered in exchange has
not yet been determined. ~ »
May Include Canada.
At the outset the negotiations were
confined‘to the British West Indies,-
but the present indications are that ef—
forts will be made to include Canada
among the colonies receiving the ad—
vantages of reciprocity. How far this
can be 130119 in View of the failure of
the Behring Sea negotiations is not
clear, but it is probable that the Brit-
ish Government will prefer to have
the negotiations embrace all the colo-
nies, including Canada, instead of re-
peating the course when the last recip~
rocity treaties were framed of confin—
ing them to the West Indian posses-
sions.
In this connection it may be stated
that Mr. Kasson. the special commis-
sioner of the United States, charged
- with the conduct of the negotiation of
reciprocity arrangements and treaties
under the tariff act, has not, under-
taken to consider the subject of re-‘
ciprocity with Canada. This is due to
the fact that the subject of reciprocity,
pure and simple, as described in the
tariff act, has become so involved with
the seal question and other issues as
. to become practically inseparable from
, _ratil’y ‘it in its present-m;
'tliem, and so the entire
pelagic sealing.
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subject of
Canadian relations appears to remain
in the contiol of ex- -Sec1 etar y Fo-ste1.
As to Arbitration.
It has been expected that the recov-
ery of Sir Julian would permit active
steps on the British-American treaty
of arbitration. There is no present
prospect, howevei, that anything will
be clone 011 that subject
Up to this time 110 negotiations have
been opened between the Ambassador
and the State Department. Both gov—
ernments have signified a favorable at-
titude towards reopening negotiations,
but the British Government will take
no stepswhatever until assurance is at
hand that a treaty will be ratified by
the Senate.
It is said that the answer of Lord
Salisbury on the Behring Sea. question,
which has been briefly reported by ca-
ble, adds no new phase to the case, as
this declination was foreshadowed by
the answer of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the
Canadian Premier, declining to stop
Fourth-Class Postmasters.
W'ashington, Dec. '30.-—Fourth-class
postmasters have been appointed as
follows:
New Jersey —- Kingsland, , Bergen .
County, John McGarry.
New York—Accord, Ulster County,
Will-am O. I-laines;.Appleton. Niagara,
Fred L. '\'\'yman: Clear Creek, Chautau-g
qua, Nina M Saunders; Coomer, Niag-
ara, “W. N. 1.11:1», Highland, Ulster,
Frank F. Simpson; Hmley, Ulster,
Charles Du Mend; Kyserite, Ulster,
Philetus Kortright; Mineville, Essex.
Edgar A. Podmore; Mombaccus, Ulster,
Eugene Torwillipger; Moriah Centie,
Essex, A. Le Roy Wood1uff: New Balti-
more, Greene, Stephen T. Whitbeck;
Richmondville, Schoha1ie.Cnarles B.
Biovsn; Ridge Road, Niagara. William
C.,Re€d; Stormville, Du-tche'Ss, Tho-mas
Prevoost.
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Pennsylvania. — Kizers, Lackawanna ‘
County, H; Jansen Cook; .hianchester,
York, Moses Gohn.
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Philadelphia, Dec. Sfi.—-Depositors and
shareholders of the Chestnut Street Na—
tional Bank and the Chestnut Street
Trust .and Savings Fund Company con-
tinue .to Sign .agreementsdeclaring their
approval of the plan for the voluntary
liquidation of the affairs of the two in-
stitutions devised by Messrs. Earle and
Cook, the assignees of the trust com-
pany; Many depositors called at the
bank yesterday and signified theirwill~
ingness to accept the plan.
Deputy Comptroller of the Cliil‘t‘nt J
. Coffin says that the signatures of maze
than two-thirds of the shareholden; 1o.-
quired by law befoze a bank ca :- go
into, voluntary liquidation have Shaun‘s;
been secured.
Maj. Handy: Seriously ll].
Augusta, Ga. ., Dec.
ously ill at a hotel in the fashinr
syburban district of this city.
Llaj
Handy, accompanied by Lieut. A. S.
, Baker, U. S. N., aide to the specia?
‘ '; commibsioner, together with ’Mw;
Handy and Mrs. Baker, term-11.7121
' gusta on_Dec. 17, suffering fn-m 119111“
0113 prostratlon. He has been your-2;,-
con-fined to his room ever sinm- up;
no signs of immediate improvenu 111
' How.“ Treaty Gains.
WashingtOn, Dec..30 _ till—Senator Cush-
than K. Davis, chairman of the Senate
Committee. 011 Foreign 'Relatmns, dis-
cussed with the;Presldcnt yesterday the
status of, the Hafvvalian. treaty under
the new 'c'onditionnof things," Boththe
President'and the Senator believe that
the demonstration of the European
powers in China has strengthened the
treaty, and that it is now. possible to
be taken up ,imnmdiately aft‘er Con-
gress ieconv (fines.
30. -—Mose<= 3 L.
-<--"Handy,_' special United States Comm-l 5-
rsione‘r to the Paris Exposition, :2- ~ -
It‘ Will" 1 -
isiltuation might
United States would be called upon to
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Franc- Flag Raised on the Hai-
N111 Island.
firearm To BACK IT or.
British to Use Canadian Pacific
Ships—May Send More Troops—_
Bisn1urck_ Anxious for German
Eastern Policy to Succeed.
Shanghai, Dec. 30.——-’It is reported here
that the Admiral of the French fleet has
hoisted the French flag on Hal-Nan Isl-
and, which is" between the China Sea
and the Gulf of Tonquin. The Chinese
offered no opposition. ~ .. I
London, Dec. 30,—A dispatch» to the
Daily Mail from Singapore confirms the
teport of the seizure of Hai- Nan Island
by the Fr ench.
According to a Special dispatch from
Shanghai, the British _Admiialty has
requisitioned three of the Empress
steamships, belonging to the Canadian
Pacific Railway Company.
Berlin, Dec. 30.—TheTag—ebl’att says
Prince Henry of Prussia will visit the
Mikado and the King of Corea.
Its Kiel coruespondent says a further
force of marines 'will start for China in
Janualy.
According to the Nucste Nachticten,
of Leipsic, Prince Bismarck disclaims
all responsibility forGerrn-any’s policy in
China;
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but he approves it and wishes it. .
executed with energy on the assump-'
tion that it implies an entente with
Russia.
Hai- Nan Island is off the south coast
of China, and separates the Gulf of
Tonquin from the China Sea. It has an
estimated area of 12,000 square miles
and a population of 1,000,000 Chinese,
exclusive of wild tribes in the interior.
Some of the mountains in the centre
rise above the snow line. It has several
large rivers. The coasts are generally
rocky, but the west coast is low and
the south coast h as some good harbors.
Timber is a principal p1oduct. This is
sent to Annam, Siam and Singapore.
Other exports are rice. sugar, wax,
pearls, coral‘,‘ salt and a little gold and
silver. Its capital is Kiong—Choo, a
populous city on its north coast.
CHINA IN NO DANGER. .
Japanese Diplomat Says the Powers
Do Not Threaten Her.
Washington, Dec. 30f—The rapid
movement of events in the far East
continues, to be an absorbing topic in
diplomatic circles. The-re is no~further
talk of the United States as a. possible
factor in the contest, as the recent un-
derstanding at a. Cabinet meeting is ac-
cepted as removing this government
from the field of controversy.
At'the same time an eminent author-
lty on international affairs said that 3.
develop when the
go much further than protect Amer-
ican interests at the treaty ports in
China. This situation would come, he
said, if the scramble for Chinese terri-
tory went to the extent of the extinc-
tion of China and the complete absorp-
tion of the old empire by foreign na-
tions. ‘
A leading Japanese diplomat said:
“No event has occurred thus far to
indicate that China is about to be di-
vided among the powers. The only
tangible fact is that Gerrmany.has oc-
cupied Kiao Chou Bay and Russia has
a fleet at Port Arthur. But Germany’s
action was taken to collect an indem-
nity for an indigniy to German mis-
sionaries, just as she enforcedindem-
nity from Hayti. Beyond this, Ger-
many may seek to establish a naval
station at Kiao Chou, and thus have a
naval base of operations 011 the Pacific.
But that does not involve the taking
of any considerable portion of Chinese
territory, and it is yet to be shown
that Germany will take more than a
coast port and such land immediately
adjacent as to give the port proper
£aci1ities.
“If it comes to taking territory, the
course of China, must not be over-
looked. thile China is weak fro-111 a
military and naval standpoint, yet she
has an enormous number of men ready
to take the field, while the entire force
of Germans at Kiao Chou cannot ex-
ceed a few thousand men. Even a. weak
nation is strong in defending its own
territory. There are reports that Japan
would aid China in an extremity, but
there is nothing in that. Japan, doubt--
less, will act alone, if there is any rea-
son for acting 3.1.11. Thus far, how«
ever, I know of no steps that Japan has
. taken, or contemplates, towa1ds taking
part in the cOntroversy. My impres-
sion is that she will remain an inde-
pendent and neutral observer. Her po-
sition will be much stronger by such a
policy than it would be by an alliance
at. the outset. As an observer, if she
sees that the partition of China is at
hand, doubtless she would have some
part to take, but for the present thete
is no evidence that such an emergency
is near. ”
A Chinese diplomat said: ‘The ai-
leged official statements coming from
the Chinese Legation have been unwar—
ranted, as the Legation has not re-
ceived a word from Pekin since the
first notice was sent that a. German
force had landed at Kiao Chou, With-
out previous notice to the Chinese Gov-
'ernment. It. is felt, however, that many
.of the- reports as to the seriousness of
the situation, particulauy these- from
Shanghai, are overdra'wn. Judging
from the press dispatches, there ap-
pears to be little doubt that the orig-
inal purpose of Germany to enforce an
indemnity has now developed into se-
‘curing a naval station“ ’at Klao Chou,
’ and possibly more
teritory, on the
ground that Germany is entitled to a
r'etuin for her seivice du;lng the
China-Japan war. But it appeais to
be overlooked that Germany has , re-
ceived distinct returns for those serv-
ices in _the granting of large conces-
sions. which, 'at the time of the grant,
"were considered as most valuable to
Gerzmans
As to me Russian fleet at Port A1-
that; is not a surprise. A Russian
(he: “as \R intered at a Chinese p011.
last. \ear. with the consent of China,
s it involved no sacrifice of territory
that the outcome will be 11 1s aim-
;it to say, but it istelt that an amica-
se;tl,ement..wlll, hamade, possibly
yz'ubc gianting Of coas'twstatwns,’ but
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without any scale 15 dismemberment of
territory.” .. .. ’
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