THE' GREAT DANE Dos. This Noble Animal lis‘the Modern 'chI-e- sentativo of the; lltlii-lulliunl.- The Great Dane, the‘exhibition dog ofto-day, .and growing every day in favor as a beautiful, and “biddable” dog, is the modern representative of :the boarhound. "‘On the Continent where its Danish origin is repudiated, it is called the German mastiff,land un- der this head all its varieties are class- ed at shows; while in this country we -call it the Great Dane, and‘catalogue ,. under that name all the varieties of German mastiff, so that, taking the one with the other, the dog comes by its .rights. - . 5- _ , It is a beautiful creature, this Great Dane, and gives the impression at once of both power and ,4activity, and its temper—look at its small keen eyes—:- is exactly what one might expect from a dog of war and of the chase, veneer- ed with the el‘egancies of civilization, ale-r it. is equable and gde haut en has) _good-tempered, but woe to the object that" irritates it. stranger who goes to pat one 'as if it were a lapdog finds a. great blunt noz- zle thrust forcibly and roughly into his hand. or perhaps into his ribs, as who ‘ should say, “All right, old fellow, I’m not going to hurt you; you needn’t pat me and call me goo-d dog.” He never awaits your permission to'make,, your “acollaiiitailce, but introduces himself without formality if he wishes to know you. Going through a narrow passage a Great Dane will take up more than half the room. He does not drop be— hind like, the elegant-mannered St. Bernard, with a polite Sui-an before dog” sort of air, but hustles you ro— bustly for equal space. Not that he is a dangerous dog. He is simply a boar- lloulld, a creature of immense strength and infinite courage, and courteous only out of condescension.——~Good \I'ords. ' m- A Domestic Interlude. Marriageable Daughter—Ithink, Pa, . that you do Arthus injustice when you say that he is penurious. Precocious Brother—What’s penoori— ~c-us, Pa? Pa——Why, Bobbie, penurious is close- Precocious Brother—Then you’re right, Pa. Mr. Penrose is awful pen- ,Li-Jl‘ious whenever he comes to see’ Sis. r—Boston Courier. The conciliatory , ’ , Ignatius Donuclly to Marry. St. Paul,’ Minn, Jan. 5.9—The ran- nounce-ment is made that Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, the well-known Populist leader, famous also as the upholder of the Baconlan authorship of Shake—l 'Miss Mir‘ian Hansen, who has been stenog-rapher in the office of his news— paper. Mr. Donnelly is 66 years old and Miss Hansen is 20. Overnian Wheel Company Resumes. Chicopee Falls, Mass, Jan. 5.——T'he Overman Wheel Company has sent word to its agents throughout the country that work in its factory has be made up by night runs. It also gives assurance t-ha-tfihe company will pay one .hundred cents on the dollar, with interest. " ',_——_‘1—'-—_ NEWS IN BRIEF. - One of the Havana papers says Geri. Blanco will take the field within the next two weeks. Burglars cracked and robbed the Standard Oil Company’s safe at Syra- cuse yesterday morning. The contracts for guns for the Tur- kish navy will be given to the Krupps, and the contracts for irOnclads to the ,Armstrongs. . The replies of the members of the -.-Cabinet to the Senate resolutions call- ing for information regarding the civil— service law will be sent to the Senate to-day. ' ‘ A delegation“ of Gov. Bushnell’s neighbors from Springfield, headed by Congressman Weaver, invaded his of~ (ice at Columbus yesterday and re- :nonstrated with him for his Opposition to Senator Hanna. , Frances “\Vlllard Ill. Janesville, Wis, Jan. 3.—Miss Fran- ces E. Willard, president of the Inter- national Women’s Christian Temper- ance Union, is dangerously ill here. Janesville is her native town, and she came up from Chicago to spend New Year’s. Miss \Villard's nervous condi- tion has not been good, and the ex-, :itement of the reunion with old friends has prostrated her. She ,was uncon- scious for a time. ' Another New Pledge. Jiggs——'You know what I swore oft last New Year’s? . ' Biggs—Yes; you swore off swearing ofi. . flags—That’s right. Well, this year I’ve sworn off swearing off swearing oft. But blame me if I can figure out how I stand in it. o Largest package—greatest economy. THE N. K. FAlREANK COMPANY. St. Louis. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. Chicago. K“ ,v. . I!" 2.645;; [fl/fl -. :r m“ Wmme: Illuminati:— - r a Wise Man Keeps, his Home Iuéured Against Fire...— '. lllE. EEEE cumin ES, REPRESENTED w. H. BY me :Ellll l. mm: Enema! ‘ " f“. __.4-.___... .. on 6 . \ .fllonwllu calm ‘ 0U road this advertisement. If it had. been years and others had read it, how much goodlfit might have? done. Send in your adv! \ and we'will do the rest. Bates onapplicati'onq speare’s works, will in six Week's marry ,, been resumed, and that lost time will» . than it is under the system of competi- - modified in some ways. , Dockel-y , g-ild by Saturday, so that the bill could .llE. GAGETO tONGBESSA Recommends. Exemptions From, ' . , Civil Service Rules. ITIIEYWORK AN INJUSTICE ‘He Includes Deputy Collect-urn of Internal Revenue, Legal Advisers :uul Commissioners—The Debate 'in.‘Congress—President “’1“ Act. 'Washington', Jan. 6.—Secretary Gage sent a reply to the Senate resolution at Doc. 18, callingupon the'h‘eads of the :'-l‘:‘\'C‘-.‘£11 executive departments for in— ..‘orlr::ttion as to what positions in their respectivedepartments should be ex- :repted from the Civil-Service ,law and :ules. Secretary Gage’s reply in part is .as follows: ' ’ ' . - ‘ “I believe experience has taught that. the order of May 6, 1896, was too sweep- ing. and .that there should betaken out of the classified service a consider-able ' number of places that were at that time classified. The most" important of those places are in the internal revenue service. The difficulties which the de- partment has experienced in the ad: ministration of the rules as they now exist, as applied to the internal revenue service, have become intolerable. I be- lieve all: positions of deputy collectors of internal revenue should be made ex- cepted places, subject, however, to non- competitive examinations. "The collectors who appoint the depu- ties are personally responsible for the conduct of-their subordinates. This re- sponsibility covers not only the fidelity and integrity of these subordinates in their relation to the Government, but extends to a personal liability to those who may belinjured in person or in property by inconsiderate or, malicious trespass committed by such subordi- nates in the course of their duties. “It is obviously wrong that a. collec- tor. after assuming this heavy respon- sibility, should be tied down to an eli— gible list (the names of which he may know nothing about) from which to so- lect his subordinates, e‘ach’of whom is officially his otherself. “There is no desire on the part of the department to make the test of fitness in the smallest degree less searching tive examinations, but I believe it de- sirable that the collectors be free to se- lect their subordinates, within the lines which a rigid test of fitness will per- mit, from among men concerning whose personal characteristics and integrity they have knowledge. The Secretary goes on. to enumerate—— all custodians of public buildings and all manual laborers in them, light- house employes, counsel for boards of appraisers, paymas’ter in the New York Custom‘ House and shipping commis— sioners everywhere are proper ones to be removed from the classified civil. service. He also recommends that the rules be modified as to permit the head of a department to transfer any person in the classified service of one branch of his department to the classi- fied service of another branch without regard to' apportionment. \_ . /-._ 'l‘li'e Civil-Service Debate. \Vashington, Jan. 6.—Congress was called to order promptly at noon yes; terday. In the House the postponed Civil-Service law debate began at once. Owing to the. absence of Gen. Grosve- nor, who, it was supposed. would take charge of the debate, Representative Moody, of Massachusetts. took the lead and tried to divide the time of debate between friends and fees of the law, not on party lines. ‘ Hepburn, of Iowa, objected, saying there were three sides to the question— those who were opposed'to any change in the law,» those who wanted it wiped out entirely and those who wanted it He therefore thought the time for the debate should be: divided among these ”three sides," instead of all time for debate against the law being put into the hands of Mr. . and the Democrats. . Mr. CannOn hoped the debate would be passed then. Bailey and Dockery ob- jected to a limit tothe debate, and af- ter some discussion, the House agreed to the limit and. no dividing of't'ime. Iteli-reselitative Hopkins, who was in the. chair, recognized ex-Speaker Grow, uf Pennsylvania, who began the debate. He believed that the President’s ap- pointive power should be confined to judges and foreign representatives. The heads of. departments shouldLappoint their confidential advisers, white clerks should be under a. rigOrous civil-service system. 5' - it was noticed that," with one r two exceptions, the members of the Ohio delegation, both Democrats and Repub- licans, were absent.' Those who are not in \Vashington are at Columbus taking part in the Senatorial contest. In the Senate Mr. Davis. chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela— tions, gave notice that he would x: ill lip the Senate Hawaiian annexation :reaty in executive session on Monday next and ask the Senate to consider it ‘:.‘£'.::ll day thereafter until the treaty shall be disposed of. ’ Senator Teller, of Colorado. inn-o— ducéd a. concurrent resolution declaring that the bonds of. the? United States. principal and interest, should, :11 the option of the Government, be pa::'.- in Standard *silver dollars, and that : 2::h payment is not a. violation of p'_:"-‘.i;: faith or in derogation of the rigors: :5.“ the public or creditor. The resolutmn was referred to the Finance Commitmr. The President “fill Act. “'ashington, Jan. 6.-——The Cabine: u." ficers have made their reports in reg: Z'tl to the changes in the Civil—Scrvi' ‘. ‘- and these will be sent to- Congress by the request of the Senate - resolution. Meanwhile the President will pr‘ .- llis order“ exempting the places rec -- 'mended by the Cabinet officers from ; the Civil-Service law, .but he will his. make it public until the agitation mm: the law ceases in Congress. . , . ‘..i. l ' - Q 'l‘o Accept Mia, Rice's »Resig;natimz. Washington, Jan. 6.—The Presidency has determined to accept the resigna— . ‘tion «if-Commissioner Rice, of the Civil— Service Commission, and to appoint a. Republican to theplace, thus making aln». commissidn of the same political l.‘)m1.-le.\i:iu1'l.‘ as the Administration. Th1:- 'l‘l'esident has selects-do. man from} tho .‘iurthwestl‘cr the vacancy, but it may be some time before-he is appointed-r ! large pieces of pie. ' , ‘ ‘SU'PERSTITI'QN'S. ’ nIeliemet Ali Sig-nod the Treaty on...“ . ‘ ' .Yictoria Was alméky Queen. The London Truth gives the,follow-. ing inside“ view of'a great" historical event, said to have been 'hith‘erto un-E ,4 published: _‘ . * - WhenSir Charles Napier had con- quered ~Mehemet Ali, he found itim- possible to' force or ceax the wily EgyDtian ”Into signing the treaty which only would make his victory effective. He had nineteen interviews with Me- hemet, in. which the Englishman aby turns mgued, flattered and threat- ened his-antagonist, who listened day after day with the same immovable, smiling countenance.- . One day Sir Charles, in speaking of England, said casually that it “was governed by a. lucky woman.” A strange flash passed over the Pas’ha’s countenance, but 'he made no answer. As soonas Napier was‘ gone, Mehemet sent for the English Consul, who was an Egyptian,.and demanded: _ “You were in London when the Eug- lish Queen was crowned. Were the omens bad or good?” “All good.” . “You think that good luck is writ- ten on her forehead?” - “I did not 'think upon the matter be! fore, but now that" you ask me, I oe- lieve that it. is. When she asked Al- la‘h to help her in her work her eyes ran over. Allah loves the innocent.” “No doubt of that,” said Mehemet, anxiously. “She must be lucky.” Early the next morning he sent for Sir Charles and signed the treaty. Eng- lish power and Englisn cannon he could brave, but not “the luck” written upon the fd’rehead of a good woman whom he had never seen. FOR AND _AGAINST THE x- RAY. A Farmer Used It' to Determine the Lay- ers Among His Chickens. ,, There seems to be no limit to the use to which the X ray can be put in re- vealing the true inwardnes‘s of things.‘ It is now being used by poultry farm- ers anxious to discover the laying capacity of hens. One enterprising man, finding the percentage of eggs- Was not what it should be considering the size of his poultry. yard, hit upon the idea of examination by the R‘oent- gen rays, and was thus able to weed out the non-producers. The birds were examined at the rateof thirty per hour, and the “non-efficients,” lvere soon plucked and sent to mar- ket. The Roentgen rays are said to have an extremely injurious influence on the action of the heart, causing that organ to palpitate violently, and some of the leading doctors in Paris have issued a warning to medical students and others to exercise * great caution in the examination of the action of the heart by the rays. Ill effects have followed the use of the rays after many surgical operations where it was desirable to observe the process of the healing of the tissues, the knitting of the bones and the recreation of various parts. These effects have usually par Shell of the nature of burns, and in nearly ev- ery‘ instance were caused by placing the exciting tube too near the part un- der inspection, or making the exposure too long. The tube should never be less than 14 inches from the object, but the time of exposure will vary accord- ing to the strength ofvthe apparatus.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat. . A PRINCE WHO BECAME A PRIEST. He Chooses to Work in London So That His Former Station hiay‘Not be Known. There is a. priest living in the White'— chapel district in Lon-don, apoor, de- vout, earnest mission priest, who is a prince and within easy reach of the throne of Saxony. He abandoned a military career sud— denly, and great was the» thereat. His relatives and his friends supposed that, having entered the Church, he would be contdnt with his orders and satisfied to accept. such ec- clesiastical preferment which _would give him a religious rank consonant with the =-loftiness.of his birth. Prifice Max of Saxony is made 9f sterner stuff. Directly after he was ordained in Dresden he went to .Lon- don. He established himself in the poorest and most miserable quarter. Since then he has devoted his whole life to those about him. They know nothing of the high place in the world that he forsook that he might do mis- sion work. ‘ It was because he knew would be tre-atedaas a' mere mission priest that Prince Max 01' rather Fath- er Max, ashe prefers to be called, chose Lon-don as a field for his work. In Germany the authorities as well as the poor would never succeed in blind- ing themselves to the fact that he was really a royal prince—New York World. A Deep Laid Scheme. Higgins—You say that Mnggins is a miserly man when it comes to furnish- ing his tables- Why, I have taken din— ner at his house several times, and it beatsany place I ever ate at for nice, Wiggins—Yes, but that’s’one of his shrewdest' games. You see, the chil- dren are in such a hurry to get to pie ' that they don’t eat half a meal—Truth. “Are you in, pain my little man?” asked the kind old gentleman. ‘ "No,” answered the boy. “The pain's in me.”——Indianapolis Journal. Mrs. NewlywedeHent-y, you always said a husband should tell his wife-evi erything. 'But you will not tell me the secrets ’of any of' the societies you belong to. . ., ' Mr» Newlywed—Carrie,'itis best I shouldn’t. _If you knew them "1.111. afraid: you wouldn’t have‘mu’e’h of an opinion or your husband's. intellectsr BostonfTranscript. _» . » I surprise ’ that he ° \ UBSCRIBING .wllill Elli—Ell , » v: N. Y. 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