The loyai' In the highest grade baking ma"
known. Actual tents‘show it goes one-
, third further gluon any other brand.
Absolutely Pure
ROVAL BAKING-POWDER 00., NEW YORK. ‘3
LOCALnAND OTHER :NEWS.
Miss Eva L. Ferris leaves Friday for
Cornell to spend a week.
James K. Crofut of Hartford, visited
in South N orwalk yesterday.
Mrs. F. E. Robbins has returned from
a visit in Waterbury.
A regular meeting of Douglas Fowler
Post, G. A. R. was held last evening.
Rev. J. McClure-Bellows left yester-
day for a few days v1sit in Baltimore.
Mrs. H. Thornton Prowitt will enter-
tain the Matinee VVhist club at her
home on Elmcrest Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Julia Lester-of Fairfield avenue,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Charles N.
Fitch of Ansonia.
Wheeler and Wilson’s band of
Bridgeport, will furnish the music at
the Knob on the Fourth of July
Dr. C. Irving Ferris of“ New York
spent Sunday at the home of his par-
ent, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ferris of
West street.
The annual meeting of the Centre
school district will be held Tuesday
evening June 14th.
MiSS Rose Marie Newcomb of the
class of ’97 of Miss Baird’s Institute
has been a guest at the school during
I the commencement exercises.
—Pr.of M. S. Rosen, the well- known
oculist Optician, can be consulted at his
ofiice in the parlors of the Mahackemo
Hotel South N Orwalk Tuesday from
a. m. to 8 p. m Eyes examinefd5 fiéee
'-. -n
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wheeler started
Saturday to wheel to New Jersey, where
they will spend a week with' Mr. and
Mrs. CharlesFinch.
The'Central club house is open every
morning from 9 until 12 o’clock fochd
Cross work. Mrs. St. John will take
charge of the work on Tuesday and
Miss Helen Ferris on Thursday.
Miss Vivian Soderstrom, of Bayview'
avenue, spent Sunday with Miss Paul-
ine Diver, in Bridgeport.
A month’s mind mass will be held at
St. Mary’s church Friday morning, for'
the late Mrs. Bridget Madden. ’
Mrs. H. S. Barnum, of Constantinople,
is a guest of Mrs. S. H. Smith, of New-
town avenue, for a short time.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel C. Ireland of South N orwalk.
Mr, and Mrs. George A. Velie and
son, of South Norwalk, are visiting‘in
Chestertown, N. IY. .
George Curtis is attending the com-
mencement and class day exercises at
Vassar college, Poughkeepsie.
A concert add entertainment was
given in the Knight street A. M. E.
church last night for the benefit of the
pastor. A neat sum was netted which
will enable him to go to conference.
Ellis Howard, who is assistant en-
gineer on a large New Haven tug, re-
turned from a sea trip up the St. Law-
rence, Tuesday, and spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
W. Howard, of Washington’ street.
John Hines, the former right-hand
man of Hon. E. A. Woodward, but now
engaged in city work, went to wa
York yesterday for the first time in
fifteen years.
to meet so many people.
Captain Lucius H. Fuller, aide-de-
camp on the staff of General Russel
Frost- has been detailed acting inspec-
tor of small arms practice and ordin-
ance officer during the absence on
leave of Majdr Henry S. Terrell. Re-
ports of rifle and revolver practice will
be forwarded to Captain Fuller at Put—
nam, Conn.
Rev. G. H. Beard and Re v. John M.
Wathen, of Lisbon, N. H., will ex-
change pulpits and homes during July
and August. Mr. Wathen will also
conduct the weekly prayer meeting in
the South Norwalk Congregational
chd'rch, and render such other pastoral
service as may be necessary.
\
'His friends incline to the belief that he
_ port, judgment has been rendered for
party took it for a joke and that being
/fortune that has overtaken Ferris Mor-
He was awfully glad to ,city.
get'back home where he was not liable I charge of the credits, and his many
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£9.31 ..
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Remember the Maine.
“Like a thief in the dark,
With an electric spark,
It was done, in the night by Spain;
But in God’s bright light
In an open fight,
Dewey made them
‘remember the
Maine.’ ” '
Prof. Richard Vogler is in New York.
Miss Pearl Gregory, of West avenue,
has been visiting in Brooklyn.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard White, of
California, who have been guests of
South Norwalk friends, have returned
home.
Miss Stella Smith, of Betts place,
East Norwalk, spent Sunday in North
port, ‘L. I.
The Robert Emmett club held a
meeting last night.
Elbert S. Adams has been appointed
administrator of the estate of David M.
Lane.
An administrator of the estate of Miss
Ann Smith, will be appointed by Judge
Woodward, Thursday.
An anniversary requiem service, for
the late Bernard Larrigan will be held
at St. Mary ’5 church,Saturday morning.
Mrs. Sylvester Grumman is visiting
relatives in East Bridgeport.
A telephone has been placed in the ..
new South N orwalk club rooms. The
call is 122-4.
"001 Hod” Saunders sold four Orient
bikes last evening, and what is better
received the cash for them in a lump.
The Yacht club dance last evening
was not _'very successful, only about
twenty beingin attendance. 4
Thomas Mason, for the past fifteen
years employed at the Lounsbury,
Mathewson & Co. shoe manufactory,
was taken suddenly and seriously ill at
his home on Harbor avenue yesterday.
connot long surv1ve. He has a family
of nine small children.
In the case of the attachment of the
liquor license of John Ungvary on a
claim of McMahon dc Wren of Bridge-
the plaintiff, from which judgment an
appeal has been taken.
A Very make bicycle number 26,721
was stolen from the Catholic club
grounds, last night. Possibly the
the case the joke1 will make no mis-
take in returning the wheel to Frank
Finnigan on Haviland street, South
Norwalk.
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Wilton.
Charles W. Whitlock raiseda fine
flag pole on his school grounds on Mon-
day with appropriate ceremonies. A
fine American flag, with the emblem
of Cuba below it, now floats from its
peak, attiacting much favorable com~
_ment f1 om all.
S. W. Olmstead has received a car
load of coal at Wilton station.
John Brown J12, and wife of Bridge-
port were in town on Sunday.
Edward C. Whitney, a former resi-
dent of Wilton, who has recently re-
turned from an extended trip to Aus-
tralia, called on friends in town on
Sunday.
'Mrs. Edward Olmstead, has returned
from a trip to ColIchester.
News reached this place of the good
gan, a Wilton boy, who has been em-
ployed with the Goodrich Rubber Co.
of Akron, Ohio, for a number of years.
The company has recently consolidated
with two other concerns in the same
line and opened offices in New York
Mr. Morgan has been placed in
friends here are confident that he will
fill the position with the energy. and
ability that has cha1acter1/ed his wo1 k
in Ak1 on
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THE FINEST TRAIN BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON
Is the new “Congressional Limited”
of the PennsylvaniaRaili-oad. Leaves
New York daily at 3.20 p.1n. Unique
dining cars. ,
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The Men’s Sunday evening club of
the South Norwalk Congregational
church will attend the First Methodist
church service next Sunday evening.
—Live Merchants keep their names
“store the Public. An Advertisement
in THE GAZETTE will to read.
CABLES 'CATCH WHALES.
)no Sixty Feet Long Killed by the West-
ern Brazilian Line
Submarine cables are usually im-
aedded in the slimy bottom of the
ocean, but at certain points they hang
-ike wire bridges over deep submarine
valleys, so that whales and other‘large
inhabitants of the deep may become
dangerous to the cable. Once in
while it is the cable that becomes dan-
gerous to the whales, as recently shown
in an accident to the Western Brazil~
ian line.
There was some difficulty with
:he wire, and after many fu<
sile efforts the seat of the trou-
ale was discovered seventy-six
miles north of Santa Catharina.
The cable ship Viking was sent to re-
pair the damage, and began to take up] ’
the wire.
After the cable proper had been grap-
pled and was wound to the surface on
the large drums provided for the pur-
pose, it was found that it floated very
much easier and was more buoyant
than was usually the case. .
The reason was discovered when in
a. loop of the cable the carcass of a
whale of more than sixty feet in length
came into view. It appears that the
wha e had become caught under the
cable, and, not being able to lift it
nor go forward or back, it became suf—
focated. By its last spasms or at-
tempts to free itself, the whale had
damaged the cable so that the insula-
tion was rubbed off and the wire be-
came useless.
About Precloul Stones.
Agate quenches thirst. and it held in
the mouth alleys fever.
All precious stones are said to be
purified by a. bath in honey.
Amber is a cure for sore throats and
all glandular swolllngs.
Amethyst banishes the desire- for
drink and promotes chastity.
Cat’s-eye is considered by the Cinga— 4
less as a. charm against witch-craft,‘
and to be the abode of some genii.
Coral is a talisman against enchant-
ments, thunder, witchcraft, and perils
by flood and field.
Diamond produces somnambulism
and promotes spiritual ecstasy.
Emerald. promotes friendship and
constancy of mind.
Garnet preserves health and icy:
Loadstone produces aomnambulism.
is dedicated to Mercury, and in metal-
lurgy stands for quicksilver.
Moonstone haslthe virtue of- making
trees fruitful and of curing epilepsy.
Onyx contains in it an imprisoned
devil, which wakes at sunset and
causes terror to the wearer, disturb-
ing with ugly dreams.
Opal is fatal to love, and lows dis-
cord between the giver and receiver.
Sapphire produces somnambulism,
and impala the wearer £9 all 396d
works. .
Topaz is favorable to hemorrhages,
imparts strength, and promotes disco-I
tion. » .
A Roman Custom
In Roman times' a'man'rs 'nignet‘ w'as
the most important of his:pona‘essions:
It served the purpose of e..-signature, for
all business transactions were ratified
by it, and as in those days locks and
keys had not long been invented, the
stores and valuables of many houses
were still kept strictly under the seal
of the owner.
two signets alike, and hence in the
gems of the ancients we have the most-
marvelous compendium of their cus-
toms,
Magazine.
A‘f’ter a Chinese Wedding.
0n the day following a Chinese wed-.
ling, at least in certain provinces, the
oride’s youngest brother goes to in—I
iuire after her and to take a present
from her mother of a. bottle of hair oil.
This is a custom so ancient that none
knows the origin thereof. No further
:ommunications take place between the
oride and her family for three months,
when her mother sends a sedan chair
and an invitation to visit her. If
there has been neither a birth nor a.
death in her husband’s or in her moth-
er’s house for 109 days she goes and
makes a short stay at her old home.
[his visit over, she cannot see her
nether again until after her first child
's born, and not then should the child
be a. girl. Even then if there has
seen a death in either family the visit
:annot be made, and there have been
many instances where a. mother and
laughter living very near each other
lave not met for years—Boston Post.
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BICYCLE VOTE.
Olive Gray, 1700
Vivian Soderstrom, 1349
John Murphy, 1375
Fred Smith, 869
Lester Comstock, .1 1731
Mary Dufi‘y, 151
Fred E. Conley, 236
Bessie M. Stanley, 366
Joseph Methias, 100
Lucy Wicks, 22
George Bert1ne, 59
R. M. Rose, '21
Annie Dauchy, '20 .
Willie English, 98
Edith Foster, 129
Arthur Evans, 51
May Smith, 23
Annie Clune, 12
May ,Williams, 8
S. Leuise Sutton, 22
Charles Mott, 50
Thomas Hunt. 10
George H. Hewitt, 6-1
Hugh Marron, 53
. Mena Ambler, 3
Eugene Davis, 3
J. H. Carpenter, 2
J. McN'erney, , . 9'
C. F. Osborn, . ,, 64
Tillie Spice1, (55- ,
F. McNaughton, 59
Lillie Hyatt, 2
Florence Carl, 6 1
F1
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The coupon can beflfound in,
Saunders adv. .
It. was a. felony to make’
manners and beliefs—Century:
.réss Elizabeth were content to affix'
IW'V'
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children were afraid of it.
T HE nv E 1.1 iNIG. G A. Z E rfr E
“(flaunt the Teeth;
II: is curious to what an extent the
mutilation of teeth goes on among sav-
'WI
.- age nations, 'and even among certain
civilized people, such as the Japanese.
With them a girl- is never married
without first staining her teeth black
with a. repulsive kind of varnish, and
the custom is especially adhered to
amongst members of the richer classes.
On the west coaSt of Africa a large
proportion of the teeth are deliberate-
1y broken when children reach a cer-
tain age. Both in the ew World and
in the Old, the custom exists of ex-
tracting the two front teeth of domes-
tlc servants. In Peru the custom has
existed from time Iimmemorial, and
‘ used to be a sign of slavery in the days
of Incas. This is also the custom on
the Congo and among the Hottentots.
lTeeth are stained in various - colors
among the Malays.
A bright red and a bright blue are
not uncommon, and a. bright green is
produced with the aid of arsenic and
lemon juicé‘. Livingstone related that.
among the Kamrs a child with a. prom-
inent upper jaw was looked upon as a
monster "and immediately killed. On
the Upper Nile the negroes have all
their best' teeth..extracted. in order to
destroy their value in the slave-mam
ket, and to make it not worth while for
the slave-traders to carry them off.
Experiments with Color.
‘ An interesting illustration of the ef-
fect of color is that shown by some ex-
periments recently made. It was found
that with the same temperature in both
rooms, one of which was furnished in
blue and the other in red, nearly every
person who entered the two pronounc-
ed a difference of from four to six de-
grees in heat in favor of the red room.
There is somethingpecullarly stimula-
ting about red. The fact that it can
be seen at a. greater distance than al-
most. any other color is well known.
showing that it arouses the visipn in
Proportion. _ Blue is correspondingly
depressing, theise two colors being more
decided than almost any other of the
list. , The advocates of the “new
thought" (as it is called) look with
horror upon the wearing of black as a
_mournin"g emblem, or, indeed, as a col-
or for any garb. They Would like to
bring about a. reform In men’s dress
in this respect, and they unhesitating-
1y exclalm that putting one’s self in"
black garments affords a distinct ar-
mor against receptiven’e‘sé'. It is cer-
tainly true that the: wearing of black
clothes to indicate mourning is being
very. much lessened. Where it is put,
fit ls much more quickly put off
thah used to be the case.
pfinciples this is certainly desira-
b e.. ,_ .
Madame PutIti’a Fan. ‘
Adelaine Patti has a. unique fan;
fan .with vellum leaves decorated with .
gold 0n the leaves several European .
sv‘creigns have written sentiments
0' or their autographs.
The Czar wrotez.
peace like your song,"
William 1., Emperor of Germany.
“To the nightingale of all time. " '
-Qu_een Christina. “'10 the Spaniard,
a. Queen who is proud to count the
number of her subjects." ~
:Patti was born in Madrid in 1843; but
her father and mother were Italians '
Queen Victoria wrote on her fan:
King Lear says truly, ‘A sweet voice is
a precious gift to a woman,’ you are,
“Nothing brings
'my dear Adelina. the richest of wo-
men.’
The Emperor of Austria and the Em—
their signatures; the Queen of the Bel
glans, with her Royal hand, traced the
”first lines of "11 Bacio."
Theirs wrote “Queen of song. let
me_.clasp thy hand,” and signed him‘_
self, ‘fMonsieurThiers. President
the Republic."
of
Fear. of Children.
Some interesting facts dealing with
the fears of children have been collect-
edIby a well-known professor. He
Ecund that 1. 701 children were afraid of
6,456 things. The leading fears were
lightning and thunder, reptiles, stran-
gers, the dark, death, domestic ani-
male, water, ghosts, insects, rats and
mice, and hlghwords. Some of the
fears weret'he results of personal ex-
perience, 1.9... in a district where a.
great wind had wrought havoc the
In other
cases the analysis showed by what
means parents had worked upon the
imagination of their children. ‘
In one district sixteen poor little
ones were dreading the end of the
world. The most gratifying fact of all
was that not one child had been fright-
med into obedience or good conduct
by the fear of the devil. A century or
two ago that fear‘would have led all
The rest. The pleasing inference is
that parents now dw'ell upon affection
and love to insure the goodness of
their children, instead of terrorizing
them with Satan’ 5 wrath.
Early Risers.
The German Emperor and Empress
ire the earliest risers of all European
Sovereigns, but with them it is a case
if following out the rule of “Early to
aed and early to rise," for they retire
is early as ten o’clock. At five o’clock
in the summer and six o’clock in the
winter‘the Emperor is up and about,
1nd the Empress rises only a little lat-
1r, that she may be ready herself to
prepare her lord and master his first
:up of coffee. The childrenof the
imperial pair are brought up to follow
:heir parents’ example in this as in ev-
ery way. The Emperor of Austria is-
inother monarch who breakfasts with
the lark.
Enthusiasmis one of the most pow-
erful engines of success. When you do
1. thing, do, it with a will, do it with
iour might, put your whole soul into
1, stamp it With your own personality.
ported the enormously thick doors, gs
'mals as they graze or roll themselves
0n general ~' ‘
_ wound into ropes, by which means it is,
“It
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AUSTRIAN DUNGEON DISCOVERED.
Cells In It that Measured Only Two Feet ‘
Four by Four Feel: Eight.
The other day it was found necessary
to repair part of the foundations of an
inner wing of the Castello of ’U‘uine, a
great, square, ugly building of three—
centuries ago, now used as barracks
and civil prisons. On the flooring be-
ing removed, the workmen came upon a
small, massive, tight fitting trapdoor.
It was raised with difficulty, and it dis-
closed, as in romances, a flight of steps.
On going down it with lights, the work-
men found themselves in a subterra-
nean chamber. From one corner of this .
ran a passage in the walls of which|
were five low, narrow doorways, open-I'
ing into the most horrible prison cells
the heavy iron hinges which had sup-'
shown by the depth of the stone frame-
work. The pozzi of the doges’ palace
at Venice must have been abodes of de-
light in comparison.
At the end of the passage two other
cells were found, suggestive of still
more dreadful suffering; for, while the
others are of ordinary size, these only
measure two feet four by four feet
eight—a. size that made it impossible
for the unhappy, wretches confined in
them to lie down. A small hole near
the top of the doorpost of all the cells
was used for the passing of food.
Examination brought to light some
inscriptions scra’tched onthe cell walls.
One of these was “Giovanni Grimani,
1607," showing that they were in use
in civilized times; and more shocking
still, as it is a. witness to the cruelty of
Austria, another conssted of 'the words,
“Viva l’Italia! Viva l’ftalia!" and the
signature of “Giacomo Moraro."—Gold-
en Days.
CURLED HAIR FOR MARKET.
Horses Are Bred Especially for This Put-I
pose in South America.
‘ South America furnishes the greatest
amount and best quality of curled
horsehair, used for filling mattresses
and stufling furniture, says the New
York Tribune. On the wide pampas
many thousands of horses are bred es-
pecially for the hair of their manes and
tales. These, between the round-ups,
which sometimes do not occur in three
or four seasons, grow to great length,
but owing to the lack of care and the
state of the “camps, “ as the Open ocun-
try is called, the hair is unusually
tangled in what- seems an inextricable
mass. All over the camps grow many
kinds of burrs and thistles, and the ani-
about become covered with them. Their
coats are naturally rough, the hair
growing in an uneven, shaggy way.
Stuck all over with burrs and with
mane and tail- matted into nearly un-
wieldy masses, the poor creatures pre:
sent a comical appearance. After they
are shorn they seem to delight in the
freedom of cropped necks and short
fails.
The hair when out off is freeed from
dirt and roughness of all kinds and
made curly. It sells for 38¢. or 48c.
.11 pound. . The longest strands are kept
separated, and used for horsehair fur-
niture, clothes, etc.
How Miss Willard Made 3 Convert.
A story is told of Miss Frances E.
Willard by a. friend of the deceased tem-
perance advocate which has never ap-
peared in print, and which shows that
the object of 3181‘ life was always domi-
nant. She was very fond of cycling.
and while on one of her spins collided
with a whee-lman who ,was somewhat
under the influence. The result was a.
badly shattered wheel of 1the drop frame
variety. The wheelman was not in a.
conversational state, and the matter of
damages was not discussed on the spot,
but he was given the woman's card,
with the request that he call next day.
He did so, and with the plea that he
did not have any money to make good
the result of his inebriety. He was ex-
tremely penitent, and the good woman
finally proposed that he sign Ithe pledge
in lieu of payment of damages. He did
so, and the story is made complete by'
the statement that he has kept it un-
swervingly.——Golden Days.
A Natural Mud Pie Foundry.
Uncle Sam has a. freak artesian well
on the Brule Indian agency that is at-
tracting widespread attention. It threw
a six-inch stream of water when it was
first opened, and for several years
thereafter, but for about eight months
it has been engaged in making mud
pies. Since that time an endless chain
of blue clay six inches in diameter has
been forced up through the pipe, rising
slowly above the casing to a height of
ten feet and then {toppling over on the
ground. The eruption continues night
and day, and the amount of clay so far
forced up from the bowels of the earth
. ‘.
REWARD F‘ORILIELIITENAN‘I‘ HQBSON;
the Question of a'l’roper Recognition of
His Services. .
Washington, June 7.——The uppermost
topic here is Lieutenant Hobson’s ex-
ploit in the harbor of Santiago. It has
added a little to .the spice of the 01d
controversy between line and staff in
the navy, as Hobson belonged to the
gstaff, but by his individual skill and
‘prowess has placed his name high up
among the heroes of the line. Th3
prominence given to Cadet Powell in
the enterprise, which will probably win
for him some notable tribute from the-
department, was attributed bv many
:0 the desire of the line to save itself
from being left out altogether in the
distribution of honors, but reference to
the records shows that Powell was
himself destined to be a. member of the
staff, being a pupil in the claps in naval
architecture that'Hobson had in train-
ing when the war broke out. He Was ‘
probably selected, bv Hobson for his
perilous duty because they were so well .
acquainted with each other.
The question, what reward will b___o
given Hobson? will have to be answer-
ad by Congress. That Secretary Long
will make a. very handsome recommen--
dation in his behalf is unquestionable.
Until an exchange of prisoners can be
affected, the message of congratulation
and thanks which will be sent him
'rom the department must be withheld,
is there is no means of communicating
with him in the fortress where he is
eonfined. If the exchange is made on
a basis of paroles on both tides, Hob;
son will be bound to abstain from fur-
ther active participation in the war.
but this would not prevent his being
detailed to a. first rate place at one 0: "
the vards, or at the department, wltli
advanced rank and pay.
Chief Engineer Melville’ s comment Off
Hobson's exploit was that. it show. ‘
the stuff our navy is made of, fro
the commander on the bridge to th
engineer in the bowels of the chip.
“It is folly," he said, “to draw din
tinctions between the branches of tho
service to which our men belong. What-
ever and wherever they may be. all
they need is opportunity." - 1
In this case it is stated at the depart-
ment that there will ‘be no need of a
parole for Hobson or his men, as the
Spanish are already in our debt for pa-
roled prisoners. , .
REPORTED PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.“
Why Spain Would Not Be Likely to Aob'
Through Great Britain. 9
Washington, June 7.-‘—Secretary_ Day
was asked yesterday what foundation
there was for the reports published in
some of the morning papers. of peace
negotiations opened by Spain through
the mediumship of Great Britain.
Later he inquired more particularly in:
what papers the account of the over»
lures could bedound. "I shall have to
read them," he said: “and see whether
I cannot get some information on the
subject. I certainly have none now‘” ,
In the diplomatic circle here it is con-
sldered in the‘last—deg‘ree unlikely that
‘ if such negotiations were attempted at
the present stage, Great Britain would
be the agent chosen for conducting
them. This is not because Spain would
not be glad of the aid of 8., power stand:
'lng in such friendly relation, With the
government would not, for reasons of'
its own. care to appear in an attitude
of intervention. It would be hardly
friendly to our government to propose
a cessation of warfare while the plans
of the administration for bringing
Spain to terms by stripping her of more
of her colonial possessions were still
lncpmplete.
Again, all of Great Britain’ a individ—
ual interests lie in the direction of re--
maining our staunch friend as long as
jealousy and ill will are manifested to-
wards us by any of the continental na-
tions. The moral effect of her position
would be partly lost, of course, if the
situation were changed so as to render ,
her friendliness less valuable. While,
therefore, she probably would do noth-
ing to prevent the consummation of
peace measures if they proceeded from
some other source and were entirely'
welcome to us, it is not believed that .
she would act as a go- -between herself,
except at the request of our govern-
ment. , _
_ 5 Hawaiian Question To-Day. _ _
Washington, June 7.—-—The Hawaiian
question is expected to come up in the
House to-day, without a. rule for its
consideration being reported. Advocates
of annexation in the Senate express, the
opinion that when the minority in that
body see that the majority will not
yield to a. filibuster, and thatobstruc—
tion is likely to prolong the session in- .
deflhitely, they will permit a. vote to be
taken,
They say, however, that after the
House has adopted the annexation res-
olutions, the islands will be annexed,
even if a vote on the proposition‘is pre-
vented in the Senate.
The opinion is expressed by a. num-
ber of the leaders in Congress that Con-
gress will adjourn for the session with-
in two or three weeks.
Croker’s Filly Wins. .
London; June 7.—-At the first day’s
has made it necessary for the Govern-
ment to employ a man to care for the
premises. Very little water comes up
with the clay. A noticeable peculiarity
if [this well is that the clay rISes more
:apldly previous to the advent of windy
weather, resuming its steady, even
grind again on the return of pleasant
.veather.——St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Tactics of P11 rsued Deer.
An Oxford County sportsman Who is
nuch interested in the habits of wild
game said he once saw three deer
:hased by dogs in the'deep snow. It
was impossible for them to run fast,
1nd they adopted tactics that were at
)nce novel and practical. They were
'unning single file. The first thing that
1ttracted attention as unusual was the
Lotion of the leader, which stopped sud- '
ienly, jumped -to one side, and let the
)ther tv’vo eer run by in the 31am he
1nd made. Very soon the new leader
lumped out and let his followers run
ahead as long as the leader could stand
t to make the path in the deem snow.
this was kept up until they went out»
1? s: ',ght and the sp ' ca. 11rd
Ithing new. -——kennebec Journulg
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racing of the Brighton spring meeting
yesterday, Mr. Richard Croker's bay
filly Wantage Belle, by Loyalist-Wan-
.da, beat Mr. Barrow’s biywn gelding
London in the race for the Hassock-t
plate.
This race is of 200 sovereigns, for
two- year- -olds, the second to receive ten
Isovereigns out of the plate; entrance
one sovereign; diétanc: the two- -year-
- o-ld course (about five furlongs).
Wantage Belle was objected to for
crossing the track, but the objection
4was afterward withdrawn. London
stumbled during the race, yet only a
head separated the two horses at the
finish.
Victories at Manila.
Washington, June 7.-—The navy de-
partment last evening made public the
following bulletin.
“Admiral Dewey reports, under date
of Hong Kong, June 6, that the insur-
gents have been actively engaged in
the province of Cavite during the past,
week.
“They have won several “lctorles, ta.-
ken prisoners 1,800 men and 50 officers
of the Spanish troops. not nativesy
“The arsenal at Cavite has been pre-
parel for the occupation of United
_. States troops upon the arrival of the
transports.“
m ‘
= €1,1,I_.I. ”a,"
“I do not know of any," he answered. = .
United States. but because the British ‘
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