THE PLiATTSBUKGH SEISTENEL.

ARMY SENIORITY.

•Officers Will be Appointed for Fit-ness, Ifc'ot Because or Asre or Any

Political Pull.Recent events have Quickened pub-

lic as well as professional interest inhigher army appointments, says thePhiladelphia Ledger. There are indi-cations of a change of policy in twoImportant respects on the part of theappointing power. No more junior of-ficers are to be rotated upon the re-tired list as brigadiers ahead of theirdates, and, second, seniority is to be

"; entirely ignored- in filling appoint-ments in t ie tfliree higher grades ofthe line. Tihe new President alreadyl a s appointed two brigadier-generals—Bisfaee in the line and Crozier in theb'-aff. The significant thing is that ,Colonel Bisbee was jumped over 34 ofIlls seniors—'16 colonels of the lineand 18 of the staff—when he was pro-moted on October 2 to fill the Ludlo'wvacancy. Crozier, only a captain, waslifted over the heads of not less than600 of his seniors in the line andstaff, and 24 of the ordnance officiwere .graduates of the military acad-

ervents have given a serious jolt toold-time army confidence in the po-tency of seniority. It is feit t" •hen<>eforth executive lightning maysfa-ike anywhere in the army. Thelaw regulating! promotion by seniorityfrom the grade of second lieutenantup to colonel is mandatory. The Pres-ident cannot jump a second lieutenantover his seniors to major or colonel.But curiously enough, above colonelthere is no restriction. In filling avacancy in any of these grades ofgeneral officers of the line the Presi-dent has the .whole army to select from.He is privileged to appoint a secondlieutenant or a private soldier if it soplease him. He is not even confinedto the military establishment; in hisdiacretion he may even appoint a ci-vilian—one of his own Cowboys—to the

wihen Lieutenant-Generalmonths hence, al-

though the Senate would very likely

eral's bureau, and it is said SecretaryRoot is strongly in favor of Ms pro-motion. Garter's elevation would notbe so much as that made by both Belland Crozier. Nevertheless, if Carteris made a brigadier he will be over-slaiughing precisely 118 colonels andfive lieutenant-colonels, including bothline and staff. But Carter's rank ishigh .in comparison with some of the

MAGAZINE NOTES.

The department of illustrated cook-ery in Table Taifc is becoming morevaluable to housekeepers. The halftone pictures are large, showing dis-tinctly to

What the Author of Klion Hotden hasto Say in D'ri and I.

Irving Bacheller's historical romance

ed dish.

served by thel ifl

Christinas number are especially pre-

epartment that no political Influence : Among the timely articles are: "The,«• ™« in me dlsposHlon of t^e ,g«™f™J. * £ £ ' ^ « T£

of the northern border in the war of

appearance of the finish_ 1^2, entitled "Dn and I," was await-The illustrations in the ec] w i t n s o m e interest by those who

willappointments has arousedi t i f l i i some quaappointments sistic feeling in some quarters, and it

fere curious to see whether 'Mr. Bach-eller would repeat with this book thesuccess which was awarded his firstnovel. It was also thouglht that it

eminent authority." "WhaiTare House- I would give some indication as tonot' unlikelv that the Senate will!n o l d Economies:" "Dining Table Dee-I whether the author is to be classed

i of the orations;" "A Christmas Thought;"nyslow in confirming u ^ ^ ^ — - -

probable nominees. The presumptive ,'.'The Christmas Feasting•" by the cook-selection of Lieutenant-Colonel Carter, jmg editor; All Through the Year;for instance, who has been Secretary I Novelties and Holiday Menus." The

hesitate to confirmnomination.

such an , absurd

Up to the reorganization of the armylast spring as a rule seniority had pre-vailed in the m&king of generate,though there had been occasional lap-sea. Within 60 days after the passageof tihe reorganization t>Ill 16 (major andbrigadier-generals were appointed WPresident McKinley. In filling; somany new places, in vierwi of the ad-«ranced years of most Of the (rankingofficers on the active list, there wasirresistible temptation to dodge themJOT yorung»r men, and, consequentlyseveral meritorious Juniors havinggood volunteer records, notably (Wood,So**©, and Bell, were appointedoverthe 'protesting heads of hundreds oftheir seniors. The circumstances ofthis great scramble was so exception-al (however, that no serious alarm fortheir future was aroused among theranking colonete. (But the recent tBis-f>ee and Crozier incidents are different

- and so threatening as to cause muchdisquiet in the "inner circles" of the«a*my, particularly the bureaus.

The situation is all the more inter-esting, because the two original va-cancies in the grade of brigadier, caus-ed by the retirement of Merriam andtBall, are still awaiting i to be'.filled,with three other vacancies Impendingin the near future. Doubtless amongthe very first nominations to go to theSenate 'Will .be the names of the twojiew brigadiers. There is mudh spec-ulation concerning the probable prize--winners. Eighteen months ago, underlifte circumstances, fairly close giuess-e$ could foave been made (by armymen upon the outcome, but now ev-erybody .is at sea.

Following, is an instructive exhibitof the entire corps of generals of theUnited States army, both staff andjine^ in the order of their retirementftom active service, without reference-to their relative rank. Eacih one goes«pon the retired list at the date sentout, creating a va*cancy to wihich asuccessor is appointed:

Elwell 'S. Otis, major general, March25. 1902.

Qeorge M. Sternfberg, brigadier-gen-eral, June 8, 1902. -

Lloyd Wheaton, major-general, July15. 1902.

John R. Brooke, major-general, July$1, 1902.

JWbert'P. Hughes, brigadier-jgeneralJ&ttti 11, 1903.

M, I. Ludimgton, ibrigadier-general,

yDecember number a/ppears to havemade itself especially helpful to its

^ ^ _ _ ~ Teaders during the Ohristmas time,eritorious bureau officer. It is ar- i'by its menus, suggestions and lllustra-

•- - - - • ••• tiin It is a valuable assistant to the

Root's military secretary, has alreadyevoked criticism as one of favoritism,although Carter is conceded to be a

i i b ffi It is ar

the appointing power,unjust to the high

gued with plausibility, that his meritsmight not have been observed or ap-preciated had he not been so close to

• • • • • • — - i t i s h e l d t o b e

.,„ _-=,_ _ -de line officers_ equal "ability and more fighting ex-perience to promote bureau officersover them. Bart there have been sev-eral recent examples of such promo-tions. MacArthur and Sehwan wereboth out of the adjutant-general's bu-reau but boflh were old soldiers, who!had seen much fighting. Lradlow wasof the engineer bureau. Wood of themedical can*, and Hughes was an in-spector-general.

FOREIGN IDEA OP TYPEWRITING.

Considered l>i«««onrteons to Send aTypewritten Letter on Any

Pretense"Yes sir, we send typewriters all over

the world," said a young man sitting inthe lobby of one of the !big Chicagohotels to his cofmpanion. "Why, onlylast week we shipped twenty to Turkey,and next week we are going to sendtwenty-five to the 'Sultan himself."

The elderly party who (was sitting in ;the vicinity of fine young men listened •;to this conversation with lundisguised ihorror, and at this point could restrain jhimself no longer. "Young anan," he"'jsaid with a voice trembling with feel-:ing, as lie arose and confronted the [speaker, "have you ever stopped toconsider the damnable baseness of the \ibusiness you are engaged in? Think of !your mother! Think of your sisters, if |you have any, and abandon this vile jtraffic IH Christian women. Oh—" . ;

The young man to whom the elderlyparty "was addressing himself had gaz- ied in open mouthed wonder <but at thisstage had to throw himself back in hisseat and roar with delight, while theold man looked on reproachfully. iFi-:nally he grasped to his companion:

'T<m blest if the old party doesn'tthink I was talking of shipping•woimen."

When the young man recovered him-self he explained to the old gentletnranthat his conversation referred to ma- ]Chines, not women, and the dM gentle-man, with a relieved look, walkedhastily away and left the young itnen tofinish their conversation.

The one who had been interrupted re-

y , ggtiin. It is a valuable assistant to thehouekeeper because it is practical andreliable and is the acknowledgedAmerican authority in its field of en-deavor. Recent issues will on request,be sent free to our readers, or theChristmas number for 10 cents 'by send-ing to Table Talk Publishing Co.,

Owen Wister and Frederic Reming-ton contribute to the December nru'm-ber of Outing an article and a colorreproduction of a striking pastel illus-trating an interesting character inAlmerican life—the wilderness hunter.In both story and illustration there isgiven a faithful pict/ure of a type whichis becoming extinct as civilizationcreeps in and covers the remoter sec-tions o the country. The old instinctsof the wilderness hunter, however, arenoticeable in the newer generation, andMr. Wister says: "The sons of thewilderness 'hunters, are not men whoswallow civilization whole; they liverebels against it. They proceed uponthe even tenor of their ways like thesons of other men. But the voice ofthe western mountains will call themsecretly and make them restless some-times, even though they may not fullycomprehend its meaning. In all ad-ventures they will actively rejoice;they will engineer fast express trains,they will climb into .burning houses,they will joyfully enlist in times ofwar, and when none of these chancesfor their energy befall them, you willif you can read their hearts, discernbeneath their civilized delmeanor theireternal protest against the life in whichcommon sence bids them to acquiesce."'

The Saturday 'Evening Post, of Phil-adelphia, announces two new depart-ments which will challenge the interestof young men and women throughoutthe country. "A Home CollegeCourse," as one of them is called, hasbeen designed to meet the wants ofambitious young people who have nothad the advantages of a universitytraining. This course iwill ibe conduct-ed by a special faculty, composed ofprofessors in the leading colleges. Thestudies have been most carefully chos-en. Each will "be treated in an inter-esting way and helped hints for outside

among the novelists who have achiev-ed a secure position, or whether hewas to be known as a man of one book.When a writer's first book achieves aphenomenal success, one is usuallymore curious to note the intrinsic rea-sons therefor, whether it was an ac-cident; with the coming of the second•book from the same pen, we begin toestimate the author to see whether hegives any evidence of being a genius.•Has Mr. Bacheller "arrived," as thesaying is—or is tfne second book some-thing into which he has been temptedby insistent publishers, urging hinv-totake advantage of a vogue -while itlasts? That is the query that is boundaip in the quality of "DM and I."

The story lies chiefly along the St.Lawrence border'—a country that doesnot figure largely in the ihistory of thewar of 18112, but which was the theatreof a good deal of excitement during theprogress of that struggle. Not manyof these matters have found a place inhistory, more concerned with LakeErie and Lake Champlain with Lun-dy's Lane and the more notable ex-ploits about the western border. Butlocal tradition in the St Lawrence re-gion and over in Vermont, is full oflegends and tales, with tihe namelessincidents of a border warfare, often-times more romantic than the accounts

slimed: "We send typewriters to every ireading freely given. "To the Youngcountry in the world except China. Of j-Man iBefeinning Business" is the sec-course tihere are typewriters made in i °nd of these new departments. In itEurope, but no country has been able j the most successful men in a dozen oc-so far to make a machine tHat even jeupations will write about what help-faintly compares with those of Ameri- jed them to the front in their own busi-

--"• - ••••••••• - -•• ness, and give a list of books andmagazines bearing upon it. Theirpurpose will be to tell the beginneruow he can make himself more valu-

July 4, 1963.Geefge W. Davis, brigadier-general,

July 24, %m.Nelson A, Miles, lieutenant-general,

August 8, im,S. M. B. Yomag, major-general, Jan.

S, l$04.William H. Bisbee, brigadier-gener-

al, J&o, 2S, 1904.Jacob H. Smith, brigadier-general,

Jan. 29, ISM.William A. Kobtoe, brigadier-gener-

#1, May 10, 1904,A l f d OS, Bates, ibrigadier-general,

19043u\y 15, 1904.George I* Gillespie, brigadier-gen-

e r a l , October 7, 1005.— <*43£or<ge M. -Randall,, frriffad'fer-gener-al, October 8, 1905,

J, C. «reeldnridte, brigadier-gener-al, Jan. 14, 1906.

Samuel S. Sumner, brlgadier-giener-M, Feb. 6, 1806.

Adna E. •Cfcaffee, major-general, Apr.44, 1&0&

John. (J. tBates; .brigadieisgieneral,Aug. 26, 1S06. .

•H. C. Corbin, m&j6i*«fceneral, Sept.15. 1906.

James F. Wade, !brlgadier-ge««ral,April 14, 1907.: iA W. Greely, brigadier-genei^A, Mar.

%% mm,^fthUf M»&kv^iii&\ Wajor-general,J. F. Wei&bn, brigadier-general, No-

vember 0J3, 1909.<3eorge B. Dkvi*, brigadier-general,

February 14,1911.FebruaFred

May SF

D. Grant, btrigadier-^general,ay S^ Mi*- . . 4

F. C. (Ainswurth, ferttadier-general,: Sept. i l W i i

William CS-Mieif, ibrigadier-general,# r y 19, 1919.

J, franklin Bell, brigadier-general,JHan. 9. 1920.

Leonsard Wood, brigadier-general,October S, 1924.

Frederkik Funston, brigadier-gener-»L 1928.

Vacancy.Thus, within the next eigfht mwnthfi

fdur additional vacancies will occur,three of them in the line. Should the

' President promote three of the briga-diers to succeed Otis, Wheaton, andBrooke he will ihave the making, of 9.generals. But just now the prospectis not so bright for tihe brigadiers.When Otis goes out, all of them mayhe jumped, just as Wade was jumpedlast spring by several officers whowere a grade or two his juniors.

There is now offered a wide oppor-tunity for the reward of military tal-ent, if the military authorities haveconcluded to drop seniority dn consid-ering promotions to the highest gradesIn the army. And that such m-ust havebeen the intent of Congress is madequite clear by the law, which stops atthe grade of colonel in compelling prO_motion by seniority. And already thereare rumors abroa/1 .coupling the namesof several vf>ry young and bright otf-

. sficers with the two vacancies." Lie-u-• • tenant-Colonol Carter's nnmie is often-uest heard as being slated for one ofItliem. Carter Is In the ad'jutant-gen-

can mke. We have to make machinesthat will pritft, the languages of thevarious counties, but that is only amatter of minor detail.

"There's a funny sidetypewriters abroad. Takeinstance, where we are placing a greatmany machines. A French merchantwill sit down and dictate a series ofletters to his stenographer. Then thestenographer will take his notes—no,they do n't have women stenographersabroad—and will go to bis typewriterand dash of? the letters. . After this isdone he will take the letters to his em-ployer, and the latter will look overthem carefully, making such changesor corrections as may be necessary.Then the business man will hand thetypewritten sheets to another clerk,who will copy them in long hand, andthese are the letters that are sent tothe business man's correspondents.

"Wouldn't that frost you? You see,it is a fetich of the 'business manabroad that all letters on business, orany other old subject for that unattermust be in handwriting. A German;or French, or Spanish, or Brltisfh mer-chant (who received a letter froto a cor-respondent written on a typewriterwould .throw about eleven kinds of fitsin rapid succession, at would beviewed as a mark of the greatest dis-courtesy. That is one of the reasonswhy the Americans find it so bard tocapture South American trade.

"But they're getting educated abroad.We've put a crimp or two in them, andsome of the foreign firms are trying tolise the typewriter' more in businessaffairs. They're buying more machinesevery year and It Is only a matter oftime until they'll 4iil do M t&e Aimer 1-

First In Iron.On November 1 there were 259 blast

furnaces in operation in the UnitedStates With a weekly output of 3320,824tons, Tfois is at thft S t̂e <A 16,650,000tons pfer year, which Is a larger output

to the use of | a b Ie to his employers. These new de-a France, for partments will 'begin early in January,

and will be made a permanent featureof The Saturday Evening Post.

Toe North American Review for De-cember contains a vast amount of goodreading pertinent to the interests ofthe hour. It opens with a notablesymposium, comprising no less thanseven articles, which is entitled "SomeQuestions for Congress." General LewWallace emphasizes the necessity foradopting some measure that will en-sure the "Prevention of PresidentialAssassinatione." Senator J. C. Burrowsinsists upon "The Need of NationalLegislation Again Anarchism," detail-ing several unsuccessful attempts•which have been made in that direc-tion. Edgar Aldrich, United StatesDistrict Judge of New Hampshire,shows that the federal government hasthe power to protect its own agents,and offers the draft of a biai whoseprovisions would be adequate to therequirments of toe existing situation.The Duke of Areos, the Spanish. Min-ister advocates steps leading to an^International Control of Anarchists'."Edwin F. Atkins warns the countrythat something must be done at once toavert 'Cuba's Imminent Bankruptcy."Professor N, S. Shaler, of Harvard,writes of the advantage the couatrywould derive from "The Proposed Ap-palachian IPark." Joaquin (Miller de-nounces the idea of re-enacting theChinese Exclusion Act as an Injusticeto the people of the Pacific States noless than to the Chinese. SecretaryGage defends the "Customs Inspectionof Baggage," and gives an interestingaccount of tbe circumstances and prac-tices which necessitated the presentrigorous system. Marriott Wilcox de-scribes and analyzes the "Opportunity

than that &£ Qreat Britain and Ger- fof t5xe Roosevelt AdimJnistration.1

many 6e»m'bined. It is a great change'•• Rear-Admiral <i. W. Melville explainsin seven years; for, in 1896 the pig- why he doubts whether a practically

" '" - • - • - • • - •• • satisfactory solution will ever befound for "The Problem of Aerial Nav-igation." Walter Welknan, pointingto t^e changes which have occurred ininternational conditions since the timeof President Monroe, and to the neces-sity far our strengthening our hold up-on the iisthmus and the Caribbean Sea,asks "Shall the Monroe Doctrine BeModified?" so as to toe less rigidly ap-plicable to portions of Soutlh Americawhere our interests are secondary.

iron production of Great Britain ex-ceeded that of the United States;

The amount of transportation whichthe production of that much pig-ironin one year involves is enormous. Itrequires three and one-third tons ofcoke, limestone and iron ore to pro-duce one ton of pig-iron. All this hasto be transported to the furnaces. Itmeans the carrying of 63,000,000 tonsof raw material, to say nothing of theimmense tonnage of finished; materialwhich has to be dlstrilfeuted all over thecountry. Here is one-of the reasonsWhy there are not cart enough in thecountry to handle the freight, and whyone railway systent—the (Pennsylvania—is placing orders for 12;000 new cars.

AN.UNEQUAI.KD UEOOttD.There Is a rapidly increasing vol-

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•eak, run down condition is the talkof every place they are known. It isonly a short time since they firstcame to New York, yet today they aremore in evidence for merit with NewYork people than all other medicinescombined. Mrs. C. Fosmier of 345Perry street, Johnstown, N. Y., says:"I have no hesitation in recommend-ing Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills toothers. Some time ago I got a boxand as I had ibeen feeling a little rundown and poorly, used them. Theydid me good right away and theirtonic effect was all that I could wish.My husband also used some and feltthat they did him good." Dr. A. W.

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MERCURYas mercury will surely destroy thesense of smell and completely derangethe whole system wfhen entering itthrough the mnicous surfaces. Sucharticles should never be used excepton prescriptions from reputable physi-cians, as the damage they will do isten fold to the good you can possiblyderive from them. Hall's CatarrhCure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney& Qp., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,and is taken internally, acting direct-ly upon the blood and mucous surfacesof the system. In buying Hall's Ca-tarrh Cure be sure you get tbe genu-ine. It Is taken internally and madein Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Oheney & Co.Testimonials free.

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The new English coin (bearing thehead of. King Edward VII. will short-ly be ready for circulation. The de-

of pitched battles. They ore Hhe talesthat are told by the firesides, and aboutthe camps in the woods and they aredear to the hearts-of the people, be-cause the men of their own race, thei:grandfathers and others whose namesthey know, and those descendenfcs aretheir familiar acquaintances were con-cerned in these affairs. The folk therehave not changed greatly since thoearly days—eave that they have a lit-tle more of this world's gear. In hi;introductory note our author tells usthat some French refugees, fleeingfrom the reign of terror, acquired con-siderable tracts of land on tihe bordersof the wilderness and erected theirhandsome houses, in which there waskept up some semblance o- the stateof old France. This is the foundationfor the French end of Mr. Bacheller'sstory. He seems to have followed lo-cal tradition pretty closely, at leastso far as the framework of his tale isconcerned. The story is 'supposed tobe told by tihe hero, -Colonel RamonBell, an officer in the American army,when, in after years, he sits down torecall the incidents of his stormyyouth. The Colonel's father was ofPuritan ancestry and had served inthe Continental army; the mother wasof French birth. So we have, as some-times (happened on the 'Canadian bor-der, a mixture of American and Frencihblood. The hero belongs to a goodfamily. His father had gone to schoolin Montreal, and had come home witha wife and a knowledge of the use o!the sword, an accomplishment whichaccounts for some of the incidents ofthe story. Born in the 'hills of North-ern, Vermont, the family of the hero'searly youth traveled westward andfound a new home in the valleys ofthe St. Lawrence, and there the herogirew up, and when young manhoodhad come and the second war witlhGreat Britain was filling the bordewith excitement, joined tbe army andthen followed the adventures whichare detailed in this story. It was theFrench strain m his blood as well, asthe fortune of war that brought himirtn the relationships with the familyof the Comte de Chaumont, at ChateauLe Ray, in the depths of the northcountry, "where he encountered the twobeautiful French young rwomen, one ofwhom, Louise De Lambert, is theheroine of the tale. A number of thehiero's most perilous adventures (hap-pened because of his devotion to thefair Louise and her sister, with whomhe was in love.

"D'rT," or Darius, who is supposedto be a principal figrure in the storyis a Yankee, who had followed the for-tunes of the hero's father In the im-migration from Vermont into the val-leys of the St Laranrenoe. He is notan Eben Holden, and' yet he belongsto the same general type of Yankeecharacter, save that he Is of a some-what more strenuous eort.' 'He is ofa type that does belong to thiatnorthern country, but is native to Yan-keeland, everywhere. While the novel-ist has sought to differentiate himfrom JIben Holden, It t* difficult toescape the impression that it •WWB thesuccess of the earlier character thatsuggested the latter, although he is socharacteristic of the time and of therace to which he belonged that itwould have been unnatural had henot found a place in the tale in someform. Where the whole people pnactl-

ally were of Yajofcee blood and line-age it would be strange if there werenot a good many DWs to be found intbe ranks of the American army. Mr.Bacheller has succeeded in fijftkinghim quaint and characteristic inspeech and temperament, has endowedhim with a consuming patriotism, andfilled his soul with a fierce delight infifhting that is a part of such temper-aments, but he is not original, nor hashe succe&led in giving him that dis-tinctive quality which will make hima figure In literature. He is strong andsturdy., picturesque, as has been said,but be is not especially striking.

There is an abundance of local colori the story and in. the woodland

scenes the author has not failed to givethe environment a forest atmosphere.But one does not think of those mat-ters in the rush and action of the tale.For it is full of movement; some ad-venture is always afoot; t i e gallantRamon is either just dashing into orjust coming out of a •fight, and usuallybears away some sharp reminder ofthe struggle. The reader will not laythe book aside from any sense of wear-iness because of lack of stirring events.He carries this so far that tie makesD'ri and Ramon the sharers of a weirdadventure witn a Canadian secret so-jiety, on an occasion when they hap-pen to be prisoners in British /hands—a sort of early Ku Klux organization,rhich is supposed to be directed

against the Americans. There may besomething In northern border tradi-tions that give a genesis for this thing,but on its face it smacks of the bald-est invention. There is an Englishnobleman in the tale who plays tosome extent the role of a villian, buthe is rather undefinable. It is verydoubtful" if even the French folk ofthat, date knew anything about thewine from tihe house of Mumm—orwhether that somewbat famous brandwas in existence at that time, vet ina letter from one of the young French

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a meager idea of the sceL,sented at the 'Sportsmen's iow. Alake entirely surrounds the island andextends nearly the entire length of theamphitheatre. Rustic bridges over thelake lead to the island, wlMch will beinhabited by specimens of live gameanimals and birds, more space beingdevoted to this interesting feature atthis show than heretofore. Canoeswill be seen upon the lake, sunder theguidance of experienced Indian canoe-ists. At the westerfy point of the isl-and will be fully equipped hunters'and trappers' camps. At the east endof the lake will be a scene from theAdirondack, which will form a mostbeautiful picturesque and harmoniousbackground,

The live game fish exhibit 'will bethe largest and most complete evermade, aad will undoubtedly be a greatattraction, especially to lovers of thissport.

There will be a fly casting tourna-ment, revolver and rifle ranges, ex-hibits of taxidermy, boats, launches,fishing tackle, gains, rifles and revol-vers, ammunition powder, shot and Infact, everything requisite for the plea-sure of the sportsman in what everdirection his fancy may turn.

Arrangements have not yet beencompleted for all the features and at-tractions for the eighth annual Sports-men's Show, at this ^writing but 'Will ibementioned from time to time in suc-ceeding issues.—Adirondack (Enterprise

For The Cadets.(Apropos of the refurnishing of the

hall of representatives and the commit-tee rooms at Washington with solid ma-hogany desks andta/blea.nerw anderpengive carpets, lounging chairs and lux-urous sofcus, the Chicago Tribune callsto mind the recent ireport on the needof new <buildings at West Point. It

*:es the excellent point tthat the ca-than theresemble.

dets need something betterpresent quarters, which

M. L.E COLONEL BUY AX.

Silver Bill the Dead Shot and HalfCivilised Cowboy.

In a paper published in the south ofFrance is found an amusing account ofthe early life and exploits of WilliamJ. Bryan. The story, It appears, waswritten by the Paris correspondent ofthe provincial paper and is based, sothe writer avers, on information fur-nished by friends of the candidate whohave been prominent at the Frenchcapital.

The western wag who filled 4 U CFrenchman is full of new and startl-ing information must (have- smiled tohimself as he read in cold print thestatement that "M. le Colonel Bryanfirst came into fame as one of thestrange, half savage bands of cowboyswho roamed over the far west fight-ing the Indians and wild beasts. Im-itating perhaps the custom of the In-dian chiefs, each of the cowboys borea nickname "based on some of his ex-ploits as a hunter or fighter. ThusM. le Colonel Bryan's title among hisrough but brave and study comradeswas Silver Bill and Dead Shot. Afterthe treaty of peace was signed withthe. Indians at Chicago in 1896 ColonelBryan went out of the cattle businessand became one of the bonanza farm-ers of the west. He can now sit on hisback st th

e west. He can now sit on hisback stoops, as the rear veranda iscalled in America, and look over hisfields of corn stretching farther thaneyes can reach in every direction. Asa result of ihla early training on theplains, where he spent months at atime without an opportunity of talkingto another human being, the candidatefor president (the article was publishedIn the 1900 campaign) is extremelytaciturn and can hardly be persuadedto express an opinion on the issues ofthe campaign. He its the author of abook of adventures called 'The FirstBattle,' in which some of his encoun-ters witlh the Indians of the Tammanyand other tribes are described atlength.

'<In the effort to partially neutralizethe strength of M. le Colonel amongthe cowboys and Indians who make upthe largest part of the voting popula-tion west of the Allgehany mountains,the Republicans have nominated M. leRoosevelt for vice-president. M. leRoosevelt Is one of the leading oow*boys in America and is especially fam-ous for once having vanquished agrizzly bear in a single combat Dur-ing th.e present campaign M. le Colo-nel Roosevelt has ridden a series ofhorses all over tihe country, giving ex-hibitions of rough riding such as wereseen in Paris a year ago under thedirection of another (American states-man."—Exchange.

RAILROAD J>EVJELOPMEMT.

George H.Daniels MaysCoantry OwesIts Present Position ThroughIts Transportation Farllitiex

George H. Daniels, general passengeragent of the New York Central andHudson River railroad delivered aninteresting and instructive lecture on"Transportation in Its Relation to theDevelopment of Other Industries" inthe Union college chapel at Schenect-ady recently. There was an unusuallylarge and appreciative audience pres-

Mr. Daniels described the develop-ment of transportation from the earli-est times to the presentHe said thatthose nations are rich, powerful andenlightened that have the best trans-portation; tihe dying nations are thosethat have no modern transportation.He described the different means of » o other plaster notransportation in the different parts of plication, can compar<the world and showed that those of colds, backache,

nothing so much as an old-fashionedcountry poorhousev

The point is. well token. There areno bath rooma In the barracks, andwhen the cadets need water for ablu-tions or bath, they take pails and gofor i t The lighting arrangements arepoor, and their quarters are old, and inbad condition. As the Tribune wellsays, the training of a cadet should bethat of a Spartan rather than of a Sy-barite; the men who are to commandour armies must n&t fee so daintilyreared as to be unable to stand thehardships of the bivovac and the Ibat-

But tihere Is no reason why theirrooms should not be comfortable, ifplain. They should have good light forstudying, test eyesight shall suffer—forkeen eyes are a desideratum to mili-tary operations. \And they should havemodern conveniences for bathing.Cleanliness is a primal requisite tohealth, as it is to a gentleman--andUocle Sam's officers are expected to begentlemen as well as soldiers. Let thememibers of 'Congress, while enjoyingtheir luxuries, see to it tihat the cadetshave at least the comforts and conven-iences of modern life.

toria coin;'• and her sistor off in a .sort of dig-

nified rnptivity. Fp is taken prisoner.. . „ ^ — ihimself throueh the wit of D'ri and

The city o>f Metz not only has no their rclemsp effected Of course theredebts, but it has a surplus of 879,400 j H „ i^nnv outcome to all the troublesmarks. _ o{ the lovers.

A <ireat Work Completed^The final volume of the largest work

ver published by the United Statesgovernment has just been issued. Itstitle is: The War of the Rebellion; A^compilation of the Official Records of:he Union and Confederate Armies.'he work consists of 128 volumes, with.38,575 pages and over 1,000 maps and[ketches. It is simply the ireports ofvarious commanders, with all the or-

and other documents, iprinted asthey were originally 'written. Begunduring Lincoln's administration, it has:>een in course of preparation and pub-lication all the intervening time. It islot sold, but many thousand sets haveicen given away, especially to publicibraries and institutions of learning ailver the country. It is a work whiclhnot PO much history as the raw ma-

:rials of whirh history is made. Pro-bably the government will never pub-liah another like, it.

Loss of appetite is an ailment thatindicates others, whirh are worse—Hood's Sarsaparilla cures them all.

Our Dairy Industry.Few residents of the state of New

York, says the Syracuse Herald, havean understanding of tihe extent of thedairy business in the state. The num-ber of cows in thiB territory is 1,500-000, the owners of which have an in-

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the United States are the best and are kidney and liver trouble*,being adopted by the other nations. eDza,—they all go down bwnv

Mr. Daniels reviewed the history of Platers like a snow imaes inthe development of the New York Cen- You can" '*tral and described its present system. Plaster. ,, „He said 90,000 men are employed on this season. Batmak*the New York Central. Mr. Danielqinoted figures showing the gross earn- , .-„-ings, expenditures and net earnings of United State*the railroad for the past year. Hedescribed the Empire State expressand told of the London Times' articleat the time of the first run of theEmpire State, saying it was an im-possibility.

Mr. Daniels showed that this country•wes its development and prosperity

to the railroads. He said that theUnited States stands at tbe head ofthe nations of tbe world because of itstransportation facilities. Ttoe adver-tising of the railroads has been olgreat value to the manufactiBrere. I tis th's advertising of what tAnnertcanscan do that has given the world faithin American machinery. Every trainthat ran into Moscow at the time ofthe coronation of the present czar washauled by an American locomotive.All countries use the American loco-motive. In Japan they have a greatmany of them and the general mana-ger of the leading railroad of Japantold Mr. Daniels he hoped in a shorttime they would have a Japanese Em-pire express hauled by a (Schenectadylocomotive. This year there weredelegations from Germany, France,and 'England studying the Americanmethods of transportation, and theywill undoubtedly adopt them.

Mr. Daniels in closing reviewed theiresent conditions of the country and

>was very optimistic In his views. He

THEY CRUSH THEThis is written in mid-OeMwR 1

oppreeaiT* summer is q "leaf, withering tree Zxtthe fields m signs at ti» «frost, rain, snow,—they aw «remember last winter; of 11._Tne weather was eruel. Aht'tands it killed, and tfc» 1 'ands it maimed aad ta.^ „rough grwp it laid on men. a tn .ftt home, and children ia onb» mCoughs that began befon fDay are racking and teaijagfand growing worse as tbftr 4the poor, fired r~ * *were oared by ui"ters. For the scf these Plasters is ..

ler the complaints

vestment in them ojf $43,450 000 be-

and fixtures. Thiscows than Pennsylvania and New Jer-

it we are now living iui the world has ever seen, and men

. - ,ui ability have a greater chance for^ ^ ^ . " S ^ I p w n o t i o n . t h a n formerly. He said

cows man ^enn6yivania ana new jer- . t h a t m e n t h a t c a n d o t h i n g s a r e m o r e

! ! y "°m^!d /_ a n .d_mT?^!Hn__ a n y ° l h : important today than they were 1,000er one state in the Union, Iowa being

second, Illinois third and Wisconsinfourth. There are in the states andterritories albout 16,300,000 cows, witha total valuation of $515,000,000. Tiedairy farms of New York employ notless than 20,000 persons, at a cost of$2,000,000 a year, to which is added theexpense of feeding the stock, amount-ing to as much more, which must beadded to the capital investment everyyear. Great as is the population ofNew York city, only a'bout 125,000 cowsin this state and five or six thousandmore in New Jersey and Connecticut, j

FENCE FOR 4

Designed to be Voided Up and Remoied Uheu Xot in Use.

William Borrmann, of Norfolk. St.Lawrence county, N. Y., has taken Outa patent on a folding fence. It is es-pecially adapted to be placed about aChristmas tree, to serve as a decora-tion for the same, and also as a pro-tector. It may be compactly foldedand stored aiway wh

suffice to supply its milk trade. The , that it will occupysixty-one counties in the state havetheir own interests to care for, and itis seen that Greater New York figuressmall in the grand total. Cows are

small space.

lot in use, soa comparatively

The fence is constructed on the planof a "laray tongs," and consists of pairsof crossed slats, pdvotally connected

•aluftd at an average of $31.60 each !at their central .points and havingand in the eleven counties supplying their ends pivotally secured to the endsNew York city with milk the items ofinvestment and expense of the dairyindustry figure up a total capital of.151.000,000, which is.more than thecapital of- banks, factories and storesin those counties. This large aggre-

ate is ot to exceed one-third of thecapital o[ the dairy interests of the

LOCOMOTIVE FELL 300 FEET.Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 8—A Cana-

dian Pacific freight train was runningeast at a slow rate of speed around adangerous curve three hundred feetabove the Frazer river yesterdaymorning. Randall, the engine driversudenly saw a landslide fifty yardsahead of him. He applied the emer-gency brakes and reversed his locomo-tive, but it was too late. Before the>ngine driver and fireman could jumpihp engine rolled over and over, tihreehundred feet down the bluff, into theiver. Randall and the fireman Pot-nff, were crushed to death and carriedown with the engine. ,

of the adjacent pairs. By this meansthe fence may be folded into a com-paratively amall space or drawn out toany length desired.

The lower enids of the standards, oruprights, project a sthort distance be-low the fence, and thus form support-ing feet for the same. The upper edgeof the fence is provided with a seriesof keepers, pivotally connected there-to, through whidh said standards pass,whereby a sliding bearing for thefence is ;provived to permit of its ad-justment.

Tho standards, besides supportingthe lights and decorations, are also in-tended to surround and engage thetree and steady the same, and to holdthem together. A chain or other flex-ible binder is secured at one end tothe nipper portion of one df the stan-dards, and 'passes around the entire

President Eliot, of Harvard Univor-iity. is an enthusiastic nature loverand is one of the prime movers forthe further beautifying of Boston,

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