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George W. Smotley. .George W. Smalley, whose strictures tft the London Times on the Chinese j policy of the United States government | Ms caused indignant comment in offi­ cial circles,now represents "The Thun- direr" as its correspondent in Ameri­ ca. Mr. Smalley 'became prominent as • journalist during the civil war, and afterward went to London to organize the foreign service of the New York Tribune. For many years over his Well-known signature of G. W. Ike discussed in the Tribune all im­ portant British and international ques­ tions and became noted as bearing an NMCtreme friendship for England. Borne ' > W : • ' GEORGE W. SMALLEY. ago the famous writer severed Ml association with the New York pa- jpar and came to America to write of iAmerlcan affairs for the Times. He lias numerous friends among the pub­ lic men of Great Britain. Our &reaty with JFpain. Congressman George W. Ray said In «n interview: "We are bound to an •open door in the Philippines." The Paris treaty of Dec. 10, 1898, has no provision as to trade or the open door j-except this: "The United States will, for a term of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, admit Spanish 'ships and merchandise to the ports of | the Philippine islands on the same ' terms as ships and merchandise of the ' United States." This was a concession to Spain, which would be no conces­ sion if the ports were thrown open on the same terms to all other nations.. JJM3E '/*eto» Life fWMrtfr. The picture shows a rather UOTS! form of life-saving suit which has just toeen patented and which is intended to preserve the life of a wrecked pas­ senger for several days if need be. The suit may be made of rubber or other water-proof material and Is provided with a number of ' • pockets, for the storage of provi­ sions, etc. A large float ring is formed of oork rings cov­ ered with canvas, and the portion of the suit Tielow this is entirely water­ proof. Above the float is the opening through which ac­ cess is gained to the interior, there being room inside for the wearer to move comfortably. The opening is through the button cloak in front, and to facilitate entrance the vizor of the helmet is thrown 'back. The vizor is intended to be closed only in cold or rough weather, and In calm weather the capes can be thrown back to allow movement of the arms. In addition to containing food the pockets are pro­ vided with matches and a tiny stove which serves to give a signal at night, In addition to its ordinary uses. The air channels in the legs can be pumped full of air by a small bulb conveniently placed, when the suit will tilt on its back and allow the person some meas­ ure of rest in calm weather. The chances of preserving life until a res­ cue is effected seem to be much greater with this result than with the ordinary circular float, which does not protect the wearer from either wind or water. ' Electric Uime ̂ l̂arm. When the bell of an ordinary alarm •dock begins to ring the sleeper is apt to wake up sufficiently to. think it will stop soon and as he is not compelled to arise and stop it the result is often another nap, with Its consequent de­ lays throughout the day. This objec­ tion has led to the designing of the continuous ringing alarm, of which several are already in use. The elec­ tric alarm, which we show in the ac­ companying picture, has just been pat­ ented in Germany, and has at least one aovelty to recommend it. It is directly connected to -the 'bed and it is impos­ sible for the sleeper to stop it until he gets up to stay. Underneath, the bed is a series of contact points, one Of which is shown in the picture, $he •weight of the person forcing them to­ gether. A clock is used in connection ' with the apparatus, and as soon as the hour of rising is indicated the remain­ ing opening or break in the wire is RINGS UNTIL SLEEPER ARISES, closed, the current passing through the contact points underneath the bed and causing the bell to ring continuously until the sleeper, by leaving the bed, breaks the circuit Should he lie down again the circuit Is again completed, and the bell rings until the seoond ris- Seek îd of Women. York Socialists have «*ntn» menced a crusade that has for its ob­ ject the enlistment of women in their cause. To this end they have incor­ porated a Woman's Socialist society, which has just held a session in Brooklyn. All the orators were wo­ men. Their purpose is to set on foot a movement for the incorporation of like organizations in all the states. So/** ft Widen the . Linden W. Bates, an American hy­ draulic engineer, has been asked to Undertake the widening of the Suez canal. He will leave London for the Mediterranean in the latter part '.of November at the canal company's i n v i t a t i o n , w h i c h bears the indorse­ ment of the Brit­ ish colonial office. The company is desirous of render- , , ^ „ . tag it available for ®0 Bates, the passage of ships of greater draught than can now be accommodated. It proposes to accomplish its object by ooiossal dredging. The Cunard company has decided on building several steamships which will be expected to wrest from German- built vessels the speed championship now held by the latter. Other Eng­ lish lines will probably follow suit In the, attempt to o^tdQ t|s Bs.ijtsh- j K?' ** * v * Smith m no Hurry. Congressman Henry C. Smith, of th« Second Michigan district, who prom­ ised the people of the Second district that he would be baptized if re-elected, must now pay his forfeit, and the dies of Woodstock are going to SM *>** i HON. HENRY. C. SMITH. that he is properly immersed. if#. Smith is a Quaker, who has been prac­ ticing law in Adrian, his home, since 1880. He has been a conspicuous stump orator in . every Republican campaign for the past twenty years, and labored for the party under Zach Chandler when Mr. Chandler was chairman of the state central committee. (He at­ tended the Republican convention at St. Louis in 1896 as alternate, and was elected to congress two years ago as a Republican. Mr. Smith is in favor Of postponing his baptism until the water Is less chilly than it is at pres­ ent. "Sure Crip" Fish Gaff. Below we show in operation a fish gaff recently designed, which is in­ tended to automatically grip the fish and securely hold it until safely lodged in the boat or on shore, as the case may be. This purpose is accomplished by mounting a pair of Aiding rods on the face of a me- tallic casing, the latter containing springs which con­ trol the movement of the rods. These rods are provided with curved prongs which project to­ ward each other, and are. separated by a very small space where the gaff is closed. To set the gaff ready for use the hooks nro in the bands and drawn apart until the spring controlled block at the center locks them open. Then the slightest touch with the block on the back of a fish will release the rods, which are instantly drawn together by coiled springs contained in the casing, fixing themselves in the fish. To pre­ vent the fish forcing the hooks oat a ratchet is attached to lock them shut. Automatic Gaff. "Boundary Line "ResurOeyed. The boundary line between the Uniti ed States and Mexico has recently been resurveyed and marked by some stone monuments in the form of obelisks located about five miles apart. The shafts' are ten feet high, four feet square at the base and two feet at the top, built on foundations five feet square and rising six inches above the surface of the ground. Considered from a purely physical standpoint, many European royalties may fairly be set down as squatty. The czar of Russia is only 5 feet 2 Inches tall, the king of Italy is S feet 5 inches and the Prince of Wales is but 5 feet 4 inches, though he weighs 247 pounds. The fat king's prize goes to his majesty of Portugal, who tips the beam at 808 pounds; he Is 6 feet 6 inches tall. Ambassador Choate's reputation for scholarship appears to be Impressing England. A London paper reports that he always goes about with, a vol­ ume Of jy, lil« pookst -,,4-' A fit mm Some ens has bs«n studying finger nails as an index to character, and. according to this authority, an abnor­ mal development of the nulls in a man indicates strength of muscle and character, but in a woman, individu­ alism, not to mention sensuality. One mil professor has taken the trouble to study the finger tips of sovereigns, and gives ihs world the benefit of his de­ ductions. Kaiser Wilbelm has a slight hand, a stumpy thumb, flat, col­ orless nails, which indicate a brain wanting in talaftce. How clever! It didn't need finder' nails, however, to discover that. Then the Emperor of Austria h?s a pa*r of sensible, rather hairy fists, bui the long thumb de­ notes his blue blood, the' nails are pearly hued and much incurved, show­ ing a well talancfd mind. Victor Em­ manuel III. has a spoon-shaped thumb nail, suggesting a gloomy, relentless character. The sultan, the monster, ha3 a lovely, delicate, white hand. Iviug Leopold is Cuiecd With & plvblSS thumb ana squat and square-shaped nail. Of course. The young Queen of Holland has a large hand for a wom­ an of her height, with Short nails of common mold. It would seem by all this that there 1B no telling whose blood is blue or whose is red by the hand. The most "aristocratic" handB ever beheld on woman were a perfect pair that did up a small package for me In a small shop not many days ago. The girl to whom they belonged didn't look as if she knew they were fine, and the above theory instantly went all to flinders in my mind. To ail OUtWard . appeaj.M,iioc6 DUV no right to the lost hands, to say noth­ ing of the lost arms of the Venus di Milo, but there they were.- Herald. PEOPLE MARRY OLD$R. btorwttac Paste OMuad at i Oooatr Coort HMM> Ages given in marriage licenses in the recorder's office show that men and women are marrying later in life than ten or twenty years ago, says the Kansas City Journal. The average age is considerably above that of ten years ago and very much above that twenty, thirty or forty years ago. For­ merly it was the rale rather than the exception for brides to be seventeen or eighteen and grooms twenty or twenty- one. Now it is almost reversed. Fig­ ures for several months show that the average bride's age is between twenty- five and twenty-six and the groom's between twenty-eight and twenty- nine. The average age of the first six couples applying for license at the re­ corder's office Saturday was 33% for the men, and 32 for the women. When the number of couples had reached nine the figures were reduced to 30 for the men and 28 for the women. These figures, however, are not a good criterion, the couples applying Satur­ day happening to be a little older than ordinarily. Figures also indicate that couples marrying in May are younger than the average, than those marrying in the fair of the year, "I don't know to what to attribute the tendency to marry later in life," said the marriage license clerk, "unless it Is that it takes the young man longer to get a start in the world than it did twenty or thirty years ago. Th<? country is more de­ veloped, there are not so many oppor­ tunities open to him, and he must wait longer before he finds himself in a position that would warrant his taking the responsibility of supporting a family. In other words, men no longer marry young because they ean not afford it." WOMEN HUNTERS PEWE||K The Adirondack Woods like a Place la Thea« Day*. WoodBWomen are growing fewer in number, relatively and absolutely. The women who find pleasure in tramping over the mountain ridges with a gun in quest of deer, in fol­ lowing the windings of the stream with a rod alluring the trout, or cast­ ing for bass, are disappearing before the women who come into the woods with big trunks and many of them. True woodswomen are not confined to the Adirondacks. They may be found in any of the localities where there are good hunting and good fishing. They enjoy outdoor life and growing strong in roughing it. The member­ ship of the Adirondack League club •contains many women who are devot­ ed to hunting deer and fishing, tramp­ ing through the forest and withstand­ ing hardship. But the number of women who have entered the forests this fall to hunt deer has been smaller than usuail, and it is seen that the number grows smaller each year. The conversion of the woods into a fashionable lounging place has had its effect upon the woodswomen. While there are woodswomen today, the ma­ jority ha^e grown timid through the display of fashion about the hotels and are now rarely seen in short hunting skirts and high boots. When floating was permitted in the Adiron­ dacks women hunted deer much more than they do now. Latter day 'condi­ tions have decreased the number of wog^tt hunters greatly. Bit* Kills the Snafe* Binghamton (N. Y.) special New York Journal: The habit of whlskr drinking saved the life of William Vandermark, of Hallstead, Pa., wb* was bitten by a vicious rattlesnake h» was exhibiting at the Harford fs*&f The thousand spectators who were watching his performance saw a irbge rattler dig Its fangs into his arm. Vandermark was well filled with whisky when the accident occurred, but several flasks were at once pro­ duced and-He gulped down the*liquor. His arm is somewhat swollen, but the whisky saved his life. After being replaced in its den the rattlesnake acted strangely and soon died from the effects of biting Vandermark. ' OSM Banding's Big Population. The dally population of a leading of­ fice building in New York is 3,100, and the mail averages about 18,000 pieces a day. Every forty-five minutes mall wagons run over from the postofflce and carry back with them seventy-five of outgoing flUtfL 'ft Lrjjij mM mm London's Marble Arch is to be rased to the ground before Jan. 1. Most British Iron and Steel. The severity of American competi­ tion in iron and steel has led to the breaking of the British pool in those industries. In Great Britain, as in the United States, there was an agreement to maintain prices, that of steel rails beiL„ held at from £7 to £7 6s per fon. As soon as the manufacturers were allowed a free hand open competition ensued, a drop in the price of nearly £1 a ton following. In Great Britain, as in the-United States, many orders had been held up because of the un­ natural prices, and these were released when prices reached a normal basis. As a result the Ironmonger declares that the manufacturers will be real gainers. There is a hint in this inci­ dent for the members of the American pool, who must know that many or­ ders are being held in anticipation of lower prices. There is coming to be a well defined belief that the plan ot the iron and steel men is to make succes­ sive reductions and take orders at each rate until they can get no more at that price, when they will make a still lower rate. This, however, but leads to the holding of more orders for the lower prices. Fear Causes Deam '̂. The death of John R. Beart In Chi­ cago the other day, illustrates a point that has been dwelt upon for years by physicians and surgeons. Mr. Beart in August last had a struggle with a dog and was bitten in three places. The struggle in itself was of a charac­ ter to produce nervous exhaustion, to say nothing of the mutilation by the dog. Upon examination it was shown that the dog was not afflicted with rabies. Mr. Beart recovered from the immediate effects of the struggle and returned to his work. But a week be­ fore his death he was taken ill and he grew steadily worse to the end. Those in attendance believe he died of fear of hydrophobic There Is no dispute as to the main facts in. the case. The dog that attacked Mr. Beart did not have any disease. Mr. Beart had no symptoms of hydrophobia, but he lived for months in horror of the mv.Jt dreaded of diseases, and this result in conditions that caused his flOSth. If the dog that made the attack oirsb Beart had been killed, as is usual In such cases, the case would undoubted­ ly have been catalogued in the hydro­ phobia list. As the case stands, it gives strength to the theory that a great many of the so-called cases of rabies are produced solely by fear. Londoners and most provincial people who come to London know the Mar- Monument to Ginter. A number of prominent coal men ot Pennsylvania have decided to erect a monument of coal to Philip Ginter, the discoverer of that fuel, at Summit Hill, near Mauch Chunk. One hundred and nine years ago Ginter lived in a rough cabin in the forests on the Mauch Chunk Mountain. While, in quest of game for his family, whom he had left at home without food of any kind, his foot struck a black stone. By the roadside? not far from the town of Summit Hill, he built a lire of wood, .and threw pieces oi tbo' Purposed stone about it, so that the embers last longer while he was roasting a liivA He was surprised, after a little while, to see the stones glow and retain their heat for a long time. He carried a lot of the ooal home and burned it there. The few neighbors soon learned of the discovery, but there was no mining to any extent in Carbon county until after the war of 1812 had begun. hie Arch, but not one in a thousand Is acquainted with Its history. The gen­ eral Impression is that it is a memorial of some kind. The Marble Arch, how­ ever, is nothing of the kind, for it was built by King George IV. as an en­ trance to Buckingham palace, where it did duty in that capacity tor many years. x But as the gateway to Buckingham palace the arch was a failure. .It had the effect of dwarfing the royal resi­ dence, and visitors who went to view the royal home from the exterior saw "plenty of gate," to quote an old de­ scription, "and little palace." Accordingly it was, in 1850, removed to its present situation in Hyde Park. Eighty thousand pounds was the orig­ inal cost of the arch. Unlike the majority of such edifices, the Marble Arch is not solid. The "man in the street" believes it is, for he has forgotten the circumstance that in the time of the Hyde Park riots a large force of police were hid in the arch and were able to disperse the riot­ ers at the specified moment. The inci­ dent at the time excited some attention for the police seemed to rise from the ground, and the most knowing of the rioters never anticipated that the arch hid so many policemen. To Discus* Sunday Cart It is rather remarkable that Edin­ burgh is still discussing the question whether it shall have Sunday street cars. This will be one of the burning side questions of fee municipal elec­ tion. There has recently been Intro­ duced into Edinburgh a splendid in­ stallation of cable cars, which is en­ tirely shut down at present on Sunday, and many people do not see why it should not be utilized on Sundays as well as on week days, especially to en­ able the working classes to get out into the country to breathe the fresh air. One candidate, a lawyer, has corns to grief in an amusing way pver this 2%estion. When asked if he was in taviu -of running Sunday cars he an- Mt Followii note for ceptfeog vote teal secretary President-- McsKinley, Republican « ? • , and followed n of his venera- dear old ywspaper re- the moat of in The Hummaje Sale. The latest fad of society is the 'Rum­ mage sale." It began in New England and Is rapidly making its way all over the country. In a certain sense the "rummage sale" is a sort of house- cleaning on a large scale. The house­ keeper takes an account of stock, with the result of finding numerous things which are too good to give away or throw away and yet are hardly good enough to keep. Such articles have usually found their way to the second­ hand stores or the cart of the peddler, but as the owners get little or nothing for them the New England spirit of thrift has devised the "rummage sale," which, so long as it remains a, fad, will insure profitable returns. Little Palace at Livadla where the roler of the Russias has his private apartments. ,€T© SullrOan V Men, Joseph W. Steckler of Orange, N. J., will erect a monument in Athens, Pa., in commemoration of the soldiers and sailors of Bradford county. It will stand in the center of the old academy lawn, on the spot where Gen. Sullivan of revolutionary fame camped on his march against the Six Nations of New York in 1779. The pedestal is to be of pink Stony Creek granite. Surmount­ ing the pedestal there will be a bronze group of heroic size, entitled "The De­ fense of the Flag." The entire struc­ ture will be 20 feet high. swerea it up by tlon foi Scottish porter, gentleman his Sundays at the neighborhood covered the defender with confusion.--M. E. cago Record. Sunday Fishing Jfot Rev. I. N. Marx la rector Protestant Episcopal church at Lake Geneva, the Wisconsin summer and piscatorial resort. He has delighted the hearts of summer resorters and sportsmen by declaring in a recent sermon that Sunday fishing is not sin­ ful if the fisherman is too busy to fol­ low his sport on week days and if there is "no neglect of duty or relig­ ious responsibility.'* Bryan, Woolley, Debs, Soclii McKinley'S Governor**" •• yates, AJschuler, Barnes, Perry, SocSa! Tii ii;.n 'vkm Van Fine, Hoffman, Socio} Qorlingly, United Christian Spencer, Union Reform .. Yates' plurality Lieutenant Governor-- Northcott, Republican ..... Perry, Democrat Northoott's plurality Secretary of State-- ^ . Rose, Republican O'Donnell, Democrat ...... Rose's plurality Treasurer-- Williamson, RcpobUo^K ... Dunlap, Dmwiet . WilUamaonli Attorney Qttertd-- Ham line, B*|§R>lican Todd, Democrat ... Ham line's plurality . »• ..... Wa* T«Mraas Wirt Veterans of tb» rabeMon to attend t*» ftftfe annual meat ot the Veterans' The "boys-̂ ,ipfc^ îiP«r": tons were gttests of the local Part of Oft W«» 4p«at te: sessions to itttmine into th* of the uatM ind to questions Of hers. speaking Oft ̂ vision that i four regimsi , bers, all of «9Mxn saw lipi His annual repoct of impoHB#t of these* relates to the service pension diers who Mred four ya .ve never applied far a ive recognition. Thertji 000 of these, and- th#.. that they are siou as much as the Another recommend employment- of U* corapew^nt, fen; government is asked to deal ly wĵ tlfes old soldiers. General Juan Luis Bueron of Guate­ mala, who is now in San Francisco on a visit, was a lieutenant colonel on the staff of General John C. Fremont when the pathfinder made his second trip across the Rockies.. He went to Guatemala in 1879 and has a conces­ sion for a line of road over the Chuc- pache Mountains, around the great volcano of Santa Maria, which is 14,000 feet high. I v* IShe "Battleship Illinois. witlT 2$ pi man tlon of his bet, fcttfcisa^ issued which of the money man posted, ilrty in the hands of Caslttqpi old First National bank City. When Friedman, collect his bet he found had visited the stakehi injunction papsrs had Fuller preventing 'him Moloney's money The Peorian has money. #oha p. Ex-Mayor Jol cago now has fui ocrattc state coi come its ct He now has tw« one members, will name soma man. At the same •demands that he ity. The election.' January. This is' re-entry of Mr. Democratic politics, tired four years ago tide of siiverism* wt until the last Dome vention at Kaasas superseded by snti-imi paramount Rev. James Gray, formerly Presby­ terian minister in Pretoria, has been appointed by Lord Roberts acting li­ brarian of the library there. The reverend gentleman a few weeks be­ fore the outbreak of hostilities pub­ licly denounced Krugerism from the pulpit and had to Iss to Durbln in consequence. Case of Captain McCalld. The proceedings in the case of Cap­ tain McCalla is a court of inquiry and not a court-martial. The navy depart­ ment was advised some time ago that trouble had arisen between Captain McCaila, command­ ing the Newark, and Lieutenant Commander John C. Colwepl, former­ ly naval attache at London and now executive officer of the ship. While the department was a c q u a i n t e d w i t h the fact, it left the matter to the com­ mander in chief of the station, Admiral Remey, to ad­ just. He has now found It necessary to appoint a court of Inquiry, which will determine the merits of the dis­ pute between the two officers. Should this tribunal recommend a court-mar­ tial In the case of Captain McCalla it would be necessary to relieve him im­ mediately from his command and or- isr him to tin United States, tor there Capt McCalla. THa iirgt-class battleship Illinois, which is rapidly nearing completion at the yard of the Newport News Ship­ building and Dry Dock company in Newport News, is expected to go out on her builders' trial some time during the first week in December. At that time the splendid fighter will be prac­ tically complete, and, if necessary, could engage a hostile ship while out are not a sufficient number of Officers of the requisite rank on the Asiatic station to form a court-martial for the captain. Tortable Knowledge "Boxes. A Boston architect has devised a portable schoolhouse which seems to meet an urgent want, not only in that city but in many others where the question of school accommodation has become a se#ous problem. The de­ tails of his plan are worthy of consid­ eration. Kansas City has adopted the plan, or a similar one, and it is working well. It seems to meet both the difficulties presented by ths shift­ ing of school population as well as the problem which continually pro* sents itself in most American cities of erecting permanent structures fast enough to meet the educations! 'de­ mands of the population. on her trial. The four thirteen Inch guns, Which compose her lariuiuabls main battery, will be mounted in the turrets fore and aft, seven six-inch guns will protrude from each side Of the vessel, and even the smaller guns will be in place, while all armor will be riveted on. The Illinois was launch­ ed Oct. 4, 18^8, and was christened by Miss Daisy Leiter of Chicago. Voted for Monroe in 1920. Since the election there has been many comments as to who is the old* est voter in the United States, but so far as heard from Iowa takes the lead, by eigai votes. William Zimmer, the cen­ tenarian of Clin­ ton, la., cast his first vote for James Monroe in 1820. H6 was born in April, 1799. He is hale and hearty and is seen o& the streets of Clinton every fair day. He was born in Schoharie county. New York. Pratty Wedding at Miss Lottie Irene Conq| dere and Chazies B. were married at Belvidsfei. Herbert Moore, pastor terian Church at Lake Lewis of Belridere, the Miss Mildred King of Klaur of Chicago, Miss Rockford, and Mia videre. The groomsman EL Lee of Wattketfm.re was attended 4>y ft Itrge cago people. Rev. Dr. George L. Perin of Boston has been given a year's leave of ab­ sence from his church in that city for the purpose of raising a $200,000 fund for the advancement of the Universal- J terprlse, which is near a fashionable ist chuch in Mrs. Ira E. Tott of Long Beach, Cal., is said to be the only woman whe has founded and managed an entire electric plant successfully. She super* intended the building of her plant and bought the machinery, and now sh§ is making large profits from the en- Vat Ta* .oa r« tbe Irst to levy a tax upon made by the city oil authorities have the city able and are collect the tax. A< tions from Mayor Eliot has notified Ma the MeKentlree Colk tore the team ean he most pay into fee or tax of 13. SM a meeting of road in The delegates** eaftveatioa at Kansas City. lv- ̂ 'k -A < wm