IAGGHE POLIC!"Vigorous Measures to Be Taken to Put

an End to the "War,

ALL THE TROOPS OTIS \VANTS.

Ten New Itoglmontff , In tlio Knll-ttlng nndEquipping of Winch There 1 to JJo-

No Delay The Army us Planned WillNumber About 55.0OO Men.

WASHINGTON , Aug. 18. "The pol-icy

¬

of the war department , " said Sec-retary

¬

Root , "is to furnish GeneralOtis with all the troops and suppliesthat he can use and which are neces-sary

¬

to wind up the insurrection inthe Philippines in the shortest possible-time. "

The secretary was speaking of theten regiments which were called foryesterday by order of the president.-He

.

said that no delay would be al-

lowed¬

in enlisting , equipping and sup-plying

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the new regiments nor in trans-porting

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them as well as the other regi-ments

¬

already organized to the Philip-pines

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as soon as they were needed foractive operations. If the present num-ber

¬

of transports is insufficient morewill bo procured. The men alreadyenlisted for the Philippine service willbe sent at once , and the new regi-ments

¬

will be forwarded as fast as thejare organized and needed. While therehas been some suggestion that the newregiments will be used as a reserveforce , it may be stated positively thatthese regiments as well as more , ifthey can be used , will be sent to rein-force

¬

General Otis.Secretary Otis sent a copy of the

order of today to the various depart-ments

¬

of the army , and they at once"began preparations fo supplying theoiew organizations.

Within half an hour the ordnance"bureau had sent orders to the differentarsenals directing that complete out-fits

¬

of arms and ord.nance supplies foreach regiment be sent to the rendez-vous

¬

where they are to be organized.The quartermaster's department gaveorders for supplying tents , clothingand other equipments furnished bythat department , while the commissarydepartment ordered a sufficient supplyof rations to be on hand to feed thetroops as fast as they arrive. Themedical department was also directedto see that supplies were sent.

The regiments will be recruited withthe same care exercised in recruitingthe first ten regiments.

The districts which were not thor-oughly

¬

covered in the recruiting of thefirst ten regiments will be visited. It-

is the intention to have the regimentsgive more attention to firing than toany other feature of the drill. Themen will be armed as are the regularInfantry regiments with the magazinearmy rifle.

The selection of the majors andcompany officers for the regiments isnow occupying the attention of thesecretary , and the men are being chos-en

¬

from among the volunteers whowere called out in the Spanish war.The officers will be distributed asequitably as possible among the dif-

ferent¬

states , but the efficiency recordsof the men will govern to a great ex-

tent¬

in their selection-.It

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appears from yesterday's ordersthat the ten new regiments are to bemainly recruited in New England andthe middle and central western states.Kansas and Pennsylvania have appar-ently

¬

been selected as the best field forrecruits. It is said that no specialeffort is to be made to secure recruitsin the southern states. This is due , it-

is said , to the experience of the officerswho operated in that quarter for re-

cruits¬

for the ten volunteer regimentsjust organized. The only places wheredifficulty was expected in securingmen was in Georgia , Alabama and theCarolinas and the gulf states and thetwo northwestern Pacific states-

.Yesterday's.

action will add 13,000 mento the enlisted strength of the armyand increases the total strength of the

The totaal num-

ber¬army to 95,045 men.

of volunteers called into serviceis 30,170 men , being 4,893 men shortof the total authorized volunteer es-

tablishment¬

of 35000. It is stated atthe department that the number ofvolunteers called into service is re-

garded¬

as amply sufficient to meet adeficiency , and there is no possibilitythat the remaining 4.S93 volunteerswill be called for.-

SUDDEN"

.

DEATH or COL LOHE-

.VntlDreyfasltcs

.

Charge that Ho WasHarassed to the Grave-

.RENNES.

, Aug. 18. (New YorlcWorld Cablegram. ) Lieutenant Colo-

nel

¬

Lohe , who has been in charge ofthe mounted gendarmes doing dutyhbout the court-martial , died sudden-ly

¬

yesterday afternoon. The antl-Dreyfusists

-openly charge the Drey-

hisists-

with being responsible for hisileath. The local newspapers in theiraccounts of it print in big headlines :

"Another victim of the Dreyfusites'-venom. ."' It is rumored that Cclonel Lob ?

blew his brains out because of attacksIn the newspapers friendly to M. La-

bqri-

, since the shooting of the latter.-"Another

.

story is that death was du-

to heart disease. It is imnossible toget at the truth. It must be said thatwere It a case of suicide the authori-ties

¬

would forbid the news being givento the press and wisely , too , as itwould be certain to dangerously in-

tensify¬

the fever of excitement among* he townspeople.-

Dewey's

.

Travel Plans.WASHINGTON , D. C. , Aug. IS. In a

letter from Admiral Dewey to the sec-

retary¬

of the navy , dated at Naples ,

August 5 , the admiral gave his plansas follows :

"I propose to remain In this portabout one week , then to proceed toLeghorn for one week and then tocither Genoa or Villefrance for aboutthe same period. It is then proposedto proceed to Gibralter for coal , etc. ,

and to leave that port about the mid-

dle¬

of September. "This contradicts the report that Ad-

miral¬

Dewey intends to go to Londonbefore returning to the United States ,

TEN ADDITIONAL REGIMENTS.-

An

.

Order JHBUod Directing that They Bo-

Inimodlattily Or ;inlred.WASHINGTON , D. C. , Aug. 18. An

order has been issued directing tha *

ten additional regiments infantry vol-unteers

¬

be organized for service mthe Philippines. The regiment wil1-bo numbered from 38 to 47. and willbe organized at the following namedplaces in the order named : Fort Snell-ing

-, Fort Crook , Neb. ; Fort R"iley ,

Kas. ; Camp Meade , Pa. ; Fort EthanAllen , Vt. ; Fort Leavenworth , Kas. ;

Jefferson barracks , Mo. ; couth Fram-ingham

-

, Mass.The now regiments will be organized

under the general instructions issuedat the tine the first ten regiment ?

were called out. In the list of lieu-tenant

¬

colonels announced it is notknown whether Bernard A. or CharlesByrne is Intended. Both are captainsin the Sixth infantry. General Otishas been cabled for the full name , asthe officer was designated by him.

With the thirteen regiments alreadycalled into service , the ten orderedyesterday will make a total of 30,000-in round numbers of the 35,000 volun-teers

¬

authorized._ The colonels of the new regiment3

are announced as follows-Colonels Thirty-eighth , George t > .

Anderson , major Sixth cavalry :Thirty-ninth , R. L. Bullard , captainsub-department ; Fortieth , E. A. God-win

¬

, captain Eighth cavalry ; Forty-first , T. C. Richmond , captain Seconlartillery ; Forty-second , J. M. Thomp-son

¬

, major Twenty-fourth infantry :

First artillery ; Forty-fourth , E. J-

.McCIernand.

, captain Second cavalry ;Forty-fifth , J. H. Dorst , captainFourth cavalry ; Forty-Sixth , W. S-

.Schuyler.

, captain Fifth cavalry ;

Forty-seventh , Walter Howe , captainFourth artillery.

LABOR ! DOING VERY WELL.

The Wounded tawyer Is In ExcellentSpirits-

.RENNES..

. Au ? ;. 18. It becam3known during the day that M. Labor !

The doctors , after their examinationof the patient , 'declared that unlesscomplications occur he will be ableto be present in court at the beginninc ;

of next week or Wednesday at thelatest.

The wounded lawyer is in excelleiuspirits , especially after ro..ding an ac-count

¬

of today's proceedings , of whicha verbatim stenographic report wassent to him immediately after th.3conclusion of the session.

The doctors intend to le.ive the bul-let

¬

where it is unless it induces fever.-M.

.. Labor ! was able to leave his bed

for three hours today and even to wal cthrice across his room. Tonight thedoctors think he will be able to b2present at next Monday's sessionMme. Labori has received a number ofmenacing letters.-

An

.

Knormous Meat Demand.CHICAGO , 111. , Aug. 18 The Record

says : Investigation at the stock yardsin regard to the recent advances inthe price of beef brought out the state-ment

¬

that never before in the historyof the American cattle market hasthere been such a demand for all kindsof meat as at the present time. Thedemand for export cattle is enormous.

The statement is made that theprices of all cattle will bo higher nextyear than they are now , but that inthree years , when all the thousands offeeders find their way into the marketthere is likely to be a slump in theprice from 2 to 3 cents.

Many Strikers In Parade.CLEVELAND , 0. , Aug. 18. Therh

was a parade of the street railwaystrikers and their sympathizers lastnight , and two or three thousand meaturned out. As the procession wasdisbanding cars on the Big Consoli-dated

¬

lines were jeered at. Then a fewstones were thrown by hoodlums with-out

¬

doing andamage. . The policetried to arrest the stone throwers butfailed , and finally the crowd was dis-persed

¬

by a labor leader who made :ispeech in which he advised againstviolence.

Relief Will Take Medical Supplies.WASHINGTON , D. C. , Aug. 18. The

hospital ship Relief , belonging to themedical department of the army , willsail for Manila about the 28th of thismonth with a full load of medical sup-plies

¬

and twenty female nurses. Thehospital ship Missouri , which is nowbeing refitted in New York , will sailabout the end of this month via Suezfor Manila. It also will carry a bigcargo of medical supplies and a detach-ment

¬

of the hospital corps , numbering150 men.

Wyoming After a Special Train.CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Aug. 18.

Mayor Schnitger has appointed the fol-lowing

¬

committee to solicit funds inCheyenne toward defraying the ex-pense

¬

of furnishing the Wyoming vol-unteers

¬

with a special train from SanFrancisco to Cheyenne : Captain J. F-.Jenkinsfi

.Captain M. C. Barkwell , D.-

W..

. Gill , Stephen Bon , S. A. Bristol ,

E. S. Johnston and W. F. Daiber.

For First National EncainpirientTWASHINGTON , Aug. 18. The first

national encampment of the Spanish-American war volunteers will be heldin this city September 8 and 9 and yes-terday

¬

formal orders to that effectwere issued by Adjutant GeneralMiller.

Calls on Iowa to Help.DES MOINES , la. , Aug. 18. Gover-

nor¬

Shaw today issued a proclamationcalling upon the people of this stateto subscribe to the relief of the hurri-cane

¬

victims.-

To

.

Report on Bubonic Plague.WASHINGTON , Aug. 18. Surgeon

Fairfax Irwin of the marine hospitalservice , now in Europe , has beensrdered by Surgeon General Wyman toproceed to Oporto and Lisbon andmake a report on the situation regard-ing

¬

the bubonic plague which has madeits appearance in Portugal. AssistantSurgeon Reiser , at Naples , is watchingmatters in that city. A large number3f immigrants for the United Statesusually depart from that place. Thereis nothing new in the yellow feversituation at the Hampton soldiers'-home. . This is the only place nowluarantincd by the government

Filipinos Make Stubborn Besistanca to

Advance of Troops.

HEAVY VOLLEYS INTO OUR RANKS.

Ten Compaiilea of the Twelfth InfantryMove Forward A Fierce Fight In

Which the Insurgent * us Uauul areWorsted Their Loss About Two

Hundred.

MANILA , Aug. 17. The twelfthInfantry left Calulet at sunrise yester-

day¬

and advanced up ilie railway.Captain Evans' battalion deployed tothe right of the track tmd CaptainWoods' to the left. Two comoanicsremained on the track with the artill-ery.

¬

. The insurgents were found wellintrenched in front of the town , thetrenches having been dug within afew days and since the occupation of-

Calulet. . At a distance of 1,500 yardsthe Filipinos opened fire.

Their force was estimated by Colo-

nel¬

Smith at 1,500 , although the resi-

dents¬

afterward said it exceeded thosefigures by 1000. The enemy sentheavy volleys against the wholeAmerican line. Most of their shoot-ing

¬

, as usual , was high , but they con-

centrated¬

their heaviest lire down thetrack on the artillery. Colonel Smithkept the whole line moving rapidlywith frequent rushes. The insurgentsattempted to Hank Captain Evansand , therefore , two companies weresent to the right and urove themback.

Unable to stand our coitinuous vol-

leys the Filipinos abandoned thetrenches and retreated through thetown northward. It appears thatthey had only received their supplyof ammunition in the moining. Hadthey been attacked sooner they couldhave made little resistance.

The intense heat caused much suf-fering

¬

among the Americans.-A

.

reporter of the Manila Timeswho was accompanying ColonelSmith , was shot in the h ad , probablyfatally. One American officer re-

ceived a slight wound on the faceLieutenant Rowland ot GeneralWheaton's staff , who knew the coun-try thoroughly as the result of reconnoissances and who assisted in di-

recting the movement , received a vol-

ley while riding across a field closeto the trenches , but he escaped un-

harmed.¬

.NEW YORK , Aug. 17. A Journal

dispatch from Manila says : The Fili-pinos

¬

sustained a severe defeat beforeAngeles. Ten companies of theTwelfth infantry , with two cannons ,

attacked 2,500 insurgents , who wereintrenched near the town.-

A.

fierce fight followed , in which theFilipinos were worsted and drivenaway in disorder. Their loss was 200-

men. . The Americans had two killedand twelve wounded.

The Twelfth occupies Angeles andis holding the town.-

Gen..

. Otis sends the following ac-

count¬

of the engagement :

MacArthur's troops occupy countryfrom Candalia to a point near An-

geles¬

, thence toward Porac , takingwithin his line Santa Aitta , Guagua ,

Bacolor. Colonel Smith with tencompanies of the Twelfth infantryand two guns of the F st artillerytoday attacked the enemy's intrench-ments

-on the outskirts of Angeles ,

estimated at 2,500 , driving them northand inflicting upon them reportedloss of 200 killed and w&unded. Ourloss two killed and twehe wounded.-

On.

the llth inst. General Young'stroops , consisting of detnchments ofthe Fourth cavalry , Twenty-first ,

Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth in-

fantry¬

, drove the insurgents north-east

¬

of Manila through Maraquina ,

San Mateo , into the mountains. Re-

turning¬

the following day a columnof insurgents , 500 strong , descendedto the road east of Baliuag for thepurpose of taking the railway. Theywere driven by our Baliuag andQuingua troops and routed yesterday.This force is in full retreat north-ward

¬

, carrying a number of their offi-

cers.¬

. Angeles will be permanentlyoccupied at once.

HAYWARD REGAINS STRENGTH-

.Nebraska's

.

Senator Appears to Be Mov-

ing¬

Toward Recovery-.BROWNVILLE

.

, Neb. , Aug. 17.Senator Hayward passed a good day.-

He.

rested quietly , partaking of nour-ishment

¬

and his mind , as Dr. Whittenremarks , is as clear as a bell. He suf-'ere

-but little pain and is able to turn

limself in bed without assistance. Aneffort was made to get him out of bed ,

jut upon arising he suffered excruciat.-ng

-pain in the back and the attempt

was abandoned. Mr. Hayward keepsm good spirits.-

Mrs..

. Hayward remains constantly by-

he: senator's bedside and his son ,

Major W. H. Hayward is with him asmuch as possible. Dr. Whitten re-

turned¬

to Nebraska City and upon ar-

riving¬

there informed Major Haywardthat the case now has no resemblanceto apoplexy and he attributes the at-

tack¬

to convulsion caused by stomachtrouble , similar to that sometimes suf-fered

¬

by infants.-Dr.

.

. Gaither of Nemeha is caring forthe sick man during Dr. Whitten's ab ¬

sence-.At

.

7:30: o'clock last evening Sena-

tor¬

Hayward was very tired and wassuffering with a headache , but other-wise

¬

his condition was greatly im-

proved.¬

.

To Help Win the American Cup.LONDON , Aug. 17. As Emperor

William's yacht Meteor has finishedher racing season , Captain "Ben"Parker , the skipper of that craft , andeleven members of its crew have re-

ceived¬

permission from his majesty tostart for the United States immediatelyIn order to help sail the Shamrock inthe races for the America's cup.-

2few

.

President for Mlama University. """

HAMILTON , O. , Aug. 17. Rev. Dr.Davis Stanton Tappan , pastor of theFirst Presbyterian church at Ports-mouth

¬

, 0. , has been elected presidentof Miami university.

IOWA DEMOCRATS IN CONVENTION

The Ticket Put Forth at DCS Molnco andPlatform Adopted.

Governor Fred E. White , KeokukCounty-

.LieutenantGovernor.

M. L. Bevis ,Montgomery County.

Judge of Supreme Court A. VanWagenen , Woodbury County.

Railway Commissioner W. H. Cal-houn

-, Marshall County-

.Superintendent.

of Public InstructionB. P. Hoist , Boone County.DES MOINES , Aug. 17. The demo-

cratic¬

state convention yesterday nom-inated

¬

the above ticket.The populist state convention also

ment and endorsed the above ticket.All the nominees arc democrats ex-cept

¬

Calhoun , who was the populistcandidate. The Chicago platform wasendorsed in its entirety and the demo-cratic

¬

state committee was empoweredto fill any vacancies caused by deathor otherwise.

Following is a text of the platform :

"We rejoice in the exalted sentimentand motive that prompted the govern-ment

¬

of the United States to take uparms in defense of the bitterly op-

pressed¬

people of Cuba , in the success-ful

¬

termination of the war with Spainand in the patriotism and unsurpassedbravery displayed by soldiers and sail-ors

¬

on land and sea. The war for theliberation of the tyranny-cursed islandwas worthy of the greatest republicand the most civilized nation that flour-ished

¬

in the tides of time. But for thesame reason that we glory in the suc-cessful

¬

war against Spain we depre-cate

¬

the continued war against theFilipinos. One war was for the eman-cipation

¬

of the people. The other wasfor the subjugation of the people andif the war against Spain was right ,and it was , that against the nativesof the Philippines , who have commit-ted

¬

no offense , save to love liberty ,and to be willing to fight and die for it ,

is wrong. The army authorized bycongress to conquer the natives of theoriental islands is a repudiation of theAmerican doctrine of consent affirmedin the Declaration of Independence andin conflict with the principles whichGeorge Washington and his fellow pa-

triots¬

of the revolution made sacri-fices

¬

to establish. We also condemnthe war against the Filipinos , believ-ing

¬

it may have been inspired byGreat Britain for the purpose of pro-ducing

¬

conditions that will force an-AngloAmerican alliance , and not onlyprotest against the war and demandthe extension to the Filipinos of thesame assurance given to the Cubans ,

but we record our deep-seated an-

tagonism¬

to an alliance with GreatBritain or any other European powerand express our detestation of the at-

tempt¬

made in British interest to dis-

rupt¬

the friendly relations which haveuniformly existed between the UnitedStates and Germany. We oppose con-quests

¬

of the Philippines because im-

perialism¬

means militarism , becausemilitarism means government by forceand because government by forcemeans the death of government byconsent , destruction of political andindustrial freedom and the oblitera-tion

¬

of equality of rights and the as-

sociation¬

of democratic institutions. ""We view with alarm the multipli-

cation¬

of those combinations of capital ,knows as trusts , that are concentrat-ing

¬

and monopolizing industry , crush-out independent producers of limitedmeans , destroying competition , re-

stricting¬

oportunities for labor , arti-ficially

¬

limiting production and raisingprices and creating an industrial con-dition

¬

different from state socialismonly in the respect that under social-ism

¬

benefits of production would go-

to all , while under the trust systemthey go to increase the fortunes of theindividual. These trusts and combina-tions

¬

are the direct outgrowth of thepolicy of the republican party , whichhas not only favored these institu-tions

¬

, but has accepted their supportand solicited their contributions to aidthat party in retaining power. It hasplaced the burden of taxation uponthose who labor and produce in thetimes of peace and who fight our bat-tles

¬

in time of war, while the wealthof the country is exempted from thoseburdens. We condemn this policy andis our solemn conviction that thetrusts must be destroyed or they willdestroy free government , and we de-

mand¬

that they be suppressed by therepeal of the protective tariff and otherprivileges conferring legislation re-

sponsible¬

for them. By the enactmentof such legislation the state and nationwill aid in their destruction."

Nebraska's Quota Is Full.LINCOLN , Aug. 17. In response te-

a dispatch from Secretary of Wai-Root Governor Poynter tonight tele-graphed

¬

the War department a list ofnominations for commissioned officersin the five provisional regiments whichare to be organized. Nebraska's allot-ment

¬

under the call is four officers ,

a major , one captain and two lieuten-ants.

¬

. The list submitted by GovernorPoynter contains more names than thecall asks for , but it is thought thatthe state's quota can be increased te-

at least six. While the governor re-

fused¬

to state whom he had recom-mended

¬

, it is understood that the listincludes Lieutenant Colonel Eager o

the First regiment , Major Tracy of theSecond and Lieutenant Colonel McClay-of the Third.

South Dakota In the Field.CHICAGO , III. , Aug. 17. The Chi-

cago¬

Mica Mining and Milling com-pany

¬

, backed by Chicago capital andoperating under the mining laws otColorado , has entered the field here-tofore

¬

ocupied solely by the so-calledtrust , by opening its mines in SouthDakota and perfecting plans for locat-ing

¬

a large factory in Chicago withinthe next thirty days to cut and grindits product for the trade. The com¬

pany's properties are at Custer , S. D-

.Kngland

.

Ready for War.. LONDON , Aug. 17. The Transvaalsituation is unchanged , according toall obtainable official information , butthe continued delay of the Boeranswer to Great Britain's demand fora joint inquiry as to the effect uponthe outlanders of the proposed fran-chise

¬

reform measures makes matterslook more serious.

The War office has completed itspreparations for an emergency forceof CO.OOO men to be ready to leavewithin a week.

FOE BOYS AND GIRLS.

SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OURJUNIOR READERS.-

A

.

Seaside Fair, How the Boys HelpedThe Show in the Old Sailboat A-

KInBT at Thirteen The Story of Scarch-

llc'-

t In u Maze-

.Teddy's

.

Tutor ; Thoma* Tinkler.Thomas Tinkler , Teddy's tutor ,

Tried to teach Ted tactfully ;

Trifling Teddy thought too tiresomeTutor Tinkler's tendency.

Therefore Teddy , tempting trouble ,

Tried to thwart the tutor's tact ;

Turned to taking truant trudges ,

Till T. Tinckler Teddy tracked.

Tutor threatened , truant trembled.Then to tardy tasks turned they.

Thanks to tutelary tyrant ,

Teddy's talents tell today.-Addio

.S. Colom in Harper's Round

Table.

A SraxldM Fair-."Let's

.

have our fair in the old sail-boat ! " said Genevieve-

."That's.

a queer place ! " exclalme (

Pauline , whom the other children call-ed "Polly Prim" because she was soafraid of doing anything new or different. "A fair in a sailboat ! Nobod >

would come. "

"That's the very reason they wouldcome," retorted Genevieve , who dearljliked to carry out new ideas. "They'dcome just to see what a fair in a boais like. "

"We couldn't have any booths in thesailboat , " said Jessie.-

"Have.

the sailboat for a boothgoosie ! You don't expect the peoplethat come to our fair are going to walk-over the side of that little boat and getInto it , do you ? Why , the fair will be-

en the beach right by the boat that is-

If we can have the old boat ," answeredGenevieve.

The three girls , boarding at a hotelby the seashore , were planning a fairfor charity. They knew of a sweet lit-

tle¬

girl , child of a seamstress , who hailbeen very sick , and couldn't seem toget quite well because she needed thebracing fee ? air.-

"And.

here we are , well as can be , anddon't need sea air at all ! " declaredPauline at their first meeting. "Thingsseem awfully mixed up , don't they ?"

"We can share the sea air with thatlittle girl , anyhow ," said Genevieve.de-cidedly

-, after which it was as good as

done , for she always carried out herplans. At their first meeting they haddecided on a fair , instead of beggingfrom people at the hotels. And at thesecond Genevieve proposed the o'ld sail ¬

boat. She had noticed it the first dayshe came to the shore , and thoughtwhat a delightful playhouse it wouldmake. Everybody helped. One papahunted up the owner of the strandedold boat that would never sail againand lay deep in the sand on the shore.-In

.

summer the children played in it ,

and in winter the winds played aboutit. The old fisherman who once sailedit was dead , but his son said of courseit might be used for a fair , and theywere welcome to put an awning over it ,

and do anything else they chose. Se-

a carpenter fastened up an awning ,

flags and bunting were put up , and Ja-panese

¬

lanterns hung. Then little no-

tices¬

flew about like white birds : "Asea lunch and sale for charity , at theold sailboat , Wednesday afternoon.Please coiae and buy something. "Wednesday afternoon was fine andbreezy. The flags flapped gaily , andthe lanterns threatened to lose theirhold and float away at times. Theboat looked very picturesque with Itstrimmings , Its piles of nice things toeat , and pretty things to sell. Themammas and all the young ladies hadhelped a great deal , besides contribut-ing

¬

many fancy things to sell. Thethree girls wore white sailor dresses ,

and fancy , lace-trimmed caps. Theyhad made believe some of the goodieswere sailor or sea food. There was agreat deal of raisin cake , a good kindwhen you have to stand up and eat ,

and perhaps a smart breeze blowing.The piles of this cake were labeled"plum duff ," and sold well. Biscuitsandwiches were marked "sea biscuit. ""Clam chowder" consisted of shelledpeanuts , almonds and little candies ,

served in clam shells. Everybody want-ed

¬

some of that. Had the girls beenless busy , they might have seen strangedoings on the part of the boys. When-ever

¬

a group of people seemed about tostroll back to the hotel or to leave thefair for a walk along the beach , someboy would dart toward them and hand-out a white card printed with thesewords : "Rival show for same charity.Sea curiosities exhibited in tent aftersupper. Small show , small price. Ad-

mission¬

, one cent ( more will not be re-

fused¬

) . " At last the seaside fair wasover , and the happy originators of itwere going home to the hotel withtheir arms full of bundles and theirpockets full of silver. Then it was thatthe boys of the hotel arose in a bodywith their arms full of bundles , andtheir pockets full of not coins , butshells. As if by magic , a small tpntsprang up on the beach , and great wasthe noise that could be heard insideand all acound it. Genevieve , Paulineand Jessie , busy getting rested andeating supper , saw nothing of all thistill they found a card that some onehad dropped on the hall floor. "Thevery idea ! " they said to each other ,

when they found out what was goingon. Then they hurried to the tent andtalked , crossly at first , to their broth-ers

¬

and play-fellows inside. "We-didn't want you girls to think you werethe only ones that could get up ashow ," said one of the brothers. "We'regoing to have an exhibition. It's a

lovely night , going to bo full moon , ami-wo'vo got a hanging lamp In here , aregular beauty ! " "Oh , do let us In !

We'll help ! " pleaded Gcnovieve. "No ,

indeed ! We do not need help , elthef ! "shouted another brother from the tenti-sarcastically. . "Well , wo made enoughto bring Maggie and her motherdown ! " cried Jesalo. "Wo don't needyour money ! " "She'll bo glad of a lit *

tie pocket money , anyhow. You girtonever thought of that ," retorted thn-boys. . As this was true , the girlswalked off , beaten. People who wenl-to the tent found a really lovely littlecollection of sea curiosities , in a placnhung with fish net and lighted prettilyby the swinging silver lamp. It wasonly two dollars and twenty-four centsthat the boys brought to the three girlsfor little Maggie's pocket money , andthe girls jeered a little. "How did youever keep it a secret ?" they asked ,

teasingly. "Oh , we're not girls ! " re-

plied¬

the boys , almost with one voice.Annie Willis MoCullough.

The Story of Searchlight.-On

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nearly every battleship there is amascot , and I am now going to tellabout the mascot on the Olympia , aship every boy and girl in the UnitedStates is interested In. The Olympia'smascot was a little boy not more than14 years of age. His name I do notknow , but while engaged In war hewas called Searchlight by the sailors ,

for a reason I will explain. It was nightand the Olympia was out on theocean and it was very dark , so darkthat not an object could bo discernedon the vast sea. Suddenly the crewwas startled by the sound of a shot.One of the sailors turned the search-light

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with Its glare toward the direc-tion

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from which the noise came , anddiscovered a gunboat not far fromthem. An order was given for thelight to be turned out , as it was fearedthat the gunboat was an enemy andthat its crew would see the Olympia.The little mascot cried out , "Turn it-

on again. " The sailor who heard theorder thought that It was given by anofficer , and he again threw the lighttoward the other boat , and the bravemascot yelled , "A Spanish gunboat ! "and the crew looked and saw the boatturned toward them with its big can-

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, ready for action. It was but asecond , and the noble sailors were inthe midst of battle. Our Americanboys won the victory. The Olympiaand its men were saved from an awfulfate by the little mascot , Searchlight.While in Manila he died of fever. Andnot only did the men of the Olympiamourn his death , but also our bravoand honored Admiral Dewey. EleanorGreenwood.

A King at Thirteen.One of the youngest rulers of the

world is Sumshere Jung , the youngking of Nepaul , which lies betweenThibet and India , and which containsthe highest mountain of the Himala-yas.

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. This little king , who is only 13years old , has some hundred thousandwarriors under his command , and asthey are wonderfully brave fighters ,

young Sumshere Jung has the respectof all the neighboring tribes and gov-ernments

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, and even the English gov-ernment

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is very glad , indeed , to keepon friendly terms with this little mon ¬

arch. These people of Nepaul are a-

very queer mixture of races , with theGhoorkas as the ruling tribe. Theonly men that are respected in thisstrange land are warriors , so everyboy is brought up with the one ideathat fighting is the only thing worthliving for. If anyone doesanything to displease this little kinghe can order his head to be cut off atonce and it will be immediately done.How would you like to have a boy fora playmate who could have your headcut off whenever you did anything hedid not like ? It is pretty safe to saythat he is never "it" in any game un-less

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a Maze.More uncomfortable even than "a

cat in a strange garret" must be a catin a "crystal maze" a series of mir-rors

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so arranged that , once In , it ishard to find one's way out. A strangecat strayed into the maze at Jackson-ville

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, and had a bad time of it. Walk-ing

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around between the mirrors shesaw her own reflection on all sides.She was not well pleased. Her tailstarted to swell , and she rushed at thenearest cat , which advanced to meettier at the same rate of speed. With ashriek of defiance they met , and theill-tempered feline fell back from afearful bump against a mirror. Upshe jumped and looked around , onlyto see an array of abused cats staringit her. When she moved 125 othersmoved also. With a howl of disgustshe turned and fled. Groups of catsgreeted here everywhere as she rushedinto mirrors and tried to climb theslippery surface of the glass. In thecourse of a few minutes the animalran through the exit of the crystalmaze as if shot from a catapult. Withtwo jumps she rushed to the street andJisappeared in one of the adjacentiouses , a very badly "rattled" cat.

Unwilling Gypsy Kin ?.

The gypsies roam from the Atlantic:o the Pacific , but they have a real kingmd his name is Gus Stanley. He hasleen their ruler for a great many yearsmt now he wants to let some one elseae king. All of the gypsies in theL'nited States , though , like him , and;hink him as good a ruler as they: ould get , and they will not let him; ive it up. Every year they come[rom everywhere and meet all in onejlace , but this year a great many of;hem stayed away so they would notlave to vote for a new king, and they;ay that they will stay away until he-ays he will not ask to quit any more.-

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> he must be king yet awhile , vhethei-ic wishes to or not.