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" ;r V'.* '‘V- •, SWITZERLAND IS READYJOR WAR Little Republic Gan Mobilize , 100,000 Men In a Day. FIRST BIG SCARE SINGE 1870 Massing of Troop* by France and Ger many a Warning to Alpine Ruler. | Every Man Haa Weapon and Uni* j fot-m at Home and Can Report 1 Promptly at Nearest Barrack*. Geneva'.—There Is a widespread be lief In Switzerland that war between Franco and Germany Is Inevitable. On her French und German frontiers Switzerland has seen the gradual con centration ' of large forces of soldiers during the last two months. The fron tier forts, especially Belfort, and those opposite from Mulhouse to Isteiu are on a war footing. Since the. beginning of the year the Swiss federal authorities have begun to take precautions. All papers have published ollicially an article stating that in "the event of war” the Swiss in Europe must return to the army at once, while in the second zone of coun tries, including America and ot,her con tinents where the Swiss are liable to military service, they must hold them selves in readiness to return. There will be no mobilization in Switzerland, because HJO.Ut'O men can wrsfi® ,V " ■ " f«und In the Black Hills Ims Just been taken out of tile Summit mine, near II111 City, which for years has been yielding rich Hilda of gold from senins and streaks. While working In u drift on the 105 foot level the miners ran across a glit tering piece of rock. It weighed four ami oue-Quarter pounds avoirdupois and when tested was found to coutaln $1,025 In gold. This is snld to exceed the richness of even the famous chunks taken from the old Holy Terror. Uncle Sum and other rich mines In the hills. TO HATCH MEN LIKE CHICKS. Will PRESIDENT EDWARD MULLER OF SWITZEH- •' LAND. v be at their posts in twenty-four hours, 250.000 men in forty-eight hours and 500.000 within a week. ^ Every nian and officer of the citizen army has a rille, ammunition, uniform and' everything at. home and can an swer the general roll call at the near est barracks within a few hours. Briefly, the Swiss army can give its great and powerful Tfieighbors twenty- four hours’ start and still be ready before them. This is. the first time since 1870 that the Swiss government has taken mat ters, so. seriously. Even the dangerous Agadir incident found it calm and hopeful. Cereals of nil kinds whicli were or dered in America and Cannda, because the usual Uussian,supply had sudden ly failed, owing tjv-the Balkan war. are •arriving to (ill the almost empty gov ernment storehouses. Farmers have beeu warned to have their horses in good condition. Chief surgeons and doctors have received of ficial letters from Berne asking, them to.state whether they would like to follow the ambuihnce in the field or remain at a base hospital iu one of the towns. HISTORIC TROWEL FOR STATE. .Hammer Also Used at (papitoFCornerr etono Laying Given Governor. Albany. — Governed Sulzeji was njfe seiited by, Colonel and' .Mrs. Gorhiiin Rico of Albany with the‘trowel and hammer with which,, bn 'July 7,. lfilib, wore laid the, cornerstone of the state capitol. ! Colonel Rice’s father, William A. Iiice, and Mrs. it Ire p .father. 'Jtrair . V.\L. Pruyn, were in qliju’g^ of the ceremonies and, retaimm 1 possession'of. the tools. , . , They wort?’ presented 'to the governor as representing- tho’.pcypje of, the state, eneftsed In ; u 1 hfind.so.me,.nuiliogauy box. Upward Of ;*2d.U00,0l}'0 '• lias been ^ex pended oil the capitol siiioe, 1^00. ... - Fin'd,$1',D0(> Nugget. . / . Dead wood,'' S. D^-What-if^ believed to lje Hid-: ryhestl'pfccf^dfc ailJU'L? dyer Scientist Say* Baby Factories Take the Place of Parents. Bostou.—Thot It is possible to create human life by chemlcul means and that a buby factory Is not out of the quco- ttori for the distant future Is asserted by Dr. Martin ICellog Rehermerhorn of the department of philosophy in Har vard. While speaking before the Meta physical club be said: “Life Is not confined to the anlinni and plant world. The whole universe ts alive, and all that lives is conscious. “Animals are conscious and gifted with the power of thought and imagi nation. “Plnnts are conscious, and Rusklu and Goethe agree they are capable of exercising strategy and forethought. Even Darwin said plants wore sensi tive, and hence lie must have believed ■ they were conscious. “It is'obvious that the evolution from so called matter to human life is pos sible. The chemist,of the future will labor so that men shall be made in baby factories as chickens are hatched in incubators.” . . ■ 1 FINDS FISHPOND OF NERO.’ Professor Schltft is one of those who have asked to be shown what there Is In Dargct's X ray uotluus. JAIL EMPTY TWO YEARS. Pike County, Po„ Evidently Froo From All Crimo. Philadelphia.—Not a single jury trial In nearly two years is the uulqne rec ord of Pike county, according to Pre siding Judge Charles B. Staples of the Plke-Monroc district. “The county Jail la empty,” said Judge Stn'ples. “There are no cases on the court calendars, either criminal or civil, and I Journey to Milford, the county sent, every three months to go through the formalities of holding a court wbero there are no trials." Roman Excavator Discovers Reservoir Under Palace Whcro Fish Were Bred. Rome.—Professor Bold, who Is super-, coverios. vising the excavations on the Palatine hill, has made an Important archaeo logical discovery. Beneath the basili ca of the Flavian palace he found two narrow stairways, lending to a ‘‘pis cina,” a water reservoir consisting of live large compartments. It is still in tact, covered nnd'well preserved by watertight cement. The reservoir dates from the time of Nero, when it was used ns n pond for sen fish, with the object of breeding exotic fish for the emperor’s table. That the artificial rearing and hatch ing of fish were praetlced In nncient Borne is attested by Pliny, who refers to a fish called senrns, found between Rhodes and Crete, but bred artificially. Rod* 76,000 Mile* on Ono Bik*. Tarrytowu. N. V.—William F. Klngs- Innd. a Tarrytown letter carrier, has just completed Ills fifteenth yenr in service. Kliigslnnd has used one bicy cle on Ills route for twelve years and In that time has traveled 75,000 miles, or n distance three times around the earth. FIND MASTODON SKELETON. Quarry Workers Unearth Bones of Forty Foot Animal. Nashville, Tenn.—Workmen digging thirty feet underground in a quarry six miles from Nashville discovered the skeleton of an animal forty feet long. The teeth and parts of the jawbones were perfectly preserved, but the other bones were so brittle they crumbled at : lio touch. Professor W. E. Mycr, member of the American Geological society, visit ed the place and said the bones were those of a mastodon which probably lived 100,000 years ago. An examina tion of the strata leads’him to believe there is a cave near by whicli probably will yield oilier valuable scientific dls- PAULINE ON RETIRED LIST. Taft’s Cow Goes Back to Her Old Wis consin Farm. Washington.—Pauline Wayne, Presi dent Taft's famous Holstein cow, will follow him Into retirement March 4. The president called in Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin, who two years ago took Pauline to the White House, and gave her back to her former owner. Pauline has not been in the best of health in several mouthB. President Tuft believes that if she is taken back to Wisconsin and put on Senntov Stephenson’s farm again her youthful vigor will revive. The senator was glad to recover -Pauline, as she had supplied tailk to the family of the presi dent for two years, and he thought she would nild dignity to his herd. Claim of Freni Army Officer. Paris Says “Tut!” Paris—Commandant Darget of 'the French army is trying by n further se ries of experiments to convince the Academy of Medicine of the truth of his theory that thejiuman body sends out u certain kind of'X rays by mCans of which ideus in the mind can be plio togriiphCd; • His idea is that these mental images canM)o visualized and then transferred to a sensitized .photographic plate by merely, pressing flibi plate 1 against the body. For Ids purpose lie covers the sensitized plate with printed matter, .puts' tile plate In an opaque envelope and then'firetjycs vft against tlie body. ■ Iii fjiis way bo is able* lie asserts, to develop In a few-minutes a negative or positive photographic," impression, aecGrdfijg.iJs the pprsoii is electrically negative or poiitiy.e. -.ThQ. fc-nnr; total ]bfnSnrget’s theory is' that the humane bcjdy, con-tains light, 'rujsj.' this; p£t>posjtIon the Acad pinv snvs “Tiif? f-nf- M Vni* wovrlu tvv’Hmi eiriy says' “Tilts tut!*’- or words tir thatj y-W.hcn he returhed 'Cli effect. Whatever .aft-pears on tlits’iiin! '.Utfhisferred to nnothe Chjtng hover caw. him ac t‘H ca n’ t go Humic to C debt; unpaid,'’*sftid the, i Oiitliri, “You must find money.” j jjitlKtjrt plate, tliel jjcacierny argiieh) is ‘simply the oEfecfjTOffUei'nririler’s. ihk. • Darget Is gAln^-tp'tienna and Bej f | Mn.fo,repro,dtkt»?h|s experiments in th v universities o.t.thoge eilies. ’>■ Raises Blue Apples. Chicago.—A. C. Wllmnrth brought a crate of blufe apples to Chicago from his farm near Mountain Grove, Mo. I-Ie said he filled tlifl hollow of tho tree that grew them with concrete. The result was a tree of blue apples, the first of the kind ever raised, according to the owner. BILL FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM. Levy Wants Law to Boqm Our Patriot ism. Washington.—A joint resolution ;to moke the “Star Spangled Banner” the official anthem of the United States w/is Introduced by Representative Levy of New York. It also provides— "That whenever the ‘Star Spangled 'Banner' Is played on any occasion at any public place where persons be longing to any branch’of the govern ment service are present they will stand at attention and all other per sons will stood, such positions being retained until the last note of the an them.” WAITED 35 YEARS TO WED. Family Feud Separated Lovers, but Dan Cupid Triumphed. New York.—Mr. nnd Mrs. Alfred Sut- pheu, bridegroom and bride, sailed from hero on a cruise flor the West Indies. He is sixty-one, and his wife Is fifty-three. Their marriage a few days ago followed an attachment of thirty-five years' standing. The bride was Miss Mary Richards [t Lodgepole, Neb. 'Mr. Sutphen's fa ther and Miss Richards’ father were neighbors'in Nebraska when the young folks foil in love. A feud started between the house of Rlclgirds and the house of Sutpheii. nnd all communication between the ad joining ranches was broken off. The lovers were kept apart. A short time later Alfred Sutphen went to California nnd then to Austra lia, where he took a big ranch nnd be came a rich man. Sutphen sold out Inst summer and returned to Nebraska to visit his old home. .He found'his. early sweetheart still true to him. CHANG WA& HONEST. Aged Chinaman Wouldn’t Go Homo With $3 of Ghin’c.. . San Francisco.—Cluing, Fook, eiglit.v- 'four years old, before sailing for Chi- ,ua gave to Attorney Jobji C. Cutlln six worn half dollars, wrapped in a piece of faded china silk, which lie had re ceived, and held in trust'for fifty-fpijr years. Catiln-4s coihiul&slotied' to tflld' Gliin Foq and return to blip t lie, moiit/.v which lie gave Chang pit the 1 frlgiiti? Boston in 185S. • : ., Chang said he and Chln’iwero ciiliin boj’s oil the 'Boston;" tiitteffcoiupiauffi'd. b.v Cpiupmtlpre Deri'.v; j-While tlie’-vfeS:’ sel liiy at anchor' in Chang- hgd, s.ho,re,.leavji>; was given him'by Cnthi a with this, Chinese to in und give SPAIN SEEKS THE SEPHARDIC JEWS Offers Home to 70,000 Judios Espanoles of Saioniki. HONORS FOR GRIEF RABBI. King Alfonso Desires to Repair tho In justices Inflicted Upon Them During the Inquisition—Government Would Open Schools In Turkey For Ad vancement of Commerce, Madrid.—Advnnees showing n strong desire ,ou the pnrt of the Spanish gov- urninent to attract back to Spain the Sephardic Jews of Turkey, wIioro an cestors were driven out of Spain cen turies ago, were made during a recept visit of the Marquis de Nnntbufhct, the Spanish minister of Constantinople, to the Chief Rabbi Nnhoum. The Spanish minister expressed to the'chlof rabbi his regret that M. Na . lioun had not . Invoked I lie protection of tho Spanish government for (lie 70,- 000 Judios Espanoles at Halonlki as well us.thnt of the British and French ambassadors. The marquis added that If. the Jews laid [suffered through -the inquisition it should- not bo forgotten that Spain, too, bad suffered heavily from the consequences of tho acts com mitted'centuries ago. Official Spain as well as the people, ho said, was anx ious to repair the great crime of their ancestors, which they felt was the blackest in their history.’ The chief rabbi replied that he was deeply touched by tlie action of the' minister ntid that the. fresh advances made by him could not fail to produce nil excellent impression on the Jews of the east. Before leaving the chief rabbi the' strucMuu would lie given m Spanish, the knowledge of which would fncili- tntc commercial relations with Spain nnd nil other countries where that Inn- gunge Is spoken, and be declared thnt French or nn.v other foreign language nbovo all, Hebrews—could be taught In those schools. Sews With Metnl Hands. St. Louis.-Gilbert \V. 1’ukhelser, n fanner of Salem, lad., who lost lioth arms, has metnl bauds, which lie man ages so well that he enn shave, Bew, write nnd catch or throw a bnll. SAHARA AS FACTORY CENTER. Plan to Use Sun’e Heat For-. Power Practicable, Says J. Astloy Cooper. London. — Utilization of the Sahara desert us n center of Industrial produc tion Is the suggestion made by J. Astley Cooper. It. lmd nlmost beeu necepted ns a tru ism, he says, tlmt our coal supplies were giving out, hut the Sahara desert received an nuiout of sb.lnr Rent every day equlvnlcut to that produced by 0,000,000,000 tons of coal. ; In this arid region, with- the great supplies of products tivnilnbV from the wonderful forest lauds nearer to the const and the country traversed' by a network of r|ilhva.vs, thoughtful sci entific men say that if some economi cal method could, ho found to use thlg lost solar energy—such, for instance, us,the sc Items which was on I rial near Cairo—there was no reason why tlie dreams should nut lie realized of those who saw great districts of.the world. lio\v arid and useless oil account of the intense.henl. given up tb (lie factories of (lie future. .These would lie of enprmous extent, with glass chambers Instead of chillineys'mid fellertors in- stei'.d of furnaces, all designed to re ceive and transmit the daily gift of the sun’s heat. WALES A “HOOT MON.” Prince Practices on Bagpipes For Chest Expansion.^ London.—The Prince of Wales was ordered to practice tho Scotchjiagpipes ns n means of expanding Ills chest which is below the normal for his uge and height. 'The statement thut he adopted this weird iustruhient because of ineUuatiou was a polite Invention. The captain of the Scots guards' p(pers goes to Oxford once a week to give the prince a lesson. Owing to the extraordinary mid terrifying noises made by the learner the college mi thurifies are bestirring themselves to find a sound proof room for the heir uppureut to the throne. His lessons disturb the whole college. Certain Irresponsible undergrade got up a band of pipers provided with six penny toy pipes, with which they pa raded the quadrangle, but they were .promptly suppressed. DIMPLES AT $26 EACH. Fashionable London Women Submit to Wounds to Enhance Beauty, London.—Artificial dimple making is not confined to Purls. Inquiries show thnt It is being done In London too. A well known “beauty specialist” says fashionable women are now living ar tificial dlnmles produefid on their faces. The cost of making permanent dim ples ranges from $20 to $52. The process usually lasts n fortnight! A small cut is made iu the skin. The wound is then houiul up nnd dressed daily until healed. Tlie dimples most in deiunnd nre, little depressions near Spanish minister invited him to pay a visit iu ids company to the Spanish, the col ' ller of tlie mouttt, which show cruiser, Rena Regente, which was an chored hi the port. M. Nnhoum ac cepted tlie invitation. As lie boarded tbb vessel tlie officers nml men In full, uniform presented anus and ranged thcmselv<fs around tho chief rabid. The Spanish minister thereupon addressed tlie men as follows:’ 1 '- *, > “I have the.honor to Introduce to you the venerated and esteemed chief of all tlie Jews in Turkey, your own fellow citizeus, whose, riucestors were unjustly nnd cruelly driven from Spain, It is to this venerobje Chief that the government of his majesty the king, ns well ns his people, Is addressing jts. desire to repair tlie injustice of which we feel we are still experiencing tlie hitter consequepcek,” He added that tho occasion -was doubtless the (ifst for almost Ifive con: turies that the head oil t,lu| .Tows in The 'east had set foot .upon a Spanish warship. * The coiQinander of the’cruiser enter tained Ujq chief irt.bld^qt t’cy nipl fliefet : nI ter cbuduoled him tliijupgh every part Ot, the, ves;Hdj UpqjV lSavJug, tlie ship M.’ Nahoiiiiii, wniChaiiorpiUliii yie same way ns when he laid first boarded it, and the Mui'quis.de .VrtriWtiillet Inform ed Him that l|e would be pleased if* Jfcf iiJlrfhWH.ei vf^plkji v#dt tiro for which purpose ho pince'd stoaui' launches at their.disposul. ., The Spanish mjiiijd-qyr^fjsted tbpj itr .the ej’cut of Salonik}'s..beiiig lletuched frbm' Tiirkoy his? gawl ycwffuy9rabjy sgaat" eminent, lie stnted, was' wfllin open at its7?xpense ,Tp\v.isJi»8cii Saloiiiki. or the hint'm-lah'd; wh to Wljisre’jr.- themselves when the owner smiles. It Is also possible to produce dimples last ing for a l'ew hour.-S. To Visit Panama and Pliiiip- . pines While President. Washington.—Washington officials ex pressed interest iu ,li. rumor tlmt origi nated with persons who have seen Gov ernor’^ Wilson lately, that the'inenpitng president lias .already - decided, on two and possibly more ti’iii,s out of the United States,alurlug : his admlnlstra- tiprh • - These are. to 1 tlie Panama ctAial aud tho’PhilTptdue islands. The-president elect; Is said \to have expressed the intenftpn of visiting Pan ama -after tlie clqsje'fliC tlie extra ses sion of congress tl the complotitm an a itiiily of tlie Fi hp'fi.Le endQuyoi^U ghuit'-tliem fteeil .tJcc’^arii.y.Wfpiv cIpsoTor coin J also uudei . - of-< visiting A In ski Ms rtd'minlstriuion 1 mw - • ■ I- 4 year to witness nformal opening anxious- to make aos at first hand have congress {' This trip would until after tho m' lod to lie desirous lome time during