GENERAL NEWSOF THE WORLD:The detain of tic **xplt; dition t * * Patagonia to enlist t ti*• co-operation of tin* chief of the Tehuelcbe Indian irilx* 1:iilt;»v\ n since tin* time of Ma geljan an tin* most gigantic people in tin* world havlt; just been arranged by Dr. W .1 McGee, chief of the de partment of anthropology, in tin cone lt;• ot a recent trip to Pittsburg and Wa hington. The indications are that Chief Mulato will come to tin World’s fair with his fnmily, includinghis sun in-law. and that another group of heroic stature will accompany t hemRev, Richard Jones of the Baptist church Valdosta, Oa was stabbed 1not yet been classified, although some experienced miners maintain it is tel-hirlde Assays as high as $lt;1,000 per ton ar** reported.Van Meter, la., is terrorized by a hid»*ous monster, said by the scicn* t or tin town to !«• antideiuvian. It i described as half-human, ha 1 f-beast with huge bat wings, a parrot beak and a horny protuberance in the i forehead which emits a dazzling light.it flic- iii ** a bat, climbs poles 1 i k * * a parrot arid on 'In* ground leaps like akangaroo. Its haunt is said to be inan abandoned coal mine, it has been shot at dozens o! times but ha.- always escaped. It i; said to emit a stupefying odor.Dr Francis tZ. Clark, founder of the World’s Christian Endeavor union, ha decided to accept imitations to vise New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania. and in* will sail in a few I ^ I weeks. He will spend a month intimes by his 22-vear old son Seward a In* was leaving the church. He may die He had thrash* i the youth fordisobedienceThe famous Ferri w heel has been rescued from tin- junk pile at Chicago and will be taken to the St Louis ex position The cost of tie removal andsetting up of tin* wheel 1 estimated approximately at $llt;0,0o0, The value of the wheel as junk is es imated at$30,000, but because of attending Its removal owners art* said to have Wheel for $8,100.The volcano Mauua Boa, on tin* isl and of Hawaii is again in a state ot acttvitv The eruption began Tuesdaythe expense the present obtained tinNew* Zealand, holding conventions in places of importance in the two islands, and afterwards will stav twomf ■months in different parts of Australiaand in Tasmania.Mrs. Jerusha Gilflllan of East Bar-net, N't., who is 02 years old, won the first prize* for a knit afgltan displayed at the county fair Inst week. Mrs.Gilflllan is blind, but in tin* last five years has knitted and sewed four rugs, eight afghans and over 1lt;0 holders.Borin Farr, a mormon, who is head of the largest family in the worldhe has six wives, children, 231grandchildren and 56 great grandchildren- scouts the microbe theory oflove as preposterous.There is noat noon. From the nmmit lt;i tin sl|(.j] thing, he insists, and thinks his erator a yas! eo 1 utun oI smoke yyith ( ex|ierience entitles hislire ascended. Tin* appearance *!' the )() sonio weight.opinioni rlava is normal, wit 11 m Id activity Steam whistles hay * fallen under tii*' displeasure of tin physicians oiSalem. Ma- , and 24 t the doctor have petitioned the city council t*adopt strict regulations concerning their us** within the city limits. They declare that the iioDe made by them is often “a matter lt;t life and death to person seriously ill.” and a nerve raeking and discomforting thinmost peopb at till timesPurchasing revolvers of the sanepattern at the same tim* and looking and seeing that they yvere propc*rly loaded by tb** dealer, Marvin .1 Welch4 and George Williamson, two employes in tb*' office of tb* Hell Telephone company, tit Indianapolis. **nded their lives in exactly the same manner within Move hours of each nth* r. Thedouble suicide is a my tery, as neither voting man is known to have had anycause for the act.John Phillips of Lestorshire. X H , tried to commit suicid* at Niagara by jumping into the \merican falls. 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