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i THE BALLAD OF THE POET. The Toet sat in liis small hall room. And penned him a poem at the peep o' day. For his soul was filled with a prescient gloomThere were sundry troublesome bills to pay. Oh, the world was gay in the month ol May, And the wind in the woods played a ! harper's tune, So the poet constructed this ravishing lay Of a man and "a maid and a melting : moon. The sun-kissed mist wa3 all amethyst. And the maid was a rose of Hesperides; He selected the mellowest words from his 5 list. For he had a book full of rhymes like ? these: A soul-glance mute, and a lilting lute, In a oosky dell, with PhilomelHe felt he was writing a regular beaut, A poem that was morally certain to sell. With a moaning pine and Eglantine, And lowing kine and Columbine, And blood-red wine, incarnadine? A thing he would sell for a dollar a line. But the poet's ideas got tied in a knot, And the rhymes came wrong and went to the bad; IThe whole thing sounded like infamous rot. And the poet knew well he was going | mad. For the lingering lights lay long o'er The lea, ! And the mute, wild moon was made Queen o' the May, And the soft, sad sobs sang sweet from I the sea To the dismal dusk of the dim, dark day. tThe sty-lark kissed the melodious herds. While the musing mermaids were shyly W. revealed? And the poet, he died in a spasm of words. And they buried him out in the Potters' ; Field. ?William A. Dyer, in Leslie's Monthly ,, Magazine. The Light of H His Eyes. 1 ^014. T -was on a June Friday af H J{ ternoon. and the band ot Bo 8 O the Garde Republicaim S had just finished playing -wow one of the popular Mmarches, which set the to?s of all the jBlttle models sitting under the trees Br: the Luxembourg Gardens tapping sympathetically upon th? gravel. H Out on the broad walk near the Hpond passed to and fro the ceaseless ^ktream of "types" which one meets H??ith only in the Quarter, and very frequently even there only on Friday afternoons. Above the palace flutHtered flocks of pieeons which have Inade the gables and finials their home 'or years. "Truly, the palace would not be the :ame without pigeons," remarked a Ittle model to her ami as she tripped rayly down the steps and passed icross the sun-bathed path on their vay to a shady corner on the further lide of the garden. But neither bonnes, with fluttering ibbons and immense white aprons, lor overdressed nor underdressed chilIren bowling hoops and crowing, nor luttering balloons on the end of the itrings, nor artists, nor students, nor >ven the old soldiers with grizzled nustaches and shuffling footsteps, atracted half so much attention as the )lind young man sitting beneath the I made or one or tne cnestnuts, with the ovely, quietly dressed girl at his side. "Ah"' said Dufayel. as he saw our fiances rest questionably on these two, 'there is a sad history attached to lim and to her, and yet why should I :all it sad, for they love each other?" And Dufayel shrugged his shoullers and smiled in a cynical way with /rhich, good-hearted chap that he was, le tried to deceive bis trest frSends into Jilnking him a misogynist. "That," he continued, "is Andre Deorme, and she?ouce Suzanne, the jretty model at Colorossi's?is his wife, l'es, he is blind, and that is the aducss of their history. Three years tao Andre was one of the most promusing of the younger painters; every Ine thought that he was sure of a Bronze.' He worked hard and studted hard, and except that he admired Buzanne no one could accuse him of Iaving any interests outside tlie picare be was painting. "One day?you will remember readig about it?a great fire broke out at le back of the studios not far from le Gare flu Mont Parnasse. We eard nothing of It at the studio until le noise of the engines thundering y at the bottom of the street and the bouting and tho blowing of horns told s that a fire was in progress. "Apdre and half a dozen others hastly threw down their pallets, put on heir coats, dashed down the steep taircase out into the street, and then ushed away along the Boulevard to be place where the tire was. Before bey could make their way through he crowd which thronged the end of pe street, like a flash It came to sevral of us at once that Suzanne on uesdays?it was a Tuesday?always at to Jules Bonnard. "Xp one liked Jules?somehow we Iuia not trust him?and therefore we ere not much surprised to gather ora one of the crowd that Jules had ade his escape from the studio at the fst alarm of fire without giving much lought to Suzanne. "Soon there was a great outcry as ie roof of one of the studios fell in ith * crash, and plumes of sparks id smoke and flames darted skyard. Not long, and another shout, ir Bonnard had sufficiently recov ed his nerve to say that there was a rl in his studio, the end of which as already on tire. Andre dashed at in! and shouted close to his face: " 7s it Suzanne?is it Suzanne? Tell ie or I'll kill you!' "And then, just as he was about to size him by the throat, Bonnard isped out: M 'Yes, it is Suzanne.' "Andr* turned without a word aufl pushing through the pompiers, who | tried in vain to stop him, he dashed | ( down the narrow passage which led to the court cf the studios from which : people were throwing furniture pell moll, as though the flames were al' ready at their heels, and disappeared. "What happened to liim when he ' I vanished from out sight we learned from one of the pompiers. It appears that he dashed into the studio above ' which Bonnard's now burning one : was. and forced his way up the narrow staircase in spite of the volumes of smoke which poured down it. Into ; the studio he managed to crawl, al1 though no sooner was the door open , than flames rushed at him like fiery serpents. "Just inside he stumbled upon Suzanne. who had hastily thrown on her things in an endeavor to escape, and nau men eviuenny ut?e? u??wujc uj the smoke. He had dashed upstairs so rapidly that the pompiers scarcely realized what he was doing until he disappeared; but they arrived in time to catch him as he staggered blindly ; out of the studio, which in a few minutes had become like a fiery furnace, 1 holding Suzanne in his arms. "Except for smoke and fright she was little the worse. But Andre! He, poor fellow, was terribly burned?no ! doubt his face and hands had been licked by the fiames ere Le discovered Suzanne. The doctor at the hospital i gave little hope at first of his recovery, and Suzanne waited anxiously day ' after day for any news that was good news of him. And then when at length, one sunny day in the spring, be emerged from the hospital portal, with Suzanne leading him, and the kindly surgeon accompanying them to the fiacre, we who waited to welcome him back to the Quarter knew that be was blind. "No more would Andre Delorme be I able to paint pictures, for alas! a man cannot paint by touch alone. But in the tenierness or mue suzanue, wuu works for both of them, and who economizes with such cleverness as to make her friends marvel, it is possible that Andre has fourd something to compensate him. "Andre and Suzanne may be seen every Friday in line weatfcer sitting under the trees of the Luxembourg Gardens listening to the music. He with closed eyes and she with eyes that see for him all the brightness of itbe life around. She chatters and tells him who passes and who is talking to whom, and then she will read to him, and then, perhaps, she will walk up | and down while telling him of the approach of this or that acquaintance. ' "As one sees them together it is almost impossible to realize, from Andre's face and expression, and Suzanne's gentle care, that the painter ***00 f/\ hnvn horl + I10 'RrAJlTa' ic ' blind. "But such," as Dufayal says, "is life 1 in the Quarter." | And Andre is not to be pitied so much 1 after all, for with little Suzanne by his side he has both the angel of their little apartment and "The Light of His Eyes."?Clive Holland, in Illustrated Bits. Tito of a Kind. "People who lived in Providence. It. I., about forty years ago," said Clarence P. Alcoon, a white haired lawyer at the Gait House last night, "will remember an exemplary but somewhat eccentric grocer whose advertisements in the public journals were frequently of the most amusing character. I remember well that many of these ads were copied all over the country and excited a great deal of merriment. The 1 grocer's name was Jerry Dawkins. "It chanced that this same tradesman frequently exhorted at public prayer meetings, and one evening he ' I thus expressed his belief in some doc trinal position he was assuming: " 'I am just as confident, brethren, that this is true as I am that there is flour in Alexandria?and that I lcnow for certain, (or I yesterday received from there a lot of 300 barrels of fresh superfine flour, which I will dispose of as low as any person in town.* "This always reminds me of the inscription I once saw on a tombstone near Paris. It read: 1 . " 'Here rests the body of Antoine , aged, etc. His disconsolate widow still keeps the shop, No. 1G Rue Vive, where may be found a large and select assortment of gloves and hosiery.' "?Louisville Herald. Proof of Earth's Curvature. Although it was demonstrated more than 2000 years ago that the earth is globular in form, there are certain per sons who maintain that it is flat. About thirty years ago a controversy on the subject waxed so hot that it was determined to put the matter to direct experiment in order to settle ; the question once for all. The place chosen was near Bedford, England, . where there is a straight six-mile stretch of water. At both ends and 1 in the middle of this water posts were erected, each of the same definite height above the water level. Upon looking with a telescope along the tops of these posts it was clearly seen that the centre one overtopped the others by about six feet, owing to the curvature of the surface of the earth. These experiments were recently repeated In a more scientific manner by H. Yule Oldham, who read a paper on the subject before the Glasgow meeting of the British Association. The same result was obtained, with the important difference that by the employment of a tele-photographic lens and , camera the six-foot prominence of the middle post was recorded in an unmistakable mnnnor. Saxony Trade Schools. There are seven special industrial', schools iu Saxony which have been founded for the sole purpose of train1 ing young men to become competent and skilful locksmiths and black- | smiths. With the exception of the j school at Rosswein, these institutions were all founded by the black- J smith and locksmith guilds in each town. Only apprentices who have ] passed through the public schools are : admitted. Early Expositions. The first exposition was in Paris in i 179S; the first in England in 1828, and j . in America in New York in 1833. j These were not international like the world's fair. The first of these was in I London in 1851. r IN THE PI !* * ! || . ' ^ A DTWTTD .1 A JLJL W A.V. V Premier of Great Britain, whose Chamberlain's retirement and vac iff scheme have led to ruinous d scholar of note, but has never been i FOR AN IDEAL CITY I The Hexagonal Plan Suggested as Thai Best Suited For All Purposes. j More attention is being given to-day to the systematic planning of cities, with a view of affording the most convenient means of getting from one point to another, and at the same time of gratifying a growing demand for artistic effect. In an article in the Craftsman, Charles R. Lamb gives the subject a thorough discussion, and after reviewing a number of plans of arriving at these ends, comes to the following conclusion: Municipal art must have for its foundation practicability. Its very essence is dependent upon the harmonious relations between this and beauty, and, therefore, a city planned to be developed in artistic and esthetic directions must be based upon tbe most practical plan. , And what is such a plan? To the ' writer's mind, all forms of rectilinear plans must be discarded. The cutting of these with diagonals is, after all, 1 but a makeshift. If not an oblong or a square, what form would be the basic one upon which to found the ! city? After the fullest consideration of all the possibilities that geometric ! figures give, the writer is tempted to suggest the scheme shown in the accompanying diagram, the hexagon. ! This permits the development of the city to the utmost that might be possible within many decades, because with the hexagon, the great advantage of : the diagonal is secured, and, at the same time, intervening spaces which can be secured for playgrounds and | park areas, between the large central areas, which, in turn, can be used . JMi isawMww 7>c 7 THE HEXAGONAL PLAN OF A MUNICIPAL EXTENSION. for groups of civic buildings in certain parts of tlie city, ami, again, in other parts of the city seats of learning, recreation, business in all its forms, banking, publishing, the newspaper industries. and the thousand and one trades, which, in their turn, seem to be desirous ot grouping themselves \ around a common centre. The more this plan is studied, the more it will be found to approach the idea of practicability, primarily in regard to shorter distances that a person would have to walk or drive from any one point to another. The sub-divisi< . of the interests into groups by a division of the park area, is to be distinctly commended from its sanitary point of view, as these interruptions of natural foilage give the greatest advantage to the inhabitants of each quarter. Esthetically. the grouping of the public. semi-public, and private buildings around common centres largely -iu creases the architectural and artistic possibilities over the accidental opportunities offered by the ordinary plan of the city; while the angles caused by the hexagon permit interesting variety in the treatment of the street facades over that developed by a straight and continuously curved street. Of course, such a plan is assumed primarily for a level country, and must be moditied when the conformation would indicate distinct changes in levels. This is indicated here, because the method of procedure with most city officials is to force any scheme to comply with differences in the elevation.?Philadelphia Record. ltestri<-t?><I lleiclit of BuiUliiiffft. The building regulations of Marseilles. France, provides that the height of buildings on streets more than thirty-two feet wide shall not be more [ than double the width of the street, with a maximum o? eighty-one feet | three inches. JBLIC EYE. r. BALFOUR, unexplained conduct at the time of Mr. illation in recard to the Dreferential tar Lissensions within the party. He is a popular as a leader. C/HIQHT IN OV1R WATER/. The vastamount of nutritious, wholesome and delicious foodstuff resulting from the fisheries of the United States is not generally realized. Some conception of it may be had from an examination of the diagram here shown * from an article in the National Geographic Magazine by Dr. Barton Warren Everman, of the Bureau of Fisheries. The total catch of food-fishes in the ' VI ELD "of 24 oF THE PRl M PAL FISHERY IfJ IONIUMS of poU^DS & M9 Salmon Bmaunnm OYSTERS BBBHSBOV CCD ?? HERRING KBflHB LAKE HERRING BBI HAK& pM CMi?T?A/iiiF ban CLAMS 89 crabs m BLUEF1SH m halibut b CARP m LOBSTERS CATFISH i SUCKERS MACKEREL SHRIHP FLOUNDERS I VAttfc TROUT | white fish i. STURGEON I HADDOCK THE FISH CATCH OF THIS C0UNT3Y. ! . ( United States and Alaska, as shown by tlie last census, was 1,733,314.324 pounds, valued at $4.3,531,105. The number of men employed was 214,056 and the capital invested was $72,201,040. The salmon pack of Puget Sound alone in 1901 exceeded $4,500,000, an amount more than four times as greatas the entire silver output of the whole region drained by the Columbia River. The salmon output of Alaska for 1903 is valued at $10,000,000, which exceeds by more than $2,500,000 the amount j which Alaska cost us, and if we add to the salmon the value of the cod, J halibut and other fisheries of Alaska, ' the total greatly exceeds all the other ' resources of Alaska combined. REJTJ ON MIS T/1IL. | .An interesting photograph of the . Tasmania wolf, taken by Mr. E. T. ' Keller, is reproduced herewith from a foreign natural history journal. It illustrates the observation made by Mr. Keller that in the resting position the | jj I TASMANIA* WOLF AT REST. stiff tail is used to support the animal. Mr. Keller says: "I have not seen this interesting fact recorded elsewhere. It is, however, possible that it is well known among students of the habits of this animal." The Life of tbe Cell. It is no extravagance and no mere figure of speech to say that cells move about with apparent purpose, that they feel, that they suffer and enjoy, th:it they absorb and assimilate food, that they live, love, marry, propagate and die. And we can say with as uiuch truth that they think. The cell, therefore, does all that man does, has all that man has. and possesses, within its tiny compass, heart, vein, muscle, ftcrve. artery, skin, bone, cartilage and what-not of the future organism of the composition of which it forms one of the ultimate constituent parts.?National Magazine. fT?.? 171*1,Id Not moro than three hundred and fifty square miles of territory are tin- s der cultivation in henequin or sisal t liorap. yet on this small area is pro- a dueed the fibre that literally binds the i wheat harvests of the world. It is a used alike in Minnesota and Argen- l tina. In Siberia and Egypt. j a A thousand million miles are covered 1 by the various trains of this country i In the course of u year 11 TESLA'S TOWER FOR WORLD TELEGRAPHY The marvelous construction shown in the accompanying cut is part of a jreat scheme by which the electrician, NTicoia Tesla, says he will have in jperation before a great while and which he calls "world telegraphy." ?rom this tower, which he has been juilding at Wardenclyffe, on Long lslmd, for some time, and which he has recently completed, he hopes to send and receive mesages from all over the svorld irrespective of distance or intervening obstacles. The construction 3f the upper part ofThis tower is said to be so delicate tliat it will detect the slightest impulses that come to it through the air. He saj-s that he will be able to deliver the electrical current anywhere and in any amount by the use of certain artifices which he has iiscovered and which he will make known in due course. While Mr. Tesla has been responsible for a great many electrical inventions, some of which were of a revolutionizing nature, he has made a great many promises which he has failed to redeem up to the present time nnd for this reason some of his electrical ashim a aui-iuiua ua \ C iCigiigu LU Mt.M ... ? "very promising young man." It lias been said that in bis present work he is receiving support from some very wealthy and influential persons. It is said tbat through his connections with George WestingLouse be has J, Pierpont Morgan among bis supporters. THE OCEdN'S FLOOR. While carrying on her work for the Bureau of Fisheries, says the National Geographic Magazine, the Albatross has made more than 10,000 soundings, and more tban 400 dredgings, and Las brought up from the bottom of the sea hundreds of tons of fishes and other animals and mud. The greatest depth from which the Albatross has secured any life was 4173 fathoms. This was in the South Pacific between Tonga and Elliee Islands. The dredge brought up silisious sponges, radiolarians and brown volcanic mud. The greatest depth from which she has brought up fishes is 2949 fathoms, or about one and a third miles. This was in the edge of the Gulf Stream off the coast of Virginia. The deepest sounding ever made by the Albatross was at Station 4010, near Guam, where the enormous depth of 4S13 fathoms, or nearly five and a half miles, was found. The depest sounding even made by any vessel was by the U. S. Noro while an the Honolulu Manila cable survey, W\ 29001A (Vitil apparatus uorruweu uuui mc mbatross. When near Guam tlie Nerc ?ot 5200 fathoms, of 31,(J14 feet, only sixty-six feet loss than six miles. If Mount Everest, the highest mountain Dn earth, were set down in this hole, it would have above its summit a Jepth of 2012 feet, or uearly half a mile of water. KOREd'-r WONDERFUL BELL A queorly shaped gong, which occupies a positiou of honor in the centre )f the city of Seoul, Korea, is said to !)e one of the largest in the world, and s called '"the boll with the wait of a :bi!d in its voice." When first cast :he bell sounded with a harsh and cracked note, and the superstitious Emperor, fearing an ill omen, consulted with his magicians. Those gen:Ieu:eu hold a long confab, arid finally stated that the bell would never onnd right until a live emu v/as given 0 it. The mass was then melted gain, aud a live baby was throwu nto the 11:0! I en metal. The wait of gony uttered by the little tot as the n'onze engulfed it seemed to be reseated every time the bell was tailed. 1 ml to-day tlie Koreans still claim bat the wail of a child can be heard 11 the voice of the metal.--New York L'iaies. iktyEMFEll, flfi Olivo Piclile Sanr'.wlcfiHf. Olives aud little sour pickles wiped j ! dry aud cut iu slices ma-ke good sand- j 1 wiche3. The bread is spread with butter mixed with a*cliovy paste. White Caps. | Whites of four <?ggs; one cup sugar; ; three-quarters of a cup of butter; one j cup of sweet mills; three cups of sifted | i flour; one teaspoonful of baking pow- ' j Uer; flavoring to suit the taste. Chocolate Junket. Melted chocolate can be added to the milk used to make junket, then proceeding as with plain junket. This i3 j delicious served with whipped cream ! and the most delicate chocolate cusI tard than can be made. Flakes. Three egg yolks, beaten, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon cin| naiion, flour. Make thick enough with : flour to roll very thin; c^tt in long, nar i'o\? str?ps, fry in not fat; when done dust with powdered sugar. Frletl Bread. Cut slices of bread one-third Inch thick; dip each slice into mill:, then dip in beaten egg and fry in the frying pan in half butter and half dripping, turning as each slice browns; sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve hot. Cookies. Two-thirds cupful of melted butter, one and one-half cupfuls of sour cream, two cupfuls of sugar, soda and enough flour to roll out evenly. Have tue ujuieijuis cuiu uuu uii.\ viuiun.ij', i handling as little a3 possible. Flavor as desired. ?.??- i ,^-r rr Babbit Plo. Skin and wash the rabbit and cut at joints . nd place in a deep dish; take four slices mixed pork and one small i onion, pepper and salt and one cup of | water and sprinkle villi flour; make a j crust and cover the dish over and bake in a moderate oven until done. Pickled Pears. Ten pounds pears, three pounds light brown sugar, one quart vinegar, one ounce cinnamon, one ounce ground cloves, one-quarter pound citron. Put all in together and boil until the pears are tender; strain the pears out and let the syrup boil half an hour longer. Apple Cream. Peel and core tart apples, slice and .veigh them, and to three pounds add 1 one cupful of sugar; put these in a | granite kettle tvith the grated rind i and juice of one lemon, two cloves and ' an inch piece of stick cinnamon; j simmer slowly until the apples are I tender; then run them through a j strainer; scald one pint of fresh cream, ; mix with it the apple pulp and serve cold. Dato Gems. Separate two eggs: add to the beaten yolks one cupful of milk; pour this over one and one-half cupfuls of enj tire wheat flour and one tablespoonful ! of melted butter; beat well; then add one cupful of chopped dates, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; stir in i half a cupful of boiled rice and the 1 whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff | froth; bake in greased gam pans half I an hour. Beef Loaf. j Have three pounds of round cf beef j I chopped line, add half a cupful of j 1 cracker crumbs, two egs beaten, two : j tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two j I teaspoonfuls of salt, one-half teaspoon- : I ful pepper, a little sage and nutmeg if | liked; mix well, pour into a loaf like j i bread, sprinkle it with cracker crumbs, j 1 put bits of butter over it, and put it j I in a double baking pan and bake one i 1 aud one-quarter hours in a quick oven. Apv?cot Compote. Take a dozen f.ne apricots, halve them, remove the stones, crack them i and blanch the kernels by pouring | boiling water over them. Put three? P n rtf C It T? IfltA O I l]Uill ICIO UI tl [;uuuu UI nugui. iliiv M. j ! saucepan with a pint and a lialf of j | water, and when it boils skim, lay in I | tlie apricots and simmer gently for a i few moments until the apricots are clear. Take the fruit out with a skimmer and arrange on a dish. When the syrup is cold pour over the fruit and put half a kernel upon each piecc of j apricot. Where til? dried apricots are used an almond blanched may be substituted for the apricot pit and a teaspoonful of extract of almond added j to the syrup. 'fh'OVS EHOLD: | HiNTSi-ff To remove grease spots from white ; wash goods dampen with house aui- j monia (full strength), cover with clean ! white blotting paper and iron lightly, j For cleaning windows, mirrors and nil glass articles nothing equals paste j made of ammonia and whiting. Polish with crumpled clean tissue paper. Cheesecloth strips a yard wide sewed *1- - - J * *I>A ntwl UYtT nil? UL luc uiauaci uuu. : changed with the bed ftnen insure ! cleanliness to the user and the blanket, j In hemming new table linen if tli3 j edge is slightly dampened with soapy : water after the hem is turned, the cloth i \41ion dry will be like soft linen to } work on. The doIKirp housewife will find a j bnmboo handled broom very comfortable to use since it is so light in weight. ' They cos' no more than the heavy | handled brooms. Tea, coffee or fruit stains can bo eas- j Ily removed from cotton or linen fabrics if butter is thoroughly rubbed through the stain before the cloth is put into hot soapsuds. FAIRBANKS IS NOTIFIED I i 9 Eiihu Root Tells the Senator He is Nominated. ? CEREMONIES AT INDIANAPOLIS Formalities Similar to Those When 1'realdent Roosevelt Was Notified at ujmcr x>nj-.ui ?u?f ???? uM.g a bubanks the Only Speaker*?Luncheon vS Served Hie Guo&U After the Speaking. Indianapolis, Inil.?Charles W. Fairbanks, senior United States Senator from Indiana, was formally notiiied of his nomination for Vice-President of the United States by the Republican National Convention. The notification address was made by Elihu Root, exSecretary of War. The exercises were held on the wide veranda of Senator Fairbanks home, at Sixteenth and Meridiau streets, In the presence of the notification committee, consisting of one member from each State and Territory, the Governor and other State officers of Indiana, the Republican candidates for State office, the Indiana Republican Congress delegation, Indiana delegates and alternates to the National Convention, the State Central Committee and the Republican Editorial Association. All those had been es pecially invited. On the lawn surrounding three sides of tiie house were several thousand friends, neighbors and political supporters of the Senator. Massed in a bodj' were 1000 members of the Marion Club, who had been the escort for the visitors. The house was elaborately decorated, and on one side of the lawn were two large tents, topped by banners. The day was one of the most beautiful of the year, and as Senator Fairbanks stood on the veranda watching the finishing touches being put to the preliminary arrangements he smilingly said: "Tliis is the kind we used to call McKinlfcy weather." . Shortly after noon the Journey of one and one-half miles north beneath the overlapping trees of Meridian street began. One thousand members of the Marion Club formed the escort. In the first carriage rode Mr. Root and Governor Durbin. The notification committee and other special guests followed in carriages. Several thousand t persons along the line of march sent lip frequent cheers as the procession moved. Many houses along the line were profusely decorated. Gathered at the residence were 5000 people. Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks received the committee and especially invited guests, and with little delay Mr. Root t ? and Senator Fairbanks led the way t? the veranda, where seats were arranged for all. An enthusiastic greeting was givea to the two speakers as they appeared on the veranda. The demonstration lasted for several minutes, during which th? members of the committee were seated. Cheers broke out again and again, and several recognitions were necessar/ uwuie yuici n?s 05curgd. After the speaking a light, informal luncheon was served in a big tent on the lawn to the notification committee. Indiana Republican Congressmen, * ^ members of the State Committee and the Indiana delegates to the recent Chicago convention. Cutters' Strike Over. The strike of the cutters and tailors in New York City is at an end as far as the clothing manufacturers go. The places of the strikers have been filled by new men and some of those who went out a month ago. There will be practically 110 delay of garments for fall and winter, as the manufacturers now have all the help they want. Business Outlook Good. From all portions of the country officials of the leading railroads and prominent business men who are close observers of crops and general conditions express opinions that business this fali will show marked improvement. n 1 TncnanfiAn Uillilll UC[HIUIJV; xiicj./c^iiv/ii. Inspector Rodie, who examined the Grand Republic, sister ship of the Genera! Slocmri. declared her master did not know how to give a fire signal, that dummy rivets were found on life-rafts and the tire hose stood only half a pound pressure. Wheat Going Up. A wheat buying crate, induced by the .Northwest crop reports, has struck the big wheat trading centres, and the prices of all the features are way up; there is talk of $1.23 wheat. Bad Trolley Accident. In a troiley collision near Westboro, Mass.. due t<* a misunderstanding of orders. one woman was killed and a score of other persons were more or less seriously hurt. Bishop Dedicates Saloon. ? - ? * * " - ' " V 1 l5:.?l:op 1'OIter. 01 u;e .>e\v iujiv jiiimscopal Diocese, helped to dedicate the Subway Tavern." a liquor saloon, planned as a workiugruan's club in New York City. Packers Declare Strike Off. Packers in Chicago, 111., have declared that, so far as operating their plants is concerned, the butchers' strike is over and they no longer needed the strikers. Hay and Straw. The trading in hay was still very slow, the unsettled conditions of the weather also Interrupting business. The receipts were again large. Prime slock was in demand and all offers were soon ausorueu. r?uav> v>u:> oicauj for new and iu fair request for quotations. - BineVrries Selling Well. Blueberries are coming very fine and s*!li?tg readily iu large lots at quotations. Newsy Gleanings. Mount Wrangel. the Alaskan volcano. lias been in eruption. Char.'ottenburg is the first German ro;mmme to appoint a v/oman school doctor. In the face of the war. Japanesecommerce increased in June, instead of falling off. Asbestos, said to he of lony fihre and rouiI quality, lias been discovered at Woodstock, Vt. The Grain Dealers' Association is* agitating for a deepr. wafirwajj through the Lakes. j