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WHEW YOU GOTO THE WORLD'S PAR Seggwtfcw That SkwM !? Ililplhl to tht Slrigw hi St LMb :: No TItmUi Whn Yoo Git Yov tarl^i n Tht CrMtod of' the WorM't Iipotltlo? By MARK BENNITT Xt will be worth all tba self denial hat om may practice for NTwal ?an tomtba World's Fair of 190ft t It Louis. Money saved, earned or arrowed, cannot bo better spent than i catting acquainted with the world's progrsas aa rsrcaled at tbla latest and traatest of expositions. All of ns tan tot travel around the world to take tote of what the nations are doing, tut the nations from sll around the porlddeslre us to know snd'have sent hair best works to 8t. Louis to be ^acsd on display. Therefore, by all means or sny oeans. see the World's Pair. It means Everything to jour 'future growth of Hind, to jour present plessure and felons satisfaction. Who that saw 9ie Centennial Exposition or the {Jolumblan Exposition thst does not re rert to It with recollections of keenest pleasure? Within the two square miles of the tains. The historical exhibit of loco motives to one of the featttrM. It ?hows the development of seventy -five jetra la locomotive construction. Strange Indeed to the person who Is uot yet Impressed with these evidences of man's long straggle with the prob lem of rail transportation, the most civ ilising of modern Influences, next to the newspaper, which must always stand first To describe In detail this exhibit would be a long story lu Itself. Now let us cross the flower gardens to the Palace of Machinery, Just south of Transportation. The huge power generator!* are the flrst things to ar rest the eye. The Allls-Chslinevs en gine of SUOO horse-power, the Curtis steam turbine of 9000 horse-power, the Pariions steam turbine of 6000 kilo watts, the four Westlngltouse genera tors of 3000 horse-power each, and each as high as a house. And then other generators great nml sum II of a twflTMm outdoor display In tddW lion to the ulue am? under roof. The Palace of Art at the World's Fair coutalus 1W galleries. Each gal* lery Is a larp rooui. lighted from above and tilled with the choicest works of all countries of the world In which art ha* made noteworthy pro gress. The group of buildings to house thin niatmlflcent dlxplay represents an expenditure of more than 91.000.000. Even to the timid traveler. 8t. Louis presents no complications. It Is all as plain as a b c wheu once you get your bearings. The streets all run east and west or north aud south, with rarely a confusing diagonal. All trains Into St. Louis arrive at Union Station, one of the finest rail road ferralnalH In the world. The sta tlon Is on the south side of Market street, between 18th and 20th streets, so that wheu the visitor emerges from the station he finds himself at the ba CORNER OP PALACE OF LIUEItAL AUTS AT WORLD'S PAIR. ST LOUIS. Uonisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Uouis there is more to be seen than iver wan brought together in ten times jhe spac e before. It is a great collec tlon of expositions massed into one. t is nearly twiee as large as tbe tlolumbian Exposition at Chicago, yearly ten times largi-r tban tbe Pan American Exposition at Buffalo, fcvery exhibit palaee offers tbe equlv llent of a splendid exposition, each covering many acres of space. The largest of these is the Palaee of Agriculture, with its twenty-three acres inder roof, and tiile<i to the doors with the most wonderful agricultural col lection ever assembled upon any occa tion. Tbe important States and Na tions of the world are all here along tide great numbers of Individual ex ftibitors. Five great staples have been ?hosen for extraordinary display. Corn, cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco ire here arrayed as they have never ?een before, and undreamed possibili ties are revealed to inquiring minds. ?ucb a dairy 'display was never at Sempted and such a collection of farm uachincry and tools was never placed in exhibition. The Palace of Transportation is next la size, covering fifteen acres. One nay only hint at the wonders it con ELECTRICITY IN JAPAN. ftetlvltjr of the Inland Ktnplre In Con ?t ruction Work. Tbat the modern Japanese are de termined to keep abreast of the peo ples of the Western world Is shown oot only by their quick mastery of the ?rt of war, but also l?y their readiness to appropriate all the results of mod ern scientific discovery. According to the London Electrical Engineer, they ire now displaying much activity In the utilization of electricity for light tog, power and traction purposes, T*he Tokio electric light works have been In operation for a considerable time, tnd it has become necessary to greatly ?xteud the power house. The plant at present has a capacity of 50f>0 horse power, and this Is being increased by an additional 3600 horse power. This Dew plant will go Into operation dur ing the present month, and work will then be commenced on a further ex tension, which will ultimately Increase the output of the station by 10,000 horse power. Fresh demands for elec tric power are being made on the elec tric company by the railway company, which is operating an extensive sys tem of light railways In Toklo. The Unrdenellea. The question whether Russia bos the fight to send her Black Sen fleet through the Dardanelles Is based upon ? treaty executed in 1H4 1 between the five great Powers, whereby It was agreed that no ship belonging, to any nation save Turkey should pass through the channel without the con tent of Turkey. This agreement was reaffirmed by the treaty of Merlin, executed after the Russo Turkish war la the 70s. Where Lord Nelson Really Died. Visitors to the Victory, at Ports month, England, who have gated upon t ^ot In the cockpit and relieved It to be the piece where Nelson breathed hi* last, ware quite mistaken, accord ing to dlacorerlea Just made during the overhauling of the ship. The ati thfntlc place where the hero died waa doee agajnst one of the huge ribs of the ahlp ft little further forward. Thla |lftoe la now to be railed around, and It frill he lighted with electric lights, for which ft atorage battery la to be placed to board. \ all kinds? the most wonderrui display of engines ever assembled. But these ure nut all. Think of ten acres of glistening machines of every kind and you have some idea of the contents of the l'alace of Machinery. We cross the lagoon to the east ward and come to the beautiful Palace of Electricity, with eight acres of ex hibits from many countries, which show the marvelous development of electrical science. To the north again over one of the arched bridges we ap proach the Palace of Varied Indus tiies. viewing Its wonderful grace and splendor as we go. Here are fourteen acres of exhibits from all over the world. The l'alace of Manufactures Is the same size and stands on the op posite side of the Plaza of St. Louis. It is equally interesting in the variety and newness of its contents. Opposite the Palace of Manufactures to the southward is the Palace of Edu cation, this being the tirst time that education has been allotted n great building all its own. A variety of schools in daily session are the feature of this eight acre display. The two exhibit buildings in the eastern part of the main group are Mines and Met allurgy and Liberal Arts. The De partment of Mines and Metallurgy has A CHANGt OF AIR. Why It FrofM itennflclal When a Pe r ?on In /TIIId|. To maintain the balance of perfect health in a body so complex aft man's, where the circulatory, respiratory, muscular and nervous systems inter act so much upon one another, there is need of very frequent adjustment, especially in such a busy age as this. One great benefit of change of air Is that the great law of contrast en forced upon us by all natural phenom ena Is allowed fuller scope for Its beneficent work. The various organs of the body are very really rested by slight changes in diet, cooking, water, new surroundings, people and auiuse ments. The same monotonous daily round of duties tries them as It tries us. nud change of work Is actual re freshment. If specific ailments have manifested themselves, then the seashore for a tonic and general stimulant, mountain air for Its aseptic property, a sandy district for Its dryness or a sea voyage to Invigorate the whole system will be calculated to ward off what would otherwise spell serious Illness. linpulnefl. The speed of nerve Impulses in man Is stated by Dr. Alcock, In a recent paper beforo the I,ondon Itoyal So ciety. to be sixty meters (210 feet) a second. The experiments of Sir Mich ael Foster fifteen years ago showed It to be thirty-three meters. l?r. (lowers, the eminent neurologist, remarks that either Dr. Michael Foster or Dr. Al cock Is widely wrong, or the rate of transmission has become greatly ac celerated during the last fifteen years. Origin of "So Long." With reference to the origin of the familiar expression, "Ho long," a cor respondent of the London Academy suggests that it is derived from the Norwegian "Saa laenge," a common form of farewell, equivalent In mean* Ing to "au revolr," and pronounced Ilk? "so long," with the "g" softened. There was a fair number of Norwegians among the settlers In America, to Judge by the names, and it Is quite likely the phrase was picked up from them. It Is In general use among the in Hmiilu Africa. ginning cf the city numbering both north und south and eighteen blocks froiu the river. Standing ou Market street with his back to the station the down-town or main business section of the city Is to his right about oue mile. The World's Fair is to his left, westward about five miles. All the street cars are so labeled that he may easily know which cars to take. Practically all St. Louis will be a lodging house during the Exposition. The hotels have greatly multiplied in number and thousands of private homes are open for the accommoda tion of guests. The rates at the hotels are generally on the European plan as It will be more convenient for guests to get ihelr meals wherever meal-time may tiiul them. Prices for rooms In private houses range from .r?0 cents to $2.50 per day per person. The prevailing rate is $1.00 per person and In nearly every case good accom modations with all conveniences and lu good localities may be had for this price. The higher rate presupposes larger rooms and more luxurious quar ters. But no one need pay more than $1.00. The hotel prices have a wide range. Competition will be brisk. AN ORGAN WITHOUT STOPS. That Was the Opinion of (he Man With ? Mualcleee Soul. There Is a ruaii living Id an Elev enth street flat who has 110 music In his soul, ami there is a man on the lower Hour whose soul Is full of It. Thi? lower floor man not long ago add ed a four lung parlor organ to his lares ami penates, and two healthy daugh ters of his began to practice on it. Several nights latir a friend paid a visit to the tlrst man, and ns soon as he got inside the apartment he heard the parlor organ on the lower tloor. "Fine toned instrument that," he said, because he, too, had some music In his soul. The musleless man grunted. "Whose make Is It?" the visitor asked. "Don't know." was the ungracious answer. "How many stops has It?" The host pulled himself up for a powerful effort. "Well." he replied, "it's been in the house for about a neck now, and In that time It hasn't had any that I have been able to dis cover."? New York Press. tlnppT When They Are In Jail. "Many u prisoner as soon as he steps in the outer office," said a Charles street Jail officer, according to the Bos ton llecord, "throws himself Into a chair with a sigh of relief, muttering: 'This is the first happy hour in many months.' This- Is especially true ol men charged with large embezzle ments. Their consciences seem to be on the verge of collapse until they ar rive under the shadow of the Jail, when they then see their future cleurly," Ancient Prescription*. Sir Walter Besant's study of Old English customs shows that the doc tors of several centuries ago pre scribed for fevers "a cold water affu slon" with drinking of asses' milk When the queen waft ill In ItiftR thej shaved her head and applied pigeom to her feet. Powdered mummy for a long time was considered to be ? specific agalust diseases. It Is sal4 that the reason It went out of uw was that dealers took to embalming bodies and then sold them for genu ine ancient mutnmlva l?htcK and /\dvertt\ire. LOR IN PAlUdU WILD. DWAKD E HOPPMt, ? Boom OMnty (Mo.) boy. bow rlf m tb? United State* -steamer Boston, with wnral otter mem bwToTHa company, war* lost la tit Interior of Panama and for a month wss held captive by latlr* trlbea. ? letter J oat received from him In Colom. bla. Mo., tells of his strange experiences and hie rescue. Hit mother had not heard from him slaee last September, at which time ho eras in Honduras, and all inquiries to the Nary Depart* ment failed to receive any definite an swer as to where he waa or what had become of him. She waa aurprised and delighted to receive the letter, for she had given up all hope* of hearing from him again. The letter, which waa written from Panama, and dated February 14, Is aa follows: "Dear Mother? At last your Ions lost son will write to you. I hope yon will pardon me for not writing to you for so Ions, bnt I mm sure you will when I tell yon the trials snd troubles I hare had since you last heard from me. 8uch a time aa I hare had. lost la the Jungles of a 8oath American forest and captured by a wild tribe of Indians. snd st last have got back to my dear old ship and friends. "You know there has been trouble between the Republic of Panama snd Colombls. Psnsma has seceded from. Colombis snd has been recognized by sll the Powers of the civilised world ss s Republic by Itself, the youngest nation on esrth. We received orders on the 21st of OctobA to proceed to Panama with all possible speed and we arrived here on November 7, find ing everything In a turmoil, and all the ships' companies were landed im mediately to preserve peace and quiet. We were ordered by the flagship to ? proceed to Sanmulguil Bay and land the ship's company and to go into the Interior of Panama for a distance of 120 miles to a place called the Prov ince of Yavisa Darlen and to scout the country and find If there were any Colombians in thnt part of the country. "The marine guard of the Boston, which numbers about forty men, were under the command of Captain Salll day. We left the camp on November 18. with rations and supplies for a five days' march. We nroceeded to a small place called Cana and we learned there that a small body of troops had been there the dn.v before and had pro ceeded north. We stayed there that night and got an early start In the . morning. The forests were dense with undergrowth and our advance was rather slow. We were twenty-four hours from Cana when our compass got our of tlx and we were in a seri ous predicament. We wandered around for two day 8 and nights without be ing able to tell where we were going. During that time our rations gave ont and we were compelled to subsist on the native fruits which were rather plentiful." A STRANGE IMPULSE. Harry Grider. a veteran liunter along the great stretches of the Rocky Moun tains, made a trip to Southern Call* fornla In 1871, and ascended Old Baldy. Among his reminiscences the following, related by himself, stands out as the most singular: One afternoon, while picking his way carefully along the narrow ledge high up on the mountain side, he came upon a sleeping lion that lay with its nose between its forcpaws in a sunny angle of the rock. (J rider was a dead shot, and raising his rltle softly to his shoulder he drew bead on the lion, directly between the closed eyes. He bad killed many ani mals of this sort, and knew exactly where to send the lead into its brain. Nothing was surer than If he pressed the trigger tlie great cat would pass from sleep into iustaut death. But, through some unusual impulse as strange as it was unaccountable, Grider lowered the muzzle of bis weap on without shooting. Again he raised the rifle, took deliberate aim, and ?gain lowered the gun without firing. He could not explaiu the reason for this strange act, nor why he backed softly off and retraced bis way, leaving the lion undisturbed. He had never done such a thing before in all his mountaineering experience. At length be sat down on the edge of a boulder and coagltated long and serolusly over the queer matter. "Now, what in thuuder did I do that for?" be asked himself over and over again, "One crack of my old gatlln* here, and that cat would have been too dead to kick, just as sure as tbe sun sets over that dirty little pueblo of Los Angeles down yonder. Aud to prove it I'll just drop that eagle that has lit on that point of rock across the canon." He raised bis rifle, took quick aim at tbe bird and pulled tbe trigger. Only a dull click follpwed as tbe hammer struck. The cartridge was a defective one.? Los Angeles Times. RIDING AN AVALANCHE. Seven Alpine tourists, representing five dlffrent nationalities? namely, two Englishmen, a German count aud bis valet, a young Russian lady, a Dutch man and a Swiss guide, have Just had an extraordinary escape from destruc tion by an avalanche. The party started from Arosa to as cend the Aroser Welssborn on ski. When about 700 feet from the summit, which is 8710 feet above sea level the steepness of the ascent and tbe bard* ness of tbe snow necessitated the re moval of the ski, and tbe party pro ceeded on foot. When nearing the top an immense avalanche suddenly rushed down the mountain side. Most of tbe party at once sat down to receive the Impact on their backs, and some succeeded in riding the waves of snow with tolerable success for some distance. Then came a series of somersaults. Five of the party were involved In the avalanche and four were swept down to tbe bottom of the slope, a distance of about 700 feet, arriving In all manner of attitudes. The German count collided with a rock and was cut about the face; the '^tebman finished up la a standlag P?1| bwtad in MOT to Mi ?kla. The Baaaiu ladj wu tkt Irat to ex tricate herself, and behaved through out with remarkable pluck and endur ance. Wonderful to relate, no bonee were broken, and all eecaped with a tew bruises and sera tehee, and leached Aroea la safety. Had not the aU been taken off before the accident, eerlona reealta neat almoat certainly bare ensued.? London Dally Mali. MBBBLY NITBO-QLYCEBINB. An enthusiastic banter, having lost bis way. wandered helplessly about In an Apparently endless cedar swamp until dark, when a distant light at* tracted him to a log cabin near a new; mining location. The cabin's sole oc* cupant proved to be a stolid but hosplt sble Swede, who obligingly ^consented to shsre his supper snd his* bed with the tired snd hungry stranger. After a hearty meal the men sst quietly smoking their plpfa beside the Are. Suddenly ^.they were rtsrtled bj the sound of stealthy footsteps, fol lowed by sharp, scratching noises, which seemed to proceed from the lean-to shed at the rear of the csbln. Cautiously opening the door, the 8wede held hla candle aloft; and the hunter, who bad hastily aelsed his gun and loaded for bear, peered eager ly over his ahoulder. The flickering beams disclosed a fat porcupine sharp ly outlined against a background of square pine boxes. In the act of help* Inst himself to the Swede's pots toes. "Guess I'll shoot him," whispered the hunter, swinging his rifle to his shoulder. "But say. Ole, Is there any* thing in that stack of boxes that a car tridge would be likely to damage?" "No." said Ole, imperturbably. as h# steadied his candle to aid the hunter's aim. "There's yoost nottlng at all In dem boxes but dynamite."? Leslie's Monthly. TRAINER HAS NARROW ESCAPE Penned In a steel cage, battling for his life with a ferocious lion, armed only with u club. Trainer Steve Law rence. M the Olive Street Zoo. St. Louis, was saved from dentil by the killing of the beast by Patrolman E. W. Etling, who heard the imprisoned man's cries. Attaches of the zoo failed to beat the liou off with hot iron prods. Caesar, the lion, reached the *00 live weeks ago from Hamburg. lie was surly from the first. He resented Law rence's entrance and growled savage ly. Not until Lawrence began to make him move did he show real fer ocity. Then lie sprang at Lawrence, who dropped to the floor. Quickly re gaining his feet, Lawrence faced the animal, which began striklug with his fore paws, brushing aside the fork Lawrence attempted to use. By this time Lawrence had backed into a cor ner and other employes hnd been at tracted by the growls. With hot bars they attempted to drive the animal to another corner. This aroused Caesar, and he began springing alternately at the bars and at Lawrence. With the increasing fierceness of the attacks Lawrence, who is said to have been the coolest uiau in the house, was becom ing frightened, and some one ran to the street seeking further help. The officer ran into the zoo and quickly put Caesar out of action with his re volver. LET THE OTHER FELLOW WORRY. A Senator's Method Illustrated by no Anecdote. It Is well known that many men in public life worry themselves almost sick over the distribution of "plums" to offlce-spekers. Senator Reveridge, author of "The Russian Advance." lets the other men do the worrying, and has a method which is Illustrated by this anecdote. lie was receiving delegations who were booming vari ous nieu for postmasters in their re spective towns. Finally, a delegation arrived from a district where the tight for the post mastership was very hot. The Senator listened intently to the leader's remarks, and replied: "I am going to decide this mntter your way." The man was delighted. "Yes," continued Senator Heverldge, "I am going to submit the case to you and let you decide It." Whereupon he recited one set of facts after an other, earli time getting the leader's crestfallen continuation of the state ments made. Finally, having calmly made out his case, the Senator said. "Now, what is your decision?" "Oh, hang it all," said the man, "if you're going to put it that way I sup pose Fll have to say the other fellow ought to have the office." "Very well." said the Senator, "I shall, as I said, decide the case your way." And the delegation, all except the lender, went off laughing. A Land of Little Soap. It Is gratifying to learn that the consumption of soap in rhlna. accord ing to official statistics, has increased over 100 per cent, of reccnt yenrs. In this connection it Is rather a curious fact that if a Japanese emi grates it Is specified in his contract that he is to be furnished dally with so many gallons of hot water, in which he may, according to custom, parboil himself. The Chinese as a rule never bother their heads about cucli a de tail, and though at home they have their bathing houses, the greater part of the people never go near them, nor Indeed ever see the Inside of one. "Do you wash your child every day?" asked a foreigner or a Chinese woman who was seen throwing shovels full of dust over her progeny, and then wiping it off with an old broom. "Wash him every day?" was the Indignant re sponse; "he has never been washed since lie was born!" To the Chinese generally the motto could nefer be made Intelligible which was put In his window by a dealer In soap, "Cheaper than dirt" Maw Arctic Kspedltlon. The St. Petersburg Physico-chemi cal Society contemplates a new Arc tic expedition for the following ob jects: Observations of solar radiation and atmospherlq refraction, of cloud movements and of atmospheric elec tricity In connection with the extinc tion of ultra-Tlolet light; determin ation of the phenomenon of terrestrial magnetism and of electlrc currents In the ocean; chemical analyses of the composition of the air and water, and examinations of the polar ice. ? - News of Merest AFRO-AMERICANS Dr. Cram Still on Dock. A Washington special says: Ths nomination of W. D. Orum to be col* lector of customs at Charleston. 8. C.. was called op in executive session of the senate a few days ace by Sena* tor Galllnger. Senator Tillman, who opposed the confirmation explained that he was nr. well enough to make s speech and (he nomination went over. It now se?ms ss if the president will make another recess appointment to hold over until the next session. ? ? ? ? No Colored Jurors. Attorney J. C. L Harris, of Ralelgb, N. C.. went to Washington a few days sco to apply to Associate Justice Har lan. of the United States supreme court for a writ of error in the case of Af red Daniels, colored. t under desth sentence for murdering the father of United States Senator Simmons. Har ris bases his application upon the ground that there was discrimination esalnst Daniels on account of his race, and that the commissioners of Jones county, where he was tried, had no names of Negroes in the jury box. ? ? ? ? Colored Mob Attempts Lynehing. A mob at Bristol. Tenn.. tried to get possession of Pinley Preston, the oolored man who murdered Lillian Shaw, colored. In Johnson county, and who Is now in Jail at Mountain City. The mob almost had the man in their possession when their courage failed them. The lynchers are said to have been all Negroes. This is the second attempt to lynch Preston by a colored mob. Prestos ws? r?**ently convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged, but his case was appealed to the su preme court. Delegates Call on President. The Baltimore confcien :e of tho African Methodist Episcopal church, in session at Washington tlu* past week, adopted resoluti *i?s ai?i>**aling to President Roosevelt for aid in se curing permission for an exhibition at the 3t. Louis exposition by the Ne groes of the country, *ii-l urging the senate to confirm the nomination of Dr. William I.. Oun. as collei-'or c.f the port of Charleston. Dr. B. F. Watson, of Philadelphia. in fh'i.R? of the church extension work of the A. M. K. church. nudre-sed lb j confer ence, and later the ilelosatm 'vere re ceived by Prei'lt'ent Rooi?v?it. ? ? ? ? Trouble in a "Mixed" School. The race feeling In Kansas City, Kans., aroused by tho killing of Roy Martin, a white high school freshmaa, by a colored student named Gregory, was for a time intense. Tho school closed temporarily in an effort to quiet the excitement that it was expected might full-.?w Martin's funeral, the white pupils as serted that the Negroes woulff never again be permitted to enter the aigh school . The trouble finally subsided and race feeling has apparently died out When Hie high school was reopen ?d t dquaci of policemen was dra?vn up in line at the nmir entrance to jco tint the eighty colored pupils wc?.e not molested by the seven hundred Whites Boys and gills of b.iil? rnces tool; tliei: accustom* d places mi no sign of fr:c tion was displayed. ? ? ? ? Violated Civil Rights Law. The curious spcctacio of two colored men asking the punisuineut of CKinamen for a denial .#f civil lichts has been furnished recently, by a case In a justice court, at Chicago. A white Jury decided tiiut :he oo'ovd men had not sufferol sufficient sin palrment of their righ'.y '.o Justify a fine. D. rT" Cooper and D vilol Robinson, tho Negro complainant*:, c?i,ta *> I a Chinese restaurant and a?k-!d to lo served Tho Chliiamoi. In charge said they were out of the dishes desired. Thereupon tho two colored men de parted am" presently returned with constables, who arrested the owrors of the cafe The complainant* alleged that the Chinamen, in refusing to curve them, had violated the civil rights set. which gives the Negroes equal ,>riviN-i:iM ;n restaurants and theatre* with whiter, '?sss Called Hardwick to Time. In the houso of representatives at Washington recently Mr. (loldfogle, of New York, spoke in behalf of the Jews of tho United States, for whom he asked equal treatment and protec tion while traveling In Russia. Using as his text the remarks of Mr. Hardwick, of Georgia, on the Ne gro question In the south, delivered In January last, Mr. Morrell, of Pennsyl vania, said that the ambitious or as* plring Negro was treated as an out cast n this country to a greater extent than the Jew was treated by the de graded peasantry in Russia. Every where, he said, the Negro was begin ning to be treated as necessarily an Inferior and was discriminated again U in the different walks of life. It w is not alone In the southern states that the Negro was unfairly treated in the enforcment of the law. In the north, he said courts and Juries were often his enemies, "always ready to ex aggerate his faults and ignore his vir tues." The corner-stone upon which tho democratic institutions of this country were founded, the hope of all Americans, whether native born or naturalized, white or black, was best exemplified, he declared. In the "door of hope" policy, as expressed by President Roosevelt. He denied that the state of Pennsylvenia imposed re strictions on the Negro, as charged by Mr. Hardwick. ? ? ? ? Question of Color In Court. In deciding the garnishment case of Josle King v. Emma Morris, involv ing $300 Insurance money, Justice Bugene Ray at Columbus, Oa., render ?d a Judicial opinion as to the color of Annfe Morris, an aged woman ol that city. Many years ago In Mont tommy. Alt^ John Morris, a Negro* ?inlia Anal* Morris. Josle Morris, sow Josle Kiss. Is s child of the us* los. Twelve yesrs ago they separated ssd Morris msrried Ebbs Morris* from whom he sfterwsrds sepsrsted. Morris died recestly, lesving $303 Insurance In the Knights of Pythlss (colored). Emms Morris collected the lssursnce by securing s lspsed policy, ersslng the nsme on it snJ substituting therefor "John Morris.** 8he deposited the money In s bsnk ssd Joele King garnisheed It. clatm lnf $100 of the sum. The defense elsimed thst Annie Morris ? s white women \nd thst Morris' marriage to her wss Ulegsl and Josle King was su Ulegltlmste child. The plaintiff claim ed thst Annie Morrl* U ? negro, thst the first msrrisge wss legsl ssd thst the second msrrisge wss illegsl. ss no divorce from the first wife hsd been obtslned. Annie Morris stated that she did not know whether she wss white or colored. The Judge decided the esse in fsvor of her dsughter, Jo* sle King. The esse will be appealed. Brilliant Easter Entertainment. The colored people c( Columbia. S. C., had something on the linen of the "passion play" at their Easter enter* talnment. The specially dramatic feature was Are women at the sepulchre, dressed In moi.rnlng robes, wearing crowns adorned with tiny candles. These clr< culated about the tomb of Jesus, a black box, asking In thrilling tones ^ "Where have *hey laid H tin?" Then a great angel came forth ? all In white. (This was a colored man wealing a gown with sleeves that llft> ?d up by* raising the arms causing him to look as if he had wing3). He Said to the women: 4 He Is not oere! He Is risen*** Then the women marched up and 4o*n the aisle Intoning the words, "Christ is risen; Christ is risen In* deed!" They had a star in the east and th-j Magi, and many incidents ot tho Ufa of Christ Illustrated in songs ani speeches. and u mighty w?ive of ex citement and unbounded enthusiasm was engendered by the vivid realism. ? ? ? Trouble FolJows False 3wen.*ing. Frank Tinch. a young rolorthi n?an of \'a;roll cot.niy, (Ja . was r?;o-?ntly sentenced by Judge Kr??cman in the superior court to s\>ivo a term oPthico yeais in the penitentiary on a charso of false sweating. The chargo aroso in a novel way. Tineh was in stialts to get money and p:oeii-*.? a marrr.ige license in the county in last Decem ber and having ins lu i? V-to bo befo.o the ordinary asked a l>?an of a party ores-en*: of io buy his license. The party wanted s*,me assurance that the money Mould be returned and Tin ?h made an nlKdavit before tho ordnary that an enpiovr owi I him a larger sum of money, \v;io.*-Mpon the loan was made. ilefoie the l-t.ney moon was far *|ient tho !??ndor dis covered that ho l-ad be-?n d?:*>%ucied aud had Tinch arrested on the charge of false swearing in the nPltalt ntado. Tinch was at < nee plaet>:| in jail where he has stayed for tlio oa:*t lo*ir months without bond. Ueing Indicted, bo pleaded guilty and tecaivod his sea* tence. WORDS THAT ARE OBSOLETE. Letter Which Cannot Be Understood by Ordinary Mortals. Tho number of obsolete word.? that are to be found in a complete diction ary of the English language is con siderably larger than the people have any idea of. says Tit-Bits. The follow ing letter, written by an alleged poet to an editor who had treated his po etry with derision, furnishes some idea of them: "Sir: You have behaved like an Im petiginous serogle! I. ike those who, envious of any moral celsitude. carry their ungielty to the height of creat ing symposleally the fecund word* which my polymathic genius uses with uberily to abligate the tongues of tho weetless! Sir, you have crassly pa rodied my own pet words, though they were trangrams! "I will not coascervate reproaches. I will oduce a veil over the atramental ingratitude which has chamfered even my Widiscerptihle heart. 1 am silent on the fociilation which my coadju vancy must have given when I offered to become your fantor nnd adminicle. I will not speak of the lippitude, tho oblepsy you have shown in exacerbat ing me, one whose genius you should have approached with mentul discal ceation. So I tell you, without super vacaneous words, nothing will render ignoscible your conduct to me. "I want you that I will velllcate your nose if I thought that ony moral liarthrosia thereby could be per formed?If I thought I should not itn plgnorate my reputation, (Jo. fachy iraphlc serogle, band with your crass mqulnate fantors! Draw oblectations "rom the thought. If you can. of having synchronlcally lost the existimation jf the greatest poet since Milton." And yet all these word* are to bo found In the dictionary. Looking Under the Hat. You seldom wlli tlnd a brainy man with a round head. The head that contains lots of brains either Is very long from front to back or else irreg'i lar. You can learn something of a man's mental ability by the hat h? wears. If hl.i head Is so bumpy thai it seems as if he never could get a hat to tit him he probably Is a genius or a cruck-a-Jack in some particular lin? If his head Is long from front to back h? Is a clear thinker and smart as a whip 3o if your hat costs moro money than your friend's hat does and you oro harder tj lit, be consoled by considering that your brain iJ worth more Schools In Russia. According to tho latest statlstloe, there are 84,544 public schools in the empire of Russia, out of which num ber 40,131 are trader the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Education, 42.688 under the jurisdiction of the holy synod, and tho remainder under other departments. Of tho pupils, 73. 167 were adults, 3,291,694 boys and 1,203,902 girls. The teachers number 172,000. The maintenance of all these schools costs more than $26,000,000. The average sohool tax for city schools Is 99.60 and for village schooir 96 a pupil