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SI THAT MIRROR:
'by h. *. b. hebtzbebfl.
eH In the room
B? Of your soul
?? Hangs a mirror
H Whose reflections you
BB Cannot escape.
The things indestructible, and tho'
EjH You maf try, by greasing
|2fl Its surface
|pl (VVi' the suds of soft soap!)
SBLTo render its task unavailing,
WlJehold, sir, the grease will not stick.
That mirror
H Is conscience,
iW And. mind, it preserves
99 Distinctly each picture
R9 It ever has taken
IH Of you and your deeds.
[^ Turning your eyes
gWjAway from it helps you
Sj^fNot in the least;
J^PsSimply because your
SaBEyes will not stav turned
Thus, but instead must
Yield to the mighty
M B^'383'5 attraction,
Face it, and see.
|
KM-What makes the mirror'a
M^/'Pictures so fearful
EKs that they show all the
|^B?ins of vou-nude;
i^kd .i.a:
|^>cirtr ui me ciuixuus
ustoni and tolerance
Kindly have lent them
But in the world?
Bhow all the sins of
Tou shorn of the background
Df other men's sins.
put in the world here
[Surely this background,
Being of color
And substance alike,
Tones down and dwarfs
Your own villainy's ligure.
Only the mirror
Conscience that hangs
In the room
Of your soul
Gives you no background,
Gives you no clothing,
Gives you reflections
Terribly naked?
Gives you reflections
You cannot escape.
?New York Journal.
tali's Chimney
years
before when
g ' ' h^| Solomon Green bad asked
1 F 11 I T'rzail Hitchcock to beP
11 J come the second Mrs.
i Wa Green she had tartly resed
the honor. "I ain't much of a
tftuty," she had told him, "but no
armed-over affection fur me, thank
u. Solomon Green."
Solomon had reasoued all in vain.
"Why, Tirzah," he pleaded, "it ain't
ways natural fur wimmen to Hve
one. Every mornir.' your chimbly
the first thing I look at, an' if I
asn't to see the smoke a comin' out
' it, I'd be scared to death thinkin'
>u was robbed, or killed or sunthin'.
"What's the use in us keepin' up
Iro houses when one would do jest as
ell?"
Since that time the two had hardly
:changed a dozen words. Solomon
id not married, neither had Tirzah,
.J
iu now 011 uie uigui ueiore xaer ior9th
birthday she sat looking around
?r orderly little home with the most
?solate feeling at her heart she had
lown for years.
To-morrow would be her birthday,
iechanically she had gone through a
>w preparations for that rather duious
festival. The smallest hen from
er flock was curled up ready for
>asting inside the same pan in which
er hens had been roasted for the last
fteen years. A green apple pie sat
i the pantry shelf beside a sour cream
)ice cake, while a plate of mealy tarts
as waiting patiently the filling of
rape jelly to be theirs on the mor>w.
Never before, at that season of the
ear, had Tirzah's hens been laying
> well.
Her cow had never been known to
Ive so large a yield of milk. There
'ere three new kittens in the basket
ehind the kitchen stove, and her
inary bird was the loudest singer in
11 the village. But for all this Tirzah
us not satisfied.
She had heard that day that the wid.
wed cousin who usually kept house
>r Solomon Green had unexpectedly
larried.
ur course cms was notning to Tlrzaii,
ut still?here she snilTeil two or three
;mes, and then, without a particle of
xplanation to the astonished cat. who
ad come forth demanding her allownee
of milk, sat down in her cane?ated
rocker and burst out crying.
For five minutes she cried, and then
he dropped her apron and looked
uiltily about.
A thought had just intruded itself
pon her which she considered in the
ght of a secret crime. Over and over
gain, despite herself, she rehearsed
olomon's proposal; each word as it
ad been spoken, until, suddenly, like
tie handwriting upon the wall, there
food forth these words: "Every mornig
your chimbly is the first thing I
)ok at "
Had he meant it? Did he still turn
is eyes with the coming of morning
glit down the little hill which lay
etween them? Did her lonely chim
ey still claim his thoughtful care?
Five minutes later the dark plot
ras formed and Miss Tirzah was burying
about her preparations for the
i^ht with cheeks that burned witL
res she had thought long since gone
ct forever.
Tlia fnllArrln'r mn^ninrp m r\yr\ ficfnn.
XUC iVJIV" UiU; UiUl V UOlWii'
shed creatures there could not be than
rere the kittens, eat, cow, hens and
anary of Miss Tirzah Hitchcock
lomething certainly had gone wrong.
Six o'clock came, and the stable
oor was not opened by the brisk mis
ress. Half-past six, and still no firt
n the kitchen stove. Seven o'clock
nd no breakfast yet for the mistress
nd her indignant dependents.
Loud and angry rose the protest o!
Jrindle from her snug stall, while tht
Id cat and canary did their best tc
tir things up inside.
Meanwhile, hidden by the parloi
urtains. crouched Miss Tirzah, wrap
>ed in a huge red and green shawl
ler heart fluttering between shame anc
IrcaO, \vkiie Uer eyes .watched witi
r /
fevered anxiety the house just up the ' I
hill. I
Oh! how pitifully foolish now. looked (
her deep laid scheme when faced in
the broad light of day. '
Of course he had forgotten, years i I
ago. to watch her chimney. What j
was it to him now, whether she had a
tire or not? She would go this very .
minute and build it. She
Why. what was that? Some on? J
was coming out of Solomon's front i
floor. Some one?why. it was Solo- j j
mon himself, creeping forth as if he j
had just been engaged in stealing his . '
own spoons and was now making off ; '
with tlipm to a nlace of hiding.
Where was be going:? |'
The heart of Tirzah stood still for f
one long and nerve-destroying second, |
then it went on again with such a j
hammering anil commotion beneath | (
the red and green shawl that a less i
plucky woman would have fled for ; ^
the camphor bottle on the instant. j j
Solomon was coming down the hill 1
straight toward her tiny home. Com- I
ing, it is true, not as the conquerors |
come with bold and martial tread, but j'
after a timid, slinky fashion of a man |
who has had his last timid advances j
j in that direction scorned.
When it was certain past all shadow <
of a doubt that he was cominc into ]
the house. Tirzah. the crafty creature. |
betook herself to the cane-seated rock- j
er, where, wrapped to the chill in the j
big shawl, she waited with palpitating ;
heart for the timid knock which at |
' - ? A.A?V>4A/1 Ali am rl/\r>?
it'iigiu suuiiutru un juci uwi.
"Corue in." she then called feebly, i
at which the door was Opened cau- i
tiously, inch by inch, until the entire
figure of the middle-aged lover was
disclosed to view.
At the sight of Tirzah, bundled up
and in the armchair, all of his hesitation
vanished.
"Why, Tirzah, are you took sick?*' j
came in the loud, cheery voice which j
had not sounded in the room for five j
years past. "An' it's cold enough in
here to freeze the hair off a dog's back.
Let me fix you a fire."
In a few moments a cheerful fire
was roaring up the chimney. To be
sure, there were more chips on the
floor than Miss Tirzah would have
scattered in a twelve-month and the
cat was spitting out her indignation
in a remote corner, over an injury done
her sleek tail by the heavy boot ol
Miss Tirzah's new fireman.
Tirzah, however, noticed neither the
chips nor the anger of her cat. Not
redder than her cheeks was the blazing
i lire, for Solomon had taken courage
. and was sitting beside her, inquiring
kindly when she "was took" and it i
, he shouldn't go and "fetch the doctor?" j [
"You see, Tirzah," he said with a i \
guilty laugh, "I allers look at your i
i chimbly the first thing in the mornin'? i
TVa L-inHop <rr>f intn tho hnhiiv T knnw ! <
you don't like it, but?eh?why, Tirzah,
woman, whatever ails ye?"
"Solomon," cried Tirzab, and she !
. almost screamed it in her excitement,
"I?I do like it. I?Dh, Solomon?I
didn't build a fire for a purpose."
And Solomon
He rose then and there and kissed
her.?Clara Parker, in Housekeeper.
One oa Eugene Fields.
Eugene Fields was a book collector, j
and one of his favorite jokes, accord- j
ing to the Philadelphia Post, was to j
enter a bookshop where he was not j
known and ask in the solemnest man- |
ner for an expurgated edition of Mrs. i
Heman's poems* One day in Milwaukee
he was walking along the
street with his friend, George Yenowine,
when the latter halted in front
of a bookshop and said: "Gene, the
proprietor of this place is the most i
serious man I ever knew. He never
saw a joke in his life. Wouldn't it be
a good chance to try again for that expurgated
Mrs. Hemans?" Without a
wood Field entered, asked for the proprietor,
and then made the usual request.
"That is a ratlier scarce book,"
came the replj*. "Are you prepared to ,
pay a fair price for it?" For just a '
second Field was taken aback; then he | ]
said: "Certainly, certainly; I?I know !
it's rare." The man stepped to a case, i |
took out a cheaply bound volume, and J
handed it to Field, saying: "Th? price j |
is ?5." Field took it nervously, opened
to the title page, and read in correct j <
I print: "The Poems of Mrs. Felicia
Hemans. Selected and Arranged with j ]
All Objectionable Passages Excised by j
George Yenowine. Editor of 'Isaac.j
Watts for the Home.' 'The Fireside
Hannah More,' etc," with the usual I
publisher's name and date at the bot- I
torn. Field glanced up at the brokse'.ler.
He stood there the very picture
of sad solemnity. "I'll tak* it." said
, Field faintly, producing tiie money.
Outside Yenowine was missing. At his
office the toy said he had just left,
saying that lis was going to Standing
Rock, Dak., to kee:> an apptintoeut
with Sitting Bull.
An F.ariy Nmneral Ss'Meni.
t In a paper real before the Philological
Society of the University cf Micia'
gau, recently. Professcr George Henr)l
commented upon the forerunners cf |
| our present system of enumeration. |
Some two years ago. in seeking the j
1 origin of the Runic letters (the first
1 letters used by the Germanic races), .
; Professor Hempl discovered the primi- i
tive Germanic numeral notations.
This threw new light upon the early
1 Germanic numerical system, as well as
: upon the primitive Indo-European numerical
system, and upon the devel"
opment of the Greek alphabet, and the
Greek numerical notation.
The primitive In lo-Suropean m.rr.er'
ical system was a mixture of the decimal
and the sexagesimal. The first
1 large number was the "hund," or "hun
dreJ, tnat is luu. ueiween sixty and |
120 there were no numbers like our
" seventy, etc, seventy Leiug "a. shock
1 and ton," and eighty being "a shock
' and twenty." The introduction of our
present numbers between sixty and
120 arose cut of the introduction of the
decimal Iiund or hundred, that is, 100,
" in distinction from which the old 100
J (120) was called the duodecimal hun:
dred, or the "great hundred." which is
* still used in Iceland and parts of England.?New
York Tribune.
p
> Joac'.iimV Diamond Jubilee.
> Dr. Joachim, the great violinist, who
has recently celebrated the diamond
. jubilee of his hrst appearance in Eug.
land, began his studies at four, was a
concert player at ei^ht, and made a
[ great sensation at Drurr Lane ,vhen
i a lad of thirteen. 1
! . . The . .
{kidnaping brigands
i of morocco.
A big international row was creat
by the kidnaping of Ion Perdicaris,
American citizen, and Cromwell V.
ley, his English stepson, by Raisot
the Moroccan brigand. Warships wc
sent to Tangier, and all kinds of pre
lire was exerted to compel the Suit
to obtain the release of the captiv'
tvho were held, under tnreats or aea;
unless a heavy ransom be paid a
jther demands be complied with. Ti
the kidnaping is likely to lead to
;risis in the affairs of Morocco is ve
renerally believed. The present siti
tion is a demonstration of the instat
tty of the present government, and
expected to spur European govei
nents to action. Morocco has a pc
ul I ->v - -i-i
A TYPICAL BRI<
illation estimated by some at 9,400,01
The Sultan of Morocco claims to
thirty-sixth in descent from Fatimi
the daughter of the prophet. His a
thority is absolute and not modifh
is in Turkey, by the opinions of t
earned. The area of Morocco can or
t>e vaguely estimated, as the southe
frontiers toward the Sahara Des<
ire unsettled, but it probably contai
500,000 square miles.
There is one English newspaper, ti
French and three Spanish published
rangier. The army of Morocco is <
timated at 80.000. including the mi
tia. It is trained and commanded
English. French ana Italian omcers.
Nothing has been doue to develop t
country by either opening roads
railways. It is one of the most n<
lected spots in the world. Agrieultu
is very greatly neglected. The peoi
3nly cultivate their land from dire i
2essity. In 1902 the chief exports wf
ilmonds, beans, peas, oxen, eggs a
3l;ins. Its chief Imports are cott
?oods and sugar. There are represe
tatives of fourteen nations at Tangi
The British envoy is Sir Arthur $ic
son, Bart., K. C. B.
There is perhaps no portion of t
civilized world about which Europe
information is so defective. There h
been no survey of the country, and t
maps have been drawn up largely
:onJecture.
Eudlnc: or Honeymoon),
The late Mrs. John Ridgeway,
Paris, was noted for her* ready wit
At one of her receptions, apropos
marriage, Guy de Maupassant said:
"The honeymoon ends when the w
first asks the husband for money."
"No," Mrs. Ridgeway retorted;
ends when the husband ceases to a
the wife how much he can have t
pleasure of giving her."
IN THE F
PHILANI
'Attorney-General of the United !
Northern Securities case has won n
United States Sonatar from Pennsv
o Not Born a Poet4
One day in 1859 DesbaroIIea, w
i was at that time the most distinguish
x palmist in Europe, called on t
* French poet Lamaitine and asked f
f permission to study his band. The pc
4 readily granted the request, and f
\ half an hour Desbarolles careful
studied the lines in his hands. Th
he rather abruptly took his leave, a
that evening he said to a friend:
an "I studied Lamartine's hands to-d
* ' and was greatly surprised at what
! ' saw. i expected that he would ha
?re the hands of a poet?soft, delicate, <
SSfeminate
hands?whereas he has exa
on
ly such hands as you will find on t
th' typical merchant or wholesale deal
U(j Tlie fingers are large, strong and son
1{lj. what clumsy, and the lines show gre
'a success in a business career."
,ry This was repeated to Lamartine
ia. few days later, and at once he c
(jl. claimed, enthusiastically: "Desbaroll
is is right! I was born to be a first-cLi
n. business man, and why I became
,p, poet heaven only knows."
. i n)lll? |H IjjlUPHUIXIIInH
V,
. dj|
3AND OF MOROCCO.
)0. Great Men'a Mothers.
be a recent issue of a monthly public
ill. tion entirely devoted to literature cc
lU* tains the portraits of three famo
?d? mothers, that is, of three women ma
he famous by their sons. These are M
>ly Carlyle, Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Spenc
rn It is curious, says the Ladies' Pictori
;rt that there is always more interest i
ns taching to the mothers of men of d
f finrttirtn thnn to thnir siros pren
xo they have been men of some mark.
in is said that most men who achie
greatness inherit their ability fr<
their mothers, and It is notewort
that nearly all distinguished men ha
been greatly attached to their mothe
One can never forget the Poet Gra;
or exquisite epitaph on his mother, or A
J. M. Barrie's tender and beautii
ire tribute to his mother's memory.
)le
ie" Crime anrt Left-Hande.tnesg.
It has been discovered by a speci
ist that more thau one-third of the p<
?n pie who are left-handed are crimiua
:n" This is very interesting, but we do
ej* see how the discovery is going to
0 " of particular value to society. Let t
. specialist pursue his investigations a
P find out whether people are crimini
because they are left-handed, or le
. handed because they are crimin
. ? With that point settled it may be p<
sible to inaugurate intelligent mej
ures for remedying the matter,
present we are left to suppose that i
of left-hauded people who are not cri
. ? inals must be baseball pitchers.?C
of cago Record.
ife When arrayed in his official cloth
the Sultan of Johore is a glittering <
"it rlosity. He wears gems worth $1
sk 000,000. They sparkle in his cro*
he on his epaulets, in his girdle and
his cuffs.
UBLIC EYE.
)ER C. KNOX,
States, wbose vigorous prosecutiou of th
im fame. He has been recently appoint*
lvania to succeed the late Senator Quay.
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I NEW SAFETY FENDElC
ho
ed Will Catch a Person on the
Track as if in a Trap.
or
t The great difficulty experienced with
, many of the safety car fenders Is that
U they do not do what they are supposed
0"n to do. Some of them have actually
nd
THE TRAP FENDER.
been denounced as men-slayers, instead
of being life-savers. Knocking their
victims down, they have so wedged
them against the tracks that there was
no possibility of escape.
A lately invented contrivance for
preventing the speeding trolley car
maiming or killing unfortunates who
may get in its way consists of the ordinary
fender, to the upper end of
which is attached a duplicate of the
lower part, the concave sides of the
two portions facing each other, as is
shown in the picture. A man, woman
or child falling upon the fender is immediately
seized from above by the upper
part, which automatically closes in
on him and holds him securely until
the car stops and he is liberated. He
is thus prevented from being dragged
along the ground or falling at one side
of the fender and meeting disaster under
the wheels.
AN ELEVENTH CENTURY CHURCH.
This church, which, happily, has not
been destroyed, as was recently reported,
is one of the oldest of the
"Stavekirke" of Noway. The build
Ing is situated to the. east of Sogne
Fiord. The church dates back to the
~~ eleventh century. It is very small
ai' but most curious ana interesting, n
50* is built entirely of wood, and to preIs.
8erv> it the exterior is continually,
n t painted with pitch. The church thai
be has been destroyed is that of the village
of Borgund, on the road between
nc* Aalesund and Soholt, a church stateJ
l*s to have the finest reredos in Norway,
ft
t A TRICK JUS.
IS
At This curious, trick jug wa-. sold at a
all recent London auction sale. From the
m- picture it appears to be the same type
hi- a3 those sometimes seen in our shops,
and from which it is impossible to
drink without knowing the secret
es, Such jugs are perforated about the
to
C a'^j
ij?M ov {fat ly
brim, uud can only be ehijftied by
sucking through the spout while cove-ing
with the linger an air vent in the
handle. Th. handle is hollow and J
serves as r. tube through which the 11-1
quid can be drawn when the air vent!
is closed.
Chinese Humor.
"Chinamen have a fine sense of hu-1
mor," said the young playwright, Rich- j
ard Carle. "In their quiet, dry way
the Chinese say innumerable good
thiuga.
"I once knew in -San Antonio a bachelor
banket*. This man decided that
he would employ a Chinese butler. Accordingly,
bis arrangements were
made and in due time the Chinese butler
appeared. He served his first dinner
admirably.
"After it the banker said to him.
" 'I think you will do well Iiere. Wha? j
is your name?'
" '\rr tm mn is Yot Lee Chwang Toy,' j
the Chinaman answered.
"'Ob,' said the banker, 'I can't remember
ail that. I'll just cull you
John.'
" 'All light' said the new butler.
"At breakfast the next morning the
Chinaman smiled at his employer
pleasantly.
"What's your name?' be said.
" 'Pierpout Morgan Jones,' my friend
replied.
e " 'Me no memble all that,' said th;
i Chinaman. 'Me just call you Torn,
mv.'"
p|!|>figa
Governor Bacheldcr Talks.
I vj/ w EW HAMPSHIRE is o*ne
N ot the States which is
lYf making rapid strides iu
I the improvement of her
! roads. Governor Bachel*
I uer ot that State?and he is also an
; officer of the National '?rge?is a
very enthusiastic advoeatt ;"oad improvemQnt.
In a recent address he
said:
"The development and prosperity
of any State or nation depend in
some degree upon the transportation
facilities provided: and such facilities
Include not only our rivers and harbors
and our great railway and steamboat
companies, but also the highways
over which all our products and all
our people are transported.
"The important matter now before
the friends of good roads is to arouse
the people to a realization of their responsibility
in securing favorable State
and National legislation on the subject.
The small pittance appropriated
for the use of the Good Roads Bureau
of the Department of Agriculture is
entirely out of proportion to the money
appropriated for other objects of a
public nature when their relative importance
is considered.
"Another important matter is the
construction of roads adapted to the
needs of travel over them. Much
harm has come to the good roads movement
in some sections of the country
through the advocacy of more expensive
roads than the resources of the
people would warrant and demand.
Costly stone roads are economical upon
portions of our highways, but we
must not overlook the fact that there
is a vast mileage of roads that could
be permanently improved Dy tne judicious
expenditure of a comparatively
small sum of money per mite. We
should, give due prominence to this
fact in considering the matter from a
State or National standpoint.
"As an official of the National
Grange, I desire to say a word for the
farmers of the country in regard to
National aid for road building. The
farmers have been loyal to the interests
of the nation in every emergency
in the past. They have contributed
their full share in proportion to their
wealth to the revenues for the support
of the Government. The ablest statesmen
and most successful business
men, contributing to the development
and prosperity of the country, point
to the farms as their birthplace.
When our country has been in danger,
the farmer boys have responded nobly
to her defense. We have uncomplainingly
contributed our shp-e to tho
enormous expenditures of the National
Government for river and harbor improvements,
the construction of canals
and the erection of costly buildings
in our great citics, and we do not
regret it. We now ask in the name
I of justice that National aid be granted
| for the improvement of highways.
This involves the establishment of no
new policy, but the extension or tne
former one. We ask the loyal support
of those who have been benefited by
our contribution to other public matters
to which I have referred. I believe
the farmers of the nation, representing
more than a third cf our pDpj
ulation, are practically unanimous in
favor of such a movement and will
give it their unqualified support."
?
Experiments For Dustless Roads.
English road builders are working
on the dustless road problem. An experiment
is being conducted in West
Sussex Ccunty, the results of which
will be watched by all who are inter|
ested in the improvement of our highI
ways. The object of those in charge
of the experiment is to make a road,
having a smooth surface, which shr.ll
be dustless a.nd at the same time resist
the percolation of water.
The stcnes used, Cherbourg quartzI
ite, are placed on iron plates over a
flue, when they remain until all moisture
is expelled; they are then spread
I out for the purpose of cooling. The
next step is to make a deposit of them
about half a foot thick on a wooden
j platform which has been covered with
; tar and a little pitch, five gallons to a
ton of stone, when they are turned
; over and over until well covered with
! the tar. After maturing Ihey are
i spread 011 the roadbed, which has been
1 prepared to a depth of nearly six
I inches, sprinkled with sand and conI
r\ rail or ?O nnrl
su:iuua-u uty u. u-u -wa
Koads Magazine.
A New Sunshine Kecorcier.
Th? new Dawson-Lauder sunslilno
recorder consists of a drum on which
silver chloride paper is fastened under
a fllm of celluloid, says the London
j Globe. An outer cover is rotated by
I clockwork in twenty-four hours, and a
narrow slit is thus directed to the sun.
A hood protects the slit from diffused
light, and allows an error of about
j half an hour in the clock before sunlight
is cut off from the slit. The
drum with the sensitive paper travels
along the axis of the cylinder, so that
the record of a number of days is ob|
tained, one below the other. Thecbloj
ride of silver paper makes possible a
standard of intensity of sunshine
which can be reproduced. The same
size of paper is employed at all seasons,
and the instrument can be used
in polar as well as temperate latitudes.
Chinaman's Nerveless Teeth.
The impassivity of John Chinaman's
countenance is now at least partially
explained, says the New York Globe.
He has no nerves in his teeth. This
interesting bit of information comes
'way from Oregon, where the dentists
have been having a State meeting.
One of the dentists, who makes no
claims to "painless dentistry," said
he had tinkered with the teeth of
many Chinamen, ana never once nau
known one of them to whimper. The
only thins in regard to which they
show the least anxiety is to '"secure
any teeth tbey have pulled, which they
want to take back or send back to
China in order that they may have a
full set when tbey are -reincarnated."
A. Chinaman would be a good subject
for a "painless dentist" to use in a
public demonstration.
" IINOREVENTSOFTHEWEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
In decreeing that the Washington
policemeu must give up the use of
toothpicks while on duty. Major Sylvester,
the chief of the capital police
force, has established a new record in
rules governing the men.
John Hay. Secretary of State, returned
to Washington from his Western
trip.
A nionunipn". '-octed in honor of the
men of the 122d N->w York Volunteers
who fell in battle in the Civil War was
unveiled with appropriate exercises
in a suburb of the National Capital.
Sonpotni-f nf thu Inferior Hitchcock
nud his family left Washington for
llieir summer home in Dublin, N. H.
Brigadier-General T. B. Howard, a
survivor of the Seminole War in Florida.
she Creek War in Georgia Ihe
Texas Revolution, the Mexican War
and the Civil War. died in Washington
at eighty-four years. He was a
native o? South Carolina.
OUR ADOPTED INLANDS. '
Hawaiian citizens have expressed
satisfaction over the reception of their
delegates to the St. Louis couventiom
by St. Louisiana.
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DOMESTIC.
Two convicts made a bold dash foe
liberty from the penitentiary at Caldwell,
N. J., but were recaptured, one
being badly wounded by a bullet from
a guard's gun. .'v>
The Rev. Silas C. Swallow is to be
officially notified of his nomination as
the Prohibition candidate for President
in Indianapolis July 22.
The flood waters having fallen ia
Kansas, tLe Federal Government will
aid the distressed citizens of. Kansas
City in that State.
A gift of $10,000 from General Horace
W. Carpenter to the Saratoga
County Infirmary was announced at
Ballston, N. Y.
An unknown negro, who had made
Insulting proposals to two white wo*
men, was lynched at Goddo, Ala.
Ww Ynrlr f!itv pustnms officials un
earthed a new method of smuggling
by the use of false labels on trunks,
and four arrests were made.
Bishop Frederick Dan Huntington
died at Hadley. Mass., in the room
where he was born eighty-five years
ago, and his son, Dr. George P. Huntington,
died at Hanover, N. H., the
same day.
William B. Childers, United States
District Attorney for New Mexico, was
accused of acting as counsel for the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and:
liis dismissal was asked for.
The Rhode Island State Building, at
the St. Louis Exposition, costing ;$2U,000,
has been sold for $5000 for a
country residence after the close of
the fair.
A gift of $10,000 by Washington A.
Roebling, of Trenton, N. J., to the fund
for establishing new buildings for the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was
announced at Troy.
A tornado blew a train from a bridge
at Petersburg, 111. One person was
reported killed and a score injured.
College girls, daughters of farmers
near Morristown, K. J., are engaged in
mowing, reaping and otherwise assisting
in the harvest because of the uu-j
usual scarcity of farm hands.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has decided to establish a
plant iptroduction gardeu and experiment
station at Chico, Cal.
m/\vl*man wnrn lr? 11 onh fwi\
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.others seriously injured by being
blown from the second arch of the new
railroad bridge across the Mississippi
River, a? Thebes, 111., by a tornado.
The Baltic, of the White Star Line,
the largest vessel ever launched, arj
rived in New York City.
Five deported miners who returned
; to Victor, Col., were kidnaped by a
masked band.
Edmund Bersch, self-confessed St.
Louis .boodler, was senteuced to two
years in the penitentiary.
Floods caused a suspension of business
iu the stock yards and wholesale
district of Kansas City, Mo., and
j hundreds of citizens were driven from
! their homes.
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FOREIGN.
The Bpy of Tunis arriveu' In Paris
1 and was received with high military
! honors.
French Bisaops having Republican
sympathies have been asked by the
Vatican to resign, but they consulted
M. Combes, who forbade them to do
so, as the consent of the State is re|
quired by rhe Concordat before pret
lates can be removed.
British forces have had another
clash with Tibetans. ?
It is definitely announced that Mrs.
Maybriek will be released from prison
before August 1.
Czar Nicholas II. has abolished the
system of condemning political suspects
by administrative order, and reg
I uiar trial by the courts is to be substij
tuted.
Danish officials say that the Norgfr
was a well built ship and the captain ?
capable, and deny that the life belts
were rotten or insufficient.
Ilerr Ballin and Lord Inverclyde will
agree to settle the emigration shipping
dispute and the cut rate war will end
immediately.
Emperor William has decided to order
a schooner yacht on the model of
the Ingomar, owned by Mr. Mortou F.
Plant.
Five hundred American members of
the Salvation Army marched to Ambassador
Choate's house, in London,
and were complimented by birn.
The Swiss Government has passed a
law prohibiting parents afflicting their
offspring with fantastic and absurd
Christian names.
It is understood that tlie Pope is
about to issue a regulation whereby
all Roman Catholic Bishops and priests
j who so desire may allow their beards
lo tjruw.
The Emperor of Korea wants to
build his new palace of iucombustible'
material.
Officials of the American Embassy
and Consulate in Paris have given up
hope of finding Mr. F. Kent Loomis.
General Andre, the French Minister
of War, was twice defeated in the
I Chamber of Deputies, aiiu lusre iii?
i rumors of bis resignation.
The German Etnperor sent for a
list of rhe heroes of the Slocum disaster
in order that be may suitably reward
tbem.
A message was sent to the Tibetaa
peace delegates, informing tbeui tbat
Colonel Younguusbaud was still willing
to open negotiations.
Oue thousand and olgbty-six Aebinese
were slain uy tUe DutcU expedition
to Nortb Achlu, Northern Suaiat*.
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