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I the noblest love. i 'There are many kinds of love, as many 1 . kinds of light, 1 'And every kind of love makes a glory in the night. i There is a love that stirs the heart, and ( love that gives it rest, But the love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best. l ?Henry Van Dyke. . T A FIERY ORDEAL.Y ; Bv Albart W. Tolman. I M RIZZLED and scarred,' but tingling with the excite* jo jy O ment of the fight lie bad so ^ often waged, Thomas .TenU w *r kins, veteran fireman on | H< the London force, thrust H/the nozzle into the hands of Arthur MjScott, his new recruit from Yorkshire. '.Together they had dragged the hose ^Wthrougb the snow up the narrow alley HJbehind the burning building, until, 9 twenty yerds from the street, a brick sMwall barred their progress. Then, beBfore the water came. Jenkins had H smashed a window with his ax, and later had directed the increasing Htfit-reim thrnnrOi tJin s.isIim * I (against the roar of a Ion? stairway. f [frbm a closet beneath which tbe flames t were beginning to burst. 1 "Hold her there. lad! I'll be back naresently!" he shouted in the deafened t cars of his subordinate, and was off Y flown the alley to head an attack from { Inother quarter upon the fire. a f Long experience had made him fa- i miliar with every foot of his district, t and with the coolness and sagacity of jj a practiced fire-fighter, he saw in an t instant what needed to be done. (] (' The scene of battle was in Southfwark, not far from London Bridge, in ^ a four-story brick building, the upper s part of which was a pasteboard box j( factory. When tbe engines arrived the a flames were already bursting through g the windows. The only exit from the c factory was down three straight, but steep and narrow flight of stairs, p ane directly over the other, up which r lame and smoke were already surging. s Sin tne ground floor beneatn tne last c light, the small closet filled with paint ? nd oil lent ready fuel to the confla- c ration. Scott was to hold the tire at s his spot in check. s The first thins, to do was to make c ure that every one of the -imperiled s ives in the three upper stories was f saved. The smoke drawing up the f stairway had deterred all but a few oT the women and girls from attempting i to descend. Up the steps dashed the j, firemen, and began to bring down the t half-smothered workers. . Lives first; 0 the building afterward! s Down in the gloom of the narrow s alley Scott stood like an artilleryman ^ at his gun. Before, behindhand to his left rose the brick walls. He was at i close quarters with the foe. n It took all his strength to hold the t nozzle in its place, directing the rush- s Ing water to the spot where it was <3 most needed.' He heard with satis- t! faction the torrent hissing on the wood. n The volumes of smoke told him he was n loing good service. t; In the street at the end of the alley fc :ose the stack of the shaking engine, t: ailing the air with sparks at each g boarse. tremendous puff. That and the wJL ilJL n.LTi 111^ 1CU liiC *>111ow in front of him were the sole o right points in the hoseman's field of o ision. A Presently a gust of wind drove the e moke down round him. and it grew ^ itchy darl* in that narrow, brick- d railed canon. The engine disappeared. ^ nd even the lurid spot before him \ immed and blurred. Ij As Scott stood awaiting further orers, he felt impatient to be actively t work inside the building. His mates b ad the inspiration of each other's h resence and help. They could move e bout. He was chained to a single t: lace. He could hear the shuffling tread of " eet, and now and then the smothered hriek of a woman, as men. bearing t teavy burdens, passed down the stairs, h le cculd hear the crashing of wood, n s doors and partitions gave way under f he swinging axes of his fellows. On j he front of the building he knew that t hey were raising ladders, and he t onged to be in the thick of the fight. r Jut, as he stood there, holding the lames in check, he was the pivot on j, ehich all turned, the link without _ Irhich the life-savins ehaiu would be iseless. Jenkins knew men: and ho felt sure hat in the young Yorkshire recruit S e had a subordinate whom he could f rust. a From the street came a shrill Fhistling. Intermittent orders were r houted hoarsely beyond the smoke l arrier: r "This way with your ladders!" 1 "More water!" < "Steady, ever body!" Scott heard it all. but could see notli- f ryj. He was enveloped by black, rollDg clouds, that at times hid even the milding from him. The broken win- s low had hitherto been fairly clear, but low it puffed out a choking flood of t moke full in his face. Still he kept he nozzle unflinchingly pointed jhrough the window. j But high above the hoseman's head < ras gathering a danger of which he lid not dream. As is the case with 1 pany of the older buildings of that istrict, the valleys on the roofs were ' Ined with sheets of lead, which melted ( p the intense heat, and began to rickle down the steep channels in [learning threads. , Soon these threads crew to silverv ' Itreams, which filled the .cutters, over- J owed them, and poured down toward le snow-covered ground. Seott was ] ight beneath the end of a valley down rhich one of these streams came dartig. | The first few scattered drops that attered beside him he did not notice. 5r his eyes were glued to the dull red lare under the stairway, into the heart f which he was directing the jet of rater. Suddenly a fiery drop fell on lie back of the hoseman's right hand, nd sank, hissing, into the flesh, tartled by the pain, the Yorkshirelan involuntarily snatched his hand way, changing the direction of the srrent that poured from the nozzle, pstantly the flames burst forth afresh. Recalled to his duty by tbe sight, icott turned his hose again toward the [in&owj but lie now .saw a thin white OakD??; v. . .... ... ... . . stream failing two feet from hi? right shoulder, and at once appreciated the danger that threatened him. The first leaden driblets disappeared under the snow, sending up a column steam. Then the volume of the rill increased, forming a little lake of metal, into which the stream fell with 1 heavy, guttering splash. With shrinking, sickened fascination Scott eyed the gleaming cascade. Let its course swerve ever so slightly, ind he might at any moment be covered with molten metal that would sear and blind and eat through skin ind hone. Besides the danger to himself, the rrowing leaden lake portended another icril. It was only six inches from the mrve of the hose: if it spread a little farther it would burn a hole through :he cloth and rubber, and lie would no onger be able to hold the flames in Jieck. He did not dare to attempt to nove the line unaided, for fear that he Jiicht lose control of the tire. Yet. imperiled as Scott was, the bought of abandoning his post never entered his brain. No material bonds leld him there. lie had but to drop he nozzle and step aside: three or four >aees would carry him safely beyond he reach of the searing stream. In hat thick ilarknoss no one woukl bo he wiser for it. But the invisible tie >f faithfulness to the duty entrusted o him chained him to the spot with >ands stronger than steel. To desert his post now would mean o allow the fire to gain headway beleath his comrades, as they labored o save the scores of fainting women bove. The only exit was by the stairs, ["he fire threatened them. He held lie fire in check. If he blenched, luman lives would pay for it. Alhough his ruddy face grew pale, he lid not move. Surely by this time the factory must >e almost emptied of its workers! The ound of feet upon the stairs came dss frequently. Jenkins might appear t any minute to order him elsewhere. Icott hoped with all his heart that his hief would come quickly. ' Scattered drops, hardening into shot lellets as they fell, pattered down ound the fireman. Occasionally one truck his helmet or shoulder. Three ^ >r four burned through the hose, and Ierce little geysers burst through its losely woven texture. A circle of now about six feet in diameter was howered by the dropping lead. Scott ^ ould not see the roof from "which it tarted. He did not dare io look up, E earing lest he might be struck in the E ace. The stream veered. Without warn- p ng a gush of seething liquid fell on P lis helmet. The polished leather hat uvned it aside, and in a second it lay ? n his right shoulder. Before he could 0 hake it off it had caught fast hold and unk through his clothing to his skin, 1 turning him frightfully. The Yorkshireman writhed in agony. 5oth hands were busied "with the ozzle, and he could make no motion oward brushing the lead away. He hook himself and shrugged his shoularc Kiif Via rli/l nnf 15^4- l>?e? V*r? r? f?Am lie cold steel pipe. Ob, that some one night come to relieve him! Bat not n inch did he retreat. On throe sides lie high, solid brick wall rose blankly, emming him in: on the fourth stood lie invisible wall of duty, higher and rmer than that of material brick. The cascade dwindled to a mere sickling thread. Then a final deluge f white-hot drops burst over the head f the new recruit, raining down like ery hailstones, eating through his lothes and burning him cruelly in a ozen places. The limit of his enurnnce was almost reached. Sick rith pain, he reeled, about to fall. For lie last time the thought of his duty rought him back to consciousness. As he stood there, faint, staggering, nffering excrutiatinsly from his burns, ut still directing tbe nozzle into the roken window, a shout reached his ars, and a black figure burst through lie smoke. It was Jenkins. "It's all right. Scott!" cried he. They're all out!" The strength of nerve and muscle hat had carried the hoseman through lis trial vanished, when no longer leeded. and he collaosed in a dead aint. Ho came to just in time to hear enkins telling: the story of his vigil o an interested group. The last senence of his captain was the one that ileasetl Scott most: ^ ''We'll keep him on the force, if we inve to make an extra place for hini." -Youth's Companion. e f Why Soap Eaters Kat Soap. fl Mr. Charles S. Hove, the General c Secretary of the American Association i or the Advancement of Science, said ? t a dinner of scientists: s "False science, the pseudo-scientific J nethod. with its explanations that ex>lain nothing and kelp lis in 110 wise, f nay be illustrated, perhaps, with a a ittle episode that I heard of the other B lay. e "A student went to his instructor and s =aid: g " *1 am informed, sir, that people are e sometimes born with a desire to eat f ;oap.' li " 'That is quite true,' the instructor ? mswered. t " 'What is tbe cause of it?' asked the r student. t " 'These people,' was the reply, 'are a .ue victims or sappessomania.7 I " 'What does sappesomania mean, t professor?' the student said. " 'It means.' tlie professor answered, ? a desire to eat soap.' "?Buffalo En- 5 luirer. v Still in the Stone Age. ^ The Eskimos of Arctic Alaska are ^ still in the stone age. The manufac Lure of arrows and spear heads from c Hint is a living industry. Stone lamps, * stone hammers and chisels, and to 4 some extent stone knives, are still in 1 ordinary use among them. Fish lines * :ind nets and bird snares are still made of whalebone, sinew, or rawhide. Ar- * rows, spears, nets and traps are used s in hunting, although improved breech- 1 loading arms are being introduced I among them, and will soon supei'sede, * for the larger game, their own more 1 primitive weapons.?The Metropolitan 1 Magazine. The Lightning Cure. "Here's a story of a man who was cured of rheumatism by being struct by lightning." "I'll risk the rheumatism every time," said Brother Dickey. "I don't want no doctor what's ez quick ez dat!"^-Atl&nta Constitution, - :?. -- IN THE PUi JOHN I A late portrait of tlie fame Ke Gilles of Binche j ??* ' 0-0-Q-*3> f 5e Carnival the Quaintest, of Belgian * ricuKsvui v^usiuui:. i The persistent manner in which e Belgians cling to their mediaeval fes- * ivals and traditions is a characteristic E lational trait well known to those fa- r' Qiliar with the Flemish and Wal>on provinces. The survival of such s opular fetes as that of the carnival 1 recession of the dancing Gilles at f Jinche attests the innate love of Bel- g ians for these picturesque vestiges c f their forefathers' civilization. j The festival of the dancing Gilles of t Jinche is in many respects the quaint- c n ? DANCING GII/LE OF BINCHE IN FULL DRESS. st of these popular customs. This estival takes place on Mardi-Gras t the Binche, a town of Hainaut. The arnival of Binche has "always been icld in high repute by Belgians, but without its Gilles it would not be subtantially different from that of Koine, sice and other towns. These Gilles, or dancing men, who orm the glory of the Binche carnival, re characterized by their headdresses nd humps. The headdress is most laborate and striking. In shape it reembles the oldtime top hat of our 1 xeat-grandfathers. The hat is suraounted with . magnificent ostrich eathers from three to four feet in ?ngth, which give to the wearers the ppearance of giants. From each hat, lesides, flow several wide, variegated ibbons, while the Gilles' trousers are edecked with trimmings of real lace :nd ribbons to match those of the hat. Svery Gille wears a mask and a silk | >elt, from which hangs small bells. t The entire Gille's outfit costs from I 140 to $50, a large sum for the peasant c ouths, generally selected by the earni- c al committee to fill the part of act- e >rs in the Mardi-Gras festivals. The ? lonor of being a Gille is so groat, howfvor. among the gay lotharios of Bin'he, and carries such prestige with he local damsels, that the young men s hosen by the committee are only too ^ )Ieased to make the financial sacri- I ice demanded of tnem. 1 In the afternoon of Mardi-Gras the 3 3illes. in full uniform, two hundred r itrong, preceded by the local brass t jands and musical clubs, appear in irocession and march toward the 3 jJrando Place. The sight thus offered 0 s unique in the annals of carnival ? ejoicings. The Gilles proceed by > lancing to the tune of the band just uentioned. At every few steps they ? stop, bend and unbend, to heighten ^ :he effect of the ringing from the 5 jells worn at their belts. Their s streamers float to and fro, and en- 1 relop them in a rainbow of ribbon. At s :he same time the simultaneous ring- * tig of bells and thumDinc of wooden'1 ??? JLIC EYE. 3AY. )us American diplomat. :abots on the cobblestones sound like he echo of a cavalry charge. The Gilles have each a straw basket uinging to one side from the belt, and illed with oranges. With these they >ombard the spectators as they dance ilong. As soon as emptied, the bas:ets are tilled again by men from belind, appointed for this duty. A genral battle of oranges then takes place >etween the Gilles and the carnival nerrymakers. Finally the procession eaches the town hall, in front of which 5 seated, on a platform, the mayor, urrounded by the municipal officials. ."lie Gilles then terminate the day's estivities by a general war dance, ;iving a prolonged exhibition of their apabilities. The public likewise oins in the fun, and soon some five housand persons?men, women and liildren?may be seen gayly waltzing round the Grande Place. The sight if an entire population, dressed In arnival costume, and masked, dancng in the open air to the music of the lilies brass band, is one not easily orgotten. The dancing continues unil the late evening, when the sport s brought to an end by the mayor, vho formally awards a gold medal to he Gille who has proved himself the nost expert dancer.?New York Tri>une. THE GIANTESS HOSH WEDSTED. The subject of the accompanying IIustration is a Finnish maiden of tweny-four years, llosa Wedsted, native of , village near Helsingfors. She lias al"-'--J eauy aiiaiueu uie rcsinrciuuic uupuL f seven feet two inches and is still Towing. Neither her parents nor any of her our sisters and brothers are above lie average height, and until her sixth ear no intimation was given that she rould exceed the stature of the normal human being. From that year she nadc rapid progress, and by the time he had reached her fourteenth year he had attained the astonishing height f five feet .seven inches. Since then he has been mounting upward slowly, laving in the last ten years added bout one foot seven Inches, with undininished tendency skyward. The peuliarity concerning her growth seems THE GIANTESS ROSA. WEDSTED. o be limited almost exclusively to her ower limbs. She possesses an extra>rdinary length of leg, while the rest if her body and arms seems to Lave xtendod but mildly in comparison.? Scientific American. Collece and Poverty. A recent bulletin of the M'assachuetts Labor Bureau shows that in Har ard, often called "a rich man's colege." nearly ten per cent, of the young nen and nearly eleven per cent, of the oung -women ure the children of peo>le classed by statisticians as wage>arners. In Boston University, the largest dethodist institution of New England, ver thirty-five per cent, of the students ire the sons and daughters of wagevorkers. The record of Clark University is >ven more remarkable. This is demoted entirely to post-graduate and re;earch work?that is, to the kind of ituuy Tvmcu must wait longest ior nonctary returns. Yet nearly twentyieven per ccnt. of its students are rom wage-working families.?Chicago inter-Ocean. Household patters In Sewing Buttons. In sewing 011 buttons have the knot of the thread on the right side direct)}' under the button, and see if the button .does not stay longer. For the Sheets. Most housewives imagine that linen is the ideal material for sheets, but several household authorities consider it inferior to a good quality of cotton for this purpose. Linen is cold and "slippery." It is no more appropriate JLUI auccid uiuii it 10 lui uuu.> \> uu, owing to its non-absorbent quality. The wrinkles in linen sheets are harder to smooth out than those in cotton, anil, in addition, keep a bed from looking fresh. Linen, however, is at its best when used for tablecloths and naperv. For all such purposes it is the ideal material. Wild Flowers In tlio Home. Not every one lias .a flower garden, but every one who spends even a part of the summer in the country has the freedom of the roadsides, pastures, meadow and woods; the wild gardens which belong to every man and no man, where every one is free to gather, and no one to forbid. Of course it is by courtesy and custom that this freedom extends to the lelds and woods, and perhaps the unacknowledged obligation enhances the privilege of leaving the long narrow roadside flower beds, and looking for rarer and more effective tliing3 along fences and hedges and in'shadowed and solitary places. , Tf rvn<* line nrrmirprl thp habit of wild flower gathering, and the knowledge of what to gather and how to bring her gleanings safely home, and the still further knowledge of the best decora* tive effect to bo gotten from them, she has reached a possibility of great satisfaction and every-day happiness.? Candace Wheeler, in the Atlantic. W&fthlng Cnrtaln*. If they are thin, madras, bobbinet, muslin or Nottingham, they should be free of dust, washed in warm suds, squeezing and laving up and down in place of rubbing, boiled, rinsed, blued or yellowed, lightly starched while still wet, and dried as quickly and as straight as possible. Do not iron, but baste broadish hems at top and bottom and run into each a stout, unpaintcd curtain pole as long as the curtain is broad. Stretch the curtain smooth upon the pole at each end, then hang up, sprinkle well and let dry. The weight of the lower pole straightens and smooths it. ' Repeat until all the curtains are dry, then rip out the hems and press lightly with a warm, not hot, iron. If there are wrinkles or cat faces after hanging the curtains wet those spots and pull down hard upon them. Usually they dry out as smooth as need be. Ruffled curtains can have the ruffles fluted after coming off the pole. If hanging is impossible, simply stretch (he curtains between the two poles. Take care that the poles are smooth and stout enough not to spring. Real lace curtains after washing can be pinned out upon sheets spread upon the. floor, tedious work, but worth while. Pin the corners first, drawing them perfectly square, then stretch every scallop in line with the corners and pin it fast. After all are pinned go over the whole curtain with a damp cloth, patting it hard to remove the least trace of starch. This makes the curtain look quite new and does not wivir thpm in thf? lo'St. "But with Sev oral pairs it is apt to be impracticable; then the recourse to frame drying. No sort of lace should ever be ironed, not even upon a mangle. ? Washington Times. '> Fruit Jelly?Soak one bos of gelatine one hour in one pint of cold water; when soaked, pour on one pint of boiling water, then put in a quart of fruit. Pineapples, canned strawberries or raspberries or other fruits may be used. Add one-half cup of sugar and one teaspoonful of lemon, then pour in mould to harden. Serve with whipped cream. Strawberry Dumplings?Roll "out a layer of cream of tartar biscuit dough Very thin; butter and spread very thickly with ripe strawberries which have been rolled in sugar; then roll tlie dougli up, pinch the edges tightly together and steam for three-quarters of an hour. When done, serve immediately, cutting slices from the end. jellyroll fashion. An egg sauce or whipped cream is delicious with this desert. Pineapple Custard ? Make smooth three tablespoonfuls of flour with one of butter and stir into a quart of boiling milk. Have ready the beaten yolks of eight eggs, add to them two-thirds of ft cup of sugar and turn into the milk, stirring constantly for three minutes; add. when cold, a cupful of chopped pineapple and four tablespoonfuls of lemon juice. Cover with a meringue of the whites of the eggs and four dessert spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Brown lightly in the even. Veal Curry?Veal Is one of the meats especially adapted for curries. Her; is an admirable recipe, recommended at the New England School of Cookery: A slice of veal half an inch thick, weighing a pound and a half, is coDkod quickly in a frying pan without any butter. The surface should be quickly seared. Take out of the pan and cut in pieces about an inch and a half square. Make the curry sauce as follows: Fry two sliced onions and add to the butter the meat, haif a tabie spoonful of curry powder, and boiling water to cover. Cook slowly until tbi? meat is tender. Thicken when done with flour stirred into cold water and season with salt, cayenne and a squeeze of lemon juice. Serve with a border of boiled rice. The United States assnyer at Seattle states that the output of gold from the northern country this year will amouDt to S22 000.00U. GREEK PREMIER STABBED 1 M. Delyannis Killed by Gambler a1 tt . Entrance to Chamber. CA( A j COUNTRY PLUNGED IN SORROW ? til ct Twenty Thousand Persons Follow the ^ Body to the Popular Statesman's tL . Home ? Attempt to Lynch tho Mnrderer ? Death Follows tho Blow Within Three fionre. Athens, Grece.?Theodore r. Ddyan- *a nis, the popular Premier of Greece, fU was stabbed and mortally wounded by of a professional gambler named Gfcerakaris at the main entrance of the ec Chamber of Deputies at 5 o'clock in tho afternoon. The Premier died within three hours. ca The assassin, who was immediately ?n arrested, said he committed the deed rvr ni revenge for the stringent measures taken by Premier Delyannis against :0 the gambling houses, all of which 'ir were recently closed. - .u The Premier arrived at the entrance of the Chamber in a carriage. Gherakaris approached, saluted the Premier, and opened the carriage door. The Premier was in the act of thanking m him for his courtesy when Gherakaris 0j( plunged a'long dagger into M. Delyan- g; nis' abdomen. ac The murderer was immediately over- , powered by the attendants. Medical assistance was quickly secured, and (he wounded statesman was taken to a * lied Cross station, where an operation r? was performed in an effort to stop the internal hemorrhage. This was unsuccessful. The news of the Premier's death 11 spread quickly, and It would be impossible to describe the popular evidences 1 of sorrow or the anger of the crowd Li who attempted to lynch the assassin, in being prevented only by the gendarmes, NT. who rushed their prisoner from the 1 building to prison. . j It is estimated that 20,000 persons' |a followed the body of the Premier from tri the Red Cross station to his residence. , Members of the Cabinet and of the Chamber of Deputies were among the jp crowd, many of them weeping. The Cabinet met in the evening at the residence of the President of the Chamber and it was decided that the body " should lie in state in the Chamber be fore interment. ' PI King George, who Is at Tritol, was it informed of the assassination and an- 31 nounced that he would return to Athens at once. i Investigation by the police showed & that Gherakaris was recently liberated fmm nrleAn Vi a rrincr hflan GDnfaTl^Drl tA eighteen years for the murder of his ^ wife. - 2 M. Gounarakis, Minister of Finance, ^ has been appointed Premier provision- ,r ally. 1 Career of Delyannla. Delyannis had been a power In Greek politics for the last fifty years. He , was born at Kalavryta in 1826. He . studied law in Athens, entered the Government service in 1S43, and was * rapidly promoted to high positions. " In the various Cabinets from 1863 to 1S78 he held office nine times, either as Minister of Foreign Affairs or of Fi- 5* nance, or of Worship and Instruction. -e He was the representative of Greece ai at the Berlin Congress in 1878, and 151 succeeded in obtaining an extension of territory for his country. In 1883 he re formed a new Ministry, but his policy n led to a blockade of the Greek coast j by a fleet of great powers, and he re- [j signed in 1SS6. He was Prime Minis- g, ter again in 1S90, but his unsatisfac- , tory management of finances led to his v dismissal in 1892. He held the office a third time, from J 1895 to 1897, when, under pressure of " public opinion, he involved Greece in (he disastrous -war with Turkey and was obliged to resign with his entire ? Cabinet. :a In December of last year he was intrusted with the task of organizing the ^ present Cabinet. M J t BEADS CAUSE GIRL'S DEATH. M Prize Contained Quantity of Arsenic? Made in Germany. ^ in Chicago, 111.?An analysis of beads i obtained as a prize by five-year-old p, Henrietta Crisp shows the beads contained arsenic. The child died after putting the beads in her mouth. Cora ' ner Hoffman says the use of the beads as prizes to children is general. It is said that the beads are made in Germany. $100,000 FOR GENERAL GOMEZ. L( ie Cuban Congress Adopts Measures Foi be Relief of Stricken Leader. Al Havana, Cuba.?The House of Representatives unanimously appropriated $100,000 for the benefit of General Maximo Gomez. ? The condition of General Gomez is daily growing more precarious by rea- |F' son of the spread of ganp-ene. which the doctors have done their best to ar C] rest. P? A MIDSHIPMAN DROWNED. tb Perisliod While Swimming From Cruis- ^ tri er Newark, Near Annapolis. 0f Annapolis, Md.?Midshipman Louis ?1 L. Vertrees. of Bushnell, 111., a member di of the third class, was drowned while h< swimming from the cruiser Newark. K upon which he was stationed, off Hack 10 ett's Point, about seven miles above en Annapolis. ar Accepts Roosevelt's Offers. c0 The Russian Ambassador at Wash ? ington, D. C., in the name of Emperor . Nicholas, formally accepted Presidem Roosevelt's "offer of good will," thu.< beginning the direct negotiations foi peace. A-' co Stay For Patrick Refused. ^ The Court of Appeals at Albany. N ' Y.. refused to grant a stay of the exe- sa cution of the death sentence to allow a lu motion for reargument in the case o) Albert T. Patrick. :o Timely Topics. to London, Eng., has only 115 miles 01 J Tramways. I An anonymous donor has given $300, ^ 000 to Columbia University to provide \T a building to succeed old Kings Col- ? leS6- 3l( One of the oldest living Osages is 3 Bare Legs, now about eighty years old though he does not seem to be more re than fifty. m An English Judge recently altered a ' seutence of eighteen months' hare labor to five years' penal servitude ^ because the prisoner threw a bottle a' " him. sh ....... - < , . . ' IINOREVFNTSOFTHEWEEK WASHINGTON. The text of Russia's formal reply to v . te President's identical note was re:ived by President Roosevelt from mbassador Meyer. President Roosevelt has established >rest reserves of about 1,500.000 acres ich in Southern California and Idaho. Attorney-General Moody has decided lat the eight-hour law applies to melanics and laborers on the Pr iama anal, but not oa tue railway nor to ^ 10 office force. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The army campaign in the new miUry district of Samar against the natical Pulajaues is proving successil. ?."wo of the leaders and forty-two' ' their followers have been killed. The Government has decided to prosute H. B. Mulford, formerly a Major the Thirty-ninth Regiment, United ates Volunteers, now manager of the merican Bank, at Manila, for falsifi.tion of commercial documents and abezzlement. Examiners have found leged loans to the amount of $40,000 irporting to have been made to Chi !se mercnanis. several 01 uie oor? w??rs cannot be found. Those who !>een found deny that tue slgna- ^ . .?a the notes are genuine. ^ DOMESTIC. Expert cracksmen secured $1500 in oney and 2000 postage stamps by owing open the safe of the Exchange ink of Garrison & Sargeant at Vertn, Mich. The $1,250,000 drydock for Govern-' ent use in the Philippines was unched at Sparrows' Point, Md., ing christened Dewey by Miss Endi Taking strychnine with suicidal innt, Mabel Gates, aged eighteen years, id George Job, Jr., died together at jsedale, Kan. The Woman's International Union ibel League adjourned its convention * Chicago, 111., to meet in Millville, . .'.33 , J., in Jun&, 1907. The boiler of a locomotive drawing heavy freight train exploded at Wolston, Mass., seriously injuring one ainman. Tufts College at Medford, Mass., will nfer the degree of LL.D. on Kogoro ikahira, the Japanese Minister. The 400-foot steamer Superior, for e Great Lakes trade, was launched ; Detroit, Mich. , . Miss Fill mire and Miss Keerst, of tiiladelphia, Pa., were crushed in an itomobile accident near Egg Harbor ty, N. J., both having wrists broken. By swallowing poison, D. H. Shroyer, contractor, whose home was in Butr, Pa., killed himself at Oxford, N. 0. Formal complaint was made to Comissioner McAdoo against the curb okers in New York City by the tenit of a Broad street office building, ? At.? ? Knnlnnoa 110 LL1? UU12*? Ui uicxi. uuouicoo >erations is disturbing. Marcus M. Marks was elected presisnt of tlie New York Anti-Policy Soety, vice Captain F. Norton Goddard, ^ceased. The steamship Mongolia, which sailed om San Francisco, CaL, carried about iOO.OOO in treasure for Japan as well i a large cargo of shells for the Jap ivy. Vice-President Fairbanks was the lest of honor at Flint, Mich., at the slebration of the city's golden jubilee id cornerstone laying of a Federal lilding. A family quarrel at Cleveland, Ohio, suited in John Braun killing himself id his wife. The Federal Grand Jury at Chicago, I., wns instructed to continue the eef Trust investigation. The Merchants' Association, of New Drk City, appealed to PresidentJBoose ;It to negotiate a new treaty wiui iina giving Chinese not in the laborg class free entry to the country. Fast through train No. 3, on the rand Trunk Railroad, bound for Chlgo, 111., from the East, was wrecked >ar Flint, Mich., by spreading rails. rs. Cora Waltrous, of Roxbury, ass., was latally injured, and ten hers seriously hurt. The Federal Grand Jury at St Paul, inn., indicted W. T. Horsnell and R. Stearns for conspiracy to defraud ? j e Government of 18,000 acres of land North Dakota. The Edgar County National Bank, at iris, 111., was wrecked by dynamite, it the burglars secured nothing. A. train on the Pennsylvania Railroad ent from Chicago, 111., to Pittsburg, i., 4G8 miles, in 440 minutes. FOREIGN. 31. Rouvler has informed Presidenl 5ubet at Paris, France, that both M, Freycinet and M. Constans, to whom J uau onereu tue yuruunu vu [fairs, had refused it, and in conselence he will himself retain the Miatry of Foreign Affairs. The Board of Health at Guayquil, quador, refused to admit the Britisii eamship Chile, which arrived there om Iquique, Chile, and she left later e same day for Panama. While the :ille was en route to Guayquil three irsons died on board of her, and it as believed that bubonic plague was e cause of their deaths. King Alfonso and Senor Villarrutia, inister of Foreign Affairs, have sent usages of condolence to the widow the French Consul at San Sebastian, >ain, who died suddenly from heart sease at the HeDdaye station, where > was awaiting the arrival of the ing. The King was advised to return Madrid almost immediately, his presto holnc ronnirpH hv nolitieal matters id the opening of the Cortes. Daniel Madden, a British subject and insular agent at Mazagan, has been urdered by Moorish robbers, a spe- * al cable despatch announces. Dr. Rosen, Minister elect from Gerany to Morocco, has returned to Berl from his commercial mission to hvacinin nnri snp.iks in terms Of mmendatlon of the sway of King enelik. Sweden, the Premier, M. Ramstedt ys, will refuse to recognize the revotion in Norway and tbe Government ill submit to the Riksdag a motion nformable to this decision. The Canadian Government will try establish the lobster industry on the icitic coast. Sixteen men and boys employed in ' e coal mine of the Inverness Railway id Mining Company at Inverness, otland, were injured by an explosion powder about 500 feet down the )pe. Great Britain's envoy to Morocco was ceivcd coolly by the Sultan, and Gerany in a note to the Powers proposes conference on tbe Morocco question. King Alfouso, accompanied by Ed;ird VII. and a British royal party, irnc-ssed a review of troops at Alderot.