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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
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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
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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.