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r VICTORY IX DEFEAT. I; Th; so>il that sirivfs for higher dostinv, A strength of will from harfied e fro i t ] draws; And looks with clearer eye os victory, When once defeated in a noble ciuse. i ?Eugene C. Dolson, id Rural Magizine. I'Plhe Printer's 111 Mistake. | v!/ ' >fi TW W 'MyMyVMVMVbW.Mb $ $$W?>(!>?'P<(> . jfv A /? /jj '(i '/\? ? ffs /p /jj f tfttt tT^rt TTT ' It'ff "/-> 1-ea TTnrio fTio T.nrrl novpr ' meant me to be very happy in this world. I'll have to take what I can get and be thankful." The two girls were directly opposite types. Eleanor was tall, grace- ; ful, high strung, nervous, full of life and energy. Her most attractive features were her eyes, dark and deepset, with a longing, unsatisfied ex- 1 pression. Edna was a type much less interesting, cold, phlegmatic and clear sighted; a much smaller woman, too, with colorless gray eyes. On the bed lay lingerie of the most 1 alluring kind, the sort of things that only woman can appreciate. Pile upon pile of lacy stuffs were scattered tVio PAAm Siirrrmnriprl hv I these pretty things that women love sat Eleanor Godfrey, who to-morrow 1 would be the bride of Tom Grant. '"There's one thing I can never re- ' gret," she said. "I told Tom every- \ thing before he took me. It was 1 brutally frank, I admit, to tell your ' future husband that the best love of 1 your life had been given to another." 1 "Poor boy," murmured Edna. 1 "Poor boy. indeed. Don't I have ] to live with him? Don't I have to see him waste his life? And it is nothing that I have to eke out an ex- istence crushing down my sighs, forcing back my tears?" 1 Walking across the room to where 1 Edna sat she put her hands on a pair 1 of very unsympathetic shoulders. ( "How can you judge? You do not 1 know the case. Now listen. Every ? breath I breathe, every prayer I utter, every breath of my aching heart * is for Jack Winston. I've loved him T ever since I was a little girl, but you . see I could not very well marry him because he never asked me. Then, too, Jack is so poor, and all my life I've been longing for things that Tom Grant's money will buy for me. I don't deceive him. I said I couldn't love him; but he. still knowing this, J wants to marry me, and I accepted. ^ Now judge me if you will." Edna straightened up a bit and the t lines about her mouth seemed to grow deeper in an instant. "One question, please, before I " render the verdict. You take upon your soul the wrecking of this man's existence. You will suck the honey from the flower of his life and leave ? him nothing but the stem. This is - easier for you than being an 'old maid.' Then, too, suposing that Tom was in love with some other girl?" c "I plead guilty to the charge, r judge, and accept the sentence of the J court. Your logic is getting scale: so let's go to bed that I may get my beauty sleep and make a handsome ' bride. Think of it. dear girl, to-mor- c row at this hour my visiting cards ' will read, Mrs. Thomas Kemp Grant.' " The next morning was colorless, the air heavy; in fact, just the sort of ( day to make a bride look out of the 5 window and wonder if she really were c . superstitious. It was about 0 o'clock and Tom 5 was whistling one minute and singing ( the next. He walked into the bed- 1 room where his friend and best man 1 lay peacefully sleeping. "Get up, you lazy vagabond. We ' can't keep the bride waiting, you ' know. That's her privilege." 1 The best man rubbed his eyes, ( <rrr*tL?lor1 ji hit- finrl finnllv rrflwlpH ni'.t V, .. .V Tom was practically ready. After working about an hour on it, he had managed to arrange his puff tie to his c entire satisfaction. He had buttoned * and unbuttoned his waistcoat until '' his thumbs were blistered. He had pulled it down in front and buckled j! it at the back until the seams threat ened to give way. By 11 the men were ready and on their way to the house. As they < neared it Tom became more and more s nervous. There ssemed to be a J weight on his heart that he could not 1 lift. At tbat moment the best man was hanging out the cab window, < cursinsr the rah driver for the snail- 1 like pace they were pursuing. "I say, cabby, this is a wedding that 1 we are going to, not a funeral. I'll 1 give you an extra half dollar if you'll '< hurry." : "An extra half, is it? You talk 1 "like a politician. Well, sir, you might 1 corrupt me, but the horse can't be bribed and weddin's or funerals, his ' gait is all the same. Rest easy while '< you can, sir?the lady will drive you ' fast enough, once she gets the reins." The best man was about to rail at ' the Irish as a nation, when Tom said: i "If anything should happen?" ' ".Tiimninc .Tuniner Truri hrpro nr> You look as if you had curvature oi: i the spine. Pull yourself together,! will you? Any girl who had such a | looking object as you on her calling i, list would be ostracized by good so- j ciety, and one who would marry you . would be dt%lared mentally incora- ] petent." "All >rghV- I'll pull up. but I've a , beastly idea that something is going ' wrong. Juck, old man, I can't do it. , I'm in love with Edna Cross and not ^ with Eleanor. I've just begun to ( realize it." j "You old poacher, then why did you ( ?plr I? lno ri /M' f/\ ???AH aon u'icauvi iv7 man j .>uil, w ut,*ii >uu ? , knew that I have loved her all my | J life, and have been trying to forgot , her for months? Night after night I went over and sat with Edna, trying , to make myself think I was forgetting J Eleanor." "And every night," said Tom, "1 went to see Eleanor because you were over at Edna's, and I had no right to trespass on your preserves. A nice , mess we've made of it. What are we : going to aor '"Do? Why, that's easy enough," assured Jack. "I am going to be the ' groom, and you can just slide back I into my boots as bcsc ma:;. We'll blame the whole thing on the printer. < Trust me, old mau. I said I'd see < roil through I his ordeal, and I'm going to keep my word," As the cab finally reached the ;iouse the men stepped out. and wer# ushered into the room where the min ister was waiting for them. No word of explanation was uttered and the men took their places by the minister who was to pronounce them man and wife. The wedding march was played, and as Eleanor, in her gorgeous robes, came forth to meet the man of her choice. Jack Winston stepped forth and offered her his arm. Eleanor was speechless, but too happy to resent, and before the gaping crowd the minister tied the knot that made them one "till death do them part." Then Jack began his explanations: "Simplest thing in the world," he said. "You see, Tom ordered the invitations, and, of course, the printer took it for granted that it was his wedding?merely a typographical error, nothing more." Eleanor's mother stepped in at this moment, and with a haughty manner inquired: "Then, may I ask why Tom gave the bachelor dinner ? why Tom bought the ring?" "Yes, mother," said Jack, with a very proprietory manner, "you see I was broke at the time, and Tom, as Kou all know, is just loaded with money, so I gave him carte blanche to go ahead as if it was his own wed3ing, and I'd pay him back in good time. You see I only came into my inheritance yesterday, and that would have been too late to order invitations, give dinners, etc. Anyway, low could you ever think that Tom ivas going to marry Eleanor? Why, le's engaged to marry Edna, and if . ou don't believe me, ask them for . ourself. I tell you it was a .typographical error, nothing more." The color that suffused Edna's face md the smlls that glorified Jack's erified the statement, and the guests ivere in a flutter of pleasureable ex:itement, while, in the corner, Jack ivas shaking Tom by the hand and saving: "Didn't I tell you I'd see you hrough it, old man?"?J. H. Wadsvorth, in the Brooklyn Times. The Nervy Youiig Man. By CHARLES C. MULLEN. "Sir," said the nervy young man, :oming into the rich merchant's >ffice and taking a seat near the head )f the firm, "I would like to ask you 'or your daughter's hand!" "Why, Z don't even know you, iir!" "Oh, don't let that bother at all, >ir. We'll soon get acquainted." "So you, a perfect stranger, ask 'or my daughter's hand, eh?" said he rich merchant, gazing in amazenent at his caller. "Which daugher do you mean? I have three." "I mean the one with the golden lair," imparted the young man, unibashed. "I am still in doubt, young man. rwo of my daughters have golden lair. Do you mean Ellen or Maria?" "Can't say which, sir. I had only i moment's view of your daughter, ind have never met her to know her lame. But the moment's sight of ler was enough to tell me that I ove her, sir!" "And you come here to get my de:ision without consulting or even seeking an acquaintance with my laughter?" "Yes. You see, sir, the time is ihort. Yesterday I came across your laughter and a young man in the lark. Just as I had made up my nind that I loved, her, I heard the roung gentleman tell her that he was :oming here to-day to ask you for :ier hand in marriage; so I hurried -ight along to get in my bid ahead )f him." "Young man," gasped the fond parent, "it's a foregone conclusion that rou will accomplish what you start )ut to do. And you've certainly got :he nerve! So go ahead and obtain in introduction to the daughter of uui cauitc auu uu cue icau iuu vc ;ot my consent!"?From Judge. A Smile From a Stranger. Most of us owe debts of gratitude :o strangers whose kindly smile has sent sunshine into our aching hearts, ind has given us courage when we tvere disheartened. It is a thing to go through life with i smiling face. It costs little, but who can ever estimate its value? Think how the pleasure of life svould be increased if we met smiling faces everywhere?faces which radixte hope, sunshine and cheer! What i joy it would be to travel in a gallery of living pictures, rotating Kope and courage! Who can estimate what beautiful, smiling faces mean to the wretched ind the downcast?those whose life burdens are crushing them? Many of us carry precious memories of smiling faces which we glimpsed but once, but whose sweet, uplifting expression will remain with us forever.?Success Magazine. A Village Power. A Columbus firm had an account against a man in a small country town in Ohio, and after ineffectual attempts to collect determined to do something radical. So they wrote a letter to the postmaster of the town arid asked information concerning the merchant; what his reputation was, whether he paid his bills and what kind of a man he was generally, and said if he was no good to give the bill, which they enclosed, to the jusLice of the peace for collection. The answer thc-y got from the postmaster :ook their breath away. It read something like this: "Gentlemen, I am the John Smith about whom you are seeking infor aiation. I am also John Smith, postmaster, and I am John Smith, justice if the peace. Yours very truly, "John Smith." ?Columbus Dispatch. Two Story Express. Two story express stations are roc>mmended by Bion J. Arnold, the famous railroad expert for t&e New Fork subway. He liope9 thus to increase the capacity of platforms fif:y per cent. TSi? NEW RT. HON. HERBEJ The new hand at the helm of yer, the first since the days of I Premier since the beginning of the man by birth, in his fifty-sixth year, once remarked: "I never knew his | is believed that Mr. Asquith, follow ; In 1842 and 1845, will introduce t! cellor of the Exchequer, as Peel si Attachment For Pitchers. A peculiar and unique inventi* ! just patented is shown in the illustr ; lion below. This drip cup was d 6igued to provide a simple means preventing the contents of pitch? | and similar vessfels >aving a d ! charge spout trickling on the table j on whatever object they happen to ( placed. The drip cup is securea ; the receptacle beneath the spout. Steel Belting, i Consul Frank S. Hannah, of RIi j deburg, writes that in a recent iss ! of a German technical paper, the i of steel bands to take the place ! leather belting for the transmissi ; of power is stated to have prov ! practicable after repeated tests | a firm in Charlottenburg, its adva j tages being given as follows: The points of superiority claim | for this new method for the trai ; mission of power are the followin On account of its solidity a mu i narrower band can be used, 01 sixth of the width of the use ! leather band being sufficient; as result of this the steel band is r ' so Heavy as tne usuai uana, anu, ! it can be very tightly adjusted, t distance between the engine and t ! machine is not a matter of impi tance, as is the case with the leatl belting, where the transmission j power is dependent upon the weie j of the hanging belt; by a unique cc tact, the slipping is much reduc< experiments showing not over 01 tenth of one per cent. The enti loss of power is very small, about o i per cent. By the lightness of weis of the steel belting, the influence the centrifugal force is not so gre allowing increased velocity. The Tramp?"Gee! I wonder ?From Brooklyn Life. Ash Reccplaole. A real novelty recently invented I the ash receiver and holder for ciga ! shown in the illustration below, c signed by a Michigan man. T bolder consists of an outer receptai SSTiSH PREMIER. , :T HENRY ASQUITH. J state In Great Britain is that ot a law- ? 'itt. Mr. Asquith Is the twenty-sixth ? nineteenth century. He is a Yorkshire- ( an Oxford scholar, of whom Dr. Jowett i i equal for trenchancy and force." It i ing the precedent set by Sir Robert Peel j he budget, thus superseding the Chanjperseded his Chancellor. t Amoosin' Lecture by A. Ward. on "I haven't distinguished myself as ( a- an artist," Artemus Ward said, "but { le- have always been mixed up in art. I ( of have an uncle who takes photographs t trs in his sane moments, and I have a | . , servant who takes everything he can j j lay his hands on at any moment. I , "At a very tender age I could draw j on wood. When a mere child I once | drew a small cart-load of raw turnips over a wooden bridge. It was 2 a raw morning. The people of the j village recognized me. They said it ? was a raw-turnip drawing. That ( shows how faithfully I had copied , nature. I drew their attention to it, ^ 'A so you see there was a lot 01 drawing | in it. ;j "The villagers, with the wonderful 1 discernment peculiar to villagers, said \ I had a future before me. As I was walking backward when I made my drawing, I replied that I thought my future must be behind me."?Youth's Companion. AN OKLAHOMA BELLE. Kiowa Indian Maiden, in Her BuckJ ' skin Belt. leire ne An Editor's Confession. ;ht A Xew York paper asks: "Can a of woman dress on $20,000 a year?" at, Our wife does, and she is a large woman, too.?Bernard (Kan.) Bee. ^Tjl \ : /K J: is dere's a pair o' No. 10's in de bunch." , 1 and an inner shell. A rim extending j js around the top of the shell engages irs W^1 l'ie mout^ ^lc rcceptacle and |e. supports the shell in position. The 1 sides of the shell are spaced from the wall of the receptacle, the sides of the shell being straight, while the ! wall of the receptacle converges. The bottom of the inner rcceptacle is per- ^ forated. Cigar or cigarette ashes rifm>nr>H into thp holder aron through the perforations into the lower ro- ^ ceptacle. If the holder is knocked , over, which very frequently happens, 1 the ashes ar5 prevented from falling ( on the floor and injuring the carpet. 1 ?Washington Star. ! ' | Americans Fond of Oysters. According to the United States bu- i reau of statistics, it appears that the production of oysters iu the United States exceeds 16,000,000 bushels per annum. <? , I Oklahoma, although thf; youngest : State, lias ninety-tlueo Catholic he churches in the care aevcity-six cle priests. i rHE MOST POWERFUL There has just been erected in the Auditorium at Ocean Grove, N. J., a lew organ which is as decided a dejarture from the accepted canons of >rgan building as Cristofori's pianoorte was from theancient clavichord, rhe instrument was designed by Rob>rt Hope-Jones, Member of the In;titute of Electrical Engineers, and [ >/ the Royal College of Organists, England, and built by the HopeTones Organ Company. It is the remit of twenty years' careful thought tnd experiment. The Auditorium in Ocean Grove villseat 12,000 people. In buildingan >rgan for a hall of this size it has iltherto been the custom to divide it nto five portions, known respectively is the great, swell, choir, solo and >edal organ, each with its quota of >pen and stopped diapasons, gambas, lutes, reeds, etc. For the sake of ;aining increased power, these were igain duplicated, there being usually our open diapasons in the great or;an alone. All thi3 in the Ocean Jrove organ is swept away, and the )ipes are grouped according to their ;one quality as diapasons, flutes, itrings and reeds, each division in a separate swell box, made of brick and :ement and closed at the top by 1amnated lead shutters. A stop entirely lew to this country called the dia)hone?invented by Mr. Hope-Jones ?occupies a fifth box, open at the ;op without shutters. The largest upe is thirty-two feet long, of inverted pyramid shape and four feet in liameter at the top end. The tone is )roduced by what is called a resona;or and vibrating valve, which yields i majestic volume of firm, horny, diipason tone, providing a glorious pedal base. It is also used on the nanuals for solo purposes. And the front of the organ is a )rick wall! This, however, is relieved and orlamented by thrSe towers of dummy jipes. The keyboards are situated ibout ten feet in front of the organ, he player sitting facing the audience vith his back to the instrument. There are four manuals, of sicty-one lotes each, and a pedal board of the inusual compass of thirty-two notes, instead of the usual draw-stops the one is controlled by means of stopteys (originally invented by Mr. iope-Jones and copied extensively by )ther builders) which are arranged n an inclined semi-circle around the nanuals. There are no bellows, the vind being supplied by electricallyIriven fans and compressors, which leliver the wind at pressures of ten, The Night Watches at Sea' By CAPT. A. T. MAHAN, U. S. N. How much a watch offered to an jye that loved nature! I have been Dored so often by descriptions of icenery, that I am warned to put lere a sharp check on my memory, est it run away with me, and my eaders seek escape by falling off. I ivill forbear, therefore, any attempt it portraiture, and merely mention he superb aurora borealis which 11uminated several nights of the au;umn of 1859, perceptibly affecting Lhe brightness of the atmosphere, vhile we lay becalmed a little north )f the tropics. But other things I shall have some excuse for telling; jecause what my eyes used to see ;hen few mortal eyes will see again. Fravel will not reach here; for ;hough here and there a rare sailing ship is kept in the navy, for occasional instruction, otherwise they lave passed away forever; and the exceptions are but curiosities?realty has disappeared. They no longer aave life, and are now but the specimens of the museum. The beauties )f a brilliant- night at sea, whether starlit or moonlit, the solemn, aweinspiring gloom and silence of a clouded, threatening eky, a3 the steamer with dull thud moves at midmight over the waste of waters, :hese I need not describe; many there ire that see them in these rambling lays. These eternities of the heavens and the deep abide as before, ire common to the steamer as to the sailing ship; but what weary strain >f words can restore to imagination :he beautiful living creature which eaped under our feet and spread her fvings above us? For a sailing ship ivas more inspiring from within than from without, especially a ship of ivar, which, as usually ordered, permitted no slovenliness, abounded in :he perpetual sesmliness that enhances beauty yet takes naught from jrace. Viewed from without, undeniably a ship under sail possesses attraction; but it is from within that you feel the "very pulse of the machine." No canvas looks so lofty, speaks so eloquently, as that seen from its own deck, and this chiefly aas invested the sailing vessel with its poetry. This the steamer, with its vulgar appeal to physical comfort, cannot give.?Harper's Weekly. A Lucrative Nose. Mile. Lubia Behrend, one of St. Petersburg's most popular aotresses, idds ?15 a week to her income by deleting an hour or two a day to smell;ng the perfumes manufactured by a eading firm of Russian scent makers. Mile. Behrend is gifted with an exceedingly delicate sense of smell, ivhich renders her assistance invalu :iDle wnen determining iub pruyei jroportions of the various ingredients n a new perfume. Much of Queen Alexandra's favorte scent?violet?is distilled in Russia. It costli ?10 per ounce bottle, ind it has to run the gauntlet of Mile. Behrend's nostrils as well as those of 'our subordinate professional "smelljrs" before it is passed as being correctly blended and ready for her use. ?Tatler. Athletic Fields. New York has set ararL $CC.0C > io purchase athletic fields for its high ( hools, anil has opened the first on r.taten Island for the Curtis high school, named after George William Curtis. New York expects to provide every city high school with its field, and every elementary school and new high school building in Greater New York now has its roof built to furnish exercise, ORGAN IN THE WORLD twenty, twentv-live and fifty inches. The highest pressure hitherto used in any organ has been twenty-siy inches, and the pressure on the average church organ is only three inches. By means of the swell shutters it is possible to control the immense volume of tone produced by these pressures, so that the tuba mirabilis of fifty-inch pressure, which at full power is almost ear-splitting, can bo used to accompany the human voice. The designer modestly announces that this organ contains only eighteen stnns. Rnmp nf these, however are mighty ones, consisting of ninetyseven pipes ranging from thirty-two feet to a few inches in length. By means of the electro-pneumatic action it is possible to play them on any of the four manuals at thirtytwo, sixteen, eight, four or two-foot pitch. The touch is as light as that of a grand pianoforte. By pressing extra hard on any key It sinks another quarter-inch and the stops drawn on another manual come into play^ This device may be used for bringing out a melody or for sforzando chords. There are 103 sounding stop-keys controlled by seventy-eight mechanical devices. George L. Miller, F.R.C.O., England, a well known New York organist, who is intimately acquainted with the organs in St. George's Hall, Livernnol Rnerland and the Town Hall. Sydney, Australia, hitherto accounted the larges.t in the world, unhesitatingly affirms that the Ocean Grove organ equals them in beauty and variety of tone, and surpasses them in power. Yet it contains only 1312 pipes, as against over SOOO in each of the others! This, through avoiding unnecessary duplication. , A father was once chiding his son for taking two girls out for the day on a certain holiday occasion. Said he: "You should have taken out only one girl and kissed her twice. It would have cost you less money!" So with this organ. The builder has taken one diapason and given it twice, thrice, yea, even five times the ordinary pressure of wind, and so obtained the effect of five rows of pipes. And it has cost less money. The Liverpool organ cost $50,000; the Sydney organ $60,000; the Ocean 0 0 7 AAA on/1 +V?r* vjiuve uigau umj i,vuv, auu uic results are better, all the solo stops being expressive. The organ was inaugurated on the evening of July 3, by a brilliant recital by Mark Andrews, F.A.G.O., A.R. C.O., of Montclair, N. J., before an audience of upwards of SOOO people. Washington's New Station By SYLVESTER BAXTER. One of the finest instances of recent railway progress in the appreciation of the traffic promoting value of beauty is furnished by the history of the movement for the embellishment of the national capital. The chief feature of the plans, the magnificent mall, would have been impossible had the railway line which until lately has had its station on Pennsylvania avenue continued to occupy that location. The enlightened and publicspirited president of the company, however, the late A. J. Cassatt, declared himself heartily in agreement with the project. He looked at the i. 3 4- V\ a MAinf r\f t?t aw a P quesiiuii lium tuc \jl yich ui an American citizen, appreciating that if Congress intended to make of the mall what the founders of Washington intended it to be, no railway should be allowed to cross it. His consent to a new location was also justified from a strictly railway point of view. With the carrying out of these plans, Washington will be made the most beautiful capital city in the world, and will correspondingly attract increased travel thither, greatly to the profit of the railways. In architecture and in site the new station is one of the finest ever/erected, even surpassing the splendid terminals that characterize the large cities in Germany. It stands on Mas sachusetts avenue, facing the Capitol, and yet not too near it. Fronting upon a semi-circular plaza COO feet wide, the building is nearly fifty feet wider than the Capitol. It is constructed of white marble, with a facade of classical style. The plaza before it is a fine feature in itself, and provides a place where bodies of troop3 or large organizations cau be formed for inauguration ceremonies or on other occasions. The railway station thus forms the great vestibule of Washington, a fitting introduction to its attractions. The monumental treatment of railway terminals to express their functions as the modern gateways of a great city has received a remarkable impetus from the example set at Washington. Direct consequences are fVio fn*n mnorninnant confirms r-nw iin VUU l U V uiw^utllvk.uv MVV*V< WMW uv ?? ?... der construction in New York, the Union station in Cleveland and the beautiful Atlanta terminal built in the style of the Spanish renaissance. ?From The Century. Old Laws of Jndt*Some of the old laws oi .Sepal, India, were curious. Killing cows ranked with murder as a capital offense, for instance. Every girl at birth was married with great ceremony to a betel fruit, which was theu cast into a sacred stream. As the fate of the fruit was uncertrAi the girl was supposed never to become a widow. To obtain divorce from a husband a win* bad only to place a betel nut under hi-.; pillow and depart. In Nepal the day is considered to begin when i*. is light enough to count the tiles on the- roof or distinguish the hairs Gii a man's hand ': yiir.st the sk.\ Kites S:arn Locusts. The Molteuo (Capo Colony) farm. rs have hit upon a novel plan fo? j dealing with locusts. A farmer has imported some eagie Kiies iui iue purpose of scaring locusts from the crops. The Announcement almost reads like the fable of ths introduction of kites into the dovecotes foi protection against the hawks, but time alone wMl tell whether tha offect will be so disastrous to the Soulb (African farmers. [Latest News |: * II 11 BY WIRE. Monument For Elihu Burritt. Great Barrington, Mass. ? New. Marlboro's sixth annual home day, was celebrated by about 3 000 people.j A monument to Elihu Burritt, the' "learned blacksmith," was dedicated.' Hamilton Holt, of New York, and1 others spoke.' Funston Travels on Freight. Leavenworth, Kan. ? BrigadierGeneral Frederick Funston arrivedl here from San Francisco to assume1 command of the army service school.! General Funston and his aids trar eled on a freight train from Lawrence. , Twelve Saloons Barn. Spokane, Wash. ? Fire at Taft,1 Mont., destroyed the Anheuser-Busch Hotel aud twelve saloons, causing a] loss of $80,000. The property was! Insured for $40,000. The fire started1 In a room of the hotel from an overturned lamp. j Ex-Broker Ends Life. East Douglas, Mass.?Chauncey C.( Potter, forty-four years old, of Bos-' ton, son of Charles W. Potter, a) wealthy retired farmer, of Douglas;1 has committed suicide. He went inta a field and fired a bullet into his brain, killing himself instantly. $1,000,000 Paid to Strikers. Winnipeg, Manitoba.?A quarter, of a million of dollars was paid to the Canadian Pacific Railway strikers by Paymaster McPherson. Mora than 2000 men were in line at the i Merchants' Bank. With the amounts paid out at other points in the West, the sum distributed is nearly $1,000,000. * Shoots Quiet Wife. Lincoln, Neb.?Because his wife would not talk to him as often as he desired, William Lush, one of Lin? coin's wealthiest German citizens, fired four shots at her with a revol* ver and then attempted suicide. ; j Wins Helen Gould Prize. Suffern, N. Y.?Miss Norma At< tena, seventeen years old, will ente< Mount Holyoke College, Mass., Sep* tember 7, having won the free scholi * arship lately given by Helen Gould. Miss Attena was the winner amona 200 scholars who tried for the scholarship. ' ? -\ Wlilte Squadrons to Change Color, i Washington, D. C. ? In a short time the historic White Squadrons ol the American Navy will be but ^ memory. .preparations are uemg made to change the time-of-peaca, color of the- United States warships from white, the emblem of peace, to a pearly slate. . Ends Life Near Monument. Paterson, N. J.?Peter Fietameyer, a baker, sixty years old, addresa unknown, killed himself by drinking two ounces of carbolic acid when seated at the fdot of the Soldiers' Monument. Jailed For Sabbath Breaking. Fayetteville, Ark.?After wandering for eleven years Ed Seaton,' against whom a warrant was sworn' out for Sabbath breaking before his disappearance, is in jail here op. tho old charge. ? BY CABLE. 11' Printers' Strike Settled. i Copenhagen. ? The strike ofi printers, which has been In orogresai here for some time, has be . settled'' through the intervention of the Minister of the Interior. Airsliip Circles Berlin. Berlin.?The new Parseval military, dirigible balloon made a circuit around the city of Berlin. It was inj the air for two and three-qua-teri hours, and was in perfect cont1 the | whole time. Churchill to Wed Miss Hozier. London.?It is announced that Winston Spencer Churchill, president of the Board of Trade,, will marrjrf Clementine, daughter of Sir Henryj Montagu Hozier, who for .thirty-two years was secretary of Lloyds. 1000 Troops Join Rebels. Hong Kong.?The rebel forces at; Kwangsi have been augmented b^ 1000 soldiers from Konghow, wha recently mutinied, slaughtered theiii commander and other officers and ransacked the town, taking away with' them about $100,000 in money. ? ' French Have Wireless Telephone. ' ? rnl ^ * -J ? AnnAimnoc thflf .rans.? iae iuaLiu auuuuuwo Vmm^ three naval officers have constructed a wireless telephone apparatus that? Is far superior to anything existing* The claim is made that they havej established communication between Paris and Dieppe, a distance of 15 0 kilometres. j Cholera in St. Petersburg. , I * St. Petersburg.?A great number) i of cases of intestinal disorder have been reported in the city in the last Jiwo weeks, and the Department of Health published figures showing thati for the first five days of the week? there had been 210 deaths from this( cause. Last week there were 175' j deaths from the same malady. j Fleet Off For Sydney. | , Auckland. N. Z.?The American' j battleship fleet started for Sydney.'' i The weather was fine, and large J -a x klj! j crowds were asnore ana auoui m uiu< ' farewell to the Americans. Excur-; ! piou craft, loaded to the rails, dotted the harbor. i ' Turkey's Plans For U. S. I Constantinople.?It is stated that' I the Government proposes to raise the i legation at Washington .to an em-| i bassy and to appoint Kiazin Bey now,: I Minister at Bucharest, as Ambassador ! to the United States. ! ! Heir Expected in Holland. Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.?It iSi j announced that Queen Wilhelniina exI nects to ba a mother. ' 11 r j Venezeulnns May Rise. Panama.?Many members of tliaj ! Venezuelan colony here express grati-| | fication over tho turn which revolu-l ! tionary affairs in their country are< j reported to have taken. Two special commissioners from the revolutionary! I camp at Los Andes brought to their' j countrymen the news that the rovolu-J iionary movement in Venezuela is! j verv stroaa.