Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1901 — Page 6

All’s Well That Ends Well.

HEN the man settle<i vnMf more comfortably among the *•* cushions In the stem he lazily tffeped a paddle into the water. He Wtedat the girl out of half-closed eyes «s hs stopped to knock the ashes out of tote pSpe against the side of the boat. Tin sure,” he drawled, “I can’t Imagine what kind of a man you want." *■ “I can,” snapped Blanch. He shrugged his shoulders as he met bar contemptuous glance. «*Maj 1 ask what he is like?” “Wen, he is energetic, for one thing. He baa a heart, too. and it he proposed jto-a <iri he’d care whether she said *>•■* er ‘no.’ He wouldn’t 101 l among cnabtans and placidly smile.” “A fussy person, in fact, who’d swear to kH himself for your sweet sake. So basts ttat kind.” “He would really care for me, you “And drive you to death with his atteuttons Bad form, surely.” The girl’s eyes Hashed. “He wouldn’t ask me to marry him regatari y every week Just because he nm abort of conversation.” “Really. This is Interesting." “He would talk to some purpose—make his life a credit to bis family and a Messing to his country.” “And teach in the Sunday school. Hare you a match ?” ■be passed her box. As she did so tore band touched his, and again her anger blazed forth. “He would give up smoking when I atoned him. No,” she exclaimed, in answer to an expressive glance at her natch-box. “I do not smoke, even though I carry matches. I only carry them because—well, because some one •toe to sure to forget them.”

“AND YOU THINK I MUST GO."

“Then he is human enough to forget •amething sometimes.” “Not bls manners.” “And may I ask If this excess of admiration is returned ?” “Of course It Is.” Cyril smiled at the banks as if they beta for him a bright and happy future. “Isn't it tlma to land for tea?" he Mggested Their tea-making was a more silent uperatlon than usual. “Thia is rather dull, isn’t it?” said the girl, as they were finishing. “I tbtafc I will walk straight home, If you ■soft aalnd taking the boat. My sister wffl be at home by this time.” They bad only come half a mile from (■•cottage during their hour’s row, and the girl was glad of the opportunity of • brick walk to calm her ruffled feel“Tben I am to congratulate you on <■• mutual affection that exists between you and your ideal,” Cyril said aa they parted. "I shall be Interested to aaeet him.” “He’ll be here by the 12:45 to-mor-ww. Come up to tea and you will see ■re. Holland was surprised to see her tototer back so soon. “What have you done with Cyril, ■touchy? Quarreled. I suppose. Well, pashapa It Is as well. George heard aareethtug so Interesting about him to■ay. Shall I tell you about it? He had to fanatical,. old uncle, who died three nsaurtha ago. He left £2,000 a year to Cyril on a peculiar condition. It was that bo should marry a girl who was a Woman Catholic.” “And did he— l mean, will be?” asked ■touch incoherently. “Ho may, of course. But he refused lor tbo time being, on the grounds that bo toved and hoped to win a lady who was a Protestant If, In six months’ agree, he had nob become engaged or ■anted to a Rttnan Catholic, the Bueney would then go to an institution ar aoanothing. To prevent undue Influoreea bring used, George said, no one knows but the lawyers what institution ■ to. It was not to be made known un- <■ the six months were up. Interesting tori itF “Tea I never heard anything quite aa carious. ” ■re Holland glanced at her sister, Mr she detected a tremble In her voice. The girl had to make her choice betosreea spoiling Cyril’s chance of Inheritance and her own. and possibly •ta. happiness, so Mrs. Holland had ■taught it kinder to tell her when tatass than to let the little story reach ■ar la the presence of others. “He’s coming to see Jack to-morrow,” ■taneh said, as she went to take her bat la the meantime Cyril was despon■ust For the first time he was face to ■see with the hopelessness of his love, ■to had meant to win Blanch, had glvefi op tote inheritance on the certainty of ■to purpose. And now he knew that no area coaid ever take her place in bls

heart, and that she loved gnother man. Because he loved her so truly he wished to know the man who had succeeded where he had failed, and so he sauntered up to the cottage the following afternoon, outwardly as imperturbable as ever. Blanch was dispensing tea on the veranda, while her sister was playing with her dachshund. A good-looking mao was chatting and laughing with them both, and chaffing Blanch on her pensive looks. “How do you do, Cyril?” was Mrs; Holland’s greeting. “Blanch says this visit is to Jack, so I must not take It to myself." “Yes," Interposed Blanch, "you wanted to see him, didn’t you? Mr. Graham, my brother Jack. Cyril has been so good and useful to us all this summer, Jack, It seems quite absurd to think you have never met him.” “Better late than never,” laughed Jack. “Perhaps we will be able to make up for lost time now. Are you here for long, Graham?” “I go back to-morrow; at least, I may have to go then.” “No, don’t do that, Cyril,” said Mrs. Holland. “Change your mind while I take Jack to get some bulrushes. Come, J act, you must row while I gather them.” “Blanch,” began Cyril, when the others had left theqj, “I must write before post time If I am going to get back to-morrow.” “Well, Cyril, there are pen, ink, and paper in the drawing-room.” “And you think I must go.” “Yes.” Cyril come and stood by her chair. “Blanehy, I did not know you meant your brother. I thought you loved another man as I wanted you to love me. In that ease, I had no right to be here. As it is only your brother, I don’t think I need go. I think I must stay and scorch my wings a little more.” “But what about mine?” Cyril’s surprise gave way to a delightful dawn of happiness. “Surely you cannot care for me after all?” he exclaimed. “It is before all, Cyril.” “But you always said ” “Because I didn’t think you really cared until I heard about the moneythen I knew.” “My dear little girl, how short-sighted you w'ere,” he said as he drew her gently to him. Presently he reminded her that she would be a poor man’s wife. “Never mind,” was her laughing answer. “I would be poorer still without you, and some one else will benefit by the money.” “An asylum for lunatics, I expect.” "Or lovers.” The random shot proved correct. The money was left to the lady who had had the courage to trust “her welfare and safekeeping Into the hands of my nephew, Cyril Graham, and to depend for her livelihood on the work of hla hands and brains.” “It’s a case of Fortune favor the brave,” was Jack’s comment. “And after all you deserve compensation for the bad opinion he expressed of your husband, Blanch.”—Chicago Tribune.

What She Wanted.

A woman rushed into a Harlem drug store the other day. In one hand she carried an empty quart bottle and In the other she tightly grasped a fivecent piece. “Let me have five cents’ worth of ozone at once,” she said to the druggist “What did you say, madam?” the druggist asked. “Some ozone.” “Why, madam, there’s ozone In your bottle now.” “Sir, I do not want to be Insulted.” replied the woman Indignantly. “I know what the doctor told me to get and If you don't keep It let me know. Have you got any ozone or not?” “Well," said the druggist very deliberately, ‘ozone’ Is an element In the air we breathe, and unless the air in your bottle has become contaminated It has about as high a percentage of It as any I have in the store. I would suggest that possibly your physician meant that you should get some benzoin.” “Oh, yee,” hastily replied the woman “that’s It I knew It was something like ozone.” She took the five cents’ worth of benzoin, which was almost lost sight of on account of the ozone which still remained tn the quart bottle.

Ought to Be in Practice.

"I’ve been bearin’, John,” said the old farmer to the son who had Just returned from college, “that ye spent a good deal of yer time in chop bouses.” “Well, yes," admitted the boy. “I suppose I did frequent them quite a bit.” “I’m glad to know It, John,” asserted the farmer, with * sigh of relief. “I waa afraid ye might git out of trainin’ while ye was away an fergit how to handle the axe. Our chop house, John, Is in the same old place, right back of the kitchen, an’ ye can’t gl« to work there too soon to suit me. There’s nigh onto six cords o’ wood that neeCs to |t» cut up right sway.”

Golden Poppy of California.

California’s State flower Is the golden poppy, and one of the professor* at Stanford University has published a book devoted exclusively to the flower and its legendary history. Don’t become so well acquainted with a woman that she will confess her aches to vou.

THE YEAR REVIEWED

SUMMARY OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS OF 1001. Tear Witnewea the Deaths of Queen Victoria and President McKinleyMany Other Notables Pass A way—Disasters, Fires, Accidents, Strikes, Etc. The year 1901, firstborn of the new jentury, is made memorable by the deaths it two of the best loved rulers the world has ever known. In its first month Victoria, England’s good queen, breathed her last quietly and peacefully at one of her royal abodes. The forcible taking off of President William McKinley by the bullet of the misguided anarchist youth, Czoigosz, in September, is in harsh contrast with her serene passing, and Is a ■ad commentary upon the laxity of our democracy, which favors the Intimate contact of the chief executive with the general public and falls to-provide adequate mean* for his physical protection. Many others of the great ones of earth —statesmen, authors, churchmen, musicians and business men—have also heard the last Summons and responded thereto. The Boer-British war in South Africa has continued through the year, rather to the advantage of the latter, and the armed resistance of the Filipinos against the rule of the United States has been fitfully in evidence. There have been several mine and railway accidents, in which many lives have been destroyed. The number of destructive fires has also been quite large. The most important happenings of the year may be briefly summarized thus: January. 1. Lord Hopetoun Installed as first Governor General of Federated Australian colonies. 2. Death of Ignatius Donnelly. 3. Dentil 'of Bishop W. X. Made at Detroit, Mich. 6. Death of Philip D. Armour Eight fives lost In small hotel fire In Minneapolis. 8. Fire horror nt Hochester, N. Y., orphan asylum, 20 lives lost. 10. Chinese sign joint note of the powers. 18. Fred Alexander, colored, burned at •take by Leavenworth, Kan., mob. 16. Death of ex-Gov. James A. Mount, of Indiana. 22. Death of Queen Victoria of England and accession of King Edward VIIBum Ing of Grand Opera House In Cincinnati. 23. Board of Trade building in Montreal burns; loss $3,000,000. 25. Death of Gulseppe Verdi, Italian composer. 29. Disastrous fire In Des Moines, lowa. ....Twenty-one patients burned to death In Tokyo hospital, Japan. Febrsarr, 2. Funeral of Queen Victoria at Windsor. 8. Great snowstorm in Middle West. 7. Marriage of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg SchwerinMine explosion In Durango, Mex'co, kills 87 persons. 10. Sudden death of Col. Albert D. Shaw. 14. Marriage of Princess of Asturias and Prince Charles of Bourbon. 15. Death of ex-Senator Gilbert A. Pierce, of North Dakota Death of Maurice Thompson, author... .Sixty miners entombed in mine at Cumberland, B. C. 21. Nine persons killed la collision near Bordentown, N. J. 22. Pacific steamer Rio de Janlero sinks outride Golden Gate, California; several lives lost. 26. Fifty miners Imprisoned In burning mine at Kemmerer, Wyo. 26. Geo. Ward, negro, hanged and burned at Terre Haute, Ind., for assault and murder. 28. Death of Wm. M. Evarts. March. 1. State penitentiary near Lincoln, Neb., Is burned. 4. Inauguration of President McKinley •nd Vlee President Roosevelt. 6. Thirty men crushed to death on railroad at Wolovo, Russia. 11. Twelve persons killed and many more Injured by boiler explosion in Doremus laundry, ChicagoHay-Pauncefote treaty rejected by Great Britain. 13. Death of ex-Prerident Benj. Harrison. ....Destructive fire at Cloverport. Ky. 23. Chief Agulnaldo captured by Gen. Fred Funston. 26. Tornado at Birmingham, Ala Death of Charlotte M. Yongo, author. 30. Death of Comedian Roland Reed. April. 8. China refuses to sign Manchurian convention. 6. Japan issues ultimatum to Russia. 9. Logan statue unveiled In Washington. 12. Cuban Constitutional convention rejects Platt amendment Death of Geo. Q. Cannon. 19. British war loan voted by House of CommonsAgulnaldo's peace manifesto Issued. 20. Unprecedented snowstorm and floods In Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and the Virginias. 23. Fifty persons killed by explosion near Frankfort. Germany. 20. President McKinley starts on long trip through the country. May. 1. Opening of Pan-American Exposition. ....Gov. Dietrich, of Nebraska, res gns and Is made United States Senator by his successor, Gov. Savage. 3. Burning of Jacksonville, F1a.... .Civil government established at Manila. 8. Suicide of 11. N. Pollock, fugitive bank president of Cleveland, at Seattle. Wash. 9. First Australian Federal Parliament opened In Melbourne by Duke of Cornwall and York Panic In Wall strer.t. 13. Steamer Paducah goes down In Mississippi six miles north of Grand Ttraer, 111. 18. President’s tour broken off by Mrt, McKinley's terleua Illness. 10. Riot In Albany. N. Y. 17. Death of Mrs. Lyman J. Gage geath of Edwin F. Uhl, of Grand Rapids, 18. Launching of baitlashlp Ohio at San Francisco. 20. Pan-American Exposition formally dedicated Fifty thousand machinists go out •n strike. 21. Death of Gen. Fltajohn Porter Death of ex-Congreseman Chas. A. Boutelle. 22. Wreck of Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht Shamrock llSuicide of Bread, assassin of King Humbert, of Italy. 23. Death of ex-Gov. John R. Tanner, of Illinois Norwegian baik Ehlse lost off Sable Island, with crew of 14 men. 24. Gale on great lakes; steamer Baltifiore sinks; 12 lives lostSevqaty miners Hied by explosion in. English colflFry. 28. Cuban convention adopts Platt resolution.

HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.

Work Completed at a Coat, Approximately, of *3,000,000. The government history of the Civil War has finally been completed and delivered to those entitled, under the law, to receive it. It is an immense work and consists of 128 volumes, nine and a half Inches long, six and a half inches wide, and averaging over two inches in sickness. In addition to the text, there are several atlases containing maps of the military operations of the armies. The gigantic work has cost the government, according to an official statement, ft. 858,514.07, not counting the salaries of army officers detailed from time to time to duty connected with the preparation of the work. The total cost is probably over 93,000,0*0. About 12,000 sets of this werk have been printed and distributed ta libraries and Individuals. Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine la going to St. Joseph, Mo., to remain with her mother tar as indefinite period.

Jane. 2. Death of James A. Herne...,.Jasper, Texas, burned by robbers. 4. Eight men killed by mine explosion at Iron Mountain, Mich. 6. Great fire in Antwerp does $10,000,(MX damage. P. Death of Sir Walter Besant, English novelist. 10. Explosions in mine at Port Royal, Pa., cause deaths of 17 men. 12. Platt amendment accepted by Cuban Constitutional convention. 14. Several lives lost by collision of ferryboats in East River, New York. 18. Fourth daughter born to Cast of Russia Death of ex-Gov. H. 8. Pingree, of Michigan. 21. Fireworks explosion at Paterson, N. J., kills 17 persons Seven persons killed by tornado wear Naper, Neb. 22. American Derby won by Robert Waddell. 23. Destructive floods wipe out West Virginia towns Death of Adelbert 8. Hay. ....Gen. Callies surrenders. 25. Death of Rev. Joseph Cook. July. I. Death of Senator James H. ’Kyle, of South Dakota... .Eleven boys and men killed by lightning In Chicago. 5. Death of ex-Cbancellor, Prince vol Hohenlofee. 6. Versailles, Ohlt swept by Are. 10. Collision on Chicago and Alton Railroad near Norton, Mo., kills 17 persons and injures 40.... .Corbin, Mont., wiped out by cloudburst Minnesota pardon board votes freedom to Younger brothers. 16. Strike of steel workers begins. 20. Death of Mrs. Paul Krueger. 21. Hottest day on record in Chicago; thermometer marks 103 degrees. 23. President proclaims free trade with Porto Rico. 29. Allotment of Kiowa and Comanche Indian lands begins at El Reno, Okla. 81. B. & O. train held up at Edgemoor, 1 nd. An trust. L Geo. H. Phillips company, of Chicago, suspends temporarily. 5. Death of Dowager Empress of Ger many Many killed by explosion In Philadelphia. 8. President Shaffer orders steel workers to strikes2Bo,oou stolen from Shriby smelter at Vallejo, Cal. 11. Death of Francesco Crlspl, Itaiylt grand old man. 13-16. Great tidal wave along shore s( Gulf of Mexico. 18. Death of Edmond Audran, French composer. x 19. Seventeen passengers drowned by sinking of Ohio River packet City of Golconda at Crowell's Landing. 21. Tornado wrecks town of -Anadarko, Okla. 26. France severs diplomatic relations with Turkey. 28. Boiler explosion on steamer City of Trenton, near Philadelphia, kills eleven persons Knights Templar’s conclave opens In Louisville. 31. Thirty-six persons killed In Great Northern wreck near Kalispell, Mont. feptemher. 4. Flood In Cleveland causes $4,000,000 damage. 5. Miss Ellen Stone, American missionary, abducted by Bulgarian brigands. 6. President McKinley shot at Buffalo Exposition by Leon Czoigosz. 7. Peace pact signed at Pekin. 12. Opening of Schley inquiry in Washington. 14. Death of President McKinley Great steel strike settled Theodore Roosevelt takes oath as President. 16. Steamer Hudson lost In Lake Superior with crew of 25. 17. Foreign troops evacuate Pekin to Chinese State funeral of President McKinley at Washington. 18. Rrltisb torpedo boat destroyer Cobra sinks In North Sea; 67 Ilves lost. 19. President McKinley's body burled at Canton, Ohio. 23. Czolgoss trial begins at Buffalo. 24. Czoigosz found guilty. 26. Czolgos- sentenced to death. 28. Columbia defeats Shamrock. October. 3. Columbia wins second race with Shamrock Death of tbo Ameer of Afghanistan. 4. Third yacht race won by Columbia, winning the series and keeping America's cop in this country. 10. Death of Lorenso Snow, head of Mormon church. 13. Reservoir at East Liverpool, Ohio, breaks, causing $150,000 damage. 17. Joseph F. Smith chosen president ot Mormon church. 18. Death of ex-Gov. John 8. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis, Minn. 21. Burglars tunnel under building and rob Chicago postoffice of $74,610 in stamps. 23. Burning of great packing plant at Hammond, Ind. 24. Nineteen Ilves lost In fire that destroyed Philadelphia furniture bouse of Hunt, Wilkinson & Co. 28. Fourteen persons killed in race war in Washington Parish. La. 29. Electrocution of Leon F. Csolgosz, murderer of President McKinley. November. 1. Boers steal 6.000 horses from British remount station, near Cape Town. 2. Close of Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. .3.. French forces seize three Turkish ports on Island of Mltylene. 6. Elections in several States. J. Death of LI Hung Chang Death of Kate Greenaway, Jlnglish artist. 8. Turkey accedes to demands of France. ....Death of Mother Bickerdyke. 12. Fire at Thomas, W. Va., destroys 62 buildings. 15. Jeffries whips Rublln In San Francisco. 18. Hay-Pauncefote treaty signed in Washington. 20. Mine Are at Telluride, Colo., causes death of 100 miners. 23. United States buys battlefield of San Juan, Cuba. 25. President Roosevelt warns Central American nations against Interference at Nicaragua canal. 26. Boiler explosion in Detroit kills 27 persons and injures many more. 27. Horrible wreck on Wabash near Seneca, Mich.; 80 killed. 28. Terry McGovern knocked out by “Young” Corbett. 30. Several lives lost In ferryboat collision in San Francisco Bay. December. 2. Fifty-seventh Congress assembles Opening of the Charleston Exposition. 10. Democrats carry Boston city elections 12. Marconi signals from Cornwall, Ep gland, to Bt. Johns, N.XL, without wires. 13. Schley court of Inquiry makes Its report, censuring SchleyMrs. Lola Ida Bontae acquitted of killing James 8. Ayres. 14. Floods cause loss of life and great damage In New York, Pennsylvania and West'VirginiaFatal wreck on Illinois Central Railway near Rockford, 111. 15. Death of John Swinton, New York economist. 16. Hay-Pauncefote treaty ratified by Senate Death of Gov. Gregory, of Rhode Island. 17. Postmaster General Charles Emery Smith resigns from Cabinet and Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, appointed to succeed him. 19. Congre«s adjourns for holiday recess.

Told in a Few Lines.

St. Louis police are engaged in a war on the pool rooms. The United States Supreme Court Monday took a recess until Jan. 6. A 913,500 fire occurred in th business section of Pawnee, O. T. W. 11. Rogers, a railroad map, was killed by a train at Blackwell, C. T. Bids for a site for a new county court house at Lawrence, Kan,, are asked for. Topeka, Kan., was -77 years old the other day, and the anniversary was duly celebrated. The Postmaster General has ordered the consolidation of the postoffices at Empire City vTth Galena office, Kansas. “Roosevelt at San Juan Hill” is to be the subject of a painting by Vassili Veresthagin, a Russian painter of battle scenes. 'The Pope will not send a delegation te attend the coronation ceremonies of King Edward VII., as h's holiness was not notified of the King’s accession to ths throne.

LONG RAILWAY RUNS.

Trips that Are Male by Treia au4 Pullman Car Conductors. As the speed of trains is accelerated between distant points the rung made by train and Pullman conductors are lengthened out. “ The conductors on Rock Island No. 21, better known as the fast mail, run from Chicago to this city, 358 miles. Returning the next morning, they He over one and a half days in Chicago before coming out again. Out on the Union Pacific conductors on the Overland and limited mall trains run from Omaha to Cheyenne and from Cheyenne to Ogden, 516 and 514 miles respectively. The time they are on the road Is, however, less than years ago, when the runs were less than 300 miles In length. The distances covered by the Pullman car conductors is vastly greater than those by train conductors. From Chicago to Denver Is 1,041 miles. Pullman car conductors"'consider this a short run. The men in charge of the sleeping cars on the Northwestern and Union Pacific accompany their cars from Chicago to Portland, Ore. It takes nine days to make the round trip of nearly 4,000 miles, and they make about two and a half trips per month. On the Santa Fe the Pullman conductors run from Chicago to San Francisco, and on the Canadian Pacific they remain with their cars on the trip across the continent which consumes nearly six days from Portland, Me., to Vancouver and Victoria. On the Illinois Central they run from Sioux City to New Orleans. They receive $75 per month.—Des Moines Leader.

SHE LENDS MONEY.

Morgan’s Daughter Helps Girls to Get Started in the World. One of the most flourishing Institutions in the city of New York is the Penny Provident Fund Bank, in which

Mrs. Louisa Plerp o n t Satterlee, daughter of J. Pierpofit Morgan, is intensely interested. Mrs. Satterlee is Treasurer of the Girls’ Friendly Society of St. George’s Church, which has a branch of the Penny Provident Fund Bank. Mrs. Satterlee says: “Quite a num-

MRS. SATTERLEE.

ber of girls have used this as a means of saving a sufficient sum to start a deposit in a saving’s bank.” In one year, she says, the girls in their church saved In pennies $350. Mrs. Marlon Messemer, Secretary of the Penny Provident Fund Bank, says the organization In the city will accumulate, in pennies, this year, a fund of over SIOO,900. The institution has 304 branches.

Never Killed a President.

“I overheard some remarks at the capltol the day President McKinley’s body lay in state there that I have not forgotten,” said an official of the treasury, according to the Washington Star. “The push was something terrific, as everybody will remember, and white women and colored women, white men black men, were Jostled closer together than they had ever been before. I heard a nicely dressed white woman, who was Just back of me, say to a friend: ‘Why do they let these negroes come to an affair of this kind? They are so disagreeable to have near one. I wish they were away.’ “The remarks referred to some colored women who were close In line behind the white women. The woman’s remarks were overheard, and it was very interesting to listen to the reply of one of the colored women. “ ‘Yes, we are negroes,’ she said to the white woman, or rather In her direction, as the white woman had not Intended her remarks to reach the colored people, ‘and we are not sorry for It, especially on such a sad occasion as this. It was not a negro who killed Lincoln, or fired the bullet that laid Garfield low, or put out the life of McKinley. It was a white man, and there is no reproach-on the negro race, at least In this direction.’ “It Is needless to say that the white woman made no further remarks.”

For Army Horses.

Thanks to the Invention of an ingenious Yankee, army horses In the Philippines and In South Africa, are now enjoying the form, if not the substance, of a kind of confectionery. It it known as a “hay lozenge,” and owes its existence to the necessity of providing easy transportation for food in a country where the roads are bad. Hay in bales cannot be carried on horseback, for reasons that need not be mentioned, but the hay lozenge may readily be carried. To make the lozenge, hay Is compressed by machinery into disks fronf 12 to 18 inches In diameter, and 2 Inches In thickness. The disks are packed In rolls Just as candy lozenges are, and are hung from the horse’s back In slings, one sling on each aide. A single disk, when cut open and loosened, makes a “good square meal” for a horse or a mute.

Somnambulism.

A few nights ago an employe of a paper company tn Bellows Falls, Vt, demonstrated unusual eccentricities as a somnambulist. He got up at 2 o’clock in the morning, harnessed hla team, put a load of pulp wood Into his wagon, and drove down to the mill, entirely unconscious of what he was doing.

Matinee Season.

Laura—l’m going to ask that girl Lu front of us to take off tore hnt. Clara—Oh, wait until the second act; I want to see just how It Is trimmed.— Detroit Free Press.

RUSSIAN PAINTER FOR WHOM ROOSEVELT IS SITTING.

M. CONSTANTINE MAKOVSKY.

President Roosevelt has begun to sit for a portrait hy M. Constantine Makovsky, the Russian artist. M. Makovsky is the court painter of St. Petersburg. He has painted the Czar and his father before him, and the grand dukes of the imperial family. He arrived in the United States on the same steamer as Count Cassini. The reception given in his honor at the Russian embassy was the first large function of the season in Washington.

CHANGES FOR THE CABINET.

Gov. Crane Slated to Succeed Gage— Long Also to Quit. Rumors of cabinet changes, following the announcement that Secretary Gage will resign, have been flying thick and fast in Washington. Gov. Crane of Massachusetts is said to be slated for Secretary of the Treasury to succeed Mr. Gage. It is also reported that when the present Secretary of the Treasury steps out Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the United States, and O. L. Spalding and H. A. Taylor, assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, go with him. Other resignations expected soon are those of Secretary Long of the Navy Department and Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior Department. It is said that Mr. Long’s resignation is due at any time, as he has held the office since President McKinley’s death only to try to clear up the Sampson-Schley controversy. So far as can be learned, says a Washington correspondent, Gov. Crane's acceptance of the place depends largely on whether he can retire from the governorship without causing any unpleasant complications. If everything is favora-

LYMAN J. GAGE.

ble politically in Massachusetts, It Is said, he will accept the secretaryship of the treasury and the change could be made early in January. Gov. Crane is a successful business man, being the leading spirit in several of the largest paper mills in the country. He is said, to be very wealthy. His name is understood to have been suggested to the President by Senator Ixulge, who vouched for him as a successful business man who would conduct the Treasury Department on conservative lines. It is believed that whatever changes take place in the cabinet will be effected within the next four weeks. Secretary Root and Attorney General Knox are certain to remain, and It is now said that Secretary Hay has no.present Intention of resigning. Whether Secretary Wilson remains m a matter that depends entirely on his own wishes, as he is said to be in every way satisfactory to ths President.

EATING EUROPEAN POTATOES.

Ireland, Scotland and Belgium Helping to Feed Uncle Sam. For the first time .in eight years this country has been obliged to go abroad to make the supply of potatoes in market adequate to the demand. Four-fifths of the potatoes that have reached New York in the past few weeks have come from abroad. Within a week nearly 200,000 bushels have been received in that port nnd all told over half a million bushels have reached there. The potatoes come from Scotland* Belgium and Ireland, where the crop has been good, while on our side of the ocean It has been the worst in a decade. The farmers who have a good supply have been holding back for better prices, putting the-pro-duct in cellars and storehouses. Those who have sold recently have demanded as high as 93 per barrel, which has brought the price up to 94 and 93 at a time when potatoes are usually cheap. Potatoes abroad can be bought for 70 cents a barrel. There is a duty of 25 cents a bushel and this, with some other charges, bringfi the cost of potatoes from Europe to 91’~0 per barrel on the pier in New York. New York consumes about 25,000 bushels of potatoes daily.

They Must Speak Spanish.

Many American railroad men are interested in the new federal law in Mexico, requiring all representatives and employes of railroads in Mexico to be able to speak Spanish. American roads have a number of representatives in the Southern republic and many of them have a decidedly limited knowledge of the Spanish language. Berne hard stodging is scheduled to take place now and American railway men will soon make a strong “bluff” at the language south of the Bio Grande. *»