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BLOW TO A TRUST.
.Ailineis Supreme Court Renders an : Important Decision Against the Glucose Combine,
‘Springfield, 111., Oct 20.—The supreme ~gourt of Illinois, in an elaborate de--cvision handed down Thursday evening;, forbids the transfer of the American ‘Glucose company’s plant at Peoria to the Glucose Sugar Refining company, +of New Jersey, and declares the trust agreement entered into with the latter corporation to be illegal. This is believed to be the first decision by any court rendered in a case in which the legal questions involved in the modern trust have been presented fully and passed on. ;
The supreme court holds that the facts presented show that the combination to regulate and fix the price of glu«cose and grape sugar and their products and by-products was illegal, and that the agreement not to manufacture or sell within a certain territory, coextepsive with the corn belt, was in restraint of trade.
The case was one begun by George F. Harding, of this city, and the Chicago Real Estate & Loan company, of which he is the president and owner, and makes the American Glucose company the prtincipal defendant. The American Glucose company is one of the six concerns which the trust ab.sorbed, and the purpose of the litigation is to prevent the sale of the American Glucose company to the trust. By the terms of the decree the trust will lose property, including an extensive plant at Peoria, for which it paid aver $2,000,000, and the stock and prop>rty wiil revert to the original owners, :2f whom the complainant is one. Besides pronouncing against the le‘wality of one of the most powerful trade arganizations formed in recent years, the decision will make it dangerous to interests involved to form combinations 4n, the future which have for theéir purpose the absorption of a sufficient numwer of concerns to control the output of the product involved. Tt will also alace at the mercy of the law the many’ combinations gf capital and business interests which have recently been made, provided they are incorporated ander the statute of the state of Illinois.
CUP REMAINS HERE.~
«Columbia Easily Bests the Challenger . in the Final Contest for the Trophy.
New York, Oct. 21.—Through wild " -and hoary seas, in a breeze that approached the dignity of a gale, the gal{ant sloop Columbia on Friday vanfguished the British challenger Shamroek by six minutes and 18 seconds, ac‘tual time, and six minutes and 34 sec;onds, corrected time, thus completing the series for the America’s cup with a . magnificent rough-weather duel and a zlorious Yankee victory. For the =leventh time the attempt of a foreign- ~ or to wrest from America the yachting supremacy of the world has failed. The trophy won by the old schooner America 48 years ago is still ours, a mon- + ament to the superiority of American .- seamanship and American naval archi- ~ tecture and a standing challenge to the yachtsmen of allnations. To Sir Thomas Lipton, whose name is now added-to the list of defeated aspirants for the honor of carrying the cup back across the At--tantic, failure was a crushing blow. His hope had been high, but, like the true -sportsman that he is, the sting of defeat has left no bitterness, and with un: ~daunted courage he intimates that he ‘may be back with a better boat to try -again. /“The boats have had two fair and square races, one in light airs and the other in a heavy blow, and Sir Thoms is perfectly satisfied that he was -beaten by the better boat.
VEXED QUESTION SETTLED.
Temporary Adjustment of the Alaskan Boundary Line Dispute : Has Been Effected.
“"Washington, Oct. 21. — Mr. Tower, “the DBritish charge here, called at the state department Friday and handed to Secretary Hay a note formally accepting for his government the proposition for the temporary adjustment of the Alaskan boundary line proposed by Sec.retary Hay in his note of Thursday. - With that act the long expected modus vivendi relative to the vexed boundary “~qquestion went into effect. This result has been brought about through the direct negotiation of Secretary Hay . .and Mr. Tower, after several failures in the past through commissioners and .ambassadors. The state department is confident that it has conserved every -American interest in the arrangement, without unjustly treating Canada. ‘ Army Has 100,000 Men. i Washingion, Oct. 18.—Reports received at the war department show that the army has reached its maximum :strength of 100,000 enlisted men, of -whom 65,000 are regulars and 33,000 volunteers. All volunteer recruiting stations have been closed. According ~to the present plans of Gen. Otis a for_ward movement against the enemy will . not be commenced on a large scale until at least half of these volunteers have -reached Manila. : ’l‘oi Build Big Steel Mills. ‘Cleveland, 0., Oct. 20.—Steel mills which will rival in size the big Johnson plant at Lorain, 0., will soon be established at Fairport Harbor, a few miles -east of this city. The cost is said to be ©55,000,000. Cleveland capitalists are ~ back of the enterprise. The name will ' be the Holly Steel company. One thou~sand acres of land have been secured, “with a frontage of 4,500 feet on the river. _ ; : : Dewey to Vigit Chieago. - “Chicago, Oct._lB.—Definite informattion has been received from Admiral Dewey that he will visit Chicago between November 15 and December 1, and arrangements are being made for a two-days’ festival in his honor. The programme will includé military and ~ wivic parades, a military ball, and the -presentation of a gold or silver serv- ~ Duluth, Minn,, Oct. 21.—A fleet of 24 _ lumber vessels reached Duluth Friday. - They came bunched after a heavy blow ~w“’a@;«wfi@¥q‘“" A
BOERS REPULSED.
Fifteen Hundred Reported Slain at - Mnfeking—uritish Win a Battle at Glencoe Camp.
London, Oct. 20.—The_Daily News’ Cape Town correspondent says: It is rumored here that news has reached De Aax Junction that the Boers attacked Mafeking in force, but were repulsed. The defenders, seeing the enemy retreating, pursued them for some distance. Then a feint was made, and they commenced to retire on the town, allowing themselves to be driven in by the Boers, who, eager to retrieve their position, again advanced to the attack, and were drawn over lyddite mines laid for the defense of the town. Itis reported that 1,500 Boers were killed by the explosions. - Glencoe Camp, Oct. 21.—The battle Friday was a brilliant success. The Boers got a reverse which may possibly, for a time, at any rate, check all aggressive action. The British artillery practice in 'the early part of the day decided the battle. The seizure of Dundee hill by the Boers was a surprise, for, although the pickets had been exchanging shots all night, it was not until a shell boomed over the town into the camp that their presence was discovered. Then the shells came fast. The hill was positively alive with the swarming Boers; &till the British artillery got to work with magnificent energy and precision. : The fighting raged particularly hot at the valley outside the town. Directly the Boer guns ceased firing Gen. Symons ordered the infantry to move on the position. The infantry charge was magnificent. The way the king’s royal rifles and the Dublin fusileers stormed the position was one of the most splendid sights ever seen. The firing of the Boers was not so deadly as might have been expected from troops occupying such an excellent position, but the infantry lost heavily going up the hill, and only the consummately brilliant way in which Gen. Symons had trained them to fighting of the kind saved them from being swept away. ;
Gen. Symons was wounded early in the action, and the command then devolved on Maj. Yule. Gen.Symons was shot through the thigh, but no bones were broken. .
Theenemy,astheyfled, were followed oy the cavalry, mounted infantry and artillery. The direetion taken was to the eastward. At the latest reports the cavalry had not returned?QéSome say that four and some say that five guns were captured. The British losses.are very severe, but those of the Boers are much heavier. A rough estimate places the British loss at 250 killed or wounded, and that of the Boers at 300. .
A GOOD YEAR.
Treasurer’s Report Shows W.C. T. U. to Be in a Flourishing Condition— Convention Opened st Seattle.
_ Seattle, Wash., Oct. 21.—The national convention of the W. C. T. U. mret here Friday. For several days trainloads of delegates from all parts of the country have been arriving and when the convention. was called to order there was a large attendance. Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, president of the organization, delivered her annual address. E
Mrs. Helen M. Barker, the national treasurer, reported a balance of $3,435. This is larger than, last year, covering 11 months, as the convention was held a month earlier, and was encouraging. The Willard memorial fund amounts to $3,268. The life membership fund received during the year $2,106. The bequests aggregated $2,000. The organizing work cost $1,200 and the superintendents had expended over $7,000. All in all, it was stated, the outlook from a financial standpoint was very satisfactory. -
FIREMEN KILLED.
Three Fire Fighters Crushed Under Walls at Knightstown, Ind.— Several Buildings Destroyed.
Knightstown, Ind., Oct. 19. — The most serious fire in the history of #his town broke out at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday morning. Three lives were lost and property worth $lOO,OOO or more was destroyed. Thedead: Truman Rhodes, Charles Scutter and Fon Davey. .
The men were members of the volunteer fire department and were fighting the fire when the front wall of a threestory building fell outward. They were caught by the falling bricks and crushed to death, -and it is believed that at least two others met with the same fate. The.Masonic Temple, the largest building in the city, was in the path of the flames'amd was destroyed together with the buildings occupied by E. O. Anderson, dealer in household goods; Green Brothers, saloon, and Davey Brothers, dealers in notions. The fire is supposed to have originated from an explosion of natural gas. 1
lilinois Christian Endeavor. Rockford, 111., Oct. 20.—Several hundred delegates ‘are in the city to attend the thirteenth annual convention of the IHlinois Christian Endeavor union. At the first session, at Second Congregational church, Thursday evening, services were led by Prof. Bilhorn, of Chicago, and Dr. Ely, of Rockford. Addresses of"weélcome were given by Mayor Brown and Rev. H. M. Bannen, and were responded to by Vice President W. S. Dewey, of Cairo. The president, A. E. Turner, of Lincoln, gave an address on “The Secret of Success.” : Young Men Meet Disaster, ‘Seymour, la., Oct. 19.—A frightful accident occurred here at 7:45 Wednesday evening in which one person was killed and nine others injured, perhaps several of them fatally. A crowd of young men had started to the country to charivari a newly-married couple, and as they drove across the Rock Island traek, in the east limits of the city, they were struck by the east-pound meat train and knocked from the track. Will Cupples was killed outright, and his body was found upon the pilot of the engine. ’ Increased Earnings, o Chicago, Oct. 21.—The earnings of the Chicago Great Western railway, “Maple Leaf Route,” for the second week in October, 1899, show an increase of $25,837.22. 'Total inecrease sinece beginning of fiseal year (July 1) to date, $324,602.64. The 214 per cent, semi-annualdividend on preferred stock Ais a'v ndy earned in the first quare = a 1 year, and a surplus be-
A LIFE OF CRIME.
Four Murders and Many Robberies Are Confessed by a Convict in a Minnesota Prison.
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 23.—A specialtothe Times from Stiilwater, Minn., says: J. C. Mcßride, a convict at the prison, received from Jackson county in December last to serve three years and five months for an assault, has made a remarkable confession, showing him to be oxe of the most highhanded murderers in the country. His confession was made to Warden Wolfer in a letter written October 8, and in it he related the murder of two officers, Joseph Grant and John MecNott, at Geneva, Tlll., August 29, 1886; the murder of Julia Buckmore, at Geneva; a post office robbery and the murder of the marshal of Ossawatomie, Kan.; the burglary of a hardware store and the shooting of a policeman at Guide Rock, Neb., and many burglaries and highway robberies. If the story is true he has been a veritable terror. Speaking of the circumstances of the murder of Grant and McNott at Geneva, he says:
‘“I shot Joseph Grant and John McNott. Three of us, two pals and myself, were in the act of committing a burglary at Geneva at about one o’clock in the morning August 29, 1886. We entered the house of an undertaker for the purpose of robbery about two blocks south of the courthouse and one west. My two pals were arrested by these officers. I walked some distance away from the place of robbery to the courthouse and secreted myself behind a maple tree, when the officers came along with my two pals I shot them, killing Officer McNott instantly and shot Officer Grant, who lived until the next day. “I also murdered a woman by the name of Julia Buckmore, in the outskirts and east side of Geneva, atiout two weeks before I murdered the officers. My object was robbery. I cut her throat with a razor because she recognized me while in the act of committing the robbery. I carried the body to a hen coop and set fire to the house. The body was found in the hen coop the next morning.”’ .
Mcßride says that his right name is ‘George Bullock, and that he was born of respectable parents, who have resided in Geneva since 1871. He has served two prison terms in Illinois and one in Nebraska. After receiving the letter and calling Mcßride into his office for a more explicit story of his crimes, Warden Wolfer cornmunicated with the authorities at Geneva and elsewhere. He learned that the erimes were committed, but has received mno additional information. Mcßride is now 33 years old, and says he has follpwed the life of a robber and murderer since he was ten years old. While relating the story of his erime he gave all the details in a matter-of-fact manner, and evidently felt relieved. He claims to have confessed because his conscience bothered him, and says he is anxious to be punished for his many crimes. In the murder of the officers at Geneva, he says he had two pals, one of them Harry Ester, later arrested and sen-
tericed to Joliet penitentiary for 15 yvears. The confession covers four large manuscript pages.
HE CANCELS ENGAGEMENTS.
Admiral Dewey, on the Advice of His Physician, Will Remain Quietly at Home. )
Washington, Oct. 23.—Admiral Dew€y, on the advice of his physician, has canceled the dates for his visits to Philadelphia and Atlanta and will accept no more invitations of this sort before next spring. The following official statement on the subject was made at his office here Saturday: :
‘“Acting on the advice of his physicians, Admiral Dewey finds that it will be necessary to cancel the engagements he has entered into to visit certain cities and to decline all invitations for the present. He finds that the mental strain incident to such visits is seriously affecting his health.”
It is understood that the admiral’s health is not really bad. If he can be relieved from the constant strain of
successive receptions there is little doubtthat he will soon be himself again. At present he is worn out from his recent experiences. Besides, he is needed here to aid the president in the Philippine commission in the task of deciding questions that are continually arising in the far eastern possessions of the United States.
The Dewey house committee, which had in charge the purchase of a home for the admiral from the moneys received by popular subscription, has selected the house 1747 Rhode Island avenue, Northwest, known as the Fitch house. The price of the house was $50,000, but as the committee has only $48,000 on hand, Mr. Fitch, the owner, contributed that amount| mnecessary to bring the sum up to $50,000. The solicitor of the treasury will examine the title to-day and the purchase will be made and the property turned over on Tuesday. It is a matter of interest to note that the house selected finally was that which Admiral Dewey indicated as his choice before the committee began its work of examining more than 60 houses. s
Peculiar Cause of Death, Duluth, Minn., Oct. 23.—John Gustafson, anorth shore explorer, while asleep early Saturday morning toppled out of bed, the back of his negligee shirt collar catching on a door hinge less than a foot from the floor. where he strangled to death. When discovered Gustafson was on his tiptoes, his body bent nearly double and his head nearly touching the floor. Old Lady Suicides, Fulton, 111.,, Oct. 23.—Mrs. Barton, aged 70 years, committed suicide Friday mnight by hanging herself from the ‘railing of the stairway in her home. 111 health caused her mind to be temporarily deranged, which led to the act. She was the mother of Mrs. Fred K. Bastian, wife of Fulton’s ex-post-master. : * Found with His Throat Cut. : Muscatine, la., Oct. 23.—The body of James Eade, a veterinary surgeon, aged 84, was found Sunday morning in a stable with his throat cut from ear to ear. It is probably a case of suicide. . Heavy Failure. New York, Oct. 23.—F, Tennyson ‘Neely, a book pubiisher, who has been in business at 114. Fifth avenue for a number of years, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy Saturday afternoon ifl the United States district court. rhe total liabilities are placed at $539,531. The assets are placed at $414,739. o Great Output of Logs. . Merrill,. Wis., Oct. 23.—1 t is estimated that 75,000,000 feet of logs will be put in on the Wisconsin river the coming season. There will be a greater amount of hemlock and hardwood put 5 thAN eveE Before. . .
PSALMS OF DELIVERANCE.
international Sunday School Lesson for October 29, 1899—Text, Psalms 85 and 126—Commit Psalms 126,
[Specially Arranged from Peloubet’s Notes.]) GOLDEN TEXT.—They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.—Psa. 126: 5. READ Jeremiah 31. PLACE IN HISTORY.—The exact date of these Psalms is unknown, but they belong in spirit to the long périod of the return from the exile, covered by Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther, 1 EXPLANATORY. I. A Prayer for Help.—Bs:l-7, Title.—For the Chief Musician. The leader of the choir to be used in public worship. Hence the Polychrome translates “For the Liturgy.” “The sons of Korah:” The name of one of the choirs, taken from the famous Korah, one of David's chief musicians, just as now we have the Handel and Haydn society, and speak of the Sons of the Revolution. : i
First there is a grateful remembrance ‘of what God had already domne for them. V. 1. *“Thou hast been favorable unto thy land:” Shown by bringing “baek the captivity of Jacob.” TLis was a most marvelous event.. This gracious deliverance was a proof that (V. 2) “Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people:” Canceled it, as an accourt of debt is canceled, or taken away as a heavy, crushing burden. “*Covered all their sin:” Blotted it out of sight, covered it with a mantle, so that they were in God’s sight as those who bad never sinned. : S
Second. We have a prayer for more of the same blessings. Xor their repentance had been imperfect and the .outward blessings were therefore of necessity incomplete. Therefore they pleaded what God had alreacdy done as a reason for asking more. V. 4. “Turn us,” or turn to us (R. V. margin), restore us (Polychrome). “Anger:” Expressing ‘‘a mixed feeling of grief and indignation.”—Alexander.. V. 5. &Anger to all generations:” The time of trial and tribulation seemed so long. —as if there were never to be an end! V. 6. “Quicken ns again:” Give us new life, as the fields in the spring rains and sunshine. V. 7. “Grant us Thy salvation:” Tl'rom sin and departure from Thee. ' : 11. The Assurance of an Answer.— Vs. 8-13. V. 8. “I will hear,” or “Let me hear,” “what the Lord will speak.” Peace. “For He will speak peace:” “A great word which sums up and comprises all else.”—Perowne. *“But let them not turn again to folly:” The folly of sin, idolatry and all evil. -
Salvatica. ~ V. 9. “Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him:” However dark the night, the dawn must be near at hand.
“Glory. “That glory may d{well in our land:” God’s glory, “the manifest presence of God tabernacling visibly among them as of old.” The Cardinal Virtues. V. 10. “Mercy e i atruth . . oo righteousness peace:” .These are the four cardinal virtues of Christ’s kingdom. *‘Met together . . . kissedeachcther:” All
the virtues are together in harmony, as they always will be in a perfect character. V. li. “Truth springeth out of the earth,” ete. : :
Prosperity. V. 12, .“And our land shall yield her increase: “The blessings of prosperity are promised as the visible reward and sign of God’s favor. V. 13. 111. A Psalm of Thanksgiving for the Answer.—l26:l-4. V. 1. “When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion:” Or, as margin of R. V., brought back those that returned to Zion. ‘“We were like them that dréam:” i. e., so unexpected and so wonderful was our redemption from the exile. V. 2, “Laughter . . . singing” were the natural expressions of joy at this wonderful deliverance. ‘“Then said they among the nations:” The nations that looked on recognized the wonder, and acknowledged that there must have been an interposition of Divine power. V. 4. “Turn again our captivity,” or, turn again to us our captives, the numbers of their brethren who still remained in exile. “As the streamsin the south:” The south was the general term for that'plain which stretched southward from Jerusalem to the edge of the Arabian desert. In the heats of summer it lies parched’and barren, the watercourses dry, not the smallest rill trickling over the hot stones, every remnant of vegetation withered. But when the winter snows begin to dissolve upon the mountains and the spring rains to fall, soon the parched ground becomes a pool. The channels are filled, the streams in an incredibly short time convert the wildernessinto a fruitful field. Thus the exiles pray that their brethren may return as the streams fiow down to the south country in the spring.
IV. A Great Promise for All Time.— 126:5, 6. 'The prayer of V. 4is joined with an expression of faith, a claim on the promises of God in nature and in His Word. V. 5. “They that sow in tears:” “Not far from the literal fact,” as when the supply of grain “is so scanty that to use it for sowing is almost to take the bread out of the children’s mouths.” “Shall reap in joy:” There are no tears now, but only the shouting and the happy faces of the reapers as they gather the full ears. V. 6is a magnified picturé of the same scene, and a reepforcement of the same promise. “Though he goeth oin his way weeping.” ;
FLOWERS THAT ARE EATEN.
The Turks preserve yellow pond lilies and make a cooling drink from them. In Egypt flowers are pounded and boiled in sugar.” The resulting wine is of a green hue.
In old Rome they made a wine of violets, and to-day in Turkey sherbet is made from these lovely blossoms. Did you ever eat nasturtium salad? In Europé they make salads from primroses, too, and marigolds are used for soups. -
Candied violets have always had a large sale. In France all the stale violets are sold to confectioners, who steam them, dip in boiled sugar and sell them at a high price. That is why sometimes when one eats candied violets they have a woody taste—they are not fresh. ;
The butter tree of India blooms in the hottest weather and is the chief food of some tribes. One tree will yield several hundred pounds of the yellow, pulpy flowers. When fresh they have a delicious flavor and when dried they look like raisins. They are boiled, made into cakes or sweetmeats. All wild animals are very fond of them,
oLI FISY 1N ey A L O bok Y e O )4 A 5. - b 7 W = el ) NI = el WWWWWMW A WARNING TO THE LAZY. “You lazy, lazy Pussy-cats! Ever since your breakfast You haven’t done a single thing but sit there in the sun! I've had to learn my letters—four of them : this morning: D and E, and F and G—know them every : one, “Do you know what will happen? You all will grow up stupid. Snowflake, Whitey, Puffball!—remember what I say! You won’t be anything but cats, who cannot read a letter; And when I take to writing books, you won’t know what they say!”’ —Christopher Valentine, in St. Nicholas.
MUSIC OF THE BELLS.
The Operation of Tuning a Bell Is a Taslk Requiring Great Patience and Skill,
The bell, which is a musical instrument, may be likened to an organ pipe, and the physical laws of the latter are, therefore, applicable to it in a general way. Consequently, of two bells of identical external aspect and of the same total diameter, the thinnest will give the highest note. Therefore, in order to raise the tone of a bell, it will be necessary to lessen its bevel in order to shorten it; and in order to lower its note it will suffce toream it outin order to increase its diameter. :
The illustration represents the large hour bell of the Cathedral of St. Pierre, at Geneva, upon the lathe of the Atliers de Construction of Vevay. This bell weighs 3,542 pounds and gives the note mi.
‘The operation of tuning is performed as follows: The bell is placed upon the lathe and firmly fixed thereto by the crown. If it be desired to lower the note, a tool is placed opposite the swell and the bell is slowly revolved, so as to detach a thin shaving of btonze. This operation is comntinued, and more and more metal is removed as far as the rim. Meanwhile the bell emits a continuous sound, of which the tonality becomes lower and lower. The tuner, who must possess a perfectly correct ear, compares this sound with the vibration of his tuning fork. Assoon as thelatter and the bell vibrate in unison, he stops the motion, and the operation is finished. Thereafter the bell may mingle
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OPERATES ON LIONESS.
Italian Oculist Removes n Cataraet from the Eye of a Beast with - Complete Success,
Prof. Gustave Pisenti, of the University of Perugia, Itady, has lately had a thrilling experience in extracting a cataract from a powerful lioness about three years old. The animal was placed in a suitable cage in the middle of the menagerie, and the first difficulty was the dadministration of an anaesthetic. The intervals between the bars of the cage were filled with cotton wool and a large packet of gauze impregnated with chloroform was placed in the cage, the door of which was then closed with a shutter. In about a quarter of an hour a reconnoissance was cautiously made, and the illustrious patient was seen lying stretched out and apparently in a condition of deep coma. She was then dragged out of the cage and bound and gagged. She was then placed on a table, but before the operation could be begun she suddenly awoke and struggled violently, rolling on the floor, where the medical men, *“with admirable coolness, but not without intense emotion, which might easily be seen in their countenances,” held her down while the animal’s head was wrapped in a towel steeped in sulphuric ether. The lioness, however, managed to frec herself from the gag and partly from her bonds, and gave a roar which made the majority of the spectators beat a hasty retreat. But the ether overcame her, and Prof. Pisenti, with great pluck. “ragged her into the cage, where the anesthetic coup de grace was given by means of another packet of gauze steeped in chloroform.
The beast’s. head was pulled out through the door of the cage and securely held in position. Prof. Pisenti then operated with brilliant success. A curious feature of the scene was the excitement produced among thé other animals—zebras, bisons, leopards, wolves, hyenas, monkeys, etc.—in the menagerie, who all inhaled sonie portion of the anaesthetics with which the air was sat-
ELEPHANTS FEAR HIM.
Newfoundland Dog Makes the Im- . mense Creatures Behave Themselves Day and Night.
Visitors to the Central park (New York) Zoo during the past few weeks have been surprised to see a Newfoundland dog chained in one of the elephant cages, living in apparent peace and contentment. .
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BRAVE LITTLE GIRL.
How Bertha Roth, a Nine-Year-oOld New York Tot, Saved Her Playmate’s Life.
Because she sacrificed herself to save her playmate, Bertha Roth, nine years old, lies in the Flower hospital in New York, very badly hurt, having been crushed under the wheels of a heavy wagon. . ‘
With a group of little friends, among whom was a-boy whom the children know only as ‘“Johnnie,” Bertha was playing on the sidewalk. One suggested a game of tag, and Bertha was made “it.” Her companions scattered. “Johnnie” darted across the street, and the girl was right at his heels just as a butcher’s wagon was driven around the corner, almost on top of the children. Bertha saw the danger, and, leaping forward, shoved the boy to safety. The driver of the wagon, seeing the children, made a sharp turn, but not quick enough to save the girl. The rear wheel passed over her body, breaking several ribs and injuring her internally. Bystanders carried the unconscious child into a drug store. Her first words when she at last opened her eyes at. the hospital were: , . “Is Johnnie safe?” “Yes; he was not hurt,” some ome told her. . “I’'m glad of that,” the sufferer answered. “Don’t tell mamma. She will be worried if she knows I'm hurt.” Who knows any braver hero than little Bertha Roth?—Cincinnati Enquirer. Snake Fights a Mirror.
A Cincinnati woman- was attracted one morning by a peculiar hissing and rapping in her bedroom. On investigation she beheld a large blacksnake swinging from the top of the dresser by its tail, and viciously fighting its reflection in the mirror. The woman called her husband, but when be came he could not sirike at the swaying reptile for fear of shattering the mirror. The reptile continued its combat with the reflection in the glass, until the man procured a cane, with which he disen: gaged the snake’s coils from the dresser, and hurled it out of the open window, through which it evidently had entered. The fall did no more than stun the snake for a minute, and when the man reached the yard to accomplish its death, it swiftly glided away and escaped. ‘
Rabbit Hatches Two Squabs. - . From London comes a story of a rabbit that hatched doves’ eggs and thus became the proud foster mother of tyo little squabs. The rabbit was captured while very young and put among the doves because there seemed no better place for it at the time. M atonce made friends with its feathered eéompanions, and for some reason or (;Ker in-. sisted upon getting into one of the nests. So the sitting dove let tne rabbit attend to the incubation of her eggs, but after the young doves came. the ‘mother bird again assumed eontrol aud attended to feeding them. - A Man with Many Titles. . The emperor of China, as a ruler of the Celestial kingdom, is probatly the most titled human being in the world. He is said to rule the whole world, and not satisfied with that, he assumes sway .over the sun, moon and stars. The sun is his brother, and all the other nlanets are his near relations. In fact, the emperor of China has literally claimed everything worth baving. P ‘ Disfisured, He Hid Himself, - - Richard Brownlow, known as the Lancashire hermit, has just dizd nea: Bolton, England. .He bega; - life as . lawyer, but WaS‘afiiicted with a diseass that disfigured his face, compelling hin: to wear a mask. He built himselfa fin: ‘country house on top of a hill at Hor wich, and lived in it for 50 years, never leaving his grounds except at night. o Ovigihality, - ~ Original things are not often gooc The best that any writer can do i to absorb facts, says the New Yori Journal, and similes'us a cow does gla: - —then give as good a quantity of ! . - milk of common sense as possible
s “It is an Il Wind ¥ That Blows Nobody Good.”” i That small ache or pain or weakness ¢ is the “ill wind”’ that directs your at- ¢ tention to the necessr'B- of purifying ¢ your blood by taking Hood’s Sarsapas,rilla., Then your whole body receives = good, for the purified blood goes ting- ¢ ling to every organ. It is the remedy i and u for all ages both sexes. ’ g f%fldé qNdaparils ¢ TR TT e
BOUND TO FAIL.
The Leoss of Footbanll Players So_:nle’d the College’s Doom.
This premising young Detroiter, six feet in the clear and trim as a racing spar, went into "his father’s office the other day and gave him a shock. ‘““What is there for me about the establishment to do?”’ he began, without prolegue. *We'll find a place for you, my boy, when the time comes.”
~“But now? What is there now?” ' “See here, my son, if you've been getting into trouble, and need money, say so. Don’t approach me in this roundabout way. I'm no spring chicken, and I've been over the course. Out Wwith it.” “I don’t owe a dollar and there’s nothing to conceal from you. I can see that there will be no more college for me, and I'm not going to stay around home as a deadhead.” . ““No more college? Some one must have_ misled you. The business was never more prosFerous, and I have plenty. Of course you'll go back and complete your course. Il swifil the allowanee if you think best.” “No, I've concluded to cut it all and go to work. I'm net so fickle as to take up with another alma mater. Besides, the other fellows would all be new. I would have no class memories, and I'd simply be a cat in a strange %arret.” g “Certainly you’d not change. No one thought of such a thing. Go back and finish with the boys vou started in with.” “Father, you don’t understand. That institution- won’t last three months. Four of the best football players have sent word that thev must drop out. It is all up, and I want a job.”—Detroit Free Press.
SHE STOCD HIGH. ller Name Had Appeared in the So- - ciety €olumn and She ) Was Arrogant. <A family living in a North side flat lately welcomed a new housemaid. The girl had just come from Michigan and her appear-. ance was prepessessing. Soon after her advent it was discovered that she was inclined to treat the family with a patronizing air. “Mary, you must do better, or I shail have to find some one to take your place,” the
mistress remarked the other morning. “I don’t ailow anyone to speak to me that way,” replied Mary, with a toss of her head. “I'm just as good as you are, and I want you to know it.” ) Mary flounced out of the room and returned in two minutes with the weekly paper from her town. - Among the social items was the following: - -
. *Miss Mary Hansen has gone to Chicago to spend the winter. Miss Hansen is an aeknoswledged belle in the leading circles of Sawdust Creek.” . S
Mary waited until her employer had had time to read the “personal,” and then she said, with withering scorn: ) “Ag T have always been accustomed to’going with the very best in my town, and as I don’t believe you ever have your name on the society page of the Sunday papers, I “guess T can’t afford to stay with you. The North side woman declared the do~mestic .incident closed. — Chicago Inter Ocean. i i A Thrifty Damsel. A spirit of thrift was shown by a young woman who entered a car with sundry boxes and bundles. Another young person came in at the next station and recognized her. * “Oh, my, who is to be married?” “Noboedy;: and me last of all.” : “Then what are the flowers for?” © “A- funeral; our teacher died, and we girls put together to get this wreath.” “Poor thing; did she know she was going to die?” “I dop’t think so;” then, after a pause, she added; cheerfully: “but she does by this time,”” all being said in the most uncon(sglous way. © “How much was the wreath?” : “Two dollars and sixty cents. I only had two-twenty-five.” “Did you pay the difference?”’ “Dear. no. I made him give it to me for two dollars, so I saved mv own quarter I fut in, but T'm going to make the girls think Paid two-sixty.” , ““Well, that’s right; the wear and tearis worth a quarter, surely.”—Detroit Free Press. g
A Boy’s Dewey Seuvenir.
Souvenirs of Dewey are to be had on every hand, if not for the mere asking, at least for the paying. But they are cold-hearted souveiirs, that. have no intimate conneetion with the life of the great admiral. If one might get as a memento something that had’ been his own, that would be a different matter. A certain small boy bas a keen appreciation of that fact. He feels that he has been more highly favored than the average mortal, for has Ke not even penetrated the sacredfprecincts of the Olympia and met the hero-of Manila face to face? He was taken aboard shiip by his father. After his return home the family observed that the little fellow was going about earrying his hand carefully bound up in a handkerchief. “Have you hurt your hand?” they asked. . “Hurt my hand? No!” in disgust. Then in great dignity: “That is the hand that Dewey shook.”—N. Y. Sun.
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