Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 23, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 September 1904 — Page 2

IT IS “KITE TIME” ON THE BOARD .OF TRADZE. BUSIEST MAN IN. CHICAGO T/est Side of the City in the Throes of? a Street Fair — Obtrusive Thistle Causing Trouble— Fort Sheridan Growing.. - Ghicggo.—There is always something doing in Chicago which is exciting and

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interesting. Kite flying in the center of the- city among the | tall sky-scrapers would throw the small boy into an agony of despair. He prefers the open spaces on the outskirts of the city for- his sport. But the bulls of the board of trade seem to find no, difficulty in flying

their kites in the wheat pit these d@ays, and they—the kites—are soaring prettv high and seem to maintain the dizzy altitudes to - which they have been blown, and display a tendency to’go still higher. The fever for speculation has spread ontside of the regular grain circles and the man of speculative tastes 'with a spare dollar to risk has placed it om wheat. By Ileaps and beunds the prices have kept going up and mnearly everybody is on the bull ~ide of the market and buying wheat. N-ver was a kite flying contest in China more exciting and interesting than the ficurative kite flying contest indulged in by the Cnicago grain operators. Kach is seelng wjho can send his Kite of prices the highest and if the bear operator can succeed in cutting the string of his opponent and bringing down the prices he will do it. = It takes a zood, strong, steady gale to fly a kite successfully, and the bull kite flyer has found conditions - exactly to his likingf From the northwest lias come a perfect-gale of bad reports to send up the kites and keep them up. Here are some oi the blasts which have not vat lost their sirength and power: “Two-thirds of the Manitoba crop is threatened by rust and a very large acreage is already. affecied.” = “In a drive of 60 miles from Fergus to Alexandria the wheat failure is absolutely complete, with not a pint of grain to the shock., and not a hundred bushels of plump wheat to a thousand acres.’” Chieago °speculators are scouring the northwest and closely investigating conditions and these reports are the result.. A pretty good evidence that theyv are reasonably correct is that at Minneapolis, a point nearest the grain countrg; prides have made the greatest advances, and the trade there is said* to be on the verge of a panic. ; Chicago’s Busiest Man. But we would not have the impres-‘ sion go out that all Chicago people are

speculating in grainor are standing around watching those who are. ‘ln the very heart of the -city there is at least one man’ who is too busy to know or care whether wheat is up ‘or down. Awayupin the top of the Illinois Tunnel company’s building, on Monroe street, isa

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laxuriously appointed flat—the. only flat, by the way, on_ the loop—Mr. George W. Jackson lives with his family. Mr. Jackson is the engineer who is so successfully directing the forces which, out of sight and out of sound and all unknown to the majority of people, are boring the long system of tannels under Chicago’s streets. No man in Chicago is busier or more in demand day and night than Mr. Jackson.. He never can call his day’s work done, for his activities exfend all through the 24 hours of each day. He could not get home to be with his

family. and so he brought his family down town to be with him, and has provided for them a flat whose fittings and furnishings are said to have_cost $15,000. The unique feature of the appointments of the flat are the telephones which bristle on every hand. Each room has its ‘phone, so that no matter whether Mr. Jackson is taking a cat nap on the parlor divan, or indulg: ing in a good cigar in the smokingroom, or eating dinner with his family in the pretty dining-room, or taking a bath in the marble tiled bathroom, he can instantly attend to the multitude of details of the work of diggiag tunnels. Literally .he has a telephone tagging him around wherever he goes. And it is _because Mr. Jackson is ready, day or night, to solve problems and smooth over difficulties which may - arise in connection with the underground_work; that his friends declare that he is the busiest man in Chicago.

West Side Street Carnival. 1 On the West side of the city it is not whezt or tunnels which is holding the

interest - and attention of the people. A case of street - fair has broken forth on Madison street and for two weeks it promises to be the biggest thing in that section of the city. This is not the first offense, for last year the West gide enjoyed a similar affair. At least, a good many

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enjoyed it, but it seems there were some who did not. So when the agitation began this year for another carnival a determined effort was made to give the street fair '‘a knock-out blow before it could fairly make its bow to the public. But this effort failed and dazzling lights and decorations greet the eye from Oakley bonlevard to South Fortieth avenue, and almost everything under the sun to amuse an> entertain are mow to be found

there. A “pike,” which for its unique‘ness and variety of innocent fun would turn the real article at the St. Louis fair green with envy if it could see it, is doing full duty in making glad the great crowds of people who are expected to take in this two weeks’ festival. There are to be parades of various kinds, from those in which the business men, who are back of this enterprise, will have opportunity of displaying novel advertising floats, to the baby show, when the little tots will be given the right of way and wili compete for a prize. The auto wiiighave its day, and the display of cars & expected to be full and complete. There will of course be music galore. Bands will toot and blow at every coneeivable vantage point, and fireworks will make the night lurid with their flashing light. And the fair is to have &’ queen. The second week of fhe merrymaking iS to be marked by her advent. Her coronation will be one of ithe most brilliant and pleasing features of the affair, and she is expected to rule with such gracious hand as to bring joy to every heart. Towards the close of the carnival King Rex is to arrive, and with queen and king in royal presence it is expected that the grand climax will be reached.” | e — | " A Case of Too Much Thistle. | It the southwest part of the city the} thistle is rearing his prickly head in

rank profusion, and thereby hangs. a tale, and probably various law suits.” It is the variely commonly known as the Canada thistle, and if its name indicates the place from which it came it can’'t get back home too soon to suit the residents of the afflicted region. Thistles,

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thistles, ;everywhere, and not a place anywhere for flower bed or grass plot or anything that dresses in green and belongs to respectable vegetable. society, It is said that the thistles have gained the upper hand to such an extent that the residents are in danger of actually Dbeing -driven from their homes. The proper authorities nave not prevented the dangerous weeds from going to seed, and the resuli is that the thistle down has been carried far and near, and the aforesaid thistle down displaying the disreputable tendencies of its degenerate species has at once gotten busy and driven out all the more respectable and desirable members of the vegetable kingdom. The Itirst of what promises to. be a long series of suits has been begun against the city, the action coming under the law passed by the last state legislature providing for a fine of from $lO to $lOO for permitting the thistles to bloom. George Sherman, the commissioner of Canada thistles, is the plaintiff, and Mr. Sherman says: “The ‘whole southwest side is in danger. If the thistle comes to bloom and the wind carries the seeds and deposits them that .means that the stalk- will spring up.” Farmers who till the soil on the outskirts of the city are greatly alarmed and may become the most unfortunate sufferers of the thistle pest. Fort Sheridan to Be Enlarged. While Fort Sheridan is not within the corporate limits of Chicago—in

faet; big as Chicago is territorially, the post is. a long way from the northern boun? dary of the city—it 1s always thought of as being located at Chicago. And , it is near enough to suit all parties concerned. In fact, if the opinions of some people who live at

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Highland Park and other villages adjoining the fort are to be considered, Chicago is in luclq in not being any nearer .to the post than she is. The matter of special interest at the present time in connectiom with this government military station is that it is to be enlarged and made the largest and best equipped fort in the country. The plans prepared contemplate an expenditure of nearly a million dollars. One hundred and ten acres 0f ground lying southwest of the reservation are to be purchased as soon as the necessary au.thvot'ii‘ation can be made by congress. Among the buildings to be erected by the government at the fort are two jsets of artillery barracks. each to be a separate extension on the east side of the present large barracks. The buildings will be ' detached from the main structure, and each of the new barracks will be large enough to accommodate about 125 men. Then. on the west side of the present large barracks, will be erected two double sets of cavalry barracks which will each hold about 250 men. There will also be 13 sets of officers’ quarters scattered throughout the present officers’ loops. Other buildings to be erected are two new stables, new quartermasters’ storehouse, and, most important of all, a large addition to the military gardhouse, one which will accommodate about 50 men. The appropriation ‘authorized for the construction of buildings is about $350,000, and this amount does not include one other addition, which the post officers say in all | probability’ will be ordered, and which they are working very hard for, name--Iy, a new hospital. . : ‘ WILLIS 8. EDSON. ~ Cupid’s Retreat. The old gentleman was down in the furniture shop. “By the way,” he said, - just before leaving. “my daughter has just started to have a young man calling, and I:suppose I should buy them a pretty sofa to make love on?” . “Yes, sir,” responded the suave shopman, “and here is the very kind you need. It is called Cupid's Retreat.” ‘“H’'m! . What are the good points?” “Why. in just one year the cover wears off, displaying a card: ‘lt's time to get married!’ ’'—Tit-Bits. : : - You Know Her. | Patience—ls she the kind of a woman who knows it all? it ~ Patrice—No; but she’s the kind of ‘woman who tells it all.—Yonkers Statesm'; - e = 2 s

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SOME MODERN LOVEMAKING

The Bustle of 'Life To-Day Has Worked Changes Even in , Cupid’s Realm.

This being a' busy age, young men leave school early and plunge headlong into the trades and the professions, forgetting everything but the desire to make monny; Heuce it is only naturq} that the making of love should becomeé more and more the duty and the privilege of young women. Gone are the days when forlorn maidens c¢rooped and pined. Departed is Ophelia, and Rosalind has the boards, says the Newark News.

“Hello.” : - “Hello; is that you, Harry?" “Yes; who's that?” | ““Can’t you guess from my voice? It's Harriet; silly.” - 0, hello; Harrietdl ~ “Say. Harry, you haven't been up for a long time.” : “I've. been husy.”

“Get out. I know how busy you are. But, say, Harry, can’t you drop around this evening? . “Sorry, but. I've got another engagement.”’

“l don't bhelieve. You just want to stay home. Well, good-by. O, yes: how's your dear mother?” : : “Pretty well. thank you. Good-by.”

When our mothers were girls they sat at home with their knitting. If no fairy prince came riding up the driveway. the maid of yesterday went right on with her knitting till her dear eyes gave out. The girl of to-day is not so helpless. Also it is now permissible for a young woman to call upon a young man at his place of employment to interrogate him as' to why she had to walk home alone from church last Sunday night. And there are other new doors to a young man’'s heart.

“Where are you going?” asked David. “Out to call on Jessie Brown,” replied Jonathan. : “I thought you told me you were never.going there again.” o “So I did; but the last time I was there she stole my scarfpin and I'm going out to-night to get it back.” .

This conversation David recalled last week when he stood up as best man at PJessie and Jonathan’s wedding. And Jonathan might have remembered had he not been occupied with other matters how, the second time he went for the scarfpin, Jessie’s mother patted him kindly on the shoulder and called him “My son.” i

Perhaps the standard of maidenly reserve isn’'t so high as it usedito be: but then, as we have said, this is a buSS" age; and if the men don’t make love.. and if the-women won't., what’s to become of the race? : : LEARNING THE CHINESE. | Taught at Berlin for the Benefit of Commercial Men, Consuls, Etc. : China is to become a great market for western wares, no doukt, but Americans will not supply it to any great extent unless they make the special preparations that the Germans are making, says the Baltimore Sun. The Chinese language is taught in Berlin for the benefit of com_mercial. men, consuis, diplomats and others who wish to obtain the advantage of direct intezcourse with the Chinese . By dewoting one’s self exclusively to the study of Chinese the language can be learned, it is found, in from 12 'to 18 months. Knowledge of Chinese opens the way to good salaries. “Under normal conditions.” says the Cologne Gazette. ‘‘a law student 21 or 22 vears of age. can, by serving the German government in China. secure a well-compen-sated and financially independent position, with favorable chances for rising in the consular and eventually entering the diplomatic service. and also a position to represent abroad other German interests.” The same may be said of Americans who have a facility in acquiring langnages. They have at present a ehance to do well for themselves by learning Chinese. ‘“The German government.” says Consul Guenther, “as weil as the German manufacturing and exporting classes, know by experience that the mastery of the langnage of the foreign country which they want to bring under their influence is an essential requisite for their representatives abroad. Because of this knowledge the acquirement of the difficult Chinese tongue is deemed obligatory for German representatives in China. With very few exceptions the German consular and diplomatic officers command the language of the foreign country in which they are located.” “In a Trice.” & Many persons use the phrase “in a trice’” who have no conception of its meaning. A trice is the sixtieth part of a second of time. The hour is divided into 60 miutes; the minute into 60 seconds, and the seconds into 60 trices. . English in Japan. o ~ In the elementary schools of Japaa the English language ig required to be taught' by law, s hE

HE WAS TOO INDEFINITE. And Mrs. Botts Was Growing Impa- : tient at His Hesitating ; Way. Representative Richardson of Tennessee, tells of an old darky living near Nashville who has, according to his theory, been dying for many. many years. Notwithstanding his persistent belief that he is near death’s door this darky, Isaac Botis by name, is apparently as well and abled bodied to-day as he was 40 vears ago, relates the New York Times. : Recently Isaac was seized with one of his “spells.” A week or so passed, but Isaac, according to his own statement. grew no betier. One day a neigh‘bor in passing the Botf{s domicile chanced to observe Mrs. Botts staring into her face, - :

“How is Ike this morning?"’ asked the neizhbor.

“Only tol'able. only tol’able,” replied Mr. Bottls "beiter half, a weary expression coming into her face. :

“That’'s too bad.” responded {he neighbor, sympatheticaliv; ¢“I had hoped he would be well by this time. He is no worse?”

“No. he ain’t no worse,” went on the wife, dejectedly. “an’ at ce same time he ‘ain’t no better. - It's allus dis way. Fust he's worse an’ den he's better. Den he's worse again. Allusdis way! ‘Pon mah soul, honey, oie Botts’ been doin’ dis way -ever since I kin remember.”

Then, after a loug pause, as if in deep reflection, the darky’s wife added, in a plaintive tone: “Homney. T do wish ole Botts ’ud do somtethin’ definite!”

COSTLY PIECE OF AMBER.

Had a Fly in It Which Was Caught There Many Thousands of Years Ago. - “This pipe,” said the dealer, “is worth sis.” ; “Why so much?” “On account of that bug in the amber mouthpiece.” “By jingo,” said the patron., according to the New York World. and he looked -at the pipe carefully. “By jingo, that’s a strange bug. How did it get there?” : . “It got there,” said the dealer, “as a fly gets in’ fly paper. This beautiful, clear, 'harde amber was once a gum that a certain tree distilled. Millions and millions of years ago it stuck, soft and sweet-smelling, to a tree’s bark, At that time & great part of England had no-yet.emerged .from the. ocean. The world was a tropical world, hot and swampy and steamy. Giant ferns grew at the rate of 20 or 30 feet in anight. “Well.’it was in those days that amber was distilled. On its trees it glittered in the sun, as pleasant to the eve and to the nostrils as a rose, and the insects of that time would alight on it. It would hold them fast. They would perish. The amber would preserve them. ‘ - “Amber containing insects is found now and then, and it is valuable to scientists, for they may study in it an insect life that is extinet. For a million.years no fly has existed that is like the fly preserved in the mouthpiece of this ‘pipe.” - Chinese Dog Story. A Chinaman had jthree dogs. When he came home onei evening he found them asleep on his couch of teakwood and marble. He whippedsthe dogs and drove them forth. The next night when the man came home the dogs were lying on the floor. But he placed hi§ hand on the couch and found it warm froii their bodies. Therefore he whipped the dogs again. The third night, returning home a little earlier than usual, he found the dogs sitting before the.couch-blowing on it to cool it!—London World. -

Now They Don’t Speak. “I think that Mrs. Jones is just horrid!” “What now, dear?” / “Why. I told her 1 had been taking up carvet and was worn out.” “What did she sav?”’ “Why, the mean thing said she had often remarked that I looked threadbhare.”—Brooklyn Times. Two-Millionth Chance. One American railroad passenger was killed for every 1,957,441 carried last year, and one ihjured for every 84,424 carried. With respect tu the number of miles - traveled. however, the figures show that 58,917,645 passenger miles were accomplished for each passenger killed, and 2,541,096 passenger miles for each passenger injured.—Engineering News. Big Seeds and Flowers. The largest seeds in the world are those of the mora tree, which grows on the isthmus of Panama. They are six inches long: five inches broad and four inches thick. The biggest lily in the world is found in the region of the Himalayan mountains. It has a stalk 13 feet high and 11% inches in circumference The flowers are as big as goblets, white and very. beautiful.—Nature,

SMART SET FROM INSIDE.

Not as Bad as Painted by Harsk Critics, But *“‘Bridge” Is a Dread- g - ful Bore. 7

Lately kertain critics have been much exercised oyver the manners and habits of what they choose to call “smart society,” and they have launched fiery philippics in the magazines and papers on theisubject. But to criticise from the outside must be rather difficult and somewhat inaccurate, writes Mrs. George Cornwaliis-West, in the Cosmopolitan. This section of society is supposed to be made I;lp of mothers who neglect their children and their husbands, who live in a round of gayety, who think of nothing but their clothes, who read nothing and know nothing,whose conversation is empty and frivolous, not to say vulgar; who drink and gamble and squander their money and their existence. But men and women of that type have existed since the world began. and are not confined to one class of society or one country. .

Indeed, the fashionable world is often occupied ‘in a manner which would astonish their detractors and also past generations. One has only to consider the anterprises of all kinds in which society women of the present day are interested, nottomention political and literary work, to realize how much must. be done by them. The more prominent the woman the more she is called upon to do, and it is often a subject of admiration abroad what an Englishwoman or an American can and does accomplish. | One of the great features of both country and town life is the playing of 'the popular game of bridge, which has tak>n -held of society in a most extraordipary {ashion, to the exclusion of all other zames of cards. : A great deal of nonsense as to its gambling evils has been skid, even from the pulpit, but from that point of view it is innocence itself compared to the bacecarat and poker-playing of ten years ago. not to speak of the games of hazard in the early Victorian era, when thousands were lost nightly in private London aouses. .

‘Gambling at cards has existed ever since their invention, but since the in(roduction of bridge it has certainly never been for such low stakes in Eng‘and. The points played in most houses range from a penny to a shilling. From a hostess’ point of view bridge is 1 great boon; an easy way of disposing >f and occupying a number of guests, who in the course of a week may find he time dragging. On the other hand, like everything else in this world, there is a revers de la medaille, and if indulged in too much its evils will undoubtedly-bring about a reaction. i

Gambling is certainly not the worst ispect of bridge. Itis slowly but surely destroying all after-dinner conve&tion of any kind.

This is a curious phase, and when carried to excess has certainly a deteriorating efféct, not only on the intellect, but on the character. Art, literature, music, one seldom hears discussed—politics sometimes—and the people who indulge in them are soon voted bores and secretly thought to be takine; up valuable time from the beloved tables.

The regular bridge player becomes very selfish. sacrificing everything which interferes with his game. His manners, too, suffer, and he will not attempt to restrain his temper, if he is cursed with one; he snarls, wrangles and falls, metaphorically speaking, on his wretched partner who has made some mistake until, if she be a woman, he has reduced her to the verge of tears, or if a man, to wanting his pistols for two and coffee for one—and this is supposed to be a pleasint and profitable way of spending an evening!:

MAKEUP OF AMERICAN NAVY

Most of Uncle Sam’s Blue Jackets Are Coming from the Inland : States.

The charge has frequently been made that thé American navy of to-day is sAmerican’in name-only;that the mass of its enlisted men are foreigners and tha not a little of its worth is due to this fact. Even dufing the Spanish-American war some kindly critics abroad ascribed the [snccess of the American squadron " as largely due to the presence of KEnglish gunners behind the guns. says an exchdnge. : \ It must be admitted that even as late ' as 1890 only a trifle more than 50 per [ cent. of the enlisted men in the American ;,nayy were citizens. But since that year ‘a. change has gradually'been -effected. The report of the secretary of the navy for the year ended June 30, 1894, shows that the percentage of Americans in the navy has increased to about 95 per cent. ' And even toaccount for this five per cent. of foreign-born an official is quoted as - saying: . “Were it not for the faet that servants ‘and mess attendants, most of whom are foreignersi are numbered among theen\listed men in the navy, the rolls would ‘be very nearly purely American. As ‘ evidence which upholds the céntention that the navy is 'nearing an unusual point as regards Americanism is the large percentage of native-born men l found among the apprentices and landsmen for training. Last year the pericentage was 95 American born and five foreign born for apprentices and 93 and seven per cent.. respectively, for landsmen. It is said that in this year’s report the foreign-born percentage will he considerably lower.” ; And the official just guoted adds the significant fact: : ‘““Most of our sailors are coming from the inland states. We are getting the best men of the navy {rom the farms of Indiana, Illinois, lowa and Kansas. We don’t need to take foreigners as we did ten yvears ago, because we had no men trained for the sea in our own land.” - Held Something Back. “I thank heaven,” remarked Senator Scadds virtuously, “¢hat I have never so far forgot myself as to sell out!” And he added after a moment’s pause, in the interests of historical accuracy: “No, I've never sold out—completely out. I've always had some influence left that was still worth purchasing.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. : Fine Indian Exhibit. At the world’s fair at St. Louis theére is an Indian exhibit which is one of the finest individual collections in America, and is valued at several thousand dollars. Among the features of the exhibit ig an elk robe, made of elk teeth. Ths robe has 728 elk teeth on it, which rep_resent 364 bull elks, i

PICNIC SWEFT BY STORM.

Three Persons Are Killed and Several Others Injured in Chautauqua County, N. Y.

Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 26.—Three persons lost their lives and several others were .injured in a tornado that swept through Chautauqua county Thursday. : g

Parkhurst’s grove, where the Stocktown ‘town picnic was being held, was directly in the path of the storm. Five thousand people were in the grounds when a terrific wind storm swept through the place.

The dead: Mrs. Austin E, Pierce, of Fredonia. Miss Ina Scott, of Shumla. Orin Dalrymple, 60 years old. The most seriously injured: Mrs. Orin Dalrymple, of Shumla, will probably die. . Arthur Bills, Portland.

The storm came up suddenly. Trees in the grove were struck by lightning, many of them were blown down and the rain fell in torrents. The people who took refuge under the trees at the first sign of the storm were caught by the falling branches and injured. Many horses were killed in the same manner. Some of the animals stampeded, trampling upon the injured people, lying upon the ground. ) Some of the buildings in the vicinity were blown down and others were unroofed. Hundreds of forest and fruit trees were torn up and corn and oat fields were laid waste, entailing a loss of thousands of dollars.

The tornado followed a comparatively narrow path. Had it struck the grove ‘with full force the death list would have ‘been enormous, as 5,000 people were in the grove and 800 horses and carriages were standing uncer the trees. A large maple tree was uprooted in {he grove. its trunk and branches smashing six carriages and Kkilling {four horses. Orin Dalrymple, Miss Scott, his granddaughter. and Austin A. Pierce were instantly killed, their skulls being crushed. Mrs. J. Anderson, of Portland, was trampled under the hoofs of plunging horses. George Arnold was injured in a similar way. -

The vineyarcs.in the county suffered and it will take years tobring them back to their former condition.

NO SUNDAY OPENING.

The St. Louis World’s Fair Officials Deny Possibility of Any Such Action.

St. Louis, Aug. 26.—Despite stories of the possibility of Sunday opening which have been printed broadcast of late, it has been declared by a representative of the exposition company that such a discussion was not taken seriously by the board of directors or the executive committee. It is the desire of the exposition officials to give the public to understand that the suggestion of open gates on Sunday is absolutely futile. Secretary Waiter B. Stevens stated that circumstances had made it impossible for the exposition to be opened on Sunday. no matter how loud the protests of prospective patrons might be, and that the project had never been discussed by the board of directors. “The members of the board of directors of the world's fair signed a contract with the United States government stipulating that the exposition was not to be opened on Sunday,” said Secretary Stevens. “They are honded individually in large amounts to carry out this contract. The talk of a ‘loophole’ in the agreement is unfounded. There is not even a possibility that the world’s fair will be opened on Sunday, much less a probability. Further discussion of the question. is useless.”

DRIFTED MANY MILES.

Adventure of Party of Young Folks in a Rowboat on Green Bay, Wis.

Marinette, Wis., | Aug. 26.—After drifiing 30 miles in a rowboat n one of the heaviest seas ever known on Green bay, a party of two young ladies and three children landed safely Thursday nighit at Graceport, eight miles from Sturgeon bay. The members of the party were Gertrude Sawyer, aged 19, daughier of R. J. Sawyer, of Menominee, Mich.; Inez Woessner,-aged 17, daugater of J. C. Woessner; and two young sons and a daughter of Frederick Baker. Thursday morning they ieft Kernwood, a resort about five miles from here, where Mr. Baker nas a summer home. They rowed out until they got into the heavy sea, when they were unable to return. They were soon lost sight of from the Marinette shore aund three tugs and many sailboats were sent out to search for them. They gould ndt be found and it was feared that all had been lost. ey

The heroine -of the adventure is. Miss: Sawyer, who is a senior in the Menominee high school. She compelled the four others to lie down flat in the boat and then steered it with an oar. They were picked up on the beach by a farmer and taken to Sturgeon bay. 5 ; Four Children Drowned.

Cleburnge. Tex., Aug. 26.—Four children were drowned Thursday evening by the capsizing-of a boat in the Brazos river near Acton, Hood county. Rich Gold Country Discovered. Salida, Col., Aug. 26.—A gold and copper discovery in Chapeta mountain, in the Monarch district, has started a rush of prospectors to that locality. James Bond, an old time miner, who returned from the district, declares the sirike to be the greatest he has ever seen. i

Isilled During a Quarrel. Cincinnati, Aug. 26.—Charles A, Lansdowne was stabbed to death during a quarre] with an unknown man on a Covington, Ky.. street car Thursday night. The unknown man escaped. Strike at Joliet. Joliet, 111., Aug. 25.—A strike among the engineers on the dummy engines at the steel mills here has caused a temporary shut-down of the converter, there bding no facilities for handling product. The men quit because they were denieg,the assistance of ‘‘spell” Lands. : No’minated for Governor, S.lt Lake, Utah, ‘Aug. -26.—After a bitte* all day fight, John C. Cutler, of Salt lakée, was nominated for governor by the republican state convention Thursday on the second ba,u% et

JEFFRIES DEFEATS MUNROE.

Ex - Boilermaker Vanqyjshes Butte Miner in Two Rounds at San Francisco. "

San Francisco, Aug. 27.—Like the veriest amateur in the prize ring, Jack Munrge, oi Butte, Mount., went down and out before Champion James J. Jeffries Friday night in the second- round. The man from the mining district made such an extremely sorry showing that the great throng in Mechanics’ pavilion roundly hooted hini-as he protesied to Referee Graney against the decision that had been given in favor of Jetiries. :

The two giants had not becn in the ring two minutes when 1t was foreseen that the aspirations of Munroe would be quickiy disposed of. -The mineér was scared and awkward and Jeffries in the first round had him twice on the canvas taking the count. . :

gJefl’ries directed his® bombardment agaW‘h of hvis opponent, and eac was followed by a b!row on the jaw that sent Munroe to his knees. Jeffries went back to his corner after the opening. round with a sneer and a laugh f QR ) = Wi S { Q\ X j\\\:/i; : 3 /! X \ ; . > = 4 : ‘" TN ’ ' ’ /’\/”I ,V'/. : \lfl" :’.: i o : "':‘_E?/ A '/'.. e i e, NS et ‘o / W S //37 7l B 9y T/ B 287 2PN YL s A v /// 17 / ;"l /UIM i - JEFERIES on his swarthy face. while Munrce's saeonds busied themseives with smelling salts and restoratives. When the two came together for the secénd raund thes laugh on the champion’s visage changed to a look of determination that boded ill to the miner. ‘ .

Forty-five seconds after the gong sounded, Munroe was lying on the floor. a bloody, bruised mass of humanity, with Jeffries standing over him, ready, if necessary, to put the quietus‘on the championship ambitions of his-adversary. The miner was too dazed to rise to his feet and the timekeepers counted him out. ) - A great-throng witnessed the contest. Estimates of the number in-attendance range from 7,000 to 9.000. and it is believed that the gate receipts will approximate $35.000. ) s NOTED ROBBER ESCAPES. Eddie Fay, Desperate Post Office Burglar, Breaks Jail at Janes- ’ ville, Wis. ’ Janesvilley Wis., Aug. 27.—Eddie Fay. the most notorious post office robber in America, has escaped from ja¥ here. United States marshals and volunteers are striving to trace Fay, who is charged with the robbery of the Superior, Wis., post office and aceused of being the leader of the gang that robbed the Chicago post office of $74,000. ' Fay, sometimes called ‘“the King of Post Office Robbers.” was rescued by aecomplices from Chicago, who cut their way into the jail, freed him and helped him to escape. - : i

The escape of Fay was sensational. Confederates working from the outside of therjail climbed the-water pipe, sawed ithe bats from the outer cell windows, crawled through a hole eight inches square and, with jimmies, forced the doors of the cages in which Fay and Flaherty were locked, thus releasing the pair. : .

Fay and Flaherty, with their confederates, climbed through the hole, down the water pipe and fled through the city of Janesviile to the Rock river, where they secured a. boat and rowed down stream. 5

~ The Chicago robbery, of which Fay was accused, was committed four years ago. The robbers, crawling through-a tunnel under the temporary post office in the lake front, drilled- through' the floor of the steel-lined vault.and stole $74,000- worthr of stamps. - Will Make Several Speeches. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 27.—Senatcr Fairbanks will make his first speech at Whitewater, Vt. Whitewater is the county where the senator’s’father was born. After speaking at Whitewater he will go to Marion. Kan.. where he wiil speak September 1. He will next speak at Kansas City. From Kansas City he will go to Bath, Me. .He“will speak-in Maine. Connecticut, New Jersey angd probably Delaware before returning to Indiana, abbut September 15. 5 Lived Over a Century.’ .» Akron, 0., Aug. 27.—Dr. Charles F, H. Wilgohs, aged 100 years and eight months, died here Friday. He was of remarkable mental and physical vitality until a week ago and was able to walk for miles. He was born in Denmark in 1803. : - kit ~ Heart Action Weaker. Worcester, Mass:, Aug. 27.—The following bulletin was issued at 9:30 Friday night from the home of Senator George . Hoar: “Theaction of his heart was weaker Friday. but he was morse comfortable at night.” 2 -

Distinguished Lawyer Dead. Buffalo. N. Y., Aug. 27.—Attorney George W, Sicard, former law partner of Grover Cleveland. Charles W.- Goodyear and the late Postmaster General Wilson S. Bissell, and for years one of the most distinguished lawyers of the Erie county bar, died Friday, aged 66 years. : . Burned to Death. : Ventura, Cal., Aug. 27.—The post office at Piru City was totally destroyed by fire, and Deputy Postmaster Burnham was caught in the flames and burned to death. - ey . srr U

RELICS OF CHATTERTON. Little Belongings of the Famous Engi lish Writer Soid for a § : Large Sum. ‘What an irony of fate there is in the -fact that the torn, shabby little pocket book and almanac that was found lying upon the bed beside the starved and self-slain boy-poet Chatterton should now be bought by a Bristol plutecrat to be presented to _that city as a treasure of costly value! But it is well for that city, which has been so criticised: for her love of the niaterial, that she should now have among_her children one who, if wealthy, yet can -grasp the worth of the intellectual, says the Pall Mall Gazette. This gift by Mr. George White to the Bristol museum - of Chatterton’s manuscripts and relics is one that will draw many to the old city that now recognizes what a genius she drove from her midst in the eighteenth century. The little pocket book, that is really an almanac, with space for notes and accounts, is all stained on one side with a brown-hued blotch, that has eaten into the paper; is it some of the poison the poor lad spilled ere taking the fatal draught? 1t is apparently a strong acid. The entries in this pocket-book are full of pathos; lists of the articles ‘he had sent to certain papers, and the money received. An entry of “Due -from others, £lO 17s. 6d..,”” speaks volumes, and against this is “Lent Is. 6d.” From Mr. Hamilton he received. £1 11s. 6d., and here again is “Lent 2s.”—a trait of generosity in the pov-, erty-stricken lad hitherto unnoticed. The origimal “Account of the Family of the De Berghams from the Norman conquest to the Present Time” is here, with all the wondrous pedigree with which he fooled the conceited pewterer. This is in two copy books, in the old antique marble covers of the- time. There is aiso a long poem on “The Death of Sir Charles Baudin,” in the boy's neat, careful hand.' And a curious ‘poem, with a glossary, “The Goulers’ Requiem,” gouler being a userer -or miser. The awhole collection is deeply interesting, and as a pendant i 3 the receipt of Chatterton’s sister to Cottle for £135 19s. for books sold by Longmans for her benefit. As the Bristol museum already posseszes Chatterton’s will and -many of his manuscript poems and letters it now holds what few crities can boast of: a fairly complete memorial, in his own hand, of one of her most famous sons.

THOSE INGENIOUS WOMEN. Maintain the Equilibrium of Their Big ° Hats by Twitching Their Heads Around. . “Huh!" said Mr. Bedford, as he shoved his soup plate to“one side and dallied with a cracker, “the women nowadays all have St. Vitus’ dance.” . - “What?” cherused his wifeand daughters. looking at Bedford to see if he were joking. But they saw by his severe expression that he was.in earnest, saysth= New York Times, and Mrs. Bedford said indignantly: S & “How ridiculous! Where did you hear that?” < I didn’t hear it; I saw it—ll see it all the,vttle." . ““Where do you see it, then?” ! - “In the cars, every day. Coming upin the cars to-night there were six women sitting opposite me, and every one of them was throwing her chin eut and tossing her head upand down. Some of - the heads were always on the go., and the big hats they wore were dancing about like little sailboats in a stiff breeze. [ tell you the pace that women live at nowadays is fast making nervous wrecks of them. I shudder when I think of the ultimate result on the race.” “Did they all have big hats on?"” asked the high-school daughter, as she exchanged looks of enlightenment, with mother and sister. - “Big hats? I should say they were big hats.” : Three individual and “disconcerting laughs greeted Bedford as the highschool girl said: ; “Guess again. pater. That wasn't nervousness; it was hats.” “Hats?” ~ “Yes, hats. Those big hats are in 2 condition .of unstable equilibrium, and as we women have got tired of adjusting them with our hands, we have learned to do-it with a simple toss of the head. Your' St. Vitus’ dance will disappear ' with a change in the style of our headgear. So, cheer up. pater, and enjoy your dinner.” = And Bedford was so relieved that-he gearcely spoke during the remainder of the meal. 2

Colored ‘Clothes and Heat. In France a- very important discovery bas just been mrade. It is that persoas and things encased in black are just 13 degrees warmer in the sunshine than those in white or light colors. Obviously, therefore, all sable-hued articles of attire should be strictly tabooed in such weather as we have lately experienced. To a large extent women do clothre themselves in light-colored garments at this season, but it is monstrous that men should go about in tall hats and frock coats at this time of year, or that mournIng should be insisted upon.—London World. - © Interesting, But Inexact. “Have you any summer fictien?” “What do you call summer fiction?” asked the pert young man at the railway news stand. ; : “Why-er-something that is -interesting without being -particular about aectual facts, you know.” 5 “Go over to the buregu of information and get a branch road time ‘table.” —Washington Star. ;

: As He Says It. - Wiseman—To look at that_ Englishman you'd think he was a tramp, wouldn’t you? ~ Jokeley—Well, I know for a fact that he hasn’t a place that he can call home. “Nonsense! Why, his mansion in London is—" : : ““Sumptuous, yes; but he ecalls it ‘’ome,”” — Catholic Standard and Times. . . : Sweet Rest. Mrs. Saltonstall—l feel tired to death this morning. I've been out till midnight the last four nights running- - Mrs. Walsingham—So do I. 1 have had company for two weeks now, and . I'm all worn out. Let's go shopping.— Somerville Journal, - =~ - .