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UNCLii EZRA'S THANKSGIVING. e?, Thanksgixia" Duy is playin out, er so it seems to me, Fer it don't make no comparison to wb.it it u ?p to b; Tioush th? turl:y and the mince pies ia the ,ame we've alw'ys knov;n. An I'm here an Siry Elln. but we're eatin 'eii altiue. it s tne DUUiii i c; hes ma,ie it that-a-way Thet he3 tuck our children fruin us .in' hes sp'ilt our holiday Flo'din out their wild sharu?erif 3 about lan's that can't be beat (Hut whar cyclones digs the taters, an' wbar chlncb bugi mows the wheat). Why, it us' to b thet youngsters didn se?ni to want to go From thv homestead of the ol folks any more'n a roile er so; They ud takf. things 'twas given m. an they'd settle thar an stay. An' they'd fill th horaetid table when it com Thanksgivin' Day. r.aw m?: yes, them times Is ended! Little Sary married fust, Ka' Jim Medders 'lowed he'd take her out to Idyho er buit. mmmm in UT WE'IIE EAT! NO 'KM AI-ONK. An' he bustid. an' I've ben a-sendf i' money ever senc. Though It's mre fer little Siry thet I care than the expense. Au' then Cnrlasy went to Texas Chrlsy aiw'ya wai our pride. Hut he headed off some cattle, au' ai hurt his spine an' died. An' now Sanimy'i in th city, an thai ain't so fur away. But he's writ ua that a baby'a brought 'em their Thanksgivin' Day: 5c we narrretJ down the taM hln by ourselves, you se the turkey'll las' forever. Job fer An Sary an fer me; An' the raisins in th5 mins-o pi?, bou-bt fer Sarnruj'.-. spciil taste. Kncc he dl ln't ccnue to e;tt Vm. sorter seem to be a wa'.e. Vcp, the railior.."--: tuok ' ni from an we'r a!! alone at last. An' Thank.s'vin's lie I tl,i fh. Jest a mem'.-y it- past; Kut ae'rf ro'jiitln'. me an' Sary, on a better pUf'f, a a" then v. will havf a b's; Thanksgivin'. an' the chlldr'n h-iai? again. A. B. I. HIS THANKSGIVING. 7 Inkle-tlbkle. tinkle-tinkle, tinkletinkle. The leading man engngej In an attempt to remove a black spot trom his dress cravat by means of an application of white grease paint, paused and listened. "It's a manrtDlIn." he said. "That's a t.ew wrinkle. We've had all kinds of nnds in this company eince we started out, everything from cigarettes to Mf.ydes. Who's the musician, I wonder? Oh, I say. Jenk.s! Jenka! Who's the band vagon?" There waa a step in the narrow passageway that led to the dressing rooms, and Jenks. tbn property, man, appeared In tht; doorway. "Sh!" he aid, "not eo loud. The old mari'll hear you." The leadlDg man started. "The old man. did you say not Merriam?" "Yes, Merriam," la a whisper. The leading man sat on hk trunk. "That beats me," he said. "The Ancient Mariner tiukllng a mandolin. Now I'm prepared to sv-e Father Time playing sentimental ditties on a jew's harp." Jenks did not laugh, a fact which t.'lped to sober the other rnau. "It's TFiffl I WANT YOU TO LEARN IT. r.o surprise to me." caid tbH proj.erty man, gravely. "I nay.s to Mrs. Jenks just before I left the hotel, says I. 'Mrs. Jenk.-. jou know what night this is?' 'Than k.-gi Ving.' she says. 'Why, right.' says I. 'and It'll be a hard night for Merriam " 'Poor old man.' siys Mrs. Jenk3. a-wlpin' of a tear. 'Poor old man, I

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? XI XL r V T tu vif vrivivr. suppose he'll be playing of hks mandolin asain.' 'That he will says I. "He hasn't misled it. as near as I can judge, for thirty years. As sure a3 Thanksgiving nUht corn, just sa sure he gets tint that oil raaudoiln his and tinkles away. And it's always the same tune. God! l'.at it loe3 make my mind go back. I'll n?ver forget the first time he played it. You see. me and Merriani have been together, of and on, so long that I know his story most as well a.- he dos himself. Not that he ever talks atiout it. To-night, after the show, that instrument '11 go bak to the bottom of his trunk, and it won't come out again till this time next year." The leading man was all ears. "Thirty years ago I was stage doorkeeper at the old California theater. Now, the stage doorman ain't so unimportant as some folks think. There's mighty little goes on that he don't know something about. He gets the flowers first, and he usually sees the cards. He's a good friend to the actor when the actor's a fri"ml to him. ana he can do a favor now aud then that's worth the while. "Merriam was just beginning to climb up the ladder In those days. He had oorae into the stork three years before as utility, but he wan a bandsome chap, with brains and ambition to back his good looks, and It wasn't long before, he got to playing leads. Say. whni Merriani went on Romeo at the matinees you couldn't see three rows in front of you for the bonnets. Mrs. Jaks used to live in a regular garden those days, for Merriam wouldn't have none of the flowers the silly girls ush1 to send him. When I'ti offer to bring thorn home to him he'd laugh, and tll me he reckoned my wit,.' cared iiiore for Sowers than he did. "Hut I often noticed th;t he eanvj j Into the theater with a bu bunch of violets or ro.-es t!;at hd bought himself to give to the llttb woman who played opposite prts to him. I asked him once why he didn't give her the flotrs the girls sent Mm, instead o! spendinc money that way. 1 took a kind of fatherly interest in Merriam in those day?. Lord bless you, to look at him now you'd think he was my randfatbec. lit looks that old. "Well, I seen how things was going with him and NVUIe Moor, ana everybody flse seen it, too. When she vas on the staire he stood in the wings, and his eyes followed every move the made. I remembf r one of thi womn saying that it was worth while to have a man care for yo i like that, and certainly Nellie seenued to like it. She came to ia? one afternoon that Thanksgiving I'm telling you about and said that she wa3 too tired to go home after the inatine!. She ashed. if I'd run across th way and order dinner for her. Then she whispered in my ear that she wanted it served for two, and a-ked if I couldn't tlx a bunch light on the stage, so she aud Merriam could have a cozy Thanksgiving dinner all alone. "Of course f done it for her. and wbile th.'v v, er eatlu' I went over to A CIIO WD AROUND THE STAUE DOOi:. my board lo' house. There was to 1)3 a change of bill that night, sa I crazi back early to get my props la ship, as I had them to attend to as well as looking after the door. When I came back to the theater I heard Nellie Moore playin" ;i mandolin. She was always fond of music and carried the instrument around with her. " 'Now you try,' ahe said, and Merriam answered that he didn't know a note. "Til te;i':h you.' she said. There's an air I want you to learn and remember. "'All right.' said MerrUm. and he took the manöolin from her. She showed him where to piace his fingers and k'-pt humming the tune until he could play it with only one or two breaks. Then she went to her dressing room to gt ready, aud Merriüin sat theie thrumming until the half hour was called. "That night there was a good deal of hand-bhnking. and the word went around that there was to be a weddin' at Christmas. "The next, nig hi on my way to thi theater I noticed a crowd around the .stage door, and heard talk of a runaway. I hut tied up. and as I did so Merriam i::tme out, his face as white as a ghost's. ' 'For Cod's sike, get a du tr. Jenks!' he cried. "I rushed to the earest drug store, ind. luckily, found one there. When we got back to the stage door Merriam was waiting, and. without a word, be led us to a sofa In the wings on which Nellie Moore was lying. The doctor bent down over her for a minute, shook his head and said he was too late. "An understudy played Juliet that night and Merriam as usual was the Homeo. The audience didn't know the real reason for the change, but in h tomb srene I don't see how they could help feeling it. "Those of us who saw it from the wings will never forget It. The women were In hysterics .and the stage hands and flymen were nearly as bad. I don't know how Merriam ever lived through

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It, fcut thl3 I do know. Ho was a different man from that night. He seemed to lose all his ambition and he withered up so, that whea I met him at a rehearsal two years later, I hardly knew him. He was bent much as you see him now. and was playing character old men. Every year he dropped down further, until they wouldn't trust him with anything better than bits and servants. Yes, sir, and that old man has played Rorno with the best of them." The story was finished, but the mandolin still tiukled. The leading man's face was drawn, and Jenks sat thinking. Perhaps the former wa3 thinking of his own high tide of prosperity, and of what the future had in store lor him. But sympathy and curiosity are closely allied, and soon the two men were tiptoeing through the passageway. They paused before the old actor's room. A ray of light filtered through a crack In the thiu pine door. Merriam was dressed ind made up for a comedy servant. His green livery coat hung on a peg on the wall, and the red wig with which he covered his own white hair lay on the dressing table before him. There, too, was a faded photograph of a pure-faced girl In the dress of Juliet. Tile actor was bent over his mandolin and the leading man now caught the tune for tha first time, broken, but recognlzaVe. "When other hearts and other lips Their tales of love shall tell, Thea you'll remember, you'll -emt;ra-ber " Twang! There was the sound of a broken string. "First act! All up for the first act!" The callboy came tumbling down tha passage and the listeners hurried up to the stage. A few minutes later the callboy came up, too, and he found the stage manager fuming. "Where's Merriam?" he cri-4. "I can't hold the curtain all night for that doddering old fool. Hurry him up, will you?" The boy disappeared, and reappeared almost instantly. "Mr. Merriam's " The tears choked his voice and he got eo further. The stage manager made, a rush for the stairs. Ten minutes ater he came :;p dressed for the comedy servant, but the man whose n:.roe was down on the bills for the part lay in his dressing room clutching an old mandolin, with his eyes fixed on a faded photograph.

Th SoidlftM in Hittie. It Is oot easy for the hearts in darkened rooms today, mourning sons and brothers to see God's face In the gloom, and If we give thanks for brave men and brave deda. for the heroinm that faced death unflinchingly in the trenches or on the seas, It should be In humility, that the world has not progressed far enough in Ood s way to be relieved of tfee curse of war, but we can be unreservedly thankful for th voices that have rung out in all the land for peace. Iet us be thankful that never before have so many men and women been pleading for the right in c'eflanoe of the wrong. Never before have so many thoughtful ones faced the evils of the times, the great underlying causes of sin and misery, and sought to solve th knotty questions of our modern civilization. .Mother of tli Ntluu. We ar thankful for :te juother? of tte nation, their in-?reäing interest In the care of little chiMrcc. a.-; well as in tb'? welfare of the r.a; ion. The banding together of women in various organizations and their handling of practhnl questions is making the world a barter place to live in. They ar- touching vital questions here and there, and calling a hall to the onfweepjri. of vie and impurity. They are Vlpirg to make i sly plaves beautiful, and ;:re caching out a hand to the unfortunate- educating, protecting, uplifting. Thi intellectual enlightenment and the heart culture that stands for the regeneratiou of the world is some-thing for w'iih to giv than l.s. 11lng I He Ttittfxkful For. We ate thankfu' for a day that brings u renting, breathing place to tuU woik-a-day world for all, when we caD think of God's goodness to us, when we cau remember Lis poor, and can have a special opportunity to do good to others. That Thanksgiving day may not bm a mem name or a time of questlonablo Indulgence, determine to make it a beautiful anniversary in the home, help to make tho Thanksgiving service a success by being there jourself, do everything possible to make thft age.i, the ?ck and the poor happy, and the spirit of gratitude vill till your own heart. Th Cp-to-Dat Klupruirnt. Irate Father This way, policeman; this way!" Policeman "Wot mikes y' fink dey're gone rlis way?" Irate Father "They eloped In an automobile and I can smell the gaso line." Syracuse Herald. Servant at Dlnurr. 0 rr Iv-i--Thanksgiving dinner iu the servants' hall. The butler and housekeeper at the head and foot of the table. It Is estimated that there are In thi United States nearly 4.000.000 womru who cam their own living.

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NEW OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN. Sleeting of Illinois CirantI I.orig I. it, O. F. t tli Mute Capital. The grand l-:!ge of the ludepcrdent Order of Odd Fellow elected l. L. McKinly of Ottawa grand master.Thti : !.te ass rnbly .l" the Rebekah degree elected M.-s. Eva Withey of Springheld vice-president. There are now STS lodges and 72.40.1 members, a gain o l.tl.ix members in the eighteen months preceding Oct. 1. 1S'' REBELS TR'r" SURRENDERING. Kntlre Province of aiiiNoaii; I ;it-n ' I'p to American. Secretary of the Navy Long has received a cablegram from Admiral Watson, informing him that the entire province of Zamboanga. island of Mindanao, had surrendered unconditionally to Commander Very of the Castine. The surrender was made on the isth itist. COM M IS S II 0 N TO ! N V EST I GATE. L'haig4 of Overcrowdlnc of Transport Tartar Ulli II l'rolird. A commission has ln-en appointed by the war department to investigate scandal of transport Tartar. The .ship is said to have been overcrowded and the food unfit to eat, causing the death of a woman from starvation. The men rebelled against this treatment.

Ir IHpInn Official (iliet I p. The president of the Filipino congress surrendered to Gen. MacArthur and admitted hopelessness of insurgent cause. CJen. Otis told the war department that the insurgent government can no longer claim to exist, its troops and officials are scattered and Aguinaldo in hiding. To Work for silver. Th American Knights of Siher have filed articles of incorporation at Denver. Their object is to unit'1 all persons who desire the free :md unlimited coinage of Loth gold and silv.-r at the ratio of 1. to 1. without waiting for the consent of any other nation. K.'KMMMHI J Ire :f Octroi!. The building occupied by A. Kroück Je Co.. commission merchants, at :'" and UT Wood bridge tew. Detroit. :nd the wholesale d r goods es:ah!iiinient of Strong. Lee A: Co.. back of it. at ''i Jefferson a venue, wire destroyed by lire. The l(,s. is ::.ho. KhHlIf Klileil in ltutllv. A Uritish fonr uudT (Jen. Winkte defeated the army f the kalifa in the Soudan. The kalifa was killed, and all the principal emirs were killed or captured, except Osman Jugna, who escaped. The troops captured I'.Oeo dervishes in the battle. s senator Maou Will Ueftlgn. Senator Mason says he was eorrectly reported as saying he would resign from the senate if the republican national onvention should declare iu favor of the administration's policy in the Philippines. Ktllplrto .tpppitt to 'nitre. The Filipino government will ak congress :o ttl.e .-.uch action immediately as ha!l cause the cessation of hostilities in the Philippines and establish the Filipinos as a free and independent people. M.iiit 'amliilrtle for ii.rtir. Avowed candidates for republican nominations for goernor of Illinois are Judge Elbridgv Hanecy of. Chicago. Congressman Reeves of St real or and Richard Yat-s of .Jacksonville. Killed F riend of inerieutii. The mayor of San Carlos, iu the Philippines, who rode in the carriage with (Jen. MacArthur and Col. lb II when the Americans entered the town, was murdered the next night. Want I lie Tliii- K t fnile.l. Secretary (Jage is in receipt of a large number of requests from financial circles to extend the bond offering limit beyond Nov. :b. The secretary has not yet decided on his course Will Lead Anti-Iiryan Movement. The New York Herald says Maryland democrats will lead in an anti-Rryan movement if any encouragement is offered them by the leaders in New York and other eastern stales. Prominent I lllplno a PrUoner. Hueneamino. the brains of the Filipino insurrection, is a prisoner at Manila. He is the chief author of thf Filipino constitution and most of the .state documents. Ituoouie I'lHgKB In China. The bubonic plague is raging at New Chwang. Mancbooria, Cbina, hundreds of deaths occurring weekly, the mortality reaching forty to sixty on a single day. Ilnrilwam Concern Horn.! 4 Int. l 4 The warehouse of Fortes Bros. Hardware company, at Little Rock. Ark., was destroyed by tire. The loss is $175.bOi); insurance, ?12.",000. I.or.l H:illlitr.v l lu-roorln;. Lord Salisbury, British prime minister, whose illness has excited some apprehension, is pow making satisfactory progress toward rccoery. Ulli Work for Kotiert. Brighatu II. Roberts WII be aided in his fight to break into congress by ;i staff of lawyers now being engaged by the Mormon church. Want i:vaii for i--rr-l t. Tennessee republicans will urge Pension Commissioner Evans' candidacy for the vice piesidency. Verdiet Agstint In. H od Stu rill. Tlu- father nf Marion Tyler, l. ndied by an Indiana mob, was awarded damages against the sheriff. Dutch to Aid Itoert. Members of the Dutch colonies near Sioux City, Iowa, have commenced the circulation of subscription papers for the Boers. :iiHiit iii-Hii i. ..i. It Is ofti;ally denied that Russia lias seized liefet, but her troop are encamped near by, ready to act. Talkfxl Of for M---rrel.l-nl. Roosevelt, ('rant and Root are most discussed for candidates for vice-president.

A WEEK IN INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAY3. St. i.ouU.'kii Sunpeet el of Murder - ArrtU In I'ounet tioii with a M vaterlos Uin.ippe!rauc In India ti: Authorltte Are AtTMtllieil Over ippcaranre Logansport -The police have arrcstd James Slagel of St. Louis on suspicion of having knowledge of the disappearance of .Stephen Whitmore father-in-law of President Seybold o! the Logansport State hank. Slagl wa? vvith Whitmor' on Saturday afternoon a f hours after being the last time he was su n. It is 'believed that Mr. Whitmore has been foully dealt with, as he carried considerable money, and on account of his age could be easilv handled. The polite -searched the house where Whitmore and Slagel were Seen lit enter on Saturday. The cellar and other places were carefully inspected in the hope- of finding freshly dug ground. The mystery deepens as time progresses, ami the authorities are mys'ilie.l. Keceiver for an IntlUna It.ink. Ijehnnon- The Central State bank, Lebanon, was placed in the hands of Receiver Charles W. Mc Adams of Williamsport This is the last of the Dwiggins chain of banks, several of which failed some ears ago. '1 he Lebanon bank, it is said, never recovered from the difficulty which sent the others to the wall. I nder the administration of A. C. Daily, auditor of state, the capita! stock of the bank was found to be impaired, and he ordered an assessment of ."u per cent on the capital stock, which was fJa.ooO. Some of the stockholders paid, while others did not. The state then accepted a bond of $0,ooO from them. One of those who paid his assessment in full brought suit for the receiver. The assets are equal to the liabiiltbs and the depositors will lose nothing, but the stockholders, r. i' thought, will lose heavily. l.niiitM-r 1'lHiit Itiiriteil. Sullivan The large hardwood lumber plant of Jacob Mahley of this city burn.d to the ground. This plant was' one of i be most, extensive in the country, with ,i daily capacity of 1u.0i.mi feet of sawed .umber. The finest machinery to be had was In use. Their output was not only in large demand In this con n try. ,ut they were regular shippers to the foreign markets. The loss at this time cannot be estimated, but it will reach several thousand dollars. About fifty men were constantly employed, and, as they are mostly poor worklngmen, dependent upon their daily toll for subsistence, the calamity Is most serious. I(reivei-Ahlp Vtir:te1. -V uncle A new torn of affairs took place in the receivership of the Ontario silverware works. Judge Leffler voluntarily vacated the receivership and gave ten days' time in which Leonard McOlashan. one of the members of the firm, who resides in Canada, can have a chance to appear and state his side of the ease. llfer Omar IMv .Men Yiu Mrurk. Brazil -The Mock coal miners held a meeting here and by a majority vote adopted a resolution een-uring the day men for inaugurating a strike, and insisting that they return to work at once at the present juice. Many of the clay men are indignant and declare they will not lie conn-oiled by the resolu1 ion. I Killfl l.y Kalling Mate. I I tri- it I. .ii-. U'ili; . ....... -..,,.,.1.. ......... ........ i) iiii.inis Oils VilutjUl i a heavy fall of slate in the Peerless mine, belonging to the Coal Bluff Mining company, an I instantly killed, his body being frightfully mangled. State ttreiltle. The directors of Winona assembly will plot thirty acres near the Auditorium and place the same on the market, the proceeds to be used in lifting the indebtedness and in making sundry improvements. A deputy state fae-tory Inspector at Anderson has file! complaints against Edward Hutten, foreman of the Lapel Bottle company, and J. T.Wilcox, manager of the Flint Bottle company, charging them with violating the child labor law. Prof. Frank Buser, teaching at Linnwood, was prostrated by appendicitis, and he was removed to Anderson to undergo an operation. He failed to rally, and his condition is alarming. Louis Oodden, who escaped from the jail and was recaptured at St. Isolds, has been identified as a convict of the Joliet (111.) penitentiary who had vlelated his parole. He was transferred Ut the Illinois authorities. The Mnncie Times has editorially apedogized to its patrons bee-ause? the promised exhibition of the leemids was a fizzle. Its office astronomer was enit of the city, and It had to rely en the prediction of foreign talent. Alexander PaMon, assessor of Center township, Orant county, has been arlested on thirteen charges of extortion, his deputies accusing him of deducting 2.1 cents dally from their wages because he had appednted them, and appropriating the same to his own use. He gave tKUiel in $2o em each charge. Timothy (!. Ryan, a elissatislicd stoe kholdeT in the National Iee Sawing company, has applh'd for a receivership and an aeeounting. The defendants are Wilson H. Soale and llt-nry Hahn. The eompany Is capitalized at $10.i)0 and the plaintiff hoMs $:t,oöo. The deal for the purchase of the Anderson H raid by Sle-phcn Metcalf and Charles L. Henry has bee a declared off. at least for the present. Negotiations may be re ; : n.-d. Eighteen people attended a rece-ption at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. James Smith eif R'ebmond. their combined ages aggn .i.iiic; The oldest was over lo. T. C. Simpson of Montgomery county has suffered the revocatien of his license as a teacher because he persisted in paying his addresses to a girl not 14 jears old.

TOMAHAWK OF TECUMSEH.

Fa iiion h Indian Carried In ltattle of tli Thame in I ST'. Sarah L. Russell, who lives with her daughter. Mrs. E. H. Bettis. at 111.'. East Sixteenth street. Kansas City, ha the tomahawk carried by Tecumseh. when he was killed at the buttle of the Thames in October. 1S12. Col. William Russell, the founder of Russellville, Ky., who commanded the Kentucky contingent of that famous battle, was permitted by Oen. Harrison to remove the tomahawk from the dead body of Teeumseh and retain it. and it has b.-en in the possession of the Russell family eve-r since. It was made in England, and presented to Teeumseh by tht British e-ommander at Detrent. Several hundrenl towahawks were made in England and sent to the nritish commanders at Dedroit for use among the Ju lians whom the British endeavored to induce to drive out the white sel-tle-is eif Kentucky, In. liana and Michigan. With few exceptituts these tomahawks wen made rather rudely of iron, with the handles bound with band- of the same metal, but the one owned by Teeumseh was made ef highly polished steel, with silver bands encircling the handle. It. can also be used as a pipe for snuiking. the blunt end eif the blade being made like the; bowl ef a pipe and the handle an-we-r-ing the purpose of a stem. The British commander had several of them made after the pattern, which he presented to Tee-uniseh. the prophet (a brother of TecuiiHchi. Ketopah and Topanabee, celebrated Indian warrior chie-fs, who bore a conspicuous part in the battles of Tippeeatuie, the siege e)f Fort Harrison, the battle of the Raisin, and other noted battles which took place in Indiana and Michigan and along Lake Michigan while the British held possession of Detroit and were Using the Indians as their allies in the endeavor to hold the west and north-we-st country. The Teeumseh tomahawk is the only one known to hav.been preserved. Mrs. Kussel 1 lus had many offers to part with i:. but. the relic will probably remain with her descendants for many ears to come. Mrs. Egbert Russell, soon after it e-ame into the possession of her husband, showed it to Blue .la. ket, a well-known Shawnev chief, who wa- then over VM ears eild. The old chief went into vestasies when told that th' relic was take-n from the dead body of Teeumseh. He kissed it and pressed it to hi- bosom and told Mrs. Russell he was too young to follow his grand chief, Teeumseh, in the warpath, but he well remembered how proud Teeumseh wa- with that tomahawk belted about hi waist. -Kansas Cily Star. PROVISIONS AGAINST FIRE. The KeMrWtloii to Ho Kn forced at be J'aria reposition. Intending exhibitors ami visitors from the United States to the Paris exposition in lyOO will be interested in knowing what arrangements and regulations will be made by the French authorities against tire. The Paris exposition administration has taken all the measures possible to afford security te exhibitors aud visitors against fire at the exposition. The regulations are rather voluminous, centaining thirty-six articles distributed in six chapters. These regulations take up the openings and exits and the stairways and floors ef all palaces and buildings. They regulate the width of doors and'steps. AH exterior doors will open in and eut. Doors opening emly inward must remain open constantly. Emergency doors will bear an inscription stating their purpose, and in all hallwavs and corridors painted arrows will Indicate the diree tion eif the exit. An emergency lighting system for night use will consist f lamps of one-candle power, bearing the distinctive r d e'olor. All wood of the frameweirkin the buildings will be e-ev-ered with an insulating coat of noninflammable material. All stairways will be of firepmetf material. The floors en all buildings, palaces, theater halls, cafes, cemcert roonn-i. exhibition places and all railings and balustrades will also be of fireproof material and before accepted will be thoroughly tested at the expense eif the eon tractors. All decorative canvas, awnings and canvas coverings miad he fireproof. All electric installation of cables, lamps, wires and conductors in the interior of the buildings must be put up under the supervision of the director of exploitation. AU motive power will be admitted only under rigid conditions. The lira! of celluloid in lamps, globes, balloons and other fancy apparatus for lighting decoration will be forbidden. The regulations for heating and lighting provide that it can only be done by gas and electricity. The tise of hydroearbures, oils and petroleum, acetjlene gas and other gases than coal gas is positively forbidden, cither for heating, lighting or motive power. The construction of meeting halls, cafes, concert halls and theaters must be ef fireproof material, and the (heater curtains must be of iron or asbestos cloth. The lighting of such places will be exclusively by electricity. A fire service as nearly perfect as possible will be ctdnhuscd. with a wate r piping and pressure sufficient for firemen's service. The administration assumes the right te enforce any measures that may be deemed necessary to assure safety. Iron Age. Confeoüloii 011 the IIa 1 1 letir Id. At Shihih. during a pause in the fire ef Hazen's brigade, the erie niy. being sharp and incessant, a young lieutenant, as witty and as grave as the brigade contained, was standing behind a tree. A fat and fussy field offner, after passing by, reured out: "Lieutenant, what are you doing behind that tree?- be hind that tree, sir?' The offender left his cover, walked coolly up to his irascible supeuior. ami respectfully saluting, replied: "Sir, I have the honor tei report that I was engaged in wishing that it grew in my father's pasture." CnniMiiit ion of t'le.m ji.icne. New York consumption of champagne fluting the past year was the meat est ever known. One In n Th 0114.1 nit. Of 1,0 (0 perseins only oue reaches the age ef 100 years.

irmory. MASONIC PLYMOUTH KITvVIXNINO LODGE, No. 149, F. and A.M.; meets first and third Friday evenings of each month. Vm. H. Conger, V M. John Corbalcy, Sec. DT vtrTTTtr "tt . T-ir r v I l l- 1 1 WO 111 VI1.-VI 1 IIV, 49 R. A. M.; meets second Friday evening of each month. J. C." Jilson, II. P. IL H. Reeve, Sec. PLYMOUTH COMMAND'RY, No. 26, K. T.; meets fourth Friday of each month. John C. Gordon, E. C. L. Tanner, Ree. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No. 26, O. E. S.; meets first and third Tuesdays of each month. Mrs. Bertha McDonald, V M. Mrs. x-oi Stansburv, Sec. t ODD FELLOWS AMERICUS LODGE, No. 9i meets every Thursday evening at their lodg;o rooms on Michigan street. C, F. Schearer, N. G. Chas. Bushman, Sec, SILVER STAR LODGE, Daughters of Relekah; meets every Friday evening at I. O. O. r. hall. Mrs. J. E. Ellis, N. G. Miss Emma Zumbaugh, V. G. Miss N. Berkhold, Sec. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. HYPERION LODGE, No. x 171 meets every Monday night in Castle Hall. Wm. F. Young, C. C. Cal Switzer, K. cf R. and S. HYPERION TEMPLE, Rathbone Sisters; meets firt and third Fridays of each month. Mrt. Chas. McLaughlin, E. C. FORESTERS. PLYMOUTH COURT, N0.-4091 meets the second and fourth Friday evenings of each month in K, of 'P . hall . C. M. Slayter, C. R. Ed Reynolds, Sec. K. O. T. M. PLYMOUTH TENT, No. 171 meets every Tuesday evening at K. O. T.M. hall. D. W.Jacoby, Com. Frank Wheeler, Record Keeper. WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 67, L. O. T. M.; meets every Monday night at K. O. T. M.'hall oa Michigan street. Mis. Cor Hahn, Com. Beie Wilkinson, Record Keeper. HIVE No. 23, L. O. T. M; meet every Wednesday evening in K. O. T. M. hall. Mr. W. Burkett, Com. ROYAL ARCANUM. Meets first and thirel Wednesday evenings of each month in Simons hal!. J. C. Jilson, Regent. B. J. Lauer, Sec. WOODMEN Or THE WORLD. Meets first anel third Wednesday evenings of each month in K. of P. hall. J. O. Pomeroy, C. C, E. Retzien, Clerk WOODMEN CIRCLE. PLYMOUTH GROVE, No. 5 meets every Friday evening at Woodmen hall. Mrs. Lena UL rich, Wot thy Guardian. Mr. Chas. Hatnmerel, Clerk. MODERN WOODMEN. Meets second and fourth Thursday in K. of P. hall. J. A. Shunk, Venerable Consul. C. L. SwiU ater, Clerk. BEN HUR. Meets every Tuesday. W. H. Gove, Chief. Chas. Tibrtta, Scribe. G. A. R. MILES II. TIUBETTS TOST, G. A. R., meets -ery first and third Tuesday evenings in Simons hall. W. K'elley, Com. Charles Wilcox, Adjt. COLUMBIAN LEAGUE. Meets Thursday evening, every other week, 7.30 p. m., in Bissell hall. Wert A. Beldon, Commander. Alouzo Stevenson, Provost. MODERN SAMARITANS. Meets fecorul and fourth Wednea . dav evening iu W. O. W. hall S. IL Faonlug, Pres. J. A Shunk, Sec. MARSHALL COUNTY PHYSl OANS ASSOCIATION. Meets first Tuesday in each month Jacob Karzer, M. I)., President Novita B. Aspina'd, M. I)., See Do You Think It Will Pay? That is the question asked of us au otte-n, referring to advertising. If properly done we xkow It will pay handsomely. The eprino of those who hT tried It prove that nothing' equal It

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