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of D snr-as Copyrighted VJil bj CHATTER NXII-- Continued). .. . . ... 1 ,...,.'- In inn itiifti I'iCi on:4 ilifuuvu. i He raid Iiis manacled hands to his j brow, and tried to realize the force of the wonderful thins he had hoard. j Horam start od t; his foi t. and then j eank hack, and buried hi face in his j Lands. His thoughts had sini.Ienb liown from the t-iory of the present j hoar to that other sl-ry which he hat had luard on the uight 'iore; r.n.I ' the crash almost took away his senses. Omar, when he saw how matteis Stood, filt tailed upon to speak; for he believed that ho had discovered two things: First, that his old fiiend and brother was struggling to open his breast to Iiis child; and. second, that Julian might he brought to forgiveness when he know the whole truth. "My frk-nds." he said, rising t: his feet as he spoke, "the story is not yet complete. It remains for me to finish it." lien Hadad and Isabel gazHi eag-! o d Julian leaned 1 tip into Iiis face; an toward him. with a beam of Lop ! Struggling upon his brow. "I am to blame in this matter; or at least. I was the innocent cause,' continued the Kins of Aleppo address ing Ben Iladad and Ezabel It w.i-, ! 1 who pave to noraui t.-n...iv. upon which he condemned his wife. I supposed the guilt of the lady Helena was positive, as I had the information assured me that the Queen of Damascus was innocent; ami immediately I , sent back two of my officers to convey intelligence thereof to Horum. But those messengers never reached their destination. They must have been robbed and murdered on the way. i mv pours homeward, and amid the duties of my realm, the thing passed from my mind. Yesterday I; saw Horam for the first time in three- j ,i in.. nv.nin. i lp.l to him the fact that his tirt r? ...ct i.alnvo.1 wifo llelenn was ! wrongfully accused that she was pure and true. When this truth burst upon him. his grief overcame him. and I i feared that the shock would kill him." j "Aye," cried Horam. starting up j again, "it did almost kill me; for Helena was my first love, and her place was never refilled. 0, my brother , what can I do?" "Do what is right," replied Omar, taking Horam's outstretched hand. "Be a man, and let the heart assert iLs sway. Remember that you did the first , great deed of wrong; and that all th other evil has Mowed out from that one unfortunate act." The king of Damascus stood for a moment "with his head bowed upon Omar's shoulder, and his hand still in Omar's grasp. Then lie started up, and his countenance had changed. "By the blood of my heart," he exclaimed, "the wrong shall not grow deeper against me! What, ho! Without, there! Slaves! attend me!" The executioners chanced to be nearest, and they answered the call. "Bel-Dara, strike those irons from that man's limbs! Strike off every bond, and set him free! If you harm him as much as the prick of a rosethorn, your life shall answer for It!" The executioner stopped to ask no questions he did not even stop to wonder at the order; but he proceeded to the work, and in a very few minutes the prisoner was free. Then the king started down from the throne, and advanced to where the freed man stood. "My son," he said, extending both his hands, "thf truth has come so naked and so p'ain. that there is no room for doubt; and I now see that you bear upon your face the features of your noble mother God pardon me for tho wrong I was led to do her! And, my son, here, in the presence of these witnesses, I ask you to forget the past I ask you to be my son I ask you to let me be your father; and then, O, then, Horam will be no more childless!" Julian had no power to resist the appeal; and as the old king tottered ! forward the son supported him upon his bosom, and sustained him in the embrace or ins stout arms l And yet Julian was not content. H13 face wore still a cloud; and there was trouble in his heart. What could it mean? Horam feared that his son could not quite love him. Omar saw the trouble, and divined its cause; and stepping quickly forward he whispered into the car of his brother. Horam caught at the words, and the star of hope beamed again. He clapped his hands and cried out: "What, ho! Without! Where is Benoni?" The captain came. "Benoni. brins the lady Ulin!" Pale and trembling the princess entered the chamber; but when she saw Julian alive and free, with the shackles broken at his feet, the blood leaped again through her veins. But she had not much opportunity for thought, for the king quickly advanced and took her hand, and led her to Julian. "My son, this do I give thee in token of my sincerity! Now wilt thou own me for thy father, and forget all of the past save that which tells that we are of one llesh? Take this fair hand, and with it my forgiveness to you both my forgiveness to all who have befriended you. Take it, my son. and ere Omar leaves us for his northern realm he shall see Horam's own son sitting uron the throne of Damascus, -while Horam himself withdraws from the world, that his last daj-s may be 6pent In quiet repose." No longer rested the cloud upon Julian's brow. He caught the small white hand which had been placed within his grasp, and sank down upon his knees sank down, he and Ulin, one In love forevermore and bowed before the king. "My father I accept the blessing! I Bin thy son!" TUT END.

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c ves Eob - rt Bor.nr's Sons. f ! ft j3 i! nd Bride. I Cy Amy Randolph. 0 ,;?,,.,.,v t,ii;;?.T,i,t; (, j. .,. ,;r.:!l;;.. a pruly r!ace at a, tin;. (,f t,.t; y,.:n.t but loveliest o. w,;..n he rlJ) ,.s w.,rr ;lt Vork j U fu.(is and tho ellow licht f , () , . i-im..,! t!. v.uotlI la lid rati to ei:c:!:;:it'd aisles. A structure' of warmly tinted lor.S, low red brick, with mull'ione i windows vi lv t--ir.eoth sw;'i ps of hivvn and l)ox borders. which stood up like walks of f-olid emerald on each side of the path, it. had a sr. vor of tlie anthiue about it. which one seldom sets in an American hoi -e. And o'd Brando B. ntlv. walking up ami down in the n.eliow sunshine, between the walls cf blaok-im-en box. with his eyes b'T.t en thv ground, and his hands clasped behind his hack. corresponded well with the Crange. Snd.l'-nly a cheerful foct.:tcp rriig on the st'?:e terrace pkj.. - the s':::r.d of a cle.tr. ilute-like whistle rose ahove the Hick of the distant mowing machine, and Harry Wade, the old man's vstood like an incarnation of youth ' .....i ..... i.:. l "Cnele." he cried tr.i rrily. "you've got the prettiest place in the world here.' Mr. Dentlev look out his Lig. old don't stick very Ho::e to business hours!" "Lik? a limpet, uncle." said Harry, "and jut for today. Will Caryl has co:ne to act as a substitute, for ! really wanted to sec you. irac." "Humph!" again commented Mr. 1 lent ley. "You're very fond of me of hxtPl" always fond of you Vncle "randc. said Harry, gravely, ' but I ve Fomothins to tell you." "Some scrape you've got into." said Uentley "Nothing of the sort, sir!" "Want to borrow money, perhaps!" "I'pon my word, no!" "You've fallen in love with seme girl, then!" "You are right this time, uncle." Faid Haivy, laughing and coloring; "and., of course, I haw come directly to you to tell you of my good fortune. It is little Bessie Bird!" "A milliner's apprentice!" snarled the old bachelor. If she chooses to help her mother , , trimming hats in her aunt millinery rooms. I se? nothing derogatory in that," said Harry, valiantly. "A mere child of seventeen!" "But I don't want an old lady of forty-seven!" "Humph!" growled Mr. Bentley. "What do either of you know of life?" "Not much, to be sure, uncle, as yet." adndtted the young lover, "but we think we can easily learn together." "And where do you think the napkins and tablecloths and bread and butter and rent and water taxes are to come from?" sardonically inquired Brande Bentley. "I have my salary, Uncle Brande.'' said Harry, "and Bessie has been educated to be very economical." "I'll have nothing to say to such nonsense," said Mr. Bentley. "But, Uncle Brando, all we want is " "Nothing, I say absolutely nothing!" thundered the old man. "It's folly trash sentimental tomfoolery! If you want my opinion, there it is! Time enough for you to think of matrimony when you are thirty. There ought to bo a law to prevent young people making fools of themselves." And Brande Bentley turned on his heel and strode back into the house. So that Harry had no very inspiriting news for Bessie Bird when he met her, as usual, on the corner of Broadway, to walk home with her through the pleasant autumn twilight. "Was he very cross?" said Bessie, who was a whitc-kitteny sort of a girl, with fluffy yellow hair, dimples in her cheeks, and eyes the eact color of the "llowing-blue" china oa our grandmother's shelves. "As savage as Bluebeard!" "Did he scold dreadfully?" asked Bessie. "Told me I was a fool!'' "But if he won't consent M "Then we must manage to get along without his con:-en t," said Harry. "Because, you know. Bessie, I do love yoi so very dearly, and you like me a 111tie, don't you?" "But your mother has always counted upon your being his heir," said Bessie. "And to loco all that money, just " "Just for love and you," archly Interrupted Harry. "Darling, there is nothing in all the world half so sweet to me, or that I court half so ardently as my little Bessb so let there be no further argument about it. These jolly old coves down at the bank are going to raise my salary fifty dollars at Christmas, and en if you can get your frock made we'll be married then. And set Uncle Brande and the world at defiance, eh?" The first November snowstorm was drifting its white flashes through the air when a visitor was shown into Brando Bentley's snug parlor. "Kh," said ho, "a stranger, Jones? I never strangers." "But you will seo me!" said a soft voice and a slender, golden-haired girl stood before him, neatly yet plainly dressed, her black cloak powdered over with snow, and a spectacled old lady by her side. "I am Bessie Bird and this is my aunt. Miss Belton, the milliner." Miss Belton courtesled. Mr. Bentley stared. "I suppose you have oomo here to speak to me about my r.ephew.H "Yes, sir," said Bessio. "It will be of no use," said he, curtly. My opinions on the subject of his marriage remain unchanged."

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"But mine do net," paid Bessie "PKa?e to hear me through. Mr. Bentley. I have written him a ietter to givhim up this morning. And I came n tell of it now, so that you will fe:kindly towards him ence more. I havt told him we never could be married. "You're a sensible girl," said Mr. Bentley, smiting his hai:d on the tabb "And 1 have sent him back the liltl-' garnet engagement ring that he ga( nie." added Bessie, with a sob in lu i throat. "Better and better!" said Ur.ch Brando, exultantly. "Not," bravely added Bessie, "because I don't love him as dearly and truly as I ever did. But because I see row how wrong it would be for me to fetter Iiis whole life. For " She stopped an instant and a slight shudder lan through her frame. "I may as well tell you all, Mr. Bentley; 1 aai going blind!" "illind!" echoed the old man. "Blind." repeated Bessie. g: utly. but firmly. "I have had such stiange blurs and darknesses come acro.-s my vision of late, and went to a doctor. And the doctor told me. as kindly as lie could, that these are but the precursors of total blindness. So. of coia.-e, all is at an end btweeM Harry and r.ie. Will you please tell him this? I have referred him to you for all particulars." "1 will." said the old man, huskily. Harry Wade came to Iiis nude that very morning in great perturbation. "What does this mean, sir?" said he. "Have you been endeavoring to persuade her to throw me over?" "No, boy no," said the old man, and he told him all. "I am bound to say that the girl has behaved very well," said he. "Shall you give her up?" "No! Never!" shouted Harry, with pale face and tightly clenched hand. "Never! If she was dear to me before, she shall be doubly treasured and sacred now my little smitten lamb my drooping, white lily-bud! I will never give her up while we both live!" The old man's eyes glittered, a faint color had risen into his withered cheeks, as he rose and grasped both his nephew's hands as in a vise. "You're a trump. Harry Wade!" said he. "I respect you more at this minute than ever before. (live her up. indeed! If you gave up that little jewel of a girl you would give up the beacon star of your existence. She is a pearl of price, Harry a true and noble woman, wl o wouldn't have hesitated to sacrifice herself for your benefit. Marry her tomorrow if you will and bring her light here to Bentley Grange. It shall be her home and yours henceforward." And in this strange and sudden way. old Brando Bentley relented and took Iiis niet e-in-law-elect into his heart. Bessie in all the flush cf her rose-bud

i beauty could never have melted his I heart, but Bessie stricken down by God j became sacred and precious in his I sight. NEW ENGLAND CONSCIENCE. The Scruple That Prevented a Vounjj Willow's ICiiirrias Said a drummer visitor (Miss M. E. Boyd) to a young widow a seamstress in a New Hampshire hill town, one day last summer: "You must be lonely here now since your husband died. Perhaps you will feel like marrying again; you are not so very old." "Oh, Miss Mary," she answered in a voice full of feeling, "If I only could if I only dared!" And then came the simple story and a touching example of "the New England conscience." She had loved in early youth a young man whom her mother disapproved as a suitor. Ho was a joiner by trade and worthy, but the mother, having higher ambitions, separated the couple. The girl married a quiet man, her senior, who died a few years later. Then, after a decent interval, the old lover, who had thriven in business, asked her again to become his wife. That seemed a beautiful and natural ending of the story. But no. "Ah!', cried the poor thing. "If I had loved my husband I could go to James with a happy heart oh. how happy! But although things were pleasant enough between my husband and me, I always felt the difference and at heart I was unfaithful to him. I think this 13 meant for my punishment for thinking of James while 1 had a husband living. We can never marry." Buffalo Commercial. "Hennery Eur. On the front of a retail establishment not far. from the Boston public library, is a sign that reads, "Hennery E; This is not the name of the proprietor. No. They don't spell "Henry" with tvo "n's" and an extra "e" in Boston, you know. It is merely an intimation that eggs of the genuine sort are for sale within. They are not incubator eggs, nor storage eggs, nor eggs for campaign purposes. They are just good old hennery e-ggs. They're the kind of eg? i'&t you have pawed around in the haymow to find and felt like cackling when you found them. They are hennery eji'TS with an eloquent accent on the lien. And yet. who knows? All eggs are more or less a mystery. You can't depend on signs. Even a Boston "hennery egg" may not be all it's cracked up to be. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Her Nerven anl Her II;tt. A writer in a medical journal has lately advanced the theory that women 'e heavy hats are responsible for women's jangling nerves anil proverbial quick temper. The popular impression has been that the man who paid for the hats was the one whose temper suffered; but it seems that large hats weigh too heavily upon the fragile feminine cranium and affect the blood vessels and nerves, and through them the brain. Moreover, according to the writer, the effort to keep large end heavy hats at the right angle impose a parlous strain upon the nerves of the wearers. The theory is advanced in all seriousness, but the chances are that it will not induce any normal woman to cut off her hat supply. New York Sun. In the huge mass of evil, as It rolls along and swells, there is ever some good working imprisoned; working towards deliverance and triumph. Carlyle. He who refuses to trust reject15 truth.

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Many ef the ÜiU miners who marched from Montgomery and Cannelherg Saturday to Raglesville and closed down three coal mints because the employes were non-union men have camped at the scene and will remain until the trouble is settled. A number cf the miners agreed to join the union this morning and demand the scale wages. but the marchers say the mines will 1 remain closed until all have joined. The operators are preparing to resume operations. They have not asked aid of the sheriff. Trouble is expected. Fire Sunday night in the Masonic building at Evansville gutted the plant of the Crescent Printing and Engraving company. The loss is ?ÖO,üO0. insurance ?-U,C00. The fire is believed to have been started by a discharged ein ploye. Mrs. Polly Caubles celebrated her one hundredth anniversary at Richmond Sunday. An impenetrable mystery still shrouds the finding of Mrs. John Mullinix' body in an abandoned cistern at the home of her father, John Sharp, at Asherville Saturday. Coroner Mushon heb! an inquest and several witnesses were examined, but not one has been able to throw any light on the case. The coroner says there was no water in the lungs, which convinces him that death was1 not caused by drowning. No clew to any crime has yet been developed and the parents of Mrs. Mullinix are confident she jumped into the cistern. 'J hey say she had been brooding over her husband's death, which occurred a year ago, and at times was morose and acted qucerly. The Snarps are among the most prominent families of the county and hundreds of people attended the funeral of Mrs. Mullinix Sunday and viewed the remains. She left no statement as to her intention if she did commit suicide. Earl McClain of Peru, a brakeman on the Peru and Montpelier accommodation train of the Wabash railway, saved the lives of twelve people and prevented a bad wreck Saturday evening. Just after his train had left Chili, a little station near Peru, McClain heard a fast freight which does not stop at Chili thundering around the curve behind him. He stood on the rear platform of the last coach anil waved the freight train down with a lantern, the engineer of the freight managing so to check the speed of his train that although the passenger coach was stood on end when the engine and coach came together, and the twelve passengers got a bad scare and a severe shaking up. all escaped injury. McClain jumped to save himself, a few scratches from a cinder pile into which he fell being the extent of his injuries. The Indiana, Illinois and Icwa railroad has issued a defiant ehallenee to the city of South Bend and despite the fact that the common council and the board of public works have refused to grant a right of way through the city over the route selected by that railroad for its eastern extension to Detroit, Mich., via Toledo, the railroad people put a big force of men at work Friday morning on the proposed line. The city refused the right of way because the route passed too near the heart of the city and residents made strenuous objection. The contention of the company is that it is not absolutely necessary for them to secure the sanction of the city authorities to their proposed route, but that such course has been pursued to avoid any legal squabbles and consequent delays. The city will uphold its end of the fight. The railroad people have another factor to consider. A few years ago the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa cut off the Vandalia from use of the old northern extension which the new tracks must cross. The Vandalia has brought out engines and freight cars and has blocked attempted progress. The va -sity broke the training tables at Notre D.itne. Salmon, Notre Dame's star full back, was elected captain to succeed Fort in. This is Salmon's second year on the team. He is the best line-bucking full back Notre Dame has ever had and by western football critics is compared favorably with any full back in the country. Next week Frank Morrisscy will give a banquet at the Oliver hotel. South Bend, to the football team. Virgil Weber of Evansville, 21 years old, is a prisoner in the guardhouse at Fort Sheridan, HI., and is said to be dying from grief because he cannot see his mother, who has been sick for some time. Weber deserted last March and went to Evansville to see his mother. An olficer from Fort Sheridan arrested him and took him back. He was sentenced to the guardhouse and, it is said, has been confined there ever since. The old mother has worried herself gray over her son, and it is feared she cannot survive many days. A letter to her from Chicago states her boy was fast turning gray. Lou "I declare, since I came back I'm quite another woman." Biddy "Oh, won't your husband be pleased." Austin A. Durand, a veteran of the civil war, died at Kendallville of apoplexy, aged sixty-seven. As a result of a mass meeting at North Vernon, a joint stock company, with 110,000 capital, was organized for the manufacture of lamp chimneys. J. V. Linkart was elected president and T. W. Hussell secretary. An engine on the Illinois Central railroad at Evansville struck a wagon containing Thomas Nichols and Charles Uich. Nichols was killed and Kich will probably die from his injuries. A remarkable test of self-denial was made at Wabash when members of the Union Holiness Congregation at a meeting held at their hall brought all their jewelry, silverware, and ornaments of all kinds as free-will offerings to the church building fund. Every member brought something to add to the collection. About half the sum needed for the new edifice has been provided. Mrs. Nora Fleming of Goldsmith was perhaps fatally scalded by tho overturning of a kettle tilled with boiling water.

Elwood has cabled acceptance of 2Ö,000 offered by Andrew Carnegie, with condition, made, it is said, in deference to labor unions, that building shall not bear Mr. Carnegie's name. Son of Attorney j. E. Henley of Chicago quits college, elopes with young Indianapolis girl, marries, deserts young bride and attain disappears. Rudolph Fischer, a prominent tobacco merchant of Lafayette committed suicide by taking laudanum. The act is attributed to domestic trouble. The suicide occurred at the home of John B. Wacner, where Fischer went to see Iiis wife, who left him recently owing to his unbearable temper, and was given shelter at tho Wagner home. Mrs. Fischer, it is said, is the daughter of a Hungarian nobleman, who disinherited her at the time of the marriage. William Norris, the character actor, this season a leading member of Otis Skinner's company in his big production of "Francesca Da Rimini," returned to the cast at Indianapolis. Mr. Norris was taken very ill two weeks ago in Louisville and underwent treatment at a hospital in that city. The appointment of a receiver for th Chicago and Southeastern railway company was affirmed by the Supreme Court at Indianapolis. The application was resisted cn the ground that several of tho claims held by the plaintiffs were invalid. John E. Redmond. Patrick A. McIlugh and Thomas O'Donnell, Irish envoys to America, who spoke at Indianapolis, were entertained later by local Irishmen. They enjoyed a carriage ride about the city. They left Indianapolis for Pittsburg. As a result of a practical joke, Mrs-. Moses Linson. aged 3j, is now lying in such a critical condition at Columbus tnat there is no hope of her recovery. She and her husband, the Rev. Moses Linson, were out driving when the horse became unmanageable and threw the occupants of the buggy over a steep embankment. Mr. Linson was uninjured. It developed that mischievous boys had put burrs beneath the harness on the horse, causing it to run away. William Heck, a coal miner, went to the house of Levi Bird at Terre Haute and while sitting in a chair was struck from behind and injured so badly that he died. At first it was said that James Bird, a 22-year-old son who is thought to be demented, had struck the blow, but Levi Bird and the mother, a sister and Mrs. Hansen, a stepsister, who were present, have been arrested. The son escaped. The story the coroner is investigating is that Heck was lured into the house to be assassinated because he was a "blackley" miner. Northwestern defeated Purdue university on Stuart field at Lafayette Thanksgiving day in a close and exciting contest by a score of 10 to 5. Purdue scored its first touchdown after

j eighteen minutes' play by working the j visiting eleven down the field by steady j line plunges and around the end plays ; until Davidson was sent over North1 western's roal line. Miller failed in the effort for a punt out for a goal kick. Purdue should have; scored another touchdown near the close of the half, but lost the ball on Northwestern's five-yard line, being penalized for holding in the lino. In the first half Purdue outplayed the visitors in both offensive and defensive tactics. In the second half Northwestern piayed fast ball, scoring its first touchdown in fifteen minutes on tandem plays, sending Flacger over the line. Johnson failed to kick goal. The team scored its secodn and final touchdown by tandem plays near the close of the half by sending Dietz over the goal line, Johnson missing an easy kick for goal. The game ended with the ball in Northwestern's possession on Purdue's forty-yard line. Mrs. Eliza Fowler of Lafayette, widow of the late Morse Fowler, has given Purdue university $60,000 for an assembly hall. The gift was accepted and there wüs a demonstration in the chapel, followed by a parade of 1,200 students to the Fowler home. Miss Daisy MtGianis, who was on the ill-fated Wabash train, No. 4, which was wrecked at Seneca, was fatally injured, according to a dispatch received from Peru, to which place she was taken for medical attendance. Miss McGinnis is a public school teacher in Butler and has lived there since her birth, being the daughter of one of the pioneer settlers there. An electric car loaded with twentyfive glass-workers at Anderson collided with a coal car while returning to the city from the factory. All of the workmen were more or less injured and three will probably die. A vicious horse seized the cap from the head of a 6-year-old boy, Homer McKee at Fort Wayne, and when the boy ran to recover the cap the animal t.truck him down with his hoofs, killing him instantly. Private Albert Francis of the Fourth cavalry was killed at Fort LeavenWorth by his horse falliug on him. His homo is in Indianapolis. He was 20 years old. Sylvester Beach of Petersburg has made an assignment. Assets, $10,000; liabilities, $15.000. Edward Neinle of Evansville, a young man of family, has been fined $25 and costs as a "Peeping Tom." Louis Ebel of South Bend is reported as meeting with wonderful success as a pianist at Leipsic, Germany. The City Council of Noblesville has refused to grant a fifty-year franchise to tho Union Traction Company, considering the contract with the Central Traction Compatiy the better of the two. W. II. Watkins, president of the old Indianapolis ball club, said that Indianapolis will be a member of tho new American association. Mrs. Ella Willis of Crawfordsville received a dressed turkey from her sister, Mrs. Mary Culver of St. Louis. The turkey arrived by express and was stuffed with a certified check for $10,000, a Thanksgiving present to Mrs. Willis. Mrs. Culver is very wealthy. Sho presented the Union hospital of Crawfordsville with $10,000 a few days ago. She is the widow of the founder of Culver university.

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r t " i. FALSE REPORTS ABOUT QUEEN. Queen Draga of Servia, who was falsely reported to have been shot at or slain by an assassin, has been the center of much strife and the cause of much popnlar dissatisfaction since her marriage on August 5, 1900, with young King Alexander. She is ten years older than her royal husband and was formerly a lady in waiting to Queen Natalie, Alexander's mother, who has been plotting the downfall of this woman that has replaced her cn 1.1! .Vwr" " .4 ' Cv -ro-y-z' j 1 f ,V . IT J.S,S--.Xu 1 ywwn QUEEN DRAGA OF SERVIA. the Servian throne. Draga is a Russian colonel's daughter and is 30 years old. SELF-DISCIPLINE. The method of maintaining discipline in the state prison at Folsom, Cal., is declared to bo very successful. There are no dungeons or dark cells, and none of tho old modes of punishment are recognized in this institution. "When a new prisoner is received he is informed that they have three different bills of fare in the prison, and that it is optional with each man as to how well he lives. If he is industrious, orderly, well-behaved and in all things conforms strictly to the rules of the prison, he is served with excellent food, nicely cooked. He can have chops, steaks, eggs, tea and coffee, milk and white bread. If he is only fairly well-behaved and does not do his allotted task properly, is inclined to growl and grumble at the regulations of the Institution, he is given ordinary prison fare, mush and molasses, soup and corn bread; and if he is ugly and insubordinate he is permitted to feast on unlimited quantities of cold water and a rather small allowance of bread. There is said to be an intense rivalry among the convicts to enter the first class, and once there it is very seldom that one of them has to be sent back to a lower class. Detroit Free Press. BOER FRIEND'S ELECTION. The victory of Col. Arthur Lynch in the parliamentary contest in Gal way, Ireland, where ho was opposed by Horace Plunkett, unionist, alarms conservative circles of England. The prospect of a colonel in the Boer army asserting his rights to a seat in parliament, his probable arrest when he sets foot on the soil of Great Britain is far from pleasing. He is colonel of the second Irish brigade In the Boer army. He is an Australian by birth, an author and journalist, and once before ran for parliament in Ireland, COLONEL ARTHUR LYNCIT. where he has had his residence for some years. An Institutional Cliareh. The new St. Paul's Mcuiodist Episcopal church of Lincoln, Neb., is likely to be turned into an institutional church, and as such will be open every day of the week. Dr. F. L. Wharton, tho pastor, has long advocated such a movement, and the completion of the new building will give him the opportunity to put his ideas into effect, and ho has tho sympathy and hearty cooperation 01 his membership in tho plan. ltnya a 'Sew York Taper. A report was circulated in New York the other day, that Frank A. Munsey has bought a controlling interest in the New York Daily News. It is said that the contract for the sale was signed and that the stock will be transferred to Mr. Munsey as soon as it is verified by experts. The price paid Is said to bo $270,000. Mr. Munsey bought the Washington Times about a week ago. Leg Amputated nt Age of 95 Ira Campbell, nearly D5 years old, a resident of Glen Ridge, N. J., has just had his leg amputated, going through the operation with composure and refusing to tako anesthetics. His foot was injured some time ago and danger of blood-poisoning made amputation necessary. Ciirl Student as Debitor. Miss Frances Keay, a girl student of tho University of Pennsylvania, has been chosen to compete in tho final trials for the varsity team which will meet Columbia university in tho annual debate.

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AS THE WORLD REVOLVES MAYOR OF OTTAWA OUSTED. No incident for many years lias created such excitement throughout tho Dominion of Canada as the disqualification freira cfüce fcr two years of W. D. McriK mayor of Ottawa, for tho comparatively trivial o:T ::. j ;! purchasing a glass of liquor after the 'e;al hour of ios!ng. The law was considered a u nd letter and is openly violated by all ranks and conditions j of society. There have been many I feUl:-- iiefwren ihn ihva.. ii,l P'-i'rf nf Police W. i PowHl ov.-r police aprioimr.i'Tits. which r suite 1 in an invest if'a iov. by the police, commissioners. Whil" t-ie iav .-tigation was in proare s it r.: th.;t th Mayor a"kcd the chief why ; i; l v.')l carry oat the law. vl.rr u; cn Mr. 'rtv; 1! retorted: '"Bow can I any o it the law when ;u are hr. akin- it cvrry day?" In reply tho mayor c:i!b ;l the. eh'ef a liar. As r y-t,-;.' the c Iii f cairMd the mayor's ar:-t fcr transres.-ing the dead lettM b:w. Section 71 cf tho Obtain lice. so pj-x says: "if a member of any municipal council is convicted of having knowingly committed any on '.n so under this act, he shall, in addition to any other pcna'iy to whieh ho nay be liablo undo:- this a t, thcichy forfeit and vacate his i-'-:t and shall bo ineligible to or to sit or vote in any municipal council for two years thereafter; and if such person, after the forfeiture aforesaid, sits or votes at any municipal council he shall incur a penalty of $!0 for every day he so sits or votes." Public sympathy goes so far that it is likely a numerously signed petition will be sent to the lieutenant governor of Ontario, in council, asking for a free pardon for the mayor. Should this come bofor; the last Monday in November Mr. Morris would bo eligible to run for the mayoralty in mm ( r' 't-eVA-JS 7 W. D. MORRIS. January, but it is extremely doubtful whether the disqualification will lifted in time. bo LAUCHTER A DUTY. Laughter is a duty, and not a very difficult duty, cither, to young people. It is not hard for young people to laugh. They should be encouraged to cultivate laughter as a Christian grace, never losing the art or allowing it to fall into disuse. Let the children laugh at table, even giggle if they wish to, rather than be solemn and serious. People should seek always to be cheerful. To do what is right, obeying one's conscience, fills a heart with gladness and song, and laughter naturally follows. There is a mission for humor. The woman who can make others laugh may be a great blessing to her fellow women. There are times in one's experience when a bit of fun is better, more a means of grace, than a serious sermon would be. There are times when the best help we can give to a friend is to make her laugh. The wise man says: "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." A nearly laugh would cure many a sickly feeling, drive away the blues and change the whole aspect of life Pensylvania Grit. PROHIBITION WINS IN CANADA. The legal light which liquor men have fought for the past three years against Manitoba's prohibition laws has ended in a victory for prohibition. Three years ago the Manitoba legislature passed a prohibitory law which forbade the sale or gift of liquor from one party to another. The liquor men held that this was ultra vires, as such laws should only be passed by the dominion parliament. Pending the legal fight all temperance legislatieui has been at a standstill. The dominant party in every province and territory except Quebec and British Columbia is pledged to prohibition it tho Manitoba acts were sustained. Tho other day the unanimous decision of the privy council as cabled from London is that a province has absolute control in prohibiting tiie use of intoxicating liquors. APPOINTS AN ABLE OFFICER. President Roosevelt has appointed Capt. William Crozier chief of the bureau of ordnanco with the rank of brig adier general to succeed A. K. Bufflngton, who has been retired for age. General Crozier will be the youngest man In command of an i m p o r taut bureau In the government's mili tary or naval service. His selection, is due exclusively to merit and to Secretary Root's desire to surround himrclf with active, capable young men who are not wedded to traditions of the past and who are susceptible of accepting progressive ideas. Coal is cheaper in China than anywhere else la the world.

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