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The Wajre-Earner' Prosperity. TLe United States bureau oX labor Las recently issued a report on wag3 and Lours of labor tbat reveals In a comprehensive manner the great prosperity of the American wajre-earner. The figures show that the workin.;mau of to-day Is laboring shorter hours and Is receiving more pay than ev?r before, and that, in addition to the reduced time and Increased wages, ls fuouey has a greater purchasing power for commodities than at any previous time. It is also shown that there never was a time in the hUcory of the United States when so many persons were regularly employed. The report covers a period of sixteen years between 1S0O and 1905. J- fairly good idea of the improvement shown . in conditions may be gathered from a comparison of the years 1894 at'd 1905.

Iietween these vears the average wage an he.ur Increased 21.5 per cent, wni.e - - - - - - - - m the average hours worked a week decreased 3.9 per cent. In 1905 the average wage-earner, even though working shorter .Lour?, earned 12.9 per cent more money than iu 1S90. Meanwhile the average price of food. calculated according to the average consumption In 2.5G7 families, Increased 22.7 per cent abcve anu v.a ?r cent above 1S90. Notwithstanding tnis . Increase In price, the bureau of labor's report shows that the average wage an Lour was capable of purchaslus 7.7 per cent more food In lWo man in 1S94 and 8.1 per cent more than In - liSX). The number of laoorers increaseu ... . ii 40.9 per cent during the sixteen years covered by the repo,rt. Inus tue in- I crease In wages and in the number cj persons employed was sulficient to increase the total amount paid In wages a week 59.1 per cent between iöju ana 1905. TLe bureau's report Is hardly com- . . i plete enough, however, to Indicate tne full measure of prosperity now being k-njoyed by the workingmon of this country. No data are given as to the total cost of IlTing during the period under review. It may be assumed with safety, nevertheless, that the Increase In the cost of food has Leon practically offset bv the decrease In the cost of clothing, furniture, and other commodl ties. The price of agricultural prod ucts have increased, thus raising the a w lnhor.sflvinjr devices and the economies effected through , trtd thrmnrh ., thorouehlv organized businesssystem have brought about a substantial decrease In the cost of other necessaries. Bat the bureau of labor's report Is lim tont!- roinnlpt to make nlain the fact that never In the history cf the j i - - I T-!f-i KtntAa h.Wthe ceneral condition of the worklngman been better than at nresent-Chlcago Inter-Ocean. -I Fubiic ownership Trouble. , No less a calamity than secession Is threatened in the commonwealth of instral'a as an Incidental result 01 the government ownership of railroads. Six years ago the various 'Australian states, whose combined population of 4.000,000 Is but little larger than that of the State of Missouri, entered into a federation and placed themselves un der oue general parliament and finan cial' management. In aU the Austra liuu states the railroads are owned by the government, and most of the federatiou debt of $l,-00,ouo,uuu is aue I to railroad construction, ine least ue-1 Teloped of the states is Western Australia. wnich nas me great art oi 070,920 square miles, -witn a popula tion of only 184,124. Western Australia'a chief industry U gold mining, its annual gold yield amounting to $43,OOG.uOO. Its share of the present railroad debt of the cemmon wealth Is $49,U00.000. but it clamors for a through transcontinental railroad to open up its vast stretches of parched plains. I The other states of the federation 'are unwilling to add hundreds of millions to the present enormous railroad debt, J A few days ago. after the failure of their vast new railroad project, in the federation parliament, the legislature of Western Australia adopted a resolutlou for the withdrawal of that state from the union. Thus the question of secession has become acute. six years after the federation was formed, and the public ownership of railroads Is I the cause of the crisis. Each of the I states consented to the federation and the union was approved by the ieneral parliament. The constitution formed says nothing about any method by which the compact may be broken. So the secession crUi at hand is involved in mvsterv as to what action Is Iikelv to be taken. Railroad freight rates are much higher In Australia than In the United State, and the government barely makes both ends meet In exclu sively operating its great railroad system and fixing rates. This Is an Instructive example, and dec- y not encouraging to those who ar mucking the government ownership of railroads. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Different Wnys of Putting- It. Declining to send his dollar to the Congressional campaign fund, the editor of the "Eagle," of Concordia, Kan., thus explained his unwillingness to contribute: . "We have recently completed building a house at a cost of something ov?r $1.000. "and for every foot vf lumber, every pane of glass, every sack of ement, every pound of nails and, in '.act. for nearly every bit of material chat went Into It, we made a good, liieal contribution, through the trusts that control them, and we guess we have done our share." Whereupon the Chicago "Jnt?r-Oc-ean" suggests another form of reply, as follows: "We have recently comp'etrd a house that cost over $4,000. If anybody had told us in the days of populism and fre s.lver that we would ever have that much money at one time or that we n!d ever pay for a $4,000 house cn the Installment plan, -we should have thought the person crazy." We thin'c the "Inter-Ocean" missed the main point It was neither populism nor free silver that prevented the Ccordla man from building his $4,000 house ten or twelve years ago, and It Is not the banishment of those crazy notions from American politics that has enabled him to build a comfortable home. The restoration of protection prosperity has given him his $4,000 home, and Ln building it be has paid no more than everybody else has paid fa? the same materials. High prices arid

TT VST 1 m I TTT'I ITTYT 1 1 i - . 1. 1. it ill i 8 G OMMENT 1 "1 -I'll LU1 -t-i l i 1 it l&aJ high prosperity always go together. The main thing Is to be able to pay the prices. American 'Economist. Hearst' Type of Campaign. A New York correspondent gives a graphic aeount of a typial Hearst meeting. Ked fire, rockets and music are well calculated to attract a motley throng. The claquers are scatter ed through the crowd and play their parts admirably, starting the cheers whenever Hearst's name Is mentioned or whenever reference is made to his labors in behalf of the people, and leading In Jeers whenever the orators sreak of Hearst's enemies. None of the speakers employ argu ment. It is either fulsome praise of the candidate or invective against his detractors. Demagoguery iiere finds Its most complete exploitation. "Ah, sonnv. savs one of the Hearst orators T4nintini? tils finirer to a waif of the street, "you can't vote, but when Mr. m-'v - zr Hearst is Governor you will Lave the same rights as the millionaire's on on Fifth avenue." Then the band plays and the crowd breaks into' tumultuous applaise while the speaker, having rpnrhe.i his climax, retires to make way fot another. In du i course of time Hearst rushes , lIs aut0moblIe. He springs out njt takes off his hat as the men , t cheer him. responds to their icn,, and then mounts the platform. n doesn't say much, sometimes not dozen words, but he Is sure to i..!. an nirrani that hits the spot. tb yyho T)reeeded him, he does nnf nretend ta make an argument, but - kg to impress on his auditors that there are two ciasses jn the world the woiflsh trust barons and the common rHeaud he stands as did David of oJJ Goliath, to give battle for tfae common jople. Hearstism Is a menace to the countrr. Where will it end? is the questIoa uov iong wm people chase the saa(i(m - and Imagine they are pursuing tue substance. Toledo Blade. Canada'a Free-Trade Kärrner. The fanners of Canada have yet tc learn the rudimentary facts relating to the policy of protection to domestic labor and Industry. In recent session at Toronto, the farmers Association of Ontario discussed the revision of the Canadian tariff that is to be made next winter. The discussion resulted In tue unanimous adoption of a resolution, declaring "Protectionism to. be a prollfi source of political corruption and mora!degradation of the national life, as well as unjust to the great masses of the Canadian people," and demanding that "the tariff should be revised In a low ered or downward direction witü n view ui viiumiauujs uoi-, my vv . .. II I .1 ...V. 11 !. . tlon principle. "Clear-cut, plucky talk," the Buffalo "Courier" calls this. That Is what it ..1.1 1 . - .. II .1 lip lln-,111 irhn :1 tremendously onnressed with a sense of tbe jmmoramy 0f protection. Foolish t should call iL : The American farmer sees nothing immoral in gettint big prices for the foodstuffs and raw materials which he sells to nearby waue-earners and busy factories. Thj nnn-tllan farmer, blind to these advantages, and forced to sell his prod ucts three thousand miles away, would abolish projection and stamp out Can adian Industry. Some day he will learn his mistake., lie will discover tnat uls best customers are home wageearners anj home feeders, who con f fam nr0(iUcts fully double ihn amount Jjer capita that foreign wageearnerg are able to take and pay for. uut Half True. "One of the worst features of a tar iff levied not for revenue, but for the avowed purpose of protection. Is that it fosters the Idea that men should use their votes to advance their own nnan dal interest." That was a declara tlon made by Mr. Bryan in his recent Madison Sauare steeeh. It is but half true. Protection fosters the Idea that men honld use their votes to advance the financial Interests of their whole country. There is a Massachusetts faction and an Iowa faction, and here and there a leader and a following. that teach this Individual and locality view of protection. And they thlnJ: they are reformers. But the Itepubllcan protectionists ot the United states know that this country has profited through that policy as no other country on earth has ever profited And for that reason they urge men to use their votes in protection's behalf. Adrian (Mich.) Times. Tariff Xot Responsible. If J'ou are obliged to pay more for rour shoe9 than foxmerlj, do not let the free-trader make you believe that the. protectl we tarlff U responsible for the raise. According to the Shoe and Leather Reporter, It Is the Increasing demand of the automobile manufactur er that must be held responsible. It remarks that "the extensive use made of leather for purposes other than footwear was rrot anticipated a few year ago, nor do we believe that the new uses are realized by many ln the shoe trade who anxiously await a return to former values." To this testimony may be added that of the price lists ln freetrade England, which show that hides and finished leather have advanced fully as much as in this country. San Franeico Chronicle. In Belgium all cows over three months old are to be seen wearing earrings. Breeders are obliged to keep a record of all cattle raised by them, and each animal has a registered trade num ber, which Is engraved on the ring fastened to its ear. New York City corvimes nea.ly seven times as much electricity r.s London, in proportion to tLe papulation. Although London has nearly twice as many inhabitants, the American city iv-vs sbuut four times as many units of electricity. At Swedish weddings, among tlu middle and lower classes, the brid groom carries a whip. This Is an emblem of ills authority in the domestic circle. Twenty-nine per cent of the mem bers of tbe Senate and 13 per cent ol tbe House fought on one side or the other ln the civil war. Cremation Is Illegal in Prussia, ahd recently the Diet rejected a bill seeking ti legalize It It Is estimated that 5,000,000 women are earning wages ln the British Isles.

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petitive business, in which one man can engage as well as another, provided he has the necessary Capital. Evidence brought out In recent hearings before the Interstate Coinmerct Commission indicates that this supposition is contrary to the facts of the situa

tion. One dealer told how he had been driven out of business by railroad discrimination in favor of a rival concern. Perhaps the most significant testimony, however, was that of W. S. Warren, former president of the Chicago Board of Trade. Mr. Warren told the commission that ten years ago from 150 to 200 grain merchants were regularly doing business on the board, whereas now tbere are but twenty-three. When asked to what he attributed the change, Mr. Warren replied, "To the fact that many men have been driven out of business by discriminations which the railroads have practiced in favor of certain large elevator companies." It Is obvious that the law Increasing the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the punose of enabling it to put an end to ust such abuses was passed none too soon. It should be equaly apparent that the successful enforcement of that law and the actual termination of such gross outrages as are described to the commission by reputable witnesses can alone prevent the adoption of more radical measures aimed at unfair railroads and their associate conspirators. Chicago News.

BANK PLUNDERING. HE man who will deliberately abuse the trust reposed in him to the extent of dissi- . pating the hard earned savings of trusting people. Is a dlflicult character to analyze. He must be utterly devoid of moral sense, Iossess a conscience so calloused that It cannot distinguish between right and wrong, be

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selfish to a degree hardly to be appreciated, or have peculiar Ideas In other directions hard to define. There Is something radically wrong with him, and pity it is that the fact is not discovered before his wrong doing is found out The looting of the Milwaukee avenue bank of Chicago supplies an illustration of one or more of such characters or of all of them combined. The more the affairs of that bank are Investigated, the more apparent does it become that Its officers and directors were nothing piore than a private combination of gamblers who used the money of depositors for real estate speculation, market flyers, and horse race bettln. Its papers contain fake notes, forgeries, records of plain stealing such as never before have been found In the vaults of a defunct Institution. These papers show that the game was played with shrewdness, indeed, so shrewdly as to deceive the bank examiners. Yet theft could have been detected and should have been detected If the bank examiners were qualified for the performance of their duties. Bank plundering occurs more on this account than on any other. It has been said that it Is no use to lock the barn after

CORNISH COURAGE. The man' who handles sails must think for himself and act for himself. When the fisherman starts for his fishing grounds, or the pilot turns homeward again; there Is no coach road along which he can drive a straight course. lie must be tlde-dodglng and sail-trimming, finding his own way across shoals and currents. In "Mast and Sail" the author, gives an example of Cornish courage. There was the skipper, Roger Senaet,' and there was a crew of six men and the boy. Oue of the men was 111, and "Uncle Dick" went lu his place. Uncle Dick, by reason of his being sick with malaria, was wearing all that a deep-sea" fishermau wears in winter, Including vast s&a boots and a complete ?t of oilskins. It was thirty miles off the Lizard lights when everything was ready In the St. Michael to shoct tbe nets for the night It ,was running down-wind with small mlzzen and foresail, aud the big westerly seas rolled up astern, backed by the fierce breeze, which, with a falling glass, threatened a stormy night. , As It was cautiously jibed, preparatory to bringing it to. to lower sail, the boy, against ordevs. got down to lee ward, and when the foresail sheet gathered itself up and with the crack of a pistol went rigid af a bar of steel, It caught the astonished boy beneath the armpits, hoisted nini Into the air, and shot him twenty yards away into the glooming seas. Uncle Dick stood on the weather quarter and saw, and as he stood. plunged over tbe stern after the boy. The cry of "Man overboard!" does aot avail to bring a vessel Into the wind when running at teu knot3 before an Atlantic blow. With helm hard down and all bands hardening In the sheets. It will be. four hundred yards to leeward In the time that you can say it. So the sweeps and all available floating stuff sent overboard after the men were almost lost to sight by the time the St Michael had brought Itself up to meet the seas. Another hand had thrown off his clothes, and with the end of a small line In his teeth, sprang overboard. While the boy soon bad to act as rescuer to the old man, spent by sickness ind encumbered with his vast weight of clothing, the new arrival collected all he could of the floating stuff and fought his way to his fast,-drownlng shipmates, "Cheer up. Uncle Dick ! Hold on, un cle!" the boy kept saying. "Here she comes! I see Roger's face quite plain. I do. At last all were alongside, and the exhausted men were taken on board. LIFE IN THE KLONDIKE. Vage Are IIIb. bot Prlcc Ar In Proportion. In' Dawson City and other places In the Klondike 25 cents is the smallest piece of money ln circulation, and there are children who never saw anything smaller, says a writer in Leslie's. Weekly. A man wlio had not" been out of Dawson for five years exhibited a dime which he was keeping as a curiosity. Wag s are high, but the necessaries af life an correspondingly expensive, so after all It Is only the handling of larger sums of money. Canned goods, are universally used, and as spoken of by the housekeeper as "tinned goods." Evaporated potatoes are eaten until midsummer, when the Yukon boats brng In a fresh supply, and even these sell at 15 cents a pound. Crystallized eggs are used fox cooking purposes and fresh (?) ones are cheap In midsummer at $1 a dozen. Three egg to order In a restaurant will cost the diner from 75 cents to $1, and In winter perhaps $1.50. Fowls do not thrive and chicken rarely appears on the menu card. Caribou steak is common and

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the horse Las been stolen. This may be true In some Instances, but looking the barn to prevent bank plundering Is simply securing men as bank examiners who cannot be deceived and hoodwinked by rascally officers and directors. The barn can be locked in this case. Wllliamsport (Ta.) Grit. . ,

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the signs of the times. ' - The world Is getting better Instead of worse. The very fact that the guilty are being detected and brought to Justice and the grafters and unlawful trusts forced to disgorge Is evidence of this. The widespread interest in municipal reform and the importance attached by the whole country to the overthrow of vice In our cities is substantial testimony that conditions In every way, so far asimblic morals are concerned, are Improving. The ruthless suppression of the social evil and efforts everywhere to compel adherence to the law on the part of saloon-keepers marks a great advance over conditions as they existed twenty-five years ago. So great Is the public Interest In efforts of this kind that the fact that the enforced closing of saloons In Kansas City on Sunday, the purification of a portion of Tittsburg from the demondlz: Ing Influences of places of evil resort, and similar reforms in other cities is made the subject of more or less elaborate dispatches. A dozen years ago these things would have been considered purely local Issues ; to-day so sensitive Is the public conscience to this whole question of moral reform and civic regeneration that the greatest news service in the country regards them as of sufficient importance to telegraph them broadcast. The world Is growing decidedly better. Philadelphia Press. . : THE COST OF CUBA.

of Cuba. For this the Cubans have shown little gratitude. While they have here the best of markets for the larger part of what they produce, they have not reciprocated In trade. Other countries hare been favored nearly or quite as much as the United States in supplying the wants of the Cubans. European merchants and manufacturers have a larger trade with the Island now than before It became Independent It Is true that American exports to Cuba have increased In the last two or three years, but In no such degree as have the Imports fi-om Cuba. A vast amount of American capital has been Invested In developing American Industries there, but It has been of no very great benefit thus far to our trade. Chicago Journal.

may be had for $1. A . light lunch, consisting of a piece of pie and a small I glass of milk, costs the business man 50 cents. Cans of condensed milk are found on all resteurant tr.bles. A small hole Is punched In the top and from this milk Is poured into the coffee or tea. Table a note meals are served for $1, "easily within the reach of all." While almost everything eaten at this meal Is of the "tinned" variety, the food Is very palatable. The'dlnner tensists of soup, fish, a roast of some sort, potatoes (usually the evaporated kind;, a vegetable, pie or pudding, and tea or coffee. Dawson boasts of several hot-1 ho.uses, and during the early summer for 50 cents extra a few leaves of lettuce or half a dozen frail-looking spring onio)s will be "dded. The fish are deifious. nnd people, often refuse the roast and take a large portion of fish instead. Clothing Is likewise expensive, and a tailor-made gown Is a luxury, and one which sells anywhere ln the States for $40 will bring $SU in uawson. ine cause of this Is not the rapacity of the merchant, but the cost of transporta tion. There Is no place ln the world which has a wider range of temperature than Dawson. In winter the mercury drops to 0 and 70 degrees below zero, and the ordinary ehennometer' goes out of, business and a spirit instrument U used to register the degrees of cold. 'In midsummer It sometimes becomes so warm that .the sluice boxes at the mines are worked at night, which Is alwuys cool. Instead of during the day. This cm easily be done, as throughout the summer the sun comes, up before 3 In the morning and goes out of sight after 10 ln the evening. The red glow remains all night and one may read a newspaper by a window at midnight. The "Cheeehaco" (the Indlap word for newcomer, and the . popular term for tenderfoot) finds It dlflicult to go to sleep on account of the light. This Is reversed In winter, and during -December and January there are only three hours of daylight each day. TEACHERS IN FAR WEST. Men Crowded Oat of the Profession Plaint of a Western Pilgrim. A man from a far Western State drifted Into the offices of the Board of Education in New York City and made inquiries about the number of meu and women teachers employed In the public schools. "I am glad," he said, after he had received the information, "that there yet remain some male teachers, "Why does that sumrise you?" he was asked. "It Is so different luthe far western States.' he answered. "It may astonish you to know that the man school teach er is becoming so scarce west "of the Missouri Rlrer that he Is classified a3 a vauisbine species, the same as ? the bison. ..' "I am not saying that the result Is hurtinc the educational system of the part of the 'continent from which 1 hall. The woman teacher Is doing her work satisfactorily. Her pay with us Is equal to that of tty' man teacher whenever he is found. But you have to travel miles In some sections before you find a teacher who used to wield th? rod in the good old way. "I was talking with the principal of a normal school lu Colorado before I left, and ho told m.- that the man who takes a course for the purpose of teaching Is now the exception. I asked him how he accounted for It "He traced, the beginning of the disappearance back to the Civil War. The old teachers laid aside the chalk and the. rod and enlisted, never came back. Many of them "When they went away to fight the children had to be educated. At first this system of education was of the home made sort The mothers taught the girls; the boys. at home had to do the wort Thus the girls became teach

THE IMPROVING WORLD. HOSE pessimistic individuals who discern in the reiterated accounts of the arrest of the boodlers, the arraignment of trusts and the

prevalence of crime In high places an occa- . sion for declaiming upon the Increasing degeneracy of the nge, not only raise a false . note, but they fail utterly to Interpret aright

T cot the United States heavily in men and money to wrest Cuba from Spain. More millions wre expended in preparing the Island for Independence and giving its people a lessen In how to govern themselves. History does not afford a parallel to the selfsacrificing course of this country In behalf

ers, and the;' took the places of the school teachers who had gone to the front. "You folks In the East did not notice It, for your population Is so mucb greater than ours. You had men who stayed at home. Many who came Into your State or city from elsewhere remalued here. The opportunities to teach were more numerous with you than with us, . . "The meii who went West from eastern States went to make their fortunes in mining or in other pursuits. The women kept pushing their way Into the school houses. jhe teachers who returned from the war found their places ln the school houses taken by women. Even If It had been otherwise the returning soldiers who had previously taught were either broken down physically or they had to engage ln work which brought better and quicker returns. 'You see. men were still scarce In the West at that time. They were needIn tne stores, the factories and the mmes 0ne Western State .that I have In mind sent 75,000 men to the front for the Union. You people here have no conception of what that meant to a State that was, by comparison, sparsely populated "Some of the far Western States have never yet recovered from that drain Immigration 'tas done a great deal to make up for It In many ways, but not in the educational way. "And so It has come about that the women have become the teachers, nnd they have Increased until they are now as twenty to one of the opposite sex In twenty-five years there wont be a male teacher In the public schools of the far West." New York Sun USEFUL URALITE. Ia Incombustible and Can De Worked With Like Wood. IIave you ever beard of uralite? Prob ably not, for It Is a new Invention. Yet It Is well worthy of your uotice, since It Is superior to anything of the kind that hes ye t been produced. It is the Invention of a Russian artillery officer and chemist, named Imscheuetzky, and its claim to distinction lies In the fact that it Is absolutely fireproof. Uralite Is composed of asbestos fiber, with a proper proportion of silicate, bi carbonate. of soda and chalk, and It Is supplied In various finishes and colors, according to the purpose for which It is intended. In a soft form a sheet of uralite is like asbestos board; when hard, It resembles finely sawn stone and. has a metallic ring. Besides being a non-conductor of heat and electricity, it Is practically water proof (and may be made entirely so by paint), and is not affected either by atmospheric Influences or by the acids contained lu smoke In large towns, which rapidly destroy galvanized Iron. Moreover, it can be cut by the usual carpenters' or woodworkers' tools ; Itcan be veneered to form panelling for walls or partitions; It can be painted, grained, iollshed nnd glued together like wood; it dues not split when a nail is driven through it; it is not affected when exposed to moisture or great changes of temperature, and it enn be given any desired color either during the process of manufacture or after ward. DIctIc and Hygiene Magazine. 3Illd but Effective. A very mild North-of-England vicar had for some time been displeased with the quality of the milk served him. At length he determined to remonstrate with his milkman for Ripp'ying uch weak stuff. He began mildly: "I've been waiting to see you in regard to the milk which you are serving me." "Yes, sir," uneasily answered the m tradesman. "I only want to say," contluued the minister, "that I use the milk for dietary purposes exclusively, and not Cor - christening. ' Cleveland Leader.

THE WORLD'S RICHEST WOMAN.)

Disdaining Princely Suttor, She Marrlea m l'oor Man. Disdaining princely wooers ana dar ing the frown of her Emperor, the world's richest woman was married to poor man. Bertha Krupp is a girl who Is accustomed to have her own way, and when her heart went out to Gustav von Bohlen und Ilaibach she announced that she would marry him though the whole world might object. The young man chosen to share her tremendous power and her almost uncounted millions Is 33 years old. Is sec retary to the Trusslan legation at the Vatican In Rome and possesses not a dollar beyond his insignificant salary. He is a clean-cut young man, however. of good family, and the match is one prompted purely by' love on both sides. Emperor William, who was a great friend of the young woman's father and In a sort of sense her guardian, objected strenuously, but Bertha went to Lim and told LI in she would marry the man of her choice though all the crowned heads In Europe filed objec tions. Then William gave In and accepted an Invitation to be present at the wedding, which took place In the great gun room of the Krupp works at Essen. $ No one knows exactly what Bertha Krupp Is worth. Her fortune Is estimated all the way from $75,000,000 to $225,000,000, and Is probably nearer the latter figure than the former. She Is the principal owner of the great Krupp works, where 05,000 men are employed in the foundries; she owns a fleet of steamers carrying coal and Iron between Hamburg and Spain; she 3- X MBS. BEST IIA KBUPP-IIAUJACIJ. has mines by the. score ln Germany and a number of quarries and shlp yards at Kiel. She Is not yet 21 years of age, but exerts more commercial Influence and possesses a greater Industrial power than any, other woman ln the world. She is a pretty girl with a dark, rich complexion; dresses plainly and 13 a superb horsewoman. She Is In close touch with the gigantic Industries under her control and knows personallv thousands of her begrimed employed Her delight is visiting their families, looking after their needs In sickness and sharing their Joys In their health and prosperity. After the wedding the bride an nounced that she and her husband would give $250.000 toward the workmen's invalid fund. Her mother satd she would glvo another $250,000 and would also donate 125 acres of land on which to build model economical cottages for the workmen. - - The great Krupp fortune, to which she fell the principal and directing heir, is one of the most gigahtlc In the world. Tbe history of the Essen factory dates back to 1S10, when . Peter Frcdcrlch Krupp began his experiments ln steel-making and was ruined therebv. Ills son, Alfred Krupp, left an orphan at 14. was the real founder oi the house. He took up the experiments where his father had left them, and from the manufacture of unwelded tires for wagon wheels drifted Into Mm mnklnf? of zuns. When the Prince Regent of Frussla, afterward Emperor William I. of Germany, gave Krupp an - - ' order for 300 guns, he made the future of the works secure. Since that time more than 40,000 gigantic weapons have been supplied to no 'less than thirty-five nations and States. To-day the Krupp field gun Is the basis of the moblle artillery of Germany, AustriaHungary. Italy, Russia and Turkey. For three "generations the Krupp works had descended from father to son, but there was no son to succeed Baron Frederick Krupp. But Bertha had been her father's chum and confi dante and she knew almost as much about the works as he did. Therefore be named her as Us successor, and she has proved well equipped for the task. 111 Own. Son. Richard Seddon, then premier of New Zealand, was very active ln urging the colony to send troops to aid the mother country in South Africa during the Boer war, says the New York Tribune. On one occasion he was taunted by an opposition member with readiness, to I sacrifice the lives of the colony s manhood. I "You are ready euough to send our sons and brothers to be shot at. but " began the opponent. "Sir," Interrupted the premler, "I have this morning signed a commission for my own son and I have dared him to come back without a wound." nis critic was effectually , silenced.' What Caused the Explosion. A sweet little girl, the pride of the family, rushed into the bedroom ona afternoon where her mamma was Indulging In the afternoon nap and ex claimed: "Oh, mamma, there Is a man In the kitchen hugging the hired girL Seeing the look of surprise on her mamma's face she clapped her bands and cried : "April fool ! It's only papa I" Oakley (Kan.) Graphic. Unbnstnea Like. Isaacs (recovering from operation) Yes, he vas a greadt surgeon all righdt; but it seems to me he takes desberatt? chances. , H Colicn In vat way? Isaacs Vhy, he vent righdt to vprk v.i me viuc.iu eiru him us nine io iook 4. A . . 1 - I T . . . - A. - I my standing in Pradstreet's. Puek. The Single Test. "Why should a bachelor make the best nubile candidate?" "I suppose because he Is so singleminded In nil his principles." Baltimore American. - What has become of the old-fashioned boy who used to hunt the neighbor's geese to get goose quills wlta which to make potato shooters? There Is a Io of trouble in store for the woman who has so little to do that she finds time to prove to herself that her husband's love Is Growing Cold. I brakemau to-day referred to a rrass widow as "that woman with a flat wheel."

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V V Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER Matinee of Lace and Ilibbon. It may be the very frivolity of such inconsequent littlogarments as this matinee that appeals to a woman, but the fact remains that they are very dear to the feminine heart, and a woman enjoys fussing over such a dainty piece ;)f work almost as much as wearing it after It PATTEBX NO. 1543. is completed. Flowered loulslne ribbon and Valenciennes lace and insertion are used In this model, but plain material may be substituted for the ribbon, if preferred! Fine batiste, delicate lawn, or figured muslins will make charming matiuees after this design, and these will have the advantage of being easily laundered and so kept always fresh and sweet. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all ordsrs to the Pattern Depart ment of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the foüowlng coupon: r Order Coupon, No. 1545. SIZE NAME ADDRESS Top Coat for Yonnar Girl. This loose, boyish coat is a style tbat can be counted on as being correct for a , long time to come. The seam down the center gives a little shape to the back, but the general effect Is that of a sacque coat Mixed woolens grays, browns aud blues ln tweeds, coverts'. cheviots, and homespuns, are chiefly used for these, though the plain serges and broadcloths are also seen. The PATTTEN NO. 1552. main essentials of such a coat are smooth shoulders and good fitting coljar and wItü a pattern these are easily attained. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Depart ment of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. No. 1552. . SIZE NAME ADDRESS All Over the World. Copper coins are bronze, not copper. Dulgarla's chief exports are wheat wine aud attar of roses. About 4,000 persons are killed each year In Loudon's streets. Electrically heated gloves and shoes are proposed for motormen. The nightly attendance at London theaters average 54.000 persons. Dick Turpln's pistol was sold at Stevens', In Loudon, recently for 5 5a. Oysters for King Edward are being obtained from the west of Ireland. Successful experiments have been made for obtaining alcohol and sugar from pine and birch sawdust Of the twenty-five men who have teen President of the United States, ten have to-day no descendants. Another step toward civilization by a heathen nation is seen in the taxing of dogs one yen a year In Tokio. The Spanish government has revived the regulation requiring all foreigners resident in or visiting Spain to regis ter their names at their consulates. All over the District of Columbia are scores of types of volcanic action and all show traces of electrical energy. A new device to prevent locomotive wheels from slipping magnetizes the drivers so that they stick to the rails. Probably the owner cf the largest number of dogs In the world Is a Rus nan cattle king, who lias So.OOO shep herd dogs to look after 1,500,000 sheep A policeman in London arrested a mau 70 years old for tinging In the street "Darling, I Am Crowing Old." The magistrate declined to punish him. The smallest army In the world Is that of Monaco ouly one hundred and twenty-six men. The smallest navy Is that of Bulgaria, which consists of one torpedo gunboat and four small steamers about the size of fishing-smacks. Miss Amanda Clement, of Yankton, S. D., Is an efiiclcnt and Judicious baseball umpire. She gets three dollars a game for this service. She Is seventen years old and attractive In face aid form. When a player attempts to dispute one of her decisions she appals him with a stern glance from her I bright blue eyes.

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We refer to that boon to weak, nervous. euflering women known as ur. nerce s Favorite Prescription. Dr. John Fife one or the LOitonai fctan of The Eclectic Medical Review says of Unicorn root (LleUmuis JJuuxi) which is one of the chief ingredients pi mo avorite Prescription " : "A remedy which Invariably cts as a nttrlne invilforalor makes for normal ac tivity of tn entire reproductive system, lie continues " In llelonias we have a medicament which more fully answers the aoore Durroses than any other drug wiUt u ltkh I am ctiliar to women It Is seldom that a case is . seen which does not present home uiuiruuou for this remedial aent." Dr. Fyfe further says: "The following are amen trie leaning Indications forllelonias (C-nieorn root). Fain or acbln In the back, with leucorrhcpa: atonic (weak) conaiiiorraoi tne n-pruuuane oreans of Jörnen. xnentJt depression and Ir ritability, associated wiuj enronic uim- ji the reprodiirtlve cleans of women; constant sensation Jt heat In the rerlon of the kldr eeys; inenprruasria tnooaincj. oue to vraened condition outne reprouueuve sjs.ruü rjerlody.aW&ir.yrom or accompanying an abnofmAi conanion 01 mo uieure umiu and Iäemic (thin blood) habit; drafein sensf jrions in ine extreme tower pan ot me abdomen." .... If more or les of the abov synptorns af' fieeul. h Inv'altfl wi'niqricqn dcT nhn iawa ur. fwrcf is raver if m II i I t r T Fre'r'riMnronfl 6fHü lcaug ' ingrvüicntsol w&lc'U is Unicorn root, or Ilelonlas, and the medical properties of which it most faithfully represents. Of Golden Seal root, another prominent ingredient of "Favorite Prescription," Prof. Finley EUingwood, M. D., of Bennett Medical Colleg?, Chicago, says: It Is an Important remedy In disorders of the womb. In all catarrhal condition and general enfeeblemenU It Is usfuL" Prof. John M. fcendder, M. Ü., late of Cincinnati, says of Golden feeal root : "In relation to its general effect on tbe system, then it no medicine in it alttnd which thereto such ventral unanimity of ovinitm. It is univernaUy regarded as Vie tonic useful In all debilitated states." Prof. R. Barthoicw, M. D.. of Jefferson Medical College, says of Golden Seal : "Valuable In uterine heroorrhare. menorrharia (flooding) and consrestive dysmenorrbo?a (palnfuJ mf nstruationi." Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription faithfully represents all the above named ingredients and cures the diseases for which they are recommended. Impracticable. . "Some of yoar imps seem to Se over worked, remarked the newcomer. I suppose so," saij Pluto: "but you can see for yourself that the double platoon system wouldn't work samfactorilj here. We're not trying to put out fires.' Jllerelr HI Wmy. "When they opened old Snorkie's will they found he had made tbe queer provi-1 ion that his wife should use the name of his Uncle Ilinkley as her own middle . name henceforth." ."That's nothing strange. When he, was alive he was always putting thin; in his wife's name." Low Hualrni' Rates via MrVl Plate Road. Nov. 9th to Nov. 20th. Low round trip rates to parties of three or more to Payne, McConib and Intermediate points. Also to South Whitley. Wllvale and intermediate points. Full In- , formation of Agent or address C. A. Melin, T. P. A., Fort Wayne. Ind. ' I U01S) Remorse la ' Installment. Remorse, says a writer in the New York Tribune, does not always go as far as the offense which gives birth to It There was once a man who was robbed e.f one hundred dollars. A long time afterward he received this letter: "Dear Sir: Five years ago I robbed you of one hundred dollars. 1 am filled with remorse tbat I could have done such a thing. I send you a dollar and a half to ease my conscience. Fishes a Barometers. "In their way," said tbe old fisher man, "fishes are not such bad weather prophets. "If a storm Is approaching the fish stop biting and they won't bite ogla until the storm is well over. They appear to know when a storm Is coming and when it has really passed. "And to fishermen and farmers living along the shore, fish foretell the near approach of cold weather. Hours be fore It comes fishes leave the shallow waters Inshore and seek deeper water, which In its depths will stay warm and keep an equable temperature after the shallower aud surface waters have turned cold. "Oh, yes; fishes know a thing or two about the weather. Washington Post oxiDimiD)) ions. SI4

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The tetfmony of tens of thousands during the past year is that the Canadian West is tbe best West. Year by year the agricultural returns have increased in volume and in value, and ti.l the Canadian Government oners i'jo acres lree to every bona fide settler. . Some of the Advantages The phenomenal increase in railway mileage main lines and branches has put almost evert portion ot the country within easy reach ol churches, schools, markets, cheap luel and every modern convenience. The NINETY MILLION BUSHEL WHEAT CROP' of this year means fcjo.ooo.ooo io the farmers of Western Canada, apart lrou the results of other grains and cuttle. tor advice and information address the Superintendent of ImrairTation. Ottawa, Canada, ot the authorized Canadian Government ngeni, W. D. Scott, Superintendent of Imtnierition. Ottawa, Canada, or W. H. Köpers, .vi Flor Traction-Terminal Building, Indianapolis, Ind., and H. M. Williams, Koom 20. haw Building, Toledo, Ohio, Autlxrized Government Agents. TIMM cay her yon m this adn-rUMmt. I TUE GEST COUGH CURE I $ Cough syrups are all cheap 0 enough, but if you should get a O gallon of cough syrup ihzt docs npt $ S cure for the price of a saaill bottle $ of O 1 Kemp's Balsam the best cough cure, you would O have made a bad bargain for one x small bottle of Kemp s Balsam may stop the worst cough and save a life, whereas the cough "cure" that J does not cure is worse than useless. l Sold by all dealers at 25c and 50c WANTFD larty to furnish Isoo and rwlve lib-nHn,t-u tral interest in valuable natont : commercially equals Typewriter anu similar Inventions; will ncan fortune. C. II. Marriott, West em port, Md. RUBBER STAMPS. All kinds of Rubber Stamps Mad t Order. Seif-Ioklnz Da t ers something new. Ink aod laktac Pad. Scad for CtlM t Lack Best lit. Port Wcjae, la!axa.