Richmond Palladium (Daily), 28 February 1900 — Page 2

DAILY PALLADIUM. WEDNESDAY- FEBRUARY 28 1900.

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CONSUMPTION I iy affdfvgglsh 25 A SOets Riohmond Palladium. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28,1 900 Published seary areata (Wnaday )b, THE PALLADIUM Oa rsKMa or luanurnoii Oam year by msH. ON waaS, sy earrte'Lord Roberts "did sha handsome thing bj Gen. Cronje in sending him to Cape Town in care of Gen. Prettj man. In the senate yesterday Senator Fairbanks introduced a bill to ap propriate $150,000 for public build infra in this oily and In Elkhart. ' One wallow does not make a sum mer and one British victory does not end the South African FAT. Put the Joss of Oronje ana his army is a very serious blow to the . liners. .It will disabuse their minds of the' delusion that the Lord is exclusively on their side, and will suggest to them that in war, other things .being equal, the largest army Is pretty sure to win. People who can not afford to make winter trips to sunny- lands on royal trains are startlingly reminded occasionally that there is, after all a good deal of compensation, in., poverty. Such a reminder is the terrible acci dent that occurred on the Missouri Pacific railroad twelve 'miles out of Kansas City. , On account ;of the blinding snow a rear end collision occurred. The locomotive of one train qraahed" into j the ear parjor car or a-aeiayedr tafouga --train im killed, three -persons a4 injured aeyr era! others. Among,th6r killed was Mrs. J, Q. Scbmidlapp ofCincinnatlHer daughter and mother had their eyesight destroyed, and her husband w - W -i a The Schmldmost prominent peopw oi Lancinna.i HAtjERSTOWN.7 - f John Pieiee is selling farm implements for I. M. Pierce. Mr. Marts has been employed by Frank Coaover i tot eH wrngsies and implements for this year. Henry Presbaujty and Charlie Lonti are no better.. -f -? -. Abe Wissler, three and a half miles southwest, is not extacted" to live. Clyde Morris bought a job press to aojoo wofsv. ur'MV (i; n EdCastatorof New York city is visiting his sister. Mrs. Harre Jav and may spend the summer here for his health. ? Mrs. Carrie Newcomb will build a hotel in the park bought of Working and rieagy for a summer resort." The Democrats held a township convention last Saturday and elected Harry btolti chairman of the town ship: also- elected a ' committee of three for each precinct. Claude Pierce's "pet idog became afflicted with fits ' and had to be killed. Claude .had centered his en tire affections on that dog, so be had Wren Anderson to dig a grave in the yard to bury him. Wren says while he was filling up the grave uauaa stood oy ana criea. ? economy; i,v Elihu Swain has purchased Joe Haxton's property J ..? - , ' i ... v Harry Parsons and family visited at Asnlana over sunaay. , ; Protracted meeting ' began at U B. church Sunday nuzht. - The funeral of Mrs. Caleb Williams of Richmond was held at the M. X church Tuesday. " Lon Massey and family of Rich mond visited relatives here over sun dav. Herbert Greenstreet "entertained a few of his young friends Friday even in. Miss Jennie Albertson spent Sat urday in Kicamona. Ida Hutchens still continues very poorlv. ' . Wilbur Fulton moves to a farm southeast . of Fountain City next Tuesday. Grant Wadman moved into the house vacated br Fulton. Miss Maggie Lamb is very sick witn erysipelas. CENTERVILLE. Kline's Cinematographe company in opera ball, Thursday evening, March 1. Now is your time to see the real thing the Spanish-Ameri-an war on land and sea.. -'.,.-, A series of meetings commenced in the M. E. church Monday evening. The meetings were1 opaned by Rev. Laey of CkmbrWUj City - Monday evening nd by Raw. Neal t)f Richmond Tuesday evening. Rev. Guild of Knightstown Wednesday evening; Rev. Rowand of Lynn Thursday evening. Rev. .A. G. Neal Friday evening. Rev. Hill of Richmond Saturday evening. 'fcverybody U oordially invited to atMnd. Lon Jones has gone into the eta-' ploy of McConaha A Parrot t at the Centerville mills and elevators. - It is reported that John W. Good will become a, citiien of Centerville again. . . . . . , m The revival meetings closed in the Christian church Thursday evening. Six persons were added to the membership of the church. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Wattles asa aaaiber of fnands to a

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tea Friday evening at their home on West Main street. On next Sunday there will be an all-day temperance rally under tbe auspices of all the churches of tbe

town. The speaker will be John II Wilson of Indianapolis, superintend nt of the anti-saloon league. Walter S. Commons returned home from Lincoln, Neb., Monday morn---firs. Louisa Naftzger and son of Charlottesville are visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George U bmitn 5 ' D ALTON. Sunday evening last was the coldMt hern una winter, oeuu? w uearreea below the mark. Nathan Baldwin, axred 89 years, died last Wednesday evening and was buried Friday at Nettle Creek oemeterr. Funeral services by ltev Ira C. Johnson of Lvnn. assisted by Rev. Parker. He lived near where he died nearly seventy years. He was a highly respected citizen and ready at all times to accommodate all who acted honorable with him. One of the old landmarks is gone. Mrs. John T. Farlow went through a very critical surgical operation on last Thursday morning m Dr. last man's surgical operating rooms in Indianapolis, having a tumor re moved from inside the body. She went through the operation success fully and is, from reports, likely to recover. ' - Tbe boiler in the creamery has given war and the milk is being hauled to Hagerstown crearr e-y un til a ew boiler can be procin-ed. J hn Hatfield and tbe pastor of the M. E. church are conducting a revi val service for a few days at tbe M E. church with good and increasing interest. Rev. Hat fie. d is not afraid to talk and preach very pointed and plain and Is a natural leader of bis congregation. May much good be done. Mrs. Sam Lamb has gone to Iowa to visit a dying sister, Mrs. Finsb, who is very low with consumption, and her father, G. W. Johnson, who has been there for several months He is auite poorly. Well, where was there any muddle In the nomination for township trustee when one candidate got 61 votes more than the other? N. F. Weaver was the successful man with that majority. ". Lea Harter moved to U. J. omitn s property last week from Losantsville. Will Detch ta!ks of moving to Washington state to live. John Farlow was in Indianapolis part of last week with his wife. Health mostly good. "Delays are dangerous." Those who have poor, weak, impure blood should take Hood's Sarsaparilla at once. 11 never aissapoints. iu WILLIAMSBURG. Wayne Mullen has bought the Ed wards farm, one-half mile east of town. , Misses Mendenball & Mongar are on hands in the Beam corner, on fitting Mrs. Thomas Cole from Cincinnat if in town visiting her relatives and many friends. Moving is the order of the day this 'soring in our community, and some real estate changing bands. " . . - r - Tne prospect lor a wneat crop in Green township is very poor, thin on toe irround and very small for this time of year. Jfeter Uhenowetn has bought tbe Oler farm out on the Economy road and will move on it in the near iu ture. Wayne Smelser, a Williamsburg boy, has been adjudged insane and is at present in the asylum at hvist haven. Rev. Harter was called to Econ omy on last Tuesday to assist in the funeral services 01 .Mrs. Cale ill iams of Richmond. Protracted meeting is in progress at the Ivriend-i church, conducted by two ladies from a distance. All will find a welcome in these meetings. Van Roberts has moved in the Davis property. Preaching by Rev. Harter in the M. cnurcn oexX Sunday at 10: JO. Come and hear him. Robert Hutchins is at Indianapolis on business and pleasure. Mrs. James Clements is over in Ohio on a visit with her sister. OmerPearce was in Muncie last week visiting relatives and friends Tony Comreshell is home from Chicago on a visit among his rela tives ana many friends. Ona Martin is in Richmond; got a good job in the McGuire lawn mower factory. Love s Comedy Co. win put on their master comedy tonight at Phil lips. "A Woman's Tattle" will be presented to the theater-going pubhe, and as the company have bred up their reputation by giving us notning but first-class plays this piece tonight should be well patron ized, a woman s liattie is a comedy full of fun and those who enjoy a srood laugh will ' certainly get their money's worth tonight. Prices IU, SU, 3U. Heal tli Foods. Tbe Battle Creek Sanitarium Health Food company- of Battle Creek, Mich., are now putting their famous health foods on the market in an extensive way. They make Granola, the ideal breakfast food; Granose, the most perfect and digestible bread; and Caramel-Cereal, tbe original and only substitute for coffee and tea These foods are on sale at W . E. Hastings, 931 Main street, the gro- . Call and examine them and get literature. tor I pM liver, and cor bUkwsnes, sick I headache. Jaamlice irlleir tkm, etc Tbey are in valuable to prevent a cold or break up a Mild, gentle, certain, tbey are worthy roar confidence. Purely vegetable, they eaa ba taken by children or delicate women. f'rtea.aa all medicine dealers or by mail . mtCL Bona A Ce, Lowau, llua 1

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rmtorttm it is a record of our op or constant comquost over obstinate l!Sa of women; tits that deal out despair; suffering that many women think Is woman's natural heritages disorders and dis placements that drive out hope. LydU E. Pinkham'i Vegetable Compound oures these troubles of women, and robs men struation of Its terrorsa No woman need be with out the safest and surest advloe, for Mrs. Plnkham counsels women free of charge. Her address Is Lynn, Mass Can any woman afford to Ignore the medlilne and the advice that has cured a million women? BARD, OF CALIFORNIA. Tb Sew Senator Eleet la a JSatlTe of Pen nay Ivan fa. Thomas R. Bard, the Republican sen ator elect from California, elected at a reteat sl"n of the state legislature. Is ODe of the leading capitalists of southern California. lie is a jetroleum mag nate, president of a bank and a large owner In a great irrigation company. He is 5! years old. His home la in Ven tura. He is married and has a family of seven children. Mr. Card was born in Chambersburij;, Pa., being the eon of a lawyer whose came was well known throughout tfle Keystone State. lie is of Scotch-Irish dcent, his ancestors, who came to this country in 1743, being among the firt settlers of Pennsylvania. I he only education received by Sena tor Isard was at Chambersburg academy. He began reading law at the age of . Before completing his law studies he found it necessary to earn a livelihood. THOMAS B. BARD. as his mother was a widow, so he joinel a corps of railroad engineers. At the ag? of li) he went to Hagerstown. Md., aa bookkeeper and manager of a forward ing business connected with the Cumberj land Valley railroad, a branch of th Pennsylvania system. W hen the eivijl war broke out, although young Bard had barely attained his majority, he enlisted in the Federal army, taking part in thift Dauie or Antietam and other engage! ments. His executive ability brought! him to the notice of Colonel Thomas A ocott, men assistant secretary or war and later president of the Pennsylvania railroad, who took the young man intd his department, where he rendered valu able assistance in transportation matters. In 1SG5 Colonel Scott induced Bard to go to California t. take charge of his large interests in Ventura and Los An geles counties, comprising in all abnntj 280,000 acres of land. Bard managed these large estates nntil Colonel Scott's death, when he became his administra tor and closed out the property. In lfSO and 1S!2 he was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket and was a uciegate to tne tname convention in! 1SS4. He once ran for office of state! senator in California, but was defeat d APHORISMS. The purpose firm is equal to the deed. Young. Dare to be true; nothing can need a He. Herbert. Flatterers are tbe worst kind of enemies. Tacitus. Fidelity Is seven-tenths of business success. Parton. The greatest of faults Is to be conscions of hone. Carlyle. The way to fame is the way to heaven, through much tribulation. Sterne. He that buys what he does not want will soon want what he cannot buy. Frankliu. The man who can be nothing but serious, or nothing but merry, is but half aman. Lelg Hunt. Every one has a wallet behind for his own failings and one before for thr failings of others. La Fontaine. Fate Is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad. W. K. Alger. SarpriaedU MeSwatters Where are you going? McS witters I'm going south for my tealthMcbwatters How did your health ever get so far away aa that? Syra cuse Herald Stats of Ohio, City or Toledo, i Frank J. Chexet makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Chexet & Co., doing1 business in the Citv of Toledo. Count and State aforesaid, and that saic firm will pav the sum of ONE HUN DICED DOLLARS for each and ev ery case of Catarrh that cannot d cured by tte use of Hall's Catarri CrRK. Frank J. Chexet. Sw( rn to ' efore me and subscribe r my presence, this 6th day of De cember A. D. 1 t ) A. TV. Gleasox, Notary Public II 1 s Catarrh Cure is taken in terna.lv and acts directlv on th blood and m xous surfaces of tb system. Send for testimo als, free. t . J. HEXKT. . O.eUO O. aSold 'jy Dru "fats, 75c

RESIGNATION. The wkt irr arc tbuae that fall. But are tv 1J uurtin ib tbe at bine eyri The txnrw prayer t la Dn J bo wurda at all. Bat Imur weaniy. to Ood Hi sigaa. - seed aut apeak if wuh our brarta are pray Ami by ur kiting try to do bu mill . ho bm'lm oa gmlly- in the narrow war And when are murmur wnispere, "Peaca. St aiUL" Annit Linden in Pall Mall Caartta.

L A Sketcfa In tbe Franro-Prua. Ian Vtr. BY ANDRE THURIET. The towns of certain of the French provinces are like plants of tbe same family in having the cast of countenance, so to speak, which reveals the common ancestry. Haute-Marne a char acteristic is Its high perched, grim, sullen towns, among which L is undeniably that wjieh emphasizes the familiar features with the greatest originality. Built on the summit of a rocky hill, it Is protected on the south by a citadel with eight bastions, while on the north t-tand forth its towers, hospice, the stern profiled cathedral and the dark walls of the ancient ramparts mJrh ........ . l. M ..... ? .. . . . A rA..n I-"- .. T I : .. 1 surivu fl n n j iiuuj a iiuuiau-uaijif,' (nnruphal arch. - Within are the seminary and bar racks. The old streets are constantly swept by the fierce bise. The msiallor homes lie at the back of a Gamp -and solemn court, protected from curious eyes by a high wall and a hermetically sealed carriage gate. There are few windows on the street; but. to make amends, many openings overlook the Inner gardens and the surronrrhing country. One gets the impression that the inhabitants rarely venture out and bo live after the Eng lish motto. "My house Is my castle. The people of L are. In fact, "stay at homes." uncommunicative, not par ticularly pleasing, which, however, does not hinder their tteing a good natured lot at heart and high spirited on occasion to the point of absurdity. My old cousin Melasippe IJousselot had lived in L since time immemorial. He practiced medicine and was a complete resume of the virtues and foi bles of his compatriots. Tall. thin. stern and rugged as a native rock, prej udiced and impassioned in his tastes and Ideas, he had withal the gentle madness of the collector, the most heroic chimeras and a tendency to make mysterious the future. With a high temper and the fierceness of a wild Itonr. he was often brave to the point of foolhardiness. He boasted. Indeed, of having known fear only once, and under these circumstances: The provluce of -Haute-Marne was invaded by the Germans In the August of 1870. They had already occupied the principal points; but, despite L s being an important town, they had neg lected to lay siege to it, doubtless thinking It useless to waste time and men in investing It. while they com manded the situation on both sides. So up to the beginning of January, 1871, not a helmet had been seen or a cannon shot exchanged. Nevertheless the invasion continued- aud . 1 moro "- Mer wonu.srew more and . more riirficiilt. rations lumt.A " scarce and very dear, and. as they llv-t ed from day to day iu the expectation of being besieged, each one put him self on a short allowance. Suddenly it was discovered that a fresh supply of drugs would be needed for the ambulances. Ten miles away at Itecy-sur-Ourc? was a military phar macy protected by the French troops that occupied the part of the province of Cote d'Or which as yet had not been invaded. To gain this little Bergundian town, though, the risk must be encountered of falling Into the hands of the Germans. My cousin Melasippe was a member of the Red Cross and offered boldly to go to Itecy Tor the necessary quinine and antiseptics. So one morning, wearing the Red Cross badge, bundled up in his fur greatcoat, he set out on his Journey j'ggiug along in an ancient cab drawn by a brisk mare. The road was freenot a Prussian on the horizon and he arrived without trouble at his destination. After stuffing: the box of his ve hicle with a whole pharmacy he went to the principal inn and resolved to or der a hne dinner. "If I am going to pull In my belt these next few weeks." he reflected, "it is only right to console myself beforehand with a little dissi pation r in tne notei aining room ne found a large and merry gathering of officers. delegates of the province, surgeons, all epicures and the owners of good appe tites, so that they did honor to the menu. With the dessert they turned to military affairs and the march of the enemy. My cousin told of his expedition and said that be had found the road open from L to Recy. "Ah. you come from L . doctor?" Interrupted one of the delegates. "When do you return?" "Tomorrow morning." "In that case I am going to charge you with a dispatch for the sous-pre-fet. It Is urgent." Melasippe lost no time In putting himself at the prefectural service. The official wrote his dispatch, sealed It in an official envelope, gave it to my cousin, adding gravely: "I commend this to you. It Is im portant business, and 1 shall thank you for delivering it into the hands of the MHis-prefet himself." The next morning, after taking a fine roast and some burgundy on board for ballast and trusting tbe official missive to his waistcoat pocket. Melasippe mounted to the box and whipped his 1 mare into a brisk trot. The air waa dear and dty. and hia host's wine at (Tfoqsewc WASHING CROCKS AND MILK VESSELS 1 A treat deal dcacads apoa tbe care of crodu er pama ia which milk ia kept. TbeyabouJabr waafacd as aooa aa posaibie after beiaf. aatd. K iaac first with cold water, tbca wash thoroaakir iaside aad eat with hot water, la which caoaih of Gold Dust Wishing Powder haabeadiaaorvedtaatakeatoodaada. FisJsb by riaaias with acaldia nar, wipe dry aad act eat. with right side an. ia the freak air aad aushiae, cad they will be deaa aad sweet. thiWnakkalTaimin.v.tu " -ouisji acuia rua utauir , seatraanaartw i

Uecy tad toned wp my old cousin, so tiiat Le was la gay spirits. As tLewas kaving Aubt-rlvc he saw an old farmer ef hH acquaintance standing Iu the Lam door, very preoccupied- lie Laded hi:u jooiwely: -Eh. thole. Father Sansseret! What re you doing there waiting for the Prussians?" "l'ui uot waiting. he answered sar-ca.stk-ally. "bei-ause they're here already. All you have to do Is to look toward Monta voir to ee them." j Melasipi turned his bead quickly j

tid saw tne i-russiaus pouring rorta j froia the edge or the wood in the direeHon indicated. j He trembled from head to foot, aj cold sweat burst out on his temples. and he flung out a sharp crack of the hip at his mare, who trotted on quick- , ly. He thought of the important dis-j natch in his ot-ket. and a train of lugubrious reflections wound through his mind. "They will take to the road. They will s-arch me. find the dispatch communication under cover of the Htni Cross. The military code is pitiless; 1 hall be shot ."' " How to execute his patriotic missiot. and at the same time to rid himself of a compromising iaper! He naturally thought of Uunias. who makes Chicot iu a similar situation destroy a confidential letter of Henry Ill's after learning it by heart. An idea! He would burn the letter after reading ' a and nieuiorizin? the text. But perhaps e woods to the right and to the left were filled with, hostile sentinels. They had undoubtedly seen feim already. To strike a match and burn a paper woulj lay him open to suspicion. While terror and the sense of peril were thus agitating him aud he was sweating under the painful mental operation he suddenly felt the pile in bis pocket. "Saved!" he said. "There can be nothing unnatural alont lighting one's pipe with a scrap of paper." So he fastened the reins down under the dashboard of his coach, prepared his matches, quickly broke the seal of the dispatch under cover of his cap and dutifully began to read. These were the contents, word for word: Prefecture of Cote d'Or to the aous-prefet of L. Heiio, old fellow! How are ouf You muat ba horrd to death uon thai rock of fours. Will drink to you tonight. Garros. , "In heaven's name! swore Melasip pe, twisting the ollicial papers furious ly and making them blaze up from the liowl of his pipe In a great rage. "They played the devil with me!" He returned to L as peaceably as he had left, but to this day. even after 20 years. Cousin Melaslpite has never forgiven the sender of the dispatch. Kacb time he tells the story he adds, shading his fist, as if the malefactor were before his eyes: "Oh, the mean, the beastly, cur! He'll pay me some day! He'd better keep out of my way!" Translated From the French For Short Storlea. Dateh Street. Commend us to the ever tranquil Iutcb streets, with their mellow, an tique houses. These mostly follow cir cles, as is to be expected in a fortified place. But the typical Dutch street. found everywhere. Is the line of houses by the canal, a range of old trees In front, shading the Indian red brick behind, with It9 bright white window sashes, as bright as much polished prass. r l rrmWn I" more suggestive of tranft. 11 reuusw nrm ..i.i r i.i im. m 1 Tr fripaauaw . 1 aa .. - ....... 1 .. .1 r.M mwcb ami 1 ta no.l lie together alongside. Even In very populous capitals we come In the wsuburbs on some delightful, retired tilts of canal, leaving much the same effect as does Church row at Hampstead. i Old fashioned, well to do folk live here in retirement. There la one such at the entrance of The Hague on the Seheveningen side, where the charm ing woods legin. Anything more Id world anil solemnly attractive cannot be Imagined. We might well fancy urselve8 back to the days of Sir Wil liam Temple and of William of Orange, who may have strolled along these banks. Gentleman's Magazine. Table Moaalaln Repewar. The ropeway located at Table moun tain, in South Africa, Is an Important example of a line 5.280 feet long. It consists of a single fixed rope, on which one carriage Is drawn to and fro with an endless hauling rope, the driving gear having reversing motion so that the direction of travel of the carrier can be controlled. Commenc ing at sea level and following the ground on posts spaced a boot 300 feet apart, tbe cable takes a span of 1.500 feet, rising to a projecting rock some 1,480 feet above the starting point. Resting on a support at this point, the cable again takes a span of 1.4O0 feet to an upper terminal 2.200 feet above the lower one. This ropeway has worked so satisfactorily that it is not only used for the carriage of materials em ployed In the construction of a reservoir, but is at times used for passen gers. Engineering Magazine. Calcalatlnar Haehlaea. Babbase's calculating machine, which was adopted by England In 1821. was capable of computing any table by the aid of differences ami of extracting the roots of equations and printing its own results, but its complexity prevented it from coming into general use, and when grants from the English govern ment were discontinued it was put aside. The machine used In the census bu reau at Washington Is one of the most marvelous mechanical calculators ever contrived. By the nse of a system of perforated cards It tabulates and re cords the returns with which the of flee has to deal with absolute eer taintv and with a speed which could not otherw!se be reached save by thr employment of a very large cl erica' staff.

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When the sneezing and run ning at the eyes and nose had been checked; when the sore ness in the throat and chest and the stuffiness in the head vrere gone, you thought you would nave a c nance to get some rest. Oh, No! Grip will not let go his hold on you so easily. You are filled with aches and pains in your bones, m your chestin your spinal cord and in your brain, lour nerves are weak and irritated, you cannot sleep, your appetite is gone and you are weak all over. The doc tor's medicine doesn't seem to do you any good. Send to your druggist for a bottle of Dr. Miles' Neff vine and it will give you the rest that you "so much need. It stops the nervousness and the irritation, soothes the brain and brings sound, refreshing sleep. Get it now and be convinced. I was getting better of the grip when I had a relapse and was worse than at first. I had such a severe cough and it made me so weak and nervous that I could not sleep at night. I had such a terrible pain in the right lung that I could not draw a long breath or lie on that side. I lost flesh and strength very rapidly for several weeks, when I commenced taking Dr. Miles' Nervine. It eased the pain and the cough almost at once and that night I slept so peacefully. I began to mend from that day and in a short time was quite well.' Mrs. Hubert St. Cvr, 19 Orchard St, New Haven, Conn. Dr. Miles' Nervine Is sold at all druggists on a positive guarantee. Write for ir advice and booklet to Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. PERSONALITIES. Grant In a note once regretted his In ability to lie a "paull)earer." Thomas Darragh of Granite Mountain. Tex., claims to be the oldest Republican voter living. He la 98 years of age. Walter Rothschild Is one of the few members of parliament courageous enough to disdain the unwritten law? of the house of commons In matters 01 dress. President I-oubet of France says thai when his term of office ends he will nol seek re-election, but will retire to hitold home farm, and there eud his days in peaceful retirement. Captain Gordon Cbesney Wilson, who was wounded 'in South Africa had the pleasure of being reported bj the British war office on the wounded list as "Lady Wilson's husband." Wrnlall!)eg',i"fo coHeet ol(kKe WI1HI when he was a small lxy and has nev er given up bis collection, which Is now one of the best in the United States. After two terms iu congress Charier Frankliu Sprague of Masachusett proposes to retire from public life. II is satisfied with his experlen-e. Hb wealth is estimated as high as $20,000. OOO. Kiisseu age uas two pet kittens o: wincn ne is very fond. lbey an brought In to ee him every mornlni after breakfast aud every evening aft er dinner aud are most attached t him. tienerai Aietimen. the Krltlsh com raander. and Mrs. Joubert. wife of th Boer leader, are naid to be natives ol the same EugliKh town. Corf ha 111. fron. which Mrs. Joulert emigrated to Soutl Africa early in life. Representative Kluttz is a lawyer b profession, but is actively identified with many large busfneas projects it his district in North Carolina. Auionp other projects Mr. Kluttz is Interested In the cotton Industry and manufac ture. General Joubert. by way of being a humorist, complains that the English countermanded an order to attack hittroops without notifying him. and thereby deprived him of a whohnight's sleep. When Hamlin Garland reached New Vork with his bride and registered at t hotel, he wrote "Hamlin Garland' on one line of the book and "Zullm i'aft Garland" on the line beluw It. This. lie explained to a reporter, was to :ivold concealing the identity of bis vife. who Is a sculptor. Senator Tillman made his reputation in the senate as an extempore speaker. and he was considered to lie one of the 'est in congress. Lately, however, b ..is lecoiue more careful, and when over he wishes to speak on a set sub ject he always carefully prepares his speech beforehand and commits it to memory. STAGE GLINTS. airs, uangtry denies that her own life is portrayed !n "The Degenerates." Mclntyre and Heath, the black fae performers, have been professional partners for 2i years. The Macarte sisters, whose vaude ville turn was called a wonder In th itcountry, have won the same praise in Australia, where they are now. Tbe scenes of Collier's new piay."Mr Smooth, are laid in New York and Saratoga, the second act showing the exterior of the Grand Union hotel In the latter place. Charles Fro h man has captured an other "real society young man for the stage. This time be Is Horace Portet Pell of New York, and he loins th "Hearts Are Trump" company. Andrew Robson is playing the pan taken by the late Charles Cog Ulan ft "Tbe Royal Box." with Miss iertrud Coghlan and tbe old company, and re port says that be is doing It well too. "Tbe Greatest Puritan" Is tbe title ol the Cromwell play written by Artbm Paterson. Tbe play ends after tbe bat tie of Marstou Mr. One of Its epi odes shows bow capable of great com passion Cromwell could be under cer tain circumstances. His mother and langl-ter are characters in the action. Viola Allen In "The Christian" and lars O'Neill In The Musketeers will tour the south simultaneously on nearly parallel routes, meeting and playing against eacb other In New Or leans during Mardi Gras week. Tbe rivalry between these popular stars Is entirely friendly, however, for both ap pear under tUe same management.

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ftaiai llre-rf r Mrriaaa rrl.a. Tkt Tare Wiiku PaM Miaf Ikt . One of the papers thua talka abvat a test that a man must undergo if be aut a place as a ceusus taker: When Director of the Census Merriatu gets back to Minnesota, th folk wou't know him. He ha degenerated Into a humorist. Llstea to what be ays about tbe appik-anta who tried to pass his examination for appointment as enumerators: "They cannot spell and they cannot do ordinary arithmetic. Fifty per cent fail, and they fail because they cannot divide lOO.OOO by 4.02S and get a correct result. It is simply marvelous, the lack of education In these rudimentary branches. Our public schools teacb botany and psychology and sewing and molding, but apparently they do not teach simple arithmetic and spelling." In Itself this Is not very funny. The humor of It does not strike one until one begin to divide lW.OOrt by 4.2 and get the correct answer. Just why a man whose duty la to lie in the dlrec tlou of securing people's names, ager "tuples ion, size of feet, habits of lif and augle of eyesight should have t know a correvt answer to "how man) times Is 4.0JS Into 100.000" Is not plain For the lieueflt of those who may not know what this Is all about, it may h -aid that there are as mauy correct nswrrn to Director Merriam's long division problem as there are figures In the quotient, and. if a man had time, he might evolve a quotient a mile long. The Three WUkea, On the way to fairyland la th "wishing gate." It Is a queer old gate, half way up a steep, lonely hill, at whose feet lies a leautiful stream. They say that when you are upon this gate you may wish three times and-get your wish. So one day. a boy who had just earned 5 cents by bringing in wood for a neighbor, climbed to the topmoxt rail aud said. "I wish I could have a whole lot of money I" Aud straightway a big potato bag full of motley tumbled Into his lap! It was so big and came so suddenly that it made him fall forward. Wut as his feet were caught lietween the rails, he was still on the gate, though bead downward and with hands upon the ground. "1 wish." said he pettishly, "that the old money was at the bottom of tbe sea:" Down rolled the money bag. and with a great splash, was gone forever! "Oh. dear." said the boy. trylug to free himself. "1 wish 1 could get away from this old gate!" And Immediately the lower rail tnap-J pei anu set nis reel at iinerty. ana on he ran to tbe wood pile as fast as his legs could carry bim. Paaay Riac the Bell. A big black tomcat In a Sioux City It k K.iBtn.u.a .-. . 1... - Im 1 . i . . . ? . . ttother. much as children do. you know, for he likes to turn the telephone crank to hear tbe 1m11 jingle. Of course that calls" the patient girl at the other end of the- wire. The eat Is always ready to sit on his hind legs, like a dog. or do a bit or gymnastic work on the back of iaiii'Ma,if m n iiMi j lillllilllUilliltln from his sleek sides when his pa struck the crank of the telephone which was leside him. He stopped anil look ed inquiringly at the crank and then carefully, xoftly touched It again with his paw and seemed immensely pleased with the Jingle. Now he has to tie scolded two or three times a day for xierl men ting with it. As soou as he uvlie 1 1 if era nk central calls up and wants to know "Number?" The cat's friends have to answer. "KIttie rang :he phone." The pln-a has thus le-.-otne a byword with the oMrators. When there Is a false alarm, they say. "It was Kittle who rang." Little Mlaa Mlaeblef. "m trrry naughty. Ttiey aav I aim..af 'apei-is I am. Bui Kii.K'huw when I utiut tbe door It's bear!? aure to alam. Thoee little muddy footprint! All and down the hall Tt.i-y aa they're mine. I tiua't belie I could have made them all. It aeema a ff too mane biota MvtHl in one pot of ink. B:t a hm they're wet and ahiny They're pretty, don't you think t Why do- my hair (ret tangled What make mr talk all dayt And why don't toya and booaa just try To put thetnaelvea away? Rut now I'm asking queatlons (I ask th.-ro all day lontt). And irrown up ieup!e aeem to thtnk That even (lt ia wrong. I think that p'r'ap I mtfrht be (uo4 A little by and by: It's very hard, but t.mettmea 1 altnuet 'apect I'll try. Prlattaat by Maale. Take a mustard tin and half fill It with boiling water. Add to this six thin slices from a cake of soap and a teapoonful of turpentine. When cold, it will lie a Jelly. Now. get some pa pers with pictures: paint a very little of this Jelly over the picture, spread a clean sheet of pier over it and then press It hard. Separate the piece of paper from the picture and you will find you have two pictures instead of one. Ballets For His Gmm. 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la.elatea.ts I- CeaeraU aldl'a rtlUMi "Fighting Mac." General Macdonald. commander of xhm UT lud brigade, rveently wound-d wblfca pursuing General Cronje ib South A rU-a, u sffectlooately known ion tfcs) soldier, and people of the British apire. stand today m the front rank C that army, which baa cn few careers, If any. mo romantic mm hi. Born of simple crortera In lb old red tttuktstone country, tbe grit of that ceoloJcal formation and m natural ivnlua for war have raised him from tbe ranks with a pe-d almost uuprecedented. It i almost exactly 1 year ago atb the then Lieutenant Macdonald experienced what be recently called tbe addest day of U life In tbe British defeat on Majuba IlilL He wa one of tbe few to ecl from that bloody Held on the' bright Sunday of Feb. 27. ISS1. His couiiMiuy had been almoat . annihilated, aud young Macdonald owed his life to the generosity or a Boer whom be had Just knocked down. General Collcj had leen killed, and the young bighlander. untouched In the hours of flghtius, was at grip with three sturdy burgher. Two of them he had felled by sheer physical force, and the third leveled a ride at him when one of the assailants from the ground shouted: "Don't shoot! lies too brave a man to kill. Let's take him prisoner." This was the man who as a lad bad run away from his apprenticeship to a draper to enter the arniy. !! been Instructed to. -cur some cloth, and his employer was so displeased by the result that be asked the boy whether he had cut It with a spade. "No." came the prompt reply: "with a shovel.' ancT then, for the only time In his life. Macdonald waa seen in retreat at tbe double quick. : Ills first fame was achieved In tbe Afshan canipa!gu of 1879. when Lord Koltcrta praised his "coolness. Judgment and gallantry" In his dispatches, aays the New Vork Herald. In command of a smalt hill blockhouse, with 03 Gordon blghlanders and (tart of a Sikh regiment. Macdonald learned that Afghans were lying In wait to cut the staff to pieces. He found them 2.000 strong on a steep bill and defeated them, so that Lord Roberta said. "But for bis excellent services on this occasion It might probably have been Impossible to carry out the programme of our march." Then, when tbe famous dash to Kandahar bad been completed. . Roberts presented a sword to Macdonald. with hia peraoual thanks, and at the end of tbe war offered the choice of a commission or tbe Victoria cross, the commission being promptly chosen and ob-, tained nine years after enlistment. After that Macdonald'a time was spent alinoHt entirely in active service, aud the wiuulug of honors Iu Egypt. He participated in the belated Nile expedition Intended for the relief of Gordon; be Won the order of Mcdjidil In th Suakin cauquiigu After.Tokar b ob tained, the medal of the distinguished service order, aud his majority In 181X1 . In the battle of Omduiuiao he won his name of "Fighting Mac," and rivaled Kitchener as tbe hero of tbe day. It is mi id that be disobeyed an order to retire, with the retort. "We are here to nght. not to. retire. Many eaperta aakaakaaaMM I... tni-mirl l.itrJ'W I iar k wis would have been a defeat, anc great were the honors showered on bim wlun he returned to England. MAKER OF GUN LONG CECIL. Gewrare UBran. Killed Reeeatly la Kliakerley. Waa a Mllwaahee Maat. George Ii Hi a in. the maker of tbe gun "Ijng Cecil." whose death Is reiorted from Kimlierley. was a Milwaukee man je was educated a a mechanical engineer, but gave moat of bis time to electrical work, says tbe New York Sun. Several years ago he went to South Africa aud became consulting eugiucer to the Ie Beers company. In whose service be proved so valuable that when tbe war came be was getting a salary of flS.000 a year. Last summer, apprehending a conflict wltb tbe Transvaal, be sent bis wife to America, and she Is now In Aurora. Ills., where she went after vixltlng her husband's parents In Milwaukee. Ialtrani was 40 year old. He was a frieud of Cecil Rhodes, and In the letters he sent borne be express ed a firm conviction of the luatlce at the Britisb cause. The (irovrta ef Baatkera Cltlas. An Idea of tbe growth of southern cities may he obtained from a statement made by E W Barrett of Birmingham. Ala., thai C7.MOO.OUO ha been expended in the past 18 months In the construction of new manufacturing plants In that place. There are now 'i Iron furnaces In blast there, as well as a baaic ateef plsnt of I.OOO tons dally capacity. Philadelphia Record. Tile Horrors of War. Oh. what a frichtful thins it la. This Britisb-boer war; The names you bate to Barmoriae So wild and woolly aret It started out with Lalnranrfc. At whR-b we only anlfled. But thiols looked black whea klip SpraU Aad Uiea Potcieter'B drift. Then fteterasrttxbura; loomed op. And Croat Cboiaa: eauebt tbe eya. Aad Sptoa kop and Potrbefatroaai Aad fcrucervJcrp whirled by; Aad MdzerafonieiB on tbe run By Koff.vfontfin past. pytlentein tbird. Bloewtfooteia fourth AaJ Jaa-erafoctria last. Brak dam. Zoutpan and Kababasb, Bx-t kloof and Jaroboial. Ant llaaeenatad and Roumptaata, toe Utrat Scot, we met 'em all! Cea. -ae this rruel war. we pray. This aomewHatfr a-rap. Or take a nwaus of its names Aad wipe em of the map! - y P Meanders la st Loata OepaMla r::t:n Vittity UitYixtr Memory, all wasting disOaCAOO. ILUSC3 street, and Cunue Jfc Co., 413 North

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