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BICYCLE ON THE FARM WHIIW CO IS INTO GENERAL USt IN THt COUNTRY. Faa4 M III Groat OonTaaleac for tWt Errand Trip to Towa (tot ta Dtrt Work It Don end a At la ta Kara. W art not prophcaylng but directing ttteatloa t almpl facta auJ to changed coadttiooa. The blcycl ta oo Dm farm. Aa yott ttand by tb door of on farmhouse, at th cloaa of aummar day, you aa on and auotber young maa go wbtaalng past ou bia wheat They at off for tba pot officii or tba atora, Tba oldar man uaa tbem, finding Uila a much mora cxpedltou way of doing a bualuaaa arraud at a neighbor a, going to look up an addi tional hand for to-niorrow'a work, to retura aoma borrowad tool, to luqulr boat aoma meadow graaa tbat ba wauta to wow. Tbara ara many aucb neighborly arranda tbat can ba dona promptly oa tba bicycle; beetdee tba boraaa ara tired from, tba day'a work. Tba change for tba man or boy make tba blcycla coaattng or aprlutlug a rvc-reatloa-far mora ao tban taking out tba tlrad boraea or boraa for a buggy rlda would ba. Tba blcycla for tba rural dlstrlcta la bleating aoclally. Tba young ladle uaa It, tba teacbar rtdaa to bar ichool; parti of young man and women go out lor moonlight rlda. Tba aocta bUlty and aoclal Intercourt In tba Mlg-hborhood la greatly Increased for tb raaaoo alraady Indicated, tbat tba boya and gtrla And It play to go off on tba wheal, wbraa It would ba uiucb . Ilka work to hitch up and drive, avan If the farmer war willing tba team ebouM ba need. Moat farmer ara thoughtful and conalderata of ' tbelr boraea, KTea though tba anlmala might not hara worked during the day they often want to allow tbeni a full day off and complete rest In many of the famlltee the btcycla la ueed to go to church. There ta uot eJwaya room enough In the family bug gy for all Tbera ara In every uelgti borhood aoma who thua go to tba mid week prayer meeting, to the lodge, and any aoclal gathering that may be plan ned. , The bicycle la tbue a promoter of what la beat la the aoclal Ufa of rural dlatrlcta, For aoma year the bicycle waa a kind of city or Tillage "fad." l'ouog people were craiy orer It, going out to make their "centurtee" on a holiday and coming home utterly worn out and per bap their health Impaired for montba If not for Ufa. The country boy and gtrla are mora aenalble and are rv train ed by their circumstance from aucb foollahneaa, To them the wheel la an eminently practical and uaeful vehicle. Our peraonal observations tn Western New fork opened our eyea to the fact that the wheel la not by any menui coafliMd to the prairie or comparatively level roada, Xoung men and women cam down the long bill with an aban don and aa evident aenaa of enjoyment that proved that there waa ectuethlug exciting and oot-of-the-common In the naa of the blcycla on tbeaa roada which made It mora truly recreation than In tba other condition. Bow ha It coma about that the wheel la now to be found la every country neighborhood when at Brat It waa a city luxury i It ta caay to answer ,thla quaatlon. First of all the bicycle la much cheaper, A good wheel can ba bad aa low aa 928 or 30 and one of a high daaa for MO to ISO. Formerly price were from I7S to $160. The writer several years ago paid $150 each for blcyclea for two of bia boys when they were college student. Mark the difference In prlcea with all the differ ent manufacturer. But a second rea son why the wheel I now coming to be ao common In rural districts Is that there 1 more money there to spend for anything really wanted. We are not now Indicating the reason or causes cf the bard time nor even the cause of the relief, but It la evident there la mora money to spend In the country're glona. In the third place, aa already Indi cated, the wheel la r ally a means uf economy, It aavea time for the horses la necessary bus la ess tripe and they can ba kept at work; It eaves wear and tear to the carriage; It save the strength of the team and gives the bone needed rest A fourth reason why wheels begin to be seen In so many out-of-the-way country places Is tbat tbi people there are learning of tbelr advantages and that they can really afford to have them. Wheels have gone down to as low a price aa they are like ly to reach. Every economy has been Bought In their manufacture, every pos sible Invention, not only for their Im provement a a vehicle, but In facili tating and cheapening tbelr manufac ture. To summarize: It I good economy; It J healthful recreation; it promotes social life; It Is a constant convenience; and to those who have used them, even including men and women well along In years, bicycles are felt to be a ntcea alty. Farm, Field and Fireside, A. PROFAMTY COMfORTEO HIM Aa Exile Who Died Happy Hearing Oetbe. . For myself, I knew of the cane of a young Javanese who came to Chicago shortly after the fair aud who was stranded there. There was aoniethlng wrong with hlra. Ho could aot get any kind of an understanding of tba lan guage. The Javanese colony being! limited to one person, and that person btinaelf, be naturally got homesick aud pined. They took blm to a hospital ha grew worse. Nothing In particular the matter with blm just lonesome Cess. He would look up with wide, searching eyea at all who came to call In hi ward, and he listened apparently for some familiar word, but nobody could talk Javanese, so he had no mean of communication with the world. Perhaps you cannot appreciate tbla poor fellow's position. Just Imag ine yourself In Fea or Madagascar, homesick and dying for the sound of ona English word, and never hearing anything but a subdued jabber In an ut terly unknown tongue. It was the way ,wltb thl Javanese. Ona day a man who bad driven a icana! boat in the East and after that bad piloted a delivery team in Chicago, and In some other and tributary ways bad laid the foundation for a thorough grasp upon the language of violence, waa brought Into the hospital suffering from a broken leg. The Injured log W getting along first-rate until one the Internes in passing the cot in aoma unaccountable way slipped, and, to eaten bis footing, reached toward tba bed and seized the man's foot, which was trussed toward the celling with rope. The contact and the 1 wrench must have hurt the patient Anyway, be said so. He said so with great force and volume. He painted tbat hospital purple, green, yellow and yarmllloa. Hie remark were copious and florid. And through all tba Ycsu vlan eruption that youug Javanra lie trued with the light of a great Joy In bl face. His weary eyea flashed with pleasure and bia cheek took oa a tem porary color. Ha followed amy erolu tloa of the ex-canal boatman's speech. And when tba Injured person bad Bo tahed th youth dropped back upon his pillows and closed hi eye. They came to give him hla medicine afterward and found tbat ha had died, reacefully. evidently, and with a Joyous spirit Ha bad gone out with th cloalng remark of that man who spoke at last tn a language which tb poor exit under atood. Chicago Record. GRAPHITE IN WISCONSIN. Raid to B bat Tare Ml dm ta th Halted Rtatoe, Graphite promise to b a aourc of wealth to Wisconsin. Tba mineral ha carried th name of tb State aero to the German empire, wher It It ald tbat th mine developed tn Portage County produce a grail of graphite carbon which la equal to tb Hungar ian graphlt In th Herman market The best mine In the United States now In operation la aald to produce a grade 14 per cent carbon. Several an alyses of the Portag County produc tion bar shown th carbon percentage to b a high aa 72. Two youug tnea bava demonstrated tba possibilities of graphite mining In the State. Th mine waa discovered In 1803 by F. B. Taggart of Bteven Point Taggart had been prospecting for Iron la a wld section of Wisconsin. He beard of a woman who polished the kitchen stove with a subetanc wblcb she found In tba cellar. U made a quiet Investigation, which led to tba discover of reat Importance, Tba land about th bouse where the original And was made was found to teem with a grade of carbon high In purity. From that time It baa been a atruggle to de- velop the mtue and get the product oo the market Later A. A. Mclntyre. also of Stevens Point became associated with Taggart The two built a cabin aud a modest plant over the mine and worked day and night digging, experimenting and testing tba mineral. Finally a stock company was formed under the corpo rate title of the Portage County Graph Ite and Mineral Paint Manufacturing Company. While the uses of graphite are many, mineral paint accrue to furnish the greatest present demand. The mineral ta separated and ground to a powder fluer than flour, being floated to the air rather than bolted. There la nothing more to do In order to convert It Into pntot but to mix It with Unseed oil. The largest graphite mine In the Uni ted States Is said to be a Ttcomlerogtt, N. V., wher the product la U per cent, carbon. Besides the Wisconsin mines there Is but one other In operation In the United Statea. Palntmaker have been getting graphlt from Mexico, Nova Scotia, Ceylon and Siberia. Chi cago la now making $30,000 worth of machinery to go Into a 8outb Carolina XtiO.OOO plant Machinery la atvo being sent to New Mexico. Chicago Record. Cloudt tbat move in a contrary direc tion to tbat of tb surface current Indi cate a change of weather, because they prove the existence of two air currents, one warm and the other cold, and tb mingling of the frequently ctuses rain. Poisonous snaxea when with young ar sluggish and retiring In their hab its. The little ones are born with fang and poison glanda In full perfection, and are dangerous even before tasting food or water. The young ar much more active tban the adult and prob ably their poison Is more virulent Trees and shrubs ar being planted along the Sues canal a a measur of protection against drifting aand. The Idea wblcb Is being carried out em braces the principle of snow fence slim? railroads. A system of irrigation hn been organised for these plantations and the results ao far bav been prom ising. Compressed cork In the form of tiles ba made Its appearance In the market It Is claimed that this material Is ad mirable for flooring, because of Its nolselessness and lta waterproof quali ties. It Is also aald to be Inimical to germs. The degree of compression can be varied In the process of manufac ture. In a paper communicated to the Roy al Meteorological Society on "The mean temperature of the surface waters of the sea round the British coasts, and lta relation to the mean temperature o( the air," Mr. Dickson arrived at the conclusion that the mere presence of Atlantic water Is more effective In de pressing the summer temperature In Britain than In raising tbat of the win ter months. The Brltleh Meteorological Council has just Issued a discussion of the diur nal range of rain In Great Britain. The general conclusion drawn by Dr. Scott Is that everywhere In the British isl ands the forenoon hours, from about 10 o'clock, are drier than tb rest of the day, and that although the temperature has not then nearly reached Its maxi mum, Invalids would be less likely to get wet If they went out In tb morolng. Prof. R. 8. Woodward, of Columbia University, In a recent paper shows rea- sona for thinking tbat the earth's at mosphere extends to a height varying with the distance from the equator. At the equator he estimates the height to be 20,000 miles, which diminishes to only 17,000 miles at the poles. But of course, beyond a few hundred miles above the ground, the density of the at mosphere becomes so slight that it ef fects are imperceptible. In the light of recent discoveries one of the greatest wonders of the heavens appears even more wonderful. There Is a small class of variable stars, less than twenty in known number the most conspicuous member of which Is Algol, the "Demon" of the Arabs wblcb at brief Intervals suffer a partial eclipse from the Interposition of dark or invisible companions revolving around them. Mr. Roberts of Cape Col ony and Mr. Russell of Princeton, working Independently, have lately shown tbat all of these bodies are sur prisingly light In tbelr composition, hardly more than whirling clouds. In only one case can the limiting density exceed half that of water, and In six cases It Is less tban one-tenth that of water. The average Is one-slxtb that of water. Thin density these stars can not exceed, although they may fall far below It The density of our sun com- pared with water Is 1.41. The possibil ity exists that the Algol stars may each have a denser nucleus surrounded by an enormous cloudy envelope. The man who Is going downhill meetr a lot of bia neighbors going up. fffeTvention tVOMEN AS BEASTS OP BUROIN. la Oae Revtio of Caaatl They Are llarntaaed I th Flaw, Like the squaw of tb Americas In dian, on whom her lord and waster lays the task of taking tb plac of a beast of burden, th womea of a colony of Russian settlers, who cam to Cauada a little ovitr thru roar aao aad located I nn ttiA tkl.,itb ,it.lt.t., nf Ik. smil fan. dlan northwest, ar alavea of the most menial kind, Not only do they take the places of horses In plowing, but they also perform other heavy work that In most sections la reserved for lower ani mals and 'he men do the lighter work. Plowing both spring and fall It dona by "bees." Tb head of th family Is sues a call for a plow be at bit home atead on a certain date. Tb women gather In large number. They ar buxom-looklng women and ready to WOMEN TAKE Tlllfl I'LAUU work. They arrlv early In th morn ing, and are at flmt placed at a table and fed. The food Is coarse, but sub stantial. At the conclusion ot tb meal preparations fur the Held ar begun. The party It divided Into three relief. To the beam of the plow la attached a long rope, Into which are tied ttout ttlckt equal to half th number of women tn each relief. Aa draught ani mal the women go to their placet, di viding on cither tld of th rope, and the day' work 1 begun. The owner of the land, holding the hamllea of th plow, gives a grunt Tl women bend forward to the yoke, the plowshare enter the ground, and at a rapid rate the first furrow Is turned over. For four hours eacb relief works, Aa fast at returned tba women are privileged to go borne. During working hours not a word Is spoken. The wom en ar as dumb at the aulmali Ibey represent last year the Canadian mounted po lice, In order to assist the Impoverished settlers, gav tbem everal ttnall con tract for bay. In th execution of these contract the women agalu plajed an Important part Harnessed to small wooden sulky rakes, they could he seen dally during the summer tolling up and down :be prairie meadowa harvesting the hay, The men did the loading Into the police wagous. WORSE THAN A WATERSPOUT. HrltUh ForvM In Powtb Africa Wnffcr from "Hand itavlla." The English force lu South Africa bav suffered severely during the dry season from the sand-storms, or "sand devils" aa the natlvea call them, which THE "SAND DEVIL IN A rage frequently on the dry and dusty veldt Just as sometimes pieces of paper and bits of Utter are caught up by the wind on a street corner and kept twisting round and round In the air, so on the great African plains groat columns of sand are raised high Into the air, In shape aud In motion like a waterspout Sometime tho "sand devils" are driven at n high rate of speed by the wind, and people who get lu their way come out of the Inter view looking and feeling as If they bad been thoroughly polished with emery paper. Wltb tbe coming of th rains, of course, the sand Is laid and danger from sandstorms It over. CLOSED DOORS. Little Korea Afford No Field for American Knterprie. In pursuance of the policy now pur sued by the Consular Service of as certaining the state of forelgu fields at opportunities for American lnbor, cap ital and enterprise, Horace W, Allen, Consul General to Seoul, Korea, wrltet for the couHular reports that Korea now employs no foreign military of ficers as advlxei's or Instructors In Its army, and Is not likely to do so, owing to an agreement made wltb Russia when a largo staff of Russian officers were allowed to leave. By this agree ment Korea announced her ability and intention to illHpense wltb further as sistance of that kind. The many requests from young men who have recently left the service of the United States asking for positions In connection wltb tbe Korean army are futile. There Is no demaud for their services In Korea. There Is no demand for foreign . advisers the Korean Government. Although two Americans who held such positions have recently died, their places have been filled, and there Is no further de mand for assistance of that kind. The newspaper report that one of these ad visers bad been receiving a salary of $100,000 gold per annum is entirely misleading; such positions pay from $150 to $250 per month. : There Is no demand for employes on the railroads In Korea. Japanese control and oper ate tb ateaui railroad, and Koreans a and American ar employed oa tba electric railroad, I bellnva th poat tlout ar all ailed. Employment with th mine would bav to bt secured before coming to Korea. Tbt agent of tb mine In America It H. A, Noble, represent tlv of th Oriental Consoli dated Mining Company, Its Francisco. Prospector cannot oprat in Korea, and there ta no employment with tba mluea other than on wage. I am told tb uilnlug company has no lack of ap plicants. . Meohanloal Onrloelilna. Tb L Dros fatuity, of Ntmfcbatel, In Swttaerland, war famous niakra of uecbaulcal curiosities. One of the waa a clock, presented to th King ot Spain, having a ibeep and dug attached to It Tb sheep would bleat la exact Imitation of a live one, while tb dog waa placed In custody of a Basket of IW I 'JV, T?"fcl i OF IIOUKEH AT THE PLOW, loo fruit If'any ona removed tbt fruit he would growl, snarl, gnash bit teeth, and endeavor to bit, until It wat restored. Another waa ao oval gold snuff box, about four and one-hall Inches long by three Inches broad, and ou Inch and one-half thick, It wat double, aa though ou box wer tlacad on top of another, with a tld for eacb. One contained snuff, la tbt other, at soon aa tb lid waa opened, there roe up a very amall bird of green toamelod gold, alttlng upon a gold ttaod. Imme diately this minute curiosity ibook Itt wing, wagged lta tall, opened lta bill of white enameled gold, aad poured forth, mlnut aa It wat, Msg only three-quarter of an Inch from tbt beak to th extremity of th tall, rack a clear, mclodtoni aong at would hav titled a room of tweuty or thirty fatt quar with lta harmony. Tb ttUiaanff. Tb gentle alamaog la a gluben and no uonkey, aaya a writer lo Black wood' Magatlue. In aaaeiubllet on tb treetopt live th flamang, whooping through tb octave, calling to tbeli friend from miles away, and twooplng off to meet them, racing tteeplecbaae with the winds. I bav teen, tod bop to live and again, a pack of tb alamang going through the Jungle a long black arm and a atnall crumpled body twinging wildly from It Ilk a pendulum run mad, then t tulcldal nlng. a crash In th covering green, and o they are gone. Tame tbtty are tb gentlest of creature. The Malay catch the young one and bring them to our door, knowing tbat buy w must It Is not among tb poiilbllltie SOUTH AFRICAN CAMP, for a Mom to resist the forlorn tmall speechless thing, when It wlnda Itt long arms and fingers round ber nock, aud bldea lta black wrinkled face of an old woman, wltb round unhappy eyes, In tbe softness of her morning gown. Or It lurches across the veranda on a pal; of very bandy little legs, balancing It self with oustrctched arms; But they alwayt er-a-lvealMUm'AJTijrod torrential rains under the open lien'-eu die In captivity of consnmptlort, aud cough out their Ill-comprehended ttou! like Chrtstlou. huddled. In a blap?', Bo in e I.t Fire ti v'-urf, In'48u2- there waa ou euorwtcot flagratloU at Liverpool, which .vsfoy ed more than $5,000,000 worth"? prdfli erty. In the year 1700 over one fcaif o! the city of Edinburgh was destr fed by fire. In 1805 there wa a firo h Con stantinople which destroyed ''2.80C buildings, shops and baiau. Bui Constantinople's greatest Are oicnrred In 1870, when almost half the pru'dsu la on which the city I built ws urept by the conflagration. No record xlHtt of the number of houses destroyed on thl occasion, but tho value of th plop erty lost was roughly estlmntcu to ex ceed $25,000,000. HI Babj's Future Quite Apparent. "Augh waughl" It wat the baby. He had repeated this remark sixty timet la the last hour. " , Mr. Newlelgh't hair, such at !(, waa, stood on end. n .t,mh wnurlxlffow alwumfh i" i added tba bnby, while people ijcrost the street got up and closed their win dow. - . 'V Mr. Newlelgh ground bit teeth. "To think," be groaned, burying hit face In hla pillow, "that I should grow up to become the father of a railway porter!" -London Tlt-Blts. . ! TTmm nmnrUltlffl with tha mflfl itftftftn't a seem to help R woman any when the It a widow, anu uice, pome men warn w naVy hava been brought to trial at S borrow ber life Insurance money.! bnstopol, for fraud In the coal, oil a htttortob. i it i nihamm T , tv ft -U "M4SI m THE CZAR WENT A-EOAROINO. A tilt ef L'awritte History Mvtiola 1. About During tb reign of Cur Nlcbolat L a palace revolution took place tbat It not la blttory. It wat not a military revolution, neither did It begin with th tuburdintte. but from th highest autborlty. Th tbrou wat not tba ken, but the Imperial kltcheu waa. Tb ctarlna aat lu her boudoir In tba winter palac and wa bored for lack of occupation, An Idea occurred to her, tlli would audit th household hooka lu going through th win list she cam serosa Huu boltl of rum for the csarewltcb" (after Aleionder 11.1. Somewhat surprised, the turned a few leaves back aud found a boltl of rum charged for vvery day of bit II f tine bl blrtli. Book of tb dayt long past wer brought out aud that bottle of rum waa tllll in evidence away back In the last ceutury, There she found an u tryt "For toothache; ordered by lb court physician." It appeared that because Alexander 1., at crown prime, had to tnk a tea spoonful of iuiu to warm an aching tooth, bit tucceaaor wit to be charged wltb a bottle of rum every day. Tb ctarlna told of her discovery to ber lord aud master, but Nlchulas railed to tee th funny tld of It II or dered all th household books lo b brought to hi in and he figured and made notes during the wbol night iNetraHHBlng the atmopltr wtt op- prwlv In tb winter pit lac. The rtar remtrked to bl consort: r romtrked to than I Imagined. My million more on paper I hat, going lo board," and day th Imperial kitchen YNH i. exist Th table wt tlieoee- 4 forth Vforlded by a botelkvcpr.-Cbl cago Tribune. MISS KATHERINE REED. Daughter of tb Voraur ftpeabsr of th tlOHWb Prominent among tb forty eight young women who were recently grad uated from th law cl of tb Uni versity of New York, was Miss Kslh erlo Ueed, daughter of th former speaker, Thdmaa H. Reed. Ouly a few of th graduate Intend to devot tbelr time to the practlc of tb law, having taken tb course simply to gain aa understanding of It, and of tbl ma jority Mla Reed la a member. Chan cellors' certificates wer received by eacb of the young women, and Mlta Milt KATNBltlitB IltKI). Red become th proud possessor of on authorising ber to assist ber noted faih'f In court If ever It should be come tiecessary. Tb daughter of tb !', rnlsbed ex-apeaker la a decided Won l, and during ber residence In Washington waa a aoclal favorite, Sh was the almost constant companion of lieXJillber and accompanied hhu on most of his walks and outings at well aa to socltl functions. She Is fond of reading, and la considered a bright and Intellectual young wonmn. She rides a wheel and endeavored to per suade ber father to do so, but after a few lessons In a riding school, Mr. Reed abandoned the effort flavl Oaiwlt Kvaru. William M. Evarts, with all bis wit nud brilliancy, waa one outwitted by Senator David Davla, wbo weighed over iO pound, and whose figure wa near .y the same, In circumference as It waa lo tbe perpend feu In r. Ho and Evarta were twitting eacb other about per aoitut site at a dinner ou eveulug and dually Davit said, "If you will let me choose the course, I will bet you $100 that wltb Hire yard start I can beat you lo a race of j 100 feet" Every on at th table laughed and 1 aald; "Take blm up, Mr, Evarts." I Tbe wager waa laid and Mr. Davla 1 . . ... .... . . i waa asitca wnen ne wouiu race, to wblcb ho replied that be was ready at once. Tbe whole party theu adjourned to the course chosen by Senator Duvl. Tbl proved to be an alley between two bouses Just three root lo width and 100 feet deep. He stepped Into the mouth three yards, sold "Uol" and walked through quite leisurely, Mr. Evarta could get neither past him nor under blm and he called Davla back to the street aud paid tbe bet, llarpcr'i Weekly, Most Curious t'tiarlty. One of tbe moat curlout charities in Surrey has Just been distributed lu tb vninge of V6ttou. In 1718 a resident ' nnm7(rwilllam Glnnvllle died, leaving ww wi-kh, directed that bo should' ,t, t,Utied In the churchyard "six yard ' mu'.-raround," nud that 40 ghlllluu j i piece sUotiitl ini paid annually to Ave Jr'or boys of ttie'pnrlBh, who, on the, uimlversftry pf bia death, "wltb their I juuln laid on his gravestone, should re- Iftti oy ueuri iue no s prayer, tne creed nnd the couimandmeuts, read a rst Corluthlans, 15, nud write two i-ses of the chapter. Lately the ou la bor of boys participating In the charity bits bceu lucreuscd rrom live to seven. This year sixteen boys offered to coin. ; pete, but ouly eleven attended. Th flrht seven were successful and the uu-' fsucccsBful boys were each presented with half a crown, while the five uou-, coiipetltors received 'i shilling each. Tull Mall Gaxetto. KeR-loldc' Cave. Ajrter the execution of Charles I. and tuelrestoratlou of the Stuarts to royal pooler, Edward Whallcy aud William I Gome, two of the Judgea that condemn- td die unhappy monarch to the scaf fWlwero compelled to flee from En- KlanA. They eniuv to America, and for "'""'" ""' ' ch cavern near ! iiia tint t li lil l. i. . This Ulillun- nlui'B liua since been knowu as tbe "regi cides' cave," and la one of tbe Interest ing spots In that locality. Frau Is In Russian Army and Na. Russia it feiTctlug out corruption In the military and naval administration. 1 Recently a half doaen Cossack officers, f including a major uentral, were tent - C!t. ...I., nM . ty - three' officers and officials of th beef contract for the Black Sea fleet HER "SECOND BIGIif." MYSTERY CLEARED U IY A TIN-YIAR-OLO QIRU. Locates a Dead Body la Me Bot tom ef the llllaola Blvr-ClalaM that, la a VUtoa, a taw th Wmm Druwa When tb tullen water of tb Illi nois ltlvr gav pp tbelr dead In the peraou of Mrs. Lucy Horn inert torn tlui ago tber waa not only cleared up on of the deepest mysteries that ba vr occurred In Peoria, but at tb earn time tber waa evidence eetab llahed corroboratory of a most extra ordinary-case of second eight One ulgbt early In January Mr. Lucy Rom titers, who waa visiting her sister, Mra. It II. Craig at K!2 Fayette street lu Peoria, suddenly disappeared. She had been III and suffering at timet from OSAC'B HOLME. slight stuck of dwiueutla, though It wa not supposed tbat they wer of a aarloit nature. But on tbe night men tioned she arose from tier bed, and an oouuelug to her mother, who was watching with her, tbat ah was going to get a drink she left the room and waa never after seen allvo. When she did not return her mother gav tb alarm and the Inmate of th bouse turned out to hunt for ber, supposing, of course, that In a Ot of temporary aberration the had wandered to the bouae of one of the neighbor. But th most diligent Inquiry failed to reveal her whereabouts and then the family became gtmulnely alarmed. A search- SHOWING WHERE THE Ing party was organised and tbey set out to find her. Th ground wat not froseu and they soon came upon foot prints In tbe mud and going from tbe bouse. These were followed aa far at they could be In the darkness, when the party returned home to await the com ing of day before renewing the search. When the morning broke, however, tbe earth whs froseu hard and the trail abandoned the night tx'foru wat hard to follow. New parties were added, and a rewnrd offered for the discovery of the woman dead or alive. The coun try was scoured for tulles In either di rection, but always without result Sometimes they fancied they bad discovered tbe broken trail, but these fragmentary discoveries led to nothing tangible. At last. In despair, the rela tive Invoked the aid of bloodhounds. Tba trail they followed was a devious and winding one, running from the Craig home, on Fayette street, north by northeaxt to Glen Oak Park, thence In a westerly direction to Bradley Park, outside the city's limits and on Its western border. Here the trail grew faint and It was only with difficulty that It was continued to the Easton farm, wheie it was lout, and the dogs stopped and never after did they get any further. At this Juncture little Grace Holmes appeared on the scene. She It a child about teu years old and especially bright for her age. Her parents are uneducated people and not In the best of circumstance!, She declared that while lying In her bed nt home more than a mile from the Craig house she bad seen the unfortunate woman come out of the bouse, climb over the fence and make her way stealthily to the river, where the had plunged Into an opening left by tho Icemen the day be fore. This statement was borne out by tbe parents, who asserted that she bad told tbe story Identically as repeated on coming downHtalrs In the morning, and that this was long before she could posBlbly have bad an opportunity of learning the facts In the cuse from any source whatsoever. The child was questioned closely, but she stuck to her story with a persistence that began to disarm suspicion. She described the garments worn by Mrs. Sommers at the time of her departure, and to the surprise of her listeners her descrip tion proved to be entirely correct. At length In response to her earnest solicitations she was allowed to go out nnd polut out the resting place of the ..woman she Insisted was tn the river. She started from the bouse at couipaulcd by her futher nnd others aud followed the streets she claimed to have seen Mrs. Sommers follow until she came to the foot of Spring street From there she pointed out the ex act spot at which Mrs. Sommers had gone down. She said that she walked calmly Into the water and went down, down, down, until finally she disap peared altogether. The next night she aaw the body again. It rose slowly from the bottom of the river, being caught In an eddy, and after whirling around several tlmea moved away slowly down the stream, sometimes floating and sometimes rolling along tba rivr bed Oae. according to aer tory, It atood erect In tb water, but did aot rise to tb turfao. At bar request b waa tbo taken to a point at th foot ef Fayett ttreet By tbla time tb new of th child' attempt bad became noised abroad and tb river bank waa lined wltb tboo tendi of tpectator agr and anxious to a what th outcom would ba. After alttlng quietly In ber plac for a few momenta the ro quickly and with a burrled gestur pointed to a spot a few hundred feet from tbe shore, ex claiming a tb did o: "Sh lis ther," Tb multltud brok up and a drag ging party waa at one pnt to work searching tba bidden depth to wrest from tbem tbelr secret Th hour passed, tbe afternoon and the day, but nothing was brought from th lake. In strict justice It must be said tbat th dragging process waa not carried on according- to ber directions. Sb now declares that th net never touch er tbe body reposing on th bottom of the lake. When It wat known tbat th drag ging bad been unproductive tbos who bad based their faith on tb child' Julgment began to waver and the wai denounced at a fraud of the most pro nounced type. Then a severe cold spelt set In and tb lake waa locked In Ice and the matter began to fad from tb public mind. Not to the little girt It waa useless to tell ber that aba must be mistaken. Sh declared that tb body wis ttlll tn tb water, tbat ah could It and persisted In going to tb river at In terval. Dorlng the visit tb mad tb acquaintance of Captain Hefele, of tb steamer Giselle. Sb want to tb captain and solemnly asserted tbat tb body was fait to a anag la tb bot tom of tb river. Tb captain paid no attention to the child, regarding tbe wbol thing at one of her hallucina tion. Again and again ah went to him, begging him to go and release tbe body. Nothing would put ber off. Sb declared that she could see tb body and would uot rest until It wat re leased At length there came a day when tb water of th ttald Illinois wer far abov tbeli banks. Tb wind waa blowing a hurricane and when the oc cupant of a cabin boat on tb Taze well aid of th stream looked out of tb window they aaw what looked Ilk a bag or some kind floating In tbe water among tb willow In wblcb tbelr boat wa fastened. A baaty ex amination convinced them that It waa a human body, and upon rowing to lta aid It proved to be tb body of tb long-lost Mrs. Sommera. When tb body wa taken from the water th condition of tbe dresa garment con firmed even to tbe smallest detail th statements of the child. atiavad Wlthoat Arm. American men tbtuk it a very merito rious and remarkable accomplishment to be able to shave themselves. . Yet Charlea Francis Felu, tbe armleas Bel gian artist who haa Just died In his seventieth year, performed this ardu- Mi i BODY WOULD BE FOUND. ou office every morning for himself, and did not consider that be waa do ing anything unusual. When a baby Felu related bow he used to sit In the garden with hi mother during tho long summer daya while she taught blm to pluck with bia little toes the bright colored flowers with which their garden abounded. For tified by tbla practice hla baby feet be came dally more flexible and useful to their little master, and when be had reached the age of 0 be could do almost aa much with them aa hla little com panion and playmatea could do with their hand. , In later years, when he commenced tbe study and pursuit of his favorite art painting, It waa a wonderfully In teresting sight to watch the gifted boy at work. He alwayt held hla parette with the great toe of hie left foot and manipu lated tbe different brushes, crayons and pencils with the toea of bia right foot Always when at table he skillfully managed his knife and fork. Birds that Ar Fleet of Foot. Trofessor Goetke delivered an ad dress In Berlin the other day on tbe results of bis experiments upon the sped of birds' flight made In Helgo land last autumn. Now tbat all birds of passage are again upon the wing these experiments have a general In terest The rookt pass over Helgoland every fall In endless flocks on their way to their winter homes. Goetke found their course directed due west The first column noted appeared at 8 a. m. and continued unttl 2 p. m. The head of this line reached the English coast at 11 a. m. and the last at 6 p. m. The birds thus covered the eighty geo graphical miles between Helgoland ana ungianu in inree nours, or at a speed of flfty-flve meters (180 feet) per second. More Interesting still are the "red tails." They winter in the Nile coun try and as far south as tbe Indies, and, passing over Helgoland on their sum mer trip to Norway, are captured by hundreds. They fly by night and are almost unknown In Greece and Ger many. Hence It Is concluded that they make their Journey from the Nile to Norway In a single, night. There are 400 long geographical miles between Egypt and Helgoland and to make the journey In a spring night of nine hours' length would require a speed of ninety-two meters (302 feet) a second, while carrier pigeons, as Is well known, rare ly exceed thirty meters per second. Parisians Study Foreign Language. In 1801 a society for the promotion of the study of foreign languages waa founded In Paris. It now baa over 3,000 member. There are some women who begin dressing for an evening party at 2 tn the afternoon, aud who do not look par ticularly well, either. Every young man overestimates hla popularity In the community In which be live. What baa become of tbe old-fash ioned boy wbo bad hives? f RUTH ABOUT APPENDICITIS, t oom Mlatahea and Popular Notion Corrected, Tb vermiform appendix, Inflamma tion ef wblcb commutes appcndlcitit, la a carious llttl offshoot from tba larg Intestine bear tb point wher It I joined by tb tmall Intestine. It I a hollow tub about aa thick at a lead pencil, from ao Inch to aeveral inches In length, wblcb communicatee with the cavity of tbe large Intestine, but 1 closed at Itt free extremity. Nobody know definitely what Itt use Is, and many thluk It has no use at all. It Is a popular belief tbst Inflamma tion of the appendix I often caused by tb lodgment in It of a grapa aeed or Kan almllar little body, but aa a mat ter of fact tbl very seldom occur, and no one need deprive himself of a deli cious and nourishing fruit from any aucb fear. There ar probably very few persons of middle age who have not bad ap pendicitis, but fortunately they did not know It It Is only when the Inflam mation becomes severe, and involvea the part about tbe appendix, that vio lent symptoms appear, and this occurs In only a small proportion of cases. Tbe disease la mors frequent with tb young than with tbe middle-aged or old. In mild cases the only symptom la a slight dull or colicky palo In or near the rlgbt groin. WIh-d th. inflamma tion la more severe, or eitml to the neighboring parts, the s i tptom bo-, com more pronounce?. There is a harp pain lo th ab'loiui.tt, -signs of dyspepsia lost of appetite; nausea or vomiting and bowel !iMur.aa r present and ther I often slight fever. i iu ujvi, iruuuB rage m WWHMl violent pain occurs, there is a marked fever, and the patient I depressed and presents alt tbe signs of being very III. Hiccough Is often a distressing symp tom. Tbe treatment of appendicitis Is one of the point upon which doctors disagree. Some believe tbat In nearly every rase a cur will follow rest In bed, a milk diet, cold applications to the abdomen, and aedatlve remedies. Others say that an operation la neces sary In every Instance, and that this ahould be performed tbe Instant a dlag nosls of appendicitis Is made, before serious symptoms appear. The proper course, here as elsewhere. Is doubtless tbe middle one, for In many case an operation Is absolutely necessary to save life, while In otbera recovery will take place without sub jecting tbe patient to this serious risk, lo any case a sufferer from appendici tis 1 In danger, and abould be under the constant care of his physician. Youth' Companion. ENQINEERCO OUT OF TOWN. How Vnt Virginia Liquor Men Got the Beat of the Prohlbltloniafa, "I reckon we're got the o-ldcst town in our State tbat fbere is in the United States," said a West Vlrglula man. "Ever hear of Cullodent I don't mean tbe clana of Culloden described by the poet 'Campbell. 1 mean Culloden, W. Va. Well, air, about half tbe popula tion of tbe town doesn't live In the town and can't vote In the town, al though they are rlgbt In tbe town. "I'll explain. The good people, and tbey are In the majority, too, are down on saloons and liquor In any shape. They got up a temperance meeting and purposed to arive tne liquor men out of tbe town. When you And a West Virginian wbo believes In liquor you And a man wbo Is ready to fight for It Tbe liquor people got together end J-. some way got the confidence ef t town engineer. I don't know wrtfeti et . be waa a liquor man or not, butjtaey got htm, on their side, Tbe engineer discovered that the town was not laid out right aud be got authority to change the metet and bounds. When be finished the job the temperance peo ple found out that tbey lived just out side of tbe line of the town, no matter what part of tbe town their houses were In. A man could stand In bl back yard and talk to tbe man whose place wa right up against his place and who was a voter, but tbe first man bad lost bis vote. "The lines of the engineer excluded, aa I have said, the temperance people. It took In the license folk all right The map of Culloden as It now Is looks a good deal like a sheet of paper after a fly with Ink on Its feet meanders acroaa It You can tell how a citizen of Culloden stands on tbe liquor ques tion by tbe place where he builds a house. If he builds one, which doesn't often occur. In spite of Its tlgzng boundaries, however, Culloden Is a con tented community," New York Sun. Effect tlomewbat Marred. When one gives good advice It Is well to be prepared to "back it up." Other wise, although It be never so good, it may lose something of lta efficacy. "Johuny," said the boy's elderly un cle, wbo was on a visit to the family, "how old are you?" "Nearly sixteen," answered the boy. "How do you put In your mornings?" 'Golng to school." "I mean that part of your mornings before breakfast" "Oh! Sleeping, generally." "That's bad. When I was about your age, my boy, I made up my mind I would learn shorthand. I used to get up at five o'clock In the morning, study till breakfast-tjme, and then lay "ft"" aside. In this" way I learned short hand thoroughly, even to the extent f being able to report verbatim, In about six months. This shows what can In done by making systematic use of one's time." - "Did you ever make any use of yout shorthand, uncle?" "Well er no," reluctantly admitted the uncle, to whom this phase of the subject had not occurred when he be gun his Instructive little lecture. 1 They Gradually Disappeared. "Why don't you use nfter-dlnner cof fee spoons?' asked a woman at a first- class up town restaurant of the pro prietor the other evening, finding It somewhat Inconvenient to use a large spoon with her small cup. "We did have them when we first opened," an swered the proprietor. "We had six doaen, but they gradually disappeared until now only three are left and we consider It more economical to use the larger spoons, for which people do not seem to have such a fancy." At many restaurants when a glass of claret or sherry la called for It la served In a tluy decanter. These miniature bottles are very attractive. They seem to ap- pcal, as many small things do, to the taste of many people. One man who visits now and again many different restaurants boasts that he has over two dozen of these pretty little decanters. He doesn't say how he came by them, but be didn't purchase them. A Bee's Wings. A bee's wings are said to beat the air at the rate of 100 strokes per second,' and to propel the bee a distance of thirty miles in an hour. If a woman Is a good cook, she owes the wrold no apology If the does not how off well In society, . - 4
