rxfWJ ii f ill: ;
GABE TUCKER'S DEFECTON.
I
There were K,K,' ninny prettjr linn!
charm '"'!- among t he cnrlydny Kan
M, ,. hoys, lull II l" doubtful If there
gamine who held nny advantage over
fill' Tinker. Gabe often boasted Unit
Hi., oik' consuming ambition of hi life
sim l 1 M' lhp '""'l"" "-' '"!
,,.rr..r of Hi.' entile range. 1 drunk,
... ...I I.. -...I ..I
gallll'.C'l I,M1 l.'OKiii, .. "n lliniljn
..,y lo etlgngi
ill a piimiiiiiu mtuim
at a moment's notice, ami ou tlio least
provocation. Ami swear! Why, In
a n ! 1 1 1 ' I eloquent In t lie uxt of pro
faulty.
(JhIk- Ii.'hI no more respect for religion
Hum lii hail for I lie dirt under his feet,
jit. derided and scoffed everything of
t religious n.'iiuri.. mid hoiiii of hi
remarks were no btdd anil blasphemous
tiiat I'Veii hi cowioy companions
lieiird tl with a creeping sensation
of lint' and fear.
line of Gabe's chief Sunday enjoy
nii'Ut wan lo coiiil" Into town, (III up
on whisky a ml proceed to break Up
religious services. Ho would charge
up mid down In front of the building
lirre services were being held, yell
In; mid cursing In the most liorrllile
uaitiucr. and peppering Hie aide of the
liiuiu with bullets or shuttering the
(lass from the windows. Prequetilly,
n hen night services were being held,
be would ride up to the door and pro
,yhI coolly and ealmly to shoot out the
Jjjlii. one after iimither, until the eon
frrgatloti was left In ucrfcet darkness,
jf course (he people of the town did
mil approve of Gabe's stylo, and they
i-n- generally agreed that his devil
try ought to be slopped, but when It
.uiiii- to stopping It, that was unother
matter.
Tilings went along In this wny for a
lontf linn-, but nt last one Sunday a new
minister oertipled the pulpit, lie was
d young college graduate from some-
ivli.-ri" east of the Mississippi, rash.
HiiiuSie ami utinei)ualuted with the
natures of the untamed western cow-
boys. In the course of Ids sermon he
iooli occasion to speak of Gabe Tuck-
tr' ilevlliry, and he denounced It In
no uncertain terms. Ills audience lls-
i.'iii'.l iu astonishment and trembled
with fear for his safety. Well, Gabe
tard about the preiicher's remarks.
tml tin- next Sunday he rode up to the
'illrcll. Illsl Ills liiirso ntul u-n,i 1. ...!
.' ..... ,ii uiiii
ok a scat among the congregation.
lull well back from the pulpit, lie
lit unlet ly while the opening hymns
snug and a prayer was offered,
lut the cotigrcgntlon kept eyeing him
li:ilcloiisly. The minister came for
ward, read n passage of Scripture, of.
red a few words of prayer and be- '
iu lo deliver his sermon. When he
1.1 spoken a il.wen sentences (Jabe '
r.iiMi-ii!y arose and drawing his pistol
to plant bullets Iu the floor all
mud the preacher's feet. The audi-
kiii- yelled and screamed and crawled
mler tlie benches while the preacher
Wed and dodged about, scared with-
i an Inch of his life. It was an or -It-
S time and (!abe was the only person
li tin- house who wns calm and cool.
i' continued to lire his pistols until
' li:td but two balls left and with
lose he cut a little bunch of hair from
lltlli-r side of tlu nrc.nelii.r'ii lu....l In-.
2 " ..' Jim,
y a reminder of his proficient marks
Vanslilp. Then he went out, mounted
t)s horse, gave a series of whoops and
lied away across the lirairle. The
.mig minister went back enst right
aay and for a long while there was
HO preaching In the town. (Julie's
fame had spread abroad, and preach
ers were disposed lo give lilm a wide
ociiii. He iKuistcd that he had broken
Up the church and that there would
Ijever be any more services lu the town
tulle he remained there.
flu this, however, Cabe was mistaken,
for services were again held In the
ti, and (labe Tucker wns one of the
ost regular, earnest nud devout nt
Sudanis. And It all happened In this
atitier. About three mom lis aftec the
yisouejtist mentioned word came that
woman preacher wns coming to the
iu to noli) a nrotrnct.xl n,,.roi,i..
lien Cube heard this news he vowed
ami down that no woman would
I any meeting there.
.Ivvo or three davs biter r.nlu wns
P1 ou the raiiL'o rmnnih,,. ....
'"ft He was eharirlnir ncinss tl,
f uue arter a refractory steer, when
norse stepped luto a uralrle doir
' I'ltched over ou his head, rolled
"ft and fell on top of him, fractur
a leg uud severely spraining his
Bit at ln,.r..ll.lA . - ,..t ..I
, .".I'v-milil- io give III" lUJIHt'U
Uroiml- nt... ,t i.
I .....-UIIUU III iiiv miii u, BW
conveyed to town and located
' a '"l nt a little hotel. X.m- ;,t tills
t'- tlll-IO ... . 1 -t ......
1 . - "ua n I.HIJ iHiaroer w uu
r1 roine only the day before. Slic
V m -'Hy young and pretty, yet
r re was a wholesome freshness nud
expression of goodnerv alwut her
t niade her very attractive. This
I'ly bik a great Interest In Gabe from
moment when she first saw him,
d when she found that ho had no
'0 nurse hlra she went to the due
?r itid offered her services. The doc
f 'book bis bead and beIt4id.
mm
UiX TO l't, A XT ni'LLKTS IX TIIK
ri.ooK.
."irnmfjf.
ttt
"The man needs
11 U'Dllwit.'ri ........
'"''"Hied, 'hut he's . won), of
' iTinii' character."
"In w Imt way'" Kite asked.
I)' Is n t . ii ir 1 1. li,. i..-..,.
j gamble. t..)tt
I Tli doctor went ,0 civ,. .
account of ,.. , ,..,...
br
1 - ... ... .I,-,,,,,,
T'n.
"ouinn, instead of being frlgliie.ic.:
irom ii,.r purK.se, was all '.he
confirmed In it.
u ne is that." fclie said, "tliere Is
me more neei of throwing kind In
nuences nlNiut him. Mis soul I us pre
hi. iimt koui on earth, and it Is a
innsiiuii iluty to reclaim It If possl
uie.
I'roin that dav she vUl!..,1
bringing him dainty tittle morsels of
fooil and performing many small olllce
MIK ALWAYS llltot OUT A SMII.IXO PACK.
to add to his comfort. She alwavs
brought u smiling face Into the room
and she was uuspurlng with kind, con
soling words.
.i nrsi nanc reseniwi I lie Woman 8
visits, and she got little from blui ex
cept dark scowls and n few mumbled
words Iu reply to her questions, she
took no uotice of his ungracious con
duct, or nt lenst appeared not to, and
continued to treat him with the same
uniform consideration.
After a while her kindness began to
tell ou him, and she saw It, though he
tried to keep It secret. She saw'thnt
his face brightened when she came In
to the room, and that he listened eager
ly to her words, however much he pre
tended not to.
At last there came a time when Cube
could mask his real feelings no longer,
and Iu bis rough, brusque wny lie
nolireil out bis irrnlltiiile to Ills nnrsi
she blushed and smiled and said It nf-
fr,i,., .r the greatest pleasure to
,...,in tl...t she Imd been n l.l nn.l
comfort to him.
"I have often wondered," he said,
"who and what you are. Won't you
tell mer
"I am afraid I should lose your es
teem If I did that," she replied.
"Why?"
"I Jielong to a class of people that
yon don't like, so I have heard."
"I don't enre what you belong to, you
are an angel, and I will uever think
less of yon thnu I do now."
"Then I'll tell you. I am a preach
er." (Jains was staggered for a moment,
then he milled to his promise and kept
It. More thnu that, when he was able,
he attended the protracted meetings
the woiunn was conducting. Attended
becnuse she nsked him.
The result over It all wns that he got
religious and fell In love, or perhaps It
would be more projier to say that he
fell In love first and that led to the oth
er. The curious thing was the preacher
loved blui and married him, and that
he became her helpmeet iu her minis
terial work. I'tica Globe.
Tho l-'orue of a Word.
She wns a muiden
Of Huston's elect,
Exceedingly homely,
Hut very correct;
Visiting auntie,
While in New York
Tried to improve ou
Everyone's tulk.
He wus a chappie,
Plenty of money,
Often by accident
Said something funny; .
"What's thnt you said?
Huted the shopping?
Oh, by the wny,
Where are you stopping?"
A sneer on her face,
A look of disgust;
"I'm staying with auutie,
Not stopping, I trust;
Pray, wluit could 1 stop?
The meaning you hide."
"Perhaps I was thinking
"Of clocks," he replied.
-Prom a Hook of Columbia Verse.
Character from Wallets.
Au observing young man with n
Sherlock Holmes touch in his moral
tnnke up says that the age and charac
ter of a woman may general be deter
mined by the contents of her pocket-
book. The business woman always has
a uuniber of receipted bills and a quan
tity of cash iu her pocketbook. The
mother of a family usually has many
unreceipted bills, little cash and the
sides bursting with samples and bar
gain advertisements while the average
young lady has a favorite poem stowed
nwny In a corner and Invariably a sou
venir of something bordering on the
superstitious.
Italian Works of Art.
Last year Italy exported 21.00 an
tlqu anifnicnlern works of art, valued
at Ji'sW.OiO. More than half of them
went to Germany.
The Ia: the Hi hie.
The dog Is mentioned thirty-three
times In the Wide.
A headstrong man Is
r . ......
as apt to 1h?
wrofcfc as he is ngni.
When lck, the beat thing you cuu
k Is a rest
FOIBLES OF RICH PEOPLE.
Foil. Think It l',Bru,inil , Kl.l. In
lomimiii Mrtrt ip.
"That one-half of tt. luUabltauts of
Nc.
orw has no comeiulou of the
imuuiiT Iu which i:it- other half exists
wlthotu saying." remark.-il a oc.
j'ly woman r.-c ntly. m lu.ver r,.nI.
l.d how ditTereutly the lives, habit
iind o.-cupatloiis of the rich of our own
d.ficr from those of 'u.nu outre.' who
r only moderately well off, until the
oilier day, at a sort of drawing room
debating dub that we started this win
ter the various methods of transit were
under discission, when Mrs. MMa,,
who was my m-lghlHir, said to me:
"i cannot speak from experience In
nny of the matters, for I have never
be. n lu a public conveyance In my llrv.
exu pt, of course, the railroads.'
"'lo you meau to nay.' I exclaimed,
for 1 could not realize thnt n woman of
Tmi years of age. living iu New York nil
her days, could, whatever might be her
condition, really live so faropiirt from
Jlie great mass of her fellow creatures.
'Iimt you have never been In an omni
bus or a street car?"
" 'Never.' she answered.
" 'liut the elevated railroads.' I per- '
Usted. -What do you do when you j
w.sn to go a long distance V
I ilrlvn' ,i... ,..i....i i..,., .,..!.
. . .... .... !..-. .'-. in. i.n.v
astonished. 'Surely you do not climb I
those stairs and go Into those uwful
things''
"No wonder that these people feel as
If they were made of different cloy
from the rest of humanity. No aristo
crat lu Kurope could hold herself more J
proudly uloof from the hoi pollol than I
do such women who by the power of
money and the money nlone nre thus
alienated from Lhclr kind. Such class
distinctions between those who have
nud those who have not. based liKn
iio'hlng but sordid considerations, are
undoubtedly widening the breach lie
tween the rich and the ior In this
country."
"They mean well, these rich women."
said a luird-worklng philanthropist
who had devoted years to the people
and their urnls. not merely bodily, but
socially aud Intellectually. "And we
greatly need the money that they give,
but I io wish they would not drive
down to our clubs with their carriages
and footmen. I do not like to say thnt
It was Inappropriate and teudvd to de
stroy rather than foster the feeling of
friendship aud self-respect that we are
trying to have established, but I tried
to suggest to Mrs. Croesus, who has
taken so much Interest and donated
such a large sum to our library, that It
would save her so much time If she
came down In the 'I,.'
'My dear Mr. T., she exelulmed. 'I
would not go Into one of those slums
for the world without John aud
Thomas to protect me,' a remark which
showed how hopelessly Ignorant she
was of the real meaning and scope of
our work." New York Tribune.
Will May "Madam."
Henceforth the employes of an East
ern railroad company who have occa
sion to address women patrons of the
road will use the word "Madam," In
stead of "Lady." a ctmnge that educat
ed persons will appreciate, whatever
the reasons thnt dictated It. One of
the company said by wny of explana
tion: "It has become a growing and
very noticeable evil among thp con'
ductors particularly of luto that wom
en patrons of the road were addressed
as 'Mrs, sometimes as 'Miss, not In
frequently as 'Lady,' aud occasionally
ns -Madam, aud It wns often the case
that the person addressed as 'Mrs.'
should have been addressed as 'Miss,'
If strict propriety were olwerved, and
vice versa, and Individual complaints
of such cases have been reported. Hy
the adoption of a uniform greeting,
such as 'Mndiun,' It relieves tho con
ductor nud motormnn of the responsi
bility of distinguishing between 'Mrs.'
nnd 'Miss,' and at the same time pre
vents any jiossible offcmie being
glveu."
M.-ke a Fly Look Twelve Miles Long.
Prof. Elmer Gates, of Washington,
savs ho has worked out a process by
which objects can be magnified to a
ly.e oiKi times greater than by nny of
the microscopes now In use. Ills In
cut ion, he claims, will revolutionize
microscopy, and will advance science
to a point hitherto unheard of. Ills
discovery, he says, will be of special
value In bacteriology nud the study of
the cellular tissues. The professor de
clares that he has succeeded where all
other scientists have failed In discov
ering n way by which the magnified
.'mage projected ou a lense can be mag
nllled by a second as If It were tho
original object. To do this has been the
aim of sclcutlflc photographers and
mlcroscoplsts for uiany years. Prof.
Gntcs does not take the public Into his
confidence sulllclently to divulge the
details of his invention, but he says he
will be ready to give It to the world In
a few weeks. The power of the new
Instrument Is mentioned as 3,0(K),0(iO
diameters. Washington dispatch to
ludlutinpolis Journal.
Illind People.
So fur as the most recent statistics
go, the Unowu proort!on of blind peo
ple is altout one In fifteen hundred,
which would give a total of one million
blind In the world. The largest pro
portion Is found In Russia, which has
In Europe 2(hi,iss) blind In a population
of 1KI millions, or one In 4MJ. Most of
these are found lu the northern prov
inces of Finland, and the principal
cause Is ophthalmia, due to the bad
ventilation of the huts of tlie peasantry
and tlie Inadequate facilities for treat
ment. There Is a great deal of blind
ness in Egypt due to blowing sand.
It Was Successful.
"Ah, doctor; glad to see you. I've
been auxlous to hear about that opera
tion you were telling uie of the other
day. How did It come outr'
"Oh, beautifully! It was one of the
lMt bits of work I ever did. Very
successful In every way."
"And the patient how did be stand
it?"
"Well, he died." Cleveland Lender.
The Modern Chaperon.
"Oh, yes, I hire my chaperon by the
year and she costs me a very tidy
sum."
"She must be highly cultivated."
"She Is. She can Jump, run and wres
tle.snd you never saw a cleverer woirf
in with ber fists!" Cleveland Plain
Dealer. Q
A womun't Idea of true nobllll Is to
offer a woman ber new w inter dre to
copy the style.
SAPTUHEO THE HIGHWAYMAN.
t I'liol-llriiil d Hiolrbm in Turns Ilia
Tul'ttaen Ills Ail liitlt.
A good ht.iry Is told of u Hi-otchman
residing In San KrancNco, wlio had all
Ids wlis about him, s;ijs the linlliinap
lis Sentinel, lb- was lln most argu
nii ni.iilve and the calmest of men.
I'hey Use llrearins rather llluppui llllli'
ly at times out there, an. I early one
morning when the Scotchman (whom
we will call Mr. Mctlregorl was return
ing home he wns accosted by an A inert
can citizen, suddenly holding up a pis
tol: "Throw up your hands!"
"Why?" nsked Mr. McGregor, calmly.
"Throw tliein up."
"Hut what for-;"
'Tut up your hands.' Insisted the
'ootpad. slinking his pistol. "Will you
lo hat I tell your
"That depends," said Mr. McGregor.
If ymi can show me any reason why
I should put up my hands I'M no say
t'ut what I wull, but your mere re
litalst wad be no Justlllcatlon for me to
lo so absurd a thing. Noo. why should
run. a complete stranger, ask me nt this
"ir o' the iiioiniu' on public street to
pit up urn hands?"
I'asli you: cried I Tie robber, "If voil
liin r milt .....i ..i fit
'"" " "'"en. i
niow tlie ton , if vniir heii.l off-
"Wliat: rallh, moil, ye must be oot
' yer bcisl. fonie. noo, poor binbly,"
ald McGregor, soothingly, coolly j
natchlng the pistol and wrenching It '
with a ipilck twist out of the man's
liainl. "Come. now. an' I'll show ye
where they'll lake care o" ye. Ilech!
i li..,,. , . .. 1
j , " ' " ' ' ' " L
;ut up yer alii lunnls an' Just walk I
ihead o' me. That's It. Trudge awn', '
noo." '
And so Mr. McGregor marched his !
man to the city prison nud turned him
nver to ('apt. Honglass.
"It wmliiii lie a bail Idea to put blin I
In a strait Jacket." he said, serenely,
io lie ollleer. "There's little (loot but
tlie buddy's daft."
And be resumed his Interrupted ;
hoi leward w alk. I
NECESSITIES COSTLY IN PARIS.
W Her tin Me. I I'm Ion. and Ksclacl'e
Hrlnki foul U Very l'i penal Ye.
"Water Is the most precious and ex
clusive drink you can order In Paris,"
writes Lilian Hell in a letter from the
trench capital to the Ladles' Home j
Journal. "Imagine thnt jou who let I
the water run to cool It! In Paris they
iictually pay for water In their hoiisea
by the quart. Artichokes, mid tr utiles,
i ml mushrooms, and silk stockings, and
kid gloves nre so cheap here that It
makes you blluk your eyes. Hut egg,
nnd cream, and milk are luxuries. Silks
nnd velvets are Itewllderliigly Inexpen
sive. Hut cotton stuffs are from Ameri
ca, and nre extmvapuiccs. They make
them up Into 'costumes,' and trim, them
with velvet rlblsui. Never by nny
i hance could you be suposed to send
cotton frocks to lie washed every week.
The luxury of frch. starched muslin
dresses uud plenty of shirt-waists Is uu
knowii. "I never shall overcome the ecstasies
of laughter which assull uie when I him
varieties of coal exhibited In tluy shop
windows, set forth In high glans dishes,
ns we exploit chocolales nt home. Hut
well they may respect It, for it Is real
ly very much cheaper to freeze to death
than to buy coal In Paris. The reason
of all this In the city tax on every
chicken, every currot, every egg
brought luto Paris. Every mouthful of
rood Is taxed. This produces an enor
mous revenue, and this Is why. the
streets are so clean; It Is why the as
phalt Is us smooth as a ballroom floor;
It Is why the whole of Paris Is as beau
tiful as a dream."
Ic. Tumbler Garden.
A very pleasing effect may Ik- pro
duced by setting a wet sHin:e lu a
glass IhiwI and sowing It over with
llnx, grass or mustard seed, or all three
kludx mixed. Hefore long It will lie
covered with a thick growth of lender
green, and If It be Judiciously watered
every day the mustard will In time put
forth Its tiny yellow blis-soms. (iill
dreu and Invalids may derive delight
from watching these seisin growing lu
still another way.
Pill a common tumbler or goblet with
wu'er, cut out u round of cotton bat
ting, or of soft, thick tlanm-l, of Just
the size to cover the top surface, and
lay It gently upon the water. I'isui this
scatter the Hced-grostt or flax or mus
tard, or all mixed nnd gently set (he
tumbler nwny lu a dark place.
Ill a few days the seed will start;
soon the roots will liegln to penetrate
tlie cotton or Ha unci, their delicate
white fibers to the Isittotn of the V ea
sel, wtill the top will be covered with
little thicket of green.
Meanwhile, after the first thlrty-sli
hours, the vessel must be kept In a
warm, light place, nnd two or three
times a week carefully replenished
with wuter by means of a teasHioti,
siphon or syringe Inserted beneath the
edge of the tlnniiei. 1 lie great ctiarin
of this little tumbler garden Is thnt the
roots can be plainly seen through tho
glass.
Water-cresses may Imj gitiwn In the
same way, and, like the mustard plant,
afford a pleasant relish when eaten
with bread and butter. We know of a
little girl w ho kept her luvnlld mother
supplied nil winter long with water
crcsecs grown In Mils way upon wet
flannel. The Watchman.
Clever Mr Charles.
Here Is a story of the Lord Chief Jus-
lice of England. When he was still
known as Sir Charles Itusnell be went
lo Scotland to help the Liberals In a
ceitaln campaign. He puriiosojy lie
gan his speech with some very badly
pronounced Scotch. After the confusion
caused b.v his appnrent blunder had
subsided, Sir Charles said: "Gentle
men, I do not sicak Scotch, but I vote
Scotch." Tremendous applause follow
ed, wherenin Sir ChurU-a proceeded:
"And I often drink Scotch." After
thlb he was the hero of the hour. An
swers. i
After Escape.
Visitor (at museum And you actual
ly think the savages Intended to kill
you?
Talt'sxil Man-Yes; but It was only
after my ecae that I discovered their
designs upon me. Sun Francisco Ex
aminer. A rat may look at a king, but a tua
t times prefer to look at ac ace.
MIi. DOIjK OF HAWAII.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
PUBLIC'S PRESIDENT.
RE-
He ! a llrrcult- In tle and ns n
lonitu i uil Wunil tindi-rfiil Atlilt-lu
-Ills Ml o.l U Judicial Kullur lli.ui
l.li-i'Ulte.
Personality of n 1'rraldcnt.
The visit to tills country of Sanford
It. Hole, President of the Hawaiian
republic, centers attention on this re
markable man and In 1 1 1 - ('Mciim
Times-Hera Id II. S. Cnntleld discusses
In a very entertaining manner some of
his characteristics. The HtM thing
alxiiit him, says Mr. Canlleld, is his
size. The President of the Hawaiian
republic is six feet two Inches in
height. He Is nlmut tu I years of ng,
but lie hns not taken on tlesli. He Is as
trim as a man of :U. He Is Admirably
proiMirtloncd -iiroad-shoulderi-d, ilivp
chested, thin flanked nud long of lluili.
One cannot help thinking In I. Hiking at
him that such bone nnd sinew were
wasted on the supreme bench. A weak
mull call sit still and think as well as
i i
anouier
Pole would have mad.' an
Ideal head for a boarding party. Prop
erly trnl msl. he could have attaints! In
ternational reputation In the prize ring.
He Is, or rather has been, a giant of a
man. Twenty years ago Ills strength
must have been enormous. So far as
physiques go, he Is not the largest
living President, he Is tlie biggest Pres
ident tlie world ever saw. Spare of
tlcsh as he Is, he neighs more than Jiki
MUUds.
Those w ho knew him as a ls.y, youth
and mail tell many tales of his prow
ess. The Kanakas of undiluted rmv
are llncly proiMirtlotioil and well grown,
but I Nile was swifter of fool than anv
vvv.'
.1 .T
Vvt-iy'i.
'.(.. I
SANFollll II. lllll.K.
man ou the Islands. He handled with
out elTort weights that others could
not stir. As a mountain climber he was
unsurpassed. I. Ike. tlie natives of (lie
little group Hint lies lonely but smiling
In the heart of the Pnelllc, hp wiih as
much nt home In the water as on the
land. As a swimmer, diver and shark
fighter he held his own with tlie Vst
of them. Ills skill In aquatics made
him rememlM-red at Williams College
Massachusetts, for many years, lie
was supreme Judge of Hie Hawlillan
islands, but his former college mates
and those who came after him thought
of him only as a mighty swimmer, run
Her, cllmls-r, walker nnd lighter.
The old Puritans bred big, raw boned
hardy men, and Hole Is of Puritan
stock tindchiod. Ills ancestors lived
down New Hcdford way, where they
iH-lleve in Meilforil rum ami true re
ligion. He posses sei tlie more salient
characteristics of Hie Puritan stock
moilltleU Ity n long lire spent lu au
easier clime and amid an easier people
He Is direct, positive, earnest, person
ally abstemious, grave of demeanor,
with little sense of humor, w ith a tend
ency to estimate oliscrv.'.uce alsive the
tiling olwerved; very straightforward,
very moral, very honest nnd very rev
erent. He hns lost the Puritan desire
to force others to his wny of thinking.
He Is not In nny sense a missionary, or
an evangelist, or an cxhortc.
He Is n handsome man even now.
Undersized cynics say thnt avolrduiols
Is always more potent with the other
sex than brain, nud there may be some
thing In It. Hole had Isith the size and
tlie bin I n. His featuri-s are regular
(ml well molded, his head Is rather
long, but well shaped; his eyes are a
lustrous dark brown. They are much
too soft for n mini. Hole could uever
have been tlie loving and volcanlcally
remorseful Lancelot, or the merrily
Jesting Gawalne, or Tristan of the fiery
heart and conscienceless desire; but he
could have Ih-cii Arthur, who was hau l
some and good, and, with It all, some
thing of a prig. It Is Charles Itcnde
who In one of his lesser stories, The
Jilt, makes his heroine faithless,
charmed from her equlisilse by a mag
lilflcont heard which belonged to a in it it
who should not have won her. When
she came within the sphere of Influence
of flint lorrent of hair she wss power-
less. iHile's heard Is splendid. It Is
silken and brown, slightly tinged with
gray, aud pours over his breast in
masses.
With all of his iiersonnllty, however.
his rejsxcful manner and suggestion of
lutent force, one cannot talk to the Ha
waiian President without realizing that
he was not, Is not ami can never be Hu
rra) lesd.T of the revolution and the
forces which maJtitnln tlie present form
of government. He has tlie Judicial,
not the active mind. He ran plan, but
Is not the kind which executes. All of
his previous life had unfitted Uui to be
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WHS. lllll.K.
TMR TAniM
re ssr
mature, nn.l what there were nf
half urown, half rotted tuber, were sITi-ctcd with n 1'lisiit that rendered them unlit
fur food. Prom eatiuit these dist-nsed H.nioes many htoii have been sttncki-d
with acute choleraic symptoms, and one case proved fatal. The iiilinbilnuls nf the
western part of the islnini have nothing whatever to fall Lack upon, nud unless the
Government gives relief n repetition of the scenes of 1S71I nud IM7 msy be e
peeled. Ill G lentil riff the Inhabitants sIoiik the sealsinrd nre in s stnte nf desll
luli. -ii. They nre attacked periodically it li famine fever, nn.l tliey are being
pressed for arrears of rent by Lord Ardihiiin. trustee i.f I lie late Karl nf llnntry's
estate. These arrears iirigiiuilly snioiinted In C.'M.IKHI, and were iMinght by the
trustees for 7.inh. lliivinu alreiuly cnllected (I-.ISHI, the trustees nre now trying
to el..rt the remain. ler. Counties ri'uirtiug the failure of crops and a shortage
In fuel arc shown In black ou the foregoing limp.
lite man to strike the decisive blow,
lie was the sou of n school teacher nud
was educated In this country, where n
respect for the established order of
tilings was ground Into lilm. He was
n lawyer until call.il to the bench, and
was ou tlie bench until a short time
previous to Llluokalaiil's overthrow,
He was made President iM'cnuse of his
lifelong reputation for an unswervahl."
rectitude. No inn li could say aught
against Mm. lie was a representative
of Hie purer and better life of llololulu.
He was know n also to hssck some ad
ministrative ability, lie wns, In tho
vernacular of xilltlcs In Ibis country, ti
"safe inn u." Therefore he was honored
and made famous.
Mr. Hide w as mil elected President ns
many suppose. He. .was proclaimed
President ami the proclamation was
ratified by the "American arly." Ity
tlie Hawaiian constitution he holds of
fice for six years. Ills term expires at
1'.' o'clock midnight I'occiiiIh-i Ml, I'.hki.
If aiuu'xatl.in fails, Thurston, It Is
thought, will be the next President of
the Islands.
SHE FOUGHT A WILDCAT.
A llruve Mlniusotu School Teacher's
Kt lit ritiicv with mi I ly Unite.
Miss Martini Culver, a school teacher
who lives miir Grand Itaplds, Minn.,
Is a heroine lu the eyes of the residents
of her section, and she Is deserving of
all the praise that has been lavished
upon her. She had au experience with
n wildcat r ntly which proves her lo
be a girl of uncommon nerve and pluck.
Miss Culver U obliged to walk live
miles to nud from her school every day
through dense pine woods, and usually
has no other companion than a small
rllle, which she carries as much for
ssrt as for protection. Timber wolves
are very numerous in tlie vicinity or
Grand Itaplds aud have caused the set
tlers great annoyance and considerable
damage by preying iiisin their stock.
Miss Culver Is one of the few persons
who have encountered the animals at
close quarters and under ibssperate clr-cumstatl.'.-s.
Since October she has
killed wolves, lynxes, wildcats, Ix-ars,
moose, deer and rabbits.
One day while returning from school
Miss Culver hail a liissel with an ugly
wildcat, which cost hern deep, painful
wound iisin her right arm nnd the ruin
of a i-ostly fur Jacket which came In
contact with the animal's wicked
claws. She had heard the crafty step
of some li li I li i ii I In the thicket. IYes
cully It cnnie-n big, hungry lisiklng
wlhh-nt, creeping stealthily over the
tangled underbrush until It came to tho
clearing, when1 It stopped, looking cau
tiously nlsiul as If It expected an en
emy, Miss Culver took deliberate aim
and tired, but as she pulled the trigger
the wildcat crouched down to the earth
and tho charge Just grazed Its back.
The school toucher rusln-d forward to
UNCLR 5AM'S BUILDING AT
r s
The building which the Pulled Stales Government Is erecting for the Traiismls
sissippl sml lute runtlntinl Kxposltlnn st Oiiiaha orcuplrs the place of honor ou the
grounds. It fronts on the lake, facing the ninin group of buildings, and its colossal
tl will tower far nlve sll the other buildings. Apart from the advantage given
it by Its position, the building will rank well at the front uil nccount of the beauty
of its architecture and ibs'orstlons. Like many of the other buildings, it par
take, of the classic style, the Ionic order having hcru used. It will be built In
three sections, tlitf wiiiKS Ising separnted from the central structure by colon
mules, connecting with the agricultural building on one side and the fine arts build
ing mi the other side. The two finest features are to he Uie dome and the main
entrance. The entrance, which faces the center nf the basin, will be reached by
a broud Might of steps and through a coloni.utV. Ou either side are to be placed
pavilions furnished witb richly decorated domes. The whole decoration of the
entrance will Ih done In colors, aud a very rich effect will In this way be secured.
Tin greut dome will be nipped by a heroic figure modeled after "Liberty Enlight
ening the World." sud the electric Illumination of Liberty's torch will be one of
Uie most striking features of the expnaltluD grounds at night, Tbe height of the
torch above the gruuud wUJ be 178 feet, .. ....
- IN IRHLAND.
li.l.Y tlirii-fiKirlhs t
I lie counties in Ireliiiid suf
fered from crop failures
during the past season. Heavy
ruins, long continued, Is-st down
the liny and rye crops sad rotted
lint had I n cut. Prom the
siiine cause the potatoes failed to
finish the Job with n blow- of her gun
barrel, but tlie wounded ntilmnl sprang
Into the air and landed with Its fore
paws upon the breast and right arm of
his fair antagonist, tearing the front of
her Jacket to shreds aud culling a deep
scratch In the arm. Seizing the beast
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SCIIO'it. TKACIIKII AMI Wll.llCAT.
by the thnsit ami forelegs she succeed
ed, by a desperate effort, In releasing
herself fnaii Its grip, and another
sweep of the gun put an end to the
si niggle.
This Was Truly Wlan Owl.
Owls are, by "common consent, ad
Ju.igitl to lie birds of 111 omen; hut there
Is an eligli r on the Santa Ke rood
who thinks otherwise. One morning,
ns the east-bound overland wns pulling
through the mountains near Albuquer
que, N. M., a big horn Ixukcd owl dash
ihI against tlie front window of the cab
with such force us to break the glass,
the bird dropping dead at the engineer's
fevt. The man was siiM-rstltlous, like
most railroad men, and Immediately
stopped tlie tniiti and sent a -I'likeinau
ahead to sec If the way was clear. The
hrukcninn returned and reported a land
slide across the track In the mountain
pass, ill H yards ahead. Men were sent
out to clear tlie track nnd In doing so
they found a not tier owl, no doubt mate
to the first, caught lu the crotch of uil
uprooted tree, crushed to dentil hy the
fall. The engineer hud both owls
stuffed and they now ornament his en..,
Im-ciiusc he thinks they are mascots.
fTI The Viae Druua'kt.
Youth-1 would -er like a lsittle of
some er good hair restorer.
Iirugglst Want It for your mustache,
I supiHise?
Youth-Er yea.
Iirugglst-1 guess It's hair orlguator
you want.
Instructors In elocution may tench a
man how to talk, but unfortunately not
what to say.
As a rule, the more successful a man
Is lu love affairs, the less successful be
Is lu business.
TRANSMISS1SSIPP1 EXPOSITION.