NEW S OF
NOTED
STARS AND LIGHT YEARS,
PERSONS
Clarence Lexow. who, as chairman
of the senate Investigating commit
tee, hared a scandal in New York's
police department
in
1894 that
shocked the nation, died at bla home
In Nyack. N. Y.. of pneumonia
The estate of Henry O. Havemeyer,
of the American Sugar Refining Com
panv. la appraised at >17,107,165 In
the report of the transfer tax apprais
sr tiled In New York.
Andrew Carnegie brought his bene-
faction« to the enormous total nt
>180,710.000, by a gift of >1,250,000 to
♦he foundation for German lif-sa v er a
Mrs. Mary Heniehe, widow of the
late Chief Heniehe, of the Chippewa
tribe of Indians, died at her home at
Ba sea Mich., at the age of 115
years.
S multaneously with the signal of
""30" ro his last sheet of copy for th e
Atchison «Kansas) Globe, Fdgar W a t
sor Howe, or " Ed" Howe, for 35 years
editor of that paper, severed bis con­
nection with the publication
Mrs. Isabella Martin was for the
saocod time given a fife sentence In
the courts at Oakland. Cal., for the
dynamiting of Superior Judge Ogden’s
home. Judge W ells denied her m o
,
. , , . .
. . ,
tion for a new trial, but granted a
!
CATCHING H i
i .I h j S.
P ractically the Sam * Methuwfl
Far a Thousand Vaaca.
A
Useu
Peep
In to th s E te r n ity of
T h a t S u rro u n d « U v
Space
THE POTATO D UEL
ITALIAN HUMOR.
L a u g h a b le B a ttle B etw ee n a B ad M e n
a nd a P re a c h e r.
B«ory af the Ingenleua NaptMw and
Mta Witty Unela.
PAUL OF RUSSIA.
HU Treats Ending
W a s LU U T h a t a f
Jullua Caaa*v,
While it is interesting to know
While tins perhaps has nothing to
Not all the duel» fought in Ken­
Tint 15th of March, I *01,' aa the
the
distance
of
some
of
the
stars
in
The Ixiwcstoft fishermen *a\ that
tucky have tn'en bloody or even dan­ fio with current literature, we jot it day on wh ieh th«* Eutperor Paul of
the m ethod o f e u ti'liiu g h e rrin g * miles, when stated in that way the gerous. Many years ag«» Bill Bow­ down because it impressed us as be- Russia «»a* aasnssinatial. Paul had
numbers
are
so
large
that
they
fre­
has scarvelv change«! «lunug the last
man, c noted circuit preacher and a itig particularly good and het ause received wane whispers of liw plot
fhiWsand rear* or more ami ill.,, quently convey very indistinct con­ muscular Christian, once employe«! it itfuatratca as well as any story against hia life and h.ul arvung>'«l
their l ets mast he the same ui p r i l l ceptions to the mind. For this rea­ unique weapon* with effect ivonemi.
that we have ever heard the p«'eul- to leave St. Peter burg the follow­
eiple a.» those which were employe,! son it is customary to estimate
At one of his meetings a local iar quality of ltnliau humor. Fa ing day anil go to Moscow, where
be.'nre Richard the l.ion licartts! stars’ distances in "light years.” A desperado had « rented a disturbance sola«'i"i is a youth of much elegance lie fancied he might be safer. Oil
and his Crusader* sailed for the light year is the distance that light, and on being publicly rebuked by and little discretion, lie has been the evening «4 the 25th he retired
Holy Land. The statem ent has moving at the rate of 186,300 mile« Bowman sent him a challenge to s|H*ntliiig right and left, and one I«» rest at an early hour that he
much of tru th in it, and when we per second, travels in one year. fight. Bowman as the challenged dav he finds himself anaIde to pay might thoroughly reet himself I*-
d rift at our net* on the lonely sea This amounts in round number* to party had, of « ours«», the clioiee of his hotel kill. Owing to the avarice f.»re eoiiiiueiK-ing hi» journey. At
with our great lamplike riding light 5,880,000,000,000 miles. The dis­ weapons, lie selected a half bushel of his futher, he appeal» to his 11 o'clock about a score of the con­
burning steadily amidships, w • pre tance of Alpha Centaur is 4,35 light of Irish potatoes as big as his fist uncle:
spirators — offletws holding high1
®®Bt much C e s lit t e spectacle that years; that of Sinus, the dog star, for each man and stipulated that
"Dear Unde— If von could see rartk in the army—appeared at the
ould have Imcn witnessed m an' is almost exactly twice as great, or his opponent must stand fifteen my shame whil«' I write you would gate of the palace. It was dosed,
centuries ago. It was at night whet* 8,6 light years— in other words, paces distunt and that onlv on«' po­ pity me. I)»» you know whv? Be­ lint the officers presented an order,
the herrings were caught, ami night light requires 8.1» years to come to tato at a time should h<* taken from cause 1 have- to ask yotl for 100 signed by the eniptwor huosclf—or,
And these are the measure. Tin' desperado was ini lies and know not how to* express rather, with a forgtil signature at-
on the vast ami melancholy waste ns front Sirius.
of '•niter hid«'* that mmlornitv among the very nearest of the stars. furious at being thus insulted and nty humble gratitude.
tnclieii - and, informing the sentinel
which onlv dav reveals. There ar" Some whose parallaxes have been made an indignant protest, but
“No, it is impossible to cirll you! that they were called to hold a
other r.ding lights and h, re am! rather estimated than measured ap­ Bowman reminded him that the I prefer to die.
council! of war with nil« exar, were
there the masthead and side light* peared to be situated at a distance challenged man had a right to
**I semi you tJhis bv a inesatMger, admitted.
of a steam er going north or south, which light could n«>t traverse in c h o o se his own weapons and threat­ who awaits an answer.
The <nu|>eror’s aid db-oamp was
but the steel am! iron hulls are onlv less than one or two centuries. The ened to denounce the "tail man"
"Believe me, dear unde,, your one of the foremost of the con­
guessed hv *'m e chance glimmer great star Arcturus, for instance, as a coward if he failed t«> come to most obedient and affectionate spirators and went in advnncc of
has a parallax of only eighteen- time. As there was no way out but ncplnrer,
from a port or deck house.
F A S O l.A t't’L ”
tlie oilier» to Paul's hedel»- iber,
"1*. S,—Overconsc with shame* tor before tli» door of wlich* wo» n
And the men have changed hut thnnsandths of a second. Its dis­ to fight the desperado relnctantly
what I have written, i have lan'ii Cossack »tidier on guard', "The
little surelv! T heir dress for work tance must in that case be about i consented.
The fight took place on the o u t­ ’ running after the messenger in er- emperor sleeps.” said th«' man. “I
is primitive,
hiding , all that
is
sug- 181 light years, or more than a
'
. ,
,
,
...
"
gestive of the modern landsman.! thousand million million miles. skirts of the town. Everybody wus I dcr to take the lctlitr from him, hut must rou *e him. T here is fire in
And if its distance is so great, then, present to set« tho fun. T he sec­ I 1 could not catch* up with linn. the city,” replied the treacherous
_________________ i There is a jumper which the skip-
; per and crew wear—a garment made ! since light varies inversely as the onds arranged the two men in po­ I Ileaveu grant that something may aid. The Cossack, teeing others
B r.F NEWS f*F THE WFFK of stout canvas and barked with the square of the distance from its sition. bv the side of each being a i happen Io stop him sr that this let­ push forward1, shouti'd out
alnrtn
1’’.”
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sail cloth. It covers the amis and source, it can be shown th at Arc­ half iinshel measure filled with, po­ ter may be lost.
the emperor and immediately fell,
Occupying a whole tloor of the Mer- trun(; nearly to the knees, almost turus must actually give forth 5,04)0 tatoes hard as hriteks.
The uncle receive» the letter, i» pierced by tti» swords of tiie con­
’■ants' Exchange building at San as j,le coar«e smock garbed the serf or 6,000 times as much light as the
Bowman threw the first potato. touched by its coutimts, consider» spirators. l’lwtl attem pted to bolt
It struck, his opponent and (lew into and replies:
Francisco, with 200 stenographers ’ of ol<f and the men of his rank sun yields.
the door, but, Icing unable ttotlb so»,
"My Beloved Nephew—Consolit seized his sworxl and turned! boldlv
Yet Arcturus is evidently much a hundred pieces. A yell of delight
busv eight hours a day. promoters or who would alone in those days go
the Panama Pacific International Ex [ to sea t o (¡s(,
The jumper in its nearer than the vast majority of the went up from the crowd. T hat drs- yourself and blush no-lunger. Provi­ on them. “ What is your gesign,”’
pos ¡Ion are campaigning for the In |ong variety is like a nightdress, stars are. Not one in a million » coneertei the bad man, ami his p«>- dence heard your prayer. The mes­ he demanded '«f Count Plutvi Zou-
dorsement of Congrass
Its short form is generally favored. known to have a parallax large tato flew wide of the mark. Bow­ senger lost your lettun. Goodby.
boff, “and what <lo these nun- want
Every
“You» affectionate unde,
who are with you?* “ We dttnand'
Charging fraud In entries on coal but skippers often use the long gar­ enough even to be intelligently man watched his chance.
There may be stars time th e desperado stoop'd for a
“ A U lST IPl’O.”
your nlidieatinra,” replied Zouboff,
lands In Routt County, Colorado ment, as the covering keeps the cold guessed at.
who then read » formal deed, which
■thelbert Ward, assistant United out, and skippers, being leader* whose light requires thousands in­ potato another potato took him in —Boo k utan.
had been previously prepared".
flu u es district attorney, appeared be have spare time in which to feel the stead of hundreds of Years to erosa the side. The sixth potato took
Lccda Pottery.
him in the short ribs, knocking the
tore Federal Judge Lewis In Denver : drafts th at invade all unprotected the pace separating them from us.
Leeds is* probably tHe most co«. ' “ What! Do*yon, who hnve-been
We thus see that only a few wind completely oat of him andi mopolitan center of industry in all - loaded with bounties by me, turn
and made requests for subpoenas crevices. There are rough, thick
duces tecum to compel officers of ths woolen stockings and boots which points on the nearer shores of the doubling him up on the grass.
England, that of potterv being the | thus upon youir m aster?” said’ the
The people were almost crazy
Americas Fust & Iron Co. to produce may be thigh boots or half boot* starry universe lie within reach of
i most ancient. Thia industry rose to «mperor.
“ You are no Ibnger our master,”’
the company's books in court.
or dumpers, according to the our measurements, here and there with laughter, but Bowman looked’ ‘ some eminence at one period, both
Three hundred and fifty thousand weather, and, as for headdress, that a jutting headland, while behind as sober an if he hud just finished' in regard t«rdomestic and ornamen­ repli«*«! Zouboff. “The nation* has
a funeral service. Tho bad man tal ware of the white filigree order, provided you a* successor in the
im m igrants entered Canada during is anything in the wav of covering stretches the vast expanse over
was taken home and put to bed,
shape of your son Alexander.”
« h . year, according to an estim ate by which cames handy, but mostly a which the hundreds of millions of
and there- he remained for more but now th e only branch which re­
Paul at this raised his sword,.iMtd
governm ent officials Of this number cap, except in bad weather, when it •tars known to exist are scattered.
mains
is
that
of
artistic
majolica,
in
than a week before- he recovered1
the conspirator»», who hud not ex­
166,000 came from the United States, is the so wester.—Scribner s Maga-
which
we
find
real
work»
of
art
in
She W a s F ra n k .
from the effect of has potato duel.
| the choicest of designs and color­ pected him to sh«sw so much <-«ur-1'
A distinct earth tremor was felt in zine.
Counsel (cross examining)—What
ing. Such productions, worthy of age, drew back,, with the exception j
San Francisco Saturday morning. It
is vour age, madam?
The Point o f View.
Stopped the Dreaming,
»pedal
note, are the fibwer vases of a man named) Bcningsen, who
continued several seconda
Witness— Forty-seven, sir.
“No newspaper in. the place!” ex­
It was a custom among Canadian
and
pedestal's
for the same, small arged the others forward, saying:
There vrltl be no children In the
Counsel—Are you married or sin­ claimed the tourist, vcallv horrified.
“ If you hesitate you ure lost.” '
Indians,
when
they
dreamed
of
re­
vases
and
otfier
ornaments, and it is
United States under five years of age
gle?
"Why, what u way to live! You
Then Count valerian Zouboff
doubtful
if
either
the
Moors,
who
in th e year 2020
Babies, accordingly, ceiving a favor from another, to ap­
Witness—
Single.
I
have
never
never know what is going on in the
ply to him for its fulfillment, and
founded this industry, *e the Ital­ ♦truck the first Hltvw, and the others
w i ll have disappeared from this coun­
been proposed to in my life, and if rest of the world.”
qnieklv followed’ his example. As .
whenever
possible
the
conditions
of
try as early as 2015. This Is the math­
it is of any interest to you 1 will
“Oh, well,” returned tho old inn­ ians, who ilbveloped it; produced Paul still struggled on officer’» sash
the
dream
were
complied
with.
anything superior to the modern
em atical conclusion of Professor Wal-
A chief one morning came to Sir add that I have worn false hair for keeper, resuming her knitting, pottery from Leeds.— Consular Re­ was passed around’his neck, niwiitlie
Wilcox, of Cornell University,
nearly
twenty
years.
which
she
had
laid
aside
for
a
mo­
life was choked out of him, his-last
William Johnson, the governor, and
announced to the American Statistical
Counsel—Thank you, madam. I ment to answer tho sojourner’s ports.
words being:
told him that he had dreamed that
Association
R ea d y E x a m p le .
“And you, t»io, my Constantine!”
his excellency had made him a pres­ shall not put any other questions to questions, “it’s admit as broad as
The school managers were pres­
ent of the suit of regimentals which you. In the presence of so much it’s long, ain’t it?
frankness it is impossible for me
T h eo d o s ia B u rr.
“The rest o’ tlue worldfs no better e n t—all of ’em—and the teacher
FOREIGN NEWS BITS
he wore.
not to admit the truth of your evi­ off. They don’t know what's going was anxious that her scholars should
The mystery altaching to Theo­
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The governor immediately agreed
dence even to the slightest details.
on here. Ye told mo yersclf as how do well. She pirked uiyon Tommy dosia Burr Hus never been eteared
Activity 87 the rebels In Mexico is to make the present asked for, but
ye hadn’t so much as heard o’ the • ns the most likelv to (to her credit. np. At the urgent solicitation of
spreading
as the chief was about to leave, told
Jack and Gill.
name o’ this place ’fore ye landed
her father she sailed from Charles­
The rumors that a republic has been him that he also had had a dream,
Jill or Gill is an abbreviation of here hv accident, and we all’s known- Tommy’s knees showed through his ton for New York, and frotm that
trousers,
and
because
the
managers
p ro c la im e d a t Monaco are without to the effect th at the chief had the once feminine namo Gillian or
i about it all our lives through.
given him a certain large tract of Juliana. In Icelandic mythology 1 “ I’d like to know what ye call were present Tommy sat with a* day to this nothing has been Heard
fo'indaiion
of her or o f the vessel on whh'll she
‘Greaier Berlin” claim s a popula­ land of his.
Jack and Gill are two children kid­ that, now.”—Youth’s Companion. . hand on each knee.
sailed. There are rumors and’ tra­
“Tommy,”
said
the
tsacher,
“
will!
The chief was silent a moment.
tion of :i.690,563 souls
The figures
naped by the moon while drawing
ditions about the finding of the
you
please
give
me"—the
teacher
“ Well, you shall have it.” he then water, which is carried on their
are yet to be lormally confirmed, but
body of a.young and beautiful wo­
was
always
polite
when
the
man­
said.
“But
if
you
please.
Sir
Wil­
shoulders
in
a
backet
suspended
,
F,bl*
,h*
*P»
and
t
n
a
G
o
a
t,
they are belle« ed to be approximately
man somewhere along the Atfhntie
agers
were
present—“
will
you
please
liam, we will not dream any more.” from a pole. The Swedish peasants '
meaning ape, sitting up irv !
correct
const, together with fragniwnts «J*
give
me
a
sentence
with
tho
word
still account for the moon spots in a c°®oanut palm, looked down and
The Repub', can and ¡socialist depu —Canadian Magazine.
the vessel on which she set out its
that wav. A plav with the title ' 8aw h“f friend> the K0“ 1- browsing Toward’ in it? ”
ties in the Spanish cortes have
meet the father she so devotedly
Then
Tommy
rose
and
in
a
grace­
The
Baby's
Bath.
“Jack and Gill” was popular at the ™ the P™88 dlrectlJ below. Saul
brought forwa. d a bill for the pay­
loved,
but the mystery of Iter death
ful
attitude,
with
a
thumb
on
eauh
The baby’s bath should not be too English court between 1567 and 1“ ® JP® to himself:
ment of members, the suggested sal
remains ns it was the day she dis­
knee, answered:
hot.
On
the
other
hand,
it
should
old
Whiskers
in
1578.
How
far
back
the
English
{
ought
to
let
ary being >1,200 per year.
“ Please, teacher, I toward my appeared.—New Y’ork American.
on these good things, and I will.”
_
_ i_
Trouble
Is again becoming __
acute
In not be
“ too
, cold. If the
. baby screams
T nursery rhyme with this title dates
In d ia n S u m m e r,
trowsis.”—London
Aaswers.
Acting
upon
this
generous
im­
Macedonia. Hands of Macedonian in- it is a sign that all is not right. In is not known, though every school
Indian summer in North America
pulse,
he
leaned
over
and
let
drop
that
case,
dip
the
hand
quickly
into
child is familiar with the lines.
surgents are active In tne hills and
Clovsrer Than Ho.
is a period of mild, balmy weather
an armful of cocoanuts, which.
are carrying on a particularly Irritat­ the water to ascertain the tempera­
The
confirmed
bachelor ciwne —usiailly occurring in November—
Most
Valuable
Faculty.
landing
in
quick
succession,
like
ture.
The
defect
may
then
quickly
ing system of guerilla warfare.
“The late William James,” said a shots from a rapid firing gun, right back to tke club lunch from the end characterized by a clear sky and a
be remedied. If too hot, add cold
In order to be prepared for any
Bostonian, “used to smile at the in the middle of the goat’s bamp of the earth, and we all asked him hnzv or smoky atinosjdtcre, espe­
water;
conversely,
if
too
cold,
add
!
em ergency, which may arise In the
if he was married (he is nearly fif­ cially nenr the horizon. The name
hot. Avoid the use of sand soap or brain fag that so often attacks the of knowledge, broko his neck.
far east, the British admiralty have
American business men. Professor
Moral.—More men are done by ty). “ I shall marry a clever wo­ is derived from the custom among
of
chemicals.
Frequent
baths
decided before the new year grows
should render such heroic tre a tm e n t1 James had his own opinion of the their friends than undone by their man if I do,” ho replied grimly. the Indians of using this delightful
m uch older to send a number of sub-
“Thought you didn’t like those clev­ time to harvest their corn. Accord­
average business man’s hard work. enemies.—Judge.
unnecessary.
jearine boats to Chinese waters
er women,” said the youngest mem­ ing to one of their traditions, they
I Great care shonld be exercised to ■ He thought that brain fag camo
ber simply.
“I don’t,” said the always had a second sninmer of nine
No Cause For Alarm.
keep the baby’s face constantly, more frequently from an excess of
“I have decided,” said the the­ bachelor, whose views are well days just before the winter set in.
whisky
and
tobacco
than
from
an
1
Hit It Right.
above water. Enough may be swal-
atrical manager, “to give you a trial, known and widely spread. “ But if Indian mtmmer corresponds to a
Kegan Paul in his reminis- ,owed in a few minutes by the little excess of mental application.
Miss Arlington. Please be ready to ever I marry it’ll be an infernally similar season prevailing during the
“
Apropos
of
this
he
used
to
tell
a
cences speaks in one case of his stranger to cause chronic bilious-
begin rehearsing Monday after­ clever woman who does iL”—Lon­ late antnmn in England and the
story
about
a
little
boy
who
asked
bishop as “an astute and insincere ness-—Judge.
don Chronicle.
noon.”
Mediterranean countries, called “St.
his father:
man,” giving this instance of his in-
~
..
_
Martin’s summer,” from St. Mar­
“Thank you so much. But before
“
Tapa,
what
is
executive
abil­
sincerity: At a meeting of the cler-
“ orUI't/ °f ‘h* 1H'""’ n R*e’ "
Th« Marechal Nial Rota.
tin’s festival, which falls on Nov.
we go any further I must inform
ity?’
r j a t Clapham his chaplain told him
Thl^ - th2®e mi,llon , P®°P’eft d*
When Nicl, the French general, 11.—New York American.
“ ‘Executive ability, my son,’ the you that I shall positively refuse to
th a t old Dr Blank, who had been •nnnally. This is equal to 90,410
wear tights or u gown that is cut was returning home from the scene
many years in the diocese, Was deaths per day, 3,767 per hour and father replied, ‘is the faculty of
Dredging to Begin.
low in the neck.”
, of his victories in the war between
vexed at having been forgotten. 62 per minute, or one in less than earning your bread by the sweat of
Msrshfleld.— Dredging In the chan
“Oh, th at’s all right! In the part France and Austria he received
other
people’s
brows.’
”
*Yes,” said the bishop, “I have not €very second of time. One-fourth
that I’m going to give you you will from a peasant who wished to hon­ nel between Marshfield and the nceae,
the smallest recollection of him, but of all the people born into the
Tit For T a t
merely have to stand behind a shed or the hero a basket of bcantiful for whlob the Port of Coo« Bay will
I trill make it all right and will go world die before arriving at the age
and help to scream when the cy­ pale yellow roses. Ono of the stems collect a tax of >300,000 and the gov-
Here
is
a
story
in
which
the
bish­
and speak to him. Which is he?” ° f Beven year8- One-half die before
clone strikes town.”—Chicago Rec­ the general took to a florist in Paris, eminent has appropriated >50,000, has
He was pointed out, and the bishop reaching the age of seventeen. The op alluded to is supposed to be the ord-Herald.
in whose care it remained until it been begun, and It Is expected that
bishop of London. The eminent
made his way to him. “My dear Dr. average duration of human life i s ,
became a thriving bush covered by the time the Panama Canal le
ecclesiastic was staying the week
Blank, I have not had a moment for about thirty-eight years. Of 10,000
Judging by ths Looks.
with blossoms. Niel then took the completed Coos Bay w ill b M o n u a
end with friends, and on Monday
real conversation with you. I need persons one attains the age of 100 I
Little Margaret has the usual in­ plant as a gift to the Empress Eu­ seaport of Importance.
morning
he
was
playing
a
young
not aak you how you are after all years, one out of 500 reaches the I
quiring min«l of youth. Recently genie. Sho expressed great admira­
these years. Do you still ride your
ot ninety years, and out of 100 I man (whom he could usually beat) her Great-aunt Charlotte was vis­ tion for the exquisite flowers and
50 Years le Age Lim it.
a single at lawn tennis and was far­
grey mare?” “Yes, my lord. How ®nly one will live to be sixty,
iting the family, and Margaret bold­ on learning that the rose was
Olympia.— No fraternal or benefici­
ing badly.
good of you to remember her!” etc.
ary society In the State of Washing
nameless said:
“I simply can’t stand your serv­ ly asked the lady’s age.
The chaplain, who was within ear­
“ How old do you think I am ?”
"Then I ’ll name it. I t shall bo fun h«s any power or authority to
ice
today, my boy,” said the bishop,
Storms
Kill
Filipinos.
shot, said when he again came near
returned the aunt.
admit to its membership any person
The Marechal Niel.’ "
with frank generosity.
Maalla.— Unprsoodontsd
the biahop, “Then you did lemem-
, _ s t t a r m s
The little girl gazed at her ear­
over 50 years of age, by dispense
“T
it
for
tat,
then,”
replied
the
At
the
same
time
she
bestowed
bar Dr. Blank after all?” “Not a fcasa awapt Mladaaao and Bamboaaga,
impertinent youth, “for I couldn’t nestly for a moment and then said: upon the astonished general the tlon, by-laws or otherwise, according
Wt of it,” said the bishop. “I saw * * * * « » • “ un‘^ - Tw« 5 Ur" ,
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