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He is fond of yachting, fishing and outdoor recreation gener ally. Few couples reach the seveutieth anniversary of their wedding. This distinction, however, has just been en joyed by liev. and Mrs. Benjamin Stevens, of Hannibal, Mo. Mr. Stevens is ninety-three and his wife eighty eight years of age. OF GENERAL INTEREST. The first American counterfeiter, so far as known, was one William Duel, of Vermont. The Aztecs filled quills with gold dust, sealed them and passed them from hand to hand as coin. There are 4,0G5 daily newspapers in the world. Over one-third of them (1,757) are published in the United States. A watch that is claimed to have once kept time for Napoleon was shown in the Swiss exhibit in the Manufactures building at the world's fair. II than hair varies in thickness from the 250th to the 000th part of an inch. The coarsest fiber of wool is about one 500th part of an inch in diameter; the finest only the 1,500th part. In Vineland, N. J., there is an epi demic of the hiccoughs. One man was attacked by it and for three weeks his life was in danger; another was in bed six days before the attack could be Stopped. FASHIONABLE FANCIES. Satin is onfe of the favorite trim mings for very light colored and white wool materials. The newest importations of fancy galloon show some elaborate and very elegant designs. A great deal of Irish-point and vari ous antique laces are worn with ma terials of all sorts. The fichu cape with long ends fall ing over the front of the skirt is one of the features of autumn costumes. Yei,i.6w and black is one of the most perfect combinations for brunettes, es pecially those! with but little color. Shoulder-capes for autumn-are made with double fronts in Russian style and enormously full-plaited collars. Velvet ribbon as a trimming is com ing into favor again, and dresses and wraps trimmed with velvet ribbon two inches wide are amon? the novelties. LAST OF A FAMOUS rMiiHLY. Queen Wllh.liulua Doomed by Consump tion A Ucpuullc Possible. Little Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands, is believed to be doomed to die with consumption, and the men who rearrange the map of Europe are already said to be discussing the pos sibilities, for Wiftiehninn, who is hut twelve years old, is the last direct rep resentative of the Nassau-Orange dynasty. There aro some distant rel atives of the young queen, including an aunt, who is grand duchess of Saxo Weimer; but, according to the Roches ter Herald, no one of them has the slightest claim to the throne. A plan for preserving the territory of the Netherlands will be frustrated if AVil helmina dies. Her father, William 1 II., was grand duke of Luxumhnurg. When he died Luxumbourg passed un der the. sovereignty of Duke Adolphus. of the older branch of the Nassau fam ily. Wiortly after the king's death his daughter's hand was promised to Prince William, son of ' the ruler of Luxum bourg. This prospective marriage would have restorerl Luxumbourg to the Netherlands, but in the, event of Wilhemina's early death Luxumbourg' will become practically a purt of the German empire and it" will need all of the wisdom of Holland's r.trttesmcn to keep the whole kingdom from drifting that way also. To escape from such a fate the Dutch might airaiti form a coalition w ith Belgium, but this would be, an unpopular alliance, as no love in lost between the two countries on ac count of racial and religious diner ences, to which ancient jealousies muy be added. It is more likely that in such an event the states general woultl elect a new monurch or possibly establish a republic. Taken all in all, the house of Orange has a more decent history than any other dynasty in Europe. Its men have been brave warriors and wise rulers; its women good wives and mothers. To this rule, of course, there are exceptions, but not as many as would be' the case were a like opin ion expressed of other European dynasties. This famous family takes its name from Orange, a dirty little French town in the department of Vaucluse, which was the capital of a small independent principality from the eleventh to the fclxtecuth cen turion. From its kings the Orange house traced its descent. In 15.11 the last of them died without issue. His sister had married a count of Nassau, thus establishing the Nassau-Orange line. This count was the Suther of the famous William, who was the founder of the Netherlands. The William who mariiod Mary, of Kngland, and be came William III., of England, was an other distinguished prince of Orange. The luter members of the family have not especially distinguished them selves, but their opportunities have not been great. What tome people call prudence is j often what others call meanness. G. A. R. NOTICE. We take this opportunity of informiag our subscribers that the new oommia siouer of pvnaiooa has been apoointed He is an old toldier, and we believe that soldiers and their heirs will re ceive justice at bis hands. We do not anticipate that there will be any radios! changes in the administration of p.msior HtTairs UDder the new regime. We would advise, however, tlmt XI. 8 -oldiers, sailors and their heirs, take 'trps to make application at oooe, tf hey have not already done so, in order to secure the benefit of tbe early filing of their claims in case there should be any future pension legislation. Snoh legislation is seldom retroactive. There fore it is of t,rent importance that ap plioatious be filed iu the department a the earliest possible date. If the U. S. soldiers, Bailors, or theii widows, children or parents desire iu formation iu regard to pension matters, they should write to the Press Claims Company,' at Washington, 1). 0., am) they will prepare and send tbe uecessary application, if they fiud them entitled uudei the numerous laws enncted foi ibeir benefit. Address PBKSS CLAIMS COMPANY, John Weddewh'KN, Managing Attoi ney, Washington, D U., P. O. Box 38;; tf. TUB WKaTKlt.N I'KDAUOlillli. We are iu receipt of the May number of our state school paper. It exceed any of the former numb-rs ir. vain . Tbe paper this month contains many new aud valuable features. Tbe illus trated series on the schools of tbe state is introduced by a paper on tbe Friends Polytechnic Institute at Salem, Oregon I'hese papers cannot fail to be of ureal value both to tbe schools an 1 to the public There are also several fine articles by otirb-ist writers and the departments "Current Eveuts,""8Hturday ThougbtH," "Eiluoational News" "The Oracle Answers, Correspondents," etc , eaob oontain much valuable reading for teachers or parents. The magazine has about 50 pages of matter, well printed and arranged. We pronounce the Western Pedagozae the best educa tional monthly on the ooast. Everyone of oar readers should have the paper it they are at all interested in education. No teacher school direc tor or student can get along well with out it. We will receive snbsoript.ons at this office. Price only $1.00 a year. When desired we will send the Western Pedagogue and Uazette one year to one address, for $3.00. Call and examine sample copies. Teachers, directors and parents, now is tbe time to subscribe, tf IN A BAD FIX, The Startling Sight Which Met a Bon Vlvant's Guze Next Mornlnir. Here is a story which, according to the New York Sun, was a favorite in the repertory of a fumous Cincinua tian: "On one occasion," he was wont to say, "a friend of mine had been on a terrific spree which had been occupy ing his nights right along for two weeks or more. . He managed somehow to be on deck during business hours, but when night came he was down in the hold and everywhere else. One morning he awoke heavy-headed, half dressed and lying crosswise of the bed. When he had gone to sleep or how he did not remember. There was the odor of stale beer and wine and tobacco smoke in the room, and bottles and cigar butts were scattered all "over. Ily a great effort he got to his feet, and for an instant his head felt as if it would fall off and burst into a million pieces. He cast his eyes around the l oom. As they fell upon the foot of the bed they encountered a grim, and Trinning monkey sitting on the rail. There was no known reason why a monkey should -be there, but there it at and grinned. He watched it intent ly as he slipped over toward a table where lay a loaded revolver. He was very, very rocky, but he had grip enough to hold the gun, and with a mdden movement he had it trained on the simian. He was a famous shot, but the monkey never wavered. It simply sat there winking and grinning. My friend held the pistol down on it for a second, steadily. " 'Now,' he said, nervously, 'if you are a real monkey, you are in a bad fix' then he hesitated a moment 'but if you are not,' he went on, 'then I'm in a bad fix.' "He banged away, and' it was ten days before he was himself again." TO HAVE FUN WITH BEES. Inst Try If Tills Nlory Is fteally Based on Hclrntlflc Truth. It is a fact not generally known, says Science, that if one holds his breatli wasps, bees and hornets eunbe handled with impunity. 'The skin be comes sting proof, and by holding the insect by the feet and giving her full liberty of action yon can sec her drive her weapon against the Impenetrable surface with a force that lifts her body at every stroke; but let the smallest quantity of nil escape from the lungs and the sting will penetrate at once. I have never seen an exception to this in twenty-five, yeurs' observation. J have taught young ladies with very delicate hands to astonish their friends by the performance of this feat, and I saw one so severely stung as to require the services of a physician, through laughing at a witty remark of her sis ter, forgetting that laughing required breath. Kor a theory In explanation I am led to believe that holding the breath partially closes the pores of the skin. My experiments in that direc tion have not tiecn exact enough to be of any scientific value, In , I am satis fied that it very sensibly affects the amount of insensible perspiration. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. AKHUf E2Sf PURE TURNED TO STONE. A Strange Story from Claiborne County, Tennessee, A tttf Ureen Cload Tnsses Over th Lick SklllHt Country and Petrifies Hogg a. Well as a Field of Corn The Yarn of the reason. The peoplo in the eastern portion of Claiborne County, Tonn., aro excited over a remarlcahlo occurrence which took place there- not long ago. It is one of the most marvelous occurrences ovor heard of, and it will provo to bo a prob lem over which scientific minds may wrestlo for some timo to como. Edgar Ramsey is a farmer who lives five miles from Lick Skillet. lie ar rived in Middlcshoro recently. The story he told would not find believers at first, but since then it has been proven that he has told nothing but tho truth. His statement is thus reported by u corre spondent of to St. Louis Globe-Demo-jrat: "Last Sunday aftornoon I noticed what appeared to be a large green-looking cloud coming from a westerly direc tion toward my houso. It was a long distanco olT, and the rain was falling heavily. Shortly afterward it became vory cold, in fact so cold that I wont in doors, lit a big flro and put on a big hoavy coat. When I camo out again tho big groen cloud was almost over tho houso, and tho air was as cold as on a ; winter day. The wind howled and the hail fell in stones as big as eggs. All this lasted twenty minutes, and then the sky cleared up and I felt moro liko my self again. "An hour after 1 was sitting with my wife near the firo when I heard a horso galloping at full speed, and when 1 went out to see who. it was there, stood Jake Warren, a neighbor farmer who lives about a milo and a quarter from mo. He was as palo as a ghost and was trembling ill over. It took him over ten minutes , to commence to tell mo what ho had to say, and as ho was talking I thought he was crazy. "Ho stated that ft big green cloud had 3omo ovor his place, and that something which looked liko balls of flro had fallen all around his houso. Ho had five acres of corn growing in a field next to tho bouse. After tho storm had cleared away bo went to soo what damago had been done. Ho saw that somo corn had been blown down, and, entering tho field, ho found every stalk turned to stono. There wero two Quo hogs in tho Held, and they, too, wero petrified and standing there as if cut out of solid rock. Myself and wifo thought tho man was raving mad, but induced him to remain over till morning, when we promised to visit his placo with him. That wo did, and what wo saw will ho remem bered so long as both live. There was the corn blown down, hut every stalk of it was petrified. It was not as hard as granite, but it appoared to bo moro liko soft stone. I took my knifo and cutU.and it bocanio powder. Tho ears wero vory hard, and they could not bo hrokonwlth tho hand. Tho leaves were brittle, and and if you struck them they would break liko glass. The hogs wero there, too, looking natural enough, but thoy were as hard a' stone." Gcorgo E. Henry, of this city, John Rogers, Captain John B. Hull, ex-deputy marshal, and soveral others rodo over the mountains into Tennessee to Bee for themselves if tho things ivcro really thoro as represented. Captain Hull, ex-L'nited States deputy marshal, makes tho following statement: "Wo went over this morning. I doubted tho story on starting, but thought I'd try it, anyhow. Wo found Warren's farm about seven miles from the Gap, and there, suro enough, was the corn-field completely petrified. Tho stalks wero somewhat blown down, but they seemed completely turned to stono. Tho two hogs wero thero also, and they looked liko they wero carved out of rock. It was tho strangest sight I ever saw and I can't begin to describe tho thing. There wero a number of men guarding tho field with Winchester rilles and they wouldn't let us go into it. They only let us go to the fenco We could touch somo of tho corn stalks and could see tho bogs, but tho men re fused positively to let us go any further than tho fence. Tho women wouldn't sav whv thev would not let nconle iro j Into tho field, hut I presume they wero ' afraid peoplo would break tho corn stalks to pieces. Thero was quite a crowd there looking at tho thing, and every one was thoroughly dumfoundod with what they saw." This statement is vouched for by a number of others, and naturally there is jonsiderublo excitement . Awarded Highest 0" i Irl. The 6nly Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. -No Ammonia, No Alum, Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard A DEER WHIPS A BULL. The Fight In a rasture Lot That Farinei Goodrich, of Panther 11111, Saw. Abncr M. Goodrich, who lives or Fanther hill, thirteen, miles south oi Scranton, Pa. says the Now York Sun, saw a buck deer strolling along the edge of a piece of woods on his placo a few days ago. Suddenly tho buck ".toyvicd, I'irc'.v back his antlers and be Van gasin.r toward the farm buildings. In a hillside pasture field, twenty rods below the buck, Mr. Goodrich's herd of cattle were grazing. All at once the buck caught sight of the cattle, and, leaping over the fence, bounded down tho hillside toward them. The cows became frightened at the buck's sudden appearance, and with their tails in the air they cuutercd to a corner of the pasture. Tho bull in the herd did not run. When the buck saw the cows caper ing away he camo to a sudden stop. The hull immediately faced the strange cnini.il, bellowed savagely and began to paw up the dirt. At first the buck acted ns if ho didn't know what to make of the noisy bull's actions. Ho backed off a few feet and the bull slowly fol lowed him. Then the bull made a lunge at the buck with lowered horns, and the buck got out, of his way by bounding to one side. This was re peated a number of times, the bull be coming more angry at each failure to. gore the buck, while the buck eyed his noisy antagonist and kept out of his reach. Finally the buck began to get mad at the way the bull was making him Bhift his ground. When the bull agnin lunged at him he uttered a loud blent, bounded into the air and struck the bull in the neck. One of the bull's horns pierced the buck's shoulder, and then the buck's fighting nature was aroused to the highest pitch. He danced all around the bull, jammed his prongs into the bull's sides, struck him with his sharp hoofs and didn't give the bull another chance to gore him. Soon the buck's energetic and fierce attack completely demoralized the bull. He made one more effort to down his lively antagonist but failed to hook him, while the buck got in another I telling strike on the bull's ribs. Then the bull gave a bellow of rage, turned tail like n flash and ran at tho top of i nis speed to where the cows were middled. For a moment tho triumphant j buck stood and gazed at the fugitive I bull. Then he whirled, legged it up the hill, scaled tho fence and disap peared in the forest. The bull was so , badly injured that Mr. Goodrich had t I frill him USED PLA7i;.:UW1. How a Boston Man l;m'.w I Itic Smoke of Ci;; ii'.'. Those who find t.! :vo smo!;e of fensive but are i-ouiia'Iii'U to be in the presence of smokers should read what "Brunswick" wiys in a letter to the. Boston Transcript: "A gentleman of my acquaintance, v hose lungs are not strong enough for him to enjoy the fumes of tobacco siiiokc lifter a dinner party, brought with him the other night to a friend's house a little lamp which he set down on a table when the cigars were lighted. Over the llame of this little lamp was a ring of platinum, which became red hot in a very few seconds, aud which consumed the smoke of a dozen cigars as fast as it was made, so that the atmosphere of the room was ns clear as it would have been had there been no smoking going on at all. These little platinum lumps arc imported, and cost about two dollars and fifty cents or three dollars each. They are cer tainly worth a good deal more, for the only unpleasant part of smoking is the atmosphere of the room in which the smoking is done, and if that can be eleured by burning a lamp of platinum, there can be no objections made to the after-dinner cigar, and men cannot make the foul atmosphere the excuso for relegating the ladies to the drawing-room while they are still enjoying themselves around the dining-room table." When SHiT-ring from throat nr lung irnlllilpR. tn kn onlv anch nipilininA n. has been proved worthy of ooi fidenoo. 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