t W.HTSR.S overcoat.
iormy lircp7.cn Muster
foe nhntlo trees, lank uud bare.
frost flnkntt stu.rkli'
Itinrtifnn nip
WO tnkl fill III vmitnrv
And o'er Useful things wo Bloat;
Naught mil wnko our tender Interest
Like la'nt winter's overcoat.
Tenderly wo nick tho mothballs
From the pockets where they've lain,
Ann with sponge and brush wo labor
To relnuve each spot and stain;
Mourning o'er the frequent tokens
Of our hungry friend the moth,
"Where he foraged at his leisure '
On the sleek imported cluth.
Hut nt length, with some misgiving',
We pronounce It lit to wear;
Yet we shun our dude companions
And resent their haughty stare.
And we're npt to lose some slumber
And (omo envy we devote
To the mnn who need not worry
O'er last winter's overcoat,
- Peter Grunt.
oaaocooaa&daeaiiisisaooeoaoao
e Tllrt I tiffin I ornmti
Q 1 lib L.IUIW s-UVWIIIUIVtl . a
DLl.K. NOli.MI VEKDIEIt, a
Incemnker'of Valoncle.nnes, wns
lis good as she wns pretty, ami
her modesty and simplicity commanded
the respect of nil.
Left nil orphan nt thirteen years of
tige she lived with her brother, three
years her senior, who, having suddenly
become the head of the house, labored
for,Uls little sister nud himself ut cab!
net making.
The twn lived happily together; but
tho years passed and the time of mill
tary service came. Louis wns obliged
to go. Tho separation was terrible to
those two children, who loved each otu
cr so much.
Left ntonc in the little lodgings, thus
suddenly become too large for her, Noe
ml with bleeding heart applied herself
to her work and wrought marvels from
tho flas fields.
Each Saturday she carried back her
work nnd when she returned borne di
vided her enrulngs in two parts. Must
she not send a small subsidy to her sol
filer, who was thinking of her there In
his far-away garrison?
On his side Louis behaved In bis regl
mcnt as he did In Valenciennes; that Is
to say, like ati honest mnn, and so, at
tho end of the second year of his ab
sence be wns able o announce one
beautiful morning that he had been
promoted to be sergenut.
You enn imagine how happy Noemi
was! How her heart throbbed with Joy!
Oh, how proud she was of her dear
brother! But her happiness was short-
In a few weeks came a letter. The war-
cloud had burst nil nt once; armed
France rushed to the frontier of the
East
The dreadful war began.
From the letters of her beloved Louis
she learned the successive defeats of
the Frencn nrmy, Wocrth, ItozenvIHe,
Salnt-Prlvnte, Gravelotte. Sedan. Then
silence followed no more letters, no
more news, nothing.
Koeml, who never read the papers,
hastened now to the ollice of the Guet
teur de Valenciennes and of the Echo
de la Frontlere, seeking there some lit
tle ray of hope. She listened to the
talk on the street, she mingled with
the groups of people commenting on
the news, she gave car to the painful
accounts of the war and she learned,
with a sinking heart, that her brother's
regiment had met with severe losses.
Meanwhile the wounded soldiers were
sent, through Illrsan and Avesnes, to
the towns nnd cities on the northern
frontier. Every day fresh convoys ar
rived -in Valenciennes.
AH the hospitals were full, and still
they carae. Then private ambulances
were orgnnlzed everywhere, churches
and factories opened their doors to the
unfortunnte wounded soldiers.
One morning the report was circu
lated that a convoy of wounded from
her brother's regiment had arrived dur
ing the night.
To the poor girl a glimmer of hope
returned.
She ran from one to the other, asking
of the nurses, bending over every cot;
but the hope of the morning vanished.
All at once she remembered that the
day before they bad opened In Saint
Saulvc a hospital Intended especially
for tb. olllcers. Wns there any possi
bility that an unknown sergeant might
have been brought there? Surely not.
Yet, notwithstanding, she found
strength to go thither.
An army surgeon came toward her.
"What do you wish, mademoiselle?"
"Oh, monsieur! Pardon! I am look
ing for my brother. Sergeant Louis Ver
dler." "You mean Lieutenant Louis Ver
ller?" And pointing with his finger
down the long row of mattresses on the
floor, "there he Is in the sixth bed."
To the poor girl It seemed as if the
earth vanished from beneath her feet.
She choked back an exclamation of Joy,
tottered forward a few steps and with
an outburst of Infinite happiness knelt
before the bed of Lieutenant Verdler,
who, with his head wrapped In linen,
was lying In a heavy stupor.
"Louis! Louis! It Is I." sho ex
1
"AntuiBeiiKjr
claimed, trembling, with clasped hands,
ready to fall.
At this appeal tho wounded man re
covered tils consciousness, opened his
yes and perceived his sister, but not
bolng able to raise his head ho stretch
ed forth both his hands, which she
seized In hers and covered with tears
In tho, meantime tho surgeon ap
proached, nud, half unwillingly, led her
away.
"You must not causo him any emo
lion; or wo cannot guaranteo anything,
snprlstl! Your brother's wound Is do
ing well; ho will recover, that la cer
tain, If you do not undo our work."
EVOLUTION OF A SIGNATURE.
7 flu Ucrftdls
Signature ol Lieut. McKlnley in lfo4. Signature ol President ol Inlfed States In ItCO
Those fond of studying character in handwriting will find much of Interest In
the signatures of First Lieut. William McKlnley, Jr., of the Twenty-third Ohio
volunteer Infantry, and William McKlnley. President of tho United States. Un
less one looks closely at the signatures It may seem hard to trace much simi
larity. Still, it is there, and can be found In a number of places.
When the older of the signatures was written the father of the boy lieutenant
was alive, nnd the future President was William Jr. This signature was writ
ten across the face of u small photograph, nnd there wns not room to spell the
"William" out In full, even If the lieutenant had wished to do so. The photo
graph was taken nnd the signature written when President McKlnley was 111
years old, nnd when he had not had occasion to sign the nnmc more than a few
times, comparatively. The other signature Is thirty-five years older, being that of
the President of the nation. For all the changes that time made In the signa
ture and In the man who wrote it, there arc Interesting similarities In the two
fae-siiniles.
V
"Oh, monsieur le docteur "
"Never mind monsieur lo docteur.
Tills Is enough for to-day. Come back
to-morrow morning, but now go home."
"Do you see, my dear Louis," snld
the happy Xoeml to him n few days
later, sitting by the bedside of her
brother, "yesterday the merchnnt for
Whom I work ordered of mo a piece of
magnificent lace for a wealthy English
house. I began to work on It Inst ulght
and I hone to finish it In ton days. For
this work they will pay me a very high
price. Do you know what I am going
to do with the money?"
"Speak, my darling," answered the
young officer.
"The surgeon says that you will soon
be able to get up. I am going to tako
you home to our little nest and tuko
care of you day and night. You shall
see hpw happy we will be and how
quickly you will be well."
"Dear, dear sister! Oh, what a good
Idea, and how I shall hasten to get
strong, so as to be able to go with you."
One morning, when she came In, rn
dhint with glnduess, her brother bade
her speak low and pointed with his eyes
to a now wounded officer, 'whom they
had brought 'u and placed on a mat
tress beside his own. The wounded
mnn was M. de Lautcrac d'Amboyse,
lieutenant "aux chasseurs a pled" nnd
had been struck In the shoulder by a
bombshell.
"Poor young man!" said Noemi, com
passionately. "He has no sister to take
care of him." And she became interest
ed In this man, whose, death seemed
ccrtalu.
In the meantime the days went by
and Louis' convalescence progressed
rapidly. Had he not promised to hurry?
On the morning of the tenth day Xoenil
arrived. Joy in her face, bringing a pre
cious package wrapped In tissue paper.
She, too, had kept her word; her mar
velous work was finished and she
brought It to show her brother before
carrying It to the merchant who order
ed It, and In her Joy at being able to
take her brother home she forgot about
the poor, wounded man lying beside
her.
"See how beautiful It is!" she said,
displaying the delicate masterpiece up
on the bed proud of It, not because of
Its overwhelming difficulties, but be
cause it enabled her to realize her most
ardent wish, to bring her dear conval
escent Into their little nest in the little
street, into the small lodgings where
happiness would come back at the re
turn of her beloved brother.
Aud they were both hnppy. With
hands clasped, they contemplated tho
delicate late.
AH at once a piercing shriek drew
them from their ecstasy.
In making an effort to rise M. de Lau
tcrac d'Ambroyse had disarranged his
bandages, the wound reopened, and tho
unfortunate man fell back on his bed
covered with blood.
At the scream the surgeon was on the
spot add In a twinkling had removed
the bandage.
"Quick, quick! Some dnt!" he cried.
"nurry, hurry!"
And while the nurses, beside them
selves at the cries of the patient.
searched everywhere for what was at
hand, the stream of blood kept on flow
ing and the anxious surgeon multiplied
his appeals.
The brother and sister, motionless,
pale with fright, exchanged one glance.
Noemi seized her precious lace, tore it
In pieces, and gave It to tho major, who
applied It to the wound.
The hemorrhage was stopped.
Louis and Noemi, trembling with
emotion, looked at each other.
"Dear sister, thanks ." That was
all that Louis could say.
"It will make but a few days de
lay," lisped tho young girl, keeping
back the tears Just ready to flow. "I
will begin my work again."
Lieutenant de Lauterac l'Ambroyse la
to-day colonel; he Is the father of three
children; one a big, pretty girl, almost
as beautiful and sweet ns her mother,
whoso name she wears, Noemi; and two
flno-looklng boys, who nro "terrors," as
their uncle assures us, the bravo com
mandant Louis Vernier.
LINIMENTS MADE AT HOME.
Thoy Are Frequently of Orent Value for
the Cure of I I sent;.
It Is dllllcult to find a liniment that
will bo of moro general usefulness than
simple camphorated oil or .camphor
liniment, as It Is often called. It Is val
uable for rubbing on the outside of tho
throat or on the chest as a gentle stim
ulant, or It may bo used In case of
chroulc rheumatism, where It must bo
applied with friction to glvo any relief.
It may be purchased of tho diugglst or
It may bo prepared at home by dissolv
ing one ounce of gum camphor In four
fluid ounces of olive oil. In case of a
severe cold a piece of flannel dipped In
camphor liniment and heated and laid
over tho chest under a layer of cotton
batting will seldom fall to bring relief J
to a little child or even to an older per
son. A compound liniment which Is rec
ommended for rheumatism nnd "numb
ness" is made of two nud a half ounces
of gum camphor nnd one drachm of oil
oi mvemier (..ssoiveti in seventeen iiuiu
. .. . . . ....
uuutra ui .iicuiiui. .ll HT ins mill liliuo
fluid ounces of strong solution of nm
monla nnd shako the lngredlcnlH thor
oughly together hi a bottle. Keep It
closely corked when not hi use. A good
liniment for bruises and strains Is
made of two fluid ounces of nlcohol,
two lluld ounces of ummoula and two
tablespoonfuls of salt. Put these In
gredients In a quart bottle every Unio
this liniment Is used. Apply it with
friction, using the palm of the hand, as.
tho massage nurse does. The efficacy
of .nlmost any of the liniments depends
considerably on the care and zeal with
which It Is applied. In all cases tho
skin should be covered with fiauncl nnd
often with cotton batting after the lini
ment has been applied, as it Is dcslrablo
to keep In the heat of the rubbing. A
good healing liniment .for chafed skins.
burns or scalds Is made of three ounces
of spermaceti and ono ounce of whlto
wnx melted. :nto a pint of olive oil by
setting them lu n bottle uncorked In n
pan of wnrpi water and repeatedly
shaking tho bottle, returning it to the
warm water until the Ingredients aro
all melted together. New York Trib
une.
ANKLE BRACE FOR SKATERS.
Device for (living Artificial Aid to
Weak Ankles.
Many a iierson Is prevented from
learning to skate, both with roller and
Ice skates, by weakness of the ankles.
and as skating Is such n fascinating
sport It is not to be wondered nt that
artificial aid Is to be provided to brace
the ankles .for tills sport. The latest
device for this purpose has Just been
patented by Arthur J. and ltobert it
Brauer of St. Louis, Mo., and is illus
trated herewith. The brace is not lr
SIMPLE AND CONVENIKNT SUTPOHT.
tended to be attached to the ankle, but
depends entirely upon the force exerted
by the strap pulling the triangular
plates over either ankle in a downward
direction. The plates are of leather
and carry semi-circular steel braces,
which are connected by a strap passing
underneath the hollow of the foot.
When the ankle starts to turn, Uio
plate on the side toward which It bends
draws tho bones back Into place, and
there Is no upward play to tho brace. '
m, -i xi i , . . .1
xuu rwiu ui tut.- uou is uiso prevented
from tilting In either direction, and us
this movement always takes place
when tho ankle turns a further aid Is
thus provided. As the brace depends
upon no exterior support and Is light
and easily attached it will bp an aid to
football, baseball and golf players also.
To Kngland in Two Days.
"Fast electric ships crossing the
ocean at more than a mllo a minute,
Will go from Now York to Liverpool'
In two days," writes John Elfreth Wot-
Wna Tr nf wi,ni it . ..
ns, Jr., Of What May Happen in tho
incxi uunureu icars," in the Jadles'
Homo Journal. "The bodies of these
ships will be built above the waves.
They will be supported upon runners,
somewhat like those of the sleigh,
Theso runners will be very buoyant!
Upon their under sides will be aper
tures expelling Jets of air. In this war
a ami vi u win uu iii-,H oetween tiiem
nnd tlm urntor'ff Riirfnni. Wlilc ni . j
1 1 ... 1 ...in i. 1. a 1 .. 1
and tho water's surface,
iiiu, to-
gother with tho small surface of tho
ruuners, will reduce friction ngnlnst
tho waves to tho smallest possible de
gree. Propellers turned by electricity
will screw themselves through both
the water beneath and the nlr above
Ships with cabins artificially cooled
will bo entirely fireproof. In storm
ithey will dlvo below the water and
there await fair weather,"
German Wnlters Mvo on Tips.
Moro than 17 per cent of tho waiters
In Germany and 21 per cent of the wai
tresses receive no wages at all, being
expected to subsist on fees.
A good many people didn't vote as
they smoked at the late election.
BEVilfiW OF Till! YEAR
BRIEF SUMMARY OF EVENTS OO
CURRINQ IN 1000.
Coiioludltiu Year of the Century Mudo
Memorable by Many Important Hop
pen I hum Warn, Internal IHnturu
iinccs, Orcnt Caminltle( lite.
.Many and Important arc the events
that make up the chronological record of
the closing year of tho nineteenth cen
tury. The tiiiinlfostnllun of niitl-forelgii
fooling In China, which led to tho stoKo
of tho legations In Poklu and tho relief
nrnoiHHnii nf th world-powers, was un
doubtedly hut tho beginning of changes
In the governmental iiiniirs or miu i n
olent L-lnmtatii Hint will shako the dy
nnvtv in II foundations and seriously
iiiriviti.ii tin. Inii'L-rllv of tho country. The
wars In tho Philippine nnd In tho Trans
vnnl. IocucIck from tho preceding your,
have boon continued through 11KM) and
are passed on to 11)01, without having
boon brought to decisive oiiieiai concur
sions. Organized anarchy was rospmul
hh fur tho asMiissluatlou of King Hum
bort tit Italy. To tho boat of political
warfare must bo attributed tho killing of
ttMit i.' i...t ,t lritittiii.L-t
uur. ii iiiiiuii i',. iiwiivi ,.......-..
nm, r mw fw,,1R wUU(.H lim
blacks watho cause of serious riots In
Now Orleans mid Now York. Two oc
casions uiion which many human live
wore destroyed by the elements wore the
irreat tiro at Ilo token. N. .1.. ill Jlllio
and tho destruction of llalveston, Texas
by that memorable September storm. The
opening of tho Chicago drainage canal
the discovery of tho south magnetic polo,
and tho Paris exposition wore throe Im
iwrtant events hi tho realms of science
and industry. The roll of promineiit per
sons who have made their exit from
earthly surroundings since January first
last-embraces tho name's of those finned
In statecraft, Industry, literature and uiu
sic.
Tho most Important events of tho year
are siimmai-uvd thus:
Jtiiitiiiry.
1. IlrltNb . victory nt Suimyalile laager....
Uaithipitike ut
strom CC0 lives,
Achalifdli
It'll, UUIUIIU, Ut"
3. DvruuU'rie found guilty ut Pari.
U. llattle at Luilysiiiitli, Hmitlt Africa,
7. Death of Dr. lMwunl McOlruU.
S. (loorge K. Niuh luiligurulvd (iorcrnor
(if Ollln.
11. Inauguration of Cov. t M. Hhnw. of
Iowa.... wreck or unknown Meatut-r a
1'eters Itlvcr. St. Mar1 Hay, N. F.
1.1. Death of Fo.lx Morrlx. cimr.ii.-tvr actor
10. Tlirve ini'ii LI 1 toil anil four wouuilfd lu
nhootltig an ray in lobby of Capitol Motel
at Kruukfort. Ky. ...Iluili-r's furitM cro
rugeia uirer.
17. I'liteairu ilrnlinicp e.mnl fullv iitieeliil.
'JO. Death of John Ittinkln. KiulMi writer
und urt critic. ...Fltclitiutc lu-glu uoar
HoiMiriimu'M eamii on tin Tuireiu.
21. Death of Itlcliar.l 1). llluikiuuri-, KuRlUh
novelist.
St. l-:iiioeror Kwaog-.Su. of China, adhlcatei.
....Warren's forces tako S)Ijii Kop anil
abandon mime wituin n lew limits.
27. llrltlnh forces retreat ueroi Tugcls
It ver.
30. Senator Win. K. Corbel shot In trect
at Frankfort. Kr. ,
31. Senator tloebel sworn In (iorcrnor
of Kentucky.
February.
1. Ills Arcs at Dayton, Ohio, and Indian
apolli, Ind.
2. 400,G0O lire nt Youngitown, Ohio....
Sprague, Warner &. Co.'n iptcc mill In Chi
cago burned.
3. Death of William i:. (loebel. at Frank
fort, Ky... .Death of cx-l'omiaasler lien
oral David M. Key.
4. Oreat lire In St. I.ouln.
8. Tornado at Colllnsvllle. III.... Twelve
killed In train wreck near Kscanaba, Mich.
0. Death of Col. Itlchard W. Thompton, of
Indiana.
13. Heavy floods In New I'uclnnd. ...Con
gresaman Chlckcrlng, of New York, com
mits suicide.
14. Floods along Hudson Itlver. New York.
....French reaches Klinberley with llrlt'
Ish trooDs.
15. Cold bill pannes the Senate.
21. Death of Dr. Leslie K. Kecley, of
Dwlght. III.
127. Surrender of General CronJe. ...Million
dollar lire In Newark. N. J.
28. I'orto Hlco bill passed by the House.
March.
1. Itellef of Ladysmltb by Iluller's army.
0. Death of Congressman A. C. Manner, of
Pennsylvania.... Fatal mine disaster at
Montgomery, W. Va,
7. JbOO.COO lire in Philadelphia dry goods
district.
8. Theater Francals In Paris burned,...
Lead, H. D., has a $l,OC0,0CO tiro.
0. Doers make first overtures for peace.
12. Fifteen lives lost In tenement lioime tire
at Newark, N. J.,.(lenerul French (llrlt
Ish) occupies Hloemfonteln.... President
Krugcr, of Transvaal, asks (Jolted States
to mediate between bis government and
England.
14. President McKlnley signs gold standard
bill.... General Itobcrts takes possession
of Utoenifonteln.... Marriage of Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Ilurnett and Stephen
Townscnd.
10. (lasollue explosion cantos six deaths at
Columbus, Ohio.
17. One below zero at Ch'caso.
10. Death of John Arendc llliiRham,
22. Failure of D. Appleton & Co., book pub
llnhers.
M. i)enh of Oen. Plet Joubert
30. Columbia Theater, In Chicago, burned,
....Miss Viola Horlocker found not guilty
at Hastlnps, Neb Death of Archibald
Forbes, famous war correspondent.
31. Colonel llroadwood's convoy ambushed
by Ilocru near Hloemfonteln.
April.
2. Discovery of south magne'.lc pole an
nounced. i. Horning of Kansas City Coliseum.
0. State Court ot Appeals decides that Heck.
bam is uovernor or Kentucky.
7l I),,,n currled awar flood at Austin,
llToxnard bill passes House.
12- President signs Oxnard bill.
14. Paris exposition formally opened,
10. Opening baseball season. ...Floods In
Mississippi,
21. Kxtenlvc forest fires In Manitoba and
tho Northwest.
Suro to Iiobo.
Gooph I bet my wife a new bonnet
on tho election.
Wooph Who did you bet on?
fJnnrih Dnn't remember. Ifnd to nnv
.. - - 1 -
tho bet anyway.-Bnltlmoro American
Then It Grows Monotonous.
Friend This free-and-easy bohcmlan
stylo of living must bo very pleasant.
Artist It Is when you are not com
pelled to Ilvp that way. Judge.
Found Alter Ten Yours.
Tho wife of H Ish op Mlllspaugh sent
an old party gowu to a rummngo salo
In Topeka tho other day, and while
showing tho dress to a customer the
clerk found In Its folds a valuable pearl
ornament lost ten years ago.
Hud Ono Good Quality.
Lady (engaging a now cook) Are you
sure you don't keep company with a
policeman?
"Yes, I do, ma'am; but he's a very
small eater." London Tit-Bits.
24. Hennto refuses to ne.il Wir. of I'enn.
iifMt'nro In Hull and Ottawa, Canada.
ST. t'lomlhurHt it Waco, Tex.ist elttht Per-
' sous drowned.
May.
1. Hxptoslon In m no nonr HcoIJpIiI, Ulii
kills Mil ini'ii. ...Du.ith of Miliikucsy, AUf
trliin painter. ,
a. Ilrlilsh t it k o llranilfort. ,...
il. Dculh of Wl am ('. Hiulleptt....Caiturt
of Insurgent Ui'iiernl l'aiiUleon 'irVi.
11. Jullrles dt'foiil" Corholt In Nw rk
Deportation lo Hllierla without til.ll "
Ishcil by hip rnr.
IN. Hello? of MiilckltiR, , ,!....
21. rutted HtntiH Hiuiienio Cour drcliiroi
J. C. V. Ileckhaui (lovoinor of KcutiioKy.
2'.'. Calvin Klinblvlli, negro, Ij lji'liid lor mo
at I'lielilo, Colo Twenty-three kltd lu
liiliie disaster at Ciiinnork mines, N. t.
8S. Ilrltlsh annex Orange I' 'rro ""'to.
M Johannesburg occupied by Lord llolierls
troops,
In no.
4. Dentil of Mrs. John Blierinnn.
0. Death of Stephen Crane. .. .tlfiienil llou
erla enters 1 1 re 1 0 rill.
II. Death or Mrs. (Iliidslaiie.
1.1. (lerniiii' iiiiilMiomilor, Huron
Von Ket-
leler. slain In I'eklll.
18.
...... r - .
Italian caiiiiiel resigns
.. Powers tk
lO.liti.Mii fill-la nt Tiltlll.
Hi. il.iiiio.uuo tire at iiIooiiiIiibIoii. III.
21. McKlnley and lluoseveli nominated Ut
Itepublleans at I'lilMolplilw. , ul .
2.'t. American Derby In ( h eiiao won by Hlje
nev l,iions....Th1rtyilvo killed by miu'i
out wreck on Southern railway at Me
Donoiigli, lla. . ,
2S. Wonlley and Metenlf nominated by I'm
l.ll.ll .....lu, U lit f.ll.M 111
an. (Irent tiro lu llotn-keii, N. In which
:i(j(l lives aro lost ami IIIS.tMm.0im proieri.v
deal roved.... Death of IttMir Admiral Jnu
W. Philip.
.Inly.
3. Twelve llc lost lu Ilohoken, N. J
tenement hoime lire.
3. Standard Oil wiirks at Hmoiiiio, llicllldlllg iliv I'ri'Hlllonl of
IIUI II I 1F ril,MW,l inIM, lll I
nouilnati"! for I'reslilent by DemiK-rats. ,
0. Democrnile couvoutluii tiutii nates Adlal
I.'. Stevctuin. or ill mils, r. vice rroi
11. Illinois Central train robbed at Maitteld.
Ky.
14. Death of Senator John II. dear, of Iowa.
1,1. II.WiO.OoO tire at I'reseott, Arlx.
18. Dispatch roeelved (loin Minister Cungel
In IVkln.
2II2S. Hints In New Orleans.
I'll. King Humbert of Italy auasslaalvd,
31. Death or John t'l.irk Hlilpalh. -
Aiigimt.
1. Jester murder tlUI ends In nrqulttal,
4. Allies march frtim Tleu tsiii on I'elilu....
1.0110,01.0 lire lu Aslilaiiil, Wis,, lumber
yards.
5. King Alexander or Srrvla weds Mine.
Dmgu Mrfst'hlu.
in. reiiiKylvunln express t r tin robbed of
Jl'i.OOU and I!iinss Mesiengtr l.nne
killed.... 1,1 Hung Chang mimed ns minis
ter plenipotentiary to m-guttntc pene....
Iinl Chief JiiiTtleo Itus'el dies in IStitfMnil.
11. Frrneh torpedo boat destroyer Fniiuee
sinks on i.iiio m. tiuceui wuti iorij-iwo
ot her crew.
II. Death or I'ollls I. Hun Instnn.
1.1. Fluids drown "CO iiersniis In Jspin....
Allied forces enter rekln. . . .Hare rloln in
New York.
11). Death or John J. lugalls or Kansas,
:. Hint In Akron, oiili J. I'. liiilllvrr
appointed Senator from Iowa.
Hcplcmticr.
Firteen lire lost In wreck at Hatfield.
Pa.
Democrats parry Arkansas Stale election.
4. Itepublieani win In Vermont Slate elec
tion. .1. Death or Arthur Sewall, of Hath, Mo.
8. (irent storui In Texas ana umtruetiou oi
sirneiiou oi s
He eleollnii. ' f
'ck seu-rulj iC
tialvcston
10. Itriiiihllcnns carry Milne Stat
j.-. niorm ou ureal uints wrecit
vessels.
13. Klectlous In Cuba.
17. Ureal coil strike begins In Pennsylvania.
1. American soldiers ordered rrotu reklti.
2. Storm In Texas cause flood..
I. Destructive tornado at MorrMowu,
Minn.
2.1. Death of Oen. John M. Palmer, or Illi
nois.
October.
1. S. N, Pareit made premier of Ouebec.
Tcirgrapnic cominuiiic.iiiou openeu uc
tween Seattle and Skagway.
Polltlral riots In lluayamo, I'orto Hlco.
Forty uernons crushed to death liy col
lapse of building at St. Nlkauder Mon
astery. Itussla.
17. Death ot ex-Postmaster Oenrral Win, U
W on.
V). Death or Charles Dudley Warner.
!. Death or ex-Secretary or Slate John
Khernun.
23. Frightful explosion ot Indian Head
proving ground ureat coal strike om-
dally yleelaroil off. .. .Death or Sims
Ileeves.' English tenor.
20. Tremendous eili'oslon In Tarrant fc
Co. s drug uou'e In New lork desiioys
$1.0O0,0CO In property and many live.
.November.
0. National election won by llepuhllcan can-
dldatos. .. .Miirner or reari loroes at
Leavenworth. Kan.
7. Mberals win Canadian elections.
10. Steamiblp City or Montliello wrecked In
nay or runny nun tinny-tour lives lost..,.
Death or It. O. Dun.
!. Death or Marcus Daly, Montana copper
king.. .Death or Ilin y Vlllard, railroad
magnate... .Close of Paris exposition.
15. United States auxiliary cruiser Yo.emlte
Inst In typhoon off (iiiam.
10. Preston Porter, colored boy, burned at
stoke at I.lmou. Co o.
0. Tornado In Northern M's-lolnpl and
Southern Tennessee. .. .Death of Chas. 11.
Hoyt, playwright.
1. Iron Mountain train held up at OlfTonl,
Ark., by six men,...(lov. J. C, W, Ileck
haui. of Kentucky, married. .. .Storm lu
Northern Ohio and New York. .. .Wreck of
steamer St. Olnf off Labrador; Iwcuty-slx
lives lost.
22. Death of Sir Arthur S Sullivan....
President Paul Kruger lands In Franco,
27. Death ot Senator C. K. Davis, or Min
nesota. 28. Thirteen persons killed and many In
jured by collapse of glass factory roof in
San Francisco.
30. Death or Oscar Wilde lu Paris.
December.
3. Congress meets. ,. .Hxploslon In Ch'eago
and Northwestern power house In Chicago
kll.s live and Injures twenty persons,
8. Ureal Indiana glass strlko declared off.
uencrai strike or B.iiua iro teiegra-
U. Fredoula, N, Y., normal school burns, ' probably give p'.ace to religious froniji
f"c,.,"V .'7. jrou"s ,BU' on tho one hand and apathy or bouna
10. German training ship flrlcscnau wreck- less license on tho other. Under tiitsoj
croes lynched at Itocknort. Ind
17. Fire In Ilrown Hoisting and Conveying
Machine Company's plant In Cleveland
causes loss of 1(100,000. ... Negro lynched
at Iloonevllle, Ind.
Juvenile Hmoklnu; in Australia.
.Tlll'nfl lln Dtnnllnr. cifwi,o .nllm. nn-
uu,w,.w n.,u,iiif, nivino iitiiii Hjr ' - - . , f nn
proved of than otherwise In Australia. un" wo!u nbo',t b"y S
Strange ns It may appear, the advisabil
ity of attaching smoking-rooms to tho
schools has already been discussed
there.
ln xr,.i,. ...1 ..-.. I A"" UUUlBIWl.tl - .
"m"-u u,u Ul or """"".tho beast, bent dowu and glugoriy n
U100U' i.iu fi.,,.,.1. niui fnrolliicor down first ou"
Jack Bachelor (engnged)-Of course, 1 whole four shanks had been exammcu
I renllzo that matrimony Is a very Im- Straightening up ho fold:
portnnt step, and all that. "IIo'll do nil r ght, sir. ,
Ned Newlywed (hoarsely)-step? Tho ofllcor llabborgaslcd, crledi
Great Scott, manl It's a whole flight of """t- " "i,0"? 1 If thoj
hil'uh. 111111 Hnmnrninrv in mil aoaH m rrnn i iioiiiid "
every stcpl Puck.
u v V V Ul VI sww
Plnslilfglit Destroyed on Eyo.
A visitor nt tho Paris exposition lost , , fm7"i7"ho".uuso tl Mirth ',
tho use of ono eyo owing to tho calcium Vr0a L "i" S"Ht act on , ,
iiasn used ujr a photographer being of . ro""u '
too trreat volume. I square.
MADE W3H EAT HUN,
MM. lli'lon (Ironfoll ii... , '"'
.tlil.it,. f..i. 1..1.....1..... - C
, ... n,,v.. .ui-iiiit.iu or st...J
lii Colorado, run far iilu.mi Uf hertiri
t the riront election, uml Wll e,
lo III.) ollice. Hho H won ,null,'n
tho position uiid.lH iinlvoixtilly ili ui
to Im oije of tho nioHl capable oilucu 3
In tin. IViitoiinliil unite.
.Mm. tlienrnll Is tho ttiuiiini mil
"'w to which Hlio Iimh Ikm.u re olectj
I
mis. iii;i.i-..N oiiK.Ni'ict.i.
i m.
XV1; , Me...,.en. !" vmwM run hI. n.nilo un
at Taeomii. Wasl (HI liink rpln on iUtirvt'il trlllllli' lo her cIIIi-Ioik y I
at IMrkershtirg, W. Va., kills sli iijfli. . . r.)n i.r riiliiiiiiliiiitlnii nrti.e .. .. .
Four children killed lu 1'li.la.ielph a t'T , ""r roil iiiiiiiiuititi. nrtor u torm
llreworks eioloii. . , two ywifH. tho citllCllloiM of the Hhi
the Kbii
till. Kin
utivi'Miiy Mini all the Stm. iWhi
tloiiH, lognrdlouM of pnity. Hlgiicd
petition to Mm. (Jruiifoll to ncecpt n i
noiiiliiatloii bwmiHo or the wtluu 0f ,
norvlcoH to tho tslticatloimi inicnuu
tho .Slate. ThlH win a tribute never I
fore pahl to a Hiiporliitcmlfiit nf puhi
iiMiriicuoii hi i-oiornilo The ronomln
turn or mi liictiiiiliout of HiIn olllcc In
liiiipomHl only two or three unit h
foro lu the libtory of tho State.
Mm. (Ireiifoll wiih a fiirmor'H daug
tor In Moulder Comity . Colorado-, th.
a teacher, then a county Kuporiuteiidca
uml, ilnally, u Ktatf Ktiporiutctidvm.a
Unowlcdgod to bo tho iK'itt Colonu
over hint.
PICTURES ON HUMAN SKIN.
The I.iitrHt l'urlnlmi Foil Ma. Msil
Ita Debut In I'll In Country.
Not long nfler DlnkcroHio, the note
ItllMilnii chcllllHt, hail (Uncovered that
Uposiflblotori'producc a photograph ti
tho Iiiiiiiiiii skin
been mo Ullc a fo
In l'lirls for lovc-ilc
men mid women t
luivo their ile.'i
one' a lliionincut
ktiunpod on i ho an
or whoiihlcr. A
Kugllah actress nov
playing in Nev
York bun brought tin
fad to this couutr;
TIIK NKW VA II.
nud other tiiciiiberj
of tho theatrical profcHHlou arc hvlnj
bitten by the Dlnkcrcsco hnhlt, 'itii
procosM Is ipilto kIiiiiiIo. The Hiwt to L
:oi)Hi'cnilc(l to dlNlnyltig the feature!
f u dear ono Is coated with it chemical
mixture Mint Ih sensitive to Mm light. J
lluxlblo ill til of tho foved one's feature
Is placed on the mixture nud you oil
pose your.urui for ten tniiiiiloa nud It
picture Is there. It uiiist be wnsM
with three ill Heron t chemicals lo niuur
purinancncy. After the triple bath It 1
Miiposslblo to remove the picture by an;
known process.
An Aw I'll I Qiicntlon
What would bo tho commercial offee
ot the certain knowledge that tho wo.-IJj
wait coming to uu end In fifty years
Well, tho llfst effect would bo rathe
octal and moinl Hum coiiiinercln
though, of course, It would react vorj
strongly on tho bulneK world, ilios
who lu the ordinary coi.no of affair
would bo dead before llfty yenm lm
tiased woultl bo the least affected, un
younger pooplo would probably heroin
us resigned to universal doiilh ns I lie.
uio now to the ciinally certain ludlvhtl
mil death. Thoieforo, nt first thcr
would be but lltflo change. I'copl
would have to live nnd therefore the;
would Imve to work, while capitalist
would have to keoji their money Inves:
oil; but ns the last year of the worli
camu nearer enterprise and Indtisir;
would nnturnlly slacken. It would b
no use for purcnis to work for thel
children, or oven for children to be odii
catcd for tho Ilfo thoy woul! never lire
and' so thu IndtiKtrlnl fabric woillfl
gradually crumble away as men ceasc
to provide for a day that would norc
woull
come. Commercial activity
ed off .Ma agai lop lives, lost.... Two no- n,ri..nui,w,lt .1,,, i!lf,t few voars of thq
I ' " " .?
world's llfo would bo niipitlllng bcyonai
description.
Tim HoiitNU'iiln'fl Judiciuont.
It wns somowhero In this wide, wide
world, Just whoro has slipped my mm
hoof for tho ships. So tho olllccr whose
duty ! to mnko tho purchase ioi
ashoro with It in tho boatswain, as rcp
resenting tho crew, to look over H'e
animals and either ohjo t or uot. '-M"
niiilKiill fsMftf I tin. llrnt niilmnl.
Mixed Blood in Mexico. ', ,, ,,,, .,,lVi, nuifllIi 11,0 olllccr.
More than four-fifths of tho nonula-1 ... ,.......i nipiv mmroaclicd;
Moto than Ono Hton. I shank nud then tho other, until the
shanks,"
.Perhnns not. sir. but they're (he only
norts wo over gets, sir," was me ro,y.