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y 'Tor ever !::'.!! f 5couUiry Ayer's B
- -rl ClicrrJ ;i;f c' jr-l '. He; lon" curing Q
Ccc? of Fir. Aycf' Cherry Pectoral '
tyvpztZ c-r ywtr 4si i$ yw cougfa.
If . h u:v v-.!r;!r.fT)t whatever,
wriio tti !. l 4 y.nlHHit Jt. You
will rvbw :." .iii-.-t rt'jiv. without
cbfe . : 'A4';r, Utt. l. AY Kit,
IX'WCU, Mil.
i .TW
fcpiCE&BIG RAILWAY.
tn-m-ft I . .
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ExS.enatof Aims to Control All
v Chinese Railroads.
rjJpE THOTJBAHD MILE TRUNK LINE.
i.w-i i f " -: '"
"tltoail From .Hankow to Hongkong In
,t , . 1 . . .. -
' backed liy One of the Strongest
v- .... . .
' 'Combluntlona of Capital Known. In
.-, American Annals All tlie Great III
v yal "nterct BronKlt,Toaretlier.
' Oaoof tbostfoagest, ifnot.tbe Etron
. glgtjCbnibiisations of capi tal ever formed
in the UuitcdJ'Btatcs is kuown as the
- ttiilficaa Ciiina Dsvelopment company.
. ft bus been, -organized as a blind pool by
ex -Squalor Faded for tbb purpose of real
" Jiiug-u pon a concession, . gran ted by, the
Chin'eee government' for tbe conetr action
o a -raH way from Hankow to Hong-J
-Uj withVbraiicbcs to the provincial
. capitals south cf tbe Yang-tso river.
'The truijlr lino will bo about. 1,000
jflileBlong-'aafar as from New York to
'Glttctt'so. . Tiie .branches" or feeders have
u'ijjCj,eeu 6ntveycd, but the whole eys
l'f;inrben completed will embrace 2,000
miles" or mere of track and will bo in
cfeased frorff time to time nntil it fur
nishes, adequate transportation -for the
southern half and most populous portion
of vt be4 Chinese empire, including 250,
00.0,000 or 300,900,000 people: A pre
liminary eurvey has already, been made,
" aa aiparty -of engineers sailed from
Vancouver recently fully equipped to
cdtpmcjice permanent work from Han
kowiAOthward and from Hongkong and
Canton corttrward.f;." " 1 '
, "the cost'of the road is indefinite, but
that of lro 'Stunk .'lino is estimated at
bet wec&'ttfoi 000, 00ft ;and . $50, 000, 000.
An ra-rlway constrnction in China is in
the expei'imental 'stage it is difficult to
muse-close calculations. ;-au ine mate
rialincluding ties,' vvill bave to be'sbip
- neck f roia the ; United - States, ' because of
ecaifcity of ' the lira ber and the absence
of eteel rails in China. 'It may be that
ties can be obtained with economy from
the forests of Formosa or the Phi lippine
islands, but afirst.' the supply" will be
BenJay-aailing vessels from Oregon, and
th rails; abd "'other construction mate
rial fjdrnthe Peunsylvauia mills.
, "Wj tii tills uncertainty of cost the syn
dicate vehkhwproyides the .capital has
pecessarjly entered" Into a .blind pool,
. . which is remarkable, for the amount of
money represented, ursd the faith dis
played In; Mr.l ricqjs , management.
For the fifst? time idf tha financial his-
tory of fbe' (JnirteJl States all tbe great J
rival intoiest.f -1$ ye been broaght to
gether, and they joiijtlyeprcjsent bil
liousjof dpjlaifa Seenjmembers of tbe
yanrreroiic tarajiy, t jwvpj ttocKeieners
auu oiuqr,n4mocrsxr rtne Ktandam OH
comnay, tbe Goulds, JPierponJ: Morgan
and jftis" associates, the iiugar rnst, the j
great insurance companies,' several of
the large trust companies, the presidents
of eight or ten of the largest banks in
New York, the.toRotja.childs and, the
Belmont interegl Mdrtoii"; Bliss & Co.,
the Caiuegie Steel ccuipaiiy aud a num
ber of plber capitalisis; have signed an
agreement td If urnisfciw'hatever t funds
are neetiea as tusy may be palled upon.
In addition to tbS gaiivtay the company audiences possibly of some most inter
proposes o construct Bocks! warehouses "eating revivals. Mme. Sembrich was to
and otjbec facilities, for 4he .operation of have appeared with her in "La Fillo
thereat. " , ' . rln Regiment" when the "Cavalleria
Tbe'Qijinestj: eovernaieuL through Busticanawas given,' -vbut her absence
. MinisivWjH in WtUiQgton.'uBdeavor-
eq to nersuadQ tlie syndicate last spring
W nnatrrtaite tbe construction of. a line
1 of about equal length from' Peking to
Hankow bij,t..tbe war-was just- begin
ning a ud t4o! American 9 did hot desire
to increase their -responsibilities. As
soon asv,tho vjir was over, however,
they appliuU-for .theceucessiou, but in
tbe ineantinio it had -' been given to a
Belgian company backed ' by a Russian
bank. Negotlatiwis'-are now iu progress
which .lyay vet re&alfc-' i:i a transfer of
!Jjo Belgian iCtiijlrucJ ts-- Mr. Brice aud
his associates and give thjeui, practical
control of.'tho railway tyslem cf China.
- If you?wiU take ti' muy. of .China,- you
cau trac tlset liiio-of ,Mif.Biico's rail
road fronr HautbW-?on tba Yaag-tsd-fiY-
tps-.rA.v--T -nffljig tl1Q course -of - the
Iiang vaHey,
dov-
ikoug. The
ttett.rin'Sm Hii.
I-)isir,sfg'Iv'pdf tand l'.ladder dis-r.1fr?m-six'
hours bv "' " N ew
r.uirAT SotfjfH- -.-Atmerktan Kidney
C v k k y, ' -1 1 V5vft&eat' sarpfi sc on -ac
comrbfi's-'Crxcciiins: pr- nistness in
-it-Heviit?' nftin itr Waildtrr, kiduiiy and
ba-k, in niaff vo'i-.fciBalc.':, Relit vt ye-t-,
f.f xV-htVkm(jst'Mnimen.vate.ly.
If you wantib!c ttHieT niVl ctue tlus-
is tue rneciy.
Harig iviaunvr.auu ucu
tains Ithiw SBi, the ;p?i.-.y
10 U ntoii ami HQ"
: Sold by Kvi.Nadal,'rr'uggist. VVil-
cr,n - N C 1 . ' ' 5 ? 1 , -
I - -. J". "
V - J- - r - - ' -
Jtlelgiau i?3'!i(licat9 iiitd n)aaii :t nrvry
froru Peking eonthwurd to Hankow fur
tho conEtrnctiou of what is kurw:i us
tbo Lit !!:tti. railway. JJr. Yuiig Wins
of J I ar t f u r di , u .1; a 1 1: ra 1 i z l-u 1 I ) ; h; u n; 3 ii ,
j has received a lhirl coaexfchh-.u ft
taiJrirad trutii Ptkiuj? tiiu.ii; if.:a iiua , r
t-be imperial cuuui li tlus of .'Ajii;
kin and kstuii.7u..i : j.j -f uL.muu
80'3 ihiJkh. vlirh will oirf'.i -.. il 'if
,Uri:l -h t :;;..'.."..; . i wi:. Jc, t i.
'that i.t't-' " "1 j ! t i-i.
iu.q stuck fcaail I ; :;; Jin
i ill i '
probity (jr
tlie C'hitjesa ji )vi:ii,u;:ijt.
Juniiuu. vIViHtlujhJi.t c Go , a.i trtiglisb
Criii, aud tint ; ;: i o. itii'bui
Lank- Lave a tnuiy jtiu .;.. uuw
c?c rutins a !!:-. l.ru:n tLua ..:; t.: Woo
tjai-V, ;.! tl.ii 'lu tiH.U uf t.,,. i .'. t ,'-v'.-5? riv-
r, wLlU h Id til U',, ;;,!, i'. t.ti-J, -ilUiil,
a (iiitau.i'' cu v rA' !J n.w, uijh" u ii! . mn.
ccmtict.l witii Vyij V in i u;;cv asion.;
Su:i: yi;ais' a;:ii n- tuil ay -.v;.
laid lust wet-it 6b.auibai and v u JlV.Mj.u
by UiisAill Jo., -a lirui oi A.i; jricau'
capitaiitts. but atlt i- .it . bad U:cn in
OptilUlUiu a fi. itii.utiH'il .v h .iUrcbaK.vi
by tbe tJlti.iesa fjiA'tM ii:iJvatv,i''l tbi'
rails r.'Miuvvd bcwun.se tbojr iuter
furcfi v. ilb in t; ;.ji.nvt si.r.uti-j ii tif-.'
fuiif; simy, i i i 1 it -, t V i i.r Uenii, vvju.L
have so 11) mu:j lniUi.i.Lj ucii Ihv, a:;,!.i.
of the Mviua 'flu: f mm sbuy l!au ot
btcii lakt-t) liiio "civilaidu m-ViU -.-Luiw cs r
ill Ibu c.aaUi.v.tiuJ td t at) t,iv;..ut. liue.
Wiiicli liniitiilbs air vn&itftuti.s a:ivauct
in Cbiui.tsii .; latidlii in c vVilii.iai ti
icrtis in ehicjtRltcu?ii.' .
CALVE AND THE PALMIST.
tIow Her Oocnlt Friend's Advice Ilaa
. Inflnenced tlie Singer's Affairs.
Emma Oalve is a itrofound believer
In palmistry, and that faith has proba
bly had much to do with her - decision
Dot to return to the United States for
the present season of opera at the Meti
ropolitan in New York. One of her in
timate friends iri. Paris is a paksist,
and. eo great . is Mile. Calve's belief in
her powers that she practically controls
the cinger's attairs. ' Two years ago
Mile. Calve was tinder contrast to sing
at Covent Garden. Her friend told her
that the lines in , her hand prognosti
cated unmistakabjy her death if she!
went , to London that year. So Mile.
Calve notified the, management of the
theater that she could not under any
circumstances go that year to England,
A -short time afterward ' Mile. Calve
bought a house in a certain street in
Paris after making a "long search for a
quarter that was entirely satisfactory
to her. But the. palmist warned ber
that her hands . said she should never
live in that -house. The prophecy cf her
palms was death within a short time.
EMMA CALVK.
Mile. Calve immediately decided that
she would never enter the house, and
soon afterward it was sold. .
Just what the. advice of her occult
friend may have had to do with her de
pision not to come to New York this
season is not known. But it is believed
that more than her desire to appear at
the opera in Paris and more than her
poor health the counsels of the friend
v?ho can read her hands so closely have
determined her plans for the winter.
Mile. Calve is to appear 12 times at the
opera, singing principally in "Hamlet."
Her Joss to the company this season
will be felt, as it always has been,
chiefly in two - operas. ' It was only inv
"Carmen" and "Faust" that she was a
strong drawing card -with, the public.
She was highly praised in "Mefisto-
fele," "Hamlet" and "Les Pecheurs de
Perles," but the great public response
to her appearances , came only in the
two operas of Bizet and Gounod. This
year ber loss will be felt j also Jn the
double bills in which her Sautuzza was
always most potent. It will deprive the
"Will make it necessary to abaniJon this
programme A'ew Yoric aa.
New Crusade !n linr.ins.
A movement was started by a union
meeting of the churches, religious and
temperance societies in Topeka the oth
er night against? thW sale of cigarettes
and the uso.of slot machines.. Uommit-
tetes were appointed to secure from mem
bers of the legislature favorable laws
prohibiting these things ; All religious
societies and churcnes in rns state are
requested to join, in lut1 1 lusadc and to
create, a , local sentiment among tne
members of tbe legislature.
Will limlertnUf to ! Ifts Portnne.
Alpbont-o Vay Is eke of Beutcn Har
bor, Mich . received ix telepram tbo otb-
erday from. Paris, announcing tbe death
of nu uncle wuu tert him. a tortuue esti
mated at ftl.000.000 Mr Vuylsteke
left for France ti:e same afternoon, tak
ing u unilei'iuker with hira. Aliune
7 A NTEI) SEVERAL T-Rl'STWORTHV
ohr busn.tss in their own and nearby.
count ps. It 1- niatnlv cdiuewfitk con
ducted at Inane. Salary straight 900
;i Year-ana expenses -detinue honahue
no :'!('te, r,o less salary. Monthly f75
References. Enclose self-addressed
slammed envelope Herbert E. Hess
" I Prest. , Dept. M . Chicago.
' ,;--:-..' -. -1 .-.:-; . -.
I ; .
WILSON,
BOOTH, THE MASCOT, BACK.
V'ur Tli STtiTO-year-nM rittbnr Boy
LJcr.tb. tie traw.-rtrf lie Tenth Feun-
vetitan t.f tli a tv.iiih::
. ..
rclr.rncd !o'm"i i;c. .
port :i;y i": ;.i s. -Jlr.-.-.i'-i
ill bffJ U.-
..i;(;auiou,
. ... I
t u the trans
, r di-;.' from
m d liav-
v. kh Ad- J
!r- . trip I
I raj! r. J' i .-liS.l 1'
liiii. 1 l.'.V.-. v. .. bt J .".
to ll-D'Atli. f rn I!:-.- Cji-V-1 b;c'jaso
of bis .r.ri;rs i;i llm .Hi:.t:r ilulate
aud in i be bsbt; Lftcn; iniviia. 12c is
tbe Lf.7 vrliu cahic ecl t?i i.-.:u Francisco,
frc;:!, FittfLrrg wilb tbc rf "iirtul.. Tbo
men Ktrnp'-.led bim ul-t :.rd l!io trans
port. Lot i i- bafi bars! I ack. as bo fell
i'cwi! a baichv.ay on tbo third day out
ami broke
1.
is arm
llo waw ail light
wbcu -Manila vaa reached, and in the
trenchrs l:r fMrc Malate ho earned water
P.nd KmiDt.nitioii Mid paid no attention
to'tbe bullet. He said. "There was no
-chance ' to dodgo"- 'cm - they came so
quick.' -
--Ho was among the first to enter Ma
nila with a captured Spanish rifle,
which he blinds
bnc'k with him On
Aog 13 rv. h:irr;:id ti::;t the Oiympia
Was to go to lloiipkoua, f.o bo ..deter
mined to make the trip. Me boarded tbo
ship and as-ke.d to be .shown to the ad
miral's cr.l.iii Dcwcy was wttiiig at a
table' with the captain of tbe ship
Booth said: "I sainted aud said. 'Adr
iniral, 1 want to o to Hongkong,' and
ho nays, pleasantliko. 'Well, my boy,
ycu come aboard and we'll take you.'
1 salutes again and ducks."
, Ho was i)l days on tbo Olyr.ipia and
had a great time, aw the sailors gave
him presents and saw that lie bad all
the good things there were to eat. When
be got back to Manila, Coloue! Hawkins
feared that ho might catch the fever, so
he sent the boy to San Francisco on the
transport. Booth" now wants to get
home to Pittsburg, where his father
works in an iron mill Ho has his reg
ular discharge, because of bi3 desjre to
attend school, and is praised for "con
spicnons gallantry in action." Now
York Sun.
A lia-
President
ni:ii of Ne veiny.
ii!;(.-thy Dwight of .Ynle,
in his letter - veiling the presidency,
refers to bis '-long continued and happy
life. " How-many men at 70 can speak
in similar terms? Wo believe that Pres
ideat Dwigbt's salary has been in the
neigiiborhood cf $5,000 a year, the tn
coms of a first class reporter on a New
York newspaper. Certainly wealth has
not been the basis cf his happiness. We
nhnnld Vf-ntirw to onpsc wpro rho nnpe.
tiou put to Mr. Dvvight, that ls 3afiWpr
wculd a ttribiuenis happiness to taetors
wholly independent of material circum
stances. And these factors, are poten
tially within reach of all of us. Buf
falo Enquirer.
Explosive Coniotinils.
Thirty years agolherg were only two
3ozen explosive compounds known to
chemists Now there are over 1,000
Aii Old Idea.
Every day strengthen the belief -of cmi
. : :Vaiciana 'that impure blood ij tlm
. . f i the majority of our diseases.
i v I'jjty-hvc years ago this theory WiVi u.c-. .
a a Laslp for tlie formula of Browns' Iron
uuiov. Vhe many remarkable cares effected
' y tins famous eld household remedy .!!
.'i-Ticioiit to prove th.tt tiie throrv iscorre.-t
ijrovrna' Ircn Bitters i3 sold by all dealer i-''?
BICYCLE SAILING IN KANSAS.
Topekn Sian's Experience In Koiifj
Distance Bicycle Coasting.
Will Cauuiff of.C. J. Devlin's office
in Topeka holds tho long distance bicy
cio coasting record. He made the record
recently, and it was just 18 miles, ac
cording to his cyclometer.
"I was in the vicinity of OsagoCity,"
ir St ji ? j t '
perience, ana 1 startca nome eany in
the morning. The roads were good and
there was a good bieeze blowing from
the south. Things went well until I
reached the vicinity cf Barlingame,
when my bicycle chain went iuto a
thousand pieces. To repair the chain
was out of the question, tnd I consider
ed myself in a very serious predicament.
"I knew something about sailing,
and, taking off my overcoat, I put the
handle bars through tho arma of the
coat Then I took one corner .in my
teeth aud held, the : other out with one
hand. I had a good sail, and I startect
with the wind in excellent shape. When
X cameto a'turn in the road where the
wind would not be fairly at my back,
I would simply " shift my improv jsed
sail to the other side by changing hands.
I thought if I could get to Wakarusa I
would taka the train aud come" home,
but almost before-1 knew it I was 'on
the hills overlooking Topeka. I made
tho run in less than three hours and I
did not uso a pedal." Topeka State
Journal: -
1 m t Ji x . i J l. ' I'.l J '
i I Uiacsioud Set Enw.
A Circular saw for cutting stone is
bcingi employed in the construction of
the buildings for ths-.--Paris exposition.
It consists of a steel disk over six feet
in diameter .which has about 200 dia
monds set in ibs rim. The saw is ruonnf
ed upon a suitable Ehaf t and drive by
Fteam power at about auu re.vnoiui.iuuH
per miuuti, for hard Etorte, at which
rate about ona foot ij,e.r- minute can do
cut- .Kor s."ft stoms 4s foci teolh are used,
with diamonds every Ctth tooth, and
the rate of aiTvTir.ce is about three teet
ner minute It is estimated that the
gtcuo is cut iu this way at fromane
lighth to one-tenth t tie cost of hand hi
tor. Sua Francisco Chrcuicly.
Ueoifro Haiuner t.f L:iW.on CitjMho
fa:ii'-u pilf-t of the V- bite tlorse raiacis,
'rcccut.lv Leif.u:e a btucdict, and, as be
fitted his caret rcf penis and cd venture,
Hie mnrriasre cereiitcuy was performed
iu a boas tliat, was bootiug tbo rapids.
When the a.itister said, "1 pronounce
vn'i i"n oiu wife. lie bad to raiso his
voite and "i!UiO-i about, aid eveu then
-owl i ;:tt.i-,x n-aka Lsniself bes"' t
td-. - -i v, Id water?.
THE .WHOLSel system feels the
B effect of lloou's Sarsapanlla t;tpm
ach, livor, kidneys, lieai t, nci'ves are
stren;tbr.nad and S ?J ST & ! ?! ED.
N..C, JAri UAM. 9, 18M).
THE OPERA IN NEW.Y0RK
Brilliant Opening of the Season
V J JT M.
m ine iviecropuiis.
'TAiriinAU3EE" P0E FIRST HISHT.
Rtr;r;iiitin - Opera .Houses Fllleu
Wltl 3lnl$ tiovlnj; and EtsUionn-
, I!e v Pol!i.- 5 Slarks the Keinrn of
Cnintl Ojte;n to . Xevr Vork Andi
enee Kon1 'rllllant Thau l'nnX.
' iTbo other right at 7 o'clock the in
terior of the Metropolitan Opera House
in New York; was a stretch of empty
seata Sumo qf the lights were up and
through the aisles a figure passed ooca-.
sioualiy frdm;he sta.edoor to the' front
of the theater,: Some of the more punc
tual musiciani were in their places and
occasionally the half suppressed sound
of an instrument was heard. The cur
tain was 'down. From behind it there
carno occasionally tho rap of a hammer
or tho echo of a voice calling out a final
order. The stuse of anticipation that
tho scene possessed was increased by the
quivering of tie great curtain from time
to time as it was struck by the hurry
ing stage hands behind, but tbe great
cavern of an auditorium was silent and
rather dim, yet dim and silent with tho
sense of something' great to come.
The curtain was lifted, and the back
ground was tb(ftwbitewashed brick wall
of the theater. .-The .grotto of Venus, the
Wartburg . aud jtho Landgrave's halls
had disappeared. One by cue the few
lights were extinguished and tho voices
died away entirely. The house was dark
and 6ilent,but in the interval some
thing had happened something impor
tant to the New Yorkseason. After one
year of abstinence from the regular per
formances tho opera bad begun i?ain
begun so brilliantly and triumphantly
tht many in tho audience said that no
previous opening perfomance had been
more rpiendid.
. The audi'itice was one of the" iiar;;cst
that tbe Metropolitan had evi y b. id.
First nights at the opera are rarely tho
largest cf tbe season, but ther3 Was not
a vacant ceat nor an empty box rl he
crowd stood deep about the rails at the
rear of the orchestra One unprecedent
ed feature cf the evening was described
in box office language as a "doubl8 ti"
ip tbo; lobby before the sale of seats
commenced the other evening. That
meant that two rows twice winding
tfebagb' thejjjhnl
fifSITEariC "61 aumissfin tickets. That was
only the head of a human eerpeut that
crawls before the window as fast ns the
tidkets could be ;sold. That continued
uriltil after the first act was over. The
saijo of seats and admission tickets
amounted to about $12,000.
The audiince seemed as much more
brliiant than usual, as the whole Occa
sion did. If there wa3 a hat below the
balcony, it was so small that nobody
could see it. There were nodding ai
giet3 of diamonds and there were feath
ers of the kind that come from birds,
and there were those that come only
from jewelers and rntfy not possessrthe
beauty cf nature but cost considerably
more. There were nearly as many un
covered shoulders in the orchestra stalls
as thero were in the boxes. But the
tiars were confined to the boxes. And
the diamonds -were never more numer
ous. They seemed tospring like geysers
cut of ecrne of the boxes. Mme. Nor
dicaVtiara, under the glare of the foot
lights, had the monopoly of the blaze
when the curtain was up during the
first act, but when tho intermission
came from every box in the parterre
there weiro a ha noted gleams to answer
1 . "
It was the first performance given un
der the direction of the Maurice Grau
Opera company, and that may have add
ed a shade more of responsibility to the
managerial bow of Mr. Grau, who re
ceived the congratulations of his friends
and seemed no more flustered by them
than usual. lis had to come before the
curtain after tho first act, and he an
nounced that M. Plaucon requested the
indulgence of the audience on account
of a bad throat. The audience applaud
ed that not because itwas unsympathet
ic of M. Plancon's ooqdjtiu, but because
it was glad to get the opportunity to ex
press what it felt toward Mr. Grau. M.
Plancou, who hatj been Eick for some
time with a cold, nearly broke down
after the first act. A hurry call for Dr.'
Hoi brook Curtis and his throat spray
was sent out, aud he was found. So M.
Plancou was able to finish the opera.
If it had besn "Faust" or "Romeo et
Juliette, " to which first night audiences
are more accustomed, the singers -would
have received greater acknowledgments
01 tneir return. As it was only Mme.
Barnes, wno iookcu superbly beautiful
had the opportunity to receive a greet
ing trom tna auaience. oignor Manci
nelli was applauded, but both M. Van
Dvck and Aim 8. JNorrjfcawho vver nn
the stagejwheu tfaecartain rose, bari nn
cbaacetor asneciai exnihition of frip.nd-
liuess. -jDut ini.y we neverai times re
called after the first act. It was a novel
thing to see the audeuce arrive eo early.
The fashionable parts of the house ara.
rarely filled until the first act is over.
yet all tho places were taken early, to
judge, probably, the new tenor, who
came to this country with the reputa
tion of being 'ine of the greatest of Eu
ropeau singers. There wtre, of course,
fewer cocas-ions during the opera for the
audience to applaud thau there would
have been in the case of the operas which
customarily open the teasou. That rob
bed the evening ct some of its usual
demonstration daring tbe opera, al
thoagu that came atier every act Mr.
Van ivy ek said utter tiie second act that
the audience from tho stage was a beau
tirul siut, and that ue couid observe
Ayer s rills so easy to take, disdves-
iainieiau-ly nn reacbi"; the xtdrn.rh
ana so penims the tail strength aiu'
Ucnetit of tiie medicine to le prompt
commui icated. Ask your drtiggisi for
Ayer s Almanac, just out.
unat eveu Warg
jpera. "it U a Ct-jri
jsaid, .'beautiful i.j
-is 01 ue
r.Jtuc iO," hO
1 :,-.-.!; ;it The acous
u.in i see the re
n tbe softest
tics are sjfitudid.
spouse cf t');- Et
UlA jUU.
NEW AMERICAN POETESS.
Ulis Hay's V
TIireateuH.
Miss Helen
Phis W Tn'ent TJiat
V'vr p.,i.-'u laurel-
Ka.v, daii-hter of the eco
is Ciititi ;i to thedistiac-
retary of state
tiou of bavin
h itvivru sin luiwuM ju
poetry at tho tacitj.! it h u novelty to
seo a bcok of pnei:; the bands of
vv abumgica t.cciet v ncri' ! i-r evca upon
f i.; A : - ..
I: '
for which
vi!r.5iie cf
wis a talent
::.:!.?. They
eoo is rtsTK,i:sii.;1;;
ber vcr;:ea juKt pr.j!i-b-that
thrcatu'5 i.i.ri;:(.;.
are not lutie ibyiuc-L
I .!)'
v.e usual-
lyhnd m tbo n:agi:7.iie. p.ud the weekly
illustrated payers, let Sllioni sonnets
and poems, disclosing r-vanrehcution
qf the emotions cf the hnuiau heart 'un
usual in one ot her years and a sympa
thetic appreciation of the mysteries of
naturo that would not bo expected in a
city bred girl Every body who enjoys
an acquaintance with tho Hay family
knew I but Miss Ildeu wrote poetry,
but nobody knew that she wrote so well.
Occasionally linea from ber pen have
appeared in raagaidno.sor have been read
for thepleascre of intimate friends, but
here is a collection of 2.") sonnets and as
many poerrs that might havo come from
the shop of a master workman in liter
ature. Upon reading them you seo at once
that Miss Hay sings for the same reason
that the birds King 'opoause. she can't
help it. Her verses are tho expressions
of an active, nature overflowing with
pretty fancies, bright thoughts and pure
emotions, tempered by a sweet serious
ness that modem young women try to
conceal. She, inherited, hem ber father
a deep, poetic sentiment, a refined taste
and a sympathetic appreciation of the
beautiful, but there is so' much individ
uality and force and promise in her book
that it need not surprise him if same
time he is referred to as "the father of
Helen Play, the American poetess," in
stead of enjoying the fame of bis own
great literary r.t-hieveauuits. Washing
tou Cor. 'Chicago Record.
ROOSEVELT'S ENJOYMENT.
The Colonel's lixeitinK Ride In the
Snow on His Warhorse Texas.
Colonel Rocsevelt n:ingled pleasure
with brrsiness at bis Oyster Bay home
recently. He reached the village the
from Long Island City. The place had
been snow bound for the last few days,
and the first train to get through was
the one -which left at 5:30 o'clock and
in which he traveled. .
During the morning the colonel had
several visiters, who took lunch with
him, but he had th'e afternoon to him
self, and he enjyed it. First he put on
a pair of snow shoes and traveled all
over the snow covered fields about his
home at an amazing pace. Then he
looked for something more exciting, and
found it in riding his warhoise Texas,
which he rode in the San Juan fight
and which had never seen snow.
The snow made the warhorse crazy.
He cut up all kinds of tantrums and
plowed up the snow in a terrific man
ner. He bnckud, kicked, shied, snorted,
danced, 'whaled and did everything but
stand on bis head. After the struggle
w as over tbe colonel said he had had
many a tough fight to couquer a frac
tious horse, but that Texas had broken
all previous records in his experience.
New York World. "
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WHATSULunSLANDS ARE.
They Number One Uuniiretl and Fifty
and Were Pirates' liet rents Once.
The Sulu islands 150 cf them, but
mostly very small which" we have
taken from Spain, stretch for 200 miles
southwesterly from Mindanao to Borneo.
They formerly were noted as retreats
for pirates, .where, owing, to innumera
ble channels, the pirates could elude
pursuit. The archipelago was ruled by
a despotic sultan until 1878, wbeu
Spain annexed it by conquest. The pop
ulation is estimated at Jj000, of whom
fully GO, 0,00 are savage
There are three groins of these is
lands, named after the principal island
of each Suln, Baseelan and Tawee
Tawee. Sulu, in th middles about
twice as big-as Ktaterj Island; Tawee
Tawee. on tbe south, jH about the same
size, while -Baseelan, at the north, is
somewnat larger. A.rHina to tne
geographical lines ruu Dy tbo American
peace commiesioaers, Taee-Tawee is
not included in cor demand. New
jorK vvoria. j
Y1?' PIOIUi was my
kind, and potent friopdb Count Pecci,
EeTf i"tCf boli" V threw him
1L 1Utu my ethe,ne With ardor, and
; r .r" tum h
mer reMeuce in Peru, to nssnmc
command cf the UQl A: lly wi
lUt)
trm
ackiiowled
fiments re aho too to Count
Sodorini
and to Tr.. N n, Volpe.
ha
ve retained a vivid ".rcsion of the
icstentatioug kinri,.. pontifical
un
tlA .,110st Cfc'Peciailvof the cen
tral figure iu that ILq setting,
the cu Mured aUd i"1 ot
Leo XIII. ic t i? 1 -V-1 iu New
Bears the Thfi Kinrf Tub AfeVS Ba3fJ4
MOVE FOR MORE SLEEP
Washington Society Queens In
dorse the Philadelphia Idea.
MES. GAGE A S02IG ADVOCATE.
U'itli Sir. Grant r.nd Mri. Fo.ter, She
Dlarc That tbe Present I'aee I.
nnlnon, to Health-Mr.. loiter ,,
Others Sc, Tl.nl Proved Cha.
Will Not Prove Pnjinlar. '
Tho e.uc lcrion reached by a nnniher
of prominent Philir-iaW, ,rn!iwn ,u...
Fociety requires mnro sleep ba3 attract-
cci mcea att;
wile ol tho
said recently
treasury,
"I am heartily in favor of Washing
ton society emulating the good example
of the Philadelphia women. Thero isno
doubt that young girls frequently ruin
their health by the lato hours which
their social duties entail. Nor ia the
evil confined to young girls. Young ma
trons, elderly matrons, too, aro often
sufferers from 'the pace that kills.' Bfe
mcst of all I think that tho long hours
are injurious to car young men. They
nulike their gentle companions in social
gn-ycty, cauuot lio in bed in tho morn
ing. "Many of tho young men who figure
in society aro busy men of affairs. To
dance and act tbo agreeable from 7 cr 8
iu the evening until 2 or a next morn
ing and then to appear in the world of
business before noon is to carry out a
ptogrammo which cannot fail to destroy
both mind and - body. I think that the
hostesses of th'e opening season caa al
leviate .this evil. To begia such func
tious as cotillons and germans about 9
aud to end them shortly after midnight
would e a step in the right direction.'
Mrs. Julia D. Grant said: "I- will
most cordially indorse a concerted move
ment on the part of the social leaders of
Washington to arrango that the houra
now given to evening-entertainments
shall be fewer and so more in accord
ance with tbe laws cf nature. Mothers
of young girls now absolutely dread
their "entrance into society because cf
the great drain on their strength which
social life means. I think the cider
members of the world of fashion can
obviate all ..Ibis. Have no e;
will extend later than midnight. "
Mrs. Jobu W. Foster, wife of the
former secretary of state, said: "To my
mind, there is nothing so injurious to
the heaJth as keeping late hoars. Dur
ing a varied experience, in which my
social duties have been more or less ex
acting, I hare 'followed a rnie not devi
ated from a dozen times a year to retire
at 11:80 p, m. and rise at 7:30 s. m.
"I believe tht all social functions
can be eo arranged as to permit the par
ticipant to retire before midnight, and I
think that every hostess should strive
' to accomplish this object. I have always
advocated this theory, and 1 welcome
any league -which has itsfartherauce in
view. I think t-hat sleeping until noon,
as most of our social leaders are com
pelled to do, is not conducive to health,
and it has always seemed a sinful-loss
of time. " 1
"I cannot express myself too Etrongly
on the harm done our young men who
endeavor to fulfill social duties. To
work all day and dance all. night can
not aid either the worker or tho vtark
to which he has assigned himself. In
Washington at least society young men,
with few exceptions, are employed in
business which requires health, strength
and a clear head. I think all hostesses
should remember this, and not compel
their masculine contingents to choose
between the loss of all social gayety
aud of suffering from ruined constitu
tions
Miss Wilson, daughter if the secre
tarv of aoricuiture. thoucllt that an at-
tempt at tire- innovation i Washington
society would prove a di
mal failure,
"I don't mind telling 1
bu, though,"
she added, "that I have m1
re than once
wished, fend as I am of
'dancing, that
Hn earlier hour than 4 ot 5 could be
fhosKi for the closing figiro cf tbe co
tillon."
Mrs. Nellie Grant-Saitoris, whose
eldest daughter, Vivian, is a social fa
vorite, and - whose younger daughter,
Rose Marv. -will be soon introduced.
uaid that, while earlier hours might be
an improvement, they would never
prove a popular innovation &o long as
vontf people danced. Jiira Jjevi
r.nitf-r in vhc3 ballroom the most
nonnlar cotillons and Jate dances in
,'h;.iofmi havo boczi given, was not
in favor of a change: " Washington so
ciety womenaro tar too wise to attempt
any such thing," declared the mother
of Lady Carzoa. -Special New York
World.
Can TMtcRraph on Clotli.
Will I re3 of Madieou county, Ind.,
ha at la'-t discevcred a process which
atihotcgrapheis have been workiagon
for vrarsof photographing on cloth and
makirg colors fast and giving tbe cloth
no discoloration. The colors are so fast
that they win withstand boiling water
aud are '.is dear cut as those of any
phctef,nq;li. Tho discovery will open a
ew Ihia in fancy pillows. The first dis-
riovs iifg watte up in pren nuwe, uv
nirtr.re being about life size.
-Anderson
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WEIRD TRIP WITH A CORPSE:
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Singular Cxperienee ot Moom Haat
er In the Ilnxh ot Canada,
Mr. George M. Sinn returned to
Montreal recently after a short bnaineu
trip to the Teniiscamingue district, in
CanaOaf. daring which he bud a thrilling
experience never to be forgotten. It wai
iu connection with the accidental WW ,
ing of Mr. Bd ward Minerr a wealthy -'
manufacturer of Kingsville, Out
A few days ago Mr. Miner, bia broth
er and Mr. Bennett Squire ot W India ,
Out., sot out on a hunting trip; and
were soon buried in tbo woods 80 miles
;iacamiuaao. When they com-
menced the spcrt, Mr. Sauire fired at a 1
fine moose, wounded it and the enraged
animal charged the hunter, who at
tempted to fire a second time with bia
repeating rifle. Something was wrong,
however, and i tho weapon did not go
off. Seeing the danger of. hi friend,
Mr. Miner stepped forward, and waa in
the act of raising his rifle to fire at tbe
beast when Mr. Squire's gun went off,
the ball passing directly through Mr.
Miner's bead, killing him instantly.
The brother and unhappy friend became
crazed with grief. They were 80 milef
from tho nearcEt Railway station, and.
there was absolutely no nieana whatever
of conveying tho corpse thither except
by carrying it. For 25 miles they car
ried tbe 'body through the terrible wil-
derness, and finally, exhausted and hall
famished for want of food, taey peached
the track at a Email signal station, tov-
en miles from Terniscamingue station.
It was there that Mr. Sinn found
them. Utterly incapable of making an
other move, the two gentlemen sank to
the ground, and with the body of friend
and brother between them awaited the
coming of assistance. Tbe circumstances
were 60on explained to Mr. Sinn, and "
as quickly as possible be secured a band
car and got tbe corpse and the two men
on board. When they got to Ternisca
mingue, it was found that no train
were running. So Mr. Sinn determined
to take tbe party on tbe car all tbe way ,
to Mattawa, where the body could bo
prepared for burial. Getting two men
to help him, Mr. Sinn etarted at the
lever, and the fearful, journey of 41
miles was commenced. A hand car is
small for four men to ride upon it, bnt
when an extra man and a corpse are
added tho difficulty of pumping the
lever may be imagined. Then, too, the
horror of the ride was neignieneu uy
tho inky darkness of tbo night. .
As daylight broke Mr. Sinn's efforta
increased arfd bis hands now show tbe
strain to which they were subjected.
At last the little car passed a farm
house, another and another, and soon
the depot was reached Tbe newe quick
ly spread through Mattawa, and while
kind friends looked after tbe suffering
travelers the Odd Fellows took care of
the body. It was embalmed and sent to
KingsviJJe for burial. Mr. Miner and
Mr. Squire conld cot find word offl-
cient to thank Mr. Sinn for his good
ness. When asked about tbo matter, he
said: "i have not much to say. I only
did what I thought to be my doty."
Montreal Herald- -
Gold Hearing: Gizzard of a Daelt.
Frank Routledge, who with several
friends has leased the shooting rlgnts
on a ranch facing tbe Columbia river
at Fairview, Or., killed a very fine
mallard duck recently among his day'a
bag. He baa discovered quite a quantity
of virgin gold in the glzzara 01 nam
duck and has it on exhibition. The gold
is robably worth 50 cents. Mr. Eout
Jedgeis going to get hi dog a flying
radchiue and have him scent that duck'
back to Alaska. Portland Orcgcnian;
Ufondln' Mlejele.
The wooden bicyclo used by EJoudin
in his famous ride across' tbe Niagara
falls on a rope i sun m Bm.ib. -was
sold in Paris not long ago fur about
60 cents
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