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THE OMAHA DAILV BEE : TITTHSDAY , APRIL 20. ISO ! ) , MOUNT ST. ELIAS OUTCLASSED McKlnlty's Snowy Great Top ? it by Two Thousand Feet. x * HIGHEST OF AMERICAN MOUNTAINS CSrniililf Afrnnnt of HIP fUprrlrncp t tin ( ! IM criiinrnt i\ilnrliiK 1'nrly In ClliiililiiK VlniUn'n I'cnk. Up to Iho present time the belief has nl- moit universally obtained Hint Mnunt St. Ellas , which rises to a height ot 18,021 feet tibovo the level of the sen. Is the tallest peak on the continent ; but the recent work done by the United States ( Jeolngleal sur vey shows conclusively that Mount St. Ellas la over-topped more thnn 2,000 feet by another Alaskan peak , situated about 120 miles north ot Conk Inlet and on what Is known at present as the McKInley range. This towering mountain la close to the In tersection of the C3d parallel of north lati tude with the 151st meridian of west longi tude , and Is designated In recent maps of Alaska as Mount McKlnlry , although It was not Inaptly named by the corly Russian Bottlers around Cook Inlet , Dulshaln , which translated , means "big. " . In a general way the great height of Mount McKInley Ins ulwa > 8 been known to the Indians and the scattering whites , who nettled In the vicinity of Cook Inlet and along the banks of the Sushltna , as IIH tow ering summit h plainly visible on clear days for a distance ot 125 miles or more. So far as there Is any record , how over , no attempt was over made prior to the summoi of 1898 to measure KB exact height. I'licvploriMl AliiNUn. Alaska has an area of nearly COO.OOO Bquaro miles exclusive of Its many Islands , nnd Its coast line exceeds that of the United States. Accurate data with regard to Iho geography of thli linmcnsn territory 13 as yet dintcult to obtain. There arc many largo areas on the map of Alaska which have never boon viewed by the eye of the omni scient white man and .ire totally unknown. It was In response to a very general do- Biro for more and better Information about Alaska that several departments of the gov- oinmcnt received appropriations from congress - gross to equip and send out exploring pur- tics , whoso duty It would bo to break up several of these blank areas nnd to flius nnd report on routes to the Interior from American seaports. Twenty thousand dollars lars placed nt the disposal of the United States geological survey , determined that body to organize and send Into Alaska four parties. Each was to consist of a geolo gist , n topographer nnd as many assistants as advisable. Two parties were directed \ to cross the passes nt the head of Lynn canal , anrt to proceed down the Yukon until American territory was reached. The otliei- two were to proceed to the bead of Cook Inlet. One of them , under the direction of J. E. SpUrr , was then to proceed westward In an endeavor to reach the Kiwkokwlm river ; the other party , under George H. Eldrldgc , geologist , was directed to travel north up the Sushltna In an attempt to get through to the Yukon. The second of these parties I accompanied In tlio capacity ot topographer. Jln tin * i\ | > I ral ( < > ii WIIM lleniiii. The United States gunboat Wheeling , de tailed for the purpose of carrying the four governmental parties to Alaska , left Seattle - attlo on Anrll 4. Ench party was equipped with camping outfits , supplies for six months nnd necessary scientific Instru ments. The Wheeling followed the regular Insldo passage from Seattle to Skagway , where the two Yukon parties disembarked on April 10. H arrived at Tjoonok. near the "head of Cook Inlet , on April 27. We unloaded there and prepared for real vvoik. Dcslde Mr. Eldrldge and myself there word five experienced woodsmen from the vicinity of Lake Superior , chosen as. espe cially adapted for tlie work proposed on account of their long experience. In pacKIng - Ing and boating. All wcro stalwart follow * , Inured to bard work and travel , nnd the ? bore themselves well throughout theexpe dition. We consumed little time In pli- parlng for our trip and on May 4 we made a start up the Sushltna rl\cr. This stream , by far the largest which Hews Into Cook Inlet , Is of glacial origin and Its current extremely swift Throughout Its lower course it traverses n heavily tlmbeied glacial plain. The sticam Is divided Into many channels by low sandbars and Inlands , most of which are covered during seasons of high water , and It carries In Its waters an Immense amount of wilt It Is navigable only for canoes and light draft boats. Wo stalled up about the time of the spring flood and our passage was constant ! } Im peded by trees which came floating down stream with roots nnd branches sweeping everything before them. The swift current was constantly undermining the banks. > thereby precipitating the trees Into the ilvor Great quantities of Ice also drifted down stream until the luttei part of May. The water at first was Intensely cold , but wo soou became accustomed to Us temperature. lliirilxlil | > N of ( InTrip. . From May 20 to the Ctb of July wo wcro In the water every day , wading and pulling the boats after us. Each of these was 1 art on with from SOO to 1,000 pounds of provisions and Buppllcs. They were light and constantly bring tnnKK1 1 bj the n/.Hing . trtra or by sunken Umbers Progress was consequently flow nnd difficult. On rorne days we were unable to advance more than half a mile , and we mteotneil ourselves fortunate on the dnjs when we made two or three miles. I'rom the mouth of the Sushltna I ran an Instrumental line of survey and made plane table sketches of the river nnd surrounding country. Some twenty-five miles up from Its mouth the Sushltna Is Joined by the Yentno , a large tributary flowing In from the west. At the point of conjunction the Alaska Commercial company has established n store. Hero wo took leave ot Mr. Spurr and his party. Wo continued up the Sushltna and arrived on July 24 at a point some eighty-two miles from Ite mouth , whore It receives two large tributaries , the Talkcetna and the Chulltna , which How in from the east and the west respectively. Hero a latitude station was established and wo found It to bo In 62 de grees 20 minutes north The channel from hero up Is more confined and the river rarely exceeds n half of a mile In width The fall , however. Is greater and the cur- rent Is swifter , but the banks arc better than In the lower course and we made more progress dally. < . \iiMititliliiK | Mount MrKliilcj . On the 5th of July wo found ourselves at the mouth of Indian creek and at the head of navigation of the Sushltna. Here , accoid- Ingly , we determined to cache our boats and surplus provisions nnd to take the so-called overland trail for the Tanana. Klrst , however - over , we determined to pitch camp long enough to make Dual observations on Mount McKInley and the great rnnge which it dominates. Wo had sighted the great mountain from near the mouth of the Sushltna and as we advanced up Its course made frequent obser vations with the transit , reading both hori zontal nnd vertical angles. From these readings nnd our final observations we de termined the height of the mountainto bo 20,461 feet , or the highest peak on the North ' American continent. Our last observations on the great peak were made from the top of n small range some 4.000 feet In height This ranso lies near the mouth of Indian crick between the Sushltna nnd the Chulltna rivers. The ob servation station was about five milts from the mouth of the Indian creek and almost directly cast of Mount McKInley. For homo little tlmo we were unable to obtain a view of the mountains on account of the clouds I Wo could tell , however , that the top of the rldgo commanded a magnificent view of the whole range and when the winds had finally dispelled the clouds wo aw the whole east ern side of the great rnnge for a distance of perhaps 200 miles. MiiKrnlHtM'iu'o tif til * * Vlo\ > . The panorama was one vvhlih I believe Is unsurpassed for grandeur nnd magnlll- CCIHO In Iho world As the air became clearer vvp could see the range stretching off perhaps 150 miles to the southwest , Its contour broken hero and there by Jagged peaks , which shot thousands of feet nbove the level of the rldgo Some sixty miles away a gre.it flat-topped peak rose 18,000 feet above sen level To the right of It was a. smaller conical shaped peak , perhaps ! . " > , - 000 feet In height , while still farther to the right , and about fortv-lhe miles from our point of obseivatlcn , towered Mount McKinley - Kinley , whoso peak , clnd with eternal snows , looked down upon the surrounding waste and solitude from a height of 20,500 feet. Helow us , nnd about ten miles away , the Chulitiia river tan along the eastern sldo of the great range , fed mostly from the glaciers formed on Its peaks. Opposite where wo stood Its bed is about 500 feet above the - /T jy VWhS. " v&SssT4JPt -J-f- ? ' i ' ' S > \ ' - Sff- " eTJ JjST"s4i ? - % kir " " " * ' ' -'S' Nii ; Kj'igti : WOly.NT M KIM.UV , AMIMU I \ S HICjllUST 51OI NTA1.N , ril BB of the HP.I At n glance we SAW the whole of thp ca tprn slope of the great mountain. This PP \ < of the mountain I * seamed with hundreds and thousands of sharp Kulllw nnd Is cut by ravines nnd canyons yens ofttlmes to n depth of thousands of foot. It serve * also as a ba o for Innumer able ppnks , some of which rise to a height of from 7,000 to 10,000 feet. Running off to the right of the great peak , and perhaps twenty-five miles In length , Is n glacier fed by the Ice and snow accumulations of con- lurlei. The entire party agreed that as far ns human beings are concerned the mountain U absolutely Inaccessible from the eastern side. side.The The whole McKInley range gives an Im pression of the greatest ruggedncss and Its outlines would bp harsh In the extreme were they not tempered by the soft white of the snow which caps nil high peaks. Moreover , _ below the snow line the slaty rock 1s covered - ' ered by the soft Alaskan IHOJECS , which lend i to all the mountains of Alaska a beautiful I p.ilo green color effect peculiarly their own. I'hiitDKriiiililiiic ( lie Motintiilit. Observations on thn McKInley range , nnd In particular on the great peak , consumed srnxns TAKHN ny EXPLORING TVRTY UNITED STATES GEOLOOICAL SURVEY. only a short time. We made a number of camera exposures , but these proved to bo complete failures , presumably on account of the Intense whiteness of the range. To guard against such a contingency I made a number of rough sketches , both of the gen eral landscape nud of the great peak. This done we took n last look nt the great range and began preparations for the long portage across the divide to the Tanana. We made a start early on the morning of the 13th of July , carrying with us only absolutely necessary sustenance and equip age. The Journey proved trjlng in the ex treme. We traveled by slow and toilsome stages for six weeks , nnd on no day did we make progress far In excess of that possible to an unencumbered man walking on level ground In an hour's time. Country Pull of ( Ininc. The country was wild and beautiful.-Our Journey cnrrled us'mostly abovu timber line LOCATION oFAMGRICA'S HIGHEST 'MOUNTAIN MT. MCKINLEY anil among mountains In some places as rugKcd as those of the McKInley range. Wild ( lowers grow In abundance every n hero below the snow line. We saw plenty of game , mostly grouse and caribou. We also B.IW some bear nnd signs of mooae , but did not stop to do any hunting. Wo crossed two mountain ranges the first at the head of Indian creek , some twenty miles up from the Sushltna. About thirty miles farther on we crossed the main divide at an elevation of 4,200 feet. In the center of the pass through the great dlvldn there Is 11 lake whoso waters drain both Into Bering Sea and Into Cook Inlet. The paba was Uirlitoned Caribou Pass on account - count of the largo number of caribou which wo saw In the vicinity , nnd wo gave the j iiamo of Summit Lake to the lake. The Immediate dlscoveiy of the pass and of the lake came about through our meeting with an Indian who wo located by the smoke which arose from his camp fire a little dis tance to Hie left. It was the first signs of human habitation that v\o had seen fa ? months and a party of us went over to In vestigate. There wo found the Indian , a man of perhaps 35 or 40 , camped very com fortably with throe or four of his squaws. Tho'y had been hunting nil biimmcr with only tolerable success. Ho could speak only n word or two of broken English nnd was prevailed upon to guide our party In the direction of the Tanana , When wo arrived nt Summit I.ako tic pointed toward the Chulltna , which ho called by name , and then pointed northward - ward , Indicating by signs and language that If wo followed the direction of the stream wa would "Oo Tanana. " This wo accord ingly did , nml followed the course of the stream for ten days. The country on the l.ortli side of llio great divide differs from that on the south In that It U much dryer and vegetation grows much less luxuri antly. Our course led us northwesterly , nnd wo followed the stream until wo felt assured that It wao n tributary of the Tanana. Wo would have penetrated the country until wo arrived at the Yukon , hart it not been for the fact that OUT provisions had run alnrmlngly short. Accordingly on August 2S wo determined to retrace our etcps. The return trip was accomplished with out Incident. The party arrived safely at the mouth of Indian creek on September 2 and the bouts and provisions were found to bo just ns wo had left them. After a short delay for repairs wo launclied the boats nnd ran 100 miles down the Sushitnix In fourteen hours. Wo arrived nt Tyoonok on September 9 and there learned for the first tlmo that our country was at war with Spain. Aftrr waiting llftecn days for the btcamer Dora wo arrived at Junea : > October 1. We waited there five days foi- . the boat and arrived at Seattle on Octo ber ' . ' Honnirr MULUROW. The standard for purity and excellence is attained In champagne by Onok's Imperial Kxi ra Dry Uiuquet excellent. SPAIN'S AMAZING APA111Y Catnutropbies of the Nation Fail to Aronso the People , PRESENT CONDITION , FUTURE PROSPECTS ' " ' niunlry ot to llrform Hmlf. and Her I'u- "The Present State of Spain turo" Is the title of a paper by Nicolas Este- vanez , Spanish ex-minister of war. In the New York Independent. Ho reviews the con- about by the brought dlllon ot the country late war and draws a very gloomy picture of the nation's prospects , ns follows : Spain's defeat In her recent struggle with the United States has surprised no one. world , and what has astounded the whole the Spaniards themselves , Is the Indolent poMlvenoss of this people , generally con sidered proud nnd easily aroused , dispose. ! to rebel against the public authorities for trifling causes , and even without cause or pretext. The loss of a whole colonial em pire , the death of 100,000 men , the naval disasters and the ruin of Its scanty credit , state of Impasslvenoss this have left In a unhappy nation , which neither exacts nu account fiom thane who are to blame for so many misfortunes , nor exhibits any per severance in the proposed measures of re form. There arc not lacking these who attribute the Indifference of the people to Christian resignation , Mussulman apathy , or a con sciousness that all ore to blame , each In his own degree ; but one thing Is certain that In no nation has there ever been seen such Ignorance of the situation , or such scorn for horrible catastrophes. Today Spain appears to be a cold corpse , a dead soul , and , In my opinion , the Euro pean nations make a mistake In not studyIng - Ing the phenomenon , which perhaps con cerns them greatly. What these nations have done Is to discuss the partition of the Peninsula , the new Poland , between Eng land , France and Germany , without taking Into consideration that Spain , like Turkey , appears to bo In the dcnth agony because the oUrcmltlcs are the first to grow cold In a dying body. What is dying Is not Spain , but old Europe. It Is clear that the death agony of a whole continent may bo prolonged for jears and centuries , but the day is not distant -when Europe must play In the world the part now ployed by Egypt and Greece ; that of a mu seum ot antiquities , a school for archaeolo gists and learned men , -without picdoml- nnnce of any class , or Influence upon prog ress , or any positive function in the process of civilization. But the object of this nitlcle Is not to talk about arrogant Europe , but about the pres ent and the future of Spain. The Fill u ri' . To spenk ot the futuio is a little risky , because these of us who do not believe In the biblical prophets ought not to claim for ourselves the title of prophets , but at any rate -we will draw logical deductions from I the present , from the visible , from that which cannot bo questioned , and wo shall discover whether there is logic in the world , of which , in sooth , we are not thoroughly ' convinced. I For the moment the laws of logic do not ! rclgn In Spain. If logic were performing its functions In Spain there would not exist at the present time either Illiberal govern ments , or decadent parliamentarism , or In- toloiablo centralization , or that system of mystifications personified In a foreign woman and a child. Ono of the persons moit to blame for the colonial disaster , through his rule In the Philippine Islands nnd in Cuba , General Weyler , Is , nevertheless , considered by some persons as a hope of the country. General Weyler , by regenerating the country with the hacked sword of his dictatorship , would save neither the national fortune nor the national honor , but perhaps he would "re- concontrato" us , as ho did the brave noncombatants - combatants of Cuba , or eradicate us , as ho did the poor Indians of Luzon. Ono can neither perceive logic nor discover good In tentions In offering such a man as a savior , as some liberals are doing. Among the men in civil life one of the most baleful In the colonial question , ono of those who were the cause of the national misfortunes , external as well as Internal , Is Senor Romero Ilobledo. And he , also , figures among the hypothetical regenerators. Other elements of politics and society , per suaded that our evils proceed principally from century-long political corruption , place their hopes of regeneration on the men who nro most confessedly corrupt , and moat Justly discredited. Political corruption la upheld by the system of leaJers ; Judge , then , what It will become If great leaders like Pidal , Gamazo and Sllvela attain to power , flcrlciillNin mill ( Vnlrall/iilloii. The Injury done to the notion by clerical ism 1swell known , and the clerical system is not only firmly maintained by the ardent roformcis , but many hope for salvation from the very friars who have lost us the Philip pine Islands. Today , m , I write , n clerical ministry Is being created , and an extremely important part of the government Is being intrusted to the clerical Polavloja , of whom PI y Margall says , with accuracy , that he la not a general but a prelate. The Injury caused to this country by the absurd French system of centralization In recognized , and with that object the cham bers of commerce and of agriculture do. inanil regional autonomy , but they bopo for It from the monarchical agents of authority nnd the ceiitrallzera , from those who have never been autonomists , from Sllvela , Pola- vleja and the dynasty , which Is "to demand pears from an elm tree. " The whole nation seems to have lost Its wits. Logic , did it exist , would lead us to estab lish a federative republic , slnco with II would disappear centralization which grinds down the people , end one-man leadership and the monarchy , for whoso security ii senseless war was first Instituted and foi which afterward a humiliating and shame ful peace -was signed , nut few people con sider the federation and the republic. If we except the ft-derals of Senor PI y Margall This man and his party would bo the besi guaranty of honesty , as bis policy Is tlu only rational and redeeming policy Unfortunately the federal party has beer considerably diminished by the war with , out quarter waged upon It for a quarter o a century , not only by the monarchists bu also by the one-man republicans The lat ter who content themselves with republic ; un Icr a dictator like that of Ecuador am have not } et nil themselves of roedlcva i preju1iT hive con plred more against PI y Margall nnd nl party than against the Iwmrbons. Precisely nt the present moment they hope more from Wcjler or from Ho- mere Hobledo than from the sole statesman and political writer who boldly faced unpopularity - popularity In Svaln | by defending the Inde pendence of Cuba , who foresaw disaster , whft opposed war with the I'nlted States , nnd who offers to the country n redeeming pjstcm. I'olltlrlntiNVltlinnt Tollctm. The other politicians , monarchical or re publican , lack a definite program ; they In tend to govern according to circumstances and at haphazard , since for them there ex ists no other policy , nnd no other Ideal than the possession of power and calculation. A cowardly calculation , unless it is to bo adjusted to the true reources of the coun try. Through It will como the death of the one-leader party , with a monarchy or with out It , then adjusting Itself to the effective resources , they will not bo able to satisfy the parasites who form the nucleus of the centralizing parties , and expressing to the people , who are the pro Ulcers , more than Impossible wealth concedes , eventually the revolution of wretchedness will break out. A military Insurrection led by Wejlor or by any other man will , perhaps , convert the monarchy into ix republic , but will solve none of the pending problems , rather will It ggravato them. Against the republic ( cither vlth a dictator or free ) , or nenlnst Iho Monarchy , there will Infallibly emu- rovo- utlon , determined by the qtnotalrulciicd - icss. unless the budget ot expenses be re- luced bv half. And this can only bo done jy the federal party , whoso procrnm and whoso btldset are well known. The one- nan republic would make no reduction ex cept the Insignificant ono ot the civil list , and would In addition find Its-jit disturbed > y a great Carllst Insur.vctlmi , nnd would lot touch the budget lor the clergy. The federal party alone has made provision for verythlni ; ; the regulation debt , the leduc- .lon of the army , the suspension ot naval construction and the absolute suppression of the clerical budget , whicH now amounts to $8,400,000. Spain Is on the eve of a transformation which will be effected after passing through successive phases. Perhaps Carllsm Is rais ing I'-s head ncalnst a constitutional mon archy , and although It may not do bo , be cause its relatives arc now governing , and are preparing the marriage of Don Carlos' son to the sister of the boy-King , in any case the conflict of the fanatical papists will arlso and a now nnd disastrous civil vvnr will stain the fields with blood. These nro bad means for avoiding bankruptcy or for preventing the Intervention of the powers. The result of the revolution can bo nothing but the establishment ot a federal nnd truly demociatlc republic , which , If It docs not arrive too late , will prevent foreign In tervention , and will put nn end to the separatism which is spreading In various regions , notably In Gallcla , Vlzcaya and Catalonia. None of these regions Is really opposed to national unity , but If the experience of Cuba be repeated , which could not obtain lecognltlon or < the promise of Its autonomy until It had recourse to arms , we shall have a separatist rebellion , Catalonia will be come independent or French , and the other regions will find foreign allies who will help them to break the links of nationality. 1'nrty 1'nctloiiN. In the regions mentioned the separatists are scarce , but the autonomists are so nu merous that they arc really In the majority. Under the name of Catalonlans in Catalonia , of Vlzcayans in Vizcaya , of autonomists In Gallcla , they arc nothing but good federal ists , but as they have no confidence in the federalists of the other regions , they are working In Isolation , with an excluslveness which is none the less censurable because It Is capable of explanation. Neither aie they right In distrusting the federalism ot the other legions , slnco In all of them there are federal councils and pub lications , particularly In Valencia : In Val encia , also , they form the majority ; Castile , Estremadure , Andalusia , the Canary and Balearic Islands , Aragon and the Asturlas are where they are in the minority. The Na- varroso themselves , who aie so Carllst and Catholic , are In a certain way , federalists. If all the reglonallsts have not yet been fused with the federalists , it Is precisely bc- cause among .the former there are many monarchists , some Catholics and not a few embittered , and It is well known that the Spanish federal party , which accepts the program ot Senor Pi y Margall , Is , above all , republican. Is firmly democratic , is unani mously liberal , and proclaims , above all things , absolute liberty of conscience. There are reglonallsts who deslro the autonomy ot their region In order to return to the past , while federalism ardently longs for national growth , In order to enter fully upon the path of democratic reforms , establishing nationality upon the common and voluntary consent of all the regions , which today are assembled together by force , by the hateful right of conquest , rather than united. The establishment of a federal republic Is Spain's only hope of salvation , and , In spite of the resistance offered by Interests less profound than national Interest , In splto of the prejudices of classes and of parties which have learned nothing from the loss of the colonies , In spite , also , ot the habits of these who incline to return to the fixed type , Spain will , at last , enter upon a life ot progress with the inevitable triumph of the revolution. When ? It Is not easy to predict. It Is be ing slowly brought to perfection In the very heart of this decrepit society. Soon , very soon , wo shall sco Its first steps , and I bo- llevo that In less than a year the republic will have been founded on a federal basis , or Spain will bav rnased to exist. Some of the results of neglected dyspeptic conditions of the stomach are cancer , con sumption , heart disease and epilepsy , Kodol Dyspepsia Cure prevents all this by effecting a quick cure In all cases of dyspepsia. M.VII 1C TWAIV.S MJW 1VOIIIJ. Mncl > - r.lnliI.fllor < Ji'ivrl lit * HIIN Aililctl to Illx ( iiTiiuui VniMiliiiliiry. Mark Twain , who seems halo and hearty nnd thoroughly to enjoy American life and society , has oni'e again rejoiced the hearts of bis multitudinous Vienna admirers by a lecture In the aid of local charity. Lecture Is scarcely the appropriate term , says n Vi enna letter , to apply to the famous Ameri can humorist's deliveries , seeing that In ad dressing bis audiences ho rarely reads , but extemporizes and gesticulates In a way pe culiarly his own. On the present occasion ho contented himself with throwing a fur tive glance Into a volume of Tauchnltz ly ing on the baize covered table at his side and began to speak German with his native nasal accent , running hU fingers ever and anon through his dense Ibsen crop of white hair. Ho owned , as ho said , to Ills shame , his Inability to proceed with his address In German , but must needs continue In English , seeing that he had not as yet sufficiently mastered the foreign language so us to allow of his using It with Im punity. His collection of fourteen syllable German words was still Incomplete. Ho had added , however , to that collection by the discovery 'and appropriation of a veri table jewel , which ho had found In a tele gram from Llnz of a word numbering ninety-eight letters , namely. Porsonaicln- kommensteuriichatzungsKominlgsloncmltgllc- dsrelsekoBtenrcchniingserpunzungsro visions- bcfund. adding "If I could get a similar word engraved upon my tombstone I should sleep beneath it In peace" Ho then gave his sketch , "Tho Lucerne Girl. " an experi ence ho had had with his friend , Harris , when In Switzerland , closing with an ac count of how ho had been Interviewed , and . ridiculed in a way that delighted his audl- cute laicrvicwers , the interviewed and the public reading the dlshed-up Interviews In the papers. In the crowd of distinguished personages pre cnt I observed Minister and Mrs. Charlemagne Towrr. A itn.vsov pint UKTIIUM ; . II Wan n ( ionil OIK- When You ( onto to Think of It. The street fakir who sold a perfect panacea for every pain on the street wss resting be tween bla afternoon and evening services nnd was doing a little talking In retrospect , relates the Washington Star. "I wasn't alwaj.s In this business. " he said , "for my real taste was In the dramatic line , nnd I made my first appearance as Wezzoosk ! the Wonderful Wizard , doing my act under ,1 roof and on a real stage , eras as often that way as the towns 1 struck were fixed for It. I don't know that I made any more money than In the present line , but I was in love with my art , and I could afford to make less. What Is money to a man wedded to his art ? " and the late wizard laid his hand on his bosom and looked up at the celling. "Hut I was not to bo permitted to follow the inclinations of my nature , " ho went on , "It Is nearly nlwn > s so , jott know , In the higher walks of life , In the purely Ideal , ns It were. Ono of my acts , which was , In deed , the star turn of the whole lay-out , was the famous gun act , In which I let any person in the audience shoot nt mo from the roar end of the hall and 1 caught the bullet In my teeth and spat It out In n plato entirely unharmed. It had always been so successfully performed that I hud fallen In love with It and made It the grand finale ot the show. "One night , In n Kentucky town , where there were u lot of men who wore crack shots , I made such n success that I wa asked to give another performance the next night , nnd , llattcred by the attention , 1 did so. When the gn-nt gun act came around i tall slab-sided man said he would like to shoot the gun 1 was perfectly willing that 10 should do no , nnd after carefully loading he weapon In the sight ot the nudlomo. citing one and all see that I put the bullet nto the gun and lammed it hard home- was the ramming , vou know , that smashed the bullet , made for the purpose , and ren dered It Into harmless dust I handed it to him and took mv place to receive hi * phot. At the eommnnd he fired , nnd as he did so t thnueht somebody had stuck a red-hot poker through my ear , and I clnpped my hand to my head and took It awav covered with blood. The curtain went down with a rush and I took a faint for the nett fifteen min utes. When I came to. the tall man was standing In the crowd around me. " 'Here stranger. ' he ald. sticking a J20- bill Into my hand , ' 1 RUCPS you've got a right to that much , anhow. You .see , I bet Judg < Jones Jr > 0 I could plug > ou through the ear and 1 done It ( Mas. You ought to be glad wo didn't bet on jour windpipe , er jour spinal colyum. ' "Of course , he had slipped a bullet In on me , and being a crack shot , It didn't turn out so bad , but the more 1 thought of It. the more 1 felt like not giving some awk ward chap iv ehnncc to gamble In that Fame wa ) . and 1 cut the art out. Hut the people wouldn't havn mo without It , so I gave up the whole thing nnd took up my present line " Stops toothache Insitnnllv. Dent's Tooth ache Gum. All leading druggists. 15 centi , t'rmiriint for 1'lni'o. NEW YOUK , April in A special from Washington PHJS The successor to General Guy V Henry as governor general of Porto Hlco has not jet been selected , but the assignment ( if Urlgndlcr General Fred D Grant to the Philippines Ins been held up and some of his friends are urging that ho bo piomnted to the vaeaticj. K > Ktitru Kills ami ri M > * . CHICAGO. April 18. After killing bin R- j ear-old son today by cutting his throat with a butcher knife. Enitl Eykatra jumped on a horse and fled from his homo In South Holland. GIVE THE CHILDREN A DRINK called Graln-O. It Is a. delicious , aupetls- In * , nourishing food drink to take thj lllace of coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all vvho havn used It becaust vvlien properlj pr pnrcd It tastes like the flne t coffee , but f fi * from all In jurious propprtl n. Graln-O aids digestion and strengthens the nerves It Is not a stimulant but a health bulldor. nnd cMI- Arrn. as well an adults , can drink It with great benefit. Costs nhjut one-fourth as much as coffee. 15c and 2Sc. for infants and Children. The Kind You Htivo Always Bought 1ms berne the signa ture of Clms. II. Fletcher , and has been made under hi.4 personal .supervision for over : $ O years. Allow no ono to vleeeivo you in this. Counterfeits , Imitations and " Just-as-tjood" are but Experiments , and endanger the health of Children Experience against Experiment. The Kind Ton Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use Over 3O Years. Why are Allcock's the best plasters ? Because they make the cures where all others fail. Why do they make the cures ? Because they contain the right materials. Compare their iine aromatic odor with the nasty smell of all other plasters. Your sense of smell will tell you which is the best. Did you know that Allcock'a have a greater sale than all the other kinds put together ? Did you know that all makes and brands of so-called porous plasters are in imitation of Allcock's ' ? But they imitate in appearance only. Don't ' waste your money in buying the false. Get ALLOOOK'S ' , the standard Blaster of the world. It makes no difference where you buy the CAPADURA Cigar. They are all alike. So long as you make sure that the pouch is intact you are sure that you will find inside a perfect , fresh , delicate smoke. The most critical smokers in Chicago are smoking them to-day. They do not understand how such a cigar could he made and sold for five cents , but they are satisfied with the cigar , and agree that it is far better than most cigars that cost two or three times as much. Jt is for sale at all cigar dealers' . XT T1'C ' , CAPADURA . cigar is made by Kerbs , Wcrtheim & SchifTer , New York. BEST < & RUSSELL CO. * ? * ' Cl LJ.CA.aO. "IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED , " SAPOLIO