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    CAPTAIN DIIEYEUS
SAVED PROM LONGER EXILE BY
THE ROTHSCHILDS.
o Mutter How llio Holrlnl Trrmlnntr
Ho Will Ili'inulii Popular Aiihuil- tno
Vitro Itrpulitlciins llellcf Tlmt Con
tagions Wcro l'nld rr.
After nearly live yearn of exllo spent
in prison on Devil's Island, Just oft ttoo
coast of French Guinea, It begins to
look as If Droyfua was destined to bo
vindicated of tho foul chargo of treason
which retted upon him. He 1ms Jukt
returned In honor to France. His
enemies have been powerful, but lila
friends have nlso been powerful, and
through tho persistent efforts of tho
latter the tide of public sentiment In
Franco has been turned In his favor,
while Count Estorhazy has been driven
to confess I1I3 guilt of forging tho doc
ument upon which DreyfuB was con-
CAPTAIN DREYFUS.
demned to exile. One of tile stnnchcat
of tho friends of Dreyfus Is Lieutenant
Georgo Plcquart, who ran the gamut
of tho genernl staff to establish tho In
nocence of tho Hobrow officer, and who
Is now languishing In prison. Godo
froy Cavalgnac!, minister of war, Is
another. Ho stood firmly by Colonel
Plcquart, and when ho discovered tho
perfidy of tho army, resigned at once.
Then there Is M. Zola, whoso mag
nificent espousal of tho cause of Drey
fus ha3 filled tho entire world with
wonder, .and whoso triumph over tho
enemies of Dreyfus Is now complete.
Other friends of tho Hobrow officer
who havo been conspicuous of lato aro
Ballot do Boaupro, vice president of
tho civil section of the Supremo Court,
and Monsloure Domange and Laborle.
Then, as n whole, tho Judges of tho
Court of Cassation havo tried to give
Dreyfus his deserts, so much so that
Qucsnay do Bcnurepalre resigned his
judicial office on tho plea that tho
court was prejudiced in Dreyfus fa
vor. Lastly may bo mentioned tho
eminent Schurer-Kastnor, vice presi
dent of tho senate, who two years ago
made a desperate attempt to force a ro
trlal of the cxllo on Devil's Island. All
theso men and their highly courageous
work for Dreyfus should bo balanced,
In Justice to tho French natlon.against
tho alleged infamy of the army. These
considerations will nullify whatever
bitterness tho Jewish peoplo may feol
against France in view of the Dreyfus
persecution.
Tho banking house of Rothschilds
has furnished all the money for Drey
fus' defense. No matter how tho re
trial ends there will always be a largo
section who believe that the Hobrow
was guilty of treason to tho French
nation, and that tho "confessions"
aro paid for with money.
THE WESTERN BARBARIAN.
IIIh lluil Milliner IIiivo llurrml lllia tho
h'eliuiillk.
For once in a way his imperial maj
esty tho sultan has causo to complain
of an atrocity not of his own manu
facture or of that of his subjects, saya
tho London Telegraph. The tourist
has been too much for hlra. As every
body familiar with Constantinople
knows, tho Selamllk tho weekly visit
of tho sultan to tho littlo mosque out
side tho Ylldlz, where he performs
what might bo called tho statutory de
votions affords a very attractlvo spec
tacle. The sdto Itself Is ono of raro
beauty, commanding as It does a
superb view over tho city and tho
golden horn right away to Mount
Olympus. Thousands of troops, in
their picturesquo costumes, lino tho
sides of tho squaro In which tho
mosquo is situated. His majesty is
driven down In a stato coach, accom
panied by his officers of state, and hav
ing said his prayers, usually drives
himself back In a victoria, followed by
panting pashas on foot, who have to
keep paco with tho carriage. Facing
tho mosquo is a small pavilion re
served for members of tho diplomatic
body and their friends, who are tho
guests of tho sultan, received In per
son by tho aids-de-camp, nnd enter
tained by tho simplo oriental refresh
ments of coffee and cigarettes. In tho
oldon days, when tho tripper rarely
took his walks abroad, thoso who as
sisted as tho French would say at
tho Selamllk wero either persons of
distinction or friends of tho different
ambassadors. Recently, however, It
has been tho custom of tourists of all
nationalities to obtain a card from tho
embassies granted as a matter of
course and to present themselves at
tho pavilion. Tho results, as our Con
stantinople correspondent points o'it,
havo hardly been edifying. "Fow of
tho tourists," ho writes, "appear to
reallzo that such a ceremony (as tho
Selamllk) In tholr own country would
he ono at which they would behave as
well as possible. But hero they do not
even take tho troublo to dross in a
ityle becoming tho guests of a sover
eign. Somo arrive in traveling suits,
some In HcyclO aults, straw hati.
knlckortockcra, anything that comes
Imndy. Thero thoy talk and laugh
and make remarks tlmt aro understood
hy any ono standing near. Somo call
for cigarettes or coffee, as If they wero
In a restaurant, and generally go on in
a wny thoy would bo ashamed of at
home." Tho not unnatural conse
quence Is that tho sultan has, as It
wore, suspended tho frco list and has
asked tho ambassadors to restrict
their Introductions to peoplo of dls
Unction or to their personal fr' vds.
THE BIGGEST BATH YET.
Adulpb Sulro's Splendid Olft to Sau
I'riinclM-o.
Tho finest public bath In tho world
Is no, not In New York. It is tho
Sutro Bath of SanFranclsoo, a monu
ment to tho momory of a publlc-splrlt-cd
muyor of tho city. The Sutro Bath
Is almost as big ns Madison Squaro
Garden. It Is GOO fect long and 251
feet wide; 100,000 squaro fect of glass
disposed In its roof admit tho light of
day to Its lntorior. A great swlmmlng
tank stretches nearly tho wholo length
of the building, 350 feet long and 150
feet wide. It Is amply long enough for
spirited swimming races. Numerous
smnllcr tanks aro stowed about; alto
gether, they hold nearly two million
gallons of water. The great houso Is
built on a solid rock foundation, hol
lowed out to sea level. Puro salt wa
ter is admitted In vast quantities, pjr
mltted to "smlo" In settling reser
voirs, and tnen passed through tho
tanks. Thero aro 517 private dress
ing rooms and clubrooms, with ca
pacity for nlno bathers each. Nearly
two thousand lockers aro provided.
Above tho fpnka are seven toboggan
slides, ntoi spring boards, three tra
pezes, ono high dive nnd thirty swlng-Ing-rings.
For non-bather3 thero aro
seats provided at ono end, nnd a mu
seum to whllo away their tlmo in. Tho
seats will accommodate 7,400 spectators
and tho restaurant will feed 1,000 peo
plo at once. From any placo In tho
building you can hear tho wnvea of
tho open sea breaking upon two mas
sive tono rip-rap breakwaters outside,
which contnln 750.000 cubic feet of
rock. Tho engines which pump the
water In and out aro of enormous slzo.
They supply G.000 gnllons every min
ute, fresh, clean and of tho true sv
temperature, at low tide. At lite vide
tho tankn aro flooded without pumping.
HIS IDEA OF LUXURY.
It Wan to Ham All of llio Caniioil food
Ilo Wanted.
A story Is told of nn old Arizona
prospector who, nftor 30 years of hard
luck, hardship, and privation, finally
struck It rich a few woeks ago In tho
vicinity of Flagstaff and sold a half
interest In his prospect holo for $12,-
000 cash. When the money was paid
over to him at tho bank tho cashier,
who had known him for a long tlmo,
remnrked casually: "Woll, Bill, what
are you goln' to do to make yourself
comfortable and enjoy life, now you've
got plenty of money?" Bill thought a
mlnuto in silence, nnd then, ns a
pleased expression brightened up his
rugged face, ho answered: "I reckon
1 won't eat nothln' but canned stuff
hereafter." That was his Idea of lux
ury. He had lived so long on salt pork
and heavy biscuits of his own manu
facture that canned corn beef nnd to
mntocs nnd salmon represented to him
tho highest luxuries that llfo could af
ford. New York Tribune.
HEAD OF IOWA UNIVERSITY.
Georgo Edwin MncLean, tho newly
chosen president of tho Iowa Stato
University, Is himself a graduate of
Williams College, with tho class of
1S71, from which he won the highest
honors. Ho then took up theology, and
after ho secured his bachelorship ho
was called to tho pulpit of Union
Church, at Lebanon, N. Y. In 1881 Dr.
MacLean wont abroad, and before his
return ho had successfully tried for
the degrees of Ph. D. and A. M., nnd
enlarged his store of knowledge by
study In tho big universities of Eng
land, Lclpslc and Berlin. In 1884 ho
assumed tho duties of professor of
English at tho University of Minne
sota, but left thero In 1894 for a year's
study In tho British Museum and In
tho library of Oxford University. Or
GEORGE EDWIN MACLEAN.
his return Prof. MacLean was called to
his post of chancellor of tho university
of Nebraska. His prlvato fortune hns
enabled him to pursuo his profession.
He Is a natlvo of Connecticut and if
49 years old.
llcjond Him.
"It passes my comprehension," ho
said, "why men should want to kid
nap babies." "Why?" Eho responded,
Inquiringly. "For Instance, who'd
wnnt to carry off that kid of ours,
which has such marked ability for
crying?" Philadelphia North Amerl
nn. Miss Anna Murphy, a Topeka school
teacher, 1b to becomo a Congregational
preacher.
LIKE ALL GREAT MEN
PHILANTHROPIST FINDS HIM
SELF IN NEED OF MONEY.
C.nvo Awny n Million Dollnrn, All
lluil, for tho llenellt of 111 fellow
Men mill I Nuiv In Alijeo Want III
Homo Sold for 8117,000.
Oakwood, tho beautiful Probasco
homo In Clifton, near Cincinnati, on
which over $500,000 was expended, was
recently knocked down nt auction to
Louis B. Roaklrt for $07,000. and thus
passes from his possession the last as
"set of Henry Probasco, art connoisseur,
bibliophile and philanthropist, who re
tired from business over a quarter of
a century ago, worth easily $1,000,000.
HENRY PROBASCO.
He gave Cincinnati tho beautiful Tyler-Davidson
fountain, an art treas
ure which has addod to the famo of tho
Queen City tho wide world over; ho
made public and prlvato donations to
every kind of causo until It la estimat
ed that hla gifts and benefactions ag
gregated over $700,000 and now, In his
old ago ho finds himself a hopeless
bankrupt, homeless and practically
penniless In tho city which ho so last
ingly enriched by his munificence. Ho
Is credited with having beon n remark
ably good business man and every
transaction down to tho present tlmo
exhibits tho mnn of most careful and
methodical habits, for his accounts aro
models of bookkeeping, nccuracy and
precision, but giving grow to bo n
passion with him, nnd ho literally gave
his all away.
CACTUS PRICKS A PROPOSAL.
Vouiiff Mnn Struggled Iepurutcl.r Acalunt
rule, but lluil to Olvo Up.
From tho Washington Post: Tho
man in tho caso has been studying law
here, but on Saturday ho went to
Omaha to share tho practice of a kins
man. Tho girl lives hero, nnd tho man
thinks tho climate of Nebraska would
agree with her wonderfully. Ho has
been meaning to tell her so for a long
time, but ho has put tho matter off
again and again, nwnltlng n favorablo
opportunity, till last week, tho sum
mons to Omaha coming unexpectedly,
ho determined to risk all at once.
Thero was a party to Great Falls, a
party so properly chaperoned that most
of tho day passed beforo ho had a
chanco to speak to tho girl alone. Then,
by connlvnnco of tho chaperon, ho had
her off to look for wild flowers. They
climbed tho rocks, and thero thoy
found cactus, or, at least, something
that looked exactly like cactus of the
western plains. It was so curious nnd
o enticing that tho girl picked a groat
bunch of It. Little whlto hnlr-llko ob
jects which grew In patches on tho
leaves stuck to her fingers. Thoy looked
Innocent enough, but when tho young
man undertook to squeeze her hand sho
Jlscovcred, and lie, as well, that tho
Bellamy Storer, the new minister to
Spain, who was lost sight of for a
week or two. Is n boh of tho lato Judge
Bellamy Storer of Cincinnati, nnd a
personal friend of President McKlnloy.
Ho la a second edition of his father,
and In tho opinion of many who know
the elder Storer and also know tho son
ho Is even moro brilliant than his slro.
Ho camo out of Harvard In 18C7, nnd
two years later was assistant United
fitatea district attorney for southern
Ohio. In 1890 Mr. Storer was elected
to congress and was returned for a
MINISTER BELLAMY STORER.
tiny white hairs were so many almost
Invisible needles. They sat themselves
down on a rock, and ho went to work, i
gently, with his hnndkerchlof, to rid
her dainty hands of the torturing whlto
"stlckors." You can't urgo tho ad
vantage! of tho Omaha cllmnto on a
girl who sny "Ouch!" every tlmo you
take hor hand, you know. Tho young
man bided hla tlmo, nnd when tho lit
tlo hands wero frco of needles, ho took
his handkerchief and quite nlwontly
blew his nose. If you have ever blown
your nose on a handkerchief loaded
with cactus pplnes you know what hap
pened. An overdose of snuff nnd an
acute attack of lmy fever aro mero
bagatelles compnrcd with what hap
pened to hint. Ho was gasping and
sneezing and cursing his luck when tho
chaperon camo In search of tho two of
them, nnd ho hadn't said n word about
tho Omaha cllnnto. You can't say
things like that between sneezes to a
girl who Is giggling, you know. Mourn
fully ho left for the west on Saturday.
He mny bo foolish nnd bring up tho
cllmnto matter In a letter to her. Ho
may bo wise and wait to tell It to her
In porson when he comes to Washing
ton again next winter. If ho Is fool
ish, she may reject him. If ho wlsoly
waits, somebody else may enrry her off.
Either way you look at It, It Is a mel
ancholy stnto of affairs, and ho blame
It all on the cactus.
STALKING A PEACOCK IN INDIA
"Tho gods mado nine gems, but only
ono peacock," says a proverb of India,
tho natlvo ancient homo of tho beau
tiful bird. Tho proverb, however, Is
not strictly in keeping with facta.
Thero aro two peacocks tho bird of
India and Ceylon, nnd a second species,
tho peacock of tho Far East, of Java.
Burmah and Slam. It Is a legend of
tho Indian Jungles that leopards and
tigers can fascinate peacocks, and ti
writer In tho Ixmdon Spectator refers
to the experience of Col. Tytlor to show
how strong Is tho faith of tho natives
In tho story.
Col. Tytler, whllo stalking a pea
cock, was surprised to seo how near
It allowed him to approach. Tho bird
paid no nttcntlon to him, but was gaz
ing Intently, ns If fascinated, at a little
patch of Jungle Just In front.
Looking In tho same direction, ho
saw a leopard stenltng on Its belly to
ward tho bird. Ho wa3 surprised, but
his astonishment was greater when, on
raising his gun, ono barrel of which
was loaded with ball, and covering the
nnlmal, the leopard throw up Its paws,
and shrieked In n voice hoarso with
terror, "No, Sahib, no, don't fire!" Col.
Tytlor for n moment thought ho must
be going mud. Tho next moment ho
saw a mnn disguised In a leopard-Bkin,
with a well-stuffed head and a bow nnd
arrow In ono paw, standing beforo
him. Tho man so dressed was a pro
fessional fowler, who said that In that
dlsgtilso he could nlways approach nenr
enough to shoot the birds, nnd somo
times catch them In his hnnd.
Now Kind of Mntrhx.
Tho French match factories aro riow
turning out friction matches which
will Ignlto on any urface, but which
aro frco from tho objoctlons raised
against whlto sulphur. No smoke or
odor Is perceptlblo In the factories. Tho
luflammablo Ingredients of tho paste
arc scsqulsulphldo of phosphorus nnd
chlorato of potash.
film Wild roiliiiiiilo.
Mrs. Gadabout That Mrs. Hardhead
next door doesn't seeni to havo many
friends. Hostess (wearily) N-no. I
wonder how eho manages it. Now
York Weekly.
second term. Tho head of tho Spanish
mission Is admirably fitted for tho del
icate and Important post which ho will
soon assume. A profoundly read
Jurist, ho 13 well Informed on Interna
tional law. Then, too, ho Is nn Amer
ican clear through. Tho Storera wero
among tho earliest settlers of the stato
of Maine. His mother was Elizabeth
Drinker of Philadelphia, nnd bIio her
self was descended directly from tho
coploncors of William Penn. Mr.
Storer Is n suavo. polished, keon, fnr
Bcclng man, nnd can bo firm aa Iron
when occasion calls him.
STORY OE STRAUSSJ
rWE GREAT COMPOSER WHO
RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
Ilo Him! llrcn Cut Out for a ltmtr.rn
Cnrrer, but Miuiuged to I.riirn Mimic
In Seerot How Ho Woo llio Admira
tion of tho Mtitc:il World.
Johnnu Strauss, the famous Aus
Hian composer, whoso death has ro
cently been announced, was born In
Vienna, October 25, 1825. Ho was the
eldost and most distinguished of three
sons, who followed moro or leas suc
cessfully In their father's footstep.
Jolnn, tho younger, was destined for
a business career. Ho was, however,
enabled to study music secretly by
tho aid of his mother. When only six
years old ho composed his first waltz
("First Thought"). Carefully Instruct
ed In hnrmony nnd thorough bass, ho
was, oven as a youngster, a clever vio
linist. But until ho was IS the secret wan
kept from hla father. Thero was a
THE LATE JOHANN STRAUSS.
curious vein of artistic Jealousy In Jo
hann, tho older. As a father ho loved
his heir apparent, but nfl a musician he
would tolcrato no rlvnl and no suc
cessor. When, on October 15, 1SII,
young Johann threw asldo all conceal
ment and boldly accepted tho position
of conductor at Dommayer's, at Hvlst
slng, nenr VIennn, the storm broke.
Tho old gentleman left his homo nnd
refused for a whllo to havo anything
further to do with his rccnlcltrant fam
ily. But tho nlnoteon-ycnr-old conduc
tor sprang Into Immedlnto success.
Vienna admired Hla audacity. Tho
young heir npparcnt had a party as
enthusiastic as his royal father. Ho
showed his appreciation of tho latter
by conducting his famous "Lorelei"
waltzes and followed thoso by n num
ber of his own compositions. Johnnn
I died in 1849. Then Johann II Joined
togcthor his father's orchestra nnd his
own and mado a successful tour In
Austria, Poland and Germany. For ton
years ho undertook tho direction of tho
summer concerts In tho Potropaulow
skl park at 8t. Petersburg. Mean
while, In 1853, ho had been the first
to lntroduco fragments of "Lohen
grin" In Vienna, nnd later It was ho
who first played portions of tho "Mels
teralngcr" In tho same city. Whllo
thus showing nppreclntlon and fore
sight, ho did not neglect his own orig
inal talents. Ho wroto In all somo flvo
hundred waltzes, of which "Tho Beau
tiful Blue Danube," tho "Thousand and
One Nights," tho "Roses from tho
South" nnd "Wlno, Woman nnd Song"
wcro among tho most successful. Ilo
also produced a number of light oper
ettas. Tho best known aro "Indigo"
and "Tho Forty Thieves" (1871), "Tho
Carnival In Rome" (1873), "Dlo Fled
crmnus (1874), "Cngllostro," "Prlnco
Mothusalah,"- "Tho Merry War," nnd
"Tho Queen's U-ico Handkerchief." Ills
slnglo effort In tho lino of regular op
era, "Rltter Pazmann," achieved only a
success d'estlme, when produced at tho
lmporlul opera house, In Vienna, In
1893. From 1SC3 to 1870 Johann had
held tho much coveted position of court
ball musical director to tho ompcror of
Austria. This ho resigned In tho lat
ter year to his brother, Eduard, In or
der to devote himself to composition.
Ho hnd also mudo public appearances
in Iondon nnd In Parla. During tho
groat Gllmoro Jublleo ho camo to tho
United Stntea, but without his orches
tra, which waa first hoard In this coun
try In 1893, under tho direction of his
brother Eduard. In Octobor, 189 i, tho
corporation nnd citizens of Vienna
Joined In n monster celebration of tho
golden Jubilee of her most popular
musical composer. A now operetta by
Strauss himself, entitled "Tho Applo
Fcnst," waa produced for tho first tlmo
In tho Vienna theater, and during tho
week which marked tho duration of
tho festival every theater and opera
house In Vienna performed selections
from his danco music or produced
some ono of his operettas. Tho occa
sion wound up with a grand banquot,
congratulations nnd presentations of
addresses and floral tributes. Straus3
was thrlco married, but ho loaves no
children of his own.
True Tlmt Mvo nil llirda.
jn the outlying spurs of tho Sierra
Madro mountains In Mexico a tree was
recently discovered which catches and
rata birds. Tho tree wna long, slen
der llmba, which dorop like tho faml
llar weeping willow, but tho momont
a bird alights on tho treos tho branches
curl upward and silently enclrclo tho
bird and crush It to death.
A botanist who (Uncovered this ro
markablo treo touched ono of tho
llmba with his hands, Tho branch
closed upon hla fingers s. firmly that
It toro the mi when h wronched It
away.
A Montclnlr (N. J.) tlorgyman pub
licly gavo a boy a whipping In church,
tho other day, for cutting his initials
on tho back of a pow,
NOT IN HIS LINE.
Ilnw Uetirp Wnril llrerher Trlod to
Drive n Four- n-ll:ind.
"Henry Ward Deochor onco tola rat
this good ono on himself," continued
tho doctor. "Ho was going up among
thn Whlto mountnlns on a stngo coach
drawn by four horses. Aftor a whllo
It stopped bbforo nn Inn. Tho driver,
a italwart fellow, throw tho reins to
Mr. Beechcr nnd asked him to hold tho
horses while bo wont Into tho Inn for
n fow moments. Mr. Bcocher felt very
proud when he hold tho four-ii-hand.
It Is n dnngoroua thing, yon know, for
a minister to take tho rolns In his
hnnda. Ho Is llablo then to wnnt to
havo everything his own way. Mr.
Hcoehcr wna no exception to the rule.
Ho drow tho rolna very tight. 'What
a bright Idea,' ho thought, 'to tako a
upln around tho Inn In tho nbsonco of
the driver and show his friends on tho
piazza what ho could do with a four-in-hand.'
Ho popped tho whip nnd tho
horses started. Ho pulled on tho rolns,
wrong, of course, nnd tho horses went
zigzag, the leaders trying to turn
around nnd conio back, whllo tho wheel
horses forged forward. In somo un
accountable way tho horses mannged
to fall over ngnlnst each other and wig
gled around tho building. Tho wheels
of tho coach barked a big tree. Tho
horses whirled right on, turning In all
tho time, tho hind wheel cut off n
slice of tho back yard fonco, tho conch
went right up on tho sldo wheels, but
fortunately settled bnck as tho horses
pranced gnyly In mixed-up fashion to
the front of tho lun, nnd tho front
wheel toro away the post of tho vornn
da, and nt last tho team drow up In tho
front yard with the heads of tho whool
horses facing tho south nnd thoso of
tho leaders poked Into tho parlor win
dow. 'Rcof In tho snll of tho off horso!'
shouted tho driver from tho attic win
dow, but Mr. Btechcr sat In that box
as Ignorant of whnt to do next ns nn
Egyptian mummy. Things wcro not
straightened out until tho drlvor
rushed down, mounted tho sent and
took hold of tho reins. That drlvor
wau tho king. Ho did In a trlco what
Mr. Beechcr could not do with nil his
learning, wisdom, nnd cloquonco. Tho
driver had 'noticed' how to manngo
horses, but Mr. Beechcr know no moro
about them than nn unborn babe. It
was not his lino, you bcc." Atlanta
Journal.
YOU WALK VERY FAST. .
8(5,030 Mile nn Hour About Youi Oinnl
Unit.
Havo you ovor thought of tho dis
tance you travel whllo you aro out for
an hour's stroll? Possibly you walk
three miles an hour, but thnt does not
represent the distance you travel. Tho
earth turnB on Us axis every twenty
four hours. In round figures call tho
earth's clrcumfcrcnco 24,000 miles, and
you must havo traveled during your
hour's stroll a thousand mllca In tho
axial turn of tho earth. But this la
not all. Tho earth makes a Journoy
round tho sun every year. Put tho
distance of our planet from tho sun at
92,000,000 miles. Tho dlamctor Is
theroforo 181,000.000 miles, nnd tho
clrcumfcrcnco described by tho earth
578,000,000 miles. In other words, tho
enrth travels around tho sun.cach day
1.5S 1,000 miles, nnd every hour for In
stance, tho hour during which you took
your walk tho earth moved through
00,000 miles. So, adding your threo
miles of leg travel to tho hour's axial
movement of thn earth, this to tho
earth's orbital Journey and that again
to tho earth's excursion with tho sun,
and you will find you hnvo travolod
within tho hour 85,930 miles. ,
PRESIDENT DR. W. W. KEEN. '
Dr. W. W. Keen, tho now president
of tho American Medical Association,
Is known from one end of tho country
to tho other, among his confroroB, as
ono of tho finest surgeons nllvo. Hla
reputation oven extends to Europo,
where ho numbera mnny cmlnont mon
of his lino ns his friends. In Philadel
phia, tho city of mcdlclno nnd surgery
par excellence, Or. Keen wields a
tremendous Influcnco In tho profession.
Ho occupies tho chnlr of surgery In
Jefferson Mcdlcnl Collogo, and Is, of
course, nn expert with tho knlfo. Ho
wna appointed hy tho president a mem
ber of tho war Inquiry commission, and
ho has hold numerous Important of
fices of trust in his own city. Ho haa
been lecturer In Jefferson Medical Col
lege, professor of surgery In tho Wom
an's Medical College, and professor of
artistic anatomy In tho Pennsylvania
Academy of Fluo Arts. Ho is a mem
ber of Bovernl American Bclcntlflo so
cieties nnd n corresponding mombor ol
tho Soclcto do Chlruglo of Paris. Hf
DR.' W. W. KEEN.
published a work on the sequels of ty
phoid fever and his books on surgory
aro standard.
'A Warm l'litrloG
"Excuao mo, but I thought you wero
ono of thoso fellows who is for hla
country whether It bo right or wrong,"
"I would ho, If sho over could be
wrong." Indlanapolla Journal.