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...m m world rwoims- Demoted to Her Father. Although tho ro-clcctloh of Charles A. Boutolle ot Malno to a seat In con gress will probably never reach hlin, It is a Bourco Ot great satisfaction to hlB daughter, Miss Graeo, who is de voting her Hfo to his comfort. As Is well known, Mr. Boutcllo has been for miny months an Inmato of a prl vato asylum at Waverly, Mass. His mind Is n completo wreck and even tho most sangulno of his friends have given up hopo of his restoration to reason. During his cntlro illness Mr. Bou tello'a daughter has been n ministering angel. Sho Is a beautiful young wom an and was long a favorlto In Wash ington society. Sho would ho gladly welcomed back to tho ncones of her social triumphs, but has chosen In stead to remain close to her father. Sho has sacrificed everything to bo as near tho one sho loves as possible. Not a day passes but alio drives from her GRACE BOUTELLB. lodgings to tho lnsano asylum to spend as many hours with tho patient as tho doctors will allow. By nor ten dor and loving caresses sho seems to eoothe the uneasy patient, and If Con gressman Boutcllo recovers tho doc tors declaro tho credit will bo duo to his affectlonato daughter. Good "Roads "Recommendations. Besides providing for a pormnncnt highway improvement organization with headquarters In Chicago, tho na- tlonal good roads convention recently held In that city adopted certain gen ernl recommendations mado by a com mltteo for tho promotion of tho end In viow. Tho first recommendation Is rather obscurely worded, but it scomB to mean that tho Btato Bhould repeal tho provisions of Uiolr road lawa requiring people to work so many days each year on tho roads and substitute therefor a provision requiring cash payment of road taxes. This is reasonablo as far as it goes, because tho labor under this system la largely Ineffective and mis applied; tho work Is pretty much all .done at ono time, which is irrational, and it is raroly well directed. It was stated by ono of tho speakers at tho convention that fully 75 per cent of tho work dono under this system was thrown away. With tho taxes paid in cash and tho money used to buy suit able materials and appliances and to employ capablo workmen and direct them wisely far more and better re sults would bo secured at no" great ex pense. Tho second recommendation was that Btato legislatures mako provi sion for tho employment of convict la bor in" preparation of material for tho construction of roads. Tho third rec ommendation Is tho passage of sultablo state lawB in aid of tho work of Im provement and tho appolntmont ot "non-partisan" highway commission ers. Marquis of Anglesey. The Marqula of Anglesey, who ha3 Just been sued by his wlfo for dlvorco, Is Henry Cyril Paget, and head of tho famous Paget family, whoso members are Intermarried' with prominent Am erican houses. Tho marquis is only 25 years old and succeeded his father two years ago. His wife 1b the daugh ter ot Sir Goorgo Chetwynd, the fa mous turfman. Sho Is a beautiful wom an of 20, with violet eyes and Tl- MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY, tian hair. Tho pair havo never got on well together Bince tho marriage. Sho loft hor husband in tho middle of their honeymoon becauso of tho marked symptoms of insanity exhibited by him. Ho tries to dress Uko a woman, carries pug flogs In his promenades wears rings on every finger, and ap pears on tho public stago as a skirt dancer. Tho marquis inherits his ec centricities. HIb mother waa erratic and committed aulclde becauso sho was not happy with hor huBband. The inarrlago of Anglesey and hla wlfo waa made to Becuro Inheritance on both aides, and it was not their intention to Is Catted 1he Corn King. A new star has rtae'n on the Chicago Board ot Trade. Thin latest star on change belongs to the constellation taurus, ton ho has given corn Bitoh a boost as U has not had for many a day. The big institution is moro or less ac customed to all kinds of financial sen sations, but Georgo H. Phillips has given tho board a nervous shock of tho kind probably from any received n Uttlo different heretofore. Mr. Phillips is tho youngest man who even engineered a comer in grain in Chicago, and tho youngest who .over attomptod such n stupendous opera tion. Tho young man la not yet 32 years of ago, and he litis only bcon n dealer upon tho Geo. H. Phillips. Board ot Trado for a period of flight years. Tho extremely boyish appearanco of tho big bull has occasioned no end ot remark slnco ho Jumped into such prominence. Mr. Phillips is slender and short of stature, Is light, almost pale, comploxlonod, with light eyes and hair and a man of mast unpretentious appearanco and address. Ho is bo extremely modest and unassuming that tho notoriety ho has attained and the attention which ho has attracted have been nlmo3t painful to him. One on Senator CtarK' A now bit of Washington gossip tells how ono day last winter Senator Chandler of Now Hampshlro, being about to enter tho senate chamber from tho public corridor, was accost ed by ono of two llttlo girls, who had wandered In there. "Mister, what doos it cost to go in thoro?" said tho child. At that moment Chandler saw Clark, tho Montana millionaire, coming around tho cornor. "Ask that man," said tho Now Hampshlro man. "Ho knows all about It." Wife of Go-Oernor Elect Herrcid Governor Elect Horreld of South Da kota is very proud of hlB talented wife, Sho is prominently Identified with all movements in tho state. She Is a typi cal western woman, and was born in Ailndora, La Crosso county, Wis., Feb. G, 1859. Hor father, Henry Harrison, Slyo, was a pioneer ot Wisconsin, and was formerly from New York state. Mrs. Horreld attended tho public schools and later went to Galesvlllo university. After leaving college sho taught In tho public schools until her marrlcge In 1881. Two years later sho MRS. CHARLES H. HERREID. removed to South Dakota with her husband and has since been a resident of that fctate. Cheater "Slabbers." Under tho head-lino, "Bunco tho Blabbers," a uedar Rapids papor makes vigorous protest against the chatterers who disturb theater and lec ture audiences. It offers a reward of $5 for tho first usher who will "go after such Idiots In the proper man ner," ana rerers to ono or tnem as having a mouth that "would bo a profitable enterprise it turned into a windmill." Has "Run the fat) at Gamut. Rear Admiral Andrew Kennedy Bickford, C. M. G., has been appointed commander-in-chief on tho English Pacific station, In succession to Rear Admiral Beaumont, who goes to tho Australian station; The son of Mr. W. Bickford ot Now port House, South Devon, ho was linrn In Tnflln. but was educated at n tho South Dovon Colleglato school. Ho cntorod. tho navy In 1858, and flrnt saw nntlvn service in China. Admiral Bickford. Ho waB senior and gunnory lieutenant of tho Amethyst at tho tlmo of Its en counters with tho Peruvian rebel Iron clad Huascar. Servico In Alexandria and elsewhero brought him on to tho captaincy ho exorcised as senior olllcer of combined French and English and German and English, squadrons at various operations In tho South Pacific during mo courso of which ho put a atop to civil war tX Somoa. Ho com manded tho Resolution In the Channel squadron; became captain ot first re serve nt Portsmouth; enptuin-superin- tondent of Sheerncss dock yard in 1896; rear admiral In 1899, and A. D. u. to the queen, ms u. M. a. was gained for services as captain of tho allied squadron at various operations ft lyilC t II ! 1. 11 ... - litSl Deems Actor's Kus Uttdn. Tho vexed question of klBBlng on tho stage has been vividly brought back into prominence by tho amended complaint In tho suit brought by Miss Kathcrlno Gray (Mrs. Mason of Sin Francisco) against Richard Mansfield In tho courts ot New York city. Tho complaint brought by tho nctros3 l3 unusual In tho fact that Mls3 Grey does not so greatly object to tho kiss of Itself, regarding such osculation a3 an exigency of tho part In which sho was nlnylnrr. but sho objocts strenuous ly to Richard Mansiioid'a manner in performing tho act, Tho amount ot her objection Is placed nt $3,500, tho damaco being asked tor tho reason ( Copyright by Morrison.) MISS KATHERINE GREY. that tho plaintiff "became seriously 111 and shocked so that sho required mcdl cal aid and attendance." The amend ed complaint also contains some stric tures on tho eminent actor hlmsoif, which venture into tho realm of tho expletive. Miss Grey also alleges that Mansfield Insulted her by coming Into tho stage box when sho was beforo tho footlights, and by mocking hor caused her to becomo nervous, nn at tack of nervous prostration which oc curred soon after being ascribed to this causo. Tho case will como up for trial shortly. JVctu 3Jor Sweatshops. It Is a striking but notorious fact that, through tho vlgorouH factory leg islation and Inspection carried out by Massachusetts, the sweatshop has been abolished In Boston and throughout that Btatc. It Is also truo, however, that tho trado formerly carried on thero has to some extent simply trans ferred Its hnbltat to New York city, Tho latter city has thus gained In an injurious and impolitic form of indus try, and actually sends tho product thorcof to Boston to bo Bold over Its counters. Notwithstanding this par tial nullification, however, of its ac tion, Massachusetts has tho satisfac tion of having added to tho honorable traditions of tho old Bay States in this lino, by again blazing tho way, even at Its own seeming cost, in progres sive public action. Editor. Justice. Etc. Tho editor of tho Fairfax, Mo., Fo-. rum inserts this notice in his papor; "W. H. Hnnibauch, J. P. All kinds of marriages performed while you wait. Magazines and old tooki bound in thq best manner. All long standing ac counts excopt thoso against this pa percollected In rag-time. Orders for good printing executed promptly. Jnformntlou on legal matters Impart ed at cost. Subscriptions taken for tho best newspaper In tho language. Try our trlplo-knot marrlogo eeromon- Icb. Satisfaction guaranteed. Ada -Rehan as "Sweet Hell." Ada Rohan, generally acknowledged tho foremost actress on the American stage, appeared In a new character las? Monday evening for tho first time since tho death ot Augustln Daly, with whoso company sho was so long ldon- fjvjs ra:;;4a .1 Mi. S,-. ? r . f& S3- " ADA REHAN. tilled. Tho now play produced la "Sweet Nell of Old Drury," written by Paul Kester, an American dramatist, but first produced four months ago In London. A largo audience gavo dem onstrative approval of tho play and tho acting. "Sweet Noll of Old Drury," a thfoe- act comedy, tells tho story of Noll Gwynno from the days when sho sold oranges In the king's theater In Drury Lane to tho tlmo when sho lived In n fino house In Pall Mall and was ac knowledged the most popular actrcsu A VIEW Smyrna, In ancient times ono of tho most Important and now by far tho greatest of the cities of Asia Minor has preserved nn unbroken continuity of record and Idmtlty of namo from tho first dawn ot history to the present time, it is said to have been a L?lo glan city beforo tho Greek colonists settled In Asia Minor. Tho name. which is said to bo derived from an Amazon called Smyrna, Is Indubitably Anatolian, having been nppllod also to a quarter ot Ephesus, and (under tho cognate form Myrlna) to n city of Acolls, and to n tumulus In tho Troad. Tho favorablo situation of Smyrna on tho path ot commerco bctwocn Lydla and tho west raised It during tho sev enth century to tho height of power and splendor. It lay at tho cas'em end of nn arm of tho sea, which roached far Inland and admitted tho Greek trading ships Into tho hoart of Lydla. Miletus, and at a later tlmo Ephosus, situated at tho sea end ot the other great trado route across Anatolia, com peted for a tlmo successfully with Smy. ma for tho convcyanco of traffic from tho Interior; but both Ephesus and Miletus havo long ago lost their har bors, and Smyrna now remains with out a rival. Tho latter city was found ed on the slto which It still occupies, partly on tho slopes ot n rounded hill called Pagus near tho southeast end of SEAPORT WHERE THE UNITED TUCKY1S AT PRESENT LOCATED tho gulf, partly on the low ground be tween tho hilt and tho sea, The beauty of tho city when seen from tho sea, clustering on tho low ground and ris ing tier over tier on tho hillside, Is frequently praised by tho ancients and 1b colobrnted on Its (joins; tho Bnmo impression still strikes tho spectator, and must In ancient times havo been The Irrigation Troblem. Whon in his letter to tho Irrigation congress Goneral Miles said that pri vate or corporato enterprise could not bo trusted with a water monopoly in tho arid regions of tho wost, ho ex pressed n sontlmont that will meet with a choniB of approval In every Btato and territory whero Irrigation is employed. Tho truth haB boon learned through experience by thou sands of people, but aside from this it might bo inferred with certnlnty from tho circumstances of the caso. No monopoly is moro absoluto than n water monopoly In nn irfigatod dis trict. Water Is the' Hfo of tho land,' an essential to It as breath la to tho hu man body. Whero a ditch runs prop erty may bo worth ?1G0 to ?200 an aero for fruit raising. A few .rods away from tho reach of ditch or pipes it may be worth 25 or twenty-five conts. Supposo that thero Is an Improvement such as an orango orchard. The value may then run to $1,000 or ?1,500 an aero. But tho trees will dlo with out water, and it a ditch company 1b unrestrained by law It may exact any tcrmB It pleases. Evon a contract would bo an Imperfect defense In a tlmo of urgent necessity, slnco a legal dispute over its meaning might result in fatal delays. The worst phases ot tho matter have beon gradually miti gated by tho growth of a body of Btato laws Intended to protect the farmer and orchardlst, but tho remedy is only partial. Tho monopoly may bo con trolled by men who hnvo becomo som nolent from feeding at a full trough, and who, bo long as thoy enjoy a good Income, aro entirely Indifferent to such questions as the adequacy ot tho upply, Improvements, extensions, etc. Thus held monopoly continues to dull enterprise, and a whole community may bo mado to suffer.even if the ratos are not exorbitant. As a matter of fact, however, tho rates aro generally too high by comparison with tho cost of tho service, and tho cost of ditch or plpo line. In somo Instances tho work could be duplicated nt a ridiculously low flguro, and when It is considered that tho supply may como, Bay, from a rlyor whoso waters In its own bed Bhould bo as freo to ono man as to an other, tho aggravation of tho victim of tho monopoly is not hard to under stand. That somo kind ot governmon tal Interposition Is necessary is cvl dent from tho facts and from tho do vclopmcnts In the states. That this Interposition should be national in certain vast areas which cannot bo adequately handled by tho local an thorltles seems equally obvious. Thero Is work of great magnitude to bo dono which would bo impossible to any other agency than tho federal govern mcnt. Working f "Bankruptcy, Law, Tho present bankruptcy law evident ly appeals to debtors moro strongly than It docs to creditors, During tho porlod ending Sept. 30 last thero wero filed In Involuntary cases 1,810 pott tlons, and In voluntary cases about 21,000 petitions. Tho debtors who wero forced into bankruptcy owed $27,000, 000 and their iiBsets amounted to .113,400,000. The liabilities of 19,540 dobtors who Bought tho aid ot tho law wero $204,900,000 and their assets woro only $33,098,000. This looks Uko a tro mondoais wiping out of Indebtedness at a great loss of creditors. As matter of fact, most of theae debts were desperate ones, and could not OF SMJfMMA much Btronger, when magnificent buildings, an imposing acropolis, and, tho wide clrclo of masslvo walls com bined with tho natural sccnory in-ono splendid picture. j& Tho Btrects were broad, well paved, and regularly laid out at right angles; many wcro named after temples; tho mnln street, called tho Golden, ran across tho city from west to cast, beginning probably from tho Tcmplo of Delrmon Totfc, and continuing to ward Tcpejlk out- etffn in nltv nil Hm cast, where Prob-cnpt. C M. Chtstcr ably tho templo of commander of Uat Cybclo, tho Mot- tlcahln Kentucky, roon Btood. Cybclo, worshiped under tho namo ot Meter Slpylcno, from Mount Slpylus, which bounds' tho Smyrna valley on tho nortl, was thp tutelar goddess of tho city. Tho plain toward tho sea was too low to bo prop erly drained, and hence in rainy weather tho streets wcro ddep wlth mud and water. Tho river M0I03, which fiowed by Smyrna, Is famous In llteraturo and was worshiped lhf tho valley. The steady equable flow ot tho Melcs, aliko In summer mid winter, neither swollen after rain nor dry STATES BATTLESHIP KEN- during drought, its pleasant water, Its short course, beginning and ending near tho city, aro celebrated by Aria- tides and Htmerlus. In the Roman period Smyrna was tho scat of a conventus which Included southern Acolls nind a great part of tho Hormus valley. It vied with Epho- bus and Pergnmum for tho tltlo "First havo been recovered under any circum stances. No harm has bcon dono by freeing from technical liability tho mon who owed them. Tho bankruptcy act of 1898 differs from its predeces sors In that men engaged In so many' pursuits havo taken ndvantago of it Farmers, wage-earners, and profes sional men, as well us manufacturers and merchants, havo filed petitions. Chicago policemen who woro in tho clutches of tho loan shnrkB extricated themselves by tho simple expedient of going through bankruptcy. Tho law needs somo amendments to tho provi sions concerning involuntary bank ruptcy, but on tho wholo It is working fairly well. It docs not npponr that the interests of creditors havo been seriously prejudiced by it. Dumas Memorials. It is stated that tho memorials of Alexander Dumas, Ills, and ot his grandfather, tho general, will not bo, Greefi Athlete9 Fete. This plcturo of Panaghls Coutallan ob, known also as "tho Human Artil lery Battery' gives an idea ot hla wondorful strength and tho marvoloua nature- of hs work. Tho gun which Is seen on tho back of tho man's back weighs 400 pounds. Each of thoso mis ponded from his shoulder's weighs 200 pounds. It would bo a considerable task for even a professional strong man to carry theso cannon in tho way shown' hero. Indoed, 800 pounds ot dead weight is a decided lift for any ono. So that of Itself would put this extraordinarily developod Greek In the list of muscular wonders. He goes (city), of Asfn." A Christian, clnircln existed. having ? its, origin In tho considerable: Jewish colony. Polycarp (q. v.) wnn bishop of Smyrna, When Constantinople became tho sent ot government ,tho trade between Anatolia and tho west lost in.lmpprt- nnc'o. and 'Smyrna declined npactf. A '-Turkish ffceUooter," tinmcit' Tsncha 6eE0d Smyrna In 10S4tnnd. maintained himself therq for somo time, but It, waa recovered by tho jencrrila t Alexius Cofnmenua. ' tho city ' vtl8" scVercl times afterward ravaged by tho Turks, and had becomo quite; ruinous . when tho emperor John Ducna yatntiw about 1222 rebuilt H. Tho fantous chieftain Aldln conquered it nbout 1330 and made his son Amur governor. Soon afterwards jio Knights ot Sjtlnt John established themselves in tho toWn, bul failed tb conquer tHo cfthdel. hi 1402 Tliuur stormed tho towii and mnsraaqred, almost all tho Inhabitants. Tho Mongol conquest was only tempo rary, biit Smyrna hnB remained Until tho present day In Mohammedan hands; It 1b now tho greatest commer qlnl cjty in the Levant; Its .population' is about 200,000, of whom, nearly half are Greeks. It Is tho terminus ot the railway "system -which Is gradually spreading over Anatolia. Two Hnca start from Smyrna; ono 'ascends tho HcrmiiB valley by jNtngnesln and Sardla' t6 Alashohr (Philadelphia), nbtful 110 miles; tho. other goes south by Hpho- bub to thtf "Meander valley besldo Mng nc3la on tho'Mapnder and U'?n "u" cends tho valley to, tho. neighborhood of Laodlcea on tho "Lycusl'-H inllcsi. Since tho revival of the Levant trado uy tho Gcnocsb and Venetians Smyrna has beon thq, emporium for ,thc; wholo jirodu'co ot, Anatolia; ,thq chief raw products exported are valoncn', figs, f'nlslnB, opium, madder; llcorlco, cot ton, sponges, cmory;, etdi Almost tho only articles ..ot nativo imanufneturo which nro exported from Smyrna nro tho carpcta woven at Gcurdis, Coula, Ushak and othbrplncoB in tho intorlor. Smyrna has frequently been partially destroyed by icarthquakes; that of 178 A. D. 1b tho most famous, and In 1G88, 17G8, and 1880 thq town suffered bc- vcrely, comnlotcd for somo months to como. Thoy are to bo placed close to thot mon ument ot DumnB, tho nqvcllst, on tho Placo.MalcsherbeB, In Paris. This lo cality is to lose its old' namo and will soon bo known as tho Place da Trola 'I)umna, bo that tho 'memory of .tho cel ebrated family will bq well perpetu ated In Paris. Tay Sunday School Teachers. Tho pastor' of an eastern cfhirch. stated recently that cortdln" tcachora in his' Sunday' tchodl were paid for their services; According- to, tho. pas tor tho prima reqnlBUo of a( winablo teacher la tho ability to toll stories. That is tho form in wh'lch inora'l les sons can best bo conveyed; 'And 'good story tellers, ho, concludes, ornlwaya worthy of thplr hire. 1 , , - J Prcflmlnnry work- lids" begun for taking" tho next census ot the United Kingdom , on March 31, d 9014 - thorn all dno better, however, by firing all dt thoso guna 'simultaneously as th'oy rest jand1 hang In tho positions In dicated. Thq phajgea of powder used aro not heavy being, In fact, only ono poiind uplcce. Tho effect of tho dis chargo is merely spectacular, us tho explosion ot a Blnglo pound of powder, transmlta no porcoptlblo shock, being taken up by tho weight of tho gun It self, on tho prlnclplo familiar to Behoof boys that if n man can carry an anvil on his chest It adds nothlnR to tho presmire to have eomo person, strike th, anvil, po matter, how fcard, with a sledge hmmor.. llvo togemer. in tho South Pacific of her tlmo.