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A BIG GUN BLOWN UP.
i| FIFTY-TONER EXPLODES
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jkm«rl<U and ForpifO Naval Eaparta
* Narrowly Kurape Death—Tho Elnal
' Teat of a New Micelle Deetroys a
I . *35,000 Rifle at Iadlao Head. I
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» Grrat Ganat What a Nolle.
A
VA«niNGTox, June II.—Since last
September the ordnance experts of the
tgsvy have keen making tests of a gun
dbtton shell, the Invention of a Chica
go man.' A dozen or more “blank”
■hells have been fired during the win
ter, generally with great success, and
the officers were confident that when
the final test was made the shell
would leave the gun safely and carry,
its her vy load of explosive far down
the river.
Late yesterday afternoon the final
test was to be made with a twelve-inch
breech-loading rifle weighing 101,000
pounds. A large number o' naval ex
perts and officers were present. For
some unexplainable reason the cart
ridge exploded before leaving'the gun,
and the'rifle and carriage were
wrecked and the pieces thrown & wile
down the i’otomac. The armor cdV
ertsd "gun proof” was wrecked, and
those who had taken refuge in it nar
rowly escaped with their lives.
Colonel O'Neill, the chief of ord
nance for the navy, nnd several United
States naval officers and naval at
taches from the various foreign lega
tions had fortunately taken refuge on
a navy yard tug about a mile from
shore. Lieutenant Anderson, who had
been directed to fire the gun by elec
tricity when the signal was given from
the tug, had gone behind a ^>ig earth
work, or “butt.” about 300 yards from
the gun. lie nnd the other spectators
were unhurt, though a massive piece
of the gun weighing many tons flew
through the air and struck the water
within a hundred feet of the tug.
If the spectators had gone into the
“bomb proof,” as they usually do
when such tests are made, they would
all have been killed, for a big piece of
Steel struck it and ripped through the
twelve-inch armor as if it had been so
much paper. A great hole was torn in
the ground where the gun stood, and
the buildings at the proving grounds
were badly shaken. Not a particle ol
the massive gun or carriage remained.
The .virtue of this shell was that it
was expected to carry safely a charge
of gun cotton large enough to wrock a
battleship or a fortress, for a distance
of from six to ten miles, according to
the powder charge. By an ingenious
arrangement in the point of the shell
a vial of fulminate of morcury was to
be shattered when the shell struck,
aqd thlt mercury was expected to ex
plode the gbu cotton. Up to this time
no successful shell of this kind has
been invented, and if the shell hsd
been successful it would have rsvolu-a
tionized naval ordnance and warfare.
This was the largest charge of guu ’
cotton ever fired or attempted to be
fired from a powder gun.
Tbs government paid about 825,000
for the gun blown up, and it wss built
especially for these tevta. A shell shot
from this gun wss expeotod to perfor
ate twenty-one inches of steel at a
distance of 1,500 yards, and to travel
from six to ten milos before losing Its
momentum.
MILLIONAIRES* GIRLS.
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WasnixoTox, June 11.—The Repub
lican members of the finance com
mittee will withdraw the amendments
for an additional tax on beer and for
the duty of ten cents a pound on tea.
The question of revenue is giving tho
committpe considerable concern and if
there should be a withdrawal of the
Increases on tobacco as well as those
on beer and tea the bill would not
meet the needs of the government as
a revuftii* producer. For this reason
it has been practically determined to
make a bank cheek stamp tax.
The Senate bad a period of. tariff
speeches yesterday, and as a result
Utile progress was mode on the bill.
Mit Rawlins of Utah and Mr. Mills of
Teita* discussed the Democratic atti
tude on the tariff from their respec
tive*' standpoints. Mr. Mills se
verely arraigned the bill as a class
measure designed to build up a vast
fond for distribution among the bene
’ ficiaries of the bill sad at the expense
qf the “forgotten man,” the taxpayer.
, He indirectly criticised those Demo
cratic senators who voted for the
amendments to the bill putting a tax
on cotton and other articles, contend
ing that their course was a radical de
parture from the tenets of democracy.
Mr. Mills then turned hts attention
to the daughters of millionaires,
"fatted like heifers,” and sent abroad
In quest of titles. When the vast for
tunes had been built up by unjust tax
ation, then, he said, these daughters
were “put oh the market, hawked and
peddled, sold for princesses and duch
esses and countesses and marchionesses
and other 'cesses,' and here was Con
gress legislating the money to pay for
these trips abroad. If the American
people accepted this condition, then
they were not worthy cf self-govern
ment i ’ •
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Alvin G. dark Uni
Caxbbidos, Mass, June It.—Pro!
Alvin O. Clark, the famous telescop
Ions manufacturer, died at his horn
here yesterday as the result of a strok
of apoplexy. His latest finished work
the mammoth lens for the Yerkes tele
scope, was shipped to Chicago a shor
time ago.
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,A Wealthy Farmer Killed bjr Llghtnlhj
MAksiiau*'Mo., June U.—Henry 1
Tickmyer, aged 5b, a wealthy farm<
five miles west of , tjtii* city, was ii
atantly killed by lightning this mori
lag while feeding stook.
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PHOTOGRAPHING SOUND
The Latest Wonderful Invention of tbt
“Llthoplionr.”
New Yobk, June 11.—Tho Ilerald to
day says: The process of photograph
ing sound waves from the plates,
reproducing the original sounds has
been, it is announced, successful
ly carried out by the Rev. A. &
Ferguson, a Baptist minister, now liv
ing in Brooklyn. The machine con
sists of two discs, each about seven
inches in diameter, revolved by ordin-.
ary cranks. One of these, the re
corder, is horizontal; the second, the
reproducer, is revolved perpendicu
larly. Mr. Ferguson said:
"About six years ago it struck me
that it would be possible to photograph
round by manipulating a ray of light
and reproducing the sounds recorded
by such manipulation upon a sensitized
plate. Tlie ‘lightophone,’ as I call
this instrument, I have secured by
patent both here and in England.
"1 am now working on a machine to
not only record sound, but to repro
duce it in typewriting, and I am con
fident that I can do so. Many sci
entific men. here and in Europe, have
written to me about it.
“The possibility of using this instru
ment in laboratory work is very great
for comparing wave sounds, inflec
tions, modulations, crescendos and so
on of the human voice. I am now
constructing a diaphraglim that will
record, perhaps, even a whisper.
: "There is no electricity employed in
the production or recording of tones in
the lightophone. Tho sounds are pro
duced by vibration, or more properly,
pulsation."
A FRENCH DUEL,
Members of the French Mobility Fight
Over a Lady's Manterlng Remark.
Palis, Juno 11.—All Paris is talking
of a duel with swords fought yester
day afternoon between two members
of the old nobility, Count Robert De
Montesquoin and Henri De Regnier,
at Neully le Vallois, growing out of a
remark made by Mile Heredia, the
sister-in-law of Regnier, a few days
ago in the salon of the Baroness Al
phonse De Rothschild. Mile. Heredia,
who was with her sister, Mme. Regier,
turned tiie conversation on a hand
some cane carried by Count De Mon
tesquoin, who stood near her, and re
marked that it was jnst the sort of a
cane that might ha ve been used at the
charity bazar iiro to boat the ladies.
The count, who overheard the re
mark, Interpreted it as an insinuation
of cowardly conduct on his part to
ward women at the fire. Immediately
withdrawing from the salon, lie sent
n challenge to M. De Regnier, who was
escorting his. wife and sister-in-law,
and at midnight his seconds were ap
pointed atad .preliminaries for the duel
urranged. On consideration, the sec
onds of De Regnier submitted to the
count's seconds that the remark wu
one of mere banter, upon which the
count ought not to place so serious a
construction, and urged that the mat
ter be arbitrated. The Count De Mon
■ tosque thereupon twitted De Regnier
with being afraid to meet him and
branded him in the newspapers as a
coward.
This resulted in a challenge from
Do Regluer, after three days spent in
tiie discussion of conflicting state
ments as to the precise words used by
Mile. Heredia and Mme. Do Regnier,
who has echoed her sister's remarks.
The Count de Montesquoin Immediate
ly accepted the challenge.
The combatants fought each other
with the greatest vigor and for ten
minutes fought to kill. In the third
encounter the Count De Montesquoin
was severely wounded in the back of
the right hand. The surgeons then
interfered and refused to allow the
combat to proceed.
The aff.alr has made a tremendous
talk, and it may prove the first inci
dent in a general boycott socially of a
number of men who are persistently
accused in certain quarters of having
i displayed the rankest cowardice at the
ebarity bazar fire.
MINISTERS APPOINTED,
President Names John G. Welshman for
the Swiss Mission.
Washington, June 1L— The Presi
dent has sent the following1 nomina
tions to the Senate: Henry L, IVilson
of Washington to be minister to Chili,
William K. Powell of New Jersey to be
minister to Hayti, John O. Leishman
of Pennsylvania to be minister to
Switzerland, John F. Gowey of Wash
ington to be consul general at Kan
agawa, Japan.
Henry L Wilson of Washington la a
brother of Senator Wilson of Wash
ington. Mr. Leishman is a resident of
Pittsburg and ex-president of the Car
negie Steel company. Mr. Powell is a
colored man who lives in Southern
New Jersey.
M. a C. to Lose tt». Land.
Washington, June 11.—Assistant
Attorney General Vandeventer of the
Interior department, has given notice
that he wilt make a deoislon setting
aside Secretary Francis' order ceding
to the University of Missouri 34,two
acres of land. For formality's sake,
however, he is willing to give parties
Interested a hearing.
Tha Hanging Delayed Until July B to
Battle Fad .rat Coart's Bights.
San Francisco, June 11.—Theodore
Durrant, the murderer of Blanche La
mont, was reprieved to-day. Governor
Budd decided on this course in order to
settle the question of the rights of the
federal courts to interfere in the exe
cutipO'Of a sentence imposed by the
state court. He has named July 9 as
the.day on which the sentence shall
be carried out The object of the re
prieve, as the attorney general ex
plained, is;to avoid the' necessity of re
sentencing the convicted man.
THE BEEF EXPORTER.
HE IS TO BE AIDED BY OUR
GOVERNMENT.
The Administration's Policy Outlined—
American Representatives In Ger*
many, England, France anil Bel*
flam to Protest Arg alnst Pre
vailing Discrimination.
To Remove Restriction*.
Washington, June 10.—The admin
istration has outlined an important
policy to end, if possible, the contro
versies between this government and
Great Britain, Germany, France and
Belgium regarding the exclusion of
American cattle and dressed beef. It
contemplates the submission of an
earnest joint protest by the diplomatic
representatives of the United, States
at London, Berlin, Paris and Brussels,
aiming at the revocation of the dis
criminatory regulations which these
nations have imposed upon American
cattle and beef.
Before their departure for their re*
spective posts, Ambassadors Hay, Por
ter and White received instructions to
confer with each other and' with
Bellamy Storer, the new minister in
Brussels, for the purpose of taking
action in the matter. Mr. Storer was
at the State department to-day re
ceiving his final instructions before
sailing for his post in Belgium. His
instructions contemplate the recom
mencement of negotiations with the
Belgium government with a view to
securing a removal of restrictions now
imposed upon American cattle, and
beef.
The exclusion of American cattla
and beef by the European govern
ments is, they claim, not based on any
intention to discriminate against the
United States, but is duo to the pres
ence of disease in the animals. This
claim has been ridiculed again and
again by the department of agricul
ture.and finally, in the case of France,
Mr. Cleveland directed retaliation.
Ambassador Hay s efforts will be
exerted in the direction of securing a
repeal of the law on the the English
statute books requiring the slaughter
at the port of debarkation of cattle im
ported from the United States. It
will be the duty of the ambassador
at Berlin to obtain a revocation of
the degree issued by the German
government forbidding the importa
tion of live cattle and dressed beef
into Germany. If France will repeal
her discriminatory decree,Ambassador
Porter has been instructed to inform
her that the restrictions imposed by
the United States upon French cattle
will be removed. In case the protest
1 made by the diplomats is not effective,
retaliatory measures may be adopted
by the United States in the cases of
all governments named.
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
Plan* for Tatar* Action Outlined at
Their Meeting In Chicago.
Chicago, June 10 —Thirty-two states
were represented at the first meeting
of the provisional committee of the
National Silver Republican party,
which met in executive session at the
Lcland hotel yesterday. Besides the
committeemen of the various states
represented, over a hundred silver Re
publicans were present from all parts
of the country.
- The states represented were: Ala
bama, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Icwa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Neb
raska, New Jersey, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming and
West Virginia.
Promptly at 1 o'clock the meeting
was called to order by ex-Congressman
Charles A. Towne of Minnesota.
At the night session resolutions
were adopted outlining the plan of ac
tion to be pursued by the party, and
recommending the appointment of a
national executive committee of seven,
which is to have general control of the
party.
The resolutions were signed by Fred
T. Dubois, Ida ho, chairman; J. J. Har
per, Ohio; J. D. Clarkson, Missouri; E.
G Watkins, Michigan; A. J. Mosset,
Kentucky; A. M. Stevenson, Colorado;
Charles A. Towne, Minnesota, and
Ben S. Dean, secretary, New York.
Charles A. Towne of Minnesota was
elected permanent chairman of the
national committee.
A WASHINGTON TRAGEDY.
An Infatuated Italian Shoot* a Woman
V , and Kill* Hlmiotf. •
Washington, June in.—A tragedy in
which the details were similar to those
of the li&rber suicide and attempted
njurder occurred this morning on Four*
teenth street at the homo of Cherubino
Giuliani, an Italian fruit Tender.
About 8 o'clock Tapoco Ferrari, after
shooting and stabbing Mrs. Giuliani in
the neck, shot himself through the
head and died almost Instantly. The
woman may recovei.
Tacopo Ferrari was about 28 years
old, and had been paying so much at
tention to Mrs. Giuliani, who is 32,
that he made himself offensive to both
herself and her husband, and had
been frequently warned not to visit
Giuliani's home.
Straat Hallway Win*.
SruiNGK.iKi.n, 111., June 10. — Gover
nor Tanner signed the street railway
bill. The bill authorizes fifty-year ex
tensions of existing street railway
franchises, allows five cent fares to
continue, permits consolidation of
companies and makes no provision for
compensation to municipalities.
A Naw York Girl Marrlo* a Nobleman.
Geneva, June 10.—Charlei liourbon
Del Monte, Prince Di La Faustiuo and
Miss Jane Allen Campbell, daughter |
of the late Georgj \V. Campbell of j
New York, were married yesterday. I
MR. MOORE’S MOTION.
Judge Hall Overrrnlea the Ex-Auditor's
Principal Defense.
Judge Hall gave his ruling yester
day, says tile Lincoln Journal, in the
Eugene Moore, case, which was argued
at length on Saturday last. The de
murer to the first, fourth and nine
connts, which eharge Moore with em
bezzlement in his official capacity as
state auditor, are overruled. The'mo
tion to quash the remaining counts of
the information is sustained. This
strikes out from the information six
counts and leaves the three counts that
the defense made the most strenuous
endeavors to have stricken out.
Tiie court gave as his reason for sus
taining the motion to quash the third
and sixth counts, which charge larceny
of money belonging to the state, the
fact that they are defective in failing
to allege from what officer of the state
the defendant took the money. Judge
Hall holds that the crime of grand lar
ceny is complete only when it is found
that a person feloniously takes money;
that it is of the value of $35; that it be
longs to another person; that it was
taken from the owner’s possession;
that it was against his will, and that
there was felonious intent to deprive
the owner permanently of its use.
The crime of embezzlement of public
money, the court says, is complete when
it is proved that the defendant is an
officer or other person; that he is charged
with'the collection, receipt, safekeep
ing, transfer or disbursement of the
public money or any part thereof be
luugmg to me state; inai xne aeiencl
ant has collected as such officer or
other person or received public money
belonging to the state; that he has con
verted any' portion of such money to
his own use or to the use of any other
person or persons, and that he has
acted with fraudulent and felonious
intent to deprive the state permanently
thereof. The court therefore states
that the second, fifth, seventh and
eighth counts, charging embezzlement
as a person charged with the holding
of money, are defective in failing to
allege facts whereby the court upon
reference to the statutes may be in
formed that the defendant at the times
complained of was a person charged by
law with the duty of collecting or re
ceiving or safely keeping or transfer
ring or disbursing public money.
The trial of Mr. Moore will not come
off till next term of district court,
which will convene in September,there
being only the remainder of the pres
ent week for jury service during this
term of court. County Attorney Hun
ger states that in all probability there
will be no new counts added to the in
formation before then. The defense
had yet several technical grounds to
urge, but the long vacation of the court
will give the time sought for.
Hunting for a Briber. •
Omaha dispatch; At the close of the
cistrict court today Wright, the man ac
cused of attempting to bribe a juror in
the Bartley s trial, was taken before
Judge Baker and arraigned on the
charge of contempt of eourt for having
attempted to bribe a juror. When he
was asked to plead to the information
the tears ran from his eyes and he said:
“Well, judge, I do not know what to
say. I have done wrong. I served my
country once and received a shot in me
for doing it, and I wish now yon would
order me shot, as I am of no more use
to my country or to myself.”
The court asked: “Well, what have
you to say; are you guilty or not
guilty?”
Wright answered: “ I am not going
to lie about it, and 1 suppose 1 might as
well say 1 am guilty.- But I would not
have done it but he came to me and
was soft with me; 1 did not think I was
doing any great wrong.”
“Who is he?” said Judge Baker.
“I do not know his name, bpt I could
point him out if I should see him.”
Judge Baker had already entered a
plea of guilty, but upon this statement
and the further promise of Wright that
he would follow an officer and point
out the man, the court scratched out
the entry and entered a plea of not
guilty, pending further investigation.
Wright was taken in charge by the
sheriff and county attorney, and a
search will be made for the man who
employed Wright to do the work of at
tempting to coerce the jurors.
Later.—Wright was sentenced to two
years in the Douglas county jail.
Beet Sugar No Longer An Experiment.
Results already achieved in field and
factory on a commercial scale during’
the past six years, to say nothing of
many thousand farm and laboratory
tests, demonstrate beyond question
two things: That the sugar beet can
be grown in profitable quantity and
quality over a sufficient area in the
United States to furnish the world’s
supply of sugar; and that the cane
sugar industry can also be largely de
veloped. So true is this that it is now
recognized, by all well informed about
this new industry, that California,
Iowa, Nebraska, and any one of sev
eral other states could alone supply the
United States with all the sugar she
consumes. Once firmly established.
American genius will so improve upon
present conditions that in due time the
United States will' be an exporter of
sugar. For experience has shown that,
once established, the beet can more
than compete with the cane.—From
“Sugar—the American Question of the
Day,” by Herbert Myriek,” in June Re
view of Reviews.
Auditor Andrews.
Washington special: Auditor An
drews will take the oath of office in the
treasury department at 9 o’clock to
morrow. He was confirmed yesterday
by the senate and his commission made
out this afternoon. Mr. Andrews called
upon Auditor Baldwin today at his of
fice to pay the usual courtesies of a suc
cessor. lie was at the capitol today
receiving congratulations of friends
upon his selection.
Rat Past Near Fairmont.
Thomas Busting,. living near Fair
mont, killed 628 rats in one day while
shelling corn on his farm last week.
He gathered them up in a bushel bas
ket and had it three times full. John
O'Brien, living two miles west of him.
has some large cribs of corn which the
rats are destroying badly. He has
killed over 1,000 rats in the last month.
They have killed over forty little pigs
for him, and as high as seventeen in
one night.
Beatrice people are stirred up over
misrepresentations regarding her pop
ulation
SMITH IS DYNAMITED.
HIS HOME BLOWN UP AND HIS
WIFE INJURED.
A Dastardly Attempt to Assassinate the
Leavenworth Soldiers' Home 6ov«
ernor — A Dishonorably Dis
charged Veteran Under Ar
rest for the Oatrage
A Dastardly Outrage.
Leavenworth, Kan., June 15.—Be
tween 4 and 5 o'clock this morning a
cannon-like report was heard at the
Soldiers’ home, and the beautiful resi
dence of Governor Andrew J. Smith,
commandant of the home, was all but
demolished.
Dynamite was employee1., in the out
rage and the explosion aroused many
residents of this city and houses trem
bled as if in an earthquake shock. In
the barracks the shock was teri ifle
enough to throw veterans from their
cots, and prompt work was required
on the part of the commandant to pre
vent a serious panic. One .veteran,
who was occupying a seat on the lawn,
was thrown to the ground.
Mrs. Smith's escape from instant
death was miraculous, the explosion
was directly beneath her Wed chamber.
She usually sleeps upon a ceuch, but
last night occupied a bed in the same
room, but on the side farthest from
the outer wall. She heard the shut
ters rattle, but saw no one. A moment
later the explosion followed, and she
found herself in the midst of flying
furniture and shattered window panes.
One entire side of her room was torn
away. The couch she usually occu
pied caught the full force of the ex
plosion and was hurled across the
room, passing directly over her bed
and landing upon a bureau.
Governor Smith and daughter. Miss
Daisy Smith, occupied rooms on the
second floor, and were far enough re
moved from the seat of the explosion
to escape the serious consequences suf
fered by Mrs. Smith.
Besides being cut and bruised by
broken glass and pieces of flying fur
niture, Mrs. Smith was completely
prostrated by the shock and is now in
a precarious condition. Mrs. Smith
has been in delicate health for years.
The scene at the governor's resi
dence is one of wreckage and confus
ion. The" brick walls are shattered
and torn, the east side being almost
wholly blown out, the windows broken
and debris is scattered over the
ground.
The whole interior was wrecked,
bric-a-brac scattered about the various
apartments, and furniture tossed
about and piled up in a confused mass.
A SUSPECT ARRESTED.
About one hour after the explosion,
the police authorities arrested Joseph
VV. Oliver, a dishonorably discharged
veteran, for the crime. He was found
in his room at a Cherokee street board
ing house where he had just arrived
after having been out all night. Many
persons are ready to believe he is im
plicated. His trousers were bedrag
gled, showing he had walked through
tall grass, and his shoes were soaking
wet and covered with blue grass seed.
He was in a surly mood and when
taken into custedy expressed regret
that Governor Smith had escaped
death.
. Afterward, he refused to say any
thing. Another' dishonorably dis
charged veteran is suspected of com
plicity, but has not been apprehended.
Oliver is a tough character, and a
few months ago was arrested and pun
ished for deliberately shooting into an
electric car. A few nights ago John
Biringer's powder magazine was
robbed, and it is believed the robber
is the one who caused the explosion.
It is the universal opinion in this
City that the outrage is a direct result
of the persecution waged against Gov
ernor Smith for the past five or six
years by certain persons in Leaven
worth and elsewhere in Kansas.
Threats (o blow up the governor have
been freely made by discharged veter
ans since the national board of man
agers made the order transferring
Colonel Smith to the Pacific branch
home at Santa Monica, CaL
STRUCK BY A CYCLONE.
Home* Toppled Over and One BZan
Killed In L.]r!e, Minn.
Masov Cm-, Iowa, June 13 —AtG: 50
last night a cyclone struck northwest
of Lyle, Minn., taking a southeasterly
course. A cyclone passing over the
town of Kandiohi, YVilmar county,
Minnesota, entirely demolished the
buildings on the farm of John Ber
quist.
All railway lines running in the vi
cinity of the track of the storm report
telegraph poles blown down and other
damage done. A railroad operator at
Mason City reported at midnight that
twenty houses wore demolished in
Lyle, one man killed outright and
twenty others injured. It is believed
much damage was done in the country
around Lyle, there being all sftrts of
rumors of heavy loss of life. Owing
to the damago to telegraph lines
definite information was lacking. A
special train with surgeons, linemen
and workmen was sent to Lyle from
Waterloo, la., within an hour of the
time of the storm.
A Missouri olri Honored by Cornell.
Coi.vmbus, Mo., June 13.—Miss Lalla
Book Rogers, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Missouri, has been awarded
a scholarship in the school of philoso
phy at Corhell university. She is the
first graduate of Missouri university
bo receive such honor.
Governor Barnes' First Pardon.
Guturik, Okla., June 13.—Governor
Barnes issued his first pardon last
night to Ira Taylor, senteuced to three
years in the penitentiary for horse
stealing in Grant county. He had
served fourteen months. His wife in
terceded tor him.
Englishmen and Americans*
A careful inquiry Into the average
height of different nations has elicited
the following facta: The English pro
fessional classes, who heftd the list aa
the tallest of adult males, attain the
high average of 5 feet 9% Inches.
Next on the list come the males of all
classes in the United States and a min
ute fraction behind them come the
English of all classes. Hence we may
conclude that, taken right through,
the English and American races are ap
proximately of the same height. Most
European nations average for the adult
male 5 feet 6 inches but the Austri
ans', Spaniards and Portugese just fall
short of this standard.—Exchange.
summer care of blankets.
Blankets which have been used all win
ter, no matter bow white, are never clean,
and should be washed before putting away.
Many housekeepers satisfy themselves by
shaking and airing their blankets rather
than risk spoiling them in washing. But
this is a mistake, for if the work is prop
erly done no shrinking will take place, and
the fleecy soft appearance may be retained,
as well the color, for years. The necessary
thing in washing blankets is to have plenty
of soft water and good pure soap. Inferior f
soap is really the cause of the damage"'
done woolen goods in washing. It hardens
the fibre and yellows the fabric. When
ready to begiu the work shake the blan
kets free of dust, fill a tub half full of hot
water. Dissolve n third of a cake of Ivory
Soaptin it. Put oiie blanket in at a time.
Dip up and down and wash gently with
the hands. Never rub soap on blankets,
or wash them on the .washboard. After
the blankets are clean, rinse in warm Water
until free of suds. Add a little blueing to
the last water. Shake and squeeze; then
hang on the line until dry. Take down,
told, lay under a weight for a day or two, ”,
and pack securely in a box and cover.
Blankets thus washed will retain their
original freshness as well as wear three
times as long as It put away soiled year
after year. Eliza R. Pahkeil
Made a Hit.
“You don’t mean to say that stingy
old maid has given you Id marks for
telling her fortune?”
“Indeed, I do. I told her she would
meet with an accident before she was
24 years old.”—Fliengende Blaetter.
“Whir.”
The word "whir” is regarded by some
philologists as a natural symbol of the
idea of revolution. The German has
"wirren,” to twist; the French “virer,"
with the samei meaning; the English,
“veer” and “wear,” the Tatter used with
reference to the turning of a ship.
Try Graln-O.
Ask your grocer today to show yoi
a package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without
injury as well as the adult. All who
try it like It. GRAIN-0 has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. 14 the price of coffee.
15 cents and 25 cents per package.
Sold by all grocers. Tastes like cof
fee. Looks like coffee.
lilmppy t hililrsn.
In the convict prison at Copenha
gen mothers are allowed to have their
babies with them until they are 1_J.
year old; then they are taken to the
workhouse until the mother’s term of >
sentence has expired.
Ho-To-Bae for Fifty Coots.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes wsak
men strong, blood pure. 60c. 11. All druggist*
The Froflt Don't Please.
An eastern farmer recently shipped
a lot of apples to England. He was not
delighted when he received a profit oa
them of a cent a barrel.
A Onnfl 18 essential for health
and physical strength.
A nriAtltA When the blood is
Yveal:, thin and impure
the appetite fails. Hood's Sarsaparilla to
a wonderful medicine for creating an ap
petite. It purifies and enriches the blood,
tones the stomach, gives strength to the
nerves and health to the whole system. It
is just the medicine needed now.
HOOd’S ®parm»
Is the best—tn fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hrtfwi’a OS lie arc tasteless, mild. cReo>
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SI00 To Any Man.
WILL PAY 8100 FOR ANY CASE
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Fall to Cure.
An Omaha Company places for the first
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This Magical Treatment may be taken
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CURE YOURSELF!
I ® for unnatural
I discharges, inflammations.
1 irritations or ulceration*
of mucous membranes.
*■ - --- --- Painless, and not astrin*
\YTHEEyM8ChEMICAlOo. gent or poisonous.
gold by Drunliis,
or sent in plain wrapper,
by express, prepaid. Cor
tl.m, or 3 Imttles, $2.75.
Circular sent on request.
ROOF ITT^W&fllAWfc
F**-. h*** . WHITE FOR SAM77.K9L
FAY MANILLA HOOFING COMPANY, Camden J.
lo PISCES' ClTRE- FOR
, CURES WhcKt AlL ELSE FAILS.
| nest Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use I
in time. Sold by druggists. I