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: FORMER QUEEN OF SPAIN J DIES AT PARIS. FRANCE w tea Ex Quoon Isabella of Spain, grand mother of King Alfonso, died at Paris, France, April 9. Death was due to influenza with implications. Tho American em bassy, which Is opposite tho Palaito Oantilo, the late queen's residence, was early Informed of the queen's death, and Ambassador Porter was anions tho first to call and sign the palace register. The Infantas Isabella, Eulalla and Marie, daughters of tho late queen, were at tho bedside who nsho died. Queen Isabella II. was the daughter of Ferdinand VII., king of Spain, and Mario Christina of Naples, and was burn In 1831). When she was only 3 years old her father, Ferdinand, died, and Isabella was declared queen, while her mother undertook the oflice of regent. Isabella was reared In a turmoil of BRITISH INVADING FORCE IN CAMP AT GAUTHANG. TIBET j .v. I rf fsy&sA ; . J? Af H ;., . J f LacheniilLMhooft NEPAL AtS'? V K&wiirtt TtiZRQVTZ O.uithang (In the Tibetan tongue, 'beautiful pasture"), a place 12,000 ' f-et above sea level. Is the site of the British camp on the advance Into Tibet, twelve miles from Chumhl and riiati. and lies in a small caldronllko valtey, carpeted with moss and with no apparent egress. Some days ago Oauthang was a desolate, unnamed spot, not boasting a single shepherd's hut. At present. It Is occupied by four companies of th Twenty-third and Thirty-second Pi inters, and becomes temporarily They Suffer In Silence. "The question is now being agitat ed " began Mr. Ylctlnilzer, folding his pi;ier. "as to which Is the more fatal to mankind, gunpowder or face pow der." '1 never heard of n ninn being kiie I by face powder. Horatio," in trpo',aied his wife. "No, men don't mention such things," he replied, "but no v.-t thelesg, many a one Is undergo Inc what might be termed a living tl-ith by having faced a volley ()f it and weakly utrrendirlng. There are deaths and deaths, Maria.' The "Mark Twain" of Norway. The "Mark Twain" of Norway, wh'iso literary qualities have won the rvognltlon of his government, which pys him a stipend to travel and braden his experience, was a caller st tho white house the other morning, h.nlng been introduced by Senntor Knule Nelson of Minnesota. His name is Hans l.eland, and lie is, In appearance, a typical son of the old se kings more than six feet In heUht, broad, falrhalred and blue eyeJ. Mr. Inland cannot speak Eng lish and Senator Nelson Interpreted. revolutions In which the efforts of Don Carlos to seize the throno were the prevailing causes. In 1843 Bho was declared of ago and shortly after Isabella, through the efforts of Louis I'hlllppo of France, was married to her cousin, Francis of Asslsl, a most unhappy marriage. Tho history of Spain during the reign of Isabella presents a dismal picture of faction and Intrigue. The country was rent by political jealousy and In 18G8, Sarrano and Prim, the liberal leaders who had been exiled some years, returned and headed a successful revolution, compelling Isa bella to flee to France. A provincial government was established, but tho people of Spain, long accustomed to view royalty with superstitious rever ence, demanded the revival of the monarchy. The crown was offered to and ac cepted by Alfonso XII., the young son of Isabella, in 1S74. Tsh I B hu If I ToLHAMA. the headquarters of the column of Gen. Youiifihusband. Gauthang. though at a higher ele vation than Chumhl, is more sheltered and less cold. It is preferable to Pbarl, being well within the wood limit. Transport difficulties make it unlikely that the force will move out of the valley for two months. Reports have reached India that three or four thousand Tibetans have assembled somo forty miles from Plinrl and that hostilities are quite possible. Has Autographs of Great Men. Andrew Carnegie has the best col lection (if myographs of crowned heads and famous persons In contem porary history. Tlieso are frequently not only signatures, but nlso letters written to him on various subject. Me has compiled them with a great deal of care and they form one of bis most valued possessions. Nothing has ever been learned of what b" came of the collection of the la'e l'r. Evans of Pails, which was one ot the most extensive In Europo. Too Quick to Agree, 'olin MacMabon of the Irish bar. being deaf, agreed, out of policy, with any remarks made py the Judge, even though be did not understand what was iald. On one occasion be was appearing before a master of the rolls, who thought that MacMahon was ar guing rather elementary lnw for such a court as his. "Yon are speaking ns If I were a mere tyro in tho law, Mr. MacMahon." said the master of rolls, testily, "quite so. my lord.' said counsel, airily, proceeding with tils rsumuut. MIGHT CALL HIM JACK. Rr Admin: Walker's Cuiet R:bukc Silenced Prf Ycuth. Rear Adn:lrai .lofca G. Walker de votes more time to cica! matters than to fashion plates and could hardly be called spick and s-'an hi the civilian clothes he wears at his work. A stranger would be far mure likely to take Admiral Walker fnr a country nan than a retired army officer. His loi'g whiskers are of the type so popu lar with rural dramas, and Ms rolling walk might well be tak.m for the movement acquired by following a plow. A brusque young man In search ol tho canal commission encountered Ad miral Walker in a corridor of the Cor coran building la Washington and asked pertly: "Can you tell me where I will find Walker?" "Yes," Admiral Walker replied. "Just come with me." The dapper young fellow followed Admiral Walker into his office. The Admiral took a seat behind his desk and Invited the young man to sit down. "Well, what can I do for you?" Ad miral Walker asKed of the young man, who began to snulrm nneasilv in hi "I am Walker,' the Admiral contin ued. "John G. Walker I name, but you might call hie Jack for short." Unablo to summon up enough voice apologize, tho young fellow rushed out of the ofllee without Baying a word. Xew York News. Precious Stones in Thia Country. "It is a little strange." taid Irving U Hussell, "that the United States, so far ahead In national resources of every other part of the globe In all essential things, should be so deficient as a producer of precious Etono3. I am of tho opinion that there will bo a bis discovery some day of tho most valued gems, probably in some out-of-the-way corner of the land. "I do not mean to Intimate that we are exactly destitute of fine stones, but that those fouud are mostly of In ferior quality as compared with the output of the old mines. In North Car olina a good many emeralds and ru bies and sapphires are to be had, but they are not of sufficient value to warrant cutting. Somo ve-y fine pearls have been taken out of the shells picked up In tho streams of Arkansas, and at one time tho search for them down there amounted to a craze. Pearls, by the way, have gone up in price from 200 to 300 per cent In re cent years. "A great many semi-precious stones are mined In California, the turquolso found out there being especially beau tiful, but lacking in hardness. Tour malines also Come from CAllfnrnln In ibundance." Washington Post. Caught Alligator With a Fishllne. While deer, duck and nuail shoot inn- have been better this season In tho neighborhood of Tltusvlllo than In several years, Rockledgo, Stuart and a few other places seem to have the expert fishermen. But It takes a Mer- rltt nsherman to catch alligators. We are told that a few days aeo a seven- foot alligator was caught with a fish- line. The line was set and baited with a mullet, for trout. The alligator took the bait and the hook fastened itself In his throat. Had the lino been a rope or chain It would have been twisted apart or the hook torn out. Tho alligator tired himself out and was easily taken by slinnlne a rouo over his nose, securing his flippers, and towing him ashore, whero he was ki'led with an axe. East Coast Advo cate (Titusville, Fla.). Secular Sunday School. In England and America the term Sunday-school" has a definite mean ing, and is exclusively used to denote a place of religious teaching, 'n Ger many, however, the race for commer cial supremacy has led to the estab lishment of Sunday-schools at which mechanics are given practical Instruc tion in their trades. There Is, for ex ample, a school for masons, at which the students, many of them mechanics who work during the week, spend sev eral hours on Sunday morning in learn ing tho higher branches of their craft. Similarly there are Sunday-schools for tailors, ironmongers, bookbinders, and followers of other trades even barbers and blacksmiths. Good-By. Two whispered wordj "Rood-bye! For Klvet" Iter dull brnln throbtird to them. And thmiKtil came crowding ihlek. and fust, Of how, and where, ami when They two might meet again. Oond-bye! Her quickened boartbrnts tell Of nerves net made of steel, . Yet still nnd cold she stands. Nil word, no look! Well, twas brst that they n parted, l-'or lyltiR tongues had broken faith and truot. rjond-byp Forgiving pyen untight hers, Tlmt only nought thn ground, A moment' iiiune. In which a heart's life passed away. And Hun retreating footsteps foil upon her car. A i olng door, a woman's sob, And "lie w bearonb xh Upon a sta of pride nnd doubt, lio"d-by forevei more! Salmon Are Scarce. On account of the depressed condi tion of the salmon market, many can neries In Alaska will not be operated this year. Other packing companies will go farther north, where they will catch less pink anil get more red sal mon. Reds are now sidling at $1.23 on the coast, while pinks are very low, the minimum quotations being ,'o cents. This Is below the cost of pro duction and there Is no profit forthoe companies the bulk of whose parks are pinks. The cause of the unfavor able condition of the market , over production primarily. An effort litis been made to maintain prices, but without avail. A Good Excuse. A writer In I.lpplticott's Magazine tells the following story: "My cook, an obi darky. Informed me one morning: 'Miss Annie. I is coin' to he married to night. Is you got. a present for me?' " 'Hut. Marin, I said, 'you've got a husband alive ami haven't been di vorced; it would be bigamy.' "'Well, MUs Annie. I don't care; Ws dono blgotted fust,"' BUILDING AMERICA'S GREATEST BATTLESHIPS A TIA1E RACE FOR A STAKE OF MILLIONS Contestants: lb! United States CoTernatat asj tie Newport Keis SSipkiltag Coapuj. Was there ever before a content. "It her of mind or matter, for a pri:'.e )f millions? Such a struggle, a race in which two thousand men ami the best braitu i .-hipbuildiiig science are matched against each other, Is hi progress to lay. The eontestants are the I'r.ited States government and a great ship yard. The test Is tho speed of con struction on two battleships of exactly similar type, each to co3t about ?t. OOM.wtO. and the question at issue Is whether the govern merit or the pri vate corporation Is the builder of fight ing vessels. In the Brooklyn navy yard the bat tleship Connecticut is taking shape and the man who has been delegated to make the race with her building is Constructor William J. Baxter of the I'nitJ States navy. In the yards of tho Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, at Newport News. Va., the sister ship Umlsiar.a is being constructed. The time allowance is forty-five months from the start, and the judges who will award the lau rels of victory are the president of the United States, his cabinet and the two bouses of Congress. It is a race against time, and its result, according to the plan of the Congress that authorized it, will be t') show in exact terms the efficiency of our navy yards. The national legis lators demanded proof that the gov ernment could build its own ships at less expense than private companies, equally as well and in as short a time. The Navy department accepted the challenge. "A difference of opinion makes horses race," some one has said, and it Is the same sort of difference that Is responsible for this novel and un precedented race against time. Lnte In 1902 Congress authorized the building of the two mammoth bat tleships from the same plans. They were to represent the highest degree of the development in naval construc tion reached at that time. Karly in 1903 the contract for building the Louisiana was awarded to the New port News Shipbuilding company, on their bid of J3,Sif0,00O, and on Feb. 7 of the same year her keel was laid. To tho Brooklyn navy yard was allotted the task of building the Connecticut in less time and for less money, and on March 10 work was begun by tho employes of the government. The con test was on. When an Interviewer sought out tho chief government racer last Thursday the anniversary of the laying of the Connecticut's keel he found Naval Constructor Paxter half hidden A Vegetarian Under Fire After a thin, pnle man and a big, florid man bad been engaged in a warm discussion for a time on a sub urban trolley (ar the other evening the smaller pud more peppery of the two made it apparent that be wanted all those present for an audience. "I urn a vegetarian." he shouted. "I never saw one of Jour beef eaters yet that could think r U at ly or reason In telligently." Then some of tho Indignant pnssen-ge-s who did not ncree with him and resented bis sweeping nsertioi.d mnio in with their voluntaries. "Hair's Just the color of a carrot," chuckled the fat man. "Nose Is a little 'reddish:" ald the joting man In evening dress, "And something of a 'turnup,'" tit tered the pretty girl banging to tho same strap. "Pet he's a 'beet,'" snorted the butcher. "Regular 'punkln 'cad,' " growled tho Englishman who had eaten man7 an ox. The vanquished vegetarian raised l Ml J - jCr - f ff M 3 I w jWfS I M H '' 71 i fiUJS.NAVAL CONSTRUCICIv.11 : SWfV VAJ BAXTER J ; j The Rivals Must Show, Within a Tim; Limit of Forty-five Months, Whether the Navy De partment or the Corporation Is the Best Builder of the Nation's Sea-Fightinj Machines. by a mass of blue prints and plans that formed a paper wall around his dek. But. busy as he was. the con Mruetor smiled amiably. Evidently his big job had not "gotten m l.U nerves." And w'.cn iia.-.i ,i, listener decided that this was Just the j sort of man to build on,. f iho great- j est lighting machines ever projected, just the sort of man to lea l this race of races. "Now. I've always maintained that there should be no feeling of rivalry between the men who are building the Louisiana and myself," he began with another reassuring smile. ' There Is, properly speaking, no contest with them it Is a rac,e against time. We are, each of us, building what la de signed to be a great battleship, and my task is to eoaipb te the Connecti cut within the limit of both time and money set fur the Newport News company in building the Umisiana. It is merely a te:-t of the navy yard not one ef the Newport News peo ple. "As to whether we shall win there is a grave question. We are making an uphill fight. The government yards are at a disadvantage in competing with private concerns for several rea sons. For one thing the private yards get ten hours' labor in a day for the same price that the government pays for eight hours' work. There is, you f-'je, a difference of something like 25 per cent in favor of the private yards in so far as labor is concerned. In addition, one must tako iuto con- First Class Battleship Connecticut as She Will Appear slderatlon the twenty holidays within a year when no work Is done In the government yards, but for which, nev ertheless, the men are fully paid. So much for labor. "In the matter of material It Is well known that the method of govern ment purchases is cumbersome. A private concern can buy at less c it almost all the material that gc s toward the equipment of a battleship. So you must realize that we have a hard race to make. "in the matter of time we are alio at a disadvantage. When the fleet is at sea we can devote all our time to the Connecticut, but when the ships come In, demanding repairs, we are compelled to give them the preference and then all work upon the big battle ship Is practically at a standstill. "It Is accepted at present by naval experts that the battleships of a navy form Its backbone, as It were. It v as with this Idea In mind that the plan ners of the Connecticut and Louisiana worked In forming their designs. Tnelr Idea was to combine armament with speed to couple the speed of a a parsnip-shaped finger to the conduc tor. The parson In the corner mur mured, "Lettuce have pea." and the tittering girl ended the fusillade by requesting the little man not to "squash'' her as he wedged his way to the rear platform. Now York Press. Medical Expctition. Progress in medicine ami surgery will he shown by an exhibit of np lllutices, Instruments nnd apparatus for surgery and medical research In the Palace of Liberal Arts at the world's fair. A complete modern hos4'al. with all of the accessories and apparatus known to the most ad vanced surgery will be the most prom inent feature of this group. Loophole for Spectators. The (ierinan government has amend ed I hi Ilourse law, but has not done away with the odious "Hourse Regis tcr," which has given dishonest specu lators an easy loophole thnmgh which to evade payment of debts arising from time bargains. er'jisiT with th" rr-rfh of a bitt! bhip i? 'he esriier ti-. "Son." i.Va ot t' e lmr.:i-ns:'y of a b.'t! -!.!) may b- f.rr:-l from the far" l! at we ativay t.dV- plan.! 7." '". pounds ( f n.t ta! in b-r. al though the rn-re shell Is ban ly com pleted. The total displacement of lt'.MHi tons i:r!ud-g the wtU'ht of the ship when eveiytMr.g Is in place the guns, armor. nglr.es, coal, and lac! dental furnishings. It Is difficult to give an adequate Idea 'f the tremen dous power for destruction of such a vessel when hurlel forward by the momentum of her engines upon an ad versary." When or.e stands In the shadow cast by the huge hull of the Connecticut, a ro-.v of boa: es. five stories high, aad exte:n!ir." a full long block, conveys approximately the same tense of size as doej the Lull itself as it lira in Its huge cradle at the water's edge. On each side, fi'ji.i the ground to the bul warks, temporary companionways have been constructed, aad up and down these swarm continuon:;!y two passing streams of humanity the men who are making the race, l.eful of them altogether. But one must scale tbo shaky companlonway and stand upon the deck as yet rough plates of steel in order to realize the magnitude of the ship and of the task which Is being accom plished so quietly by Naval Construct or Baxter. In the basin to the right the big battleships Iowa and Indiana, Mm a. PH When Completed laid up for repairs, seem toy boati by comparison. "They are hardly pigmies." sale the constructor, "but they don't com pare with the Connecticut. "The battery of the Connecticut is to be one of the heaviest In existence In the bow and stern turrets the foui twelve-inch guns will be placed twe In each. To the port and starboarc" of these will be the turrets for the? eight-inch guns four turrets in all. and two guns In each. Disposed at points between the eight-inch turret; will be the twelve guns of seven-inch bore something new in the arma ment of our ships. The secondarj battery will Include twenty rapid-fire; guns of three-Inch bore, twelve semi automatic three-pounders, and eight automatic ore-pounders. With the four submarine tubes the Connecticut will be able to give any ship afloat s very unpleasant quarter of an hour. New York Times. Hamburg's Ocean TrifTic. Hamburg's ocean trafllc has growi from .:'.S vessels clearances In IS; to H.073 In l!H3. Last ef Comedian' u Some one heard that IV Wolf llei per snorted a hair ring. From lvillf. dait.ty gold circlet with a tir.v lock it grew to a wide band with large twist ed stnmK There was considerabl, excitement about it. Finally a Mend said to blur "Say. haen t lost any ,,f voer im mediate family?" pointing to a r'n en the actor's hand. "Not that I know- Why"" "Well. It's whimpered on the Kialtt that vou wear hair In your ring. 1 thought vou might t.rv , . around with ou for sentiment " Oh. no." liopmr lookod sadiv at bis f-lends bead, ciered with base ball hair. "That hair in that ring came from the rront side of n,v own bead years nnd year, nso, j t tv It so that I may have some to staud on end during first Lights. ,vs of eld - New York Times. 1 Mathematical Prcdkv. . 'WWII Annie Itosen, S jears sey City Heights. U M, of tbc mathematical mam da'. !'. of Jer be one of lb. I Tree to Tuc nl-f ie ladies. Tr. lv r.anre. t-'tarch Co will git ;S ls!!- a round trip ticket to th Si. Iiu; Ki;xhil..n. to five j In b of It. f jllowicg t'a'es: I'.): cm. iwt. .Sf.,rkv Kantas anj Ml.n-irl who will nd in tha Urcest nuiuUr f tra n:rk cut from a ten rent. Kunr packs of lVf.anr colj water lainUry iturrh. TL.i ! r .ir.s fn.m your own Lom. any 'wr:r fn the aSore named ptates. Th.- tr.! marks mutt !. mall.-d to i and rwe.YeJ by the Inflate Siaroa f.. Omaha, Nehr. LefiT September (1st. l:cl. OctoU-r and November j will be the t"st m n'hs to visit the I Exposition. Itemember that iKfanee ii tho only staren pu up lti oj. u full pounJi to the package. You (-t 'r.eth.rd more s'ar'li f r the samo ' f!ii,nv than of any other kind, ai.d Ivtlirre never sticks to ti, Imii. Tto tickets to the Exposition will I o ;.ct ty reirl-urej mall September jitii. B.arch tor tale Ly all doalors. I Ccg S;vet a Whole Family. ' A f"X I' irer rnt.Kd Beauty Is cred ited by (;...irj;e Bourlltier.oii. a barber jvhi. lives with his wife aad threo I daughters In Brocklyu. N. y., with I iiaviri saved them all from asphyxl j atlon When the Bourtinenon family I retired the gas wa3 b fi burning in the Utchen. the Jet turned very low. i I) j ring the night, the pressure having ;; n reduced, the light went out. A ' little later the gas was passing through the pipes again and filling th.j i liourtiueiion Hat from the open cock ! in the kitchen. Biauty, who was awake and prowl ing about the place had bis suspicions aroused by tho increasing odor, lis ; ran to bis master's heNide and nwak j -ed Lim. The matter was speedily ; rectified, and the family then real ; Ized the hidden danger that had been ' i.pon it. V.'lgqlcStlck i At M)uv nt.rr Won't spul, bn-.iK. fn-e.-e tier st clot ties L.'o?U l't cents ui.d opials '.ii cents Wurlli ef li,V other b!,. II. it. If yinir gl'eeer does unl ceep it send pie f.,r sample t,, The laundry Uiuu Co., 14 Michigan ntreet, ( hicajTu. You can easily make a man hot by obbtng bim the wrong way. I do nt bller l?o'i Can for Consumption bas tn esvoal for covutta aad tolda. Jous F boTta, Tr.allj Sprioga, lul, Feb. IS, IM. Women can invent excuits with a pretty candor. If too wlh tant!ful. cImt, whlu, clothes I ne Red Cro-a UmJ Jiiue. Large 2 os . peerage, 5 cclu. In Florence, lately, one of several Italian ladles who were entertaining Mark Twain, asked what was the American national game. "Poker, ' I responded. When she laughingly pro S tested that he was facetious, he grave, j ly reiterated his statement, and add ed: "Madame, to the game of poker the American people owe the most valuable lesson a nation can learn: Never give up, even after you Lav lost your last chance." Mrs. Van Rennselaer Cror te"s a j story of a Washington hostex who in vited an attache of one of the foriga j legations to dine with her. The invl ; tation was formally accepted, but on the morning of the appointed day a note, written by the foreigner's valet, was received, which read: "Mr. Blank regrets very much that he w ill not be able to be present at Mrs. Swift's d.n uer tonight, as he Is dead." I Love is the sun that hatches the flowers of the soul. The face, which reflects all the inner sentiments of the heart, betrays the love of its owner, j and is beautiful. It's a case of love's labor lost when t woman is compelled to take in wash ing in order to support a worthless husband. After buying experience a man sel- . dom boast of his bargain. Digressions are often the brightest 1 sunshine of life. The man who is vain takes pride :n showing it on the smallest provo- I ration. A spoiled child is almost as bad as ;ne that is too fresh. A man consumes more or less time when he is eating dates. ARMY TRIALS. An Infantryman's Long Siegf. This soldier's tale of fooi Is Interest Ing. During his term of service in 17:a Infantry In Cuba and Ph;l:prine. an Ohio soldier boy contracted a disease of the stomach and bowels which a'.l army doctors who treated him r-"o-nounced incurable, but which Grape Nuts food alone cured: "In October, ;SS9, when my enlist ment expired. I was discharged from the army at Calulute. Philippines, and returned to the State on the first available steamer that left Manila. When I got home I was a total wreck rhysically and my doctor pit me tj bed saying he considered me the worst broken-down man of my age he ever saw and afu-r treating r.-e C months he considered my c:.se bevond medical aid. "DurlrT the fall ar.d winter of 1?00 ar.,1 '01 1 was admitted to ti e Farces Hospital in Washington, p. c., for treatment for chm-ic inflammation of the stomach and bowels b it aft r S months returned h mie as bad as ever. "I continued taking me'ielne until February. L: when rea.l'.rg a news paper one day I read about Grape-Nuts and was so impressed I sect out for a package right away. "The remit Is quickly to'.l for I lave use I drape Nuts cvi;:;r.,iai:.v ever since with the best results, my health is so I can do a fair day hard work, stomach and bowels are tn g od con dition, have gained t pounds la weight and I feel like a new man alto gether. "t owe mv present good health to Grape Nuts hcjotul all doubt for medi cal science ui exhausted." Nam given by Postum Co.. l!a;tlo Creek, Mich. Had he consulted any one of sev eral thousand physicians we know ul tVy would have prescribe 1 Grape Nuts immediately. I-ooX In each rkg. for the famoul Utt'.t book, "The HoaJ to Wenvilla."