APFEAL FROM ROBERTS
utaA congressman issues an
address to the public.
Bay That Right of State to Have
Representation In Congress
Are Being Denied.
Washington, D. C Speclal.) Brig
ham H. Roberta of Utah, who was not
allowed to be worn in as a represent
ative in congress of that state, has Is
sued an address to the American people
It contains much that was said by
Mr. Roberts on the floor of the house
and by Mr. Richardson, who opposed
the resolution of Taylor of Ohio. After
reviewing the fact and proceedings
resulting In the appointment of the
committee, he says:
"The member from Utah is not al
lowed to take the oath of his office and
a committee is appointed to try him
as to his alleged guilt of offenses charg
ed. Nay, even more was granted than
was asked, at least more than was
asked on the floor of this house for a
hostile committee lias been appointed
to inquire Into the rase. Its member
ship i made up entirely of those who
voted to adopt the method of proced
ure. Not one who voted against it wa
allowed to find a place on that com
mittee, and if the creation of such a
tribunal for such a purpose be allowed,
there is no reason why the committee
hould be made up of the members of
one political faith for the majority
may do as it pleasp about that.
"I ask the American people to stop
and think what that may mean to this
country in times of high political ex
citement and party strife and passion:
"First A formidable minority in the
house may be reduced to a very insig
nificant minority, or even blotted out
of existence.
"Second The representation to which
a state Ih entitled on the floor of the
house may be denied to It as in the
Utah case for any length of time this
committee may elect to deny It BU'ii
representation. Suppose that in this
base the committee shall see fit to pro
ceed with reasonable expedition to con
sider the case Involved, but what Is
there to hinder its delaying action as
long as It pleases?
V1CP US PRECEDENT.
"If the present republican house can
do this in the case of Utah or Virginia,
there is no reason why the next dem
ocratic house could not proceed in like
manner with representatives from re
publican states under this new and un
precedented rule of procedure.
"Third This new precedent also
trlkeg down the constitutional guaran
tee of a right to one accused of crime,
lo a. speedy and public; trial by an Im
partial Jury of the state, wherein the
crime shall have been committed.
"The proposition Is not to deprive me
of my seat In congress by the presen
tation of records of conviction for
crime before courts before whom I have
been found guilty under the due forms
of law. The proposition Is to try me
before the committee of the house, to
send for persons and papers and wit
nesses to ascertain my guilt or Inno
cence of an alleged misdemeanor, re
ported to have been committed In Utah.
"I deny the existence of lawfdl powe r
of the house to prevent me from being
sworn in on the presentation of tin
lame evidence of prima fade right, up
Cn which others are admitted to mem
bership. "I deny the right of the house of rep
resentatives to resolve Itself Into a Jus
tice of the peace court to try me fur a
misdemeanor, alleged to have been
committed, In order to find grounds of
expulsion or exclusion from the high
office to which I was elected. I deny
lis right to confer any such power upon
Use ommltt'-e.
"But why thi appeal to the Amer
ican people? Because violence is threat
ened to the safeguards of your liberties.
Because the right of the rule of the
majority in one of the sovereign states
of the union is being denied. Because
the safeguards of the rights and liber
ties of the Individual and of the states
are being broken down, and many of
your representatives are too cowardly
to even make a protest against such
proceedings, because they fear they
would endanger their chances of re
election of they voted against the high
handed measures now taking place.
"It Is true the representative from
Utah is a Mormon, and Just now
against the Mormon church a wave of
popular sentiment created by falsehood,
chiefly by the charge that Utah has
broken her compact with the United
States In the matter of polygamy; that
her people contemplate' the revival of
polygamous marriages, that the seating
of Utah representative would be re
garded by her Mormon population as
an Indorsement of polygamy and would
be a menace to the American home.
"Upon my honor as a representative
from the state of Utah, a man In
whom the state of Utah has placed Its
confidence, both non-Mormons as well
a Mormons, I solemnly deny those
charges. They are not true. The only
thing charge-able to some men In the
state Is that they have not deserted
the plural wives they married yearn
ago, previous to the settlement of the
kpolygamy question between the gov
lernment of the United State and the
frit atf- of Utah, by whic h the polygamous
or plural marriages are forever pro
hibited in the Btate of Utah, a penalty
affixed by constitutional provision and
made unrepealable without the consent
of the United States and the consent of
the people of Utah.
WILL MAINTAIN RIGHTS.
"1 shall do all I can to maintain my
rights, and Indirec tly yours, too, under
the constitution. 1 stand alone, save
for the very few who have me their
very guarded support by voting against
the monstroii proceeding that prevent
me from taking the oath of office. I am
without a dollar at my command ex
cept the salary attached to my office,
with which to tight the battle now
pending before the special committee. 1
am without legal counsel except for
the kindly suggestion here and there.
Indeed, I prefer It to be so now, for my
case I o firmly rooted In Justice, that
It need but a plain statement of the
fact and a fair application of the law
to them, In order to make my right to
my eat apparent, and I want the
condition here named to tand a a
refutation to the sensational charges
that the have been made about the
Mormon church standing behind me.
with any amount of money, for legal
counsel and the maintenance of a lobby
In Washington. Hut It I possible In
the preent state of public sentiment
that sophistry and special pleading
adroitly put may be accomplished for
the law and many of your represent,
tlvea Influenced by the fear they have
of your dlaapproval of their act, may
vol aaalnst what are clearly the con
stitutional right In the case.
"I know not whether In thi flghl I
tall win or lose; whether Justice shall
Hlumph or malice bear down Justice,
Wut 1 hall have thi satisfaction If I
fall, that when future III grow out cf
this high-handed measure, now being
enacted, I did what 1 could to prevent
them, U. H. HO BERTH.
TO CONTROL CABS AND CARRIA6ES,
William C. Whitney at the Head of
the New Combine.
New York. (Special. The Commrr
Hal Advertiser says:
The Interest of the Electric Vebtclt
company, the General Carriage compa
ny (Hlchard Choker's auto-truck com
pany) and several smaller cab and
carriage companies now doing business
in the more Important cities of thf
country, are to be combined Into onf
big company controlled by William C.
Whitney of the Whttney-Wldener-El-kins
syndicate. The details of the
combination will probably not be di
vulged for some time.
Negotiations for the combination
were opened several months ago, and
have advanced gradually. Frederick H.
Klsler, a director of the General Car
riage company and one of the proprie
ors, said the company would have be
tween .'JOO and 40U cabs and carriages
In service before January. This com
pany Is organized on similar lines to
those on which the general cab com
panies of London and Paris are op
erated. Mr. Elsler gald that a careful
examination of the various systems In
use proved that for the present horses
were by-far the cheapest and most de.
slrable In connection with light cab
service.
"When we come to the question of
stages," he added, "that Is another
matter. We shall adopt some other
motive power, either electricity o
compressed air, whichever proves best
for our needs."
The combination of the various com
panies places Air. Whitney In control
of the enterprise In Greater New York.
By acquiring the General Carriage
company Mr. Whitney will have the
right to parallel the lines of rival street
railway companies In Manhattan, In
Brooklyn and In Bronx.
BATTLE OF ORATORY.
Arguments Before the Election
Commissioners of Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky. (Special.) The flood
gates of oratory were opened promptly
when the election commissioner took
their seats, and It rolled on for hours,
with a brief intermission at noon. The
republican speeches were longer and
more elaborate than the democrats, who
were apparently saving as much as
possible of their time for Judge Harris
of Louisville, who tomorrow make the
great argument for Gocbel.
1). W. F. Falrle of Louisville made
the opening statement for the repub
licans; It. F. Peak of Shelbyvllle per
forming a similar office for the demo
crats. A. E. Wilson of Louisville spoke
for the republicans and Lewis McQuo
wen of Shelbyvllle replied for the dem
ocrats. A. P. Humphreys of Iouls
vllle was put down for the close of the
republican argument and a general
summing up of the case. Judge Har
ris closes tomorrow. The arguments
were carried on during the day-In the
greatest possible harmony.
The senate chamber was Jammed to
suffocation by an interested throng of
listeners. There whs not a policeman
anywhere around the building, nor
whs there the slightest need of one.
Islington, Ky. The local member
of the state guard were Instructed to
assemble at the armory tonight. They
were later dismissed and told to be In
readiness to reassemble at a given
signal. The cause for the assembling
could not be learned, the officers saying
they themselves do not know.
U. P. AND THE NORTHWESTERN.
Report That One Will Absorb the
Other Is Talked.
New York. (Special.) Marvin Hugh
lit, president of the Chicago & North
western road and a director of the Un
ion Pacific, has been in New York for
the last few days, and he will remain
to attend the semi-annual meeting of
the Chicago & Northwestern directors,
which Is to be held here next Friday. A
semi-annual dividend will be declared
at this meeting and such other busi
ness as may be submitted to the board
will be transacted.
An Influential officer of this company
was asked If there was likelihood of
any change being made In the relations
between the Chicago & Northwestern
and Union Pacific at the coming meet
ing, and he replied that he thought
not. The same oflicer of the Chicago Si
Northwestern, In commenting on th
rumor that the Chicago & Northwest
ern was to be leased to the Union Pa
cific, said:
"I am not aware that there is any
thing going on, but If there was any
thing In that rumor I should say thai
the rumor makers have got the carl
before the horse."
This Idea is developing Into a belief
that the Union Pacific lines may be
leased to the Chicago & Northwestern.
Person Interested In both properties
say that such an arrangement would
result In their mutual advantage. The
relations between the two systems, it
Is said, are certain to be close and
friendly.
Sharp Advance In Crude Oil.
Chicago, III. (Special.) Another ad
vance In crude petroleum was made by
the Standard Oil company, the Penn
sylvania product being pushed up 3
cent to $1.64 a barnd and Indiana oil
2 cents to tl.11. Altogether since the
upward movement began four months
ago oil has risen over 40 cents a bar
rel. Production is said to Im in.Wiii
barrels a day below the shipment. The
deficiency Is being made up from the
icservV- stocks which the Standard car
ries, principally In Indiana, while an
activity unequaled In the industry In
the direction of searching for new ter
ritory prevails throughout the country.
Keflncd oil, which Is burned In the
houses of the people, hu gone up from
24 to 3't cents, and at he present quo
tatlon Is the highest in years.
Macrum Would Join Boer,
Washington, D, C (Special.) It is
said that the slate department is fully
advised of the reason that have
prompted Consul Macrum at Pretoria
to ask for his retirement from his post
of duty, but the true fact have not
been made public.
Macrum, It Is said, I so firmly con
vinced of the Just cause of the Boers
that he asked permission to retire from
the consulate In order to Join the ranks
of the burgher. It Is thought that It
was from fear of offending England
that the state department ha not
made public the real fact In connec
tion with the case.
Senator Mason's resolution of sym
pathy with the Boer I evidently In
tended to sound the administration. If
It meets with the opposition of the
administration leaders, It will be taken
as prima facie evidence that the secret
alliance with England I a fact, despiu
the denial of Secretary Hay.
A Jury ha been secured at Mar
shall, Mich., to try Mrs. Rudolph San
demon on the charge of poisoning net
husband with pounded lias.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
HOUSE ADOPTS NEW CURRENCY
MEASURE.
Cold Standard Measure to Bo Rush
ed Through Bills Introduced
In the House.
Washington, D. C (Special. The
republican member of the house of
representatives gave their unanimous
approval to the house financial bill re
cently Introduced and recommended its
Immediate consideration and passage.
IThis was accomplished at a caucus held
In the hall of the house, by the adop
tion of the following resolution:
"Resolved, That house roll No. 1,
entitled, 'A bill to define and fix the
standard of value, to maintain the
parity of all forms of money issued or
coined by the United States and for
other purposes,' be and the same Is
hereby approved, and Its Immediate
consideration by the house and passage
after reasonable debate Is recommend
ed and urged."
In pursuance of this resolution, Mr.
pverstreet of Indiana, who introduced
and who Is in general charge of It, will
submit a resolution asking that a spe
cial rule be made for the consideration
of this measure.
The term of this special rule are
practically agreed upon and provide
that the debate will begin next Monday
with a final vote at the close of the
week.
The unanimous approval given to the
bill came after two hours of discussion
and the adoption of two amendments
approved by the framers of the bill.
When the meeting began Mr. Cannon
(III.) surrendered, the chalp to Mr.
Hepburn (la.), In order to present his
views on some modifications he thought
desirable.
These related to the national bank
ing features of the bill, and Mr. Can
non gave It as his Individual opinion
that this branch of the subject might
be better modified or omitted. He dis
tinctly stated, however, that he sup
ported the bill as a whole, and would
vote for It, and this was further shown
when he voted for the resolution of ap
proval. Mr. Cannon's suggestions did
not tiike the form of amendments and
were not pressed.
The main amendment was proposed
by the framera of the bill to clear up
lome ambiguity of the present law. It
ts to be a. new section, numbered 9, and
is as follows:
".Section 9 That section 10 of the act
approved July Li, lf2, entitled, 'An act
to enable national banking associations
to extend their corporate existence,' be
ind the same Is amended so as to read
is follows:
" 'Section 10 That upon a deposit of
bonds, as described In sections Bl.r9
and 5160 of the revised statutes, the as
joelatlon making the same shall be en
titled to receive from the .comptroller
3f the currency circulating notes of
different denominations in blank, reg
istered and countersigned as provided
by law, not exceeding the par value of
the United States bonds so transferred
mil so delivered, and at no time shall
the amount of such notes issued to any
such association exceed the amount
paid In of Us capital stock; and the
provision &171 and &176 of the revised
jtatutes are hereby repealed.' "
Another amendment is to section 4 of
the bill, Inserting the word "redemp
tion" before "fund," to make more
jlaln where redeemed notes and certifi
cates are to be held.
Mr. Warner (III.) offered an amend
ment relating to that feature known as
the Impounding of greenbacks, but he
was satisfied from explanations given
'.hat the amendment was not essential
md It was withdrawn. There were
come other suggestions and tentative
imendments, but none of them were
pressed, and the resolution of approval
was then unanimously adopted.
Mr. Overstreet and his assistants,
who framed the bill, were warmly con
gratulated on having been able to se
;ure such complete unanimity and ap
proval, which Is regarded as giving as
surance that the bill will be passed be
fore the Christmas recess.
BILLS IN THE SENATE.
Washington, D. C. (Sjeclal.) Sever
li hundred bills and Joint resolutions
were Introduced In the senate. Many
f them related to local and personal
interests and many were old bills com
ing over from the last session. The
most Important were the following:
By Mr. Hale For the construction of
l Pacific cable by the navy department,
to be operated by the postofllce de
partment and appropriating til. 000,000
tor this purpose. H Is to run from
inn Francisco to Manila, via Honolulu,
the Midway Islands, Guam and Hollo.
By Mr. Kyle For the establishment
of postal savings banks and a govern
ment telegraph system; for the restric
tlon of Immigration, and a Joint resolu
tion for a constitutional amendment
for the regulation of marriage and di
vorce. By Mr. Harris Joint resolutions for
institutional amendments authorizing
the Imposition of an Income tax and
for the election of senators by the peo
ple, ness.
ISy Mr. Warren For the cession by
the general government of 6,oon,0K,
acres of arid lands to stales, being the
same measure favorably leported last
session, Hnd for the Indemnification of
the states fur school lands proving to
lie coal lands.
By Mr. Chandler to prohibit senators
and representative In congress from
receiving free railroad passes.
By Mr. McEneiy For a deep wat"!
way through southwest pass.
By Mr. Perkins Extending the Immi
gration laws cf the United State tc
Hawaii.
By Mr. Carter Making further pro
vision for the civil government of Alas
ka; to provide for uniform divorce laws
By Mr. Nelson To subject national
banks to the usury laws of the state
In which they may be located.
By Mr. Frye Several measures . foi
the regulation of shipping and the rev
enue service. In addition to his substi
tute for the Hanna-Payne shipping bill
and the bill for the establishment of a
government department of commerce
and Industry,
By Mr. Pettlgrew For the free coin
age of silver.
CONTEST ON TURKU SICATS.
Washington, D. C A meeting of tin
senate committee on privileges and
elections has been called to consldel
the protest against the seating of S.-n
ator Quay uton the appointment of thi
governor of Pennsylvania and the me
morial urging the unseating of Sen
ator Clark of Montana and Henatoi
Scott of West Virginia because of al
leged irregulnrltles in their respectlvi
elections. It I probable that an nrdet
will be made for the taking of test I
mony In the Clark and Rcotl cases, and
that there may thus ocrhr some den
In their consideration. No evidence
however, will be taken In the Qun
case, In which legal points will be con
sidered. Both side of lhat controversS
will be represented by counsel.
IOWA NEWS NOTES.
Creston Is prepared to pay off $2,600
ef It municipal debt.
A new three-story brick hotel has
been started at Wall I-ake.
Over 13,000 In cash prize-s are offered
for the Cedar Itapids poultry Bhow.
John Miller of Hock Valley sold a
1,000-pound hog of his own raising
last week.
The Methodist church at Kenwood
Park, near Cedar itapids, was de
stroyed by lire.
The Southwestern Horticultural so
ciety meets at Logan December 19 to
21, inclusive.
At the Black Hawk county delin
quent tax sale every piece of property
but one was bid In.
The teamsters In the employ of the
Star Coal company at Albia are on a
strike for higher wages.
The charily ball at Dubuque netted
the Home for the Friendless about a
thousand dollars.
A compulsory education law Is being
prepared in Iowa for children between
the ages of 6 and 14.
A miner was found dead in a wine
room at Ottumwa Friday and the po
lice suspect foul play.
Judge Woolson. of the United States
district court at Des Moines, died Mon
day after a long Illness.
A happy couple were united in mar
riage at Corning last week. The small
pox pest house was the scene.
Lawrence Willis of Perry. la., fell
from a train while It was crossing Mid
dle river, near Ford, and was instantly
killed.
Baxter Miles, -a colored miner, wa
found dead In the road near Oskaloosa.
Exposure and an overdose of liquor
was the cause.
The Cass county delinquent tax list
Is so small this year thafthe treasurer
estimates it will take about twenty
minutes to sell It out.
Earl Ferguson of Olarinda has sued
Evangelist Williams for J,"i,O0O damages
for alleged slanderous statements of
the evangelist.
Captain Burton of the Vlllisca com
pany of the Fifty-first Iowa is collect
ing evidence to refute the charges of
cowardice made against him.
Deputy Sheriff Tom Wralsh, while
serving attachment papers on George
Williams near Creston Monday, was
shot and killed by the latter.
W. A. Elliott, superintendent of the
Pocahontas county poor farm, is on
trial at Rolf, charged with cruelty In
whipping some of his patients.
Colonel J. H. Swan, a leading Iowa
lawyer and a veteran of the civil war,
and numerous Indian campaigns, died
at Sioux City Tuesday.
Miss White, one of the teachers in
the Albia schools, asked for a raise in
salary, which the board refused to
grant, and the teacher went on strike.
The receiver of the Iowa Mutual
Building and Ian association of Du
buque says the stockholders will re
ceive 40 per cent of their payments
back.
The case of the First Methodist Epis
copal church of Burlington against the
Smith estate, claiming tlS.000 under a
will, has been decided against the
church.
School at Lynn Grove has been closed
this week and will be closed next week,
or until the possibility of any more
cases of smallpox breaking out is be
yond question.
Smallpox has made its appearance at
Marathon. Dr. George B. Jorkman is
fatally 111 with the disease and a num
ber of persons who are thought to
have been exposed are quarantined.
The federal authorities at Sioux City
have been notified that a filibustering
expedition of fifty Hollanders Is organ
izing at Orange City for the purpose of
aiding the Boers.
The doctors of Iowa, Illinois, Mis
souri, Nebraska and Minnesota are
planning to see the Paris exposition In
fine style. Already the City of Rome
has been chartered for their especial
use.
An enterprising life Insurance solici
tor raised a note of $l(Hi.X6 to $2,100. K.
it Is alleged, and then tried to discount
It at Sioux City. Anticipating trouble,
he made himself scarce, and the of
ficers are now hot on his trail.
Mrs. Lizzie Severs, an Inmate of the
county home at Cedar Rapids, com
mitted suicide Sunday. She tied a
string around a door knob and the
other end around her neck mid, lying
down on the floor, strangled herself.
For over forty years the town of Le
Claire, one of the oldest on the upper
Mississippi, has been waiting and long
ing to S'-c a railroad built there, and
this week the residents hail their de
sire gratified.
A Moulton servant girl accidentally
threw a quantity of powder In the
stove. Her employers have purchased
a new slove and when the doctors get
through with (he servant girl they
hope to have everything restored to its
normal condition.
D. W. Turner, a former member of
company K, Fifty-first Iowa, will de
liver a lecture at Corning on "To Ma
nila and Return," In the academy
course.
No new case of smallpox have been
reported at Corning. The school chil
dren were all sent home to be vacci
nated, or to stay at home until they
were vaccinated.
The new Young Men's Christian as
sociation building at Keokuk, erected
at a cost of t40,00fl, was dedicated on
the evening of Thanksgiving. The
building Is now completed and Is the
only one In Iowa paid for before Its
dedication, according to the (late City.
A mutual sick benefit aj-soelatlon I
being organized by the public school
teachers of Iowa City. The object I
to give at least half pay for a period
not exceeding one year to those mem
bers who are taken sick while on duty.
A:l assessment of about f0 cents
m "V h will be levied. '
Lisbon. Two Russian colonels, a
French general and a French colonel,
who have been engaged by Dr. Leyds
to aaalst In the defense of Pretoria,
left today for Lorento Marquee. They
were escorted to th steamer by the
secretary of the French legation here.
ww K wn-w
B ymy lady's wilding grace,
By the fawn look in her face.
By the light of eyes that lure
Through their salntliness demure,
I am pledged to laugh of sigh
As she smiles or passed by.
By the dreams that fluHh her cheek,
By the wish I dare not speak.
By the holy thoughts that spring
In her spirit's whispering,
I am pledged to reverence meet
In a lover at her feet.
By the grace she deigns bestow,
By her soul's white lily glow.
By a something in her eyes,
Awe and faith and sweet surprise,
I am pledged to cast away
Self, and be what angels may.
lewis Worthington Smith.
The Hired Man.
"You are still determined to spend
your vacation with Grandmother Eton
at the old farm," said Mrs. Armstrong
to her youngest daughter.
"Yes, mamma; I have given her my
promise and I will not disappoint her
or Aunt Julia."
"I am sorry, but I am most anxious
that you should spend the season with
us at Bar Harbor."
"Yes, mamma, but Elsie and Nell
will be with you, and they will make
up for my loss."
"But, my dear, what will Mr. Royl
ston say, or what will he think of
you?"
"Never mind, mamma. Mr. Roylston
will succeed in getitng some one to
amuse him as well as I possibly
could."
"Why, Lottie, how can you talk so
when you know that he adores youT
Robert Roylston Is rich, handsome, and
comes of a good family," said Mr.
Armstrong.
"Yes, and considers that he can take
any girl's heart and kick it about like
a football," added Lottie.
It was not Robert Roylston's fault
that he heard the above conversation,
as he sat on the piazza near the room
where the mother and daughter were
talking.
"So I take young girls' hearts and
kick them round like a football? Eh,
that's what my little spitfire thinks of
me."
"This way, if you please, miss. I will
get your traps aboard."
Lottie Jumped into a comfortable
two-seated carryall, and the hired
man, after stowing away the satchels
and bags, Jumped In and turned the
horses' heads toward the Eton farm
house, a Journey of five miles over the
mountains.
Miss Lottie, sitting in the rear seat,
had ample opportunity to study
Grandmother Eton's hired man.
"Who is your hired man, Aunt Ju
lia?" Lottie a-sked when they were
alone. "Where did he come from?
What Is his. name?" and fifty other
questions in as many seconds were
asked by Lottie.
Aunt Julia answered that he was a
poor student, and came up to the Pro
file Houro, where he expected work,
but was disappointed.
"He said his name wa9 Edmond
Roberts and he came from Plymouth,
only he Is the best hired man we ever
had." ,
Lottie scarcely looked up during
luncheon, but when she did she felt
that the man's eyies were looking
through her.
"flow far is the Profile House from
here, grandma?" when the hired man
left .the room.
"About five miles," said Mrs. Eton.
"Would you have any objection to
Mr. Roberts driving over there this
afternoon?"
"Certainly not."
It did not take him long to get old
Dobbin hitched up, and the look he
gave Miss Lottie when she asked him
kept her thinking where she saw Mr.
Roberts before, but the heavy dark
beard deceived her.
Nearly every day some of the many
places of interest In the New Hamp
shire hills was visited. So much
time did Lottie take of the hired man
that another hand was employed to do
the rough work.
One afternoon they started off on a
huckleberry expedition. They were
warned by Grandma Eton that there
was a storm in the air and to be care
ful. 'Twas late in the afternoon when a
little speck appeared in the sky, but
it grew wonderfully fast and black.
The berry pickers ran at the first
sign of the storm, but when they ar
rived at the place where they had left
their team the storm was at its height.
To make matters worse, old Dobbin
had broken his halter and started for
home.
"What shall we do! Oh, what shall
we do!" cried Lottie. "Oh, Robert, oh,
I mean Mr. Roberts no, I mean Mr.
Roylston! Oh, Robert Bob what shall
we do!" and then, womanlike, she fell
in his nrs In a faint.
H ellfted her in his arms to a nook
on the side of- the mountain road,
which sheltered them from the heavy
rain, and when she recovered she
found his bushy beard against her
lace and his great blue eyes looking
down at her.
She could not help smiling when
Bob Roylston told her that he knew
that she recognized him almost from
the first day, but It took lightning and
thunder from a clear sky to make her
acknowledge It.
But, of course, the clouds cleared
away and the sun smiled down upon
the lovers. Explanations followed.
Lottie said the reason she wouldn't
go to Bar Harbor was on account of
a little flirtation that occurred between
Robert and Aggie Larkln.
He said the reason he did not go to
Bar Ilarbor was that he did not want
to mike a "football out of the girls'
hearts" to kick about as he pleased.
But the fact that Grandmother Eton
had to get a new "hired man," and
that wedding cards had been sent to
the elite at Bar Harbor, the names of
Mis Lottie Armstrong and Mr. Rob
ert Roylston being prominently men
tioned, showed that a happy reconcili
ation had taken place. Boston Post.
The floor of the rotunda In the Lon
don Coal exchange, where the mer
chants gather, Is very unique. It is
composed of Inlaid woods, arranged
In the form of a mariner's compass,
within a border of Greek fret. Up
ward of 4,000 pieces of wood are em
ployed. Almost every British variety
I Included in this scheme of decora
tion. There never wa and never will be
a hair restorer. Even the wlgmaker
can do nothing but supply a bald man
with hair he never had before. New
Orleans Picayune.
The largest wrought Iron pillar la at
Delhi, In India. It Is sixty feet high
and weigh seventeen ton.
Hotel chambermaid are unkwnon In
Mexico. Men make the bed and keep
the room In order.
There are Rome Inn-fellcltle of UN
that we never complain of.
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The new fig rue is built on the line)
of the perfection of the Venua de Mllo.
You must be one size from the bust to
the abdomen in front. You can Imag
ine the size some women's waist wlU
be. It is not modish to have a wasp
like waist nowadays, and therefore the
wasplike waist must go, like so many
other tabooed things in this world of
ours.
The new female figure Is straight in
front, curving In at the sides over the
hops. Now the question comes in,
how are you going to make a figure
straight which has been curving ever
since corsets were worn?
The conundrum is solved in thi
fashion. Some women who curve in
very much wear pads over the stom
ach, making themselves solid from the
bust to the abdomen, taking away any
semblance of a curve in front, and re
sembling more than anything else, pic
tures of fashion plates in Queen Eliz
abeth's time, but as usual, presenting a
great improvement over the original.
These new, straight front corsets, in
order to obtain the proper shape, have
done away with the short, bust gore,
everything being straight in front and
long over the abdomen. From hygien
ic standpoints this must certainly be
more healthful than corsets made to
compress the stomach and produce the
curve which has now gone out of fash
ion. For slender figures the same lines
are carried out but the corset is made
shorter on the hips. Even the little
empire corsets, which are shown for
young girls, have the straight front.
Of course all the shops carry a stock
of corsets built on the oldtlme lines,
but these are generally of a cheaper
grade. All the expensive, well-made
corsets are fashioned on the new mod
els. The ever popular ribbon corset 1
shown in three sizes, and in pale blue,
pink, violet, black and white. These
are very dainty for a slim, girlish fig
ure, but no earthly use to a stout per
son. As it is necessary to be full
breasted, and so many women sink in
under the arms, instead of using pads
which everyone will acknowledge un
healthy, the bust of the corset is
filled in with many ruffles of white
gros-grain ribbon, and the experiment
has proved satisfactory.
ONION CROP.
Onions by the carload, in sacks,
crates and farm wagons, arrive la
Chicago every day. From fifteen to
twenty carloads of the vegetables are
used dally. While the 2,000,000 or more
residents of this city do not eat twenty
carloads of onions each twenty-four
hours, that amount is required for do
mestic and manufacturing purposes.
If the stage heroine wants to 'get up
a good, lasting flow of tears for an
evening performance she cannot do bet
ter than to pay a visit to one of the
storehouses in South Water street, fill
ed to the very roof with onions. Tell
a funny story to a companion while you
are escorting him along the top story
of the warehouse and he will appear to
laugh until he cries. At least large
tears are sure to roll down his cheeks.
He can't help It unless he has been in
the onion business. E. P. Jackson,
known as the "onion king" of South
Water street, can tell such stories and
explain the virtues of onions In such a
plausible manner that the most decided
protester against the vegetable will
agree with him that the onion Is the
ideal vegetable.
This year, according to Mr. Jackson,
the onion crop has yielded nearly dou
ble over the last few years. The crop
o ffall onions is coming in each day
and in any of the railroad yards on
can find a car of onions without hunt
ing. Northern Indiana has yielded a
phenomenally large crop and all the
railroads crossing this district are kept
busy shipping onions to the local mar
ket. The farmer Is also bringing In his
supply. The mud-covered farm wag
ons roll into South Water street at all
hours, and the farmers are glad to get
35 to 40 cents a bushel. Mr. Jackson
says the raising of onions cost them
little or no work and whatever they
bring is nearly all profit. In the big
warehouse at 76 South Water street
the floor and rooms are divided Into
districts. The silver leaf, red globe, yel
low, common red, Spanish and white
and yellow pickle onions each have a
different section. The pickle onion is
much sought for and orders for this
grade come In faster than they can be
tilled.
In the stock yards many of the pack
ing firms UBe several carloads each
week In manufacturing sausage while
the dealers in can soup use many.
The hotels, at least the large ones, buy
a carload of onions at a time and have
them sent to their air-tight storage
rooms in the hostelries. The manner
of sorting and storing the onions has
been reduced to science. To prevent
their "sprouting" they are stored In
high and dry rooms with plenty of
light and air. -Chicago News.
THE BIXD RED BANNER.
Royal and national colors vary with
nations and times;but since Cain slew
Abel, blood red has been the sign of
revolt. In the earliest revolt known
to history, when the Persians rose
against their kings 4,000 years ago,
they were led by a blood-red banner,
and during the riots which took place
only the other day in Paris, the men
In the blood-red caps were followed
by the mob.
A blood-rel flag waved over Bunker
Illll when the Americans fought for
liberty, and it was the emblem of the
German peasants In their great up
risings in 1424, 1492 and 1525. Blood
red was the color of the trade union
flags during the middle ages, and it
formed the background of the emblem
of the Swiss confederacy In 1315.
Through the whole of the French and
every other national history, those
striking In their own ways for liberty
have worn the blood-red cap and hailed
the blood-rea banner as their leader.
It ts a curious fact that never has a
monarch chosen It as his color. It ha
been left sacred to revolutionists.
MAY HAVE AN EGRET FARM.
The egret crest, so much prized, may
not be so valuable, If the scheme of
an enterprising Arizona man prove
feasible. According to the Yuma Sen
tinel, a citizen of that borough pro
poses to establish an ergret farm. He
thinks he can domesticate the egret
by clipping their wings, and Intend
to Install a colony of them on a big
stretch of marshy land along the river
bottom near Yuma. Egrets, which are
tropical birds of the heron family,
have been found In great abundance
near the mouth of the Colorado river,
but there is ome danger of their ex
tinction, a great numbers are killed
each year for their feather. The feath
er of the egret's crest sell for $32 an
ounce. The Yuma man figures that
ten bird will yield an ounce a year.
Quaint old Matthew Henry say:
She wa not made out of hi head to
top him, not out of hi feet to be
trampled on, but out of hi aide to be
equal to him, under hi arm to be pro
tected, and near hi heart to be beloved.