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1 lZ7QdlzZ New York Weekly: Wife You are JuM aa ugly as you can be. Kef ore we were married you used to hold m close In your arms by the hour. Hus baxid Did I! Hum! Well, I suppose It wm to keep you from talking. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, : Frank J. Cheney make oath that ne ts senior partner of (he firm of F. J. Cheney It Co., doing buslnedg ln the City of Toledo, County and State afore aaid, and that said firm will pay the aum of ONli HCNDKKI) DOM.A HS for each and every cane of Catarrh that cannot op cured t the use of ---Hall's-Catarrh Cure. FKANK. J. CHKNKY, Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, thin th day of De cember, A. D. JS86. A. W. GI.F.AXON, (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taktn inter nally, and acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Bend for testimonials, free. F. J. CHKNKY tc CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family 1'illn are the best. There are an many different dialects spoken In China as In Kuiope. YOU NEED A WATCH AOKKAT BARGAIN Hr bittlt-K "UI BiUmJ match, dr. ; Winn, in'itl atiiu mhiii rm4 MiMr. Smd m jour naoH, KudrvMt mrl uemrwn mxrwm om mini mm mil mn& you tb wai. b. Yen rxm m am it anil tr it kM.k wil I tut u wfttfb parnnwiairriit t3 7ft a.'iU tfb chain anil ohamt for ircnm or lo h loifrnru eliain for lullw K.t PV -a. Tilt WEBER "I ftinimn, tarad- Hera, cuutrt. wraaiart, ao. fraa Mtolotua lw ail Wtiwr Gm FOR MEN ONLY. Tvaa Bookl We will oor eirgaai 0 y I v v i pf book id an; our hn Is sfllcitd and la nertt on rvoneat of Inform Iftoa. Our Uook is Int floest Ykm-Ii of the kind vcr psbinhcd and U of great alui to aor one wk1uer in oe4 of medical treatment or not. W tena I he biiok is plain rarelooe Mated. Write for it lodae be pua'.al card or letter - A4dretf DBS. FELLOWS A FELLOWS, 21 W. Walnut St., Da Moines, la. Whan writing, mention this paper. THE IMPROVED SOKE FIGURES 01 NEBRASKA ALFALFA. Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) The agricul tural experiment station of the Uni versity of Nebraska has issued a bulle tin detailing experiences and results of experiments with alfalfa. During the winter Just past a list of between 600 and 700 names of successful alfalfa raisers was collected and to each per son waa sent a report bjank calling for a definite statement regarding the processes he employed ln obtaining his crop. There were 2SS stands reported upon upland and 273 upon bottom land, Kven In the western portion, of the state the amount of alfalfa on the up land is shown to be considerable and satisfactory results are evidently ob tained, although naturally the yield of huy is smaller than on the bottom lands of that region. ln the eastern part of the state some- 'hat - heavier -y.ieldft-appear.t0. Jm .at tained from bottom land, but loss front winter killing or other cause Is great er. Twenty-three reports state that upland is inure satisfactory than bot tom land. These come principally from the eastern portion of the state or the Irrigated land of the western portion. An astonishing feature of the replies is the large amount of alfalfa that they show to be growing on land with a clay subsoil, sandy clay, clay loam, clay and lime, etc., are not counted in clay. In spite of this limitation, IV clay or gumbo subsoils are reported. A clay or even a gumbo subsoil does not appear to be a barrier to successful alfalfa culture. MKTMuD OF PKKPA RING SOIL.. The seed bed was prepared by plow ing and further working in 'STi cafes and by disking or cultivation in seventy-live. Among the latter is one method that appears to be popular :ind sutisfactory. This consists in thor oughly disking corn land after all trauh has been removed from the Held. In the western part of the slate there are a number of good stands of alfiilfa ob tained by breaking prairie sod. disk ing It and harrowing In the seed; also by disking the unbroken sod and har rowlng in the seed. The latter com mends ItHelf as an easy way of sup plementing the native grasses in pas tures. The tendency to dispense with plowing; on unlrrlgflU-d land imrea-ses wllh the distance westward from the Missouri, A study of the dales of sowing al falfa seed ill the spring shows a rantce from early March to late June, al though where udvice was volunteered it wits practically unanimous -In favor of early sowing? There were only eight reports of summer or fall sorting, or whicn one was sown in July, four in August and three in September. Hamlin's Wizard Oil la a good medi cine; pain and suffering cannot abide with it; your druggist will tell you so. (Muss Is the most perfectly elastic substance In existence. A shots plule kept under pressure In a bent condi tion for twenty-live years will return to its. exact original form. Steel comes next. KIMBALL BROS. CO., Mfga. M61 th Kt. - - Council Bluffs. la. Omaha Olfice. - - - 1010 11th St. TttVWettrJiilor" Pumper hen W hm4 It otaar UOf. Etu W CTM rumy tug wtiti, rtd wwiH, all rrn Me lton mad. ttr totUrl, ny Wtf un cpr&l it. crerr to fro H P. tUtvi ff MV- JUujm CUj, Ma, 1 MUFORmi mn4 Return. Asnl 21 to 71. May 27 to Juno I. uttt2tot. Burlington Kantt. Liberal rotitrn limn end Moy-ovcr privil-)(r. 'I'ltro't urtpaitllte xrand.'vt t-eocry tn Ariio Ak llm aicnl or itir, J. FRANCIS, C. P. A., OUAHA. The gold contained In the medals, vessel, chains ami other objects pre served In the Vatican would make more gold than the whole of the pres ent European circulation. Nothing quite so good to allay puin from many causes as is Hamlin's Wiz ard Oil. iOc and $1.00 per bottle. REGENT Shoe Co's "ONIMOD" $3.50 JVandV $2,50 SHOE MEN. VERY AGED NKGRKSS. Mall orders have special attention. Add 2Sc, wiien ordering by mall, to cover cost of pin king and mailing. "Onlmod" shoes are the most sty! Ish and most serviceable shoe sold. We manufacture all our own shoes and sell direct to the wearer. None g"iiulne without this trade matk: REGENT SHOE CO. 20S 8. ISth St. Otn&hai, Nebr., Write for Catalogue No. 99. WAS BORN KEAK WASHINGTON 110 TEARS AOO. Jant Bivers of New Orleans and Her Husband Both Over the Century Xark. had so long and so deiterously h dled. From tbli time onward the.'r lives have placidly flowed toward tia great ocean of etwnlty. Plenty at. hon est toll, well-earned repose by eUhi faithful attendance upon the ordinance of me church constituted the Bum total of variety. Only one child cam a the result of their marriage, but long before the war it was laid In the grav. A son of Thomas Hi vera by a former wife still Uvea to be the comfort of his old age. But Thomas is not dependent There are few Individuals In the!ln his son's labor. The federal goj- world Ave score and ten years of age, j and fewer t-een Thomas iernment has recognised the service score auu ueu jei ui , , . . . . . . , ,1 till who can boat of haviuR "hu'b he rendered during the ar and nas Jefferson when. In Re-1 LKranteu h m pension of $12 a publican simplicity, he mountod his, """ "a" " 7 Tnl. ., Virginia steed and rode to bis inauBura- manage to make ends meet living eco tion, says the New Orleans Picayune, pomically and thanking heaven that live to celebrate their uu- " BLANK E'S FAUST BLEND The Finest Selected Mocha and A'AJava Coffee, A' A) CALL AT YOUR GROCER FOR IT. C E Blanke Tea & Coffee Co., IT. LOUI5 KANSAS CI TV CHIC AOO NtiW VOKK Very few couples golden wddinf, but rarely Indeed does It happen that a couple of thia-day can look back far enough to see Andrew thunders which echoed about the Amer ican capital in the second war with England. Negroes sometimes reckon their ages by the "falling stars, but when, in old age. When a rp;rtr saw them !n their little home on Josephine street, he found them both willing to tell the story of their lives. Thomas, on whom the years weighed heavily, sat in a chair by the door, holding a whip, with which he occasionally chastised the Marcu, 1902, one remembers how, 70 : cat. ln nis prime ne must nave mu a years ago, as a woman of 40, she i powerful man. ruuy six ana a nan ieei viewed that marvelous display, telling tail. But his long frame is now stripped about It, with a voice as strong as that i of its flesh and the great muscle nave which sang today's grandmothers to : disappeared from nis arms, ne ana an sleep in their cradles; when a woman day long in nis cnair, orowsny iiouuuib of 110 winters keeps her house, ti.ies i the moments away. His sight has a I her own work, and bosses her 103 1 out raueu, ana nis memory. ioo, . a. years' old husband, retaining all of her ! most gone. When roused, his face loses mental and much of her physical actlv-! something of its painful expression an ity when these things come to pass it ; expression so pathetic, that even the Is time to stop and wonder if the patri- n a meat nearx woum urai ...u Wltn pity lor me oiu panaicu. His wife was out in the yard, hii' after an attempted welcome, the old i man seemed to realize his failure and I called "Jane!" "Jane!" "Old woman!" archal days are not returning, Jaue Rivers wan born 110 years ago, on a plantation three miles from where Washington, D. C, now stands. She was one among several hundred slaves be- COUNTRY-UBU8HIMC0, OMAHA. Vol- S-No. ' in the public schools In Japa" I Kngllsh languHge is required to be, Uuaht by law. The jHmiiee youth In , hoiVn I.Mls and commercial clll.-s are aU eager lo learn Kngllsh ' , Js.,M,rt to weallh, posHI"" '" -' j ploy men t. t r ... ii it The lantern of the l-umiy lighthouse is M0 feet above high .-, and can ! seen tblrty-one n s. " J1" longing to John Iand, who raised tobac- j Jane answeid huskily from the Kar oo, wheat, rye, corn and other products 1 den and directly appeared at the doo, necessary to the proper conduct of his i carrying a bucket of water. Although almost feudal manor. At an early aflve years older than Thomas, she ap gue was selected from the number of pears much younger. Indeed, few pickaninnies who toddled about the! women 70 years of age can step as quarters, carried to the "big house," ! quickly or speak more heartily than and instructed In those various domes-1 Jane Rivers, who, 40 years ago, was 71 tic arts which contributed to my lady'B I Heated, she looks hardly more than 00, comfort and aristocratic elegance. Al- but when she rises hr age sterns to though this (for her) momentous event increase; the hack becomes moreJient. took place nearly a hundred years ago, the step reveals the weakness of old she recalls it as easily as though it hup-1 age. She spoke readily of her past life. fl Psycholcg'cal Error. KV WII.UAM KOHHTKR BROWN. ' Copyright, M1, by Authors'' Syndicate.) IN a sort of veiled way Johnson was the butt of the "By Force of Arms" company. Why Crandall had taken him on was a question concerning which that reticent person offered no Information, but it was generally con ceded with a possible exception that as the new member showed very little talent as an actor, the nearly ended season and the minor part to be filled aeconnted for it The leading man treated him with lofty condescension; the soubrette poked open fun at his staid ways and labored effort In acquiring the "busi tvpss" ol fats liart, and Hanson, the comedian, remarked facetiously one afternoon after Johnson had failed twice to respond to cues: "That fel low ought to be with Joe Jefferson as understudy; he could do the 20 years sleep in Rip out of sight." Miss Mar voile, the leading lady, alone failed to remark on any of Johnson's shortcom ings possibly because she was a kind-hearted girl and hated to hurt an vone's feelings. If Johnson resented the ridicule and covert sarcasm of which he was the cb.loct he made no sign, but went blind ly on, not doing the things he should have done, and doing with effusion thie which he should not to have tioi'f : standing on his dignity when ciirmon sense should have taught 1 1 i i , i to unbend, and. because of his la- k of insight into the true inward ress of things theatrical, becoming familiar when it would have been to ins j i! vantage to have remained dig- i; l ilea poned yesterday. And she recalls it proudly, not because of her wondrous memory, but because her white mis tress thought her worthy to adorn the sewing-room. It was here that she saw Jefferson put his foot in the Btirrup, mount his horse and ride to the capitol. She does not remember details, but the essential fact of seeing the Democratic president and: hearing the guns which thundered at his Inauguration is firmly fixed in her mind. This recollection Is one of the pleasures of her old age, and one which renders her an object of vetiera and some awe among ber friends and acquaintances. She does not recall how long she remained on the plantation or how old she was when she left, or why she was sold, but the next landmark t.i her life is connected with New Orleans. She was put up for sale here and sold to Mr. Javls. an Englishman, who lived at Southwest pass. Here her house keeping value was soon discovered, and she became the mlstrese of the kitchen. Mr. Javls was her last master, but his kitchen was not her last one. When freedom came it meant no change in her ocupation, but simply a change tn kitchens, b'ntll a few years ago she served various families of this city, making a record for Industry and hon esty, of which ijhe Is today Justly proud. She declares now that her culinary skill has not been impaired by age. and describing Jefferson as he appeared in his long blue coat and short trousers. She said he mounted on the "turnpike road." declaring she could go and point out the identical spot where he stood by his horse. The Good Old Days. Jane Rivers has several divided opin ions. One is her view of the "good old days." In the golden age of her life the relations between the whites slavery, however, were soon resiionsi ble for his departure, and one bright summer day he found himself standing ln the same market with the Virginia woman, who afterward became bis wife. They were sold to the same master. Mr. Javis, and shortly afterwards married, or. in bis own language, "came togeth er." Their lives were thenceforward and blacks were at the zenith of proper adjustment. In that time the white masters cared for their slaves, lavish ing upon them not only physical neces sities and comforts, but abundance of love and . constant attention to the wants of those so utterly dependent upon Uw'tn. Today. Jane thinks, things are changed. WhHe people take care of themselves and leave the negroes alone. Th mutual affection which beautified the obf relation exists no more except In Isolated Instances. Few are so fortunate as to have an old master or old white friend who regards Skill nas not oeen impaireo Dy age. ana , .,,.redlv that even the un- KiCttkni iiik "inur t',i,ra -ikiim vui n the Idea of her remaining In retirement. But If she cannot pre?ide over another's kitchen, she Is at least not deprived cannot obliterate things that are now ! only memories. And Jane is one of the ! fortunate. Occasionally there comes : from the family of her owner some thing that, sends a thrill of love and ! brings tears of gratitude. She does not . 1. ..m ikn msiimv althjfcilish enjoyment of authority, however, has - purchase Home little luxury for her of the honor of controlling her iwn. In her little, home she is the autocrat of all tables and all functions. Her long not made ber dictatorial, but only de cided. If she rules with a rod of Iron, she also has a kindly touch which soothes like the balm of Gllead. Thomas Rivers is fiw years the ju nior of his wife. He hails from South Carolina, being a "city negro," born in the good old patriotic Charleston. His master was John Clink, who kept a grocery store at the corner of Common and Boulder streets. The exigencies of uneventfully united until the ruggle of the no's, when Thomas, yielding to his belligerent Impulses and to his overmastering desire for freedom, join ed the federal ranks and shouldered a musket in behalf of the United States government, lie was gone foitr full years, but when the smoke of battle had cleared away and he was his own mas ter to vote aim be voted for, to work, or be Idle, he returned to his ante-bellum brld- and claimed her as his property by virtue of the holy bonds of wedlock. It was after the war when the couple, already past the meridian of life and fast approchlng the allotted space of mundane existence, removed to New Orleans. ThomsH hired himself to the warehouses, while Jane prnceened to lay hold upon the frying pan. which she husband and herself; It is the warm heart of the sender that is dear to the old couple, the memories which com surging up when the names of her dear white "children" greet her ears. Those are the sounds which make their aged hearts bent Joyously as in the days of their youth; these are the acts which make crystal tears sparkle in eyes long dimmed Jane Is a Methodist, bivt Thomas is a genuine Haptist. Through all the years they have pursued (oparate theo logical paths, but now that the path way Hen mostly behind, they see that the end of both Is the same. They cannot attend church, but at regular In tervals a faithful pastor visits them, and there, In the little parlor, like the Christians of an earlier time, they wor ship. No organ peals as they sing the praises of their King; no grand cathe dral frames t hem with grandeur. Their worship is in those temples not made with hands, their music Is the whis perings of a celestial voice, sounding across their heart strings In strains whose sweetness is a foretaste of heaven. CELT AND SEMITE WIN THEM. It takes 2.SW silkworms lo make n pound of silk, and these o. ;'? ounda of leaves before they spin their Another statistician has been work ing pencil and Imagination, with tbm result: If all the petroleum product last year In the I nllrJ States was put In standard barrels In a row touching each other, the line would rornplet" ly belt the earth. Knougb gold whs pio duced lo give three and a half to m lo eery one of the seventy-six milll n persons In the Culled Hates ami enough gold to give every American a gold dollar. rut. - ,i t.l turner mukinir has reached the point where It Is possible to cut down a growing tree and convert ! , Into paper suitable for printing pur ,M"M within twrnty-four hours. One of the moet prominent Hebrews of New York City is Edward lauterbacb, lawyer and Anancier. Hi two daughter are to be marired oon, J'loreaoe to Henry Graf Hersh field, Edith to Clarence Godfrey Mo-Davltt. question In them turned his face sud denly white: "I'll try," he said, sim ply, and walking over be dropped bis hand on the little coffin. "My friends," be said, quietly, and somehow the dignity he had always lacked sceemed to fall on him all at once like a mantle. "I'm not a church man, but, believe me, the little one lying there needs no minister to speak for him to the one who said: 'Suffer little chldren to come unto me.' I doubt not the one you love Is looking down on u today, well and happy, from that land where there is no sorrow nor crying waiting until that better day when, in the fullness of time, where he Is, there you shall be also." Then, reverently, and ln a voice that betrayed none of the hesita tion of the footlights, Johnson repeat ed the Lord's prayer. That night as Johnson wag dressing Tor the first act 'Ranwal came into his room. "Old man," he said in a curious ly shaky voice, "forgive me for the nasty things I've said to you; you are a better man than I than any of us and I honor you." "No, no." cried Johnson, grasping the proffered hand with a beaming face, "don't say a better one; besides, I knew you were only chaffing me and I don't blame you for It. I know well enough that I can't act like you or Parker, and I'm going home tomor row. That letter you saw me reading was from my father; be's found ont that he made a mistake about some thing that happened years ago, and be wrote asking me to forget and forgive. I shan't have to be the square ptg in the round hole any more; and, by the way, Ransom, I want you to be the first to , congratulate me. Miss Mar velle is going, too she promised to marry me on the way back from the funeral this afternoon." To further compile ite lii relations with his fellow players. Johnson had .'aiie.i hud ovo? heels la Ivo with Helen Marvvlle and showed it, regard ing her with a dog-like devotion in his eyes that proclaimed his secret, which redoubled the witticisms at his expense. "She would as soon look at 'Props.' the kid. said Parker, disgustedly, who, by reason of his playing leads, felt himself something of a mentor. "Johnson's got nerve to even look at her in the way he does. I don't believe Miss Marvelle remember his two-by- twice existence half the time." Park A GBEAT ATJK'S WING. Important Scientific Discovery Hade in Florida. Dr. Oliver P. Hay, assistant cura tor in the department of the verte brate palaeontology, at the American Museum of Natural History, has made a discovery which will cause a etir among ornitholoKists. Among a num ber of bones and shells sent to him recently lor examination, by State Geologist Willis S. Blatchley of in- er was not without interest in the.diana. Prof. Hay found the humerus, handsome leading lady on his own ac-jthe upper wing bone of a great auk's count. wing, the bird having been extinct "By Force of Arms" was to close on . since 1844. the New Kngland circuit, and one The remarkable feature of the dls beautlfnl spring day as the company 1 covery is that the bone was dug from was making a long jump between a mound at Ormond on the southern cities, a washout in the hills delayed , coast of Kionda. Hitherto the north- the train "at nowhere in particular," as Ransom put It. clambering out of the car to stretch hiH legs. "Come on, you people." he called back gayly to em coast of Massachusetts was sup posed to have been the most south erly point ever reached by the bird. The box in which the specimens his companions, "I've found a little ! were sent to Dr. Hay contained a largo road out here that's lost and I'm going : number of rare sheds, and it was sev to explore it; the conductor says we!eral days before the wing bone waa shan't start for three hours." j discovered. Ihe flat shape of. the hu- An abrupt turn and the party was ; merus was peculiar and Dr. Hay call out of sight of the train the fresh jp,) jn prof, j. a. Auen, the ornitholo- green county through which the road i gst au( his assistant Mr. Chapman, wound absolutely devoid of signs of human life. Parker and Miss Marvelle walked on ahead discussing chaiiceg for next season. Ransom, bringing up the rear, railed Johnson unmercifully regarding a letter the comedian had discoverer! him reading on the train. "From Frohraan?" he Inquired, with mock Interest. "No," responded Johnson, who ap peared to be in unusually good spirits, "it Isn't from a girl, either." Uncon sciously Ransom's hand sought the in ner pocket of his coat and at the other's quizzical laugh he began to study the landscape with a very red face. The road a mere cart track for a consultation. Dr. Allen ex pressed the belief that it belonged to the auk family and a comparison was made with specimens in the museum. The comparison proved without ques tion that the bone was that of an auk. Dr. Hay was elated, but Instead of informing Prof. Blatchley at once, he' wrote asking for full particulars as to the find. He received an answer which told of a recent fossil-hunting trip to Florida, and the mound in which the bone was found was de scribed as being 1.100 feet long, 250 leet wide and 10 feet high. Dr. Hay ! said yesterday to a Sun reporter: I "There are but five stuffed speci mens of the great auk tn this conn- ing, the party found themselves enter- t'X. on he ! one at the Smithsonian, Ing a country graveyard, a primitive institution, Washington; one at the , . i u!.. t m.11.. Inclostire of straggling stones and a!ai'aa.my OI ia ' ' few huge pine trees. Under one of the delphia. one at Vassar college and on latter was a small open grave-by at harvard. The eggs are valued at the side of it. a somber blot on the 13.000 each and there are but two ia bright sunshine, a tiny coffin. (this country, at Washington and Pbl- Agalnst It, her slender bodv shaking ;adelphia. with sobs, lay a woman striving seem-j "The great auk is of the Alca lm ingiy to clasp it In her arm while! pennis species, so called because it about her stood perhaps a score of peo-! does not fly. It was the king of all pie. their uneasy glances and' shifting ' bird swimmers and was known to movements showing plainly that the situation was beyond them. ' Ijt's get out of here," whispered Parker, turning hurriedly, "i don't tare for any funerals in mine. I'm going back." Before he could carry out his intention, a man left his place among the mourners and hesitatingly approached. Won't you wait a min ute, mister, he said, awkwardly. "Mebbe there's some of your folks kin say a prayer, and I'd take it mighty kind If they would. Y' see," dive to great depths. It inhabited C.reeland. Iceland. Labrador, New foundland, the west coast of Ireland, and bones have been found in shell ' heaps along the Maine and Massa chusetts coasts. "The only way I can explain its ex istence in Florida is that some of the birds may have migrated there during a severe winter. When thlsi fact becomes generally known we may hear of bones being found betweem Massachusetts and Florida, and in with a sudden choke, "my little boy Is that event we would be certain of. laying over there, and his mother is j tnPir having at one time inhabited nigh distracted 'cos there ain't any-itna.t section of the hemisphere. The body to kinder ask Ood to look after him before we have to go and leave him all alone. We're Just plain folks, without much hook learning, and the minister couldn't get here; city folks, I take it'" Miss Marvell's troubled eyes veered swiftly from the speaker's anxious great auk was the same to the north ern hemisphere as the penguin is to the southern. It measured about 30 inches from tip of tail to beak and, was three-toed. The wing was only six inches in length. In the early part of the present century the birds- were nlent fin . but they were klliea face to the pathetic group tinder the b tne thoHands by fishermen, who nrn n n .4 t 1 n K.i in linM null t l.nnl' . . i . i trees, and then hack to her conipm Ions; and it came home to her with sudden force how completely the homely appeal had sounded the shal lowness of their natures. Ransom, with an abstracted air. wa making little holes in Ihe ground with bis cane, and Parker's countenance hove an expression of lofty boredom she wondered, with swift half-scorn, wny she hud ever wistaken It for the sign t atural of high breeding; the Idol was nothing but clay, after all, "For shame," she said, Indignantly, after a silence. "Can't any of you men say somethinganything to comfort that poor mother: haven't you any feel ing?" Parker turned away his head and Ransom shook his vigorously. The leading lady's eyes caught Johnson s The Dowager Duchess of Argyll Is causing consternation in the court and political circles of Kngland' by refusing to B'ibmit the manuscript of her forth enmlnir hloffl'a uhv of the late duke to ! and held ihem. Something In the mute Ihe official revision usually required. used them for food and sold tne feathers. "Prof. Cones In a work published in 1872 tells of a great auk having been found at St. Augustine, labrador, In 1870, which was sold In France for $200. No trace has been found of this) bird, and the report Is generally dis credited. This makes it almost cer tain that ihe bird became extinct prior to 1844. The auk was all mar ine and lived upon fish exclusively New York Sun. Pobfit Storey of Irwin. Pa., has re C"'$1 a letter from Andrew Carnegie. Ii-formlne him that he had been placed on the pension list of the old railroad ers who were employed on the Pennsyl vania railroad und 'f Mr. Carnegie. The t-tter mivr that n check for 120 would ho i-ent monthly, beginning" with April. Mi. Storey was a freight conductor In the early nlxlles. Two men, unknown t him, one dav boarded the tender of hi -i train, and when Storey discovered them he ordered them off. Afterward Sorry learned that one of the men was Andrew Carnegie. The notice of be ing on the pension list Is the first com munication Mr. Storey has received from Mr. Carnegie. Should Be Consistent. Philadelphia Press: Towne You say you didn't like his behavior on that occasion. Browne No, he's an awful end, und Towne But on this pat ticiiar occa sion his behavior wasn't caddish at all. Browne That's Jnut It. He's such an awful cud he should never act lik a genllcmnn. It given people a wrong ImpreKslon of him. Rev. Antoinette Brown Black well Is the dean of the women lecturers of thu t'nitftl Slates. She made ber first up peurance un the platform Iv !.