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V SOON TO STtPOUl urtu riflftotiot roa or iuuiit uik. BCMIA MUNCE MIRSKY TO RETIRE SOatDIALLT HATfcU II COUKT, BUT WHAtlk.t At WELL. atla-4 WHh Bat Alius Mlntatrj of latarlar I C fcanraiiwr- ati I p - fr-c t A rtuur of Fart riL ' ST. PETF.RSHURG. The Associ ated pie s Is lu a position to state p.iliveiy that Eiupeior N clmlas bas oi.t ft accpleo Prince &vU;o fiiiHi-Mirkj're.li,a lonol the u.lri sl i of the iiiteiiur. J tie wimbtei Informed lils uiaj sly of Ins desire to te rtlUvert of the t lie; because Ihe laipdiljl rtfurui pugiaui old tut go far tuoiuh to liidt h s views, but the emperor si far las nrsuaued blm tu iemain In I lie ministry. Prince SUtoj,t'U Mlr-ky's retire merit ooi, however, Is regarded as Cmta'o, and l. Wlite. apyaituily Is equal y ci rlili) of becomlm Hie liis oiarck of liiissia, oesptte the- fact itin lie I coidiallv haled as well as Jeared ul couit. Eeu tlie euerot eeius tu surlnk the Influence U this irni'g uian, wh cu la aiopitd as ac counting for his rtluctance loirlve up 1'iluce hviatopok-M lisity so lonw as M. ft lite suuas as the only aker tjilive. M. Wltte's friends, however, do not Uheve he will accept Hi i min istry of the Interior, being of the Opluloo thar, nothing lest than the post of chancellor, wnlch would give birr oQiclal olgnity as well as power, ,wouia a isfy him ir the emperor ebould call hi 10 to the helm at the 'present crisis. ' M. VMite bad another long aud leuee with haiperor Nicliu as. How ioug ti. present situation will last 1b I hatnoi.ui to piedict. PtS-ibly SKittii weeks may elap.e bef. re l'riuce fivialopoik-Mliksy's htial decision U reached. LOMHJN. The correspondent at Tort Ailhur or the D-lly Mail says th.it oo Jaouar- 8 twenty Japanese wcia kill d ov tue exloaiou of Comia:l mine Inside one of the forts cod that tfio uiiues la the tou also eipioded, I J rie Dully Ttlcgraph's I'ort Arthur eorrepiiiueut Bays that according to tuiie by prisoneis the real do f'lidji Of toe Krtresit wag Mdioi Okiierdl Koudrateiuo, ccuouunii r of tue bevtiitu E.tst, tiiLeiian rifle briuade, woo waa killed bjctniber IS, aud that bad be lived It la pro bable the f. mess wi.ulil oot have loeeii suirendtrca. General tiioesstl, tbe coirespiideiit ados, was lncnued jto su'iender as eaily as last August. I The ganUoo, be coot ludeg, Id cludid lO.ooo 1'oles, wbo wtie India en nt tigiht rs. LUscMiiig the effect of the fall of Toil Aithur od the near eastern qutstiou, the Couslautluopio Cuirej Ijjoodeut of the Times Says thai be jitf in Kussia's Ilvhk ibihty has le- Ceived a severe slio. k. Tuikey Is quiie alile to appriciate tbe mili tary blrfuitkanoe of the turn of atiulr lu the fr east aud is likely tuklltTeu in thtlr alliluoe toward tbe letoriolnu powers In Macedonia. Already lhre are Indications that Turkey is preparing severe repieislve uearuies to h.rstall the appreheucied rislig in li'" Bpnug, but t here 1st leassi.i) to fear that the nieisuies may baten rather than aveit tbe ouibieak. , FAUIS. Tbe Japaoesfl legation prunoiinces the aliened dlsclouns Of the Cho O'l'arls to the effect that Japau I ad punned a ciuioain igAnst F.'i ncli Inrto-Chloa to be a fdihiicati'io. The legation Us: "Ne declare once for hIi tbit Japan h never bad designs upon Aldilc p'e-iblons of any European power, lis pasefit war against ltusfia 11 smeiy f i nailunal dtfeuse Bgali.sl Ibe ineiiacc of Uusiian In- rdkhli lu tin- lai east." bT. l-E'iLUsbUltO.-A Frerch Bilmary allacUe, who bas Just 16 ituru. d from tbe far east in an Inter le tipietsed Ibe firmest condden tbl o spile ibe reveiaei suilered hy the luia-t I'D land and set, tbey could prosecute tbe war to a aucceaa (ill oiiiah. flo Mention Made of Smoot SALT LAKE. Tbe measaita of Clovirnor Joiiu C. Culler was dt liven d to Hie leglslatuia this after biioii. Uovroor CuUer maset no irleretico to ibe ai-ltallon agaln t JUed nlO't and refrrriif tu tie cifvilouof .'enator Tlionna Kesrns' uMier si u, ply taya ih.it ,,nit lu Importance tu doing true) woik IS dolig It wiihnul uni'Mary delay." Tlit uirBa;e It uaoy a fetlew ot AIM reumu tf ttate o (Boat a. M0K SHIPS l-UR Ubf BISM4 WILL AHSKMMLK THIRD Irara el frt ink AdvaaLafe My ( Bient-ars Fort. Will Hard I SL PETE lis KURU. Ibe Kus' cootirtD' toe tru Temp's report 01 yttteiday that tbe first division 01 the Thud l'acltic squadiou wil. leave Libau at tbe tnd if Jaouai) and will cotsUl of tbe warships Ad miral benalaviu Gtneial Admiral Apraxine, Aotulral Uusbak. fl auu Mi h . I. is I, the ciulsef VlaOinur Monoiuarb aud several lorpedo boat OtSiioyeia aud lurpeoo ooats. lu a liiwtny review of the mili tary situation tbe Iovue Vrtmya u nfU iuimealdle leiiifoiceoiebl ul Viadivustik, tlit; Island of .-akl.ln aud KauiChalka. The paer so: ILen; is ilule prohaoilny vt to Kustlaut being caught uupri pired at V ladivitjg ai at l'ort Ahuur, bui the moril respursioility rest up n the goveruuieut to see Hut nothing in the Wdy of Oeltnslve pitpaiatiui. is over.ouked. hakhanf and Krn chatka are both harder to deiei.u and l ave a seanller pOpu:all u hut ooiu are rich lu uiiu lal ao othei resources and aie es,jtcially lernpllii U the Jdpaurte lu wbus sJitme I01 the natiuual eipjiibluu itey are net esjry. Contlnulrg, the Novne Vremya pulLts OUl that It IS possiole to Semi rein OiCc tuenis . nd supplies to bam aud Kuinchatka wnlle tue ice IdsU IndeieuULUl of sea poe( anu news that th.'i should bo uue ai iuuchlng on tbe general peace tau lu me forelgu press, tue N voe Vremya suuiiiiarues tue list of lius siau reversts lu the prusent- war anu asks if It Is possible to consider the Question of peace without subslanl Ui Kussiao victoiles. TuKlU. Tbe Wavy depsrtmeDi says that the disircit cuVeiea with suouidiiue miles bad a lauuis ol lolly miles ouuiae of Port Aribui Itrepjiu the desiiuciluu aud t plosion of 3u5 Of ill-) sea mines to date. Ten additional survivors of tba third eipeaiti u of the JapLinesti M tluCKade the euiraoce ot I'urt Aitiiur nave betu found lu Uussiau bes pitdls. iuey have been trauaferieu lu the Japanese. General fsoul bas reported ad dllioual prisontis ol war, as loliuws: Alajur OeuefdU iklilu aud balle and Hear AUUilial Ulr 11. The par oled, Decides Geueial htotSsel, In clude 4Uur Generals KUs, Guillen aud Kostiukow ana Hear Admiral UUKtuiussy Giemorovitcii aud Kos sllilskl, Lugleeer-iu-Gblef UluUe back. Inform itlon wblcti bat reached Certain reliaule quaiters here state ibat the Uussiau geuerils in Man churia are loaiug Cuuuueuce In Gen eral Kourupaikiu auu ibat the Uus siuo suuaLiuu around Mukden la a serious One. It Is leaiej ihal il K'luropaikla attacks the Jupjoest poslimu along iLe shakhe nvei , te iii court disaster and tue demoral Ualiou ot bis army. This Infu'ii-aih.n goes on to say that, this ci'iislaut nickeling at It us slao Mauchunau beauuai ires, and that the Suluiers are Uiseouiented dis.sdtlsf.ici lou ouiug witu toe series of retitats after the haule ot Tel issu, (Vatautfuw), aud the with- drawal fruai Liao lanu, wlun It was believed it was possible to boia tuat phce. Tbe climax came with the Russian ae'eat at the battle ol dtiakhe river, following Kouropat kiu 'slrongl? worded Older Oireoiiug the loiwaid movemeut dated Oc tober 2. Ibis def at biougbt a stoim of criticism upou the com mai.der lu chief aud leyjiltd la ols coid among tbe cQltitri. . Long inaction, tie Information aliened, U uodei mining the muiak of the Uussiuii a.my, ami It is poluled out tlut nceut sairmlbes ana LUlpust hiusheg indicates thai tue Uussiau aoiaiers aie becoming disheauentd, as tbey 00 not suuw their lormer fighting; spirit or qual ities. J he siege gi'ns to be sent to Man churla from Foil Ailbur will pro bably be t ldctdlu advamed polilous lor tbe purpose of enabling tbe Jap anese to shell far lulu tbe Kusaisn Hue. 1'UUT SAID. Tbe dtvlilon of Russian waisalps commanded bv Hear Admiral lloliuvosky, which tell Isunoa bay, Island ul tiete, Muu- dny, bas been eiabied beading lui Ibis port. Second Makae a fatal Lrrof. PlIlLUAELflUA.-Tlia bout be tween buo.iy Uyau of Chicaao and t-ied Louglas of bavanuab, w.ilcti was scheduled to go an rouuoe at Washington sporlln- Club was abruptly end'd at tbe brglnniiig 01 Ibe lou 1 in rouud lu Ihe fuuilb rouno Ukao assumed tbe aggieaslve ano sect UongliS to bis corner groggy by mistake a second tbrew atumouu waUr lu UougUa' taoe, tuluklug II was walef. J a HAftr. ruuci ronrrn to mm clcbsto BKIKO OKliKB Umm'4-I Vnt l.aeiiskl Mabrrw Hrraailnn WJLL NEW YORK. Thre p,H'-emn nd two Hebrew w im n were lnur n 111 a run on the stae bank In Grand -treet, in Ibe I erl If the busmets Hfcllon cf tie east bld. Thern' J attcn'ltd nv s me s-nsitl "nal In- l-'ent. ibe 5 OX peis ms rr .wdri i'i"Ut the ba' k became S'i Insistent hit the b'Oke down an Iron r'll nit aronnd a hgtit will in fr mt ol he bi.lldlrg and It wns only b 1'Sperate cluhbina on the part ol i fe po Ice ihiith net led an1 un- rulv mob ns prevcr ted fr"ni 'or- cmg many of Its number into tn will. Toe p l.cenieii aud wiiii n were hurt at Hi t point. The p"n encfr nerall of the ll'-'ancey street slatlnn was rtnullr ca II. d nut. and p llcenieo were stationed at lnter- a!s of live or six b.otks 00 either i(e. J The run wa a r xtrsTdinary a me as the fri zted ch.i acter of t h ru-h Itsel'. Yesterday thire was a rush oT depositors to get their money into the b ink In time to be irln to dia lntetest at once, and the I np line of walling depositors con vinced tne exc tat.le Hebrews tint onethlng was wrung wltb tbe In stitution. Five hundred persons waited In front of the bulldlnir ail last night and their number qnckly 8elled to 5 000 when the ba ik ope-ied though not all of tbat number were deposit ors The bink which has deposits of i0 500,100 and a casH reserve of $1, in 0 0 0. and which Cash.er A. 1. V- oihjs said borne 21 pe' cent pro fits last year, snt down s'r'et for money ea iy toiay ana so,oiivjwai tr Uiht by the wag mload, laigely In S erle. At the sight of mnnry thoe wait ing became only nrire IniDntl-nt to get at It. 1 ne omK om 'litis rai 1 deposit rs -ft as fust as t fie opt r- a' Ion could be cmdiic'ed. In all the hmk paid ut tod iv i.Vi 000 and re ceived In d( p islt JUO.UOO. Keinarkable scnes attended the palng iff within the bmk. lite otllcers paid ofT In twu-t.iirds specie ni d one tnlrd bills, and so oe nf the deposttO'S were faltly ovei whrhued by the amount of currency thrust UD'O tbem when passed in thtlr bo ks immediately upon getting their money Into their rands and becoming convlncd that th bank was able to pay (hem, tbe frantic Hebrews became equally anxious to net th-lr mnoev Into the hank astaln, and several of them cr?Ht!d somes when the offi cers re'used to accept It The rie p alters were pild In specie to pre vent a redeposlc, as this U the sixti run the bank ha experienced from equ tlly trlvl il causes. One of the ag d deposits rrclvpd sixty pounds ol sl'ver and stairirfred under the lo id hen he caTled It Hway. Women sept Ibelr accu'nu Uted saviors Into shaU aprons n l their outer skirts hnirt In the form of an apron and g t tnrougb tbe crowd as best they ci uld Faym-nt of deposkors was made up totJOCIO K louigni. timceisoi the bank declare It Is abi' lutily sound and cfn piv H0,0 ,o,0o0 al an hour's notice, and received ninnj offers of help aud ducilued most 01 tbem. Both Sicts Want Duke. NKW yt)l?K.-Uroc le L Dne was yesteraay transterrea 10 lie niane asylum a'. A tnlty vllle. L. I. from the banford 11 ill smUarlum at Hiisi.Iok. lie Duke iiuiiiy, 11 was learned will tot only seek U I) ive the marriage of their klniman 10 Miss Webb annulled, but will bring criminal charts s against cer tain pets ms, who will be charged lth a conspiracy to bring about bit mml.ige. The fJ'st action looking towardi the release of I Hike was taken bj Liwyer Champes Andrews, who ob ained from Juitlce Otynor of the supreme c urt In tirooklya a writ ol habeas corpus calling upon iha supr lotennent of the San ford Hall s.iol tarlm to pr duce Ddke lu corse 00 rlday at 10 o'cl ck. Fire Ceta Beyond Control. CHELSEA, Mass. A flie thai broke OJt at 12: .5 o'clock gmied tbe Ac.ideoiy of M isio no U'Oidwav and spread to the Hotel Sst ti, adjoin ing and to a fjur-stoty brick tene ment bu 1 11 nu at the tear. At 1 o'clock blase was beyond control, and dssls aiice was kutuuioiied from lioa 'on. Everett aud Itvere. It was ie- uorted at tnst hour, but not known positively, th4t iw 1 meo bad been aiUed by faUijag wajll. ,KitU 10SlfK SHIP jr.wLKR RlHSsKIL' FOCND TO BE IMUKIt IIVKiMlUK CONFESSION IS SECURED UENTITT 0 PHILrF.CPHIA PtCT t.TAMLISH tU 8U .lkirlM Ir r. the tba Ma 1 irha Poncht of Kr-di-r clt HincA'Oiu feors tuuallo rniLMiELrill A. Hesitrr P.mis msu. who a arnsted In this rit n lhur-diy l hn unload 'd Infer t al rna"liii)(! la his p 'ssessl in, ad mitted t'i 1 Le pa Ice Unit he Is tie mau who at tempted to drstny rh statue .f Kiednil'-k the Greal In Washington last l'ueslav and alsi it as he whri s nt the trunk c niHln nj an Infernal machine to the Iirit ti -ill s'eitnslilp Uiubrlj, at Kev York. In M iv, I'.iOI. Tne prisoner, wlinse rlg'it name l Mtkion, made tliess Mdinlsslors ':i the Mil e of CiptJin D n'iihr of Ihe l'lnltdelpliH d'trcive bu eau. lifter le had hem Ider, tilled by per ioi s brought bfre fiom New York ind Wnstilnnton f. r that purprse. lie gives no reasons for the attemp ted outrages expect that "there are too many f rein afTi'S in this jiuntry." Alter having Rousseau i n'lpr Hie all f'ernoon tbe tol ic ;l ikS o nlm as an American patriotic fan tic" Tim pris on-r gave no In 'rmatlon voluntarily to ihe ro l-e. irimiitirg tit, ly tins? Ihlnus whlcli .he pilice had fastened 00 hlni. Itntn the Wishinnton and New Yoik Mith'-rities want t he nun, en 1 It lk pri bah'e that he will be turned C""M tu the tollce of the lalter city. The appieornslon of Pnusseitu was rlne to the dlssappearanee of Owen K'l'y, a wenlihy Iiib-Anc lean who Is promient In litsh-Am"ilcan s 'Cict'es In tit s cl y. K-lly dlssap piarpri "d October 25 and from that time the newpapers part culatly ol tne east, have published articles on the mjs erlous d s ipi e tr.mce. These Ihe police telieve, undoubted ly attracted Rousseau's attenti . tin Tiuir nay lie Called on Patrick K 11 v, Ihe hnther of the missing man. and offered to take him to bis hnther In Niw Y'urk tor lo(M) lie said he and Owen Kl'y be lo' ged to ? e r-t societies tint wrre nrjnnizel for the put pose of bl iwlnu no Rritish ships In Americano pons. T u- valise, be said, carried explo sives. P, trick Kelly no'lflrl the police. arid liouiseau was Ukeo lutocus-; 'oiv. Ciptaln R bert Boirdmrn of the Was I gtnn d'tectlve force and Al frei Uirter, colored and George II. Ilaz b, a cshmau or Washington whisiwthe mi n wbc attr p tiled to blowup Ihe statue arid lhtective Sergeant Arthur Carey, nf New York i nd a Mrs. C'u ry who keeps a b ia'd li g to use in tli latter city attlveri here for the purios! of Identifying thf. prisoner. When Kouss ru wa hrotiiiht Into the otllte ol Captain D n ghy Ila.d said: "1 KU ss von kno me,'1 tn which the prisoner replitd: "How do you d ?" Rni)ssrai biwed to Carter and thn greit'd Mrs. Curty. Having gatls t ed thi msi Ivrg bejond d ubt that lb Ir'entitlcatlou was enmpb te trie p dice otliclals of tf.e three cities set to work In obtaining a confissinn from the prisoner. As ftattd bt f le he Slid nollilro y luntalily lo In criminate himself. In reply to a questlin be admitted the attempted titrate on the same, lie faid he bad mar ufaci un d til? Infernal ma chine himself anJ that, It consisted tif a can:le, luse and "dynamite en- ne." Where he made It he would mt say. fhe failure to drstrov the statue, he said, must have been dun to tne m 111' g tallow fpoilr g the fuse or Interfering with Ihe dvnnmite. Rousseau thm eive the police the Inttresting Inf rm it Ion that ne ha'1 Intended n akli g a le ond attempt 10 blow up the statue, this time wh n a iline-nck niaenine. As It was difficult to get pist the s-nriles lifter nlgtitfall.be iiitinded go'nir to Ihe Hreoal at ab'iut dugK, arratge the rifeitml rnueblne so that It would explode at aliout midnight and then natg It on Ihe statue. Steamer Indus Floated CnlCAQO. The Hie which ftartel n the beef a orage waretmu-e of S.:bwarzchlld and Sulz.b-tger, Ko ty rtis t si let I atid As' lar d avenue, whs tuirnlrg allliouiih under contto I he tlrernen cut h lea In He sides and mof of the building a sis su n stricture In their efforts to find the fire, and i It h u h Dense oltiniisof smoke and ammonia fumes p"med riot of these apertures nu Utmes weie vl.lble. ivuotAio uori, run JB A T rOK TH4Wr.lt WIT8 WSIltO CartomarT Keiii.. at Mialar Palam Owlned la It--B ' It ' af lUrvuriM ay.ilu4Hl im the War. ST. PETERSBURG. Althnugt the emperor's regular New Year'i reception at the winter palace, wbicd inordinary tlmts msiks the formal opening of the gay social isnn at the Russian capital, wai limit ted, tbe ceremoolous round of oriiclal and private visits, cons cra ted by I ii traiitlun, f ok place as usuiland tilled tbe streels with an imation. SI- iwhs nf evt ry rescript-J ion, from the rich troikas and gor genuMy fqoipiel turiiouts t.f tne foieltfn repiesentalivis tothelitue ot e tiotse dr sKie-iOf oninary tchin ovr.ichs citing upon their chiefs, w-;ro sklrjimirnr in every direction oer the glistening i-no. 13 yond these visits, hoever, there wee no fcs ivtics. s cieiy taking the tue from tbe court and dispensing with the cist unary inie'y. With every ix h u ge of U' e' mus came an ex pression of ti e nniveisii bops mat the present jear will be bilgtiter for Ku-sian than tic last. That note : trm k bv the iiew-rarer-i, which mile iu voicing, contiditice llint fie rew year will witness a turn of tne t hie of war ahroid aud the Inaiu-' uriiluu of Impuriant relotms at lionie, I l ertul-slon has heen granted to j th-j Amirtcan c-nrwsy to send a rep- lesentatlve 0' Midvid province 01 V. gond lo visit the Japanese pris mus as requested minister iq leilin. i Tne rcpnrfc publUbed lo tbs United is atts to the effect that General T'Chrtvroklo, while a re view of lioops was In proirrrss at Fl dosla, rone Into a gi up ol children, killing four of tbem witii his sword and injurltg ten otliets, Is 1 asd on an Incident of minor Importance which occurred a fort night aiio Dining a review tbe crowas pre-isei atounu iub iroop ciiti-lng confusion and General rschetyrnklo, in brandishing bit gwtcd wlille nr (ring Ihe crowd tt keep back, accldentsll? shuck OsM clnl hut did not sabre anyone. The comments on the hudtt art rpnerally satisfactory, although It leaves the whole question of tha tstimated cost for tbe war for the urnng ytar In the diuk. Kussl. pr f -1 rlnsf not to show her baud ir nils respect. The press reforms decided upon In principle by iha com mi' cu of niin istets have b"- n re emd to a fpeelal co timlssion of t ie comtulttee wnl t b wl 1 draft ihnn, after which they wl.l be otO'n'ilii tted by th) s ntte. de,alla Hre not publWied but 11 is know 1 that they place the wbol pr.'ss cf R issia on an ejuality the more II eral cenor.-hlp hiretofore only enjoyed by the metropolitan ai d a 'ew provincial paper tit I n 9 extended to all. Control over tbe publications will be strictly defined, i spech-s nf lesemieste law som-:-whit similar tu that of Germans oelig introduced by the brbltrnry character of tn previoui cmoiship ' will be abolished. ST. PETERSHURO. On tbe 0i asinn of 1 lie Rii8-.lin Nev Yeai Etup-ror Nicholas best wed no Giand Duk4 Seigius aprotrilt of Alexan er ill., tn ba W'Tn onbUl b east, with Ihd ribbon of the ordet of m. Andre. Prl C! Ohol-nsky, t he govetnor-ueneial of Finland, wai at ve.u the Alexander Newsky ordei set with brilliants. Finance Minis ter Knkovs IT his teen appointed secretary of s'ate and retilns 'it present post. M. Walkoff, governor or the Black sea distrl t his been apnolnt'd major of Moscow. (VIE FOO. 'Japanese who visited . rt Arthur Jataruy 10t,h say thai the Russian wnundid were In a ter tlb. n siate, owlnii to neulect, whici con d not be av. lded, when the Jap anese tntered Port Aithur. Every thing possible, tnev say, Is now bo nt! (bine foi llielr relief. Ml isblproaii Klltorlch, ' the Rus sian ollicer wh' toitimanded a latim-b which reached here frmi Port Ar 1 1 1 . j r January 3, Is commenting on General Nowt's leport J.iriuirv 1 JS, giving details nf tue Russian ptop eity which had been trans'ined to 1 be Japanese alter tbe surrender of the forinfs said that 2.(0't 800 inund of 1 itlrt amniunltiOii mentl med as among ihj booty were unloaded shells re"cs of the Chinese ocupa 1I00 of Pari Artnur aud not fitted for lUssiau rifles. A Welcome 10 Unlingnsra SAN DOM 1 NGO, Commander Al beit C I). II nttharn. U. 8. N.. t' rough wlu se ins rnmentality thi tiiieiiened revolution th -re l ist Junt was avtrted. hi s at rived h"ie as 1 pissenger on Ir am the United State' Kiiiiboai Castlne. H Is repotted thai Coinuniiid. r Hillingbam bas come uo only rnnni ced wiiii the atfil'S o) the Di'uloican r public. Ills prea euce tiivcs ooiid me to the peooli Unit, a aiMsUctory fol it on f alTilii will be rejcbid lu tuu neat fuiuia. And He lioea the Beat. Fred il J best girl bas a fad tor col lecting autumn leaves. Joe She has, eh? Fred Yea; aud she has hit upon a oorel plan to get tbem pressed. Joe How does she manage It? Fred Place them insid her waist. Not a Grae Krror. Druggist I'm afraid I made a ml ake in filling that prescription yoo gave Detimyth last week. Doctor Why do you think so? Druggist I hear he Is Kitting bet ter. Ilia Miserable Lnck. Bleeker (Just returned from abroatl) What became of that charming littls Cumminsville blonde you used to ravt to much about? Meeker Oh, she married one of he tool admirers. Bleeker That's too bad; but yon al ways were unlucky wita your love af fairs. Meeker Yes, decidedly so. Bleeker Whom did she marry? Meeker Me. Natural Iiednctimi. "A woman should always dress ts suit her figine." remarked Mrs. Uuyer, who was looking through a fashion magazine. According 10 mat, siuu uer uu oniid. "if a woman Is hump-shoulder d 1 sujiioe it's up to her to wear a I aioel's-buir shawl." ' A last Too True. 1 "You may have observed," said the moralizer, "that there are no thorn less roses." ''Yes," rejoined the demoralizer, "and I have also observed that there are lots of roseless thorus." Worse to Come. reek em Is It true that your wif. has left you, old man? Enjieck Yes; and that isn't th worst. Peekem Why, -what could be worse? Etipeck She threatens to cam. hack. Premium Expected. ' They were members of the Newport society set. "And we do get married quite frei quenlly." giggled the one in the purple1 automobile. 1 "Yes," agreed the one In the trap "and I think It a shame." "That we marry so often?" "No, that the ministers don't giTi trading stamps," ' "How can you want to marry mj laughter If you have never met btt and know nothing about her?" "But I know all about you, sir." Chicago Chronicle. Pometliing Wrong:. Chief of Matrimonial Bureau Yea) madam, I can assure you positive!! that this man has no bad habits! Applicant I'd be suspicious of him he's too good to be true! Not Usinsr Tt. Mr. Green Miss Passay says shi has the prescription for perpetual youth! Miss Sarcastic It's a wonder sh wouldn't take it to a drug store, ana have It put up!" What HeThoncht. nixon When I began chewing to bnco I thought It would make a mai of me. Dixon Y'ou did, eh? Hixon Yes, but shortly after I too my first chew 1 thought It was goin to make an angel of me. ChicugS Daily News. When Thief Meets Thief. She (after the kiss was stolen) Yosj ire a heartless thief. lie I don't deny It; but jou are n sponsible for my being so. She How do you figure that out? llrj You stole my heart. Of More Importance. "You are the only girl 1 ever loved, said the young mau, In finishing bit proposal. "Ob, that's nil right," rejoined tlhj wise young lady In tbe parlor seen "but what I want to know Is, "am I the only girl yon ever Intend to lofstl Up Anain.t It. 'Trofessor Hooter Is In a bad fix,' remarked the bn Id-beaded druggist. "He bns discovered a new dlaeaai and Is unable to And any germ for It," replied tbe pill compiler. Rnconraainff. "Marriages, you know," remarks Miss Elderielgb. "are made In heaven "Ob, well, cbeer up," rejoined Mist Youngbud. consolingly. "You'll prow ably go tliere Borne time." Point of View. Her Husband A man line no Ides How menu other people can be until hi nska them to do hi 111 a furor. His Wife Nor dew mean be can la tntll Uia wife aaka Ma for suoawf. 1 . i .. Wt v