ABOUT -BARB:’
: BY O. P.
E'S A REGULAR
little barbarian!”
we said, some
times despairingly.
"And It's a positive
comfort to call him
'Barb' for short!”
For his real name
—will it be be
lieved of this poor,
helpless mite of
ebon humanity?—
was Barbarossa Napoleon Bonaparte
Smith!
How bis mother ever came to hear
of such a name always perplexed us.
Of course, having heard of it, ws did
not wonder at the selection; her race
has always shown a love for high
sounding cognomens. Barb’s first ap
pearance among us was in this wine:
One gray November afternoon, Lois
and I were left alone in the house,
wiammn knulnn a mil nn />nn t\f flirt
flood Samaritan errands, the sleet and
•now drove sharply against the win
dows, and the wind whistled defiance
to the fire that glowed and crackled.
Suddenly the door-bell rang a loud,
resonant peal, and 1 went and opened
the door.
There, on the upper step, stood the
forlornest little figure artist ever
painted! A small apparition, as black
ns blackness can be compared with
anything but Itself! With a Jarket
and pants that, suggested the "rags
and jags” of the nursery rhyme
"With shoes like the mouth of a fish;"
with a straw hat Innocent of brim;
with snow powdering his woolly hair;
alcet on bis curly lashes; snow sifting
down his hack, and drifting over him
and whirling around him. I surveyed
him a minute In astonished silence,
and he returned my stare with round,
whining, unwinking eyes. Then he In
quired, composedly, "Is Mrs. Smith ct
home?” I began to say that he muHt
have mistaken the house, for no such
person lived here, when Lois, whom
curiosity had attracted to the open
doorway, remarked that perhaps he
might mean our Nancy, whoso Inst
name was Smith, though we had
scarcely had occasion to recall that
fact In the sixteen years she had been
In our service. On this suggestion I
Informed the apparition that Mrs.
Smith wasn't at home, and wouldn't
be till late in the evening; but I would
deliver any message. He displayed a
row of astonishingly white teeth In a
cheerful grin, stepped In, and first
carefully wiping his apologies for
•hoes, and closing the door, said, de
cisively: "Ob, If Mrs. Smith lives
here, I'm a-goln’ to live here, too.
She’s my gran'mothcr; I'm Barbarossa
Napoleon Bonaparte Smith. I’ve come
to stay, and I'm not goln' away again
any more at all."
Xola and I looked at him and then
at each other, and then asked him In.
II SJisl II I
A BLACK APPARITION.
We were soon la possession of the
“short and simple annals" of his It
years. He satisfied us, past a doubt,
that he was the child of our Nancy's
son, whom she had left behind her In
Georgia, when, sixteen years ago, she
came North and entered mamma's
service. He had enjoyed life fairly
well, until, six months ago, his
mother died. Seven weeks later his
• ranni iuua auuuirr uei^iut'Vi, wuu
to have proved anything but a
tender parent to Harb. "She Jent
made de bonne too debble hot to hold
me," he said, with expreantve cm
phaali. "Waan't ahe a maater band
at plnchln' and bangin'— loolt-a-’ere!"
ami. with a auddeu gealure, he rolled
hla large, looae aleeve up U> the about
der, abowlng on the thin little arm
inarka and eeara that made tender
hearted lade cover her face, with a Ut
ile pitying cry. He had made up hla
Uilnd, Harb aald. not to lwar It any
lunger; and one atarltt night, without
n penny In the world, and with half
a corn-cake In hla pocket, ha had
atarled off to And the unknown grand
muther, "up Norf" How he reached
here be hlmaelf could hardly tell by
ntulen rldea on freight care; by odd
Job* on canal buata; by begging a
"lift" whenever he found a team
bound northward telling bla el at pin
ntury whenever be could And a lie
inner, he had touad bla way hither at
laat. and now ant a living llluatraltun
of what parnoceennc* can accompitah,
before our anting room Are
Why ahoutd I try *o tell you how
•Writ became n regular and Milled in
anaie of our hunaohold when I nreelf
.«!(• not know how It tame about* Waa
M bevwuae of bm own calm aMuranea
that It waa w foreordain* i ' Waa II
frr,-aun he had I be mo* I wlaehlev
owe ere* and the droltaei laugh ta the
world* We never hnew
Met let me have go claim to netting
Pubamaaai hut err Ne the two yenra
si
he was with us; for should I attenop
such a thing. Gibbon's "Decline am
Fall of the Roman Empire” would b
a mere sketch.
But what mischief wasn't that bo;
guilty of? After overhearing us. nm
day, regretting that our little Scotcl
terrier's cars should be so prominent
didn’t he stick that unfortunate anl
mal’s ears close to his head with shoe
maker's wax, and then proudly exhlbl
him to us, as an Instance of the trl
umph of art over nature? And dldn’i
he bring desolation into Dots' dalntj
room, In the vain effort to discover i
secret panel there? Some street com
rade of his, an ardent reader of dim*
novels, had related to him a thrilling
story, In which secret panels figured
largely; and thereafter Barb's sole ob
ject In life was to discover such i
panel In our old-fashioned bouse. On<
day he found that, beside the chimney
In Idols’ room, the paper, upon being
tapped, gave forth a hollow sound
Coincidence. So did the paper In tb«
yellow-covered novel. It was the work
of a moment for Barb, In his ea*»r
certainty of hidden treasure, to run
his knife around the paper, lift It up,
and—oh, me! oh, me! The soot-box
that hadn't been opened for twenty
years! The soot that in a thick, black
cloud settled on the fair, white cur
tains, clung to the counterpane, made
the whole dainty room dingy and
soiled and uninhabitable! Barb fled.
Before me, on the screen, I see him as
he looked that night when we had dis
covered the disaster, searched for, but
failed to find him, and were begin
ning to fear he had run away, and ho
emerged from the ash-barrel, where
he had lain concealed all the afternoon
and stood among us, surely the most
wretched figure that was ever seen.
It was after this, but not long, that
we began to be troubled about Barb.
Often he was gone all day, returning
at night, unable to give a satisfactory
account of himself; often we heard of
him In company of boys it were bet
ter he should not know. Nancy’s
threats, Dols’ gentleness, mamma's pa
iji/iirr, hii-mh'ii 10 avail Homing wo
hurl almost made up our minds that
Barb must leave us, when, one No
vember afternoon, about two years
from the day he had appeared among
us, we heard of Barb for the last time.
Oh, poor Barb! poor Barb! Down In
the crowded streets, he had Joined a
crowd which a sudden alarm of fire
hud called together; In his excitement
he had not heard the cries which
warned hlrn of an engine's being close
upon hint. There was no time to rein
In the galloping horses; no one bad
been to blame. Oh. poor Barb!
"He’s at Station B, ma’am," the offi
cer said. "The doctor says It can’t be
long, for his lungs are hurt bad. He
kept moaning for Miss Lots! Miss
lads! and as soon as we could make
out where he came from the chief sent
me to tell you."
We hurried on cloaks and hats and
followed the officer Into the chilly No
vcmber dusk.
It was a little whitewashed cell.
Barb was lying on a low pallet, cov
ered with a rough, gray blanket. His
eyes were closed, and they did not
open as we came In. When Nancy
saw him lying so, the wan, gray shad
ow on his set, still face, she rushed
forward and threw herself on her
knees beside him, with u passionate
cry: "Oh, Barb! Barb! Ye’re done
goln’ to die, and ye haven't got relig
ion, and ye'll go Into the fiery furnace
foreber and foreber!"
IjoIh gently drew Nancy away, and
knelt In her place, taking both the lit
tle, bruised, black hands In hers.
"Don't listen to her. Barb,” she said.
“She doesn't know what she says.
Dear, try to hear and understand what
I say. Do you remember the Good
Man I used to tell you about, Sunday
nights? The one, you know, who
healed the sick, and took little chil
dren In His arms? You are going to
miu, mini, miu no win love you, ;inu
help you, and tench you how to live.”
The gray lips moved faintly, "Will He
he good to me, like you are, Mleg Ix>|g?
Will He let me get my href, without
ltg hurtln' me go orful?”
''Dear,” ghe said, "He will be better
to you than you can ask or think.
Barb, I want you to try and say to
Him the little prayer 1 taught you.
Try. dear, try!”
Into the silence the weak voice fal
tered. while Barb held fast the kind
hands that seemed an anchorage for
him, who was drifting so fast away:
"Now 1 lay me down to sleep,
I pray—de—Lord-”
No need, oh. Barb! No need to fin
ish that prayer! The soul you would
have commended to His holy keeping
had gone to Him.
Mlrlbe. Marriage* •ml llnllu.
During a recent dlacuaaion on the
"Outcome of Hanttatlon." at the Darke*
Museum, Isitidou. Dr. laiuU I'arke*.
medical officer of health for thet'helaea
district, read aotne interesting figure*
relating to the birth*, death* and
marriage* during the queen * reign:
Mar. Illrtha Death*
IMt-M. Il l 33 4 11 1
1431 40. lit 34 1 33 i
IS41TH. 14 4 33 3 41 'i
1ST I so . 14 2 33 4 111
HMI-M .. 14 • 33.3 IS I
IRPIM ,. 13.3 30 3 14-1
Dr Darke* w**t on to say that it
a as generally anppoaed tkat during
year* ol pr«*p*ftly I her* w#r* more
marriage* but nowadays the working
class** bad a higher standard ol com
tort than had their predecessor*, and
they wer* hssa lacliaed to make im
pro> Ideal marriage* Indeed I here bad
twees* alterattoa la tb* maaaer* and
■ watorns of tb* rouatry Tbe decline
la tb* number of marring** bad
bruoght about • |t«i eedoetto* la tb«
a him bar of blrtba aad Ml lb* third
column tbe death rat* «m *ho«n k> b*
rapidly deciiaing that of roar** belay
doe to improvement in <be health and
•asitaiioa of th* town*
; ASK FOR MORE TIME
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RAILROADS WANT THE COM
MISSION TO BE LENIENT.
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A--. „ •
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Claim That They Aro Financially I'nabh
to ObMrf* tha Law—L«aa Than Hall
tha rrlffbt Cara R«|alppa<l With Auto
matla Brake* and Conplara—Haarlofl
Bafara tha Commlaaloo.
Tha I.aw Not Compiled With.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The Inter
' state Commerce commission yester
day opened the hearing of the rail
roads which have petitioned for an ex
tension of the time in which they may
comply with the law of 1893. requiring
them to equip their cars and engines
with automatic couplers, hand rails
and brakes. The attorneys of several
hundred railways and also of repre
sentatives of labor organizations were
present. John K. Cowin, one of the
receivers of the Baltimore ft Ohio,
' presented the general subject to the
commission. Previous to his general
presentation Chairman Morrison of
the commission called for the oral ar
gument of the case of the road which
were completely equipped under the
law, hut had petitioned for an exten
sion of time "g apniied to the case
of other roads which had not com
piled. Samuel Hoar, representing the
Boston ft Albany, made a brief argu
ment on this point to show the utter
paralysis of traffic which must follow
If roads which had compiled with tin,
law would cease hauling unequipped
c.'irs.
Mr. Cowin presented the whole ques
tion representing In this issue not
only the Baltimore ft Ohio, hut the
I.ake Shore. The l.ake Shore, he said,
was a prosperous road and had been
able to comply fully with the law. but
It was here uniting with other roads
In asking for extension. The business
of the railroads of the country was
largely a unit and those roads which
had equipped their curs could not haul
unequipped cars without technically
vioiaiiriK ifit’ ihw, mr. i-uwiii n»
was chairman of a committee at this
hearing which represented about 600.
000 of the 993,000 freight cars engaged
In Interstate commerce. Of the freight
cars of the country 44 Vi per cent
were now equipped with car couplers
and 36>A per cent had the adlttonal
air brake attachment. He offered as
the principal reason why the roads
had not fully complied with the law
the Industrial depression which fol
lowed the passage of the act of 189$,
which he said had rendered them
financially unable to make the out
lay required by the law.
He contended that the law as pass
ed was defective and that congress
recognized this by giving the commis
sion the power to suspend Its opera
tion. The single question presented
to the commission, he argued, was
the method and extent of extension,
because, unless an extension was
granted Interstate commerce must
cease. He urged that the extension
he for five yeurs with provision for
an equipment of one-fifth of the cars
each year, thus working up to full
and complete compliance. If there
was then default curs not equipped,
he said, could be withdrawn from in
terstate commerce without endanger
ing the transportation facilities of the
company. He further said that It
would cost from $40,000,000 to $50,000,
000 for the railroads to comply with
the law. This money must be earned.
If the commission declined an exten
sion the roads would be absolutely un
able to equip their cars out of their
own resources. The cost, be said, must
come out of the wages of the em
ployes of the roads were to be driven
beyond their financial ability.
The precentage of equipped cars for
the control of trains ranged, according
to estimates given by experts present,
from 20 to CO per cent.
I*, li. Morrissey, representing the
Brotherhood of Kail road Trainmen!
the Kallroad Conductors’ association,
the Locomotive Engineers, the lirotli
-,1 I nnrl
the Association of Kailroad Telegraph
ers, followed Mr. Cowin with a forci
ble presentation of the attitude of the
railroad employes toward the solicit
ed extension. He agreed with Mr,
Cowin that In a large measure this
was a great coraemrctal question. The
UHsoriallons for which he appeared
were a unit In protesting against unv
such unreasonable extension as had
been proposed. Five years, he said,
would rentier the purpose of the law
nugatory.
Hlurkl«r law U Heltl Valid.
SIOUX FA 1,1,8. S. I).. Dec. 2—In
three recent decisions the supreme
court of the state has decided that the
Hinckley law. passed last wiuter,
which denies appeal to the supreme
court iu cases Involving sums less than
$75 Is valid. Three ruses have been
thrown out of the supreme court for
lack of Jurisdiction us the result of
this law. The law Is fullv sustained
by the court and will hold unless It is
repealed by the next sesatou of the leg
islature, which is likely to be done,
us the people are hading out that very
many cases of the greatest ultimate
Importance Involve small actual sums
In none of the great re-survey cases
which have caused so much trouble
and have been of much Importance
to the settlers of tied Hock and other
j township* In this county was the
I amount directly involved as mue't as
i $7$. but the collateral Interest* were
j much larger.
The pop* has appointed Hev. I*
< I, t'tiapsdle. bishop of Ksntr Fe N
| M lo the archbishopric of New Or
lean*.
A t«f*wl Msvtv.
\\ UUtlNOTON Ite. J i ’nasal
i Smith. at Victoria la a report to the
■ stale depart weal. says the advices re
reived there ledtrale that the rush In
I I Vis to Uallfotala Will be eclipsed by
( the gold seekers headed for Ike Vshttk
la the early arwaiha of !*•} kgeats
from l.wglaad have I «$Mp$| ||t \ f
I iM*fct«Ng <%*? •»!$**lit* N I you nr if
I |uM M*kIi4RU ih*r« |««« t#
Furnl gr«M t»l uutllt §uu4*
: «k«l llktf If »»|wff IUm u>m|Militwi
’ im4« iui> Nil Iu mIi
j tlftllp Iff Wf«f I If I |R*rl 4M*I III
j lllrlfoU. Tlili in4 iu«
| Wffl«
EUGENE MOORE’S CASE.
Th** Twelve Krrom That the I’rlioDtr'i
AttnrneyH Allege.
LINCOLN. NEB.. Dec. 2.—The at
torneys of ex-Auditor Moore, who waa
sentenced to eight years In the peni
tentiary, have appealed his case to
the supreme court on the following
twelve allegations:
‘‘First—The court erred in overrul
ing the plaintiff’s motion in arrest of
judgment and sentence in said cause.
‘‘Second—The facta stated in the in
formation in said cause are not suf
ficient to constitute a crime under the
laws of this state.
"Third—The facts stated in said in
formation do not charge a crime
against this plaintiff.
"Fourth—The facts stated in said
information are not sufficient to con
stitute the crome of embezzlement un
der the laws of this state, and are
not sufficient and do not charge this
plaintiff with such crime.
"Fifth—The facts stated in said in
formation do not and are not sufficient
to charge this plaintiff with the crime
of embezzlement under section 124
of the criminal code of this state.
“Sixth—This plaintiff as charged
and described In said Information Is
not an officer charged with the coil
IccMon, receipt, safe-keeping, transfer
or disbursement of any of the public
moneys of this state.
"Seventh—The money described In
said Information Is, was not. and never
was the public moneys or the properly
of this state.
“Eighth—This plaintiff, as is shown
In the facts stated in said informa
tion. never received the moneys de
scribed therein as an officer of this
slate.
"Ninth—The moneys described In
i said information were never received
by this plaintiff by virtue of or under
- Die color of his office, as auditor of
public accounts of this state, all of
which appears upon the face of'said
informal Ion.
“Tenth—The court erred In overrul
ing the plaintiff’s motion for a new
trial.
"Eleventh—It appears upon the face
of the said information that at the
J (imp the money described therein was
paid to plaintiff there was nothing due
from the Insurance companies to the
date of Nebraska, and the defendant
is estopped to claim the ownership
of said money.
"Twelfth—The court erred in pass
ing Judgment and sentence upon this
itlu i n ♦ S ft
"The plaintiff therefore prays that I
sahl Judgment and sentence may he
reversed; that he he discharged from |
custody herein, and that he may have \
\ such other and further relief herein
, an the law and Justice may require.
Here Is what the ex-state official
said before sentence was (pronounced:
"Your honor, I feel more humili'v'd
than 1 can express to you. and I un
thankful for an opportunity to say
something. My heart Is almost, brok
en over this affair and I cannot tell
you how had 1 feel and how I realize
| the disgrace it brings upon myself
and my family. At frequent Intervals
during the last few months And since
tills controversy arose, I have thought
this matter would be settled, and l
have had sufficient money promised
me from different parties to have en
abled me to pay the state, hut I have
been utterly unable to collect the
money to pay If. with. I hav done
everything 1 could do, hut It has been
impossible, and after this controversy
- began 1 paid into the state $4,000 and
would have cheerfully paid the bal
rnoney to pay It with. I have done
; everything 1 knew, and 1 have lived
for twenty years or more u a citizen
of the state of Nebraska, and I regret
more than I can tell the present con
dition of affairs, which Is one over
which I huve no control and one in
which I am utterly helpless. If 1 live
long enough and have an opportunity,
regardless of this controversy, I pro
i pose to pay hack every dollar I owe
ti e state. I have never before in my
life, either as public official or private
i Itlzen, been arraigned before any bar
of justice on any charge, and I assure
your honor that whatever 1 can do In
the future to mike amends for the
past, that It will he done with all the
energy that I can command.
"I regret the disgrace this brings
upon me and upon my family, and I
repeat It Is not the fault of myself,
and while technically I cannot (om
nium of the course affairs have taken
yet If the men had got the money that.
I had reason to believe they would get
for me. I would never have been In
default to the state; but the parties
who agreed to pay It have not done
so. and the fact is that now nor at
any time, have I ever been able to
pay tlie money. 1 have honestly and
truthfully done everything In my
power to pay this money to the state,
and regardless of this suit I will pay
them as promptly us I know how and
as quickly as I can get the money to
pay anything with. I beg your honor
for any leulency you can possibly give
me."
Mm«‘k i ller l)r»lh.
NEW VOUK, l»er 2. Horatio C
Janes, a missionary who arrived here
today from fort l.tmon, says that his4
wife was scared to death bv the In
; tiunion of a native anxious to see the
new baby, into her room at Han*Car
lo*. Nicaragua The native mean! no
, harm Iml Mrs Jane* was so fright- |
cned that she died front the shock.
< h|m«»| 4 It I pi# f l»r««i
WAHHINUTON. I tec 2 Colonel W
' H Chlpley tif Flotilla who has been
at a hospital In this city for jtoute
weeks, following an operation for car
I bunrle. died at 4 o o rbs k yesterday
j morning The remain* will be remov
ed to Columbus tla lor Intemu nt.
IwmI UrJsnS I* Nells
WMIIiNftTOM In* I I h* navy i
Ur oar tun'll i hai seal orders to the
t mini rttates steamer Alert, now at
•hta Franc taco, to pro* sect to Hettu
Si-ataaos It will he kept there to
eo ope■ ate with the Nkaraguaa caaat
II otc ntisetu*
Vtut her I sate tk# MtsirX
V4 A»HIN*m>N Dm I The report
that the preatdeat would withdraw
from the Met rupoltlaa Methudlat
ihurch ua account of the eermun
pres- ked M It* peel or oa rkaahsgu
j lag la denied
HURRIED TO CANTON.
THE PRESIDENT’S MOTHER IS
STRICKEN
Word lo Sent to tho I’rooldont ond He
Leavea Wellington for Canton to Hr
at the Hedftlde of the Alfllrted -The
Recovery of Mr!. McKinley Coneldered
Very Doubtful.
The Provident'! Mother Stricken.
CANTON, O., Dec. 3.—Mrs. Nancy
Allison McKinley, mother of the pres
ident, was stricken with paralysis
yesteray morning and It feored that
her death Is only a question of a
short time.
The paralysis at present is of but
a mild form, but owing to her extreme
age, nearly 80 years, Dr. Phillips, the
attending physician, can give but little
hope to the family. Mr. Abner McKin
ley, of New York, has been visiting
her for a few days and when his
mother was stricken this morning Im
modiatley communicated with the
president by telephone. The latter
asked If he better start at once, to
which Abner McKinley replied he had
best wait a further report from the
physician, who would make a call In
time to advise by 1 o’clock.
The physician’s statement to the
family was that there was little doubt
that the attnek woual ultimately re
sult In death, but that there was no
Indication as yet as to when the end
might come. The attack was very
light and In a younger person would
not necesarlly be regarded as danger
ous, but to one of her advaneed years
there Is every piobaldllty that the at
taek would become aggravated. The
end, he said, might be In a short time
or It might be In a week or even
longer Interval.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 3.—President
McKinley left the city at 7:3D o’clock
Iasi night over the Pennsylvania rail
road to hasten to the beside of his
sick mother at Canton, where he will
arrive today. With him went Judge
Day, assistant secretary of state. The
president had made hurried arrange
ments for his departure, and during
the afternoon disposed of a large vol
ume of business awaiting bis atten
tion. He reached the station unattend
ed a few minutes before the time for
the train lo leave. Desiring to avoid
any demonstration the president In
structed the coachman to drive to the
aggage entrance, where Assistant
erretarv l)av Heeretarv Porter and
executive Clerk Cortleyou awaited
him.
The president's stay at Canton will
depend upon the condition in which
he finds his mother. If she improves
he will return to Washington in time
for the opening of congress and later
go again to Canton. v
CANTON. O., DCC. 3.—The presl
dent and ull oth«*r members of the
McKinley family not already here, are
en route to the bedside of Mother Mc
Kinley tonight. The message from the
president was addressed to his brother
Aimer, who has been visiting at the
home of their mother for several days.
It caused the mother much cheer and
comfort.
The president had not yet been sum
moned to the bedside of his aged
mother, who, no doubt, is rapidly
nearing the end. But true to the de
votion he has always shown for wife
and mother, he could no longer re
main, knowing that his mother was
seriously ill. Without waiting for the
telephone message which had been
arranged for at 5 o’clock, he began
preparations for coming to Canton.
Mrs. A. J. Duncan, of Cleveland, a
daughter of Mother McKinley, who is
in Chicago visiting tier daughter
Sarah, who is attending school there,
telegraphed that she would be in Can
ton tills morning. Miss Helen McKin
ley makes her home here with her
mother.
What was feared when Mrs. Nancy
Allison McKinley was stricken with
a slight attack of paralysis, is to
night regarded as almost a certain
ty; that Is the early death of the pres
ident's mother. As the dav advanced
she grew gradually worse and the
members of the family felt that she
was slowly sinking, although after she
fell In the seml-eomatose state early
In the day there was scarcely an ap
preciable change.
1)U. Phillips thinks the develop
ments of the night will decide the
matter. He expects no material change
before morning. Although he arranged
to call at any time during thei night
that he may be summoned, a change
for the better by morning he would
regard as an Indication of a tempor
ary rally, and that the end will not
come for some time. Should the
morning condition lie for the worse,
he expects the patleut to sink very
rapidly. The disease, he says, is not
primarily paralysis, but senility, the
result of old age, which has produced
partial paralysis. In sueh cases he says
there Is a general breaking down of
Hie powers and nothing left upon
which to build up strength and ihc
basis of recovery.
The doctor said after he saw Mrs.
McKinley that there was som- slight
evidence that the facial expressions
of thn patient were less rigid than
they were early In the day. this |t*-ing
noticeable when she endeavored to
comply with his request to show her
tongue, although she was unable to du
this.
The patient la taking Itnuld nourish- j
meat at Intervals, and will nut enter |
from want of food Mr Abner McKln
ley said last night that he thought his j
Mother was sinking rapt llj siol he
feared the end was not far off
V| r»leHl l H.|m«
At'dlTN. Te* tlec 3 The S-«.
ttonal Prison I't> agrees »f ui« t'aiieq
Pistes was convened in this rttv to- '
I tght in s four dsvs' session u«v- i
ernur t'ulhartsoa, »a the part of the j
tints sad Mayor Hancock us ths pan
of the (lit, welcomed the visttuis sad
President llrtskerog of Mans
hstd. tl, delivered his annual address
Ihsnhiag ths •huteae of ths rttv of
Austin fur •ntertslmsg them sad re- *
v ’swing th« prison ses>« IslIon stars I
Ms larlpieaey
The s*»» de pauses* I has Anally as i
tepted ths gushawl Thhshufg
ProffrMor
Prof. George Frederick Holmes of
Ihe university of Virginia,
just died Bt the age of *eTenty-seyen
years, was a native of Raiti
was a brilliant man. aaya the BaJtl
more American. "He was the s
voidest member of the f.iculty, a“d
noted for his ramarka.de Pl0®Ptn**®
in attending his classic, miss ng no
more than fWe lectures during hi*
forty years' term of office. He was
retired from work at the beginning r
this session, being unable to go wiin
his lectures longer on account of rail
ing sight and bodily strength. His
ability as a writer and critic was
marked, he having written innumer
able essays on political questions and
numerous school books, particularly
for uso In southern school and col
leges." ____
Alim hum Liaroln.
Austin Gollaher, the old boyhood
friend of Abraham Lincoln, said re
cently: "Abe always remained at the
head of his class, and 1 never knew
him to he turned down. His studious
habits made him a favorite with the
teacher, which caused a great deal of
jealousy among his classmate# toward
him, jnd, not being generally liked
anyhow, it made him very unpopular. ’
Whittier'* Mod**ty.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer tells a
story Illustrating the almost boyish
modesty of the poet Whittier. A little
woman forced her way Into the pen
etralia of a Boston mansion, when
Whittier wus visiting there, and.
clasping both the poet’s hands in her
own, exclaimed: "Mr. Whittier, this
Is f,be supreme moment of my life!"
Whittier stood first on one foot and
then on the other, withdrew his hands
and clasped them behind his bark, and
replied prosalclally, “Is It?”
” Lupton, 111., Nov. (i, 1097.
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lieved her so quickly as this wonderful
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i thank Ood for giving you the power to
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hope you may prosper.
Send as soon as possible to,
Mary K. l’erklns.
I.iiptou 1'. O., Illinois.
Clarence Cook will contribute to the
December Century an article on Mr.
Clement C. Moore, who wrote the fam
ous poem "A Visit from 8t. Nicholas.”
The verses were written In 1822 as a
Christmas present for Dr. Moore's
children. A young lady visiting tho
family copied the poem into her album
and sent it, unknown to the author,
to the editor of the Troy "Sentinel,"
who printed it without the author's
name in the Issue of that Journal for
December 23, 1823.
Reputations Made In e Hey
Are proclous scarce. Time tries the worth of
u man or medicine. Hostetler's Stomach Bit
ters Isa forty-live years' growth, and like
those hardy llciicns that garnish the crevices
uf Alaska's ris.-ks, It flourish!-1; perennially,
and its reputation hus as firm a base as the
rocks themselves. No medicine Is more high
ly regarded as a remedy for fever and ague,
bilious remittent, constipation, ilveruud kid
ney disorders. nervousness and rheumatism
It Is better to say a little worse
than you mean than to mean a little
worse than you say.
We wish to cal! attention to the ad
vertisement in this issue of the Na
tional Correspondence Institute of ,,
Washington, I). C. This institution is 1
thoroughly reliable and wc cheerfully
recommend them to our readers. A
college education at home shows won
derful advancement in educational
matters.
The average weekly loss of vessels
on the beas throughout the world is
twelve.
Holldny Kxeurslons.
On December 7 nud 21 tho Hig Four Route
slid Chesapeake aud Ohio Ry. will sell ex
cursiou tickets from points northwest, both
one way and round trip, at greatly reduced
rates to points in Virginia, North and South
l arolina and other southern states. Round
trip tickets will be good twenty-one days
returning. Write for particulars and
pamphlet descriptive of climate and Vir
ginia farm lands. U. L. Trutt, North
western Passenger Agent, 284 Clark St
Chicago.
What the superior man seeks is In
himself; what the small seeks is in
others.
Reality Is Rtood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cat-carets,< aruiy (athnr
tlc cleans your hlood and keeps it clean, by
stirring up the lazy livei and driving all im
purities frotu the body. Hegin to day to
iiautsh pimples, bolls, blotches,bluckheud*.
• It,at -i.-Llu 1,11!,.I... t.Li....
Cascareta, beauty for ten rent*. All drug
gilts, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, Hoc, 50e.
Before submitting to the Inevitable
it is wise to be sure it Is the inevit
able.
i'lso s Cure for Consumption is our only W
medicine for coughs aud colds Mrs. C, '
He-ts, *’M bth Ave , Denver, Col., Nov. H, UY
According to an emiuent doctor, the
excessive use of sail tends to paralyse
the sense of taste.
WHAT SHALL I GIVI FOR CHRISTMASP
You can easily settle this question by sending
rur the grand sew Illustrated Oatalegus. show
ing 3,MX) of the most beautiful things la Jewelry
tad MUyerwaree of Use Menus * Jaccsrd
Jswslry Ce , Unwdway. Cor Isteesl, Ml Ismiis.
who will also If you nlU eacluae It rls sand
you t gelid so.ec Handled Neil Pile.
Kin ploy M of the Itartfurd Htreet
Hallway company have been ordered
not to chew tobacco while on duty.
TO ft MM A COCU IN ilkg |>AI.
Take 1 .slants Hteaae Uuialae labials 4U
hruggiatarefund Urn Bessy il It mile toons Me
Military Compltmeiit i.ieutensnt
tiuod evening mlee- Vou luoh llhe a
regiment of rose buds tonight Pile
lend* Blatter,
Rinse the setahliahment of g rrema .
Ihtn eoctety In Prance loniu hodlee^
have been cremated la Bnyte
In giving thanhs for your hleestnge
don t forget I he rrUIrtatga you have
reeetved
T»*»g the growing tree so the* only
*•*4 and la Ivced Ituvha will need re
gvovieg leur gg
