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THIS IN NEBRASKA EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE OR LESS IMPORTANCE. Congressman Kinkaid Gets a Ruling in Behalf of Homesteaders—Other Matters in Nebraska. WASHINGTON — Representative Kinkaid has tor the past two years been fighting for a ruling from the general land office in relation to the improvements required on additional homesteads taken under the Kinkaid act, as it is sometimes known outside of Nebraska, the “CfO-acre act," to the effect that the homesteader still resid ing on his old homestead may make such additional improvements thereon. As a result of Judge Kinkaid’s persist ency the following ruling was issued by Assistant Commissioner J. H. Fim pie previous to his quitting office: “It is held by this office that where a party still owns and occupies his original homestead, and makes an ad ditional entry for contiguous lands, that the whole constitutes one entire claim and that improvements may be placed upon any part of said claim. It would, however, be necessary for the party to maintain his residence upon the original homestead until after final proof is made upon the ad ditional, in order to receive credit for improvements placed on the original in making such final proof.” A New Canning Company. OMAHA—The Florence Canning company was organized at Florence with a capital of $25,000, half of which will be paid up and is already sub scribed. The stock is nonassessable. The main business of the company will be the canning of tomatoes, corn and other vegetables. The plant is con tracted for and will be built by the Hastings Industrial company of Chi cago. Work will begin at once on the factory. Contracts are now being made with gardeners and farmers for acreage of tomatoes and corn. The plant will cost $10,250. School Apportionment Certified. The semi-annual school apportion ment certified Co the state superin tendent. by State Treasurer Mortensen amounts to $413,851.03, which is about $24,000 more than the May apportion ment of a year ago. The money was derived from the following sources: School tax, $92,985.65; interest on school and saline lands, $198,085.05: interest cn bonds. $65,275.17; interest on warrants. $53,034.05; game and fish licenses. $3,085; discount on bonds, $1,771.09. The money will be distrib uted $1.10 for each pupil in the state and there are this time 375,348 chil dren of school age in Nebraska. More Money for San Francisco. Governor Mickey lias forwarded to J D. Phelan, bead of the relief com mittee organized to ioolr after the needs of the San Francisco sufferers, a draft for $529.53, the balance on hand in his office. After mailing the draft Governor Mickey received $100 fiom W. J. Bryan, sent through Chas. W. Bryan, business manager of the Commoner. This sum is in addition to the $100 contributed by Mr. Bryan some weeks ago. Good Pension for Nebraskan. Washington despatch: Representa tive Hinsliaw has secured a big pen sion in the bureau for William P. Campbell of Fairburv. The latter was granted an original allowance of $8 per month from June 7, 1892. and $12 per month from March 3, 1903. The ac crued pension due Mr. Campbell is ,$1,500. a check for which he will re ceive in a few days. Money for the Schools. The money on hand in the state treasury for distribution among the school district of the state, at the close of business on the 21st, was $412,738.79 an increase from $389,540, the appor tionment of last year. This year the per capita distribution will be $1.10, while last May it was $1.03. Five Years for Murder. OMAHA—Frank Noonan of South Omaha, convicted of manslaughter for the killing of Charles Carlson, Decem ber 30, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by Judge Sutton. At tached to the verdict as returned by the jury was a very strong recommen dation for leniency. Woman Hangs Herself. FALLS CITY—Mrs. James Gilmore disappeared from her home west of Strauseville Monday evening about 5 o'clock, and her body was found hang ing in a cave near her house. Bonds for Water Works. OXFORD—-The city council, in a session, called a special election for June 26, to vote upon the dual proposi tion of issuing bends for water works and an electric light plant; $15,000 for water and $3,700 for light. Bonds for School Fund. The state board of educational lands and funds bought Tenessee bonds to the amount of $50,000 as an invest ment for the permanent school fund. The bonds will net the state 3 >4 per cent Interest. Farmer Killed by Lightning. NORFOLK—Carl Jensen, a prosper ous farmer near Tilden, went to the field to look after some horses and was found dead next morning having been struck by lightning. v Prefers Death to the Asylum. LONG PINE—Preferring death to life in an inebriate asylum, J. F. In galls, a Jewelryman of this place, shot himself in the abdomen and died a few hours later. For several years Ingalls had been a strenuous booze fighter. State Saves $1,5C0. LINCOLN—The state has saved $1,500 on the contract for printing the supreme court reports. The Omaha Printing company was given the con tract at 64 cents a page. The lowest previous bid was 87 cents. NEBRASKA BRIEFS. Fourteen students graduated from the Wisner high school. Two men confined in the Cass coun ty jail made their escape. Oxford is arranging all details for celebrating the Fourth of July. The Burlington 13 rebuilding its de pot at Greenwood, burned some time ago. Three separate attempts at incen diarism were made in McCook in "one night. Rev. Calvert of the Methodisf church of Humboldt has been given a ten weeks' vacation. It is said the Standard Beet Sugar company is owing $00,000 to farmers in Red Willow county. Hon. James E. North of Columbus announces that he is for W. J. Bryan for the next presidential term. Lightning struck the residence of Mrs. J. Donnelly and stunned three members of the family at Fremont. An organization for the protection of farmers and horse owners against horse thieves was effected at Wisner. Beatrice officials were asked to head off a horse thief who had been operat ing in Kansas and was headed for Ne braska. C. E. Mead, the defaulting bank cashier of Beemer, has been taken to the penitentiary to serve his three year sentence. t W. O. Olmstead of Ida Grove, !a.. was in Beatrice looking after his daughter, who disappeared from her home in that city. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, who live a few miles west of Falls City; are the parents of four boys, who were born last week. T. J. Maloney, a Wymore youth, was fatally shot by Fred Hanes, a com panion. The two boys were out hunt ing when the accident occurred. Insurance Deputy Pierce has refus ed the request of the Bankers' Union of the World to reconsider his action in refusing a .icense to the company to do business in Nebraska. John Bane, a prosperous farmer of Pierce county, was crushed to death under his wagon heavily loaded with lumber. He is supposed to have fallen under the wheels while asleep. The board of education is having trouble in finding suitable teachers for Arapahoe schools. They are still looking for a teacher to handle the science and German and a kinder gartner. According to figures in the office o the secretary of state, Hastings has more automobiles than any other city in the state in proportion to the pop ulation. Lincoln is second and Omaha is third. G. A. Herzozg, a capitalist of Har vard, has procured a franchise for the establishment of a gas plant in that city to be used for lighting and cook ing purposes, and has already com menced work on the plant. Frank Tragaard. who has been in the Dodge county jail four months on the charge of bigamy, preferred by Mabel Tragaard, was released for want of evidence and the case in dis trict court was stricken from the rec ords. The Nebraska fish and game com mission car passed through Milford and left 25,000 small catfish and pike to be planted in the Blue. The fish were placed at different points in the river below' the dam. The Soldiers’ Home river was well stocked with the fish. A man who gives his name as W. B. Ellis, which is supposed to be fictitious and w'ho was arrested in Beatrice for trying to pass a forged check on A1 White, was arraigned in the county court. He pleaded not guilty and in default of $1,000 bonds was lodged in the county jail. William Carr & Son of Tecumseh have been given three miles of grad ing on the Burlington’s Lincoln-Mil ford line near Germantown. At pres ent they are doing some work for the Union Pacific near South Omaha, but they will begin work on the new contract at once Tecumsen and Johnson county peo ple generally speaking are satisfied at the verdict of the district court of Ne maha county, in Auburn, finding Charles M. Chamberlain, ex-oasher of the failed Chamberlain banking house of that city, guilty of embezzzlement. The case was taken from Johnsoif conmy on cnange or venue. Otto D. Schmidt, the sailor boy from Blair who was gTanted a gold medal and $100 by the secretary of the navj for heroic conduct on board the Ben nington when its boilers exploded, at San Diego, received his gold medal about a month ago and last week re celved his money Sir. Schmidt is one of eleven comrades so awarded and the only one from Nebraska. The state board of public lands and buildings went out to Milford to look over the ground which the Burlington railroad wants to use as a right-of-way in changing Its line through Milford. Without a special act of the legisla ' ture the board has no right to deed ' the land to the railroad company, but the board, after an investigation, agreed to allow the road to put in its track and then go to the legislature for a deed next winter. The Messrs. Bernhard Wiese and Ed Stoltenberg. residing near Abbot, heard a loud noise in the barnyard a few days ago and upon investigating found a six-foot reptile of the “black snake" variety in battle with a 440 pound hog. The snake was killed. The examination and investigation demanded by Superintendent Alden and Assistant Superintendent Nichol son of the Norfolk asylum, whose res ignations were demanded by Governor Mickey on charges of incompetency and mismanagement, may lead to a general sh&keup in other institutions. The case of Christiana Souchek, an inmate of the Girls’ Industrial home at Milford, against Ernest Carr was tried at the last term and the defend ant found guilty, the jury bringing in a verdict to that effect after being out all night. Anton Matcyeck, while temporarily insane, jumped from the corridor ol the Fremont hospital through a win ; dow to the ground and made a frantic ! dash to get away, shouting at the top ; of his voice as he ran that physicians I were trying to kill him. lie was cap j tured and jaile WHO WOULD HAVE EELIEVED IT? g cwcaco P JOURNAL FERTILIZER MEN INDICTED MUST FACE COURT ON CHARGE OF MAINTAINING TRUST. Defendants Are Said to Have Violated the Sherman Law by Fostering Illegal Combination. Nashville. Tenn.—The grand jury of the United States circuit court, which nas been investigating the alleged fer tilizer trust for the past four weeks, Friday returned an indictment agaiDst about 80 fertilizer manufacturers, in cluding a number of local men. The indictment contains six counts detail ing in specific form alleged violations bf the anti-trust laws, and charging the defendants with combining and being engaged in a trust or combina tion. The defendants live in various parts of the country where fertilizers are manufactured and certified copies of the indictment will be sent to the various districts in which the defend ants reside, and there served. The defendants will be required to execute bonds for their appearance at the Oc tober term of the court in this city, when the cases are to be tried. The grand jury examined during the in vestigation 140 witnesses and the in dictment returned is a voluminous document. VICE CONSUL MURDERED. W. H. Stuart, American Official at Batum, Russia, Slain from Ambush. Batum.—W. H. Stuart, the American j vice consul, was shot and killed near : his country place Sunday night. The . assassins escaped. Mr. Stuart was a British subject and one of the largest ship brokers and exporters of Batum. During the revolutionary troubles of last fall his life was many times threatened by longshoremen, and at Christmas a deputation visited his of fice and practically compelled him to give them $1,500 under the guise of a holiday gratuity for dock laborers. Aside from the troubles during the revolutionary disturbances last fall. Mr. Stuart had had no friction with the native population. He was so gen erally respected that he was on sev eral occasions called upon to act as intermediary during the racial war be tween the Tartars and the Armenians, saving the lives of several of the lat ter. Mr. Stuart, who was 49 years of age. had spent the greater part of his life in Russia, the last 12 years in Batum. Besides his official connections he had i extensive business relations through out the entire Caucasus. He spoke sev eral.native dialects and was considered an authority on land. Home Products for Canal. Washington.—The senate commit tee on finance Wednesday favorably reported a resolution directing that materials for the Panama canal shall be of domestic production and manu- ! facture, unless the president deems the i bids for the same exorbitant. The de natured alcohol bill was ordered re ported favorably by the senate com mittee on finance. Rural Delivery Order. Washington.—The fourth assistant postmaster genreal has issued an or der providing that after July 1 rural delivery carriers, when making their trips, will visit and examine only j those boxes for which they have mail j for delivery and those on which the signals are displayed to indicate that j there is mail for dispatch. Insane Man Threatens Roosevelt. Washington.—Following allegations that he had threatened violence to the president, Robert P. Lewis, a Hawai ian, was arrested here Friday on sus picion that his mind was affected and was sent to St. Elizabeth's asylum for the insane. Allege Violation of Pool Law. Kansas City, Mo.—The grand Jury Friday returned six indictments igainst Dr. J. S. Gardner, president of the Kansas City Jockey club, and Charles Oldham, a bookmaker, for vio lation of the pool selling act. Veterans in Collision. Lafayette, Ind.—One man was killed and nearly 70 old soldiers were in jured in a collision on the Lafayette battle ground electric road Wednesday. Both cars were crowded with veterans attending the annual encampment of the G. A. R. Friend of Grant Dead. Denver, Col.—Col. Robert S. Moore, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars and a close friend of Gen. Grant and Gen. Sheridan, died at his home in this city Wednesday, aged 79 years. ILLINOIS BANKERS INDICTED Grand Jury Returns True Bills Against Four Owners of Pekin Institution. Peoria, 111.—The four principal own ers in the failed Teis Smith bank of Pekin, 111., were indicted under 125 counts each by the Tazewell county grand jury Thursday. Judge Worth ington fixed the bond of the defend ants at $35,000 each and security was furnished. The men under indictment are D. C. Smith, the aged head of the firm; E. F. Unland, Conrad Luppen and Henry Block. The courtroom was crowded wnen the grand jury reported, and it was with difficulty that the bailiffs main tained order when the list of indict ments was read by the clerk. Th? de positors, who have used every effort to secure indictments, were wild with ex citement. Efforts on the part of the partners of the bank to raise sufficient funds to meet all liabilities are in progress and are expected to culminate in a proposition to the depositors at a meeting of creditors in Peoria on May 28. Schedules filed by the individual partners and by the bank showed lia bilities of practically $500,000, and as sets of less tban $300,000. ANARCHISTS ATTACK BANK Two Customers Killed in General Melee at Warsaw In stitution. Warsaw.—A brief but bloody en counter took place Friday afternoon at the Industrial Savings bank, which was attacked by a band of anarchists. The latter, with revolvers in their hands, ordered the clerks and custom ers present to hold up tneir hands. The chief clerk promptly drew a re volver and fired at the intruders. This was the signal for a brisk fusillade during which two of the customers were killed and two customers, five clerks and one of the anarchists were wounded. The anarchists then es caped carrying off their wounded. . PERKINS IS DISCHARGED. New York Decides Ex-Life Insurance Official Cannot Be Held for Grand Larceny. New York, May 26.—The appellate division of the supreme court Friday handed down a decision discharging from custody George W. Perkins, whom the supreme court had held to await action of the grand jury on a technical charge of grand larceny in connection with the campaign contri bution of the New York Life Insur ance company to the Republican na tional committee. Leads Santo Domingo Rebellion. Washington.—Disquieting advices have been received by the state depart ment relative to revolutionary move ments in the West Indies, directed against the administration of Presi dent Caceres, of Santo Domingo. De tails of these movements are vague and are difficult of access, but they Indicate that ex-Presldent Morales is making a determined efTort to expei Caceres and regain the presidency of Santo Domingo. No Receiver for Zion. Chicago.—The first decisive legal victory between the warring factions of Zion went to the adherents of John Alexander Dowie Tuesday in the dis trict court. Judge Landis declared his investigators found no evidence of misappropriation of funds, that the as sets exceed all liabilities, and that no receiver will *be appointed. Tornado Demolishes House. Sioux City, la.—A tornado struck the town of Whiting, la., at six o'clock Friday evening and demolished a resi dence and barn. The occupants saw the storm approaching and escaped in jury by taking refuge in the cellar. Greeting to Royal Bride. Madrid.—The royal train bearing King Alfonso and his future bride, Princess Ena of Battenberg, arrived Friday evening at the Pardo station. The princess was escorted to the Par do palace with imposing ceremony. Earthquake at Cleveland. Cleveland. O.—An earth-shock last ing 48 seconds was recorded here Wednesday upon the seismograph at St. Ignatius college. The initial movement came from the east and the return shock from the west. Find Corpse of Minister. Rock Island, 111.—The corpse of Rev. Frank W. Hoover, a Congregational minister of Sherrard, was found float ing in a pond near his home Wednes day. It is supposed that he was drowned while bathing. AFFIRMS BURTON DECISION Kancas Senator Must Serve Si* Months in Jail and Pay Fine, Be sides Losing Office. Washington.—The supreme court of the United States Monday rendered A decision in the case of United States Senator Ralph Burton, of Kansas. The decision was against Burton, af firming the decision of the United States circuit court for the eastern dis trict of Missouri, by which Burton was centeneed to six months’ imprisonment in the jail of Iron county. Mo., re quired to pay a fine of $2,500 and de prived of the light to hereafter hold office under the government. The opinion was by Justice Harlan. All of the points made in Burton’s inter est were overruled. Senator Burton was prosecuted on the charge of violating Section 1782 of the revised statutes, which prohib its senators and representatives from receiving compensation for services rendered before any of the government departments in any matter in which the government may be interested. He was specifically charged with ac cepting a fee of $500 per month for five months from the Rialto Grain & Securities company, of St. Louis, for services rendered that company in an effort to prevent the issuance of an order by the post office department prohibiting the use of the mails by the company. Immediately after promulgating its decision in the Burton case the su preme court of the United States Mon day granted a motion to give 60 days to Senator Burton in which to pre pare a petition for a rehearing. The action tvill have the effect of taking the case over until the next term of court beginning in October, as the present term will expire next Monday. NOTED PLAYWRIGHT DEAD. Henrik Ibsen Dies at liis Home in Norwegian Capital After Long Illness. Christiania, "Norway.—Henrik Ibsen, Norway’s greatest poet and dramatist, died peacefully at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Ibsen was 78 years of age. Although Ibsen’s literary activity ceased some years ago, when an apo plectic seizure forced him to refrain from mental effort, he had continued to be a familiar figure in the life of Christiania and was frequently seen driving in the streets with a compan ion. From time to time lately as fre3h apoplectic attacks came upon him it became obvious, especially in view of his advanced years, that his death could not be far distant. Tuesday night another seizure left him com pletely unconscious, and his physi cian announced that he had only a few hours to live. King Haakon, immediately upon re ceipt of the news of Ibsen's death, transmitted to the widow his own and Queen Maud's sympathy and condol ences. The storthing and other public bod ies are formally recording the nation al grief at the loss of this foremost figure in the literary life of the nation. It is understood that the funeral will be a state function. DISORDER DUE TO GUARDS Deputies at Plum Run Mine Fire Gans to Intimidate Striking Mineworkers. Stubenville, O. — The Plum Hun mines of the United States Coal company were started Thursday with 125 nonunion men. The men were es corted to the mines by armed guards. There was no disorder, but the foreign element is feared if the mine is kept running. Reports of attacks and riot ing were the result of some of tha deputies who early Thursday fired their guns in the air to intimidate any of the strikers that might be about. Churches Are United. Des JJoines, la.—"I do solemnly de clare and here publicly announce that the basis of union is now in full force and effect and that the Cumberland Presbyterian church is now reunited with the Presbyterian church in the l nited States of America as one church.” With these words uttered be fore the general assembly Thursday moderator Hunter Corbett officially es tablished the union of the two denom inations. Woman Retains Golf Title. Auburndaie. Mass.—Miss Pauline Mackay, of the Oakley Country club, the national and state woman's golf champion, Friday retained her state title by defeating Miss Harriet S. Cur tis, of the Country club, in the final round of the woman’s state golf tour nament. Amusement Resort Destroyed. Cleveland, O.—Fire Friday prac tically destroyed the famous amuse ment resort known as the White City, a few miles east of Cleveland. Numer ous buildings with their entire con tents were completely wiped out. The loss is estimated at at $150,000. San Francisco Death List. San Francisco.—According to the records to date in the coroner’s office the death ust from fire and earthquake is now 402. The last name added Is that of Fred F. Stanley, a letter car rier. Athletes Home Again. New York.—The White Star liner Republic, having on board the victori ous American athletes who competed in the Olympic games at Athens, Greece, arrived in quarantine at 5:15 o’clock Friday morning. Bernhardt in Wreck. Mankato, Kan.—One of the trucks of the special train carrying Sarah Bernhardt and her company broke two miles from here Friday afternoon, de laying the train several hours. No damage was done. Babe Killed in Tornado. Waxahachie, Tex.—The residence of J. D. Duke, a farmer living eight miles east of Waxahachie, was struck by a tornado Friday and completely demol ished. An infant nine days old was killed. PANIC IN PALACE CHALLENGE FROM PARLIAMENT CAUSES CONSTERNATION. SOLD ACTION OF LOWER HOUSE Its Movements Make it Revolutionary Body in Eyes of Law—Premier Goes to Peterhof to Confer With the Em peror. ST. PETERSBURG—With breath -ess anxiety society awaits the govern nent’s response to the bold action of the lower house of Parliament Satur lay, which is censuring the ministry and demanding its retirement, was like a delinberate slap in the face and a di rect challange which the government, though inclined to prefer its usual pol icy of temporization and compromise, can hardly avoid meeting. Parliament has burned the bridge and virtually has taken the step which the French states general did when it transformed 'tself into a national convention. By flaunting the fundamental laws and practically declaring that it pro poses to exercise full parliamentary rights with a responsible ministry, it has become in the eyes of the law a revolutionary body, and from that posi tion there seems no retreat. The news af the action of the house came like an electric shock, the people M-nerally being as greatiy surprised a™the bu reaucracy at the promptness with which the whole of the government’s policy was absolutely scorned. Both sides recognize the acuteness and se riousness of the moment, but panic is in the government and not the popular camp. Premier Boremykin went to Peterhof 'mmediately after the adjournment of Saturday’s session to confer with tne emperor and Sunday denoted agitated conferences between the ministerial leaders. The constitutional democratic chiefs are displaying calmness in the face of the crisis. They declare that having delivered their reply they pro pose to go calmly ahead with the work before them, forcing the government to take the initiative. The strength of their position lies in the conviction that the Russian nation and especially the peasantry, who are sure to he dis contented at first concerning the ex propriation of lands, is behind Parlia ment in its rejection of the govern ment’s policy as utterly unacceptable. “The government if it dares to fight,” said M. Kokoshime, one of the consti tutional democratic members of the house, "can disperse the Parliament; but the victory of the bureaucracy would only be temporary. It would in evitably be followed shortly by a bloody revolution which would not leave a stick of the present govern ment standing. The emperor must choose between a real constitutional government and the loss not only of bis crown, but probably of his head.” FIGHT FOR MILLION DOLLARS. Attorney General Hadley Will Try to Keep Assets of Bond Company. KANSAS CITY—Herbert S. Hadley, attorney general of Missouri, will to morrow ask that the affairs of the American Reserve Bond company in this state he remanded for settlement from the federal to the state court. Mr. Hadley said. “I mean to say that the $1,000,000 deposited with the state treasurer goes to Missouri creditors. If the federal court takes jurisdiction Missourians will get only their pro rata share of that sum. Suits Against Two Railroads. INDIANAPOLIS — Acting upon a complaint made by the state railroad commission. Attorney General Charles W. Miller filed suit against the Monon. and Chicago & Eastern Illinois rail roads, charging discrimination in coal rates. He asks damages of $5,000 from each road. Status of the Naval Bill. WASHINGTON—The naval approp riation bill will be reported to the sen ate on Tuesday the committee prac tically completed consideration of the measure. Appropriation for a battle ship of the type of the Dreadnought now being constructed for the British navy, was accepted by the senate com mittee as it passed the house. Postal Congress Adjourns. ROME — The international postal congress ended Sunday after a sitting in which the treaties had been pre viously agreed upon were signed. Be fore leaving Rome several of the dele gates were received by the Pope in pri vate audience, among them being Mr. Edward Rosewater of Omaha, Neb. Foreigners Not in Danger. PARIS—A semi-official note issued relative to reports of trouble at Pointe a Pitre, Guadalotfpe, and Fort De France, Martinque, say there is no possibility of danger to foreigners' there. Savings Bank for Philippines. MANILA—The Philippine commis sion passed the postal savings bank bill. It became effective immediately. Important Move By Japs. TOKIO—Vice Admiral Togo, General Kuroki and Marquis Ito, with a suits of admirals and generals, will start shortly on a tour of inspection in Man churia. This important mission is sup posed to be the outcome of the recent state council at which, though the de tails have not become known, it is understood weighty decisions were reached respecting the Manchurian railways, which are intended to be per manently run by the government. This will necessitate the floating of another big loan. Nebraskan Suicides Abroad. ST. LOUIS. Mo.—H. Roy Penfold, aged about 22, of Omaha, died in an ambulance en route to the city dispen sary after taking poison. The fatel deed was committed about 8:45 o’clock in a rear room at 1731 Morgan street where he had been staying. Letters in his packets from relatives, written on stationery of H. J. Penfold & Co., deal ers in surgical instruments and photo graph supplies. Omaha, indicate that he had been in financial straits. They nhow that hie Omaha relatives had sent him assistance recently THE FLOWER CARDEN. Old Favorites Should Do Well with Attention to a Few Conditions —A List Given. Among the flowers that are old standbys for the summer garden are asters, sweet peas, nasturtiums, poppy, phlox, castor plant and sunflower. Asters should be planted in ooxes in March and transplanted in the garden in May. The nasturtiums and sweet peas should have poultry netting held in place by stakes to vine on. With the exception of the aster, these flow :rs should be sown the last of April You can depend on these fi twers ‘very time if you give them a good soil to grow in and keep the weeds away from them. If prevented from ripen ing seed by gathering the flowers :ts ’ast as they appear, they will come nto bloom early in the season and produce flowers well up to tiie frost time. The old-fashioned sunflower can be used to advantage, and to give the garden a tropical effect the recinus or castor plant with its palmate leaves is strikingly effective. The castor plant and sunflower should be used as a background for the garden, and should be planted on the four sides of the garden and next to the fence, and the space of from three to four feet of the fence should be filled in with the asters, swee* peas, poppies, nasturtiums and phlox. —Orange Judd Farmer. THE NEW WASH-FROCKS. We Have a Return of “Sprigged Muslins” and of the Quaint Styles of Long Ago. Among the perfectly new kinks for wash frocks is the use of the old flowered French taffeta—wash cot tons—and figured calicoes so highly finished that they have the look of damask. Plain materials in the same weaves are employed to trim these, but the solid decoration is very spare. One such imported gown seen owned the charming title of costume ber gere (shepheress' dress). French calico was said to be the material, but the effect was like that of a toilet upon a Watteau fan. Upon a dam asked white background were small bouquets of naturally tinted field flowers, tied with live knot ribbons in pale blue. This formed the upper dress, which was in a species of polonaise with faintly defined pan niers and a square neck and flounced elbow sleeves. The lower skirt was of plain blue calico finely kilted and made decidedly short, and with this ravishing toilet went a high guimpe and long undersleeves of embroi dered white muslin. Great stress is laid upon the style* of the gloves for entire wash gowns French authorities declare kid to be entirely out of place.—Washington Star. GOOD FRUIT MERINGUES. These Are Very Delicate and a Nica Dessert for Xuncheon or a High Tea. Fruit meringues are so delicious and so easily made that it is a pity they are not oftener seen on out tables. Make a nice puff paste; lint a pie-plate with it, about a o.uarter of an inch thick. Bake these shells In the oven, and prick them if they rise too much. Be very careful in lining the pie-plate to have the paste “fulled'’ on, so it will not shrink away in baking. When the pastry shells are done, let cool, and fill them tvith rich apple sauce, stewed and sweet ened and flavored; or fill them with canned peaches sliced and sweetened; or with quince, or other marmalade, or jelly or jam. Cover each fie with a thick meringue made by beating the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth adding gradually while beating two tablespoonfuls of pulverized sugar and the juice of one lemon. Return the pie to the oven, where the heat should be gentle, and cook th° merin gue slowly until it is a firm, light brown, and it will not fall when cold —The Commoner. Care of Shoes. Boot and shoe trees are all very well if they can be afforded, but a set 3f them to accommodate the footgear if the average well-dressed woman •epresents quite a considerable ex ipnditure. Tissue paper crushed and packed in the shoe answers every pur pose of keepiilg it in shape and cost? ilmost nothing. Patent leather shoes need special care to preserve them in good condition. When they art fresh and new they may be wiped over after every wearing with a soft linen cloth, and set in a closet that [s not too cold nor too warm. Ex tremes of temperature injure the leath er. As the shoes begin to show ?igns of wear they should be washed with a sponge dipped in lukewarm water, and after being carefully dried, he lightly brushed over with a patent leather varnish sold for the purpose ind applied with a camel's hair brush. Not Obtrusive. An authority cn such subjects once said that the moment a picture fr^me becomes noticeable something was wrong with it. This fact is so evi dently true that even those of us whc have no artistic education feel the in eongruity of some things without knowing just what to say, or why, and it takes but a hint to open our eye, to certain points we had never thought about. • Reflex Action. “Stiggins. do you believe in special providences?” I do. I have believed in them firm *y every since I was in a railroad acci lent. Everybody in the car was bad ly injured except me. I escaped with put a scratch.” “Well, I have always been a be liever in them myself—until just now.”—Chicago Tribune. Lightning Flashes. Recent efforts to measure the dura tion of flashes of lightning seem to show that It is often as brief as one fort y-thousandth part of a second. A Hash lasting the fiftieth part of a sec ond is considered shout the extreme duration.