UapCityNorihwestera advantages of WINTER. Its ad If these ta parallel cab that tbe advan r a large majority like the past one the frown to the depth •F a few laches ta November aad there after the snowfall keeps a blanket over the earth which prevents the front from creeping downward Inch by inch entS tt reaches a depth of four or lire leet. It keeps all plant life at the sur •**» of the nB la a perfectly dormant •***e. bat does no* too^rtdj suspend tbe fnactlos of deep lying roots A of tee and snow the Inter and filth «f the ( being dried and fine ly powdered and carried about by ewy passing breeze This Is one of of the nose. the _ car and respiratory pas «t« »* General Sack affections hare tarn ieas general this year than in Steady very trying to tbe o'd vital ener *» h reality much better than al tereatmg warn: sprlls and zero Itachea. for the latter conditions Invite indiscretions ta dress At this trues of the year household ers' thoughts turn naturally to lavns *»d tack yards, and there is a general desire t® have cSeaa and ornamental sarruimctngt. 1‘alortunately. in renay tnstaneca tbe dear* Is not strong enoegh to produce reao'.ta. A man *bo loaatihes his front lawn Is a public benefactor He no doubt gets some •aristae* sen out of his effort and ex pense. bat every passer enjoys the re wit of kis effort, and tbe whole neigh borhood is benefited When the effort extends to tbe back yard tbe number of individuals leardud Is not so great. b« perhaps the enjoyment by tbe smaller number is mwre intense. No cce enjoys n dirty Lack yard, and every person who sees one from a win dow forms an unfavorable opinion of tbe bemschoeder who permits an un sightly art-men !ar or of misplaced mat ter ta his environ meet a clean or mate freest laws Is more common than n dean and ornate back yard, yet nothmg wCJ tetter repay effort ■ trim back yard. !t on be made vo produce grass and floners instead sd tin cans ash heaps and tt«elc«* wood, and tbe remora! of household de%ma Is a sanitary precaution as well •* *n esthetic desonsf ratios. tie * atcc of raatTiOlnitg a -fiere Bct patrol aiorc the Atlantic roast, and o< sn4tag a derelict destroyer after ■recks that are reported at sea. te indorsed hy the fact that the rev «** cutter Gresham has Just toned into Prorincetons. Mas* . that cap sized lull of a vessel that has been drifting about the seas (or the past two years a menace to sailing ships lasiem with valuable cargoes. and to steamers with henry passenger lists f Chicago magistrate thinks r*>^» dranken men shosid not he arrested. taken instead by psCemts to their hot««n- Perhaps the nest step In this aay «d doing things will be to gtre asioAms the right to enact damages freaa people they ms down, on the grwand cd the troaUe and loss of tint snch rnfhr ims with pedestrians entail Profeoose Laugh Is propose* to ea rabttah a new aristocracy of the simple W* Every man can start aa arisjoc racy cd that sort on Us own account, hnt the trouble is that k k caviar to the general, because in the malar* of King Alien, the new sovereign of •he Belgians, to a prcgresslte monarch One of the ways is which this is indi cated Is hio approval cd the plan (or nasanag reforms la the Congo region and opting the door for commerce la that direction. tr« a good scheme ta make each head ad a koaahok his svt ceosua «d Us «Ke s age sithwt era Made Is reported to make the hum hlo hra lay more protlflcat’r A Buie hns!g»Uos tale the relative menu ad Vaguer or ngiar la the ealrrtaio mmmx at the foal might he «d ralae. Ftmr poor chiidret. the oldest II years of age. a ere arrested la Clev* Mad far steal: ag a doQ (rota a store M« oaoer mm have thought a fat ad that dott Tao Xra York toys also have sue seeded la tsramg double hack wan •emits Sorely the aptift at the stage Is at haac* Kiher WiAeia'f sixth mam is to fail the aovy WUhdrn oeght to have sated «at far the airship fleet. Vhca a a uaat has ta dJagdse her self as a mas la order to get good ra V hat aa exquisite pleasure K musi ho to he ahfe to aatiafy your artls tic ooai hr rarrhaslag a fdetura lot g ph room mil catch i arill make bnadvai COMMANDING FIGURE IN ABYSsINIA I Perhaps the most powerful man in Abyssinia, during the crisis through which that country Is passing Is r.as lessama. chief of the regency He has identified himself with the policy of the sick emperor and it v-r he who carried out the recent coup d etat w hich deposed Empress Taitu from the regency. He’and his cciteague Has Giorgis. put in her place as third regent Has Mikael .son-in-law of Menelik and father of Ltdj J*-as*u. heir to the throne It was R is Tessama who. In ISM. at the instance of the French mission under Bon champ*. * as sent to the White Nile to co-operate with Xlarchand in his advance on Eashoda which nearly Lrougbt France tod England to war POLICE STUDY DOGS __I Successful Use of Canir.es At tracts Attention of British Officers. G-eat Britain One* More Following Up in Rear of Her Continental Rivals and Taking Cue From Their Advancement. tmdos—Great Britain is once more following op in the rear of her conti Benfal r.rslj and taking a leaf from th«r books At last sbe is thinking about it. That is. in the adoption of *he doggie policeman. The force num le-rw only one at present, and be. the dog. is attached to the Berks conslab •t***"?- It is a good many years since Richardson of Harrow became a dog trainer, fals pack of bloodhounds besng a famed lot. It was Major Rich ardsoa who trained the dogs which did such good work by picking up wounded sc idlers on the battlefields °f Manchuria and which helped the Spaniards at Mellila. Even before that both France and Germany realized the possibilities of trained dogs as auxiliaries to their gendarmerie and police forces. In Russia, too. the dog policeman is known. A story Just reached here from Moscow about a dog known as Ttef. which is becoming a perfect ter ror to evil-doers. A number of bank notes and other valuables had been «■>!• n from a Moscow gentleman named Pokrofsky. and Tret s services •ere requisitioned He was put on the scent of the tti-f. and. after taking a circuitous route, entered a night shelter, making straight for an old coat belonging to a bouse painter, who was known un der the name of Alexander. The sum of PM rubles, which had been stolen from M Pokrofsky. was found In one of the pockets of the coat. That Lon Ion is evidently thinking about following the example of Berks s*ercs likely, as F 6. Bullock, one of the chief constables of the Metropoli tan police, aas been over in Paris having a look at the kennels of the po lice dags at Montrouge. London wants to know something about the use ol I those dogs before getting any of her own. In some of the favorite "burglary" districts, as they are known, such as Hampstead. Ealing. Harrow and there abouts. householders have not waited for the "swearing in" of any dog con stables. but have acquired some of their own from Major Richardson, with very satisfactory results. "It Is no use having a dog that won't bite." says Major Richardson. ' "and these dogs. If they catch hold of a man. will worry him Just like a rab bit. The dog is held on a chain and wears a specially contrived muzzle, which prevents him picking up poison. Tht v can hear a sound 400 yards further than a policeman, and If a man is hiding in a garden they can scent him out when a policeman might pass him by. Their senses ara even more acute at night than by day." t Hen With Human Features. Chicago.—Guests and employes of a downtown hotel are interested in a white hen that has features of a hu man being—a clearly defined nose and lips in place of the beak and mouth of j a chicken, and feet like knobs Instead i of claws. "The chicken Is nine months old." , said Michael Singer, one of the hotel porters, who owns the fowl, "and Is , compelled to eat from the hand of a person, being unable to pick (ood like other chickens. It cannot scratch and does not cackle nor make other noises like a chicken. It has laid two eggs, both of which were flat on one sid« and of extraordinary size." _ i Wood fibers are strongest near th® ’ center of the limb or tree trunk. Pie the Key to Longevity - * Hale Man of Ninety-Seven Name* Best Kind of Food to Cat to Be Centenarian. Belleville. IU.—The most remark able man In Belleville. Benjamin West, who is ninety-seven years old. straight as a soldier and spry, has given the world the secret of longev ity. Here it is: “P-i-e.” Any kind of pie will do as a steady diet, from Washington pie to lemon meringue, says Mr. West All kinds are equally stimulating and helpful. Mr. West was formerly a merchant in Belleville, but be retired in 1884. and bas since lived in Minneapolis. Twice each year he comes to Belle ville to visit his son. Robert, j "I'm going to have a centennial In , three years." he said while here last, j "Rules of health? Well. I can't say : that I have any. I have Just lived a prudent life. I do not know the taste of whisky or wine. When 1 was living here I tried to drink beer, but I didn t like the taste of it and 1 guess 1 never pot enough of It in my system to hurt ; me. “1 never smoked, but I chew tobac co. not to excess, though—just a cou ple of small chews a day 1 have made it a rule to eat not more than j one pound of meat a year. Rival Routs Elk Herd King Jerry. Long Leader at SL Louis Zoo. Oefeated in Battle—Victor Kills Another. St Louis.—Jerry, the royal elk bock ta tbe zoo at Forest park, is monarch of tbe elk herd no longer. Tbe crown passed to Big Ben. three years his junior, after two sanguinary battles, la which Jerry was completely routed and a year-old buck killed on tbe field. Although unchallenged as the undis puted king. Big Ben is enjoying no royal prerogatives Lustful for battle, be bellow s lmpMently behind the steel bars at his prison, where he was un ceremonious y thrust after his double victory. His challenges are unan swered. however. Jerry, who ruthless ly ran the herd for five years. Is com pletely cowed by bis defeat and hides himself when his conqueror hurls de fiance Jerry, until the other day. never tasted defesL and in bis yeaia of power had realen down every con I tender. But Big Ben had shown signs I of restlessness under Jerry's rule. Realizing that his power was threat j ened. Jerry tried repeatedly to force me tight. Big lien stood his ground when Jer ry aproached the other day. and a bat tle royal was on. It tasted but a few minutes, but Its fierceness made up for its brevity. Jerry forced the fighting, charging madly at his younger opponent Final ly Big Ben became the aggressor. He rushed savagely and Jerry ran. The retreat became a rout and the two traveled a merry pace around the pre serve. each of them bleeding from many cuts and bellowing with rage. Keepers ended the fight and saved Jerry's life. Big Ben. arrogant with his new au thority. was not satisfied with one bat tle. He kept the herd on the move all day. and in the afternoon cele brated bis victory by ruthlessly killing a yearling bull that crossed bis path. 'T never miss my three big meals a day. Next to pie I like vegetables best as a steady diet. 1 am not a vegetarian, but 1 have proved in my own case at least that vegetables are the healthiest food. I eat milk and eggs, but 1 like cabbage, beets, turnips, corn and potatoes much better." Mr. West said that he had not been ill a day in years. As a young man be was sickly and it was predicted that he would die before he was thirty. At ninety-seven his white hair Is the only indication of his extreme age. He takes long walks every day and carries a cane, not for the support, i but for style. He wears the frock coat and the broad slouch hat ouce typical of the “southern gentleman." He was born in Virginia when Uncle Sam was winning the 1812 pennant in the championship series with John Bull. Hear Heart Beats Miles Away. London.—Professor Milne and four distinguished doctors on the Isle of Wight, testing a new Invention, lis- 1 tened over an ordinary telephone to the beat of a woman's heart In Lon- ; don. The instrument employed In ' London was a stethoscope with a tele phone relay by which the minute sounds were magnified. I HORSE PARTLY DEER AND COW ' - Freak Animal in Canada la Only One Third Equine—Backbone Is on One Side. Ottawa.—At the village of Bucking ham. on the Quebec side of the Otta wa river, a few miles from this city, is a horse. If such It can be called, that is only one-third horse, the other j two parts being divided equally be tween cow and deer. As a freak the animal probably has no equal. The normal parts are its head. eyes, teeth and one hind leg. Its backbone la not In the center, but runs along the side of Its back. One side of the body Is that of • deer, perfectly formed, with the fine close-set ribs and the delicately curved body, while the other side re sembles that of a cow. very full, with big rough ribs and the hide much rougher than on the other aide. Keep Doing. Cato said, the best wav to keep good acts in memory was to refresh them with new.—Bacon. MY HATED RIVAL AND A LAME HORSE By C. C. HAHN *■■■■■■■■■■■wmm■■■■■■■■■■wmmMl■■*■■■■■■■■■■ I had left the lady of my heart at her home In a little village In the northern part of the state while I came to the city to make my fortune. In the meantime, however. Marian Phillips was true, and life would have run along very peacefully had It not been for a hated rival. He had money, while I was. as yet. a mere clerk. And there was no one In the little up-coun try town to say a word In my defense except one person, her Uncle Tom. At length there came a heart-rend ing letter from Marian In which she told me of dire persecution to compel her to marry my rival, and closing with an expression of fear that there was a conspiracy on foot to kidnap ficr—on some pretext or other to get her over into Canada, where she could be concealed from mo, 1 did not give much thought to the latter possibility, but the fact that Marian was afraid was enough for me and I started back home the next day. 1 likewise took along a wedding suit At Bronxton we reached the end of our journey by rail; from which place an ol.!-t'ashioned stage line perpetu ated Its franchise by means of an open spring wagon with three seats. In the waiting room of the station. I met two fellow travelers whom I had seen on the train but had not rec ognized. Years had passed since I had met Mr. and Mrs. titles, the re spected uncle and aunt of my hated rival. The revelation if their identity filled me with undefined fears. What was the object of their journey back from Massachusetts to the old home at this most suspicious occasion * The years which had changed the features of this worthy couple had brought greater changes in my own \ *1 Started Back Home the Next Day." face. Thankful that they did not rec ognise me. and unwilling to reveal myself at that time. 1 gave try name as James Lacey, of Springfield, when we negotiated for seats with the stage driver. A breakdown near a small town created a diversion in the mo notony of the trip. and. walking on to the village, which was only a mile away. 1 hired a two-seated sleigh, and inviting Mr. and Mrs. Giles to accompany me. we renewed our Jour ney. Again Fate seemed to have It laid up for me. We had gone no more than half a dozen miles when one of the horses went dead lame, and we barely reached a halfway house by night. The driver assured us the team would be all right by morning. Half an hour later. I saw a team standing In front of the tavern—a team so exactly like the one behind which we had labored for half a day. that I ran out to ask our driver what he meant by hitching up again. Rush ing around to the barn I found the driver in conversation with a long, loose-hung young man with a feeble Jaw and hay-colored hair, dressed in his Sunday best. “All right. Hank," I heard the driver say. and with an Involuntary start 1 stepped back into the shadows. Hank Collins was my hated rival, and this was he! "Be sure and rub my team down well. Pat.” my rival was saying. *Tve got to get back to Elmdale tonight. Came over to hire Johnson's two seated sieigh. Just got news that I will have to run over Into Canada.” “A man doesn't need a two-seated sleigh to do that!” "He does in my business.” was the. to me. suspicious reply. "There are others going with me and I know a fellow down state that would give his head to know about it. I'd like to see his face when he finds out we have turned the trick without him.” Could anything be more conclusive? Marian’s fears were well founded. I had arrived In the nick of time to save her. A shiver passed through me. In an instant I saw the whole plot. I began to reason. Either Hank Collins must not get to the old home tonight or I must get there before him. But how? Then the thought of how hla spirited team exactly matched my owu lame and tired one flashed through my mind and my plans were laid In an instant. “Pat.” I said, after the driver ha'd returned with Hank’s team acd sta bled it. "Have you had your supper?” “Nary a bit.” "Go and get It as soon as you have nibbed down the team. And—here’s |5 for saying nothing-” “Sire I can do that easy.” “I must get on to Elmdale tonight The lady and gentleman who were with me will come in the morning Say nothing about It. hut after you get your supper come out and hitch up for me." "But that lame horse!" “The hour's rest will make him all right!” He mumbled a little, hot the $5 bill was a wonderful argument As scon as he was gone I changed the location of those two teams, so that the lame horse was In Hank's stall and his fresh team standing where Pat had left my own weary one. Thts job safely accomplished. I went In to my own supper, recalling as 1 stepped inside the house that. In a moment of forgetfulness. I had signed my true name. Mark Hatha way, on the register, and there was my hated rival standing at the desk reading the list of guests. Whatever scheme might be on foot. I soon noticed that the nephew was making a successful attempt to avoid the uncle, who clung persistently to my side. At length, however, we cor nered one another at the hall en trance. and to my amarement the younger man was embarrassed at meeting his relative. ‘ You here?" was his only greeting as Vncie Silas grabbed him by the hand and hastened to introduce me as “Mr. James Lac«y, of Springfield." "Mr. James l^tcey, of Springfield." repeated Hank, open-mouthed in as tonishment. "Why. I thought-" "I am glad to learn." 1 hastily broke in. "that you have been able to arrange your trip to Canada." Hank shot a gleam of hate at me ! as his uncle exclaimed; "Going to Canada? You don't mean to say-" I withdrew, and 15 minutes later Pat and I were on our way to Klra dale, conscious that if Hank followed he would have an ail-night job with | a lame horse. Before midnight 1 had told the whole story to T'r.cle Tom. and early in the morning we drove over to Marian's. Hank was not there, but his father | was. and he glared at me In such a belligerent manner that I Immediately took Marian in my arms and kissed her. “Young man." he said, spreading a pious mask over his face, "do you mean to say that you have come up here to take this innocent girl away from her home and friends and marry her against their wishes?" “I certainly Intend to marry her," 1 ii-l'neu. "Oh. Marian. Marian." continued Pa Collins: oh. little Marian, who has been In my Sunday school class and grown up under niv eye. kin you. t ask. kin you so far forget yourself as to marry this man?" "I certainly can and will." came firmly from “little Marian." "Then." spoke up Uncle Tom. "the laws of the country having been com plied with, 1 as clerk of the county of Wooster certify that you are man and wife." They — are — man — and — wife!" asked Pa Collins. “1 am g’.ad to hear you pronounce them so.” Uncle Tom flashed back be fore any one else could speak. "That was all that could possibly be neces sary to make the marriage regular, i Valid it was. anyway." "What do you mean?" demanded both of Marian's parents in one i breath. "What do I mean? I mean just j this: That Mr. Collins being a jus j tice of the peace, having asked each one of these young folks if they would have each other, and both answering ■yes,' he has pronounced them man and wife, and I as clerk of the county court will be obliged to make out a certificate for them to that effect.” "That's so." Pa Collins ejaculated, sinking back under the weight of the blow. “But I never thought of it.” What more might have teen said or done no one can conjecture, for just then there was a jingling of sleigh bells and Uncle and Aunt Giles burst into the room. "Do you know what that scoundrel of a son of yours has done?” Uncle Giles cried, shaking his fist In Pa Col lins' face. "I sent him $5.0)0 to in vest in the Canadian Muffler company, with a written agreement that If he should ever wish to sell out he would notify me so that 1 could protect my self. Last week he made a fraudu lent assignment without mentioning J me as a creditor, and today he was to have gone to Canada with the three ! men he assigned to, where the assets were to be turned over, and I would have lost my money. But Providence was on the side of right, for by mis take he got a lame-horse out of John son's livery stable. "So it was Hank's horse that got mixed up with yours?" asked Uncle Tom. with a twinkle la his eye. “It was." "Then Providence was good to us all around, for I own half the shares in the Canadian muffler business, and Marian's wedding portion would have been considerably reduced If you hadn't managed to make the ex change,. Sister, shake hands with your new son." The Brighter Side. One of the easiest things In the world Is to form the habit or grum bling. The occasional discontent at one's lot soon develops into chronic pessimism, a state of mind that sheds gloom around and completely over shadows the natural brightness of every normal, healthy being. There's an old saying that puts the matter in a nutshell: “If ycu can't have what you like, like what you have.” Try to see the good that may lie far beneath the surface of your iot, but in the effort to unearth It there will be developed a greater I strength to withstand the harder ! knocks of the world. The grumbler is a very unwelcome person. He is in a constant state of displeasure with everything in general and with himself In particular; it is a reputation that few of us envy or ! covet, and one that if care be not used in the daily attitude toward hfe. will grow upon us until we are the slave* of a disagreeable habit. At Present Price*. "Pa. what is an optimist?" "An optimist, my son. is a tnnn who says, 'Well, 1 don't Uke beef, any how f i $ WOMAN ESCAPES OPERATION WasCoredbyLydiaEPink* ham’s Vegetable Compound Etrrood Ind.—"Your remedies harr cured me and I ha to only taken > \ bottles of Lvdia E. 1‘inkham‘s V«x> tue v omoounu. t was sics three months and cor. : not walk. 1 sr. fored all the t:r The doctors sa : could not pet w without ar. ope-a tioa. for I cou i hardly stand the pains in my sid s. especially my r.. : one. and down r..v i wnw; uy»-.t lee 1 k.-. to feel better w hen 1 bad taken e one bottle of Cor;pound, but kept as I was afraid to stop too soon.*'—kl -s Sadis Mvixkn, 271$ K» Ik St, i. wood. Ind. Why will women take chances v *th an operation or dra? out a s half-hearted existence, missing t fourths of the joy of livir*. « hen t ? can find health in Lydia L. link..,. ; Yesetablo Oompousid? 1'or thirty years it has been tv standard remedy for female ills, has cured thousands of women « have been troubled with such a ments as displacements, iatiamma ulceration, nhroki tumors, imv ties, periodic pains, backache. i:.-.;.s tion. and nervous prostration. If you have tiro slightest doubt that'Lydia K. Pink ham's Yece table ConuNiund will uoip \, ■: write to Mrs. Pinktaam at i.'nn Mass, for advice- Vow* letter will be absolutely coalidcmX, and the advice tree. Have goocwill to ail tfcst liTes, ting unkiodness die. and greed s wrath; so that your lives be r.u. like soft airs passing by.—N. Ar. His Excellence. ”1 tell you." said one man to v other as they emerged from the