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L.- 6 THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, JULY 81 18U6. I: H ft f A IVi L, Vi THE TRENT AFFAIR. STONY OF OUtl LAST UREAK WITH JOHN U'JLL. A llllllk lllH illMl Hffll lIIOll fill lll hulijm-t llurli Inform ttlon lltircto ore IJiiiiililliliril I I'riMi'litril by I III' Author. N li-vv of the pres ent trouble with tile V l II cz II i I (l I. miiiiiI i iv ntiil tint WS I. JHIH-li Vexed lUCS- H ( -O "'"' of ""' "'lvH'1" unity hi iu-iiini" i nljliii; tin- belliger ency of tin- C'tibiiii liifitrKuiitti. much Interest Iiiih been awakened iih to Hit lirosent condition mnl past history of American relations with Europ mii PCVJVCrS. Tim hhitory of the illiilnmiitle rela tions lietwueu England and tho t'nlied State? In llnelf suggests a rlrh Held lor study, ami one of the most Interesting nml heretofore unwritten c-hnpleis In the faiumiH Treat affair, an Incident whk'h cnn he vivldl.v lerallei! hy the HiirvlvltiK veterans of the civil war. The Htory of tills relehrateil event, Up on the solution of whose delicate prob lem hung, for a I line, the existence of IIiIh country, has hcen, for the Hint time, completely told la all ItH detail by l'rof. ThnmuH I.. Harris of Ihe tTnl verlty df Chicago In a hook called "The Trent Affair." It Is well known to the ntiidenl of history that dlHtitrhed relation have existed hetwen England anil the United States In almost uuhroen succession nlnco the war of the revolution. First after the revolution came the llilllsh claim of the right of search and the war of 181U resulted Then came the troubles of 18;) I. glowing out of the namu claim, and ai;ain In lS.'S, at which time the Cuban outrage created such general Indignation. Towards the close of 1S00 llrltlsh and American in ternational affairs had assumed a much more favorable, aspect than usual. .President llnchaiian In his message congratulated the country upon the friendly relations since the Clnytnu IJulwer treaty had been settled ami the night of search claimed by England again adjusted. Tlie prince of Wales had Just pnld a visit tu this country, and as the London Post of November 10. ISO!), said: "We bellee an alliance Jias been consolidated which will en dure for the mutual beucllt not only of the two nations, but of tho civilized world. Hut things soon changed. Tliry al ways do when things are not Just to the avaricious liking of John Dull. On Dee. 17, ISM, South Carolina Heccded and the civil war was on. Mr. Harris fihoua conclusively the English sym pathy for the confederate cause, limit ing Justine McCarty, Sir Edward llul wer Lylton and W. E. (Hailstone, who, in n speech at Edinburgh, Jan. C, ISO!!, COMMISSlONM'.ll SLIDKl.L. alil: "The federal i;nvernnicnt ran never succeed in putting down the re bellion. If it should It would only bo the preface and In'.iodiictlou of politi cal dllllcultles far greater than the war Itself." The author then shows the ef forts of the confederacy to secure icc ognitlon by Kuropeau powers, giving the correspondence with much full ness, and shows with what precipita tion Queen Victoria Is&iied h'T neutral ity proclamation within sixty clas after Lincoln's Inauguration. The first agents of the south had no cnmpllshed nothing, and it was, there fore, decided . by the confederacy In send new representatives to Jnigland and Uranre. who were to be connils nloneil ns ambassadors. James Murray Mason of Virginia and John Slidell, senator of Louisiana, were selected. As l'rof, Harris says: "Mr. Mason was a man of great peisonal mark, possess ing ability of the highest order. Mr. Slidell had been in the lowvr house and was a member of tho senate at tho time of Louisiana's secession. Iloth were ultra secessionists, active and tnl onted. TlK'lr object was to seenro if possible the recognition of the inde pendence of the confederate govern ment hy the respective states to which I hoy were accredited." The southern ports being blockaded, Messrs. Mason and Slldel weie com pelled to run the blockade by night in leaving tho country. Charleston was selected by them ns the point of depart ure and It was nnnouueed by the con federate prcsu that they would tako jiabsago on the prlvnteer Nashville. Tills boat left tho hnrhor on the night of Oct. 10, 1SC1, In order to draw off the federal cruisers, and shortly after, !Mr. Mason, with his secretary and Mr. tSlldell, with his secretary, wife nnd four chllclvcn, embarked on the Thin lore, stealing out of the harbor at mid night In a pouring rain. The boat escaped tho watchful cruisers of tho blockading squadron and the party ar lived at Havana. Oct. 17, whore they were- entertained whilo awaiting nn Un Kllsh steamer to eairy them to Kng lnnil. On Nov. 7 the party emharkoil on tho UrftisU stcaniLi- Trent, nt Ha'vana, 7 r" ' wl s for St. Thomas Island, where they would connect with a steamer for Southampton. The steamer Trent, lly liif. nil English (big, reached the llaha iiiii channel and there, while under full way, was Intercepted by the United Slates war ste.imer San Jacinto, com manded by Capt. Charles Wilkes. Two shots wore llred across her bow hcfoie she hove to and amid the violent pro-lu-ti of the English olllcci sand the con federate envoys the latter weic placed under arrest and brought back to New York, while the steamer was allowed to pursue its voyage. The departure of the envoys having been known through out the ninth and their Inlliiencu hav ing been feared, the aiinouneein-nt of their capture was hailed with wild delight by the United States. Capt. Wilkes was honored wherever he ap peared and received olllelal thanks. England entered a vigorous protest against this net. Her ship, protected by her Hag, had been boarded in open sea and passengers had been forcibly removed. What follows Is history. England Immediately upon receipt of the news Instructed her lepresentatlve.i at Washington to demand the Immedi ate release of the prisoners and an apology. Upon a icfusal to comply with this demand by the United States tho llrltlsh minister was ordered to to turn. Sewn days weie given In which to reply to this ultimatum. Against the nilvWe ami contrary to the demands &2ri mwM&: rMfcfwsv .M.Tt. JiMr w .--. mmm V.wi ! mm i CAPT. W1LKI38. of the country generally. President Lin coln ordered the telease of the prison ers. Mr. Harris shows vividly the con dition of the public inlnil in this coun try and lnigland over the affair pending Its settle ini'iil. Speaking of Senator Hale of Now Hampshire, he says: "Ijpon the lloor of the semite Mr. Hale referred to a conversation which he had Just had with Senator Lane of Indiana, who had said that the state of Indiana had then fiO.OOO men In the Held and she would double that number within sixtj days if a war with (Jrat ltiitaln were brought about." A number of news papers are epioted, among which Is the Indianapolis Sentinel of Dec. 7, 1SU1, which said editorially: "We can only hope, that those at tho head of the gov ernment may be equal to the emerg ency ami that they will maintain the honor of the nation at whatever sacrl lice." Mr. Harris ghes the cabinet discus sions in full, much of which Informa tion Is published for the llrst time, ami devotes an Interesting chaptqr to the iew3 of Kuropfiiu nations concerning tho Trent case. The reply to ISughinirs demand of Secretary Seward Is epioted and an:ileil ami In many respect criticised. He shown from numerous quotations the Joy felt In lCngland at the concession of the northern states and epiotes from a spech of W. V fSlad Mone. delivered at Kdluburg in Janu ary, lStil', as follows: "Let us look to the fact that in tho midst of exultation ami In a country where the principles of popular govern ment ami of democracy are carried to the extreme, that even, however. In this matter of life and death as ihey thlnk it to be that while ebullitions were taking place all over the country of Joy and exultation at capture that even then this popular and democratic government has under a demand of a foreign power written these words. 'The four commissioners will be cluvr fully liberated. ' In criticising the reply of Secretary Seward and in treating of the interna tional law bearing upon the Trent af fair, Mr. Harris draws the following conclusions: "Neither of the eotninU sioneis nor their dispatches lining of non-mllltary character) were contra band of war; a neutral power is en titled to hold necessary Informal rela tions with an unrecognized bellgei'iit; the Trent hud in no way violated her duties a.i a neutral ship; ('apt. Wilkes .s.Wia.. ujx-ayi I lJZ r'j.J ,?i :m G kxi ( j& &ss&sntis p fwJ 7 .;- . - im - n it , COMMISSIONS MASON, had a right ro search the Trent for contraband of war; Capt. Wilkes hnd no right to seize the peiMins or dis patches of tho confederate commis sioners at tho time he did; viewed sole ly from tho standpoint of International law sound reasons wero not given for the surrender of tho 'commissioners by Secretary Seward." Although Mr. Harris accedes this much to tho l'rltlsh sldo of tho question he strongly criticises England for her action in bo precipitately preparing for I war. (' X, & V ' m. "W1SV ife X?&s " m?: v -: 4fotMmM w.riL" x r,wm url IT IS A AV00DKN MAN. THE MARVELOUS INVENTION OF A TONAWANDAN. II.M I'firlrilnil n Sl.ii IiIiik Willed Mmci hn I'oiluM t a Itiitft of Inn .MII01 I'nr llniir Wnrki'il on tlm Contrl Tuiii'n fur (din IVur, n N A WA ; u A New This v s p e c lal to York World: town has been in a nutter of excite ment all tho week ii v er a wonderful in ec h a ulcal man w h I eh has been walking the streets each evening with U -mxa JT;1;' W the grace and ease of a human. Philip Perew, of this city, Is the In ventor of the latest novel mechanical device. It is made of wood, steel and brass, ami viewed from a rod or two away it is utmost Impossible to dis tinguish it from llcsh am) blood. The Hi st successful appearance of the dummy was made on the streets of Tonawancla last Monday evening, and since then it has walked up and down the pavement nightly. It wan about a year ago that Mr. Perew conceived the Idea of Inventing a wooden man. He was possessed of ingenuity and uccc.sbnry capital to entry out his plans. A shop was built expressly for the purpose and llllevl with material to be used in the con struction of his wooden wonder. After bocuiing the services of M. S. Loucka, a master mechanic ami experienced en gineer, the work was Immediately he gun. Perew drew the plana ami Loucks did the rest. In about six weeks a man was finished and ready to ap pear hefoie the public. It appealed, but was a failure. The Joints were stiff nnd the legs swung backward and forward as though they were working on a hinge Joint Instead of a hall and socket. Kverybody laughed and wink ed at his neighbor, saying: "What did t tell you?" Hut Perew was not discouraged. He took the dummy back Into the shop and smashed It to pieces. Then he began the work all over. Ills efforts seem to have been crowned with suc cess at last. The new man Is six feet high, very stout, wears number ten shoes and a smart cutnway suit of clothes. In the shirt front a small In candescent light glitters, having the appearance of an Immense cliantond. The figure draws, or appears to draw, a heavy steel carriage, In which Is sta tioned an electric battery which fur nishes light for seven Incandescent lamps Including the diamond in the shirt front. iFsr- I i 1VV -'wv?-l JL1 THK WOODEN MAN. A gasoline engine of three and a half horse-power is also fixed within the covered carriage. Around this engine winds a net-work of wires and steel rods connecting with the mechnnlsm In the interior of the man. At the rear of tho carriage Is an elevated seat for the engineer. A speed of about ten allies an hour can he attained. As the mechnnlcal man walks or trots up and down tho stieet the spectacle attract! a crowd. Perew Is Jubilant over his success, "This, without doubt, Is my greatest Invention," he said. "The merry-go-round Is not to bo compared with the wooden man. I have spent over a year of hrd lalor and ?,"i,00 on this machine, but 1 feel amply icpald whMi I think of what a big hit It will make. "How am I going to get my money back? Well, theio has been a stock company organized and a number of outside capitalists nro Interested. We will place tho machines on exhibition at fairs. Wo can use tin wooden man In a thousand nnd one different vays to earn money." llotr to rrvvrut Sinntrokr, An English physician has discovered (tint sunburn Is produced by penetrat ing light rays and not by heat at all. Tho face of a victim of sunburn Is not only swollen, but pitted, nnd nt the bottom of each pit the microscope dis closes a freckle. Tho physician who lias made this Interesting discovery claims that sunstroko can ho averted by wearing a hat and clothes of an or mgo lute. No remedy Is found to bo so satisfactory as the use of pigments. A lady who wore a blouse with red and whlto strlp.es had red stripes Imprinted on her shoulders by the sun under neath tho whlto, wirllo tho skin under the red stripes remained normal In color. Ink stains may bo remove 1 from fo'orb by the uso of chloride of lime. THE LOST LABEL. A Montieiriitnl IVi-fornmum of rorffet Hub St)lliil tl Opnr.t for lllm. The most monumental pciformtmcri of the Man I Know In the forgetting oi faces and nnm- was an exhibition ho made of hlinaelf at the Mallban theater In Venice a few years ago, says llar per'rf Magazine. Ho thought tic would like to hear nn Italian opera on an Italian stage and he purchased, at the little ticket olllce in the square of St. Mark, places for himself and his wife costing :!.' cents each; nnd admission eat ibi for their gondoliers, at the price of it quarter of a dollar for the two The opera house was crowded and it was late when they sailed up to the door. They hail not been able to secure the aisle seats they wanted; and, In no very amiable frame of mind, they were forced to pimh their way to the centet of one of tho front tows of stalls. Aftet they were settled the Man 1 Know dis covered that on the other side of lilt wife wan one of the Stanley brothers who was then a resident of the conti nent, and had much to ;ay to him finally changing seats with his com panion for that purpose. She asked to lie Introduced to .Stanley, told Stanley how well she knew nnd how much she liked his ulster, when tho curtain rose and all conversation ceased. In the middle of the act the Man I Know tin ned suddenly to his wife and whis pered: "My dear, that man Is not Stan ley and I have not the slightest notion who he Is!" During the next Intermis sion Stanley said rather savagily to the Man 1 Know that they had mis taken his name, and he seemed to think that there was no excuse for his for getfulnrss. The Man I Know explained as best he could that Ills eyesight was falling; that he had to wear two pair? of glasses and that even thus armed he could not see straight. Hut, of course, he recognized his friend now, and with a Hash of Inspiration he called him Mr. Thorpe. Thorpe was reintro duced In due and proper form and the lady helped matters materially hy in dorsing her husbaiid'rf statement as to his growing blindness, making the Man I Know feel as comfortable as possible by adding that her husband was an Idiot anyway. In tho middle of the next net the husband turned to her once more and said. "My dear, ho Isn't Thorpe!" Without remark she left her place, he following meekly with his overcoat and umbrella and without so much as another glance at Stanley Thorpe. They Eat down in some vacant chahrt at the extreme hack of tho audi torium; sho wns too angry to speak and ho too mortified to think, but try ing to make out in his humiliation and confusion who Thorpe-Stanley could ically be. At the close of the perform ance lie remembered that he had left his hat under Stanley-Thorpe's seat and he waited until Thorpe-Stanley disappeared before ho found courag" to go for it. And it was not there. He groped blindly about In the dark with both pahs of spectacle. on. Hut lo. there was no hat! It was raining out side; there was no felzo on their bark and there was nothing left for the Man I Know to do but go homo with tils head bare. An they wero crossing the Gludecea canal one of the gondoliers asked, with a suppressed grin, "Was that tho slg nor's hat?" "Was what tho slgnor's hat?" Why, tho hat with tho demol ished crown, which had been kicked up and down tho mlddlo aisle, all through the lobby and finally out Into the water. And that is how Stanley-Thorpo got even with tho Man I Knaw. To this clay the Man I Know has not the most remote notion who Thorpe-Stanley was. Some persons nro horn that way! A final Cure. A young lady once called on ono ot Louisville's most prominent homeo pathic physicians, and after discoursing on all the topics ot Interest of tho day settled down to tell htm her ailments. Among other things she said that slm was greatly annoyed with n sinking feeling. The phys'clnn prepared a llttlu bottlo of pills and gavo them to her, with mlniito directions as to how they should bo taken. Tho woman again began to talk, and after many vain el forts to get her out, she stnrted for tho door. Sho had Just opened it wncn sho turned and raid: "Oh, doctor, what shnll I do If theso pills do not euro mo? I'nko tho cork," ho retorted; "they toll mo that's good for a sluklng feeling." I'tlUnlioun Sirifiltl. A gtvat many people fall Into t,'in er ror of considering that all or nearly all of tha different species of snakes nro poisonous. Tho very latest estimate mado by the naturalists Is that thero aio 1557 varieties of them on tha b1.Vjp. Of that number, 100, or over two-thlr'ds cif the whole !ot, tiro nj harmless as rabbits. PHOTOGRAPHIC ART. CAMERA CAN NOW REPRODUCE IN COLORS. No Morn Iiotilit Concnrnlnc tlm rrnrmii In Ulilcli All CiprntiM Am Intrmn ly IntorrlPil I'limt Soon to lltt In Opi'iMllon. HOTOClltAPHY In J colors has been 7i fll."JVJl J "tJr' achieved beyond n doubt, says the New York World. i&iW jaW&M'tii -MiU1-v 1:,1PW ,ll!U SOTlF. MeDonough. the A'YlV Inventor, had spent --.?.';,.- '. i .. iif i.. ........- r.. i.virri it "-"iTiK.f 4-.M, a lifetime In exper iment, nnd a fa vored few had seen some of his earlier, nude work. Hut the news that every obstacle had hi en overcome and that a great oi pot alien had been formed to develop the Invention wns balled as the greatc.-t advance step In tho art since Dnguerre first succeeded In making his primitive pictures. As for tho hackers of the patent the men who for years have contribut ed th" capital for experiment they were well-night swamped with inquiry. Spencer I). Schuyler, whoso olllce is at III Wall street, was directly asked to deny that such a process was possible, If he could truthfully. He remarked that IhM like to, for the company was not ready to make things public, hut Ihiit he ccuhl not. Ho yielded to per suasion and exhibited some results of the process. All wero transparencies, alive with the colors of nature. One war the portrait of the invent r, showing the purple flower In the but-tonhrd- of his coat, the peculiar reddish shade of the necktie and the delicate flesh tints of the face. In fact, the fihctograph looked exactly like the coloied Image focused on the ground glass slide of a camera. Another picture was a street scene, showing the green trees that lined the sidewalk, the red bricks of the houses, und the purplish shingles on the roof. A third, and the most delicate of all. was the full-length portrait of a yoiins woman seated at a table. In her hand she held a playing card, the queen of spades and tho table was spread with a Turkish cover of vari-colored and complicated design. Every shade of the table cover, everv little color detail of the playing card, the flesh tints of her face,' the color of her eyes and hair, the wall paper, everything was faithfully reproduced. A prison of acute vision can lust detect the faint lines, H00 to the inch, each one containing all tho colors In tho spectrum. These linos do not mar the picture; on tho contrary, they give the artistic effect achieved by the use of rough paper. Experiments are now making to rule these lines even closer. Variations of the lines, clots, or squares give pleasing effects, too. The keynote of the progress lies in the ruled screen of celluloid, w!iic!i to the naked eye appears perfectly white. Killed papers for positives show the same white effect. Hut under the microscope each one of those .'!00 Mncr, Is f-ecn to be n spectrum. Now when ti picture Is taken through this trans parent screen on an orthoehromatie plate, which gives the relative color value:- In black and white, a negative la obtained with all tho fine lines across it. A positive Is then made in the or dinary way. Then, If the color screen ami positive are placed together the plclurc appears In nil the original coleiM for the reason that the ortho chromatic ponltlvo cuts off everv color save the one that should show. " Tho capabilities of such a pro-era have often been pointed out. They are apparently limitless. Any number of pictures may be made from' one neg ative. The process may be used Tor por trait, in commercial photography to show patterns and colors of carp-us. rugs, china, wall paper, furniture, and the like, In landscapo work, for lantern slides, to make fac-simlles of oil paint ings, and In general scientific work. "Every obstacle," said Mr. Schnvler. "hn.) now been overcome. A plant-will soon bo in operation nnd then tho cor poration will be able to put Into prac tical use tho fruits of the inventor's years of toil." Alurrlt-il on Siimlny In it Tliritttr. The largo audience presint in Mc Vleker's theater, Chicago, recently was taken by surplrso when m-v. Dr. Thomas united In marriage C. E. At wel and Mrs. Jennlo Harkiitf. After the sermon had been delivered and tho sacicd hymn closed the people wore waiting for the benediction, when the pastor signed to a couplo who during tho service had occupied teats near tho entrance- to the private boxes. Taking their position on the stage' Dr. Thomas performed tho marriage ceremony ami they were pronounced man and wife. Tho bride nnd groom were congratu lated by friends in the niicllenco and walked out of the building with the others of tho congregation. McVicker'H theater Is used Sunday forenoons by members of tho People's ohtirch of which Dr. Thomas is pastor. Hay nml Grim. "What hecanio of tho Jones boys?" nskecl tho returned native. "Hill stayed on tho fntm." said the resident native, "and Ed wont to Sioux Fnlla nnd otoned n law ofllce." "Oh, ono makes liny and the other makes grass widows, eh?" Indlanapo lis Journal. Tim nit. -"Which Is your umbrella, sail?" ask ed the doorkeeper of the club as Ten spot was about to leave. "Tho best ono you havo left," replied Tcnspot. Detroit Fieo Press. W.C.T.U. MATRIMONIAL BUREAV. Tlio flirt' nml Mmi' Clmrnrtrm Will He Intritlcnti'il. 3iic ladles of tho Woman's Christian Temperance union of Port.iinouth, Va will soon organize a unique society to be known as the Naples Matrimonial society, says the Philadelphia Uecord. They think that the organization of this society will he followed by the or ganization of slmlllar societies by the Woman's Christian Temperance union throughout the rulte.l States and that they will eventually take the place of various matrimonial bureaus now in operation in vai Ions cities. In Naples girls 1 1 and over nssembto once every year In one of the churches of that city and the unmarried men who so desire go there and choose wives. Tho proposed society will carry out n similar arrangement here, except that the girls who desire to as semble In a church to be thus chosen will have n register with the society three months ahead of the date, that the society may satisfy Itself that they are girls of good moral character. The men who are to apply at the church on these occasions to select brides will bo required to register three months prior to the date of choosing, that the society may Investigate their characters for the purpose of ascertaining if they are Industrious and temperate. Only men who have theso qualities will ho allow ed to choose wives. Those who regis ter will be Informed fifteen days In ad vanco of their standing. Men will bo required to pay a registration fee of $1, but girls will he allowed to register free. Tiling Vt-ro (itilni; lo Turn. In front of a Dakota s-od cabin (.at a man about no years old who was ragged and forlorn and hiiugrv -looking. A few rods away lay the dead body of a mule and beyond that was a wagon with a broken wheel. There was no smoke coining out of the cabin chimney, no fowls or livestock about and no other human beings to he seen. "Well," queried the man ns I looked about, "things look sorter lonesome, eh?" "Indeed, they do, sir. What's been the matter with you?" "Hillyus fever." "Where is tho wife?" "Inside the house with tho samo thing. "And the children?" "Out that- behind the haystack shall In' with the ager. "I see you've lost your mule." "Died two days ago, sir. Can't rightly say what ailed him, but lie's gone." "I suppose you nre dead broke on top of nil?" I queried. "Haven't got a red cent, sir. and niithln' but cornmeal in the house," ho replied. "Well, I don't blame you for fecllr.p blue over the situation." "Who's a tX-elin' blue?" "Why. 1 expect you are." "Then you niako a big mlstnko stranger. Things did look a little blue last week, but three clays ago I hail this 'ere farm cut up Into 2,noo town lots and arranged with a critter to boom it, and Pin feelin' like a steer in a cornfield. Two thousand lots at $100 apiece, six railroads to cross yeare, three big car-works a-eomin'. schools, churches, factories, parks, hotels why, (turn my hide, but I jlst sot yore ea'l kerlatln' on start In' live banks and foundln' two or three orphan asylums with my money!'' "Then I ran't aid you?" "Jlst a pipe o' terbackcr and a nip of whisky, stranger, and you tell every body down the road that ole H John son has founded the town o' Oolden City and K goln' to plant gold watches for mile posts all over the stall. Keel In' blue? Waal. I should ravihei- mi.-. gle to obsarvo, that he has to keep hold of tho grass to prevent his llvin' away fur Jay and e.ultnshun!" ' ' All -I!iliig to Itrr Who Willi.. The irony of fate forms a strong leav en in the story which comes from Kan sas about tho luck of Mrs. II. H. l.eon nrd. While engaged In tho task of searching among a lot of old letters sho discovered that her brother had de posited In n Trenton (Tenn.) hank In 1800. $10.00(1. Not long afterward ho was killed in the civil war. Inquiries elicited the fact that the bank was still in existence and had sought tho de positor's heirs in vain. In tills story we have first tho tragic fate of the man who owned the money, and then the ill-starred career of Mrs. Leonard's husband, who, having only last fall se cured a divorce from her to enable htm to marry another woman, was mur dered within two months of his second muriiage. Mrs. Leonard, since the loss of her husband by divorce, has been oLllged to adopt the arduous profession of a washerwoman. Nowk1i., ,.i all the parties concerned, comes out ahead! SulMtltiltn for Tooth I'otTilrr. The Philadelphia Ameticnn has this "A lwlatcd tourist was obliged to nek' for a bed at n farmhouse, having wandered far from his hotel. On rising In tho morning ho found himself with out tooth powder. Looking about him, ho espied cm tho inatelplcce a small box containing powder, which ho used. When he paid for his bed ho apologized to tho farmer's wife for having used tier tooth powder. 'Tooth powder'?' sho queried. 'We havo none.' 'Yes my good woman. It was in a small round box on the mantelpiece.' 'That?' she ucrbumed. 'Tlmt was not tooth p'owdor. That was aunty!'" Aunty hud been cremated, When InHlng. as out ot a tree, or down a steep declivity, bears will roll themselves into a clo3o resombkiuco to a hugo furry ball, and thus cdcapo without injury. a -p- ,-X -"-' ifciMtihnu iriTr-rrir nui