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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
RED CLOKD.
NEBRASKA
Lord Kitchener Ih long on orgsnlza
Hon, but short on oil.
Russia is Bottling Siberia on tho In
stallment plan u thousand peasants
In a hunch.
Kcntucklans may object to tho
Isthmian canal as Increasing the
water area of tho earth.
They know what wcuther is in the
Klondike. Tho Yukon rlvor Is frozen
to tho bottom and half way back.
BulgaHn can maltreat dofoiiBclens
women, but It can not afford to ho Im
pudent to Undo Bam. Reference
Spain.
Tho King of Yap Is believed to have
been lost at sea. Yaps everywhere will
nbsorvo tho conventional time of
mourning.
Queen Wllholmlmi insisted on pick
ing out her own husband. Noxt time
perhaps bIio will let her stnto counsel
ara look over htm.
Secretary liny nayH lying Is not
diplomacy. This being tho case, wo
must concludo thut tho sultan Isn't
much of a diplomat.
Everybody Is sorry for Inventor
Qathmann, but his gun Is not tho Ir
resistible farco that Is to encounter- tho
lmmovablo.body somo day.
Dr. Coon nccusns newspapers of
spreading tho grip. They simply can't
help It, doctor; thoy'vo go to spread
things or go out of business.
Hall Cat no has Joined tho church,
and his publishers nnnounco u large
Incrcaso In tho milni of his books.
Other authors should take notice.
Perhaps tho American girl Is ton
fond of queening it over tho house.
Hut, bless her, wo havo crowned her
and have neither heart nor courage to
rebel.
Tho United States court of appeals
has decided In n St. touts enso that an
applicant for life Insurance must tell
tho truth. Is this decision not revolu
tionary? A Kansas paper udvlson that ttirkcyt
ho cooked with their breasts turned to
tho bottom of tho pan. How prono, ns
It were, coma meu ura to mcddlo in
kitchen affairs!
Michigan University's football cloven
sqorcd 501 points during tho season,
blankjng every opponent. This almost
marks tho point where tho jramo be
comes ninlntcreatlng.
Tho traditional cnpmlcs of Franco
mny expect to bo handled without
gloves now that nn ordor has gone
forth from tho war minister to deprive
tho army of that adornment.
A Harvard student "after n full
meal" crawled up 400 feot of a preci
pice, every moment In Imminent dan
ger of death. Clearly ho must have
partaken generously of more than solid
food.
In German West Africa they got
three years In tho penitentiary for
roasting a negro; In this country they
get a three days roast In tho news
papers. Neither punlshmont scorns to
? discourage tno nnult.
It might expcdlto matters consider
ably If tho various powers mndo it a
practlco to kcop their cruisers in the
Dardanelles all tho time, tho Bultan be
ing simply invited to observe their
presence every time a bill falls due.
When, a8 Prlnco of Wales, King Ed
ward visited tho United States a great
many years ago, ho heard our great
national air on sovoral occasions. A
few days ngo when Sousa's band play
ed it in his presenco ho recognized it
nt onco and removed his hat. Many
things have transpired in forty years
to Impress him with tho belief that
"Tho Star Spangled Banner" is a much
greater tuno thau ho onco bollcvcd It
to be.
Thcro havo bcon greater crowds nt
football! games this season than that
which witnessed tho contest between
tho elevens of tho army and of tho
navy at Philadelphia, but there have
been nono mora distinguished, includ
ing, as it did, tho president of tho '
United States, tho veteran heroes of
tho army and of tho navy, not to mon
tlon a vst array of statesmen, diplo
mats and other emluent representa
tives of military, naval and civil life.
The occasion rnnrkod tho climax of a
notabjo football season, in which the
jencral public hot taken an extraordi
nary Interest, not without amplo com
pensation, French scientists aro now asserting
that it is posslblo to manufacture gold
out of cheap metals. Tho Frenchmen
aro a little behind tho times. Ameri
can experimenters havo not only as
serted tbat tho thing could be done,
but havo wasted consldorablo good
money In proving that thoy wero
wrong. Aftor centuries of fruitless
experiments at Imitation it 1b more
than prbbablo that tho world's gold
supply will continue to bo yielded
grudgingly but- certainly ly Mother
Earth.
WAS TIRED Of Llf E
Seeks Death by Drowning in the
Loup River.
TRACKED HER STEPS IN THE SNOW
!.Vro Mnrriernr Killed .Shot hy Anarch
ic Kye OouRrrt out Dead Hnhlier.
Identified--Hotel riro Otliar
Notts of tuinortnnc. .
Mrs. A. L. It-izard of Ravenna, Neb.,
committed suicide by drowning her
self In tho Loup river. M Hazard In
a railroad man in the employ of the
Burlington, mid arose nt 5:30 to .start
tho tiro and found thut his wife hud
arisen before him and left the house in
tho direction of the river, he hulnir
ablo to track Jicr Mops in the snow.
They led him to tho mill nlniu on tho
Loup river, about 'four blocks from
their house. Her shawl lay upon tho
bank rind ho nt once surmised that she
had thrown herself In the river. Ho
returned to town and gave tho alarm,
and then began a search for her body,
which was found after daylight about
fifty feet below tho spot where her
fthawl had been left. Tho cause of
suicide is presumed to bo duo to nerv
ous trouble, from which she had been
a sufferer. She was flfty-ono' years
old.
WAS A COOL SUICIDE
Unknown Man Ncnr Wlnllold Let Train
It tin Ornr lllm.
A man about 40 ycni-H of age, whose
nntna Is thought to be Edward I). Mc
Coy, committed sulcldo nt Wilinot,
Knn., by dclibcrutcly lying down on
tho Frisco railroad track and permit
ting a freight train to pass over him.
When found a fow minutes afterwards
his head was entirely severed from his
body and lying between tho rails.
Coroner Holcomb wns summoned,
and after making a thorough investi
gation of the body pronounced it a sui
cide. A few feet from tho track were
found his hat and coat neatly wrapped,
as if bo had mado preparations for tho
deed. Within tho dead man's pockets
was found a note book, bearing tho
name of Edward D. McCoy, 35 cents In
money, and nn employment bureau
card with tho address of ,1. Dignan,
1200 North Third street St. Louis,
printed on it. On his left forearm was
tattooed tho figure of a bird and tho
right forearm tho bust and head of
Christ. The man was about six feet
tall; weight, 100 pounds; blue eyes
heavy mustache, of reddish hue, with
about a week's growth of beard. He
woro n pair of bluo overalls, n hickory
shirt and a pah of cowhide shoes.
Dead Kubner Identified.
Tno man killed In Strawberry gulch
by Deputy Shor IT Patterson of Lead,
8. D., after he had robbed Ed Wood iu
Galena, has been partially identified
a Jerry Kelly. On his person ho hnd
a membership card from tho Cripple
Creek labor union, but tho card wns
not properly mado out. It was not
signed and there was no date on it.
Tho body remains In tho undertaking
rooms for identification. Nothing has
been heard from tho third man, who
escaped ut tho tlmo of tho shooting,
Deputy Patterson has been exoner
ated for tho killing.
Shot by an Anarchist.
Francis Iveaugh, an editorial writer
on n New Kork afternoon newspaper,
who was shot by Alexander Ilorr, a
bookbinder nud printer, is lu Hellenic
hospital In a critical condition. The
wounded mail mado a statement to the
coroner's jury and Horr was taken to
the hospital tube Identified by Iveaugh.
According to tho police, Iveaugh said
to Horr:
"You aro tho man who shot me. You
nrc an unavchist and publisher of nn
archistlc literature."
Perishes In Flro.
The Fifth Avcnuo hotel of Ford City,
Pa., was destroyed by flro December 12.
Ono man named Dutnont is missed and
several employes and guests wero in
jured by jumping from the second and
third floors to tho ground. It is fenred
Dutnont was burned to death. All the
injured, it is believed, will recover. '
Later tho charred remains of Du
mont were found In tho ruins.
To Knjoln tlm Secretary,
A Washington speclnt says: A pe
tition to enjoin Secretary Oago from
disbursing S3,000,00u now in tho treas
ury, authorized by congress for the
pttrchaso of Kiowa, Comanche and
Apacho Indians lands, wn filed in tho
district snproino court. Tho petition
ers aro Delos K. Lone Wolf of tho
Ktowns and others of tho tribe.
Acquitted,
Ocrtrudo Simpson, flftcon years of
age, of Crccde, Col., who shot and
killed her fnthor, Dr. A. N. Simpson,
coroner of Hlne-nl county, on Novem
ber is, wns acquitted after her trial on
tho chargo of murdor. Tho girl's de
fense was that her father had abused
her and threatened to kill her.
Mrs. Boll Hotohklss of Great Bend,
Knn., wns found guilty of manslaugh
ter In tho third degree tot tho .tilling
of James Duffoy, her brother-in-law,
of Ellnwood, Kan., wnH sentenced to
throo years in tho penitentiary, the
full extent of the law.
A block of business houses nt Sweet
water, Texas, seventeen in number
wero destroyed by flro Dec. 11. Among
the buildings' was that occupied by
the county bank. The vault of tho
bank is intact. The loss is estimated
at Si50,ooo.
VICTIM OF FOOT RACERS
Webb City Onus Ont Iowa Stockman's
Tlionannds.
Another rank steal has jnstcotne to
light In the Webb City footracing
swindlers nt Fort Scott, Kits.
Attorney Meredith, an Iowa stock
man, wants to help prosecute the gang
and lie exposed a daring swindle which
was perpetrated lust October, in which
he says ho dropcd several thousand
dollars In cash upon tho recommenda
tion of .1, II. Stewart, the Webb City
banker, who is under indictment iu
the federal court. The sloeUmatt was
Induced to go to Webb City and buy
mu cattle. He took 37,000 in drafts
with him and Joint! there ho was soon
victimized. "Buck Foot" pretended to
be a stakeholder iu ti race uud to bo
short of money.
Ho persuaded the stockman to loan
him a -few thousand until the race was
run, and he did so upon the recom
mendation of Stewart that "Buck
Foot" was n perfectly honest man.
The money was loaned, the banker
cashing the. drafts uud the stockman
went home "busted."
Payment on the drafts has been re
sisted and suit will follow.
WONT TELL HIS SECRET
l'rnf, Drake Decline to DliriiM Hit
J'rocra I'r Extracting Gold.
Prof. Lucie I. Blnke of Lawrence,
Kits., who has recently dlscoverc'd a
now process for extracting gold from
ore, has granted rights for using tho
cxti acting process to a company headed
by C. S. (Heed of Topcka. This other
other directors' aro Now York capital-
List. Prof. Blake's dlscovury is ex
pected to rcvolutjonizo mining and
smelting. By using his process, It Is
claimed, oro can be refined much cheap
er than at present. The company that
will experiment with the process will
confine its operations toJ lonora, Mex.
"I havo discovered n new process for
extracting gold," said Prof. Blake. "I
do not earo to discuss tho details at
present. Our company has been or
ganized and will be ready to go to
work soon. 1 cannot tell my secret
now."
Knds I.ifo With n Shot.
Mcll Myers, a young farmer living in
tho northeast part of Smith county,
Kas., committed suicide December 10.,
Ho borrowed a shotgun of Charles
Bowers, a neighbor, claiming tha he
wanted to go out hunting rabbits
Bowers went with him. They had been
out but a short tlmo when Meyers sent
Bowern around a little bluff saying
that he thought he would bo able to
searo up a rabbit there. Bowers had
hardly disappeared when Mycrl blew
his head off with a charge from tiegun
which ho had, retained when tlley 'iep
a rateo. Death followed shortlvjuftcr-
ward.
''Sol" Temple I Cnuglit. (
Sheriff Swcdcnburg of Salinu,) Ktm.,
Jcceived a message from SterllnwPrlce,
chief of police at Dallas, Tex,, Anting
that "Sol" Temple, tho outlaw, Who is
wanted in Kansas and Oklahom l, hail
been captured there. Temple ei caped
from jail at Pond Creek, Ok., O tobcr
15, by locking up Ills jailer, tht Rev.
Mr. Hatileld.
Temple Is wanted at Pond Crct c for
highway robbery and horse HteAling.
The authorities at McPhersou, Kas.,
nud at (tilth-tie and Woodard, Ok.) also
havo warrants for him. April 22,1899,
Temple escaped from jail at McPher
sou, Kas. I
Veteran Suicide. '
The body of an old soldier was found
floating iu an eddy in tho. Missouri
river on tho Kansas side near Ltho
waterworks pumping station at Quiu
daro, Kas, The man was an inmate of
tho Soldiers' Homo at Leavenworth ns
ho wore tho uniform of the home. The
name of veteran No. 902 Is Patrick Du
gruc. He served in company I, Eigh
teenth Iowa infantry, during the war.
Dugrue had been missing from the
Soldiers' homo since last Saturday.
The ofllccrs know nothing of his past
history.
Negro Murderer Shot Dead.
A special from Paris, Tenn., says:
Coleman Mltchutn, a negro teacher,
shot nud fatally wounded his wife, and
afterwards set tiro to tho house. The
negro took refuge In n cabin, where he
was located by City Marshal Mills, who
was fired upon as he entered tho place
Mills returned tho tire and the negro
fell dead, with a bullet through his
neck.
Engineer Hilled My Hteam.
James Boden, a Kansas City South
ern engineer, was killed by the wreck
ing of his engine, which wns derailed
near Pittsburg, Kas., while running to
a tank for water. In landiug in tho
ditch Bodcti was caught by tho cab
and cooked to death by steam. His
iireman, Will Van Pelt, was also badly
scalded.
v To 1'rUon l'or Life.
In tho district court William Busky
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
llfo for the killing of W. T. Coalc, near
Elwood, Kits., a few weeks ago. Geo.
Lang was also sentenced to twenty
one years in the penitentiary and hia
son, Howard Lang, to twenty-one years
in the reformatory for tho killing of
Carl Whtto.
Allowed to Stay.
Johann Beck, tho painter who ar
rived In New York boxed up In the
hold of the Hamburg-American liner
Palutla, nearly dead, was allowed to
enter tho country as an immigrant.
This privilege was granted by tho spe
cial board of Inquiry. Beck was turned
over to iwo men, who said that they
would sco that ho did not become a
public charge.
Bt Louis, Nov. 7. Tho police hers
havo Just made another Important ar-
IMEROUSWRECKS
Duo in Part to Train Orders Not
Being Observed.
INURED SUFFER FROM INTENSE COLD
llnrgliir Shot White Knterlnt; n Home
Train does Throiich ti llrldge DU
astrnus Tiro nt Salem', W. Vn.
Woman Cremated.
Failure tin tho part of a cond ttctor to
obey orders is supposed to havo been
the causu of a head-end collision on
the Illinois Central between Irene and
Pcrryvllle, 111., December 15.
Tho two trains were the eastbouud
passenger train No. i anil a through
freight from Chicago going west.
The trains met In a slight bend in
the track, both running at full speed.
The smoking, express and baggage
cars were piled on tho locomotives,
penning In the occupants of the smok
er. Three of tho half dozen In that car
escaped. The others, if not instantly
killed, were roasted to death and their
bodies, nlong with tho 'engine crews,
irere entirely consumed.
All efforts of the survivors to reach
the victims were unavailing. The
2ames drove them back at every point.
The temperature was twenty degrees
below zero and an icy wind was blow
ing across tho prairie, the point whero
tho wreck occurred being in a shallow
out, affording no protection. Tho in
jured were without hats and wrapB
and suffered terribly. By the united
efforts of tho survivors the way car
was pushed back from the wreckage
to escape the flames and the wounded
were placed on the bunks inside.
Two hours elapsed before any relief
was at hand. Then an engine arrived
from the east and pulled the way car
to Irene, three miles distant.
TOSTANDASEIGE.
Mrs. Stone's Captors Can Hold Oat All
Winter.
The lastcst information regarding
Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American
missionary, and Mine. Tsilkn, her com
panion, indicates that their condition
has been so far ameliorated that they
are able to obtain rude comforts. It is
even said that tho brigands have a doe
tor ready at hand In ease ills services
should bo needed.
It appears that the brigands nrc now
camplalnlng that Miss Stone is attempt
ing to convert them to Christianity.
While not recognizing tho legality of
the abduction of Miss Stone and Mute.
Tsllka tho brigands contend that their
action was in the interest of a sacred
causa and therefore justifiable.
Tho brigands apparently are pre
pared to hold out all winter. They re
fuse to abate their demands one dollar
and havo not vouchsafed a reply, to Mr.
Dickinson's ultimatum to tho effect
that they must accept his last offer or
nothing. It is believed in well In
formed circles that were the gold actu
ally proffered at somo spot on tho bor
der by mi accredited emissary, the
brigands would reduce tho amount of
tho ransom. It is understood that re
commendations have been forwarded to
Washington, proproslng that an ulti
matum be sent to Bulgaria.
Uelr to Largo Estate.
Bert Kellar. of tho county clerk's
office, Wichita, Kas., lias received a
bunch of papers from Harry Hume in
New York city, which contains articles
saying that Harry Hurao was an heir
to the Lor Hutuo estate in Scotland.
Lord Geo rjo Hume wns lord of Dum
fries, and his estato is now valued at
from one to two million dollars, and
Mr. Hume will come in for his share.
Tito matter was stirred up by a .Mrs.
McCormlck of Jersey City, who wont
looking for her relations in the old
country. Then it was found that a
Mrs. Monroe, James Hume, and also
Harry Hume were cousins. Mrs. Mc
Cormlck was tho nearest heir to tho
lord, so she will receive ond-half of tho
estate and tho balance will be divided
between tho other three.
City Wiped Out Uj Fire.
A flro at Salem, W. Va., December 15
destroyed practically the ontiro busi
ness part of tho city. In all fifty-six
houses, stores and other buildings wero
destroyed. Tho loss is estimated at
8200,000, with llttlo Insurance. The
city has a water supply, but tho water
was secured with difficulty, owing to
the extreme cold weather, and before
It was turned on to (tho flro the tlnmes
had spread until they were beyond con
trol. Tho tiro originated In a news
paper office, but the cause Is unknown.
Suspects Arretted,
A man who tho police say Is tho one
who shot two Kuoxvlllc, Tonn., police
men, and who they now believe Is Har
vey Logan, alleged to have been con
cerned In the Montana train robbery,
was captured with a companion near
Jefferson City, Tenn. The companion
gives his name as Wilson, but the po
llco believe he is Harvey Longbaugh,
also suspected of having been impli
cated in the Montana train robbery.
A Ilarrant Wltnois Killed.
Adolph Opponhclmcr of San Fran
cisco, who was one of the principal
witnesses ngalust Theodore Durraut,
hanged for the murder of Blnncho La
mont, was killed early this morning in
a shooting gallery which ho had con
ducted qn Dupontstreot, Ho was shot
from behind, tho bullet from ono of
his own targot rifles entering tho small
of his back. Bobbery was tho motive,
a box containing 87.50 having been
taken from the placo. Tho body was
found by tho dead man's son. Thcro
is no clue to the assassin.
ROYAL PROCLAMATION.
Great Crowd AMcmbli-c nt London to
Hear Knit! Inc.
Notwithstanding tho storm of wind
and rain, a large crowd gathered iu
front of the Koynl exchange to listen
to the rending of the royal proclama
tion announcing the date of the coro
nation, cables tho London correspon
dent of tho New York Tribune.
The Lord mayor and sheriffs, who
were attired in gorgeous robes of otlleo
were in attendance, accompanied by
several members of the city corpora
tion. The common crier stood bravely
forward, heedless of the pelting show
er, nud began with "Oye., Oycz, Oyez,"
that could have been heard nearly &
hundred yards away. He then pro
ceeded to read the proclamation, fixing
Thursday, Juno 3D, 190'', as tho day
for tho coronation, and concluded with
a stentorian cry of "God save the
king," to which tho crcwd bareheaded
responded with three ringing cheers.
Two further proclamations were al
so read, and a'ftcr renewed cheers for
tho king, tho lord mayor and sheriffs
led tho crowd In singing tho national
unthem. Tho ceremony only occupied
a quarter of an hour.
CARS OVERTURNED.
Wreck on (treat Nurllirn Due to Italia
Hprearilng.
A special fro n Kclispell, Mont., says:
A wreck occurred on the Great North
ern railway near Essex in the Hocky
mountains Dee. 15. The engine, mall
car and smoker remained on tho track,
but rill tho others wero derailed. Some
cars'-wero overturned and all wero
more or less wrecked. The accident
was due to rails spreading.
Eight are dead and fourteen nrc more
or los'S injured. All were asleep at the
time of tho accident. Tho day coach
caught fire, but tho (lames wero ex
tinguished by tho passengers.
Shot by a Itobucr.
Henry Hakcnholz, tho South Omaha
saloon keeper.who was shot by masked
men, is still alive, but the physicians
aro unable tp say whether ho cun re
cover. The police have arrested two
suHpects, Dentils MeGorern nud Frank
St. Clair. A man who saw tho rob
bers in tho saloon is said to have iden
tified tho two men under arrest as tho
pesons who wero there. Tho shooting
occurred at 8:30 In tho evening at Ha
kcnholz's saloon at Twenty-seventh
nnd X btrcets. Three men entered tho
place. One man, who woro a mask,
presented a revolver. Hakenhol. en
deavored to get his revolver aud tho
masked man fired, the bullet passing
through Hakcuholz's breast and prob
ably piercing tho riglit lung.
Accidental Situating.
Orlando Baker, aged fourteen years,
son of Mr. aud Mrs. L. C. Baker of
Fremont, died rocently-.from the effects
of n gunshot wound. Tho boy has
besn working for Alfred Hill, a farm
er living four miles north of Rogers.
In company with Roland Hill, the
younger brother of his employer, ho
started with a hayrack to get a load
of straw. Tho boys took a gun with
thorn, expecting to 6hoot whatever
game they saw.
While they were on the way the gun
was accidentally discharged, tho load
entering young Baker's left arm below
the elbow. It was in his own bauds
when it was fired off und tho supposi
tion Is that tho jolting of tho wagou
caused the hammer to fall.
I'nanInK of tho Nation.
J. W. Tinchcr of Medicine Lodge,
Kas,, was one of David Nation's attor
neys in the recent divorce trial, says a
Wichita, Kas., dispatch.
"Both Mr. and Mrs. Nation hnvoloft
Medicine Lodge," said Mr. Tinchcr.
"Mr. Nation has sold his house and
Mr. Nation has routed hers. Mr. Na
tion has gone to Neosho county and I
thiol: he expects to spend his time vis
iting relatives tho rost of his llfo, as ho
is an old man. 1 think that Mrs. Na
tion expects to devote her time to lec
turing. I have just como from Klng
mnn, where I learned that Mrs. Nation
lectured, and I understand that she
did not have a large audience."
Train Goes Through Ilrldee.
A freight train on tho Philadelphia
aud Erie division of tho Pennsylvania
railway went through the bridge
spanning Lycoming creek botween
Wllllnmsport and Newberry, Pa. Three
lives were lost. No efforts could bo
mado to reach tho bodies on recount
of the high waters. All tho streams In
that section arc greatly swollen. Hall
road trofilu is impeded by washouts.
To l'uy for llurned Wheat.
In a test case tried In tho district
court at Salina, Kas., the jury decided
that tho Union Pacific Hallway com
pany must pay to Thomas Holmes, a
farmer, 8340 damages for the destruc
tion of seventeen acres of wheat caused
by a spark from one of tho company's
engines. Tho case may bo appealed.
l'rozon to Uoutli.
Thomas Gogan, a pioneer settler of
Lindsay about fifty years of age, and a
single man, was found frozen to death
December 13 near tho windmill on his
rarm. He left Lindsay, whero it is
said he had been drinking havily, after
midnight.
Shot While ISnterluc a House.
A handsome and well-dressed man of
thirty years supposed to bo Gene or
Eugenco Lockhart of Davenport; la,,
was shot and seriously wounded by J.
W. McCurdy of Kansas City. Lock
hart had entered tho houso of A. T.
Con well, opening the f rout door with
a skeleton key. Amputation of Lock
hart's right leg will probably be no
necessary. Lockhart gave his namo
also as C. E. Bean and William Shan
non. Ills hat bore the mark of a Dav
enport, la., firm.
EDUOATINO WITHOUT BOOKS.
Children May lie Tnuft-lit ItudlmeaU of
Sciences While riajlnfr. g
No one doubts tho tax that tho caro
3f a child is to hor mother. Every
mother knows thcro is no rcleaso, tho
ttraln is wearl?;, and children ohould
aot ho continually with their mother.
But when they nrc with her every mo
tient should bo valuable, montaUy and
aiorally. How many women dovoto
:helr lives to tho study of music, or
preparing for tho stage. They givo up
loclal life, plcasuro and amusement
ind spend enthusiastic years in study.
An interest llko that In tho training
of a child brings euro results of good.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox In speaking of i
the education of children says wo
might call "reason, Judgment, intelli
gence and flmncss the walls of n room
whllo lovo nnd sympathy represent tho
atmosphcro within those walls. Then
Ihcro should bo a roof of patlcnco nnd
a spiro of faith to mako this building
worthy tho nnmo of home." Children
may bo tnitght through their playB tho
rudiments of tho sciences. A Noah's
ark with 10 minutes tlmo each day
from father, or oldor playmate, will
cdurato a child In tho habits and ap
pearance of every animal existing, and
tho child will never know ho ia being
taught. A friend being skilful with 4
shears and needle Bays sho learned tho
art when a child by being taught to
mako her doll's garments. Her moth
er showed her how to work carefully
and always spoke ns If tho doll's ward
robo was of ns much importance as
hor own. Even taking tho troublo to
rip ono of her own scams when she
saw tho child was doing poor work,
saylirg, how necessary It was to do a
thing right. Geography may bo taught
by pretended trips to various countries
found In dlfforent corners of tho room,
tolling of tho different natives, animals
and foliage found there. Natural his- .
tory is taught during every walk tho
parent takes with the children. Tho
ant in its hill, tho bird and boo and
flower. Thcso truo and uncrul tales
aro no more tax to tho parent than
Mother Gooso rhymes, and thoy make
tho foundation of the child's education
ind future.
RISE OF THE BROOK TROUT.
Ue Dashes at the Fly from tho Bottom
of the Stream.
"Thcro ia a pretentious and, I havo
no doubt, costly, oil painting In the
window of an up-town art store," re
marked nn experienced and observant 4'
angler, "In which a brook trout Is rep
resented In tho act of rising to a fish
erman's fly. The fly has been cast en
the troubled surfaco of rapids which,
In nature, would sweep tho llght-fcntta-sred
hook down stream bo quickly that
the line and leader would bo taut In
the fraction of a second. But In tho
painting the leader Is represented as
lying on tho water In a careless loop
ibovo tho spot where tho fly has
dropped, whllo tho latter defies tho ve
locity of the rapids nnd seems ready
to be floating up stream to meet the
'.rout, which has leaped clenr f the
rater and is poised in a graceful curvo '
is he swoops down upon the patient
and obliging fly from the air liko a
hawk on a chicken. Scores of people
itop at the window every day and ad
ailro the manner In which tho trout Is
soing for that fly. If the artist who
painted tho picture ever saw a trout
rise to a fly in that way and failed to
secure it at once ho mado a big mis- '
:ako. It would have been a curiosity
worth having stuffed. Tho real trout
jut for business doesn't play the part
of a hawk in taking his prey," con
tinued the angler, according to the
New York Times. "Ho rises to tho fly
from tho bottom of tho water, rushing f
lpwnrd liko a rocket Ho takes It with
i swoop and a whirl from boneath, and
If ho shows himself at all it is when
bo turns to go back to his haunt at the
bottom. Ono might as soon expect to
sco a hawk rlso from tho ground to
selzo a chicken roosting In tho top of
a trco, as to sco a brook trout shoot
out above the surface of tho stream
and pounce down from tho air upon
a fly lying on tho wnter, ns this pic
ture gayly assures tho admiring publlo
be is in the' habit of doing."
An Incident with Japan.
In 1861, when tho agitation against k,
foreign intcrcourso was at its pitch,
tho retainers of tho lord of Coshu, a
feudal ruler, fired on certain vessels
belonging to tho Netherlands, France
and tho United States, which wero
passing through the Inland sea. To
retaliate, thcso three powers Immedi
ately dispatched their warships, joined
by ono of Great Britain, to Shlmo
uosckl, where tho flngrant violation of
the law of nations had been commit
ted. After having destroyed tho town,
thcso powers demanded of Jupan tho
sum of 13,000,000 as indemnity, which
was divided among tho four govern
ments in equal share. Tho United .
States, however, subsequently finding
that tho actual expenso and estimated
damages on their part woro only ?1G1,
348, authorized tho president by act of
Congress, February 22, 1883, to return
tho sum of $785,000 to Japan, the fund
with Interest at that tlmo having
amounted ,to f 1,837,823.88. Midori Kc.
matz In tho world's Work.
Three Lonely Men Left.
A pecutiur cuu is absolving at
Tucson, A. T., after several years' ex
istence. Twenty-two bachelors Joined,
and then it was decided to admit no
other members, nnd that if any mem
ber entered Into tho bonds of mntrl
mony ho should rcnounco his affilia
tion with the club, and also his flnan
cfal interest, A club building was
erected and tho twonty-two mon began
housekeeping. Tho defections since
havo been taking plnco with alarming
frequency lately, and at tho present
tlmo three lontty men aro tho sole
residents of tho club building, ono of
tho most artistic structures ot tho
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