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LOSSlS $1,000,000
Packing Plant at Sioux City De
stjryod by Fire
THE FIRE FIGHTERS FAIL
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f Bnrrnil to All Itullillneii, Caunlnc a
Totnl I.om-sli Hundred Men
Will He Mir All Winter
A Sioux City. la., Nov. 1(5, dispatch
tars: The parking plant of Armour
& Co., which occupied three ant! one
half acres of ground at the extreme
south end of the rtock yards district,
was totally destroyed by a fire which
started at 12-50 o'clock this morning on
the Beeond floor of the fertilizer build
ing. The loss, estimated by Charles W.
Tennon, manager of the company, was
total, pr $000,000. The cause of the fire
was said by Mr. Lcnnon to have been
flf'cr spon,,,"r",is combustion or an
Imperfect dryer.
There Is $?21,C00 of Insurance on the
Armour property. Six hundred men
will be thrown out of employment all
winter.
The fire was discovered by a watch
man of the building, who only n few
minutes before had pulled n messenger
box on the floor where the flames
started.
Quickly the plant's private fire de
partment of six men wan called out,
and the city department was notified.
Every fireman In the city was called
out. Dy 1:20 o'clock six streams of
water were being thrown upon the fire,
which was gutting the fertilizer build
ing, but the pressure was Inadequate.
The fertilizer building, which was of
brick. 120 by CO feet, four stories high,
was located between the bcef-kllllng
house and the Chicago. St. Paul, Min
neapolis & Omaha railroad, on the cast.
The floors and contents of the build
ing went like chaff. At l:2,r o'clock
the roof fell In, and a second later the
flro buret through Into the bcef-kllllng
house. Instantaneously with the catch
ing of the fire In the beef-killing house
the cattle chute Ignited and lasted
nbout five minutes, when It fell with
a great crash.
Once In the bcef-kllllng house, the
flames began to dance madly. From
this houso to the oleo building was
only a step, and when the lard started
to burn the fire presented n mo3t
spectacular appearance. The big beef
house, where 500 dressed carcasses
were hanging, caught ut 2 o'clock. By
this time the whole plant, excepting the
hog house, was a lake of fire. The
roar was terrible. The country for
miles around was lighted up. Sudden
ly thero was a terrific explosion, fol
lowed quickly by another, and then
another.
"Those are the ammonia drums!"
shouted Mr. I.ennon to Fire Chief Kel
logg. "Tell your men to be careful.
There Is danger of suffocation." Twenty-four
drums of 100 pounds of am
monia each exploded before the re
serve supply in the ammonia cistern
was reached. That explosion almost
raised the entire plant from its founda
tion. At 2:30 o'clock the fire burst
through the heavy fire wall which sep
arated the big hog bouse from the
other buildings. The hog house was
the last building to the' north and tho
largest of all.
Steadily the fire crept against tho
wind and through the ofllce building,
which from tho first had been envel
oped in flames. Not a scrap of paper
of any kind was saved out of the office.
About this time, when the last of
the ammonia drums was going off, and
tho engines were blowing their whistles
the hardest, a burning roof of a chute
fell upon a bunch of live hogs, and
their squeals were added to the appal
ling chorus.
When the hog house caught all the
streams were turned In that direction,
but the water seemed like oil. In the
building were .1,500 dressed hogs ami
2,500,000 pounds of pork product.
After the flro got a good headway In
tho hog house all hope of saving any
part of the plant was abandoned. The
shops, chicken packing plant, Ice
houses and Ice runways and smaller
department houses were consumed In
quick succession.
NEW MINISTRY FOR SPAIN
ttnsitRtn Keep on Trylnc find I'lniilty
Siircei'dH.
On leaving tho loynl palace recently
Sonor Sagastn convened a meeting of
nil tho members of tho Into Spanish
cabinet and the llbernl leaders. Those
present nt the assembly numbered
twenty-two, and nfter a deliberation
lasting two hours a unanimous vote of
confidence In Senor Sagnsta was given
and tho former ministers nnd the chiefs
of tho liberal party offered to accept
any posts tho premier should choose
to nsslgn them. Upon this decision a
cabinet was formed as follows:
Tho duke of Almodovnr, foreign min
ister. Senor Pulgccrver, justice.
Senor Equlllor, finance.
Senor Moret, Interior.
Goncral Woyler, war minister.
The duke of Veragua, marine.
Count Romauones, public Instruction.
Sonor Salvador, public works.
It 1b expected that tho king will ap
prove the ministry. Tho chamber will
assemble Monday, when n stormy de
bate on the recent cabinet crisis will
probably take plnce. Senor Roblcdo
raising several nMonal Questions.
Vlttory for ll!lo fllrla.
The strike of the operators of tho
two telephone companies which has
been In progress at Des Moines, la.,
has ended. Tho companies concede
tho minimum scale of fl a day de
manded, agrco to recognize tho opera
tors' union and to restore tho strikers
to their former positions. Tho opera
tors had been receiving $3.50 to fS a
week,
A good many men are more Interest
ed In having work abolished than poverty.
IS3BPS5;
FAVOR HINSEY'S EXPULSION
(Imml Trllinn.il of Illinois rrthUnt
Vol i! Again. t Him
After a hearing lasting nearly all
week the grand tilbunal of Illinois
Knights of l'ythlns has voted utiuul
mously to expell John A. Hlnsey, who
was retired from the bead of tho board
of control of the endowment rank Inst
year. Mr. Hlnsey hns appealed to tho
supreme tribunal which will meet at
Indianapolis In February.
At the recent meeting of the su
preme lodge In San Francisco he waa
suspended from Its membership pend
ing the action of the Illinois grand tri
bunal. Dr. Albert L. Douflleur, who
was medlcnl director of the endowment
rank, during the Hlnsey administra
tion, has been suspended for a year by
the Illinois grand tribunal. Secretary
II. D. Stoltcl, who was also to have
been tried, died last month. In tho
sixteen months since the Hlnsey ad
ministration was retired tho endow
ment rank In Its nnounccment today
lias paid up a half million dollars of
overdue death claims, and hns nearly
1200,000 cash on hand.
NO DANCER FROM INDIANS
Unlikelihood of iiny Trvnblu With Trlb
In t'nllforiilit
Indian bureau officials say that If any
discontent exists among the mission In
dians in the neighborhood of Indlo,
Cal as reported from St. Bernardino,
It Is the result of misinterpretation of
the government's motives In arranging
to transfer what Is known as the, War
ner's ranch Indians, their kinsfolk,
from the lands the latter have occu
pied for years to a tract of land tho
government Is about to buy for their
home.
Tho Indian bureau has received no
word of any discontent existing among
the Indians, except at Warner's ranch,
where the Indians are anxious to re
main, though the courts have upheld
the claims of white men for the land.
There Is no likelihood of trouble.
STUDENTS ON STRIKE
Five Hundred at Unltimlty of ColoratJ
In Itrvolt
Five hundred students of tho uni
versity of Colorado are on strike. They
have revolted over lessons during tho
qunrto-centennlnl celebration, now In
progress. The students held class meet
ings nnd voted unanimously not to at
tend classes during the celebration.
Girls who attend are threatened with
ostracism, and boys have been told
they will be ducked in the lake. Today
not a boy or girl reported at classes.
There Ise some talk of President
Baker taking drastic measures with
the leaders as an example of discipline.
However, as all the students nro In
volved, It Is generally believed that no
action will be taken.
MRS. McKINLEY HAS MINE
First Shipment of Zinc Ore From Her
1'ruprrty In Illinois
The Empire lead and spar mines on
tho Illinois Central railway In Pope
county, 111., have Just shipped tho first
car load of zinc oro ever mined in Illi
nois. This mine is on land owned by
Mrs. William McKlnley, wife of the lato
president, and was operated by the Sax
tonH for several years after the civil
war for spar and lend. Hut so much
carbonate of zinc ore was found that
the mines were finally abandoned, the
value of the brown-colored rock not be
ing known. Recently operations were
resumed by an Ohio man. Joplln, Mo.,
capitalists arc interested in the claim.
That New Kunsiii Tux Hill
John Francis of Allen county, chair
man of the legislative commission that
prepared the new tax bill, believes the
measure will be accepted by tho legis
lature this winter.
"The bill Is all right." Mr. Francis
said. "I believe it ought to be passed
as we have written It. it Is likely, how
over, to bo amended In some minor par
ticulars, but It Is the foundation for a
good law and I am satisfied that tho
legislature will so look upon it. We
need a law that will reach tho taxpay
ers. They are the only ones who are
kicking, and a bill that makes then;
kick Is all right."
Mmiy Wnnt tn Murry Her
Miss Lizzie Uoyce, the Brown county,
Kansas girl who received word that
she had been left one million dollars by
an aged man on nccount of klndnes3
shown him, has become very popular,
although she Ib not yet In possession
of the money. She has received many
proposals of marriage und many men
admirers have sent their pictures to
her. Every dar, through tho mall, sho
receives business offers, Investment
chances and requests for charity.
IMItnm Arqulttnd
Tho United States grand jury nt
Helena, Mont., discharged P. A. O'Fer
rell, editor, and A. W. nrowso, pub
lisher of a Butte campaign newspaper
devoted to tho Interest of F. A. Helnzo,
nnd who were arrested for an nlleged
violation of tho postal laws. A car
toon In which Senator Clark appeared
was tho basis of action.
Ntnrk Truln Wrerkeil
A heavily laden stock train on the
Panhandlo division of the Santa Fe
was wrecked two miles west of Well
ington, Kan., by spreading of rails. The
train was composed of nineteen cars.
Tho threo rear cars and caboose were
overturned. Forty head of cattle, part
of a shipment from Hereford, Tex.,
wpro killed. No trainmen wero Injured.
in a thirty-eight foot kerosene
launch Capt W. Newman and son,
nged sixteen, left Now York from Col
lego Point for Southampton. The boat
Is eight feet beam with n draught of
two feet nine Inches. Newman expects
to complete tho voyage- in about twen
ty days.
Gen. Pomplllo Gultcrluz, of the Co
lumbian army, who arrived In New
York Tuesday on the Panama steamer
Alllancla, Is detained at Swinburne
Island. He is 1)1 of fever, symptoms'
of which the health officer regards bus.
plclous. Gultcrluz Is here on a diplo
matic mission, believed to be connect
cd with the Panama cana
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A ROMANCE OF NEW YOUK
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CHAPTER I.
The Van Heemsklrks.
It was Mny In New Yc rk one hun
dred nnd twenty-olio years ngo, and yet
the May A. I). 1S8G the snme clear
air nnd wind, the snnu' rarefied fresh
ness, full of fnlnt, passing aromas
from the wet earth and tho salt joa
and the blossoming gnnU .is.
In the city the business of the day
was over; but nt tho open doors of
many of the shops little groups of ap
prentices In leather aprons were talk
ing, nnd on tho broad steps of tho
City Hall a number of grate-looking
men were slowly separating after a
very satisfactory civic Bosslon. They
were nil noticeable men, but Jorls Van
Ilcetnsklrk specially eo. Hlc bulk was
so gioat that It scorned an if he mint
have been built up; It was too much
to expect thit ho had ever been n
baby. He had a fair, ruddy face, and
large, firm eyes, nnd a mouth that
was nt once strong and sweut. And
ho was nlso very hiudonu'ly dressed.
The long, stiff sklits of his dnik-bluo
-oat wero lined with satin, his
breeches were of black velvet, his ruf
fles edged with FI0111I3I1 lace, his
shoes clespcd with silver bii"Mes, his
cccked hat nudo of the finest beaver.
With his head a littlo forward, and
his right arm across his back, ho
walked slowly up Wall street Into
Broadway, nnd then took a northwost
orly direction towards the rlvor bank.
His home wns on the outskirts of tho
city, but not fnr away; and his face
lightened as he approached it.
Councillor Van Heamsklrk's father
had built the house and planted the
garden, and he had the Dutch rever
ence for a good ancestry. Often ho sent
his thoughts backward to remember
how he walked by his father's sldo, or
leaned against his mother's chair, as
they told him the tragic tales of tho
old narnovoldt nnd tho hapless Do
WItt3; or how his young heart glowed
to their memories of tho dear father
land, and tho proud march of tho Da
tavlan republic.
"Good evening, Mr. Justice. Good
evening, neighbor," and he stood a
minute, with his hands on his garden
gate, to bow to Justice Van Gaasbeeck
and to Peter Sluyter, who, with their
wives, wero going to spend an hour
or two at Christopher Laer's gardon.
"Men can bear all things but good
days," said Peter Sluyter, when thoy
had gone a dozen yards In silence;
"since Van Hcemsklrk has a seat In
tho council room, It Is a long way to
his hat.
"Come, now, ho was very civil,
Sluyter. Ho bows like a man not
used to mako a low bow, that is all."
"Well, well, with time, every one
gets Into his right place. In tho city
Hall, I may yet put my chair besldo
his, Van Gaasbeeck."
"So say I, Sluyter, and for tho pres
ent It Is nil well as It Is."
This little envious fret of his neigh
bor lost Itself outsldo Jorls Van Heein
sklrk's home. Within It, nil was lovo
and content. Madam Van Hcemsklrk
was a littlo woman, with clear-cut
features, and brown hair drawn back
ward under a cap of laco very stlfly
starched. Her tight-fitting dross of
blue taffeta was open in front, and
looped up behind In order to show an
elaborately quilted petticoat of light
blue camblet. Her white wool stock
ings were clocked with blue, her high
heeled shoes cut very low, and clasped
with small silver buckles. From her
trim cap to her trig shoes she was a
pleasant and comfortable picture of a
happy, domestic woman; smiling,
peaceful, and easy to live with.
When the last duty of tho day was
finished, she let her bunch of keys
fall with a satisfactory "all done"
Jingle, that made her Jorls look at
her with a smile. Then ho asked:
"Whero Is Joanna nnd the littlo ono?
And Dram Bhould bu homo ero this."
"I am not uneasy, Jorls. They
wero to drink a dish of tea with
Madam Scmple, and Hrnm promised
to go for them. And, see, they are
coming; but Dram Is not with them,
only tho elder."
Elder Alexander Semple was n great
man In his sphere. Ho had a reputa
tion both for riches and godllnoss and
was scarcely more respected In tho
markot-placo than ho was in tho Mid
dle Kirk. And thero was an old tie
between tho Scmples nnd the Van
Heemsklrks a tie going back to tho
days when tho Scotch Covenanters und
tho Nethcrland Confessors clasped
hands as brothers In their "churches
under tho cross." Then ono of tho
Somplcs had fled for life from Scot
land to Holland, and been sheltered
In the house of a Van Heomsklrk; and
from generation to generation tho
friendship had been continued. So
there was much real kindness nnd
very little ceremony between the fami
lies, nnd tho elder met his friend Jorls
with a pleasant "good evening," and
sat down In front of tho blazing logs.
Joanna tied on her white apron, and,
at a word from her mother, began to
take from the cupboards various Dutch
dainties, and East Indian Jars of fruits
and swoetmeats, and a caso of crystal
bottles, and some flno lemons. Sho
was a fair, roBy girl, with n kind,
cheerful face, a pleasant volco, and a
smile that was at once Innocent and
bright. Her flno light hair was rolled
high and backward; and no one could
have Imagined a dress more sultablo
to her than tho trig dark bodlco, tho
quilted skirt, and tho white apron sho
wore.
Her father and mother watched her
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with a loving satisfaction, and Elder
Semple wns quite sensible of Joan
tin's presence, nnd of what she was
doing.
At this point Kathorlne Van Heems
kirk came Into the room, nnd tho elder
slightly moved his chntr and said,
"Come awa', my bonnle lassie, and Tel
us lino a look at you." And Kutherlno
laughingly pushed n stool towards the
flro, and snt down between tho two
men on tho hearthstone. Sho wns the
daintiest little Dutch mnlden thnt
over latched a shoo very diminutive,
with n complexion llko a sea-shell,
great blue eyes, and such n quantity
of pale yellow hnlr thnt It made light
of Its llbbon snood, nnd rippled over
her brow and slender white ueck lu'
bewildering curls.
Long beforo supiior was over,
Madam Van Hcemsklrk had discov
ered thnt tills night Elder Semple had
a special reason for his call, and when
the meal was finished, and tho gjrhf
gone to their room, she wns not aston
ished to hear him say, "Jorls, lot us
light another 'pipe. I lino something
to speak nnent Sit still, guldowlfe,
wo shall want your word on the mat
ter." "On what matter, elder?"
"Anent n marrlago between my son
Nell nnd your daughter Katherlne."
Tho words fell with a sharp dis
tinctness, not unkindly, but ns If thoy
wero more than common words. They
wero followed by a marked sllonce, n
silence which In no way disturbed
Scmple. Ho know his friends well,
and therefore he expected It.
Jorls at Inst said slowly, "For Kath
erlne the marriage would bo good, and
I.ysbet nnd I would llko It. However,
wo will think a littlo about It; there
Is time, and to spnre. One should not
run on a now road. Say what you
think, Lysbet."
"Nell 1b to my mind, when tho time
comes. Rut yot tho child knows not
perfectly her Heidelberg. And thero
Is mare; sho must learn to manage a
house of her own. So In time, I say,
It would be a good thing. Wo have
been long good friends."
"We line been friends for four gen
erations, and wo may safely tie tho
knot tighter now. The land between
this place and my place, on tho river
side, Is your land, Jorls. Glvo It to
Katherlne, and I will build the young
things a house; and tho furnishing
nnd plenishing we'll share between
us."
"There In moro to a wedding than
house and land, elder. A young girl
should bo wooed beforo sho Is mar
ried. You know how It Is; and Kath
erlne, the littlo one, sho thinks not of
such n thing us lovo and marriage."
"Wha kens what thoughts aro under
curly lockn at sovonteen? You'll hao
noticed, madam, that Kutherlno has
como malr often than ordlnar' to Sem
ple House lately?"
"That is so. It was because of Col.
Gordon's wife, who likes Katherlne.
8he Is teaching her a new Btltch In
her crewel-work."
"Hum m m! Mistress Gordon
Iibb likewise a nephew, a vera hand
some lad. I huo seen thnt ho takes n
deal o Interest In tho crewel-stitch
likewise. And Nell has seen It too
for Nell has set his heart on Knther
Ino nnd tills afternoon thero was a
look passed between the young men I
dlnna like. We'll bo hnolng a chal
lenge, and twa fools playing nt mur
der, next."
"I am glad you spoke, older. Thank
you. I'll turn your words over In my
heart." Hut Van Hcemsklrk was un
der a certain constinlnt; ho was be
ginning to understand tho situation,
to see lu what danger his darling
might bo. He wnb apparently calm;
but on angry fire was gathering In his
eyes, and stern linos settling about the
lower part of his fnce.
"My Lysbet Ib tho finest lady In tho
whole land. Let her daughters walk
In her steps. That Is what I want.
Now, there Is enough, nnd also thero
Is some one coming."
"It will bo Nell nnd Hi am"; and, ns
tho words weio spoken, tho young
men entered.
"Again you are Into, Hrnm"; and
tho father looked curiously In his
eon'B face. It was llko looking bnck
upon his own youth;- for Hrnm Van
Hcemsklrk had all tho physical trnlts
of his father his great slzo, his com
manding presence and winning ad
dress, his largo eyes, his doop, sonor
ous voice and slow speech.
With the advent of Hrnm and Noll,
the consultation ended. The elder,
grumbling at tho chill and mist,
wrapped himsolf In his plaid, nnd
leaning on his son's arm, cautiously
picked his way homo by tho light of a
lantern. Van Hcemsklrk put aside his
pipe, nodded gravoly to his son, and
went thoughtfully upstairs.
In 1i!b own room ho snt down on a
big oak chest; and, as ho thought, his
wroth slowly gathered. Keuiplo know
that gay young English officers were
coming nnd going about IiIb houso,
nnd ho had not told him until ho
feared thoy would Interfere with bis
own plans for keeping Neil near to
him. Ho remembered that Semplo
had spoken with touching emphasis of
his longing to keop his laut eon near
home; but mtiBt ho glvo up his darling
Katherlno to further this plan?
"I llko not It," ho muttered. "God
for tho Dutchmniivmado tho Dutch
woman. That Is tho right way; but I
will not make angry myself for so
much of pnsBlon, so much of nothing
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nt all to tho purpose That Is tho
truth. Alwnya I have found It so."
Then Lysbet, having finished her
second locking up, entered tho room,
Sho came In us one wearied nnd trou
bled, and said with a sigh, ns sho un
tied her apron:
"Jorls, the elder's words hnvo mado
trouble In my heart. Whnt did tho
man mean?"
"Who can tell? What n man says,
wo know; but only God understands
what he means. Hut I will sny this,'
Lysbet, and It Is what I mean: It
Scmple has led my daughter Into tho
way of temptation, then, for nil that
Is past and gone, wo shall be un
friends." "Glvo yourself no liommcr on thnt
mntter, Jorls. Hove not some of our
host maidens married Into tho Eng
lish set? Thero Is no harm, I think,
In a girl taking a fow steps up when
sho puts on the wedding ring."
'Menu you that our little daughter
should marry Homo English good-for-nothing?
Look, then, I would rnthor'
sec her white nnd cold lu the dead
chamber. I will have no Englishman
among the Van Heemsklrks. Thero,
let iib bleep. To-night I will speak no
moro."
Rut mndam could not sleep. She
wns qulto senslhlo that she had tacitly
encouraged Kathcrlnc's visits to 80m-,
pie House, even after sho understood
that Capt. Hyde nnd other fashion
able and notablo persons wero fre
quent visitors there. Lysbet Van
HeeniBklrk saw no reason why her
younger children should not move
with tho current, when it might sot
them among the growing aristocracy
of the Now World.
She tried to recall Kntherlnc's de
meanor and words during the past
day, nnd sho could And no cause for(
alarm In them. Sho could not remem
ber nnythlng at all which ought to
make her uneasy; and what Lysbet
did not sco or hear, she could not
Imnglue.
Yet tho past ton hours had really
been full of danger to tho young girl.
Early in the afternoon, so mo hours
beforo Joanna waa ready to go, Kath
erlne was dressed for her visit to
Semple House. It stood, like Van
Heemsklrk's, at tho head of a garden
sloping to tho river; nnd there was n
good deal of pleasant rivalry about
thCBO gardens, both proprietors hav
ing Impressed their own Individuality
upon their pleasure grounds.
Tho spaco between the two houses
was an enclosed meadow; and this af
ternoon, tho grass being warm and
dry nnd full of wild flowers, Kathor
lne followed tho narrbw footpath
through It, and entered the Scmple
garden by tho small Bide gate. Near
this gate was a stone dairy, sunk be
low the level of tho ground a dell
clously coo!, clean spot even In tho
hottest weuther. Passing It, sho Baw
that the door was open, and Madam
bemplo was busy among Its large,
sbullow, pewter, cream-dishes. She
was beating Eome rich curd with eggs
and currants and spices; nnd Kather
lne, with a sympathetic smile, asked
delightedly:
"Cheesocakcs, madam?"
"Just cheesecakes, dearie."
"Oh, I am glad! Let me fill some of
these pretty littlo patty-pans."
"I'll do nnethlng o' tho kind, Kath
erlne. You'd bo spoiling tho bonnlo
silk dress you hno put on. Go to the
house nnd sit wl' Mistress Gordon.
Sho wbb nsklng for you no' nn hour
ago. And, Katherlne, my bonnlo las
sie, dlnna gie a thought to ono word
thnt black-eyed nephew o hers may
say to you. Ho's hero tho day and
gano to-morrow, and tho lasses that
heed him will get salr hearts to thorn
sel's." Tho bright young faro shadowed,
avid a sudden fear camo Into Madam
Scmplc's heart as she watched tho
girl turn thoughtfully mid slowly
away Into tho houso.
(To be continued.)
COLORED INKS IN TATTOOING.
English Expert Now Does Work In
Many Colors.
In nn nrtlclo on tho subject of tat
tooing, in Pearson's, tho mnrvelous
reaiiltB oblnlned by an English expert
nro thus described:
"Until comparatively recently only
two colors, ludlgo blue (or India Ink
black) and red were used In tattooing,
but a Jnpnneso nuronHcd the number
by discovering a permanent brown,
and Sutherland Mncdouald has now
added four moro to the list, so thut ho
works with no fewer than soven col
ors altogether. Tho difficulty has been
to get a color that will hold; any color
can bo pricked Into tho human skin,
but those made from minerals will all
sot up, sooner or later, a stnto of In
flammation of tho skin and tho color
will ho forced out again, lenvlng only
an ugly Hcnr to mark the spot.
"Rut by careful experiments on his
own body, experiment which have
been going on for yenrs now, ho has
been able to produce a very beautiful
green, a permanent ultrumarlno blue,
a lavender, and, most difficult of nil,
a rich yellow, all not only perfectly
harmless to the most delicate Bkln,
but colors that will hold, and by blend
ing some of these together ho Is
able to produce brilliant effects, which
to tho uninitiated would appear to bo
altogether Impossible.
"Tattooing In so many colors, with
all their graduations of shading, Is a
lengthy process Mr. Macdonald will
spend n matter of sixty or Boventy
hours In completing a design to cover
n man's chest not at a stretch, of
course, but ' working two or threo
hours a day for twonty or thirty
days."
Then He Saw it.
Von Illumcr (roaring) Who told
you to put this paper on tho wall?
Decorator Your wife, sir.
Von Dlumor Pretty, Isn't it? Har
per's Uazaar,
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WRITTEN BY LINCOLN
VALUABLE RELIC OWNED BY THB
8TATE OF IOWA.
the Formal and Official Acceptance
by the Great President of HI
Second Term as Chief Magistrate of
the American Nation.
Abraham Lincoln wns chosen to hh?
second term ns President of tho
United Slates In November, 18G4.
After tho official canvass of the votes,
a committee of the two Houses of
Congress was nppolnted to aotlfy him
of his election, says tho Dcb Moines
Keglster and Lender. Tho committed
conslBled of Lyinnn Trumbull of Illi
nois, on the part of the Senate, and
Messrs. Jnmes F. Wilson of Iowa and
John F. Dawson of Pennsylvania on
. tho purt of tho House. It will bo ro-
memburcd thnt Mr. Wilson was nt
that tlmu a member of the Houso of
KoprescntHtlvefl. Watting upon hln
at the Executive Mansion, tho commit
tee, by Its chulrmnn, untitled him of
hln election to a second term.' Mr,
Lincoln, In anticipation of thin official
visit, had his acceptance, written by
his own hnud, and tilling a littlo mora
than half a pngu of old-fashioned let
ter pupor, ready for the occasion. Ho
read as follows:
"Having served four yenrs In tho
dopths of n greut, and yet unended,
national peril, I can view this call .to
a second term In nowise more llrittor
Ing to myself than as an expression
of the public Judgment that 1 mny bet
ter finish a dlfllcult work, In which I
have labored from tho first, thnu could
nny one less severely schooled to the
task. In this view, and with assured
reliance on that Almighty Ruler who
hns so graciously Riistulued us thus
far, anil with Increased gratitude to
tho generous iieoplo for their con
tinued confidence, I accept tho re
newed triiBt, with Ub yet onerous anil
perplexing duties nnd responsibili
ties." When tho official ceremony was
over Mr. Wilson said: "With your)
permission, Mr. President, I would bo
gla'd to keep thnt pngo of manuscript."
"You arc very welcome to It." ropllcd'
Mr. Lincoln, handing ft to Mr. Wil
son. This puper, which wau Mr. Lin
coln's formal end ofTlclal acceptance
of his second term as President or
tho United 8 ss, waB retained' by
b'enntor WllBon,(Antll his deatlh It
has sinco remained In the possession'
of his family. Jhst now they haver
turned It over toMr. Charles Aldrlch,
by whom It hud been placed in hla
great autograph land photograph col
lection lu tho IrVstorlcal Dopartmet
of Iowa. While It Is not signed. It l
yet a manuscript of great value. 16
would command aprlco In New York
City or Loudon whTtah would hate to
bo expressed In fourmflgurcs. It Is a ,
precious memorial oPio grentpj: -
tyr President and of Jamfc 7-vvTlson
of Iowa. We may add that the pagu
upon which It Is written also contains
seven lines, which cro In tho hand
writing of Mr. Wilson, explanatory
tho manuscript. y
1,
The New Alchemists'.
If In your neighbor's cellar you sea
x light burning clenr along toward'
midnight, In theso times, mako up
your mind that ho In at work on cer
tain experiments which, If perfected
will onablo him to run his furnace nil
r.oxt winter without leave or license
from coal barons. With many commod
ities ho works In an endeavor to
bring about this blessed statoof things,
and the probability Is thnt If you wero
to sco him as ho camo abovo stairs '
ready to lay him down for his night's
sleep you would discover on his face
an expression that would convince you
ho has got so near hln aim as to look
success In tho eye. Of course, you
would feel like throwing up your hat
as you recognized this, for you know
that If ho docs creuto something of
the sort you can adapt It to your own
wants, and thnt In time tho plnce
occupied in your cellar by coal bins
muy bo taken for something elso.
A Strong Boy.
Derby, Conn., has a "strong man,"
17 years old, who lifts GOO pounds
with comparative ease, and Juggles
J 00-pound dumb-bells for an everyday
oxerclse.
This muscular youth Is Poter Mo
riorno, and his occupation Is thnt of n
harbor. His appcaranco belles his
extraordinary strength, and many a
patron of the shop whero ho is em
ployed has lost a wager against Peter's
ability to perform feats credited to
him by tho proprietor. Peter hns put
above his head eight successive times
a dumb-bell weighing as much as him
self. It Is his ambition to bo a cham
pion strong man, nnd all who have
seen him handle heavy weights bo
llevo he will attain his deslro. Peter
retributes his great strength to dally
exorcise, his habit of eating only sim
ple food and his abstinence from tea,
coffee, alcoholic beverages and to
bacco. Concerning Names.
Apropos of tho eternal domestic
question, an English woman relates
this experience: "I engaged a maid
named Pearl, and as I simply could1
not ask u Pearl to fill tho coal scuttlo
happy woman to have one to nil!
or to holystone the doorstep, I said:
I would rather call you by Borne other
hurno. Havo you a second ono?' 'Yes,'
tcplled the damsel, brightly, 'my boc
oiid name is Opal.' So I stuck to
Pearl. At ono tltno I all but engaged a
maid named Hennlone, but upon
"siting her, 'Have you a black drcBs,
whita caps and aprons?' she replied,
tiddly: 'Yes, 1 havo; hut I'm not, go
Ing to wear 'em. Ma didn't christen
mn 'Ermloue for to wear a livery.'""
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