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&fo (MmmM fflanraL -. - ." JiJ?' : "- iMf . -fc- VOLUME XXVIII. TMBER 33. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 18H7. WHOLE XUMBEE 1.137. V o ' & ' ' aft. - 'iRAMBLEKTHEPAST By Dorothy Tanner. OXDON is crowd ed with history. I have taken a small bit of territory and dipped lightly into - (T73U3f r its past, just B-U t show how in '? tcr"t gathers at --, every turn We will start from "Whitehall, as it is near "West m minster, and we snail feel at home. Going back to the days when Car dinal Wolsey was enjoying pomp and pride, we mav array ourselves in purple and fine linen and join the gav life at Whitehall, then called York Palace. Later, with the Tudors. let us attend banquet and ball. Never was one place the scene of greater festiv ity for a long period. The scene shifts, and we see an anx- ioas. rrcited throng awaiting the execution of Charles I. There in front of the banqueting house is the very spot where the scaffold stood. Then followed .days of sombre quiet ness in the palace with" the Cromwells. only to have festivities doubly renew ed with the restoration. Manv wer the plans for rebuilding Whitehall, bu; none were completed except the plan for the banqueting house. This building i? the Huk be tween past and present Since the time of Georce 1 i: has been used as a chapel and there divine service is held every Sunday. Passing along the historic street o Whitehall, where we now find the Horse Guards, government offices and other important buildincs. we reach Charing Cross, and memory takes a backward look Edward I is erecting crosses to the memory cf Queen Eleanor. Here stand? one. and from It the place derives its name. During the Reformation tne cross was de stroyed and a statue of Charles I. took its place. Before Tyburn became pop ular as a place of exerution. Charing Cross was the scene of such horrors. About Charing Cros art- many small streets of interest Hartshorn Lane, where Ben Jonson passed the firs: few years of his life, and St. Mar tin's Court, where he was sent to school, are anions: the number. As we enter the Strand let us re member that m the York and Lan- caster period this was open country, j with a few castles along the river Dank. In the time of Henry VII. the castles were exchanged for more peace- , ful mansions, and when Edward VI. ' ruled, the number of mansions had in creased on the south side, while a row ' of houses mad great pretensions on the north. A few years later the Strand becomes a fashionable street wnere the ladies drive. As we saunter along tb street to- day, Northumberland avenue attracts I our attention, and we recall the old J palace which stood here more than I i wo hundred and fifty years. ' Continuing eastward, we pass Som- ! erset House, and think of the orisrinal ' palace, where lived in turn the wives I of James 1.. Charles I. and Charles II. ' If we enter the present building, ! A MIGHTY PRETTY CREATURE, whicn i; used for government pur poses, we may find on file in the wills and probate office the wills of Shakes peare. Newton and Dr. Samuel John ton. A little farther down the street in 'magination we dance around the Ma-po!e. perhaps in the companv which Samuel Pepys saw when on his ! -ay to Westminster May l, 1657. Re member? He says. "I met many milk naids with their gariands on their ails dancing with a fiddler before hem. and pretty Nellie Gwynne was sanding at her lodging door m Dmry v'ourt in her smock sleeves and bodice ' ooking at me." He thought her a mighty pretty creature." While at Drury Lane, let us remem- ber its past. It takes its name from ! the family of Druries. and is described by Pope as a "place of residence for poor authors." As for Drury Lane theater we prefer it m Shakespeare's day. Think of it, with such names as Shakespeare. Ben Jonson. Drvden and Garrid: making its past famous. ' Returning to the Sand. we hurrv by the Royal Courts of Justice as al- ! together too modem for our purposes, j merely recalling Butchers' Row, which I cas cesLrojtxi io give room tor them isuicnerb xvow. Tvaicn suggests Kit Kat Club; and where, in 1505, aicht have been seen the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot, with heads close to gether and fingers on lips. At Fleet street we speak of Isaac Walton's near home, and Mrs. Sal mon's wonderful waxwork exhibition in 17S5 at 17 Fleet street"!: was a most convenient place for the coaches of quality to stand unmolested." Passing the end of Chancery Lane ,1 street devoted to lawyers, law and 'awful things we are a: S:. Dnnstans-in-th-West. As we look at i: we re member the old church which stood in th? same piace. had the same name and possessed a great fascinajion in the two life-sized figures of savases that softly tapped the quarter hours ! with clubs. The clock and fisrures are now preserved in Regents Park. Fetter Lane. At the comer stood Peele's Coffee House At number 17 lived John Dryden a tablet recalls him. "Bom 1531. died 1700. Glorious John." We win leave Fleet Market, now Farrington Market, and pass on to Memorial HalL Here, for eight cen .turies. stood Fleet street prison, which rrbved the next step to the Star Cham- . 70 irifci rr- Jjj I f . i - iu&yj i' JjFV i rrT ' .'vi V - - ! u jple. r, and the third step was the bloc Fleet street is an especially enliven ing memory to us. as Dr. Samuel ,T hnson lived in and loved it. The beautiful park about London i. -d not equal it in his estimation; he knew every building the entire length of it particularly the taverns and cof fee houses. Along Ludgate Hill, a short dis tance, is Old Bailey, through which we will wander. We see the black New gate prison the scene of untold wretchedness for so many years. Com ing out at Newgate we are near what was Snow Hill. On the hill, you re member .was the coach-house where Squeers took up his abode when ar ranging for new pupils. Not far from here, past Holborn Circus, were Field Lane and Saffron Hill, where Beg told us to look for the pickpockets. Hasten our steps along Holborn. A little to the north is Grays Inn. Here in the time of Edward IV. young gen tlemen were taught all the learning required at court including singing, dancing and music. Later it had clustered about it much of legal inter est, and many illustrious men have been its members. Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" was performed in the hall, and here Raleich came fre quently to enjoy friendly converse with Bacon. Let us hurry through the once fash ionable quarters of Great Queen street and Long Acre You see a few good old mansions still, but must not stop you are on your way to Coventry. Leigh Hun: tells us that in his day Coventry did not bear a good name savoring too much of the gaming table. Here we are in Haymarket. Not in the hay-selling days from whence the name is derived, but nowadays when it form a busy thoroughfare to Pall Mai:. In the garret of a little shop in thu street Addison wrote his "Campaign." Pall Mall is so named because of a game Charles I. and his courtiers played before stone, brick and mortar caught sigh: of the place. It was then a charming walk to th" park, with I trees on both sides. Now it bristles with clubs. , Many long years ago, when fashion I rejoiced m a huge ruff a: the neck, ' there lived near here a man who these run's which were called pecka dils, or peccadillas Articles of such importance were much talked about, and in due us" tc street was noted as the piace to obtain them hence the name Piccadilly. Today the shops are enticing, but the street has also an historical in terest. Charles II. had a hunting ground here, and at number 140 Lord Byron once lived. St. James churchyard has a memory better known as Benjamin Stilling fleet. a man of letters, a great friend of Mrs. Montague and her coterie. This worthy friend always wore blue , worsted stockings, and from them we obtain the term "blue stocking.' . In Bond street our acquaintance. ! Lawrence Stem, wrote "Tristram Shandy." The neighborhood reminds us of Mrs. Inchbald. the author of the "Simple Storj-' TVc examine the street doors to see if we can detect the ones a: which sne "rapped and ran away"' when she. Mrs. Whitfield and Mrs. Whitfield s son William walked out one Sunday evening in June. Before entering Hyde Park let us saunter along Park Lane. It is gay with fashionably dressed people. As we approach the upper end we remem ber that this was formerly Tyburn Lane, and thert1 at the northern end was the "Tyburn Tree," around which are clustered so many sad memories, where men, good, bad and indifferent, were hustled out of this life to the in terest of a cruel, jostling, vulga. crowd We should like to res: In Hyde Park and enjoy a little gayety vriih the orrupants. perhaps pass beyond into the qui?: of Kensington Gardens. But wo may stay for only one canter over Rotten Row. and must go at once to Buckingham Palace There is said to be bet one palacu glier in the world, and that N St James Here James I enjoyed his MulDerry Garden, and later. Dryden ate Mulberry tarts. The palace has changed its name several times each time for the be::er. We find Dr. Johnson frequenting it for the sake of the valuable books :n the library. It is said King George III gave com mands that he should be informed "!viie: Johnson visited the palace, as he wished to surprise him The com mands were obeyed, and one day as Johnson sat reading some one an nounced "The King is present " Dr. Johnson was not at all embarrassed, and condescended to recommend the King's pleasant manner when he left t Leaving tne palace, a street bordered with a long row of elms looks cool and inviting: we enter without hesi- tation. 'tis Bird Case Walk, and takes us to St. James Park. It is high noon the palace can be seen through the grand old trees, we are within a short distance of our starting place, and yon may find your way home alone. Germany and Railtray Accident. A recent epidemic oi railway acci- dents throughout Germanv has created much alarm. Complaints are mad t. the authorities have either omit- ted io maintain the emciency of the rolling stock or have no: employed suf- 1 Sclent labor to cope with the ever-in- creasing trafic. These charges are offi- j cially denied. The Imperial Gazette ' published recently the following sta tistics of the accidents on the German . railway system. Bavaria excluded, dur- ing the one month of July. Trains that left the lines at stations, 25: be tween stations, 10; collisions at sta- tions. 17; between stations, 1; other . accidents, 173; total, 22S. The length ' of the railway system is about 2200 miles, and the ntunber of miles trav 5 ersed during the month was about 14.- ' 355.220, making an average of one ac I cident for every 110 miles of railwav system and one for every S3.000 miles traversed. These accidents caused, in j all. 50 deaths, and Injuries to 15 peu- ' j A man in Morgantown, W. Ya., has engaged a lawyer to secure damages for tne loss ot jAssage money paid by Jonah when thrown overboard and cared for by the whale. He traces his ancestry to Jcnah, and hopes to secure principal aiC Interest. New Ycrk Trituce. fr; O Suir - - - a WRY TTTKY TiAHfi-TJTTr) cand aad maglr-lantern in the even " XLX a -LLlj-L AJUVJJLAJ1. in bnt dc:i.t chlrk up a bIt. . ESSIE opened her fZrJ4 E v. eyes first on Thanksgiving mom and pulled her sis ter Sophy's sleeve she whispered, "is it so very wrong not to fpel thankful on z z. Thank s g i v i n g Day?" "i suppose so," said Sophy. "Well. I can't be," said Bessie. "'cz'se papa and mamma are away, and thev've been away so long, and I don": know when they'll come back. And the ccaan is so wide, and some times there are storms, and if they should get drowned I could never be thankful again." "I couldn't either." said Sophy. "Come. come, don't you mean to get up a: all this morning?" asked a cheery voice. Aunt Rosy had come in to the room and was looking over the headboard. "Don't you know it is Thanksgiving Day?" "Yes." Eaid Bessie, "but we're no: thankful, 'cause papa and mamma are away." "My! my! But you'll be glad when they come bach." said Aunt Rosy. "But ge: up now and have your bath and your breakfast, and then I'll tell you something nice a surprise." "I wonder what Aunt is going to do?" Bopby whispered. make taffy, maybe." said Bessie. "That is fun, or maybe she has new dresses for our dolls." "I don't care for taffy, or dolls or anything." said Sophy. "I'm home sick. Well, of course I am at home, but it isn t home without mamma aac papa." They went down stairs with long faces, and neither of the children ha.' much appetite for their nice milk-tcast and baked apples. "Well, now. how solemn you look!" said Aunt Rosy. "Thanksgiving Day. when you ought to be thinking of all your blessings, and you don't even ask me what the surprise is. "We're going to grandma's to spend the day; there. now." "Bt papa and mamma won't be therfr' said Bessie "And we can't be happy even there," said Sophy, sobbing Really, it was dreadful for Aunt Rosy :o laugh a: them just then, but she did. "I don't believe she loves us one bit," said Sophy, in a whisper. "I don't, either; she"s dreadful." said Bessie. And a'l through the journey to grandpa's house not a smile did they give. And when the train reached grandpa's place, and Uncle Jeff came in the wasron to meet them, and said. "Hailo, chickens! How are you?" they both answereu together; "We know it's wicked, but we can': help iL Though i: is Tnanksgiving Day Re can't be tnankful, for we don't know that we'll ever see papa and mamma again." Then Aunt Rosy looked at Uncle Jeff, and noth laughed ha! ha! ha! and ho! ho! ho! "What cruel creatures!" said Bessie to Sophy. "I don: love :hem a biu But grandpa and granama won't laugh at us." "Oh." said Uncle Jeff. "I bet you'll be jolly and thankful this evening." "Indeed, we shan't." said 3essie. "We wen t have papa and mamma." And then those grownups laughed j again in that cruel way. j "Nasty things," whispered Bessie. I "I think so, too," whispered Sophy, j Bat here they were at last at grand- "WELL. NOW. DARLINGS." pa's house, and out came grandpa and grandma and Aunt Jennie and Aunt Eliza and Uncle iiliam. Aunt Eliza's ' husband, and their boy. ; "Well. now. darlings." cried grandma. I holding cut her arms, "how do von j dor' "They are net a bit thankful, ma," j said Aunt Rosy. "They won: even j smile " I "Because papa and mamma are ' di. "w iut: jc i u:u vqcei i all about th Kirkey and pie, ard the f.WT " r-(- IifiAln Tn-r T .T.T .1 Vcfe. -fe" to waken her, ;jg?Jg. "Sophy." -jj(-i - ,r-i- . """ - V ' '- ' i?yv; ,-tfiJ i . a ?'. rTVze&3& iv : rri- ' ii T.",.y-i. . ,. ' C? ! r IVsS--"; -"-a" T" nal' . M-vv:Scf:v-Aj; i ..- -r. v- rv- - - :.S? KiWJgS&i? i A -err pretty - " f 1' ' - - . - i 'iirfftifiiMiilTisiiftfflii in "No. indeed." said Bessie, "we don't ; mean to, It's so dreadful for papa and ! mamma be away Thanksgiving ! Day." ! "So it is. darling." said grandma. j But she did no: look a bit solemn. , and grandpa winked at Uncle William. and Aunt Jennie pinched Aunt Eliza. and black Luanda, the ccok, who had come out to say "Howdy," showed all i her white teeth, and laughed "fci. yi, , yi." and Uncle Jeff roared "ha. ha. ha." ; and all the aunts laughed "tee. tee. hee," and grandpa gave a great "ho. ho. ho." and the poor children felt as if their hearts would break to be laughed at like that. "None of them love us." they whis pered to each other. "And we won't love any of them." Oh, what a dreadful thing to feel and ; say on Thanksgiving Day! And then i all of a sudden, some one back in the j hall began to laugh also, j "Company laughing at us. too," sob, ' ted Bessie. "We want to go home." Then the unseen person cried out "Don't tease them any more!" and some i one came running and took them both in her arms. Some one. indeed! It was &, I their own mamma and behind her came their papa, and it was so won dertui tney couid not believe it. "My darlings, no one was laughing a: you, ' said mamma. "Everv one knew we were here but you. I asked them not to tell you in order to zire you a happy surprise; and when you said you did not know when you would see us, how could they help laughing when they knew you would eat dmner with us at grandpa's house?" "Then they did love us all the time?" said Bessie. "That was the reason they laughed," said Sophy, "because it was going to be our very thankfulest Thanksgiving af ter all!" And then every one laughed again, and Bessie and Sophy laughed with them this time. TH.-iKI5GI7IKGi 4; ! ' W A -sj- - rARGtfEMEiN I -Tf7 . "Tyr - T txl X" S The old wife sat in the chimney place Talking of days gone by To the small granddaughter close at her knee. Eager and bright of eye. "And only think." she finished, "dear, That sad Thanksgiving mom All that the Pilgrims had to eat Was, each one, five grains o com." Out from his corner grandfather Put in a quavering word: "You're wrong, Priscilla Ann, you're wrong. Twas six, I've always heard." "Pshaw, father, you've forgotten it. No, child, 'twas only five." "Priscilla Ann, I say 'twas six, As sure as you're alive!" " Twa'n't six! Twas, too!" "Why, father!" "Well. I I ain't so old, I guess, ! But what I know 'twas six!" "Oh, land, ' What silly foolishness!" Priscilla Ann!" "Yes, father!" "Six!" randdaughter stared. I Then, crying, ran away. "There, now, ot the poor lamb scared!" on have!" Here was quarrel. But that their daughter came in haste To hear and point a moraL "Why, father! mother! quarreling. And on .thanksgiving Day! And all about a grain of corn; That's foolish, don't you say?" The old folks looked abashed. " Twas six!" "Twas five!" Why, no, 'twas four!" And then it really iooked as though Twould all begin once more. Till grandma, gulping down her wrath Said, "Well, they hadn't many; But, sakes alive! if they hadn't five, I'm thankful they had any." Florence E. Pratt. The busiest time on the Atlantic ca- .. me is oetweez. tne hours sf 10 and Vi in the fnrnncr i 7 sG-SS. j 1J& ki's -a. tfiiiri-1 ii --ryfrri-f Ir" r ni nffiiiiBtsfri THANKSGIVING AS AN ART. An Accomplishment iu TChch Oar Mother Excelled the GirU or Today. in an article entiJwl "An Old-lime Accomplishment," in the Woman's Home Companion, Edward L. Pell says: The girl who ha3 cultivated the spirit of thankfulness does not gush over at the gift of a daisy, and snap an indifferent 'Thanks!' at the man who has lost a day from the ofSc to gratify her little whim. Of course, those mothers of ours had their whims, and exercised the priceless privileges cf thoughtlessness and snapping now and then, as girls, and ether than gins, have always done; but I think it can not be denied that tbs- sirl of a gener ation ago had a conscience on the subject of debts of gratitude such as few have had since her day. "I have said that I am afraid that with many of us today it Is a lost art. I am sure that it is not given that prominence which It once had. and that it is not caltivatedwith tne enthusiasm with" wHich"Itoncewa3. Girls are taught what etiquette says about it, but etiquette deals only from the lips out ward, and the result is that even our language tells the story of the deca dence of thanksgiving. A traveler from Mars might hear our 'Thanks!' a million times and never suspect that it was meant as an acknowledgment of a favcr. I am sure that up to. say a dozen years ago, in those parts of our country where gallantry has held out longest, one could not give up a seat in a car without being sure of a full return in an acknowledgment that meant to acknowledge something; and that today the average man is utterly upset and undone when his ears catch the old sweet sound. Of course, this does not justify nor account for the current lack of gallantry among men. j hut I am net engaged in the hopeless task of restoring men to the old paths ' but m the hopeful one of pointing out a neglected talent which the most charming of girls may cultivate with good results. I am not grumbling. I do not mean to say that the m"rl of the period is one whit behind the girl 1 of the past. I do not believe in the i decadence of women. I believe that . the girl of today is equal to the girl her mother used to be; but I do not believe that it is enough to say of our ' girls that they are equal to the girls ! of the past, any more than it is enough ! to say of a flower that has had the ' best attention of the best florists for a i generation, that it is as beautiful today as it was thirty years ago. c If we have done wisely, the girl cf today ought to have not only something which her mother lacked, but she ouzh to have all her mother's graces as well. But it is a serious question i whe:her. in pressing her development we have no: cultivated some qualities at the expense of others, just as in ' pressing the development of a certain i flower we have increased, its size and I beauty at the expense of its fragrance." A Thanksgiving Proclamation. Know all men by these presents that We turkeys do protest Against an annual outrage which Brings sorrow to the nest. We think it most becoming for A nation to give thanks. Bu: we objec: in firm :ones when It cuts into oar ranks. Think of the widowed ones, and iink Of orphans in the fiock, Who must this year with sadness view The cruel chopping block. So now, good people, we request. Our pleadings may.be heard, And if you must give thanks and feast Please kill some other bird. George V. Hobar:. A Xlee Prospect- Gi. Ml .ffi&B t S& m, f riiH.M3,) V tj J lit A. mm Go. oler "Oh, you feel very tickled over -"haaksglving coming, don't you?" Bo "Yes, and when it gets here you'! feel very much cut up over it." We need all the social agents there are t lift us out of the daily routine cf li.?; music is one cf these factors. Parents who fail to cultivate where ev ident the musical gifts of their chil dren, deprive them and through them the coming generations of that moral and in:e!lectual agencv which is the-r due. F. Rovie. some men ma'-e a bluff at hiding their light under a bash el. when a p,n measure would answer the purpose jus; s well. iim itn "nTiiiiin ran iiiiaTTiii if CAPTURED A TURKEY. AND THE RAMROD OF A MUS KET WAS THE TOOL. my Edward Bright Srhem A Sol- Jirr Uoj- I m pro red a port an: t ilatlc. .No Xaveitisation V Eer OWARD the close cf the year 1S51 th 75th New York vol unteers, a uewly rccruited regiment from Cayuga and Wayne counties, was put on board a teamer in New York Harbor and sailed for Santa Resa Island, at the jouth of Pensacola bay, says the New if. York'Tribune. The boys had got some what used to army fare by this time, but It was net what they were ac customed to a: home and it is no: to be wondered at that they occasionally hankered after the tieshpots of Egypt. Time hung rather heavily on the hands of these youn? warriors for a few days. because "the-e"was no guard mounting, drill or dress parade on shipboard. They wandered atou: curiously, so far as the discipline and usages of the oc casion would allow: closely observing the architecture and other naval fea tures of their floating abode. There was c .ILifuus fellow in the reci ment who. for convenienc?. may be called Billy Edward;, although that was not his name. One dav. while prowling about en deck. Billy and some of his companions detected an odor pleasantly suggestive of viands in pro cess of preparation for :he table. Following the eiew afforded by their ncses tfcey soon ascertained that a tur- j key. designed for the officers, had been roasted in the cook's calley. Pursuing their investigation still farther, thev found that this well-stuffed and glisten- ing bird was exposed to view almost directly under a skyligh: in the deck on which the soldiers were at liberty to stroll. Whereat their mouths wa tered and covetous impulses inspired them. Then an idea took possession of Billy. Dashing away with such haste as was possible, he rushed down the cempanionway to the quarters tempo rarily occupied by the men. got posses sion cf the ramrod of a musket, adjust ed to the end of it the screw employed ir. drawing a charge from a loaded gun. and then returned to his recent post of observation. He had no: long to wait for his opportunity. The turkey still reposed, in blissful uncon-c'ous-ness of the impending change in it? destiny, where it had been a few min utes before. A close watch was kept on th cook. Suddenly, just as the latter's back was turned, the ramrod was thrust down at arm's lenzth. in serted in the breast of the bird and given a vigorous ro:ary wrench. which entangled i: in the hot. savory flesh. Gently at first, and then more rapidly, the rod was drawn upward bringing with it the precious load. The turkey was enveloped in an overcoat and Edwards and his fellow-conspirators escaped without interference. The meal which they enjoyed in privatp that day was a memorable even in their careers. The capture of Port Hudson was nothing to it. What the cook said when he difcvered that the bird had flown is not on record. He may have had his suspicions, but he could not trace the thief. And it is probable that neither the officers of the regiment nor of the vessel deemed it judicious to investigate the affair thoroughly. DINING AND FEEDING. American Table Manners Not So Oucn to CritirUm a Kormerlj. It has been conceded that the degree of civilization a people has reached may be accurately measured by its dietary, says the Woman's Home Com panion. Now, some one has said that "the American feeds, the Englishman devours, the Frenchman dines." In view of this statement one wonders what the English have been doing through the centuries to have advanc ed so little. We do not pretend to an swer for them, bu: would say for our- selves. we have been hewing our way through forests, pioneering in every direction, m every sense ample apol- ogy for feeding instead of dining. But ol course it was a Frenchman who made the declaration, and of course he made it long ago. when, mortifying though it be, honesty compeis us to acknowledge that we may have been guilty Times, however. anl condi tions have changed and not even the most bigoted Frenchman will refuse to admit that when the American has reached the dining point he will have more to dine upon than any other man in the world. The culture of man in America will demand all the art in his cuisine that France has by study evolved, with the added merit of hon-e.-ty :n his food th disguises inc dent to poverty of material not being a ne cessity. There is no department of supply in which we have not the ad vantage and we are learning to use our materials as rapidly as we have been obliged to learn all other thines. A Dnl Up Lake. A lake near Morniton, Ark., dried up a couple of years ago, leaving a rich deposit of soil ten feet deep. A por r- I tion cf it was planted with corn this vear and it will yield 200 bushels to the acre. The com, so the story goes, was sown broadcast, like whea:, and same up so s:rong and thick that a ccon which recently tried to make Its way through the stalks was unable to extricate itself, and was captured. Twenty-Two I'unera's io One Family. Lewis Weaver, who lives m Mount Pleasant township. Pa., has just buried his second wife. Mr. Weaver has had wenty-two funerals in his family, hav- ng buried two wives and nineteen children. Ke has eight children liv- .ng, making twenty-seven in all. He is a shoemaker, and is aoout 70 io years old. The wife just buried years old. was -io Earrings have never been so fashion ab! in England as in foreign countries. in they are worn more now than at ay other time in the history of Eng land ansMsWimlrn -"T --i fj -i-nnr 'ttt r CURED BY EXPERIENCE. TTby th Boys Arc ot Coin? AlMks. A story was told on the dock recent- j ly in Seattls of three youns men who j were cared of the Alaskan fever in a very practical manner, says the Post- I Intelligencer. Thev had concluded that , i -i -- trt ,-.,J io I "ey woum go on tut: -vi-ivi. -" "" ; ; purchased their berths. "Now. you boys." said the aged adviser, "wan: to t ! lemember that It's pretty cold up there. ! It's pretty low temperature here today. I but nothing to what you'll find on the Yukon. Now. let me advise you. Be ' fore going tc ihat country you wouW better have some exparlenc?. You may not like it, and then yon will want to 1 nwft ial- Tr-T-ifir ?irnTT1132'5 to Lc , pretty cold I have a tent at my house ; i that I used when in Alaska. You byi I take the tent out on Queen Anno hV. j and sleep in it tonight. It is new ii o'clock. Don't cat anything unti about S oclocl: thid evening. That build a fire in your tenr. cook soia? beans and bacon, fix up some aaswc st oned black coffee and make a meal. Until bedtimo sit around the Sre smok ing and chewing tobacco and playing cards, and then fix up a rough buni on the ground and sleep until morning. If i -vou &? ir- S lo Alaska: if not. sta at some. The bovs caugct i -isjj :he idea enthusiastically, and promised to carry out the programme. Whtthar they did or no: is no: known, but yes terday morning three miserable look ing boys canceled three UeVsJ -2 t& Al-Ki. and as they hutabl-- .cit thx steamship office one was heard to sav "Do you suppose i: really gc-i ir. Alaska?'' that cc! WOMEN IN UNIVERSITY LIFE I Germs I .Vutrl. ail I irn.-i:i On' . Great Conusrle-. t. Diunnr If. One of :he reports cf the educa:ian. I department m England -ias a spiu. j Iae devoted to the iulyect cf th- a- I mission of women to university il: Inquiries have been instituted as to :h ' arrangements made f jr women stu- dents at 1C2 of the universities of the civilized nations in both hemispheres and 13D replies were received. Tn questions asked were: Are women ad mitted as members cf the unhcrsi!' Are they admitted ca the sam? tc.t. as men? Are they admitted to ' tures"' Are they admitted to esamir. ations!: Are they eligible for nm.r sity degrees? It is significant of :h advanced liberalism of Scotland an Wales that their five universities hae no answer but "Yes" to make, save a regards certain medical courses in the north country. Australia. India and Canada also answer "Yes," and Toron- i to proudly says. "No advantage is i granted to men which is not open tc wemen." New Zealand gives pra;ti cally the same reply. France. Belgium Holland, Denmark, Norway. Sweden Switzerland, Greece, Itaiy,and of course the United States have almost unbrok en columns of "Yes." The grea: sin-nf-rs of Europe are Germany, Austru and Russia. W Iit Cat. Altrav. Fall oa Their Tee:. Why does a ca: aiways fall on it feet? This is a question that has re cently absorbed the earnest atf-ic! of the French Academy of Science The problem is c early a difficult oae for that learned body of savant ha. so far failed to offer a final solution M. Marey. a distinguished professo who has made a special study of aaima movements, claims that the fcedy o a cat is composed of two par:, oa- o which acts as a pivot for the r-hr Upon dropping the cat, it appears paws upward, and then by a ser.'.- c convulsive movements, it gradua1!; rights itself and reaches :h ground ir an upright position. Th? wholf pro cess of turning is accomplished befcr the animal has fallen a yard. W'.thcu a fulcrum, without something to lear against, the cat certainly would no accomplish the feat. ilr. Marey d clares that the animal's limbs ac: upor a fulcrum which its own body pro vides. DISCIPLINE AT POST SHERIDAN' And ye: Weyler is called a bru-s Cedar Rapids Gazette. Cantain Loverins would make a s:a- coaCh for a professional football team j Omaha World-Herald. The mih:ary pest of Fcrt Sheridan j seems to be in urgent need of a civic ! federation. Milwaukee Sentinel. Dragging a man by a rope tied to hi heels doe? no' seeza to be the bes method ;f enforcing army disclpl..- -Dubuque Herald. The only remarkaole thing :i. nec:ion with the latest sensa:.--. Fort Sheridan is that nobody wu ed Washington Post. in- organization c: a S. the Civilization of the Uaitfd - z Army Officers" seems a ncd cf hour Des Moines Leader Perhaps :ha: private soldier w j -, . dragged by the heels at Fcrt Saer : was merely being put in training fcr -military football team a: that pos:. Springfietd, 111.. Journal. Even the brutal Weyler will hav- , the right to point the huge? of scorn at the American people and call them t hypocrites if they permit such cut- ; rages. Minreapoiis Tribune. We hope the story of the maltreat- t meat of the private soldier in the reg- . ular army a: Chicago has been exag gerated. If it is literally true, we hav no reason :o cry out agains: the oru tality of German officers. Buffalo Ex press. The rack and the thumbscrew shoui be made a part of the equipment o Fort Sheridan. Dragging a man by th heels and prodding him with a swc. I is too awkward a method of enforcm discipline and inculcating sentiment of loyalty. Minneapolis Times. j The officer who approves tnis outrage expresses himself as perfectly tziii- ' tied. ihe victim was insubordinate. He refused to perform some allotted labor, therefore he was treated with a savagery that would not be dreamed of for a day in Turkey. Philadelphia Bulletin. 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