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THE COUN'TfiY BOY, "You a rtr always hearing of some­ thing new," was her quick "reply, "but What does it,amount to?" -- "I am hoping ior something better, and think I've found it nOW." He rocked Freddy to Sleep, put him * into his crib, then went to the door of his wife's room. . * "Are you g^in^t to kiss me good-by, Stella ?" he asked. "I may be gone a day or two." "No," she replied coldly; "you'll be back soon enough." "But I might never return, you know." "See if you are not back in a day or two. with the same old story." Clarence turned quickly and left her. She heard him cross the room, and knew he bent over Freddy's crib and kissed the little sleepeFagafn and agin. "He'll come back before he's really gone," whispered she to herself, going • toward the door, but a turn in the street hid him from sight. He bad gone without bidding her good-by. "Well, , we have been married long enough to be docft; with such nonsense," she said, . by way of consolation, yet there was a terrible pain at her heart. She sat still till Freddy awoke, then with a cry of anguish .she ran across , the hall to the-nearest neighbor with -- : "Please come, Mrs. Wilson! My baby -j is dying!" ' - Mrs. Wilson eem&, for. though rough ' in manner, she was kind in heart. "He Is in a fit," she said/ the mo-; - men t she saw the "child. "Bring me some water and-help me get off his ciothes:" .•*' Stella obeyed. ; i ' ' "Hold him So.till" I run liome arid get ( some medicine!!" she added, putting him in the bath. "Such women as you ain't ' fit~«to be mothers!" she continued, re- ! turning with her hands l'Ull of bot­ tles. . ! "I have so many trials to bear," Stella 1 moaned piteously. 15 1 "Nonsense!" replied Mrs. Wilson, f "You bave a-pretty home, if it was put ] in order." s The woman said it in good faith. ] wrapping Freddy in soft flannels and ; administering a quieting potion. She had been watching the movements of ] the people ever since they came to live in the house. , "My baby will get well, won't he?" Was said, pleadingly, and the poor. , thing sobbed again as if her heart ( would break. "Yes. indeed." "And yon will stay with me through the night?" forgetting that she was one of "those people." "I'd stay with you a whole blessed week," replied true-hearted Mrs. Wil­ son. "if I could make you a wife wor­ thy of your husband." "Tell me what I shall do and, I'll do it willingly and without complaining." All through the long night, while Freddy lay between life a.ud death, Mrs. Wilson worked over him bravely, and told .the girl-mother chapters in her own life experience. There were pas­ sages over which Stella wept bitterly, and when morning dawned, giving back the. child from danger, in place of the fickle, unreasonable woman there was one ready to meet life's work with firm purpose and strong heart. She tidied up each apartment, and in­ stead of going about in a dowdy wrap­ per put on a fresh dress, arranged her hair becomingly, and changed the puck­ er about her mouth for her own rosy lips. "You're a pretty little thing," Mrs. ) Wilson told her when she had fastened a knot of blue ribbon in her hair. "See after baby now. I'll look in every now and then through the day, and to-night I will come back to you. Your hus­ band will be here to-morrow morning?" "Yes." Stella replied, with a bright look in her eyes. "He'll be here by 10 o'clock." ** 14 After all, it was a long time to wait, she thought. She was so impatient to tell him--and she would kiss him as many times as he wished. "Yes, indeed!" she exclaimed, joy­ fully, bending over Freddy's crib; "well kiss papa a hundred thousand times, won't we, dear?" "I do wish Clarence would come," she kept saying next morning. "What de­ tains him?" she continued when the clock was on the stroke of 12. "What if' and her heart lay like lead in her bosom as she recalled the look she last saw on his face--"what if he never comes back?" she murmured, going into her own room. "Mrs. Wilson," she called, "where is my husband?" In an instant the dear, good soul was beside her, resting a hand tenderly on the aching head. True-hearted woman! She shrank from saying it had been a dreadful night on the Sound, and that a steamer had collided with the New York boat. "Her husband traveled by boat," had been her conclusion. Stella qaught at her arm, the sound of her voice answering Freddy, and with a cry she fell. Poor, tired, inexpe­ rienced wife and mother! Was the ordeal so ordered? With the help of a neighbor Mrs. Wilson laid her on the bed. "Run for the doctor," she said to Miss Williams. "But you don't know----" "I 00," she interrupted. "Mrs. Hen- shaw will have a run of nervous fever, and whether her husband is dead or alive I cannot say." When Stella opened her eyes again it was nearly night. She knew no one about the bed, but talked to Clarence and Freddy, and Sister ..Belle. She was ' going to help her husband now. She ?. could earn money by teaching music or > painting, or "might have a few pupils " in dancing," she added. "But forgive me for striking"--and her arms were put up as if to clasp something, when she dozed again. Late that evening Clarence came in sight of home. Contrary to Mrs. Wil­ son's conjecture, he came by a different route. He had thought to telegraph, but "Stella won't worry," lie said, "if I am late." The light faded from his eyes and his face turned ghastly white when he looked into the rod^is. 0 "Both gone?" he groaned, walking from the bed to the couch. » -sf-^NO, no," Mrs. Wilson said, comfort­ ingly. "Baby's better, and your wife will come out of this. All she needs is good nursing, and that she shall have." turning.aside her head and drying her eyes with the corner of her apron. What could we do if such as she were not stationed all -along the walks of life? It was,„painful to listen to the wild terrible dreams her husband was bend­ ing over her. * "Clarence," she said "ve'fry softly at .first; "Clarence," she repeated, putting her arms about his neck, "if°youoforg}ve me for striking Freddy, J'll kiss you, oh so many times!" Foolish fellow! he cried like a baby. "Listen, Stella," he said/1 as soon as he could command his voice, "listen! I did get the .situation and you can have everything you want," touching his lips to cheek and forehead; "and you are go­ ing to have such a pi&tty house in Brooklyn." "All I want is your love!" clasping him close, "and that Freddy get well. I'm ready to be a pobr man's wife."-- Home Qheen. The National Coundil of Education, which met in advance of the general asso­ ciation, is composed , of sixty -members, i also of the National Educational Associa­ tion, and chosen from that body to mem--, bership in the council on account of -spe-; cial prominence in educational and as­ sociation work.' ANOTHER WHITE HOUSE BABY. The Third DaUfghteir of tlie House of • Cjeyeland Is Born. At 4:30 Sunday afternoon £ girl was born to: President and Mrs. Grover -Cleve­ land at Gray Gables, their'summer home. apsraraH the _bo.y who whistles down, the gfen. Sind shrilly calls his cOws to hie them . hoifte; ' ' Or loitering by 'the cool swift-flowing (brook, ' . EKps in his feet to plash the whirling foam. ' ; # FJSuarboy, thy voice is ever sweet to me, Thy i-rion bring back the spring again ray young life--I hear the cuckoo^cry, Avid reedy call of whistles down the winding lano. AND NEW JERSEY BY A CYCLONE. / MEETING OF NATIONAL EDUCA ' TIONAL ASSOCIATION. Thousands of Educators front All Pa^ts of the Country Assemble to Discuss the Best Methods'for Carry- ins on TtftS^Vork. More than a Dozen Little Villages Suf­ fer by the Sweep of the Destroyer-- Chemy Hill Annihilated--Financial Loss Is Enormous--Nine Are Hurt, Is a Brainy Body Nine Killed and ${any Hurt. New York and New Jersey were swept by a death-dealing cyclone Saturday af­ ternoon. .Nine persons are known to have been killed and score's were hurt. One of the dead, Mrs. Louisa Ketrequin, was killed in East New York. All of the'oth­ er victims lived in and about the little villages of Cherry Hill, N. J., and Wood- haven, L. I. The cyclone descended uipSn the upper part of East New York, known as the Cypress Hills, at 4:30 o'clock, con­ tinued on its way to the lower plains dist­ rict, and from there traveled to Wood- haven. The cloud was first seen going over Cypress Hills. It was funnel-shap­ ed, and hung very low to the ground. At the upper end was a red spot that ap­ peared more like an incandescent light than anything else. The cyclone swept over the cemetery, wrecking handsome and costly monuments. It tore down trees for about 200 feet and then turned into Jamaica avenue' at Crescent street, and went up Jamaica avenue for about half a mile. Trees were torn down and telephone and trolley wires .demolished. Right in the middle of the wreckage six ears were caught. They belonged to the Brooklyn and Southern Railroad and were struck when in front of the Stew­ art,home. The cars were filled with, pas- sengers and there was great excitement. Ilaif a dozen persons were slightly in- 'jured: The cyclone wrecked thirty houses at Woodliaven and a very large~ sehool- honse there. There were twenty .resi­ dents of Woodliaven hit by the various objects which were carried through'the air. Chimneys sailed-through the air as though they were no heayier than feath­ ers. i»'\ Between 40,000 and 50,000 persons Vis­ ited the scene of the ruin and devastation at Cherry Hill Sunday. Some of the un­ fortunates whose homes were wrecked sat about during the day wondering what was in store for them. Hackensack and the other towns have responded promptly to the call for aid made by the people of Cherry Hill. Viewed in the light of day the ruin appeared more complete. Ev­ erywhere in the path of the. storm were ruins. The tangled heap of timbers by the railfoad' track told where the depot went to pieces. That pile of wreckage showed where a house had been thrown down and that one where a barn had been razed by the winds. The leafless trees that withstood the strain of the whirl­ wind gave the appearance of midwinter. On two sides, as viewed from the center of the town, there wore banks of green, but where the storm swept everything was black and bare. Denver during the past week has been filled with educators from all parts of the country, who assembled by thousands to attend the annual convention of the Na­ tional Educational Association. It is the largest educational body in the world. The claim is also made that it is the most in­ fluential body, not only because it is the largest body, but also because it is differ­ entiated into so many specialties. There are in the association thirteen depart­ ments, each independent in itself, yet forming a part of the whole. ' The consti­ tution provides for eleven departments and a National Council,of Education. The thirteenth department is found in the Herbart Club. This is perhaps to be re­ garded more as. a group than a depart­ ment. It is an.association of Herbartians to whom philosophy is both food and drink, and Who take advantage of the association, meetings for their gatherings, making a very welcome' accompaniment. The other regular departments of the association are school superintendence,, norma! schools, elementary schools, higher instruction, industrial education, art edu­ cation, kindergarten instruction, music ed- The cry of darting jay, the hum of bees, Kjing to my mind the sense of boyhood days: Cterte more I roam the fields where .blue­ bells'hide. .'. OP lie "neath shading trees from the sun's fierce rays, ,r •' £ the dew up6n the waving grass, ' The banks where coarse sedge-rushes .grow, And watch the waters kiss the bending CHIEF MOORE'S FIRST REFORM, A SECRET OF THE DEEP. Daily Weathe^ -Message's to Be Sent to Display Stations, The resumption of the old plajf of for- xyarding daily weather messages', except On Sunday, to all forecast display sta­ tions receiving such information by gov­ ernment telegraph service, iias been de­ cided by the agricultural department. It is the first important sche>ne for impfoye-, ing the forecast service to be put into op­ eration by Chief Moore, of the weather bureau. The present, system of sending The-'Mystery. Surrounding an Aban­ doned Ship and Its Crew. One*of the strangest stories about an abandoned ship comes from the Indian Ocean. In 1822 the British cor­ vette Lizard was cruising off Ceylon. A ship came in sight ̂ i-ith all sail set, and making good speed through the water. The officers took a long look, and one said: "There is something wrong about that vessel. Her crojack is loose and flapping, and there is no man at the wheel. We had better run down to her." This was dc>ne, and when near,* it was seen that the. ship had no crew, as there was no answer to the hail. When •boarded there were no marks of trouble until, 011 raising a sail that was spread over the main hatch, the body of a man Was found. He had been ironed to the lock-bars of the hatch-cover, and ha 5 apparently been dead a week. On going into the cabin the body of an elderly man was found. He had been stabbed to death. On examining the log-book it was on record that the ship was Spanish, from the Phillip- pines, and named El Frey Antonio, but, strangely, the last entry was six weeks past, and spoke of abandoning the ship at a point 1,000 miles away, bound for Malaga, Spain. She was left on the road to China. A pitcher of water on the table was intact. Could the ves­ sel have come this long journey without meeting a storm, and how had the dead men got here? They had not been dead six weeks, and both were Lascars. The Frey Antonio was taken into Madras, the Spanish government no­ tified, and their answer only made the mystery deeper. The ship bad sailed from Celebes more than a year before, with six Reman Catholic priests as pas­ sengers, bound for Spain, and had no Lascars among her crew. And this was all. And from that far-away time until now the story of El Frey Antonio is one of the secrets of the deep. tAs flowing on they murmur soft ana , low. ' -<„• 3: hear again the wind's low minstrelsy, As through the pines they chant in sob earn tones,. " JnsE as ia boyhood when they softly , lulled v/; . 3&te feo the slumberwhich is ho.w- un~ Known. then, my lad, and let thy jovial cry, Thy tvhistle, carol, all sound on.the air; i'jSEaeel can sit and fancying be again Happy like thee, and like-thee, "free from care: --Hartford Times. ' MRS. CLEVELAND. ; (From a recent photograph.) Mother and Child are both doing very well. The new baby had been expected by all the summer residents of Buzzard's, (Bay* though" beyond-vague rumors of such an event it waj/not known generally outside. Saturday Mr. Cleveland did not go fibb­ ing, and the grown people told their chilS drey it would be well to look sharp, as the long-awaited visit of the stork to Gray Gables was close at hand. All of the neighbors of the Clevelands, both rich and poor, were in a state of suppressed excitement, and many of them strolled by Gray Gables in the hope of hearing some­ thing. A few saw Mr. Cleveland and as­ serted that I10 looked anxious but hopeful- There was a general feeling that the stork was going to do the proper thing and would bring a little one that would per­ petuate the name of the great man. But Dr. Bryant found the Cleveland stork had again behaved itself in° the traditional manner of the storks that bring baby presents to the houses,of the-great. And so Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland have three daughters each separated from the other by almost exactly two years. Ruth Cleveland, the first child, was born Saturday, Oct. 3, 1801, shortly after mid­ night, at S1G Madison avenue, New York. She was named Ruth, as that had been the name of Mrs. Cleveland's grandmoth­ er, and the mother always liked it. The PROF." WILLIS L. MOOllE these messages only vhen decided changes in weather conditions are ex­ pected was found objectionable as tend­ ing toward indifference and legleet, and many urgent requests for a change were filed. The resumption of the plan ap­ proved by Acting Secretary Dabney has been under advisement for some tithe, but was delayed largely owing to ex-Chief Harrington's opposition. The dropping of the daily service has resulted in sev- eraP'of the oldest and best qualified ob­ servers and display men leaving the ser­ vice owing to dissatisfaction with irregu­ lar forecast reports. PRESIDENT N. M. BUTLER. ucation, secondary education, child study, and business education. Each of the morning sessions was de­ voted to the discussion of a special sub­ ject. The debate began with the reading of papers prepared by educators of expe­ rience, followed by a general expression of opinion. All addresses were limited to five minutes. The topics discussed were as follows: 1. The co-ordination of studies in ele­ mentary education. 2. The duty and opportunity of the schools in promoting patriotism and good citizenship. 3. The instruction and improvement of teachers now at work in the schools. Papers on the first topics were read by President DeGarmo, of Swarthmore Col­ lege, Prof. Jackson of the Cook County, 111., Normal School, and Prof. Charles McMurey of Illinois University. The second topic had ^treatment at the hands of Supervisor Martin of Boston, Principal Johnson of the Wintlirop Training School at Columbia, S. C., and Superintendent Marble of Omaha. The leading speakers 011 the program for the third topic were: Prof. A. D. Odin of Kansas State Uni­ versity, and Superintendent Jones of Cleveland, Ohio. At the evening sessions addresses were made by the president of the association, by Chancellor W. B. Payne of Nashville, Prof. Joseph LeConte of the University of California, Presicfeht Baker of the Uni­ versity of Colorado, and by Hamilton W. Mable, editor of the Outlook. Of the twenty-eight names which appeared on the program for the general sessions, four­ teen are those of persons engaged in pub- IJf direct opposition to every one else's advice, Stella Lawson had chosen a poor man for a husband when she might have married Henry iakeman and a fortune. To be sure, .•sfce loved Clarence Henshaw, but that was no reason for throwing herself away. He had been a head bookkeeper Sir many years, and had the promise of something better yet the coming sea­ son. They rented a house in a pleasant paxt of the city, kept a servant, and •Stella wore the handsome clothes which had been provided at the time of her marriage. Bnt toward tlie end of the first year their wedded life bis firm was said to be under heavy liabilities, and the anniversary of their marriage found &he house bankrupt and Clarence out <*f a situation. They moved out of their bouse and took a cheaper place ia another part of the city. By this 'iime their funds began to run low and •Stella wanted something new for her wardrobe. "T shall find something by-and-by," 'the husband said bravely. Et was at this trying time that a little •speck of humanity was put into Stella's -.urms. and its feeble cry told that the responsibility of motherhood was hers. "I'm the happiest man alive," Clar­ ence said, caressing wife and baby boy. "Let pride go to the dogs, Stella," >he added, remembering that now his ;responsibility was greater than before. are in want of workmen 011 the new city hall. I'll take my hammer- it will give us bread." .She ought to have been contented-- -might to have thought with pride of the ••rasa-srii© would thus brave the world's <opinion. He went out in the early meming and came home late at night, his handsome face glowing with love. Bat the very thought that her husband . •was brought down to'the level of a common laborer hurt her. "How can you expect me to live •among such surroundings?" was her appeal, when be begged, her to cheer '• up- "It is cruel in you," she sobbed. "I \wantto go home to my own friends." aiiie wawn glow came to her face, and Tie drew her tenderly toward him with­ out a word, but there was a look pite- <9®s to see in his handsome eyes. Then *sune a day a"little later when it did tseem thait matters had come to a crisis. The city hall was finished, and Clarence mast look for something new. JerSiie, 'Who had been Freddy's nurse, had to ;go and the household cares fell upon r Stella. They had moved about a great < deal, hoping to find a place in which the fretting girl-wife would be con- v tented. ' "These people i are all alike, you 'tmuw, and I may as well be in one place .as another," was her reply to Clarence when he suggested that they move. St was unwomanly in her to say tisis, she knew, and she thought to run* after her husband and beg his forgive­ ness. Just then Freddy caught her by rthe dress, causing her to spill the water •she was pouring into the kettle, which •^niy increased her vexation. ;"You cross little thing!" she exclaim- impatiently. "Take that!" laying tvifr hand heavily on the little bare shoMlders. Then she sat down and fell to bys- •tecieal: weeping. Freddy, with the •prints of her fingers still on his neck, "tried to climb into her lap, but she .pushed him away roughly. "Don't do anything you'll be sorry •for, 'Stella." her husband remarked, -«oming into the room just then. I thought you'd gone, to town," she •cxied,'sharply. "Oli, dear! I,f I had •fctfcen good advice I Would not have ^g£lrfied"a poor mau!" ---- " • „ Tou are not yourself this morning. iSfeeiia," and his eyes were full of un- sfhed tears as be sa,w the red marks on the -baby's neck. r "Do you think I can endure every- s,thing?" she cried, .spitefully. ' ""You are nervous and tired, my dear; 'CsQine "here." - He put out his hand to clasp hex-, but "she turned away from him and left the room. Something wet fell on th<e baby's head, and he pressed him closely to his ^w^as he caught the sound of her •1 jHHfejgtteard' of something new thii \ jjjj^^Kwte'llaV' ahd I'm going to Next, *" .JXKEtmif&e next- train." NORTHERN MICHIGAN FIRES. Great Precautions Taken to Prevent the Destruction of Villages. According to press dispatches the Northern Michigan forest fires are nu­ merous and formidable. The forests are mostly hardwood, and while the fires may run rapidly when fanned by a strong wind, yet they can be" controlled by judi­ cious and timely back firing. All the small towns in the danger district and many farms have been carefully encir­ cled with back fires. The situation is being carefully watched, however, and there is not much to fear. -At Wallin. the town burned Thursday, these precautions were not taken in time. The Sullivan Lumber Company loses about $30,000 on mill, lumber and buildings, with a total of $3,200 insurance. The charcoal kilns will be repaired immediately to use the damaged timber before it goes to ruin, but the mill will not be rebuilt until next season. A large tent has already been erected for postofiice, store and hotel, and as soon as buildings can be put up many of the warkmen will return with their families, who are now Slopping at Thomp­ son ville. The villages of Clary, Oopemish. Inter­ locked drawn, Bensonia and others have been threatened, but by back tiring the danger has been averted. Comparatively few farmers have been burned out. Con­ siderable damage has been done to stand­ ing timber and much hemlock bark has been destroyed. No lives have been.lost, and even at Wallin the live stock was saved,- the cattle taking to the thick woods, whero-thetire did not reach them. NOT FOR PUBLICATION United States Ambassador Enstis Ta­ ken in by a Clever Frenchman. The Paris Figaro publishes a state­ ment from the Hon. James B. Eustis, the United States Ambassador to France, in which the latter says: "The fact is now recalled to my memory that Secretary Vignaud introduced M. Itoutier to me on May 13 not as a journalist, but as a writer. According to my custom, I had a conversation with him, but 1 certainly did not authorize M. Routier to publish it. Only Half Excavated Yet. I learned that only about one-lialf of Pompeii has thus far been excavated, and that at the present rate of progress it will require at least sixty years long­ er to unearth the whole. Only about $0,000 or $S,000 a year are expended 011 the work. The streets of Pompeii are seldom more than twenty-four feet wide, most­ ly straight from end to end. Indeed,, this ancient town is quite American in the rectaugularity of its plan. Curiously,enough, the Pompeiian pub lie fountains were fed from lead pipes wt}ich might worry a modern manu­ facturer to reproduce. Moreover, the houses received their liberal supply of water through pipes of the same metal. I saw many "cut-offs" constructed on thoroughly modern principles. Anoth­ er point that surprised me was that the major part of the houses are of brick, very similar to that in use to­ day; though the bjricks themselves are longer and thicker. The well-pre­ served stairways lead from the ground floors to the second and third stories. The corners and pillars are commonly of carved stone. The Pompeiian shop­ keepers understood the art of signs quite as well as we do. Above an apoth­ ecary's door, for instance, is a pair of huge snakes twisted into innumerable coils, and. the colors are as fresh as when first painted. Shops are to be seen every where, and\show that much business was transactetkiu Pompeii. There were no windows ort the streets, the life being concentrated in the inte­ riors of their housesj_jmd they often presented to the strecFaXdank wal' which was decorated in__Jray colors principally red and yWow% with paint­ ings and frescoes.--Demorest's Maga­ zine. t} GRAY GABLES, (The President's Summer Home.) baby was baptized Jan. 9, 1892, in Lake- wood, N. J., by Rev. Dr. Wilton Merle Smith, pastor of tlie Central Presbyterian Church. The second girl was born. Sept. 9, 1893, in the White House, being the first child of a President to bo born under that roof. It was decided to name the child Esther, and it was said that ther& was 110 special significance other than the parents' partiality for Scriptural names and that it means "a star" and "good fortune." The baby was christened in the White House Feb. 19, 1894, by Rev. Dr. Sunderland, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Washing­ ton. ADD TO DEATH LIST. Loss of Life in Kansas and Missouri Now Reported to Be Forty-Two. The recent storms in Kansas and Mis­ souri covered an area of"200 square miles in that section and cost thirty-seven lives as far as reported with many others missing, and a property loss that will ex­ ceed a million dollars. The probable loss of life, including those reported previous­ ly, is as follows: Dead. Injured. Winona, Mo.. ... 11 Not estimated Baxter Springs, Kan. . (3 11 Columbus, Kan 1 Not known Ottawa, Kan 2 Not known Van Buren, Ark 2 Not known Fish Creek, I. T 5 Not known Thomasville, Mo. ..... 5 Not known Fayetteville, Ark 3 Not known Richards, Kan 1 Not known Indian Territory (hun­ ters) G Not known NEW MONEY ORDER BLANKS OUT JAMES B. EI7STIS. He did not tell me he .had such an inten­ tion, and if he had I should have taken the necessary precautions. Indeed I should have forbidden him, as would have been my duty, to divulge anything of our conversation. I did not use the language M. Routier attributes to me. and I do not uiidSp'stand why M. Routier thought he had roe right to invite me to discuss delicate questions of international politics." The Estafette discussing the affair remarks: "It would not require many such incidents, especially in view of the effect which it produced in Spain, to lead to serious complications with the United States." Are in the Form of a Hank Draft and of a Sea Green Color. Requisitions for money order blanks received at the Postofiice Department will be tilled from this time 011 with the new blanks designed some months ago. It will not be many weeks before the pub­ lic will become well acquainted with the new design, and it is safe to say that it will in all probability prove, a popular change. The new blanks are ii) the form of a bank draft. The text is lithographed and the ink used is a sea-preen shade. The effect is artistic and pleasing, and altogether the form and general nppear- ance of the new blank is such as to mak the recipient feel more than ever as i he had a good thing. The old scheme ot notched numerals at the left end of the blank is retained, as it has proved a great convenience in business and a safeguard against fraud. The dollars and cents are also printed on the reverse side, so that with a nice register in the press work both sides of the bit of paper will show the precise amount of the order. An Itemized Account. "Another nve dollars?" shrieked Mr. Stingynian at the breakfast table, "and it's less than a week since I gave you the last V. You must think I am made of money, Mrs. Stingyman." "I bought a new pair of shoes for •Willie," said his wife, meeker. "Yes, that leaves $3.75. The shoes were only $1.25." "There was 25 cents for a slate for Charles, and 10 cents for a sponge, and fifteen cents for car tickets, and^-- '-'But that leaves $3 unaccounted for, Mrs. Stingyman." "I paid a bill at the drug store." "Maria Stingyman! There hasn't been a drop of medicine used -in this family for a year." "I know it. I didn't spend it for med­ icine." "Oh, I suppose you've been squander­ ing money for perfumery, or face pow­ der, and other dopes?" "No, Mr. Stingyman; I paid $3 for the last box of cigars you had charged there. The druggist said " "I don't care what the druggist said. I'd like to eat my breakfast and get down to the office some time to-day." And handing his wTife the money she had asked.for, Mr. Stingyman departed, wishing he had let well enough alone.-- Detroit Free Press. t ELECTIONS IN THIRTEEN STATES VICE PRESIDENT A. G. LAXE, Total 42 Throughout the entire section dwellings, farm buildings, bridges, and fences were swept away. At Winona eighty buildings succumbed. Five residences, a church, and a warehouse went down at Baxter Springs. A sehoolhouse and a church were blown down at New Albany. Kan. Many buildings were leveled at Ardmore, I. T. Bridges suffered chiefly at Guthrie, Ok. The path was from northwest to -southeast and covered a wedge-shaped area fifteen miles wide at the northern portion and extending a length of nearly fifty miles. Two-thirds of the wind­ mills in the path of the storm are down and sheds and barns without number are wrecked. A freight train >vas overturned at Canton. Several buildings were blown down at Chickasaw, I. T., among which \vas the Rock Island freight depot and a-- large grist mill near by. These summaries are only a fraction of loss in property. The greatest burden falls upon the farmers, as the season is too far spent to plant new crops, and suffering must surely follow in the storm's wake. The country's granary has been cleaned out. Details of indi­ vidual suffering and experiences will fill volumes. Although an Off Year, There Will Ee Plenty of Politics. Though this is supposed to be an "off year" politically, there will be elections in thirteen States, namely: Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York. Ohio, Kentucky. Kan­ sas, Iowa, Nebraska, Mississippi and Massachusetts. The Connecticut elec­ tion for town officers and to pass upon the question of redistricting the State Senate will be held Oct. 7. and regular State elections will bo held four weeks later--Nov. 5--in the twelve other States named. In Maryland a Governor and an attor­ ney general will be elected tto serve four years, a comptroller to serye two years, all the members of the lowee house of .the Gefieral Assembly, and fourteen Sena­ tors. A State's attorney and sheriff will be elected in each county. A United States Senator to succeed Senator (lib- son will be chosen in Maryland nest Winter. In Virginia all the members of the House of Delegates and twenty (or o.'ie- lialf) of the State Senate will be eleoted". The Senators chosen this year will partic­ ipate in the election of a successoi' to Senator Daniel. 7"$^! Pennsylvania will choose a State treas­ urer for a term of three years and seven judges of the Supreme Court for .ten years. New Jersey will elect a Governor for a term of three years, seven State Senators fur the same "term, and an entire assem­ bly of Isixty members. New York's State ticket will contain a secretary of State, comptroller, treasurer, attorney general iind a State engineer for terms ot three yeijrs each, a judge of the Court of Appeals foi> term of fourteen years, twelve' judges of the Supremo Court for terms of fourteen years and fifty Senators to serve three years and 150 Assemblymen to serveajjje.year each. 1 he Senators chosen in SNov^iW^r will participate in electing a silccessor td Sen­ ator Hill. . 1 I A full State ticket to serve for yfour years will be voted for in Kentucky, as well as a Legislature that will elect a successor to Senator Blackburn. - . ,Iu Ohio therelwill be elected a gov^ ernor, lieutenant igOvernor, treasurer'and attorney general to serve two years, an lie school work, six in normal schools and seven in colleges and universities. The National Teachers' Association was established in 1857 in Philadelphia, and in 1870, at a convention held in Cleveland, the name was changed to the National Educational Association. The objects of the association are to "elevate the char­ acter and advance tiie interests of the pro­ fession of teaching and to promote the cause of popular education in the United States." Any persons in any way con­ nected with the work of education are eli­ gible to membership and the enrollment, which now includes Canadian educators, was last year 0,000. The officers are: President, Dr. Nich­ olas Murray Butler of Columbia College, New York; first vice-presideht, A. G. Lane, superintendent of Chicago schools; secretary, Irwin Shepard, President of the Minnesota State Normal at Winona, Minn.; treasurer, I. C. McNeal, assistant superintendent of schools, Kansas City. These, together with Assistant Superin­ tendent N. A. Calkins of the New York schools, president of the Board of Trustees of the National Educational Association, make up the executive committee of the association. . ON FIRE IN MID-OCEAN Flames Break Out in tlie Lower Hold of .La jJfei'ffliandie. The French line steamship La Nor- mandie, bound from Havre, moved up the bay to her dock at the' foot of Martin street. New York, Saturday morning with flags flying in the sunlight and nothing but the rush of water from her powerful pumps to give a clew to the terrible dan­ gers of the voyage. \ et in midocoan throughout Tuesday night,, in the thick fog and storm, the starboard freight com­ partment of the good ship,, packed with valuable merchandise, was a roaring mass of fire, while the seventy-five first and second cabin passengers and 205 oc­ cupants of the steerage waited for the seemingly inevitable order to "take to the boats." For fifteen hours the battle raged between the crew and the flames, and it was not until well along'toward noon of Wednesday that the vessel's safety was assured. BRIDGE THAT FELL AT BRISTOL,- IND., ON JULY 4. Boston Prepares for Endeavorers, The Eyes. A medical journal says that in the continued use of the eyes in such work as sewing, bookkeeping,_ reading and studying, the saving point lies in glanc­ ing up from such work at short inter­ vals. Practiced every ten or fifteen minutes, it affords a relief to tlie in us- cular tension, rests the eyes and makes" the blood supply much better. It is the. height of indelicacy for any one but a grocer's boy to call on a bride "the morning after her marriage. U Nothing pleases a farmer^bettet'. than ;to, bring an owl or a fox to* town; and have all the town fello.ws look at it ;hf enuufe it:," Clarence said ihes. - - | |la*t Stella awoke from the New York sidewiilkvSt6r< making War on >t *taiids.