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r •- :v, * < " V i l V-Jv •:4 ?? v ^,-v .•-• •• " 'vm >W5 l& By SEWARD W. HOPKINS, frrtliT •( "Jack RobMns a>f America." "(a til (llu Sea." "Two Qentlemea d ^ J. aew*it," "®* ' Cfcarr*." Etc. ;w< tanjimi ITTT nr *-- CHAPTER XIV.--(Continued.) We hurried on to Havre, Nita, Thor» lane and I, and took passage on LA Touralne for New York. At my suggestion, Nita had engaged a maid, and as she ,;,was an elderly, Bour-visaged female, feme served every purpose of chaperon as well as of pre­ serving appearances. Once in New York I sought the major. I found him at the club and he nearly fell in a heap on the floor when he beheld me. "By Gad!" he exclaimed, rushing to me, wringing hy hands, tears stream* Ing down his face and his whole frame trembling. "Dick! Wilberton, old fel­ low, how did you do it? We heard you were dead, you know." "Heard I was dead, eh? Well, I'm a lively dead man, major. I've got what I went after, and more, too. Had all sorts of adventures and nar­ row escapes. Brought back Maubi- keck, whose name is Henry Thorlane, and Nita Barlotti, whose name is Alice Graviscourt." "No! Gad! Is it so? Have you got the proof?" "Proof enough. We must see Charles Sigmotta at once. I need another bit of testimony from him, and then we'll tackle Graviscourt and knock him out." I showed the major the locket and pin and read to him the statements of Antonio Sigmotta and Dambo. "You returned just in time," said the major, grimly. "The wedding is now surely on the way. I have learned Since you left the true inwardness of Broughton's preference for Gravis­ court. It seems that Broughton's means are much more limited than we lave supposed, and he has from time to time borrowed money from Gravis­ court, giving him a mortgage on his house as security. He has gone to the wall financially, and Graviscourt fmshes his claim to Edith, promising Broughton to cancel all debts the day rtie becomes his bride. She held out firmly until th*e news came that you died in Sardinia of some fever, and (then the poor girl gave up the fight *nd consented to be a sacrifice to save fcer father. But you are in time, boy .•--you are in time. Edith loves you, •lid you only. Do up Graviscourt and l|ie field is yours." < "What about Nita?" I asked. "She '• I* now at the same hotel as Thorlane I. but It doesn't look just--" "Not at all, boy; not at all. My sis- Ifer, Mrs. Dabner, is just the one. She Will be glad to receive her as a guest, find, of course, her wedding must be my sister's home. 1 will see Nellie lit once." .£/ True to his promise, the major saw ; his sister, and she readil^ assented to ' %is plan. That evening Nita was es­ corted to Mrs. Dabner's house, where die remained until she became Mrs. Henry Thorlane. When I left the club, I was hurry- j' tfcg through the street, when lo! I . -1--' • tp.w Edith Broughton coming toward me, with a couple of small packages in her arms. And she was alone. My death had freed her from all danger, i;. til Broughton's eyes, and she was now ?.,"v flowed to go shopping alone. I looked . About me hurriedly, and saw a door- % itay that was somewhat dark and se- . V • eluded. I waited near it, and when ^•... Bdith came up I seized her, whisked v • , her into that doorway, and proceeded to hug and kiss her in a fashion that Igartially recompensed me for the long , period of waiting I had undergone. At " - first she was frightened nearly out of lier wits, but when she realized who it was that had her fast, the darling J put her arms around my neck and met Ax - ^ie fairly half way, dropping her bun- 41cs in her excitement "Dick! Darling Dick!" she cried. fThey told me you were dead.'* Kisses. ^-vV . * "I don't look very dead, do I, t darling?" More kisses. "I have come • V;, tteck to take you away from that fel- •V- low, Graviscourt, and no nonsense aflbout It now, either. I've learned ^ courage since I left New York, and jnou will be my wife now if I have to Jqill Graviscourt and your respected jriarents to get you!" .jm "Oh, Dick, darling, what an escape had! If you'd been a little later v! Fd have married him to save papa, jjiy/ Oh! think of it, Dick." "Dont do It Think of me. You are sure you love me?" "Oh, Dick!" reproachfullly. I kissed her again. Her face was .suffused with blushes. Her hat was |^ *wry. She was half laughing and half crying in her happiness. "Some one will see us, Dick," she ;-«aId, finally. "Do call a carriage and tpke me home." $\f. So I called a carriage, and, putting ^ my future wife into it, I clambered in •&'*/ after her and set her down at her own' Then I lighted a cigar and, or­ dering the driver to take me to the hotel, I lay back on the cushions, the most exquisitely happy, contented and egotistical lly satisfied individual Jn ' the universe. -:'r ; On the day following that upon Which we arrived in New York, a party of three wended our way to iJ 1 number 300 Mulberry street, and upon .'^presentation of our names were ush- r0:> m W:' ared into the presence of Superintend­ ent 'fW';#' W Byrnes of the Metropolitan Po- lice. His grim face softened with a *mile when he saw us, and he held out • brawny hand that nearly crushed mine as he greeted me. "So the dead has returned to life,'" Ify /fce said pleasantly. "You gave us qufte :|j^ -II scare, young man." jl>* M§J:' "Not I superintendent, but my , -friends did ft for me," I replied. Then fj: launched Into the object of our visit. It'iv Byrnes listened attentively while I (bold him the whole story, omitting nothing which in the smallest degree fcore upon the mystery of Alice Gravis­ court and Nita Barlotti. He listened Attentively, with his eyes fixed stead­ ily upon my face. Then I read the statements of Antonio Sigmotta and I)ambo and exhibited the pin and locket with the miniature photograph The major and Therlane were as keen in listening as if it was the first tint they had heard these things. When I had finished, the superln- tendent said: "I do not see that anything is lack­ ing except the confession of Charles Sigmotta. You have now enough to convict him, but It would be difficult to connect the man Graviscourt with the crime. The identification of Nita Barlotti as'Alice Graviscourt seems to be pretty well established, and if Charles Sigmotta was dead, you could give Graviscourt quite a fight. But with Sigmotta's own confession you will overwhelm him so utterly that he will have no loophole of escape." "That is just the way we look at it," I replied, "and we came to you to get your advice as to the best way to ob­ tain Sigmotta's confession." The superintendent thought a mo­ ment "There is no doubt, is there, major," he said, "that the druggist Tortoni is Charles Sigmotta?" "Not the least," replied the major. "I identified him before Wilberton and Thorlane went away, and Dambo's statement verifies mine." "Tortoni the druggist went away on the same day that Maligni did," I said. I do not know whether he has re* turned or not." "It will not take long to learn," said the superintendent "But first let us get at what we want to do with him. Undoubtedly the man deserves the severest punishment that can be meted out to him under the law. The fact that his murderous Intention was irustrated by his brother .does not make his act any the less heinous." "True," I said. "But the punishment of Sigmotta is not the end sought. It is Graviscourt we want. I do not think we need to do much with Sigmotta, who probably did what he was em­ ployed to do. I would be willing to let up on him for the sake of getting at the absolute truth in regard to the whole matter." "I see," said the, superintendent "And armed thus, you will proceed against Graviscourt?" "With that I have nothing to do," I replied. "My duty is ended the mo­ ment the truth is established. The case then goes to Nita Barlotti and her affianced husband, Henry Thor­ lane. I trust them to regain her rights." Thorlane smiled grimly. "Would it not be a good plan to go to Tortoni's drug store and confront him with the facts we have already learned and squeeze him until he squeals?" Byrnes laughed. "I see you have the vernacular," he[ said, "but I think I can show you a better squeezing trick than that. Let me have the papers." He rang a bell and an officer entered. "What is the address of the drug store?" asked the superintendent I told him. He wrote something on a piece of paper and handed it to the officer. "Go to that address and bring the man here at once, if you can find him," he said. The officer saluted and went out. In about fifteen minutes, during wtiich time I had produced some cigars and we all sat smoking, he re­ turned with a snivering, demoralized, opium-scented, whisky-rotten wretch, who quailed before the steely gaze of the superintendent. Then his eyes fell on the major, and he started, for, after all the years, the fallen physi­ cian recognized the man of the world. "Sit down," said the superintendent, and the quivering wretch fell into a chair. At the superintendent's command a stenographer now quietly made his ap­ pearance and sat near his chief, with pencil ready. "What is your name?" asked the superintendent. "Tortoni," was the reply, with a side look at the major to see if he nailed the lie. "'M! What was it before it was Tortoni?" asked the superintendent The wretch writhed in his chair. "Speak quick," said Byrnes. "It will be better for you." "I was born Tortoni," said the fel­ low, doggedly. "Ah! Tben how did you come to adopt the name Sigmotta, under which you practiced medicine?" asked the superintendent, blandly. The Italian turned ashy white and shook with fear. "Do you know why you were brought here?" asked the superintend­ ent. Sigmotta shook his* head. "No," he muttered "To answer to the charge of mur­ der." Sigmotta leaped to his feet and stood like a wild animal, panting be­ fore the calm man of clubs. "It is a lie!" he cried, hoarsely. "A foul lie! Of whose murder am I ac­ cused? Who is my accuser?" "You have several accusers," re­ plied the superintendent. "And you are accused of inciting one Luigi Dambo to the murder of Nita Barlotti, once a performer in Pacho Mallgni's circus, and also inciting this same Dambo to the murder of Maligni him- splf. Yon hart made an sCtesapt SB his life and failed. You-recall the oc­ currence--the last night of Mallgni's circus, when you put s. bullet through his cheek?" (To be continued.) nimrnj y»»i. jrj^fiiyi rip^n- HOW GVESTS OF CHICAGO HOTEL ft DIED IN SMOKE AND FLAMES Imprisoned In a lire-trap hotel, fourteen men were suffocated at day­ break on the morning of December 4 at Chicago. Only twenty minutes elapsed after the alarm was soifnded until the flames were extinguished, but in that time fourteen guests of the overcrowded Lincoln hotel, 176 Madison stret, blindly groping in the dense smoke, had perished in the nar­ row hallway and closet-like bedrooms of the top floor. In the sixty diminutive rooms of the hotel 125 persons were crowded when the flames broke out. Only fourteen of them were residents of Chicago. The others were stockmen and farmers attracted here by the' live stock show or railway mail clerks and traveling men who could not se­ cure accommodations at other hotels. All the space possible was utilized. Even the hallway closets contained cots on which men were asleep, though there was not enough room in' these improvised bedrooms for a chair in addition to the cot. In one room on the top floor the window of which opened to the only fire escape on the building, was a bed and a cot, an effective barrier, in the darkness and smoke, to this means of- escape. With almost the first burst of flame the fuses "on the electric switchboards burned out, stopping the elevators and leaving the building in total dark­ ness. Before the fire department could ar­ rive, In response to the alarm were flames roaring from the rear windows of the building. Faces, white with ter­ ror, were appearing at the front win­ dows of the upper story. From the sides of the ill-fated building men and women, shivering and half clad, were leaping or sliding to the roofs of the adjoining buildings. The cries of the men imprisoned on the top floors could be heard above the clatter of the fire engines and the roar of the flames. The proprietor of the hotel asserts that he started to mount to the endangered men and lead them to the windows where they could safely reach the roofs on either side of the hotel, but that he was stopped by the firemen. At that time, he declares, all could have been saved if some one familiar with the upper floor had been allowed to show them the way to the windows. The firemen contradict tais, and say no one could have reached the fourth fldor through' the rapidly increasing volumes of smoke. When fire-insur­ ance patrol, No. 6, arived, its mem­ bers started up the stairs from the Mother and Son Saved from Fire. leaving his valise with his fellow clerks. . room with Corey and Ewing, was nearly an hour late in arlving in Chicago that morning and slept in his mail car. Philip Koch of Janesville, Wis., saved himself by sliding to the ground by means of a rope made from strips of his bed sheet W. J. Thom­ as, another mail clerk, climbed to a window on the fourth floor and was rescued by firemen just as he was As I stepped from my room the light behind me flickered a moment and disappeared. I supose It was when the'fuses burned out. My room was at the head of ^he stairway, or I weuld never have found It. I heard some one shout, 'Here they are!' Im­ mediately there was a despairing chorus from all sides of 'Where? Where.' Those of us that could groped in the direction from which had come the cry of hope. Bodies Waiting to be Conveyed to the Morgue. How He Mtt the Crisis. When David Graham Phillips, author of "Her Serene Highness," was a very young man, he applied for work on a Cincinnati paper. "What can you do?" said the editor. "1 can try anything," replied the young maiO Thinking to rid himself of further importunities for an assignment, the editor said: \ "We!i, write an article on bread." It was a trying moment for the am­ bitious youngster, but he never flinch­ ed. All that night he collected ma­ terial, aud the next day reported to the surprised editor with a bright and newsy article on "The Bakeries of Cincinnati." 1 The young reporter was immediate* ly engaged. Fred Shepard. 'Mrs. J. Shepard. office to the third floor to rescue the men, whose cries were rapidly becom­ ing weaker, but their captain refused to permit them to face almost certain suffocation, and ordered them to re­ turn. The escapes of some of the occu­ pants of the rooms were little short of miraculous. Six men, a woman and a little boy, saved themselves by jumping to the roof of a restaurant, adjoining the hotel on the west. Four mail clerks, who said they had a pre­ monition of danger, arose at 4:30 o'clock, dressed, and left the hotel. C. H. Foster, another mail clerk, who occupied the room with Corey and Ewing, both of whom are dead, re­ ceived a telegram early in the even­ ing that his wife was ill and hurried away from the hotel to her bedside, H. G. McMasters of Minneapolis, a mail clerk who usually occupied the about to drop from exhaustion. Olaf Oldorf climbed downward from floor to floor by means of the iron shutters before the flames had begun to break through the rear win­ dows. R. C. Hamilton, while groping for the fire escape entered a room where a man was kneeling in prayer. He disregarded the man's admonition to give up hope, but continued his search for the fire escape and saved himself. H. E. Jett of St. Paul was awakened by the screams of a woman and, with four other half-clad men ran Into the street and was given ref­ uge in a saloon. The same screams awoke Edward Dayenport and J. N. Westerland of Chicago. They were members of the party that was saved by jumping to the roof of the restaur­ ant. John W. Higgs of Lansing, Mich., escaped from the upper floor with the loss of only his coat and vest-and collar. "If it had not been for the shouts of those who had already found the stairs, I would never have gotten out alive," he said. "The building was in absolute darkness, so dense that a person could see nothing. To add to this the smoke was so thick that breathing was almost Impossible and the screaming and confusion of per­ sons running wildly back and forth in the hall made it impossible for anyone to keep his senses. "The smell of smoke was strong in my room when the noise awoke me. It must have been filtering through the cracks of the door, for some time. I was partly dressed and attempted to find the electric light bulb. It had seemed just over my head when I went to bed In the evening, but in my excitement it might as well have been in the clouds. I made a frantic plunge for the door, which I remem­ bered that I had bolted. I could not find the bolt, and in the darkness and excitement imagined that my end had surely come. Then I tried again for the electric light. I gave a gasp of relief as my hand struck It. The current was still on at that time, and I found the bolt which held me a prisoner in my room. "As I opened the door a blinding cloud of smoke rolled into the room. The narrow hallway seemed to be full of shouting and struggling men. It was imposible to distinguish them. "As each man found the stairs he would give a shout of encouragement to those further down the hall and trying to follow him. The smoke was rapidly becoming heavier and more stifling. Below us could be heard the roar of the flames from the rear. No one lingered longer1 than necessary after finding the way to possible safety." Meantime the firemen and several patrolfnen had again started to climb the stairs in the hope of reaching the upper floors. Detective Sergeants An­ derson and Ellsworth managed to reach the top of the building. In a corner near the head of the stairway they found Mrs. Mina Belder, her 11 year-old daughter Cora, and Mrs. Geo. Clett and her 9-year-old son. Remov­ ing their overcoats, which they threw over the shivering women, the two de­ tectives carried them down the stairs to a place of safety In an adjoining building. Mrs. June Shepherd of Cairo, 111., who was occupying a room on the fourth floor with her 10-year-old son Fred, was awakened by the smoke. Rushing to the door, she opened it, only to find the hallway filled \<?itb flames. Screaming, she slammed the door and started toward the window. Her son grasped her clothing and clung fast until the two were rescued by the firemen. Mrs. Shepherd's screams awakened several persons in the rooms adjoining her own, and doubtless saved their lives. Eccentric Millionaire. Among the many human curios to be seen at Monte Carlo this season, none attracts more attention than M. Yturbide, an eccentric millionaire, who shuns daylight as he would a plague. In his splendid villa he has placed an enormous elevator, into which hie curtained and shuttered carriage is driven and raised to his heavily draped apartment when he wishes to take a drive. His rooms are always kept at a Turkish bath temperature, and as conditions in the gambling rooms oi the Casino are about the same he sometimes ventures there in the even­ ing. Many Holidays in Canada. ^Canada has most holidays of any British colony. Including Sundays, Canadians have ninety-five holidays yearly. Scenes Inside Lincoln Hotel, Showing Where Lives Wer* Lost Ctoeea en tout th flijur, where two men were found in bed.. No Clandestine Marriages. Dr. George C. Houghton, rector of the famous "little church around the correr" in New York, announces that in~ future he will refuse to marry per­ sons unknown to him unless they have reliable vouchers and acceptable wit­ nesses. "This parish is widely known for its charitable disposition," says tho doctor, "but there is a limit to the interpretation of charity, and I limit 'sccret marriages' and marriages un­ supported by family recognition." fimranee to eievatsr shaft at rear ar fourth floor. Cross marks shaft. To Guard Against Infection. At the recent international confer­ ence on tuberculosis at Berlin, Dr. Obertuschen suggested that teachers suffering from consumption ought to receive sanatorium treatment, and per­ mission to return to auty ought to be withheld till all danger of Infection had passed away; they should re­ ceive their salaries during their $1V ness. Moon's Highost Mountain. The highest mountain in the moon is at least 35,000 feet in height; that is 6,000 feet higher than Mount Ever- est Saw Lincoln Assassinated. W. J. Chapelle, who died recently in Leavenworth, Kan., was manager of lord's theater at Washington when President Lincoln was assassinated, and was one of the flrst to reach the side of the wounded president. He was 73 years old and Mid been in the show business for fifty years. He was buried at Great Bend, Pa., where his daughter resides. Heavy Snow in Canada. On the railroads in Canada It Is necessary to keep over 600 snow plows la operation every winter. % ' • Prevents Mud and Dust. French journals speak of a sub­ stance which, when placed upon the roads, does away with mud and dust. The composition consists of a mixture of scoria trom a blast furnace and tar. The preparation? carefully pressed, renders the surface of the road Im­ pervious to water. /• Ants Construct Long Tunnel* The ants of South America have been known to construct a tunnel three miles in length. : Only Sixty-five Years Ago. SIxty-flve years ago Paris luriLciBljr one po8tofflce. • ' Scenes on top floor. Crosses show nar row window through which escapes wer* made and spot in hallway where thret bodies were found. Electrical Roads in Berlin. A plan has been laid before the Ber­ lin municipal council for an under­ ground electric railroad from the ex­ treme north of Berlin to the Hiliisches Gates, ending at the suburb of Schoen berg, a distance of seven miles. Four years will be required for the con­ struction of the road, and its cost i3 estimated at 114,000,000, to be covered by a loan. It is reported that the underground and other municipal undertakings will render &j $50,000,0(£ loan necessary. Little Danger of Burial Alive. More than a century ago the fear of being buried alive led to the establish­ ment in German cities of mortuary chambers in which a bellrope is placed in the hands of each corpee. In his (recent volume on "Death and Sudden iDeath" Prof. Brouardel declares that there Is no case on record of that bell having ever been rung anywhere. Crew of a Fishing Schooner Saves Seamen Watery Graven * MEN ARE LASHED 10 PUMPS Toil Desperately to Keep the Vessel Afloat Until She Can Outride the 8torm--Had Given Up Hope When Deliverers Hove in. Sight Japanese Gold and Silver. The annual output of ,the gold and silver mines of Japan j amounts to about 12,500,000. * Gloucester, Mass*, special: The fish­ ing schooner Mary A. Gleason, Cap­ tain Charles White, has arrived in port followed by the three-masted schooner Winchester of Sullivan, Maine, with a prize crew of the Glea- son's men aboard. On the Gleason were Captain C. A. Crabtree and Sve of the crew of the Winchester, who had been rescued from a situation they never expected to come through live. , . « Runs Into Gale. The Winchester left Sullivan, Maine, Thursday morning frith 475 tons of granite, bound for Philadelphia. Thurs­ day afternoon she was off Portland, when a blinding snowstorm and gale set in. The g^ile increased to hurricane force, and tne vesel wallowed heavily in the terrible sea. The waves broke over her and the crew narrowly es­ caped being swept overboard. All through the night the gale continued at unabating fury, and the snow fell in blinding masses. About midnight the vessel sprang a leak. The crew were lashed to the pumps and worked with energy to keep the vessel free. Early in the evening the water casks had gone by the board, leaving the men without a supply of water. Man the Pumps. At dawn Friday the gale and .snow continued uninterrupted. All day and night Friday the men continued at the pumps in relays, endeavoring to keep the vessel free and afloat. They had had nothing to eat or drink since Thursday noon and were chilled to the heart. At 11 o'clock Sunday morning it cleared somewhat and the vessel was then about fifteen miles off the northern edge of Georges. The Gleason had been caught in the gale off the Maine coast, where, under close reefs, she rode out its fury Fri­ day and Friday night. At 10:30 Sun­ day morning, when it cleared, she squared away for the fishing grounds, and had not been under sail long be­ fore the Winchester was discovered. - Volunteers to the Rescue. The Gleason bore down on the Win­ chester, and as Captain White never asks his crew to go where he will not lead, he asked for volunteers to man a dory and rescue the coaster's men. Every man volunteered. With great difficulty the rescue was effected, and then Captain White de­ cided to put a prize crew aboard the Winchester. Eight men went on board, and though they nearly lost their lives in tie storm that raged Sat­ urday night and all Sunday, they suc­ ceeded by superior seamanship in bringing in their vessel. CONVINCING PROOF. Case No. 41,206.--Capt Alfred <fc. ttiglSr of Hose Company No. 4, Can­ ton, Ohio, says: "i had a weak back; ever since I was a boy, and about six years ago the cause developed' Into rather a bad case of kidney com*, plaint It was not a little backache now and then, but backache which caused actual suffering day and night, and "the harder I tried to get fid of It the worse it became. f When the attacks were In the acitpi Stage it was difficult to sit down, and when down it was just as hard to re-, gain an erect position, on account of v the twinges of pain in the kidneys. I can only describe some of the pangs, as similar to that received from knife thrust. In time, distressing and terribly Inconvenient urinary weakness result­ ed, causing annoying embarrassment during the day and loss of sleep dur­ ing the night I took everything which came to my notice from reading, from observj£v tion, and which my friends and ac­ quaintances advised. I consulted physicians, but hone of them wejre able to relieve the trouble^ let alowa stop It « It became so well known that I had a pronounced case of kidney com­ plaint that 1 often received circulars from medical companies offering to cure me, and one day eighteen letters were handed to me by the mail car- rier. When Dean's Kidney Pills attracted my attention I wanted to try them, just as I had tried everything else, and Mrs. Rigler went to Durban 4k Wright Co.'s drug/ store for a box. Relief followed. 1 knew after a dose or two that the medicine was acting directly oa the kidneys from the altered condl* tion of the kidney secretions, and, encouraged, 1 continued the treat­ ment. Finally, the backache and other complications stopped. Let me sum ̂ up my opinion aboal Doan's Kidney Pills by saying, | would willingly pay one month's wages for a box of them If 1 could not buy them for less. Yen can refer any one to me about Doan's Kidney Pills and I will convince them that they act just as represented." Four Yekrs After. "Lapse of time has strengthened my appreciation of Doan's Kidney Pills. 1 gave this remedy my unquall* fied endorsement in the summer of 1896, because of the results 1 obtained,, from a course of the treatment. I can now add to my original endorse­ ment the experience of a number of others who are just as enthusiastic, when they express their opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills, ais L" A FREE TRIAL of this great kid­ ney medicine which cured Mr. Rig­ ler, will be mailed ,on application to any part of the United States. Ad-* dress Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, H. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 60 cents per box. 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Cornell, who waif at the Astor house last week, was stopped by a ragged and unkempt paa*< handler on Barclay street the other night, and asked to contribute a dime; for something for the hobo's suppe?, says the New York I'imes. "Not a dime; not a cent. Sir!" ejae> ulated the ex-governor. "Why. sir. you are young strong and better able to get your own living than 1 am. I've 1 no sympathy with the lazy nor witk the dishonest, who come to want through crime, sir." The panhandler, still importuning, resented tne last stab, and replied: "True, my pants may be ragged, but, sir, they cover a warm heart, sir." J White Leaves Berlin. Berlin cable: Mr. White, the re­ tiring United States Ambassador, and Mrs. White have left here for Alas&io. Italy. A large party of friends bid them farewell at the railroad station. To Build Convention Hall. St Josepn, Mo., special: At a mon­ ster mass meeting of citizens held at the Commercial club $16,645 was raised toward the erection of the pro> posed convention hall. Subscriptions to date amount to nearly $60,000. Must Serve Sentence. Washington special: The President has denied the application for a par­ don made an behalf of J. M. McKnlght, convicted of embezzling the funds of the German National Bank of Louis­ ville, Ky., while its president. Plan Chamber of Commerce. Berlin cable: Fifty Americans do­ ing business in this city mefe and ap­ pointed a committee to draw up a plan for an American chamber of com­ merce. Consul General Mason pre­ sided over the meeting. ; Death of Confederate Nurse. j Florence, Italy cable: Mrs. Ellen Orbe^on, widow of John Harris, for­ merly United States consul at Venice and a distinguished Confederate nursed tied here. She was 86 years of age. | Deafneoa Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseui-ed portion or the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by const}* tutional remedies. Deafness 19 caused by ab int);ime<1 condition of the mucus lining of tbS -\ Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed " you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear- / Inp. and when It Is entirely closed deafness (s >, the result, and unless the inflammation can bei.-'-'f taken out and this tube restored to its normal' ' con lition. hearing will be destroyed forever^' nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrlk v which is nothing but an inflamed condition <gr > ) the mucus surfaces. ( ; We will give One Hundred Dollars for any casnfc- of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot' be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send circulars, tr*e. As-' , P. J. CHENEY A CO.. RoJd by' Druggists, 75c. - Hall's Family Pills are (he beak An Electric Tree. There is a peculiar tree in the for- . ests of central India which has most, curious characteristics. 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