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%£- •- '-' """" ' \ ? „ . . ' » " .% 1 1 **'.^>1' - *./ . mc EVENTS I HELEN GOULD ACCEPTS. ; Miss Helen Gould, who has accepted her appointment ifir member of tji&* board of lady managers of the St. .world's fair f? the moat dl8tin mm*:* w w?m iM"1' Current News Jj and Views Jj S&*gp', f • , " i t . {Being the Soliloquy! ofa on the Free Raw ... .*£$$$*?' To" :«?. }>'-?- HELEN GOULD. ^XW'lprished member of the family of the * S' 'tote Jay Gould. DRESS HAS THE ADVANTAGE. ,/• It may be unfortunate, but It is true, that dress and manners count for ^about as much as ability in the capi- ?V.. •_ tals of Europe and South America. A i ^ dipomat who is laughed at in society ^ >f C lican be of little use to his government 4;; '^iHe loses much of the gossip heard in | • » Exclusive circles which a diplomat * ;«ught to know, and he meets with V*»ldne88 instead of cordiality at the foreign office. The general character yof the United States representatives abroad has been raised of recent years. as not yet appreciated social standing of the envoys.--Kansas City PEACE TESTS OF BRAVERY. Peace has its tests of a sailor's or m soldier's bravery no less severe "than those of war, though they may t»e less glorious. Few civilians would fancy the duty which has been assign­ ed to several naval officers of sealing ' themselves up in the new submarine torpedo boat Fiiiton, of sinking then below the surface of the water, and of .remaining there from twelve to fifteen hours. The officers and men who are to undergo this experience will breath* ttled air, so to speak, the necessary p.hpnly of 3tmn«TVbArjr fluid being con­ tained in compressed air flasks.--New 'Expre /York Mail and 'Express. FROM COOK TO MILLIONAIRE. William Morgan, second cook at the 8L Charles hotel in St. Joseph, Mo., ii WILLIAM MORGAN. (3|. Joseph, Mo., chef, who hasfallen heir to $1,000,000.) preparing to claim the $1,000,000 for­ tune left him by an uncle's will. His Mde resided in London, England. turd Roiebfrfi H«lr. Lord Dalmeny, Lord Rosebery's eld­ est son, has, like hitf father, a sense of humor, though in other respects, he is singularly unlike bis distin­ guished father. Big, strong, and ath­ letic, he is fond of outdoor life and ;fleld sports, is a first-class racquet ^player, and much Interested in racing. Lord Dalmeny who, when Lord iWas to address the boys at the "Fourth of June," father not to allude to W4P thy .^al?(ying-fields^ of <nwou •. T?kneyed'^pfotatloh whlqh r^iiang buffer from at very J^Vals. jl.;1 v,^»elty «Kfe Cinda. representing the Cham- | ̂ ce of the United States V **£or'it Roosevelt that It be- . with Canada will be Spme t American commerce , predict ie President told the • such a would take the mat- ^ to om ment " This is usual- pom* i.-ca of saying that one Is not ready to take action. May Goela* to Marry. Miss May Goelet, the wealthiest Am­ erican heiress in her own right, who is spending the winter in London w i t h h e r mother, ~ is reported on good author­ ity to be en- g a g e d t o Viscoujit In- ¥ ivet gestref* the son and heir of the earl of Shrews­ bury T a 1- bot, who is the premier earl of the realm and as auch takes precedence of all peers of tfca rank of earl in the British-Empire COMFORT FOR THE AGED. That many persons live in long-con- /tlnufed dread of landing in the poor- house is not to be doubted. That this fear is wholesome is believed by some 'And doubted by others. That it tends to stimulate increased endeavor to provide against destitution is obvious­ ly true. A typical case of the way in which life sometimes winds up in the public refuge despite this fear-4s that an old truck gardener in the south- outskirts of Chicago whom the County Agent haB been urging to go to the poorhouse. He had seen better slays, but old age disabled him, his wife died, the title to his little ^spotT slipped into' other hands, and, despite his resolute determination never to meet that fate, he has finally yielded, or probably must yield, to the County Agent's solicitation. Some of the most commendable instances of charity, Whether public or private, are those devised for the aged poor, and especial­ ly such as provide for aged couples to live together instead of being separat­ ed as they are in the typical British workhouse and in our own poorhous^ Of this sort are the great Krupp works in Essen, and some of the almshouses maintained by some English towns, and now and then by private charity. There is a sense of fitness in provisions which allow destitute old couples who have performed their work to complete their days in peace together. Such provisions digr-ify human life, and likewise "human labor. STRETCHER IN A LAMP POST. -An ambulance in tJ lamp post is the latest idea in, street contrivances. THE AMBULANCE LAMP POST OF PARIS. Paris has just been endowed with several specimens of what is called a "phare de secours," or first-aid light­ house. It consists of an ornamental bronze pillar about fifteen feet high, with a round, overhanging top resem­ bling that of a lighthouse, and con­ taining a clock' face barometer and three transparent pictorial advertise­ ments, revolved by clockwork and lighted by gas from within. In the base of the pillar is a letter box, and in the shaft is a folding stretcher, with printed directions for affording first aid to the injured. In case of a street accident the stretcher can be immedi­ ately obtained by breaking a small glass window ju3t above the letter box, taking out the key, and unlocking the receptacle. PRINTER BEATS MILLIONAIRE. It would be difficult to find two men who presented such a marked contrast as the candidates for mayor in the aristocratic city of Yonkers. John E. Andrus. the Republican/nomi­ nee, is reputed to be worth $3000,000. O p p o s ed to this man of 60 whose rec­ ord it would seem, could do^naugjbit but establish him firmly in the esteem of the p e o p l e w a s Michael J.j W a 1 8 h, an active, reput­ a b l e y o u n g man of fine character and something of a politician. He is a printer by trade and, though he has a small estab­ lishment of his own, has been but moderately successful in business. As a writer for newspapers and as alder­ man, he has, however, gained great popularity and so well did the people of Yonkers think of him tl#t they elected the printer, his plur^jjKy over the multi-millionaire being 650--the largest ever given a candidate for mayor in Yonkers. Yonkers contains more rich people than any city of its size in the east. A5IA £Q(/A fMUMr OLD ROUTS NEW ROUTE MAPS SHOWING OLD AND NEW ROUTES FROM AUSTRALIA TO LONDON. The malls for England from her col­ ony of Australia, on the other side of the globe, are now being carried through the United States, as an ex­ periment. Transported by water and land by way of the Suez canal and Brindisi the journey to London from Melbourne takes thirty-six days. By taking the other direction and coming by way of San Francisco and New York the time has been shortened greatly. On the first trip, which be- gan-imAugust, the time by way of the railroads from the Pacific to the At- lintic boast was thirty-one and a half daysX On the second trial, just com­ pleted, the time has been further shortened. The entire distance from Melbourne to London by\ way of the American continent is 15,265 miles, or more than half way round the world. This beats Phineas Fogg's time by a wide margin. While Jules Verne's Jl§ro,..£ireled the globe in eighty days, the journey at the r^te of speed reach­ ed by the Australian mails taking the American route could be made in about fifty days. Of course under both plans railroad have been utilized wherever available. But when Rus­ sia's great railroad, the one from Mos­ cow to Port Arthur, on the gulf of Pe- chi-li, is finished, the globe cicuit can be made in much shorter time than this. The report sent out to all the papers the other day that Russia'3 trans-Siberian road was "virtually com­ pleted" is misleading. Some of the coilrse between Moscow and Vladivo- tok is by water and a large part of the railway was only temporary and experimental, and will have to be relaid. Troops . can be carried from Russia through to Vladivostok by the present rail and steamboat route across Siberia, but the time will be much slower than that which is in-- tended to be attained ullmateiy. More­ over, Port Arthur, and not Vladivos­ tok, will be the real terminus of the trans-Siberian road, and that appar­ ently will not be finished , for two or three years yet. Until Russia's great line to Port Arthur is finished the quickest course for England's Australian mails will probably continue to be by way of San Francisco and New York, on the ex­ perimental route now being taken. This course, too, will be the speediest way for the entire globe circuit. Even when the trans-Siberian line is finish­ ed the roads acrbss the United States continent will haVe to be ullized in order to make the circuit by the speed­ iest route. It will then be possible to make the journey round the earth in thirty-one days by having close con­ nections. How some of the old-time girdlers would marvel if they could hear of this speed! Two years was considered fairly good time for the circuit in the days of Capt. Cook and of the Yankee skipper, Robert Gray-- the Gray, whose vessel, the Columbia, gave its name to the great river of Oregon, and whose discovery of ' that stream gave the United States its first claim to the vast empire which it drains. Two years and a half would have been thought fast time for the circuit by Drake, the first Englishman who made the journey. The crew of the Portuguese-Spaniard Magellan1-- the Magellan who was killed in the Philippines in the feud between the whites and natives of those islands which has stretched from his time down to Aguinaldo's--who were the first of mankind who crossed all the meridians, were three years in making the journey round the earth. Thirty- six months in the early part of the six­ teenth century! One month in the opening years of the twentieth! This marks the extent of the shortening of sthe time of the globe-circling between Magellan's days and the days of Am­ erica's and Russia's Morgans, Hapri- mans and Hills. The new mail service crosses the United States over the tracks of only two railroads and that without change of cars--the Great Northern and the New York Central. Go*). Van Sant Fight* Gigantic "Railroad Combine Helping the War Alone. At last Britain is getting something back from South Africa. The Boers are buying guns in England. President EUpt of Harvard insists that the school teachers spend alto­ gether too much time trying to reach arithmetic to young children. In his Twentieth Century club lecture he told of a naughty boy who was told by his mother that he must either do as she told him or leave the room. The boy thought for a moment and then re­ marked: "That's fair." "I would give more for that judicial comment for its effect on the boy's later life," said Pres ident Eliot, "thandfor any amount of accurate " Three Deweys are now on the navy --*he admiral, his cousin, Lieut. 6 Theodore G. Dewey, and Rupert C. -mm- They sa^pgjU^ Kansas that Sheriff Oook oft, L^venworth, has sent a checkthe ftond for ransoming Miss Stone, the missionary captured by TuDki8h or Bulgarian brigands. Mr Co6k, it will be remembered, was cap­ tured by the convicts who escaped from the Leavenworth prison, so may be the pending of the chee)t, jHMi jtromptad by •» *el»ow feeling . « m Minnesota's executive has issued a Statement, saying he Will instruct the attorney general' of the state to take steps to prevent the consolidation of Northern Pacific and Great Northern Interests, as contemplated by the THE WILKINS-FREEMAN AFFAIR. The wise people of Randolph, Mass., and the curious people of Metuchen, N. J., and numerous other pebple between those two towns seem to have consid­ erable difficulty in getting Mary E. Wilkins and Dr. Freeman married. It is not wholly clear why any one should concern himself or herself a^ofut wh^t Is a purely pilvate arrange­ ment between the high contracting parties, but so many persons have con- Nortbern Securities company, just In­ corporated, and that if there is no law to cover the case he will call a special session of the legislature to make one. Governors of Montana and Dakotas have taken similar action. sidered it their duty to bring about the marriage that it may be said near­ ly all of New England and a large part of New York and New Jersey have been engaged for several months past in fixing and unfixing the dates when the event was to come off, and some who cm see through a millstone farther than others have even des­ canted on the bride's trousseau and the bridegroom's gifts. At last the gossips, tired of this game of hide and seek, positively an­ nounced two or three days ago that the marriage had taken place and that the happy pair had settled down at Metuchen; that Miss Wilkins had fin­ ished the novel which had all along been the cause of delay; and that Or. Freeman, who is wealthy, was the happiest man in or out of New Jersey, was going to give up pulling and fitting teeth, and hereafter enjoy his "ease and dignity," which few bene­ dicts can do. I, The Ntry'i Demands. A naval programme which contem­ plates a large increase In the naval es­ tablishment has been enthusiastically acceptejjK by the American public, so that-tfiere wilt be little demurring to tne general spirit of Secretary Long's annual report. But it is not so certain that the sec­ retary decided wisely between the plans of the general board of which Admiral Dewey is chairman and the plans of the board of construction. The former called for four battle ships, two armored cruisers, four pick­ et boats, six gunboats of 1,000 tons each, six gunboats of 600 tons, and six of 200 tons, six training ships and one collier of 10,000 tons; the latter for three battle ships, two armored cruis­ ers, eighteen gunboats, two colliers of 15,000 tons each, one repair ship, six training ships, four picket boats and four tugs. The secretary did well to drop a good part of the overnumerous gunboats, but he also dropped one of the battle ships proposed In the first- named scheme, and this omission can­ not be so readily commended. Mrs. John A. Logan will, for the first time in several years, live this winter at Calumet Place, her home in Washington, D. C. She will set apart the large wing room on the east side as a museum for the thousands of tro­ phies and mementos of the late wa^ owned by her husband at the time of his death. X- y ) 4'Remain* o/ a Wonderful Deer. This wonderful little deer, whose height at the shoulder was five and a half Inches, it has recently been dis­ covered, lived in New York state long before the recollection of living man, and probably played in the same woods that the giant mastodon strode through. Whether he was the repreX sentative of a pigmy raoe^ long ex­ tinct, or was a single dwarf, it is im­ possible to determine, but as he grew •to maturity the former is more likely. The foot and leg shown In the illus- itratlon were .found in a newly plowed field near Troy, Rennselaer county. The epiphyses, or ends of the bonesr are firmly united by osseous tissue to the shaft, showing that the leg belong­ ed to an adult deer and not to an Im­ mature product. This little fellow coald have been placed without discomfort in a capa- etous pocket and would hare found « determined chipmunk a formidable foe. Bolivia tea wwdffc crfgtUet jO* ,tor mine. Jk:*5Stf ^^Thsr s a fwighty kit er tr.fkin' about farmers *h thar rights;^ . *N. the wonderful prosperity thet beet growin' invites. i. • <&•' Thar's a heap er foolish crowin' 'n the 'beats' begin ter sho^fV ; 'n holler fer the Tariff ter keep free raw sugar out I But I notis thet the beet-producin' farms are very few/ ' An' the farmers through the country ain't got much ef it ter.dew. The hull land ain't a-raisin' beets, 'n ain't goin' ter begin, * ' 't Beet growin's right fer suito, I guess--but, wh»r dew / cum ... J ^ ^ "j,. . The farmer gits four dollars now fer every ton o' beet*-- A Jhansom price, I must allow--but hidin' sum deceits. •» Beet sugar manyfacterers admit cs t%ey hev found > Thet "granylated" costs 'em sumthin' like tew cents a pound. In fact thet leaves a profit on which they'd greatly thrive-- And--if it "kin be sold fer three, why should we pay 'em FIVE? It seems ter me es thet's a game thet's mighty like a skin--^ But--if thar's any benefit--waal,--whar dew / cum in I • ' r 1'X' _-,.K •f "-'it* " ~'Sr' When Uncle Sam's in want o' cash we're glad ter help him out, 'N we'll stand all the taxes thet are needed, never doubt, But when his pocket-book's well lined an' nary cent '* V * ';r"- Et seems ter me his duty's ter repeal thet sugar tax." . ; . , *< • Them fellers wot is interested sez its to protect ^ , * " *" ^ "* - The beet-producin' farmer thet the duty they collect, ^ But I guess thet explanation es a little bit too thin-- 'v The sugar maker,--he's all right;--but--whar dew wt cum fa? ^ ̂ ^ Take off raw sugar duty an' the price will quickly la% * ; rf I '$f' To everybody's benefit, fer sugar's.used by all. . ; •" ' The poor will bless the Government thet placed it in thar reach ' ('n millions of our citizens free sugar now beseech) . The dealer H be delighted--less expenditure fer him-- More demand 'n bigger profits--which at present are but dim., ' U.,_ An' the farmer '11 be as well paid as he ever yet hes ben-- But he'll buy his sugar cheaper--thet's whar he an' I'll cum in. "A'V- ' ' • - V - ; . '.V - . Now, whar's the sense er reason of the sugar tax to-day, When our treasury's a-bulgin' an' we hev no debts ter pay ? The duty on raw sugar's Fifty million every year-- '£'• An' the people's got ter pay it--thet's a fact thet's very cleife ' , Fifty million! Great Jerusha! Ter protect beet magnates,• todj^r'1 -• Why should they tax ALL the people--just ter help a scattered FEW^% And the FEW? Beet-sugar MAKERS! Don't it really seem a sin. i Thus ter help an' fill thar coffers? Whar dew you an' I cuiq..i^?: V, . . S " The farmer grQwin' beets hes got a contract price fer years,4 Free raw sugar wouldn't hurt him, an' of it he hes ho fears! v*' ' But mebbe, like myself--he's also growing fruit so nice-- - Ter preserve it--at a profit--he needs sugar--at a price! The repealing of the duty surely cuts the price in two-- Thet'll make a mighty difference, neighbor, both ter me an' yoof Let the sugar manyfactrer make such profits as he kin-- Ter him it may seem right enuff--but whar dew I cum in ? An' I ain't a-goin' ter swaller all the argyments they shout . Thet the farmers need protection--an' must bar raw sugar out "p1* Common sense is plainly sho.win' that the people in the land v Want raw sugar free in future--an' its freedom will demand. 'Tis a tax no longer needed--hateful to the public view,-- Taxing millions of our people to enrich a favored few. * i " They can't blind me any longer with the foolish yarns they spin,-- While they're busy makin' money--whar dew you and I come in? v „ 7 .if : * < *"•' T- I'm a-goin' ter keep on hustlin', talkin', pleadiri' with my frfflds^"'" Ain't no sense in lettin' others gain thar selfish privet ends. I'm a-goin' ter write ter-morrer to my Congressman 'nd say . Thet he oughter do his best ter kill that tax without delay! :,;f \ Feller-farmers, do your utmost--whether you grow beets or *»t •'% Tp repeal the tax on sugar--you can but improve your lot! Cheaper sugar helps your pocket, greater blessings you can win-- ^ -• . . When we've three-cent granylated--that's whar you an' I come in I" • r Yi tfe ? MONEY AND THE RAILROADS. The prosperity of American rail­ roads in these days of low rates and fast service is due^j largely to the scientific reduction in the cost of opera'tlng. Some years ago when the western roads built Into new and undeveloped territory there seemed to be an ele­ ment of risk attached to it, and money could only be borrowed at high rates ojt interest. Seven per cent construc­ tion bonds were sold at a discount, but now that the country has developed and the railroads by good management have established a large and growing business, money can be had for about three per cent, and so It is found profit­ able to expend large ttums In improve­ ments which make it possible to save money in daily operation. • Jhe Burlington System of 8,000 miles for Instance, has during the past two years spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in reducing grades and elimi­ nating curves, the result being that heavier trains can be hauled with the same engine power, besides making travel far more comfortable and also less dangerous, thus reducing materi­ ally the loss incident to claims for damage and Injury. "The Hons* BMatlfal" Is the only magazine in America devot­ ed exclusively to good taste in the home. Hundreds of illustrations and practical articles on Interior decora­ tion, furnishing and building make it Indispensable to any woman Interested in her home. A Celebrated Om> -i' • John Douglas of Melvern, whei|'^«k young man, swore at a murder trtail in Illinois that he saw one man stab another by the light of the moon. Abe Lincoln, who was attorney for the de­ fendant, showed by an almanac that there was no moon on the night of the murder. Douglas has never yet unraveled the mystery of the defend­ ants acquittal. . , V TV • V- . Dofatu Cunot by local applications as they cannot reaoh Cfc* diseased portion of the ear. There is Only one wuy to cure deafness, and that is by consti­ tutional remedies. Deafness is cauied by aa inflamed condition of the mucus linlncr of the Eustachian Tube. When this tubs is Inflamed you have a rumbling Bound or Imperfect bear­ ing-. and when it is entirely closed deafness to the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine ca^es out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an Inflamed condition m the mucus surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any CAM of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that canaM be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sead Car circulars, free. _ _ _ F. J. CHENEY ft <XX, Toledo, a Sold by Druggists, 76c. HmU'a Family Pills an the best _ An Irishman says one man good as another, and if he's ap man he's a great deal better. Mi's. Wlmlow's Soothing Hyrup. for children teething, lofteas cue gums, rsasces i&* Summation, allays pala, cures wind colic. 35c a 'JottlSv " Make the night night, and the day, and you will live happily. X. These crispy mornings Mrs. Austta'a Pan Cake Flour tastes delicious. Ready ta a moment. Buy from your grrocer. Work and not words are the proof of love. How °Truly the . Great Fame of Lydia E. ham's Vegetable pound J ustifies Her < inal Signature [ Lydia Em P/nkham'9 Vegetable Compound* It will . entirely cure the worst forms of female Complaints, all Ov<» lian troubles, Inflammation and Ulceratic^ Falling and D^^cemehfr of the Womb, and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is peculiarly curedhmofeCcasJ^of'Backache, and I^u^rrh®a than an» other remedy the world has ever known, i! is almost infallible in su<& Sues. It dissolves and expels tumors from the Uterus m an early stag* ofdevelopment, and checks any tendency to cancerous humors. , Irregular, Suppressed or Painful Menstruatiou^Weakness of tte StomachfIndigestion, Bloating, Flooding, Nervotis Prostration, Head. »che. General Debility quickly yields to it. , ; system, lieved acts ir k^It° removes that Bearing-down Feeling extreme lassl* tude "don't care" and Mwant-to-be-left-alone" feeling, excitability, irritability nervousness, Dizziness, Faintness, sleeplessness, flatulency, melancholy or the " blues," and backache. These are sure indications of Female Weakness, or some derangement of the Uterus, which thi»^ ipgdicine always cures. k. * - Kidney Complaints and Backache of either MJC the Vegetabli Compound always cures. No other female medicine in the world has received sucik Widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicin* lUMs such a record of cures of female troubles. Those women who refuse to accept anything1 else are r®» murded a hundred thousand times, for they get what they want ' cure. Sold by Di uggists everywhere. Refuse ail substitutê •&£' v ^ ~T"