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GO Ylto lopped tr«e In time may grow again. Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower; The sorriest wight may find relief from pain Ai driest soil suck in some moUtenlnc shower. (bnei go by turns, and eh>nm chance by course, Mom foul to fair, from better bap to worse. She sea of fortune doth forever flow, the draws her favors to'the lowest ebb; Bar tides have equal times to ease and SO. Her loom doth weave the flue coarsest web, Rjoy so great but runneth to an end, hap so hard but may In BY TURNS/ © Not always fall of leaf, nor even spring; Not endless night nor yet eternal day; The saddest birds a season find to sing. The roughest storm a calm may soon allay,' Thus with succeeding turns God temper* eth all. That man may hope to rise, yet fear to fail. A chance may win that my mischance was lost. That net that holds no great, take* lit­ tle fish; In some things all. la ail things none are crossed; ' Few all they need; hut none have all they wish, Unmingled Joys here to no man befall. Who least, have some; who most, hath never all. --Robert Southwell. BtUAMTS OF SUMMER WHOM. GEN. SI GEL'S LAST DAYS. ."to; ft letter of recent date--Oct. l-- from Mrs. Franz Sigel to Mrs. E. May- afeko Stiilaaac of this city, & life-long Mend of th« family, she describes toe ieclining days of her Illustrious ho* bond as follows: **Aa you know, during tho past few years he had become quite weak and feeble, but was not ill, nor did he suf- \ Am* any pain; It was a gradual wasting I sway of his strength and energy. Vhlch was not surprising, considering intellectually active and strenuous •to he had led. When, for the lack ft strength, he was unable to follow Ms accustomed literary and other in­ tellectual pursuits, he dropped them <se by one, apparently without regret, fcately, he would read awhile, then tfumber awhile. What hefse«xned to •Bjoy most was when I would talk ta him on all sorts of subjects, dis- «ass current topics, and busy myself Ibout him. He wau supremely happy When our daughter Leila was with him. One of us always accompanied him on his dally walks. When he was |loo feeble to take these, we went driv- flag with him! "He enjoyed the past summer so •mch, for the ricinity of our Bronx is Tery beautiful. i "For months he was unable to take v Bay but liquid nourishment, still the . Mid came all too suddenly; we had ' Mt thought of it before. He fell asleep so gently, softly. The last words I understood him to say were: 'Mamma, it was well; all has been tor the tost," and then he left us. "It was well that the universal sym­ pathy extended to us in our bereave­ ment carried our thoughts jvway from ourselves so that I hardly know how the time has passed."--Washington Poet. Gen. Meade'e Headquarter*. In this unpretentious little house tlie commander of the Union army at Gettysburg planned the great battle which practically ended the hopes of the Confederates. A SOLDIER'S ENTHUSIASM. The following is told by a New Yorker who wears a Grand Army , hedge; The boys of the 107th sup- i ported Cotheren's battery at Antie- jtam. At about the hottest of the fight the enemy massed themselves oppo­ site our front, for an assault on Coth- wen's position. The battery was short Of ammunition, and so reserved their | Are, while throughout the whole field ! their was a lull in the tumult. The i* rebels advanced In a solid mass, jvith a precision of movement perfect­ ly beautiful. It was a moment which | tried the nerves of the bravest. In , 'tho meantime one of our lads, becom- ' fag quite Interested in the affair, climbed a high rock where ho could view the whole scene. He occupied his place unmindful of the bullets which were buzzling like bees around us. The rebels came on until we could see their faces and then Coth- eren poured the canister into them. The advancing column was literally torn to pieces by them. Our friend on the rock became frantic In his demon­ strations of delight, and as one of the battery section send a shrapnel which mowed down a long row of Johnnies, he swung his cap, and, shouting so that the flying rebels could hear him, sung out: "Bull-e-e-e. Set 'em up on the other alley." BROKE THE ICE. "8omo years ago," said the gen- oral, "I went down into Virginia on a : matter of importance to the govern- * nest, and in the course of events oalled on Gen. Benjamin Stoddert Swell, then president of William and Mary college. Ewell had been opposed ,t0 secession In 1861, but went with his State and fought to the end. After the war he advocated the election of Gen. Grant to the presidency^ and he '•ad his brother, captured In the last .year of the war by Gen. Sheridan, wore highly regarded by Grant. "Ewell had been president of Wil­ liam and Mary college before the war, and took up the work again at the close of the war. I was sore of a wel­ come from Ewell, but when I saw that the faculty was largely composed of wounded Confederate officers I was in doubt as to their feeling toward me. When we met at dinner, Ewell intro­ duced me to the professors as a friend from Pennsylvania, and one of the professors said cheerily, 'I am very gjpd to see you, sir. I am part Penn- sylvanian myself. I left the whole of one leg at Gettysburg.' That was an ice-breaker, and there was no trouble after that." A yellow dog counts that day lost when nobody condescends to kick him. GRAND ARMY MUSTER ROLL. "\ The report of Adjt. Gen. Silas H. Towler to the national encampment embraced the following figures of the condition of the Grand Army: Members in good standing as shown hy report for June 30, 1901, 269,507; error North Dakota report, 11; error Utah report, 33; total, 269,551. Gains--By muster, 8,049; by trans­ fer, 3,514; by reinstatement, 8,808; by reinstatement, delinquent reports, 6,- •8«; total gain, 27,007; aggregate, M6.558. Losses--By death, 8,299; by honor- ftble discharge, 891; by transfer, 3,601; by suspension, 15,306; by dishonorable discharge, 86; by delinquent reports, 3,890; by surrender of charter, 665; by error Florida, 6; California and Ne­ vada reports not received; by wire re­ port net loss, G9; tote! lose., 32,818. Members in good standing June 30, 1902, 263,745; net loss for the year, 5,806; number remaining suspended June 80, 1902, 26,214; total number borne on rolls, 289,959; number of posts reported, 6,416, California and Nevada estimated at last report, 95-- 6,511; number of posts delinquent for the last term, 112; number of posts surrendering charters, 55; dropped from rolls, 5,066. FUN TRAGICALLY SET. Geo. John B. Gordon of Georgia says that one day he was strolling over the . field of a battle when he found one of A, his men, an Irishman, talking earnest­ ly to a dead federal officer. "Faith," said the soldier. "I am sorry fir ye, poor old fellow, bilt you don't seed those shoes; you're dead now, an* IH just take 'em." Gen. Gordon said the Irishman then polled off the dead man's shoee and put t' im on his own feet. Another one he tells is that a prayer meeting was held in camp, and one of the soldiers was called on to pray. "Oh, Lord," said the praying sol­ dier, "we are In the midst of a terri­ ble battle and in an awful lot of trou­ ble. We hope you will take a proper view of the matter and give us the victory." There are a good iftany "also rans" in the human race. WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS. TT<e report of Mrs. Mary E. Conant, Bttt'Anal secretary of the Woman's Re- llei cor' *> shows the following Strength of that auxiliary to the Grand Army: Nui ber of departments June >0, 1902 85; total number o! corps in de­ partments June SO, 1902, 3,017; num­ ber of corps in good standing June 30, 1902, 2,£44; total number of members June 80, 1908, 148,488; total number of members in good standing June 80, 1908, 119,804; total number of de­ tached corps June 30, 1902, 62; total number of members In detached corps June 30, 1902, 1,994; showing a gross lose in membership of 928 and a net gain in members In good standing of 1,800. • criminal is a oet man who Is found (j: SHIRKERS BADLY FOOLED. ^ "Few soldiers like to drill, and, I VWleve, all dislike to work," remarked a veteran from the wooden nutmeg State. "During the siege of Corlath It became necessary to go some ten Biles over the worst of roads to Pitts­ burg Landing to draw forage and pro­ visions, and many were the expedi­ ents resorted to by the boys to escape the hard task. One morning at roll oall our lieutenant said, 'Any of the boys who would like to drill will step to the front' Not many came for ward. 'Now, you rear rank men. each take a horse, go to the landing, and bring back a sack of oats.' The boys were sold, brt ever afterward volun­ teers tor drill were more nwnereqa. Regular Classes Seem Drudgery After the Season. A number of small boys who were at a summer school and have now gene back to their regular classes are i disgusted with school life. They had such a delightful time In the summer that the work now seems drudgery compared with it The particular boys under consideration were Intro* duced to the workshop where manual training was in progress for the first time during the summer. That being the case, it was not strange that there were occasional accidents, and this was from many points of view an altogether satisfactory Btate of af> fairs, for next door to the work room was the girl's class for first aid to the injured. There were Imaginary cases in the first part of the worl^ but it was not long before the boys in the workroom fell one after the other like wounded heroes, and were taken across the way to be treated by the amateur surgeons. No one will ever know whether that class of boys was unusually stupid, or wheth* er the first aid to the injured workers were so remarkably skillful that it was a pleasure to sit under their min­ istrations. Whichever It w«$ it hap­ pened that there was seldom a day In which some boy was not brought in for treatment, and one day there were seven patients from the work­ shop. It was delightful practice for the girl workers, and the teacher was even able to give them a practical in* stead of a theoretical lesson upon cleaning up blopd spots from the floor. Of course, after such interesting practical demonstrations as this, the routine school work seems tame. WHY HE WAS EXEMPT. Wltneee Could Not See How Order Applied to Him. Recently, during the hearing of a charge of felony, a young man waa called to give evidence on behalf of the accused, and was about to be sworn, when the Inspector informed their lordships that the witness had disobeyed the order for witnesses to leave the court. The bench were almost inclined to refuse his evidence in consequence, but the witness, in the most innocent manner, caused a burst of laughter which even the dignity of a whole row of judges was not proof against, and the position was saved. The inspector, addressing the bench, said: "In order that there should be no mistake, I distinctly said: 'All witnesses on both sides must leave tho court until they are called,'" and then, turning to the witness, he said: "You must have heard the order." "Tea," at once responded the wit­ ness, according to the Detroit News- Tribune, "I did; but I am not a wit­ ness on both sides!" The Methodists of the World. The general statistics of Methodism as compiled by the various denomina­ tions are as iollows Wesleyan Meth­ odists--Great Britain, 49o,710 mem­ bers; Ireland, 28,181; foreign missions, 64,614; French missions, 1,702; South African Conference, 94,428; West In­ dian Conference, 46,047; Primitive Methodists, 195,651; Methodist New Connection, 42,929; Bible Christians, 81,724; Wesloyan Reform Union, 7,- 826; United Methodist Free Churches, 93,684; Independent Methodist Churches, 9,C91; Australasia Metho­ dist church, 118,338; Methodist church in Canada 289,162. United States- Methodist Episcopal churches, I,- 907,877; Methodist Episcopal churches (south), 1,460,272; African Meth­ odist Episcopal, 641.727; African Methodist Episcopal Zlon, 528,- 461; Colored Methodist Episcopal, 204.817; various other Methodist denominations, 276,290. Total mem­ bers, 7,589,031. Throughout wide- world Methodism there are 46,171 ministers, 102,058 lay preachers, 79,- 922 Sunday schools, 793,317 officers and teachers, 6,308,374 Sunday schol­ ars, 85,637 churches, etc. To Bottle Peas. Gather the peas on a warm, dry day, shell them, and gather out the finest and evenest--carefully rejecting any in the least blemished--put them into wide-mouthed bottles (the pat­ ent-stoppered bottles are the best), and screw down the stoppers as tight­ ly as possible. Wrap these bottles in hay or oid clothes (to prevent their knocking together when the water bolls), and set them in a boiler or large flsh kettle, with cold water up to the shoulder of the bottle; bring this water well to the boil, then draw it to the side of the stove, and keep it at this boiling point for about two hours, keeping the pan covered all the time. Now lift the pan from the fire, or bet­ ter still If on a gas ring, turn off the gas, and leave the bottles untouched till perfectly cold, when they should be dried, the stoppers tightened down as closely as possible, or if corked dip the head of the bottle in bottle wax. Store in a cool, dry place, and, if pro- I erly done, they will keep till the next season only. Did Not Know the Teaoher. Carson Wallace recently appoint' ed teacher of the school at Brad- enville, near Latrobe, Pa., on enter­ ing the school room the other morning was Informed by his biggest pupli, a burly young ruffian, that he was go­ ing to be licked. Wallace prides him­ self on being an expert boxer and in about three minutes the school bully lay in a corner with a broken jaw and his eyes in deep mourning. Then the teacher washed his hands at the pump and called up the first class in his­ tory. Blind People on Strike. , lafaates of an institute for the blind at Sunderland, England, have struck, after having duly communicated with the National League of the Blind, be­ cause the wages they received tor making ship cord fenders have been reduced. 8harks Caught on English Coast, Three sharks have been captured at Pensancf; j?ngiRnd; within the past month. The ?»st measured si: fest in O State Happening Succinctly Told by Our Special Correspondents. x SLOT MACHINE IN THE 8TATION Robbery Committed While Police Are In Their Rendezvous. The Alton police were called upon recently to solve the mystery of who robbed a slot machine that was doing business in the police station. The machine was installed under the re­ gime of Chief oft Police Volbracht and was for the purpose of selling cigars, the profits being for the benefit of the owner, the chief of police. The chief of police was removed from office and the next day the machine was robbed of all the money that had been ac­ cumulating therein for several days. It is said that the person who took the money had a key to the machine and that the robbery was committed while the police were In the room with the machine, but no one noticed the operations of the person who opened the machine. A reward of |10 has been offered for the appre­ hension of the guilty person. The machine will be removed from the police station as one of the first changes of policy by the acting chief of police, James Young. Once before the same cigar-vending machine was robbed in a similar manner and the police were unable to discover who oommitted the offense. Christian Endeavor Convention. The Christian, Endeavor convention of the Carbondale district held its an­ nual meeting at Carbondale. The at­ tendance was the largest in its his­ tory. The following officers were elected: President, Miss Grace L. Burkett, of Carbondale; vice presi­ dents, Jona McCarthy, of Carbondale; Miss Kate Winning of Carterville, Mrs. C. B. Huddleston, of Benton; R. J. Mllliken, of Duquoin; correspond­ ing secretary and treasurer, Miss Laura Hayes, of Duquoin; assistant secretary. Miss Gertrude Mann, of Duquoin; superintendent of missions, Miss Gay Curley, of Murphysboro; superintendent oi good citizenship, Fred Nichols, of Carterville. Hunting Preserves. A party of fifteen St. Louis sports­ men have leased a tract of 2,200 acres on the Illinois river, near Six-mile island, and are building a large club- Ihouse on the property. The club members will use the lapd for hunt­ ing and fishing preserves, and many Alton hunters who formerly found good shooting in that vicinity have found It necessary to go elswhere. The club preserves are located below the lower end of Six-mile island. Goes to New Fields. Rev. Clark Braden, pastor of the Christian church at Cairo, who has resigned, was tendered a farewell re­ ception at the residence of R. F. Robertson. Rev. Braden's departure is greatly regretted, as, during his pastorate, the church prospered to a high degree. He will go to Ontario, Canada, to assist in a prohibition campaign there, and later will debate with Charles Watts on the subject of infidelity. Mrs. Yates' Counsln Dies. Mrs. Lizzie Jayne Keuchter died at the Milwaukee sanitarium at Wllwau- kee, Wis. She was taken there re­ cently In the hopes that her failing health would be benefited. She was the wife of C. F. Keuchter. a clothing merchant of Springfield. She was the daughter of Dr. William Jayne, presi­ dent of the state board of charities. Mrs. Richard Yates, wife of Gov. Yates, is her cousin. Affirms Big Verdict. The Appellate court has affirmed a decision of the Adams county Circuit court in the case in which Bernard Bauman was awarded a judgment of $10,000 against the Quincy Gas and Electric company for alleged damages caused by coming in contact with a live wire. The Quincy company will carry the case to the Supreme court Fraternal Absorption. The supreme encampment of the Fraternal army of America, whose head officers are in Taylorville, will meet at Springfield November 17 to take official action concerning the ab­ sorption of the Royal fraternity union of St. LOUIB. The latter lodge has 7,- 000 members and a reserve fund of 820,000. Favors Popular Vote. At the recent election held at Quincy a large majority of the vote was cast in favor of electing United States senators by the people. Injury to Boy Wrestler. While wrestling with another boy, Rola. the 14-year-old son of Sol Finch of Springfield, received a bad frac­ ture of the right leg. Real Eatate Deals. Jesse Turner has transfered to G. W. Dunseth, 80 acres of land in Loaml township; consideration, $7,- 200. Turner English has sold at auc­ tion for Albert Spaulding thirty-one lots In Rlverton, realizing $3,066. Apple Growers' Convention. The Mississippi Valley Apple Grow­ ers' association will have Its next meeting in Quincy chamber of com­ merce rooms Thursday, November 13. A good attendance of apple growers is anticipated. May Be Minus an Eye. Serious results are feared from aa accident which befell Mary, the little daughter of A. J. O'Brien, living in the north end of Springfield. She was playing in the yard and fell, cutting a had gash across her face on a piece of broken bottle. The right eye may be lost. Horticulturists to Meet. The annual meeting of the Central Illinois Horticultural society will be hsld at the Decatur courthouse De­ cember 9 and 10. PRESIDING ELDERS ASSEMBLE Apportion Funds for Church Work and Elect Officers. The annual meeting of the presid­ ing elders of the central Illinois con­ ference of the Methodist Episcopal church has been held in Springfield. All the presiding elders in the con­ ference were present except Rev. W. H. Wilder of the Champaign district. The question of an apportionment of church moneys was discussed. About $10,000 will be distributed among the various districts for use In church work. The officers were elected as follows: President, 'Rev. W. A. Smith of Cnampaign; vice president. Rev. W. N. McElroy, pastor of Kum- ler church of Springfield; secretary- treasurer, Lee Matheney of Spring­ field. HEADS CIVIL SERVICE BOARD Dr. Warren E. Taylor, who has been appointed chairman of the civil ser­ vice board recently created by Gov. Yates, Is superintendent of the Illi­ nois Western Hospital for the Insane at Watertown and acting superinten­ dent of the Illinois Asylum for In­ curable Insane at Bartonvllle. Dr. Taylor, who is 48 years old, began the practice of his profession at Mon­ mouth, this state, where he subse­ quently served as county physician and afterward as mayor. He is now a member of the faculty of Hahne­ mann i/Ollege, Chicago, and is a well- known lecturer on medical subjects. DR. WARREN E. TAYLOR. He was presidential elector In the fifteenth congressional district when McKinley was first elected and has been active in Republican politics for iuany years. He was appointed to his present position by Gov. Tanner. Funeral of Hale Johnson. With impressive and solemn cere­ mony the remains of Hon. Hale John- con, whose tragic death occurred at Newton, were laid to rest. Services were held at the Central Christian church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. H. Hart, assisted by the local min­ isters. All business was suspended and members of the Grand Army, Woodmen and of the Newton bar at­ tended in a body. Perry County Farmers. The eleventh annual meeting of the Perry county farmers' institute will be held at the court house in Plnck- neyvtlle on November 12 and 13. An extensive program has been arranged and several state workers will be present. The county officers are: John B. Pier, Cutler, president; W. T. White, Cutler, secretary and treas­ urer. Sustains Hip Fracture. Mrs. Aldrich, one of the Inmates of the old ladles' home at Springfield, fell upon a polished floor and re­ ceived a fracture of the hip. Her ad­ vanced age will retard and perhaps defeat entire recovery. Rob Gospel Captain. Rev. Andrew Thorn of the Gospel ^vessel Mcglddo has made complaint to the Alton police that while he was helping to carry some coal across the levee to replenish the coal supply of is destroyed and that the other one coat and vest, which he had laid down while he was working, and carried the articles of apparel away. In the pock­ et of the vest was a gold watch be­ longing to Thorn. Boy May Lose Arm. Harold Voyles, 11-year-old son of W. S. Voyles of Alton, accidentally caught his sleeve in a machine for threshing broom straw at his father's broom factory, and the boy's arm was drawn into the machine. The flesh was mangled from the wrist to the shoulder, and amputation of the arm may be necessary- Farmers* Institute. The annual convention of the Wash­ ington County Farmers' institute and the Washington County Domestic Sci­ ence society will be held in Nashville November 18 and 19. The most inter­ esting part ot the Joint convention will be the exhibits of cereals, fruits, pastry and handiwork, under the su­ pervision of the latter society. Mrs. Jennie Barlow of Bloomlngton haa been secured as the speaker for the domestic science society and she will lecture on the afternoon of November 19. Internal Revenue. The receipts of the internal revenue collector's office for the Eighth dis­ trict of Illinois were $912,253.35 dur­ ing the month of October. This is a falling off from the same month last year, when they were $1,016,000. THEY LEAVE ALTON TO SATAN Christian Brethren Depart From City Because of III Treatment. The steamer Megiddo, having os board a band of eighty-five members of a sect' known as the Christian Brethren, steamed out of Alton har­ bor recently for St. Louis. The lead­ er of the Christian Brethren, Elder L. T. Nichols, decided not to remain in Alton longer, because the city offi­ cials refused to allow them to hold meetings In Alton, and demanded the payment of wharfage tax for every day the boat was at the Alton levee. Elder Nichols said before his de­ parture that he would have remained In Alton to conduct meetings and to spread the doctrines of his sect, bnt for the opposition manifested by the city officials. The city officers say that they refused to allow the Chris­ tian Brethren to enjoy the freedom of the city because of trouble they stirred up In Alton five months ago. Cass County Institute. The Cass county farmers' Institute will be held In the opera house at Virginia December 9, 10 and 11. Lb H. Kerrick of Bloomlngton, candidate on the Republican ticket for trustee of the University of Illinois; O. J. Kern, superintendent of schools of Winnebago county, and Prof. Frank Crane, Instructor of farm mechanics at Champaign, will be prominent among the speakers. Frank Young of Athens and Charles Rowe of Jack­ sonville have been selected as corn judges. Couldn't Raise Whiskers. The members of the Shurtleff col­ lege "Whlskerhood" club have aban­ doned their organization. It is Bald that the protests of the young ladies attending the college against the young men appearing with unshaven faces and the difficulty which some of the young men had in raising a beard were the causes of the obliga­ tions against shaving being foresworn. The members have visited barber shops since the organization of the "Whlskershood" club and all have had their beards removed. Treacherous Mine Roof. Crushed by an immense piece of falling slate, John Roberts, a coal miner employed by the Trutter shaft at Pleasant Plains, suffered Intensely all day and died late in the evening. His back was broken by the accident and a physician who was called was unable to do anything for him. He is the fourth man to be injured In this shaft within the past three months, the treacherous roof of the mine being responsible for all the ao- cldents. Quarryman Becomes Blind. Thomas Marshall, a quarryman em­ ployed at the Armstrong stone quarry at Alton, lost one of his eyes while sledging rock. Marshall was striking the rock with a heavy hammer when a piece of rock was knocked into his eye. The eyeball was displaced, and crushed by the force of the blow. The attending surgeon says Marshall's eye Is destroyed and that the other one may have been seriously injured also. No Loso to Creditors. N. J. Olean, snoe merchant of Gales- burg has filed a petition in v bank­ ruptcy, showing $14,000 in liabilities and assets in the same amount. Woman Librarian. Mtss Mabel Marvin, who was as­ sistant librarian at St. Louis, will be librarian at the new Carnegie library in Jacksonville. Pushes Griding Work. The work of grading for the new branch of the Illinois Central railroad has been completed from East Cairo to the bluffs, near Barlow City, Ky. Work is now being pushed on the trestles. He Didn't Take the 8est> The drummer was something of a swell and knew it He was confident In his power to ensnare the heart of poor, weak woman, and he often re­ marked that he had never met a wom­ an who could resist his manly appear­ ance and fascinating ways. The drummer always made it a prac­ tice when he boarded a train to seek the companionship of some young woman. One day he was sauntering through a train in search of some fair young creature with whom he could flit away the time in pleasant conver­ sation when he was attracted by the comely appearance of a young woman sitting in the center of the car. She was alone, says the Pittsburg Press, and although there were plenty ^ I va­ cant seats, he went directly to where the young woman was sitting, bowed pleasantly and asked: "May I take the seat beside you?" The young woman looked up coyly and replied sweetly: "Certainly, but my husband. who is in the smoking room, will be here presently." The drummer didn't take the seat Japanese Prodigy. Japan's latest curiosity is a baby boy who at the age of ten months weighs nearly four stone, and is over three feet in stature. His parents have taken him to Tokio to have him educated by a wrestler. Benefit of Arctio Regions. ^ Lieut. Peary says the Arctic regions are good for consumptives. They probably give a man the choice of dy­ ing from lung trouble, freezing to death or being chewed up by a polar bear.--Birmingham News. Demonstrated. A San Francisco boy will get well from an accident with part of his brains gone. Science is proving every day that brains are not more essen­ tial to living than many people have suspected. if*?® - Wallpaper and Varnish. A cheap, convenient and sanitary treatment of the ordinary wallpaper is to give it a wash of thin varnish. This Improves and preserves the colors and makes any number of washings possible. ttfcVfeST* HIWEEKLY PANORAMA OUR MINI8TER TO HAYTL Haw. W. P. Powell Hss Shown Bofl> Tact and Cleverness. Our minister to the republic of Hs^ ti, Hon. W. F. Powell, has had aa In­ teresting and diversified experience la political life. « One of the ritost exciting incidents of his diplomatic career occurred three or four years ago, when the air leged German citizen, Emll Luedeis, was subjected to indignities by the b» cal authorities of Port au Prince. The German minister got very much wrought up at the time, and was threatening the government of Hayti with all sorts of punishments, bnt while he was talking about warships and dynamite, Minister Powell was quietly and courteously interceding with the government for the release of Lueders, as an act of courtesy toward the United States. i < As a result of his intercession La* ders was freed and the threatened rupture with Germany averted. At the same time the incident established a precedent virtually asserting tha protective policy of the United Stattss over fin all American states. This is only one of many BsrvtaH •»vv.w- ' • '<V that our tactful representative to Bar* ti has rendered to his own aad othar oountrles. ATTRACTED TOO MANY VISITOR* 8hadow Portraits of McKinley and Roosevelt Painted Out, So much annoyance has beH caused by the crowds that have visited the capltol to view the shadow portraits of McKinley and Roosevelt; that the pictures have been painted out. Samuel Allison, the artist wha decorated the famous brick columns in the pension office, and who outlined the two portraits of the presidents la Statuary Hall by means of cracks and veins In the imitation marble, ewloaa ly objected to their removal, but the capltol, authorities thought the draw­ ing power of the pictures as mM curiosities was too great There have been more visitors at the capltol dvr> lng the past week than during any similar period since congress ad- journed, and the presence of tha crowds who came to see the shadow pictures greatly inconvenienced the workmen who are engaged in remodel­ ing the Interior of the building. Tha authorities assign as an additional reason for their removal of the por­ traits that they are undignified, their value as works of art being over-bal­ anced by their attractiveness aa en- ilosltles. -- Washington correspefr denoe in Cleveland Plain-Dealer. OVERSTUDY CAUSE8 A SUIGIM Chicago Schoolgirl Glvee Up Unequal Struggle With III Health. A long search for Miss Peterson, a Chicago schoolgirl, came to aa eat & ••f-m when her body was found In the ooin pafk lagoon. Her friends are confident that she committed suicida while her mind was deranged froas overstudy in Nortlmest division high school, from which she disappeared after leaving letters indicating tbag she intended to kill herself. Her health had for some time been fail­ ing, and on thli account she was US- able to keep pace with her enmp--i ions in her studies. Paper Chrysanthemums. "No, it's no particular secret, though I'll not tell you the name of the acid we use," said a fair maker of paper flowery in reference to the deftly shaded chrysanthemum she had just finished, "Oh, yes, it's the shad­ ing that makes tnem so true to life. Without that they'd look decidedly crude and artificial. Each and every petal--and there are a few in eaoh flower, I can tell you--has to be dipped in acids of varying strength to shade it down to the palest tint r^ quired; and then 1 curl it as carefully as any coiffeur ministering to a bellfe One good thing is that my beauty can't cry when I pull, as I'm likely to now and then. See, there's the finish­ ed flower. I wrger it would fool Flora herself if she happened in here while inspecting her autumn output." Phll» adelphla Record. | Make Money From Programe. Programs of theatrical and othw entertainments in London aldhe ifr ford a profit of fttlly £30,000 a year managers and advertisement contra!* tors. Jl. . .... fiiilhir-- v MimU'iL- - t£*dt;