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yfiJ W £SSi3%8t$ftjiWi %<fa% Wt^^y.\W tfllili :+M;i:: I the Mchenry puindeauer ItcHENRY, 00. v ilunoi& HEWS OF THE WORLD hi'- •^:c asi Fonlpi flappenings of Minor Imptif-- T«M la Paragraph*. , 3 f A sixteen-foot shark wks killed off , tie coast of Maine. It had in its stom- i leh a seal weighing 300 pounds. " Eric Anderson of Bloomington, 111., si driver at a mine near Marion, Ill- was caught under a running car and instantly kiHedj ., >?'"•'• v-~ - The death ttle of Kansas City last ?aionth was the highest in the history «f the city, 324 deaths having been re­ ported. Of these twenty-four were caused by typhoid fever, due to unsan­ itary conditions following the recent Hood and; the drinking of impure wat­ er. f\ J. Langenberg, chairman of the conference committee of the Inter­ state Merchants' asociation, says that the resignation of John A. Lee, former lieutenant governor of Missouri, as manager of the association has been asked for and is now in the hands of the committee. .'Carl W. Von Richtofen, a partner in ft bird store in Omaha, is missing and he is believed to have been robbed ot $6 ,000 and killed. He received the money by express from an estate left him in Germany. Miss Catherine Cleveland, a niece of the late Admiral Sampson, was mar­ ried at Palmyra, N. Y.^to William R. Corning of New York city. The bride's family is one of the oldest in Weyne county. Charles W. Miner has been promot­ ed from colonel of the Sixth United States infantry to brigadier general and will be retired soon. He assumed command at the battle of Santiago when General Egbert was shot. He was in charge of the island of Negros, in the Philippines, for three years. He has been in the regular army since the civil war. Fish pirates have inaugurated a reign of terror on Puget sound. Re­ peatedly they have held up keepers of fish traps and rifled their nets of- their entire contents. As high as $1,000 to $2,000 worth of fish has been taken at a single haul. Admiral and Mrs. George Dewey are Ike idols of the day at Saratoga. The iiflmiral is as unostentatious there as at the capital. He registered simply as "George Dewey and Mrs. Dewey." The state department has been in­ formed by Consul General Gudger at nuiama that telegraphic communica­ tion between Panama and Bogoto has been resumed. No messages have been received from Minister Beaupre at Bogota, and it is assumed that the canal treaty situation is unchanged. After rescuing his mother from drowning in the surf at Coney Island, frank Masters, an expert swimmer from Brooklyn, lost his life in the nudertow. Preston Kors, son of ex-Circuit Clerk Kors of Virginia, 111., was accidentally •hot while cleaning a revolver in camp ftt Wilcox lake and fatal results are feared. As a result of old family troubles John Kemper shot and killed Wei born Dewees at Carrsville. Ky. Kemper made his escape. Dewees was a prom­ inent educator. < Albert Seavls. colored, and Frank Case, escaped Folsom convicts, have been captured near Davisville, Cal. This leaves nine of the thirteen fugi­ tives still at large. The corner stone of the new $20,000 Carnegie library at Brazil, Ind., was laid under the auspices of the local lodge of Masons, The event was a holiday for the town. Bela T. Pratt of Boston has been se­ lected by the state commission of Connecticut as the sculptor to make a statue of Gov. Winthrope for the cap­ ital. Sir Edward'H. Carson has been ap- jttinted chief counsel before the Alas- felt boundary tribunal in place of Ed­ ward Blake, who resigned on account of ill health. George Lincoln Burr, head of the de­ partment of mediaeval history at Cor­ nell university, is touring New Eng­ land towns on a bicycle and studying •arly American history. -Queen Maria Christina of Spain, ex- npgent of that kingdom, has just leached her 45th year. She is a Stu­ art, as well as a Hapsburg, and is de­ scended from King George II of Eng>» land as well. Confectionery jobbers from all sec­ tions of the country are in convention at Cleveland. They will discuss uni­ form weights and measures and a na­ tional pure food law. A woman giving the name of Apple- •tin, upon being brought before a po­ lice magistrate in New York, charged with vagrancy, as a professional beg­ gar, was found to have bank deposits of $1,600 and $75 in currency. The lat­ ter did not include 1,400 pennies found in her pockets, which weighed all told jRfteen pounds. ; Mamie Decrist, Georgia's "diamond convict, was brutally whipped by prison guards at Atlanta. The of­ ficials will lose their places. Charles Rench, aged 18 years, of <*reenville, Pleasant Mount township, | 111., was killed by a limb of a tree ;v*rhich fell on him during a high wind. It is claimed that the shortage of |200,000 reported to have been discov­ ered recently in the acbounts of a "former officer of Dunlap & Co., hat manufacturers, has been made good. i B-'V-tlo legal action will be taken in the !"'V Mabel Main, 24 years old, student at * New York training school for nurses, lias committed suicide because of the alleged objection of her parents to a Contemplated appearance on the stage, phe is said to have been the daughter '? *>f a banker in Jamaica and showed Considerable dramatic talent. Henry Ilerbin was killed at Mascou- ! tab, 111., by a powder explosion. His ^fv.jbead was blown from his body. Dr. J. E. Duerden, professor'of biol- ^jogy in the University of North Caro- ' • >lina, has been appointed professor of ; *oology at the University of Michigan. HI&DEN PICTURE PUZZLE. V 0 w"" Whom Is He Calling? TREASURER BOBS Official Notifies Pastor That He Has Squandered the Funds. SHORTAGE IS NEARLY $70,000 Although His Accounts Are Audited Annually, Willard S. Allen Succeeds in Embezzling the Money--Does Not Furnish a Bond. Boston, Mass.. special: Willard S. Allen, treasurer of the Preachers' Aid society of the New England conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, is a confessed embezzler of nearly $70,- 000. The entire fund, with the ex­ ception of about $2,800, has disap­ peared. Allen now is in Canada, where he went fearing exposure. Allen was a man of considerable prominence in Boston. For more than forty years he was a respected resident cf East Boston, for twenty-nine years he was clerk of the East Boston District court, for sixteen years he was a member of the Boston school committee and for twenty-five years was a member of the Preachers' Aid society, being Its treas­ urer since 1891. Accounts Are Audited. The Preachers' Aid society was( or­ ganized fifty years ago for the purpose of aiding and relieving the sick, aged and infirm members of the conference and the needy, and distressed widows and orphans of deceased members. The corporation has no capital stock. The fund amounted at the time of the last annual meeting in March to $72,709, invested mainly in conserva­ tive bonds. In addition the society re­ ceives and distributes over $6,000 an­ nually, raised by voluntary contribu­ tions of the churches. The accounts of the treasurer have been audited an­ nually and the securities examined, the same being kept in a vault hired by the society. His accounts were aud­ ited in March of this year. Evades Giving Bond. For more than a year an effort had been made .on the part of the society members to have Mr. Allen give a suit­ able bond. This was not because of any suspicion of Mr. Allen's integrity, but because it seemed proper for the society to institute a business policy. Mr. Allen had shown some apparent sensitiveness about this step, but a' vote was passed in May requiring a bond. Lete in July other officers, find­ ing the bond had not been deposited, made inquiry, and Allen promised to comply with the rule. Tells of His Flight < Recently Mr. Allen's pastor, who was on his vacation in Vermont, re­ ceived a letter from Allen, dated and postmarked at Montreal, in which he confessed that he had, through specu­ lation, lost the funds, and asked his pastor to notify his family and the so­ ciety. The officers visited the vaults and found the box empty, with the excep­ tion of certain shares of stock, amount­ ing in value to about $2,800. The officers of the society believe that Allen systematically speculated with the funds for a number of years, and in anticipation of the examina­ tion annually, managed to procure the temporary use of securities. Cotton Workers Idle. Manchester, N. Y., special: As a re­ sult of the high price of cotton and the low quotations ruling for print cloth many thousands of mill opera­ tives are idle and many more soon will be. Five mills are closed. RAILROADS ASK TIME TO EQUIP THEIR CARS Claim They Are Unable to Install Safety Appliances Within Period Allowed by Law. Washington special: The interstate commerce commission gave a hearing on the applications - of various rail­ roads for an extension of time within which the equipment of their rolling stock with safety appliances must be completed. The law fixes Sept. 1 next J. T. Chamberlain of Boston, master car builder of the Boston & Maine, tes­ tified that his company has 500 cars still unequipped and would want seven months to equip them. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad asked that the requirement of grab-irons on front or sides of road engines be dis­ pensed with or else that the time for such equipment be extended. The following roads were represent* ed by counsel or by one or more offi­ cers: The Boston & Maine; Atchison; Norfolk & Western; Long Island; Pennsylvania; Erie; New York, Sus­ quehanna & Western; Chicago & Erie; New Jersey and New York; P.. C., C. & St. L., and the lessee of the Hart- well Railway company. The railway employes were repre­ sented by P. H. Mcrrissey, grand mas­ ter of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen; John J. Hannahan, grand master of the Brotherhood of Loco­ motive Firemen; Frank T. Hawley, grand master of the Switchmen's Union of North America, Buffalo, N. Y., and A. B. Garretson, assistant grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, Cedar Rapids. 18 RICHEST BANK IN AMERICA J. P. Morgan Effects Merger of Insti­ tutions With $25,000,000 Capital. New York special: With an unpre­ cedented capital of $25,000,000 the merger of the National Bank of Com­ merce and the Western National bank has been consummated by J. Pierpont Morgan. The combined deposits of the banks aggregated $150,000,000. This brings to a realization the dream of Mr. Morgan of establishing the larg­ est and most powerful bank on this continent. The merger will go into effect Oct. 5. RUSSELL SAGE CREATES A 8TIR Appearance of Physician at Capitalist's Office Occasions Comment. New York dispatch: Considerable comment and a slight feeling of un­ easiness were occasioned in • Wall street by the appearance of Russell Sage at his office in company with his physician. Dr. John P. Munn. Dr. Munn was called to the Sage residence early in the day, owing to what he termed a slight indisposition on the part of Mr. Sage. He remained near­ ly an hour before giving his patient permission to visit his office. Guilty of Perjury. 8t. Louis special: Henry A. Faulk­ ner, former member of the house of delegates, has been convicted as the result of his third trial on the charge of perjury, and his punishment fixed at three years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. Love Letters in Lawsuit Pittsburg, Pa., special: Love letters to "My dear sweetheart," mailed by CoL 1,-uther E. Imboden, a St. Louis financier, to Llllie B. Pierce, will play an important part in her suit for a widow's dower in the $500,000 estate left by hinp. Talk ot Wireless System. Berlin cablegram: The first Interna­ tional congress of wireless telegraphy Is now on. Forty-four delegates are here, representing Germany, Russia, France, Italy, Austro-Hungary, Spain and the United States. CIRCUS TRAINS : COMEJCETHER Twenty-Three Lives Are Lost and Twenty-Eight Persons Are Hurt BLAME ON^NG;NE General Manager of the Railroad De­ clares That He Failed to Observe th£ Rules and Puts Entire Responsi­ bility onShoulders of Employe. Littaur's Statement. New York dispatch: This statement has been given out in behalf of Con­ gressman Littauer: "I am, of course'; surprised and disappointed at the de­ cision of the secretary of war." Children at White House. Oyster Bay dispatch: President Roosevelt has directed Col. Symons to open the White House grounds Satur­ day afternoon to 500 poor children whose parents are unable to take them into the country. Stork Brings a Boy. Newport, R. I., special: A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Ruth­ erford. Mrs. Rutherford was Miss Alice Morton, daughter of former Vice President Levi $>, htoipon. Raid a Brokerage Firm. New^ York special: Daniels Sc. Co.. 6 Wall street, were raided by the police on complaint of a Westerner named Collins, who claimed to have been swindled out of a sum of money. Plagues Disappear. Washington dispatch: Mail advice# received by the war department state that Manila now presents a clean bill of health, both cholera and smallpox having been eradicated after several thousand had died. Echo of Coal Famine. , Bellefontaine, O., dispatch: Bight business men and one banker of Lake View have been held in bonds to an­ swer to the charge of confiscating cartoad ot ceai iast winter* . . . Durand, ilich:, dispatch: Two sec-' tions of Wallace Bros/ circus train crashed together in rear-end collision in the Grand Trunk railway yards at this point, killing twenty-three persons, seriously injuring four and inflicting hurts on twenty-four others. A defect­ ive airbroke on the engine of the sec­ ond train is given as the cause of the disaster by the engineer of the second train, but the railroad officials say the brake is in good condition. The circus travels in'two trains of about thirty-five cars each. After the exhibition at Charlotte the two trains left for Lapeer over the Grand Trunk, the second section leaving a half hour after the first. When the first section pulled into the W£6t end of the Grand Trunk yards here a red light was hung on the rear car to stop the second sec­ tion. Engineer Probst of Battle Creek, who was running the engine of the der control. A brakeman sent back- by the first train warned him of the danger three-quarters of a mile before he got to the standing section. For nearly half a mile before he got to the first train the track is straight and clear, and he should have been able to see the red light on the bade of the train ahead in time to stop his train." The, official report on the accident issued by Supt. Brownlee declares pos­ itively that the air brakes have been 'tested since the accident and found to be in perfect condition, and there is evidence that they were not applied. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MALTREAT WORKERS Drive Strikers Into a Compact Mats r - Points of Bayonets jmu); ; ^Apply the Lash. Kieff, Russia, cable: Fierce riot­ ing and many fights between strikers and cossacks have resulted from the strike in the railway and private work­ shops in south Russia. Here the trou­ ble was started by an attempt on the strikers' part to interfere with rail­ road traffic. When the mob refused to disperse the cossacks fired, killing and wounding many. A quarter of a million men are af­ fected. The outbreak started simul­ taneously over a vast industrial area, The.amount of studied organization and well-concealed preparation is un­ precedented In the troubled annals of Russian labor. Prices of the necessar­ ies of life are rising by leaps and hounds. One of the most severe attacks on them was made by order of Gen. Ar- Rock Island System Agrees to Revised Schedule : Wagel^v3^ • MINOR DETAILS TO BE SETTLED Most Serious Complaint of the Men Was in Connection With Double headers, Which They Claim Compel One Crew to Do Work of Two. WHERE: THE LITTLE JAP SLIPS He Is No Match for the Wily Russian Bear rear train, says he saw this light and applied the airbrakes, but to his hor­ ror they refused to work. He reversed his engine, but the momentum of the train behind was too great, and with a crash that aroused the people living near the yards the two trains met. Three cars of the stationary first sec­ tion were telescoped -and the engine and five cars of the moving train were demolished. List of the Dead. Andrew Howland, A. W. Large, Lafe Larson, James McCarthy, W. J. Mc­ Coy, John Purcell. Robert Rice, Charles Sands, George Smith, Harry St. Clair, G. Thomas, Frank Thorp, James Toffelmire, Joe Wilson, Edward York and six unidentified men. At the rear of the first section was a caboose in which the trainmen were sleeping and the next two were filled with sleeping circus employes. The greatest loss of life was in the ca­ boose. One of the wrecked cars of the second section was occupied by five elephants and several camels. One of the elephants and two camelB were killed outright, while the other ani­ mals and their trainer escaped injury. With the exception of this car, none of the menagerie was wrecked, the other demolished cars containing can­ vas or wagons. The elephants in the wrecked car behaved with surprising calmness and were led out of the wreck without trouble. ) Engineer Is Blamed. The railroad officials unhesitatingly lay the blame to Engineer Probst. The officials declare that he could have stopped the train in time to have avoided serious consequences. General Manager F. H. McGulgan said: ( ' "Probst knew that he was coming into a yard where trains usually stand and take on coal and water. The rules say plainly that engineers shall ap­ proach Biich yards with the trains un- Gen. Young Will Command. Wjishlngton dispatch: President Roosevelt has appointed Lieut. Gen. Young to command the army from Aug. 8, the date of the retirement of Gen. Miles, until Aug. 15, when the/ general staff law will go Into effect. J Porte Drafts Soldiers. f Constantinople cablegram: Tlie porte has abandoned all idea of withdrawing troops from Macedonia and is now making vigorous preparations to draft soldiers tor the disturbed districts. zenieff, governor of Odessa. Groups of men who assembled with the Inten­ tion of holding a meeting were driven into a solid mass by 500 cossacks, backed by two lines of infantry with fixed bayonets. About 2,000 strikers were thus inclosed by a double cordon. Then the cossacks rode through them. Striking right and left with heavy whips, the fallen men being trampled under the horses' feet. When the living mass had been thor^ oughly kneaded to the governor's will numerous men were arrested as sus­ pected agitators. * The infantry then marched off, and the strikers scattered in a dozen directions with cossacks at their heels. Four hundred strikers were more or less seriously injured, and from six to a dozen succumbed. RE8IGN FROM STATE OFFICES Governor Accepts Retirement of Sev­ eral Minor Officials. Springfield, 111., special: Gov. Yates has accepted a number of resignations of trustees of various Institutions as follows: E. H. Thomas of Decatur, chairman of the county Republican central com­ mittee, as trustee of the state hospi­ tal for the incurable insane at Barton* ville. * Dr. C. R. Rowley of Chicago, as mem­ ber of the state board of dental exam­ iners. I. Blumenthal of Chicago, as trustee of the Illinois Industrial home for the blind. T. M. King of Paxton, as trustee of the state institution for deaf-mutes at Jacksonville. V •.' * " ~W A i r s h i p I s R e a d y . • * • ' < .Wide Waters, Va., special: Finish­ ing touches having been put on, the Langley airship is now reftdy for the secret test. Try to Save Woman. , Bunker Hill, 111., special: The law­ yers for Mrs. Ida Guller, Ttfho is charged with poisoning the Checksfleld jboy, will claim, if the analysis shows i#died from having eaten a poisoned milk tablet, that he took It himself. Reunion of Alden Family. Plymouth, Mass., dispatch: Between 700 and 800 descendants of the pil­ grim, John Alden, immortalized by Longfellow, have gathered in Duxbury at the second annual reunion of the Alden family. Allege 13,000 Errors. Lincoln, Neb., special: Attorneys Cor Mrs. Lena Llllie, convicted of the mur- .der of her husband, hfive filed in the \Supreme court an appeal containing 13.000 allegation! ©t errors* > * sl rs'fZii&tei Teachers on Blacklist. Washington special: All teachers III the Philippines who resigned their po­ sitions before their two years' service expired have been placed on a black­ list by the Philippine commission. Reward for Miscreants. Butte, Mont., special: The Northern Pacific railroad has increased its re­ ward for the arrest of miscreants who blew up the steel bridge over the Yel­ lowstone river. The tot^l reward now amounts to $4,000. * Premier Tires of Office. Vienna cablegram: It is stated that Premier Hedervary of Hungary has tendered his resignation to Emperor Francis Joseph at Ischl, and that the emperor reserved, bis decision. . ; , & • ; , v ' ; ; " ; Chicago dispatch: An amicable set tlement has been reached between the Rock Island Railway system and the conductopjpjj trainmen. Wages will be increased and the working rules re­ vised. At a conference between the rail­ road officials and the committees, which was attended by Edgar E. Clark, grand chief of the conductors, and W. p. Lee. vice grand master of the trainmen, the company announced its intention to grant the increase of wages. According to the agreement, which takfes effect Aug. 1, passenger conductois will receive 12 per cent more than the scale Jan. 1, 1902, which was |125, and freight conductors will get a 15 per cent increase over the scale of 3 cents a mile. The increase to freight trainmen is 15 per cent over the foriner scale of 2 cents a mile, and passenger brakemen will get an increase of 12 per cent over their ..scale, which varied in different parts of the country. The system of double- heading engines on freight trains will practically be abolished, except in motintainous country, or on trains of not more than thirty cars. Did Not Make Threats. There are still some minor details to the agreement, which have not yet been perfected, and the conferences will continue until the whole matter has been settled. Union officials declare that no threats were made of a strike, but they did inform the company that the trainmen had voted authority to call a strike unless their demands Were granted. Edgar E. Clark, of the conductors said: "In my opinion there was never any great danger of a strike.* We could not see how the Rock Island could fail to grant our demands for a new agreement in view of the fact that every other road in the country has signed agreements with us since January. The question of double-head­ ing engines on freight trains needed regulating on nearly all the roads, as well as some other operating rules. The tendency of railroad managers has been to carry the greatest amount of tonnage in one UDit--that is, to one train. Originally double engines were used for the purpose of using up the old type small engines that they might he replaced with new and more pow­ erful ones. Ground for Complaint. "This was all right, because the cars were made larger, out some of the managers were not content with this, and double-headed their most power­ ful engines, running practically two trains as onq and with one crew. This method made the work of the crew harder and the hours longer on "ac­ count of 'stalling,' and we felt it to be unfair. "Although these big units made a good showing on paper, I think we .have succeeded in convincing most of the managers that it is doubtful econ­ omy in the end. The conditions* on different roads vary according to topo­ graphical conditions, but in the main double-heading has been abolished, ex­ cept in the mountains or on trains of thirty cars or more," It is declared that had the Rock Isl­ and made the announcement several months ago when -negotiations were first commenced of their willingness to grant wage increase, th£ strike vote would never have been resorted to. LATEST CASH MARKET REPORT Wheat. Chicago--N6. 2 red. 80@81c. . New York--No. 2 red, 83K083%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 79c. Duluth--No. 1 northern. 87>4c. Minneapolis--No, 1 northern, 17c. Kansas City--No. 2, 88%c. Corn. Chicago--No. 2, 62%c. New York--No. 2, 69c. St. Louis--No. 2, SOftc. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 4S4c. Oats. Chicago--Standard, 37®40c. New York--No. 2 white, St. Louis--No. 2 white. Kansas City--No. 2 white. Cattle. Chicago--$1.40@6.50. „ St. Louis--$2.20@5.2$. Kansas City--J2@5.20. Omaha--$!.60@5. Hogs. ChiCago--$2@6. St. Louis--$4.35@5.85. Kansas City--45 0506.45. Omaha--$5®5.15. Sheep and Lambs, Chicago-- J1.50@6. St. Louis--$3@5.30. Kansas City--13®6.91. Omaha--$2@5.75. Delay Canal Treaty. Washington special: Advices have been received from Bogota to the ef­ fect that the opponents of the canal treaty have decided to filibuster until it is too late for ratifications to be ex­ changed, which must be by Sept. 1. V Hill's Wealth. SL Paul dispatch: Jafnes J. Hill's personal property, including stocks and bonds, is valued at only $136,095. At least this is the return of his wealth found on the assessor's hooks. Illinois Man Made Consul. Washington dispatch: Clair A. Orr of Kankakee, 111., now instructor in Latin at the University of Chicago, has been appointed United States consul at Cartagena, Colombia, to fuceeed John O. Ingersoll, deceased. Oppose Negroes. Indianapolis, Ind., special: This city is flooded with -lrculars merring to the influx of nt'cP'oes in Indiana, and calling on the whites to keep the ne gross in a subordinate position. ^ TIME THEY WERE MOVING. (Fatal Miscalculation Ma<ie by 8eelfiH Into the Future. Mystic 4--11--44 looked worried. This astrology business isn't all that it is bracked up to he," he remarked tfltv his associate.^ ; A- "What's the matter now?" -..j' "We've golv-to^Hwrrs • rijtfain^ all." "What forr* ' ' r . : "Well, a while ago I told a man - named Jones that he should select for partners in his business and domestic life people born between April 20 and May 20 or Aug. 22 and Sept 22." "Did he take your advice?" ' v "Yes, and now he'll be coming tt>: clean out the premises. I see by the paper that he married a woman born May 2 and went into business with, a man born Sept. 15. His partner has Just decamped with all the firm's money, has stolen Jone's automobile, and run away with his wife." "Then I guess we'll have to read our answers in the stars from other old observatory." And they did. ^ ~ ~ • " {r,*^ , KNEW WHEREOF* HE SPOK&^k' Disputants Had Referred Their C«$» to Good Judge. Three Inen were traveling .in the smoking compartment oft- a Pullman car, when one, in referring to "The Pit," commended its realistic phases. A neighbor criticised the book on the point where Jadwin is described as figuring out commissions, and said that any big operator would have car­ ried the data in his head. The thied gentleman was appealed to, and, agree­ ing with the second, thought that "The Pit" was wrong on that point. "But," persisted the first, "did yo* ever carry wheat on margin?", "Oh, yes," replied number thre*. "Large quantities?" "Very large." "How many buBhels?" "One hundred and flfty-sev en-mill* ion." Then numbe,r one and number two ' looked at number three and asked hln his name. - "Joseph Leiter," he replied.--New York Times. Had Had His Rest. Toakum of 'Frisco," as he is known in the railroad world, is one of the workers. They say he never tires. One day a friend called at the Broad street office to see him. It was about 4 p. m. He found the president lean­ ing back In a big chair, reading a newspaper, and smoking. In sur­ prise he asked what was up. "You see, Ive worked pretty hard for the past ten years," said Mr. Yoa­ kum, "and I think I need a long rest." The next day the same friend drop­ ped in again. Mr. Yoakum shook, hands in his hearty way, but said: "Glad to see you, but I'm up to my eyes in work. I haven't much time." "I thought you were going to take a long rest," exclaimed his friend. "That's all right. I took it yester­ day," said the president--New York Times. One Oculist's Advice. "So you have been trying to doctoi your own eyes," remarked the oculist as the patient removed the bandages, displaying an aggravated case of con­ junctivitis. "In many cases you can cure yourself, but if you don't know what treatments to avoid you are liable to do yourself injury. Old housewife remedies are all right in their place, but I woald advise you not to yse tea leaves. They often give relief, but they bring on other compli­ cations. In fact, the 'tea-leaf eye' is well known to the profession. The lid is puffy, flabby and lifeless. If you wish to reduce the infiamation in your eyes use hot water with a cloth. That is enough. Yes, you may add salt if you wish, but it is not necessary in most cases. Salt is merely an an­ tiseptic and has no other virtue for eye lotions." Ended the Argument. Among those who were on the re­ viewing stand at the unveiling of the Sherman statue was the young son of Lieut. Col. J. Wray Cleveland, with several of his boy friends. As Gen. Roe and his staff rode by, the boys began discussing the positions their' fathers held in the parade. "My father is a Lieutenant," said one. 'Pooh! My father is a Colonel," said another. ' 'Humph!" said young Cleveland. "My father beats both, for he's a Lieuten­ ant Colonel." From the silence that followed it was evident that he had scored.--New York Times. Place for College Men. President Loudon of Toronto uni­ versity was a visitor to Wall street one day last week. He was shown the sights by one of his old friends, not a college man, but rather a dis­ ciple of Schwab. 'What good does it do a man to go through college, anyway?" he said flippantly. "The biggest men down here are not college men." *" "No," said the white-haired sage, unconscious of both bull and irony, "If they were they would probably be working somewhere!"--New York Times. JEAN KATE LUDLUM'S most successful novel That Gir l OP Johnson's begins in these columns next Week. 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