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SHOWING LOSSES ON GREAT LAKES DURING RECENT SEVERE STORM 19 fnooHJCK* <$umt 'Mlwvmwa§€» • % ms*im wX; mif&v p «fttP«A?WW CXPWX* *MCOOOO AAWMRf < *•', 4 a \ T&Mueaom* IE *#wtfHe* m. MWX II times wr»c*tB> WtTXt* aaarv TAtsm . In the reoent storm that swept the SRreat lakes disaster overtook ship- The magnitude of the losses ^;|*esulting from this brfef spell of bad weather serves to reveal the little known size and importance of the take marine, with its investments of many millions of dollars. OPPORTUNITY MISSED BY CZAR #n His Weakness He Alienated Most Powerful Supporters. William T. Stead writes of the czar ,ipf Russia: "When Nicholas n. came <. ' %o the throne he was a young man of • € *"36 --a raw and inexperienced youth mi­ s' . accustomed to the exercise of respon- - sible authority but given to indulge in •' Idealistic aspirations as to. what he k_: tnight be able to do for Russia. When the premature death of his fa­ ther summoned him to the throne he was weighed down, not unnaturally, by a sense of his own incapacity to step at once into the great position of Alexander III. Naturally modest and retiring, he had never pushed himself forward. The overshadowing person­ alities of his parents did not leave much room fer the development of much Independence of character. Hence, when Nicholas became emper- or he naturally clung to the old ad- qj^TTTirisers of ilia father, the veteran minls- S Iters of the crown, and distrusted his !»' own judgment. Diffident, shy and in- -j- tensely conscious of his new post, he -almost of necessity did as he was told. • '"\ft was'at this moment that the Philis­ tines fell upon him and carried him off into captivity. K "It was done in this wise. All the representatives of the . nation, nobles mingling with peasants, delegates ;;I.C v> jfrom the zemstvos with the mayors of ^ k~ ' sgreat cities, were gathered together in January, 1894, in the winter palace to greet their new sovereign. Such a scene of loyal enthusiasm had not been witnessed in Russia in the life­ time of a generation. The advent of a new and youthful emperor had revived the hopes of the nation. The assem­ blage ia the winter palace was com­ posed of men boiling over with en- <5 Tfchusiasm, full of exuberant loyalty, '^prepared to welcome with effusive 3k,. gratitude a single kind and generous ' word from the lips of the new mon­ arch. When Nicholas II. entered the p •-liall a profound stillness fell upon the j . throng. Advancing into their midst 4-1*Jbe stopped and, standing hat in hand, he spoke to his subjects In clear, ring­ ing tones. At first he used the ordi­ nary words of courtesy, but then he declared In words that bit like fire into the hearts of his audience that the ^ „, <%opes which some of the zemstvos had -'^expressed were idiotic dreams and 1. «"khat he was resolved.to maintain in- Ipl^siftact his autocratic power. • "It was a set lesson, learned by rote =#"V *and spoken with the mechanical pre* • cision of a phonograph. When it was over the emperor turned and left the hall with all the relief of a schoolboy -who had spoken his piece and finished !"!>'; ' , jhis lesson. But if the effect of that blighting speech was evil in the na­ tion it had still more disastrous re­ sults for the emperor. The words which had been put into his mouth op­ erated like one of the magic formulae which in fairy tales suddenly trans­ forms a palafce Into a prison and ban­ ish the hero far away into the heart Hof an entailed forest where he must leep unseen until the hour of his de- lverance. He had alienated the only force which would have given him Strength to assert himself against the bureaucracy." ' 8ERMON DRAWN FROM TRAGEDY Softie of the Causes That Led' Up to "Wasted Life." All the sermons are not preached from pulpits, although the substance of most of the texts may be found in the scriptures. During the week a man preached a sermon with a bullet. He wrote this text first: j "A lasted life--ail my own> fault*--, and wasted opportunities." f A wasted life is simply the sum ol. wasted opportunities. Life is made up of opportunities, either improved or neglected. Usually one's surroundings at the outset determine whether op­ portunities are to be seized and util­ ized as they present themselves, or are to be allowed to pass by practi­ cally unnoticed. The man who left the text before ending What he considered a wasted life was the son of a retired distiller. Presumably he had in his formative days the advantages that wealth give--which means that he also had a number of formidable disadvan­ tages. Seldom Is it good for a boy to prepare for life in the easy ways fur­ nished by a practically unlimited sup­ ply of cash. It is assumed, therefore, that this unfortunate man started with a se­ rious handicap--his father's wealth, thpughtlessly dispensed, made life too easy for him. unfitted him for the tri­ als of a business br professional ca­ reer. So he wasted his opportunities, the stepping stones to efficiency and achievement. His college training gave him no advantage; his father's wealth was as a millstone around his neck. The wasted- days- ran into-wast­ ed weeks and wasted years; and the most lamentable thing is that he had sense enough to know that he was a failure, yet not sense enough to real­ ize that in himself he had the ele­ ments that turn failure into success. At 35 no life should be called wast­ ed, for the best part of life still lies ahead. The opportunities that have come will not present themselves again; but there will be other oppor­ tunities, and much progress may be made, even if the first half of life has been misspent. Perhaps this man's rich father was largely to blame for the failure;. but. cfter all, success is an individual mat­ ter. No man can waste another raan'p life; he must do this for himself. Anr* there is no hour from the cradle to the grave when he may not ston the wasting -- without self-destruction -- and make the rest of his life, be it hours or years, useful to himself and to his fellows.--Chicago Post. I L L I N O I S J f E W S Chric* Items tram mr the (UU.attoUlly Nbettd to* mar tmmdmrrn BOOM FOR INLAND LAKES LAND NURSE DEMANDS BIG LEGACY Supreme Court Decision Helps Prod* erty on 8mall Budies of Water. The Supreme Court's decision re­ garding hunting and fishing on small lakes, it Is believed, will result in greatly Increasing the value of prop­ erty adjacent to inland lakes, and the decision probably has a greater bear­ ing on Lake county property than in any othel district of the state with the poss8>le exception of the marshes near Kankakee. Said Frank T. Fowler of Waukegan, who owns 900 acres of lakeside prop* erty1: "While the decision will please and profit property owners, it will come as a most severe blow to hun­ ters and fishermen ^ho have hereto­ fore overridden the claims of the property-owners and in a large major­ ity of cases have annoyed and insult­ ed the people who own and pay taxes on the lake property. "There are but few sportsmen who take the trouble and thereby show proper regard for property-owners by asking consent to hunt or fish, and the knock-out blow received was a result of some hunters and fishermen get­ ting abusive to a property-owner who remonstrated at their unseemly con­ duct. "With the exception of Fox lake, all the other lakes are closed by the sweeping deciison. It now will mean that sportsmen will be required to get permission before entering upon the lakes, and many property owners will 90 doubt charge for tho privilege. STATE Y. P. B. U. CHIEP. Frank W. Ives, elected for the third term as president of the Baptist Young People's Union of Illimis, at the recent convention In Joliet; is 29 years of age, and has lived in Bloom- tngton since 1892. He has been prom­ inent in affairs of the Baptist church for many years, served the Young People's Union of the Bloomlngton church as its president for three years and then took up the state woffir tn addition to his services as president, he has been a member of the board of managers and of the ex­ ecutive committee of the state organ­ isation. Mr. Ives is a bridge contract-^ or and, as he is constantly on the road, is enabled to keep in constant touch with all of the local unions of UliBOtak ---- " Fire at Sibley. In a fire at Sibley, Ford county, five buildings were destroyed. The struc­ tures burned were occupied by Sleez- er's restaurant, Gay's saloon, the post- office, Fanning's meat market, a mil­ linery store and Sutyen's drug store. The loss is estimated at $25,000. The flames were under full headway at the time of their discovery and the fire was only extinguished by the most vigorous work. Big Four Shops at Danville. A deal has been closed with the Big Four railroad for the location of the shops of the Cairo and Indiana Harbor divisions in Danville. Seventy acres of land have been purchased by the company. Gravity yards will be built. According to . the contracts signed, the company agrees to spend $160,000 in construction within two years. Saw No Values In Number*. When El Menebhi was chief min­ ister to the sultan of Morocco he vis­ ited London and was much impressed by the beauty of the houses of parlia­ ment. He Inquired what the building was for and was informed that some 600 wise men assembled there to net­ tle the affairs of the nation. "Sir hundred," he exclaimed in amaze­ ment "How do you get anything done? My master settles everything himself." •-* First to Use Valuable Method. It is said of Albera Gallatin of Sac- nento, Cal., who has just died, that le conceived snd first carried out the '^inodern method of the long-distance ransmi*ston of electric energy for „ awer and light by carrying electric- -„f';|ty to his city, twenty-two miles, from , 4- %ater power at Folsom. It is claimed that when he carried this power to jrun the street car service of Sacra- tlento he was the pioneer, and until e made a success of it the scheme |sas looked upon with incredulity. • •* - Paper from Paw Paw* ' fattest has been created lla- tamoras, Mexico, by the suggestion that the fiber of the papBya, common­ ly known as the Mexicaa pawpaw, ;;AWOU1<1 probably afford an admirable * - tnaterial for the manufacture of high- (fcrade paper. The fiber in question T„"^|s the full length: of the tree trunk • lind appears to be strong and rather , pilky in texture With the exception the bark and a small pithy heart, - tihe trunk Is composed entirely of -this fibrous material. Pay Tribute to Negro. The citizens of Centralis, in the state of Washington, lately paid a high honor to the memory of a negro, who was the founder of the town. He bore the name- of George Wash­ ington, and was 89 years old. He be­ came a man of means, at one time estimated to be worth $150,000, and had presented to the city with a tract of land for a park, and given liberally to other local causes. When his fun­ eral took place all the stores or the city were closed in his honor. Agent of Death; Bearer of Life. Light, which is the agent of death, Is nevertheless the herald and bearer of life. Light is the modern physi­ cian's weapon with which to give bat­ tle to death. Light heals the skin, vitalizes the blood, and when neither too intense nor too prolonged, works miracles with the prey of tuberculosis and other inscrutable maladies. Thii fact is proof of its nstive harmfulness. The ancient medical maxim reads that "opposites cure opposites; like cures like." Fishing Properties Burned. * A fish net valued at $1,000 owned by J. A. Schulte of Havana, was burned by persons, it is believed, who were affected by the recent supreme oourt decision in the case of Schulte against Warren, forbidding hunting on submerged land. Chaige Fraud In Lease. Twenty taxpayers of Paris have brought suit in the federal court to annul a lease of city property to United States Marshal Hitch, alleg­ ing the officer obtained possession through fraud. Supreme Court Home. "It Is believed negotiations Will soon be closed for the locating of the new $150,000 supreme court building on the site of the woolen mills on Fourth street, between Capital avenue and Jackson street, Springfield. Duquoln Mine Makes Record : ' All records in the history of the coal ouput in Perry county have been shat­ tered at the Equitable mine in Du­ quoln. In an ordinary eight-hour shift this mine has reached a tonnage of 1,388 tons. Pioneer Nallworker Dies. ,Jaek Riley, one of the first nail- workers to locate in Bellevue when the nail mills were established there over twenty-five years ago, died at St Elizabeth's hospital, aged 76. He was born in Ireland and is survived by one brotfcor* wniiam, In Chicago. ^ % Fire In Lumber Yard. •*, »7 Hootan Bros.' lumber yard at Dan­ ville burned. loss on stock, $15,000: on buildings, $4,500. Thet » was $9,000 insurance «a stock ana" $1,500 On buUdings. */ 1 £&;• Files Claims for $&,000 Against Es­ tate ©f Horseman. Miss Frances I. Clegg of Chicago has filed claims at Bloomlngton for $25,000 against the $300,000 estate of Daniel W. Brenneman, a wealthy horseman of Macon county. In his will ths bulk of his property was left to his widow and daughter. Miss Clegg formerly was a dressmaker of Decatui but for several years has been a pro­ fessional nurse in Chicago. One claim that she filed is for $5,000 and she ex­ hibits a note In her favor written by Brenneman. The other claim is for $20,000 and Is for nursing; medicine and attention. A legal fight is antic­ ipated. FIGHTS THE TRADE COMBINES Secretary of State Will Certify Namea to Attorney General. Secretary of State Rose will certify to Attorney General Stead the names of about 3,000 corporations which failed to file with the secretary of state before Sept. 1 affidavits that they are not connected with any trust or combination. The attorney general will then proceed; against these cor­ porations for violating the statute, which the supreme court has held valid. Charities Conference. The Illinois Conference of Charities at Pontiac elected the following offi­ cers; President, Ernest Bicknell, Chicago; vice president, Dr. Frank Norbury, Jacksonville; secretary, J. Mack Tanner, Springfield. Addresses were delivered by Judge Orrin N. Car­ ter, Eugene T. Lies, and W. L. Bodine, all of Chicago. Edgar T. Da vies of Chicago, a member of the committee on state factory inspection, reported that in three years the number of children employed in factories in Ill­ inois decreased 7.4J8. • Black Bata Flit Woods. The woods in the vicinity of Lan­ caster are thick with strange winged creatures like bats. They are of vari­ ous sizes, specimens killed weighing from two ounces to a pound and a half. They subsist on squirrels and sometimes invade chicken-houses for prey. They are of nocturnal habits, very few being seen in the daytime. As they fly at night their eyes emit a strange light, and, when coming to­ ward one. resemble balls of fire. Sev­ eral persons have been badly fright­ ened by them. v. ' . rj Asks State to THt£ ftisane. Edward J. Brundage, president of the Cook county board, has made for­ mal demand upon the Illinois state board of charities to take from Cook county more insane patients. Several communications bearing upon this point have passed between President Brundage, Secretary Tanner of the state board of charities, and Dr. A. Zeller, superintendent of the Barton- ville Insane asylum. President Brund­ age believes the county is being dis­ criminated against . 8teal and Rifle Mail Pouchy A mail pbuch containing 500 letters, in several of which were money or­ ders and sums of money, was stolen from the Wabash station at Spring field in a mysterioiig manner. The pouch was later found secreted in an old boiler at Drake's boiler factory. No arrests have been made. The pouch was en ruote via Decatur to De­ troit, Mich. Card Game Brings Death. Albert Nesch, 17 years old, shot and killed Joseph Fife Clark at Spring­ field. The boys had been friends for years. They were playing cards, and Nesch says that they had agreed that the first one caught cheating should be shot at with a revolver supposed to be unloaded. Nesch is. under arrest awaiting a coroner'p inquest. No Marriage for Degenerate. At the meeting of the Illinois State conference of charities at Pontiac Dr. W. E. Taylor, Watertown, chairman of the committee on insane and feeble minded, urged that the marriage of degenerates and the offspring of de­ generates should be prohibited by law. The proposition was indorsed by the conference. Burglars at Sorento. Burglars were discovered in the of* of the T. W. Kinzer Lumber com­ pany at Sorento, and, fearing capture, they left without getting any booty. In the search which followed the police discovered that the robbers had en­ tered several other places. • T ' -- = -- . / * Dynamiter Is Killed. T~ William Kerry, head dynamiter of a Big Four construction company, was killed by a train at Carmi. Mayor Davis Is Vindicated. fn the county court at Jacksonville a motion to quash the indictments against Mayor Davis, charged with misappropriating public funds, was sustained. Another indictment against the mayor, charging him with allow­ ing gambling rooqis to operate, ^as tried by a jury and defendant was found not guilty. Falls Dead From Bicy^p. While riding up a hill on i paved street at Kawanee Charles Winquist, aged 50, fell from his bicycle dead. Veteran Dead in Cell. Horace Williams, a member of the Soldiers' Home at Danvi!le, was found dead in the guardhouse shortly after being arrested for drunkenness. Killed by a Freight Train. Plus Puff, a brick mason of Maroa, was killed by a Vandalia freight train while returning home from work. Diphtheria Close* School. The Lebanon public school is closed temporarily owing to the prevalence of diphtheria. PLAN WAR ON KCR5E THIEVES Police Chiefs Organizing in Northern Part of State. The chiefs of police of northern Illi- nois are organizing to wage war on horse thieves. Chief Adams of De Kalb is at the head of the movement, which will include all the chiefs in the northern tier of counties. The farm­ ers along the various highways will be interested and with their assistance it is hoped that many captures will possibly be recorded. Chief Adams Is making a tour over the various coun­ try roads with the view of learning the district for future reference. When the chiefs have made a thorough Study of the roads they can handle a case in better shape and will know farmers wliom they can notify to be on the lookout Suea Saloon Keeper for $10,000. John Brandon has brought shit against George Beckerle, ,a saloon keeper of Murphysboro, and D. P, Willis, owner of the building occupied by Beckerle, for $10,0Cfy damages. Sev* eral weeks ago John Brandon, the 18- year-old son of the plaintiff, while asleep on the track, was run over by an Illinois Central freight train and killed. It is alleged that young Bran­ don became intoxicated at the Beck­ erle saloon. Aged Lovers Are MarrM. J. M. Daniel and Mrs. Nancy Sexton, aged 75 and 73, respectively, well known pioneer settlers, were publicly married at the Ashland Christian church, Rev# M. Ripley Elder officiat­ ing. Four generations oC both families were present HEADS STATE Y. M. C. A. Edward Anderson Halsey, who haa been elected president of the Illinois T. M. C. A., is a well known real es­ tate man and is a member of the Chi­ cago Real Estate board. He was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1856, and is a graduate of the University of Mlchl- gan. After being admitted to the bar in 1879, he practiced law in Chicago and later in Kansas City. He has been deputy city comptroller and was comptroller for a few months in 1899. Mr. Halsey is treasurer of the home mission committee of Chicago presby­ tery, and has served as president of the Presbyterian Social Union. New Interurban Company. The secretary of state has issued a license to incorporate the Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon Transit, Com­ pany. The principal office is to be at Mattoon. The capital stock is nom­ inally $25,000. It is proposed to con­ struct an electric railroad from Mat­ toon in a northwesterly direction to Decatur. The corporators and first board of directors are: R. J. M. Clokey and J. H. Culver, Decatur; George B. Spitzler, Mount Zion; John R. Hamil­ ton and Edward C. Craig, Mattoon. Wins Market Day Prize. The first of the two market days at Cobden was a success. The free trip to Wilmington, N. C., for bringing the the largest number of farmers to town on one wagon was won by L. L. Har- 1in, who brought 150 men on a wagon 30 feet long and 10 feet wide, drawn by sixteen horses. Court House to Be Dedicated. The city of Lincoln, seat of Logan county, is making preparations for the dedication 01 its new court house, Nov. 9. Invitations to speak have been accepted by Gov. Charles S. De- neen, ex-Vice President Adlai Steven­ son, Gen. John Black and other nota­ bles of the state. Physicians Organize. The Duquoln Physicians' associa­ tion has been organize with Dr. M. C. Carr as. president aiid Dr. fU p. iPope, secretary-treasurer. They have adopted a uniform method of securing ompensation for services rendered, effective Nov. 15. . Horse Nearly 8calps Boy. Henry Feltes, Jr., of West Alton was nearly scalped by being kicked by his father's horse. The boy caught hold of the horse's tail and was kicked on the forehead. The skin on his head was peeled off nearly to the crown of his skull- Church Dedication at Arenzvllle. The new $8,000 Methodist Episcopal church at Arenzvllle was dedicated Sunday. Dr. A. C. Byerly of Spring­ field and Rev. Robert Stephens of Dan- ville delivered addresses. New Bank Elects Officers. The1 Lebanon state bank, recently organized, has these directors: J. C. Pfeffer, L. L. Pfeffer and C. E. Cham­ berlain. C. J. Pfeffer was elected president and H. C. Elsenmayer cash­ ier. Insect 8creens Needed Jn Africa. Among the crying needs of South Africa are wire screen doors and wire screens for the windows, for the pur­ pose of keeping out the insect pests. Hitherto screens have h^aa but llttlf used in that country. MAMMOTH NEW SHIP NOVELTY IN MARINE ARCHITECTURE i list rs£* 3>SCJt t$T - \ i . /fw The new wonder of the seas, the latest novelty in marine architecture, luxury and land features, the Ameri­ ca. a plodding, steady-going ocean traverser, now lying, a stately fabric at the Hamburg-American Line piers in Hoboken, has already been chris­ tened by the worldly wise aa the "Floating Carlton." New ships make the profits In the steamship business. These in actual returns and in advertising the line It is estimated upon the experience of other ships and an appropriate de­ duction for the smaller cost of labor under one German flag, that the total cost of running the giantess Amerika across the Atlantic on her maiden trip was $55,500. The ship herself The receipts from the passage were • about $149,480, leaving a profit for the line of $93,980. There are 520 souls in her craw. The wages in the engineering depart­ ment for one trip would be about $9.- ^ 000, victualing department $15,000. f wear and tear $3,750, sailing depart­ ment $2,700. pilotage in New York harbor $197.76, pilotage in Hamburg, Dover and Cherbourg waters $150; tugs at $10 an hour for berthing, stevedoring, custom house, longshore­ men. Marconi wireless telegraph and miscellaneous $12,252.36, and expenses of restaurant $3,000; total, $55,506.12, leaving a balance of $93,968, equal to interest on the cost of the ship. $3.- 500,000, at the rate of between ft 8-10 and 2 7-10 per cent. A '•v cost $3,500,000. CHRISTIANITY IN THE SOUDAN. TAKES HONORED KINGLY NAME. Lahore of Missionaries Have Much Prospect of Success. The work of introducing the benefi­ cent influence of Christianity into the Soudan is the more likely to be suc­ cessful because it has not been done in a hurry. Missionary societies have frequently been blamed--in some in­ stances Justly blamed--for frittering away, their energies in regions which were not yet ripe for their ministra­ tions. This cannot be said of the mis­ sionary enterprise in the Soudan, of which the first announcement is made this week. The country has for years been enjoying the blesslrfgs of peace and good government. It has subsid­ ed into that settled condition which is most favorable to missionary work, and the lack of which, as Dr. Living­ stone knew In his bitter experience, prevents the fruition of the most ar­ duous labor. Not only the time for beginning the mission, but the region in which it will be carried out, has been chosen by Lord Cromer; and the public Swill look upon this able administrator's association with the onternrise as the best guarantee that it will be conducted with wisdom, dis­ cretion and success.--Weekly Scots­ man. Fateful History of Rug. It Is stated on the authority of a London magazine that the czarina, fearing the baleful influence of a his­ toric rug sent by the sultan of Turkey as a gift to the Imperial parents on the occasion of the infant's birth, has sent the young heir to the throne to a place of hiding known only to herself and the csar. The rug sent by the sultan is said to be dne known as "The Blood­ stained Rug of the Tenth Century," which was taken from the walls of a Moorish palace in the twelfth century, when i#was pronounced bewitched. It next appeared in Rome in the four­ teenth century, but was banished from an Italian palace because of Its uncan­ ny influence and was moved from place to place during the next 100 years, leaving death and destruction in its wake. It was lost during the sixteenth century, reappearing in the palace of the sultan at the beginning of the eighteenth, where It remained until sent to St. Petersburg, where it arrived at the beginning of the war with Japan. Gasoline Motors Are O. K. The trial trip of the gasoline motor car built for use on branches of the Union Pacific Railroad, was recently made, and the car was pronounced a success. The run was made from Omaha to Valley, Nev., and return, a speed of fifty miles an hour being maintained and a maximum speed of ? miles being attained at one point. It is reported that the Union Pacific company will rush the construction of these cars as fast as possible and place them on all the branches of the road. ,:ri si Choice of Prince Charlea of Denmark Pleases Norweaiana. The choice by Prince Charles of Denmark of the name Haakon VIII, under which to reign over Norway. appeals strongly to the nation's pa- ; triotlsm. Norwegians as a result are I 1 'i reviewing the history of a period that . takes them back over 560 years, when J•&'. Haakon VII, son of Magnus VII of . Sweden, succeeded his father, and with the Princess Margaret, his wife, > , daughter of King Valdemar of Den- „ "* mark, reigned over Norway Cor thir- -'.f'y ty-seven years, displaying a splendor which richer and more extensive kingdoms could not afford. -/'S King Haakon VIII and Into' queen will rule the most thinly populated country in Europe. Little of the atyle of that last King Haakon will be at­ tempted, no doubt, but Norway ex­ pects the new king to secure for them an honorable and hoaored station among the nations of the earth* V; Wealthy But Moneyleas Duke. Though enormously rich, the duke c,, of Westminster never by any chance , has money in his pocket. The other day he went to London to make some purchases, leaving behind the man servant who attends to nls small dia- bursements. He met an Intimate but impecunious friend and the two spent . J the day in a hansom cab. Before . starting for home the duke borrowed a couple of sovereigns from his friend and then forgot all about It. In a day A or two he received a reminder in the shape of a bill written thus: "For %i the privilege of riding in a hansom „ <• ^ with a duke. £2." His grace ly mailed a check. *- \% - "';7 Comes to Live in America. Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, chief op- ponent of President Palma and now * practically an exile from Cuba, hav- • ing taken np his residence In this ; $ country, is a short rather stout, swarthy man with a ouiet face and f contemplative eye. Before coming to. the United States he was governor of , Santa Clara province. He holds that it annexation of this country would be- -J preferable to the Palma dynasty. Gen > Gomez is a soldier with an enviable ^ record, a shrewd politician, a Cuban * .,,*sgv by birth and possessed of a long tage of enmity toward Spain. European Forests. ' Eurore has still a goodly heritage of forest, though it has almost ceased to exist on the western side of the continent The total area is estimat­ ed at 705,000,000 acr^s. The greater part is in Russia. Fcrty per cent of the Czar's dominion is forest land.- Stated in figures, it extends to 530,- 000,000 acres. However, if tbe forests are large, so, too, are the demands on 'hem. For bcoks and newspapero alone 3'2gtM0 tons of paper are used aanually* ^ Will Not Sell Old Trinity Church. The vestrymen of old Trinity church, on Broadway opposite Wall street, New York, recently refused $3,000,000 for the site, which was wanted for skyscraper office build­ ings. This is not the first time that a large sum' has been offered for the property, but the vestrymen steadfast­ ly turned their backs on all such pros­ pects. mindful of tbe historical asso­ ciations connected with the old places and perhaps reflecting that the Trinity corporation. already enon^owrtf wealthy, does not need the money. Litest Building MateriaL The latest building material "kremite," which is made at a factory near St. Petersburg, a d consists of powdered clay, sand and Huorspar melted tcgether at a hl?h temper­ ature. The molten mass may bo­ used like iron for mo'.ded castings for architectural and artistic pur­ poses,' yielding hollow bricks for buildings and stores, fancy uiiu-b! bricks anl tiles for floors ^nd walks and even thin, corny i wains aau tvt [ plates for rcofs. .< *