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reason Of his birth he was life senator,
and while yet young man achieved
distinction as an orator.
He served with Gen. Cordova In Italy
with tho army intended TO defend the
temporal power Of the pope. When the
Clrlist war came on he was made a
brigadier general. During that struggle
he distinguished himself and was rapidly
advanced in rank. At one period, while
governor Of Malaga, he wrcsted the key
Of their position from the Carlist forces
on the line Of the Elbro, thus forcing
their retreat. He was then created q
field marshal. Later he relieved Tortosa
by running train at full speed over a
railroad which had been abandoned for
years. The expedition was so hazardous
that he was obliged to place guards over
the engineers to enforce his orders.
After the war Gen. Salamanca took
his seat in tho senate; but he was a
natural soldier and gave his attention to
the better equipment Of the army. About
year ago he was appointed governor
general of Cuba. He soon made himself
very popular there, though i'll health,
principally ON account Of wounds re-
ceived in the Carlist war, kept him from
paying much attention to society. He
endeavored to place the island in a per.
feet state Of defense, using modern
methods, including new lines of railway,
opening rivers before not navigable, and
strengthening the Notifications. Gen.
Salamanca was "A bachelor.
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THE RESIDENCE OF JOHN PLANKINToN AND
HIS SON.
ing the business alone. In 1864 he formed
a partnership with Philip ID. Armour,
under the name OF Plankinton q Armour,
with an immense business in Milwaukee,
large house ut Kansas City and still
another in New York city. The firm EN-.
braced also one Of the largest packing
establishments i'm the world, the house
of ii. o. Armour 81 Co., OF Chicago. A
few years ago Mr.. Plankinton announced
that he had all tho money he wanted
and sold out his interest In the big pack
ing firm to his partner. Phil Armour,
retaining only his local branch. This he
kept until last year, when he sold it to
,he Cudahys, who had long been IN his
employ and who are now rapidly coming
to the front as big packers. In less than
two score years Mr.. Plankingtons 81. 20
has swelled to a fortune of $4,000, 900 or
Sl0,000,000. and the little one horse
butcher became power in the financial
world.
Whatever Mr.. Plankinton lacked in edu-
cation he more than made up in shrewd-
ness. In his day he was regarded as one
of the boldest and most sagacious opera
tors in the speculative provision markets
In the country. He is a tall, powerfully
built man, with smooth shaven face and
straight dark hair, which he invariably
wears long. His home on Grand avenue
is one of the finest in Milwaukee, and is
perfect museum Of fine pictures and
ri hrt.. lra, Ia lit,na Ia,
with his wife and daughter, his son oc-
cupying magnificent mansion near by.
He has always been one Of the most pub
lie spirited men in the city. When an
exposition was planned he gave $50, 900
outright to it. During the recent national
saengcrfest in Milwaukee he gave 81 900
for the best festival composition, the prize
going to composer in Germany. He
owns no less than dozen of the largest
and finest business blocks in the city.
His great hobby is the splendid hotel
which bears his name. 1t covers a full
block, aud is one of the best equipped
hostelries in the country. He is also the
head Of one of the solid banks of the city
that bears his name.
A couple Of years ago Mr.. Plankinton
was much chagrined over some local
gossip to the effect that Milwaukeeans
had to 90 from home to secure first class
workmen and artisans in many lines of
business. He fumed and fretted over
the matter until he determined to prove
TO his fellow citizens that there were no
finer workmen anywhere than right at
home. With this idea in view, he began
couple OF years ago the erection of one
OF the finest houses in the city. Ii was a
year IN course Of erection, aud cost about
sl5aOO0. 1t is built of undressed stone,
and all of the work was done by the
day by Milwaukee workmen. 1t is a
beautiful bit of architecture, and the in
terror is revelation in wood carving
and decoration. An illustration of this
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JOHN PLANKINToN. When ho retired
from business he was desiruus of spend
ing the sunset of his life in quiet and
ease.
For years he hao been a slave To his
many lines OF business, retiring early,
rising early, and putting in long, full
day at his office desk. Consequently
when he retired and the excitement and
strain of his enormous business lessened,
he broke down in health, as many man
had done under similar circumstances be.
fore him.
The story Of John Plankinton's life Is
not without elements Of public interest.
He was born amid humble surroundings
in u rural district in Delaware on March
IL, 1920. In 1882 he removed with his fa-
theirs family to Pittsburg. Pa. and from
that city In 1Si4 he removed TO Milwau-
kee. where he has continuously lived ever
since. He at once began business as a
butcher and retailer of meat, trade he
had learned In Pittsburg. Before set
Ting In Milwaukee, Mr.. Plankinton had
made arrangements to enter into part
nership with u young butcher already
located; but finding upon his arri-
val that his prospective partner had
broken faith with him, ho resolved, with
characteristic Independence and energy,
to go into business on his own account
On IA capital, all told, Of S4.20 he set
/, up housekeeping, and purchased his first
stock in trade, which consisted Of one
COW, for which he paid, after selling it,
the sum of nine dollars, securing us a
home little frame building at rental
Of eight dollars per month, and, renting
vacant lot, he erected his first build
ing, frame structure, that cost Sl08.
In fourteen days after his arrival In the
town he was fully equipped for business,
opening his little shop in September of
the year he arrived. Being n hard work
ing, economical, honest man, he soon
became the leading butcher OF the place,
his sales for tho first year amounting TO
nearly $4,000. His business constantly
increasing, he was compelled to remove
to roomier quarters.
In 1850 he entered into partnership
with Mr.. Frederick Layton, and the firm,
IN addition to an extensive retail trade,
commenced packing pork for market on
scale limited only by the receipts Of
hogs ut Milwaukee. The business of the
firm continued TO increase until 1861,
when IL was dissolved, Mr.. Plankinton
for the three succeeding years continu-
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~ W %
erected on this earth for the purposes Of
religion. Grand as II. the original de-
sign would have made II still grander;
Bramante and Michael Angelo intended
that the whole central front should rise
In ono bold relief, giving the full effect
to its height and leaving the whole
dome visible from the square before the
church. Their successor, Maderna, add
ed the prominent lower front, which
certainly marred the general effect; but
st. Peters is still unrivaled in magni-
tude, proportion and decoration.
Not far away Is the Vatican palace, of
which and its great occupant the world
has heard and still hears much. BY the
liberal spirit of modern times scholars
are now admitted to its wonderful libra
ry and its marvellous gallery Of maps. In
its peculiar line no other collection in
tho world can rival this. Questions long
debated by the learned have recently
been settled by the production Of sim
gle map, which proved beyond contro.
versy what the ancients believed. as to
this earth. Not the least interesting To
Americans is that curious chart on which
the pope traced the lines dividing all
this continent between Spain and Portu.
gall or all the vast area neither power
now owns one rod; 1t is all under repub-
lican rule Canada but nominally other
wise) and one-half Of it governed by de-
scendants of those very English against
whom the decree was aimed
Little, II any, less attractive is the
College for Propagating the Faith, COM
monty called the Propaganda, from
which go every year large classes Of
cultured men, scattering TO every section
of the globe classmates of whom most
will never meet again in this world. To
all the savage, the barbarous, the uncivil-
lied races these missionaries carry bless
ings; let ones faith be what II may he
must look upon their work among the
heather as unmixed good. But many
columns might be filed by bare emu
meration Of the sights Of Rome. Though
the modern city is everywhere humming
with the noise of improvements, they
really cncroach but little upon the an
cient--modern, medieval and classical
Rome combine to attract and interest
tla world
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A MILLIONAIRE OF NOTE.
JOHN PLANklNToN, OF MILWAUKEE,
AND HIS FORTUNE.

Ne Began Life as nm Ordinary butcher.
Tho Educational Monument That VIII
Commemorate Him - HIS Magniflcens
Residence.
There are few men in the west whose
names are better known to the masses
than that Of John Planknton. Within
the recollection of many of his neighbors
he began life as an ordinary retail
butcher, killing his own beef, cutting IL
up for his customers and very frequently
delivering the meat himself. With his
family he lived in a few small rooms. A
year ago he retired from business the
possessor Of many millions Of dollars.
For many years he was the head Of the
great packing firm Of Plankinton, Ar.
mour & Co., Of New York, Chicago, Mil
waukee and Kansas City, the largest con.
cern Of its kind in the world, which does
business OF s6O.OO0.OOO year. Mr..
Plankinton's name is a familiar one in
commercial circles all over the globe.
The news that this commercial giant
was dangerously i'll Of incurable diseases
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PoRTA ANGELICA, AN ENTRANCE TO THE
VATICAN,

PoRTA ANGELICA, AN ENTRANCE 10 THE
VATICAN.
mains. Part Of the oft described Manner
tine prison remains, and the two cells
alleged to have been occupied by st. Pc
ter and st. Paul are used as chapels. AS
no one can prove the contrary, they will
do as well as any. The great Flavian
amphitheater founded about A. ID. 72),
however, still stands in sufficient pres
ervation to astonish the yisitors--called
from its size the Colosseum.
The great "Arch Of Constantine" COM
mcmorates his victory over Maxentius,
and is doubly interesting because Of its
beauty and the fact that it is memorial
of the beginning of Christianity as a
ruling power. The "Arch Of Titus"
commemorative of the destruction of Je-
rusalem, is of almost equal interest and
well preserved. In artistic effect, how
ever, all these yield to the great Column
of Trajan in the Forum, which is now
surmoun.ed by statue Of st. Peter. The
column alone is 1874 feet high, and ON il
are carved $500 human figures, besides
many horses and chariots The decline
of Rome began about 200 A. d., and, after
Constantine founded new capital, the
decline was rapid. After its capture by
the Vandals it sunk to mere waste, and
in the Eighth century a traveller re-
marked with surprise that there were
still some %, 900 people among the ruins.
The second great Rome came with the
rise Of the papal power. Finally, when
the statesmen Of modern Italy overthrow
all the petty soyereigns and united Italy
became great power, Victor Emanuel
in the year 1870 took possession of Rome
and abolished the popc's temporal power.
So the third Rome began to rise at once,
and in it are two great ccnters OF inter-
est--ihe QuiFinll AMI the Vatican. The
first Is the seat and center. the palace of
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the klngdom or Italy. ana the second the
center Of far greater power--the Roman
Catholic church. The dumb war between
the two powers still goes on; the great
ccclesiastics are often insulted by groups
Of infidels, and the government is ac-
cused Of enforcing its laws but feebly
against the insulters.
Tho new city Is too much an imitation
OF Paris, and in laying out the new
streets some antiquities were destroyed.
lts pity, but it had to be. There is
even street railroad nearly around the
Forum. and one may go along very
Frcnchy street to the great ST. Peters,
the most magnificent structure ever
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one of the hottest places l ever was in, ]
thought that this would not matter; but
when at sunrise on the following morn.
ing saw veil of miasmatic mist hang.
ing over the surface of the ground,' j
changed my opinion. However, neither
Stella nor Tota seemed the worse, so as
soon as was practicable we started home
wards. had already on the previous
day sent some of the men back to the
kraals to fetch ladder, and when we
reached the cliff we found them waiting
for us beneath. With the help of the
ladder the descent was easy. Stella sim.
ply got out of her rough litter at the top
of the cliff, for we found it necessary to
carry her, climbed down the ladder, and
got into it again at the bottom.
Well, we reached the kraals safely
enough, seeing nothing more of Hen.
drika, and, were this story, doubtless ]
should end it here with-"and lived
happy ever after" But alas! it is not
80. How am l to write it?
My dearest wife's vital energy seemed
completely to fail her now that the dan.
ger was past, and within twelve hours
of our return l saw that her state was
such as to necessitate the abandonment
of any idea of leaving Babyan Kraals at
present. The bodily exertiOn, the an
guish Of mind, and the terror that she
had endured during that dreadful night,
combined with her delicate state Of
health, had completely broken her down.
To make matters worse also, she was
taken with an attack of fever, contracted
no doubt in the unhealthy atmosphere OF
that accursed valley. In time she shook
the fever off, but it left her dreadfully
weak, and quite unfit to face the trial
before her.
think she knew she was going to die;
she always spoke of my future, never OF
our future. 1t is impossible for me to
tell how sweet she was; how gentle, how
patient and resigned. Nor, indeed, do l
wish to tell it, it is too sad But this
will say: believe that, if ever a woman
drew near to perfection while yet living
on the earth, Stella Quatermain did SO.
The fatal hour drew on. My boy
Harry was born, and his mother lived to
kiss and bless him. Then she sank We
did what we could, but we had little
skill, and might not hold her back from
death. All through one weary night /
watched her with breaking heart.
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& c t-great-
grandson of a for.
rner govern or
general of that
island, who rep
resente d the
Spanish govern
nent a century
ago. Gen. Sala-
inanca was born
about 1880 in An
dalusia, in Spain.
He was educated
in the military
school at Toledo,
and W hen he
came Of age en-
tered the Span
lSh army u
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RESTORATION OF ROME.
THE. CAPITAL OF HuMBERr's KING
DOM A GREAT MODERN CITY.

The Rrma,ws II the Ancient City-Ths
New City Not Quite ON the sams site.
THO City Esss Had . Continuous Esiss-
encs for s.0Oo YesrA
Rome is transformed" Such Il the
united testimony Of all recent visitors.
Rome is once more the capital Of united
country, and, though MT 80 great as tho
Rome OF the later CUsars, IL is quite q
great city of the modern order. Nor
are the antiquities disturbed, for tho
Rome Of restored 1taly--victor EN-
manuel's Rome, the 'Sardinian" or
"Pieimontese Rome." as unfriendly pol.
iticians call it--does not cover tho old
sites,
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REV. DIR. RANKIN. taught while in
college, and afterwards in New London,
Conn, and Warren county, Ky. After
taking his degree at Middlebury he be-
came tutor there.
In 1854 he was graduated at Andover.
and for two years after preached in
Presbyterian church at Potsdam, n. Y.
Then he was settled at st. Adams, then
at Lowell, Mass, aud then at Boston.
FROM 1869 to 1884 lie preached in Wash
ington. The rest of his service has been
at Orange.
.axG..
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mansion IL herewith preDented.
AN EpuCArToNAI, MONUNENT

II was finally finished, and there Is
probably no more complete establish
ment in America. The stables are the
finest, the lawns are laid out in flowers,
and every detail about the place is COM
plete But nobody seems to want It. II
is entirely closed, and there IL stands, .
magnificent monument to this mans
public spirit. LET II stand" he said to
some one who jokcd him about the In
vestment, ''it is means Of education. Il
will teach people that our workmen are
as good as can he found anywhere.
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at r o III e, and
while very young
joined the Soci-
ETY. of Jesus. Be-
ing appoint t c d
professor Of phi
bsophy in the
Il m an college,
he became noted
for his theologic
ability. lie wrote
several works on
the teachings and
system of Thomas
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has called atten-
tion to his career,
which has been in
many respects u
remarkable one.
His painful dis
orders, paralysis
and u complica-
,tion of other
diseases TO u man
of his ago t70
years. render the
case hopeless s.
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Scotch descent.
His C education d
was commenced
at South Ber-
wick, Me-, and
continued at
Chester, VT. At
IS he entered the
sophomore class
at NJ id e bury
college, having g
previously taught
school. He also
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The new president of Howard univer-
sity, the Rev. DR., j. r. Rankin, left the
pastorate of the Valley church, in
Orange, n, j., to assume educational
duties as the head of a college. He was
born in Thornton, n. H., and is of
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Cardinal PeccI.

The Roman Catholic church has re-
Gently lost one of It's high dignitaries In
Cardinal Pecci, an elder brother of the
pope. Giuseppe Pecci was born in 1907
at Carpineto, Italy, of noble and
wealthy family. He WINS well educated
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GEN. SALAMANCA.

Death Of the Captain General Of tho Island
OF Cuba.
The late captain general of Cuba, Man
uel de Salamanca Negrete, was the
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J. T. Trowbridge, the well known
writer of books for boys, is over 70 years
of age, and lives at Arlington, Mass. He
has made a fortune with his pen.
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A watch factory in Philadelphia has
as assayer of metals young lady. She
tool. four years course in chemistry at
the University Of Pennsylvania.
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CHAPTER XIV.

9TH Stella
and Tota
W ere too
weary to be
N moved, SO we
camped that
night in the
m b a b o o n s
~ h o m @, but
were troub-
led by no baboons
Stella would not
sleep in the cave;
she said the place
terrified her, so ]
made her up a
kind of a bed un,
der q thorn tree.
A s this roc k :
bound valley was
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Specimen Gases.

6. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism,
his stomach was disordered, his liver was
affected to an alarming degree, appetite
flesh and three bottles of Electric Bitters
cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg. ILL.,, had
a running sore on his leg of eight years
standing. Used three bottles of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen'S Ar
MICA Salve, and his leg is sound and well.
John Speaker, Catawba, O., had five large
fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was
incurabc. One bottle Electric BitterS
and one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
him entirely. Sold by DreisS, Thompson
IL Co.
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Magician Frank .

Frank Tanning seems to have in his
wonderfully endowed organism ali the
resources of chemical laboratory.
Without medicines he holds his own
against all the ills that flesh is heir TO,
and increases his power as the vast store
house of his curative force is drawn upon.
Frank is as big hearted as he is large
bodied. His friends are legion and the
testimonials to his skill are as numerous
as his patients. No physician in Texas
has as large IA personal following as has
Tanning, and he is a welcome visitor in
every city in the state. Frank, for he
does not fancy the name of Doctor, though
il is generally applied TO him-makeS his
best bow to the LIGHT readers through
this Holiday Edition. 70 his enemies he
merely wishes a better mind. Il better di-
gestion and more LIGHT, that they may
thereby be enlightened. To his friends
he wishes all the good that humanity
may inherit. and a year of great peace.
friendship and good will. To the sick
everywhere he offers his marvellous gifts
of healing: gift of touch so potent that
by the laying on of his hands the blind
secure their sight, the deaf hear. the pal
sled are restored TO strength, and the
lame walk.
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A Valuable Remedy.

81 used Clark's Extract OF Flax tPapillon
"Catarrh Cure in June last for Hay Fever
"with great satisfaction, and find 1t the only
thing have seen which would allay, with
tout Irritation, the inflammation of the nos.
''trils and throat. Its soothing and healing
properties were marked and immediate"
Large bot tie s1.00. Clark's Flax Soap Ia the
attest and best. Try it. 20 cents. Ask for
them at 7. EALTEYER's Drugstore. 2-11-tf
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DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate of Steadman Wright, deceased
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Address No 10 South Alamo street, SAN
itary engineer and plumber, ). A., Tex.
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glassware from every part of the globe
at Wagner & Chabot's.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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Washing machines, galvanized wash
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