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Ruins.

Ruins in some countries indicate pros
perity. In others decay. In Egypt,
Greece and Italy they record the decline
and fall of great empires. In England,
Scotland and Wales they mark aboli-
ton of feudal tyranny, the establish
ment of popular freedom, and the con-
solidation of national strength.-R. An
dprSOu
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Metaphor.

''This," remarked Algie's new bicy-
Gle, as it inserted him i'll soft bank OF
clay by the roadside, 'this is what
might be called running it into the
ground "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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It has been noted by the oculists that
blue eyed people are seldom color blind,
the percentage of those SO afflicted be-
ing greatest among persons with hazel
and black eyes.
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Shakespeare says we are creatures
that look before and after. The more
surprising that we do not look round a
little, and see what is passing under our
very eyeS.-Carlyle.
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No Procrastination.

Ethel" he whispered, will you
marry me?''
81 don't know, Charles" she replied
coyly.
We'll, when you find out he said.
rising send lie word. Will you? !
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Duluth South Shore
& Atlantic Railway.

FINEST SERVICE OUT OF DULUTH, NEW
BUFFET DINING CARS LATEST
MODEL.
WAGNER PALACE SLEEPING CARS FOR
CANADA BOSTON AND NEW YORK.
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sliallbe at Mabel Hicks until 10 o'clock.
If don t hear from you by 10, I'm go
ing to ask her. London Tit-Bits.
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Napoleon's First Child

The emperor of the French was still
at Warsaw. The Polish capitaI was
gay and frivolous. New hopes had
awakened the spirit of folly in the
aristocracy, and the 'liberator." now
1T the very height of his physical
power, was often conspicuous in the
revels. In the intervals of his serious
labors Napoleon gave way to life of
sensuality. and the women We're prod
igal of their charms. One of them was
the well known Countess Walewska. a
beautiful woman. who while vet a
child had been forced into wedlock
with anaged nobleman. She was now
made to feel that the future of her
country depended upon her captivating
Napoleon, for he had singled her out
rs the most beautiful of all the crowd
which pressed around him on his en-
try. Indignant when the proposition
was first made. she finally listened to
the fiabby morality of her friends. and
gave an unwilling consent. 1t is
thought that her child was the first
born to Napoleon. and that this fact,
combined with his disgust for Jose
phine's incessant and inconsistent out
pourings of jealous complaint as to his
conduct, had much to do with his at
titude concerning the political advant-
ages OF the divorce. Such was the
young Polish noblewOman's eventual
devotion to the father of her child
that throughout his subsequent life in
Europe she ran every risk to be near
her idol, and actually followed him TIC
Eba.-Century.
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apprehend the meaning of her suddec
onslaught, she seized him around the
waist, pinioned his arms close to his
side, lifted him from the floor, and car
iied him; kicking and struggling,
through the open door.
A barrel Of rain water stood Under
the caves, and into this she soused the
yelling man, head first.
Again and again he YVES plunged
into the cold water. until nearly suf-
located and gasping for breath. he
begged piteosly for mercy.
you've got enough. have your
cried Matilda, and she soused him I'M
der again.
yes. he gasped.
You'll kick over the tables will
yout' she cried. and once more she
forced his head beneath the water
do whatever you say
She released her hold and pointed
towards the she'd
go in there" she said. land I'll
bring you out some dry clothes. l
want you to understand that hereafter
you've got TO behave yourself
Yes, Priscilla"
He presented pitiable sight. and
Miss Matilda could hardly restrain her
laughter
She turned and entered the house
AID the thoroughly cowed bully skunk
into the woodshed.
Matilda brought him dry clothes and
he dressed himself
She waited outside and when the
change was completed. opened the
door and stood beside him.
For an hour she remained closeted
with the now thoroughly sbbei.ed man.
and when they finally came out and
entered the house, there were traces
or tears in the eyes Of both
Little Tom hearing the uproar had
remained at the barn. and when Ma
tilda had cleared up the broken crock
cry and rearranged the table she went
out and called him in to supper.
Tom Mundy ate his food in silence
and tears OCCASIONALLY started to his
eyes.
I'll go over after her tomorrow.
Matilda, he said, as he pushed his
| chair back; land If ever | touch Ii
quor again. l hope ] may choke
That's the way 10 talk agreed
Matilda. I'm tired of wandering
about from pillar to post, and here
after l intend TO live with you. I'll
let you have the money to pay Off
the mortgage and fix the place up,
and as long as you act like man
I'm your friend"
She was as good as her word, and
| six months after her arrival the Num-
dy place had undergone a startling
| transformation
The house was newly painted and
cozily furnished. the fences had been
repaired, the roof Of the barn mended.
and poor Priscilla Mundy found her
husband, from whose brutality she
had so often suffered, changed into
a kind. indulgent, Woodworking sober
| man.
ITS all due TO Matilda lie said.
one day, as he looked out over his
well-tilled fields with his arms around
his wife's waist; ''all due to Matilda,
and that water BARREL
He kissed his wife's upturned face
and brushed away the tears of joy
which glistened in her eyes.
Thank heaven for the water bar
rel.' she whispered and returned the
kiss.--Cleveland Press.
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CASH GIRL TO ACTRESS.
How Nora Burke Became the Popular
Zoe de Crespigny.

How Nora Burke Became the Popular
Zoe de Crespigny.
A change from the notion counter,
in the great Panjandrum All Sorts En-
porium, to the stage of the Kickshaw
theater, was but a bound for Miss Nora
Burke, or, as she now calls herself in
the play bills, Zoe de Crespigny. A
slim, bony, cash girl, in short skirts,
was Nora. who slouchingly swung her
basket, in which were deposited the
articles purchased, with the cash of the
customer, who waited impatiently for
the parcel and the change. Nora never
hurried herself. Why should she? Her
father was a fat Tammany policeman,
with pull" and the proprietor of
the Great Panjandrum was politician,
with aspirations, and the necessary
principles for the quick realization of
these aspirations. Nobody was, there
fore, surprised when Nora, in long
dress found herself one day, in charge
of a section of the emporium notion de-
partment, and in a shrill treble called
CASH as she sold paper of needles
or a spool of thread.
Mamie de Comet entered the Pan
jandrum Emporium one day. Nora
waited on her and yentured to re-
| mark
How beautiful yoL are" Miss de
| Comet, whose real name was Maggie
Smith, felt fiattered and entered into
conversation with Nora, which ended
in the shop girl receiving an invita-
ton to visit Miss de Comet in her dress
| ing room that night. Nora went, and
| before another week had passed she
| was in the chorus at the Galaxy thea
| ter, through the influence of Miss de
| Comet, and was in receipt of salary
| of $40 week.
The policeman, her father. didn't Ike
| it at first, but he was soon propitiated.
Look here, pop said Nora, to the
burly bluecoat, you've just got to tell
| the Tammany leader of the district 70
tell the manager of the Galaxy theater
that I've got TO be pushed along-see!
I tell you it's business that beats
standing behind counter all day long
and having to put up with all sorts Of
customers who never know what th@
want
This is what followed Mora seq
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ter of Shore Acres" listens to the
voice of the tempter, the real estate
Spectator, and becomes money mad.
Despite the protests OF the self-sacri-
ficihg brother, he enters into the
schemes of land improvement COM
pany and cuts up the homestead into
village lots, after first mortgaging the
farm to get the necessary funds to con-
struct cottages. He even sacrifices the
plot Of ground which constitutes his
mothers last resting place. He has no
room for sentiment" That superflu-
Gus feeling must give way to the Mo-
loch greed. The boom" which has
struck the coast is to make him rich
beyond the dreams of avarice. He
forces to flee from his home in fear
full storm the daughter he worships be-
cause she would not abandon the man
she loves to marry the man who
tempted him.
The good brother gives the young
couple every dollar he has in the world
to fee and prevent murder, for the
father is savage, gold hungry and de-
termined. The bubble bursts. The
land company fails and the speculative
brother is ruined. When his skies are
| canopied with darkness and despair.
when all hope has fed, the good brother
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SAD TALE I'M A WILL.
Death Overtakes Two Miilionnirss
Through Natives Theft.

Death Overtakes Two Mulfonnirss
Through q Natives Theft.
The fling of the will of August Ku1l-
man by Surrogate George 8. West In
Camden yesterday brought to light q
very pathetic story. says the PhiIadel-
phia Press.
August Kullman was the promising
son Of methodist episcopal minister.
stationed at Sea Isle City. Miss AIDE
line C. Weatherby was the daughter OF
the Rev. Samuel c. Weatherby. a
methodist episcopal minister, who was
stationed at Haddonfield. The young
people became acquainted in attending
religious gatherings and an attachment
was formed which terminated in a mar
riage, which was attended by many
prominent persons from all parts Of the
state. A short time before the mar
riage took place there were urgent calls
for missionaries in India, and the two
decided after marriage to devote their
lives to missionary labors.
After the ceremony they started for
their field of labor at Asauool. Bengal
India. They reached their post Of duty
in February, 1895, one month after their
marriage, and entered upon their du-
ties. They had been laboring but q
short time when the natives began to
die of cholera The young missionaries
were advised to save their lives by GO,
ing to other parts, but they decided tc
stay and minister TO the sufferers.
In order to avoid the disease they de-
cided to drink no water, as 1t was de-
clared to be polluted and the cause Of
the spread of the contagion. They pur-l
chased cow and drank the milk, and
were free from the dreaded disease.
From the meager information at
hand it appears that on July % one OF
the natives. during the absence Of the
missionary and his wife, drank guam,
tity Of the milk and, in order to con-
ceal his crime, he procured some of the
contaminated water from a stream.
which was placed in a receptacle with
the milk
When the missionaries returned from
| their mission of love and labor with the,
natives they were very thirsty and
| drank considerable Of the watered milk.
| They ate light supper and attended
! a prayer meeting. During the service
Mr.. Huffman was taken ill and was as
sisted home. On the way Mrs. Kull-
man was attacked. All night long the
husband and wife, attended by other
missionaries, fought with the dreaded
| plague, being unable to account for the
attack, as they had escaped so many
months. In strange country. hun
dreds of miles from home, they tossed
on their couches, offering each other
all the encouragement possible under
the circumstances. At 4 o'clock on the
morning of July 26 Mrs. Kullman be-
came unconscious and died. Four
hours afterward Mr.. Huffman died.
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Wr1ghts are continually tossing over 10
us and which many Of our leading ar
lists and managers eagerly grab at.
America is fertile field for dramatic
action. Abundant material can be
found throughout its broad domain for
the production of any manner of play,
whether it partake of pastoral or urban
life, Of comedy or tragedy. / believe in
keeping as close to nature as possible
and depicting scenes and incidents
which happen In our own country and
In our own times. The rising genera
ton should know the history of its own
country-and contemporaneous history
at that-before studying that of other
nations. And know of no better in
structor. no better history maker, than
the stage, for no teacher, no cold type,
can make such an indelible impression
upon the mind of youth as we'll
turned drama. That is the reason l
speak with such earnestness and di-
rectness.
l am not partisan by any means, and
do not mean to decry foreign plays OF
merit. Man or woman could read the
works of the immortal Shakespeare or
witness their presentation a score or
more of times and still learn some
thing. So, too, in minor degree, with
the works of Richard Brinsley Sheri
dan, Richard Lalor She'll, Bulwer
Lytton and men of that stamp. The
plays object to are those which give
the widest play to the Imagination and
which have hardly shred of the fact to
build upon; which appeal to the worst
passions of mankind instead of the no.
blest sentiments; which abound in an
achronism and portray exaggerated sit
uations which lead up to impossible de-
movements. Such plays are history de-
stroyers and intellect perverters.
OF late years am pleased to note
there is strong tendency upon the
part of our people to encourage home
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was to sing to the woman who had been
his wife, and was also tbs daughter Of
List, she felt inspired to sing as she
never had sung before.
What have you chosen?" Madame
Wagner asked.
Whatever you choose to have me
sing" was the astonishing reply.
A choice was made. Nine WagHcrs
accompanied seated himself at the pi-
ano and struck few chords. Entirely
without notes the young artist followed
him, giving selection after selection as
the delighted pianist ran from one
theme to another. When she reached
die Walkure,'' and rendered superbly
''Brunhilde's'' magnificent call, Nine.
Wagner interrupted. Taking her by
both hands; she kissed her and engaged
her at once to sing at the Bayreuth
festival next summer. This fact must
satisfy all skepticism as to the genuine
ness of Miss Strong's success She is
to sing 'Sieglinde' to Jean de Reszkes
"Siegmund" 1t is an honor many an
old star would covet. At rehearsal at
Covent Garden theater last fall
Henschel, the leader of the orchestra,
stopped the performance to congratu-
late Miss Strong, and in this he was
Joined by every member of the orches-
| ira.
Miss Strong is also exceptionally
gifted histrionically. She is a sort of
| Calve in mild form. She is also very
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PICKLES FOR DESSERT
Alaskans Eat Them as Delicious
Dinner Finale


People up about Alaska eat so much
fish that they make business good for
pickle factories. c. s. Gilbert of st.
Paul is registered at the Windsor no.
tel, and is connected with big Gin
cinnati pickle factory. He is recently
from Alaska
"Oh, yes" he said last night. Il go
there regularly. Sitka is as good a
town for my business as any in the
country. Sell car load straight in
Alaska every year. even if it does take
Il month to get there and back. You
see, the pickle man explained, they
eat a lot of fish up there. and the fish
is worth eating, but the consequence is
they have TO eat pickles to Keep away
scurvy. They have six-course din
ner of fish, with picklefor dessert"
Mr. Gilbert says the Alaska Indians
are really decent lot of people.
Nothing like our plains Indians" he
said. They are self-supporting and
very Industrious. There are no horses
In Alaska. and the Indians do all the
packing. They carry 100 pounds of
stuff on their backs up five-mile
grade for S1.25 day, and glad TO get
the work. They resemble the Japs."
Denver Republican.
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little fellow was the talk of every one
who had heard of his performance. He
did not win the championship. but he
won glory enough to more than offset
the title, and now managers are after
him as an attraction, and manufactur-
ers are offering him the finest Of their
wares if he will only let it be known
that he uses skates of their manufac-
ture.
This little fellow did not know a
Richmond" from grapevine" or a
Philadelphia twist when he went
down to make his entry for the contest.
He and his little companions who
skated on the ponds about Douglas
park called all these movements "fub-
dubs. and at cutting "flubdubs' Frank
Horrigan led all the lads in that region.
How he came to enter against the
champion fancy skater of Chicago and
the Champion of Norway, Master Hor-
rigan tells in this way:
Joe Hogan, who lives out my way,
told me Tuesday there was going to be
a race or skating match at Tattersall S
between boys I asked him how old
they were and he said 16 years old. SO
l went down Christmas and entered.
When got there found they were all
men who were going to compete. did
not want to go in then, but Mr.. Clarke,
who lives out on California avenue,
near our house, told me to go ahead.
Mr.. Clarke put on pair of skates just
before time to go on, and explained the
various moves and their names, read
me the rules, and so put on my skates
and went ahead Master Horrigan
will wear bronze medal for going
ahead" that being the third prize.
when little boy came up to the Of
flee window" Manager Manning said,
"and announced that he wanted to en-
ter the skating contest / hardly knew
whether to take it seriously or as a
joke. But he was clean-cut little fell
low; polite and SO serious that 1 &C
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A Racing skate.

One Of the most important among
the numerous articles now produced of
aluminium is made by New York
man. 1t is racing skate that is very
light and at the same time strong
enough to withstand the tremendous
pressure put upon them when skating
at railroad speed. The skate is COM
posed of steel runner eighteen inches
long; one-sixteenth inch thick and al
most as thin as the blade of knife
This blade is supported by peculiar
shaped aluminium runner support, on
top of which is a slight strip of ma
hogany, making altogether a beautiful
and artistic skate, the aluminium re-
minding one of FURNISHED silver One
of the greatest problems skate manu-
facturers had to contend with was to
produce a skate eighteen inches long
with a knife-like runner to be etrorg
and rigid. and at the same time light
in weight, so as TO make them practi-
cal for use. Aluminium.
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I1GhNG LIN oI1OItE AS1bII0.
turns over to the erring one 81 200 back
pension which he OPPORTUNITY receives,
saves the homestead, bring tears of con-
triton from the gambler. brings back
his favorite daughter and her husband
to the home and fills the whole house
hold with joy and thanksgiving II
that does not point a pretty moral, I
don't know what does.
In plays of this nature, and indeed in
all plays, but in these particularly, con-
slant action and constant realism are
eminently necessary. A farm should
be farm and have all the environ
ments. and implements Of farm
There should be barn, pump, wa
ter trough, pitchforks, buckets, pals
and all other agricultural paraphernalia
in view of the audience. The kitchen
should be country kitchen, with stove,
cupboards, tables. chairs, pictures and
other impedimenta. There should be a
real fire in the stove, real
country cooking and real food
served at dinner, which, as
everyone acquainted with bucolic af-
fairs knows, is feature of country life.
Dialect, dress, mannerisms and every
little detail should be carefully studied.
In word, everything should be in
tensely realistic There should be no
fake, no sham, no masquerade. Each
and every actor should be carefully in
structed in all these little details by
one who is thoroughly conversant with
every character of the play. Before
writing "Shore Acres" l went down to
the coast of Maine and remained there
for weeks, although / had often been
there before. l thoroughly studied the
scenery, the character of the people,
their dialect, and the topography Of
the country. l then carefully in
structed my company in all those points
and impaired to each complete
knowledge of the character he or she
was to portray.
JAMES A. HERNE.
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cepted his entry. Had there been more
than five entries perhaps l might not
have consented. for | never dreamed
such a small boy could skate as this
little fellow can. l was glad l did, for
the boy was the feature of the whole
thing. The crowd of 1000 simply went
wild over the way the boy executed
the different movements, and the fact
that the contest was for the fancy skat-
ing championship of Illinois was COM
pletely lost sight of, and it became in
the eyes of all contest between a
small boy and men who were experts
on skates.
Upon the close of the afternoons
skating the boy was ahead of the men.
having ~ points to their IL In the
evening, when the more difficult eyolu-
tions came, they passed him, as might
have been expected. John Sandblom,
champion of Norway. won the gold
medal, with total of 16S points. E. S.
Woods, champion of Chicago, was sec
ond and won the silver medal, with 1853
points, and the boy was third, with 131
points, taking the bronze medal. Had
he been acquainted with the rules and
a little more experienced in the numer-
Gus evolutions he might have won.
Anyway, his performance was remark
able
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Fruits In Alcohol.

A new method now comes fror
France by which fruits are preserve,
by means of alcoholic yapor. The frui
is placed in a room containing ope1
vessels with alcohol. The room is then
closed to prevent the entrance of fresh
air, and it is claimed that the alcoholic
vapors produced by the evaporation of
the alcohol preserve the fruit fresh for
an indefinite time.
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SUSAN STRONG.
An American Singer Who Has Earned
Fine Reputation in Europe.

An American Singer Who Has Earned
Fine Reputation in Europe.
Susan Strong is the woman, barely
twenty-three years old, who has set the
music critics of conservative old Lon
don by the ears. She recently made her
operatic debut in that city as "Sieg-
linde" in die Walkure" AS this is one
of the most difficult roles in Wagner's
great trilogoly it was considered that
Miss Strong would be exceedingly for
tunate to pass through the ordeal with
out meeting with positive disaster.
That is where she surprised the critics.
She not only got through without
trouble, but achieved a genuine tri-
umph. The scene when she was called
before the curtain at the close of the
opera is said to have reminded the old
timers of the early triumphs of Adelina
Patti. Cheer after cheer greeted her,
and the papers the next morning con-
tanned glowing eulogies of the new
star from the west" Miss Strong's
triumph in the role of "Sieglinde" was
not fortunate f1uke,as was amply DEM
onstrated when little later she sang
Eliza" in sLohengrin," and easily
added to her reputation. She is the fad
in the musical circles of London, which
is equivalent to saying that she is
henceforth to rank among the greatest
singers. Frau Cosima Wagner. the
widow of the greatest composer the
world has ever known, and herself one
of the best of local critics, had. prior to
Miss Srong's great success, heard OF
her ability. She at once summoned the
new aspirant to sing before her at her
home in Bayreuth. When Miss Strong
stood in the famous music room of the
great composer and realized that she