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Winter.

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California Limited takes
You there in II hours
Chicago, over the Santa Fe
Route. Most luxurious
service via any line,
W. J. BLACK, G.P.A. q. A. HIGGINS, AG.PA
Topeka, Kan. Chicago
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For Sale.

IL FLAT CORNET, Conn's make, in first class
~ condition. A bargain. GEO. p. WRIGHT.
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For Sale.

y BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK COCKERELs.
- full bred. HARVEY X. GARVIN. i2S
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Rose Leaf Wishes for the Bride.

A St. Louis belle, Miss Nellie Lee
Hull, introduced a unique feature on
the occasion of her marriage to Mr..
William II. Missing. After the cere-
mony, while the bridal couple were
making their preparations for travel
ing, the bridesmaids were not idle.
They obtained several rose jars full
of the dried petals Of all the American
Beauty roses which the groom had
sent the bride three times each week
during the period of their engagement
six months. These numbered 1000
roses in all and made a vast quantity
of rose petals. AS the bride and groom
walked from the stairway to the door
they were vigorously pelted with these
fragrant missiles, instead of the usual
rice. The costliest and most unique
gift which the bride received was g
square box of heavy glass, mounted II
gold and set on a standard. Within
it were SIS and $40 gold pieces to the
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Longevity of British Premiers.

The fact has been pointed out that
care does not seem to shorten the lives
OF British premiers. Mr.. Gladstone. BY
completing his S7th year, has broken
the record of modern times, which has
been held by Arlington, Lord Sid.
mouth, who died at over SO. Earl Rus.
sell died at sc, the Duke of yelling.
ton at So, Lord Palmerston and Ear
Grey at 81. Of the other prime minis.
ters of Queen Victoria who are dead
the Earl of Beaconsfield's age was II
the Earl of Aberdeen's IS, the Earl Of
Derby's so, Viscount M%elbourne's CO
and Sir Robert Peel's 81. Mr.. Glad
stone and Sir Robert are the only two
premiers who were not peers or did
not accept a peerage from the queen
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THE M
a Throng of Wasps Busily at Work on
Their Little Structure.

~ ANoAy ~ NpOIh vi
Their Little Structure.
One morning in early summer. while
standing beside the old rail fence
watching some cows that were crop
ping the grass, my attention was at
tracted by the peculiar movements of
a wasp that had settled on the rail be-
side me, says Our Animal Friends. The
rail was covered with a light gray fuzz
of woody fiber, beaten up from the de-
caying wood by the excessive soakings
it had received from the long spring
rains, and when the wasp had gath
cred as much of this as he could Gerry
he flew slowly away In a short time
there was a dozen or more of these in
d%ustrious pulp gatherers at work on
the old rail, and as fast as each of them
obtained a load away he few in the
direction of a clump of bushes that
grew beside a small stream. NV curl
Osity was aroused, and determined to
find out, If possible, what they We're
doing with such a quantity of fiber and,
approaching the thicket cautiously, I
o o discovered them at work on a good
sized nest which hung from the limb of
a white beech sapling. was able to get
quite near it, for wasps are not apt to
be quarrelsome if left alone, and they
were too busy to take heed of anything
except their work. AS fast as their
loads were deposited they flew down
to the brook, and, having wet their
whistles" returned to the nest and set
about beating the fiber into a thin sheet
which was so deftly joined to the main
body of the nest that the jointure was
imp%erceptible. There was a constant
throng of workers coming and going,
the objective points being the nest, the
| old fence and the brook, and while each
addition to the structure was only the
tiniest mite. yet it grew perceptibly I'M
der the united efforts of those little
builders.
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will love you until death intervenes'
but this meeting over, we must not
meet again."
"In this world" she added, softly.
Tears welled her eyes. I'VE may meet
in heaven"
I'm heaven! Is there such a place.
Ralph Wetmore looked stern and grave.
Every tremor of his voice told that this
was no ordinary lovers quarrel--to
him. He loved Emmeline Leslie with a
devotion that hardly knew any bounds.
But he was spirited for all, and when
she accepted an invitation 10 a theater
party from another this spirit asserted
itself. 1t conquered love and took
complete possession of his being. lie
showed it as he spoke.
Yes, there is a heaven, and If we
meet no more in this world. we will
meet there. But we must see Il an
other here. This parting forever must
not be. Don't say it again, Ralph.
| Ralph, l love ycu-I love you-I love
you. When you are dying III come to
you"
40 " IA ~ "eS o~
souls had been estranged-an earthly
affinity broken for life.
The city of W knew Ralph Wet
more no more. That very night he
vent away. In a peaceful western vii
lage he found a haven of rest from his
hearts affection. Years passed as rap
idly as before, and as time went by his
earthly DOSSeSSiOns increased and null
tiplied. He became interested in pol
itics and was chosen to represent the
people in various offices. twice as gov
ernor of the state Of his adoption. Did
he ever think Of her? Let a host Of
ambitious m answer. Ralph
Wetmore in the prime Of manhood and
in his old age remained true to the
simple recital of his love made to EN-
incline Leslie in his younger days. He
loved her. he could marry no other.
Where she had gone, or her present
whereabouts, did not concern him.
| Still her last words occasionally rang
in his ears, 1--WE must meet again;
when you are dying I will come to you"
Would she fulfill her word? He could
not Danish the question entirely.
But what of Emmeline? She, too,
disappeared from W shortly after
the scene described. No one that knew
her ever heard from her again. Her
relatives made every effort to locate
her, but without results. A nurse an
swering her description died during the
yellow fever plague was all the trace
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The Order of the Crown is a new or
ganization, to which only women who
can trace their ancestry back to a king
are eligible. The Sons of the Revolu-
ton are not as ambitious as that, but
it is quite likely that they have better
ancestors than the famous and infa-
nous royalty to which they claim kin
ship. But an older order than all is
mentioned by Lawyer Babcock of Ell
mira, who said in a speech at a recent
dinner of the sons in question: II am
not a son of the revolution, but a son
of evolution, and my ancestry ante
dates that which you honor tonight
Without going back to the lizard and
the tadpole, suppose there be an order
Of the sons and daughter of Adam and
Eve. That, surely, will hit every dis
tinguished nail IN its noble head.
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slxrEENrH-cENruRY LETTER.
Young Lady's Formal Communication to
Her Father and Mother.


Her Father and Mother.
The following copy of a letter. writ
ten in 1895 by a young lady when re-
siding with a lady of rank as attendant
in her waiting room, an office carrying
no mental service with 1t and much
sought after by the daughters OF gentle
folk, may be interesting: ITO M good
Mother, Mrs. Parke, at Broumfield
Dear Mother; Ny humble dutye re-
membered upto my father and you, &c.
l received on Wednesday last a letter
from my Father and you. whereby l
understand it is your pleasure that
should ~certifie you what times do take
for my lutte and the rest Of my exer-
cises. / doe for the most part playe
of my lutte after supper, for then COM
monte my Lady heareth me, and in the
mornings after | am reddie l playe All
hover and my wrightinge and siferinge
after l have done my lutte. For my
drawing | take an hover in the after
nowne and my French at night before
supper. My Lady hattie not been we'll
these toe days, she telleth me when she
is well that she will see if Hilliard will
come and teche me; if she can by any
means she will. I hope l shall per-
forme my duty to my Lady with all
care and regard to please her and to
behave myselfe to every one else as
it shall become me. Mr.. Harrisone
was with me upone Fridaye, he heard
49, -. --.-l -~~z -
trebles. l had some of him when l
came to London. Thus desiring par
done for my rude writinge, l leave you
to the Almightie, d%esiringe Him to in
crease in you all health and happiness.
Your obedient daughter, Rebecca
Parke."
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DR.. Mary Walker is justiiably vexed
at being refused membership by the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Under the rules of the order DR.. Mary
Walker made proof of her eligibility
and was rejected O. the plea that she
had 'repudiated the recognized ap
parel of woman" What is the recog.
nized apparel of woman? Is it golfers
uniform, the bicycle garb, the ballroom
costume, the tailor-made garment or
the shirt waist and short skirt Of tbs
summer girl? II DR.. Mary Walker
prefers to wear the golfers coat and
the bicycler's trousers as a regular cos
tune, does that make her any the less
a patriotic daughter of the revolution?
But in this case the doctor will have to
take her medicine. as the Daughters OF
the Revolution have decided that they
can get along without the aid of the
doctor.
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KOREAN
The People Wear Thickly Padded Stock
ings All Summer.

The People Wear Thickly Padded Stock
ings All Summer.
Korea is the land of white garments
and black hats. All the men in this
country, except coolies, wear either
white or blue long flowing gowns. Cot
ton and silk goods are worn in winter
and linen and hemp in summer. Dur
ing the last several years a great deal
of silk has been imported, both from
China and Japan, the native article
being of little value, says the Roam
oke Collegian. The ordinary street
gown generally has three broad flaps,
one OF which hangs down the back and
h other two in front overlap each
other, then are tied with a pair of long
ribbons Of the same material. The
flaps reach within a few inches OF
the ground. The gown has very wide
and long sleeves, in each Of which n
might carry a baby without its being
noticed. and they are long enough to
conceal the hand completely, while an
extension OF the sleeves reaches al
most as low as the flaps above men
toned. Another gown Of the same
pattern, except with shorter and mar
rover sleeves, is always worn under
the first. But persons in the govern
ment service, including all members
OF the nobility, wear a gown having
from n to three large flaps, which
are broad toward the ends. This
gown, with the exception of its sleeves,
is more like the dress of the American
girl CT twelve or fourteen. 1t is al
ways made Of fine goods, we'll starch
ed. and on windy days its flaps and
sleeves create quite a fluttering and
rustling noise in the street. The win
ter coats and trousers-the latter al
ways white-are very large and heav-
lily padded with cotton. A most sin
gular thing is that the hose worn by
the Koreans are always thickly padded
IN summer as we'll as in winter; con-
sequently every n seems to have
thick and large feet, although quite the
contrary is true. The ordinary street
hats have broad brims and high
crowns. They are made of fine bam-
boo splits and are covered with fine
linen cloth and then ~lacquered with
black. Hats covered with silk are
worn by people of rank. Persons in
mourning for their parents wear hats
as large as umbrellas and Of similar
shape. They are made Of coarse bam-
boo splits without any covering of
cloth. 1t is customary for every mourn
er to carry a little hempen screen, at
tached to the ends of two bamboo
sticks held up conveniently in front Of
the face. These uncomfortable trap
pings are intended to indicate his regret
that he did not make his parent or
parents happier while they were liv-
ing. So it is that for a period Of one
or two years he is ashamed of seeing
the heavens and of looking upon the
beautiful objects of nature. There are
a great many other varieties of head
gear by which one can tell conditions
and to a great extent positions in So
ciety.
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THE ARTIST AND HIS WORK.
His Life Is One Long Succession of
Problems.

His Life Is One Long Succession of
Problems.
The life of a painter, above all, of a
portrait painter, is one long succession
of such problems, varying with the Ia
ture of the subject in kind and degree
of difficulty, says Scribner's. 1t fol-
lows naturally that his processes must
vary, too, requiring a longer or shorter
time in the working out, for which
no infallible rule will serve him. In
mechanical labor the rate of the ma
chimes pulse may be gagged with GER
tainty, the moment of completion &C
curately fixed beforehand. But 1t is
not SO in art. There all depends upon
conditions that seem to be hourly
changing. The mood Of the artist; his
distrust Of the scheme attempted, or
his entire confidence in it; the state
of his nerves, of his general health,
nay, even the state of the weather, all
affect his work. One day it advances
well, but on the next self-criticism
steps in to impede him and he gains
nothing. The scoffing Philistine
ascribes these halts and retrogressions
to the weakness Of the artistic tenn
permanent. Yet they are due to the
work rather than to the workman
to the fact that he follows an art and
not a trade. No artist can be entirely
exempt from this oppressive influence,
which arises afresh at each new effort
with as many heads as Hydra. There
are those, indeed, who estimate the
value of their product by the depth and
number of the despairs it has engen-
dered.
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Don b. Adams, a Texas inventor,
now a resident of Chicago, is prepar-
ing to outbird the birds at their OWL
game. He has constructed a model fly
ing machine which, he says, differs
from all other inventions of it's class
in the essential point that it fulfills
its purpose. Unlike other inventors Of
| aerial ships, he has not been content
to court danger by some unforeseen
| accident, and therefore he has supplied
his device with sustaining power of
gas which is sufficient to keep his craft
in midair while he is perfecting his
system of locomoton and control. The
gas. he says, will be rendered unneces-
| sary as his experiments continue, for
the wings with which his machine is
| equipped are sufficient to sustain it in
midair in my of the variable condi-
tons of the elements.
The Adams airship. indeed, seems
!! more reasonable than most of the de-
| vices which have come before the at
| ,ention of the public. For shape and
means OF locomotion the inventor has
| gone back to first principles and copied
closely the model of the crow. The
| working model, which, it is claimed,
has undergone all tests satisfactorily,
| consists of an aluminium body about
| four feet in length and weighing four
| mounds, constructed in the form of a
| birds body. 1t is divided into two
| compartments, the upper n of which
is the gas tank which furnishes the
| lifting medium. In the completed air.
| ship apparatus for generating the gas
and dynamos for furnishing the power
| to move the wings will be stored.
The wings of the airship are two in
number. In the model they extend
about six feet from tip to tip. They
are OF peculiar construction, consisting
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of cloth so arranged that the folds are
not unlike the feathers of a birds
wings. Complicated devices give them
all the motions possessed by the birds
of the air, and this motion is trans
mitted by strong rods which move up
and down on a second upright rod pro-
jecting from the top of the ship. With
this equipment the model has been
made to rise and fall and move forward
at the will of the inventor.
The steering apparatus, c~uriously
enough. is placed at the front of the
ship. 1t is a plane, capable of being
moved at any angle, and it's resistance
to the air causes the vessel to respond
naturally to its influence. The motive
power, in addition to the wings, is a
large propeller at the stern. There
are numerous other mechanical devices
for transmitting and controlling the
use of power and the movements of
the wings, but they are not disclosed.
owing to the fact that patents have
not yet been secured.
Mr.. Adams alccess with his model
convinces him that he is on the right
track. He has made it perform almost
every evolution he desired. Arrange
ments are being made to construct n
machine capable of carrying 800
pounds weight, with which he will
continue his experiments in the open
air exposed to varying winds. The
question of equilibrium will then be
solved. The precautionary gas tank
will give him great advantage in his
work, as he will not be exposed to risk
of sudden descent. AS he becomes
more proficient in the use of the ma
chine, the gas will be done away with,
and in the end he hopes to have a solu-
ton of a vexatious problem which has
engaged the mind of man for centuries,
Philadelphia Times.
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Senator Hanna is severely rebuked
by the Denver Post because he didn't
kiss the Bible when he was sworn in
as senator. We don't know what is
going to be done with that man
Everything he does seems to be wrong.
1t was a mistake that he got himself
elected. He had the assurance to let
the reporters give him a room in the
white house. And o his sons wife
Is going to sue for a divorce and prove
all manner of mean things about hel
husband.
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NAN AND BULL FIGHT.
AN ITALIAN ATHLETE ENTER
TAINS A GREAT CROWD.
Animal Comes Out Victor-Contest Is In
Imitation of n Scene Described In ST.
cnkicwicx' Novel quo yadis'-Cow-
boy Is Injured. v

Ell Paso, Tex, telegram to Chicago
Dispatch; In the presence of 1000
spectators at the Plaza de Torres, in
the city of Juarez, Mexico, Sunday aft
ernoon, Romulus, the Italian athlete,
pitted his strength again a ~ferocious
bull in imitation of Ursus, the Lygian,
as described so graphically in Henryk
Sienkiewicz' popular Quo Vadis." The
combat between the Italian and the
beast lasted fully two hours and result
ed in the bull carrying off the victory.
The bull was selected with great care
by the authorities of the Mexican city
and was of the short horn variety. The
in the ring in a combat with the Span
ish bull fighters, and was as a conse-
quence a fierce antagonist. 1t is a
rule Of bull fighters not to fight the
same bull twice, as the animal is al
| ways rendered more alert and danger
GUS by his first experience. Romulus
entered the ring clad only in pink
tights. He was accompanied by two
banderrillos, whose mission WIS to dis
tract the attention of the bull while
the athlete ~endeavored to seize the an
imal's horns. The bull showed great
spirit and activity and charged repeat
eddy. The giant approached warily,
guarding himself with a red cloth in
imitation of a banderrillo. The eff
forts Of the gladiator were directed
toward catching the horns of the beast
as he raised his head after making q
charge. The man and beast harassed
one another for an hour, while the
gladiator was endeavoring to find an
opening. Sweat poured from the mar
and the animal was frothing at the
mouth. Finally at a favorable moment
the athlete clinched hold of the horns
of the bull. In a twinkling OF an eye
the powerful man struck the sand OF
the arena head first fifteen feet away,
while the %populace gave vent to a howl
of delight. The bull charged at the
PROSTATE man, but the banderrillos III
terfered. Twice more was Romulus
flung through space and once the bulls
horn grazed his cap. The blow ended
the exhibition and the man limped oul
of the ring exhausted and badly bruis-
ed. Then the wild rabble composed
of Mexican poems shouted itself hoarse
The cow-ropers rushed forward with
a lariat. The bull was Infatuated at thu
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Canada, and speaking of a garden that
he saw in the Edmonton District, says:
"On August 23rd we had the pleasure
of visiting the model seven-acre gar
den at Edmonton, owned and operated
by one Donald Ross, a typical Scotch
man, and as wh%ole-souled, good-na-
tured old gentlemen as you often
meet. He gave the Yankees each a
hearty handshake as we were intro
duced in succession by the Canadian
Government Agent, who was our guide
and pilot while at Edmonton, and to
whom we are indebted for many cour-
tesies conferred. Mr.. Ross informed
us that he cleared from $500 to $1,000
annually from the sale of roots, vege.
tables, flowers and plants. We here
state that we never before saw such a
growth of vegetables, at that season OF
the year. He said that he raised $50
bushels of onions to the acre. Beets
were growing as large as your arm,
turnips the size of ones head, and
cabbages as large as a patent pail. Fol-
lowing are prices that Mr.. Ross gave
us as receiving for his produce: Beets,
80 cents per bushel; carrots, 40 cents;
onions, $1.25; turnips, SIS per ton; cab
bage, 4 cents each; green corn, rs
cents per dozen; tomatoes, $3.50 per
bushel; potatoes, rs to 80 cents; cauli-
flower, 81 per dozen; cucumbers, 10
cents per dozen; Strawberries, rs cents
per box; squash, A cents per h., and
other produce in proportion. He kept
a dollhouse 12x180 feet, heated by a
furnace by means of flues. One man
beside himself attended this garden,
except at time of gathering the crop"
Agents Of the Canadian Government
are now located at different points in
the United States, and using their eff
forts towards securing settlers on the
fertile lands Of Western Canada, TO
which the gold fields are tributary.
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HE BROUGHT 1T FROM THE
:. WORLDS FAIR.
And kept it two years

The great Worlds Fair, at Chicago, in
1893. while 1t gave pleasure to many, gave
pain to not a few as an indirect result of
their visit to the white City. People were
iured along the miles Of wonderful exhib-
It's by the new marvsis that met the gaze
exhaustion until they dropped into a
chair in some breezy corner by the lake
and COOLED off," That's what began the
trouble, in many cases. OF one such case,
Mrs. L. w. Stevens, Fort Fairfield, Me-,
writes:
"My husband took a severe cold and
cough two years ago last October-time OF
the Worlds Fair, which we attended. This
cough lasted over two years, was accom-
panied by splitting of blood, and nothing
could be found to help him, although vari-
Gus remedies were tried. Several doctors
were. consulted. but their prescriptions
afforded no relief. Finally, I saw an ad.
vertisement of DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral
in my. paper and prevailed upon my hus'
band to get a bottle and try it. The very
first dose helped him and he was com,
pletely cured In a short time. We feel
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1t Is the opinion Of Mr.. Howells that
the only genius worth talking about is
the genius for hard work. And yet,
DR.. Holmes used to say. that his best.
poems flashed into his mind i'll a mo-
ment; the hard work came in Nvhers'
he undertook to give them cXpressiofi-
Say what you will, there is such II
thing as creative inspiration, and it
may be that the modern psychologists
are right in attributing it to the spon-
taneous ebullition of the s~ub-conscious
self.-BoSton Beacon.