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IT'S AL Nv THE EYELID.
There Is No Expression to tho Eye.
From n, Cy,r,Inui piaiud,aJ,r

From TIE Cleveland Pldtnd<disr.
There are no expressive eyes. The express
sion OF the eye is really In the lid. The eye It.
self, independent OF It's surroundings. as no
moro expression than has a glass marble. A
prominent English oculist makes this daring
statement, and he defends his position with en-
phnsis. The eyes have no EXPRESSION what
ever" he says. How do YOU explain the fact
that the eyes o! one person arc more expressive
than those OF another? am asked. They are
not. Tho difference consists In certai n ner-
vous contractons OF tho lids peculiar to the In
divdual.
Observe for yourself. and you will see that I
am right. We will say that am greatly inter-
estcd In something. and my attention Is sud-
| denly called from II by an unexpected inter-
ruIton. My upper eyelid raises itself Just a
iola in appearance. u tho Interruption is but
momen,ary the elevation Of the lid may be but
momrntary, IL the surprise caused by an in
terruption is continued the Id may bs raised
even little more, and IN fact, the whole OF tho
and ,wrnkled. But the eye remains the same.
| When lerson H. excited much the same
Doctor His eyes are OPEN wide" in cases s, Of
| intense excitement to their greatest extent
hut the forehead is not wrinklcd and the bali
Of the eye Is rs expressive as bit of glass No
Observe the face Of one who laughs, You
viii ace that the lower eyelil has no muScle of
| its own. and 1t ia only by the contraction Of tho
| adjacent muscles in smiling or laugh NJ that
| IL IL made to move. That Ia why there are
many wrinkles about the eyes OF merry per-
| soma
| Tho expression Of decp thourhtrulncss ia
| produced by the dropping Of the.upper lid :
| the lids OF some persons fall 40 low that tho
| pupil OF tho eye itsoIl IL the same. II tho mcti-
| tntion H. over u subject that worries the
| thinker the expression Is again quite differ
ent; tho eyeWds contract and the eyebrows
| are lowered and drawn together. This is true
| OF n reflective mood.
| As TO emotional moods. thero is the express
| sion OF anger. for instance. The eyes Instead
| oi cIosi ng. are oven wider than they are nor
| mnl!v. but the browg are closely knit.
| In expressing sadness the entire upper eyo-
| lid comes half way down and the folhs OF the
skin collect there. giving the lid u thick. heavy
| appearance"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

mans are now practically In control OF the
railway system OF Asia Minor. and will In
the future control the branch lines to the
south from Aleppo through Palestine to the
Egyptian frontier and to Mecca.
The aims Of Germany, as set forth by Pro-
fessor RosCHER in $50, after the Crimean
War, appear TO be on the point OF realiza-
ton, aud the control OF Germany over the
west and south Of Asia Minor will be soon
established. Tho slow, patient diplomacy
OF Prussia and subsequently OF the German
Empire. seldom obtrusve, but always vigil
liant and active, has achieved triumph
that will be far-reaching, and that could
hardly have been possible had the British
Government avoided tho ENHANCEMENT
in South Africa in which 1t has involved
itself.
A portion Of the Russian press has pro-
tested against what It calls the assertion OF
ovcrmastcry by Germany, as revealed in
the speech OF the German Foreign Minister,
Count Won BELOW, In tho Reichstag last
Monday; but tho terms OF his allusion TO
Russia leave very little doubt that the Two
governments have come to an understand
ing that recognizes limitations to the pre-
tensions OF either eide and provides
for peaceful solution OF conflicts as
they arise within the sphere OF their
common interests Peace Ia the requisite
condition for the spread OF German indus
try and commerce. while Russia needs years
Of tranquility for the accomplishment OF
the enterprises she has now In hand
1t is not likely, therefore, that the Rus
sian fear OF German influence In Asia will
counterbalance the knowledge OF how dis
astrous to both u conflict between tho two
countries might be.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15
THREE NEWS PRAYERs
supplicstions OF Dean Swift, DIR. Samuel
johnson and of stevenson. the Novelist.

FROM h Irdeptndtnt
The prayers OF three great mon OF letters arc
strikinRly Illustrative. We scarce need to be
told that these words came from the grief.
stricken heart Of Swift, writhinR in agony over
the painful illness and approaching end OF
Stella:
Give her true conception Of the vanity. folly and
insivnincsnce OF all humin things, and srcngthcn
her No to beget IN her sincere love Of Thee In the
And weakness Of those among ns who SINK under
friend. Accept and pardon our most earnest pray.
ers and wishes for her longer continuance IN IN,
service and Is only her boundcn duty Tat .S NAV
be sti, ,omtort e ns aud TO al others VIII VII
good Offices or her charity.
In this petition. uttered only few days hs.
fore no faced the Arch Fear. we gaze deeply
into the great heart OF Samuel Johnson;
ALMIGHTY and most mercifnl Father, I am now ,s
FOR the ast time hs ath Of Thy Son JSsns "Sr
our Saviour and Redocmer Have ne.ry
Bless my Friends have mercy upon ali i" men Go' SUP
port me, by thy HOLY spirit in III" DAYS Of wrakn' -
death. %, everlasting happiness. for tho sake u
Jesus Christ
tits Significant to note that the iaunty Stevens
son. light In ragged luck" really felt his 10.
pcndepcee on God. as we learn by pcrus,ne his
at yaiimo swi,. and Johnson u' !honsGs
was the only thing that shook his heart In
contrast TO these powerful and rugged men,
Stevenson says little OF death. though he walk cd
daily IN it's jaws. II was life that Interested
him. and we naturally find his prayers In har.
{ mony with his ideals
He prnys not for courage to m Get death. but
| for divine helm IN rational living. "Proong our
| days In peace and honor" he asks: give uS
| health. food. bright weather. and light hearts.
-, Let " lie down without fear and awake
| and arise with exultation rs the sun
: liRhtons the world. so let our loving kindness
make bright this house ~ our habitaton I
Let US listen revercntly to this petition:
AT MoRSiSo.
Tho day returns aud brings us the petty round ri
irritating concerns and duties. Help us to play Nh Z
man, help us to perform them with laughter and
kind faces, let cheorfulness abound with Industry,
dive us to 90 blithely business all this W,
bring US to our resting beds weary and CO nont and
undiscovered. and grant us in the end tho gift 81
/ sleep.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

Probably tho Republican National Com
mittee. which meets in Washington to-day.
will not DO greatly concerned by the efforts.
rather formal than hopeful. of the New Workers
to have the Republican National Convention
held In this town. 1t Is the beauty OF humbus
that IL has to affect evon persons who
don't believe in It. There has been such
a howl and such hullabaloo against
Wall Street that neither the Republicans nor
the Democrats seem eager to hold n National
Convention here. The town Is reasonably con-
vcnient and the delegates would like to come
here; especially tho Democratic delegates,
many OF whom rush to Wall Street as eagerly
as they denounce It. Chicago is Il good con
vention town." and so 10 Philadelphia. New
York IL too busy to care and New York is
damned by tho great fapdoodle brigade.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

From ~ Hdp' kdr!"s POnser
One Of tho most interesting aud remarkable con.
tests that We have over heard OF to b. settled
in Maryland in Talbot county. that State, ut tho
eiccton on November = Ispn
It seems that Judge j. Is. Burnett went into
booth to prepare his ballot. just after he had
married II and had II ready to deposit hc Dropped
dead The ballot that he had pre- AIRED WAS after.
ward carried to the blx and pu, In though it was
protested at the time by the Republican e,oction
officials Mr.. Darlington tho Democratic candidate
Tor states Attorney, has an official majority Of orc
over Mr. Mnll'ken the Republican cand dat" aud IL
claimed that this ono Il Tho ballot cast by judge
Burnett by the election o!icor.
The preparation " the ballot was the last act OF
Judge Burnett and 1t expressed his will and 70 such
1t should DO recorded Iu our opinion the election
Judges did right to recciyeil
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

Those of us who take the trouble to
remember the day when tho Hon. WILLIAM
JENNINGS BRYAN wrote lightning leaders for
the Hon. GILBERT NJ. HrTcHcoCK's omaha
World Herald will be paIned TO know that the
Hon. GILBERT NJ. HiTcncocK, not appointed
n Senator In Congress. admits that he
Is deeply disappointed. and feels most
keenly the sting Of ingratitude." But what
did Mr.. HITCHCOCK expect? Tho Hon. WILL
LIAM VINCENT ALLEN. who gets tho Job. and
who was favored by Mr. BRYAN. IL Of the
Populist side Of the house: and in Nebraska
the Populists are the strength OF Fusion. The
Nebraska Democrats can contribute their
votes. but the populsts get the offices. Pos
sibly Nebraska Democrats will grow weary
some time.
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Az ODE tn MR.. ria.


He was bred in Old Kentucky
Where the WALLER pun pku thrvos
And the horse and hog and turkey
Are the pride OF peoples lives.
He was fAttened 70 400
with feUdin' months too long
And OH WINTER must have hllnlCrod
For EiS dates w'rC surely wrong,
Six weeks ago the -mos.phCrA
ought Ia have boon nj prilO
For killing hogs down mere
In IL m.ddlin Southern Cl.me.
But the summer IL lust tti,'l along
And the wheat grow green and tail,
While the hogs they fatt'nCi u-ht aud strong
Aud wlnt r wouldn't como At all.
But the chilling days have come a. last
AMI fat hogs are Hll'nr on
Lake autumn leaves before Tho blast
Like JhncsE aunt who had u cough,
They wur" bred IN old Kentucky
And th,y are rolling lat aud fine
They are Tul NJ lard and IA lsa.o
And nihor cuisine,
They ar" worth larrel a. money
In the lunlpin' aggregate,
Ana those bones" arc sweet a. honey,
Well, should aruc.ulate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

From ne Kansas Cuv r.m,.

COLUMBIA. Mo Dec. D-.The snlo of turkeys
IN this iowa Of U.OOo inhahItants has reached a
ara markriol hero daily During the last
seven days 5000 have been shipped from
Columbia all OF which wore bronze turkoy- i
the highc't quality. Clt2"ns were treated
this morning To the novel spectacle of drove
OF 1000 turkeys being. driven through tho
Tie. They had lecn collcctc! in all pnrtS u
the country aud driven for eight miles over
the Ashland turnpike road. Not ono escaped
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

H,m he Cstcdqo Tribune.

Army and navy surgeons arc greatly inter-
eHted In q medical report from the Philippines
In regard to n wounded marine He was shot
twice with Mauser rifles at Novoletn. both hull
let's penetrating tho head in nearly the same
place and coming out AZ different places. The
brain was ooZng ont when tho marine was ra-
moved rom the He'd, ana ne was not expected
not only lived that long. hut the last mail al
vices say ha IL living yet and will survive the
wounds. IL Ia II kelly tho unfortunate marine
will always be couded mentally. and though
this Is the case now. he can ask reasonable
questions and usually answer logically.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

At the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago last
night there was a memorable congress OF
genius. The Cook county Aldermen have n
club. deep-revovlng parliament OF municipal
affairs. Tho race must be greatly helped
thereby. When the Hon. JOHN Powers and
the Hon. BATH House JOHN meet and confer.
reformers all over the world wear glad faces
and Wisdom Is justified OF her children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

Not long ago the Hon. JOE SHELLEY OF
Pennsylvania was hailed and hymned by the
Bryanite faithful as the man OF men to be the
Bryanite candidate for Vice-Presidont Now
the Hon. JOE SHELLEY has forsworn silver. APP
proved expansion. shaken Prosperity by the
hand. Ho seems destined to be Republican.
There Is wagging OF polls and wringlng OF
hands among the Bryanite faithful. What may
not happen II these days OF business and OF
boom continue to paralyze the Democratic pre-
dictions OF 1896?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

1. and at the beginning OF the year. not the
end, so Jan. 1 Of 1900 falls. not after
the year 1900, but in it; and at tho begin
ming. not at the end. Tho figures for
to-day. written on President HAZARDS prin-
ciple. hut accurately, is year 1898, month
eleven, day fifteen. Men used the sign
of 1899, as OF every year preceding, the
day the year began. The year 500 won't DO
completed until midnight OF next Dec. 81.
Next Jan. will DO the first day OF
the tooth year of the nineteenth century.
After Jan. 1, 3ol days moro will have to
pass before the twentieth century begins
All of which we respectfully submit to
the Wellesley professor OF mathematics,
provided she is not President HAZARD.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

From nc ,ra.hiaa,on Tosi.

IVW TTT " HSNTHNON TUFT,
Decidedly the HON cllcst man in Congress Ia
Eiiyot, Minnesota. He ra'heY g!urirs in the
distinction ui uglincSS, especially IA all hIs
o. her characteristics are enviNhle
During his last ampAign tho enemies Of Mr.
Iddy charged him with being double cod
liz met the charge in manner that disarmed
all criticism
Great heaven" said Mr. Eddy to his audi
ence, do you think that II had two faces
would wear the one | am showing you now"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15
Charge of the Christmas Brigade.

From he chic no T,m,, Herald.
Half a foot, hail u foot,
half Il foot onward!
Down ON tho Christmas toys
Swnpped the ak hun red.
Grabbing Tor drum aud horn
Many sk,it was torn.
Many atDe WAS rushed
By the s.N hundred!
Clerks 10 the right ofthem,
ClerEs - the lett NJ them,
Clerks nlnSsed N front ct them
FnmhlGd aud Numbered!
Things ripped 10 pieces there.
Arms r'arhliis through tho AIR,
Mad women tanning AMI
Grabbing things everywhere
krlyhlrul siN hundred.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

The wise man looks to the new year with
hopo. And In tho almanac for that year ono
date shines like major planet On Feb. IL
there will be IN antitrust conclusion in
Chicago. Thus the beginning OF the end OF the
nineteenth century will be memorable Where
few thoughtful souls arc gathered to ban and
blast the Octopus. there will DO the highest
uplifting OF the Dryanitc spirit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

From ne C'in'on (KyJ DcmOvd'
Tho cold weather which set in Sunday gave the
people a much des red chance to kill hogs. aud the
slaughter las been general, Many hogs Lave been
fat enough 10 kill six seven weeks and every car
of corn fed to them during that time wa nsdercd
that much dead loss. but tho yield of Tat will DO
unusually large as consequence OF this feeding.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

Mr. Lockwood concluded to elem out an oil
we'll that had been out OF use Tor several year,.
The well had become filed with rock and other
dehrs although over twenty feet deep; 80 Mr..
Lockwood, assisted b. Dan klnman. began the
work hut thcr had scarcely begun when they
began 20 encounter monster snakes. Snakes
hiX feet long and large in proportion. one after
another! They laid thom out until eleven had
aggregate,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-15

It was said some time ago by observers
OF authority that MABtsI. the Filipino who was
captured In Luyon on Tuesday. was bigger
man in tho instruction than AouINALDo. We
shall see,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-09
FAST MAIL WRECKED.
Northwestern Train from Chicago
Difched Near Rnane. Iowa


As the Chicago and Northwesterni
famous fast mail from Chicago wa.
rounding the Kate Shelley curve jus,
west of Boone, Iowa, Tuesday morning
the engine and four cars comprising the
train left the track, plunged over the
steep embankment and were dashed TO
pieces against the side of small hill.
Fonr men We're killed and seven others
We're injured. Although the cause of the
derailment is unknown, it is thought to
have been the result of a heavy rain
which fell at o'cloclS--two hours before
the wreck
Less than an hour before the fast mail
made It's fatal jump the Overland Linz
lted, carrying hundreds of sleeping pas
sengers, sped around the curve in safety.
HAD the rails weakened under its wheels
the hospitals and undertaking establish
ments at Boone would have cared for
scores instead of ten victims A heavy
fruit train also made the curve safely
less than twenty minutes before the
wreck
The front truck Of the engine was torn
from its fastening and was hurled over
the slope into corn field 100 feet away.
Ahe "iiNAiS WHeeiS were IWlSleu uHueF
the front part and the boiler and cab
were smashed. Masterton and Schmidt,
their crushed bodies scalded with steam
and burned with Goals from the FIRE box,
were found dead under the wrecked rem
nants of the cab.
The express and postal cars were like
wise dismantled. Messenger O'Brien was
pinned under his safe, and Figarfoos, his
helper, was found under mass of>Nseck-
age. The first three cars were shattered
the worst Conductor Rose and Brake
men Dornan and McVarnes were in the
rear car and were unhurt save for
bruises
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-09
PLUNGED TO DEATH.
TROLLEY GAR DISASTER NEAR
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
Hurled from a Trestie and Fifty Feet
Down Ravine- e-Thirty-five Persons
Killed and Twelve Injured-No One
on Board Escapes.

Forty-three passengers on trolley car
on the Shelton street railway were dash
ed down rayine at Peck's mill stream,
five miles from Bridgeport, Conn, at
3;l3 Sunday afternoon. Twenty-six were
killed outright and two died at the hos
pital.
Over Peck's mill stream is an iron
bridge $50 feet long The distance from
the top of the structure to the bed of the
stream is fifty feet Al 81 :he water
was drawn off a few months ago to per
init the buttresseS for the bridge to be
laid. The street railway line was open
ed TO the public the previous Thursday
for the first time
The car jumped the rails on the trestle
over the stream and plunged down the
emDankment fifty feet below, where it
was buried in the mud. The motorman,
George Hamilton, saved himself from
death by jumping on the trestle as the
car plunged into the abyss.
The alarm was given and hundreds of
farmers from the vicinity We're soon on
the scene. Other ears that were follow
ing the fatal one arrived, and in a short
time hundreds of volunteers were at
work. The work was retarded owing to
the difficulty of gaining a secure foot
passage in the narrow ravine. Farmers
and their wives and daughters came with
blankets and woolens, and all of the
physicians in Bridgeport and Stratford
who were available were summoned.
The car was soon separated, the bottom
portion being lifted off The top was
buried several feet in the mud and the
bodies of the dead and dying were strewn
about. The seats were smashed to splin-
tiers. Strange to say, few of the bodies
We're badly mangled. All of the persons
Killed sustained fractured skulls.
AS fast as the bodies were taken out
they were placed in ambulances and the
vehicles provided by the farmers. The
dead We're removed to the town hall in
Stratford, where the coroner and his as
sistants examined the effects found upon
them.
John and Daniel Calvin of Ansonia, as
Tar as is known at present, were the only
ones except Motorman Hamilton who es-
capped being hurled into the ravine. They
We're on the rear end of the car, and
when it left the rails they took no
chances, but jumped and landed safely on
the trestle.
The cause of the accident is uncertain
The car is too badly wrecked to give an
indication of possible defects of its
wheels. South of the trestle is quite an
incline, on which the car ran down at q
very high rate of speed. After it ran
on to the trestle for about ten feet the
trucks left the rails and the car contin
ued on the ties for about seventy-fivC
It, when it went off the trestle anC
dropped into the ravine below, over
turning completely and up-ending. Wher
the car struck, the motor, which weig let
four tons, and the heavy trucks crushed
into it, instantly killing many OF the
passengers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-09
TRACED BYtA TOMBSTONE.
Strange Manner in Which a separ.
ated Connie We're Reuuited

Strange Manner in Which Separ.
ated Couple We're Reunited.
After a separation OF six years, Mrs.
Ethel Iredler of Louisville found her hus-
band recently through the agency of Z
tombstone.
About seven years ago Miss Ethel
Treaner Of st. Louis, daughter of Il. L.
Treaner, fell in love with Charles Fred
Ter. The young man was making only
small salary, and for this reason the
parents of the g.rl objected to the match.
secret marriage resulted. Afterward
Fredler told the firm of his secret, with
the result that his compensation was suf-
tciently in 'reased for the couple to in
form their parents of their matrimonial
venture.
When the panic came the firm in which
Fredler was employed assigned. Fredler
suddenly left ST. Louis, leaving a note to
his wife to the effect that he would not
return until he had acquired wealth.
A few weeks ago Mrs. Fredler and her
mother We're driving in Louisville when
they passed u dray containing q tomb
stone bearing an inscription with the date
of the birth and death of Charles Fred
Ter They learned that the stone was to
be sent to st. Louis, and found out the
name of the consignec. Taking the next
train for st. Louis, they visited the store,
where Mrs. Fredler was confronted by
her husband
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-09
CROPS LAID WASTE.
DEVASTATING STORMS. SWEEP
FIELDS OF GRAIN.
Loss throughout the Northwest Will
Reach the Millions Growing Grain
Beaten Into the Earth By Torrents
of Hail and Heavy Winds.

Reports received from nearly an of the
grain growing States in the western Mis-
sissippi valley indicate that immeasura-
Bile and widespread damage 81 crops has
been cone by hail and wand. The States
that have suffered tho most aIe Minneso-
ia, South Dakota, Iowa anS Nebraska.
In Iowa Monday night terrible storm
of drenching rain, accompanied by a furi-
Gus and devastating wind, mawed down
the grain, and where the damage did not
amount to total loss 1t left the fields in
such condition that the farmels in many
sections have practically given up hope
OF savingshalf of the crop they planned
on. The storm took on frigidlty and the
accompanying element of disaster as it
spread over Minnesota and South Da-
kota. The rain was turned to sharp
edged hail in many places AID to sleet
that cut the grain with aim 1st as evil
results in Others
No accurate figures on the tetal damage
can be made, but it is conservative
enough to say that fully hal a million
acres or richly fruited crops have been
leveled by the storm. Not only one ce-
real, but all of the various kinds that
are particularly easy prey to wind and
hail met injury. Corn was crushed or
torn up altogether; unharvested wheat
was flattened, and wide strips Of country
cut down as if by mighty, ail-powerful
clipper of an angry god.
Dispatches indicate that the storm was
central in Iowa, where it seemed to gath
er and to leap along on its northerly and
westerly course. Not only damage to
crops is reported, but many farmers have
the added loss of barns and sheds that
were overturned or unroofed by the furi-
Gus gusts of wind. Northwestern Iowa
was among the first sections visited by
the gale. Plymouth and O'Brien coun-
ties tell of the most serious loss there.
Hail fell in pelting showers and the only
comfort the farmers got from the storm
was the subsequent rain, which fell in
torrents, over one and one-half inches of
water being precipitated in Sioux City
From Marshalltown, Iowa, is wired in
story of exceptional damage. Thou
sands of dollars damage was done to
crops by the wind. Corn was injured here
as much as grain, and many farm build
ings were also blown down and windmills