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dark lashes. There was a dewy soitness about
forehead. She looked like a girl at her first
party.
The English girl looked at a little slip pinned
under the collar, sixty dollars. madame, for
the set Il will never be duplicated. 1t is
"I-l-lll take it," whispered the Brooklyn
woman. She seemed under n spcll. " want
TO wear 1t and have the other sent home She
t,npk out her purse and counted the money,
When she han1ed the sal"swutnan. $50 II lett
her Just $50 and some silver. She left her AL.
dress aud the English girl thanked her and
escorted her to tho door. She noticed all the
women looking admiringlya at her as she passed
through the pertuincd parlOr.
what Il pretty woman" said one gray
haired matron. putting m a lorgnette.
A driver MOUNTED on "a hanson touched his
hat with his whip. She nodded aud he drove
up to the curb She stepped in and directed
him To drive to this bank-nOt the savings bank.
but the bank whore her husband presided over
Il set of books. The groceries. the bahy's shoes
aud the golf sticks would have to wait. The
bank account well. what did n baby want of
money anyhow =
She swept into the bank and Tom stared ma
though he saw something. Then he began TO
smile and nodded to her with an elevation of
the oyel rows that signifed pleasure. All the
other clerks were gazing adiniringly at her,
Tom came out huttoning his new gray Jacket.
Say, you look stunning. little girl he
whispered that's q peach: let's go up to the
Pork and get some dinner"
The baby needn't know anything about It."
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ELECTRICITY TO CUT STEEL BEAMS
A Recent Experiment In Chicago Which
Saved Time md Lnb0r.

During the reconstruction Of an office build
Ing recently in Chicago an interesting use was
made OF the electric current In cutting in two u
cluster OF halfa dozen heavy steel beams which
It was necessary to remove. These beams were
Of the ordinary ] shape and fifteen inches deep.
Owing to the difficulty of getting at the beams
at the places where they Were to he cut. special
saws would have been required had the beams
been cut In the ordinary way. and |, Whs rSti-
mated that the work would lake two men about
twelve days time and cost ahOut 500.
Instead Of doing the work with hack saws.
a method was adopted Surh AS scientific
burglars invented for getting into safe and
vault doors Of steel. A current %. electricity
was brought in from ~" electric Lighting wires
In the street to do the work. The I~o.itly"
terminal wire was attached to the steel frame
work OF the building. 10 which IN" beams vera
riveted. and the, negative wire was attached
TO- a, carbon point l. inches IN. diameter.
which, was, provided with 2 wooden handle
to enable the operator to direct it along the
beams at the places where they were to he cut.
An. asbestos shield protected the operators
body from the heat and black spectlcles pro-
tected his eyes. In twelve hours the beams
were severed. with an expenditure 81 only about
hyc-horS' power IN ~cl""trir current, and the
wVrk MAS dVAs VI ~ ordinary NVGhMAu.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-09
T4SS4R COLLEGE DOINGs.
The New Term Opened-Son,e of the College
Entertainments.

P~ouGHKEEPslE. April 6.-College work was
resumed yesterday after a recess OF two weeks.
The fortnight preceding the vacation was so
full OF happenings Of interest that II seemed TO
the students most concerned in them that it
would take at least fourteen days respite to
fit them to cope with the work Of the rest Of
the term. Early in the month the third hall
play OF the year was given with great success.
John Drew's Christopher Junior was
chosen. and it proved to be particularly well
adapted for college presentation. The leading
parts were taken by Miss l.. Edison. 90; Miss
L. !. Burwell. 90; Miss J. NJ, Scarborough. 1900.
and Miss VI. I. Jackson. 1901 Close on the
heels of this performance came another, more
Alpha. The play, "A lesson in Hypnotism.'
was written by members OF the chapter.
TO emphasize the more serious. side Of col
lege entertainments The 7 and NJ. House q
Commons nnon d ana 0u ON S'Y i6e lo snSiS@ q"a'RSS ssoI VIII yad
That IA protective tariff is detrimental to tho
best interest? OF the United States at the pres
Miss X d. Mears. Miss l., jenkins and Miss A.
y Miller Qni EIys was TeHresrnted by Mics
During the sams week a. address on %Ths,
College Settlement item. ina sn co,I Its Civic Nv v ksIa KfGs
hury-Simkhovitch Of New York alsoa lecture
on on pTni e Eot 1 DM Mussnm A. and c lfs GSl 4 cdocsrt
Club for the Nassar Students Aid Society.
The next event OF importance was the re-
caption rendered by Mrs. kendrick to presi-
dent and Mrs. Taylor in honor Of the. Presi-
dents decision to remain at Vassar. A lecture
recital on "Schumann as a Song Writer" given
by DIR. John c. Griggs. assisted by Miss Gertrude
VI. Robbins, proved very interesting to the stu
dents. also an informal talk given before the
English department by Mrs. /. H., SEalding Of
brooklyn on her work in teaching English at
Pratt institute. Mrs. Tying addressed the
Young WUmcn's Christian Association on the
last week before the college closed there oc-
"urred also a meeting Of the Contemporary
Club, before which Miss Helen Dawes Brown
OF New York gave a lectuts on Kinling; The
meeting was followed by "A reception Ia the
senior parlOr.
In The evening Of the same day the fourth
and last hail play Of the season was given IN
Philalcthran Hall. The play selected was The
Private Secretary" on sunday, evening pre-;
cading the vacation, the uSual, Lenten and
Faster musical service was held. and on the
"Wednesday following Mr.. Franz Knetsel and
MIR. Alvin Schrocner OF the kneisel Quartet
and Mr.. Arthur Whiting, pianist. gave a con-
cert before the students,
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gymnastics, Including yolleybnll. played by
WE'VE members OF the freshman class. and a
ana mSIf inn game OF oSnssketball between ten juniors
gymn9sttcs, Illustrated by n charming minuet.
the 'Gavotte der K~aiserin. )" danced by sixteen
juniors, and seniors.
,hTD S %o dSiSisi g, e ths college against Joining
signinHant o. the broad religious lines ON which
NE college Is conducted, In the early part OF
t nh%'eWN! otJ ohn " Mott, general secretary OF
Snoke az vespers. Again at tho missionary
meeting he expressed an earnest desire that
ne members Of the Smith College Christian
Christian Federation. There was a great
deal Of discussion about the matter all
through 11 the college. and. in February. a
iego Association for Christian Work. which
Is an Informal body and includes the whole
Go.ege IN its membership. Speeches were
against i, but no vote was taken. In the latter
pnrt OF February a meeting OF the Ghristian
or nlo n,z wHs held This is q purely religious
ton for Christian Work. 4 vote was taken with
the result that 1870 voted against Joining the fed.
Grafton. u for It. Resolutions sent to the fedora
hon gave as the chief reason for not Join:
i Rs hlsscs fnto i2r the Christian Union to band
noelation. This body requires that each Of It's
ehurch; a restriction which tho Christian Union
o. cmith College does not mpose. Therefore.
4 was decided that it would he wiser to keep
II has been announced that Miss Rita
Creighton Smith. 10. editor-im-chIef OF the
Smith College Monthly, has received the award
essay on a Shakespearean subject. written I'M
der the required conditions. Her subject was
The Use, OF Soliloquy in Shakespeare's
tomi tSs es. IN a %so DANCE With the usual Gus
Der OF the Monthly.
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NEW STATUE or QUEEN vIcroErA.
George Frnmpton's Model of the Bronze
Portrait to lie Erected In Cnlcnttn.

LONDON, March PIT is n cause OF COM
plant among English artists that they have
received little patronage from the Queen dur
ing the sixty years OF her reign. In the last
twenty wears, at all events. the Queen has
given a sitting to no English artist. rrcferrimg,
it would seem, the more acadcmical painters
n Germany. But portraits and statues OF tho
Queen by English artists do exist. the commits
sions proceeding not from royalty itself, but
from patriotic bodies and institutions that de-
sired to perpetuate their loyalty 10y a portrait
or a statue OF the Queen. Lacking tho
advantage OF actual sittings, 1t cannot be
said that from an artistic point Of view
any OF these portraits have been OF
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SHE BROKE THE EGG MARKET.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick. from Bangor, the Cause
of Lenten Excitement in Salem.

Mrs. Kirkpatrick, from Bangor, tho Cause
of Lenten Excitement in Salem.
From the Boston Erentno Transcript.
Retail grocsrs in salem are still discussing
the way their egg market was lurried not
many days ago In the height OF the Lenten
season. when eggs were beginning to get
little hiGher daily. Just at this time a Mrs.
Salem 70 make a new home. Her husband.
who WAS a prosperous merchant in the Pine
gage gage IN man snot n"H Inc IN Hui the "sS n eusinSSS 20 eo Of
Salem. TheiE family consisted OF two lively
Not long after Mrs. Kirkpatrick arrived she
found the prize Of eggs ~ lie 40 cents a dozen
an exorbltant price in Maine with the pros
pect that they would lie still more costly. 80
she wrote home to relatives and asked than To-
send her a few eggs at bangor rrices-2n cents
when, the eggs arrived Mrs, KirkpatTick foTn@s
herSeI, c9ntronted with an entire ease ilitL
Kirk household that day. The bows
finally solved the problem. After some plead.
ketS and allowed them To 40 cut on the streets
Of Salem %peddling Maine eggs at - cents a
in two hours hai soid ont. The eggs we're
brown and fine and went as fast a. The house
wives &, had t%. a light II them As II" eggs went.
formation that eggs Of the Lest nanlity were
price was, getting, To lie considered prohibiliNe.
reached the sturekeepers. Agents Went about
and soon discovered the cause Of the tr"ubls.
To lower the price of the 1yerdue eggs IN
the stores would not have had The slightest
eject in the face ut the suI-Tiority Of the
fresh Maine stock. tn" dealers held meetings
to try To lind out whore the rev eggs had "omo
from, and II 1t would he safe To- try To- buy ~ u
lot Of them, The ne 40 SIreli further. The
agitation OF the mnrketmen BETRAYED them.
and a brakeman on u Boston and Maine tram
received n TN. On his GeNt trlp - Maine he
ordered a box Of eggs sent . him IN Portland.
and on his next trim but one back through Sa.
lem he took them on into the station Ia peddla
them at 81 cents. Although there was not
very much Of "A crowd in the station thar iay
the eggs were sold before the tram started
aud tho brakeman ha hi cash IN hand. lie
teleRraphtd for another case and went on 10
Boston. That was the ld,t StrnW. Tue neat
day every grocery store in Sh!em was selling
eSgs al ~ cents, although mQSII AZ 4 loss.
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THE 7EiCHER>' COLLEGE.
Sew Building for the Horace Mann Schnoi
soon to Ic Erected.

new bullVllk Tor the horace mann school
soon to lie Erected.
For some time the increasing number Of
students in the Teachers College and in the
Horace Mann School has driven homo to the
trustees and all others connected with tho col
lege the pressing need Of a separate building
for the Horace Mann School. This is themo lei
school OF the College. where the student teach
ers learn to do likewise. and up to this time it
has been housed in the colirge itself. II has
occupied the entire second floor of tho main
building. and has had also several Ciu~SrOOms
in Milhauk Memorial. SpacC which thu college
could use udvantaGcOusly Tor its own work.
Financial considerations arr all that have
kept the trustees from building before. hut
these obstacles have Just been removed by Il
gift OF Sl0O,OOO from a friend of the college.
which, with the funds already at hand. makes
the erection OF the building possible. Ground
will be broken ms soon as possible. westward OF
the college. Tho new building is estjmated to
high. According to the present plan 1t will
face the Boulevard. and will he 300 feet long by
100 wide. A covered paSSagcway will connect
IL with the college proper. One convenience OF
the new building will he an auditorium capable
OF seating l.OUOp cuplc.
The Dean replied to a request ofthe students
Club 10y posting the following notice: "Cpon
request Of the students Cluh the Dean has at
proved n plan to hold a tcn-minute chapel
service daily at l2:25 O'Clock. beginning Tues
day. April L." This service will max" il posi-
bic for the students who live ut u u~istaEco to
attend chapel exercises.
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The growth in the size and capacity OF ma
chine tools required for modern purposes is
well illustrated in a hydraulic press. which
was completed recently for tho Parkhead forge
in England FOR use In forging armor plates. 1t
j. said to be the largest press OF its kind n the
clearance 10 feet in width and a working height
Of thG movable part OF Is feet, There are %
pIying water to the working cylinder. and
these are operated by, four sets sets OF RHImping
rter p,rss consists of 1,l25 tons Of lriekwork
CAPPED with 3Jv tons Of concrete.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-08
Doe Gully Curves.

About half way between Cumberland
and Martinsburg, on the Second Divi-
sion of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, is a picturesque spot known as
Doe Gully. There is quite little hill
at this point that the road goes
through, and the approaches to this
tunnel include several reverse curves.
The company has been engaged for the
past two months in removing these
curves and reducing the grades. The
chief engineer says that the improve
ment will do away with one of the
most Objectionable pieces OF track on
the Second Division since Seven
Curves were eliminated, and will re-
move four reverse curves. 1t will not
only make a much better riding track
for fast trains, but materially assist
the west-bound freights in CHM bling
this grade.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-08
RECtIVERS TUX IHt P.dG.
E. L. Martin, Robert Gillian and
]. Med. TrimbIe Appointed.
NEW WORKERS HEADED orF.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April Be l..
Martin, first vice president; Robert
Gillian, general manager, and j. Med.
Trimble. general counsel of the Kan
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
company. have been appointed re-
ceivers of the road. The appointments
were made Saturday night at 10
o'clock by Judge James Gibson of the
Jackson county circuit court upon the
application of C. E Grannis who is
director of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Trust company. The general
allegation in the petition is that the
road is insolvent in that it is unable
to meet the interest upon its bonds.
which fell due April i. and which
amounts to 1915, 900, and is unable to
clear away certain other debts which
reach total of between $780, 900 and
S4OO, 600.
The receivership of the Pittsburg &
Gulf may be termed n friendly one, in
that it leaves the management OF the
road in the hands of the same men
who have conducted its affairs since
the day it was started. The applica-
ton for receiver was made in Kan
sas City because it was learned that
Eastern capitalists who are interested
in the road would apply for receiver.
The April interest on the Pittsburg
& Gulf bonds was due Saturday As
the road has outstanding S23, 900, 900
in bonds, which draw per cent in
terest, and as the interest which
should have been paid Saturday
amounted to 1915, 600 it was evident
that something had to be done at
once. President Stilwell has been
in conference with committee
of the Eastern stockholders
for several days, but no salts
factory solution of the problem
had been found A day or two ago it
was learned that the State Trust com
pany of New York, which holds the
bonds of the company to the amount
of SEA, 600. 600, was prepared to take
decisive action if the interest pay
ments were not properly met on April
l. As this is a New York concern it
was plain that if receiver were APP
pointed on its application the receiver
would be an Eastern man, who would
| take especial pains to look out for the
interests of the Eastern stockholders.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-08
FIGHTING TO THE SOUTH.
Insurgents Seem to BE Gathering in Front
of Lawton's Division

OF laWCOn'S k1VsSfOn.
MANILA, April 3.-The American
forces commanded by General MacAr-
thur are resting at Ma1olos The men
are in good condition. considering the
fatigues of the campaign.
The plans of the rebels, if they have
any, arc conjectural. Considera bic
rebel forces have been collected along
the fronts of General Lawton and
General Hall. who are holding the
line from the waterworks to La Lonia.
There is shooting nightly along this
line, apparently for the purpose of
breaking the Americans sleep
Consequently General Lawton has
detailed five sharpshooters from each
company to attend to the rebels and
the Americans are picking off num-
bers of them.
1t is reported that 3,OOOrebeIs under
Pillar are concentrating at Cainta and
Taytar-
General King sent out reconnoiter-
ing parties from each of the twelve
companies of the North Dakota regi-
ment and brisk engagement followed
during which seven Eiipinos were
killed. On the American side lieu
tenant and two privates were
wounded.
The death of Lieutenant Gregg of
the Fourth infantry, who was killed
near the Manila water works, has
deeply affected the army, as he was
one of its most popular young officers.
Wis funeral took place to-day.
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a Western Canadian Settler Writes to
an Illinois Friend.


In writing to Mr.. T. Hawkyard, OF
Rockford, ILL.,, Mr. 6. Simpkins, OF
Leduc, Alberta, Western Canada land
to which points especially low rates are
being quoted over all lines Of rail-
way, says:
Dear Sir:-Rec'd your letter the 14th
inst. We have had no snow till after
Christmas and the cattle have been
able to live out, and are all in good
condition. 1t is showing now. That
is what We want; have about inches
now. The old settlers say when we
have lots Of snow it means good crop
the coming season. 1t never drifts
here. The weather is calm and bright.
We do not have to dress any heavier
than in Illinois. and the horses never
SILVER with the cold when we take
them from the warm stables, as they
do in Illinois. 1t has not frozen IN the
stable this winter The most OF the
stock runs out, but there is no need
of it, for timber is plentiful and there
is no expense to build good stables and
houses. We have good log houses and
they are very warm. Two men can
put up a house 1924 in two days.
There are good rails for fences. We
live ten miles from the coal district,
the price being from so cents up to
$500. The land is very rich, Ioamy
depth; the hills have the deepest. It
is rolling country, and excellent for
stock OF all kinds. Sheep do well, and
there are plenty of small lakes where
the cattle can get good water. The
cattle got out of grass last year, about
the middle of April, and run at large;
unless in charge of a herdsman. we
have to fence against them Wheat
goes from So to so bushels per acre.
oats 80 to 80, very often over a hun
dred. AS to potatoes, neighbor
planted bushels and dug 226 bushels
! and no bugs. Roots of all Kinds do
! Well There are lots Of strawberries
| and lots or red raspberries. black and
| red currants, and gooseberries, where
the ire has not burnt them. Cattle
are scarce. 1 have been trying to buy
some for months and have got only
three two-year-old, and paid $50 each.
Hogs are scarce. but can be got They
| sell Tor 3 cents dressed. and cost more
for stockers. Wheat so cents per bu.,
oats % cents, eggs so cents a dozen
butter Is and 20 cents, poultry was 1C
and IL cents dressed. Sheep are
scarce. II you come, bring your farm
| tools, but bring no Seeders; we use
drills. Bring cows, but do not bring
| horses unless you are an experienced
hand in shipping them, for so many OF
| them are hurt in shipping There viii
| be plenty of work for a binder Two
good horses will break but three light.
er are better. The horses you get here
can work without grain, but are bettei
| with it. 1t will be hard to tell what
prices horses will be. for the immigra-
ton will be very large the coming
spring. They could be had last sprins
at one time. They claim the best time
to break is June, but my experience,
is to break in the spring and work it
You can break till the middle of July
TIL eglobe of the eye is moved b.
six muscles.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-08
GROSS FRAUD IS CHARGED,

TOPEKA, Kan. March 30.-United
States District Attorney L L. Lam
bert, representing Receiver Morton
Albaugh, of the defunct First Nation
al bank, of Emporia, commonly known
as the Cross bank. has brought suit in
the federal court here against William
Martindale. vice president and one of
the acting managers of that institu-
ton during its existence, to recover
S166. Zoo. The petition gives in great
detail the history of the transactions
which resulted in the failure of the
bank According to it, most glazing
frauds were perpetrated: the accounts
were manipulated In an unlawful
manner, and the books were doctored
TO make things balances regardless of
the amount of the shortage
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ON THE ROCKS.
Steamer Loaded With Excursionists Is
wrecked-Seventy Drowned

Steamer Loaded With ExcursionIsSS Is
wrecked-seventy Drowned.
SOUTHAMPTON. England, April l.
The passenger steamer Stella, plying
between this port and the Channel
islands, crashed upon the Casquet
rocks, near the island of Attorney,
yesterday afternoon. in dense fog.
and foundered in ten minutes, her
boilers exploding with a tremendous
report as she went down
About seventy lives are believed to
have been lost. An early report gave
the loss as 120. but the officers of the
London & Southwestern Railway COM
pany, to which the boat belonged. say
all the passengers except seventy have
been accounted for.
The Stella had on board 20 passen-
gers who were going to spend Easter
in the Channel islands. In spite of
the confusion and the boiler expIo-
sions, there was no panic when the
ship went down.
The coasting steamer Lynx, which
brought the news of the disaster here,
picked up four boats and forty per
sons belonging to the Stella
Another stermer has picked up a
boat containing fifty-five persons, in.
Guiding twenty women, who escaped
from the wrecked steamer They have
been landed here.
The second officer of the steamer,
who was among those rescued, says
that collapsible boat was launched
full OF people, but he thinks she strucb
On the rocks. owing to the fog.
Three boats. including the collapse
bic boat, are missing