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and the Court of Claims and many distinguished parsonage
prominent
the Lafayette
the Daniel
o Mr.
in
an Chairman of the Joint Committee Arrangements of the Senate an
o
Oh God who dwelling all bless Thee that
pshed instructors
A
position and
pride OF the whole nation Let thy heavenly benedOn rest on thy ser
here assembled Thy who shall deliver the Grafton the
strength and which shall fit fO7 his exalted make all
and nernetuste the memory ~ tho Iinsrio % and salesman whose f,rb
commemorate today through Jesus Christ Saviour Amen
Senator Chandler then follows:
PRESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES,
in
stlsOn Huehins
Hampshire of of the United States of
meica.
with the resolution
consisting of
the and members from the House
of of
Massachusetts,
provided
ON the library and an annroprn had been made for the construction of the
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Washington January 1900
Chandler sstec1 Special
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IT gives me great satisfaction to be thus allowed to aid in some slight degree pep.t
snd o Of Hampshire
nUTcnNs
country
the statue of Pere Marquette the hall the Capitol
Mr. Hne the inscription Liberty
and Forever One and Insepabe On the bronze deneaOn
of the at the delivery of the Bunker Hill Grafton and below the p
northern face are the words Expnde and Defender the Constitution and
the southern face Born Salisbury H. January 49, 17S Died
is given by stson Huehins native OF New Hampshire and dedicated
nation.
not for this occasion speak the career and character of Mr.
Massachusetts Mr. Lodge who has
websters life has his discriminating
of
Michigan
F. Stockton the House of by
of of
Mr. Seymour of
Mr. stanly North Carolina
Stark and Daniel Webster National
culOm Mitchell Lodge
and Glnge and in the House by Representatives Blair Everett Curtis
a
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og upon , career ta or and W.T." , n r ln s e
portion of
of eth
an-savery and they tainted him
that days
John Hale handwriting mueh-wOrn
tract from Mr. webstes Feptem 90 1897 the Wing State
Springfield
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thought TO be maintained all reasonable sacrifices
compromise conflicting
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New Life Saving Devfce.


There was recently a successful trial
In st. Katherine's Docks, London, of a.
method of rendering boats unsinkable
the invention of Mr.. E. S. Norris
a method which is as simple as it is
effective. Supposing that he wishes
to apply the invention to: a lifeboat
which is already fitted with water-tight
compartments, he would fill those
spaces with an adequate number of
closed tubes, each only a few inches
long, made of some strong impervious
material such as waterproof paper. But
boat with such compartments is not
necessary, for the little cases can be
held in a canvas band which can be
nailed along the sides of any ordinary
rowboat, and render it quite unsinka
BILE. The principle can also be applied
to lifeboats and .buoys-replacing the
cork ordinarily used, with a great saw
ing or expense. In the trials referred
to, specially designed boat, with can
vas-held tubes along her sides, as we'll
as fore and aft, righted herself after
being purposely capsized, although
fitted with a mast and sail, while an
ordinary boat similarly treated failed to
sink, although the bung was removed to
fill her with water, and seven men were
aboard. These hopeful experiments
were witnessed by representatives from
the admiralty and various shipping au-
thorities.-Chambers' Journal. -
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she said, warmly. "I think it is left to

she said. warmly. ''I think it is left to
the agent, who does as he pleases and
lets the property fall into decay, while
the owner enjoys himself in foreign
lands, or at least does not trouble him
self to personally investigate affairs.
And yet the poor wretches who live
In these dreadful quarters, where dis
ease SO often comes, must pay their
rent as If they got some adequate re-
turn. i call 1t blood money and should
think it would stain the hand of the
man who receives it." =. s..=r*< IT.
Perhaps suggested the stranger,
."the> owner is, as you said was pos.
=sible, away from home and !. knows
nothing Of the state of hts. property.
Perhaps his agent has kept him in. ig-
norance.'' il i. I :. e ~
Then it is. criminal ignorance re
turned Mrs. Barry, 4 ..eThe possession
of property entails responsibilities,
moral obligations, and should not be
shirked. Now, in the case of the own.
er OF this house, it is simply willful
neglect: /, myself. notified him OF. the:
condition Of the house some time ago..
You know him, then e. asked the
man, in evident surprise. sss
~ ~ she replied ..but I communi- !
Gated with him through his agent: !, /.
At nd MI. .--ah y; hat did you say. the
owners name was 2" he inquired
1T have forgotten Mrs Barry said,
wrinkling her smooth brow il an at
stanapt at tsremembrance.s G.
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THIS CAT HAD APPENDICITIS.
Z
San Francisco Feline That Was Afflicted
with q Fashionable Disease. 5


with Fashionable Disease. "a
From the San Francisco Chronicle:t
Maltese cats are in large demand
among business houses, not only be-
cause of their beauty, but because they
have proved themselves to be fine hunt
ers. One of the handsomest Of these
is Tom, magnificent fellow belonging
to wholesale grocer in lower Cali
fornia street, or, perhaps, it would be
more correct to say that the cat owns
the establishment He spends his
nights in useful labor and is sometimes
for considerable period found regu-
larly each morning with big dead rat
by his side, for, like most OF the gen-
timely capable of his kind, he disdains
to eat his game. During the day he
has appropriated to his own use a nice
ly finished mail tray on the Office desk,
and when the weather is cool a big
nickel lamp standing beside the tray
is kept burning for his especial benefit.
A fit of Indigestion very nearly carried
him off one day and it became neces-
sary to perform a surgical operation
to save the noble fellows life. He
seemed to know that the veterinary
surgeons lancet was unsheathed for
his good and bore the pain like a stole
Tom in beauty and intelligence and his
almost exact counterpart in size and
appearance is Joe, a splendid Maltese
of Petaluma birth, belonging to a
wholesale boot and shoe house on the
corner of Second and Stevenson street.
Eyes of amber, coat of silky blue
gray, sinewy frame and leonine rather
than tigerish face, Joe is a magnificent
specimen of cathood. He not only an
swers to his name, but understands and
will obey simple directions issued by
his master, jumping on desk or chair
at his bidding or playing with cord
strung across the entrance in the Office
rail. An. instance Of cat devotion OF
an extraordinary sort is found in
wholesale daily establishment, ,on the
east side of Front street, near Califor
MIA. Here is wee motherless gray
kitten, so small that it can sit COM
fortably on ones hand. In the store
are five grown cats-common cats Of
no pedigree, toms and tabbies, and this
elder band has assumed maternal care
Of the. forlorn little orphan. They
watch it vigilantly, seeming particu-
larly apprehensive lest it stray: out up
on the street, and whenever one of
them perceives him too near the open
doors the older fellow walks over to
the kitten, picks it up in its mouth and
gravely carries it: back and deposits. it
in the rear of the store. -
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smile frightened the widows face as
the hostess moved away. :
so it was you lectured SO roundly
the other day." she said. '''You real
ly must pardon me-" ,
do you mean,' he asked eagerly,
"that you do not now think me cul-
pable?" :.
by no. means she replied, 2. en-
phatica1ly. i only mean thatsI would
probably not have spoken so had I
known you then" H..
:: ;':.".Then, il that is, thescase,'' = he said,
showing considerable detection, :.,::t I
fear you will not care for my acquaint-
ance'' - - 1:@s -, * ...:Ess'EEss .Ez
Alwyn. was a 55handsome es man, with
attractive manners, and Isabella was
but; a. woman, ma young, an dsnot impervi-
!ous to- the admir- tien she read in his
eyes, So she ansWered s.; .s 4. Il 81.
.s.7-.'*I consider it a piece Of good. fortune
6s:haXe. met YOU. sinttend to consti-
tute mysehsa missIo Ionary and convert
YOU to my point 81. f.vieiV, {; q. .:s
/. . .'You, wi1lzhnd me a. reaayfpdp 9, he
Responded, Quickly, "Your first lesson
on the. rssponsi sibilities Of a property
holder has. already borne fruit. Il in
tend to- tear down the wretched struc-
tupe you ,condl dlemned so sharply and
gte put Ii jppea model modern building in It's
stead i
SIS ell me about il, z Z urged the widow,
her eyes sparkling with pleasure.
Mr. AlWyn sitated a moment, then.
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carriage in the world, being only two
feet wide. The speed is four and one
half miles per hour.
Luminosity of Gas Mantles.

- >~~AASA0Ss
The. delicate white .mantles used in
Welsbach. lamps consist Of q mixture
OF two rare earths- thorla5and ceria
For some reason:n not yet clearly under
stood, these substances must be COM
bined in definite proportion in order
that they shall give the maximum Of
light. Pure ,thoria, Or pure ceria,
made lnsa intes as1nant1e, gives only about
one-eleventh as much light as mantle
containing 80 per cent of thoria and
1 per cent of ceria. The remarkable
thing is that so slight quantity Of
ceria added to the thoria should so
enormously increase the illumination,
especially in view Of the fact that a
combination of equal quantities of
thoria and ceria gives practically no
light, becoming barely red-hot in the
gas flame.
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SATURDAY. APRIL 28 1900 S8EI

Il am sure he never received your
letter" exclaimed her companion,
earnestly. osgs a.. HID ~; ,zz-..s
/ It was Mrs. Barry who now showed
surprise. f.: -%Mr Il. a.,s*t ~"ss ).
=. do you know him?" she asked In
turn. .>Es.s@.*.-,.-'
The gentleman hesitated before he
replied: Slightly. And, while he is
by no means paragon,I am sure If
he had received your letter or had
otherwise been made aware of the
state of his property, he would have
attended to it. AS it is, I will see that
he has the matter brought to his at
tention."
THANK you!" exclaimed the young
widow, impulsively extending her
hand, which he clasped very willingly.
Then a pause followed, during which
she suddenly awoke to the fact that
she was even more unconventional
than usual, and hastily bidding the
stranger good-day, she passed on.
s'Well, he was a gentleman. am
sure," she said to quiet her inward
chidings, "and it was in the cause OF
charity. But I really must learn to
behave more sedately." She glanced
back as she left the building, but did
not see him; and she did not know that
he had stayed behind to make discreet
inquiries about the charming black
robed woman who had favored him
with her views on the responsibilities
of property-owners.
Shortly after this adventure Isabella
attended musical at a friends home.
At, the close of the entertainment her
friend approached and asked leave to
introduce a Mr.. Alwyn; who desired to
meet her.
Isabella gave her consent and the
hostess. left to bring the gentleman.
"Alwyn," repeated the widow to her.
self. Where have I heard that name?
It certainly is familiar, but cannot
place him"
"Mrs. Barry-Mr. Alwyn," said her
hostess, and turning she found herself
face TO face with the gentleman she
had talked with in the old tenement
house: AS she glanced at him she sud
denly remembered the name of the
owner of that neglected property: 1t
was Alwyn, and this was he standing
before her, his countenance expressing
nothing but polite pleasure upon max
ing her acquaintance. An irrepressible
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SCIENTIFIC. TOPICS.
cURRENTNOTESOF OF DISCOVERY
AND lNvENTIONx '' %~
Lamp That Lights Itself-For 1nvalids
lighting Rooms with Prlsms-New
Life Saving Device-Warz Ships In
iured by neutrality-suspicious..
Lighting Rooms with Prlsms.

Il. J. Lighting Rooms with Prlsms.
One OF the crowning achievements of
the nineteenth century is bringing
!lght into dark places. This does not
mean sending tracts to the heather in
Africa, but the use OF prisms for il
Eliminating Easements, apartments and
the like. When a ray Of light passes
from one transparent medium, such as
glasseor water, to another, it undergoes
a change OF direction at the surface OF
separation. This change of direction
of light; rays is called refraction. The
knowledge Of this property of light has
been = = utilized in the new prism
method OF lighting buildings. The
natural light of a room comes d.
rectly from the sky, and, striking the
floor within ten or twenty feet of the,
window, is almost entirely lost The
quantity Of light utilized is very small
In com parison with that which enters
the win In the new system now
very extensively used, the light is re-
celVed- upon plate Of prisms, and,
under the laws of refraction, is divert
ed and borne back into the room. No
light is lost. None is created. But
through the prisms daylight is diffused
uniformly throughout the interior
space. Architects and owners have
been quick to see the great practical
value of a simple, certain method, of
giving to interiors the great desidera-
tum OF natural light. Prisms, without
loss, without any cost of maintenance,
disp1ace gas and electric lights, and in
their place give natural and wholesome
light. The prisms are generally used
vertically and bring the sky, as it were,
to the window. They have nothing to
do with reflectors. They are squares
OF clear crystal glass, scientifically
formed, having one prismatic surface
electro-glazed. It has been shown that
6they increase the light of room from
I five to twenty-five times. They are
fire=proof and are stronger than plate
. glass. "A Canadian named Pennyquick
invented the prism plates. . > ,-;z>* s5: :.
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OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME, GOOD JOKES ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
A Variety of Jokes, Gibes and Ironfes.
Original snd seIected-F1otsam and
Jetsau from the Tide of Humor-
Witty ,ssyine& ..-
How She HedGed.

How She Hedged.
"Ah,'" she bitterly exclaimed, "but
you have never offered to die for your
country
No. he defantly replied, t*but Z
made $4,000 On the stock market last
week.
"Edward,,' sine asked, *'do you think
| would be able to- succeed in tragedy,
Sometimes am Gvertaken by the ter
rlble thought that / might have To-
support myself it anything should hap
pen to YOU before we are. married,
for, of course, I should never, never
love another!'- Chicago Times-Her>
aid. j
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Scientific Jottings.

There has been great difficulty in
London in finding drivers for electric
vehicles and one company has dis
missed its employees and closed up its
plant on this account. =
Some interesting investigations have
recently been carried on by physicians
and scientists, intended to prove the
long-suspected relation which mosqui-
toes bear to malaria. Enough has
been done to demonstrate clearly the
fact that the night air is not the real
enemy, but the mosquitoes which en-
ter when the windows are open. Per-
sons even in the most malarious of
countries, who wear gauze wells by day
and who sleep under nets at night, re-
main .innpervious to the evils OF the cli-
mate, proving that insects, not the air,
have caused the trouble. A limited OBJ
servation has shown that babies suffer
something more than the mere local
irritation when an insect has stung
them and many remember how gener-
ally miserable they have been, after
several bites. The conclusion reached,
therefore, can hardly cause great sur
prise and since they add more proof in
favor OF open windows and fresh air at
night, most will accept them gladly.
One Of the few Englishmen whose
name is known. all over the world for
his scientific discoveries Is Prof. D. E.
Hughes. His printing: telegraph in,
strument, now in use throughout the
continent. dates from 1857; his mi-
crophone dates from a paper. read to
the Royal society May 9, 1885,; his dis
covery of the remedy for induction
and cross-talk on telephone wires by
the use OF twisted wire arran gements,
now universally used, from March 12,
1879; his induction balance, from May
S, 1879. Since then he has read nu-
merous papers before the Royal society
and elsewhere upon magnetism and ]
the like. His whole early career was
devoted to- establishing his printing
telegraph instrument on all the. i'm
portant telegraph lines OF the. conti-
nent, for (which the different govern
:ments have bestowed Upon him nine
of their highest decorati ions. He very j
generously abandoned TO the public his
rights to the celebrated microph one,
out Of which he might have made a, ,
large fortune. s.8s N ss5
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months, and is sun hciently strong to
light the lamp 1000 times at a cost Of
5 cents. tits sold securely packed with
bottle of charging salts.
=. ~ - .77Ns - 2 =
War-Ships Injured by Eloctrici1

War-ships Injured by Eloctricity.2
An Italian court recently, ,. after a
trial, ordered the removal OF some
wooden yachts, whose bottoms were
sheathed with copper, from the neigh
borhood of iron warships anchored i'm
the harbor. of Leghorn. It2was alleged
that an electric connection was estab-
slished through the ships cables where
by the copper-bottomed warships were
turned into the, poles of galvanic bat
terry, the result being a rapid corrosion
OF the iron in contact with the sea.
water. 49,. =
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THE WIDOWS : LOVE.

When Isabella Barry was left a
widow at the age Of ,25 she turned her
attention to charitable work, hoping
to find solace therein" Her zeal grew
land at the end of a year she was. quite
engrossed in the work.
She had always given literally, but
now she added personal visitation to
that, and took to visiting the slum dis
1tricts, where she dispensed aims with
her own hands. To say that she was
often deceived in the objects of her
charity would be putting it mildly
often the professedly blind having as
good sight as herself or the, apparent
cripple having an arm or leg deftly
lbandaged up while the sleeve or
trousers leg hung empty-but many
and many time she helped those who
were truly deserving, and was content.
She studied social problems, read
books on economic subjects and at
tended club meetings Of the working
classes, endeayoring to find some plan
by which the condition of the poor
might be permanently ameliorated.
1T they only had better houses to
live. in" she said, "it> would arouse
their ambition and self-respect. But
these horrible, ramshackle tenements
where human beings swarm together
like rats, have simply the opposite
tendency"
It was while visiting one of these
tenements that she met. with an ad-
venture: In coming through an upper
hall the heel of her shoe caught in a
hole in the floor and her foot received
such wrench that she would have
fallen and perhaps sustained severe in
juries, but for the opportune appear
ance of gentleman, who caught her
and held her while he released, her
heel
What. an abominable place!" ex-
claimed. her rescuer,' an interesting
looking man, dressed in a suit of
tweed, whose appearance and manner
stamped. him as a gentleman. Mrs.
Barry was not conventional and find
ing herself unhurt and in the company
of one whom she at once conceived to
be in sympathy with her charitable
projects, she began to talk. =
Eyes, this is one of the most neg
lected buildings in the whole CITY, -
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A Remarkable Shawl. =,

=. The. most remarkable shawl in the
world is one belonging to the. duchess
Of Northumberland tt is made en-
tirely from the fur Of Persian cats, and
many thousands Of skins were used,
the weaving taking several years. Al
though this shawl is eight yards
square it can, be compressed into a
space no larger than a coffee cup. It
was formerly the property Of Charles
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asked, almost timidly: Perhaps you
will allow me to. bring the plans up
some evening r to show You? You
might then be. kind enough to offer
some helpful suggestion; for when Il
comes to building. I always contend
+ that a woman plans better, than the
most finished architect of the sterner
sex" .r1.v T., + T E .5.s7.'
-. Il viii: be most happy to assist you,o' 4 !
Isabella responded, as she, rose u; to
leave, <:a!and you: will find me at, home
any Wednesday," ~ -. =: r ~ - Z (
r The next Wednesday found Alwyn at
Mrs. Barry's, armed with his plans for
a model tenement house. There were
many changes and numerous sugges-
tions to be made, which necessitated
many visits on the part of Mr.. Alwyn.
Isabella was such delightful little
philanthropist and her zeal was so con-
tagious that Alwyn declared that he
could not manage his large property
in the way she had shown him to be hts
duty without her permanent help. 81
"Of course, If you put it that way
the little widow said with dignity
that you only want me to keep you
In the paths of duty, I would recon-
mend the Rev. Mr.. Hopworth in my
place. He can guide you and adj
vise-" ,48
But that is not the only reason,
Isabella, that want you. I want you
because I cannot live without you
because love you Isabella
|: "Oh!' said Isabella, family, IF that
is the reason it changes the complexion
of the affair." little" :.
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Another Mystery,

Chicago News: The study Of the
occult sciences interests me very
much," remarked the new boarder. "I
love to explore the dark depths of the
mysterious, to delve into the regions
Of the unknown to fathom the unfath-
omable, as it were, and to-"
MAY help you to some of the hash,
professor?" interrupted the, landlady.-
And the good woman never knew
why the other boarders smiled audibIy..
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A Photopra1her's Harvest.

A Photographers Harvest ::
"Where are you going?" 8 -: q
<'To have my picture taken.'' t,.t,.--:g
."Don't= go to that artist; he'll make
you look melancholy" @
Il know it. That's why /, am going
to him. I'm going to, send the picture
to my wife-she's away, and threatens
TO come home. ."-Detroit Free Press.
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! MRS. OLEsoN POURED.
Up Aloft

b .5fs Up Aloft.s
=:sik..Pa, sklsa, ain Amt you a director Of th' school
board ?'' .5s
Yes, ! an. 1lThat of it - s5:s s..
Well teacher He'd me down today
and she was just awfully impolite
about it. - 81
Were you On the scho oIhouse prem
ises when she called you down q,
Yes. 4 was On the ROOT. g Cleveland
Plain Dealer,
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sH Is Accust toned Pose.

Chicago Record: Josiah. have your
phot tograph AIKEN SO you Will look
natural. Sc"
chats too much trouble, Maria. "a
have to take the lawn mower down.
town with me- z
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For TnvoljdS.

A young Toronto electrician has con-
structed an inva1id's electric chair, and
some like it can already be found In
the streets Of that Canadian city. The
chair Is equipped with three battery
cells (under the seat), weighing thirty
three pounds. A tour-horse-power
motor is attached to the hind wheel.
The controller: starts, steers, speeds,
sreverses and controls the chair, which
is unique in being the smallest motor
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Quick.

Hmh!" said Mr.. Wickwire.
what is it?''. asked his wife. :.
II was just reading here of lot OF
wheat being taken from the field,
thrashed, ground and transformed into
a case of indigestion In less than six
hours. Journal.