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road is only possible if we fail to look
below the surface. Russia has been
occupied for more than ten years in
building 5000 miles of railway over
very easy country for the most part
and that railway is not yet completed.
The turn around Lake Baikal, which
involves serious difficulties, is not yet
made, and will not be for some years.
The Manchurian branch is not yet
complete. But assume that we may
call the railway completed, what do
we find? 1t has taken Russia ten
years to build 5000 miles of rail-
road. The annual construction of rail.
ways in the United States has twice
reached 5000 miles. The Russian road
has cost in the easiest part $50, 900
a mile, and in Siberia it has probably
cost, with the equipment, $4,000 a
mile. Yet, despite this enormous and
wasteful expenditure, they have only
got single track laid with rails so
light that they must relay it from one
ecd 10 the other. 1t is as yet a COM
plete failure commercially. 1t is not
paying it's expenses.-From t'Some
Impressions of Russia" by Senator H.
C. Lodge, in Scribner'S.
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Hats and Cans.

"My granddaughter said the ser
geant, asked me the other day if ]
wore a hat or a cap in the army.
wore both, but just when / wore the
one and when the other l couldn't re
member at first But l remembered a
day on the long march from Tennessee
to Louisville in 1862, when 1 carried
water in my hat to battle the face of
an exhausted comrade. l remembered
that at Stone River 1 slept with my
hat over my face one night, and that
when l came to lie down the next
night there were three holes in the
crown of the hat l wore and a piece
out of the rim, and l thought some of
the boys had taken my hat and left
ragged one in it's place.
My memory was little ilazy in the
matter of hats at Chickamauga, but
remembered that while we were at
work on the forts in front of Chatta-
nooga two days later the rebel sharp
shooters put two bullets through the
upper part of the hat 1 wore, without
my knowing it, and that all the boys
thereupon pushed the crowns of their
hats up to their full height. 1 remem-
Der that when the pontoon bridge at
Bridgeport broke, and l went into the
water, my hat f1oated and was not two
feet from me when l came up from
my journey to the bottom. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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WEALTH OF THE CITIES
New Yorks Far IN Excess of That of
Any Other American Community

The total assessed value of real es-
tate and personal property in the
city of New York, uncorrected, is
Sc, 600, O0O,0OO
Each county of the state adopts its
own rate of valuation as compared
with the actual value of real estate.
Thus Chautauqua fixes 80 per cent
as the assessab1e value, Onondaga, IS;
Steuben, 80; Tioga, rs; Saratoga, TO-,
and Nassau, 65-the lowest of all.
In New York county the percentage
is 81, in Kings 68, in Queens 80 and
in Richmond &c. Practically, real es-
tate in the five boroughs Of the Great
er New York is assessed at about two
thirds of it's probable selling value.
Personal estate in New York is not
all assessed.
Inclusive of state, national and
municipal property and of all prop
erty exempt from taxation, New York
city represents in tangible real and
personal estate $4,000, 900 900, and
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this enormous total quite overshadows
all other American cities and many
foreign countries as well.
Chicago represents $500, 900 900
worth of real and personal property;
Boston, 81, 200, 100000; Philadelphia.
81 900, 900 900; ST. Louis, $45O,0OO,
900; San Francisco, $45O,0O0, 900; Buff
falo, $3.50, 900 900; Baltimore, $780,.
100000; Pittsburg, $3.50, 1000. 000.,
Washington, s15O,OOO, 900; Cleveland.
$3.50, 900 and Providence, 5000. 000.-
0uO.
The greater wealth of Eastern cit
les, when compared with the more
populous places of more recent
growth in the West, is due to the
large accommodations of invested capt.
tai, much of which finds employment
in other places. Peoria, ILL.,, and New
Bedford, Mass, have substantially
the same population, but while the
assessed value of taxable property in
Peoria is less than $40, 900 900, in New
Bedford it is more than 100000.
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Didn't Want War Medal.

Lawrence Page, who was a member
of the Twentieth Kansas, but who is
now in the government service at
Washington, has declined to accept
the medal given by the G. A. R. to all
members of the regiment. In a letter
to F. NJ Riddle. assistant adjutant
general of the G. A. R., Department of
Kansas, he says:
Your letter of March % came to-
day. In answer 1 will say the explain
alton of the medal affair is that 1 don't
want the thing. Don't send it to me
any more Keep it. destroy it, do
anything with it except end it.
Il mean no disrespect to the G. A
r. by this. 1 have been trying for
some two years to forget that 1 was
so unfortunate as to belong to the
famous Twentieth. 1 may say, how
ever, that l have a great deal of re
spect for most of the enlisted men OF
that regiment. Please let me forget
When Page enlisted in H Company
of the Twentieth Kansas he was made
a sergeant. Later he was promoted to
be quartermaster sergeant, but before
his enlistment expired he was reduced
to the ranks. The records do not state
the reason he was reduced.
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The first gown is of white nuns
yelling made up over pale green silk
and trimmed with a beautiful en-
broidery spangled with gold paillettes-
This embroidery trims the bottom of
the skirt and outlines a sort OF hip
yoke below, while at the sides and
back the skirt is slightly plated or
gathered
The front and back of the bodice
are made with groups of fine plaits
alternating with box-plaits- The yoke
is trimmed with rows OF fagoting
giving the effect of a square yoke bor-
dered with the embroidery. The full
sleeves are also trimmed with the
embroidery and gathered into deep
cuffs ornamented with fagoting. The
crushed s)Ilar and girdle are Of rose
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How unreasoning the fear of light
ming felt by so many timid people is
may be seen from compilation of
statistics made by the weather bureau.
The figures, which have been gath
cred during the past decade relative
to the deaths by lightning in the
United States, are certainly of con-
siderable interest. The old question
used to be how to protect buildings
against lightning hghtnfng rods or
none, solid rods or hollow rods-and
on the latter point men like Faraday
and Sir William Snow Harris took OPP
posite sides and waxed wroth, each
telling the other he knew nothing
about the subject. To-day little or no
attention is given to this matter and
it is generally realized that as regards
where lightning will strike we must
the statistics referred to, are about
one in 100000 of being struck. The
old idea that lightning will never
strike twice in the same place has
been pretty well exploded by the act
ual facts, and there is reason to as
sumo that if lightning strikes a given
point once it may be expected to
strike there again, rather than at
some other contiguous place.
The theory of lightning is now fair
1y well established. 1t is supposed to
be due to the rapid condensation of
the minute drODS of moisture, in the
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air, each of which, under certain con-
ditions, contains small electric
charge. As these minute drops coal
esce the electric potential is increased,
due to the fact that the total superb
cial area of the coalesced drop is less
than twice that when they existed
singly, and, as the electric capacity is
proportional to this area, the electric
charge of the two drops is now con-
fined within an area of less capacity
than before, with the result that the
way, long before the drops have at
tanned size to be precipitated as rain,
an electro-motive force amounting to
millions of volts is developed.
While there is no certain immunity
from lightning when it prevails, atten-
ton is called to the great desirability
of persevering in efforts 70 resusci-
tate those who have been rendered in
sensible by lightning strokes, as re-
coveries have repeatedly been made
of persons supposed to be dead, after
more than an hours efforts. The sta
tistics also show that there is no i'm
munity from lightning in feather
bed. in a house, or in a closet, and
that knives and the like do not attract
lightning. For those who are inner
emily dreadful of lightning the only
comforting suggestion that can be Of
fered is to remember that if one lives
to see the flash he is safe for that
time.
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Elton has loose fronts that open evel
vest embroidered with beige and
pale blue Corticelli Flo silk, similar
embroidery adjoining the deep peler-
inc collar. The sleeve is decidedly
novel and deserves special mention.
1t is cut with a point edged with a
band of stitched wolfe and is com
pleted with kind of under sleeve OF
cream liberty silk formed into puffs
with straps of beige velvet. Beige
velvet ribbon in a darker shade
adorns both the jacket and skirt The
latter shows the fashionable sheath
effect and in addition to the velvet a
trimming of straps in inverted scol
lops stitched with Corticelli silk.
The new skirts are fitted closely al
the hips but flare very much indeed
below the knees. A great many skirts
with hip yokes are shown, either OF
shirring, tucking or tiny bands, Joined
with a fancy open stitch. Some very
attravtive skirt models in sheer mate
rails are laid in narrow boX-plaits
from the waist to the knees and below
that there is a prettily shaped founcs
with insertions of cream lace and q
garniture of narrow gathered ribbon
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( 9lllnPflre 1dles

club, he took his stand and resolved
to make a fight for it. The dog recog
niZed the man and began exhibiting
every sign of friendliness. After a
few minutes the pursuers were heard
in the distance. The dog at once trot
ted off in that direction and was short
ly baying and leading them over a
fictitious trail The prisoner pushed
ahead for half an hour and was then
rejoined by the dog, who kept either
close to his heels or just ahead OF
hsen all day and lay beside him in the
woods at night. This position O.
guardian or companion he maintainee
until toward night of the second day,
when he returned to the stockade The
prisoner was then thirty miles away,
but on the fifth morning he was re-
captured. When he returned the
hound met and caressed him. From
that hour to the close of the war the
dog would not take the trail of an
escaping prisoner"
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Two Brave Soldiers.

Maj.-Gen. David S. Stanley, U. 8. A.,
who died the other day, became con-
vert to the Catholic church on the
battlefield of Shiloh and was baptized
on this sanguinary ground He was
born in Ohio in 1928, graduated from
West Point in 1852, served in the In
dian campaigns and all through the
civil war in the fighting in the west.
He led the cavalry, and was in com
mand of the Fourth Corps He saved
the day for the Union forces at the
battle of Franklin, Tenn, by his gal
lantry and skill. He served in tie
army afterwards, commanded the de-
partment OF Texas, and latterly the
National Soldiers Home in Washing
ton. He is the second Catholic con-
vert to hold the latter post, Gen. Hen
ry Hunt, chief of artillery. whose can
nonade at Gettysburg saved the day to
Meade, being the other.
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New Chain Barette.

Still another improvement has been
introduced into the little gold pin
which is intended to collect and hold
fast at the back of the head the soft,
short, uneven strands of hair. A
barette is supposed to be more useful
made after the new pattern now being
introduced. The gold bar of the
barette is somewhat longer than last
years model. From the two ends
swing loop of gold chain, very fine,
and it is supposed to support the IN
even strands of hair and so keep
them in stricter confinement. As a
matter of fact, the fine gold chain is
added as a matter of ornament.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-05
ALL LIFE's JOYS AT AN END.
Young Woman Had Paid Sorrow
full Farewell to HAPPINESS.

Young Woman Had Paid a Sorrow
full Farewell to Happiness.
The young woman sat by the win
dow looking out into the air dreamily
when her reverie was disturbed by an
elderly woman coming in
"Oh," said the visitor, excuse me.
I didn't know you were absorbed"
Come in," responded the dreamer
extending her hand. Il am glad to
see you.''
But why are you SO pensive? You
look as if your best friend had died.
What is the matter?'
The young woman drew her hand
kerchief hastily across her eyes. "Ah, !"
she sighed, Tom and T.
The older woman dropped her
hands in her lap in a helpless, des-
pairing fashion Don't tell me-" she
interrupted, that you and Tom have
quarreled?"
THE girl sighed again. THE end
has come" she said, ito all our moon
light drives, to the tender whisper
ngs beneath the magnolia trees, to
the boxes of caramels and the baskets
of flowers, to the sweet nothings in
the conservatory as the dancers whir1
In the ballroom, to the verses he
wrote me, to the rivalries and Jealous
les of sweetheart days, to the
Say NO more!' exclaimed the older
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pink silk, the former ornamented IN
front with a gold buckle.
The other gown is of very pale blue
silk The skirt is finished at the bot
tom with narrow f1ounce, headed by
rich embroidery in which dark red
velvet ribbon is rum From this en-
broidery, bands of the same extend
upward to the gird1e, forming panels.
The bodice is trimmed at the top
yoke-fashion and on each side of the
front with the embroidery In that on
the fronts is run with velvet ribbon.
the ends finished with gold tips Tho
collar and plastron are of ecru euip-
ure and the draped girdle is of the
silk The sleeves, made with q large
pun at the bottom, are trimmed ut the
top and bottom with the embroidery.
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A Hundred Years from Now.

When look ahead shows you nothing
but the thickest sort of gloom.
When you're worried to the center of your
soul,
When your plans have all miscarried and
proved castles in the air.
And you've nothing in your pocket but
hole
Then's the time to reason thuswise:
Whats the use to make row?
Who tell a bit of diff renee in hum
dred years from now?"
tow'rd life's slowly setting sun
hid from view.
When it seems there's nothing doing in
s the providential line,
And when everything Except the sky)
looks blue.
Then is not the time to falter turn
backward from the plow:
Will it make a bit of diff renee in hun
dred years from now?
Yet there's thing will make difference
ten long decades further on;
It's the way you bear your troubles day
by day;
If you keep your top-lip stiffened and a
smile upon your face
AS you stride toward the lions in the
way,
Then the worried world will carry fewer
wrinkles it's brow,
And twill really make some diff renee in
a hundred years from now.
s. w. Gillian in Los Angeles Herald.
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Chic Gown.

A charming afternoon gown is of
chestnut tone of wolfe, embroidered in
pale tan The bodice is slightly
swathed across the front, caught at
the side with a big gold buckle, be-
meath which are two long loops of pale
tan Liberty satin ribbon, and with
ends depending nearly to the border OF
the skirt. The neck is filed in with
pale tan chiffon. On the left side OF
the bust is a spray of leaf bows in
soft shades of cream and brown The
skirt is cut with frou-frou flare, each
seam being strapped with Louisine silk
the same hue as the fabric. At the
border of the skirt are three rows of
the strapping.
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Jacket of Black Tsffeta.

This charming little jacket is of
black taffeta tucked in clusters and
perforated in a small, neat design
showing the white satin lining 1t is
fashioned with a novel basque or skirt
which appears only at the side and
back, and the large collar is of en-
broidered batiste over a still larger col
lar of embroidered taffeta. The
sleeves are very wide and f1aring at
the wrist and have double turned back
cuffs of taffeta and batiste. A belt of
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Little Hints.

Parisiennes will not desert the be
coming Elton jacket.
Trails shortened at the back are
shown on many new skirts.
than ever and invariably they are
made so by means of the fine handi
work put upon them.
The wide-brimmed hat dropping il
front and at the back, with loops and
ends for finish, will be worn in mid
summer with the muslin gowns.
Dark, rich brown and crimson c1otl
gowns, with very deep border, like
that of a cashmere shawl, set on the
skirt or overskirt, are in high favol
with exclusive Frenchwomen
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Cured of His Latin.

Grand Army men sometimes tell
stories that are not in the books, and
they are most interesting. Here is
one giving a new method of curing an
offensive officer. The narrator vouches
for the truthfulness of the army in
cident:
When the til regiment, Ohio In
fantry, was stationed along the Mem
phis and Little Rock railroad in 1864,
guarding the bridges and making oc-
casional forays into the surrounding
country, they had so many men sick
with swamp fever it was found neces-
sary to have help for the regimental
surgeon, and soon there arrived
young doctor full of conceit and Latin
phrases, as he was only just out of
college.
Now the surgeon was one of the old
school doctors who had a sublime con-
tempt for all that was new in the sci
ence of medicine or surgery. The
young doctor paraded his Latin terms
before him at every opportunity. This
soon made a bad breach between the
two.
Soon after about two hundred of the
regiment were detailed to go into the
country south, and as the guerillas
were in force, and had a habit of
hanging anyone caught inside their
lines, it was considered quite a dan
gerous expedition.
The old surgeon thought this was
his opportunity to- rid himself of the
young doctor, and decided to send him
with the expedition, in the hope that
he would get hanged or killed.
He gave him strict orders as to how
he must treat all cases of sickness or
wounds, and even went so far as to
tell him what to do in case a man
was killed. The fourth day out they
ran into an ambuscade and had four
men killed and a few wounded. When
they returned from the scout the old
surgeon Immediately demanded a re-
port as to how many had been sick or
wounded, AL of which the young doc
tor gave him in detail laying much
emphasis on the fact that he lost only
four men.
What did they die Off" demanded
the old doctor.
"Bulletus minniebus, sir; and they
died very quickly"
How did you treat them?"
'I gave no treatment; they died so
suddenly l had no time to give any
treatment"
-'you may hand me your resignation.
/ have no use for YOU Why, sir, you
pretend to tell me that is a fatal dis
ease. / have practiced medicine thir-
ty years and never lost a case OF that
kind"
The young doctor did not resign, but
it is needless to say that he was very
careful about the use of his Latin in
the presence of the old doctor after
ward.-Columbus Dispatch.
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Bonds Tale of Bloodhound.

An Improvement on the story of An
drocles and the lion is credited to
Nimrod w. Bond, a Grand Army vet
eran who lives in the capital city. Mr..
Bonds narrative, says the Washing
ton Times, which refers to a Michigan
man imprisoned at Andersonville, runs
thus:
AT Andersonville the prisoners were
allowed to go out in squads, strongly
guarded, to collect firewood. One day
it was the hero's turn to go and for
the first time since his imprisonment
he caught sight of Col. Catchem, the
big bloodhound.
1.-The Michigander noticed that the
forefeet, but gave the matter no spe-
cial attention, until, after being out
for half an hour, he sat down to rest
near one of the guards The dog ap-
preached the guard as if to ask some
favor, but was repulsed with an oath
and threatened blow. He then skulked
around and came near the prisoner,
who saw that he had an old horseshoe
nail run into his foot With little
coaxing he got the dog near and final
1y pulled out the nail and the animal
ran away, seemingly well pleased.
Twelve days after that, one night
about midnight, a tunnel was ready
The prisoner was a long time getting
clear of the neighborhood and weak
and half-starved as he was, he was
not more than two miles from the
stockade when day broke and Col
Catchem was put on the track.
when he heard the dog coming he
looked for a suitable tree to climb,
but failed to find one. Armed with a
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woman, determined to set matters
right. What have you two done?
Tell me everything"
The young girl came over and laid
her head on the older females Shout
der.
I'VE were married this morning at
10 o'clock" she whispered. And the
older woman's hands Tell helpless
once more.-Judge.
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Home and Fashion

shoulder effect both In waists and in
outdoor garments Quite feature In
jackets is the long coat collar of tat.
feta which are variously enhanced
with large collars and revers of lace
or of ribbon-run embroidered linen.
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folded taffeta completes the 3acfet,
which is model for spring wear. All
the tucks are stitched with Corticelli
sewing silk.
A novel feature for blouse Jackets
as well as for Elton skirt jackets and
dressy garments in general is the ia
bot vest effect. 1t has been stated
that some of the foremost Paris
houses will accentuate the dropping
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A Decidedly Novel Sleeve.
This gown combines all the new
features of the current mode. The
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Speaking of Royalty.

Damocles had been invited to dine
with the king of Syracuse Upon TAX
ing his seat he instantly saw the
sword hanging by hair above his
head.
Il suppose" he said to the king.
you call that heir apparent" DfonyS
sius, pretending to see no humor in
the remark, replied: 81 don't know
about that, my boy, but If it falls upon
your head it will make some crown
prints"
This shows that the ancients were
not averse to joking, even under try
ing circumstances York Times.
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than owned
1t is a fortunate thing for mankind
that a dog laughs with his tail, other
wise when he has occasion to show his
teeth his meaning might be misunder-
stood.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-24

Mrs. Alexander Hamilton had the
first ice cream in the city of Washing
ton. She used to tell with amusement
of the delight with which President
Andrew Jackson first tasted it. Guests
at the next White House reception
were treated to the frozen mystery.
and great was the fun of the initiated
when they saw the reluctance of 9th
ers to taste the cold stuff Those from
the rural districts especially eyed it
suspiciously then melted. each tea
spoonful with the breath before swal-
lowing it. The next time they had Il
chance they ate it with delight.