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two windows, through which light
and air were admitted.
A pathetic story of human longing
for light and liberty is told by the
cold stones beneath these windows.
They are scratched and worn, show
ing that during the weary years he
was confined there the human crea-
ture made thousands of efforts to
reach the light, and see the outside
world. The prison room contained
no article of furniture. A heap OF
straw and rags in the corner served
as q bed. The jailer entered the
room sometimes, it is believed, for
it was comparatively clean when the
door was opened. The lock on the
only door leading into the room had
been used, and the key was found
in Deitrich's room.
The finding of the prisoner was ac-
cidental, and had it not been that
two of the men at the farmhouse to
attend the funeral went into Del
trich's room, the creature in the
stone prison might have been left to
starve to death. These two men
heard sound like the whining of
dog, that appeared to be very
close to them. The body of Del
trich lay in the front part of the
house, and the small procession was
almost ready to start to the grave
yard with it. Seeing key hanging
on the WALL and noticing the heavy
door leading into the stone room,
one of the men unlocked it and
swung the door open.
Before them stood the creature in
the form of man, wild-eyed and
haggard, and apparently in starved
condition. The prisoner had not
been fed for many days, during the
last illness and after the death of
Dietrich. The long hair and thin
face led the men to believe at first
that the creature before them was
a woman, if it could be a human at
all. 1t ran to a corner and hid it's
face, as though ct had been taught
to do so when anybody entered the
room.
While it crouched there they en-
tered, and the creature looked
around at them, with terror in it's
face. and eyes like those of wild
animal, with no light of intelligence
in them. After an interval it leaped
M and stood in the corner, with out
stretched hands and joy depicted on
the face. The two men were chilled
at the discovery they had made, but
they quietly brought food for the
prisoner and said nothing about
their discovery until the funeral was
over.
After DIETRICH had been buried the
other people at the graveyard were
told of the discovery that had been
made in the stone room, and a dozen
men went back to see the strange
human that had been found. The
mumbIing old woman and Ben
Steele were questioned, but they
could tell nothing. The old woman
only knew that she cooked Deitrich's
meals and took them to his room.
He was at home nearly all the time,
and remained for whole days at
time in his room. Nobody was al
lowed to enter it except Miranda
Jordan, and she only went in to
carry the old man his meals.
r. S. GRAVES
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Mary's river, which tortuous stream
is really no river at all, but a strait,
have )aid for themselves many times
over.
Tie st. Mary's river is open for
navigation from May to December
In those months there passes
through the Sault canal more freight
than through the Suez canal in a
whole year; couple of million tons
of coal; millions of tons of iron ore;
millions of bushels of wheat; tens of
thousands of tons of copper; thou
sands of tons of silver; millions of bar
rels of -four; manufactured iron by
the tens of thousands of tons; bar
rels of salt by the hundred thousand;
tens of thousands of tons of building
stone; hundreds of millions of feet
of lumber, and hundreds of thou
sands of tons of miscellaneous
freight.
The Canadian government was in
huenced to construct a canal on the
Canadian side of st. Mary's falls, and
in 1895 it was opened to navigation.
Several things urged Canada to take
this step. When the American canal
was completed, Canadian vessels
found it convenient and available,
and it was not until time of war that
Canada felt the need for canal of
her own. In the RieI rebellion of
1870, men and munitions of war were
wanted at the head of Lake Superior,
INIT the law of nations w0u1d NOT AL
low of the transportation of these
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KATHERINE POPE.
UNIQUE HOTEL RULES.
Regulations for the Guidance OF
Guests Which Should BE Salts
flying to Anyone.

Following are the rules and regu-
lations posted in the European hotel
in Bloomington, H.:
Board, so cents per square foot;
meals, extra; breakfast at 6, supper
at z.
Guests are requested not to speak
to the dumbwaiter; guests wishing
to get up without being called can
have seif-rising flour for lunch
Not responsible for diamonds, BIZ
cycles and other yaluables kept on
the counter; they should be kept I'M
der the safe.
The office is convenient to all con-
nections; horses to hire, 35 cents a
day.
Guests wishing to do a little driv-
ing will find hammer and nails in the
closet.
If the room gets too warm open
the window and see the fire escape.
If the lights go out, take a soda
that is light enough for any man.
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keeping with the modes in every
other kind of garment in that they
show a lavish disregard for economy.
Dame Fashion seems not to care
whether the price of bread, meat and
coal are high or no. She takes her
cue from the general prosperity and
arrangcs our fashions for us in such
manner that we must part with full
proportion of our dollars for clothes
if we are to be in style, without
which we had better be dead.
There are wraps in every form and
of every kind. From kimona cloalls
to shoulder capes the list is complete,
including every kind, style and length
it is possible to imagine, and making
the little matter of choice problem
indeed. But the woman who knows
her own style and keeps to the shape
next most becoming to her can make
no mistake.
In many kinds of material, and
especially white cloth and cloth of
light tints, the three-quarter coat is
leading style and one which will no
doubt become very popular both for
day and evening wear 1t is a most
useful garment, since it can be worn
with any gown, and in white cloth
decorated with embroidery, pendant
ornaments down the front and deep
cape collar of heavy lace, it is per-
lection as an evening wrap.
One very elegant model shown in
the illustration is of white cloth en-
broidered all over with grapes and
vine pattern, the former, in large
punches made of white taffeta silk
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Money for Schools.

State Superintendent L. d. Har-
vey has completed the apportionment
of money for special state aid to
state graded schools. There are two
classes of these schools, the classi-
fication being based on the number
of pupils in attendance. In order to
avail themselves of this aid the
teachers must hold certificates of
certain grades and the school prop
erty and equipment must be kept
in good condition. The first class is
entitled to $500 and the second to
500 year. Of the first class 124
applied for this aid and 11S received
it, and of the second class 168 APP
piled and 154 received it.
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Gov. La Toilette has authorized the
payment of the reward of $500 Of
fered August z by the state for the
arrest of George Wolf, who murdered
his wife early in the summer and
buried the body on an island near
Chippewa Falls. The reward was di-
yided equally between John B. Thorn
ton, of Chippewa Falls, and William
H. Petty, of Brillion.
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Condemned.

The congregational state conven-
ton in La Crosse adopted resolutions
the coal operators for
their action in the strike in assum-
ing Divine rights The convention de-
mands compulsory arbitration OF diff
ferences and a recognition of the
miners union, and also commends
President Roosevelt for his action.
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lean designers. But London still pro
vides US with some of our more elab-
crate toilettes, and there is one cos
tuner in New York who makes it a
point to import number of London
models each season. In speaking OF
this fact to him few days ago, he
said he found it paid him for two
reasons. First, because London de-
signers really produced some excel
lent examples of fashionable modes
which were in no way copies of those
from Paris. Second, because there
were a certain percentage of Ameri-
cans who courted the favor of the
English nobility, and with this ele-
ment of our society folk English de-
signed gowns were popular.
I. Among the models which he is
showing this fall are three or four
taken from the gowns of Miss Ellis
Jeffreys and Miss Marie Tempest,
who are just now the favorites of
the English theater-going public,
winning remarkable success in ''The
Marriage of Kitty"
One of these models is a dress of
black and white checked silk with
skirt cut to clear the ground all
round and display a pair of high
heeled, silver-buclled shoes, and the
swirl Of an inner fiouncing of black
silk, the plated Norfolk bodice,
where q jaunty little basque asserts
itself below trim black waistbelt,
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9 HOUGH the sau1t st. Marie

9 HOUGH the Sault st. Marie
NAA canal is only about one
K1M N mile in length-the busy
SAWMIk American one, we refer to
49, the annual tonnage
that passes through it ex-
ceeds that of the famous Suez canal,
much greater in extent, being 100
miles IN length The freight tonnage
of the former canal for 1897 was 49,
9S2,755; for the latter the net vessel
tonnage 7,899,373.
And this last season has been a
record-breaker in lake commerce, and
the busy 800" has been unwontedly
busy, the total freight passing
through the st. Mary canals in four
months being 16,568,899 tons. The
vessels glide in and out so quietly a
visitor at the locks is rather inn
pressed with the idea of leisure and
lack of friction than with the hustle
and wkirl that usually mark a spot
where commerce is excessive. But
the thoughtful visitor, observing in
the course of the day the number
and variety of vessels that wait their
turn at the st. Mary locks, gets some
idea Of what is meant by the figures
above quoted, the millions and mil
lions Of tonnage. If one day sees
come, PASS and go 50 many vessels,
seven months of like arrivals and de-
partures--the navigation season is of
seven months fundamentally
must pile up a vast amount of work
to accredit to the canals.
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shot His Sister,

Martha Bolt, the 18-year-old daugh-
ter of John Bolt, living " miles west
of Abrams, was accidentally shot by
the discharge of a shotgun in the
hands of her younger brother, who
was cleaning it, not knowing it was
loaded. The shot hit her in the right
side of her forehead. There is very
little hope entertained for her re-
covery. The. boy is crazed with grief.
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being finished with collar band OF
embroidered lawn, and stock tie of
black glace silk, and finally crowned
by iaunty felt hat, where the black
and white effect is repeated by cley-
erly grouped wings.
One Of the two pictured is of white
crepe de chine with ivory-tinted gui-
pure lace deity manipulated into bo-
lero form on the tucked and pouched
bodice and threaded through with
scarf of filmy black lace, which is
drawn into a long-ended bow in
front. The sleeves, too, can boast of
the decorative presence of other
scarves and bows of black lace, and
at the back of the bodice the jaunty
little coat tails show the effective
contrast of black lace medallions
applique on the white lace, while
above them cabochon centers of jet
CLEAN out from the fower-like ro-
settles of white satin, finishing off the
waistband. The skirt, whose tucls
follow faithfully the graceful curves
of the figure, has an applique of
guipure in a design of clusters of
grapes to trim the deep-tucked
f1ounce.
Soft white chiffon and lovely yell
1owish lace combine to produce the
altogether novel effect in another
which you can study in the illustra-
ton, noting how cunningly the lace
is introduced to form a curved corse-
let on the bodice, and then continued
as a panel on the front of the skirt,
and at the back to sweep out into
long sash ends, over the deeply van
dyked points of the plisse chiffon
with their applique edging of lace.
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Disseminated.

Fruit growers in the vicinity of
Galesvnle are much disappointed with
the apple crop. The winter varieties
are almost a failure. One grower
says there are 500 trees in his or
chard that did not yield bushel. The
bad weather last spring was resPon-
sible FOR this. The town of Gale is
the best apple country in the western
part of this state, but the crop this
year will not supply home consump-
ton
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A Monopoly.

A lady once asked little girl of five
if she had any brothers.
YES" said the child, 81 have three
brothers"
"And how many sisters, my dear?"
asked the lady.
Just one sister, and I'm il" replied
the small girl.-Little Chronicle.
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Seeks a Pardon. .

A strenuous effort will be made
to secure a pardon for Alexander
Laduke, regular army soldier in
Porto Rico, who was sentenced to
life Imprisonment. Laduke enlisted
from Marinette and killed man in
a saloon brawl. He has served five
years in prison. He claims that the
shooting was in self-defense. Isaac
Stephenson will endeavor to interest
Senator Quarles in the case.
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New Rural Routes.

Rural Free delivery will be estab-
lished at Algoma, Kewaunee county,
no November 1. The service will
embrace an area of AZ square miles.
with a population of 976. Also at
Greenleaf, Brown county, covering an
area of % square miles, with popu-
lation of ATT
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Oldest Odd Fellow.

Andrew Quinn, one Of the pioneer
residents of La Crosse, and the old
est odd fellow in the state, died at
his home at the advanced age of 50
years. He was the Oldest member
of the La Crosse Shoe company firm.
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rose to Dizzy Heights.

Rose to Dizzy Heights.
She-You say your brother is in
the army?
He-Yes; been in it for six years.
Suppose he has worked his way
up?'
.sOh, yes; he started in the ranks,
and now he's in the balloon service"
-Yonkers Statesman.
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VS'O SNNI1IS q IINIIIId4I IeIOV,
or hearing a human voice. What
would a man be under such condi-
tions? What would the world look
like to him, when first he saw it?
Some day these questions may be
answered by young man now alive
and apparently in perfect health,
who was found a few weeks ago in
a stone prison on the farm of old
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VERY style of woman may
be suited with the sea-
sons wraps, so great is
the variety offered from
which to select. The
modes in wraps are but in
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HUT off from all inter
course with other human
beings from babyhood un-
til % years old, a prisoner
during all that time, with
o11t caa;ur - b,,,,,oo f,oo
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'E look to London asa rule
only for models of tailor
mades, and even for these
we are turning our atten-
ton more and more to
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up their residence on Dayton avenue and
have taken apartments at the Albion.
Miss Lucy Skinner, of Brainerd, Mimi
who has been visiting Mrs O. E. Dodge
OF Holly avenue, has gone Rush City.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P Ordway. and Mrs
J. T. Elmer are making a tour through
Mexico and Southern California.
Mrs. Archibald McLaren, of Holly ave-
tended Eastern trip.
Miss Mary Wieman, East Tenth street,
viii! go to Albert Lea this week for sew
eral months. -,
Mrs. George Cloud, of Fort Smelling,
is entertaining Mrs. N. Herlinger, of
Frontenac.
Mrs. D. F. McNab of selby avenue
spent the first of the week in West SUI
perior.
w. T. Moeller, of West Third street. has
gone to Phoenix, Ariz., for his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. 3. Lincoln. PIeasa Mt
avenue, have returned from Chicago.
Miss Graham, ST. Adams street. left
Friday evening for New York
Mrs. D f. Polk is entertaining Mrs.
Harry Vaughan, of Chicago.
Miss Grace Campbell, Laurel avenue.
is visiting In Rochester.
Mrs. F. O. Brown, West Fourth street.
is in Billings Mont.
Mrs. F. E. Ford, of Crocus Hill, has
gone to Hot Springs.
Mrs. Frank Hutson, Maekubin street,
is in New York. -@
Miss Cosgroye, Grand avenue, is in Chi
cago.
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DAYTON'S BLUFF.

Miss Lulu Becker, of Bates avenue,
entertained the Twentieth Century Mis-
sion Band of the Bates Avenue NJ. E.
Church Friday afternoon. A programme
was rendered bsS the following young
people: Piano numbers, the Misses Bes-
sic Tisdale, Maude Rasmussen, Emma
Patton and Lulu Becker; vocal selections
Misses Lillian Sweet, Lillian Parker Fan
ME Grouse and Ethel Patton; Miss Ethel
LIE May gave reading, Miss Pearl Roth
recited and Howard Smith gave a num-
Der Of mandolin solos.
Mrs. George Simon entertained the Ia
dies of the Cooperative Society of the
Atlantic Church Thursday afternoon at
the home of her mother, Mrs Samuel
Brant, of East Seventh street The Ia
dies made preparations for an Easter
sale to be given in the church parlors
Tuesday afternoon and evening March
Is. There will be a sale of fancy artf-
cles and home-cooked foods and re-
freshments will be served. A short pro
gramme will be. given in the evening
"InnisfaiP will be presented tomorrow
evening in ST. Johns hall, on East Fifth
street, by the young people I'll the parish.
Those taking part are the Misses Blair
Egan, Nora Clinton, Agnes MeDermott
and Messrs. S. A. Ryan, William Slater,
Edward Farrell and DR. Froote
The Eiysian Euchre club met Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. M. r. Reilly. of the
Alcayde. Mrs Hilgedfek Mrs. AImann,
Mrs. Dresdeau, Mrs. A. J. Hoban and
Mrs. M. T. Reilly won the fayors The
next meeting will be held with Mrs. D.
Sullivan.
The Tuesday Afternoon Card club met
last week with Mrs George Freeman
The recipients of prizes were Mrs. Ed
ward H Miller, Mrs w. E Lowe and
Mrs. H T. Stock. Mrs. Lowe will en-
tertain the club Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. J. f. Lawrence, OF
East Seventh street.
The Saturday Evening Euchre club met
last week with Mr.. and Mrs. r. p. Ro-
teri, of Hudson avenue. Mrs. c.. D. An
drews, Mrs. George Bonney, Sever West
by and George Bonney took the prizes.
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Ditmar, Mrs. T. H. Austin: Misses Clara.
Hooper, Mary Lincoln, Lillian Everard
Frances Parrot; Messrs Eugene and De
Witt Ditmar and J. w. McHcse
Miss Reinie Grenier and Mr. Walter
John Stevenson were married Wednesday
evening at O'Clock in Arlington Hills
Presbyterian church. Rev. A. E. Driscoll
performed the ceremony in the presented
of relatives and friends. The bride wore a.
gown Of brown suiting. Mr.. and Mrs
Stevenson left in the evening for an East
ern trip, and on their return viii go to
White Bear, Where they will spend the
summer.
The True. Blue Euchre club was en-
tertafned Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. d. McCaulley on De Soto
street: F'ayors Were won by Mrs.
O.NeH and Mrs. w. H. Lewis Mrs. J .
II. Morton, of Case street, will entertain
the club next Thursday afternoon
Mrs. John Levine has presented to the
John Ericsson school a picture of King
Of the royal family. The picture is beau
tifully framed and is exhibited in the up
per hall.
Rev. A. B. Meldrum will give a lecture
on Scotland and the Scotch" Tuesday
evening, March %, in Arlington Hills
Presbyterian church for the benefit of
the Ladies Aid society.
Mrs. Hillstrom, of Edgerton street, en-
tertained the fifth and sixth grade teach
ers Of the Cleveland school at a 5 o'clock
tea Thursday afternoon in honor of her
son Robert.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Cook, of Fauquier
street. entertained the teachers of the
East Side Presbyterian church Sunday
school Monday evening. Miss Nellie Muir
ply assisted.
Mrs. ]. Hillstrom, OF Edgerton street,
gave a luncheon, from to 6, Thursday
for Miss Harriet E Rudy, the principal
ers.
Miss Hiida Johnson, Of Walsh avenue,
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MERRIAM PARK.

The Cosmopolitan club met On Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs D. Fl. Eastman,
of Milwaukee avenue. Papers We're read
by Mrs. Bowman and Mrs. Ii. E. Bige-
low.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presby-
terrain church met Friday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. o. L. Wood, of Igle-
hart street.
The members of the Twentieth Century
CLUB We're entertained at euchTe by Mrs
A. B. Van Burger, Of Osceola avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. CroDsey of Car
roll street, celebrated their seventh we'd
ding anniversary last Thursday.
The Ladies' Aid Society of OIivet Con-
gregaf1onal church met Friday afternoon
in the church parlors
Mrs. A. L. Stoughton, Of Laurel avenue
entertained Thursday evening. in honor
of Miss Braymer, of Chicago.
Miss Katherine Stautfer, of Wheeler
avenue, entertained the Daughters OF
the King, Monday afternoon.
Mrs. George Heath, of La Crosse. was
the guest of her brother @. ]. Reed,
and family, during the week.
Miss Ruth Fisk, of Marshall avenue,
left Monday night for weeks visit
in Chicago
Mrs. G. A Chaffee entertained the
Miriam Park Woman's club Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. ]. M. GilHngham. Of Lynnhurst
avenue, is entertaining Mrs. Barrett Of
Neenah, Wis.
The Wee Girls club met Tuesday af-
ternoon at the home of Mrs. SInittin,
of Carroll street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Ray gave a
reception for the faculty Of Manchester
college.
Mrs. II. E. Callahan left last Friday
for an extended visit in California.
Miss Daisy Trumbun entertained the
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was given a surprise Tuesday evening by
the members Of the Young Peoples So.
clety OF the Swedish Mission Church.
The Young Peoples Society Of the AS
bury NJ. e. Church was entertained Fri
day evening at the home of Mrs Atkins,
on Brand street.
Mrs A. E. Dagget, of Burr street, will
entertain the Ladies Aid Society of the
Arlington Hills Presbyterian church next
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. John Ostberg, of Clark street, was
given surprise Friday afternoon by
about thirty-five of her friends.
Miss Gertrude Fisher, Of Forest Lake,
spent part of the week the guest of Mrs
Z. Fisher of Bradley street.
Miss Teresa Dougherty, of Mankato, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
James Dougherty.
The Cleveland high school will give
concert the 1st of April for the aanelit
OF the senior class.
Mrs. John Swenson, nee Knudson, of
Minneapolis, visited East side friends dur
ing the week.
Mrs Bodin. of De Soto street will en-
tertain the Neighborhood club Wednes-
day afternoon.
Miss Pearl Cornwall, Of Livingstone.
Mont, is a guest Of Miss Mcmillan, Of
Bradley street.
Mrs. Thomas Robinson, Of Mount Ida
street, spent the first Of the week in
Spooner Wis.
Miss Susie Wilcox, Of WhitaH street,
spent part of the week in Minneapo-
lis.
Mrs. A. E. Daggett left yesterday for a
E. w. Johnson, of Arcade street has
gone to Duluth
Mr.. John Jennings is visiting relatives
in Duluth.