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Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
One Sure Sim.

A story illustrating the hard-head-
edness and sheer common sense of
the late DR.. McCosh. the noted dean
of the faculty of Princeton Univer.
sity. was told recently. He made
the acquaintance of q couple of
Scotsmen who worked as farm hands
on an estate near Princeton, and,
learning that they did not go to
church, hauled them over the Goals
for backsliding and induced them to
attend Sunday services regularly.
They were supplemented men. with
immense respect for the venerable in
structor. and they invariably ran to
him to settle disputes or to advise
them in matters of business. One
morning they appeared before him as
he was going to chapel, and told him
they had had quarrel as to the sign
Of hearing the first cuckoo of the
season. Jamie had said that it was
sign that the one who heard it would
speedily marry; Sandy declared it was
a sign that the hearer would get
speedily rich.
Its a sure sign of somethin', doc
tor. What may 1t be? Can We tell
us?"
"Yes." said the doctor. ITO hear
the first cuckoo Of the season is a
sure sign you're not deaf"
And he solemnly turned on his
heel and left them staring after him.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

Senator Hoar has bought house on
Connecticut avenue. Washington. a
three-story brick structure of a dozen
rooms. He borrowed the $4,000 which
It cost. but hopes to make profit by
selling before long. He and Mrs. Hoar
have boarded for thirty-three years In
Washington hotels. Much disappoint-
ment Is felt In the capital because
Senator Clark does not intend to build
q residence on the site OF the old
Stewart castle which he purchased
some time ago. Finishing touches are
being put to his splendid home In New
York. and It is said the senator will
not build again outside Montana.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
WOES OF GERMAN OFFICERS.
Matrimonial snags In the Path Of Kai-
ser's Soldiers.

scr oOIoISTSs
AS censor Of military marriages,
German Emperor William has defined
what manner of wedlock Is permits
sible to Prussian officers and what
marriages are "strengthily under
said" His new order states that an
officer with SLIPS a year must have a
private income of 1915 in order to
marry. A district officer Of gendarmes
must add private means of 1925 a year
to salary of 5000 to win the privil-
ege.' officers who haven't $3.50 pay
mustn't marry at all.
The kaiser's is the busiest matri-
monial bureau in the world. Each
officer who desires to double his
duties and halve his rights" must
state his prospective father-in-law's
business and tell whether the lady is
maid. widow or Divorce, and in the
latter case why. Proofs must be in
closed Of her income, education and
repute. If there is no obstacle, social
or military. the wedding bells may
then peal out their merry note.
Interest rates upon such German
investments as the "kingly and kaiser
ly" bureau will accept are low. A
young fellow practically must have
$4,000 to $4,000 in his own name
before he can think Of matrimony. If
the lovelorn one has not the cash
well, in that case he can give up his
commission and come to a country
where he may marry on nothing a
year If he likes.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

"Tbe details. 1t is the details that
"Oh, certainly" Curiously his face
relaxed in a broad smile. He raised
his hand in a grand gesture and
stroked his small black mustache.
Il just told you the story" he be-
gan. I'VE were speaking earlier In
the evening of literary ability. Well.
l wrote friend of his complete ac-
count of the suicide, and-do you
know, 1t was the most graphic thing
I ever did? The way it impressed me
and all makes me believe that l have
real literary ability. Funny, isn't it,"
Very" Her voice sounded strange
to both of them. Her arms were
held close to her sides and her hands
were clenched.
What's the matter?" he asked
again.
Her face was very pale. He won.
dered stupidity.
"And now" she said in a repressed,
monotonous tone, II will tell you
something funnier, even than yourself.
I've got to tell"
Her voice had risen, but she care
fully modulated 1t again.
For fifteen years you knew him In
timately. For fifteen years, I knew
him, too. I loved him-always-be-
fore his marriage-long beforehand
afterwards. l love him-now. You
see he didn't need you-or anybody.
l. goodnight! Oh. good
night"
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
Old Erocks for New.

Dress designing Is becoming quite
an intellectual pursuit. heard the
other day that one of the great Paris
ian dress designers had been travel
ing in the East to get fresh inspira-
ton. while it is well known that the
picture galleries of Paris are haunted
by the matchmaking fraternity. and
old books with prints and plates of
the eighteenth and the beginning OF
the nineteenth century are quite at
premium In the old booksnops and the
bookstalls of ris.-Gentlewoman.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
MeneIik sani.he.. Missionaries.

Menelik. emperor of Abyssinia, has
ordered some German missionaries to
Immediately leave that country, as
he Will not have the faith Of his peo-
pie assailed. On the missionaries pro-
testing against this order, Menellk
asked them if they had no sinners in
Germany. On receiving a reply in
the affirmative. the Negus told them
to return to Germany and give their
countrymen the benefit of their adj
vice, which was not wanted In his
country.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
An Egotist and a Woman
BY JESSIE LLEwELLYN.


Copyright 1902. by Daily Story Pub Coz
1T was sad affair."" he said.
'Yes?" She regarded him curiously.
So this young. man. known to his linn
tied circle Of friends as The Egotist,"
possessed sympathy.
They sat on opposite sides of the
long table In her fathers library. At
the farther end of the room the CRATE
fire had gone out, but she did not
ring; 1t might encourage him to stay
after he had told the story. Perhaps
Ae was not the egotist that people
thought him to be. He seemed 10
feel the tragedy in what he told-else
why should he be telling 1t?
"And you knew him very well?"
she asked.
"Oh. very well-in business way.
The governor used to rely on him.
Afterwards when took on the busl-
ness, kept him-out of kindness,
you know. I'm soft-hearted chap"
Yes. know" she interrupted. He
was incompetent? You felt sorry?"
"Not that exactly, OH no. He was
= good man-student and digger
great chemist. l appreciate a digger.
l even took him over to the club for
lunch once or twice. He was a nat
ural gentleman. Then, anyway. I'm
humane chap at heart-regular
democrat. you know"
You say he was a very gifted scien-
tist?" she asked quietly.
He was that. We paid him q big
ger salary than any extract house in
the world ever paid a chemist. The
governor and l always looked out for
good men-and paid for them. I can
tell q man Of brains the minute lay
eyes ON him. It's Just natural for me
to know one on sight-funny isn't it,"
Very" she replied.
I'm q queer contradiction" he ru-
minated, absently crushing some rose
petals on the floor with his wide foot.
Il was never before SO shocked to
hear OF suicide. He had often spok-
en- to me about himself when he had
one Of those melancholy attacks.
Fellow can move me to tears and not
half try. You see he had married n
girl-well-the good fellow type.
Said he owed 1t to her after pro-
nounced attentions had made people
talk. She told him that. He felt sor-
ry for her-acted the fool as those
studious chaps always do. and married
her. Now. ="
And she?"
Went to the other extreme. From
being too-er-jolly she overdid re-
srectability. Joined woman's clubs
and things-that sor. was the best she
could do. Developed into a shrew.
do you know what I'd do II found
myself married to a shrew? Oh.
pm-"
What did he dor"
"Oh. he!" A grave expression came
over the young mans round face. He
turned his profile toward her-he had
. good profile-and passed his fingers
through his front hair, careful not TO
disarrange 1t. AS said before. he
was one OF those fine, representative
souls; the kind that quivers at n
rough word. I always know how 10
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

Imitation Leather From Old Shoes.
In France old shoes are bought up
in quantities by rag dealers and sold
to factories. where the shoes are
first taken apart and submitted to
long processes which turn them into
paste. from which the material is
transformed into an imitation leather
appearing very much like the finest
morocco. Upon this material stylish
designs are stamped and wall papers,
trunk coverings and similar articles
are manufactured from it.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

Sixty years after his death General
William Clark of the famous Lewis
and Clark expedition is to have a mon
ument erected over his grave. The
monument is to be erected by Mrs.
York City, widow OF Jefferson Kear-
ney Clark, for many years prominent
st. Louisan. who died in New York
about two years ago. The money for
the memorial was LETT in the will Of
Jefferson Kearney Clark, who was the
youngest son of the great explorer.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
Mother and Son Graduate.

Mrs. Helen Clarke Balmer, 1927
Hollywood avenue. Edgewater, Chi
cago. Is probably the first woman who
was ever graduated from a university
in the same year with her son. Mrs.
Balmer has just completed Q three
year course in literature at the North
western university, while her eldest
son. Edwin c. Balmer, took the full
course, completing it in three years.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
Not Necessary.

A golfer who was loafing around a
clubhouse on the of chance of getting
game espied a man who seemed
to be In similar plight. He sought
out his caddie and took him into a
corner. How does he play?" he asked
the lad. Not worth a hang" was
the prompt reply. Then I'll have to
give him something if play him"
You'll not need to do anything of
the kind" replied the caddie.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

even than yourself!"
some such thing at the time. I'm
pretty good reader of human nature.
you know-pretty good. -
You and he were associated daily.
and were very close friends for sew
eral years. were you not?" Her voice
was beginning to sound as IL It came
from a remote corner of the long
room and she shivered as he spoke
again.
For fifteen years-ever since I be-
came manager in my own right. He
was as fond of me as lawfully fond
of me. but didn't discourage lit
pleased him. When I'd come down IL
the morning after a-well. after hav-
ing been detained late the night be-
fore. I'd feel his eyes on my face.
Then he would slip up behind my
chair and lay his hand on my shout
der. for all the world like the gov
ernor used to do. And he'd say:
Take care of yourself. old man:
you're working too hard. l couldn't
bear to see another name at the head
of our stationery. It would break me
all up. old man. That's the way he
would talk. The way that man loved
me was wonderful Funny. isn't it?"
VERY" she replied. still more
quietly.
But started out to tell you about
the suicide. Saddest thing ever
knew. That afternoon had told him
In plain words that I'd promised an
other man his place-fellow I met on
the other side last summer. Her
brother you know. You'll not feel
er-jealous when you get the cards?
l gave you two opportunities want
you lowell you know people and l."
And the man." she reminded.
"Oh. he. He took 1t all right.
Business Is business. you know. He
never said word. Just got little
whiter-it was little sudden-and
walked straight out of the building.
What didn't just like was the way
he went-not even waiting until four
o'clock. but I'm naturally a soft
hearted chap. and didn't say much.
HE must have gone straight home
then. They say he stepped into the
house and asked for his wife. She
uou ielt WoTu tuut Blu uuu Bouo Jul
and would not be homo for dinner.
As he went out again. they told me.
he met his little girl playing In the
yard with some children. He asked
her to go with him for walk. but
naturally enough. she said she would
rather stay s.ni play with the children.
She never was much for her father.
anyway. He was quiet. you know.
Nobody ever knew him-except my
solf--I knew him like book. ="
And he dad alone without any.
body?"
well. that was the last anyone
ever saw Of him. alive. The next
morning they found him In his bed.
And his face"
She got up suddenly. PLEASED"
was all she said.
"what's tho matterf" he asked.
"Yous eyes look 20 pscu1iar."
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
For the EIephan. Hunt.

Two hundred native heaters are be-
ing brought from eastern Bengal to
assist at the elephant hunt In Mysore
which is being arranged for Lord Cur.
ION, on the occasion of the installa.
ton of the young maharajah in Au.
gust.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
1he Queen and Her Pets.

Queen Alexandra is devoted to ami.
mails. She has quite a large aviary
of doves and also goes in for poultry.
Cookie. a fine old cockatoo, has the
honor of being often RECALLED with
sugar by his royal mistress. A few
cats are included in the list Of royal
favorites. but dogs hold the largest
share in Her Majesty's affections.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

1t cannot be denied that the Illinois
woman who shot and killed her hus-
band under the impression that he
was burglar when he returned home
drunk at 2 o'clock in the morning
and began to smash things has struck
upon an argument that IL widely EN-.
ployed will go far toward solving the
temperance question.-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

We OFFER Ono Hundred Dollars reward for my
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured BY Halls
+. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Props. Toledo, O
We. tho undersigned, have known r. J.
Cheney for the last 10 years and believe him
perfectly honorable In ail business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
uons made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
o.: Walding. Kinnnn 4 Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood aud mucous surfaces
OF tho system Testimonials sent free Price
56c per bottle. Sold by nll druggists
HALLE Family Pulls arc tho bert
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
why II is Cool Near Trees.

1t is not shade alone that makes Il
cooler under tree in summer. The
GOODNESS Of the tree itself helps. for
Fahrenheit at all times. as that Of
the human body is a fraction more
than So degrees. So a clump OF trees
cools the air as a piece of ice cools
the water in a pitcher.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
EdInburo Honor. Canadians.

The municipality of Edinburg con.
ferred the freedom of that city to
Sir Wilfrid Laurier. premier of Can.
ada. and Sir Robert Bond. premier
and colonial secretary of Newfound-
land. on the occasion of their last
visit there oa July 26 to receive de.
grees from the university.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chndrsn
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
In the Children's Home in New York Cures
Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 10000 testimonials.
At all druggists. Csc. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress Allen 8. Olmsted, Leroy, N. z.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
sloht Of the caterulIlar.

A caterpillar cannot see more than
n centimeter ahead; that Is to say,
/, IS than two-flfths OF an inch. The
hairs on the body are said to be OF
as much use as its eyes in letting It
know what is going ON around.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
officers Resent carIcatures.

For drawing caricatures Of his ON.
GERS while serving his time in the
German army reserves an engineer
named Wuest has been sentenced at
Frankfurt to six months imprison.
ment.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
Bad Frost In italy.

Heavy snowstorms and a severe
frost. which have killed all their silk
worms, have ruined hundreds of peas
ants in Pleve Di Galore. northeastern
Italy. "
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
pepew's Son Studying Medicine.

Depew's Son Studying Medicine.
Chauncey Depew's son Buster" In
tends to study for the medical pro-
fession and his father has been con-
sulting some famous French doctors
about the matter. The young man
will probably be given a private lab
oratory In the Pasteur institute. Paris.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
Uneoverino Pompeii.

At the present ratio Of progress sew
enty years will elapse before Pompeii
Is entirely uncovered. 1t Is thought
that as much of treasure remains as
has been exhumed.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

One size smaller after using Aliens Foos-
Ease, q powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot sweating
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All druggists and shoe etorea
dress Allen q. Olmstcd. LsRoys N. Z.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

Defiance Starch II guaranteed biggest
and best or money refunded. Is ounces
70 cents. Try Il now.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
MISS ELIZABETH GAME.

eight months from suppressed men.
situation, and it effected my entire
system until became weak and debil-
itated, and at times felt that had
hundred aches in as many places.
only used the Compound for 3 few
weeks, but il wrought q change in mo
which felt from the very beginning.
have been very regular since, have NO
pains, and find that my entire body IL
as if it was renewed. I gladly recom-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to everybody
Miss ELIZABETH GAME, 60 w. Division
St., Fond du Lac, Wis.-S5000 forfeit r
aboos Testimonial 10 not genuine.
At such time the greatest aid to
nature is Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. It prepares
the young system for the coming
change, and is the surest reliance for
woman's ills of every nature.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all
young women who are i'll to
write her for free advice. ADJ
dress Lynn Mass.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

Charles +. Klein. Of st. Louis. has
much Of the furniture In his house
made Of horns OF different animals.
which he gathered during his many
seArs' residence in Westsrn Texas.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

You never hear any one complain
about Defiance Starch There is
none to equal 1t in quality and guam
tity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try 1t now
and save your money.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of Def
ance Starch is fast taking place of all
other brands. Others say they cannot
sell any other starch.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

Congratulate me, Jimmy; I'm en-
gagged to Sally jerks" I'm awfully
sorry, Henry. but l can't conscien-
tiously do it: I've been engaged to
Sally myself"
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

Friends on an airship voyage should
never fall out.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

ut was . sad affair."" he said.
deal with that kind OF n man. Now
most people do not--but-well-you
wouldn't think tim naturally OF
the artistic temperament myself
funny with my business ability. isn't
It? could see. you know. that the
woman was driving him to the edge OF
his nerves-that she was killing him.
Never saw such n picture Of misery
~ he grew to be. Always looking on
somewhere and NOT hearing anything
that went On around him. We grew
intimate-I may say very intimate.
He was . gentleman, you know. a..
Wlys without cent. but : sentlsman.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

II ignorance Il bliss most Of the
world 10 delirlously happy.
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

Tho summer girl who falls In lovo
thinks she IL having . warm tina
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
TO YOUNG LADIES.
From the Treasurer Of tho
Young Peoples Christian Ten.
perance Association, Elizabeth
Caine, Fond du Lac, Wis.

"DxAR Mns. PINKHAM want to
tell you and all the young ladies Of the
country, how grateful am to you for
all the benefits 1 have received from
using Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. suffered for
Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14

The way to find trouble Is to lose
your head.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
DANIEL CONE To JUDGMENT

The trial of a notorious variau rob-
Der has just ende ir AuA wfth
a remarkable verdi rhe robue- onu
Matthias Kneisl who lived Pa The Dach-
auer Moos. a great Bayarian moor, winch.
owing to its inpregnable bogs and gen.
eral desolation, mas long been a hiding
place for all sorts of lawless characters.
kneisl came of a family of lawbreakers,
and he once had served a term in prison.
year ago he committed a burglary
and when pursued by two gendarmes, he
turned upon them and killed them both
He fled to the moor, and for long time
defied pursuit. Finally. however, he was
betrayed by a neighbor. whom he had in
iured, and one night the ruined house in
which he had taken refuge was sur
rounded by gendarmes, who first poured
volley into the place and then rushed
in. kneisl was found hiding in the Chin
ney. He was brought down by the re-
volvers of his pursuers, so badly wounded
that life was despaired of. He recovered.
however, and was then brought to trial.
The prosecution demanded his convic-
tion on three counts-for murder, for
robbery, and as an habitual criminal He
was found guilty on all three charges.
and the court gravely imposed sentence
to fit the verdict. On the first count
Kneisl was sentenced to death, and the
second to fifteen years penal seryitude.
and on the third to deprivation of civil
rights during the remainder OF his life
St. Louis Star.
The Washington times., 1902-03-16

When Antommarchi took his masks to
Paris the phrenologists We're not satisfied
with the shape of the forehead and era
mum. and cast doubt on their authentici-
ty. But the phrenolOgists also found fault
with the heads of Byron. Keats, and Shell
ley, they having been eminently unsatis-
factory from chronological and scientific
point of view; and from all appearances
should have belonged to men of very NE
diocre minds.
The face OF Napole on in this cast is that
of a Caesar. The blood of the old Ro-
mans that ran in the veins of the Cor
sican is here asserted, and the resem-
biance both to the first Caesar and to Au-
gustus is very striking. These strong,
regular yet fine and plant features are
those of that dominant and, perhaps hap
PLY, extinct race that-once overawed the
world, whose ambition was Unsuitable and
whose grandeur was built upon the serf-
dom of the rest of mankind.
1t is impossible to contemplate this dead
face unmoyed. Here is the enc man in the
history of the modern world to compare
with the greatest names of antiquity. He
exalted himself to a pinnacle of earthly
grandeur to which there is no parallel
save in the lives of Caesar and Alexander.
1t is the imprint of tn" ACE upon which
shadow might once have meant the ex-
tinction of an empire; yet, when it was
made, the hand of death had sealed 1t tor
The Washington times., 1902-03-16
WASHINGTON HAS ORIGINAL DEATH MASK OF NApOLEON

another in the Louvre, another in the
museum at Antwerp, etc.
1t needed not this article to convince
Mr.. Rochon of the genuineness of his
mask. He had obtained the valuable pos
session as present from friend in
Paris, NJ. Vincencini, who was a lineal
descendant of General Bertrand, from
whom 1t had come as heirloom. When
1t is remembered that General Bertrand
was Napoleon's most devoted friend and
stood by his deathbed at Saint Helena,
1t is not difficult to conjecture that he OBJ
aimed and dearly treasured the original
imprint of the features of his revered
Emperor.
The face of the great soldiers in this
last and most faithful portrait does not
exactly realize the popular conception of
his appearance in life. The lower portion
of the face is relaxed and sunken, and the
lips parted, giving an expression strange
ly at variance with its virility in life.
There is, indeed, but one portrait with
which to compare this mask, and it estab-
fishes, beyond all question of doubt, its
genuineness-a profile drawing made at
st. Helena by an English naval Office OF
the features of the dead Napoleon, the
body reposing on the little iron camp bed
stead on which he died, and which is now
to be seen in Madame Tussaud's famous
collection In London. This drawing is
precisely similar to the mask.