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Charm of Circun Life.

"There Is charm. fascination, about circus life that is hard to ex- plain" said veteran snowman. '"It Is surely tough existence, being buffet ed about from place to place, often without q bed to sleep in, and the wages, outside of the salaries paid to a few stars, are amazingly small. Yet when man once gets taste of circus life it's all up with him. He's never good for anything else and never wants to be- There must be germ, bred of the sawdust, that gets into the blood. Take the canvasers, for instance. They get $20 month and their board, which usually consists of bad grub and an i'm promptu bed in wagon. Often they don't take their clothes off for weeks at time. There's one fellow I know who possesses more than the average intelligence. He has trade and dur ing the winter'he makes on an average $20 week, and yet just as soon as the circus season opens he throws up his job and goes out on the road with a show, for $2O month. In almost every town the management is besieged by men and boys who want to go along, and many of them offer their services for their board. It's queer state of affairs. ."-Philadelphia Record
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ROPES AS FIRE ESCAPES.
An Experience Which Shook One
 Mans Confidence Tn Them.


 "Yes. know that most of the boys carry rope around with 'em," said the commercial traveller, ''and the time was when would not have taken the road without one but gave mine to my wife for an extra clothesline three CT four years ago. read occasionally of a rope saving somebody from a burning hctel, but don't care to be saved that way" as
 But yon don't want to be burned with the hotel, do you" was asked.
 "Of course not. but if can't get down by the stairs or the iron fire escape I'll take my chances on q mat tress or q. fremen's ladder"
 But what's the matter with knot ted rope?" J5
 "I didn't think anything was the matter for many years. used to go to bed feeling as safe as baby in his crib, and if I found traveller who didn't carry fifty foot rope in his grip set him down as Il very reckless man. One day when I was in an Indiana town a lot of us got to talking about ropes and burning hotels, and wall eyed buffer offered to bet me S5 to S1 that 1 couldn't slide down my rope from third story window and not half kill myself. Of course jumped at the bet, but he knew what he was talking about. l hadn't lowered my self six feet before the rope burned my hands and let go and broke leg. The trick was tried by three others and though they escaped broken bones they were badly shaken up and tongue bitten. After my leg mended bluffed everybody met on that rope business and 1 never found chap who could slide down two stories and feel good for month after. A sailor could do it, of course, but I'm no sailor, and if ever Pm cut off by fire I'll take head CT for the sidewalk and hope to hit a fat man as come down."-Exchange.
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Looking Glasses.

In the mirrors of today the light is reflected by a layer of silver or an amalgam of tin, but proportion of light is lost in the process of reflection, and the image is less luminous than the original. nI
 The value of a looking glass is usual ly estimated by the thickness of the glass, because the thicker it is the stronger it must be. But speaking sci entifcally thick glasses are defective, because the outlines of the image re flected are less clearly defined f+s
 There are really three reflections and consequently three images in every glass mirror, one from the upper sur face of the glass, the second from the lower surface and the third from the metallic layer at the back.
 An ideal mirror is one with per fectly fiat surface, but 1t is only pos sible to obtain this result in compara. lively small glasses. The larger glasses do not reflect true image, because it is not possible to make them quite flat
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picken. as Jastice stnreIeigh.

One memory of Dickens is indelbly impressed on my mind. I can recall the whole scene as if it had happened yesterday. l cannot have been more than six or seven years old when my father and mother took me to one of his readings at, 1 think, St. James,
 hall. First he read the death of Paul Dombey, which left me in floods of tears, and next came the trial scene from "Pickwick." I shall never for. get my amazement when he assumed the character of Mir. Justice Stare. leigh. The face and figure that knew, that had seen on the stage moment before, seemed to vanish as if by magic, and there appeared instead a fat, pompous, pursy little man, with q plump, imbecile face, from which every vestige of good temper and cheerful ness-everything, in fact, except an ex- pression of self sufficient stupidity had been removed. The upper lip had become long and the corners of the mouth dropped, the nose was short and podgy, all the angles of the chin had gone the chin itself had receded into the throat, and the eyes, lately so hr' morous and human, had become as ma licious and obstinate as those of pig. R. c. Lehman in Chambers Journal.
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A Lucsy Game of Chess.

A story is told of the Moorish prince Abul Eoi2x. who was thrown into prison for sedition by his brother Mo- hammed. king of Granada. There lie remained for several years until the king, fearing he might escape, placed himself at the head of fresh revolt and seized the crown, ordering one of his pashas to see to his immediate exc cution. Abul Hejexwas playing at chess when the pasha came and bade him prepare for death. The prince asked for two hours respite, which was re. fused. After earnest entreaty he ob; 1ained permission to finish his game. He was in no hurry about the moves. eve are told, and well for him Le was mot. for before an hour had elapsed a messenger brought the news that Mo- hammed had been struck dead by apo plexy, and Abul was forthwith pro claimed king of Granada. It was in deed a small favor for the pasha to grant, but it altered the whole current of the kings career.
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S1oo REWARD S1oo

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Halls Ca- tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de- stroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and as- sisting nature in doing it's work. The proprietors have so much faith in it's curative powers, that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testi- monials.
 Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, To- ledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggist, 75 cents. Halls Family Pills are the best
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THE FISHER MARTEN.
Conceited, Cunning and Intelligent,
 and Without Fear.

hhu without Fear.
 The fisher marten deserves to be much better known than he generally fs, if only on account of his own good opinion of himself. his wonderful cum ming and shrewd intelligence.
 One of the largest and handsomest of the martens, he has also agility, strength and endurance for any two of his kind put together Measuring aboUt three feet in length, with slim, vigorous body. the fisher will travel enormous distances in single night, Rounding lightly up into the air, with his nose turned up in order to catch every whiff of scent, outwitting other animals and the cleverest trappers ond making himself at home wherever he happens to find himself.
 He generally chooses as his hunting grounds the thiclily covered hills and ridges where the hemlock and spruce grow in abundance, but he is as much at home on the tree tops as cn the ground and can sleep as soundly in low hollow of a tree as on branch of a fir tree, where he will He stretched out in the sunshine like any old cat.
 As for fear, he does not know what it is. He will not only face but ac-. tually kill Canadian porcupine and does not even appear to mind the quills which penetrate his body. He is not particularly fond of meeting an old bear with cubs, but Is generally clever enough to steal her cubs while she goes off on some little expedition of her own, while instances have been related of the fishers in the Rocky mountains even killing young grizzlies.
 As for man, he appears to laugh at him and his designs for trapping wild animals. He will pull marten trap open and take out the bait whether alive or dead; he will tear pine mar ten or mink to pieces in no time and carry 1t off or drag the trap over some rough projection in order to spring it and make off more often than not without having received as much as a scratch.
 But perhaps his cleverest trick, when Ehe finds q trapper is following his trail, is to get behind the trapper and follow his, so that while the uncon- scious trapper is walking after the fisher the fisher is keeping completely v out of danger by following the trap per. Many useless mile has the frapper walked in tEis manner, and many good baits has he lost by the very same shrewd, cunning animal he is trying to trace and catch.-Collier's Weekly.
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Breaking In m New Pipe.

Notice that chap in a brown hat?" said man to his companion in walk. Trying to break in new pipe; trying fo smoke 1t the first time, and fills it to the muzzle. Hen never in all his life --or as long as he owns that pipe-en joy it'- .... .. ,n,,. u,se,..
 "Oh. won't hep .sg
 "Nevcr; only one way to break in $. new pipe. Put in pinch of the weed at first and smoke it all; another pinch, only larger than the first; smoke it all out; clean the pipe; gradually you can fill the pipe to the muzzle, and finally be able to smoke her all out clean as -a whistle"
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Plenty of Tnste.

Well" said Nuritch. who had been showing kandor through his new house, "what do you think of the fur nishin'sW
 "They-er-show great deal O. taste" replied Kandor.
 "Think sol"
 "Yes; but it's all very bad"
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way has been made toward the settlsmen.

of practically all the large local troubles.
IN local matters probably the greatest
whole building Industry Of New York and
vicinity. This is rapidly coming to a speedy
and satisfactory termination.
The Chicago situation has about cleared
strike and the threatened general packing
house tie-up were wiped of the slate ten
ago. The threatened freight handlers
angry look has entirely disanpeared.
MUCH BETTER ASPECT.
I'm ST. Louis. what threatened to be a
T Tsay o'. Association seatent a 1et"e ehe m nns nsss.
blacksmiths and allied metal mechanics
was settled last week. and what threatened
to prove a serious trouble with the team
sters and freight handlers has a very much
better aspect to-day.
while all of these difficulties have been
settled this month. there are only a few
new ones scheduled and. If they a k pace,
will only te local in character.
There are other signs that are signifi-
icant of a better and more conservative
tone in the Industrial world. such as the
Federation of Labor. hat body declared
unanimo'siy, that IT would not indorse a
strike wnere the grievance had not first
been submitted to its Executive. Commit.
tee. and it given a chance to bring about
a settlement. The effect of this was TO
make q Cancellation committee out OF Its
Executive COMMITTEE. anu tldl
has proven one of the most potential fac
tors in averting trouble in Chicago.
while these are among the incidents
showing the growing conservatism ana
broadening of the views Of the wage work
ers. many incidents could also be given
showing a similar broadening of the views
of the employers. Several organizations OF
employers. originally started for the pur-
pose, of smashing the unions have changed
to the more rational policy OF dealing and
making Joint trade agreements with them,
Cancellation and arbitration. are surely
rapidly gaining on the old-fashioned strike
and lockout"
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Two thousand local choristers, among
whom every singing society in st. Louis
was represented, rehearsed the music for
the T~hirty-frst National Saengerfest in
Liederkranz Hall Friday night. and an
other contingent of 1000 singers meets to-
morrow night in the Odeon.
The St. Louis ~soioists. Mrs. William ].
Romer, Soprano; Mrs Oscar H. Bollman,
contradict; James ]. Rohan, tenor; John Ro-
han, BARITONE. and Edwin Burdick. basso,
will appear with each of the divisions OF
this Saengerfest Reception Chorus from
now until the festival in Liberal Arts build
ing on the Worlds Fair grounds
The work of this quintet has been remark
ably efficient in familiar:zing the choristers
with the solo. duo and trio ~interludes, in
which the programme music of the festival
abounds. and which at the concerts is to be
sung by the quartet that has been made
up in Europe and New York especially for
the Thirty-first National Saengerfest.
This quartet consists of Nine. F1eischer-
Edel, soprano; Nine. Homer, contralto; Mr..
Birrenkoven, tenor. and Mr.. Lohfing. basso.
ARRANGING BIG CONCERT HALL.
President Francis has. in a measure.
taken personal charge of the transforma-
ton of Liberal Arts Hall into a modern
concert-room of large proportions. and the
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building Will he transformed into a palatiaI
court inclosed by marble pillars.
II the present plan is carried ont. the
color scheme viii be white and bronze.
soften by varicolored tints through an
art-glass skylight which will be one Of the
distinctive features o. the decoration.
At the west end of the rotunda will be a
massive double staircase OF white marble.
ascending in selnicircleS from either side
and eliminating in a broad landing at TIE
second floor. The third and fourth floor
balconies will be inclosed in Roman arches.
with pilasters of marble and capitals Of
bronze.
AS striking as the interior will be the APP
proach to the building from Twelfth street
The proposed plant to erect a porte-cochere
has been abandoned as out of keeping VIII
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DECLARES STRIKES ARE
FEWER NOWADAYS
Secretary of National Civic FEEDER
alton Reviews General
Situation.
ARBITRATION GAINS SUPPORT.
Concilatory Taties Replaces Old
Fashioned Methods Used
to Coerce Employ.
ARBITRATION GAINS SUPPORT.

Ralph NJ. Easley of New York. general
secretary of the National, Civic Federation.
arrived in st. Louis yesterday and is stop
ping at the Planters Hotel. The purpose Of
his visit is to arrange for the meeting Of
the national body to be held in this city
next year.
This meeting, II is thought. will be the
most important ever held by the organiza-
ticn. A full membership will attend and
numerous questions OF Importance to all
classes of citizens OF the United States will
be discussed. According to Mr.. Easley, ex-
ceedingly satisfactory results are being OBJ
tanned by the federation and it is gaining
in strength and influence daily.
Yesterday was spent by Mr.. Easley in
conference with members of the local
branch and other persons interested in the
coming meeting. In the evening he attend
ed a meeting of the St. Louis Civic Fedora
ton at the quarters of the Business Mems
League. In his address TO the meeting he
said.
SITUATION CLEARING UP.
From q national viewpoint. the labor sit
uation is clearing up remarkably. This runs
counter to the Dessimistic sentiment that
has been developing in certain quarters re-
Gently. but the situation to-day, compared
TO that of thirty days ago. has easily i'm
proved 70 per cent.
There is not to-day any national strike
on or in view What we have are entirely
local matters, and they are rapidly being
settled. Within the last week great head
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viii Give Citizens of Missouri
Counties Direct Route to the
Metropolis.
PRODUCTIVE COUNTRY TAPPED.
Relieved Rock Island Is Behind
Project Which Will Serve
rs Well as Iowa and
ST. Louis.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

RETTBLIc SPECIAL
Macon Mo- May Captain c. J. Du-
bcis Of this city has received a communica-
ton from the projectors of the St. Louis
and St Paul Railroad. recently chartered,
regarding mis- profiIes and data made for
the Eidon and ST. Louis Railroad.
81 using the survey work done on the
Eldon road ~ Ear as may be convenient
the new corporation will save a vast amount
o. time, and VIII find the survey runs
tirough rome OF the most productive coun-
iry in Missouri.
The abandonment of the Eldon enterprise
n few years ago was a serious %disappoint-
mem 10 The citizens OF Monroe. Shelby and
Scotland counties, who have been badly
|antins a d--sct line TO the metropolis for
:gaEy Fears.
captain Dubois was the chief engineer Of
tf'st road. and is confident that a line will
eventually lie built along that route.
II j. said that the Rock Island Is behind
the projected road. which will serve its
purpose as well as the Iowa and St. Louis.
whlch at one time was supposed to be about
10 fall into the Rock Islana's hands.
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Mayor Weiss aggressive campaign for
the completion OF the City Hall before the
opening CT the Worlds Fair is rapidly pro-
crossing. Some of the lagest building and
decorating firms in the country have been
asked for estimates as TO the cost OF the
work. and the plans have been placed Oh
public exhibition for the benefit of prospec-
tive bidders.
Members Of the administration believe
that when the east entrance and rotunda
SHAH have been embellished in line with the
designs oricinally drawn by Harvey Ellis.
The city Hail Will be one of the most beau
tllul municipal structures in the world.
The u~nsightly void in the center of the
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the style of the structure. Instead. there
will be a broad open veranda. approached
by elliptical driveways from either side and
decorated by art lamps Of special desig!
In completing the building the detail work
will be made to conform to that already IN
stalled, and there Will be little variation
from the original plans. Every effort will
be made to have the work completed before
Nav 7. 1901.
/, The first estimate Of the cost was sl5i,0n.
but it is thought that this figure may be
| raised to s9O.Ga the Municipal Assembly
will be asked to make the necessary ap-
, preparation.
AS available funds are now in the treas
ury. it is thought that there will be no
| difficulty in passing the bill through the
Council ard House of Delegates.
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indications are that this immense enclosure
with the notifications now under way will
not fail Of a distinctly favorable effect on
he visitors to the festival.
The Finance Committee. under the chair
manship of August H. Hoffman. president
of the Northwestern Savings Bank. an
nounceS the commencement of the sale of
seats at Bollman's on Monday. June s. At
this sale. which involves the disposition OF
$3.50 reserved seats for the four concerts.
the subscribers to the guarantee fund will
have first choice of location. They will on
presentation of their subscription receipts
be permitted to select seats for every dollar
of their subscriptions. The sale of seats
TO the General public begins on the morn
ing of June IL.
FEATURES OF SAENGERFEsT WEEK.
Chairman of Music Ferd Wiederhoidt,
with the assistance OF Directors Stempf.
Lange, Ernst and Pommer has prepared 4
programme for each Of the grand concerts
that it is expected will easily NEE the favor
able Judgment. alike of expert and layman.
In brief. these programmes provide for the
cooperation of the Reception Chorus-5.GS
voices: the Saengerfest Chorus visiting
singers. 5,oO voices: the st. Louis school
children's chorus, 5000 voices; the quartet
mentioned. the Festival Orchestra. specially
selected-20 instrumentaiists and the four
directors.
The festival closes with a popular diver
sion known as "Das Volks-Fest." which. as
its name readily indicates. is q peoples fes-
tival or picnic on a large scale. to be held
on the old Fair Grounds, Grand avenue and
Natural Bridge road.
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FELEYs DEATH ACCIDENTAL.
Coroner Holds Inquest Over Body
of st. Louis Prize Fighter.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

SPECIAL.
Savannah. Ga, May 3o.-The Coroner held
an inquest tonight over the body Of George
Ester. known as Feley. the heavy prize
lighter, who died in the hospital this morn
ing from conclusion OF the brain. result
ing from a right swing on the jaw delivered
by Jim Jefords OF California in a fight
Thursday night before the Savannah Ath-
l,tie Club.
The verdict of the jury was that the kill
ing was accidental, and Jefords. who had
been arrested and Was then out under bond
of 500. is a free man. He has not been re
arrested.
This morning a telegram was sent to Mrs
Ester in St. Louis announcing that her hus-
band was dangerously hurt. Even then he
was dead. but II was desired to spare her
the sudden shock of the announcement OF
his death. Two hours later a telegram APP
prising her of his death was sent and she
was asked what disposition was to be made
of his body. She asked that 1t be held. IL
she does not eeEd the money for its ship
ment to ST. Louis 1t will be buried at the
expense Of the Savannah Athletic Club. 1t
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SERVICES AT THE CATHEDRAL.
Feast of Pentecost Will Be OBJ
served This Morning.

The feast of Pentecost. which is to be cell
ebrated to-day in all the Catholic churches
of the city. will be .mpressively observed
at the Cathedral on Walnut street, between
Second and Third streets.
The regular masses will be said at S and
s O'Clock. Al 10 o'clock a solemn high mass
Will be sung. with the Reverend Father Eu-
gene Coyle as celebrant. The Reverend MI
chael McFaui will perform the office OF dea-
con, while the Reverend Father NJ. j. Tay-
Tor will serve as subdeacon.
In the evening the children of the parish,
with the soGaiities. Will form a procession
and close the May devotions.
A music programme has been arranged
by D..S. DeLisle. the Cathedral organist.
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CHANGE IN PosI-oFEIcE TITLES
Necessitated by Order From Off
Gals at Washington.

In accordance with Instructions from
Washington. four Post-ofice officials under
Postmaster Baumhof will have their titles
changed tomorrow to conform to the desig-
nation prescribed by the laws governing the
Post-0ffice Department.
On the roster Of the local department they
are down as superintendent of stations,
when nc such title Is authorized by law.
There will be no reduction in the salaries.
as stated in DISPATCHES from Washington
yesterday. On the contrary two Of them
will receive an increase in salary beginning
July l. and the compensation of two will re-
main the same.
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DIED AFTER FINISHING WORK.
Death Overtakes Aged Washer
woman While Resting.

When Aunt" Bertha Perkins. a washer
woman. 20 years old. employed at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. John B. Harlow. No. $50.
Fountain avenue. finished her work YES
terday afternoon. she sat down and died.
She was found sitting on a stool in the
basement. with her read leaning against
the wall. her hands folded in her lap and
a smile on her wrinkled face.
The body was removed to tn. moreue
She lived at No. $3.50 Wash street and va,
2, resident Of the city for nearly half q
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High School were held by the senior class
at the opera-house In this city last night.
The president and members of the Board OF
Education. County superintendent Of
Schools. William johnson and the teach
ers, with the nine members Of the gradr-
ating class occupied the stage. The grad
yates were Misses Tonina Carr, Rosine C..
Coigny. Millie C. E~isenmayer. Amanda l.
Glanzner. Mary Y. K-aemer. Amelia II.
Oehler and Messrs. Charles 8. GARNER, Rus
sell S. Phillips. Carl T. Thalgott.