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In one part of Riesi is the Spade inn.
This modest little haven for travellers IN
kept by Cornelia. one of the pope's sis
tiers, and her husband, Giovanni Paro-
lin. Here he always stayed when he
visited his relatives at Riesi and spe-
cial room was reserved for his use.
1t is a plain, low-ceilinged little room
with a miniature of the Madonna on the
wall. The bed is 4 large double one of
plain wood. and by it's side IL small
table with q cruci1x on it. Aplain wood
en- chair is the only other furniture.
Amelia Giovanni. her husband and
children are the working force Of the inn
and the pope's sister spends most Of her
time in the kitchen. for she 10 an excep-
tionally good cook.
The pope has never tried to secure ad-
vancement for any of his relatives and
has allowed his family to continue in the
modest line of life to which they were
born, saying that they would be happier
when they depended on their own ener-
gtes and resources.
Three of his sisters are spinsters. One
Of the others. Antonio, is married to a
man so poor that she must support the
family by dressmaking. Lucia is tho
wife of a sexton, who n occasionally
a hawker, and the husband at the third
sister keeps a little tobacco shop. One
of the maiden sisters was housekeeper
at the patriarch's palace in Venice.
At the end of q broad street in the
pope's birth town stands the parish
church where the young Father Sarto
said his first mass. It is large structurs
with imposing spire. Near BY Riesi is
Castelfranco. home of the great master,
Giorgione. Here Pope Plus was con-
secrated 4 priest. He was especially
fond of the magnificent cathedral Of
Castelfranco.
The older brother Of the pope, Angelo,
lives in the village Of Dellegrazie, prov
ince Of Mantua, being the postman Of
this district and receiving $50 year for
his duties. He adds to his income by
keeping a shop, in which he sells tobac-
co and pork. He has two pretty daugh-
tiers.
When Plus X. was bishop Of Mantua
his brother Angelo used often to 60 there
for reasons connected with his postal
service. The other clerks would ask
him jokingly why his brother did not
find him better position. Angelo, with
sturdy independence, answered that he
preferred only to be what he could make
himself. Still, following papal prece-
dence, the tobacconist and postman OF
Dellegrazie should become Roman
count.
The new pope is the seventh to come
from the region of Venice. Among these
popes was Benedict XII, who also came
from Treviso, and who was elected pope
| 500 years ago.
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D1NCKEY'S RAPID RISE.
New President Of the CarneEie Steel
Company IL Only Thirty-Sevea
Years Of Are.

Alva Clymer Dinckey, the successor
Of William E. Corey In the presidency
Of the Carnegie Steel company. and now
supposed to be In line for the presiden-
cy of the United States Steel corpora
ton, is one Of the many young men who
have quickly risen to wealth and power
in the service of the great steel industry
of Pittsburg. Mr.. Dinckey was born at
Weatherly, Carbon county, Pa, and IL
only 81 years old. AS lad he served
his apprenticeship to the trade of ma
chinist at the Pittsburg locomotive
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SIGNALS FOR MARINERS
The Government VIII Bald Z llS.
Foot Steel Warning Tower 81
Lewes, Del.

Uncle Sam will erect the highes. warn
ing and storm tower in the government
weather service at Lewes. Del. Theodore
F. Townsend, chief Of the weather bu-
reau for the Philadelphia district, has
invited bids for the erection OF the tow
er. which will be lis feet in height and
surmounted by . 30-foot mast for ny
ing the weather signal flags.
The new tower will make the weather
station at Lewes one of the most COM
plete in the government service. The
government has warning towers ct Fort
Norris. Cape May point and on the
Bourse in that district. but the new one.
besides being larger, will differ in sew
eral respects. ,..
Across the top of the tower there will
extend large steel arm. from which .
cable will be suspended. on which the
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CoLoRED MAN HoN0RED.
Maj. franklin A. Denison, Of Chicago
Knows How to Command Gem
Il. Wine Respect.

In no state more than in Illinois does
the able and deserving negro receive
prompt and distinguished recognition.
This is we'll illustrated in the case Of
Maj. franklin A. Denison. q colored law
yer of Chicago, who. q few days ago.
was appointed Quartermaster, with tho
rank of major, on the stat Of Gen. James
B, Smith. Of the Third brigade. Illinois
national guard. It Il not the first time
that Maj. Denison has been honored al
q colored man Of signal ability. He was
the first colored man ever elected vale
dictorian of his class in q northern COL
'lege; he was the first colored man ever
appointed q city prosecuting attorney
in the north; he was the first colored man
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POWER IN GERMANY.
Prof, Mommsen Still Active in Pa
triotic Exhortation.
Although Nearly SO Years Of Age the
V0nous HistOrian Continues to
Lead An Active and Use.
full Life.

"Who Is the greatest living German?"
Fear Of lese majestic might prompt the
naming of Emperor William. but q more
nearly correct answer to that question
would be ''Theodor Mommsen"-hls-
torian, teacher and freethinker-the
Fatherland's grand old man. On No.
vember 30 of this year Mommsen will
have lived S6 years. They promise to
aud him hale and hearty. and with every
prospect of rounding out ripe four
score and ten. He has given way to
younger men in literary and professional
activity. but he continues in unimpaired
possession of his marvellous mental
equipment, while physically he defies
the ravages which come with advancing
years. Thin, silver hair falling to his
very shoulders In graceful waves gives
him the visage Of a kindly patriarch. but
the ideal is somewhat dispelled when. in
conversation. his eyes light up with the
fire of vigor and enthusiasm as he warns
to a subject in which his interest Is
keen.
Mommsen has had opportunities ga
lore for the preferment and fame that
royalty can bestow, but titles and decora-
lions have never tempted him. He has
lived a democrat, he says, and wants to
die one.
Since the completion Of his browning
work on the Roman laws, which has been
translated into every modern language.
Mommsen has confined his pen to
brochures, letters and occasional articles
on current political topics. He is thor
oughly alive to the big events Of the day,
ut home and abroad, and prepared to
lend vigorous voice in defense Of cher
ished ideals. Many Englishmen hold
him directly responsible for the wave Of
Anglophobia, which swept Germany like
a tornado after the outbreak Of the Boer
war. A profound and consistent ad-
mirer of England, the English and Eng
lish institutions, and fluent English
speaker, Mommsen assalled the British
policy in South Africa upon high moral
grounds. His presentation of the Boer
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ADMIRAL TELLS STORY.
Yankee Scheme to Fool the Hens Un-
folded to Dewey by = Chinese
Newspaper.

Admiral Dewey was prominent hg-
IRE at the Saratoga races. Usually he
occupied q box. One afternoon little
marty of farmers came up to shake
hands with him, and thereafter
naturally the talk turned to
agriculture.
when was in the Philippines" said
Admiral Dewey, IAN American resident
brought me one day Chinese paper.
He said this paper would interest me
because it contained an account of an
American invention. Then, with smile.
he translated a paragraph that ran
something like this:
"'The ingenuity Of the Yankee is typi-
fed we'll in a hens nest that he has re-
Gently invented and patented. This nest
increases the laying capacity of the
hens to an unlimited degree. In the
bottom of it there is trap door, gov
erned by delicate spring. The hen
lays an egg. the weight Of which causes
the trap door to open, whereupon the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-08
Scene Of Pope Plus Boyhood Days
Early Environments at Ries Reflected in After Life-Youne
Sarto Then Was Very Poor But Happy-is Relatives Are
Still Peasant Residents of the Little Town.

A IL the world knows that Pope Plus
"a K. was born in the little village Of
Riesi. provice Of Treviso. district
OF Castelfranco. Italy, but perhaps very
few have considered the influence that
such birthplace has had on the life OF
the present pope.
Young Sarto was the favorite Of every
body In his birthplace. He had a pec,l-
liar knack Of making and keeping
friends. He could join with the young
sters in their games. talk with the trades
men, argue politics with the townsmen
or discuss some point in philosophy or
theology with the parish priest. -,
So was he in his subsequent career,
and when he was simple, humble priest
and when cardinal and prince Of the
church he was constantly surrounded by
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EXCEPTION TO RULE.
One Foreign Alliance That Has
Proved Distinctly Happy.
Countess Waldersec, Who Was Gather
Lee, Drew . Prise In the later =
national Marriage Lottery ~
Enterprise. - - = = ;T- Ss7'

Countess Won Waldersee IL now at her
old home in New York city. She arrived
on the steamship Moltke alone, her dis
tinguished husband finding himself too
busy to crafty desire he has cherished
for years to visit the country OF his
wife's birth. ~.
Countess Won Waldersee is far past
middle life, but is still q brilliant WON
an, with vast influence at court. In
times past she was credited with more
influence at the German court than any
other American woman exercised in any
court in Europe.
The countess was Miss Esther Lee,
daughter of David b. Lee, pioneer
wholesale grocer on South street. She
came Of an old Connecticut family OF
farmers and landowners. When her
father died her mother took her and her
sisters to Paris. There Esther was edu-
Gated.
In 1857 she married Prince Frederick
von Schleswig- Holstein, with whose
daughter she was on terms of warmest
intimacy. She was very young then
while the German prince was an old
man, and it was gossip that she had
boldly schemed to get the nobleman for
her husband. BY regular marriage
with the American girl the prince would
be compelled to renounce his titles, 80
he proposed a Morganatic alliance. This
was refused by Miss Lee, whereupon the
prince gave up his titles and made heE
his bride.
Six months later the prince died OF
apoplexy, leaving his girl wife 81. 000, 900.
The princess. who held the honorary
title of Princes de Noer. the title OF
Prince de Noer having been conferred
upon her husband by the king Of Prussia,
was at Wiesbaden in 1858, when she met
Count Alfred Won Waldersee, brilliant
young officer on the kings staff, whom
she married some years later.
The countess won the confidence Of the
king, who later became emperor of Ger
many, and is said to have finally caused
Bismarck's overthrow. She was ambi-
uoMs as well as brilliant, and wished
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Of Romance.)
Geraldine Yeatman, of Chester county,
Pennsylvania, sweetheart of his boy
hood and divorced wife Of DR.. Pyle, Of
that state. Years ago Miss Yeatman
and young Hepburn, both Pennsylva-
mans of Quaker ancestry, were sweet
hearts. In 1884 the young lawyer came
west to make his fortune and settled in
Idaho. He became leader, acquired
wealth and at the last session Of the
Idaho legislature was elected senator.
Meanwhile Miss Yeatman had married.
but unhappily. She obtained divorce.
Senator Hepburn renewed his suit with
such success that his sweetheart, who
had resumed her maiden name, &C.
cepted him.
When Senator Hepburn appeared At
the ONCE of the clerk Of the orphans
court in Philadelphia to obtain Z mar
riage license the instrument was tenn
porarily refused him because he was un-
able to answer certain facts about the
divorce of his intended wife. Later the
license was issued and the marriage
took place.
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case In a series of controversial letters
with the late Prof. Max Muller, Of OK
ford. won millions of adherents for the
Boer cause throughout the Father
land.
After McKinley's death the old pro-
lessor cherished the hope that Roose-
velts Dutch ancestry would lead him to
bring about American Intervention in
the Beers behalf. He said that "since
1776 the United States, which won their
independence with foreign aid, had owed
the world debt of honor which Roose-
Welt ought to discharge" 1t was pointed
out to the professor that-the Beers had
had the moral sympathy Of many Of the
American people from the start.
"That may be" he replied, "but Pla-
tonic love never bore children"
In 1901 Prof. Mommsen again stirred
the German people with an appeal in be-
half of university freedom, which he con-
ceived to be endangered by the kaiser's
proposed appointment Of Catholic pro-
lessor to the chair of history at the Uni
yersity of Strassburg. He attacked the
emperor's proposal merciiessly, and raj
lied around him such distinguished
array of scholars that the threatened in
noyation at Strassburg was quietly
abandoned by order from the highest
quarter.
Last year, just when the kaiser was
travelling up and down the country, de-
nouncing the social democrats as abet-
tors of murder and enemies of the state,
Mommsen issued brilliant manifesto,
hailing the socialists as the one political
party of Germany entitled to respect,
and advocating that liberal thinkers
flock to their standard. His appeal fell
on deaf ears. because German liberals
are hopelessly divided by factional strife,
vet the manifesto was a striking proof
of the historians personal courage and
unwithering mental power.
Prof Mommsen has raised q family of
IS children and Is surrounded by grand
children by the dozen. He lives in ex-
tremely modest style In q big, old-fash-
toned stone residence In Charlottenburg,
the lovely western suburb Of Berlin, and
spends his days in the bosom Of ais ex-
pansive family. now and then producing
an oracular sort Of communication for a
favored periodical like DR.. Barth's Ma
ton or rearranging his invaluable COL
lection Of books, writings and memoirs.
He has a keen sense of humor and fire.
ouently bespeaks sympathy for himself
as an orphan" His name still appears
among the members of the faculty of the
University Of Berlin, but he hold no
more lectures, only appearing at the
gray old college in Inter den Linden in
cap and gown on festive occasions like
the inauguration Of new rector.
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flags for the international code Of sig
nails for ships at sea will be displayed.
Two large lanterns will be lifted In the
center Of the tower by means of wind
lass at night. The upper light will be 80
feet above the level of the sea and the
lower one 10 feet above the water.
The weather and code signal flags used
at the tower will be eight feet squsre.
Vessels will be constantly signaled az to
weather conditions and warned of dah-
gers.
"Lewes is one of the most important
stations along the coast" said Mr.. Town
send. "The marine exchange has fixed
up and improved its reporting station
there, and we are going to put our sta
ton in shape to give aid to the shipping
interests" <-.a-..
The steel tower will be bolted to the
rocks so as to Withstand the severest
strains. There are two breakwaters at
Lewes, and the exact location for the
tower has not yet been fixed.
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ity to Elegance.)
. group Of friends. And among his per-
sohal friends and admirers was the small
group that In the last conclave, after the
first ballots, drew attention to his name.
A visit to Riesi at the present time is
indeed an interesting experience. There
stands the humble little house where the
Sartos lived and where the present pope
was born. It is a two-story affair, plain
In structure, with square windows
heavily barred and blinded. The en-
trance is unpretentious, the double
wooden doors without glass, which
plainly show their structure of rough
unmatched boards, remind one of the
doors on the commonest American
stable. There is a small court in front
and a pathway of rough stones skirts
the house on it's border.
The popes mother, who is now dead.
always refused to i've with her son
Giuseppe when he was elevated in the
offices of the church from spirit Of hu-
mility, saying that even his modest es-
tablishment was considered BY her to be
too luxurious in comparison with what
she was accustomed to.
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COUNTESS Won WALDERSEE.
CHOW Paying Her First Visit to America
in Fifty Years)
that her husband should succeed the
iron chancellor" During the closing
years of Bismarck's tenure OF Office she
was identified with every movement that
seemed to weaken his hold on imperial
favor. DR.. Stocker, the famous court
chaplain whom Bismarck dismissed, was
her coadjutor and adviser.
Her salon, one of the few notable sa-
Ions Germany ever possessed, was hot
bed of anti-Bismarck intrigue, it is as
serted.
Count Won Waldersee was raised to
practical command of the army in 1873,
and in 1900 was appointed to the COM
mand of the allied forces in China. He
succeeded the immortal Won Moltke as
field marshal, a position he now holds.
The countess friends say she Is no
politician, but devout. true Christian
woman; that she carried to Germany
where Sunday is a day Of pleasure, her
family's New England ideas of the day,
and has exerted her influence to modify
what is known as the continental Sun
day. She has also been strong advo-
cate of moderation in drinking.
The marriage of the New York girl
to the count was one of the striking for
eign alliances that proved happy. the
count and countess having ever been
devoted to each other.
The countess has not been in this
country since 1854, when her mother
took her abroad.
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Brigade Quartermaster.)
to serve as president Of general court-
martial in the United States army, and
the first colored man to sit on court of
army claims.
Mai. Denison was born in San Antonio,
Tex, in 1862. He obtained his early ed
ucation in the public schools Of the Tex
as city. Later he was graduated from
Lincoln university, in Pennsylvania, as
honor man of his class, and in 1890 was
graduated from the old Union college
of law (now the law school of North
western University, carrying of the
highest honors for scholarship and being
elected as valedictorian and class ora
tor. In 1891 Mayor Washburne, of Chi
cago, appointed him assistant prosecut-
ing attorney, position he held through
the administrations of Mayors Harri-
son. ST., Hopkins and Swift, the last
named promoting him to be chief Of his
department. In 1897 he resigned to take
up the general practice Of law, in which
he built up a lucrative business, with
white persons as well as colored among
his clientage.
At the beginning Of the Spanish
American war Maj. Denison Joined the
Eighth regiment, Illinois national
guard, and was soon after commissioned
major, and took command of the Third
battalion. He went to Cuba with his
regiment, and there Gen. Lawton made
him president of the general court-mar-
tial of the district, the only colored man
who ever held such an important place
in the army. Later Gen. Lawton ap-
pointed him one of the three judges Of
the court OF army claims at Santiago
1t was this tribunal before which all
claims for damage done to the property
Of Cubans by the invading army were
brought.
After being mustered out Of the serv-
ice with his regiment in 1899, Maj. Den
ison resumed the practice of law in Chi
cago with greater success than ever. He
is married, has family and a hand
some home.
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dustries of his state. He was born in
New Brunswick in 1929, and went to
Wisconsin at the age of IL. After work
ing on a farm, he bought schooner
which he sailed between Milwaukee and
Escanaba, and invested the savings of
his enterprise in timber lands. He is
now president of large numbering
company and owns the controlling in
terest In bank, named after him. He
has served in the state legislature, and
represented his state in the house Of
representatives at WashinSton.
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Glass from Quarts Pebbles.

Glass of great durability, which resists
great heat a. well a. sudden changes Of
temperature. Is made from Brazilian
quartz pebbles. The pebbles are heated
red hot and then thrown into distilled
water. The purest pieces are next re-
lected and welded with the oxyhydro-
gen blowpipe into long stems like knit
ting needles, from which glass vessels
of any shape can be made. At present
the quartz glass Is chiefly employed for
making laboratory apparatus.
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ISAAC STEPHENSON.
Venerable WiscOnsin Business MAJ
Who May BE the Next Gov.
ernor Of His state.

Isaac Stephenson, who, according to
the prophecy of William E. Curtis, will
be the next governor of Wisconsin, has
done more. perhaps, than any other liv-
ing man for the development Of the in
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works. While there he studied elec-
tricity, and with this store of informa-
ton secured a position, while still al
most a boy, as clerk in the big works
at Homestead. He brought himself
into notice by his ingenious device for
the application of electricity to the driv-
Ing rolls and feed tables in the mills.
and from that time forward was rapidly
advanced by the company. Mr.. Dinckey
is q brother in law Of Charles n.
Schwab.
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Realism in Dentistry.

A dentist in Moscow is wonder In
his line. He has invented system by
which false teeth can be made to adhere
to the gums so firmly that in three
months it is difficult to extract them.
This Russian tooth-grafter hopes in
time to be able to rival nature by max
ene artificial grinders that ache.
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A SENATOR'S ROMANCE.
W. n. Hepburn, of Idaho, WEEDS His
0oyhood Sweetheart In Old
Pennsylvania.

A romance extending over q quarter
Of century came to happy climax re-
Gently in Philadelphia, when United
States Senator Weldon Breyton Hey
burn, Of Idaho, was married to Mabel
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The Barber Was Exoneratea.

A regular patron entered BARRIERS
shop in Cleveland, and when the tom
serial artist had almost completed his
work on him, he suggestively re-
marked: Hair is getting rather thin
on top, sir. Have you tried our hair
restorer?" The patron facetiously re-
sponded, "Oh. no it's not that-it's
vorrv"
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Monks Live Under Ground.

Miles of subterranean corridors, lined
with tombs and cells, were constructed
years ago, far below the magnificent
cathedral at Kiev, Russia. In these cells
over 1900 ascetics perform their daily
devotions and duties-live, eat, and
sleep, in the grim company Of their dead
predecessors. For a short time each
day they ramble in the beautiful gar
dens
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An Index of Prosperity

According to Dun's Index the value
Of articles used by the average person
in the United States during the last
year, if bought at wholesale, was
1883. The year before it was $101.91.
These figures correspond closely to
those of 1883 and 1889. Two years ago
the amount was $3.50.