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erect, with a high forehead and deep
set, penetrating eyes of unusual bril-
liancy. A long gray beard, reaching to
the second button on his frock coat,
gives him a decidedly patriarchal ap-
pearance.
President Smith was born amid scenes
of strife and bloodshed near the Nor
mon settlement of Far West, in Caldwell
county, Mo. His father was Hyrum
Smith, brother of the Prophet Joseph
founder of the Mormon religion. AS
small child he passed through the perse-
cutions of the saints" in Missouri and
Illinois, and he was with his mother in
Nauvoo when his father and uncle were
shot to death in Carthage Jail. AS a
lad of eight years he drove an OK team
across the state of Iowa when his moth
er with the rest Of the Mormons was
driven from NauvoO. At Is he was
sent on a mission to the Sandwich is
lands, and was obliged to find the means
for reaching his destination, which he
did by working as shingle maker In Cal
ifornia. In the historical works Of the
church Joseph F. Smith is credited with
having worked many miracles while on
the island of Maui, including the casting
out of evil spirits, healing Of the sick
by the laying on Of hands. That was
in 1854 The young missionary was
absent from Salt Lake City three years,
finally working his way back. On the
day Of his return he enlisted in the Nor
mon army dispatched by Brigham
Young to intercept the United States
troops under Gen. Harvey, who were
about to invade Utah. He performed
active service as scout, harassing the
federal expedition until the presidents
proclamation ended the Mormon war"
The president of the Mormon church
has been active in politics, having served
4 term in the legislature. He is an ar
dent republican. Several times he has
been on European missions for the
church. He is religious zealot, thor
oughly imbued with the spirit of Nor
monism and convinced of it's Divine
origin. He is devoted to his five fam
flies, and has always been a firm ad-
herent to the doctrine Of 'patriarchal
MARRIAGE
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Short Skirts for Teachers.

School-teachers in Des Moines, Ia,
must wear short skirts, according to the
action of the school board, which de-
nounced the trains worn by some Of the
instructors. To display well-shaped
ankle beneath a walking skirt Is not
looked upon as inappropriate by the
members, hence the stand. 1t all came
about when some of the teachers petit
toned to have the floors reoiled, as they
said the dust from the unoiled floors
caught in their long skirts and ruined
them. The prompt ultimatum to the in
structors was: "Cut them off," After
a careful consideration the board mem
bers decided it was not healthy for the
children to have the dust stirred up by
this style of wearing apparel and they
refused to oil the floors at all. The In
novation of the short skirt has already
become noticeable. =
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CHIEF OF M0RM0NS.
PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. SMITH Is
MAN OF MANY PARTS.
Maintained His Belief in Polygamy
Before Reed Smoot Investigate
ing Committee-Has Had
Dramatic Career.

President Smith has been called "the
American pope" He is the spiritual and
temporal head of people numbering
half million, who are scattered
throughout the earth, but who accept
implicitly the instruction and revela-
tion that emanate from the Office Of the
first presidency in Salt Lake City. To
the Mormon people everywhere he Is
prophet, seer and revelator;" to them
his word is law and his teachings in
spired by God.
Son OF Mormon martyr, nephew to
the founder of the faith and by Divine
appointment successor to the prophet,
Joesph such is President Smith to the
people of his own religion. Among the
>Gentiles of Utah he is known as man
Of wealth, the directing genius OF many
large business enterprises, big factor
in the commercial life of the inter-
mountain country, man of many good
parts, moral man, if he be not judged
by the standard which allots but one
wife to one man.
President Smith was duly subpoenaed
by the senate committee to give testi-
mony in the case of Reed Smoot, one Of
the 12 apostles of the Mormon church,
whose qualifications to represent Utah
in the United States senate are in ques-
ton. The fact that President Smith
possesses five wives and As children Is
Of interest to the senate committee in
connection with the charge that the
Mormon chiefs encourage and practice
polygamy, while, as the head OF the
church, he is expected to enlighten the
investigators concerning the Mormon
attitude in matters political.
Joseph F.. Smith is now in his sixty
seventh year. He is tall, slender and
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LARGEST OF WINE CASKS.
PEASANTS and Tourists Side On It Ones
Year, in Accordance with
" g g,4 ~ Old Tradition.

Klosterneuberg Is very old city near
Vienna, founded in the year HOG by Leo
pold, the third margrave of Austria. and
has one Of the richest monasteries In the
country.
The old saga goes that his wife lost .
valuable veil, and he vowed should 1t be
found to build q cloister on the very
spot. But search was made in vain.
After many years it was discovered.
for during the hunting the dogs were
disturbed by something and Get up Q
howl The margrave rode up to SEQ what
was the matter. and 10 and behold there
was the veil hanging from lilac tree.
The legend says 1t was as fresh - on
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PICTURE OF GREAT VALUE
Photograph Of Lincoln and Frame
Made of Fence Rail That Had
Been Split by Him.

A large photograph Of Abraham Lin
coin, in frame made from rail split
by the great war president, came to
light at Sycamore, ILL.,, recently, while
H, S. Farley, a lawyer, was removing his
Office from one business block to an
other. Attached to the frame was a
written document revealing the his
tory of the interesting relic. The pho
tograph was taken by Mcclellan at
Springfield, and shows Lincoln without
a beard. The picture had none Of the
aid of a retoucher, and, therefore, the
rough, wrinkled face, with the mole
prominent on the right cheek, is brought
out more prominently than In any other
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INTERESTING BALLOT BOX.
Constructed Altogether Of Material
Picked Up During the Spanish
American War.

George H. Fortson camp, Spanish
American War veterans, says the Seat
tie Post Intelligencer, has ballot box
which is constructed OF materials
brought from places that were men,
toned in every newspaper during the
period of the war; 1t is in the regulation
form Of q cannon. The white or black
balls are taken from . box beneath the
muzzle and thrust into the mouth Of
the cannon, whence they slip through
the barrel into box in the rear.
The barrel itself is made of Cuban
mahogany, taken from Moro castle. Il
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spooNER Anglers r,LLMAN.
Usually There's Q Hot Time In the
Senate When They Engage in
.Wordy Warfare. o.Tl5

There Is no lack Of that kind Of inter
Spooner and Tillman get at it in the
United States senate. The Wisconsin
senator absolutely baits the South Caro-
linian, and he apparently enjoys with
the galleries the roars which follow the
batting, though some of the staider SEN
ators look at the thing a little askance.
The center aisle-neutral ground-sep-
arates the desks of the two senatorial
warriors who charge up to the line
which splits the aisle's center and hurl
their taunts and answers.
When Spooner speaks Tillman fixes
his one but glittering eye on the Wis
consin man and watches rather than
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1n.ects' Sense Of Location.

Naturalists have decided that many in"
sects have senses which human beings
lack. That of location. shown by the
wasp, for instance, is remarkable. One
species builds its nest in q sandbank
that is only q part Of several acres Of
such coil, and when it leaves In search Of
food It covers the nest so carefully that
no ordinary eye could discover its To-
cation. That is to say, it is just like all
the surrounding location. and yet the
wasp flies back to it without hesita-
ton and finds it without making mis-
take. There is another wasp that un-
erringly locates the eggs of the ma
son bee under a thick layer Of sun-baked
clay, and deposits her own eggs in tho
same cells that her young may have
food when they are hatched.
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THE DUKE OF coNNAucHT.
His Appointment ~ Inspector Gen.
sral of British Army Approved
by King Edward.

King Edward has approved the ap-
pointment of the duke of Connaught
to be inspector general Of the army,
under the new reform scheme.
The duke of Connaught is brother
of King Edward VII. His full name and
titles are His Royal Highness Prince Ar
thur William Patrick Albert, Duke Of
Connaught and Strathearn, Duke Of Sax
ony and Prince of Coburg and Gotha.
He is the seventh child of the late Queen
Victoria. Most of his life has been
spent in the army. At 16 he entered 4
military academy. That was in 1866.
His advance was rapid. He was lieu
tenant in the Royal engineers, in the
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NEW ENGLISH TRUST.
ITS SOLE PURPOSE IS TO FIGHT
THE ALCOHOL EVIL.
Enterprise Started in a Small Way
by Few Philanthropists Now
Has the Backing of Many
Men Of Influence.

For considerable time there has been
little question about the success of the
so-called public house trust" the or
ganization founded by distinguished
noblemen, bishops and others with the
object Of reforming as far as possible
the saloons or pubs" of England, but
the best evidence Of the confidence with
which the support they have received
has inspired it's members is the fact that
they at last have started business in
London itself.
A Milwaukee Sentinel correspondent
writes that the newly opened ''Water-
mans arms" in Southwark, is the first
of series of public houses" that the
society expects to establish in the me-
tropolis-the stronghold of the big re-
tail liquor kings, who, of course, are
the bitterest opponents of the reform
movement-on the same lines as those
which have been so successful in all
parts of the United Kingdom.
1t may be remembered that the idea
of the model saloon originated in the
mind of a country clergyman about two
years ago, and the present Central pub
lie house trust is the result of his ef-
forts to get men of means interested in
his scheme. Now the society numbers
among it's active members the dukes of
Devonshire and Norfolk, Lord Rose
berry, Earl Grey, who is the head of the
branch operating in Londca, and the
bishop Of Canterbury.
This clergyman believed that most of
the excessive drinking in Great Britain
was due to the fact that ordinary saloon
keepers sold only intoxicants, for he
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Royal artillery and in the Rifle brigade.
In 1871 he became a captain. and, hav-
ing reached his majority in that year,
he was voted a grant of ELS, 900 per an
mum. On his marriage in 1879 he was
voted an additional grant of $4,000.
which made his income in all about
$125, 1000 a year in American money. He
married Princess Louise Of Russia, a
match that afforded the greatest satis-
faction to the queen, his mother. In
1880 the prince was made a general OF
brigade at Aldershot, and soon AFTER
ward was promoted to the full rank Of
general. He paid visit to India with
his wife in 1886. and was received with
great honor by the English in India and
by the Hindoos also. His life has been
that of an army officer, and he, of all
the royal family, is most devoted to
the army.
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thought that If people could buy food and
non-alcoholics at pubs" and be sup
piled with them readily, they often would
choose such drinks in preference to
liquor. The public house trust, of which
Earl Grey is the president, goes on the
same theory. In the reformed" public
houses which it has established all over
the country, liquor is freely sold-only
there is no special inducement to buy it
whereas tea, coffee, mineral waters
and food at rock bottom prices are given
special prominence.
If these houses were run in the ordi-
nary way it would be hard to carry
this out, but the trust officials have
solved the difficulty by making the man
ager of each of their places salaried
employe, who thus has no interest what
ever in the sale of fiery drinks to the dis
advantage of harmless ones.
The trusts first London house, "The
waterman's Arms" has been placed
nurposely in the dock district, where,
IN to now, few but saloons OF the low
est type have catered to the thousands
of laborers employed in the warehouses
and factories of the neighborhood. It is
only a few feet from the bank Of the
Thames and is surrounded by all sorts
of storehouses and shipping establish
ments.
The main doors At the corner Of the
new building, which replaces sQualid
drinking dive that formerly stood on
the site, admit one to the bar.
Here one may have a plate Of beef,
potatoes, cabbage, bread and a glass of
ale for u cents, or, if this be beyond
the laborer, an excellent steak pie with
bread can be bought for seven cents.
On the second floor is dining-room
which is a bit more pretentious and
where the prices are slightly higher.
This usually is patronized by the ship
ming clerks and foremen of the neigh
borhood.
Lord Grey, the trusts president, is no
f1gurehead, but is one Of the most hard
working and enthusiastic of the organ
fzation's members. He is descendant
of the Earl Grey who fought. in the
American revolution. and is connected
with many of the first families of Eng
land. Since 1898 he las been direct
or of the British South African COM
pany. founded by Cecil Rhodes, and a:
present holds the post Of secretary of
that organization.
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MARKS CENTER OF STATE.
Venerable Elm in Worcester County,
Mass, Has Unique Geograph-
ical Significance.

How interesting it would be for the
curious people who tarry to look at
its rough, furrowed bark if only the VEN
erable elm which marks the geographic
cal center of the state of Massachusetts,,
in the town of Rutland, Worcester coun-
ty, could make speech and tell of its
youth.
Many visitors have tried to read the
age of this lone elm by means of twig
and branch. In young trees the age Sc
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crets even of female saplings may be dis
covered in the scars Of bud scales and
leaves, but in old trees the writings are
not so plain. The central elm has moth
ing to say with bud scales and leaves,
and to count it's years would require cut
ting down and close study of its annual
rings. While it remains to shade the
spot determined by survey to be the
right place for an axis, were the old
commonwealth to take spin, it will
be. next to the Washington elm in
Cambridge, one Of the most interesting
elms in the state.
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the day It had been lost by the mar
graves consirt.
Leopold, believing it to be a sign from
Heaven, began the monastery the next
day. All around he planted the vine.
and the yield was so enormous that the
monks were compelled to have a mon
ster cask made to contain the wine. The
peasants were invited to see the mira
Gle, and are said to have climbed up the
cask and rolled down the other side
this is called "fass'l rutschen."
The custom is still kept up, for on st.
Leopold's day (the margrave was after
ward honored as q sain). that 10, NO.
vember Is, the people from the districts
around Klosterneuburg, and also from
Vienna, resort to the monastery to slids
on the giant cask.
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listens for the word to fall which he can
pick up and on it hinge question in
tended to be annoying. Spooner's an
swers invariably are sharp, and like
other sharp things they cut, but Till
man has a weapon of his own in his
mouth and his repartee is not to be de-
spised by the opposing debater.
There is curious thing about this
Spooner-Tillman warfare. They carry
it on until blows seem imminent. Then
they quit and within five minutes one or
the other of them has gone over to his
opponents side and they are holding q
love feast.
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Avoid the Fat Oysters.

Manv people seem to regard the plump
white oysters, so often served now in
restaurants, as preferable to the gray
ish thin oysters that the gourmet is ac-
customed to consider the luscious deli
cacv best suited to his taste. Because
~ this false taste, oysters are bleached
and rendered plump by dealers on the
way to local markets. Normally oys-
+ers are accustomed to sea water. II
thew are removed therefrom and placed
in fresh water for time they become
much whittier than before and apparently
grow fat. because II ey absorb the fresh
Uaters
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her to salute them. and of her pleas.
ure in their answering salute.
Midway between Savannah and the
sea. rising squatly from the marshes Of
Elba island, is the cottage home Of the
keeper of the range lights that mark
the channel Of the river. No other
habitation is on the island, and for
miles there is not, in any direction,
save for those who pass in boats on
the river. any other living being than
the three occupants Of the cottage. It
is q lonesome existence that those
three-mother, son and daughter
live.
The son is the keeper of the range
lights. The mother has her house
hold duties to keep her busy. The
daughter, Miss Florence Martus, finds
but the one pleasurable pastime in
her lonely life.
Miss Martus has lived all her life
on or near Elba island. Her father
was ordnance sergeant at Fort Pulas-
H, which Is within sight OF her pres
ent home. At the fort she lived until
her fathers death, which occurred
when she was little girl. Then her
brother obtained the post Of light
house keeper. and the mother, broth
er and girl went to live on Elba is
land.
A remarkable occurrence In the life
Of Miss Martus is vouched for by her
family and many other reputable per-
sons. One cold night IN the early
eighties. when she was but q few
years old, she was one Of party that
started from the city for her home on
Elba island. Precautions against the
cold were inadequate, especially for the
tender child. She was almost frozen
upon the arrival of the party at the
cottage, and diphtheria followed the
exposure. The attack deprived her Of
her speech and her hearing. For three
or four years she was without these
powers, and it was as by seeming
miracle that they were restored to her.
In 1886 came the terrible earthquake
that wrought such havoc at Charles
ton and which was felt in considerable
violence at Savannah. People here
were terrified, and so was the small,
lonely family at the lighthouse sta
ton. Mrs. Martus and her son and
daughter feared while the earth be-
meath them was swaying and rocking
that their last hour had come. but
what seemed a calamity was really a
blessing to them. The girl. moved by
the shock of terror, instantly recov-
cred both her speech and her hearing.
and from that day to this she has re-
tained them.
Never a Christmas passes that Miss
Martus does not receive some testi-
monial Of the esteem of the harbor.
The great steamship companies whose
vessels use the port Of Savannah al
ways send her Christmas boxes, as do
the pilots association and the tow
boat companies. Several years ago a
large steamship company presented her
with a handsome watch. She has
many such testimonials.
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Singers Are Abstemious.

A singers diet has to be as carefully
considered and limited as that of an
athlete in training. Nine. Melba is
fond of confectionery, but she never
eats any. Nine. Nordica confesses
to sometimes having childish crav.
ing for an abundant feast Of sweets
and pastries, yet she denies herself
hoth. Nine. Patti rarely eats all that
her appetite Graves, shuns sweets and
nastry. and believes that her good
health is mainly due to her abstemious-
ness in this respect.
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picture of him extant. The frame is
roughly put together from pieces OF a
red oak fence rail split by Lincoln
when he was a young man. 1t will be
remembered that just before the first
Lincoln campaign Dennis Hanks pro-
duced a number of the rails that Lin
coin had split. Hanks furnished Nc
Clellan with one of these rails, and
the artist made the frame from blocks
cut from it. The frame, with its pic
ture, was sold by the artist to L. Dow,
who now resides in San Francisco. In
1875 it was sold by Mr.. Dow to H. F..
Knapp, late of Sycamore, and at his
death became the property OF his SON.
in-law, H. S. Farley. Some time ago a
letter was written by Mr.. Dow relating
the full history of picture and frame.
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Rich Men Scarce in Japan.

There are no rich men in Japan.
There are only two men in the country
who pay an income tax on over $125, 900
a wear, Out of every 1000 in the en-
nire there are only seven who have in
comes that equal $3.50 year.
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Tho Saved Masters Money.

Burglars entered the house Of Harry
Jenkins, at Langley's Corner, but a pet
dog frustrated their plans. jenkins and
his sister had received their pensions the
day before, and it is supposed this money
IN what the thieves wanted
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Japanese Farms Arc Small.

In Japan . farm Of II acres is con-
sidered extremely largo The average
holding for the whole Of Japan is only
4 fraction over two acres. The farmers
have no hired men, but they and their
families cultivate tho tiny patch Of
ground
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Wares Are Low in Japan.

Labor in Japan is very cheap. The
male peasant laoorers earn an average
of IS cents day, while female help are
satisfied with nine and one-nalf cents
q day.
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UNIQUE BALLOT BOX.
(Made OF Materials Gathered DuHEg Wao
with spajn.) :

was brought to this country by T. B.
Young, who was q soldier In one Of tho
regular regiments in Cuba The carriage
is constructed of Philippine mahogany.
which was taken from q door panel In
one of the houses occupied by the Wash
ington troops in Manila 1t was brought
across the Pacific by H. L. Collier. who
was a corporal in the regiment.
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