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court. She was well educated. having
followed the higher women's course at
the Gymnasium, or girls high school,
in ST Petersburg in 1869.
In the year following, having i'm
bibed the idea of advocating liberty.
she. left her home to become a teach
er of the people," In 1872 she Joined
the revolutionists. She was several
times arrested and condemned for
propagandism of revolutionary ideas.
In 1878 she was sent into exile, but
escaping, she returned to ST. Peters
burg and resumed her labors.
She was the brains and will of the
plotters, and it was due to her skill
in planning the campaign that the fin
al attack on the car was successful
At the time Sophie Peroffsky, by
reason of her sex and gentle birth.
was the person of chief interest. She
held her peace, and carried herself as
one ready to die for principle All six
prisoners were condemned to death
but in the case of the other woman
execution was deferred, as she was
with child.
On April 9, 1881, Sophie Peroffsky
went to the scaffold with her four
male accomplices. On her last night
Sue ndu WTlllSu HoT mOIloT not to
waste time in assuaging the wrath of
her father, for what she had done he
would never forgive.
Before the rope was placed around
her neck the young woman kissed
each of her associates in death She
then kissed the cross reverently as it
was held to her lips by priest Her
manner was firm, her cheeks flushed,
and she held her head high, even
when the black hood was drawn over
her face. She seemed not to feel the
obloquy even of the black board fast
ened across her breast, bearing in
white the words. Assassin of the
car" She was the third of the five
to die. mounting stool which had
already served the same purpose for
two of her companions.
When the stool was kicked from I'M
der her the rope frightened on her fair
neck, and life departed from the body
of one of the most extraordinary wom-
en- Russia has ever produced in it's
long record of revolution and violence.
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New Pension Commissioner.

Vespasian Warner, the new pension
commissioner, was born in Dewitt
county, Illinois. on April %, 1913, and
was studying law at Clinton, ILL.,, when
he enlisted, June 16, 1861, in company
E of the Twentieth Illinois Volunteers
In February. 1862, he was promoted to
second lieutenant, and remained in the
service until July IS, 1866, when he
was mustered out with the rank OF
captain and brevet major. He was Sc
verely wounded at Shiloh, and was
with the Army of the Tennessee until
the end of the Atlanta campaign, when
his disabilities compelled his being
ordered home. After recovering he
went on the plains and took part in
the campaign against hostile Indians
Upon leaving the service he entered
the law department of Harvard univer-
sity. He was graduated in 1868, and
began practicing law in Clinton, Ill
He was colonel and Judge advocate
general of Illinois through the admins
trations of Cows. Hamilton, Oglesby
and Fifer; was a Republican preside1
tial elector in 1868, was elected to tn
Fifty-fourth congress and has beei
reelected to all succeeding congresses
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5 How Alexander iii. Died

Alexander II. freed the Russian
serfs in 1861, and this act, giving par
tiaI liberty to %, zoo. 900 slaves, placed
an aureole around his head He was
then, indeed, the little father in the
eyes of his people
Yet the spirit of reform did not con-
tinue to dominate the czar. There
were two men in him; one could free
slaves, but the other, jealous of the
autocratic powers of the throne. could,
and did, hang free men whom he con-
ceived to be enemies of absolutism
Thus it transpired that while the
nobles sent the czar petitions for a
political constitution. in 1861 and for
a house of representatives in 1865 the
peoples discomfort developed to the
point of making bombs and plotting
against the life of the car.
The first attempt to assassinate
Alexander II. was made April 16, 1866.
Another attempt was made June 6,
1867. Both the would-be assassins
were hanged, but this only gave i'm
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the draw poker route Corn meal and
bacon got an awful hard jolt when
those rich moments rolled around.
Let's see, there were gherkins all the
way from Soho Square, London: nice
ly done up in green bottles, and with
the malt vinegar SO -bity' that more n
one of the fellows used to drain it of
to make believe it was rare old bran
dy. Then there were mince pies-not
like mother made, but SO mysterious
ly put up that they gave a suspicion
OF a tfnge of inconsistencies to the
eater; an spiced onions, picked
watermelon rinds, real crullers fried
in real lard, mushrooms packed in
tins. plum puddin' sealed up with red
sealing wax-ah, it makes my mouth
water now to think of those delicacies.
Course they cost mighty pretty
penny. but we had to have EN- Con-
identially, l think the sutler who fol-
lowed our brigade was the richest
man in the whole army corps. He's in
business now in Iowa, 1 think running
a wholesale grocery house that sells
$2,OOO,O00 worth of goods a season.
Many a time 1 felt as if I'd like the
war to last long time, if the suffers
would hold out. Toward the end,
though, the suffers got to charging
ruinous prices and we had to cut out
some of the tidbits'
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PoeticaI Prose.

When at eve the sun sinks below the
horizon, even the murky clouds float
Ing piecemeal over the deep blue are
child may gaze on the spectacle and
rejoice in the the approach of what it
imagines to be a glorious morning.
But alas, slowly and one by one, the
floating clouds put off the gorgeous
trappings, and before long the evening
gloom spreads itself stealthily all over
the sky and nights stands on the
threshold, begemmed with stars.
If India still cherishes the beguiling
thought that her present contact with
the West that appeared, only before
her, as conpueror, will slowly lead in
the normal course of time to an awak-
ening of her people from the slumber
of ages, she will be undeceived when it
is too late and when grim darkness
will have encompassed her on all
sides. The flush of crimson light that
flooded her horizon as if to announce
the approach of dawn since the days
of Raiah Rammohan Roy, is slowly
fading away; the clouds are giving up
their natural transient glories, and
everywhere fingers the dull uniform
ity of pale yellow.
But still the lingering hope nestles
within our hearts that forgotten ma
ture may at last work a miracle and
usher in, amid this dulness of the ap-
preaching doom, the meridian glory of
a new day and dispeI the gathering
gloom that is ominous of death-New
India.
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How the Gar Died.
The officer of the guard rushed up
to him. and forgetting the customary
form of address, exclaimed, Are you
hurt, sir?' No, thank God, l am not
replied the emperor, but l must look
after the injured e
'.Al this had occurred perhaps in
two minutes The emperor was about
to proceed on foot, and had walked a
few PAGES when another young man
approached him, and, raising a bomb
shell in the air, flung it with all his
force at the feet of the emperor, who
was in the very act of making the
sign of the cross.
AN explosion followed which threw
all the bystanders of their feet AS
the smoke cleared away the emperor
was seen lying in a pool of blood, his
legs shattered and his clothing in
shreds- The assassin lay near him
mortally wounded. The emperor, who
was quite conscious, was lifted to a
sledge, and removed to the winter
palace. Here both legs were ampu-
tated, but his life could not be saved
He rallied to receive the sacrament,
and at $3.50 breathed his last"
The assassin, named Elkinoff, died
in eight hours. The man who threw
the first bomb was Reesakoff, an en-
gineer student. He was but 10 years
old. The bombs used were of glass.
filled with nitro glycerin. They were
manufactured by one of the conspira
tors, known to his associates as 1.-The
Technic," or technical expert. He
was not apprehended
Six prisoners were taken for the
assassination of the car. One man
about to be arrested shot himself He
was the brother of a colonel in the
imperial army. OF the six taken, tive
were women, one being a housekeepeI
for the men, the other Sophie Peroff
sky, the inspiring genius of the grour
selected to take the life of the car
A Fair Assassin.
Sophie Peroffsky was 81, a gentle
woman of high family, the daughter OF
former governor of ST. Petersburg.
and niece of an officer of the imperial
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Pay Day and the Sutler.

There amt no joy in the dugout
life of the soldiers in Manchuria-no
suffers" said the veteran of the days
of 81 as he dangled his feet against
the Office chair and looked benignly
upon the little black-haired and wiry
clerk.
Just what 1 was thinking" said the
clerk. You know l had some service
with the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth
Indiana in our late burlesque difficulty
with Spain, and the blamed old war
ended before 1 had time to put into
operation one of my schemes to lay
the foundation for fortune
No Muscovite. and no little yellow
man, either. for that matter, can know
the true joy that came to the federal
soldiers when 1 was a fighter" con-
tinued the speaker.-s.sWas it the vic
tory at Getty sburg, the splendor of
Phil Sheridan's timely turning of the
rout at Winchester. the end of the ter
rible Wilderness campaign or the sue
cess of the operations about Peters
burg in the East or the fall of vicks-
burg in the West and the opening of
the old Mississippi that made US blue
coats laugh and go to our blankets at
night thinking of the dear ones at
home? Well, l should say not"
And the pensioner of the civil war.
taking a fresh grip on his stock of
words, permitting a strange light to
come into his eyes, stroked his beard
for the fiftieth time and continued.
1T was pay day and the sutler that
brought our joy Never will / forget
the sweetness of the hour with the
sutler every time I got my pay or sue
ceeded in getting the boys of my COM
pany to contribute to my purse via
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Premonition Meant captixity.

In February, 1865, Gen John A. Kel-
logg was placed in command of the
brigade and he took me along as his
adjutant general, writes Lieut. Col. ].
A. Watrous, U. s. A. About week be-
fore the closing campaign which end
ed at Appomattox, a premonition
seemed to faSten it's ugly fangs into
my brain, heart and flesh. 1t was at
my elbow when working or resting;
when walking or riding; when read
ing or writing; when asleep and when
awake, and always to torment Mine
was a more mysterious premonition
than those which sat by the side of
poor Brown, Ticknor, Chapman, King,
Durand, and Williams, and pointed to
open graves. Theirs were outspoken
told them. and in the most cold
blooded and merciless way, that they
were to be killed in battle. My pre-
monition stared me in the face and
gave warning of an approaching calam-
ity, but did not deign to reveal the
character of the calamity. l was as
sailed in the dark-did not know what
was coming. Pride sealed my lips.
1t was the generals first fight in
command of a brigade-the brigade
we had served in the better part of
four years-King's, Gibbons, Bragg's,
Robinson's, Morrow's iron brigade of
the west. The command was massed,
division front, in a piece of woods, out
of sight of an enterprising enemy,
the forenoon of March 81, when Gen.
kellogg had his officers assembled.
This, without doubt said he. lis
our last campaign. Think of service
done and glory won. See to it that
in these coming struggles we add to
the old hri0a6a'S onOd Dana'
Sword belts were frightened and
each officer seemed to give himself a
fresh pulling together.
Up to that moment my tormentor
had not left my side, but it then left
me as it had come, without seeking
permission. Relief? Yes, indeed.
Five minutes later Gen. McGowaR's
division crossed White Oak road and
started in our direction with a yell,
and drove in our skirmishers. For an
hour and half the field of Gravelly
Run was an extremely lively portion of
the Old Dominion. 1t was a strong d.
vision of two large brigades against
our three regiment brigade. When Nc
Gowan had sent force to pour lead
into our right flank and another to do
the same for our left flank. and still
held firm line in our front, it was
jutant order the Ninety fifth to fall
back at once said the general. 1 had
to ride through piece of woods where
the underbrush was thick Just as l
was approaching the point at which
the Ninety-ffth was ten minutes be-
fore, my horse fell to his knees. He
answered the spur with a couple of
leaps and landed me in the center of
an advancing line of Confederates a
score of whom demanded surrender,
enforcing the demand with ugly guns
carelessly pointed in my direction,
some of the barrels within a foot of
my body. 1t was no time to handy
words. AS l swung from my horse,
he reeled and fell. bullet hole in his
neck explaining why he had fallen to
his knees a moment before. Old Char
ley carried me on mission to save
the Ninety-ffth and then lay down
and died, and l was a prisoner.
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READS THE BOOK.
1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" Pointed the
Way.

"The Road to MELVILLE" Pointed tho
Way.
Down at Hot Springs, Ark, the WIS.,
itors have all sorts of complaints, but
1t is subject Of remark that the great
majority of them have some trouble
with stomach and bowels. This may
be partly attributed to the heavy med
icines.
Naturally, under the conditions, the
question of food is very prominent
young man states that he had suf-
fered for nine years from stomach
and bowel trouble. had two operations
which did not cure, and was at last
threatened with appendicitis.
He went to Hot Springs for rheu-
mattsm and his stomach trouble got
worse. One day at breakfast the
waiter, knowing his condition, sug-
gested he try Grape-Nuts and cream.
which he did. and found the food
agreed with him perfectly.
After the second day he began to
sleep peacefully at night. different
than he had tor years. The perfect di.
gestion of the food quieted his nerv.
GUS system and made sleep possible
He says: THE next morning 1 was
astonished to find my condition of con-
stipation had disappeared. l could not
believe it true after suffering for 30
many years; then took more interest
in the food, read the little book The
Road to Wellville.' and started follow
ing the simple directions.
Il have met with such results that
in the last five weeks 1 have gained
eight pounds in spite of hot baths
which take away the flesh from any.
one.
"A friend of mine has been entirely
cured of a bad case of indigestion and
stomach trouble by using Grape-Nuts
Food and cream alone for breakfast
There is one thing in particular
have noticed a great change in my
mental condition. Formerly I could
hardly remember anything, and now
the mind seems unusually acute ane
retentive. can memorize Practically
anything | desire" Name g.sen or
Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
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petus to the great wave of nihilism
and revolution forming in the Russian
capital.
On August 16, 1878, the chief of
police of ST. Petersburg was assassi-
mated in the street. On April II 1879,
Prince Krapotkine, governor was as
sassinated at Kharkoff
Martial law was proclaimed in the
provinces of St Petersburg, Moscow
Kief, Odessa and Warsaw. The king
dom was aflame and only the strong
est measures kept the people in check.
Nihilists were tried and sentence of
death executed on them in all the
provinces. Hundreds were banished
Yet revolutionary newspapers circu-
lated and assassinations continued to
be attempted. 1t was a state of war
with the people arrayed against the
hereditary ruling classes
Warnings of Death.
In the winter of 1S79-SO a reign of
terror existed in ST. Petersburg. The
cZar received frequent nihilist warn
ings that his end was near. But he
was courageous and a fata1ist He
decided to take his chances with
death and after the death of the en-
press he resumed his old habit of
riding abroad attended only by a few
Cossacks.
This gave the revolutionists an OBJ
portunity they were ready to improve
Their preparations for the final at
tempt were carried out with great
elaboration. All the streets within
certain radius through which the en-
peror would pass on the day chosen,
March IS, 1881, were assigned to the
various members of the party Numer-
GUS volunteers" were posted, to fol-
low the movements of the car as he
returned to the palace in his carriage
after viewing a Sunday parade at the
ST. Michael riding school.
In one street, through which it was
thought he might pass, a mine had
been placed, after months of patient
tunneling from a shop, hired for the
purpose, and maintained for a blind
as a cheese shop. In this mine was
enough high explosives to blow up the
street for fully 100 feet when the
wires connected with it should be
touched.
To guard against failure, should the
emperor take some other street, four
men carrying bombs were posted at
points one of which at least he must
pass. These bombs had been dis
tributed to the men at a rendezvous
by a woman leader, Sophie Peroffsky,
on the morning of the crime.
All being ready. the last instruc-
lions given, and the program thor
oUghly understood by each, the assas-
sins took their posts The scenes of
the assassination were described as
follows in contemporary account:
His majesty, seated in a closed car
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ne PatrIOt-
His eyes aShine with ancient memories.
His blood aglow with subtle racial fire.
For him quenched the STRINGS of
desire,
The pageant of the world has ceased to
please:
flushed are the evening songs-the lutes
of ease,
pyre.
He casts his hopes of home, wife,
child, or sire:
Instinct of race. a passion more than
The spirit of his country, holds him
thran:
In him forgotten heroes forbears. rise.
strengthening his heart to common sac
rffice.
Out of the darkness generations call
And martyr hosts. that unrecOrded fall.
Salute him from the void with joyful
cries
London Daily News
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cines to cure
my kidneys. I
do not think
that any man
ever suffered as
l did and lived.
The pain in my
back was so
bad that / could
not sleep at
night. / could
not ride a horse.
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and sometimes was unable even to ride
in car. My condition was critical
when I sent for Doan's Kidney Pills.
used three boxes and they cured me.
Now can go anywhere and do as,
much as anybody. I sleep well and
feel no discomfort at ALL
A TRIAL FREE.-Address Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, so cts.
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One of the courts has decided that
an American girl who marries a for
elgner with title doesn't have to
pay his debts Hereafter tailors, bar
bers and boarding house keepers who
trust the noblemen of Europe win
do SO at their own risk.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-04

The establishment of the Columbia
university department of journalism
has been postponed for an indefinite
time. However, the public will be kent
Informed as to what is going on in the
world.
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The Chicago man who has been
lined for swearing over the telephone
probably won't quit the use of pro-
family all at once. but he will be like
~ to hang up the receiver after this
before he starts in to express his feel
1ngS.
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Poetic Senator Pettus, Don't Won
remember the box of flowers in front
of the cabin door when you were a
boy?" he queried- Don't you remem-
bre the violets growing?" You can
. almost sing it.
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Not Guilty.

Deacon Raisem (suspiciously)-E
missed two of my finest turkeys Sat
urday, Uncle Ebony"
Uncle Ebony with dignity)-E
didn't dine at home las Sunday, sab.
dined wifi Elder Black.
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John Burroughs starts the question.
DO animals Think" Harry Lehr saws
he has parrot that thinks; but the
sagac1ous fowl knows better than to
say what it thinks of its owner.
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A drunken soldier in Warsaw killed
two children, but a Russian CORE
spondent defends him, explaining that
the children were very small and hard
ly counted.
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ToRTuRINo PAIN.

HaH This Mans SufferInas WOULD
Have Killed Many a Person. but
Doan's Cured Him.
A. c. Sprague. stock dealer. of Nor
nal. H., writes: For two whole wears
was doing nothing but buying mef1i.
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The bankruptcy courts the other
day relieved a man of debts amount-
ing to $4,000. O00- The courts proba-
bly, took the broad ground that a
financial genius of that kind ought
not to be hampered.
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Michael palace garden 1t fell not ex-
sctly beneath the carriage but close
behind it, and the explosion blew of
the back part of the carriage. which
was lined with steel, and did not harm
the emperor, who alighted- immediate
ly.
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In announcing that it has discov.
cred school children of from six to
eight years old that smoke, Philadel-
phia gives evidences of resorting to
desperate methods to get away from
that reputation of dilatoriness.
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VIRGINIA and North Carolina.

The department of Virginia ant
North Carolina has a bronze badge il
the shape of a disk, bearing upoI
either side the seal of one Of the tw,
states. This disk depends from tn,
pin by two bronze chains and between
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King Peter of Servia hasn't yet for
warded his sympathetic telegram to
the revolutionistS.
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Mrs. Chadwick filed no list of cred
itors- She evidently thinks the men
who yielded gold for hopes of gain
had their hopes, and that was all there
was coming to them.
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One hundred and thirty-five million
people to-day speak the English Ian
guage-some of them correctly
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The demand for automobiles largely
exceeds the supply. A good many peo-
pie must have quit eating meat
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An expert says that boys who like
to kiss the pretty girls are feeble
minded Can you picture what the
ugliness of that expert must be?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-04

The Chicago woman who froze her
nose while riding in cable car was
thankful that it wasn't her chin, now
that she wants to tell about it.
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1t is alleged that in Pittsburg there
are more than thirty millionaires who
have not purchased connections with
the nobility. Boys must run in their
families.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-04

A Boston poet makes Eliza rhyme
with advertiser" 1t must require a
good deal of flashing to get the muse
to perform in Boston.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-04

There is more pleasure in giving
than in receiving. This applies to
medicine, kicks and advice.
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Perhaps Mrs. Chadwick is among
the other debtors who would be will
ing to sign a protocol.