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An Act of God.

Judge John c. Pollock, Of the Kan
sas Federal Court, now sitting in Kan
sas City, Kan, gave an opinion the
other day in the case of the Empire
and Minnesota cattle companies to re-
cover $4,000 from the Santa Fe Rail
way for the loss Of cattle during the
food of 1905, in which lie decided in
favor of tie railroad company. holding
that the food was an act of God, and
that all persons whose property was
destroyed thereby must bear tie losses
alike. The opinion is considered ty
lawyers to be Of much Importance in
the food suits now pending in both
Federal and Wyandotte County courts.
Kansas City Zines.
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I,npersonal Writing.

The newspaper is complete in itself;
its issue of to-day is of value only un-
til it's issue Of tomorrow appears. 1t
follows that the newspaper man is
valuable only for what he can do to-
day for to-morrow's paper. With
every sunrise there is a great gulf
fixed between him and his past work.
This means that by no eXertion, by no
years of faithful service, can he &C.
quire a position for himself; he must
each day enter a race In which there is
the keenest competition known, and
on the morrow this race will begin
again. Now, it is 4 physical law that
as a man gets along in life he loses
energy as he gains experience and
knowledge. The American newspaper
is the development in its newsgatner.
ing lines of the intense energy Of
youth. But there is a side Of legiti.
mate newspaper publication which tho
impersonality of the writer's in this
country has dwarfed, yet which is one
of the most interesting to the reader,
and therefore n of the most profit
able to publish. 1t is that Of COM
ment and criticism on the panorama
of life. In order to write this, years
OF experience and a vast fund Of
knowledge of men are needed. Even
with these the column so written is not
as interesting, and therefore will not
pay as we'll, unless the writer be
known.-Lippincott's.
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An Osteopath Defined.

The following story comes from York
Harbor, Maine:
"Say, yer know tibet literary chap
tibet he'd the Furness cottage up on the
hill, two years ago last summer-Mark
Twain, 1 b'lieve they called i'm. Gee!
ye'd never think ter look at i'm tibet he
could write brooks!
oval, he ulster come over ter my
house an set fer hours to q time while
1 spun yarns an told i'm abaout York
folks an things. Seemed ter be reel
sociable like-liked ter smoke an talk,
an joke with an old fool like me.
"Wall, n day he comes ter me look
in kind O. worried like, an his hair
was all ruffled up like he'd been auot
in a stiff nor'easter. an he SEE: Capt
Brooks, can you tell me if there is an
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II.

Some three hours iater-iust after =
Errington, who had long since returned
to his W studio, was engaged on a
sketch for an illustrated paper-for he
was a ''black and white" %man-when
Vincent Armstrong. dressed to go out,
put his head in at the door to bid his
friend Good evening""
"And. by the way. Frank" he said.
81 shall have to bother YOU for your
latchkey once more. for I haven't found
my own yet. It's strange that it hasn't
turned up before this. Why. 1 first
missed it from its accustomed nail be-
hind the door the day after that man
Weir vas here"
"Well," replied the other, you're well
come to mine. l shan't be going out
till I so home at Q. and 1 dare say you
won't mind coming down to let me in
In the morning
"Oh, no." said Vincent, with a laugh.
as he took the key. 4 shall have been
up hours before you arrive, I expect"
Eighteen months before, when on n
Sketching tour with Frank Errington.
the latter had introduced him to his
cousin, Winifced Aston, whose father
was the leading solicitor in the pretty
H~ertfordshire town of Canthorpe. The
result of this Introduction had been
that when, some weeks later, he re-
turned to London be was practically
an engaged man.
He got off the bus at st. Martins
CHURCH, and reached the theatre just
before 8, eagerly scanning the people
who had already arrived at the upper
circle entrance. His friends were not
among them, however. nor were they
to be seen when the hour struck and
the doors were flung open. For the
next half hour be stood there watching
the fresh arrivals who came in ever
increasing numbers as the time for the
commencement of the play drew near
er. His vigil went unrewarded, how
ever, and at 9 o'clock he began to fear
that something mus have prevented
Winifred from coming
Weary and disappointed, he went
straight back TO his studio, and, hay
ing let himself in. raised the gas and
Aung himself on q chair. Then he
glanced up at the easel OF which he
had left his picture. and noted with
Amusement that the curtain he had
thrown over it had been disturbed.
The next moment he bounded forward
with o. cry of despair-tle picture, his
great picture, was unrecognizable.
Some one had taken a brush and alb
solutely covered the canvas with black
paint. Trembling il every limb. he
staggered backward to a small table,
on which. fer the first time, he noticed
q loBy'S visiting ar
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Our Real Heroes.

A young lad, whose home was in the
neighborhood of one whom every edu-
Gated man in the United States would
name in a very small list of the most
famous living Americans. said, with a
sigh, II wish 1 could just once come
close to a really distinguished man."
Why" replied the interlocutor, "you
must often see Mr.. X" "Oh, pshaw"
replied the youngster, sc%ornfully, 81
don't mean that kind. 1 know two
men who play on the scrub, but I wish
I could just once meet one man who
played on the university ~team."-Paul
Van Dyke, in the Outlook.
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TERRIBLE MINE EXPLOSION
Over a Score Killed by Ignition OF
of Coal Gas From Lamp.
Rush Run and Red Ash Mines Near
Thurmond, W. Va, Almost
Demolished.

DonoheAeo'
Charleston, W. Va.-As the result OF
a double explosion in the Rush Run
and Red Ash mines, near Thurmond,
twenty-four men now lie dead in the
two mines. Ten Of these were killed
in the first explosion, which occurred
at night, and the Other fourteen were
a rescuing party who entered the mines
the next morning to take out the bodies
of their fellow workmen. The rescuing
party were killed by a second explo-
sion and the after-damp.
The first explosion seemed to shake
the foundation of the mountains. The
angry twin flashes from the two neigh
boring drift mouths lighted up the
heavens for miles around. Soon from
the mining villages for several miles up
and down the river hundreds of people
rushed to the scene of the disaster.
The first explosion was caused by a
naked" flame coming in contact wish
gas. The flames leaped from the drift
mouth and set fire to everything within
reach that was not blown away by the
force Of the explosion. The great drum
by which loaded cars are run from the
drift mouth down. the incline to the
tipple and the empties drawn up was
blown from its moorings and down the
mountainside 600 feet, while the drum
house caught fire and vas totally con-
sumed.
The cars that stood at the mouth Of
the mine were blown. far down toward
the tipple, and much Of the track Of
the incline was destroyed. The rails
were twisted, and the crossties were
whipped from the beds in the ballast
and sent, scorched and charred, many
yards away. The big fan that fur
nished air in the mine was so damaged
that it was several hours before it
could be started again.
After considerable time the great fan
was repaired and the power turned. on,
and it began drawing 100000 cubic feet
Of air through the mine each minute.
A rescue party was formed and about
twenty men entered the mine in search
Of the bodies Of those who had persisted
in the first explosion.
The men explored the miues for two
or three hours, putting up brattices so
that pure air should follow them wher-
ever they went. Finally some Of them
came out and reported that the others
were too careless in going forward
faster than the good air was being
supplied, carrying at the same time a
naked" light.
At 3.45 another awful explosion &C.
Cured, caused by the gas coming in
contact with the naked" fame Of q
miners lamp, and fourteen men were
killed. This explosion was not so forci.
| BILE as the former, but was more awful
in its effects, and was followed by a
shorter, thinner tongue Of fame.
Mine Inspector Edward Pinckney, at.
ter arriving on the ground, took charge
of the rescue work. The second explo'
sion again damaged the fan, and Mr.,
Pinckey would allow 10 Il to enter
the mine until it was working properly
and a draft of fresh air was running
through the mine.
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DOMESTIC.

Asked about O published statement
that there was a movement to- n0m-
mate him for the Supreme Court I'M
New York City, ex-Judge Alton -.
Parker said that If there was any SUCH
movement on foot it was without his
knowledge or consent. q
Convinced that Mrs. Jessie A. Hop
kins acted in self-defense when she
killed her husband on New Years.
night, Judge Kersten, of Chicago, ILL.,.
took the case from the jury. and dis
charged the defendant. +
Lon Whiteman, who has been stand
ing trial in Buffalo, N. Y, on indict-
ments charging forgery and grand lar-
ceny, took the stand in his own be-
half. So.
Captain George T. Hodges, chief
clerk in the Quarteymaster's depart
ment at West Point, died at Newburgh.
N. Y, aged sixty-four years. He served
during the Civil War in the Sixth
United States Infantry.
Report was received in New York
City that a nephew of Clement A. Girls
com, the steamship man, either fell or
| jumped overheard from the Minne-
tonka on March 10 and was drowned
Directors Of the New York Telephone
Company told the Merchants Associs.
ton a revised schedule would take Ell.
feet on May 1.
John D. Rockefeller and his brothers
William G.. Rockefeller, were beaten
for the first time in the election AZ
North Tarrytown, N. Y.
District-Attorney Jerome, of New
York City, received a report fromfH-
De B. Parsons declaring many theatres
in this city unsafe.
Deeds to a fortune left by Nathan
Weatherby were found in an old oak
tree in Lincoln Park, N. j.
George J. Kindel was arrested in
Denver, Col, for the libel of the late
Henry B. Hyde, founder Of the Equit-
able Life Assurance Society.
The armored cruiser Washington
was launched from the yards Of the
New York S"hipbuilding Company at
Camden, N. J.. ,
The Savoie, of the French Line. on
her last westward voyage to New York
| City, encountered an ice field 200 miles
long. "
Four hundred Anarchists gathered In
the Bronx Casino, New York City, 10
celebrate the Paris Commune AND
cheered a recital by Herr Mos; or tne
exciting incidents of that time.
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MINOR EyENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON.

Washington dispatches make the
Authoritative announcement" that
Secretary Shaw will retire from the
Cabinet at the end Of his four years,
term, which will be in February, 1906
The National Congress of Mothers
adjourned. The most important BUSH
ness Of the fclosing session was the
selection of Los Angeles, Cal, as the
place for tie meeting next year. !
President Roosevelt planned to make
Chief Engineer Wallace supreme ON
the Isthmus, giving him three advisers
in lieu Of the present Cana. Commits
sion.
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.osteopath at the Harbor? WAL sez L,
the mebbe, but I amt never ketched
one on 'em an I've been fshin' here
nigh onter forty years. He looked at
me kind O. queer, an then sed he
guessed he'd go up ter the drug store
an enquire.
oval, I went home an told the old
woman abaout it, an she SEE: You
big fool, Jed Brooks, faint no fish, it's
a Bird So then I went inter the best
room an took daown the cyclopedium
my boy Steve he'd when he was ter
Harvard College, an I'll be burned II
it want no fish at all, nor no bird
neither, but a new-fangled kind of a
doctor!w-Harper's Weekly.
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Humanized Telephones.

The French telephone service has
just accorded to the public one OF those
little amenities Of civilization which
might. with obvious advantage, BE- ex-
tended to the world. In every public
office there will henceforward be hung
a white linen handkerchief. treated
with a chemical solution. with which
every person can cleanse and disinfect
the plate. or tube. before using it. If
he will only do so also after breathing
into it himself for several minutes, so
much the better. These handkerchiefs
are renewed daily.
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AA
&---b late you on an excellent
6 M 8 piece Of work. Her An
A AA + swer' is pretty sure to be
11G~ one of the attractions at
the Academy, old man."
And Frank Errington. who had just
Vincent Armstrong; completed picture,
turned to his friend with & pleasant
smile, and shook him cordially by the
hand.
"Im glad you like the thing" re-
sponded Armstrong. "and 1 hope it'll
be as successful as you predict. That
is to say. I should hope so il I-if Wini-
fred forgaye me. Otherwise it doesn't
matchmaking matters"
winnie hasn't answered your let
ter?'
Vincent shook his head.
81 hardly expected she would" he
said, gloomily.
you're undu!y respondent, Vincent.
You have been foolish, certainly, but
now that my cousin has learned from
your letter exactly what took place
between you and Angela Weir I'm con-
fdent she's not the sort of girl to re-
member"
"She did once" replied Vincent; "but
now it may be different. You may be
certain Ralph Weir has painted my
conduct in the blacklist colors, or Win
ME would never have written me the
r%eproachful letter she did. I'm dread
fully afraid that in spite of my reply
she still believes his exaggerations."
II don't see why she should, now that
you've explained the matter. By the
way" he added. after a moments
pause, give been wondering why Weir
should have called upon you last
week.
$50 have I. Frank: but I think he
wanted to learn what had happened
between me and Winnie, and also
whether I had done anything big for
the Academy. You see, he hates me,
and"
He was interrupted by a loud knock
at the street door below. and, rising
from his chair, left the studio to an
, swer the summons. A minute or two
later he re-sntered. crying joyously, as
he handed his friend q telegram:
"You were right, after all, old fellow.
Read that"
Errington obeyed. reading the follow
ing message:
Am in London with mother. Must
see you. Have three upper-box seats
His Majesty's tonight. Meet us out
side entrance at s. All we'll.
o WINNIE"
"'Her Answer" exclaimed Frank
with a glance at the picture, standing
on the easel IL front of them. Really,
Vincent, you're not unlike the man
you've depicted or that canvas. His
doubts have been set at rest by a let
ter-yours By a telegram. This is the
main difference between you. Well,
old fellow, I'm ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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Prominent People.

The Kaiser has decided that it is not
lese majestic for officers to drink to his
health in water.
Mrs. Fairbanks. the wife Of tho
Yice-President-elect, holds three cole.
giate degrees.
a leading French journal, the Ga.
Zettn des BeauX-.ArtS. dev 0:ss il eulo
CYSTIC article to the King Ct Portuga.
rs a painter.
The Shah Of Persia has placed ar
order in Paris for two touring automo-
biles. the price of which is reported &C
be $500 each machine.
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FOREIGN.

The Empress Of Germany ran over O.
little boy while driving in Berlin, and
her own physician has been attending
bis injuries.
The Allan steamer Tunisian arrived
IN Halifax, N. S., after passing through
a succession Of heavy gales, sometimes
attaining the force of a hurricane. :
Seventy members OF. the a~ristocracy
and Court and representatives of the
Vatican, at Rome, Italy, gave a fare
we'll dinner to American Ambassador
Meyer.
The private view Of the New York
Watercolor Club exhibition. in London.
England, attracted a large company OF
representatives of critics.
Pope Plus X. received thousands OF
congratulations in person and by mes
sage at Rome, Italy, and celebrated
mass in the presence Of a few of his
intimate friends on the occasion Of his
name day.
The Moroccan Committee has in
formed M. Delcasse, French Minister
Of Foreign Affairs, CT the capture of
their representative, Comte de Zegon-
FAC, by Arabs.
Bronislaw Hubermann, a celebrated
Polish violinist, cut off the thumb Of
his right hand at Monte Carlo while
saving. I,
Baron Won HammerStein-LOxten,
Prussian Minister of the Interior, died.
He was born in 1912 and was appoint
ed Minister in 1901.
An American museum has bought
from a London (Englandl taxldermist
q specimen Of the great aux, which
species is extinct, paying for it S21OO.
The celebrated Jewish writer Perez
has been arrested in Berlin. Germany,
on suspicion Of being engaged in
forlenting a revolutionary conspiracy.
Hon. S. N. Parent, Premier of the
Province of Quebec, has resigned.
Hon. Lomer Guin, son-in-law of the
late Count Honore Mercier.
The Kossuth party leaders decided
10 continue obstructive tactics with any
Cabinet which refused to demand for
Hungarian as the language Of military
command.
Motions to postpone the question OF
separation of church and state and to-
refer il to a commission were defeated
in the French Chamber Of Deputies.
Viscount Goschen and the Earl OF
Selborne defended in the British House
Of Commons the increase in naval ex-
perditure.
Mr.. Balfour'S Cabinet decided not to
use pressure on the British Govern
ment's supporters in regard to mo-
tons framed by the Opposition to COM
nit the Government on the fiscal ques-
ton. 90.
Emperor William dined at the French
Embassy in Berlin, the occasion being
the first time that a Prussian sovereign
has so honorcd Germany's former foe
since the Franco-Prusian war.
It was announced at Ottawa that
the Northwest school question had
been settled. al educational clause be-
ing framed to meet the views Of Can
adam Liberals. The schools are per-
petCated as they are to-day.
l.. Polo de Bernabe. who has been
Spanish Ambassador at Rome, Italy.
for a year past, has been appointed to
represent Spain at the British Court.
The Italian cruiser Calabria arrived
at Santo Domingo City With Prince
Ferdinand Of Savoy OF hoard. h
Italian colony gave a ball in the
Princes honor. and United States Min
lister Dawson will give him q banQuetx
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70 MEASURE The GRADE.

The automobile operator who desires
to know the degree of grade his car
is ascending or descending can deter
mine the exact figure by the use of
the handy little grade meter shown
herewith. which is being pushed by
a New York firm. Attached to the
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NewSy Clcan!ngs.

The tenth Ministry OF the present
Chilean Administration has just re-
signed.
An official denial is made that VI
White has resigned as president Of the
Committee of Ministers.
According to q dispatch London cab
men are rapidly realizing that the
death knell of the h~orse-drawn cab
has been sounded. and by advice Of the
president of their union have started
training classes ior instruction in mo
tor driving,
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dashboard, the figures on the dial are
sufficiently large to be seen at a glance
from the operators seat. The device
will indicate either an up or down
grade not exceeding t~hirty-ive per
cent, the needle following the varia-
tons with an exactneSs that is SUR
rising.-Philadelphia Record.
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BOMB THROWN, EIGHT KILLED.

Another Outrage in Warsaw-Police
Official at LODI Shot.
Warsaw.-A bomb was thrown from
a window into a patrol of hussars who
were passing. Eight men were killed
and several wounded.
LODI, Russian Poland.-A police Off,
cial of the name Of Mosgunof was Sc.
verely wounded on the street here by
revolver shots. The persons who did
the shooting escaped.
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UMBRELLA FOR POCKET.

The earliest form Of umbrella q
the faculty Of folding, but for q long
time there has been an effort on d
part of inventors to reduce the bulk
Of the rain shield when folded. This
has been done in a measure in recent
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46
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Drouth in the Hawaiian Island has
oeen causing serious loss to the sugar
planters. In some districts water f0n
household purposes has been sold BIZ
the gallon.
Affairs in Mindanao were reported
to be progressing favorably and little
immediate trouble with the Moros waa
anticipated. gs- :,
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MISS Wlnlrred Ashton" he read, and
then the full horror of the thing burst
upon him. "'Her answer!!" he gasped
"'Her answer"
And with a long, vacuouS laugh &c
ran from the room. stumbled down the
stairs, and rushed out into the night
remembering no more.
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SURE!
BY @'LANpsURaH WILSON.


Howdy, Longface! Come to scare me
With your mournful yarns?
Crops are ruined? Well, l bet you
We will fill the barns!
Hard times goin' to be likely;
Stocks and bonds will crash;
See no profit? Well, l bet yoC
We will get the cash!
Flats and fine hotel apartments
Maxim people roam;
Love is busted? Well. | bet you
We will have the home!
Country's goin' to the bow-wows
On a rapid plan;
See 40 savior? Well, I bet YOU
We will get the man!
Bibles gettin' mighty shaky;
Jonah's got to hump;
Amt no Judgment? Well. | bet yon
We will hear the trump!
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LINERS LONG PASSAGE:
The Hungarian, % Days From Glas-
cow, Arrives Safe at Boston.

Portland, Me.-The steamship Hun
garian, of the Allan Line, about which
there had been some anxiety, arrived
in port. Rough weather was response.
BILE for the delay, but the ship is none
the worse for her experience.
The Hungarian's passage Of nearly
twenty-five days from Glasgow was
the longest time taken by a line steam.
err for a trip across the Atlantic to this
port.
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To Plead For Strikers.

The Central Federated Union ap.
pointed a committee to plead with Au-
gust Belmont for reinstatement of the
marlborough strikers at New York
City. -,
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Red Cross Workers.

Red Cross workers are busy night
and day at every railway station along
the line of retreat for $50 miles caring
for the Russian wounded.
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For Library at Syracuse.

Andrew Carnegie gave $150,0O0 to
Syracuse University. al Syracuse, y
Y, for a library.
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cero;o.s Bundredth Birthday.

Manuel Garcia celebrated his Tooth
birthday at London, England. Three
soyereigns conferred honors on him.
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"HER ANSWER"
By A. r. Thomson.

ELL, Vincent, I congratu-
late You on an excellent
piece Of work. Her An
swer' is pretty sure to be
one of the attractions at