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The AVERAGE MAN.

The average mar is the mar. OF the mill,
The man of the valley. o: man OF the hill,
The man at the thri tile, the man at the
The man with the sweat OF his toll on his
brow.
Who brings into being the dreams of the
few, ,
Who works for himself, and for me, and
for you.
There is not a purpose, a PROJECT or plan
But rests on the strength OF the average
man.
The growth of a city. the might Of a land,
Depend on the fruit of the toll OF his hand;
The road. or the wall, or the mill, or the
mart,
Call daily to him that he furnish his part:
The pride of the great and the hope OF the
low,
The toll of the tide as it GIBBS to and fro,
The reach of the rails and the countries
Tell what is the trust in the average man.
The man who, perehance, thinks ne labors
alone, =,
The man who stands out between howell
and throne. =,
The man who gives freely his brain and
his Drawn.
Is the man that the world mas been ou!lded
upon. 49,,
The clang of the hammer, the sweep of the
saw,
The flash of the forge-they have strength
ened the law,
. They have rebuilt the realms that the wars
overran,
They have shown US the worth OF the av-
erage man. =
So here's to the average mar-to the one
Who has labored unknown on the tasks
he has done,
Who has met as they came all the prob
lens of life,
Who has helped us to win in the stress
and the strife, .
lie has bent to his toll thinking neither Of
fame
Nor OF tribute, nor honor, nor prize, nor
acclaim
IN the forefront of progress, since progress
began
Here's a health and a hail to the average
Chicago Tribune.
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Adventurers' Rich Booty.

When Drake sailed the South Sea
in the Golden Hind upon his pratt
cal voyage of circumnavigation in the
year 1577-'79, and when he captured
the Nuestra Sonora della Conception
(surnamed the Cacafuego or Spitire)
Off Cape San Francisco, it took three
days to transfer the treasure from the
captured ship to his own. In that
single haul there was realized a "pur-
chase" as it was called, of owe twen-
ty-six tons of silver, besides eighty
pounds of virgin gold, thirteen chests
Of pieces Of eight containing over a
million in money, and an enormous
amount Of jewels and plate.-Har-
per's Magazine.
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Uncle Joe" Cannon has a good story
of an Indiana man whose birthplace,
Evansville, will ever keep a loving
memory in his heart.
Some years ago this faithful son OF
Indiana was enabled, by reason of an
Inheritance, to make a trip abroad.
Upon his return the Evansville people
were anxious to have his impressions
of "furrin parts" a wish with which
the traveller obligingly complied. TEL
US all about Paris some one finally
suggested.
Paris" observed the Evansville
man, gravely, is certainly a wonderful
place. But" lie added, thoughtfully.
Evansville for pleasure."- Harper's
Weekly.
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"ELIJAH" DOWlE CAST OFF
Head of Zion City Regulated by Sig
Thousand Followers,
His Telegram from Mexico Caused the
Revolt-W Wife Denounced the Prophet
at Mass Meeting, Son Agreeing.

Chicago, Ill.-John Alexander Dowie
was formally and emphatically repudi.
ated by the people Of Zion after the
most stirring meeting ever held in the
city he founded. Mr.. Voliva. who was
recently appointed deputy overseer.
publicly cast off DoWie and Dowieism
and received the unanimous support
Of all the former followers Of the
First Apostle"
Dowie was openly denounced by
practically all the officials Of the
church as having deceived and de.
frauded the people and as having
shamefully wasted their money in ex-
travagance. Jane Alexander Dowie.
wife Of the self-styled "Elijah," re-
pudiated her husband, and in stirring
language told how she had been
wronged and abused by him.
John G. Speicher, a former overseer
and second in command to Dowie, who
was recently peremptorily deposed, de-
clared that DOWie was insane, and Mrs.
Dowie, in her address, upheld tho
declaration Of the physician. Glad
stone Dowie has cast his lot with his
mother, Voliva and Zion, and not one
in the congregation Of 5000 persons
failed to rise and pledge himself on
the side of the new leader when Voliva
called for a rising vote as to which
they would follow, Dowie or himself.
The climax came about through the
receipt Of orders from Dowie that
Alexander Granger, one Of the over
seers of Zion City, should be dismissed.
It stirred to life the slumbering vol
cane Of revolt when the order became
known at the great meeting in Shiloh
Tabernacle during the afternoon.
Dowie's order for the dismissal of
Gardner came in a telegram from
Mexico City. 1t was addressed to Vo-
Iva, and was couched in no uncertain
terms. Immediately Voliva called his
associate overseers and deacons into
secret session to consider the order.
Voliva led the revolt and the others fol-
lowed. It was tentatively decided that
the command should be disregarded.
Meanwhile news of the receipt of q
very important communication had
been disseminated throughout Zion
City. The subordinates did not know
the exact nature of the message, | :
they were aware that some kind Of
crisis had been rea.hed in the affairs
Of the town. Another meeting Of the
executive heads was held in the morn
ing md the action decided U?on was
confirmed, with the. additional deter
mination that S?eicher chould be given
a vote of confidence nd be restored
to a place of authority.
The real climax anne in TIE after
noon. The tabernacle was crowded
to the doors. When Voliva read the
message from Dowie and ANNOUNCED
that he and lis associates had decided
that Granger must be retained there
were cheers; but tie demonstration
was as nothing compare 10 the out
burst when Voliya called the dis
charged deacon to the platform, took
him warmly by the hand md advised
him of the action OF the executive off,
GERS. The audience 1t = moment in
mute establishment Ind thel: rose in a
wilder demonstration of approval and
delight.
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converted into a raft. It is so con-
structed that it can be locked in the po-
sition Of either a chair OF a life-pre-
server.
The back is similar to that of an
ordinary chair, with the exception of a
cork cushion covered with canvas in
stead of a hair cushion. The bottom
frame of the chair has an opening in
the centre, an auxiliary bottom having
a cork cushion attached, fitting into po-
sition when the device is used as a
chair. The chair is pivoted in such a
manner that when the catches are dis
engaged the whole spreads out, with a
cork cushion at each end, which gives
buoyancy to the raft-the form 1t them
assumes when it is thrown In the
water.
The auxiliary bottom, being folded to
the bottom Of the raft, the opening re-
mains in the centre, enabling a person
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b lie q natural thing. When we start
TO pull him toward ut, he'll pull back
instead Of leaping at Us. Now he's
coming on. In 4 moment Ill
Whe-e-e-e.'
Jim jumped up and cast his moose
with a fierce whoop and l scrambled to
my feet instantly and caught hold Of
the line with him. The leopard was
holding back with his huge claws
| spread to their full dimensions and
every one of the talons digging deep
into the soft earth while he tried to
draw his evil head back and free HIM
| self from the moose that was stranS-
ling him.
"Off we go and yell like sin for help
painted Jim. as we started to drag the
| Snarling brute from his fOothold. Once
we had succeeded in doing this. we
| scrambled along, ~tioundering and stunt
bling but never relieving the steady
strain on the line.
1 don't suppose that we were hauling
more than a quarter of an hour before
Oul SlOulS UlotShL Oul lhSh W AStp'
But it seemed to me to be a month.
All the time 1 expected to feel the inn
pact Of the great furry body, because
I felt almost certain that the leopard
would get sense enough. sooner or
later, to stop pulling back OF the lasso
and to leap on us. jim afterward told
nae that he could feel his shoulder
being laiG open by the terrible claws
and the warm blood running Gown his
back during all that wild scramble
through the jungle.
But luck was with Us. The blacE
leopard never once ceased. to pull back
ward against US, and wien the men al.
rived he was so wild with r1gc and Sc
nearly worn out from tho choking
strain :hat he could not put up~any
sort of IN effective fight, but mercy
hit out blindly and snapped his jaws
without any result.
Two of the men had brought a great
| net of grass rope along. In a Jl1y
it was thrown over Il enemy and he
was rolled up in it before he knew
what had happened.
Then a dozen natives danced around
here and there, passing ropes all over
the net and clsverly avoiding the claws
that were stuck through the meshes,
until they had the beast absolutely
woven in a great mass Of twine. A
huge, long bamboo was passed through
the meshes, and the leopard was car.
ried into camp, where he was soon
safely encased in a strong bamboo
cage.
He turned out to be a beast of quite
exceptional size and iE magnificent
coat. We got him to the coast safely,
and la.ded him all right in the n
in the Zoo that wanted him.
1 have always thought it a @-:ty mat
the thousands who Ldm:e him now
cannot knew the strange way he was
caught. But though our way of hunt
ing big cats had turned out to be such
a success, neither Jim Charters nor l
have ever cared to try l. again. We
shall never forget thct quarter OF an
hour in the jungle with the brute III
tow.-New York News.
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BITS 3! Ne VS.


ScSndalous conditions in some Amer
lean coIsulates in the East were dis
closed in the report Of H. II. D. PIERCE,
which the President sent to Congress.
The United States Supreme Court
upheld the Railroad Taxation law OF
Michigan.
The President has pardoned John W.
Pace, Of Dadeville, Ala, convicted OF
peonage. B
The bill authorizing q reorganization:
Of the medic | corps Of the army was
passed.
Secretary of State Root urged Con-
gress to provide for payment of JUST
foreign claims against the United
States.
The Legislati, ;, Exec i've and Jul
dicial Appropriation bill, carrying $780,
600, 100, nearly 100000 less than the
last appropriation bill, was passed, at
ter two weeks consideration.
The State Department announces
that it is now practically impossible
for former. Turkish subjects to regain
entrance into their country.
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FOREIGN.

France is said to be preparing to en-,
force the maximum tariff law aga1nsn
Venezuela. :.
A German syndicate is reported seek
ing to buy Tanning Island, in the Pa,
ciic, where there Is a British cable sta
ton. &; -
Adyices from London say that a
British campaign against Abyssinian
tribesmen who have attacked natives
in Somaliland is expected. =,
Chancellor Won Buelow, of Germany.
called the reports that he would resign
foolish"
Count Witte sent this message to the.
American people: Russian will rise!
from this crisis regenerated, greater
than ever"
A dispatch from Hardin to Moscow
said that hostilities were imminent be-
tween Chinese and Russian troops.
The elections in st. Petersburg
passed without disorder. 1t is gener-
ally conceded that the CONSTITUTIONAL
Democrats have won a sweeping VIC
tory.
A band of Russian students unsuc
2essfully attempted to rob a bank at
Kharahof.
Disorders were renewed in the coat
districts in the north Of France. The
strikers used dynamite and the troops
were kept busy in checking riots.
Peasants in Russia threaten an es-
tate owned by Princess Cantacuzene.
mother-in-aV of General GRANTS
granddaughter, and troops have beer
called to keep order.
A meeting Of mayors representing
the cites, towns and Wills ges Of Spain
Is being arranged for the purpose OF
organizing q public subscription to buyt
a royal crown for the future Queen.
BY an explosion in the TakashimaI
! roal mine, near Nagasakl. japan, $50
! miners were killed.
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A 7nEE Oil STILLS.

Lake County, to the north of San
Francisco, is so named from Clear
Lake. which is the largest body Of
fresh water i ! the State of California.
In this region may be found much fine
lake and mountain scenery. for which
reason it has been called the "Switzer-
land Of America" Clear Lake is about
thirty miles long End ten miles wide
in its broadcast part. While on a visit
across the remarkable tree shown in
the photograph. 1t is an oak growing
les the edge of the lake, the waters
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Personal Gossip.

Professor Wilhelm Wundt was the
creator of experimental PHYSIOLOGY.
When Senator Hoar was alive he
and Senator Tillman were great
friends.
NJ. Fallieres, who has Just had a new
billiard table fixed up the the Elysee,
is the only one of the last six French
Presidents who plays the game.
Ralph D. Blumenf&ld, editor Of The
London Express, is IAN American, hav-
ing been born il Milwaukee. He
learned his profession in Chicago and
New York.
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WEDDING AT INDIAN SCHOOL
Wilson Charles, an Oneida, Marries
Miss Knudsen. a klamath, at Carlisle.

Carlisle, Pa.-A military ceremonial
at the Carlisle Indian School made
Wilson Charles, an Oneida Indian base.
ball pitcher, football punter and all
around athlete, the husband of Miss
Elizabeth Knudsen, a charming Indian
maiden. Miss Knudsen is a klamath
Indian, from near Lake klamath, IN
Northern California.
Nearly 1900 Indian braves and maid.
ems, representing ninety tribes and
, speaking nearly a hundred dialects,
with several hundred invited guests,
filled the schools audit .,~ium. The Sill
gle ring Epi'E:0pal s. vice was per
formed, Major Mercer giving away the
bride.
All the attendants were Indians, the
men being attired in the blue and yell
low cavalry uniform of the school.
Following the ceremony the bridal
couple and Major aEI Mrs. Mercer
received 125 guests in the gymnasium
where later a dance was held to music
by the Carlisle Indian Band.
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Other Side Of the Wo::'

:Japan's disbursement this year for
ship subsidies will be about the same
as last year-S1,40O,O
New Zealand's fire insurance COM
panies have abandoned the special
higher ratings on a number of large
risks.
New Zea.ard shipping legislation IS
to requiring second mates is seriously
hindering the export trade of the island
colony.
New Zealand's proposed South Afri.
can steamship service is not favored.
Tenders were few and unsatisfactory,
None was accepted.
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ELOPING WIFE KILLED.
In Struggle With the Sheriff Who
Caught Her His Revolver Discharges.

Caught Her His Revolver Discharges.
Dublin, Ga.-Fearing to face the hus-
band from whom che lad eloped, Mrs.
Lora Crabb, only six months welded,
attempted to escal from Sheriff Wal
ton, who hal her IS a prisoner on a
Wrightsville and Tennille train, and
was shot and killed in the struggle.
Mrs. Crabb fled from LONE end the
sheriff pursued her and her companion
at the request Of her husband. Mrs.
Crabb was oYertaLen and the sheriff
placed her or. a train to take her home.
When The train stopped at a station
Mrs. Crabb, screaming, II can't face
my husband" began to struggle. des-
perately with the sheriff. She got bold
of his pistol and as he was attempting
to recover it it was discharged, the bull
let striking Mrs. Crabb in tie forehead.
She died in tie sheriff's arms. When
the husband vas told he said: "She
need not have feared to meet me. !
would have forgiven ne-."
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Of which have washed away the soil
from the roots, and then, receding,
have left the tree supported on stills,
as it were. Several other trees on the
shore of the lake present a similar
appearance, but the one shown was
the handsomest and also the most free
from surrounding trees ,r brush
Scientific American.
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CHAUFFEUR 4 PRISONER.
Man Who Fatally Injured Two Women
Gives Himself Up.

New York City.-The chauffeur, John
Johnson, who ran down and fatally
injured Mrs. Bette Kuchler and her
sister, Miss Alvina Stein, at New Ro-
chelle, while they were coming home
from church, and then ran away, leav-
ing them lying by the. roadside, sur
rendered himself to the police, through
ex-Judge John ]. Crennan, a lawyer re-
tanned by his employer, John G.
Rodgers, the wealthy subway con-
tractor, who lives at No. 10 st. Mich
olas place, Manhattan. Both of the
victims are dead, and there is intense
INDIGNATION in New Rochelle against
the prisoner.
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height of the shoulders Of the occu-
| pant, when seated.
A covering can be placed over this
back portion and be supported upon
rods, the covering having an aperture
for the head, and can be used for TAX
| ing Turkish baths. When used for this
purpose a box for holding a lamp is
! hung in the front end Of the tub.
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DOMESTIC.


Bernarr MacFadden, publisher OF
health periodicals, was convicted, In
New York City, on Anthony Com.
stocks obscene beauty show poster
charge, and sentence was suspended.
The residents of Juneau have raised
twenty tons of provisions Tor the suf-
ferers by fire at Wrangel, Alaska.
Accompanied by her children, Ethel,
Archie and Quentin, Mrs. Roosevelt
sailed from Fernandina, Fla, for West
Indian waters on a cruise of ten days
in the yacht Mayfower.
The Sugar Trust and the New York
Central Railway were indicted In New
York City for rebating. 5
George P. Finnigan, Of Chenango
County, obtained from Judge Green
baum an order to explore the Equit-.
able's so-called yellow dog" accounts
in the vaults of the Mercantile Trust.
Company, New York City.
The Ohio Legislature adopted reso-
lutions asking Congress to investigate
charges against Estes G. Rathbone n
connection with the Cuban postal
scandal.
The Theodore Roosevelt, intended to.
be the fastest steamer on the great
lakes, was launched at Toledo, Ohio.
The receipts of the engagement in
! Pittsburg Of the Metropolitan opera
company were not quite $4,000, al
though $4,000 had been expected.
The S100,OO dam at Alcova, Wyom-
ing. erected by the Government recla-
nation service, has been washed away
by the flooding of the North Platte
River.
Justice Bowling granted Mr.. Jer-
ONES motion for a special Grand Jury,
in New York City to investigate 1nsur-
ance matters in May.
It was declared that the De Forest
Wireless Telegraph Company had sent
572 words from the Manhattan Beach
| station to Dursey Head, Ireland.
A bill designed to make betting on
horse racing q felony in New York was
killed in Senate Committee at Albany.
Masonic Temple, the largest business
block in Dover, N. H., was burned.
Loss upward Of 100000.
The Philadelphia mint will be closed!
for three months during the coming
| fiscal year because Of q decrease OF
/ $4,000 in the appropriation for wages.
Daniel Strauss, who fought under
the French. flag in two wars and under
/ the Stars and Stripes in the American
Civil War, committed suicide at New:
York, where be was a doorman In the
Police Department.
Morris Buck, who shot and killed:
Mrs. Garfield, the wife of the oil mill
ionaire, was sentenced, in Los Angeles,
CAL, to be hanged June 1. #.
It was decided to perform an autopsy
in the prosecution Of Albert T. Pat,
rick, now in Sing Sing IN. ~ prison.
awaiting execution, On the bodies OF
two paupers treated with embalmingl
fluid similar to that used on the body
of w. N. Rice.
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Novel Danger Signal.

a remarkable Invention for prevent,
ing railway accidents has been tried
with success on the western railways
of France. The invention il placed on
an engine. If the driver for any cause
passes an adverse danger signal the ap-
paratus blows a whistle On the engine
continuously, and also throws up Q
small light under the engine drivers
nose. This will render all accidents,
except wilful ones. impossible.
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Stork Visits Mother and Daughter.
The stork paid a double visit to the
home of Harry Briefman. Wilmington.
Del, presenting Mrs. Briefman and her
daughter, Mrs. Hannah Friol. With
bouncing babies at the same hour.
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ROCKING BATHTUB.

The ordinary bathtub is amply sufi-
cient for the average person, but any
one who is more fastidious and desires
something unique can have occurs to
the bathtub illustrated below, the in
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James &. Howard Gets Life.

The mandate of the Supreme Court
of Kentucky in the case of James b
Howard for the Governor Goehel muir
der was filed in the Court Of Appeals,
Frankfort, and Howard will be COM
mitted to the p~enitentiary to serve a
life sentence.
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BOY V A TRAIN.
Flags Engine With Coat-Close to Big
WashOut.

Greenyille, Pa.-A heavy property
loss and probable loss Of life was avert
ell by the timely action of Clyde Kirk,
twelve years old, near Hadley. High
water washed away 100 feet Of the
Lake Shore roadbed near the boys
home. Kirk discovered the danger,
and hearing a train approaching tore
Off his coat and tagged the engine just
in time TO avert Il disaster.
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MAN, WIFE AND CHILD DROWN.
Wagon, Stalled in Swift Stream, Over
turned by Current.

Overton, Texas.-A wagon in which
Sinner Sheffield, his wife and daughter
were riding became stalled in Harris
Greek, and when Sheffield alighted to
unhitch the mules be was swept
away by the swift current of the swol-
len stream. A moment later the wag-
on was overturned and Mrs. Sheffield
and the girl were drowned.
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NOVEL L%IFE-PRESERYER.

A chair which serves in case Of need
as a life-preserver is shown herewith.
In a moments notice it can be quickly
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to sit on the edges, with the legs
passed through the opening. Under
normal conditions the chair can be used
on deck as a steamer chair and in the
cabin.-Philadelphia Record.
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Check Use Of Niagara.

The Canadian Government has
adopted a policy to check the export
of power from Niagara.
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! E4
A NARROW SQUEAK.
Fighting a Black Leopard
/. Without Weapons.

NE I was a member of a
wild animal hunting ex-
petition that worked
through the southeastern
foothills of the Himalaya
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The inaugural Of Henry G. Ide as
Governor-G General took place at Manila.
with civic and military display. Three
thousand troops attended.
Since the native Judges at Manila
recently acquitted the editors accused
Of libeling Colonel Baker the native
press has been severely criticising the.
constabulary, indirectly condemning
the Government and praising native;
journalism.
Gomez, a labor agitator, Of Manila;
who is affiliated with the Renacimien-
to, threatens to eliminate the Americans
planters by preventing them from OBJ.
tanning laborers.
All provision for Notifications in the
island possessions was eliminated from
the Notifications appropriation bill.
Governor Beekman Winthrop. OF.
Porto Rico, sailed for New York In ret5
spouse to q call from a committee OF.
the House of Representatives, which
desires to confer with him regarding
legislation for the island.