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Show LITERARY NOTES. ' Th October Century will have torn "Anecdote of Loschetlzky. told the Comtesse Anby hi sister-tn-lagela Potocka. The etoriee deal with lad 'a playing a the three jrnar-ollocked piano. Incidents of his public debut at nine, his dancing with Pan ny E) Idler at twelve, his early Impressions of Liszt, and many Lelpslc and St. Petersburg experiences. JThe book. "Theodore Leschetlzky," will be published in October. Readers of Leslie's Weekly each week are brought In touch with current events In all parts of the globe, the topics of passing Interest being handled in a masterly manner. In the 'puts of Fjepterrber 10, appear portraits of the first national delegates Instructed to vote for President Roosevelt in 1904. They are Con greseman H. W. Palmer and Albert C. Lelsenrtug. chosen at Wllkeebarre, Pa., on August 11. , The September Review of Reviews has a characteristic paper by Dr. ' Abbott on "The Race problem in the United States, and is followed by a statement of "The Negro Problem In South Africa from the pen of an Eng Hah writer, Mr. Arthur Hawke. The latter contribution Is especially Inter eetlng as showing, for the benefit of American readers, that the negro question Is a vital one in other lands than ours. Rev. Lyman Abbott opens the September Atlantic with an able and suggestive article on Why Women do Not Wish the Suffrage," an attitude which he claims resulted not from any Inferiority of woman to man, but from her essential difference, bodily and mentally. Herbert W. Horwill follows wtth b paper on the question of "ThS Bible In Publlo Schools, and he dismisses as pertaining thereto the increasing and generally acknowledged Biblical ignorance of the rising generation. The Ladles Home Journal grows brighter with each number, Its editor seemingly being bent upon tbe task of semiring for each department only the best The laat number was a gem end the forthcoming Issue promises to be even more readable and charmlug for the fair sex. Conspicuous among ths October fashion magazine la Tbe Delineator. MONUMENT TO LATE PRESIDENT McKINLEY ERECTED AT TOLEDO ELEVEN-YEAR-OL- D Trachoma Chronic In Japan. A cabinet officer of ibe Mikado BURGLAR WHOSE CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION referred to the fact that there are 880,000 trachoma patients In Japan. and that In Tohoku district It Is impossible to obtain the requisite number of recruits for the army If some sufferers from this disease are Tbe Japanese not admitted, adding: army will physically collapse If things are to go on in this manner. Trachoma is a chronic Inflammation of the eyeilds which contracts them Inward until theTashes scratch the pupil, causing In many cases, blindness. d It presents charming and autumn styles, valuable Illustrated articles on topics of fashion, as Well as literary contents of a high standard. The Evolution of a Club Woman, & aortal story, by Agnes Surbridge, ba-tfin this number.' Also ' In 'this number appears tha first of a remark-ab- l series of protographic articles, In which J. C. Ilemraent, the photographer, relate his adventures with the camera at home and ia fop alga lands. . Ia fiction, there la an excellent story, entitled "The Silent Partner, by Lynn Roby Meeklns, and the second part of a "Florida Cracker," Virginia Frazer Boyles quaint story of a remote Florida hamlet. well-know- Hotne-butiding- particularly the , senti- mental aide of It, la written of by Clara E. LaughUn. and N. Hudson Moore has a delightful paper on Lilies. In "Carlotta and I, a unique cookery eerlee presenting practical culinary toe la the gulae of fiction, Mtlea Bradford tells the story of ths "Wedding Dinner." Monument to Bulltr. The movement to erect a statue to , Oea. Duller In Devonshire, Eng., ha assumed definite shape, Adrian Jones having been commissioned to execute a bronze equestrian statue, to be erected at Exeter. New York Milk Regulation. In orderto secure certiflcatlon of hla milk by the milk commission of Now York city, the dairyman must have a dean cement floor stable, with white wash el walls and abundant windows. Cows must be sponged and their tall scrubbed before each milking. White salts must he worn hy attendants, bottles and utensils scalded and filled bottles kept on Ice and shipped only In refrigerator cars. "Filthy Lucre. In strange contrast to Japans pres-- eat commercialism is the old custom of Japanese- noblemen paying their Nil at wayside tons by casting the eoina on the floor with the words: "Take from that the dirt I owe yon. and give what la left to your eer- vents," To value money was oon-alderedblghly vulfc'ar In the days of , the samurai. Oldest Cat the World. Its president, recently drew attention to the fact that in the royal castle of Nymphenbourg there Is a cat which Las lived for forty two jears, and Is still lively and vigorous. "Cats, says Herr Pohl. are In many respects like i.uman beings. The more quiet and well conducted they are the longer they are likely to live In Germany there are many old cats, hut the one at Nymphenbourg Is eUdently the oldest of all Others maintain that this wonderful cat is the oldest in the world, and challenge any one to prove that hey are mistaken. Science Siftings. Time Will Tell About Chamberlain. It has been reported that the leading statesman of England will never accept a peerage, as he wishes to die Time will plain Mr, Chamberlain tell. The views of an Englishman on the subject of titles are somewhat like those of an American politician on the presidency. Collier's Weekly. Ths McKinley monument, which was unveiled at Toledo, Ohio, September 14, is a square column of gray granite bearing the Inscription "William McKinley cut on It face. On the four sides bis life history Is briefly recited. The shaft Is surmounted WHERE f THE RING? Bride Loses It from ths Top of ths Washington ManumonL The wedding ring of c bride is lost In the grass at the Washington monument at Washington. D. C. It has been sought in vain. Custodian Craig has bad the grass cut to facilitate tbe search. A young man and woman creeping about on their bands and knees In the It grass attracted much attention. waa ascertained that they were a newly married couple from Baltimore and were at Washington on their wedding tour. They went up to tha top of tha monument, which Is 855 feet high, and took soma apples with them. While looking at th city from the great height they munched tha applea. "See how tar you can throw tha core," said tbe bridegroom. "Oh, you think a girl cant throw, dont you?" was the arch reply of the bride as she raised her am over her bead and made the characteristic feminine sweep. The core went sailing down. As It left her hand the bride cried out In consternation. Her weddlpg ring, placed on her finger only a few hours before, had slipped In reply to the off and disappeared. bridegrooms promise to buy another ring tha bride indignantly demanded to know uow any one could buy a econd weddlng rtng. So the search for th missing ring was begun. by a heroic bronze statue of the late President weighing 1,800 pounds. Tbe statue itself Is eight feet high. The monument was erected with the contributions of 26,000 residents of ths At th age of eleven years little city of Toledo and the surrounding Isabella Maguire, of Oakland, Calcountry. ls a burglar. She Is now under observation at a hospital and she has AROUND EARTH IN FORTY DAYS. developed a strangely marked criminal propensity which Is In entire conBanker Expects to Accomplish Trip trast with her physical appearance. In That Tim. Nothing about the child's appearance P. M. Spencer, president of the gives a hint of Inherited taint. Yet, Cleveland (Ohio) National bank, who, according to the mother of the little above all things, takes delight In girl, she has an abnormal desire to stealian steal things just for the sake of travel, has under contemplation ng. to around In the world go attempt Possessed of a wandering spirit, she 40 days. The present record for a comhas repeatedly run away from home, around la world the plete journey youth. In fifty-fou- r days anfi seven hours, but roving about, despite ber conditions under and Mr, Spencer believes that the long itrange places journey can be accomplished In a little over a month. SAYS HE CAN COLOR DIAMONDS. Tha plans of Mr. Spencer' have not been arranged as to detail, and before Or. W. C. Fuchs Announces Discovery the date of departure la decided npog ef a New Us for every effort wQl be made to get the Diamonds of the purest white and route eo laid out that only the unex- most dazzling brilliancy will soon b pected will prevent delays. The pro- within the reach of the smallest wage posed globe gtrdler Is now in com- fcrner. If W. process Fuchs munication with persons In different Of changing the color of gems proves parts of th world, and the course of ti be all that experiment Indicate. the journey Is being gradually put Mr. Fnchs, who Is a Chicago man, Into shape. hopes that with the perfection of his As has been the case with all per- process be will be able to bleach poor sons who have tried to circle th Mr. yellow stones to a clear white. world In record time. Mr. Spencer an- Fuchs has been laboring for five ticipates the most difficult part of the years, and he is now able to announce whirl will be through parts of Russia. that be can change a diamond to any If he can make good connections in color desired. Russia he does not see anything In In bis experiments, during which he the way of an accomplishment of the has used 1,000 wopth of stones, he trip in forty days. carat a one and one-hal- f has changed With good luck In the matter of diamond to a brilliant green, with connections It is roughly figured that He also produced a added luster. the trip can be made from Yokohama, stone a rich brown, similar to the of Japan, to Moscow, Russia, 4n eight 126,000 gem In King Edward's crown, days; Moscow to Vladivostok, twelve and further changed a white days; Vladivostok to Nicho, two days; stone to black. Tbe coloration Is perNlcho, to Yokohama, a half a day; Yo- manent If desired, though Mr. Fuchs kohama to San Francisco, twelve days, can return the stone to Its original nd 8an Francisco to Cleveland, four color. and one-hal- f If this schedule days. Topazes,' pearls and other gems subcan be adhered to the trip will bemads mit readily to the treatment, a yellow in a little over thirty-nindays and all topaz having been changed to a deep records badly broken green by the process. Tbe method In directing the consists Former Slaves In Reunion. substances from which the A most Interesting event took place through be obtained before the the other evening at Sherwood, the the color Is to and penetrate the touch rays pretty suburban home of Robert Lodeclares that It Is Fucha Mr. gan at 8alem, Va. It was a reunion a diamond has large that fact known a ofJbjB .former slaves of Nathaniel pores, and that It la partially through Burwell, grandfather of Mr. Logan. that the particles are able to these At the close of the civil war Mr. the body. of the stone. into Burwell had on his splendid plantation pttn near Salem, consisting of two thouHad Names of Famous Men. sand acres, more than a hundred conSome citizens of notable name took tented and loyal slaves About thirty In a law case tried in Oklahomo of these were present at the reunion, part Tbe judge who presided recently. the rest having died. Pierce Alexander, the Franklin was Tha former slaves of Mr Burwell plaintiff was Daniel Webster Artley, are noted for their thrift, their hon- the defendant Benjamin Franklin Goff, esty and their unfailing politeness. two of the witnesses were Ulysses to the family Grant Goff and Andrew Jackson, counThey are as loyal aa they were In the grand old days sel for the defendant were Walter to de wa Scott Prlckett and George Washington Vickers, while the plaintiff was repreTurned Century; Still Hmithy hT JegBfl Jmea Punn- Wolff Welssmann of Hoboken, N. celebrated his one hundred and third Starts Bank for Women. birthday last week. He had spent ths Mrs. Minnie F. FoUlett of Cleveland day electioneering down town and oa la th only woman banker west of bis return home drank a couple of New Tork. She baa recently opened gebleta of wine and smoked a pip. an - institution where women can Smoking, however, he says does not speculate In atocks. All the employe agree with him, and he Intends to to th office are women, and girls Inabandon the habit. He was born at stead of boys will mark the board. Klshlneff, Russia, but left there In Mrs. FoUlett was the first woman In 1824 oa account of the In Cleveland. persecution tbe real estate business to which hie race the JewishInvestment Union th Started -.She Also subjected. company and was Its manager for a X-ra- y six-car- KEYS POEM NATIONAL ANTHEM. Circumstances Under Which 8tar Spangled Banner Was Written. Francis Scott Key, whose "Star Spangled Banner has been officially declared tbe national anthem of tbe United States, was born In Frederick county, Maryland, August 1, 1779. He was the eon of an officer In the Revolutionary army, and after being graduated from St Johns college. In 1798, he became a lawyer. Hla famous poem was written In 1814, when, as - e dla-mon- d. to-da-y ' ' " Cheap Money. Colombia has In circulation $S53, MO, 000 of paper moasy from which snarly all value has departed. The paper money per capita la gl 63 and It takes over 8100 of the stuff to pay fi hotel bill for on day. Diamonds Are Msteorlo. In In Germany there is a society for the protection of cats and Herr Pohl. r&wco ccoTT The strongest evidence favoring the an agsnt for the e'xchang of prisoners meteoric formation of diamonds Is ths sent by President, Madison, he saw tact that tbay have a different law of from a British vessel th bombardcrystalization from carbon of terres- ment of Baltimore. All night shot trial origin. Thia proves them of me- and shell rained upon tbe city; as tba ths meteoric teoric origin, lust as morning broke, Key looked eagerly form of Iron tells of its celestial birth. through the smoke to see whether th Stare and Stripes still floated above Dried Beans and Peat. Superior to any other vegetable food Fort McHenry. Th flag ws there, -- even the cereals as sources of pro- unharmed, and In exultation Key lines. Key tein. are dried beaus and peas. They penned the rank among the most economical of death occurred at Baltimore In 1848. Ml foods and compare favorably with A monument to him was unveiled at meats la point of nutrition. Frederick, In 1897. ' ' - well-know- Presidents Gift to Smithsonian. President Roosevelt has sent to th Smithsonian Institution a small stuff ed mouse, which the president cartJ: ed on hla last western trip and stuffed and mounted himself. The mouse u of an uncommon species and Is reraM. ed as a valuable addition to the tmuT tutlon's exhibits, yet the directors tf they had been consulted, might hit, oboaen a mountain lion rampant. about three yeafi. that only a professional tramp would select Again, she would steal. Anything from money to a slate pencil was unsafe near the childs reach. One of her offenses, a year ago, was the theft of 1 80 from a trunk In which her mother had hidden the money. The child, after taking the coin, parted with It In a few minutes, giving the whole amount to a companion. Why she stole It is beyond her to make satisfactory explanation. "Something told me to take it," Is her only statement In the matter. Her conduct at school was such that It was Impossible to.keep ber there. In spite of ber mother! many efforts. Texas Finds a Remedy. Fate, Tex., Sept. 21st. Texas has seldom, if ever, had such a profound sensation, as that caused by the Introduction recently of a new remedy for Kidney diseases. This remedy has already been tried In thousands of cases, and In almost every case the results have been wonderful.. Henry Vaughan, of Rural Route, No. 3, Fate, says of it: "I suffered with Kidney Trouble for over 18 months. I was very bad and could get nothing to help me till I heard of the new remedy, Dodds Kidney Pills. I began to use these pills, and very soon found myself improving. I kept on and now I can say I am absolutely cured and free from any symptom of my old trouble. "I am very glad' I heard of thia wonderful remedy and I would strongly advise anyone suffering with Kidney trouble to try It, for I know tt will cure. The Rarest Bird. There is a peculiar bird commonly known as tbe "kiyl," its scientifi HEIR WORKS FOR 4 PER WEEK. name being apteryx mantellL It la tbe lowest form of bird which exists, but Is so scarce that scientists are Yale Graduate Accepts Lowest Posihappy to get a specimen, in any con tion to Loarn Trade. ditto n. It is absolutely without wings From Vanderbilt Hall, the beautiful or tall; its legs are short, stubby, but Tale dormitory, to the grimy machine-roo- very strong, and are nsed by this bird of his fathers iron foundry. Is for digging. The body covering la a tbe step jnst taken by Franklin Far- cross between hair and feathers a rell, Jr., only son and heir of Frank-U- n material which is very coarse. They Farrell, of Ansonla, Conn., million- can develop great speed, and make a aire foundry owner, silver mine oper- desperate fight when attacked. Breedator and sugar grower. ing them in captivity has utterly failThe young man has undertaken to ed, and only a few museums can learn the foundry business from the boast of a specimen. They are now bottom, and fit himself to succeed his very rarely found In the forest and father as head of the extensive family swamps In the north of New Zealand. New York Tribune. Interests. Though heir to from 85,000,000 to 8trenuou Timet In Prospect. 88.000,000 he has taken the lowest bt Otto Failmetzger, a schoolmaster ol the 1.500 positions In the big mills, Schwerin, Germany, was run down th that of a toolmakers apprentice. For other day by a motor car. He was ten hours a day he works at a grind- tadly bruised, but was .well enough to stone learning to sharpen tools for beat the driver into insensibility. Next the machinists. he seized an aie and smashed tha Hard exercise when he trained as a car. The driver Is now suing for damcandidate for the Yale crew enables ages for assault, the owner of the him to endure the severe work. His motor ear is suing him for damages wages are 84 a week. Farrell grad- and the schoolmaster counterclaims uated with the degree of B. A. last for the loss of a suit of clothes. m June. Dig Father Out of 8and Pit Henry New, a farmer, living about five miles southwest of Spencerport, N. Y., had a narrow escape from He bad driven out Into his sandpit with the intention of loading up with sand to go to Churchvllle. Aa he was digging In the pit the sand death. above him gave way, burying him up to the shoulders. Mr. New made strenuous efforts to extricate himself, and finding that he was nnable to do so, shouted and screamed at the top of his voice In an " His attempt to attract attention. his outcries, Imdaughters, hearing mediately ruBhed in the direction of the sandpit. The girls were equal to the occasion and at once seized shovels and dug the sand away from their father. As he was unable to move they tenderly carried him to the house. Many Write to Rockefeller. Some idea of the size of John n. Rockefeller's mall may be drawn from the fact that 500 letters addressed to him have been received at the Eldorado Springs, Mo., postoffice as a result of a report which was sent out recently that he waa going there to drink the waters. Rockefeller wrote to Eldorado Springs asking if he could get suitable accommodations in case he should go there. A boomer of the town Immediately announced to the press that the multimillionaire eras ooming. Letters addressed to him began to arrive tbe next day. Still a Few Left The bishop of Durham complalis that tbe English language will soon oonstst of nothing but slang and Initials. If he will consult the latest American dictionaries he will learn that there are still about 300,099 words In good and regular standing. CUBS' FOOD. They Thrive on Grape-Nu- t. Healthy babies dont cry and the well nourished baby that Is fed oa Is never a crying baby. Grape-Nut- s Many babies who cannot take any other food relish the perfect food Grape-Nut- s and get well. "My litWe baby was given np by three doctors who said that the condensed milk on which I had fed it had raised the childs stomach. One of tbe doctors told me that tbe only thing to do would be to try Grape-Nutso 1 got some and prepared It as follows: I soaked 14 tables poo nfula in one pint of cold water for half an bcrartheTrl xtrolned off tbe liquid and mixed 12 teaspoonfuls of this strained Grape-Nat- s juice with six teaspoonfuls of rich milk, put In a pinch of alt aad a little augar, warmed It and gave It to baby every two hours. "In this simple, easy way I saved baby's life and have built ber up to a strong healthy child rosy and laughing. Tba food most certainly be perfect to have such a wonderful effect aa this. I can truthfully say I think It Is tba best food In tbe world to raise delicate babies on and is also a delicious healthful food for grown ups as w have discovered ia our famNam given by Postum Co, ily." Battle Creak, Mich. Orope-Nut- a Is squally valuable to tbe strong,, healthyfman or woman. Grape-Nut- s food' stands for the true theory of health. Look in each 'package forva copy of the famous little book, Th Road South Africa His New Field. Wllhslmj Inherited Talent. Rev. comes Alexander Fronds, the Amort, by violinist, the WllbelmJ, HI father can clergyman at St Petersburg, who bis talents by Inheritance. much credit for the capable u an excellent player of th Instru- achieved manner In which he administered the ment, and although past ninety years skill with the famine relief funds sent to Russia durconsummate display friend of ing the famine of 1892, proposes to forbow He was an Intimate Buelow. Ruben-tei- n sake the mission he founded in the Raff. Liszt. Wagner. and other great composers. By Russian capital and go to South to WeHvlUe." Africa. Is lawyer. profession be s, |