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Show k n i i i rJi.1v.V.fflV.Mil W.t.rT B Current JQte$ j and jPerfonf Cure for "Brain Fag. President Jordan of Stanford university, univer-sity, California, is a hard worker him-elf, him-elf, and has but little patience with a person with indolent habits. In spits of everything, however, the tasks imposed im-posed on the youths under his care have proven too much for them. Here and there one or two would drop out Geronimo Insane. G-eronimo. the Apache leader, has become a raving maniac as a result of his being held in captivity, according to a dispatch from Vlnita, Ind. T. With other Apache braves he has been a prisoner at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for ten of the fourteen years since their capture by the army. It is said that constant iretUi. and a growing de fpondency over his captivity havs wrecked Geroni-mo's Geroni-mo's mind. The Apaches led by Geronimo wevc known as the Chi-ricahuas, Chi-ricahuas, predatory "hostiles." who ranged the terrl- vl me iave auu were soon lorgouen Dy elmoet everybody at the university. These fallings by the wayside were the subject of frequent thought on the part of John J. Lewin, chief electrician of the university, whosa misfortune it Was to have a special friend drop out through inability to maintain the pace. Mr. Lewin set himself to the task of discovering some way of giving back ward students such aid as would present pre-sent them from falling behind. That !was five years ago, and Mr. Lewin is now ready to give the necessary stimu-aent stimu-aent in such cases. His investigations tones of Arizona . , j , . Geronimo. and ISew Mexico until, worn out in patience, Lieutenant General Sheridan ordered the pursuit, capture and destruction of, the merciless merci-less chief and his followers. The expedition ex-pedition was led by the late George Crook,., who effected a meeting with GeronfmcuMarch 25, 18S6. To the demand de-mand for an unconditional surrender the Apache chief declared that ' he would give himself up only on condition con-dition that the band, with its families, be sent East for a period not to exceed ex-ceed two years and then return to the reservation. On the way the Indians escaped and General Crook withdrew, his place being taken by General Miles. Then followed the famous pursuit of Geronimo and his last capture by the present general of the army. HITTING THE BRUSH. Have convinced him that electricity- is la sort of elixir of youth; that it is a aure cure for brain fag, and that it will nurture the mind of youth and stimulate stimu-late the wisdom of age. Mr. Lewin . lias ponderous and exact ways of de-ecribing de-ecribing Just how all these miracles nay be performed, but the young men at the university express the same ideas when they refer to the treatment treat-ment as "hitting the brush." They unanimously agree that by following fhe electrician's instructions the human train's ability to withstand the fatigue of labor is vastly increased. Those mho have taken the treatment are also t one in the assertion that no harm comes therefrom. ' Grant's Grandchild. ' Ttuo "British "Beauties. The beautiful Gunning sisters a century cen-tury ago, the lovely Moncrieffe sisters forty years back, and now the handsome hand-some Wilson sisters, whose beauty is the talk of English society, keep alive the tradition that once in every fifty years nature is pleased to create in one family a eroup of physically perfect per-fect women. Two of the Wilson ladies, the young Countess of Chesterfield and Miss Louise Lou-ise Wilson, made their bow to the queen a few days ago; in fact, the countess was presented only this year, and though there were scores of fair young matrons and debutantes at the drawing room, she easily distanced them all by her marvelous red-gold hair, brown eyes and matchless com- rrmcess uantacuzene, to whom a son mas born in Paris the other day, was tiss Julia Dent Grant, the granddaughter grand-daughter of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Dent Grant. Mias Grant became the frincess Cantacuzene last Kiimmor life' The wedding was solemnized in Newport New-port and was one of the principal events of the season. sea-son. The princess is a young woman of striking beauty. The strong lineaments linea-ments of the hero are reproduced in the face of his jrandchild, soft-med soft-med and beautified, j of course, by her sex. She has the plexion. Experienced beaux and Judges of beauty who could remember the Countesses of Dudley and Warwick, War-wick, Lady Helen Vincent and the Marchioness of Londonderry in their prime, conceded that the young Lady Chesterfield surpassed them all, and for the present the daughters of the enormously rich ship owner of Hull v.u,u& ucauuco Ul cue must fashionable society of Great Britain. Fi-Oe-Cent Telephone. The American Toll Telephone company com-pany has recently commenced business in Cleveland, O., the scheme being to scatter automatic telephones of an im- The Princess. brown hair and fcyes of her mother, Mrs. Fred Grant, nd her figure is tall, willowy and lender. The Cantacuzenes trace their descent back to the Emperor of Byzantium, By-zantium, for, although they are Rus-ianized Rus-ianized now, they are Greek, or By-eantine, By-eantine, rather. In blood. XVidobo of Liscum. Mrs. Liscum is prostrated with grief over the fate of her husband, the hero at Tien-Tsin, who fell while leading proved Qescnptior I through Cleveland and other cities The instrument being be-ing introduced has several novel features. fea-tures. It Is purelj mechanical, having no electrical connections, con-nections, and operating oper-ating entirely independent inde-pendent of the tele- It phone. The signal The Autophone. to the operator is made by a mechanical buzzer, which can be heard through the telephone. The coin la placed on the horizontal slide shown, which is pushed into the box. The coin drops, tripping the buzzer, the spring of which has been previously wound by the act of pushing push-ing forward the slide. If the coin is a nickel it is shown at the glass In the center, but if a Bmall coin It falls through without tripping the buzzer. The hole in the slide is exactly the size and thickness of the nickel, so that It Is impossible to use a mutilated coin. This is one of the strongest features fea-tures claimed for the device, since slot machines are frequently thrown out of order by belnc clocsed. MRS. LISCUM. the Ninth regiment, U. S. A. She Is Sow at Manila with Captain Ahem and bis wife. |