Show UNITED NEW STATES’ AMBASSADOR TO CHINA 'fz1J"— r Western Farmer’s Home Dazzles with Bevel Plate Glass S’t&r SENTIMENTS Structure to Outward Appearance In Pretty Only Ordinary Dwelling Inside Country Town— Once le Changed Everything Herels to the year that’s awa’ We’ll drink It In strong and in sms' And to each bonnie lassie that we dearly lo’ed In the days o’ the year that’s 'V awa’ out wild bells to the wild sky The flying cloud the frosty night The year is dying in the night Ring out wild bells and let him die the old ring Iri the new happy bells across the snow year is going let him go the false ring in the true Ring To the Old Year Laughter and kisses— here’s the end A wiser end could scarcely be You were our lover and our friend Old Year And so the world and we Throw smiles and kisses as you wend your way And speed you merrily — A E Cordon 0 To the Ladies your goblets high in the air drink to the health of the ladies fair For this night won’t come for another year May we live until then without shedding a tear —Original Toast by Mrs Annie L M Breen Granby Mass Lift And —National President Taft has decided to send William J Calhoun a lawyer of ChiMr Calhoun takes the place left to Peking to represent this country vacant when Charles R Crane was ousted The new minister has filled several diplomatic posts satisfactorily to this government 9 cago Imch Food Magazine l Those came the end of the most famous reign English or any other history Queen Victoria died at 6:30 on the fatefu: evening l In norther fights in winter if it can possibly be avoided and yet January has seen isome’of the toughest struggles of mod ern war January 1871 holds the rec ord for fierce fighting During that month there were no fewer than six terrific battles between the French and the Germans The last was Gen The first month in the year has al Trochu’s grand sortie from Paris ways been a fateful one in English) which ended in his defeat and in the history but it began most specially to extinction of the last hopes of Paris be recognized as such during the reign and her citizens of Charles I It was on January 4 1642 that the attempt was made to arrest the five members On the tenth of the month three years later Archbishop Laud was beheaded and January 30 1649 saw the king’s own head laid upon the block 3 There is probably no act of t which has ever been the cause of such amazing dissensions and dis- cord as that which brought about the union between Great Britain and IreThe noblest resolution that any citi land This came into force upon JanIt was in the same zen could make for the new year uary 1 1801 month that Richard Trevithick the would be the resolution to live more Cornish inventor perfected the first faithfully by the golden rule that subfor this steam locomotive which ever moved lime principle of conduct' world and for all worlds Failure to upon an English road The great William Pitt the most live by this law causes the chief sorable prime minister who ever con- rows and collisions among men says trolled the destinies of the kingdom Edwin Markham in Success came into office at Christmas Let each earnest man search into 1783 to and died in January 1806 His great his words and ways determined rival Charles James Fox born in Jan- find the special manner in which he uary 1749 only survived Pitt six breaks the golden law— his special or habit that works injustice months unhappiOne of the greatest boons that a na- ness in his shop his office his home He will find perhaps that his city tion ever received from its government was conferred upon Great Britain in the shop he is in the habit of mis1840 — namely on January 1 penny placing tools and this hinders the Adhesive stamps had been work of his comrades that In the ofpostage invented by Mr James Chalmers of fice he is in thfc habit of being late and thus Dundee six years previously and in keeping appointments these superseded Mulready’s envelope steals other people’s time that in the club he is in the hbit of belittling later in the same year January has for a long time past worthy competitors and thus joins the been a very notable month in the his- gang of thieves who steal reputations On that in the home he is in the habit of tory of the British royal family and January 25 1858 the Princess Royal monopolizing the conversation was married to Prince Frederick Wil- thus fails to draw out the powers of The German kaiser others that in the city he is in the liam of Prussia bablt of spitting on the sidewalk and was born in January 1859 Prince Henry of Battenberg’s death thus spoils the comfort of his townsoccurred on January 20 1896 and the men that in business he is in the his goods duke of Teck's life came to an end on habit of misrepresenting and thus robs under the cover of cusof the month 1900 the twenty-firs- t One year later on January 22 1901 tom in Same Historic Happenings of January A Resolution for ' New Year’s 0 MT 00 ! v vl 0 The Child of the Year "All these and more shall be thine Dear Child— but the last and best Thyself must earn by a strife divine If thou wouldst be truly blest the Child to the youthful Year: “What hast thou in store for me J O giver of beautiful gifts what cheer What Joy dost thou bring with thee?’ ) Said “My seasons four shall bring Their treasures— the winter’s snows autumn’s store and the flowers spring And the summer’s perfect rose The of "Wouldst know this last best gift? ’Tis a conscience clear and bright' peace of mind which the soul can lift To an infinite delight -- Celia Thar ter A gold mines in Santo Domingo Said to mines he asserts were of extraordiHe finished his report nary' richness Rival King Solomon’s by saying: “I can compare this isle Known Mineral Is to Be Dominican Republic t AVcord to ConsuVo Nearly Every Foynd In Report Washington — Having received numerous inquiries regarding mining and minerals In the Dominican republic Consul Ralph J Totten of Puerto Platt has prepared a general outline of the information obtainable The most important of the useful modern mines are gold silver ifon ore copper ore lignite salt and ' Gold is the only mineral been worked to any extent ' that has In the time of Columbus the Indians paid tribute in gold and Jn the year 1496 the records show the following mines the or placer workings: La Vega Cibao the San Cristobal aid the BuA considerable quantity enaventura of gold is at the present time washed from the sands of the Yaque Verde Bao Jaina and Moa rivers and their tributaries by the country people with It is the most primitive apparatus claimed that women often obtain two or three ounces of gold per week in this manner Lodes and quartz are mentioned in some of the can be old reports but no record found of any attempt to work these mines scientifically In fact none of the mining men now in this country claim to have located quartz veins that would pay for the working There are no doubt some gold dein the river beds but posits not only also on the hills that have never been worked and there is probably considerable gold remaining in the old workings that could be saved by modern The condimachinery and dredges tions for working are good there being abundant water and sufficient fall for drainage in most parts of the gold country A great drawback is the extreme difficulty encountered in getting machinery to the interior on account of the entire lack of wagon roads This office has record of four companies or individuals now in this country In the central or northern portions engaged in prospecting for minerals or in developing prospects previously located One company is machinery and installing dredges for thorough exploitation of its property fit has been compelled to transport all machinery' tools and supplies 35 miles on pack horses and over roads that seem at first glance to be practically impassable As to the value of the mineral deposits experts who have looked into the matter 6how considerable difference of opinion Don Juan Nieto y was sent by the Barlcarcel Spanish government in 1793 to study the mines and lodes of gold silver copper iron alabaster and emeralds worked Some of the old partially to that of Tarnish from which Solomon drew the gold which he employed In the ornamentation of his temple” Mr W P Blake geologist and mineralogist sent by the American government In 1871 also reports the existence of considerable mineral wealth In paying quantities On the other hand Sir A E Geike thei English mineralogist after making an 18 months’ investigation of the mineral resources of the Island reported that this country in his opinion was a geological curiosity shop containing scattered samples of nearly every mineral but none in sufficient quantities to be of commercial value The fact remains that no mining proposition in the Dominican republic of late years has proved successful although nothing has been attempted with abundant capital and with modern methods and machinery Back to Slant Handwriting Scranton Pa — Because local corporations will employ no clerks using the vertical style in handwriting Superintendent George Howell of the public schools has discarded this system after ix years’ trial and will reinstate the old style slant system Orders have also been issued to the teachers to cut down the amount of home study to a minimum strang-etSpokane Wash— Among the houses on record perhaps in the United States is that of Alexander farmStuart of Waitsburg a er He has Bpent the best part of two years in personally supervising the construction of his residence which when completed will be one of the finest examples of interior finishing in the northwest resplendent in mosaic floors of oak mahogany and maple shining with 30 plate glass mirrors which weigh nearly half a ton and finglowing with the dark red of fir ished in imitation of mahogany To outward appearance the house residence of Is an ordinary the better type on an ordinary street u an ordinary but pretty country town The first thing to attract attention is the yard which except for a thin strip for roses and a strip of lawn some ten feet wide on the other side is plastered over with cement In this cement yard there are two large circular openings to the soil which will be utilized by shrubbery otherwise the exterior is harsh and gray Once within however the eyes are dazzled with the elegance which even in the unfinished state is everywhere The doors are of rare parapparent quetry design with the elegant “rug finish" This design runs through living room dining room hall and parlor though no two rooms are floored in the same design The baseboards door facings etc are of curly fir with the grain brought out clearly in deep red mahogany stain Fine pressed beadwork adorns all the corners giving a sense of riotThe walls are In hard ous richness white plaster their simplicity contrasting sharply with the gorgeousnes of the wood finishing The sliding doors between hall and dining room are of plate glass panels of the finest grinding add polish and this scheme has been carried out in all the important doors both upstairs Between dining room and and down kitchen the door is merely of plate The windows glass and transparent even in the back kitchen are of enormously heavy French beveled glass so clear that one is hardly conscious of their presence At every turn the visitor will be met by his own image advancing or retreating or sidling away frpm him at an angle From one point in the parlor a person can stand and see all the persons and objects in the dining room and even into the kitchen Upstairs several bedrooms are finished in the parquet flooring and stained imitation of mahogany as below A Masonic design on a tiny light placed in the front gable will also' peep down at the passerby from its high nest There is a special switch in the attic for turning on and off this gable light In the basement heavy glass doors separate the apartments which are well finished in cement floors and white walls Throughout’ the basement the hinges doorknobs etc are of brass as good as is usually found on front doors of ordinary houses — Spokane Spokesman-Revie- Returns After Many Years - Story le That of the Prodigal Son Revealed by Chance In New Jersey City Like Trenton N J— Capt Edward A Waldt of the medical corps has been with hir family here after an absence of 2Q years and the accidental meeting with his mother in a in Trenton prominent thoroughfare reveals a story like that of the prodigal son of old It was followed by a with his childhood sweetheart the culmination of which will be marriage Mrs Charles P Waldt the mother and Miss Alma L Alexander the are to- - day the happiest women in Trenton according to the ' stories When only 13 years old Waldt ran away from home Before leaving he confided to his playmate that he would return some marry her At that time Mrs Waldt and her family resided In Erie Pa as did Miss Alexander who was adopted when a child by Capt Waldt’s parents The runaway boy was more successful than is usual with prodigals He reached Chicago and got a job with a doctor who took a great interest in the boy sent him to a medical college and paid his expenses for four years When the war broke out the young doctor quit hoi pitaJ work to accept an appointmen as assistant surgeon in the Unite States army and fought the fever i Cuba When success crowned his effort and when he was permitted to retur to the states he visited his forme home in Erie He found he kne only a few inhabitants and also dli covered to his dismay that his rels tives had left the city Before he dli covered their whereabouts he was 01 dered to Fort Leavenworth Kan Last week he was sent to this cit to examine a deserter He was wall ing through State street when h came face to face with his mothei He instantly recognized her and street scene the like of which ha nevey been witnessed here follows his greeting of "Mother don’t yo know me 7" It wasn't t hours aftei ward when Miss Alexander who wa still living with his parents consents to become his bride Waldt Intend to continue In Uncle Sam’s service A New Jersey husband charactei lzed his wife’s demands for bette treatment as hot air Thereupon sh liberally doused him with hot wate from the boiling teakettle This i going the ciple one better |