OCR Text |
Show a. - HON. JAMES M'MILLAN. PERSONALITY OF A MAN IN THE PUBLIC EYE. ftrlantl to Michigan'! DUtlnfiulfthed Sat f Millionaires Cams From Canada and Favors tlia Anglo-American ENATOR JAME3 M'MILLAN, sue-tesmor sue-tesmor of John Hay as ambassador to Great Britain, would grace the court of St. JameB. Senator McMillan's term as a representative represen-tative of Michigan in the upper house will expire March 1, 1899, and he will not be a candidate for re-election. The senate has been called the millionaire's club and the Michigan senator ia one of the wealthiest wealth-iest members of that body. No one knows juat how much lif is worth and probably he could not figure it out himself to within a few million dollars, dol-lars, which are invested in all sorts of enterprises in the wolverine state. Rom In Hamilton, Ont., in 1834, of Scotch parentage, he began his wonderful won-derful business career in Detroit, and while yet under age he managed a railroad contractor's business. Since then he has organized many business enterprises, among which are the Michigan Car Company, Baugh Steam Forge Company, Detroit Car Wheel Company, and Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic railway. He owns two banks, two lake transportation companies and scorea of other biwinefia enterprises. While bis actual capitalized wealth is leas than that of several other men in hb state, he has probably the largest teady Income, for his money is judiciously judi-ciously Invested so a to yield large annual returns. He Is one of the most charitable men in public life, and gives way great amounts each year. His house is one of the finest In Washington. Washing-ton. He Is a warm supporter of the Anglo-American Alliance and says that t Germans and Irish can't stop it. MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYPHONS. Haw the Truck anil Fruit Farm of Loalatana Ara Irrigated. The shores of the Mississippi river below New Orleans are lined with garden! gar-den! in which grow luxuriantly a myriad my-riad of fruits and vegetables. This is accomplished by a very odd method of irrigation. Near the mouth of the river on the south bank, In the delta country, says the Kansas City JAMES M'MILLAN Star, li a narrow strip of lnnd, not more than a thousand yards wide in places, in which, it is said, the best oranges in the country may be grown. There is no levee, but the waters have so Wide an expanse that the annual freshets do not cover tha. land, as would be the case higher up where the river is narrower, and where the levees are a vital necessity. Beyond the narrow Ktrlp of land that marks this side of the river are innumerable bayous and cane brakes and swamps. In these bayous lurked the "long, low, rakish crafts" of the pirate Infltte In the good old days. The country Is Inhabited In-habited by Creoles of the most prim-tive prim-tive type, who live by raislug fruit, Ashing and oyttering. This narrow trip of orange country Is worth $300 sn acre. Higher up the river on the seme side as New Orleans is npproach-d npproach-d are miles after miles of truck gardens gar-dens and small fruit farma blooming and fresh and green from the water drawn to them from the Mississippi river. The method of Irrigation Is by syphoning from the surface of the river, which is higher than the land on the other side of the levee. The levee is from twelve to fifteen feet high. At every little farm Is a hi? black Iron pipe straddling the levee, one end in a ditch on the land. From this ditch others lend to all parts of the farm. Some of the little farms have several syphons over the levee. The land, because of its contiguity to the river. Is very valuable. The predate pred-ate of the farms are taken to New Orleans and landed at the French market mar-ket by little steamers and barges that ply up and flown the river for th convenience con-venience of the gardeners. SIGNIFICANT NEWPORT BALL. The beautiful coming out ball given lor young Alfred Vanderbilt the other night at the Breakers, the palatial residence res-idence of Cornelius Vanderbilt in Newport, New-port, is said to be very significant. It is believed this function furnished the assurance positive that no reconciliation reconcilia-tion is to take place between Mr. Vanderbilt Van-derbilt and his oldest living son, Cornelius, Cor-nelius, Jr., and that young Alfred is to be the acknowledged head of tha family for his generation. It Is now two years and a month since a shock of paralysis laid Mr. Vanderbilt low. The coincidence of the attack, wiih the expression of the final determination of Cornelius, Jr., to marry Miss Crace Wilson against his father's desire did not escape comment. The marriage was postponed until August on account of Mr. Vanderbilfs Illness, and, although al-though in the few weeks preceding the wedding, Cornelius. Jr.. was faithfully in attendance at his father's bedside, the two men have since remained estranged. es-tranged. Friends of the young couple hoped that the baby which came in the spring would prove an efficient peacemaker, peace-maker, but they were disappointed The recognition of Alfred, with its in? ALFHEDD VANDERBILT. plication that to this young man, Jas coming into his majority, is to fali the greater portion of the Vanderbili wealth in cash, estates aud railroad makes this debutant about the most notable figure of the year. If u lives Alfred Vanderbilt will one day b worth over 100.000.000. There an few princes who might not envy thli young scion of a democratic house bit prospects of riches and power. "Where's tha Skirt of My Coat." Capt. Slgsbee, of the United States navy, served as ensign under Farragui at Mobile bay. He was in charge b the forward powder division. The fin was hot for awhile; when It becami quietet, Sigsbee went aft to ask t brother ensign if there were any casualties in the after command. Whlli talking he stood up against a stauchiot in the ward room. There was a sudden sud-den crash against the side of the ship, within ten feet of where they stood The air was filled with dust and splinters splin-ters and flying fragments. The stanchion stan-chion against which Sigsbee was leaning lean-ing came down, broken in the middle, and one jagged end of it went flying. fly-ing. Sigsbee reeled and staggered "Are you hurt?" cried the other, rushing rush-ing to him. He drew himself up and said, "No. sir; but I would like tc know where that went to." They told him that the shot had gone through the side of the ship. "I don't mean that," said he. "Where's the skirt ol my coat?" One tail of his brand new uniform coat had been ripped out ol sight by the jagged end of the broken stanchion. Kxrellmit Laxative An excellent laxative preparation tc keep on hand is made by steeping an ounce of senna in a pint of boiling water. Place a layer of plump dried figs in au earthen dish, and pour over the well-steeped and Btrained senna tea. Place In a moderate ovee, and allow them to remain until the liquid has been entirely absorbed by the fruit. Keep In a closed jar for use as required: re-quired: one fig, on going to bed, being a sufficient dose for an ordinary case of constipation. AN AWFUL NIGHT. I lived In my little house on tie bank! of the beautiful Hudson. It was in exquisite place, all set about with trees and glowing in the summer time with flowers. A happy woman might have been happy there. I was not Whatever my story had been, It, was not one to make life a joyful possession. posses-sion. But she ah, she was as happy a thing as ever breathed! 1 used to marvel at her. She could bask on some green bank in the sun through a long afternoon and never grow weary of it; and while others worked she would trifle with a ball of worsted In the Idlest way, tangling It, and throwing it aside at last. Life was playtime to her and she never pretended anything else. Perhaps as we sat in the sun, I on the garden chair, she at my feet, we were thinking of the same thing. Perhaps Per-haps her thoughts ran on that silky black hair of his, on that soft step, that graceful form, that long but let me pause. Her thoughts were happy thought; mine wretched ones. It was not I whom he came to serenade sere-nade each night after the romantic habit of his race. It was she. I wonder whether Satan led him on to meet his own fate, knowing what it was in me to do. Every night he used to come to the garden gate, just beneath my window, and serenade her. Why should I write his name? Why should you ever know it? It cannot matter. I knew that those strains were meant for her ears, and tht after a while I should hear her velvet footstep stealing softly down the stairs toward that little barred entry window. It was bold for him to come there. It was bold for her to meet him; but then they did not know what I felt. And if they had been able to comprehend compre-hend my emotions they would have felt no fear. For what can a weak woman flo but weep? i Ah! they know very little of me i who class me with such women. Tears ire not for me. I could have shrieked and raved, but I had no wish to weep. I am a Cuban woman. Hot blood runs in my veins; perhaps you would have sighed and uttered a prayer, and striven to sleep before those sounds broke the sweet midnight silence of the garden. I could not. A! I lay upon my pillow I used to hear the clock in the church tower itrike 10. Then I would say to myself, "In two hours." The thought was sufficient. suf-ficient. Slumber flung away his leaden wings and fled on lighted pinions. Sometimes I lit my lamp and tried to read. Through it all I waited and listened. Eleven o'clock would strike. Then I said, "It is very near," and before the noon of night I always said, "He has come." That first low note sounded on the lr; another, higher, clearer, followed, t presume that to her attentive ears it was exquisite melody; to me it was as though I heard the music of the Inferno. In-ferno. I could no longer lie still. I buried my head in the pillow, stopped my Bars with my hands thrust my Angers Into them muttered vain threats of destruction, and could, had I had my THEN I FIRED. will, have strangled with these small Ongers of mine both of them. When It was over, when I heard him Separt, I used to fling myself upon my couch again utterly exhausted, and In a little while my anger would subside snd unconsciousness would steal over me. I slept, but what a troubled sleep; haunted by dreams, in which I saw aim and took vengeance upon him. The morning found me exhausted, feverish, without spirit or appetite; ind as the day wore on the thought of what the night would bring rendered me wretched. But at last an awful thought crept Into my soul and grew and strengthened strength-ened there a thought that curdled the blood in my veins and made me faint at first, but to which I finally became accustomed. In the drawer of my bureau lay something some-thing which would rid me of him forever. for-ever. She would never again steal Sown the stairs to listen to him at the grated window. It wag a pistol. I had learned in my very earliest youth to use the smaller firearms. I had even practiced with my brother In a pistol gallery and could hit the bull's-eye bull's-eye of a target aa well as many men. It was a dangerous knowledge. I thought of him standing In the moonlight Just below my window, keeping me from rest or slumber by the strains she loved. I wondered If my right hand had so far lost Its cunning that I should miss my aim if it were that glossy, ebon-halred ebon-halred head of his, and I knew it had not It was not so long ago that my own hand had caressed that head, but that thought did not soften me Why should I care for that now that he had ; made me suffer so? At first I only said, "I might kill him if I only would." At last I said, "1 will." Shall I ever forget the night when I sat in the darkness of my room waiting wait-ing for his coming? Without the moon was at her full, and the stars shone bright, as so many diamonds. I can see him still as he advanced toward the low gate. I can hear that low, long-drawn prelude which arose in a few moments after. How far from his heart were all thoughts of calamity? How little he dreamed of impending death! I thought this at the moment, but it did not affect me. I drew the pistol from my bosom and took aim, steady.delib-erate steady.delib-erate aim, at his smooth. 'black head. I made sure of him and then I fired.. The report filled the air. The smoke roiled away. I leant from the window and looked out. He lay in the dust of the road motionless. I looked no longer. I crept into the room, and into bed. Do not ask me whether I slept after such a deed. Llks Macbeth, I had murdered sleep. For scarcely was my light out wheD that serenade began again, more plaintive plain-tive than before, but . even louder. Knowing what I knew, having seen what I had seen, my horror can well be imagined. I knew that murderer; were often haunted, but I did not expect ex-pect to suffer from their fate so soon. Starting from my bed, I rushed wildly to the window. He sat there on the fence as black and slick as ever, and went on with his horrible music, and I knew then as I know now that old Captain Slocum, who lives next door, had only told the truth when he said that that cat had nine Jives. I know I shot him through the head, but he was up and at it again, and J shall try arsenic next time. TEMPERATURES OF ANIMALS. The number of interesting observations observa-tions on the temperatures of animals in relation to the temperature of the aii or water in which they live are described de-scribed by Mr. Alexander Sutherland in the latest volume published by tb Royal Society of Victoria. It Is wel; known that the temperature of the human hu-man body in health is 97 or 98 degrees Fah., and this is the same within a degree both in winter and summer. The average body temperature oi what are known as warm-Wooded animals ani-mals is a little higher than this, being 100 degrees Fah., and except in constitutional con-stitutional disturbances, this does' not vary more than three or four degress at any time of the year. No mammal, indeed, seems in good health to be warmer than 104 degrees; scarcely any descend lower than 98 degrees. Tin warm-blooded animals are thus animals ani-mals whose temperatures, whether th weather be hot or cold, are practicallj uniform. On the other hand, cold-blooded animals ani-mals have no proper temperature ol their oWn; they are warm in warm weather and cold in cold weather. A fish, a snake, a frog, or an insect, when at rest, is rarely more than two o three degrees warmer than the air oi water in which it is living. Mr. Sutherland Suth-erland placed some lizards in cold water, which was then gradually heated, and he found fnat in all cases the lizards became warmer as the water was wanned and cooler a the water was cooled in other words, thej depended upon external circumstaacea for their heat. But this is not absolutely abso-lutely true, for when angry, coldblooded cold-blooded animals, like human beings, become hotter than usual, even a Ash rising several degrees above the temperature, tem-perature, of the water when It is exasperated. ex-asperated. Under normal conditions, however, fishes and reptiles have practically the same temperature as the medium in which they live; when it is warm, piey become warm and active, and when it is cold they lose their bodily activity and become torpid. The animals ani-mals which are active in all weathers are those which are self-supporting as regards hpat, and whose body tem peratures vary very slightly. An Interesting point brought ont by Mr. Sutherland's observations of ths temperatures of Australian animals li that the mammals which are classed lowest from considerations of body structure are not only the lowest temperature, tem-perature, but also of the greatest rang of variability, being most affected bj the temperature of the air or watej surrounding them. Mow Sunk Polnon Kills. The action of poisons upon the system sys-tem Is and always has been one of th most interesting of subjects. Just how and why it kills has but yet been de termlned through a series of experiments experi-ments made by scientists. The following follow-ing description Is unquestionably tin best and most lucid of any that has been given to the public: "The venom may be roughly separated into twe parts one acting upon the blood, ani the other upon the nerves. When Injected In-jected it immediately begins to ereat( terrible destruction in the blood vessels, ves-sels, the walls of the veins are water away and an internal heinorrhag takes place. While this is going on s portion of the venom is attacking tht nerves. Particularly susceptible to Iti ravages is the 'vasomotor' system, s nerve center which controls the muscles mus-cles of respiration. Paralysis take place in these organs, and the victim generally dies from aa inability tc breathe." From m UlryolUt's Point of View. "You see, it was this way," explain ed the bicyclist "Cervera started ou of Santiago to make a century run, am along came Schley and punctured bb tire." Chicago Evening Post. FORTUNE ON WRECKS, HINM AN'S DEATH RECALLS OLD TRAFFIC. Father and liitle In It - They Purchase Textile Goods Kwovfred lj Wrecker ou the South Shore of J.oug Inland and Grow Wealthy. In speaking of the death recently of William Hinnian the New York Journal says: When he was born, forty-six years ago, Brooklyn was little more than a straggling and struggling settlement. The water needed for household purposes pur-poses all came from wells; what are now high-priced residential and business busi-ness thoroughfares were then cow-paths cow-paths or neglected wastes, and the site of the Long island railroad station at Flat bush u-nd Atlantic avenues was so far out of town that only few people went there except on ' mustering day," when the local militia were put through an exhibition drill there. That very place is now considered too far down town for an armory site, and the old armory of the Thirteenth regiment regi-ment stands there vacant and neglected. neglect-ed. His father, also a William Hin-ruan, Hin-ruan, was born in the country place where his oldest son is to be buried. A country village was too small for him and he settled in Brooklyn about sixty years ago. With his brother he started start-ed in a unique business which made them both wealthy in a comparatively few years, and when, at about the breaking out of the civil war, each found himself the possessor of what in those times was considered a burdensome burden-some amount of wealth, they retired from active work, although each was in the suntime of life. Almost all of the silk, cotton and woolen fabrics used in this country then were imported from Europe in sailing vessels, the number of steamships trafficking the Atlantic being inconsiderable. The sparsely settled south side of Long Island Is-land had among its denizens many desperately des-perately bad and bold men, whose chief source of monetary supply was the profits which came from saving the cargoes of incoming vessels wrecked on the beach. Life saving crews were unknown in those days; pilots were few in number, and an exhausted and half-frozen crew approaching the coast in a blinding snow storm or on an unusually un-usually dark night would hail as a friendly beacon a light which had been set aflame to lure them to shipwreck. Wrecks were numerous between 'the Shinnecock Hills and Rockaway Inlet, and the prizes cast up by the sea were varied and valuable. From these the elder Hinmans selected carefully and purchased those which women would buy. Dress goods, linens, cottons, flannels, flan-nels, napkins, table cloths, bed coverings, cover-ings, bolts of cloth anything, in fact, in the line of textiles were what they readily bought. With the men who acquired ac-quired this stuff they had no relations except as buyers and sellers, and their interests terminated with each transaction. trans-action. As the city grew their trade grew with it, and they removed thir business place to Fulton and Sands streets, where the Bridge plaza is now. When the demand exceeded the supply sup-ply of salable goods from wrecked vessels ves-sels recourse was had to articles which had been damaged by a fire in a store. Such a business now would probably not prosper. It was originated by the Hinmans, so far as relates to Brooklyn, and when they retired there was no one to continue it. Love of the freedom free-dom of country life was a strong characteristic char-acteristic of the senior William Hinnian, Hin-nian, and he established his home in the old-fashioned mansion on the west side of Vanderbilt avenue. Editors Vs. Car Advertising. The action of the New York Press association in appointing a committee to confer with the state authorities regarding re-garding the action to be taken to put an end to the illegal and unwarranted use of street and other cars for advertising adver-tising purposes is the first important step in a war upon car advertising. The growth of this class of advertising has been rapid and has been the means of adding considerably to the receipts of car lines everywhere. In New York, the Manhattan elevated pays greater regard to the advertising end of the business than to the carrying of passengers, pas-sengers, favoring advertisers who use cards in the cars to such an extent that straps are provided by which the passengers pas-sengers may be made as comfortable as possible while reading the advertisements. advertise-ments. There can be little doubt that much of the money spent on street car advertising Is diverted from the newspapers, news-papers, and publishers are awakenin? to the fact that the street car corporations, corpor-ations, by exceeding their legal bounds, have intruded upon the province of t!uj newspaper. Cured hy Proxy. "Pa!" inquired Freddie as he laid down the top he had been spinning, "what is diplomacy?" "Diplomacy! my boy," responded the old man proudly, "is doing exactly the right thing at exactly the right moment!" "Then I guess I used diplomacy last night" "What did you do, my boy?" "Why. I heard mamma say she was going to give me some castor oil. Now, you know I generally sleep on the outside of the bed, but last night when I heard mamma coming upstairs I pushed Johnny into my place and took his!" "What happened?" "Why, Johnny bad the dose of oil, that's all!" lofty. "I trust," she said, patronizingly, "that you are a true artist that you confine your efforts to an elevated plane1." "Assuredly I do, madam," was the reply. "I am a frescoer and Invariably work with a ladder " Washfniton Star. Been Sieii s Wmm WtWBBeawaMaaMaMsafaa1 Perhaps you have hsd the grippe or a hard cold. You may be recovering from malaria or a slow fever; or possibly some of the children chil-dren are just getting over the measles or whooping cough. Are you recovering as fast ss you should? Has not your old trouble left your blood full of impurities? And isn't this the reason you keep so poorly? Don't delay recovery longer but Tskss It will remove all Imourt ties from your blood. It is also a tonic of immense value. Give nature a little help at this time. Aid her by removing all the products of disease from your blood. If your bowels are not Just right, Ayer's Pills will make them so. Send for cur book on Diet in Constipation. Consti-pation. Wrtto to our Doctor. We have the exclusive terrlces ' ofaoine of the most eminent i b pnvel- clans In the United Hates, writ freely and receive a prompt reply, without cot. Addres,UR. J. r. AVER, . ixwau, Ai&tr. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, to-gether, and until the last few years waa supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly con-stantly failing to cure with local treatment, treat-ment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, aud therefore requires constitutional constitu-tional treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney fc Co., Toledo, To-ledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is "taken internally ia doses from ton drops to a tcaspoonful. It acts directly on the blnod and mucous surfaces sur-faces of the system. They offer one hundred hun-dred dollars for any case it fails to cum. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address, Ad-dress, F. J. CHKNEY '& CO., Toledo, O. Sold oy druggists, 7m: Hall'sFamily Pills are the best. WANTED Case of bad health that IM-F-A-X-S will not benefit. Send 5 rents In Iilpans Chemlral Co.. New York, for Hi samples aud l.tWU testimonial. ir CLAIMANTS FOR DP N SI ON write to NATHAN rCOJlUIl I 1" BICKFORD, Washington. D. C, they I I will recelvs quick replies. B. 6th N.fLVoU Stall totb Corpa. ProsecutlaiClalni58!ncel87 Are Your John R. Oleksy's Old Reliable Ey es .borer Eye Water Corel sore eyes or granulated lids. Don't burner hurt when applied. Feela good. Sample for 1 ote. u full size bottle for JS cts. We want an asrent In everf neighborhood. JOHN R. DICKEY DKLU CO, Urtatal. Tenu. and Vav. ONE FOR A DOSE. ReraoTe Pimples, ProTent Bilionsneift, Furify tbeBiood. Care Headache and DvuDpnsia. A movement of the bowHin each day is nepessavrjr for health. They noither prtpc nor u kiti. Tocoo-vioce Tocoo-vioce you, we will mail sample free, or fall box for 1m. Sold by drugs""- C8. BQSANkO CO.. HILA., PA. "For aix years I waa a victim ofdya-pepala ofdya-pepala in Ha worst form. I could eat nothing but milk toast, and at times my stomach would not retain and digest even tUnt Last March I began taking CASCAKETS und since then I have steadily Improved, until 1 am as well as f evvr was In my life." David H. Mcrpht, Newark. O. Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good, Da Good, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe, lOu, &c. (On. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Stnrll&a Renvdy Company, I'Mekgo, Montrral, Naw Tort. 311 ?'H TfH 111 Sold mil guaranteed br all (Irag-SU" (Irag-SU" i 'cilkv gists to CXIK1B Tobttooo liabit. hi) 7i n s The Best Saddle Coat. SLICKER Keeps both rider and saddle perfectly per-fectly dry In the hardest storms. Substitutes will disappoint. Ask tor i3o? Fish Brand I'ommel Slicker-it Slicker-it is entirely new. If not for sale In your town, write for catalogue to A. J. TOWTR. Boston. Mass. SIS i iCi FT X IT L Ja a. .V)U Jll.l LUtirS InHtkl 111 fi( tlil.q. k4 Be' Cough Syrup. Ttutoa UoodL Cae I ft DR.GMS PUS Xae CATHARTlC jJ refill IS -4 W. N. U., Salt Lakw-No. 40, 1898 |