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Show Genealogical Chain Record. Any one who has ever made the at tempt to trace their family record knows that there is a curious fascination about it, and it is with considerable pleasure that each link is discovered which connects the present with time long past, especially if it be found that some ancestor held a prominent position in affairs, either as a statesman, soldier or business man. Numerous devices have been THE WISDOM OF PETER. Probably End of the Honeymoon Had Arrived for Him. A clergyman was sitting in his one evening hard at work on thestudy following Sundays sermon when a visitor was announced. She was a hard, muscular-lookinwoman, and when .the minister set a chair for her she said, somewhat brusquely: You are Mr. J , aint you? I am, replied the clergyman. Well, maybe youll remember o marryin a couple o strangers at your church a month ago? The clergyman referred to his diary for a moment and then said: What were the names? Peter Simpson and Eliza Brown, replied the woman, adding, and Im g Macons Mefamily and friends. lange and Macons Gossip About Boxers have been published in syndicate form for over thirty years, and the readers these articles enlisted will learn with regret that the last of them have probably been published. Mr. McCormick, who has been falling in healing for the past year, was suddenly stricken in the home of his married daughter at Bath Beach, Jan. 4, and has since been under the constant care of a physician and trained nurse. His illness is attributed to a general breaking down of his nervous system. Mr. McCormick was a champion of honest sport, and in his forced retirement the sporting world loses one of its most ardent supporters. Subsidies of Various Powers. France Are you. Indeed? said the minisgives the largest subsidy to ter.. I thought I remem shipping of any power. The total Yes, interrupted the visitor. Tm amount, including postal subsidies, is her, and I thought Id drop in and tell $8,500,000 a year. Japan comes next with about $3,000,000 and then Geryou that Peters escaped! many and Russia. Showed Much Wisdom. Christmas Gives Tree Value. Baron Speck von Sternberg, appointA few years ago the balsam fir tre6 ed German charge daffaires at Washwas considered one of the most worthington, has already shown himself to be a man of discretion, enterprise and less of forest trees, but since the growth of the Christmas tree industry sound common sense. In other words, he is married to an American girl, the It has taken on an added value. daughter of a rich mine owner out in Fastest Trains in Europe. Idaho. The Northern Company of France now boast of two runs at a speed ol Macon Is Seriously III. These are the 3ixty miles an hour. J. B. (Macon) McCormick, the fastest trains in Europe. oldest writer on fights and fighters in the country, and, probably, the best, is The fcrest reserves of the United now aggregate an area almost low in home at his Bath States Beach, very N. Y., so low that but little hope for twice that of the state of his recovery is entertained by his Eliza. Linking Past and Present Generations. thought out for the convenient recording of the names and history of these ancestors, the chief difficulty being that in bringing all branches of an ancient family down to the present, the branches are so numerous that it is hard to Join, them all to the one head in a form easily traceable. Pat-ti- e Williams Gee of New York City has designed a system of links and tablets which is practically limitless as to length and number of names which may be recorded, an illustration of the idea being presented herewith. In tracing a direct line the tablets are connected one to the next by small rings or links, the branches being indicated by additional records attached at intervals around the tablet One tablet of individual shape is provided to make prominent the owners ... name, and each record contains a space for the main facts of the persons history. If desired a card system can be used in addition, a number on each tablet referring to a corresponding card, where a complete history can be recorded. OFFICES REMOVED FROM 21 TO gif United 8tatea Topographic Survey. The United States Geological Surrey is diligently prosecuting its topographical survey of the United States. Besides the topographic sheets, there are sheets for land classification, ge- ology &c. The atlas sheets are by 20 inches, engraved on copper and 16 printed In three colors. The cultural features such as roads, railways, cities &c., as well as all letterings, are black, all water features are blue, and the hill features are shown by brown contours. The sheets can be bought for five cents, or in quantities for two cents per sheet. During the last fiscal year, 35,123 square miles were surveyed in thirty-tw- o states and territories, 12,407 miles of levels were . run, 1,338 permanent bench-mark- s es- tablished, &c. In Alaska 6,500 square miles were mapped. Up to the present time, 866,847 square miles of the area of the United States have been surveyed about 29 per cent of its surface. New Type of Influenza. of a new type of influenza are now under treatment in North London, states the St. Jomes Gazette. The victims are attacked by severe rheumatic pains about the body, accompanied by a swelling of the legs and ankles. A few cases 00-4- DOOLY BUILDING AUERBACH BUILDING. 00 You Need a. 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To Match Ora Morningstar. Maurice Daly will sail for the other side the latter part of this month in order to take in the Paris billiard tournament. When over there he will issue a challenge on behalf of Ora Morning-star-, the young American professional, who is now in Paris, to play the winner of the Paris tournament, provided the winner is a Frenchman. When I told Morningstar sailed for Paris, him to challenge the winner and that I would back him. If he has not done so I will challenge in his behalf, that is if a Frenchman wins out. An American might win, but what I want to do is to bring Morningstar and a Frenchman together, and so make the proviso that I do. I will back Morningstar for $500 or $1,000 for a match at a 1 ma 7QO HOME was furchased by the association for l. HER , LOCOMOTIVE ENQINEMR. OQDEN. UTAH. R. HEFF m The Association Paid 8 per cent Dividends to Contract Holders in the Year 1902. V HONE-SEEKER- S' 405406 AVERBACH JUKI BVILDING. m the same style of game that is to be tournament, played in the French, : two balk-linshots in. - ' The match would ' have to .take plaq.e on this side of the water. 18-in- e, - ch |