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Show MRS A. E. STEVENSON. - AN TERS OF THE REVOLUTION. the Wife of ex-poli- . a De of acendant Kerolatlonary Stock Her In Life Early. Kentucky and Marriage In Illinois. "Ttxm I Vice-Preside- nt RS. AD A I E. Stevenson; the wife of Vice President Stevenson, who has been elected presi dent general of tlrs Daughters Li the of Revolution, is fitted in every way for the signal honor ' that has been con ferred upon her by, ' The Daughters of khe American Revolution was organized wa. Washington in 1890, and has a mem states. It ifcarship of 1Q,000 in forty-tw- o S one of the most important women's patriotic societies in the country. Its conditions of eligibility to membership 'are as follows: "Any woman may be eligible for membership who is of the age of 18 years and who is descended 'from an ancestor who with unfailing 'loyalty rendered material aid to tha cause of independence as a recognized patriot, as soldier or sailor, or as civil officer in one of the colonies or states or of the united colonies or states," provided the applicant be otherwise acceptable to the society. Mrs. Stevenson was v. , he held his audience entranced. Tom Martin was the happiest man In Mercer county that night. Bates proceeded on POWERFUL: TALK OF BATES OF his way. and at Lebanon, in Marion county, he had an experience very like THE WONDERFUL VOICE. IN- - Captain ' ii.vav ' ,' Scarred Veteran. ' ; Chicago has a large; number of chiefs, but none is so proud of having served the people in that capa- city as Capt. Michael Carroll Hickey a portrait of whom is here presented. Capt, Hickey was chief of police of Chicago during the most stirring period of: her history, from 1870 to 1880. uring the great fire which left the city in an ash heap he did heroic work in maintaining order. The army of crooks who swarmed to the smoldering ruins from every quarter of the country in search of plunder found themselves, barred by a "dead line." ' which the chief erected as a measure of protection to the sufferers. He saw that the relief donations were equitably distributed among those rendered homeless, and in other ways contributed to the great work in hand. In 1870, when Chicago was invaded by another calamitythe railroad riots he proved himself equal to the occasion. He quickly saw that an army of the worst crooks in the country were taking advantage of the strike by creating riot and pillage, and led the entire police force ' !NEW PR ESI DENT OF THE DAUGH- CHIEF. t.iiicago It a Battle ce If (married to Mr. Stevenson in 1866. She !was Miss Letitia Green of Danville, Ky., the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, who was the president of Center College, in Danville. At that time this .was the principal educational institu- tion in the state and turned out such John iToung Brown and Senator Blackburn. tAdlai E. Stevenson, then a young man CAPT. MICHAEL C. HICKEY. in McLean County. Illinois, decided he would go to Danville for his education against them in pitched battle, driving them out of the business section of the and at a reception in the house of Presion dent Green he met his future wife. Two city. After three successful chargesmen and of his the Miss Capt. Hickey part .years later Dr. Green died and iLetitia came up to McLean County to in as many days the crooks and hoodlive with a sister who had married Mat- lums were forced to abandon their efthew T. Scott, and the acquaintanceship forts, and there was no more rioting in Three years later Capt. began in Kentucky was continued in Chicago. igood men as T. W. Crittenden. ' Kentucky Oratory That Charmed Speaking Announced by the Ringing of the Court House Bell Waiting for the Old Codger. . PEAKING recent of the political Campaign, an ob servant gentleman said to a Louisville Courier-Journ- re- al "Perhaps porter: there has been more political stump quence heard elo- in Kentucky than ever before and relatively as much as in 1860, when there were four electoral tickets before the people and representatives of three of them actually on the stump. At the risk of being classed a fogy I must say that there is no such popular eloquence now as there was in the long ago. W. C. P. Breckenridge falls short of Thomas F. Marshall, Senator Lindsay falls short of Elijah Hise and Senator Blackburn falls short of William T. Willis. There were giants in those days, because there were occasions for them. "But, speaking of stump speakers, I Wish to relate an anecdote which has the merit of truth if nothing else. It was In 1856, 1 believe the exact date is not important, for it was about that era James P. Bates, then of Glasgow and later of Bowling Green, made a tour of Kentucky, delivering speeches in advocacy of the democratic cause. "On the tour I speak of he had an appointment to speak at Harrodsburg, Mercer county, and handbills announcing the, event had been posted in the town weeks in advance of the date. There resided at Harrodsburg an intense whig, Thomas Martin, who had formerly lived in Barren county, and though he hated Bates' politics he knew the capabilities of the man. He knew that blue-grapeople, as a rule, had a very poor opinion of Pennyr'ile, and did not think anything very excellent could come out of as pronounced a Pennyr'ile county as Barren. So Martin, when he found Bates was to speak in Mercer county, began to herald him as one of the leading orators of the state. He would say: 'Just wait until Col. James P. Bates gets here; he'll His show you what eloquence is words were received with Incredulity and even with derision, but he persisted and finally he succeeded in arousing the curiosity of the whole community, and a splendid audience was assured BatesNipon jhis appearance. ss "At last the day arrived and. with it Bates, j Martin and about a dozen other friends were sitting in front of the taveri there was no 'hotel' then and about 11 o'clock in the forenoon they saw approaching a tall and uncouth figured almost grotesque in garb a soiled linen duster, a soiled stovepipe hat, soiled trousers that had 'climbed nearly to the knees, exposing a pair of home-kni- t, yarn socks, loosely covering spindle shanks, and just above shoes, untied, that were rusty as last year's plowshare. All this bestride an old gray mare, lathered with sweat, for the day was scorching hot. It wa3 James P. Bates. "He rode up to the tavern and before he dismounted he halloed out in that voico that no man who ever heard it ever forgot: "Tom Martin, how are you? I am glad to see you, for I want a dram and you can tell me where I can get the best liquor. Martin was horrified, for his companions were convulsed with laughter and' enjoyed his evident embarrassment. ""He answered Bates by shaking him by the hand and leading him to the tavern bar, where both took He then went out and took Bates' saddlebags off the old gray mare, carried them' inside and had the best room In the house put in commission. Bates' shirt was not immaculate and Martin fished out from the saddlebags a clean garment. He sent out for the town barber and had his friend decently shaved, his clothes brushed, shoes polished and hat 'blue-mixe- d' flea-bitt- j MRS. A. E. STEVENSON. .Illinois," and resulted In marriage.' Mr. Stevenson had won a prize, for his wife not only brought him great beauty and a sweet disposition, but a head that has helped him consistently through hard work to the very high position he now occupies. Mrs. Stevenson is one of the most popular women in Washington society, and new honors will add jlittle to the high 'esteem in, which she is already held. j Hickey retired from the force, to make room for a political chief. He had served on the force since 1866. In 1881 he received an appointment in the custom house and served until 1885, when a new administration changed , the working, force. Since that time he has lived in retirement. President of 'Princeton. A HISTORIC That a great natnral shaft find. l ' raneous course far Into Gold Hill is a fact firmlytha .V to Hoy Maine belong m cxkim u" ereral parlies covery. "Among the quaint old structures of have visited the place durff fhtJ of which succeed in Charleston our old postofflce building tance P of 1,000 feet. The In lead said takes the historic interest," wards the center of the V, ' i ' 45 or 'n 40 of UnwXV i Mr. James S. Murdocka leading wholewas made by depes. the party for tJ,r' sale merchant of the Carolina metropo- the use of a pick and crowbar I "55 lis at the Ebbitt to a Washington Post nartiallT choklnB- - the tf 8 chamber from Just below; Mr. r Murdock is with a thu here reporter. i delegation of his townsmen to ask cont the great dampness encTOnti gress to make a modest appropriation ing further, not being: attired In ,u r I so as to donate the aforesaid antique garments. Before retiring, ho were rolled down the ''l tha edifice to the city. ation occasioned by declivity their desrrnt' ' "The old postofflce," said he, "waa fainter and fainter until log? tance. Five chambers were rifj'-- f built of brick imported from England largest ' of which wa about fceTprTt. u a comroof with 1867 fluctoathisr n wide, under the direction of a in to twenty-fiv- e feet. The sr." f" mittee of the colonial assembly. Its four tween chambers have an avern ' three feet. In all of the chamh,, ' leading members were John Rutledge, hallways to the aL8 diverging Henry Laurens and 'Thomas Lynch, left were observed, but these as the party was Intent wPV(r! who later took a prominent part in the lowed a straight course. For the first-t-.! ' formation of the republic and whose - dred feet the side walls whidvl-Hmade up of huge boulders names will be found among the signers are displaced a more of the declaration of Independence. The appearancebyof the roofsolid thia!j01 .point attained indicated the rrn?J,?Vw In fact, a member Sfthft1 During the occupation of Charleston by, ltalacites; arryinfr a bull'e-e- y e lantern Sclaw? the British it was used as a prison and could detect the gleam of between sixty and seventy of the best eral icicles in the fogp darkne'bK The Old Postofflce at Charleston. Been Famous Men. en hat at Harrodsburg. "He was not a practical politician. He was too impolitic for that. He waa no electioneer: he was too blunt for that. His ambition was to attain a seat in congress, but the only time he was nominated was when his election was It was in 1855, and his hopeless. speeches against: knownothingism that year are yet eulogized in, the traditions of the old 3d district. He was elected to the legislature, and when the spavined old state office of president of the board of internal improvements was yet existent he was nominated for it because of his transcendent power on the stump. 'After the war he was frequently a candidate for office t but a new generation had appeared that knew not Bates. His mind was unimpaired and he was in political accord with the great majority of the people of Kentucky and of the 3d district; but he was too blunt, too plain spoken, too little of a to succeed in a convention." ' Lf , f 3r 1 x S r h c w? citizens were confined there before their removal to St. Augustine, Fla. ' In that number was Col. Isaac Haynes of "the In celebrated family of that namei revenge for the execution of Major Andre laynes was led out from prison and suffered the death penalty by order of Col. Balfour, then in command, with- out the formality of a trial. In 1790, when Gen. Washington visited Charleston, it was in the same old building that he was 'entertained and a splendid ball was given In his honor by the wealthy planters of the state, cooperating with the town people. With such historic associations surrounding it our people naturally take a deep Interest in their old postofilce, and the idea is to keep it in its original condition as a sacred momento of the past.' slg-nifie- . Common Sense andt Courage. Two young Americans, it is said, recently settled a quarrel In a fashion which would have made the hair of a Parisian fencing master bristle with horror, but which nevertheless had an inspiration of common sense In it. They were both in love with the same lady and it became necessary to their feeling that they should fight for posses,-sio- n of her. One of the two must clearly be put out of the way. Yet d they kill each other? They bore each other no malice; each merely wished to be left In sole possession of the lady in dispute. The question resolved itself to a simple issue which was the better shot? And they determined to settle this question by shooting, not at each other, but at a tree. The tree was shot at; the inferior marksman perforce admitted that he would have been annihilated by his rival and agreed to vanish, not by giving up the ghost, but by leaving the country. Here were all the results )f a duel obtained without Its mock heroics and without more tragedy than belongs to all renunciation.-Exchang- . j g -- s ;States do not go back earlier than! 1700. iThey are comprised' in two divisions, jthose who sprung from peasants and those from other lines. If a peasant iforef ather be reached hope is dead, for alas! no coat-o- f -- arms' is forthcoming. ;.But the man who finds profitable emfor all his time in these stud- ployment ;ies an I makes frequent trips to Eu- -, 3cute them says, that, a surrope to - rof American families prising s, fare entiu . . 'which are guides-iestablish- jmpre trustworthy ling descent, important marriages and ' the whole genealogical record than !names, which are often so mangled and ' distorted in spelling. Exchange. put it back cn liquid through a cloth; it simmer until the the fire and let to four or five reduced is quantity ounce of gum arable, an Add ounces. and when dissvilvqd enough fine sugar to make a dough ior paste, as for lozenges. Roll out and cut in small pieces with a perfectly clean thimble or a little cutter such as is used by confectioners. New York Evening Post. has lately been made in Amsterdam, Holland, of some old maps made between 1705 and 1719, showing the regions in Central Africa which have in modern times been rediscovered by Livingstone and Stanley. The maps are based on infor A Serious Joke, I ; Wis., led to their expulsion from school. The students purchased cayenne pepper and placed it in the fan that sends air through the ventilators In the school rooms. It not only set the whole school room sneezing and coughing, but nearly destroyed the eyesight of the engineer, who was looking for the cause of the tr6uble. , 'hog-drive- rs " - l V The above is a portrait of Francis L. Patten, D. D., LL.D., president of What Arc Lake Dwellings? k Princeton in New world of the In various parts university. He lately vis- west lted and created a sensation of 'South the, (Guinea and in certain parts some of a addresses America and Africa, for instance the by ' natives live in houses built upon piles character. of wood driven into the bed of the Modern Christianity. lakes. They use this kind of a dwellWe modern Christians are willing to they ing either, for safety's sake, sinceKnowlpreach and pray, but we don't want to cannot be attacked without due with common humanity. Tho edge, or because, the country 'being associatewith our nominal Christianity marshy, dry land is not easily to be had trouble too is tender to be touched, is it. that lor building purposes. It is curious be to handled, too nice to be that our remote forefathers in this sav- too holy age state before even the records of nudged, to exquisite to be exposed, too too respectable history began built unto themselves dignified to be desired, too for comcultured tirailar houses. In their case it was for decent people, "shallow too sensible for doubtless defense against enemies that mon people, lid to the construction of such dwell- - people, and too idealistic for every da i,'r" C people. Rev. J. L. Gordon. semi-socialist- io " '': 71 book-selit- o' ' f( foantaln v5leJoSnmi. Pen-,'-S- lSlectrlclty Explain .af o L t6pped In front of Michigan Ch UFbt Plamt and asked a byrgtindi eI?Jic What that airy buildln', a i No; a plant," came the answer. fictorjr ; j'I "What do they raipe there?" , stander. "What are they worth a bushel?' "We sell them the shock." Farmer pulled byhis beard, scratched f fc. bead and drove down town to market Tcsctauics. iuuianapous un. HtSi wines. Iilmttatloni. Mrs. LoIIypop--"W- e were tw steam engines the other day, talking Mrs. Strom mind, and Mr. T.rWltrnrvnft iinlrt thof ... l band was an authority. n Mrs. Strongmind he may be c 'Well, steam engines, perhaps, but I tell yon wis Mrs. Lollypop, he Isn't in his family Somerville Journal. Taking No Chances. Officer Ctfsey (who Is about to go oa flub Here, Katy, you had better hide th four dollars about the house whoile 01 do b on auty Mrs. Oasey Why don't yo' -betaklnrdcK? to-noig-nt. wit yo? Officer Canov Ol An ho nfrolfl ru m 1 stood up by a footpad S. P. Warr, to-noig- Extreme tired feeling afflicts nearly every body at this season. The hustlers ceaset push, the tireless grow weary, the cner getic become enervated. "You knowjnr what we mean. Some men and wome: endeavor temporarily to overcome tit ltd tra Feeling by great force of will. But tK it pulls powerfully upon tbj nervous system, which will not long bUbc, euch strain. Too many people "workos their neves,,, and the result is seenlnnn fortunate wrecks marked " nervous prof tration," In every direction. That tire Is unsafe, as "hm3 ' lng is a positive proof of thin, weak, to vitalized andffigorous, it imparts lifeana energy to every nerve, organ and tisBDij of th hnHtr. Tho nprnssitv of takinf Hood's Barsaparilla for tbat tired feeW is, therefore, apparent to every one,MK l. .mrr il bcju-j ine gooa it will no you is equauy question. Remember that a m . nil , old codger would make. "Bates ascended the judge's stand and opened with the stereotyped 'Fellow citizens.' ills former aspect was changed. His eyes, his manner, his voice were those of the nature-molde- d ortftor. He knew two things the law and politics and on that occasion he discussed political issues like the mas ter he was. Those who came to mock remained to applaud, and for two hours odd-looki- ng , , '' i j I , ; ! r I j 1 T ; Custom Makes Law. According to an. old custom in the Dutch village of Katlyk the two church bells are rung without intermission, day and night, from the 21st to the 25th of December every year. No reason is given for the custom, bit so far all efforts to stop the maddening noise have proved futile. It ban always' been done for centuries, and that settles it. . . : 1 ; court-hous- ; small piece of bread Is put upon the point of the knife while peeling and the tears cutting onions it will prevent ' from flowing. ' , Lemons may be kept fresh and good a long time by putting them in an open stone crock and covering them with cold water. , The water should be changed twice a week. Lemons treated In this way will become ripe and juicy. A great deal of the unpleasant odor THE POPULAR Lint that Is carried through the house f rdm be avoided may by LEJIDVILLE, GLEHWOOD SPREKSS boiling vegetables a the water of bread in piece putting . niinTinU with the vegetables, and if a bit of charJUnUliun GHAliU ASPfcH, coal be used the cooking xf cabbage or cauliflower cannot be detected. A favorite as well as nourishing drink for invalids is barley water. To prealt the principal tor,n,lf;L pare it place one quart of water in a Reaches Ina oamps In Colorado, Utn saucepan-ovethe fire. Wash well two, New Mexico. ounces of pearl barley and throw into the water. Bring it to boiling point, PA8SE5TnnOW" then add lemon and sugar to suit the I A If E OlMl AP taste. Draw the pan to the back of the r.0AST. fire and simmer gently two hours. 'r,w EN ROUTE TO AND FROM IJ Strain and cover until cold. The unpleasant noise of a, squeaking THE TOURIST S FAVORITE shoe will often be entirely removed by l TO ALL MOUNtAIW RESOR soaking the sole of the shoe in .oil. Pour a small quantity of linseed or 4J1 through trams equipped with rttUn j j sweet oil. upon an old plate or flat dish and Tourist Sleeping Oar. and allow the soles of the shoes to istand descriptive! in the oil over night. In that way they ofFor elegantly Illustrated cost, address pEj, will not only lose their squeak, but will S.K- - Kv? HUGHES, CTJEFFERY A.S, become saturated with oil, making thto fcrocf against dampness. DENVER, COLORADO. . one-ha- lf "ecBQicLiioiiwoff' . If-- a ' h Sarsaparilla - r m, L4T ! Opportua.Y, A cup, of rock salt dissolved in the bath will prove as invigorating as a Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists-1- ' sea bath. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & CoLowelKMasi The mustard used for salads by both r are easy to take, es, the English and French is frequently TlOOa S KlllS to operte.cenB mixed with Madeira, sherry and other screw-head- s. j Work-V- ery HOUSEHOLD HINTS. 'hog-driv- er . Wouldn't v. one-ha- ooats-of-arm- j A prank on the part of a number of students of the high school at Delavan, . ; Ifc Farmer Whyte "I had a narrer efira, One o them yest'day.' came aroun an' talked ter . me andct ; hypnertized me inter fer 4pne of cyclipedfes." Farmer Browne Well, if y0u strnwi It how did you escape?" Farmer Oh. I didn't sign; flm,' I was all Whrte to, but ez good luck m ready have it, all the feller had towrite with leaves boiled in one quart of water, cooled and then boiled again for five minutes. After that strain off the' ? t! fiL event fiuena is bound to have iferlw. Wn3r Cf the West-Bu- eVi nd ceed. A scheme very often adopted to throw the "tracer" off the scent is to have the furniture delivered at one place and immediately afterward tak en elsewhere by another mover. mation, furnished by Portuguese traders and are surprisingly accurate. The course of the Congo river, under another name, Is laid down. The maps; are accompanied by writings giving information derived from the blacks of the great lakes which form the sources of the, Nile and which Livingstone and Stanley called the Victoria Nyanza, All the modern discoveries were mafia by men who did not know that this territory had been to some extent mapped and explored nearly two centuries before. The Zambesi territory was better known to the- Portuguese in 1700 than it is to modern discoverers. They had many settlements at smoothed. "Bates complained of being very tired the mouth of the Zambesi river, but and anxious for an hour's rest and was these were overthrown "by wild hordes fast asleep-- n the bed before Martin had of blacks, and all trace of them has finished arranging his wardrobe. Mar- since been lost. Exchange. tin went downstairs, and there he was A New Use for Diamond. unmercifully guyed by his friends and Brazilian diamonds are now being acquaintances of both parties, but his was: 'Go and hear him; go put to a novel and interesting use. A , only answer and hear him,- gentlemen, and you'll thin disk of steel, seven feet in diaat intervals of about change your tune. They all said they meter, has spaces lf These spaces inches. one and would not miss it for any consideration. steel that Upon the ringing of the first tavern are filled in with pieces ofare set the exactly fit, and into these bell Martin took another fixed countersunk in up to Bates, who was already up and diamonds, They are arranged in groups of performing his ablutions. After he. was dressed and the liquor drank they de- eight and are so placed that they do where not follow one exactly after the other in scended to the dining-roocut, but each line takes Its own Bates ate a hearty meal, after which he the course. of circular saw is sat down for awhile under the shade used in This kind blocks of stone and cutting up trees In front of the tavern, gossiping so two in efficient is lessthan that it with Martin about old times and old cut one and has 420,000 years friends' 'down in Bar'n. a a cost of of at trifle feet stone, square "When the speaking was announced less 1 foot. In a than square penny e bell. by the ringing of the found been it has Bates and Martin proceeded to that this time, tohowever, of the renew necessary twenty building, already overflowing with peo the average cost of which has teeth, been pie, many of them drawn from idle curl about 8 tooth. Exchange. shillings per osity to hear what sort of talk such an forj Hoarhound Candy. A tested recipe for horehound candies consists of a pound of dried hoar-houA Good Recipe 1 cavity exposes much At the iiilf.tn.1.rrs mineral daiilmg f ortne to those"concS why-shoul- . It is found by 'thestuilent of heraldry that most family lines in the United w . on-th- Old Maps. A surprising discovery r ; inrchased on InHtallment. One of the most important ttipti in the erapoly of a firm that makes a such-advantage- " " " HOW THE TRACER WORKS. Peraonn Who Attempt to Steal Gocds of-payin- Has c?i wire-pull- er e specialty of selling goods in stallment plan is the "tracer." His duty, as his name is to find out the whereabouts of delinquent cus tomers who think to get out of the trouble of future payments by quietly moving away and neglectine to leave their new address. Nothing could be more roolish than such a course, for this is a feature of the business that the installment houses have reduced to a science, says the New York World. It is obvious that in this city the great majority of those who purchase goods on weekly payments live in flats. i nis makes it a comparatively eas? matter for the dealers to keep them unuer surveillance, for one of the first things the collector does is to see the janitor and inform him which families in (he house have bought goods on the installment plan. It pays to fee the janitor for tais service, for he Is In a to know when position any moving is about to take place, and the information he gives the collector has been the means of hipping in the bud many a well laid scheme to get out a furniture bill. Sometimes, of course, it happens that a dishonest family wilj move away in such a hurry that the janitor is unable to Inform the firm in time. In such an event the "tracer" is put on the case. He ets aboct his work with the method of the trained ' dectective. He is familiar with the name and address of every furniture mover in the city, and his acquaintance among the helpers Is so extensive that it is more than likely he has a personal friend among the men who moved the family he is ueeking. With his task is not so hard as the uninitiated would nearly imagine, and there would be fewer at tempts made to "beat" the installment dealers if it were better known how very little chance a person has to suc BUILDING. ' ; far-seei- ng V SOUTH. OLD-TIM- E ' ; g , j j ! i |
