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Show LITERARY NOTES. ' The October Century will have fioma 'Anecdotes of LcHchetizky," told the Comtesse An by nls qister-ln-law- , gele Potocka. The stories deal with the lads playing a locked piano, Incidents of his public dobut at nine, his dancing with ny Ellsler at twelve, his early impressions of Liszt, and many Lelpslc and St.' Petersburg experiences. The book, Theodore Leschetlzky, will be i published In October. Readers of Leslie's Weekly each week are brought In touch with current events in all parts of the globe, the topics of passing Interest being ,bandlod in a masterly manner. In the l;.stie of September 10, appear portraits of the first national dele- -' gates instructed to vote for President Roosovelt in 1904. They are Congressman II. W. Palmer and Albert C. Lnisenrlng, chosen at WUkesbarre, 11. . Pa., on August The September Review of Reviews " baa a characteristic paper by Dr. Abbott ou The Race Problem in the f United States, and is followed by a statement of The Negro Problem In Boutb Africa fiom the pen of an English writer, Mr. Arthur Ilawkos. The latter contribution is especially Interesting as showing, for the benefit of American readers, that the negro question is a vital one in other lands than ours. Rev. Lyman Abbott opons the September Atlantic with an able and article on "Why Women do Not Wish the Suffrage, an attitude which he claims resulted not from any inferiority of woman to man, but from bor essential difference, bodily and montally. Ilorbert W. Ilorwlll follows with a paper on the question of "The Bible in Public Schools, and he disthree-year-ol- . 11 Trachoma Chronic in 3Sos cabinet officer of the Mika!!' ently referred to the fact that 880,000 trachoma patients nan, and that In Tohoku dUtrictYj impossible to obtain number of recruits for the ar!!il!1(, gome sufferers from this diseaj not admitted, adding: The Jan. army will physically collapse uth are to go on In this manner S choma is a chronic inflammation the eyedds which contracts themi? ward until the lashes scratch pil, causing In many cases, bllndJJ A PEASANTS TYPES OF BULGARIAN WHO WOULD FREE MACLUUImj Some d Memory of John Elleler. In her reminiscences Clara Morris spoke kindly and frequently of the late John Ellsler, in whose Cleveland theater she began the career that took her to the first playhouses of New York and gained for her the admiration of a doting public. She tells of leaving Cleveland, and of her last visit with Mr. Ellsler, as follows: Mr. Ellsler was 111, for the first time since I bad known him, and I had been over to his home, three or four blockB away, and bade good-bto Mrs. Ellsler and gentle little Annie the other children were out. And, finding I had no fear of contagion from a bad throat, she showed me Into Mr. Ells-ler'- s room. I was shorned to see him so wasted and weak. Judge, then, my amazement when, hearing a knock on my door, and calling, Come in, Instead of a bellboy, there entered, pale and almost staggering, Mr. Ellsler. A rim of red above his white muffler betrayed the bandaged throat, and his poor voice was hut a husky whisper. " I could not help it,' he said. You PRINCIPALS IN support Edwin Booth as Laertes, Cat-sletc. Later he traveled with Lawrence Barrett; Joined John McCullough as leading support In tragedies. He had taken the principal roles In Hood-ma- n The Bells and other Blind, dramas, and was eventually at the head of his own companies. Recently he had been with Richard Mansfield. Conspicuous among the October fashion magazines Is The Delineator. It presents charming and autumn styles, valuable illustrated on topics of fashion, as well as literary coutouts of a high standard. The Evolution of a Club Woman, a sorlal story, by Agnes Surbrldgo, begins In this number. Also In this wm ckXcux art A ar-tlc.- a number appears the first of a remarkable series of protographic articles, In which J. C. llernmont, the well known photographer, relates his adventures with the camera at home and in foreign lands. In fiction, there is an excellent story, entitled The Silent Partner," by Lynn Roby Meeklna, and the second part of a Florida Cracker," Virginia Frazer Boyles quaint story of a remote Florida hamlet particularly the sentimental sldo of it, is written of by Clara EL Laughlin, and N. Hudson Moore has a delightful paper on Lilies. In "Carlotta and I, a unique cookery series presenting practical culinary Tice In the guise of fiction. Miles Bradford tells the story of the Wedding Dlnnor." , Home-buildin- Monument to Buller. The movement to erect a statue to Gen. Buller In Devonshire, Eng., has assumed definite shape, Adrian Jones having been commissioned to execute bronze equestrian statue, to be erocted at Exeter. , , New York Milk Regulations. In order to secure certification of tits milk by the milk commission of New York city, the dairyman must have a clean cement floor stable, with whltewashel walls and abundant windows, Cows must he sponged and their tails scrubbed before each milking. White suits must be worn by attendants, bottles and utensils scalded and filled bottles kept on ice and shipped only in refrigerator earn. Filthy Lucre." w ! In strange contrast to Japans pres- ent commercialism Is the old custom of Japanese uoblemen paying their bills at wayside Inns by casting the oolnn on the floor with the words: from that tho dirt I owe you, 'Take and ' give what is left to your ser-To value money was convanta. sidered highly vulgar in the days of the samurai. Cheap Money. G5S, Colombia has In circulation 00,0,000 of paper money from which nearly all value has departed. The paper money per capita is (163 and It takes over $100 of the stuff to pay a hotel bill for one day. . ' . i Diamonds Are Meteorlo. The strongest evidence favoring the yneteorlc formation of diamonds la the (act that they have a different law of cryitallzatlon from carbon of terrestrial origin. This proves them of me- teorlo origin, just si the meteorto form of irou tella of Its celestial birth. Dried Deans and Peas, Superior to any oilier vegetable food even the cereals as sourc es of protein. are dried beans and pens. They rahk among the most economical of all foods and com pace favorably with must meats in point of nutrition. b WOMAN Q wum 8 QV i'.vppzs nwn w 7VVLAWD" William Norris as Alan, nephew of Barnaby, and Mabel Barrison as Jane, his niece, are one of the distinct hits of the successful burlesque "Babes in Toyland. were placed under my care by your mother. You were a child thea and though you are pleased to call yourself a woman now, I could not bear to think of your leaving the city at this saddest hour of the day to begin a lonely Journey without some old friend being by for a parting God speed. 1 was Inexpressibly grateful even through all my fright at his rashness, but he had yet another surprise for me. He said: T wanted, too, Clara, to make you a little present, to give you a keepsake that v.ould last long and remind you dally of of or the years you have passed In my theater. 'It was one of the red letter days of my life, the day I owned a watch. He drew a small box from his pocket A good girl and a good actress, he said, needs and ought to own a he touched a spring, the box flew open a good watch. My pride and pleasure made Mr. Ellsler laugh, and then the carriage was there, and laughter stilled Into a Then the silent, close handclasp. hoarse voice said, God bless you, and I had left my first manager." DOG TRIES SUICIDE THRICE. Historical Many Through Events During Long Life. The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Dutton, of Philadelphia, Pa., .was held September 15, and with the Interment there passed a woman who had lived the whole of the nineteenth century, had heard the battle of Waterloo, and had been in imminent peril In times of Insurrection In Cuba. She was born in Philadelphia October 25, 1800, and was a daughter of Mr. Houard, a Passed j 5k f LIVED OVER CENTURY. telegram to go to Ireland and assist In preparing a royal performance of hts play, The Last of the Dandies, the king having requested Beerbohm Tree that this be the play presented while he was in Dublin. Mr. Fitch traveled post haste and the work was well under way when the news of the popes death arrived and the royal performance was canceled. The playwright is now traveling on the continent When he gets home he will start rehearsals of Her Own Way," In which C. B. Dillingham will present Maxine Elliott In the Garrick theater, New York. Sept. 28. Pearl Gozmane Success. Miss Eearl Gozman has the imports ant holo of the dashing widow in The Prince of Pllsen . She is a Boston girl, who was well known as the solist of the symphony orchestra before she decided to go upon the stage. Starting In the chorus of "The ITince of Pllsen, she was soon promoted to the San Francisco girl la "The Song of the Cities, and achieved such a pronounced success that late in the New York run was given the important role of Mrs. Crocker, the widow, Nance ONeils Juliet Nance ONeil, an actress who will in which she made a decided hit likely be seen in the east next winter, She left Boston a chorus girl and will Is something of an idol on the raclfic return as one of the principals. coast Her talent, however, finds Its Greenroom Gossip. best expression In the heavier trageIt Is announced that Jessie Busley dies. At least such is to be inferred from the reference of a San Francisco will this season be featured in a new writer to her attempt at Juliet Wrote play by (Tyde Fitch, entitled Glad he: "As Juliet, Nance ONeil Is sim- of It Harry Alnley will appear as leading ply impossible. This la putting It gently. She has filled the California all man for Maude Adams in the Franees the past week, which Is a public trib- llodg.'on Burnett play, "The Pretty ute to her undoubted genius in other Sister of Jose. Gus P. Thomas, a nephew of Augua-turoles, and the well wishers of the i Thomas, has Joined the Otoyo California she that girl hope young will not be so ill advised as to attempt company at the Madison Square Roof Juliet during her approaching New Garden, New York. Charles Warner, the noted English York engagement. In nearly all of her other characters Miss ONeil rises to aetor, who is to appear in America greatness, but her almost masculine In his long, successful production of Drink," Is now in this country. strength, deep voice and gigantic figChauncey Olcott will this season he ure suggest anything but the love loru seen in "Terrance. a dramatization Italian girl of 14 sununeis. by Mrs. Edmund Morgan of Mrs. D, M. Croker'a novel of that name. Death of Joseph Haworth. Bruce MclUo has sailed for Europe. Joseph Haworth, the well known actor, died suddenly In a hotel at Wil- His Journey Is purely for rest and loughby, Ohio, a few miles east of pleasure, and upon his return he n Cleveland. Aug. 2S, of heart disease. rejoin Ethel Barrymores company. Mr. Haworth wus bom In ProviGeorge Edwards and Owen Hull dence. R. I., lu 1S.U. aud early In life have eigne I a contract with C'harh removed to (lev eland, where ho I egm Frohman for tho production ai.uul his stage eaivi r In John Ellslers stick taneeuiy In New Yolk and lam ion company, lie dlspl.wied sm'h ability Mr. H ille new mimical work foniiih' ilmt he soon afterward WHa Chosen to on the French comedy. "llouiTe." clothing, with the wool next to the body, the leather side being tanned like buckskin. Many of the men wear short jackets of the Eton pattern, but as the weather grows colder they change them for long ulsters with wide skirts that reach to their heels. Their headgear is made of lambs wool, curled like the skating caps sometimes worn in the United States. The Bulgarians are natural horsemen with fine physique. They are proficient In the use of the rifle. They make fine soldiers. They are like the Slavonic races, religious to a degree bordering upon fanaticism. They are hospitable, but have never forgotten how to be cruel. Their hatred of the Turk is ground In upon them by the memory of centuries of oppression, and when they take up arms against the Mussulman they give no quarter. French merchant In 1815 she accompanied her father on a trip to Europe, and happened to be in Brussels when the Waterloo cannonade was heard that broke up the famous ball of the Duchess of She married Count Richmond. a Spaniard, and lived until his death In Clenfuegos, Cuba, where they owned a vast estate. A son, Frederic Cabada, served with distinction In the civil war and was afterward, during d the Cuban insurrection of 1868, by order of the Spanish govCa-had- a, gar-rote- ernment. Spaniel Would Rather Be Dead than See an Automobile. Mrs. George Hauck of Cincinnati, owns a spaniel which has taken a violent dislike to automobiles. Whenever one passes the home of his mistress he has spasms. Finally he seemed determined to end It all and deliberately leaped from a third-storwindow. He was picked up by two men and carried up stairs. When placed upon the floor the dog made a second dash for the open window and again fell sprawling upon the sidewalk, unconscious. Mrs. Hauck ran down stairs and picked up the ank mal. After being carried to the third floor the dog In a few minutes opened hls eyes. Looking about for a second, hs darted out of the window for the third time. The last fall came near killing the desperate animal and after being tied securely he was put back to hls bed and the window closed. S United pr.W. Guatei 'to pom Kent ton, D C. I am an eQlc jad many filed by i Member , Hon. G i.inembei JCihCongi i j I che oar Peru i yroeficial fistrated jersow s jnetary c G. 1 The day ksitated ti jtnaini tr iedicines. fitly fame jaaypeop pone hes Texas Finds a In the seventh century a horde of uncouth warriors crossed the Danube, subjugated the Slavs, and their descendants have since occupied that part of the Balkan peninsula now known as Bulgaria. They are without an early history, their origin being shrouded In the mystery of the east They lost their original language, but kept their name the Bulgars. They are Intelligent, vigorous, hardy and progressive. Most of the Bulgarians are small farmers, cultivating from one to six acres, and having large flocks and herds which graze at large, for theoretically the state owns all the land, and the people are simply tenants with perpetual leases, descending from generation to generation. Most of the natives wear unshorn hill!' Y' cut 'convinc gad I o It to all that con "sore Time Will Tell About Chamberlain It has been reported that the lead lng statesman of England will neret accept a peerage, as he wishes to di Time wl plain "Mr. Chamberlain. tell. The views of an Englishman ot the subject of titles are somewhi: like those of an American politiciu on the presidency. Colliers Weekly IN TOYLAND. O', friends & Bug-gostl- cusses as pertaining thereto the increasing and generally acknowledged Biblical Ignorance of the rising generation. The Ladles Home Journal grows brighter with each numbor, its editor aoemlngly being bent upon the task of eocurlng for each department only the best The last number was a gem and the forthcoming Issue promises to be even more readable and charming (or the fair sex. j jj, flOiV o Clyde Fitch Coming Home. Clyde Fitch is to sail for home within a fortnight. While he was stopping at San Moritz he received an urgent . : Oldest Cat In the World, In Germany there is a society t, the protection of cats, and Herr p0v Its president, recently drew attentim to the fact that In the royal castles Nymphenbourg there is a cat Las lived for forty-twyears, and b still lively and vigorous. Cats," Herr Pohl, are In many respects k' uman beings. The more quiet iL well conducted they are the longer they are likely to live. In German there are many old cat3, but the , at Nymphenbourg Is evidently tfc oldest of all. Others maintain wonderful cat' Is the oldest the world, and challenge any one prove that they are mistakea.Sct ence Siftings. Frohman Branches Out. Those who recall the catchy musical numbers that were written for the yearly skit In which the Rogers Brothers appeared, will be Interested to learn that Charles Frohman has secured Maurice Levi, the composer, to take charge of the musical end of all of Mr. Frohinans musical productions In London and New York. Mr. will write exclusively for Mr. Frohman, and by the terms of the contract he Is to write the music for one musical comedy a year. BABES Rec Remedy. 21st. Texai h, Fate, Tex., Sept seldom, If ever, had such a profouat sensation, as that caused by the Intro duction recently of a new remedy tor Kidney diseases. This remedy hii already been tried In thousands i cases, and in almost every case tU results have been wonderful., Henry Vaughan, of Rural Route, No. 3, Fate, says of it: I suffered with Kidney Trouble lor over 18 months. I was very bad and could get nothing to help me till heard ot the new remedy, Dodde Kidney Pills. 1 began to use these pllli, and very' Boon found myself Impror lng. I kept on and now I can say I u absolutely cured and free from taj ycornmeac ITbe bigl pen Peru ipresentin pally rep 1 symptom of my old trouble. I am very glad I heard of thli wonderful remedy and I woili strongly advise anyone suffering witl Kidney trouble to try it, for I knoi I will cure. 'll JOO in Si (UU A!-TALK T Ueb keuab; A AC i jiil fwn ftridrvtlA I KKU The Rarest Bird. Law l There Is a peculiar bird commotli MltT known as the kiwi, its scienLS name being apteryx mantellL It It the lowest form of bird which exiiti but is so scarce that scientists in happy to get a specimen, la anyone dltion. It is absolutely without slid or tall; Its legs are short, stubby, bit KEEL very strong, and are used by thii bid i He onl; uulm for digging. The body covering is I cross between hair and feathere- -i HE K material which is very coarse. The Sta.1 can develop great speed, and makei desperate fight when attacked. Breeb ing them In captivity has utterly fa! ed, and only a few museums car boast of a specimen. They are no very rarely found in the forests In the north of New Zealanl New York Tribune. Strenuous Times in Prospect Otto Failmetzger, a schoolmaster i Schwerin, Germany, was run dowstli other day by a motor car. He v badly bruised, but was well enough beat the driver into insensibility. W he seized an axe and smashed h car. The driver Is now suing for ages for assault, the owner of motor car Is suing him for damap and the schoolmaster counterclaim for the loss of a suit of clothes. The Turkish Censorship. The New York Outlook tells a story illustrative of the vigilance of the Turkish censorship. There is a strict supervision over telegrams. A German engineer In the Lebanon placed an order with a Earls firm for some Still a Few Left sort of a stationary engine to be The bishop of Durham complain shipped to him as soon as possible. will sw The firm telegraphed to Inquire bow that the English language and in consist of nothing but slang many revolutions a minute he wanted. Hals. If he will consult the latest He answered: Five hundred revoluAmerican dictionaries be will Is tions a minute." Tho next day he that there are still about 300, Mi was arrested. Brought Into court, the words In good and regular standing Judge asked him If ho lived In the Lebanon. He replied that he did. CUBS FOOD. Do you correspond with such aud such a firm In Earls?" "Yes." Ah!" They Thrive on Grape-Nucried tho Judge, 1 know you. You Healthy babies dont cry and o are the nmn who telegraphed to Earls well nourished baby that is tei that there are fiuo revolutions a min- Grape-Nut- s is never a crying baby. ute lu tho I obamm! Many babies who cannot take Ml other food relish the perfect to Corey Working Too Hard. Grape-Nut- s and got well. W People close to William E. Corey. My lltble baby was given up cor Charles M. Schwabs successor the as three doctors who said that head of the United States steel densed milk on which I had fed It hw actually fenr ho will kill him- rulaed the child's stomach. One onff self worslng. They say j)0 j, H0 the doctors told me that the wrapped up In the affairs of tho Bteel thing to do would he to try Crap corporation that he is literally Nuts, so 1 got some and prepared it ng himself I soaked ltt tablespoonful death. follows: For InsUm-tthey say that he lies awake night after in one pint of cold water for half nigh solving or attempting to solve hour then I strained off the liquid su problems that mmo up. anil frequent-l- mixed 12 teaspoonfuls of this strii-at .or 3 o dock in the Grape-Nut- s Juice with six teaspo morning will call up hls lieutenants by telephone to fuls of rich milk, put in a plu6 consult them, ills friends believe alt and a little sugar, warmed It ,ht ran it to baby every two hour. gave Rn i!f ,liro'Kh this m",n sort In this simple, easy way I thing survive it. baby's itfe and hare built her up W strong healthy child rosy and Uun" of Opinion Banka. An English paper tells log. The food must certainly bs PJ this story feet An uncultivated to have such a wonderful who liner, had heard of banka, determined to I U10 take some of as this. I can truthfully say world it is the best food In the ut Maces. With u object In view he traveled raise delicate babies on and 1 m nd hand. s delicious healthful food for E10 in his rush to the pa as we have discovered in our ( clerk return gave bln. a hank book. who In Dy." Name given by Postsu C Hw Battle Crosk, Mich. iiiuc-do you charge for M Grape-Nut- s " is equally valuabis Tll! S.ked the c erk smiled t and iild: -- Ve'ont tho strong, healthyman or r an-e-. but food standi for tM ft r' k g -of health. theory of , ,rt 11P ... hack at once." m, Ixiok In each package for A of the fanmns little hook, rascila wet y"! to Wellvllle," dishonest; now of u t. Diagram Showing Comparative War Strength of Turkey and Bulgaria. Moneyed Men of Atlanta. W, Grant Is the heaviest Individual taxpayer In Atlanta. Ga.. his property being assessed at $180,725, Hugh Inman Is next In line with $lt;r,. W. P. Inman Is third on the 612. list having $39i.OuO chalked up opposite his name. The estate of the late George Washington Collier Is the fourth largest, being assessed at $33G,-72W. II. Kiser, Individually and as guardian for his younger brother, atands fifth, with $327,250, John Yankee Make Beetles. All tourists in Egypt want specimens of the sacred beetle of the lh.ir-oahthe scarab! But aa the supply Is naturally limited, nil cannot he supplied. Accordingly, some Connecticut genius began the manufacture of the sacred beetles. They are shipped to Egypt and sold at a very low price to guides and dealers In curios, who sell them to tourists as high as $1 each. a. . sv i'r n't'W j,J ,v, If woinaa-Grape-Nu- J . i |