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Show iowMnwio tS'T' 4 -- r 4. . . I A STRANGE JOURNEY. BROUGHT HIS BABIES FROM THE YUKON DISTRICT. V. Hay. I ninrr.'Stahra III Uijr Arrow tbs Ibm The I'alhrr Summit of ('bilmt buffered With Cold and IJ.rdlilM llut 1h Turin. iirrw bat. . within the borders of a land owned the by Untied 81101, and yet further awty from the center of their country civilization than ary other child or children, la the distinction which wll follow Juipph anil Bernard Day through life, nay a Seattle correspondent of San Francisco Call. twin and arThey are rived In thla city on the steamer from Alaska, and the place of their birth Is not the only thing remarkable thus far In their Uvea, for, with the aid of their father, they made, in order to reach Jum au and make connections with the Wlllnpa, a trip of many days, coming from the Yukon mining district and crossing the grand but dangerous summit by the Chllcat pass. Others, many yean their seniors, have attempted to make that same trip, and were never heard of again, but the babes are olive and well, and, while they cannot talk, they hope to some day be able to discuss the trip as It comes to them from the lipe of their father, 17. Day. The story of their birth of their temarkable trip and other faU connected with them Is one that does not find Its way Into print very often. U. Day Is a miner. He is a big, fine looking man, and for many years before be decided to go to Alaska he worked In the silver mines of the east. He was experienced In his business, and when he made a trip to Alaska fosr years ago and took a look at the country he . made up hlu mind that he would come back to the United States and get his wife, a bride of a few months, and return to the land of gold. He came back and his wife, who was at that time living with some o relatives In a suburb of Minneapolis, Minn., consented tq return with him to Alaska. She was not very strong, but had plenty of nerve, and In the spring, with the aid of her husband, she reached the ' Yukon mining district In safety. Ilcr coming was a great event among the miners. But one or two women had ever been among them, and thorn had held aloof from the common miners, Mrs. Day took an Interest in them and endeavored to bring ness to their Uvea. Just two years ago she gave birth to twin boys. They were big and healthy and had eyes that were black as coal and checka aa red aa apples. The exact date of tbrlr birth was October 13, 1894, and the place SIxty-MIl- e Creek. Never did the coming of any one, not even of the hardy men who carry the mall, create auch a fervor In (he Yukon district. Miners who came down recently say that three months after the birth of the twins Mr. and Mrs. Day received presents from minors far away who heard of the new arrivals. They were the first children ever born In the Yukon district, and they were petted and caressed and humored aa though they were the children of some great king. On June 3, thla year, Mrs. Day, who bad not been well since the birth of the children, died, and there was general mourning In the camp. Everybody wondered what would become of the twins. Day told his friends 'that in the fall he would take them to the United States and place them with their mother's relatives at Minneapolis. The miners laughed at him and said that it would be impossible for him to .make the trip pntll the bablei were old enough to walk. Two months ago Day decided to leave the Yukon with his little ones. The miners generally were of the opinion that it would mean death for the children and probably for the father If he undertook the trip. Day was determined. lie said that to keep the would mean a children at .Slxty-MIl- e life of Ignorance and suffering. 8o. early in July, Day started for Juneau with the prides of the Yukon. Before hla departure old and hardened miners shed tears and prayed for the safely of the children. Day said that If they died he would die with them. They were dressed In clothes of heavy woolen cloth, and, strange as It may seem, mode the trip the greater part of the way stropped on (ho shoulders of their father. He carried them similarly to the way Indian womeu pack their pnppooses about. They were a great burden, when the length of the trip la taken Into consideration and the further fact that Day hod a pack of provisions and blanket! to carry with. him. Day says that at times the weather was very cold, and when hla babies would not even cry he would .think that probably they were benumbed by the cold. Then he would take a peep at them, and they would either be laughing or sleeping. Once, he says, they amused themselves all duy long playing, with his long hair. When night came on and he was ready to rest Iay would remove the children from hla back and they would eleep in his arms. "Not once did they ever so much as cry" says Day. The trip across the summit of the Chllcat pass was the most severs of all, but the little ones stood It all right though Day says they must have suffered some, because he did himself, times In crossing the summit P weak with the long trip and tho ORN well-to-d- f, burden, slipped, and, but for the ROMANCES. precious ones on his bark, he says he believes he would have given up, sunk down and perished. Their ciolng, he SHORT STORIES WITH THRILsays, aroused him, and he would strugLING CLIMAXES. gle on. Juneau was finally reached, and safeA Clilr.gu Judge Tubes tlir Kernnl fur ly. There the babes were weighed and (Julik Keirerliig of Hie Conjugal Kunt It was found that they hud grown fat remarkable They their Journey. Iluiijr Lulling of On Wunuui's during Ursuis. when the Wlllapa arrived, took puarusc on It for the Sound. ELDOM has s deIn a day or two Duy will leave with cree of divorce givblu sou a for M!un- spoil. whre th-en rise to so much will hs placed with relatives and educriticism and comcated. Old miners say the trip will ga ment as Judge duw'n as the most remarkable evw mode from the Yukon dialrlet to layne's record LITTLE - breaker. A WOMAN'S CLUB IN 1797. Sir. Alrimiilrr Hamilton Wm S "Hircrlrrw. There was a woman's r'.ub In New York as far bark as 1797. snya the New a eltiV. York Times. It v.aa not at that time and Ha meiiibT.-i-, perhaps, would have rcr.cnted the ure of the application. But it Wits an "association of persons for the promotion of a common cause, which is (he definition of the word club. A missionary society the memberu called "the Society for the Relief of Ioor Whlowa and OrWhatever it was called. th phans. work it began la still going on und the y women's club In New York could not ask for a lieiter testimonial of the usefulness of their organizations than an existence of nearly lud years. The society, which was the Unit on organized for missionary work In Now York, was founded by Mrs. Isabella Graham in 1797. Continuing the work, twenty-nin- e young ladies met at Mrs. Ogden Hoffman's, on Wall street, in 1804, and bunded themselves together to tearh and sew for the children of Then came the the poor widows. need of rating for the children when the mothers died, and the New York Orphan Asylum society was founded March 16, 1806. The orphan asylum on Riverside drive, lie tween 72d and 73 J streets, one of the finest institutions In the city, Is the outcome of the work. There were many names familiar In tho early history of New York with the society. Tho "first of the original Orphan Asylum society was Mrs. Hoffman, the second dlrectesa" was Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. Mrs. Hamilton continued to be an officer until she removed from New York to Washington. There Is a picture of "Mrs. Gen. Hamilton" In the committee room of tho asylum, and on Interesting memento of her Is a mat used until this Inst, year to rest the blble on at committee meetings. The mat Is knitted a plain stitch, such us Is used In knitting stockings, and Is in stripes of different colors There Is a blue fringe around it and It Is lined. On the back of the lining, In sampler stitches, are the words: "Mrs. A. Hamilton. Made In her 94th year. Is X. w York to-da- ron-nert- Writ to Iteuirmben What la good for one la not always good for another. This la illustrated in a tale told some time ago about a French medical student. While In London on a visit the student lodged In the house with a man very sick .with a fever, who was continually besieged by his nurse to drink very nauseating The liquids which were lukewarm. sick man found this almost impossible to do until one day he whispered to bis nurse: "Bring me a salt herring and I will drink aa much as you please." The woman Indulged him In hla request; he ate the herring, drank ths liquids, underwent the required respiration and recovered. The French student, thinking this very clever, inserted in hla Journal: "Salt herring cures an Englishman of fever." On hla return to France he prescribed the same remedy to hla first putlent with s fever. The patient died. On which he Inserted In hU Journal: N. B. A salt herilng cures an Englishman. but killed a Frenchman. Harper's Round Table. The (irourl.r. Miss Vsssar "Who Is this Russian the Growler I hear spoken of?" Miss Wellesley "That's the Russian Up to Date. Bear, I suppose. In Chica- go, the other day, In which he released Nettie Puc Keti ham from the bonda that bound her in matrimony to John B. son millionaire the Ketchain, of Toledo's late hanker. Unprecedented la the history of Cook county's divorce courts was the action of the well known Jurist, and the manner In which the proceedings w re hurried through fairly took away the breath of all who witnessed them. The bill was filed at 3 o'clock, and 20 minutes later Mrs Ketcham hurried out of the court room a free woman. In ths morning the question of the appointment of a conservator for John B. Ketchain came up on a petition before Judge Kohlsaat. The case was continued. At 3 oclock a hill for divorce was filed with the clerk of the Superior court, and an immediate hearing was had, which resulted in the decree being granted. The bill was exceeding brief, containing but one page, and two charges those of drunkeiflies and infidelity were made. The prayer was devoid of all customary rod tape. Neither answer nor default was entered In the usual manner, the default being entered In the decree, which was granted 20 minutes later. Although the attorneys for the defense were present, no of witnesses was had. Everything was In secret. Both Mr. anil Mrs. Ketcham wanted a divorce, and that was sJl there wse to It. Both parties to the suit admitted that there had been a standing offer on the part of the millionaire to give his wife a large sura of money If she would only procure a divorce. lie had agreed not to contest such a proceeding should It be instituted. Mrs. Ketcham declares the sum offered was $100,000, while Ketcham says It was $167,000. She compromised on $150,000 and got It. This is not the first time wealthy people have secured divorces In Chicago courts without getting vulgar publicity. John II. Ketcham is the eldest son of the late Valentine Ketcham of Toledo, Ohio, who died about eight years ago, possessed of an estate approximating $10,000, OOO.the largest ever amassed In Toledo. He left three sons and hla daughter, besides hla widow. The exact amount of the estate was never made public. It was largely In real estate, and John B. Ketcham still holds many valuable pieces of property In that city. Only two years ago he disposed of a valuable tract of land to park commissioners for $100,000. He married a Miss Granger, who died a few years after. About this time he organized the Ketcham national bank, one of the soundest and most conservative financial Institutions In Toledo. Ills second wife was Nettle Poe, who was a mere school girl st the time of her marriage. She, like her husband, came of a good Toledo family, her father I. N. Poe, being an early settler In the city and a man of considerable wealth. The Ketchams occupied a splendid suite of rooms st the Boody house, Toledo, and In recent years were the leadens of s gay set Mr. Ketcham and his wife went to Chicago about two years multi-millionai- re mmJ i'Sft Their Marita, V c, "Deer Sir: Six months ago I bought a pair of your Patent Never-Rl- p Bloom, JOHN B. KETCHAM. ers. and slnee then I have felt like s ago and took quarters at the Lexingnew woman." ton, paying $1,000 a month for their rooms. NOTES OF THE VOGUE. tails Warm and becoming tints In serges, corkscrew, basket cloths and cheviots are shown in the ready made Eton and hussar suits The box coat, so long popular In heavy cloths and velours, is now In Its glory among the Persian lamb and sealskin confections Cloaks worn with dinner gowns are of heavy satin brocades In evening tints, lined with fur or satin. Some have at the neck handsome collaret Lai of marabout and ostrich feathers WORLD'S ATTRACTS BEATTENTION CAUSE OF ITS VICISSITUDES. I!tijr K luting to Her Itnnutnrs. The ma'Tiuge in Mouuuu'.h, III., recently o N. J. Killeen of Polo, Ogle county, HI., to Mrs. Ihriha FItzcr was ILe happy culmination of a romantic love affair. Two years ago the bride married FHztr against L :.r parents' wishes, and In a few months he deserted her. After waiting and watching in vain for his return Mrs. Flirt? gave him up for dead and married her present husband, but ere their honeymoon had ended liusb'..nd No. 1 appeared on the scene. Mr. Killeen then went away and a suit for a divorce was commenced against Fitzer. The present term of court legalized the separation. Tho lady for the second time has become the bride of Mr. Killeen, thus being three limes married and yet only 19 years old. Her Lora AfTerted Her Mind. A peculiar case of dementia has veloped Family Kkrl.tna In Coart. Jacob N, Gunst, a wealthy young man, president or the Gunst disinfect- -' ant company, of New York .has brought suit against his wife. Elisabeth II. Sheridan Gunst, for absolute divorce on statutory grounds. Mrs. Gunst Is a niece of the late Gen. Phil. Sheridan and Is well connected socially. Her brother is John 8heridan, manager of the New York and Brooklyn brewing company. The action is a sequel to a proceeding brought by Mrs Gunst against her husband In April, 1893. She rhr.rged him with cruelty aud Inhuman conduct and with the unwarrantable abduction of their two daughters. Florence, aged 7. and Henrietta, aged 5. At tho time Mr. Gunst made the allegation that his wife was addicted to drink and was therefore not the proper custodian of her children. After a Inquiry the children were sent to a Catholic Institution for proper Instruction and treatment It Is claimed by the defense that the raso la one of conspiracy. Mrs. Gunst's attorneys will attempt to prove that her husband ngaged a man to keep watch on her. that this man took a room In the tame house where she was stopping; that he WEATHER. TurAiiim. ami IJru light Ha Urea Lni Tliau tual Lurup. la Year. Urvurd. ('yi-loiir- L.iuu'urlal Iinrluiiiil lurluuate I; . tin li.it HE exceptional nt violence of ths tornado in Paris, analogous to, f ortunaiely, but, for less destructive than the fearful catastrophe at St. Louis In May, this year, attracts the re-ce- readers attention de- at Harmony, Ind., which is creating much excitement. Miss Jennie Frazer fell desperately In love with Arthur Walton, a Vandalla telegraph operator, a few months ago, and has permitted her infatuation to develop to auch an extent that It has affected her mind, and she Is suffering wltk the hallucination that a number of girls are trying to kidnap him, and she vows Bhe will kill him and any girl she finds In his company. Her actions became so suspicious last week that Walton caused, her arrest, and an Insanity Inquiry was held, but the board having the affair la charse disagreed as to the to extraordinary vicissitudes of the world's weather duping the last eighteen months, says tho St. James Cazette. It will be observed that storms of this locally violent character, entirely different from what are properly termed cyclones, generally occur at the close of a long period of drought such as we have lately experienced. It would almost seem, Indeed, as though nature, weary of one type, swung over to the opposite with the petulant violence of a spoilt child. The tornadoes which peppered the middle states of America this spring terminated A drought which affected a large portion of the same area so severely as to allow the bed of the Ohio river to be worked for coal, reduced the fall st Niagara and lowered the St. Lawrence to an unprecedented extent Extending the area of observation, we find ever since February, 1895, equally abnormal conditions prevalent over India, Australia and the Pacific and Indian oceans. FOr example, the southeast trade wind of the Indian ocean and Hs twin brother, the southwest monsoon of India, were very feeble last summer, the failure of the latter causing a drought nearly down to famine mark In some parts of India. Coincidentally with and following these conditions on the Australian side of the atmospheric wall bounding the southeast trades, on extraordinary prevalence of hot, dry northwest winds occurred right on to April, 1S96, throughout Australia and New Zealand, raising the temperature lif New South Wales to such a height that the government actually carried people free by rail from the Interior to the coast in order to save their lives. The temperature in Sydney ran up to auch record heights as 106 and 108 degrees, and even in New Zealand, except at ths extreme southern end, the famous hot northwesters of the Canterbury district dried up the crops, while the North Island, especially near Auckland, looked as though It had been toasted in front of some Titanic fire. In contrast, but evidently in correspondence with these abnormal features, the North Pacific was unusually stormy, Honolulu receiving quite an unusual supply of "Koua, or winter storms, while California, at the boundary of the oceanic area, came in for a similar excess of its curiously marked winter rains. Elsewhere drought seems to have been the rule. The "low Nile was recently a formidable obstacle to the Soudan expedition, and the violent resumption of rain over Its basin. In common with the similar change which now seems to be everywhere terminating this world land drought. Is cresting a fresh scourge by promoting the conditions favorable to the spread, of cholera. It is not easy to discover even the proximate causes for such a widespread anomaly, or to draw a practical moral; but a general survey would appear to show that the equatorial rain belt has been leu developed than usual, and that the atmosphere over the continents on either aide of It has been leu heaped up Into narrow belts of high pressure and more uniformly spread over large surfaces. Where this occurs in summers we have the conditions which are favorable to drought, merging subsequently when the lower air remains stationary, as it did over the United States In the spring, and gradually becomes charged with exceulve heat and humidity Into those favorable to the production of local storms and tornadoes. The storm at Paris waa due to auch conditions, and the result of stagnation, rather than an Increase in the ordinary movements of the atmosphere. When the circulation over the north hlgh-prcRsu- re ARTHUR WALTON, condition of her miml. She was re1 leased, but a watch Is being kept over her. He Itleil fur Love- Dillard Kaglaud of Texas, who was to have been married in Atlanta, Ga., to Miss Bessie Rosamond Gurley, daughter of Mrs. Julia A. Gurley, a wealthy widow of Dallas, Texas, committed suicide at his rooms In Washington the other day by asphyxiating with gas. Ragland went to the capital to enter government aervlce, but falling to get the promised place accepted a position as messenger in the treasury department He was 27 years of age and a native of Goliad, Texas, His father Is a wealthy professional man of that place. Finding that hs would not have sufficient money from bis salary as treasury messenger to go to Atlanta for the marriage, Mr. Ragland wrote to his father asking him to advance him a sum sufficient to meet' nuptial expenses. The father replied to his sons request, declining to let him have the money, and also seeking to discourage him from entering the marital state. This letter had a depressing effect upon the young mkn. Already his intended, one of the prettiest girls In Texas, had made elaborate preparations for the ceremony, and was in Atlanta awaiting the coming on Sunday of her affianced. He, on the other hand, had engaged handsome rooms and hoard In thla city for himself and bride. He tried to raise money among his acquaintances in the treasury department, but ff lied. Mr. Ragland became despondent. He realized that each hour brought the time nearer when he was supposed to meet his affianced at the altar. The thought maddened him, and suicide then suggested Itself as the only means jf escaping impending shame and hutdllia-tloAt night, after Joking with his companions, he retired to a small hall room, carefully plugged up all the crevices, turned on the gas anil went to bed. His lifeless body was discovered In the morning when he failed to answer the breakfast call. A pathetic feature of the case Is the fact that the same day a telegram came to the dead man from his father In Texas stating that the funds for his trip and for his marriage expenses had been placed to bis order in a local hank. Another (ilif Fare on . Ill Arm. Attorney C. W. Sparks of Cincinnati is preparing a novel exhibit for the diLouisa vorce court. He represents Kelch of Indianapolis, whose husband, Frank KeU-- of Addyston, has sued her for a divorce. Mrs. Kelch has filed an She says answer and she left her husband because of his fondness for one Clarissa George. Sparka will cause a rule to Issue for Kelch asking that the latter be compelled to appear before Judge Kumlcr and hare hie arm, upon which Mrs. Kelch says Is tattooed a good likeness of the woman in question In a sentimental attitude, and with her name Indelibly Inserted under the skin, amid a cluster of roses, hearts, cupIds and doves. cross-petitio- n. A 8L Louis negro swallowed a silver quarter last week and hla Ilfs Is In danger. 11s should send for Mark llannn, ;hr- can make him cough up the money If anybody can. 8treatv - (111.) Indcpe!V?nt Times. X RAYS AND BALDNESS. S n. TMtloMMijr Corduroy for Jackets and waists Is being made with very wide stripes, and la seen In attractive colorings. Golf capo are again to the fore. The newest pattern comes to the knees and Is lined with plaid cloth or silk. A handsome gown for a matron Is of dark blue moire poplin, with wide Insertions of white applique lace. It Is noticeable that almost every Imported reception or visiting costume has In It somewhere a trace of yellow. Among the rich capes recently seen at a fashionable furrier's were several wonderfully pretty designs in sable repeatedly invited her out to. dinner, that one day he met her on the street, took her t a cafe and then sent for her husband and his frienJs la an effort to coiuproinhie her. Atlantic lsnore than ordinarily vigorous the energy la expended In the larger horizontal movements, termed cyclones, which frequently embrace an area as large aa Russia. It la only when these motions are so reduced aa to allow the warm lower air to penetrate the upper layers in places, like water flowing through a sink, and like it to draw In the surrounding air In rapidly rotating whirls, that tornadoes are generated. Such conditions, though summon enough over a large land area like the United States, are, fortunately, rendered rare In Europe by virtue of Its latitude and geography; so that we need not conclude that the tornado epidemic will ever find a fa over here. vorable breeding-ground Whihi Mau Ha an I'niilraaant Ei Wi'liam Levy of Enu Claire, WIs., examinawho recently bad an y tion of his skull made by Prof. Frederick S. Jones, at the physical laboratory of tho Minnesota Stats University, had au experience in consequence not generally supposed to accompany that process, says the Baltimore American. JLevy was shot in the heal about ten years ago by an escaping bank defaulter. The bullet has been somewhere in his head ever since, and in July he made up his mind to have It located. Accordingly he came up and sat from 8 oclock in the morning till 10 at night for a Itoentgen-ra- y picture of his head. Tho bullet had passed into his skull Just above thd left ear, going toward the buck of the head. After taking a couple of negatives they finally found where the bullet waa located. The doctors wrapped bis head la wires, which were definitely located. A picture waq token through the skull from the front toward the bock of the head, the tube from which the rays radiated being, for this purpose, placed Inside hi mouth. The picture thus secured showed the bullet very distinctly to be lying at the Junction of two of the wires, which 'crossed right under the occipital bone. It indicated also that the bullet had struck the back of the ekull and turned forward again, for the point of the bullet, being further from the plate, showed dimmer on the negative. These exposures had taken up nearly the whole day, but the patient felt no bad effects at the time. He had been warned that the experiment might cause him the loss of his hair, hut that did not deter him from taking the risk. A very strong current, about 100,000 volta, had been passed through the tube In making the exposure. The next day Mr. Levy began to notice a peculiar effect on his skin wherever It had been most exposed to the rays and the hair on the right side of his head, which had been near the wire, began to fall out In a few days the right side of his head was perfectly bald, his right ear had swollen to twice Its natural size and presented the same appearance as If very badly frozen. Sores were visible on his head; his mouth and throat were blistered so that he could not eat solid food for three weeks and his lips were swollen, cracked and bleeding. In fact, the long exposure to the' while giving him no pain at the time, seemsd to have produced very similar effects to a very revere burn. Mr. Levy has recovered from the effects of his burns, but he still has half a bald head. He Is a plucky man, about thirty years of age, and Intends to have the Investigations carried further and the bullet removed. He has already written to Prof. Jones asking for another sitting. It is necessary now to have a negative showing how far below the surface the bullet is located before the doctors . cide whether the operation can be su'e--' ly performed. The "Leader of the Dbitrlet. Toward the polling-place- s come groups of strong, active, but rather seedy men, talking the polyglot s?ung of the school of the curbstone. One, better dressed, cleaner shaved, strides briskly around the corner, and Is Instantly attended to. He shakes hands with everybody, calling each by his Christian name or a part of It, for time la precious this morning. Now and then he throws his arm about the neck of a henchman, and whispers a sentence or two in his ear, whereupon the recipient of the favor hurries away. This nabob Is the leader of the district on one side, or perhaps an alderman, or maybe even a candidate, and these others are his workers," who share his chances, hopeful of recognition If he succeeds, falling which they wyi desert to the opposition and possibly squeal, or betray damaging secrets against him. He is now making a round of the polls in his district to be sure that his representatives are on duty near by, and are properly distributing his pasters to every one who can be induced to take and use them. The use of pasters, by the way, Is abrogated undeif the new ballot law. "Election Day in New York," by Ernest Ingersoll, in the November Cen. tury. The Laugh Care. a woman In Milpitas, Cal., of several crushing sorhas a novel cure for deindigestion, Insomnia and kindred Ills. It Is uupatented. She determined one day to throw off the gloom which was making Ilfs a burden In and about her and establish a rule that she should laugh three times a day, whether occasion presented or not. She trained herself to laugh heartily at the least provocation, and, without one, would retire to her room and make merry by herself. Now she Is in excellent health and buoyant spirits and her home has become a sunny and delightful abode. Husband, children, neighbors and friends were gradually lnferted with mirth every day, and now all of them are healthy, happy and wise. There Is the victim rows, who spondency, Over the Turtle Soap. Mumson It is odd that all the fast set should be so fond of such a alow animal aa the turtle." Jumpson "Not slow In our case, my boy. He is the first to get here." Ex change. ThimshtlmanrM. Thoughtlessness Is st a discount In this practical workaday world. An employer once asked a clerk why he failed to take advantage of an opportunity to make a good sale. "I didn't That Is Kumptunu. think, sir! was the' reply. Well j "Sumptuous performance? no excuse," very justly rejoined the merchant; "you are paid to think. guess. You remember the scene where Perhaps half the failures to achieve the villain discovers that he doesn't success In life come of thoughtless- cut any ice?" "Yes, perfectly." ness. Brains were created not for or"Well, they use real Ice there." nament, but for use. The man who "I want to know. Detroit Tribunal Uriahs wine the race. i 1 |
