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Show ME SEMI-WEEKL- K. T. NATION. Y BIOS, FiMIfkWi TO BE GORGEOUS AFFAIR UTAH LOGAN. Avoid Tiin. vi., COMING DURBAR AT DELHI METHODIST LAYMEN CHOOSE JUDGE HORTON FOR. HEAD Set c&rx Accession of King Edward as Emperor of India Will Be Made Occasion for Impressive Gathering of the Native Princes. L 9. Queen Draga must have dropped a letter off the end of her name. The trouble with the air ehlp la that apt to be out of ita element Puck. (Special Correspondence.) Describing the splendors of the Durbar to be held In the city of Delhi fittingly to celebrate the accession of King Edward as Emperor of India, a correspondent writes: It is early dawn upon the Ridge. Like Aladdins magic palace, a city of pavilions, white and blue and scarlet, has arisen upon Its luxuriant green, as in a single night. Beneath it, toward the rising sun, still slumbers the Imperial City. A thin, white mist glimmers like a mystic light above its golden cupolas and marble minarets. Then In the center of the veil there comes to being a luminous disc, pink and orange, fringed with rays of blue and violet. A moment later the veil has vanished in the air, and like a radiant god the golden sun sits enthroned upon imperial Delhi, embracing the earth In 10,000 arms. Allah Allah ilia! An eastern voice floats In the stillness of the morn from the topmost minaret of the Jumma Musjld, awakening the city from its slumber. "Boom!" answers the Ridge In the deep voice of the west. "Boom!" Ard ten seconds later another. A hundred end one gunB herald the day from Aladdin's magic city. It Is the snpremest day in the annals of the Indian Empire. For it is to witness an event that combines in itself the coronation and the proclamation of the first emperor of a mighty country. Thus a vast throng will fill imperial Delhi on that supreme day. A hundred elephants will be arrayed in cloth of gold, and upon each a silver howdah, incrusted with gems of a thousand hues. A gorgeous cavalcade comes behind them warriors upon champing steeds. Each is armed with sword and lance and battle-axe- , with tiger claw daggers In hla belt. Upon the ateeds are trappings of gold and silver, and upon their heads plumes of bright-huefeathers. Along the cavalcade the eye catches the glint of gold and silver, even upon tbe visor and hefdpiece, and of gems upon the sword hilt. For, indeed, to this day India still remains the land where the "Arabian Nights were once begotten. A vast multitude on foot comes In its wake, radiant in many colors. Grave-faceSikhs and grinning Gurkhas; stalwart Jata, and little wiry Maharattas; mild, Bengali pundita. and fierce, Pathans all come forth to participate in the glory of their Emperor. But all eyea are turned to the dale. Above it there floats a crimson canopy of Dacca's loveliest brocade, embroidered in gold and silver with the rose, the thistle, the shamrock and the of India fit symbol of the union of England and India, of which thia very Durbar Is the noblest emblem and the truest credential. Suddenly the heavy curtains behind It U ao Inn't there some man In Belgium who can give King Leopold a awlft kick? able-bodie- d Strike out obey" from the marriage ceremony. Thia la the age of revolt, not obedience. Trouble in Macedonia has assumed almoat the proportiona of a South American revolution. Will Wall street never learn that it cannot safely do $1,000,000 in buai-nea- a on $10 capital? Boxing contests are prohibited In Kentucky. They want the real gouge-eyarticle down there. e the tropics there la no monopoly the necessaries of life. That ia the situation in a cocoanut shell. In "Il-Iall- in Ping-pon- g punch has made ita Judge Oliver piesluort of lln ap- pearance in New York. It la reported to be fully as bad as ita name. Apparently Venezuela does not wish to have the rest of the world know just how serious the situation is. According to the ruling of a court Justice It costa a dollar in Missouri for a man to whip hla wife If he can. H. Ilortc fy clod ation flymen's . connected with the Itock Itiver conf'-rcnee of tne Methodist church, has lieen on the circuit, bopri of Cook coin ty, Blinds, since 1SS7, ard for the past four years l as occupied a scat on the appe'uif lc:,ch. lie I. cyan his official career as rmpniaiiou mmss'-of Chicago, under Mayor Kotlie, and I : ; : l RICH j though a Republican in politics has been the candidate of both parties in the three eleciions with wnic'a he nas Been honored. Judge Horton is an alumnus of the Union School ol I aw,, member of a number of social orgarizatlors, and i3 deeply interested in mission and other works of thf Methodist chinch. The selection has met with general approval. TROUBLE. Father of Steel Magnate. John Schwab, the father of Charles Col. Edward Butler la Accused of At- M. Schwab, is the nabob of Loretto, a Evidently there is money back of little Pennsylvania village on the crest tempted Jury Bribing. the defense of William Hooper Young, Col. Edward Butler, the politician of the Alleghany mountains. He is for hia attorney believes him Innocent and millionaire of St. Louis, on trial the. richest resident, its only retired merchant. Several years before his If you are tempted to refer to any son had managed to creep very far one as a peach" these days well, the ladder in Braddock, Schwab, up don't do It. Remember, peaches ars means of a livery business and a by cheap. MISSOURIAN IN farm, got together a comfortable sum for use In his declining years. He is now 65 years old, but his six feet of spare body remains as straight as an arrow, and not a gray hair shows in his black hair and beard. The mother la the opposite of her husband. She is typically German. Her figure Is short and stoi her face round and full, and hor complexion and hair fair.' She Is exceedingly affable. The villagers say that "Charlie takes after his mother In everything except his nose." whch is prominent, like his There ia something about the name of Capt. Sverdrup, the Swedish explorer, that is suggestive of a game of old sledge. South Africa will he compelled to pay $500,000,000 as ita share of the coat of feeding the British army on Jam and jelly. ic is probable that the duchesa of Marlborough would trade her title for the honor of being a plain American girl once more. father's." finding It difficult to obtain What happiness the average must be enjoying. work. Cuban Mr. Hanna says he haa been Informed that "stand pat" ia a phrase used In poker. Mr. Hanna has been correctly Informed. It may interest Explorer Baldwin's Mr. Zelgler, to learn that "angel, the Duke of Abruzzl is an Inveterate smoker of cigarettes. A New York paper says that trusts are as old as man. It will be remembered that the serpent in paradise organized a trust iu apples. Pietro Mascagni and General Booth came over in the same steamer. Perhaps Pietro has agreed to raise the level of Salvationist music. If new nicknames should be given the various states now, it Is a foregone conclusion that New Jersey would be known as the Great Trust State. England 1b disposed to admire America's public school system. Every now and then England discovers something worthy of attention iu this country. If New York had not spent so much money on monkey parties over at Newport last summer it would have more dollars now with which to transact business. Prof. Robert Hill, a acieatiat, having inspected Mont Pelee, is going on to Texas. As between Pelee and Texas. the professor seems disposed to jump out of the frying pan into the Col. Butler. It la reported that the Trlnceton geological expedition to Montana found there, among other fossil remains, a dinosaurus with a tail fourteen feet long. This is indeed a remarkable story. While picking a pocket horse chestnut to ward off rheumatism, Frederick Blabaum. a Pennsylvania farmer, fell from a tree, fracturing his right log anil left ann. Presumably he hasn't felt the rheumatism since. Smith Will Serve on the Isand Commission. Gen. James F. Smith or California, who has been appointed a member of the Philippine commission to succeed Bernard Moses, who is to retire Jan. 1, Is at present associate justice of secured contracts for shoeing the street railway horses in the old days, and by easy steps became the representative of the railways before the municipal assembly and the legislature. His son. James J., represented the first district in Congress for two terms. Colonel Butler lias never held public office. mail-cla- d d Court of Jam! Musjid. na bank, to the heart of the Imperial city the echo swells like a mighty avalanche. Boom! The roar of a thousand cannon responds to the salute. Forty thousand rifles crash together in a Through the crash and the roar there arises the mingled harmony o: martial music. Ten thousand voices in the amphitheater catch up the anthem. Ten thousand glittering sword. leap In tbe air. Ten thousand But a solitary 'figure stands before the imperial throne. He holds In his hand a crimson banner, upon which is embroidered in gold the sun in splendor. It is the of India's Emperor. To him a stalwart form, ail ablaze in gems from brow to heel, steps out from before the dais. Who is he? The Hlndua Sooraj! The doyen of India's royalty. The lineal descendant of the divine Rama. The heir of a hundred kings, whose noble forefathers had scorned the alliance of the Moghul emperors, saying that they were "low caste upstarts. It is he they call In England Mahar-anof Udaipur. But now, in token of fealty, he faces the imperial throne and presents the ) hilt of hla sword to the who touches it lightly with his right hand in the name of bis august master. Then, amid the hushed silence is heard the message of the Emperor to his vassal: In the name and on behalf of his majesty the Emperor, present your highness with this banner, on which : k2 . are blazoned the nohle traditions of your dynasty. May It never he unfurled Bave to remind your highness or the close union between the throne of England and your highness' loyal and ancient house. Then the rulers of India file past the imperial throne the Chohnn. the Rah-tothe Maharatta, the Sikh, the Hindu. the Moslem. All men. save one the Xawab Sultan Jahan, u woman that has a man's name! She Is the Begum of Bhopal, the sole princess of Arch and Iron Column. India in her own right. (Delhi.) And. now. after yet another trumpet the dais are parted, and a tall figure in blue and scarlet emerges therefrom; call, the Hindus Sooraj replies to the message of hia Kieprror on behalf ef raising a silver trumpet to hla lips, he all hia brethren: sends forth a loud blast to the west, Padishah! from the west the answer comes, for The princes of suddenly another trumpeter has ap- India bless and you. that your pray across the amphitheater. Then peared another from the north, and another sovereignty and power may remain steadfast rnr ever. God bleR the Emfrom the south. While yet the echoes are mingling peror!" Then lo.nun voices within, and the air the curtains behind tint without, take up that cry. The throne are flung asunder, revealing two rows of stalwart men In white anil roar of eannon and the rattle of muscrimson that hold their swords aloft ketry respond through the lengthening to form an arch. From beneath it echoes. there steps forth the vice regent of InTraffic or Ohio River. dia's emperor, arrayed in the full inAbout 16.ohn.ooii tons or freight ars signia of the Sic of India. carried on the Ohio river, annually A long diiiv from a solitary which a length of l.oon miles from has trumpet- a till i me lied silence falls Pittsburg to Cairn. d feu-de-jol- e. clean-shave- n black-bearde- d vice-rege- a vice-regen- WOMAN FILLS STATE OFFICE. Miss J. N. Bishop, First of Her Sex on Public Board in Alabama. Miss J. XichoIei:e Bishop, who was recently appointed a member of the state examining board of school teachers to fill a vacancy, is the first woman to fill a state office in Ala- t, 1 bama. Her appointment caused as much surprise as gratification. It is known that State Superintendent GunGen. James F. Smith. nels is favorably disposed toward the the supreme court of the Philippine idea of promoting women to county Islands. He was formerly collector of superintendents and a departure in customs for the islands. In which position he showed marked ability. Be. fore the war Gen. Smith was a lawyer of San Francisco, and under Cleveland's administration was deputy collector of the port of San Francisco, lie is a prominent Roman Catholic layman and accompanied Gov. Tart to the Vatican. Temperance Experiment the little town of Thorley, England. the duke of Bedford has estah lished a model public house. It la a large, airy, attractive building, a reguIn lar workingman's club. Beer is not pro.iibited. but only a very good quality ia sold. Instead of being leased it is put in the hands of a manager at a fixed salary with commissions. He receives a handsome commission on everything he sells except beer; so that it is to Miss J. N. Bishop. his interest to induce his customers that line may lie expected now that when they require stimulants to take the ire has been broken in tbe state food and mineral wa'crs Instead ot cer-tai- office. white-tuBke- Ijo-tu- s a? op, fire. Ak-ba- r! big-bone- General at Columbia. Mo., for attempted Jury bribing, has been a conspicuous figure In the affairs of St. Louis for a generation. He began life aa a blacksmith in a small way, added shop after Kaisar-i-Hlnd- d TO DEAL WITH PHILIPPINES. It la reported that the Cubans are upon the assembled boat. The solitary figure of the chief herald stands before the dais, facing the amphitheater. What words of omen are those he In your prosperity reads? will be our mightiest strength, in your contentment our deepest security. In your happiness our highest reward. With the last lingering word a stillness comes over that vaet multitude. Suddenly the spell is broken.. Mai! Jal! Kalsar-i-llinl- ! shouts a brazen throat from the tepmost gallery. Four score voices Edward ke jai! take up the cry from tier to tier. What Jai! Jai! To whom da cry Is thia they give that salute that may be given but to gods? ! Jai! Jai! It is the roar of 300.000 men from pit to gallery, from gallery to the Ridge. All along the plains, the Jum-- beer. n r, "Shah-in-sha- 1 h r! 3WI.-fo- il 1 - |