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Show . - away rapidly, while pursuing vessels BIG COEN CARNIVAL. overtook and demolished the wrack. Tills dreem always comforted him. When Mr. Lincoln would be called ONCE A YEAR ATCHISON, KAS-- , INTUITION OF THE GREAT to task by his friends for kls belief LETS ITSELF LOOSE. WAR PRESIDENT. in dreamt be would Invariably quote the Bible for bis authority. After bis Prass CmM 1M Be Mml to P Amy Act most Iks Tips of Tkstr Feet te the important dreem b said: l'm tk Prefer Time Caato He "la the morning when 1 took up my Top of Tkelr HeaAe Beeettfel lketle, kt misery Oewae Slade el Cora tka Fa tare Faf Akat Tkiaafk Bible the first chapter 1 opened at was B the twenty-eight- h Harks. Ike Vail at lataitioa. of Genesis, relating Jacobs wonderful dream. I looked : It surprises no on that dreamer through the Bible and everywhere I (Special Letter.) EOPLE who can and poet, pf eve philosophers, should seemed to find tbe same lesson.' Sixteen chapters In the Old Testament bo Influenced b y dreamt and present!-men160,000.0;0 raise bushels of corn In but a ben men of practical and four or five in tbe New Testaa season have a minds, who are capable of directing tbe ment that reveal God's meaning In d res ms." r gbt affair of a nation, aucb men aa Abrato throw His former partner, Mr. Lamon, ham Lincoln and Napoleon I , give 1,1 tome of tt away If heed to tbe aTgna of superstition, lett- M.n they want to. That The more Intense the light which ts what tbe people er men wonder and speculate and advance theories of their own to account Is poured on what may be Mr. of Atchison, Kaa., weakest point the greater and for tba phenomena. do once a year, and grander will his character appear." tbe occasion upon The Booa partes always were which it is thus especially the mother of NaOUANANICHE FISHING. poleon. She always had a preaenti-- . Uvlsbly squandered ts the Atchison corn carnival, one of the greatest of ment that the rise and fall of her fw-H- y Fetes tram ike Sparttag Clefcs Where fetes of the kind to be seen In the would occur in tba same century, .the Aegtere (lather. and merry west. that tha glory which waa prophesied Fly fishing is on now at the sporting great a for them would be followed by dlsas-U- r. clubs and a Usts It During on Long Island and at other that time day Corn lanight And the prediction wan verified. supreme. He King the places throughout state. At the - She died la her eighiy-eevent- h year, South Side 8partamen'a Club, at Oak- reigns undisputed in all parte of.the He fills tbe streets with prohaving lived long enough to nee the dale, tbs trout are lustier and more elty. cars downfall of all her children. combative than In some seasons, and cessions of wagons and triumphal made and decorated with corn. HU Napoleon I. always feared December there Is every prospect that more flh S as aa unlucky day, and It la related costumes will be landed than In 1896, when 16,- -' subjects wslk and dance in made of huske pretty costumes, too, of him that before every Important OOP were trout, weighing 6,600 pounds, car drawn by battle he would throw dice to ascer-tai- n caught. The same story of good and he himself rides in a corn decorated horses. Corn, In fact if be were to lose or win.- - The catches is from the trout reported red men" hora he alwaya aaw gost other parte of .Long Island. U everywhere,see.and tbe Jubilation Is wonderful to ing te battle with htm wae a delusion There are so many fish tn the ponds Northeastern Kansas, in the vicinity . that caused him much Buffering. and brooks that, since the rations of of Atchison, Is the greatest co.n region Among frowned heads, Louis XL of chopped Uver have been stopped, they of tbe west France was one of the firmest believ- will rise to lur offered, from a A few of the best things of last auers la superstition. He It wes who cslmon fly to any n red rag. and. fly flnhlng carnival are shown In the Iltumn's had aa unfortunate astrologer brought 1 tot the art it should be. Whoever lustrations. Next to The decoration before him who told him that a beau- tries for trout In the open waters thak of the town, th chier event ts tha tiful woman, a friend of the king's, tin are left on pro- Long however, in which all the leading com would die soon. A few days later the wlll flnd lt takes nil Island, cession, that one knows mbclal take part tromaa died, and Louis, enrsgsd nt the about fly They casting and fly tying to bring coniiltnict companies and dls-tfloats," expensive -- Vertflcatlnu of the prediction, sent for a fair to the net. Jo string landing the astrologer, and when he was these wattrs procession on- - Urge the fish art few and very pUy them in decorated horses. by before wagons,drawn courhim brought ordered his wary. Unless the fly fisherman la A remarkable "float" was contributed tiers to throw him Cut of a window of agalnat many disappointment! proof and the palace, before the order waa trials bt will be tempted to bait wl'h by the Atchison Saddlery company to last year's procession. It was. mads he asked tbe astrologer with worm, tbe way tbe obeyed boys do. tn tha form of a sneer If he could tell him (the king) At th Tusedo Club country spear of corn, and contha trout fishing the hour of his own death. Is np to the mark, hut tbs ouananlrko tained 86 bushsU, being 80 feet long as"Sire," replied tbe quick-witte- d art not taking the fly as quickly as and six feet high, pad weighed 8,000 trologer, bowing low, "I shall have the they did last season. The Tuxedo pounds. Hollow Inside, tt gave an honor of dying just three days before hatcheries are equal to any in the opportunity for tbe presence of bright your majesty." country, and the clubs waters always faced children, who peeped through Not 'only, did the astrologer save his teem with trout From the day when little windows In the eldest The parade la, ef course, headed by life then, but he was treated with tbe they are turned out as flngerllngs, the greatest care that his valuable life trout have to forage for themselves, a band. Then comes a corpa pf bicand they are game from gills to tail. ycler, all rigged In corn costumes, and might be Indefinitely prolonged. Like Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln al- The stint to each members basket on thee riders are followed by the handwaya believed he was a man of dee-tin- the brooks Is fifty or on the lakes somely decorated carriages, tally-h- o He thought he would rise to twenty-livfor here the fish run lar- coaches, buggies, phaetons, traps, sun omo lofty station In life, but that he ger, and any aklllful angler may get hie reya and carts all ef which are enwould have a sudden fail He was quota In a couple of hours. The first tered In competition for a prise. They are decorated with flowers, mads of pleased, yet alarmed, at what he look- ouananlche, the genuine "land-locke- d ed upon as a rent la the veil which salmon, were obtnlned from the United tissue paper and corn husk, thousands kldee the future from mortal sight, for States hatchery in Maine tome five being used on each vehlclei the entire tbe vision he saw was one of glory and years ago, but they have since been buggy top, box, running gear, and hatched out at Tuxedo from the spawn everything being covered with cloth of blood. ' of tbs first specimens The deep pools th color of the flower, while th harLincoln's friends never willingly-allowe-d htm to dwell on hie faith In oc- of the Urge Uke at Tuxedo have af- ness on the horses le wrapped In bunting and ribbons of the same, and the cult Influences, and not until the dark forded to the ouananlche the cool covered bridles To with flowers. ahadow be anticipated bad fallen did they require to thrive la the no idea of tbe beauty of the flower they see a strange fatality In his re- hot eummer of this Utltude, which va- give tt curring visions The one that most ries so greatly from their native habit. parade, and the work It necessitated, be 4,000 mentioned chrysanthat may him impressed happened In Springfield aU In Maine and Canada, and they have In 1860. He was lying on a lounge In grown to great also and strength, some- themums were used on on buggy; his own chamber, when, glancing Into times touching the five and six pound 7,000 red rosea and 600 white roses n mirror that hung near, ha aaw a mark. Tkia year the ouananlche have were used on one float; 8,600 rosea on double Image of himself reflected the clubmen gueestgg. The Uke ever one buggy; 1,650 on another; 1,400 on another; and 45,000 violets there. At that time Lincoln the deep pools seem to be allvs with popples was la the full glow of health them, tor, as the anglers whip the wa- on another. and hope, but tn the mirror ters with their casts, glimpses of . Th principal point on which the U Mid ! the decoration of the face showed a mortal pale- gUamlng bodies and of dorsal or cau- most stressand th it U made very beautl-tu- L town, ness. Agala and again he tried the dal fins may be seen on every side, as Th stores use hundred! of ears experiment, and always with the same tbe salmon rush to and fro to feed on of eora la making odd designs that ghastly mutt. Afterward he tried it tb Insect life, but the artificial lines will attract the y, attention of the la the executive mansion, hut there It are Ignored. It makes no difference and there are on the sidewalks failed. what filet are used, from Jock Scott creaturetmsde out of the He did not attach eo much importto coachman, for, when a fish has oc- strange seam Impossible to the nothat grain ance to' this vision or illusion until casionally deigned to rise. It has been vice. The young ladies make out of 1864, on the day of his renomination nt at a different pattern each time. Durhusks the most bewitching bonBaltimore. On that day Lincoln waa ing th cold spell last week, which tbs and capes, and wear theul through nets at the war department In telegraphic with the high wind, temporarily clearthe day, and the young men even get communication with General Grant, ed th Uke of the hovering InaecU and that rival those of who waa at Richmond, A telegram files, the ouananlche went at the hook np jaeketasaxand bat for Ingenuity and attracthe fair arrived at tbe White House informing in spirited style. The Tuxedo mea Even the horses are decorLincoln of his renomlnatlon as presi- hope that they will no longer have to tiveness. on and think that the ated, dent, but though he went home for a lie awake o night thinking out new town was all In might th con business, so did lunch he not hasty stop to read the files to try for tbe ouananlche in th generally la the place given up to the telegram. On returning to the war morning. . feqtlvaL department, dispatch was banded to The king of the carnival rides In TOO PRECIPITATE. him telling him of the nomination of state behind four horses with headAndrew Johnson for tbe Teetli ttk a Dlro foe Notariat? 01 dresses of corn kusks, and alts high on Mr. Lincoln was surprised, and said: "I thought It was customary Young Whlrlems a schemer and alto nominate the president first." waya awake to opportunities for doing On being told of the first telegram himself a good turn. When he served he said, mournfully recalling the im- notice a tew weeks ago that h had age in ihe mirror: decided toAnllst, .and in css pf war "I'll never live through my second serve aa an or in the term. That belongs to Johnson at bavy there wasartilleryman widespread consternaleast the best part of it." tion. aays the Detroit Free Frees. HU Shortly befors his assassination Lin-- " family think that the hopes of the fucola had, a strings dream, which he ture, so far ns this country U conrelated to hie wife and Mr. Lamon, cerned, rest largely with him. He la a his former law partner. octal lion and tbs consternation exI retired late, for I had waited up tended among eligible daughters and for Important dispatches, and 1 soon managing mothers. That waa Just what fell into a light slumber. J dreamed Whirlem had anticipated. It wae what there wae a deathlike stillness about he pUyed tor. Nothing could be nicer me, but still I could bear the subdued than to have the folks st horns trying sobs of a number of people. I left my to mnka everything ts pleasant aa posYOUNG WOMAN AND MAN IN CORN room, went all through the bouse In sible for him while all the glrU of hi . f my drehm. everywhere the same weep- acqualnUnce were deploring the im- A flowered seatDRESS., under n dlae of got- -, ing and walling, but 1 could see no- minence of fat that might Uke him geous color. body. Finally I went Into the east from them forever. He was right In One man who went to tbe carnival room, and there I aaw a coffin with clover and making hay while the aun last year said he began to realise whst J mu y soldiers aa guard. shone. But Whirlem U not th fellow A "carnival" meant when he was lo '"'Who ts dead In the White House?" to mak stxlsemove. though he will miles out of the city. Corn was thrown j . I asked. bluff to the limit He went to the old through the doors and window of tbe 'Why, don't you know said one family physician for a careful physitrains, and from that time on it waa of the soldiers. Th president has been cal examination and was infuruedThat corn, corn, corn, everywhere. In Aassassinated. Then a loud burst of his condition did not meet with the tchison, everything In the shape of eora grief came from the crowd, and with requirements of the service. Th doc- was prominent. Old "darkles" told v , tor did tkl with the hop of having corn stalk cans, colored "mammies" that I awoke." Mrs. Lincoln remembered the dream Whirlem forego hU purpose. But the peddled shell eora. The buildings were on the fatal night of his death, and result was Just the opposite, tor if he cplendldly decorated In every Imagincried out:, , , would hot be accepted there jrould be able way wtth corn stalks, corn ti . , , "Hie dream waa prophetic?" glory with safety in offering himself. corn leave, shelled corn, ear eoV , Lincoln had one fortunate dream, He did. He almost fainted when Inpopped corn, colored corn, and there which he often dreamed, and which formed that he had passed aa admirmight have been placet where m be said waa always welcome, as It In- able examination,- - Now he would give juice was found. Everybody. d women, and children, old and young' variably, preceded a great union vic- all klnda of money If he had not In his desire to counterfeit a white, yellow, and black, celebrated" tory. He said be dreamed it before tbe battle of Antletam qnd again be- real hero. by throwing abetted corn In each other's faces, rubbing It down their neck fore that of Gettyeburg and several Proofreaders are practical type. whether friends or strangers, made so other engagement. Ht dreamtd that difference, one bad to be good natured ks taw a badly damaged ship sailing rightera. LINCOLN SAW-I- T. ALL. ut u, Lincoln's a, super-aUtlou- - pre-erv- es gZ ME. JUSTICE MOST POPULAR MEMBER THE SUPREME COURT. h Oplaloao Han, Tknk fas A war Xa variably Large.-- . with Plaaaod ' Hi tha Ha OF Always CoUaogo, Taenia at , HOSE salient fea- tures which nre regarded as essential In placing th record of a man before the public eye can be briefly presented fn the case of Justice Henry B. Brown, of the United States supreme He was bench. VN u, boiu at wua, March 8, 1836, received his preparatory education in the lights. (Special Letter. Shortly before sunset the orthodox Jewish housewife ushers la the Sabbath by the kindling of its particular With bands held over the canlights dles and closed eyes aha pronounces the benediction, Blessed art Thou, O Lord, wbo hast commanded us to kinThis dle tbe light Of the StGbsth. ceremony brings to a close the Additional toll which the preparation for tbe Sabbath entails upoq tbs tealoua mistress of a household, and Inaugurates tbe dsjr of rest. The lighting ef the Babbath Is distinguished from most deJewish ritual tn tbs faet that volves upon the woman. The duty la applauded by the husband on hla ro- - it e, sHERINO IN THE SABBATH. . turn home by the reciting of tpna-ag- e from the book of Proverbs' on tbe virtues of the Industrious worn. four-flushe- MR. JUSTICE BROWN. RIGHT EDITOR. Kimm re-tre- au e-- pock-etboo- k, CHINESE BOYS. Ih y. y. ed Th.y Will Lears Amertess Basis at Boa Methods for "There are several hundred Chinamen In and around Pittsburg," said Mr. C. 8. Fowler of that Pennsylvania city, -- - w schools of hie own town, entered Yale, graduating with tb class of 1856,apent a year abroad in travel and th study of th languages, returned to take a degree In the Harvard law department, and in 1859 went jo Detroit For two year! he wag tn the office of AVnlkert ft Russell, when, April, 1861, ha waa appointed "deputy United States marshal and assistant district attorney.' But in these chronological details there Is conveyed but a vague idea of Justice Browns admirable personality and rare attainments. Fores of character pd marked ability are plainly Indicated, for without them he could not have advanced so steadily and with such rapidity to the crowning triumph of his professional career, but of that Inone. dividuality which distinguishes successful man from another, little le to be gathered. His' character beard the Impress of fortunate antecedents SCHOOL FOR he pits-ere-b- CARVINO IN LEATHER. Art, Which Aay Os wltl Artlsri But Cm Fellow. , art has come te Another brand-neJlght carving In leather. It Is an art so new that New York hat not recognised it yet and even tbe studio specialists, who are always looking about for something vnique, have not It to any marked degree, eaya There are the New York Herald. tome shops where the product is sold, but It is so little known that no very great favor has yet attached Itself to the really charming designs and useful articles that come in this form of workmanship. I saw a handsome belt and purs attached, which was done In wild roes and their leaves, having all the fine finish and gracefulness of the most eleThere were budi gant embroidery. and thorn and the trailing design ran in soft curves all around the belt and waa enlarged and doubled In the which hung from a strap at the waist line. Cinch" buckle were used with this, to girt It up. Tools nre made especially to nee with this new art sharp pointed, Tong ones and duller short ones, with broad blades, to mark the sweeping lines In the design.''" The center, holes of a flower, representing, for instance, stamens and pistils, are mad with a tool very like an awl. Any one with n hint of artistic sense can make these charming things np for himself. There are card esses, purses, portfolios, belts, chatelaine bags, even sofa cushions. In this new work and they nre all made in a soft yellow leather, with a smooth finish, so hard that the strokes of the blades and points used are Immediately apparent in flower or other design. Bnri-X-n the better they were liked. By night the streets and sidewalks were covered a tneb deep with com, most of It ground into meal under the crunching keels of tbe people. Tbe bands, eight of ths. plTd the official tun of the A Hot Tim hi th Old carnival. Town," people sang It, whittled It, sad tootid It on thousands ef tin horns Many women, old and young, weal dresses, bats, neckties, and even ahoes of corn, corn huske, and tassels. Mr. H. I Cusack recently sent n hat trimmed enirely with corn and husks o ill, am McKinley, wife of the Mrs. The bonnet can scarcely president be distinguished from a Paris pattern. It vas toted the most unique and dainty production, of the carnival. The Corn Doll" Is in evidence throughout the carnival, with dress and hat of corn busks and dainty parasol In her right baud. Thousands purchase her during tbe fete, and keep her aa a souvenir of this unique festivity. kindling sabbath BROWN. Utter HuiH TronktMOme Mortgage. OR - His father was a successful manufacturer of great good judgment and sound practical views. .His mother was a cultured gentlewoman, gifted by nature and highly educated. In the son these distinguishing traits of the No parents are happily combined. man could have been better equipped for the career upon which he entered. Because of this he was an ideal college man. holding an enviable place In the esteem and n foremost position In ths generous competition of the claas which graduated Chauncey M. Depew, David J. Brower and other men who have attained an international promln S - ...When the advertising agent of one of the "greatest shows on earth" visited a town la Kansas last summer he catted upon the editer of a local paper and Inquired the cost Of a double column display advertisement In the next two Issue. "Two hundred and eighty Jollara, was the reply, without n second's hesitation. "Great Scott! . Are you craxyT cried the agent "What will. you charge as for a full page?" Two hundred and eighty dollars. Just the same. "But how do you figure It?" expostulated the circus man. "Haven't you any settled rate (or speoe "See here, mister," advertising? earnestly remarked the editor, "I don't pay say attention to space In thle deal, hut 1 do know JUst what an advertisement in this paper will cost you. You can have a column or a page or tbe whole blamed paper. Just as you 11V. Theres a mortgage for $280 on this blamed shop and your circus has got to help me out with it If It docent I'm a goner; thats all. You may move right ia her and run the whole shoot-ln- g match for a couple of weeks to suit yourself, but weve got to ante np 8280 before next Saturday night Now, then, are you a friendly Indian or art you a hostile?" All the "dates" and extra potters used last season by that show throughout ths west were printed In a little newspaper office in Kansas. The paper ia still Issued regularly, and its editor shows every evidence that he Is at peace with all the world and Is prospering. Pennsylvania Grit sue. , A FMtal of-th- It is needles to say that Justice - A CUBAN PATRIOT. - Brown is a profound lawyer, because he brought to the study and pursuit Gen. Emilio Nunes, tbe Cuban paof his profession the broad nad comnnd soldier, bae long been a prehensive grasp denoted In his char- triot thorn in the side of the Spanish. He acter, th advantages of n liberal been most active during tbe presuntiring snsrgy and a magnetic baa nature. In these qualities and ac- ent insurrection as tbe officer In charge of expeditions to the Island from this quirements, augmented by experience, Tbe generals his fitnsM for ths successive judicial country. title was commander of tbe departpositions which be has fitted la even more exceptional He la learnedMn ment of expeditions of the republic of all th multiform science of his pro- Cuba. Mora plainly put, be waa the man wbo in the early days of-t- h refession, and In matters of maritime law hla decisions have long been .held bellion fed the Insurgents with arms a authority. In social life tbe justice and munitions by means of ths irave filibuster ships Uke the-Thlittle la genial, polished and adaptable, en Friends and the Bermuda, which free from that eruditlrely showing of tion which eo often serves to conceal baffled tbe Spanish and landed their tores on Cuban soil in spite of all pro- the defects of men in high positions. He has mental and moral courage of the highest order, ang nothing can deflect him from th course which he regards aa right He 1 a Democrat in- - politics, first throwing bis Influence to that party tn the campaign of '96. high-soundi- ree so-call- one-hor- A letter to a Washington Post man, "and they are going to Inaugurate a plan by which a number of young Chinese lads will be brought over to America and given an education, embracing mastery of the English language and Yankee ways of doing business. "The proposition Is to establish a school for that purpose and there is hardly a doubt that the enterprise will be carried out A Chinaman who has a young brother at home will be glad to defray the boy's expenses to the United States, and hie schooling while here, to that he may go back and as- sums a position of Influence la bis native land by reason of hla mastery of modern business methods. Tbe Chinese are enthusiastic on tbe subject and many of them have announced a willingness to subscribe money. "It will b a good thing not only for tbe celestials, but for tbe United States, for since there le going to be sharp competition for the trade of tbe east, tt will be a good Idea to have dealings, with Americanised Chinamen. . Germany has been for a long time nt work encouraging the coming of Chinee fatherland, youth to tbe schools of tbe e tot comfor she wants a share As a consemerce of the empire. quence, the German language is beard over there oftener than any other foreign tongue. If we can, by pursuing tbe same tactics, cause many of the young men of China to come here to be educated, we will get our share of tb oriental trade." Cariosity-- that has been traveling tot, fifty year Is a unique speci- mors than men of epistolary art Such a letter Is still on its Journey. Th .class which graduated at Yale In - 1844 started such a letter among themselves. Each member of the class, as he received It, waa to add to It such personal memoranda of his experience and fortune as seemed likely to interest his classmates. When It came hack to him In turn he was to replace hte previous contribution to it by fresh one. So the letter. went the rounds year after year, relating to each member of the circle the doings of his comrades. Few are atlll left altT. but dearer than any other arrival by poet is the traveling letter, that still stir tbs hearts of tha survivors with its memorials of the living and tha dead of th class of 1844. A Fatal Mbteko. "Yea, madam, it Is a fatal mistake to neglect your teeth. I lost a great deal of money through an oversight of that very sort I had a rich uncle Who promised to make me his, heir. He went to sen. During a sudden storm he fell overboard and a shark at once grabbed him. My uncle wss n stout man; ths ahark.wa old. Moreover. be bad never taken care of bis GEN. NUN EX tsetb, nnd they were wretchedly poor. In abort, be couldn't hold on to my esutions on tbe part of tha Spanli ends, wbo kicked himself loose from ravT- - Nunes J a fine looking ma sad was picked up by Ho baa a wife and family Id Phllade tbe maa-Mthow did you lose the pbla, who live at 752 North Forty-fi- r a boat.--"Bu- t money?" "My uncle lived long street' enough to altar his wilL Oh, that of Bible la Waa neglectful shark "Cleveland Plain A' practical western : newspaper Dealer. writer says that "statistics gathered from religious, periodical! and women's ef DM by rtnaiH. Experiments have been made In pho- magazines show that fully half the tographing by th Ugh? of fireflies. A bullets fired In the late war were Whet VlftUcM Aintri. . w them were placed In a turned aside from the heart of the - "That." exclaimed the Spanish gen- large number ofconfined shot at by a pocket blble given him by email box and a by netting. eral, as he mopped, the perspiration Tb box wae provided with aemkire bis weeping sweetheart or bin mothfrom his brow, "la on of ths narrow- plates, and tn some Instances covered er." est escapee I have had for some time." closely In order to dlecorer the power "What U the matter?" Inquired his of the Cart of BFrt m a In-rf-V-n light emitted by these Insects. aid. It wss found that they have a quality The ropes on n first-cla"See this typewritten page? I Mid lot unMke the cost about $18,000. ' as the plates In dictation I was seeking light. and that were Slosely covered showed unthe amanuensis got it aeeklng fight -- mistakable evidences of a Tbs girls are already thtnVin photographWashington Star, ic process. their graduation dreetes. er ' Tl. n-tofm- ss , X-ra- man-of-w- ar |