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Show r 4 EMPRESS "VICTORIA, FRlfNrrbrfHV PRESIDENT.- - Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri, the new secretary of the Intertpr, was a CHARACTERISTICS, former wealthy lawyer pf SC Ionia, iCERMAN WOMAN. Mil, before becoming , United States' minister, to' Russl ih post to which Ova Bar he was U; AeqJrta Grot appointed- by President McKinHufcandKh BUtm TkM Gtwuf ley, la,iS9t. When the rank was raised I CfcrUtUa ttFma embassy about a year ago Mr. Haw aa4 Cilory CWUtaatlaa. Hitchcock waa reappointed. ,, Mr. Hitchcock la a of Ethan Allen, of revolutionary That the German empress U not fame. simple and domestic a lady as the Ig- His ancestors were from VermonC but noring world has generally regarded his father moved south and Mr, Hitch.. her ts gradually becoming too well cock waa born at Mobile Ala, .HaJ a authenticated a tact to be longer warmjpergpAalffptsndffl'tbe president, Proofs can by offered that Seaipr Proctor, who waa In SC Pefirst-labfeow thaf-fbe- : of the father tersburg during the past summer, says "s land" has other 'and larger Interests he la very popular In the diplomatic than the Interests of wife and mother, persons closely associated with the court say. that she is prominently instrumental in shaping the policy of her erratic spouse, and that her word and Judgment are weightily effectlf. How far lhe emperor la influenced by the empress prejudices, if. one of those court questions that always .wait fifty years, or more to be answered. She certainly doe not dominate-'hipolicy. At the skate time she probably geta more satisfaction 'for, her pains than the Empress Augusta got. That sentimental belpmate of the old emperor 'was so open In her advocacy ef French diplomacy, so gushing In her Attention to the French ambassa? dors,' so ungracious to Bismarck and so friendly to every candidate for the ETHAN A. HITCHCOCK, Iron chancellor! shoes, that her hus-- corps and among the acquaintances he band could - adopt" no middle course, had made abroad , but boldly Ignored her prejudices 'In every matter of state policy. In a way CITY OF 8ACT. the present empress Is better calculated to gain kn occasional, point with - There la a city built of salt In Aua the present emperor than a woman of tria so largo that It would take three the Empress Augusta's nature would weeks to vlelt Its every portion. Men be. 8be Is strong and sensible; she have worked in Its hollows for cennever gushes, as did the old emperor's turies. It la In the center of the Wife, and she has no- - sympathy with salt Industry. For 1,000 year iiimiAftaiiVVsVkVMVsjVuVsVgViAAAAAAlVU OR , CHE Imi great-grands- u ? s - Gal-lacl- an X?' W - f1 HER-0RJEfirIiESSe2?( 6he was very pretty,, Fury witty, very sarcastic her world had a wholesots dread of Mr..Trelan'eyS tdhgu. or n had Just intimated and her attendant satellites had dj appeared at once.' each eager to foremost in the quest She had had a busy.dayanfi It t pleasant and cool there behind palm; she only wlataed that Teopl would not whisper some where, near,! qplx they i were aware how much f tber a h leper carried than JU taP". nary tone! And while ahe meditate, an epigram on this subject she opeiao her eyes and looked round Impatiently , , for the whisperers. There waa a particularly Ineligible corner near Mrs. Trelawnay's w J -- retreat a low-back- three-cornere- d, w In the full glare of the light a aad unpleasantly close to an Intrusive spiky- cactus. eat - Hither had retreated a pooreousJn of the hostess, a little girl of IT. under conspicuous dressed and only - for a new and shining-weddin- g the ring.- - She had been alone most or her and abe waa now and It evening, whose whispering disturbed Mrs. Trelawney. Darling, are you enjoying yourself?" whispered the . "So much, dear! answered the little Its pale girl enthusiastically. prutty and amusing to watch, Ive never seen anything so pretty Ul IW pale-face- d, nd d. life!" "Ive been helping Lady Lucy; ahe asked me to lake seme ladles down to went on upper." the with a comical Importance. "Youre aure you are not dull here all alone?" DuU? Oh, dear, no!" cried the little girl, opening wide eyes of amassment Oh, there Lady Lucy looking at us, dear; I expect she wants you again." The boy hurried off again, proud and elated, and hla little wife tat smiling after him from her corner. Mrs. Trelawney looked aharply from on to I wonder how long that the other. state of things will last?" she meditated cynically. She knew a certain amount about the affairs of the foolish couple lady Lucy had confided various details in the course of her apology for their presence there at all. The boy was s Journalist with a mlcrMcopic Income and very limited talenta, and the little wife was penniless; and they had a tiny flat somewhere In the east some uncivilised .locality, the bare thought of which sent a shudder through Lady Lucy. "Ih 10 years time," she said to boy-husba- 1 very night and anybody who doubts that Germanys the workers of the salt mines have la the honor,the power and the glory been busy turning this underground of all latter-da- y civilisation. city Into a dream of ballrooms, chapels, altars, restaurants, railways, chandeBET 1,000. KISSES AND LOST. liers, staircases and pillars. ' The length of the city is nearly three miles. Miss Lucy Withers of Golden,' Kas., Visitors to the salt city 'can de- who la an admirer of 'Jerry Simpson, scend by a sloping staircase or an elebet 1,000 kisses against 1,000 worth of vator. The ballroom in which the vis- ) steers on thp sockless statesmans suc- itor finds himself is immense, with cess in the recent election. She lost solid mural decorations, galleries and Inand la now paylngthe tat on the stalwart pillars, ,aa well - as stallment plan, the fortunate young chandeliers. Since 1760, when shining It was dedicated. It has witnessed many memorable scenes. On one end of the room a colossal Austrian eagle Is Neither could parative stranger. painted on the slabs of salt have told how or when the dlvisloa St, Anthonys chapel, next the ball- began. fill! j) EX " ' room, hat been the resort of thousands She looked at the uncomfortable of the faithful since it waa built In corner again, and with new eyes. That 1698. - Beautifully carved shrines ornapale little face, waa the happiest In 1 ment.. the room. the room tbe- - oaly --conUnted one-- l Descending from th first floor to sight. And when the thk next the visitor is. fascinated by came near, always with a glance aad the beautiful sight of the giant Cham-.t- ar smile In that direction, what radiant Mlchalowlce," finished In 1761, look was floated back at him! They after forty years of . labor. it 69 really seemed to be enjoying their ( - j feet long, 92 broad and 118 high the evening. roof supported by a wooden framework Mrs. 'Trelawney reflected; and th4, to avoid disaster. A salt, chandelier with an Indescribable sensation. It ocof 800 lights gleams in the center, curred to her that the, the admired ti& The third floor of the salt mine con- and petted society beauty, was actually pen. tains 'the restaurant and railway its- - envying that plain, badly-dresseKlrL r tlom Twenty-fiv- e : miles f rallwty from all parts of the mine Join here, j Mrs. Trelawney breathed a long sigh and the buffet la well patronised by of relief when the brougham door waa . MISS LUCY WITHERS. ., abut upon her, and she was on her the thousands of visitor. ranchman who won coming around way home. She .had a long way to each week collecting 'twenty kisses. drive; plenty of time to follow out her . Sptly CrttleiMd, 'Miss Withers Is a young - school present train of thought, and to b One of the best criticisms of Scottk aa Unhappy a she pleased. i teacher. Chicago News. novel was gi ven by an Irish cobbler, ' She told herself that abe 'was a dea Bowl . aa related In' the biography of "Wil- spicable little wretch, "Yes, sir. J claljp that I live In one of liam Stokes." Dr. Stokes has 'often butterfly, and It was no woofer to 'the most nUghtend communities .loaned the Cobbler, odd -- volumes of Horace tired Of her. If oily dont found countryla bi tW to base read.' Scott been had to Horace beslda poor, so that he and Walking him one claim yonr mi what you have on th road, the doctor said: she could have worked and struggled on. 'You havent a public library in day Denny, what did you think of together! If only their one child lad 'the place' and 1 doubt if youve got a "Well, the hook I lent you?" last f'xts h lived beyond babyhood! But that the society .down' there." Browning great book intirely, docther, an Sir eould not bear to think of even sew. want but you I all very trod, "'That', thru historian." Im If only Jill the past 10 years could be .to- understand that we got through Walter Scotts a Inclined to agree with you. replied Dr. lived over again, how differently the GhriSt in as without burning bp-- ' anyc Stoke. "But, what mean ex- would nee them! body. who played Santa Claus with a Now ft was . too 1st, sod.then the actly by calling him a true historian?" lot jot cotton fastened to his clothes." "I mane, yonr honor, hes a thru hll suddenly sat up straight, with torlan because he makes you love yonr . Scholarship without good breeding heart It waa not too 1st it hind." eould be too late. Eh would be- . not g tlresom aedantry. half-forgott- - d, ' rlaa mere-societ- u T do-yo- 1 fast-heati- ng x- 1 s- - -- V , a. COMMANDER OP CUBA. taJer-Oeae- r! peo-Pla-- all ht de ut volunteers Aug. L 1866, - for gallant and meritorious services In tha battle of Tolopotomy andpgRf' HarboGW He haa.had three commissions In b regular army! Lieutenant colonel, Thlrty-eevent- h Infantry, July 28, 1866; transferred to Third Infantry; March 15, 1869; colonel Thirteenth infantry, March 20, 1879; transferred to Third Infantry, June 14, 1879; brigadier general. April 6, 1888; bre vetted colonel, March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious services In th battle of Gettysburg, and brigadier general, March . 1867, for gallant and meritorious services liLthe batUs of SpotUylvajU K ---j. .. eourthous. an excepGeneral Brooke has had comtionally varied- - experience' mander of posts, which, it Is will add to his natural qualHRWtians to fill th position be ! Just about to . assume. Hi services in th regular arm? embrace his command of th post of Fort Union, N. M., to July, 1868: - of Fort Stanton, from September to No- vemberr!868; of regiment and post at Fort Dodge, to January, 1871; of Fort Lyon, Col., to' January,' 1872; of Fort T.. to July. 1874; at Holly Supply, Springs, Miss., to August, 1874; at New Orleans; to March, 175; at Jackson Barracks, La., commanding. regiment and post, to June, 1878; . at Baton Rouge, to November, 1876; at New Or leans, commanding battalion of regiment, to April. 1877 j at Jackson Barracks, Lsl, to May, 1877; at Huntavili. Ala and. commanding post, tq .June, 1877TOn duty with General Hancock, that. Who?" "The gentleman wbo did such great things out In Burmsh a few years ago MaJ. Trelawney." "My husband!" It seemed to her that abe bad known it all the time. She aaw, as If In dream, the sudden pity and re- -. spect In the policemans face, and tljeu she covered her own and aanl back In the carriage, t The long agon? of the drive seemed interminable, and' yet when,. at last the carriage stopped she sat quite still for a' moment, jwfable to nerve herself tor the nekt move. Then the door was v opened atfd, as If in' a tfr&m, sha passed'up the steps, walking firmly, her face white add her eyea set and bard. Her apparent. ;heartlessnesa "was silently noted at tb time, and afterward freely commented on In tbe servant's Ball. Had 'they brought him It home? she Vondered, with I long shudder. Sha was inUhe. hall now, and' some one was hurrying .to meet 'her tbe doctor. She was not surprised to ao him there; in her dream-Uk- e state nothing seemed strange any more. - I have bad news for yon, Mrs. Trel.4 4 I know I know!" the answered, petulantly. - In her unreasoning misery she was' annoyed by ble hashed tone. Her own voice was unnaturally Shrill add strained, and the doctor raised hts hand In protest I What heartless creatures 'these pretty women are!" ho waa thinking an unconscious echo of the servants' bpinion.- - - r "I must beg of you to control yourself," ho said, sternly. "Everything depends on quiet- Hla life la banging on a thread," "Hla life? O God I Then be la not - dead?" She had brushed past -- the doctor, deaf to his remonstrances. With noiseless,'- Dying feet she was np th staircase, and a moment later was kneeling by her husband's bedside. The doctor, following rapidly, stood arrested at the door, looking in at th darkened room, the kneeling whit figure, with clasped hands and large, fixed eyes, the swathed wreck of s man lying very still on th bed. On hand lay outside the converlet. Her own stole Out slowly, hungrily toward It, as If her own daring scared her. She bowed her bead over th bandaged hand at last and knelt motionless. The doctor, watching, and quite forgetting his scathing condemnation --of a- - moment bofors, thought . Vjith a swift contempt of certain reports concerning the Trelawney s domestic happiness which had reached hla ears. Something came before his shrewd, keen eyes which blurred tbe picture before him.- He turned aside for a moment and then was recalled by a swift, low cry, .Horace! O Horace!" The doctor sprang forward and then drew back. The injured mans eyes hsd opened tnd Were fixed on tbe shimmering white figure with an expression Of mingled awe, unbelief, blisa. ' Clara! said the faintest , whisper In th world. The doctor could scarcely hear It H didot know that the old pet name had never been used for years. London Forget-Me-N. , ot mbA WtralM. Hwwmlnf, Wireless telegraphy depends on the registration of an electric discharge which may be produced at several miles distance. The registering or recording apparatus has now been applied to the service of tbe weather observer. A flash of lightning and the wireless telegraphy receiving Instrument Is found capable of recording the discharge automatically. It la one of the most interesting of recent applications of electricity. , X I i such a man upon those to whom he le described by these comrade In arm Ha looks like a man built for big' undertakings, and be realizes that tha work ahead of him in Cuba la a big undertaking. He realizes that even his feats In arms and his conspicuous service at Cold Harbor, where he fell Wounded, may be eclipsed by the successful fashioning of a - new American government out of an jld on which had become feverish and tumultuous with revolution from th effect of the corrupt touch of the Spaniard, He la a fin officer," Adjutant General Corbin is reported to have said, "well equipped in every way, even for th novel and arduous duties ahead of him; a man of genial heart, knowledge of men and affairs, and should win tha respect and confidence of atl classes among whom his influence will be felt" General Brooke" said General Miles, "belonged to the Second corps, was a fine soldier, was wonnded at ColdHarbor and served on the frontier. He will do what la expected of him." Colonel Edgar & Dudley, wbo, as quartermaster, was .thrown closely with General Brooks during bis command In tbe Platte region, spoke of General Brooke as g man who "distinctly insisted on being acquainted with all the details of tbe command. He waa not satisfied with commending merely- ,- 4a- - covered operations ior which he was responslblt from th bottom up. While not a strict disciplinarian, he held bis staff officers to strict accountability. And yet, on account of a strong personal magnet Ism, he was popular with staff officers as well as with those wbo came to know him. "He is a man who, I believe, will bring together and adjust and harmonize all the elements of ths island of Cubans ' and solCuba Spaniards, diers." And yet General Brooke Is Hot without a restrained impulsiveness, carried to an extreme which, while not leaving the Impression xt a phlegmatic man, yet impresses on with a sense of and common sense. General Brooke is a soldier by temperament and choice; he was a leader among boys, and his way hat been gradually' and 'constantly bp among men. He was appointed from Pennsylvania and retires July ?1, 1901 He was made captain of the Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry bn April 20, 1861, being honorably mastered out July 26, 186L A. He waa made colonel of the Fifty-thir- d Pennsylvania Nov. T, 1861. and served through the war. On May 12, 1864 be was made brigadier general for specific distinguished service. He was brsvetted major general ef - bllvd very one is out" All safe?" Mrs. Trelawney gasped. "Well, a few broken bones and such like,' said the policeman, cheerfully "Nothing to speak of, ma'am only one gentleman killed. A sad business awney-" CLARA," SAID' THE FAINTEST WHISPER IN THE WORLD, what will have become If them?" And at that point ahe paused ' 'aghast - It was exactly 10 years since she herself. a girl ofl7, had made a runaway love match with handsome Capt Tre' lawney. J She eat . curiously white and still, while that dead and past flashed vividly before her. She would neve? hsV thought It possible then for her husband to be at hla dab while she amused herself successfully elsewhere and now thla waa the noN mal state bf things between .them. There had been no quartel, no dispute; they had simply drifted swsy from each other In those 10 years of married life, until now they were com- try to restore the old toving relations of 10 fttrt ago. She would call for her husbtag now at hla club; she remem-f'etAsvlAMERICAN FIRST CAPTAIN done so once or twice In GENERAL. those bygone days, when something imperii ja(j presented him from JoKa XL Brooke la Oee comicj pith ter. to their mutual ml tha Meet Btrlkta Vlgaraa la Oea, M1W Staff of Ale a e the necessary order to her He Is a Ml Bn6 then sat tense and up-- r her eyes bright, her cheeks Ciubi4 Major General Brooke is on of th k, thev were not far from the club most striking figures In the army. Ht minutes mofe, and her new Is over 6 feet In height,, of massive Ufa would have begun! build and commanding carriage. His Big bad po Idea wbat the time waa, t It could not be eo very late, for head la erect and face stamped with the brons and suggestion of enduring th Pavement waa thronged with force. He looks 60 and will be 60 on going the same way, oddly th list of next July. Hla balr Is a ooih, it occurred to her after a thick and with a weather white, oent. There were so many of them roughened mustache and kindly eye Of tftat. waa the carriage presently bln under brows that are earnest and blocked and obliged to go slowly; she heavy. A vole at the first moment her little hands on the teat in uninviting by reason of Its depth and hsr impatience and looked out again. brusqueneaa, hts conversation la even A policeman appeared, shouting with little waste of words. directions and pressing for- withal, For he la a self-mamkn, and th ward througa the crowd, which gave fineries of speech have been torn away ay reluctantly on either side. In her In the midst of hla fight from the botungovernable impatience ahe let down Ihe window and beckoned him to come tom up. Coming from tbe hardy, honest Bearer. Cant we get on? abe cried. I am Pennsylvania people of the mines, the la a hurry. What la the meaning of lad started out with a stout heart aad a body mad to stand storms. And bs this cronci haa stood them, standing gnarled now, They hate come to see th Are, clean-cIndividuality, romaam." the policeman answered, clv-ln- r- but with I'm afraid you will have to go bustness and balance. Officers in the army wbo have known General Brook round. Bat we are almost there the for thirty yeans apeak of hUn ln auch a way as to leave 'Ifietmpressioa of Rangoon club, ahe cried. 1'a the club that is on fire, ma'am," the policeman answered. Tbeawash turned white, he added kindly: Dont be frightened, maam; theyve got th fire well in hand by this time, and to August, 1877;. at, Helena Barracks, Mont, commanding regiment and post and the district of Monlana, to June, , Mon1878; at camp' oh cMras-rivCrtana, and. at. Fort 'Shaw, Mont, commanding regiment atjd jdiftrlct of Montana, to Juhe, 1881; at -Springfield armory, Mass., bnd in New- Yotb city, 10 president of magazine gun rt October, 18S2j Shaw, Mont, commanding regiment and post and district of Montana, TtP April,' 1888; commanding department of the Platte, to March, 1895; department of Dakota,' to April, 1897; department of Missouri, to April, 1898; commanding pro visional army corps at Chickamanga park to July, 1898, and United States troops in Porto Jtleo, .department of Porto Rico, to December, 1898; member of United Eta tea commission for tbe evacuation of Porto- - Rico by Spanr , lab troops at-Fo- ' AN n . .. ITALIAN bABY. J WSieSiif t T, , . Babies may differ a trifle In complexion and hair, .but btSerylse they ary -- A NEAPOLITAN BAMBINO. pretty much alike th world over. This Italian youngster -- bails from Naples and is of q proud and haughty bearing. A hi mamma looks sweet and meek be probably role her with a stern hand. TheMeawiii "Better stand a little farther back from that sign. Lobelia. Dont you see ft says Taint? " Its quite dry, Bllllget. .Dont yon see ft doesnt come off?" "Thats ail right, hut youd better stand a little further sway, ail th same. People arc looking at that slgrf and then looking at you. Chicago Tribune, Blind people are more numerous In Spain than In any other Country. -- wei,'s 4. |