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Show i - 1 Would ffot Marry a Col. BicKman. TUife of Ho jeer Leader. 4 said to be mwt amiutluus woman, who hates the dowager empress as only poweiTuI women livils wan. She is the thief er ot lier lusLand, and has uigtj him on in his aii Da ti n Asa tary school he c. F From they could not understand. thur description of the wreckage there can be no doubt It was the remnants MRS. KING SHO TSAY. of a balloon. The Hudson Bay officials fanatical warfare on the Christians are convinced that the victims are Anand foietgneis. She may be the next drees party and have sent out men, "Old Woman of China. guided by the same Indians, to find and bring back such evidence as will identify them, a task wlpch will be Capt. Healy Insane. Captain Muhael Ilealy, of the United easy, as the Indians assert that there States revenue cutter service. In com- were books and papers strewn about, mand of the handsome cutter Hugh which, singularly enough, they did not McCulloch, was brought to Port Town-benbring back with them. There Is some Wash., the other day In that ves- prospect now that the fate of Andree sel from the north hopelessly Insane and his companions may be definitely .and dangerous to himself and those known, and that the papers. If they with whom he comes In contact He still remain, may give Important deids In the marine hosptal there now tails of this tragedy In the tar, far In a straight jack- - North." et,. bavin , become d, 'ent that this Mrs. Palmer's Gems. was the only means JW-s- . ot restraining him. ent Michael Potter Palmer, who Is at into tS ' nt ' IS i, , Mute iBoher t i ,, gathy of truH vou w.ll pardon " Al'm sild, standing iw and looking oat into but tbev lod me you had ll- -i ii Ulli ui u , i ' a i ill i I i I a ivae tle fn'i of fi' mnd sv m 1 1 . 1 a -- ds-char- -- aA-Vr- m pres- In Paris', has been made the victim of a robbery, the $17,000 diamond necklace which attracted so much atten- Captain Healy Is 63 years of age, and has foltion duriAg the worlds fair being lowed the sea ever the treasures made away with. since his sixteenth among The theft was committed while she was He entered 'year. the service of the United States government In March, 1863, and has continued on active dufy therein ever since, except for an interim of four years, from June, 1896, do May, 1900. during which time he was suspended on half pay. T" 2 l.fe-sivin- g Progress ofputsia. statistics yflblished w he s by Russian government show the remarks:able progress made by the Czar's dominions during recent years. During 1899 the capital of new companies organized amounted to 358,334.812 rubles, Or $187,000,000. against 256,237,000 ru, bles In 1898 129.363,000 in 1895, and 1890. 63,415,000 in During 1e last hundred years companies with a capital of 2,383 000,000 rubles have been MRS. PCfTER PALMER organized, of which companies representing 1,200,000 000 rubies, or more States and was purchased In Paris than half were formed in the last five absent from her apartments fta the Recent Industrial incorporayears. Champs Klysees, and although the tions In the United States have shown Paris police have been notified, no that capital stock is not a true test of trace of the missing gems have been .growth, but it so happens that the found. The missing necklace was conRussian companies earned good-size- d sidered one of the finest in the Unitel dividends on their capital, which can about ten years ago. It is described - mot contain much - water.. Thus. In as containing la the center, one large 1899 the average dividend paid was diamond of exceptional purity, while 11.53 per cent, or 618,000 000 rubles, on two smaller gpms act as guards on 1,023,060,000 rubles of capital. each side. Over a score of smaller diamonds compose the remainder of the sparkling string. Vic Admiral Seymour. Vice Admiral bJr Edward Hobart Seymour, K. C. B.. Is on of the most City Supplies MUK, Poughkeepsie, N. V, has gone Into the dairy business. The City has bought a farm three miles beyond the city limits and has there established the headquarters of the city milk deThe partment.' work is under the charge of a trained nurse. Miss Ruth Jones. She gets up every morning at 5 oclock and super- - WlrKait : Intends the milk- ing of the cows. She sees In the first Ruth Jones. place that each of the mllkmen care fully washes his hands before te begins work. Then each cqw is covered with a sheet In order to prevent dust VICE ADMIRAL SEYMOUR, prominent figures In the Chinese trou- or hair from falling into' the full. Beble. By seniority he became, accord- fore being used the sheets are sprining to the custom, commander of the kled with disinfectants. Tbs milk Is f mod naval force st the time of the put np In clean glass bottles, and after outbreak, and the leader of the force being sterilized is stmt in to the city which attempted the relief ot the lega- milk depots, where It Is sold at .the rate ot a cent a bottle. tions '. Official -- IgLft. 3 been seri-nis'- y almost broke ut up on the edge cf the livan, and drawing hi dressng gown i round him i fik-- . Iv. remained there, ooking at Albn likp one surpifeed In a'f tofit and son.cwhit in rvous kl-- of it. The of the vou'h 'iuihmI still in the fit sh of hs han nnl it travcli d along tne ihiuuela of fie'ing and w irmc his heart Souk thing was gro) ng in his mind for recog ill ion He stil! stared at Alt'll and took In, Willi imful s? rutin Z ug gave, the supple ms of h's tall, sleiult r figure, the curves of h s long neck the slender hands and feet. "Allen. Halhert said, and he got up and walked close to the youth and stood near him, his ejea still searching the boyish face. ''Allen. I want to In Gods name ask you a question dont lie offended If 1 am wrong. But am wrong. It never don't think occurred fo me before, but I am a blind fiiol, and it unnerves me Look at tue lltn. and answer this: Aie you a woman? Allen winced and turned farther I MAY GOELET. i guzzled both hand of a German nobleman whoj Halbert w i ouh me bai hi lor, wanted to marry her. She says S he boasted of i i to having ptopo-e- d Arm-magood enough. sny wonmn he was afraid of them. In his estniii'ion tbty were all sihem- Lis cum s Successor. lng poliu 1' s dipt readv to marry him Lieutenant Coionel C. A. Cool- - or any iiu at a moment s notice who has Keep the women away from me, idge, been assigned to gnarly Hal' eit at times when driven Td rather smoke by force to a i rush nd the little secretary .or sleep Mutes Infantry, witl hig .r0i)(, boyibh ar j, r k,,,t th.m now In Chink far and lomfuiled Halbert with vice Colonel Lis-ru- hit sway silence companionable who wS The one measure in Allen's make-u- p killed at Tie Which Halbert could not understand Tain, has been as was his reliu tance to smoke. He could x officer for thirty-sinever get him to indulge even In a years In th dgareb And in the matter of drink He served In Lieut. Cloolidge. a punch 8eventh Infantry, fng, though Allen could mix or a cocktail with commendable art. he civil war. In various wars with ths I a d.ans, ami In the war with Spall, brought them untasted to Halbert as Upon his return from Cuba he wae at j Vou should have'been-woman, by signed with tie Seventh at Fort Br- A d.v, was later transferred to Fort Sher - Wd." Halbert said once to him. would thousand but you Allen, Philpardons, and to was then the sent Idan, ippines. where he Joined the NlnCk have made a fine girl. You've got He is a brive soldier and bears seal! graie and tact enough for It. you rf spve e wounds Sirs.- Coolidgs Is t know. Why, believe me, Allen. If there t- Were women like you today, with the present living at Fort Sheridan Irain and all, I believe Id marry one Woman As Coroner. Allen actually blushed and v of them. Miss Lillian E. Hall, of WlnfleU, retreated In confusion. Halbert liked Kau., Is probably (this display of apparent shyness, and He the enly woman In his affection for the boy grew. the world to hold liked to slap him on tbe back and he the office of corosaid be felt lonesome when the chap 1 tell ner. She entereJ raa away. you what, Allen updhi the dont know whether to adopt you as of her dumy bod, considering the fact that 1 ties last week shall never have one of my own, or WM-ap i - - whether to let things slide on as lor- point SIMX cadsed vacancy by the dekth of bert announced a hunting trip to Abya-slnl- a. He had actually completed plans Cowley Countys coroner by Governor Stagey. Ths caly for both and was sketching out In his experience khe ever had in the Imagination the delicious comraderle office was that of stesograpber. of two In a tent In the wilds of Africa She is 26 years old and is one of tha when Allen announced his Intention to most popular young women of Win- resign. field. Her education has been limited .You ungrateful beggar, you can't to the common schools ot Covley Why. my resign," Halbert shouted. County. boy, ! can't go without you. Whats the matter? K.ites Soar to Sat) Lift "The fact of the matter Is, sir, AlDr. F. YV. F. Hiehl of Alameda, Cal, len replied, respectfully, "I dont want has des'gned a kite which, hi clalma, to go with you. will save many human beings from was a blow, aid It landed between It invalu&bls perishing at sea and prove Halbert's eyes. He loved Allen, if he crews along our aids to the coasts. Dr. ltlebl served as in off- ever loved any being on earth, and this be ever bad icer In the Geiman army during two- wars and Is highly recommended both been thwarted. Not given to sentiment sr pleading, he nursed his agony siby bislgoveinment and the officer with whom he was associated. Bshas lently for Allens abruptness stung Inbeen in ih.s country a number of him with all the agony of unfillal treach-r- y love.of or unrequited kitegratitude, years. He claims to have got his in a friend everything It pained flying idea from reading the great storm ecene in Dickens David Cop- - Halbert as he had never been pained before. That afternoon be ordered bir horse for a long ride and went out dejectedly with a load on his shoulders 3e wanked to puzzle out the sffuitlon He hadxnever to plead with any one tefore In his life for what he wanted and he hated to plead now. It might teem unmanly, he feared. He went out I without calling lo Allen, and he did lot return for dinner. The secretary In the meantime fell in unhappy sinking of his heart af thehoufs dragged by and Halbert did lot retnrn. It waa h s custom at lea.t 10 return to dresa f r the evening, es pecially if he meant to dine out, and made Allen lift his continued easy. Ha diff not knpp itmther Hxl " bert cared about Ip- - p t DR. RIEIIL AND RITE, him, but be knew tuat be himselt Tfip graphic drser ption of sared, yet he felt ttru he could not perflpld the drowning of Ham and Scerfortn, acquaint his friend with the real rea-owhile the mu'titude stood helplessly until he bad a, tn illy gone. the doctor that ha by, so 9 Oclock Halbert rime back not At wondered If kites could not bs used on on a studihir, but txactly To In such a teiribTe emergency. a had had He the arm of alet his wonder with him waa to try, M ht fail semen here on the riversda has done successfully Tl,trtor one occas'on In both Gerfeiany and irlve, and had tinned blR elbow bady sprained It, in fact Tlmv had acAmerica. A few days sgo he gave an fo the annoyance him Alat Juallysubjeeted beach exhibition at the ocean carrying him to a hospital because meda. After swimming out through mohe had been too d .we 1 t remonstrate, 1V be 400 enrf about the yards when hla mind waa eventually the tnd klta tionless on his back and let tlear hs demanded removal to his own tow him ashore again. i the night 1 i' bei e f n "Then I discharge you th's mofnent,-crieHalbert, aroused. Thw'girl Could scarcely suppress a smie; though she She turned struggled to he adajatint and walked qulilFf toward the door. "Come bai'kr girlie, dbn't go and leave me like this You've wauuU yourself all around my heart with a million tendrils' I cant let you go now I want ou to be my wife. Dont you You won't go away now, 'uve me when want you most! She turned anl trailed at him. H was pleading in abject hunfllity. ' Hant you love me? he cried out to her-b- e. Halbert, tbe cynic conquered" WY?I I she called bark, yet think 1 do " She was laughing, but br II kiss wae there on his band still. e and m-t- iiis,''ii ib'e il he- - il my intru-?ioby a win-- ' lla'liert sat for one i o i II mv. he to d -- anil - It lur't and v e er of lo agree or la1 rcl a p I and s ze - ' . Ud o- ' . Il - t eep'ed the a shuit tun tsrj, Idea ll i e S plt&sain grs-- i any m two lndj quot me the fir? to an ad e g ay mat'e-Heas t k a 0 g Allen a ' n.n ue but uni as 11 w Woiuank lag li-- me m ' sevvrthel, HTt expri weight, these sin.-'- . fre n"iro'c ' v . ir slniperlrg Hlb rt, cm ftery tim attinKj tu least in 1. lag to his tallow jo r h 1 Andrees Fate. Allen got up 'oundod to voeak roof ns in. anil Halbert kept smiling nd hi" ig at him in a r. it of bew'l-- ' red icet- - eroding he did In a iUpi r libvnnth of uni ertaintles, i min striuafiu to flee some peculiar sitint'on that bis mina refused to u a 'A dis- News comes fiom Fort William, Ontario, that some Indians who were hunting on the east coast of Hudson Day last spring found a large qaan-t.t- y of wreckage, the bodies of two men and a dying man, whose language vantage" Xu stumili- placed narked ca- w us a -- y pac it) , popular, and veas pr idu ited will up M in the c!i-Having been Hated on a farm and being an ep."t raier, his lient is tow u d the cjvjliy branc h of the servBefor ice, to win h he was asu'gned hosti'ities broke out between the Uu States and Spain Hickman served in the west, and down on the Texas border where, In ls3 with 20 men, he succeeded in rounding up two notorious revolutionary leaders on Baluarte This he did after a creek, in Ti xaa long and h zirdous night march, surrounding a house full of desperate rhnracte s and taking his men without firing a shot. Mtv Hs In Lieut Col Jom ph P. Diikman of the 26th P S infantry, Maj Gen Chaffee secures forlii- - staff one of the best officers In the U S army Col linkman, prec oiis to h s appointment as major 4ml latm lieutenant colonel in tie 26'h was ccpim in the Mh cavHe is a native of Ohio and alry was appointed to West Point from dent in the It 4 tK:'):; -- She (Jlr,' dont crtifh me undev you heel. He had not thought thajjbers could be lack ofiespect where lov dwelt. 'f o j t "While I am yobr secretary you must not speak of love. It is an unfal ad fob!. Among the many fair ones who resort to Newport this season none will be more sought after than Miss May Goelet, the daughter of the. famous merchant of New York, reicut-l- y deceased Her debut In society will be made at Oi hre Court, the palatial bumnur home of the Goefits, anJ thosj who have hud the pleasure of her acquaintance unite In pronouncing her the lovel.est of tho debutantes of many ears past She has just refused the i 1 1 1 knew "I hen j'ou will go to Abyssln'a after wont you dpar? all. Her laughter still greeted him from a distance, and he flung himself back on the divan and gave himself up to dreams such a never before thawed the chilly exterior of the man who had fled from petticoats and hid from them in smok for the last twenty-fiv- e j nrs Halbert was overcome, In love like a schoolboy, his heart fluttering. buojant. ecstatic. And the klsi wa there on his hand. He carried It to his lljis gndjlrank the honey of ths spot where her own lips Tiad been. ChicasS Tribune. a 1 CECIL RHODES 8h It SISTER. IfMfQltne la Appearanc and Dl Hkr Watt. a -- Groote Schuur, Cecil Rhodes beautiful home, a few miles from Caps Town, is presided over by his sister. Miss Edith Rhodes. She is said to dls--1 it men as much aa her brother dislikes women. She, however, dispenses hospitality on a moat lavish scale and entertains all of her brother's guests. Miss Rhodes Is of masculine appearance and has been described aa rethesembling English squire of sporting prints." She is rich, generous, and businesslike, and her Impulsive nature wins her many friends. Miss Rhodes has many peculiarities, but as she has an ample fortune a good deal la forgiven her. On board a steamer not long ago she gained herself a tremendous popularity by regulating the handicaps for the running matches and acting aa umpire In tbe r. Away from borne she la away and leaned against a 'table .as If to steady himself. The young lace was thoroughly masculine, and takes her seamed with pain. There was a long part with men In any sport; but at silence as Halbert waited for the other home, where she has a lady companto speak. You are a woman," he re- ion In constant attendance oa her, she Is as feminine as any womag can be, peated. Ths words and makes a genial hostess. She Is Yes. I am a woman." came at last, firmlyr almost defiantly. greatly interested in the Zoo st Groote like thunder Id Halberts ears, stun- - Schuur, .upon which Mr. Rhodes has" ' a fortune, and is fond of driving spent . . . waa allilti at ca mettCKaT My God! between the parted, eager lips of the mile, of splendid drives. Miss lUioues better grasp of South African But this costume why tkts? has other. politics than some members of ths I dont understand.? Because everybody has a prejudice colonial office, and 1$ is needless to ahs is ths loyal champion of against petticoats In tbe professions," say that the girl answered, "and I was bound her brother, Cecil, and all in which bs I would not let that Interfere with my Is concerned, progress. Why should I be bowed ' Some Early Klaym, down, tied like a slave, because of a An ornithologist, Investigathaving mere selfish, unreasonable prejudice?" The color burned In her cheeks bril- ed the question of st what hour in summer tbe commonest Small birds liantly. and Hilbert stepped toward wake and sing, says tbe greenfinch is her with a sudden, quick movement, the earliest riser, as it pipes as early his on lovs hla arms outstretched, the as 1:30 in morning, the blackcap tongue, In his eyes, in hla gesture. st about 2:30. It Is nearly beginning as from him The girl stepped away 4 oclock, and the sun is well above ths he would have touched her arm. horizon before the first real songster Mr. Halbert," aba said, with digappears In the person of th blackbird. In I and am your secretary, nity, He is heard a half an hour before ths your rooms, and you have discovered thrush, and the chirp of the robin that I am a woman. Please respect my about the tame length of time unhappy position, for 1 want you to before that of the wren. The house believe that I am neither a designing sparrow and the tomtit occupy the last adventuress nor a simpering dolt place in, ths list. This Investigation There Is another class that you seem has ruined the lark's reputation for to be unacquainted with that you de early rising. That much celebrated not seem to take Into consideration," bird Is quite s sluggard, aa It does not She looked at him steadily, her eye rise until long after the chaffinches, linnets, and a number of hedgerow burntrg a 1th determination. Halberts head sank under the siege birds have been up and about of her look. Her speech hurt him; it crushed him. Yes, he loved this girl; Very often the man .about whom I he understood it now. He had been s girl talks the least la the one she cares x for most fool. blind, m tugs-of-wa- ' be-gt- na 3 AUNNESOTAy J LANDS. - - 1 ab-ei- re -- l t .arge Area Still Open to Settlement Under A the Homestead Laws. V n inrn-ess- pd 10 J j Minnesota yet offers to the borne seeker a vast area.includlng much Land of tbe choicest quality In the world, adapted to every variety of agriculture, 6aj a a St Paul paper. Almost all of It lies within easy reach, our raiF roa(J systeni having been pushed for--f go rapldly ln th, effort w C0B. wlea tB(, Rlyr cl the Pacific coast that the distance to be traversed by wagoif from a railroad elation to any point In the unoccupied area has become inslgnlflc.n ctai y when compared with the dl tame, so traversed by the men who settled in tbe southern hajfof the 111 rooms. His valet Fettled him comfort-- , hlv n. a divan and bad left the room when aank Into a slight slumber In i few moments Allen came In, white. stood j haggard, limp with anxiety, son given for this order lilMt a -hhre looklng&rHatbertwIth etartlMjstate. Ifcis one pf tbe curiosities of Mlnne- -' cannot do satisfactorily the work m P&in ln hla gaze. Then, with a sudden, the asms is hired to do If he is at Incontrollable Impulse, he knelt down sotas development that in ths very reaAnother office. for time running beside the divan for a moment and. center of the northern third of ths son given Is that If men In the employ grasping one of t! c sufferers hands ln states area, a vast tract embracing tho his own, crushed It to his Ups with a probably more than 9.000 square miles of a road are in pursuit of the railof tbe best agricultural land la th believe sob of distiess and pain. public will be ledto by almost unn! tured world Fas been road la promoting their candMT for Halbert opened ii ey will while ..f Lake t.o th it, tn Canada and tr noticed, own selfish almost was purposes, its to look st him. He ! Bars "Railroad Men. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has notified certain classes of its employes thtt It does not wish them toOne rea didates, for political offices. espe-flalbe- rt j fi'-V'- as well as to the east, west and south, there has been an inpour ot population. This has been, no doubt, owing quite aa much to, the general misapprehension of tbe character ot the country as to the trend ot railroad building. There was, aside from these, no valid req&on why settlers should have been drawn to other regions north and west, leaving ths area mentioned unpopulated. In point of fwcL the country bordering on the Rainy river and extendlfig southward for 60 to 100 miles, between ths Iron hills of St Louis county and the region watered by the tributaries of the Red river, seems every whit as well adapted to the support of la large agilTfiTtarsl porulattos as lathe already well peopled eastern part ot North Dakota. From this region, ona day not far distant, will be drawn Just such volumes of grain and of her produce as are now annually peured from the vailey of the wonderful Red lives of ths north. a dislike to that road. I . A v f jW - ' u - ; , i |