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Show SAVED JIAKY -SS:SJSrSl..A LlTES.! UNCLE SAM ABOUT TO REWARD A BOSTON REPORTER. "01 a as up against a tlqomlu por-- I poise; 'e'd stay In the water a week. A Frr ft. llii Kcud ct ThrklUug Lvtuti Ferioai Old nbU MtJUlly iil i Sixty lurt Only 31 in llin beuiArk Carr. ETER S. McNally, a newspaper re- porter of Boston, has Just received assurances from Washington that a national medal for life saving will be given him by the Mr. Government. McNally U 31 year old. and saved hit first life when he was only 7 years old His career as a professional swimmer several years ago was a brilliant one, He especially in long distance trials. holds about all the honors that the Massachusetts Humane Soelety can be- MARVELOUS CLOCK. Tiny Hum. a ! GRAND 7 OLD MAN. locomotives built m japan. DIAZ VEItY POPULAR. Lxwwtwanlal . the A LATE JUDGE TRUMBULL VETERAN OF RIGHT. t Sk.l.to.a SounU th. la( Hour. 11 j The most marvelous clock ever built s the property of an Indian prince In one of the Inland districts of the em- pire. The dial of this clock was outlined In gold upon a carved slab of j Ilelon(d 8 ! Political Partial tlurlaf Ska and Sarrad la tb I'eafnl War Sketch of lilt Loaf Career. j j some peculiar marble, and beneath it was suspended, between two uprights, silver gong. Then a broad, flat surface of marble spread out before that, littered from end to end with a miniature bones and skulls, and here and there tiny hammers, w 1th little round balls for heads. The bones seemed entirely disconnected, and looked ouly like so much rubbish remnants of the tiny dead. The clock stood in the dining hall where the ceremonious meal was being served, and as 1 oclock drew near the prince called the visitors attention to a rustling among the dry bones. With a faint clatter they began to rise and come together, a skull set In itself upon stow. the shoulder structure, and from the him won His most sensational rescue mass of dry bones one tiny skeleton a second service bar, which Is attached rose complete, with a hammer clutched to the silver medal won in 1884. Mr. in his bony fingers. He stood beside McNally was on his way to the North the shining gong until the minute hand Shore beach on the afternoon of June pointed precisely to the hour. 29. 1899. He was standing ea the platform of one of the cars and saw the fall of a boy who was knocked ovei board from Wood Island bridge by the train. The trains speed was about 30 miles an hour. Mr. McNally Jumped and struck the water a considerable distance from where the boy, whose name was Robert Rogerson, fell, but he reached him In time to prevent a drowning. Rogerson Was so badly Injured by the train that he died shortly after being taken from the water. McNallys hardest bout with drowning persons was In December, 1881, A MARVELOlS CLOCK. when he Jumped from the Warren with a quick swing he drove bridge to save Hattie Richmoat, an in theThen, hammer against the shining sursuicide. who sane woman, attempted a silver and note, fine as tlireal, face, He struck a log In the leap and In soft The blow burst forth and echoed away smashed In his nose. the distant pillars of cadence among the but a moment, ptunned him for the place. Before Its whispers ceased womans clothing buoyed her up, and In the stillness the little skeleton had when his mind became clear he sighted the ghost of John James Christolike her floating out toward the harbor. It pher Benjamin Binns, .gone down was night. The woman was of poweragain, and the scattered bones lay ful frame, and she fought like a wild motionless once more upon the marble She hit cat when he laid hold of her. plain. his right thumb to the bone, and he At 2 o'clock the same ceremony was was obliged list to subdue gone through with, save that this time her. He swam with her to the Navy two figures rose from out the heap of Yard wall and brought assistance to bones, and each struck one sturdy stroke. Of its history, of its wellnigh magical workings', its proud owner would aay nothing. HE late Lyman Trumbull waa one of Chicago'! best, known, and moat highly esteemed citizens. He was affiliated with a large number of Influential organization, among them being the American Bar ls association, 1 club and the board of counselor of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. His political career was an Interesting one. He was born in Colchester, Conn., Oct. 12. 1813, and during the long period of his lifetime held many high office. Among the latter were those of United Slates senator. Justice of the supreme court of the state of Illinois, and state He migrated to Illirepresentative. nois In 1837, and settled in Belleville. St. Clair county. In 1840 he was elected representative In the state legislature, where he served two years. After that he became a candidate for several of flees, but was unsuccessful until 1848, when he waa elected one of the justices of the state supreme court. Four years for a term of later he was nine years, but he resigned In 1853. His career as a United State senator began In 1855, when he was elected to serve six years. At the expiration of for a simthis term he was ilar period, and In '67 he was made senator for the third time. During his three terms of senatorial Incumbency he attracted wide notice through his prominent identification with matters which were shaking the public mind. When the Blave question was the theme on every tongue, Mr. Trumbull abandoned the policy of the democratic party, with which he had been prominently Identified, and espoused the cause of freedom. He was the first to propose an amendment to the constitution abolishing slavery. to-quo- a IxiecM In KuRomf. A English consular report recently Pihlished says: Much Interest was created among English builders by the account published la trade Journals la England of the first locomotive built at the government railway workshops in Japan, which, It waa aald was completed at a cost of tl.SuO, ahile a similar locomotive built in England could not be placed on the line In Japan. for winning, at a less cost than r6y flJOO jmuudg. The alleged, cost In. Japan was fallacious, no allowance having been made for Interest on capital, scientific superintendence and other charges, ij 0f which would be taken Into consideration by private builders, hut at the same time there was no doubt that the coat, no matter how liberally calculated, waa comparatively low. 0f h, pajta were entirely constructed works - in at the Japan boiler, water tanka, wheels, cylinders and valves and only the frame plates and a few minor parts cam in a rough state from abroad. This engine started running on April 48. and has since run over 80,000 miles with perfect success, lowness in consumption of coal, good hauling capacity and steadiness. Four tender locomotives have since been built in the same workshops and are now running on the Hiogo-KIot- o o section of the railway. They have already run over 15,000 miles, and in all respect are giving as complete aatisfactloa as the first. Two of the largest private railway companies are now following the example get by the government and trying the experiment of constructing their own locomotives. Neither government nor private companies will, however, be able for many years yet to satisfy more than a very small frac-tlo- u of their requirements in this W' Work Ira-- a CtMtstrtMMitm And Tok-kaid- spect. DEFENDER OF LABOR. Conf rftaaamn Halknip of Chlcaca Hon Labor Eataooa. Congressman Hugh R. Belknap, whose speech on the Phillips Labor bill stirred the members of the House and made a distinct hit with the gallery, is e men of Chicago. one of the Hi educational advantages were somo- self-mad- 'his THE GREAT It Stood Twelva and High. PETER S. MNALLY. that quarter by shouting as he swam He was badly cramped when helped from the water, and was not himself again for two or three days. There is no record of all the lives he has saved, but he has pulled at least 60 persons from Jeopardy. In 1881 he came near losing his own life in an attempt to save a party of four whose boat had been upset by the swash of a terry steamer. The accident to the boat had happened Just off the Navy Yard. Peter was about fifty yards away In another boat. Jumping In he swam the distance righted the capsized dory, and helped the four Into it. He was so badly exhausted that the four whom he helped Were in turn obliged to give him assist ance. Off Oak Island, Revere Beach, in 1884, he rescued a Walden woman named Lena Campbell, and worked on her for about an hour before she showed signs of life. There were no physicians at hand, and the only help he got was from some of the .pleasure seekers, whom he directed In the work of reviving the woman. He saved two boys at Nantasket the same summer, and late In November of that year went into the water near Rutherford avenue, Willie Charlestown, for Stevens. The Boy had sunk and McNally had to dive for him. He saved seven lives in 1886. He once engaged In a novel match with an English swimmer who one day -at Crescent Beach announced that the Americans were no good at the game. Some of McNallys friends who had heard the boast said they had a man they would match against him for 630 or as much more as he would like to strip for. , A Boston saloonkeeper, who was known some time back for his liking for everything English, furnished the money for the man from the other side and a match was made for flOO. The conditions were that the men should swim straight out to sea, no boats to follow, and the fret to torn back to be the lose. There was a tremendous crowd at the beach,' and those who knew McNallys make-u- p placed their money on him. McNally set the pace, and a lively one It was. The men were very close together, and nothing was said until about three miles out, when the Englishman, who was falling behind, said: i "01, say, Pete. "WelL what Is Itf Where th bloody 'ell yer goln'T "Liverpool." "Well, bllme toe. but yer can keep on. olm goln' back. . MAN OF MAGNETIC INFLUENCE IN Al MEXICOS AFFAIRS. Elected PrNideat af That Rapib He Sarvad Ftv Tarrna A Rtrord Woo Without a ParalUl ha IIt dorful ProiporUyw HE news that Gen. Por Brio ' Diaz - has again been elected to the office of republic he of Mexlcohowathe esteem In which he la held In his own country. Thla will be hla sixth term, as he haa held the office fora term Prior to the election of President sales in the year 1880. In November next he will dote the twentieth year of hie service a president of Mexico; and. If he shall outlive the ensuing term, he will have a record of 24 year In the office. President Dla Is 66 years of age, and la a halfbreed. By hia mother be la a descendant from the Indian race of Mexico, and by hi father from the Spanish race. In hla infancy hi father died, and be waa trained for life la Oaxaca by hla Indian mother, who In hla youth, after lived In poverty. a period of clerkship and aervleo In n Ian, he studied for the priesthood of the Roman Catholic church, but, after a time, gave up the purpose of entering beupon an ecclesiastical career. He In took he of part the law; gan atudy politics; he waa a member of the legislature of hla state; ho waa a soldier on the liberal aide In times c! strife ; he wae a general In the war against the empire which France had set up In Mexico, and It waa on this war that he won the renown which caused him to be chosen as provisional president In the year 1876, and as constitutional president the next year. Since that time he has held the office of chief executive, excepting during uie four years in which It waa held by Manuel Gonzales. The course of Mexican history haa been changed under Diaz' admlnlstra tton. Revolutions and civil war have been brought to an end; the old-ti- p tyranny has passed away; the possessor of the office of president ha lived In safety; the stability of lb govern-me- n thas been secured. With abiding depeace the country haa attained a In it unexampled gree of prosperity history. It waa lit a moat satisfactory manner that President Dlax, In hi last message to the Mexican congress, re MOA. Slxtatq Ft The great moa, now extinct, was the This largest bird that ever existed. particular bird stands from 12 to 16 feet high, and the ostrich la a pigmy As late as 1882 Professor beside It. Owen expressed the opinion that the bird could be found In some of the remote districts of New Zealand. In 1863 a party of miners crossed the hitherto Impassable mountain range which runs the whole length of Middle Island. Ther they discovered traces of an enormous bird, and while sitting around the camp one evening they saw thecreatureon a knoll a short distance away. The bird aeemd fascinated by the glare of the campfire, and remained motionless for a considerable time, but It had a long, finally stalked away. flat head, which it carried Inclined forward, and not erect like birds of the ostrich kind. They judged that its height was nine feet. The footprints showed three claws about twelve inchea apart, with a pad and a spur about the Walker same distance In the rear. Mantell found a gigantic egg In the volcano sand In New Zealand, the diameter of which waa aa great as his In the Thirty-sevent- h congress he hah Bones of the moa have been took a prominent part In the discussions relating to the following measures: On the transfer of certain suits to the United States courts, on the discharge of state prisoners, and on compensated emancipation In Missouri. In the Thirty-eight- h congress he waa prominent .in debates resulting from the following measures: On the oath of a senator, on colored voters in Montana, on amending the constitution, and on confiscation. One of the political meetings in which-htook a prominent part, and which la of more local interest, perhaps, than some other even more important matters, was that held in April, 1854, when prominent state politicians, including both democrats and whlgs, who were opposed to the course of Stephen A. Douglas In the senate, convened Jn the Tremont house. Abraham Lincoln, Lyman Trumbull, Mark Skinner, O, H, Browning, John E. Stewart, David Davis, Norman B. Judd, J. Young THE GREAT MOA. found in New Zealand In great quanti- Scammon, Francis C. Sherman and other men were present. ties. At thla meeting the politician pledged themselve to support the party, gnd appointed a commitSearching lor a Brlda German papers tell an Interesting tee to agitate the subject The state story regarding the young ling of Ser- vote of 1880, when Mr. Trumbull was vin' recent vhln trip in search of a pitted as the democratic candidate for bride. Hla majesty had taken It Into governor against Shelby M. Culiom, hla head that he would like to marry republican, shows the popularity of the Princess Maria, daughter of the king of democratic candidate. At that Ume Mr, Greece. . The Servian minister In Culiom won out by a vote of 214,565 to Athena proposed the marriage to the 277,632 votee for Trumbull. Mr. Trumbull was a member of the Greek rulers, and recelred an evasive answer. The minister was encouraged, law firm of'TrumbulIr Washburne A however, and telegraphed the king to Robbins. proceed to Athens. The young Grand Duke Alexander Mlchaelovttch, howMadagascar Spider. ever, had long been in love with the - The silk spider of Madagascar spins Princess Marla, and when he learned threads of a golden color and strong of the projects of the Servian monarch enough, according to a nan he pressed hla suit so hard that when turalist, to hang a, cork helmet on. the young king arrived In Athene the Small textures woven of these threads are used by the natives for fastening engagement with the Russian had been announced. The unhappy flowers on sunshades and for other purdiplomat will suffer for hia blunder, poses. I and ha already been recalled from hia The 13& place. grains. piece weighs ad ftai M. HEGER. devoted old teacher died a few weeka ago at the age of 87 mourning In hla own city waa moat sincere. Th Daratloa ef Ufa. Between ephemeral, that live hut a few hours, and animals that are known to have lived three and four hundred years, there ia a long Hat of creatures of vary ing ages. It la supposed, although thla la hut guesswork, that whalea may live a thousand years, Ther la excellent evidence that they live a number of centuries. 8ome bird ant fishes live a lofig time. Some naturalists tay that a creature should live seven times the number of years that it takes to arrivq at full maturity, birds, according to their tine, live long? er than almost any of tbs living things with which we are famallar. Crows ars said to live over a hundred years. An eagle Ja known to have boon alive at the age of one hundred and three. The parrot, the goose and some other birds have lived a century, and a naturalist bad the skeleton of a swan that had died at the age of three hundred and seven years. Fish are Sharks, sturgeons, dolphins and pikes live a hundred years, and the carp haa reached the age of a hundred and fifty year. , t PRESIDENT DIAZ OF MEXICO. the state of the country. He told of the advancement of education, the growth of the industries and of commerce, the construction of great public works, the betterment 'of the government finances, the opening up of new and useful branches of activity, tb improvement of trade, and tne We are Justilessening of taxation. fied, h said, "In expecting auch an Increase In the normal sources of revenue aa will amply sufflea for all budget requirements. The presidents messages to his congress, within recent years, have been of a kind never known in Mexico before htl assumption of office, never known between the time In which Mexico won her independence from Spain and that In which abe chose a president who wae able to garner the fruits of Independence and liberty. President Dias is something more than n successful politician. He possesses He the qualities of statesmanship. understands the needs of hla country, and also the method of supplying them through the legislation of a congress In which he la Influential, and which reHis skill, as n gards his judgment diplomatist has been made manifest by his several negotiations with European powers, but his mastery of the troublesome case of Guatemala, and by his dewith the United sirable States in the settlement of the boundary question. His friendliness toward thla country and hia constant desire for the maintenance of peace with It have been as important to the American people aa to those ef Mexleo. In one respect only has Dias failed to satisfy the whole of the people livThe Mexing under hla government ican ecclesiastical authorities have made complaint of hla readiness to jusinterference with tify the government property which waa the Inheritance of the church from Spanish time. Hla defense has been that tbs sequestrated estates were needed for educational or other public purposes, and that the republic could not guarantee or recognize all the titles which were granted by Spanish kings. But at the same time he haa constantly affirmed - that tb government has never In any way Interfered with freedom of worship, or with any of the religious rights nr beprivileges which constitutionally long to any part of the Mexican people. Viewed what limited, but hla effort on the Labor bill waa rhetorical, forceful, and at time passionately eloquent Mr. Belknap is a fine Impromptu speaker. Two years ago he attended the annual meeting of the Army of the Tennessee, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mr. John M. Thurston of Omaha waa to have addressed the meeting, but could not be yresent Mr, Belknap waa called upon without learning to take Mr. Thuratona place, and his pathetic and fiery oration on that occasion won for him the warmest plaudits. Mr. Belknap Is only 26 years old. He is a native of Keokuk, la., and In the public schools of that city he was given his preparatory education. He afterward spent a short CONGRESSMAN BELKNAP, at an academy In Massachusetts, hut ha was unable to finish hla educa-tlo- n aa was hi desire, In a college. He teft the academy to enter the service ef the Baltimore and Ohio railroad In bumble capacity. In 12 year he had hrtune trainmaster, and was later md chief clerk to the general man-s- He left hla position to become upcrlntendent of Chicagos first railroad, and relinquished that piece to engage in the financial hand-lfn- 8 of railroads. Hi nomination for congress came to him unsoughL flme er ele-vat- ed r the LHC. The horn book, which waa the first alphabet card, la described by a recent author aa "a board of oak about nine Inches long and five or six wide, on which was printed the alphabet, the nine digits and sometimes the Lords prayer. It had a handle and waa covered in front with a sheath o( thin, horn to prevent ita being, soiled, and the backboard was ornamented with a rude sketch of BL George and the Dragon. This board and its horn cover were held together by a narrow frame or border of brass. The oldest horn books were undoubtedly frequently used in the schools and common rooms of the great '' monasteries. In the .earliest specimen! r SOT. wi AN OLD HORN BOOK, the letters are arranged in the form of a Latin cross, with the A at the top and Z at the bottom. Car ef the Hoad. While most people admit there la nothing better for the scalp than a thorough brushing of the hair morning and night, many will not persist in this, and are constantly asking what will make the hair come In when It is fast coming ouL Many of the best hairdressers and barbers are recommending rubbing pure grease in very thoroughly every night, or every other night In several instances this haa proved very effectual, and a new growth of short and strong hair all over the head has been the result. -" Many children and some ef an older . HI R growth are beverely troubled with dandruff in the scalp, which always Cagge- - "Are you still down on poli- . makes the head and hair look dirty. tics 7 Bagge "Yes, snd If you had lost Thla can be removed by rubbing pure 11,000 backing yourself on a losing grease In every other night, and in the ticket aa I bave you would b down on morning following wash thoroughly 7 with aoap. it, too. Manhattan. ( ft -- d. History anti-Nebras- ld famous and oldest educators, M. Constantin Heger. But It Va not only . from his great success aa a teacher that M. Heger is known, bnt aa the original of Charlotte Brontea Paul It waa to Emanuel In her Villette. hla school that the plain little English gtrl waa sent, and the two years of her life there gave her 'marvelous knowl-edg- e of the language and literature ot JJ the French. . At the end of the two yean, however, M.' Heger wife refused to keep longer the daughter of the simple English clergyman and th Belgian critics Insist that her bitter , caricature of the good Frenchman seminary is a work of spite. In retails- tton for her banishment from the place which ah had grown to value to such a degree. Currer Notwithstanding Bell's merciless exposition of7 ita high reputation in Its own city, kept It unharmed by th widely-spreadvertisement, sndwhen th long-Uve- well-kno- well-know- FAMOUS EDUCATOR. EaU The Death ef II. He.er Kamova eat Braaeale lnitraeten J Brussels was recently called' upon to mourn the death of one of ita most A , |