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Show .. r i I r r , , m V v VV i,c i,, , V ' 'i t" 'i'-- f - r vy j jV,. V 1 5i ' 't' rt 't'' J4 .S$a0$fi!038SSHSi5aJ5Si388S3Si$S Leader of Coal Miner SorrCm ir ' StriKf. i Manila. The United State cruiser Baltimore Fred PUcher of Nelsonville, O, li member of the ezecutlve board of the la home again from Manila, having United Mine Worker c America, and com under Admiral Watson, by way the nrgtBlzer. for MsHSistrtcL.. which of tha Mediterranean. ' Her first stop (Deludes eastern Ohio and the anthrawas at Greenock, Scotland. The Balcite regions of Pennsylvania, la the di- timore is the flagship of Rear Admiral rect In head of the coal miner strike. Watson. This If Ditcher la know - as "the baby" ths first' time ths - PntTrI how r Current - Topics is THE MEADOW LARK, 1 - cruiser has appearla home waters sines ths battls of Manila. Owing to the existence of bubonic plague at ed ir ItnnetSy, chant of stall the, nesting in irradows athritl with sung? , fluting sneer my feet, plaintive, ami wtluiy-swe0k, could thy spirit to mortal brlongl ytU ma thy secret art. go thou dost touch the heart, Fait Want. ' plating of happiness atlll unpossessed: Andrew Lang, the prince of literary ggy, doth tby bosom burn " critics in England, bat juat filled "s Vainly, aa nuni and yearn for some bin that leaves it .an-- . by announcing the g4iy long felt want . Massed? principle that the name of Omar Khayyam Is "a kind cf shibboleth of cheap noth not tbsl lender tone, the clover blown, culture, Mr, Lang was one of the first yjgwerfront e sorvew-- a longing tn yaln? to praise the beauties of the Immortal Or, Is H Joy intense, tentmaker's verse while ths Persian go like a pang, the sense In thy sweetest aong something of poet was yet untranslated." save, by pain? Since that time Omar Fitzgerald and his philosophy, as Interpreted by Fitzgerald, have been take up by the kind of people who organise Browning not only Englands clubs. Mr. Lang foremost critic, but Is likewise phil- Ftlli a ton pr 1 ologist and anthropologist of note and at ths Glasgow time of the ves-- ' sal's stay at Green ' FRED DlLCHER. la six feet mine workers. :fninethelaches tall and weighs pounds. Did There But a coarins ' Mow the Shah DrinKf. .of the Indispensable articles coll ' the f emtly way la which the soft drink finds Its way to the Shahs In- -t r I o r economy. After looking at this sketch, mads at Os tend, one almost could believe that Victoria's good and great friend would eat a pis with a knife. The artist who made the picture saye he showed it to the Shah, who was greatly amused thereat Flthing an Art in China . Nowhere la the world is ths art of in fishiag so highly developed Chin Rivers, creeks, stagnant pools, ths great ocean and the litfts tank, lakes and garden ponds, all furnish thelrfquota to ths sustenance of man. Even rle grounds or turned Into fish ponds In winter. The Inhabitants of ths waters nr killed with the spear, caught with ths hook, scraped by the They dredge, and captured by net "are even dived for by blrdi trained for the purpose. Eels art fed in tubs and jars until consumer carry them off. u Idol of tha Miner. 5 . "Mother Mary Jones, "Queen of the Mines" and tbs idol of ths miners, occupies s unique place in ths world of SMOTHER-MARY -- JONES- labor,-Th- is philanthropic woman is so loved by the rough drivers of the coal mines In ths anthracite regions that with them her word U tantamount to law. Mrs, Jones Is 56 and beautiful. years old. sllvsr-hslre- d Her voice has been sweetly eloquent in behalf of the worker whoa cause she has adopted, and her appeals have won unstinted sympauty for her simple, hard laboring friend She lives at Wilkesbarrs, Fa -- kind-hearte- d, Lord Rowtoa, who la tha literary executor of the 1st earl of Beacons-fielhas been visiting ths queen, end It ts rumored that she hot directed hint to put off the publication of memoirs till after bar d, death. iiMx , iM . OH i & i. George, If 1 hadn't nearly ford quoth Stafford pere. He tn an inner pocket. "Can't find the letter. Must have felt it at the office. Anyhow, its from . y cousin, Godfrey Chester "Now, Henry! interrupted the mild Wire of Mrsfltaffnrd in- - amused ex"Why will you keep up postulation. It that fiction about the couslnshlp? mythical, and you know it! It's certainly remote, conceded the teaming paterfamilias at the opposite eid of th table, "but there once was I relationship a long time ago, I ad-i- t. But Chester and I have taken th--e torld as we found It. Hes a good fells and Ive always been urging him to manage that our young people may teeome acquainted. He writes that his daughter will pass through Chicago tomorrow on the way to New York, and fill spend a few days with us. He ys he wishes one of my family .By gotten ! ANDREW LANG. a poet of more than ordinary merit For many year he waa Gifford lecturer on natural religion at SL Andrews university, Where he was a student before entering Ilalliol college. His first published book was Issued tn 1881, under the title, "Ballads in Blue Chino." Women Jaanea of the The which tha Shah takes with him on his trarele Is a silver teapot which does not contain tea. Nor. on the other hand, does It con-tat- n what in this fair land la called Senatorial tea. The content are simply tha Persian sovereigns favorite Iced mineral water.' The innocence of this beverage Is more than balanced by a. simultaneously. d. One s. different thing Apon. The news and the dessert were Served Friend of tha fiewboy. Harriet Ives Gsmmell of Newport, R. I,, la one of the richest young women In ths world, yet she Is by no means purse-prouAt her marriage, which took place last week, she had as wedding guests 300 newsboys and messenger boys. Miss GsmmeH's fortune is $20,000,000. The average earnings pf each of her guests are not more than At that rate they would $300 a year dot-en- Tom, Miss The dowager empress of Russia has always declined to accept the guard of Russian detectives during her visits home. On her present visit, however, this custom has been altered at the command of the reigning csar and tinuch against ths desire of ths cm press, Sba Is now followed by eight Russia detectives of ths International servloe. a cousin' Tom? your cousin happen to sing? are brothers and sisters by gad you ever 11a 360 of fittshllgh picicres that be 0044 himself no end of a Lore. The country cow-iof the Staffords aid not go East that week nor the otxL When ebs did go all the mirth and laughter of the Stafford domicile seemed to ge with her. One morning a week afts Boon Shall my fleeting lay her departure Ralph and Dick aaid Fi.de from the world away Thine. shall thrill through some bitter things when they discos- the years: ered that Ross had found out he most" Love, who time glsfldened me, attend to business in New York, and hath saddened thee rfly bad left tor that citjr on the midnight Half of thy music la made of hta tears! train. And when Ross returned, silent, Long niuy I jut thy note Soft thiough the summer float but smiling and exultant, they wen Far o'er the rlelda where the wild grasses not at ail backward about telling bin - wave: with true fraternal frankness the hen mj day la done. Then, Oh. at the set of sun. opinion of his conduct. Pour out thy spirit nnear to my grave! You were awfully good to go te Lloyd Mifflin in Independent. meet that little country lassie! com 1 believt mented Ralph witherlngly. time she was the yti knew all the prettiest kind of a young girl! "Kindness sheer kindness oa my part, dear boy! But, as 1 have strives to impress on you, virtue is ever its own reward. O,. come off! entreated Dick. Toa just got the inside track, and you kept It"-'Half way up the stairs he glanced I assure you In taking my late hasback, saw her standing where be had ty trip I had only the het interests ot left her. He hesitated went back my brothers at heart My sole ambiYou are waiting for some one? Can tion was to secure you the mo t charm 1 be of service? in the world! ing sister-in-la"Thank you Ye gods, what a sweet Helen jumped up. I am afraid there has been a voice " O Rosa! Did you did she mistase. No one has come to meet me. Adele gav He laughed quizzically May I ask you to call a cab?" me a message for you, my dear. She And when he bad done so, when she said to tell you that you are to be had thanked him, when he stood bare. What Ross! headed on the curbstone as the veBridemaid! Chicago Tribune. hicle rolled away, he recolected that be had not listened to the address she Klrh Mea Too Greedy. had given the driver, and he walked If I had my way there would be a off in q towering rage at his own imlaw requiring men to retire from busibecility ness as soon as they gain a compeNever was there so dreary a day, alsays a writer in the New York tency, though the late AUgust sunshine found Press. Our population is increasing its way Into his office. Never had the so that there is nothing for rapidly of tne law a seemed such dull the newcomers to do. The reading aged enand tiresome drudgery. Never before We dont want had the pages blurred Into a mass of cumber the ground. the dear old veterans to die, but to reningless black marks But. then never before had a betwitching young tire to ease and comfort on the interest face come between him and his boo?:?, of their investments. What a happy contented world this would be If a face with reddish-gol- d ringlets clus- Jolly, man should step down the successful tering ground a white forehead, and and out at 60 and give the boys a shy eyes the color of woodland vioBut be will never do it Hs chance. lets! He leaped from his seat as a bright works harder at 80 than at 40, harder at 70 than at 30. It is a kind of insanthought struck him. He would hunt The poor, starved, friendless cabman That was the Ground ity. creature is obliged to toil on and die do! But, although he hung in his poverty, but the rich man, th the Union Depot for two whole hou-g- , and questioned every Jehu withli fortunate millionaire, toils on because reach, he could not find the man he his soul is filled with greed for gold sought It was evidently that particu- and dies in his riches poorer than the other. lar cabmans busy day. Tired and disgusted, Ross Stafford took a plunge, at the Athletic club, got Growth ot tho Button ludumyy,. The hell or button industry on th upper AHsaisoIppl river is growing to enormous proportions. The crew of the Gen. Barnard have had occasion to observe this.' They report that oa their down trip Wtween L Crosse, Wls., and Clarkesville, Mo., they counted 1,637 men and Women in ths mala channel of the river engaged In getting out shells from the stream. About year ago they counted only 716. Of course there are a great many In the sloughs behind the islands, etc., that were not counted. They estimate that no less than 5,000 people earn living gathering shells. Just below Dubuque 120 were counted In one patch. Button factories have been established In every town along the river and In Muscatine there are twenty-tw- o. Five or six steamboats of 100, himself home, shrugged himself Into tons capacity do nothing else but tow his evening clothes, for he was going sheila out after dinner, and went down to the parlor to find himself face to face with A Tale of Two ShlrU. the divinity of the red-goringlets A soldier, lately redischarged and the violet eyes! from the turned Philippines, tells cooed StafMrs. "Ross, my dear, ford, "let me introduce you to Mbs tale of a shirt which is too good to be Chester, whom somehow you managed lost. His company waa returning from a long and tiresome scouting to miss this morning. Why, you For they were smiling at each other trip, in which most of tbe men had parted with the greater part of their merrily, spontaneously. Indeed, no, mother! Perhaps he wearing apparel, when he saw' on held th pretty hand she gave him a clothes-lin- e in the grounds of a resi1 little longer than was necessary. dence adjoining a big stone church met Miss Chester this morning. Bid two very good shirts, bung out to dry. she not tell you 1 put her In a cab?" As he had at the time only half a Miss Chester laughed. Ross Staf- shirt to his back, he proceeded to help ford laughed. And the bewilderment himself to a whole one. Whereupon of the head of the house of Stafford, a woman came out of the house and of the golfing son, and the studious said to Mm, In passable1 English: son; as they in turn presented, set You will pay for that on the judgthem laughing again. ment day. Madam," he replied, if "Lord bless me!- - cried Stafford se- you give such long credit, I wilj tak nior ruffling his hair, your father said both shirts, which he proceeded to you were a little girl! do. The Argonaut "O. I ahalL never Jbe, grown up to papa! cried Miss Chester. Tla Graduates. "He said, stammered the young Of the graduates of Yale university gentleman who was getting up an article on the architecture of the tenth from 1895 to 1899 only 29 per cent were century, that that you wire a nice from New England, while 38 per cent were from the middle Atlantic states, child? ' "Dont you think, queried Adele 22 per ceBt fronr the.north ccntral Chester mischievously, "that Im nice?" states and 7 per cent from the South. Whereat Ralph grew guiltily red. It Is also a striking fact that a large A gray gown! gasped Dick. nd proportion of the graduates adopt busand a hat with gray feathers! iness careers. At the beginning ths mere handful became busiMy traveling costume. Dont you, century with sparkling eyes, find this becom- ness men, while now the percentage 1 ing? another third entering th "This was a trailing, foamy, beruf-fle- d law. robe, all delicately green and white as th crest of a breaker, a dress that Croaada Aplnst English Spamws. revealed while concealing the snowiRufus Hendrick ot Wakefield about ness of arms and bosom. Becoming! a yeat ago .began a .crusade .against Rues told her then sad there ho that town, English sparrows-o- f the, so? Bui and NofTa waf of boys the through es. words are so with guns he has managed to destroy . Helen Stafford reached home before and 6,600 eggs.. He began dinner was over. Her brothers rap- 6,000 birds subscription, and turous reception emnxed her. Never with $30, raised 3bycents for each bird offered the boys had she known how tier missed her! Nor could ah drca- -i that each of three killed and $1 per hundred for eggn nee to. His fund was young hypocrites was Baying to him- taken from tbe but he succeeded In soon exhausted, self, She wont go East In such hurTranry it she and Helen tske to ech raising more money. Boston script other. They did tske to each other, Ross Boek-Dofound It As not necessary to keep his Reform. engagement that evening and permit- - What little reform gets Into Turkey ted his friend to root his heels alone usually slips In by ths hock door. Rekt their appointed rendezvous, RMpb port has tt that ths only dynamo now learned hie tenor went wonderfully in Constantinople passed the custom well with the pure soprano of their house os a washing machine, and thus guest. And Dlrit woe so anxious to the feelings of ths authorities wer initiate Miss Chester Into the myjUr- - spared. 5es eer-durln- f - ock, Health Officer of New York AdffllrlU WllUoB mad a mors thorough investigation of the vessel than is usual The aurgeon of the Baltimore told Dr. Doty that he would not certify that the sailor had not visited Glasgow, because they usually went everywhere when on shore leave. Dr. Doty permitted the Baltimore to go to the naval anchorage off Thompklns-vllle- , with the understanding that she was under quarantine, and that no person should b allowed on board, nor any of ths shin's company on shore without his permission. ? Others may cleave the steeps. Boar, and tn upper deeps Sing In the heaven's blue arches profound: But. thou most to ly Thing. Teach me to keep my wing Close to tint breast of our Mother, Ilia ground! Deadly flail green and growing juice pineapple Is accredited tn Java, tbs Philippines and throughout the far east generally with being a blood poison of a moat deadly nature. It la said to be the substance with which tbs Malays poison tbelr kreeses and dagger, aid also the "finger-nail- " poison formerly In use among aboriginal Javanese women almost universally. These women cultivated a nail o each hand to a long, sharp point, and the least eeratch from fine of these wa I certain death. . f Cleetan Children, Paris grand lams is boufitf that Franc shall not Ito depopulate Agei 22, One ViBcomtese is twenty-tw- o year of age, has been married five years, HARRIET IVES GAMMED! and Is the mother earn $20,000,000 in 333 years and eight of eleven boys, of whom the eldest I iff' month To help to celebrate her wednot ding to that lucky Englishman, Thomqul t f oni. as Shaw Safe, .Miss Gsmmeli invited years of age.. 8b ths 300 news and messenger boys to he presented her bus- four her guests si an outing at Island Park. band with pairs of twins in succession and has UroKfir Ejrpelled. off with tripets. Th topped Ths Chicago Stock Exchange has not Just all sound anl healthy. are children to deal with the question rejet hadsettled cently by the New York body, VnhKe Her Father. A broker In New York called a brother Miss Astor, the only daughter ot broker a liar, which was a violation William Waldorf Astor, la about 2$ of the rules. But h carefully protected himself, as he supposed, by the years old. She ts as popular In Lonqualification, "before 10 and after 3 don as her father is unpopular. It ti oclock that la to say, outride of said of her that rent1y she was asked whether she would rather be an Amerbusiness hours, Ths governors prompt1 am not ly suspended both members, A for call ican or bn English girl. Ing B a liar and B for provoking tbs quite sure," she replied. You see, my father is an Englishman, and that accusation. makes much difference. If tha choici were left to me, howeror. I would rathA rgyle "Daughter. er be in American." Of all ths late duke of Argyls'a daughters ons only In League with Dr itam. married a man Dom Carlos I., king ot Portugal, U title Lady Edith, sending a force of 1,000 Portuguese sowho is now duchldiers to South Africa, and the Utils ess , of Northumkingdom In the Spanish peninsula is berland. Four maf-rle- d assuming a new importance. It is said plain country a secret treaty ex tats between that gentlemen, one is ?. Britain and Carlos by which Deiagm the wife'' of th boy will be practically controlled by bishop of Peterborthe foreign office tn London. This on .and ough , Lady rangement, if.lt exists, recognixos the Victoria is unmarannexation of the lloer republics' aai ried. Lady Edith. regards the Boers ss mere rebels Kim Carlo baa never been unfriendly ts American Steal on tha, Clyde. England. On his visits thither he bu The latest Invasion by 'American been the recipient, of genuine hospt-manufacturers to excite Greet Britain la that of the makers of steel pistes for the sheathing of ships. Tbs Lon don Financial Times says that Clyde shipbuilders or now making contracts with American makers at as low a 6 15 per ton, ss against price as 3 2s fid asked by ths British manufacturers. With such prices as these, tt Is said to be impossible for tbs British to compete, and the American hr sold to havs taken orders tor 40,000 tons. Just at this time the Clyde steel workmen hv made a demand for a fifty-thrhours week, which Is being resisted by their employers. Any cessation of ths supply of British steal tor ths shipbuilders would naturally Increase th market tor th American product The London financial Times ascribes ths lower American price to DOM CARLOS. natural advantages, such as cheaper not h would coal and' lroal surprtstag, tality. It therefore, were Kruger end other Boer James M. Sherwln of Grafton, YL, leaders denied n refuge tn PertngtiMt has voted at every election In his Africa In view of the alleged undetown local,' stats and national sines rstanding with Great Britain. Ths MSA ' It be lives until November he Portuguese king Is 37 yean oil He will cost bis eighteenth presidential queen is the Princes AmeR. daughTot ter of th late Comte d Porta. Th De Rocbemaille rum-nage- er after all! rld 60U.1- - on his You cant .spectacles read aloud: llt- aistake her, Shes a curly-heade- d fie girl, in a gray gown and a hat fith gray feathers. Shes a nice child, and Ill be glad to have her meet your "There! youngsters. A child!" groaned Ralph, who was 2 and studious, He Swallowed his cafe noir at a gulp and rose disgustedly. Indeed! cried Dick disdainfully.' "Does ho take us for kindergarteners? Ross, who was th eldest. Bmtled In quite a superior and disinterested fashmusion, He boasted a flourishing tache. He was studying law. Plainly, the subject had no interest for him. one of you must meet the f Eh. but cried the head of the house. child! "Youll go, Ralph? Cant, sir. Im doing aq article on the architecture of the tenth century. It takes lot of research. Ill be all morning In th Newberry Library." Henry Stafford, huge of girtVf.-ose-itof visage, and twinkling oT eye, turned hi harvest moon face Imploringly toward his youngest son. "You. Dick? ; "Got golf match on. Cant make ft. sir. f your sister were "Dear, dear! fnly at home tomorrow after-soo'j Shell bein hack Mrs. Stafford. pug 1 "But th little girl gets here In the morning. She must be met She Is from n comparatively small town. She would be quit bewildered were she to find herself atone In Chicago. Besides, 1m unaer everl4 obligations to ChesHe sent the ter tn a business way. young fellow with the mustache an appealing glance. "I wonder now, Ross, if you Rosa laughed leniently, "You poor, perplexed old chap! Yes. I'll see that tbs child gets here all right! Good! " said Henry Stafford, with a Good." sigh, ot relief. But when the Western train disgorged Its jostling multitude In the Union Depot the following morning Ross Stafford, standing close by the trun cates. toundThst he had undertask of 'greater magnitude taken than he had at the time imagined. crush ot people, There was such, stout and thin, toll and short, big and llttiS. There were, children processions of them. But they all seemed to belong to ths folks who hurried them glimpse could be fetch gloag. Never little girl In a gray of a curly-beadhat with gray feath gown wearing rs. Or was the drqes brown? By jove! He wasnt even sure tof that The last laggard group trickled away, dots knew the conductor of the Denver train spoke to him as he came eurrying along. All off your train, Brigham? He good-looki- ed "Sure!" "There was a little girl, coming. to blue dress Chicago had curly hair 'v green hat blest If ! remember! Wasnt she on? Atone, wo she? . f "Yes. "No, sir, Didnt come. Sure? Course ' I am. Ill Roes wheeled around. "Well! telephone the folk! that she wosnt on. Dad con wire her people and find out I beg yonr pardon!" And he Suddenly found himself bow-i- n profoundly, hat In hand, before, a young woman with' whom he had et slender collided tn hi haste, graceful young woyoung woman. lovely young woman, as hi man, susceptible heart Instantly acknowloT-Vo- edged. I accepted his apology with a vivid blush. of the heed bend Might feb ld one-thir- ds-tte- ar d, -- ' ntnptd-sometim- tnkri 1 oe , |