ROMANCE. THE HONG OK THE LOVER. To live for hor, to toil lor her, To make her queen, ami oil To sin for her, to die for her, If Fate will liuve it so. THE SON 6 OF THE WIFE. To live for him, to trust In him, To be his all, but oh God pity me, I weary him Because I love him so. —S. E. liiser, in the Chicago Record-Her ald. __ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* :>♦«>♦ *♦♦♦oo | A REPORTER'S HEROISM. j X Pinned Uudor a Locomotive and Dy- • • iug lie Dictated His Story ♦ J of the Wreck. x 5 Dy MAT. GEOKOF. F. WILLIAMS. A Ever since the time when Froissart, that genial historian, of the Middle Ages, depicted, in his inimitable and charming style, the deeds performed by steel clad knights in search of ad venture 011 the roadside or in the me lee of battle, heroism has been the ab sorbing and dramatic theme of poet and singer. Today, when repeating lilies and rapid-iiring field or naval guns are the weapons of war on land or sea, heroism displayed on the scene of conllict is always a theine for praise by writers of prose or poetry. In all the wars of ancient or modern history heroic acts have illumined the pages of each epoch or century and these deeds are embalmed in history as the most precious gifts to human ity. But it is not alone on battle fields or in the hostile encounters that hero ism is displayed. Heroism belongs to every age and generation. It is this quality that gives a nation or a people distinctive character or force. As it was during all of the centuries of the Christian era, so it was in the nineteenth century just closed. Few men or women who read news papers would look for heroism among the men whose efforts placed before them the news of the day from all parts of the world. I do not intend to allude to or describe the work of war correspondents who participate in head-long charges or desperate en counters in search of material for glowing and rapid description of strik ing scenes, but to the work of every aay life. In the summer of 1892, the Chicago 6 Alton railroad modernized two or three hundred miles of its track, when the officials of the company organized an excursion train for the purpose of showing how far they had progressed. Every prominent citizen of Chicago was invited to take the trip and most of them accepted. These gentlemen, the railroad officers and a reporter from each of the Chicago morning papers, formed the excursion party. The reporter representing the Chi cago Inter-Ocean was Eugene White head, who made himself famous by inventing what is now known as base ball nomenclature. He was the first writer who wrote of "daisy cutters," "sky-scraping fly-balls." "grounders" and similar phrases now so common in descriptions of the national game. as the "Ca & A" excursion was realiy a junketing expedition, Mr. White head's managing editor assigned him to it as a specia' marl: of favor. Eugene Whitehead was one of those men who aie ever seeking a new sen sation, and it struck him thai a nue in the cab of a locomotive during a trip over an improved railroad would be something out of the common run in newspaper experience. Inviting Roy L. Quackenbush, a reporter for anoth er Chicago newspaper, to join him, they entered the caD, and, for nearly an hour, remained there, swallowing dust, cinders and smoke, until Quack enbush grew weary, and at the first stopping place retired for the more pleasant atmosphere of the passenger cars. The train had been running at a speed of from 50 to GO miles an hour, and the excursion party forgot ail about Whitehead's dusty ride on the locomotive amid the hilarity and feast ing among themselves. The train went on at its headlong pace until it reached a culvert, which, being imperfect, gave way under the weight of the engine. As the masonry crumbled the locomotive turned over and fell into the creek. The engineer and fireman were instantly killed, but Whitehead was alive and entirely con scious, despite the fact that he lay pinned under the huge mass of metal, and could not be extricated. Every possible effort was made by the excursion party to relieve White head's sufferings, but all failed. Mr. Quackenbush then endeavored to cheer his friend and comrade by idling him that a wrecking outfit had been telegraphed for, and that when it arrived he would be extricated. ."That's all right, old man," said Whitehead. "The wrecking train will hot get here in time to save me; even if it does, I am going to die. Say, Roy, will you do me a favor?" "I'll do anything, 'Gene, for you. What is it?" exclaimed Quackenbush, with many tears running down his cheeks. "Well, Roy," replied the crushed and dying reporter, "it's this way. I want you to take down my dictated story of this accident and send It over the wire to-the Inter-Ocean. Will you do it?" "Of course I will, "Gene," said Quackenbush. "But why worry your self about your duty to the Inter- Ocean. I'll send your story myself." "You don't seem to Understand me, Rov," and Whitehead's voice grew faint —his face wet with the agonj he was enduring. "What I want i« that you write out my story as I dic tate it, and send the report to th« Inter-Ocean; and I want you and al! the other newspaper boys to lot me have a 'scoop.' I want all of them tc agree that my story shall be the only one published in Chicago. I shall never see it in print, but it's a fancy of mine to scoop in just one more bit of news £;fore I die." "All right, old fellow," said Quack enbush, taking out his note-book and pencil. "It shall be as you wish. ) know that the boys will agree." "Thank you and them. Now are you ready" In less than 20 minutes the heroic reporter slowly i but clearly, described the accident which had brought death to him. He depicted the headlong speed of the train, the sudden subsid ence of the culvert and his own sen sations during the few seconds be tween apparent safety and the terri ble sensation of finding himself pinned under the locomotive. Mr Whitehead was particular in record ing the names of the dead engineei and fireman, adding his own name as being fatally injured. He also alluded to the fact that not one of the passen ger coaches had left the track and that none of the occupants had suf fered more than a severe shaking up. He ended his report by saying that the disaster was unavoidable and pre dicted success for the new and mod crn system. Poor Eugene Whitehead was dead before the story went over the wire. To it, under their respective signa tures, was appended the attestation of the other reporters that the dis patch had been dictated by Mr. White head. and that in compliance with his dying request the Inter-Ocean would be the only newspaper to receive an account of the accident. On the return of the surviving re porters to the Windy City, one and all received from their managing editors warm and hearty commendation foi their deference to a dying comrade. This is probably the only instance where a news "scoop" was voluntarily accorded by living men to a dying one. The heroism and devotion to duty of Eugene Whitehead met its full reward. —The Journalist. TACK PROVED A HOODOO. Tiny CIIIO Which Led to the Capture ol A I»JI 11 K I'.TIRGLAR. "One of the most remarkable cap tures in the history of my experience,' said a wall known detective, "hap pened some years ago, and I need not mention the place nor the circum stance in connection with the case. It was in a case where $30,000 had sud denly and mysteriously disappeared from a bank. The money was in a package, and was near the paying teller's window. The bank was open and doing business, for the money dis appeared before it was time for the bank to close. In the rush of business the teller had left his post at the win dow for a minute, and it was Wiiile he was gone that the roll of money dis appeared. He was dumbfounded when he discovered that a wad of money amounting to $30,000 had dis appeared from the amount ho had 011 the counter behind the screen. Dili gent search was made. The money was gone. There had been no one in the wicker enclosure but the teller. He was fearfully distressed. He did r.ot know what to make of it all. The bank officials were badly puzzled. "An examination of the outside of the wooden framework revealed a very small triangular scar on the woodwork, as if some person had at tempted to climb up to a position where the money «could be reached. The money was several feet from the window. The scar was freshly made, and it looked very much like the im print of a peculiarly shaped tack in the hoel of a shoe. Probably 20 days later a member of the detective force happened to be passing through a prominent hotel. A stranger was sit ting in the lobby, and he was striking the heel of his shoe with a pencil with brass on the end of it which he had in his hand, and it made a sort of clinking sound. The detective's at tention was arrested. He made in quiries of the clerk with reference to the man. The clerk knew nothing about Kim except that he had been at the hotel for some time. "The detective concluded that he would take a chance. He arrested the man. His trunk, valise and room were searched. No money could be found. The prisoner all the time was giving out excited protestations. Finally the officers thought they would make a close examination of the mattress. It was a happy thought, for they found the money, and the $30,000 was there, and the paying teller was the happiest man in the world.—New Orlears Times-Democrat. Dlamoter of tlio Planet Werrury. The planet Mercury has been meas ured with the large telescope of the United States Naval observatory at Washington by Dr. See, and its diam eter determined as 5.90.11, corre sponding to 4278 kilometers (260S miles). Dr. See calls attention to thj fact that he has never seen any marked spots on the planet's disc, not even when the sky was absolutely pure and the image of the planet per fectly defined, nor has he seen any diminution of brightness at the edges of the disc, such as would be pro duced by an absorbing atmosphere. These results agree, in general, with those obtained at the Lick observa tory and disagree, in respect of the markings, at least, with those of Schiaparelli and Mr. Pcrcival Lowe'.l. 1 1 New York City.—Norfolk styles, In all their variations, are much in vogue and are specially chic in shirt 'waists. The May Manton model shown Is shibt waist. simplicity itself, yet is smart to an un usual degree. The original is made of hunter's green velveteen with pipings of green and white Tekiu stripes, and Is worn with a fancy stock, but cordu roy, flannel, waist cloths and taffeta are equally appropriate, while the pipings can be of plain silk or satin, in place of the stripes, when such trimming suits the material better. The lining is snugly fitted and closes at the centre front, but separately from the outside. The waist proper is ETON JACKET IN THE HEIGHT OK STYLE. fitted by means of centre back, shoul der and uuder-arm sleeves. The separ ate pleats are applied and narrow as they approach the waist line to give a tapering effect to the figure. The back fits smoothly, but the fronts can be ar ranged in gathers at the waist or ad justed to the figure by means of a belt as preferred. The closing is ef fected invisibly through the hem be neath the centre pleat. The sleeves are in bishop style with narrow pointed cuffs. The neck is finished with a regulation stoelc over which a ribbon can be worn as Illustrated or which can be finished to match the pleats. To cut this waist for a woman of medium size four and five-eighth yards of material twenty inches wide, three and a half yards twenty-seven inches wide or two yards forty-four inches vide will be required. "Woman's Eton Jacket. In spite of the favor shown the longer models, the Eton jacket is in the height of style, and by many wom en is preferred to all other wraps. This jaunty little coat is suited alike to the costume and the separate wrap, and allows of being worn open or closed as preferred. The May Man ton original, shown in the large draw ing, is made of French broadcloth in tobacco brown, and is worn with a skirt of the same and over a shirt waist of white taffeta, but velveteen, corduroy, zebeline, camel's hair, che viot and nil suiting materials, as well as the heavier cloaking cloths are ap propriate. The back extends to the waist line only, but includes under arm gores that render the fit specially satisfactory. The fronts are fitted with single darts and are elongated to extend below the belt at the centre. The neck is finished with a regulation collar that rolls over, with the fronts, to form revers. The sleeves are in coat style, simply stitched at the low er edges. When closed the jacket is buttoned in double-breasted fashion find the revers become short, but when worn open they are rolled back to the waist. To cut this jacket for a woman of medium size three and three-eighth yards of material twenty inches wide, one aiul a half yards forty-four inches wide or one and three-eighth yards fifty Inches wide will be required. Important ISowknots. Broad fur collars are now in great t'Oitue. Thev are ample in proportions and taper down to the breast, where the collar is finished by a great bow knot of fur. Narrow widths of chin chilla are used for these bowknots. The loops reach almost to the waist, and the furred ends hang far down to the bottom of the Louis Quinze coat. A great deal of fur is used up in the loops and ends of the bowknot of fur. As a matter of fact the bow is already knotted. It would spoil a delicate fur like chinchilla to be ceaselessly tying and untying it. A nigh Turn Over. Coat collars are noticeably high this season. Be it "Napoleon" or the "high turnover," it must measure 110 less than four and a half inches. This is intended to give us a rest from the rolling and storm collars which have usurped attention so long. The "high turn-over," being so high, protects that delicate portion of the human anato my, the back of the neck, and so it is of a good shape to fit smoothly on the shoulders. We have no use for an old-style, low-necked coat this winter. The trend of fashion is all the other way. Fur Hats. The fur hats in vogue are somewhat larger than the toques of yore and are merely trimmed with soft scarfs of lace. But it is not necessary to think seriously about winter headgear yet. The cliapeaux of the moment, trimmed with autumnal fruits and flowers, are charming; so let us enjoy them while we may. . Persian Lamb Used For Trimming. Cream white Persian lamb is used for trimming some of the handsomest new white and clay cloth coats. Suit With Double Breasted Vest. Nothing makes a more satisfactory boy's suit than dark blue serge. The admirable model shown is made of that material with simple bone but tons, and is well adapted to school wear, but mixed cheviots and all other suiting materials can be substituted if preferred. The trousers are carefully shaped and are correctly fashioned. The vest is double-breasted, in conformance with the season's style, and is supplied with double rows of buttons and but tonholes. The jacket is seamed at the centre back and curves to give a grace ful effect. The fronts are half loose, with inserted pockets covered with laps. The neck is finished with regu lation collar that rolls over with the fronts to form lapels, and the sleeves are In coat style, stitched to simulate cuffs. To cut this suit for a boy of eight years of ago two and one-eighth yards 41 ft BOX'S SUIT. of material forty-four inches wide or one and three-quarter yards fifty-four inches wide will be required, with one half yard of lining for back of vest. WHIRE HE FAILED. He could bull or boar the market As be chanced to bo inclined ; Men by thousands wrought responsive To tills magnate's master mind ! There wore ships upon the ocean. There were trains upon the land That were stopped or set In motion By the turning of his hand ! Ho had but to nod or beckon And the thing ho willed was done— That is, till it came to dealing With his harum-scarum son ! —Chicago News. HUMOROUS. "How forbidding that boat looks," exclaimed Mrs. Taddells. "You are ( looking at the stern sheets," explained Mr. Taddells. The Beggar—l suppose you are very careful to keep a watch on your vic tims. The pickpocket—Well, I'm more ' careful to get a watch away from i them. I Mrs. Muggins—What an original J woman Mrs. Bjones is Mrs. Buggins— j Yes; she told me the other day she ; never had any trouble with her ser- ; vants. I Judson—Carrie, sometimes I think ' you are a ninny. Mrs. Judson —What, ! after living with you so many years? j It can't be possible; I admit I might ' have been when I married you. Teacher—Hereditary is an adjective that means something that descends from lather to son. Now, Willie Green, I construct a sentence containing the word. Willie Green —My pop's pant 3 are hereditary. "Why didn't the tenor sing tonight? He has such a sympathetic voice." "Well, the reason he didn't sing was that his voice wasn't sympathetic enough to touch the manager for a week's salary overdue." Mrs. Neersite —Really now, for Mrs. 1 Nooriteh that's quite a plain bonnet. 1 I especially admire that modest little rosette of green ribbons. Mrs. Sharpe —They're not green ribbons, my dear, merely a modest little bunch of ten dollar bills. "I hope," said the drummer, "you were quite satisfied with my report for ! the past month." "Well," replied the head of the firm, "there was one part ; of it that really exceeded our expecta- j tions." "And what was that?'' "Your expense bill." "What, you here again!" exclaimed the woman at the back door when Weary Willie presented himself. "I j thought you were dead!" "Oh, no," j replied Weary, touching his hat; "I didn't eat that piece of pie you gave me last time I was here." "Did I make a good tackle?" asked [ the football player, looking up from > his cot in the hospital. "Yes," replied | the nurse; "you bit off one ear, two | fingers and broke three legs." "Thank , heavens!" murmured the football player, lapsing again into unconscious ness. "Mamma, what would you do if that big vase in the parlor should get broken?" said Tommy. "I should whip whoever did it," said Mrs. Banks, gaz- j ing severely at her little son. "Well, then, you'd better begin to get up your muscle," said Tommy, "coz papa's broke it." LANCUACS INSTRUCTION BY MAIL A New Vent tiro in the Work of Torre uponclenco Sclioola. A good deal of excellent work has been done by some of the best cor respondence schools in this country, j in imparting an elementary knowl- j edge of bookkeeping, mathematics, electricity, steam engineering and j other sciences. Of course, such an ! education is not so thorough as that | obtained through personal attendance at a technical school or college, but sometimes the choice lies between this expedient and no instruction at all. Morever, the result largely de pends on the student, and even the best of schools cannot guarantee sat- i isfaction in advance. But it has been supposed that a good knowledge of foriegn languages could not be acquired by books alone, especially if one wishes to speak an other tongue and understand those who do so. Hence it is a little sur prising to learn that one of the Ameri can correspondence schools now un dertakes to teach languages by mail The method is to supply each student with a standard Edison phonograph, 1 Original records made by the instruc tors are then sent to the student in succession as he progresses, so that 1 as he reads the textbooks and studies them he can at any time have the ' machine repeat the words- of the j language he is studying as spoken by the instructor. No duplicates or copied 1 records are used, but every one used j is a "master record" made directly \ by the instructor, and as In this school, instructors born in the countries in which the various languages are spoken do the work, the student may be sure of absolutely correct pronun cation, etc. This enables languages to be studied at leisure moments whenever they occur, and in view ot the generally recognized growing im- ■ portance of the study of French, Ger-1 mah and Spanish particularly, this 1 scheme will probably prove popular. The Modern Ynutli. ' What did your son say when you 1 reproved him for annoying the neigh- I bor" "He said that the rebuke was a just j one," said the melancholy man, "but that the disregard of grammar with which it was administered was greatly to be deplored."—Washington Star. The superintendent of public instruc tion in Pennsylvania receives S4OOO a j year. New York pays SSOOO, and Colo rado, in which the nnw j s held by a j woman, S3OOO. t A Trolley Without Tinlls, A motor line worked on the trolley system, but without mils, is projected In the suburbs of Nice. Xo rails will be laid. The cars are practically large electric motor cars, minus accumula tors. The motor receives its electrical power from overhead wires. Central electrical works will provide the cur rent. which will pass through two par allel aerial wires supported by posts. One wire will lie used by the ascend ing, the other by the descending ve hicle. Great economy of energy is obtained, besides the gain of space and the avoidance of the weight of the accumulators. One feature of the sys tem Is the ease with which the motor cars will make way or pass around any carriage they encounter, the con necting wire being sufficiently long to allow of such deviations. I'nuble to Stand For Months Breuuso of Sprained Ankles. CCItKD BY ST. JACOBS Oil.. (From tho Cardiff Times.) Anions; the thousands of voluntary endorse ments of the great value of St. Jacobs Oil for ?prair«, stiffness, and soreness, is that of Mrs. O. Thomas, 4 Alexandra Itoad, Gelli, Ysbrod, near l'i ntypridd, South Wales, who tays:— "It is with great pleasure that I add my will ing testimony to the invtlnable excellence of your eeiebrati d St. Jacobs Oil, as experienced in my own easi. I sprained both ray ankles in walking down some steps so severely that I was unable to stand for several months. Tho pain I suffered was most severe, ami nothing that I used helped mo until I applied St. Jacobs Oil, when they immediately became better daily, and in a short time I was able to go about, and soon after I was quite cured. I am now determined to advise all perrons suf fering from pains to use this wonderful rem edy, which did so much for me." Mrs. Thomas does not enlighten us as to whai treument alio pursued during tho months she was unable to stand, and during whieli time she was suffering so much, but wo venture to suggest that had the called in any well known medical man he would have at once have proscribed St. Jacobs Oil, for it has conquered pain upwards of fifty years, and doctors know there is nothing so good. Tho proprietors of St. Jacobs Oil have boen award ed twelve gold medals by different interna tional exhibition as the premier pain-killing remedy of tho world. The committees who made the awards were in each instance com posed largely of the most cmin nt medical men obta'nable. Mrs. Thomas evidently did r.ot know the high opinion in which -1. Jacobs Oil is hold by al:uo.3t every progressive med ical man. When one woman makes a formal call on another woman she seldom stays more than fifteen minues, ten of which she coa sumes in saying good-bye. J rv —/m —rar:-j^.TK.--a^->agicaasEJßaaca^g: , ji \ I Coughedl g "I had a most stubborn cough H B for many years. It deprived me H 0 of sleep and I grew very thin. ! g * then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, R i| and was quickly cured." j* b R. N. Mann, Fall Mills, Tenn. 1 | Sixty years of cures I 1 and such testimony as the | i above have taught us what g | Ayer's Cherry Pectoral | 1 will do. 1 I We know it's the great-1 3 est cough remedy ever | 1 made. And you will say | | so, too, after you try it. 8 | There's cure in every drop. | C Three sizes: 25c., 50c., sl. A!! dngjrists. S k Consult your doctor. If ho says take it, ■ ■ then do as he say*. If he tolls you not |3 M to tako it, then don't take it. Ho knows. D H Leave it with him. We are willing. tU v J. C. AYER CO., Lowell. Hate, W IhsHon.Ses.StarrWrites No. Van Nk Plvk, Nf.w Youk. Ph. Hadway With mo y«.Ui* Kel.ef bus wo kel won iors. for the last three y.-urs I have hatl ire qu»*nt an I severe attacks ot s iatica, somoilines ex ten 1 iii r iro.n rht» lumbar regions to my ankle,an lat tiiuto both lower li 1)8. I)ariii-r the time i h av? oeen afflicted I have trie.l almost all th • reaie U »s re -ommen le I by wise men an 1 tools, hopiiK to li:i 1 reliebut all proved to ba luilures. ... I have tried v rious kin is of baths, m nipulations» outward ppli ration «>i i.tiim< nts luo mi erous to ui« a aciwii, ant prescript os oi t.e most eminent physleiMi.*, all oi Willi li tailed to (five me reliet. .»!3t -i •pi »mbi)r, at lie urgent rem *sr o ai'rienl (wh had been atnietel as inv.vl: > I wts in hi ed r • try your rem »d . I wis then suffuriu* fomu y with on.» ot my ol I tarns. Tom. sur rise and d— li-rht the tlrst application a tve mo ease, alter bith iuif an i rubbiinrthe parts affe.-teu, leaviir* the limbs in a wiri.iKlow, created by the Lolief. In a short ti >ie the pam passe I ntirely away. Although I lnv.s di rht porio li al itU-' s appr luliin t a rli in re o: .veith :r, Ikn»w n>w how to cure myself, anl 1 vi ire m sou- o id : .si Ait ion. ii VI) »V Vi 'S lli'llD'i llli .IKF is my frie .d. I never travel With u a bottlo m my val.se. lours truly, v.r (). sTAIin, Commissioner. Si»M !>y ail Drug-gist*. RADWAY & CO., 55 Elm Street, NEW YORK. HOLLENDEk S BATHS, 149 West 125 th Street, NEW YORK, The Largest Russian. Turkish Bath in tut. World. Wants stalwart men about 00 years old im 1 six feet till to tiiiL'h the business of rubbing, shumpoufir.g, eta. WAUES WIMi BE PAID. Address lini-I.KXI)KH UATHS, 149 West 1 r>lll Slrerl, - - N l-:\V YOUK Dr. ftenermann's Healing Salve. Used in Vis private practice for 3»i years, now first »riven to ) be public 1 >r old 11 leers and running cor«?i thAt your pliysiiiiii has fnile lto cure. Try it. J> nits. 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