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Arihu" Johnson fail
'" se, " e 'he heavy- ,
asa Ml weight champion
ship eo nt roversy 1
this winter, there is another contest on j
that promises to make tip for any dis- |
appointment in that direction. This
is the Cannon-Parsons bout, and if
Mich affairs were fought out in the
squared circle instead "!' the political j
arena the announcer would step to the
middle of the Hug. elevate his chin,
scowl deeply and then probably intro
duce the men as follows:
"(lents an' odders, dis bout is at a
hundred an' fifty-eight pounds. Queens
berry rules. See? I>e guy In dat cor
ner is Herb Parsons of New York. I)e
odder guy i s Joe Cannon of Illinois.
Shake hands, yousp. an" do loist bloke
wot hits in de clinches pits his slats
pushed In. See - ;"
All joking aside, howi ver. t!ie amaz
ing charge Herbert Parso'i-. congress
man from New York ami niirman of
the New York ltcpubli iii . oiinly cotn
mittee, has made against Speaker Can
non and Ills own party lias caused a
great sensation throughout the coun
try. and the affair promises to develop
Into one of the bitterest tights in the
history of politics. Mr. Parsons
charges that Tammany llall entered
Into a deal with up state Republicans
to defeat the efforts of New York city
Itepublicans to perfect the signature
law during the last legislative sessiou
in Albany and a part of the deal was
t: Tammany should support Speaker
Cannon and the rules of the house of
representatives. He also claims that
the Republican representatives of New
York city were not informed of the
deal either from Albany or Washing
ton.
This charge followed the declaration
of the county chairman that Tammany
was planning wholesale frauds in the
coming election and that most com pre-
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SPKAKEK CANNON OPENING CONGRESS.
hensive preparations would bo made
by the Republican forces to circum
vent them.
• So much for Mr. Parsons' side of it.
When Mr. Cannon was informed of
the charge he was just lighting his
fourteenth after dinner cigar.
"Humph:" he growled, only he used
another and. some might think, a more
expressive word. "If that chap Par
sons is looking for trouble he has come
to the right place." Asked as to his
attitude in the matter, the speaker
smiled grimly and dryly continued:
"1 don't make a hullabaloo about
such things until I'm hurt. When 1
first used togo hunting as a boy along
the Wabash I saw one kind of an ani
mal that 1 never bad seen before and
kicked at it.l was weeks in recover
ing.
"I was weeks in recovering." added
the speaker sententiously, "and since
that time I never have kicked at that
kind of an animal—in private life or
in politics."
Almost every one is familiar with
the career of Uncle Joe Cannon. Mr.
Parsons, too, is a man of much promi
nence politically. He was born in
New York city just forty years ago
and took up law after graduating from
Yale in the class of 1800. Soon after
being admitted to the bar in 1594 he
entered politics, became the leader of
his district and is at present its repre
sentative to congress and chairman of
the New York Republican county com
mittee. In speaking of 11i.s charges
against Cannon and others Mr. l'ar
sotis recently said:
"I had no idea < '
preeipi' iting a iia /'ITWkMMN
tional dispute or /' )
controversy when Cv / S 1
I made the state- J
ment, but I am not
worrying. My posi
tion is simply this, ~ -p—•»-
and I shall maintain it. no matter what
may happen. 1 believe that a man in
my position, with tlie power that 1
have as chairman of the New York
county committee, can in a few years
put a stop to illegal registration and
fraudulent voting in New York. I be
lieve it is the duty of a man in my
position to do that. I have no doubt
ihat in three or four years I will suc
ceed."
Methuselah.
Hoax—lt's a good thing Methuselah
■wasn't a woman. Joax—Why? Hoax
—The world would never have known
how old she really was.—Philadelphia
Record.
Striking manners are bad manners.
-Ilall.
Hard Luck.
Old Lady—Poor man! What have !
you done to your band? Uuemploya
ble— Broke rn.v knuckles, mum, knock
in' at people's doors askin' for work. -
London Scraps.
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uiiibi ill i.jti. i
Object to Ceing Called Unclean
by I reacher.
RESENT OR. AKED'S REMARKS
Sothern Retorts by Saying He Has
Had Clergymen In His Company and
Has Found Them Very Well Be
haved.
11l speaking of the injustice of prej
udice the Rev. Dr. Charles K. Aked.
pastor of the Piftli Avenue Baptist
church of New York, the church at
tended by John D. Rockefeller, said:
"Take the case of actors and ac
tresses. All Christian people put them
under the ban. All Christian people
regard them as unclean, and 1 tell you
that Christian people have no right to
be surprised if they act as though they
were unclean."
The statement has aroused the lead
ing figures of the stage as few other
utterances have done in recent years.
The general attitude is timt Dr.
Akcd's statement belongs to the time
when the English statutes classed
actors as vagabonds.
When lv H. Sothern commented ou
the m ittei Miss .1 nil t Marlowe was
present an! tiled frequent approval
of the actor's -allrical remarks.
"Until I read Dr. Aked's statement I
did lei Know eiors and actresses as
. ' lass had been placed under a Imu
b; .til Christian people and that 'all
t'hl'i-dlan people regard them as un
t•!■ :in." " said Sothern. "But if we are
" eminently proper for liini to plead
ur cause in the pulpit, that we may
get a fair chance.
Clergymen on the Stage.
"But this occurs to me Though one
continually hears of eccentric conduct
on the part of persons connected with
the church, there lias not been, so far
as I am aware, any unkindly criticism
of those persons by the men and wo
men of the stage. We have looked
charitably upon these hackslidings as
the result of ordinary human frailties.
We have never thought of ostracizing
(hose church people as a class. 1 have
some delightful friends among the
clergy.
"I have had in my companies three
clergymen, and we found them very
well behaved. There really was noth
ing objectionable about them. One
clergyman came to me while 1 was
preparing "The Proud Prince' and
asked for an engagement. lie said he
wished to exchange the pulpit for the
stage, for just what reason 1 cannot
now recollect. Perhaps it was his
voice.
"'I thought of taking him. and he
hastened to friends to tell of his good
luck. He returned next day and said
his friends thought he luid better with
draw because lie might not find the
people in the company proper persons
to associate with. I replied in all
good humor that he need not let that
deter him from earning his living with
us. as the important thing might prove
to be whether the people iu the com
pany would wish to associate with
him. "Besides,' said I. 'admitting we
are a depraved lot, this is the place
for you, a clergyman, right liere in our
sinful midst. Redeem us. act with us.
pray with us, save us.'
"He was a good natured, stupid look
ing sort of fellow, and be laughed and
went away and left us to our wicked
ness. Well, he meant well. Dr. Aked
icans well. We all mean well. It is
good to know that we are unclean—we
can now begin to reform.
Clergymen ar.d Actors In Jails.
Rome time ago a clergyman started
nne such discussion as this, and the
i cxt day there appeared iu the records
of a legislative debate a statement
ihat -t.OOii churchmen were confined in
jails, inebriate asylums or kindred in
stitutions. At ihat time there were
but three actors in the country con
fined in like places."
Miss Rose Cogblau. a distinguished
member of an old stage family, was
incensed by Dr. Aked's sermon.
"Perhaps Dr. Aked got his idea from
the fact that actors and actresses are
continually before the public aud their
troubles are thoroughly aired. Consid
erable space is given by newspapers
to the troubles of society folk, and if
newspaper interest continues to iu
crease in them it won't be long before
Dr. Aked will be able to get up in the
pulpit and say that all Christians put
society men and women under the ban
and regard them as unclean. It is
merely a matter of publicity, that's
all."
"Dr. Aked's statements could have
been inspired only by a desire for no
toriety." said Robert Edeson. "It is
strange that a people so low in the
ryes of Christians should continually
be besieged by these very Christians
with pleas for financial aid for chari
ties. I know of no other class of men
and women who give so freely to all
worthy charities, not only of their
ni ney, but their art and their time, as
d'> the people of the stage."
TOBACCO'S NEW RIVAL.
Chicago Students Turning From Ciga
rettes and Pipes to Chocolate.
Chocolate is replacing the pipe and
the cigarette as the really wicked and
manly indulgence of Chicago univer
sity men if the result of the last re
port of the Reynolds club indicates
anything. It shows that there was al
most as much chocolate sold as to
bacco. It is eaten right in the club
rooms and In large quantities. The
club, a men's Institution, has over 500
members.
Will Leave Million For Peace.
Edwin Uinn. the publisher of Bos
ton. an earnest advocate of interna
tional peace, has made provisiou in
his will that on his death $1,000,000
shall become available for the cause
of universal peace. He will also con
tribute $50,000 annually to the peace
cause during the remaining years cf
his life.
Tree and Sea.
I>j the way, what is t lie tree most
nearly related to the sea?"
"The beech, of course."
"Are you sure? Isn't the bay tree
nearer''"— London Scraps.
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ill .
il. < mi i - a;
(■rings tin- i up i" U' ' i
second time an-1 i . . t itii. il
States next yea I i> i \iili»n ami
aeronautic conti-Ms.
Tile lirst inSeiiiatioii.il I.MIOOII eon
lest. Which -Illicit 1it..11 I .iris Scot,
iil). 11iiiii, wis won by uti .vnieri an.
Lieutenant I* rank I'. La inn. v\tn> li.ui
as his aid Major lleiiiy It. lleisey.
The contest for Ulti'i was held in St.
Louis and was won by Oscar KrbsioU
ot Germany in the balloon I'oiniiiern
Ills balloon landed within a tew yards
of the Atlantic ocean, on the New Jer
sey coast, and less than one mile from
that spot landed the balloon L'He de
Prance, with M. Alfred Leblane pilot
and Mr. Mix as his aid.
In that trip a new world's duration
record of forty-four hours was estab
lished and stood until broken the fol
lowing year by Colonel Sehaeck, win
remained in the air seventy-three
hours in his trip from Berlin to the
coast of Norway, where lie landed in
the sea.
Mi. Mix. while an American citizen,
lias spent many years in Paris, where
he is engaged in business, lie is a
member both ot the Aero Club of
Prance and the Aero Club of America
an I has represented both countries in
the international contests, lie was
born ami reared in Ohio, and during
the race from St. Louis in liMiT bis
balloon passed over his native place
jnsi a iter sunrise on the morning of Oct.
it was the lirst tifiie he had seen
the place In twenty years, and as the
balloon sailed along he locked dowu
,ind called out to several old neighbors
and told them who he was.
GERMAN COLONY IN TEXAS.
Foreign Companies Carrying Out Plans
to Raise Cotton In Our South.
German and British spinners are
putting into execution their threat to
buy land and raise cotton in Texas.
The sale of several tracts of land, ag
gregating nearly 250.000 acres, in
southwest Texas to a Berlin firm led
to the disclosure that German and Eng
lisli spinners are the actual purchasers
and that they plan to buy more land
upon which to grow cotton. Their
agents hold options on several thou
sand acres, all in Frio. Lasalle. Webb,
Duval and Mc.Mullen counties.
Plans have been perfected for col
onizing German cotton growers, who
agree to sell their crops to the spin
ners direct.
l'tie spinners contend that the grower
will get a better average price tor ni«
product season by season thai under
present conditions. The details of the
plan are not announced. hut in some
way the spinners will hold a sort ot
lien on the land to insure the sate to
them of all cotton grown on it.
The lirst colony of about uOO German
families wi • settle on the land about
Jan. I. 'J tie price ot the land ranged
from SL' to .sjo an acre.
SENT AD. EY WIaELESS.
Latest Method of Communication Used
by Enterprising Auto Man.
To transmit advertisements by wire
less is rather a new wrinkle and seems
just a little in advance of up-to-date
ness, even lor the automobile bus'-
ness. This was a feat recently per
formed by the advertising manager for
one of the big automobile companies in
New Orleans.
The advertising man was trying to
steal a few days away from business,
aud part of the plan was a trip by
steamship from New Orleans to New
York. On the second day out. when
in the middle of the gulf of Mexico,
It occurred to the publicity man thai
he bad forgotten to prepare copy fot
a full page advertisement he had or
dered Inserted in a large list of papers.
Not to be thwarted, he wrote the copy
and transmitted the 1.500 words, to
gether wilh instructions as to illus
trations and composition, by wireless
to Key West, Fla.. whence it was for
warded by mall to the various four
nals.
Spermaceti added to boiled staret:
gives the goods a gloss Borax makes
the starch stlfTer.
We Shoot. Out 75 Pounds
Nearly Every Minute
Each mammoth gun, at each dis- Crisp and nut-like — four times as
charge, shoots out 75 pounds of porous as bread. Grains that melt in
I ufifed W heat or I'uiTed Rice. the mouth.
And a gun, to meet the present There is nothing else to compare
demand, must be shot about every vvit h them. No cereal food half so
mmnte. g ood.
For, last month, seventeen million \vi f .1, >llll.l
, , / , When you try them, you 11 be glad
meals were served of these new, en- u j
i . ' that we told you about them. And
ticing foods. / , , ,
your folks will be glad.
If your folks like what most folks Don't wait longer. Order one
like, they 11 enjoy these gigantic package. Submit it to a vote of your
grains. table.
Puffed Wheat —10c Puffed Rice —15c
1 he.se arc the foods invented by Prof. An- Then the guns arc unsealed, and the steam
dcrson, and this is his curious process: explodes. Instantly every starch granule is
T. , . , . . . blasted into a myriad particles.
i lie whole wheat or rice kernels are put into "
sealed guns. Then the guns arc revolved for . 7,10 k f rnc,s of K rain arc expanded eight
sixty minutes in a heat of 550 degrees. times, ct the coats are unbroken, the shapes
are unaltered. We have simply the magnified
1 hat fierce heat turns the moisture in the grain,
grain to steam, and the pressure becomes tre- One package will tell you why people de
mendous. light in them. Order it now.
(7)
Made only by The Quaker Oats Company
fl.-l INTELLECT J 'mVEL.
Hfc.v# s New Elcvin- k £,tu
asnt Is a Men.;. ..ondit
William .). Sldls, I lit' eleven j i*iii■ i il
boy :H I 111 111 I'll In 11 tl I" V;i r« I dm \n'-ilj us
I In* youngest matriculate in i tit* long
History nl' ili<> iiisiiluilini. couid spell,
rt'jiil mill write nl lln* ime <if two. He
lii'riinit* deep;,v absorbed in Ininks when
other rliiiilt'i'ii were playing in the
sand anil making houses of blinks. Me
devoured everything readable lliat he
could Inv his hands on, and when he
had advanced to the age of live his
yearning for knowledge had also ad
vanced in such a state that he began
taking books from the Brookline(Mass.l
I'nlilit- lilirary.
When he was six he was sent lo the
[tunkle sehool. The school authorities
placed him In one of the higher gram
mar grades, but withdrew him after
six months, for he knew more limn
they taught at that school, and il would
have been a waste of lime to have
kept him lomrer villi llie oilier pupils.
When he was eight years old lie was
sent in tlic Brook line lihih school, one
of the best in i!n for it is
supported by llie rich ■ town in the
world. lie ivillained .i • live niotillis.
Thai was Inns ct ■ Miiii. f"i' lie was then
further advanced than the school.
Me evinced i strong liking for math
ematics anil pliysii al the age of eight
and was greatly interested in astron
omy and other sciences. Al Iha I early
ngc he was ready for college. but his
parents declined to send him lo the
higher Institutions, as they were of the
opinion that I heir son would do more
thorough work at home, lie was al
lowed to study whenever he wished
and whenever he liked. lb* was never
forced along any particular line.
This remarkable hoy has been a puz
zle to scientists, astronomers and math
ematicians. He prefers the company
of men and women who gather at his
home, who are on an intellectual foot
ing with him. to the boys of (he nelgli
borhood. He discusses advanced sci
ences with the learning of a professor.
When a boy of eight lie spoke four
languages. As a freshman at the
Brookllne high school he made astro
nomical calculations which puzzled
professors in mathematics, invented a
new system of logarithms in series of
twelves instead of tens, prepared an
outline of advanced grammarand help
ed pupils in classes above him to mas
ter their lessons.
Fresh Air For Sleeping.
A person requires twenty cubic
inches of fresh air at encli respiration,
or oil an average of 400 per minute,
and in ten hours' sleep he consumes
130 cubic feet of air. The air of a
bedroom len feet square, having its
doors and windows closed and occu
pied by oik' person, would become un
lit for respiration In four hours, lti
the case of two occupants llie time
would, of course, lie reduced to two
hours.-New York American.
Points on the Market.
Old Gentleman (in broker's office)—
Now. what do you think 1 might buy?
Broker— You ought to have some Char
tered. Old Henllewau—Why. I was
only thinking coming up in the train
that 1 ought to sell some Chartered.
Broker (who wants a commission)—
Well, that's not a bad idea, either.—
London Financial Times.
A Dried Up Spring.
Editor—l understand. Mr. Penny
man. that you have married. Penny
man (sadlyi—Yes. Editor—That will
perhaps infuse new life in your moth
er-in-law jokes, eh? Pennyman (more
sadly)— Alas, that is a tiling of the
past. The mother-in-law is no longer a
joke with me.—Brooklyn I.ife.
An Appreciated Kindness.
"Mr. Hrowell." begau the visitor. "I
don't want to disturb you"—
"Very considerate of you to come in
here just to tell me that." said the
busy man."l appreciate it. sir. Hood
day!"— New Y'ork Journal.
ImperCinet.
Mrs. Hank - If you won't do no work
ver won't gir no dinner, and that's nil
there is to it.
"Tell yon what 1 am willing to do. '
will give you a lesson In correct EnR
Ush. Is It a ro?"—Life.
- " -i CHNTH CLAUS.
TclH a Little Chicago
Cut He Mddo Discovery.
ic i lo a i.llie Chicago girl to
i vi r II . real object of I)r. Cook's
inil Ci :ni:iauder Peary's heroic inarch
es in itie north pole. It was to call ou
S- nt.i ('huts, of course.
.1 uiic Mclioiiald. the tiny daughter
of l-< i n- .Mclioiiald, found litis out and
wrote in Hr. Cook, addressing her let
ter North Pole. Brooklyn, asking him j
to please tell her what kind of a house i
KrN's Kringle lived In. She wrote:
I'ear I ir. Cook—Did you see Santa Claus
at (lie norm pole'.' What Kind ot a house:
did he live in? Vours truly.
JEAN IK ftI'OONALU.
Dr. Cook lias replied in part as fol
lows:
"See Santa Claus? Why, of course I
did. That's just why 1 went to Hie
north pole. I went there to make sure
that Santa Claus would not be angry
at some of our grownups and big bad
hoys who have made fun of him and
said they did not believe in liiui any
way.
I found him in a huge snow palace,
and every room from top to bottom
was crowded with toys and candy and
great big packages of good will and
kindness and love for little boys and
girls. And there were special pack
ages, happiness and content ami good
fellowship, for the grownups.
"lie looks just like his pictures too.
lie is always smiling, even when lie is
working hard loading his sleighs with
his good tilings for tile people down
here. And lie keeps his reindeers al
ways ready for trips around to lind out
what tile children will be needing at
his next visit, and. although we were
very liungrv when we got there, we
could not kill any of Santa Claus' ani
mals, because lie said that would pre
vent liiui from making all llie calls lie
had to make among his children.
"See Santa Claus? Yes. indeed."
A Surprise For the Hunters.
"If the lair of a leopard is known,"
wiys a writer in the Wide World Mag-
H7.ine. "stoues will generally dislodge
the lurker. 1 recall one occasion when
n leopard was supposed to be located
In a cave near camp. The guns were
placed around in positions command
ing the exit, and a few stones were
then thrown in. There was no result
nt tirst, but as more and larger stones
crashed in there came a faint hum
ming and then a roar like the sea un
di'£ the cliffs. In a moment the air
above the cave's entrance grew dark
with—bees.' As one man sportsmen
anil guu bearers lied for the camp. A
few were slightly stung before they
could reach their tents and pull the
flaps over the entrances, which the
bees for some time besieged. Incredi
ble though it may sound, it is the truth
that, although the camp was full of na
tive servants, horses, etc.. none of
those who had remained behind and
were not concerned in the attack ou
the bees' cave were stung. It was a
considerable time before the bees beat
a retreat, but during all the time that
they stayed in the camp it was the
tents of their aggressors exclusively
round which they angrily buzzed."
See that all the hours of the day are
so full of Interesting and healthful oc
cupations that there is no chance for
worry to stick its Uose in.— Eutlier II
Gulick.
Paupers' Paradise.
The authorities of Samoa, the little
island upon which Robert Louis Ste
venson lived and died, provide board
aud lodging absolutely free to stran
! gers who are unable or unwilling to
pay for their keep. Every village on
I the island has a guest house, called a
"faletale," and here the tourist is in
vited to come and be fed. lodged and
entertained without any payment
whatever.
The officiate of the town of Klingeu
borg-oti-tlie-Main. in Bavaria, are ex
ceptionally generous, for they not only
provide free beds and free board to
poor people, but give away big pud
dings every year end to all who ask
for them. Klingenberg owns several
pottery clay pits that bring in so much
money to the town coffers that they
pay all the town expenses and leave
a good round sum over, which is dis
tributed to charity. Klingenberg Is
one of the few places where taxes are
unknown.
|\u%%vutr..i ivu^vt
jj The Return \
I CM a Fanwros j j
Comet.
fWJMIOM now on
r we must take
care of our
eyesight and set
the family tele
scope in goo <1
working order,
for there is to bo
be a free show in
the heavei.s that
we do not want
to miss. Ilalley's
WATCHING FOR TIIE famous comet,
COMET. that monster of
space that has been wandering about
for the past seventy-live years, lias re
turned, and it behooves us to get
ready to welcome It. While it is
rushing toward earth with the speed
of a bullet, It is still countless miles
away and will not be visible t<> f he
naked eye for some time, although one
may get a peep at it through the tele
scopes shortly. After it appears it
will continue to grow In brilliancy and
length until it is the size of about
ninety full moons and will remain
until the latter part of May, 1910.
Then our celestial guest will disap
pear from sight of man again, going
no one knows where. The astrono
mers say it will not return for another
seventy-five years.
Particular interest among scientific
men is attached to Ilalley's comet
because it is the first one to reappear
as predicted. Prior to the time of
Ilailey, comets were -supposed to be
only occasional visitors. But Ilailey
found that by calculating that the
comet traveled In a closed curve it
would return to the solar system at
intervals of about seventy-five years.
After his observations of the cornet
In 1 <'Si! ho calculated that it would
return in 175S or 1759. lie was right.
The comet was again seen in 1835 and
lias been absent since that date.
When first sighted the comet was very
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A COMET CAfOnr BY THE C AMEBA.
large and brilliant. Since then it has
been smaller and less bright. In
it was only about half as large and
brilliant as in 1759.
Ilalley's comet is so called not be
cause Ilailey discovered it, for it had
long been knowu, but because he was
the first to calculate its orbit and to
predict its return. Ilailey was born in
IGSG and was educated at St. Paul's
school and Queen's college, Oxford, lie
was a notable astronomer, traveled
much on the continent and was a
friend of Sir Isaac Newton. In 1720
be was made astronomer royal, and,
besides predicting the return of the
comet in lt'xS-, be recommended the use
of the transit of Venus for obtaining
the parallax of the sun. He died in
171- with a European reputation as an
astronomer.
No one need hide under the bed or
seek a cyclone cellar because we are
to have a visit from this comet, how
ever. There is not the slightest dan
ger of its colliding with the earth or
in any way disturbing us, as all comets
are looked upon with scientific curios
ity rather than fear. Not so with the
comets of the past, however.
The appearance of tho comet In 1150
spread terror all over Europe, and in
all the churches people prayed to be
delivered from the Turks and the
comet. Three years earlier Constan
tino, the last emperor of Byzantium,
had died the death of a hero on the
Sandjakdar Yokushar. the Sultan Mo
hammed had entered the city, and the
Church of St. Sophia had become a
mosque. The crusades were over, and
Christianity seemed fated to succumb
to Islam, for nothing was able to stop
the conquering -Moslems. Then, in
1450, the comet appeared in the heav
ens. and Europe saw in It the scimitar
of Othman, foretelling the subjugation
of Christendom.
As to the appearance of Ilalley's
comet on its return, it depends en
tirely upon its position with regard to
the earth and sun. If the earth hap
pens to be near the comet about the
time of its passage round the sun.
when the comet's light Is necessarily
greatest and the train most extended,
then we shall have a splendid view of
the glorious spectacle. At its return In
1759 the comet had a train of 50 de
grees in length and was best seen
in the southern hemisphere--that is.
the train of the comet extended to a
distance equivalent to a little more
than halfway front the zenith to the
horizon.
At its next return, in 1535. it was
somewhat short of its splendor, for its
train was but 15 degrees in length.
How the comet will look now It is im
possible to conjecture, but It Is to be
hoped that It will treat us to a dis
play worthy of its former reputation.
The Next Best.
"Hubby. I haven't had a new dress
for a month."
"Times are slow for me. my dear.
Better go in for literature and pretend
to be superior to the fashions."—Kan
sas City Journal.
Her Discovery.
Husband—Think of It! Here is a
hairpin I have found in the soup! Wife
—Yes? Now I know where our things
have gone. A shoe horn disappeared
too! Harper's Bazar.
Liberty cannot be established with
out morality.—tireeley.
RISE OF A PRINCESS.
Wife of Austria's Heir Recognized
at Last by Emperor.
NOW KNOWN AS "HIGHNESS."
After Nine Years Francis Ferdinand's
Morganatic Spouse Is Honored by
Her Husband's Uncle—Helped by tho
Kaiser.
By granting the title of "highness"
to the Princess of Iloheuberg. morga
natic wife of Archduke Francis Fer
dinand of Austria-Hungary, the old
ruler of the dual monarchy. Emperor
Francis Joseph, bas renewed the dis
cussion of the exact status of the „
princess and the possibility of her •
sitting on the throne with her hus
band. who is nephew and heir to the
aged emperor. The princess and her
husband will shortly visit the kaiser
at Berlin, where they will receive
great honors.
The kaiser is said t" be responsible
for the new honor accorded to the
princess, although it is known that
the aged Francis Joseph has been in
a relenting mood for some time past,
and chapters in what is now called
"A Romance of International l.ove
and Politics" seem to be written fast.
The children of this morganatic mar
riage are the Princess Sophia, aged
eight: Prince Maximilian Charles, aged
seven, and Prince Ernest, aged live.
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The kaiser's reasons for inducing the
emperor to honor his heir's wife, ac
cording to the Austrian authorities, is
due to a desire to promote better feel
ings toward Germany on the part of
the new duchess, who has been a stead
fast opponent ot pan-Germanism.
Married to Archduke In 19C3.
i The wife of tin- heir to the Austrian
I throne is t he daughter ul Count Chotek,
I former Austrian ambassador to Hel
' giutn. At the tim«> ot Uer marriage to
j Francis Ferdinand. .Inly 1, 1900. she
[ received lroni the emperor the title
Princess ot Iloheuberg
Archduke Francis Joseph is the only
heir to the throne in thistory Of
Austria who contracted a inorga-
I natlc marriage for the s;ske of his
I wife, who is a member of tin old Bo
j bemian family. The archduke for
ten years resisted ail th" imperial
j efforts to marry tiim to a woman of
his own rank. The emperor himself
vainly endeavored to stop the mar
riage. but finally gave his consent. At
the wedding the archduke look an
I oath that he would not <iec:are his
j wife either empress or <|Ueen or his
[ children as members of the imperial
I house. But now Hungarian lawyers
J say that this renunciation does not
I apply to Hungary and that the prin
| cess may become queen of that klng
| dom. which is part of the dual em
j pire. Indeed, there are many in Aus
tria who tlow believe that the renuu
j elation wil' not be too rigidh adhered
| to in Austria and that her highness,
i who was born Countess Sophia Cho
! lek. may be empress as well as queen.
More Honors For tho Princess.
! it is understood in conn circles that
l this evidence of the emperor's relent
i ing after nine years ot obduracy will
I be followed by other honors bestowed
j upon the once unrecognized inorgauntie
j wife of tiie Austrian heir.
I The new duchess, it is understood,
j intends to approach the Vatican in an
] effort to induce the pope to annul
the archbishop's vows of renunciation
I which stand between her elder son
| and succession to the Austrian throne.
; CAUGHT BY THE SEARCHLIGHT
Locomotive Engineer Saw Oklahoma
Man Rifling Mail Pouch.
j Henry M. Kneeland of Muskogee.
' OUla.. confessed that he robbed a mall
| pouch at Spiro. His defense was that
, he was drunk.
' Just as Kneeland was rifling the
) pouch a train came around a curve.
| and in the headlight's glare the engl
| neer saw him kneeling over the pouch,
i He was arrested on the engineer's de-
I scriptiou.
.
True valor lies in the middle, be
| tween cowardice and rashness.—Cer
| vantes.
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