The Maria Teresa's performance in- dicates that it is very hard for a Span. ish ship to get over its old habits. There is a tendency of the day, both in toward municipal control and support of all new hospital projects. Much can be said in favor of such control if the municipality be inspired with en- this lightened and humane ideas. Gen. Joseph Wheeler’s plan to aid the development of Cuba by the free education of young Cubans in this country is worthy ‘of the support which it has,received from one hun- dred consenting colleges. The man honored ‘by unanimous re-election to Congress shows that his patriotism is of the sterling kind, no less useful in peace than indispensable in war. That peace also. has its heroes of brave deeds has been demonstrated by the .two gallant railroad engineers, John Rohlfing and John McNally, who nobly held on to the throttle to the:last moment, the passengers and themselves meet- ing a death glorious as was ever won on battlefield. The least that can be done in their is to see that their families are well provided for. honor A twenty-four hours’ time-table has been printed for the first time by a British railway company. This is in connection with the Great Eastern’s service to Belgium, where the twenty- fours’ system is compulsory on the the system having come into operation this year. It is leaving state railways, curious to read about a train at forty-four past fourteen, and ar- riving at thirty-eight past eighteen, but it is all a question of use. The attempts made in Great Britain to in- troduce the new system have not been very successful. Probably most Americans have for- gotten if not forgiven that French sympathy for Spain that led so many resolutions to be passed for ignoring the Paris exposition in 1900. If the exposition offers a chance to exploit Americ: n manufacturers and gain new markets, most of our manufacturers will be willing to send their goods there and not think of France as a So there will be general commendation for Commis- sioner Peck, who has secured 40,000 square feet more for American ex- hibits than had been expected. hostile country. The new Dutch premier of Cape Colony fias shown his loyally and im- perialism by proposing a grant of $150,000 a year to the British admir- alty. This is not novel. Australian colonies having contributed to the im- perial navy for years. It shows, how- ever, that there is little cause to dis- trust the loyalty of the Afrikander Bund, which placed Mr. Schreiner in power. There are good reasons why British colonies should contribute to support of the royal navy. chiefly for their protection, and for that of their commerce. Any nation at war with a colonial power is at war It exists with all her colonies,and war between England and a naval power would in- volve sea attack onevery British colo- Cana- dian public men have talked listlessly of contributing to the British navy, and they should do more than talk. (Canada is a great beneficiary of the navy, and should not let smaller and ny and blockade of its ports. poorer colonies lead it in recognition: of that benefit. Among the many good examples oD r which America For years England has not only been far behind in this respect, but has been making no effort to reach a Now, however, the Lon- don county council has taken serious steps to improve the appliances used in fighting the flames. First among the improvements is a better type of steam fire engine. Doubtless the chemical engines which render such good service in America will come in good time. An improvement has al- ready been effected in regard to the escapes which hitherto have been wheeled by hand, and of necessity are slow and cumbersome. At arecent *fire in London a horse-drawn escape proved of avail where one of the old kind would have been useless. The question is being discussed also as to whether that simple and effective hook-and-ladder so widely used in the United States shall not be introduced into London. In the alarm posts it is probable that England will follow the example of America. The alarms used today in London are far more ef- fective, and offer opportunities which are only too numerous “for mischiev- ous persons to call out the fire bfigade needlessly. Shae naan better state. country’ and Europe, . saving the lives of | , talk to him, and the Amevlean? have set the people of England none is better than that of the fire brigade. For happiness. / 29 \ os x oR 4 \ 508 NZ NZL TR PA BRINTON ONO DNA kkk /\8/ RAR m VERY woman is considered by the ordinary Indian as he would his cay- use or dog. That is a mistake. The woman sometimes asserts herself. Then there is trou- ble. Tt was the first week in July. the boiling hot sun of a Northwest summer there had come across the Battle River the Blackfeet, the Sar- cees, the Piegans and their cousins from Montana, with the swiftest horses of the South, to try conclusions on the race track with their hereditary enemies, the great Cree nation, as they had done in other days in bloody foray and fiercely fought battle before the white man came. And the white man was there, racing, betting, and haggling over conditions in the Lin- gua Franca he had picked up from the half-breed. And the half-breed found, perhaps, on that race-track the the only place where his dual nature gave him an advantage over both. For four or five days there had been racing from daylight to dark, handi- caps, private races, tribe races, races according to the programme, races of all kinds and at all times. Any one wanting a race could be accommo- dated, and many wanted. The fever of the race possessed white, red and mixed. It was a saturnalia of sport. Lying in a shack, half a mile away, on the outskirts of the settlement, the American could tell by the time of the monotonous Indian drums whether the stakes were high or the play was fast and furious. The Englishman dropped in after midnight. He had bought himself out of the mounted police a few weeks before; said bar- racks were dull, that the Canadian Rycific Railway had knocked all charm out of Western life, and that he was going Kast. He knew the American IEIICIOIISIIICIOIBIIINICIONIK GREY WOLFEF’S Ne Ne \2/ SRK {if he were offered a thousand ponies. In and made him get up. He wanted to ‘When the Englishman talked, which was seldom, he was worth listening to, and the American got up. Before the Englishman had finished, he had dressed himself. And then they went out and stole a horse, The fact that the horse was the | ! property of the Major command- ing a troop of the Northwest Mounted Police added piquancy to the theft. The American, who was a lawyer and had a legal conscience, called it ‘‘bor- rowing.” The Englishman said he didn’t care a rap what it was ealled, the Major’s horse was the only thing in the district on four legs that could beat Gray Wolf’s Pinto mare, and they had to have him. Grey Wolf's Pinto was known far beyond the Blackfeet, and the Ameri- can suggested that even the Major's troophorse hadn’t speed enough, grain-fed though he was, and he hinted something about doping the mare under the circumstances. = The Englishman loved a horse, and as they strode along in the moonlight to- wards the gate of the palisaded police- fort, he said that doping a horse was worse than murder, that he wouldn’t be a party to it, and that the girl wouldn’t do it for fifty Pierres any way; she had been brought up with the Pinto, and he believed loved the ony. Then the Englishman went and lied to the Sergeant of the Guard, and hinted mysteriously about an Indian ris 1 his secret mission, as an old policeman, from the Major to carry despatches to a fort fifty miles away. And the Sergeant felt flattered at being taken into the confidence of his chief, and was duly impressed with the idea of an Indian rising; the said hope being the something that keeps the red-coated riders of the plains alive; and he told the gate and stable sentries not to say anything about the absence of the Major’s horse or the Major would be mad. The Englishman and the American then took the Major's horse away and painted out a beautiful white star in his forehead and the three white stock- ings and the brand mark. It was late in the afternoon when the race between Grey Wolf's Pinto and the Englishman's unknown was called. Every other event had been dwarfed into insignificance; for wasn’t the swiftest pony of the South at last matched? And there was a strange story being whispered around regard- ing the stukes. The Englishman, so it was said, had wagered ten gdllons of contraband whisky against Grey Wolf's daughter, the beauty of the Blood Reserve, that he would beatthe Pinto on a horse he refused to name- It was a novel bet even in that West- ern land where everything went. The Englishman had explained to the American that the only way he could get Grey Wolf to put up his daughter was to bet the whisky. A Blood Indian would sell his mother for firewater and he knew Grey Wolf. | SESAME. It you only could find the fitting phrase When life’s perplexities spread their snares! But we vainly search through a misty maze For the word which will lead us from doubts and cares; For the word that will linger yet leave no smart In a spirit proud or an aching The word that will lead to the safe, sure way— If you only could think of the word to say! heart; But you stand like the interloper lost ’Mid countless wealth in the cavern gloom— And a breath, breathed rightly, is all ’twill cost And delay means doom. And you try in vain and you try again, Till you fear the echoes that mock your pain. And hope fades faint like the dying day While you're trying to think of the word to say. INTO X AN / 8 \8/\ \, / SHCRACKACIIICR CK The only thing would be the bother ot getting the whisky if he lost. “Bui Pierre stuck to me the time I had the ruction with those Stonies in the Peace Hills a year ago,” the English. man had said, ‘‘and it is the only chance of doing him a good turn be. fore I go down East. Grey Wolf will never give his daughter to a half-breed Cree interpreter of the mounted police That Cree dash in Pierre spoils him in the old Blood’s eyes. Pierre wants her, though, and I think she wants him, and, if I win this afternoon, I'll do the paternal ‘bless ye, my children’ act and then try and make my peace with the Major.” Everybody didn’t know this, and when the Englishman went up to the Major's party, the ladies were cool, and the Major became interested in his conversation with the Hudson Bay factor, and he slipped away under cover of the yells and sounding tom- toms that announced the appearance of the Pinto—the Indian horse. She was a beauty as she loped past in her slender litheness. . An Indian pony? Yes. But in her complex nature the old Arab blood of her Spano-Moorish ancestry had asserted itself and showed in the brightness of her eye, the poise of her head, and the grace of her slim legs. The course was half a mile straight- away, and the two contestants moved off to the starting point. And the white men bet their hard cash against the ponies and rifles and furs of the Indians, bet them to a finish—that is when the red man has nothing left on earth to bet. There was a pistol shot, a fierce yell from civilized and savage, and they were off. The Pinto sprang easily to the front and seemed for the first few hundred yards to be increasing the lead at every stride. The trooper was held well in hand and was going mag- nificently. The American knew that the Englishman was relying on the superior staying qualities of his half- bred horse over the grass-fed pony. But half a mile is a short course, and | & sat New York City (Special).— The free | use of capes and all loose wraps that | can be thrown aside with ease has | brought about the custom of disecard- ing the outer garment in the carriage SS { /v sa 5 A VISITING COSTUME. or at the door and of making formal visits in the snug fitting bodice worn beneath. The model by May Manton here shown, which exemplifies some of the latest ideas, is of fine broad- ee SEE Be Re Rs Re ee Le gag NEW YORK FASHIONS. THE LATEST DESIGNS FOR WINTER COSTUMES 2% 08 Sas pressed. The side back seams hav- ing extensions, are lapped on backs and held in place by single rows of small tailor buttons, the out- line being curved over the hips and shaped to form a stylish postillion back, one of the new fancies this sea- son. The fronts roll back to form narrow-rounded revers at the neck, between which is disclosed a seamless chemisette that closes with the stand- ing collar at the left shoulder. The two-seamed sleeves are of fashionable size and shape, the wrists being com- { pleted by turn-back cuffs of velvet. Basques in this style for shopping, | traveling or ordinary wear are much iin favor with ladies of good full | figure, cheviot, serge, Zibeline, tweed, covert and broad cloth being the {materials most in demand. Braid or | stitched bands of cloth or satin decor- always in good taste. To make this basque for a lady of medium size will require two and | one-fourth yards of material forty- four inches wide. Weaves For Traveling Costumes. The new weaves in blue and green | ar English serge e considered very stylish for traveling costumes, which, as arule, are made with a seven-gored or five-piece skirt gracefully widening from the knees slight dip at the back; the open jacket with fronts curving back towards the lar and short pointed revers. A Charming Little I'rock. Charming as the white guimpe is, every mother realizes that it has cer- the down, with a very | | strong. | teed. | ate stylishly, a plain tailor-finish being nea LUMBACO IS EASY TO GET AND JUST AS EASY TO CURE IF YOU USE St. Jacehs Oil XS rr ee I Piso’s Cure for Consumption has no equal as a Cough medicine.—¥. M. AsBorT, 383 Sen- eca St., Buffalo, N. Y., May 9, 1804, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the guins, reducesinflamma- tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2c a bottle Italy exported last ancient and modern valued at $600,000. More of them went to G year 21,000 works : of art. than one-half ‘many. Don’t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life AWay, To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag: netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men All druggists, 50c or 81. Cure guaran- Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York The present population Mexico is estimated at ing about 26,0600 Indians. of New 283,000, includ- To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c¢ or 25¢, It O. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Queen Victoria's favorite scag is saig to be “And ye shall walk in silk at- tire.” The late Mme. Carnot was fond of i busying herself with the garden and a | ber of the British royal iS y 4 | greenhouse built by her late husband. hip, and finished with a rounded turn- | { down col The duke of York is the only mem- family wha | can dance a genuine sailor's hornpipe He learned the steps when he was a | young cadet. tain practical drawbacks for everyday | wear. The charming little frock shown here is designed to fill just the need created by that fact. and while it at the quarter the Englishman was four lengths behind. The Pinto did | not falter at the terrific pace, and the ; American felt that the race would be’ won or lost on the home stretch. No pony can keep that pace up on grass | alone, he thought, but she seemed to be doing it, The troop-horse was let- ting himself out now, and the space between the two was diminishing. “Oats will tell,” muttered the Ameri- can, ‘‘but will he have time?” Gradually the Englishman drew up until his horse’s nose was at the pony’s flank. Only a hundred yards now! The game little pony seemed to realize that it was now or never. The black horse of the whites was at her quarter, and the cheers of anticipated victory were already coming from the white: men’s throats. She gathered herself together for a last effort, and | as she gained a few feet there was silence still as death in the swaying mass of onlookers. Only fifty yurds, when the stillness was broken by a shrill call from the lips of a young | squaw, who thrust herself a little be- yond the crowd that lined the course as the galloping horses came up. No | one heeded it except the Pinto. It was the call the pony had never dis- obeyed, the call ithad known from the days when, a frolicsome filly, it had been the companion of Grey Wolf's | daughter. For a strange understand- | ing grows up between the horse that dwells in the tents of men and its | master or mistress. And the Pinto heeded not the desire of victory orthe urging or voice of its rider, but swerved whence the voice had come. What caused the pony to bolt was a subject of animated discussion at prairie stopping-places, around tepee fires, and in Mounted Police mess- rooms for half a year. People didnot stop to discuss the affair, as the Eng- lishman rode in a winner, for there was considerable interest taken in half a dozen Indians and squaws that had been ridden down by the Pinto in her bolt. When the Major's daughter was asked to be a witness of the marriage of Pierre and Grey Wolf’s daughter that evening, she felt kindly towards the Englishman, and asked him to dinner—which is a considerable con- descension on the part of a daughter of a Major of the Northwest Mounted Police. And when the ladies had left, the Major wanted to know what the Englishman would take for that very decent-looking black horse he rode.— Field and Stream. A New Parliamentary Insult. We have received from Brussels s veritable find in the shape of a new insult uttered in the Belgian Chamber by a Socialist’ Deputy, M. Demblon, who referred to another Deputy by | whom he had been contradicted as' ‘‘the honorable liar.” This is an ex-! pression which we would strongly’ recommend to some of our revolution- { ists as a welcome variation to their | usual repertoire of epithets. —IL’Evene- ment (Paris). i the lower edge. LADIES’ BASQUE. cloth in reddish violet and is trimmed with black silk braid, both the revers and vest being of white satin. The bodice as given includes the coat back in the rounded outline known ‘as ‘“‘turtle back” but can be cut with only a slight point below the waist as preferred. are banded with narrow black silk braid while their edges as well as those is stylish and eminently childlike, in | King Alfonso XII. of There lives in Sedalia, Mo., an old gentleman who was tutor to the late in. His name an American, a Spa is. Col. Van B., Wisker, | born of English parents. Pierre Loti is to Jarah Bernhardt. go to India with The actress intends | to shoot tigers and elephants and the | author expects to keep | journal, from which an interesting he will make a ne | book. | dom. The duke of Buccleuch possesses ianded estates which are perhaps the most considerable in the United King- He owns something like 500,000 acres, which represent a revenue of some £225,000 a year. Frank A. Vanderlip, assistant secre- tery of the treasury, began life an ap- prentice in a machine shop, giving his few spare moments to the study of stenography, having mastered which | he became a reporter and later a finan- { cial editor. rope’s royal families. | inches wide. Emperor William uses the largest visiting cards of any member of Eu- They are ot heavy card, six inches long and four On the upper line is the single word “Wilhelm” and on the sec- | ond line are the words “Deutscher Kai- | ger und Koenig von Preussen.” cludes nothing too perishable for the | hours of play. The material illus- trated is cashmere on a soft shade of { golden brown with yoke of blue India | Both the revers and vest | silk, small revers of brown velvet and bands shade, but Henrietta cloth, of velvet ribbon in the same | challie | | and all light weight wools are appro- | ! priate, . of the high collar are finished with a | broader band and the fancy edge which | can be purchased ready for use. no fulness whatever being shown at the waist line, and flares stylishly at To insure most satis- but worn over a skirt of silk or moreen that has sufficient resistance to pre- vent that falling in about the feet which is fatal to grace and effectually prevents a dignified walk. Wich the costume are worn white pique gloves and a toque of violet vel- vet trimmed with a single ostrich feather and a pia of pearls and cut steel. To make this basque for of material forty-four inches wide will be required. To make this skirt four and one- | half yards of material in the same width will be required. Ladies’ Basque With Chemisette. Navy blue serge is the material chosen for the smart basque shown in the large engraving, the collar, cuffs, chemisette and revers of velvet in the same durable shale, relieving the severity of outline peculiar to the tailor-made style. An extension or lap added‘to the right front brings the closing diagonally on the left, the lower edges being cutaway in prettily rounded outline. The basque is fitted with the precision necessary to ifs successful finish, by double bust darts and a curving centre front seam. Under-arm and high-curving side back gores, with a centre back seam, complete the stylish adjustment, extra under-arm gores being provided in the large sizes. The centre back seam finishes just below the waist line, where extra fulness is given by "an underlying box-plait that is flatly | fuss or delay. | factory results it should be unstiffened | | | | a lady of | medium size two and one-quarter yards | ¥ | 1 i while combinations varied to suit all tastes and needs. can, be | The round yoke is closed at the | | centre back and to it arc attached the | The skirt fits snugly and smoothly | about the hips and across the front, | graceful, straight sli rt, the revers and | the circular frills, so making a simple | garment that is easily removed and can be slipped on the child without | The circular rufile at | the bottom trimmed and headed by | bands of velvet adds to the general effect and gives an up-to-date touch without materially increasing the labor of making. The sleeves are small but not tight aad are finished at the shoulders with frills that are just full CHILD'S DRESS WITH CIRCULAR FLOUNCE AND BERTHA. enough to support that which finishes the neck and to insure the desired stylish result. \ To make this dress for a child of six years of age, two and five-eighth yards of material forty-four inches wide will be required. oh 3 PY, o J Are your nerves weak? Can’t you sleep well? Pain in your back? Lack energy? Appetite poor? Digestion bad» Boils or pimples? These are sure signs of poisoning. From what poisons? From poiscns that are al- ways found in constipated bowels. If the contents of the bowels are not removed from the body each day, as nature § intended, these poisonous substances are surc to be absorbed into the blood, al- ways causing suffering and frequently causing severe disease. There is a common sense he 15 They daily insure an easy and natural movement of the bowels. You will find thatthe use of Ager’s Sarsapariia with the pills will hasten recovery. It cleanses the blood from all impurities and is a great tonic to the nerves. Write the Doctor. Our Medical Department has ono of the most eminent physicians in the United States. Tell the doctor ust how you are suffering. You will receive the best medical advice t. Address, without cos Address: JYER. Lowell, Mass, Farms for Sale! Send stamp, get full fescription and price of 40 cheapest farms in Ashtabula Co, Best state in the union; best county in the state. H. N. BANCROFT, Jefferson, Ashtabala Co., Ohlo. GENTS WANTED Gopiee] vrsiness, pave Gents or t needed at once. HOWARD BROS., Buffalo. N. Y.
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