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Stage Road Leadinj to the Grand Canon of Arizona visitor emerges almost unexpectedly on the stern beauty of rock and stseam that seams to be the premier effort of Nature in the line of the bautiful. The contrat peculiarly effective,. ...... ""), S " " , . . x ,; . ,::. .. . 5:-.p.!->. c . . tia A PARISIAN APRIL FOOL JOKE Vletimlue4 Man Unable to Bee Homer In the SBltaten. One of the leading notaries of Par is was amazed April 1 to find a crowd of hunch-backed men invading his of fice. The first Quasimodo arrived at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and .was followed by thirty-two others in rapid succession. All said that they had been convened to the office there to hear, according to the usual phrase, "something to their advantage." Each man fully believed that he was on the straight road to a legacy or a dona "tion from some philanthropist The notary's office, which is near the bourse. is not a large one, and it was soon filled to inconvenience by the eager and expectant hunchbacks. These sat about on the tables, as well as on the Yhairs, and the notary and his assistants were utterly nonplussed. They tried, but in vain, to assure the bunchbacks that an immense practical joke had been played and that the (tay was the first of April. The persons who were expecting to hear something Carnegie Library at Fort Dodge, Iowa. ctv~vvww y - --wvwwrrw s - . . The Carnegie public library in the city of Fort Dodge. Ia.. is in course of erection, and will be completed about July 1 of this year. The plan of the building is in the form of a cross with a dome in the center. The width of front sla 91 feet by 72 feet deep. The main entrance vestibule is on a level -with the portico floor. There are mer b.le stairs to main and basement floors. Ol the main floor are located the de $seq7 room, with glass dome ceiling to their advantage refused to listen to reason, and began to rap their sticks on the tables, and to look thleatening. The police had then to be appealed to, and they had som trouble in ejecting the deformed ones from the lawyer's premises. The no tary is under the impression that the April joke was played on him and on the hunchbacks by one of his clerks. and he is making serious inquiries about the matter. Invited to Settle. The Meridian (Miss.) Appeal makes the following appeal: "Now, gentle men, come up and square yourselves with us at once, as we must save the reputation of the paper. The paper cannot succeed if persons secure money for subscriptions from the people and never turn in the names, neither the money collected, to the paper." There are gentlemen and gentleman, of course. but that class of "gentle men" who appropriates the. money of others to his own uste should take a reef in his morals at once. A thieving above and with alcoves on both sides of dome, 14 feet wide and 7 feet deepl On the right of the delivery room is the general reading room, 24 by 50 feet, and on the left of the delivery room is the children's reading room, reference room and librarian's room. In the rear of the delivery room is the book room, 17 by 37 feet, providing ample space for 30,000 volumes. Ample cloak and toilet rooms for both sexes are located on the main floor. The basement story "gentleman" is something of an ano maly. even to the most liberal-minded and most charitable. What Sawdust Contains. By the distillation of sawdust all the distillation by-products of wood are obtained, and this manufacture can be conducted as an adjunct to the working of wood. in a way to insure a profit. The products obtained are gas, wood alcohol. acetic acid, tar and oils. From the tar there have been obtained benzole, toluole. zymole, cu mole, paraffin, naphthalene and hydro carbons, which are used in the manu facture of aniline colors. Carbolic acid and creosote are also obtained. As a last product charcoal is left in the retorts.-Forum. Noted Frenchman to Visit tU Count Rene De Rochambeau and Count Sahune Der Lafayette have ac cepted invitations to be present at the inauguration of the Ror·hanitieau mnon elint at wVashlilngtion May -24. contains a lecture room, 24 by 50 feet; store room, fuel room and heating ap paratus. The outside of the building is solid brick, faced with sandstone; the in terior of skeleton steel frame with fire Droot construction of concrete and hol low tile work. All the interior is woos fnish of birch and white oak; the floor. in main entrance and delivery room of ornamental mosaic tile; the book shelves of metal. Z I ie -*..~ · /· K c z; 3 k r· 1 ý 6 4 t Trained elephants that dance a waltz with grace and precision, with a wom an for a partner, are now holding the attention of Paris. or that portion of it that enjoys novelty in amnusements. These elephants keep perfect time to the music and never tread on their partner's feet. With the utmost deli cacy and tenderness one of them will * encircle his lovely partner's waist with b his trunk and then the (lance begins. S When the band strikes up an entic ing waltz the elephants appear in the circus ring. The. elephants waltz alone, in couples, finally all three together. 1 with perfect unison of movement. Then the young woman who is to dance with them enters. They ap f Where Brave Life Savers iDied at the Call of Duty ~'SiwreN eg7~ea 2#n W/L&. AVPOR7r' Ae aJ* \ CI"ATIAA'4 " ,~,-, i;' atts'. of the t hick weather off -hor it was hiard to oltorve the post tion of the bairge Paxinos, which went tashore otil Poillock Rip shoal, near ('tlithlatn. \lass.. after slie had been separated fromn then tolli(t-r 1illiams hort, whitch had hetr in tow. but a col lisiolii which saink the steatmelr. 'The splciial patnrolmnl who were sta tioned at .1lttoinooy to stenrelt for the bodies of thi surfnllt, lost in the Mono nloy lifibhoat disaster have given uip thei task. Diring all the time the patrol was keit up there was not a sign of the: position of the bodies, and it is now believed they were washed far out to sea. It will be remembered that two weeks ago. in an effort to save the sailors on the Williamsport. seven life savers, from a station on the coast, lost their lives. The brave devotion to duty shown by these men has stirred Massachusetts deeply and a large fund has been raised for their families and for the erection of a suitable monu ment on the shore whence they set forth on their errand of rescue and death. Joseph Cone. in the Boston Transcript, honors these heroes in the following lines: Brave were the men of Monomoy, Who went with a willing hand To bring their storm-wrecked fellow men Through the angry seas to land. True were the men of Monomoy, Each true to his duty's call; No thought of self, no dread of death; Eyee seaward, and that was all. And the wreck was made and the boat turned back, When a monster wave swept o'er And swallowed the boat of Monomoy, And the crew were seen no more. proach her, bowing profoundly, and by extending their trunks and executing waltz steps invite her to dance. She pretends indifference to all of them. they become violently jealous. After much of this pretty by-play she chooses the biggest elephant for her partner. As he leads her to the center of the ring the joy he manifests is comical. His defeated rivals retire to the edge of the ring, appear to consult, and. when the great elephant's back is turn ed, threaten him with direst vengeance as they shake the ground with angry stampings. The dance finished, the star elephant courteously conducts his partner to a 1 _s~ ~row- a4Re ýyMr'44Wri And the storms sweep down, and the seqs roll na, And the snips their course pursue, But the sea holds fast to its noble sons. For it loves strong hearts and true. Tell ye the story far and wide, chair. Before she can seat herself, as if to emphasize how gentle he has been and to prove his mighty strength, he seizes her around the waist with his trunk, raises her and, seating her on his broad back. marches around the ring, tooting his triumph. Again he circles her form with his trunk and, balancing her with nicest care, carries her recumbent and posturing. When he releases her she coquettish ly approaches the other two elephants and with soft words and caresses tries to appease their jealous ill temper. They sulk for a while, then relent, and beg her pardon with many deep bows Common sense extracts more solid comfort from life than genius does. . --"'-'-._------. .-"-_.--.-._ # Ring out, ye belle, with mouraf1i toll, For the valiant eons of Monomor Who sleep on Han4kerchlef SheoL To get adeatomed to evil is to be. seum asmilate to it.