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|Mdicanjot^ _<ot many years ago European civiliza tion, remarks the British Medical Journal, w-.s .'in optimistic phase, and people went ■ib nu spying that, what with railways, steamers and telegraphs, we might thank heaven that we were born in the nine teenth c.ntury. . Satiety, disillusion, and th.- increase of the population lias thrown i( Bloom over these old happy notions. Thoughtful people wish to know if we . «*>• r< all*.' better than our ancestors. One positive fact la ascertained—we are cer tainly cleaner. it is difficult to say that anybody can be too clean; but it is easy u> understand that a man can clean him bolf in the wrong way. Dr. Ricketts has discovered a skin affection almost pe culiar to women who wasn and powder iv.* frequently^ There is redness, with f.-aliiK-.-s ml considerable burning. Ex posure to draughts Increases the symp toms. At times there Is pain, causing loss of rieepj The Sea] of some American ladies in tin- practice of the virtue which is next tn godliness is marvelous. One is said to have confessed to having ap plied a well known cosmetic powder thirteen times in twelve hours, each time after the face had been thoroughly wash <-.| with a yet more famous soap. Dr. Ui.!.. prefers good, pure olive oil ap plied two or three times a day with some ■soft silk or linen fabric, to the blandest soap. There is also such a thing'as using I-... much water, especially if cold or very hot. It. our profession frequent washing of ihe hands is an absolute duty and ne cessity; yet how well we know that •'chaps" lice formed are aggravated by washing, and that glycerine often Irri- j tales the hand which it whitens. The roughening of the hand by frequent ablu tions Is a grave matter, as it diminish* tactile sensibility and is very disagree- ; able to patients. Thorough drying of the I hands, after the use of tepid water and ■J bland soap, cause them to become dirty again with rapidity. i • • * Every one does not know that very j strong pungent odors are injurious to the j nerves of smell and often produce serious, i if not incurable difficulties. It is well tin- ] derstood thai certain scents start the ' notion of the secretory glands of the nose nnd throat and often the .-yes fill up with I -tears: Frequent Indulgence in the use of j such perfumes will soon overtax the sec retory organs and weaken them. Some day the person observes that the hearing is less acute than usual and the sense of smell seems defective. This is. of course, accredited to a cold or other similar cause, bill little is thought of it. After a time the entire head becomes af- I feet.d, hearing and smell are almost, if not altogether lacking, and there are throat and lung complications which arc likely m end in chronic if not fata] ill- I ness. It has taken the medical world a great many years to discover that loss of I hearing Is almost ip variably caused by some disease or the throat or nose, or both. But very recent researches in these •fields have demonstrated this fact beyond question and It Is now admitted by the most advanced medical men that aside from rupture of the ear drum there Is scarcely .-, symptom of defective hearing which !<- not traceable directly to the con ditlon of the nose and tin-.. - * . One of the greatest cures at the s.ina tarlums established all over the country is the simple sun hath. The solar heat give to th.- whole system a strength and vigor I which no nourishing food can impart. ii is so essential to our health and bap piness that when lt Is taken away from us we ''••"me weak, puny and ghastly pale. When winter is over, most town people are weak, run down and pale, but when they go Into the warm sunlight again,' new strength and health quickly come. The sun bath is absolutely essen tial. Take it every day. Oil down the trees that are so close to the. house that they obscure the sun, an.l have every liv ing room flooded with light. If one is forced to stay indoors all day, try to get near the sunny window, where the full effect of the sunlight .-an be felt. It will cure neuralgia, nervousness, faintness, weakness and a dozen other complaints. It will give color and beauty to the com plexion by making the blood better and purer. The purest ami prettiest complex lot - are those which are wind swept and sun-browned during the summer time.and not those wheh come from a dark room. * » * Fainting is due to diminished blood sup ply to the brain. There are various causes for ihis, a weak heart being the most common; and strong emotions, as fear at..l joy, may bring it on. Anything, says a medical contemporary, that favors the flow of blood to the head will avert faint in -* as the head being kept low or beat applied to the head. In a person with a weak heart syncope may be produced by simply sitting with the feet in hot water. Dr. AY. Notley says that any one may convince himself of this by getting Into a bath of about 110 degrees Fahren heit, in a few minutes he will feel faint. Let him then plunge the whole of his bead, except the nose and mouth, beneath $ INCIDENTS AND ECHOES OF THE KANSAS CITY CONVENTION -$- I - W 1 *4 V/l \ A^\ While the Kansas City convention, with its well arranged theatrical effects, and/ Its splendidly planned demonstrations or popular interest and enthusiasm, was unusually tame and peaceable as to its public deliberations, those who were pres ent say that the all-night session of the committee on resolutions was one of the most spirited, scholarly and vigorous de bate; known In America ln years, maybe In a generation. ■-. y The personnel of the committee was strong. Such names as Stone, of Mis souri, elected after a bitter right with the machine in his own state; George. Fred Williams for Massachusetts, Judge Van Wyck for New York, add weight to the deliberations of any body. Tillman the South Carolina orator, was another. Each state, It seemed, had realized that a fight was on and that tho time was one which demanded the services of the best man on the delegation. Members of the committee state that the discussion in the (-secret chamber of that all-night session Were the forensic superiors of the ma jority of congressional debates, and that the contest was waged to the bitter end. No phase of the question was neglected. The honesty of the 16 to 1 plan was dis cussed with a thoroughness that seemed almost gratuitous in a convention whose inevitable nominee, as it seemed, was so closely identified with one side of the question. The political expediency of re affirmation, reiteration, or a silence that might be variously interpreted, was dis cussed, state by state, in Its local as well as its general application. The noses were finally counted, and the fight was so even that the losers be gan counting the electoral votes. Terri tories, without electoral representation, had contributed to the winners. Some of the losers claimed that the states whose committeemen carried the day— the night—represented only a fifth or there abouts of the delegate strength of the convention. That was the time when it appeared Inevitable that the next day's session must be the scene df a fierce contest be tween the reiteration and reaffirmation schools. It was as certain, almost, as that the convention would meet at all. But i; did not come. Why? There is a little man in New York who loves fast horses. He is , said to be In terested in the ice trust. He i._ confessed ly Interested in politics, for his name is Richard Croker, and he-was a member of the New York delegation, although he did not give the official stenographers the surface of the water, and in less time than it has taken to bring on the 'faint . ness, all -the.disagreeable sensations -.will.; cease,*and he will now be able. to-continue, in the bath perhaps for half an hour long er without any inconvenience. From this ' it would appear that the application of heat to the head is a measure of some value In averting a threatened attack of j syncope. * * • * • -y~., Hard work, mental or physical, rarely ever kills. If a mild anumn of idiys cal exercise be taken, and a judicious amount 1 of food be furnished, the surface being . protected with proper clothing, and tho ! | Individual cultivating a philosophical i\<*- | ; ture and absolutely resolving to permit nothing to annoy or fret him, the chances j are that he can do an almost unlimited | amount of work for an indefinite length j of t.'ine.beariiiK in mind thai when weari- I ness comes he must rest and not take ; stimulants and work upon false capital. The tired, worn-out slave, should not be . •scourged to additional Labor. Under each j stimulus the slave may do the task, but ' he soon becomes crippled and unfit for work. The secret of successful work j lies in the direction of selecting good, I nutritious, digestible food, taken in prop er titles, ire adopting ... regular methods of work, the rule of resting j- when pronounced fatigue presents itself; i determining not to permit friction, wor ; ry. or fretting, and the cultivation of the | Christian graces—charity, patience and ! philosophy. y... --* * * Energy is of two kinds—physical and ! mental—both may be affected favorably I or unfavorably by what we call com- I fort. For instance, food, raiment and I shelter of some sort are necessities of • life itself. The poorest an.! most Insuffi i cient may keep a man alive, but cannot | make him strong or vigorous But let ! the food be nourishing and plentiful, the | raiment adapted to the climate, ; the :he use stanch and sanitary, the sur j rounding* clean and sweet, and they have j done their work ministering to the health lof the average man or woman.. Beyond I this, of course, lies a large area in which j taste, refinement and wealth have, full i sway. There is, however, a very prac \ tical and reasonable limit which each of lis ought to set for himself. i. <\, how fa are all. these things Increasing and de veloping one's physical and mental ener- X.v I'm as sure-y us there is a point ■ up to which they are necessary to main tain both, so surely is there another point beyond which they will tend to de crease both. * * » lii view of recent accidents it ls ad visible to remind those who use petrol cum lamps that the one thing to do, IT' one is upset, and the spill.-. li.'iii. catches fire, is to throw a carpet, a woolen table cloth, a rug or something of the kind over the flames. If the-wool en articles thus thrown on the burning spirits cover the whole area of the lire the probability Is that they will extin guish the flames at once. It Is useless to run for water; the flames can best'be smothered in their own fumes. . » * '■* '**?■ "Naughtiness," so styled. Is, oftene than anything else, in young children, want of occupation, confined apartments and Insufficient ventilation. Th.- truth Is that "all outdoors," as the phrase it, is the only proper apartment for them. There is variety, there is space, there is fresh air. A child brought up wholly in the city, accustomed only to the limita tions of a daily walk, is largely de frauded of its "childhood"," and, what is more mournful, the loss is one that never can be atoned for in after life. * • • In Chicago the use of preservatives to keep milk from souring has been de clared illegal. Health Commissioner Reynolds asserts that it is a direct menace to the health and. life'of children and active measures are to be taken to stop the practice. PRESCRIPTIONS. For the relief of piles La Presse Mcd icale recommends: Oarysarobin 1 grain, iodoform y_ grain, extract of belladonna '« grain, cocoa butter-sufficient to make one rectal suppository. Insert one at intervals two or three times a day. In case of dyspnoea (difficult breathing complicating consumption, asthma, Bright's disease, and some forms of heart disease, Meyer recommends:..- :)xy camphor (oxaphore) 10 grains, sherry win.- 50 grains, syrup 20 grains, water In' grains. Shake well before taking. To prevent relapse during convalescence in malarial fever Maxwell recommends: Sulphate of quinine 1 drachm, dilute nitric acid Vfa drachms, whisky I ounces. A teaspoonful three times a day before meals. —Leon Noel. amm. Torn no. «. ipoOrOo. . ■ -■■■■■y: -■■;■' l-'oiii-.0-'ii-Du Trip Aitionjg lite SO, -000 Islands of Georgian liny unit I,COO Inlands or the St. Lit re nee. Visiting Sault Ste. Marie. Mackinac Island, Toronto. First-class steamers. Best hotels. „. -* All expenses Included for 14 days, $00.00. Get Itinerary. Soo Line Ticket Office, 379 Robert street. any work during the regular convention meetings. His voice was not heard in the convention at all, strictly speaking. Small in statue, not destingulshed in appearance, save for a full, neatly trim med beard, whose proportions earaca turlsts have made familiar to a nation, this quiet little man was the least con spicuous man in the thousand delegates, yet. every one wanted to see him. He was pointed out easily 25,000 times. They Bay his champagne collection at , the Savoy was also a center of popular in terest. As Croker left the hall one session, a man seized his arm and Informed him that a lady wished to shake his hand. The New York "boss" looked for all the world as though he could see no reason ! for the interest, curious or otherwise, of his fair vis-a-vis. Her wish was granted, and both went their ways. A moment, not a minute, later it was a newspaper" photographer. "Won't you stand still a moment, Mr. Croker?" And the snapshot artist had his wish, too. It was not strange to the onlookers that this quiet little man. who had just ..won a fight which the press and politicians had esteemed vital to him, and who was admittedly matched against a political leader of marvelous personal .magnetism and popularity, had been able to coolly go on, making friends, deeply obligated to him, until, at last, when the time came, he had in his roster of adherents-men who could control a city, a state, It might be a nation. •• • » Croker was not on the resolutions com mittee, but Judge Van Wyck was. Cro ker chose Van Wyck to beat Hill, who wanted the place. If he had not thought Van Wyck able to take care of him self In the committee Mr. Croker would probably have put some one else in. So he had confidence in Van Wyck. The judge came back that morning without any handfuls of laurels,' but there was a chance, perhaps, to make a light and win on the floor of the con vention. "This did not win favor with the New York boss, j There were half a hundred in the committee. Any animosi ties kindled there could not reach in a personal degree beyond that circle. Let that fight come into the conven tion, and not only could'l.ooo men be in flamed on one side or the other, but their fury would be fanned by the sympathiz ers of that living sea of humanity that stretched up from the main floor to the roof. -'/ ■;'■-■' \y-- '':■ ::C-'-'•.',/'- '*."-."•■ .'♦•* Croker valued Democratic success far -beyond a victory or a political tenet, whose 'fruition r was-most remote. Pa tronage-is necessary to an; organization i such as Craker heads, mare platitudes dtf THE ST. , PAUL G-fcOBE, S KvOA*; jt.LY 8,1900; 191 ill Villi — ST. AXTHOW li M.l. CHI H('lll__ TO HOI.I) l\lO\ SERVICES TOMGHT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RELIEF K. Rockwell Clancy, "of India, Will Tell of Hid PcnuiiHl Ob- Mtn'vatloua In That Strick en 1.11 nil. ■ The churches on St. Anthony hill will join in union services tomorrow evening at Dayton Avenue Presbyterian church. The .speaker of the evening will be Rev. Rockwell Ciancey, of India, who will tell of his personal observations of the famine. .The First Methodist, Woodland Park Baptist, the Christian, the Dayton Ave nue Presbyterian and Park Congrega tional churches will join in this service. He has just returned from India, am as he is said to be an unusually Interest- Ing speaker his address will be of wide in terest. Julian Hawthorne, wno was sent out as a commissioner to India by the Cosmopolitan Magazine, in writing of the famine district and the workers there, paid a high tribute to Mr. Ciancey, stat ing that aid sent through him wou!d reach Its largest output. Mr. Ciancey Is an American, his parents living in Albion, CHURCH SERVICES TODAY, - _ . Memorial English Lutheran Evangelical church, Weal Sixth street, near Ex change; Alex. J. D. Haupt, pastor. At 10:30 a. m., service and sermon, "Receiv ing and Giving;" _ p. m., vespers wit] theme, "Suffering and Glory." First Meth. Episcopal church, Dayton and. West Third; Frank B. Cowgill, pas tor. Preaching at 10:30 by .the pastor Sunday school at 12 my Christian En deavor prayer meeting at G. 45 p. m.; union service In the .-veiling at Dayton Avenue Presbyterian church. Pacific Congregational, Acker street, near Mississippi; Rev. William J. Gfav pastor. Morning, 10:30, "The Will of God;" evening, *"_, "The New Capitol Building." People's church, Pleasant avenue; Dr. Smith will speak at 10:30 a. m. on "Chris tian Civilization, the Christian God and War in China.'' At 7 p. m., evening serv ice by the Christian Endeavor society. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bern mary hall, corner Ashland avenue and Mackubln street; 10:45 a. m., subject. "Life." Arcadia, Bald Eagle Lake; preaching by Rev. * M. D. Edwards at 1 o'clock; spe cial music by Miss Hope's ladies' or chestra and Miss AlcOtt. The New Jerusalem (or Swedenbor gian) church has been closed for vaca tion until Sept. 2. First Presbyterian church, corner tt Lincoln and Grotto. Rev. J. Sinclair. D. D.J pastor. At 10:80 a. m., sermon by Rev. 11. D. Funk, of Macalester; subject,* 'Christ Stilling the Tempest" Sunday school, 12:10. Christian Endeavors special service, 7 p. m. All are invited. Mid week services Wednesday, ii p. m. Spiritual meeting Sunday at •*■' p. m.. Central block. 7f> West Sixth street. Will J. Erwood will. lecture and give psycho metric readings. Subject, "Love and Marriage." Scats free. St. Paul's church, corner Ninth and Olive streets. Rev. Harvey Officer, lec tor. Holy communion, 8 a. m.; Sunday, school, 9:30 a. m.; .morning prayer and sermon, "The Testing Love of Cod," 11 a. m.; evening prayer and sermon, "The Vision of Prayer, 7:30 p. m. Clinton Avenue M. E. church, corner «.* Clinton avenue and Isabel. Thomas Hambly, pastor. Services at 10:30 a. m. .-m.l 8 p. m. Morning, Rev.. Rockwell Ciancey, of India, will preach. Evening, the pastor's subject will be "A Cool Busi ness Calculation." Sunday school at 12 in. Rescue band meeting at 3:20 p. m. ' Seats free. Rev. E. S. Dunham will conduct a midsummer revival in the Clinton Ave nue M. E. church from July 12 to 22. Afternoon and .-veiling meetings will he held. A general invitation is extended. University Avenue Congregational church, corner Avon and Sherburne. Morning, 10:45, "The Want That Follows Sin:" evening, 8 o'clock. Christian Kit deavor meeting. Henry W. Parsons, pas tor. Grace M. E. Church.. Burr and Minne haha. Homer C. Ashcrafr, Ph. D.. nastor Preaching and communion at 10:30. Theme. •Th.- True Symbol for Life." Evening subject, "Believing Better Than Seeing." Plymouth Congregational church, Waba sha and Summit, Rev. George M. Mor rison, nastor. Service, 10:30 a. m.; theme, "Christian Imperialism." An offering will be made to the Indian famine relief fund. Cyril Chapel, Erie street, near Grace. Preaching service at 8 p. m., conducted by Rev. J. H. Sanimis, of Merriam Park. St. John's church, corner of Kent and Portland, Rev C. F. Kite in charge. Holy communion, 8 a. m.; morning service and sermon by Rev. Dr. Vibbert. of Nev York, at 11 a. m.; evening service at 7; Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Rev. Dr. Vibbert, one of New York's not worry Richard much. Van Wyck had gone "under the gun" and lost. He was not cashiered when he returned to headquarters.. * • • "New York's seventy-two votes will be cast for the adoption of the report of the committee," said Croker, and if he has any notion that another man might have done better In the committee than Van Wyck, not even the judge knows it, for it was by Van Wyck himself that Croker sent word to the committee that the solid vote of New York would support Its recommendations. And the fight on the money question was kept where Croker wanted it, In that cloister of politics— resolutions committee. ,- .-•'-■"■''-J- * * ■ • And "" the little, thoughtful man— health continues— will probably enjoy his next horse race just as much as If the judge had been on the winning side In the committee. -*y"-,'■ a a • Perhaps the greatest man in avoirdu uois of the stars of the convention was Hogg, of Texas. He Is four times as big as Dick, in cubic inches, but he did not cut as much ice,; and no underhanded al lusions to the trust, either. » ♦ * Altgelt's address served to delight a throng of thousands who would have had little to entertain them that night In the regu'ar course of the convention, and it is safe to say that many of his hearers did not know the mild-mannered Chlca- | goan was ever accused of being an an archist, ! and a lot of them do not be lieve It now. * • • Alabama sent a delegate named Tenant honwx, -with a softly musical voice and a slur on his final r's that would have put to flight the best Col. Moberly that was seen In the drama" of that state's name. .'» •-' a~ .""■■ The boyish-looking governor of Ken tucky received an ovation Thursday, but about all that the audience could hear was his brief declaration of Kentucky Democracy— that that state would rate the ticket no matter what the platform. This straight Bourbon Democracy was as popular as the straight Bourbon practice of drinking. -.-," --. y*' » t'*;y :/y . Which suggests a story told on one of the Blue Class delegates. He was asked if he was afraid of microbes in Missouri as he pushed a stiff three fingers of the nd down his,parched throat. "Microbes?" he replied. "Where are they?" '■;'■>: '•■ --"In the drinking water," was: the an swer. ■ . _/ "Oh, no,',' replied the Kentuckian, im- ' foremost preachers, .will occupy. the pulpit it St. John's Episcopal church this, even ing.;--.-.. ,-...:.:..;,, -■-;. .y^';. ; .. ■-..•.-.., -.--,: .. t r Central T Presbyterian church , Cedar l-treet, opposite state capitol. Rev j*),. Meldrum, pastor. Services at 10*30' a. m' and _ p. m. . Rev. Dr.-'-Paxton. pastor of the louse of Hope, will preach■' in the morning. Rev. Dr. Meldrum,. will preach In the evening. Evening subject "Tasks and Vipers." ' - .*»•« &i ' Rev. Calwell will preach at Pilgrim Bap tist church.-Sunday morning. Theme "The Indestructibility of th* ■.Church." ' First Christian church,- ,Nelson and 1* ai.-lngton avenues. At 11 "am" Ser mon, "The Measure' .Sa.-rili.e " At 8 p. m.. Join in union services at Day ton Avenue Presbyterian church.- Christ church. Four fir and Franklin streets. Rev. Chas. -D. Andrews recto? Holy communion. s a. m. Sunday school' 9:4.. a. m Morning sefvice c an d sermon o.- the rector, 11. Evensong,, choral, 8. Woodland Park Baptist, corner Seihv and Arundel. Rev. W. \v. Everts will preach in the morning on "Idle Words " Join in union services at Dayton Avenue Presbyterian church m the evening Church of the Messiah. Fuller street near Kent. The Rev. Henry Dixon Jones! lector. Holy'communion,-8 a. m Morn ing prayer and sermon, 11 a. m Evening prayer and sermon, 8 p.' m . Morning sub ject. "Our Lord's Self-Revelation * Si mon .Son of Jona; His Promise to Change- Ills Name; a New Name Implies a New Character; the Pong and Pa----"--l Process by AN Inch Simon Becomes Peter " Even ing subject. "The Seed Sown." English Lutheran Church of the Re deemer, corner Lafayette and Woodward avenues. H. Haserodt, ■ pastor. Services every Sunday morning at 10:.„. a nd Sun day school-at 9:30 a. m. All cordially ln vited. The colored peoples union camp meet ing on University avenue.-midway be tween St. Paul and Minneapolis will have three services today. Both 'white and colored people unite in this pleasant outdoor gathering. Rev. David Bruce, the colored evangelist from Missouri is an able speaker. He will preach today morning an.l evening; Rev. Hamble will preach at 3 p. my It is a rally day for St- Jame's A. M. E. church, this city. NEWS OF THE LODGE ROOMS. DRUIDS. Members of North Star Grove No. 4, U A. O. D.. are requested to meet at Unity Central hall Monday, July 9, at 1:30 p. m., to attend funeral services of our late brother, Henry Sandtrock.- A general in vitation la also extended to brothers of other groves desiring to attend. Frank bkok, N. A., A. W. Mortensen, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Capitol lodge on Wednesday evening elected P. H. McManus and S. S. Fen- Joy representatives to the grand lodge, and Messrs. Hutton and«Dobner, alter nates. Lindsay Waters,.of. this lodge, also attends the grand lodge in his capacity of fraternal correspondent. The semi-an nual reports showed the lo.Jge to be in good condition, with a handsome balance In the treasury. Next Wednesday evening the lodge will work the first rank. MACCABEES. St. Paul Tent No. 241 will hold regular review Monday evening; A large class of new members will be initiated. All members requested to- be present. In stallation of Officers will beithe order of the evening. Visiting, members always welcome. •<■ MODERN SAMARITANS. • - * n Astoria Council No. _>_ will meet next Monday evening. Initiation- and an ex cursion down the river will be considered. ROYAL LEAGUE. Arrangements wore made at the meet ing of Pioneer Press Council No. 150 Thursday night for a steamboat excur sion, to take place Tuesday evening, July 24, on the steamer Columbia. The follow ing are the committee oh'arrangements: H. K. Graham, F. S. Daggett and W. P. Crawford. A complete report will be given at the next meeting, Thursday evening . July lit,,at Bowlby hall. ROYAL LADIES. ;i: Royal Ladles' Court No. 8 will meet at Elks' hall tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. : '-MODERN WOODMKN. /' '" - Arlington camp wiii mtfct next "Friday. The picnic which was to have taken place on the Fourth was postponed; *-' - Minnehaha camp conferred the first de gree Thursday and received ten applica tions. A committee was''appointed to ar range for a picnic. The report of the of ficers for the past six months was pre sented and showed a satisfactory condi tion. The membership is now 988 in good standing. IMPERIAL KNIGHTS. The.membership committee of No. 2 rec ommended an extension of the time for receiving . applications under the present plan to the evenings of July 16 and Aug. 6, provided the candidates were initiated on the latter date. -.The eommandery adopted their recommendation. V*.,. St. Paul eommandery ■ has upward of forty-five applications for membership to be acted upon. ,: i *.< Golden Gate eommandery has fitted up a now hall and will add materially to its membership thereby. .<■■■:■'■ -. WOODMEN OF THE 'WORLD. Prosperity camp will hold its annual picnic at Forest lake today, Trains leave union depot '■):<)"> and 2 p. m. mensely relieved, "I never drink It." * •'.'• * -■'.-. '/-. It was another Kentuckian, It was averred on equally good authority, when asked in what Regiment'he had won his title of colonel, drew himself to his full height and replied: " - ' '-y; "1 was born a colonel, sah." • ta-. -_;>, ; One of the Minnesota People's party leaders was entertaining- some friends at a restaurant not far up Central street from the Auditorium. The waitress look ed over the badge-bedecked visitors criti cally, and at last surveying the long blue streamer the Populist wore, exclaimed: "Do you know what you remind me of?" "I can't imagine," replied the Pop, tiered at the distinction accorded;him. in feminine eyes. yy "A soiled deuce in a clean deck," was the rejoinder. ._ '•-".">■.■ And the People's party leader wilted. *.' • • When- a stranger dropped into the Minnesota headquarters Wednesday, and met Gen. .Hosier, Gen.. Brady. Gen. Cor ser and Maj. Bowler, he might have thought he was In the Kentucky delega tion until he observed that there was no black bottle beside the lee . pitcher. • * * There are probably few towns in the country of the size of Stillwater. Minn., that were represented in greater strength at the Kansas City convention. Gen. R. J. Mosi.-r left the drouthrrldden St. Croix to accompany his friend Busing to the big show, and ,J. J. Kilty, of the Prison City, was one of the Fourth district dele- Kates. Insurance Commissioner O'Shaugh nessy, who has been down East, conclud ed to take Tom Martin over and Inspect a lew insurance companies between con vention sessions. Some ; one must have sent home advices that OjShaughnessy had arrived, for the. first night, he was in town a message came, with 59 cents due for charge-*. It was as .follows: . "We are glad to hear you have insured the convention hall. Stillwater glories in your success. •'■ "Many Friends." ' O'Shaughnessy kept .a -sharp ■ - eye on Kilty and Mossier Hie next day. but that night Kilty drew a collect te'egrum. It was: '■'."■ -_ . . "We have read your specctt.andlt-was very fine. —"Admiring Democrats." Kilty was a little uppish with the other two for twenty-four J hours. The next night Hosier received a collect message: . "Master, Surveyor General— Heavy rains helping log crop- immensely. -Every * log he- a silver lining.'- —"Many Friends.'-' ' : Miy nnd j O'Shaughnessy "then buried the hatchet, and took an afternoon lour ;on one of the grips that worm their way up and down the 'Kansas City canons. /VHALF'PRICE ONCHILDREN'SSUITS X HON DAY ONLY. fp The exquisitely made-up goods that have made the reputation of The Boston 500 Children's Wash Suits, dainty effects, new _ _ __. 100 Khaki Roue-h Rider ■=.-it, , a *"• 506: pattern,, guaranteed fast colors, $1.00 quality.... 55C quaSiS s?Ls 4to 8 .'\ *?. ** JOC I 225 Children's Fancy Strips Wash Suits. , S o Celebrated Si-Metallic a-plece Suits 1 m^SZSTSJSimS.^ i°""' Si *«. : „f^' y d T <te,romdep,,i diVr ib'to 'd'»- «R-_ .__ I r . * .w 4"' "T, *«jO bl° seat and knees, our regular $4 quality 4)2. I R I quamfj^qX Fancy S,rlPftd and fi,ie 7C thl ßof ,CrashandUnenQol,c «P8- ***• I m ■ / -."*"'/ _/i_)^ thing far vacation wear. 50c quality 2^o Half Price-Sailor Blouse Waists. Children's fine Half Price-Boys' Ne*H*ee Shirt*, i+m fl Madras and Cheviot Blouse Waists. S c _ S c ,_._,. a,_c Drettv ?SF^^.^.S.'?! SOC _._...____ __m pretty .legligee shirts In 'he ns-vest oat'-rns all 7SC quality.3sc 50c quality..2sc 25c quality..ia^c sizes. $1.00 quality SOC Ladies' Straw Sailors^— Half Price. j All our Ladies' Swell Straw Sailors, In the correct shapes and proper braids, at exactly Half Price. $5.00 Quality for $2.50 $3.00 Qualify f0r..." $i. so 3 <_• IA A A _■•_- •»■'■*■ _«k • _k I $4.00 Quality for... $2.00 $2.09 Quality for $1.00 $1.50 Quality for 75c RED FIGURE PRICES STILL PREVAIL NIT Co' -ste^sbs^ Robert, "<%„• T^allw^fs in the Mr. No branch of engineering has probably made such rapid strides within the last quarter of a century as the construction of mountain railways. Indeed, many of tin could be described as new wonders >.| the world. The railway built over the famous White pass, the gateway to the Klondike, during the summer of 189S, was a marvel of engi neering skill, It Is known as tha White Pass & Yukon railway, and commence., at bkaguay. There is a railway journey of twenty miles till the summit of the pass is reached, over 2,000 feet above the level of the sea. An Interesting fact about this unique railway was the quick lime In which lt was built. During the latter part of the summer of 1808 two shifts of men were employed on the line, and on Feb. 20, isic.t, the first:|passenger train steam ed into the little station at the sum mit, which was almost burled In snow. The track for twenty miles ls hewn out Of the solid rock. The cost of this short line is estimated to have been about $1, --860,060. A few weeks ago a sensation was caused in Skaguay by the foolhardy feat of a miner who lode down the railway on ona of the buffers of the engine. ON PIKE'S PEAK. The railway constructed up the famous Pike's peak, in Colorado, Is another mar velous engineering feat. The railway It self reaches a height of 14,134 feet. On the top of this mountain a unique, paper Is brought out by a Journalist and his wife during the summer months, it is called the Pike's Peak Dally, and Is noth ing more or less than a record of the num ber of visitors who ascend the mountain by the railway, together with their names and address. The editorial office Is in the open air. It Is undoubtedly the highest newspaper office In the world, being 14,000 feet-above the sea. There is a unique rope railway In Hong kong which virtually carries passengers through the air. The ropes are carried up a mountain by tall trestles set a great distance apart. The carriages, which are suspended from the wire ropes, carry six O'Shaughnessy engaged In animated conversation with an elderly man, who was accompanied by a charming young woman. .-iy-'y It would not be fair to say here that Kilty told the girl that the man -talking to her father was dangerous, but the way the old gentleman dove into both trousers pockets at once after she whis pered to him was so conspicuous that when O'Shaughnessy looked at Kilty, the latter was busily engaged reading the street signs. And the SMilwater men got off the car at different corners. a.-, a The Hot Springs,- Ark., delegation had quarters on Broadway, but there was considerable question sometimes whether the delegation to the convention was as large as the delegation from the con vention to the springs would be. • • • Walter Wellman, the Arctic explorer, was one of the newspaper correspondents, if the doctor pi escribed a C-tSngO of scene for Walter, this was certainly it. • • • "Bapho" is one of the current theatrical actions in Kansas City. Last week's performances were unusually hot. • • * It can be said without disrespect to the governor of Texas that he Is a great Hogg. He Is a physical giant. * * « -y lv Talk about the inspiration of locality, Kansas City was hilly even after David B. declined to stand. .-".'' * » » The Kansas City police handled the crowds admirably. In spite of the ex cessive heat-and its disposition to spoil the public temper, the utmost good na ture prevailed. Disorder ln the streets was limited to harmless noise, the ear splitting blank cartridge in a revolver being the most trying. There were few arrests, and the fire department was busier than the patrol wagon. In spite of the fact that thousands who could not obtain hall tickets gathered about the auditorium at each session, to .;ee the celebrities come or go, the ropes strtched about the building served a double purpose well, at once preventing jams at the doors and affording an open promenade where the notables could be observed at leisure as they passed In re view. • * • David B. Hill and Richard Croker were the much-sought-for stars" with the early crowds, although after the presence of Prince David of. Hawaii, became gen erally known, the swarthy but handsome delegate from the Sandwich islands, ran a good second. v * « Shively was the handsomest, Towne '■ * vr---.' " — ■ 'yy.-y -..---• - . '--■ men. At one place this unique railway passes over a reservoir. The object of the line is to transfer European work men at the end of their day's work to .1 sanatorium at a high level above the sea, to escape fever. The speed attained i< eight miles an hour. The line has been In us*" for several years, and has given com plete satisfaction. There Is another mar velous aerial rope railway In Spain used for transporting building material and workmen up a mountain. The Incline is exceedingly steep, being one In one and .1 half, and the longest span is 1,168 feet. It Is a novel sight to watch the cars on th.-.- rope railways running up the sites Of ii mountain, suspended from an un seen wire or rope. WONDERFUL .. ENGINEERING. The recent construction of a railway from .violl.-ndo. a port on the Pacific side of South America, to Puno, on Lake Titi-' caca, is regarded as a most wonderful engineering feat. Lake Tfttcaca is the highest known navigable lake In the world, being about .13,000 feet above the level of the sea, among the stupendous Andes in Peru. " From a geological point j of view it is the most marvelous lake yet discovered. The line, known as the Southern Rati way of Peru,' Is carried in a most won derful manner among precipices, chasms, valleys, .■(<•. The viaducts are magnifi cent constructions, and live heavy cut tings are considered to be great achieve ments of engineering skill. At one placu the track, which is a single one, winds across a dreary sandy plain. From the railway passengers can see the great burping mountain, llisti, 18.050 feet high, it is bare that the highest point reached by the modern locomotive is attained. viz., at Galeria, 15,635 feet kbove the level of the sea. A steamer built by a linn of shipbuilders In Scotland, of over 500 tonnage, was recently transport ed In parts over this remarkable line and successfully rebuilt and launched on" the highest navigable lake In the world. A CALIFORNIA NOVELTY. For novel attractions and scenery Mt. Lowe railway, In Southern California, undoubtedly takes the palm. The rail- perhaps the most polished, and 1111! the best advertised of the vice presidential possibilities. • * * Althoug convention ball was packed Wednesday afternoon to the roof garden's top tier, Jimmy Manning's ball toasen entertained C.OOO people at Exposition park. • • • Bryan-was not the only Democrat who was on a bust at Kansas City. • • • The bars were extended, but no churches built any additions during the gathering. Still as many people heard prayers at the opening of each day's ses sion as all Kansas City's churches eye mustered In any one day. The convention may have done some good, spiritually. even. * • • The visitors were unanimous In their praise of the Kansas City people and their spirit. There was apparently all of Chi- .go's energy, without the I-am-holler | than-thou municipal conceit of that city. : A Minneapolis delegate admitted that the city by (lie Kaw had outstripped the city at the Kails, In spite of a marked advan tags held by Minneapolis In the census of ten years ago! * a ./.■'' Wednesday afternoon and evening there were more people on the south side of Main street. Kansas City, than anywhere else in the world. Being a holiday, every one was out, and not only did the sun drive every one out of the cross streets to this main thoroughfare, but one side of this street was also uncongenial to promenaders from anywhere but Yuma. • * • Although lighted cigars were not per mitted in the Auditorium, there would every now and then be a bright flash and ' a noiseless burst of bluish-white smoke near the speaker's platform. It was the flashlight of the newspaper and other artists who were present. * • • But th« Kansas City telephone service would wrack the patience of Job. o .■; ./.'_:*; • * • Col. J. Thornton, of St. James, who has been present at every Democratic na tional convention In a quarter of a cen tury, usually as a delagte or an alter nate, was to be observed on Broadway Tuesday ccatless. perspiring and under a straw chapcau belonging to Gen. Mosler, the Stillwater brigadier. He was on hi., way to a furnishing store, where he pur chased a tissue paper bonnet and an al paca coat. "This is different from all the . other • conventions I have ever attended," he said. "Before wo always tried; to look our prettiest— hats, canes and Prince way commences at Pasadena. By an Ingenious cable Incline, 3,000 feet hi length, an ascent of over 1,300 feet 1. made , „ large hotel on the mountain side. trom here there ls nn extension line, called the "Alpine Division.'* wh, climbs the mountain 1., an Ingenious fashion until an altitude of 5,000 feel Is reached. v Hut it Is the attractions on Ml Lowe which make it a fashionable resort of ' the elite of Souther , California The scenery is magnificent; ,, one aide of the mountain Is the Pacific, and on the other a limitless stretch or beautiful country. One of the chief attractions la a mam moth searchlight. It rests at an altitude of 3-500 feet above sea level It Is su powerful that Its rays can be seen Tor 150 miles, ..ml a newspaper can be read by Its light thirty-five miles away. it Is of 3,000,000 -fondle power, and weighs 8.000 pounds. Another Interesting attraction on this wonderful mountain and Its unique railway la an observatory, famil iarly termed "The Lighthouse of tha Sky." li ...Mains one of the largest ami most powsr ul copes in th. wo Id. and visitors up the railway are permitted '■- peep at the heavens through it. Ths Instrument can boast of quite an as tronomical record, having discover! s>-v --en comets and over 1,000 nebulae. In ad dition to this there Is a large menagerie of wild animals, not to mention other at tractions. Indeed, Alt. Lowe railway an.l its list of wonderful attraction should be able to satisfy the most fastidious of mountain tourists. For cut rate tickets call on T l* Ed wards, 339 Robert. Oldest establish**] ticket office in the rity. 'rot it %o. 7, $75.00. Fourteen-Day I'li-oiiiitly . oii-liM-ifl*. I:-i<*iii-m1oi, to motoric Utieltrc _» lie Lake*. Day at Si nit St.- Maris. Day at Mackinac Island. Through 80,000 Islands of Georgian Bay by daylight. Day at Toronto. Day at Niagara Kails. Through I.OWI Islands of the St. Law rence by daylight. Visit Montreal. .i Quebec. Fourteen days of pleasure and sight seeing, with all your exp~nsea paid, y,:, Get Itinerary. Soo Line Ticket Office, 371 Robert Bt. . Alberts and that sort of thing but hero | every on., seems to be trying to wear as little as possible." Which, generally | speaking, was true. It was distinctly not a "dude" convention. • • • George Fred Williams, 0 cultured Bos ton, could not forsake the somber digni ty of his position and I raining, tin. Croker had a pepper and .salt, and Gov. Kioto-, of Missouri, and Charles A. Tow:. a gray business suit that looked almost as though cut off the same piece. The ven erable Tidier, of Colorado, stuck to th* long .-oat of. broadcloth, which he wore with a most Incongruous straw top piece; but a linen suit was affected very gener ally among the rank and file of the dele gates. • • • "Seems to me these Democratic dele gates have a lot of good looking girls with them," remark.-. a barber to a del egate he-was slid vim-;. "So." Inquired the stranger, who had not had the cinders washed out of ills hair yet. "Yes," continued the tonsdrlal artist. "You took at the pretty ones close and you'll see they're nl strange a like." • • * Friday morning the chairman was a lit tle slow in calling the convention to order. ' j and at the appointed tlni* the band, ap- ' propriate to th" coatee for the vie-? presi dential place, played "The Moth and in-* Flame." • • • Sul/.cr's vice presidential boom fell Hat early In the week. It was feared that Kentucky, In spite of Gov. Beckham as surances as i., Its true blue Democracy, cou'.d not support a ticket so suggestive of "rhlne wine and seitser." • • • The California delegation was very pop ular. It had not as handsome badges as the Nebraska!'**, but there was wine on tap in one of the sample rooms, and near ly every one in Kansas City called to see if his friends from California hud come on with the delegation. • • • The Young . men's Democratic Club ot'J'J^ Louisville had quarters on Broadway. But 'j.; Instead of tho wine and walnuts. In this case It was whisky an.l water in the rati,, of sixteen parts of whlaky to one of water. • • • The Sliver Republican • headquarters ..... were decidedly military. They were In the Warwick club, although there was something Falstafflan about the titles of ' ( , something falstatflan about the titles of.'!, C.en. E.S. Corser.and Col. 11. D. Blocker Jr., the last named being emblazon, d on-, v., huge placards on the outer wall. —W. G. McMurchy. 5