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CUPID'S DEOAOENCE. ancient days, when mil was young, •ad Love and Hope were rife, D*a Cupid fed on rustic fare, —And lived a country life. He ro«e betimes at break of day, And round the country harried TJpstirrihg hearts that were unwed, And shooting down the married. Bat then, on wider mischief bent, fite hied him to the city 'And finding much to suit his taste, He stayed there—more's the pity- Men built him there a golden house,. Bedight with golden stars They feasted him on golden grain, And wine in golden jars. They draped his pretty nakedness In HcheBt cloth of gold, And set him up in business, Where Lore was bought and sold. And thus he led a city life, Forgetting his nativity Since then he's gone from bad to worse. From Gupid to cupidity. *—Elliot Stock. •.' ONLY A QUARTER. liKASB, »lr, will yon chMtnuta?1 "OtawtnuU! No!" returned TUlpb Moore, looking carelessly down tba upturned (ace, whose large brawn eye*, shadowed by tangled curls of flaxen balr, were appealing so piti fully'to his.own, "What do 1 want of chestnuts?" "But, please, sir, do buy 'em," plead ed the little one, reassured by the rough kindness of hi, tone. "Nobody seems to care for them, and— She fairly.burst into tears, and Moore who had been on the point of brushing carelessly past her, stopped instinc tlteiy. "Are you so very much In want of the money?" "indeed, sir, we are," sobbed the 'child "mother sent me out and-—•" "Nay, little one, don't cry," said jRalph, smoothing her tangled hair. "1 jflon't want your chestnuts, but here's ja^quarter for yon, If it will do you any I a re a (the rapture which his small silver gift fcad brought Into that poverty stricken borne he would have grudged still less Ihls privation of cigars. T«us came and went. The little fchestnut girl .passed entirely out of Ralph Moore's memory, but Mary Lee never forgot the stranger who had giv en her the silver quarter. The crimson window curtains were Uoalely drawn to shut out the storm luid blast of the bleak December nlgbt. A lire was glowing cheerily in the {grate, and the dinner table was In a glitter with cut glass, rare china and polished silver. Everything was wait ing tor the presence of Mr. Audley. "What can It be that detains paV" •aid Mrs. Audley, a fair, handsome .matron of about SO, as she glanced at •tofr tiny watch. "There's a man with him in the study, come on business," said Rob ert Audley, a pretty boy of 12 years, Who was reading by the Are. "I'll call him again," said Mrs. Aud ley, stepping to the door. But as she opened It the gas llglA fell on the face of a bumble-looking man In thread bare, garments, who was leaving the bouse, while her husband stood In the doorway of his study, apparently re lieved to be rid of his visitor. "Obarles," said Mrs. Audley, "who Is that man and what does he want?" "His name Is Moore, I believe, love, suid he came to see If I would give him the vacant position In the bank." "And will you?" she eagerly asked. "Don't know, Mary. I must think about It." "Obarles, give him the situation." "Why, my dear?" "Because I ask it of you as a favor, •nd you have said a hundred times you would never deny me anything." "And I will keep my promise, Mary," •aid her lover husband with an affec tionate kiss. "I will WTlte the fellow a note this very evening." An hour later when the children were tucked snugly in bed, Mrs. Audley told her husband why she was Interested in the fate of a man whose face she bad not forgotten in twenty years. "That's right, my little wife," said ber busband when the simple tale was finished, "never forget one who has been kind to you In the days when you needed kindness most." "Ralph Moore was sitting that self same night In his poor lodgings, be side hto wife's sick bed, when a liv eried servant brought a note from the rich and prosperous banker. Charles Audley. "Goodness, Bertha!" he exclaimed Vnrll.. 5, .1 norway, in 1810, j* n'*^ 1*' 1 He did not stay to hear the delighted thanks the child poured out through a rainbow of smiles and tears, but strode on his way muttering between his T*eth: "That cuts oft m^_supply of ci gars for the next twenty-four hours. I don't care, though, for the brown eyed object really dlil cry as If she hadn't a friend In the world. Hang It! I wish I was rich enough to help every poor creature out of the slough of de spond." While Ralph Moore was Indulging In these very natural reflections, the (lark-robed little damsel whom he had comforted, was dashing down streets jrtth rapid footsteps, utterly regard less of the basket of unsold nuta that still dangled upon her arm. Down an obscure alley she darted, find up a nar row wooden staircase to a room where pale, neat-looking woman was sew ing as busily as If the breath of life Depended upon every stitch, and two little ones were playing In the sun »hlne that supplied the place of the ab •ent lire. "Mary! back already? Sure ly you have not sold your chestnuts so Boon!" "Oli mother, see!" ejaculated the breathless child. "A gentleman gave *na a quarter! Only think, mother, a ^rhole quarter!" THE TWENTIETH CENTURY QUESTION. DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING BOTH ARGUMENTS. ftp above diagram does not settle the question as to when the twentieth II century began or begins, but it is given merely to show how both sides may ta right. The whole question hinges on one point, whether the first year fASbe was the }"r Th,l 0 ,.19!? tfc. year 1. adroc"tes Commissions or Expreara Companies. The express companies attend to pur chases and sales, and to every variety of legal business, from searching a title to suing for a debt. They file models of inventions and get out patents, and have been known to stake out a prop erly described mining claim and attend to Its development. The suburban lady, whose husband Is disobliging or color blind, can safely entrust them with a piece of silk to match, and they will send an expert to match It for her and make the desired purchase. The ac tress who is forced by bad business to pawn her diamonds for money to get bteck to the Rlalto can commission them, when prosperity has returned, to redeem ber jewels, or pay the Interest and have the pawn tickets renewed. In their O. O. D. departments they deliver goods for stores and collect for them, and they also attend to the collection of Insurance benefits, payment of lodge dues and taxes. A young man. can or der an engagement ring through them, and the bride caj nrder such parts of her trosseau as she cannot secure from local dealers. They will cheerfully at tend to the engraving of card plates, wltb' neatness and dispatch, will have clothes pressed and cleaned, and make themselves useful in almost every way the mind can conceive. These things are mentioned simply to give some Idea of the surpassing things that express companies do. To describe thelr bust ness In all Its ramifications would be to describe practically every line of business In which one man commis sions another to do anything for him.— Alnslee's. Cutting. The law court Is the'modera substi tute for the tournament, and a pretty good substitute it proves when a battle Is on between rival lawyers quick-wit ted and outspoken. The late Col. Jobu Atkinson was op posed In an Important case by another able lawyer, James H. Pound, and they were lighting like giants for every point of advantage. Pound had won a ma jority of the jousts tbe Colonel was nettled, and was lying low for a chance to deliver a swinging blow. "It came," says tbe judge, "when I decided a point against Pound. It had been fiercely argued by both attorneys, and In deciding It as I did, I stated my reasons at length, giving authorities. I GREAT VIOLINISTS OF THE PAST AND OP THE PRESENT DAY. SAtJRBT. "mm*' PAGANINI. JOACHIM. OI.B BULL. MAUD POWKLI T" bor" Is probably the greatest violinist who has prS SUuced fo?«^»- he- w« iw£ 'D w" b?rn claim-that, according to all common sense, reason and logic, the first year, from its first Instant to Its last, was the year 1. The 1900 people contend that time began at «ero, not at 1, and that there was no year until a complete unit, composed of 12 months, 52 paneQt parts may be designated, had been reached. They argue that time cannot oegin at 1, any more than the figures on a thermometer, or a groceryman's scales, could begin at 1. The advocates of 1800 Insist that a difference between the nse of cardinal and ordinal numbers must be observed. Six ounces of butter, say these reasoners, is O pounds and 6 ounces, and the first six months of time were year 0 and 6 months, not one year. The 1901 people do not regard the divisions between the "8 *overning the name of the year, but call the whole first year "year 1, the second year "year 2," etc., the 89th year being "year 09," and the 100th year "year 100." .i n9?0 P*0®16' however, Drat designated the line marking the beginning of ii .«!. as line 1, etc., by which process they arrive at 99 for the last division line before sero, or the point of beginning over again. These cardinal numerals, they con !SB g0TOTn the per on which was written: "In grateful remembrance of the sli ver quarter that a stranger bestowed on a little chestnut girl twenty years ago." Ralph Moore bad thrown his morsel of bread upon the waters of life, and after many days it had returned to him.—Philadelphia Item. WAS IT AN ACCIDENT." Dragon Fly Securely Held by the Ten dril of a Living Vine* A most unusual occurrence Is Illus trated here. Mr. P. G. Lechen, of Mil waukee, Wis., who sends .the photo graph to an exchange, vouches for the following statement. He says "One •f the prominent citizens of this town THE CAPTIVK DRAG02T FLY. while walking In bis garden one morn ing was attracted by the futile struggle! of a huge dragon-fly endeavoring to free Itself from the tight grip of one of the tendrils of a wild cucumber vine. Apparently the tendril bad twined It self so securely around the fly's body that the poor Insect became a prisoner. It struggled for two days, and finally died of exbaustlon. The. question sug gests Itself Was It an accident,'or did the tendril act as a trap, after the man ner of. certain species which are recog nised as Insect-catching plants?" JOACHIM. ln F8?0*' rul* ln w" 1784' weeks, or however the com- would be done on a thermometer or scale, the next division naming of the years, not the ordinsl numerals used, by the 1901 people. The first year, they claim. Is not the year 1, but the year 0, and whatever fraction may have passed the second year the year 1 and a frac 5' ?'he 6nt and the 20th will begin with 1900. And there you are. joyfully, as he read the words. "We shall not starve. Mr. Audley has prom ised me the position." "You have dropped something from the note, Ralph," said Mrs. Moore, and pointed to a slip of paper on the floor, Moore stooped to pick It up. It was a I $50 bill neatly folded In a piece of pa* began with 0, they claim the second with 100, saw Pound shake his head at one of my conclusions his lips moved, and I supposed he had made some comment, so when I concluded my decision, I asked: 'What did you say, Mr. Pound?" "Quick as a shot, and In his most cut ting tones of intense sarcasm, the Col onel replied: 'Mr. Pound did not speak, your hon or. He merely shook his he&d. There Is, nothing In It' "—Youth's Companion. Anecdote of a Dog. Many years ago my wife and 1 made up our minds to possess a dog, and after much debate and long search pur chased a fox terrier In the dog market. We named him "Tip." Tip was a most Intelligent animal Indeed at times bis evident compreheuslon of conversation and discussion of events in the family circle was startling. My wife was not so assured as I was tbat "Tip" really understood speecb with the Intelligence of "humans,so I planned the follow ing to convince her. I arranged tbat one evening the dog should be on tbe hearth rug between us (a favorite position with Mr. Tip) and that I would begin talking about him to her. I did so, and found considera ble fault, among the pbrases I used be ing, "be Is gettlug useless, and 1 shall have to sell him." The effect was startling, and caused me great surprise as well as remorse. Tip stood up, the great tears came Into bis eyes, and with an Indignant look at me, slowly went out of the room and bouse, and It took a long time for him to recover his old trust in me.—J. w. Monk. Proof Positive. Walls have had ears since curiosity began now It seems they have, eyes, too. If we may generalize from tbe story of a contemporary. A well-known photographer of New York recently bad his country house overhauled. A. new skylight was add ed and alterations were made In the roof. The men took their time and did not overwork themselves, but this did not prevent the roofer from presenting a bill almost as "steep" as his calling. Whin the owner of the house expostu lated, It was explained to him that the men had to be paid for their time, and they had spent several days on the job. "No wonder," said the photograpber and then he produced a.number of snap shot photographs, representing the meu on the roof of his house as taken from the attic window of an adjoining build ing. Some were sitting smoking, some were reading newspapers, and others were lying on their backs. "Why," said tbe astonished roofer, "these are my menl" "Exactly so," replied the photog rapher, "and they are earning my money." A Leaf from History. Commodore Winfleld Scott Schley, In his book, "The Rescue of Grecly," thus describes tbe finding of tbe explorer and the other frozen and starved sur vivors of the Lady Franklin Bay ex pedition In July, 1884: "On his bands and knees was a dark man with a long, matted beard and brilliant, staring eyes. As Lieut. Colwell approached he raised himself a little and put on a pair of eye glasses. 'Who are you?' asked Colwell. "The man made, no answer, staring at him vacantly. '"Who arc you?'again. "One of the men spoke up: 'That Is the Major—Maj. Greely.' "Colwell took him by tbe band, say ing to him, 'Greely, Is this you?' 'Yes,' said Greely, In a faint, brok en voice, hesitating and shuffling, with his words. 'Yes—seven of us left— here we are—dying—like men!' "Then be fell buck exhausted.?," Unintentional. A Loudon exquisite went Into a West End restaurant, says an exchange, nnd was far from pleased with the manner in which his order was filled. "Do you call that a veal cutlet?" he demanded of the waiter. "Why, such ft cutlet as tbat Is an Insult to every self-respecting calf lu the British em pire." The waiter hung his bead for a mo ment, but recovered himself and said, in a tone of respectful apology: "I really didn't intend to Insult you sir." ,rom I, .1 7 ", P,opuurly 'opposed to be under Satin's influence. Ole Bull, born In Bergen. in X. «ok ?owl'°'CWc»«0. She waa k*rn in Aurora, III., F^nce. In'S52' boyhood displayed such extra- popularly supposed to be under Satin's influence. Ole Bull, born In Bergen, ever nlnv.d in i. .. 5. greatest violinist who has ever played in the United States. Joseph Joachim, one Hnn*ary ™Utn00 Y"»e thi rTnltiTm°dern olinists Emil Sauret is well known in America, be having h^od PnwSi rh£?J bk iB the 0ne of ID isiuai «re4t?8t musician Belgium has greatest woman violinists of the world 1868. Her fathsr Is American and her mother German PSfiCjrti, tlw Bruch coacarto. sajafe A CHAPTER OJV HATS. A STARTLING CHANGE SINCE EARLY IN THE SEASON. Then Turbans ami Fur Hats Held Sway, but Now They Are Beingr Pushed Aside for the Large Picture Hats-Light Colors Are Popular. New York correspondence. -.v" EATUttES of the most startling sort are plentiful In the newest millinery. At the beginning of in styles in headgear re a quiet.. Turbans and fur hats had their own way, and there was in evidence an us a amount of high col ored or very large hats. Even about the largest hate there was a look of com pactness that made them seem quiet In comparison with tbe pictured headgear of former seasons. By January all this has become commonplace to the women who enjoy testing uew fashions. They are the ones who ever" are prompt to adopt a fashion, ai.wl who are quite as ready to drop it the minute it grows com mon. The appearance of hats like those pictured here indicates that women are discarding their early season things and going in for something different. The Tbe Spanish turban, with brim boxed up at the edge, is uow worn as if hang ing to one hair, with feathers drooping on the higji side nnd lift of trimming there, too. Almost all the latest hats are showing this tendency Co side effect, nnd as a rule the hat dips to the left, being trimmed very high on the right. One way of accomplishing this is to set a handsome rosette of chiffon or velvet on Among fashions In gowns, the tunic and the polonaise are favored' and they are sure to bo much used all through the com ing mouths. Probably they will not be beyond their vogue next winter. They offer refuge for the wornau tvho likes shenlh-back effect, yet wishes to wear a pleated skirt. So far there has been no attempt at draping the polonaise, though it has been subjected to many modifica tions. A new one appears In the next picture, in a stunning reception gown with pleated. silk skirt of delicate gray. Its modified polonaise was gray velvet in a darker shade opened to show the skirt in front and was shorter at the back than at tho side*. At the foot of the polonaise {Hri about tlio yoke edge KU|^etftJ gray in pnn:) crossed with lace whose white matched the chiffon in yoke and collar. The advantage of the short polo naise is that It may be worn under a hatf length coat'. You see, there is a sugges tion of over-garment about the polonaise which makes it an awkward model for wear under a coat shorter than its edge. The fushionable half-length coat comes to just the beginning of the skirt's spread or to a little below the knees. Such coats made boxy without being baggy are very warm, one of medium weight offering a protection tbat is more satisfactory than that given by a fur cape. If only the sleeves could be a little looser! But they can't. Sleeves of nil garments are tight, and the coat sleeve must be as tight as can be worn over the dress sleeve. This means that.a satin lining is absolutely necessary. Shoulder finish can be man aged, however, and was arrauged clever ly in this pictured coat. It was boxed, half-length, of heavy gray melton, with triple shoulder cape. It had double breasted black velvet straps for fasten* ing, and black velvet facings for revers. Its inside close collar was velvet, too, a notion that is a feature of the newest conts, the idea being that 9uch a coat may be worn over a reception dress whose throat arrangements should be cov ered. Stitching is a feature of all these garments, aud in some cases a cording is added. Though women have submitted to the tight sleeve, many of them—fashionable ones, too—mamtge to finish the shoulders in a way to, suggest breadth. This is in dicated by both the gowns of this illus tration as well as by its coat. The shoul der treatment in the second of these dresses was a shoulder cape effect, and its intention was not only to widen but to suggest warmth. This because the cos- STRIKING HEADGEAR THAT HAS DEVELOPED THIS WINTER. effort to accomplish something different accounts for the "over tduch," especially in hats, that shows just now. Hats push ed over the eyebrow and entirely hiding the hair in front are so much worn that ft protest appears in the hat that dis plays the hair. Then the wheel bow holds its own, but a new notion is to set It against-the hair in front on one of the off-pushed hats. One of these is sketch ed by itself, a sapphire blue velvet tur ban that showed in front only a collec tion of dashing gray wings, aud a wheel of sapphire velvet centered with a paste buckle. Many of the'big hats that are held off the face are planned to make a frame for face and hair, aud often are so care fully built for front effect that the side outline is almost grotesque. The scuttle brim uplifted in front is overhung with plumes and mouuted with loops of ribbon. The facing of such a brim is always elab orated, the fancy still holding for chiffon in delicate color, or white laid in a lot of. pleats that stand on edge, making a very soft and pretty finish. Some of these hats have facing of chinchilla, in which case there is usually a showing of chiri-' chilla on the outside, tod. The side tipped hat which women tried to push last season reappears. There is shown here one with a soft velvet crown, puffed up on the high side, with a paradise sweep qirling over to that side. Even the favorite turban of crushed and folded velvet, silk or fur is now curved up from the hair in front, and in consequence the pompadour is beginning to be crushed down and to show some escaped and shorter locks very like a bang. The Hen ry the Eighth hat of velvet pushed up on one side to show a buuch of feathers or flowers is always becoming aud swagger. Just now it is arranged to show the hair at front and high side, the feathers curl ing against the hair picturesquely. A cap of this sort in ruby velvet with black feathers is charming for wear with a snug fur-trimmed cloak. Some of these caps are made^of fur and are pretty. turoe was one planned for wear without a wrap. With bodice reinforced by a warm chamois jacket, there are not a few young women who effect this notion. They do not follow It in the severest weather, but still wear such dresses when other women are apparently far more heavily clothed. This gown includ ed a black velvet coat open in front to show a belted princess frock of mode broadcloth. The velvet was braided heavily, there were jaunty eton fronts, and the rest of the coat was cut in round ed straps below the waist', just to prove that it afforded little protection. Copyright. 1900. A Carious Monument. Henry Jacobs, of Lincoln, Kan., has erected a curious monument over the grave of his son, who was of a roving disposition. He had a stone cut in the shape of an old-fashioned traveling satchel. Ou the plate in the center of each side is the name, "Jacob S. Ja cobs." Just above the name is the in scription: ."Here is where he stopped last." 'Underneath tbe name is the date of death and his age. The stone Is white marble, and the base is a big boulder whlah the father hauled from his farm'andvlled on the grave. When questioned as to why he chose such a unique design, the old mas said: "Wall, Jim, he were a sort of a rovln* feller, and I allowed that this design would 'bout suit him. He never stopped very long before in any one place. But the last time I see him he were at the graveyard, and I jes' concluded that he uilg-ht stay thar a long while. So 1 had a sign printed on ther stone sayin' whar he was last seen and whar he ought to be now." Learned Bengali in Six Month**. Dr. Welldon. late of Harrow, and now bishop of Calcutta, has -Accomplished a remarkable linguistic feat Not a few divines who go out to India have to acknowledge themselves beat in their struggle with various Indian tongues and give up the study in despair. .Not so Dr. Welldon. He found an admirable coach in Mr. Munro, O. B., who wrfs once associated with Scotland WITH SLEEVES TIGHT, BUT WITH SHOULDERS WIDENED the left side and to .allow a plume to ex tend from under this rosette and to curl up to hnug over the brim, which lifts high at the right. A hat of tucked blue taf feta is thus trimmed with rosette of blue and a gray plume. Light colors are as popular this winter ns if It were sum mer. Mob caps of silk with a great bow iu frotit are uow entirely discarded by exclusive women, but hats trimmed with front bow are still worn. A bow of wired gauze iu front of a velvet hat was hand &omc. A bunch of dried grasses was held by the bow, but the velvet and fur. of the crown settled the hat as a wiuter one. Yard, but now lives at Darjeellng, and with bis assistance Dr. Welldon made such progress in the study of the Bengali vernacular that within six months of hft arrival he conducted a full confirmation service In that dialect, and he has now delivered sermon In the Bengali tongue, which is the one mostly spoken in his diocese. Maltlnjc-'It Pleasant. Mrs. Wiggles—Mrs. Bjohnson spoke of you when I met her yesterday. Mrs. Waggles—Did she? What did she say? Mrs. Wiggles—Oh, if I had thought you would ask me that, I would never have'said anything about it.—Somer vllle Journal. The proposed public warehouse to be operated by the Toledo banks seems to be a go, as a majority of the banks fa vor the project. The postofflce building at Virginia, San Diego County, Cal., Is made o( an old piano box. Parent!* tboie who advertlM,' Nate Liunigcr and Roy Sigafus, two Inds from Savanna, 111., while rabbit hunting, discovered the remains of a man on Pulford Islnud, near Savanna. The body was in a rude box, the end of which protruded from the earth, near the Iowa shore. The decomposed remains were wrapped in an old carpet. The matter was reported to tlie police, but the offi cers have failed to identify the body. Only a few months ago another skeleton was found in that' locality which was never identified. Another Railroad Project* There is now little room to doubt that Muscatine is to have another railroad known as the Muscatine, Tipton and Northern. For the past six weeks ru mors of this project have been exploited in the newspapers published along the proposed right of way, but more definite statements can now be given. The towns the new line will .strike are as fol lows: Muscatine, Moscow,- Tipton,. Olin, Newport, Anamosn, Pruirieburg, Coggon and Independence, in all a distance of about'100 miles. ..ii Faith Healers Inicted. At Council Bluffs the Grand Jury re turned true bills nguinst S. P. James, of South Omaha, a "divine healer," and Mrs. P. B. Yates, of Tabor, Iowa, on the charge of being criminally responsible for the death of the hitter's daughter, Ethel Yates, which occurred in that city Jan. 5. Klevator Burned. The Hoach, Keck & Wood elevator at Lester, burned with all its conteuts. Be tween 3,000 aud 4,000 bushels of grain were in the house. Loss on elevator, $20,000 insurance, $1,00 loss on grain estimated at $1,500 fully insured. After Delinquent Heavy Tnxpuvers. An examination of the Auditor's books in Franklin County develops the fact that fifteen men in the county owe taxes to the amount of $35,000. The Treasurer has been ordered to collect the amount in the regular way. Hrict State Happenings. Eddyvillc is to have a new brass band. A curfew bell law has been enacted at Shelby. An epidemic of mumps has struck the city of Charitou. The Catholics ut Owens will erect a church iu the spriug. Another branch recruiting station will be opened ut Davenport. Waterloo people spent nearly $(J0U,000 in improvements during 1800. The M. E. Society at lvatz is raising funds to build a $2,000 church. The C., M. & St. P. will rebuild their shops recently burued at Dubuque. The City Council at Dubuque has or dered 10,000 yards of macadam to be broken. The School Board at New Virginia is urged to vote bouds for a new school house. I*. V. Hall, one of the oldest residents of Clinton, dropped dead very suddenly at. his home. The proposal to do away with the free day for old soldiers at the State Fair was defeated. The total amount of fees collected- by the County Clerk of Polk County last year was $13,082.04. With the present term of the Supreme Court Judge Johu It. Sherwin, of Mason City, will sit as a member. There are fifty-four applicants for. ex amination for the bar before the present term of the Supreme Court. Work will begin soon on the erection of a uew passenger statiou for the Hock Island Itoad ut Des Moiues. The Anti-Trust League in Iowa has branches in thirty-six counties and a membership uuinberiug 72,000. Merchants at Muscatine are thinking of erect lug a cold storage plant, if the Ice harvest does uot prove sufficient. Rev. Father Joseph Murtagh of Mon treal, Cauador is the new assistant pas tor of St. Mary's Church, Marshalltowu. Bert Edwards, a young man of Wa terloo, dropped his shotguu, when it dis charged, lodging the entire chtfrgc in his thigh. Iowa now has thirty-three rural free Jelivery mail routes, serving 10,080 peo ple, at an average cost of $21,200 per annum. Fire affecting the buildiug of the Union Transfer Company and other concerns at Council Bluffs caused a loss of about P25.000. The past year has becu a prosperous ne for Mount Ayr, and the amount of freight handled shows an increase of 100 :ars over 1808. Muscutiue County is holding stock of :he Republic Irou and Steel Company, a :rust organized at New Jersey, for some $400 back taxes. The State Agricultural Society may join with the sheep breeders in appealing o' the Legislature to re-enact the dog aw in force some years ago. Louisa, the 7-year-old daughter of Mr. ind Mrs. August Sehurr, liviug near Val ey City, broke through the ice on the Mississippi and was drowned. The Business Men's Association of Lo an lately held a bunquot and under the nfiuence of the good cheer subscribed a fund of $1,200 for good roads. Eugineers are in the field in Webster md Calhoun Counties surveying a line tor an extensiou of the Marshalltowu and Dakota road from Gowrie to Rockwell. The School Board of Corning recently preseuted the high school with a $300 piano. 'Joe Van der Sehaaf of Xewkirk sold :wo hogs on the Hospers market that aetted him $50. The Manchester creamery made and sold $58,000.14 worth of butter during :he year 1800. Ernest Keller of Victor, in a moment Df absent mindedness kindled a tire with roll of $5 bills. Mrs. Birdie Beams of Atlautic has been bound over to the grand jury for receiv ing stolen goods. A local stock company has purchased the Oren Ruffcorn department store of Murry for $30,000. Frank Laudanger of Red Oak was shot and seriously wounded by the accidental discharge of a rifle. An cutcrprising Dcnisou man has in uiind the project of giving thut town a gasoline motor railway. Miss Dye, school teacher of Des Moiues, has succumbed to burus received recently while filling a lighted gasoline stove. Fanners in the viciuity of Kanawha have taken up the matter of centralizing the rural schools of the vicinity at that place. Denisou will undertake to secure the meetiug of the Crawford County institute which meets In February. The coroner's jury at Council Bluffs fixed the blame of the death of Ethel Yates on her mother and tlie faith healer. -T. R. Long of Oskaloosa, formerly of Marshalltowu, was killed in a collision on the Iowa Central near New Sbarou. The coal mines in the viciuity of Al: bia have been forced to. close down tem porarily on account of the scarcity of orders. A warrant has been issued tor the de struction of the liquors which were seiz ed at Shenandoah a few duvs bcfor« Tbanksgiviug. £*^c*»oaaaxxoGcs3(xococ«xxxxe(ocxxK^^ monster turtles in maine. Washington will make au effort to se cure one of the State uormal schools. I. B. Carpenter, a miner of Chariton, lost his life by a slate roof caviug in. A savings bank has been incorporated at St. Benedict, with a capital of $10, 000. There were 174 marriage licenses is sued in Henry County during the past year. The firemen on the force at Burlington have been equipped with a modern smoke helmet. James A. Poor has now begun his thir teenth term as treasurer of Buchanan 'County. The Danville State Savings Bank has filed articles of incorporation. Its capital is $12,000. The Iowa State Bottlers' Association proposes to build a $50,000 carbonic acid gas factory. Twenty-seven saloons have renewed their licenses at Fort Madison for the coming year. The First Presbyterian Church at Bur lington was damaged by fire to the ex tent of $7,000. A country club has been incorporated at Marsballtown and plans for a country bouse adopted. A movement is on foot In Fort Dodge to organize a people's church, similar to one in Chicago. A meeting has been called at Creston for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the Boers. The Mason City clay works have filed articles of incorporation, with a capital stock of $25,000. The Waterloo postoftice's report for 1801) shows an increase over the previous year of $2,009.08. John 12. Pearson of Ainsworth has been admitted to practice before the In terior Department. A good roads convention has been held at Creston with a good attendance and considerable interest. Mrs. West of Jackson, recently arrested for arson, has been declared insane and taken to the asylum. A further cut has been made in the hours of tbe men working In the railroad shops at Belle Plaine. Poultry raisers in the vicinity of Earl handheld au exhibition and organized a permanent association. The number of tramps provided with lodging at the Belle Plaine jail will reach ten or twelve each uight. The cost of the Webster County poor farm for the past year averaged $2.85 per month for each inmate. All the prominent business men of To ledo have agreed to close their stores at 8 o'clock, except on Saturdays. Local politicians in Dubuque are now worked up over a proposal to change the dividing line between certain wards. Surveying has commenced on the pro posed narrow-gauge line from Clear Lake to Fertile, a distance of twelve wiles. Miss. Clara Doblenuin, aged 10, and Evert Veideuberg of Burlington are miss ing and it is believed they have eloped. E. M. Adams, one of the oldest set tlers in Johnson County, was found dead in a stable on his farm in Cedar town ship. Superintendent Harrimnu of the Illi nois Central will remove his headquarters from Dubuque to Waterloo on the first of April. The Board of Supervisors of Ringgold County report the affairs of the county in a more prosperous coadition than ever before. Iowa'postoffices have been established as follows: Hynes, Fayle Hynes postmas ter Scarville, Thomas J. Falken post master. Rev. M. J. Burton, pastor of the Sec ond Baptist Church at' Marshalltowu, has accepted a call from a congregation at Davenport. About tweuty suits' have been com menced in Clinton for the cancellation of paving tax against as many properties in that city. The First U. P. Church at Washington, has just cleared off a debt of $0,000 with out any of the usual devices of fairs, concerts, etc. The W. C. T. U. at Swuledale has had quite a sum placed at its disposal to pros ecute any violators of the mulct law in that district. E. I. Fowler, proprietor of a restau rant at Battle Creek, left' his home a few days ago aud his family has not heard of him since. The Board of Supervisors of Plymouth County has adopted resolutions author izing a firm of attorneys to collect taxes from tux dodgers. Work on the addition to the custom house at Dubuque will be commenced March 1 and the structure will be ready for occupancy by July. The Supreme Court rendered a decis ion in the Des Moines municipal electric light case which makes municipal owner ship"practically impossible. The 14-year-oUl son of John F. Clayton, near Lewis, had a leg caught in a feed grinder, which resulted in it having to be amputated above the knee. A Burlington man who had but recent ly received his naturalization papers has returned them to the clerk of the court with a note stating that as it was not protection against toughs he had no fur ther use for it. The men's gymnasium at Iowa College, Grlnnell, has been dedicated. The cost of the building is estimated at $20,000. John M. McDonald of Dubuque has been appointed superintendent of the agricultural annex of the American dis play at the Paris exposition. The Illinois Central has reduced the wages of trackmen from $1.75 to $1.25 per day and all those employed on new work iu tho vicinity of Denisou quit. Evidence before the coroner's jury at Dubuque as to the cause of the fatal boil er explosion iu that city indicates that the water was allowed to go too low. John I-Ioulahau, Sr., au old settler of Ryan, was kicked on the head by a horse and lived but a few minutes afterwards. The water aud light plant at Valley Junction has been completed aud will be turned over to the Council as soon as the required tests are made. Sales of real estate at Waterloo for the first week of the year aggregated $95,917, as against $22,777 for the corre sponding week of last year. The I. O. O. F. lodge at Waterloo has received*a pair of gavels made from wood taken from the castle at San Juan, Porto Rico, by a member who was in garrison there with the Fifth United States ar tillery. A postotlice has been established at Huntington on the M. & St. L. road with Samuel Reaney as postmaster. The pawnbrokers at Council Bluffs who were swindled by Schwartz by loaning money ou bogus gems, have been paid their money by a brother of the criminal. Gus Eggert, th«* 12-year-old -boy of Chariton, whe accidentally shot by his brother whiV Suiting uear that place, has siuce died as result of hlrtvounds. The vetersaa in soldiers' home at Marsballtown have organized and will send a eomt...aee to Des Moines to pro test against the present system of re taining nil over $0 a month pension money, Bis Fellows that Are Able to BmaUi Paddle Wheels of Steamboat#* It has been some years since a sight of the Grapevine turtle has been re ported, In the Lake Sebec district in Maine. Thirty years have passed since John Lander of Dover saw this b\g rep~ tile In tbe bog through which the Grapevine stream flows in its course into Sebec lake, and was impressed 1y Its size. Fifteen years later Sam Guernsey atid Henry Warren, fishing the same stream, saw what they took to be a partly submerged clapboard afloat In the still water but at the sound of their voices it moved off through the water, leaving a wave like that of a rowboat, and they saw that It was a giant turtle. Its most notable appearance in recent years was to Bernard Warren of Dover, who, ln fish ing the Grapevine, came upon the turtle in the open bog away from the water, so that a full idea of the creature's bulk was obtaiued. Its shell was as large arouud as a wnshtub, and the head and legs were of proportionate size. At sight of the fisherman the turtle started for the water, and War ren, seeking to detain It, by seizing its tail, was taken in tow as summarily as if the turtle bad been expressly charter ed for the purpose. Finding the taper ing tail Inconvenient to hold, Warren jumped on the turtle's back, but the creature carried him easily without so much as slackening its gait On coming to the alders, along the edge of the stream, Warreu, finding his bare .back position ditlicult to maintain, slipped off behind, and caught hold once more of the tail, but the turtle, quickening pace, jerked him from hit feet, and tile man let go his grip at the bank, not caring to follow tbe turtle into the two feet of water and twenty feet of soft ooze that lay beyond. The turtle went into the stream like a saw log down a rollwny, and Warren went back to his fishing, convinced that it was not his day for turtle-catching. As the Grapevine is uow closed by law to fishermen, there have been no reports of the big turtle this year, but It is safe to say that it will be beard of when the stream is opened three years hence. Fifteen years ago Cnntnin Ansel Ohson II. Salmil, registrar of the* Meijl Girls' seminary at Tokyo, andr Miss Anna C. Ilartshorue, who spentv three years in Japan, said that general interest iu education Is Increasing, and' It Is only a matter of time before prl vately endowed schools for women, 'V will be a part of Jupan's educational system. The Meiji seminary, which le the only private uou-sectarian girls*, school in Japan, wns established in 1885, but lost all-Its buildings and ap^ paratus by fire three years ago. Over 1,800 girls have received the benefits of its training, but owing to financial needs and the lack of a permanent fund only sixty are now In attendance The Japanese Government began to take an interest In co-education twenty years ago, when several yo'dng women were seut abroad for study, and at the preseut time there are ten Japanese girls studying in the United Stated. The outlook for the future was said to be a promising one, if the proper inter est and encouragemeut are given from countries more advanced iu culture and enlightenment. GokI Clock. A lady visiting in tbe South was told a story of an old colored man, who came to a watchmaker with the two hands of a clock. "I want yer to fix up dese hands. Dey ain't kept no correct time for mo* den six munfs." "Well, where Is the clock?" respond* ed tbe watchmaker. "Out at my house." "But 1 must have the clock." "Didn' I tell yer dar's nuffin de mat* ter wld de clock 'ceptlng de ban's? An* here dey be. You jest want de clock so you kin tinker wld It, and charge me a big price. Gimme back dem hands." And so saying, he started off to find an honest watchmaker. •.v Distinguished Cyclists. The Czar of Russia was, as a boy, very fond of cycling. He has now grown tired of pedaling his own ma chine, and has had a record-breaking petroleum tricycle made for him in Paris. A wicker work car Is being made which will be tacked on to the end of the machine for the Empress. Another distinguished cycllst-~who still uses his own legs—Is A. J. Balfour. He stated not very long back that In his opinion the cycle is the most civil izing Invention of this generation. Traced Back to Eden. Mr. Dash—I have discovered the rea son why most women like ribbons. Mrs. Dash—Why? Mr. Dash—Because the first woman was a rib-un herself.—Syracuse Herald. The world is full of thin, sdckly look ing young people who try to convince their healthy looking ancestors that sleeping on feather beds isn't good for them. A woman can forgive her husband for not coming home to dinner on only one condition that he ate a church dinner down town. Time and patience will enable a per*. son to conquer almost any obstacle. The magazine poet may-be equal te hla task, but few of his retdera lift 0 4 •:-8 1 Crockett, of Sebec, steering his side wheel passenger steamer, the Rippling Wave, up the lake, encountered mid way in the trip a swimming turtle so large that to avoid a collision be alter ed the course of his craft so as to pass it on the stnrboard sidel The turtle, which was seen by all the passengers, was described as being ns large round as a hogshead, nnd a paddle-wheel striking it would have been broken as Burely as if it struck a rock. In tbe autumn of that year a Penobscot In dian caught a turtle at Sebec Lake,, perhaps the same one, which measured thirty-nine inches from tip to tip, and the upper shell was described by one who saw It as being large enough to serve for the cradle of a child. EDUCATING JAPANESE WOMEN. The Outlook for the Future Said to Bo Promising, Under the auspices of the economic and reform sectlou of the Society for Ethical Culture addresses upon "The Social Condition aud Education of Women In Japan" were recently deliv ered before a large audience, says the Philadelphia Ledger. Inazo Nltrobe, Ph. D., professor of economics In tbe Imperial College at Sapporo, gave a historic resume of the condition of Japanese women, and said their pres ent inferiority is due to the feudalism existing in his couutry for the last 700 years. Japan received its beginnnfngs" in literature from China and its Bud dhism, from India, hud both of. tbeee forces also had au indirect Influence In lowering the status of women. ""V"