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Current ffotes
j. s s£ Extents
and "Persons
yf
Cure for Drain F~ag.
President Jordan of Stanford univer-
sity, California, is a hard worker him-
self, and has but little patience with a
person with indolent habits. In spite
of everything, however, the tasks im-
posed on the youths under his care
have proven too much for them. Here
and there one or two would drop out
of the race and were soon forgotten by
almost everybody at the university.
These fallings by the wayside were the
subject of frequent thought on the
part of John J. Lewin, chief electrician
of the university, whose misfortune it
was to have a special friend drop out
through inability to maintain the pace.
Mr. Lewin set himself to the task of
discovering some way of giving back
ward students such aid as would pre-
v -nt them from falling behind. I hat
was five years ago, and Mr. Lewin is
now ready to give the necessary stimu-
li nt in such cases. His investigations
WeeKJy
"Panorama.
May Fight Duel.
It is believed by many that a duel is
I not unlikely to be the outcome of the
Astor-Milne insult Incident. I\'ie half-
hearted apology printed in tV,e Pail-
Mall Gazette a few days ago is not
I sufficient to satisfy the friends of Sir
that gentleman him
Geronimo Insane. ^
Geronimo, the Apache leader, has I Bel.keiey Milne
become a raving maniac as a result of ge){ an(J jt jg sieved that the code,
his being held in captivity, according whj'ch still obtains to considerable ex-
to a dispatch from Vinita, lnd. T- tent jn the higher classes of English
With other Apache braves he has been aociety wm be resorted to.
a prisoner at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, foi The Prince of Wales and other
ten of the fourteen years since their f,.iencja Qf g|v Berkeley feel that the
capture by the army. It is said that indignlty placed upon him. not only in
Only
WayA
A Fascinating
Romance
bY
Alan Adair..
\
\
",N
m
HITTING THE BRUSH.
have convinced him that electricity is
ai sort of elixir of youth; that it is a
,Vye cure for brain fag. and that it will
niVture the mind of youth and stimu-
late the wisdom of age. Mr. Lewin
has ponderous and exact ways of de-
scribing just how all these miracles
may be performed, but the young men
at the university express the same
ideas when they refer to the treat-
ment as "hitting the brush." They
unanimously agree that by following
the electrician's instructions the human
brain's ability to withstand the fatigue
of labor is vastly increased. Those
who have taken the treatment are also
at one In the assertion that no harm
comes therefrom.
Will JVur.se Lepers.
Miss Ella May Clemmous, sister of
Mrs. Howard Gould, has just sailed for
China to devote the remainder of her
life to humble service in a leper settle-
ment more fright-
HT' fu' "ian ,'iat
Molokai, where
> Father Da mien
gave up his life.
And for what? The
impulse is a purely
spiritual one. She
has become a dev-
otee. She believes
that a divine obli-
gation has been
,laid upon her to
immolate herself
for the most wretched people on eat th.
In setting sale for the war-stricken
Jiust she has no compunctions, no re-
erets- „ ...
Not on her rich slater's account will
it lie any sacrifice to her to leave for-
ever this hemisphere. Mrs. Howard
Could, rapt in the gayeties of Paris,
which her husband's millions bring
within her reach, holds no communi-
cation with the votary and allows It to
be understood that she has no sympa-
thy with her self-sacrifice.
constant fretting | his pr
and a growing de-
spondency over his
captivity have
wrecked Geroni-
mo's mind.
The Apaches led
by Geronimo were
known as the Chl-
ricahuas, predatory
"hostiles." who
ranged the terri-
tories of Arizona Geronimo.
and New Mexico
until, worn out in patience, Lieutenant
General Sheridan ordered the pursuit
capture and destruction of the merci-
less chief and his followers. The ex
peditiou was. led by the late George
Crook, who effected a meeting with
Geronimo March 25. 1880. 'lo the de-
mand for an unconditional surrendei
the Apache chief declared that he
would give himself up only on con
dition that the band, with its families,
be sent East for a period not to ex-
ceed two years and then return to the
reservation. On the way the Indians
escaped and General Crook withdrew
his place being taken by General Miles
Then followed the famous pursuit of
Geronimo and his last capture by the
present general of the army.
Americanizing Canada
Now that the Canadian parliament
has adjourned, after a session of six
months, the newspapers of the domin-
ion are calling attention to the length
of its session and are discussing ways
ia which it may be shortened. U is ad-
mitted generally that six months Is
rather long to spend In transacting the
business of 6,000.000 people, and that
unless the members change their pres-
ent methods of doing business the
length of the session will increase.
The members themselves say that the
chief fault is that they get only $1,000
for six months' work, and say that
their pay should be increased or made
proportionate to the length of the
sessions. This remedy, however,
would not be likely to shorten the
duration of parliament. A better plan
is that suggested by John Charlton,
M. P., who says that some way should
be found to check the "wind-jamming
style of oratory that mistakes quan-
tity for quality.*' He favors the in-
troduction of the plan used in the
American hoiise of representatives of
limiting the time for debate and then
dividing it into five and ten minute al-
lotments for certain members.
ivate capacity, but also In that of
%/MI'
\\\7
SIR BERKELEY MILNE,
a captain of the royal navy, calls for
more ample satisfaction than Mr. Astor
haji as yet conceded.
Grant's Grandchild.
Princess Cantacuzene, to whom a son
was born in Paris the other day, wa3
Miss Julia Dent Grant, the grand-
daughter of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia
Dent Grant. Miss Grant became the
Princess Cantacuzene last summer.
The wedding was
solemnized in New-
port and was one
of the principal
events of the sea-
son. The princess
is a young woman
of striking beauty.
The strong linea-
ments of the hero
are reproduced in
the face of his
grandchild, soft-
ened and beautified,
of course, by her
^ sex. Slic has the
brown hair and
es of her mother, Mrs. Fred Grant,
and her figure Is tall, willowy and
slender. The Cantacuzenes trace then
descent back to the Emperor of By-
zantium. for, although they are Rus-
sianized now, they are Greek, or By-
zantine, rather, in blood.
The Princess.
XOidolt) of Liscum.
Mrs. Liscum Is prostrated with grief
over the fate of her husband, the hero
of Tien-Tsin, who fell while leading
Two "British "Beauties.
The beautiful Gunning sisters a een-
turv ago. the lovely Monci ieffe sisters
forty years back, and now the hand-
some Wilson sisters, whose beauty is
the talk of English society, keep alive
the tradition that once in every fifty
years nature is pleased to create in
one family a group of physically per-
fect women.
Two of Ihe Wlfson ladles, the young
Countess of Chesterfield and Miss Lou-
ise Wilson, made their bow to
•queen a few days ago: in fact,
countess was presented only this year,
and though there were scores of fair
young matrons and debutantes at the
drawing room, she casny distanced
them all by her marvelous red-gold
hair, brown eyes and matchless com-
Chicagos "AutoVans.
Automobile rides for a nickel each
have been added to the other joys
Chicago offers to country visitor*. A
dry goods firm put three electric omni-
buses into commission last week.
Seven more carriages will be added to
the line as fast as they can be turned
out of the factory. The new carriages
look like overgrown theater wagons,
Ik11 II
MRS. LISCUM
the Ninth regiment
THE AUTOVAN
seat eleven persons beside the driver,
and have a maximum speed of twenty
miles an hour.
the
the
J I®
Wf&b '-V
beaux and
plexlon. Experienced
judges of beauty who could reraembei
the Countesses of Dudley and War-
wick Lady Helen Vincent and the
Marchioness of Londonderry in their
]Wln.e conceded that the young 1-ady
Chesterfield surpassed them all. and
for the present the daughters of the
enormously rich Bhtp owner of Hull
are the leading beauties of the most
fsihiouablo society of Great Britain.
U. S. A She is
now at Manila with Captain Ahern aud
his wife.
Fixle-C ent Telephone.
The American Toll Telephone com-
pany has recently commenced business
In Cleveland, O., the scheme being to
scatter automatic telephones of an Im-
proved description
through Cleveland
and other cities.
The instrument
tng introduced hasI
several novel fea
tures. It is purely
mechanical, having
no electrical con-
nections, ard oper-l
ating entirely inde-^
pendent of the tele-
i phone. The signal The Au'nohone.
I to the operator Is
! made by a mechanical burner, which
can be heard through the telephone.
The coin Is placed on tho horizontal
slide shown, which is pushed into the
box. The coin drops, tripping the
buzzer, the spring of which has been
previously wound by the act of push-
ing forward the slide, if the coin Is
ii nickel It Is shown at the glass In the
center, but If a small coin It falls
through without tripping the buzzer.
The hole iu the slide is exactly the
size and thickness of the nickel, so
that It Is Impossible to use a mutilated
coin. This is one of the strongest feu-
Uhe Organ to Go.
New York is seriously considering
the question of banishing the hand oi-
gan and if that city frowns upon the
crude melodies of that instrument
other cities will follow the example.
The hand organ Is looked upon as
a rather doubtful blessing and. while
there are some people who are like
George Eliot's heroine, Maggie Tulli-
ver and think any barrel organ splen-
did' others dislike to have their rev-
eries and their work Interrupted by
the floods of its tempestuous melo-
dies.
CHAPTER I.
"Its the only thing to do," said Alan,
thrusting his heads Into his pockets
and looking straight before him. Here
there is nothing for me, and, as you
say, there I# nothing to keep me here.
It was her wish besides; and yet yet
I hate leaving it."
I can well understand it, lad. I
was the same. It is just in us Scotch-
men, this love of the land. And I had
.login, too, to keep me here; and so 1 ve
just stuck on aud made a precarious
living, and I've but staved off the evil
days, for now my boys will have to
go. We can't make a living in the
old country, and there's no Joan, is
there?" asked the old man, kindly.
"No. No woman has ever been any-
thing to me except my mother, said
the lad. ,
•Well, well, time enough; there s
sure to be," said Maspherson. "A fine
lad like you I" As a matter of fact, the
old man said, "Weel, weel," hut that
did not take away from the kindliness
of his speech. You've always got
friend in me. I wish I could help you
substantially; but that isn't easy. Still
if you need it, I can make a push as
well as my neighbors."
"Thank you kindly." said Alan Mac-
kenzie, "but there will be no need of
it. The sale of my poor little sticks
will pay my passage money and there a
a good place waiting for me when I get
out, so that there will be no need for
me to go borrowing. I wish I felt a
little more enthusiasm about making
money. It's said to be in Scots' blood,
hut it isn't In me. I would fain stop
here and watch the clouds settling
round the hilltops all the rest of my
life than go to South America, and
make my fortune. Yet because my
mother wished it, and because she was
so overjoyed when the offer came to
'me. I feel it is just my duty to do it
neither more nor less."
It did not take long for Alan Mac-
kenzie to sell his few possessions, amd
to turn his back upon the little Scotch
town. He was going as far as Glas-
gow, to take a steamer to South Am-
erica. His story was simply this:
lad to whom his father had once given
a free passage to South America had
done so well at Rio that he was now
one of the foremost merchants there.
He had remembered his benefactor,and
when he heard of the captain's death,
had written and offered a good place
in his counting house to Alan Macken-
zie. Mrs. Mackenzie was dying of a
painful disease, and she saw in this
offer a future for her son who she so
tenderly loved, and she was keen that
he should accept it. So that when she
died there seemed nothing for the lad
to do but to go.
He was a good looking lad, standing
about six feet In his stockings. He
had passed his twenty-first birthday,
but he was younger than lads genei -
ally are at 21, having no experience In
the world, and none of men and wom-
en. He had worked at school always,
having been fond of his books, and he
had played outdoor games, so that he
had very little knowledge of either the
usual amusements or the perplexities
of 'e- . , w
When he had finally said good-by to
his native place his spirits began to
rise within him. The world and ad
venture were before him. He had said
good-by to the old life, but the new
was there. He had never been so far
as Glasgow before, and the big town.
with its lighted streets and the ships
in the river, attracted him. After all.
there was something pleasing In big j
things. Large enterprises and wealth j
i attracted and had charms after all. So j look altogethei
; that It was with a lighter heart that \ you
' Man Mackenzie embarked finally.
\ He loved the voyage. Heredity counts | sprang up
I fur some
the sea.
ment. When ne relWiu .v .
with high hopes and resolves to make I
his mark. He had a kind reception
Richard Dempster,and here again
felt the charm of riches and
power. Dempster's house was one of
the best in Rio, his clerks were well
paid and his wife and daughters occu-
pied a place second to none In society.
Dempster wanted Alan to become ac-
customed to the work, and then to
branch of the house In
hundred miles
man, every one joiued in making fun
of him.
Most of the employes in the tirm
ero married, and they constituted a
little circle to themselves. Alan had
the run of their houses, and soon be
gan to feel at home; however, amongBt
litem there whs one man to whom he
never took. An Englishman, Hutch-
inson by name, a surly, red-haired
brute, with a magnificent head for fig-
ures He was the one man whom Mac
kenzle did not like, although he had
never quarreled with him; but he
fancied that it seemed as If Hutchtn
son had a particular grudge against
him. . ...
This surmise on Alan's part was wel
founded, for, as a matter of fact, when
Dempster found him so Intelligent, he
had thought it might be well to raise
him to Hutchinson's plate.
There was some mystery about
Hutchinson. He lived in a bouse some
little way out of town, and no one
knew exactly whether he was married
or not Some affirmed that he had -
daughter, who has almost reach
woman's estate; others said that he
never made any mention of any one
But, as a mutter of fact, Hutchinson
never mentioned his private affairs
all so it was not wonderful that the
rest of the firm knew nothing about
them.
But one day there came
rather important tidings 'to the firm
Richard Dempster consulted Alan, and
he offered to talk over the matter with
Hutchinson, it was after business
hours, and the young man offered to
find the Englishman. He had not the
least idea of spying upon him, because
he had so many friends that he had
no need to seek any. and he was actu-
ated solely by the wish to be useful to
1,1s employer In what might become
advantageous.
South American affairs have not the
stability of ours. A day's delay, even
a few hours, might mean the loss of
many thousands. So Alan obtained
Hutchinson's address from Dempster,
and In all good faith, went to find his
A I colleague. It took him some little time
to find the house. It was quite out of
Rio, and was more of a country house
than a town house.
When he found it he was amazed at
the lieauty of his surroundings. it
Mm am ot DMnpatwf* Mid A1
Bomehaw It did not seem to him likely
that Hutchinson could be the fathe*
of such a beautiful girl, a,ad yet it was
not unlikely, seeing that he had found
her there.
"Yes." she said. "Do you know
him?" , .
I work in his office," said Mackenzie
shortly. , .
'Ah!" The girl looked up shyly.
Are you Mr. Mackenzie.'
"Yes," said Alan. "Has he spoken
of me at all?"
He does not like you," answered
the girl. "He would not like me to bo
talking to you. He would lie mora
displeased if he thought that you knew
he had struok me."
He should not have done It, then.
said Alan shortly. "The coward! I
, well believe It of him!"
You do not know him?" she said,
very anxiously. "But do not quarrel
with him! It is not good to thwart
him!" , . ..
Possibly not," said Alan, "but thesa
considerations do not affect nte, you
Her lips quivered, but she did no!
weep again. "They might affect me.
though," she said, timidly.
How?"
If he knew that I had told you He
does not like me to speak to .:iy one.
I have to bear It all alone," said thu
girl.
Alan looked indignant. "I shall not
betray you, Miss Hutchinson." he sui.i,
"but I wish "
"You must wish nothing." said tin
girl, and she colored. "You must for-
get that you saw me weep. I am
proud, and It troubles me."
"I wish I had no cause," he en-
swered; "but I have business with
your father. 1 hope I may see you
again."
She hesitated.. "You will not tell
father you have seen me?' she said.
"He is strange—he does not like it tu
be known that he has a daughter, ex-
cept to his Spanish and Mexican
friends."
"I will say nothing," said Alan; but
I metffl to see you again."
He lifted his hat, found his horse,
and rode up to the house.
(To he continued.)
Ate Shamrock f*>r WaterereM*
On the eve ot St. Patrick's day a Hir-
mingham woman, thinking the supply
of shamrock might give out, took thu
precaution to buy a large quantity.
She carefully placed the plant in a
small dish, with plenty of water in.
and let it remain oil the table in the
sitting room. Somehow It was late
the husband returned home thai
fact It was midnight when
Per-
before 1
night, In
seemed to him that Hutchinson lived |he latchkey was heard at work
1 Was business worry, but his
even in greater style than did Deinps
ter, and that probably he did not wish
tills to be known. There was no rea-
son why Hutchinson should not live as
a rich man. He drew a large salary
from Dempster, and there were many
in which he. could enlarge his
of
ways
means.
Alan rode on through avenues
trees, fresh bowers of fruit and flow
era, gorgeous In their tropical wealth
of color, and suddenly as he rode it
seemed to him that he heard the sound
of a woman sobbing. He reined in his
horse so as to make sure; he still
heard the sound. The spirit of adven-
ture burued hot within him; the cry-
ing was so piteous, and Alan could not
bear to hear it. It was like that of
some girl in pain.
He fastened his horse to a tree, for-
getting all about the financial crisis
and his errand. All the chivalry In his
nature was stirred. He pulled aside
the boughs of the trees and came to
an open glade. A girl dressed In white
had thrown herself on the ground;
her slight body was shaking with sobs.
Alan watched her for a moment and
then he spoke. "You seem in trouble,"
he said in English, for. though the
girl's head was dusky, yet she did not
Spanish. "Can 1 help
haps it — —
footBteps sounded somewhat Irregular,
a trifle unsteady, as It were, but tlm
wife heard htm go into the sittma
room where he remained some time.
Eventually he silently crawled up to
bed Next morning, what was thu
wife's surprise to see nothing butths
roots of the shamrock left In the dish.
Hurrying up to her still sleep ilng
spouse, she aroused him. and
him what he had done with it. sham-
rock, what shamrock?" he heavily ln-
ctulred. Why. that I left iu the glasi
Sish downstairs." "That! Was thai
shamrock? Why. I ate it; I thought i
mustard and cress! After thai
useless.—Weekly lcle*
was
fairy tales were i
graph.
•d in thi
He wean
The girl, startled by the volc<
and showed to Alan's gaze | repreaents St. George
i. : i . .U.
An lm|><>*lnK Nperf;
A knight ot the Garter dresse
regalia is an imposing sight.
a blue velvet mantle, with a star em-
broidered on the left breast. His trunk-
hose, stockings and shoes are white,hl;t
hood and surcoat crimson 'I lie garte:,
of dark blue velvet edged with gold,
and bearing the motto, "Homl suit qu
„I„1 y pense," also In gold, is buckled
about the left leg. be'.ow the knee 1 nt
heavy goldna collar consists of twenty
, h in the form or a g.u-
hearing the motto, and from il
George," a badge which
horseback.
The "lef
six piec
hangs the
L™, ..I.: i. T j r; ~-£!z?£.! rsrr" z:s;
?h hopes and resolves to niaki >ed \ within which is th
•k. He had a kind reception perfect oval ot ner «^ mn„th | gt. George encircled by th.
garter.
from
Alan
MiS:
whose
noun vd last
tures claimed for the device since lot th(i SavagP.(lrnu company
machines re frequently thrown out X | wotil J
Co Wed a "Baron.
Bessie Macdonald of Chicago,
engagement to Baron Rudolph
de Hlrsch of Munich, Bavaria, was an- j
k, received her flrsi
musical Instruction
In Chicago. While
In Munich she re-
ceived an offer
from the Grau com-
pany to sing at the
C o v e n t Garden
Theatre in lx>ndon.
While fulfilling the
engagement she
succumbed to an
uttack of nervous
prostration brought
on by overwork,
and returned to Chicago, arriving last
August. In January last ih
leading roles with th
ompany. and it
found another
a mining town some
awftfi .. M
Dempster had two daughters, fine,
fresh, handsome girls, but no sons
obvious thing would hav
The
r;.
Miss Macdonald.
assumed
Castle Square
was expected she
order by being clogged.
next autumn
been
tor Alan Mackenzie to have fallen in
love with one of the girls, to have set-
tled down comfortably and prosper-
ously In Rio; but there was one thing
against it. There was a little vein of
romance In Alan's nature, and he dis-
liked the obvious. Besides, he had the
independent man's dislike to being be-
holden to his wife for Ills advance-
ment. So that although he was on
terms of perfect friendship with Ina
and Eleanor Dempster, yet he neither
sought nor wished for any stronger
rejing.
The girls looked with favor on the
handsome young Scotsman, who work-
ed so hard, of whom their father had
such u high opinion, and who was.
moreover, always perfectly willing to
be at their beck aud call.
Alan soon found friends tat Rio.
Dempster's position was almost unique
and when It became known that he
looked with favor on the young Scots-
fled by the liquid
perfect oval of her face, and the slim,
yet well-shaped limbs. Her mouth
too quivering with emotion, was ripe ;
and red, and the little white teeth were |
even and sharp.
She looked up for a moment at the ,
handsome lad, who was watching her I
with such evident concern, and then
she blushed and answered, with an at-
tempt at self-possession that was very
creditable, seeing the abandonment of
grief In which Alan had found her: K
is nothing, sir. I would not do as my
father wished, and he was angry and
struck me."
"Struck you? The brute! cried
Alan. "The detestable brute! How
dare he strike a woman?"
The girl's eyeB were cast down; she i
seemed ashamed, perhaps she had not
yet realized her womanhood complete- 1
ly; she Beemed very young. "He has;
a violent temper, sir. and perhaps 1 do |
mot manage him well. 1 have no moth-
er; she died years ago."
"Fortunately for her, said Alan
grimly. "If your father Is the sort of j
man who would strike a woman!
• You see," said the girl, "it seems J
that this Is important. My father had
promised my hand to a man—he is a
Mexican Spaniard, and they think
nothing of arranging marriages for
you; but I could not marry him. I
said so, tnd my father Is not used to
being thwarted. He was angry at
something In business, too. so the
moment, perhaps, was hardly chosen
well."
that
worth
cliargi
house
M..ney * lu« < sl kr«l«ire «
The 1-ondon Financial News c
mates that the fame which attache
Stratford-on-Avon because
Shukespeare was born there n
$">,000,000 to that town, ih*
ss for admission to the poet «
to Anne Hathaway's cottage, to
the church, to the memorial
grammar school net $1 >o.ooi
sum which Is equivalent 10
of three per cent 011 the $'i.t
Ital. This calculation doe
Into account the Income t
ways from the pilgrims ;c
wicksliLre Mecca, and then
mate of the profits of the
tradesmen, who do a uood I uslness In
photographs, pamphlets, and
relating to the town and 1!
' bard.
,f the fail
ind to thu
yearly—
in Ineoma
lit.U00 cap-
not tak<
the rail-
Mic War-
ts' no est!-
Strutfor I
trinket-,
great
Where Municipal Owii«r«lilp I' .v«
| Hamilton Is giving Ohio cities an oh-
I ject lesson in municipal ownership.
I The annual report of Supt. John l.or-
inz just Issued, show that the (it
works earned a net profit, above all
expenses and Interest, la*-. >eai. i
1I73.#S. The electric light plant c'.eared
j;K!19.14, and the water works, which
Is under a separate superintendent. a
much more In addition the propertied
are valued at f$00,000.
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French, W. H. The Publicist (Chandler, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1900, newspaper, August 10, 1900; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc150789/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.