‘UNCLE TOM” LIVES. strous arm y of 3,0*7,000, w hich serves While the Vanderbilt car carried a •’Shot?" as a neuclus for the more gigantic CANADAS PREM IER. chef and a well-stocked larder, the THE LATE F. H. HURD. “No’p.” force of 12.918,000 in tim e of trouble. magnate, soon after entering the South •’Sick?” The Germans come next with their ex­ HERO OF MRS. STOWE’S NOVEL WILIFRED LAURIER THE NEW Park country, felt a longing for a CAREER OF ILLUSTRIOUS EX­ “No’p.” IS AMONG THE LIVING. penditures, th a t th e ir arm y of 584,734 LIBERAL LEADER. glass of fresh milk, and when the train CONGRESSMAN OF OHIO. The old man reached behind him for may be ready for emergency, when the pulled into Como he sent his servant a stout club which he used aa a cane. force can be increased to 3,700,000. into the depot hotel to get the desired “Jim,” he said, nervously, “Jim, ye Ill« Real Xante I* Lewis George Clark F ran ce expends £24,500,000 to keep The Recent I,«n«Utltle In the Queen*« article. The servant returned accom­ tpopl.ii I« the ('ante of III« Death— didn’t desart ?” anil He Was for Many Y rar« a Slave 524.768 men in tra in in g ready to bo Domlniou« the Kenult of Aliuont Twenty panied by the hotel proprietor, Char­ 111* Many Contest« for the National “No, we’re whupped.” of ttie Kennedy« of Mue Gr.ii augm ented into a force of 2,930,000. Yearn of Mlngovrrainent by the Con­ ley Benedict. The latter carried a Legislature — Aspiration« for Office Re­ “What!” The cost of Great Britain's army is but f a m e . servât Iven. glass of milk, refusing to allow anyone cently Laid Aside. “ Yes, we’re whupped. Lee has sur­ £17,500,000, w hich is an econom ical but himself the honor of serving such j rendered with hia army and we laid ARRIET Beecher sum, considering that at home and [RINDER the leader­ a distinguished patron. RANK H. Hurd, ship of Laurier the down our guns.” Stow e's "U n c 1 e abroad the British have on their pay­ Vanderbilt quaffed the milk, pro­ the eminent states­ Canadian Liberals "Jim, how did it happen?” Tom's Cabin” opens ro lls a force of 865.421. Spain m a in ­ nounced it excellent and handed man and lawyer, have succeeded in a ® “Well, pap, we all fought our beet as with the sentence, ta in s an arm y of 95.000 a t a cost of Benedict a $5 gold piece. The hotel died in his apart­ Rousting the Con­ long as It was an even shake; but we / "In the quiet, little ,000,000 per year, although since th e man said "thanks" and started to make ments in the Boody servatives from uns all found out ’at the Lord wee a M tow n of P------.” start of the war in Cuba that sum has his exit. House, Toledo, power in the Do- Yank an* It waa no use. We uns laid | ’’P ------” m ea n s more than doubled.—-London Daily “I say,” called the railway king, Ohio, recently af­ Mail. SfR minion, The re- down our guns an’ cum home.” M 'Paint Lick, in “don’t 1 get any change?” ter a few days’ Ill­ '! jSsult of the polling jGarrard county, Ky. “ No, sir.” ness. He was able throughout thf Do­ A Fanion« g«fllakn«s. “Uncle Tom's Cab­ About Lntly llurrourt. “How’s that?” to walk about his % minion caused an in” first appeared Lady Harcourt, the wife of the lead­ “Well, you don’t get any. That’s room until the pre­ George Tin worth, whose marvelous ft outburst of unusu­ panels representing sacred subjects forty-five years ago er of the opposition in the house of how .” vious day, when al popular enthusiasm. Even dyed-in have made him the most famous artist as a serial in the National Era of commons is not so well known as her “Milk la pretty high out here, isn't he was stricken with apoplexy. The the-wool conservatives, who had voted Washington. Mrs. Stowe saw fit then distinguished husband. She has, how­ it? ” recurring attacks rendered him uncon­ In terra cotta of bla generation, was for the govenment in response to the to call Paint Lick a “quiet little town.” ever, a distinct claim to notice in that "Y ep." scious, In which condition he lay until born In London, Nov. 5, 184«. Tbs crack of the party whip, admitted that, son of a poor wheelwright, he culti­ It is today, and only the slightest she is the daughter of John Lothrop “Do you charge everybody |5 a death. . on the whole, they did not altogether early life, «ret changes have been made in it since Motley, the famous historian and au­ glass for milk?” Frank Hurd was born ftt Mount vated wood carving in the story was written. thor of the Standard History of the regret that a change had taken place. "No; some only pay 5 cents." as a diversion and afterward, having There was a feeling among many of Vernon, Knox county. Ohio, Dec. 25, Lewie George Clark, the prototype Dutch Republic. Lady Harcourt was “Why do you charge me more than 1841. H is fath er, Judge H urd, took taken lessons of Lambem, pursued the the most loyal conservatives that the art as an avocation. In 1884 he en­ of “George Harris,” the most promi­ Elizabeth Motley, and was Mrs. J. P. o th e rs? ” great pains with his education, and nent figure in the novel, was owned Ives when she married the English leaders of the party, especially Sir “Because wo fellows out here only tered the academy schools, soon de« Charles Tupper, had, as the result of a at an earlier age than is usual he by Gen. Thomas Kennedy, Garrard get a chance at you once in a lifetime," was sent to Kenyon college, at Gam­ county’s first representative in the gen­ long and uninterrupted lease of power, and Benedict bowed himself out of the come to regard Canada as their own bler, where he graduated when but 17 eral assembly of Kentucky. He first car.—Chicago Times-Herald. years of age, taking the highest honors belonged to John Banton, who was a ,Vr special property, and the "National policy” as a charm to conjure with for of his class. The next four years were party to the famous Banton counter­ HAVING SOME FUN. spent in his father’s office, In the study feiting plot. all tim e. Ï- On more than one occasion, notably of the law. At the age of 21 Mr. Hurd Banton's detection led to the sale of BoclalUlle Candlilst«« fur the l'r«ildeor> in the cases of Montreal and Winnipeg, was admitted to practice, and from the young Clark to Gen. Kennedy, then the of the United State«. beginning took a high rank in his pro­ wealthiest man in the Blue Grass sec­ they showed they had the idea that they could not only ignore but actually The national socialistic labor party fession. In 1863 he w as elected prose­ tion of Kentucky, and a large deal;r held a national convention in New cuting attorney for Knox county, and in race horses and slaves. When Gen. snub those cities when approached by York recently nominating as candi- In 1866 w as sent to th e sta te senate, Kennedy died he bequeathed 100 slaves their representatives with a request for m where he served one term with distinc­ to his son, Thomas Kennedy, Jr. Among tion. them was Clark. A house boy, Nor­ In 1868 Mr. H urd w as appointed to man Kennedy, was given to Robert m e codify the criminal lawB of Ohio, which Argo, and he still lives to tell of commission was ably executed. In “George Harris,” “Uncle Tom,” and 1869 he cam e to Toledo and form ed a other characters in “Uncle Tom's partnership with Judge Charles H. C abin.” Scribner. During their partnership A correspondent visited the old Ken­ Harvey Scribner was admitted to the tucky homestead, yet a comfortable Arm, and when Judge Scribner retired residence, and found old Norman work­ to go upon the bench, Mr. Hurd re­ ing in the garden at the Argo place, tained his connection with Harvey GEORGE TINWORTH. which he has never left, though freed LADY HARCOURT, S cribner u n til Jan . 1, 1894. statesm an in 1876. S ir W illiam w as veloped a high order of talent, and hit more than a score and a half of years In 1872 Mr. H urd w as first nom inated exhibits of figures, solitary and lB ago. m arried first, in 1859, to Lady T heresa for congress, and his career as a na­ Lewis, the widow of Sir George Corne- groups, challenged such marked atten« Norman is a midget. He is 95 years tional character began from that time. tlon that he obtained a permanent ap« ^old, only 3 feet and 9 inches tall, and wall Lewis, Bart. He met his present He was defeated in that canvass by I. wife during the time her father was pointment In the great Doulton art weighs less than sixty pounds. 'i/i R. Sherw ood. In 1874 he again ran pottery in 1867. The grace and dig« When Gen. Kennedy had a stable of the American minister to London. for congress, and this time was success­ Lady Harcourt takes a keen interest nlty of hls compositions have beon pro« running horses Norman was brought ful. H e w as re-elected in 1876, but nounced by competent critics aa beyond in English politics and follows the w as unseated by J. D. Cox. Iu 1878 he to ride for him, but his leg-* were so praise. An Important example of bit short he couldn’t stay in the saddle, campaigns with no little concern. She was agnin elected, defeating J. B. w ork Is the reredos In York Minster. and fell off In more than one race. is something of a student of English iiickey In a close contest. In 1880 he The old man remembers Clark well, methods of legislation, and her figure was again defeated, Judge J. M. Ritchie for he had slept and worked with him. is a familiar one in the ladies’ gallery being elected. In 1882 he w as again Ancient Jnoriinllsm. When young, Clark was a weaver of the house of commons. elected, b u t in the cam paign of 1883 At a recent congresa of journalist* knitter and sewer, and cooked well he was defeated by Jacob Romels. held at Heidelberg, fae similes of thfl MATTHEW MAGUIRE. CHARLES MATCHETT. first newspaper ever printed were dla« Because of these accomplishments he The Immensity of Space. was not sent to work in the field dur­ It is almost impossible for the mini trlbuted to the members. It to a sheet some favor. This was why Hugh John dates for president and vice-president 1609 by Jo« ing Gen. Kennedy’s life, and Norman to comprehend the vastness of the published at Strasburg in Macdonald, son of the great leader of Charles Malchett and Matthew Ma­ hann Carolus. In a letter from Ven« K ennedy, being house boy„ got in ti­ spaces that separate us from the stars, the conservative party, gave up his guire of New ork and New Jersey, 4, number, mately acquainted with the hero of even from those that are nearest. Some Ice, dated Sept. in the first seat as member from Winnipeg, ac­ respectively. Mr. Matchett Is a car­ Galileo's discovery of the telescope is “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” idea of our marvelous distance from knowledging In 60 many words that penter employed by the New York and announced. "The government has add« Young Tom Kennedy did not long Sirius, the nearest fixed star, and he did not care to represent a constitu­ New Jersey Telephone Company. He to the pen« survive his father, and Clark was again which shines brightest in the heavens, ed one hundred crowns ency any longer for whom lie could lives at No.16 Smith street, Brooklyn. sion of Master Galileo Galilei, of Flor« about to be put up at auction with the is given by this illustration. A scien­ obtain nothing, simply because they He once ran for mayor of Brooklyn once, professor at Padua, because bs other negroes when he determined to tific writer says that if people on *he were regarded as sure for the party. on the socialistic ticket and he re­ has Invented an Instrument which en« gain his liberty, whatever the cost, in­ star Sirius have telescopes powerful Sir Mackenzie Bow< 11 even flouted ceived 4.6U0 votes. He was also a so­ ables one to see distant places aa If they forming Norman that he could soon enough to distinguish objects on this the conservatives of Winnipeg when cialistic candidate for governor and a were quite near.” bleach himself from the mulatto that planet, and are looking at it now, they they remonstrated with him on the candidate for vice-president In the last he was to a fairly white man. He b are witnessing the destruction of Jeru­ subject, and dared them to vote fur a campaign. Matthew Maguire is known A Deadly Rifle. gan to wear gloves and a big hat to salem , which took place over 1,800 liberal. They answered by sending aa the socialistic alderman of Pater­ work in order to avoid sunburn, and years ago. Of course, the reason of Italy has a new magazine rifle, which “Joe” Martin, author of the Manitoba son. He is a machinist by trade and holds only six cartridges, but can bfl in a few months he escaped by steal­ this is that the light which the world E ducation A ct of 1890, and a strong has been been identified with labor ing a mule. He went north. reflects, traveling, as it does, at the filled and discharged In fifteen seconds. liberal, as their representative to suc­ movements for many years. Ho is The bullet has an outside covering of His wife Maggie (the Eliza of the rate of 186,000 m iles per second, would ceed Hugh John Macdonald. Mont­ called the founder of the Central Labor novel) was left behind, but soon ran take over eighteen centuries to reach German silver with a case of lead, real followed suit by electing James Union in this city. hardened by antimony, and will go off to Louisville. Mrs. Stowe’s de the nearest fixed star. McShane, a former member of the Mer­ The socialistic vote in the United scription of "Eliza’s” (or Maggie’s) es through a brick wall three feet thick at cier Cabinet, to succeed J. J. Curran, S tates increased from 2,000 in 1888 to a range of a quarter of a mile. The bor* cape across the drifting ice of the Ohio Tommy Could Tell« a conservative, whom Bowell had, ap­ nearly 43,000 iu 1895. river from Kentucky to Ohio and free FRANK H. HURD. range of a quarter of a mile. The hors “Now', can any little boy tell me parently in a spirit of bravado, ele­ is 0.256 Inches and the trajectory to ao dom is very dramatic, but old Uncle vated to the bench to give the voters Since 1884 Mr. H urd h as been o u t of what the word ‘debut’ means?” asked polities In the sense of being au as­ flat that the rifle can be fired up to ■ Norman Kennedy says Maggie really of Montreal a chance to declare them­ SHE WAS SHY ONE TURK. the teacher, pleasantly. pirant for any public office, but his in­ range of 650 yards without using tbo secreted herself in the Falls City until selves. There was a dead silence. Protest of mi Andlem-e Alf»l»«t II« fluence has been felt In his party at all folding sight, which is set for as long • Clark’s return from Ohio, when she “Come, come,” she continued In an Another and very significant feature range as 2,200 yards. joined him and the two went peace in the result was that the vote in the h «rill's l.o«« of » Servant. times and on many occasions his voice encouraging tone, “let me see if 1 can­ Sarah Bernhardt was once playing has been the strongest In shaping its fully and unpursued up the Ohio riv not help you a little. You all remem­ pr ovince of Quebec, which is over­ on a steamboat to Cincinnati, Eliza whelmingly French Roman Catholic, at Marseilles in a spectacular play In policy In Ohio. Jan . 1, 1894, he form ed ■lepen'« Naw Minuter. ber when I became your teacher?” which she made her entree accom­ a law partnership with O. S. Brumback M. Hoshl, Japan's new minister to was an octoroon, won by Gen. Ken “Yes, ma’am,” in a chorus. gave Mr. Laurier and the liberals an panied by six Turkish slaves. A line and C. A. Thatcher, which continued to this country. Is a statesman and scholar . nedy on a horse race in Indian Terri “Well, the first day I presented my­ increased majority, instead of being on '.lie programme announced that these his death. of prominence. Mr. Hoshl—the namo tory. self before you, what was R I made?” cast, as Sir Charles Tupper expected, Clark found work In Cincinnati and almost as a unit for the government. six Turks would accompany Mine m eans “star"—has long been a promt« “Please, ma’am, I know,” from Tom­ Bernhardt, but when the time came remained there until he went north my Traddles. There is a growing sense of the HE WAS A YANK. nent figure In the political arena of and later to Cambridge, Mass., where urgent necessity of readjusting the for them to go one of the youngsters Japan. He studied law In England, “That’s it, Tommy, said the teacher, tYbf til« Hnuthern Army Derided to ! lie was given employment by Mrs. A “National Policy” in such a way ami had disappeared. Then a still, small and was one of the first Japanese to with a pleased smile. “Tell the rest of M u rren d er. H. Safford, a daughter of Lyman Beech to such an extent as to lighten the tax­ voice in the gallery murmured some becom e a b a rriste r at the Middle Tom« the boys what it was I made.” Governor Matthews Is telling a good er, father of Mrs. Stowe. Although ation of the masses and increase ilie t!iiug in an Indignant tone. Fifty “A big bluff,” said Tommy.—Mil­ story he heard in the South recently, Mrs. Stowe (then Miss Beecher) was voices immediately took up the strain, waukee Wisconsin. says the Indianapolis Sentinel. In a teaching at Lane Seminary, in Cincin and in ten seconds more the whole valley In the northern part of Georgia, nati, while Clark was in the city, she house was shouting the same phrase Lexurl«« to II« Avallr.l Of. Bernhardt strained every nerve between two mountains which shut out never met or heard of him there, as “I reckon I's got 'bout de fines' ser­ U the popular belief. It was at Mrs catch what they were complaining all communication with the outside vice plase dat dar is in de town,” said about. She knew the phrase began world, there lived an old planter, who, one colored girl. with “Manque." but the rest of it was while au ardent adherent of the south­ “ ’Tain’t ez fine es mine is,” replied lost in the general hubbub. For a full ern cause, was too badly crippled by th e other. minute the tumult continued. Then, infirmities to shoulder a musket and ”Sho! I’s seen yoh place. We’s got Sarah, muttering things below h< march barefooted. But he had a son V k moquette kyapets whah yoh has in­ breath, rnslmd like fury down to the whom he sent, and after the boy had m t grain. We’s got decorations all ober footlights. In tin front row ilie actress disappeared down the road the old man ebrything.” had spotted one man who was not tak waited for the news of the strife. Oc­ w r "M ebbe yoh Is. But w hut good does ing part in the hullabaloo. Pointing al casionally rumors of southern victories dev do yer? Yoh people goes erway him, the actress ex- lainied, sternly would float over the mountains and the i f foil de summer an’ stays three oh foh ' \ o11 seem to lie the only sensible per old m an —Uncle S ------ho w as called— weeks. My people's gwinter be gone son in t h i s house . Tell me w hat on would rejoice and take an unusually six months.”—Washington Star. ea rth they a re kicking up tliis row large dose of mint Julep. At other r. W ' lo r?” The m an rose, bowei to th«» times, when reverse news came and it act res: I remarked In ery bad Electricity In India. was reported that the gray had been Ameri •an-1Toneh : “Madam, you are The temples of India are to be light­ turned back, the old man would bitter­ sliv one Turk.” New York Evening WILFRID LAURIER, ly lament and use the same remedy for ; L E W I8 G. CLARK. ed with electricity, the example having Sun. levy hitherto made on the favorel grief and sorrow that he UBed to quiet ; Safford’s home in Cambridge that Mrs. been set by the great shrine of Siva, at M. HOSHI TORRI. Stowe first saw Clark. She became in­ Kochicaddie, near Mutwal, in Ceylon, classes. his joy. Through it all he had abund- i terested in his narrative of his exper­ and is to be speedily followed by the To call the result a “landslide" is Kr*« Heading In £l»m. ant faitli in the ultimate victory of the '’*e' *8 an e*'Presldent iences, and from him got the story of equally vast and ancient foundation of not putting the case any too strong. Bangkok, the capital of Siam, has Confederate army and any doubt ex- *-,ower House of the Japanese diet o t the characters in "Uncle Tom’s Cabin." the Natukotta, in the same island. In Not only was the majority of forty had a free public library since last pressed would meet with a stern re- con8re88- Old Norman denies the allegation no long time others will adopt the same which the conservatives had In the last Novem ber, which is used by 1.000 re a d ­ buke. ; ' that Gen. Kennedy was cruel to his improvement, till all the holy places house of commons wiped out, but tIlf- ers weekly. Once a week lectures are The years wore on and news failed to sim itar, slaves. The "Little Eva” of the book of the peninsula are so equipped that handsome majority over all the pie­ given, which are well attended by at­ arrive. The valley was deserted and Squildlg—Campaign lies remind mfl still lives. She is now a grandmother by pressing the button they can be in­ ties—conservatives, patrons and Mi- tentive aiiuiences. Of newspapers th*» there was no one to learn the course ' of mosquito nettings, and her son-in-law Is one of the lead­ stantly illuminated like the modern Carthyltcs—of twenty-four was se­ Siam Observer and Bangkok Times of events. The old man smoked his McSwIllgen—Too thin, eh! ; ing democrats of Kentucky. hotel or theater. cured by Wilfrid Laurier. This means print the news both in English and Si­ pipe and waited impatiently for news. “No.” five years of liberal rule for Canada. amese, but the Dlianiruasatvinicchal i; One morning as he sat on hls front “Then how do they remind you?" written entirely in Siamese. porch with his pipe, far down the dusty “Made out of hole cloth.”—Pittsburg The Price of F««c«. Drawn Through Diamonds. rood appeared the form of a solitary Chronicle-Telegraph. The incomprehensible sum of The finest wire in the country is The l'htnr« of • Lifetime. £140,000,000 is an n u ally offered as a made at Taunton, Mass. This metal When the Vanderbilts obtained con- Fire Proof Paper. pedestrian. Gradually he approached ------—* tribute to enduring tranquillity cobweb of minute diameter is exactly 1 trol of the Union Baciflc Railway, To make fire-proof paper nothing and the feeble vision of the old planter a Monopoly, among the European countries. It the l-500th part of an inch in thick­ j William H. made a trip In a special more Is necessary than to dip the paper recognized h is long ab sen t son. T he ,\t R edditch, E ngland, 20,000 peoplfl costs that to maintain peace, and the ness—much liner than human hair. ear over the branch line known as the in a strong solution of alum* water, puffs from his pipe cam e th ick a n d m ake m ore th a n 100,000.000 needles B figures are continually swelling. The Ordinary wire, even though of small \ Denver & South Bark, which runs from and when thoroughly dry it will resist fast, but this was the only sign of year, and they are made and exported largest fund expended yearly by any diameter, is drawn through holes in the capital city to Leadville. This is the action of flame. Some paper re­ eagerness or nervousness displayed, so cheaply that England has no rival country on behalf of its army is that of steel plates, but on account of the wear th“ road of which O. H. Rolhbacker quires to imbibe more of the solution The gate swung open and the soldier and practically monopolizes the trad^ Russia, the latest military budget of such plates cannot be used in making ; once wrote: "The Denver & South than it will take up at a single im­ walked up and sat down on the steps. ------■which am ounted to £42,500,000. T his the hair wire. The Taunton factory park is a narrow gauge road, except mersion, and the process may be re­ ’’Mornin', Jim,” said the old man. A man without enemies may not bfl fund went to support, in a maze of or­ mentioned uses drilled diamonds for I where the track is spread to a broad peated until It becomes thoroughly •'.Mornin’. pap,” was the quiet re- ' much of a man, but he has a soft tlntfl ganization and government, the mnn- that purpose. gauge.” satu ra ted . sponse. w of iL - ~