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'• -•-•->••••••- - Advertiser-Gaiirtle pi'BUSHB-> BVEKY THURSDAY EDGAR PARKER, Proprietor. No. 19 Seneca Street. •nteredatthe Post Office at Geneva, N. Y., for transmission as seeond class matter. THE ADVBBTISING COLUMNS OPEN TO ALL CLASSES OF LEGITIMATE ADVERTISING. Rates low as any paper compared to; standing and circulation. WHOLE NUMBER 4200 Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty. HEW SERIES, VOI,. LXX,KO. 53 JOB PRINTING ~ n all its branches c^jpne with neatness and lies IEDGAK PAEKEE, Prop'r. patch, and at fair prices. GENEVA, K.T., THXJRS^JLf5T, DECEMBER 31, 1914 $1.50 per Year, in Advance. We carry a complete stock of the following goods, at very low prices. Feed Mills Cutting Boxes Saws Power Washing Machines iJnited States Cream Sep- % erators ( Weber Wagons Cow Stanchions Gasoline Engines Corn Shellers Farm Bobs Root Cutters Team Harness Farm Trucks Litter Carriers Wm. Wilson GENEVA, X. Y. Plumbing Hardware Farm Machinery Travelers Life Insurance Company WmAFink / Agent. sis' ana mercnants\ Interest Paid on Deposits. Safe Deposit Boxes Foreign and Domestic Drafts Open an account and pay your bills by ^check. Don't take chances with valuable papers and in- surance policies. Rent a Safe Deposit I Box; $1, $2 and $3 per r 24 Linden Street, Geneva, N. Y. James R. Vance BOILER MAKER, Geneva, N. Y. Shops on Bradford Street near Patent Cereals Works. Repairing a Specialty JHAVE BEEN in the boiler making * and repair business longer than m l man h; Geneva, and my* work 'Peaks f or itself. It is mad« to wear **lland stay. I use the best material Can get, employ competent -boiler ^kers <uid guarantee satisfaction. | No Work too Large, No Job too Small To Merit Attention, f C ^l, write, telegraph or c *li me by Telephone a nd I wOl Re- spond at Once ^Pho, ne 142 Residence 655-C. 635 Gulvin's If you are looking for Th^vReal Thing There is no need to go out of town for them. No store in the state .can show a finer stock of Watches, Silver Ware and Cut Glass Ware Than this oM store which is always up-to- date in every. depart- ment. Again: You may have heard of low prices. You wT^jl have to come to No. 8 Seneca street to learn what good goods and low prices are. I shall not be afraid of your investigations. Just call and see. it B. mum b Seneca Stn et, Genev^a, W Q < r 1914 HAS 11 EVEHTFUL FOR Great European War Upset Our Finance and Com- merce—Mexican Trou- ble a Sore Spot. I By JAMES SCHREIBER. N the United States events of epoch* ma kins character have oc- curred sjnte the dose of 1913. Just bareij t>»mpiitia a war of >nr own witb^ Alextt-u. We became se- liously affectefl by the upheaval of the noriel's finance and connmerce brought ibout by the almost unbelievable trag >*d.v which has shaken till the earth. The formerly vague mounter <it a world war suddenly acquired form Into Its nugs breath was blown by the hatred )f uations. and it suddenly ran amuck. Armed Europe clashed [\alike the na- tions Involved and, quite a number of Vera Cruz Occupied by Unit- ed States Troops—Panama Canal Opened — Federal Reserve Banks Start. • »it|ii.i'i|i «i|i.«ji.t|i.ifr.^.ifi ..ifi I^H^II^ ri|i sopean conflict on us during 1914. ana, with our diplomatic representatives abroad firmly established in charge of the affairs of all the warring nations as long as hostilities last, our position in world politics has been given an enviable boost One of the most fortunate systems which shaped itself in 1914 has been the organization and opening on Nov. 15 of the federal reserve banks. Our money system was thus put on a much sounder basis, almost Immediately dovetailing into the-exigencies brought about by the conditions in Europe. In the financial sphere an exceptionally 5,000 troops, and two months later Etaerta resigned and fled, leaving, the \ field; to Carranza. the Constitutionalist \first chief.\ Villa and others. Carranza and Villa Break. , The Dnited States was beginning to breathe easily when the break between the \first chief\ and Villa occurred, due to the dictatorial attitude of the former. This rupture threatened to hold our soldiers in Vera Cruz indefi- nitely, but to show onr good faith they were withdrawn on Nov. 23. Shortly after this Carranza established his pro- Visional government In Vera Cruz, while Zapata, the bandit chief, and Villa took possession of Mexico City, giving us three men to deal with. The long session of congress eventu- ally came to an end on Oct 24, but re- convened on Dec. 7. Four times since the first or the year both bouses in hnnt session have been addressed per sonally by the president. A featiire of congress this year Is the $40,000,000 appropriation for an Alas- kan railroad to be owned and builHby the government, opening rich territory. The war tax bill became a law Oct. 22, and at one strobe, congress wiped out the deficit in the budget caused by the falling off of customs revenue for which the great war was responsible. The sum of $25,000,000 went from our coffers to those- of Colombia in the belated recognition of her rights In the I JOS. F. DUFFY, He Leading earlier Slop OF THE CITY 43 Seneca Street, ' Hair Cutting, Shampooing By those WHO KNOW HOW * A Good Judge Of Laundry Work comes to as every time. And this b|g town of ours is full of good judges—you're one of f hem,, of course. CITY STEAM ^LAIJMWtY East Castle Street. Phone 88. IVJ. MALOtfE & CO Q > H O as < Q H O a* r > w 1 • a 0D Photos by American Press Association. 1.—Georg* Stailingai piloted Boston Braves to victory. 2 and 3.—Troops ..scupying Vera Cruz and General Frederick Funaton. 4<—Ruins after Salem's fire. 5.—Mrs. Woodrow WUson, who died. 6.—New York Stock Exchange closed July 31, reopened Dec. 12. 7.—John Skelton Williams appointed comptroller of currency, becoming member of federal reserve board. 8.—Storstad, which sank Empress of Ireland. i tnr 1 10.—Colonel Goethals and opening of Panama canal. O GQ s •d *d > b neutral countries, we were financially secure even when this unnatural up- heaval of conditions came, but the war upset our economic conditions. The complete suspension of the stock ind commodity exchanges throughout the country occurred as soon as Ger- many's attitude became evident. July 31st the New Yorli stock exchange closed its doors, and the day following (Jermany declared war Rumors of war had begun to dig deep into the pockets of Uncle Sam when it became necessary to ship load after load of gold abroad, as foreign countries called upon ns to exchange ^our metal for American securities owned abroad. Dp to the time when England declared war on Germany many millions of the precious metal had left our coffers, but it that moment heavy shipments from ihis country almost ceased and Great Britain established a branch of the Bank of England In Canada to take ?are of the exchange. Wilson Declares Neutrality. President Wilson's declarations of neutrality soon followed, while an of- fer of bis services in bringing about peace among thife warrhug nations was adjudged untimely, and he decided that the countries involved ittiist first show rhey are ready for mediation before he would again apprcwh them. With England cenmnlmding the sea with its superior nuvy, German ship- {.ping across the Atlantic! ceased almost at once This bad a serious effect on Dur trade, and\ plans Wr the re-estab-jr. lishment of our merchant marine re- ceived an impetus never before equaled since our flag dropped flrom a frequent to an unusual sight upon the great water highways of the world. This impetus has resulted In Important •banges in our maritime laws, and numerous,vessels heretofore flying for- eign ensigns have been enabled to change to American registry. The buying of ships by the govern- ment has been taken seriously to hand by congress, the Idea having the ear- nest approval of President Wilson. The most vital setback to the cotton Industry since the civil war came upon the south like a shock with the call { to arms, in Europe. /~p Vj Tnis has been the effect of/the Ear 64 C. H. McCumber, Piano Tuner, St. Genev*, N. Y -f large failure Is checked op against the year 1914. The Claflin dry goods com- pany, the biggest concern of its kind in America if not In the world, went to the wall with liabilities of $40,000.- 000. Investigations of combinations of big business have continued throughout the year, but two dissolution proceedings principally have held t^e attention of the public. The International Harves- ter company was-ordered to dissolve, and the New Haven railroad promised to separate from its subsidiaries. Troublesome Mexico. Not a day has passed during the past twelve mouths but that the Washing ton administration has \watchfully waited' events in Mexico With our troops still- on the Texas border our troublesome neighboi has created a sore spot ii^,onr side which, hurts con «iderabiy» hut which has of late beeu somewhat minimized by the, Impor tance.of the great European struggle. It was on Jan. *2 that President Wil son met John Lind, his special repre sentative In Mexico, on board the Chester in the eulf of Mexico. A month later he lifted the embargo on the exportation of arms. On Feb. 17 Mexicans under Villa murdered Wil- liam S Benton, an Englishman, involv- j lug ns in serious diplomatic cop versa tions with England. On the 10th of April occurred the event which formed the basis of the excuse for our later in . tervention in Mexican affairs, Amer lean sailors lauding in Tampico on a friendly errand were arrested by Mex lean authorities, and an apology was • refused by Huerta. _.. On the 20th of the month President Wilson , personally addressed both houses of congress asking for permls- * sion to use armed force, and the next day sailors and marines entered Vera Cruz, taking complete possession of that city in three days,, aided by the guns of several of our watships. %ey* enteen of' our men were kilied and seventy wounde<L whilje . twenty-six Mexicans were killed and 1°& wound- ed. On the 27th Hnerta accepted medi- ation, which resulted In the confer 1 ^ ence at Niagara Palis with the* A B C (Argentine, Brazil, Chile) media- tors <preslding. , T\hree days later (Sent ] eral i^nnston 'aotledin Vera GruiE with Panama canal deaL Many treaties have been made within the past year, na merous peace agreements having been signed. The general elections in November reduced the Democratic majority from 141 in the present house to 19 in the next Fire and tragedy gave their usual shares of destruction and death to this, year. The historic city of Salem. Mass., burned with a loss of $12,000, 000. But overshadowing this was the sinking of the steamship Empress of Ireland by the collier Storstad in the St Lawrence river May 29. resulting In the drowning of 1,024 persons. Panama Canal Opened. The Panama canal was opened to traffic-in 1914. Ships are how passing through regularly, although landslides sometimes impede .traffic. Colonel Goethals was nominated governor of the canal zone on April 1. For many months an Internal strife drew the attention of state and na- tional authority. It was in April that the country first awoke to the serious/ ness of the Colorado coal strike. On the 20tb the miners and militia clash- ed, twenty-five being killed, including women and children. Federal troops were called, and only this held in check what at one time looked as though it might develop into uncon- trollable proportions.* The Boston Nationals (the Braves), under the leadership of George T. Staliings, crept up from. the bottom and defeated the Philadelphia Ameri- cans in four straight games for -the world's championship, the first time such a thing has ever happened. Americans of world renown have died during i914. The whole country mourned with President Wilson the loss of his wife on July 6, A south- ern and a northern general died, re- •speqtively,.General Bucknerj at eighty,, and General Sickles, at ninety- £teprge Westinghousei inventor of the air brake, died at ststy-seveh. ? Ad!al B. Stevenson, vice president during Clieve- land's second term, wa* seventy^-eight when he died In June. The highest court in the land Tost one. of it? meni- bera, JSuprerne(Court Justice Horace H.^ turton dying at the age of seventy. \ ~~MD$ in BiinAiY,:~ ft Surprise That Startled' a Visitor In a Tiny Cottage. A remarkable and iamusing experi- ence Is \related by Ffainees M> Gosling in ''The Bretons at Home.\ The au- thor says: - ! \I had gone with my htisband to find a barber. It was dusk when w« en* tered the one room of the tiny cottage, ana 1 wbrlMyas over for the day; The ' .last Customer sat idly in a corner gos- siping with the barber's wife, 'while the man of razors himself was idly glancing over last week's newspaper. It was too dark to see the details of the room, but I mansre€ to find \an oak chest in front of a bed and sat -down to watch proceedings. \It-was a. curious sUht In. the gat* die of She room 'sat my Engttsliman. hi his light tweed suiti a to We! round his neck, Ms face covered; with ghostly gleaming lather. In front of Mm^topd. the barber's wife, a lighted candle in Ber hand i6 guide herThusbahd, In hia work; nnfiliy,,*his thin cadaverous face almost touching that of his vicijmi tj*e barber himself, .hiia;..Ieii;'^andf'''J^Idji&^' my husband now by Ihe hose, no^r by -the chfiu; '\ /'-•.,. \Suddenly^^ behind me I heard a^ -jwr&- ment and felt a warni little hand on- the bafck ot my neck. There itfas,a; smothered laugh, and I turned to see i pair of eyes twinkling at me from the depths of the cupboard bed against which I was sitting. .»Talse»\ totta 4o»cI* fiOwIfd tilt barber mildly, still intent on Ma wort Blrtth«,^^h^hJto)^t** ( Cliat^ From' efSry^cdrnei' cStoe rustlings, gif^ gles, little voices anfli shining merry eyes'. And everywhere there were beds ^-beds full of boy» and girls I '' u tWhy* however many ichildren have you?' I asked as soon as the hewilder- .menti-fti .finding myself surrounded by thi^ crowd pi bnljpokiers alllowed mte to Fourteen,, toadam,' replied the\wo- -majL \ \•;•:. - :' ';*,' : .. \ 'The^nbtise is sp 1 small that we con f sole ourself ea by the size Of onr fam- €y/ ^mark^d^the oarber iocogeIy r at which; there was Innfeh merriment in the cupbbard beds/? '•f~; : . An IdMtist. • V. --U .' ' Tommy—Pop. .what la an ideanstt Tommy'* Pop-An idealist, my son, > a *ery yottng inso wlu> thJhks alt wer O^n aw aii«Bj*---t%TJadftJfchI* Advertiser-Gazette Geneva sad tne'cjg^t^f^TOilnaxQS^. gpinsf irefeQ thfrr-h^ 11168 ©^ ~Ma patrons* It is upiioijapy'e|eany an8 speafe^th* •troth-. ' - '^MZrst&is-'i-- • .. .. \ TO AIDVJlfeTJSERS Wlto wish to reach a. class of payir.^ ' customers we offer IpaJce in these|eoi- umnsat reasoB&We* -figures. Cafi at the office, or write 3 .*. » Home Phone 51 '5. -^ = £<.. ',-'h H Money Deposited on or before Tuesday, January fifth, will Draw Interest from Jan- uary first, { The Geneva Savings Bank \ wishes its many DEPOSITORS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEA* , . YOU :..v can make the NEW YEAR boA HAPPY and PR0SFER0US by starting a SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT AND ADDING^TO IT RpGflLARLY. ONE DObtARrHSTARTS , AN ACCOUNT. ^ f \ . - y « Gencya Savings Bank, 31 Sineca'Street, Geneva, N. Y. BANKING HOURS-Daily 9 a. m. to 3 p. in.-~Saturdays 9 to 12 a. m^7 to 9 p.jm. * t \ •*• -J kj ALL IN THE ACCENT Words on Which Common Usage and Dictionaries Disagree. LINCOLN AND LIEN AND LION. An Amusing Verbal Duel In the Su- preme Court (n Whigh the Lean Lawyer's Wi| Ca~m« Into Pfay—A Blind Man's Criticism of Irving. ^ There are many words so habituaily -^nispronounced that the correct accent |i. e., the accent favored by the dic- tionaries) would appeitr wrong if any- body used it iu current conversation. This, of course, means that common usages Uave overriden the dictionary and established a'new standard which the dictionary of the future will fyave to respect, ^ just as those . of today respect the pronunciation of \lien\ that they rejected in the past. Such words are cocaine and ptomaine, which :the dictionary of the present recog- nizes as trisyllables, thus: co-ca-ine, pto-ma-ine. ' Anyone familiar with French—a lan- guage that may be said to possess no accented syllables—will understand Taine's complaint about London res- taurants that whenever he ordered potatoes the waiter invariably served him with buttered toast. And of course it was another French- man who made a jest of matrimony by pronouncing it ma-trim-ony. Mark Lemon records a story about Lord Chancellor Eldon and Sir Arthur Pigott. The Jrst always -pronounced the word-\lien\ iu two syllables, as if. it was spelled lien; the latter pro- nounced it in one syllable, lean, just as it would be pronounced in, ordinary conversation. On this difference Jekyll wrote an epigram: , Sir Arthur, Sir Arthur, why, what do you mean By saying the chancellor's Hon is lean? Do you think that his kitchen's so bad as all that. That nothing within It will ever get fat? Lord Eldon's pronunciation of this legal terin was not unknown at one time in America. Witness an anecdote about Lincoln. He once appeared in the supreme court in a case involving a lien upon a. piece of property. The presiding judge was noted alike for obstinacy and pedantry. Lincoln, referring to the lien, pronounced it \lean.\ This visibly affected his honor. \Li-en Mr. Lincoln,\ he gently re- monstrated. \\ery well,\ said Lincoln. But a little later he forgot himself and out came the pronunciation \lean.\ Once more he was corrected by the judge. ^ \As you please,\ retorted Lincoln, somewhat nettled. \Not as 1 please,\ came from the bench. \That is the pronunciation favored by Webster and by Worcester. It so obtains at Westminster hall and also at our own supreme court in Washington.\ Lincoln had now recovered his con- -stitutional good humor. Bowing to the court, be said: \Certainly your honor, certainly. 1 only desire to say that if my client had known there was a lion on his farm for so long a time, I am sure he would not have stayed there even long enough to bring this suit, and 1 should not have had the pleasure of appearing before this hon- orable court\ Of Henry Irving we are told that to heroic perseverance and haijd study ha added almost childlike eagerness to adopt any' suggested improvement in his manner of delivery. A bl|nd man once offered an illuminating criticism { on his Shyloek. The sensitive ear of the sightless auditor detected a fault in Irving's opening line: Three thousand ducats—well! - \I hear no sound Of the usurer in that,\ was the blind man's subse- quent comment to Irving himself. \It is said with the reflective air o f a.man\ to whom money means very little.\ -The.justice of the o*£t|eIsm ' was acknowledged by Irving, ike revised his reading, not only, of the first line, but of several others in'-wbich he now saw that he had not been enough of the moneylender. , . . , George Eliot-in \Middiemarch\ stro- phes a classic instance of thevvalne of the accent. When iliyndgate,,sore distressed at the failure of all ? ps.p^ fessional and financial plans^ monies to his wife for sympathy, she meets htm with the query: ^Whatcan I do?\ Whereon the ] author comments: %hat little speech of fpur words, itlce so many others in AH languagesj 4s ca- pable of expressing all states of mina, from helpless dimness to exhausttye argumentative , perception, from the completest self devoting fellowship to the most neijtral aloofness. Hosa- mund's thin utterance threw Into the words 'What can I do?' as much neutrality as they could hold. They. fell like-.a mortal chill on Lyndgate's roused tenderness.\ \ \ -. One of Do Alttiirier's best cartoons in Punch shows>& deferential man of hv luiring mlTid-pfJoponnding this question to a professidhai beanty:'' -•'\.'\•- ''Jiiirt yon tfr©&^ of -heaftfcg people say That Ms the beautiful Miss Bel- si*er\;.;. ., -.• • '•.•\•*..; • ' \Oh ho; n the jjfisfessiaflai beauty re> pliea. \1 ai» &*&ng ttn^Tot' hearing peopl» •»/•!» THAT the betutifulMiw BATHROOM SHOCKS. Keep Away From Electrio Fixtures While Your Skin Is Wet. A. man is In much greater danger from electric shock when taking a bath, than tinder ordinary conditions, as the surface of the body when moist offers much less resistance to the, current than when dry. Persons have been killed while bathing by current that would scarcely have affected them out- side the bath, says Cosmos of Paris: Balthazard toFd at the Society of Legal Medicine of the case of a lady killed by electric shock in her bath- room at the moment when she was pressing the button of an electric bell between the poles of which there was a difference of potential of not more than 110 volts. In ordinary circumstances, owing to the great resistance of the human body, such a small electromotive force pre- sents no great danger, but when the circuit contains, as in the case report- ed, a large surface of moist skin the re- sistance fails and more than 100 milli- amperes may pass through the organ- Ism, sufficient at this tension to pro- duce death by tetanization of the re- spiratory muscles. Currents of even forty-six volts are dangerous in a bathroom.' It should be remembered that currents of feeble in- tensity can produce a sudden rise of arterial tension capable of causing sud- den death in a person with a weak heart. High tensions, enabling currents of four to Ave amperes to pass, have quite a different effect. They do not generally cause death, because the modifications of the tissue produced at the point of contact at once oppose a considerable resistance to the passage I if the current. The intensity withiD he organism is not sufficient to cause etanization. of the respiratory mus- cles, and the lesions are usually purely local. Socquet also observed a case of electrocution with an electromotive force much lower than 110 volts. There was no burn at the point where the current entered, but at the autopsy the lungs showed the characteristic lesions of asphyxia and even actual lacera- tion.—Translation For the Literary Di- gest. REFORMED SPELLING. Dean Swift Railed Against It In the Eighteenth Century. . In the eighteenth century we find Jonathan Swift, whose mastery of prose is.one of our delights, writing as the very first article which appear- ed over his acknowledged name \A Proposal For Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue.\ He lamented that the English tongue was becoming debased ( but be attribut- ed the cause in part to the liberties which Dryden an#the other poets of the restoration had taken in shorten- ing their syllables by omitting those very \e's\ which our spelling reform- ers would eliminate. \\These gentlemen.\ wrote Swift, \al- though they could not be insensible how much our language was already overstocked with monosyllables, yet to save time and pains introduced that barbarous custom of abbreviating words to fit them to the measure of their verses, so that most of the books we see nowadays are full of those } manglings and abbreviations.\ \Dis turb'd.\ \rebuk'd are among the words he finds especially unpleasant. Swift was ^further annoyed at a \foolish opinion, advanced of late years, that we ought_ to spell • exactly as we speak, which besides the ob- vious inconvenience of utterly destroy- ing pur etymology, would be a thing we should never see ah end of.\ Also he noted with impatience in 1712. \It is sometimes a difficult matter to read modern, books and pamphlets where the ..words are .so curtailed and varied from their, original spelling that who- ever has been used to plain English will hardly know them fey sight.\ Bow many of our \new\ controversies were waged centuries ago Words From Astrology. Astrology has made lasting impres- sion upon the language. \Disaster\ means nothing but \contrary star.\ \Influence\ appears to have come from the inflowing of planetary power npon the 5 fortunes of inen. Such ' words as \aspect\ and. \predominant\\ though We might possibly have had them without astrology, have probably been helped hy It Even \consider or rather its Latin original \considerare , Is believed to have been started by meaning observation of the stars <sldera). And \jovial\ and \mercurial\ allude to planetary Influence.—Chicago News.. • \ -r', . \\ ' 'y '; \r Etebtrioal .Displays. The scientific explanation. of- electri- cal displays is that where there Is a sufficient difference of potential In adjacent states of electricity there is a sudden flash of light and a sharp sound, caused iby the struggle to at- tain equilibrium. The flash is light hlng. the noise, thunder, whither the lengths of .alternating discharges are one-thousandth of an inch or three miles, as-in streak lightning.—New York-American.. •..•\„• Rhythm In Rowing. Rowing means much more than mere exercise of muscles. Over ,% all lie*> the strong spell of ordered movement the delight of puft rhjthtih which the rowing man is> • perfectly >tastined in claiming ioiwit h« *xpertenc©| to b* Dtodcnitood.-London PieU ' , A WILL AM0 A WAY. How a Great Sculptor Insisted Upon Getting Recognition. While still an unknown, struggling student, Carpeaux. the famous sculp- ' tor, determined to get his work and his name before the public, so he sent a bas-relief that he had just finished to the Salon In the hope. of gaining the notice of Napoleon III. The « subject lie \ had chosen was \The Surrender of Abd el Kader to Napoleon III.\ He labored so hard over the work that he fell 111. He lay on a sickbed in the .hospital when the news came that The\~Saton jury had eccepted the bas-relief and would hang it at the approaching exhibition. Unfortunately \Abd el Kader\ was AO poorly placed in the Salon that it en- tirely escaped the notice of publie and emperor alike. Carpeaux was not dis- couraged. He was no sooner out of the hospital than he beard thatjjtbe emperor was to visit some cities of northern France. Immediately he pack- ed the cherished group \and set off for Valenciennes. When the emperor en- tered the city ball of that,, town the bas relief was exhibited at the en- trance. Napoleon inquired \about it. Unfortunately, Lemalre, the deputy from that district, was something of a sculptor himself and of a jealous dis*> position as well. \Bah!\ he replied. \An uninteresting piece; the work of a student.\ The • emperor passed oa. * Undaunted, Carpeaux^ repacked his • work and set off for Lille. There the collapse of the ballroom floor put a stop to the festivities and to the em- peror's visit Carpeaux started for Amiens, only to be arrested as a sus- piofcus character and to have his precious bundle confiscated. He suc- ceeded in proving his innocence arid immediately hastened to the arch- bishop, who gave him permission to exhibit the group at the cathedral gates. & The emperor, deep in. thought enter- ed the church withdut glancing to right or left. Again \Abd el Kader\ had failed to attract Napoleon's attention. Carpeaux now decided to risk every- thing on one chance. The next day the emperor, with his usual retinue, visited a local exhibi- tion. They were examining some paintings when suddenly a young man pushed forward and halted before Na- f lean. Pointing to the bas-relief of \Abd el r Kader\ he started to speak, bat before he could utter a word he was surrounded and hustled to one side. A great hubbub arose, for every one thought that it was an attempt on the emperor's life. Finally, the young man, still struggling with his captors, managed to shout above the clamor, \I Carpeaux, am - the author of that group!\ And again he pointed to tho oas-relief. Gradually calm was re- stored, and Napoleon examined the work which the sculptor had so dra- matically brought to his attention He was delighted with it and purchased it on the spot. Carpeaux's reputation? was finally established!—Youth's Com-, pardon. POiAft BEARS. Powerful, but Timid, They Rarely At- tack Human Beings. Observations made throughout a number of years by officers of the United States revenue ma fine prove that the polar v bear's limit of range is St. Matthew island in Bering sea. A few of these bears were at one time seen near the seal islands, being adrift upon a huge ice floe. On St. Matthew^ island the bears have lairs and dens among the rock glens- that abound upon the island. They .feed almost entirely upoh~seaTs7\walruses anoTdeSd drift whales, and, though disdaining to devour the blubber, the flesh Is greedily eonsumed. A carcass upon which a bear has passed his' gastro- nomic judgment reveals the, skin antt _iits. fatty lining torn asunder, the flesh Harper's Weekly- f > e ing cut into strips and shreds by the powerful claws-and teeth, ,,A single ^ blow of a bgar's paw upon a Seal's *\ head suffices to Wlj it and, dragged, out upon the ice, a meal is soon dis- patched. In sninmerthe hairy coat of the polar- bearTtorns to a dingy yellow, and Its pelt then becomes of no value. They have not near- the courage ftof ; the interior bears -jand will rare^: e at- taek a person unless there are two or three in company. As soon as they . scent a man approaching they,\a$ a rule, will shamble dff'as fast as they Can, -and there are bat few^reeords Of ,a befir killing any of ther natfrgs along the, northern ; coast The Eskimos aig yer^pjartlal toJhfl meat of the white tjeaiv bttt the blab- ber they reject, aMevfea the dojjs.-'un- less they are very 'hangr.^ turn ^op their noses at the oily, mass, $en years a§p i t was a hard^matter to se- cure the entfre- skin of a jpbiar beSiS. The BskilnoS fOrMerlyV cut oh* - the head and ciaWs and either threw them into l the sea or\ hurled them in the ground. One of their superstitions i» that should the head andjelnws not be disposed of tne. frJends; t ^of the dead animal will see the. remains #^»\ seqnentiy leave that i&riieular flfetricl and'wWi ne%i^urft^^ r * taa * ka) News. '-• w ;._^u. ••v Unloaded. 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