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k MASTER OF WORDS. TARVIN OF KENTUCKY AS A PUBLIC ORATOR. He la lifting; Put Forward for the Vice Presidency by Hia Adhcrcnta—A I)c- loemluut of an Old Revolutionary Family. Judge J. P. Tarvin, of the Kenton Circuit Court, Covington, Ky,, is a man who has figured very prominently of late in public affairs and whose name has been so frequently mention¬ ed within recent months In connection with the Democratic vice presidential nomination. In the now seemingly cer¬ tain event of Mr. Bryan’s re-nomina¬ tion. The story of Judge Tarvin’s career, while in nowise startling, is noteworthy as the plain tale of one who has attained a large prominence and a host of loyal and earnest friends throughout the nation, chiefly by means of his own nativabilities and personal qualities. He was born in Covington, Ky,, November 13,1860, and comes of distinguished parentage, his father being W. H. Tarvin, his moth¬ er Eliza Pryor. He is the grandson of James Pryor, circuit judge for twenty years and cousin of Wm. S. Pryor, judge of Kentucky Court of Ap¬ peals for twenty-five consecutive years. Judge Tarvin was educated in the pub¬ lic schools of his native town, has liv¬ ed there always, has always been a Democrat, and has been chairman of his county committee several years. He ^5 mMOmm I i, mm m JUDGE J. P. TARVIN. has practiced law since 1892. In 1896 he was Democratic candidate for elec¬ tor at large in his state and was de¬ feated by 173 votes out of a total of 500,000 cast. It was in this race, when he stumped the state for Bryan, that his oratorical powers were first brought prominently beiore the public. He was nominated for circuit judge in the Sixth Kentucky district in ’97, re¬ ceiving two-thirds of the votes in the primary, and was elected by over 1,- 900 majority at the regular election. He has always been a silver advocate, and stumped the state in advocacy of the white metal in 1895, 1896 and 1898. He was one of the foremost figures in the organization of the League of Bi¬ metallic Clubs of the Ohio Valley, in Cincinnati in 1897, and in 1898 was made its president, a place to which he was re-elected for a term of two years, at the recent Louisville conven¬ tion of the organization. Judge Tar¬ vin has quickly won a national repu¬ tation as an orator, his speech at the dollar banquet in New York and at the Auditorium in Chicago, where he spoke in behalf of the “obscure peo¬ ple,” being perhaps his most notable triumphs of oratory. Coats at Second Hand. As the well-educated native of India emulates western manners as far as possible, it is not to be wondered at that he is partial to the frock coat. From this partiality a curious trade has sprung up. Regularly large con¬ signments of second-hand frock coats are shipped out from England to Bom¬ bay, and are disposed of to the natives, who strut about like peacocks in a not Infrequently impossible coat. Add to this that the wearers do not go in for socks, and to a man wear glaring pat¬ ent leather shoes, and you have a pic- ture. When is added to this fact that the native head dress is worn, and that the unmentionables are of linen, and cut skin tight, with, many folds around the ankles, the sight is often- times ludicrous, So fashionable has the frock coat become in India that native tailors make the ordinary coats of the natives largely on frock coat lines, and it is no unusual sign to see the athletic youths of northern India disporting themselves in so-called frock coats of as many hues as the famous garment of Joseph.—-Waverly Maga¬ zine. Mme. d’Alma's Unpleasant Adventure. Mme. Alma d’Alma, an American prima donna who lias recently been singing with great success in Italy and at Monte Carlo, has just met with an unpleasant adventure. During a holi¬ day trip to Morocco she took it into her head to disguise herself as a man, in order to penetrate into a particular¬ ly sacred mosque. She was almost im¬ mediately discovered and came near being killed. Fortunately she was res¬ cued by the police in time and sent to prison. There she remained ten days, until the sultan, at the demand of the American consul, liberated her. Jeulcchan in an Unsanitary Condition. The Japanese town of Jeulcchan was recently discovered to be in an un¬ sanitary condition, consequent upon •which frequent epidemics occurred. The Japanese officials selected a spot in the neighborhood that could be well ,drained. Streets and public places were 'laid out upon it. Buildings were erect¬ ed, and the entire inhabitants of the city of Jeukchan, numbering 40,000, were removed to the new site. As the buildings were slight v/ooden structures, the scheme was practicable GUIDE {>OSTS OF A BLIND MAN Ills Feet and Nose Pilot Him Through the Streets of a City. From the New Orleans Times-Demo- crat: There is a blind man living in the heart of the old quarter who walks nearly every day to a little restaurant near Canal street. The distance each way is from sixteen to twenty blocks, according to the route, and to see him sauntering carelessly along one would never suspect his infirmity. Talking with an inquisitive reporter, he de¬ clared that he saw his nose and feet, and this was the way he explained it: “When a man has no sight,” he said, "the smells of the street are all mixed up, but when he’s blind he learns to separate them, The smells of the shops are almost as plain to me now as the signs used to be over the doors. Some of them you would hardly sup¬ pose to exist. Take a dry goods store, for instance; It smells of cloth, and cloth has a very peculiar odor. Iron and tin have smells of their own, and I can tell a hardware store immediate¬ ly. I pass two book stalls nearly ev¬ ery day, and I scent them yards off by the old books. Then there are a great many indescribable odors by which I know this place and that. Of course, my feet are my principal guide, and I’ve been over the same ground so •often that I have learned every little inequality by heart, but I couldn’t get along with either nose or feet alone. They work together, and where one fails the other helps out. Between them they make very good eyes. The secret of my stepping out is this: I’ve learned how to step. People who can see hurl themselves forward like loco¬ motives. That’s why the shock is al¬ ways so unexpectedly violent when you collide with another person. I put no extra power whatever in my move¬ ments, and if the toe of my boot touches some unknown obstacle I stop stock still instantly.” This clever blind man leads a very tranquil life. He has a small income,and lives with a grand¬ daughter. A servant is hired especially to read to him every afternoon. Many of them who know him are unaware of his blindness. HE GOT A FRESH CROP OF HAIR Terror at tho Danger or 11 in Son Caused a Man’s Hair to Change Color. Everyone has heard stories of men and women becoming gray-haired in a night as the result of grief or terror. Many of these tales are doubtless the mere imaginings of the writers of sketches, but that such phenomena are of occasional occurrence has been fully demonstrated, A Chicago physician relates this instance in a medical jour¬ nal and vouches for its truth: The subject was a laboring man in the stockyards district, aged 38, who was not of a nervous temperament beyond being slightly emotional. His hair was abundant and of a dark chestnut color. One evening as he was returning home preceded by his horse, on which was mounted his son, aged 8, the animal slipped and the child was thrown oft and trampled on several times. He was only severely bruised, but the fa¬ ther thought he was killed, and in try¬ ing to save him was terror-stricken. He trembled and had palpitations and a feeling of cold and tension in the face and head. Next day the hairs of the head, beard and eyebrows began to fall in quantities, so that after eight days he was absolutely bald. At the same time the skin of the head and face became paler. Without delay the hairs began to grow again in the form of a colorless down. Soon all the af- fected regions were covered with finer, more silky and a little more thinly sown, completely white hair.—Chicago Chronicle. MADE HIM A PRINCE. Emperor William of Germany has conferred upon Count von Munster- Ledenburg the title of prince in recog¬ nition of his services as head of the German delegation to the peace con¬ ference at The Hague. Count von Mun- ster-Ledenburg, or Count Munster, as he is popularly known, is close on eighty years old and has been for mr, ! mm 1 mm vMf m iis m COUNT VON MUNSTER, many years in the diplomatic service. He was for some time German ambas¬ sador to England and was then trans¬ ferred to Paris, where he now is. When he was transferred to Paris he became a favorite in society, and was noted for giving sumptuous dinners and ele¬ gant entertainments, at which he was always ably assisted by his daughter, Countess Marie von Munster, a maiden of fifty, who for a quarter of a century has been his dutiful companion, She is a woman of spirit, and when an at¬ tempt was made to connecther with the Dreyfus scandal, some time ago, she made such a vigorous protest that an ample apology was made to her and her venerable father. Where Ue Fooled Her. From Town Topics: She—I suppose it will break your heart for me to say I can be only a sister to you? He— Net at all. my dear. I never knew a girl who didn’t say the same thing to me BACK FROM ICY LANDS WALTER WELLMAN AND PARTY FAILED. They Discovered Some New Plant* of Interest However—I< n sunje of the Latest Arctic Expedition—Start Made in June* 1898. Walter Wellman and the survivors of the Polar expedition led by him, ar¬ rived in Europe Aug. 17 on the steamer Capella, having successfully completed their explorations in Franz Josef Land. Mr. Wellman discovered important new lands and many islands. The expedi¬ tion brings a grim story of arctic trag¬ edy. In the autumn of 1898 an out¬ post called Fort McKinley was estab¬ lished in latitude 81 degrees. It was a house built of rocks and roofed over with walrus hide. Two Norwegians, Paul Bjorvig and Bert Bentsen, the lat¬ ter of whom was with Nansen on the Fram, remained there. The main par¬ ty wintered in a canvas covered hut called Harmsworth house, at Cape Tegethoff, on the southern point of Hall’s island, latitude 80. About the middle of February, before the rise of the sun to its winter height, Mr. Well¬ man, with three Norwegians and for¬ ty-five dogs, started north. It was the earliest sledge journey on record in that high latitude. On reaching Fort McKinley Mr. Wellman found Bent- sen dead, and Bjorvig, according to promise, had kept the body in the house, sleeping beside it through two months of arctic darkness. Notwith¬ standing his terrible experience the survivor was safe and cheerful. Push¬ ing northward through rough ice and severe storms, with a continuous tem¬ perature for ten days between 40 and 50 degrees below zero, the party found new lands north of Freedom island, where Nansen landed in 1895. By the middle of March all hands were confi¬ dent of reaching latitude 87 or 88, if not the pole itself.. Then began a suc¬ cession of disasters. Mr. Wellman, while leading the party, fell into a snow covered crevasse, seriously injur¬ ing one of his legs and compelling a re¬ treat. Two days later the party was aroused at midnight by an icequake under them, due to pressure. In a few moments many dogs were, crushed and Iff/ # 5% m, ! I 5 1 V V/^ 9 •il ii >- m A mm sit m m nN SSI 5 ■r V i U f WALTER WELLMAN. the sledges destroyed. The members of the expedition narrowly escaped with their lives, although they man¬ aged to save their precious sleeping bags and some dogs and provisions. On Mr. Wellman's condition becoming alarming, as inflammation set in, the brave Norwegians dragged him on a sledge, by forced marches, nearly 200 miles to headquarters, arriving there early last April. Mr. Wellman is still unable to walk and will probably be permanently crippled. After reaching headquarters other members of the ex¬ pedition explored regions hitherto un¬ known and important scientific work was done by Lieut. Evelyn B. Baldwin of the United States weather bureau, Dr. Edward Hofma of Grand Haven. Mich., and A. Harlan of the United States coast survey. The expedition killed forty-seven bears and many wal- ruses. The Capella arrived at Cape Tegethoff in search of the expedition July 27 last. Aug. 9 she met the Stella Polar, bearing the expedition headed by Prince Luigi, duke of Abruzzl, which had sailed from Archangel to recon- noiter northwest Franz Josef Land hnd to meet, if possible, the Wellman ex¬ pedition. Mr. Wellman and his com¬ panions found no trace in Franz Josef Land of the missing aeronaut, Profes¬ sor Andree. The Wellman expedition was started in June, 1898, and is the second which he has led in search of the north pole, the first one having taken place in 1893 and 1894. On his first attempt Well¬ man’s ship, the Ragnoald Jarl, was crushed in the ice, but he came back undaunted, ar.d determined to make the trial again. Mr. Wellman went abroad in 1897, and laid his plans for the sec¬ ond expedition before Nansen, the ex¬ plorer. He- unfolded the details of a sledge trip of 110 days for 550 miles to the north pole by way of Franz Josef Land, which lies almost north from Nova Zembia, and had previously been explored as far as latitude 82 and said that he intended to establish a supply station at Cape Flora, in latitude 80. Nansen approved the plans, and after Wellman had returned to this country he also secured the approval of the Na¬ tional Geographical society, of which Professor A. Graham Bell was presi¬ dent, and that organization, as well as the United States coast and geodetic survey and the United States weather bureau, co-operated with him in the scientific preparations for the enter¬ prise. ROTHSCHILDS’ DAUCHTER. England’s richest young heiress. Miss Evelina Rothschilds, daughter of Lord Rothschilds, has recently become en¬ gaged in marriage to Lieutenant Clive Behrens, of the Royal Horse artillery. Lieutenant Behrens is the son of one of the wealthiest merchants of Man¬ chester, but he wears no title. Like his bride-elect, he is of German-He- brew origin and comes of good stock. His branch of the family has insisted 8 [iilu ’ ' = '^ 7 V' ! A Wi, | | ■ i , ; EVELINA ROTHSCHILDS, on retaining the Jewish faith as well as the original spelling of the family name; whereas Mr. Alexander Berens, on marrying into the aristocracy of England, changed both. Mr. Alexan¬ der Berens is the father of Lady Ross, whose divorce case was the sensation of the London season two years ago. Lord Rothschilds has only three chil¬ dren, two sons and this daughter. Her fortune under the circumstances will be one of colossal proportions. Lieu¬ tenant Behrens will now probably en- ter the banking business and give up military life altogether. HOW IT IS DONE IN GERMANY. Tree Culture Is One of the Most Prizde Occupations of the People. While congress and the several state legislatures have for years been flood¬ ed w'ith petitions and proposed laws for the preservation of the forest trees of the country, nearly all of them more or less defective, the people of Germany have solved the problem with very lit¬ tle ado. Germany is an old country. Centuries ago what we might call its virgin timber was exhausted and the country found itself with a dense pop¬ ulation dependent on a limited area of land to supply its needs for wood ma¬ terial. What should they do? Should they stint their use in this direction to a niggardly amount? Should they call on the stock of newer countries for their supply? They did neither of these things. They went to work to develop the resources and capabilities of their own lands. The states and the nobles supported the work. Scien¬ tists labored and managers experiment¬ ed. Forest schools were established to spread through the land the knowl¬ edge that had been gained. Finally they piled up a mass of exact informa¬ tion about trees and everything re¬ lated to their life,and established a sys¬ tem of forest management that is one of the finest monuments of the thor¬ oughness, the conservatism and the pa¬ tience of the German race. And to¬ day the forest stands as one of the prime objects of the people’s regard, a source of health, wealth and national independence. Miss Fortune. Mr. Stubb—“There comes ‘Fortune.’ Mrs. Stubb—“Who, John?” Mr. Stubb “ ‘Fortune’; the female book agent.” Mrs. Stubb—“Why in the world do you call her ‘Fortune’?” Mr. Stubb—“Be¬ cause she knocks at every man’s door.” STEAMER COTS BOAT ASUNDER Forty Passengers Strug¬ gled For Life In Water BOAT WAS ClIT IN TWO Steamship Was City of Aogusta, of the Plant Line-Accident Occurred At New York. The Pennsylvania ferry boat Chi< cago, plying between Jersey City and Now York, was cut in two l>y the steamer City of Augusta, of the Sa¬ vannah steamship line, at 12:35 Tues¬ day morning, on the New York side of North river. She went down in seven or eight minutes. There were between thirty and forty people aboard, four being women. In spite of the severity of the acci¬ dent, there was no panic. Most of the people were cn the upper deck and only half a dozen persons were on the lower deck. Most of the persons managed to obtain life preservers: some others who could not, about half a dozen, swam ashore. j I The five or six persons who started from , the , , lower deck , , assisted • , i each i other in getting ashore. One or two were life preservers, but they all assisted each other and succeeded in getting to the safely. , , pier for ; There was considerable shouting help, the people on the boat calling for small boats to come to their assist- „ >io small ,, , boats , were x launched, v 3 Alice. however, probably owing to the brief period of time which elapsed between the cutting in two and the sinking. The Savannah liner was evidently coming up the river at the time of the accident, while the ferry boat Chicago was beaded straight across from the New Jersey shore for the New York slip. stopped j , f r . lie City of Augusta » . . after the accident, but apparently no boats were launched, and in the brief space of time which elapsed nothing was done to assist the persons in the wa- ter. Estimates made by persons who succeeded in escaping vary widely, Some thought that no loss of life resulted, while others believed that at least a score of persons were drawn into the whirling stream as the ferry boat sank. Captain Durham, who commanded the ferryboat Chicago, succeeded in making his escape. He says that he r; f" thinks that Fromme was either drowned or crushed to death in the stoke hold. HOBART SINKING. Vice President’s Condition Reported As Atarming---Suffers Reiapse. A New York special says: Yioe President Hobart, who has been ill for weeks at his home in Paterson, N. J., suffered a relapse Monday morning He had a succession of choking spells, resulting from an imperfect action of the heart, an old affliction complicated with inflammation of the stomach. Mr. Hobart has not been able to at¬ tend to his private affairs for some days, and an intimate friend has b«en given power of attorney to sign cheoks and attend to other matters of that character. One of the physicians in attendance said at li o’clock Monday night that while the condition of Mr. Hobart was serious, he was some better. A Washington special says: The news that Vice President Hobart has suffered a severe relapse, and might not be able to survive the latest attack, shocked Washington, where he is de¬ cidedly popular and highly respected. It had been known for some time that a sudden attack might completely pros¬ trate him at any moment, and it was realized that his days of activity were over, but nevertheless his friends at the capital were not prepared for Mou- day’s news. The vice president’s case was alarm¬ ing a large part of last winter, and at Thomasville, Ga., his condition be¬ came so grave during a visit with the president to the home of Senator Hanna that it could not longer be con¬ cealed from Mrs. Hobart, though kept from the sick man himself. Vice President Hobart returned north ear¬ lier than expected, because the south¬ ern climate did not give him the relief hoped for. He fai ed to improve much and has been almost an invalid ever since. Bank Dividend Declared. The comptroller of the currency has declared a 2J per cent, dividend in fa¬ vor of the creditors of tho Oglethorpe National bank, of Brunswiok, Ga. CHARLESTON~FEELS STORM. Hurricane Attained Velocity of Fifty- Eight Miles an Hour. The storm passing up the coast was quite severe at Charleston Monday night. The wind reached a velocity of fifty-eight miles, blowing down many fences and trees. A small frame dwelling inhabited by a colored fam¬ ily was wrecked. One child was kill¬ ed and three others injured. Shipping in harbor suffered no dam¬ age and no marine disasters are yet reported. 44 Duly Feed Man and Steed ." toed your nerves, also, on pure blood if yoo ’would have them sttang. Men and tvomen who Are nervous Are so because their nerves are starved. When they make their blood rich and pure •with Hood's Sarsaparilla their nervousness disappears because the nerves are properly fed. ${bcdA Seym Sokrktpmilti? ^ : ----------- A Molher Stork’s Devotion. Among many stories of the affection of dumb creatures for their young, this from a German paper is peculiarly pa¬ thetic: “At Neuendorf the lightning struck the gable end of a barn where for years a pair of storks had built their nest. The flames soon caught the nest in which the helpless brood was piteously screaming. The mother stork now protecting sprend out her wing over the young ones, with whom she was burned alive, although she might have saved herself easily by flight.”—-Christian Herald. Findley’s Eye Salve Cures Sore eyes in 8 days; chronic cases in 30 days, mail, nr money bank. All druggists, or by Texas. 25c. per box. J. P. Hxvtkh, Deca¬ tur, Many a man who Ir unable todrive a four, in-hund will wa-te three-quarters of an hour in trying to tie one. How’s Thlg? Wo offer One Hundred Hollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & < 0 , Props., Toledo. O. We, the iindersljrned, have known F. J. Che- ney for the last 15 years, nnd believe him per- fectly honorable In all business transactions “''d financial]v »w« to carry cut any obitga- tlon made by lh« ir Arm. weft & huax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Kwmj , * Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio, Hall’s Cfttanb Cure 1S taken intertmlly.net- lng , dlreetly uyrn the Price, blood and mucous sur- faces of the system. 75e. per bottle. Sold by all pniggistK Tcstiimmiais ree. -------------------------------------- What a jolly old world this would be if others could «<mv - et* us through miv eyes. Ut/Kw J take* SMSUSOOUS iVSCyiCinCS . _ ■ fcrfl yQ[| * s[i ff 0r j n g ° wjt|) iilDiOESTlOH? Ars you suffsring with KISHEY or BLADDER TROUBLE? 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