i
WALLOAfAJjHIEFTAlN. '
korll KOI, rahUaaaea.
ENTERMUSB ORBXOT.
iin a mar. your sl;::r. milk and be
wiU ki.-k for a share of your i rear...
Matrimony is a ba'am-e !:.! that
most u.ei. Heed, lint few take I: for
that-
yiLi'i; Wiih. lii.ma -em t- have tak
en her husband fur w..re instead of
better.
1: sevtt. a dlrti--i:lt tak to do away
with f.tha.l when a single gatue
drau s si -..
1: will he i;.' fun t.. dig the isthmian
canal. Th-r. wi'.j l-e a lot of bare
dredg-'rv ai-'itf it.
Finaii'iaHy siaKmg. a season ' f""T
bul! r.'U: " I- sr.orv successful, than
world 's t i-. us.
Tli- r-I i:ut- o: sa.' ii- i drawn
aiTo i:..i;.y s;.-t: a--i-ou:.t and ye;
Uix.t tut b...ai; .v taeli..
In ::- to c:v i-f e'.vi::!:i-.'-i:. :si: f (
the :;ii:i- u-.-ariy a: Uauii. a::y..ow. fir
duut'ie "a -s railways or LoUe":
Qn-en v:u.e.a..ua aa.: l'r:ti e Heury
are n-K tLe ouly ot.w w-L'- are out.
There are I'r.L - :i-"..ry rrdr.uri.
A :e-y u.at. :.a.
ble tai'let over di.'
ilOIt." Se left a SJni.i L'l
ep:Ul-L.
c-r ii-o a n:ar-,;ravt-.
i.e; u
:: i..r aer owl
Aga:n the wora. Las tun.rd. A New
l'ors led-,-, after i c.;j of wideii
life, ief: aer uusVaiid i-e-.-aus Le had
ct'id fet-t.
Cheating at cards is ieir.il'.y held to tf
larceny in the Stat of a.-a:ugton. In
StiUie of the other far WeSten. S-tate if
is merely SU'.e.de.
Sir Tai-.ma Lij'tor. d--hires that he
will try again to w:n '.he cup. If is
hard to mahe Sir Thomas tired of If iag
a jolly g'-nj felu-w.
I; is said '.ha; there is an inorea:ng
sentiment against dueling su '.iertnany.
This is another eviden.e uf the "Anier
lcaniia'.iur." of Kuroj e.
Andrew Carnegie proposes to gi"e
$lu.i '.'A" io help edu.-ate Amerieau
people up to oiuethmg a little If tier
than the so-oalieil historical novel.
The Earl of llossiyn claims he has a
eystem that will break the bank at
Monte Carlo. A prudent man can fore
aee the sale of the earl's great estates.
Another New York get-poor-quick
cheine has left town over night, leav
ing the transom open for parties who
still desir to stuff money iuto a rat
hole. Judging from yueen Wllhelmiii3's
husband's performances with the
sticker a g'-od stockyards Laud was
spoiled in making a very inferior sor:
of prince.
George lirandes. the lan:sh author.
Is to re.-e:ve an annuity from the gov
ernment in recognition of bis services
U) literature. Mr. l'.randes d.fs not
write historical romances.
Some idea of the fu and feather of
Kin; Ildward'M-on natlon may If gath
ered from the fact tuat "rapifrs are
scouring Silfna for enough ermine To
trim the v.a;-r and .-.lUar? of tue i-eers.
The Vanderuilt l .iby L.i a d.amond
Studded rat'ae. le--au-e of Laa'.ernal
fears iesf tne diamoiais ci-iae off and
may If swailoweti t-y f..e Kioy. tn
kind of rattle is l.et haeiy to l-e-.-vn.-.-popuair
with the m.twrs.
The de-ath at the age of 1"4 oi a Kan
sas woman whi- never Kvk any prevau
tions to guard against d.-;i.- germs
and ne-'er even heard of the germ the
ory ii.-i-.-s us half-way su-.v; that
jnws.biy we may have unnecessary
o-rr.e-
London is agitated i-evause an Ameri
can s;-td.ca:e n.iuts to build a $k.i'.
Vkv oth.v build. ng on the Strand witn
ofhee-s and flurry elevators in if.
If it is done tin- ci'y's i.uiidiug laws
will haveto U- radically changed, as no
Englishman under the pres-ut laws tau
fall more than six or eight stories.
A writer in liii-.-iww.dV Magazine
mentoas as an ii.ca.ient of life in Labra
dor the burial of a live jt in a barrel
Under the Ncveliii-er snow. The owner
of the an.mal. a black bear, by the way.
dug up the barrei twice du.mg the win
ter, hut did net avaken the w.uinu
who was permitted to sieep on till May.
Uibematmg pets g ve no trouble to
their owners or to others, and are hap
py in their reiise. A barrel may thus
be the abode of greater felicity than is
to be found in a palace.
Cbureb unity finds unique exemplifi
cation in the history of a forty. thousand-dollar
edifice now building in Bos
ton to take the place of an "institution
al church" which had been outgrown.
The minister is a Methodist, regularly
appointed by his conference, but the
buiid.ng is owned and the whole en
terpr.se is g-u-Musiy "backed" by the
Initanan denomination. A radical
Methodist founded the church, and by
his will established the dual controL
and neither the harmonious workers
nor the countless pvir folk whom the
church has helped and comforted have
ver found reason to dispute his be-
lief, that nen of d ifferent creeds can '
i.ea-ti'y 1-o-oj.eraTe if only they love
ii a: .! nam more than they do a see- :
tan.in l..U-h
1-..1 ai, O.aiti.1 loner J.:i-s ay it
T: - - pay to f-; ilt t' edi: -ale tin
I:. !..;!.. By v in Hi- '. h.s p-'.t:.h is
i. i .. a i-i'Tnl a an auth-irity. lb- ba
: ; :':::.:l:rs f,r studying flu- m.r-:-r
:t. all its phase that ar- deni-d hi
-r:ii-As .'or the Indian ration, it
proiei-iy d--. en. -enrage laziness.
Thre . a lot of fine luntiment d-voted
to the joy of work. In:: after all it is the
stomac:. i.eed that drive must people
to tar lal-.-r that really produce things.
Th-re are n:ai:y people it: this world
taat would incite ai. Indian to unst
eiierget;,- i-nvt iy their scientific idle
ness if f.xl and shelter were furnished
-0
t nn of :h- subtlest forms of ritulic-t:ven-
is tii- i-r'-ad:ii of disparaging
oi'iuiou ai-oiit th'-so wh'-s- cimlu.n i
r--eii'-d. or hI.lv- if roiial'.ty is n--ard-i!
as an offense. There :s very lit
tle differvuv- If twif n tbS practice and
the a "uai a:ten:i: t. w irk for some
one ei-e's it.iurj aad d'-wnfall. winch
the ojfn way of sB.win; viudicfive
nes. The latter iae:h-d is niiitixis
l-a-fa.-eilly avow, by uuscnipulnu
UieL. Thi-y wli: !-.ast of haviu? rllt
'a thorn it. sale"' of any one to v. horn
:h-y oi.;-. :. I u-i ti. :here are i-eipte
i -al.ar:y i.-ius:itutetl that they .-aii-li..t
!- -Hi or thwarted in any wsy.
j.,.wev- r is;:;u:ate. v. ithoat f--eiitii; at
!: -. the d- -.re j r 'U.l':y x it-jurv
th-:r i ; a--at. Thesi- arv thr i-opie
w;;.. are u--s riied. often without much
ia:j-!ld reit:xe. as -i:.-'Hl i.a-ers." If
v.e at the l-otton. u the hate whiou
su.h j-f-j'if f it wii: as a rule If
found to If vuar and selfish vindle
tiTeueSS. A mar. went to a great physician and
asked for a cure for mental depression,
a disease which is very common and
is Iftter known as "the blues." Now
this physician was very wise. He knew
That the blues means that prst us cen
ter their minds on themselves. They
t hink of their own trouble, their debts,
their domestic and business cares, of a
thousand irritating thmgs that grow
like poisonous wt-eris the more they are
nurtured in the mind. So this wise phy
sician wrote a prescription and ushered
the sol-er-fa .vd one out. The depressed
man hastened to a drag store, for he
was exe-ee-ilinjly "blue." and there
haudetl the prescription to a clerk, re
marking gruffly, "rill that in a hurry."
The clerk read the prescription, and.
with a laugh, handeil it back, and there
in plain English was written: "Laugh
; at least tw-enry times dally, and always
If fore retiring." This man of the blues
looked at the words dumbly for an in
' staut. and then laughed, and as he
; laughed the dull care that bad been
resting like a cloud on his brain seemed
i
to grow lighter, and he laughed some
I more. Ue muttered something about
"clever trick." and left the store, and
; on his way back to his office he actually
' whistled, something he hadn't done for
j years. Back at his desk, he buckled
I down to work, still laughing. The
: world seemed changed. From an in
. definite somewhere he had secured a
new stock of energy. He cracked a
joke with the head clerk and instead of
I discharging a bungling employe, gave
: him some words of encouragement and
advice and another trial. He actually
enjoyed his lunch. The food tasted
gix.d. aud he was hungry. He went
. home with a laugh and didn't groan
! about business worries at the dinner
table. He told his wife of the iuter
: estiug things that he had seen and
heard downtown that day. and when
she smiled at h'a. from W-hittd the tea
urn he rem-mlf red that she was a very
handsome woman, aud that he was a
lucky dog to get her. He glanced
through the evening paper, read aloud
a litfie. romp-il with the children
' awhile, went to Ifii with a laugh, and
si-pt Ills- a 1 aby. Try it for the blues.
It is a cure found-d on s- ieuce. Your
1 physician will tell you that laughter is
exerdsf that it stimulates digestion,
moves mus- bs by the dozen, ijuickens
the circulation of the blood, helps the
liver. He will tell ymi that persons
who laugh much seldom look their
years, for mirth
an mvii
-a tor. as
is a cure
well as a health preserver. It
. worth trying.
She Wanted Kevenjje.
A certain noted p:aui-t says that
: wh-n -ver he feels unduly elated by fa
vorable notices of h s playing, or by in
dividual compliments, be calls to mind
an occasion when his pride received a
: fearful fall.
i He had been a guest with others at a
suburban house for two or three days.
I The last evening was a particularly
' merry one. and at its close some one
begged him to play a Hungarian l'.haps-
ody by Liszt.
"I've played two or three times." ue
i irniT"! the pianist, "and it's pretty
; iate. lon't you think 1 might d.sturb
the neighlnrs:"
! "1 hope you will." announced the
young daughter of the house, "for we
' are erfecfiy sure they tried to poison
j our cat last week. Nothing you could
do would be worse than they deserve!"
i Then her ingenuous countenance was
j suddenly overspread with blushes, and
the company gave way to mir.h.
The Worm Will Turn.
The housewife petrd iuto the s.-.nn-
1 kettle, savs a German iit-er. then i.-it.
j ed reproachfully at the "lady help."
' "You've forgotten the onions again!
j she said. "If seems to me you can't
j remember anything:"
1 "Excuse me. madam." returned th.
maid, respectfully but firmly. "I know
neariy all of 'Faust' by heart"
j A girl likes to listen to toft nothing
j if thex mean something.
A BUY VISITS A KINTt.;;
' also the sword of Edw
FINDS EDWARD OF ENGLAND AN
AFFABLE N'.itV.
Lad oa Canera Tonr I Fobiidea to
Take Picture of Mar biroacb Home,
bat la O t;o in inter? e ly the tnl
er and Hit Qaeea.
A Washington h.jh school cadet,
who. without mSiitn. or introduction,
recently had a ul aad lunch w.tn
King Edward in n s palace, taluks :ne
Br.tist monarch : a.uust as demo
cratic in L manner as the new occu
pant of the White H ';se.
This lad is Wi.bur John-on. son of
& Washington tori-keper. He set out
alone on a camera tour-vf England, and
incidentally came to Marlborough
touse. Kins Edward's res.d-.-nce.
"1 hatid-d ti e guard a piece of sil
ver." remarked the cadet, m telling his
adver.'ures. "nnd went .nside the gates.
Secur.ng a fxil v.i-n. 1 planted my
TTirod and g t tie f .vus. when I was
'art led to see an elderly gentleman
st.uid d.re-.'tly m fr nt of Uit.
" 'Hello. "nny. What are you going
to c.e" re as.-ied.
"He told me I could cot titk- a picture
of Xia-lhvrough house, that the camera
must be st-rov-d sotnewiiere. and mat
tney drew tne line at the King's pal
ace. "I faac-ted he was a clrk. and. hand
icg hi in my card. I asked for b.s. Then
1 n-.arly d.op;-;. f.c he sa.d:
" "1 haven't a card: I'm the Iuke of
Arryl.'
"Well, when I had recovered, he
askei'. me if 1 wanted to see fh- kin
That I assured him. was just what I
ni's- ds:rd. He smiled and su:l he
might tf able to arrange it. I was to
present myself at Marlboroujrh uue
at Z.'.V- o'clcfk. At tuat hour 1 hande-.i
my card to one of the two guards. He
disapif are-d. aad a moment later was
ba.'k aain. lowing and calling my
name. 'Mr Johnson."
"That room was the most beautiful I
ever saw. All mosaic and gilded chairs,
and beautiful furnishing;. At the far
ther end it seemed a long way off to
ni stoinl a man ia a black Prince
Albert coat alone. I looKed at him.
and my first thought was 'a big burly
man. Then, when 1 got to thinking
that tilts man was at the head of all the
... ' , ... .
a ks to know what to do. I had to
decide in a hurrv. so I just raised mv
hand and saluted him as I would salute
azy officer of our cadets.
-Tha f-,..a
A il laC U ll' i V U4 IU aV "UJ U k
.alnte and M,ende.l his hnd t n,J
' -I see you are an officer." betran the
King, "m some military compary.'
.i
" "No. sir. I am only a private.' I an
gwered. " "Ah. I thought you were an officer."
Then 1 explained to him that our
officers wore shoulder straps. He asked
me all about the high school cadets,
saying that he'd heard of our compan
ies, and I told Dim.
"The King smiled now and then. He
seemed interested, and asked many
questions about the cadets.
"I was terribly upset, for I had no
idea what to do when with a king. My
face was burning red. and I was always
afraid he was going to ask me some-
thing I cou.d not answer. He asked
me now I lued London, and I assured
him that I could not complain.
"There was an interval of silence. I
was very much troubled, and would
have given a goi-d deal to b well a.vav
i.ou, .-a. l.i..--e. i wan, ell .o leave
mos. o. iae la.aiLg to tue iviug. aad
: thmg-s were getting awKward.
. , . ,
: At las: the King leaned torward and
t.ij j.ex. a i....e siie. i-i. A servant
'w-MhTM'f
o.v before h.s Ma.,es.v. Then he t..wed
to me. The King ordered tea. and the
man brought it to us I: was served
in the smahest kind of cups, and wth- , 7. , ., , , , ' . ",u
... . ' " U- to divert the fund from the insured's
out mil or sugar I was about to ask , cuilar.n an ;,1s ,t dirv.,,lv ,0 the M
for f.ese. when I thoug n ,,at some : ativ of lbl? Wcenciarv. j,,,,,
peoie don t use them and that it might u (lirwted for xhv .)!aim Cs J"
not be ju
tae right
iins
That tea
was nae.
"Just after we had tea the King and
I a tall and very beautiful woman en
tered. It was yueeu Alexandra, but
sae did cot look at all like any uf her
Pictures :ie is far better I.kiujr.
.-ow. i iiaun i expecioi io seethe K.ug.
and to meet King and yueen Kith was
a trying ordeal. My face became more
red than ever. I suppose, for I did not
know just the right thing to do.
"The yueen held out her hand. I
walked to her. kneeling, bent over it
Now. I knew better than to kiss her
hand, for 1 had read something about
that in books. 1 took her hand In m'ne
and kissed t:.e Mck of mv owt, Und
Then the yueen 'raised me.' vou
n.-,. , o 33 you
Young Johnson admits that he
himself safe back in his hotel. The
.... . . . . i -" , " ut
yueen. howeer. asseii h:m a few oue-
tons, and he toid her of his litfie s!
and brother, who admired her g-ea-v
he asserted. The yueen said:
"Iiear little piri." of the sister.
and
sent txth her love. After a few mo -
meets she left the youn
agajn alone with the King
Amer.cau j
"Again I did not know what to say."
he remarked. "I had read something of
the roya! jewels having been moved
a s'iort tine before from the Tower of
London to Marlborough house. I had
the audacity to ask" King Edward to let
me s-e them,
then assented.
He hesitated a sec-ond.
"We went into a smaller room on the
side, and hen I saw the jewels. Queen
Victoria's crown, which weighed thirty
nine ounc. was there, with it sap
phire that U supposed to have come
ard the Black
PriTice: the crown of Mary II.; ;Le
sword of Excallbnr of King Arthur of
the Hound Table, and many other won
derful relics. It to"k us s line t.me to
v:ew trfin. arid during th:s time the
K.r.r said not a word.
"When we go- back I wanted to g"t
away. I was afraid it was n n rigat to
take out n:y watch, but 1 d.d so. It was
Cve m:nute past 4. I had been with
the King half an hour.
" "Wti:. I sa d. 'I've got to get back.1
"The King said "(lood-by' pleasantly,
find hoped that I tad eLjoyed the visit."
ODD INSURANCE CASE.
All Hung I' pan Which One of Two
Kied First.
Justice Kenefi -k has decided the pe
culiar Southwell inheritance case,
which was tried in the Supreme Court
in Buffalo several months ago. 1'eter
Southwell and his second wife were
found dead in lfd at their home in Aus
tin. Ia. one night in January. 1!'.
They had lfen asphyxiated by gas.
Southwell left an insurance policy for
J?';.!"" issued by the iJoyal Arcanum
and made payable to bis second wife.
He left two children by bis first wife.
Johanna and lieorge W. Southwell.
They claimed they had inherited the in
surance money, but relatives of Mrs.
Southwell No. 2 also claimed it. The
adudtiistrator of the estate. John U.
llray. refused to turn it over to either
of the sets of claimants until the courts
decided who was entitled to it. Then
th-e Southwell children brought suit in
the Supreme Court to collect the money.
Everything hinged on the question
of which of the asphyxiated couple died
trst. If Mrs. Southwell died first, she
cotild not have inherited the Insurance
tiia was made payable to her; it would
then have reverted to Southwell's next
of km. his two children, but if her
death occurred even a single moment
later than that of her husband, then
the own -ship of the money must have
passed to her. and upon her death to
her next o. kin. Those next of kin
' contended that the husband had died
; first. Southvell's children held that
Jirs. Notitcweli had died hrst.
j Each side produced numerous niedi-
; cai exif ns at the trial to prove by the
i disclosures of the autopsy on the bodies
, iuui me iM..i.-uiar Mue tue represent-
, ed was right. The result was that when
the trial was finished, the question of
l " ""uoum
one. and tlie iknleate task of ser.lm
; t v , , uv";
HI "nuch time on It and sunnsed
i Vv ""f
! D X hdlsI,f d, "'J?:
j "' of xU' cbll-
I ,: 111 "'It" BO uul Puto
! . ' 71 7h 7 . " 1 "
- - - i.i.iiiuu us
j the court, after careful consideration.
l has reached the conclusion that it
1 would le mere conjecture, surmise and
sifculation to essay the decision of
j survivorship in this case upon such tes-
timony. This controversy must be de
termined, therefore, upon the assump
that there is no proof to 'decide
tion
which of these individuals predeceased
the other. Under such circumstances
I the civil law indulges in presumptions
based on age aud sex to aid in deter-
mining the survivorship of persons per
j ishing in a common disaster. The com
mon law. nowever. recognizes no nre-
I gumptious on the subject. In the ab-
j seue of evident the fact is assumed
to l(e nas..-ertainabie. and a rule of dis-
tribution has tteen adopted whereby
projieny rights are disposed of as if
death occurred simultaneously.
Inder the certificate of iucorpora-
! tin of the gocieTy as WtfM as under
; wstltmSoD and laws referred to alra
cous.nunoLi auii iaw s reierreti to aoove.
j i . . .
' i"'-- "s .ureuu ioi iue w uiow,
j ohildren. relative or dependents of the
iDsureO: jt was not in the power of the
1 iusUMl 10 d!inaI 'beneficiaries
r,.,,,,,! i.r .w ,
ant. let pravti'al eflfeoi of sus
ly. but without costs."
. . lean pie. ami the plaintiffs teeth ought
C heap Dinners in London. ( u bave U-en strong enough to contend
A company has been formed in Lon- j witb !t
don. the promoters of which proteose i Jol'D Paget said there 1 -n' 1
r I to provide the lalvoring classes with
j lUnilers
j umiiers at me rate oi tour cents each,
me company nas hunt an extensive. ! men tiiey supplied contained no bid
complete and central steam bakery and ! den danger alien to its character a
kitchen covering more than an acre of ' scrlWd in the bill of fare. When a man
ground, and i.-omie-ted with the princi- ate a beefsteak pie he did not e-. -t't
.... ....... . Ai'-.e unrai. l.uui, eggs.
vegetab'ies and fruit will be received
m 7, J 1
wul W sold to consumers. The boil
' !r, T..c nOl 1 I...- .1 ..j
. 1
I acd
I ' l??" r -
j :sn meats. The kitchen will prepare
' ' " . w
pies, consisting of a pound of meat
I 1 7 r" ..
cereals and dried
. .
T f
' a "
- 11 u.o-v. - ow euiuiieui IU
dinner for six persons
cents. The meats used
are beef and mutton only. The vegeta-
j bles range from potatoes to spinach.
! . . - , - -.
rleties. including several American
breakfast tois. The service of the
dinners will be on lines similar to those
which workmen have already proved
to be successful
Spanish Income Tax.
The new Spanish income tax sched
ule is ba-ed on the idea of taxing has'.
! &es profits wherever found. Banks
rnuat pey 15 per cent of their income
to the government, beside 5 per cent
more on all dividends paid, while or -
dinary corporations must pay per
cent on income and 6 per cent on dirt-
liirri ilia.
WHEN YOU STRIKE A MATCH
Hid Von Kver Inquire IIo V.-n
i,w lour i.iuitil'le." i
"i!
n.any laa'.cio- a. e
s;riii in a i
S'llfle
t.illll.'
day ' a-""! :u
en::oi.a-ww
i-.s';'-i;iii. -ami
,-,.r.! of 1 aud now
sulphur aud how n,ai.-y
are rep-eserrwl hi no
i onsuii. 'Ion of ina'cio-s
iireri-stllig problem.
l!:al.v tolls of
un:-- of iipat
v-,,.-i-l's ilaily
I- Here ;s an
Matches. of
co-irse. are not used in all the conn
tra-s of the world. Th
e are many ;
i,- r,i:-;ve tieot.les who are tll! kind-1
Pi! ti-es bv s-rlking sparks from flinty
siii, stan -es. just as our an -estors did ;
in the long ago. wtn-n they made pt j
and ket-les out of clay and. stoii.-s and
knives out of Nines and the harder !
format;. ins in the crust of the earth. :
Some coiiirries are so damp that,
mat. -hes ,-ninot be used with oimveu-
i.-ti.-e. In many of tl
tries which may be
,e tropi al cotiii- '
chisse,! a cl.'il-
iz-d mat.-io-s ranaot !e stru -k nu ac- .
count of the da:npues ex -opt on the
rough andy edge of tin- l-.x. :
But in tin- great an I more advam-ed i
countries of
world matches are in
almost universal use. Exception may
be found in rural se-:i..us tnat are al
most completely isolated, like some
portions of agricultural iJe.-maiiy i.r
remote parts of the I'nl'ed States, for
that matter, but these exceptions are
very rare, ib-ttinj ba.-k to the daily
coasumptioii of ma'.-ii'-s. It is really
an enormous t!,-Dg. Tlie consumption
in the I'nited States daily is soinetliing
enormous. Ii.uiud'y th-re are Sh.imni..
mm persons in the t'lllt-nl States. Oil
the ac epted allowaii'-e of five for ea.-li
family this means '."" families.
so right on tiie jump we would have
li;.ii.im stoves which would consume
at the very lowest an average of three
matches ea.-h and every day. or a total
of 4S.''.i'. In the evening the lamps
must be lighted in each of these homes.
"Then there are tlie hotels, the res-
taurants. tlie saloons and the business
pla.-es generally which keep opeu at
night, with their millions of gas je'
and lamps, ana it is reasonable to as-
sume that the consumption of matches
in those places would equal, if it did
not surjiass. the consumption in tlie i
homes of the country. Mind you 1
have said nothing about the factories
and institutions of that sort, and noth-
ing aiwut tlie vast quantity of matches
cousumed daily by the smokers of the
country, the cigarette fiends and the
i(iu. iiose pies are always going
Why. a fortune goes up daily
'? ,MW w SQ",1;c- aDJ '"W
and w.khI aud units of beat wasted in
th,s Wa-T is ar:ling. Elec-
tr:,"i:y "as t0 SOIUe """ cut dD
. tne consumption of matches, but the
fellows who are to come after us may
: 'r '. ls
, iiiie st-an-p: a Tnf Time
New Or-
; leans Tiines-Iieniocrat,
I
NOVEL RULING IN A PIE CASE.
Man Tbo Teeth f.L, i .
rant Get. Dum,...
An interesting case to the Public was
j disosid of r-ntly in the City of Lon -
i do" Conn ''-T sir Julln I'aget. Deputy
Juuge. in a claim made he An.i-...
Moves, clerk to toe Bauk of Tarapaea.
S'T Bishop-gate street
against Joseph
Lyons & Co.. Limited, caterers, to re-
lT:TW!ucvi:
i 8aiU !bat iu A,riI las' plaintiff went
: t0 !be defendants' establishment iu
I Bisbopsgate street for some refresh -
' mont
! a!se
hue eating a beefsteak pie his
teeth came into violent contact
j with a button or with the shank of a
: aUl1 kiiochetl off two teeth break-
lllg the plate iu b
mouth. When 1?
l.im..l r.-Xw. .. . I . .
, claimed r-dres
t .-r-o.ess ue was referred tn
, -'"I "!... . ue na.i iiau to
! a new set of teeth, which cos, him
i ir' aml claimed another fr ineon
! ven,- in being without his top teeth
i for a week 1 u
- 1 1 110 ti''uuants said there w.is
no re.
, spi.usun.ity upon them. When :l Uj,.lu.
; '"'r Ilie 1'iiblic went to a !vs;au-uit
the presumption was that he was fVji'-v
eijuipi-eii with teeth to eat ordinary
i food. It was uot an extraordina-y cir
j cumstances to find a piece of boi.e in
! negligence on the defendants' par- u
"a meir outy to see that the food
u ii a o.ecv ill iKine or n l..n-
i trom the coat of
f .on
ihe man who made
' 1 u' s;'s-estion that a
- man was bound to haw i r.rf
caII.I .... . . , . . 'iV.iJi
1 . . . o-em oetore he ven-
I turvd taurant of high-class oa-
( terers it was perfectly ridiculous. Firms
who provided InncLes took -he r l .
i T lup ,lu'lil wre lik
iKeiy to have. .
j He should find for the pl vn'iff -
a wset of teeth n
ivsis. uul Uf COUlU UOt .iDnlV him
thing for inconvenience.
Beware of Need lew, Words.
Don't write "photo." -ni,,.t., '
, . --.neuuar or
anr.
j other descriptive phrase on
mail pack-
a6es unless you desire
V
postage rates
i.OSt tieimU .1., .i...
without knowing that it increases ,fce
rate. Tackages should have n0 in
dorsement whatever on the wrapper
cept that which strictly pertains ,o tbe
return card and address.
- i
Clothing that fits dues r 7
fashiouable this vear i ,7Tv
coat worn bv the men .i , ,
worn by the women. ' k
Lack of sense is too often blame.!
oo
.vuuuiu
r-f , -;
l-i -L
llmiii'liry Ward has ucarlj jl
isl. '. ber ui-w ni'vel. but as yet he hul
nut Hiitioiiiu'i-! i be title of It. Tlie torj I
i ti, ap-ur ni-i1all. beginning io tbt
spring.
Tile
world is not to be left In Ignof.
an,.e f Maxim Corky, the new
sjan star In literature. Two uiorpit.
rie from bis pen are being published.
The hook will contain an autograpi,!
irtrait of the author, and a blographi-1
t ai note
a look on 'Mediaeval London. tbtl
U.ndnn of which the greater part ud-
(b-iily perished In the great fire, win
apH-ar slionly. It i written by Dr.
B.-nhani. re.-tor of St. Edmuuml tht
King. London. An attempt Is made to
recall the general aspect and the prla-
(-ipal fea'ures of mediaeval Iilnlon.
Some little time before uIb death Sir
Walter Ites.-mt wrote a blogniphicjl
skej.-b of King Edward and Queen Al
exandra. It will appear as part of the
coronation literature, which pnimisej.
me way ami another, to le fairly bulky.
By that time the public will also get
the autobiography which Sir Walter
Besant left
One of the books nent forth by old
Wyiikyn do Worde was the "Nova I.
genda Atiglie," a set of English legend,
This was so long ago as lolti. Tbt
', work lias just Iweti re-edited with fresh
' material derived from mnuuscript and
primal soiirees. It has considerable I
interest for students of early English
eccl-siasti -al history.
Edward M. Alfriend tells the follow-
lug story in his l upulilisbed Recollec
tions of Poe: "Mrs. Shelton told me
that Poe informed her over and over
again that she was the Lost Lenore of
, The Haven: she also said Poe told her
that she inspired his poem. Annabel
I.ee. Sue said that be often read The
Haven to her. and she described the
I tire, the pathos, the intensity with
! which he did it. saying. 'When Edgar
, read The Haven he became so wildly
twited that he frightened me. and
when I remonstrated with him he re-
plied he i-ould not help It that It set
his brain on tire ' Mrs Shelton was
beyond middle age when I knew ber;
, t,t I ha, maiiT a.-miaintnnces who hn.l
known her iu her youth, and they all
. concurred in describing her as a beau-
j tiful girl. Her distinguishing qualitie.
j were gentleness aud womanliness. She
i w Ju the woman in which such
perturbed spirit as that of Poe would
j told my father, who was his Intimate
Pt Shelley. My father often said
of him that he lwnvc f,..o,i ! in.
j tellectually the most fascinating man
tie ever knew, and always a lovable.
charming companion, except when he
a Un(1,'r tl,p Influenw of liquor, when
i " W,""1 bc-ome coarse, cross and vul-
K!lr Ile n,Sl' s:li(i of 11 'u tbt he had
! ms,. f ,1" ,1,'pl"'st el""m. and on one
... ...-.., . neu taiKing to linn, i'oe sud
denly turned to him with Vustrous
eyes full of anguish and saidi 'I be
lieve God gave me a spark of genius.
i ,,Ut Ue ,l,,,'n"1H1 iT '' misery.'"
curiosities on railway trip,
' Kirit
f
! A sl"
Mienencet. Met With l a Mail Trav
ennc Around the Globe.
l'-trotier sends some reinnrk-
! ' cresting notes of a journey
i tl," w"rll! :1"' l'a11 Mall Maga-
i ' . .sil-vs: 1 tavled from Na-
",,',,v! l" iKouama. in Japan, without
a nreiiK in the journey. The distance
: is . miles, and the best trains re-
'laire exa.-tiy frty.eight hours for the
tnp. uf these six hours are occupied
in crossing the Inland Sea by boat. The
, hrst-class fare is l .'-. s.i-oud class il
-is and third .-lass on.-half of the sec
ohd. uidy an oeeasioual train has a
, dmmg ear or a sleeping car attached
i to it.
Like everything else in Japan, the
railwiy .-arriages are toylike, usually
have only two or three compartments.
In the .lining oars you eat from tables
hardly larger than little girls have for
tooir dolls. At all stations, which are
. tre.nieir. you ,-an buy freshly made tea
Tor tii-i-e-balf.iKv-iK.t. cup. tea and
ih r;s you take in the car. and the
disi.es are thrown out of the wi"dow
usually. Kuropi.;ins (JisIike the pre
pared bin.-h.s.ns sold iB boxes. Tuev
consist mainly v,f u.iled rice and under-
cooked fish.
' is Permitted in nil mmMn.
1 11 ,' Iv'r ui -I-Mwuese men and women
,"w a"m,st iitinuallv. a native
lady enters the carriage. s!$s her feet
from h.-r tiny sUuea-wbioh have wood
or nee-straw soies. stands upon the
s.at and then sits down demurely with
"r .eet uoubled U-ueath her. A mo
em .ater she lights a cigarette or her
lutle p,pe. which holds just tobacco
enough to produce two good whiffs of
Muoke All Japanese pple sit with
' 1 ," 1 U1H1D ,Ue st of the car. and
j "ltas Lu'l- do. All of them have
j hrst rem oved their shoes. When the
" : ticket ccd.ector-attired in ..i,...
en.ers the carriage he remr i.ia
i P and twice bows r-iii,i, .
i . a h- me. to'eacb pas-
, , . l"aB w r of all
It, o In is InKtaM. and
aoout - Per c-nt ni. i-
V,.l . . r- " UUH.-UIS-.
xiuotives are English.
And tho il. Q . .
,K h-T d. yon c"" tho,u "beauty and
. the beast, when he seems such a nice
oi a fellow y
. I? V
"tv.-.m.. you .ee. he, a
Iwn. -Philadelphia Bulletin.
a literary
When -
hate : ouuueE1T meet a man yon
look n, kl"lou hope voo
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