BICYCLE ON THE FARM
WHIIW CO IS INTO GENERAL
USt IN THt COUNTRY.
Faa4 M III Groat OonTaaleac for
tWt Errand Trip to Towa
(tot ta Dtrt Work It Don end
a At la ta Kara.
W art not prophcaylng but directing
ttteatloa t almpl facta auJ to
changed coadttiooa. The blcycl ta oo
Dm farm. Aa yott ttand by tb door
of on farmhouse, at th cloaa of
aummar day, you aa on and auotber
young maa go wbtaalng past ou bia
wheat They at off for tba pot officii
or tba atora, Tba oldar man uaa tbem,
finding Uila a much mora cxpedltou
way of doing a bualuaaa arraud at a
neighbor a, going to look up an addi
tional hand for to-niorrow'a work, to
retura aoma borrowad tool, to luqulr
boat aoma meadow graaa tbat ba
wauta to wow. Tbara ara many aucb
neighborly arranda tbat can ba dona
promptly oa tba bicycle; beetdee tba
boraaa ara tired from, tba day'a work.
Tba change for tba man or boy make
tba blcycla coaattng or aprlutlug a rvc-reatloa-far
mora ao tban taking out
tba tlrad boraea or boraa for a buggy
rlda would ba.
Tba blcycla for tba rural dlstrlcta la
bleating aoclally. Tba young ladle
uaa It, tba teacbar rtdaa to bar ichool;
parti of young man and women go
out lor moonlight rlda. Tba aocta
bUlty and aoclal Intercourt In tba
Mlg-hborhood la greatly Increased for
tb raaaoo alraady Indicated, tbat tba
boya and gtrla And It play to go off on
tba wheal, wbraa It would ba uiucb
. Ilka work to hitch up and drive, avan
If the farmer war willing tba team
ebouM ba need. Moat farmer ara
thoughtful and conalderata of ' tbelr
boraea, KTea though tba anlmala
might not hara worked during the day
they often want to allow tbeni a full
day off and complete rest
In many of the famlltee the btcycla
la ueed to go to church. There ta uot
eJwaya room enough In the family bug
gy for all Tbera ara In every uelgti
borhood aoma who thua go to tba mid
week prayer meeting, to the lodge, and
any aoclal gathering that may be plan
ned. , The bicycle la tbue a promoter of
what la beat la the aoclal Ufa of rural
dlatrlcta,
For aoma year the bicycle waa a
kind of city or Tillage "fad." l'ouog
people were craiy orer It, going out to
make their "centurtee" on a holiday and
coming home utterly worn out and per
bap their health Impaired for montba
If not for Ufa. The country boy and
gtrla are mora aenalble and are rv train
ed by their circumstance from aucb
foollahneaa, To them the wheel la an
eminently practical and uaeful vehicle.
Our peraonal observations tn Western
New fork opened our eyea to the fact
that the wheel la not by any menui
coafliMd to the prairie or comparatively
level roada, Xoung men and women
cam down the long bill with an aban
don and aa evident aenaa of enjoyment
that proved that there waa ectuethlug
exciting and oot-of-the-common In the
naa of the blcycla on tbeaa roada which
made It mora truly recreation than In
tba other condition.
Bow ha It coma about that the wheel
la now to be found la every country
neighborhood when at Brat It waa a
city luxury i It ta caay to answer ,thla
quaatlon. First of all the bicycle la
much cheaper, A good wheel can ba
bad aa low aa 928 or 30 and one of a
high daaa for MO to ISO. Formerly
price were from I7S to $160. The
writer several years ago paid $150 each
for blcyclea for two of bia boys when
they were college student. Mark the
difference In prlcea with all the differ
ent manufacturer. But a second rea
son why the wheel I now coming to
be ao common In rural districts Is that
there 1 more money there to spend for
anything really wanted. We are not
now Indicating the reason or causes
cf the bard time nor even the cause
of the relief, but It la evident there la
mora money to spend In the country're
glona. In the third place, aa already Indi
cated, the wheel la r ally a means uf
economy, It aavea time for the horses
la necessary bus la ess tripe and they
can ba kept at work; It eaves wear and
tear to the carriage; It save the
strength of the team and gives the
bone needed rest A fourth reason
why wheels begin to be seen In so many
out-of-the-way country places Is tbat
tbi people there are learning of tbelr
advantages and that they can really
afford to have them. Wheels have gone
down to as low a price aa they are like
ly to reach. Every economy has been
Bought In their manufacture, every pos
sible Invention, not only for their Im
provement a a vehicle, but In facili
tating and cheapening tbelr manufac
ture. To summarize: It I good economy;
It J healthful recreation; it promotes
social life; It Is a constant convenience;
and to those who have used them, even
including men and women well along
In years, bicycles are felt to be a ntcea
alty. Farm, Field and Fireside,
A.
PROFAMTY COMfORTEO HIM
Aa Exile Who Died Happy Hearing
Oetbe. .
For myself, I knew of the cane of a
young Javanese who came to Chicago
shortly after the fair aud who was
stranded there. There was aoniethlng
wrong with hlra. Ho could aot get any
kind of an understanding of tba lan
guage. The Javanese colony being!
limited to one person, and that person
btinaelf, be naturally got homesick aud
pined. They took blm to a hospital
ha grew worse. Nothing In particular
the matter with blm just lonesome
Cess. He would look up with wide,
searching eyea at all who came to call
In hi ward, and he listened apparently
for some familiar word, but nobody
could talk Javanese, so he had no
mean of communication with the
world. Perhaps you cannot appreciate
tbla poor fellow's position. Just Imag
ine yourself In Fea or Madagascar,
homesick and dying for the sound of
ona English word, and never hearing
anything but a subdued jabber In an ut
terly unknown tongue. It was the way
,wltb thl Javanese.
Ona day a man who bad driven a
icana! boat in the East and after that
bad piloted a delivery team in Chicago,
and In some other and tributary ways
bad laid the foundation for a thorough
grasp upon the language of violence,
waa brought Into the hospital suffering
from a broken leg. The Injured log
W getting along first-rate until one
the Internes in passing the cot in
aoma unaccountable way slipped, and,
to eaten bis footing, reached toward
tba bed and seized the man's foot,
which was trussed toward the celling
with rope. The contact and the 1
wrench must have hurt the patient
Anyway, be said so. He said so with
great force and volume. He painted
tbat hospital purple, green, yellow and
yarmllloa. Hie remark were copious
and florid. And through all tba Ycsu
vlan eruption that youug Javanra lie
trued with the light of a great Joy In
bl face. His weary eyea flashed with
pleasure and bia cheek took oa a tem
porary color. Ha followed amy erolu
tloa of the ex-canal boatman's speech.
And when tba Injured person bad Bo
tahed th youth dropped back upon his
pillows and closed hi eye. They came
to give him hla medicine afterward and
found tbat ha had died, reacefully.
evidently, and with a Joyous spirit Ha
bad gone out with th cloalng remark
of that man who spoke at last tn a
language which tb poor exit under
atood. Chicago Record.
GRAPHITE IN WISCONSIN.
Raid to B bat Tare Ml dm ta th
Halted Rtatoe,
Graphite promise to b a aourc of
wealth to Wisconsin. Tba mineral ha
carried th name of tb State aero to
the German empire, wher It It ald
tbat th mine developed tn Portage
County produce a grail of graphite
carbon which la equal to tb Hungar
ian graphlt In th Herman market
The best mine In the United States
now In operation la aald to produce a
grade 14 per cent carbon. Several an
alyses of the Portag County produc
tion bar shown th carbon percentage
to b a high aa 72.
Two youug tnea bava demonstrated
tba possibilities of graphite mining In
the State. Th mine waa discovered In
1803 by F. B. Taggart of Bteven
Point Taggart had been prospecting
for Iron la a wld section of Wisconsin.
He beard of a woman who polished the
kitchen stove with a subetanc wblcb
she found In tba cellar. U made a
quiet Investigation, which led to tba
discover of reat Importance, Tba
land about th bouse where the original
And was made was found to teem with
a grade of carbon high In purity. From
that time It baa been a atruggle to de-
velop the mtue and get the product oo
the market
Later A. A. Mclntyre. also of Stevens
Point became associated with Taggart
The two built a cabin aud a modest
plant over the mine and worked day
and night digging, experimenting and
testing tba mineral. Finally a stock
company was formed under the corpo
rate title of the Portage County Graph
Ite and Mineral Paint Manufacturing
Company.
While the uses of graphite are many,
mineral paint accrue to furnish the
greatest present demand. The mineral
ta separated and ground to a powder
fluer than flour, being floated to the air
rather than bolted. There la nothing
more to do In order to convert It Into
pntot but to mix It with Unseed oil.
The largest graphite mine In the Uni
ted States Is said to be a Ttcomlerogtt,
N. V., wher the product la U per cent,
carbon. Besides the Wisconsin mines
there Is but one other In operation In
the United Statea. Palntmaker have
been getting graphlt from Mexico,
Nova Scotia, Ceylon and Siberia. Chi
cago la now making $30,000 worth of
machinery to go Into a 8outb Carolina
XtiO.OOO plant Machinery la atvo being
sent to New Mexico. Chicago Record.
Cloudt tbat move in a contrary direc
tion to tbat of tb surface current Indi
cate a change of weather, because they
prove the existence of two air currents,
one warm and the other cold, and tb
mingling of the frequently ctuses
rain.
Poisonous snaxea when with young
ar sluggish and retiring In their hab
its. The little ones are born with fang
and poison glanda In full perfection,
and are dangerous even before tasting
food or water. The young ar much
more active tban the adult and prob
ably their poison Is more virulent
Trees and shrubs ar being planted
along the Sues canal a a measur of
protection against drifting aand. The
Idea wblcb Is being carried out em
braces the principle of snow fence slim?
railroads. A system of irrigation hn
been organised for these plantations
and the results ao far bav been prom
ising. Compressed cork In the form of tiles
ba made Its appearance In the market
It Is claimed that this material Is ad
mirable for flooring, because of Its
nolselessness and lta waterproof quali
ties. It Is also aald to be Inimical to
germs. The degree of compression can
be varied In the process of manufac
ture. In a paper communicated to the Roy
al Meteorological Society on "The
mean temperature of the surface waters
of the sea round the British coasts, and
lta relation to the mean temperature o(
the air," Mr. Dickson arrived at the
conclusion that the mere presence of
Atlantic water Is more effective In de
pressing the summer temperature In
Britain than In raising tbat of the win
ter months.
The Brltleh Meteorological Council
has just Issued a discussion of the diur
nal range of rain In Great Britain. The
general conclusion drawn by Dr. Scott
Is that everywhere In the British isl
ands the forenoon hours, from about 10
o'clock, are drier than tb rest of the
day, and that although the temperature
has not then nearly reached Its maxi
mum, Invalids would be less likely to
get wet If they went out In tb morolng.
Prof. R. 8. Woodward, of Columbia
University, In a recent paper shows rea-
sona for thinking tbat the earth's at
mosphere extends to a height varying
with the distance from the equator. At
the equator he estimates the height to
be 20,000 miles, which diminishes to
only 17,000 miles at the poles. But of
course, beyond a few hundred miles
above the ground, the density of the at
mosphere becomes so slight that it ef
fects are imperceptible.
In the light of recent discoveries one
of the greatest wonders of the heavens
appears even more wonderful. There
Is a small class of variable stars, less
than twenty in known number the
most conspicuous member of which Is
Algol, the "Demon" of the Arabs
wblcb at brief Intervals suffer a partial
eclipse from the Interposition of dark
or invisible companions revolving
around them. Mr. Roberts of Cape Col
ony and Mr. Russell of Princeton,
working Independently, have lately
shown tbat all of these bodies are sur
prisingly light In tbelr composition,
hardly more than whirling clouds. In
only one case can the limiting density
exceed half that of water, and In six
cases It Is less tban one-tenth that of
water. The average Is one-slxtb that
of water. Thin density these stars can
not exceed, although they may fall far
below It The density of our sun com-
pared with water Is 1.41. The possibil
ity exists that the Algol stars may each
have a denser nucleus surrounded by an
enormous cloudy envelope.
The man who Is going downhill meetr
a lot of bia neighbors going up.
fffeTvention
tVOMEN AS BEASTS OP BUROIN.
la Oae Revtio of Caaatl They Are
llarntaaed I th Flaw,
Like the squaw of tb Americas In
dian, on whom her lord and waster lays
the task of taking tb plac of a beast
of burden, th womea of a colony of
Russian settlers, who cam to Cauada
a little ovitr thru roar aao aad located
I nn ttiA tkl.,itb ,it.lt.t., nf Ik. smil fan.
dlan northwest, ar alavea of the most
menial kind, Not only do they take the
places of horses In plowing, but they
also perform other heavy work that In
most sections la reserved for lower ani
mals and 'he men do the lighter work.
Plowing both spring and fall It dona
by "bees." Tb head of th family Is
sues a call for a plow be at bit home
atead on a certain date. Tb women
gather In large number. They ar
buxom-looklng women and ready to
WOMEN TAKE Tlllfl I'LAUU
work. They arrlv early In th morn
ing, and are at flmt placed at a table
and fed. The food Is coarse, but sub
stantial. At the conclusion ot tb meal
preparations fur the Held ar begun.
The party It divided Into three relief.
To the beam of the plow la attached a
long rope, Into which are tied ttout
ttlckt equal to half th number of
women tn each relief. Aa draught ani
mal the women go to their placet, di
viding on cither tld of th rope, and
the day' work 1 begun.
The owner of the land, holding the
hamllea of th plow, gives a grunt Tl
women bend forward to the yoke, the
plowshare enter the ground, and at a
rapid rate the first furrow Is turned
over. For four hours eacb relief works,
Aa fast at returned tba women are
privileged to go borne. During working
hours not a word Is spoken. The wom
en ar as dumb at the aulmali Ibey
represent
last year the Canadian mounted po
lice, In order to assist the Impoverished
settlers, gav tbem everal ttnall con
tract for bay. In th execution of
these contract the women agalu plajed
an Important part Harnessed to small
wooden sulky rakes, they could he seen
dally during the summer tolling up and
down :be prairie meadowa harvesting
the hay, The men did the loading Into
the police wagous.
WORSE THAN A WATERSPOUT.
HrltUh ForvM In Powtb Africa Wnffcr
from "Hand itavlla."
The English force lu South Africa
bav suffered severely during the dry
season from the sand-storms, or "sand
devils" aa the natlvea call them, which
THE "SAND DEVIL IN A
rage frequently on the dry and dusty
veldt Just as sometimes pieces of
paper and bits of Utter are caught up
by the wind on a street corner and kept
twisting round and round In the air,
so on the great African plains groat
columns of sand are raised high Into
the air, In shape aud In motion like a
waterspout Sometime tho "sand
devils" are driven at n high rate of
speed by the wind, and people who get
lu their way come out of the Inter
view looking and feeling as If they bad
been thoroughly polished with emery
paper. Wltb tbe coming of th rains,
of course, the sand Is laid and danger
from sandstorms It over.
CLOSED DOORS.
Little Korea Afford No Field for
American Knterprie.
In pursuance of the policy now pur
sued by the Consular Service of as
certaining the state of forelgu fields at
opportunities for American lnbor, cap
ital and enterprise, Horace W, Allen,
Consul General to Seoul, Korea, wrltet
for the couHular reports that Korea
now employs no foreign military of
ficers as advlxei's or Instructors In Its
army, and Is not likely to do so, owing
to an agreement made wltb Russia
when a largo staff of Russian officers
were allowed to leave. By this agree
ment Korea announced her ability and
intention to illHpense wltb further as
sistance of that kind.
The many requests from young men
who have recently left the service of
the United States asking for positions
In connection wltb tbe Korean army
are futile. There Is no demaud for
their services In Korea. There Is no
demand for foreign . advisers the
Korean Government. Although two
Americans who held such positions
have recently died, their places have
been filled, and there Is no further de
mand for assistance of that kind. The
newspaper report that one of these ad
visers bad been receiving a salary of
$100,000 gold per annum is entirely
misleading; such positions pay from
$150 to $250 per month. : There Is no
demand for employes on the railroads
In Korea. Japanese control and oper
ate tb ateaui railroad, and Koreans
a
and American ar employed oa tba
electric railroad, I bellnva th poat
tlout ar all ailed. Employment with
th mine would bav to bt secured
before coming to Korea. Tbt agent of
tb mine In America It H. A, Noble,
represent tlv of th Oriental Consoli
dated Mining Company, Its Francisco.
Prospector cannot oprat in Korea,
and there ta no employment with tba
mluea other than on wage. I am told
tb uilnlug company has no lack of ap
plicants. .
Meohanloal Onrloelilna.
Tb L Dros fatuity, of Ntmfcbatel,
In Swttaerland, war famous niakra
of uecbaulcal curiosities. One of the
waa a clock, presented to th King ot
Spain, having a ibeep and dug attached
to It Tb sheep would bleat la exact
Imitation of a live one, while tb dog
waa placed In custody of a Basket of
IW I 'JV, T?"fcl i
OF IIOUKEH AT THE PLOW,
loo fruit If'any ona removed tbt
fruit he would growl, snarl, gnash bit
teeth, and endeavor to bit, until It wat
restored. Another waa ao oval gold
snuff box, about four and one-hall
Inches long by three Inches broad, and
ou Inch and one-half thick, It wat
double, aa though ou box wer tlacad
on top of another, with a tld for eacb.
One contained snuff, la tbt other, at
soon aa tb lid waa opened, there roe
up a very amall bird of green toamelod
gold, alttlng upon a gold ttaod. Imme
diately this minute curiosity ibook Itt
wing, wagged lta tall, opened lta bill
of white enameled gold, aad poured
forth, mlnut aa It wat, Msg only
three-quarter of an Inch from tbt beak
to th extremity of th tall, rack a
clear, mclodtoni aong at would hav
titled a room of tweuty or thirty fatt
quar with lta harmony.
Tb ttUiaanff.
Tb gentle alamaog la a gluben and
no uonkey, aaya a writer lo Black
wood' Magatlue. In aaaeiubllet on tb
treetopt live th flamang, whooping
through tb octave, calling to tbeli
friend from miles away, and twooplng
off to meet them, racing tteeplecbaae
with the winds. I bav teen, tod bop
to live and again, a pack of tb
alamang going through the Jungle a
long black arm and a atnall crumpled
body twinging wildly from It Ilk a
pendulum run mad, then t tulcldal
nlng. a crash In th covering green, and
o they are gone. Tame tbtty are tb
gentlest of creature. The Malay
catch the young one and bring them
to our door, knowing tbat buy w
must It Is not among tb poiilbllltie
SOUTH AFRICAN CAMP,
for a Mom to resist the forlorn tmall
speechless thing, when It wlnda Itt long
arms and fingers round ber nock, aud
bldea lta black wrinkled face of an old
woman, wltb round unhappy eyes, In
tbe softness of her morning gown. Or
It lurches across the veranda on a pal;
of very bandy little legs, balancing It
self with oustrctched arms; But they
alwayt er-a-lvealMUm'AJTijrod
torrential rains under the open lien'-eu
die In captivity of consnmptlort, aud
cough out their Ill-comprehended ttou!
like Chrtstlou. huddled. In a blap?',
Bo in e I.t Fire ti v'-urf,
In'48u2- there waa ou euorwtcot
flagratloU at Liverpool, which .vsfoy
ed more than $5,000,000 worth"? prdfli
erty. In the year 1700 over one fcaif o!
the city of Edinburgh was destr fed by
fire. In 1805 there wa a firo h Con
stantinople which destroyed ''2.80C
buildings, shops and baiau. Bui
Constantinople's greatest Are oicnrred
In 1870, when almost half the pru'dsu
la on which the city I built ws urept
by the conflagration. No record xlHtt
of the number of houses destroyed on
thl occasion, but tho value of th plop
erty lost was roughly estlmntcu to ex
ceed $25,000,000.
HI Babj's Future Quite Apparent.
"Augh waughl"
It wat the baby. He had repeated
this remark sixty timet la the last
hour. " ,
Mr. Newlelgh't hair, such at !(, waa,
stood on end.
n .t,mh wnurlxlffow alwumfh i" i
added tba bnby, while people ijcrost
the street got up and closed their win
dow. - . 'V
Mr. Newlelgh ground bit teeth. "To
think," be groaned, burying hit face In
hla pillow, "that I should grow up to
become the father of a railway porter!"
-London Tlt-Blts. . !
TTmm nmnrUltlffl with tha mflfl itftftftn't a
seem to help R woman any when the It
a widow, anu uice, pome men warn w naVy hava been brought to trial at S
borrow ber life Insurance money.! bnstopol, for fraud In the coal, oil
a htttortob.
i it i nihamm T ,
tv ft -U "M4SI m
THE CZAR WENT A-EOAROINO.
A tilt ef L'awritte History
Mvtiola 1.
About
During tb reign of Cur Nlcbolat L
a palace revolution took place tbat It
not la blttory. It wat not a military
revolution, neither did It begin with
th tuburdintte. but from th highest
autborlty. Th tbrou wat not tba ken,
but the Imperial kltcheu waa.
Tb ctarlna aat lu her boudoir In tba
winter palac and wa bored for lack
of occupation, An Idea occurred to her,
tlli would audit th household hooka
lu going through th win list she
cam serosa Huu boltl of rum for
the csarewltcb" (after Aleionder 11.1.
Somewhat surprised, the turned a few
leaves back aud found a boltl of rum
charged for vvery day of bit II f tine
bl blrtli. Book of tb dayt long past
wer brought out aud that bottle of rum
waa tllll in evidence away back In the
last ceutury, There she found an u
tryt "For toothache; ordered by lb
court physician."
It appeared that because Alexander
1., at crown prime, had to tnk a tea
spoonful of iuiu to warm an aching
tooth, bit tucceaaor wit to be charged
wltb a bottle of rum every day.
Tb ctarlna told of her discovery to
ber lord aud master, but Nlchulas railed
to tee th funny tld of It II or
dered all th household books lo b
brought to hi in and he figured and
made notes during the wbol night
iNetraHHBlng the atmopltr wtt op-
prwlv In tb winter pit lac. The
rtar remtrked to bl consort:
r romtrked to
than I Imagined. My
million more on paper I hat,
going lo board," and
day th Imperial kitchen
YNH i. exist Th table wt tlieoee-
4 forth Vforlded by a botelkvcpr.-Cbl
cago Tribune.
MISS KATHERINE REED.
Daughter of tb Voraur ftpeabsr of
th tlOHWb
Prominent among tb forty eight
young women who were recently grad
uated from th law cl of tb Uni
versity of New York, was Miss Kslh
erlo Ueed, daughter of th former
speaker, Thdmaa H. Reed. Ouly a few
of th graduate Intend to devot tbelr
time to the practlc of tb law, having
taken tb course simply to gain aa
understanding of It, and of tbl ma
jority Mla Reed la a member. Chan
cellors' certificates wer received by
eacb of the young women, and Mlta
Milt KATNBltlitB IltKI).
Red become th proud possessor of
on authorising ber to assist ber noted
faih'f In court If ever It should be
come tiecessary. Tb daughter of tb
!', rnlsbed ex-apeaker la a decided
Won l, and during ber residence In
Washington waa a aoclal favorite, Sh
was the almost constant companion of
lieXJillber and accompanied hhu on
most of his walks and outings at well
aa to socltl functions. She Is fond of
reading, and la considered a bright
and Intellectual young wonmn. She
rides a wheel and endeavored to per
suade ber father to do so, but after a
few lessons In a riding school, Mr.
Reed abandoned the effort
flavl Oaiwlt Kvaru.
William M. Evarts, with all bis wit
nud brilliancy, waa one outwitted by
Senator David Davla, wbo weighed over
iO pound, and whose figure wa near
.y the same, In circumference as It waa
lo tbe perpend feu In r. Ho and Evarta
were twitting eacb other about per
aoitut site at a dinner ou eveulug and
dually Davit said,
"If you will let me choose the course,
I will bet you $100 that wltb Hire
yard start I can beat you lo a race of j
100 feet"
Every on at th table laughed and 1
aald; "Take blm up, Mr, Evarts." I
Tbe wager waa laid and Mr. Davla 1
. . ... .... . . i
waa asitca wnen ne wouiu race, to
wblcb ho replied that be was ready at
once. Tbe whole party theu adjourned
to the course chosen by Senator Duvl.
Tbl proved to be an alley between two
bouses Just three root lo width and 100
feet deep. He stepped Into the mouth
three yards, sold "Uol" and walked
through quite leisurely,
Mr. Evarta could get neither past him
nor under blm and he called Davla
back to the street aud paid tbe bet,
llarpcr'i Weekly,
Most Curious t'tiarlty.
One of tbe moat curlout charities in
Surrey has Just been distributed lu tb
vninge of V6ttou. In 1718 a resident '
nnm7(rwilllam Glnnvllle died, leaving
ww wi-kh, directed that bo should'
,t, t,Utied In the churchyard "six yard '
mu'.-raround," nud that 40 ghlllluu
j i piece sUotiitl ini paid annually to Ave
Jr'or boys of ttie'pnrlBh, who, on the,
uimlversftry pf bia death, "wltb their
I juuln laid on his gravestone, should re-
Iftti oy ueuri iue no s prayer, tne
creed nnd the couimandmeuts, read
a
rst Corluthlans, 15, nud write two
i-ses of the chapter. Lately the ou la
bor of boys participating In the charity
bits bceu lucreuscd rrom live to seven.
This year sixteen boys offered to coin. ;
pete, but ouly eleven attended. Th
flrht seven were successful and the uu-'
fsucccsBful boys were each presented
with half a crown, while the five uou-,
coiipetltors received 'i shilling each.
Tull Mall Gaxetto.
KeR-loldc' Cave.
Ajrter the execution of Charles I. and
tuelrestoratlou of the Stuarts to royal
pooler, Edward Whallcy aud William
I Gome, two of the Judgea that condemn-
td die unhappy monarch to the scaf
fWlwero compelled to flee from En-
KlanA. They eniuv to America, and for
"'""'" ""' ' ch cavern near
! iiia tint t li lil l. i. .
This Ulillun- nlui'B
liua since been knowu as tbe "regi
cides' cave," and la one of tbe Interest
ing spots In that locality.
Frau Is In Russian Army and Na.
Russia it feiTctlug out corruption In
the military and naval administration. 1
Recently a half doaen Cossack officers, f
including a major uentral, were tent
- C!t. ...I., nM .
ty - three' officers and officials of th
beef contract for the Black Sea
fleet
HER "SECOND BIGIif."
MYSTERY CLEARED U IY A TIN-YIAR-OLO
QIRU.
Locates a Dead Body la Me Bot
tom ef the llllaola Blvr-ClalaM
that, la a VUtoa, a taw th
Wmm Druwa
When tb tullen water of tb Illi
nois ltlvr gav pp tbelr dead In the
peraou of Mrs. Lucy Horn inert torn
tlui ago tber waa not only cleared up
on of the deepest mysteries that ba
vr occurred In Peoria, but at tb
earn time tber waa evidence eetab
llahed corroboratory of a most extra
ordinary-case of second eight
One ulgbt early In January Mr. Lucy
Rom titers, who waa visiting her sister,
Mra. It II. Craig at K!2 Fayette street
lu Peoria, suddenly disappeared. She
had been III and suffering at timet from
OSAC'B HOLME.
slight stuck of dwiueutla, though It
wa not supposed tbat they wer of a
aarloit nature. But on tbe night men
tioned she arose from tier bed, and an
oouuelug to her mother, who was
watching with her, tbat ah was going
to get a drink she left the room and
waa never after seen allvo. When she
did not return her mother gav tb
alarm and the Inmate of th bouse
turned out to hunt for ber, supposing,
of course, that In a Ot of temporary
aberration the had wandered to the
bouae of one of the neighbor. But th
most diligent Inquiry failed to reveal
her whereabouts and then the family
became gtmulnely alarmed. A search-
SHOWING WHERE THE
Ing party was organised and tbey set
out to find her. Th ground wat not
froseu and they soon came upon foot
prints In tbe mud and going from tbe
bouse.
These were followed aa far at they
could be In the darkness, when the
party returned home to await the com
ing of day before renewing the search.
When the morning broke, however, tbe
earth whs froseu hard and the trail
abandoned the night tx'foru wat hard
to follow. New parties were added,
and a rewnrd offered for the discovery
of the woman dead or alive. The coun
try was scoured for tulles In either di
rection, but always without result
Sometimes they fancied they bad
discovered tbe broken trail, but these
fragmentary discoveries led to nothing
tangible. At last. In despair, the rela
tive Invoked the aid of bloodhounds.
Tba trail they followed was a devious
and winding one, running from the
Craig home, on Fayette street, north
by northeaxt to Glen Oak Park, thence
In a westerly direction to Bradley Park,
outside the city's limits and on Its
western border. Here the trail grew
faint and It was only with difficulty
that It was continued to the Easton
farm, wheie it was lout, and the dogs
stopped and never after did they get
any further.
At this Juncture little Grace Holmes
appeared on the scene. She It a child
about teu years old and especially
bright for her age. Her parents are
uneducated people and not In the best
of circumstance!, She declared that
while lying In her bed nt home more
than a mile from the Craig house she
bad seen the unfortunate woman come
out of the bouse, climb over the fence
and make her way stealthily to the
river, where the had plunged Into an
opening left by tho Icemen the day be
fore. This statement was borne out by tbe
parents, who asserted that she bad told
tbe story Identically as repeated on
coming downHtalrs In the morning, and
that this was long before she could
posBlbly have bad an opportunity of
learning the facts In the cuse from any
source whatsoever. The child was
questioned closely, but she stuck to her
story with a persistence that began to
disarm suspicion. She described the
garments worn by Mrs. Sommers at
the time of her departure, and to the
surprise of her listeners her descrip
tion proved to be entirely correct.
At length In response to her earnest
solicitations she was allowed to go
out nnd polut out the resting place of
the ..woman she Insisted was tn the
river. She started from the bouse at
couipaulcd by her futher nnd others
aud followed the streets she claimed to
have seen Mrs. Sommers follow until
she came to the foot of Spring street
From there she pointed out the ex
act spot at which Mrs. Sommers had
gone down. She said that she walked
calmly Into the water and went down,
down, down, until finally she disap
peared altogether. The next night she
aaw the body again. It rose slowly
from the bottom of the river, being
caught In an eddy, and after whirling
around several tlmea moved away
slowly down the stream, sometimes
floating and sometimes rolling along
tba rivr bed Oae. according to aer
tory, It atood erect In tb water, but
did aot rise to tb turfao.
At bar request b waa tbo taken to
a point at th foot ef Fayett ttreet
By tbla time tb new of th child'
attempt bad became noised abroad and
tb river bank waa lined wltb tboo
tendi of tpectator agr and anxious
to a what th outcom would ba.
After alttlng quietly In ber plac for a
few momenta the ro quickly and with
a burrled gestur pointed to a spot a
few hundred feet from tbe shore, ex
claiming a tb did o: "Sh lis
ther,"
Tb multltud brok up and a drag
ging party waa at one pnt to work
searching tba bidden depth to wrest
from tbem tbelr secret Th hour
passed, tbe afternoon and the day, but
nothing was brought from th lake.
In strict justice It must be said tbat
th dragging process waa not carried
on according- to ber directions. Sb
now declares that th net never touch
er tbe body reposing on th bottom of
the lake.
When It wat known tbat th drag
ging bad been unproductive tbos who
bad based their faith on tb child'
Julgment began to waver and the wai
denounced at a fraud of the most pro
nounced type. Then a severe cold
spelt set In and tb lake waa locked In
Ice and the matter began to fad from
tb public mind. Not to the little girt
It waa useless to tell ber that aba must
be mistaken.
Sh declared that tb body wis ttlll
tn tb water, tbat ah could It and
persisted In going to tb river at In
terval. Dorlng the visit tb mad
tb acquaintance of Captain Hefele,
of tb steamer Giselle. Sb want to
tb captain and solemnly asserted tbat
tb body was fait to a anag la tb bot
tom of tb river. Tb captain paid no
attention to the child, regarding tbe
wbol thing at one of her hallucina
tion. Again and again ah went to
him, begging him to go and release tbe
body. Nothing would put ber off. Sb
declared that she could see tb body
and would uot rest until It wat re
leased At length there came a day when tb
water of th ttald Illinois wer far
abov tbeli banks. Tb wind waa
blowing a hurricane and when the oc
cupant of a cabin boat on tb Taze
well aid of th stream looked out of
tb window they aaw what looked Ilk
a bag or some kind floating In tbe
water among tb willow In wblcb
tbelr boat wa fastened. A baaty ex
amination convinced them that It waa
a human body, and upon rowing to lta
aid It proved to be tb body of tb
long-lost Mrs. Sommera. When tb
body wa taken from the water th
condition of tbe dresa garment con
firmed even to tbe smallest detail th
statements of the child.
atiavad Wlthoat Arm.
American men tbtuk it a very merito
rious and remarkable accomplishment
to be able to shave themselves. . Yet
Charlea Francis Felu, tbe armleas Bel
gian artist who haa Just died In his
seventieth year, performed this ardu-
Mi i
BODY WOULD BE FOUND.
ou office every morning for himself,
and did not consider that be waa do
ing anything unusual.
When a baby Felu related bow he
used to sit In the garden with hi
mother during tho long summer daya
while she taught blm to pluck with bia
little toes the bright colored flowers
with which their garden abounded. For
tified by tbla practice hla baby feet be
came dally more flexible and useful to
their little master, and when be had
reached the age of 0 be could do almost
aa much with them aa hla little com
panion and playmatea could do with
their hand. ,
In later years, when he commenced
tbe study and pursuit of his favorite
art painting, It waa a wonderfully In
teresting sight to watch the gifted boy
at work.
He alwayt held hla parette with the
great toe of hie left foot and manipu
lated tbe different brushes, crayons and
pencils with the toea of bia right foot
Always when at table he skillfully
managed his knife and fork.
Birds that Ar Fleet of Foot.
Trofessor Goetke delivered an ad
dress In Berlin the other day on tbe
results of bis experiments upon the
sped of birds' flight made In Helgo
land last autumn. Now tbat all birds
of passage are again upon the wing
these experiments have a general In
terest The rookt pass over Helgoland
every fall In endless flocks on their
way to their winter homes. Goetke
found their course directed due west
The first column noted appeared at 8
a. m. and continued unttl 2 p. m. The
head of this line reached the English
coast at 11 a. m. and the last at 6 p. m.
The birds thus covered the eighty geo
graphical miles between Helgoland
ana ungianu in inree nours, or at a
speed of flfty-flve meters (180 feet) per
second.
More Interesting still are the "red
tails." They winter in the Nile coun
try and as far south as tbe Indies, and,
passing over Helgoland on their sum
mer trip to Norway, are captured by
hundreds. They fly by night and are
almost unknown In Greece and Ger
many. Hence It Is concluded that they
make their Journey from the Nile to
Norway In a single, night. There are
400 long geographical miles between
Egypt and Helgoland and to make the
journey In a spring night of nine hours'
length would require a speed of ninety-two
meters (302 feet) a second, while
carrier pigeons, as Is well known, rare
ly exceed thirty meters per second.
Parisians Study Foreign Language.
In 1801 a society for the promotion
of the study of foreign languages waa
founded In Paris. It now baa over
3,000 member.
There are some women who begin
dressing for an evening party at 2 tn
the afternoon, aud who do not look par
ticularly well, either.
Every young man overestimates hla
popularity In the community In which
be live.
What baa become of tbe old-fash
ioned boy wbo bad hives?
f RUTH ABOUT APPENDICITIS, t
oom Mlatahea and Popular Notion
Corrected,
Tb vermiform appendix, Inflamma
tion ef wblcb commutes appcndlcitit,
la a carious llttl offshoot from tba
larg Intestine bear tb point wher It
I joined by tb tmall Intestine. It I
a hollow tub about aa thick at a lead
pencil, from ao Inch to aeveral inches
In length, wblcb communicatee with
the cavity of tbe large Intestine, but 1
closed at Itt free extremity. Nobody
know definitely what Itt use Is, and
many thluk It has no use at all.
It Is a popular belief tbst Inflamma
tion of the appendix I often caused by
tb lodgment in It of a grapa aeed or
Kan almllar little body, but aa a mat
ter of fact tbl very seldom occur, and
no one need deprive himself of a deli
cious and nourishing fruit from any
aucb fear.
There ar probably very few persons
of middle age who have not bad ap
pendicitis, but fortunately they did not
know It It Is only when the Inflam
mation becomes severe, and involvea
the part about tbe appendix, that vio
lent symptoms appear, and this occurs
In only a small proportion of cases.
Tbe disease la mors frequent with
tb young than with tbe middle-aged
or old.
In mild cases the only symptom la a
slight dull or colicky palo In or near
the rlgbt groin. WIh-d th. inflamma
tion la more severe, or eitml to the
neighboring parts, the s i tptom bo-,
com more pronounce?. There is a
harp pain lo th ab'loiui.tt, -signs of
dyspepsia lost of appetite; nausea or
vomiting and bowel !iMur.aa r
present and ther I often slight fever.
i iu ujvi, iruuuB rage m WWHMl
violent pain occurs, there is a marked
fever, and the patient I depressed and
presents alt tbe signs of being very III.
Hiccough Is often a distressing symp
tom. Tbe treatment of appendicitis Is
one of the point upon which doctors
disagree. Some believe tbat In nearly
every rase a cur will follow rest In
bed, a milk diet, cold applications to
the abdomen, and aedatlve remedies.
Others say that an operation la neces
sary In every Instance, and that this
ahould be performed tbe Instant a dlag
nosls of appendicitis Is made, before
serious symptoms appear.
The proper course, here as elsewhere.
Is doubtless tbe middle one, for In
many case an operation Is absolutely
necessary to save life, while In otbera
recovery will take place without sub
jecting tbe patient to this serious risk,
lo any case a sufferer from appendici
tis 1 In danger, and abould be under
the constant care of his physician.
Youth' Companion.
ENQINEERCO OUT OF TOWN.
How Vnt Virginia Liquor Men Got the
Beat of the Prohlbltloniafa,
"I reckon we're got the o-ldcst town
in our State tbat fbere is in the United
States," said a West Vlrglula man.
"Ever hear of Cullodent I don't mean
tbe clana of Culloden described by the
poet 'Campbell. 1 mean Culloden, W.
Va. Well, air, about half tbe popula
tion of tbe town doesn't live In the
town and can't vote In the town, al
though they are rlgbt In tbe town.
"I'll explain. The good people, and
tbey are In the majority, too, are down
on saloons and liquor In any shape.
They got up a temperance meeting and
purposed to arive tne liquor men out
of tbe town. When you And a West
Virginian wbo believes In liquor you
And a man wbo Is ready to fight for It
Tbe liquor people got together end J-.
some way got the confidence ef t
town engineer. I don't know wrtfeti et .
be waa a liquor man or not, butjtaey
got htm, on their side, Tbe engineer
discovered that the town was not laid
out right aud be got authority to
change the metet and bounds. When
be finished the job the temperance peo
ple found out that tbey lived just out
side of tbe line of the town, no matter
what part of tbe town their houses
were In. A man could stand In bl
back yard and talk to tbe man whose
place wa right up against his place
and who was a voter, but tbe first man
bad lost bis vote.
"The lines of the engineer excluded,
aa I have said, the temperance people.
It took In the license folk all right
The map of Culloden as It now Is looks
a good deal like a sheet of paper after
a fly with Ink on Its feet meanders
acroaa It You can tell how a citizen
of Culloden stands on tbe liquor ques
tion by tbe place where he builds a
house. If he builds one, which doesn't
often occur. In spite of Its tlgzng
boundaries, however, Culloden Is a con
tented community," New York Sun.
Effect tlomewbat Marred.
When one gives good advice It Is well
to be prepared to "back it up." Other
wise, although It be never so good, it
may lose something of lta efficacy.
"Johuny," said the boy's elderly un
cle, wbo was on a visit to the family,
"how old are you?"
"Nearly sixteen," answered the boy.
"How do you put In your mornings?"
'Golng to school."
"I mean that part of your mornings
before breakfast"
"Oh! Sleeping, generally."
"That's bad. When I was about
your age, my boy, I made up my mind
I would learn shorthand. I used to get
up at five o'clock In the morning, study
till breakfast-tjme, and then lay "ft""
aside. In this" way I learned short
hand thoroughly, even to the extent f
being able to report verbatim, In about
six months. This shows what can In
done by making systematic use of one's
time."
- "Did you ever make any use of yout
shorthand, uncle?"
"Well er no," reluctantly admitted
the uncle, to whom this phase of the
subject had not occurred when he be
gun his Instructive little lecture.
1
They Gradually Disappeared.
"Why don't you use nfter-dlnner cof
fee spoons?' asked a woman at a first-
class up town restaurant of the pro
prietor the other evening, finding It
somewhat Inconvenient to use a large
spoon with her small cup. "We did
have them when we first opened," an
swered the proprietor. "We had six
doaen, but they gradually disappeared
until now only three are left and we
consider It more economical to use the
larger spoons, for which people do not
seem to have such a fancy." At many
restaurants when a glass of claret or
sherry la called for It la served In a
tluy decanter. These miniature bottles
are very attractive. They seem to ap-
pcal, as many small things do, to the
taste of many people. One man who
visits now and again many different
restaurants boasts that he has over two
dozen of these pretty little decanters.
He doesn't say how he came by them,
but be didn't purchase them.
A Bee's Wings.
A bee's wings are said to beat the air
at the rate of 100 strokes per second,'
and to propel the bee a distance of
thirty miles in an hour.
If a woman Is a good cook, she owes
the wrold no apology If the does not
how off well In society, . - 4