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THE ASHANTEES Ajtiiost Thcs Superstitious Wii2f War lor WHILE Interest ba beeu cen trd la England' war In South Africa and pag after pag of war history baa been mad aud published only occasional cre hav coma to u of th troubl England U engaged la with Aibante land, wher for twenty-all year Great Britain has been engaged In war, Th King of Ashantee, who la Great Brltaln'a Implacable foe, U tha moat ex traordtnary monarch In th world. He la plctureaquo, powerful and a uierel lest despot. Twenty-all yeart ago Kng land sent out an expedition at a coat of 14,000,000 to bring tha King of Ashantee to toruia, and tinea then It hai tout 134,000,000 mora, TUB 110 Y A L COURT OF Thla King Uvea In tha Interior of Af rica, teveral hundred mllea from the Gold Const, on th western shore. lie wears a girdle of dried gnu arouutl hit loin, and a "plug" bat. Whore he got this bat uobody knows, but It In his only crown. lie has no throne, but In stead he haa a stool of solid cold, which four slaves carry around for blm wherever he goes. Upon this be alt and gives his orders. They are all ver bal, but often tbey mean either life or esth. The Klng'a name la Prempeh, and be la the absolute monarch of more than 1,000,000 aavages. lilt emblem of au thority Is a giant umbrella. The spokes are of embossed gold, and on the end of each spoke is a human skull. This emblem has descended to him through a long line of ancestry. King Prempeh has exactly 3..TI3 wives. Why thla number should have been decided upon be does not know. Like several other things they came to blm by Inheritance. lie take them for granted. The kingdom of Ashantee Is rich In gold, and Trempeb Is many times a millionaire. Tie wears earrings of solid gold. All of bis personal adornments are of gold. lie owns the only bonne In bis kingdom. It Is a rude structure of stone. His Royal Highness triceps on the floor. King Prempeh Is a bloodthirsty ruler, and Is In the bablt of making human aacriflces. This la one of the practices BIUT1SII FORT IN THE which England desires hlrn to stop, for whenever big gods are displeased he eeks to propitiate them by having a few hundred of his subjects beheaded. It was to put a top to thla that Kng land made war on the King of Ashan tee In the seventies. There was Unit ing again In 181)5, and again In IS'.ms. Now there are Indications of more trou ble. Still tbe King of Ashantee goes on with hla barbarous practices, killing "whenever bo pleases and ruling with absolute bower. His subjects love him because be la of their royal blood, and fear blm because of his cruelty. Hut they will allow no other country to in terfere with their affairs, If they can help It. When, In 1874, England sent nn expe dition against King Koffee, tbe prede cessor of King Trempeh, Sir Garnet Wolseley was at the head of it. He burned the King's capital, Coomnsle, and forced blm to agree to certain con ditions, among others that be would abolish the practice of human sacri fices, but these arguments neither Koffee nor Prempeh has carried out. The consequence has been frequent trouble ever since Great Britain bus undertaken the task'of civilizing these Mack-skinned and untutored lavages. The fact that the country of Ashan tee Is exceedingly rich in gold, and that France controls tbe neighboring L I AND THEIR KING. Afrlctns Enfltnd Hts Been Tentysix Yean, country of Dahomey, may have om- I thing to do with Knglsud' solicitude for the paopla of Asbant aud thlr comic opera King. There la probably no other savag race who ara capable of putting up uch a attll tight at ara tha people of Athahtee, for they ara born warrlore and love their country with a eavag kind of patriotism, Beside, they would not dare refute to Oght, Refusal would mean not only disgrace, but In atant death. Tha power of thla pletur esque monarch It unquestioned. Should th Caar of all the KtiMlat even think of doing what King Prempeh doea and thluka nothing of doing, there would be a vacancy at the Whiter Palace. The M f. TUB KINU Ok' ASHANTEB. Sultan of Turkey It a novice la tyranny as compared with th black King of Ashantee. If bis breakfast doe not happen to agree with blm, th cook la liable to lose her head, literally. If one of hi subjects should even hap pen to look at one of bit wive, the said subject would be conducted by a subordinate to some shady grove or to the rear of the woodshed and b wduld never return. Should any of hi warrior refuse to fight well, there la no telling where the gora-ibeddlug pro clivities of tb monarch with th plug bat would atop! Whenever a King of Ashantee dlea a guard of 2,xi0 of bis subject are slaughtered to conduct him to the oth er world. It Is said that as many a 10,000 people hav been slain on such occasions. Every time tl.era I a national fes tival there are human sacrifices. In fact, blood letting seem to be on of the principal occupations of royalty In Ashantee. Bjck of the town of Coomnslo ther I a place called by travelers the Grov "f Skulls, where the bones of victim are thrown. Here Is what Henry Stan ley said of It when, In 1874, as a war correspondent, bo accompanied the ex pedition of Sir Garnet Wolseley: "A we drew near the foul smell became suffocating. It was almost Im possible to stop longer than to take a general view of this great Golgotha. CITY OF COOMASSIB. We saw thirty or forty deenpitnted bodies and countless skulls, which lay piled In heaps and scattered over a wide extent. The stoutest heart and most stoical mind might have been ap palled." Several ofllcer of the excdltlon, b though It remnlned In Coomasle only two days, visited this Grove of Skulls, and subsequently described It a sur passing In horror anything to be een In the world. The King of Ashantee It opposed to progress. He does not want any roads in his domain. When the English cut their way Inland from the gold coast they left a fine road behind them. With several pistols pointed at his bead, th King agreed to keep this rqad In repair and not allow It to be overgrown, but he knew that the rainy season waa at hand and that the English would have to hurry back to the coast The road was never touched. The system of human sacrifice prac ticed In Ashantee Is founded on a wild Idea of filial duty, for it la believed that the rank of dead relative in tbe next world will be measured by the number of descendants sent after tbem from thla. There are two periods, call ed "The Great Adal" and "The Little Adal," succeeding each other at Inter vals of eighteen and twenty-four day after the death of some member of the EVOLUTION OF JOHN CHINAMAN. royal bouse, at which human victim ar Immolated to monstrous ex lent, Ou th Great Adal th King visit th grave of th royal dead at Hun ts urn, wher their iketetous, held to gether by link of gold, tit la grim mockery of iat. HOW "wpRtSTtR,7 MIN. (.'turn thai 1 a Irl oa Iht Bail road Crw, "While routing from Chicago last week," said t prouilueut business tuau of this city, ' I uotlcvd a peculiar rail road custom which Interested m eou Iderably. I happened to be lu th lust car of tho limited when th tralu stop ped lu a desolate spot between Ntatlou. The rear brakeuutu, of course, dropped off aud weut down th track with a Hag to warn auy train that might b fol lowing u. lu a moment or two wo started up agalu, but tiilnu th brake man. I wondered at this, but was still more surprised later on to th earn thing repeated when w wer obliged to (top ou account of threatened hot box. I'pou Inquiry I found tnat thl wet the custom on faat trains, 'Home time, If w hav lot of time,' aatd th conductor, 'w whltll for th men to com In, but lu most rase w lea them to b picked up by th next tralu, or to walk to tbo nearest station.' " 'Hut isn't that rather hard on th menr 1 asked. oh, It's part of th busluess,' be replied. '1 bar kuown of case wher men dropped off In thl way wr f rosea to death or waylaid by tramp, but th railroad hav to mak the time, and that' why It's don. I hav een train niunltig with only a conductor aboard them, at time,, because th rest of th craw bad been left behind lu Just thla way.' "-New York Wall and Fx press. eir-tCdnoatlon, Sir Walter cott whose authority I Indisputable, one remarked that the bent part of a man' educatlou I that which he give himself, and lb blug raphle of many of our greatest genius es afford ample proof of the truth of the statement. Itacou declared that "stud ies leach not their own use, but that I a wisdom without them, and above them, wou by observation," and again and again In the long roll of fame, or which as nation w ar Justly proud, appear tho name of those who, Inde pendent of tutors, universities and col lege, hav given themselves th finest educatlou, developed Intellectual (low er In th fac of Insuperable iHttlcul tles aud attained positions of tbe high est eminence, God ha dowered rich aud poor alike with gift of mind and heart, to that distinction and culture, geulu and tal ent, ar not the prerogative of on clans alone. Th men who hav achieved the greatest triumphs In science, art or llteratur have frequently been severe ly handicapped at the outset of their career by poverty and uncougeulal en vironment; but these hindrances, In stead of deterring tbem or diminishing their enthusiasm, have served a wing ou which they rose to higher attain-menis.-NewcatIe (Eng.) Chronicle. Secured Her II tract Man. "We minister hav many e'rang experience In performing the mar riage ceremony," said tbe Kev. W. F, Bberidan, of 1'ontlac, Mich., In th Pittsburg Dispatch. "Due of the most curious In my experience occurred not long ago. A Urge and heavy woman, accompanied by a comparatively (mall and meek-looking man, had com lu aud asked to be married. Every thing was regular and lb ceremony waa per formed. After It waa over lb brid explained bef position. "'i'ou tee, Mr. Sheridan,' abe said, 'farm banda ire mighty bard to get In thla part of the country aud they ar even harder to keep. You get a good blr.-d man and get blm well brok lu to work around tbe farm and tb first thing you know be quit tb Job aud goe off to town or somewhere else, Last spring I bad a first-class band, about a good I ever expect to get, but Just when the season got right busy he up and quit me. "1 Just made up my mind that I wasn't going to be left in th same fix this summer, so here we are,' "The bridegroom lu tbe case simply stood and smiled meekly. He bad noth ing at all to eay." Ill Beginning. Yeiri ago there was a cold night In the latter part of December at lirattle boro, Vt There bad beeu many freea Ing nights there before, but on this on something happened. A young man, Larkln U, Mead, at tracted by th beauty of the great white stillness, went out-of-doors, and slow ly, yet with much delight, modeled a figure which, In his mind, stood for the Uecordlug Angel writing down the events of tbe year Just dead. All night rue statue grew, and the sculptor threw on water at Intervals, to frecae It Into hardness. II was alone aud happy. The next morning th neighbor awoke to find the suow augel, pen in hand, recording their history upon a snowy scroll. Local history ayt tbnt thl bit of work decided the future of the young man who did it. He resolved to be come a sculptor, and went abroad to study. Well known as hit work after ward became, perhaps be took no such pleasure In It as In that little bit of modeling under tbe cold Vermont sky.J 1 lrlh 'Mo. ' ' .. . One of tbe ninny useful thing which absolute privation ha been the mean of making kuown to the world I Irish moss. Tbe poorest of tbo Inhabitants of the Irish coast were driven to lu use by the pang of hunger. When boiled it produced a thick, nourishing and not unpalatable Jelly. It is most bene ficial for diseases of the throat and lungs. How Baoon Deciphered It. "What' In a name?" growled Hon. William Bbakspeare, as he aud Col onel Francla Bacon were discussing things one evening In tbe Dew Drop Inn. "Several volumes," replied Bacon, In a prescient tone which Indicated that he bad visions of Ignatius Donnelly. Baltimore American. With time and patlenco the mulberrv leaf become silk, which In turn be comes a woman. BUS NiVtR CAf h TO WANDIR Don't Uh to O Mor 1 bun Fl Miles Alter fcnw Mutvr.ut, Tb laug of ttiw uouejr ue i but lit tle understood by th uis, u.u aupposiug that bees go ior mn iu quest of uectar, while vumi tu.tu ui they go only a short disiaue. n uisj U curious to tuauy to uuuttauu any uu can tell bow tar lu u uiy fly, but thl la iiuipl wueu uuUeutMi.u aearaago, wbeu iu Itabau bees wei' first Introduced lu the luileu fUic. these bees, bavlug marks Uiuuitui i.uut those of vommou tiers, were easny u'i tlngulthed, aud alter auy bvv mk-, bad obtained tbe Ituiiuu bee ttiey mu.U b observed aud thuir tango vanity uu tiled. If bloom I pleutiiui ttvar Mum beet ar located tuuy will uui gi ity far, perhaps a mile lu luuge, but U bloom I si an Ibey may go uw tuu Usually about three miles la as Ur as tbey may go profitably.' lleea have beeu known to go as fur a Ight miles lu a straight Hue, violug ft body of water that dUiiim tu utl. It It wonderful bow tb Utile bouey bee can go so far from Its home aud ever ttud It way buck to It owu puructiliir blve. If, white the little bee Is out of It borne, or hive, tbo hive should be removed some leu or tweuty feet, ac cording to tb surroundings, when It cam bark to wher lit bom was first located It would be hopelessly lost. If Ita bom was lu an apeiTspat-e. with, m other object close, It Might find lu vay bom, but, even should the !,! bo uioved only few tm, U...HJ, U bee would get loet , ; 1 So, to uiovo blve. If dime to winter time, It would b all rlgtit, btr. If iu (he summer time, It shoo! I bcAijj,iUtfii dark, or when th bee are not flying, and even then tb beet should be stir red up torn and smoke blown tit at the hlv entrant and a board or aom ob ject placed lu front of th hlv otbat th bee In coming out may mark their new location. Heea, no duubt, are guid ed by sight, and also by seine of smell. They ar attracted by th color, of bloom, a. If tbey ar at work on a cer tain kind of bloom, they ar not likely to leave that particular kind of bloom for any other aa loug a they can find that kind. Again, bee ar often at tracted to tweet by their eu of smell, for tbey will go after (wteta, even If In th dark, If close. However, any kind of aweet may be placed la glass In plain tight, but If covered, an as not to emit any smell ,the bees will take no uotlc of them.-lUHImor American. ' nellberat purpo la Anlmala, An amusing Incident, which sbowt that anlmala ar (ubject to feeling very Ilk those which occasionally ruf fle th bosoms of men, occurred aom little time ago at tb Jardln dea Plant In Parte. A large elephant, formerly tb center of attraction, found itself supplanted In public favor by a new arrival young camel, Tb camel waa tb lateot acquisition, and very naturally en gaged th atleutlou of visitor. The elephant for a long time bowed signs of dissatisfaction, aud at last Ita Jealousy reached point where It most fiud expression. When the unual crowd gathered about the camel, lb elephant prepared for action. It filled It trunk with water, aud with deliberate-alio discharged the water all over tha peo ple who alood liking at tb baby camel ' ' Tbla method of throwing cold water upon th adtnueH-ef a rival t tight laugh even from It victim - 4 Equally wis lu niawlog It excita tion waa a cat that cbe a pcnt'ar pot for ft bed. CojiJdU.rtna fat' object, and the'ehonen spot did not seem to b calculated to afford It Th cat wa found fast asleep Is a larg ship building yard, lying on what teem ed to be a very muddy path. It wa found, however, that tbo spot chosen by tb cat for It couch wa tb point at which a hot itcain plpo pissed under the road, so that th mud was baked into a warm, dry clay, which made not only clean but au artificially heated sleeping place. He Wa Armed. In the daya when highwaymen wer mor ntfmerou and tuccetsful In Mex ico than tbey ar at present, It waa th common practice of th native to travel unarmed and to tubinlt tamely to robbery. With foreigner! ft differ ent icutliuent prevailed. The author of "Mexlcana at Home" tell a good ttory of a German who traveled lu that country. Tbla gentleman alwayi carried arms, with every tntontlon of using them rather than allow himself to be robbed. On one occaslou, wlmn ha waa travel ing by diligence la the luterlor bo be ing the ouly passenger armed th coachman suddenly pulled up and an nounced that robber wer In sight. The German prepared to defend th coach, but the other pnsseugers begged blm not to do so, at this might com promise them. Consequently, when th robber came np he Jumped out, and going to the tide of the road, called out that they were quite welcomo to rob all the other passenger, but that they would please first take down lilt port manteau and place It bcsldn hliu. Thl they did; and when they hud robbed the others, be ordered that bl port manteau should be replaced, which was done. He then took his sent lu th coach, and the Journey was resumed. A Cat that I.Ike Klevatorsw. ' Tbo Philadelphia liotirso Is tbo borne of a very Intelligent cut. Thla tabby, which Is coal black, without A slugl white spot upon her, has a foudnes for travelling In tho elevator. She I per fectly at home there, and travels up and down many time dally. She goo lo the door of tho elovator and mews un til the cur comes along nud takes hef on. Tho various elevator nicu nio very careful of her, for she la a great mouser, aud In tho Bourse, as In other big buildings, mico nro troublesome. These little pests frequently destroy valuable documents suppoxeilly sufelj itowed away In desks ami drawers Tabby notlfle the elevator men wunt floor the desires to get off upoq by mewing loudly as tho cur comes to th" particular Btory. In this way sko makes a tour of Inspection of the onUrs building. " i- ' ;' , Some Day. "When," shouted the orator, "when will come that bleBaed day when every man shall get all be earusV" - "It's como along ubout the rime," fiercely back-answered tho man lu Hie crowd, who was there for the purpose, "It will come when every mnn earut nil be getr-Indlannpolls prcsa. Don't forget that worry kills n sur ly aa consumption. The ouly difference I that you can break yourself of the worry habit No man 1 ft thoroughbred unless be own two umbrellas. The younger tbe boy who go calling th Utter the star. THE "HOLINESS PEOPLE." Ct and f Imp Undtr On Roof, and tb (lift o 1 Tr- XPML-r"c)r-VLt:T() Moimdsvlllf, W. Vs.. Is the besilipinriers of th sect called "H-illnesi People." They recently held a greet religious feast. Many hundreds of the sect etui from all part of tb world. Tbe church originated lu Mkbin in 1HNO, and the head quarter wr moved to MoiiiuUvlllw two years ago. Tbey believe that God's people ar cumin to unity; that litis Is a reformation of the Christian religion, anil thet Iht true I'hrUilnns of the world ar Mug turned by God to thls btlivt. They believe la .aiu tltlrstlon by faltb su! dlvlue besllog. The ttngrtHMtluii, called the "Church of the Living God" or "Holiness People," are very economical. They wear no neckties or clothing of fsshlunsbl ilenlgu. The men all wear white alilrta and celluloid collars, with bone collar hut tots, tnd no Jewelry 1 warn. Every Hi lug Is In communal style. Tbey sr sll quartered In the Trumiet Home. At this Home tbe single people have room of their owu anil Hi faiiiltlea have suite. There I but cue kltcheu and one dining room. Tbee etle do not iiiliutle with the outside world, and apparently are a very happy sml contented art They have a publishing bouse of their own, and I piper i-nlled 111 (Impel TrumMl. No on working on this Journal get lay salary, ihe limtte of Ibese people I that all persous need Is "enough to eat and their clothing." ' TUNNEL DISEASE. Curious Anili-tlmi of Tboa Wbo IMve la Mines and Tunnels. There la disease wblcb attacks th laborers lu tumieli aud tuluea. It li at old as Egypt, but ouly witblu thli ceu tury bus It been placed to a specific parasite. It Is a painful and danger ous disease, often resulting In death. A monograph on the eubject of thla malady, called lukyloatotulasls, ha Just appeared, aud, cowing as It doc from lingo F. (luMu.an. M. !., the of ficial pbyslclau lu the ion I mine of Itreunltcrg. ucnr Oldenburg, lierumuy, It carries great weight, for It I baaed upon years of experience aud practical treutaient o thl dread disease. It attacks tiot only men but aulinuk especially ta horse or mules used lo the building f tunnel nud tbe opera uimi of mines. ( It Is a disease caught by ir.ect ion, ilk typhoid or cholera. It niaJuixuutracted In I bo air or by con "tact with th germs, wblcb are really Ihe eggi of the little worm, or ankylo toma, us It Is called. Thla nam menu "hooked mouth," aud refer to tha tlx hooked teeth arouud tbe mouth of the parasite by which It cling to Ihe inte rior of tbe human Intestine. It I found not ouly In tbe duodeuuiu, but also in the smaller lututlucs, where It grow end nourishes Male and fciuulecan be dUtlngulahed among these parasite, tbo ft males be ing lurgcr and mure numeroea tliau tb mule. Tbe mule grow to the leugtb of .81K17 lucb, aud tbe female It on an average half at long again. They can be teen with th naked ey. 7.'bli ani mal baa neither breathing apparatut nor circulatory system, tj vacJes In color from grayish white to b-ofu aud even blood red, according to toe condi tion of tbe person lu whom It is fouud. Tbe female Uyt a large uculr of egga In tbe bumau lutestinca, from which tbey spread the disease Infinitely uuder proper coudltlons. The parasite aud the egg develop best lu a t ir pel n lure between U5 and 83 d-greca Fahren heit Tbe air am! iu::rouuilg medium should be molat. It la on account of the moisture aud beat to le fouud In mine aud tuunel tbnt tb! parasite develop to perfectly ainoig the toll er In tbcKO placet. Dnrknesi It also necessary, lunllKht killing these aul uiulculue almost luttuntly. Ankylostomiasis originated In th Orient. It has been long established lu Egypt, but hai been uitatakeuly called Egyptian chlorosis, or neuemla, aud was treated as mere poverty of the blood In rod corpuscle. 1 1 pastied over from Egypt to Italy, where It wss not really understood until Dub'ul fouud tbe parasite In IttiR When the St. Uotburd tunnel was built, In the 70s, the disease spread throughout centrul Europe, especially In Bwltacrloud, Tbe further spread lug of Ui aukyloitomft to Ibe mines of Europe wus quick to follow. When the men Were first attacked lu tbo St. (Jot hard tunnel It was thought that a new disease, the "tunucl dlneose," had been found, but it wat nothing other tlinu the unkylostouui, a wa proved by I'errouclto, when be found no less than 1,500 of these panisltca lu the duode num of a man who bad died of "tun nel disease." Tbe mode of Infection I very ap parent Tbe met, while at work often carry their bauds to their mouths, or eat their food In the tunnels or mines, aud lu this way the purasite or its eggs cuter through tho mouth, pass on Into the system and find a permanent home In the Intestines, to tbe wn'ls of wiilch they cling with all six teetb, feedlug on the blood of tbe unfortunnte person attacked. ' Use of Boap. ; British orltlci of tbo Doers are fond of asserting that the sturdy Transvaal oil use little soup, Tbla may be true or not. Even If true, there Is plenty of precedent. The Jupunese, the nioat cleanly people In tbe world, rarely use onp. The ltusslans use vapor baths for cleanliness' sake. Rough inside cloth ing cleanses the skin. There are doc tor who have cured akin diseases by Insisting upon their delicate patients abandoning silk underwear and using very coarse stuff Instead. , Napoleon, whose hands were good to model and beautifully white, used bran and lemon Juice, and no soap, unless to shave. In England, on account of coal smoke and smut, soap 1b more needed than la countries with clear air. Many DolUvt In SanctKlcfttlon by Paltb Dlvlnt Htallnf. fashionable Indies of to-day, who would be much offended If !hy wer called barbarous or uncivilised, never use soil p. They gross thetuselwt with vaseline aud inch stuff and carefully rub It all off again. Ban Francisco CalL ' . Their Compromise. "I stopped over In Nevada ou my way East," said William I'erclval, of Rao Francisco, at the Hoffman Ilouae yes terday, "to look after some mining In terests 1 have there, and at Carson City a man told me a capital atory. A min ing strike had been made lu a near-by portion of the Klate which turned out to be of attcb promise that ft respectable camp soon sprang up around It. Tb two principal mine owner wer re flectively an Irishman and Jew, and as a delicate compliment to these lead ing cltlsen tbe rest of the miner left it lo tbem to bestow a name upon tb new camp. The two bad many con ferences, but could not reach an agree ment, for the Irishman itood out for a tin mo taken from the Emerald Isle, while the Jew wat for one that would be suggestive of the chosen people. Tb rest of the miner finally became rest lea and thecatenod to unme the camp themselvea If an end wa not put to the delay, aud thl led the pair to com promise and name the new camp Tip perusalem. ltather a neat and suggest ive name, don't you think V New York Tribune. Siole the Urldogroom. A young man In a convivial party at a Broad street hotel toid the following story: "I bad a good time at a wedding last week. It was tbe weddlug of a friend of mine, aud 1 and some of th boys played a good Joke on blm, and he didn't get mad either. The Jokt was to steal blm. Yei, right after the cere mony we grabbed blm tip, banged him luto ft cab, aud then drove him out six teen miles Into the country, where w locked blm up In a barn and kept him there three diiyt. The bride waited for him In a royal suite of rooms In an At bury Turk hotel. We bad persuaded her to travel down alone, promising her the groom would arrive at any minute. Every evening, after our day't work wns done,' we trotted out Into the coun try to tee the groom, with basketi of food and liquid. Pretty good-natured about It the duffer was, too, I tell you, though, thoso three daya were different slightly from what he and the girl had been counting on." Philadelphia Rec ord. . Not Law but Gosprl. Clergymen of the past often bad trnlta of Individuality wblcb ara per haps not to common at the present day. Archbishop Sumner Vas once holding a confirmation In an English parish church, when be observed that a num ber of pcopli were standing in the aisles, although tiveral pewi were empty. He itopped the aervlce, and asked the reason. "Tho pews are private property," an swered ft man, "and they're (hut up." "There can be no such thing,!' said the bishop, authoritatively. "Let the pews be opened."1 "We can't open 'em!" shouted some one. "There're locked." "I there a locksmith hereP' ."Yes, my lord." , "Very well; let him remove the lock. A hymn shall be sung meanwhile." So tbe locks were removed, the audi ence seated Itself, and the confirmation went oa. Youth's companion. BAMtiiti in flhtn. - t. r'l.lnn n rich mnn ceta aa A U " .n,inii ar he wants, and vet ha many HVilWM". " ' F ' -- V them no wages, while tbe common pays peo- pie nave io jmj uicui hui, aveu they are hard to get, for tbe reason the employe of the rich man can t then that make more than trlplo the oruluary wages in perquisites. Pennsylvania Railway Employes. 1 Hereafter no new employe will be taken on tbe Pennsylvania railway who baa passed the age of 35. The com pany's new pension system makes this precaution necessary. Th Blonde I wish I could play tbe piano, . awfully. The Brunette-Why, you can. New York World. ' A good boy may not become a hand soma man, but a handsome bona it al ways becomes ft good woman. THE FOE Or OLD AOE. Profenaar Melschlnkolf and th Fona tala of Voath, Tb tcleotlfle world I now lntrestd In tb experlmeurs and discoveries of rrof. Wetschnlkoff, th world's grtst vat bacteriologist. Tb modest (tat meats wblcb h bit given out lead to th belief that b I on tb way to solv th problem of prolonging human llf. For age physician and philosopher biv contended that the age of man should be greater than three scor years and ten. According lo lb law of Floureus, warm blood animal II just five time th period necessary for their long bones to complete ossifica tion. This period applied lo mnn make bla age limit 100 yeart. wblcb I be lieved to be correct, uules accident oc cur to prevent It Tbe statement and theories of Prof. Metachnlkoff are oot based on all dreams, hopes or prophecies, but upon years of careful experiment lug wblcb has rendered discoveries that are ac cepted by the scientific world and has placed Ihe discoverer In the front rank of acleutlsii. II bat proven thai all llf form are grouping of simple cell, aud that etch class of cells perform ft distinct office. II discovered that tbo office of certain of these cells was to devour other cell that threatened tbe health of the human orgaulsm. Tbey are the "policemen" of Ibe hotly. Kvcry day poopl Inhale thousands of disease germs, but if ibe blood Is In healthy condition, Hi devouring cells or "policemen of, I lie Ixxly' pounce upon and destroy them. This I why many puopl go through a (icrlod of epidemic of pestllenc unaffected, while other offer lingering sickness and often death. Currying bis re arcl e farther, the Professor fouud that tbe stronger cell of Ibe body preyed iqion tbe weaker ones, thereby causing an In bar mouloui action of tbe organs. Thli produces a gradual decline In tbe or gans and faculties, what la colled "old aire" becomes maulfett, and death soon follow. Tb Professor concluded that If the weaker cells coojd be Invigorated and atrengthened, so a to repel Ibe at tack of the stronger cell or uot to get Into condition to Invite attack, that bnruiouy in the working of the human organ would be maintained and that life aud vigor would be greatly pro longed. Willi this end In view be bcan aerie of experiment by transposing tbe blood of rabbits and guinea pigs, and be found that Le could regulate the number aud the vitality of the different kind of cell that made up tbe blood which In turn createa the body. Tbe serum wblcb Prof. Metcblnkoff baa evolved and will more perfectly evolve, from bl experiments and dis coveries will It Injected luto the sys tems of human beings who begin to bow tbe effects of the ravage of time. Thl serum will strengthen the falling cell and the life and vigor of the hu man body will be renewed. To what length these renewals can be carried, and bow long the functlous of the hu man body cuu be kept working In har mony Is a matter of conjecture, aud a question that Ihe Professor doe not discuss In auy resect He makes no pretensions to having discovered tb secret of continual youth, and ia work ing only to aid lu the discovery of ft means to prolong human life to the ex tent wblcb Its Creator seems to bar Intended, and to make It aa free from disease aud pain as possible while It continues. Wrong Brl Hopped on fw Stage. Cue of the well-kuown magicians not loug ago had a queer thing to happen, but tbe people In the theater had mor fuu out of It than be did. One of hi tricks wa io shake a sack lo show that it was empty, and tbeu to draw out of It an eg. after which be would always reach in agnlu aud bring out the hen thai hi Id the egg. Of course, be bud to have help In thla. and one night he had a new man who did every thing Just a he had been told, until It came to this act. Reaching Into tbo bug be drew forth tbe fowl at tbe usual time, but lustciid of tbe ben au old rooster bopped dowu ouio tbe stage, ruffled Its feathers and strutted around, crowlug with all bl might, while the audience hiughed, end th magician went out to bunt hi new helper. In a Basket. The mall steamers to Durban are ill too big to get Inside the bar which cov er 4he harbor's mouth, and the outer anchorage la a rough and restless place, where tugs are afraid, ou ulue times out of ten, to He alongside a gangway. The result Is that the passenger has to sub mit to the Indignity of escaping from tils ship by the same method by which Sr. Paul escaped from Damascus In a basket. This basket with Its human load is hauled aloft by tbe steam eraue, and dropped with much care and pre cision on to the tug lying alongside the steamer. . The Population or London. Last year's statistics show that th population of London Is 4,484,717, For every 1,000 Inhabitants there wet . 30 births and 17.7 deaths. The number , of Infants wbo died In their first year j was 158 for every 1,000 births. During tbe period exteudlng from 1887 to 1800 ' the mortality was lower than In Paris, ' Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin aud. Copenhagen; but In 1807 It Increased to such au extent that It Is now very little lower than that of most Euro pcau cities, Rome included. Kocllsh 8hn Is Spoke. Mrs. Brown-Our language Is full of ,mlsnomers. For Instance, I met a man once who was a perfect bear, and they called him a civil engineer. Mrs. Smith Yea, but that Is not so ridiculous as tbe men they call & "tell er' In a bank. He won't tell you any .thing. I asked one tbe other day how much money Mr. Jones had on deposit pnd he Just laughed at me." Collier's .Weekly. - , , ,' . . -"lZ. felt rnorxssoB MKTsotxiKorr. ... " ,a . "V7 " ""- - 82, or 16 hi each Jaw- mi "So Mls Prlmros ba purchased ft kodak 7" "Tm; 1 presum tb thinks th can catch ft man that way."-Phll-adalpbla Bulletin. Dingo How long i your wlf going to be away thl utntnert Klngly-1 don't know. I haven't figured np yel bow much 1 can get Into debt Detroit ffot Pre. . ., "Daughter, I notice that Harry Itn't ft bit gallant to other women." "No, Indeed, ma; 1 brok blm of that right after w wer married." Indianapolis JouroaL "Dure, Pat, and wby are ye wearln's yer coat buttoned up lolke that on ft warm day lolke tblr "Faith, yr rlv erence, to bold tb shirt 01 haven't on."-Punch. Harold -"if I should attempt to kiss you, do you think your dog would bit UieT Ktbel-"Well-er-b ha never bitten any of my other gentleman frlcuds."-Judge. "Here's ft good scheme. A man pro posed to woman twenty-seven time.'' "How did It workr "It gav her soft ening of tbe brain and she took blm." Chicago Record. Dealer-Five dollar for this beauti ful painting? Wby, man, tbe fram Is worth more than tbaL Connoisseur Ye; but not with that plctur In IL Uoston Transcript ' "What la tact, par "Tact son. Is ability to know you've done the wrong thing without waiting for aomebody to come along and tell you you've don It" ' Chicago Record. De Wltte-I really don't know bow I have offended you. Miss Cutting You don't? De Wltte-No. Will yon accept my apology and tell tu what It's all about If-Puck. "Bllfkln's wlf I such a worrying woman. What's she got to worry about r "Blifkln Is such good bus band tbst she's afraid It won't last"- Cleveland Plato Dealer. . , Mrlgga-1 bop you bar not been worrying about that five I owe you I Urlgg Not a bit, old man. If 1 bad I never would have let you hav It Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Did you read my latest novel, en titled 'A Terrible Experience T " asked the novelist "Ye," antwered tb bluntly candid friend; "and that's what it was. "-Washington Star. "Bunting tells me that be lore mo de passionately," aatd Larkln. "That cau't be true," replied Gllfoyle. "Wby not?" "I often bear blm murdering tune." Detroit Free Press. Mis Klttlsh (singing) Oh, promts me! Oh, promise me! Mr. Spudd Couldn't think of It It cost me 110,000 to break tbe last promise 1 made to woman. Detroit Free Press. "Is Buffer's daughter making satis factory progress with her piano stud ies?" "Very-for tb teacher. It' 12 a lesson and the Job aeemi a permanent one." Cleveland Plain Dealer. She Then you don't believe that woman can make her husband be what she wishes blm to be. He Well, If she think ah ia doing it. It amounta to tbo same thing. Indlanapolla Journal ; A Teet-Jagway "Did you bnv a good time at that its; dinner the other night r Toperly "Th greatest tlm I ever hadl Wby, I can't remember ft thing that happened." Brooklyn Life. Tb Bridesmaid (after tbe ceremony) Weren't you frightened nearly to death? Tbe Bride Frightened? Why, I could hardly keep from laughing right out to ace bow ridiculous poor Harry looked. "I hare seen It atated tbat any girl wbo marries a man under 25 year of age la taking big chances," he casually remarked. "I do so love to gamble," he answered enthuslastlcally.-Cbl-cago Post "She la worth her weight in gold," they said. He looked at her critically aud then shook his bead. "Won't do," he aaid. "I'm looking for something ot about tbat weight ia diamonds." Chi cago Post "Borrougbt has hla faults, I admit; but he has tbe bappy faculty of mak ing new friends wherever h goes.' "Of course. He haa to. He owes money to all the old ones," Philadel phia Press. Curious Old Lady How did you com to this, poor man? Convict 1 was drove to It lady. Curious Old Lady Were you, really? Convict Yea, they brung me In tbe Black Maria, aa usual. -Colller'a Weekly. . She-"Of all things! Did you ever see such a dowdy?" He "In wbat way?" She-"In what way? Where are your eyes? She has a sunsbad that tbe sun can't shine through.'' New York Weekly. "Aunt Minerva, did you ever get np lu the night and take a dose of medi cine tn tbe dark?" "No, dear; I tried It once or twlcu, but it always turned out to be shoe polish or hair tonic." Indlanapolla Journal "And you think I married you for your , money!" tearfully exclaimed young Mr. Waxwlng. "Why, Harold, you know 1 would have married you If you hadn't had a cent with the excel lent prospects you badl" Chicago Tribune. "Gayboy don't slay here as late as ho used to," remarked the first clubman. "I suppose be got tired of having hla wife go for him when be got borne." "Tbat Isn't It.. He could stand her go ing for him st home, but It was her coming for him at the club that cured blm." Philadelphia Press. "Bob"' Llttla Admirer. , Of all the communications with which Lord Roberts has been deluged alnce be weut to South Africa the briefest and best, be says, is one be received from three Dublin admirers. It -ads: "Dear Lord Bobs Wo are Irish, and we think you are the nicest man there ever was, except daddy. Aunt Nell likes you dreadfully; she has a picture of you, and Bhe kisses It and saya 'bless hlmt'-Your 1 little admirers, Frances Muriel, Molly, and Eileen." AVstrr at Hamburg, One of the tasks of the Hamburg Hygleuic Institute Is to make frequent examinations of the water of the river Elbe to see if it contains the germs ot cholera, diphtheria, or other Infectious diseases. Another is to examine th water of the wells, of which there still ire 2,000 In the city. , After a woman has been married two rears, she should give up trying to get her husband to say voluntarily that ho Is fond of her. ... 'A fool praises himself, but ft wlsa .man turns th Job over to a friend, i - .- 4