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,
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