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FLAN A RUSKIN HALL. ST. LOUIS TO HAVE ODD COL LEGE FOR WORKINQMEN. (Will Be Modeled After tk Oxford, Ka ' latltHoa-Hwce kw 'Aastrlca Werb.laa Mm 01 Coare ef Btwslx at Hum. I Two enthuaUntlc young Americans Earn over here, ay London corre poadent tad put their time and niou ley luto the establishment of a novel In stitution that wad a good inauy wu aervattve Eugllshtuen smile. The Eng lish worktugmen, however, dtdu't smile at alt, but eoueluded that the American id was a good thing, and helped It long. It grew and grw uutil there rwaa no doubt atHut lt being a big sue vtM, aud now, oddly enough, Eugllsk iworklugmeu are raining :t),000 In shil ling and peuule to propagate In the iVutted State the Idea that originally came from there, aud Incidentally some f the English worklugmea ar kicking liard because their brethren are doing jthl thing. ( The Idea was to establish a working tueu' allege, to which a man might C or from which lie might got courses of study at home. That sounded rather dreamy, like some of the economic Ideas of John Buskin. In whose name jthe work was taken up. But It devel oped presently that It was not the In tuition to make struggling clerks and professional men out of well paid la borers; also, thst It was not the luten 4 Ion to give a foolish little smattering of culture, but merely to give worklug men of whatever age or condition sucb Instruction lu history, political econ omy, the principles of polities and the principles of labor movements, co-operation and similar things that would be of practical help to thetu lu looklug after their own interests. The result was the establishment of Buskin Hall at Oxford. A good deal was said about It at the time, but It was rather generally looked upon as a fad, and then forgotten except by those who bad some personal Interest lu It. But the applications for resi dence in the ball at Oxford have from the first exceeded the limited accom modations, and two more halls have lately been established In Birmingham, another at Manchester aud another at Birkenhead, and others are to be start ed soon. Furthermore, the number of students In the correspondence courses Is already over 1,500, aud Is Increasing rapidly. To Begin In Bt. Lonla. Various English labor leaders fell lu with the Idea, and the suggestion seems to have come from some of them that It should be curried back to the United States. In eonsequem-e, the genera! secretary of Kuskin Hall, II. H. Lees Smith, and two trained assistants, will go to St. Louts to establish a Ruskln Hall there, of which Mr. Smith will be principal. They expect to branch out from there until In time every big clt.rJ In the United States has a branch of this unique college. Two prominent English labor leaders 0. W. Bower man, Secretary of the London 8oclety of Compositors, and James Sexton, Secretory of the National Dock Labor ers' Union have gone to the United States to talk with the labor leaders there and prepare the way for their co-operation. The $20,000 required to start the college In America has al ready been guaranteed, and a good deal of it has been raised mostly from mem bers of the correspondence class. It Las been suld that the British trades unions as a body have been backing the undertaking, but this Is not the rase. The reason for making a beginning In St. Louis doubtless Is that Walter Vrooman, who was the founder of the college and supplied the first of the money to start It, was a St. Louis man, and was at one time active lu politics and business there. He and his wife, a Baltlmorean, who is Interested as much In the new movement as her busband, now live In Oxford, and give practically all their time to Ituskln Hall, of whose council Mr. Vrooman Is President. Tlnne for American Hall. It Is the Intention to open a hall In St. Louis as much as possible like that la Oxford, and to begin at .once a cor respondence school. As soon as the number of corresponding students In any other city seems to warrant It a ball will be established there also, and so on until, for all that the originators can see to the contrary, every Ameri can worklngman from Maine to Cali fornia will have an opportunity to be come an undergraduate. And what are these halls to be like, and bow is this monumental scheme to be managed? The best answer can be bad through some account of the pe culiar features of the Ituskln Hall at Oxford. It Is housed In an unpreten tious, four-story structure that was at one time the residence of the fifth Duke of Marlborough, and was after ward often visited , by John Ruskiri while a friend of bis lived there. It Is Just beyond beautiful old St. John's College. To any one who visits It after revel ing In all the luxury of the ancient seats of learning scattered all around It, It looks bare Indeed. Pine tables pre dominate, and not many of the accom panying chairs have backs. Workrooms and bedrooms are furnished In the ut most simplicity. They have to be, for the total cost of residence, Including board and lodging, Is $2.50 a week, and the tuition and tutors' fees are 60 cents a week more. Perhaps the queerest feature of the whole thing, and a feature that Is to be preserved In the United States, Is that every student In the hall Is ex pected to work two Lours a day at cooking, housecleanlng, etc., as no ser vants are kept, and there are no women about the place. That Is how (lis cost of residence Is kept dowu to sucb a low lit ui. Although housework Is not a part of the curriculum, the tueu soou become x peits at It, and there Is a growing siifplclou at Kutklu Hall that a man cau scrub a floor more eftectlvely and ruoie economically than a woman. I had rather couutcd on fludtng a man with a mop In one hand aud a tent book on political economy In the other, but was disappointed, for the prevsll Ing maxim Is. "Ou thing at a time." Although mauy of the students are married and occasionally bring their wives to Oxford with them, the wonieu have to live elsewhere. What Th Hlu.ly. If, a really seems possible, this ex periment Is going to have a marked effect on the British and American worklngman, It becomes Interesting to see what It Is that they are being taught. The list of fourteen courses Is made up of these brauches: Sociology, iu which special atteutlon Is given to the -development of modern society and present social conditions; Kngllsh con stitution and political history, In which stress Is laid on the origin and develop ment of English government; Kugllsh Industrial history, covering laud laws and the efforts of the workers to better their conditions; the Industrial revolu tion, devoted to a consideration ot the mechanical Inventions aud uew Indus trial organisations, which chauged England luio a vast workshop, The co-operative movement and the relation of co-operation to modern so cial aud Industrial problems., Trade 1'nlonlsui. A short Introduction Into political economy. Principles of Pull tics. Intended to give to the student an Insight luto the workings of modem OXFOllD KUSKIN HALL IN' HOUSEHOLD political machinery and an understand ing of the Constitution aud self govern ment. The I .alms Movement. Psychol ogy especially aa applied to habit, at teutlon, reasoning, memory, emotion and InHtiuct. Philosophy, based on the needs of an organic society rather than on the speculations of pedants. English Literature, especially with reference to essay writing. John Itusklu as the prophet ot a new social order. Course for training and lecturing. There also are classes In English, French, Her man, mathematics and logic, as re quired. The first Englishman to enlist In the Kl'SKI HAM. AT OXFORD. new movement was the present gen eral secretary, II. B. Lees Smith, who was at that time an Oxford undergrad uate, but has since taken his degree, arid will soon cut a figure In the United Slates as head of the movement there, He Is a trim, energetic, smooth-faced young man, who talks like an Ameri can, although he never bas been la the United States. WON RACE FROM A PUGILIST. Athletic Colorado Woman Haa Made Bccord aa a Sprinter, Ellen Lansing Is au athletic young woman of Colorado who has already won honors on the cinder path and Is seeking for more nntagonlxts to con quer. She resides near Denver and Is of Engllim birth, having been In this country about four years. Early lu life she displayed a taste for athletics, She Is not only a sprinter, but can liiimllo an oar with the skill of a pro feHslonal.. .. . , Kid Parker, the pugilist, who has re cently been lu training near where Miss Lansing resides, bad the pleasure WOMAN BEATS A PU01UST. of meeting the English (Julufcm, who Jokingly remarked that the "kid" was an Ice cart In a sprint. The "kid" heard something about ber prowess In a short distance, but did not think ber speed was of the wind description, so be half bashfully challenged ber to a race for 100 yards The next morning when the "kid" turned up ho found the athletically inclined frauleln- ready to contest for the honors. Both sprinters were taken Into the gardens, and Mr. Bellows, who happened to be there at the time, was selected to get them off the mark. The young lady wore no skirts to binder a free movement of ber limbs. Her graceful apparel consisted r a r Ml i I of bloomers that Were not of tl.e bnl loou description aud tt somewhat diaph anous sweater took the place of the or iliusiy outer shirt wslt. Al the crack f the pistol Miss Lansing liouuiled fully two yards lu the lead and swung into the sprint with an eight font stroke. The "kid" tried to move his s blue v In led pedal pistons quickly to o. eremite her lead, but the celerity was not stilttcleut to clone up the gvadiinlly Increasing gap, Miss Lansing finished at the tape a good flftoeu yards ahead of the "kid." BEST WIVES INJHE WORLD. A lonnli-jf Wnere thttblvalrv of Old 1 1 mra Toward Wont so Hurvlve. The men lu South America bold their women lu highest respect. Not ouly Uu they accord them the polite distinction! of outward deference, but they guard' them with an earnest solicitude that protect them from every care, am) they bear for them every burdeu thai man cau carry for woman. The chlvtil. ry of the olden time survives aimui.1 these people, ami that Is doubtless uue reason why the womcu are so con tented with their lot. A charming seuora assured uie that the Mouth American women make the best wives lu the Vol hi, ami t do not doubt It. After marriage the woman Is as one lost to the world. Her career la finished so far as matters outside her domestic affairs are concerned. Her sphere of Influence Is henceforth Inclosed within the triple courts of her husband's house, aud eouslsts In bringing up her children and In exercising a mild sov ereignty In her domestic domain. There art no married flirts in Mouth America, no scandals caused by unfaithful wives, uo ambitious women pining lu their DRESS. eluded homes, so far as Is known. There are no woman's rlghis conven tions, uo woman's temperance societies, no daughters', uu mother's meetings. There Is not even a wuiuan's whist club4 In the whole country. The wire knows nothing of the family finances, aud she Is not consulted In the consideration of her husband's serious affairs. The question msy well bo asked by the women of the United States, What In the world do these women do w lib their time? aud the auswer Is that their days are qulto as full of activities, mental and physical, as they wish Iheui to be. South American women do not crave the freedom and the publicity of life they aee enjoyed by their sisters In this country. They prefer the seclusion with the protection of their own meth od of life. They are very charitable, too, and are kludiiess Itself to the poor people In (heir neighborhood, as they send portions of bread and meal every day to their poor neighbors. Womau's Home Companion. ELOPEMENT A FAMILY TRAIT. rteacenUaola of Col. Oenrge Manning Have Followed Ills Ktaniple, It Is the latest dictum of science thai acquired trails are not Inherited, lu the case of the .Manning family, the disposition of the first member of whom there Is any record must have becu transmitted and the disposition has led to eight If not nine, elopements. George ,Mauulng was hired by (Jen, Wheeler, of Steuben County, New York, many years ago to cut timber. He fell In love with Wheeler's daughter and she loved him, but her aristocratic father would not have It. They eloped and were married, going Into Wurreu County, Pennsylvania, then a wilder ness. Here Manning became very rich and was a colonel In the war of 181:. One of bis daughters loved and wus loved by one of his workmen, named Sawyer. Manning would not consent, so they eloped. Three yenra Inter an other daughter eloped aud was married to a young doctor, Sullivan, who be came rich and fumoiis. Dr. Sullivan's daughter eloped with and was married to a young man who was objectionable to ber father. Another daughter fell In love with a young man and this time, to prevent an elopement, the father gave Lis consent. Then the girl eloped wllh another lover. Col. Manning, the first eloper, had a son, also named Jason. The young man fell In love with the daughter of one of bis father's teamsters, which made Col. Manning furious. Jason eloped with and married the girl. To Jason were born a son and a daughter. The son loved a young womnn and when his father opposed hi in be eloped with and married her. Jason's dnuglf ter loved a young lawyer, George Me Cormlck, but her father would not al low her to receive him. So she eloped with him and they were married. Now Jason's son, who eloped, hits a daugh ter, who recently eloped with George Burns, her mother's cousin. The per son who gives all this Information says another elopement Is Imminent. Wash ington Post. Wines from the Wool. What would you think of turning a spigot and getting a glass of wine from the tree? Well, this very thing Is doue down In the Island of Mindanao, one of tho Philippines. There the natives al ways draw their wine and whisky from the cocoanut trees. They cut off the blossoms and fasten to thetn bamboo tubes, Into which the sup runs. Ever so often they remove the tube and emp ty the liquid Into another bamboo. After being left for six hours the stuff begins to ferment, and before the diiy Is over It Is turned Into a liquor which, as the Indians say, "will make the drunk come." The stuff looks lljce cider and smells somewhat like old buttermilk. Shortly after the wedding, a woman discovers that "he" doesn't go to as great pains to make up a quarrel as be did before. The very latest thing In door locks Is the nlgbt key. - r 1 . -- i RutlwHy authorities of the Mexican government have been ordered lo us certain safety appliances. All the pas seuger cars must be so equipped before the end of UMU. r'oi ly-une gits engines utlug blast-furnace gas are worklug In Germany, the total horse power sggreguilng lil.Uot). The horse power of such engines lu Belgium Is U.ttxi, Its lice a.'.'DO aud Ku glaud li.Oi Hj. A coinpuny formed by English aud A merles u capitalists Is alsiut to build the largest wood pulp plant lu the world al Graud r'alls, New Brunswick The works are to cost lu.ooo.ooO, and they will lie capable of turning out 5.5(H) Ions of while newspaper. '."JO Ions of ground wood pulp aud 175 tons of sulphite pulp dully, A liusslun chemist has found that copper Is dlinudved by uu alkaline solu tloti of gelatin, the copper going Iniu solution a colloidal copper. The old rule that the meiuls are Insoluble lu water la being widely disproved, aolu lions of metallic gold, mercury aud si! ver, and uow of eopiwr, having lu-eit prepared quite recently, lu "U tbesn the metuls are lu a very flue condlUm, but are true metallic oliiUu. In painting tut paperluu walls i a room the qucstloii bftea arUes, Wu .t color reflect the luost.'and what U' least light T Uecenl experiment to many gave the followlug results: ivr blue reflects ilk ncr cut, of the i'tcbl falling upou It; dark green about 10 per edit.; pule red a little wore thau 10 per cent,; dark yellow, !i0 per cent.; pale blue, 30 per ceul.j pale yellow, 40 per cent.; pale green, -Pi'd per ceiu., pale orange, nearly M per cent.; pale white. 70 tier cent. Glossiness and var ulsb of course Increase the amount of light reflected. The play of "Itobluson Crusoe" Is now given lu one of the Paris theaters with four animals lu the cast of actor. These are a goat, a monkey, a paroquet. and chief of all, a dog who euads the part of llobliison's faithful coiupaiilou. "Toby." The dog's real name is Karo, and a writer In U Nalure says he will respond lo that name ouly wheu lu the street or al his master's borne, but ou the stage he answers promptly tbe call, "Toby." When Itobluson shoots a bird. "Toby" runs and picks It up. climbs up a ladder Into Hoblnsou's but, and gives the bird to "Friday." who acts as cook. This vapor In the air Is entirely In visible until the air Is brought lo a tem perature Just below the dewpolut, when a Tog I formed. How oficn a dense fog iu the morning Is dissipated by (he uo, and we say (he sun has "burucd off" the fog, Fog rarely forms except lu a perfectly clear, still air. This cr mils Intense radiation from the ground snd smoke panicles, and Ihls cooling ttimlly brings Ihe air to Its atmtlou polul, w hen the vapor either eomleusca m the smoke particles or on moisture jurilclcs, thus becoming visible lu fog. Wheu this fog occur far above Hie srth It I cloud. A PLUCKY YACHTSWOMAN. (be Merrad a Host I.inu Ulatance with a Itroken rlet. The hcrutiie of the Long Island coast Is Miss Auuly U. Tinker, ouly l'J years old, aud the daughter of Ucury d Tinker, of New York. While out yacht ing she was steering the boat w hen she wss struck by (he flying spokes of the wheel and her wrist fractured. She mude no outcry, however, but remain ed at the wheel as If nothing bad hap pened. Mr. Tinker' country residence, "Brlarcrofl," Is on tho west side of Ihe bay at Port Jefferson. Some time ago he had a yacht built, aud when the boat was finished announced that lu the near future be would give ft lunch eon party to (be tueu who worked upou It aud their families. It was arranged that the party should be carried from the vlllago of Brlarcroft lu one of Mr. Tinker's launches, aud wheu the party gut aboard Miss Tinker took ber posi tion at the wheel. The minute the craft got tinder wiy the whel-pu; round aud struck Miss Tltike"- ou the right arm. ,Birt, not a word i the brave girl ,t' of the accident, s-cl steered tbo bW for a uilk and a '"!.,' with her left band, to ber fit??..is Miij lug. J. When aTPWn ntlinl jjJjj ordered her horso bitched and drove three H'llles to a doctor's oltlce, where the bone was sit. rteturnlng borne, she mude no mention of the accident and assisted In entertaining ber father's guests. SARDINES CANNED IN AMERICA. Few of h Toothsome Little Fish Art Wrought from Abroad. "Next to the Freiich the American people are the largest consumers of sardines In the world," suld a leading wholesale dealer lu such canned goods lu New York to the writer recently. "Last year the consumption of sardines lu the United Stales amounted to 2,000,000 cases, or 200,000,000 cans, of this quantity 1,400,000 cases were the product of the State of Maine, 150,000 case were put up lu California, nud the remaining 450,000 cases come from Fiance. Thirty years ago all the sar dines eateu In this country were Im ported from France. Today nearly three-quarters of the sardines sold here are put up In nfty oiie packing houses In Maine.) These concerns are con trolled by a trust compnuy, which em ploy 0,000 workmen, who can turn out 1,500,000 cases of the flsb annually. . "In Maine sardines are caught off the western shores of fhe St. Croix Itlver and Passamdquoddy Boy. The fishing season commences early In May and last until late In the fall of the year. The flsb are taken In brush weirs, re sembling ordinary pound nets, Into which they are led by means of large leaders and wings, wblcb terminate lu a funnel-shaped entrance, Their escape n.rcRT yovna yachtswoman, la prevented by the extension of thesi wing luto the luclosurs, thereby form ing a iriuugulsr book al each eud of It, so that the ttnU, aa ttiry circle Inside (In weir, are directed past lb enhance, When Ihe dsb are plentiful lu lb nets nuautltlea of Kales appear upon (hi surface of the water. The nets art tbea lifted aud their couieuis are dumped I by the flshvrmen lulu (heir boats. 'I hi du make a little squeaa wuen isseu from' Ihe water and die almost liulsni ly. An ordinary catch of sardines glvei iu each bout anywhere from 2,(hsj lo tUHK) Mi, (he price of which Is from M lu f'-'.&O per 1.00O, acvoriilug lo lbs quantity of llsu thai are being caught. "Arriving at (be packing house, Hi flsb are curefiilly clesued. This opera tion over, (hey are soiled according to site aud carried Into another part of His establishment, where they are put Into pickle, "The length of time required by Ihls operailuu varies according to die sis of ihe flsb. After Ibis Ihe flsb are washed and placed with care upon wire mis, called 'grills,' on which they are sent lo tb dry lug room, where they urt'drledby ineaus of large fa us or ven tilators run by powerful machinery , Wheu dry and while sllll Uiou the grills ihe ttsh are cooked by pluuglug them lulu tank contululug boiling olive oil. After this cooking ihe sar dines, still upon the grills, are left lo cool, and when cold the work of plac ing (hem In halves and quarter cau (ilk 1 v. a i olive oil, tomato and mus lin 1 i' Is begun. This work done, the en.nn ere sealed with solder and are ic.'Uy to ! put lo cases, holding 100 fas, for ti.e market. Use c Lined good of every descrip tion, cm I lies are cheaper now thau lliey forimrly were, and American sar dine are sold for less than the Im ported. American sardines art now exported from (hi country (o Ihe West Indies and South Auicrlca."-Vsshlug-(ou Star. ' GUIDED BY HIS SON'S GHOST. Murt-eeaful Uold-Heeher Waa Piloted to a Find lie a Kpli-'l. There was something 1 1 anuy In tht siory that Albert Dav. told at (tit Union depot. Albert Davis Is a Ulu Mountain prsieiior, bound for hi old home in the village of Arkwrlghl, N. V, Not far from his homo Is C'usadagua l.nke, the assembly grounds of Ihe Spiritualist cull, aud from association with Spiritualist Mr. Davis became lu lime a sorl of lukewarm believer lu their teachings, II returns, be says, a (rue believer. He also returns wlib wealth In prosM t. Mr, Davis (old his siory In the presence of several fellow passengers al ihe depot. It was lu sub siauc ibis; Thive year ago his ouly son died. The father wus all but heartbroken: be would not lw comforted by (he prom ises of his Spiritualist friends that tht young man would come buck to liliu. But one night the lxy did come, aud again and again. After several of these nocturnal visits, Hit sou (old of so qualutsucca that he bail made In Hut spirit world, among them, he snld.hciiig one whose name was John Fremoul. This spirit told of his wonderful life lu the West, and among other tales, one of a rich mine (hat he bad discovered, but which uever bad been found by others. Ou subsequent visits the sou (old more particularly of (he mine aud gave detailed description of Its situa tion, until Mr. Davis became so deeply Interested that be resolved to go In search of It. Two years ago he came to Colorado, and after a long search found Ihe range of mountains that bad la'cn described to him. They were the Blue Mountains, near tl.e Utah line.' But his search was not completed. Weeks and mouths were spent In pros-IHH-tlng and hunting for Ihe marks on Ihe surface that would disclose the hiding place of the treasure, He was ou the Milut of giving up, aud also of losing faith lu (he spirits, wheu one evening he came onto (ho very spot (hat he was searching for. He knew It, he said, as w ell as If he had bceu there be fore. Ms. Davis lost no (line In making a mineral location, and Is now returning lo his old home lo get money, when lie will rcluru to Colorado lo develop Ihe mine to which (ho spirit directed him. He has uot yet round ore, but he ex pressed a II nil belief thai It wus there. -Denver Uepubllcau. HOW PHILIP REBUKED THE BOOR Itlaner Table Kplaodt In Which tht Late .avl u nicer FluureJ. "I kuew the lute Admiral 'Juck' 'hillp about leu years ugu, wheu lie vus stationed ut (lie Mare Island navy aid," suld a former Cullforuluu, uutv IU vlnif lu New Orleans. "He was nut theu noted for his professed Chrlstl- ultv. but was uu oui-uud out good fel low, albeit a trifle bluut lu bis speech. Ou one occasion a L'uited Slates ship was lu oort I am uot sure which of the fleet It was aud a parly of Frisco folks went over to the Isluud lu see her. was with the crowd, aud while we ere lu the wardroom one of our nunc bei r. a city oltlclul. by the way, (old tho steward lo go uud get two or three bot tles of chauiungne. The rest of Ihe vis itors were aghast ut bis effrontery, but one of theulllcers made a sign to the servant and he went out aud presently nMMt.tsckJUUJihe wiue. "While It war being opened the heeky boor w ho gave the order re- cl in arked Jocnlurly that he always liked i lstrov Guvvt umont property. 'I've lu 1 of ftcu wantt i lo drink some of tjucle ; iu's h"." he added, grinning, 'but Sin this is lie first 'jhauce I've ever had to huinrptetsUlttUAln Philip was present. looking pretty black, ami that remark was too much for his patience. 'Sir!' he exclaimed, In ..bis peculiar, high pitched voice, 'you seem lo lie under the Impression that the United Slutes of America-furnishes free champagne to their naval officers. 'Well er-dou't It?' asked the visitor, a trifle discon certed. 'The ouly drink (lint the Gov ernment supplies the navy,' said Cap lain Jack, solemnly, 'Is water. You'll find plenty of It outside,' lie added, af ter a pause. Several of the Indies gig gled and the champagne fiend look an early occasion to sneak away, I met the Captain, then Bear Admiral, In New York. Just before his assignment to the Brooklyn navy yard," said the story teller, "and In the course of con versation reminded him of the episode I have Just related. 'Yes,rl remember,'; ho said, laughing heartily; 'I'm afraid I showed worse manners than the oth er fellow, but I couldn't help It.' " New Orleans Times-Democrat. Oiie of China's Superstitions, ' Black dogs and black cats tire (he fa vorites In China lu the line of food, be cause when eaten In midsummer they will Insure health and strength, Wheu a new widow wants to do something that Is opposed to the rules and traditions, she says that It was "her late husband's request." ' 'I have lived nearly eighty years," an old man said the other day, "and have seen very little to live fur," , . ITALY'5 NEW Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples, Ihe only son of tbt latt King Humbert, how becomes King of Italy. He Is not gifted with the striking persohsllty of hi father. From a physical t midpoint he Is a weakling. II Is bsrely Ov feet Isil, has slwsys been sickly, wulka with a perceptible limp, aud csa bsrely mount a hers without assistance, lu mind, however,' be Is a giant and Is considered one of the grestest siudeiils lu Europe. He Is a master of a number of laogusge and spesks Knsllsli fluently, He I very positive la cbsrscler and bis mind I philosophies!. His knowledge of geosrsphy sad history Is marvtlou and bis mllllsry education lias been thorough, The new King Is not quit 81 years old sad Inherits hi father's cbsrscterisdc of brsvery sud coolness In limes of danger. Like his father, Is demoersiln lu his msniier aud jovial and frank. It Is believed (hat be will make a strong, wise and considers! ruler. He is mors popular than was bis father among the masses of tbt people. ' , .- , Ills wife, lbs new Queen, was Princess Helt ae of M onttaego. Bbt I nearly six feet tsll, st suds besd and shoulders shore ber busband and la considered tbt mot besutlful womsn la Europe. She excels In iiontlog, riding sod shooting, Is a An musician, a clever artist sod finished linguist. She I very popular among the Itallsn people. The msrrlsae of tbt new King a Queen wss tbt re sult of love sod their wedded lift bss been very hippy. NIGHT STREET WORK. OANQS OF MEN LABOR WHILE CHICAGO 8LEEPS. esMrr Repair to the Pavtsnenta taanol He Made la the lay-Mtrel Car and Telepbout CoMtnanie Keut ilua -Toller Make Weird bpcttecle. When Ihe roar aud turmoil of busi ness life lu the city's downtown street tubtlde every evening, say the Chicago Chronicle, a small army of workmen lake possession. Fisrlug torches, the noise of pick aud shovel, uud (he rattle ef crow bars give a weird appearance (o tome otherwise descried thoroiiglifare Hint Is temporarily lu the bauds of the street repalrlug gang. Durlug the summer season, front May until October, a regiment 'of night workers Is employed on the downtowu street every night. Counting the city guug of street repairers and the cor poration gangs, there are probably uot less than ifOO brawny laborers ou the downtown street every evening. Some times nearly the whole fon-e Is em ployed on a rush Job lu a single thor oughfare, and at other times It Is scat tered over a doxeu streets. Bui the street work never ceases while (be rest uf tbt city Is sleeping. . Outside the First Ward, which em braces all main business thorough fares, practically all street repairing la done lu the daytime. In the down town section the reverse Is the rule. The rongetted arterial traffic of busi ness hours must not he Interrupted even STUEKT PAVERS for a day. So it happens that wheu (ruck drivers have abandoned a certain street fur the day aud street car traffic Is at a minimum the night gang takes pussessluu. Swift work Is the rule. The big gasoline or kerosene torches throw a flickering light over tbe deserted pavemeut. Grimy workmen, like un canny specters, loll nud perspire In or der (hat (he traffic of the cotnlug day may be on better pavements. Whole sections of block pavements are torn up in a night and replaced before the morning dawns. The hoarse commands of the gnug Inspector rouse the be lated traveler ou the owl car. " It is a part of a great city's nightly renova- lion," V .-.-" v : :J The public works 'department loug since bus discovered that the down town streets can be cleaned at night at one-third the expense of similar work In the daytlmo, besides avoiding luterruptlou to day truffle. Heuce the street-cleanlug gangs work Invariably ufter dark In the busluess seel Ion. The same rule has been applied gradually to street repairing. When n corpora tion seeks a city permit for tearing up a street where traffic Is heavy, such a permit Is grouted ouly ou condition that the work Is done at night or ou holidays and Sundays. Hepnlrers for the Various street car companies and the telephone and electric light con cerns thus are limited to artlliclnl light when the surface of the street com paratively Is deserted. The city's own gang, which always follows the corpo ration gangs, in order to replace pave meuts, perforce must work also at night. ' The Union Traction Company," the Chicago City Hallway Company, theCbl cago Telephone Company and the Edi son Klectric Light Company are tinker ing the slreet surfaces Incessantly, The weight of street car traffic lu the downtowu Hues knocks tho pavements out of shape. The blocks sag aud the tracks follow. Switches get out ot or der. On the streets where there Is a cable conduit the tracks are especially liable to sag. Thus It happens that at 7 o'clock In the evening a gang of re pairers can be found tearing up a sec tion of some block paving, lifting rails and laylug new oues, to be followed In turn by the city's, repairers who put In new block paving. ' Tut telepuoue and electric light com- KING AND QUEEN. panics, as well aa tbt "street car cor poratlous, have conduits to clean and keep in repair, uew wire to lay and other troublesome work that would embarrass seriously street traffic If done In tbt daytime. Tbest corpora tlous bavt permllon to ue tbt city mauhotea at any time day or night, and sometimes tbey aval) tbemaelvt of Hit privilege to tiring wires In tbt daytime. Thus It aometlme happen that tht whole traffic of a thoroughfare Is Interupted by a tingle Individual, half buried In a manhole, wttb a coll of wire In bit baud. The street Inspectors are constantly at war with the cor porations on this ground. At night the work goes on much more rapidly. It Is at night, also, that tbe cable com panies clean their conduits. Tbe city gangs attend to trenches and catch baslus and similar work when dusk lieglus. Due of the picturesque sights of tbe metropolis I tbe night gaug of street repairer at work. It move with tbe precision of an army. Ita units make a great deal of noise, but tbe Firtt Want Is not given to quiet residential bablts or sound sleeping. Wbea morning brings tht rushing tide of busluess tbe night worker melt away wltb tbelr torches, picks and shovels, to await a clear field of operations tbe , coming evening. . J Glortr la Hit Crime. , , Tbe craving for literary laurel does not seem to be confined to any claas or condition In life, judging from tht following communication recently re ceived by a prominent publishing Arm: "Gentlemen: Dear Sir I wish to put my life Before tbe puBUc If 1 cau Get ON N1XJHT DUTY. Anuf Out of It to give me a start In the world. I led a Crlmmel life 21 years Arested 20 times shot at 27 times Realeased on 9-haBls Corpas Wareuts. Broke 13 jalea Convicted T times Broke 1 pen and taken 27 con victs with me. Waylaid and shot my fatheru law twice married separated aud dlvossed. If I can get a atart In tbe World Bye nutting my life Before the puBllct I will doo to." Bronze Tablets In a Marsh. Constantino Maes, the eminent Ita! Ian archaeologist, bas submitted to bis government a memorial In which be affirms that 3,000 bronze tablet, consti tuting the records of ancient Rome, from Its foundation to tbe time of Ves pasian, are burled In tbe marsh at Os tla, near Borne. He says that tbe ta bles were carried to Ostla after having been rescued from the Are which de stroyed the capital lu the year 08 A. D. SIgnor Maes wants the Italian govern ment to drain tbe marsh in order to re cover theso Invaluable records, and a commission will be appointed to Inves tigate the matter. Kxpensea of a Liner, v ; While at sea the usual coal bill of an ocean lluer la about $1,000 a day. For food and other IteniB of outfitting, there Is paid out three-quarters of a million dollars every year. The cost of overhauling the ship In preparation for each voyage Is not less than $1,000. Poor Use for Fine Wood. Rosew'ood and mahogany are so plen tiful In Mexico that some of the copper mines there are timbered with rose wood, while mahogany a used as fuel for the engines. .' V ' Bird Hospital. Chicago has a bird hospital, the only oue of its kind In the world, where sick and wounded birds are received and cared for. People who can see a woman in th moon ought to put tbelr Imaginations to some practical use. Tbey own un developed gold mines. ii' The first money a widow spends af ter ber husband dlea represents some thing she baa alwaya wanted,, and wblcb he thought tbey could sot afford. Agreed cheerfully: Tbe Mistreat Bridget, you must stay until 1 get an other glrL Brldget-Thst was my la teushuu, any way. I want to kjnow tbe kolud ot a woman yt arr-Barar. Financial Tommy: Ma-Town, yon seem to lovtpa better tbab you da m. Tommy Ob, ma, I don't dm to; but ye' tee, pa alius bas bla pocket full o nickel. Indianapolis JournaL Flavllla There are ouly two kind of bachelor. Myrtllla-And who are they) Flavllla-Tboss wbo are too timid to propose, and those wbo art too courageous. Indianapolis JournaL School Ttacber-Wbat little boy ca tell nit where la tbe borne of tbe ewal low? Bobby 1 kin, please. School Teacher-Well. BobbyT Bobby-Tbe borne of tbe swallow It tbe stummlck. -Tlt-Blta. Highly Colored: Lady-Yoo have been drinking rum. Sandy Pikes Not a drop, mum. Lady-But bow did your nose get to red? Sandy Pikes From drinking circus lemonade, mum. Chi cago New. ,. Adjoining tbe Nursery: Mr. Bricfctop (wbo baa bit Ua thumb wltb a banner) a mm . ttt ft a B9 1.L. . John! Remember tbe children!' If you mutt use sucb language, wby don't you spell Itr Town Topics. "I oebber could un'stan'," said Uncle Ebeu, "wby It is dat 1 finds so much mo' satisfaction In marcbln' fob mil, bollerta' 'hurrah,' dan I doe walking a ftw furlongt bebln' a mule, aayln' glddep.' "-Waeblngton Star. ' . "Do yon go away tbl summer, Mra, Woods V "Ob, , yes; we spend two weeka In Michigan wltb my people, as4 two weeka In Ohio wltb my bueband'a peoplt; then we come borne and let them vlalt tte." Indianapolis JournaL - Smith If there Is anything 1 dlallke It la a shallow raau. June Tea, but there I one tblng In bis favor. Smith- I'd like to know what It Is. J one A shallow man doesn't require as much watching aa a deep one. Chicago New. "In England tbey ssy a man standt for office. In tbl country wt aay a man 'run' for office. Wby It thlat" "Well, tbe principal reason la that If a man 'stood' for office over here he'd never get one." Chicago Timee-Her-ald. Wlfe-Ob, John! I was shopping at JobMa to-day, and I saw Just tb sweetest thing there Husband NdlplomatlcaIly)-Yec Tbat'a a great scheme of Jobloli to have mirrors all through tbt store-Philadelphia Press, Tried to Obey: Papa-Aba! Ton have disobeyed me. Willie 1 tried not to. It Isn't my fault Papa-Not your fault, ebt Willie-No, tlr. You said, "Don't let me catch you at that again." an' I done my beat not to let you.-PhlladeU pbla Preta. Early Ambition: "Oh! uab good ness:" exclaimed little Abe Lincoln Suow, "I wlsbt I wus talk de little boy In dls byar story-book." "W buffer?" asked bla mother. "Kase bit aes be went to bed wlf d chicken." Phila delphia Press. Equivocal Comment: "This," aald tbe funeral director," Is tbe very lateat la caskets; what do you tblnk of Itr "Well," laid tbe cigar man from next door, after a long itudy of tbe article, "I'd bate to be aeeu dead In It." In Alanapolla Press. Cupid' Bunker: "Tbe Tlfflngtoa Smltb wedding It off." "How dreadful. Wbat'i the reason r "Oh. Mist Tiffing ton wanted her name In three size larger type than his on the announce ment card, and be wouldn't have It" -Indlanapolla Journal.' . Consistent, at Any Rate: "Why, Dolly, wbere'e Marie 1 thought you were playing circus." "Well, abe got mad and went borne, 'cause I wouldn't five ber any peanuts. I was tbe mon- itr nuu uiv no, uc ugn, iuu . oon't eat peanut." Baaar. A shop-keeper wrote to one of hla customers aa follows: "I am able to . iV .... 1 . K III,. . 1. I.. ..1 it half a crown a yard. In case I do not bear from you, I shall conclude that you wish to pay only two shillings I yard. In order to lose no time, I ao x-pt the last mentioned price." Ttt Bits. I "Hodown I understand your wife la- ilsted on drawing the plans herself rot your new house. Jlgsup Yet, the'a busy over there now. Hodown Oh, I thought abe had finished. She told my, wife she had all tbe closets laid out Jlgsup Yea, but now she's got to put tbe rest of tbe bouse around them. Philadelphia Press. Client I don't think you ought to charge so much for your services. You knew from the. start that It would be , Impossible for you to win tbe caae. Lawyer And for that very reason I ought to be paid more than I ask. It takes talent to abstract matter for ar gument from a case which bas nothing; hi it Boston Transcript ..K,, ' "Oh, we had tbe loveliest arrange ment at our church society last wreett Every woman contributed to the mla slonary cause five dollars, which ahe earned herself by bard work.", "How did you get yours?" "From my hus band.." "I shouldn't call that earning It. yourself by bard work." "You don't know my husband!" Baptist Common wealth. Coaat Trade Moving Southward. Quebec was originally tbe natural port of the Atlantic. It dropped down to Salem, to Boston, now to New York, and already New York business men ire complaining of Norfolk, Charlee-' ton, Savannah, Pensacola, New Or leans and Galveston. Trade la finding Its level, as the waters of the country debouch to the south. From wide ireas east and west and starting al most from the British-American Una, the mighty Mississippi gathers trade aa the flows to the Gulf. Sugar from Tar. Saccharine obtained from tar la 220 times sweeter than tbe cane sugar and Is used in sweetening and preserving lams, fruit preserves and JeUlesu . Un like ordinary cane sugar when so used. It Is not liable to mold or ferment On tbe other hand, It doe not fatten or nourish the body, and In certain ail ments la therefore recommended by ioctor for sweetening coffee, tea and other beverages In place of the ordln try cane augar. Some people are so disagreeable tbejj ;e ashamed wbea tbey laugh,