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. -
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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,